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  <row Id="1" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1" RevisionGUID="47012328-79ce-4947-bd58-cf61e9e389eb" CreationDate="2009-04-30T06:49:01.700" UserId="3" Text="Our nightly full (and periodic differential) backups are becoming quite large, due mostly to the amount of indexes on our tables; roughly half the backup size is comprised of indexes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're using the **Simple** recovery model for our backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way, through using &lt;code&gt;FileGroups&lt;/code&gt; or some other file-partitioning method, to **exclude** indexes from the backups?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would be nice if this could be extended to full-text catalogs, as well." />
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  <row Id="3" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1" RevisionGUID="47012328-79ce-4947-bd58-cf61e9e389eb" CreationDate="2009-04-30T06:49:01.700" UserId="3" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;backups&gt;&lt;indexes&gt;" />
  <row Id="4" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2" RevisionGUID="8f906c49-0fb3-4985-bc88-4e04cc356b9b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T07:04:18.823" UserId="1" Text="We've struggled with the RAID controller in our database server, a [Lenovo ThinkServer](http://www.pc.ibm.com/europe/server/index.html?nl&amp;cc=nl) RD120. It is a rebranded Adaptec that Lenovo / IBM dubs the [ServeRAID 8k](http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0054.html#ServeRAID-8k).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have patched this [ServeRAID 8k](http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0054.html#ServeRAID-8k) up to the very latest and greatest:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- RAID bios version&#xD;&#xA;- RAID backplane bios version&#xD;&#xA;- Windows Server 2008 driver&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This RAID controller has had multiple critical BIOS updates even in the short 4 month time we've owned it, and the [change history](ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/systems/support/system_x/ibm_fw_aacraid_5.2.0-15427_anyos_32-64.chg) is just.. well, scary. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've tried both write-back and write-through strategies on the logical RAID drives. **We still get intermittent I/O errors under heavy disk activity.** They are not common, but serious when they happen, as they cause SQL Server 2008 I/O timeouts and sometimes failure of SQL connection pools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We were at the end of our rope troubleshooting this problem. Short of hardcore stuff like replacing the entire server, or replacing the RAID hardware, we were getting desperate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I first got the server, I had a problem where drive bay #6 wasn't recognized. Switching out hard drives to a different brand, strangely, fixed this -- and updating the RAID BIOS (for the first of many times) fixed it permanently, so I was able to use the original &quot;incompatible&quot; drive in bay 6. On a hunch, I began to assume that [the Western Digital SATA hard drives](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136143) I chose  were somehow incompatible with the ServeRAID 8k controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Buying 6 new hard drives was one of the cheaper options on the table, so I went for [6 Hitachi (aka IBM, aka Lenovo) hard drives](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145215) under the theory that an IBM/Lenovo RAID controller is more likely to work with the drives it's typically sold with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looks like that hunch paid off -- we've been through three of our heaviest load days (mon,tue,wed) without a single I/O error of any kind. Prior to this we regularly had at least one I/O &quot;event&quot; in this time frame. **It sure looks like switching brands of hard drive has fixed our intermittent RAID I/O problems!**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While I understand that IBM/Lenovo probably tests their RAID controller exclusively with their own brand of hard drives, I'm disturbed that a RAID controller would have such subtle I/O problems with particular brands of hard drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my question is, **is this sort of SATA drive incompatibility common with RAID controllers?** Are there some brands of drives that work better than others, or are &quot;validated&quot; against particular RAID controller? I had sort of assumed that all commodity SATA hard drives were alike and would work reasonably well in any given RAID controller (of sufficient quality)." />
  <row Id="5" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2" RevisionGUID="8f906c49-0fb3-4985-bc88-4e04cc356b9b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T07:04:18.823" UserId="1" Text="Do RAID controllers commonly have SATA drive brand compatibility issues?" />
  <row Id="6" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2" RevisionGUID="8f906c49-0fb3-4985-bc88-4e04cc356b9b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T07:04:18.823" UserId="1" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;lenovo&gt;&lt;ibm&gt;&lt;serveraid8k&gt;" />
  <row Id="7" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3" RevisionGUID="7ddced9d-d1b1-49d9-8ae7-a694c922db1b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T07:48:06.703" UserId="22" Text=" - How do you keep your servers up to date?&#xD;&#xA; - When using a package manager like apt, do you keep an upgrade / install history, and if so, how do you do it?&#xD;&#xA; - When installing or upgrading packages on multiple servers, are there any ways to speed the process up as much as possible?" />
  <row Id="8" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3" RevisionGUID="7ddced9d-d1b1-49d9-8ae7-a694c922db1b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T07:48:06.703" UserId="22" Text="Best practices for keeping UNIX packages up to date?" />
  <row Id="9" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3" RevisionGUID="7ddced9d-d1b1-49d9-8ae7-a694c922db1b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T07:48:06.703" UserId="22" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;server-management&gt;&lt;package-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="10" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4" RevisionGUID="a40e4fce-3455-4bb7-92cc-de9a93b2abf8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T07:49:58.027" UserId="28" Text="Regarding your third question: I always run a local repository. Even if it's only for one machine, it saves time in case I need to reinstall (I generally use something like aptitude autoclean), and for two machines, it almost always pays off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the clusters I admin, I don't generally keep explicit logs: I let the package manager do it for me. However, for those machines (as opposed to desktops), I don't use automatic installations, so I do have my notes about what I intended to install to all machines." />
  <row Id="11" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5" RevisionGUID="29dabda7-f975-4dd7-89ac-4a77e5060f0b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T07:56:20.070" UserId="24" Text="I don't think it's common per se. However, as soon as you start using enterprise storage controllers, whether that be SAN's or standalone RAID controllers, you'll generally want to adhere to their compatibility list rather closely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may be able to save some bucks on the sticker price by buying a cheap range of disks, but that's probably one of the last areas I'd want to save money on - given the importance of data in most scenarios.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In other words, explicit incompatibility is very uncommon, but explicit compatibility adherence is recommendable." />
  <row Id="12" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6" RevisionGUID="1c2060e7-0117-4318-97a9-b8fddc9a69db" CreationDate="2009-04-30T07:57:06.230" UserId="3" Text="Our database currently only has one FileGroup, PRIMARY, which contains roughly 8GB of data (table rows, indexes, full-text catalog).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When is a good time to split this into secondary data files?  What are some criteria that I should be aware of?" />
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  <row Id="17" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7" RevisionGUID="d7baa436-f951-441c-9472-1a76083e330c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T07:57:09.100" UserId="32" Text="&lt;antivirus&gt;" />
  <row Id="18" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8" RevisionGUID="78ed81cf-e36a-46a3-9821-cd4fa15793bd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T07:57:15.653" UserId="36" Text="You can have a local repository and configure all servers to point to it for updates. Not only you get speed of local downloads, you also get to control which official updates you want installed on your infrastructure in order to prevent any compatibility issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the Windows side of things, I've used [Windows Server Update Services][1] with very satisfying results.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/wsus/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10" RevisionGUID="78ae402a-8f68-4435-8572-973db33fe93b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T07:58:10.987" UserId="27" Text="Maybe I'm chasing a pipe dream here, but I'd really like to find an easy to use backup solution that supports both Windows and OS X, presumably something people never have to think about until the worst happens.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Suggestions?" />
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  <row Id="24" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10" RevisionGUID="78ae402a-8f68-4435-8572-973db33fe93b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T07:58:10.987" UserId="27" Text="&lt;backups&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="25" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11" RevisionGUID="82a2b8e3-bd3b-45e0-8efa-3ce98ca778a1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T07:58:55.523" UserId="24" Text="The primary reason is performance. When you run out of IOPS capacity on your primary filegroup disk drive, you'll need to expand onto a second filegroup to split IOPS over multiple disks/LUNs depending on storage config." />
  <row Id="26" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12" RevisionGUID="c6e6d913-3234-4697-883b-e6140548ab4f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T07:59:31.000" UserId="39" Text="[This was originally posted at stackoverflow.com but might be more suitable here and I'm sure it's a server configuration issue. Apologies if this is considered bad form.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As part of our database revision control (and auto-installation) procedures we need to be able run sqlcmd.exe on various .sql files from within an ASP page. The code I'm using to do this is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Dim cmd : cmd = &quot;sqlcmd -S &quot; &amp; DATABASE_SERVER &amp; &quot; -U &quot; &amp; DATABASE_UID &amp; &quot; -P &quot; &amp; DATABASE_PWD &amp; &quot; -d &quot; &amp; DATABASE_NAME &amp; &quot; -i &quot;&quot;&quot; &amp; scriptPath &amp; &quot;&quot;&quot; -b&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Dim wshShell : Set wshShell = Server.CreateObject(&quot;WScript.Shell&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    Dim return : return = wshShell.Run(cmd, 0, True)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have the code working fine on two separate development machines. These are both running XP and required no additionally steps to get the code working. Having deployed the code to a Windows 2003 server it's having problems. The problem being that the value for return is always 1. This also happens if I try to get it to run a batch file or anything else I can think of (if I change the value for cmd to an non-existing file it bombs out as I'd expect)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried adding I_USR and I_WAM to have execute permissions on both sqlcmd.exe and cmd.exe but it still returns 1. If I open a command prompt at the server and do a &quot;runas /user:servername\i_usr sqlcmd.exe&quot; that works fine but running from the ASP page still doesn't work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, when running the .sql scripts manually everything runs smoothly so there's no problem with them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any security settings on the server that I've forgotten to change within IIS or Windows generally to make it work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have also tried this on another Server 2003 machine and am getting exactly the same problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Halp.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12" RevisionGUID="c6e6d913-3234-4697-883b-e6140548ab4f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T07:59:31.000" UserId="39" Text="Running an .exe from an .asp file using wscipt under Windows Server 2003" />
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  <row Id="32" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15" RevisionGUID="f49d0d78-d7f3-4a5f-896c-f27e78ef2698" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:00:57.983" UserId="44" Text="My System is a Ubuntu 7.10 LTS. I have a (soft) Raid 6 with 5 disks (Samsung 500GB SATA disks), formatted with jsf. Should I upgrade to 8.10 LTS or isn't it worth the hassle? What are the chances that something could happen to the raid configuration? I don't want to be in the position to rebuild the raid from scratch." />
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  <row Id="35" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16" RevisionGUID="f7b7f92b-73f4-4816-9e19-6ce95bad1512" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:00:58.203" UserId="38" Text="I have a website that a number of customers are using to host their sites.  They each have their own domain name, but are using the same hosted service.  Is it better to have them run off the same IIS website with all the host headers on that site, or should I create a different website &amp; app pool for each domain that point at the same physical directory on the server?" />
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  <row Id="41" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20" RevisionGUID="3d08130a-dfcd-4a14-bb1e-7092182e37be" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:04:56.337" UserId="48" Text="There are no problems with running multiple sites from the same folder, I have done it many times. The advantage you gain by running separate sites in separate app pools is resilience to crashes, if an error is caused in one site, it is less likely to affect the others. It also means that if one site is more popular than the others you can alter the pool settings to make that more efficient when recycling threads if required." />
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  <row Id="43" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21" RevisionGUID="2ef9d41d-5284-4652-ac9e-9c3f931be796" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:04:57.833" UserId="32" Text="What prevents you from upgrading to newer operating system versions?" />
  <row Id="44" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21" RevisionGUID="2ef9d41d-5284-4652-ac9e-9c3f931be796" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:04:57.833" UserId="32" Text="&lt;upgrade&gt;" />
  <row Id="45" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3" RevisionGUID="fe2c708c-c700-43b7-8777-1b443ad104f1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:05:02.217" UserId="22" Comment="provided link to aptitude" Text=" - How do you keep your servers up to date?&#xD;&#xA; - When using a package manager like [Aptitude][1], do you keep an upgrade / install history, and if so, how do you do it?&#xD;&#xA; - When installing or upgrading packages on multiple servers, are there any ways to speed the process up as much as possible?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.debian.org/Aptitude" />
  <row Id="46" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22" RevisionGUID="4e8c93b8-e2fd-4efa-926b-5cfeb2eb75a5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:05:22.170" UserId="24" Text="No reason to use multiple app pools unless you have an explicit reason for separating them. Otherwise it's just waste of memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There shouldn't be any issues in running multiple websites off the same directory. If at some point a client needs a different version, you can migrate them onto a different dir with a specialized code base / config / etc. If this is a scenario that might occur more often, then you might consider separating them onto different websites up front." />
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  <row Id="50" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24" RevisionGUID="cd465fa3-e4ee-483b-98df-ed7a1efa1341" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:06:38.487" UserId="54" Text="Originally my system had two SATA disk drives - I added an extra SATA disk drive to my system and when accessing this disk it sometimes take about 50 times longer to access the drive. (Windows Explorer can take about 2 mins to populate the basic directory and there is nothing special about the directory)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This doesn't happen all the time, but can't identify a pattern at the moment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas what I've done wrong?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Using Windows Vista Home Premium - PC is custom made - this is just on my development PC. What other useful info can I give?)" />
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  <row Id="53" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25" RevisionGUID="caa7a121-4aee-487a-8088-9300703bd9e1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:06:50.483" UserId="49" Text="I am looking for a backup solution for this scenario:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- 3 servers (One Linux mail server, 2 Windows Servers)&#xD;&#xA;- ~ 10TB of data&#xD;&#xA;- 2 TB of which are in daily use&#xD;&#xA;- a few GB of activity/change per day&#xD;&#xA;- ability to restore data from any point in time&#xD;&#xA;- backing up is performed on a live system (international office)&#xD;&#xA;- A MSSQL database needs backing up as well&#xD;&#xA;- There is no sufficient network connection to back data up off-site&#xD;&#xA;- Uncomplicated access (native file system) to the secured data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the moment the backing up of data is handled by carrying out the delta on portable disks to an off-site location. But the software is not completely reliable (something home cooked).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We pondered whether to purchase a tape library solution from Dell, but are not very convinced that tapes are the way to go for this relatively small amout of data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How would you set up this kind of data backup?&#xD;&#xA;What software would you recommend?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Carrying disks with the delta to an off-site server to a mirror server is an option. What kind of hardware would you use?" />
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  <row Id="96" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="45" RevisionGUID="64c63ffb-046b-4401-b910-c35da44b22cb" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:12:46.567" UserId="56" Text="I've been using VMWare to simulate a simple LAN (a DC and several workstations hosted on a single machine).  The LAN will be used as a test environment for software that is currently in development.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although the current requirement is simply to provide a virtual LAN, it would be ideal if we could also simulate various problems that might be encountered in the wild.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used VMWare simply because I don't know of any alternatives.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you recommend alternatives?" />
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  <row Id="104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="49" RevisionGUID="28ca5484-4f01-4025-8386-66b8f383397f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:15:00.447" UserId="38" Text="Immediately book a flight to a non-extradition country" />
  <row Id="105" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="50" RevisionGUID="96da767a-5bba-41cf-8cfd-1ac9871b55dc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:15:12.163" UserId="24" Text="Because instead of having to limit their opportunities in developing new features due to backward compatibility, they can now basically say screw it. By bundling a virtualized version of the previous OS, it won't impact things as much when they change interfaces, system APIs etcetera - basically enabling them to be more innovative.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Furthermore, it'll also ensure 100% compatibility, which is otherwise a major reason for enterprise clients not to upgrade OSs." />
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  <row Id="132" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="61" RevisionGUID="5f3a4991-ae73-4202-9548-a0c722836e24" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:18:34.137" UserId="97" Text="For monitoring, I would say something like Cacti, Ganglia or Munin. And for alerts, I would use Nagios.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For spot monitoring, ntop is useful for a quick graphical overview. One could always use netstat or tcpdump if you are into the command line stuff." />
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  <row Id="137" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="64" RevisionGUID="913808b9-0339-4e8e-aaa6-db9d74f777c8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:19:23.447" UserId="101" Text="Microsoft Search Server 2008 and other MS serach products are tuned by editing the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\12.0\Search\Setup\ContentIndexCommon registry key. Is there an utility for doing the same?" />
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  <row Id="139" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="64" RevisionGUID="913808b9-0339-4e8e-aaa6-db9d74f777c8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:19:23.447" UserId="101" Text="&lt;search-server&gt;&lt;search&gt;&lt;sharepoint&gt;" />
  <row Id="140" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="65" RevisionGUID="17ff1417-f04c-4ba1-8f95-8d41b6c90cae" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:20:02.713" UserId="40" Text="For me, it has to be downtime &amp; loss of productivity.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the desktop front, even though I try and keep my system relatively &quot;clean&quot; in terms of what is installed, it is still set up exactly how I need it.  In the past, I've found it takes 2 or 3 days per year's worth of data / applications / settings to migrate to a clean OS install: with data being the most time consuming - checking out scores of projects from a half dozen different SVN repositories just isn't a quick process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the server front, &quot;upgrade&quot; is a bit of a misnomer: I would never ever upgrade the entire OS of a server whilst it was &quot;live&quot;: critical patches would be as far as I went (if it ain't broke, don't fix it).  When choosing a new server, it really depends on the requirements, but others have said, it's not really worth the hassle of being on the crest of the wave with a new OS - let others who can afford to throw money at problems trial and error it." />
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  <row Id="145" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="70" RevisionGUID="42d3adb3-a32d-456d-9c15-5258c1f0d9b4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:20:35.223" UserId="32" Text="I like GParted and CloneZilla. GParted is my favorite for single-use, CloneZilla's best when you need to blast images out across the network." />
  <row Id="146" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="71" RevisionGUID="c2167474-fbec-4a82-930f-495d01a63515" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:21:20.493" UserId="58" Text="I'm not exactly sure but my guess is because the network card (NIC) has been disconnected from the operating system stack. The fact that a VPN connection remains open is not so much hardware related but more by the software layers (think back to your 7 layer architecture)." />
  <row Id="147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="72" RevisionGUID="1951fabe-2f6f-4f48-91ce-59b62ad149d0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:21:55.360" UserId="91" Text="The only multi-machine mixed Mac OS X and Windows backup system I've used is Dantz Retrospect; Dantz was bought by EMC several years back, and Retrospect is still a living product.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My experience back in the late 1990s through early 2000s was that they provided a great incremental backup tool for multiple systems on a LAN.  It did take them a release to shake out their Windows and Mac OS X support but once they did, I started hearing good things about their Windows backup solutions too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Back in the early 2000s their Windows and Windows Server (including Exchange) backup support was good enough that it resulted in a department of a Very Large Company that I was doing some consulting for to switch to Retrospect.  I was doing software development for them, not systems/network administration; it was the Windows people at their site who discovered and dove into Retrospect." />
  <row Id="148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="73" RevisionGUID="25fce9fe-6680-4db9-aecc-1926ad27ca6c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:22:01.023" UserId="45" Text="Yes, it's very straightforward. Here is a good tutorial for migrating from older versions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Transitioning from Exchange 2000/2003 to Exchange Server 2007][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The latest version of Exchange Best Practices Analyzer Tool, which you can download at [www.exbpa.com][2], includes an Exchange 2007 Readiness Check option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Transitioning-Exchange-2000-2003-Exchange-Server-2007-Part1.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.exbpa.com/" />
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  <row Id="150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="75" RevisionGUID="f0298984-4987-4f22-8b51-aad3507aafac" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:22:39.897" UserId="24" Text="Because VPN is a not a stateless communication system like HTTP, it needs to have continuous connection. And since the OS is sleeping, it'll no longer maintain the connection." />
  <row Id="151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="76" RevisionGUID="d0307e05-4eef-4c36-bdef-0c3cbedce43b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:22:44.860" UserId="77" Text="We use [http://www.xs4all.nl/~edienske/abaktu/][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It does excellent backups and is configured in 5 minutes in a small xml file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We nightly dump the IIS XML config into a directory  using Iisback.vbs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check it out at [http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/5e7e923c-b374-4872-a8f5-da85ec1315fd.mspx?mfr=true][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.xs4all.nl/~edienske/abaktu/ &#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/5e7e923c-b374-4872-a8f5-da85ec1315fd.mspx?mfr=true" />
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  <row Id="158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="81" RevisionGUID="e879db0e-ecc5-497a-bff0-f1c05fffcb24" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:23:59.847" UserId="38" Text="Check the basics first, it seems silly, but things like &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Is the power on at the server facility? (if you host off-site)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Is your hosting provider down?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that a lot of time can be wasted looking for a solution when the problem is upstream" />
  <row Id="159" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="82" RevisionGUID="dab63a72-35f3-4338-af59-a84a2dcb20fd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:24:39.613" UserId="36" Text="avast! Professional Edition has some nice features like creating a preconfigured installation, background scanning (doesn't hog the hard drive while the computer is under load) and can be configured to be user-friendly in not dropping millions of notifications on him. There are some server products avast! authors offer, like avast! Distributed Network Manager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At my side IT job I only used the client Professional Edition, without the management server or DNM and it worked very well." />
  <row Id="160" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="83" RevisionGUID="f843ac04-2f7b-4814-909e-b6ddf0ba2861" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:24:52.310" UserId="79" Text="We've been using the [web deployment tool][1] (aka msdeploy) to sync our main web server with our failover servers. It's great - it'll migrate permissions, IIS configuration, virtual directories, files, folders; in fact, we used it to mirror our main web server onto a fresh Windows 2008 box in about ten minutes, and it just worked - really impressive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's the best way we've found of capturing IIS files and configuration state.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.iis.net/extensions/webdeploymenttool" />
  <row Id="161" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="84" RevisionGUID="562a5f53-720d-4b2a-9f93-d17d0fda77b6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:25:04.090" UserId="61" Text="I've used [Nagios][1] in the past with success. It's very extensible (over 200 add-ons), relatively easy to use and lots of reports. A negative would be the initial setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nagios.org/ &quot;Nagios&quot;" />
  <row Id="162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="85" RevisionGUID="365f2b86-3500-4ad2-b27d-69f95c5dc2ba" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:25:15.633" UserId="102" Text="There isn't something that I _always_ change. Actually, there's rarely anything I change, for _any given installation_. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's my own for-development-and-play-server, I probably max out the permissions to do anything, but when deploying a server for something specific, I want to have the PHP as strict as possible, without affecting the functionality of the scripts too much." />
  <row Id="163" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="86" RevisionGUID="7b29453b-9f69-4e89-b3d5-0b793da9873d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:25:30.030" UserId="103" Text="There seems to be a lot of confusion around having multiple partitions for Windows. Some of the theories I have heard are&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - It's faster to move to a new partition start than searching for a file start&#xD;&#xA; - If you need to format it's easier since the data is on the other partition&#xD;&#xA; - Putting swap file on a separate partition increases performance&#xD;&#xA; - File/Folder level security&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally I found the data one to be true, but in that scenario I would rather have separate disks since those will be faster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short my question is, is there any truth to the above theories and are there any other reasons to partition a disk?" />
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  <row Id="166" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="60" RevisionGUID="7384c5d7-8889-4da9-b1fc-4749cec7c489" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:25:30.517" UserId="41" Comment="added 1103 characters in body" Text="I'm having trouble setting up Apache with mod\_rewrite on my development machine. Mod\_rewrite is active, and works well for some rules. Some rules do not work as intended, like this one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^static/([^/]+)/([^/]+)	    /static.php?sISOCode=$1&amp;sPage=$2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In static.php I do this (for debugging):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;?php&#xD;&#xA;    print_r($_GET); print_r($_POST); print_r($_SERVER); die();&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which prints (removed some items from the $_SERVER array):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Array&#xD;&#xA;    (&#xD;&#xA;    )&#xD;&#xA;    Array&#xD;&#xA;    (&#xD;&#xA;    )&#xD;&#xA;    Array&#xD;&#xA;    (&#xD;&#xA;        [SERVER_SIGNATURE] =&gt; &lt;address&gt;Apache/2.2.11 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.6-3ubuntu4.1 with Suhosin-Patch Server at alpha.prove.no Port 80&lt;/address&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        [SERVER_SOFTWARE] =&gt; Apache/2.2.11 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.6-3ubuntu4.1 with Suhosin-Patch&#xD;&#xA;        [SERVER_ADDR] =&gt; 127.0.0.1&#xD;&#xA;        [SERVER_PORT] =&gt; 80&#xD;&#xA;        [REMOTE_ADDR] =&gt; 127.0.0.1&#xD;&#xA;        [DOCUMENT_ROOT] =&gt; /home/veg/workspace/project&#xD;&#xA;        [SERVER_ADMIN] =&gt; webmaster@localhost&#xD;&#xA;        [SCRIPT_FILENAME] =&gt; /home/veg/workspace/project/static.php&#xD;&#xA;        [REMOTE_PORT] =&gt; 38954&#xD;&#xA;        [GATEWAY_INTERFACE] =&gt; CGI/1.1&#xD;&#xA;        [SERVER_PROTOCOL] =&gt; HTTP/1.1&#xD;&#xA;        [REQUEST_METHOD] =&gt; GET&#xD;&#xA;        [QUERY_STRING] =&gt; &#xD;&#xA;        [REQUEST_URI] =&gt; /static/no/startCar&#xD;&#xA;        [SCRIPT_NAME] =&gt; /static.php&#xD;&#xA;        [PATH_INFO] =&gt; /no/startCar&#xD;&#xA;        [PATH_TRANSLATED] =&gt; redirect:/index.php/startCar&#xD;&#xA;        [PHP_SELF] =&gt; /static.php/no/startCar&#xD;&#xA;        [argv] =&gt; Array&#xD;&#xA;            (&#xD;&#xA;            )&#xD;&#xA;        [argc] =&gt; 0&#xD;&#xA;    )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Somehow the GET parameters set according to the rule is not getting through. The same .htaccess file is in use on other setups, and works well. The Apache configuration for this virtual domain:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost&#xD;&#xA;            ServerName project.example.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            DocumentRoot /home/veg/workspace/project&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;Directory /home/veg/workspace/project&gt;&#xD;&#xA;                    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews&#xD;&#xA;                    AllowOverride All&#xD;&#xA;                    Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;                    allow from all&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,&#xD;&#xA;            # alert, emerg.&#xD;&#xA;            LogLevel warn&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The access log and error log outputs nothing when this happens. Any ideas appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An example of a rule that works, for the same file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^faq/?$                   /static.php?sISOCode=no&amp;sPage=faq" />
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  <row Id="174" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="90" RevisionGUID="010d4d36-a3e2-4f49-9ab8-94f17ca3a363" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:26:28.720" UserId="98" Text="Personally, I love [Munin][1] which is very easy to install and to write plugins for as it has a very straightforward architecture. There are quite many plugins already around for all the purposes you could imagine, so you probably won't even have to write plugins in the first place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It also provides beautiful graphs and the option to configure (very basic) alerts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://munin.projects.linpro.no/ &quot;Munin&quot;" />
  <row Id="175" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="91" RevisionGUID="adbce04d-1460-44b1-8350-b2793a7590d8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:26:29.297" UserId="97" Text="I use dd. =D" />
  <row Id="176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="92" RevisionGUID="b2f05cf4-e97b-43c1-a544-0a777e244ea2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:26:53.053" UserId="112" Text="Bingo. Most VPN software is implemented using the TCP/IP stack, which is not stateless. They have timeouts associated with the connections and when you put your computer to sleep there's no way to keep that connection alive." />
  <row Id="177" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="93" RevisionGUID="945a8d6e-361f-454b-afc8-f9e9a4acaa86" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:28:21.180" UserId="24" Text="Putting swap on a different disk will not be faster since it's still the same physical disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, by partitioning you can actually determine whether the partitions should be on the inner or outer part of the physical disk (depending on partition order). Thus you can make one partition on the outer edge of the disk that's way faster than the one on the inner part of the disk. Putting swap there might theoretically increase performance. It might also increase disk thrashing since the disk head will have to move from the innermost part to the outermost more often." />
  <row Id="178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="94" RevisionGUID="11a82797-fc7b-4a7b-843c-981c67046fed" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:28:57.963" UserId="36" Text="Firefox MSI with lockdown features through Group Policies like FrontMotion's [Firefox Community Edition][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.frontmotion.com/FMFirefoxCE/&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="181" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="95" RevisionGUID="f722c840-4255-4935-adb4-e0a56daf5fc3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:29:13.050" UserId="32" Text="&lt;tips&gt;" />
  <row Id="182" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="96" RevisionGUID="991777a1-a342-4596-b933-fbbf2c9542c5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:29:13.283" UserId="103" Text="Very simply what software KVM's would you recommend?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="183" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="96" RevisionGUID="991777a1-a342-4596-b933-fbbf2c9542c5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:29:13.283" UserId="103" Text="Software KVM" />
  <row Id="184" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="96" RevisionGUID="991777a1-a342-4596-b933-fbbf2c9542c5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:29:13.283" UserId="103" Text="&lt;kvm&gt;" />
  <row Id="185" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="73" RevisionGUID="af8ef846-7502-4e16-a213-5313d9a5fc5c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:29:20.333" UserId="45" Comment="preparations" Text="Yes, it's very straightforward. Here is a good tutorial for migrating from older versions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Transitioning from Exchange 2000/2003 to Exchange Server 2007][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some things you'll have to do in order to prepare your domain for Exchange Server 2007, though:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Preparing Active Directory&#xD;&#xA; - Prepare Legacy Exchange Permissions&#xD;&#xA; - Prepare Schema&#xD;&#xA; - PrepareDomain and PrepareAllDomains&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The latest version of Exchange Best Practices Analyzer Tool, which you can download at [www.exbpa.com][2], includes an Exchange 2007 Readiness Check option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Transitioning-Exchange-2000-2003-Exchange-Server-2007-Part1.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.exbpa.com/" />
  <row Id="186" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="97" RevisionGUID="dff5c677-e40f-41a8-806e-78eb10553b2f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:30:01.957" UserId="38" Text="I'd go with Firefox, but I know what you mean about the plugins.  Is there a way to restrict plugin installation with policy settings (or even better restrict to a certain subset of plugins)?" />
  <row Id="187" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="98" RevisionGUID="9a6eb714-0fa8-474c-bd4e-4c7154c305b5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:30:03.453" UserId="115" Text="I subscribe to the &quot;If it ain't broke&quot; policy, especially on server versions.  Having to go through the pain of working out how to get everything up and working in the new version tends to keep me with the version I currently have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Only when the new features become essential and required do I feel the need to go through the process again.  And then only when the new essential features outweigh the process of working out how to get everything working again." />
  <row Id="188" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="99" RevisionGUID="e2350ab2-53ee-47fa-936f-dc5bdc3839fa" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:30:04.543" UserId="33" Text="I'm more specifically looking to set the Expires and the Last-Modified headers on static content (images, css, etc.)" />
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  <row Id="190" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="99" RevisionGUID="e2350ab2-53ee-47fa-936f-dc5bdc3839fa" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:30:04.543" UserId="33" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;response&gt;&lt;webadmin&gt;" />
  <row Id="191" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="100" RevisionGUID="eda4cdf6-cb03-4bf9-917e-0f1de8835819" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:30:15.013" UserId="107" Text="I want to use my external USB hdd formatted as NTFS on my Mac and want full read/write previledge there. I know there are third party drivers to accomplish this (like [MacFUSE][1]) but I want to know how stable do you think to use such tools?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/" />
  <row Id="192" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="100" RevisionGUID="eda4cdf6-cb03-4bf9-917e-0f1de8835819" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:30:15.013" UserId="107" Text="Is writing on NTFS partition from mac os considered safe now?" />
  <row Id="193" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="100" RevisionGUID="eda4cdf6-cb03-4bf9-917e-0f1de8835819" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:30:15.013" UserId="107" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="194" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="101" RevisionGUID="797e76b1-2ef4-46c4-b799-defbee57e469" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:30:43.450" UserId="89" Text="I can't think of any Ubuntu-specific tweaks, but here's a few that apply to all distributions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;0. Uninstall all unnecessary packages&#xD;&#xA;1. Use public-key only authentication in SSH&#xD;&#xA;2. Disable root logins via SSH (doesn't apply to Ubuntu)&#xD;&#xA;3. Use the production settings for PHP (php.ini-recommended)&#xD;&#xA;4. Configure MySQL to use sockets only&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course this list isn't complete, and you'll never be completely safe, but it covers all the exploits *I* have seen in real life.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, the exploits I have seen were almost always related to unsecure user code, not unsecure configuration. The default configurations in minimal, server distributions tend to be pretty secure." />
  <row Id="195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="102" RevisionGUID="27f0b2e5-7ef0-4a7a-9d55-a79982da78d5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:31:08.270" UserId="48" Text="One of the primary reasons I use different partitions is that of separating the data from the OS. Should you need to re-install windows (which we all know is quite likely) at any point you can do so without needing to move your data off to somewhere else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As partitions on the same disk will be using the same spindle theres very little to be gained in terms of speed with partitioning a single disk." />
  <row Id="196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="103" RevisionGUID="d94eb770-fbc9-4ebf-827b-7519e45ebe95" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:31:22.543" UserId="97" Text="I have always put my user data on D: and this has saved me on multiple occasions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. D drive fails / starts failing. I am able to attach another drive, copy things over, remap and get back up to speed pretty quickly.&#xD;&#xA; 2. C drive fails. Does not affect my user data. Reinstall/reimage, map D: on and I'm back in business.&#xD;&#xA; 3. I can keep upgrading the D drive to larger and larger capacities as newer drives come out.&#xD;&#xA; 4. There's the performance increase as mentioned from having multiple spindles.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;YMMV." />
  <row Id="197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="104" RevisionGUID="a4d76991-aee1-402a-9ec6-536920116dda" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:31:33.760" UserId="117" Text="On Linux/Debian based systems, [cron-apt][1] is a very handy tool that can manage automating apt via cron.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm using it to `apt-get update` every day and send me an email if new updates has to be installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a [short and well-done introduction on that tool][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=cron-apt&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/162" />
  <row Id="198" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="105" RevisionGUID="0806a748-7b9a-41aa-b54f-48105e3afc29" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:31:34.150" UserId="33" Text="We have a new employee document and they usually share an office with someone else." />
  <row Id="199" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="106" RevisionGUID="309e184c-607b-4172-9391-ae81cca26f48" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:32:31.060" UserId="48" Text="I have used [synergy][1] previously and its not too bad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="200" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="107" RevisionGUID="3d6b874d-aa20-461e-86d6-93a93b02fdfb" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:32:43.307" UserId="22" Text="Have you tried using the [QSA (Query String Append)][1] flag?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^static/([^/]+)/([^/]+) /static.php?sISOCode=$1&amp;sPage=$2 [QSA]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html" />
  <row Id="201" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="108" RevisionGUID="d86a5107-9b88-4306-815e-43efe58d000a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:33:02.183" UserId="98" Text="MacFuse runs very well here and I never had any problems leading to data loss - in fact I never had any problems to begin with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is one issue though: When a NTFS volume is not cleanly unmounted, NTFS-3g refuses to mount the disk in RW mode (it can be forced to do so though) and there are no tools available to clear that not-cleanly-unmounted flag from MacOS, which means that basically, you still need a Windows installation around." />
  <row Id="202" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="109" RevisionGUID="69c92ded-eaf3-40b1-8d50-90d9ec585afe" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:33:14.473" UserId="61" Text="first tools I would use would be ping and tracert. These will let you know right away if packets are being dropped and where. Routing issues will also bubble up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've also seen it where proxies, configured incorrectly, can cause problems on a local network." />
  <row Id="203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="110" RevisionGUID="11af0cb1-ccbc-4beb-921c-e98bbb64832b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:33:25.957" UserId="133" Text="http://synergy2.sourceforge.net with some success.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is cross platform, lets you move your mouse off the edge of one screen and onto the next screen even accross systems." />
  <row Id="204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="111" RevisionGUID="397f4121-b5b7-48bc-85d8-cbd6e43da329" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:33:45.707" UserId="110" Text="Suppose you have this fancy new site, with lots of data (like big images), and you're about to put it online. If you do &quot;too much&quot; publicity, during the first days, the site will be overwhelmed with requests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I mitigate this risk ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've thought of&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- going live gradually, like SO and SF : &quot;private&quot; beta, public beta, public&#xD;&#xA;- allow X connections concurrently, so the connected user still have good experience of the site, and the others have a nice apology message&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- buy more servers, as after the first days, the site will have a lot less traffic :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="205" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="111" RevisionGUID="397f4121-b5b7-48bc-85d8-cbd6e43da329" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:33:45.707" UserId="110" Text="First days online : how not to kill your site" />
  <row Id="206" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="111" RevisionGUID="397f4121-b5b7-48bc-85d8-cbd6e43da329" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:33:45.707" UserId="110" Text="&lt;website&gt;&lt;traffic&gt;&lt;optimization&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="207" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="112" RevisionGUID="318ee7b6-459b-4337-8cd4-fabbf0d3c255" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:33:46.517" UserId="112" Text="I doubt you would see any performance increase for the first or third items you have listed. Partitioning a single disk doesn't avoid the fact that you need time to seek the head over the proper track and then need to wait for the desired sector to rotate under the head.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The time is lost due to physical reasons. Separating partitions won't improve that latency.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I am a huge fan of using it to separate data from the operating system. Makes it a breeze when you need to do a reinstall." />
  <row Id="208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="113" RevisionGUID="4eaadecc-77d7-473e-a8bc-8402400d02b7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:33:48.297" UserId="97" Text="Do what Can suggests...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nmap the host and disable all non-essential services. Use iptables if necessary." />
  <row Id="209" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="114" RevisionGUID="7d8ddf4c-ef49-49bb-8944-ea75367f5079" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:33:48.920" UserId="123" Text="I have been doing roll outs of [Spiceworks][1] at our company and we are finding it to be a great tool not just for monitoring servers but everything else on the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It does things like automatic inventory and custom monitoring to send you emails when there is a problem (EG: Printer is down to 10% of ink or hard drive of this server has 20%).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its downside would probably be is density of information per computer, dont get it wong it has ALOT of data per machine but for things like servers where you might want alot of stats you might need to use another tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://spiceworks.com" />
  <row Id="210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="115" RevisionGUID="0e1f0981-08b7-47ae-850f-9fad374e3fd6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:33:59.433" UserId="132" Text="Most non-IT users still prefer IE, at least those I'm in touch with, so I would go with IE, as much as it would cost me ;-)" />
  <row Id="211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="116" RevisionGUID="67c35def-06da-43dc-aeda-0c6a7404ec58" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:34:11.587" UserId="32" Text="Who do you recommend for SSL certs? Digicert, Verisign, someone else? I'd like someone with a trusted root certificate." />
  <row Id="212" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="116" RevisionGUID="67c35def-06da-43dc-aeda-0c6a7404ec58" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:34:11.587" UserId="32" Text="What's your favorite SSL cert provider?" />
  <row Id="213" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="116" RevisionGUID="67c35def-06da-43dc-aeda-0c6a7404ec58" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:34:11.587" UserId="32" Text="&lt;ssl&gt;&lt;certificate&gt;" />
  <row Id="214" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="117" RevisionGUID="fadc0d47-f61b-4006-a618-0534ca065b46" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:34:12.413" UserId="38" Text="Ghosted images that then run a user customisation script work well.  Give the user all the basic stuff (OS, Office, Firefox, misc corporate software) and then get the server to allocate shared drives and exchange on first login.  This is of course a windows-centric answer :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should have mentioned, for developer machines I would then back off and let a higher level of customisation, but then I'm biased" />
  <row Id="215" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="89" RevisionGUID="eb421d69-36bd-4e19-80ce-4c21d4cfe71b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:34:22.833" UserId="110" Comment="added 26 characters in body; edited tags" Text="What kind of optimization (performance or whatever) do you use when going live with IIS (on windows 2003) ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently, I use 1 application pool per web site, but I think I can do more :)" />
  <row Id="216" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="89" RevisionGUID="eb421d69-36bd-4e19-80ce-4c21d4cfe71b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:34:22.833" UserId="110" Comment="added 26 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;optimization&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="118" RevisionGUID="79e92149-8007-4d6a-b0b6-329b91bb36ca" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:34:26.173" UserId="103" Text="Nagios is great since it's free and there is plenty of plugin's for it. However the UI and config is very difficult. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's exact opposite in pro's/con's which is also great is Microsoft System Centre Operations Manager (SCOM) which is not free, has less plugin's but setup and config are brilliant and easy. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I must admit if I was in a primarily Microsoft company, had very high reliance requirements (i.e. can't afford for monitoring to break) or had to think about getting developers to work with it then SCOM would be my recommendation over Nagios. " />
  <row Id="218" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="119" RevisionGUID="eb998a64-867d-4c85-bb28-c7456d69969e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:34:49.633" UserId="95" Text="I use the QoS of [Tomato firmware](http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato) on my LinkSys WRT54GL router. It can detect all types of traffic, p2p, video, audio, etc and classify it, giving it bandwidth restrictions and packet priority. I believe you can actually set it per IP Address as well. There is also great bandwidth monitoring by day/week/month. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also try [DD-WRT](http://www.dd-wrt.com) as it's very similar, but I really prefer Tomato's UI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some other 3rd party firmwares, but I have only used these two." />
  <row Id="222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="121" RevisionGUID="c9c4f515-a3ce-4541-9827-6391bb897867" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:36:07.043" UserId="45" Text="What are the things I have to consider when I have to install SQL Server (2005/2008) on a new server? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Storage setup&#xD;&#xA; - TempDB&#xD;&#xA; - Security&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are some common mistakes made in that process?" />
  <row Id="223" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="121" RevisionGUID="c9c4f515-a3ce-4541-9827-6391bb897867" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:36:07.043" UserId="45" Text="SQL Server setup check list" />
  <row Id="224" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="121" RevisionGUID="c9c4f515-a3ce-4541-9827-6391bb897867" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:36:07.043" UserId="45" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;setup&gt;&lt;raid&gt;&lt;tempdb&gt;" />
  <row Id="226" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="123" RevisionGUID="d87b1070-c850-4df5-9a44-0df2885793cc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:37:08.023" UserId="135" Text="[virtualBox][1]. free, excellent, many forms of networks that you can build with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.virtualbox.org/" />
  <row Id="227" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="124" RevisionGUID="713a1fd6-83c0-4ab7-9415-ef5953fc531e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:37:23.637" UserId="112" Text="Remember that Microsoft considers VM instances to be full installations of XP, and thus require their own license. So in addition to Mark S. Rasmussen's excellent answer, it's important because Windows 7 includes a complete license to a virtualized copy of XP." />
  <row Id="228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="125" RevisionGUID="5d3d4c44-74ec-4656-875a-33555a818257" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:37:25.837" UserId="24" Text="Why would you consider using a single app pool per website as an optimization? Separating websites into different app pools should only be done if you have an explicit need for it like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Different .NET versions&#xD;&#xA;* Different identity requirements&#xD;&#xA;* Crashing websites&#xD;&#xA;* Recycle schedules&#xD;&#xA;* Etc" />
  <row Id="230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="127" RevisionGUID="c7ceda25-3da9-4f1f-b0f4-01c4c4ac54af" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:38:03.170" UserId="97" Text="I've used most of them and they mostly vary in service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FWIW, RapidSSL has worked out fine for me." />
  <row Id="231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="128" RevisionGUID="d82164c7-c879-4a4f-88e4-536cb3df00c4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:38:12.187" UserId="147" Text="If you're going anywhere near the Internet with the server, install an intrusion detection system like snort. " />
  <row Id="232" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="129" RevisionGUID="b45fce6c-e17c-48e1-a2c5-0076e055bba1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:38:14.697" UserId="132" Text="I think it depends on the frequency the software is upgraded. If a new version comes out every 3-6 months, I would be upgrading systems almost everyday." />
  <row Id="233" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="130" RevisionGUID="78c3090d-4c83-4abe-957f-5cb4f9463aa1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:38:45.007" UserId="123" Text="At work we are currently in the process of rolling out [Ahsay][1] (OBM and OBS). From what we can tell so far it does a good job our exchange 2007 store and also seems to play well with some of the more common 2003 exchange stores.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ahsay.com" />
  <row Id="234" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="131" RevisionGUID="1af1be2e-9865-4c2d-a2ae-e540ec04d31f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:38:47.177" UserId="24" Text="Please see Brent Ozar's great post on the topic:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2008/03/sql-server-2005-setup-checklist-part-1-before-the-install/" />
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  <row Id="237" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="134" RevisionGUID="6ef3a6b9-b67b-45f2-9e39-3e928f11dfc0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:40:34.147" UserId="38" Text="IIS Admin, go to the properties of the website.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Click on HTTP Headers then set the content expiration values.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best way to set it on static content is to just keep all the static content in a 'Content' folder away from dynamic files" />
  <row Id="238" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="135" RevisionGUID="b39d5e73-9c5a-4801-81ea-a6aa4dbb9779" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:40:45.533" UserId="34" Text="  1. Cache as much as you can. Any pages that are dynamically created should be cached so that users will get a static version. In page components that query the db should also be cached.&#xD;&#xA;  2. Try using an external service like Amazon S3 to serve images and multimedia (or have it ready to use if the site suddenly gets hit with a ton of traffic).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Going live gradually can worked for SOF and SF because they already had built-in publicity and demand, due to the popularity of Jeff and Joel's blogs. If you do not have a near-guaranteed userbase like they did, then going live gradually could be fatal. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would avoid the X concurrent connections some users may make multiple connections to your server while loading different elements on one page. Limiting concurrent connections like this could then affect all users." />
  <row Id="239" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="136" RevisionGUID="10bb9069-c5d8-46ff-95d5-b193d7a57288" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:40:54.970" UserId="106" Text="An invitation system can sometimes be a good way to control user uptake of a site. Pass out a certain number of invites at the beginning, so that the site doesn't become overwhelmed. Then give each user a few invites to pass around to others, slowly building up the number of users on the site. That way you won't get too many people hitting the site at the beginning, and you don't get a massive peak of traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The downside of course is that you may be turning away a lot of users at the beginning who don't have invites, and who may not return later on. Unless you have a really good site that people are very excited to use, then this could be a bad move. It depends on the site really. Plus you'd actually have to have some extra development time to add an invitation system." />
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  <row Id="241" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="138" RevisionGUID="4f068eed-0cf6-4ef3-93b0-f7256bfe0a17" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:41:23.160" UserId="112" Text="The root certificate list has ballooned so large over the past few years that certificates signed by a &quot;trusted&quot; root authority are affordable and relatively easy to come by.  I believe there are over 200 root authorities now, including everything from Verisign to the Hong Kong Post Office.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used GoDaddy in the past. Their certs are affordable and well recognized." />
  <row Id="242" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="139" RevisionGUID="0d037f54-a1ae-49d3-905c-de063bf92759" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:41:27.840" UserId="97" Text="I find that a combination of a vacuum and cans of compressed air usually work well. I try to clean things out every 6 months or so." />
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  <row Id="245" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="140" RevisionGUID="766de56e-e1c4-4a63-84fd-33edeb35871d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:42:09.820" UserId="151" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="246" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="141" RevisionGUID="440f87c9-6eed-4751-aec1-ce5a9f56a6b1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:42:13.110" UserId="117" Text="[Cacti][1] is a very good web-based frontend to [RRDTool][2], providing very handy graphs and stats.&#xD;&#xA;[RRDTool][2] is the part which gather data from multiples systems and monitor a wide range of technical data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're using that cacti/RRDTool solution to monitor unix and windows systems and get a lot of mesures including load, cpu/ram usage,  HD space, users logged in, network traffic, running processes and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will find more information on cacti on [what is cacti page][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cacti.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.cacti.net/what_is_cacti.php" />
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  <row Id="249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="144" RevisionGUID="049afba6-0a50-42cd-93f1-ff3701b02156" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:43:08.337" UserId="103" Text="[Thawte][1] used them for years - they are absolutely the best out there. I only used one other (can't remember the name) because I needed a special type of certificate for an Exchange deployment that Thawte did not offer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.thawte.com/" />
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  <row Id="252" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="145" RevisionGUID="823aa5b8-d1d8-4ce3-9334-7eac22574255" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:43:14.780" UserId="163" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;printerdriver&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="147" RevisionGUID="24f622e8-ab52-4325-b475-96b0454a9412" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:43:45.277" UserId="156" Text="Having a large estate of computers which all need to be upgraded together. Having multiple Operating Systems or versions of operating systems complicates support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having to migrate lots of machines at once is also more complicated and requires more app compatibility checking beforehand and user support after." />
  <row Id="257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="148" RevisionGUID="4e2ec258-b4ee-45ec-9a48-610e1f91e922" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:44:39.113" UserId="32" Text="It sounds as if this isn't supported. From this [bug report info][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*There's been a lot of interest in this one, so I'll go into a bit more detail as to what is happening behind the scenes, and what it would mean to implement this functionality.&#xD;&#xA;Some types of index pages are segregated into separate allocation units, while others are mixed in with the data pages.&#xD;&#xA;Where we currently only look at the allocation bitmap to see if an extent is allocated, now we would have to go in and interpret what is stored in each allocation unit. Further, we would now not be able to just do a linear scan of the data files copying data, we'd be skipping around in the file.&#xD;&#xA;All of this interpretation of the data structures would drastically slow down backup. Restore gets even more interesting, because there are a lots of structures that would have to ba fixed up to account for the holes in the backup. Otherwise you'd have allocation maps pointing to pages which weren't backed up, and so have garbage in them, etc. etc.&#xD;&#xA;So, implementing this would mean that we'd save less data, take longer doing it, and take much longer restoring it.&#xD;&#xA;The other facet to consider is that this would take a large amount of engineering effort to get it all right. While that's not your problem on the surface, consider that it means that other features you may want to see wouldn't get built.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=331220&amp;wa=wsignin1.0" />
  <row Id="258" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="149" RevisionGUID="d5748a3c-b0dd-4728-9bca-46a46c9b92fb" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:44:46.147" UserId="165" Text="We use verisign here at the office." />
  <row Id="259" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="150" RevisionGUID="d5239def-9c70-4cd5-948a-2d01bb821a1d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:44:47.160" UserId="156" Text="Sorry to say but I've ended up using lots of custom scripts. While far from ideal I doubt there's a more common solution." />
  <row Id="260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="151" RevisionGUID="eda13a81-3097-499f-9126-cfef620fbd66" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:44:53.557" UserId="160" Text="[Trinity Rescue Kit][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Here 's a sumup of some of the most important features, new and old:  &#xD;&#xA;-easily reset windows passwords (backup and restore option in 3.3)  &#xD;&#xA;-4 different virusscan products integrated in a single uniform commandline with online update capability (5 in version 3.3)  &#xD;&#xA;-full ntfs write support thanks to ntfs-3g (all other drivers included as well)  &#xD;&#xA;-clone NTFS filesystems over the network  &#xD;&#xA;-wide range of hardware support (kernel 2.6.19.2 and recent kudzu hwdata)  &#xD;&#xA;-easy script to find all local filesystems  &#xD;&#xA;-self update capability to include and update all virusscanners  &#xD;&#xA;-full proxyserver support  &#xD;&#xA;-run a samba fileserver (windows like filesharing)  &#xD;&#xA;-run a ssh server  &#xD;&#xA;-recovery and undeletion of files with utilities and procedures  &#xD;&#xA;-recovery of lost partitions  &#xD;&#xA;-evacuation of dying disks  &#xD;&#xA;-UTF-8 international character support  &#xD;&#xA;-powerful multicast disk cloning utility for any filesystem  &#xD;&#xA;-2 rootkit detection uitilities (version 3.3)  &#xD;&#xA;-elaborated documentation (+manpages as of 3.3)  &#xD;&#xA;-elaborated documentation  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://trinityhome.org/Home/index.php?pid=1&amp;wpid=5&amp;p_node=1&amp;edit_pid=5&amp;front_id=12" />
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  <row Id="263" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="153" RevisionGUID="7c2eb5b1-5c99-416d-b082-040e81dc3855" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:46:26.330" UserId="151" Text="One Lession that I learned the hard way many times, I treat it as a law: You can NOT upgrade Windows. Formatting/Reinstalling is faster than &quot;upgrading&quot; and dealing with the issues. I've got bitten by this so often, even with seemingly straight-forward upgrades like Win2000 =&gt; WinXP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other reason is the &quot;Never touch a running system&quot; rule. If it runs *and there are no security vulnerabilities impacting it*, don't touch it." />
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  <row Id="268" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="156" RevisionGUID="5097c090-cd03-4de6-b7d7-086d29928ea3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:49:08.663" UserId="123" Text="What i would recommend for an on-site solution to start off with is to invest in a a backup server that has a good amount of room for expansion. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was recently looking into the possibly deploying a tape drive solution with HP tape drivers and i was very turned off by the low amount of storage per tape, high price and the fact if i need to upgrade it i might as well throw the old tape drive out the window.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing you might want to look at is [Drobo pro][1], if you load one of them up with 2tb drives you can get 16tb. I have been looking to give one of these a go ( When i get the funds :) ) but i have herd great reviews about them and the fact that a few years down the track you need to upgrade you just take a few drives out and put in some new hard drive that has yet more ridiculous amounts of space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://drobo.com/products/drobopro/" />
  <row Id="269" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="157" RevisionGUID="14f5f04d-48f4-4516-a304-8cb0007c490e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:49:24.793" UserId="45" Text="Is there a way to configure PPTP VPN on Windows Server which automatically tells the client to add a route for the private network?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have to do it manually on every PC (once) using following command for example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     route add 192.168.111.0 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.112.101 -p&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and assigning a fxied IP address for every account." />
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  <row Id="271" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="157" RevisionGUID="14f5f04d-48f4-4516-a304-8cb0007c490e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:49:24.793" UserId="45" Text="&lt;tcpip&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;static-routes&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="272" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="158" RevisionGUID="96af5925-27df-4ce4-9ebb-082457181710" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:49:34.437" UserId="179" Text="I've had a quick look at Microsoft's [Data Protection Manager][1]. It requires you to have a second SharePoint server as an intermediate restore point, but it does look like the goods when it comes to easy restore (and includes backup/restore functionality for other products).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/dataprotectionmanager/en/us/default.aspx" />
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  <row Id="284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="163" RevisionGUID="414c51b9-7aac-4eb4-acac-dbb44bcd7402" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:52:04.180" UserId="158" Text="Would it be practical to rent some extra servers for a month or so to handle the initial load?" />
  <row Id="285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="164" RevisionGUID="909cc4a9-e0aa-45a7-8452-babdb76d3a5b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:52:10.653" UserId="164" Text="I have a personal webserver (dedicated) which has 2GB RAM, 500 GB HDD, Unlimited Bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently there are about 15 sites. Some sites get about 1000 hits per day and the lowest ones gets about 150 per day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of the sites are wordpress blogs and others are asp.net applications. All the sites are not &quot;heavy&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is how many more websites can my webserver handle? I am webdeveloper so what are the things (sever spec) which I should consider before renting out a server for a webstite?" />
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  <row Id="287" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="164" RevisionGUID="909cc4a9-e0aa-45a7-8452-babdb76d3a5b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:52:10.653" UserId="164" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="165" RevisionGUID="636f934c-8d80-482e-8620-69570b56000f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:52:46.190" UserId="181" Text="One quick thing that I do early on is install [DenyHosts][1].  It will regularly look through the /var/log/secure, looking for failed logins, and after a couple of failures, block the IP. I set it to block after the first no-such-user, on the second attempt at root, and after a couple of tries for real users (in case you mess up, but you should be using a SSH public key to login).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="166" RevisionGUID="1c99230d-43f3-4baf-a1d9-7d7d5346fc19" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:52:56.877" UserId="160" Text="[UltraVNC][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Key features: File transfer, Video driver, Optional Encryption Plugins, MS Logon, Text chat, Viewer Toolbar, Java Viewer with File Transfer , as well as Auto scaling and Server Side Scaling, Multiple-Monitors-support,Repeater/Proxy-support, Auto reconnection, good performances and tons of other functionalities.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Addons: Repeater , SingleClick generator and NATtoNAT connectors , that help you to easily handle the most complex connection situations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;UltraVNC runs under Windows operating systems (95, 98, Me, NT4, 2000, XP, 2003...). Its embedded Java Viewer allows you to connect (and make File transfers) from a simple Web Browser on any Operating system supporting Java   (Linux, Mac OS...) to an UltraVNC server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;**UltraVNC SC (SingleClick)** is a customizable mini UltraVNC server for download. This is very convenient for help desk support because **the customer doesn't need any preinstalled remote control software**. Just have him or her download UltraVNC SC and start remote controlling. At the end of the remote control session UltraVNC SC deinstalls itself and leaves the computer without additional software. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.uvnc.com/" />
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  <row Id="292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="168" RevisionGUID="ce72a6eb-9c9c-4a52-9c02-d0e7f915d6fc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:54:27.387" UserId="24" Text="There's no definitive answer for that question as it 100% depends on load and feature usage of those sites. Also, consider that load might change over time, so you can't plan completely by just looking at current usage patterns.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best advice I can give is to monitor the current usage and try to come up with some average numbers of load/visitors. Then plan for a safe margin you want to have, and rent websites / buy servers accordingly." />
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  <row Id="295" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="170" RevisionGUID="b34e34b3-b4fa-4f12-b727-cfd6c6ab8ff3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:54:45.797" UserId="161" Text="i think we have all slightly misunderstood the whole xp virtual pc. it is more like the wine scenario in linux where the app accesses windows (xp) files as necessary but actually runs by itself without opening an xp session. sort of like the way calls to install to certain locations are now redirected to a users own app folder in vista and now in windows 7.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="298" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="172" RevisionGUID="a45bc7ba-4694-4d1f-a0e5-5e15c59781aa" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:55:00.053" UserId="38" Text="![User Friendly][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;via http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20040111&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/archives/04jan/uf006311.gif" />
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  <row Id="302" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="174" RevisionGUID="bf20c39d-6c95-46b2-93e4-eb74e9a41303" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:55:21.893" UserId="123" Text="For the desktop i would have to say its the new version 9 *Ubuntu that i am currently breaking my current record of staying away from windows for the longest amount of time which is currently 1 day :(.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the server i like to use a clean Debian install and build up from their adding the packages i need for each build." />
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  <row Id="304" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="175" RevisionGUID="9c3caa97-b04a-482a-b1b4-15fc01fc10f5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:55:50.550" UserId="184" Text="We use McAfee and I would warn you from using it. It is veeeery slow. Previously we had AVG and it was much faster. " />
  <row Id="305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="176" RevisionGUID="ad9bc359-b25e-49bd-b616-1fb24147b763" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:56:05.747" UserId="137" Text="Run a continuous ping from the command line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**ping -t [destination IP DNS or hostname]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - From your PC to the users PC&#xD;&#xA; - Your PC to the file server&#xD;&#xA; - Your PC to Internet sites&#xD;&#xA; - etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If any of these are slow, then run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**tracert [destination IP DNS or hostname]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to see where the issue is." />
  <row Id="306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="177" RevisionGUID="f4dc3100-17eb-4a48-951f-68b18fde6fce" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:56:40.503" UserId="134" Text="On the desktop I use Ubuntu because it goes well with my notebook. On the server I work with Debian and Gentoo (legacy from work). Debian seems pretty stable so I will go with that for my favourite server distro. Also, I like FreeBSD and have worked with it for some time." />
  <row Id="307" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="177" RevisionGUID="f4dc3100-17eb-4a48-951f-68b18fde6fce" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:56:40.503" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="308" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="178" RevisionGUID="54efe0a7-d7df-4c43-909c-409f03f2259f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:56:40.910" UserId="34" Text="Look at your processor usage and resource consumption during peak times and throughout the day. Extrapolate from their to how many more sites would bring the server to no more than 75%, at the most. Keep on monitoring this number as you add more sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You don't want to push the limit, since the less of a threshold you have, one site that has a big day or some inefficient code (ie: the site becomes &quot;heavy&quot;) can bring down your machine if you are not careful." />
  <row Id="309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="179" RevisionGUID="bed455eb-0b51-44ee-8750-dc93e2907c1b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:56:45.697" UserId="22" Text="**Debian.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Clean and basic, especially for server usage&#xD;&#xA; - Widely supported, which results in a big community of users behind it&#xD;&#xA; - Great packaging system&#xD;&#xA; - Large library of compatible software repositories" />
  <row Id="310" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="179" RevisionGUID="bed455eb-0b51-44ee-8750-dc93e2907c1b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:56:45.697" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="180" RevisionGUID="a167e285-b470-4b07-9e48-b4b4371a0b7e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:57:04.387" UserId="183" Text="I find it quite useful to have system files on one partition and user files on another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, in linux land that would be a partition for / and a partition for /home. In Windows land that would be c: and d: drive, and either actually modifying windows so the &quot;Document and Settings&quot; directory is on D or just learning to store my data on D.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This means that if your system goes belly up (on the Linux case you want to swap distros or distro versions) you can easily nuke the partition and start again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apart from that one rule though, I think the less partitions the better. Partitions are inflexible things, and the less you have to deal with them the better." />
  <row Id="312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="181" RevisionGUID="e1011308-be75-4fbf-baa3-73dc20837166" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:57:19.580" UserId="103" Text="Servers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - if screen sharing is specific requirement: VNC (free)&#xD;&#xA; - otherwise terminal services is good for remote support (free - for windows, includes ability to map local drives to the remote machine)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For connecting to users: [Co-Pilot][1] (free during some times, cost is dependant on how the connection is established - great for getting around firewall issues. easy to use for users)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.copilot.com/" />
  <row Id="313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="182" RevisionGUID="e64e27b8-98ed-4c4b-b29b-5e7f21e0f27d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:57:48.207" UserId="31" Text="In a mixed OS environment (namely Windows, OSX and Linux), which is your preferred Email client when using imap, but also requiring Calander support? Preferrably, one client for all platforms." />
  <row Id="314" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="182" RevisionGUID="e64e27b8-98ed-4c4b-b29b-5e7f21e0f27d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:57:48.207" UserId="31" Text="Preferred Email Client For Multi OS Environment" />
  <row Id="315" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="182" RevisionGUID="e64e27b8-98ed-4c4b-b29b-5e7f21e0f27d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:57:48.207" UserId="31" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="183" RevisionGUID="a694f169-f23f-4e43-b537-aa667a1c3ab1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T08:59:08.220" UserId="43" Text="Frankly any VPN which doesn't require a custom client is a good one. As it's a SOHO environment I assume that you don't have a requirement to authenticate against some back end user/password system like AD or LDAP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PPTP has been in Windows for a long time as it's a Microsoft technology, but pretty much every OS now supports it. In the past it's had flaws, but has matured well. PPTP does not require an X509 certificate (although if you're using EAP it does)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IPSEC is a more open standard and is commonly used to protect server to server communications because it works on layer 3 and so is transparent to applications. Authentication is either via a preshared key or via certificates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's no real answer here. They're all much of a muchness these days. If you want multiple users connecting and want to audit then PPTP provides usernames and passwords, IPSEC doesn't - you can only change the preshared key to stop people authenticating and that affects everyone. Certificates aren't really doable for SOHO environments in my opinion." />
  <row Id="317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="184" RevisionGUID="af7893b4-3057-454c-8b6b-84aaadf4f11a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:02:11.830" UserId="123" Text="I may be absolutly wrong here but from the little experince i have had dealing with dedicated web servers i can say hosting websites is not nearly as resource intensive as some people think. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a at least a dual core the CPU bottleneck should be fine for a while so probably the bottleneck you would be worried about is the HDD bottleneck which is fixed by the ol &quot;Throw ram at it&quot; move.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only real way to know is watching the stats and when you start seeing that a bottleneck is forming, people are getting timeouts or running out of resources then its time to do a bit of upgrading or consider outsourcing." />
  <row Id="318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="185" RevisionGUID="8cf969dd-9156-4330-b272-253c0b66da1b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:02:24.250" UserId="163" Text="The Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools has the utility PRINTDRIVERINFO.exe&#xD;&#xA;This will show details about installed printer drivers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Run it without any command line parameters to get a list of all installed drivers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The command line switches:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- /S = server name to look at a remote server&#xD;&#xA;- /P = printer name to look at a specific printer&#xD;&#xA;- /D = driver name to look at a specific driver&#xD;&#xA;- /F = file name of a driver to look at a specific file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The resource kit can be downloaded here:&#xD;&#xA;[Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?DisplayLang=en&amp;FamilyID=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="186" RevisionGUID="b994d55f-667d-4be4-8fe1-285d0ac8b842" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:02:57.087" UserId="158" Text="As mentioned, [synergy][1] works very well if you have all the screens near each other and just want to use a single keyboard and mouse between them.  It is also cross-platform.  I use it with my linux desktop with my windows laptop sitting just to the right on my desk and it works flawlessly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more like a remote desktop kind of solution, there is of course [VNC][2], of which there are several versions around for different operating systems.  I tend to use either [UltraVNC][3] or [TightVNC][4] on windows.  (UltraVNC has a nice [single-click][5] exe builder that makes an ~200K exe which when run will install a temporary &quot;server&quot;, and connect to a predetermined IP address, to the &quot;client&quot; that is in listening mode. Very handy when you're trying to help somebody over the phone.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are specifically needing to access Unix boxes remotely, you might want to look at [NX][6].  It is very fast, even on reasonably slow connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.realvnc.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.uvnc.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.tightvnc.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.uvnc.com/addons/singleclick.html&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.nomachine.com/" />
  <row Id="320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="187" RevisionGUID="d685a366-df78-47bc-a6ed-90aeeba533e7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:03:10.270" UserId="183" Text="The absolute best remote desktop server / client app I've used is [NX by No Machine][1]. There is a free version and a corporate version which allows more users etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is *crazy* fast over a network, which makes it perfect for Remote Desktoping in from home to work. I use it from my home box -&gt; wireless -&gt; slow internet -&gt; VPN -&gt; work and it runs almost as fast as if it was native.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only downside is that (for Linux at least) it cannot connect to an existing session, it must create its own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nomachine.com/" />
  <row Id="321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="188" RevisionGUID="ba8414aa-738b-40c6-a30a-a89096bb1bb0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:03:39.457" UserId="115" Text="GMail and GCal would be the obvious answer to me.  It also means that I can access it from my mobile devices too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I wanted a single native app then Thunderbird and Sunbird across all platforms, however, I don't have a problem in switching clients, so I tend to use the native for each platform, i.e. Outlook in Windows, Mail.app on OSX (I don't use Linux at the moment, so not aware of what is the native mail app on there).  Same goes for calendar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although I develop on multiple platforms, I tend to gravitate towards one platform for communications anyway." />
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  <row Id="326" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="176" RevisionGUID="5fe3ede2-976a-451a-ba70-acec7ab696dc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:05:39.763" UserId="137" Comment="added 233 characters in body" Text="**To check the latency on a network:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Run a continuous ping from the command line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**ping -t [destination IP DNS or hostname]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - From your PC to the users PC&#xD;&#xA; - Your PC to the file server&#xD;&#xA; - Your PC to Internet sites&#xD;&#xA; - etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If any of these are slow, then run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**tracert [destination IP DNS or hostname]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to see where the issue is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**To check the bandwidth of a network:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will need to install bandwidth monitoring software, look at your network switches (if they support monitoring), look at router logs, etc." />
  <row Id="327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="191" RevisionGUID="881035c5-1c06-47a2-b719-448fb8a8ce44" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:05:43.197" UserId="66" Text="We use the kaspersky corporate anti-virus suite and love it!" />
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  <row Id="329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="192" RevisionGUID="a44970be-008c-468e-8b6f-9b95cb347e8e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:06:19.357" UserId="199" Text="I am planning on taking a small product of mine live soon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was wondering what kind of hardware you would recommend for a new small website.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is using the 'Cloud'(Amazon) a good option.  Or is it better to have intimate control over my hardware?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any other options I should consider?" />
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  <row Id="331" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="192" RevisionGUID="a44970be-008c-468e-8b6f-9b95cb347e8e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:06:19.357" UserId="199" Text="&lt;startup&gt;&lt;small-business&gt;" />
  <row Id="332" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="193" RevisionGUID="b4d4d165-f9f3-421c-835c-524800e20f23" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:06:30.463" UserId="201" Text="I have a number of remote servers I lock down by restricting SSH to specific IPs. Equally, our internal customer admin tools are also locked down by IP. This is fine when working from the office but if I am at a different location (perhaps on public wifi) or on my iPhone, the IPs will be changing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the best way to set up remote access so that access can be allowed from any location but still maintaining security?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My answer would be to set up a VPN to tunnel all connections through and only allow the VPN IP access. If this is the route to go down, I do not want the VPN located in the office but would rather have it remotely managed. Are there any VPN-as-a-service providers?" />
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  <row Id="334" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="193" RevisionGUID="b4d4d165-f9f3-421c-835c-524800e20f23" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:06:30.463" UserId="201" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;remote-access&gt;" />
  <row Id="335" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="194" RevisionGUID="484fea7c-92aa-4e43-986e-e3aeb59691c2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:06:58.467" UserId="161" Text="it is not opensource but in a pinch, maxblast is very good." />
  <row Id="336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="195" RevisionGUID="ff91a14a-398a-4390-8ef6-87cd7e442349" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:06:58.950" UserId="209" Text="I use Crossloop.com - Free Service, works over NAT, VNC at the core for quick stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For sharing screens to up to 16 people, I use http://www.sharedview.com. Also free and lets you send links to sessions in email.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="196" RevisionGUID="378e13e1-e827-4c44-a3e5-8bd4394feb23" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:07:12.647" UserId="66" Text="Incorrectly setup DNS server/settings can also slow things down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="338" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="197" RevisionGUID="8049aade-c9b6-4312-a825-e8b6793b635b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:07:25.407" UserId="204" Text="We've written our own monitoring software.  Our code isn't nearly as sophisticated as a commercial package, but we didn't need much functionality.  It was easier to write our own than to investigate other packages and learn how to use them.  The code does just what we want and it's easy to extend." />
  <row Id="339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="198" RevisionGUID="b86c3067-8433-471d-9f27-4c16e7dd4c5e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:07:43.940" UserId="179" Text="We're considering changing our users' Outlook calendar permissions for all users so that everyone has &quot;Reviewer&quot; access by default. Since our users primarily use their calendars for business (and can mark personal appointments as private) it makes sense for us to be able to see the details of what each other is up to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are some ways that we might be able to push these new positions out to existing calendars? It must be possible with a single PowerShell command, right? Or is there a way to do it from a Group Policy?" />
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  <row Id="342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="199" RevisionGUID="06b19e0b-594f-4c49-addf-11fcc4a77fc6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:07:49.370" UserId="24" Text="For a single person startup, given you have no explicit requirements as to hardware/facility etc, then I'd go for a managed dedicated server. No reason so spend time on managing the hardware/EC2 instances etc. Gives more time to concentrate on improving the product.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once necessary, you can expand onto EC2/colocation." />
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  <row Id="345" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="202" RevisionGUID="a0d9afc3-6120-419d-a7b2-ba270bc2b4e8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:09:18.443" UserId="183" Text="I use Linux at work (Ubuntu 8.10) and I am very wary of updates around the kernel / driver area or updating to new versions (i.e. 9.04) because:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - It currently works&#xD;&#xA; - I can't afford to not be productive for a day+ while I reinstall my OS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At home it's a different story because that's *my time*..." />
  <row Id="346" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="203" RevisionGUID="29eebe0c-f4b2-4938-9b51-6a8bcd3da3ef" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:10:41.437" UserId="41" Text="The solution was to change the Apache configuration, like this: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost&#xD;&#xA;            ServerName project.example.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            DocumentRoot /home/veg/workspace/project&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;Directory /home/veg/workspace/project&gt;&#xD;&#xA;                    Options FollowSymLinks&#xD;&#xA;                    # AllowOverride All&#xD;&#xA;                    # Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;                    # allow from all&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,&#xD;&#xA;            # alert, emerg.&#xD;&#xA;            LogLevel warn&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know why this works, however&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="347" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="204" RevisionGUID="b67c46e6-a8c7-4c78-ba09-c527b7de5185" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:10:56.070" UserId="132" Text="I can say one that **it's not**: CA eTrust.&#xD;&#xA;It's a pure resource vampire and never convinced me at its effectiveness." />
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  <row Id="349" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="206" RevisionGUID="408b3e1c-2019-47c5-9f2d-6ed40e9edabb" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:11:33.383" UserId="190" Text="I'm interested in a Infrant/Netgear [X-RAID][1] NAS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there another hardware or software solution where I&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Can add drives to the array &#xD;&#xA; 2. Can keep the data on the original array&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.readynas.com/?cat=53" />
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  <row Id="352" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="207" RevisionGUID="dfef5973-ac95-4cd6-ae61-6ec42d6dd368" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:13:02.913" UserId="216" Text="Check the duplex settings on the network ports.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If one end of a network link is set to 100baseT full duplex, and the other is set to auto-negotiate, the auto-negotiating end will always go half-duplex.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This wouldn't reveal itself with simple ping tests, but any substantial traffic over the link will be a lot slower than it should be.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="354" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="209" RevisionGUID="19111dc1-3643-4a2e-849c-78e76abb993a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:14:12.207" UserId="131" Text="I have a MSI P35 Neo2-FIR Motherboard with ICH9R raid chipset. It's not a true hardware RAID solution, it requires software addon to work properly.&#xD;&#xA;There are drivers for Windows and dmraid/fakeraid for Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have 3 identical HDDs (ST3250410AS 250GB) for usage. I need 1 partition with data accessible from Windows and Linux (this one MUST be on RAID) and at least two for systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What disc/raid layout should I use? Protection of data (/home and &quot;Document and Settings&quot;) is the most important" />
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  <row Id="357" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="210" RevisionGUID="56bb6022-b5ff-40b4-9aa3-b5d0f7159bd5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:14:21.240" UserId="212" Text="[Zabbix][1].  It's open-source, and reasonably simple to setup and customise.  We have a lot of custom monitoring scripts that feed into the zabbix server, but it takes care of centralising that data, displaying it appropriately, notifications (email, IM, SMS, twitter, etc), and so forth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.zabbix.com/" />
  <row Id="358" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="211" RevisionGUID="b4e1662a-f5a6-436f-9070-1e0eaf9385e5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:14:38.650" UserId="209" Text="Even on large banks, I've rarely (can't remember when) done any optimizations on IIS that weren't just the addition of modules. I keep all the defaults.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Dynamic and Static Compression&#xD;&#xA; - Set Expires dates on Static content, images, JS, etc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="212" RevisionGUID="07b1955e-7dbc-44f7-a9f3-99549d612d94" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:15:19.647" UserId="195" Text="I used to be the kind of guy who would jump to the latest OS as soon as it was out of beta. But with the shift from XP to Vista, I have become more cautious and conservative. You've all heard the horror stories about simple things that broke. For me it was the ability to connect to my company's VPN and use remote desktop to get to my work machine, which incidentally, I still can't get going.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That experience, coupled with the advances we've seen in virtualization recently (which makes trying an OS before you commit much more practical), means I'll be much slower on the uptake of Windows 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Short answer: I got burnt. Pain is an excellent teacher." />
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  <row Id="365" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="214" RevisionGUID="e43a2cd8-cf20-49b7-98ab-47c9471f7a2e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:16:43.357" UserId="103" Text="I have always used hardware based raid because it (IMHO) it's on the right level (feel free to dispute this) and that OS failures are more common to me than hardware issues. Thus if the OS fails the raid is gone and so is the data, where on a hardware level regardless of OS the data remains. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However on a recent Stack Overflow podcast they stated they would not used hardware raid as the software raid is better developed and thus runs better. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my question is, is there any reasons to choose one over the other?" />
  <row Id="366" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="214" RevisionGUID="e43a2cd8-cf20-49b7-98ab-47c9471f7a2e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:16:43.357" UserId="103" Text="RAID - software vs. hardware" />
  <row Id="367" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="214" RevisionGUID="e43a2cd8-cf20-49b7-98ab-47c9471f7a2e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:16:43.357" UserId="103" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;softraid&gt;" />
  <row Id="368" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="107" RevisionGUID="d25b544e-841c-411e-bc1b-0b29cf60b028" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:16:45.650" UserId="22" Comment="deleted 11 characters in body" Text="Have you tried using the [QSA (Query String Append)][1] flag?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^static/([^/]+)/([^/]+) /static.php?sISOCode=$1&amp;sPage=$2 [QSA]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT, AND ACTUAL ANSWER BELOW:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This problem is caused by Apache's [mod_negotiation][2], in particular the MultiViews option you are using:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The effect of MultiViews is as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; follows: if the server receives a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; request for /some/dir/foo, if&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /some/dir has MultiViews enabled, and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /some/dir/foo does not exist, then the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server reads the directory looking for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; files named foo.*, and effectively&#xD;&#xA;&gt; fakes up a type map which names all&#xD;&#xA;&gt; those files, assigning them the same&#xD;&#xA;&gt; media types and content-encodings it&#xD;&#xA;&gt; would have if the client had asked for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; one of them by name. It then chooses&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the best match to the client's&#xD;&#xA;&gt; requirements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Enabling Multiviews tells Apache to guess which file to use when the URI does not actually point to an existing location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Solution:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disable multiviews by either using `-MultiViews` in your .htaccess or leaving it out all together.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/content-negotiation.html" />
  <row Id="369" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="215" RevisionGUID="0e2117c7-45b8-46b6-8376-20109ac1736d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:17:13.060" UserId="204" Text="The PowerShell Community Extenstions ([PSCX][1]) are free and convenient to have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codeplex.com/Pscx" />
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  <row Id="371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="216" RevisionGUID="82636535-2c06-4d0a-bb27-83b67866bb6e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:18:31.573" UserId="219" Text="I have a Vista x64 PC that hangs intermittantly at shutdown (on the blue shutdown screen). Sometimes it shuts down normally; sometimes it sits on the shutdown screen forever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately I don't know when this started, so I can't isolate what software/driver is likely to be the culprit based on installation date. I'd rather not wipe this machine if I can avoid it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any tips as to how to go about diagnosing this issue?" />
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  <row Id="374" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="217" RevisionGUID="b170a8e4-5b38-42bb-8b77-88db7eb67f79" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:18:31.713" UserId="211" Text="My personal choice is [PING (Partimage Is Not Ghost)][1] as I've used it considerably at work and at home, with much success. We've got base images for our most common machine models. 1.5 - 2 Hour builds down to 25-30mins depending on the machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So far I've only tried backing up to another partition or a USB drive, though it does support backing up to a network drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ping.windowsdream.com/" />
  <row Id="375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="218" RevisionGUID="0459ebe1-f308-46cc-93fa-fd9341e8d9ad" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:18:49.013" UserId="147" Text="It depends on your hardware requirements - if your site will need the power of a dedicated server you'll need to either put a machine into co-lo or rent one somewhere. If you can work with less power, I'd go for a site on a shared server somewhere, but make sure that you can either install the tools you need or that they're already there." />
  <row Id="376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="219" RevisionGUID="f13b80eb-a165-4c64-97f1-de09f27fbcbf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:19:33.630" UserId="212" Text="In particular, how do you choose between MyISAM and InnoDB, when neither is missing a required feature (e.g. you don't need foreign keys).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does it always come down to trying both and measuring?  Or are there good rules of thumb regarding the number and frequency of reads versus writes, and other measures like that?  Does the size of the table have any effect on the typical choice?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Although I've tagged this as subjective, since it seems like it is, I'd prefer as objective answers as possible)." />
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  <row Id="378" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="219" RevisionGUID="f13b80eb-a165-4c64-97f1-de09f27fbcbf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:19:33.630" UserId="212" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;engine&gt;&lt;innodb&gt;&lt;myisam&gt;" />
  <row Id="379" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="220" RevisionGUID="bb5e9d80-bb3a-4cb5-ab39-424c6953df25" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:19:43.630" UserId="179" Text="If you're already on the Microsoft stack (specifically Exchange) then [Office Communications Server][1] is a good choice for internal IM. It can talk to external clients but that's an extra cost (a per-user, per-month cost I believe).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OCS also supports voice comms and can seamlessly switch between text and voice, although I've not personally had experience with the voice aspect of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://office.microsoft.com/livecomm/" />
  <row Id="380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="221" RevisionGUID="d4263560-16e1-4093-9544-db9222e0a805" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:20:10.510" UserId="25" Text="What about having one box that doesn't have IP restrictions or loose restrictions where you can SSH into and from there into the other servers? Even a small computer (even a Mac Mini) would work and this box can sit in a data center for only this purpose. A computer that doesn't cost extra power and might be useful for other things (such as surfing the net while at the data center--if the other boxes don't have a gui). The chances of this box going down are slim because it's not doing anything else (make sure sleep is off :) and if it does, it probably means the data center has...well, had a fire." />
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  <row Id="385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="223" RevisionGUID="e738aa84-baec-4fd5-81ac-530264ca2a53" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:21:40.693" UserId="160" Text="After double checking all the cables, you could try to test the drive with the dedicated software from the producer, like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  [SeaTools][1] for Seagate&#xD;&#xA; -  [Data Lifeguard Diagnostic][2] for WD&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/seatools&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=606&amp;sid=3&amp;lang=en" />
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  <row Id="387" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="175" RevisionGUID="9a8b7200-ff41-45fc-b2ca-c64444ce82f8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:22:13.857" UserId="184" Comment="added 200 characters in body" Text="We use McAfee and I would warn you from using it. It is veeeery slow. Previously we had AVG and it was much faster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and it has deleted my 'bluescreen' screensaver from sysinternals. One day it popped up the window saying a virus with category 'joke' will be deleted. No options to ignore and keep it..." />
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  <row Id="391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="226" RevisionGUID="ae4f9e9b-dbbd-412b-8ff2-ffc38fde9d9a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:22:29.020" UserId="180" Text="I prefer software RAID.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Software RAID has the big advantage of not being tied to a particular set of hardware. For example, I've had controller and/or mainboard failures which result in loss of the array.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Today's CPUs are plenty fast enough to handle parity on RAID-5 variants. I've also never had any issue with bus saturation from multiple concurrent reads." />
  <row Id="392" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="227" RevisionGUID="7037bf96-3183-49b0-a00c-5aafe89ab029" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:23:38.380" UserId="35" Text="I have an Infrant ReadyNas NV+ for nearly 2 years and it works great. An alternative to Infrant would be a Drobo + DroboShare - http://www.drobo.com" />
  <row Id="393" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="228" RevisionGUID="70db134f-350f-4972-8342-4df9844966d2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:24:04.773" UserId="97" Text="If you have memory constraints, I would recommend using nginx as an alternative if at all possible. It consumes much less memory than Apache and depending on your needs could be all that you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a bonus, nginx tends to be significantly faster than Apache. =)" />
  <row Id="394" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="216" RevisionGUID="54c8d016-1e4b-487b-af12-85ff4d2b2b23" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:24:14.773" UserId="219" Comment="Made question more specific." Text="I have a Vista x64 PC that hangs intermittantly at shutdown (on the blue shutdown screen). Sometimes it shuts down normally; sometimes it sits on the shutdown screen forever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately I don't know when this started, so I can't isolate what software/driver is likely to be the culprit based on installation date. I'd rather not wipe this machine if I can avoid it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any tips as to how to go about diagnosing this issue?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Update - I'm not asking for someone to diagnose this for me - rather I'm asking for a set of general techniques and tools that I can use in future scenarios - I want to know how to diagnose the problem, as opposed to how to fix the problem.*" />
  <row Id="395" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="229" RevisionGUID="7dc8b156-3164-4bfc-8b6c-4ad16405d5f8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:25:21.540" UserId="25" Text="I have started using [DigiCert][1] recently because they are cheap and their wildcard certificates (again cheap) work on multiple servers at no extra cost. They also have a nice reseller program.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.digicert.com/" />
  <row Id="396" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="230" RevisionGUID="1a1cea86-cf09-428c-8d50-2084ddec2efd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:25:58.233" UserId="48" Text="There unfortuantley is not an easy PowerShell command to do this, however using [PFDavAdmin][1] - the Public Folder DAV admin tool from MS,  you can do so. [This][2] article explains the process in doing so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=635BE792-D8AD-49E3-ADA4-E2422C0AB424&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://exchangeshare.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/faq-give-calendar-read-permission-on-all-mailboxes-pfdavadmin/" />
  <row Id="397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="231" RevisionGUID="17a726b4-f054-455f-96d2-3a7ebc404587" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:26:03.413" UserId="97" Text="There is the Drobo but it is hobbled by the slow interface. I have a ReadyNAS NV that I have added drives to over the years and it's been nothing but rock solid for me. So chart up another vote for ReadyNAS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="399" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="232" RevisionGUID="77f2140d-70f0-48f4-84a2-c45bd893e1fc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:26:48.450" UserId="232" Text="There are a good number of benchmarks out there for different MySQL database engines.  There's a decent one comparing MyISAM, InnoDB and Falcon on the [Percona MySQL Performance Blog][1], see [here][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing to consider between the two aforementioned engines (MyISAM and InnoDB) are their approaches to locking.  MyISAM performs table-locking, whilst InnoDB performs row-locking.  There are a variety of things to consider, not only downright performance figures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2007/01/08/innodb-vs-myisam-vs-falcon-benchmarks-part-1/" />
  <row Id="400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="233" RevisionGUID="10986411-6bda-41a6-b772-49453a14fce5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:27:22.020" UserId="235" Text=" - Inefficiency of the new operating&#xD;&#xA;   system (e.g. Vista)&#xD;&#xA; - Speed of performing common tasks&#xD;&#xA; - No new features which I really like." />
  <row Id="401" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="135" RevisionGUID="867c11ef-9a1d-4d54-91e6-d060d230954e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:27:29.337" UserId="34" Comment="Removed paragraph and changed answer based on question edit." Text="  1. Cache as much as you can. Any pages that are dynamically created should be cached so that users will get a static version. In page components that query the db should also be cached.&#xD;&#xA;  2. Try using an external service like Amazon S3 to serve images and multimedia (or have it ready to use if the site suddenly gets hit with a ton of traffic).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Going live gradually can worked for SOF and SF because they already had built-in publicity and demand, due to the popularity of Jeff and Joel's blogs. If you do not have a near-guaranteed userbase like they did, then going live gradually could be fatal. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would avoid limiting by concurrent sessions, as it is hard to define the end of a session caused by inactivity. If a user leaves for 15 minutes and tries to reload their page, only to get an error message - you just lost a user." />
  <row Id="402" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="234" RevisionGUID="5b190deb-5145-4528-81fc-389ece3e8b4e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:27:44.610" UserId="103" Text="In the perfect world I could get everything I want, however budgets for new laptops are low so I normally can get a user a laptop + additional RAM (to at least 4Gb). This has been mostly motivated by Vista's RAM eating abilities - however I have always thought that putting in a faster drive (i.e. not the standard 5400rpm drive) would have a bigger benefit. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What would you put (more RAM or faster disk) in for laptops running Vista/Office AND Win7 or XP/Office (since they are less of a RAM hog)? " />
  <row Id="403" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="234" RevisionGUID="5b190deb-5145-4528-81fc-389ece3e8b4e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:27:44.610" UserId="103" Text="Laptops - RAM vs Disk for performance" />
  <row Id="404" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="234" RevisionGUID="5b190deb-5145-4528-81fc-389ece3e8b4e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:27:44.610" UserId="103" Text="&lt;memory&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;diskdrive&gt;&lt;laptop&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="405" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="235" RevisionGUID="e4ede8d7-d800-439b-a400-557a280bcc9f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:28:08.900" UserId="217" Text="Experience with Windows on machines with 4GB RAM or more:&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - XP 32&lt;br /&gt;Downgrade is OK, but not whole RAM can be used.&lt;br /&gt;Starting to get driver problems on very new machines.&lt;br /&gt;Still suits most cases.&#xD;&#xA; - XP 64&lt;br /&gt;Forget it. No good drivers available.&#xD;&#xA; - Vista 64&lt;br /&gt;It's Vista (slow file copy operations and other such problems.)&lt;br /&gt;Users just don't like it.&#xD;&#xA; - 7 64&lt;br /&gt;Only available as RC1...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wonder which Windows you are installing on such machines.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;For now it seems we'll have to hope and pray for 7." />
  <row Id="406" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="235" RevisionGUID="e4ede8d7-d800-439b-a400-557a280bcc9f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:28:08.900" UserId="217" Text="Which Windows to install on a machine with 4GB RAM?" />
  <row Id="407" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="235" RevisionGUID="e4ede8d7-d800-439b-a400-557a280bcc9f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:28:08.900" UserId="217" Text="&lt;4gb&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;machine&gt;&lt;os&gt;&lt;version&gt;" />
  <row Id="408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="236" RevisionGUID="84dfcd28-7ac0-45cd-8a25-2ece1f3698b7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:29:12.407" UserId="229" Text="Examine the dump file generated by the OS.  Microsoft provides a memory dump analyzer that will, in most cases, identify the culprit process.  It's a free download with fairly complete instructions and examples available at microsoft.com." />
  <row Id="409" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="237" RevisionGUID="d6c8593d-f9d7-4136-b788-0dfffd4df90c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:29:26.010" UserId="216" Text="If it's just a simple store / report system I use MyISAM for its raw performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd use InnoDB if I was concerned about multiple concurrent accesses with lots of writes, to take advantage of row-level locking.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="411" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="238" RevisionGUID="bb7d3729-9446-407e-921c-1dd79b6c66df" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:30:39.703" UserId="45" Text="Sometimes I have to answer support calls responding to PC crashes with blue screens. How can I effectively narrow down the problem giving the information on that screen? What are the most important questions I have to ask the user?" />
  <row Id="412" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="238" RevisionGUID="bb7d3729-9446-407e-921c-1dd79b6c66df" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:30:39.703" UserId="45" Text="How to diagnose a Windows blue screen?" />
  <row Id="413" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="238" RevisionGUID="bb7d3729-9446-407e-921c-1dd79b6c66df" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:30:39.703" UserId="45" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;crash&gt;&lt;bluescreen&gt;" />
  <row Id="414" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="239" RevisionGUID="f0ebc852-f3fb-4719-90c4-70290e5ab4ca" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:32:04.460" UserId="24" Text="My experience with Vista (half a year post-initial-release) has been flawless. I see no reason to avoid it, it's mostly just unwarranted hate due to bad reputation in the initial launch." />
  <row Id="415" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="176" RevisionGUID="0f2e9fc3-60b2-4f30-9058-9d20f12ca9e9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:32:08.687" UserId="137" Comment="added 74 characters in body" Text="**To check the latency on a network:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Run a continuous ping from the command line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**ping -t [destination IP DNS or hostname]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - From your PC to the users PC&#xD;&#xA; - Your PC to the file server&#xD;&#xA; - Your PC to Internet sites&#xD;&#xA; - etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If any of these are slow, then run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**tracert [destination IP DNS or hostname]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to see where the issue is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**To check the bandwidth of a network:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will need to install bandwidth monitoring software, look at your network switches (if they support monitoring), look at router logs, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://performit.co.uk/network/troubleshooting.php has some good tips." />
  <row Id="416" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="240" RevisionGUID="1dde2fae-4896-48ed-8aa2-72fcffa348b1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:32:29.513" UserId="35" Text="More RAM is the way to go. Running multiple applications, that extra RAM will do a lot more good than a faster HDD which is still physically restricted to it's single spindle." />
  <row Id="417" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="241" RevisionGUID="b615309a-86ee-42a3-a076-6edffba70d16" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:32:40.493" UserId="164" Text="[Thunderbird][1] is th best. I use it in my Ubuntu and Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/" />
  <row Id="418" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="242" RevisionGUID="b125e266-9f14-415b-824d-088176887af1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:32:48.140" UserId="216" Text="I'd go for 2 GB of RAM and a faster hard disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's really no point putting in much more RAM than that just for running Office, but a fast hard disk can make loading the O/S and applications feel much faster." />
  <row Id="419" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="243" RevisionGUID="dd5dd289-eaad-4e3d-992f-45c37218b670" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:33:09.400" UserId="24" Text="The error code in the top left. By googling that, you can often narrow it down to whether it's a hardware or software issue. Proceed from there (the Google results)." />
  <row Id="420" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="244" RevisionGUID="97b29234-4d7c-4add-93d7-65d7c04ebc06" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:33:39.853" UserId="192" Text="Windows 7 64-bit works fine for me on a 4Gb machine. Win2k8 64-bit also works fine in 4Gb. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're running SQL Server on several 2k8 4Gb 64-bit machines, the only problems we've seen are with SQL eating all available memory which can be solved by setting the maximum memory option." />
  <row Id="421" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="245" RevisionGUID="cf1673b1-8cfa-4a0f-8ffa-c8fdf739c0c5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:33:52.723" UserId="241" Text="I've used almost every RedHat/Fedora release since RedHat 4.0 I think, then one day I thought about giving Ubuntu a try... haven't gone back yet. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Major point in the decision? Ubuntu still comes on a single 650Mb CD, opposed to a 4Gb DVD..." />
  <row Id="422" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="245" RevisionGUID="cf1673b1-8cfa-4a0f-8ffa-c8fdf739c0c5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:33:52.723" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="426" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="247" RevisionGUID="0e9f3104-8b37-412c-a8ea-0fccea011665" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:35:42.563" UserId="123" Text="Can you give more details on what kind of environment you are thinking of deploying this in?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a desktop user who at least knows the basics of install windows then go for 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are planning to roll out this at a workplace then i would go with vista, i belive it has reached that level of maturity and works well as long as you have a system with vista drivers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That in mind if you are going to buy vista wait until july as they will be offering free upgrades from vista to windows 7 for people who buy it after july." />
  <row Id="427" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="248" RevisionGUID="546c7423-42d4-4622-b7ca-69712c7d05f1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:36:03.387" UserId="99" Text="I have a Vista 64 machine and a Vista 64 Laptop as well and apart from an issue with the laptop's camera driver, I had no other problems. So I think that there should not be any problems with Vista 64. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Havent tried Windows 7 yet though." />
  <row Id="428" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="249" RevisionGUID="d301dff3-22bf-464b-b46e-5ef3b39827e0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:36:15.837" UserId="40" Text="Centos for servers - all the benefits of Redhat, none of the cost" />
  <row Id="429" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="249" RevisionGUID="d301dff3-22bf-464b-b46e-5ef3b39827e0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:36:15.837" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="430" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="250" RevisionGUID="f82b5ee2-d108-4b40-a6db-59aefc1b8ee4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:37:22.620" UserId="103" Text="It is possible with Powershell but it only effects current mailboxes. Future mailboxes won't have that access. What you could do is just do a windows schedule and run the powershell command for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option is to use the [SetPerm][1] tool which edited the permissions on the default mailbox. This has the advance of being for all future mailboxes. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amset.info/downloads/Setperm.zip" />
  <row Id="431" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="251" RevisionGUID="50fbbfba-9335-47fa-abdd-9925d480be6e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:37:41.183" UserId="93" Text="What do you mean by &quot;linux service&quot;? My guess is that you mean run a class about some of the services typically run on Linux machines -- DNS, email, web serving -- in which case your classes aren't about Linux, they're about internet infrastructure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Who is your target audience? Are they CS students, Windows admins, hobbyists, programmers? If they know nothing about the internet and aspire to be sysadmins or network admins then DNS is a pretty good place to start; it's fundamental to most other services and easily overlooked. Teach them how the name resolution system works, how data is (mostly) decentralized and what problems they can expect to see.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Same goes for HTTP and email: teach them what happens when you type URL into a browser or how your email finds its way to them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you've worked out who you're teaching and to what ends you can figure out how to motivate them. If you're teaching CS students perhaps it'd be a good idea to show how failures in the internet infrastructure should be handled by software, or (maybe going OT) how algorithms are used in the modern internet (ie [OSPF][1] uses [Dijkstra's algorithm][2] to establish route weights).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSPF&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dijkstra%27s_algorithm" />
  <row Id="432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="252" RevisionGUID="56df09d1-28f9-43bb-aa25-1755d79716b5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:37:51.823" UserId="226" Text="I have a Xen-based virtual private server, running Ubuntu. It is running Apache, MySQL, and Drupal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usually, it is nice and fast. However, sometimes it slows down for no apparent reason. How can I determine whether the slowdowns are due to the VPS being slow, due to resource usage by other VPSes on the same physical hardware, as opposed to slowness due to things I can control?" />
  <row Id="433" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="252" RevisionGUID="56df09d1-28f9-43bb-aa25-1755d79716b5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:37:51.823" UserId="226" Text="Performance Troubleshooting on a VPS" />
  <row Id="434" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="252" RevisionGUID="56df09d1-28f9-43bb-aa25-1755d79716b5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:37:51.823" UserId="226" Text="&lt;vps&gt;&lt;xen&gt;" />
  <row Id="435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="253" RevisionGUID="4be85ff9-ddd3-48e3-9e9a-c58c1b71a6f0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:38:27.390" UserId="97" Text="The answer is you should always measure, preferably with your own data and workload if at all possible. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since the data access patterns can vary greatly from app to app, it's hard to say and in all likelihood impossible to determine a &quot;best&quot; storage engine for all workloads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, there are very encouraging developments in the MySQL space having attended MySQLConf/Percona Performance Conf last week.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of the alternative storage engines:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. XtraDB (fork of InnoDB)&#xD;&#xA; 2. InnoDB plugin&#xD;&#xA; 3. PBXT&#xD;&#xA; 4. TokuDB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, Percona, Google, etc. have contributed patches that help greatly with InnoDB performance. Personally, I run an OurDelta build. It works nicely for me and I encourage checking out the OurDelta and Percona builds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="254" RevisionGUID="5b87670e-352d-4345-bc76-d3e591c75a6c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:40:37.463" UserId="246" Text="We've already rolled out Windows XP SP2 (no hope of going to Vista or Windows 7 in the foreseeable future unfortunately) across the enterprise and our latest internal roll-out actually incorporates SP3 as well - but unfortunately IE is explicitly being kept at version 6.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regardless of the numerous security warnings our there and lack of applicability in the greater world wide web, my manager still sees intranet apps written for IE6 as the main reason to stay on it. What can we do to swing the vote in our favour? We're tired of supporting an ailing browser when users call us up constantly complaining that website don't look right, and more and more people asking for browser tabs &quot;because that's what they've got at home&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any arguments we can put forward would be great!" />
  <row Id="437" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="254" RevisionGUID="5b87670e-352d-4345-bc76-d3e591c75a6c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:40:37.463" UserId="246" Text="How can I convince my IT manager to upgrade the enterprise from IE6 to a newer browser?" />
  <row Id="438" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="254" RevisionGUID="5b87670e-352d-4345-bc76-d3e591c75a6c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:40:37.463" UserId="246" Text="&lt;ie6&gt;&lt;enterprise-deployment&gt;" />
  <row Id="439" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="255" RevisionGUID="3b735a30-0865-4a1d-add6-1390fe0e805f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:41:18.507" UserId="151" Text="If they have the Bluescreen still open: The Actual Message near the top (i.e. IRQL_DRIVER_LESS_OR_EQUAL) and the Error Code at the Bottom (0x.......) with the module that crashed (i.e. nvdisp4.dll).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some common approaches here, but in my example, it's a Bluescreen caused by the nVidia Graphics Driver. If you analyze a few bluescreens, there are some common messages, codes and modules that regularly pop up, so after some time you should be able to narrow down issues more easily simply through experience." />
  <row Id="440" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="256" RevisionGUID="0f46490e-c1a6-40c4-9ec3-ffa8c2804906" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:41:58.023" UserId="161" Text="these are the things i look for since 1.) the pc that bluescreens, is normally my internet connection. 2.) bluescreens flash by too fast for even an experienced user like myself. so i rely heaviliy on questions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. first, have you changed any hardware lately?&#xD;&#xA; 2. have you installed any new software?&#xD;&#xA; 3. importantly, can you get in via safe mode?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;it goes without saying that if the answer to three above is yes then undo which ever of one and two above is yes. if both one and two are yes, handle the undo stepwise by doing one then testing before you do the other." />
  <row Id="441" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="257" RevisionGUID="5a3decfc-b79d-4fba-b096-49f41904cfa2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:42:08.833" UserId="56" Text="Identify the most common bottleneck (e.g. with perfmon.exe) and base your decision on that. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would generally choose faster disks since I witness IO bottlenecks more often, especially when machines are loaded with the Corporate Performance Taxes (anti-virus, Landesk, Sanctuary etc)" />
  <row Id="442" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="258" RevisionGUID="66e90f8a-0208-4a9f-b993-e5b610d4e98f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:42:52.780" UserId="241" Text="I'd say go with some [implementation of XMPP](http://xmpp.org/software/servers.shtml). There are [clients for every OS under the sun](http://xmpp.org/software/clients.shtml) (both free and commercial), and it can also hook up with public servers, Google Talk for one." />
  <row Id="443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="259" RevisionGUID="44558749-f641-4da0-a1f6-5e2eb85c7315" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:44:41.823" UserId="45" Text="There are many things you have to do/consider when you want to enable HTTP compression on IIS 6.0 (Windows Server 2003).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can somebody please provide a comprehensive list of the actions you have to take in order to enable HTTP compression properly?" />
  <row Id="444" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="259" RevisionGUID="44558749-f641-4da0-a1f6-5e2eb85c7315" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:44:41.823" UserId="45" Text="HTTP Compression on IIS 6.0 (Windows Server 2003)" />
  <row Id="445" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="259" RevisionGUID="44558749-f641-4da0-a1f6-5e2eb85c7315" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:44:41.823" UserId="45" Text="&lt;http&gt;&lt;compression&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;iis&gt;" />
  <row Id="446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="260" RevisionGUID="562a9a4d-19ae-4f79-b4ed-ecd27d704057" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:44:42.087" UserId="247" Text="As a Windows person, MOM.  We're looking to upgrade to Systems Center Operations Manager (SCOM) but won't need to until we start deploying Windows 2008." />
  <row Id="447" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="261" RevisionGUID="16590575-dba2-4b81-8ff8-77b4e80f6400" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:44:46.503" UserId="123" Text="I have been on the lookup for some good tools to fill up my flash drive lately and i thought i would ask the SF community for recomendations on good tools that fit on a thumb drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some i use are [Driver Packs][1], [CCleaner][2] and the [portable apps suite][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://driverpacks.net&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ccleaner.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://portableapps.com/" />
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  <row Id="452" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="262" RevisionGUID="95f33bb3-d21f-4284-a217-cbd19570ca06" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:45:08.623" UserId="34515" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;emailserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="453" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="263" RevisionGUID="aa579591-4f7c-46e7-b9ce-4126a2214da6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:45:51.337" UserId="199" Text="Managers always like cost to benefit breakdowns of decisions from my experience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just show him/her how making the switch to a current browser will be of greater benefit than staying with the relic that is IE6.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And, if you cannot come up with a good analysis, then maybe it is not really in your favor to make the switch." />
  <row Id="455" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="44" RevisionGUID="66ae5532-2d18-4cf6-bcd7-3a80cbb957bd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:46:28.887" UserId="22" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;server-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="264" RevisionGUID="d281b52b-eaa1-4e73-a5dd-59189483912a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:46:28.947" UserId="34" Text="XP cannot accept more than 4GB of RAM (and from what I have been told, anything above 2GB is not utilized properly).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Go with Vista64 - in my experience (4GB RAM) it is fast and nearly flawless (see [related question on SOF][1]). If your users complain based on bad publicity, tell them to try it for a week first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4433/vista-or-xp-for-dev-machine" />
  <row Id="457" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="265" RevisionGUID="02d4cc51-cf47-4c36-8c97-bbbadb7d12dc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:47:57.197" UserId="48" Text="I'm running Windows 7 x64 with very little problems, for a home and development PC its great and have had no problems with it. If you were using it in a corporate environment then you may need to stick with a finished and complete OS, so I'd say Vista x64. I used it prior to 7 and it worked fine for me. On a powerful enough machine, with enough resources it works fine, and the 64bit drivers for it are there." />
  <row Id="458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="266" RevisionGUID="accd1823-b1fc-44d8-9b4a-9175f7f038ca" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:49:49.033" UserId="131" Text="I want to synchronise (both ways) data between Google Mail and Google Calendar with my Thunderbird with Ligtning + Zindus and SE k770i mobile phone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have w working configuration of Ligtning and Google Calendar. Contacts between Google Mail and Thunderbird are in sync with help of Zindus addon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I need a way to add my mobile to this stack.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideal solution would work both on Windows and Linux, but Windows only solution will suffice." />
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  <row Id="460" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="266" RevisionGUID="accd1823-b1fc-44d8-9b4a-9175f7f038ca" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:49:49.033" UserId="131" Text="&lt;ical&gt;&lt;syncml&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="461" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="267" RevisionGUID="468dfb06-e319-4718-a917-7f3aab16fd51" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:50:12.370" UserId="248" Text="I would be really pushing the increased security in both IE7 and IE8. Pop-up blocking, phishing filters etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IE6 is one of the biggest entry point for malware onto a Windows system. You can reduce a lot of this by leaving IE6" />
  <row Id="462" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="240" RevisionGUID="fd41e237-385f-433c-b647-12a5975167b4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:50:55.677" UserId="35" Comment="added 121 characters in body" Text="More RAM is the way to go. Running multiple applications, that extra RAM will do a lot more good than a faster HDD which is still physically restricted to it's single spindle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you run of RAM and the OS starts paging to the HDD, your system will crawl irregardless of how fast your HDD is." />
  <row Id="463" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="268" RevisionGUID="615d1c5c-b43b-4b4d-8244-43ee00f57d9b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:51:10.620" UserId="36" Text="[OpenFire][1] is a great XMPP Server. Fast, stable, wide community support with lots of extensions, both commercial and OSS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Used it, even modified its source to add some features very specific to one project I were in (in short, moderated q&amp;a chat rooms feature with a java applet ;) ).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/index.jsp&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="464" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="269" RevisionGUID="1ad7f4b6-6e41-4088-9ef9-2ca60cc428ac" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:51:32.353" UserId="123" Text="This is a tricky thing that i have tried to fight but i haven't had much luck in the past.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The two options i see is to either convince management that IE6 is a large security risk to the network (as it is) and that if anything the intranet apps need to be updated to avoid the risk of the entire network becoming open to attack or convince them to allow something like Firefox or chrome for browing online but restrict IE6 to local browsing for the intranet apps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And good luck!" />
  <row Id="465" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="198" RevisionGUID="720ad610-89c3-41a8-bff4-683b30d38ac7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:52:17.093" UserId="179" Comment="Clarified Exchange version" Text="How might I grant access to everyone's calendar in Exchange 2007?" />
  <row Id="466" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="270" RevisionGUID="b16f1259-46a1-4654-b820-41b210a34958" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:52:46.297" UserId="255" Text="Windows 7 64. It's RC only, but rock solid for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But make sure you get drivers for all your hardware. I had to abandon an Epson scanner, because they do not offer drivers for that model. Until I get a new scanner I use a VM for that.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="467" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="271" RevisionGUID="cd6a068b-1cf3-450c-a69f-fe8bfd86ac0c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:53:30.740" UserId="251" Text="I am wondering if ext4 is safe to use on my servers.  But I've heard so much FUD about it that I am concerned.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our system could loose some data, and it would not be too big a deal.  Even a full days worth of data would not ruffle too many feathers.  And our system could most definitely benefit from delayed writes.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, a full file system restore from backup would take days and be unacceptable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any experience or informed opinions on the subject out there?" />
  <row Id="468" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="271" RevisionGUID="cd6a068b-1cf3-450c-a69f-fe8bfd86ac0c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:53:30.740" UserId="251" Text="Is the F.U.D. about ext4 justified?  Or would it be safe to use in some production systems?" />
  <row Id="469" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="271" RevisionGUID="cd6a068b-1cf3-450c-a69f-fe8bfd86ac0c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:53:30.740" UserId="251" Text="&lt;ext4&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;" />
  <row Id="470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="272" RevisionGUID="dc8a4478-4092-4722-b539-2f0523dc0153" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:53:53.360" UserId="151" Text="Personally, Vista 64 with SP1 (which improves the File Copy issue). It's stable, almost all important applications are compatible now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OTOH, if your network is still predominantly XP, you may want to stick with that and consider a complete infrastructure upgrade to Windows 7 once it's out. This seems to be common at the moment, companies are skipping Vista in favor of doing a XP =&gt; 7 update later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't like Windows XP anymore, the installation process on a modern machine (With AHCI enabled - setting it to Legacy-Mode is cheating!) is a PITA. And XP64 is completely out of Question, it's the Windows ME of x64 in my book, because of the complete lack of support from both hardware/driver and software companies." />
  <row Id="471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="273" RevisionGUID="8b60d27a-af92-4606-9f50-9cc6d73f1028" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:55:06.323" UserId="246" Text="I've been using Amazon EC2 instances of Windows Server 2003 for the last few months and have been very impressed. In the beginning the tooling was limited to a Firefox plugin for managing your servers, but now they've released a full web based dashboard for controlling everything and I must say it is VERY slick!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Windows instances themselves have been running flawlessly - I can't say I've noticed any difference between remoting into my servers there versus remoting into my physical server at Rackspace. They're running websites on IIS of course, and you cannot tell the difference. The massive benefit is that I have all the content stored on an Elastic Block storage that I attach as an extra drive on the server (via the console) and spinning up a new server literally takes minutes!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The EC2 instance doesn't store state, so I just have some scripts on the same Elastic Block storage that I can run to configure IIS and we're up with a load balanced server in no time!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm still running it through its paces, but if this solution keeps working the way it is now, I'll be getting rid of my physical hosted solution pretty soon!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't tried any of the other cloud providers out there, but to be honest, I haven't needed to. My research looked into others, but on features alone I went with Amazon and haven't been disappointed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps!" />
  <row Id="472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="274" RevisionGUID="820d6e5f-c545-46d5-ba23-6043296fca82" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:55:12.890" UserId="271" Text="In top of that, I strongly recommend to add [TrueCrypt][1] if you keep any personal or confidential data. Sometimes I need to put customer's database backups and I'd be in great trouble if someone gets access to them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.truecrypt.org/" />
  <row Id="473" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="275" RevisionGUID="7107c248-cc76-4216-bc02-42d8ed36aca8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:55:20.207" UserId="270" Text="I like SuSE and have been using it for years for servers. " />
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  <row Id="475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="276" RevisionGUID="a572b793-f511-42a7-8cc4-7e7642a67527" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:56:47.533" UserId="36" Text="Hiring an intern to update the intranet apps should be probably less costly than doing extensive cleanup of the network due to a security breach, because of using an insecure and standards-ignorant browser both for intranet and internet." />
  <row Id="476" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="277" RevisionGUID="8618cdf6-c92a-4f4d-a3aa-4bee9309e34c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:56:55.287" UserId="216" Text="Do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* use `exim` or `postfix`, they're (IMNSHO) the only credible SMTP servers for Linux at the moment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="278" RevisionGUID="e7e13a0b-5776-443f-9e02-15df47319422" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:57:21.310" UserId="247" Text="Every time I want to deploy Firefox, I find another IE-only site that our users insist on using.  Trying to get IETab to work and maintain a central set of filters is just asking for trouble, so I have ended up sticking with IE.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IE7 is pretty reasonable from a user perspective, and the manageability is **much** better than FireFox through Group Policy - though I will look at Community Edition sometime.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm currently testing IE8 and it's looking pretty good, though I've not looked at the manageability of the new features." />
  <row Id="478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="279" RevisionGUID="207ad6d7-faf5-4d22-a74d-a12e28fff8e9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:58:08.843" UserId="34" Text="  1. Highlight the security risks that it exposes. Calculate how much damage can be done to the network through a malware attack that gets in through someone's IE6 install.&#xD;&#xA;  2. Calculate how much extra time you spend on support handling user questions related to IE6 issues, and how much extra dev work is needed to accommodate the users. Put a yearly dollar range on this.&#xD;&#xA;  3. Estimate effect on worker productivity of not being able to use features like tabs&#xD;&#xA;  4. Calculate lost productivity due to inability to fully use websites that are not compatible with IE6&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Get a range on how much money could be lost by keeping IE6 (even in unlikely scenarios), and how much money can be saved by upgrading. Money and ROI talk." />
  <row Id="479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="280" RevisionGUID="f3f87717-47a3-439e-b3dd-270efe603549" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:58:28.687" UserId="43" Text="I use two; instantssl for my mail server and geotrust (owned by versign) for a public facing site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a while instantssl required an intermediate certificate, and have managed to get their mail server blacklisted by sorbs for spamming, so I wouldn't recommend them." />
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  <row Id="481" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="225" RevisionGUID="82ad98d4-60db-4e42-b3e5-0c9597a2b457" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:59:22.990" UserId="213" Comment="added 8 characters in body; edited title" Text="Hi there,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to motivate a class to learn linux services. What services should I demo/teach?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit:&#xD;&#xA;network services like http, ssh, ftp, etc." />
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  <row Id="486" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="225" RevisionGUID="82ad98d4-60db-4e42-b3e5-0c9597a2b457" CreationDate="2009-04-30T09:59:22.990" UserId="213" Comment="added 8 characters in body; edited title" Text="Linux network services" />
  <row Id="487" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="284" RevisionGUID="e7b94498-121f-4c08-b78e-aa41294cc7ea" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:00:48.477" UserId="260" Text="A while ago I tried installing a certificate into IIS7 on an new Windows 2008 server at work. The import went well but when I tried to bind a site to use the new certificate I got a dialog box with the following message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    There was an error while performing this operation.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    A specified logon session does not exist. &#xD;&#xA;    It may already have been terminated.&#xD;&#xA;    (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070520)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I managed to find a workaround ([and blogged about it)][1]. Explicitly checking the &quot;Allow this certificate to be exported&quot; checkbox made the problem go away. I'm a bit anxious though since I think I'd rather not have the private key be exportable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Besides my blog entry there's a [couple][2] of [references][3] to this problem but none specify a clear solution as to why this problem occurs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know why this is?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.freakcode.com/2009/02/iis7-certificate-binding-issue.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://forums.iis.net/t/1149042.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.inetserver.iis.security&amp;tid=d1654fe3-5563-4db2-a033-ed1868e0e6e3&amp;cat=&amp;lang=&amp;cr=&amp;sloc=&amp;p=1" />
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  <row Id="489" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="284" RevisionGUID="e7b94498-121f-4c08-b78e-aa41294cc7ea" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:00:48.477" UserId="260" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;iis7&gt;" />
  <row Id="490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="285" RevisionGUID="2d9374ce-9b73-4ea5-9ba1-7e3ef8e4f239" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:00:59.880" UserId="251" Text="I have a high-IO application that is working, and scaling well to date.  Over the past few months we've been trying to look down the road and predict where our next bottlenecks will occur.  One of them is surly the file system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are currently monitoring&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Space available&#xD;&#xA; - Read operations per second&#xD;&#xA; - Write operations per second&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This seems a bit too sparse to me--What else should I be watching?  And I am not even sure what the 'yellow line' would be for the operations/second.  Suggestions?   " />
  <row Id="491" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="285" RevisionGUID="2d9374ce-9b73-4ea5-9ba1-7e3ef8e4f239" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:00:59.880" UserId="251" Text="ext3 file system performance tuning: what metrics to monitor" />
  <row Id="492" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="285" RevisionGUID="2d9374ce-9b73-4ea5-9ba1-7e3ef8e4f239" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:00:59.880" UserId="251" Text="&lt;ext3&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;tuning&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="493" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="286" RevisionGUID="18e713b8-424a-4458-95eb-f1b66f7fe433" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:01:16.883" UserId="247" Text="For licensing purposes, I would strongly suggest looking at SBS - it's a lot cheaper and Microsoft have pre-configured the various applications to share the resources on the server properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only real limitations of SBS are (a) all the FSMO roles have to be on the SBS server and (b) you can't have more than 75 users." />
  <row Id="494" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="287" RevisionGUID="230c71a2-cd7b-4618-9055-7eb1beb9dfe4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:01:36.463" UserId="273" Text="I prefer HW raid, 'cause if you have to pull good disks out of a dead machine you're not limited to the OS configuration of the raid &quot;array&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You do keep backup's of your RAID controllers config, don't you?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So just load that up on a donor machine, slot in the drives (in the right order!  You did label your drives before your pulled them right?) and restart on a clean OS and your data is recovered.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;THE OS DRIVES ARE NOT IMPORTANT DRIVES TO KEEP.  THE MOST IMPORTANT STUFF TO KEEP IS THE DATA DRIVES!!!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(You do backup your DATA drives, right?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="495" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="288" RevisionGUID="bd4e0a74-3226-4891-8cf1-3ce63b1f699b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:01:44.107" UserId="259" Text="[Directory Opus][1], it feels like half of your computer is always with you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gpsoft.com.au" />
  <row Id="496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="289" RevisionGUID="596a8eaf-5491-42d9-a8cd-2101adca7cf5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:01:51.673" UserId="244" Text="What would you recommend as a Low Power Media Center PC setup?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some requirements:&#xD;&#xA; - Low Power consumption - Preferably build on parts usually used in Laptops&#xD;&#xA; - should support Wi-Fi for connecting to Media Server or NAS&#xD;&#xA; - have at least DVD playback ideally Blue-Ray &#xD;&#xA; - bluetooth&#xD;&#xA; - ideally relatively cheap&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One that comes to mind first would be [Mac Mini][1] or [Dell Studio Hybrid][2] but they both seem a bit pricey, especially in Europe. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would there be any lower budget alternatives?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apple.com/macmini/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.dell.com/hybrid" />
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  <row Id="498" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="289" RevisionGUID="596a8eaf-5491-42d9-a8cd-2101adca7cf5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:01:51.673" UserId="244" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;media-centre&gt;&lt;pc&gt;" />
  <row Id="499" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="268" RevisionGUID="e3212905-0e81-4d15-a7c1-4f03e3fa7b7f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:02:08.067" UserId="36" Comment="added 279 characters in body" Text="[OpenFire][1] is a great XMPP Server. Fast, stable, wide community support with lots of extensions, both commercial and OSS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not to mention, integrates with LDAP-based systems, even with Active Directory, so no separate logins are necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Used it, even modified its source to add some features very specific to one project I were in (in short, moderated q&amp;a chat rooms feature with a java applet ;) ).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As some XMPP client apps support NTLM, users don't have to set up any passwords there so no problems with the policies requiring periodic password changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/index.jsp&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="500" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="290" RevisionGUID="64886b55-8427-4456-b6d2-ca6ef4edf04c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:02:35.260" UserId="117" Text="You will found arguments on [stopie.com][1] or, from a developer point of view, [things that you will do when IE6 will be over][2], but also, use the fact that many websites are now making ads against IE 6 like : &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   - [Google pushing Chrome or Firefox][3]&#xD;&#xA;   - [Norwegian Websites Declare War on IE 6][4]&#xD;&#xA;   - the [RFO French website][5]&#xD;&#xA;   - and so on&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you read French, take a look on [Tristan Nitot's blog][6] (&quot;CEO&quot; for Mozilla Europe) where you will find some good content on that subject.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.stopie.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/04/14/10-cool-things-well-be-able-to-do-once-ie6-is-dead/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.keithelder.net/blog/archive/2009/04/17/google-pushing-chrome-to-internet-explorer-users.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/02/norwegian-websi/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.rfo.fr/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://standblog.org/blog/?q=ie6" />
  <row Id="501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="291" RevisionGUID="0081def7-7237-4a59-891b-8ea6848cd412" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:02:46.007" UserId="276" Text="I use Windows XP 64 w/4Gb Ram, i havent had many problems with it, drivers wern't hard to get (nForce Board). As for software support, it doesnt matter to much, everything works fine running in 32bit mode, having 64bit software is just a bonus.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh an Hibernate is disabled for 4GB ram+ :(" />
  <row Id="502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="292" RevisionGUID="ca21c9fa-f110-48e8-bb62-7f19cc86f8a7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:03:11.997" UserId="277" Text="I'd like to be able to `su` to another user to run a script with reduced permissions. Unfortunately I have to type the password in every time, is there a way to create a user without needing the password prompt?" />
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  <row Id="505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="293" RevisionGUID="d5649181-ea78-4034-8134-46f527c32794" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:04:50.137" UserId="279" Text="The main difference between a virtual machine and a real one is perhaps obvious. You can run your own virtual instances on the real machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This means you can create separate virtual machines for things like your mail and web instances, and as your business grows, simply move the same configuration to separate machines." />
  <row Id="506" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="294" RevisionGUID="df2bb038-5ff9-4362-bc01-a7278ec2973e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:06:22.847" UserId="134" Text="Are Cisco sysadmin jobs easy to find? How well are they paid in comparation with a Unix sysadmin? Does it worth to get their certification?" />
  <row Id="507" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="294" RevisionGUID="df2bb038-5ff9-4362-bc01-a7278ec2973e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:06:22.847" UserId="134" Text="How easy is to find Cisco sysadmin jobs?" />
  <row Id="508" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="294" RevisionGUID="df2bb038-5ff9-4362-bc01-a7278ec2973e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:06:22.847" UserId="134" Text="&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;certification&gt;" />
  <row Id="509" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="295" RevisionGUID="e18aebb1-6c8e-49cb-82e5-e826d375f750" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:07:41.207" UserId="180" Text="Try `sudo`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add the following to your `sudoers` file (by running `visudo`):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    %you ALL= (restricted) NOPASSWD: ALL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where `you` is your username and `restricted` is your reduced privilege user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can then run commands as `restricted` without supplying a password:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo -u restricted whoami&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also limit what commands can be executed via sudo by replacing the `ALL` at the end of the line with the command line you want to allow. See `man sudoers` for more information." />
  <row Id="510" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="296" RevisionGUID="0c2607dc-7910-4abc-8e14-d477e36b4ed6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:07:47.070" UserId="273" Text="I think Jeff's experience with his RAD arrays is down to getting (and relying) on crap/cheepest RAID controllers.  &quot;Wow, this RAID array does a billon gigaflops a second and I got it for £10 on eBay!&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you value your data - get a good, proven, reliable RAID controller.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even better, get two (with fail over)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even better, get with the 21st century and get a dedicated external FC / iSCSI connected disk array with built in fault tolerance / ZSPOF - dual path, dual RAID, RAID6 or 10 (or 20 or 50), and hot spares.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, it's expensive.  But how expensive would it be if the entire SO site was trashed." />
  <row Id="511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="297" RevisionGUID="f1f9be5c-002d-41a8-904b-94a6ef27b8bd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:09:11.077" UserId="273" Text="Blame the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(it's a JOKE!)" />
  <row Id="513" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="298" RevisionGUID="c4cd52bb-f838-4c22-8f30-a66e6e1b4079" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:10:08.220" UserId="184" Text="There is sometimes a situation when Windows suddenly goes crazy: is slow, unresponsive, some things don't work, it crashes. I wonder how do you approach diagnosing those issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm merely a programmer, not really knowing Windows too deply. There is probably more people like me... I strongly believe that experienced Windows administrators have a bunch of useful tricks that can make diagnosing easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please post your techniques, the more advanced/tricky/unstandard, the better." />
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  <row Id="516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="299" RevisionGUID="bdf0f3f3-514e-40ed-948d-bad6426ab35a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:10:36.580" UserId="257" Text="I've recently had a MacBook Pro need to have its logic board replaced, this resulted in certain identifiers of the machine changing (MAC address, etc) so Time Machine no longer regards it as the same machine, and will no longer perform backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have restored from the backup without any problem, and was hoping this would prompt it to realise there was a single point at which both the computer and the backups were in synch, and would hence continue to perform incremental backups from that point on, but it stubbornly refuses to allow backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I have to lose the old backups and start afresh, I'll be able to cope somehow, but I would prefer to keep the history if possible." />
  <row Id="517" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="299" RevisionGUID="bdf0f3f3-514e-40ed-948d-bad6426ab35a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:10:36.580" UserId="257" Text="How can I get Time Machine to reassociate with my computer?" />
  <row Id="518" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="299" RevisionGUID="bdf0f3f3-514e-40ed-948d-bad6426ab35a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:10:36.580" UserId="257" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="300" RevisionGUID="91fc0a6c-ed34-42e2-a5ab-8def0e389365" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:13:09.070" UserId="279" Text="I manage a server that currently runs Debian/Etch, and Xen 3.0. Each virtual machine is also running Debian/Etch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lenny is the next release of Debian, and includes Xen 3.2. Unfortunately, I believe there is no automatic upgrade path (via dist-upgrade) between Xen 3.0 and Xen 3.2. (Xen 3.0 is listed as an obsolete package in the lenny release notes).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What steps should I follow to end up with the server running lenny/xen3.2 and the virtual machines running lenny?" />
  <row Id="521" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="300" RevisionGUID="91fc0a6c-ed34-42e2-a5ab-8def0e389365" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:13:09.070" UserId="279" Text="How should I upgrade debian/xen machines from etch to lenny" />
  <row Id="522" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="300" RevisionGUID="91fc0a6c-ed34-42e2-a5ab-8def0e389365" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:13:09.070" UserId="279" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;xen&gt;&lt;debian-etch&gt;&lt;lenny&gt;" />
  <row Id="523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="301" RevisionGUID="64f1ac04-7354-476e-900a-79bbe3de8c76" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:13:29.663" UserId="216" Text="There's full instructions on how to do it at [this answer][1] from MacOSXHints.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080128003716101" />
  <row Id="524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="302" RevisionGUID="9a480bb2-4290-4b0e-bd58-72dda420fcf6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:13:35.997" UserId="273" Text="You should have contingency plans.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Essential systems should be designed with either automatic failover or a documented and tested recovery plan.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The more important the system, the more resilience you need to build in and the more automatic it should be.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't have one, then it's wasn't important, was it!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="525" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="303" RevisionGUID="e65686ea-6a21-411d-94cf-93a9cc86150f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:14:08.740" UserDisplayName="jcelgin" Text="Yes, you can - I've done it personally, on both 2003 and 2008.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Couple things to consider:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - RAM requirements are fairly steep for a single server install.  Be sure to look into this beforehand to make sure your server can handle the demand of running Exchange, AD, etc.  Check out [this link][1] for more details.&#xD;&#xA; - If you're using 2008, you'll need to download [Exchange 2007 SP1][2] and install from that, as it won't install from your disc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2006/09/25/428994.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=44C66AD6-F185-4A1D-A9AB-473C1188954C&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="526" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="304" RevisionGUID="4fb4bc16-0ff4-4df8-b5ae-453f5f72681b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:14:54.590" UserId="184" Text="Let me start with the list:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**General:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Install most current updates/service packs.&#xD;&#xA; - Verify drivers, look for conflicts, upgrade to newer ones.&#xD;&#xA; - Use [Process Explorer][1] to see a bit more details about what's being run &#xD;&#xA; - Use [Process Monitor][2](combined filemon and regmon) to see details about particular process &#xD;&#xA; - Check the services - (services.msc from command prompt).&#xD;&#xA; - Problems with graphics/sound (especially with older apps) - verify DirectX (run dxdiag from console), try disabling hardware acceleration.&#xD;&#xA; - See what's being run on windows boot time - [Windows start points][3]&#xD;&#xA; - Scan for viruses (anyways, you should have it updated and running all the time).&#xD;&#xA; - Run some [anti-malware tool][4]&#xD;&#xA; - Make sure there is at least ~250mb free space on Windows drive.&#xD;&#xA; - Check virtual memory settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Network:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - See network settings (from console: ncpa.cpl and ipconfig /all)&#xD;&#xA; - Inspect firewall configuration. If you have turned Windows firewall off, check if it isn't started up.&#xD;&#xA; - Look if hosts file is not modified %WINDIR%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Hardware:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Run full HDD scan and defragment.&#xD;&#xA; - Run memory test http://www.memtest86.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should know most (if not all) of it already, but hopefully this helps somebody.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://antivirus.about.com/od/windowsbasics/tp/autostartkeys.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.malwarebytes.org/" />
  <row Id="527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="305" RevisionGUID="ae29736f-77a5-435f-984f-c15b190612df" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:15:05.213" UserId="290" Text="A decent text editor (eg. notepad++). Process Explorer.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="306" RevisionGUID="b3ad3b41-ce51-4dab-9f30-f14ba5d5110e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:16:23.760" UserId="38" Text="[Beyond Compare][1], brilliant for checking for changes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.scootersoftware.com/" />
  <row Id="529" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="307" RevisionGUID="a65ace3b-9464-485e-ba64-8ef697be2fbf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:16:44.477" UserId="244" Text="How can I determine Time Zone setting for ISS. &#xD;&#xA;It seems that ever since the daylight savings were applied (+1 hour) the time returned by ISS is 1 hour behind as the +1 was ignored. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The time on the server itself is correct, but when the application code calls getDateTime it would return the incorrect time. Any thoughts?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="308" RevisionGUID="b07b5858-337b-4469-9fda-9b295b0129de" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:17:27.033" UserId="279" Text="The one that people around me are using. I find the advantage of sharing config, tips and experience is huge." />
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  <row Id="534" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="309" RevisionGUID="9302b375-56f0-448a-a417-e8dffe20cc3d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:18:52.817" UserId="247" Text="Are there known limitation to the numbers or size of add-ins in Word?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the moment, if I do Application.COMAddIns.Count in a copy of Word, I get 4, one of which I wrote and the other three are&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    WordOptimisingAddin&#xD;&#xA;    iManage Word2000 integration (Ver 1.3)&#xD;&#xA;    Workshare Add-In For Microsoft Word&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which are iManage (FileSite 8.2, actually) and WorkShare.  On top of that, there are eight templates in the various startup directories, each with their own VBA project, so there's an awful lot of custom code being loaded into Word.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously, when a running copy of Word with no documents open uses 115MB of RAM, it takes a long time to open the application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We seem to mostly be getting slowdowns rather than out-and-out crashes, but I'm concerned that if we add much more then we will start getting lots of crashes.  Are other people aware of these sorts of issues with Word getting too many plug-ins?" />
  <row Id="535" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="309" RevisionGUID="9302b375-56f0-448a-a417-e8dffe20cc3d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:18:52.817" UserId="247" Text="Word 2003 add-in limitations" />
  <row Id="536" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="309" RevisionGUID="9302b375-56f0-448a-a417-e8dffe20cc3d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:18:52.817" UserId="247" Text="&lt;best-practices&gt;" />
  <row Id="537" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="310" RevisionGUID="bb72fa52-fafb-4016-9287-2c15cfee531d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:20:16.357" UserId="293" Text="Currently I am using this vbs script during logon to a Windows desktop:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Set oIE       = CreateObject(&quot;InternetExplorer.Application&quot;)  ' This creates a Internet Explorer window&#xD;&#xA;    oIE.Left      = -5000                                         ' This allows the page to initilize off-screen&#xD;&#xA;    oIE.Top       = -5000 					                              ' This allows the page to initilize off-screen&#xD;&#xA;    oIE.navigate &quot;http://myurl/?popup=1&quot;		              ' This is URI&#xD;&#xA;    oIE.ToolBar   = 0 					                                  ' This removes the toolbar&#xD;&#xA;    oIE.StatusBar = 1 					                                  ' This removes the status bar&#xD;&#xA;    oIE.Resizable = 1 					                                  ' This allows the maximise button&#xD;&#xA;    oIE.Visible   = 1 	&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That is run from the users logon batch file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been asked to add another one and I dislike this approach but don;t know how else to achieve it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="538" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="310" RevisionGUID="bb72fa52-fafb-4016-9287-2c15cfee531d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:20:16.357" UserId="293" Text="What's the modern way to open a URL in the default browser during logon?" />
  <row Id="539" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="310" RevisionGUID="bb72fa52-fafb-4016-9287-2c15cfee531d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:20:16.357" UserId="293" Text="&lt;logon-scripts&gt;&lt;browsers&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="540" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="281" RevisionGUID="534afa6e-6ca5-4dcc-ad51-dcdcf1bb79e8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:21:22.610" UserId="135" Comment="deleted 39 characters in body" Text="this is the utils I have on my drive: [cports][1], [ftpserver3lite][2], [ftpwanderer2][3], [ipnetinfo][4], [miranda][5], [omziff][6], [FoxitReader][7], [Qm (The Quick Mailer)][8], [Restoration][9], [smsniff][10], [torpark][11], [treepad][12], [cpicture][13], [DriveMan][14], [FollowMeIPLite][15], [hfs][16], [angry ip scanner][17], kill.exe, [putty][18], regcleaner, [Revealer][19], [startup control panel][20], [StartupList][21], [vncviewer][22], [WinAudit][23], xcopy.exe, and [TcpView][24].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;also, you might want to check out [portable freeware][25].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/cports.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com/html/quick__n_easy_ftp_server_lite.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com/html/ftp_wanderer.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/ipnetinfo.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.miranda-im.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.xtort.net/xtort-software/omziff/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://davidp.ordinarylight.com/qm/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/smsniff.html&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://lifehacker.com/software/web-browser/download-of-the-day--torpark-15-windows-202981.php&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://www.treepad.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://cpicture.net/en/&#xD;&#xA;  [14]: http://www.alexnolan.net/software/driveman.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [15]: http://www.fmip.org/download.php&#xD;&#xA;  [16]: http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/&#xD;&#xA;  [17]: http://www.angryziber.com/w/Download&#xD;&#xA;  [18]: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html&#xD;&#xA;  [19]: http://www.rekenwonder.com/revealer.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [20]: http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml&#xD;&#xA;  [21]: http://startuplist.en.softonic.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [22]: http://www.realvnc.com/cgi-bin/download.cgi?product=free4/vncviewer/win&#xD;&#xA;  [23]: http://www.pxserver.com/WinAudit.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [24]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897437.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [25]: http://www.portablefreeware.com/" />
  <row Id="541" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="311" RevisionGUID="222baaad-57ad-4794-95ed-ac2ddbb7aa1a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:21:26.663" UserId="273" Text="Arguments based on:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;IE6 is a legacy system, only on extended support from Microsoft.  Microsoft was recently pushed IE8 through as a Critital Patch on Windows Update and will only publish future patches for IE6 for the most serious issues&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;If we continue to allow IE6 users to connect to the Internet then we are increasing our risk of malware infection.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;It is better to 'keep up' with the upgrades and patches as they come out, than to stagnate and be left with a HUGE upgrade in the future that will be MUCH more expensive (in time, effort and cost)&quot;" />
  <row Id="545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="313" RevisionGUID="85d5f4c6-903e-445c-9271-38bc01c77796" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:22:55.087" UserId="251" Text="With a green field installation 10gbps network (no legacy equipment to support), why would one select one physical medium over the other?  If left to impulse, I'd probably go with *fiber optics* over *twisted pair* because it is new and exciting.  (Sparkly Pony!)  But really, this should be a rational, logical decision.  " />
  <row Id="546" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="313" RevisionGUID="85d5f4c6-903e-445c-9271-38bc01c77796" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:22:55.087" UserId="251" Text="10 gigabit networks: Decieding between fiber and twisted pair" />
  <row Id="547" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="313" RevisionGUID="85d5f4c6-903e-445c-9271-38bc01c77796" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:22:55.087" UserId="251" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;fiber&gt;&lt;ethernet&gt;&lt;lan&gt;" />
  <row Id="548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="314" RevisionGUID="9e5ba9cb-e9e7-40bb-970d-adb9b17d7b9d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:24:47.343" UserId="123" Text="If you are in the a wondrous situation where you have an image of a workstation you can just nuke it, if it was a software problem its fixed, if its a hardware problem you now know." />
  <row Id="549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="315" RevisionGUID="783cb8b1-d186-4598-b469-4673dd8364a0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:25:15.970" UserId="202" Text="Most [Previously SysInternals Tools][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="316" RevisionGUID="ff6f516d-56f2-40de-ba04-f32e3a7a80c9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:26:02.333" UserId="293" Text="We happen to be using Lotus Notes for our email server and client and have just activated their SameTime product after seeing it during a demo. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are very tentatively taking our first steps into Corporate IM but because it links to our calendars I think it has a good chance of being successful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course you need to have the Lotus products - a server and clients but if you have that anyway then the set-up was minimal!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="551" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="317" RevisionGUID="d98ff229-3ebc-4802-b59f-1bdd1ebf313e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:26:03.457" UserId="212" Text="For strictly IM, then (as others have said), some form of XMPP would probably be best.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your organisation is interested in exploring alternatives, you could try [Laconica][1], which is like having your own little Twitter (which could be completely internal).  Not exactly IM, but depending on the needs that IM is meant to fill, it might be just as suitable (or might not - again, depends on what you're after).  Pretty simple to deploy (and free).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://laconi.ca/trac/" />
  <row Id="552" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="282" RevisionGUID="f91cec15-fb1e-403c-9ebd-0864bb057ca4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:26:06.717" UserId="270" Comment="more serious attempt at answering the question" Text="Let people know, that you're on it and if possible give them an estimate on when things will be back to normal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for actual troubleshooting that obviously depends on what is wrong. I usually keep a collection of &quot;check status&quot; scripts for various services. " />
  <row Id="553" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="318" RevisionGUID="32e99b23-7104-4451-b850-61f5e6b81365" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:26:25.107" UserId="202" Text="Apps from [http://portableapps.com/][1] like Portable Firefox leave no trace on the system you run them on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also the PortableApps app itself makes using them a piece of cake.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://portableapps.com/" />
  <row Id="554" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="318" RevisionGUID="4dd9c6cd-8188-4cd4-a46a-1adaa64cc449" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:27:06.340" UserId="202" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:202,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Rory Becker&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="561" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="323" RevisionGUID="059e1c4f-c09b-443f-9190-f5c398d2eb3c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:29:40.717" UserId="247" Text="Have you tested your intranet apps with IE7 or IE8?  We had several that we thought were IE6-only that actually work with IE7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the intranet apps are in-house developed, then you need to asses how expensive the compatibility work will be; if they are external then you need to contact the suppliers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just identifying the actual roadblocks can be good, as you often find they are much less than you thought." />
  <row Id="563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="325" RevisionGUID="eff01535-5494-4916-b670-34ec0a97548f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:32:15.967" UserId="241" Text="Say you work in your average anarchy... no appointed IT guy, no Office-Manager whatsoever, just developers working in free-for-all mode and a couple of non technical people around for admin (non IT) stuff. What would you use to keep track of &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Hardware / Software inventory&#xD;&#xA; - Backups of OS images, Drivers, and all that&#xD;&#xA; - LAN configuration information&#xD;&#xA; - Passwords for all the systems&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently I'm thinking of having some sort of wiki + web server on our only ''server-class'' machine, but then I fear I'd be the only one who would go through the hassle of adding information in the wiki...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, have you been through that? What would you suggest?" />
  <row Id="564" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="325" RevisionGUID="eff01535-5494-4916-b670-34ec0a97548f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:32:15.967" UserId="241" Text="What would you use to keep track of all the random information about your LAN/Enviroment?" />
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  <row Id="567" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="326" RevisionGUID="e4b1b2a6-aa11-4873-adb1-bfda0f7fa3cb" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:32:18.213" UserId="247" Text="ShellExecute the URL." />
  <row Id="568" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="318" RevisionGUID="cfea7d69-c0ad-44d6-9285-90b22f6be7df" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:32:18.540" UserId="202" />
  <row Id="569" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="318" RevisionGUID="cfea7d69-c0ad-44d6-9285-90b22f6be7df" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:32:18.540" UserId="202" Comment="added 267 characters in body" Text="*[**Update**: Initially I deleted this answer because I spotted it was already mentioned in the question. However I think it would be good for it to see votes so I have checked the Community Wiki box to prevent people from thinking I'm trying to game the system]*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apps from [http://portableapps.com/][1] like Portable Firefox leave no trace on the system you run them on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also the PortableApps app itself makes using them a piece of cake.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://portableapps.com/" />
  <row Id="570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="327" RevisionGUID="4118e8c7-7492-4a88-99b6-eb30f27ed278" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:32:23.143" UserId="295" Text="One thing that I wish I'd considered when it came to purchasing my laptop, was hibernation. I chose 3GB RAM and didn't worry too much about disk speed. Shutting down the PC is slow, because of the hard drive, but writing 3GB of RAM to hard disk to hibernate is also slow. Its a lose-lose." />
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  <row Id="574" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="298" RevisionGUID="a67ff71d-c12c-4f42-850a-4caabc19c898" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:33:18.010" UserId="184" Comment="edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;troubleshooting&gt;&lt;diagnose&gt;&lt;debug&gt;&lt;problem&gt;" />
  <row Id="575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="329" RevisionGUID="bed03b3c-2fa1-40b4-8b82-d374f02b6f0e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:33:28.600" UserId="117" Text="Maybe take a look on [Framakey][1] which is a compilation of modified program to use them on a USB stick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It currently includes : &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   - Firefox&#xD;&#xA;   - Thunderbird&#xD;&#xA;   - OpenOffice.org 2.0b&#xD;&#xA;   - VLC&#xD;&#xA;   - Coolplayer&#xD;&#xA;   - Scite &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://framakey.org/En/FramaKey" />
  <row Id="576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="330" RevisionGUID="6f4648d8-ba74-42ad-a083-9f2b7665f056" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:33:53.327" UserId="46" Text="What **doesn't** fit on a thumb drive, these days? 16GB drives are like $50!" />
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  <row Id="582" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="329" RevisionGUID="bed03b3c-2fa1-40b4-8b82-d374f02b6f0e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:34:51.623" UserId="117" />
  <row Id="584" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="332" RevisionGUID="97e7280d-bd11-4988-923d-9722272cf42a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:37:38.310" UserId="36" Text="I say build it yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Get a decent mini-itx board with a GeForce 9300 chipset and a modern Intel CPU, even a Celeron will do. [Zotac's model][1] has built-in WiFi and Gigabit LAN.&#xD;&#xA;You can power it with a picoPSU so no huge ATX power sources needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://pden.zotac.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&amp;flypage=flypage_images.tpl&amp;product_id=145&amp;category_id=15&amp;option=com_virtuemart&amp;Itemid=1" />
  <row Id="585" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="333" RevisionGUID="9a177fd1-f13d-4e0d-9f87-3015d4f6b2f9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:37:47.780" UserId="135" Text="first I'd rule out the more common causes. I'd start with some registry cleaning tools, startup/shutdown organizers, and a sniffer on another machine in the LAN to see if the computer hangs on a network thing when shutting down. spybot s&amp;g is probably a good idea also." />
  <row Id="587" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="334" RevisionGUID="c7740129-ecb5-4b35-baff-5c6c16823c2e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:38:02.710" UserId="301" Text="Some suggestions&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Look at the read queue size, if your application is highly random, then tweak the readahead in /sys/block/&lt;dev&gt;/queue/read\_ahead\_kb to ensure your reading data you *need* not data the os thinks you need.&#xD;&#xA;* Switch to the deadline scheduler if you haven't already&#xD;&#xA;* use the noatime mount option unless you're hosting a mail spool&#xD;&#xA;* mount with data=&quot;writeback&quot; if you've got good backups&#xD;&#xA;* keep an eye on your directory sizes, sure hashed directory inodes help, but if you can hash the data yourself then you'll get more consistent results" />
  <row Id="590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="336" RevisionGUID="72801d0a-6d2b-4d08-80b0-751369ba567b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:39:15.670" UserId="301" Text="Step 0. Check that it's not your monitoring system that is at fault" />
  <row Id="593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="338" RevisionGUID="2db81193-0b35-41cb-b5cf-895889c8f594" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:40:01.300" UserId="319" Text="What the title says." />
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  <row Id="595" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="338" RevisionGUID="2db81193-0b35-41cb-b5cf-895889c8f594" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:40:01.300" UserId="319" Text="&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;user&gt;&lt;administrator&gt;" />
  <row Id="596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="339" RevisionGUID="8569d1d4-16a5-467a-8282-d22b018666a8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:40:22.547" UserId="117" Text="I've found that [feedback from http://web.luchs.at][1] very interesting. They used ext4 on Debian lenny based servers and that seems to work great !&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://web.luchs.at/article.php?cat=3&amp;aid=366" />
  <row Id="597" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="340" RevisionGUID="d03b2ac3-2b35-4fa6-9298-2ba7c8099f15" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:41:33.527" UserId="301" Text="How long are your cable runs? Fiber is always more expensive vs copper for any distance because of the infrastructure, and because it always leads the copper vendors by a few years. " />
  <row Id="598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="341" RevisionGUID="54fbf734-8630-4f65-969d-bf867d98d5cf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:41:34.243" UserId="310" Text="Right now I have a 16GB OCZ Rally2 which I find dead handy. I keep lots of the tools mentioned above on it (in portable app form, mostly).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've got the contents of some useful OSs on there: notably Windows XP, Server 2003, and also the Win 7 Beta. I created a partition that is compatible with W7 too so I can install directly without an optical disc. Dead handy for testing on laptops with varied hardware configurations." />
  <row Id="599" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="342" RevisionGUID="d4454bed-21a9-4221-a814-2bb831bf4a0d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:41:56.817" UserId="202" Text="[AutoHotKey][1] can be placed on and run from your flashkey.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many things you might script an ability to do which might ease Server related tasks. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.autohotkey.com" />
  <row Id="600" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="313" RevisionGUID="d9a9443a-a353-4dd4-a5be-a9d79ffde281" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:42:03.650" UserId="251" Comment="added 19 characters in body" Text="With a green field installation 10gbps network (no legacy equipment to support), why would one select one physical medium over the other?  If left to impulse, I'd probably go with *fiber optics* over *twisted pair* because it is new and exciting.  (Sparkly Pony!)  But really, this should be a rational, logical decision.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've very much interested in the &quot;why&quot; behind answers.  E.g.: *&quot;Fiber performance can be degraded when placed near Kryptonite&quot;*, *&quot;TP is 1000 times cheaper&quot;* etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Background: I ask because I have a need to upgrade our Internet web/streaming servers network infrastructure at the data center.)  " />
  <row Id="601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="343" RevisionGUID="f68f4302-a5fa-40ca-8c6f-46b1d2948df4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:42:14.413" UserId="318" Text="Since you don't know when it started, I'd suggest disabling/uninstalling programs one at a time until you find the culprit. It's pretty slow and painstaking, but you'll find it eventually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recently found ZoneAlarm to be the fault on one machine, but I think there are quite a few possibilities." />
  <row Id="602" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="344" RevisionGUID="3722627c-abf9-4f1f-b18c-9470b70b7a80" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:42:52.900" UserId="123" Text="I have been looking for a open source alternate to windows thin-client terminals we use for remote desktop into a terminal server which is where users do all their work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am often in the situation where i have multiple computers that would do great as a thin-client but i would need to buy an XP license.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there some kind of Linux software distro that basically lets you setup an automatic RDP connection on start-up?" />
  <row Id="603" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="344" RevisionGUID="3722627c-abf9-4f1f-b18c-9470b70b7a80" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:42:52.900" UserId="123" Text="Open source thin-client software" />
  <row Id="604" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="344" RevisionGUID="3722627c-abf9-4f1f-b18c-9470b70b7a80" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:42:52.900" UserId="123" Text="&lt;rdp&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;thin-client&gt;" />
  <row Id="605" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="345" RevisionGUID="a0c37ac9-5d51-43d2-aaec-956377d89494" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:43:08.220" UserId="301" Text="&gt; That said, a full file system restore from backup would take days and be unacceptable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then stick to ext3, as a bonus, any slob with a Fedora USB key can mount your drive if it comes to that." />
  <row Id="606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="346" RevisionGUID="346652ac-9908-45cb-9bd4-f6550c279670" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:46:34.623" UserId="44" Text="1. Cost&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. twisted pair is much more susceptible for interferences&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recently read an interesting article (but it is german [http://www.heise.de/netze/10-Gigabit-pro-Sekunde-ueber-Kupfer--/artikel/96475][1])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.heise.de/netze/10-Gigabit-pro-Sekunde-ueber-Kupfer--/artikel/96475" />
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  <row Id="621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="352" RevisionGUID="033892f0-06eb-4d86-93d4-7a7c34877c3e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:50:47.390" UserId="301" Text="How much planning went into your data model ? Have you designed a schema that will allow you to ramp up your query volume without expensive sorts, binary columns, or complex joins ? Have you tuned your database backend (assuming you have one) ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How are you serving your 'big images' ? Can you split that out into a separate web server process, even a separate domain ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you load tested your system ? Tools like ApacheBench and Siege are invaluable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is all your configuration in svn ? Is your deployment automated ? You'll be glad of that when you have to roll our application out to the 2nd server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="622" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="353" RevisionGUID="143bf827-73c6-4d98-a521-62c3152d6cc8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:50:50.090" UserId="325" Text="Whatever you do, do not use Sendmail. The configuration files are so complicated that they created a macro language that compiles down to the actual config files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The O'Reilly Sendmail book (the bat book) is the thickest on my shelf." />
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  <row Id="624" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="354" RevisionGUID="a7e260d6-b6ba-4768-b755-6cd4d8400e5d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:51:22.070" UserId="330" Text="I dont know if it is exacly what you are searching, but have a look at http://www.zarafa.com/" />
  <row Id="625" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="355" RevisionGUID="35ef2f5c-794b-4d46-8336-4523dd39ea09" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:51:24.330" UserId="28" Text="+1 for Postfix&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be _very_ careful to make sure that your machine cannot be used as an open relay. If it's for an internal lan only, do not accept connections on your public IP. If it's for an external SMTP server, make sure you don't accept any email not intended for your domain. If you need to provide SMTP for your users while they're outside of the network, either use a VPN (in which case they're not outside the network) or implement authentication (and real authentication, not just POP before SMTP)" />
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  <row Id="627" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="356" RevisionGUID="58ccbfd8-7e44-4c1f-823f-7e7c3b760fa4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:51:48.260" UserId="310" Text="I've been waiting to ages to ask this question on (site-that-is-not)stackoverflow.com!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My PC is a bit of a beast. I use it for everything, including development (my day job) and gaming. It's a bit noisy though. I've tried using larger, slower fans where possible but it still hums a bit, and I'm a bit nervous of using the totally passive heat dissipation options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone recommend any good sources for information on water cooling aimed at technically competent but ignorant noobs?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any preference as to the fully integrated solutions (like the Zalman Reserator) versus the all-parts-in-main-case options?" />
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  <row Id="632" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="359" RevisionGUID="18274150-3e7c-43c4-85b8-b40289bec52d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:52:44.467" UserId="134" Text="This should work: DBCC CHECKIDENT(tableName, RESEED, 0).&#xD;&#xA;The tip is from [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://geekswithblogs.net/TakeNote/archive/2007/11/30/117258.aspx" />
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  <row Id="636" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="361" RevisionGUID="82c5799b-81fc-459d-be46-6c108e4d7a48" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:55:03.493" UserId="331" Text="Hold down Option-Command-P-R when starting your mac until you hear two beeps. This will reset the nvram and revert the screen resolution to the default setting." />
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  <row Id="640" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="364" RevisionGUID="fafa8672-e32a-4f34-a69f-57f060598984" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:57:08.107" UserId="244" Text="I think this question belongs to SO. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example you may find [renumber primary key][1] helpful&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/230006/renumber-primary-key" />
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  <row Id="645" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="367" RevisionGUID="221ae877-fe68-41bb-8108-107676c89b7c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:58:40.913" UserId="246" Text="I guess it depends on how much traffic you're going to be successful in driving there and how configurable you need the hosting to be. Obviously with Amazon you can put anything you like on there, but if your needs are less exotic, then going with a Slice Host of sorts or any really cheap annual hosting will do the trick because they come with what you want without the need to configure or backup much.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could even host it on the Google App Engine for free if your python skills are up to it... and there you shouldn't have the trouble of scalability or cost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I think running it on the Amazon or Google Cloud is the right answer here if you're serious about it. Mainly because it's a pay for usage model. If your product marketing turns out to work well, then you'll have more traffic, and the Amazon hosting will only then start costing you more, but it's still pretty cheap at that. Google let you do it free until your app creates enough traffic to be noticed...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="646" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="368" RevisionGUID="e60d1457-e6a0-4550-b8da-964672dc74a5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:59:51.923" UserId="301" Text="Check /etc/aliases, look for the line&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;root:   root@workdomain.com" />
  <row Id="647" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="369" RevisionGUID="105fae4c-8a44-4fb5-a15d-3cef107fe43e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T10:59:57.757" UserId="135" Text="[DosBox][1] of course, for when you need to emulate an old ODS machine for, umm, old office applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=687" />
  <row Id="648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="370" RevisionGUID="57899a26-9188-4fa1-980a-a3f65ce0ed40" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:02:42.993" UserId="325" Text="The one that I finally settled on was &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ejabberd.im/&quot;&gt;ejabberd&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's XMPP, so there are a lot of clients available (we use Pidgin). It's easy to install (it's a standard package in most Linux distros) and easy to set up (it has a simple web interface). It also supposedly scales much larger than any of the other ones, if that is a concern." />
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  <row Id="653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="375" RevisionGUID="49dd5a84-47ff-4b57-9ec7-8af8d3fb6c00" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:03:31.383" UserId="212" Text="In many smaller organisations, developers often end up doing some sysadmin work (for obvious reasons).  A lot of the time, they have great developer skills, but few sysadmin skills (perhaps all self-taught), and so have to learn as they go, which is fairly inefficient.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there canonical (or simply great) books that would help in this situation?  More advanced than just using a shell (presumably a developer can do that), but not aimed at someone that hopes to spend many years doing this work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally, something fairly generic (although specific to a distro would be ok), covering databases, networking, general maintenance, etc, not just one specific task.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(As an analogy, replace &quot;sysadmin&quot; with C, and I'd want K&amp;R, with C++ and I'd want Meyers' &quot;Effective C++&quot;)." />
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  <row Id="655" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="375" RevisionGUID="49dd5a84-47ff-4b57-9ec7-8af8d3fb6c00" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:03:31.383" UserId="212" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;book&gt;&lt;recommendation&gt;" />
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  <row Id="666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="382" RevisionGUID="8c3f63c6-5394-43a0-bc50-6f65a498ca97" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:06:43.997" UserId="332" Text="I have been trying to configure OpenLDAP in Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex but the guides I find in the web are confusing for me. I have had no succes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think the problem is most guides assume you want to use Samba for access control and use OpenLDAP as the directory for Samba. This is not what I need. I just need a central location to store client, associates, employees, family, etc. contact information and some other objects pertaining to those persons as web-sites with configuration data, their Web Sites/Databases, etc. passwords (for the Web Sites we administer for them), etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you know of any good, simple, current and clear guide available somewhere in the Web for this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you in advance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS: Kudos for the beta launch of SF! Congratulations to Joel, Jeff, the Team, Moderators, etc. Thank you for your support and hard work on SO and SF.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="669" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="383" RevisionGUID="a2b2afa6-e149-4bd7-8baa-3ea4b73e2307" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:06:55.290" UserId="354" Text="We are a small company with 6/7 servers and a 6/7 development workstations, when we moved office we got a good solid shelving unit and put it in the middle of the room to house our servers/printers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Boy was this a good idea, as we have had to go around the back several timesand as the servers arent rackmounted it would have been very difficult and potentially dangerous to move them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A good air-con is a must.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Decent and plentiful power." />
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  <row Id="672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="385" RevisionGUID="1fd4ad67-26dd-446f-b45c-f0f274fc75bd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:07:45.803" UserId="282" Text="I don't have the exact experience but I know many schools are in a similar position, I can recommend [SpiceWorks][1] to maintain an automated inventory of the Hardware and Software on the network, it is a free product and fairly trivial to set up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for system documentation I think your concerns about you being the only person motivated to maintain it are valid, I would also be concerned that if it is hosted on your only server it may be unavailable when you need it most (i.e. when the server fails).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A hosted private Wiki (perhaps hosted Sharepoint) to document everything is an option in addition to one or more external hard disk drives to store the OS Images and install media.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.spiceworks.com/product/" />
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  <row Id="674" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="252" RevisionGUID="45a2af98-81ca-4f05-a0b9-62d60c9e2478" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:08:36.690" UserId="226" Comment="edited title" Text="I have a Xen-based virtual private server, running Ubuntu. It is running Apache, MySQL, and Drupal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usually, it is nice and fast. However, sometimes it slows down for no apparent reason. How can I determine whether the slowdowns are due to resource usage by other VPSes on the same physical hardware, as opposed to slowdowns due to things I can control?" />
  <row Id="675" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="371" RevisionGUID="e9927577-91c5-4515-8945-c2c38c1bff3a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:09:08.267" UserId="306" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="[Hush][1] make very nice silent PCs. Although they aren't user serviceable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tip, don't get a card reader. The holes look ugly, and it will be out of date in a few years when faster cards are available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://shop.hushtechnologies.com/hushshop/intellisys/index.html" />
  <row Id="676" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="386" RevisionGUID="e8e342da-3ee6-48ad-b018-a2dc28c20fc0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:09:10.933" UserId="325" Text="I've never used it myself, but it sounds like [Thinstation][1] or maybe [Thintux][2] is what you are looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to get more complicated, the [Linux Terminal Server Project][3] might be interesting also.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.thinstation.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://thintux.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.ltsp.org/" />
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  <row Id="678" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="252" RevisionGUID="45a2af98-81ca-4f05-a0b9-62d60c9e2478" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:08:36.690" UserId="226" Comment="edited title" Text="Performance Troubleshooting on a Xen VPS" />
  <row Id="680" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="388" RevisionGUID="ef1ae169-01cb-4ed6-a918-6ccb96a136bc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:12:58.193" UserId="282" Text="In addition the Sysinternals, AVG, Portable Firefox and PuTTY mentioned above my USB key contains:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * [WinDirStat][1] - for hunting down large files and directories on hard drives&#xD;&#xA; * [Stinger][2] - for killing common virus infections&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://windirstat.info/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/" />
  <row Id="681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="389" RevisionGUID="2f81e1e4-b408-4643-ac5d-32fc0060ff2d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:13:31.720" UserId="45" Text="A user complained that she had lost the network connection. So I asked her to check the network cable on the computer, describing how it looks like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After a minute she told me that there was no cable which looked like I described it, *&quot;only two cables, one with a blue connector and a power cable.&quot;*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was surprised, then I understood that she checked the display, which she thought was &quot;the computer&quot;, and she replied: *&quot;Ah, you mean the **hard disk**, not the computer!&quot;*" />
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  <row Id="683" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="390" RevisionGUID="c437aa34-f3fe-40cc-ba9e-2b32c690d48d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:13:53.700" UserId="301" Text="If you can't get this information from your provider then you'll have to figure it out empirically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Something like this, run bonnie, or a big dd in one screen, then run vmstat or iostat in another, if you have exclusive use of the machines IO then the numbers should stay pretty constant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could try running iostat -x  on your machine (without load) and look at the service time, unless you are spanking your machine, the service time should stay low. If it starts to head up, then there is contention for the physical IO bandwidth." />
  <row Id="684" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="391" RevisionGUID="5ea4368e-a5e1-48da-814f-03412f8280b9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:14:26.553" UserId="247" Text="Hmm, there are two different things this could mean.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. How do I create a new user account that has administrative rights?&#xD;&#xA; 2. I already have a windows user that is an administrator, how do I add that user to SQL?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Answers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. In SQL Management Studio, create a new login and add it to the sysadmin server role.&#xD;&#xA; 2. In SQL Management Studio, create a login connected to the Windows account or a group that it's a member of.  You might well find BUILTIN\Administrators is already there." />
  <row Id="685" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="392" RevisionGUID="06c1feef-8cf3-425d-a536-53c0acaafafe" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:16:06.860" UserId="212" Text="I imagine that Dave is right and your issue is with `/etc/aliases`, but FWIW, you can set cron output to go to a specific address by putting a MAILTO line at the top.  Run `crontab -e` and add something like `MAILTO=jdoe@example.com` as the first line.  Note that this will go through the regular email system you have installed, which presumably includes any `/etc/aliases` changes." />
  <row Id="686" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="393" RevisionGUID="4cb67edf-38b1-428d-9390-9676ceedf0d2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:16:18.547" UserId="361" Text="We use [Level Platforms][1] for this task. Provides a ton of useful information without overloading the sysadmins, and makes it extremely easy to handle all of the hardware in our server room (as well as many of our clients').&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.levelplatforms.com/" />
  <row Id="687" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="394" RevisionGUID="1922175b-08dc-44cd-9561-a0ac644d5caf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:16:26.097" UserId="39" Text="Have just found out what the problem was (well, my hosting provider did). Changed code by adding '%COMSPEC% /C' (where %COMSPEC% holds the path to cmd.exe) to the front of the command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Dim cmd : cmd = &quot;%COMSPEC% /C sqlcmd -S &quot; &amp; DATABASE_SERVER &amp; &quot; -U &quot; &amp; DATABASE_UID &amp; &quot; -P &quot; &amp; DATABASE_PWD &amp; &quot; -d &quot; &amp; DATABASE_NAME &amp; &quot; -i &quot;&quot;&quot; &amp; scriptPath &amp; &quot;&quot;&quot; -b&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It now works just dandy. I'm not sure about the whys/hows so I'll leave the question unanswered for now for someone to answer more comprehensively if they can." />
  <row Id="688" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="395" RevisionGUID="0accabcd-9fea-4af7-9481-99ed16849535" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:16:28.873" UserId="226" Text="Some of the Linux distros provide very complete and readable online documentation.  For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [Ubuntu](https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/index.html)&#xD;&#xA;- [Red Hat](http://www.redhat.com/docs/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, some distros don't provide good docs, but you can often use the other distros' docs.  In such cases, it is good to know which distros are similar to one another.  For example, Ubuntu is derived from Debian, so the docs are almost interchangeable; and the same goes for CentOS and RHEL." />
  <row Id="689" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="396" RevisionGUID="08d91dc4-0123-4e83-9773-9eccaf42df5e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:16:30.743" UserId="368" Text="tsclient works quite nicely manually. I haven't tried it, but the command accepts an rdp format file as well." />
  <row Id="690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="397" RevisionGUID="8afe614b-4f38-46c6-bc43-0074653d74ed" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:16:42.397" UserId="358" Text="Could somebody give some simple steps with configuration example how to setup simple firewall on Ubuntu (using console only)? Only ssh, http and https access should be allowed." />
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  <row Id="693" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="398" RevisionGUID="c0637392-a0b5-4fb5-a78d-c8a2d6e3a1b7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:17:41.770" UserId="363" Text="I have created a private/public dsa-keypair. I've put the public key on the server in &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ~/.ssh/authorized_keys&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everything is set up like my other server, but it seems like the server is just ignoring my efforts." />
  <row Id="694" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="398" RevisionGUID="c0637392-a0b5-4fb5-a78d-c8a2d6e3a1b7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:17:41.770" UserId="363" Text="Why won't automatic login through ssh with authorized_keys work?" />
  <row Id="695" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="398" RevisionGUID="c0637392-a0b5-4fb5-a78d-c8a2d6e3a1b7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:17:41.770" UserId="363" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;login&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="696" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="399" RevisionGUID="a4c1ed2d-df7d-458e-b8b4-0d6304482177" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:17:47.293" UserId="334" Text="I definitely advocate a lightweight wiki. If there is a real need for recording all this information, then I think your fear of being the only person to add information will not be justified.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recognise your situation from prior workplaces of mine, and at those places many people tended to end up with &quot;critical&quot; information in text files, in emails to themselves, on scraps of paper. While people tend to have little motivation to transfer that older information to a new wiki - you might be surprised how quickly they adapt to storing any new information on the wiki (especially with a bit of peer pressure applied).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think I've installed or been involved with installing wikis for this purpose at four workplaces now. I would consider all of those installations a success." />
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  <row Id="698" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="400" RevisionGUID="2545fdde-7191-47ab-a729-5763dfcd4fa7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:18:55.980" UserId="28" Text="I'm currently using munin to monitor a bunch of linux servers (as well as a few WinXP clients). However, munin does its data collection sequentially, and seems to be very susceptible to timing out when clients disconnect in the middle. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any parallel versions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to handle the case of a disconnected client quicker?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right now, many of my data collection tasks take longer than the 5 minutes until the next collection starts, leading to both warnings and missed data points." />
  <row Id="699" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="400" RevisionGUID="2545fdde-7191-47ab-a729-5763dfcd4fa7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:18:55.980" UserId="28" Text="Munin with intermittent clients" />
  <row Id="700" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="400" RevisionGUID="2545fdde-7191-47ab-a729-5763dfcd4fa7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:18:55.980" UserId="28" Text="&lt;munin&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="703" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="402" RevisionGUID="c6f503d2-1e63-4a39-8934-124a970b5b13" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:19:28.803" UserId="363" Text="The server will ignore your authorized_keys file if the owner properties are wrong. Changing it to this fixes it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chmod 0700 ~/.ssh&#xD;&#xA;    chmod 0600 ~/.shh/authorized_keys&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="704" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="375" RevisionGUID="4a3a8095-92ab-4891-b107-c1b92512f763" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:19:54.840" UserId="212" Comment="Point out that GUIs are of much interest here." Text="In many smaller organisations, developers often end up doing some sysadmin work (for obvious reasons).  A lot of the time, they have great developer skills, but few sysadmin skills (perhaps all self-taught), and so have to learn as they go, which is fairly inefficient.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there canonical (or simply great) books that would help in this situation?  More advanced than just using a shell (presumably a developer can do that), but not aimed at someone that hopes to spend many years doing this work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally, something fairly generic (although specific to a distro would be ok), covering databases, networking, general maintenance, etc, not just one specific task.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the most part, I'm interested in shell-based work (i.e. no GUI installed), although if there's something outstanding I'm missing, please point it out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(As an analogy, replace &quot;sysadmin&quot; with C, and I'd want K&amp;R, with C++ and I'd want Meyers' &quot;Effective C++&quot;)." />
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  <row Id="709" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="366" RevisionGUID="e805d71d-d6fd-4478-9cb2-baedb6f9a92c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:21:31.310" UserId="137" Comment="deleted 3 characters in body" Text=" - Enough space for expansion&#xD;&#xA; - Plenty of network ports&#xD;&#xA; - Plenty of power sockets&#xD;&#xA; - Should not be on the ground floor (risk of flooding + less secure)&#xD;&#xA; - Fire suppression facilities + smoke alarms&#xD;&#xA; - KVM for remote access&#xD;&#xA; - Telephone (so the operator can call a support line while looking at the hardware)&#xD;&#xA; - Pens + paper&#xD;&#xA; - A label printer - label everything!&#xD;&#xA; - A standard printer (nice to have)&#xD;&#xA; - Spare network and power cables&#xD;&#xA; - Air conditioning (also dehumidifies)&#xD;&#xA; - Good UPS (with automated/controlled shutdown functionality)&#xD;&#xA; - Entrance security (preferably also with logging)&#xD;&#xA; - Whiteboard (nice to have)&#xD;&#xA; - Fireproof safe (for storing backup tapes, passwords and installation media)&#xD;&#xA; - Good server racks - well maintained (cabling)&#xD;&#xA; - Enough space to work comfortably behind the servers" />
  <row Id="710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="405" RevisionGUID="9b905a04-83b4-4c19-8cf8-09c5208fae1a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:21:35.617" UserId="226" Text="Check `/etc/ssh/ssh_config` to verify that nothing you want is disabled." />
  <row Id="711" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="281" RevisionGUID="d563564d-fa7c-4193-af2e-c0f6863d7453" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:21:49.560" UserId="135" Comment="deleted 24 characters in body" Text="this is the utils I have on my drive: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [CurrPorts][1] displays the list of&#xD;&#xA;   all currently opened TCP/IP and UDP&#xD;&#xA;   ports on your local computer.&#xD;&#xA; - [ftpserver3lite][2] is an ftp server&#xD;&#xA; - [ftpwanderer2][3] is an ftp client&#xD;&#xA; - [ipnetinfo][4] answers questions&#xD;&#xA;   about an ip address: owner,&#xD;&#xA;   country/state, range, ontact info,&#xD;&#xA;   etc.&#xD;&#xA; - [miranda][5] general messaging&#xD;&#xA;   solution (supports most p2p messaging&#xD;&#xA;   networks)&#xD;&#xA; - [omziff][6] encryption decryption&#xD;&#xA;   tool.&#xD;&#xA; - [FoxitReader][7] wonderful&#xD;&#xA;   alternative to adobe's PDF reader.&#xD;&#xA;   light and fast and portable.&#xD;&#xA; - [Qm (The Quick Mailer)][8] if you&#xD;&#xA;   just want to send an Email the old&#xD;&#xA;   pasion way with no installation.&#xD;&#xA; - [Restoration][9] quick and basic&#xD;&#xA;   undelete util.&#xD;&#xA; - [smsniff][10] basic TCP sniffer.&#xD;&#xA; - [torpark][11] a firefox-based browser&#xD;&#xA;   for completely discrete browsing.&#xD;&#xA; - [treepad][12] just a nice util to&#xD;&#xA;   organize your data in, much like&#xD;&#xA;   freemind and other mind-maps.&#xD;&#xA; - [cpicture][13] a picture viewer&#xD;&#xA; - [DriveMan][14] for managing hard&#xD;&#xA;   drives on the local computer.&#xD;&#xA; - [FollowMeIPLite][15] very much like&#xD;&#xA;   www.whatismyip.com only much quicker.&#xD;&#xA; - [hfs][16] opens a small http file&#xD;&#xA;   server from desired folder, for&#xD;&#xA;   instant file sharing.&#xD;&#xA; - [angry ip scanner][17] scans ip's&#xD;&#xA; - kill.exe - needs no introduction :)&#xD;&#xA; - [putty][18] a telnet util every sys&#xD;&#xA;   admin has got to be familiar with.&#xD;&#xA; - [startup control panel][20],&#xD;&#xA;   [StartupList][21], regcleaner -&#xD;&#xA;   really there are many registry&#xD;&#xA;   cleaners/managers out there, lots of&#xD;&#xA;   them fits nicely in a thumb-drive.&#xD;&#xA; - [Revealer][19] reveals passwords from&#xD;&#xA;   password fields. very useful in many&#xD;&#xA;   situations.&#xD;&#xA; - [vncviewer][22] client for the VNC&#xD;&#xA;   remote desktop protocol&#xD;&#xA; - [WinAudit][23] audits a window&#xD;&#xA;   machine. lots of useful information.&#xD;&#xA; - xcopy.exe - still useful to have&#xD;&#xA;   around.&#xD;&#xA; - [TcpView][24] shows all all TCP and UDP endpoints on your system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;also, you might want to check out [portable freeware][25].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/cports.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com/html/quick__n_easy_ftp_server_lite.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com/html/ftp_wanderer.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/ipnetinfo.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.miranda-im.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.xtort.net/xtort-software/omziff/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://davidp.ordinarylight.com/qm/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/smsniff.html&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://lifehacker.com/software/web-browser/download-of-the-day--torpark-15-windows-202981.php&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://www.treepad.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://cpicture.net/en/&#xD;&#xA;  [14]: http://www.alexnolan.net/software/driveman.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [15]: http://www.fmip.org/download.php&#xD;&#xA;  [16]: http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/&#xD;&#xA;  [17]: http://www.angryziber.com/w/Download&#xD;&#xA;  [18]: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html&#xD;&#xA;  [19]: http://www.rekenwonder.com/revealer.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [20]: http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml&#xD;&#xA;  [21]: http://startuplist.en.softonic.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [22]: http://www.realvnc.com/cgi-bin/download.cgi?product=free4/vncviewer/win&#xD;&#xA;  [23]: http://www.pxserver.com/WinAudit.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [24]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897437.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [25]: http://www.portablefreeware.com/" />
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  <row Id="714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="407" RevisionGUID="6df8125d-05e2-4a29-a18d-05b1dcc29481" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:23:03.817" UserId="273" Text="We use SharePoint at work to store collected items of documentation, as it gives us an easy way to store, organise and share(!) between the admins of the different systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It can integrate with AD so you can lock down area's (document library's or entire sites) to store sensitive information (service account password for example).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use SPS2003, free with Windows 2003 - suitable for our needs and runs happily on as small VM so we don't have to maintain another piece of server hardware." />
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  <row Id="716" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="408" RevisionGUID="ad4d6190-f1bc-4f15-955f-c492b805e04f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:23:07.420" UserId="134" Text="Maybe you should take a look at [http://iptables-tutorial.frozentux.net/iptables-tutorial.html][1]. Also you can find more information on [lartc.org][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://iptables-tutorial.frozentux.net/iptables-tutorial.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://lartc.org" />
  <row Id="717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="409" RevisionGUID="6497dc76-9eb6-489c-b7c3-b59b9d0a4833" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:23:37.343" UserId="24" Text="Yes it does. No matter what RAID level you're running, you may still be affected by fragmentation (unless you're running SAN solutions like NetApp with their WAFL layout).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID1 is just a mirror of the fragmentation on both drives. RAID0 is just splitting fragmented files up on two drives. RAID5, 10, etc." />
  <row Id="718" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="410" RevisionGUID="d3f6aa95-0afe-4adc-969a-f45421bd5d32" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:23:56.607" UserId="368" Text="sudo ufw enable&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;sudo ufw allow http&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;sudo ufw allow https&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;sudo ufw allow ssh&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="719" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="222" RevisionGUID="b2041d80-3e20-4663-ac2b-84129ac5d3ee" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:23:57.497" UserId="226" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;xen&gt;&lt;vps&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;" />
  <row Id="720" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="371" RevisionGUID="4ead1d85-5ab1-4e96-b894-e37b94ed4f29" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:24:07.077" UserId="306" Comment="added image" Text="[Hush][1] make very nice silent PCs. Although they aren't user serviceable. &#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]  &#xD;&#xA;Tip, don't get a card reader. The holes look ugly, and it will be out of date in a few years when faster cards are available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://shop.hushtechnologies.com/hushshop/intellisys/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.hushtest.de/hushshop/shop/shop_img/itxfront290s.jpg" />
  <row Id="721" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="114" RevisionGUID="39a723ab-e4c6-4435-91cc-890cecb5fc98" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:24:38.557" UserId="123" Comment="Spelling mistake and added EDIT" Text="I have been doing roll outs of [Spiceworks][1] at our company and we are finding it to be a great tool not just for monitoring servers but everything else on the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It does things like automatic inventory and custom monitoring to send you emails when there is a problem (EG: Printer is down to 10% of ink or hard drive of this server has 20%).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its downside would probably be is density of information per computer, don't get it wrong it has A LOT of data per machine but for things like servers where you might want a lot of stats you might need to use another tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** oh did i mention its business model is based around it being free forever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://spiceworks.com" />
  <row Id="722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="411" RevisionGUID="aa0a4cd0-b62f-4191-96da-4b5cdea936a8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:24:58.663" UserId="212" Text="[Linux][1] (e.g. [Debian][2], [Knoppix][3], [Puppy][4]).  Even if the systems you're working with aren't Linux, you can get useful things done by having a full, working OS in your pocket; sometimes having a different OS can even be an advantage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_USB&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.debian.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.knoppix.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.puppylinux.com/" />
  <row Id="723" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="412" RevisionGUID="b3236d81-1a6e-495d-a145-3409844de566" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:25:25.980" UserId="317" Text="It just something i noticed here at work. We all use our workstations heavily troughout the day for years and we almost never run into problems. But our various dedicated servers go from bad to worse and fail more and more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I understand servers do get more constant use, especially the hard drives. But still i'm wondering if the numbers add up." />
  <row Id="724" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="412" RevisionGUID="b3236d81-1a6e-495d-a145-3409844de566" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:25:25.980" UserId="317" Text="Why is it that highend servers crash more often than heavily used workstations?" />
  <row Id="725" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="412" RevisionGUID="b3236d81-1a6e-495d-a145-3409844de566" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:25:25.980" UserId="317" Text="&lt;workstation&gt;&lt;server-crashes&gt;" />
  <row Id="726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="413" RevisionGUID="8aca47d0-8493-4a84-b356-9c9d394ba7c5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:25:32.843" UserId="273" Text="No.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. It is unlikely you will access the data on the drive in a linear fashion.&#xD;&#xA; 2. The data is distributed across multiple drives so there is no &quot;start&quot; or &quot;end&quot; or &quot;beginning&quot;.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Writes are VERY expensive on the &quot;typical&quot; RAID 5 array.  Even on other RAID layouts your using up power &amp; CPU.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Almost impossible to prove that defragging DOES actually improve performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, on a desktop PC with a single drive.&#xD;&#xA;Servers?  Not worth the effort." />
  <row Id="727" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="307" RevisionGUID="c1145c60-7b4a-4129-99d7-3ead343acccd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:25:44.763" UserId="244" Comment="moved servers from International Space Station to IIS as recommended by Alnitak ;)" Text="How can I determine Time Zone setting for IIS. &#xD;&#xA;It seems that ever since the daylight savings were applied (+1 hour) the time returned by IIS is 1 hour behind as the +1 was ignored. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The time on the server itself is correct, but when the application code calls getDateTime it would return the incorrect time. Any thoughts?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="728" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="307" RevisionGUID="c1145c60-7b4a-4129-99d7-3ead343acccd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:25:44.763" UserId="244" Comment="moved servers from International Space Station to IIS as recommended by Alnitak ;)" Text="IIS Time Zone and daylight saving changes" />
  <row Id="729" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="414" RevisionGUID="ae55fc8d-7bba-4b34-b431-ddc106e8975d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:26:07.210" UserId="334" Text="Call the fire-brigade. ;-)" />
  <row Id="730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="415" RevisionGUID="bb7624ba-5baf-4da6-96f1-cff6fb2c8e01" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:26:10.033" UserId="247" Text="Yes, defrag does still make sense for RAID.  While it's true that the layout the OS sees isn't the same as the physical layout, it's monotonic, ie the virtual sectors are in the same order on the disk as they are on the array, it's just they are scattered across disks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, the RAID controller will use predictive caching (if it has it) based on an understanding of the array layout, so that will work better if you have defrag.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only time you don't need to defrag is if the underlying storage medium is random access, so don't defrag your USB key, and don't defrag an SSD." />
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  <row Id="732" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="416" RevisionGUID="0f25b513-a4e7-4795-bdd4-0b4990bd9ea9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:26:34.107" UserId="381" Text="Recommendations for SMTP services for massive mailing" />
  <row Id="733" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="416" RevisionGUID="0f25b513-a4e7-4795-bdd4-0b4990bd9ea9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:26:34.107" UserId="381" Text="&lt;smtp&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="734" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="417" RevisionGUID="9a66904c-810d-4fa2-88cf-ccfad6c345a5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:26:35.480" UserId="333" Text="**Stay Calm**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't freak out. Breathe! (From the diaphragm, it helps.) If you've studied meditation, that can help too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When faced with extreme stress your body will go into a flight-or-fight mode, because your body thinks it's in a life-or-death situation. At this time your body will actually pump less blood to some parts of your brain, lessening functions like reasoning. This effectively lowers your IQ as instinct, instead of rationality, begins to dominate your brain functions. If you've ever been in or witnessed a heated argument you may recognize these symptoms as peoples' emotions flare and rationality takes a holiday. Later, when people have a chance to cool down they will be more likely to accept having made a mistake or having been wrong, and are more capable of seeing the other side, but in the heat of the moment, less so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maintaining your composure and keeping your wits about you will keep your brain functioning at full capacity and ensure you make rational decisions based on evidence and reason rather than emotion and fear.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Triage**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Efficient application of limited resources to achieve the greatest benefit at the lowest cost is supremely important here. Make the decisions as early as possible which things have to be fixed RIGHT NOW, which can wait a little while (hours, days), and which can wait indefinitely. Also learn to realize when something is unsalvageable and not worth saving (e.g. half the router melted, even if it's your only one, you can't save it, buy a new one and get it on site post-haste or find something that can fill the gap temporarily).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Retain Situational Awareness**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't allow your attention to be trapped by some interesting problem or by something you don't quite understand yet. Keep focused on the big picture and on getting the most important things working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Use the Scientific Method**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Form a hypothesis. Determine how you would test this hypothesis. Gather data to test the hypothesis. Look for dis-confirming data as well. Refine your hypothesis and repeat the cycle as many times as necessary until you have enough confidence in your hypothesis to take action.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Be Pragmatic**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now is not the time for dogma. It's ok to take a few shortcuts here and there when recovering from disaster. This is essentially accruing technical debt. At many companies, catastrophic failure means catastrophic loss of revenue. It's better to get things running, even if on a shaky footing, than to dilly-dally and risk the livelihood of your company. As always, judgement is supremely important here. Sometimes it makes sense to prop up a box fan pointed at a server rack, sometimes it's not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Look After Yourself**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How long have you been working on this emergency? When was the last time you had a drink of water? When was the last time you've eaten? How long have you been awake? Don't burn yourself out just because there's an emergency, take the time to keep hydrated, fed, and rested (in case it's a long, multi-day slog)." />
  <row Id="735" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="418" RevisionGUID="8846dbef-9a50-476b-84f4-3d3b229b8e4c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:26:56.350" UserId="267" Text="I have a server system running on Mac OS X 10.4 (Darwin Kernel Version&#xD;&#xA;8.10.1). This server is used mainly as a Bugzilla Server, but there&#xD;&#xA;are some other web-based services running (Testlink, TikiWiki).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Bugzilla database has about 60000 bugs in it, and there are about&#xD;&#xA;300 active users on the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bugzilla is on version 3.0, running on Perl 5.8.6, Apache 1.3.33 with mySQL 5.0.38&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From time to time, we have serious trouble that Bugzilla throws a&#xD;&#xA;database error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Software error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Can't connect to the database.&#xD;&#xA;    Error: Too many connections&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I already have several leads to possible solutions to this problem,&#xD;&#xA;but I wanted to bring up a more general question how you would debug&#xD;&#xA;these types of problems?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right now we have set up the following to monitor the mySQL database:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* A cron job which dumps the full mysql processlist every 5 minutes&#xD;&#xA;* Enabled log-slow-queries in my.cnf to log queries that take longer&#xD;&#xA;than 15 seconds&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We just started gathering this data to see if we can find a reason for&#xD;&#xA;the &quot;Too many connections&quot; problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any other things you can think of to monitor a mySQL&#xD;&#xA;database and to help diagnose the root cause of the problem?" />
  <row Id="736" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="418" RevisionGUID="8846dbef-9a50-476b-84f4-3d3b229b8e4c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:26:56.350" UserId="267" Text="How do you track and debug mySQL performance issues?" />
  <row Id="737" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="418" RevisionGUID="8846dbef-9a50-476b-84f4-3d3b229b8e4c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:26:56.350" UserId="267" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;bugzilla&gt;" />
  <row Id="738" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="419" RevisionGUID="fa027e6f-eb08-4ca5-8d15-334971c73555" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:27:04.493" UserId="371" Text="Look at everything from a risk management point of view and everything will fall into place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Physical security:  What is at risk if a malicious (or ignorant) individual gains access to the server and network hardware?  Who will have the permission to enter?  Server hardening required? (disable removable drive bootup, BIOS password, disable USB, etc.)&#xD;&#xA; - Climate control:  5 servers and 30 PCs won't make incredible heat in, say, a 20x20 room, but that's a bit much if you're stuffing it in a coat closet.  Running at elevated temperatures and/or humidity will shorten the life of your hardware and lead to data loss and expensive replacements.  Consider simple ventilation with a dehumidifier or possibly A/C system sized for your needs.&#xD;&#xA; - Business continuity:  Battery backup?  Data redundancy?  Fault tolerant LAN/WAN connections?  Any single points of failure in your infrastructure?  Do you have enough excess power to run your infrastructure and not blow a fuse if someone plugs in a vacuum cleaner?  &#xD;&#xA; - Growth:  Have a contingency plan in place for when management demands you double, nay, triple your infrastructure.  How will all the critical dependencies scale?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="420" RevisionGUID="2047c5f3-26f0-483e-8ca2-e2c16ec523fb" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:28:46.580" UserId="247" Text="Are everyone else's server rooms noisy?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have continuous sound metering, do you put meters in from time to time, or do you just put up with it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone wear ear protectors in a server room?" />
  <row Id="740" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="420" RevisionGUID="2047c5f3-26f0-483e-8ca2-e2c16ec523fb" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:28:46.580" UserId="247" Text="Noisy server rooms" />
  <row Id="741" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="420" RevisionGUID="2047c5f3-26f0-483e-8ca2-e2c16ec523fb" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:28:46.580" UserId="247" Text="&lt;server-room&gt;" />
  <row Id="742" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="349" RevisionGUID="4d9a9883-ef8f-40fa-a9c8-17e375b475ff" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:29:01.057" UserId="306" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;off-topic&gt;&lt;humor&gt;&lt;fun&gt;&lt;alt.sysadmin.recovery&gt;" />
  <row Id="743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="421" RevisionGUID="3ba5e6ae-91c9-45de-8f55-c9717c0a951e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:29:25.033" UserId="385" Text="If you're doing it via T-SQL:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Granting a Windows Login the ability to connect to SQL Server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    CREATE LOGIN [Domain\User] FROM WINDOWS;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    CREATE LOGIN [Domain\Group] FROM WINDOWS;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If SQL Server-based login:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    CREATE LOGIN [LoginName] WITH PASSWORD = 'SomePassword';&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After that, you can do one of two things. You can add it to the membership of the sysadmin fixed server role using sp_addsrvrolemember:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    EXEC sp_addsrvrolemember 'LoginName', 'sysadmin';&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or you can grant the login CONTROL SERVER permissions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    GRANT CONTROL SERVER TO [LoginName];&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="422" RevisionGUID="105ef6ef-02f8-4eb0-a902-9d299d46864b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:29:46.890" UserId="247" Text="Not my experience; unless a server is faulty they almost never crash; workstations crash a lot." />
  <row Id="745" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="423" RevisionGUID="bf93be45-dfe9-423e-8ad1-7db5eb159fe5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:30:35.767" UserId="386" Text="How do I set up my colo box to relay email for my domain (xcski.com) to my home box?  Both are currently running postfix, and currently the colo box receives email for a bunch of domains and my home box receives the email for xcski.com.  I'd rather receive the mail on the colo box since it's on a static IP.  Ideally since my wife forwards all her mail to gmail, I'd like it so I can forward mail for some of the accounts on the colo box directly." />
  <row Id="746" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="423" RevisionGUID="bf93be45-dfe9-423e-8ad1-7db5eb159fe5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:30:35.767" UserId="386" Text="Postfix mail relay" />
  <row Id="747" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="423" RevisionGUID="bf93be45-dfe9-423e-8ad1-7db5eb159fe5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:30:35.767" UserId="386" Text="&lt;postfix&gt;" />
  <row Id="748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="424" RevisionGUID="8290b311-224c-41ae-b6c7-da6264be5a4c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:31:23.097" UserId="47" Text="[Linux in a nutshell][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Linux System Administration][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some other good ones from O'Reilly too, but those two will cover most of the day to day Linux administrator things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596009304/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596009526/" />
  <row Id="749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="425" RevisionGUID="b4d0c5f8-a2aa-4a30-bd76-a8a22a494700" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:32:33.983" UserId="385" Text="Depends on the numbers of servers vs. the space. When we built out a small test lab with a few servers in the racks, it wasn't so noisy. Now that it's fully populated, it is. Those fans create a lot of noise. In our case, I don't think we actively do sound monitoring because there's not a whole lot you can do about the noise. So we just put up with it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And while it's annoying, I don't know anyone who wears ear protectors. Then again, our time in the server room is often limited to physical hardware installs. We use remote desktop and SSH to connect to our servers from our desks or our IP-based KVM solutions (which can virtual mount CD/DVDs).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="426" RevisionGUID="2be8ed20-1d32-4cca-bb73-dd32a051d38a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:32:39.053" UserId="334" Text="Don't try to fix anything yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure you know exactly what the real, underlying, problem is. Now starting fixing things.  If there are multiple things to fix, carefully consider which things can be delayed (hopefully until the next working day, at least!) and which absolutely must be fixed now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But most importantly: Once everything is working, ask why did &quot;everything blow up&quot;?  What are you going to do to prevent this happening again? Are there any steps that would make the solution easier if it *does* happen again?" />
  <row Id="751" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="368" RevisionGUID="c4c0b8b6-b5bb-480e-9d93-a9b689fe3e26" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:33:11.623" UserId="301" Comment="Added suggestion" Text="Check /etc/aliases, look for the line&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;root:   root@workdomain.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit: as a test, try this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;echo &quot;test&quot; | mail root -s &quot;this is a test&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then check /var/log/maillog, and the headers when it is received on your admins machine" />
  <row Id="752" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="374" RevisionGUID="f0e39862-9353-4072-badb-3f9ebd91db53" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:33:18.880" UserId="350" Comment="extrapolated" Text="If it is only for yourself, or you are not worried about users removing it, you could just create a shortcut to the website on the desktop like any other shortcut then move the shortcut to the start menu in `All Program &gt; Startup`. For all users just drop it in `\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup`, or for a specific user drop it in `\Documents and Settings\DESIRED USER\Start Menu\Programs\Startup`, taking care to replace `DESIRED USER` with, well, the desired user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, you could put the shortcut in a 'secret' such as `\WINDOWS` and create an entry in the registry at `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run` for the current logged user, or under `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run` for all users. The name should be a short description of the shortcut, and the value should be where the shortcut resides on the system, appended with .url (e.g. if i saved a shortcut to Google in the windows folder, and named the shortcut `google`, the value would be `&quot;C:\WINDOWS\google.url&quot;`" />
  <row Id="755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="428" RevisionGUID="16f4f2db-af55-472c-994a-d5e1c9650578" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:33:35.243" UserId="371" Text="If you were provided a computer running Windows 2000 or newer and you have no passwords, what method do you use to gain access with administrator privileges so you can use the system?" />
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  <row Id="758" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="429" RevisionGUID="a6fbd41a-b219-4798-be3f-b1aad091cfad" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:33:44.540" UserId="387" Text="Ubuntu on the desktop" />
  <row Id="759" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="429" RevisionGUID="a6fbd41a-b219-4798-be3f-b1aad091cfad" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:33:44.540" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="760" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="430" RevisionGUID="fe0dcc4b-7f0d-4074-b8c2-954d42c84de7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:33:45.930" UserId="282" Text="I usually have in-ear headphones and music playing so that I don't go totally mad when working in a server room or datacenter for any length of time. If I am just popping in and out it is quite re-assuring to hear everything as you hear when something changes, and thus &quot;sounds&quot; wrong." />
  <row Id="761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="431" RevisionGUID="2ff84d47-a55c-49fe-8e39-0cb0dc9f7d13" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:34:52.447" UserId="251" Text="A couple of thoughts come to mind:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Your servers are not discrete, but a system of servers.  Complexity kills.&#xD;&#xA; 1. The number 1 priority of who ever is running your servers is *not* stability...but rather something else&#xD;&#xA; 1. The folks maintaining the servers are operating in a reactive manner, and not proactive&#xD;&#xA; 1. Your server environment is undergoing continuous change by necessity.  New software comes with risk.&#xD;&#xA;  1. higher load means new software or new kit&#xD;&#xA;  1. constant updates with new and sexy features&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And could you qualify 'crash'?  Do you mean OS-level big-boom?  Or the web server goes down because of a misbehaving application?" />
  <row Id="762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="432" RevisionGUID="05a7fc96-3edd-4b92-8cee-ba5994050c05" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:35:04.117" UserId="273" Text="Not in my experience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We run over 4,000 desktop PC's (staff and public terminals) and have a fairly high churn rate for forced replacement (as well as the usual &quot;replace after 4 years&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For servers we very rarely have major problems.  Yes, the odd PSU failure (you do have dual supplies?) and dead drives, but generally, good servers (HP Prolients) just keep on going." />
  <row Id="763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="433" RevisionGUID="41facfc6-7831-4b88-9fbf-a35405d43818" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:35:10.777" UserId="392" Text="Right now we only have one back-end server per site/web service. I'd be interested to hear people's experiences with various load balancer apps (something that runs on Linux). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What would you recommend?" />
  <row Id="764" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="433" RevisionGUID="41facfc6-7831-4b88-9fbf-a35405d43818" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:35:10.777" UserId="392" Text="Software http load balancer?" />
  <row Id="765" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="433" RevisionGUID="41facfc6-7831-4b88-9fbf-a35405d43818" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:35:10.777" UserId="392" Text="&lt;load-balancer&gt;&lt;web-apps&gt;&lt;web-services&gt;" />
  <row Id="766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="434" RevisionGUID="d141a977-eab6-40b7-abdc-e82fc10d136b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:35:16.643" UserId="385" Text="That makes me wonder about the environmental conditions of your server environment. Have proper air handling, temperature control, humidity control, etc.? If that's the case, then are you tracking each and every hardware problem on the workstation side. We actually see more workstation related repairs than server ones and our servers outnumber our workstations by quite a bit. But the perception is that our servers fail more often because when they do, it impacts more people and represents a greater hardship as a result.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="767" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="435" RevisionGUID="e21fa4b8-213b-4a1c-b95f-5fc3cf333346" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:35:32.120" UserId="322" Text="**Sterile Environment Is A Must**, you must have acceptable flooring, don't even go near carpet as it collects dust. Typically i would opt for **raised flooring**, is a good option as it's easy to run cable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Don't Skimp On Cheap Data Racks**, with a good cable management system, run one side data and the other power, as some countries specifications don't allow mixing data and power." />
  <row Id="768" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="436" RevisionGUID="1b79f30d-005b-4f4c-9eab-f3f31da0da27" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:35:44.210" UserId="371" Text="I've never been in a server room that was unbearably loud, even with several hundreds of servers.  If yours is, the room may be too small.  I would consider some sound deadening over the walls and ceiling." />
  <row Id="769" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="437" RevisionGUID="244f1b79-766e-49a5-800c-62ada05cbaa3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:35:48.857" UserId="350" Text="Slicehost has fantastic articles that will work with any host, with email specific guides at [articles.slicehost.com/email](http://articles.slicehost.com/email). " />
  <row Id="770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="438" RevisionGUID="620aec3f-d894-489d-8598-bd70414d8fbb" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:36:18.870" UserId="282" Text="[ntpasswd][1] will give you off-line access to the registry and allow you to reset or blank passwords, including the Administrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/" />
  <row Id="771" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="439" RevisionGUID="5c446f57-cbb7-4d2c-9af0-bab2d8771d92" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:36:45.580" UserId="385" Text="I'd use a boot CD that would let me clear the administrator password. Had to do that with a workstation at church. There are quite a few Live CDs out there for just that if you do a quick GIS.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="772" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="440" RevisionGUID="d6edcd47-2d29-4208-a3fe-6a182c4357b5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:37:00.413" UserId="340" Text="In my experience, the ideal server room will have the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Large enough to house your cabinet or rack.  You should have at least 4 ft. of walking space in front and back, ideally all around.  If you can get away with it, plan for the possibility of a second rack in the future.&#xD;&#xA; - Secured.  You don't necessarily need an armed gaurd, but at least a good lock.  A biometric or card swipe is always good.  Home depot has locks that use touch pads so you can assign codes to unlock the door.&#xD;&#xA; - Usually, the server room is also the&#xD;&#xA;   telco's entry point (demarc), so you'll have&#xD;&#xA;   your T1 smartjack's there, your PBX&#xD;&#xA;   or phone system, etc.  We usually&#xD;&#xA;   dedicate one wall and put up plywood&#xD;&#xA;   so telco's and providers can mount&#xD;&#xA;   their equipment.&#xD;&#xA; - Air conditioning is a given.  You need to keep the room at around 65 - 75 degrees.  A dedicated thermostat is preferred since you don't want the A/C to be shut off in the server room on weekends or at nights.&#xD;&#xA; - Power is extremely important.  Since your rack is most likely in the middle of the room, you will have cables going across the floor to reach the outlet if they are wall based.  If you can have the outlets put on the floor, that's best.  If you can't, use some cable covers to avoid tripping over wires.  Get dedicated circuits put in for a clean line of electricity.  Make sure you have extra outlets on all walls, in a pinch, having access to an outlet can be critical, especially if you need to plug in a laptop or other device.&#xD;&#xA; - Keep a small cabinet or shelves where you can store manuals, cables, spare cards, drives, etc.  You want this in an easy to access place during installations and troubleshooting.  Keep this out of the way in the room, but accessible.&#xD;&#xA; - Cable management is critical as well, both in the rack and from the plywood wall.  Over time it gets very easy to just plug cables in.  If the cable management is there, it's easier to keep things organized and label/mark both ends of all wires, the last thing you want to do is trace wires when your network is down.&#xD;&#xA; - For the cabinet itself make sure you have adequate UPS's, cabinet cable management, a good KVM, a 1U slide-out keyboard/mouse/LCD to save on rack space and plenty of ventilation.  Cabinet design is a whole dissertation in of itself!&#xD;&#xA; - If the room is closed off, make sure you have proper ventilation for air flow.  You'll need some kind of intake vent so hot air can escape.  If needed, use a fan to suck the air out.  For fresh air, you can put a vent on the door.&#xD;&#xA; - Definitely a phone near the cabinet with a list of support numbers, &quot;911&quot; contacts, etc.&#xD;&#xA; - If I can, I try to have a place to hook up a laptop close by so you can access tools, test against another working system, test client software, etc.&#xD;&#xA; - And there's nothing wrong with a chair for when you are waiting on hold for that tech support rep to come back on the line :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a lot that can go into a server room, if you can get away with a lot of this, your life as an admin will be so much better.  The easier it is to get to equipment, trace the setup and get your problems solved, the more effective you can be.  Good luck!" />
  <row Id="773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="441" RevisionGUID="02023b28-a6f4-4713-a8b4-82c879639cbc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:37:15.717" UserId="396" Text="Years ago, I got a call that a monitor was having problems. There were several pixels on the screen that were white, and it was screwing up the font. After spending a few minutes on the phone with them trying to determine what was wrong, it sounded as if they had, indeed, a problem with the monitor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I grab a replacement, and drive out to the site. When I arrive, I take a look at the screen, sigh deeply, and moved their mouse. &quot;Problem's solved!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Turns out the I cursor in Word was over a letter T, thus &quot;blanking out&quot; the pixels. Needless to say I always have people move their mouse now during any troubleshooting phone calls!" />
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  <row Id="776" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="442" RevisionGUID="c917b0da-5f4e-4c24-8398-3515324e8740" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:37:34.267" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="777" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="443" RevisionGUID="8db4ab99-2aae-437c-9b12-683c4a5d8f7a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:38:39.397" UserId="371" Text="`sudo apt-get install firestarter`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, look in the System-&gt;Administration menu." />
  <row Id="778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="444" RevisionGUID="33620cc3-9aac-4b0e-bdcc-bcc77171f866" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:38:46.900" UserId="45" Text="Check that your IP address is not listed on any SMTP spam black lists. Also, be sure your upload bandwidth is large enough to handle the traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll have to consider the format of the emails: if you have HTML content, you should think about if images are loaded from a website or if you want to send the images as a part of the message. It changes when and where your traffice peaks will occur.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, think about how to set your retry intervals for non deliverable emails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another important thing is how to handle NDR (non delivery receipts). If you have some mechanism for automatically update your mail addresses according to NDR information, you could avoid sending a lot of messages which will never reach the destination. " />
  <row Id="779" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="445" RevisionGUID="bc524952-9199-4120-9ead-b42a0debbfcd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:39:06.510" UserId="334" Text="Do you really need the password?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A possible alternative would be: Add a new disk. Reinstall the OS. Access data from the old disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(If you do need the password, I recommend [ntpasswd][1])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/" />
  <row Id="780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="446" RevisionGUID="713577bd-17a5-47ef-ae1e-aa5d2f6e7998" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:40:24.010" UserId="363" Text="I want to ensure that users come to `www.mydomain.com` even if they arrive through the alias `mydomain.com`. This is so that I have control over cookies on subdomains, and so that Google sees one single domain and not a hodge-podge of URLs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I do this with apache?" />
  <row Id="781" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="446" RevisionGUID="713577bd-17a5-47ef-ae1e-aa5d2f6e7998" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:40:24.010" UserId="363" Text="How can I enforce that my urls always start with www?" />
  <row Id="782" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="446" RevisionGUID="713577bd-17a5-47ef-ae1e-aa5d2f6e7998" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:40:24.010" UserId="363" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;url&gt;&lt;rewriterules&gt;" />
  <row Id="783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="447" RevisionGUID="25130228-ffa6-43c2-ae53-8fc5eaa2b3f3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:41:00.577" UserId="28" Text="Use this script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just decide if you want to allow incoming ICMP (ping) or not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Clear any existing firewall stuff before we start&#xD;&#xA;    iptables --flush&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t nat --flush&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t mangle --flush&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # As the default policies, drop all incoming traffic but allow all&#xD;&#xA;    # outgoing traffic.  This will allow us to make outgoing connections&#xD;&#xA;    # from any port, but will only allow incoming connections on the ports&#xD;&#xA;    # specified below.&#xD;&#xA;    iptables --policy INPUT DROP&#xD;&#xA;    iptables --policy OUTPUT ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Allow all incoming traffic if it is coming from the local loopback device&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Accept all incoming traffic associated with an established&#xD;&#xA;    # connection, or a &quot;related&quot; connection&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Allow incoming connections&#xD;&#xA;    # SSH&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -i eth0 --dport 22 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;    # HTTP&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -i eth0 --dport 80 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;    # HTTPS&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -i eth0 --dport 443 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Allow icmp input so that people can ping us&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -p icmp -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Reject all other incoming packets&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -j REJECT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="784" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="448" RevisionGUID="6a1f62c6-d6f7-450e-8688-2ba28e266a8e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:41:07.970" UserId="392" Text="We've been using EC2, but not Windows. I've started up a Windows instance to try it out and was suprised by how well it performed (Remote desktop). They take a bit longer to spin up but it looks like Amazon has implemented this nicely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everything outside the OS is identical as far as the service is concerned and I'm very happy with the API and level of control provided. Elastic Block Storage solved a major headache for running databases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing to note... when you run an EC2 Windows instance you're not only paying on-demand for the CPU time, but also for the windows license. That's a major cost savings there for light usage." />
  <row Id="785" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="449" RevisionGUID="49a388d8-125c-4a41-80be-48f4f8a07687" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:41:22.103" UserId="412" Text="&#xD;&#xA;What's the best way to set-up a user's printers using NETLOGON.bat?" />
  <row Id="786" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="449" RevisionGUID="49a388d8-125c-4a41-80be-48f4f8a07687" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:41:22.103" UserId="412" Text="What's the best way to set-up a user's printers using NETLOGON.bat?" />
  <row Id="787" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="449" RevisionGUID="49a388d8-125c-4a41-80be-48f4f8a07687" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:41:22.103" UserId="412" Text="&lt;netlogon&gt;&lt;printers&gt;" />
  <row Id="788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="450" RevisionGUID="cc5f1855-535e-4047-a72d-2558305fef5e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:41:33.227" UserId="137" Text="Companies I have worked for replace them every 3 years" />
  <row Id="789" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="450" RevisionGUID="cc5f1855-535e-4047-a72d-2558305fef5e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:41:33.227" UserId="137" Text="How often does your company replace all its servers?" />
  <row Id="790" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="450" RevisionGUID="cc5f1855-535e-4047-a72d-2558305fef5e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:41:33.227" UserId="137" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;replace&gt;&lt;frequency&gt;" />
  <row Id="791" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="451" RevisionGUID="52ac8108-362f-4e6b-ad26-cdce0489d92c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:41:38.203" UserId="301" Text="How many apache workers do you have ? How what are the max mysql connections you have allowed ? As apache spawns a cgi process per httpd worker when handling the request then f the former is larger than the latter apache can open more connections than mysql will allow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would suggest the following logging settings&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    log_slow_queries&#xD;&#xA;    log-queries-not-using-indexes&#xD;&#xA;    set-variable = long_query_time=1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="452" RevisionGUID="3e1d0ff7-0c3f-421e-8e33-976d2d9cf6ed" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:42:24.443" UserId="385" Text="You can let the operating system take care of it via an [IPSEC policy][1]. With SQL Server, you must have a trusted SSL certificate, but here's how: [Books Online - How to: Enable Encrypted Connections to the Database Engine][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid7_gci1195522,00.html#&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms191192(SQL.90).aspx" />
  <row Id="793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="453" RevisionGUID="ee773994-fcac-459c-8e38-0e822171b295" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:42:30.637" UserId="363" Text="Add this to your `httpd.conf` file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Options +FollowSymLinks&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine On&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteBase /&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.mydomain\.com$ [NC]&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mydomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]" />
  <row Id="794" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="410" RevisionGUID="49e8f7ee-139a-47d2-aedf-de4fbc1d4b29" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:42:35.627" UserId="368" Comment="Added &quot;default deny&quot;" Text="sudo ufw enable&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;sudo ufw default deny&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;sudo ufw allow http&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;sudo ufw allow https&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;sudo ufw allow ssh&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="795" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="235" RevisionGUID="cd2cd199-c357-4ee2-98d0-dd6e316f36d5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:42:51.133" UserId="217" Comment="added 376 characters in body" Text="Experience with Windows on machines with 4GB RAM or more:&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - XP 32&lt;br /&gt;Downgrade is OK, but not whole RAM can be used.&lt;br /&gt;Starting to get driver problems on very new machines.&lt;br /&gt;Still suits most cases.&#xD;&#xA; - XP 64&lt;br /&gt;Forget it. No good drivers available.&#xD;&#xA; - Vista 64&lt;br /&gt;It's Vista (slow file copy operations and other such problems.)&lt;br /&gt;Users just don't like it.&#xD;&#xA; - 7 64&lt;br /&gt;Only available as RC1...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wonder which Windows you are installing on such machines.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;For now it seems we'll have to hope and pray for 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**:&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - This was not clear in the original description: It's about machines for users (desktops and laptops). Not servers.&#xD;&#xA; - I was referring to XP SP3 and Vista SP1 above. From my experience and those of the users Vista x64 SP1 still has slow file operations, even though I agree that it has much improved over the disaster in Vista without service pack.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="454" RevisionGUID="4b8dc7fc-d853-4a47-8750-de4eb2a4bc9c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:43:14.660" UserId="282" Text="Enable mod_rewrite support then create a .htaccess file in the root folder for you domain with the following content:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;IfModule mod_rewrite.c&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       Options +FollowSymLinks&#xD;&#xA;       Options +Indexes&#xD;&#xA;       RewriteEngine On&#xD;&#xA;       RewriteBase /&#xD;&#xA;       RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain\.com$&#xD;&#xA;       RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/IfModule&gt;" />
  <row Id="797" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="455" RevisionGUID="36090e80-8800-41f0-ae7b-acf2cdbeee1e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:43:48.883" UserId="388" Text="If you're using copper, your cable runs will be limited. (15m for twin-ax, 55m for STP/UTP). Also, bear in mind that you will need Cat6 if you go with the STP/UTP option. (Cat6a will allow you to run 10G/copper at distances of 100m).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other thing you should look into is the relative cost of hardware. Most 10G fiber line cards are modular, with the optics being separate. This increases your initial outlay, but reduces replacement costs as generally optics fail at a much higher rate than line cards. I don't know if there are modular copper cards, and what the relative failure rates of transceivers vs. line cards are when using copper.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My bias would be fiber for all infrastructure (i.e. network-network) links. Having recently participated in a new DC build where we used Cat6 for all host connections, (even though we're only running at 1G), I'm not convinced by it. The cables are heavier and more difficult to run (less flex in them). The connectors, despite supposedly being the same spec as RJ45, seem to be slightly larger, which makes insertion/removal difficult." />
  <row Id="798" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="456" RevisionGUID="d98333be-77cb-43f3-849c-d10d0b02f584" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:43:54.190" UserId="301" Text="    &lt;VirtualHost ip:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       ServerName domain.com&#xD;&#xA;       RedirectMatch permanent ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com$1&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost ip:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       ServerName www.domain.com&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       ... usual config&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="457" RevisionGUID="c2b30263-4b07-4a73-8af3-d154e155e3fd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:43:58.917" UserId="412" Text="&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way that AD can be used to block access to certain websites (e.g. Facebook) between certain times?  Ideally I'd like to only to be available at (say) lunchtimes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I can live with the fact that someone could work around it using a proxy... most of my users won't know how to do that)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
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  <row Id="801" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="457" RevisionGUID="c2b30263-4b07-4a73-8af3-d154e155e3fd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:43:58.917" UserId="412" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="458" RevisionGUID="fe919b6d-3fec-416b-8bcb-51a2b8e71a12" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:44:26.293" UserId="86" Text="My two favourites are [Copilot][1] and [WebEx][2], which is more of a conference tool but the desktop sharing feature is phenomenal and I have used it purely for remote support purposes.  Both are subscription-based.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a free alternative I have also had good results with good old Remote Assistance via Windows Live Messenger for the occasional help-the-family-member support &quot;emergency&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.copilot.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://webex.com/" />
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  <row Id="804" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="364" RevisionGUID="0afc090d-9289-45cd-97de-5138dc83f02a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:44:55.107" UserId="244" Comment="added 38 characters in body" Text="I think this question belongs to [SO][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example you may find [renumber primary key][2] helpful&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/230006/renumber-primary-key" />
  <row Id="805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="460" RevisionGUID="24f0bc34-aad9-45b9-a9d4-74f45f61134a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:44:58.227" UserId="418" Text="If you go to 4:05 in [this video][1] of Google's &quot;Shipping Contaier&quot; data center, you'll see that the technician wears ear protection similar to what you'd find on a gun range or the guys helping to park airplanes. I think it's a good idea that doesn't hurt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRwPSFpLX8I" />
  <row Id="806" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="444" RevisionGUID="53d6d27e-f9ee-4a70-a3b7-2f4d6fb1c7ae" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:45:04.123" UserId="45" Comment="added 183 characters in body" Text="Check that your IP address is not listed on any SMTP spam black lists. Also, be sure your upload bandwidth is large enough to handle the traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll have to consider the format of the emails: if you have HTML content, you should think about if images are loaded from a website or if you want to send the images as a part of the message. It changes when and where your traffice peaks will occur.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, think about how to set your retry intervals for non deliverable emails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another important thing is how to handle NDR (non delivery receipts). If you have some mechanism for automatically update your mail addresses according to NDR information, you could avoid sending a lot of messages which will never reach the destination. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This doesn't just apply to SMTPs for mass delivery, but for every SMTP instance: check that it isn't an open relay. It will be soon used by spammers and you'll get on black lists." />
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  <row Id="809" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="461" RevisionGUID="15d62029-7443-4c55-adf3-f6be8c1874f1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:45:14.000" UserId="381" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="810" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="462" RevisionGUID="76767160-8157-4848-8446-be4a8a72a0dc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:45:42.360" UserId="222" Text="Which OS are you planning on running? Or is that another part of the consideration? If you're running Solaris, XFS isn't even an option as far as I know. If you're not running Solaris, how are you planning on using ZFS? Support is limited on other platforms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're talking about a Linux server, I'd stick with Ext3 personally, if only because it receives the most amount of testing. zfs-fuse is still very young. Also, I had troubles with XFS once, when a bug caused disk corruption after a kernel update. The advantages of XFS over Ext3 definitely didn't outweigh the costs involved in restoring the machine, which was located in a remote datacenter." />
  <row Id="811" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="412" RevisionGUID="25a4ceb1-d016-49be-908c-4cf6d75635ce" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:45:47.460" UserId="317" Comment="edited title" Text="Why is it that highend servers fail more often than heavily used workstations?" />
  <row Id="812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="463" RevisionGUID="243921d9-df45-4947-b675-73bdf1754c93" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:46:32.997" UserId="392" Text="I'd like to configure an installer for Ubuntu which runs in 'unattended' mode and answers all the questions with defaults or pre-configured settings. Ideally it should run and reboot on it's own, resulting in a working system with no user input.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Redhat has this with Anaconda (I beleive it's called Kickstart?). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know there is debian-installer, but I'm not sure how Ubuntu works or if it's very different. We definately want to use Ubuntu for this." />
  <row Id="813" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="463" RevisionGUID="243921d9-df45-4947-b675-73bdf1754c93" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:46:32.997" UserId="392" Text="How can I configure unattended installation of Ubuntu?" />
  <row Id="814" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="463" RevisionGUID="243921d9-df45-4947-b675-73bdf1754c93" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:46:32.997" UserId="392" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;installation&gt;&lt;unattended&gt;" />
  <row Id="815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="464" RevisionGUID="07852205-99ce-44fd-9373-fd7bb2ffe4d7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:46:47.927" UserId="301" Text="Ditch apache, it's process per connection model will not play will with your low memory VPS. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suggest nginx as a replacement." />
  <row Id="816" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="422" RevisionGUID="762e312e-a9e4-4d02-8169-52bc40e0818c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:47:09.533" UserId="247" Comment="Forgot citrix." Text="Not my experience; unless a server is faulty they almost never crash; workstations crash a lot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Oooh, with one exception.  Citrix servers crash a lot; we get lots of out-of-memory errors and a full collection of every software bug on the planet; this is because they're running user-space applications which are much more likely to have memory leaks." />
  <row Id="817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="465" RevisionGUID="a4dc380e-7b59-437e-a68d-31a31990a8e2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:47:31.980" UserId="350" Text="I find i am constantly settings up pretty much nearly identical servers and VPSs for a number of my clients and it can be very time consuming. Often the only thing that changes between each deployment is the different website that is to be served. Is there an easy way to automate all this and take the boring monotony of setting up 56 identical servers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The servers i have deployed so far have only been Ubuntu, but it may be possible that i start to use other linux OSs or even Windows. So far i have looked at Capistrano, but it seems to be focused on writing little ruby programs to do the job with, and i have no knowledge at all" />
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  <row Id="820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="466" RevisionGUID="0619fa76-8b98-474c-8483-61535c72abdf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:47:36.677" UserId="412" Text="We used to do that (since it was the length of the warantee), but we now get a 5 year warantee as standard so that we don't have to spend so much of our time migrating from server to server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most modern servers are good for a 5 year life in my experience." />
  <row Id="821" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="467" RevisionGUID="03635feb-87de-4261-b96b-88512cb51a13" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:48:19.013" UserId="395" Text="By itself and on your own, PowerShell is not enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But PowerShell is not alone, and neither are you. There are extensions such as John D. Cook mentions above, as well as a vibrant community sharing what they learn about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's made to be easily and constantly extended, and gives you access to COM and .NET objects necessary to administer whatever you like." />
  <row Id="822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="468" RevisionGUID="d4cb6430-f828-4b7d-84d0-833dc4cc424d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:48:21.277" UserId="405" Text="Title says it all.  For personal usage, I tend to prefer Debian/Ubuntu over Redhat.  It's not necessarily that I dislike Redhat (or more specifically CentOS or Fedora) so much as it is that I like Debian's package management system so much better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the reasons why Redhat is so popular?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(And just to be clear, I'm asking because I genuinely want to know what the reasons are.  So no flame wars!)" />
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  <row Id="824" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="468" RevisionGUID="d4cb6430-f828-4b7d-84d0-833dc4cc424d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:48:21.277" UserId="405" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;redhat&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;enterprise&gt;" />
  <row Id="825" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="469" RevisionGUID="3cb6bb43-50d8-4dd9-be52-098ec669daa9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:48:50.590" UserId="371" Text="I'm part of a operational monitoring upgrade project.  We've had various vendors come onsite to present a few big dollar systems and mixed in some cheaper alternatives to compare.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of which is [Hyperic][1], which is also available as a free open source solution.  I was impressed with its delivered capabilities and extensibility for custom agents.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hyperic.com/" />
  <row Id="826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="470" RevisionGUID="e8da7f28-4af7-4f3d-a7a3-0399b1869a26" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:49:13.957" UserId="385" Text="If you're talking about right now for a business environment, Vista x64 SP1 is the only thing that will do what you want and is fully supported as a production platform. SP2 will be released this quarter. If you can wait, Windows 7 looks good based on reviews, but there are things to consider, like the Windows XP mode which was recently announced that will enter into your decision making and may add complexity to your deployment and support.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="471" RevisionGUID="a7715632-4b64-4d3d-b131-7218e5284bc0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:49:42.660" UserId="392" Text="I've found XFS more well suited to extremely large filesystems with possibly many large files. I've had a functioning 3.6TB XFS filesystem for over 2 years now with no problems. Definately works better than ext3, etc at that size (especially when dealing with many large files and lots of I/O).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you get with ZFS is device pooling, striping and other advanced features built into the filesystem itself. I can speak to specifics (I'll let others comment), but from what I can tell, you'd want to use Solaris to get the most benefit here. It's also unclear to me how much ZFS helps if you're already using hardware RAID (as I am)." />
  <row Id="828" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="472" RevisionGUID="ea97a193-dcfd-4245-916b-fc6465286af7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:51:09.290" UserId="340" Text="We have stopped recommending strict anti-virus software, and have moved to anti-malware at this point.  Centrally controlled/distributed is a must.  I agree with some of the people here that McAfee and Symantec have just gotten out of control with their bloatware.  We have found a lot of success with F-Secure.  It has a nice interface, not too heavy, the centralized management is pretty good.  It covers viruses, spyware, internet usage, email, etc.  Their support has been good so far and deployment has been pretty straightforward.  We have it setup on a few networks.  Since you are going to need something that works for your environment, I suggest you setup some virtual environments and test each of your candidates out, especially on the user experience side, I would guess you want the least intrusive software to minimize desktop support questions.  Good luck!" />
  <row Id="829" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="473" RevisionGUID="8b5df225-181e-4303-91b1-e3187780fbf3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:51:09.880" UserId="247" Text="Never.  We usually replace major servers every three or four years, but we then use the old servers for the less-important and/or less performance-critical applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have lots of eight-to-ten year old servers, but we're not reliant on them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think we're going to just remove them as we virtualise, but physical hardware is still handy for things like fax servers." />
  <row Id="830" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="474" RevisionGUID="dc695bfd-b3e7-4802-945a-83f5972da74a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:51:10.723" UserId="385" Text="There is always Perl. :) For SQL Server DBAs, see [Linchi Shea's book][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apress.com/book/view/159059097X" />
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  <row Id="836" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="478" RevisionGUID="a86e33ae-88bd-4a24-8136-b97d7caf41aa" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:51:26.697" UserId="45" Text="**Metabase Explorer version 1.6**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft's Metabase Explorer 1.6 (MBExplorer.exe), part of the [IIS 6.0 Resource Kit][1]), provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for viewing and for editing local and remote IIS metabase stores. You can also use Metabase Explorer to do the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Edit security settings for keys&#xD;&#xA;  - Export and import keys and subkeys&#xD;&#xA;  - Copy and paste keys and subkeys&#xD;&#xA;  - Compare records&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And: yes, it's free. You can [download the IIS 6.0 resource kit here][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B840671&amp;x=&amp;y=&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=34&amp;g=6&amp;i=1352" />
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  <row Id="841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="480" RevisionGUID="c13adf80-5517-43ea-9690-041fee0c7724" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:54:13.837" UserId="412" Text="Is there a way to search all the event-logs on a LAN for a specifc event?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="842" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="480" RevisionGUID="c13adf80-5517-43ea-9690-041fee0c7724" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:54:13.837" UserId="412" Text="Is there a way to search all the event-logs on a LAN for a specifc event?" />
  <row Id="843" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="480" RevisionGUID="c13adf80-5517-43ea-9690-041fee0c7724" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:54:13.837" UserId="412" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;event-log&gt;" />
  <row Id="845" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="482" RevisionGUID="f4dbffae-44b4-4c56-95da-e75f57d3b2fd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:54:30.327" UserId="301" Text="I'm having a lot of success with [Puppet][1], but you do have to write a lot of config. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/TypeReference" />
  <row Id="848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="484" RevisionGUID="c247c8ee-aa71-4a6a-acba-363a6230a0bc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:55:05.003" UserId="385" Text="Also take a look at [Argent Guardian][1]. It's cross-platform, can function as a syslog server, they'll give you the database schema to do your own reporting, if you need that, and you can import your own images as &quot;maps&quot; to give visual alerts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.argent.com/products/gd.php" />
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  <row Id="851" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="485" RevisionGUID="96dfabd9-adee-4b70-867e-fd19e94b368b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:55:10.620" UserId="373" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="852" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="486" RevisionGUID="c2aab24a-c402-4ec4-81ff-458d4d65f43d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:55:20.277" UserId="371" Text="If you familiarize yourself with scripting `iptables`, you will have full control over all firewall capabilities.  It's nowhere near as friendly as Firestarter, but it can be done at the console with `nano`/`vi` editors.  Check out this [tutorial][1] geared towards Ubuntu.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IptablesHowTo" />
  <row Id="853" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="466" RevisionGUID="587f52b2-d2e5-45d6-821b-51f5751f57e9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:56:12.413" UserId="412" Comment="added 225 characters in body" Text="We used to do that (since it was the length of the warantee), but we now get a 5 year warantee as standard so that we don't have to spend so much of our time migrating from server to server.  I expect that virtualisation will begin to make this easier in future.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most modern servers are good for at least a 5 year life in my experience.  The warantee tends to be the limiting factor.... we clearly can't run anything mission critical on a server that is out of a support contract!" />
  <row Id="855" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="487" RevisionGUID="4717a9ce-9c28-4dbc-bb24-e94aad09fb76" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:56:30.493" UserId="202" Text="Try one of the tools at [http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm" />
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  <row Id="857" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="489" RevisionGUID="a7bd77f5-b471-454a-98fe-11bf1af45492" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:57:12.520" UserId="429" Text="I got these from [crazeegeekchick.com][1] some time ago and I really love them. &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;   1.  TrueCrypt – encrypt your thumb drive to protect your information&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   2. ToDoList – A tak management tool that allows you to repeatedly sub-divide your tasks into more manageable pieces &#xD;&#xA;whilst still presenting a clean and intuitive user experience. (Windows Only)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   3. Portable Firefox – Leaves no personal information behind on the machine - you can take along your browser/extensions/bookmarks anywhere&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   4. Pidgin Portable – All-in-one instant messaging (supports AIM, ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo, G-Chat, etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   5. WS FTP32 – ftp client&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   6. FileZilla – yet another ftp client&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   7. Notepad2 – a fast light-weight advanced text editor with syntax highlighting&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   8. Notepad++ - this is one of my favorite text editors – now made portable&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   9. Color Cop – this is one of my favorite freeware apps – includes an eyedropper you can drag over any window to grab the color value. It then offers a palette of 42 complimentary colors to the one you've picked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  10. Ifranview – a light little graphics viewer/editor that packs a big punch. You can use it to work with screen captures, create slideshows and more&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  11. GIMP – the popular open source image editor packaged as a portable app – very robust&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  12. 7-Zip Portable – handles zip, gzip, tar, rar etc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  13. Allway Sync – syncs files between your thumb drive and PC&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  14. Unknown Devices – helps you find out what the unknown devices in the device manager are&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  15. TestDisk – data recovery software that can recover lost partitions or make drives bootable again&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  16. UTorrent – my preferred bit torrent client – I love having this with me wherever I go&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  17. Roeder's .NET Reflector – recently purchased by Red Gate, this still-free app can be used to explore .NET assemblies, understand relationships between classes and methods, find where types are instantiated and exposed or check that code has been correctly obfuscated before release. There are also over 30 add-ins available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  18. Process Explorer – formerly Filemon and Regmon, this is an invaluable sleuthing tool&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  19. TightVNC – based on the popular VNC remote control software, this version can live on a thumb drive&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  20. WinMerge – compares differences between files and merges changes. It has the same features as the desktop version&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  21. Text2Html – a text to HTML converter – converts text files into HTML format&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  22. Portable Apps Suite – this is the mac-daddy of them all – it includes Firefox, Thunderbird(email), Sunbird(calendar),ClamWin (antivirus), Pidgin(see above), Sumatra PDF Readable, KeePass Password Safe, OpenOffice, CoolPlayer (audio Player) and even a couple of games&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  23. Restoration – Recover accidentally deleted files – even after they were deleted from the recycle bin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  24. Infra Recorder Portable – cd and dvd burning&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  25. RockXP – allows you to recover windows passwords or keys, change keys, display system password, and more – sneaky!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://crazeegeekchick.com/blog/25-must-have-thumb-drive-apps-for-geeks/" />
  <row Id="858" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="490" RevisionGUID="74443e3d-eb2c-4611-a1c5-a99d17e56d11" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:57:46.853" UserId="45" Text="You could broadcast the Windows event log events to a **syslog server** using a tool like the &#xD;&#xA;[Eventlog to Syslog Service utility][1] or a software like [EventLog Inspector][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/Resources/Documents/UNIX/evtsys/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.supershareware.com/info/eventlog-inspector.html" />
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  <row Id="862" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="222" RevisionGUID="1a29712d-173d-4d0b-a756-79a92bcc7bc9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:59:20.830" UserId="226" Comment="deleted 8 characters in body" Text="I have a Xen virtual private server (VPS) running Ubuntu 8.10, with 128M RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've found several &quot;how to optimize Apache and MySQL for low-memory VPS&quot; pages via Google, but they provide contradictory information.  So I'm asking Server Fault: how does one optimize Apache and MySQL for a low-memory VPS configuration?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A couple of people have suggested using [nginx](http://wiki.nginx.org/Main) instead of Apache.  I'll look into that, but I'd prefer to stick with Apache if possible, just to avoid having to learn all about configuring application stacks on top of an unfamiliar (to me) web server." />
  <row Id="863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="493" RevisionGUID="89eab460-557e-4380-982c-10a22ed23c64" CreationDate="2009-04-30T11:59:51.640" UserId="431" Text="To answer this question, you need to zoom out to the bigger picture and ask what it means to administer Windows and SQL Servers.  For example, how many of these other things do you have in your environment:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Third party backup products like NetBackup or BackupExec&#xD;&#xA; - Antivirus products&#xD;&#xA; - Storage tools&#xD;&#xA; - Firewalls or web filtering software&#xD;&#xA; - Hardware alerting (like IBM Director or HP SIM)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of these things have their own mechanisms for management, and since PowerShell is still relatively new, not all services will be PowerShell-enabled.  For now, you may need to jump out of PowerShell in order to manage things like those.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the flip side, there's no other language that works better across all of those Windows tools either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you say &quot;functionality to administer servers&quot;, that doesn't come from a Windows language yet.  In the *nix world, you can stay inside a scripting environment, but the Windows world isn't quite there yet." />
  <row Id="864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="494" RevisionGUID="929dacde-9139-4213-83d3-5586074ce769" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:00:09.173" UserId="86" Text="In the early days of Linux being taken more seriously in the everyday business world there was always a nervousness that followed mention of the name.  Tech employees found that &quot;It was started by a university student in his basement&quot; wasn't the best way to sell the idea of an Open Source operating platform to management.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The need for a solid company backing Linux alternatives was filled by Red Hat in those early days and probably had the single biggest impact on Linux for the Corporate Masses.  They were able to provide support solutions along with their own branded versions of the OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks to their early success with the full range of Linux uses from personal to corporate, they built up a huge amount of momentum and a recognisable brand which remains with them to this day, even with competition from other big names like Novell." />
  <row Id="865" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="495" RevisionGUID="f6035584-4fbb-41f1-a7dd-01ecbf6fc158" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:00:10.983" UserId="315" Text="Not sure if it is the &quot;best&quot; but here is a tool [http://www.dbload.com/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd probably use DTS / SSIS (with ODBC MySql Driver) that comes with Sql Server depending on how many objects you are transferring it may take awhile to get all the mappings/identity/defaults correct&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dbload.com/" />
  <row Id="866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="496" RevisionGUID="ba344c2b-f533-42be-998e-5f80c9e835f5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:00:15.227" UserId="412" Text="We use it because it's one of the few flavours of Linux that Oracle will (officially) run on." />
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  <row Id="873" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="431" RevisionGUID="e4ec62bb-fba3-4637-b5f2-d889c95da71f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:00:48.953" UserId="251" Comment="added 10 characters in body" Text="A couple of thoughts come to mind.  Maybe...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Your servers are not discrete, but a system of servers.  Complexity kills.&#xD;&#xA; 1. The number 1 priority of who ever is running your servers is *not* stability...but rather something else&#xD;&#xA; 1. The folks maintaining the servers are operating in a reactive manner, and not proactive&#xD;&#xA; 1. Your server environment is undergoing continuous change by necessity.  New software comes with risk.&#xD;&#xA;  1. higher load means new software or new kit&#xD;&#xA;  1. constant updates with new and sexy features&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And could you qualify 'crash'?  Do you mean OS-level big-boom?  Or the web server goes down because of a misbehaving application?" />
  <row Id="874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="498" RevisionGUID="6f93ba85-81ca-4729-8d56-110a52d8d5d7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:00:53.510" UserId="48" Text="In a word, no. AD has no interaction with the users browsing experience, web traffic is directed through your proxy if you have one, then your gateway and so it is at these points you would need to filter the traffic. &#xD;&#xA;AD is used to authenticate users, validate the users access rights for resources and can be used to prevent the user accessing the internet at all by blocking access to browsing applications, or directing to a non-existant proxy, but it cannot filter sites." />
  <row Id="875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="499" RevisionGUID="07c383e5-864a-4705-b361-b359b4345013" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:02:03.257" UserId="202" Text="I have a small (windows) network with a few people on it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have internet access via a BT router&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally things are all fine, but occasionally, we seem to experience a dramatic loss of bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I could be suffering from a zombie PC or a user running torrent software... Or I could simply have some kind of restriction being placed on my by my ISP?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to find out what is going on. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a simple tool which I can run to give me a real world (Which Apps on Which PCs) are using all the bandwidth at any given point?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="878" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="500" RevisionGUID="4dd11462-90e8-4f56-99c5-a57055ce2a8b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:02:03.443" UserId="381" Text=" - LVS - Linux Virtual Server, http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/, This is **The ONE!**&#xD;&#xA; - L2LB - Layer 2 Load Balacing, http://code.google.com/p/l2lb/, This is the one that **I've  implemented!** :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="501" RevisionGUID="c5563ea5-bd48-4da4-9c6e-6df2b3e20e56" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:02:44.720" UserId="429" Text="This works for xP, but , I am not sure if it will work for win2k. [RockXP][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rockxp.org/" />
  <row Id="881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="502" RevisionGUID="881bfa4f-eaa1-4b12-8be0-75155cb0626f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:02:47.047" UserId="401" Text="I know this is a gimme question, but I genuinely would like to add more sysadmin related feeds to my reader, so please list the contents of your feedreader.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="885" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="503" RevisionGUID="a36bba58-9712-46b2-a456-22db0e4c772f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:02:55.767" UserId="401" Text="Blackhat SEO&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://contempt.me/ - Totally a jerk, possibly illegal.  Blog spam, spam rings, and the like.  But an interesting look into administration of hundreds or thousands of tiny sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Scaling&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://highscalability.com/ - Often about code, but just as often about scaling servers and system tweaks to optimize.  Like [this article](http://highscalability.com/strategy-facebook-tweaks-handle-6-time-many-memcached-requests) and optimizing even CPU load balancing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Security&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://gentoo-portage.com/GLSA - Because I run gentoo.  The security list of whatever major products you use is standard I think&#xD;&#xA; - http://xorl.wordpress.com/ - He reads the patches for security holes and shows where the error is.  It's code, but often in the kernel or major packages&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.darknet.org.uk/ - Often has posts about tools, including forensics, SCADA, and the like&#xD;&#xA; - http://digg.com/security - Often fluff or several days behind, but it's slow-moving so it's easy to stick in and forget&#xD;&#xA; - http://ha.ckers.org/blog/ - More configuration type posts, but also talks about large-scale deployment of security fixes and techniques&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.net-security.org/ - I find this to be almost total fluff and markest more at CIOs looking for buzzwords, but once in a while some signal gets through&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.net-security.org/insecuremag.php - An awesome magazine that comes out every few months&#xD;&#xA; - http://jeremiahgrossman.blogspot.com/ - He runs a Web Application Firewall company, so his posts are often focused around that, numbers relating to the industry, and general Web Security&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.schneier.com/blog/ - A mainstay&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.secguru.com/ - Something like a reddit for security.  It often gets good articles but some of then are fluff&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.windowsecurity.com/ - Has good tutorials and explanations for setting up things like Domain Authentication and Kerberos in Windows.  &#xD;&#xA; - http://seclists.org/#bugtraq - I monitor this for anything interesting or apps I run.  Often gets first-reports&#xD;&#xA; - http://seclists.org/#dailydave - A very high signal to noise ratio list run by Dave Aitel&#xD;&#xA; - http://seclists.org/#pen-test - Low signal to noise, but I skim it anyway&#xD;&#xA; - http://seclists.org/#basics - Low signal to noise, but I skim it anyway.  I can actually answer some of these!&#xD;&#xA; - http://seclists.org/#webappsec - Low signal to noise, but I skim it anyway" />
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  <row Id="887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="504" RevisionGUID="e8450e97-fec2-403c-8675-f4d6a96c54f7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:02:59.853" UserId="407" Text="I want to install Office Communications Server on Server 2008. I have never installed OCS and I am looking for a good walkthrough of the installation process." />
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  <row Id="890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="505" RevisionGUID="4c92a544-6cbc-4ae9-a6c8-813e196c5946" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:03:20.757" UserId="443" Text="Ok, here's the deal. I've got a pretty not-tech savvy boss, who judges technologies on earlier experiences and hear-say. Examples:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- we had a system in .NET, programmed by amateurs who didn't really know what to do (so just hacked together). System became unmaintanable -&gt; .NET is not a good platform.&#xD;&#xA;- Long ago, a junior sysadmin tried to implement a proper raid setup, failed miserably -&gt; RAID is bad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I convince my boss that, with my skills (not trying to be arrogant at all), we CAN set up a proper RAID system to minimize damage on hardware failure?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, in for a more general question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**HOW do you convince your managers that the solution you have in mind is a good/the best solution?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*PS: please retag, can't find appropriate tags*" />
  <row Id="891" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="505" RevisionGUID="4c92a544-6cbc-4ae9-a6c8-813e196c5946" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:03:20.757" UserId="443" Text="How do I convince my boss that RAID is a good solution?" />
  <row Id="892" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="505" RevisionGUID="4c92a544-6cbc-4ae9-a6c8-813e196c5946" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:03:20.757" UserId="443" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;not-sure-what-to-tag&gt;" />
  <row Id="893" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="506" RevisionGUID="b3a7005b-bd24-496f-ad56-fc6d58ab778f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:03:44.953" UserId="282" Text="The above are usualy the starting point&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Computer Policies:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Review Account Policies/Audit Policy&#xD;&#xA; * Review Local Policies/User Rights Assignment&#xD;&#xA; * Local Policies/Security Options/Shutdown/Shutdown: Clear virtual memory page file = Enabled&#xD;&#xA; * System Services\Messenger\Startup Mode = Disabled&#xD;&#xA; * Public Key Policies/Encrypting File System/Allow users to encrypt files using EFS = disabled (unless you have a PKI and accounts in place to allow decryption)&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;User Policies:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Review Administrative Templates\Control Panel&#xD;&#xA; * Administrative Templates\System\Prevent access to registry editing tools = enabled&#xD;&#xA; * Administrative Templates\System\Prevent access to the command prompt = enabled&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many more useful and important ones, but those cover most of the XP/Vista/2003 gotchas. It sounds painful but the only thing you can do is make sure you have the latest .adm files loaded into group policy management console and go through each and every one making a decision based upon the business needs." />
  <row Id="894" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="507" RevisionGUID="d3fa9d63-517f-4c05-94f1-942690dc1c8f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:04:35.730" UserId="97" Text="haproxy works well as does LVS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FWIW, wordpress.com uses nginx as their balancer/proxy." />
  <row Id="895" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="508" RevisionGUID="4af94b94-bc1e-4a5c-be20-3a9e2b425fb9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:05:33.200" UserId="301" Text="Dude, if you can't get traction on this basic stuff, just quit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit: if you want to try, try expressing it in dollar terms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID converts a disk failure from a *stop-the-world-drop-everything-event* to a *ill-replace-that-drive-during-the-next-maintenance-window* event. It enables you to handle failure more cost effectively.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server downtime = $$$/hour, hours == the time taken to restore from backup from a failed lun.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="896" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="509" RevisionGUID="37d59f48-0fd2-4d7f-abdb-4032f5e88968" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:06:00.580" UserId="431" Text="If you switch over to full recovery mode, you can do this with filegroups, but it's really, really clumsy.  You leave the data in the primary filegroup, and put the indexes in a separate (non-default, that's the key) filegroup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you stagger your backups so that you're doing filegroup backups of the primary every night, and transaction log backups every X minutes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When disaster strikes, you restore the primary filegroup by itself.  The data is suddenly online, but the indexes are not.  However, to get back to normalcy, you'll need to export that data into a new clean database and add indexes from there.  You can't bring the database completely online without restoring all of the filegroups, and you can't say &quot;I don't need that other filegroup anymore anyway.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more about how this works, check out my [video tutorial on filegroup restores.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sqlserverpedia.com/wiki/Filegroup_Restore_Script" />
  <row Id="897" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="315" RevisionGUID="f57b3852-c990-4991-8f79-8234889d9fcd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:06:35.460" UserId="202" Comment="added 230 characters in body" Text="Most [Previously SysInternals Tools][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also Kudos to Palmin for mentioning &quot;[Sysinternals Live][2]&quot;, in the comments. (see [live.sysinternals.com/About_This_Site.txt][3])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://live.sysinternals.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://live.sysinternals.com/About_This_Site.txt" />
  <row Id="898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="510" RevisionGUID="6adab8fd-3e2b-431f-a072-bbc4586bcfd7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:08:01.027" UserId="448" Text="I've found Entourage on OS X to be a good client for these things, and previously used Evolution on Linux for working with an Exchange server. Both are good. Apple have announced Exchange support for Mail as mentioned elsewhere, but of course we don't yet know how good that is (or not). I've found Notes to be a very disappointing user experience on all OS where it works, on the other hand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the way, you don't say what your server setup is. If you don't have one yet, then consider targeting standards support rather than particular vendor solutions, then you'll have more options for the clients you use (as well as an interchangable server architecture, which is often handy)." />
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  <row Id="939" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="527" RevisionGUID="92ab818f-85a5-4dd3-aa90-ac22735f1e77" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:13:23.480" UserId="371" Text="&lt;nas&gt;&lt;storage&gt;" />
  <row Id="940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="528" RevisionGUID="a1e121d7-f008-4c85-91f5-d302ef544ba3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:13:24.883" UserId="460" Text="This may not qualify as &quot;cheap&quot; and is windows specific but the Windows Home Server is working very well for me.  I'm backing up several machines and I have 3 months of back ups to choose from if things go wrong.  I have the HP Media Smart version and I'm extremely happy with it.  Here is a link to a review by [Scott Hanselman.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Prior to getting the home server I was taking snapshots and ghosts and had a bunch of scripts that kept data redundant.  All of this was very prone to human or otherwise error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ReviewHPMediaSmartWindowsHomeServer.aspx" />
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  <row Id="942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="530" RevisionGUID="d6ebeed2-9658-4d14-b353-3ecde254021e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:14:04.087" UserId="282" Text="From a Windows Sys. Admin. perspective:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * [Windows Security Blog][1]&#xD;&#xA; * [Windows 7 Team Blog][2]&#xD;&#xA; * [Engineering Windows 7][3]&#xD;&#xA; * [Mark Russionovic's Blog][4]&#xD;&#xA; * [The Windows Blog][5]&#xD;&#xA; * [The Daily WTF][6]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowssecurity/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://thedailywtf.com/" />
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  <row Id="947" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="532" RevisionGUID="6b6d1498-a923-4e6b-8d6c-0d4b94b77cd8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:14:29.763" UserId="443" Text="Even though a server room isn't unbearably loud, it's noticeable at least. I've spent a few days in our server room at the datacenter a while (=2 years) ago because everything went very bad when one of the juniors hooked up an insecure windows server into the domain (woopeee, reinstall the domain :/).&#xD;&#xA;I play drums myself, so I have very nice ear protection. I brought those on the second day, and I noticed a very big difference in my condition at the end of the day. On the first day, I was a wreck. The constant noise, even though you don't really notice it after a while, really wears you out physically. With the earplugs everything is so much more relaxed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can really recommend buying a set of earplugs with a separate filter, something like [these][1]. You don't want el-cheapo earplugs, because you'll have to replace them too often. Getting a set of these with interchangeable filters works for more than just the datacenter. At a music concert for instance, or when you have to go to other noisy (maybe louder) environments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.alpine.nl/EN/consumer_worksafe.htm" />
  <row Id="948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="533" RevisionGUID="38d2f69e-4a0a-484c-96ca-a0193dea2b24" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:15:10.417" UserId="372" Text="Familiarity may be a factor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I run CentOS on all my (one) Linux servers. I chose CentOS for cost reasons (its free) and for support reasons (the comprehensive RedHat documentation applies).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are clearly differences between RedHat derivatives and Debian derivatives. I'm moderately well versed in the command line administration of a RedHat derivative and don't see any reason to deviate from this path when I acquire more servers." />
  <row Id="949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="534" RevisionGUID="7e16ce6a-6ac4-459d-806d-0cd93c5d2bdf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:15:19.840" UserId="458" Text="You need to cast your arguments in terms your boss can understand.  From your description, it sounds like you've got a hard road.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to come up with REAL WORLD scenarios you face in your environment and then walk him through what would happen with and without RAID.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't seen it work well when you start talking $$$'s right out of the gate, but you'll need to cover that eventually, so have your figures at the ready.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck, doesn't sound like a good environment." />
  <row Id="950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="535" RevisionGUID="ba9b6750-13b2-40bd-9fa2-b338aca23660" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:15:35.250" UserId="273" Text="Wrong question.  Nothing to do with RAID.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**How can you convince your boss that you know what you're doing.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming you're a knowledgeable sysadmin with prior experience, then you should be able to set this up blindfold.   If your boss (who does not have to be technical), doesn't recognise the skills you have and bring to the solution then...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You already recognise the risks, and I also assume you can describe these to your boss in a clear and understandable manner.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember, you need to get his buy-in, but don't short change yourself. Insist on getting decent (maybe more expensive, branded, supported) kit instead of the cheapest from eBay or PCWorld.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Test. Test. Test.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then install and relax..." />
  <row Id="951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="536" RevisionGUID="99e94534-8022-4e95-9732-34cf83455746" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:15:44.050" UserId="413" Text="I have a special set of earphones for my iphone that go in-ear; that way, I can block out ambient noise significantly, listen to music, and wait on hold for a support tech to answer some random question. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/tunebudsmobile&quot;&gt;Griffin's got a pretty good set&lt;/a&gt; for $30 or so. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="537" RevisionGUID="dcde16db-6501-4e8a-86ac-a09c1227c134" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:16:18.353" UserId="431" Text="There's two parts to this question: when to add a new FILEGROUP, and when to add a new FILE in a filegroup.  First let's talk theory:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mark's right about the primary reason being performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The secondary reason is disaster recovery.  With SQL Server 2005 and newer, you can do filegroup restores.  When disaster strikes, you can restore just your primary filegroup first and bring the database partially online for queries.  Users can run queries while you're restoring other filegroups.  This is useful for databases with a large amount of historical data that may not be required right away, or data warehouses that need to load data into current tables without needing historical data for access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another reason is the read/write profile of groups of data.  If you have some data that is constantly written to, and other data that gets heavy read activity, you can build different types of storage to accommodate those needs.  You could put the heavy-write stuff on raid 10, and leave the read-biased stuff on cheaper raid 5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, let's talk files versus filegroups.  When you place objects in SQL Server, you have to place them at the filegroup level.  You can land a table or an index in a filegroup, but you can't pick a specific file.  So everything we've discussed so far has been about when to add a filegroup - but when do you add a file?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're designing storage, and you have 80 hard drives, there's a few ways you can break it up:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - One pool of 80 drives&#xD;&#xA; - Two pools of 40 drives&#xD;&#xA; - Four pools of 20 drives, etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Different storage subsystems have different performance profiles.  I've worked with some SANs that performed best with 12-16 drive arrays, and anything larger than that didn't have a performance improvement.  Another example is SANs with multipathing: if you have several HBAs connecting your server to your storage, and if your multipathing software isn't real active/active, then you may need one array per path in order to distribute load.  Four paths, four pools of drives will get better performance on those types of drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In those cases, you end up with four different arrays, four different drives under Windows (unless you use mount points, and even then it's different folders) and you'll need four separate files in SQL Server.  Those separate files can be in the same filegroup." />
  <row Id="953" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="538" RevisionGUID="3935ff36-661b-4af7-9f68-adf0615c2f69" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:16:20.180" UserId="406" Text="I'm asking in terms of a small company, less than 20 employees, a mixture of developers and management.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the moment, we're mostly on XP and I'm interested to know what features people would uninstall, if any, and what features they'd definitely keep to maintain a balance of usability and security when upgrading to Vista in an environment of moderately capable users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some things that might be up for grabs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * UAC&#xD;&#xA;  * SuperFetch&#xD;&#xA;  * ReadyBoost&#xD;&#xA;  * Aero&#xD;&#xA;  * Indexing&#xD;&#xA;  * Any Default Startup Items?&#xD;&#xA;  * Any Default Services?" />
  <row Id="954" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="538" RevisionGUID="3935ff36-661b-4af7-9f68-adf0615c2f69" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:16:20.180" UserId="406" Text="What features do you disable in Vista for SME-sized installations, if any?" />
  <row Id="955" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="538" RevisionGUID="3935ff36-661b-4af7-9f68-adf0615c2f69" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:16:20.180" UserId="406" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;windowsvista&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="956" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="539" RevisionGUID="212120ad-9604-40a6-b726-de7a0c40bed7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:16:24.440" UserId="412" Text="If you go for the hardware RAID controller make sure you get a decent one.  Cheap ones can be far far more trouble than they're worth in my experience." />
  <row Id="957" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="540" RevisionGUID="b45b82d6-38bf-4674-bd76-e130bebe8d45" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:16:30.290" UserId="282" Text="I use command line and GUI implentations for WakeOnLan available from [Depicus][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.depicus.com/wake-on-lan/" />
  <row Id="958" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="541" RevisionGUID="5e25d147-792d-4936-b943-9fc91e098133" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:16:35.810" UserId="45" Text="We use the [&quot;Wake On Lan&quot; tool][1]. It has a nice user interface, works very well and it's free. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://fi3k1.dyndns.org/oette.info/projekte_sw_wol.htm" />
  <row Id="959" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="542" RevisionGUID="17eb6224-20cb-477a-a5f0-9cb52bc4d20d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:16:48.290" UserId="173" Text="Personally I have a [Thecus][1] N2100 which I've been very pleased with. Recently one of the drives died, and when I'd worked out which one it was, I simply ordered a replacement, followed the instructions to rebuild the RAID array, and all was fine again. In the meantime, I still had read/write access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It may not be quite as cheap as reusing an existing box, but it's likely to be quieter (I replaced the fan on mine - easy and cheap), smaller, and take a lot less effort.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.thecus.com/" />
  <row Id="960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="543" RevisionGUID="90b7c334-e782-439f-a471-11bfea7b6a01" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:17:14.593" UserId="465" Text="I'd recommend setting up [freenas][1] on an old machine with lots of disk space and using an automated rsync program.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using rsync you are only copying changes between the last version and current over the network, so it's pretty fast.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freenas.org/" />
  <row Id="961" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="435" RevisionGUID="12cf7b17-9208-45b4-ac67-b274843e04e5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:17:49.270" UserId="322" Comment="sp" Text="**Sterile Environment Is A Must**, you must have acceptable flooring, don't even go near carpet as it collects dust. Typically i would opt for **raised flooring**, is a good option as it's easy to run cable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Don't Skimp On Cheap Data Racks**, with a good cable management system, run one side data and the other power, as some countries regulations don't allow mixing data and power." />
  <row Id="962" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="544" RevisionGUID="9194b304-59e5-492e-8e6f-a2c80b318b0e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:18:20.783" UserId="468" Text="Up until now, I've only managed networks with Windows users and the occasional *nix server. Soon, a few users with Macs will get added to our network. What are some &quot;gotchas&quot; to look out for when adding Macs to the network? Key concerns here: compatibility with Active Directory and security" />
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  <row Id="965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="545" RevisionGUID="089172a5-547f-44c7-94f2-5a5bcac8f4b9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:18:32.763" UserId="282" Text="try&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    psexec \\server net stop cherrypyservice&#xD;&#xA;    psexec \\server net start cherrypyservice" />
  <row Id="966" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="546" RevisionGUID="46f30c12-303b-4d92-bc9d-a01cc2dfc382" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:18:37.897" UserId="453" Text="You've bought a new system.  You install vanilla Windows Vista on the machine.  What are the most important settings to tweak before using the system and why?  Turn off User Account Control (UAC)?  Make every folder open in detailed view?  Change the background?  Change certain services and autoruns?" />
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  <row Id="968" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="546" RevisionGUID="46f30c12-303b-4d92-bc9d-a01cc2dfc382" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:18:37.897" UserId="453" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="969" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="547" RevisionGUID="fdcbd9cd-4229-4b85-9959-ae163f5c7795" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:18:42.547" UserId="438" Text="you could use the sc command-line tool but i don't know how to do it specifically in python.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/133883/stop-and-start-a-service-via-batch-or-cmd-file/133926#133926&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DESCRIPTION:&#xD;&#xA;          SC is a command line program used for communicating with the&#xD;&#xA;          NT Service Controller and services.&#xD;&#xA;  USAGE:&#xD;&#xA;      sc  [command] [service name]  ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      The option  has the form &quot;\\ServerName&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      Further help on commands can be obtained by typing: &quot;sc [command]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      Commands:&#xD;&#xA;        query-----------Queries the status for a service, or&#xD;&#xA;                        enumerates the status for types of services.&#xD;&#xA;        queryex---------Queries the extended status for a service, or&#xD;&#xA;                        enumerates the status for types of services.&#xD;&#xA;        start-----------Starts a service.&#xD;&#xA;        pause-----------Sends a PAUSE control request to a service.&#xD;&#xA;        interrogate-----Sends an INTERROGATE control request to a service.&#xD;&#xA;        continue--------Sends a CONTINUE control request to a service.&#xD;&#xA;        stop------------Sends a STOP request to a service.&#xD;&#xA;        config----------Changes the configuration of a service (persistant).&#xD;&#xA;        description-----Changes the description of a service.&#xD;&#xA;        failure---------Changes the actions taken by a service upon failure.&#xD;&#xA;        qc--------------Queries the configuration information for a service.&#xD;&#xA;        qdescription----Queries the description for a service.&#xD;&#xA;        qfailure--------Queries the actions taken by a service upon failure.&#xD;&#xA;        delete----------Deletes a service (from the registry).&#xD;&#xA;        create----------Creates a service. (adds it to the registry).&#xD;&#xA;        control---------Sends a control to a service.&#xD;&#xA;        sdshow----------Displays a service's security descriptor.&#xD;&#xA;        sdset-----------Sets a service's security descriptor.&#xD;&#xA;        GetDisplayName--Gets the DisplayName for a service.&#xD;&#xA;        GetKeyName------Gets the ServiceKeyName for a service.&#xD;&#xA;        EnumDepend------Enumerates Service Dependencies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      The following commands don't require a service name:&#xD;&#xA;      sc   &#xD;&#xA;        boot------------(ok | bad) Indicates whether the last boot should&#xD;&#xA;                        be saved as the last-known-good boot configuration&#xD;&#xA;        Lock------------Locks the Service Database&#xD;&#xA;        QueryLock-------Queries the LockStatus for the SCManager Database&#xD;&#xA;  EXAMPLE:&#xD;&#xA;          sc start MyService&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="970" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="548" RevisionGUID="011d8a59-5c00-47e5-8a57-3427934ba2c7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:18:46.460" UserId="458" Text="What is the most compelling reason to flash your router to the [DD-WRT firmware][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv3/dd-wrt/about.html" />
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  <row Id="972" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="548" RevisionGUID="011d8a59-5c00-47e5-8a57-3427934ba2c7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:18:46.460" UserId="458" Text="&lt;router&gt;&lt;diy&gt;" />
  <row Id="973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="549" RevisionGUID="02261b7b-c949-45d4-9a79-5bd5fc444250" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:19:08.847" UserId="340" Text="This question is inspired by the recent Stackoverflow podcast where Joel and Jeff discussed the RAID controllers failing on a SO server and their experience with RAID.  I was baffled by the negative experiences and observations as my experiences have been the complete opposite for years.  I was curious what others have experienced out there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What brands of hardware based RAID&#xD;&#xA;   solutions have worked for you?  Why? &#xD;&#xA; - What are your experiences? Why would&#xD;&#xA;   you recommend against a RAID&#xD;&#xA;   solution? &#xD;&#xA; - Why would you use software&#xD;&#xA;   over hardware based RAID?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
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  <row Id="977" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="518" RevisionGUID="11ff0e9f-e1b8-4254-aa5d-4162205e5678" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:19:21.203" UserId="458" Comment="added 48 characters in body" Text="What is the most compelling reason to flash your router to the [Tomato firmware][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato" />
  <row Id="978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="550" RevisionGUID="5b9d2c70-d135-4fa4-a1e9-f4e8c2a715a8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:20:08.627" UserId="247" Text="    net stop cherrypyservice&#xD;&#xA;    net start cherrypyservice&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;with whatever remote execution engine you prefer." />
  <row Id="979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="551" RevisionGUID="5f3bfb10-770f-4b47-8cf4-37cf307ed6bf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:20:10.733" UserId="456" Text="Hold down the command key (⌘) and click the folder name in the title bar of the window.  From the pop-up menu that appears, select the folder one level up.  A new Finder window will open showing the contents of that folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the Finder window is a &quot;normal&quot;-style window (i.e., does not have a sidebar or a toolbar) then you can hit command-up-arrow (⌘↑) to do the same thing." />
  <row Id="980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="552" RevisionGUID="32ce1a79-3f65-44ae-bd20-ded0c727a2fc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:20:34.070" UserId="301" Text="Best practice says that your OS and swap should not share a lun with anything else. However I would be more concerned about using a RAID 0 lun for tempDB. Is it really worth trading off the write performance of RAID 1 for the risk of a disk failure?" />
  <row Id="981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="553" RevisionGUID="1c2b2f7b-13e5-4e49-b3fd-df36bcc890ea" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:20:35.020" UserId="453" Text="You can setup the router to be a [wireless bridge](http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Wireless_Bridge).  " />
  <row Id="982" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="554" RevisionGUID="4230e491-25ce-4e05-a8a1-4b89de4a1d8a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:20:38.530" UserId="464" Text="&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Linux Bible][1] ist a good start if you want to cover different distributions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470373679.html" />
  <row Id="983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="555" RevisionGUID="0124e4ca-9d58-4d6f-9226-7199e980837d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:20:47.767" UserId="428" Text="Of course 'cheap' depends on the readers' view...  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm using a Dlink DNS-323 NAS (equipped with 2x 1TB drives in RAID1) in combination with [BackupPc][1], which is actually a 'gui' around Rsync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="985" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="557" RevisionGUID="ac763093-0dc9-47eb-bdc8-ee4f5746a31d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:21:34.333" UserId="160" Text=" - [IIS Compression in IIS6.0][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [How to enable HTTP compression (IIS6)][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [HTTP Compression and IIS 6.0][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [IIS 6 Compression - quickest and effective way to do it for ASP.NET compression ][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://weblogs.asp.net/owscott/archive/2004/01/12/57916.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.kavinda.net/2007/02/17/how-to-enable-http-compression-iis6.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000059.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://msmvps.com/blogs/omar/archive/2006/08/10/iis-6-compression-quickest-and-effective-way-to-do-it-for-asp-net-compression.aspx" />
  <row Id="986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="558" RevisionGUID="17e6e641-1a49-419a-8f03-060d177de8cd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:21:41.743" UserId="466" Text="Here's my home backup strategy:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*  Most files are stored on a Linux file server that my Windows machines connect to.&#xD;&#xA;*  All my music, video, &amp; images live on a Windows machine that gets backed up to the Linux file server.&#xD;&#xA;*  The Linux file server is backed up to an external hard drive&#xD;&#xA;*  About 75% of my data is backed up remotely using [Jungle Disk](http://www.jungledisk.com/).&#xD;&#xA;*  All of my remote websites &amp; databases are backed up to my home machines using rsync &amp; mysqldump over ssh.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of the above happens twice a day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The end result is that any of my computers can die, my webhost can disappear, or my house can burn down and I'll suffer minimal to no permanent data loss.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The important thing to think is &quot;If this thing dies/breaks/goes away, what will I lose?&quot;.  Then think it about every source of data you have.**" />
  <row Id="987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="559" RevisionGUID="e159c390-8bcd-4f13-b1d5-3fa173c81b97" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:22:02.960" UserId="117" Text="Perhaps take a look on Google best practices :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They released a [video about their &quot;container approach&quot;][1] which, even if only very few companies may have money to do so, have good idea for smaller business (for example, focusing on very efficient power supplies and so on).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Jeff likes that [subject][2] [too][3] (about energy) !&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, Google released [some informations about their servers][4] which are quite interesting by, for example, the embedded UPC in each server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRwPSFpLX8I&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000868.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000871.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10209580-92.html" />
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  <row Id="989" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="561" RevisionGUID="ca1e65a8-1b53-4995-b7a7-8d92cc5a57f6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:23:03.673" UserId="448" Text="1. open a new window.&#xD;&#xA;2. choose &quot;Go -&gt; Go to folder...&quot; or hit Cmd-Shift-G.&#xD;&#xA;3. drag the proxy icon from the first window (the little icon that appears in the title bar) to the location field in the second window.&#xD;&#xA;4. hit return.&#xD;&#xA;5. ???&#xD;&#xA;6. profit!" />
  <row Id="990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="562" RevisionGUID="e34929da-3c55-471c-8fc6-92d6cad4fd05" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:23:20.693" UserId="494" Text="I like the VPN feature. Simplest cheapest VPN solution I've found." />
  <row Id="991" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="516" RevisionGUID="d8ad46bf-72ce-42b4-af67-0e5b6808942b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:23:44.280" UserId="449" Comment="added to question" Text="My department maintains 6 servers running both Windows Server 2003 and Ubuntu Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have to report and track our uptime.  I believe we have to have a 95% uptime and we have no real way to track and report this data. Currently we are just doing this manually with a text file and estimations on downtime.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What tools are out there to help with this task or how do you currently report and track your server uptime?" />
  <row Id="992" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="563" RevisionGUID="1bfe83f2-2133-42bf-856f-4ae2d9743e95" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:24:04.123" UserId="465" Text="I like [g4u][1] and [FOG][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - g4u is more of a standalone system for single (or just a few) machines.&#xD;&#xA; - FOG is really a complete replacement for a ghost system and is really intended for large environments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeghost/" />
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  <row Id="996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="565" RevisionGUID="5a1d1c7d-cbd0-452d-9214-3268aa4e9add" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:25:02.437" UserId="476" Text="I usually revoke the `VIEW ANY DATABASE` permission. By doing this each user can only see the databases they are able to access (it also helps simplifying the list in SQL Server Management Studio):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	USE master&#xD;&#xA;	REVOKE VIEW ANY DATABASE FROM PUBLIC&#xD;&#xA;	GO" />
  <row Id="997" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="566" RevisionGUID="5ef5e425-7dbe-49a0-a98c-fa696e7deccc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:25:31.920" UserId="160" Text="[SolarWinds Wake-On-LAN][1] (free registration required). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.solarwinds.com/products/freetools/wake_on_lan.aspx" />
  <row Id="998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="567" RevisionGUID="7ad8ac3d-f1bb-4a91-a97b-831b17930023" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:25:35.803" UserId="340" Text="For Windows based systems, take a look at [MirrorFolder][1].  We use it as a backup to the backup on some servers.  Works quite well and is very easy to use and setup.  It's not free, but it is only $40.  Good luck!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.techsoftpl.com/backup/index.php" />
  <row Id="999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="568" RevisionGUID="39faf450-6ef0-423c-82da-81ee28f7ac47" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:25:43.167" UserId="413" Text="I'd make sure that you had a robust monitoring infrastructure in place prior to launch. You need to have data to base your decisions on- this means measuring CPU load across the servers, checking that your load is spread evenly across boxes, and that if something melts down, you know which one it was.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Knowing where the problem is will dramatically reduce the time it takes to respond. I've seen too many sites launch without monitoring of any kind, with the intention that it will be set up later... after the fire is out. This is profoundly wrong." />
  <row Id="1000" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="569" RevisionGUID="f8c0d2b5-5a83-4262-9134-686f20ce05ad" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:27:21.683" UserId="190" Text="biggest feature I've noticed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you don't run out of port forwards" />
  <row Id="1001" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="570" RevisionGUID="f4fac4c5-ba05-48e1-ac06-11fbc2ba91ef" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:27:23.960" UserId="489" Text="I am setting up a Windows 2003 machine to host a website, are there any settings that I should pay special attention to in regards to security?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In other words, is there dangerous default setting I should know about?" />
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  <row Id="1004" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="571" RevisionGUID="5ecf5a67-6832-481a-a7de-427d092c41b3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:27:32.977" UserId="456" Text="As Alnitak pointed out, macosxhints.com has &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080128003716101&quot;&gt;instructions for doing this&lt;/a&gt;.  Here's &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20090213071015789&quot;&gt;another related hint&lt;/a&gt;, which comes with a very large &quot;&lt;b&gt;DISCLAIMER: Do this at your own risk!&lt;/b&gt;&quot; that should probably adorn both of them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I would have simply added the hyperlinks to Alnitak's answer, but we're all starting over from a meager 101 reputation here, so no editing of other people's answers yet…)" />
  <row Id="1005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="572" RevisionGUID="18d336b1-e2e9-4239-b4b0-abf5d44f5515" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:27:44.847" UserId="28" Text="RUTE is available online, and presents a decent introduction to both Linux usage and Linux sysadmining:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://rute.2038bug.com/rute.html.gz [that's not a typo; it ends in .gz, but can be viewed in a browser]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can buy a hardcopy if you want, or just read the whole thing online." />
  <row Id="1006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="573" RevisionGUID="36b61ac8-b709-437b-8058-dddc17f9feb1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:28:11.837" UserId="483" Text="Over the past few days I have had this strange idea in my head to own and operate an internet cafe and gaming center. This is not aimed to be a post discussing the pros and cons of the business or anything like that. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I am actually interested in learning from the community is if YOU were planning the infrastructure, how would YOU do it? This includes computer hardware, monitors, network hardware, and possibly floor planning as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To make it more fun, I will list a series of options so that you could choose a specific &quot;path&quot; to take in your planning of your own internet-cafe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Simple Internet Cafe  &#xD;&#xA; - Internet Cafe    and Gaming Center&#xD;&#xA;   (PC only)  &#xD;&#xA; - Internet    Cafe and    Gaming Center&#xD;&#xA;   (PC + Console)       &#xD;&#xA; - Internet Cafe    and Lounge  &#xD;&#xA; - Gaming      Center and    Lounge&#xD;&#xA; - Custom Style (Whatever you want)" />
  <row Id="1007" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="573" RevisionGUID="36b61ac8-b709-437b-8058-dddc17f9feb1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:28:11.837" UserId="483" Text="Build An Internet / Gaming Cafe" />
  <row Id="1008" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="573" RevisionGUID="36b61ac8-b709-437b-8058-dddc17f9feb1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:28:11.837" UserId="483" Text="&lt;internet-cafe&gt;&lt;planning&gt;&lt;research&gt;" />
  <row Id="1009" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="574" RevisionGUID="f7a0052a-8c00-4c23-b786-31f38150b9a7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:28:12.023" UserId="475" Text="Particularly for any kind of &quot;agent&quot; server, I would think the [improved task scheduler][1] in Windows Server 2008 alone is worthwhile. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition to running tasks on a schedule, you can run tasks:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - On an Event (!!)&#xD;&#xA; - At Log On&#xD;&#xA; - At Startup&#xD;&#xA; - On Idle&#xD;&#xA; - At Task Creation / Modification&#xD;&#xA; - On Connection to User Session&#xD;&#xA; - On Disconnect from User Session&#xD;&#xA; - On Workstation Lock&#xD;&#xA; - On Workstation Unlock&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Working-Windows-Server-2008-Task-Scheduler-Part1.html" />
  <row Id="1010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="575" RevisionGUID="9b7ebf09-a5e7-4a4e-953e-a2fcef4b3786" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:28:46.407" UserId="412" Text="Turn unneeded servers off!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know it sounds obvious, but I've seen numerous servers left on for no reason, or because people weren't sure they were being used!" />
  <row Id="1011" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="365" RevisionGUID="fd4f0a85-ba03-435c-8452-0df8c68dc57a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:29:12.987" UserId="336" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am currently using Debian. The admin of my work place receive every week messages from several processes of my system:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - cron&#xD;&#xA; - smartd&#xD;&#xA; - ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The messages are send to root@workdomain.com. I suspect that the mail should be send to root@localhost or something, but I think some redirection is done somewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;test&quot; | mail root -s &quot;this is a test&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat /var/log/mail.log&#xD;&#xA;    Apr 30 14:23:38 yavapai nullmailer[3020]: Trigger pulled.&#xD;&#xA;    Apr 30 14:23:38 yavapai nullmailer[3020]: Rescanning queue.&#xD;&#xA;    Apr 30 14:23:38 yavapai nullmailer[3020]: Starting delivery: protocol: smtp host: mail.domain.fr file: 1241094218.13394&#xD;&#xA;    Apr 30 14:23:39 yavapai nullmailer[13395]: smtp: Succeeded: 250 2.0.0 n3UCNdZq025564 Message accepted for delivery&#xD;&#xA;    Apr 30 14:23:39 yavapai nullmailer[3020]: Sent file.&#xD;&#xA;    Apr 30 14:23:39 yavapai nullmailer[3020]: Delivery complete, 0 message(s) remain.&#xD;&#xA;    Apr 30 14:23:39 yavapai nullmailer[3020]: Trigger pulled.&#xD;&#xA;    Apr 30 14:23:39 yavapai nullmailer[3020]: Rescanning queue." />
  <row Id="1012" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="576" RevisionGUID="863ba56b-ca0f-4371-abff-21c997a13959" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:29:28.137" UserId="247" Text="For a Windows system where you're wanting to do it across the internet, Live Mesh is pretty good; if you're syncing folders that are accessible from one machine (ie server to laptop) then SyncToy is a really good piece of software." />
  <row Id="1013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="577" RevisionGUID="c703d888-bba4-4fe7-a9b3-f06047073486" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:29:50.770" UserId="28" Text="Many commercial applications are available only in RPMs linked for specific versions of RedHat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, you can probably hack something together so it runs under Debian... but how much is your time worth?" />
  <row Id="1014" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="578" RevisionGUID="d75499ca-f9fc-4ee5-b0cc-296cf168fe10" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:30:01.160" UserId="458" Text="Home backup strategy:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Photos, Music, Scans on Main Desktop are backed up using Time Machine connected to External USB Hard Drive&#xD;&#xA; - Videos and large files (e.g. MSDN Downloads) are kept on 1TB RAID5 NAS (NAS will send alert if hard drive is lost)&#xD;&#xA; - Photos, Music, Scans on Main Desktop are backed up a few times a week using Jungle Disk Plus.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recently had my Main Desktop HDD die and was able to bring everything back in about a day." />
  <row Id="1015" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="579" RevisionGUID="6f0b1a43-ef20-429b-9846-30e951f03872" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:30:03.687" UserId="479" Text=" For us it was the bandwidth monitoring tools. Tomato actually seems to have a nicer set of reports, but DD-WRT seems to be more full featured." />
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  <row Id="1024" PostHistoryTypeId="8" PostId="365" RevisionGUID="96adf929-53d4-4019-b110-5d5df0bf077b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:30:55.510" UserId="336" Comment="Rollback to [fd4f0a85-ba03-435c-8452-0df8c68dc57a]" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am currently using Debian. The admin of my work place receive every week messages from several processes of my system:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - cron&#xD;&#xA; - smartd&#xD;&#xA; - ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The messages are send to root@workdomain.com. I suspect that the mail should be send to root@localhost or something, but I think some redirection is done somewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;test&quot; | mail root -s &quot;this is a test&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat /var/log/mail.log&#xD;&#xA;    Apr 30 14:23:38 yavapai nullmailer[3020]: Trigger pulled.&#xD;&#xA;    Apr 30 14:23:38 yavapai nullmailer[3020]: Rescanning queue.&#xD;&#xA;    Apr 30 14:23:38 yavapai nullmailer[3020]: Starting delivery: protocol: smtp host: mail.domain.fr file: 1241094218.13394&#xD;&#xA;    Apr 30 14:23:39 yavapai nullmailer[13395]: smtp: Succeeded: 250 2.0.0 n3UCNdZq025564 Message accepted for delivery&#xD;&#xA;    Apr 30 14:23:39 yavapai nullmailer[3020]: Sent file.&#xD;&#xA;    Apr 30 14:23:39 yavapai nullmailer[3020]: Delivery complete, 0 message(s) remain.&#xD;&#xA;    Apr 30 14:23:39 yavapai nullmailer[3020]: Trigger pulled.&#xD;&#xA;    Apr 30 14:23:39 yavapai nullmailer[3020]: Rescanning queue." />
  <row Id="1025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="582" RevisionGUID="49768e3c-ca0b-49c4-9377-209bfe8e1638" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:31:30.657" UserId="413" Text="Raid 0 is 0 redundancy. For 2 drives you need Raid 1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FreeNAS is fine, but you can also look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.openfiler.com/&quot;&gt;openfiler&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just used Ubuntu LTS on my cheap server, though- it let me do all the usual samba mounts, and acts as a whole-house jukebox with &lt;a href=&quot;http://subsonic.sourceforge.net/&quot;&gt;subsonic&lt;/a&gt;. You may well be able to get a recent distro to install on that box. " />
  <row Id="1026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="583" RevisionGUID="92298eb5-fa4e-4eba-851a-ab9fcc7951cf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:31:38.473" UserId="247" Text="Portable air-conditioning units where you just hang a heat-exchanger out of a window work well for a short-term solution until you can get something designed-in." />
  <row Id="1027" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="584" RevisionGUID="6cc0a922-4794-41b9-ac6f-a9cdc2ae838f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:31:49.533" UserId="490" Text="I have a Mac and a PC on the same network. I periodically run Folder Synchronizer (by SoftoBe) on my Mac, which talks to the shared drives on my PC, and copies the data. Time Machine does the rest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I consider Time Machine my &quot;house on fire&quot; drive.  All I need to take with me is that external drive. (Well... the wife and kid too.)" />
  <row Id="1028" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="585" RevisionGUID="c208c0c3-e6c5-4f5f-89a7-351242e7ffd9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:31:51.920" UserId="502" Text="Is it possible to run VMWare Server v2 on Windows Home Server? Is this the best virtualization product for a home environment that wants a 24x7 virtual development OS/Server?" />
  <row Id="1029" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="585" RevisionGUID="c208c0c3-e6c5-4f5f-89a7-351242e7ffd9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:31:51.920" UserId="502" Text="WHS - VMWare Server Virtualization" />
  <row Id="1030" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="585" RevisionGUID="c208c0c3-e6c5-4f5f-89a7-351242e7ffd9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:31:51.920" UserId="502" Text="&lt;windows-home-server&gt;&lt;whs&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="1031" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="586" RevisionGUID="2dbc0c5a-dedc-48c0-8685-77a5fe6db917" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:32:26.770" UserId="505" Text="I've been using [GetDropBox][1] for some time to synchronize files across machines.  Its up and running now and runs across Windows, Mac, and Linux boxes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.getdropbox.com/" />
  <row Id="1032" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="587" RevisionGUID="5e300bc5-cfea-421b-8489-85ac848c851f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:32:55.897" UserId="500" Text="You have a lot of options to do that. From simply using rSync tool to a lot of paid and free software. Here is a small list to get you started (assuming Windows OS) :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Free Versions&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Syncback SE][1] &#xD;&#xA; - [Fling][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [Microsoft Synctoy][3] &#xD;&#xA; - [Allways Sync][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Paid&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Goodsync][5]&#xD;&#xA; - [SyncBack Pro][6]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/sbse.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.nchsoftware.com/ftp/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://lifehacker.com/software/featured-windows-download/synchronize-folders-with-synctoy-20-326199.php&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://allwaysync.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.goodsync.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/sbpro.html" />
  <row Id="1033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="588" RevisionGUID="252ee5b5-64c9-4d68-89de-51230cc78b06" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:33:08.703" UserId="490" Text="Folders Synchronizer (by [softoBe][1]) works great on my Mac.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.softobe.com/products/flsy/pp.html" />
  <row Id="1034" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="589" RevisionGUID="929e76e5-99c7-4a45-8751-2d4d4a84b3a5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:33:20.543" UserId="426" Text="Our current stack is Apache + Tomcat + MySQL, using `ProxyPass` AJP to fire requests from Apache to Tomcat. We also run PHP for Wordpress on the same sites, and so need working `.htaccess` files. In response to [an annoying problem][1], we're considering alternative stacks. Note that we generally quite like apache, but this problem is a show-stopper: if we can't fix it, we can't use Apache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatives include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Tomcat alone&#xD;&#xA; - Glassfish (Java app server, forked from Tomcat)&#xD;&#xA; - Jetty (Java server)&#xD;&#xA; - LightTPD (lightweight HTTP server)&#xD;&#xA; - Nginx (lightweight HTTP server)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The way I see it, solutions fall into two camps: the pure Java camp, such as Glassfish; or the split camp such as our current Apache + Tomcat. We like the idea of a pure Java solution, since fewer moving parts should mean less to go wrong; but do any of them support PHP, `.htaccess` files, etc?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In theory we could do the split the other way - have a simple front end that proxies to Apache on only those bits that need those features - but in practice that would be 80% of requests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What options do people suggest?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/246540/apache-tomcat-error-wrong-pages-being-delivered" />
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  <row Id="1036" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="589" RevisionGUID="929e76e5-99c7-4a45-8751-2d4d4a84b3a5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:33:20.543" UserId="426" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;tomcat&gt;&lt;glassfish&gt;&lt;jetty&gt;&lt;nginx&gt;" />
  <row Id="1038" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="590" RevisionGUID="0990e15e-7849-4bce-84a9-6efc75459247" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:33:58.297" UserId="475" Text="It depends. For simple mirroring scenarios, I prefer software RAID, because as Jason W said, you can always remove one of the drives and stick it in another machine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For other scenarios (RAID 0, RAID 5, or RAID 10), a single drive isn't much use on its own anyways, so I prefer hardware RAID.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regardless (and I say this with all due respect and love guys), you shouldn't make your decisions based on what Stackoverflow -- a group of *software* guys -- has or hasn't done." />
  <row Id="1039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="591" RevisionGUID="7f199038-e030-48ce-a685-6ee987ca7b58" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:34:02.213" UserId="367" Text="I have to install a new Server with SQL Server 2008, What do you recommend, One server with Raid 10 or the Files in a NAS?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What about iSCSI should I use it?" />
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  <row Id="1041" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="591" RevisionGUID="7f199038-e030-48ce-a685-6ee987ca7b58" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:34:02.213" UserId="367" Text="&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;nas&gt;&lt;iscsi&gt;&lt;server-configuration&gt;" />
  <row Id="1042" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="592" RevisionGUID="1cc4d2ef-323f-4891-b8d0-52a8e4553bc3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:34:11.337" UserId="511" Text="My favorite was: open the windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was working with a company whose server room was on the first floor in a very well ventilated corner of a building, and they kept complaining about the server room getting too hot despite the air-conditioning.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Turned out that opening the window dropped the temperatures to below 25C for most of the year, and below 20C most of the winter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course there was really good airflow in and out of the room, so I guess it's an exceptional case." />
  <row Id="1043" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="593" RevisionGUID="82e3cf1e-5b70-4d0f-98a8-b6fb4ed9d149" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:34:15.720" UserId="471" Text="I was wondering what is the value of an [LPI][1] certification in the real world.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've heard it's useful and all, but I'd like to hear some other opinions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would a certification really help me get a job? Is it more important than the skills itself? Is LPI not the right choice for the Linux market?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lpi.org/" />
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  <row Id="1045" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="593" RevisionGUID="82e3cf1e-5b70-4d0f-98a8-b6fb4ed9d149" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:34:15.720" UserId="471" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;certification&gt;&lt;job-market&gt;" />
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  <row Id="1051" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="596" RevisionGUID="9e18b4ce-1b7c-4848-b7f0-843f687e3c89" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:35:49.510" UserId="371" Text="I've used the [wol tool][1] from Thomas Krennwallner.  It compiles on Unix and Windows under Cygwin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/wake-on-lan/" />
  <row Id="1052" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="597" RevisionGUID="b1933e96-892e-4c1d-bcd7-3df7de99647e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:35:54.860" UserId="413" Text="I usually install RKHunter, which scans for rootkits and does integrity checks of various important system binaries. It's in the standard repo, and will run daily from cron. It's not perfect, securitywise, but it's a low-effort item to add, and it provides a measure of protection." />
  <row Id="1053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="598" RevisionGUID="f89d7a69-5a53-4f13-bfea-e126664075dd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:36:05.390" UserId="282" Text="At the low end:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Fans in a closed space are not going to work, as it will just circulate the heat rather than removing it.&#xD;&#xA; * Ventalation fans providing fresh air can help when there is a suitable place to pull air in and push air out to.&#xD;&#xA; * A small free standing or surface mount air conditioner will work well for small server rooms and comms cabinets, you will need to make sure they are placed in such a position that the air can circulate. They also require somewhere to vent the heat out to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the high end:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Get someone in to do a survey and do the calculations for you, it is easy to spend a fortune on something that is either going to be way over the top, or not sufficent." />
  <row Id="1054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="599" RevisionGUID="ce5d9a7b-3f96-44c8-854a-3a3ffab422b3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:36:24.233" UserId="468" Text="My boss is confident that Blackberry phones are safe for company use (having it connect to the email server, etc.). He is less confident about iPhones. Regarding connecting to a corporate email server where **security is a huge priority**, is there anything different about the iPhone which would make it more of a risk." />
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  <row Id="1056" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="599" RevisionGUID="ce5d9a7b-3f96-44c8-854a-3a3ffab422b3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:36:24.233" UserId="468" Text="&lt;smartphone&gt;&lt;blackberry&gt;&lt;iphone&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="1057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="600" RevisionGUID="bbbabb35-20ab-405a-9443-0f89632d5e25" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:36:39.600" UserId="367" Text="For SQLServer see [Brent Ozar][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.brentozar.com/" />
  <row Id="1058" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="601" RevisionGUID="b3a46e55-a686-4d21-b3cf-9923c4c0311a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:36:46.603" UserId="247" Text="Microsoft have excellent baseline security checklists, and there are compliance tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The one for Windows 2003 is [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc163140.aspx" />
  <row Id="1059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="602" RevisionGUID="1eb27142-7b13-4423-a66e-1c6af45eb5be" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:36:51.613" UserId="479" Text=" This may not directly answer your question but we ran into issues with clients not being able to log into our website. Their cookie was expiring immediately. It turns out it was related to their daylight savings time settings and not having some DST patch installed in XP. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having them download and install this patch resolved the issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Daylight Savings Time Patch][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=66f1420c-df2d-400b-a8a9-ef9061a9a3ca&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="1060" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="603" RevisionGUID="edaa57b0-0c86-4751-bf12-92dd2ead4ea5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:37:02.143" UserId="255" Text="The question about recommended remote backup providers has been asked and answered on StackOverflow several times. One example is this one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/56811/what-is-the-best-remote-backup-provider][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to know if anybody has good/bad experience with restoring data from Mozy, S3, Carbonite et. al.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/56811/what-is-the-best-remote-backup-provider" />
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  <row Id="1068" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="606" RevisionGUID="1892aff4-7b26-411a-9012-c7986297bfb0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:37:22.953" UserId="471" Text="When setting up a variable in .bashrc should I use &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    export VAR=value&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or would&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    VAR=value&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;be enough? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is exactly the difference (if there is one)?" />
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  <row Id="1075" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="609" RevisionGUID="20fc9a6c-f714-48cc-b078-bb725f61879f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:37:36.447" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="1080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="611" RevisionGUID="354f8174-b728-4d4e-8eab-e05dd4084ad2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:38:28.800" UserId="86" Text="Your &quot;old&quot; experience is definitely still worth something.  You've still been working in IT for the past 7 years so I'm sure you're not completely disconnected from new developments on the infrastructure side of things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'd be suprised how often people with legacy experience are called upon, especially in corporate IT.  If I were you I would be sure to start off in a bigger company with a wide range of corporate clients where they are likely to have a spread of modern (say not more than 3 years old IMO) and legacy solutions.  I think if you can expose yourself to environments where old and new techologies are used side-by-side you will close that 7 year gap in less time than you might think.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="612" RevisionGUID="d6f05007-ce14-4ebb-b794-0477e8b5baaf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:38:57.317" UserId="367" Text="We allways use IIS Ftp server but recently we have a few problems, What Seerver do you recomend, IIS, Filezilla?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use Windows Server and Windows XP in the clients.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="1083" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="612" RevisionGUID="d6f05007-ce14-4ebb-b794-0477e8b5baaf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:38:57.317" UserId="367" Text="&lt;ftp-server&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
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  <row Id="1085" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="206" RevisionGUID="14996624-698b-4e85-baba-4f96b37628b5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:39:34.243" UserId="190" Comment="added some info on Raid Capacity Expansion" Text="RAID Capacity Expansion solutions?" />
  <row Id="1086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="613" RevisionGUID="a625a097-e9c2-4a14-bed4-204ae6b216f1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:39:49.250" UserId="479" Text="I played around with getting this set-up on our server (IIS 6) and while enabling it was fairly simple, it didn't give us as much control over it as I needed. I ended up purchasing [httpZip from port80 Software][1]. It made it trivial to enable and configure it. It looks like IIS 7 is much better about this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.port80software.com/products/httpzip/" />
  <row Id="1087" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="614" RevisionGUID="96cea513-ce72-4a59-aaec-3cd83f71ff32" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:40:22.820" UserId="412" Text="We are considering rolling it out, but we've read of some bad experiences.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do people consider that overall it has made a positive contribution to their organisation?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any gotchas we should look out for?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there some best-practises we should be aware of?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any other feedback / advice would be much appreciated." />
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  <row Id="1089" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="614" RevisionGUID="96cea513-ce72-4a59-aaec-3cd83f71ff32" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:40:22.820" UserId="412" Text="&lt;blackberry&gt;&lt;blackberry-enterprise-se&gt;" />
  <row Id="1096" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="617" RevisionGUID="6d0bd6f5-5a0b-4cbb-ac22-27e0384f153f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:41:12.523" UserId="160" Text="I am using many of the tweaks from [Convert your Windows Server 2008 to a Workstation][1], even they are for Windows Server 2008.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First step would be [Fine-Tuning Services][2], and then [Registry Tweaks][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.win2008workstation.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.win2008workstation.com/wordpress/lang/en-us/2008/08/26/fine-tuning-services/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.win2008workstation.com/wordpress/lang/en-us/2008/04/03/registry-tweaks/" />
  <row Id="1099" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="619" RevisionGUID="52990317-9e7d-4804-9283-8354adae119e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:41:26.127" UserId="456" Text="Even for non-RAID, plain-old desktop hard drives, buying drives from the vendor (at the expected ridiculous markup) can often make a difference.  For example, Apple is careful to only ship drives that are actually capable of &lt;a href=&quot;http://lists.apple.com/archives/darwin-dev/2005/Feb/msg00072.html&quot;&gt;honoring Mac OS X's `F_FULLSYNC` `fcntl()` flag&lt;/a&gt;, which goes a long way towards making sure things like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/timemachine.html&quot;&gt;Time Machine&lt;/a&gt; backups work reliably.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again, this is plain vanilla *desktop* use with no RAID involved.  Anything more complex than that and you definitely want to buy, if not the vendor's own over-priced drives, then at least drive models that you know for sure are on the vendor's &quot;approved&quot; list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, to answer your question, is it common?  I'd say, yes, more common than you might think, even beyond the enterprise realm." />
  <row Id="1100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="620" RevisionGUID="2ee35712-43e0-4eeb-b1f3-df6a63e8448e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:41:28.917" UserId="491" Text="It's worth noting that &quot;Vista's RAM eating capabilities&quot; are overrated. Vista does something very sensible: It uses the RAM if it's available. If the RAM is otherwise unused, why *shouldn't* Vista use it to cache recently used data? You don't gain anything from having large amounts of unused RAM. And of course, if your applications start needing more RAM, Vista will start releasing some of what it's using. So Vista isn't *that* bad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apart from that, it depends on your usage. How much is the harddrive used? How often are applications launched, how often do they need to access a lot of files? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a lot of people, the usage pattern is something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Boot: lots of harddrive access&#xD;&#xA; 2. Launch my applications: Lots of harddrive access&#xD;&#xA; 3. Work: Almost exclusively in RAM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And usually, almost all the time is being spent on #3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Occasionally, the antivirus scanner may choose to poke at a few files, or Vista will start indexing the harddrive, but in general, once the system is up and running, RAM becomes the most important aspect. But of course there are areas of work where this isn't true, so it depends.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, how much RAM do your users need? Most applications run fine with 2GB RAM. Even on Vista, and even with a handful of background processes. If the system will never need more than 2GB, plugging in 4GB is rather pointless.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ultimately, it depends on the software you're putting on the system, and what the users are going to do with it. We can't answer that one for you. :)" />
  <row Id="1101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="621" RevisionGUID="0f8e5ba5-aac3-4ab4-a2a8-80f1e046a04e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:41:51.927" UserId="496" Text="[Mark Russinovich][1]'s blog is very good. You'll learn a lot about how Windows **actually** works including lots of examples of troubleshooting difficult real world problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mark explores (and solves) lots of problems that many would explain by saying things like 'Windows slows down if you've had it installed for a long time'. Those same people will then tell you that reinstalling / rebooting is the best solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/" />
  <row Id="1104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="623" RevisionGUID="3a1f6f19-aeb3-48a2-ab41-15b8338ed6e3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:42:05.890" UserId="247" Text="Not worthless.  You'd need to look at:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Virtualisation.  VMWare was new in 2002; now I can't imagine an environment without it.&#xD;&#xA; - Windows 2003 and 2008 have been released since then; if you really get 2000, then 2003 is very similar; 2008 isn't **that** different.  The *really* big changes are in IIS.&#xD;&#xA; - How much were you using Group Policy then?  It's really big now.  GPMC (the new management tool) is fantastic compared to the old AD tools from 2000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously, that's Windows Server admin; the stuff you cover in an MCSE; there are plenty of other changes." />
  <row Id="1109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="626" RevisionGUID="b9496e86-4fc3-4104-b044-fc1ab9769c90" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:42:19.073" UserId="371" Text="Building is the easy part.  Maintaining will be the challenge.  Real gamer types will find it hard to play on commodity keyboards, mice, and controllers.  But when I've shelled out thousands for the good stuff, I'll find it hard to handle users destroying them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also haven't figured out how to handle those overstaying their welcome.  If there are no time limits, the stations will all be taken by local kids who spend the least and take the most.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The business plan may need to factor in a time = money model, either by direct pay as you go, moral obligation to buy a beverage/snack, or maybe indirect temptation to buy something that looks good while you're there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sorry, I don't have answers.  I only have problems. :)" />
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  <row Id="1111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="627" RevisionGUID="584c962a-1b3e-4380-a57f-6f065d163cc9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:42:21.520" UserId="518" Text="You usually can't pick brand of RAID since servers usually come with one or two different options for RAID. I had good experience with older generation of IBM servers (like the ones which Jeff had problems with :-) and various other from HP and Dell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, while I don't have any real suggestion about particular brand of RAID controllers, I would prefer to have hardware RAID in my box, even if I'm using software RAID on top of it because most RAID controllers also come with battery backed cache which speeds up write operations even when not using hardware RAID. So, pick RAID with biggest cache and you are ready to go!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;YYMV, but I hope this will somewhat help." />
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  <row Id="1113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="628" RevisionGUID="2acad10c-f40f-422e-899a-fcb9efbc62b9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:42:56.590" UserId="383" Text="Filezilla, easy to set up an manage but very powerful. Ability to use non directory users is a big plus." />
  <row Id="1114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="629" RevisionGUID="5eaa5e4c-7ab1-4ffd-bac4-a3e826b9e4d1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:43:58.677" UserId="511" Text="I usually keep about a dozen different types of boot-images on my USB (and yes, it doesn't cost an arm and a leg to buy all this stuff):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * DOS boot for Ghost (for old computers)&#xD;&#xA; * DOS boot with CDROM&#xD;&#xA; * [SpinRite][1]&#xD;&#xA; * Small [BartPE][2] with Ghost&#xD;&#xA; * [memtest86][3]&#xD;&#xA; * [Offline NT Password Recovery][4] boot&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main reason being that when you work with governmental organizations, you can't always get access to the Internet, but (for me) it was easy to burn CDs there. It made debugging bad hardware, and problemtic OSs much easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://grc.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://memtest86.com&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/" />
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  <row Id="1131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="637" RevisionGUID="2e9c2bb5-58a6-4317-9fbf-bef6c20780ea" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:46:58.453" UserId="509" Text="I am unable to access the local machine through a CNAME alias and receive an &quot;Access denied&quot; error after upgrading to Service Pack 1 of Windows Server 2003." />
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  <row Id="1133" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="637" RevisionGUID="2e9c2bb5-58a6-4317-9fbf-bef6c20780ea" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:46:58.453" UserId="509" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="1134" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="631" RevisionGUID="e49f4e04-f59d-4a0a-9823-1e11ca82c788" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:46:59.730" UserId="-1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:86,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Wayne Koorts&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="1135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="638" RevisionGUID="46a981f1-f8ce-4a1d-adef-9abec51fa569" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:47:00.450" UserId="247" Text="Yeah, but you'd be better off running ESXi on the hardware and WHS on top of that." />
  <row Id="1136" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="505" RevisionGUID="bbdb9d96-97ec-4b9b-9e87-78804b00f17e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:47:01.400" UserId="443" Comment="added some self reflection" Text="Ok, here's the deal. I've got a pretty not-tech savvy boss, who judges technologies on earlier experiences and hear-say. Examples:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- we had a system in .NET, programmed by amateurs who didn't really know what to do (so just hacked together). System became unmaintanable -&gt; .NET is not a good platform.&#xD;&#xA;- Long ago, a junior sysadmin tried to implement a proper raid setup, failed miserably -&gt; RAID is bad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I convince my boss that, with my skills (not trying to be arrogant at all), we CAN set up a proper RAID system to minimize damage on hardware failure?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, in for a more general question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**HOW do you convince your managers that the solution you have in mind is a good/the best solution?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Addition/reflection:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to be able to explain in layman's terms (or maybe, in business terms) WHY the solution is, in fact, a good one. Of course, this makes the implementation of the solution more expensive by default.&#xD;&#xA;I have to take more time to research the options, to make sure that everything I say is true (backed by facts).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking back on what I just wrote, I don't think it's bad for my manager to be sceptical. This keeps me sharp, and it'll prevent me for going with a cookie cutter solution for the wrong problem, more or less.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I am looking for is actually the things I need to provide to make a business case. My biggest flaw is that I'm a techie at heart, so my solution is not from a commercial PoV, but from an elegance PoV, if you will. I know I can implement certain solutions, but maybe it's not always needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't get me wrong. We DO have a backup setup, and we can deal with server outages. We don't have a huge capacity, so we have to be careful on what we spend our hours on. We've got some time every week for random things (free initiative time), so I think I'll take my time there to pursue these issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*PS: please retag, can't find appropriate tags*" />
  <row Id="1137" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="639" RevisionGUID="495a3428-336e-423f-9526-0daf51fb22d8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:47:06.987" UserId="509" Text="This is caused by the &quot;loopback check&quot; security enhancement introduced in Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2003.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This security feature prevents access to the local server through its fully qualified domain name or CNAME alias, and is enabled by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This feature can be disabled by setting the following registry DWORD to 1:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\DisableLoopbackCheck&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**A server reboot will be required for this change to take effect.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that disabling this feature will expose your server to man-in-the-middle NTLM attacks, which this feature is intended to prevent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More information about this problem is available from [MSDN KB926642](http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?id=926642)." />
  <row Id="1138" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="640" RevisionGUID="67a270b5-263a-494f-9230-cd7f1f518375" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:47:22.227" UserId="518" Text="Hardware RAID controllers usually come with battery backed RAM cache which speeds up write operations, even when using software RAID, so if I can, I always try to get hardware RAID with battery cache, and than run software RAID on top of it if controller firmware isn't up to task." />
  <row Id="1139" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="621" RevisionGUID="4baebd58-9847-4d2a-b84c-0a9646ddf3e7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:47:36.033" UserId="496" Comment="added 34 characters in body" Text="[Mark Russinovich][1]'s blog is very technical and comes highly recommended. You'll learn a lot about how Windows **actually** works including lots of examples of troubleshooting difficult real world problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mark explores (and solves) lots of problems that many would explain by saying things like 'Windows slows down if you've had it installed for a long time'. Those same people will then tell you that reinstalling / rebooting is the best solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/" />
  <row Id="1140" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="641" RevisionGUID="50a6e5f3-f1ac-40d3-8ca4-a228ddcceef0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:47:40.010" UserId="36" Text="I used to go to [HowtoForge][1] and [Gentoo Wiki Tutorials][2] for help on setting up some configurations - easy, concise, to the point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Ubuntu server guide][3] and [Gentoo handbook][4] however helped in getting a better grasp on how linux works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At least these are the main resources I've used as a developer by day, sysadmin at night.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.howtoforge.com/&#xD;&#xA;[2]: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Index:Tutorials&#xD;&#xA;[3]: http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/serverguide/C/&#xD;&#xA;[4]: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1141" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="642" RevisionGUID="d0f74aed-6e18-458d-982c-6aabb3ac37f2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:47:54.270" UserId="371" Text="The iPhone utilizes standard SMTP/POP3, which neither are secure protocols.  If your SMTP/POP3 servers support SSL, you can enable it on the iPhone.  It'll secure content between your device and server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Blackberry's unique advantage is, when coupled with a Blackberry Enterprise Server, can be completely secure by tunneling internal emails to a mail server on firewalled network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, no matter what you use, if sending to an Internet email address, it leaves the secure network and therefore insecure by default." />
  <row Id="1142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="643" RevisionGUID="62937c88-db91-4c68-9746-ec4297a32b7d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:48:04.190" UserId="533" Text="My company went with Redhat 7.3 when we migrated off of solaris in 2001/2002.  At the time, they had the best support for the hardware we were using (Dell, which we chose because we already had a vendor contract with them from our Windows systems).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When we reached the next decision point, I heavily considered Debian (Ubuntu, which is desktop focused, was not around and would not have been considered if it was).  The problem was,at the time it had been something like 2 years since the last stable release and it was horribly out of date.  Everyone was using the testing trees for production and it felt nasty.  We ended up choosing Red Hat Enterprise Linux, followed shortly by using CentOS when possible and only using RHEL when we had a support contract issue with another vendor (*cough* oracle *cough*) that required a true-blue RHEL install with a support contract.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The big upside for us was the support life cycle - if I install RHEL on a server, I know I'm going to get 5 years of support life cycle, including security bug fixes.  That life cycle gives us warm fuzzies when maintaining the servers." />
  <row Id="1145" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="645" RevisionGUID="f9dddcd6-cf3d-402d-b385-60ec6e77e1ea" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:48:41.037" UserId="273" Text="Not a dup question, but some of it is already here: [Software vs Hardware RAID][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/214/raid-software-vs-hardware" />
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  <row Id="1147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="646" RevisionGUID="f6686057-9efc-47f5-b550-7f90b8de175e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:48:43.847" UserId="514" Text="VMs are great for many development tasks but can you use them to 'manage' desktops? I'm thinking of setting up some systems so that they can only execute a VM at startup. This seems like a good way to control desktops and keep them running clean. Is this true in practice or does it just add a layer of maintenance on top of the underlying OS?" />
  <row Id="1148" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="646" RevisionGUID="f6686057-9efc-47f5-b550-7f90b8de175e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:48:43.847" UserId="514" Text="Are VMs a good way to manage desktops?" />
  <row Id="1149" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="646" RevisionGUID="f6686057-9efc-47f5-b550-7f90b8de175e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:48:43.847" UserId="514" Text="&lt;desktop-management&gt;&lt;vm&gt;" />
  <row Id="1150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="647" RevisionGUID="cbd0afb1-f5a5-42f5-b2cc-257ccc5df463" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:49:08.697" UserId="484" Text="For monitoring statistics (memory usage, load, mysql activity, apache activity, etc.) I use [Munin][1]. Out of the box it already tracks a lot of things and plots graphs for different time intervals (last 24 hours, last 7 days, last month, last year). Through plugins even more things can be monitored. It's output are HTML pages with pretty graphs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Munin has a master/node architecture: nodes gather statistics on a server and the master stores the data and produces HTML and graphs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use [Monit][2] to keep track of running processes and to restart or alert me when certain configureable conditions arise (high cpu load, high memory usage, no HTTP response, etc.) Monit can also monitor more general things about a server, such as cpu load, memory usage, harddisk status or disk usage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Monit needs to be configured for every service or hardware you want to monitor and how to respond when something goes wrong. The most used options are to do nothing, send an alert email or restart the service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Monit is great when it works, but sometimes it fails to start, stop or restart a service and there is not a lot of diagnostic information available to tell you what went wrong. This means you don't know if the problem was with your service or with the Monit configuration, which runs with a cron-like minimal environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both tools are available by default on most Linux distributions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://munin.projects.linpro.no/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://mmonit.com/monit/" />
  <row Id="1151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="648" RevisionGUID="3b19a842-1517-42a9-a90f-c8412fbc5708" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:49:08.697" UserId="202" Text="At what point does a Domain suit a network better than a workgroup?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a threshold below which a domain is simply too much work for benefits gained?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a point after which a workgroup is too hard to manage and a domain is more practical?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What criteria do you use to make this decision?" />
  <row Id="1152" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="648" RevisionGUID="3b19a842-1517-42a9-a90f-c8412fbc5708" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:49:08.697" UserId="202" Text="At what point does a Domain suit a network better thatn a workgroup?" />
  <row Id="1153" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="648" RevisionGUID="3b19a842-1517-42a9-a90f-c8412fbc5708" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:49:08.697" UserId="202" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;domain&gt;&lt;workgroup&gt;&lt;management&gt;" />
  <row Id="1154" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="649" RevisionGUID="b8f76a63-14b5-4552-9175-b80e72eac8f0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:49:21.130" UserId="433" Text="I think there is a remote of several gigs always will be a problem with remote backup providers, so I tend to have them as the last resource.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I mean, the best strategy is having a local backup for common problems (like a crashed HD) and a remote backup for last minute changes and a catastrophic problem (like all your stuff burning, alien invasion, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="650" RevisionGUID="7bb2f630-142d-45d8-9717-16f49edd30e1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:49:38.213" UserId="479" Text=" How are other admins monitoring their servers to detect any unauthorized access and/or hacking attempts? In a larger organization it's easier to throw people at the problem but in a smaller shop how can you effectively monitor your servers? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tend to scan through the server logs looking for anything that jumps out at me, but it's really easy to miss things. In one case we were tipped off by low hard drive space: our server was taken over as an FTP site - they did a great job hiding the files by messing with the FAT table. Unless you knew the specific name of the folder it wouldn't show up in Explorer, from DOS, or when searching for files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What other techniques and/or tools are people using?" />
  <row Id="1156" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="650" RevisionGUID="7bb2f630-142d-45d8-9717-16f49edd30e1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:49:38.213" UserId="479" Text="How can I detect unwanted intrusions on my servers?" />
  <row Id="1157" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="650" RevisionGUID="7bb2f630-142d-45d8-9717-16f49edd30e1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:49:38.213" UserId="479" Text="&lt;hacking&gt;" />
  <row Id="1158" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="628" RevisionGUID="88d5147c-6601-4bb5-9eb2-4ae23fd75da3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:49:38.367" UserId="383" Comment="added 12 characters in body" Text="Filezilla; it's free, easy to set up and manage but very powerful. Ability to use non directory users is a big plus." />
  <row Id="1159" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="651" RevisionGUID="f83e29bf-bfda-471c-a5df-b1692df92f7c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:49:40.350" UserId="428" Text="There usually is a lot to do about the security of servers since a lot of sensitive information is stored there but I think it's more important to make sure the company-laptops (and USB-Sticks) are secure since they're way easier to lose (or steal).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So what I want to know is:&#xD;&#xA;**What does your company do to protect the confidential information on laptops and usb-drives?**" />
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  <row Id="1161" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="651" RevisionGUID="f83e29bf-bfda-471c-a5df-b1692df92f7c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:49:40.350" UserId="428" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;laptop&gt;" />
  <row Id="1162" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="331" RevisionGUID="7583cab6-fbb9-4855-9be2-7795cfcaf933" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:49:46.730" UserId="45" Comment="tags" Text="What do I have to consider when I'm planning a new **server room for a small company** (30 PCs, 5 servers, a couple of switches, routers...)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the most important aspects in order to protect the hardware? What things do *not* belong in a server closet?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Thank you!*" />
  <row Id="1163" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="331" RevisionGUID="7583cab6-fbb9-4855-9be2-7795cfcaf933" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:49:46.730" UserId="45" Comment="tags" Text="&lt;server-room&gt;&lt;risk-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="1164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="652" RevisionGUID="90a4372a-f79b-45b4-b02f-355193215482" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:50:11.317" UserId="468" Text="There are a lot of opinions out there of which hardware vendors are good and which are not. What are the best hardware vendors to trust for company use?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Server-grade**: esp. harddrives and backup solutions&#xD;&#xA;- **Desktop-grade**: any/all components but esp. focused on common desk workers though that are using MS Office, the web, a few internal apps, and little else. Not graphic designers, developers, or power users -- their needs are too specialized for something like this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My company (and I assume we're not unique) focuses on desktops being middle of the road but reliable. Downtime is very very bad -- time is money. Likewise with server grade stuff although they're more willing to spend some real money on quality servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;___&#xD;&#xA;**This is not intended to start a war or be argumentative** If you have real information or experience please share. And please support it with FACTS when possible" />
  <row Id="1165" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="652" RevisionGUID="90a4372a-f79b-45b4-b02f-355193215482" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:50:11.317" UserId="468" Text="Hardware vendors to avoid" />
  <row Id="1166" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="652" RevisionGUID="90a4372a-f79b-45b4-b02f-355193215482" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:50:11.317" UserId="468" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;desktop&gt;" />
  <row Id="1167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="653" RevisionGUID="1530a9ed-4780-43dc-82e4-6879087ed65c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:51:24.573" UserId="247" Text="Definitely yes on file servers; you can then scan the files people store on the server without having to rely on desktop AV (which can fail)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Exchange, I'd advise installing a proper exchange product (Sybari AntiGen was the original; that's now MS ForeFront for Exchange but there's lots of competition now) that will scan the content of the emails; there's little point scanning the file system on an exchange server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AD, I wouldn't bother&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OCS, get the Forefront plug-in if you're connecting to the outside world.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, I don't think there's a one-size-fits-all answer to that question; you need to work out where the risks are.  Generally, apart from a file server, I wouldn't suggest generic file AV on servers; you want something more specific to the role of the server." />
  <row Id="1168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="654" RevisionGUID="95c3e298-1dfc-483a-bb7d-fd472a8589a2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:51:41.373" UserId="282" Text="Ask for relevant:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * **qualifications** - academic (IT Degree, etc.) or profesional (Microsoft, Cisco, A+, ITIL, etc.)&#xD;&#xA; * **experience** - former systems administrations jobs, helpdesk exprience&#xD;&#xA; * **knowledge** - ask some questions that they should know the answer to&#xD;&#xA;  * what steps would you take to resolve...&#xD;&#xA;  * best practices for installing...&#xD;&#xA;  * how would you do..." />
  <row Id="1171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="656" RevisionGUID="98a9da81-bc12-497e-a4a3-ff5fabd23de1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:52:00.780" UserId="546" Text="&lt;http://www.silentpcreview.com&gt; is a site dedicated to building silent PCs." />
  <row Id="1172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="657" RevisionGUID="8d2285fd-af70-4140-8722-e5550b39e20f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:52:10.827" UserId="239" Text="I am running MOSS with SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services in integrated mode. There are a number of reports that are generated and then output emailed through SharePoint's subscriptions. Sporadically all subscriptions will fail to email with the error message of &quot;Failure sending mail: Report Server has encountered a SharePoint error.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can any one shed any light as to why this is occuring and what I can do to prevent it?" />
  <row Id="1173" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="657" RevisionGUID="8d2285fd-af70-4140-8722-e5550b39e20f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:52:10.827" UserId="239" Text="Sharepoint / SSRS subscriptions intermittently not emailing" />
  <row Id="1174" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="657" RevisionGUID="8d2285fd-af70-4140-8722-e5550b39e20f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:52:10.827" UserId="239" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;ssrs&gt;" />
  <row Id="1175" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="658" RevisionGUID="1c92c575-f992-4414-b8d4-16766591b5a9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:52:28.173" UserId="412" Text="&#xD;&#xA;Whole disk PGP encryption" />
  <row Id="1176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="659" RevisionGUID="bd817838-7923-46f5-84c8-e6a60ebff98d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:52:46.660" UserId="495" Text="You can search the event log on remote machines with PowerShell, using `System.Diagnostics.EventLog`. Assuming the event you're looking for is in the System log...  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # get a list of all server names, maybe from AD, we'll assume it's in a variable called $serverlist  &#xD;&#xA;    $eventIdToFind = &quot;1234&quot; # or whatever ID you're looking for&#xD;&#xA;    $logToSearch = &quot;System&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    foreach ($aServer in $serverlist) {  &#xD;&#xA;      $theLog = New-Object System.Diagnostics.EventLog($logToSearch, $aServer)  &#xD;&#xA;      $matchingEventList = $theLog.Entries | where { $_.EventId -eq $eventToFind }&#xD;&#xA;      if ($null -ne $machingEventList -and $matchingEventList.Count -gt 0) {  &#xD;&#xA;        &quot;Event Found on $aServer&quot; # or do something else with it here  &#xD;&#xA;      }  &#xD;&#xA;    }  " />
  <row Id="1180" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="662" RevisionGUID="8636ec8f-48c3-4b6c-8470-a7007790c94d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:53:23.960" UserId="554" Text="We use [TrueCrypt][1]. For laptops we insist on a BIOS password as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.truecrypt.org/" />
  <row Id="1181" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="663" RevisionGUID="ad44e368-ca7e-47fb-874a-56b5b7cccc76" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:53:46.703" UserId="558" Text="true crypt virtual drives. We can manage them by backing up the headers in case the passwd gets lost and since they are easy to use, no problems getting the users to use them. Mind you, we only have 5 ppl" />
  <row Id="1184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="665" RevisionGUID="5a3dcaae-61bd-4622-b276-3a933ef25a43" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:53:50.730" UserId="273" Text="(I'm not the admin of BES, but I'm a BB user)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The BB's are good. I have a BB Bold 9000 and previously an old &quot;Fisher Price&quot; 7320(?) and getting your corporate email directly is neat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BES also allows the admins to set the security policies (password on holstering, 10 wrong passwords and Zap!!).   Having it set up with BES meant the switch over from the old phone to the new was seamless with many of my preferences carried over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BES is (or has been) a bit flakey but seems better now.  If your with a good provider (we use the same chap as sponsors F1 Lewis Hamilton's work car) it seems to work well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;YMMV&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1185" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="666" RevisionGUID="38f248a2-40bf-4812-9964-ae93db3cd573" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:54:22.787" UserId="384" Text="We recently migrated our work environment from a Server 2003 server running Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP to Server 2008.  When we did this, something got messed up and now I can't join a machine to the domain without referencing the fully qualified domain name.  so, where I used to be able to just say that a machine was part of FOO, I now have to FOO.BAR.COM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect DNS is the culprit, but I'm not entirely sure. Any suggestions on correcting my setup is greatly appreciated." />
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  <row Id="1187" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="666" RevisionGUID="38f248a2-40bf-4812-9964-ae93db3cd573" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:54:22.787" UserId="384" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="1188" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="667" RevisionGUID="e7b07335-282e-4133-9dec-baf9d2371ab2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:54:35.407" UserId="463" Text="My internet access from home is only via a web proxy and a tcp-only socks 5 server. (Long story don't ask). I recently got an xbox and would like to access xbox-live. but I need to route the ip traffic. So I need to be able to route tcp and udp packets via some sort of tunnel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can setup a linux firewall on my end, and I have a solaris machine available to me on the internet and I can ssh between them. Can anybody suggest some resources that I might find useful in setting this up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am aware the ping times are likely to be atrocious. I'm interested as much from an intellectual point of view and to allow downloads of updates as I am from multiplayer gaming.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="1190" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="667" RevisionGUID="e7b07335-282e-4133-9dec-baf9d2371ab2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:54:35.407" UserId="463" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;tunneling&gt;&lt;nat&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;" />
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  <row Id="1194" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="366" RevisionGUID="6da0bd56-5a9c-4276-b1b6-b03474c9daea" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:55:02.473" UserId="137" Comment="added 23 characters in body" Text=" - Enough space for expansion&#xD;&#xA; - Plenty of network ports&#xD;&#xA; - Plenty of power sockets&#xD;&#xA; - Should not be on the ground floor (risk of flooding + less secure)&#xD;&#xA; - Fire suppression facilities + smoke alarms&#xD;&#xA; - KVM for remote access&#xD;&#xA; - Telephone (so the operator can call a support line while looking at the hardware)&#xD;&#xA; - Pens + paper&#xD;&#xA; - A label printer - label everything!&#xD;&#xA; - A standard printer (nice to have)&#xD;&#xA; - Spare network and power cables&#xD;&#xA; - Air conditioning (also dehumidifies)&#xD;&#xA; - Good UPS (with automated/controlled shutdown functionality)&#xD;&#xA; - Entrance security (preferably also with logging)&#xD;&#xA; - Whiteboard (nice to have)&#xD;&#xA; - Fireproof safe (for storing backup tapes, passwords and installation media)&#xD;&#xA; - Good server racks - well maintained (cabling)&#xD;&#xA; - Enough space to work comfortably behind the servers&#xD;&#xA; - A table large enough to build/dismantle a server on (plus monitor, keyboard and mouse)&#xD;&#xA; - At least 1 chair&#xD;&#xA; - Tidy patch panel (especially if you patch to PC's and telephones in the office)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="669" RevisionGUID="a7f702e2-ba10-40ae-82c7-d7426d07220b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:55:13.003" UserId="438" Text="we are moving our 400+ gig db to a san from an attached raid controlled vault.  NAS may not be able to do the throughput you need depending on the hardware." />
  <row Id="1196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="670" RevisionGUID="111c40b0-f650-4107-baac-6146b2b28cf3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:55:34.377" UserId="247" Text="Somewhere between five and ten users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to change your password in a workgroup, you have to change it on every computer.  That's a pain in the [expletive deleted].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Domains solve this.  Small Business Server is pretty cheap for what it is, and that starts at five users, which is where I came in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SBS is fantastic if you've got 5-75 Windows desktops.  Really.  Get it." />
  <row Id="1197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="671" RevisionGUID="91b7d421-88ba-45f0-8d61-e8cdb984469a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:55:43.097" UserId="524" Text="Both seem to work just fine, but using export will ensure the variable is available to subshells and other programs. To test this out try this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add these two lines to your .bashrc file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    TESTVAR=&quot;no export&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    export MYTESTVAR=&quot;with export&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then open a new shell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running `echo $TESTVAR` and `echo $MYTESTVAR` will show the contents of each variable. Now inside that same shell remove those two lines from your .bashrc file and run `bash` to start a subshell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running `echo $TESTVAR` will have an empty output, but running `echo $MYTESTVAR` will display &quot;with export&quot;" />
  <row Id="1198" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="672" RevisionGUID="95ee3e6a-92a7-43e3-bf7c-083a6e33b44f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:55:43.830" UserId="273" Text="Does anyone know how you TEST if your IIS6 server is sending zipped content?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a &quot;test your website&quot; site out there that can tell you??" />
  <row Id="1199" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="514" RevisionGUID="f64d6b5f-6b3c-496f-ae96-963e09fb5c83" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:56:06.620" UserId="315" Comment="added 34 characters in body" Text="Getting the hardware in the mail any day. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hardware related to my question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; x10 15.5k RPM SAS Segate Cheetah's&#xD;&#xA;  x2 Adaptec 5405 PCIe Raid cards&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Motherboard has integrated SAS raid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Was thinking I would build 2 RAID 10 arrays one for data and one for logs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The remaining 2 drives a RAID 0 for TempDB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will probably throw in a drive for OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does putting the Sql Server application / exe's on a raid make a difference and is there any impact of leaving the OS on a relatively slow disk compared to the raid arrays?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have 5/6 DBs combined &lt; 50 gigs. With a relatively good / constant load. Estimating 60-7% reads vs writes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Planning on using log shipping as well if that matters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any advice or suggestions? " />
  <row Id="1200" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="673" RevisionGUID="305f3fbb-87e5-4bd3-a906-9d323634d460" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:56:26.667" UserId="546" Text="I use [Pingdom][1] for monitoring my server. It sends me an SMS message when the server is unreachable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pingdom.com&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="675" RevisionGUID="23fda555-59f7-4c63-812f-26b63d203e65" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:57:13.297" UserId="247" Text="Either (a) you need WINS or (b) your DHCP needs to set the DNS suffix to the domain name." />
  <row Id="1204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="676" RevisionGUID="b16a434d-fd85-422c-bd4a-1b919dd7d22a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:57:17.007" UserId="241" Text="Doing &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    VAR=value&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;only sets the variable for the duration of the script (.bashrc in this case). Child processes (if any) of the script won't have VAR defined, and once the script exits VAR is gone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    export VAR=value&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;explicitly adds VAR to the list of variables that are passed to child processes. Want to try it? Open a shell, do &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PS1=&quot;foo &gt; &quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and then something like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    bash --norc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The new shell gets the default prompt. If instead you do something like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    export PS1=&quot;foo &gt; &quot;&#xD;&#xA;    bash --norc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the new shell gets the prompt you just set." />
  <row Id="1205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="677" RevisionGUID="ad1e2b75-cabd-49ae-a4b8-c7b7d3cc0d41" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:57:44.900" UserId="479" Text=" I've used a product called [SafeGuard Easy from Utimaco][1]. You couldn't boot the laptop w/o first entering a password. It also encrypted the entire drive. If someone tried hacking the password it progressively increased the timeout between attempts (something like 3X the timeout each attempt, so it would have a crazy-long delay even after only a few incorrect attempts). It had some nice tools for remotely allowing a log-in if someone got locked out via a generated key and it let you set an expiration policy on users. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They had some command line tools so you could push down these changes inside of a config file, which was nice since we could automate that through the primary application they ran on the notebook. If the notebook went missing we knew the user/password would be expiring within a week (even if they knew the password) they'd eventually be locked out. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://go.utimaco.com/" />
  <row Id="1206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="678" RevisionGUID="6c7c4532-3631-4261-83b8-6874e8533db5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:57:47.273" UserId="465" Text="Whole disk encryption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are quite a few methods for doing this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've personally used truecrypt, but there are many more options on this [wikipedia page][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_disk_encryption_software" />
  <row Id="1207" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="679" RevisionGUID="f9f4295b-129e-43de-8628-70e80b6f9652" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:57:47.973" UserId="546" Text="I use Amazon's S3 through JungleDisk, and restoring takes a long time. If you plan on storing more than a few GB of data, you will need to take into account the amount of time it will take to download this data back again when you restore. If you are looking at a substantial amount of data, this restore time is very non-trivial." />
  <row Id="1208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="680" RevisionGUID="af5ed321-ff02-44d7-80a2-6f05b0303c8b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:58:19.207" UserId="247" Text="I think there's a big advantage in that you can have a standard image that's hardware-independent." />
  <row Id="1211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="682" RevisionGUID="fca1fe8d-e364-4c67-bb2f-4381f4d7ab24" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:59:16.113" UserId="282" Text="Yes, although for the most part they are configured to scan for viruses overnight with real-time file protection disabled, the exceptions are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * **File servers** - Set to scan on write only. Full nightly scan.&#xD;&#xA; * **Sharepoint** - No current anti-virus, waiting on Sophos for SharePoint to come out of beta.&#xD;&#xA; * **Exchange** - Exchange specific anti-virus soloution. Overnight scans exclude data stores.&#xD;&#xA; * **Application Servers** - SQL Data stores excluded from overnight scans.&#xD;&#xA; * **AD/DC/DHCP** - Overnight scan set to exclude service specific data files and logs&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1212" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="683" RevisionGUID="093174fb-7c42-4870-8917-7ed6b83b85ef" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:59:16.783" UserId="564" Text="Automate everything you can ... take a look at projects like OSSEC http://www.ossec.net/ Client/server install ... really easy setup and the tuning isn't bad either.  Easy way to tell if something has been changed including registry entries.  Even in a small shop I would look at setting up a syslog server so you can digest all of you logs in one place. Check out syslog agent http://syslogserver.com/syslogagent.html if you are only looking to send your windows logs to a syslog server for analysis." />
  <row Id="1216" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="591" RevisionGUID="202b8122-bd06-4694-8783-5f7db78251ba" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:59:27.813" UserId="367" Comment="added 19 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="I have to install a new Server with SQL Server 2008, What do you recommend, One server with Raid 10 or the Files in a NAS?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What about iSCSI should I use it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What about SAN?" />
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  <row Id="1218" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="591" RevisionGUID="202b8122-bd06-4694-8783-5f7db78251ba" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:59:27.813" UserId="367" Comment="added 19 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;nas&gt;&lt;iscsi&gt;&lt;server-configuration&gt;&lt;san&gt;" />
  <row Id="1219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="685" RevisionGUID="0d4361ba-ac21-4fee-a2df-b08138158529" CreationDate="2009-04-30T12:59:31.527" UserId="218" Text="&quot;I don't get any sound from my computer.&quot; The dude had it on mute and he was checking the physical connection :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My friend who's an IT admin took me to his desk, showed me how lame programmers are and then fixed it. We always have &quot;Programmer vs Sys. Admin&quot; fights. This was one of them where I lost :(" />
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  <row Id="1221" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="479" RevisionGUID="aa23b3c6-1fa5-4919-81d2-165884853d7e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:00:05.923" UserId="411" Comment="added more detail about my particular situation in migration from MySQL" Text="What is the best method or tool to migrate a database from MySQL to Microsoft SQL Server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My database is MySQL 5.0.27 and has 74 tables and 41 stored procedures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The current site is ASP/VBscript and uses dynamic SQL statements in the code. The stored procedures are mostly used in the mysql admin to manage specific tasks. It would be great to have the stored procedures be converted but I'm not that hopeful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have two goals:&#xD;&#xA;1) Migrate the database from MySQL to SQL Server&#xD;&#xA;2) Convert MySQL SQL statements in VBScript to SQL Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a lot of datetime columns in the database and I expect to have a lot of problems with those during the conversion process." />
  <row Id="1222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="686" RevisionGUID="af6b3331-fe8e-46f2-b651-f20814ee392a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:00:24.410" UserId="499" Text="Nginx is great, but if you want to stick with Apache, it's possible to slim it down quite a bit from the default settings:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Use the worker MPM rather than prefork (with worker MPM Apache no longer has a &quot;process per connection&quot; model).&#xD;&#xA;- Look at all the shared modules you're loading, get rid of any that you don't need.&#xD;&#xA;- Avoid embedding application servers inside Apache (i.e. mod_python, mod_php, etc) if you can avoid it.  Instead, run application servers in a separate process and have Apache proxy to them (i.e. for Python code use mod_wsgi in daemon mode).  This way your Apache threads that are simply serving static content won't be unnecessarily bloated.&#xD;&#xA;- In your Apache config, reduce the StartServers, MaxClients, MinSpareThreads, and MaxSpareThreads settings.  Depending on your expected load you can sometimes reduce them by a factor of five or more from the default settings.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1223" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="687" RevisionGUID="80e8577a-46be-4ecf-a3fb-eb20e114dbaa" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:00:49.120" UserId="511" Text="A very long time ago, I had to build a LAN for a bunch of laptops, in a couple of tents. We ended up bringing a bunch of generators, stringing about 2 miles of networking and power cables, and generally having very little fun - mostly trying to keep alive a wireless radio link to the Internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fast forward to *now*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm worried that I'll be forced to set up another LAN in the woods. But I was thinking that perhaps since laptops have longer lives, and what with WiFi - I might be able to dispense with most of the cabling, maybe just set up *one* generator, which would mainly serve to power the router I'll have hooked up to a cellular link.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone else done something like this? Ideas? Advice?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to get rid of the generator entirely (it's the most expensive item I'll need to rent), but I don't think I can. Is there a way?" />
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  <row Id="1225" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="687" RevisionGUID="80e8577a-46be-4ecf-a3fb-eb20e114dbaa" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:00:49.120" UserId="511" Text="&lt;lan&gt;&lt;wifi&gt;" />
  <row Id="1226" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="688" RevisionGUID="2cf56e2c-d7f4-4b84-a89d-cefd87e2ffbb" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:01:57.980" UserId="570" Text="Ubuntu is based off Debian and I've found the [Securing Debian Manual ][1] to be very useful in Debian-based distributions in completely walking you through your system and checking every part. It's basically a really, really comprehensive answer to your question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/" />
  <row Id="1227" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="689" RevisionGUID="3d3e69f8-509c-42df-923c-396bd15dd120" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:02:12.427" UserId="413" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/vpn.asp&quot;&gt;Hamachi&lt;/a&gt; is the only managed VPN service that I'm aware of- but it won't work with an Iphone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd suggest using locked-down IP addresses as well as a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.portknocking.org/&quot;&gt;port-knocking implementation&lt;/a&gt; that starts an SSH daemon running on a non-standard port, configured for non-standard access." />
  <row Id="1228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="690" RevisionGUID="f3ca5f32-2400-4e7e-9271-951b5527d7ff" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:02:50.410" UserId="479" Text="The two biggies are [Filezilla][1] (free) and [Serv-U][2]. I've had really good luck with both of them. Serv-U has gotten progressively more expensive over the years. I seem to remember it being really cheap at some point. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://filezilla-project.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.serv-u.com" />
  <row Id="1229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="691" RevisionGUID="ed285020-b8f9-4ad1-aa75-20fefcb687b2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:03:10.537" UserId="383" Text="Car battery(s) and an invertor. This would depend on how long you would need the network for against how many batteries you could procure." />
  <row Id="1230" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="573" RevisionGUID="1b4f4d28-ffdd-42fd-8de4-5ff1b6586d1a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:03:27.990" UserId="483" Comment="added 117 characters in body" Text="Over the past few days I have had this strange idea in my head to own and operate an internet cafe and gaming center. This is not aimed to be a post discussing the pros and cons of the business or anything like that. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I am actually interested in learning from the community is if YOU were planning the infrastructure, how would YOU do it? This includes computer hardware, monitors, network hardware, and possibly floor planning as well. Floor planning could also involve non-hardware layout such as extra furniture if you wanted to set up a WiFi lounge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To make it more fun, I will list a series of options so that you could choose a specific &quot;path&quot; to take in your planning of your own internet-cafe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Simple Internet Cafe  &#xD;&#xA; - Internet Cafe    and Gaming Center&#xD;&#xA;   (PC only)  &#xD;&#xA; - Internet    Cafe and    Gaming Center&#xD;&#xA;   (PC + Console)       &#xD;&#xA; - Internet Cafe    and Lounge  &#xD;&#xA; - Gaming      Center and    Lounge&#xD;&#xA; - Custom Style (Whatever you want)" />
  <row Id="1233" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="672" RevisionGUID="4bb2b346-af27-4aa7-8c63-3fa7929a169a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:04:11.423" UserId="273" Comment="added 68 characters in body" Text="Does anyone know how you TEST if your IIS6 server is sending zipped content?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a &quot;test your website&quot; site out there that can tell you??&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you use Firefox to tell you (firebug or some other plug in?)" />
  <row Id="1234" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="527" RevisionGUID="c816ed6c-8eb8-4d12-b706-53f892bb7c25" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:04:31.373" UserId="371" Comment="Typo'd RAID level" Text="I need a NAS device for my home network to get these high value files off my laptop (family photos, music, coding projects, etc.).  My goal is cheap and reliable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a spare old PC laying around that I plan to install FreeNAS and plug in some SATA drives.  It's a Gateway P3-500, 512MB RAM with 2 available internal drive bays&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I need is data redundancy, so I don't lose everything if a single drive fails.  I am considering buying a PCI SATA controller and 2 SATA drives, then configure as software RAID 1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to access files using Windows shares, because it's simplest.  FreeNAS provides other Unix-y protocols for my Ubuntu desktop, which is a plus.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should I go with FreeNAS or are there better hardware/software solutions?" />
  <row Id="1235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="693" RevisionGUID="14e83f79-c13b-46a1-9ab5-a44b31060b74" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:04:47.660" UserId="433" Text="   1. Create a new user account with non-Administrator privileges, and log in as that user&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. Turn off Windows Defender&#xD;&#xA;   2. Turn off Windows Firewall&#xD;&#xA;   3. Disable System Protection&#xD;&#xA;   4. Disable UAC &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;from [CodingHorror.com][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000803.html" />
  <row Id="1236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="694" RevisionGUID="1a3a6749-0fcc-4b28-9461-920fe0964267" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:05:08.923" UserId="510" Text="I used to use VNC single-click and variants thereof, but the presentation and execution was a little rough around the edges. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lately I've found &quot;GoToAssist Express&quot; to work like a charm - easy, clean, professional install for the user's end (which is especially helpful for making a good impression on people outside your own organization) and it works on pretty much every Windows version (and it also works for Macs!). It also has &quot;unattended&quot; support, which is sort of like Remote Desktop or GoToMyPC. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Advantages:** works really, really well under lots of different PC/Mac configurations; really fast, useful features for remote tech support (file transfer, diagnostic info, reboot &amp; reconnect, multi-monitor support, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Disadvantages:** no Linux support (that I know of... yet) and of course, you have to pay for it... ;-)" />
  <row Id="1239" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="696" RevisionGUID="66ca1c27-2ced-4152-8aea-66e4824855be" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:06:16.223" UserId="581" Text="I was able to migrate a Debian Etch/Xen 3.0 server to Lenny/Xen 3.2 using dist-upgrade. All apt-get did was download the appropriate packages and install them. After making sure the grub config is correct and will be booting 3.2 all of my paravirtual machines booted up. All of the PV machines are Gentoo so I can't comment on the client upgrade for Debian but it shouldn't be that difficult. I did have some issues with an HVM machine and had to rebuild it." />
  <row Id="1240" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="96" RevisionGUID="58066f86-f189-4171-9ba5-b7f569aa99b0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:06:31.917" UserId="103" Comment="added 21 characters in body; edited tags" Text="Very simply what software KVM's would you recommend for using on Windows?&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="1245" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="699" RevisionGUID="51673400-a0b4-41c4-8ee1-1f9cca753b1e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:06:58.343" UserId="563" Text="I work in a tiny two-person software company. The other employee is literally half a world away. I'd like to set up our single Windows server to provide all the services we'll need to run our domain. Here's what we have configured so far:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Dell PowerEdge 2900&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise SP2&#xD;&#xA; - Active Directory (domain controller)&#xD;&#xA; - DNS Server&#xD;&#xA; - IIS &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My challenge is to set up a VPN that would allow the remote worker to sign into the domain. What's the easiest/best way to do this? " />
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  <row Id="1249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="701" RevisionGUID="490762da-baf4-402c-8f01-2bbc75cbea98" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:07:10.777" UserId="526" Text="We have to do a lot of SharePoint testing.  It would be nice to be able to click a button and deploy a new virtual machine configured as a single server farm.  Does anybody have a way to do this with VMWare ESX?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can't just copy the virtual hard drive and rename the server--SharePoint does not really like being renamed.  Is there a way to script the entire build of the server?" />
  <row Id="1250" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="701" RevisionGUID="490762da-baf4-402c-8f01-2bbc75cbea98" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:07:10.777" UserId="526" Text="Create SharePoint server template using VMWare ESX?" />
  <row Id="1251" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="701" RevisionGUID="490762da-baf4-402c-8f01-2bbc75cbea98" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:07:10.777" UserId="526" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="1252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="702" RevisionGUID="05a29a0d-c3a8-40c9-ac0d-1e0edf5686bf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:07:38.683" UserId="175" Text="I use http://mon.itor.us/ (but it is down at the moment). " />
  <row Id="1253" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="591" RevisionGUID="df042b78-a542-4c57-b2e9-006b99dd176e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:08:12.880" UserId="367" Comment="added 63 characters in body" Text="I have to install a new Server with SQL Server 2008, What do you recommend, One server with Raid 10 or the Files in a NAS?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What about iSCSI should I use it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What about SAN?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The server has 4Gb of RAM and that database file is about 2GB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To make my self clear today the server has no RAID, I have to implement some kind of strategy so  if something happend I can have my files safe, so What should I choose Local Files, NAS, SAN? What  option has the most performance, what is the more secure?" />
  <row Id="1254" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="703" RevisionGUID="041e7248-5683-4022-aec8-170c63683f27" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:08:19.570" UserId="576" Text="Just for completeness - I made good experiences using [TightVNC][1]. It's free, lightweight and available for Windows and Unix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tightvnc.com/" />
  <row Id="1255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="704" RevisionGUID="23d0923a-5e71-455c-bc1f-e60d0e66efb6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:08:21.677" UserId="564" Text="I think having everyone run a standard image sounds good in the beginning but it doesn't really buy you any more than installing from a standard image.   Using a product like ghost seems like it would do just as much for you with out the added hassle of managing a VM environment on every machine" />
  <row Id="1256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="705" RevisionGUID="9f3a5b0d-a941-4dba-a93e-0c37fa8391ec" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:08:28.587" UserId="543" Text="For simple syncing between multiple computers, I used to use FolderShare, which is now [Windows Live Sync][1].  Works over a local network or the Internet, but is limited to 20,000 files per &quot;library&quot;.  It's free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm now using [SugarSync][2], which also syncs multiple computers but in addition maintains copies of all files on their servers as well for backup and/or for accessing the files from a non-synced machine.  They've got a 45-day free trial but after that you pay based on how many gigs you're syncing.  I'm on the $100/year 60GB plan.  Because all files are necessarily synced to the cloud, it's not nearly as speedy as Live Sync if all your synced machines are on the same local network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.foldershare.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sugarsync.com" />
  <row Id="1257" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="691" RevisionGUID="9aefeae6-62f9-4e8b-b0e4-cae556b52c28" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:08:32.677" UserId="383" Comment="deleted 6 characters in body" Text="Car battery(s) and an invertor. This would depend on how long the network was required for and how many batteries you could procure." />
  <row Id="1258" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="706" RevisionGUID="57b74cc7-7097-4647-a1fa-372cf4c2d6e7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:08:43.657" UserId="536" Text="I think that not every sysadmin is good at persuading people to do things, tinkering with servers and networks is a very different skill set from those needed to persuade people of things. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is lots of [information][1] out there about this, it is soft skill. Some of it is innate, but you can learn techniques to help you be more persuasive. Unfortunately not everybody accepts a well thought out logical argument, in fact sometimes this can hinder you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://changingminds.org/techniques/general/general.htm" />
  <row Id="1259" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="707" RevisionGUID="cd0bd3a7-f0b9-4ef4-80cc-339b4269ca88" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:09:00.863" UserId="565" Text="Freeplay Energy sells a product called the [Weza][1] which is a foot powered charger with battery. It has a 12v adapter that you might be able to plug into with a converter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure about Windows but if you use a Mac you can get a 3G connection and then use Network Sharing through WiFi to create an AdHoc network. This is how we do roaming demos sites. We use one Mac as the 3G up-link machine and the others connect to it over WiFi.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freeplayenergy.com/product/weza" />
  <row Id="1260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="708" RevisionGUID="d0427b79-c70c-4190-b657-c659d3050bd2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:09:35.810" UserId="593" Text="I also use a &quot;homegrown&quot; Linux based file storage server based on Gentoo- I also used a laptop CPU to reduce the amount of electricity it requires.  Software RAID 5 saved me early on when a flaky SATA cable helped to trash the data on one of the disks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also consider using something like rsnapshot, which makes periodic backups of your data.  That will help prevent damage caused by wayward rm commands, and the like." />
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  <row Id="1265" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="711" RevisionGUID="d5920220-ffcc-4900-9fc0-4eed9e3114e8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:12:42.853" UserId="593" Text="Tomato is pretty much &quot;fire and forget&quot;.  The bandwidth graphs are nice, and it's really quite easy to configure.  It lets you ssh in, if you want to fiddle with low level settings, but ever since I set it up, I don't think I've ever went back into the UI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It just works, and works well." />
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  <row Id="1270" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="714" RevisionGUID="3b2dc34c-f245-43a4-83f2-200e25d099c6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:13:38.420" UserId="601" Text="Me: Type A:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Customer: How do you spell that?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Me: The letter A, then the colon symbol&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Customer: ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Me: It's next to the L&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Customer: which side?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="1272" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="715" RevisionGUID="cd339d8a-7782-443f-9e38-47e6ea86153e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:13:44.630" UserId="76" Text="For SharePoint, I'd add ForeFront Security for SharePoint. You certainly want AV for documents uploaded to SharePoint." />
  <row Id="1273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="716" RevisionGUID="8df07912-3657-4cee-b46e-643e53e54194" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:13:49.963" UserId="510" Text="I don't think you can pin down a single &quot;point&quot; where it suddenly becomes better to use a domain vs. a workgroup. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, I generally consider *around* 5 computers to be the max size for a workgroup. Any larger than that, and domains start to have some attractive advantages that make it worth the effort.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some criteria that might suggest a domain is the right choice:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You need a central location for sharing files/enforcing permissions&#xD;&#xA; - You have users that change passwords or even users that come and go (e.g., new employees)&#xD;&#xA; - You have users that aren't good at &quot;managing&quot; their own computers (i.e., they don't install updates, don't know not to run suspicious attachments, etc.) and so need the &quot;structure&quot; and security that you can get from a domain&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Update Services is *really nice* once you get it up &amp; running, and ensures that computers are up-to-date.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some factors that make a domain impossible of course:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You have a bunch of &quot;home&quot; type computers (e.g., running &quot;Home&quot; versions of Windows and therefore can't join a domain). (You could replace the OS of course, but I'm assuming that if you're using &quot;home&quot; machines, you might not have access to or the budget for the &quot;pro&quot; versions of the OS)&#xD;&#xA; - You don't have a server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Like so many things, the choice of whether to set up a simple workgroup or a domain is a very personal, subjective one... anyway, these are some of the things that guide my decision when I have to make that choice. Hopefully they will help you as well." />
  <row Id="1274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="717" RevisionGUID="09623c4a-0310-44b0-9143-d50a40501238" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:13:52.880" UserId="564" Text="Buy a simple hardware firewall that supports vpn.  You will be much happier in the long run.  You can even use a cheap linksys router and DD-WRT with openvpn enabled to do the job." />
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  <row Id="1281" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="720" RevisionGUID="2c96f2d9-a143-4aa2-9d13-6dba17a32baf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:14:39.290" UserId="598" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="1282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="721" RevisionGUID="73851f85-f048-4d8b-af0a-f68520464b73" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:14:51.427" UserId="563" Text="The Computer Repair Utility Kit that Technibble put together has most of the essential tools you'd need. It's been designed so that the tools can run from a USB drive. Unfortunately, they no longer distribute the toolkit themselves, but you can probably find a copy elsewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.technibble.com/computer-repair-utility-kit/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Technibble also has lots of reviews of sysadmin tools. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.technibble.com/categories/computer-repair-tools/" />
  <row Id="1283" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="722" RevisionGUID="480f9d5b-c2a1-45ef-a091-cec6de1e8de5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:15:48.850" UserId="428" Text="There are a lot of mail servers out there, Exchange is pretty popular for Windows but I've been using [Kerio Mailserver][1] for a long time now and am still wondering if there aren't any better solutions. So therefore I ask you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Which mail-server do you use, and why?**  &#xD;&#xA;What feature make a specific mail-server 'stand out'?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_Both *NIX and Windows applications are welcome._&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.kerio.com/kms/" />
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  <row Id="1289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="724" RevisionGUID="496d14e6-9d3d-47f4-b77f-313b1fb92f55" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:16:12.487" UserId="371" Text="VM desktops are great for uncommonly used workstations.  In our QA environment, the testers can utilize VMs each with different OS/software combinations.  This is much simpler than maintaining a room full of physical desktops.  You also have the added capability of snapshotting before installing new software to test.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="727" RevisionGUID="009b1675-e63e-4398-b85a-52ddfec226fc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:16:37.367" UserId="591" Text="On my work laptop I have a local admin account that is in both the administrator group and the backup operators group.  This the account cannot install windows updates or change the time.  I've asked my help desk but they are baffled. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WinXP pro.&#xD;&#xA;joined to domain but logon locally because I'm remote." />
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  <row Id="1297" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="728" RevisionGUID="e56871ac-e7a7-4ff8-bc04-710ab2b33109" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:16:54.807" UserId="158" Text="I have a linux machine and two windows machines that I need to be backed up.  I have two 500GB external hard drives formatted to an ext3 file system and have the linux machine run a script that mounts the drive, runs [rsnapshot][1], and unmounts the drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rsnapshot is basically a smart way of using rsync to do efficient backups.  I have an rsync daemon running as a service on each of the windows machines (thanks to [cygwin][2]) and the rsnapshot process on the linux box connects to that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could probably do the same thing using a windows machine as the backup device (rsnapshot is available via cygwin) however rsnapshot makes heavy use of hard links, which is something I'm not confident of with an NTFS file system. YMMV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rsnapshot.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.cygwin.com/" />
  <row Id="1298" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="729" RevisionGUID="40e3437b-f066-4767-86f5-bbd033279078" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:16:55.870" UserId="536" Text="If you have line of site you can go quite a long way with standard wifi equipment. Look at what [these guys][1] have done as an example. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nepalwireless.net/people.php" />
  <row Id="1299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="730" RevisionGUID="8082c84c-d0b5-48bc-a7eb-addbe36b689a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:16:58.490" UserDisplayName="please delete me" Text="&gt; Could you please give my the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;Netzwerkumgebung&quot; (Network) on a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; floppy disk? I recently deleted it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;He meant the desktop icon on Windows XP..." />
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  <row Id="1303" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="676" RevisionGUID="38500c70-9f8b-47e2-9065-23383b11fdd8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:17:51.093" UserId="241" Comment="minor editing" Text="Doing &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    VAR=value&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;only sets the variable for the duration of the script (.bashrc in this case). Child processes (if any) of the script won't have VAR defined, and once the script exits VAR is gone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    export VAR=value&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;explicitly adds VAR to the list of variables that are passed to child processes. Want to try it? Open a shell, do &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PS1=&quot;foo &gt; &quot;&#xD;&#xA;    bash --norc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The new shell gets the default prompt. If instead you do something like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    export PS1=&quot;foo &gt; &quot;&#xD;&#xA;    bash --norc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the new shell gets the prompt you just set." />
  <row Id="1304" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="349" RevisionGUID="ec456326-9320-46ba-8951-9d04ffd6fb1c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:19:01.090" UserId="306" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;off-topic&gt;&lt;humor&gt;&lt;fun&gt;&lt;lusers&gt;&lt;alt.sysadmin.recovery&gt;" />
  <row Id="1305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="732" RevisionGUID="03e1c2a4-7c14-4ec9-baad-645f8929eadf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:19:17.407" UserId="564" Text="This question is really pretty vague.   You really need to specify more about the environment you are running.  That will really determine how hard/easy this is and what the right time to switch is" />
  <row Id="1306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="733" RevisionGUID="756a05c2-5c91-424c-a4cb-9a2699e59735" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:19:44.753" UserId="601" Text="I've never had good luck with Lexmark Printers.  Where I used to work we had nearly a dozen models that got returned or repaired with high frequency.  Luckily in those days most users were still used to generally crappy reliability from their hardware so not every printer had to be returned.  At the time Epson and HP had much better products in terms of reliability." />
  <row Id="1307" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="734" RevisionGUID="c3cdb4f8-b5f9-4c2f-ba27-54fd39f6b2cf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:20:26.470" UserId="616" Text="I've restored (successfully) from Carbonite when my hard disk expired. Several Gb restored entirely successfully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I re-installed Carbonite, which was a mistake, I should have invoked a restore directly, apparently. Their support people swiftly sorted me out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd recommend them.  Note they did lose some customers' data, due to problems with their RAID systems. They're now suing the manufacturer of that RAID system,  I believe." />
  <row Id="1309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="735" RevisionGUID="b4d98f40-65b4-4153-96f6-c978a15781d8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:20:29.010" UserId="564" Text="Amazon  ...  Their services have continued to grow and get better" />
  <row Id="1310" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="736" RevisionGUID="2edf89e4-efca-4a68-92a9-341bcfd232be" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:20:33.363" UserId="428" Text="I don't have a Windows XP machine by hand but I'd figure it's in:  &#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;Control Panel -&gt; Add or Remove Programs -&gt; Add/Remove Windows Components&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that doesn't work try the following:  &#xD;&#xA;Use Windows Explorer to go to:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;%systemroot%\inf&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Find a file named **moviemk.inf** and use the right-mouse button on it. In the context menu choose: **Install**" />
  <row Id="1311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="737" RevisionGUID="ed037ab8-6b1a-480b-84dd-071622728dae" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:20:43.037" UserId="592" Text="I have one machine setup with the apps I need, and I'd like to install the same on a new ubuntu box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a script that will list all the installed apps, so that I can diff between the boxes and so add the missing items?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance,&#xD;&#xA;Chris" />
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  <row Id="1315" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="720" RevisionGUID="032b2f64-f73e-4790-b922-a857e2219ad4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:21:17.450" UserId="598" Comment="edited title" Text="What is your list of programs to install to Windows after a fresh install?" />
  <row Id="1316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="738" RevisionGUID="e74bfc32-4af1-4aad-8f1f-3589188ffda2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:21:52.050" UserId="613" Text="You need to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  1. set up the wireless interface&#xD;&#xA;  2. start serving DHCP out over the wireless interface&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and then you're mostly done.  Note that while step 2 is fairly straightforward using dnsmasq, the difficult of step 1 can vary from 'trivial' to 'you need to reverse engineer the wireless drivers'. Giving you more instructions at the moment requires more info (model number &amp; rev) of the Linksys router in question.  There's a [DD-WRT table of supported hardware][1] that can probably help you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and all this is presuming that your definition of 'access point' is something like 'a way to connect a machine with a wireless ethernet card to the network' as opposed to some kind of walled garden setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv3/dd-wrt/hardware.html" />
  <row Id="1317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="739" RevisionGUID="11673a04-802e-4cd2-b24a-6027dc10a605" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:22:11.380" UserId="564" Text="Postfix ... and for the why http://www.redhat.com/support/resources/howto/RH-postfix-HOWTO/c49.html" />
  <row Id="1318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="740" RevisionGUID="215392ff-99bd-4e70-922b-033461621aa9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:22:34.263" UserId="371" Text="Local or SAN is the only way to maintain performance.  In some cases, SAN can be faster than local disk because of larger write cache and parallel disk throughput configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Avoid doing any high performance file I/O over windows shares.  There's a large amount of protocol overhead that will slow down throughput dramatically.  For example, years ago I've measured a large file transfer over a WAN was ~50% faster using FTP over Windows shares." />
  <row Id="1319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="741" RevisionGUID="2e4c3dd9-6326-4a29-8a13-e1b72312c3b8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:23:47.803" UserId="626" Text="Please provide your tips and best practices for virtualizing SQL Server in VMWare ESX&#xD;&#xA;I am interested in advanced configurations and settings. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please provide reasoning behind your recommendations&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="1322" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="742" RevisionGUID="846ffde5-9a92-48c8-9029-9a0b7e641548" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:23:51.983" UserId="385" Text="Talk to the folks who administer your group policies. Both of those can be locked down via GPOs. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1323" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="691" RevisionGUID="50f2ca73-4022-4665-9cd6-27e78cfa8688" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:24:08.363" UserId="383" Comment="added 72 characters in body" Text="Car battery(s) and an inverter. This would depend on how long the network was required for and how many batteries you could procure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a description of an inverter look at [Wikipedia][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just think of it as a big home brewed UPS (but a damn site cheaper).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverter_(electrical)" />
  <row Id="1324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="743" RevisionGUID="edc256e6-058a-41e6-8b5c-a0d91ca368cf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:24:22.607" UserId="372" Text="I rent some Linux servers and the hosting company provides a set of eight DNS resolvers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The response speed varies from resolver to resolver and I periodically modify `/etc/resolv.conf` to get the best performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On two occasions I found one of my public websites was taking far too long to load and this was, in part, related to it depending on backend web services that were taking around 15s to resolve a domain to an IP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To ensure the most responsive resolvers are always specified, I'd like to automate the process of modifying `/etc/resolv.conf`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can script it if need be, however that would inevitably feature an obscure bug and I want to minimise the risk of an automated process making a mess of `/etc/resolv.conf`. Any pre-existing solution that has been tested for a long time and shown to be stable will be more reliable than my own solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm interested in knowing if anyone has tackled this type of problem before and whether there are any stable scripts/processes/methods for handling this." />
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  <row Id="1326" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="743" RevisionGUID="edc256e6-058a-41e6-8b5c-a0d91ca368cf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:24:22.607" UserId="372" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;resolvers&gt;&lt;resolv.conf&gt;" />
  <row Id="1328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="745" RevisionGUID="7b8c55a6-e882-4e19-b5b7-f9fe7429e86b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:24:30.610" UserId="533" Text="My company uses Exchange for collaboration, but I made them use [Exim][1] for the gateways.  Exim is the most flexible mail server I've ever seen and is a joy to use and I couldn't imagine trying to do some of the things I'm asked to do with only Exchange (domain filtering based on regexp, normalizing domains so that our users in exchange only have one domain and our 20 public domains still work, handling the fact that at the moment a given lp@domain can exist in three different platforms (legacy-linux, Lotus, and Exchange), etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.exim.org/" />
  <row Id="1330" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="747" RevisionGUID="be1e2248-38bb-4b7f-818f-78f8e796ad02" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:25:27.470" UserId="623" Text="For configuration files, there is something to be said for keeping them under source control, and I tend to keep a paper log for each machine describing major configuration decisions (but then I rarely support more than one &quot;server&quot; at  time, so that not much burden)." />
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  <row Id="1332" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="748" RevisionGUID="0acb28d1-907d-477e-8afd-010aaa62566f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:25:31.510" UserId="259" Text="AV and a decent web browser on every computer, all the rest depends on why it is being used for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For home use: video player, music player and some office suite is usually all that is *really* needed." />
  <row Id="1333" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="736" RevisionGUID="10439018-a915-47ef-b012-3b366e1beeb6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:26:12.290" UserId="428" Comment="tag wrong" Text="I don't have a Windows XP machine by hand but I'd figure it's in:  &#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;Control Panel -&gt; Add or Remove Programs -&gt; Add/Remove Windows Components&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that doesn't work try the following:  &#xD;&#xA;Use Windows Explorer to go to:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;%systemroot%\inf&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Find a file named **moviemk.inf** and use the right-mouse button on it. In the context menu choose: **Install**" />
  <row Id="1334" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="749" RevisionGUID="4ecc42db-07ab-4bdd-8620-3053d998c364" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:26:45.410" UserId="252" Text="Can anyone recommend a good ethernet over power adapter? The [BiPAC 2070][1] seems to have had favorable reviews but does not seem to be widely available. Other popular devices include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [NetComm NP200AV][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [D-Link DHP-300][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [NETGEAR HDXB101][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is for a situation where network cabling and wi-fi are not viable options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/review/networking_wireless_voip/billion/bipac_2070_homeplug_av_200_desktop_ethernet_bridge/221239&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/review/networking_wireless_voip/netcomm/np200av/218439&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/review/networking_wireless_voip/d-link/dhp-300/220921&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/review/networking_wireless_voip/netgear/powerline_hd_ethernet_adapters_hdxb101/220421" />
  <row Id="1335" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="749" RevisionGUID="4ecc42db-07ab-4bdd-8620-3053d998c364" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:26:45.410" UserId="252" Text="Best ethernet over power adapter" />
  <row Id="1336" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="749" RevisionGUID="4ecc42db-07ab-4bdd-8620-3053d998c364" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:26:45.410" UserId="252" Text="&lt;ethernet&gt;" />
  <row Id="1337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="750" RevisionGUID="49d94a41-b4a2-4cdc-b02f-1ad691e21ce8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:26:52.087" UserId="613" Text="&#xD;&#xA;dpkg --get-selections &gt;/tmp/mypackagelist&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;should do the trick.  Then, after making sure that your /etc/apt/sources.list on the new machine has the same set of entries as on the old, copy mypackagelist over to the new machine and do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;cat mypackagelist | xargs apt-get -y install &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and you should be good to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that the dpkg --get-selections line is also good info to put into your /etc/dir ocassionally - it means you don't have to bother to back up /bin/ and /usr/bin/ and such because you know what packages are on the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="752" RevisionGUID="1ec67355-4972-48ef-9792-5d73510fec45" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:27:43.550" UserId="611" Text="I recently watch a couple episodes of Systm on Revision3 that showed methods for power needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first is creating a 48hour UPS using car batteries. &#xD;&#xA;[Hacked UPS][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The second is funny, but at the same time shows what could be done with human power.&#xD;&#xA;[Human powered hamster wheel ][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Combine the power with a Wifi router and you're in business.  For internet access there are several Wifi routers that can connect via the Cell towers.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a Windows Mobile phone with high speed and Wifi you can use [WMWifiRouter][3] to create a lan.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://revision3.com/systm/hackedups&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://revision3.com/systm/hamsterwheel&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://us.wmwifirouter.com/" />
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  <row Id="1343" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="754" RevisionGUID="66c86e3a-4a8f-4651-a796-35e411007c81" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:28:08.243" UserId="615" Text="It doesn't matter what is going to be around in 2015. Nobody can predict future but you shouldn't buy into proprietary platforms that are offered just one vendor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Amazon EC2** is good candidate to deploy your application on because Amazon compatible services can be easily (and will be) provided by other companies as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Google App Engine** is very bad candidate because there is not going to be compatible product from other company for very long time if ever. It's just too proprietary and Google doesn't plan to release their technology.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Windows Azure** might be maybe the best candidate because Microsoft plans to sell this OS (not just host it on its own servers) so any company can recreate easily Windows Azure cloud on their own infrastructure. But who knows when it happens." />
  <row Id="1344" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="718" RevisionGUID="f987f2a4-ef31-448a-87cb-db23e3b02c12" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:28:38.413" UserId="34515" Comment="edited body" Text="When is the right time to start adding(or thinking about adding) servers to your Web Application? What are the difficulties involved in going from a single server(DB and Web) to multiple?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Most* of the time you start with one sever that you use for both DB and Web then you split you DB/Web onto a different server then go to multiple web servers(which creates session issues) then possibly a NAS for the DB etc etc. " />
  <row Id="1345" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="755" RevisionGUID="fc2bf998-6735-4568-8a6c-e5f73f2a7ef6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:28:45.107" UserId="273" Text="Personally, I always start with a separate web server from the DB server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(based on IIS6 and SQL Server)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  1. A database will just chew up resources (RAM, DISK, CPU) and compete with the web server.  This can make the web server appear unresponsive and the database &quot;bad&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  2. Security.  Not a good idea to have more on the &quot;edge&quot; than you need.  Move the DB to inside your DMZ and poke a non-standard hole (not 1433) in your firewall for SQL traffic.&#xD;&#xA;  3. Separation of roles.  Now you can see if it's the DB or the IIS or application that's chewing up CPU&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, we do ALL this on a vmware server (3 node cluster in fact), and the webserver and the db server only have 1 vCPU and 1GB RAM.  And they support a fairly busy suite of websites (external and intranet) without too much sweat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I know if I get a surge of popularity (and it *might* happen one day!) I can quickly reconfigure the vm's with more RAM and CPU.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a practical note:  Monitor your performance over time.  Track changes and be proactive." />
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  <row Id="1352" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="759" RevisionGUID="d033cd99-12aa-40a1-a26e-1f6a4efc9fc6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:30:07.570" UserId="591" Text=" - [7zip][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [cygwin][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [gvim][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.7-zip.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.cygwin.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.vim.org/" />
  <row Id="1353" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="760" RevisionGUID="c4b84e6c-2dff-462f-aaff-da7f2ec8a65b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:30:38.473" UserId="117" Text="Don't forget an anti-virus (fox example Avast) and a PDF reader...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the way, if you're only reading PDF, do **not** install Acrobat Reader but a lighter PDF reader like [Foxit reader][1]. You will gain a lot of time while opening PDF !&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/" />
  <row Id="1356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="762" RevisionGUID="36de1f8c-0bcf-4d9b-8f2b-34a974a724d9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:31:30.827" UserId="605" Text="I work as the programmer/IT guy at a small company and I've run into a bit of a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hardware is assembled here at the office but the hardware face plates are screen printed at my house by my mom. She has this stick about things and requires a Purchase Order to be delivered from the office. Printing one out herself via email isn't an option (it just isn't, don't ask for a reasonable answer).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because I happen to live in the same house, It's up to me to deliver these Purchase Orders, and I'm just not good at it. I forget, or she's not home, or I don't go directly home or whatever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Actual Question**: I would like to send a document to a printer here at the office, and have the result spat out by the Canon Print Device at home. There is at least one Linux and one Windows computer at both ends (Ubuntu or XP). Is this possible?" />
  <row Id="1357" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="762" RevisionGUID="36de1f8c-0bcf-4d9b-8f2b-34a974a724d9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:31:30.827" UserId="605" Text="How do I print from across the Internet using CUPS." />
  <row Id="1358" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="762" RevisionGUID="36de1f8c-0bcf-4d9b-8f2b-34a974a724d9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:31:30.827" UserId="605" Text="&lt;printer&gt;&lt;cups&gt;" />
  <row Id="1359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="763" RevisionGUID="5216465c-7a2c-4ce1-b3ff-30f72795a3bd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:31:31.247" UserId="625" Text="I second the Thecus recommendation, although I hear Drobos are good too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing to remember, though, is that RAID is about availability - not data protection. You still need a separate back-up - especially for the media you're talking about - which you can *never* get back (speaks from bitter experience!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If anything, RAID is even less &quot;safe&quot; than a standard drive. If your RAID goes wrong you may well lose *everything*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The mirrored forms might mitigate these concerns, but even if you consider a mirrored drive as &quot;back-up&quot; it still suffers from the problem of co-location. Get your back-ups in separate rooms, better still separate floors - or best of all off-site!" />
  <row Id="1360" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="764" RevisionGUID="b0abb3ca-b088-49da-b59a-a07c9e5a3442" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:32:20.217" UserId="627" Text="**DirectAccess requirements**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - One or more DirectAccess servers running Windows Server 2008 R2 with two network adapters: one that is connected directly to the Internet, and a second that is connected to the intranet.&#xD;&#xA; - On the DirectAccess server, at least two consecutive, public IPv4 addresses assigned to the network adapter that is connected to the Internet.&#xD;&#xA; - DirectAccess clients running Windows 7.&#xD;&#xA; - At least one domain controller and&#xD;&#xA;   Domain Name System (DNS) server&#xD;&#xA;   running Windows Server 2008 or&#xD;&#xA;   Windows Server 2008 R2. When smart&#xD;&#xA;   card-based authentication is required&#xD;&#xA;   for end-to-end protection, you must&#xD;&#xA;   use Active Directory Domain Services&#xD;&#xA;   (AD DS) in Windows Server 2008 R2.&#xD;&#xA; - A public key infrastructure (PKI) to issue computer certificates, smart card certificates, and, for NAP, health certificates. For more information, see http://www.microsoft.com/pki.&#xD;&#xA; - IPsec policies to specify protection for traffic. For more information, see http://www.microsoft.com/ipsec.&#xD;&#xA; - IPv6 transition technologies available for use on the DirectAccess server: ISATAP, Teredo, and 6to4.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1361" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="765" RevisionGUID="ff451380-93fe-4969-9ef2-ac940f38b4d7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:32:46.347" UserId="610" Text="I like BES.  The biggest problem we've had with it is that if you are a domain administrator, you can't send email.  There's no real documentation on that from BB, so it drove us nuts until we finally found some BB forums discussing it, [like this one][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dataoutages.com/pipermail/bes-admins/2008-April/000139.html" />
  <row Id="1364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="767" RevisionGUID="df3b4126-dcc8-4a9d-a9ad-03744c58b7d0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:33:54.877" UserId="626" Text="Its standard practice to separate log and data files to separate disks away from the OS&#xD;&#xA;(tempdb, backups and swap file also)&#xD;&#xA;Does this logic still make sense when your drives are all SAN based and your LUNS are not carved of sepcific disk or raid sets -they are just part of the x number of drives on the SAN hand the LUN is just space allocation&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1365" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="767" RevisionGUID="df3b4126-dcc8-4a9d-a9ad-03744c58b7d0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:33:54.877" UserId="626" Text="SQL Server disk design on an ISCSI SAN" />
  <row Id="1366" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="767" RevisionGUID="df3b4126-dcc8-4a9d-a9ad-03744c58b7d0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:33:54.877" UserId="626" Text="&lt;sql&gt;&lt;lun&gt;&lt;san&gt;&lt;iscsi&gt;&lt;equallogic&gt;" />
  <row Id="1367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="768" RevisionGUID="7f02ef1a-e724-475c-a973-a8ae9ce2ecc1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:34:05.610" UserId="372" Text="Concerning difficulties, take advantage of the transparencies available in existing technologies and work these into your single-box solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reference your database by its IP not 'localhost', even if the database is on the same box. When you need to move the database to its own host, you can have your database queries going to the new database host without having to poke around inside any code.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Separate out the concerns of your web application. Ensure the presentation layer is fully separated from the business logic and have the two layers talk over HTTP only using domain names not IPs. Putting the two layers on separate hosts is then trivial." />
  <row Id="1369" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="769" RevisionGUID="950eb4ca-65d2-4968-bf23-c4f6c537c9dd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:35:15.030" UserId="640" Text="We used Exchange, oursourced through www.exchangemymail.com. (More cost effective for small companies than doing your own server)." />
  <row Id="1370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="770" RevisionGUID="e0bb8fc8-57e6-4fd1-9ca6-8749f10150bd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:35:16.527" UserId="267" Text="The good thing about the BES is that it allows full access to all&#xD;&#xA;resources on the internal network, i.e. it provides a kind of VPN with&#xD;&#xA;full access to e.g. internal web pages and servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I am also not a BES administrator, only a user)" />
  <row Id="1371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="771" RevisionGUID="10494d9f-c148-4d08-8ce8-0f3918756535" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:35:41.923" UserId="533" Text="Have you tried installing your own local caching named?  Install BIND locally (caching only), and then let it query the DNS the way it was meant to (find delegations dynamically based on delegations).  The just change resolv.conf to point to 127.0.0.1 and be done with it.  Maybe throw one of your hosts IPs in there as a backup, but mostly rely on your own resolver." />
  <row Id="1372" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="772" RevisionGUID="c940cee8-4e31-45fe-95c3-e7b0ae68723c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:36:01.440" UserId="475" Text="If you're on the Microsoft stack, I would recommend [ServerBeach with BizSpark][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can get a dedicated Windows Server 2008 Standard box with SQL Server 2008 and Hyper-V for $70/month.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.serverbeach.com/servers/bizspark.php" />
  <row Id="1373" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="773" RevisionGUID="d10abb23-ae39-4c0f-a3e7-e40156bd10f2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:36:10.160" UserId="613" Text="Certs like that only really matter to large companies, because they're an easy checkbox for the HR person to see what you've got.  I'd never hire someone solely because they have a cert and I'd never discount anyone solely because they don't.  If a cert is the only difference between two people, I'm still going to want to interview them both, because it's the skills and your facility with them that matter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IMO certs are semi-worthless because they're always behind the times.  You think there's a cert for running large cloud infrastructure?  There might be one for running vmware farms by now, but what about xen and virtualbox and kvm?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IMO, improve your skills, learn all you can, and you won't have issues getting a job.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="775" RevisionGUID="84c268e7-567e-4f83-b9f2-ebfb425135a7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:36:48.083" UserId="626" Text="Have you looked at lab manager&#xD;&#xA;http://www.vmware.com/products/labmanager/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Awesome utility" />
  <row Id="1377" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="776" RevisionGUID="38d3eb85-1df6-4850-b841-f2f1d9cbb902" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:36:58.957" UserId="151" Text="I want to point out that stuff changes over time. Let's take Hard Drives for a moment. Back in the day, everyone recommended IBM, because they had excellent reputation and a big name. Until the [Deathstar][1] series came out. Whoops. Another good name was Fujitsu, had a big reputation in their laptop drives. Sadly, they also had their issue with Desktop Drives, [namely the PB16][2]... Ok, so it's Seagate then - their [7200.11 is good][3], right? Then, what about Western Digital? Samsung? They also had their shaky series.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've recently seen RAID-Arrays where the vendor consciously chooses hard drives from three different brands, so if an entire series of a vendor is faulty, it does not hit that hard. Of course, [StorageReviews][4] etc. are good places to check longlivety, but obviously if you're reading a &quot;6-Month-Stress Test&quot; article, the hard drive in question is at least 6 months old and may not be current anymore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Long story cut short: Many Vendors have a bad series once in a while, especially when it comes to storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Deathstar&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/09/24/great_fujitsu_hard_drive_fiasco/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/16/barracuda_failure_plague/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.storagereview.com/" />
  <row Id="1380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="778" RevisionGUID="ccb838eb-2cfc-4ffd-a1e7-55b51bed263a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:37:27.630" UserId="137" Text="2003 will be out of support before 2008. For that reason alone (as well as lots of others) you should go to 2008." />
  <row Id="1381" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="779" RevisionGUID="845626e3-78b4-4a89-9c11-7bda3c0ced8c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:37:30.030" UserId="641" Text="This isn't a strategy for backing up a whole computer (I use WHS and Time Machine for that), but for critical files, I use [Dropbox][1].  It automatically synchronizes files across different computers, plus they get backed up and versioned online.  Free for up to 2 gigs, pay for up to 50GB.  This is the first online file sych tool or service I've found that just works.  Simple, no hassles, set it up and you're done.  I love it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.getdropbox.com/" />
  <row Id="1384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="781" RevisionGUID="bc02d060-1eb1-4bad-8397-cd173437a717" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:37:44.023" UserId="610" Text="I can't say that it's better or worse than the others, but I've used the NETGEAR in a personal setting and have had no trouble with them.  Throughput is good -- far better than the flaky G wifi it replaced -- and I haven't experienced any of the noise problems that some people complain of when things like vacuum cleaners are running." />
  <row Id="1385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="782" RevisionGUID="5b3062bb-39a2-474d-b3b6-2b1a53741747" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:39:05.580" UserId="117" Text="&#xD;&#xA;I know Windows file systems are very sensitive to fragmentation and Linux ones less (specially if you have a lot of space left).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, is there any reason to defrag Linux file systems (ext2/3/4, ReiserFS, etc) ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If yes, what tools are available for that ?" />
  <row Id="1386" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="782" RevisionGUID="5b3062bb-39a2-474d-b3b6-2b1a53741747" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:39:05.580" UserId="117" Text="Do I need to defrag linux filesystems ?" />
  <row Id="1387" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="782" RevisionGUID="5b3062bb-39a2-474d-b3b6-2b1a53741747" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:39:05.580" UserId="117" Text="&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;defrag&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;" />
  <row Id="1388" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="783" RevisionGUID="3877b918-683d-4d98-81de-311352e6d825" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:39:41.570" UserId="613" Text="This depends a lot on the connectivity between your house and office.  You basically need to set up a tunnel or VPN between the two to print directly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, there are other things you could maybe do like: email PDFs from the house to an email address that some software on the ubuntu machine checks automatically and if found downloads and prints any PDFs.  Mildly insecure, but less so than opening  your printer up to the wilds of the internet, and it should be within the reach of a reasonable sized perl program.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1389" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="784" RevisionGUID="f4aa62ad-d8d6-4ea3-ac16-df1438637439" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:40:06.407" UserId="629" Text="As noted in comments to another answer, you don't want to lose your connection before you allow the ssh port. From the man page:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*&quot;REMOTE MANAGEMENT*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*When running ufw enable or starting ufw via its initscript, ufw will flush its chains. This is required so ufw can maintain a consistent state, but it may drop existing connections (eg ssh). ufw does support adding rules before enabling the firewall, so administrators can do:*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ufw allow proto tcp from any to any port 22&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*before running ’ufw enable’. The rules will still be flushed, but the ssh port will be open after enabling the firewall. Please note that once ufw is ’enabled’, ufw will not flush the chains when adding or removing rules (but will when modifying a rule or changing the default policy).&quot;*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So here is an approach that uses a script to set it. You will get logged out when you run this script, but having run it you can then log in again over ssh.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Put the following in a script and call it start-firewall.sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    ufw allow ssh&#xD;&#xA;    ufw enable&#xD;&#xA;    ufw default deny&#xD;&#xA;    ufw allow http&#xD;&#xA;    ufw allow https&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then make it executable and run it by doing &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ chmod + x start-firewall.sh&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo ./start-firewall.sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To learn more, read the man page." />
  <row Id="1390" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="785" RevisionGUID="637241e8-1188-484d-82fa-f86d8b527145" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:41:05.950" UserId="273" Text="We have a 3 node vmware cluster, with each node being a HP 365 (2xCPU 4 core, 1.8Mhz), 32 GB RAM per server and Fibre Channel connections to gobs of disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We support over 20 SQL vm's (SQL2000, SQL2005 and SQL2008, live, dev and test) plus other generic Windows 2003 servers (iis6, application, file and print etc) and have at least double that still to migrate onto it, and I don't expect to have any performance problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The three nodes give us &quot;over the top&quot; redundancy and resiliency.  If one node goes down (or for maintenance) the other two can still provide the same performance.  Three is a luxury (or best practice as they like to call it), two would be sufficient.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The actual vm's are quite light.  Usually 1vCPU and 1GB RAM, and they host 20 or 30 databases.  One or two of the busier vm's are double that but that's usually because of badly written applications using SQL Server as toy (not using stored procedures etc, but that's discussed to death on the &quot;other&quot; site!  ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The vm gives us the flexibility to create more &quot;smaller&quot; servers that have similar usage patterns (keep the big data movers away from the lightweight website systems) and/or SLA requirements (keep all the important stuff together with a common and standardised operation practices).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given that we have gobs of RAM, CPU and fast disk, we've not had to micro-tune our system.  The DISK is multiple RAID 10 arrays (roughly split between OS, transaction logs and database) with some big RAID% for backups &amp; dumps.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lots of redundant 1GB network connections into redundant edge switches." />
  <row Id="1391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="786" RevisionGUID="8c46a6a3-aa6c-439a-aa4e-9e12ac84d661" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:41:16.653" UserId="216" Text="Quoting Wikipedia's page about the [Ext3 Filesystem][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Modern Linux filesystem(s) keep&#xD;&#xA;&gt; fragmentation at a minimum by keeping&#xD;&#xA;&gt; all blocks in a file close together,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; even if they can't be stored in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; consecutive sectors. Some filesystems,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; like ext3, effectively allocate the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; free block that is nearest to other&#xD;&#xA;&gt; blocks in a file. Therefore it is not&#xD;&#xA;&gt; necessary to worry about fragmentation&#xD;&#xA;&gt; in a Linux system&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext3" />
  <row Id="1392" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="787" RevisionGUID="8e5f9ee1-d84d-491d-b3d6-8f27eecaf8f7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:41:16.917" UserId="301" Text="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext3#Defragmentation, but I wouldn't bother" />
  <row Id="1393" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="788" RevisionGUID="2baa29c8-d668-4acb-a6c4-3faad58ea4da" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:42:50.440" UserId="413" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://nagios.org/&quot;&gt;nagios&lt;/a&gt; will give you downtime reports, and is available in the standard ubuntu repositories." />
  <row Id="1394" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="789" RevisionGUID="16b2d323-86e7-41f4-8767-8ffafbf9d635" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:42:56.743" UserId="646" Text="Does anyone have any recommendations for auditing changes to pre-defined AD object types? For example changes to security groups or adding / deleting or changing user objects.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Before exploring an in-house development solution is anyone aware of off-the-self products or other solutions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We once looked at using [Penrose][1] as a proxy with it's MySql facilities but no longer have the resource to implement it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://docs.safehaus.org/display/PENROSE/Home" />
  <row Id="1395" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="789" RevisionGUID="16b2d323-86e7-41f4-8767-8ffafbf9d635" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:42:56.743" UserId="646" Text="Active Directory Auditing" />
  <row Id="1396" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="789" RevisionGUID="16b2d323-86e7-41f4-8767-8ffafbf9d635" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:42:56.743" UserId="646" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;audit&gt;" />
  <row Id="1397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="790" RevisionGUID="a6076634-c94b-4418-b637-5d7e7d02b038" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:43:06.273" UserId="475" Text="&gt; When is the right time to start&#xD;&#xA;&gt; adding(or thinking about adding)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; servers to your Web Application?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Think about it**: From the beginning.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Start adding**: When you get your first &quot;server too busy&quot; error. Anything sooner is premature optimization. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Unless your web app is mission critical, in which case you probably aren't starting from scratch and don't need to poll the serverfault.com community.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But seriously, for modern consumer web applications, getting &quot;server too busy&quot; can actually be a *good* thing. It certainly never hurt Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube. The danger with adding servers too early is that your app will never be as popular as you are expecting and you've ended up wasting money that could have been spent on feature development. " />
  <row Id="1398" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="791" RevisionGUID="082a43e8-7128-474f-baec-f4aba3bf1fc1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:43:23.060" UserId="635" Text="I currently administer a small web server running ubuntu linux with apache, mysql, and ssh.&#xD;&#xA;I'm backing it up using rsync to another server, but I'm backing it up to a /backup directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to have it set up where if the first server goes down I can change the ip of the second server and have all the users, files, databases etc. ready to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have any suggestions on the easiest / best way to go about this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Considerations&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Users&#xD;&#xA; - Databases&#xD;&#xA; - Apache Configuration&#xD;&#xA; - Files&#xD;&#xA; - Making sure the same software is installed on both boxes. (probably need to do this up front)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1399" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="791" RevisionGUID="082a43e8-7128-474f-baec-f4aba3bf1fc1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:43:23.060" UserId="635" Text="What is the most effective way to setup a linux web server for manual failover." />
  <row Id="1400" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="791" RevisionGUID="082a43e8-7128-474f-baec-f4aba3bf1fc1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:43:23.060" UserId="635" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;failover&gt;" />
  <row Id="1401" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="792" RevisionGUID="d9fd94f4-edb5-4e1c-9309-cf176fd0bd16" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:43:26.210" UserId="616" Text="Ah, one of my favourite topics.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, you need to define 'uptime'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you mean the server is running? (in which case, just ping it regularly in a script).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or do you mean the application is running? (connect to the application's 'home page'&#xD;&#xA; regularly, assuming it's a web app)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or do you mean the application is providing the business services it is supposed to? (in which case, you need to runs some sort of [synthetic transaction.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think only the last one is in any sense correct. The others are technically easier to do, but don't really correlate with &quot;is this server providing value to the business&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you will see if you click on the link I added, there are many companies selling solutions that do this, or you can roll your own. I've experience with NetIQ's products, and Microsoft MOM (thw two have a shared history), but I'm sure others work as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you do pick a tool, consider how to account for planned upgrades and maintenance periods - a naive approach will record these as downtime. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, 95% is very undemanding - it's equivalent to 72 minutes of downtime each day, or more than 8 hours a week. Try taking your server out of service for all of the working day each Thursday, say, and I think you'll discover your SLA is actually a bit more demanding than that ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en-GB&amp;q=synthetic+transaction" />
  <row Id="1402" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="793" RevisionGUID="a3689cae-7060-4628-9b88-8e6c676387c8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:43:39.207" UserId="641" Text=" - Winsplit Revolution&#xD;&#xA; - UltraMon&#xD;&#xA; - Google Chrome&#xD;&#xA; - Dropbox&#xD;&#xA; - Python&#xD;&#xA; - Bazaar&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1405" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="795" RevisionGUID="2da54e7f-4676-4d94-b7e8-f51c9ad79c75" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:43:44.680" UserId="659" Text="Quicktables helped me to learn iptables rules. Just run the script and it will generate an iptables script for you... then you can open it and view the associated commands generated by the questions it asked of you. It's a great learning resource.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, it is no longer maintained.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://qtables.radom.org/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://qtables.radom.org/" />
  <row Id="1408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="797" RevisionGUID="80588194-7c85-4979-aed6-515f0dc87ed5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:44:56.923" UserId="613" Text="I've used [FAI][1] for this before, to good effect.  It will do the install over a network or from a bootable CD-ROM.  It's for debian, but should work fine with Ubuntu.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/" />
  <row Id="1409" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="798" RevisionGUID="8237c710-b33d-44f4-a579-260c1799a698" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:45:01.887" UserId="530" Text="Great question!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First take a look at Brent Ozar's [&quot;Steel Cage BlogMatch&quot;][1] debate on this issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At our company, for most servers, we put Data and Logs on the same SAN drive, and leave it up to the SAN team to make sure everything works right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm starting to think this isn't the best strategy, especially for higher-volume servers. The underlying problem is that I really have no way to verify that the SAN team is really doing anything more than slapping together enough drives for the space we need. We don't run IO benchmarks against the SAN drives from our side or anything, we kind of just assume that they are &quot;doing their job&quot; (adjusting for performance as well as space), which is probably a bit naive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My other thought is that the *kind* of access that data vs logs need is different. I'll try to find the article I read recently that was talking about how the two different drive types really should be optimized in very different ways (I think one needed optimization for sequential writes, the other needed optimization for random reads, something like that.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2008/09/steel-cage-blogmatch-how-to-configure-a-san/" />
  <row Id="1410" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="799" RevisionGUID="2e227898-7d89-4d03-8852-e5ffd7ab2155" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:46:29.277" UserId="640" Text="We use [Constant Contact][1]. They handle the bulk mailing, and provide a solid subscribe/unsubscribe service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.constantcontact.com" />
  <row Id="1411" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="800" RevisionGUID="f0295350-6ce8-4726-a7b8-cd467c1005ef" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:46:44.627" UserId="401" Text="It partly depends on what type of system you're running on.  I'll outline some suggestions for Linux, because I'm more familiar with it.  Most of them apply to Windows as well but I don't know the tools...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Use an IDS&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SNORT® is an open source network intrusion prevention and detection system utilizing a rule-driven language, which combines the benefits of signature, protocol and anomaly based inspection methods. With millions of downloads to date, Snort is the most widely deployed intrusion detection and prevention technology worldwide and has become the de facto standard for the industry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; Snort reads network traffic and can look for things like &quot;drive by pen testing&quot; where someone just runs an entire metasploit scan against your servers.  Good to know these sort of things, in my opinion.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - Use the logs...&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; Depending on your usage you can set it up so you know whenever a user logs in, or logs in from an odd IP, or whenever root logs in, or whenever someone attempts to login.  I actually have the server e-mail me _every_ log message higher than Debug.  Yes, even Notice.  I filter some of them of course, but every morning when I get 10 emails about stuff it makes me want to fix it so it stops happening.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - Monitor your configuration - I actually keep my entire /etc in subversion so I can track revisions.  &#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA; - Run scans.  Tools like [Lynis](http://www.rootkit.nl/projects/lynis.html) and [Rootkit Hunter](http://www.rootkit.nl/) can give you alerts to possible security holes in your applications.  There are programs that maintain a hash or hash tree of all your bins and can alert you to changes.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - Monitor your server - Just like you mentioned diskspace - graphs can give you a hint if something is unusual.  I use [Cacti](http://www.cacti.net/) to keep an eye on CPU, network traffic, disk space, temperatures, etc.  If something _looks_ odd it _is_ odd and you should find out why it's odd." />
  <row Id="1412" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="801" RevisionGUID="a49a654f-90b6-48b3-93e1-a757ad65a0d3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:47:30.147" UserId="665" Text="I'd love some feedback from folks on using the e-mail server and calendering features of Mac OS X Leopard server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How well has the e-mail server worked for you?  Can you get your e-mail on a variety of (Mac and Windows) clients?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have the ability to share calendars?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How does all this work with Microsoft Outlook?" />
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  <row Id="1414" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="801" RevisionGUID="a49a654f-90b6-48b3-93e1-a757ad65a0d3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:47:30.147" UserId="665" Text="&lt;osxserver&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;emailserver&gt;&lt;calendar&gt;" />
  <row Id="1417" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="803" RevisionGUID="460833f0-defb-4897-9102-048ace424238" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:48:25.327" UserId="658" Text="This piece of hardware is out-of-control attractive. Small footprint, low power consumption, [upgradable to 2GB RAM][1], and runs a medium powered CPU, [which you may even upgrade yourself][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HP MediaSmart Server][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My desire is to get rid of all the media capabilities by removing Windows Home Server, and installing a fullblown Windows Server OS on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given that it doesn't have a video-out port, it might prove difficult. I know that the machine comes with a restore disc that will wipe or recover the machine with. Perhaps that needs some 'tweaking'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps Windows Home Server can accomodate the installation of SQL Server, IIS, and ASP.NET. Has anyone heard or learned how to run the WISA stack on this beautiful machine? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mswhs.com/2008/09/25/upgrade-memory-without-voiding-warranty-on-the-hp-mediasmart-server/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://mswhs.com/2008/03/26/hp-mediasmart-server-processor-upgrade/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.hp.com/united-states/campaigns/mediasmart-server/" />
  <row Id="1418" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="803" RevisionGUID="460833f0-defb-4897-9102-048ace424238" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:48:25.327" UserId="658" Text="HP MediaSmart Server - can it run WISA? Windows IIS SQL Server ASP.Net" />
  <row Id="1419" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="803" RevisionGUID="460833f0-defb-4897-9102-048ace424238" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:48:25.327" UserId="658" Text="&lt;mediasmart&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="1420" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="804" RevisionGUID="f02b7673-5221-4bbe-a21a-39b858e68f2e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:48:37.960" UserId="640" Text="In my years doing tech support at a university I helped many people get online for the first time. For one user, after we got everything set up and the browser open and pointed to Yahoo, she asked &quot;what do I do now?&quot;. I had no idea how to answer that." />
  <row Id="1421" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="804" RevisionGUID="f02b7673-5221-4bbe-a21a-39b858e68f2e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:48:37.960" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="1422" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="805" RevisionGUID="da3d7624-c1e0-42a9-ba90-9c049175c63c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:50:04.667" UserId="629" Text="First off, 7.10 and 8.10 are not LTS (long term support) release. The only LTS releases so far are 6.06 and 8.04.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly, 7.10 is [no longer supported](http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-7.10-eol) - that means that you will no longer receive security updates (or any other updates). So you should definitely upgrade to the 8.04 LTS release (known as the Hardy Heron).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To do so (assuming you don't have a desktop environment installed) then install update-manager-core if it is not already installed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo apt-get install update-manager-core&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Launch the upgrade tool&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo do-release-upgrade&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Follow the on-screen instructions. (Instructions from [here](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardyUpgrades#Network Upgrade for Ubuntu Servers (Recommended\) ))" />
  <row Id="1425" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="738" RevisionGUID="62bd9205-6a28-4768-972c-6781d3c2b1ea" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:50:19.267" UserId="613" Comment="added 284 characters in body" Text="You need to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  1. set up the wireless interface&#xD;&#xA;  2. start serving DHCP out over the wireless interface&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and then you're mostly done.  Note that while step 2 is fairly straightforward using dnsmasq, the difficult of step 1 can vary from 'trivial' to 'you need to reverse engineer the wireless drivers'. Giving you more instructions at the moment requires more info (model number &amp; rev) of the Linksys router in question.  There's a [DD-WRT table of supported hardware][1] that can probably help you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and all this is presuming that your definition of 'access point' is something like 'a way to connect a machine with a wireless ethernet card to the network' as opposed to some kind of walled garden setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since you indicate you've got a router, you also may want 'bridge mode' where the wireless network is 'bridged' to the wired network and they share an IP range.  [This][2] page has full details on how to do that. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv3/dd-wrt/hardware.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Wireless_Access_Point" />
  <row Id="1426" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="807" RevisionGUID="e02e1392-00af-4cd5-8bcf-7c4a4f395f88" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:50:19.830" UserId="595" Text="Basically, here is my software list (maybe not completly up to date) :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edition**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Pspad: A free and really powerful editor.&#xD;&#xA; - NVU: An HTML editor.&#xD;&#xA; - Kompozer: The NVU bug-fixes release.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**System**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Process Explorer: Replace the default windows task manager by Process Explorer!&#xD;&#xA; - Autoruns: Want to know what is launched when Windows starts? Try autoruns!&#xD;&#xA; - CubicExplorer: An alternative to the Windows Explorer, with bookmarks, tabs...&#xD;&#xA; - Supercopier: Replace the default copy tool of Windows.&#xD;&#xA; - Unlocker: A process is locking a resource on your disk? Use unlocker to solve this problem.&#xD;&#xA; - Console²: Change the DOS command for Console², with tabs, better UI...&#xD;&#xA; - Taskbar shuffle: Rearrange the programs on your Windows taskbar by dragging and dropping them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Tools**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Stroke It: Execute commands, start programs only with a mouse gesture! Magic!&#xD;&#xA; - 7-zip: A free file archiver.&#xD;&#xA; - Ditto: A copy-paster manager, to not be limited to one element in your clipboard.&#xD;&#xA; - Dirkey: Use Ctrl-0 to Ctrl-9 to access your preferred directories on your disks on Windows Explorer.&#xD;&#xA; - Print screen: A free tool to create screenshots, with a lot of options...&#xD;&#xA; - Launchy: Type Ctrl-Space, then write the first letters of the application, and it's launched!&#xD;&#xA; - Keybreeze: Almost the same thing as Launchy.&#xD;&#xA; - PDF Creator: To transform any document to the PDF format (a new printer is added in your configuration).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Development**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Tortoise CVS: A CVS extension for Windows Explorer.&#xD;&#xA; - Eclipse: Java development IDE.&#xD;&#xA; - Netbeans: Another Java development IDE, much better as Eclipse when you need to create Java application with Swing (this is my opinion ;o) ).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Multimedia**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Foobar 2000: A powerful media player. But needs a lot of configuration...&#xD;&#xA; - XnView: A powerful image viewer. Also offers lot of conversion controls.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Internet**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Mozilla Firefox: THE browser.&#xD;&#xA; - Mozilla Thunderbird: A really good email reader.&#xD;&#xA; - Trillian, Koolim, Pidgin (ex Gaim), Meebo (online): Instant Messenger tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Firefox plugin**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Colorzilla: A color picker, to find out the color code of any part of the current page.&#xD;&#xA; - Download statusbar: A download manager.&#xD;&#xA; - Firebug: An extension for Javascript or CSS debugging. An extension for Internet Explorer that does almost the same thing: IE Developer Toolbar.&#xD;&#xA; - IE Tab: View pages with the Internet Explorer engine.&#xD;&#xA; - Measure It: A ruler to measure web components of a page.&#xD;&#xA; - PDF download: A PDF manager.&#xD;&#xA; - Sage: A RSS Viewer.&#xD;&#xA; - Stop or reload: Stop and Reload buttons are now located on the same button.&#xD;&#xA; - Tab mix plus: Options for tabs management.&#xD;&#xA; - Web developer: Lot of tools for web development.&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="1427" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="808" RevisionGUID="99bfc9e8-88c1-48ef-b228-d55f2e3226d5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:51:29.780" UserId="659" Text="Who is your favorite virtual hosting provider? I'm looking for your thoughts on SliceHost, Dreamhost VPS, Linode, 1and1 VPS, etc and why you like the particular provider you named.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
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  <row Id="1429" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="808" RevisionGUID="99bfc9e8-88c1-48ef-b228-d55f2e3226d5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:51:29.780" UserId="659" Text="&lt;vps&gt;" />
  <row Id="1430" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="808" RevisionGUID="99bfc9e8-88c1-48ef-b228-d55f2e3226d5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:51:29.780" UserId="659" />
  <row Id="1431" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="809" RevisionGUID="b6d79724-9dab-4203-bf44-2ff8f5e928b9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:51:53.273" UserId="671" Text="One of the things you should do is load test your existing one-server application to see how many sessions and users it can support at once.  Once you know that, you can monitor those same metrics over time.  When your numbers begin to approach the known limits, it's time to start preparing new hardware for deployment.  You will need to consider the lead time for additional servers so that you can deploy before the existing system reaches its limit.  This is a very general overview, and the details are covered very well in the book &quot;The Art of Capacity Planning&quot; by John Allspaw.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said that, I would break the database server and web server into their own systems as a starting point, then load test each to determine the theoretical load as a starting point.  Usually the web server will become the bottleneck first, so your application should be written with scalability in mind.  The question mentions sessions, and depending on the platform you're using there are several ways to share sessions between servers, store them in the central database, or use load balancing hardware that will direct the same user to the same server unless it becomes unavailable for some reason.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But to answer the core question &quot;when do we know when to do it,&quot; that will be all about the metrics you're collecting and comparing them against known limits arrived at through load testing." />
  <row Id="1432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="810" RevisionGUID="0070f947-4c95-4060-b068-8b934687376d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:52:15.690" UserId="273" Text="I would agree with BradC (+1) in terms of performance.  Generally, a good SAN would have more raw I/O than you could expect to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's still a good idea to separate out your BACKUPs from your live system (Obvious I know, but if I had a £1 for every time I see this...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, keeping the tempdb away from the log files is recommended.  The SAN guy's tent to roll their eyes at you when you start wanting &quot;different buckets&quot; (technical term) for Logs, Data and Temp, but if you tell them it's so you can gauge the different amount of data IO going to each area and get them to show you their fancy performance graphs!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just double/double check that the SAN guy's have set it up right for you.  If you want RAID 10 then insist on it (I did) even though they kept saying their RAID 5 has no performance penalty. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(For &quot;file based&quot; operations, RAID 5 is fine.  For intensive writes, as soon as you fill up the write buffer your screwed!)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1433" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="811" RevisionGUID="2878ac2b-31a7-4110-83c2-e24908a148f2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:53:10.180" UserId="681" Text="It supports wireless bridging (WDS) if you want to set up more than one router to cover a large space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But the biggest thing is that it's very stable. I don't ever have to reboot the router because of a freeze or a problem." />
  <row Id="1434" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="34" RevisionGUID="98c7b452-79e3-4651-954d-d3b38b14625b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:53:44.593" UserId="2" Comment="typo" Text="I've used [GParted Live CD][1] in the past with success, it's a linux boot disk designed for partitoning &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php" />
  <row Id="1435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="812" RevisionGUID="afc2ade3-4452-4ad3-b6a6-99ac30a0214a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:53:47.997" UserId="44" Text="The equivalent linux question reminded me of the bad performance of my MacBookPro. I'm not even sure what the default FS nowadays is. I read somewhere that there is a cron job which runs on friday or saturday which does such stuff. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So do I need to defrag my disk? And if, How would I do that?" />
  <row Id="1436" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="812" RevisionGUID="afc2ade3-4452-4ad3-b6a6-99ac30a0214a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:53:47.997" UserId="44" Text="Do I need to defrag MacOSX filesystems?" />
  <row Id="1437" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="812" RevisionGUID="afc2ade3-4452-4ad3-b6a6-99ac30a0214a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:53:47.997" UserId="44" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;" />
  <row Id="1438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="813" RevisionGUID="893c125c-1e10-479e-8a11-ca690e9a5452" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:54:30.367" UserId="137" Text="It is interesting to read the comparisons.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess there is no 1 answer as it depends on the size of the company, usage of servers, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have only worked in large companies where the servers are treated as assets that get devalued (and therefore replaced) every 3 years. Plus support costs increase after this time so it can actually be more economical to replace large servers after this period." />
  <row Id="1439" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="814" RevisionGUID="459d4d47-ac2c-4f5f-bf83-c1282424a94f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:54:59.100" UserId="616" Text="&gt; When is the right time to start&#xD;&#xA;&gt; adding(or thinking about adding)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; servers to your Web Application?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you are designing your application. I've seen too many applications not designed to use multiple servers, and reverse engineering that later can be horrendous.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure you test on multiple servers, too. Again. I've seen many applications work fine in dev/test only to fail in production because they couldn't deal with load balancers, or firewalls, multicasting hadn't been considered etc, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And the time to add another server is when your capacity management statistics suggest that you will run out of capacity in just over the time it will take you to add another server.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You are collecting cpacity statistics? No? Then another thing to talk about with your application developers and infrastructure management people.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I disagree that waiting until you actually get 'server too busy' and irritating your users is the correct thing to do. Adding a new server to a production environment can be a lengthy process, and waiting until you have errors before you start is not really wise." />
  <row Id="1440" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="747" RevisionGUID="60867d16-fa4a-44c9-b128-d8351054d78d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:55:51.877" UserId="623" Comment="grammer" Text="For configuration files, there is something to be said for keeping them under source control, and I tend to keep a paper log for each machine describing major configuration decisions (but then I rarely support more than one &quot;server&quot; at  time, so that's not much of a burden)." />
  <row Id="1441" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="815" RevisionGUID="f8782a49-3acd-4836-a1b0-6f6238ab7d0b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:56:35.167" UserId="640" Text="I have a run of the mill router/firewall set up for my small company's Internet access. I've also added a separate VPN (IPSec) gateway using a Netgear VPN router. The main gateway and VPN gateway have separate public IP addresses, and the VPN clients have a different subnet from the home office LAN (which is just how the Netgear works - I can't put them on the same subnet as everyone else).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that traffic between LAN PCs and VPN clients doesn't route correctly. LAN clients can ping VPN clients, but VPN clients cannot ping LAN clients (using Wireshark I see the ping gets to the client, but the client cannot respond).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a routing entry on the main gateway to point all traffic to the VPN subnet to the VPN gateway. However, that doesn't seem to do the trick. The only solution I've found is to add a static routing entry on the all the PCs on the LAN to point them to the VPN gateway for its subnet. However, this doesn't work for embedded devices that don't allow you to do static routing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What am I doing wrong?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are the IPs/subnets in question (the public addresses are faked for the sake of privacy):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;LAN: 192.168.0.0&#xD;&#xA;VPN clients: 192.168.1.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;LAN Gateway: 192.168.0.1 (WAN: 1.1.1.1)&#xD;&#xA;VPN Gateway: 192.168.0.2 (WAN: 1.1.1.2)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The LAN Gatway has a route for 192.168.1.0 -&gt; 192.168.0.2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have partial success with each PC having a static route for 192.168.1.0 -&gt; 192.168.0.2." />
  <row Id="1442" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="815" RevisionGUID="f8782a49-3acd-4836-a1b0-6f6238ab7d0b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:56:35.167" UserId="640" Text="How do I set up routing for a VPN gateway separate from my main gateway?" />
  <row Id="1443" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="815" RevisionGUID="f8782a49-3acd-4836-a1b0-6f6238ab7d0b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:56:35.167" UserId="640" Text="&lt;routing&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="1444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="816" RevisionGUID="7e58651e-5ca4-492e-818e-1a324065660a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:57:30.403" UserId="629" Text="For the status of servers and services (whether they are up or down, and sending warnings if they go down) and for yes/no questions (&quot;has a backup been done in the last 24 hours?&quot;) we use [nagios](http://www.nagios.org/). It is hard to set up, but it is immensely configurable. Custom scripts can be run on remote computers. Alerts can send emails, send text messages or even run custom scripts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the health of servers we use [munin](http://munin.projects.linpro.no/) - it provides nice graphs of memory usage, cpu usage, network usage etc. Pretty easy to set up on linux at least (I have not tried with Windows)." />
  <row Id="1447" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="818" RevisionGUID="473b85e3-5dd9-4492-99a0-4c5b7fcabe5a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:57:56.240" UserId="681" Text="I've been pretty happy with my D-Link [DNS-321][1] NAS. It can be had for $90-100 after rebate, supports mirroring, SMB sharing, media server, gigabit ethernet and lots of other features. You pop two drives in, tell it to format them, and it's ready to go. It's also hackable with the fun_plug script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0019OZ3OO?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=httpweblogsas-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B0019OZ3OO" />
  <row Id="1448" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="819" RevisionGUID="5bf0326f-f8a5-4b8d-9c0f-b0faa7324740" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:58:21.200" UserId="401" Text="Besides Trinity, I also like [Backtrack](http://www.remote-exploit.org/backtrack.html)" />
  <row Id="1449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="820" RevisionGUID="91ab4c3b-b38d-4b12-ab8f-345a97501d4d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:58:43.007" UserId="613" Text="FreeNAS or OpenFiler or even just straight Debian or Ubuntu distro (for ease of package install/deinstall) would be my choices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For backups, though, I'd also consider getting things offsite via something like Mozy or AllMyData.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1450" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="821" RevisionGUID="e7f7451c-c617-4de1-a551-2bcc4e820899" CreationDate="2009-04-30T13:59:33.787" UserId="273" Text="Don't use NAS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Either use local (OK for medium term with a good RAID controller) but if budget allows, go for a decent SAN.  With luck you can start to &quot;share&quot; the SAN with other systems and reclaim much of the initial outlay.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4GB RAM is fine for most systems as long as it's a dedicated SQL Server (and it should always be).  If you've not already considered it, use 64bit OS and SQL server so you can easily throw more RAM in without mucking around with PAE/AWE stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also think about virtualisation.  You're going to need a test server? A dev server?  Test the installation of SP1? (Shameless plus for earlier post: [sql-server-in-vmware][1])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/741/sql-server-in-vmware" />
  <row Id="1451" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="822" RevisionGUID="43b6d5ca-b6d5-41a4-97c9-801d2d88f486" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:00:23.253" UserId="671" Text="My personal strategy is to run a full system backup and store the data on a portable USB hard drive every couple of weeks.  I let the backup run overnight, and the portable drive is taken to work with me and put in a secure location there so it is off-site from my home computer.  If the house burns down or the computer is stolen, the data is still safe.  The other key to any backup solutions is to make sure you can actually restore files.  Periodically test this to ensure your data is recoverable.  Once a month I select a handful of random files to restore just to make sure the data is recoverable.  If you don't mind a monthly fee, there are a large number of online backup providers who will keep your files synchronized with their service in near real-time to ensure everything is always as up-to-date as possible.  I prefer having my own copy around where I can get at it any time, and I prefer the files to not be in a live state all the time in case I need to roll back a week or so." />
  <row Id="1452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="823" RevisionGUID="ee8ff02d-9d54-499b-a702-8e108a8fa887" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:01:09.880" UserId="684" Text="Is it possible to set up a Hardy domU on an existing Xen dom0 running Dapper? I have found many postings talking about the reverse (Dapper domU on a Hardy dom0), but I have the existing server set up with a Dapper dom0 and a few Dapper domUs. I need to set up a new domU, so I want to use a more modern LTS release. I am hesitant to upgrade the dom0, on the &quot;if it ain't broke, don't fix it&quot; principle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone tried this? Can I just use a 2.6.24 Xen kernel? Do I need to recompile the domU kernel to match anything in my dom0?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or is it necessary to upgrade the dom0?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="1453" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="823" RevisionGUID="ee8ff02d-9d54-499b-a702-8e108a8fa887" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:01:09.880" UserId="684" Text="Running a Xen Dapper dom0 with a Hardy domU" />
  <row Id="1454" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="823" RevisionGUID="ee8ff02d-9d54-499b-a702-8e108a8fa887" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:01:09.880" UserId="684" Text="&lt;xen&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="1455" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="824" RevisionGUID="889420fb-bfe2-49ef-8783-a85f2ad94713" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:02:25.260" UserId="613" Text="Just like you have a route to the main gateway pointing all the traffic to the vpn subnet to the vpn gateway, you need a route in the vpn gateway pointing all traffic to the main subnet to the main gateway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="827" RevisionGUID="1fd73470-2a75-4087-9b6e-762582c2245d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:03:18.283" UserId="687" Text="All of our corporate PCs have Sophos installed, but we're getting complaints about slow network speed and boot times from the users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've tracked this down to Sophos checking for updates as soon as the user logs in - the checking process eats cycles on the workstation, and the network access of 100+ PCs to check the server at the start of the day eats the bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to stop the Sophos auto-updating service from doing this, and make it wait to the next scheduled check time (which gets randomised over time)?" />
  <row Id="1461" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="827" RevisionGUID="1fd73470-2a75-4087-9b6e-762582c2245d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:03:18.283" UserId="687" Text="Stop Sohpos trying to update immmediately after login" />
  <row Id="1462" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="827" RevisionGUID="1fd73470-2a75-4087-9b6e-762582c2245d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:03:18.283" UserId="687" Text="&lt;antivirus&gt;&lt;sophos&gt;" />
  <row Id="1463" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="828" RevisionGUID="cab8ea27-97ef-4d20-9784-e8b53a3da332" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:03:56.503" UserId="680" Text="I am currently looking at buying a new netbook which would run the newest version of Ubuntu. What would you recommend buying? I have been told that netbooks can be severely slow. This machine would need to be able to run Firefox, Evolution, and VNC at a decent speed. Let me know if you think I should upgrade to a laptop if you think that netbooks are too underpowered." />
  <row Id="1464" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="828" RevisionGUID="cab8ea27-97ef-4d20-9784-e8b53a3da332" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:03:56.503" UserId="680" Text="What do you recommend for a Netbook?" />
  <row Id="1465" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="828" RevisionGUID="cab8ea27-97ef-4d20-9784-e8b53a3da332" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:03:56.503" UserId="680" Text="&lt;netbook&gt;" />
  <row Id="1466" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="829" RevisionGUID="d9be5ccf-e1bc-42c4-8c75-62a521071b6a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:04:03.383" UserId="685" Text="I love using [Cygwin][1], but I hate all of the extra disk space it seems to use caching stuff I don't need.  What can I delete to keep my installation footprint as small as possible?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a related note, what is a good barebones set of packages that will give me the essentials, without fluff that I'll probably never run?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cygwin.com/" />
  <row Id="1467" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="829" RevisionGUID="d9be5ccf-e1bc-42c4-8c75-62a521071b6a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:04:03.383" UserId="685" Text="How can I use cygwin without wasting HD space?" />
  <row Id="1468" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="829" RevisionGUID="d9be5ccf-e1bc-42c4-8c75-62a521071b6a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:04:03.383" UserId="685" Text="&lt;cygwin&gt;" />
  <row Id="1469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="830" RevisionGUID="9fe287a6-6125-4297-bc22-49f6f9c2960b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:04:36.673" UserId="273" Text="Typically we replace Intel servers after 4 years, when the manufacturers warranty has expired.  We want to limit the number of servers that are &quot;out of warranty&quot; and have to pay additional maintenance for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Recently, we've invested in a number of vmware clusters.  We've already migrated over 100 physical servers onto them and all new servers Intel will be vm (unless there is a HUGE reason why not).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This allows us to upgrade/replace the server nodes without downtime, at our convenience one at a time." />
  <row Id="1470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="831" RevisionGUID="8e2c468a-a1ba-41bb-af4a-9a7f56616eb7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:05:02.040" UserId="616" Text="Run the command &quot;start http://your-url&quot;, perhaps?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(This has much the same effect as Richard Gadsden's solution, wnoch seems fine to me)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would help to know **what** you dislike about your current solution, though." />
  <row Id="1471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="832" RevisionGUID="8496926d-b424-421e-a06d-85ea88175b33" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:06:15.423" UserId="640" Text="In Vista (Business), the shortcuts that are automatically added to the start menu (for recently run programs) don't work for MS Office programs. You click on them and nothing happens.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone seen this and been able to solve it?" />
  <row Id="1472" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="832" RevisionGUID="8496926d-b424-421e-a06d-85ea88175b33" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:06:15.423" UserId="640" Text="MS Office shortcuts in start menu don't work on Vista" />
  <row Id="1473" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="832" RevisionGUID="8496926d-b424-421e-a06d-85ea88175b33" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:06:15.423" UserId="640" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;ms-office&gt;&lt;start-menu&gt;" />
  <row Id="1474" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="833" RevisionGUID="aecab4ba-e440-4ed6-add3-0b620756c9a0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:06:18.510" UserId="629" Text="While ext2 and ext3 do not provide for it (and generally need it less as they keep files relatively together in the first place) ext4 does [provide for defrag](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext4#Online_defragmentation). [This article](http://polishlinux.org/apps/cli/ext4-defragmentation-with-e4defrag/) talks about the e4defrag program. But ext4 is a new filesystem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, compared to windows linux file systems are much better at not fragmenting, so I wouldn't worry about it." />
  <row Id="1475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="834" RevisionGUID="d615bb8b-43cc-4b15-82bb-d9809cfc6087" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:06:25.330" UserId="66" Text="Like Techboy our servers are assests that are devalued over 3 years at which point they are replaced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1476" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="835" RevisionGUID="81b95d29-06bf-48da-93f7-1533f13fb924" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:06:29.383" UserId="684" Text="Have you investigated solar panels (with a battery)?  a wireless router doesn't pull *that* much juice, so you might be able to tie a solar panel into a 12v battery, and power the router off of that.  It would also be silent, which might be a plus, depending on your reasons for building a network in the woods." />
  <row Id="1477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="836" RevisionGUID="499bda59-ee99-4f86-bd07-57a418e003a2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:06:30.977" UserId="695" Text="[Hiren's boot CD][1] works for recovery but it really shines when you need to repartion or format drives, check hardware errors and fix file systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd" />
  <row Id="1478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="837" RevisionGUID="77c3c154-0532-40f8-b965-51e779780e46" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:06:56.373" UserId="401" Text="I think, like much of teaching, there will be three groups of students:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - the students who grok it.  Tell them to go segment a network and place a firewall between the zones and they'll ask &quot;should I make it IPv4 or IPv6?&quot;&#xD;&#xA; - The students who will flounder through no matter what&#xD;&#xA; - The students who will do it if you pique their interest&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;So I'm going to target the 1st and 3rd by saying *make it cool*.  For the second... well they'll have to do it if they want a grade.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So depending on what service you want to target, pick something cool in it, and get them to do that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Squid?  Get it running [Upside-Downternet](http://ex-parrot.com/~pete/upside-down-ternet.html) for the entire network&#xD;&#xA; - DHCP?  Segment the netwrok into 10.0.x.x and 10.1.x.x and then have them use [shorewall](http://www.shorewall.net/) (I find it so much easier than iptables) to segment the network and have the upside-down script only affect part of it&#xD;&#xA; - Firewalls?  DoS a computer or the server.  Brute-force a password.  Tell them to set up a rule so you can't access it to do that.&#xD;&#xA; - DNS?  Have them redirect anyone visiting facebook to some other site.  Redirect google to live.msn&#xD;&#xA; - FTP?  Have them set it up, then do some packet-sniffing, steal a file, and then have them set up SFTP.  Same with telnet and SSH" />
  <row Id="1481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="839" RevisionGUID="8300e611-9e4a-4403-8ff3-6a9c3bd5a1bd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:07:41.660" UserId="530" Text="We lease all our server hardware, and have a 3-year cycle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But many times the application team isn't in a position to do the migration to a new server when that 3-years is up, and they end up extending the lease." />
  <row Id="1482" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="827" RevisionGUID="62d0d871-9213-4e75-957d-127afe6cc964" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:08:56.227" UserId="687" Comment="Checking the edit functionality" Text="Stop Sophos trying to update immediately after login" />
  <row Id="1483" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="840" RevisionGUID="d367a3ce-21d3-4147-91d8-29c448461745" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:09:12.640" UserId="197" Text="I used to use Mozy. but these days I'm using [BackBlaze][1].  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found Mozy to be pretty flakey, and it used to hog my CPU a lot.  I've found Backblaze to be competitive and less intrusive.  In the end you need to give both solutions a try to find out which one works for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.backblaze.com/" />
  <row Id="1484" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="841" RevisionGUID="232e2589-66ee-4cc3-8064-be43ff0c8b6a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:09:14.450" UserId="707" Text="Any of the netbooks currently on the market will run Ubuntu wonderfully. There's even a special [netbook edition of Ubuntu][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as specific brands, I'm a big fan of the MSI Wind and the Dell Mini 9.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.canonical.com/projects/ubuntu/unr" />
  <row Id="1485" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="842" RevisionGUID="f623dc3f-1449-4558-b975-c1033408d98a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:09:14.933" UserId="671" Text="Once we began requiring stronger passwords on e-mail accounts.  This led to some interesting calls.  One person wanted to know who was going to pay to have his web site updated and his stationary reprinted.  He though we were making everyone change their e-mail address, though it was pretty clear that the passwords were the only thing that needed to be updated. &quot;Who gave you the right to dictate what my e-mail address has to be anyway?&quot;  Another company ignored the notices leading up to the change and were surprised when their accounts stopped working.  When we called them to follow-up, they said the notices were a scam and that we don't provide their e-mail service (we do).  I asked who does and they replied, &quot;Outlook.&quot;  Never, ever underestimate the lack of common sense or assumptions of non-technical end-users." />
  <row Id="1486" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="842" RevisionGUID="f623dc3f-1449-4558-b975-c1033408d98a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:09:14.933" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="1488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="843" RevisionGUID="55023494-7fae-4a37-8b2c-0dee6a82d967" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:09:59.547" UserId="216" Text="The Dell Mini9 that one of the guys in the office here just got seems quite nice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It even runs MacOS X if you know where to find the instructions (nb: probably not legal, but morally acceptable IMHO if you buy a retail copy yourself).   With its solid-state-drive it's apparently quite nippy." />
  <row Id="1489" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="844" RevisionGUID="2c87cc7b-96f9-4585-b4e0-82073b08d693" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:10:02.747" UserId="684" Text="I have two DD-WRT routers in different locations.  One of them is running the VPN version of the firmware, and the other is running the standard version.  I am on location with the VPN one, and I want to upgrade the other one to run the VPN firmware so I can wire them together.  Is this possible or advisable?  Of course, I don't want to lose the settings on the remote one, since then I would lose my remote access (currently through SSH) and not be able to configure it." />
  <row Id="1490" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="844" RevisionGUID="2c87cc7b-96f9-4585-b4e0-82073b08d693" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:10:02.747" UserId="684" Text="Is it possible/advisable to upgrade a DD-WRT router remotely?" />
  <row Id="1491" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="844" RevisionGUID="2c87cc7b-96f9-4585-b4e0-82073b08d693" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:10:02.747" UserId="684" Text="&lt;dd-wrt&gt;" />
  <row Id="1494" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="809" RevisionGUID="5d943309-39a7-43d6-9c24-70c403b2865c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:10:49.967" UserId="671" Comment="deleted 20 characters in body" Text="One of the things you should do is load test your existing one-server application to see how many sessions and users it can support at once.  Once you know that, you can monitor those same metrics over time.  When your numbers begin to approach the known limits, it's time to start preparing new hardware for deployment.  You will need to consider the lead time for additional servers so that you can deploy before the existing system reaches its limit.  This is a very general overview, and the details are covered very well in the book &quot;The Art of Capacity Planning&quot; by John Allspaw.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said that, I would break the database server and web server into their own systems as a starting point, then load test each to determine the theoretical load.  Usually the web server will become the bottleneck first, so your application should be written with scalability in mind.  The question mentions sessions, and depending on the platform you're using there are several ways to share sessions between servers, store them in the central database, or use load balancing hardware that will direct the same user to the same server unless it becomes unavailable for some reason.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But to answer the core question &quot;when do we know when to do it,&quot; that will be all about the metrics you're collecting and comparing them against known limits arrived at through load testing." />
  <row Id="1495" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="846" RevisionGUID="10c827c7-381e-4d39-b394-689436b9b1aa" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:11:24.787" UserId="45" Text="This issue can be caused by a third-party shell extension, which seems to only affect the Windows Installer shortcuts like Office shortcuts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could use [ShellExView][1] to resolve the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html" />
  <row Id="1496" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="516" RevisionGUID="02089579-1380-4f81-a53b-14b088780328" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:11:37.047" UserId="449" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;tools&gt;&lt;maintenance&gt;" />
  <row Id="1497" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="847" RevisionGUID="bde74ab8-2dab-4a39-b5ad-39d1cbd25771" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:12:00.073" UserId="216" Text="It's _never_ advisable to upgrade any router remotely, unless you have separate out-of-band access to it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="849" RevisionGUID="35a1b7df-079d-4045-9a97-98480d02e737" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:12:26.047" UserId="684" Text="I like Slicehost a lot.  Although their prices aren't the best for what you get, they aren't bad, and the service is wonderful.  There is nothing worse than going with a discount-bin host, and then having a problem, and finding their service staff is unresponsive." />
  <row Id="1502" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="849" RevisionGUID="35a1b7df-079d-4045-9a97-98480d02e737" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:12:26.047" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="1503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="850" RevisionGUID="0b8c769f-5041-4c09-bf14-4f35281f0b95" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:12:32.787" UserId="2" Text="Microsoft has a lot of documentation about their somewhat new load balancing and request routing module for IIS7 which lead me to believe it's ready for prime time, but I'd like to hear if anyone has real world experience using it in production.  What are a few pros / cons to using this module instead of another solution such as HAProxy?" />
  <row Id="1504" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="850" RevisionGUID="0b8c769f-5041-4c09-bf14-4f35281f0b95" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:12:32.787" UserId="2" Text="Load balancing using  IIS7 request routing and load balancing module" />
  <row Id="1505" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="850" RevisionGUID="0b8c769f-5041-4c09-bf14-4f35281f0b95" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:12:32.787" UserId="2" Text="&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;load-balancer&gt;" />
  <row Id="1506" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="851" RevisionGUID="8e3a5541-4d07-4689-bf21-dd9e7a3e3d53" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:12:40.320" UserId="315" Text="When using gigbit nics (Server grade intel) and 2 boxes with a cross over cable ... I only see %20-40 of the pipe being used. Even across routers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Put 2 100mbps cards in, same deal. %20-40 used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What Gives?" />
  <row Id="1507" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="851" RevisionGUID="8e3a5541-4d07-4689-bf21-dd9e7a3e3d53" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:12:40.320" UserId="315" Text="Gigabit really gigabit?" />
  <row Id="1508" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="851" RevisionGUID="8e3a5541-4d07-4689-bf21-dd9e7a3e3d53" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:12:40.320" UserId="315" Text="&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="1510" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="852" RevisionGUID="73cd3ced-fba0-4dc3-9520-db86e11edf26" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:13:40.927" UserId="241" Text="The powers that be chose qmail a long time ago. I'd go and downvote myself...&#xD;&#xA;(on the brighter side we're planning to replace it with Postfix)" />
  <row Id="1511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="853" RevisionGUID="7b597757-1c5b-447e-a532-6fb8d5bd0691" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:14:26.353" UserId="514" Text="I can't rule out the possibility of doing it but I can make some points against it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The recommended process (strongly reiterated by DD-WRT) involves a series of 'hard' resets that involve power cycling while holding down the **physical reset** button on the router. Tricky to do remotely :)&#xD;&#xA; - Saved settings for one version of the firmware should **NEVER** be used with a different version." />
  <row Id="1512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="854" RevisionGUID="c65a3065-27f2-4191-8abc-62ad8d0a7490" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:15:13.077" UserId="684" Text="I'd be curious to know if anyone likes Webbynode.  I tried their beta, and it seemed to go well, but in the months leading up to the beta, the staff was pretty unresponsive to my emails, so that made me wary." />
  <row Id="1513" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="854" RevisionGUID="c65a3065-27f2-4191-8abc-62ad8d0a7490" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:15:13.077" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="1514" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="699" RevisionGUID="5eff4894-1edd-416b-a814-780c50316089" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:15:24.917" UserId="563" Comment="Added best-practices tag" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;domain&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="1515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="855" RevisionGUID="9302dde9-ea02-4c6b-b084-d3d6976fcb67" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:15:44.807" UserId="167" Text="Currently we backup our MSSQL 2000 and 2005 databases using software to copy files to tape nightly. Database sizes are 14-16Gb and 500Mb.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As SQL server can backup a database to a file would we be better scheduling SQL server to create a backup file and then backing up these files to tape? Also if we use this method is it possible to somehow create a log of transactions that have been completed since the last backup so we can recreate the database and apply the additional transactions?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1516" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="855" RevisionGUID="9302dde9-ea02-4c6b-b084-d3d6976fcb67" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:15:44.807" UserId="167" Text="How can I backup an SQL server (2000 and 2005) database?" />
  <row Id="1517" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="855" RevisionGUID="9302dde9-ea02-4c6b-b084-d3d6976fcb67" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:15:44.807" UserId="167" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="1518" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="856" RevisionGUID="64042714-e724-4cec-a2d6-46237677da69" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:15:47.520" UserId="66" Text="How about a battery powered wireless router:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.cradlepoint.com/products/phs300-personal-wifi-hotspot&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some spare batteries pre-charged and you will be good to go.  No wires needed - at all." />
  <row Id="1519" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="857" RevisionGUID="47b5490a-bd37-47d4-a9f8-096a185f6952" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:16:02.700" UserId="706" Text="Ethernet is awesome for what it does, but it is not synchronized.  This means that two cards can start transmitting at once, which causes a collision.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A collision is generally detected by both cards, and they both back off for a random period of time before attempting a resend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This, coupled with the overhead of the ethernet packet and encoding, means that even under the best circumstances you can't really expect more than 80-90% utilization.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can alleviate this by using routers and switches rather than hubs between computers, but even routers and switches will drop packets if there's too much data, and they can only improve total utilization a few percent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ethernet packet itself includes overhead for clocking, addressing, etc.  If you enable big packets on your network, then the overhead of the packet becomes small relative to the data size, so for large transfers you can get better utilization.  This doesn't help if your application requires a lot of smaller packets, though, as in video or audio streaming applications.  Even if you enable big packets, you may still only be sending small packets because that's what the application is sending.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="1520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="858" RevisionGUID="dba47f81-56f3-4c7c-bab2-2d3cd46ad3a0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:16:22.387" UserId="704" Text="The trick is to make sure DHCP is turned **OFF** in the router/access point so that your wireless clients get IPs from your existing router/firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are more details on the [DD-WRT wiki][1] but the main idea is that you set the WAN to &quot;Disabled&quot;, Disable DHCP, and plug the AP into your network using one of the LAN ports instead of the WAN port (or use the &quot;Assign WAN Port to Switch&quot; feature).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can actually do this with basically any Wireless router without DD-WRT using the same basic steps (disable DHCP, plug into LAN instead of WAN).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Wireless_Access_Point" />
  <row Id="1521" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="859" RevisionGUID="844ba58b-dadb-44ae-80b2-f3549a6f9b74" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:16:39.080" UserId="463" Text="Are the nic's configured as full duplex rather than half duplex?" />
  <row Id="1522" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="860" RevisionGUID="40600a16-b3ea-4c64-b49e-7dde4c7f809b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:16:42.183" UserId="315" Text="MailEnable is like $200, works great if you don't need the exchange features" />
  <row Id="1523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="861" RevisionGUID="b91e120e-9676-4e6f-a9f9-969d1eb4bf46" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:16:46.257" UserId="197" Text="Hi all&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've got a huge server (running Ubuntu Linux as it's primary at home which has got a 2TB raid sitting there just begging for me to backup to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I run netatalk to enable sharing via the AFP protocol to my Macs (all my client boxes are Macs pretty much) and had setup timemachine to use a shared drive on the server as it's destination.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Only trouble is it seems to be completely unreliable.  I reguarly get problems where TimeMachine cannot finish the backup for one reason or another, and sometimes it seems to bring the whole server down (I know its a software rather than a hardware issue because the server is actually Ubuntu running under KVM and the KVM host is always still running).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the question is has anyone had any success trying to do this?  Does anyone know of any issues? Is there a better way to go about this?  I know its a little vague but I was wondering if other users had experiences to share.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Jamie" />
  <row Id="1524" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="861" RevisionGUID="b91e120e-9676-4e6f-a9f9-969d1eb4bf46" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:16:46.257" UserId="197" Text="Can someone tell me how to reliably backup over a network using TimeMachine, without a TimeCapsule?" />
  <row Id="1525" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="861" RevisionGUID="b91e120e-9676-4e6f-a9f9-969d1eb4bf46" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:16:46.257" UserId="197" Text="&lt;netatalk&gt;&lt;afp&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;timemachine&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="1526" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="862" RevisionGUID="74adaad0-4f4d-47ac-b99f-76856c48bfcd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:16:53.010" UserId="629" Text="Virtualisation can help here. You can have 2 servers running as host servers, both with a single virtual server ready to go. The live server has the virtual server running, while the backup server has it's virtual server &quot;turned off&quot; but can still access the file system of that server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you can do regular rsyncs from the live virtual server to the backup virtual server. If the live server goes down, you just need to start the backup virtual server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The details depend on which virtualisation software you use (I've done this with linux-vserver before), but some important points are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* you will need to exclude some settings - IP address in particular.&#xD;&#xA;* test your set up when things are working - you need to **know** it works&#xD;&#xA;* have DNS set up for both eg www1.mysite.com and www2.mysite.com with www.mysite.com being a round robin for www1 and www2&#xD;&#xA;* you could even look into some sort of heartbeat service to automatically start the backup server, but that may be overly complex unless downtime is **really** expensive." />
  <row Id="1527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="863" RevisionGUID="04e545d5-ab7f-485a-ae66-fe43a61f5004" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:17:12.650" UserId="151" Text="I own the older EX470, and in theory it's capable of running WISA, although I don't believe that SQL Server is licensed for this (except Express).&#xD;&#xA;Also, licensing of the IIS Part may be a bit complicated if you want to use it as a Web Site for other users as well. But technology-wise, it contains IIS and you can run ASP.net Applications on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Installation of a normal Windows 2003/2008 Server can be done by preparing unattended installation media and booting from a USB DVD Drive, so that you can RDP in right after installation. Needless to say, that can be a bit of trial/error to make sure the correct network driver is installed and RDP is configured." />
  <row Id="1528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="864" RevisionGUID="0cf1abe9-df8a-4c8a-bc7f-9c4cde30f253" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:17:19.420" UserId="720" Text="I'm old school, I still run [qmail][1] everywhere. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://cr.yp.to/qmail.html" />
  <row Id="1531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="866" RevisionGUID="a17331a8-6813-482c-baf9-d6ccecd3c631" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:19:28.900" UserId="720" Text="I have had success with this, but not using AFP.  With OSX macs, you're much better off using Samba and mounting the shares that way.  I've been using that for quite a while with no ill effects.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="867" RevisionGUID="e7c00410-2bf8-47b8-8106-aaf8855592a8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:20:21.037" UserId="714" Text="Adam &amp; the full-duplex guys are right. Also, don't forget that your underlying hardware might not be up to the task of saturating 1Gbps/100Mbps as well. Unless you have a decent RAID config, decent SSDs, or some kind of RAM-based drive, you're probably not going to see those kind of transfer rates for extended periods." />
  <row Id="1533" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="868" RevisionGUID="3a27d7ed-a4f3-4981-936f-973f7ef9c994" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:20:21.100" UserId="715" Text="How can I have multiple IP addresses assigned to a single NIC? I remember doing this on Unix way back when. Can it be done on Windows?" />
  <row Id="1534" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="868" RevisionGUID="3a27d7ed-a4f3-4981-936f-973f7ef9c994" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:20:21.100" UserId="715" Text="Multiple IP addresses per NIC." />
  <row Id="1535" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="868" RevisionGUID="3a27d7ed-a4f3-4981-936f-973f7ef9c994" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:20:21.100" UserId="715" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;nic&gt;&lt;ip&gt;&lt;tcpip&gt;" />
  <row Id="1536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="869" RevisionGUID="689186db-966b-44c3-9c06-c689d65ef585" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:20:27.510" UserId="216" Text="What are you using to test your link?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's very easy to saturate a 100 Mbps link and most of a 1 Gbps link if you're just pushing stuff out from memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're trying to read stuff from disk and transfer to the other system, though, you'll be constrained by disk performance." />
  <row Id="1537" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="870" RevisionGUID="52e978b7-8293-46c3-8306-fd2772b1ebcf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:20:29.243" UserId="401" Text="My external network interface on a gentoo box will produce these errors intermittently (maybe 3-4 a week).  It is hooked up to Optimum online, and gets its IP via DHCP.  It's always-on, and it almost never loses connection (when it does usually I or one of my roommates notices it).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; eth1: failed to renew, attempting to rebind&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to understand what might produce these errors." />
  <row Id="1538" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="870" RevisionGUID="52e978b7-8293-46c3-8306-fd2772b1ebcf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:20:29.243" UserId="401" Text="What is DHCP Rebinding?" />
  <row Id="1539" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="870" RevisionGUID="52e978b7-8293-46c3-8306-fd2772b1ebcf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:20:29.243" UserId="401" Text="&lt;dhcp&gt;" />
  <row Id="1542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="872" RevisionGUID="2e98088d-187a-49c1-a14c-cd73178e0d2d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:20:32.550" UserId="315" Text="Hardware balancers are getting so cheap, I dunno how big the adoption will be. I'm interested as well" />
  <row Id="1543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="873" RevisionGUID="18af3700-ac44-4cd0-9c94-67fb4e98f1df" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:20:37.480" UserId="671" Text="I have been using ModusMail by Vircom (for Windows) for a number of years with great success.  There are two primary reasons that I use it.  One is that it is an extremely feature-rich, mature product.  It can integrate with just about anything else that I need, supports secure connections, and has a very, very good anti-spam solution that is constantly being updated by a dedicated team of professionals, etc.  The second reason is that it requires very little maintenance.  The software pretty much runs itself.  We give customers access to manage their own mailboxes, we generate reports for accounting so they can bill accordingly, and hardly ever have to spend time &quot;managing&quot; the solution.  For larger enterprises or situations where e-mail absolutely cannot go down, Vircom also offers a cluster solutions where two of them can work in tandem to ensure maximum uptime.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now for the cons.  No system is perfect, so there are bound to be some things that people won't like about any solution.  For ModusMail, the first is cost.  It is expensive, yes, but worth every penny in the amount of administration time we save by using it.  The second is that is it proprietary software.  For me this isn't much of a problem, but some people would scream bloody murder if they can't see the source code, so that is a potential issue.  The other con is that is is a pure e-mail server, not a collaboration platform like Exchange.  ModusMail handles e-mail via SMTP, POP, and IMAP.  It ships with a webmail application which includes basic contacts, but that's about it.  If you're looking for group calendaring or other collaboration functions, ModusMail is not for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As of this writing, ModusMail is at version 4.6, so some of the above may not apply if you're reading this after a new version is released." />
  <row Id="1544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="874" RevisionGUID="8a5f79d5-3d79-4e87-8e4a-e886c6b54690" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:21:24.980" UserId="727" Text="I have an old Windows NT domain in need to upgrade to Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory.  There is one PDC and two BDCs.  What should my next steps be?" />
  <row Id="1545" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="874" RevisionGUID="8a5f79d5-3d79-4e87-8e4a-e886c6b54690" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:21:24.980" UserId="727" Text="What's the best way to migrate from a Windows NT domain to Windows 2000/2003 domain?" />
  <row Id="1546" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="874" RevisionGUID="8a5f79d5-3d79-4e87-8e4a-e886c6b54690" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:21:24.980" UserId="727" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;windows-nt&gt;&lt;windows-2000&gt;&lt;upgrade&gt;" />
  <row Id="1547" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="847" RevisionGUID="e6f75952-436b-49d4-8e0c-f763ab67886a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:22:21.420" UserId="216" Comment="added 100 characters in body" Text="It's _never_ advisable to upgrade any router remotely, unless you have separate out-of-band access to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I base that recommendation on a decade of running the core networks for an ISP (in a previous job)" />
  <row Id="1548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="875" RevisionGUID="4e776a94-8f07-4694-a0c3-def96dc18f88" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:23:17.177" UserId="724" Text="I'd like to build out my network infrastructure by using a TDD approach. Specifically, I'm not sure what monitoring we will require, but if something fails, I'd like to be able to fix is then put in place a monitor of some sort to notify me of the failure the next time it occurs, hopefully before our users notice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our systems are/will be a mix of windows and Ubuntu boxes with a wide variety of switches and multiple locations across the country (yeah, legacy sucks).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for something that's inexpensive (free is best) and that doesn't start out being way too complex.  I'd like it to grow with our monitoring requirements. Never being more than we need at any given time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Am I out to lunch, or can someone offer suggestions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1549" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="875" RevisionGUID="4e776a94-8f07-4694-a0c3-def96dc18f88" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:23:17.177" UserId="724" Text="Hardware/Network equivalent to Automated Testing?" />
  <row Id="1550" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="875" RevisionGUID="4e776a94-8f07-4694-a0c3-def96dc18f88" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:23:17.177" UserId="724" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;automated-testing&gt;" />
  <row Id="1552" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="876" RevisionGUID="bb5f0035-44df-4697-829d-fc1540968162" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:24:12.993" UserId="216" Text="Yes, it can be done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On XP it was just a case of going into the &quot;advanced&quot; settings in the TCP/IP settings for the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't have Vista or any of the &quot;server' variants of Windows to check against, but I'd be amazed if it wasn't possible.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1553" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="877" RevisionGUID="6a932e87-14a4-44a4-a346-8f63e0bd0392" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:24:13.633" UserId="273" Text="*Note: My biggest bug bear with SQL Server (all editions) is transaction log backups.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We run a full backup our SQL db's nightly and transaction logs every 30 minutes, to disk (on another server, different SAN) to date stamped files (fairly simple SQL script and SSIS).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our script also creates the &quot;restore.sql&quot; script to restore the last full backup and all the transaction logs up to that date.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We then zip up files over 2 days old, delete any over 30 days old (but keep month end backups in an archive).  We replicate this drive off-site (we're luck we have 200 miles between large sites and large WAN connection between them.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We then backup this to tape. (Belt, braces and more braces!  Mostly for political reasons)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*We run a lot of SQL Server databases and commercial tools are either too expensive or just don't give us the bang for the buck.  But I would recommend RedGate SQLBackup for smaller installations*" />
  <row Id="1554" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="878" RevisionGUID="f3f3b7ee-61bf-4e18-b2d6-f62b849a891a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:24:23.820" UserId="371" Text="I have a Dell Mini9 with Ubuntu.  It's a very nice integrated package and it works well out of the box.  They use their own launcher, which overlays GNOME for easier application launching without rooting through the dropdown menus with a tiny mouse and screen.  The launcher can be disabled for the standard GNOME interface.  With the launcher disabled, you can then enable Compiz Fusion.  Slick!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One big problem I have with it is mouse sensitivity.  Even with the mouse acceleration and speed dropped all the way down, it is still a little too fast.  Also, there is no speed setting for the mouse wheel and it is *entirely* too sensitive.  I haven't found a solution for this yet.  I'm hoping this is solved one day.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1557" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="880" RevisionGUID="e6e3be32-dd7d-4fdc-9056-a628ed5cf47b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:25:26.563" UserId="709" Text="I work with systems that use both local RAID disk as well as fiber connect SAN.  The SAN appears to perform better even with the former being a newer and faster machine. I think a significant factor is that the local disk arrangement is a single drive so SQL is sharing disk I/O with the OS and swap file.  This is likely contributing heavily to the drag.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As @spoulson mentioned, the SAN can provide far better disk performance. Not only is it a separate drive but it's likely on much faster disk hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In our case, we are using SAN because it provides a centralized storage area for auto failover VERITAS SQL Server service groups.  When the primary machine fails, the windows drives mounted on the SAN get remounted to the hot backup machine and the server comes back up pretty quickly.  Of course, this requires a system similar to VERITAS for service group management which might be outside your scope.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The one caveat we've struggled with is that the SAN disk space assignment is handled conservatively.  Because it's expensive they don't dish it out on a whim.  With the EMC SAN we use, you can't reclaim assigned space without dumping an entire LUN.  So if we find the allocated space is more than we need and we want to use some of that space for another LUN, we can't just shrink the oversized one.  We have to drop it and reassign.  This doesn't work so well in a production environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As others have suggested, avoid NAS.  You might as well put your data files on a USB external hard drive." />
  <row Id="1558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="881" RevisionGUID="27b6cb02-3b90-4d06-8397-10e62d91e3cc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:25:56.170" UserId="247" Text="My approach would be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Make sure the PDC and BDCs are in sync&#xD;&#xA; 2. Switch off the BDCs and disconnect them&#xD;&#xA; 3. Upgrade the PDC to Windows 2000, giving the domain a FQDN (ie from FOO to foo.bar.local)&#xD;&#xA; 4. Make sure that the domain members, ie other servers and desktops have converted properly&#xD;&#xA; 5. Wipe the BDCs, install windows 2000/2003/2008 from scratch, add to the domain and then promote to DC&#xD;&#xA; 6. Tranfer the FSMO roles away from the ex-PDC&#xD;&#xA; 7. Demote the ex-PDC&#xD;&#xA; 8. Take the ex-PDC out of the domain, rebuild it from scratch as Windows 2000/3/8&#xD;&#xA; 9. Promote the ex-PDC back to being a DC&#xD;&#xA; 10. Move the FSMO roles around until you're happy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that if you're planning on doing a hardware upgrade at the same time, then there would be a few differences.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If anything goes wrong before step 5, you can bring up a BDC, promote to PDC and keep using your NT4 domain until you've fixed the problem." />
  <row Id="1559" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="882" RevisionGUID="57a10e99-d58e-4de4-bf5c-5d26f2c42b8a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:26:36.793" UserId="656" Text="Yes, it can be done in Windows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Go to the Control Panel &gt; Network Connections&#xD;&#xA; 2. Right click on the Local Area Connection (or whichever network connection you want to add the 2nd IP Address)&#xD;&#xA; 3. Click on Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in the connection box and click properties&#xD;&#xA; 4. Enter the first IP address in the properties box&#xD;&#xA; 5. Click Advanced&#xD;&#xA; 6. Click Add under the IP Addresses box and enter the information for the 2nd IP Address&#xD;&#xA; 7. Close all the boxes" />
  <row Id="1560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="883" RevisionGUID="421c16d1-791b-4b0f-88d8-ca847bc98efc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:27:20.130" UserId="733" Text="We've got most of our servers as Virtual Machines.  Every once in a while, they get low on disc space.  I'm not the guy who manages them, but obviously, I'm affected by this.  I want to somehow monitor the remaining disc space on the servers I'm concerned about.  What would you do?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Points to help your answer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - I can have full admin rights to the&#xD;&#xA;   server if needed.&#xD;&#xA; - The servers are W2K3 using VMWare" />
  <row Id="1561" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="883" RevisionGUID="421c16d1-791b-4b0f-88d8-ca847bc98efc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:27:20.130" UserId="733" Text="How Would You Monitor Remaining Drive Space for VM Servers?" />
  <row Id="1562" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="883" RevisionGUID="421c16d1-791b-4b0f-88d8-ca847bc98efc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:27:20.130" UserId="733" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="1563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="884" RevisionGUID="865bb2fc-24c7-45e9-a099-da3d9d1c3053" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:28:21.627" UserId="671" Text="Stability.  We know the applications work on the OS they're running on, and any change to the environment can introduce unintended consequences.  Usually the OS is updated at the same time we're planning to deploy new hardware.  We can purchase the hardware, configure the OS, install the software and test, test, then test some more before deploying to the production environment." />
  <row Id="1566" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="886" RevisionGUID="286a0f02-a502-4e4e-b3ea-0ce0323b305a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:29:12.967" UserId="721" Text="There is actually an entire industry for this, sometimes called the Email Server Provider (ESP) industry; it is also sometimes called Email Marketing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you search for &quot;[email marketing provider][1]&quot; you will see many of the big names in the segment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, Lyris, Silverpop, ExactTarget, ConstantContact, MailChimp...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also different scales, some players will allow you to handle large volumes (e.g. campaigns of 100K messages at a time) and others that target small businesses (like MailChimp), where they are easy to get up and running quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe if you spend some time on the websites of the providers above, you will learn something about the features available in the space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use one of the larger providers to send about .75MM messages annually.  I also know that MailChimp has a free service for limited volumes to get started.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good Luck, and let us know what you find and how you like it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/search?q=email+marketing+provider&amp;rls=com.microsoft:*&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;startIndex=&amp;startPage=1" />
  <row Id="1567" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="887" RevisionGUID="e1dc5802-1e91-4c48-9acb-5d00eda2a249" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:29:16.787" UserId="715" Text="What's happening in windows when you boot it and it gets to the portion that displays the message: `Applying Computer Settings`?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I seem to get hung up there for a long time. Is there anything I can do to streamline that portion of the boot?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1568" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="887" RevisionGUID="e1dc5802-1e91-4c48-9acb-5d00eda2a249" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:29:16.787" UserId="715" Text="What's happening during Applying Computer Settings" />
  <row Id="1569" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="887" RevisionGUID="e1dc5802-1e91-4c48-9acb-5d00eda2a249" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:29:16.787" UserId="715" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windowsxppro&gt;" />
  <row Id="1570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="888" RevisionGUID="3ccf2021-74d2-4eee-88d1-b3981c88ee43" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:29:46.507" UserId="466" Text="If you're using Linux, [Nagios](http://www.nagios.org/) is a good way to go." />
  <row Id="1571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="889" RevisionGUID="c8a63aa3-e128-4f48-acb8-3cdd4d13e751" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:30:08.907" UserId="431" Text="SQL Server licensing is approx. $5k per CPU for Standard, or $25k for Enterprise.  Just generally speaking, a $500 headless Windows Home Server would probably not be the first choice for most users.  You might be able to get it to work - but if you're talking about genuinely licensing it, it seems like a poor choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're not worried about performance, you'll do better with a more conventional piece of hardware like an [MSI Wind desktop][1], which costs less but has conventional video outputs and Windows support.  If you ARE worried about performance, then the [Dell Outlet][2] usually sells servers under $500 that are not only supported under Windows Server, but have up-to-date drivers available for the normal Windows OS's too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001R1X0I0?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=brozsqseex-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B001R1X0I0&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnlineSales/topics/global.aspx/arb/online/en/InventorySearch?c=us&amp;cs=28&amp;l=en&amp;s=dfb" />
  <row Id="1572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="890" RevisionGUID="4cf4c4a0-3306-4b68-acc9-191a727036ad" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:30:59.437" UserId="744" Text="[TreeSize Free][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Gotta have it. It keeps my disk usage in check.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml" />
  <row Id="1573" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="891" RevisionGUID="57e1951a-7b56-4ede-af43-fc5275545a9a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:31:10.730" UserId="191" Text="A possible (and not very expensive ) solution for the VPN might be to get a LANCOM router with VPN support. They provide an easy way to set up an IPSec VPN between either the router and a mobile client or between two routers.  &#xD;&#xA;I've done it and besides some minor difficulties configuring the VPN (you need to setup firewall rules that are not really firewall rules, just a way to express which network is connected to which over the VPN. The documentation is a bit sparse regarding this step) it works like a charm." />
  <row Id="1577" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="893" RevisionGUID="9b29e163-3ab4-4f57-b73f-d57efe4698e2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:31:23.443" UserId="725" Text="We mirrored one of our webservers and thus got an IUSR account that was named after the wrong server  IUSR-SERVER1 when this server's name is SERVER2. So I went an renamed the user to IUSR_SERVER2, but after resetting IIS it kept creating the old IUSR-SERVER1 account. Turns out this a feature, so I went through the websites in IIS and changed the IUSR that they use to IUSR-SERVER2 then deleted IUSR-SERVER1, and this time it stayed deleted. Then I accidentally deleted IUSR-SERVER2 so I reset IIS hoping it would be automatically created. Unfortunately this did not occur. Thus I was forced to create a new user and give a password. This made the website work but now there is a password associated with the IUSR, is there any other way to create an IUSR so everything is the same as before? " />
  <row Id="1578" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="893" RevisionGUID="9b29e163-3ab4-4f57-b73f-d57efe4698e2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:31:23.443" UserId="725" Text="How do I restore the IUSR account used by IIS 6" />
  <row Id="1579" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="893" RevisionGUID="9b29e163-3ab4-4f57-b73f-d57efe4698e2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:31:23.443" UserId="725" Text="&lt;iis&gt;" />
  <row Id="1580" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="894" RevisionGUID="36a9b538-ed68-4f1d-94b9-e521665ef8a0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:31:32.150" UserId="523" Text="We have ~200 users and are currently using [Blue Coat][1] to filter web content. Basically we just block things like porn and streaming media. Our contract is coming up and the device is End Of Life, so we are looking for possible alternatives. I know that [WebSense][2] is popular, but we'd prefer something a little cheaper. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you used anything that you would recommend?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bluecoat.com/products/webfilter&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.websense.com/content/home.aspx" />
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  <row Id="1582" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="894" RevisionGUID="36a9b538-ed68-4f1d-94b9-e521665ef8a0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:31:32.150" UserId="523" Text="&lt;webfilter&gt;" />
  <row Id="1583" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="895" RevisionGUID="753d604d-d717-47b4-a403-38a25be2639d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:31:43.693" UserId="611" Text="In trying to replace a workstation with newer one it's always a pain to get the user's files and settings to the new computer.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried the following with varying levels of success.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - FAST (Files And Settings Transfer) wizard.&#xD;&#xA; - RoboCopy&#xD;&#xA; - RichCopy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's the best method for transfering files and settings?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1584" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="895" RevisionGUID="753d604d-d717-47b4-a403-38a25be2639d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:31:43.693" UserId="611" Text="What's the best method for transfering files and settings to a new computer?" />
  <row Id="1585" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="895" RevisionGUID="753d604d-d717-47b4-a403-38a25be2639d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:31:43.693" UserId="611" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;winxp&gt;&lt;workstation-managment&gt;" />
  <row Id="1586" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="896" RevisionGUID="15a4baa3-4867-4056-997e-56c24d41f577" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:31:44.753" UserId="677" Text="A cron job for dumping is very useful, but just in case you don't having anything ready to actually graph the thing, I can recommend [munin][1] which has MySQL plugins for monitoring&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - throughput&#xD;&#xA; - queries&#xD;&#xA; - databases size&#xD;&#xA; - slow queries&#xD;&#xA; - threads&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which can quite helpful to determine spikes. I runs in five minutes interval by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using it over the last year I've discovered quite interesting situation with it before which would have passed completely unnoticed otherwise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://munin.projects.linpro.no/" />
  <row Id="1587" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="897" RevisionGUID="1d4f3ef4-10a6-460c-90c2-56d2b9c7ea87" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:32:17.827" UserId="670" Text="Considering Home Server is just a layer on top of Windows Server 2003 you can do anything Windows Server 2003 can do.  But it can indeed run WISA." />
  <row Id="1588" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="898" RevisionGUID="018f4338-7759-4a42-a084-c301f022b4db" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:32:30.743" UserId="391" Text="I will explain the problem first ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have an in-house webserver/web-app that is publicly accessible. Our Internet connection is therefore a single-point-of-failure (which has been highlighted by some recent connectivity issues).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am thinking of adding a second Internet connection with a static IP of it's own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I was wondering if anybody has tried or would comment on the following idea ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I got an externally hosted server and run a proxy server like HAProxy, I could have this proxy requests to our main IP (down our main connection). Then have it failover to the second connection if the main one went down." />
  <row Id="1589" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="898" RevisionGUID="018f4338-7759-4a42-a084-c301f022b4db" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:32:30.743" UserId="391" Text="Externally hosted proxy server as frontend to internal HTTP server" />
  <row Id="1590" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="898" RevisionGUID="018f4338-7759-4a42-a084-c301f022b4db" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:32:30.743" UserId="391" Text="&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;web-apps&gt;&lt;failover&gt;" />
  <row Id="1591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="899" RevisionGUID="d5a58927-fc2b-4eef-8196-6b535eb62461" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:32:58.480" UserId="722" Text="Similar to [Huppie](http://serverfault.com/questions/512/best-practices-to-keep-your-computers-backed-up-efficiently/555#555), I use a RAID 1 on two 1 TB disks in a &quot;toaster enclosure&quot;, which allows for the possibility of off-site storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also encrypt my backup, using cryptsetup in my case. On top of that, I also use LVM volumes; this allows each computer's backup to be on a separate volume. (Each computer can then back up to the volume that concerns them, and avoid the possibility of clobbering other computers' backups.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The actual backup process is a simple rsync (`rsync -av --delete --inplace ...`)." />
  <row Id="1592" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="900" RevisionGUID="975283f5-5b82-4a48-ad38-d5d92006d056" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:33:00.803" UserId="273" Text="If you're using Virtual Centre, then you can either configure alerts centrally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your not afraid of a bit of database digging, the drive size and freespace is stored in a database table, and it's not too difficult to punch this up onto a HTML page with a bit of scripting." />
  <row Id="1595" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="902" RevisionGUID="5ee66c9a-b631-41f1-8684-6b34b5e2cf55" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:33:43.843" UserId="661" Text="I am personally working on setting up an at home NAS using OpenSolaris and ZFS. ZFS will support redundancy, pairing multiple drives of different sizes into a single virtual volume (or pool).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition, ZFS supports a great feature called &quot;snapshots&quot; which allows you to take instant, lightweight shots of the system for later recall. Integrity checking is performed constantly so that your data is always kept safe (or at least you know when it's not).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, ZFS is still very much in testing." />
  <row Id="1597" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="903" RevisionGUID="906068da-3749-4618-80bd-026baaa11e57" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:34:43.513" UserId="273" Text="Alternatively, build yourself a WMI script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[MSDN - WMI Tasks: Disks and File Systems][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394592(VS.85).aspx" />
  <row Id="1598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="904" RevisionGUID="5ed3053a-6432-4689-8145-a643dba28b6e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:34:49.567" UserId="514" Text="I've used TRAC for tracking bugs/issues for software development but it seems a bit complex for a typical desktop user. Is there anything better (open source) that would be simpler to use, aimed more at end users, and perhaps walk them through common scenarios?" />
  <row Id="1599" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="904" RevisionGUID="5ed3053a-6432-4689-8145-a643dba28b6e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:34:49.567" UserId="514" Text="What is a good open source issue tracking system?" />
  <row Id="1600" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="904" RevisionGUID="5ed3053a-6432-4689-8145-a643dba28b6e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:34:49.567" UserId="514" Text="&lt;issue-tracking&gt;" />
  <row Id="1601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="905" RevisionGUID="2d7d7cef-fd65-4617-9121-53b0ebb26bd9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:34:54.217" UserId="78" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am an IT-Admin at an medium sized lawyer firm.&#xD;&#xA;I see that Windows Update is trying to push IE8 out to the market.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know if there is any disadvantages to upgrade to IE8? Besides, perhaps, more memory usage compared to windows 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The clients are running IE6 or IE7 currently, and none of the application are directly dependent on internet explorer as such." />
  <row Id="1602" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="905" RevisionGUID="2d7d7cef-fd65-4617-9121-53b0ebb26bd9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:34:54.217" UserId="78" Text="Is IE8 ready for cooprate enviroment?" />
  <row Id="1603" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="905" RevisionGUID="2d7d7cef-fd65-4617-9121-53b0ebb26bd9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:34:54.217" UserId="78" Text="&lt;ie8&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="1604" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="906" RevisionGUID="ea3fa5df-653b-4a34-a123-bcbbda399cfe" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:36:08.300" UserId="117" Text="What are tools/utilities that you should absolutely know while working as a Linux or Windows Sysadmin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm thinking for example about [GNU/screen][1] that you'll need if you're working on Linux servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/" />
  <row Id="1605" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="906" RevisionGUID="ea3fa5df-653b-4a34-a123-bcbbda399cfe" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:36:08.300" UserId="117" Text="What tools should you absolutely know as a Windows/Linux Sysadmin ?" />
  <row Id="1606" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="906" RevisionGUID="ea3fa5df-653b-4a34-a123-bcbbda399cfe" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:36:08.300" UserId="117" Text="&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="1607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="907" RevisionGUID="90bcdb0c-7c9c-4c40-918b-57670998237e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:36:33.087" UserId="709" Text="For what it's worth, I've been using an HP MediaVault with good success.  Two drives mirrored.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I backup my most sensitive and critical files (financial, personal records) to matched set of thumb drives that stay in a fireproof safe.  Other stuff (pictures, home videos) go to DVDs. These can easily be stored off-site.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1608" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="908" RevisionGUID="cc052787-5c96-4efd-b291-a03387ad8340" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:36:34.010" UserId="722" Text="I see this message when my computer-specific group policy settings are being applied. Some domains have really complicated policies, and may make this process take a long time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, some policies may require network access. In that case, if your computer has no network access, this may prolong the startup process too." />
  <row Id="1610" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="882" RevisionGUID="f1f82fab-8e20-423d-b242-9dd728fee924" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:38:06.593" UserId="656" Comment="added &quot;click Properties&quot; that was originally left out and noted in the comments" Text="Yes, it can be done in Windows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Go to the Control Panel &gt; Network Connections&#xD;&#xA; 2. Right click on the Local Area Connection (or whichever network connection you want to add the 2nd IP Address) and click Properties&#xD;&#xA; 3. Click on Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in the connection box and click properties&#xD;&#xA; 4. Enter the first IP address in the properties box&#xD;&#xA; 5. Click Advanced&#xD;&#xA; 6. Click Add under the IP Addresses box and enter the information for the 2nd IP Address&#xD;&#xA; 7. Close all the boxes" />
  <row Id="1611" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="363" RevisionGUID="4f1d14ae-2616-491c-a0d4-4c15795a8952" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:38:21.633" UserId="45" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Once a nice, old lady called our company asking about an internet domain of her hotel. Her statement: &quot;You are the company &quot;.com&quot;, right?&quot; and she wanted us to &quot;redirect&quot; all the email from one &quot;city to another city&quot;, because during winter time she lived there." />
  <row Id="1612" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="909" RevisionGUID="8e210c27-cdb1-4d56-9e8c-02caeffeef99" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:38:23.160" UserId="722" Text="At my current work we use [Redmine](http://www.redmine.org/). I don't know if that counts as &quot;simpler&quot;, but it works well for us." />
  <row Id="1613" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="910" RevisionGUID="3f9931f5-e968-4b88-9365-dddf4330e74b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:38:50.773" UserId="712" Text="Skirting your question a bit - I've enjoyed the use of Active Directory-based home folders. This works well if you have a nice fast network with a domain controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This way your files follow you around no matter which computer you are using, and the server can handle the backups." />
  <row Id="1614" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="805" RevisionGUID="7bdd9ad4-bca4-4e94-9925-d390fa273a95" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:38:56.857" UserId="629" Comment="tried to fix links spreading" Text="First off, 7.10 and 8.10 are not LTS (long term support) release. The only LTS releases so far are 6.06 and 8.04.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly, 7.10 is [no longer supported](http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-7.10-eol ) - that means that you will no longer receive security updates (or any other updates). So you should definitely upgrade to the 8.04 LTS release (known as the Hardy Heron).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To do so (assuming you don't have a desktop environment installed) then install update-manager-core if it is not already installed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo apt-get install update-manager-core&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Launch the upgrade tool&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo do-release-upgrade&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Follow the on-screen instructions. (Instructions from [here](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardyUpgrades) )" />
  <row Id="1615" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="911" RevisionGUID="6d48e3f5-5cef-4adb-9f74-ab5c46393d09" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:39:11.803" UserId="463" Text="vi - I know not everyone likes it, but its pretty much going to be on any *nix server you come across, and when everything else is broken you are going to need to edit config files. I would also suggest csh and sh for the same reasons" />
  <row Id="1616" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="912" RevisionGUID="7f811101-feb8-4c60-b4d9-77c101d00c1f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:39:37.917" UserId="368" Text="The Acer Aspire One runs Ubuntu 9.04 quite nicely. 8.10 was a little sluggish at times, but 9.04 is snappy. It can even run embedded OS's through VirtualBox (although I haven't tried XP under it yet). I run all of the above software, and even the full Eclipse suite on occasion, although that can be a little painful at times." />
  <row Id="1617" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="913" RevisionGUID="dad296a1-bc80-4572-93ab-bf7d379354f4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:39:38.573" UserId="709" Text="BugZilla seems to be a popular choice." />
  <row Id="1618" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="850" RevisionGUID="a4cc4772-9047-4a6d-979e-af73c03e0389" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:39:38.633" UserId="2" Comment="added link " Text="Microsoft has a lot of documentation about their somewhat new load balancing and request routing module for IIS7 located here: http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2009/02/16/iis7-request-routing-and-load-balancing-module-released.aspx which lead me to believe it's ready for prime time, but I'd like to hear if anyone has real world experience using it in production.  What are a few pros / cons to using this module instead of another solution such as HAProxy?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1619" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="850" RevisionGUID="a4cc4772-9047-4a6d-979e-af73c03e0389" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:39:38.633" UserId="2" Comment="added link " Text="Load balancing using IIS7 request routing and load balancing module" />
  <row Id="1620" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="914" RevisionGUID="70a3f65b-252d-47f2-87c3-bfb7a94abfc5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:39:49.837" UserId="685" Text="Windows Tools:  &#xD;&#xA;In recently debugging a multicast problem I was having, I found [NMap][1] to be incredibly useful for debugging the network traffic.  [Wireshark][2] was helpful as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nmap.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.wireshark.org/" />
  <row Id="1621" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="904" RevisionGUID="ac116204-0dba-4431-8b5e-27de21e51ae0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:39:54.373" UserId="514" Comment="Clarified &quot;simpler&quot;" Text="I've used TRAC for tracking bugs/issues for software development but it seems a bit complex for a typical desktop user. Is there anything better (open source) that would be simpler to use (than TRAC), aimed more at end users, and perhaps walk them through common scenarios?" />
  <row Id="1622" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="915" RevisionGUID="41b31c2a-2212-4bd0-b5e3-2768575731bd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:39:55.403" UserId="712" Text="Another configuration that I've enjoyed is putting my home folder under a git repository. Whenever I move to a new machine, I just sync to another machine. No sense in using complicated software with GUIs. :-)" />
  <row Id="1623" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="916" RevisionGUID="0bdf415f-cbbf-4e20-b1ef-0014f1a9872b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:40:32.313" UserId="677" Text="My hosting provider advised us to get rid of MyISAM completely and switch to InnoDB, unless it is not possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In our case we were having severe data corruption which started to show from a few times to a few times per day, always requiring REPAIR TABLE and related commands, which took ages on large tables.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once we converted (or: were converted) to InnoDB, the problems instantly went away. Downsides/caveats we had:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Can't convert tables with FULLTEXT index (this problem went away over time by itself; it was replaced with a Solr/Lucene based solution which has much better quality anyway)&#xD;&#xA; - Big tables with millions of rows which often require COUNT(*) were **very** slow, we were not able to switch those either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But note: this is all specific to our environment, etc., so it may not generally apply." />
  <row Id="1624" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="917" RevisionGUID="29cd4043-795e-422b-ad24-4d3895511236" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:40:45.323" UserId="710" Text="The title says it all.  I'm looking for a good set of tools that I can use to load test a web application on IIS 7 before deployment." />
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  <row Id="1627" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="918" RevisionGUID="42fa47f4-db7b-4807-9244-3727407b7336" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:41:11.190" UserId="750" Text="I've heard that the write performance of RAID 5 can be appalling at times. While I want the redundancy that it provides I don't want to sacrifice my database insert/update times.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this something I should be worried about and if so, what would be the recommendation to get redundancy ***with*** good write performance?" />
  <row Id="1628" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="918" RevisionGUID="42fa47f4-db7b-4807-9244-3727407b7336" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:41:11.190" UserId="750" Text="Should I run my database off of a RAID 5 configuration?" />
  <row Id="1629" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="918" RevisionGUID="42fa47f4-db7b-4807-9244-3727407b7336" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:41:11.190" UserId="750" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;database&gt;" />
  <row Id="1630" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="919" RevisionGUID="1a2a46ce-70b9-4d4b-898a-4468d8569167" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:41:41.640" UserId="715" Text="What is the wiring order for an 10/100/n-Base-T patch cable?&#xD;&#xA;What about a crossover (x-over) cable?" />
  <row Id="1631" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="919" RevisionGUID="1a2a46ce-70b9-4d4b-898a-4468d8569167" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:41:41.640" UserId="715" Text="What is the wiring for a patch cable?" />
  <row Id="1632" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="919" RevisionGUID="1a2a46ce-70b9-4d4b-898a-4468d8569167" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:41:41.640" UserId="715" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;cables&gt;" />
  <row Id="1633" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="920" RevisionGUID="2daf1f6a-0ef5-4523-b6b9-62528d2577bf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:42:01.810" UserId="714" Text="I've been running IE7 and IE8 since their early betas (which weren't very stable), and I can assure you that as long as your internal web apps work fine under IE7 then you will &#xD;&#xA;have no problems with IE8.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, as a web developer, anything that you can do to upgrade from IE6 would be a tremendous help." />
  <row Id="1634" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="905" RevisionGUID="ffb07a82-738c-49fd-bc8b-036353e6eed1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:42:06.070" UserId="78" Comment="Did a stupid typo" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am an IT-Admin at an medium sized lawyer firm.&#xD;&#xA;I see that Windows Update is trying to push IE8 out to the market.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know if there is any disadvantages to upgrade to IE8? Besides, perhaps, more memory usage compared to IE7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The clients are running IE6 or IE7 currently, and none of the application are directly dependent on internet explorer as such." />
  <row Id="1635" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="921" RevisionGUID="3dcf1914-5aa5-4fb9-bfb7-49f8212c2052" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:42:18.130" UserId="565" Text="OSX's default file system HFS+ or Mac OS Extended defragments automatically. However, if you use large files or have a very full disk you may benefit from defragmenting. Often restarting will help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See &quot;[About disk optimization with Mac OS X][1]&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[iDefrag][2] is one product listed in Apple database that also states it doesn't touch the &quot;Hot Zone&quot; which is an area of the disk used by OS X to optimize disk access. They have a demo version you could try.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1375&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.coriolis-systems.com/iDefrag.php" />
  <row Id="1636" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="922" RevisionGUID="78fa95dc-5a9f-4095-b49b-40316317b097" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:42:35.320" UserId="45" Text="*Please don't upgrade Internet Explorer 6. Look at this site:* [http://www.saveie6.com/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Jokes aside, Internet Explorer does work very well, I installed it on many sites without problems. Don't forget: there is always the IE7 compatibilty mode, if you have intranet applications which have problems with IE8.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.saveie6.com/" />
  <row Id="1637" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="923" RevisionGUID="df87eb54-813a-480a-9ae4-a43e7e4921c1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:42:35.977" UserId="745" Text="To save some money I'm sure we would all prefer to build our own workstations. But this takes a lot more work than simply buying one off the shelf. With any luck, you'll end up with a better machine for a lower price.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What methodologies do you use to decide on which parts to buy? Do you look at benchmarks? Do you find things that have compatible bus speeds? How do you know where to look to make sure everything will be compatible? Do you buy a bare bones machine and extend it?" />
  <row Id="1638" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="923" RevisionGUID="df87eb54-813a-480a-9ae4-a43e7e4921c1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:42:35.977" UserId="745" Text="What are the most important aspects to consider when building a new workstation?" />
  <row Id="1639" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="923" RevisionGUID="df87eb54-813a-480a-9ae4-a43e7e4921c1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:42:35.977" UserId="745" Text="&lt;diy&gt;&lt;workstation&gt;" />
  <row Id="1640" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="924" RevisionGUID="74e63b85-ce6c-4e77-bdf6-e791fa730c55" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:42:38.220" UserId="656" Text="Overall, I've had good experience with the built-in Windows FAST (Files and Settings Transfer) wizard.  It seems to be getting better with each new version of Windows too.  " />
  <row Id="1642" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="925" RevisionGUID="0f07a58c-ab2b-444e-8137-177080a8f49f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:43:26.253" UserId="663" Text="[The case of the 500-mile email][1] is a pretty odd case with a fun fix. Can you share other stories where the actual fault was something unexpected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps it can help others who have some strange problem that they just can't figure out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html" />
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  <row Id="1644" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="925" RevisionGUID="0f07a58c-ab2b-444e-8137-177080a8f49f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:43:26.253" UserId="663" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;oddities&gt;" />
  <row Id="1645" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="925" RevisionGUID="0f07a58c-ab2b-444e-8137-177080a8f49f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:43:26.253" UserId="663" />
  <row Id="1646" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="926" RevisionGUID="738910bd-4169-4ad4-b764-a238a5732965" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:44:38.140" UserId="712" Text="I have multiple network interfaces on a Windows *client* machine. I would like for some IP traffic to go through one card and other traffic to go through the other card based upon the IP (actually, I would prefer domain names) of the destination server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I see no way to configure this using the Windows GUI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Can I do this in WinXP+?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's complicated, then some pointers to good articles would be sufficient as my Googling skillz seems to fail here.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1647" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="926" RevisionGUID="738910bd-4169-4ad4-b764-a238a5732965" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:44:38.140" UserId="712" Text="How do I associate IP masks/ranges with multiple network cards in WinXP/Vista" />
  <row Id="1648" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="926" RevisionGUID="738910bd-4169-4ad4-b764-a238a5732965" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:44:38.140" UserId="712" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="1649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="927" RevisionGUID="6d4ac255-d439-4b3a-acc5-0c636109f1e6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:44:52.023" UserId="463" Text="![A very nice pinout example][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Doing a google image search for &quot;cat5 pinouts&quot; has plenty of others as well&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gemcable.com/downloads/Cat5_pinouts.jpg" />
  <row Id="1650" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="928" RevisionGUID="73504c3e-8c3f-4477-9ad3-ea8f456fb7e3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:45:43.470" UserId="761" Text="I want to set up a VPN on a remote server to route all my Internet traffic for privacy reasons. I can set up an incoming connection and connect to it successfully. The problem is, I can just see the remote computer and no other Web sites will open. I want the remote server to act like a NAT. How can I do that?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that I don't want to split Internet traffic. I actually *want to send* all the traffic to the remote server but need to make it relay the traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the record, my remote server is Windows Web Server 2008 which does not have routing and remote access service." />
  <row Id="1651" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="928" RevisionGUID="73504c3e-8c3f-4477-9ad3-ea8f456fb7e3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:45:43.470" UserId="761" Text="How can I set up a VPN Incoming connection with Windows Web Server 2008 to route Internet traffic?" />
  <row Id="1652" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="928" RevisionGUID="73504c3e-8c3f-4477-9ad3-ea8f456fb7e3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:45:43.470" UserId="761" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;route&gt;&lt;tunneling&gt;" />
  <row Id="1653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="929" RevisionGUID="34f7d468-be27-4e31-aed3-b1061e71c39d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:45:44.517" UserId="565" Text="I've had a few customers (banks) indicate that the reason their company still standardizes on IE6 is because it's still supported by Microsoft. They will upgrade when Microsoft stops supporting it they will standardize on IE7 or perhaps IE8. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the official expiration date for support on IE6?" />
  <row Id="1654" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="929" RevisionGUID="34f7d468-be27-4e31-aed3-b1061e71c39d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:45:44.517" UserId="565" Text="When does Microsofts IE6 Support Expire?" />
  <row Id="1655" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="929" RevisionGUID="34f7d468-be27-4e31-aed3-b1061e71c39d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:45:44.517" UserId="565" Text="&lt;ie6&gt;" />
  <row Id="1656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="930" RevisionGUID="96210f54-8f51-420d-a6b0-bbdad8407900" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:45:57.403" UserId="677" Text="I use [apt-history][1] for history. I've no idea why this useful tool isn't included by default, it's the first package I deploy with [puppet][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://freshmeat.net/projects/apt-history/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/" />
  <row Id="1657" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="931" RevisionGUID="dfe5869d-5a9c-4c3c-8e6c-0b4a55de2192" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:45:59.493" UserId="690" Text="There is a great guide right [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pcmobilehelp.com/support/cat5WiringDiagram.htm" />
  <row Id="1658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="932" RevisionGUID="37ba30f6-f91f-4c3a-a1ac-ca627dbe348a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:46:24.327" UserId="656" Text="PCMover ( http://www.laplink.com/pcmover/ ) worked for me moving from one laptop to another.  Everything migrated well, though our IT group is who ran the actual utility, so I'm not sure of the ease of use.  " />
  <row Id="1659" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="933" RevisionGUID="88572c10-54b2-4020-a684-0c87d31b63c9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:46:41.533" UserId="663" Text="There has not been released an official expiration date for IE6.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can see the support lifecycle of [Internet Explorer here.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifesupsps#Internet_Explorer" />
  <row Id="1660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="934" RevisionGUID="1daec749-aae6-4f2c-ad3a-9fefaef9a685" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:46:47.697" UserId="564" Text="This is really one where google just has the answers http://www.google.com/search?q=wire+network+cable  A patch cable is just a straight through cable" />
  <row Id="1661" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="935" RevisionGUID="64ae8776-3061-4ad8-8b2b-4364696391e4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:46:52.283" UserId="760" Text="When Windows XP is no longer supported, which is whenever Microsoft decides to finalize that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Windows Life-Cycle Policy][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Lifecycle Supported Service Packs][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/default.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifesupsps/" />
  <row Id="1662" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="936" RevisionGUID="af559960-bc00-48b7-bafe-461be4840b65" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:46:54.687" UserId="710" Text="I have used Web Application Stress Tool before.  I'm wondering if this is a pretty standard tool to use, and if there are better alternatives&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(WAS) can be downloaded [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's also a kb article on how to install and use the application [here][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and a blog on how to use it [here][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e2c0585a-062a-439e-a67d-75a89aa36495&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313559&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.west-wind.com/presentations/webstress/webstress.htm" />
  <row Id="1663" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="937" RevisionGUID="e66854f3-a948-44de-85dd-e5dcbc7a863d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:47:25.947" UserId="117" Text="I'm currently using a second-hand [IBM X40][1], which is a little old but very light (less than 1 kg) and very well designed. I'm really happy with it (unless for the special 1.8&quot; hard drive).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a professional series and I can tell you that you really feel the difference (very great *Windows* IBM utilies, good design, very good keyboard, big 12&quot; screen, very robust, everything supported by default on Linux) !&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I'm really suggesting you to take a look on [IBM/Lenovo X series][2] which are awesomes and super lights computers for quite same price if bought on second hands.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:X40&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:X_Series" />
  <row Id="1664" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="938" RevisionGUID="a59d40e0-f0d2-490f-8cfb-f5235ddf1794" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:47:37.447" UserId="755" Text="[Wireshark][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wireshark.org/" />
  <row Id="1665" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="939" RevisionGUID="5d263428-0f73-4e52-812f-90a04f6618a5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:48:02.017" UserId="273" Text="Depends on how much writing your doing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's a fairly lightweight &quot;web app&quot; then your unlikely to see any performance hit on RAID5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your building a multi-GB data warehouse with large ETL's, then the write buffer on the RAID 5 will quickly overflow and your straight into the &quot;poor write performance&quot; of RAID 5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Every RAID5 write will cause at least 3 writes (plus a CRC calculation).  When buffered, this is fine and fast (small short bursts of activity - single record updates and inserts).  If this is sustained writes (large bulk insert / updates) then it will be noticed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a balance between performance and space.  RAID 10 (mirror of striped drives) gives both performance and resiliency, but 50% reduction in capacity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID5 gives higher capacity, good read performance but poor (large) write performance.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="940" RevisionGUID="42b33157-e659-4b03-ae96-e20843fab25a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:48:09.923" UserId="616" Text="In the spirit of the [recent StackOverflow blog article][1] saying we shouldn't re-present answers already available on the Internet, I point you at [this][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID-5 isn't unique in the redundancy it provides, it just does it while consuming less additional disks than some alternatives. You can pick something else with equal or better redundancy and better write performance&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/04/podcast-51/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r2/index.jsp?topic=/serveraid_5.20/fqy0_cselraid.html" />
  <row Id="1667" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="941" RevisionGUID="05bcf977-3bf5-47f0-92d4-a441be9aa0a9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:48:31.187" UserId="706" Text="When a DHCP lease expires, the DHCP client attempts a renewal - it contacts the original leasing DHCP server, requests a new lease, and if everything goes well it gets one and goes merrily on it's way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After a period of time, if it doesn't get a response, or it keeps getting negative responses from the original server, it attempts to rebind.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is essentially the same process as it uses on power-up when it's first requesting a DHCP lease - it sends out a broadcast asking for DHCP servers, and binds to the server that responds positively.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you keep getting these messages it can indicate a DHCP server misconfiguration, an overloaded DHCP server, or a short timeout period in your DHCP client for the renewing process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can get more detailed information at the [TCP/IP guide][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tcpipguide.com/free/t_DHCPLeaseRenewalandRebindingProcesses-2.htm" />
  <row Id="1668" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="942" RevisionGUID="165ed514-73ea-4bf4-b04a-c17bda7b51c1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:48:49.470" UserId="671" Text="The first question to ask is what you're using the computer for?  Will this be a gaming machine or just a workstation for mom to check her e-mail?  It also depends on how much you value your time and support.  If you spend 12 hours researching parts and variations on hardware, and another hour or two for assembly, you're putting a lot of time into the system.  Once you've built the system, you'll need to keep track of warranties for individual parts and troubleshoot and replace yourself if something breaks.  If this is for a business, just buy something from Dell or HP with a service warranty and be done with it.  Any money you save on parts will be quickly absorbed by the time you'll put into researching and building the system, as well as internal support after something breaks.  If it's a personal computer and you have time to spare, go for it.  I don't have a particular methodology for selecting parts, just buy whatever will meet your needs within your price range." />
  <row Id="1669" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="943" RevisionGUID="b30d82dc-a63a-426a-b9f6-52e74a36172a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:49:20.547" UserId="712" Text="I usually look for raw speed of the memory bus. This gives me a list of the chipsets to investigate. Once I have that list, I look at the review sites to see which motherboards win in the realm of raw speed. I tend to ignore compatibility as I usually buy specific hardware that is known to work well with that motherboard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With the ridiculously low price of memory these days, I think I will start looking for the motherboards that allow the largest amounts of RAM. Today, this means looking at server-class motherboards. Unfortunately, those boards are usually much slower than their consumer-grade cousins.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fast memory is good whether you're a programmer or a gamer." />
  <row Id="1670" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="944" RevisionGUID="ce9ceb0f-c21a-4a88-b5af-46e027fb247d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:50:50.027" UserId="755" Text="Securing a network can be a very difficult task.  There are a lot of ins and outs hardware and software wise (users aside!)  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What steps do you take to verify that your network is secure?&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;What tools do you use to secure your network?&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;What are some of the big holes that go regularly un-fixed?&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1671" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="944" RevisionGUID="ce9ceb0f-c21a-4a88-b5af-46e027fb247d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:50:50.027" UserId="755" Text="What do you do to verify that your network is secure?" />
  <row Id="1672" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="944" RevisionGUID="ce9ceb0f-c21a-4a88-b5af-46e027fb247d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:50:50.027" UserId="755" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="1673" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="945" RevisionGUID="4517e6b8-e9ec-439c-bc8c-fb03d9fe1a81" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:51:48.277" UserId="564" Text="Freenas is great.  I would look at the rsync options in freenas to get the redundancy you want/need if you don't want to spend the money for the sata card" />
  <row Id="1676" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="947" RevisionGUID="79441988-3ec4-4bb0-a016-dfb1a2b7f943" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:52:32.050" UserId="661" Text="I'm looking for a good free or Open Source ticket tracking system that can be used to help manage support tasks and clients in a computer repair style situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally, this software would be something like Zen Desk or the like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What ticket tracking systems do you use? What tips would you have on selecting such a system?" />
  <row Id="1677" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="947" RevisionGUID="79441988-3ec4-4bb0-a016-dfb1a2b7f943" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:52:32.050" UserId="661" Text="What's a good Open Source or free ticket tracking system?" />
  <row Id="1678" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="947" RevisionGUID="79441988-3ec4-4bb0-a016-dfb1a2b7f943" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:52:32.050" UserId="661" Text="&lt;opensource&gt;&lt;freeware&gt;" />
  <row Id="1679" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="948" RevisionGUID="da124d3d-7a3d-462b-952a-f97f55bd6213" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:52:52.533" UserId="440" Text="I have a machine running Win 7 beta build 7000 and while I admit that nuke-ing and re-installing win 7 would be the best option, I'd like to keep the install as is for now. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any significant difference to the way you'd go about this in win 7 from XP as detailed [In this article][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2007/09/how-to-install-a-new-motherboard-without-reinstalling-windows.ars" />
  <row Id="1680" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="948" RevisionGUID="da124d3d-7a3d-462b-952a-f97f55bd6213" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:52:52.533" UserId="440" Text="How to prepare for changing/upgrading a motherboard" />
  <row Id="1681" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="948" RevisionGUID="da124d3d-7a3d-462b-952a-f97f55bd6213" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:52:52.533" UserId="440" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;upgrade&gt;" />
  <row Id="1682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="949" RevisionGUID="07a3ae72-4286-486f-97bb-461c973df671" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:53:10.973" UserId="762" Text="RAID 10 is usually recommended since the I/O is so random. Here's an example. The calculations are a bit simplified, but pretty representative.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's say you have a 6 drive array and your drives can do 100 I/Os per second (IOPS). If you have 100% reads, all six drives will be used and you'll have about 600 IOPS for both RAID 10 and RAID 5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The worst case scenario is 100% writes. In that scenario, RAID 10's performance will be cut in half (since each write goes to two drives), so it will get 300 IOPS. RAID-5 will convert the two writes into two reads followed by two writes, so it will get 1/4 the performance or about 150 IOPS. That's a pretty big hit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your actual read/write pattern will be somewhere in-between these two extremes, but this is why RAID 10 is usually recommended for databases. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if you don't have a busy database server, then you could even do RAID-6. I often do that if I know the database isn't going to be bottleneck since it gives you much more safety than RAID 10 or RAID 5." />
  <row Id="1683" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="950" RevisionGUID="2556fa6e-c06a-429d-b9f8-fde0f0ddd74e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:53:45.310" UserId="273" Text="IIRC - XP pre SP2 is unsupported.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;XP SP2 and XP SP3 are under Microsofts &quot;Extended&quot; support for another few years (until 2012?).  This basically means that you can still raise a Microsoft support call (Premier customers etc) for XP, and by association IE6.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, MS has published IE8 as a Critical Update on Windows Update and you may struggle to get a fix from Microsoft for any problem you may encounter.  If it turns out to be a bug in IE6 then MS will not be fixing it (security fixes only under Extended support).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Start working on your IE8 rollout plans.  It's stable, renders better than IE7 and is toe-to-toe with FireFox (without the plugins)" />
  <row Id="1687" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="952" RevisionGUID="feb923f4-c6d3-435b-a540-dc533bb494eb" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:54:15.090" UserId="117" Text="An alternative to Bugzilla/Redmine is [Mantis Bug Tracker][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If yours developers are using Eclipse, you should take care of a good integration with [Mylin][2], a wonderful eclipse plugin to access to yours bugs directly from Eclipse and also link source code to them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that Bugzilla and Jira (very good but not open source) are currently supported.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mantisbt.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.eclipse.org/mylyn/" />
  <row Id="1688" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="922" RevisionGUID="466ba08c-0d25-41b2-98ba-9a1da5b7b9ad" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:54:17.413" UserId="45" Comment="added 49 characters in body" Text="*Please don't upgrade Internet Explorer 6. Look at this site:* [http://www.saveie6.com/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Jokes aside, Internet Explorer 8 works very well for me. I installed it on many computers and all the web applications still work without problems. Don't forget: there is always the IE7 compatibilty mode, if you have intranet applications which have problems with IE8.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.saveie6.com/" />
  <row Id="1690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="954" RevisionGUID="fcc05fbc-4683-40b2-9d06-4d242e296852" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:55:09.610" UserId="766" Text="Well, it depends heavily on your fault/risk tolerance. RAID5 has [a lot of issues](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_RAID_levels#RAID_5_disk_failure_rate). My DB server currently have two mirrored drives, and if I was to scale that up, I'd go for something with more parity, probably RAID6 or RAID10.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if your application is uptime-critical, I'd probably recommend having two database servers with replication instead, master-master or hot spare or whatever. RAID only helps against disk failures, but there's a lot more that could go wrong on a server :)" />
  <row Id="1691" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="955" RevisionGUID="91bd1108-9d94-41db-9b56-839ec4e6d783" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:55:22.263" UserId="751" Text="Microsoft has intentionally crippled IIS in XP to keep people from using it as a web server platform. It defaults to handling only two simultaneous incoming requests. Is there any way to tweak this without serious system file abuse? If so, is there an easy way to test that the change was successful?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found a [suggestion][1] from Tess Ferrandez's debugging blog about some registry settings but all the tests I run after-the-fact seem to indicate nothing has changed (even after an IIS reset and, ultimately, a system restart). In the case of her ASP.NET debugging labs, there is a test page that does a five-second sleep and logs the start and completion of the request but multiple requests to that page on this test system all start five seconds after each other instead of starting around the same time and simply taking five seconds longer from start to completion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/tess/pages/net-debugging-demos-information-and-setup-instructions.aspx" />
  <row Id="1692" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="955" RevisionGUID="91bd1108-9d94-41db-9b56-839ec4e6d783" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:55:22.263" UserId="751" Text="How do I get Windows XP IIS to handle more than 2 concurrent requests?" />
  <row Id="1693" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="955" RevisionGUID="91bd1108-9d94-41db-9b56-839ec4e6d783" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:55:22.263" UserId="751" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="1694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="956" RevisionGUID="d06ce566-c8af-4881-a44a-279b7f13b66c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:55:59.623" UserId="613" Text="[Roundup][1] is pretty decent and easy to hack on if you know a bit of python.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://roundup.sf.net" />
  <row Id="1695" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="957" RevisionGUID="1be40b6e-0959-455a-b830-a86fec8e310d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:56:47.347" UserId="244" Text="I would just add&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Total Commander][1] - excellent file manager, also works as ftp client and more&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ghisler.com/" />
  <row Id="1696" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="958" RevisionGUID="858ceb8c-8453-4c4b-8100-b66441bc5121" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:56:59.060" UserId="48" Text="You can set the IUSR Password using the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Inetpub\AdminScripts&gt;cscript adsutil.vbs set w3svc/anonymoususerpass “P@ssword”&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You then need to sync it with this command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Inetpub\AdminScripts&gt;cscript.exe synciwam.vbs -v&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1697" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="959" RevisionGUID="b128d903-3b75-4efe-8076-0f68b1d767ea" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:57:02.960" UserId="32" Text="How do you recommend destroying sensitive information on a hard drive? I've used [DBAN][1] in the past, is that good enough?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dban.org/" />
  <row Id="1698" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="959" RevisionGUID="b128d903-3b75-4efe-8076-0f68b1d767ea" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:57:02.960" UserId="32" Text="How should I securely wipe data from a hard drive?" />
  <row Id="1699" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="959" RevisionGUID="b128d903-3b75-4efe-8076-0f68b1d767ea" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:57:02.960" UserId="32" Text="&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="1700" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="960" RevisionGUID="e99f76fe-da19-4263-96e9-fbda77551a32" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:57:13.850" UserId="729" Text="The NSA puts out a comprehensive guide to securing operating systems.  While not every option will be required for your environment, the explanations about each change are helpful in understanding the reasons for it.  [NSA - Operating Systems Guide][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also check out the [SANS Reading Room][1] for papers written on a broader range of topics, but primarily with a security focus.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sans.org/reading_room/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.nsa.gov/ia/guidance/security_configuration_guides/operating_systems.shtml" />
  <row Id="1701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="961" RevisionGUID="e6f94c45-5bb8-40a5-9a9e-f04f368df00e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:57:20.790" UserId="414" Text="Will you be installing Windows 7 RC as your primary OS?  Or be waiting for the RTM version?" />
  <row Id="1702" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="961" RevisionGUID="e6f94c45-5bb8-40a5-9a9e-f04f368df00e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:57:20.790" UserId="414" Text="Will you be installing Windows 7 RC as your primary OS?" />
  <row Id="1703" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="961" RevisionGUID="e6f94c45-5bb8-40a5-9a9e-f04f368df00e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:57:20.790" UserId="414" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="1704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="962" RevisionGUID="d47abfdb-303c-42ff-91f6-7ea70a414606" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:58:13.583" UserId="745" Text=" - Disable universal plug-n-play&#xD;&#xA; - Use Wireshark to listen for any ARP requests on the LAN from IP addresses that do not belong on the network" />
  <row Id="1705" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="904" RevisionGUID="7bbb29c1-b350-4c59-b8ae-3452213153f1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:58:28.760" UserId="514" Comment="Clarified target audience" Text="I've used TRAC for tracking bugs/issues for software development but it seems a bit complex for a typical desktop user. Is there anything better (open source) that would be simpler to use (than TRAC), **aimed more at end users**(not developers), and perhaps walk them through common scenarios?" />
  <row Id="1706" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="963" RevisionGUID="d620ba9d-f548-41be-af5d-39718e9cc1de" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:58:47.730" UserId="605" Text="How Do I use Windows Server 2008's DNS role to redirect certain domain names?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When a user types in an address, I'd like to redirect it as such:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    http://crm -&gt; http://&lt;ip of webserver&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    http://bugs/issue/12 -&gt; http://&lt;ip of bugtracker&gt;/issue/12&#xD;&#xA;    http://myspace.com -&gt; http://127.0.0.1&#xD;&#xA;    and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've got Forwared Lookup Zones and Reverse Lookup Zones but i'm not sure exactly what they mean." />
  <row Id="1707" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="963" RevisionGUID="d620ba9d-f548-41be-af5d-39718e9cc1de" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:58:47.730" UserId="605" Text="How do I redirect a http domain name with Windows Server" />
  <row Id="1708" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="963" RevisionGUID="d620ba9d-f548-41be-af5d-39718e9cc1de" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:58:47.730" UserId="605" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="1709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="964" RevisionGUID="d27d803d-96d6-42c1-8a50-c7fbf5811d21" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:59:24.187" UserId="401" Text="These answers I'm ripping from [my response here](http://serverfault.com/questions/650/how-can-i-detect-unwanted-intrusions-on-my-servers/800#800)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Use an IDS&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SNORT® is an open source network intrusion prevention and detection system utilizing a rule-driven language, which combines the benefits of signature, protocol and anomaly based inspection methods. With millions of downloads to date, Snort is the most widely deployed intrusion detection and prevention technology worldwide and has become the de facto standard for the industry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; Snort reads network traffic and can look for things like &quot;drive by pen testing&quot; where someone just runs an entire metasploit scan against your servers.  Good to know these sort of things, in my opinion.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - Monitor your servers - Graphs can give you a hint if something is unusual.  I use [Cacti](http://www.cacti.net/) to keep an eye on CPU, network traffic, disk space, temperatures, etc.  If something _looks_ odd it _is_ odd and you should find out why it's odd.  If traffic suddenly spikes in the App Tier, I'm going to want to know why." />
  <row Id="1710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="965" RevisionGUID="c39cbb2a-4fee-40ff-a9dc-c92fe0dcf31b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:59:32.127" UserId="661" Text="I can say from personal experience that I have nearly bricked my router trying to upgrade over the web interface via remote connections. I would strongly recommend being physically connected to the router and having physical access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The hard reset procedure that is officially recommended also comes in handy if anything goes wrong." />
  <row Id="1711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="966" RevisionGUID="1024f034-8f57-4ec1-95fa-34ddf8d0d273" CreationDate="2009-04-30T14:59:47.120" UserId="605" Text="It depends on how sensitive your data is. If you arn't the CIA or NSA, then [DBAN][1] is fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dban.org/" />
  <row Id="1713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="967" RevisionGUID="34977507-354d-4780-a721-93110648762a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:00:19.147" UserId="724" Text="Seriously, depending on the size of the company your best bet might be to have a third party do regular security audits on your systems.  Higher ups like the fact that your security was independently verified, and in all seriousness, it's hard enough for most IT people to keep things working, let alone keep on top of every new security loophole.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Probably not the answer you want, but worth saying." />
  <row Id="1714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="968" RevisionGUID="1a4990d4-7498-4063-a26a-3cf1f2fb692e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:00:20.970" UserId="340" Text="We use [OnTime][1], which is primarily driven for software development tracking, but the incident tracking is really good for our needs (we do some software development too).  I like it because it has an API and the SQL data is easily accessible so you can create custom reports and views on the data.  You can get a single user license for free.  If you need more or think you'll need more in the future, then this might not be for you.  You can eval it though, so maybe it can help you figure out which features you definitely need and don't need.  We tried out a bunch of open source software and none of them really worked well, they were not complete enough.  Good luck!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.axosoft.com" />
  <row Id="1715" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="969" RevisionGUID="0dfbfa11-3f8c-474e-b7b2-0a975d6d0665" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:00:26.963" UserId="709" Text="There's been much mention of inverters and such for powering the router.  From an efficiency standpoint there's likely an even better approach considering the actual power you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most SOHO routers are supplied with DC under 12 volts, so you would gain by getting an adequate converter/regulator to go from standard automotive 12 volts (usually 13.8v) to the appropriate input voltage (likely 9 volts).  This would probably save you a lot of juice simply not having the chain of voltage conversion and de/modulation (i.e. 13.8vDC =&gt; 120vAC =&gt; 9vDC).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What about some 9 volt power tool batteries wired up in parallel? You could probably run a solid state device for quite a while considering those batteries are designed for high draw motorized tools.  I remember my dad used to run our first VHS video camera on Makita batteries." />
  <row Id="1716" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="970" RevisionGUID="4b12b256-7a1f-4ea4-a938-9a252c668a9d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:00:33.110" UserId="257" Text="Based on the data at the provided links from Alnitak and John's earlier answers, here is what I did:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Plugged in the (USB) Time Machine HD&#xD;&#xA; 2. Turned Time Machine off&#xD;&#xA; 3. Found the current ethernet MAC address&#xD;&#xA; 4. Disabled the ACLs on the TM&#xD;&#xA; 5. Moved the .[old mac address] file in the root of the TM to be .[new mac address]&#xD;&#xA; 6. Updated the extended attribute for the Backups.Backupdb/[machine name] to match the new mac address&#xD;&#xA; 7. Reenabled the ACLs&#xD;&#xA; 8. Ejected and unplugged the TM HD&#xD;&#xA; 9. Turned Time Machine back on&#xD;&#xA; 10. Plugged the HD back in again&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Steps 4 through to 7 were done as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo fsaclctl -p /Volumes/Time\ thingy/ -d&#xD;&#xA;    $ mv .[old mac address] .[new mac address]&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo xattr -w com.apple.backupd.BackupMachineAddress [new mac address (with colon separators)] Backups.backupdb/Thalia/&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo fsaclctl -p /Volumes/Time\ thingy/ -e&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is currently doing the backup thing (I don't yet know whether it will do a full backup, or just an incremental one at this point), and I can now &quot;Enter Time Machine&quot; and see the expected history.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a bit of a side note, before resetting the xattr I ran `xattr -l` (list) on the Thalia directory (looking for any other attributes that might be around to cause problems), and noticed that the pre-existing mac address was displayed in hex editor style (the address column (0000 on one line, 0010 on the next), the hex data column (each byte separated by a space), and the data column) and the data was actually terminated by a zero byte. After resetting it, it is just displayed simply as the mac address string (so presumably not terminated by a zero byte) - I'm hoping this won't cause problems." />
  <row Id="1717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="971" RevisionGUID="decb12e8-b5fd-45a0-8244-05b4060825af" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:00:40.330" UserId="440" Text="physically destroy the platters - it's the only way to be sure ;-)" />
  <row Id="1720" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="973" RevisionGUID="0c1cd26d-42f3-4a42-9613-668360d0f35f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:01:31.077" UserId="460" Text="I have a Cisco PIX 515E that is currently acting as office's router.  We have an MS domain, and utilize MS VPN for remote access.  I would like to use the Cisco VPN functionality built into the PIX and leverage active directory for authentication; however, I have not found a good source for instructions on how to do this.  I am a programmer with a sys admin hobby, so the instructions I'm looking for should not be geared towards a Cisco or AD expert.  Do any instructions like these exist?" />
  <row Id="1721" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="973" RevisionGUID="0c1cd26d-42f3-4a42-9613-668360d0f35f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:01:31.077" UserId="460" Text="Cisco PIX connected to Active Directory for VPN" />
  <row Id="1722" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="973" RevisionGUID="0c1cd26d-42f3-4a42-9613-668360d0f35f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:01:31.077" UserId="460" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="1723" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="974" RevisionGUID="ab85a271-1aae-4f66-b31a-a93d57dec000" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:01:32.153" UserId="173" Text="[PuTTY][1]: A great free SSH client for Windows. Just about everywhere I've worked has used this to connect to Unix servers from Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/" />
  <row Id="1729" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="977" RevisionGUID="ef296da9-b01e-4d49-bc89-c4710cb629ef" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:02:07.770" UserId="706" Text="**What methodologies do you use to decide on which parts to buy?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I first determine the machine's purpose.  A development machine has different usage than a gaming machine, which has different usage than a server machine, which is different from a home user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Starting from the usage scenario, and a budget, I look at what's available at what cost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In selecting parts I generally look for the point where you're not getting the cheapest stuff (which is only a little cheaper than midrange) but is below the most expensive stuff (which has only a little more performance than midrange.  It's not exactly in the middle - for some parts it's worth making a chart of cost/performance (or other metric which is important for that part) and seeing the part of the curve where you get the most bang for your buck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then I make compromises based on usage and cost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Do you look at benchmarks?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, but only peripherally.  I use them primarily to make sure there isn't' a huge disparity between price/performance for a given component, but beyond that in this industry you generally get what you pay for in the mid-range.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For some usage scenarios it's important to take this into account, as certain usage may have critical requirements, such as when selecting between a hard drive and an SSD.  SSD is better in most cases, but for a few usage scenarios a few cheap hard drives in raid is better because raw sequential access is more important than seek time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Do you find things that have compatible bus speeds?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As long as the buses are compatible, then I'll optimize to requirements and cost.  It may be vastly cheaper to go for the slower RAM now, and upgrade later if/when needed, even though the ram is slower than what is possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**How do you know where to look to make sure everything will be compatible?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Only at the bleeding edge (very high end/high cost/newest) is this actually important.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the mid range (best bang for the buck) the hardware has been out for months, has had at least 2-3 revisions, and has stable drivers.  This isn't an issue unless you're using the latest and greatest MB, video card, OS, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Do you buy a bare bones machine and extend it?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I buy my components individually and assemble it.  Barebones machines, when I've done price comparison, are often not as good a deal as they appear to be at first - they usually make some small tradeoff.  An equally good deal can be found with the parts you actually want with careful shopping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="1730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="978" RevisionGUID="ce189de6-b02f-4e97-90f1-725f206b579c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:02:10.030" UserId="32" Text="What's your top Powershell command? Let's make a list and vote up the best ones!" />
  <row Id="1731" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="978" RevisionGUID="ce189de6-b02f-4e97-90f1-725f206b579c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:02:10.030" UserId="32" Text="What's your favorite Powershell command or script for system administration?" />
  <row Id="1732" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="978" RevisionGUID="ce189de6-b02f-4e97-90f1-725f206b579c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:02:10.030" UserId="32" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;" />
  <row Id="1733" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="979" RevisionGUID="c17675ed-f0af-4fac-94fb-3da7e95f2c82" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:02:28.797" UserId="725" Text="Here is a post by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000329.html&quot;&gt;Jeff Atwood&lt;/a&gt; on how you can increase the limit to 10 or 40 connections. One way to possibly test would be to use a load tester like Microsoft Application Center Test that comes with Visual Studio 2003 or the Microsoft Application Stress Tool that you can download. This tools will allow you to simulate multiple users hitting your site. I would test it it before you make the change and after to see if it makes a difference." />
  <row Id="1734" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="980" RevisionGUID="e8913868-cf4a-49cf-b0b5-131584d9c859" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:02:48.983" UserId="460" Text="If initial feed back is good, I will be installing as my primary.  The increased performance over Vista will be a big win for me." />
  <row Id="1735" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="981" RevisionGUID="f8e7cbba-9db9-46d1-8620-542700506aaf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:03:21.340" UserId="463" Text="This [Question][1] may help&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/446/how-can-i-enforce-that-my-urls-always-start-with-www" />
  <row Id="1736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="982" RevisionGUID="0f977362-db38-4baa-bbea-1e89a4cb93d4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:03:31.837" UserId="780" Text="I have used PGP 8.0's wipe tool with success." />
  <row Id="1737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="983" RevisionGUID="caed00cc-79b9-4aab-a80f-b8332ec77dff" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:03:52.740" UserId="613" Text="I must admit I've never used anything like that. Ever. In a small business especially, if people aren't doing their jobs, they should go away.  Conversely, if someone does their job better while listening to Pandora, why would I want to interfere with that?" />
  <row Id="1741" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="985" RevisionGUID="6162a0ad-0981-4765-b97e-fb56dd5d4e85" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:04:07.203" UserId="671" Text="In our office we had similar problems and began using MRTG to monitor the individual network ports on our core network switch.  We knew who was connected to each port through our wiring diagram, and quickly identified a couple of people who were using &quot;extreme&quot; amounts of bandwidth.  It turns out they were streaming torrents from the office, and we quickly put a stop to that (to save bandwidth and prevent legal liability).  We still had some issues and that was narrowed down to our core router.  Everything else in the office had been upgraded to a fully switched 100Mbps network, but our core router that handles NAT routing, etc. was still an older 10Mbps Cisco router.  We replaced that with a newer router and our connectivity problems evaporated.  We still monitor our core switch for any problems, and it has helped to identify a few people running software they shouldn't be.  Looking at the ports on your switch and the traffic flowing through them should give you a great place to start though (you'll need a switch the supports SNMP for that)." />
  <row Id="1742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="986" RevisionGUID="0123351a-6fe1-44c4-85f9-e840444ea353" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:04:40.383" UserId="45" Text="If I understand your question, you want to redirect HTTP requests. This can't be done through DNS changes (alone). You have to change IIS (or whatever web server you're using) settings, using host headers etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In IIS 7.0 on Windows Server 2008 there is the &quot;HTTP Redirect&quot; setting in the HTTP Settings section." />
  <row Id="1743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="987" RevisionGUID="331659f0-bfba-491d-92e1-0962068479fc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:05:33.253" UserId="729" Text="With Windows 2000 and higher, you can use a VBScript as the logon script instead of just a batch file.  From there, it's very simple.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Set objNetwork = CreateObject(&quot;WScript.Network&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    objNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection &quot;\\server\HP LaserJet&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VBScript can also handle typical logon functions such as mapping drives and running programs, in case you netlogon.bat is also doing other things.  Google will turn up lots of pages helping with the syntax." />
  <row Id="1744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="988" RevisionGUID="af8f4f67-7fc9-40fb-81df-9da87064f668" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:06:07.447" UserId="460" Text="I use a hammer or sledge." />
  <row Id="1745" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="989" RevisionGUID="4a3d6dac-f102-456c-b743-55be6cd7f217" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:06:12.377" UserId="793" Text="I have just moved a SharePoint site from one server to another.  Both servers are running Windows Server 2003 R2 Service Pack 2, but the new one is x64 as apposed to x84.  I successfully installed SharePoint and attached the content databases to SQLSERVER and associated them with their respected webpages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However when I try to view the page, either from outside the server or from within, the page never loads.  I've checked some forums and everyone suggests giving read permissions to the ISS_WPG group win the Inetpub folder. I have done this, but it still doesn't work.&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions as to why my website won't load?  What are typical problems that block web content from a server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1746" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="989" RevisionGUID="4a3d6dac-f102-456c-b743-55be6cd7f217" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:06:12.377" UserId="793" Text="IIS and ASP.NET 2.0.50727.0 Issues with SharePoint" />
  <row Id="1747" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="989" RevisionGUID="4a3d6dac-f102-456c-b743-55be6cd7f217" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:06:12.377" UserId="793" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;sharepoint&gt;" />
  <row Id="1748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="990" RevisionGUID="5453dc8a-96fe-480b-a3f7-cd1d555f860c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:06:36.870" UserId="371" Text="What is the best way to scan to find what drive mappings are set for all logged in users on all desktops in the domain?  This will be used to determine what drive letters are in use in the environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is in a corporate environment within an Active Directory 2003 domain.  I currently use an SMS 2003 advertisement that runs &quot;net use&quot; and pipes to a log file.  It takes a very long time to hit every desktop.  Is there a better way?" />
  <row Id="1749" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="990" RevisionGUID="5453dc8a-96fe-480b-a3f7-cd1d555f860c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:06:36.870" UserId="371" Text="How can I tell what network drives users have mapped?" />
  <row Id="1750" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="990" RevisionGUID="5453dc8a-96fe-480b-a3f7-cd1d555f860c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:06:36.870" UserId="371" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="1751" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="991" RevisionGUID="0196236d-25db-4312-aee2-f06603e32904" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:07:36.523" UserId="533" Text="You would use the 'route' command.  Essentially you can tell you machine to send traffic to different gateways based on the destination IP range.  Type &quot;route&quot; from cmd.exe to see usage behaviours.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the output from &quot;route print&quot; on my local machine.  You can see that since I have a VPN connection with split tunneling turned on, some networks (as defined by the VPN server) are destined to the VPN (172.16.143.151) and some are destined to my local network interface (192.168.0.16)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Documents and Settings\jj33&gt;route print&#xD;&#xA;    ===========================================================================&#xD;&#xA;    Interface List&#xD;&#xA;    0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface&#xD;&#xA;    0x3 ...00 1f e1 3d 61 06 ...... Dell Wireless 1395 WLAN Mini-Card - Packet Scheduler Miniport&#xD;&#xA;    0x10005 ...00 1e 37 fc ca c8 ...... Bluetooth Personal Area Network - Packet Scheduler Miniport&#xD;&#xA;    0x100006 ...00 05 9a 3c 78 00 ...... Cisco Systems VPN Adapter - Packet Scheduler Miniport&#xD;&#xA;    0x120002 ...00 1d 09 d7 78 65 ...... Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller- Packet Scheduler Miniport&#xD;&#xA;    ===========================================================================&#xD;&#xA;    ===========================================================================&#xD;&#xA;    Active Routes:&#xD;&#xA;    Network Destination        Netmask          Gateway       Interface  Metric&#xD;&#xA;              0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0      192.168.0.1    192.168.0.16       25&#xD;&#xA;             10.0.0.0        255.0.0.0   172.16.143.151  172.16.143.151       1&#xD;&#xA;          69.8.143.78  255.255.255.255   172.16.143.151  172.16.143.151       1&#xD;&#xA;         69.8.147.133  255.255.255.255      192.168.0.1    192.168.0.16       1&#xD;&#xA;            72.4.16.0  255.255.255.248   172.16.143.151  172.16.143.151       1&#xD;&#xA;          72.4.78.130  255.255.255.255   172.16.143.151  172.16.143.151       1&#xD;&#xA;          89.101.16.0    255.255.255.0   172.16.143.151  172.16.143.151       1&#xD;&#xA;            127.0.0.0        255.0.0.0        127.0.0.1       127.0.0.1       1&#xD;&#xA;          169.254.0.0      255.255.0.0     192.168.0.16    192.168.0.16       20&#xD;&#xA;           172.16.0.0      255.240.0.0   172.16.143.151  172.16.143.151       1&#xD;&#xA;         172.16.143.0    255.255.255.0   172.16.143.151  172.16.143.151       25&#xD;&#xA;       172.16.143.151  255.255.255.255        127.0.0.1       127.0.0.1       25&#xD;&#xA;       172.16.255.255  255.255.255.255   172.16.143.151  172.16.143.151       25&#xD;&#xA;          192.168.0.0    255.255.255.0     192.168.0.16    192.168.0.16       25&#xD;&#xA;          192.168.0.4  255.255.255.255     192.168.0.16    192.168.0.16       1&#xD;&#xA;         192.168.0.16  255.255.255.255        127.0.0.1       127.0.0.1       25&#xD;&#xA;        192.168.0.255  255.255.255.255     192.168.0.16    192.168.0.16       25&#xD;&#xA;        192.168.100.0    255.255.255.0   172.16.143.151  172.16.143.151       1&#xD;&#xA;        206.220.212.0    255.255.252.0   172.16.143.151  172.16.143.151       1&#xD;&#xA;          216.135.0.0    255.255.252.0   172.16.143.151  172.16.143.151       1&#xD;&#xA;            224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0   172.16.143.151  172.16.143.151       25&#xD;&#xA;            224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0     192.168.0.16    192.168.0.16       25&#xD;&#xA;      255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255   172.16.143.151  172.16.143.151       1&#xD;&#xA;      255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255     192.168.0.16    192.168.0.16       1&#xD;&#xA;      255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255     192.168.0.16          120002       1&#xD;&#xA;      255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255     192.168.0.16           10005       1&#xD;&#xA;    Default Gateway:       192.168.0.1&#xD;&#xA;    ===========================================================================&#xD;&#xA;    Persistent Routes:&#xD;&#xA;      None&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, all of those are dynamic routes.  You could use the route command to replicate something similar though.  Try [Googling &quot;adding static routes to windows&quot;][1] for more details&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/search?q=adding+static+routes+to+windows" />
  <row Id="1752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="992" RevisionGUID="ee9b2be4-8057-499c-8115-024d78ea2e89" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:07:52.793" UserId="762" Text="DBAN is just fine. Here's the dirty little secret--any program that overwrites every byte of the drive will have wiped anything permanently. You don't need to do multiple passes with different write patterns, etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't believe me? See the standing challenge to prove that a drive overwritten with 0s once can be recovered. Nobody seems willing to take up the challenge. http://16systems.com/zero.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="993" RevisionGUID="22921929-6f90-4693-9c60-910cefba77f3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:08:33.150" UserId="613" Text="You could maybe override this locally by specifying a default search domain in your network setup." />
  <row Id="1755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="995" RevisionGUID="3c4dc6e3-8a6d-486c-92f7-b187d00f9430" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:09:46.520" UserId="714" Text="For me [-WhatIf][1] is the most useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/WhatIfPowershell.aspx" />
  <row Id="1756" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="996" RevisionGUID="0d53fe30-9295-45a7-b619-6881dd91d160" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:10:05.520" UserId="504" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you know a good (and free, if possible) Microsoft Exchange spam filter?&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="1758" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="996" RevisionGUID="0d53fe30-9295-45a7-b619-6881dd91d160" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:10:05.520" UserId="504" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;spam&gt;" />
  <row Id="1759" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="982" RevisionGUID="1ca53848-f2db-4a6f-9af4-2158e0388cb1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:10:06.673" UserId="780" Comment="added 141 characters in body" Text="I have used PGP 8.0's wipe tool with success. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't ever physically destroy the hardware before wiping the data with software, forensics can retrieve parts of a destroyed hard drive." />
  <row Id="1760" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="997" RevisionGUID="4fb9ac36-ea92-4439-8660-8527704aca6f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:10:28.857" UserId="66" Text="I'm considering it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It can't be as bad as this RTM version of Vista I currently have!" />
  <row Id="1763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="998" RevisionGUID="a177ae1b-f1a1-4a3c-b383-c4db8241b7bc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:11:36.217" UserId="732" Text="I can't use Windows without installing Cygwin, but I've never really had too much of a problem with it using disk space though. I think you can delete the folder Cygwin stores the packages in but every time you update Cygwin it will download the packages it needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for a barebones setup, it really depends on what you need. I start with the base Cygwin install and add OpenSSH, Cron, RXVT, Screen, Vim, Git, Curl, Zip/Unzip, and Wget. Those are most all the tools I need, but I just install something else if the need arises." />
  <row Id="1764" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="999" RevisionGUID="5d345724-b5e1-456f-9702-85b810815964" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:12:15.810" UserId="48" Text="To do this you would need to setup the DNS zones for the domains you want to forward in your DNS server, so if you wanted to re-direct Myspace to localhost, then you would need to setup a MySpace.com forward lookup zone on your DNS server and setup an A record in there to point to where you want it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your clients would check your Local DNS server first (assuming its setup that way), get an authoritative response for that zone and use that. Any zones not on your DNS server would be redirected to the next DNS server in the  chain, usually your ISP's." />
  <row Id="1766" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="989" RevisionGUID="4a839707-e05a-4ce7-b838-f02ce999cbfe" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:12:47.790" UserId="793" Comment="Specify version of Sharepoint" Text="I have just moved a SharePoint 2007 site from one server to another.  Both servers are running Windows Server 2003 R2 Service Pack 2, but the new one is x64 as apposed to x84.  I successfully installed SharePoint and attached the content databases to SQLSERVER and associated them with their respected webpages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However when I try to view the page, either from outside the server or from within, the page never loads.  I've checked some forums and everyone suggests giving read permissions to the ISS_WPG group win the Inetpub folder. I have done this, but it still doesn't work.&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions as to why my website won't load?  What are typical problems that block web content from a server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1767" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1000" RevisionGUID="587e30f8-8755-428e-ba34-5ef3e3b1c68a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:13:04.450" UserId="671" Text="Contrary to some other answers, DNS is exactly what you would use to do this.  First, you will need to ensure everyone on the network is using your DNS forwarder to resolve queries.  You can control this as part of your DHCP configuration.  Make sure you set the DNS settings to use your own DNS server(s), then configure those servers as resolvers or forwarders so they can resolve queries for the outside world (www.cnn.com for example).  Once that is in place, you can create a forward lookup zone for whatever you want.  If you want to kill myspace.com, setup myspace.com as a forward lookup zone, then create a wildcard 'A' record that points to 127.0.0.1 and it will become inaccessible.  If you do this, I would direct users to an internal web server that returns a copy of the company's Internet use policy instead of a dead-end.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For basic names such as &quot;crm&quot; you can create a host called &quot;crm&quot; as an 'A' record within the default domain for the network.  If your default domain is mycompany.local, you would create &quot;crm.mycompany.local&quot; and point it to whatever IP your CRM web server is located at.  When someone puts &quot;http://crm&quot; into their browser, the OS will try to do a DNS lookup for &quot;crm&quot; and append the default domain &quot;mycompany.local&quot; to it automatically, resulting in &quot;crm.mycompany.local&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One caveat is that this will only work for those using your DNS servers as their resolvers.  If someone decides that they really want to get to myspace.com, they can change their TCP/IP settings to ignore the DHCP assigned DNS servers and put in their own (such as those provided by OpenDNS, among others).  You can control this in some cases using Active Directory Domain Security Policies for Windows systems, not sure if you can limit that on a Mac though." />
  <row Id="1768" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1001" RevisionGUID="01ff8c31-950f-443d-8301-887dcbf7258c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:13:18.537" UserId="706" Text="The question [Hardware vendors to avoid][1] is ok for a first order approximation of the problem, but those who have been in the industry for more than a decade know you can't trust any one vendor to never have problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How do you pick a vendor in the face of so many choices?&#xD;&#xA; - How do you evaluate a hardware choice to avoid getting the bad lemon, especially with a new chipset/HD design/GPU/etc?&#xD;&#xA; - Knowing that sometimes you can't judges this in advance, do you do anything now to protect yourself in case something does go wrong?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My acceptable vendor/manufacturer list is fluid and always changing, but sometimes I get stuck assuming that one is better than the others because they've done so well for me for so long.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How do you avoid holding onto old assumptions and approach each purchase with a clean slate?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/652/hardware-vendors-to-avoid" />
  <row Id="1769" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1001" RevisionGUID="01ff8c31-950f-443d-8301-887dcbf7258c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:13:18.537" UserId="706" Text="How to pick a vendor" />
  <row Id="1770" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1001" RevisionGUID="01ff8c31-950f-443d-8301-887dcbf7258c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:13:18.537" UserId="706" Text="&lt;vendor-selection&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="1771" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1002" RevisionGUID="ab988c66-d11e-4a60-801b-dc70d952d43f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:13:21.440" UserId="48" Text="I've been running the Beta as my primary OS for months now and its been great. There were a few issues early on but most have since been fixed. So yes, I will be running the release candidate as my primary OS." />
  <row Id="1772" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="986" RevisionGUID="c5520dba-2427-4271-80e7-a1d69b9e3279" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:13:54.027" UserId="45" Comment="added 176 characters in body" Text="If I understand your question, you want to redirect HTTP requests. This can't be done through DNS changes (alone). You have to change IIS (or whatever web server you're using) settings, using host headers etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In IIS 7.0 on Windows Server 2008 there is the &quot;HTTP Redirect&quot; setting in the HTTP Settings section.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess you just want to define local addresses for common names. Just try to add host names (crm, bugs) for your local domain associating them to the desired ip addresses." />
  <row Id="1773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1003" RevisionGUID="54da0bce-14da-4255-837d-ff5d52149989" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:14:14.603" UserId="799" Text="i tried out the test on my MediaCenter pc.&#xD;&#xA;and that worked really fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;my only problem are the rumors that there will be a final in the summer.&#xD;&#xA;reinstalling all the stuff again in 2 months is not what i prefer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but i think after a long weekend, i definitly would be on the RC ;-)" />
  <row Id="1774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1004" RevisionGUID="548bf0a7-4c71-4ec7-a049-e8c03caf5216" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:15:05.490" UserId="546" Text="I'm in the process of testing one of my applications full-time in Windows 7, so I will be running Windows 7 RC as my main OS. Dog-fooding FTW." />
  <row Id="1775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1005" RevisionGUID="6f0ef8be-cfb9-4a85-b545-bebc3ee2027f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:15:10.500" UserId="613" Text="That sounds reasonable, though for the cost of a second connection, I'd also compare the cost of remote-hosting the app somewhere else." />
  <row Id="1776" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1006" RevisionGUID="36e4ebb4-2dc9-4f03-8ab8-9414845b4a46" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:15:27.037" UserId="715" Text="Someone told me that it is not always a good idea to defragment a minimally fragmented drive (&lt;2%); and that it could cause performance issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are they right, and why/why not?" />
  <row Id="1777" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1006" RevisionGUID="36e4ebb4-2dc9-4f03-8ab8-9414845b4a46" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:15:27.037" UserId="715" Text="Is it bad to defrag a minimaly fragmented drive?" />
  <row Id="1778" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1006" RevisionGUID="36e4ebb4-2dc9-4f03-8ab8-9414845b4a46" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:15:27.037" UserId="715" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;defrag&gt;&lt;fat&gt;&lt;fat32&gt;" />
  <row Id="1779" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="803" RevisionGUID="6c7f99f8-8535-4cff-b78f-ab5aa8617dec" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:15:37.487" UserId="658" Comment="added 201 characters in body" Text="This piece of hardware is out-of-control attractive. Small footprint, low power consumption, [upgradable to 2GB RAM][1], and runs a medium powered CPU, [which you may even upgrade yourself][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HP MediaSmart Server][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My desire is to get rid of all the media capabilities by removing Windows Home Server, and installing a full blown Windows Server OS on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given that it doesn't have a video-out port, it might prove difficult. I know that the machine comes with a restore disc that will wipe or recover the machine to factory defaults. Perhaps that needs some 'tweaking'. Unattended installation, likely&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps Windows Home Server can accommodate the installation of SQL Server, IIS, and ASP.NET. Has anyone heard or learned how to run the WISA stack on this beautiful machine? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The idea here is for a server at home. The incredible ease of adding hard disks to this machine make it very attractive, as well as its small footprint.&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mswhs.com/2008/09/25/upgrade-memory-without-voiding-warranty-on-the-hp-mediasmart-server/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://mswhs.com/2008/03/26/hp-mediasmart-server-processor-upgrade/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.hp.com/united-states/campaigns/mediasmart-server/" />
  <row Id="1780" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="963" RevisionGUID="74872976-ba8d-4db1-a05a-6050e4e5e7bd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:15:43.913" UserId="605" Comment="Redirect becomes resolve." Text="How Do I use Windows Server 2008's DNS role to &lt;del&gt;redirect&lt;/del&gt; resolve certain domain names?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When a user types in an address, I'd like to redirect it as such:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    http://crm -&gt; http://&lt;ip of webserver&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    http://bugs/issue/12 -&gt; http://&lt;ip of bugtracker&gt;/issue/12&#xD;&#xA;    http://myspace.com -&gt; http://127.0.0.1&#xD;&#xA;    and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've got Forwared Lookup Zones and Reverse Lookup Zones but i'm not sure exactly what they mean. " />
  <row Id="1781" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="963" RevisionGUID="74872976-ba8d-4db1-a05a-6050e4e5e7bd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:15:43.913" UserId="605" Comment="Redirect becomes resolve." Text="How do I resolve a http domain name with Windows Server" />
  <row Id="1782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1007" RevisionGUID="97423332-2b0f-476d-baef-3530efc44c55" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:15:44.443" UserId="483" Text="If and when I get a new PC I will make the switch over (current desktop is still on XP 64 bit edition). I don't honestly see the need to upgrade my two laptops from Vista at this time, since they are primarily used for internet browsing and other minor activities. The necessity to go through a new install with them isn't there." />
  <row Id="1783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1008" RevisionGUID="d7a3308a-942d-41b9-ad26-233a136a1ab3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:15:57.673" UserId="806" Text="RAID 1, that's my final answer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; mirrored pair gives adequate redundancy for failed disks and the RAID continues to function to the last disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; mirrored pair yields greater I/O performance for reads if you place your data and indexes carefully... [hint: Use seperate volumes for data and its index(s)].  You can obtain even more performance by duplexing your controllers." />
  <row Id="1784" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1009" RevisionGUID="9c9ed9f2-afc9-4a98-b248-f79dd6c2050d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:16:32.213" UserId="706" Text="No.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't had time to evaluate the beta version, and I don't have time to deal with the inevitable loss of time upgrading older systems and dealing with quirks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I will be using it for any new systems I build, but will not be upgrading.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="1787" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="965" RevisionGUID="d8448594-daf3-43f9-8a62-46740a44082c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:17:13.677" UserId="661" Comment="added 7 characters in body" Text="I can say from personal experience that I have nearly bricked my router trying to upgrade DD-WRT over the web interface via remote connections. I would strongly recommend being physically connected to the router and having physical access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The hard reset procedure that is officially recommended also comes in handy if anything goes wrong." />
  <row Id="1788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1011" RevisionGUID="03ae0db3-9f67-4bed-a202-3e920041e3e5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:17:18.763" UserId="780" Text="Would a Powershell Provider for SharePoint 2007 be worthwhile or is stsadm.exe sufficient?" />
  <row Id="1789" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1011" RevisionGUID="03ae0db3-9f67-4bed-a202-3e920041e3e5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:17:18.763" UserId="780" Text="Powershell provider for Sharepoint 2007 " />
  <row Id="1790" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1011" RevisionGUID="03ae0db3-9f67-4bed-a202-3e920041e3e5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:17:18.763" UserId="780" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;powershell&gt;" />
  <row Id="1793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1013" RevisionGUID="3f27dc8b-c449-4995-affe-f95f8ddeb025" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:19:11.923" UserId="671" Text="We use an Astaro Security Gateway device in our office and it works very well.  It is essentially a linux server with a bunch of open source apps tied together with a proprietary web-based management front-end.  You can purchase a license for just their software, or you can buy a packaged/branded server from them with everything pre-loaded and ready to go.  They offer maintenance plans which continually update filtering rules and also covers software updates.  It does firewall, nat routing, content filtering, ids, e-mail filtering, vpn, etc.  I've found their support to be very helpful the few times I've needed a hand with something.  They update the software fairly regularly and continue to add new features and correct obscure problems that anyone reports.  Overall a great product designed specifically for what you're trying to do.  I am not tied to Astaro in any way aside from being a satisfied customer." />
  <row Id="1794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1014" RevisionGUID="148d771a-f47f-4c83-b747-211fffe90576" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:19:48.803" UserId="721" Text="What are people using for website monitoring services?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am referring to a service that I can configure specific hits to my site to monitor if the site is up, and how fast it is responding to the requests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am looking for an external service, that will hit my server from several locations, and will provide me notification if the site does not respond within certain tolerances.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It can be free or paid.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1795" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1014" RevisionGUID="148d771a-f47f-4c83-b747-211fffe90576" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:19:48.803" UserId="721" Text="Can anyone recommend a website monitoring service?" />
  <row Id="1796" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1014" RevisionGUID="148d771a-f47f-4c83-b747-211fffe90576" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:19:48.803" UserId="721" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;website&gt;" />
  <row Id="1797" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1015" RevisionGUID="d3a4c769-7221-4d2f-9ca4-2dbb7c5b07c8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:20:27.913" UserId="808" Text="As a Windows Sysadmin, you absolutely need to be familiar with [SysInternals][1].  Both for programming and for diagnosing what is going on with a machine, these are invaluable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="1798" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1016" RevisionGUID="77993ab6-3e96-450a-842e-52f10f9a1b7c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:20:30.300" UserId="729" Text="It's been a few years since I've worked with PIX, so this might have changed if they added direct LDAP support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you want to setup is a RADIUS server.  It's a component of Windows Server.  You can setup the PIX to authentication against your specific RADIUS server, and it knows how to communicate to Active Directory.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A search on Google for 'setup RADIUS in Windows' should get you plenty of guides on how to do it." />
  <row Id="1799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1017" RevisionGUID="618f8df2-ab05-4fc9-b030-33f3341dd174" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:20:39.097" UserId="706" Text="No, if you want to spend the time doing that it's fine.  Generally you won't get much for the time you spend doing it, though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep in mind that the 2% metric, however, doesn't tell you anything.  Does that mean that only 2% of files are fragmented, or that 2% of the drive space has file fragments, or something else?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For certain metrics a 2% fragmented drive might actually be slowing you down significantly depending on your usage pattern.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still, in most cases the time it takes to defragment it is vastly longer than the time you'll save once it's defragmented.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="1800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1018" RevisionGUID="a3e21a47-6144-45b2-89ec-c176247ba419" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:21:20.720" UserId="801" Text="I already have the beta as a primary OS since December, I think. I haven't had a single problem with it yet - it's working super. Much faster than both XP and Vista; Readyboost is far improved; etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All in all, I'm *extremely* pleased with Windows 7. I don't need the RC since I have the beta and it's working great - so I'll wait for the full version before formatting." />
  <row Id="1804" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="992" RevisionGUID="746892db-2853-4851-a82d-b5c748928ee0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:21:47.067" UserId="762" Comment="typo" Text="DBAN is just fine. Here's the dirty little secret--any program that overwrites every byte of the drive will have wiped everything permanently. You don't need to do multiple passes with different write patterns, etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't believe me? See the standing challenge to prove that a drive overwritten with 0s once can be recovered. Nobody seems willing to take up the challenge. http://16systems.com/zero.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1020" RevisionGUID="c78ea313-0f5a-46ea-ac3d-bade835f0301" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:21:54.553" UserId="48" Text="I don't know of many free products, although i have seen an implementation of [spam assassin for exchange 2003][1]. Most products are paid for ones, some to of the popular ones being:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [GFI Mail Essentials][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [XWall Spam Filter][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [Sunbelt Ninja Email Security][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.christopherlewis.com/ESA/ExchangeSpamAssassin.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gfi.com/mes/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.dataenter.com/products/xwall.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/Ninja-Email-Security/" />
  <row Id="1806" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1021" RevisionGUID="2e7c6cb4-4d3c-4bde-afae-be7b442552b3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:22:04.600" UserId="799" Text="we are using gomez (www.gomez.com)&#xD;&#xA;as a large website. there you can check the performance with good statistics from several locations all over the world." />
  <row Id="1807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1022" RevisionGUID="36831e70-d951-492a-8dd1-d31010b87b14" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:22:13.417" UserId="785" Text="My company uses IPCop to configure it's VPN.  We have an IPSec script that runs on Windows XP to open a connection using a security certificate for authentication.  Microsoft totally changed things around with Vista, and our script no longer works.  Has anyone set up a Vista VPN connection, specifically to connect with IPCop on the other end?" />
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  <row Id="1809" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1022" RevisionGUID="36831e70-d951-492a-8dd1-d31010b87b14" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:22:13.417" UserId="785" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="1811" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1024" RevisionGUID="c4339c08-1c97-41aa-8ca4-f75ff7e8e4cf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:22:47.547" UserId="216" Text="I'm planning to move my main desktop machine at home onto it, but on a new hard-drive and in dual-boot mode...&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1025" RevisionGUID="a2174aaf-4dfe-4f36-8c3b-a588e406afd7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:22:55.800" UserId="808" Text="As Adam said, the only performance issue caused by defragging an almost-unfragmented drive is the time it takes to run the defrag.  But note that the less fragmented a drive is, the quicker the defrag will run.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1026" RevisionGUID="d7cb129e-56b7-4bd2-ae25-18388b5e0609" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:23:39.183" UserId="706" Text="There may be a better way, but the way you're doing it right now is actually very good, and though it feels slow, speed shouldn't be an issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your users aren't changing their mappings daily, and even if they are you probably only care about those mappings that are relatively permanent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running the net use advertisement, though it takes awhile, only needs to be done a few times a month to keep on top of drive mappings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="1814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1027" RevisionGUID="0f4dd527-ce77-4489-bcfc-8b59e6c6e7e2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:23:51.820" UserId="306" Text="Wikipedia has a [Comparison of issue tracking systems][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_ticket-tracking_systems" />
  <row Id="1815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1028" RevisionGUID="9dcac03e-defd-4738-b733-84eb55fc2cae" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:23:59.760" UserId="246" Text="Does anyone know of a way to simulate a clustered SQL server solution? We obviously don't want to spend a lot of money prototyping the idea, but we have quite a few PCs available. I was just wondering if there was any way I could fool SQL server into thinking it's being installed on to clustered hardware by either using physical machines or even virtual machines?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't hope to do any performance testing of course, it's more to do with testing fail over scenarios and replication etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="1816" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1028" RevisionGUID="9dcac03e-defd-4738-b733-84eb55fc2cae" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:23:59.760" UserId="246" Text="Cheap clustering for SQL server" />
  <row Id="1817" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1028" RevisionGUID="9dcac03e-defd-4738-b733-84eb55fc2cae" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:23:59.760" UserId="246" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;clustering&gt;&lt;failover&gt;" />
  <row Id="1818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1029" RevisionGUID="efe69f1b-79d6-4094-b281-c239bb8120d5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:24:24.457" UserId="613" Text="[Roundup][1] is pretty good, and easily hackable with a bit of python knowledge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://roundup.sf.net" />
  <row Id="1819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1030" RevisionGUID="d4696ffc-1031-44db-9595-0bab018a9e90" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:24:56.310" UserId="808" Text="I've had good experiences with [JIRA][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/" />
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  <row Id="1823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1032" RevisionGUID="0dd4a907-6fe4-4deb-9777-4c7d2b20bad5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:25:31.083" UserId="658" Text="Yes, I ghosted my previous partition, so as to give myself a good disaster recovery backup plan.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then I went and fully installed 7100, and it's like butter. Absolutely no problems so far. Everything installed smoothly, EXCEPT for SQL Server 2008 Management Studio. That gave compatibility warnings, and the solution was to install SQL Server 2008 SP1. Worked fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best part is that Xbox 360 streaming of avi/xvid/divx files actually works! Windows Media Player, in the betas, was not picking up those files correctly for display to the Xbox 360.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am extremely pleased with Windows 7 build 7100. Very speedy, the eye candy is nice, and it's faster than Vista, IMO." />
  <row Id="1824" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1033" RevisionGUID="440bbf77-30f9-44d1-a9f9-b987de217c8b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:26:01.627" UserId="431" Text="Normally I hate linking to vendor whitepapers, but VMware's published a whitepaper on this that is surprisingly good:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/solutions/sql_server_virtual_bp.pdf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everything in there is important, and I can vouch for a lot of 'em personally.  Less virtual CPUs is really better than more: if you're not saturating 100% of a single CPU, then you don't want to add a second virtual CPU.  It has to do with the way VMware CPU scheduling works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only thing that isn't explicitly defined in the doc is multipathing.  With ESX 3.5 and earlier, you don't get true active/active multipathing for your SAN.  If you need more than one HBA of bandwidth to a single virtual machine, it needs to stay as a physical machine until vSphere 4 comes out, and even then, you have to get the top-of-the-line edition in order to get true multipathing." />
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  <row Id="1834" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1039" RevisionGUID="a5f7b42f-887a-4213-84b9-767a803f6c36" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:27:35.150" UserId="721" Text="I am interested in what folks are using for perimeter SPAM filtering services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The service must:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - plug in via MX records in DNS (e.g. MX -&gt; perimeter filter -&gt; my mail server)&#xD;&#xA; - can be secured such that only the perimeter service can connect to my mail server&#xD;&#xA; - can be free or paid&#xD;&#xA; - provide a control panel where I can manage my users, alias entries, etc.&#xD;&#xA; - must include filter tweaking (e.g. it must not be up to me to tweak filters)&#xD;&#xA; - user-accessible quarantine&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="1836" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1039" RevisionGUID="a5f7b42f-887a-4213-84b9-767a803f6c36" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:27:35.150" UserId="721" Text="&lt;spam&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="1837" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1022" RevisionGUID="cb9dacc3-b49a-4b4e-840d-6450e9b6f955" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:28:18.127" UserId="785" Comment="added 138 characters in body" Text="My company uses IPCop to configure it's VPN.  We have an IPSec script that runs on Windows XP to open a connection using a security certificate for authentication.  Microsoft totally changed things around with Vista, and our script no longer works.  Has anyone set up a Vista VPN connection, specifically to connect with IPCop on the other end?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've found [TheGreenBow VPN Client][1], but we'd prefer something cheaper, like free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.thegreenbow.com/vpn.html" />
  <row Id="1838" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1040" RevisionGUID="9464416f-c550-42a4-b80c-1d782027bb58" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:28:33.353" UserId="808" Text="Let's say you have a web app and you distribute an embedded Apache HTTPD with that web app.  It's difficult to manage customers that want to run SSL.  The best way appears to be to let the customer manage installing SSL certificates on the embedded Apache -- or to recommend the customer use a front-end SSL accelerator card or pizza box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there better ways of doing this?" />
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  <row Id="1840" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1040" RevisionGUID="9464416f-c550-42a4-b80c-1d782027bb58" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:28:33.353" UserId="808" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;ssl&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;certificate&gt;" />
  <row Id="1842" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1042" RevisionGUID="3953e97b-a2f0-4887-bd9b-1dd5f1c7636b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:29:42.727" UserId="431" Text="The easiest way to do this is to build a virtual cluster in VMware.  It's not technically supported unless you're on approved hardware/software, but for your needs, that's fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The tricky part is the shared storage configuration, and this article explains how to do it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=102&amp;threadID=220875&amp;start=0" />
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  <row Id="1844" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1043" RevisionGUID="e83e46bd-6c84-4ba2-90bb-0d7a2b38e3b6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:30:18.450" UserId="412" Text="We use MessageLabs and find them to be very good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe they meet all the criteria listed above too." />
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  <row Id="1850" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1045" RevisionGUID="20ccb823-2c3b-4309-ae38-273ed304290f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:30:50.103" UserId="680" Text="&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;" />
  <row Id="1851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1046" RevisionGUID="7f99049f-a807-46a2-aca3-f6d6544278e9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:31:13.580" UserId="775" Text="For software developers, there are some books you must absolutely read.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[What is the single most influential book every programmer should read?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How about for sysadmins? Is there a similar list of books?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1711/what-is-the-single-most-influential-book-every-programmer-should-read" />
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  <row Id="1854" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1047" RevisionGUID="cd6c00f8-0656-4955-a611-c3477e305a13" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:31:20.757" UserId="792" Text="If you're interested in an appliance, I would highly recommend Barracuda Networks; their appliances do everything you ask and personally it's the best spam filtering I've ever used." />
  <row Id="1855" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1048" RevisionGUID="cc4aa9d8-c151-44e8-a34a-91664c7d39c4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:31:21.507" UserId="808" Text="If you want to use the full throughput of Gigabit Ethernet, you'll need to ensure that Jumbo frames are configured throughout your full network -- or at least on all machines and switches on which you're measuring the performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, keep in mind that a single hard drive's maximum transfer rate is usually 30-40 MByte/sec, which is not close to a Gigabit/sec.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1856" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1049" RevisionGUID="f9afc117-cacf-4c05-8964-2cb670d5a3ef" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:31:21.660" UserId="306" Text="Wikipedia has a [Comparison of issue tracking systems][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_ticket-tracking_systems" />
  <row Id="1859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1051" RevisionGUID="17f82d78-71c7-4bea-8593-1f3ed1fec794" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:32:20.160" UserId="109" Text="[OpenNMS][1] is used where I work to monitor more than a thousand Linux machines. We monitor the hardware of each machine and the applications running on them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.opennms.org" />
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  <row Id="1861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1052" RevisionGUID="f62a5cbb-0dda-4d40-8336-9324a2276805" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:32:59.973" UserId="246" Text="From a security point of view, what are the benefits of going the whole hog of setting up a DMZ at home if you plan on running a low traffic (unpopular) website from there?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a number of computers in the home on the same Windows network, but all HTTP &amp; SSL traffic is redirected to a specific machine on that network. Is there a need to set this machine up in some sort of DMZ for added security?" />
  <row Id="1862" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1052" RevisionGUID="f62a5cbb-0dda-4d40-8336-9324a2276805" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:32:59.973" UserId="246" Text="Would you setup a DMZ at home?" />
  <row Id="1863" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1052" RevisionGUID="f62a5cbb-0dda-4d40-8336-9324a2276805" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:32:59.973" UserId="246" Text="&lt;dmz&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;home-use&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;server-security&gt;" />
  <row Id="1864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1053" RevisionGUID="5ede65a0-4d51-4cb8-8691-9ec4248ba7d6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:33:00.970" UserId="812" Text="There are PHP implementations on Java, The one I know (but haven't used) is [this one][1]. There is a blog post on [how to install it on GlassFish][2] (including WordPress), but I guess the installation on tomcat is the same. Regarding the .htaccess, you haven't written what exactly you have there, but if it is for URL rerwriting then there is the  [UrlRewriteFilter][3] who does the same work with the same semantics.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://caucho.com/resin/doc/quercus.xtp&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.steeplesoft.com/glassfish-php-and-wordpress/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://tuckey.org/urlrewrite/" />
  <row Id="1867" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1055" RevisionGUID="edeae51c-67a8-4287-969e-793f70c66e5e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:33:55.697" UserId="481" Text="My company makes a high quality FTP/FTPS/SFTP/WebDav/... Server with [several other key features][1] including a REST HTTP API to control the server, and remote administration for 1 or more servers.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Null FTP Server][2], there is a free version available. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vwsolutions.com/NullFTPServer/features.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.vwsolutions.com/NullFTPServer/" />
  <row Id="1868" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1056" RevisionGUID="c4256a37-2c41-4a31-bfef-f54b63338ffb" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:33:59.330" UserId="825" Text="Here's a breakdown of the major players in the external performance monitoring space:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Top Shelf**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1. Webmetrics.com - largest network, great monitoring technology, fun UI&#xD;&#xA;    2. Keynote.com - focused on mobile, long time player in the space&#xD;&#xA;    3. Gomez.com - lots of different products, product life cycle focus&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Middle**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1. AlertSite.com - does a lot of things, nothing extremely well&#xD;&#xA;    2. Pingdom.com - popular in the web 2.0 world&#xD;&#xA;    3. site24x7.com - owned by zoho, cheap&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Low End**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1. mon.itor.us&#xD;&#xA;    2. siteuptime.com&#xD;&#xA;    3. dotcom-monitor.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you need to look for in deciding between the various options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1. If you want to monitor a transaction, versus just a URL, you should try out the scripting technology to understand how easy/complicated it is to set up your monitoring.&#xD;&#xA;    2. The monitoring network, how many locations around the world you want to get performance metrics from.&#xD;&#xA;    3. The alerting options, how configurable the thresholds/escalations are.&#xD;&#xA;    4. The reporting, how useful the various reports/graphs are, and how much you can drill down into the nitty gritty." />
  <row Id="1869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1057" RevisionGUID="0d77c674-89aa-457e-9f94-ee1e6034b46b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:34:54.447" UserId="768" Text="* [Firefox][ff]&#xD;&#xA; * [Download Status bar][ff-dsb] plugin&#xD;&#xA;* [Perl][perl-org] ( [Strawberry Perl][perl-strawberry] or [Activestate Perl][perl-activestate]&#xD;&#xA;* [7Zip][7zip]&#xD;&#xA;* [Open Office][oo]&#xD;&#xA;* [Latest Updates][win-up]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[7zip]:   http://www.7-zip.org/&#xD;&#xA;[oo]:     http://www.openoffice.org/&#xD;&#xA;[ff]:     http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/&#xD;&#xA;[ff-dsb]: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/26&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[perl-strawberry]: http://strawberryperl.com/&#xD;&#xA;[perl-activestate]: http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/&#xD;&#xA;[perl-org]:         http://perl.org&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[win-up]: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/" />
  <row Id="1870" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1058" RevisionGUID="9da5df57-b7e0-4fb7-a48a-8e40a21aee13" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:35:00.623" UserId="823" Text="I want to run a web server from home, so my family, and clients can see what I am doing.  It would not run a large load, at most 2 or 3 users at a time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to know how to do it with a Windows machine running IIS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a router from my cable company and it runs through a wireless router to the machine I would want to be a web server." />
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  <row Id="1873" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1059" RevisionGUID="d5f67f50-413a-43e6-a99d-578fcf41dde5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:35:00.840" UserId="804" Text="check out JIRA, really good for help desk as well" />
  <row Id="1874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1060" RevisionGUID="fbf5e8b6-0eb5-4ec1-9f73-0332645323cd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:35:09.547" UserId="616" Text="I've used [Keynote][1] in the past. Wasn't particularly cheap, but it can monitor from many places, send alerts and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; You can test, measure and improve your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; service levels in real-time from more&#xD;&#xA;&gt; than 2,400 measurement computers and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; mobile devices in more than 240&#xD;&#xA;&gt; locations and 160 metropolitan areas.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.keynote.com/" />
  <row Id="1875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1061" RevisionGUID="f0505b9b-611f-4cdc-944a-cb9d7516265c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:35:14.570" UserId="816" Text="You could also backup the ghost image to a on-line backup service.  There are several companies, some which offer free accounts as a starting point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [IDrive][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Mosy][2] &#xD;&#xA; - [Carbonite][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [Jungle Disk][4] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.idrive.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://mozy.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.carbonite.com&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.jungledisk.com/" />
  <row Id="1876" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1062" RevisionGUID="26f0e487-b95a-4afe-8964-bec04c19a78b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:35:19.140" UserId="808" Text="Actually, NTFS is not that sensitive to fragmentation.  NTFS is significantly better than FAT32 -- in every way -- and is a fully modern filesystem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been running Linux at home since 1996 and have never defragmented any filesystem.  I have never had the need.  The most I have done in this direction was pay attention to the kind of files I will be putting on a filesystem and using appropriate options when I `mkfs`.  For example, if a filesystem will primarily contain large files, I'll use a larger block size.  If I am making a *huge* file system but I know it will never have more than 1,000,000 files, then I'll use the `-N 1000000` option to limit the number of inodes.  In general, I'll tune the filesystem at creation to its task if a particular kind of file will inhabit it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="1880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1064" RevisionGUID="e71dea63-a6ae-4381-b057-7951f4d37686" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:37:13.113" UserId="824" Text="Most home networks don't have enough public IP address space to set up a DMZ effectively.  The point of the DMZ though is typically to put the presentation layer there like the web server and then keep the database server behind the firewall allowing only the machine in the DMZ to talk with the database server over the specified port and protocols.  It does increase security but for a home setup unless you're serving N-tier applications that lend themselves to a DMZ it doesn't make much sense." />
  <row Id="1881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1065" RevisionGUID="e712febc-4b1e-4892-bdaa-1ada2ad4ac8d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:37:40.180" UserId="483" Text="It may be a bit dated, but you can't learn how to properly do your job (or how not to, I forget which one) without looking into the writings of the Bastard Operator From Hell." />
  <row Id="1882" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1066" RevisionGUID="d5402f6b-0de2-43b1-a5c0-fc25d3bb2aee" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:37:47.387" UserId="822" Text="We just deployed [Gene6 FTP Server][1] onto our shared platform. It performs pretty well (1200-1300 sites per server), it's not expensive, and it has a COM API so you can script pretty much all of the configuration without too much fuss.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.g6ftpserver.com/" />
  <row Id="1883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1067" RevisionGUID="9fa5e9a1-1481-4b9f-bf25-6f08a370d4ba" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:38:36.497" UserId="431" Text="First and foremost with anything mission-critical, pay attention to the hardware compatibility lists.  Vendors test gear together to make sure it works.  If something's not on the HCL, that does NOT mean they haven't tested it yet - that can also mean it was tested, and it doesn't work.  This was the problem StackOverflow ran into - they used hardware that was not listed as compatible with each other, and it didn't work.  Sure enough, after replacing the drives with ones on the HCL for that raid controller, it worked like a champ.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The same thing holds true with clustering, storage networking, and so on - the more intricate technology gets, the more ways it can break.  Every time you cut corners, you're cutting uptime." />
  <row Id="1884" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="1067" RevisionGUID="9fa5e9a1-1481-4b9f-bf25-6f08a370d4ba" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:38:36.497" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="1885" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1068" RevisionGUID="473cae9b-887e-4221-abec-73d5504b92f0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:38:39.570" UserId="680" Text="I like having a script for finding AD users:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $strFilter = &quot;(&amp;(objectCategory=User)(sAMAccountName=[USERNAME]))&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    $objSearcher = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher;&#xD;&#xA;    $objSearcher.SearchRoot = &quot;LDAP://dc=[AD_Location]&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    $objSearcher.Filter = $strFilter;&#xD;&#xA;    $objSearcher.SearchScope = &quot;Subtree&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    $objSearcher.FindALL()" />
  <row Id="1886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1069" RevisionGUID="bed46202-d438-4805-b2ed-b072a36baf1e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:38:41.830" UserId="247" Text="The only essential I have is [The Practice of System and Network Administration][1] by Limoncelli, Hogan, et al.  My first edition copy lives on my desk&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://everythingsysadmin.com/" />
  <row Id="1888" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1071" RevisionGUID="4216d07e-2472-4541-a6cd-c231785632ab" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:38:54.577" UserId="483" Text="You should be careful because in most cases, running a web server off of a residential internet connection is listed as a practice against the Terms of Service for many ISPs." />
  <row Id="1889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1072" RevisionGUID="a232fc30-f001-449c-98b5-0e77f70853a0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:38:59.863" UserId="560" Text="For photos and video specifically I see flickr as an off-site backup. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have nearly 40 GB of personal photos and videos, the largest part of my home backups. For off-site backups, my flickr pro account is very cost effective. ($25/year)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still looking for a cost-effective off-site solution for &quot;regular&quot; backups. " />
  <row Id="1890" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="928" RevisionGUID="788cc7f7-382b-49df-bd33-984d6ac81bab" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:39:04.000" UserId="761" Comment="edited title" Text="How to set up a VPN Incoming connection with Windows to tunnel Internet traffic?" />
  <row Id="1891" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1073" RevisionGUID="5d7b2481-bd7c-413a-bcdb-c9016997ade1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:39:04.187" UserId="36" Text="**Scripting.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I learned that even Windows' standard command shell can be really useful. No need to install PowerShell or cygwin to get a decent scripting functionality, especially when the scripts are supposed to be deployed on client machines.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1892" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1074" RevisionGUID="b08e43bc-4af4-4a8e-9a95-9c98f432de4f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:39:30.003" UserId="640" Text="Many ISPs won't allow incoming traffic on port 80, so you might have to run on a nonstandard port. In either case, you can configure your router to forward traffic on port 80 (or whatever you use) to your server computer. Your server will need a static IP address on your LAN (rather than a DHCP assigned address).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you ISP provides you with a dynamic IP, you'll probably want to use [Dynamic DNS][1]. Many routers have DynDns support built in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dyndns.org" />
  <row Id="1893" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1055" RevisionGUID="4eb94e10-8604-451f-92ca-f854020936d9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:39:39.270" UserId="481" Comment="added 23 characters in body" Text="My company makes a high quality FTP/FTPS/SFTP/WebDav/... Server with [several key features][1] including a REST HTTP API to control the server, and remote administration for 1 or more servers.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The product name is [Null FTP Server][2] and there is a free version available. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vwsolutions.com/NullFTPServer/features.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.vwsolutions.com/NullFTPServer/" />
  <row Id="1895" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1075" RevisionGUID="df652013-ec81-4efa-a646-37dfe9a1c62c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:40:23.293" UserId="117" Text="What are criteria that you should be aware for choosing an operating system for a specified server (apart the fact that software needed is only available on 1 platform) ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, if I'm building an Oracle Database server, how do I choose between Linux (and which Linux) or Windows ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a LAMP stack ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For storage shares ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;etc..." />
  <row Id="1896" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1075" RevisionGUID="df652013-ec81-4efa-a646-37dfe9a1c62c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:40:23.293" UserId="117" Text="How do you choose a server Operating System ?" />
  <row Id="1897" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1075" RevisionGUID="df652013-ec81-4efa-a646-37dfe9a1c62c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:40:23.293" UserId="117" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;operating-system&gt;" />
  <row Id="1898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1076" RevisionGUID="10b45d95-80df-4440-bb2c-71b32e71b3a0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:40:45.197" UserId="821" Text="[Mozy][1] works at home or at work, but I've found the best part is that my gf doesn't have to *do* anything to get it to work.  I installed it and now I know her compy is being backed up all the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mozy.com/" />
  <row Id="1899" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1077" RevisionGUID="52c29cc1-92d3-4d91-83bb-d64c8f267771" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:40:46.757" UserId="766" Text="I've been trying to get Java working on my FreeBSD 7.1 server. I just want the runtime, since the JDK drags all kinds of unecessary dependencies with it, and I just need it to run a jar file periodically. I've installed the FreeBSD-supported [diablo-jre](http://www.freshports.org/java/diablo-jre16/), but whenever I try to run it, I get a:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/local/diablo-jre1.6.0/bin/java: 2: Syntax error: &quot;(&quot; unexpected&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So what to do?" />
  <row Id="1900" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1077" RevisionGUID="52c29cc1-92d3-4d91-83bb-d64c8f267771" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:40:46.757" UserId="766" Text="How do you get a working Java JRE on FreeBSD?" />
  <row Id="1901" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1077" RevisionGUID="52c29cc1-92d3-4d91-83bb-d64c8f267771" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:40:46.757" UserId="766" Text="&lt;freebsd&gt;&lt;freebsd7.1&gt;&lt;java&gt;&lt;javajre&gt;&lt;jre&gt;" />
  <row Id="1902" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1078" RevisionGUID="8df29ffe-abfa-4202-bc82-7df1b51a91ce" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:40:59.360" UserId="824" Text="You may or may not be able to easily set up a web server at home that is accessible by the internet.  I know that my ISP specifically blocks port 80 inbound so that even if I allow the traffic myself it never gets to my router.  Assuming that this is not an issue what I would do is register with dyndns.org or something similar so that you're able to get to your host regardless of IP changes due to DHCP from the cable company. After that I'd configure the box with IIS and then set up port forwarding to go from the router to the web server on port 80." />
  <row Id="1903" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1079" RevisionGUID="a9eebeb2-cd01-454e-9267-4189e6cb5376" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:41:05.757" UserId="829" Text="My personal preference is Pingdom.  They've got several servers around the world, and the data is aggregated before sending you a &quot;down&quot; alert.  They also provide information on uptime and reachability, so you can determine how many &quot;9&quot;s you're getting." />
  <row Id="1904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1080" RevisionGUID="29062de6-bb63-4d3d-8527-15da6796fd05" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:41:45.770" UserId="813" Text="In addition to some of those mentioned above: [MagicDisk][1].  It mounts ISO images in Windows so it isn't necessary to burn a bunch of CDs/DVDs.  And it's freeware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-magicdisc-overview.htm" />
  <row Id="1905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1081" RevisionGUID="ff64e4c8-ee92-434f-a56b-dec6f9f5f546" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:41:55.693" UserId="613" Text="If you're already just forwarding the particular services (HTTP &amp; SSL) that you want to make available, the only use for a DMZ would be to limit the damage if that machine were to be compromised (say, via a poorly-written cgi).  Deciding wither to do this should be based on how much damage that would cause - if there are no other machines on the network anyway, it's no big deal, but if there's an unsecured internal NAS with all your personal financial records on it, you probably want an additional internal layer of security, yes." />
  <row Id="1906" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1082" RevisionGUID="7ca6095e-7290-4ffb-883b-45c9f9157e9b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:42:35.410" UserId="671" Text="If you don't mind an outsourced service, you may be able to use [Safentrix][1] as a gated filtering solution.  They claim free service that scales up to 20,000 users.  I have not tried this service, so your mileage my vary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a slew of other paid gating services that you can use to filter your incoming mail such as [MX Logic][2] (have heard good things about them).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want an in-house solution, you could look at a hardware device such as a [Barracuda][3], or a software solutions such as [ModusGate][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://safentrix.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mxlogic.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/?L=en&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.vircom.com/en/products/modusgate/" />
  <row Id="1907" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1083" RevisionGUID="b7d1fa23-047b-4e37-a081-dd3ee702b5b1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:43:05.563" UserId="481" Text="Tapes are definitely not the way to go, for your size a disk based solution would be better and much easier to maintain. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you are on the TB scale, you should consider using something with compression and [deduplication][1].   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also make sure that whatever your backup server starts with, the product supports expandable storage.  So you can start with 10TB, and add on more disks as you go. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With several computers an agentless backup client would also be favorable.  So that you can backup your whole LAN from a single backup client.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An example of a product at this scale is [ROBOBAK][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deduplication&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.robobak.com/" />
  <row Id="1908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1084" RevisionGUID="871ae658-eb6d-49cc-931b-fafe463793ba" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:43:31.570" UserId="119" Text="The perfect companion to PuTTY for Windows users administering remote *nix machines for me is [WinSCP][1], a perfect, small simple and really usable FTP, SCP and SFTP client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://winscp.net/eng/index.php &quot;WinSCP&quot;" />
  <row Id="1909" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1085" RevisionGUID="81df7db6-5dca-4ede-ba6f-f582331a1e86" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:43:37.373" UserId="63" Text="While it is possible the usefulness is questionable. I have a [WHS][1] that runs a website for me to get remote access, runs just fine 24 x 7 x 365. However any actual website that I want to run I use a shared hosting provider. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of the time when you purchase a domain it will come with some free hosting. And unless you really want to concern yourself with doing System Administrator for a simple website running out of your house all the time, it is just not worth it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/windowshomeserver/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="1910" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="1046" RevisionGUID="27152c10-44f4-4f73-b9bc-ab4ec34d2388" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:44:21.740" UserId="775" Comment="edited title" Text="What is the single most influential book every sysadmin should read?" />
  <row Id="1911" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1086" RevisionGUID="00083973-2d61-42f9-876d-2a4564279fd6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:44:26.763" UserId="808" Text="OK, I'm old-school, but my Fedora Linux server runs `sendmail` with a lightly customized configuration.  Sendmail has a bad security reputation, mostly earned in the past.  There are solutions (see qmail) which are widely believed to be more secure.  If I were starting from scratch, I don't know if I would use sendmail or not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, today, running sendmail under Fedora with selinux enabled in targed mode, I am fairly confident about security.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1912" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1074" RevisionGUID="972bb03d-4d39-4a52-b898-5074dd36373e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:45:48.257" UserId="640" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Many ISPs won't allow incoming traffic on port 80, so you might have to run on a nonstandard port. In either case, you can configure your router to forward traffic on port 80 (or whatever you use) to your server computer. Your server will need a static IP address on your LAN (rather than a DHCP assigned address).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your ISP provides you with a dynamic IP, you'll probably want to use [Dynamic DNS][1]. Many routers have DynDns support built in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dyndns.org" />
  <row Id="1913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1087" RevisionGUID="067a9ee8-87a2-4af9-8824-ae0260204aee" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:46:34.073" UserId="706" Text="**What brands of hardware based RAID solutions have worked for you? Why?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Promise Fasttrack - it was cheap and supported Novell server 3.11.  It worked very, very well over a few dozen servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What are your experiences?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For some time I also used a raid (striped) on my workstation and it was a beautiful, beautiful thing.  Applications opened instantly.  Compiles were immediate.  Windows started faster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately I didn't want to spend the money on a RAID 10 (mirror on stripe - don't use RAID 01) and I didn't like the additional failure point of a second hard drive (either one could fail and my system is dead).  The cost wasn't worth the extra speed, and the reliability of the cheap solution was to costly if it failed, and posed a greater risk than a single hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Why would you recommend against a RAID solution?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Only for cost and power consumption purposes.  I would also recommend generally against RAID 5 - drives are cheap enough that if you've decided you need RAID, then 10 is the way to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Why would you use software over hardware based RAID?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out the ongoing discussion: [RAID - software vs. hardware][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A VERY worthwhile take on RAID 5 and RAID 10 vs RAID 01 should be mandatory reading before using any RAID setup:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://miracleas.com/BAARF/RAID5_versus_RAID10.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/214/raid-software-vs-hardware" />
  <row Id="1914" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="1087" RevisionGUID="067a9ee8-87a2-4af9-8824-ae0260204aee" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:46:34.073" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="1915" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1088" RevisionGUID="d867da48-0526-4246-a11f-62d7a04c4d12" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:46:35.370" UserId="613" Text="You've pretty much covered it.  SSL requires the user install valid certs.  The best you can do is give them good instructions on how to do so.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1917" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1089" RevisionGUID="43c2601a-0cd9-4eeb-82e0-2dcca8a41158" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:47:05.273" UserId="829" Text="The fastest way may be using [WMI][1].  If you're adept with Perl, you can even use the [Win32][2] modules.  Somewhere around here, I have a script that will give most of that information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394084(VS.85).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://search.cpan.org/search?query=Win32&amp;mode=all" />
  <row Id="1918" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1022" RevisionGUID="4fe234a5-66c8-4107-a6e2-b7a251f20bdc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:47:08.207" UserId="785" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;ipsec&gt;&lt;ipcop&gt;" />
  <row Id="1919" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1090" RevisionGUID="d21703e0-7fda-4d67-8a2a-27d90760a0f7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:47:52.887" UserId="768" Text="I would go with Fiber, there is the possibility that in the future we might hit a dead end in how much speed can be had from copper. I mean twisted pair is as old as the telephone, now sure that means that it has had plenty of time to mature, but there exists the possibility of multiple colors running on the same fiber." />
  <row Id="1920" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1091" RevisionGUID="fcc50063-d0c3-4b23-b9a6-aa8fc5f243ca" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:47:54.867" UserId="246" Text="For this I am specifically referring to running websites on Windows, but it's not specific to IIS. We sometimes run Tomcat as well. Now obviously there are many hardware and software options to go with here and there are many points to consider in the windows world like sticky sessions and state that is sometimes inherent in a web app.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So what I'm looking for is any good experiences with effecting load balancing strategies be they hardware or software based and reasons to justify the business costs related to this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
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  <row Id="1922" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1091" RevisionGUID="fcc50063-d0c3-4b23-b9a6-aa8fc5f243ca" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:47:54.867" UserId="246" Text="&lt;load-balancer&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="1924" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1092" RevisionGUID="dbd33201-cda9-4bc8-b48c-2dda89ad70c6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:48:01.013" UserId="162" Text="I have a home network with a 1 GBit/sec switch as the central point, and all computers with 1 GBit/sec NIC's.  However, I get at most 200 MBit/sec copy speeds over NFS shares.  It seems I should be able to get much more.  What can I realistically expect and how do I tune my systems and NFS server to get higher speeds ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All systems involved are Linux, by the way (mix of CentOS and Fedora)." />
  <row Id="1925" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1092" RevisionGUID="dbd33201-cda9-4bc8-b48c-2dda89ad70c6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:48:01.013" UserId="162" Text="What can I do to optimize NFS copy speed on a 1GBit home network?" />
  <row Id="1926" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1092" RevisionGUID="dbd33201-cda9-4bc8-b48c-2dda89ad70c6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:48:01.013" UserId="162" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;nfs&gt;" />
  <row Id="1927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1093" RevisionGUID="b2c9d0c9-93aa-4982-a02e-aff62e26840d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:48:01.997" UserId="35" Text="Netbooks like the Dell Mini 9 and Aspire One are great for short term use. However, I find that the 8.9&quot; LCD screens on those devices can be quite a pain to work with. My recommendation for a netbook would be one with a 10.1&quot; screen. Take a look at either the Lenovo S10 or MSI Wind. Even with a bigger screen, they're not much heavier. Your eyes will thank you for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing I like is that both the MSI Wind and Lenovo S10 have a vibrant user community/forum. They can be found at:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://forums.msiwind.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.s10lenovo.com/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1928" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1094" RevisionGUID="0b05acaa-078f-4ebf-87e6-1f7cedac53b2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:48:08.703" UserId="715" Text="I'd like to mirror a drive between two windows servers for fail over/disaster recovery. I assume there is a software package for this. What do you use?" />
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  <row Id="1930" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1094" RevisionGUID="0b05acaa-078f-4ebf-87e6-1f7cedac53b2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:48:08.703" UserId="715" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;drives&gt;&lt;mirror&gt;&lt;disaster-recovery&gt;&lt;failover&gt;" />
  <row Id="1931" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1095" RevisionGUID="a4e8e225-d61b-42d4-95e5-af46af622fc3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:48:10.543" UserId="833" Text="I'm using the free version (up to 10 users) of SmarterMail.  Pretty full-featured w/ built-in ClamAV and SpamAssasin.  Also includes Calendaring, Webmail, Groups, etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.smartertools.com/SmarterMail/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.smartertools.com/SmarterMail/" />
  <row Id="1935" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1097" RevisionGUID="c40d79db-1693-4198-af9f-494da4fd5baf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:48:20.200" UserId="216" Text="One option I've seen on embedded systems that's potentially easier to configure than using Apache's built-in support for SSL is [`stunnel`][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It handles all of the SSL layer, and then communicates with the local web server over the loopback interface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the only reason to run Apache is to get SSL support, this can provide a way of running an alternate HTTP server with a smaller footprint.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stunnel.mirt.net/" />
  <row Id="1937" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1083" RevisionGUID="fcbbf68e-f44f-40ca-bfa1-af5e021d8cbe" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:48:44.960" UserId="481" Comment="added 10 characters in body" Text="Tapes are definitely not the way to go, for your size a disk based solution would be better and much easier to maintain. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you are on the TB scale, you should consider using something with compression and [deduplication][1].  In a solution like this you will only store unique data that is common on several copmuters ,and have references to these unique files or blocks. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also make sure that whatever your backup server starts with, the product supports expandable storage.  So you can start with 10TB, and add on more disks as you go. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With several computers an agentless backup client would also be favorable.  So that you can backup your whole LAN from a single backup client.   Some products also include a virtual computer based on an FTP/SFTP/FTPS location.  So you could have your backup client on windows and backup all the LAN machines + the linux machine from the same interface. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An example of a product at this scale is [ROBOBAK][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deduplication&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.robobak.com/" />
  <row Id="1938" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1098" RevisionGUID="d7f874ad-82da-431c-a7ad-47196ef8c4cd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:49:21.947" UserId="640" Text="I'm presently using web.com for website hosting. I've had some so-so experiences, and think they are a little overpriced. We have a fairly simple website - no e-commerce. We do need plenty of storage space, though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What web hosts are people happy with?" />
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  <row Id="1940" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1098" RevisionGUID="d7f874ad-82da-431c-a7ad-47196ef8c4cd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:49:21.947" UserId="640" Text="&lt;web-hosting&gt;&lt;website&gt;" />
  <row Id="1942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1100" RevisionGUID="e1b8a936-538f-4d83-abbf-bbcb2ff2b6d5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:49:38.047" UserId="824" Text="I actually wrote a program at one point in time that would run as part of the login script and collect that information then publish it to a database with a web site.  Would this be something you'd be interested in running?  I could dust off the old code and hand it over if you like." />
  <row Id="1943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1101" RevisionGUID="857bd437-2dba-48cc-9c69-457bed684ad1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:50:31.210" UserId="829" Text="We use [Zimbra][1].  It's much cheaper than Exchange, uses open source technologies, the Desktop client works on Windows, Linux and Non-PPC Mac's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The server portion is also a very easy install on a Debian box, but runs on Windows as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.zimbra.com" />
  <row Id="1947" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1104" RevisionGUID="a2adf5c3-3a25-4943-a696-a843add21d9c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:50:36.780" UserId="431" Text="If you only have 3 hard drives, your options are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Two drives in a raid 1 mirror, plus one extra drive.  You can use the extra drive for backup archives so that if you delete a file, you can restore it from the backup.&#xD;&#xA; - Two drives in a raid 0 stripe, plus one extra drive - the raid 0 will have no redundancy, so that's a dangerous option.&#xD;&#xA; - Three drives in a raid 0 stripe - no redundancy, so that's dangerous&#xD;&#xA; - Three drives in a raid 5 stripe - redundancy, but not too fast in terms of writes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you could go up to 4 drives, then you can have one big raid 10 (or 0+1 stripe) that will give you fast reads/writes, plus redundancy across the whole thing.  That'll make the most sense from an ease-of-management perspective.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The wikipedia article on RAID levels is actually quite good:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redundant_array_of_independent_disks" />
  <row Id="1948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1105" RevisionGUID="62e79025-88c7-44c8-9d46-b98797328c12" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:50:37.777" UserId="671" Text="It depends on the server and what it will be used for.  If the server will house a particular software package, such as Oracle, ask the vendor what they recommend.  What will be easiest for them to support?  What OS has the best benchmarks for the software in your use case?  Do you have staff who can work with that OS?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For generic servers, go with whatever your staff is most comfortable supporting.  For basic web servers, if your staff knows their way around FreeBSD, use that.  If they prefer CentOS, go with it.  This will also somewhat depend on the software (you're probably not going to deploy Linux for an ASP.Net web site).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there is a particular application well suited for a particular OS, such as a firewall, consider an OS with a reputation in that area.  OpenBSD has a very good reputation for security, so they are an obvious choice to base firewalls on." />
  <row Id="1949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1106" RevisionGUID="36e9f0d5-23a0-42c2-b4d9-62b5f576a714" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:51:09.943" UserId="117" Text="Also, be sure to **not** defragment memory based drive, like usb stick, flashcard or SSD, because it's reducing product's life !&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's why : http://ask-leo.com/should_i_defragment_my_usb_flash_drive.html" />
  <row Id="1950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1107" RevisionGUID="59658074-9c49-4bd1-84d6-1cd93c83643b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:51:19.960" UserId="824" Text="[HostRocket][1] is pretty good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hostrocket.com/" />
  <row Id="1951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1108" RevisionGUID="5bb18829-f28e-46a5-ba81-277957e205cd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:51:23.767" UserId="762" Text="I have limited Linux server experience. I am looking for recommendations on distros. What's your favorite for servers and why?" />
  <row Id="1952" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1108" RevisionGUID="5bb18829-f28e-46a5-ba81-277957e205cd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:51:23.767" UserId="762" Text="Linux distro recommendations for servers" />
  <row Id="1953" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1108" RevisionGUID="5bb18829-f28e-46a5-ba81-277957e205cd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:51:23.767" UserId="762" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;serveros&gt;&lt;distros&gt;" />
  <row Id="1954" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1109" RevisionGUID="f5904710-eec4-4fee-a2d3-268c4b4b591a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:51:31.037" UserId="392" Text="3ware (previously merged with AMCC, now merged with LSI)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Very nice, excellent Linux support (if that's important to you). I've been running an 8 drive raid set on a 9550 and for not much money I get some pretty impressive numbers out of it. Mine is SATA-II but now they're making cards for SAS as well." />
  <row Id="1955" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="1109" RevisionGUID="f5904710-eec4-4fee-a2d3-268c4b4b591a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:51:31.037" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="1956" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1110" RevisionGUID="af5085a8-1200-4c21-b7e4-c6eb9214fb43" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:51:39.337" UserId="613" Text="You're getting beaten by the overhead. You want to look into large frames and also expand your nfs read/write data size.  There's lots of guides to NFS performance tuning on the 'net, like [this one][1] that doesn't look too out of date.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also realize that you're never going to be able to do better than disk speed, so make sure that's not a bottleneck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=64" />
  <row Id="1957" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1111" RevisionGUID="0610c5c9-b9e0-488d-906d-f9e3001ef443" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:51:46.887" UserId="835" Text="qmail is what's installed on the box from the hosting provider.  I *thought* they would therefore support it.  Nope.  Should I learn it or abandon it?" />
  <row Id="1958" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1112" RevisionGUID="a13b1373-f103-4ce8-bc5d-9cb242177e30" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:51:55.903" UserId="804" Text="The software that you will install for the most part tell you what the best OS is, for example PHP, Apache, even Oracle I think are much better suited for Linux&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for LAMP, Linux is a requisite&#xD;&#xA;for storage I don't think it matters as much, I would say Linux, but I would just go with whatever infrastructure you have in place, if you have Linux servers, then Linux" />
  <row Id="1960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1113" RevisionGUID="f60446d0-8991-439e-9cc1-5422c846304f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:52:42.657" UserId="833" Text="Yes, DBAN even at it's lowest setting is way more than enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.dban.org/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dban.org/" />
  <row Id="1961" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1114" RevisionGUID="407d50b1-d1cf-4f49-8242-4d2b30d330a2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:53:08.457" UserId="824" Text="I really like http://portableapps.com/ for this." />
  <row Id="1962" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1115" RevisionGUID="9aae2e11-6091-4c01-ae97-47d76d2ead2a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:53:14.120" UserId="804" Text="is not bad, per say, is just mostly useless to do so" />
  <row Id="1963" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1116" RevisionGUID="3b4a812c-a073-4fcc-a428-1effb1aa106f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:53:25.150" UserId="834" Text="Stability and ease of configuration were my two big reasons when comparing it to other open sourced firmware releases but the real gem was a relatively easy to configure qos implementation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was easily able to configure several routers in a secure bridge and they're as stable as can be... to my knowledge they've never had to be rebooted." />
  <row Id="1964" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="989" RevisionGUID="0e5b9357-382d-49db-98f1-1513254f0e93" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:53:30.313" UserId="793" Comment="added 332 characters in body" Text="I have just moved a SharePoint 2007 site from one server to another.  Both servers are running Windows Server 2003 R2 Service Pack 2, but the new one is x64 as apposed to x84.  I successfully installed SharePoint and attached the content databases to SQLSERVER and associated them with their respected webpages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However when I try to view the page, either from outside the server or from within, the page never loads.  I've checked some forums and everyone suggests giving read permissions to the ISS_WPG group win the Inetpub folder. I have done this, but it still doesn't work.&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions as to why my website won't load?  What are typical problems that block web content from a server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: When I say the page never loads, I mean that IE says &quot;Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage.&quot;  In the Application Event Log there is a pile of ASP.NET 2.0.50727.0 errors.  When I try to access the site from another computer, I get a Directory Error that says &quot;This Virtual Directory does not allow contents to be listed.&quot;" />
  <row Id="1965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1117" RevisionGUID="231cf725-2dc6-4cda-adc4-7acb76372f44" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:53:44.230" UserId="710" Text="Are there any benefits of a self signed certificate on a live site?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know in IIS 7 you have the ability to self sign a certificate and I was wondering if using that as a precurser to buying one from a CA would be a good idea.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you get the same encryption benefits that you get from a CA signed cert or am I confusing terms? (running off the https protocol)" />
  <row Id="1966" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1117" RevisionGUID="231cf725-2dc6-4cda-adc4-7acb76372f44" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:53:44.230" UserId="710" Text="What are the benefits of a self signed certificate on a live site?" />
  <row Id="1967" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1117" RevisionGUID="231cf725-2dc6-4cda-adc4-7acb76372f44" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:53:44.230" UserId="710" Text="&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;https&gt;&lt;certification&gt;&lt;certificate&gt;" />
  <row Id="1968" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="784" RevisionGUID="6a7cfef2-cc28-49c9-bec2-64a1fbfd7ab8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:54:30.810" UserId="629" Comment="added link to ufw man page" Text="As noted in comments to another answer, you don't want to lose your connection before you allow the ssh port. From the man page:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*&quot;REMOTE MANAGEMENT*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*When running ufw enable or starting ufw via its initscript, ufw will flush its chains. This is required so ufw can maintain a consistent state, but it may drop existing connections (eg ssh). ufw does support adding rules before enabling the firewall, so administrators can do:*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ufw allow proto tcp from any to any port 22&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*before running ’ufw enable’. The rules will still be flushed, but the ssh port will be open after enabling the firewall. Please note that once ufw is ’enabled’, ufw will not flush the chains when adding or removing rules (but will when modifying a rule or changing the default policy).&quot;*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So here is an approach that uses a script to set it. You will get logged out when you run this script, but having run it you can then log in again over ssh.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Put the following in a script and call it start-firewall.sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    ufw allow ssh&#xD;&#xA;    ufw enable&#xD;&#xA;    ufw default deny&#xD;&#xA;    ufw allow http&#xD;&#xA;    ufw allow https&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then make it executable and run it by doing &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ chmod + x start-firewall.sh&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo ./start-firewall.sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To learn more, read the [man page](http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/intrepid/man8/ufw.8.html)." />
  <row Id="1969" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1083" RevisionGUID="1e78ae58-41e9-4f73-9079-82649a815882" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:55:03.650" UserId="481" Comment="added 222 characters in body" Text="Tapes are definitely not the way to go, for your size a disk based solution would be better and much easier to maintain. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you are on the TB scale, you should consider using something with compression and [deduplication][1].  In a solution like this you will only store unique data that is common on several copmuters ,and have references to these unique files or blocks. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also make sure that whatever your backup server starts with, the product supports expandable storage.  So you can start with 10TB, and add on more disks as you go. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With several computers an agentless backup client would also be favorable.  So that you can backup your whole LAN from a single backup client.   Some products also include a virtual computer based on an FTP/SFTP/FTPS location.  So you could have your backup client on windows and backup all the LAN machines + the linux machine from the same interface. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wouldn't use an approach based on either of 1) Incremental backups and 2) differential backups.  With incremental backups, you will want to do another full backup eventually, or at restore time you'll have to restore too many backups.  With differential backups, you will want to do another full backup eventually, or eventually your differential backup will get too big.  In your case you would have to re-send the 10TB.  That is not acceptable.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure when you seed the data to your backup server, that the data will NEVER need a new re-transfer if it is not changed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure that you don't NEED to restore full backups, and that you can restore only a subset of what you backed up and that you can select from backups as they were on the day you are restoring from. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Backing up data should be allowed from offsite locations, and even if the backup client is offline.  In the case that they are offline there should be a 'large initial backup' option for later importing at the server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An example of a product at this scale that supports all of the above is [ROBOBAK][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deduplication&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.robobak.com/" />
  <row Id="1970" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1118" RevisionGUID="0ac32e58-5f64-479a-ab07-bee805d5e234" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:55:33.257" UserId="440" Text="There are several NAS appliances around now that also have web servers built in. some just for thier own admin pages but other with a full LAMP install and an area specifically for adding things like blogs etc. then, if you don't have the ISP issues mentioned, set it up as static IP or reserve a DHCP entry, forward incoming port 80 (or whatever you choose) to the appliance and you're done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the appliance will usually have a Dynamic DNS updater client built in too" />
  <row Id="1971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1119" RevisionGUID="63526d80-9664-4228-ac09-0d68c53bec1b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:55:54.893" UserId="821" Text="Which network providers have you worked with that provide good service?" />
  <row Id="1972" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1119" RevisionGUID="63526d80-9664-4228-ac09-0d68c53bec1b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:55:54.893" UserId="821" Text="What are my provider options for setting up high speed access to our office?" />
  <row Id="1973" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1119" RevisionGUID="63526d80-9664-4228-ac09-0d68c53bec1b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:55:54.893" UserId="821" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;providers&gt;" />
  <row Id="1974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1120" RevisionGUID="8a64c2ef-b315-49e6-abb5-95f3a048b526" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:56:14.957" UserId="828" Text="In general I think making backups as automatic as possible will ensure that you always get the level of backup you need.  You also want some level of redundancy both on-site and off-site.  If the data doesn't exist in two places at once, then it really doesn't exist.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would recommend the following approaches for maximum redundancy:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Duplicate your important data locally&#xD;&#xA;-------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This can be done using a couple of methods&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  Mirror your drive(s) automatically with RAID-1&#xD;&#xA;2.  Automatically clone your drive(s) using an rsync style backup script, or other application (TimeMachine, Carbon Copy Cloner, etc).  I would also prefer a backup application which does rolling snapshots (like Apple's Time Machine or [rsnapshot](http://www.rsnapshot.org/))&#xD;&#xA;3.  Store all your important data on a dedicated NAS which some sort of dynamically expandable RAID (like a [Drobo](http://www.drobo.com), or a [NetGear ReadyNAS](http://www.readynas.com/).  Use an application (like those listed in method 2) to automatically copy data from your various systems and drives to the NAS on at least a daily basis&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Backup your important data offsite&#xD;&#xA;----------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;I would recommend using a 'cloud' based backup solution that is automatic.  These include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. [Mozy](http://www.mozy.com)&#xD;&#xA;2. [Carbonite](http://www.carbonite.com/)&#xD;&#xA;3. [Backblaze](https://www.backblaze.com/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These services automatically upload unlimited data to their servers for $4.95 a month.  Some of these services even give you 30 days of snapshots so you can get back do data you accidentally deleted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mirror your system drive&#xD;&#xA;------------------------&#xD;&#xA;If you really want to get crazy paranoid about loosing your data, I would also mirror your system drive daily using a mirroring tool like [TrueImage](http://www.acronis.com/), CarbonCopyCloner, SuperDuper.  This will give you an exact copy of your system drive, so if your drive fails, you can just pop in the cloned drive and pick up where you left off.  No time wasted rebuilding your system, installing old applications, etc.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1121" RevisionGUID="ef293d79-fab9-4dd9-9ad8-0623b04bc515" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:56:19.463" UserId="830" Text="Hobbit - it's a faster better version of Big Brother (which seems to be alarmingly commercial these days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="1976" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1122" RevisionGUID="2a1bfdeb-109d-429b-b34f-2511cf0baf2d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:56:33.740" UserId="391" Text="Ubuntu&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reason: The community - there is a big community and if you need to do something, you can nearly always find someone that has done it first and posted a great set of instructions." />
  <row Id="1980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1124" RevisionGUID="013c475c-7228-454b-890a-1b9fbaad6fbc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:57:10.103" UserId="613" Text="Debian or Ubuntu (server) due to dist-upgrade.  Any distro can be installed from scratch - but how many can be upgraded in place?  I've got a debian machine that hasn't been reinstalled from scratch since approximately 1995." />
  <row Id="1982" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1125" RevisionGUID="4bbd9d17-966e-4e27-8ff7-3f1c0d6662c9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:57:30.803" UserId="616" Text="You're going to have to define &quot;effective&quot; some more, I think.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What kind of load balancing do you want to do? Round-robin, least-loaded, goegraphical load balancing?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How deep do you want to go in packet inspection (level2/3, or level 7 deep packet inspection)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you require session failover?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What kind of volumes are you talking about?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where do you want your SSL termination done?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your options go from simple Windows NLB to globally distributed redundant arrays of hardware loadbalancers with SSL accelerators. There is no one best answer for &quot;most effective&quot;" />
  <row Id="1983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1126" RevisionGUID="d6693c75-8df9-4313-ae08-303cb7d76bae" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:57:39.523" UserId="816" Text="I would recommend [eUKhost][1], their support is excellent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.eukhost.com/" />
  <row Id="1984" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1127" RevisionGUID="7fd0d4e0-d9cd-46c4-855a-734e01263571" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:57:49.960" UserId="117" Text="[Debian][1] is my server's distribution of choice : it's very stable, available for almost all server platforms and security is a keypoint on that distro !&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.debian.org/" />
  <row Id="1985" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1128" RevisionGUID="be404f47-de09-4e5d-aff3-e33d5af07f18" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:57:54.953" UserId="35" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamhost.com&quot;&gt;Dreamhost&lt;/a&gt; offers unlimited diskspace and bandwidth. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if your website is a static site, you could try hosting off &lt;a href=&quot;http://aws.amazon.com/s3/&quot;&gt;Amazon S3&lt;/a&gt;. At $0.15/GB/month for storage, it's pretty cheap. The other pricing component is the bandwidth cost at  $0.17/GB." />
  <row Id="1986" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="589" RevisionGUID="6fa300fd-140f-4594-bc5b-e979d7f155bd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:57:55.560" UserId="426" Text="Our current stack is Apache + Tomcat + MySQL, using `ProxyPass` AJP to fire requests from Apache to Tomcat. We also run PHP for Wordpress on the same sites, and so need working `.htaccess` files. In response to [an annoying problem (see this Stack Overflow page)][1], we're considering alternative stacks. Note that we generally quite like apache, but this problem is a show-stopper: if we can't fix it, we can't use Apache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatives include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Tomcat alone&#xD;&#xA; - Glassfish (Java app server, forked from Tomcat)&#xD;&#xA; - Jetty (Java server)&#xD;&#xA; - Resin&#xD;&#xA; - LightTPD (lightweight HTTP server)&#xD;&#xA; - Nginx (lightweight HTTP server)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The way I see it, solutions fall into two camps: the pure Java camp, such as Glassfish; or the split camp such as our current Apache + Tomcat. We like the idea of a pure Java solution, since fewer moving parts should mean less to go wrong; but do any of them support PHP, `.htaccess` files, etc?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In theory we could do the split the other way - have a simple front end that proxies to Apache on only those bits that need those features - but in practice that would be 80% of requests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What options do people suggest?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/246540/apache-tomcat-error-wrong-pages-being-delivered" />
  <row Id="1987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1129" RevisionGUID="79467fc8-40b8-491f-8d20-de7b85b307d4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:57:57.150" UserId="808" Text="Don't forget to ensure that you have jumbo frames enabled, and make sure that any network switches you use also support jumbo frames and have then enabled.  You may want to run RAID striping for speed on the NFS share.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1988" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1130" RevisionGUID="c949a0ba-6961-4094-b464-d279adde05ea" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:58:08.867" UserId="48" Text="Use this PowerShell Command to remove a mailbox account permanently:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Remove-Mailbox -Identity 'mailboxUserName' -Permanent $true" />
  <row Id="1990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1132" RevisionGUID="3eb7017e-8ffa-46d0-82c0-ec8da1410770" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:58:19.757" UserId="824" Text="I would try running aspnet_regiis.exe http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/k6h9cz8h(VS.80).aspx  I noticed that in the past the installation of the .Net Framework 2.0 did not register with IIS on x64." />
  <row Id="1991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1133" RevisionGUID="d18df52b-fb62-435a-ae31-b0cd4f979a3f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:58:24.077" UserId="671" Text="It's not free, but [McAfee Secure][1] will run a scan against your site whenever you want that will identify any known security issues and check for SQL injection, cross-site scripting errors, etc.  It will also look for common OS and web server vulnerabilities.  When it's done it will give you a report with all of the problems and suggestions and links for more information on how to correct them.  We use this service to scan our e-commerce sites as part of their PCI compliance requirements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mcafeesecure.com/us/" />
  <row Id="1992" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1134" RevisionGUID="9f5a044f-3a3e-4668-a919-0b3747c5500f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:58:34.093" UserId="533" Text="Red Hat Enterpise Linux or CentOS.  They are stable, you can buy support for them if you care to, and every major release has a guaranteed 5 year support cycle, which is invaluable (don't even get me started on the fedora server a semi-rogue admin installed here that we now can't upgrade).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, it tends to be **the** supported solution when installing commercial software on linux (Oracle comes to mind, but we have other commercial products that state they'll install on anything, but they will only guarantee interop with Red Hat/CentOS)" />
  <row Id="1993" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1135" RevisionGUID="812eede2-70bd-40cd-ac00-c1515fd80faa" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:59:28.537" UserId="808" Text="The encryption is not a property of the certificate or where it is signed from.  The benefit you get from a CA signed cert is that it is automatically trusted by web browsers (and other SSL-aware applications).  A self-signed certificate will pop up a warning that the certificate is not trusted.  In more recent browsers, such as FireFox 3, the default action is to refuse to show the page and the user has to take deliberate actions to enable use of a self-signed (or expired, for that matter) certificate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can talk to everyone who will use the web page, this isn't a problem.  Tell them to expect that warning and how to handle it in their browser and it's a one-time issue.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="1994" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1136" RevisionGUID="f22f363b-8865-4daf-bbb9-6b4af619ce58" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:59:44.840" UserId="247" Text="There are several options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DFS-R is built into Windows 2003 R2 and 2008 (and I use it)&#xD;&#xA;FRS is built into 2000 and 2003 R1, but I wouldn't recommend it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are really aimed at file shares and are file-level mirrors, not block-level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a disk that you want two servers to see, then you need windows clustering, but you need a hardware base for that - either a self-contained RAID array (e.g. Dell MD3000) or SAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to do this block-level, then you're looking at hardware solutions from SAN providers - I've used Dell EqualLogic, but there are dozens in the market, all the way up to the linkes of EMC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're trying to mirror something like an Exchange server for backup, then a backup system that integrates with Windows Shadow Copy would be the right approach.  I know that BackupExec (now part of Symantec) have one of these." />
  <row Id="1995" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1065" RevisionGUID="9bd483ed-a6bd-4190-9efd-d957b8cd7163" CreationDate="2009-04-30T15:59:54.963" UserId="483" Comment="added 104 characters in body" Text="It may be a bit dated, but you can't learn how to properly do your job (or how not to, I forget which one) without looking into the writings of the Bastard Operator From Hell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**: Here are some links&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://bofh.ntk.net/&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.theregister.co.uk/odds/bofh/" />
  <row Id="1996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1137" RevisionGUID="ab4610ac-23ff-4ee9-ab9b-341a3aa9aad7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:00:02.827" UserId="833" Text="I have a few distribution lists running in &quot;Subscriber Only&quot; mode, meaning that only somebody who is subscribed to the list (or on the Whitelist) can post to the list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some spammers have discovered the lists and are spoofing reply-to addresses of people on the list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've configured the Anti-spam settings to tag the messages matching &quot;Weight20&quot; in the headers with a {This is SPAM} message.  It tags messages to users who have an account on the server just fine, but it's not flagging the mail going to the distribution lists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is SmarterMail bypassing List traffic?  If so, is there a way to weed out these List-bound messages?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TIA" />
  <row Id="1997" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1137" RevisionGUID="ab4610ac-23ff-4ee9-ab9b-341a3aa9aad7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:00:02.827" UserId="833" Text="Does the Anti-SPAM filtering in SmarterMail work on the Distribution Lists?" />
  <row Id="1998" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1137" RevisionGUID="ab4610ac-23ff-4ee9-ab9b-341a3aa9aad7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:00:02.827" UserId="833" Text="&lt;smartermail&gt;&lt;spam&gt;&lt;list&gt;" />
  <row Id="1999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1138" RevisionGUID="2f2c90e3-3f47-4e68-ab8e-3bd69090f871" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:00:08.550" UserId="47" Text="I run all my servers at work on Gentoo. While a lot of fellow Linux sysadmins will consider me crazy, I must say I've had little to no troubles.&#xD;&#xA;One server run as a build host for the others (they're all the same hardware) and serves the binaries to the others.&#xD;&#xA;I like Gentoo a lot because it gives you loads of control about what is installed and what is not installed.&#xD;&#xA;Community is great, the forums are the best online. If you stay on the stable branch, it's smooth sailing.&#xD;&#xA;Currently I've been leaning a bit more towards Arch Linux because of the lack of compiling, but I haven't installed a server with it yet.&#xD;&#xA;Source based/meta distros can make great servers!" />
  <row Id="2000" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1139" RevisionGUID="50c8119e-127e-4339-a2cf-e4a0057a02bc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:00:32.310" UserId="843" Text="You get the same encryption benefits, but everyone viewing your site will get a warning that your certificate is untrusted (or from an untrusted source). The advantage of getting on of the main stream certs is that they are already in the browser as trusted. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In IE 7, go to Tools, Internet Options, Content, Certificates, Trusted Root Certification Authorities. Those are all the authorities IE trusts by default. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2001" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1140" RevisionGUID="de42f0f7-5576-44c4-a385-1ce7d88c8bb9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:00:46.943" UserId="98" Text="when we were still using Exchange, I had a small box running Exim and DSPAM in front of Exchange which worked incredibly well. About one SPAM mail per month still got through - without a single false positive." />
  <row Id="2002" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1141" RevisionGUID="c484a0d7-21e7-4dc8-b775-47e6480866e2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:02:11.447" UserId="613" Text="You're confusing encryption with authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any cert will provide encryption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A CA cert also proves that CA is vouching that you are who you say you are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A self-signed cert provides encryption but not authentication." />
  <row Id="2003" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1083" RevisionGUID="f0917e35-1c07-4d55-85df-82da8dc56539" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:02:53.770" UserId="481" Comment="added 282 characters in body" Text="You will probably be best off if you invest in a proven solution. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tapes are definitely not the way to go, for your size a disk based solution would be better and much easier to maintain. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you are on the TB scale, you should consider using something with compression and [deduplication][1].  In a solution like this you will only store unique data that is common on several copmuters ,and have references to these unique files or blocks. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also make sure that whatever your backup server starts with, the product supports expandable storage.  So you can start with 10TB, and add on more disks as you go. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With several computers an agentless backup client would also be favorable.  So that you can backup your whole LAN from a single backup client.   Some products also include a virtual computer based on an FTP/SFTP/FTPS location.  So you could have your backup client on windows and backup all the LAN machines + the linux machine from the same interface. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wouldn't use an approach based on either of 1) Incremental backups and 2) differential backups.  With incremental backups, you will want to do another full backup eventually, or at restore time you'll have to restore too many backups.  With differential backups, you will want to do another full backup eventually, or eventually your differential backup will get too big.  In your case you would have to re-send the 10TB.  That is not acceptable.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure when you seed the data to your backup server, that the data will NEVER need a new re-transfer if it is not changed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure that you don't NEED to restore full backups, and that you can restore only a subset of what you backed up and that you can select from backups as they were on the day you are restoring from. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Backing up data should be allowed from offsite locations, and even if the backup client is offline.  In the case that they are offline there should be a 'large initial backup' option for later importing at the server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be sure to chose a solution that has built in MS SQL backups and exchange backups, and that you don't need to re-transfer everything each time you back them up.  It should support hot backups of these items. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An example of a product at this scale that supports all of the above is [ROBOBAK][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deduplication&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.robobak.com/" />
  <row Id="2004" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1110" RevisionGUID="c56f9355-5dc7-402b-b0e1-c248011ab6ff" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:03:08.963" UserId="613" Comment="edited body" Text="You're getting beaten by the overhead. You want to look into jumbo frames and also expand your nfs read/write data size.  There's lots of guides to NFS performance tuning on the 'net, like [this one][1] that doesn't look too out of date.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also realize that you're never going to be able to do better than disk speed, so make sure that's not a bottleneck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=64" />
  <row Id="2005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1142" RevisionGUID="2a79c6fa-487a-4ede-a812-d6187f89df1e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:03:14.923" UserId="808" Text="There are many VNCs out there.  [realvnc][2], [tightvnc][1], and so on.  Which one would you recommend, or would you recommend avoiding the VNC protocol altogether?  (And if so, in favor of what?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://www.tightvnc.com/&#xD;&#xA; [2]: http://www.realvnc.com/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2006" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1142" RevisionGUID="2a79c6fa-487a-4ede-a812-d6187f89df1e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:03:14.923" UserId="808" Text="What VNC service would you recommend?" />
  <row Id="2007" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1142" RevisionGUID="2a79c6fa-487a-4ede-a812-d6187f89df1e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:03:14.923" UserId="808" Text="&lt;vnc&gt;&lt;remote-access&gt;" />
  <row Id="2008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1143" RevisionGUID="07bd13b8-ba3d-49b1-ac6e-04d93c4d262a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:04:03.067" UserId="401" Text="Trust.  A self-signed certificate gives the same encryption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I trust a CA.  I do not trust you.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So why shouldn't I trust you? Because there's no guarantee that the name on the certificate (&quot;Discount Bob's Hanggliding and BBQ Emporium&quot;) was the person who actually created the certificate.  I could create a certificate that said &quot;Discount Bob's Hanggliding and BBQ Emporium&quot; and when you got o ritter.vg it'd say &quot;Discount Bob's Hanggliding and BBQ Emporium&quot;.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But when I ask a CA to sign my certificate that says &quot;Discount Bob's Hanggliding and BBQ Emporium&quot;, they'll ask &quot;Sure, show me some credentials&quot; and I don't have any, so they'll tell me to piss off.  But the actual Discount Bob will have those credentials, the CA will sign it.  So when you see the certificate, signed by the CA, you'll know that it actually **is** Discount Bob, because if it weren't the CA wouldn't have signed it." />
  <row Id="2009" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1144" RevisionGUID="c496bd7e-c871-4988-a218-a4b67faedb3c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:04:20.100" UserId="629" Text="The [Linux Administration Handbook](http://www.amazon.com/Linux-Administration-Handbook-2nd-Nemeth/dp/0131480049/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1241107312&amp;sr=8-1)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Linux Administration Handbook](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KTkShzhyL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU01_.jpg)" />
  <row Id="2010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1145" RevisionGUID="be04284b-c334-4153-9b70-ea97f3668759" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:04:26.060" UserId="117" Text="Partitions are very important on Linux server because it give you a lot of flexibility, for example when upgrading to a bigger hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, how many partitions should I create when building a Linux box ?&#xD;&#xA;Which size should I set for each partition ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At last but not least, which partitions should I have on a separate disk (I'm thinking about /home, /var on perhaps a quicker drive, etc) and which partitions may I share on same drive ?" />
  <row Id="2011" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1145" RevisionGUID="be04284b-c334-4153-9b70-ea97f3668759" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:04:26.060" UserId="117" Text="How many and which partitions should I create for a linux server ?" />
  <row Id="2012" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1145" RevisionGUID="be04284b-c334-4153-9b70-ea97f3668759" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:04:26.060" UserId="117" Text="&lt;partition&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;unix&gt;" />
  <row Id="2013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1146" RevisionGUID="ed0bd846-4cf9-4f7d-82ac-cd1232cff0bb" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:04:37.650" UserId="510" Text="I have a Windows Vista (Ultimate) machine which connects to a Windows Server 2003 machine for just one thing: a mapped network drive. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a user account on the Server machine which **exactly** matches the user name &amp; password on the Vista machine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is... when I try to connect (map) the network drive, a message comes up saying the user name or password was incorrect! Since it then gives you the opportunity to re-enter the user name and password, I re-enter the password (exactly the same, again) and it works and the drive gets mapped.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BUT... the plot thickens! After a reboot (or, I suppose, a log-off and log-on), the network drive doesn't work anymore - double clicking it gives a short delay, and then a message saying the drive can't be reconnected because the account has been locked out. Sure enough, checking on the server shows the account locked out. A glance at the event log shows repeated &quot;invalid password&quot; events before the account is eventually locked out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The specific events that are recorded are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- A logon attempt by `MICROSOFT_AUTHENTICATION_PACKAGE_V1_0`, which fails with code `0xC0000234`&#xD;&#xA;- A &quot;logon failure&quot; event which says &quot;unknown user name or bad password.&quot; &#xD;&#xA;    - The user name specified in the event is the user name I'm using&#xD;&#xA;    - The &quot;logon type&quot; is &quot;3&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    - The logon process is &quot;NtLmSsp&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    - The authentication package is NTLM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both machines are using the same LAN manager authentication method (specifically, &quot;Send LM &amp; NTLM, use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated&quot;) - set via security policy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Vista machine is not part of the domain, but the user name and password match.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Vista machine *used* to work just fine, back when it was an XP machine. But then, it got upgraded to Vista (not a clean re-install, an actual upgrade) and this is what happens now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the life of me, I cannot figure out why it seems to be sending the wrong password, when I have checked &amp; double-checked to make sure the password is *exactly* the same. I've googled &amp; googled and found nothing useful. I'm stumped! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have any ideas as to what *might* be happening here - or ideas for further troubleshooting steps I can take? " />
  <row Id="2014" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1146" RevisionGUID="ed0bd846-4cf9-4f7d-82ac-cd1232cff0bb" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:04:37.650" UserId="510" Text="Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 password or logon weirdness" />
  <row Id="2015" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1146" RevisionGUID="ed0bd846-4cf9-4f7d-82ac-cd1232cff0bb" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:04:37.650" UserId="510" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windowserver2003&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;netlogon&gt;" />
  <row Id="2016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1147" RevisionGUID="cf87b73f-6fd1-46ae-a6bf-a0b226ce65b6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:04:41.130" UserId="482" Text="For network admins: [TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols][1]. You should know how TCP/IP works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.amazon.com/TCP-Illustrated-Protocols-Addison-Wesley-Professional/dp/0201633469" />
  <row Id="2017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1148" RevisionGUID="ea4ed0fc-a092-45b2-8682-e0f7568606d2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:04:43.250" UserId="846" Text="I just voted up the &quot;function&quot; comment, as it asks a relevant question .. the primary function matters, to some extent.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other key decision you have is whether you want access to professional support.  If the answer is yes, get Red Hat.  If the answer is no, then I would start with Ubuntu.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additional note .. Gert's (implied) point about using the same distro for multiple servers is also a great one!" />
  <row Id="2018" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="759" RevisionGUID="ba05373e-7f6a-49b2-aec3-f6095fa5995c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:05:45.697" UserId="591" Comment="+= sysinterals" Text=" - [7zip][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [cygwin][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [gvim][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [sysinternals][4] esp. [process monitor][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.7-zip.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.cygwin.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.vim.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx" />
  <row Id="2019" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1149" RevisionGUID="35a3b1bf-7dd0-4513-a7a3-4fbb535c210b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:05:56.430" UserId="804" Text="I have used a few of them, they used to suck but the latest versions have improved a lot, realvnc or tightvnc are both good options" />
  <row Id="2020" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1150" RevisionGUID="a2d443ba-4df8-47dd-a189-db4da81a8e14" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:05:59.177" UserId="785" Text="It totally depends on who your local phone and cable service providers are, unless you have enough money to invest in a larger connection than they can provide (T1 and up).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's also satellite DSL, if you're not near a major city or town." />
  <row Id="2021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1151" RevisionGUID="e3d42deb-b688-4348-a316-ee99616219fa" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:06:31.063" UserId="483" Text="It may be a bit dated, but you can't learn how to properly do your job (or how not to, I forget which one) without looking into the writings of the Bastard Operator From Hell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**: Here are some links&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://bofh.ntk.net/&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.theregister.co.uk/odds/bofh/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should also note that this series is still being continued (that's what I was told by another ServerFault user that is) :)" />
  <row Id="2022" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1152" RevisionGUID="3d129baa-7be9-4b58-91d6-c571f6b83540" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:07:03.447" UserId="701" Text="I've been using GNU/Linux for servers, mostly Debian. I am thinking of keeping my personal email on a centralized server. I have some GMail accounts, and a few from different domains from several web projects which are hosted at the corresponding website hosts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am buying a new PC to use as a home server for SVN, Web server, DNS, etc. I was thinking of taking advantage of the new hardware to centralize all my emails on one server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've had no experience whatsoever with e-mail servers. All I've done is use IMAP, SMTP, POP3, mostly over the internet, never locally. This question is quite wide, but let me explain what I would like to accomplish.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main objective is keeping my emails locally: download via POP3 all of my emails from GMail and the different domains into one place. Then, I would also like to use some of these domains directly from my home server with a local SMTP. That is, send mails directly from my server, without having to go through a hosting account. I don't know if I'll use it for every account, but I would also like to have the option to use mail via IMAP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since I have no experience at all with mail servers, I know not much about options. The operative system will be Debian GNU/Linux Lenny.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2023" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1152" RevisionGUID="3d129baa-7be9-4b58-91d6-c571f6b83540" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:07:03.447" UserId="701" Text="Recommended personal mail server setup" />
  <row Id="2024" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1152" RevisionGUID="3d129baa-7be9-4b58-91d6-c571f6b83540" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:07:03.447" UserId="701" Text="&lt;mail&gt;&lt;pop3&gt;&lt;smtp&gt;&lt;homeserver&gt;&lt;debian&gt;" />
  <row Id="2027" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1143" RevisionGUID="fa3a693a-14d3-4e9b-9355-4d08786d3fb4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:09:03.957" UserId="401" Comment="edited body" Text="Trust.  A self-signed certificate gives the same encryption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I trust a CA.  I do not trust you.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So why shouldn't I trust you? Because there's no guarantee that the name on the certificate (&quot;Discount Bob's Hanggliding and BBQ Emporium&quot;) was the person who actually created the certificate.  I could create a certificate that said &quot;Discount Bob's Hanggliding and BBQ Emporium&quot; and when you go to ritter.vg it'd say &quot;Discount Bob's Hanggliding and BBQ Emporium&quot;.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But when I ask a CA to sign my certificate that says &quot;Discount Bob's Hanggliding and BBQ Emporium&quot;, they'll ask &quot;Sure, show me some credentials&quot; and I don't have any, so they'll tell me to piss off.  But the actual Discount Bob will have those credentials, the CA will sign it.  So when you see the certificate, signed by the CA, you'll know that it actually **is** Discount Bob, because if it weren't the CA wouldn't have signed it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The purpose of a signed certificate is to verify that the person is actually who he says he.  Because the CA said he is, and I trust the CA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The encryption isn't directly relevant to a certificate - it just gets added in because it's good to have and it goes hand in hand." />
  <row Id="2028" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1154" RevisionGUID="fd5c41f1-80da-40f4-a43c-20976738d9fd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:09:34.533" UserId="160" Text="[Slackware][1]&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Since its first beta release in April of 1993, the Slackware Linux Project has aimed at producing the most &quot;UNIX-like&quot; Linux distribution out there. Slackware complies with the published Linux standards, such as the Linux File System Standard. We have always considered simplicity and stability paramount, and as a result Slackware has become one of the most popular, stable, and friendly distributions available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I learned a lot working with this distro, but you will need plenty of time and patience. Slackware **is** user-friendly, it's just very selective about who its friends are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.slackware.com/" />
  <row Id="2029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1155" RevisionGUID="f2c0b445-08a4-486a-b862-825e67b09aac" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:09:44.783" UserId="808" Text="I currently back up my Fedora Linux server using `rsync` and a local USB drive.  So far this seems to suit my needs, but I suspect there are better ways to go about this.  Long ago I used to use tape, but tape backup of size to back up my server is now priced way out of my price range.  Something automated would be better. Although I suppose I could automate my current `rsync` backup, this would mean leaving the USB drive on all the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thoughts?" />
  <row Id="2030" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1155" RevisionGUID="f2c0b445-08a4-486a-b862-825e67b09aac" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:09:44.783" UserId="808" Text="What is the best Linux backup method for a home server?" />
  <row Id="2031" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1155" RevisionGUID="f2c0b445-08a4-486a-b862-825e67b09aac" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:09:44.783" UserId="808" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;fedora&gt;&lt;rsync&gt;" />
  <row Id="2032" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1156" RevisionGUID="6bf93e82-5e4d-46ec-9755-10f573a49054" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:10:20.303" UserId="36" Text="You can test the site with lcamtuf's [RatProxy][1] for potential vulnerabilities.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://code.google.com/p/ratproxy/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1157" RevisionGUID="34b18a39-910a-43c4-ac84-13af3345ffc1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:10:36.217" UserId="792" Text="Say you have a server with a 25GB C partition, and a 450GB D partition - the C drive is running out of space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used some products that offer repartitioning but &quot;up to&quot; 300GB drives. Any good repartition tools out there that can handle large drives at a reasonable price?" />
  <row Id="2034" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1157" RevisionGUID="34b18a39-910a-43c4-ac84-13af3345ffc1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:10:36.217" UserId="792" Text="Re-Partition Tool for Large Drives" />
  <row Id="2035" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1157" RevisionGUID="34b18a39-910a-43c4-ac84-13af3345ffc1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:10:36.217" UserId="792" Text="&lt;partition&gt;" />
  <row Id="2036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1158" RevisionGUID="d120b0b4-2a01-4287-a7a0-4b19d2a9906b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:11:49.957" UserId="843" Text="If it is the exact same motherboard, you shouldn't have very many problems. Probably a lot of the hardware will redetect with their new IDs, but since all the drivers are already in place it will be fine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is a different motherboard following the information in that link will probably be good. Though I recently changed motherboards and didn't worry about changing to generic drivers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep in mind that nowadays if you significantly change the hardware windows will want you to re-validate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1159" RevisionGUID="c14927ab-aa3e-4d56-8a9a-58d619cd5213" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:11:55.153" UserId="613" Text="I backup my server with [duplicity][1] to amazon S3.  I do a full backup every quarter and incrementals nightly.  Works quite well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://duplicity.nongnu.org/" />
  <row Id="2038" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1160" RevisionGUID="63db3bd2-58bf-4234-a1e7-cdbea2f9d7e4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:12:06.167" UserId="773" Text="I recently stumbled over [TeamViewer][1]. Don't know how good it is compared to others really, but I like it a lot cause it *Just Works*. And cool thing is that it *Just Works* through routers and stuff like that without any setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Brilliant for doing remote support for friends and family for example =) Just make them run the client thing and give you the number and password. Voila.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.teamviewer.com/" />
  <row Id="2039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1161" RevisionGUID="901b9e59-7383-4692-98af-7e9b88002e2e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:12:24.527" UserId="246" Text="I'm wondering if this is really the case, or, if when IPv6 does get widespread adoption, we will still hide all the machines on a network behind a single (or few) IP address under the assumption that this is more secure - or will we finally be able to configure our firewalls to handle all of that security?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And do you think that when IPv6 will finally get widespread adoption?" />
  <row Id="2040" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1161" RevisionGUID="901b9e59-7383-4692-98af-7e9b88002e2e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:12:24.527" UserId="246" Text="Do you think NAT is largely responsible for the delay in IPv6 adoption?" />
  <row Id="2041" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1161" RevisionGUID="901b9e59-7383-4692-98af-7e9b88002e2e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:12:24.527" UserId="246" />
  <row Id="2042" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1162" RevisionGUID="8f0245cd-0f93-43ed-a974-b98d854689fb" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:13:28.440" UserId="808" Text="I always create these partitions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /       - a few Gig&#xD;&#xA;    /usr    - 24 Gig and mostly empty&#xD;&#xA;    /var    - 4 Gig works for me, YMMV&#xD;&#xA;    /home   - depends on how many users you will have&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the most important is `/var` -- if this is a separate partition, then when it fills up, you will not crash your root partition.  Although I have never done this, some make a separate `/usr` so that they can mount it read-only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and I sometimes create these partitions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /boot   - even 1 Gig is way more than enough&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reasoning is that it's not always possible to boot from a RAID or LVM partition.  Thus, `/boot` can be a simple ext3 partition, allowing `/` to be more advanced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I will have a large number of large files, I will sometimes create a specific partition for these large files so the filesystem can be tweaked to be efficient at storing large files.  Some people, if they will be serving NFS from a server, will create a separate partition for their NFS shares or even a separate partition for each NFS share. This depends on your needs.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2043" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1163" RevisionGUID="2ffded03-23ac-42b0-8090-2deb51e8a919" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:13:35.523" UserId="858" Text="The solution I use it to find a friend who doesn't mind hosting a small fanless server at their house. I then have an automated rsync script that runs over night to sync my data to a remote location." />
  <row Id="2044" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1164" RevisionGUID="c2bf1b57-a0ff-4f1e-8bad-aa164ba0f675" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:14:15.380" UserId="715" Text="I've used NearlyFreeSpeech.NET and 1and1.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NearlyFreeSpeech.NET is really inexpensive for a couple of low volume sites that I run.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1and1.com costs a little more, but has better tools (especially for e-mail support). The problem I found with them is their support is if you need to verify your order (as part of fraud prevention) you can only call between 9am and 5pm EST. This is a pain in the butt when you want to keep work on your personal projects separate from when you are at your 9-5 job." />
  <row Id="2045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1165" RevisionGUID="7de08b09-527a-46fb-bb50-c351e2730cb1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:15:00.073" UserId="859" Text="Have you checked out [gparted][1]?  I'd don't know if has any limits but I've always used it successfully in the past for partitions in the 200 GB range.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="2046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1166" RevisionGUID="4f023a56-f8aa-43c7-bba1-e9dbaa715d1d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:15:03.193" UserId="625" Text="log in to serverfault" />
  <row Id="2047" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1167" RevisionGUID="35dab734-33bf-4b89-8b2d-ddb15efa2494" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:15:04.147" UserId="613" Text="You've got several different requests here, whether you realize it or not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For storage, I recommend a Maildir setup so that something like courier-imap can serve your mail back out to you via IMAP.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can pull your mail from other POP or IMAP sources into your Maildir using fetchmail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Outbound is more problematic as I don't know of an SMTP-to-Gmail gateway.  In general I like Postfix, though.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2048" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1108" RevisionGUID="2a0d6256-cc40-472f-8b10-db046ecd74a8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:15:04.990" UserId="762" Comment="clarification of question" Text="I have limited Linux server experience. I am looking for recommendations on distros. What's your favorite for servers and why?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Clarification: I'm hoping for one, general purpose distro, not specific to a particular function. Something for use on file servers, web servers, anything really. Community support, timely patching, admin friendly tools, good track record, etc. are more the angle I'm going for here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1168" RevisionGUID="e8e7cea7-084a-41e6-b525-69852391e21b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:15:39.950" UserId="706" Text="[GParted][1] should do what you need.  It's an open source non-destructive repartitioning tool that's included in virtually every linux LiveCD, and it understands and deals with windows partitions just fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can find a decent tutorial here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://blogcritics.org/scitech/article/non-destructive-partitioning-with-gparted/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can see in it's feature matrix that it'll grow, shrink, and move FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS, which should meet your needs perfectly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that Windows Vista doesn't like repartiioning operations - you'll need your installation disk and to follow a few simple steps in this tutorial to repair it after the resize:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/using-gparted-to-resize-your-windows-vista-partition/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="2050" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1169" RevisionGUID="8478839c-3791-436f-8075-ede46bca8506" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:16:12.973" UserId="401" Text="Most of the answers [in this question](http://serverfault.com/questions/512/best-practices-to-keep-your-computers-backed-up-efficiently/1076#1076) also apply here.  Most of the tools mentioned will work fine on linux." />
  <row Id="2051" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1170" RevisionGUID="06683810-8f64-4baa-9636-f752665a1ae0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:16:16.530" UserId="47" Text="Take a look at [rdiff-backup][1].&#xD;&#xA;Leaving on the USB drive can't hurt. Atleast it's inexpensive. They don't use a lot of power when they idle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/non-gnu/rdiff-backup/" />
  <row Id="2052" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1171" RevisionGUID="c6076deb-e58d-4c10-be7c-c6f0d83b3e05" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:16:52.707" UserId="846" Text="We use [WhatsUp][1] from [Ipswitch][2], (like it a lot) for our relatively small Windows network.  It is easy to setup, and relatively easy to manage, and knows how to deal with Windows servers as well as standard stuff. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For larger networks, non-Windows-oriented networks, or networks with lots of varied stuff, I heartily recommend [OpenNMS][3].  OpenNMS software if free and the company is more than happy to sell support and implementation services.  It also happens to be run by a very sharp [friend][4] of mine from college! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.whatsupgold.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ipswitch.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.opennms.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://blogs.opennms.org/" />
  <row Id="2054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1173" RevisionGUID="a0ddaa9b-1441-4a0f-bc04-d984ba321b30" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:17:32.660" UserId="775" Text="[Process Monitor][1] especially to troubleshoot [Permission problems][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.technet.com/softgrid/archive/2008/01/24/process-monitor-hands-on-labs-and-examples.aspx" />
  <row Id="2055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1174" RevisionGUID="07daaa76-e9a9-4e4a-85d1-db060597739c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:17:36.107" UserId="613" Text="NAT lets you turn IPv4 addresses into AS's, so yes, I think it's responsible for the delay." />
  <row Id="2056" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1175" RevisionGUID="5950fc0e-defd-4c22-a344-ec401ce7268d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:17:46.213" UserId="119" Text="Since you asked specifically for the benefits of a self-signed cert, I suppose the &quot;benefits&quot; would be that it's cheap (ie free) and quicker to set up initially. These are obviously far outweighed by the negatives of all of your site visitors having to add an exception to their browsers' security policies to allow them to view your site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you haven't listened to them already, you may find some of the past [Security Now Podcasts][1] of interest - SSL is discussed at length in a number of episodes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm" />
  <row Id="2057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1176" RevisionGUID="c9da9772-a66a-47b2-bd01-065f99bc61e2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:18:00.457" UserId="371" Text="Pros of self-signed cert:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Free&#xD;&#xA; - Same encryption technology as CA signed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Browser will display some form of security warning requiring user interaction to view the site.  This can be suppressed by the user choosing to trust the cert.&#xD;&#xA; - The trust you are implying is against the signer of the cert.  Anybody's cert can enable SSL encrypted connections.  The trust policy protects the user form man-in-the-middle attacks.  No one can issue a signed cert but the CA it came from and only to be used on the server it was created for.  Therefore, it's contents cannot come from another source or be modified in transit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Quick scenario:  If someone setup a rogue wifi access point in an internet cafe, it's then possible to transparently proxy victim users' activity and watch it in a network sniffer.  Normally, SSL is encrypted and the data is unusable.  However, tools exist to proxy the user's HTTPS requests and inspect the victim's content in transit.  This has a side effect of giving the affected user an unauthentic cert that is typically not trusted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you go to log into your bank's site and get an SSL security warning, DO NOT proceed.  You may be a target.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some might recognize this as the [Hak5 Pineapple][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://revision3.com/hak5/pineapples/" />
  <row Id="2059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1178" RevisionGUID="acef4e3c-8d4e-4983-a5e0-74012e50be00" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:19:19.207" UserId="816" Text="I would recommend [Ultra VNC][1], which now supports Windows Vista and has file transfers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.uvnc.com/" />
  <row Id="2060" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1179" RevisionGUID="7654d37c-1d5e-4e06-a4f9-5452836980fb" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:20:13.447" UserId="808" Text="I think that NAT is partially responsible for the delay in the *need* for IPv6 adoption, as it helped prevent the world from running about of assignable IPv4 addresses.  I'm certain that NAT will remain in widespread use even under IPv6 for reasons of security, control, and management.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think in five years well begin to see a significant increase in IPv6 usage, but I'm not going to predict whether it'll be 5% or 50% penetration." />
  <row Id="2061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1180" RevisionGUID="180304ad-cac6-4545-8777-87e88adf66ef" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:20:33.010" UserId="613" Text="I once heard of a serial port cable in a NY datacenter that kept getting unplugged. The punchline was it was being unplugged (and eventually cut!) by a union rep because the guy who had plugged it in (the owner and sysadmin of the equiment, visiting from another city) wasn't union labor." />
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  <row Id="2063" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1181" RevisionGUID="9650e319-56dc-41d4-a724-91c25da958cc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:20:33.713" UserId="673" Text="I've been using the beta for over a month. I really like it, I will most likely be installing the RTM to see what's new. The software seems stable and I have not had any issues using it as my primary OS." />
  <row Id="2064" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1182" RevisionGUID="61c86e26-64e3-4493-99cc-da95ff3fbbf6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:20:50.810" UserId="843" Text="Any recent version of Windows will let you use the [Internet Printing Protocol][1]. You just need to open a hole in the firewall for the port. After that it is pretty easy to send print jobs through the internet. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Printing_Protocol" />
  <row Id="2068" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1184" RevisionGUID="03e20f37-a1b9-4ded-be2e-aaa355499a87" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:22:37.920" UserId="808" Text="I've had great success with [Acronis][1] products, which support both Windows and Linux filesystems.  It's a commercial company, so its products aren't free.  But I have been happy with their tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://www.acronis.com/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1185" RevisionGUID="13654bd4-e778-432d-9c01-1b59cf4ec18e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:22:58.760" UserId="864" Text="I use [WebFaction][1] and have found them to be excellent. You can read my experience of their service [here][2] and [here][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.webfaction.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.philipmorton.com/from-media-temple-to-webfaction/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.philipmorton.com/from-media-temple-to-webfaction-part-2/" />
  <row Id="2070" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1186" RevisionGUID="859c01b2-1dcb-4f4a-a58f-bc1db9daf746" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:23:29.867" UserId="710" Text="Are there any technical/legal/contractual limitations to using a CA certificate on multiple sites that are running on a &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;single machine? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;multiple machines?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or are the certificates to be used on a per site basis?" />
  <row Id="2071" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1186" RevisionGUID="859c01b2-1dcb-4f4a-a58f-bc1db9daf746" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:23:29.867" UserId="710" Text="Can I use a trusted CA certificate on multiple sites?" />
  <row Id="2072" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1186" RevisionGUID="859c01b2-1dcb-4f4a-a58f-bc1db9daf746" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:23:29.867" UserId="710" Text="&lt;certification&gt;&lt;certificate&gt;" />
  <row Id="2073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1187" RevisionGUID="f7a63de7-f171-47e8-b659-56e59aadf09d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:23:40.287" UserId="216" Text="No, IMHO (as an IETF participant and previously as network manager at an ISP) - no NAT has _not_ delayed IPv6 adoption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IPv6 adoption is being held back for many reasons, amongst them:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. lack of suppliers of IPv6 global transit&#xD;&#xA;1. lack of support in core routers&#xD;&#xA;2. lack of support in customer routers&#xD;&#xA;2. lack of support in firewalls&#xD;&#xA;3. lack of a &quot;killer application&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For me, the (lack of) consumer router support is the real IPv6 killer - support at the core is steadily improving.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the moment about the only consumer routers that handle IPv6 over an ADSL link are Cisco's, and even a low-end 800 series unit is quite a lot more expensive than a decent quality unit from most any other manufacturer.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2074" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1171" RevisionGUID="39a03104-4ce6-4082-aac9-4c7618de2b3a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:23:51.253" UserId="846" Comment="Fix clumsy first sentence." Text="We use (and like)  [WhatsUp][1] from [Ipswitch][2] for our relatively small Windows network.  It is easy to setup, and relatively easy to manage, and knows how to deal with Windows servers as well as standard stuff. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For larger networks, non-Windows-oriented networks, or networks with lots of varied stuff, I heartily recommend [OpenNMS][3].  OpenNMS software if free and the company is more than happy to sell support and implementation services.  It also happens to be run by a very sharp [friend][4] of mine from college! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.whatsupgold.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ipswitch.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.opennms.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://blogs.opennms.org/" />
  <row Id="2075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1188" RevisionGUID="37f846c0-6e41-49ae-a4f8-a2fff976bc49" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:24:43.687" UserId="859" Text="In addition to the partitions mentioned by Eddie, I typically create two more separate partitions&#xD;&#xA;/tmp  - for the same reasons you created a separate /var partition (I've had the temp space all fill up before)  I typically go with 1-2 GB&#xD;&#xA;/usr/local - This allows you to upgrade and clean /usr as needed without blowing away all your separately installed software.  size here depends on how much external software you install.  I typically go with about 10 GB but am finding that to be a bit small these days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the /boot parition, I've never make it bigger than 100 Mb and never run into space problems (I clean out old kernels eventually).  It really can be very small." />
  <row Id="2076" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1148" RevisionGUID="00751322-ca37-4900-a94b-9b189117ba96" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:25:30.097" UserId="846" Comment="Added hyperlink to a comment I cited." Text="I just voted up the &quot;function&quot; comment, as it asks a relevant question .. the primary function matters, to some extent.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other key decision you have is whether you want access to professional support.  If the answer is yes, get Red Hat.  If the answer is no, then I would start with Ubuntu.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additional note .. Gert's (implied) [point][1] about using the same distro for multiple servers is also a great one!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1108/linux-distro-recommendations-for-servers/1138#1138" />
  <row Id="2077" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1189" RevisionGUID="731feaaa-8de7-444c-bd6f-e58327f59e70" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:25:33.247" UserId="710" Text="I found an answer on Verisign [here][1] that stipulates that a single cert can not be used on multiple servers without having a special license, which answers my *multiple* question.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm assuming this means there's no issue using it on multiple sites as long as they are all on a single machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This might also be specific to the CA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.verisign.com/ssl/ssl-information-center/ssl-basics/index.html#a14" />
  <row Id="2078" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1190" RevisionGUID="d5fcc4d0-073c-4ec5-9bff-f723ce0e97b5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:25:42.810" UserId="673" Text="Check event logs after a freeze. Look for any admonitory or errors in the logs. Performance monitor may also be able to help. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also setup some sort of monitoring or heartbeat process using third party tools." />
  <row Id="2079" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="948" RevisionGUID="f8efdc49-b48f-4e4f-9668-356e766cfdf3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:26:04.230" UserId="440" Comment="extra supporting info" Text="I have a machine running Win 7 beta build 7000 and while I admit that nuke-ing and re-installing win 7 would be the best option, I'd like to keep the install as is for now. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any significant difference to the way you'd go about this in win 7 from XP as detailed [In this article][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;slight clarification: it will be a different board and different chipset&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2007/09/how-to-install-a-new-motherboard-without-reinstalling-windows.ars" />
  <row Id="2080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1191" RevisionGUID="6a9eed2c-df3b-440b-8741-7e8c7b60c38a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:26:17.380" UserId="850" Text="IIS/Web Applications has been a tricky issue in the shops I've worked in over time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On one hand, IIS is a service built into the server (by in large) and is typically the responsibility of the server administrators to maintain and configure. When an issue comes up, they know what needs to happen, or can at least diagnose to the point where they say, &quot;Something is wrong with the web app&quot; and have the developer debug their code.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, each web application on the server is unique and has a lot of nuances that gets can be complex based on the issues at hand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, each web application is unique in many ways and had specific issues that need to be dealt with and the developer is the person that knows the most about the application. If the web.config file needs to be modified for debugging, or an IIS starts giving grief to the web application, the developer should know where the issue lies and fix it accordingly, either due to IIS or the application itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, allowing a developer to go in and tweak with IIS on their own becomes a serious issue because some settings/optimizations can seriously muck up with the server performance and stability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So where does the balance lie? Should the server admins be IIS gurus and handle all of those issues and I simply send the site files over deployment, or should the developer assume responsibility for the server and IIS issues and deal with them accordingly?" />
  <row Id="2081" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1191" RevisionGUID="6a9eed2c-df3b-440b-8741-7e8c7b60c38a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:26:17.380" UserId="850" Text="Who is responsible for maintaining IIS for web apps?" />
  <row Id="2082" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1191" RevisionGUID="6a9eed2c-df3b-440b-8741-7e8c7b60c38a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:26:17.380" UserId="850" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;web-apps&gt;&lt;developer&gt;" />
  <row Id="2084" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1193" RevisionGUID="372a824c-2b2d-479a-9e03-606d0361ceea" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:27:05.460" UserId="605" Text="I think IPv6 adoption will speed up when *everything* needs an IP address but can't all be expected to connect to a router. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things such as phones, cars, thermostats, and your refrigerator's RFID scanner." />
  <row Id="2087" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1195" RevisionGUID="6b3fcb8f-85c6-496b-8ad5-e421417b2271" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:27:14.197" UserId="283" Text="If you're in the UK, I'd recommend [5quidhost][1], for excellent customer service and extremely low prices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.5quidhost.co.uk/" />
  <row Id="2088" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1196" RevisionGUID="656dc0f2-4bd2-45ff-a22a-a880f2a03723" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:28:20.823" UserId="857" Text="Here are the basic steps. The specific details depend on what kind of router you have, but the concepts still apply:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Install IIS on the machine you want to be a web server. It is okay to leave it on the standard port 80 in most cases (we'll remap the port through the firewall)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Go to DynDns.org and create yourself a name which maps to your home IP address. This is important because your address will change from time to time (the &quot;D&quot; in DHCP) and you want to have a well-known external name to your home. Using DynDNS is pretty easy and they have good FAQs to help you. If your router supports DynDns automatically, then you will need to log onto your router and supply the dyndns.org username and password. If your router does *not* support DynDNS, they have a small utility that you should download and install on your IIS machine that runs all the time and detects when your public IP address changes and updates your dyndns host record.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Logon to your router (typically a website located at 192.168.0.1, or whatever the first IP address of your IP range is). Set a fixed IP address for your IIS machine. Typically this is accomplished by assigning a fixed DHCP address to the MAC address of your IIS machine. Once you do that, your IIS machine will always fetch the same IP address when it requests one via DHCP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. Logon to your router. Add a &quot;port mapping&quot; (or sometimes called a &quot;static route&quot;), mapping public TCP port 8080 incoming to the IP address of your local IIS computer on port 80 (the default port). Note that some routers don't allow you change ports (often time, that's the &quot;static route&quot; option). In that case, you're going to want to reconfigure IIS to listen on port 8080 (or whatever port you want to make public) and just create a route from public TCP port 8080 to port 8080 on your IIS computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously, there are several places where this can be misconfigured and troubleshooting is inevitable.&#xD;&#xA;1. Verify that IIS is working on your local network. Fire up your favorite browser and navigate to the local IP address and port of your IIS computer: http://192.168.0.5:80, or whatever is appropriate. Make sure it works. If not, fix it until it does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Verify that your DynDNS record is correctly mapping to your current public IP address. You can figure out your current public IP address by going to http://whatismyipaddress.com. Once you know that, open a command prompt and ping your public name (&quot;ping longhorn213.homeip.net&quot; or whatever name DynDNS gave you) and see if it works. The ping itself may be blocked (many routers block incoming pings), but you should still see the IP address that was looked-up. Make sure it matched your actual public address. If not, work with DynDNS org to get this working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. If troubleshooting steps 1 and 2 are both working, then the problem is likely to be in the port mapping of your router. That's the hardest to troubleshoot usually. Often times routers have internal logs that you can turn on. Look for incoming traffic logs for the designated port and see what the router is doing with it. You may need to find a forum or support site for your specific router to get this working if you have problems.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2089" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1038" RevisionGUID="59435a39-a586-4221-9d5f-a59e6cc10b48" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:28:29.450" UserId="804" Comment="added &quot;architecture&quot; to the description, since that's specifically what I'm looking for" Text="The title says it all, I know there are sites like The Open Group that offer certification, but we're looking for &quot;the&quot; place to get IT architecture training" />
  <row Id="2090" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="1038" RevisionGUID="59435a39-a586-4221-9d5f-a59e6cc10b48" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:28:29.450" UserId="804" Comment="added &quot;architecture&quot; to the description, since that's specifically what I'm looking for" Text="Best resource for IT architecture training?" />
  <row Id="2091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1197" RevisionGUID="77874fec-5706-45ed-b311-d1553d20f748" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:28:45.657" UserId="641" Text="Sounds like what you really need is someone with expertise on both sides of the fence." />
  <row Id="2092" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1198" RevisionGUID="5d8ffdc3-ef7b-4daf-bd6d-c52b34be1877" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:28:59.760" UserId="483" Text="I would personally not want a developer to mess around with IIS, especially if it meant that it might cause problems with another application with another developer having to trouble-shoot, on and on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there are IIS problems, have the SysAdmin look into it, and if there is a problem with a particular app, send it back to the dev. If the dev has an issue, bring it up to the SysAdmin, who can then attempt to make an informed decision as to whether to make any changes and figure out how it will affect everyone." />
  <row Id="2093" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1199" RevisionGUID="1a19db46-4fab-4303-9d2d-5a02d879d903" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:29:31.600" UserId="495" Text="There is a PowerShell provider that I've heard some good things about. It's available on [CodePlex][1]. I've never used it, though, as I've found using the SharePoint object model sufficient. If you don't want to dig into the object model, though, I recommend both Gary LaPointe's stsadm extensions, and his newer PowerShell cmdlets for SharePoint. Both are available via [his blog][2].  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codeplex.com/PSSharePoint&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://stsadm.blogspot.com/2007/08/stsadm-commands_09.html" />
  <row Id="2094" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1200" RevisionGUID="26702b8e-3ab0-4189-b408-feccff6b1471" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:29:39.290" UserId="398" Text="In my particular case, I'm using nginx on a group of machines I inherited that are no longer running their own mail servers and all of our web traffic is either static or fastcgi. I had never used nginx before, and now I'm left with the decision of taking the effort to replace it with something I'm more familiar with or learning something new, but I don't know enough about it to know what benefits having it under my belt would hold." />
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  <row Id="2096" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1200" RevisionGUID="26702b8e-3ab0-4189-b408-feccff6b1471" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:29:39.290" UserId="398" Text="&lt;nginx&gt;" />
  <row Id="2097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1201" RevisionGUID="899ea8de-2484-4d8a-86fb-6c5ae03af514" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:30:00.147" UserId="47" Text="[Arch Linux][1]&#xD;&#xA;No frills, no flashy stuff. All the control and flexibility of a source-based distro like Gentoo, without all the hassle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bleeding edge repositories, great community.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.archlinux.org/" />
  <row Id="2098" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="1201" RevisionGUID="899ea8de-2484-4d8a-86fb-6c5ae03af514" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:30:00.147" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="2099" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1202" RevisionGUID="eac8ace8-bfd1-4acf-a267-27aaef2ed22f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:30:39.820" UserId="715" Text="Make sure the backup of your resume is safe :)   Then,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Find the commonalities. What's common to all the systems that are affected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Find what's changed. You should have some formal change management going on in your organisation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where's the new guy... where's the boss...? Did one of them take a shortcut? (it's just a quick server reboot, what could it possibly hurt)" />
  <row Id="2100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1203" RevisionGUID="093332a8-173f-486d-baba-e196d582cb63" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:31:08.647" UserId="701" Text="I prefer Debian GNU/Linux as operating system for servers. I generally tend to think stable is the best choice. But I use unstable/testing on the desktop. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there real cases of servers using Debian unstable/testing?" />
  <row Id="2101" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1203" RevisionGUID="093332a8-173f-486d-baba-e196d582cb63" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:31:08.647" UserId="701" Text="Have you used Debian unstable/testing on a production/personal server?" />
  <row Id="2102" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1203" RevisionGUID="093332a8-173f-486d-baba-e196d582cb63" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:31:08.647" UserId="701" Text="&lt;debian&gt;" />
  <row Id="2103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1204" RevisionGUID="64861174-59ea-48e7-b0ce-169b4b1f9c5a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:31:41.250" UserId="36" Text="Vista and presumably 7 handles motherboard change **much** better than XP. You should be fine without any preparation at all - simply run it on the new system.&#xD;&#xA;My Vista installation survived a change from Core 2 Duo / i965 to an Athlon Dual Core / AMD690G and back without any problems." />
  <row Id="2104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1205" RevisionGUID="26ec2203-bf81-4bd8-a052-d4b1c0273233" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:32:46.570" UserId="226" Text="I just get all my mail forwarded to my Yahoo or GMail accounts, and then retrieve from there. Setting up a personal mail system seems to be a colossal waste of time (but that doesn't stop me from trying it every once in a while). " />
  <row Id="2105" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1206" RevisionGUID="e33442c3-8651-43b5-b89f-9ddc08987f8e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:32:47.473" UserId="192" Text="`tail` - Available on most Linux/Unix systems lets you view the last lines of a file (or the tail end). `tail -f` allows you to view new lines added to the file as they appear.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Windows I like [BareTail][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.baremetalsoft.com/baretail/" />
  <row Id="2106" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1207" RevisionGUID="e617fa80-0aa2-4af6-8149-8263cc8ddf01" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:32:51.827" UserId="888" Text="I believe that STSADM will be the main administration tool for quite some time. Nothing prevents you from using STSADM from PowerShell environment." />
  <row Id="2107" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1208" RevisionGUID="f9005fb6-d3a7-4d9d-a60d-3eeb924a8958" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:32:59.173" UserId="613" Text="I've used testing on servers before, but these days backports has removed much of the reason for doing that." />
  <row Id="2108" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1209" RevisionGUID="415b5f92-40c9-4549-8e30-e30103f5c4e9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:33:04.710" UserId="661" Text="I am currently using nginx on a single web server. It hosts mainly static content, some PHP, some Python, and some Ruby. The reason I chose it was for the lightness. I find it to use significantly less memory than Apache and I have had no problems with it thus far. My page load times have even increased slightly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think the main benefit is the lightweight factor. If you are looking for a simple and clean web server, nginx offers a great option." />
  <row Id="2109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1210" RevisionGUID="ae280456-9fc9-4c4a-bff3-8a8a78026533" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:33:20.670" UserId="886" Text="[basicstate.com][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Free&#xD;&#xA; - Alerts by email &amp; SMS&#xD;&#xA; - Historical data and graphs&#xD;&#xA; - Unlimited sites &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://basicstate.com" />
  <row Id="2110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1211" RevisionGUID="3504ef4b-4282-4bd4-970b-74d4aec5d331" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:35:00.370" UserId="875" Text="There's really no reason NOT to use SQL Server's native backup functionality. It's great, understands transaction logs, and gives you most of the functionality you need. (Third party SQL Server Backup solutions are great because they work with the APIs that Microsoft has exposed, and usually provide encryption and compression support - and compression not only saves disk space, but typically reduces backup and restore times.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So yeah... I'd recommend doing backups WITH SQL Server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And make sure to do REGULAR transaction log backups. (I'd recommend doing them every 15 minutes or less - regular log file backups help keep your log file lean/mean [1] and for some reason end-users are always grumpy when the server crashes and they have to redo all of their work over the last x hours since the last logfile or full/differential backup.) Then, for redundancy purposes, use robocopy, syncback, file system replication or something to move copies of those backups to another location to protect against hardware/disk crashes or fires in the data center and so on. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Feel free to check out these two free videos for more info and ideas:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.sqlservervideos.com/video/backup-options][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.sqlservervideos.com/video/sqlbackup-best-practices/][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[[1]] [SQL Server Magazine: Maximing Storage Performance][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlservervideos.com/video/backup-options&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sqlservervideos.com/video/sqlbackup-best-practices/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.sqlmag.com/Article/ArticleID/100893/sql_server_100893.html" />
  <row Id="2111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1212" RevisionGUID="855d6346-5c7a-4852-b2f3-70b20836e27f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:35:04.830" UserId="850" Text="RTFLF - Read the Frakkin' Log File&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I can't take credit for this, it all goes to [Scott Hanselman][1])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/RTFLFReadTheExpletiveLogFile.aspx" />
  <row Id="2112" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1213" RevisionGUID="960b610d-caf9-49e0-9628-ed91ff74afe2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:35:22.117" UserId="629" Text="Anything that does a single overwrite of a hard drive is fine, including [DBAN](http://www.dban.org/). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some people say you have to do multiple overwrites with random data and specific patterns. This may have been true in the days of floppy disk drives (remember them?) where the area of magnetic media per byte was big enough to not get completely overwritten, but modern hard drives are much too densely packed with data for this to happen. But don't take my word for it - read [this article about trying to recover overwritten data using an electron microscope](http://sansforensics.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/overwriting-hard-drive-data/).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other options include the wipe utility, or a simple&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These methods all work fine for overwriting entire hard drives or partitions. However be aware that overwriting single files can lead to some data being left elsewhere on the hard drive, particularly with [journaling file systems](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journaling_file_system) such as ext3 and NTFS. They write bits of data to disk outside the file, so small amounts of data can escape the current file being overwritten. Also, if the partition has been defragmented since the file was first written then the original file may still exist on the hard drive." />
  <row Id="2113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1214" RevisionGUID="9b82a6bf-526a-4885-b9e1-75c1f0f832c6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:35:36.110" UserId="773" Text="I was thinking of running maybe Windows Server 2008 or Windows Home Server on my home computer. But before I did the formatting etc, I would like to know if this is even possible. And I am then thinking driver wise. I have for example an ASUS motherboard with built-in network, wlan and audio, and an NVIDIA graphics card. But on the ASUS website there is not listed any drivers for these OSs. Only XP and Vista, etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you need special hardware to run these server OSs? Or can you use the Vista or XP drivers? " />
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  <row Id="2117" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1187" RevisionGUID="829cce89-8fbd-4dde-81b8-6dffa5f77e42" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:36:01.943" UserId="216" Comment="deleted 4 characters in body" Text="IMHO (as an IETF participant and previously as network manager at an ISP) - no NAT has _not_ delayed IPv6 adoption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IPv6 adoption is being held back for many reasons, amongst them:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. lack of suppliers of IPv6 global transit&#xD;&#xA;1. lack of support in core routers&#xD;&#xA;2. lack of support in customer routers&#xD;&#xA;2. lack of support in firewalls&#xD;&#xA;3. lack of a &quot;killer application&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For me, the (lack of) consumer router support is the real IPv6 killer - support at the core is steadily improving.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the moment about the only consumer routers that handle IPv6 over an ADSL link are Cisco's, and even a low-end 800 series unit is quite a lot more expensive than a decent quality unit from most any other manufacturer.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2120" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1217" RevisionGUID="95681a1f-069e-4970-a4f2-b90ed3e736af" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:36:06.780" UserId="888" Text="What antivirus would you recommend for computers used for windows development. **Would you use an antivirus for these users?** These users compile quite often and therefore read and write tons of files. If I deploy a slow performing antivirus, they will not be happy." />
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  <row Id="2122" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1217" RevisionGUID="95681a1f-069e-4970-a4f2-b90ed3e736af" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:36:06.780" UserId="888" Text="&lt;antivirus&gt;&lt;developer&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="2123" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1218" RevisionGUID="b77e23b7-d866-4cac-90d4-5a3ef1e8eb78" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:36:15.547" UserId="883" Text="In my experience (with smaller-sized companies), the IT/sysadmin staff doesn't have the time, interest, or webapp-specific knowledge to properly maintain IIS setups. They'll take things as far as the operating system and hand off IIS to me, the developer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously, I need to be &quot;more than just a coder&quot; to make this work properly; I have to be aware of system-level issues (security and whatnot). I've been doing low-level systems management for years so I'm confident with this sort of task (in fact, I've taught professional sysadmins a few things over the years). However, not every developer has this capability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still, from what I've seen, there are more developers with sysadmin skills then there are sysadmin with (webapp) development skills.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As always, YMMV." />
  <row Id="2124" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1219" RevisionGUID="054aeb2e-fb4a-434f-835d-e93460d2d8fd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:37:24.140" UserId="884" Text="I have a Rails app running under mongrel as a windows service on a Windows Server 2003 installation. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to automate deploying new versions of the app from my Ubuntu dev server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cygwin is installed on the Windows server for this purpose. I can connect in via ssh and `net stop servicename` but `net start servicename` doesn't bring the service up. My initial thoughts were maybe there are windows-specific paths involved in mongrel::service and under a cygwin environment it chokes? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help would be appreciated!" />
  <row Id="2125" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1219" RevisionGUID="054aeb2e-fb4a-434f-835d-e93460d2d8fd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:37:24.140" UserId="884" Text="Starting and stopping Mongrel service over SSH on Windows Server 2003." />
  <row Id="2126" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1219" RevisionGUID="054aeb2e-fb4a-434f-835d-e93460d2d8fd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:37:24.140" UserId="884" Text="&lt;rails&gt;&lt;mongrel&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;cygwin&gt;" />
  <row Id="2127" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1220" RevisionGUID="31f3bb2a-f9ac-4c5b-85df-37cfbdb39801" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:37:30.787" UserId="792" Text="As long as you have the drivers for the hardware, there's no reason why Server products wouldn't work on normal desktop hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most likely you have already mentioned the issues that you will run into (OS-specific driver needed that the manufacturer doesn't offer). Sometimes the XP/Vista drivers will work with the Server products, but YMMV." />
  <row Id="2128" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1221" RevisionGUID="4f9dc3b2-5fe4-4f94-9aa2-7c36186be425" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:37:40.003" UserId="706" Text="**Do you think NAT is largely responsible for the delay in IPv6 adoption?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In one sense, *absolutely*.  We were facing an IP allocation crisis early on, but now it's been largely resolved.  If we didn't have cheap NAT, we would have had to move to IPv6 years ago just to keep up with all the internet connected devices that are proliferating.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, keep in mind that the infrastructure is what's *really* preventing change.  If infrastructure weren't a problem, then we would have transitioned long ago, even if NAT was available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NAT was really a solution to avoid upgrading the infrastructure, but it's the infrastructure that is holding us back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Will we hide behind a single IP address for security?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NAT has given us a certain amount of security, but at a big cost of liberty.  I believe we'll see NAT or NAT like devices available for IPv6, but my expectation is that we'll forgo that for more liberty in how we use the internet.  Push content is something that has suffered at the hands of NAT, and the iPhone, for instance, is now using a model where internet servers alert it for software and data use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Firewalls will have characteristics of NATs, and we'll see NAT because that's how ISPs operate, but it will go away as people desire more powerful use of the internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**When will IPv6 finally get widespread adoption?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's going to be a gradual process.  Europe and Japan already have made significant progress, but there's too much old equipment in the US to switch over quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the ISP level and above routers and equipment being purchased handles IPv6, but it's going to be about 3-5 years before the old equipment is cleared away enough that ISPs and hosting companies will fell comfortable starting to depreciate IPv4 in favor of IPv6.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The smaller high tech countries will switch first (smaller infrastructure), and the US will lag to a small degree.  But I expect in 10 years or so the majority of internet traffic will be routed via IPv6, and most ISPs will have more IPv6 customers than IPv4 only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="2132" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1223" RevisionGUID="29e8ad9a-4b1b-4d60-9ef6-1e302c71103a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:38:17.367" UserId="45322" Text="Their browser would need to &quot;trust&quot; the self-signed certificate. If you change the cert in the future, the same dialog should appear. Some answers explain how to do this. This is still **bad**, since users would be more susceptible to attacks, such as man-in-the-middle when they are trained to accept self signed certificates. I've seen companies where this is standard procedure! Too bad for those users!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally, you would have a process to install a custom root cert on their box prior to attempting to hit your site. This root cert would then issue your site's cert. This way, their browser would trust your self signed cert prior to connecting to your site the 1st time, without displaying a trust error." />
  <row Id="2133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1224" RevisionGUID="2c059ba5-5b71-437f-a559-23a083d7ff41" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:38:22.267" UserId="173" Text="It's certainly possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an example of how far you can take this, a friend of mine is running Windows Server 2008 on his Samsung NC10 netbook, along with Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect you'll get at least &quot;generic&quot; driver support for most hardware, but you may well not get the best performance out of your graphics card etc." />
  <row Id="2134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1225" RevisionGUID="d938cd73-5e3f-4bed-9faa-08c85e29f0cf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:38:23.793" UserId="475" Text="You should **not** run Windows Home Server on your home desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008 are fine, though. WinSrv2008 uses the same drivers as Windows Vista, so you should be okay on that front." />
  <row Id="2135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1226" RevisionGUID="2e617919-52e3-4b79-ad3a-432e04a32976" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:38:24.590" UserId="875" Text="I was going to mention this exact approach that Brent outlined as it's a cheap way (from a hardware perspective) to play around with what's typically referred to as a 'pocket cluster'. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously though... this doesn't end up being that cheap if you're planning on using it in production, as you'll need at least 2 licenses of Windows Server Enterprise, and 1 license of SQL Server Enterprise (per each proc). But if it's just for testing then MSDN/TechNet licenses can be used and it's then just a question of hardware, virtualization, and configuration." />
  <row Id="2136" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1227" RevisionGUID="ccd53e74-e198-4d38-ad05-9b159f4a19ae" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:39:01.780" UserId="888" Text="It is possible but there are things that you can't make run on Windows Server like Media Center. Also make sure that audio configuration for server machine is different than on client machine - set the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\&lt;remove_new_line_character&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Multimedia\SystemProfile]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;NetworkThrottlingIndex&quot;=dword:0000000a&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;SystemResponsiveness&quot;=dword:00000014&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also be careful that some tools like Acronis True Image Home are meant to be used at home. What they mean by that is - client Windows OS. You will not be able to install such a tool on Windows Server. :-(" />
  <row Id="2140" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1229" RevisionGUID="57fb387a-64e6-42d5-9a99-05f3a8e5fa95" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:39:39.487" UserId="661" Text="I use [MediaTemple][1] and [Slicehost][2]. They are both excellent. Support at MediaTemple is impeccable although they have had significant downtime and it is starting to get annoying.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**MediaTemple**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Great for very user friendly, dead simple web hosting. They are very clear about downtime and future upgrades.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Support: Always great; I have called their support line on a number of locations and they were extremely helpful, easy to understand, and very friendly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Slicehost**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Excellent root access, bare bones virtual private server. I have had absolutely no problems with them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Support: I have never had to call Slicehost and have only been in their online chat once (to ask some server administration questions). I hear that their support is great. They have a number of people accessible on Twitter who have answered my questions instantly (Robert Scoble now represents Rackspace).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mediatemple.net&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://slicehost.com" />
  <row Id="2141" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1230" RevisionGUID="d1a3562b-4caa-4f84-9131-30d8a8175d60" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:39:39.487" UserId="20212" Text="Definitely [Total Commander][1]. Just runs out of the install folder; does packing/unpacking, FTP, file diff, folder sync, multi-rename, checksum generation/verification. You name it...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For those who still own POP3 accounts; [E-Res-Q][2] (shameless plug!) allows no-frills access to a POP3 account for quick viewing and cleanup of messages (good for clearing spammed out or blocked-with-a-50MB-attachment accounts).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ghisler.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://magnetiq.com/e-res-q/" />
  <row Id="2142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1231" RevisionGUID="aebfc6d2-7282-4143-ad13-8dc36e262619" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:39:39.687" UserId="47" Text="You don't _need_ to defrag no.&#xD;&#xA;But if you still want to do it, you can always use [shake][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://vleu.net/shake/" />
  <row Id="2143" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1232" RevisionGUID="e569544e-6541-4073-99bc-4cbe7c7bdd93" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:39:43.277" UserId="241" Text="For years every computer I've used has been a dual boot system, and on the Linux side I pretty much stuck with this schema (I'm talking personal workstations here, no server stuff, so your mileage might vary)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /     - main thing&#xD;&#xA;    /boot - not that relevant, since cylinder being &lt; 1024 and &#xD;&#xA;            exotic filesystems are no longer an issue&#xD;&#xA;    /home - handy if you upgrade your laptop with each new distro :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For my last upgrade I did an install from scratch, wiping out my `/` partition. That made me think a separate `/opt` or `/usr/local` partition would have been nice, sparing me the hassle of reinstalling all the stuff I put in there (java, eclipse... I usually don't care for the distro packaged ones)." />
  <row Id="2144" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1233" RevisionGUID="cdfe3527-293b-43f1-ad95-8133275aec9b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:40:36.050" UserId="891" Text="[Zenoss Core][1] is of some use,  We are using it (for about a year) for lightweight monitoring of servers, net switches and UPSs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Zenoss Core is an award-winning open source IT monitoring product that effectively manages the configuration, health and performance of networks, servers and applications through a single, integrated software package.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.zenoss.com/product/network-monitoring" />
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  <row Id="2149" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1236" RevisionGUID="a44c8e26-0027-4561-88d3-33d1b4374924" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:41:45.720" UserId="47" Text="A good editor.&#xD;&#xA;Doesn't matter which one, I'm certainly not here to start a flame war. But you need to learn a _good_ editor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use Emacs for just about everything.&#xD;&#xA;Vi(m) is another good one.&#xD;&#xA;Not sure about what would be best in Windows, but I'm guessing the Win32 variants of the 2 I mentionned would be good." />
  <row Id="2150" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1196" RevisionGUID="9e415384-528f-447b-b151-b3192290a077" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:42:26.750" UserId="857" Comment="Fixed" Text="Here are the basic steps. The specific details depend on what kind of router you have, but the concepts still apply:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Install IIS on the machine you want to be a web server. It is okay to leave it on the standard port 80 in most cases (we'll remap the port through the firewall)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Go to DynDns.org and create yourself a name which maps to your home IP address. This is important because your address will change from time to time (the &quot;D&quot; in DHCP) and you want to have a well-known external name to your home. Using DynDNS is pretty easy and they have good FAQs to help you. If your router supports DynDns automatically, then you will need to log onto your router and supply the dyndns.org username and password. If your router does *not* support DynDNS, they have a small utility that you should download and install on your IIS machine that runs all the time and detects when your public IP address changes and updates your dyndns host record.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Logon to your router (typically a website located at 192.168.0.1, or whatever the first IP address of your IP range is). Set a fixed IP address for your IIS machine. Typically this is accomplished by assigning a fixed DHCP address to the MAC address of your IIS machine. Once you do that, your IIS machine will always fetch the same IP address when it requests one via DHCP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. Logon to your router. Add a &quot;port mapping&quot; (or sometimes called a &quot;static route&quot;), mapping public TCP port 8080 incoming to the IP address of your local IIS computer on port 80 (the default port). Note that some routers don't allow you change ports (often time, that's the &quot;static route&quot; option). In that case, you're going to want to reconfigure IIS to listen on port 8080 (or whatever port you want to make public) and just create a route from public TCP port 8080 to port 8080 on your IIS computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously, there are several places where this can be misconfigured and troubleshooting is inevitable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Verify that IIS is working on your local network. Fire up your favorite browser and navigate to the local IP address and port of your IIS computer: http://192.168.0.5:80, or whatever is appropriate. Make sure it works. If not, fix it until it does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Verify that your DynDNS record is correctly mapping to your current public IP address. You can figure out your current public IP address by going to http://whatismyipaddress.com. Once you know that, open a command prompt and ping your public name (&quot;ping longhorn213.homeip.net&quot; or whatever name DynDNS gave you) and see if it works. The ping itself may be blocked (many routers block incoming pings), but you should still see the IP address that was looked-up. Make sure it matched your actual public address. If not, work with DynDNS org to get this working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. If troubleshooting steps 1 and 2 are both working, then the problem is likely to be in the port mapping of your router. That's the hardest to troubleshoot usually. Often times routers have internal logs that you can turn on. Look for incoming traffic logs for the designated port and see what the router is doing with it. You may need to find a forum or support site for your specific router to get this working if you have problems.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2151" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1188" RevisionGUID="b632178a-0184-49b5-ab4e-efcd3f1efc11" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:42:35.140" UserId="859" Comment="added 117 characters in body" Text="In addition to the partitions mentioned by Eddie, I typically create two more separate partitions&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/tmp  - for the same reasons you created a separate /var partition (I've had the temp space all fill up before).   I typically go with 1-2 GB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/usr/local - This allows you to upgrade and clean /usr as needed without blowing away all your separately installed software.  The size here depends on how much external software you install.  I typically go with about 10 GB but am finding that to be a bit small these days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I always make /home last and fill up the rest of the disk with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the /boot partition, I've never made it bigger than 100 Mb and never run into space problems (I clean out old kernels eventually).  It really can be very small.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also don't forget a swap partition as well." />
  <row Id="2152" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1237" RevisionGUID="8f751b30-6a07-4b40-a7c5-2cdeee479d20" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:42:43.783" UserId="889" Text="The answer to your first question is a resounding &quot;YES&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To manage an existing Windows domain, &quot;vanilla&quot; PowerShell (no additional snapins) provides out of the box support for WMI, ADSI, COM, and .NET.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Managing remote machines is handled through WMI (or COM / .NET depending on the use case).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Managing SQL Server can use the SMO libraries (see the [SQL Server PowerShell Extensions][1] for ideas).  You can access data via ADO.NET.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To answer the second part of your question, as to what are good third party addons, really depends on what you need to do.  As John Cook mentioned, the PowerShell Community Extensions are a great general addition.  There are many, many others.  PowerShellCommunity.Org has a number of great references for third party products and Codeplex has a great number of open source PowerShell projects.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More Microsoft products are adding PowerShell support (like SQL Server 2008, Exchange, Active Directory, etc..)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;V2 (which is getting near) contains some great remoting and background job capabilities.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codeplex.com/SQLPSX" />
  <row Id="2153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1238" RevisionGUID="3c6788b0-6887-4d73-81a6-e68545455fab" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:42:53.610" UserId="762" Text="**Yes**, I have encountered this with low-end cards and buggy drivers. However, **no**, not on an up-to-date Adaptec rebranded card. Wow is all I can say. One thing to consider, maybe it is more a bug with the drive than the RAID controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't have a good answer, but since you seem to have exhausted most of your options other than replacing the card, (and replacing the drives did the trick) here's a few ideas you can consider for your troubleshooting:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* **The WD drives were RE (RAID Edition) drives, right?** The time limited error recovery is important, so if you don't have that and the drive is attempting to recover the sector, you are going to get a looooong pause from that drive. If the RAID controller is being patient and not dropping the drive you'll have a big problem on your hands.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* **Check the SMART data on the drives** you removed and see if there is anything interesting." />
  <row Id="2154" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1168" RevisionGUID="45741e3f-d799-4bcc-97e9-30ff6bedf480" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:43:03.800" UserId="706" Comment="added 241 characters in body" Text="[GParted][1] should do what you need.  It's an open source non-destructive repartitioning tool that's included in virtually every linux LiveCD, and it understands and deals with windows partitions just fine.  It has a partition size limit of 2TB, according to [this][2].  This may have changed to be larger since that discussion, but it should handle partitions of at least up to 2TB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can find a decent tutorial here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://blogcritics.org/scitech/article/non-destructive-partitioning-with-gparted/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can see in it's feature matrix that it'll grow, shrink, and move FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS, which should meet your needs perfectly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that Windows Vista doesn't like repartiioning operations - you'll need your installation disk and to follow a few simple steps in this tutorial to repair it after the resize:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/using-gparted-to-resize-your-windows-vista-partition/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=1125" />
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  <row Id="2159" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1240" RevisionGUID="3e08492f-b7db-4aa1-8ffb-5667b8e7eac2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:43:57.713" UserId="54243" Text="What is push email?" />
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  <row Id="2161" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1223" RevisionGUID="983f681b-5c51-401f-a21f-a82159874fb7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:44:33.500" UserId="45322" Comment="Added answer!" Text="Main benefit is you do not need to visit a 3rd party to handle your site's security. You can do this yourself. The problem is it's complicated to get right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Their browser would need to &quot;trust&quot; the self-signed certificate. If you change the cert in the future, the same dialog should appear. Some answers explain how to do this. This is still **bad**, since users would be more susceptible to attacks, such as man-in-the-middle when they are trained to accept self signed certificates. I've seen companies where this is standard procedure! Too bad for those users!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally, you would have a process to install a custom root cert on their box prior to attempting to hit your site. This root cert would then issue your site's cert. This way, their browser would trust your self signed cert prior to connecting to your site the 1st time, without displaying a trust error." />
  <row Id="2162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1241" RevisionGUID="136cb02b-f619-4528-82a9-537ae44a121a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:45:05.400" UserId="20212" Text="I use [Kaspersky][1] and my desktop's performance doesn't seem to be affected by it -- unless it's doing an automatic update. It's the most bullet-proof anti-virus that I know of and have used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kaspersky.com" />
  <row Id="2163" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1242" RevisionGUID="a484f6fb-8acf-469f-8df0-4683c5bb258f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:45:35.977" UserId="883" Text="I've used DynDNS for years; they were one of the biggest in the early days." />
  <row Id="2164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1243" RevisionGUID="089814ef-d334-4700-bb42-29aebce405a5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:45:47.787" UserId="884" Text="I believe Apache Bench is pretty widely used for this sort of thing and can be used without any problem against other webservers. It's command-line based, so it should be pretty easy to script into your test suite or pre-deployment scripts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/programs/ab.html&gt;" />
  <row Id="2165" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1244" RevisionGUID="f746c39d-aec2-402c-9234-625d4c6ccd10" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:46:15.240" UserId="681" Text="DynDns.com is a good one, and is supported by many routers' firmware." />
  <row Id="2166" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1245" RevisionGUID="08da98c1-d8d7-4397-b3ae-b3e4ab9cfc0c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:47:24.723" UserId="706" Text="Local hosting often rocks.  Check to see if you have a webhost nearby.  Local to southeast Michigan is the excellent http://www.a2hosting.com .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also very highly recommend http://www.wisesource.com - I've been hosting with them for nearly a decade, and while it's not cheap, the service is top notch in terms of response time and personal attention.  One guy, one contact.  Great service - really above and beyond.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="2167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1246" RevisionGUID="e8e59333-05af-4203-a30f-daaea8572193" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:47:30.417" UserId="385" Text="I would deploy the same AV solution as in your production environment. That way you have one management interface and you get an apples-to-apples comparison as to impact, especially as the newer ones are incorporating more and more intrusion prevention measures with each version. One AV solution may not react the same as another as a result.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1247" RevisionGUID="d0d1f2c1-46ba-4850-b3d7-edc533d8a9ee" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:47:31.930" UserId="792" Text="I have a couple opinions here...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously the point of anti-virus is not necessarily to have the fastest, but simply the most effective. I prefer Symantec but to each his own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing you could do is make realtime scan exclusions for a development folder (i.e. C:\Development) or something - that way it's not realtime scanning every compile. Most viruses/malware would not put anything in a C:\Development folder anyway (99% of the time it'll be going into Program Files, Windows, etc). Configure your antivirus to run a scan on the Development folder once per day instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, normally developers will be pretty computer savvy (we hope). So in that case I'm not sure antivirus is needed at all in this type of environment. Best thing here is dedicate machines (virtual machines or whatever) just for development and not e-mail, web surfing, and the like. This would yield the fastest performance with no scanning overhead, obviously." />
  <row Id="2169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1248" RevisionGUID="4fbfbfc9-d6a5-4ca0-9ad9-4bf2841f1c50" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:47:40.683" UserId="904" Text="Check the cabling! I've lost hours checking other stuff when a simple Eth0 cable swap would have solved the problem..." />
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  <row Id="2174" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1250" RevisionGUID="247c34be-c62c-4dbf-b0ac-3bd73d5166ee" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:48:42.787" UserId="887" Text="Citrix login performance" />
  <row Id="2175" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1250" RevisionGUID="247c34be-c62c-4dbf-b0ac-3bd73d5166ee" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:48:42.787" UserId="887" Text="&lt;citrix&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
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  <row Id="2177" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1251" RevisionGUID="a4cf5d4e-df39-4e2a-b259-dc5294b4b6c9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:49:10.710" UserId="36" Text="`nginx` usage in the Internet is increasing. It's a very lean and fast server, often used as a reverse proxy for e.g. load balancing, but it does a great job on its own. It has great community support and is actively developed by the original author.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think it's worth to know this tool." />
  <row Id="2178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1252" RevisionGUID="7e10c752-acfa-4eb9-8c2e-e98ad485665b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:49:27.683" UserId="575" Text="I'm looking for the best tools/techniques for monitoring IIS performance problems and then  debugging them. I'm particularly interested in ASP.NET applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This may be a combination of tools or there may be something that is good for both?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I'll add an answer or two based on my experience, for my future reference!)" />
  <row Id="2179" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1252" RevisionGUID="7e10c752-acfa-4eb9-8c2e-e98ad485665b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:49:27.683" UserId="575" Text="What are good tools/techniques for monitoring and debugging IIS performance problems?" />
  <row Id="2180" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1252" RevisionGUID="7e10c752-acfa-4eb9-8c2e-e98ad485665b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:49:27.683" UserId="575" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;debug&gt;&lt;tools&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="2181" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="151" RevisionGUID="5cb23485-4513-4238-a78b-b73b68ff19d5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:49:38.150" UserId="160" Comment="added 18 characters in body" Text="[Trinity Rescue Kit][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Here 's a sumup of some of the most important features, new and old:  &#xD;&#xA;- easily reset windows passwords (backup and restore option in 3.3)  &#xD;&#xA;- 4 different virusscan products integrated in a single uniform commandline with online update capability (5 in version 3.3)  &#xD;&#xA;- full ntfs write support thanks to ntfs-3g (all other drivers included as well)  &#xD;&#xA;- clone NTFS filesystems over the network  &#xD;&#xA;- wide range of hardware support (kernel 2.6.19.2 and recent kudzu hwdata)  &#xD;&#xA;- easy script to find all local filesystems  &#xD;&#xA;- self update capability to include and update all virusscanners  &#xD;&#xA;- full proxyserver support  &#xD;&#xA;- run a samba fileserver (windows like filesharing)  &#xD;&#xA;- run a ssh server  &#xD;&#xA;- recovery and undeletion of files with utilities and procedures  &#xD;&#xA;- recovery of lost partitions  &#xD;&#xA;- evacuation of dying disks  &#xD;&#xA;- UTF-8 international character support  &#xD;&#xA;- powerful multicast disk cloning utility for any filesystem  &#xD;&#xA;- 2 rootkit detection uitilities (version 3.3)  &#xD;&#xA;- elaborated documentation (+manpages as of 3.3)  &#xD;&#xA;- elaborated documentation  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://trinityhome.org/Home/index.php?pid=1&amp;wpid=5&amp;p_node=1&amp;edit_pid=5&amp;front_id=12" />
  <row Id="2182" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1253" RevisionGUID="a256319b-a8ba-428b-8e43-6a8782a7894b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:49:55.810" UserId="888" Text="Mine is [install-tools][1] - this is a script I wrote to setup and install tools on my system. I reinstall Windows quite often and before I had the script it took me a while to install all the tools. With this tool it is &quot;easier&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Blog post describing the script][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.davidpokluda.com/Blog/post/Automating-installations-with-PowerShell-script.aspx" />
  <row Id="2183" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="989" RevisionGUID="c08dc740-6a51-4eee-8fab-31b60fafa18c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:50:17.290" UserId="793" Comment="added 128 characters in body" Text="I have just moved a SharePoint 2007 site from one server to another.  Both servers are running Windows Server 2003 R2 Service Pack 2, but the new one is x64 as apposed to x84.  I successfully installed SharePoint and attached the content databases to SQLSERVER and associated them with their respected webpages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However when I try to view the page, either from outside the server or from within, the page never loads.  I've checked some forums and everyone suggests giving read permissions to the ISS_WPG group win the Inetpub folder. I have done this, but it still doesn't work.&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions as to why my website won't load?  What are typical problems that block web content from a server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: When I say the page never loads, I mean that IE says &quot;Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage.&quot;  In the Application Event Log there is a pile of ASP.NET 2.0.50727.0 errors.  When I try to access the site from another computer, I get a Directory Error that says &quot;This Virtual Directory does not allow contents to be listed.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using aspnet_regiis.exe -lv, I see that I have the asp.net 1.1.4322.0 (x86) and 2.0.50727.0 (x86 and x64) version installed." />
  <row Id="2184" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1135" RevisionGUID="564151d3-adb5-40d6-baae-c550c6f40abd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:50:17.917" UserId="808" Comment="added 193 characters in body" Text="The encryption is not a property of the certificate or where it is signed from.  The benefit you get from a CA signed cert is that it is automatically trusted by web browsers (and other SSL-aware applications).  A self-signed certificate will pop up a warning that the certificate is not trusted.  In more recent browsers, such as FireFox 3, the default action is to refuse to show the page and the user has to take deliberate actions to enable use of a self-signed (or expired, for that matter) certificate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can talk to everyone who will use the web page (if this is for your family only, for example), this isn't a problem.  Tell them to expect that warning and how to handle it in their browser and it's a one-time issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if this is for any use that requires anything approaching real security, you probably want a true, signed, not self-signed certificate." />
  <row Id="2186" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1255" RevisionGUID="3834cd17-45c4-4acd-a4e4-69dfc3eb15f3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:50:54.200" UserId="575" Text="PerfMon is a good basic tool for monitoring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a number of [key performance monitor counters](http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Key-Performance-Monitor-Counters.html) that can be used for keeping an eye a server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A [useful article by Microsoft's Thomas Marquardt](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms972959.aspx) suggests the following as the minimum counters that should be used for monitoring an ASP.NET application&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time&#xD;&#xA;- Process(aspnet_wp)\% Processor Time&#xD;&#xA;- Process(aspnet_wp)\Private Bytes&#xD;&#xA;- Process(aspnet_wp)\Virtual Bytes&#xD;&#xA;- Process(aspnet_wp)\Handle Count&#xD;&#xA;- Microsoft® .NET CLR Exceptions\# Exceps thrown / sec&#xD;&#xA;- ASP.NET\Application Restarts&#xD;&#xA;- ASP.NET\Requests Rejected&#xD;&#xA;- ASP.NET\Worker Process Restarts (not applicable to IIS 6.0)&#xD;&#xA;- Memory\Available Mbytes&#xD;&#xA;- Web Service\Current Connections&#xD;&#xA;- Web Service\ISAPI Extension Requests/sec&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One counter that I have found useful that isn't mentioned in that article but is &#xD;&#xA;discussed in a [Thomas Marquardt blog post on ASP.NET Thread Usage](http://blogs.msdn.com/tmarq/archive/2007/07/21/asp-net-thread-usage-on-iis-7-0-and-6-0.aspx) is this one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- ASP.NET Applications\Requests in Application Queue&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2187" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1256" RevisionGUID="d44dd707-3dd9-4b09-92f4-5cbf20430e8c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:50:57.773" UserId="888" Text="Absolutely - I already run Windows 7 (64-bit) on absolutely all my machines. There is no reason not to." />
  <row Id="2188" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1257" RevisionGUID="e3bbb1c4-a471-4fde-8bb4-5c582d529b0a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:51:03.403" UserId="385" Text="I've typically run a server OS on my laptops. Some software does a check and won't install unless it sees a server build (one of the SharePoint versions strikes me as one of the more recent exceptions). The only issues I've seen are for things like DVD playback and the Zune. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It really depends on what your primary purpose is. But as indicated, drivers may indeed be an issue. In most cases the generic drivers work fine, but you won't get the advanced performance. If you're into media and graphics intensive games, it's probably not a good fit. If you're looking for more of a development platform, it'll probably work for you.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2189" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1242" RevisionGUID="e2ce6bf3-82ec-444b-87a6-e4ab2f668f58" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:51:03.983" UserId="883" Comment="added 97 characters in body" Text="I've used DynDNS for years; they were one of the biggest in the early days. They've also got premium options (static DNS, registration) if you want to get fancier later on." />
  <row Id="2190" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1258" RevisionGUID="334dca49-6479-493c-a6f6-aefb35cf6bde" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:51:17.227" UserId="905" Text="If you know the drive letter, you can single-left click on the Safely Remove Hardware tray icon, then just click the drive you want to remove." />
  <row Id="2193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1259" RevisionGUID="174085b1-76a6-4046-8f37-e4e31171cdfe" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:52:23.840" UserId="701" Text="What software would you recommend to monitor a network? We have a main server which acts as a DNS among other services. And we would like to monitor network activity: what protocols are being used, bandwidth, etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Kind of a Big Brother thing, to know when a user tries to login to his personal mail account on GMail, Hotmail, etc. or uses an external IM account, things which are not permitted under the company's rules. And if possible, block these access (or being able to know about it, in order to take the correspondent disciplinary actions).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've read Nagios is a monitoring service, is this the solution we are looking for? What other open source alternatives are there?" />
  <row Id="2194" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1259" RevisionGUID="174085b1-76a6-4046-8f37-e4e31171cdfe" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:52:23.840" UserId="701" Text="Network monitoring" />
  <row Id="2195" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1259" RevisionGUID="174085b1-76a6-4046-8f37-e4e31171cdfe" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:52:23.840" UserId="701" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="2196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1260" RevisionGUID="1951695c-c8a9-4177-924d-19617ec5e569" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:53:09.873" UserId="889" Text="Get-Member is the king of PowerShell cmdlets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Get-Member allows you to interactively explore objects' members and types' (with the -static switch) static members." />
  <row Id="2197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1261" RevisionGUID="26e428c4-ffbe-44be-8d2d-aaca3a825370" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:53:23.523" UserId="575" Text="Here's a list of [&quot;Useful tools and add-ons for IIS troubleshooting and IIS7&quot;](http://blogs.msdn.com/dougste/archive/2008/05/16/useful-tools-and-add-ons-for-iis-troubleshooting-and-iis7.aspx)" />
  <row Id="2198" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1187" RevisionGUID="8ef0ba1b-be10-42d4-ae59-a2ed51549dce" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:53:24.803" UserId="216" Comment="added 39 characters in body" Text="IMHO (as an IETF participant and previously as network manager at an ISP) - no NAT has _not_ delayed IPv6 adoption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IPv6 adoption is being held back for many reasons, amongst them:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. lack of suppliers of IPv6 global transit&#xD;&#xA;1. lack of support in core routers&#xD;&#xA;2. lack of support in customer routers&#xD;&#xA;2. lack of support in firewalls&#xD;&#xA;2. lack of support in client software&#xD;&#xA;3. lack of a &quot;killer application&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For me, the (lack of) consumer router support is the real IPv6 killer - support at the core is steadily improving.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the moment about the only consumer routers that handle IPv6 over an ADSL link are Cisco's, and even a low-end 800 series unit is quite a lot more expensive than a decent quality unit from most any other manufacturer.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2199" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1262" RevisionGUID="807b92cb-606c-4c12-a8c5-b642f36e1ba3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:53:49.297" UserId="27" Text="This is the best site I've seen with comprehensive information on running Windows Server 2008 as though it were a client OS:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.win2008workstation.com/wordpress/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your Vista drivers should all work on Windows Server 2008, as it uses the same OS build.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As to the question of &quot;why?&quot;, the answer is: often times you will need to run or test things which absolutely require Windows Server (f.e., SharePoint)." />
  <row Id="2200" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1263" RevisionGUID="45520dc0-6bbb-4d34-be12-7be02aeb839f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:54:11.573" UserId="463" Text="You can have a certificate on multiple machines. But unless the &quot;site name&quot; for all the machines is the same (eg a cluster of web servers all serving for one website) your users will get a mismatch error as the certificate wont match the server name they requested.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can have a certificate on a single machine with multiple sites (eg virtual hosting) **but** you will have the same problem as above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are serving multiple &quot;sites&quot; from a single server and want users web browsers and the like to be happy you will need multiple certificates **and** multiple IP addresses assigned to the host. This is because it is the connection that is certified and encrypted and this happens before the client tells you what site it is interested. This is the limitation of the current SSL protocol. This limitation is addressed in the latest protocol but not everything supports that yet." />
  <row Id="2201" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1264" RevisionGUID="6ff9ef93-618e-4277-af46-abb9581f052a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:54:11.727" UserId="533" Text="We (the sysadmins) treat our developers just as we would a 3rd party vendor - when they want us to deploy an app, they have to provide documentation if they expect it to be supported.  This includes common troubleshooting routines and a support escalation path (uptime requirements combined with a documented developer responsibility in the case an unacceptable outage).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's obviously not black and white, but it's done a lot to ease the tension between devs and admins.  The devs now realize that they have to provide software of a quality inversely proportional to their willingness to be paged after hours, and the devs now have tools and docs to go through without feeling on the hook for tools they didn't create.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, in your scenario, that would mean the devs create their app on their own IIS server and then provide the software and documentation for the admins to install on the production server." />
  <row Id="2203" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="349" RevisionGUID="a68c2d16-f67e-46ab-bb28-e6332a2f5b3b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:54:31.290" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="4" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:4,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Joel Spolsky&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="2204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1266" RevisionGUID="70d5044c-6fc6-442c-9943-57faeb3466cd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:54:43.863" UserId="613" Text="Cisco sysadmin jobs are generally netadmin jobs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Their certs are reasonably useful indicator that you know what you're doing." />
  <row Id="2205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1267" RevisionGUID="15b42021-5ed1-4814-83b7-2579872ce35e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:54:59.247" UserId="808" Text="An application running a lightly loaded Apache HTTPD 2.0 has occasionally had problems where one (or more?) of the Apache processes took 100% CPU.  In some cases, the CPU usage was such that it blocked all but console access to the Windows server hosting HTTPD.  I have never been able to track down what can cause Apache to do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The environment is Apache HTTPD directly serving static content, using mod_rewrite but not much else custom configuration.  HTTPD is talking to Apache Tomcat via mod\_jk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone else encountered this and solved it?" />
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  <row Id="2222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1276" RevisionGUID="ad01e862-b65b-46b8-8ddd-388d7116ed7b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T16:58:27.710" UserId="677" Text="[Sorry, I tried to stay short but it just was not possible]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm running Linux 2.6.22.19 with [linux-vserver 2.3.0.34][1] on a [Fujitsu Siemens Primergy RX200 S3][2] for development purpose. Intel(R) Xeon(R) 5140 @ 2.33Ghz with 4GB RAM (where mostly 500MB are still free). The server has two hot-plug 250GB used in a mirroring RAID configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dev:~# mpt-status --newstyle&#xD;&#xA;    ioc:0 vol_id:0 type:IM raidlevel:RAID-1 num_disks:2 size(GB):231 state: OPTIMAL flags: ENABLED&#xD;&#xA;    ioc:0 phys_id:0 scsi_id:1 vendor:ATA      product_id:WDC WD2500JS-55N revision:2E01 size(GB):232 state: ONLINE flags: NONE sync_state: 100 ASC/ASCQ:0xff/0xff SMART ASC/ASCQ:0xff/0xff&#xD;&#xA;    ioc:0 phys_id:1 scsi_id:8 vendor:ATA      product_id:WDC WD2500JS-55N revision:2E01 size(GB):232 state: ONLINE flags: NONE sync_state: 100 ASC/ASCQ:0xff/0xff SMART ASC/ASCQ:0xff/0xff&#xD;&#xA;    scsi_id:0 100%&#xD;&#xA;    scsi_id:1 100%&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm running [LVM][3] and ext3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've using this machine since around Jul/Aug 2007 and beside a broken RAM which was fixed the same day, there were no problems. And, basically, everything was better then the machine we had before.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, performance problems were first noticed around Aug 2008 and it was not until recently that I've at least some confidence were the problem comes from. An average of seven vservers is running nowadays (three MySQL machines, two tomcats, three Apaches, Hudson, CruiseControl, MediaWiki, Samba, etc.). But not to get a false impression, we're a small company in terms of developers and other people accessing the server so there's not that much going on (browsing MediaWiki, Hudson automation is run in the evening, most Apache/PHP apps have much static content).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once I installed munin I started to see interesting things especially during the night. Since within every vserver there was `find` running (at the same time, everywhere) the load shot up to unreal numbers like 15, 17 or 20.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But ultimately the problem didn't just stay during the night (I started disabling the find jobs, there weren't used anyway) but also during the day, especially when we recently started on a project were we had to work with a database with a 500MB MySQL dump file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first time I imported the dump file during working hours (`mysql &lt; dump.sql`; within one of our vservers where MySQL instance was running) the timed output was:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    real    71m28.630s&#xD;&#xA;    user    0m15.477s&#xD;&#xA;    sys     0m10.185s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since I wasn't paying attention and was in a meeting, it was just my co-workers asking me what's on with the server because he was terribly slow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I remade the test during night, installed a vanilla Debian MySQL on the host (not inside a guest; shut down all of them) and hit the following numbers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    real    48m33.067s&#xD;&#xA;    user    0m15.397s&#xD;&#xA;    sys     0m13.517s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and I still was like *Yeah, fine, it's 500MB dump file; dumping into InnoDB space takes up around 1GB, that's quite some data*. I did some tests like writing a single line to a file with `vim` during such a test and capturing it with strace:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       0.000048 write(1, &quot;\33[?25l\&quot;foo\&quot; \33[78;7H\33[K&quot;, 22) = 22&#xD;&#xA;       0.000033 stat64(&quot;foo&quot;, 0xbfda1f04) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)&#xD;&#xA;       0.000033 open(&quot;foo&quot;, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 4&#xD;&#xA;       0.000035 write(4, &quot;thios isthis ia a testa\n&quot;, 24) = 24&#xD;&#xA;       0.000144 fsync(4)            = 0&#xD;&#xA;    7737.631089 stat64(&quot;foo&quot;, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=24, ...}) = 0&#xD;&#xA;       0.000084 close(4)            = 0&#xD;&#xA;       0.000117 write(1, &quot;\33[78;7H[New] 1L, 24C written&quot;, 28) = 28&#xD;&#xA;       0.000051 lseek(3, 0, SEEK_SET) = 0&#xD;&#xA;       0.000022 write(3, &quot;b0VIM 7.0\0\0\0\0\20\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0!\21\0\0mark&quot;..., 4096) = 4096&#xD;&#xA;       0.000052 select(1, [0], NULL, [0], {0, 0}) = 1 (in [0], left {0, 0})&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This was an unbelievable yet a fact number for me. It seems that stat64 syscall was forced to wait for the dump operation to be finished. Not to mention serving pages in MediaWiki during such a dump takes minutes, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, I arranged a test timeframe with our hosting company to test on our production server during the night and I got a completely different picture:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    real    7m4.063s&#xD;&#xA;    user    0m2.690s&#xD;&#xA;    sys     0m30.500s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was blown away. I've also got an Amazon EC2 approval for testing and I got even lower numbers (around 5 minutes on a m1.large instance where the MySQL data was written to to the EBS volume to stay permanent).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, when importing the data, every other operation gets so slow that things just get unusable and the load rises quickly up to 5 or 7 (although not really much seems to be going on; it looks like the processes start to block each other for now reason).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then started to do [bonnie++ tests][4], which were looking like this (I actually had a test run from last year which I almost forgot). So here is **Oct 2008**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Version  1.03       ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-&#xD;&#xA;                        -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks--&#xD;&#xA;    Machine        Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP  /sec %CP&#xD;&#xA;    vserver-host     8G 12332  21 12600   3 10290   2 48519  74 52431   6 235.8   0&#xD;&#xA;                        ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create--------&#xD;&#xA;                        -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete--&#xD;&#xA;                  files  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP&#xD;&#xA;                     16 +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++&#xD;&#xA;    vserver-host,8G,12332,21,12600,3,10290,2,48519,74,52431,6,235.8,0,16,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and here's the current one from **Apr 2009**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Version  1.03       ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-&#xD;&#xA;                        -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks--&#xD;&#xA;    Machine        Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP  /sec %CP&#xD;&#xA;    vserver-host     8G  9705  16  7268   1  4823   1 29620  45 41336   5  73.1   0&#xD;&#xA;                        ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create--------&#xD;&#xA;                        -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete--&#xD;&#xA;                  files  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP&#xD;&#xA;                     16 11678  15 +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ 27739  31&#xD;&#xA;    vserver-host,8G,9705,16,7268,1,4823,1,29620,45,41336,5,73.1,0,16,11678,15,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,27739,31&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know where to tune what to get rid of the problems, as I'm not completely sure yet where/what the real problem is. I guess I started failing to see the wood for the trees.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux-vserver.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ts.fujitsu.com/products/standard_servers/rack/primergy_rx200s3.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_volume_management&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="2240" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="720" RevisionGUID="dc131dac-462b-490d-bc33-aab101e98f7d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:00:58.653" UserId="598" Comment="added 128 characters in body" Text="I am looking for others' list of program that absolutely must be installed to a fresh install of Windows before going any further.  I hope to compile a list here to use as reference for all new Windows installs/restores.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;Some great lists so far!  I will continue to monitor this and then make a list of everything I use.  Another thought, has anyone come up with a way to automate this?  Possibly going to each programs download page, downloading the most recent version, and installing?  I may way on this as well, any ideas would be appreciated!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as the type of machine, most of mine are hybrids i.e- server, workstation, development machine.  So all of the above!" />
  <row Id="2241" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1267" RevisionGUID="83525c4b-b53a-487a-a957-62a724edcca9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:01:00.900" UserId="808" Comment="added 430 characters in body" Text="An application running a lightly loaded Apache HTTPD 2.0 has occasionally had problems where one (or more?) of the Apache processes took 100% CPU.  We currently run HTTPD 2.2, I we may have seen this with 2.2 as well.  I'm not certain.  In some cases, the CPU usage was such that it blocked all but console access to the Windows server hosting HTTPD.  I have never been able to track down what can cause Apache to do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The environment is Apache HTTPD directly serving static content, using mod_rewrite but not much else custom configuration.  HTTPD is talking to Apache Tomcat (5.x) via `mod_jk` (1.2.25).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone else encountered this and solved it?  The workaround we installed is to limit each Apache HTTPD subprocess to a maximum number of requests with the following configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    MaxRequestsPerChild 1000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where because the application uses HTTP/1.1, this is really more than 1000 requests per child process and more like 100,000 requests per child process.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="2246" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1283" RevisionGUID="0eff74d3-e2c5-47c2-b3f2-c00d9449f94d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:01:16.140" UserId="488" Text="You definitely want real-time scanning on these machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been out of the game awhile, but to my knowledge the three main surfaces to cover are infection by removable media like floppies &amp; USB storage (mainly boot-sector viruses), email (mostly trojan horses), and network services (worms).  A development machine is likely going to have all three.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would advise following routeNpingme's suggestion of specific exceptions on filesystem scanning for real-time scanning." />
  <row Id="2249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1284" RevisionGUID="566703ee-1a00-44c7-8e73-3171f270e5a5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:03:35.043" UserId="914" Text="I've tried various monitoring solutions and overall prefer nagios due to its flexibility.  There's also a massive selection of additional plugins that can be added should you need additional functionality." />
  <row Id="2250" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1285" RevisionGUID="eef25938-9fe9-4548-9b65-b45ed3b866a5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:03:41.410" UserId="598" Text="Similar to the [windows question][1], but for OS X.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I am looking for others' list of program that absolutely must be installed to a fresh install of Windows before going any further. I hope to compile a list here to use as reference for all new Windows installs/restores.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[See this Question][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am also looking into automating this, but actually looking for the most recent version from each site.  Any thoughts on this would be appreciated!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/720/what-is-your-list-of-programs-to-install-to-windows-after-a-fresh-install&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/720/what-is-your-list-of-programs-to-install-to-windows-after-a-fresh-install" />
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  <row Id="2254" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1286" RevisionGUID="657f29e0-fcc4-4079-b258-7b0f0e680766" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:04:04.077" UserId="385" Text="Physically you can likely do it using the physical workstations and an iSCSI solution for shared storage, since you're doing it as a test. The simpler approach is VMware, as Brent suggested. And just to make it clear, from a Microsoft perspective a fail-over cluster in VMware is not supported, even in an approved hardware/software solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From [Server Virtualization Validation Program FAQ][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **Does the SVVP cover all Windows Server roles?**&#xD;&#xA;All Windows Server roles are supported with SVVP-validated solutions, except Hyper-V and ***Clustering Services***. It does not make sense to run a hypervisor (Hyper-V) on another virtualization solution/hypervisor, and Clustering requires all of the hardware components to be tested by the hardware OEM (e.g. server, storage, HBA controller, operating system). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/svvp.aspx?svvppage=svvpfaq.htm" />
  <row Id="2255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1287" RevisionGUID="316dd8d1-daea-4d22-8db4-c882c225b70a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:04:44.527" UserId="475" Text="This is exactly how SQL Server is **supposed** to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have other services on that machine and don't want SQL to consume all the available memory, you will need to set the maximum server memory. See [SQL Server Memory Options][1] on MSDN. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa196734.aspx" />
  <row Id="2257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1289" RevisionGUID="85ea9552-e0fc-49cf-bd41-522dabefe9b1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:05:18.737" UserId="706" Text="Push email, in terms of cellular connected devices, refers to the ability of a server to contact a remote device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A TCP connection is expensive in terms of power and bandwidth, so the carriers have, for some devices, given access to the cellular control channel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This channel is normally used for base station &lt;--&gt; cellular device communications so handovers can be managed, and phones can be found when the number is dialed.  Later they were adapted for SMS messages - SMS goes completely over the control channel, which is why the message size is limited.  Still later they were adapted for multimedia messages, but the multimedia is actually transferred over a regular channel, not the control channel.  Still, the control channel is used to wake up the phone and start the transfer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now MVNOs and those working closely with the carrier have access to sending messages to the phone over this channel - they don't send the email, though, they merely send an application wakeup signal, which then starts the mail app, which then initiates a standard TCP/IP connection for the actual message transfer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So push email is more than polling - it enables the device to sleep in a low power mode, only awake enough to listen for phone calls, sms messages, and, now, push email alerts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Carriers aren't opening this up broadly, although the iPhone is close, because they are very protective of their control channel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The iPhone likely only has one alert type, and then the iPhone must talk to Apple's servers to find out which app alert was originally sent, and then it can launch the appropriate app.  But it accomplishes the same thing as push email, only for any service - this is a huge boon for the iPhone, and I hope Android, windows mobile, and other PDA phones adopt similar service abilities.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="2258" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1290" RevisionGUID="4364ff51-8fb1-4989-9239-1bf1561c6110" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:05:29.813" UserId="891" Text="This question is 7 hours old, and no one have mentioned a *hex (binary) editor* yet. Sometimes, even a sysadmin needs to look inside a file to check (or tweak) what *realy* lurks inside.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lightweight but a little old, [frhed][1] a is free binary file editor for Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HxD][2] is a carefully designed and fast hex editor, seems more current.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kibria.de/frhed.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/" />
  <row Id="2259" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="557" RevisionGUID="8d93b701-776d-4ceb-a1d4-c78af13ab04a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:05:33.837" UserId="160" Comment="added 15 characters in body" Text=" - [IIS Compression in IIS6.0][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [How to enable HTTP compression (IIS6)][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [HTTP Compression and IIS 6.0][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [IIS 6 Compression - quickest and effective way to do it for ASP.NET compression ][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To verify that compression works, you could use Firefox with Firebug and YSlow plugins, they will show compression status for each component (html, javascript, css).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, in order to test each compression method (gzip/deflate) you could alter the &quot;**network.http.accept-encoding**&quot; preference in Firefox (default value is &quot;**gzip,deflate**&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://weblogs.asp.net/owscott/archive/2004/01/12/57916.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.kavinda.net/2007/02/17/how-to-enable-http-compression-iis6.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000059.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://msmvps.com/blogs/omar/archive/2006/08/10/iis-6-compression-quickest-and-effective-way-to-do-it-for-asp-net-compression.aspx" />
  <row Id="2263" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1294" RevisionGUID="f1f18ea8-bcdd-4912-a50d-cb2d8ddb6b63" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:06:14.930" UserId="544" Text="Years ago, using RAS, I was able to add a script to run external programs and configure settings after connecting to a network such a VPN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I cannot find now that option in Vista UI neither in XP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think this is still possible, but it was discouraged from MS but for me is useful to set some routes through the new connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any Ideas?&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance" />
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  <row Id="2265" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1294" RevisionGUID="f1f18ea8-bcdd-4912-a50d-cb2d8ddb6b63" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:06:14.930" UserId="544" Text="&lt;remote-access&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;" />
  <row Id="2267" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1296" RevisionGUID="8175fec1-d4ee-4455-a9da-2da0a129f1b6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:06:43.117" UserId="887" Text="It will only release it if the OS signals that it is RAM starved, or if you stop and restart the service; the thing to do is limit the max amount SQL will use by configuring the 'max server memory' value. If there's nothing else on the server that needs the RAM (and hopefully there isn't) I wouldn't worry about it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2268" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1297" RevisionGUID="52deb781-0b37-403a-b318-c60a579bae99" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:06:49.357" UserId="385" Text="SQL Server will consume memory and not give it back unless it is told by the operating system that there is memory pressure. As Portman has indicated, this is by design, and if you want to limit the memory consumption, you need to set the maximum server memory SQL Server will use. " />
  <row Id="2272" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1301" RevisionGUID="9fd93c9f-1051-4f83-9720-8a7ff92027cc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:07:25.237" UserId="45" Text="Here my list (I'm rather new to the Mac, but I recently switched from a Mac mini to a Macbook Pro, so I had this list ready):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Firefox (+Plugins: Firebug, Delicious...)&#xD;&#xA;- iTunes&#xD;&#xA;- Skype&#xD;&#xA;- Evernote&#xD;&#xA;- NetNewsWire&#xD;&#xA;- Adobe Reader&#xD;&#xA;- XCode&#xD;&#xA;- Printer Drivers&#xD;&#xA;- TweetDeck&#xD;&#xA;- AppRefresh&#xD;&#xA;- Google Earth&#xD;&#xA;- Parallels Desktop&#xD;&#xA;- Remote Desktop Connection (Microsoft)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A useful resource to find new software: [http://osx.iusethis.com/top][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://osx.iusethis.com/top" />
  <row Id="2273" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="1301" RevisionGUID="9fd93c9f-1051-4f83-9720-8a7ff92027cc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:07:25.237" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="2274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1302" RevisionGUID="bb30db03-31a9-431d-9b64-bebc6eeb8475" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:07:36.080" UserId="591" Text="I am in the same market and am considering [Antec P182][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129025" />
  <row Id="2275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1303" RevisionGUID="228b999d-3199-43d7-b082-38c50cb8addb" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:07:46.720" UserId="483" Text="One of the biggest causes of noise in a PC case is going to be through vibration, so you'll want to look for the cases that feature some type of vibration reducing features (such as rubber inserts next to the PSU and hard drive mounts)." />
  <row Id="2278" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1306" RevisionGUID="d8e1b5e2-0350-48cb-a7be-bd79e715e4e1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:09:34.827" UserId="582" Text="Chicken of the VNC, which is coincidentally the best named piece of software, ever." />
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  <row Id="2280" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1273" RevisionGUID="08b5559c-c3f8-4fab-9ce8-5013c0d84e59" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:09:48.977" UserId="533" Comment="added comments about cacti and munin" Text="Nagios is a solid open source solution, the plugin architecture means that nagios basically provides a framework for monitoring to occur, and then you can plug in the exact monitors you need.  Since nagios is fairly popular, there are a ton of monitoring modules already in existence.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nagios is mostly a real time monitor, not a reporter.  I know there are ways to pass the real time nagios data up to a reporting app like cacti or munin that produce some lovely graphs." />
  <row Id="2281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1307" RevisionGUID="0d139237-0c6f-48f6-91aa-d08c28de7fc8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:10:04.653" UserId="883" Text="I don't know about &quot;Must Install&quot;, but here's a few of my favorites:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Adium&#xD;&#xA; - Fluid&#xD;&#xA; - Skype&#xD;&#xA; - VMWare Fusion&#xD;&#xA; - Remote Desktop Client&#xD;&#xA; - VLC&#xD;&#xA; - Firefox&#xD;&#xA; - 1Password&#xD;&#xA; - Soundflower&#xD;&#xA; - LineIn&#xD;&#xA; - Audacity&#xD;&#xA; - Inkscape&#xD;&#xA; - Skitch&#xD;&#xA; - uTorrent&#xD;&#xA; - NetBeans" />
  <row Id="2282" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="1307" RevisionGUID="0d139237-0c6f-48f6-91aa-d08c28de7fc8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:10:04.653" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="2284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1309" RevisionGUID="f325d07e-2d92-4dd8-9ace-4468438bb01e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:10:21.970" UserId="271" Text="I won't install any antivirus software on those machines assuming the following points:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The computer runs behind a router with built in firewall, MAC address filtering and NAT.&#xD;&#xA; - Only needed ports are open&#xD;&#xA; - Windows firewall is enabled&#xD;&#xA; - Developers only install software that they need to get things done from trusted sites&#xD;&#xA; - No pirated software is used&#xD;&#xA; - Operating systems are updated regularly&#xD;&#xA; - Devs do not visit *underground sites* &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On dev machines you want maximum performance and antivirus software is a known antonym of performance. Besides this [antivirus are not so effective][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.h-online.com/security/Antivirus-protection-worse-than-a-year-ago--/news/100900" />
  <row Id="2285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1310" RevisionGUID="812a47da-1cf6-40a3-95d6-dcf1238be60c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:10:39.880" UserId="251" Text="&#xD;&#xA; 1. macports&#xD;&#xA; 2. FF&#xD;&#xA; 3. iTunes&#xD;&#xA; 4. Skype&#xD;&#xA; 5. iStat&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Those are my top 5" />
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  <row Id="2287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1311" RevisionGUID="e8d94a9a-9446-453a-a806-26f029f7ebc8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:10:56.087" UserId="412" Text="Non-Microsoft packages would be fantastic *if* enough people supported it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the other standard desktop applications that self update at different times (particularly Adobe Acrobat) are becoming an increasing blight on the desktop environment, causing much user confusion and system instability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the vendors could get together and agree a single update strategy via one centrally managed delivery mechanism (whether it be WSUS or an other), we as sysadmins would have a lot more control over the deployment of updates and patches, and far better knowledge of what was happening to our systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I live in hope....  :-)" />
  <row Id="2288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1312" RevisionGUID="f7222f99-ff5f-4c21-b00a-1d1ee1ba1272" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:11:35.883" UserId="533" Text="in addition to others listed...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - GraphicConverter&#xD;&#xA; - iTerm&#xD;&#xA; - ksh" />
  <row Id="2289" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="1312" RevisionGUID="f7222f99-ff5f-4c21-b00a-1d1ee1ba1272" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:11:35.883" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="2290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1313" RevisionGUID="e293799c-f0d8-4e06-9695-38d64ac8dc8c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:11:46.537" UserId="428" Text="Having considered the [Antec P182][1] I settled with a [SilverStone Fortress (FT-01)][2]. It's pretty quiet and has some seriously good cooling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=NQ&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/p_contents.php?pno=FT01&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Rereading your question.... maybe it's a bit too big to fall under the 'mid-tower' cases.*" />
  <row Id="2291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1314" RevisionGUID="dcbcd498-4a23-44b1-8dcd-537303404648" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:11:51.920" UserId="613" Text="Hardware fails.  You'll have to keep fixing it or replacing it, so make sure you have an *easy* way to handle it.  I built a cluster using FAI to autodeploy the nodes so that if one failed for any reason (disk, CPU, whatever), it was easy to rebuild a new one from scratch." />
  <row Id="2292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1315" RevisionGUID="27336253-a37e-4f29-af16-b4bf90ff97aa" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:12:01.437" UserId="914" Text="Certainly DynDNS, their client is faultless and very low profile.  Also cross OS." />
  <row Id="2295" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1252" RevisionGUID="d109dc02-bef9-4a00-932c-5081ded1a7d8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:12:35.910" UserId="575" Comment="added 82 characters in body" Text="I'm looking for the best tools/techniques for monitoring IIS performance problems and then  debugging them. I'm particularly interested in ASP.NET applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This may be a combination of tools or there may be something that is good for both?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I'll add an answer or two based on my experience, for my future reference!, but I hope I'll get some other answers with useful tools to add to my collection)" />
  <row Id="2296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1317" RevisionGUID="0195f2cb-55a0-4099-b7ff-9bb621476804" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:13:34.007" UserId="575" Text="I have an IIS 6 server serving an application using a mix of classic ASP and ASP.NET.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm increasingly getting problems where the number of requests in the ASP.NET requests queue (observed using the ASP.NET\Requests Queued counter) starts to increase to a point where the server can no longer service the requests. That happens a three or four minutes  from the point where queued requests starts increasing. Recycling the application pool restores service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Normally, requests queued is zero and occasionally there'll be small spikes but it seems that once or twice a day, a number of requests are blocking the queue and queued requests starts to increase.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect there are network problems causing clients to lose their connection (and re-submit their request) and the requests in the queue continue despite losing their client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I diagnose the problem? Can I look at the status of requests in the queue? Do I need the MS [Debug Diagnostic Tool](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=28bd5941-c458-46f1-b24d-f60151d875a3&amp;displaylang=en) or one of [these tools](http://blogs.msdn.com/dougste/archive/2008/05/16/useful-tools-and-add-ons-for-iis-troubleshooting-and-iis7.aspx)?" />
  <row Id="2297" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1317" RevisionGUID="0195f2cb-55a0-4099-b7ff-9bb621476804" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:13:34.007" UserId="575" Text="How do I debug an IIS problem where the requests queued suddenly ramps up and the server can't respond? " />
  <row Id="2298" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1317" RevisionGUID="0195f2cb-55a0-4099-b7ff-9bb621476804" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:13:34.007" UserId="575" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;debug&gt;" />
  <row Id="2299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1318" RevisionGUID="65f4efd7-6cc3-454d-a175-61560a76f2f6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:13:43.570" UserId="385" Text="We use a whole disk encryption solution which has single sign-on built in. SafeGuard is one such solution. This allows the user to log on once, which is right after the POST finishes. If you enter the wrong password, the length of time between password attempts continue to double. And if you restart, it stays at whatever the last time period was, but starts it over. Therefore, brute forcing isn't really a possibility. If the user types the correct password it will log them onto the computer with the same username\password combo (or a cached set of credentials). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This won't stop the case of a user booting through and then leaving the laptop unlocked, but it does protect the drive &quot;at rest.&quot; &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1319" RevisionGUID="e9552d04-75e3-4e94-8055-5619b9e8a27b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:15:31.833" UserId="428" Text="I've been using [No-IP Free][1] for years, works like a charm :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.no-ip.com/services/managed_dns/free_dynamic_dns.html" />
  <row Id="2302" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1320" RevisionGUID="458f505d-65ee-401c-a4bb-50af9d1367f9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:15:47.417" UserId="919" Text="jwz published a [good article][1] on the subject:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The universe tends toward maximum&#xD;&#xA;&gt; irony. Don't push it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://jwz.livejournal.com/801607.html" />
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  <row Id="2304" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1322" RevisionGUID="0c6f457e-26c9-4b3b-84c7-1adeb932508a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:16:04.170" UserId="628" Text="I've used LeaseWeb ( http://www.leaseweb.com/ ) for the past 3+ years.  They're based in the Netherlands.  I don't know what their managed services are like, but their self-managed dedicated servers are great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've also used SoftLayer ( http://www.softlayer.com/ - based in the US ) and was fairly impressed - although I didn't use them for long (no fault of theirs).  Their customer portal is quite nice." />
  <row Id="2305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1323" RevisionGUID="e4d9b750-4a16-4797-a71c-5279eccb9bd4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:16:16.403" UserId="706" Text="Honestly, you really don't want to do this, even if you overcome the other issues others raise here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you restore the backup in an emergency, you don't want to wait for the indexes to rebuild, and you're going to suffer abominable performance until you do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't think of a situation where you'd want to restore a backup without indexes, so in all cases you'll really want to back them up at the same time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll likely need to look for other solutions to this problem...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="2311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1326" RevisionGUID="cd71e7d8-6d64-4c7c-aa07-0b5f2f56307b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:19:41.620" UserId="28" Text="I use it due to it's light weight, but I keep Apache around to handle any pages that absolutely require it (such as those dependant on dynamically updated .htaccess files).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found a nice way to share a PHP process between the two of them: see my answer at stackoverflow here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/574690/sharing-php-cgi-between-apache-and-nginx" />
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  <row Id="2315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1328" RevisionGUID="bb13bed3-0444-480e-9767-3ee6d0461c33" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:21:05.080" UserId="914" Text="if you're using Linux I'd highly recommend [FreeNX][1].  I've often found it a lot more responsive than VNC and it runs straight over SSH is secure and wouldn't require any additional ports.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://freenx.berlios.de/" />
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  <row Id="2319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1330" RevisionGUID="cdcdddd6-51bf-4183-a98d-141044b45fe3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:21:56.827" UserId="905" Text="For our installation, I used the TechNet documentation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb676082.aspx" />
  <row Id="2320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1331" RevisionGUID="7014a015-9eae-4be8-b24c-0b6d68516da0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:22:01.753" UserId="385" Text="[SQL Web Data Administrator][1] may be sufficient for what you're looking to do, but it hasn't been updated in about a year and a half. If you need more info, [there's a review by SQL Server MVP Jacob Sebastian on SQL Server Central][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codeplex.com/SqlWebAdmin&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Product+Reviews/3025/" />
  <row Id="2321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1332" RevisionGUID="db375a90-7812-4a38-89ec-c06a163554ef" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:22:12.970" UserId="940" Text="[RealVNC][1] has always worked well for me. They have a free version but I broke down an bought the Person edition for some of the additional features it provides... like screen scaling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.realvnc.com" />
  <row Id="2322" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1333" RevisionGUID="ad90d6d5-559b-4487-9305-a0d2d40e9e0c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:23:03.000" UserId="629" Text="Aswell as the dpkg tricks mentioned by pjz, you may also want to look at [etckeeper](http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/etckeeper/) ([tutorial](http://daniel.hahler.de/track_changes_to_etc_configuration_files) ) - an app that puts your /etc/* under version control, making it easier to find any changes you've done and replicate them to other servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, for a shorter list than that above, you can use &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ deborphan -a --no-show-section &gt; /tmp/mypackagelist&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will give you a list of packages that will install all the other packages you require as dependencies. Can be useful if you actually want to look through the list. (dpkg --get-selections will produce a *loooong* list)." />
  <row Id="2323" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1334" RevisionGUID="2f721025-a5ba-434a-abe4-39440b092a5f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:23:19.257" UserId="677" Text="Two years ago we needed PHP5 in production environment. Debian stable wasn't yet there and for some reason, backports was not considered. We let our hosting company install testing and it worked nicely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However now that we need to update to Lenny, we just can't upgrade the production system on the go, we've to clone the system, upgrade, test, etc. because the version numbers of many applications has greatly increased over the last two years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So this now creates work for us (internal work hours) and also payload for our hosting comapny which we've to pay.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lesson learned; or at least, next time I'm prepared to what comes in the future." />
  <row Id="2324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1335" RevisionGUID="ed60c0fe-28a5-4c69-831a-cf0c6b4d044e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:23:40.330" UserId="710" Text="I've been using [Godaddy][1] for a couple of years now.  I've been able to successfully publish linux and windows solutions.  PHP and .NET alike.  Also, they can auto publish certain packages for you like BlogEngine.net, Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal, etc.  The publishing is relatively fast too, so you can build out multiple sites in a relatively short amount of time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I can't attest to high volume sites, as most of my sites don't generate what I would deem a high volume of traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.godaddy.com/default.aspx" />
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  <row Id="2328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1337" RevisionGUID="91aee7cd-e4b1-4187-80f8-a9f81a5a2c6d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:26:17.237" UserId="340" Text="We have moved all our users on multiple networks to UltraVNC.  It offers file transfer, chat and is lightweight.  It works quite well and is pretty fast.  Compared to TightVNC and RealVNC which work fine, you get more bang for your buck with UltraVNC.  I take issue with their web site, it's not that simple to navigate, but once you get the right version, it's all good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, when in a pinch, we have used showmypc.com which temporarily installs TightVNC on a user's PC and let's you establish a connection without any initial install.  It's free and  it uses security codes to keep things on the up and up.  Good luck!" />
  <row Id="2330" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1338" RevisionGUID="de7c47a3-2e49-4915-b8f4-3f60f91aa124" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:26:43.070" UserId="385" Text="Be sure to grab all the documentation and sort through it at the link a_hardin posted. In some cases the information you need will be in one document or another. Unfortunately, though, I don't know that any of it references an installation on Windows Server 2008.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2331" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1339" RevisionGUID="398fb8db-e867-43cb-a007-eebc9b18bfbc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:26:53.990" UserId="905" Text="I've found that the disk is usually the biggest bottleneck for our virtual machines.  Especially if you're doing continuous integration across multiple VMs, you'll be doing a lot of reading and writing.  If all the CI processes start at the same time, the problem is compounded.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The quickest way to get better performance may be to add physical drives and distribute your VMs across those drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another way to get better performance would be a large RAID5 array.  We've seen amazing performance in large VM clusters when you have lots of drives to spread the data across." />
  <row Id="2332" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1340" RevisionGUID="85cf4bbb-c2ca-4df3-980e-83cf2758fbd7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:27:16.220" UserId="914" Text="Not that I'm aware of although you could delete one partition and resize the other:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.howtoforge.com/linux_resizing_ext3_partitions&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously for that to work you'd have to have enough space to store the data in one partition elsewhere however." />
  <row Id="2335" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1342" RevisionGUID="29f6b3f1-2a8a-40d3-8c6a-76548443c9fc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:28:12.690" UserId="385" Text="UltraVNC because you can encrypt the connection (such as AES) and because you can use Windows/Active Directory credentials to connect. This means that the traditional exploit of VNC of grabbing the password out of the registry (which is weakly encrypted) and then using it to log on doesn't work.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1343" RevisionGUID="f9229f8a-53be-435a-a51d-8922ddcd3fbe" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:28:39.070" UserId="951" Text="I have used several hosting companies and finally consolidated at [Webhost4Life][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pricing is reasonable, they do Window and Linux hosting, and the support team is well informed and very helpful.  They have guaranteed 0 wait time for 24/7 chat support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am very happy with them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.WebHost4Life.com/default.asp?refid=garyray" />
  <row Id="2337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1344" RevisionGUID="dd98c93e-a47e-49af-b054-c074a6f336e1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:29:26.073" UserId="945" Text="The transport doesn't matter (I do it over AFP to an airport extreme and SMB to a FreeBSD box (onto a raidz volume).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The key is enabling backups to unsupported volumes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will make a mounted share available and create a sparse disk image atop it and allow you to back up to that." />
  <row Id="2338" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1345" RevisionGUID="12e00825-698d-4f34-a405-b8acd9d6d030" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:30:26.960" UserId="628" Text="EveryDNS.net has a dynamic DNS option.  I have never tried the dynamic DNS stuff but I use them for all my DNS hosting." />
  <row Id="2339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1346" RevisionGUID="e9c89233-589b-4a39-9e70-b5cd9c5bae36" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:31:33.650" UserId="385" Text="I still would because it's relatively easy to do so. If you have two broadband routers, you can set them up in-line with different private IP address spaces (such as 192.168.100.1-254 and 192.168.200.1-254). Hang the web server off the first one, which is connected directly to the Internet. Use port forwarding to direct to your web server. Put all of your systems that will be in your private network behind the second broadband router. That way, if the web server is compromised for some reason, they will have to get through that second broadband router to get into your other systems.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2340" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1347" RevisionGUID="cb864966-351e-43c2-9f71-9105f65c7bb2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:32:32.713" UserId="905" Text="The best recommendation I can give for backing up the DC is to have a live running backup DC.  In a small enough environment you can probably get by with a cheap PC to run as the backup DC, and it will be well worth it." />
  <row Id="2341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1348" RevisionGUID="cba56d0e-7ca2-4d61-9116-ab596518ae35" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:33:46.390" UserId="340" Text="We use MirrorFolder for this.  It's file level, but it's affordable ($40) and easy to configure and use.  We use it on server doing site to site backups of about 250GB.  It manages differentials and gives you logs of progress.  Good luck!" />
  <row Id="2344" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1350" RevisionGUID="27836a7e-fc42-4bd7-9c96-b6cca4039745" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:34:57.263" UserId="953" Text="I use [Mosso][1] and they have awesome tech support. You can have unlimited sites &amp; databases and they have very reasonable prices. Plus they support Linux, Windows, Sql2008 &amp; MySQL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mosso.com/" />
  <row Id="2345" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1351" RevisionGUID="3fd8013f-6c6d-4449-8e8a-79afae50c996" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:36:00.037" UserId="942" Text="I recommend [NoMachine][1], they have both free and pay versions. Only for Linux do. Lot's of bells and whistles, and it's awesome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But if you're on Linux and on a LAN, X forwarding is pretty awesome too (ssh -X myuser@server).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nomachine.com/" />
  <row Id="2346" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1352" RevisionGUID="77f2bfcd-e672-41d2-b705-7bb29f3ab748" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:36:08.070" UserId="905" Text="We use Exchange in-house, but we did use hMailServer at a customer's site where we needed a cheap (free) mail server to provide distribution groups for e-mail alerting." />
  <row Id="2350" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1354" RevisionGUID="2d2079e8-007c-498e-bfc9-fc52bde12293" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:37:45.383" UserId="61" Text="My company has just installed Cognos as a BI reporting tool. Setup wasn't all to easy and required us to get a outside consultant to help implement a dashboard. That being said there are Cognos classes you can take that cover everything from daily usage to actual development.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally it would be a lot easier, and cheaper, for me to create a custom dashboard interface using the .NET stack. My guess is that if you talk to a Cognos developer they would say the same about developing within Cognos.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;my two cents" />
  <row Id="2351" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1355" RevisionGUID="1d132e47-81c0-4516-9172-0b11e9a19c9b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:37:58.207" UserId="448" Text="in addition to some of the others listed, OmniOutliner and OmniFocus." />
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  <row Id="2353" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="741" RevisionGUID="fa4ab1e2-f546-4061-b27c-c2f73428474e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:38:52.977" UserId="626" Comment="added 15 characters in body" Text="Please provide your tips and best practices for virtualizing SQL Server in VMWare ESX&#xD;&#xA;I am interested in advanced configurations and settings. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please provide reasoning behind your recommendations&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&#xD;&#xA;Just to clarify, I already have over 70 Virtual SQL servers in seperate clusters using an ISCSI equallogic San -&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; What I am really looking for are those advanced configurations like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How you configured your disks / RDM's&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you make use of settings like &#xD;&#xA;Mem.ShareScanGHz  - http://communities.vmware.com/thread/143828 - &#xD;&#xA;that are not well documented" />
  <row Id="2355" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1356" RevisionGUID="bf65f4e2-f6ff-4471-84a7-76a3e8871347" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:41:25.000" UserId="940" Text="I'm using [Mosso][1] for several small sites and have had no problems with it. Very easy cloud hosting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mosso.com/" />
  <row Id="2357" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1358" RevisionGUID="b624b039-30f1-4b4d-8d4d-ab21b7cf163b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:42:07.480" UserId="956" Text="I'd say having a bootable WinPE image is crucial for desktop/server support." />
  <row Id="2358" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1359" RevisionGUID="a0c90b89-b88c-4fc0-950f-d2af1f615754" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:42:13.907" UserId="947" Text="I've certainly looked for one and haven't found anything decent.  However, [Rob Allen](http://akrabat.com/) recently said he is going to try to build one for the [European WinPHP Challenge 2009](http://wiki.phpconference.nl/2009_WinPHP_Challenge), so it might be worth watching. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://akrabat.com/2009/04/29/the-eurowinphp-application/" />
  <row Id="2360" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1360" RevisionGUID="1bdc3e63-9cc7-450d-bcff-6b25ed8e64d8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:43:05.307" UserId="905" Text="Is there an easy way to change a laptop's external monitor (projector) from an extended desktop to a mirrored desktop in Windows Vista?  On the current laptop we're trying it on, when we uncheck the &quot;Extend my desktop to this monitor&quot; box, the projector just stops displaying anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One workaround is to go into the NVidia control panel and switch it, or to click the Add Projector button in the Vista mobility center, but neither of these are quick or natural.  It'd be nice if there was a way from the display settings." />
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  <row Id="2362" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1360" RevisionGUID="1bdc3e63-9cc7-450d-bcff-6b25ed8e64d8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:43:05.307" UserId="905" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windowsvista&gt;&lt;laptop&gt;&lt;projector&gt;" />
  <row Id="2363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1361" RevisionGUID="6b48175d-dc92-4496-9921-76aaea74b215" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:43:33.607" UserId="715" Text="I've been using Acronis fairly successfully. With the Universal Restore component, I've even been able to restore to dissimilar hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the same breath, I also find Acronis's user support to generally suck. It's sometiems days before you get a response, and you are always asked to update to the latest version regardless of what you report and what they know has been fixed in the last couple releases." />
  <row Id="2364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1362" RevisionGUID="b175294e-23b6-44f1-8b44-43aa74aff24f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:43:50.250" UserId="819" Text="In our current environment, developers are not allowed to use SQL Debugging against any of the QA servers. It's not clear to me why the decision was made.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What factors should be considered to decide in favor or against enabling SQL debugging?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking at QA servers that are not used for production, but are shared among a dozen teams working on unrelated projects. Our developers cannot run local databases for a variety of reasons." />
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  <row Id="2368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1364" RevisionGUID="3665a5d4-be3d-4d44-9fd9-f8cb81a46298" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:44:07.583" UserId="32" Text="I've been using [Site5][1] for simple Linux hosting for the past year and been really happy with the service and value. Their under $10 unlimited plan has been great for [our podcast][2] - we're delivering almost 1TB per month and the downloads have been speedy; I prepaid for 2 years and I think the cost was $5/month.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.site5.com/in.php?id=56754&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://herdingcode.com" />
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  <row Id="2374" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1367" RevisionGUID="fd5b414b-0074-4d57-bce8-ed2c9f7e6e81" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:45:41.137" UserId="780" Text="Enabling debugging will take additional resources on the machine, but otherwise I can see no reason to disable this.  Perhaps there are security concerns with the data?" />
  <row Id="2377" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1370" RevisionGUID="635cc098-679c-45dd-9429-d52f4c7d99e2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:47:58.760" UserId="880" Text="There's [an article][1] which provides a overview of some solutions to that issue. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Preventing_Spam_Antispam_Filters_MS_Exchange.html" />
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  <row Id="2385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1374" RevisionGUID="0564aabd-3db8-47a9-aa01-0e254637ae32" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:50:17.617" UserId="958" Text="At my office we are planning to deploy widescreen LCD monitors in portrait mode. We bought one for testing (Samsung T220 unpivotable, so we adapted a pivotable support for it) and it doesn't have a good viewable angle in this mode, despite the specifications (170/160). In portrait mode no viewing angle is good as it is in landscape mode, even when you are staring it in a 90 degrees angle, one of the sides of the screen is brighter/darker than the other. Anyone know of any LCD widescreen monitor (preferably 22 inches 1680x1050) that is good for such mode?" />
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  <row Id="2403" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1385" RevisionGUID="71c3a065-2bb6-450c-b027-b63e4116d7ca" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:56:30.097" UserId="942" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;printing&gt;&lt;postscript&gt;" />
  <row Id="2404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1386" RevisionGUID="bc617413-7ff0-496d-b3ec-5f5a2f3b9f40" CreationDate="2009-04-30T17:56:46.523" UserId="939" Text="There are obviously multiple variables involved here, so there is not a one-size fits-all response. These variables include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Existing company/corporate policies&#xD;&#xA;-----------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any policies involving security mandates (such as the requirement to run the company configured AV) may make this decision a non-issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Variability of the &quot;production&quot; environment.&#xD;&#xA;----------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this an application that is being deployed in a controlled environment OR a limited environment then it is a good idea to duplicate that production environment for your testbeds. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If however, this is an application that is going to be released &quot;into the wild&quot; then there is obviously no way to test for all possible production configurations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Development and testing environment&#xD;&#xA;-----------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;If there is a formal testing/QA team and environment or even just a build server, then this is likely the best place to mimic the production environment, not the developers machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Security Concerns&#xD;&#xA;-----------------&#xD;&#xA;This is an book all to itself, but the security concerns may outweigh any of the particular trade-offs to the developers machines. This depends on such things as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Sensitivity of the data and/or code&#xD;&#xA;  - Connectivity to outside networks/internet&#xD;&#xA;  - Removable media&#xD;&#xA;  - much much more&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Developer's Machine Performance&#xD;&#xA;-------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;The obvious here is the performance hit during development due to the CPU and I/O tax introduced by the virus scanner. The not so obvious is the potential impacts are:&#xD;&#xA;  -  Downtime associated with the contraction of a virus/trojan/malware and subsequent removal&#xD;&#xA;  - Performance impact of the virus/malware if no AV software is present to detect and notify the user such that they continue to work with the virus/malware present.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using virtual machines or have a development image or have regular backups, this downtime potential maybe insignificant. If the developer is going to have to reinstall and reconfigure everything on his/her machine from scratch (depending on the severity of the virus) then the downtime could be a severe penalty.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Probability of Contraction&#xD;&#xA;--------------------------&#xD;&#xA;The probability that a virus/malware will be contracted by the developers machine is a huge wildcard/unknown. However, if you are working on a closed network and don't bring in much outside media, the risk is obviously much lower than if all of the machines are directly connected to the internet. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the development environment is Mac OSX or Solaris or Linux, etc then the probability of contraction is much lower than on the Windows platform.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if the nature of the development itself increases the exposure of the developers machines to potentially unsafe traffic, this increases the probability of contraction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Recommendations&#xD;&#xA;---------------&#xD;&#xA;Based on these status of the variables above (and probably more) there are several options (in increasing security, decreasing performance order):&#xD;&#xA;  - No AV software at all&#xD;&#xA;  - AV software with no real-time protection but scheduled virus scans during off-hours&#xD;&#xA;  - AV software with real-time protection but exclusions on folders/filetypes involved in the development process&#xD;&#xA;  - AV software with real-time protection and no exclusions&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are obviously a number of variations on these four options (such as ones involving the use of Virtual Machines) but I think this covers the major options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personal Usage&#xD;&#xA;--------------&#xD;&#xA;For what it's worth, I personally use Symantec Corporate at work and Avast Free Edition at home. I have real-time protection enabled with the only exclusions being for my Virtual Machine folders/vmdk files. I do some of my development in the host and some of it in the guest. I do C# and native C++ development for the windows platform and find the performance penalties manageable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2406" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1388" RevisionGUID="564327af-3b08-463a-9866-0cc53f4849e7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:00:18.417" UserId="385" Text="Yes. In order to use the T-SQL debugger, members must be members of the sysadmin fixed server role. That gives them complete rights over the SQL Server. That's not something you want to give out to developers in a QA or production environment. Development may be a different story.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reference: [SQL Server 2008 Books Online - Configuring and Starting the Transact-SQL Debugger][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc646024.aspx" />
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  <row Id="2409" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1391" RevisionGUID="15760722-4b99-497d-8e44-ddd1474e7cad" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:01:53.500" UserId="913" Text="You might want to look into naturally pivot-able LCD's that utilize [IPS][1] LCD technology. They are typically known for better viewing angles than monitors that utilize TN. I am pretty sure (judging from the price) that the *Samsung T220* is a TN screen, which is part of your problem right there: The monitor was not designed to be viewed in portrait mode. You might have to bite the bullet and shell out the money for proper screens.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reading Material:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Not All LCD Panels Are Created Equal][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[TFT LCD @ Wikipedia][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TFT_LCD#IPS&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000991.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TFT_LCD" />
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  <row Id="2414" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1393" RevisionGUID="1cbceba3-1f08-4f98-a357-ae6609b83173" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:04:09.173" UserId="965" Text="When you say merge, I take it you want to have one file system that can use all the space currently allocated to /opt and /home?  The only &quot;right&quot; way I know how to do this is recreate the partitions, make them part of a LVM physical volume, and create a logical volume on top of it.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you just need to borrow space that's allocated to one and use it in the other?  You can use `mount --bind` if you don't want to use symlinks.  " />
  <row Id="2416" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1386" RevisionGUID="619d0e7b-e139-418d-a9f7-c57a20643225" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:06:01.807" UserId="939" Comment="improved formatting" Text="Background&#xD;&#xA;==========&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are obviously multiple variables involved here, so there is not a one-size fits-all response. These variables include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Existing company/corporate policies&#xD;&#xA;-----------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any policies involving security mandates (such as the requirement to run the company configured AV) may make this decision a non-issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Variability of the &quot;production&quot; environment.&#xD;&#xA;----------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this an application that is being deployed in a controlled environment OR a limited environment then it is a good idea to duplicate that production environment for your testbeds. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If however, this is an application that is going to be released &quot;into the wild&quot; then there is obviously no way to test for all possible production configurations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Development and testing environment&#xD;&#xA;-----------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;If there is a formal testing/QA team and environment or even just a build server, then this is likely the best place to mimic the production environment, not the developers machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Security Concerns&#xD;&#xA;-----------------&#xD;&#xA;This is an book all to itself, but the security concerns may outweigh any of the particular trade-offs to the developers machines. This depends on such things as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Sensitivity of the data and/or code&#xD;&#xA;  - Connectivity to outside networks/internet&#xD;&#xA;  - Removable media&#xD;&#xA;  - much much more&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Developer's Machine Performance&#xD;&#xA;-------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;The obvious here is the performance hit during development due to the CPU and I/O tax introduced by the virus scanner. The not so obvious is the potential impacts are:&#xD;&#xA;  -  Downtime associated with the contraction of a virus/trojan/malware and subsequent removal&#xD;&#xA;  - Performance impact of the virus/malware if no AV software is present to detect and notify the user such that they continue to work with the virus/malware present.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using virtual machines or have a development image or have regular backups, this downtime potential maybe insignificant. If the developer is going to have to reinstall and reconfigure everything on his/her machine from scratch (depending on the severity of the virus) then the downtime could be a severe penalty.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Probability of Contraction&#xD;&#xA;--------------------------&#xD;&#xA;The probability that a virus/malware will be contracted by the developers machine is a huge wildcard/unknown. However, if you are working on a closed network and don't bring in much outside media, the risk is obviously much lower than if all of the machines are directly connected to the internet. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the development environment is Mac OSX or Solaris or Linux, etc then the probability of contraction is much lower than on the Windows platform.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if the nature of the development itself increases the exposure of the developers machines to potentially unsafe traffic, this increases the probability of contraction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Recommendations&#xD;&#xA;===============&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Based on these status of the variables above (and probably more) there are several options (in increasing security, decreasing performance order):&#xD;&#xA;  - No AV software at all&#xD;&#xA;  - AV software with no real-time protection but scheduled virus scans during off-hours&#xD;&#xA;  - AV software with real-time protection but exclusions on folders/filetypes involved in the development process&#xD;&#xA;  - AV software with real-time protection and no exclusions&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are obviously a number of variations on these four options (such as ones involving the use of Virtual Machines) but I think this covers the major options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personal Usage&#xD;&#xA;--------------&#xD;&#xA;For what it's worth, I personally use Symantec Corporate at work and Avast Free Edition at home. I have real-time protection enabled with the only exclusions being for my Virtual Machine folders/vmdk files. I do some of my development in the host and some of it in the guest. I do C# and native C++ development for the windows platform and find the performance penalties manageable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2421" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="1098" RevisionGUID="83ae655b-950a-43f3-b348-991843cbcbd4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:07:32.877" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="3" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:4,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Joel Spolsky&quot;}]" />
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  <row Id="2423" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1395" RevisionGUID="3ba752f0-1941-473c-9850-805e4501b729" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:07:47.120" UserId="371" Text="My organization is primarily a Dell shop running Windows.  Most are recent models that support [IPMI][1] 2.0. (Dell 1950, for example).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At a minimum I'd like to use IPMI to perform remote chassis power on/off, such as when a server is hung and no one is available at the NOC to hard boot it.  Then, I'd like to see what else it can do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Configuring it is not easy.  I've tried the [ipmiutil][2] tool.  I was able to view [BMC][3] configuration and configure it to some degree.  I don't think I understand the configuration requirements well enough to know how to enable it.  I'm also aware of an [ipmitool][4] tool, but it only runs on Unix/Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'd like to do is share the same ethernet port for server OS and BMC, since it's an option, giving the BMC its own IP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may be thinking: &quot;Doesn't Dell have a [DRAC][5] card that does IPMI and more?&quot;  Yes, and we have the DRAC 5 cards in all of these.  Configuring that for remote power management has been just as much of a mystery.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any direction would be greatly appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_Platform_Management_Interface&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ipmiutil.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseboard_Management_Controller&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://ipmitool.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_DRAC" />
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  <row Id="2425" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1395" RevisionGUID="3ba752f0-1941-473c-9850-805e4501b729" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:07:47.120" UserId="371" Text="&lt;ipmi&gt;&lt;drac&gt;&lt;remote&gt;&lt;power-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="2426" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1396" RevisionGUID="1555e67c-d9a0-449c-9b9b-9c740ed4bfac" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:08:10.520" UserId="475" Text="Not offense to Brent Ozar, but Chad Boyd also has a very good series of SQL checklists:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [Pre-SQL Installation][1] &#xD;&#xA;- [Post-SQL Installation][2]&#xD;&#xA;- [Pre-Cluster Installation][3]&#xD;&#xA;- [Post-Cluster Configuration][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The cluster checklists, in particular, are invaluable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.mssqltips.com/blogs/chadboyd/pages/checklist-3-pre-sql-installation.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.mssqltips.com/blogs/chadboyd/pages/checklist-4-post-sql-installation.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://blogs.mssqltips.com/blogs/chadboyd/pages/checklist-1-pre-cluster-installation.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://blogs.mssqltips.com/blogs/chadboyd/pages/checklist-2-post-cluster-configuration.aspx" />
  <row Id="2427" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1397" RevisionGUID="d11a3b48-cca5-4209-ae40-04c8ec6c2287" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:08:25.137" UserId="710" Text="[Yugma][1] is a free alternative that I've used before.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With priced options there is &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [WebEx][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [GoToMeeting][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [Yugma Pro][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.yugma.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://webex.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/?Portal=gotomeeting.com&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: https://www.yugma.com/products/product_tour.php" />
  <row Id="2430" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1391" RevisionGUID="0d6b6d7d-199a-495b-8a25-e90149846238" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:08:35.777" UserId="913" Comment="added 184 characters in body" Text="You might want to look into naturally pivot-able LCD's or screens that utilize [IPS][1] LCD technology. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IPS LCDs are typically known for better viewing angles than monitors that utilize TN. I am pretty sure (judging from the price) that the *Samsung T220* is a TN screen, which is part of your problem right there. Also the monitor was not designed to be viewed in portrait mode. So as I see it you have two options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Buy an IPS LCD (expensive).&#xD;&#xA; 2. Test out a TN screen with pivot ability out of the box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you Google around you should be able to find some IPS monitors that also pivot into portrait mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reading Material:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Not All LCD Panels Are Created Equal][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[TFT LCD @ Wikipedia][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TFT_LCD#IPS&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000991.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TFT_LCD" />
  <row Id="2431" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="850" RevisionGUID="8f75ed52-a3c1-48aa-ad5a-2432abba659f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:08:51.173" UserId="2" Comment="deleted 62 characters in body" Text="Microsoft has a lot of documentation about their somewhat new load balancing and request routing module for IIS7 located here: http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2009/02/16/iis7-request-routing-and-load-balancing-module-released.aspx, but I'd like to know if anyone has experience using it in production.  What are a few pros / cons to using this module instead of another solution such as HAProxy?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2433" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1399" RevisionGUID="80935976-b850-4435-b1f5-f1e02fd28719" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:09:25.870" UserId="966" Text="I have a nice large raid 5 (4x500gig sata2) for backup, torrents, and upnp streaming to my xbox. Origionally I ran windows on it and got fedup with lack of support for apache and a few other linux things I was used to. (Try to get svn to mirror a repo in windows - much harder then it has to be.) So I switched to Ubuntu linux and beat my head over poor support upnp support. I can't say everything was broken but barely any the programs I used ever seemed finished.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I now run windows home server with a few additions. WHS supports upnp streaming for video after you get it's updates (sorta out of the box) and adding something to properly stream the audio is very easy (google around the forums)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;uTorrent (like most torrent programs) can pull torrents out of a folder and move them somewhere else and start torrenting them. There are also lots of instructions for running it as a service. I've also setup dropbox (www.getdropbox.com) so I can &quot;drop&quot; torrents on it from anywhere. And uTorrent has a wonderful little webgui.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I no longer have an ssh client and bash, but I can still backup my repos over smb and I've moved towards git instead of svn so my life isn't any harder on windows. What I really want to be able to do is watch my movies and TV on my TV and not have to play with it every two days. And by golly it finally does that." />
  <row Id="2435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1400" RevisionGUID="546f9eb0-6b99-46e7-97b0-cc174672508d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:10:22.030" UserId="641" Text="On Vista, you can right click on the drive itself in My Computer and select &quot;Safety Remove Hardware&quot;" />
  <row Id="2436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1401" RevisionGUID="c6aa19ec-a31d-4b27-b965-3d23283cf590" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:10:35.290" UserId="102" Text="Here's an article I've stumbled upon that describes how to configure an Ubuntu box to be recognized as something to use with Time Machine by OSX. I've meant to hack this together on my Gentoo, but never got around to do, so I'm not making guarantees of whether it works or not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/06/ubuntu-as-mac-file-server-and-time-machine-volume/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, it's a 6-step guide on making OSX think that your Ubuntu computer is a XServe box, because it will be able to talk AFP and Bonjour.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 1. Modify and install Netatalk (Open Source AFP implementation)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2. Configure Netatalk&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 3. Configure shared volumes (and Time Machine volume)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 4. Install Avahi (Open Source Bonjour implementation)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 5. Configure Avahi and advertise services&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 6. Configure TimeMachine" />
  <row Id="2438" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="148" RevisionGUID="7c38433a-979a-40ff-b92a-efe66f0ae001" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:11:25.210" UserId="1" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="It sounds as if this isn't supported. From this [bug report info][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;There's been a lot of interest in this one, so I'll go into a bit more detail as to what is happening behind the scenes, and what it would mean to implement this functionality.&#xD;&#xA;Some types of index pages are segregated into separate allocation units, while others are mixed in with the data pages.&#xD;&#xA;Where we currently only look at the allocation bitmap to see if an extent is allocated, now we would have to go in and interpret what is stored in each allocation unit. Further, we would now not be able to just do a linear scan of the data files copying data, we'd be skipping around in the file.&#xD;&#xA;All of this interpretation of the data structures would drastically slow down backup. Restore gets even more interesting, because there are a lots of structures that would have to ba fixed up to account for the holes in the backup. Otherwise you'd have allocation maps pointing to pages which weren't backed up, and so have garbage in them, etc. etc.&#xD;&#xA;So, implementing this would mean that we'd save less data, take longer doing it, and take much longer restoring it.&#xD;&#xA;The other facet to consider is that this would take a large amount of engineering effort to get it all right. While that's not your problem on the surface, consider that it means that other features you may want to see wouldn't get built.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=331220&amp;wa=wsignin1.0" />
  <row Id="2439" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1403" RevisionGUID="0279b23d-3ef5-4466-a95b-4799df9ee458" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:12:13.117" UserId="197" Text="I know that it uses the VNC protocol to do it's bidding...is there a way to connect to other VNC servers using it's admin interface as a client?" />
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  <row Id="2441" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1403" RevisionGUID="0279b23d-3ef5-4466-a95b-4799df9ee458" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:12:13.117" UserId="197" Text="&lt;remote-access&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;vnc&gt;" />
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  <row Id="2443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1404" RevisionGUID="a5548879-c415-4ca6-8019-53c8e37a8531" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:14:28.027" UserId="880" Text="No, you'll have to move the files. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even then you still have an issue: you'd have to mount the partition as &quot;/home&quot; and symlink &quot;/home/opt&quot; to /opt." />
  <row Id="2446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1405" RevisionGUID="ed352909-9f17-4855-ab84-0ecc64b0b213" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:16:24.947" UserId="916" Text="When my Ubuntu Apache server (apache2) starts up I get a warning message that reads:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `[warn] NameVirtualHost *:80 has no VirtualHosts`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;however, the web server is working fine... could anyone explain what I might have wrong in my site's configuration to make it give me this warning?" />
  <row Id="2447" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1405" RevisionGUID="ed352909-9f17-4855-ab84-0ecc64b0b213" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:16:24.947" UserId="916" Text="Apache2 Startup warning: NameVirtualHost *:80 has no VirtualHosts" />
  <row Id="2448" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1405" RevisionGUID="ed352909-9f17-4855-ab84-0ecc64b0b213" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:16:24.947" UserId="916" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="2449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1406" RevisionGUID="db3a2ade-d503-420a-b237-4bdd8294a1bc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:16:30.907" UserId="1" Text="Why does Windows Server (2008, in this case, but I've seen the same problem in 2003) seem to have problem synchronizing time? I've seen this error in my System log across a variety of servers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The time service has not synchronized the system time for 86400 seconds because none of the time service providers provided a usable time stamp. The time service will not update the local system time until it is able to synchronize with a time source. If the local system is configured to act as a time server for clients, it will stop advertising as a time source to clients. The time service will continue to retry and sync time with its time sources. Check system event log for other W32time events for more details. Run 'w32tm /resync' to force an instant time synchronization.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Under Control Panel, Date and Time, The Internet Time Settings are set to synchronize with **`time-nw.nist.gov`** ; the last successful sync was 2 days ago, indicating there's some kind of problem. But if I click the &quot;update now&quot; button on that dialog, indeed, it updates with the time!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So why can't windows server reliably time sync via NTP in the background *without* me manually intervening? What am I doing wrong?" />
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  <row Id="2454" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1407" RevisionGUID="a62e5488-50a7-47be-8c17-096b6c21e786" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:17:24.553" UserId="954" Text="I have recently setup a wireless network for a friend's business, and he asked me if there was any way someone could &quot;hack&quot; it.  I assured him it would be extremely difficult once I setup a WPA2 key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This got me thinking, how can I really be sure that no one could perform some type of hack?  I know what types of hacks are out there, but I have no experience in actually performing them. I understand essentially what has to happen in order to perform, for example, a man-in-the-middle attack, but how does one actually fool a victim's ARP component into thinking that the attacker's machine is the gateway? This seems like it would require access to the victim's machine." />
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  <row Id="2456" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1407" RevisionGUID="a62e5488-50a7-47be-8c17-096b6c21e786" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:17:24.553" UserId="954" Text="&lt;wireless-network&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;hacking&gt;&lt;man-in-the-middle&gt;" />
  <row Id="2459" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1408" RevisionGUID="b120e500-709e-417e-a0fe-1b73ac4224e4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:18:46.783" UserId="966" Text="I've got an application I wrote (with cakephp) for the lamp stack and I'm moving it to a windows server. I'm having a lot of trouble with apache for windows (memory and cpu issues) so I would like to use the existing installation of IIS v6 but it seems to lack any url rewriting ability. I have found expensive addins (isapi) but I don't know enough about IIS or the programs around it to know if any are a good idea.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What works and has simple or compatible to mod_rewrite rules that is hopefully free?" />
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  <row Id="2461" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1408" RevisionGUID="b120e500-709e-417e-a0fe-1b73ac4224e4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:18:46.783" UserId="966" Text="&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;php&gt;" />
  <row Id="2462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1409" RevisionGUID="113995e8-90b4-4249-8f5e-63de358d370e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:19:20.853" UserId="171" Text="I replaced the stock coolers on my two graphics cards about 3 years ago with [Zalman VF900-Cu][1] fans and can highly recommend them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The fans are virtually inaudible when set to low speed but still keep the GPUs cool. Even on high speed, they're MUCH quieter than stock coolers. They're very straightforward to install and can usually be re-used when upgrading cards.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.zalman.co.kr/ENG/product/Product_Read.asp?idx=144 &quot;Zalman VF900-Cu VGA coolers&quot;&quot;" />
  <row Id="2463" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1410" RevisionGUID="e637b1fc-043c-4c4a-a301-8b94e5d507b3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:19:50.290" UserId="475" Text="[Office Communications Server][1] might not be that expensive. If your company has licensed the [Enterprise][2] version of Office, it already comes with a Client Access License for Communicator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That makes the price of OCS only $700 (for the server), even if you have thousands of clients. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Food for thought.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/communicationsserver/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/suites/FX101674041033.aspx" />
  <row Id="2464" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1411" RevisionGUID="06e7b1ac-5dcc-4c95-8365-eb3cf7f289a4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:20:00.117" UserId="981" Text="An important consideration is reliability; in the end, both the hardware RAID and the software RAID are just software implementations of the algorithm. Therefore both are susceptible to bugs in software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After many years of running software RAID setups in Linux I've never run into a bug that caused data loss. But I've seen several cases of complete data loss in a very expensive hardware RAID from a reputable manufacturer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Two lessons to learn from this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* RAID is not a backup strategy.&#xD;&#xA;* Just because it's in hardware is no guarantee that it works correctly.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1412" RevisionGUID="0e434253-0af1-47e3-a82e-9b0734d66b4d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:20:56.590" UserId="436" Text="i have a few processes on server windows 2003 servers (latest service packs, etc) that exhibit the same problem .. a random failure to delete a file they should be able to delete. this happens both from software i've written and from batch files (run from the task scheduler).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for example ... i have a program that opens an existing file then creates a log named the same as the file except with a different extension. when my program is done processing the file, it moves it to a subdirectory called &quot;done&quot; and then deletes the log. sometimes, however, my delete fails. there is no virus scanner installed on the machine that might keep the file open. my software is the only software that does anything with this file - heck, it created the file. and, yet, the file fails to delete. this software processes over 5000 files a week. some weeks i'll never get the error, others it will happen one or two times, apparently randomly. it is not a rights access thing and i'm baffled. it is not a problem i can replicate on demand; it just happens sometimes. it happens on multiple servers and from batch files as well as from my software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;has anyone encountered anything like this? i put an error trap in the delete and it appears to be getting an &quot;Accessed Denied&quot; type of error on delete.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;tia,&#xD;&#xA;don" />
  <row Id="2466" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1412" RevisionGUID="0e434253-0af1-47e3-a82e-9b0734d66b4d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:20:56.590" UserId="436" Text="file delete in server 2003 fails sometimes" />
  <row Id="2467" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1412" RevisionGUID="0e434253-0af1-47e3-a82e-9b0734d66b4d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:20:56.590" UserId="436" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="2468" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="162" RevisionGUID="8739cae6-820a-45c7-832d-7a69bdcbf749" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:21:28.523" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="3" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:4,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Joel Spolsky&quot;}]" />
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  <row Id="2470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1413" RevisionGUID="c99dc0bb-5cfb-4f02-9adb-ad02de73ada4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:21:34.513" UserId="942" Text="That could be because you have the NameVirtualHost directive in more than one place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know about other distributions, but in Ubuntu/Debian, Apache's configuration is split in several files, so you'd have to check where the duplication is (httpd.conf, apache2.conf, ports.conf, conf.d/*).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and I just found this great resource with more information: [Common Apache Misconfigurations][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/CommonMisconfigurations" />
  <row Id="2471" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="162" RevisionGUID="369bafbd-e22f-4000-9123-ec64b0b9b8b8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:21:40.083" UserId="-1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:4,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Joel Spolsky&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="2472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1414" RevisionGUID="49c29d5d-5593-4547-9ac4-a35cfd069dde" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:22:43.573" UserId="977" Text="You have a NameVirtualHost without a matching VirtualHost entry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is typically not fatal, just an informative error." />
  <row Id="2473" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1415" RevisionGUID="b23fdace-bfc3-4cd7-8e28-2bd2e677a21f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:25:07.920" UserId="966" Text="I've had a lot of trouble with GFI and spam assassin. Both are good products but lack any decent detection rates. And depending on your setup (especially with multiple servers) you'll run into a lot of config problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I ended up doing was going with the now google owned [Postini][1] and I haven't looked back. It &quot;just works&quot; (you set your MX records to them and reject email not from their servers in your firewall) and is very powerful and you can get it as low as $1.50 a mailbox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You get a quarantine email at the end of the day with a list of subjects it picked up and you can just click deliver next the email you want. It also filters out &quot;blatant spam&quot; that doesn't even hit your quarantine. My company used to get sever hundred spam messages a day per mail box (about 40 boxes) and where GFI would catch about %75 of them, postini catches much closer to %99. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dealing with spam used to take up a lot of my time, now Its rare when I get complaints about it in a week.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.postini.com &quot;Postini&quot;" />
  <row Id="2474" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1416" RevisionGUID="35fe694b-ca89-494d-a4fd-7d602cebc53b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:25:29.217" UserId="984" Text="I have used several unstable/testing packages, but I don't use testing/unstable.  You can use things like [Apt Pinning][1], [backports][2], or you yourself can backport the specific packages you need for your environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.debian.org/AptPinning&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php" />
  <row Id="2475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1417" RevisionGUID="4c72a053-7986-42ec-b58c-12cbefaa0627" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:25:44.970" UserId="859" Text="Are you sure it is /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc?  By convention /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc are individual disks and not partitions on a disk.  Disk partitions typically have a number associated with them (i.e. /dev/sdb1, /dev/sdb2, /dev/sdc1, etc).  You cannot merge partitions on separate physical hard drives, you have to move the data from one to the other.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As has already been said by others, it's not really possible to merge them.  You'd have to move the data and resize the partitions appropriately." />
  <row Id="2476" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1418" RevisionGUID="60944790-cd96-4440-bb35-28e094f2a542" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:26:09.027" UserId="475" Text="From my experience, disk I/O is the largest bottleneck. After much experimentation, here's what we settled on for our standard Hyper-V server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Dell PowerEdge 2970&#xD;&#xA;- Dual quad-core AMD procs&#xD;&#xA;- 16GB RAM&#xD;&#xA;- 8 x 146GB SAS 15,000 drives in RAID 10&#xD;&#xA;- Cost after discounts: $3000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're able to comfortably run 6-10 guests on each box, doing similar things (CI, dev servers, load testing, etc). " />
  <row Id="2477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1419" RevisionGUID="b52d15d9-30d5-4e3e-8e66-38adda877d26" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:27:04.687" UserId="710" Text="Jeff, I found this [article][1].  Might be of some help to you.  You might have already read this but I thought it was worth a shot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ashbaughonline.com/2006/11/25/the-time-service-has-not-synchronized-the-system-time-for-86400-seconds-because-none-of-the-time-service-providers-provided-a-usable-time-stamp/" />
  <row Id="2479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1421" RevisionGUID="3c414ee5-3494-449e-affa-dedbd9b16c1c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:28:59.643" UserId="757" Text="After uninstalling Symantec Enpoint Protection (manually) one computer (Windows XP) has an inoperative NIC; it shows up in device manager as conflicted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried doing a windows repair from CD, which did not improve the situation.  When I went to reinstall the drivers, driver installation failed with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Cannot install this hardware&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; The system cannot find the file&#xD;&#xA;&gt; specified&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've deleted the NIC in device manager without improvement." />
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  <row Id="2483" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1422" RevisionGUID="7bc4d2da-5d41-46f8-a6ca-bf2c958756cd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:29:27.863" UserId="983" Text="When Jeff and the StackOverflow team were interviewed on Hanselminutes last fall, Scott was critical of some of the decisions that were made with respect to securing the StackOverflow servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is, what is the recommended approach to securing a website? Assuming I'm developing an ASP.Net application with a SQL Server database on a separate physical machine, what steps do I need to take to secure my environment from attacks?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="2485" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1422" RevisionGUID="7bc4d2da-5d41-46f8-a6ca-bf2c958756cd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:29:27.863" UserId="983" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;asp.net&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="2486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1423" RevisionGUID="e427e1db-5b73-4a8c-85b3-09920e1100c6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:30:28.783" UserId="988" Text="Is there any tool on Linux to automatically modify iptables so as to block a troublesome client based on an analysis of the Apache log? I help run a site that sometimes get overwhelmed by requests from a particular user. The only solution is to add an entry in iptables to block the offending client. Its usually too late by the time I can react manually - hence, I would like some rule based mechanism to modify the iptables. I would guess that some kind of fuzzly logic or statistical analysis would be necessary." />
  <row Id="2487" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1423" RevisionGUID="e427e1db-5b73-4a8c-85b3-09920e1100c6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:30:28.783" UserId="988" Text="Automatically modify iptables based on Apache log data to block badly behaved clients" />
  <row Id="2488" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1423" RevisionGUID="e427e1db-5b73-4a8c-85b3-09920e1100c6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:30:28.783" UserId="988" Text="&lt;iptables&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="2489" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1405" RevisionGUID="1414689b-ede5-4de9-b117-dbaa4ee5fee9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:30:34.523" UserId="916" Comment="additional details" Text="When my Ubuntu Apache server (apache2) starts up I get a warning message that reads:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `[warn] NameVirtualHost *:80 has no VirtualHosts`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;however, the web server is working fine... could anyone explain what I might have wrong in my site's configuration to make it give me this warning?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the config file in question (located in `/etc/apache2/sites-available`) reads like this (details removed for brevity)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Location /mysite&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            # config details here...&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        # use the following for authorization&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;LocationMatch &quot;/mysite/login&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            AuthType Basic&#xD;&#xA;            AuthName &quot;My Site&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            AuthUserFile /etc/sitepasswords/passwd&#xD;&#xA;            Require valid-user&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/LocationMatch&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could the fact that I'm using `&lt;Location&gt;` be a part of the problem?" />
  <row Id="2490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1424" RevisionGUID="cf459bfe-3f64-46e3-837f-0419769995e6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:30:45.193" UserId="436" Text="i've used radmin for this purpose. it allows file transfer, etc. iirc costs about $50 &#xD;&#xA;http://www.radmin.com&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2491" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1425" RevisionGUID="cb756c96-b19c-4fda-887f-19cf3cc140b8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:32:01.743" UserId="616" Text="We've used both LiveMeeting and Webex with good results.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2492" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1426" RevisionGUID="c092c308-6101-4ee3-928b-de5c6d480a32" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:33:23.470" UserId="757" Text="Delete the following registry value and then restart the machine:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network\Config &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found the solution in a [forum][1].  The original discoverer had to make a very expensive call to Microsoft support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-server-help/20016.htm#post4238629" />
  <row Id="2493" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1427" RevisionGUID="432e425e-3904-434e-8caf-53511b592559" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:34:28.430" UserId="211" Text="I can recommend [Spiceworks][1], it's free (unobtrusive ads) and while I only tested for a few days it seems pretty good. I found it to be easy to use and have a lot of features.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.spiceworks.com/" />
  <row Id="2494" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1428" RevisionGUID="353936c0-f59f-4281-a84b-968b9dfb4e29" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:34:44.793" UserId="385" Text="Some things that come to mind:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Web server in DMZ behind hardware firewall&#xD;&#xA; - SQL Server in separate DMZ/private network separated from Web server by hardware firewall&#xD;&#xA; - Uninstall/disable all unnecessary services on web server. &#xD;&#xA; - Web server not on a domain.&#xD;&#xA; - Minimize local accounts on web server.&#xD;&#xA; - use URLScan (even if on IIS 6.0) because of web server fingerprinting&#xD;&#xA; - Use IPSEC policy on web server to block all traffic inbound/bound to SQL Server to only ports that are necessary.&#xD;&#xA; - Use a non-privileged SQL Server login with minimal rights (whatever it needs to access the database for the application) as the login to connect back to SQL Server.&#xD;&#xA; - Disable default user accounts. Create new accounts with non-standard names. Use those to run services, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2495" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1429" RevisionGUID="ca8926f9-66e3-4e52-bd3b-bdb39f790ac6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:35:10.753" UserId="671" Text="I'll preface this by saying that I'm biased since I actually run a dynamic DNS service (for the last decade).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Essentially any service that has been around for more than a couple of years and has servers at more than one location should do the trick for a home user.  The basic hostname service at any provider will be about the same.  What it really comes down to is support. DynDNS.com has excellent support for less technologically advanced users, and as others have mentioned, has seen widespread support from the hardware vendors in their devices as well.  My service, for example, is geared more toward advanced users who know what they want without too much fluff to get in the way.  Some services will also handle e-mail forwarding for you if you need it (mine does not).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is an excellent list of DNS services at [Technopagan][1].  This list has been around for years and has been kept fairly updated with great information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.technopagan.org/dynamic/" />
  <row Id="2496" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="1422" RevisionGUID="70c091fc-f95e-4b0d-b226-1ede4ce9e299" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:35:31.890" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="3" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:4,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Joel Spolsky&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="2497" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1430" RevisionGUID="ec44a3d0-9781-41ec-949b-4d44b0e67ee2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:35:40.033" UserId="942" Text="You may need to [remove the registry entries][1] that still point to that NIC, and also change the card to another slot for good measure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oops, seems Justin beat me to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/72813/jsi-tip-1488-how-do-i-remove-a-nic-from-the-registry.html" />
  <row Id="2498" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="961" RevisionGUID="7d4e9da2-a65b-42bf-af29-bc84f8ce7485" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:35:57.163" UserId="414" />
  <row Id="2499" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1431" RevisionGUID="63029a45-cedd-46ae-a379-8ce36b586f2d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:37:11.060" UserId="984" Text="Planning a good partitioning structure is heavily dependent on actually knowing how you are going to use the 'server'.  Any random advice that doesn't take the actual services that will be provided isn't going to be particularly useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example if it is a debian-based box that will be used for mysql you might want a seperate partitions for /,/var, and /var/lib/mysql.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it going to be a file server with lots of shared storage?  You might want a /, /home, and /srv partitions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a box running only squid, you might want on partition for /, and one partition on a fast disk for the squid spool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you are planning your partitions it is very helpful to have a good understanding of the [Filesystem Hierarchy Standard][1] and if/how your chose distro deviates from the standard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using [LVM][2] can make it much easier to change your mind in the future and adjust your partitions without having to reboot., and its ability to create snapshots can be very easy to create good backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/" />
  <row Id="2500" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1432" RevisionGUID="fe19318f-0213-4475-ac3b-fac374ea2abe" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:38:56.000" UserId="593" Text="Yes.  In Finder, use Command-K (or use the Go-&gt;Connect to Server...) menu command, and type&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  vnc://host:port&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;as the connection string.  You will be prompted for a password, if necessary." />
  <row Id="2501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1433" RevisionGUID="169b51f0-14b0-4cfa-9644-91f12bb89c33" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:39:27.670" UserId="436" Text="i take a drill with a 3/8&quot; bit and drill 4 holes through the drive ... making sure to hit the platters. steve gibson of http://www.grc.com gave the advice of drilling holes in the drive on one of his podcasts a while back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-don" />
  <row Id="2502" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1309" RevisionGUID="72ffd509-ec5e-4358-99c7-5e7e4f0b2f24" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:39:52.193" UserId="271" Comment="fixed grammar" Text="I would not install any antivirus software on those machines assuming the following points:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The computer runs behind a router with built in firewall, MAC address filtering and NAT.&#xD;&#xA; - Only needed ports are open&#xD;&#xA; - Windows firewall is enabled&#xD;&#xA; - Developers only install software that they need to get things done from trusted sites&#xD;&#xA; - No pirated software is used&#xD;&#xA; - Operating systems are updated regularly&#xD;&#xA; - Devs do not visit *underground sites* &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On dev machines you want maximum performance and antivirus software is a known antonym of performance. Besides this [antivirus are not so effective][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.h-online.com/security/Antivirus-protection-worse-than-a-year-ago--/news/100900" />
  <row Id="2503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1434" RevisionGUID="88b770b6-cfda-43c7-b16a-38af3e07ce1a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:41:27.320" UserId="998" Text="I have used [DynDns.com][1] and [No-IP][2] for years.  Both have been dependable for me. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As commented by [Kevin Dante][3], find one that is supported by your router.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dyndns.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.no-ip.com/services/managed%5Fdns/free%5Fdynamic%5Fdns.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1239/dynamic-dns/1244#1244" />
  <row Id="2504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1435" RevisionGUID="ac4da57f-b7c8-44a4-9c7b-5083f70f0e8c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:41:33.780" UserId="880" Text="http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-unattended-ubuntu-network-install is a pretty fair tutorial on the subject. " />
  <row Id="2505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1436" RevisionGUID="fd9db3e1-5af6-447b-8488-211c5ceec4f3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:41:50.173" UserId="545" Text="when trying to run the Group policy I get the above message.Several systems are affected all WinXP with SP3 and latest updates. Any ideas on how to get the editor back to working mode ?&#xD;&#xA;I get a CLSID: {8FC0B734-A0E1-11D1-A7D3-0000F87571E3}" />
  <row Id="2506" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1436" RevisionGUID="fd9db3e1-5af6-447b-8488-211c5ceec4f3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:41:50.173" UserId="545" Text="MMC could not create the snap-in" />
  <row Id="2507" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1436" RevisionGUID="fd9db3e1-5af6-447b-8488-211c5ceec4f3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:41:50.173" UserId="545" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;professional&gt;&lt;mmc&gt;" />
  <row Id="2508" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1437" RevisionGUID="f0d2489d-4c98-40ca-91f1-10891c14d20c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:41:52.937" UserId="829" Text="For most machines, I do&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    100MB /boot&#xD;&#xA;    1GB * NUMBER_OF_USERS /home&#xD;&#xA;    10GB /var/log&#xD;&#xA;    10GB /var&#xD;&#xA;    REST /&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In some cases, this will need to be switched, but I'm pretty adamant about users not getting more than 1GB of space on a server.  If they need more, they can use /tmp, with the understanding that it will be deleted via cron nightly." />
  <row Id="2509" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1438" RevisionGUID="d6c63797-e3f1-46ed-b850-c99f4601f68a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:42:04.683" UserId="385" Text="If you delay the file delete by just one second, does the problem go away? Are you capable of doing so? If that is the case, it's a potential locking issue, maybe even from the original process." />
  <row Id="2510" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1439" RevisionGUID="a09d1ed5-3d00-4057-98ea-ad8bd3db1054" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:42:15.570" UserId="757" Text="I have one computer (Windows XP) which cannot successfully the automatic updates to MS Office.  It downloads the updates, but installation fails." />
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  <row Id="2512" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1439" RevisionGUID="a09d1ed5-3d00-4057-98ea-ad8bd3db1054" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:42:15.570" UserId="757" Text="&lt;ms-office&gt;&lt;wsus&gt;&lt;updates&gt;&lt;windows-installer&gt;" />
  <row Id="2513" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1440" RevisionGUID="96dd0f00-403e-4524-828c-6155059137e6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:42:19.520" UserId="1006" Text="It's because your NameVirtualHost line has a port number on it (`:80`), but your VirtualHost sections don't." />
  <row Id="2514" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1441" RevisionGUID="bc08cacc-82da-47fd-adb1-c61a4ba91f16" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:42:45.757" UserId="991" Text="I am looking at re purposing some hardware and build out a virtual environment.  I am looking to use the LeftHand VSA (Virtual Storage Appliance) to serve the local disks as a SAN to the virtual machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The heaviest  app would be a Microsoft SQL database with 50 concurrent client connections, pulling light medical records. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have any real world experience with the product and what is you take on it? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you,&#xD;&#xA;Keith" />
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  <row Id="2516" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1441" RevisionGUID="bc08cacc-82da-47fd-adb1-c61a4ba91f16" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:42:45.757" UserId="991" Text="&lt;san&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;database&gt;" />
  <row Id="2517" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1442" RevisionGUID="062cab1c-ba53-438b-b8fc-057d9120cdcc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:43:03.527" UserId="757" Text="Appears to be a problem with the windows installer service.  Resolve by command line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    msiexec /unregister&#xD;&#xA;    msiexec /regserver&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2518" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1443" RevisionGUID="0a228fc1-42d2-498a-b299-0c1347f0f201" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:43:34.150" UserId="829" Text="You can use something like [fail2ban][1], which IIRC, has an Apache log checker built in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.fail2ban.org/" />
  <row Id="2519" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1444" RevisionGUID="f4b287fc-7ef6-4228-9028-83934582bee9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:44:18.203" UserId="391" Text="You might want to consider using iptables to rate-limit incoming connections." />
  <row Id="2520" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1091" RevisionGUID="207c68dc-1234-4000-a12e-fbc49bfb4530" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:45:13.927" UserId="246" Comment="updates for more clarity of the question" Text="For this I am specifically referring to running websites on Windows, but it's not specific to IIS. We sometimes run Tomcat as well. Now obviously there are many hardware and software options to go with here and there are many points to consider in the windows world like sticky sessions and state that is sometimes inherent in a web app.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So what I'm looking for is any good experiences with effective load balancing strategies be they hardware or software based and reasons to justify the business costs related to this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In response to some deeper probing questions from Paul, I personally would be looking for least-loaded load balancing and definitely with session fail over. Now this kind of thing could also be handled by something like Memcached or something similar. SSL termination is very much dependent on whether you're going the hardware or software route, but then I may as well answer my own question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The volumes could be anything from a start-up with the plan towards hopefully growing exponentially without presenting users with the infamous Fail Whale...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The question specifically asks what load balancing strategies have been effective for you in the past for running websites on windows. If the strategy you propose is hardware load balancing where SSL Termination occurs at the load balancer for instance, and you elaborate on why that turned out to be a good strategy for you, then that will have helped answer my question. Right now, I just don't have enough experience with different methods and alternatives, hence my question." />
  <row Id="2522" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1446" RevisionGUID="4717023e-2859-46fc-b898-4a0ea5b6d3d6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:46:00.023" UserId="984" Text="I really like using [firehol][1] ([package][2]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To create setup rules you like you would need to edit the file /etc/default/firehol and change START_FIREHOL=YES&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And you would want to make your /etc/firehol/firehol.conf look like this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    version 5&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    interface any IfAll&#xD;&#xA;        client any AnyClient accept&#xD;&#xA;        server &quot;ssh http https&quot; accept&#xD;&#xA;        # Accept everything from trusted networks&#xD;&#xA;        server anystateless AllInside accept src &quot;10.3.27.0/24&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the great things about firehol is the 'try' command.  You can adjust your configuration file and do a 'firehol try', if you where connected via ssh, and something about what you changed killed your network access then firehol will revert the changes.  To have the changes actually go into effect, you must say commit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://firehol.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/firehol&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1447" RevisionGUID="ad6623a6-45ef-4b0a-abb9-2ff50b8e15d6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:46:11.227" UserId="966" Text="Some versions of OSX crash a lot when connected to a windows 2003 server that has active directory enabled. They seem to have fixed it at some point but I couldn't tell you when. So keep up to date. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on who gets the machine, you may or may not want to enable network logon. While you can restrict user access (using parental controls) you might just want to make the user *not* an administrator and leave it at that as many apps self update and spawn other apps, so restricting them can lead to trouble. I've always giving my mac users full aministrative access and never saw any of the problems crop up that I've seen my windows users get into when they have full admin access to their boxes. There's basically no spyware or virus's for the mac, it makes it a lot easier to maintain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also note that every mac has &quot;internet sharing&quot; capability that comes with a DHCP server which can cause trouble.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also enable imap in exchange and let them use apple's &quot;Mail&quot;. It's worlds better then entourage. Also the address book has ldap support built in. There's nothing else special to the mac that comes to mind." />
  <row Id="2524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1448" RevisionGUID="7a8a807a-b3af-42fb-80fd-8624998bfcc2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:46:47.667" UserId="757" Text="I have a few users complaining about the `document was sent to printer` messages that show up from the system tray.  Can they be turned off?" />
  <row Id="2525" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1448" RevisionGUID="7a8a807a-b3af-42fb-80fd-8624998bfcc2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:46:47.667" UserId="757" Text="Can I disable the &quot;Document was sent to printer&quot; messages?" />
  <row Id="2526" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1448" RevisionGUID="7a8a807a-b3af-42fb-80fd-8624998bfcc2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:46:47.667" UserId="757" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;printing&gt;&lt;annoyance&gt;" />
  <row Id="2527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1449" RevisionGUID="558fd279-76fb-4d2e-bb6b-525ff92f98ab" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:46:51.503" UserId="271" Text="I use [Microsoft SharedView][1] It works great in VISTA and it's very easy to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=94" />
  <row Id="2528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1450" RevisionGUID="9c85069e-2d07-4b77-b42e-7b7630f2f3f3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:47:23.157" UserId="757" Text="   1. Printers and Faxes&#xD;&#xA;   2. File Menu&#xD;&#xA;   3. Server Properties&#xD;&#xA;   4. Advanced tab&#xD;&#xA;   5. Informational messages for network printers (checkbox) " />
  <row Id="2529" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1412" RevisionGUID="5605eb10-1674-41ae-82b4-4cad96664d69" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:48:04.123" UserId="436" Comment="added 605 characters in body" Text="i have a few processes on server windows 2003 servers (latest service packs, etc) that exhibit the same problem .. a random failure to delete a file they should be able to delete. this happens both from software i've written and from batch files (run from the task scheduler).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for example ... i have a program that opens an existing file then creates a log named the same as the file except with a different extension. when my program is done processing the file, it moves it to a subdirectory called &quot;done&quot; and then deletes the log. sometimes, however, my delete fails. there is no virus scanner installed on the machine that might keep the file open. my software is the only software that does anything with this file - heck, it created the file. and, yet, the file fails to delete. this software processes over 5000 files a week. some weeks i'll never get the error, others it will happen one or two times, apparently randomly. it is not a rights access thing and i'm baffled. it is not a problem i can replicate on demand; it just happens sometimes. it happens on multiple servers and from batch files as well as from my software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;has anyone encountered anything like this? i put an error trap in the delete and it appears to be getting an &quot;Accessed Denied&quot; type of error on delete.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;tia,&#xD;&#xA;don&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--- ADDENDUM&#xD;&#xA;just another note ... yes, i tried delaying the delete after i close the file (see comment below). further, one of the batch files that i have does this ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if exist my_lockfile.txt goto exit_this_batch&#xD;&#xA;    echo here is a lock file &gt; my_lockfile.txt&#xD;&#xA;    call someother_program&#xD;&#xA;    call more_programs&#xD;&#xA;    call there_is_always_a_delay_of_at_least_a_minute_here&#xD;&#xA;    del my_lockfile.txt&#xD;&#xA;    :exit_this_batch&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the batch file above ... about 1 in 10000 times will fail to delete. the delay between the creation with echo and the del is always at least a minute. weird.&#xD;&#xA;-don&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1452" RevisionGUID="f0bfe19f-2201-42ae-b6f4-80a26c2da220" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:49:45.960" UserId="385" Text="We prefer a hardware load balancer solution with redundant hardware. We also use our load balancer as the SSL termination point. It does not handle session failover. It relies on the web server to do that. For instance, we use to have Weblogic servers configured to handle session failover. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1453" RevisionGUID="4dcaedfa-8752-4b37-9d2b-8d06fe9f5b4c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:50:53.540" UserId="859" Text="I run a web server that hosts three different domains using named virtual hosts.  What do I need to do to enable SSL connections (https) to these domains?" />
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  <row Id="2535" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1438" RevisionGUID="a9424157-314b-427b-95db-ccfc8bd2cfd3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:51:30.683" UserId="385" Comment="added 149 characters in body" Text="If you delay the file delete by just one second, does the problem go away? Are you capable of doing so? If that is the case, it's a potential locking issue, maybe even from the original process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since it's not a file locking issue by the original process, are there multiple processes that peer into the directory in question?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1454" RevisionGUID="ecb3e90e-e45e-4084-88ec-ccdacb090283" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:51:46.080" UserId="665" Text="You might want to invest in a utility that disables the creation of .DS_Store files on network volumes.  Otherwise you'll find these little files popping up all over your network volumes as the Mac users use them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use an app called [Cocktail][1] for this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.maintain.se/cocktail/index.php" />
  <row Id="2539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1456" RevisionGUID="92880146-3d84-4208-a715-391aa2452a0f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:52:47.323" UserId="981" Text="If your internal domain is [`.local`][1], you will have a problem resolving names via DNS. There is an [old solution on Mac OS X Hints][2] which describes a solution:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I created a company.local file in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `/etc/resolver`, and populated this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; file with the nameservers for the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `company.local` AD domain. This allows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Mac OS X to use standard DNS to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; resolve `company.local` (or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `subdomain.company.local`), while&#xD;&#xA;&gt; still allowing Rendezvous to operate&#xD;&#xA;&gt; as expected. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; The only drawback I've seen to this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; approach is that the nameservers in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this `company.local` file don't update&#xD;&#xA;&gt; via DHCP, so I have to update them&#xD;&#xA;&gt; manually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here][3] is a more official support document from Apple which will parse your existing `/etc/resolv.conf` to populate the file in `/etc/resolvers`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.local&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040806232315819&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2385" />
  <row Id="2540" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1457" RevisionGUID="cee18c67-c844-4818-b03b-a33a922f0af1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:53:00.210" UserId="1004" Text="VirtualBox, VMWare or VirtualPC/Server?&#xD;&#xA;I want setup a virtual machine in a pendrive, and I'm confused about what software I use, What is best considering portability. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="2541" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1457" RevisionGUID="cee18c67-c844-4818-b03b-a33a922f0af1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:53:00.210" UserId="1004" Text="What the best portable virtual machine?" />
  <row Id="2542" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1457" RevisionGUID="cee18c67-c844-4818-b03b-a33a922f0af1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:53:00.210" UserId="1004" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;virtual-machine&gt;&lt;portable&gt;&lt;portable-apps&gt;" />
  <row Id="2543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1458" RevisionGUID="5d8dc1b9-d062-4bff-82bc-0f08245bf483" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:54:20.300" UserId="246" Text="Try adding &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;%SystemRoot%\System32\WBEM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To your PATH in Environment Variables.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the [link][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/826282" />
  <row Id="2544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1459" RevisionGUID="d936e4e9-568c-4ee3-837f-1518f52294a9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:54:42.047" UserId="160" Text=" * [Ionic's Isapi Rewrite Filter][1]&#xD;&#xA; * [ISAPI_Rewrite Lite][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you will need more control over the process, or simply want to learn more, check also these links:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Rewrite URL / Implement URL Rewriting in ASP.NET][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [A Complete URL Rewriting Solution for ASP.NET 2.0][4]&#xD;&#xA; - [Url Rewriting with ASP.NET ][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codeplex.com/IIRF&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.isapirewrite.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.aspnetworld.com/articles/2004011901.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.simple-talk.com/dotnet/asp.net/a-complete-url-rewriting-solution-for-asp.net-2.0/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/02/26/tip-trick-url-rewriting-with-asp-net.aspx" />
  <row Id="2545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1460" RevisionGUID="67f13840-0b37-400a-bb01-634f02272a29" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:55:50.780" UserId="385" Text="Use something like DBAN. Then physically destroy the drive by smashing it into little pieces with a sledgehammer. The US Marine Corps back in the late 80s/early 90s came up with this solution while my father was still in. You may throw in a more modern technique of degaussing your HD before the physical destruction step.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2546" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1461" RevisionGUID="b35af860-54f2-4c50-84e5-ff64b9c40474" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:56:05.053" UserId="1011" Text="We're a trading shop, so we've got users running two(or more machines) with at least two monitors connected to each machine. The traders demand that we only have one mouse and one keyboard for the entire installation. The current tools that we have are ok at best, and I was wondering if there was anything else out there to handle the problem." />
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  <row Id="2548" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1461" RevisionGUID="b35af860-54f2-4c50-84e5-ff64b9c40474" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:56:05.053" UserId="1011" Text="&lt;monitor&gt;" />
  <row Id="2549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1462" RevisionGUID="7a19025c-128c-4424-9148-74f96cb08873" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:56:06.397" UserId="984" Text="I use [dirvish][1] to make backups to USB drives.  I have several scripts built to mount the active drive, I have 3,  to the correct point in the filesystem and then run the backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dirvish is basically just a perl script that calls rsync with many options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - you can have  keep many backups without wasting space&#xD;&#xA; - you have a simple configuration syntax&#xD;&#xA; - restores are very easy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dirvish.org/" />
  <row Id="2550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1463" RevisionGUID="af792356-4c1d-45ea-b00e-73c6c10a5ca4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:56:30.263" UserId="722" Text="I'd say both VirtualBox and VMware have Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X (Intel only) support, so go with either of those. Virtual PC does not support Linux hosts (nor probably Mac OS X hosts, though I'm not sure about that).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an added bonus, VirtualBox also supports OpenSolaris hosts, so if you want to target that platform, your choice is already made. :-)" />
  <row Id="2551" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1464" RevisionGUID="05b69b66-629c-4f5e-a467-682654578f99" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:56:48.157" UserId="1020" Text="I use SharedView when doing over the web training. It allows the other user to highlight and point to things with their own mouse so you can see what they are talking about.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's free and has worked very well. The only downside is that all participants must have a Live account (free) in order to start or join sessions." />
  <row Id="2552" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1329" RevisionGUID="e2c5b6d3-9180-4893-b7df-694b55f167ad" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:57:31.917" UserId="931" Comment="foobar" Text="I have a partition /dev/sdb1 and a partition /dev/sdb2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They are both in /etc/fstab with proper UUIDs and mounted as /opt and /home&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to merge them without losing any files&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can this be done from the command line without having to move all the files?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2553" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1419" RevisionGUID="60d9de96-f8cf-4b39-be90-4ba883e1b111" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:57:38.453" UserId="1" Comment="added 323 characters in body" Text="Jeff, I found this [article][1].  Might be of some help to you.  You might have already read this but I thought it was worth a shot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Config\AnnounceFlags&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This registry entry controls whether the local computer is marked as a reliable time server (which is only possible if the previous registry entry is set to NTP as described above). Change this REG_DWORD value from 10 to 5 here. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ashbaughonline.com/2006/11/25/the-time-service-has-not-synchronized-the-system-time-for-86400-seconds-because-none-of-the-time-service-providers-provided-a-usable-time-stamp/" />
  <row Id="2554" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1465" RevisionGUID="66185895-db28-4967-b6e2-4763f34b2803" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:57:55.237" UserId="401" Text="[Ultramon](http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/) hands down the winner in my mind.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use it on Dual-Monitors at work, and [Hex-Monitors at home](http://ritter.vg/misc/stuff/desk.jpg), and it's fantastic.  I actually combine it with [VirtualWin](http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/) to get more desktops, and the [iconized](http://sourceforge.net/projects/iconized/) plugin mapped to the tick key (next to 1) to get 4 desktops of 6 monitors each, with handy little icons of every program running on each desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ultramon puts a taskbar on each monitor showing you only the windows on that monitor, lets you drag maximized windows around, set up different backgrounds/screensavers (if you're into that), shortcuts to throw windows to other monitors, maximize windows across monitors, and loads more.  To me, it's an absolute necessity if I'm working with more than one monitor." />
  <row Id="2555" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1466" RevisionGUID="31e6d4f2-bcb7-4d9b-a7a7-e7f8f47a8fbd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:58:39.043" UserId="1000" Text="There's an open source project on codeplex called [Ionics Isapi Rewrite Filter][1] which is free to use.  It's compatible with IIS 6 as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codeplex.com/IIRF" />
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  <row Id="2559" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="1457" RevisionGUID="93400eb4-66f2-425c-9a1d-17b81f844abc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:59:01.770" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="3" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:4,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Joel Spolsky&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="2560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1468" RevisionGUID="558bd537-08cb-4e76-ad95-7ab6f70333c8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:59:02.600" UserId="942" Text="Unfortunately, VMware Player cannot be made portable, so you'd need to install it on each machine you plan to use your VM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that's an issue, you'd have to try with the other alternatives, although given the nature of virtualization, I'm not sure you'll be able to get it working without installing something on the host." />
  <row Id="2562" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1470" RevisionGUID="d5317c95-28cc-4602-9204-d9b0ab8a9498" CreationDate="2009-04-30T18:59:59.430" UserId="757" Text="I have a user is no longer able to access all mapped network drives/shares. He was able to access them in the past.  Error message indicates drive not found.  Other network services are operable (internet, e-mail, etc.)  Other logins on the same computer are able to use network drives, but the user has the same permissions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;User is runing Windows XP, server is Windows 2003.  User is logging into a windows domain." />
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  <row Id="2566" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1472" RevisionGUID="8fdc22e2-7894-45c1-b713-16b7d37af9e9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:01:28.880" UserId="391" Text="You could consider putting [Hermes][1], a transparent SMTP proxy in front of Exchange. It is open source.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It filters out the blatant spam at the SMTP level, so the crap is not even coming into your site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hermes-project.com/ " />
  <row Id="2567" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1473" RevisionGUID="f7c675ec-f99c-4c53-9b01-1fc1745da4df" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:01:48.520" UserId="706" Text="We've all seen good and bad examples of cable management.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What are objective, measurable requirements that can be used in a policy to maintain cabling order in the rack/server room/data center?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not looking for &quot;Don't do spaghetti wiring!&quot; but practical, objectively measurable policy that can be readily explained, followed, and inspected for whether it passes or fails the requirements in the policy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please avoid, &quot;Don't do x, y, or z&quot; - instead re-form the requirement as a &quot;Do A, B, and C&quot; where following the second requirement will eliminate the problems explained in the first requirement.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is not meant to be a topic to include your worst cabling messes - there are websites for that elsewhere, and you'll probably be downvoted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
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  <row Id="2569" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1473" RevisionGUID="f7c675ec-f99c-4c53-9b01-1fc1745da4df" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:01:48.520" UserId="706" Text="&lt;cables&gt;&lt;cable-management&gt;&lt;rack&gt;&lt;data-center&gt;&lt;policy&gt;" />
  <row Id="2570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1474" RevisionGUID="a16efc60-f880-4cb8-b558-876093ecda8b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:02:15.260" UserId="510" Text="DimDim is free (for small meetings that don't need branding) and works pretty well. " />
  <row Id="2571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1475" RevisionGUID="07e05129-e73e-4e56-9eaa-c09192710635" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:02:27.630" UserId="1022" Text="[QEMU for Windows](http://www.h7.dion.ne.jp/~qemu-win/) or [QEMU](http://www.nongnu.org/qemu/) is very portable, but slow. Should be fine for a no-frills machine. After that, [Damn Small Linux](http://damnsmalllinux.org/) is quite good, or do a custom [Gentoo](http://www.gentoo.org/) install (is there any other kind? :D)." />
  <row Id="2572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1476" RevisionGUID="adce59e4-a4d8-42d5-a6c6-b19fa08d5c1a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:02:35.523" UserId="514" Text="I think [Synergy][1] might be what you are looking for. I love it. I use it at home to share a keyboard and mouse between my linux and windows boxes. I move my mouse cursor to the left side of the screen on my windows machine and it appears on the right side of the screen on my Linux box. No extra hardware needed if the two (or more) machines are networked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="2573" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1477" RevisionGUID="a6f921af-d9e4-4a69-b357-84a91ef9051b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:02:35.540" UserId="641" Text="For multi-monitor setups, [Ultramon][1] provides a taskbar for each monitor.  [Winsplit Revolution][2] provides some great keyboard shortcuts for arranging windows and moving them from monitor to monitor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For multi-machine setups, [Synergy][3] is the way to go.  One keyboard and mouse to control multiple machines, mouse pointers move smoothly from one window to another, and it allows all sorts of monitor arrangements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.winsplit-revolution.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/" />
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  <row Id="2583" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1482" RevisionGUID="80b6f88a-c337-47e3-bfab-7198346bcec9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:05:07.310" UserId="292" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;logon&gt;&lt;mappeddrive&gt;" />
  <row Id="2584" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1465" RevisionGUID="e6850263-fa22-412e-a803-75a6cf1706ea" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:05:08.997" UserId="401" Comment="added 466 characters in body" Text="[Ultramon](http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/) hands down the winner in my mind.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use it on Dual-Monitors at work, and [Hex-Monitors at home](http://ritter.vg/misc/stuff/desk.jpg), and it's fantastic.  I actually combine it with [VirtualWin](http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/) to get more desktops, and the [iconized](http://sourceforge.net/projects/iconized/) plugin mapped to the tick key (next to 1) to get 4 desktops of 6 monitors each, with handy little icons of every program running on each desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ultramon puts a taskbar on each monitor showing you only the windows on that monitor, lets you drag maximized windows around, set up different backgrounds/screensavers (if you're into that), shortcuts to throw windows to other monitors, maximize windows across monitors, and loads more.  To me, it's an absolute necessity if I'm working with more than one monitor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**  This is for one computer, multiple monitors.  If you need more than one computer and want to control it with one keyboard/mouse that's a *whole other* question.  For that I've used Synergy and [Input Director](http://www.inputdirector.com/) and will only recommend ID.  Synergy locked up and wouldn't let me mouse over to the slave when the master was pegged.  ID has never failed me.  Plus I find ID's copy/paste clipboard-syncing to work much better" />
  <row Id="2585" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1483" RevisionGUID="736f143a-1b78-4ebd-bf9f-708332e14822" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:05:19.340" UserId="591" Text="adobe's [connect now][1] looks slick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://acrobat.com/" />
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  <row Id="2587" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1485" RevisionGUID="b4e660b8-dbfd-4843-aa8e-68483096039f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:06:20.740" UserId="981" Text="A good start is colors. I'm not sure there's a convention, but you could use something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Blue for switch&lt;--&gt;computer.&#xD;&#xA;* Yellow for switch&lt;--&gt;switch.&#xD;&#xA;* Red for Lights out/power&#xD;&#xA;* Orange is always FC, of course...&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2588" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1486" RevisionGUID="39c7491a-43d9-4050-a1a5-5d9e5c33dfce" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:08:40.907" UserId="1031" Text="My company has a problem with customers potentially using thumb drives to record and access information on companies' machines which we contract with to run testing applications for us.  Ideally, we'd like them to lock the system down to not allow this, but this really isn't an option as several companies have expressed displeasure in following this request.  Is there a logging system somewhere in windows which keeps track of things which have accessed the computer within a certain amount of time.  If not, is there a program we can having running in the background do to so?  " />
  <row Id="2589" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1486" RevisionGUID="39c7491a-43d9-4050-a1a5-5d9e5c33dfce" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:08:40.907" UserId="1031" Text="Detecting Thumb Drive use on a Windows Machine" />
  <row Id="2590" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1486" RevisionGUID="39c7491a-43d9-4050-a1a5-5d9e5c33dfce" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:08:40.907" UserId="1031" Text="&lt;thumb-drive&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;logging&gt;&lt;log-files&gt;" />
  <row Id="2593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1489" RevisionGUID="67c73671-d934-4d73-b25e-f1e2c4126195" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:11:04.427" UserId="613" Text="Use cables as close to the correct length as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Spare cable should be coiled *away* from the concentrator - so spare power cable gets coiled next to the machine, not the powerstrip, and spare network cable next to the machine, not the hub.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Zip ties are cheap, and neater than the alternatives. Don't be afraid to use them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Machines should still be removable once unplugged, which means run your cables vertically down the edges of the rack, not the middle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Only run cross-rack in one place (probably the top or bottom of the rack), and run as little cross-rack as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Color coding is good, but when troubleshooting, what _is_ trumps what's _supposed_ to be.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fix it all _now_.  'Later' never comes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Label cable ends with abstractions: numbers, letters, whatever.  Don't bother with 'firewall', 'external', etc - they'll get moved and re-used and the labels will be wrong; better to keep the labels an extension of the 'color' so they can be easily reused without having to be relabeled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2594" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1490" RevisionGUID="91a84666-1bec-4e5b-a38e-68d56b8c642d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:13:39.910" UserId="556" Text="Lots of additional features to customize.  My favorite is iptables.  You can filter ports and protocols specificly and not be dependent on the vendor's firmware having exposed a 'checkbox'.  Bandwidth monitoring is also a plus." />
  <row Id="2595" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1491" RevisionGUID="2e3e51e2-e267-4810-8fff-77be116067b3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:13:46.290" UserId="757" Text="If the tools don't work, you try the manual way:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, copy the profile directory as you like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second, log in as user to get the account registered with windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, update the profile location:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;key: `ProfileImagePath`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, make sure this user has full permission to the moved profile.  The tricky part is that in addition to file permissions, you also have to update registry permission in the registry editor.  This means loading up the user's hive.  Here are the [instructions I followed][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2005-December/115326.html" />
  <row Id="2597" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1493" RevisionGUID="9bb86e03-d8e6-4fd0-8f64-876418ee5f00" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:16:09.967" UserId="757" Text="[Another article][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Configuring-Windows-Time-Service.html" />
  <row Id="2598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1494" RevisionGUID="8ce6ddd4-07f3-4da0-9b65-cd7cca178870" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:17:53.597" UserId="966" Text="SVN Sync is what you need for backups - but you cannot do the transparent switch over for writing. The best idea I can think of is to use modsvn on multiple load balanced apache servers and a network mounted repo. I do recall some issues when using nfs, but you can google for them. For true multiple server syncing, git or some other dvcs would be the way to go." />
  <row Id="2599" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1495" RevisionGUID="0e99ac8c-910e-467c-aaed-afce60c88a70" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:18:44.033" UserId="998" Text="[TightVNC][1] has worked well for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tightvnc.com/" />
  <row Id="2600" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1419" RevisionGUID="c9c3dd2c-088e-4c28-9f1d-ff6f5e786395" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:19:03.143" UserId="710" Comment="improved answer" Text="Jeff, I found this [article][1].  Might be of some help to you.  You might have already read this but I thought it was worth a shot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Config\AnnounceFlags&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This registry entry controls whether the local computer is marked as a reliable time server (which is only possible if the previous registry entry is set to NTP as described above). Change this REG_DWORD value from 10 to 5 here. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE** As per Jeff, best source of reference is [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ashbaughonline.com/2006/11/25/the-time-service-has-not-synchronized-the-system-time-for-86400-seconds-because-none-of-the-time-service-providers-provided-a-usable-time-stamp/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042" />
  <row Id="2601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1496" RevisionGUID="74682559-7cf6-4a2b-9fe2-705f8f01d222" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:20:13.313" UserId="1043" Text="Our devs want to use virtual computers for dev, but the sysadmins can't have server os's on the network.  Is there a resource that talks about locking down the Virtual Computers so that they can &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Authenticate against AD&#xD;&#xA; - Not have internet access&#xD;&#xA; - Have settings and configuration be controlled by the sys admins, not the user&#xD;&#xA; - Have intranet access to hit Visual Source Safe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Question #1:  Are the requirements possible with a single configuration?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Question #2:  What are some search terms to use to find out more?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Question #3:  Is there a definitive resource / authority?" />
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  <row Id="2603" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1496" RevisionGUID="74682559-7cf6-4a2b-9fe2-705f8f01d222" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:20:13.313" UserId="1043" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="2604" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1497" RevisionGUID="dbb42722-8c16-4a5c-b1e4-262d429295f1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:20:41.360" UserId="1050" Text="[Far manager][1], of course, besides the stuff other mentioned. It is like Total Commander, but what is interesting about it is that it is a Windows console application - but it displays full UI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.farmanager.com/" />
  <row Id="2605" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1498" RevisionGUID="0ee65a78-67c7-4a44-b673-aebac168c16a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:20:42.810" UserId="613" Text="You don't mention what OS, but [Synergy][1], [x2x][2], and [x2vnc][3] are all possible solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://x2x.dottedmag.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://fredrik.hubbe.net/x2vnc.html" />
  <row Id="2606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1499" RevisionGUID="9ced7be1-0ad2-4e69-9acf-2e9a5e54f585" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:20:50.720" UserId="331" Text="I've been using [Vyew][1] for the last year or so. It's cross platform so Windows, Mac and Linux users can both view and share their screens. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vyew.com" />
  <row Id="2607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1500" RevisionGUID="c86c7e08-df2e-4964-8e14-de6a8460d676" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:21:54.353" UserId="757" Text="Terminal server is not loading profiles; it is possible to log in with a default profile, but many things would be missing. Error message reported insuffucient resources. Noticed several terminal sessions had initial login over a month ago. Restarted some services with large memory consumption (but not large enough to cause problems) Discovered virtual memory was on manual, and returned to system managed. No improvement.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows Terminal Server 2003 in user licensing mode; most all clients are Widnows XP" />
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  <row Id="2609" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1500" RevisionGUID="c86c7e08-df2e-4964-8e14-de6a8460d676" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:21:54.353" UserId="757" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;terminal-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="2610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1501" RevisionGUID="0ef4e5cd-3d19-4d6d-89b1-8a7a2387bdcb" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:22:09.610" UserId="385" Text="You can detect the evidence taht a thumb drive was plugged in. See Windows forensics expert Harlan Carvey's blog post [Forensics Laws][1] to indicate this is true. He does cover it in his book, *Windows Forensics Analysis*, if I remember right (the link in the blog now takes you to the Elsevier home page for Syngress).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://windowsir.blogspot.com/2007/05/forensic-laws.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to determine what was copied is a bit more difficult if you don't have auditing turned on. If you have exact images of the two drives you may be able to determine which direction, but then you already know which files.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2611" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1502" RevisionGUID="ac276e6a-3086-4a38-a450-ee003dc1965c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:22:38.687" UserId="613" Text="Not really an answer, but I know that [openvpn][1] can do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://openvpn.net/" />
  <row Id="2612" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1503" RevisionGUID="ca71f68b-e32c-4cf9-8b55-8f38bcdd8850" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:22:59.670" UserId="757" Text="Implemented changes to pool settings recommended in [KB935649][1]  However, this required restarting the server, which probably would have cleared a resource error anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=935649" />
  <row Id="2613" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1504" RevisionGUID="a2d36b8a-31ce-45b0-ad5b-cb77ec0c78a8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:23:01.543" UserId="706" Text="Thank you for your confidence in our abilities&#xD;&#xA;----------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But have you read this? &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We get a lot of interesting technical questions on here, but Server Fault is meant to be first and foremost a resource for system administrators and IT professionals.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, someone here might be able to help you, but you'll find that other forums more focused on your topic can give you a much better answer than a bunch of programmers.  It's likely that your question will be downvoted, closed, and in some cases marked &quot;offensive.&quot;  It's not that we hate you, it's just that we like to keep our corn pops separate from our cocoa puffs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In that vein, here are a bunch of other forums where you can get help:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(This list contains the top two forums for each category as voted for below.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - **Programming**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Stackoverflow][1]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Consumer Level Computer Hardware**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Ars Technica OpenForum][2]&#xD;&#xA;   - [Tom's Hardware Forums][3]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Computer Software**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Anandtech Forum][4]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Web Design/Hosting/CMS**&#xD;&#xA;   - [SitePoint Forums][5]&#xD;&#xA;   - [Web Hosting Talk][6]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Math, Science, Engineering**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Physics Forums][7]&#xD;&#xA;   - [PlanetMath][8]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Other/General**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Yahoo! Answers][9]&#xD;&#xA;   - [Google Search][10]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out the answers below for even more suggestions!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;What forums can people go to to ask the questions that are off topic here?  Please list only ONE forum per answer so votes can bring the best forums to the top.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://forums.anandtech.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.sitepoint.com/forums&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.physicsforums.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://planetmath.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://answers.yahoo.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.google.com" />
  <row Id="2614" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1504" RevisionGUID="a2d36b8a-31ce-45b0-ad5b-cb77ec0c78a8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:23:01.543" UserId="706" Text="Where can I ask questions that aren't IT questions?" />
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  <row Id="2617" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1505" RevisionGUID="2b1e6a86-4589-4686-85c9-09c0dfc4f655" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:23:22.807" UserId="385" Text="We've seen this due to a memory leak in some application or component (such as AV or backup agent software). We usually have had to restart the server. Have you done this? You mentioned restarting services, but not the server itself.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2618" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1506" RevisionGUID="2505d81b-493f-4dd4-8b03-1079b3a47d95" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:24:42.223" UserId="371" Text="What products do you use to manage identity propagation in your environment?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, Joe gets hired at the company.  HR inputs Joe's profile in the HR employee management application.  A ticket is passed to IT to manually create Joe's Active Directory account, add a bunch of user groups for his job role.  They will also manually create Joe's accounts in other disparate systems that don't authenticate with Active Directory.  By the time Joe gets all his access, he's already wasted a week on company time twiddling his thumbs and surfing the webs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then one day, they found pr0n on Joe's PC, dated back to his first week on the job, and so they showed him the door.  Now, all the same people have to repeat the work to undo Joe's access in all the systems he had access to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The same process also repeats if someone changes job roles, such as to another department.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'm looking for is a tool designed for sysadmins to manage user accounts such that changes like these can be fully automated once they're changed in the master database (HR application, in this example).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm aware of Microsoft's [ILM 2007][1], and its predecessor MIIS.  I find these products poorly documented, entirely too difficult to manage, and I've found almost no support online.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What products might meet this criteria?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/ilm2007/default.mspx" />
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  <row Id="2620" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1506" RevisionGUID="2505d81b-493f-4dd4-8b03-1079b3a47d95" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:24:42.223" UserId="371" Text="&lt;identity-management&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="2621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1507" RevisionGUID="fc315bd9-3f00-4198-8821-0bf035ef4778" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:25:04.937" UserId="100" Text="AFAIK, the Linux implementation of NFS doesn't support inotify-like event notification from the server-side -- is there a workaround, patch, or alternative solution that can produce the same data?" />
  <row Id="2622" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1507" RevisionGUID="fc315bd9-3f00-4198-8821-0bf035ef4778" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:25:04.937" UserId="100" Text="How do I get inotify-like event notifications from an NFS server?" />
  <row Id="2623" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1507" RevisionGUID="fc315bd9-3f00-4198-8821-0bf035ef4778" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:25:04.937" UserId="100" Text="&lt;nfs&gt;&lt;inotify&gt;" />
  <row Id="2624" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1508" RevisionGUID="cf7d9585-7ade-4344-bf4e-26782b29bd21" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:26:20.380" UserId="721" Text="I am a solo IT employee for a small company that has a couple of servers and 10 workstations (Windows and Mac, Macs do not run AV software).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to centrally manage Anti-Virus for all the computers with some sort of control panel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been using Symantec Corporate versions for years, but the latest version (Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.x) is totally over-complicated, and aimed at enterprises with 1000s of computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone recommend something reliable, centrally managed, and simple?" />
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  <row Id="2626" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1508" RevisionGUID="cf7d9585-7ade-4344-bf4e-26782b29bd21" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:26:20.380" UserId="721" Text="&lt;antivirus&gt;&lt;small-business&gt;" />
  <row Id="2627" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1509" RevisionGUID="9dfd9fbc-81b7-4ee8-8608-691acf19b6eb" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:26:21.330" UserId="613" Text="What you essentially want is for your linux firewall to act as a vpn client to your solaris machine on the internet.  Then your xbox becomes part of the vpn network and can reach the internet via the vpn." />
  <row Id="2628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1510" RevisionGUID="9d907549-8795-4ab6-b9ce-075db78815e4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:26:36.293" UserId="1041" Text="I use a combination of Solarwinds, VMware server performance tabs, and custom scripts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Solarwinds Orion Network Performance Monitor is what I use with our Windows sys. admins on my web servers.  Still getting some useful app metrics running on it, but it has good information on basic box level stuff (disk, network, CPU).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For my VMware guests, I love the performance tabs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For my Sun servers, when I need something that isn't available in Solarwinds (because our admin hasn't added it or what), I write custom scripts (usually in Perl) to monitor things like mirror health, swap usage, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to get more onto Solarwinds, but there's only like 26 hours in a day (or so my boss believes) so I find that can be a tad limiting..." />
  <row Id="2629" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1511" RevisionGUID="9a433961-6b12-43d7-9afe-166716cb9025" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:26:58.163" UserId="385" Text="This is pretty standard and basically follows how you would deploy physical servers with the same parameters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Deploy a solution using Xen Server, Hyper-V, or VMware ESX Server. &#xD;&#xA; - Configure networking where they are on a separate subnet/VLAN. &#xD;&#xA; - Configure that subnet/VLAN to only have access to internal resources. &#xD;&#xA; - Settings/configuration for the virtualized hardware are controlled by the hypervisor, so you're good there. If you mean OS configuration, that's self-explanatory.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2630" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1061" RevisionGUID="46554e88-7da7-49c8-a763-b2ce8470f276" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:26:59.973" UserId="816" Comment="added more backup links" Text="You could also backup the ghost image to a on-line backup service.  There are several companies, some which offer free accounts as a starting point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [IDrive][1] - free option&#xD;&#xA; - [Mosy][2] - free option&#xD;&#xA; - [ADrive][4] - free option&#xD;&#xA; - [Carbonite][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [Livedrive][5]&#xD;&#xA; - [Jungle Disk][6] with [Amazon S3][7]&#xD;&#xA; - [SquirrelSave][8]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.idrive.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://mozy.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.carbonite.com&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.adrive.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.livedrive.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.jungledisk.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.amazon.com/s3&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.squirrelsave.co.uk/" />
  <row Id="2631" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1512" RevisionGUID="431728fb-90ee-46a4-a2db-16805946c4b6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:27:05.370" UserId="388" Text="It depends on how big your network is, and what you're trying to monitor. For small to medium networks, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nagios.org/&quot;&gt;Nagios&lt;/a&gt; seems to be the platform of choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you get over a certain size, though, 'monitoring' gets split up into a variety of different functions, which may or may not be handled by the same tools. The three that I was taught are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Fault management&#xD;&#xA;* Performance management&#xD;&#xA;* Forensics/correlation&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Fault management&lt;/strong&gt; is catching any events in the environment that require immediate action to fix. Link failures, hardware failures, loss of WAN circuits, etc. This is normally tied into your alerting system. I've heard Nagios does this quite well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Performance management&lt;/strong&gt; covers things that aren't an immediate issue, but could become so unless they're given attention. This basically covers anything to do with monitoring utilisation and trending it. LAN/WAN bandwidth, router/switch CPU, error and discard counters on interfaces. This is the kind of stuff you look at when you're planning your purchases and projects for the coming year; it tells you what parts of the network need attention, and which are ticking along happily. I'm a fan of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cacti.net&quot;&gt;Cacti&lt;/a&gt;; it handles all data gathering and presentation in one package, with built in support for SNMP polling of devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Forensics/correlation&lt;/strong&gt; is for those cases where a one off incident has occurred and been resolved, and you need to look at historical data. This can either be to get a better idea of what actually happened and what the consequences were, or to look for instances of similar failures in the past. Either way, it generally requires a single repository of as much log data as you can feasibly retain, indexed and readily searchable. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.splunk.com/&quot;&gt;Splunk&lt;/a&gt; is absolutely fantastic in this regard, even the free edition; in addition, you can even get your server logs into Splunk. As long as everything is NTP synced, you have one repository which show you what your applications, servers and network infrastructure saw at various points during an incident." />
  <row Id="2632" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1513" RevisionGUID="3a1f74aa-0713-4548-9bde-31d708ef7d83" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:29:15.787" UserId="846" Text="One alternative is a KVM box, of which there are thousands .. I have used the Belkin OmniView line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also cheat, and have a primary system with lots of monitors and remote desktop or VNC into the other systems.  This may be the easiest to manage overall, as only one has the non-standard hardware for multiple monitors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't used Synergy, but it looks interesting, and the GNU GPL allows commercial use." />
  <row Id="2633" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1514" RevisionGUID="1d3884cd-af65-4209-a3fe-b0b25cdaf9e7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:29:41.603" UserId="984" Text="Symantec Ghost used to be **the** tool to use, but from what I read, you no longer get a cli-client, unless you are willing to buy the Ghost Solution Suite at least 5 licenses and have another service running on a server somewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So what tool do you recommend for disk cloning and image-based backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are several OSS products, but it isn't entirely clear how well they support NTFS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not really to just get a [list of cloning][1].  Instead, I would like to know what tool you use, why you choose that tool, and what you use it for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disk_cloning_software&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2634" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1514" RevisionGUID="1d3884cd-af65-4209-a3fe-b0b25cdaf9e7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:29:41.603" UserId="984" Text="What is a is the reccomended disk cloning tool" />
  <row Id="2635" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1514" RevisionGUID="1d3884cd-af65-4209-a3fe-b0b25cdaf9e7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:29:41.603" UserId="984" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;cloning&gt;" />
  <row Id="2636" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1515" RevisionGUID="040ffce6-55b7-4eac-ac29-f58a265a7d4b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:29:47.080" UserId="1045" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I manage the network in a small office (SW dev is my &quot;real job&quot;), and there are a couple of users who beat the hell out of our internet connection by running bittorrent.  Between the almost crippling effect on the upload side (20Mbps) and the potential liability, I want to shut this down as much as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some quick details in anticipation of questions or suggestions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - we have 2 routers (1 Linksys, 1 Buffalo) running the latest DD-WRT, and one D-Link DIR-655 running whatever the latest factory software is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - internet is FiOS 20/20 plan&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - users connect via WiFi &amp; wired, everyone uses DHCP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - acquiring new hardware (let's say &lt; $1000) that really does the trick reliably is an option&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - we have an internet usage policy in place, yes, but I want to enforce it as much as possible via IT because we all know that some people just can't follow the rules.  Yes I know that dealing with this is a social issue, but this part is out of my authority/control.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - the common strategies (completely block access by MAC / IP, block ports, etc..) won't work.  At least 2 of the people routinely re-program the MAC addresses on their Ethernet interfaces.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I understand that BT clients can be configured to use other ports, so just blocking the standard BT port range is weaksauce.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't believe I'm the first person to skin this cat.  Or maybe only IT depts. with large equipment budgets can skin this cat?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for your help!" />
  <row Id="2637" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1515" RevisionGUID="040ffce6-55b7-4eac-ac29-f58a265a7d4b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:29:47.080" UserId="1045" Text="SOHO - throttle bittorrent traffic from problem users" />
  <row Id="2638" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1515" RevisionGUID="040ffce6-55b7-4eac-ac29-f58a265a7d4b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:29:47.080" UserId="1045" Text="&lt;bittorrent&gt;&lt;router&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;qos&gt;&lt;p2p&gt;" />
  <row Id="2640" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1517" RevisionGUID="204c1e2c-add2-4c79-ada9-f099645d2d2b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:30:24.503" UserId="966" Text="Limiting the MaxRequestsPerChild will help with memory usage but it shouldn't effect the cpu in the way you're talking about. What's likely to be happening is that your mod_jk is crashing and since it's an apache module it shows up under the httpd process." />
  <row Id="2642" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1519" RevisionGUID="749d2511-1da4-461d-9e2c-e9af1c151daa" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:31:12.770" UserId="1068" Text="I know there are many IM products out there, but I can only spare my experience. I've been implementing Oracle's IM solutions, including Oracle Internet Directory, Oracle Single Sign On and so forth. These products are well integrated with MS Active Directory and of course they work well with Oracle's products and other 3rd party products, via special interfaces and APIs.&#xD;&#xA;The HR application we used was Oracle HR (part of Oracle Apps suite), so propagation of information was rather simple. Also, using some custom built code, the IM was integrated to the SharePoint portal." />
  <row Id="2643" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1520" RevisionGUID="d2dca322-37c7-4250-9050-d9ed098789ba" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:31:16.607" UserId="333" Text="Note that IIS isn't your only option. [Apache][1] runs just fine on Windows, as does [PHP][2], [Perl][3], [Python][4], and [MySQL][5]. If you're sufficiently tech savvy, Apache is a good option since it generally uses less resources than IIS (if you plan on using your system for other tasks at the same time).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apache.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://php.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.activestate.com/activepython/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.mysql.com/" />
  <row Id="2644" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1489" RevisionGUID="6ee53294-811e-4a2a-8c11-29406702d19e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:31:50.820" UserId="613" Comment="added 311 characters in body" Text="Use cables as close to the correct length as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Spare cable should be coiled *away* from the concentrator - so spare power cable gets coiled next to the machine, not the powerstrip, and spare network cable next to the machine, not the hub.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Zip ties are cheap, and neater than the alternatives. Don't be afraid to use them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Machines should still be removable once unplugged, which means run your cables vertically down the edges of the rack, not the middle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Only run cross-rack in one place (probably the top or bottom of the rack), and run as little cross-rack as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Color coding is good, but when troubleshooting, what _is_ trumps what's _supposed_ to be.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fix it all _now_.  'Later' never comes.  Corollary: everything should always be perfect before you leave - or you have concrete plans to come back and fix it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Label cable ends with abstractions: numbers, letters, whatever.  Don't bother with 'firewall', 'external', etc - they'll get moved and re-used and the labels will be wrong; better to keep the labels an extension of the 'color' so they can be easily reused without having to be relabeled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A lot of this is from old telco practice - you think we manage a lot of cables, you should look inside a real telco crossconnect sometime - well, but don't because they're often spaghetti.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2645" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="678" RevisionGUID="2758c6f8-cf9d-4061-bd40-b68b1090ebb2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:32:20.520" UserId="465" Comment="added 39 characters in body" Text="Whole disk encryption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are quite a few methods for doing this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've personally used [TrueCrypt][1], but there are many more options on this [wikipedia page][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also used to work for an accounting company that rolled out [PointSec (Now Check Point)][3].  Their solution seemed far more complete that truecrypt, but of course, that comes at a price.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.truecrypt.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_disk_encryption_software&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.checkpoint.com/products/datasecurity/pc/index.html" />
  <row Id="2646" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1521" RevisionGUID="46efa7a1-4612-47be-8eb4-dd04e56680b6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:33:29.443" UserId="940" Text="- [UltraEdit &amp; UltraCompare][1] are a great text editor and file/folder comparison tool, and they both support U3.&#xD;&#xA;- [Keepass][2] for my password management.&#xD;&#xA;- [Sysinternals][3] tools should go without saying...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ultraedit.com/products/ue3.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://keepass.info/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx" />
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  <row Id="2648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1522" RevisionGUID="3d8320f1-b273-48ec-aa71-a365a76d8719" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:34:19.003" UserId="1041" Text="I'm beginning to tire of maintaining individual system files on my increasing number of Solaris servers (was 2, now 10 and growing strong).  I'm looking at the Sun Java Directory Server as a non NIS/NIS+ solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We run a predominantly Windows shop here, and so I'm also toying with one of two things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  Using Kerberos auth directly from the Solaris clients to AD (with appropriate utilities on the domain controllers), or&#xD;&#xA;2.  Using the Directory Server and using their identity sync product to sync to the Windows domain&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this point I'm leaning more toward #2 because I only need to muck with AD if I (or the user community) want to share credentials between servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any insight or horror stories are appreciated." />
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  <row Id="2650" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1522" RevisionGUID="3d8320f1-b273-48ec-aa71-a365a76d8719" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:34:19.003" UserId="1041" Text="&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;ldap&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="2651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1523" RevisionGUID="2ee013ab-4006-4487-b781-4acdb56247ed" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:34:23.403" UserId="213" Text="I've been using [puttytray][1] with these [color schemes][2]. Any other good options out there?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.xs4all.nl/~whaa/putty/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.igvita.com/2008/04/14/custom-putty-color-themes/" />
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  <row Id="2653" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1523" RevisionGUID="2ee013ab-4006-4487-b781-4acdb56247ed" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:34:23.403" UserId="213" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;" />
  <row Id="2654" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1512" RevisionGUID="23dd4c37-d923-44f5-b944-93a1305350e0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:34:43.777" UserId="388" Comment="Added details about security best practices." Text="It depends on how big your network is, and what you're trying to monitor. For small to medium networks, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nagios.org/&quot;&gt;Nagios&lt;/a&gt; seems to be the platform of choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you get over a certain size, though, 'monitoring' gets split up into a variety of different functions, which may or may not be handled by the same tools. The three that I was taught are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Fault management&#xD;&#xA;* Performance management&#xD;&#xA;* Forensics/correlation&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Fault management&lt;/strong&gt; is catching any events in the environment that require immediate action to fix. Link failures, hardware failures, loss of WAN circuits, etc. This is normally tied into your alerting system. I've heard Nagios does this quite well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Performance management&lt;/strong&gt; covers things that aren't an immediate issue, but could become so unless they're given attention. This basically covers anything to do with monitoring utilisation and trending it. LAN/WAN bandwidth, router/switch CPU, error and discard counters on interfaces. This is the kind of stuff you look at when you're planning your purchases and projects for the coming year; it tells you what parts of the network need attention, and which are ticking along happily. I'm a fan of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cacti.net&quot;&gt;Cacti&lt;/a&gt;; it handles all data gathering and presentation in one package, with built in support for SNMP polling of devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Forensics/correlation&lt;/strong&gt; is for those cases where a one off incident has occurred and been resolved, and you need to look at historical data. This can either be to get a better idea of what actually happened and what the consequences were, or to look for instances of similar failures in the past. Either way, it generally requires a single repository of as much log data as you can feasibly retain, indexed and readily searchable. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.splunk.com/&quot;&gt;Splunk&lt;/a&gt; is absolutely fantastic in this regard, even the free edition; in addition, you can even get your server logs into Splunk. As long as everything is NTP synced, you have one repository which show you what your applications, servers and network infrastructure saw at various points during an incident.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other things you're looking to audit are more covered in terms of network security, than network monitoring. For example, monitoring/restricting user browsing is easily accomplished through the use of a properly configured proxy. Users trying to connect to external IM services should be blocked by your Internet firewall; again, firewall logs can be exported to an analyser and reports run looking for suspicious traffic patterns. In fact, if you can, try and avoid letting your user workstations access the Internet directly, by ensuring that the Internet is not routeable from inside your LAN. This forces all internet traffic to go through a proxy of your choosing, ensuring that you have full control of all inbound and outbound traffic." />
  <row Id="2655" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1504" RevisionGUID="0e913318-000b-4061-a44b-159907fdbae4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:35:07.113" UserId="706" Comment="added 5 characters in body" Text="Thank you for your confidence in our abilities&#xD;&#xA;----------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But have you read this? &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We get a lot of interesting technical questions on here, but Server Fault is meant to be first and foremost a resource for system administrators and IT professionals.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, someone here might be able to help you, but you'll find that other forums more focused on your topic can give you a much better answer than a bunch of IT professionals.  It's likely that your question will be downvoted, closed, and in some cases marked &quot;offensive.&quot;  It's not that we hate you, it's just that we like to keep our corn pops separate from our cocoa puffs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In that vein, here are a bunch of other forums where you can get help:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(This list contains the top two forums for each category as voted for below.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - **Programming**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Stackoverflow][1]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Consumer Level Computer Hardware**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Ars Technica OpenForum][2]&#xD;&#xA;   - [Tom's Hardware Forums][3]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Computer Software**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Anandtech Forum][4]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Web Design/Hosting/CMS**&#xD;&#xA;   - [SitePoint Forums][5]&#xD;&#xA;   - [Web Hosting Talk][6]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Math, Science, Engineering**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Physics Forums][7]&#xD;&#xA;   - [PlanetMath][8]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Other/General**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Yahoo! Answers][9]&#xD;&#xA;   - [Google Search][10]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out the answers below for even more suggestions!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;What forums can people go to to ask the questions that are off topic here?  Please list only ONE forum per answer so votes can bring the best forums to the top.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://forums.anandtech.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.sitepoint.com/forums&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.physicsforums.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://planetmath.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://answers.yahoo.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.google.com" />
  <row Id="2656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1524" RevisionGUID="6bcfcd02-089c-4469-bf6c-370029003788" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:36:32.367" UserId="715" Text="Your dev's are going to hate you :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would do that by putting the host server on a non-internet accessible network (this you should be able to accomplish by configuring your routers); just like you would do with a physical development server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I recall, with MS Virtual Server (and probably VM-Ware and other competitors) you can configure the access that a user has to the host environment (e.g., can they create a guest instance, alter, view, etc.). The rest of the configuration would be on the guest servers. If you want them to have admin access, then you can do that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternately, you could create an entire environment as a guest on the host server with guest instance of an AD server, development server, multiple testing environments, and even their own VSS server; all within one box." />
  <row Id="2657" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1525" RevisionGUID="f3d2b511-d7d0-4eeb-9c6f-073fd34a2d33" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:36:49.997" UserId="412" Text="It won't work for sophisticated users, but I once blocked certain users from a site by putting a dummy entry in c:\Windows\system32\etc\hosts" />
  <row Id="2658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1526" RevisionGUID="7a1f60cd-9179-4716-beaa-8aeb767887cb" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:37:03.770" UserId="613" Text="Enable QoS on your DD-WRT stuff as described [here][1].  Make all non-port-80/22/25/IMAP/POP traffic limited to some very small amount of bandwidth, and make even those ports limited to something reasonable like 2Mb/s or so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Quality_of_Service" />
  <row Id="2659" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1527" RevisionGUID="aa0a7882-7884-409b-9da9-3bb48a3c18e5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:37:06.923" UserId="1059" Text="I've seen hardware RAID cards fail and take out an entire array. You are definitely adding another single point of failure with a hardware card, unless you're in a redundant configuration. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should be aware that there's &quot;hardware RAID&quot; and then there's HARDWARE RAID. Google &quot;fakeraid&quot; for more info. Some &quot;hardware RAID&quot; cards actually do very little RAID processing in the card, and use custom drivers to do the RAID calculations in software, using the system's regular processor. This can lead to strange results. I had one of these system (a Windows 2003 server) start showing separate C and D drives, instead of one C drive, because something got confused somewhere. That should never be possible with a true hardware RAID, as it appears as one physical drive to the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have very little experience with software RAID. I've been prejudiced strongly against it in the past, but am now moving towards using it, based on things I've heard here and elsewhere. I'd consider testing it for a future deployment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, I've moved away from any kind of in-server RAID to external RAID systems. Almost all my servers have zero drives installed. I'm in love with Xiotech systems, but other types of externals RAIDs have also served me well. I've never (knocking on wood) lost data from one yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1528" RevisionGUID="c718dc35-579d-4e90-8460-dacebabb4801" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:37:31.103" UserId="1054" Text="Make a thumb drive that is bootable to Ubuntu." />
  <row Id="2661" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="1528" RevisionGUID="c718dc35-579d-4e90-8460-dacebabb4801" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:37:31.103" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="2662" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1529" RevisionGUID="9cbd5ad9-df4b-4030-a859-fcabacd19396" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:38:27.200" UserId="1076" Text="After a recent update (Xorg was updated among other things), GTK apps stopped running in my kde4. I have a Debian unstable, updated around 22 April. When I try to run them I get the following error: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ga@grzes:~$ iceweasel &#xD;&#xA;    The program 'firefox-bin' received an X Window System error. &#xD;&#xA;    This probably reflects a bug in the program. &#xD;&#xA;    The error was 'BadName (named color or font does not exist)'. &#xD;&#xA;      (Details: serial 888 error_code 15 request_code 45 minor_code 0) &#xD;&#xA;      (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously; &#xD;&#xA;       that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it. &#xD;&#xA;       To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line &#xD;&#xA;       option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful &#xD;&#xA;       backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.) &#xD;&#xA;    ga@grzes:~$ gimp The program 'gimp' received an X Window &#xD;&#xA;    System error. &#xD;&#xA;    This probably reflects a bug in the program. &#xD;&#xA;    The error was 'BadName (named color or font does not exist)'. &#xD;&#xA;      (Details: serial 6955 error_code 15 request_code 45 minor_code 0) &#xD;&#xA;      (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously; &#xD;&#xA;       that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it. &#xD;&#xA;       To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line &#xD;&#xA;       option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful &#xD;&#xA;       backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.) &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    (script-fu:4643): LibGimpBase-WARNING **: script-fu: gimp_wire_read(): &#xD;&#xA;    error&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;I have to restart the font server manually to have it fixed: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ga@grzes:~$ su &#xD;&#xA;    Password: &#xD;&#xA;    grzes:/home/ga# /etc/init.d/xfs restart &#xD;&#xA;    Stopping X font server: xfs. &#xD;&#xA;    Setting up X font server socket directory /tmp/.font-unix...done. &#xD;&#xA;    Starting X font server: xfs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas what could be wrong? Is it a configuration issue? My system has been updated for the last 7 years, so I can have some old settings." />
  <row Id="2663" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1529" RevisionGUID="9cbd5ad9-df4b-4030-a859-fcabacd19396" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:38:27.200" UserId="1076" Text="GTK applications fail to start - xfs restart needed Options" />
  <row Id="2664" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1529" RevisionGUID="9cbd5ad9-df4b-4030-a859-fcabacd19396" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:38:27.200" UserId="1076" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;gtk&gt;&lt;xorg&gt;" />
  <row Id="2665" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1530" RevisionGUID="656bee4c-25e4-4d99-9d53-316eeaba881f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:39:00.443" UserId="361" Text="Let me start by 'fessing up: I'm a programmer, not a system admin. (Although I used to be, over a decade ago. Let's be honest: That doesn't count anymore!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We had a situation with a client last night where three e-mails, which are part of a recurring process and sent to the client, myself and the client's customers, were sent &quot;inadvertently.&quot; Apparently they'd either been queued or in badmail, and got resent after a server bounce due to a software upgrade.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I cannot tell you if they were in queue, badmail, drop, etc. I didn't find out until after the damage was done. But all three e-mails were old enough to cause my client customer service issues: One was from October, 2008, and the other two from earlier this month. The client's customer service reps -- and I, as well -- received these e-mails on the original send dates. We do not know if the client's customers did or not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What would be some good troubleshooting tips to start diagnosing this, and to help ensure that it doesn't happen again? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A bit about the machine in question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. It's a shared web server, hosting applications and sites for dozens of clients.&#xD;&#xA;2. All of these clients go through the same SMTP service, which is provided by IIS 6. (It's a Windows 2003 machine.)&#xD;&#xA;3. This is the first time (as far as we know) that something like this has ever happened.&#xD;&#xA;4. These e-mails are generated as part of a scheduled, recurring process which executes at 6 AM each morning. (Indeed, the first thing I had to do upon waking up and seeing these on my phone was VPN in and check to make sure that the process didn't inadvertently execute. Luckily, it didn't, and I realized the age of these e-mails.)&#xD;&#xA;5. They were sent immediately (or very shortly) after two server bounces due to software upgrades. (One bounce was a Windows Update, the other was .NET 3.5 SP1.)&#xD;&#xA;6. The expiration timeout for the SMTP server is set 2 days. The Delay notification is set to 12 hours.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, I'm not terribly well-versed in reading the SMTP logs. (I can read the W3SVC logs no problem, but the SMTP ones I'm not familiar with the numeric status codes.) So any help there would be appreciated as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="2666" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1530" RevisionGUID="656bee4c-25e4-4d99-9d53-316eeaba881f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:39:00.443" UserId="361" Text="IIS &amp; SMTP: Long-delayed deliveries possible" />
  <row Id="2667" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1530" RevisionGUID="656bee4c-25e4-4d99-9d53-316eeaba881f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:39:00.443" UserId="361" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;smtp&gt;&lt;delay-delivery&gt;" />
  <row Id="2668" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1531" RevisionGUID="36568ea7-aace-4e3d-a041-4b7584917de8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:39:32.797" UserId="671" Text="You're right, it really is a social problem that needs to be addressed by management.  If certain people are impacting the network to the point that it's causing problems for others, then they need to be dealt with and explained what the consequences will be if they keep it up.  Reprogramming the MAC addresses on their NICs?  If they have no legitimate need to be doing that then you might consider locking down your wifi router and network switches to only accept connections from certain MAC addresses.  If they change it, they can't get on the network, and suddenly MAC address filtering/limiting becomes a possibility at the border router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Traffic shaping for non-standard ports can also be employed to reduce the amount of available bandwidth for all ports except the standard http, ftp, smtp, etc.  Turning down the amount of bandwidth available for non-standard applications makes them a lot less desirable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option at your border router/firewall is to only allow certain ports for outbound traffic, limited to standard ports.  This may or may not be practical given your environment.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2669" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1532" RevisionGUID="e1d38419-0190-45be-b825-519841c94869" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:39:38.727" UserId="1072" Text="Any recommendations for tools which can monitor an small network (50 Windows PC's mainly running XP - some Vista) and report on network / hardware errors or potential problems?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i.e. a way to be proactive rather than reactive&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2670" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1532" RevisionGUID="e1d38419-0190-45be-b825-519841c94869" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:39:38.727" UserId="1072" Text="Recomendations for Windows network monitoring" />
  <row Id="2671" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1532" RevisionGUID="e1d38419-0190-45be-b825-519841c94869" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:39:38.727" UserId="1072" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="2673" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1534" RevisionGUID="a845b315-d425-4a65-9ba7-7671912ef5f2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:40:33.590" UserId="1069" Text="I have only used so many - we are currently testing some out as we prepare to do a new roll out ourselves.  So far, AVG is working great in our tests and everyone that I speak to really like it." />
  <row Id="2674" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1535" RevisionGUID="32aefee5-f56d-4f11-9713-63fd5f9da8a3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:41:04.823" UserId="1070" Text="Wouldn't a bootable Linux &quot;live CD&quot; (such as [Knoppix](http://www.knoppix.net/), [Ubuntu](http://ubuntu.com)), or a [BartPE](http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/) disc be a better solution? If the system is &quot;borked&quot;, surely it's going to struggle to run any VM software..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It also means you can access/edit/delete files that would otherwise be locked" />
  <row Id="2675" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1536" RevisionGUID="75b08447-3e1f-42ce-860f-1a03361bddab" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:41:51.870" UserId="1069" Text="We host all of our development systems in the server room.  Why virtualize on the desktop?" />
  <row Id="2676" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1537" RevisionGUID="67edda87-4158-4b1d-b390-2d7f5587c55e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:41:57.503" UserId="722" Text="Try running `xlsfonts` before and after the `xfs` restart, and comparing the results. The differences could be very telling!" />
  <row Id="2677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1538" RevisionGUID="a4c6261b-f339-4ae8-84c2-f8a9dfa98ee7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:43:42.990" UserId="449" Text="Acronis has some good products.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have been using their backup and restore products with success for about a year.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe they have a product just for cloning but their backup and restore software can also be used as a cloning tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**: Acronis has a trial period where you can try their products for a month.  This really sold us because we were able to test and verify that the product did what we wanted it to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2678" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1526" RevisionGUID="6b354d5d-49a8-48dc-8c9b-68403e1f06f3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:44:52.003" UserId="613" Comment="added 125 characters in body" Text="Enable QoS on your DD-WRT stuff as described [here][1].  Make all non-port-80/22/25/IMAP/POP traffic limited to some very small amount of bandwidth, and make even those ports limited to something reasonable like 2Mb/s or so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then go read [BOFH][2] for ideas about what to do to the offending users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Quality_of_Service&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.theregister.co.uk/odds/bofh/" />
  <row Id="2679" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1539" RevisionGUID="0cd42553-77d6-4004-b963-c25484a28653" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:44:52.677" UserId="1059" Text="I'm currently using a product from a company that rhymes with &quot;Bog Peak&quot; at work for issue tracking. I like it. But not open source, so it doesn't answer your question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't have anything to recommend from personal experience, but I can speak out against two earlier suggestions: Bugzilla is a *nightmare* for non-technical users, and Mantis is a steaming pile of usability fails. Not a fan of either at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've heard good things about [Trac][1] and [Lighthouse][2]. (Although Lighthouse doesn't really qualify as open source, it does provide free options.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://trac.edgewall.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://lighthouseapp.com/" />
  <row Id="2680" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1540" RevisionGUID="92556223-dc81-4521-87c5-a7e0aea5850f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:45:22.567" UserId="816" Text="There is a [comparison of SSH clients][1] on Wikipedia&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_SSH_clients" />
  <row Id="2681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1541" RevisionGUID="61681ec4-96fb-4753-b17a-0175e52c05f4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:46:23.500" UserId="246" Text="I have a pretty good solution in place that works well for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, you all get a [dropbox][1] account which gives you 2GB free (and more GB if you need for very little outlay). Then you setup your SVN repository inside a folder in the dropbox and you share that folder with your friends. You will EACH have a fully up to date copy of the SVN Repository on the local machines and as soon as you check-in those changes get transported across the wire to your friends, who can check out of their local repository to get your changes. It's like getting the benefits of distributed version control for free!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If any of your machines go down, it won't affect the others, and it's also a pristine backup of everything you're doing in there up in the cloud.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope this helps you - it has worked perfectly for us for months now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.getdropbox.com/" />
  <row Id="2682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1542" RevisionGUID="37d0ed49-fc95-439c-a2fe-2e645e07ad9f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:46:40.940" UserId="533" Text="You know, most shops don't like to use them, but Telcordia publishes standards for this sort of thing.  They are pretty heavy-weight, but the exist so that shared shops can say &quot;everything must be cabled according to Telcordia-blah-blah and everyone know what that means.  Unfortunately you have to pay for them, but these look like a couple of good places to start if you really want some backing for your standards:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TIA-568-C.0 Generic Telecommunications Cabling for Customer Premises  &#xD;&#xA;TIA-568-C.1 Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard" />
  <row Id="2683" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1543" RevisionGUID="6765f8f3-dd35-4a0c-b884-35969f4bd16b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:47:12.967" UserId="722" Text="If you activate certain SACLs for your sensitive files (it's set up inside the security editor, under the &quot;Auditing&quot; tab if I remember right), all accesses get logged to the Security event log." />
  <row Id="2684" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1544" RevisionGUID="2447651c-2f8c-4925-8010-f9b0cf4c3b68" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:47:55.913" UserId="1079" Text="Not allow it to get there in the first place (at least, that's what we're working towards...). Technology, and the way computers work and are used, is changing - it is now perfectly reasonable to have always-available Internet access from every/most places a user could be expected to be, either through a wired connection at work, via a wireless network, or by handing them a laptop with a built-in 3G broadband dongle. Therefore you can disable the use of USB drives via Windows GPO and have them access data via a VPN, probably simply by using applications via Terminal Services (or VNC/SSH, or whatever) and using however-many factor security you like." />
  <row Id="2685" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1545" RevisionGUID="fb3eefa4-482b-4446-aa1d-a700074fc3f7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:48:11.637" UserId="1072" Text="I use [SSH Secure Shell](http://www.ssh.com/support/downloads/secureshellwks/non-commercial.html) which is now called &quot;SSH Tectia Client&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2686" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1504" RevisionGUID="f6c8d98e-a1ec-480f-aaff-1989c4dd39fd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:48:49.733" UserId="706" Comment="Re-order google search vs yahoo answers - Google was ranked higher on the original list from stackoverflow anyway." Text="Thank you for your confidence in our abilities&#xD;&#xA;----------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But have you read this? &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We get a lot of interesting technical questions on here, but Server Fault is meant to be first and foremost a resource for system administrators and IT professionals.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, someone here might be able to help you, but you'll find that other forums more focused on your topic can give you a much better answer than a bunch of IT professionals.  It's likely that your question will be downvoted, closed, and in some cases marked &quot;offensive.&quot;  It's not that we hate you, it's just that we like to keep our corn pops separate from our cocoa puffs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In that vein, here are a bunch of other forums where you can get help:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(This list contains the top two forums for each category as voted for below.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - **Programming**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Stackoverflow][1]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Consumer Level Computer Hardware**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Ars Technica OpenForum][2]&#xD;&#xA;   - [Tom's Hardware Forums][3]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Computer Software**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Anandtech Forum][4]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Web Design/Hosting/CMS**&#xD;&#xA;   - [SitePoint Forums][5]&#xD;&#xA;   - [Web Hosting Talk][6]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Math, Science, Engineering**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Physics Forums][7]&#xD;&#xA;   - [PlanetMath][8]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Other/General**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Google Search][10]&#xD;&#xA;   - [Yahoo! Answers][9]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out the answers below for even more suggestions!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;What forums can people go to to ask the questions that are off topic here?  Please list only ONE forum per answer so votes can bring the best forums to the top.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://forums.anandtech.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.sitepoint.com/forums&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.physicsforums.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://planetmath.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://answers.yahoo.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.google.com" />
  <row Id="2687" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1546" RevisionGUID="7153cf9f-0a08-4558-bfa5-affd3e22b95c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:49:08.407" UserId="1044" Text="If you don't have the authority to smack them on the wirst for it and the people that do aren't willing too, then you are pretty much out of luck. Yes there are technological ways to address this. It appears that at least some of your problem users are probably savvy enough to avoid pretty much any tech solution that you try though. Worse, for that sort of person you have now implicitly validated that it is ok for them to do (since there was no management response) as long as they do it in a way that avoids the roadblocks that you put up. " />
  <row Id="2688" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1547" RevisionGUID="5b37acfa-06c4-48f7-bcda-b98a634ee36b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:49:13.320" UserId="1041" Text="I'm becoming a huge fan of DTrace, though at this point it's not available for Windows." />
  <row Id="2689" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1548" RevisionGUID="14cf4ad2-806b-4575-987d-6a7af5f6bbc5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:49:15.817" UserId="388" Text="PuTTY is the best open-source terminal emulator out there. Unless you're having issues with it, there's probably no reason to change. That said, I have met several network engineers who much prefer &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vandykesoftware.com/products/securecrt/index.html&quot;&gt;SecureCRT&lt;/a&gt;. It's main feature is session/connection management; when you're making a change that needs you logged in to 15 devices at the same time, having a good tab management system is a big advantage." />
  <row Id="2691" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1550" RevisionGUID="38e97676-c3bf-4e2d-bd8b-da505103e9c3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:50:10.027" UserId="1054" Text="As Joel (pretty much) said, depends on the web server and OS.  Here are a number of [walkthroughs][1] from GoDaddy.  The general process is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Generate a certificate signing request (CSR)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Get an SSL certificate using this CSR&#xD;&#xA; 3. Go back and install the certificate on your web site&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://help.godaddy.com/topic/236" />
  <row Id="2692" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1551" RevisionGUID="d9b4b60e-cc4e-4916-93ff-5e299227bb93" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:50:46.123" UserId="1089" Text="I use [SSH Secure Shell Client 3.2.9][1] because it has support for both ssh client and ftps client. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But.. I tend to come back to PuTTY.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://web.wm.edu/it/index.php?id=2928" />
  <row Id="2693" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1552" RevisionGUID="f5b1c368-8f14-4e28-9a83-956c0d0cdc28" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:51:04.750" UserId="333" Text=" - Media&#xD;&#xA; - Backup&#xD;&#xA; - Version Control" />
  <row Id="2694" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="1552" RevisionGUID="f5b1c368-8f14-4e28-9a83-956c0d0cdc28" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:51:04.750" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="2695" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1553" RevisionGUID="c50f3c3d-d010-41e4-a24e-5badb31d28ca" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:51:12.427" UserId="722" Text="I use [`dd`](http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/dd.html). In the Windows world, you can get `dd` by installing [Cygwin](http://www.cygwin.com/).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What `dd` does is allow sector-by-sector copying of a disk device to, say, an image file. Example usage:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/sda1 of=diskimage.img bs=1M&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This copies from the first partition of the first hard drive to a file called `diskimage.img`, one megabyte at a time. (The Cygwin documentation has information on [what the device names are](http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html).)" />
  <row Id="2696" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1554" RevisionGUID="58184faa-512a-463d-8dd4-336dd525d0ab" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:52:28.710" UserId="1078" Text="When the computer bluescreens it'll most likely create a dump of the memory. The content from memory is written to the Pagefile as the system is going down. It uses the Pagefile as placeholder for the data since it is too dangerous to try to create a new file on disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When the machine starts up again it'll detect the dump, and move the data into a separate dump file (typically C:\Windows\Memory.dmp or C:\Windows\Minidumps\*.dmp).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Install WinDbg and open the .dmp file. Click the !Analyze link. Now it'll show you the stack from the thread that killed Windows, and show you which files that were involved. Often WinDbg will point you direcly at a specific driver file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can recommend reading [Mark Russinovich's blog][1] and books.&#xD;&#xA;You can [download WinDbg from Microsoft][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the question to the user is: &quot;Can you e-mail me your dump file?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/DevTools/Debugging/" />
  <row Id="2701" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1545" RevisionGUID="cb6ae5f1-d001-4701-9276-aff8ee18d83a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:54:34.650" UserId="1072" Comment="Expand" Text="I use [SSH Secure Shell](http://www.ssh.com/support/downloads/secureshellwks/non-commercial.html) which is now called &quot;SSH Tectia Client&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: It has a &quot;sister&quot; sftp product as well which I found useful. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2703" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1538" RevisionGUID="65da26cb-b14d-4229-b65e-10bc8c90b6cc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:56:30.480" UserId="449" Comment="added 85 characters in body" Text="Acronis has some good products.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have been using their backup and restore products with success for about a year.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe they have a product just for cloning but their backup and restore software can also be used as a cloning tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**: Acronis has a trial period where you can try their products for a month.  This really sold us because we were able to test and verify that the product did what we wanted it to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**: They have support for both Windows and Linux.  Not really sure about Mac.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1557" RevisionGUID="6869e117-1ca1-40a8-9276-5217f1274843" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:56:36.797" UserId="447" Text="I like [Gnome Partition Editor][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It supports every filesystem I have ever needed it for and they have an .ISO you can download to make a bootable CD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="2709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1560" RevisionGUID="030b2ef0-631b-4627-af57-1d5e7e630c79" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:57:47.480" UserId="523" Text="It depends on what you want to monitor and how much time you want to put into the setup if your monitor box, but maybe one of these projects will fit your requirements:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Cacti][1] - Can run on Windows or Linux (easiest to just use the CactiEZ CD though, which installs almost as a device on a spare computer)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Nagios][2] - Very customizable, can be difficult to set up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Spiceworks][3] - Easy to install, lots of updates, great interface, runs on Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cacti.net&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.nagios.org&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.spiceworks.com" />
  <row Id="2710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1561" RevisionGUID="241bb412-f967-4408-8e16-0d9f2a1b8190" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:57:53.657" UserId="671" Text="The exact process is different depending on your platform and web server, but the basic process looks like (assuming you want a signed certificate that works for just about anyone visiting the site):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Verify that the WHOIS information on the domain name is correct and that the administrative contact has a valid e-mail address.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Assign the web site you want to secure its own dedicated IP address (only one SSL certificate can be assigned to an IP address).&#xD;&#xA; 3. Generate a CSR (Certificate Signing Request) on the web server for the site that you plan to secure.  The &quot;common name&quot; field should reflect the full domain name that the certificate will cover (i.e. www.example.com or secure.example.com).&#xD;&#xA; 4. Purchase a certificate from a reputable SSL certificate provider, such as GoDaddy.&#xD;&#xA; 5. Submit your CSR to the provider.&#xD;&#xA; 6. The provider will then verify the request (GoDaddy sends an e-mail to the WHOIS administrative contact).&#xD;&#xA; 7. Once verified, they will issue the signed certificate along with any intermediate certificates that might be required.&#xD;&#xA; 8. Install the intermediate certificates first, per the instructions provided by your vendor.&#xD;&#xA; 9. Install the signed certificate onto the server.&#xD;&#xA; 10. Configure the web server to use the signed certificate.&#xD;&#xA; 11. Finally, export and make a backup copy of the signed certificate (usually as a PFX file) in case you have to rebuild your web server.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1562" RevisionGUID="260984eb-9aa9-444a-8718-cf2c4526ed61" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:58:10.087" UserId="48818" Text="There are a ton of small uniz tools that are helpful&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;grep,&#xD;&#xA;strace,&#xD;&#xA;GNU Screen,&#xD;&#xA;locate,&#xD;&#xA;rsync,&#xD;&#xA;sed,&#xD;&#xA;awk, and&#xD;&#xA;tripwire is pretty interesting too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The list really goes on and on, I'm sure forgot far more than list here." />
  <row Id="2712" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1563" RevisionGUID="49ec4d01-2561-4ec5-9c86-975b7bc7270e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:59:34.200" UserId="1041" Text="I've had to combine my laptop and my servers into one piece of hardware (massive spring cleaning), but it's doing :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Media server&#xD;&#xA; - Web and application server (ColdFusion and .NET development)&#xD;&#xA; - Database server (Oracle)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also run VMware workstation to be able to spin up Solaris or Linux guests to play around with stuff (now that I no longer have my legion of Pentium I, II, and III machines :( ).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2713" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="1563" RevisionGUID="49ec4d01-2561-4ec5-9c86-975b7bc7270e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T19:59:34.200" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="2714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1564" RevisionGUID="720e109d-b6db-4a82-818e-b645c1d3cc8b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:00:58.970" UserId="1104" Text="Powershell!  Powershell is a fantastic command shell for windows, built on the .NET framework." />
  <row Id="2715" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1565" RevisionGUID="597496b6-ef06-46d8-a98d-780adf20a0b7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:01:18.563" UserId="681" Text="I've used Easeus Partition Master quite effectively. It's free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.partition-tool.com/" />
  <row Id="2716" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1566" RevisionGUID="fc9e7515-18d3-483d-bb09-6a1effa0c5ec" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:02:05.880" UserId="1104" Text="[Bitvise Tunnelier][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bitvise.com/tunnelier" />
  <row Id="2717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1567" RevisionGUID="7e47049a-f715-4ad4-81d1-22959f77ff87" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:02:18.687" UserId="1079" Text="&gt; I would like to know what tool you use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Windows client machines on my network, I use [SystemRescueCD][1], a boot-from-a-CD Linux distribution that you can also install on a harddrive partition. I partition the drive to create a small ext2 partition, then install the GRUB boot loader set up to allow booting to either Windows on the first partition or SystemRescueCD on the second partition. Booting SystemRescueCD runs an autorun script that checks a network drive for a disk image of that machine (use the network card's MAC address to identify machines) and reimages the machine if it finds one. For the actual imaging you can use dd, as already pointed out, or PartImage, both of which will handle NTFS partitions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're using Windows XP (don't know about Vista, haven't had to try) you can use the ext2fsd Ext2 filesystem driver to make it possible to re-write the ext2 partition, and therefore the GRUB conf file, from a Windows script, therefore making it possible to have Windows automatically reboot and re-image itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; why you choose that tool&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's free, and well supported (drivers for new Dell machines came out within a few weeks of the machines being available, SystemRescueCD is actively developed).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and what you use it for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I work in a school, we have to contend with grimy little children.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page" />
  <row Id="2719" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1568" RevisionGUID="2a4d0729-2c61-4891-ae0f-b6c5fe06cf65" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:03:43.393" UserId="371" Text="For Windows sysadmin:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Cygwin][1].  Sometimes you just need to do a quick text file `grep`, `wc`, `awk`, or something that would take too long to write as a script.  Quick web log scans with `grep` and `awk` can really save the day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cygwin.com/" />
  <row Id="2722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1570" RevisionGUID="77a50da4-8a41-486f-a193-591521d455d5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:04:58.540" UserId="1008" Text="Red Hat has been around for a long time, the product is well known. And there is a well known large company (Red Hat) providing support for the product." />
  <row Id="2723" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1571" RevisionGUID="73ede4a2-9430-47e8-a70e-941243250020" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:05:07.463" UserId="1104" Text="There is a well known deficiency in the Windows Server 2008 backup utility that does not allow you to easily back up Exchange 2007, the way you could with NtBackup in 2k3.  The Exchange team promised a solution but never provided one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are some (hopefully cheap) options?" />
  <row Id="2724" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1571" RevisionGUID="73ede4a2-9430-47e8-a70e-941243250020" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:05:07.463" UserId="1104" Text="How do you back up Exchange 2007 on Windows Server 2008?" />
  <row Id="2725" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1571" RevisionGUID="73ede4a2-9430-47e8-a70e-941243250020" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:05:07.463" UserId="1104" Text="&lt;exchange-2007&gt;" />
  <row Id="2726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1572" RevisionGUID="f4f94e14-0ebd-49c3-9c65-8c582c5a21b1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:05:11.597" UserId="48818" Text="Control.  Tomato gives you a lot of control over your router that you  don't (usually) get with the standard firmware.  To give a few examples:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I mapped IPs to MAC addresses, so my each interface on my network will always have the same local IP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I enabled passwordless SSH on my router.  Then is used an alias in my .bashrc so I just type &quot;router&quot; and I'm logged into my router via SSH." />
  <row Id="2727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1573" RevisionGUID="dbc8e030-19b8-48e2-a420-b351d3f9739b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:05:59.723" UserId="1107" Text="Are there any particular security concerns to keep in mind with company-wide use of Dropbox file sharing / versioning / backing up, and are there specific options or settings that would be recommended to limit the risk?" />
  <row Id="2728" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1573" RevisionGUID="dbc8e030-19b8-48e2-a420-b351d3f9739b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:05:59.723" UserId="1107" Text="What security risks are there with employees using Dropbox?" />
  <row Id="2729" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1573" RevisionGUID="dbc8e030-19b8-48e2-a420-b351d3f9739b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:05:59.723" UserId="1107" Text="&lt;dropbox&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;file-sharing&gt;&lt;versioning&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="2730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1574" RevisionGUID="5319fb96-ca49-4215-969a-d13ddc458553" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:06:22.717" UserId="681" Text="NET USE /PERSISTENT:NO will turn off persistence for future network mappings. If you already have the mapping, you need to delete it and recreate it after to change the setting." />
  <row Id="2731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1575" RevisionGUID="a35a4cdc-9bde-4686-98b3-be7fbfd0f1f7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:07:30.203" UserId="1104" Text="Is minicom the only option?  I need to be able to modem in to some ancient applications that are commonly accessed by ProComm running on Windows, but I would like to do this from a Linux box." />
  <row Id="2732" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1575" RevisionGUID="a35a4cdc-9bde-4686-98b3-be7fbfd0f1f7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:07:30.203" UserId="1104" Text="What's a good substitute for ProComm on Linux?" />
  <row Id="2733" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1575" RevisionGUID="a35a4cdc-9bde-4686-98b3-be7fbfd0f1f7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:07:30.203" UserId="1104" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;modem&gt;" />
  <row Id="2734" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1486" RevisionGUID="b8171da4-f9ad-4545-9718-dc6c7c0a85e0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:09:38.200" UserId="1031" Comment="added 481 characters in body" Text="My company has a problem with customers potentially using thumb drives to record and access information on companies' machines which we contract with to run testing applications for us.  Ideally, we'd like them to lock the system down to not allow this, but this really isn't an option as several companies have expressed displeasure in following this request.  Is there a logging system somewhere in windows which keeps track of things which have accessed the computer within a certain amount of time.  If not, is there a program we can having running in the background do to so?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should clarify.  Really what my company is afraid of is someone using a thumb drive that has programs on them and launch applications which can copy data from our testing system.  The testing is done over the internet, so coping we aren't really afraid of them copying files from the hard drive.  I know we probably can't detect that someone launched an application, but in a pinch we'd like to detect if a thumb drive was placed in the machine at a certain date and time. " />
  <row Id="2735" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1377" RevisionGUID="87aeab5c-dabc-4c53-a745-9be0bb297e37" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:09:50.790" UserId="658" Comment="added 66 characters in body" Text=" - IIS with ASP.NET &#xD;&#xA; - SQL Server &#xD;&#xA; - Version   control ([Sourcegear Vault][1])&#xD;&#xA; - [Continuous integration with CruiseControl.NET][2]&#xD;&#xA; - Running a blog &#xD;&#xA; - A public web service&#xD;&#xA; - File server (application installation files, movies, music)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sourcegear.com/vault/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ccnet.thoughtworks.com/" />
  <row Id="2736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1576" RevisionGUID="c507e34f-671f-4147-a21a-5cb7ea7a237c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:10:28.027" UserId="667" Text="Are there any tools for installing a SSL certificate across a farm of Windows Server 2008 machines?" />
  <row Id="2737" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1576" RevisionGUID="c507e34f-671f-4147-a21a-5cb7ea7a237c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:10:28.027" UserId="667" Text="Management of SSL certificates on several Windows 2008 servers" />
  <row Id="2738" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1576" RevisionGUID="c507e34f-671f-4147-a21a-5cb7ea7a237c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:10:28.027" UserId="667" Text="&lt;ssl&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="2739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1577" RevisionGUID="72e6dbc3-bce4-4eaf-8678-3da50132bc98" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:11:39.553" UserId="1079" Text="Our current install (version 4) of ESET NOD32 seems to be working a treat, it just sits in the background and doesn't interfere too much - you get a quick start-up popup, and the occasional taskbar message saying an update has occurred, but that's it. Performance on our oldest machines (P4s with 512MB of RAM) is acceptable. Have heard some grumblings about the latest release, but no experience of it myself." />
  <row Id="2740" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1578" RevisionGUID="83fb89b6-0e2c-45f2-ade0-08e6b0b63dfe" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:12:20.877" UserId="613" Text="Is there cloud software like Eucalyptus that will let you easily 'flip a switch' and start expanding onto EC2 as additional 'virtual' Eucalyptus(or whatever) nodes?" />
  <row Id="2741" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1578" RevisionGUID="83fb89b6-0e2c-45f2-ade0-08e6b0b63dfe" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:12:20.877" UserId="613" Text="Expandable cloud software?" />
  <row Id="2742" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1578" RevisionGUID="83fb89b6-0e2c-45f2-ade0-08e6b0b63dfe" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:12:20.877" UserId="613" Text="&lt;cloud&gt;&lt;cloud-computing&gt;" />
  <row Id="2743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1579" RevisionGUID="2981276a-48b1-4ff4-bce9-a3b03dab07f4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:13:25.260" UserId="613" Text="minicom is the best option, yes.  kermit might also work for you." />
  <row Id="2744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1580" RevisionGUID="0f5d4771-6646-45b7-a48b-5cdb6ab12d6e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:13:43.200" UserId="48818" Text="I am trying to launch GNU Screen using my .bashrc.  I'm almost there:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -z &quot;$STY&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;       exec screen -dR&#xD;&#xA;    else&#xD;&#xA;       exec gnome-terminal&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is wrong through!  The first case works, screen launches when I open a terminal.  The second part fails though.  I want to open a regular terminal if I already have one open.  But this just opens an infinite number of terminals...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="2746" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1580" RevisionGUID="0f5d4771-6646-45b7-a48b-5cdb6ab12d6e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:13:43.200" UserId="48818" Text="&lt;screen&gt;&lt;bashrc&gt;" />
  <row Id="2747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1581" RevisionGUID="fc2e1f43-07ab-44f7-90e0-58e58ba351b1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:13:48.270" UserId="1058" Text="[Smokeping][1] not only checks the availability of various servers and services but also keeps track of their latency while providing easy to use, nice looking, and **quick to display** graphs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wide range of latency measurement plugins is available out of the box. If you know some Perl, it is easy to create your own ones for any exotic needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Large installations will benefit from Master/Slave System for distributed measurement.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Highly configurable alerting system will help you notice issues before they start affecting users or evolve into major outage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Smokeping is free and OpenSource Software written in Perl by Tobi Oetiker, the creator of MRTG and RRDtool&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://smokeping.org" />
  <row Id="2748" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="1514" RevisionGUID="8b80237c-798f-47b7-8283-449d758d2054" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:14:05.740" UserId="984" Comment="edited title" Text="What is your recommended disk cloning tool?" />
  <row Id="2749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1582" RevisionGUID="e6f213cc-d7a1-4996-8bfc-07290773bd17" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:14:40.357" UserId="1022" Text="Nobody's mentioned [Clonezilla](http://clonezilla.org/)? It has a pretty bad UI, but is very flexible once you get used to it. Google it and you'll find some tutorials on its use.  &#xD;&#xA;I use it mainly because of its 'smart cloning' option (granted, other tools have that), and the when is backups or VM images I want to make 'real'." />
  <row Id="2750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1583" RevisionGUID="4fa90744-4d19-4710-a324-ab232eeabcb9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:15:36.283" UserId="1118" Text="There's always [VNC][1].  The free version has some OS limitations, but works well.  May not work for you b/c you have to pay for the Vista and Mac versions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.realvnc.com/" />
  <row Id="2751" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1584" RevisionGUID="867959f0-5c79-4432-b76d-7ec4fc83b3ae" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:15:37.390" UserId="706" Text="Sophos is the one I used in a similar situation.  Very easy to use and work with, worked on the main server and pulled updates from Sophos to deploy to user workstations, etc, etc, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Relatively inexpensive, and very comprehensive central command, control, and monitoring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="2752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1585" RevisionGUID="dde87c7d-cc39-4735-aeec-56dc1c2549ec" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:16:00.073" UserId="942" Text="I think they're working on a version for companies to use internally, with more security, but meanwhile, the files aren't encrypted on their servers, so you do have to trust them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other than that, I can't see other security risks specific to Dropbox (like information leakage)." />
  <row Id="2753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1586" RevisionGUID="afa4e963-35c6-491a-8225-41dc52b782ce" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:16:30.260" UserId="40" Text="There are two distinct plans of attack to follow through with when diagnosing these types of errors:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Firstly**, there is the potential that it is an issue relating to the actual software in use: something is essentially sucking up connections and not releasing them back (either at all in terms of hanging thread, or in a reasonable amount of time in terms of a slow query).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The slow query log is very beneficial in diagnosing problems, but your value of 15 seconds is next to useless: if a query is taking 15 seconds then you're pretty screwed full stop. As a general rule of thumb, I look for queries taking more than one or two seconds to run.   Work through whatever shows up in this log using the EXPLAIN keyword and look at what is causing the slowdown (bad joins, sorting needing a temp table etc.) - some clever magic with query caching and indexes can often help out if it's not possible to go deeper and tinker with code / database design.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, don't overlook the general query log in mysql.  Whilst you won't want to leave it turned on (for long) on a production server, it can quickly tell you if, rather than a single query taking an age, a particular function in the software is hammering the database with hundreds of small queries. Obviously the only way to solve these sort of issues is via refactoring the code.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Secondly**, you need to investigate if the configuration of the software is to blame.  How many concurrent connections are you experiencing? What is the actual number of max connections set to in mysql. It may be something as simple as apache is serving say 100 concurrent requests while mysql is only configured to accept 20 connections - obviously something is going to give.  If you can gauge how much traffic you are expecting to handle, then it just takes some common sense (and occasionally a dash of Google to find the correct setting) to balance all the components.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2754" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1587" RevisionGUID="8f9c5ef2-64ed-4386-8da0-00877683f1bd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:16:48.870" UserId="385" Text="Do you importing a CA certificate for multiple servers/workstations to recognize or do you mean a shared certificate such as for a load-balanced web farm?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1588" RevisionGUID="50a291c0-08e5-405f-a482-fca5e4713baa" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:17:46.450" UserId="1022" Text="You could try (after the else):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ &quot;$HAS_STARTED_TERM&quot;!=&quot;1&quot;]; then&#xD;&#xA;        HAS_STARTED_TERM=1&#xD;&#xA;        export HAS_STARTED_TERM&#xD;&#xA;        exec gnome-terminal&#xD;&#xA;    fi" />
  <row Id="2756" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1589" RevisionGUID="b628e76e-d3f5-4ce4-86ca-1770195bf285" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:18:53.890" UserId="558" Text="When I've seen this it has been because:&#xD;&#xA;- a hosted app or script is causing the problem. Example, it has an infinite loop or something&#xD;&#xA;- the OS has become unstable, due to locking or some other issue where rebooting temporarily solved the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My suggestion:&#xD;&#xA;- reboot the machine. &#xD;&#xA;- wait and see if this happens again&#xD;&#xA;- restart the server with no mods,etc. &#xD;&#xA;- Start turning on each mod one by one and each time observe the usage. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2757" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1590" RevisionGUID="0f4cb4b9-4047-40b6-848a-78d3add35b11" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:19:20.050" UserId="1127" Text="Hi!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What tools do you use to monitor the health of your MySQL server instance? Are they for free or commercial?" />
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  <row Id="2759" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1590" RevisionGUID="0f4cb4b9-4047-40b6-848a-78d3add35b11" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:19:20.050" UserId="1127" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;tools&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="2760" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1591" RevisionGUID="8a2897fa-c260-4918-b932-aab4d58fb48e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:19:37.147" UserId="942" Text="If I'm not mistaken, the terminal would open normally if you just remove the &quot;else&quot; block... Or maybe I'm missing something." />
  <row Id="2762" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="720" RevisionGUID="8590e515-cd5a-4018-8494-97f91d0419b1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:20:48.940" UserId="598" Comment="added 65 characters in body" Text="I am looking for others' list of program that absolutely must be installed to a fresh install of Windows before going any further.  I hope to compile a list here to use as reference for all new Windows installs/restores.  Automating this list of programs installation is the next step.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;Some great lists so far!  I will continue to monitor this and then make a list of everything I use.  Another thought, has anyone come up with a way to automate this?  Possibly going to each programs download page, downloading the most recent version, and installing?  I may way on this as well, any ideas would be appreciated!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as the type of machine, most of mine are hybrids i.e- server, workstation, development machine.  So all of the above!" />
  <row Id="2763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1592" RevisionGUID="5069e181-93ce-4eff-8d0b-fd46696d6d5d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:20:54.243" UserId="1115" Text="Things I like about it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- free&#xD;&#xA;- very stable&#xD;&#xA;- very easy to install on Linksys WRT54G routers&#xD;&#xA;- **allows you to increase your wifi signal strength!**&#xD;&#xA;- UI is simpler and faster than the stock Linksys UI&#xD;&#xA;- bandwidth monitor helps me to see how much bandwidth others are using on my network, so I know why hulu is skipping, etc&#xD;&#xA;- the wireless survey is a nice, easy way to see what channels your neighbors are using, so you can set your wifi to a clear channel&#xD;&#xA;- simple access restriction&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The signal boost was the clincher for me.  The stock firmware on the earlier WRT54G routers wouldn't let me adjust the signal strength, but Tomato let's me do that.  Before I upgraded to Tomato, I couldn't get a clear signal in the back room in my house.  Now, it's as clear as any other room." />
  <row Id="2764" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1593" RevisionGUID="f124b437-30c0-4ae2-8236-0907e6be2b34" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:21:25.847" UserId="914" Text="I'm using AVG Network Edition across a group of machines that all require scanning at different times.  I often find that the clients ignore some of the settings you set within the admin panel such as different schedules for groups of machines.  I've contacted AVG support regarding this and they constantly go in circles and are unable to provide any reasonable support.  For this reason, I do not recommend AVG." />
  <row Id="2765" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1594" RevisionGUID="fa6c8046-8958-401f-bb6c-199292fe54e5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:21:29.343" UserId="706" Text="I would tread very carefully here.  Dropbox enables an extension to another computer's hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That extension is worse than a USB key in the sense that infections on one PC can get onto all the other PCs using that share much more easily than with a USB key.  Virus/trojan/bot writers don't target dropbox (yet) but if they decide to, then you've got a virtual unlocked door from a company controlled PC on a secure network to an unsecure computer on an unsecure network.  As is, using normal operations, one can't just go through that door and look at other things on the computer - only items within the dropbox can be seen, and new items can only be created in that area, but that's assuming that the dropbox application itself can't be compromised.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Further, Dropbox claims a great deal of security, but what is actually provable to you?  It's possible someone can sneak in that window remotely from a completely different PC and attempt to put infected documents and programs onto the work PC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is obviously a protocol dropbox itself uses to communicate with its clients - is it encrypted?  Is it immune to buffer overflows?  Man in the middle attacks?  Sniffing?  Replay attacks?  Is it possible to, using the standard protocol, place files inside or even outside the standard dropbox area?  If the protocol has a buffer overflow, is it possible to compromise it in a way to allow full access to the machine?  Network shares on the machine?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think the risk is very high, but the damage done can be extensive, so it's something that has to be carefully thought out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="2766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1595" RevisionGUID="3c14e7a7-f3df-4e64-a553-f10f5e024b91" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:23:10.477" UserId="984" Text="Minicom is probably the best option, but you also can use [GNU screen][1] for making [serial connections][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://unixsadm.blogspot.com/2008/01/using-gnu-screen-as-terminal-emulator.html" />
  <row Id="2767" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1596" RevisionGUID="788de01a-8ba6-464d-a770-e284ed11c00d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:23:38.853" UserId="1124" Text="we're an ISV about to deploy our SaaS application over the internet to our end users, and are currently looking for an application monitoring solution. In addition to monitoring the usual OS-level suspects (I/O, disk space, logs, CPU, RAM, swapping, etc.), we're also looking to monitor, alert and report on internal application events, conditions, and counters (think queue size for internal service, or latency of a service we're getting from a third party via custom APIs).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're started looking at Nagios, Zenoss, etc., but found out those do only low-level stuff, and are currently looking at MOM and ManageEngine. Still, they are far from being an custom app monitoring tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So - do you have anything to suggest?" />
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  <row Id="2775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1599" RevisionGUID="cb65f2af-8d24-480d-91fe-d3932f25a83b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:25:05.963" UserId="1127" Text="Hi!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes applications plug into the context menu that I get on right-click on files and folders in Windows Explorer. After some time this menu gets really messy and I just want to clean it up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you tell me how I can do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
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  <row Id="2778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1600" RevisionGUID="2198d78e-6522-4df2-a329-6976fd6b7402" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:26:11.327" UserId="212" Text=" - Other/General&#xD;&#xA;  - [Mahalo Answers][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mahalo.com/answers/" />
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  <row Id="2782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1602" RevisionGUID="39e08b3b-1adc-441c-b928-0f6de4184770" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:27:21.293" UserId="226" Text="Log files and other textual data files are often tens or hundreds of megabytes in size, and some editors choke when you try to open something so large.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are some good applications for viewing large files?  Bonus points for apps that can open compressed files, search for things with regular expressions, parse output lines, etc." />
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  <row Id="2787" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1603" RevisionGUID="3466b6f9-9294-4624-b347-0022454d19d6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:27:38.487" UserId="1136" Text="&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="2788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1604" RevisionGUID="0acc378d-5da3-4c89-a3a2-c9f7ee588570" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:28:14.507" UserId="284" Text="A lot is going to depend on the policies in place at your company. If its like where I work - where all development I do belongs to the hospital, and not me - then I'd be worried about it being an easy means for company intellectual assets to &quot;wander off&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are plenty of document management systems that would let you set up something that is only accessable internally or via a monitorable connection." />
  <row Id="2789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1605" RevisionGUID="186d18c9-becf-4aaf-8d0f-d34948862d2e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:29:09.997" UserId="706" Text="ask.metafilter.com (there is a one-week waiting period after signup, before you are allowed to post a new question to Ask MetaFilter)" />
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  <row Id="2792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1606" RevisionGUID="c29123cc-fbe7-4ecf-9427-5261bad14d1f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:29:29.963" UserId="824" Text="I've used Nessus before.  It takes a bit to setup, but has a pretty comprehensive set of tests." />
  <row Id="2793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1607" RevisionGUID="7625bc8f-ae2c-48bd-92be-0367b1538def" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:29:32.507" UserId="914" Text="mytop provides some handy CLI info, it's free (*unix only)." />
  <row Id="2794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1608" RevisionGUID="8eb521c3-b33c-43c3-86dd-9d6b2b96c19d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:29:35.657" UserId="412" Text="[TextPad][1] is my weapon of choice for all text files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Amoungst many other features it supports very large files and regular expressions&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.textpad.com &quot;TextPad&quot;" />
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  <row Id="2798" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1610" RevisionGUID="d2a27891-44fe-45ec-b33b-cefbe513c04b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:30:32.783" UserId="914" Text="&quot;zcat | less&quot; can usually handle most compressed log files you throw at it." />
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  <row Id="2800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1611" RevisionGUID="c5eeb22f-0a2c-4316-9268-c17a0752843d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:31:03.437" UserId="1054" Text="It depends on your business and your level of paranoia.  It's much safer, albeit more expensive, to issue laptops with a VPN connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Real quick...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some Risks:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Former employees potentially have access to business data after employment has been terminated.  You as the business MUST be in control of the accounts if you don't want some disgruntled employee to have access to things after getting fired...&#xD;&#xA; - These services would bypass any automated document retention mechanisms you have in place which adds another area for you to manually cover for document retention&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Recommendations:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Make sure you can generate your own encryption key(s) for storing the data and that the key(s) are not shared with the service provider&#xD;&#xA; - Make sure your data is encrypted BEFORE it gets sent to the service's repository&#xD;&#xA; - If you are going to let individuals have their own account then have a single point of contact for your company.  Coordinate all accounts through this person (or a couple of people as proxies).  Or make sure that the provider supports business accounts that you can somehow group employees under." />
  <row Id="2802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1613" RevisionGUID="5e3bdb39-b042-470f-acfe-74a56ad89761" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:33:31.980" UserId="914" Text="I'm not a great fan of employers requesting qualifications for a sysadmin position.  There's many great sysadmins that have no qualifications and yet get along fine.  That said, most sysadmins cover a broad scale to which not many qualifications would cover." />
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  <row Id="2804" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1615" RevisionGUID="4a98f196-1340-4682-871c-cf0be75a39e9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:34:23.773" UserId="1087" Text="mysql has a free one called mysql administrator which is part of the mysql GUI tools package. There is also the mysql enterprise monitor which has many more monitoring features.&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="2805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1616" RevisionGUID="0fd4b576-b8c9-42e2-a3d8-c4dc50f4c1bd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:34:26.083" UserId="212" Text="We use replication across datacenters in several European countries (so they aren't across the world from each other, but they are certainly not local) and it works without any problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Replication will automatically restart if possible.  If there is a problem with a query (e.g. a database is present on the master and not the slave, and a query uses it), then it will require manual correction by default (but you can set it to ignore such errors).  If the databases are exact mirrors, then you should never need to manually restart replication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have two servers and the master disappears, then to turn the slave into the 'master', just stop replication and alter your code (to write to the new 'master').  If you have three or more servers and the master disappears, then stop replication on the slaves, change them to use the new master, and start again.  If they aren't exactly in sync (depends how much data is being transferred, how busy the servers are, how good the network connection is, etc), then you might have to do more work than that.  [The replication section of the MySQL documentation covers this in more detail][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would suggest that you ensure that you are replicating over SSL (i.e. set the replication user to require a SSL connection).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/replication-solutions-switch.html" />
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  <row Id="2812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1620" RevisionGUID="25444782-b602-41ee-bde6-d8fef5d83b81" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:37:03.720" UserId="246" Text="We're currently looking at rolling out an enterprise &quot;safe&quot; form of business file sharing and collaboration. Has anyone had experience with the Business flavour of the [Humyo][1] offering or something similar?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any pitfalls or issues we should be aware of in this area?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.humyo.com/pages/en/workspace-access-your-business-life" />
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  <row Id="2814" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1620" RevisionGUID="25444782-b602-41ee-bde6-d8fef5d83b81" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:37:03.720" UserId="246" Text="&lt;enterprise-deployment&gt;&lt;file-sharing&gt;" />
  <row Id="2815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1621" RevisionGUID="15548bf1-13a5-4b05-a0d9-186890d7305a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:37:05.140" UserId="267" Text="I use a cronjob running every 5 minutes with `mysqladmin processlist`. See also [this question][1] .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition, [phpMyAdmin] [2] has some monitoring features.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/418/how-do-you-track-and-debug-mysql-performance-issues&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php" />
  <row Id="2819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1623" RevisionGUID="8d6447d1-ec86-472b-9bb5-29b864ca42a3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:38:35.137" UserId="511" Text="Mark Russinovich (of SysInternals fame) has an excellent [blog entry][1] where he describes how one can use the debugging tools to track down the module name and even the stack frame (i.e. function call) during which the blue screen occurred.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's illustrated, well written, and has helped me get my feet under me when I started learning how to debug Blue Screen messages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2008/12/30/3174871.aspx" />
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  <row Id="2822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1625" RevisionGUID="eeafd6ea-ec9b-4ca6-8ea4-b69aecee4a92" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:40:29.577" UserId="1106" Text="I have a disk image that is running under Xen right now and I'd like to port it to Amazon's EC2. How can I do this in a way that is as simple as possible? I've got a script that can build the finished image from a brand new image if this helps." />
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  <row Id="2824" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1625" RevisionGUID="eeafd6ea-ec9b-4ca6-8ea4-b69aecee4a92" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:40:29.577" UserId="1106" Text="&lt;xen&gt;&lt;amazon-ec2&gt;" />
  <row Id="2825" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1626" RevisionGUID="b27d1a43-21c8-4473-a87e-255159c35ac1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:40:58.157" UserId="1079" Text="This is probably worth a look:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.edugeek.net/forums/windows/33853-logistix-update-packs-apr09.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pre-packaged archives for Windows XP updates, Flash, Shockwave, PDF, Media Player, Quicktime and Real plugins and MS Office viewer and compatibility packs." />
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  <row Id="2827" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1496" RevisionGUID="9a4da3f9-255b-4ed8-9713-1e3b2c93e868" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:41:32.273" UserId="1043" Comment="Added more details and scenarios for more specific advice" Text="Our devs want to use virtual computers for dev, but the sysadmins can't have server os's on the network.  Is there a resource that talks about locking down the Virtual Computers so that they can &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Authenticate against AD&#xD;&#xA; - Not have internet access&#xD;&#xA; - Have settings and configuration be controlled by the sys admins, not the user&#xD;&#xA; - Have intranet access to hit Visual Source Safe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Question #1:  Are the requirements possible with a single configuration?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Question #2:  What are some search terms to use to find out more?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Question #3:  Is there a definitive resource / authority?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More details:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Scenario 1:  SharePoint development requires Visual Stuido to be installed on the server directly.  From there packages are rolled up and sent to a staging, then production server.  The dev needs to be an admin on Win2k3, but no Internet access, but intranet access for the source control / backup solution would be good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Scenario 2:  GIS devs want to replicate bug reports on various workstation OSs (win2k, XP, Vista) and fix those bugs.  They require access to Visual Source Safe, but don't need server operating systems.  Internet access isn't crucial&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Scenario 3:  Web devs just want a platform to test the staging and public internet sites with more browsers and OS than are allowed in our baseline.  These machines would require Internet access, but not Intranet access." />
  <row Id="2828" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1627" RevisionGUID="ba0519e0-3cfb-45c6-811b-d59efc1ed682" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:41:44.410" UserId="1072" Text="For someone looking after a small 50 Windows PC network (Mainly XP - some Vista), what is a good set of recovery tools that can put installed on a USB drive (or perhaps CD?) to enable us to troubleshoot / recover / reboot troublesome PC's?&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="2830" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1627" RevisionGUID="ba0519e0-3cfb-45c6-811b-d59efc1ed682" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:41:44.410" UserId="1072" Text="&lt;recovery&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="2831" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1628" RevisionGUID="ec6bdcdd-09b7-4aa0-84d0-01b89861340a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:42:12.787" UserId="914" Text="Use classic login:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;LogonType&quot;=dword:00000000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remove Windows Tour popup:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;RunCount&quot;=dword:00000000[/br][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;RunCount&quot;=dword:00000000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disable autorun:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;AutoRun&quot;=dword:00000000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disable search assistant:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CabinetState]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;Use Search Asst&quot;=&quot;no&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set Google as IE homepage:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;Start Page&quot;=&quot;www.google.com&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Put volume icon in the tray:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\SysTray]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;Services&quot;=dword:0000001f&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remove Windows Messenger from startup:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;MsnMsgr&quot;=-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Show file extensions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;HideFileExt&quot;=dword:00000000" />
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  <row Id="2833" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1629" RevisionGUID="f02c7937-4e00-41e1-80e2-de64ff2345d7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:42:37.497" UserId="1041" Text="At the office we use Entrust and it's been great.  Their certificate management is extremely slick.  I used to use Geotrust at an old job, before they were part of Verisign, and they were OK too." />
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  <row Id="2839" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1634" RevisionGUID="976411ac-2a08-4b92-bb90-2235a0b7f543" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:43:21.473" UserId="457" Text="What is the best way to use IPv6 if you are a home user. I have a number of vista/ws2k8/w7 machines at home, but they are behind a NAT firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can they be attached to a public IPv6 network? For example, I want to be able to see the dancing kame ([http://www.kame.net][1])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kame.net/" />
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  <row Id="2841" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1634" RevisionGUID="976411ac-2a08-4b92-bb90-2235a0b7f543" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:43:21.473" UserId="457" Text="&lt;ipv6&gt;" />
  <row Id="2842" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1635" RevisionGUID="287a3157-5f97-4c88-92a8-6e31fcece58b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:43:35.843" UserId="993" Text="Try [MySQL Cacti Templates][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.google.com/p/mysql-cacti-templates/" />
  <row Id="2844" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1637" RevisionGUID="8c82bb6b-4f79-4d88-8783-bce3f1ba3dc5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:45:28.723" UserId="1087" Text="I use GNU tools.&#xD;&#xA;Use 'less' just to browse large files.&#xD;&#xA;Use 'grep' to search with regular expressions. " />
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  <row Id="2846" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1638" RevisionGUID="2a89633d-c065-414a-a56d-1d4af66a77f1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:46:24.727" UserId="640" Text="You can use [ShellExView][1] to disable context menu addons.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html" />
  <row Id="2847" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1639" RevisionGUID="bd7476e0-c110-415f-901e-b36158067014" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:46:27.113" UserId="1126" Text="Our project uses [Ganglia](http://ganglia.info/) for our 100+ node clusters.  One reason we use it is because it's the monitoring tool that comes with [Rocks](http://www.rocksclusters.org/wordpress/?page_id=57).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's important for us to have very low overhead on each node so that as many resources as possible are available for computation.  Ganglia gives us a good overview of the cluster and allows us to drill down to individual nodes if needed.  Besides know what's going on right now, we can get a pretty good look at what's happened over the last hour, day, week, month, and year.  The graphs of various statistics are basic and functional." />
  <row Id="2849" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1640" RevisionGUID="6474b847-ddac-48ad-9132-351926f21592" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:47:09.157" UserId="76" Text="The biggie for me is SpinRite from Steve Gibson ([grc.com][1]). Saved many an ailing disk drive with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://grc.com" />
  <row Id="2850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1641" RevisionGUID="37465f93-3913-4997-8126-8047816dc27e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:47:22.650" UserId="984" Text="On any platform you should be familiar with the native, and popular backup tools.  Nothing bugs me worse the a *sysadmin* who doesn't know how to make a good backup.  A good backup will save you from almost any mistake you may make.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-ntbackup on windows, dd/tar on Linux&#xD;&#xA;-database dump commands&#xD;&#xA;-tftp to backup switches/routers/devices&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="2858" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1645" RevisionGUID="66da63b1-90f9-458d-b6ff-1bd4990d4ee3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:48:42.647" UserId="1131" Text="I just set up a box with a couple XEN virtual machines. One of the virtual machines is running Windows Server 2008 and will soon run our openvpn as well. Is there a way to share this (network) printer to all of our computer so we can print stuff from home and when we get to the office its ready to be dealt with?" />
  <row Id="2859" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1645" RevisionGUID="66da63b1-90f9-458d-b6ff-1bd4990d4ee3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:48:42.647" UserId="1131" Text="Whats the best way to make your printer available trough out the VPN?" />
  <row Id="2860" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1645" RevisionGUID="66da63b1-90f9-458d-b6ff-1bd4990d4ee3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:48:42.647" UserId="1131" Text="&lt;printers&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;lan&gt;&lt;openvpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="2861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1646" RevisionGUID="07290343-c8a5-4483-8fc1-3860bc9e98f6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:48:45.673" UserId="629" Text="[Vim](http://www.vim.org/) can handle most things pretty well (and gvim is a graphical version). You may want to use [this script](http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1506) or [this tip](http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Open_big_files_and_work_fast) if you do a lot of this. But of course vim is not for everybody.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then of course there is the command line approach. For viewing and basic searching within a file [less](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Less_(Unix)) works well. For more complex searching you can use [grep](http://www.cygwin.com/) (or egrep or fgrep). To just see the top or bottom of the file you can use [head](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_(Unix)) and [tail](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tail_(Unix)). It is well worth learning these tools if you do any serious text processing, they can make life much easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For compressed files you can use zless, zgrep, zegrep, zcat, zipgrep ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These should be standard on Linux, Mac OS X and other *nix. For windows use the [cygwin](http://www.cygwin.com/) package.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally google found me [this discussion on the joel on software board](http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?joel.3.441884.22)" />
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  <row Id="2863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1647" RevisionGUID="5485466f-4545-4c77-a2f1-994f7a67a9d6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:49:05.063" UserId="267" Text="You have to edit your registry, it's easiest do do this for the context menu of directories:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Run regedit&#xD;&#xA;* Navigate to `HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell`&#xD;&#xA;* Remove the keys that correspond to the unwanted commands&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each filetype (file extension) has its own additional commands which you can find under `HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\.EXT`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to remove a specific menu entry, it might be easier to just search for the context menu string in the registry." />
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  <row Id="2868" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1628" RevisionGUID="d2c42da2-08dc-42d1-8a8c-4d927fe771a7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:50:03.517" UserId="914" Comment="deleted 146 characters in body" Text="Use classic login:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;LogonType&quot;=dword:00000000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remove Windows Tour popup:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;RunCount&quot;=dword:00000000[/br][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;RunCount&quot;=dword:00000000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disable autorun:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;AutoRun&quot;=dword:00000000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disable search assistant:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CabinetState]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;Use Search Asst&quot;=&quot;no&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set Google as IE homepage:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;Start Page&quot;=&quot;www.google.com&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Put volume icon in the tray:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\SysTray]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;Services&quot;=dword:0000001f&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remove Windows Messenger from startup:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;MsnMsgr&quot;=-" />
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  <row Id="2871" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1651" RevisionGUID="69c17435-eaa1-46aa-8cab-550959decbb1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:51:30.503" UserId="1115" Text="**Free**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Remote Desktop/Terminal Services&#xD;&#xA;  - [+] fast, nothing to install, traps Windows key, doesn't require both parties to connect&#xD;&#xA;  - [-] kicks off the user, more effort required to make available outside of network&#xD;&#xA;- LogMeIn Free&#xD;&#xA;  - [+] fast, traps Windows key, doesn't require both parties to connect, doesn't kick off user, easy to connect from internet&#xD;&#xA;  - [-] requires install&#xD;&#xA;- CoPilot (free on weekends)&#xD;&#xA;  - [+] decent performance, excellent setup/connect experience&#xD;&#xA;  - [-] performance not as good as above, only free on weekends&#xD;&#xA;- ShowMyPC&#xD;&#xA;  - [+] no install, can access over the internet with no configuration in most cases&#xD;&#xA;  - [-] poor performance, difficult setup/connect experience compared to others&#xD;&#xA;- Crossloop.com&#xD;&#xA;  - [+] Scott likes it&#xD;&#xA;  - [-] I've never used it, so I don't know much about it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For me, if I can install, I use LogMeIn.  I use the Window key frequently (Win+E, Win+R, Win+M, Win+Pause, etc) when troubleshooting, so when I loose that key on the remote system, it's a pain.  I like the fact that LogMeIn traps that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I can't install, I use CoPilot on weekends, and ShowMyPC otherwise.  I'll have to look into Crossloop now..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Not Free**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're paying for it, I've used LogMeIn (Rescue for no-install, Pro for install) and I've found it quite good.  One thing the pay-versions have that the free ones don't (as far as I know) is an easy way to copy files from local to remote, and to print across machines as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This [wikipedia article ][1] might help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_remote_desktop_software" />
  <row Id="2872" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1652" RevisionGUID="76cf9ec2-f9c8-491a-8c95-6c92a0dff707" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:52:37.193" UserId="1054" Text="Yes.  You just enter the name of the list in the From: field in a new message." />
  <row Id="2873" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1653" RevisionGUID="f71b6dc8-0420-4bd7-a76f-eb3ffe3c72b3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:53:04.557" UserId="767" Text="I'm studying for my Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) on my own and was wondering who you could recommend for study materials?  I did shell out a bunch of money for a local class and when it came to taking the test, there were a slew of topics which weren't even covered.  For example, in my 070-293 test, they didn't even touch such as Certificates, how to setup clusters, sql server clustering, etcs.  I realize there is a bunch out there such as cbtnuggets, preplogic, etcs.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which online preps do you suggest best preps you for the tests before I spend any more money on this stuff? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks in advance" />
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  <row Id="2875" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1653" RevisionGUID="f71b6dc8-0420-4bd7-a76f-eb3ffe3c72b3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:53:04.557" UserId="767" Text="&lt;microsoft&gt;&lt;mcse&gt;" />
  <row Id="2876" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1456" RevisionGUID="1a39f58a-e29e-4556-b441-dd7ec7122601" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:53:24.587" UserId="981" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="If your internal domain is [`.local`][1], you will have a problem resolving names via DNS. There is an [old article on Mac OS X Hints][2] which describes a solution:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I created a company.local file in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `/etc/resolver`, and populated this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; file with the nameservers for the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `company.local` AD domain. This allows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Mac OS X to use standard DNS to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; resolve `company.local` (or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `subdomain.company.local`), while&#xD;&#xA;&gt; still allowing Rendezvous to operate&#xD;&#xA;&gt; as expected. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; The only drawback I've seen to this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; approach is that the nameservers in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this `company.local` file don't update&#xD;&#xA;&gt; via DHCP, so I have to update them&#xD;&#xA;&gt; manually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here][3] is a more official support document from Apple which will parse your existing `/etc/resolv.conf` to populate the file in `/etc/resolvers`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.local&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040806232315819&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2385" />
  <row Id="2877" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1654" RevisionGUID="5aa46ac1-96e9-42f5-bb1e-b15bd898561d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:53:42.743" UserId="43738" Text="Open the IIS manager, click on Web Service Extensions folder in left pane.  Then click on the ASP.NET Extension in the right pane and click Allow button." />
  <row Id="2878" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1362" RevisionGUID="05fd47b2-81cc-443c-ab94-2bee55bf3441" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:54:07.360" UserId="819" Comment="Clarification" Text="In our current environment, developers are not allowed to use SQL Debugging against any of the QA servers. It's not clear to me why the decision was made.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What factors should be considered to decide in favor or against enabling SQL debugging?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking at QA servers that are not used for production, but are shared among a dozen teams working on unrelated projects. Our developers cannot run local databases for a variety of reasons.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: To clarify, the servers are called QA, but they really are a mixed &quot;development/preliminary QA&quot; servers. There are separate UAT servers." />
  <row Id="2879" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1655" RevisionGUID="476329c6-af16-42ca-aa07-e316ab96f087" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:54:33.070" UserId="367" Text="Hi, I need to get the size of a Directory - recursive -. I Have to do this every month so I want to make a powershell script to doit, Any Help?" />
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  <row Id="2881" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1655" RevisionGUID="476329c6-af16-42ca-aa07-e316ab96f087" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:54:33.070" UserId="367" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;" />
  <row Id="2882" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1656" RevisionGUID="aa60d7b3-935b-46ba-8372-c3e05c19279c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:54:59.027" UserId="284" Text="How homogeneous is the setup? If you've got a lot of identical hardware, having a generic disk image goes a long way...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also one or more of the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - UBCD and/or UBCD for Windows (a.k.a. UBCD4Win)&#xD;&#xA; - SpinRite&#xD;&#xA; - the aforementioned disk image&#xD;&#xA; - Some sort of PE-type disk (i.e. BartPE)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are some of the biggies. UBCD4Win and BartPE can be configured to have all sorts of stuff like a good anti-virus program, CCleaner, etc. Alternately you could have a USB drive with something like ClamWin portable, CCleaner, and other portable utilities.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recently came across [Avira AntiVir Rescue System][1]. I don't know how good it is yet, but it may be worth looking at.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.free-av.com/en/tools/12/avira_antivir_rescue_system.html" />
  <row Id="2883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1657" RevisionGUID="c840d3f7-f875-4124-a4b6-6e24cb72b4a0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:55:10.463" UserId="511" Text="I've made some suggestions on [another answer][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* DOS boot with CDROM&#xD;&#xA;* Small BartPE with Ghost - run Win32 applications to test the computer, and transfer files off a dying harddisk with NTFS&#xD;&#xA;* memtest86 - test RAM&#xD;&#xA;* Offline NT Password Recovery boot - clear local administrator password when lost&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/261/good-tools-that-fit-on-a-thumb-drive/629#629" />
  <row Id="2884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1658" RevisionGUID="dd67fc08-94c8-4ac8-a527-9e36a9f160e3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:56:29.507" UserId="123" Text="Backing up 40 workstations can be tiring work and doing it can cause unnecessary costs and time spent on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What i would recommend is that you attempt to keep all important data on the server only, the only data that would be left on each desktop would be some documents that people saved in the wrong place (Their problem not yours) or their itunes library of 10gb that someone brought in to listen to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can archive that then you wont need to go through the stress of setting up and maintaining 40 backups every day." />
  <row Id="2885" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1649" RevisionGUID="d5fc7ba8-f6c5-467e-8bc9-d13df708b2ec" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:56:59.617" UserId="375" Comment="added 72 characters in body" Text="My Windows Server 2003 Std server refuses to server ASP.NET content. It serves regular html just fine but anything .net, even a one line html file with an ASPX extention fails silently. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things I've tried:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Nothing in the event log or IIS WWW logs when it fails. &#xD;&#xA; - Fiddler shows no response&#xD;&#xA; - I reinstalled .NET with &#xD;&#xA;    - C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727&gt;aspnet_regiis.exe -U&#xD;&#xA;    - C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727&gt;aspnet_regiis.exe -I&#xD;&#xA; - I give obscenely high permissions on everything I can think of (full control, read, write, etc.) to all possibly relevant users (IUSER*, ASP.NET, etc.).&#xD;&#xA; - I confirmed that ASP.Net v1 and v2 Web Service Extensions are &quot;allowed&quot; in IIS&#xD;&#xA; - Confirmed that the Server Manager had IIS and ASP.Net roles enabled&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again: this is the scenario:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://localhost/Test/Default.htm &lt;-- Works great!&#xD;&#xA; - http://localhost/Test/Default.aspx &lt;-- Bombs silently with no message at all&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any guidance will be much appreciated!" />
  <row Id="2886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1659" RevisionGUID="27fbe0fd-4959-499d-bb51-5c2b34201890" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:57:40.473" UserId="1131" Text="I am running Win7 beta on a pc and would just like to update it to the RC. I have read that Mircosoft don't want you to upgrade and for that reason have turned upgrading off. Is there a way to upgrade that machine without having to reinstall a lot of software?" />
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  <row Id="2890" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1660" RevisionGUID="5d5173f3-dd70-464d-a7b9-27b8933fde07" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:58:43.277" UserId="1155" Text="I don't see images in Outlook. I just see a red X" />
  <row Id="2891" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1660" RevisionGUID="5d5173f3-dd70-464d-a7b9-27b8933fde07" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:58:43.277" UserId="1155" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;" />
  <row Id="2892" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1661" RevisionGUID="c113185e-1958-4cee-b1c5-bf14e082b560" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:58:53.277" UserId="1129" Text="My answers are not in order or mapped 1-1 with your questions. These are just bits of advice to avoid getting burned on hardware vendors. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - For hardware itself, look at possible candidates on Newegg. Not to buy, mind you, but to read the reviews. If you are buying something for a particular feature and no one uses that feature, that's a mark against. If there are no reviews at all, that's a mark against. If the reviews are mostly negative, that's an obvious mark against.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Ask the community. Read through support forums for the various brands/communities and see what they say. Are there a lot of complaints about the hardware you're looking at? Do people generally like the product or have a lot of success stories? Is there a support forum at all? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Try before you buy. Seems obvious, but easy to overlook. Get a trial of whatever it is and test the hell out of it while you can still return it. If it's not good enough, send it back. You've lost some weeks now but saved a lot of both time and money in the long run. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If you're choosing between service providers, ask for references. If they're a good company, they should have satisfied customers. Ask them about their competitors. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Do they have a good support plan? If something breaks on a Saturday night, can you call someone to fix it? Will they guarantee a replacement of defective hardware more than 30 days (or several years) after you bought it? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Do you have a good past experience with the provider? If your company has never had a problem with Company X's products, but Company Y could save you a little money, is it worth it? What if Company Y saved you a lot of money?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's no easy answer. You have to investigate and perform all the due diligence yourself. Weigh all the factors and get a second opinion." />
  <row Id="2893" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1662" RevisionGUID="b6f9a2b4-4a31-4fb6-80ad-371385a8b9b8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:59:27.193" UserId="798" Text="I've run into this exact issue several times, and every time, the solution was to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. go to the Control Panel&#xD;&#xA;2. go to the &quot;Windows Components&quot; area&#xD;&#xA;3. remove IIS, let it uninstall&#xD;&#xA;4. reboot&#xD;&#xA;5. re-add IIS (**make sure to include the ASP.NET stuff when you check off the boxes**).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I spent hours debugging this at a client site once, and that was the trick.  Since then, every time this has happened, this was the fix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure what the root cause is, but we tore the IIS configuration apart once trying to figure it out, and even had Microsoft RDC'ing into the server in question for 2 or 3 hours, and they couldn't help either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I write it off as an undocumented bug in ASP.NET/IIS." />
  <row Id="2894" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1663" RevisionGUID="cbbfbcf0-a2c7-4a9b-949b-aee4d2a29f3b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:59:31.637" UserId="1078" Text="Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 all use IPv6 by default. But the network appliances (switch/hub/wlan ap's) have to support IPv6 as well. First make sure all your internal equipment is IPv6 compliant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next is to make sure your router is IPv6 complient. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally you have to wait for you ISP to implement IPv6. As long as you are not given an external IPv6 address by your ISP you are bound to IPv4 when using the internet. The local machines will still communicate with IPv6 though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use &quot;ping machine -6&quot; or &quot;ping6 machine&quot; to force pinging with IPv6." />
  <row Id="2895" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1664" RevisionGUID="cedffcfe-4329-4d0f-a3d9-544533a0201e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:59:43.680" UserId="457" Text="What is the best free SSL VPN client that works on 64 and 32 bit windows clients?" />
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  <row Id="2897" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1664" RevisionGUID="cedffcfe-4329-4d0f-a3d9-544533a0201e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T20:59:43.680" UserId="457" Text="&lt;ssl&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;x64&gt;&lt;x86&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="2899" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1666" RevisionGUID="e6f27a0b-c2e5-4540-852f-413658bafa56" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:00:06.630" UserId="1054" Text="Check [this post][1] out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vistax64.com/powershell/125842-directory-size-using-powershell.html" />
  <row Id="2900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1667" RevisionGUID="eb7c9ec4-32a4-4e70-a2c0-001ff144ce84" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:00:07.877" UserId="1094" Text="If its a small office tell the employees to stop using bittorent or face disciplinary action, spending money/time on traffic shaping for a small office seems ridiculous... unless there are some extraordinary circumstances you haven't mentioned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am sure the manager of your office would want to know why their employees have time to setup bittorent, change their mac address, etc on company time..." />
  <row Id="2901" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1668" RevisionGUID="e34aae0d-a7b6-4d98-b8f8-e13a902cd4fb" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:00:09.453" UserId="246" Text="This might seem like a silly (or nefarious) question at first glance, but allow me to elaborate...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have implemented all sorts of measures on the company network and proxy to prevent the download of certain file types on to company machines. Most files, even zip files with exe's inside get blocked when clicking to download those files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But some &quot;enterprising&quot; users still manage to get downloads to work. For example, I was standing behind someone (who didn't know me or which department I worked in), who in front of our eyes changed a URL that ended with &quot;.exe&quot; to &quot;.exe?&quot;, and the browser went right ahead and downloaded the &quot;unknown&quot; file type. We've since then plugged this hole, but I'd like to know if anyone else knows of any nefarious means of downloading files bypassing network security and checking software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or perhaps if you know of some commercial software that you can swear is bulletproof, and we can trial it for a while.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help appreciated..." />
  <row Id="2902" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1668" RevisionGUID="e34aae0d-a7b6-4d98-b8f8-e13a902cd4fb" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:00:09.453" UserId="246" Text="How can I download an executable file inside the company network when it's been locked down?" />
  <row Id="2903" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1668" RevisionGUID="e34aae0d-a7b6-4d98-b8f8-e13a902cd4fb" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:00:09.453" UserId="246" Text="&lt;downloads&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
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  <row Id="2906" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1669" RevisionGUID="040246f0-b97a-44e4-a5fd-898c8b4aaded" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:00:33.570" UserId="1127" Text="&lt;shell&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;monitor&gt;&lt;changes&gt;" />
  <row Id="2907" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1670" RevisionGUID="7d8f3c19-9dac-4ce4-9848-6fc0b603ce41" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:01:20.370" UserId="173" Text="Do you mean &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tail -f logfile.log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;([Man page for tail][1])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.monkey.org/cgi-bin/man2html?tail" />
  <row Id="2908" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1634" RevisionGUID="ed6b3d9b-8d38-421d-8996-72b3675b65e3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:01:46.453" UserId="457" Comment="few more details about non IPv6 ISP" Text="What is the best way to use IPv6 if you are a home user. I have a number of vista/ws2k8/w7 machines at home, but they are behind a NAT firewall which is not IPv6 compliant!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can they be attached to a public IPv6 network? For example, I want to be able to see the dancing kame ([http://www.kame.net][1])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, my ISP does not support IPv6!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kame.net/" />
  <row Id="2910" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1672" RevisionGUID="259eaa6b-3572-4935-bd34-6a3f935a4e16" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:03:11.490" UserId="1155" Text="Answer from:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.shahine.com/omar/FixingOutlookRedXProblem.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Locate the Outlook Temporary Items folder by opening the Registry and locating &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Security\OutlookSecureTempFolder&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1.  Navigate to the value of this Key. It should be something like: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK3D\ where OLK3D is some randomly generated string that always starts with OLK&#xD;&#xA; 3. Quit Outlook&#xD;&#xA; 4. Delete the contents of the folder&#xD;&#xA; 5. Launch Outlook&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.shahine.com/omar/FixingOutlookRedXProblem.aspx" />
  <row Id="2911" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1673" RevisionGUID="4b9da797-dfcc-42e2-9c61-427d0d2ec5e4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:03:51.627" UserId="816" Text="Have a look the instructions on [this post][1] from the [Engineering Windows 7 blog][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/04/07/delivering-a-quality-upgrade-experience.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/" />
  <row Id="2912" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1674" RevisionGUID="9fc4c861-6db6-4c14-b253-38018f22ac40" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:04:05.090" UserId="564" Text="Tail is great ... less can also be used  start less on the file i.e. less myfile then press F.  This has less act as tail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2915" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1676" RevisionGUID="0eb5fc4a-4bd5-49cc-8d45-09e93869c1ee" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:04:49.877" UserId="173" Text="Simplest way if you have appropriate access in the outside world: encrypt the file, download it, decrypt it. You may need to change the file extension to something the scanner won't recognise, but basically the content will be &quot;unscannable&quot; assuming you use a reasonable encryption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Heck, just a password protected zip file *might* work - if they're not explicitly blocked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you go for only *allowing* content that you understand and approve of, that may well be more effective - and also more painful for all concerned, due to false positives." />
  <row Id="2916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1677" RevisionGUID="2b16c8a6-4fcd-4083-824e-9fc829fba5f3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:05:11.530" UserId="857" Text="I like [SQLyog][1] for remote administration of mySQL. Nice GUI environment, and there is a free community edition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This company also makes MONyog, a mySQL monitoring solution, but it's not free and I haven't played with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.webyog.com/en/" />
  <row Id="2921" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1680" RevisionGUID="bac315b4-6c14-462a-a38d-23391f59ed64" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:06:45.100" UserId="1129" Text="Try OpenVPN (http://openvpn.net/). It's cross-platform, completely free, extremely secure, and once configured it's extremely easy to deploy. I can't confirm whether it specifically targets x64, but the x86 build should work on the x64 architecture. " />
  <row Id="2922" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1681" RevisionGUID="e4e24a99-4e47-4b8d-b092-c41381d9d3f4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:06:47.173" UserId="385" Text="I know a top of the line web filtering solution like Websense can do this. You can set a filter extension up and since it's capable of doing regex, you can stop those simple little tricks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, where there's a will, there's a way. So you'll need to have a strong Internet usage policy with teeth that the management chain actually backs and enforces and you'll need to mine the results of your web filtering to see if anyone is figuring out other ways of bypassing your chosen solution. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1682" RevisionGUID="351d95e0-c72f-4048-8bdd-cab91932ca6f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:07:31.917" UserId="388" Text="You probably meant tail, as per Jon Skeet's answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another useful one is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.linuxmanpages.com/man1/watch.1.php&quot;&gt;watch&lt;/a&gt;; it allows you to run a command periodically and see the output full screen. For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;watch -n 10 -d ls -l /var/adm/messages&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will run the command `ls -l /var/adm/messages` every 10 seconds, and highlight the difference in the output between subsequent runs. (Useful for watching how quickly a logfile is growing, for example)." />
  <row Id="2927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1686" RevisionGUID="931e6aae-89f1-444a-8c75-ab0383058ff1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:08:54.097" UserId="857" Text="So it is pretty easy for a [smart] user to setup and use an external proxy. Install something like [Proxifier][1] and [Http-Tunnel Client][2] and you're good to go. The free proxy servers are slow, but an annual subscription is pretty cheap and gets good performance. This solution effectively creates a private, encrypted, unsecured tunnel through your HTTP channel and there's not a lot you can do about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.proxifier.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.http-tunnel.com/html/solutions/http_tunnel/client.asp" />
  <row Id="2928" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1642" RevisionGUID="6e19a8ff-b825-4cdd-9684-67cee1e8de33" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:09:11.350" UserId="1094" Comment="Added a tag" Text="What is the best way to backup a small network (about 40 workstations) all running windows xp pro ? The machines are spread out over 2 large buildings so it would be nice to have a solution that could be maintained remotely." />
  <row Id="2929" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1642" RevisionGUID="6e19a8ff-b825-4cdd-9684-67cee1e8de33" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:09:11.350" UserId="1094" Comment="Added a tag" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="2930" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1687" RevisionGUID="dcc4f2af-c39d-4e97-bbf1-f21999f36054" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:09:32.457" UserId="1115" Text="I like to use [TreeSize][1] and [WinDirStat][2].  What else is out there, and why should I use it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://windirstat.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="2931" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1687" RevisionGUID="dcc4f2af-c39d-4e97-bbf1-f21999f36054" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:09:32.457" UserId="1115" Text="What are good tools to show disk usage (for Windows)?" />
  <row Id="2932" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1687" RevisionGUID="dcc4f2af-c39d-4e97-bbf1-f21999f36054" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:09:32.457" UserId="1115" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="2933" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1688" RevisionGUID="21ebd579-d128-401b-9bf1-dfa9052d2fc3" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:09:57.993" UserId="1031" Text="Change the file extension to .pdf.  From what i have seen most checkers will assume that is is a pdf (since pdfs are binary files) and let it through. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2934" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1646" RevisionGUID="123cdd84-6b9e-4bd5-ada8-4d81aea4b1bd" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:10:07.150" UserId="629" Comment="fixed links" Text="[Vim](http://www.vim.org/) can handle most things pretty well (and gvim is a graphical version). You may want to use [this script](http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1506) or [this tip](http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Open_big_files_and_work_fast) if you do a lot of this. But of course vim is not for everybody.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then of course there is the command line approach. For viewing and basic searching within a file [less](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Less_(Unix)) works well. For more complex searching you can use [grep](http://www.cygwin.com/) (or egrep or fgrep). To just see the top or bottom of the file you can use [head](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_(Unix\)) and [tail](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tail_(Unix\)). It is well worth learning these tools if you do any serious text processing, they can make life much easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For compressed files you can use zless, zgrep, zegrep, zcat, zipgrep ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These should be standard on Linux, Mac OS X and other *nix. For windows use the [cygwin](http://www.cygwin.com/) package.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally google found me [this discussion on the joel on software board](http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?joel.3.441884.22)" />
  <row Id="2935" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1689" RevisionGUID="cfdb8352-e526-40e1-a25a-b060567a322d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:10:31.970" UserId="1155" Text="Get 4 Windows Home Servers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each one can be configured to backup up to 10 machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/windowshomeserver/default.mspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nothing will be cheaper than running 4 of these.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/windowshomeserver/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="2937" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1691" RevisionGUID="5f78dde8-bda7-4d1b-991c-e55c50c45b06" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:11:28.943" UserId="914" Text="The entire SysInternals suite has saved me multiple times.&#xD;&#xA;memtest is also brilliant as is spinrite." />
  <row Id="2938" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1692" RevisionGUID="a50cb428-324a-40c6-938e-5415e968b2f0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:11:29.097" UserId="1160" Text="You don't need to uninstall/reinstall IIS to re-establish .net support, per the previous answer. &#xD;&#xA;Just run the aspnet_regiis.exe utility that is located in the appropriate framwork folder, e.g.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2939" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1693" RevisionGUID="96d87ba7-0442-4c18-8391-2daca539ce0a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:11:46.897" UserId="333" Text="Try this: http://localhost/blah.aspx (should be a non-existent page). If it gives you a 404 instead of the asp.net error page then asp.net isn't running, if it gives you a 403 error then the permissions for the site are wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a checklist that may help:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Is IIS running?**&#xD;&#xA; - **Is your website running?**&#xD;&#xA; - **Is the app-pool for your website working correctly?**&#xD;&#xA; - **Is ASP.NET installed and registered?** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; cd /d %windir%\Microsoft.Net\Framework\v2.0.50727&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; aspnet_regiis -ua&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; aspnet_regiis -i -enable&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Is ASP.NET running?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check the &quot;ASP.NET&quot; tab in your web site's properties. Make sure it's using the right version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Are permissions set up correctly?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check the &quot;Home Directory&quot; tab in your site's properties, check the &quot;Execute Permissions&quot; setting, it should be set to allow scripts. Also check the &quot;Web Service Extensions&quot; to make sure asp.net is allowed to run." />
  <row Id="2940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1694" RevisionGUID="00b156a2-2559-49d0-b4a3-47191bc12cb0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:12:31.140" UserId="457" Text="Windirstat is great. I've used various others but always come back to windirstat&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2941" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1695" RevisionGUID="89089605-fe80-4858-94c7-1c469f767049" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:12:37.660" UserId="1160" Text="I second the WinDirStat choice. I always keep that handy when the MB(or GBs) start disappearing in bulk." />
  <row Id="2943" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1615" RevisionGUID="ed18729a-0733-490b-a4d9-a9a83d5c0d2e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:13:06.537" UserId="1087" Comment="add links" Text="Mysql has a free one called [Mysql Administrator][1] which is part of the mysql GUI tools package. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also the Mysql Enterprise Monitor which has many more monitoring features.  You can monitor Mysql on other servers see [faq question 7][2].  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/administrator/en/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mysql.com/products/enterprise/faq.html#29" />
  <row Id="2944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1696" RevisionGUID="873516d6-186b-47c1-999e-7bc1b6ec2f37" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:13:16.473" UserId="173" Text="I use [JDiskReport][1]. I believe it was written as a demo of Swing controls as much as anything else, but it's always been good enough for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/" />
  <row Id="2945" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1697" RevisionGUID="e0fac09c-e4c1-47a6-ae3b-bcdf53f7ddff" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:13:34.803" UserId="1127" Text="Hi!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The built-in defragment tool of Windows is not the best one. I heard that there are a ton of better ones out there - but which one is really good?" />
  <row Id="2946" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1697" RevisionGUID="e0fac09c-e4c1-47a6-ae3b-bcdf53f7ddff" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:13:34.803" UserId="1127" Text="What is a good defrag tool for Windows?" />
  <row Id="2947" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1697" RevisionGUID="e0fac09c-e4c1-47a6-ae3b-bcdf53f7ddff" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:13:34.803" UserId="1127" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;defrag&gt;&lt;tool&gt;" />
  <row Id="2949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1698" RevisionGUID="e58e4703-aafc-4036-8085-0e16b96d393f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:13:55.393" UserId="1164" Text="I agree with 4 Windows Home Servers. For offsite backup of important documents and data you might also want to set up [JungleDisk Workgroup Edition][1] and give each user a J: drive in the sky.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jungledisk.com/workgroup/index.aspx" />
  <row Id="2952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1701" RevisionGUID="5b7f87a1-20ed-4b14-a8c4-09d1a276f9d1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:14:18.670" UserId="1126" Text="We've backed up our data on LTO tapes for years and it's a real comfort to know we have everything on tape.  A sister project and one of our data providers have both moved to 100% disk storage because the cost of disk has dropped so much.  When we propose systems to potential customers these days we tend to downplay or not mention our use of tape systems for data storage since it might seem outdated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I feel more comfortable with having data saved in two separate formats: disks and tape.  In addition, once data is securely written to tape, I feel (perhaps naively) that it's been permanently saved.  Not having to rely on a RAID controller to be able to read back data is another plus for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you see a place for tape backup these days?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2953" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1701" RevisionGUID="5b7f87a1-20ed-4b14-a8c4-09d1a276f9d1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:14:18.670" UserId="1126" Text="Is there still a place for tape storage?" />
  <row Id="2954" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1701" RevisionGUID="5b7f87a1-20ed-4b14-a8c4-09d1a276f9d1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:14:18.670" UserId="1126" Text="&lt;tape&gt;&lt;storage&gt;" />
  <row Id="2955" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1702" RevisionGUID="3ec49eff-c056-43b7-b2c8-568a5da69beb" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:14:24.690" UserId="1129" Text="Over an unencrypted network, you would use two WiFi antennas and a patched version of AirPwn. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With WPA2 and a strong passphrase (WPA-PSK), there is NO WAY to perform a MitM attack. When I say strong password, I tend toward something like you get at https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm. The only way to atack WPA2-PSK is to guess the passphrase, which can be made very difficult." />
  <row Id="2956" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1453" RevisionGUID="69989f7d-e824-46e2-83b5-4243a8e487e7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:15:32.927" UserId="859" Comment="added 126 characters in body" Text="I run a web server that hosts three different domains using named virtual hosts.  What do I need to do to enable SSL connections (https) to these domains?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:  As Joel pointed out I forgot to state that I'm running Apache 2.0 on Scientific Linux which is just RHEL rebranded." />
  <row Id="2957" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1703" RevisionGUID="4821f489-66d6-4167-b03c-67b85f2b0d5c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:15:51.130" UserId="284" Text="PING might be worth looking at. (love recursive acronyms PING Is Not Ghost)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used it in a limited capacity for home/family, but from what I've seen it is a worthy replacement for Ghost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://ping.windowsdream.com/" />
  <row Id="2958" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1704" RevisionGUID="7a5525ff-e5b0-4355-9e65-4f6e9f129c3e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:16:21.443" UserId="564" Text="Don't try to backup everything ... just mount a shared drive and have them use it for document storage.  Then keep a reliable system image.  This has the added benefit of letting your users move from workstation to workstation." />
  <row Id="2959" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1705" RevisionGUID="b16b9536-7148-4e0b-9f83-82b2e016da31" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:16:28.790" UserId="1155" Text="[Perfect Disk][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use the [Windows Home Server Edition][2] which gives you 10 licenses for all your home computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The normal [Home Edition][3] is inexpensive at $30.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.perfectdisk.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.perfectdisk.com/products/home-perfectdisk10-windows-home-server/learn-more&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.perfectdisk.com/products/home-perfectdisk10-home-edition/learn-more" />
  <row Id="2960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1706" RevisionGUID="83eb7898-26e3-49d2-b621-10926e95ef60" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:16:49.210" UserId="385" Text="[Diskeeper][1] is one of the ones that usually gets mentioned. The Microsoft defrag utility is a limited version (severly) of the Diskeeper disk defragmenter, as per [KB130539][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.diskeeper.com/defrag.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/130539" />
  <row Id="2961" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1707" RevisionGUID="457c24ea-e086-42c2-ac14-fdbba6a1d436" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:18:12.123" UserId="564" Text="nmap is great for giving you the ports that are open and what is running on them" />
  <row Id="2963" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1709" RevisionGUID="95c64fc6-32ac-429a-bcab-dc461b9b6d9a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:20:09.577" UserId="914" Text="defraggler has always suited me fine, I've no idea if its any good.  But it's portable and appears to work." />
  <row Id="2964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1710" RevisionGUID="ada3fd1b-0aca-43f5-9b94-5b6da4c7f6ae" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:20:13.867" UserId="1166" Text="Since very few ISPs provide native IPv6 connectivity to home users you will have to set up tunnel to an IPv6 network. You'll need to find a tunnel broker that provides v6 connectivity (here's a [list][1]); unfortunately the tunnel will reduce the efficiency of v6 connections (due to the overhead of encapsulation and added latency); on the bright side the tunnel can seamlessly traverse a NAT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a Linux machine at home then you can get yourself a delegation for an entire network  - usually a /56, for up to 256 unique addresses - and use radvd to advertise it to your entire LAN: all you home machines are autoconfigured, the linux machine acts as a router to IPv6 packets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IPv6_tunnel_brokers" />
  <row Id="2965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1711" RevisionGUID="74c1b543-0ca6-4426-8bcc-460e21fe3d66" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:20:23.710" UserId="1115" Text="I mostly use that right now just to give my USB drive a name and an icon.  What else can you do with this?" />
  <row Id="2966" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1711" RevisionGUID="74c1b543-0ca6-4426-8bcc-460e21fe3d66" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:20:23.710" UserId="1115" Text="What are some good uses of Autorun (autorun.inf file) for USB drives?" />
  <row Id="2967" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1711" RevisionGUID="74c1b543-0ca6-4426-8bcc-460e21fe3d66" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:20:23.710" UserId="1115" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;usb-flash-drive&gt;" />
  <row Id="2971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1714" RevisionGUID="5859c405-576d-49e5-8f04-1509aef21f5f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:21:08.637" UserId="123" Text="I use [Magical Defrag][1], It is pay software at about $20 depending on where u come from but it does a good thorough job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ashampoo.com/frontend/products/php/product.php?idstring=0144" />
  <row Id="2972" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1610" RevisionGUID="e20af04e-6187-42ba-b816-ae33ce241e34" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:21:52.363" UserId="914" Comment="added 70 characters in body" Text="&quot;zcat | less&quot; can usually handle most compressed log files you throw at it.&#xD;&#xA;Combined with grep and you can parse pretty much anything though it." />
  <row Id="2973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1715" RevisionGUID="81956f12-0d32-4ebe-93da-a28953894f98" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:22:16.967" UserId="385" Text="None. [Autorun should be disabled][1]. This is one way Conficker spread onto fully patched Windows systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/dd452420.aspx" />
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  <row Id="2977" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1717" RevisionGUID="4f83977c-0d96-4f33-b0fd-910498986a8a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:22:48.133" UserId="292" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windowsserver&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;reboot&gt;" />
  <row Id="2978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1718" RevisionGUID="4390345e-9443-47f8-a6f7-ece624e75ad1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:22:50.163" UserId="24" Text="The main advantage of tapes is that it's easy to put them into a rotation scheme and store them off-site for long term backup. You can do the same with disks, but usually they're not that easily fitted into a rotation cycle, and you'll have to store them carefully to avoid damaging them (same goes for tape as well of course, but they're easier to handle)." />
  <row Id="2979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1719" RevisionGUID="236d51a8-d16f-4243-a2d6-e937551a16a1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:23:47.617" UserId="24" Text="Make a scheduled task that runs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    shutdown -r -t 01" />
  <row Id="2980" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1465" RevisionGUID="d19496a4-340e-4697-8169-88c80bffbd07" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:23:55.323" UserId="401" Comment="added 11 characters in body" Text="If you want to control multiple computers with one keyboard/mouse in Windows **I've used Synergy and [Input Director](http://www.inputdirector.com/) and will only recommend Input Director**.  Synergy locked up and wouldn't let me mouse over to the slave when the master was pegged.  ID has never failed me.  Plus I find ID's copy/paste clipboard-syncing to work much better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On each computer, to optimally use both monitors I recommend [Ultramon](http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/).  I use it on Dual-Monitors at work, and [Hex-Monitors at home](http://ritter.vg/misc/stuff/desk.jpg), and it's fantastic.  I actually combine it with [VirtualWin](http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/) to get more desktops, and the [iconized](http://sourceforge.net/projects/iconized/) plugin mapped to the tick key (next to 1) to get 4 desktops of 6 monitors each, with handy little icons of every program running on each desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ultramon puts a taskbar on each monitor showing you only the windows on that monitor, lets you drag maximized windows around, set up different backgrounds/screensavers (if you're into that), shortcuts to throw windows to other monitors, maximize windows across monitors, and loads more.  To me, it's an absolute necessity if I'm working with more than one monitor." />
  <row Id="2981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1720" RevisionGUID="a02f4699-384a-496e-8225-65518eefc46f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:25:00.640" UserId="780" Text="Try this guide (XP centric but should get you in the right direction)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.electronics.dit.ie/techsupport/Green/How%20to%20schedule%20windows%20XP%20to%20shutdown.doc&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2982" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1721" RevisionGUID="c6feb21a-4e75-488d-9980-25edede9e670" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:25:21.233" UserId="514" Text="I don't really have much to add to the question in the title.. Is it possible to wake a computer via a wireless network card? (Assuming that a wireless card doesn't consume enough power to make putting it to sleep not worth it)" />
  <row Id="2983" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1721" RevisionGUID="c6feb21a-4e75-488d-9980-25edede9e670" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:25:21.233" UserId="514" Text="Is wireless wake on lan possible?" />
  <row Id="2984" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1721" RevisionGUID="c6feb21a-4e75-488d-9980-25edede9e670" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:25:21.233" UserId="514" Text="&lt;wireless-network&gt;&lt;wake-on-lan&gt;" />
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  <row Id="2988" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1723" RevisionGUID="f8301a36-fc29-4cdc-9cf2-7e2a6aedff2d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:26:10.060" UserId="457" Text="&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="2990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1725" RevisionGUID="71f0b9fa-66fc-4408-b7b1-a59bf82ce629" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:27:47.513" UserId="1135" Text="You could check if the BIOS settings are different for the disk you added. We have had problems with slow SATA disks due to the BIOS being set to use a legacy mode." />
  <row Id="2991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1726" RevisionGUID="97d66a78-ce82-4111-a585-2c8de22f057f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:28:30.553" UserId="914" Text="Unfortuantly not.  Although you could get a wireless bridge so your computer actually sees ethernet yet your wireless bridge remains on so you could use wake on LAN." />
  <row Id="2992" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1727" RevisionGUID="7d9eb497-2707-4eae-b9a5-f310974b06be" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:29:01.257" UserId="1164" Text="I use a little utility called [RemoveDrive][1] that allows me to add 'Eject USB' to my backup script.  Saves two clicks per day!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.uwe-sieber.de/drivetools_e.html" />
  <row Id="2993" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1728" RevisionGUID="b5774a61-3459-4bab-a3d2-bb7c3f890c48" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:29:33.220" UserId="919" Text="jwz mentions [PSA: Backups][1] a backup system that's fairly clever. Your backup method is to essentially restore to the replacement drive. This seems to work simply on OSX. What all do I need to do to adopt this guide to Ubuntu?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://jwz.livejournal.com/801607.html" />
  <row Id="2994" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1728" RevisionGUID="b5774a61-3459-4bab-a3d2-bb7c3f890c48" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:29:33.220" UserId="919" Text="rsyncing a bootable backup" />
  <row Id="2995" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1728" RevisionGUID="b5774a61-3459-4bab-a3d2-bb7c3f890c48" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:29:33.220" UserId="919" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;rsync&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="2996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1729" RevisionGUID="9a68645d-8880-46db-88bf-98b6d6c588a9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:29:54.217" UserId="963" Text="Regardless of what technical solution you come up with, someone will find a way around it. If you're serious about this (and not just doing it to discourage casual downloads or fulfill some faceless policy mandate), then please, *please*, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Talk to your users!**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Explain why you're blocking what you're blocking. Help them to understand the importance of it. And then *listen* to them when they tell you why they still need to download executable files, and help them find a way to do their jobs without making your job harder. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For years, one of our suppliers had a system similar to yours in place. Unfortunately, they were also responsible for providing us with regular updates to their pricing software, and during testing it was common for executables to frequently travel back and forth between our networks. Due to the filters, we all just got in the habit of renaming files (.exe -&amp;gt; .ear, etc.), compressing them, compressing then renaming them, even using personal machines to transfer them... not only subverting the restrictions and amplifying the potential danger to both companies, but also destroying much of our respect for those behind the restrictions. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, someone got the message and set up a secured FTP server for us to use. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's all too common to focus on the technical side of things, and forget about the resourceful humans who must deal with the consequences of them. Naturally, if you're already doing this, then more power to you!" />
  <row Id="2997" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1730" RevisionGUID="a0790a60-96dc-4303-943c-6467846f9030" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:31:46.770" UserId="385" Text=" - [HTTPrint][1]&#xD;&#xA; - Nessus (which, if installed on linux, typically has nmap as a port mapper)&#xD;&#xA; - [Qualys][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [MetaSploit][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [Fiddler][4]&#xD;&#xA; - [WireShark][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.net-square.com/httprint/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.qualys.com/index.php&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.metasploit.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler2/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.wireshark.org/" />
  <row Id="2998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1731" RevisionGUID="b868d3f6-b651-4a06-a5b4-1e31ea558a25" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:32:31.293" UserId="457" Text="I've got a 5 year old shuttle machine. It's 32 bit, only takes 2gb of ram and is old. I'm looking for a replacement machine that is a similar size, is 64bit and supports at least 8gb RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any recommendations?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm probably going to run windows server 2008 R2&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="2999" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1731" RevisionGUID="b868d3f6-b651-4a06-a5b4-1e31ea558a25" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:32:31.293" UserId="457" Text="What is a good 64 bit physically small server?" />
  <row Id="3000" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1731" RevisionGUID="b868d3f6-b651-4a06-a5b4-1e31ea558a25" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:32:31.293" UserId="457" Text="&lt;x64&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
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  <row Id="3003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1733" RevisionGUID="6f5b284d-da30-4403-888f-f81a004b6fbf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:33:23.663" UserId="1173" Text="[1Fh](http://www.4neurons.com/1Fh/) is a lightweight one that'll display all 256 characters, not just the printable ones." />
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  <row Id="3007" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1735" RevisionGUID="193fd152-af6b-4711-b5b0-12e5ab331e83" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:33:36.050" UserId="1164" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;zip&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;" />
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  <row Id="3014" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1739" RevisionGUID="c50ab657-f76c-4089-81c5-18ccc63dc846" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:35:45.513" UserId="295" Text="To further rain on your parade, its worth noting that in Windows 7, Autorun on USB drives is disabled, and the only option users will be given is to open the folder in Explorer." />
  <row Id="3015" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1740" RevisionGUID="c5d40cea-59d8-4406-bf8e-48731b4bd63c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:36:20.660" UserId="1173" Text="![xkcd #327][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://xkcd.com/327/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/exploits_of_a_mom.png" />
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  <row Id="3017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1742" RevisionGUID="ce0347cf-513e-493c-89ff-1c01cfc82fc1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:37:33.170" UserId="1173" Text="Usually what I do is just upload my files somewhere where they can download stuff from a server. That way, it also doesn't clog up their inbox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're short on space, [Dropbox](http://www.getdropbox.com/) is a great service that gives you 2GB of publicly-available space for free (great syncing tools, too!)." />
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  <row Id="3024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1747" RevisionGUID="438a152c-b379-48c2-84a2-f941fecab4c9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:39:43.693" UserId="564" Text="![alt text][1]http://xkcd.com/149/ &#xD;&#xA;Sudo make me a sandwich&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sandwich.png" />
  <row Id="3025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1748" RevisionGUID="5e8aaba5-6011-4afc-9156-045fa73a04e0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:40:39.497" UserId="1176" Text="When zipped files are getting sifted out by the client's firewall, best option is to ask then for an FTP account. I have had experiences like this. The solution was the FTP ;-)" />
  <row Id="3026" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1465" RevisionGUID="ea1b960a-75b2-403d-a2d1-746337ddc3d6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:43:26.557" UserId="401" Comment="added 326 characters in body" Text="If you want to control multiple computers with one keyboard/mouse in Windows **I've used Synergy and [Input Director](http://www.inputdirector.com/) and will only recommend Input Director**.  Synergy locked up and wouldn't let me mouse over to the slave when the master was pegged.  ID has never failed me.  Plus I find ID's copy/paste clipboard-syncing to work much better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*If you are a programmer* and aren't intimidated by a fiendishly complex application, there's a powertool called [WiLMa](http://manticorelabs.com.s58627.gridserver.com/downloads/winlayoutmanager/) that can manage window layouts, create and restore them, move them around, and a lot more.  I haven't figured it all out yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On each computer, to optimally use both monitors I recommend [Ultramon](http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/).  I use it on Dual-Monitors at work, and [Hex-Monitors at home](http://ritter.vg/misc/stuff/desk.jpg), and it's fantastic.  I actually combine it with [VirtualWin](http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/) to get more desktops, and the [iconized](http://sourceforge.net/projects/iconized/) plugin mapped to the tick key (next to 1) to get 4 desktops of 6 monitors each, with handy little icons of every program running on each desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ultramon puts a taskbar on each monitor showing you only the windows on that monitor, lets you drag maximized windows around, set up different backgrounds/screensavers (if you're into that), shortcuts to throw windows to other monitors, maximize windows across monitors, and loads more.  To me, it's an absolute necessity if I'm working with more than one monitor." />
  <row Id="3027" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1749" RevisionGUID="351807b2-b651-4b52-89cc-50c060c2ca3c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:43:28.490" UserId="915" Text="I am currently writing an application that connects to IIS server and spiders through the virtual directory to collection information.  When I try to connect from a Windows XP SP3 with IIS 5.1 machine to a Windows Servers 2003 server with IIS 6.0 I get an &quot;Access Denied&quot; exception.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the server's security event log it shows that I am trying to establish a connection as my local workstation's ASPNET account.  I am an administrator on both machines and it does not seem to play a factor with trouble shooting the issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I posted [this][1] SO question on 4/1 and did not get anywhere.  Maybe posting it on SF will provide better insight and trouble shooting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/637090/access-denied-when-trying-to-connect-to-remote-iis-server-c" />
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  <row Id="3031" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1750" RevisionGUID="0ac04314-2af7-4cb2-864c-2988c9d61e4d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:44:07.723" UserId="1115" Text="I've used Microsoft's Virtual PC, and I've heard good things about VMWare, but I'd like to find something free.  I'm sick of trying out new software on my host OS and hosing it!" />
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  <row Id="3035" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1752" RevisionGUID="11f73dcc-c38b-4d12-9ea3-2dbf5d9e44fc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:44:36.257" UserId="1173" Text="Is there a way to run a GUI app, like iTunes, when not logged in to a computer directly? Thus, I'd like to be able to start a program, then log out, or (preferably) run a GUI program directly from an SSH session when no user is logged in to the console itself." />
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  <row Id="3037" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1752" RevisionGUID="11f73dcc-c38b-4d12-9ea3-2dbf5d9e44fc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:44:36.257" UserId="1173" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;headless&gt;" />
  <row Id="3038" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1753" RevisionGUID="b88076bf-e990-4924-a081-bf73e98b73ac" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:45:03.323" UserId="292" Text="Do you already use a 64-bit Windows? Has is become *mature* for general use?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's about:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - 64-bit hardware drives&#xD;&#xA;  - Explorer shell extensions&#xD;&#xA;  - Internet Explorer Add-Ons&#xD;&#xA;  - *games*?" />
  <row Id="3039" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1753" RevisionGUID="b88076bf-e990-4924-a081-bf73e98b73ac" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:45:03.323" UserId="292" Text="Is it time to go for 64-bit Windows?" />
  <row Id="3040" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1753" RevisionGUID="b88076bf-e990-4924-a081-bf73e98b73ac" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:45:03.323" UserId="292" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;64-bit&gt;" />
  <row Id="3041" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1754" RevisionGUID="74faaa21-7e8d-4a54-a70f-d887a0b49cc2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:45:26.257" UserId="1181" Text="I've been using Sun's [VirtualBox][1] for the past little while, and I have been completely happy with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.virtualbox.org/" />
  <row Id="3042" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1755" RevisionGUID="dd5762d9-7d31-4899-94aa-fad3ec506b23" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:45:59.547" UserId="173" Text="[VMWare Player][1] is free, isn't it? You'll need an appropriate image to start, of course.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(And you mention [VirtualPC][2], but that's free as well now, I believe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/products/player/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=04D26402-3199-48A3-AFA2-2DC0B40A73B6&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="3043" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1756" RevisionGUID="10d4d353-799a-4ad8-9d1a-f46e486bfcdf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:46:00.373" UserId="1173" Text="Jeff Atwood (one of this site's creators) has some thoughts on it: &lt;http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001258.html&gt;." />
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  <row Id="3045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1757" RevisionGUID="238dcdf0-a553-483b-a062-edf2aa4a7e25" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:46:04.257" UserId="1177" Text="Not much help in debugging, but I would suspect a deadlock in code rather than network as IIS is pretty well debugged as far as connectivity. I would not expect it to fail like that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm guessing your site has got busier of late, hence the deadlock issues." />
  <row Id="3046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1758" RevisionGUID="246b903e-0f3e-415a-9949-a0d3b73838ff" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:46:06.270" UserId="1176" Text="[JkDefrag v3.36][1] - Better than the Native Windows disk degfragmenter. It can run from your USB drive. And best of all, it's FREE!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kessels.com/Jkdefrag/" />
  <row Id="3047" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="1758" RevisionGUID="246b903e-0f3e-415a-9949-a0d3b73838ff" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:46:06.270" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="3048" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1759" RevisionGUID="25515f52-568d-40ac-bc2c-6fd1906a9a3c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:46:27.360" UserId="770" Text="I seen people put a pop-up message with contact information in case the USB drive is lost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That way when the device is found and plugged into a machine, the contact info is displayed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I always agree they are a security risk though." />
  <row Id="3049" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1735" RevisionGUID="3b30033f-6423-4639-b3cb-5c470607d621" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:46:34.037" UserId="1164" Comment="clarification of quesiton" Text="I often have clients email zip files to me only to find out that their corporate firewall has stripped the attached file.  What is the most straight-forward way to send a compressed file through email and avoid getting your attachment stripped out by over-eager firewalls?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To clarify, I'm not worried about sending files out as I can host them on my own web server for download.  I'm looking for a good, simple solution for having clients email files to me. " />
  <row Id="3050" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1760" RevisionGUID="c9efd0d2-163f-4cc8-bfdb-0196f596c740" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:47:52.817" UserId="1072" Text="For someone looking after a small 50 Windows PC network (Mainly XP - some Vista), are there any tools that can do an automatic inventory of the network e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* OS&#xD;&#xA;* Memory size&#xD;&#xA;* Hard drive type and size&#xD;&#xA;* Serial numbers&#xD;&#xA;* Monitor type&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the moment, someone has to go from PC to PC writing all this stuff down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3051" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1760" RevisionGUID="c9efd0d2-163f-4cc8-bfdb-0196f596c740" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:47:52.817" UserId="1072" Text="Recommendations for automatic computer inventory" />
  <row Id="3052" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1760" RevisionGUID="c9efd0d2-163f-4cc8-bfdb-0196f596c740" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:47:52.817" UserId="1072" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;inventory&gt;" />
  <row Id="3053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1761" RevisionGUID="ba2446d7-cc59-49f7-b77a-7ce92dcda476" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:47:57.933" UserId="605" Text="I've found luck with sending either a .7z file or sending a *FILE.zip.potato* . I then instruct the recipient to rename the file back to .zip. It works surprisingly well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'd think that more email clients/server would check to see what type of file it really is, but I guess the problem isn't sending zip files, it's sending viruses *in* zip files. If the recipient has to rename the file to get it to work, they must know reasonably well what they are doing, so they aren't likely to accidentally rename, extract, and run a virus." />
  <row Id="3054" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1513" RevisionGUID="0020f70f-b340-4c39-91cc-2995df0b6eef" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:47:58.963" UserId="846" Comment="edited body" Text="One alternative is a KVM box, of which there are thousands .. I have used the Belkin OmniView line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also cheat, and have a primary system with lots of monitors and remote desktop or VNC into the other systems.  This may be the easiest to manage overall, as only one has the non-standard hardware for multiple monitors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't used Synergy, but it looks interesting, and the GNU GPL allows commercial use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Thanks Berek for pointing out my lack of clarify.  You would probably only use the K and M portions of the KVM devices." />
  <row Id="3055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1762" RevisionGUID="4bd41940-3868-47e2-a14f-5a65fe4d1af7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:48:10.977" UserId="994" Text="One evening I turned on my computer, and all the Aero effects of the desktop had simply gone away.  I am pretty sure some auto-updates installed when I turned the PC off the night before.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea why this happened, and how I can get Aero to come back?" />
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  <row Id="3057" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1762" RevisionGUID="4bd41940-3868-47e2-a14f-5a65fe4d1af7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:48:10.977" UserId="994" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;aero&gt;" />
  <row Id="3058" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1763" RevisionGUID="f44c5c56-b077-4278-ba08-63fd7f058c04" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:48:30.647" UserId="1140" Text="[Sequoia][1] is very dated but it's the one I use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Gives an interesting visual overview of your drives/folders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://w3.win.tue.nl/nl/onderzoek/onderzoek_informatica/visualization/sequoiaview/about_sequoiaview/" />
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  <row Id="3063" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="1762" RevisionGUID="0ca3d2d7-068c-4d8b-ab3d-2b709d887e72" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:50:40.173" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
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  <row Id="3066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1768" RevisionGUID="413d397d-ba9a-4223-8cad-21248583c7b8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:51:03.217" UserId="123" Text="![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;[http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1999-08-04/][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://shard.com.au/files/7147.strip.gif&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1999-08-04/" />
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  <row Id="3068" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1769" RevisionGUID="72d92ac7-552a-4ca5-b36b-38d4bb662bd5" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:53:30.883" UserId="1126" Text="Our pattern is to write data once and read never if possible.  (We test our tapes occasionally, but we try to keep a working data set online if possible.)  Once a tape is full, we put it in a cabinet where they collect dust.  Our customer has a packrat mentality so we never throw any data away.  There's no particular cost to archiving the data beyond the cost of the tape itself and keeping the cabinet cool.  Once in a while, we buy more tapes to expand our storage potential.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our sister project stores similar data to disk.  When a partition fills up, the partition gets changed to read only.  The entire RAID system must remain online and consume rack space for the life of the project.  Fortunately, they produce somewhat less data, so they probably won't exceed their current storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Projects that have very large storage requirements, do not require everything to be online at once and must preserve everything would do well to look at tape storage even in the era of terabyte disks.  But it's not the cut-and-dry decision it once was." />
  <row Id="3070" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1770" RevisionGUID="ea527c89-96bb-4eda-b85d-60979c5e702e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:54:21.943" UserId="385" Text="[UserFriendly][1] (images aren't allowed to be linked directly)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.userfriendly.org/" />
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  <row Id="3072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1771" RevisionGUID="242c2e6a-ec97-45ce-84ff-8019339fe35c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:54:25.127" UserId="343" Text="I use [Jkdefrag](http://www.kessels.com/Jkdefrag/) and read good things about it. Can be used as screensaver as well and is open source." />
  <row Id="3073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1772" RevisionGUID="4f10b3fc-7c8e-4569-9316-b7b97c4bccde" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:56:05.200" UserId="1185" Text="Using data integrator for ETL's pulling data from DB2 to SQL Server, after some time, will get these odbc errors:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Communication link failure. comm&#xD;&#xA;&gt; rc=10055 - CWBCO1003 - Sockets error,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; function  returned 10055&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can't do anything with ODBC after that, have to reboot the box, and currently we just reboot the box every night at midnight to try to avoid the issue from happening.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tried this, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196271  but it didn't work, almost made it worse.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There doesn't seem to be a solution in sight. No other boxes that use ODBC get this issue that we use. Can't reformat the box at this time, legacy stuff on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone seen this issue, come across it, fixed it, mitigated it? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3074" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1772" RevisionGUID="4f10b3fc-7c8e-4569-9316-b7b97c4bccde" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:56:05.200" UserId="1185" Text="Windows 2003 ODBC Issues - Error 10055" />
  <row Id="3075" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1772" RevisionGUID="4f10b3fc-7c8e-4569-9316-b7b97c4bccde" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:56:05.200" UserId="1185" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;odbc&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;drivers&gt;" />
  <row Id="3076" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1773" RevisionGUID="92ac5e61-63f6-48be-bd40-5919ee822de4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:56:30.783" UserId="1113" Text="This does not work for GUI apps.  There are some command line apps that will play music etc. but not iTunes." />
  <row Id="3077" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1774" RevisionGUID="9f84136c-1ba2-457b-9a7e-81dafc43c548" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:57:08.207" UserId="942" Text="There are lots of solutions (just [google &quot;computer inventory&quot;][1]), but the one I know of is [OCS Inventory NG][2], although depending on your needs you may want to look for something a bit more friendly, as this open source project is somewhat complex.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.google.com/search?q=computer%20inventory&#xD;&#xA;[2]: http://www.ocsinventory-ng.org/" />
  <row Id="3078" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1775" RevisionGUID="40ac3294-ef66-49a9-a07f-53b330ede44c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:58:04.947" UserId="605" Text="[CPU-z][1] has a command line function that will write thing about the computer to a html file. That will give you memory and CPU type/speed. I believe the software [Everest][2] can do the same for most of the other things you're looking for, except perhaps monitor type.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.lavalys.com/news.php?article=57&amp;selcat=PN&amp;lang=en" />
  <row Id="3081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1776" RevisionGUID="96fb0c66-318c-49ec-b986-c5e330c042fe" CreationDate="2009-04-30T21:59:55.317" UserId="1172" Text="Well, depending on your existing infrastructure, I would have two recommendations:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PPTP built-in to Windows if you have a server that everyone would connect to. Most routers and other things tolerate it pretty well these days. Even DD-WRT supports it in both client and server modes... And out of the box support for windows clients is always a bonus.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hamachi - a free p2p style VPN that generally &quot;just works&quot;. I don't have a ton of experience using it, but having helped several people who do for SOHO type environments, it seems to fit the bill perfectly." />
  <row Id="3082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1777" RevisionGUID="391e5816-5035-4244-b037-bd647fc29528" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:00:13.847" UserId="86" Text="Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 **IS** free, download it here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=04D26402-3199-48A3-AFA2-2DC0B40A73B6&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="3084" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1778" RevisionGUID="00786e2c-efa0-4569-8b73-448558a566e0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:00:58.307" UserId="985" Text="[SpaceMonger][1] is a good tool.  Allows you to zoom in/out on a graphical block view of files.  Larger file are bigger rectangles, smaller files are smaller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Very good tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sixty-five.cc/sm/" />
  <row Id="3085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1779" RevisionGUID="a1f6dca4-10b0-4aa7-a59e-0b70ae3b2f78" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:01:24.047" UserId="1187" Text="One of our server administrators set up 1 web site per web application. This is mainly to have different host headers per application. (We also create DNS entries per application, allowing the web application to be moved across servers without having to change links or bookmarks.) Is there any overhead or performance issues in doing this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In other words, are there any major issues with having 500 websites with 1 web application each instead of 1 web site with 500 web applications?" />
  <row Id="3086" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1779" RevisionGUID="a1f6dca4-10b0-4aa7-a59e-0b70ae3b2f78" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:01:24.047" UserId="1187" Text="Is there any overhead in setting up multiple web sites in IIS?" />
  <row Id="3087" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1779" RevisionGUID="a1f6dca4-10b0-4aa7-a59e-0b70ae3b2f78" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:01:24.047" UserId="1187" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;website&gt;&lt;web-server&gt;&lt;web-apps&gt;" />
  <row Id="3088" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1780" RevisionGUID="125024c4-02ac-495b-82c8-aa149e0712c8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:01:28.103" UserId="942" Text="Sure:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ssh -X myuser@mypc&#xD;&#xA;    $ run_something&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know if that works on OS X, since I'm a Linux user, but give it a try. Also, if you're going to do this outside a LAN (fast connection), try [NoMachine][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm afraid this question will be closed do, given that it's not really sys admin related... let's hope not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and I'm sure there are several good VNC apps for the Mac, so that's another option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, take a look at [DynDNS][2] in case you have a dynamic IP and need access over the Internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.nomachine.com/&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://www.dyndns.com/" />
  <row Id="3089" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1773" RevisionGUID="9967c0dd-c2b0-432f-9797-a83883d502ab" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:01:43.050" UserId="1113" Comment="added 41 characters in body" Text="This does not work for GUI apps.  There are some command line apps that will play music etc. but not iTunes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a machine that is headless and you can hit it with VNC or Screen Sharing to log in, then you can use open /Applications/iTunes.app to launch application from ssh in the current users GUI with out logging in to the GUI. However you need the right permissions." />
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  <row Id="3093" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1782" RevisionGUID="2c2202ef-a113-479c-9d04-c992c3707361" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:05:12.730" UserId="1107" Text="Given a new office, new desks, and very little limitation on per-person costs (within reason - virtual reality helmets are not likely) what is the ideal number, size, and orientation of (presumably flat-screen LCD) monitors to maximize productivity, efficiency, and accuracy in coding? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's relevant, assume .NET development for a web environment, employees in individual offices with large desks. The coders are currently IMing for most conversation, though all are on-site, and web browsing is a part of the job." />
  <row Id="3094" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1782" RevisionGUID="2c2202ef-a113-479c-9d04-c992c3707361" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:05:12.730" UserId="1107" Text="Exclusive of cost, what is the ideal monitor set up for a team of programmers?" />
  <row Id="3095" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1782" RevisionGUID="2c2202ef-a113-479c-9d04-c992c3707361" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:05:12.730" UserId="1107" Text="&lt;monitors&gt;&lt;programmers&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;environment&gt;" />
  <row Id="3096" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1783" RevisionGUID="2f3d068a-5e06-4280-8f01-092e51c163a4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:06:23.943" UserId="658" Text="I have heard great things about [Spiceworks][1]. Its big features are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - creating an inventory of PCs and their installed software - Windows, Mac, Linux&#xD;&#xA; - creating an inventory of routers, printers, and anything IP based.&#xD;&#xA; - help desk ticketing&#xD;&#xA; - network monitoring&#xD;&#xA; - nice reporting&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.spiceworks.com/" />
  <row Id="3097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1784" RevisionGUID="53579f8f-a910-4498-9309-1c6c0f988bb4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:06:49.557" UserId="991" Text="This can be a good thing.  If all of your WebSites are using the same AppPool and one of the sites is a leaking memory, or buggy, then that AppPool will be recycled and all of your WebSites will be affected.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you separate your WebSites into multiple AppPools then this mitigates that issue.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Major hosting sites like http://www.discountasp.net/ run each WebSite in a seperate AppPool.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keith" />
  <row Id="3098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1785" RevisionGUID="5169f8e4-716b-42a7-82a1-ae35297a0454" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:07:44.377" UserId="1173" Text="You'll need to first disconnect from the server, then map it again to change it." />
  <row Id="3099" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1786" RevisionGUID="1434fe1e-3349-4344-8996-221000f7b46f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:08:49.380" UserId="388" Text="&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.dilbert.com/dyn/str_strip/000000000/00000000/0000000/000000/20000/1000/000/21021/21021.strip.print.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Here's a nickel, kid. Get yourself a better computer.&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.dilbert.com/fast/1995-06-24/" />
  <row Id="3100" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="1786" RevisionGUID="1434fe1e-3349-4344-8996-221000f7b46f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:08:49.380" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="3101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1787" RevisionGUID="a50b2001-ce49-4dde-8713-acb0c719c5ce" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:08:52.050" UserId="1173" Text="I think 24&quot; monitors are more or less the standard these days. Get two per person if you can." />
  <row Id="3102" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1788" RevisionGUID="57e47398-9689-405a-8762-a73e7ddba9e4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:08:58.897" UserId="1176" Text="What are the pro's and con's on compressing old files in the disk. I've read that compressing old files will degrade the performance on accessing the compressed files. I've got GB's of old files in my laptop, is it worth the tradeoff? " />
  <row Id="3103" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1788" RevisionGUID="57e47398-9689-405a-8762-a73e7ddba9e4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:08:58.897" UserId="1176" Text="On Disk Cleanup, Do You &quot;Compress Old Files&quot; to &quot;save disk space&quot;?" />
  <row Id="3104" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1788" RevisionGUID="57e47398-9689-405a-8762-a73e7ddba9e4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:08:58.897" UserId="1176" Text="&lt;compression&gt;" />
  <row Id="3105" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1789" RevisionGUID="5c59cb2c-fa67-46a6-bcec-8e76c1c42af1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:09:43.873" UserId="1170" Text="I would prefer [Shorewall][1]. It is easy to setup but flexible at the same time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.shorewall.net/" />
  <row Id="3106" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1790" RevisionGUID="b2b880ed-4255-45e5-893b-8f0747f3214f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:10:39.940" UserId="1190" Text="With the [Windows 7 RC][1] out today, and it being [good for a year][2] before expiring makes for a compelling argument to deploy it in limited production usage internally.  I tested the Windows 7 Beta and was very happy with its stability and compatibility.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We do software development in virtual machines (using VMWare), so the OS isn't as critical (currently using everything from Linux to Windows Server 2008 on our developer desktops).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a new hire starting Monday and a 64-Bit Dual Core machine with 4 GB of RAM (More RAM on its way).  I am considering installing Windows 7 on it as a test.  Is it stable enough to run in a production environment?  Any major concerns to watch out for?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/springboard/archive/2009/04/30/windows-7-rc-is-available-for-technet-and-msdn-subscribers-to-download.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.technet.com/springboard/archive/2009/04/30/plan-ahead-for-windows-7-beta-and-rc-expiration-dates.aspx" />
  <row Id="3107" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1790" RevisionGUID="b2b880ed-4255-45e5-893b-8f0747f3214f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:10:39.940" UserId="1190" Text="Is Windows 7 RC stable enough for limited production deployment?" />
  <row Id="3108" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1790" RevisionGUID="b2b880ed-4255-45e5-893b-8f0747f3214f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:10:39.940" UserId="1190" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;developer&gt;" />
  <row Id="3109" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1748" RevisionGUID="47b37b65-12b9-419c-8cee-631fa130f147" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:10:57.880" UserId="1176" Comment="FTP --&gt; SFTP. If connection security requirements are high, SSL is the solution ;-)" Text="When zipped files are getting sifted out by the client's firewall, best option is to ask then for an SFTP account. I have had experiences like this. The solution was the SFTP ;-)" />
  <row Id="3110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1791" RevisionGUID="6f15e163-443d-49d7-8d07-a95bdb4da290" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:11:10.217" UserId="914" Text="The compression isn't great, which also means the performance hit isn't massive.&#xD;&#xA;If you're looking to archive information I suggest you use &quot;real&quot; compression such as 7zip.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I doubt you'll notice the difference in performance if you compress your files, although if you're compressing a fair bit you'll most likely notice the space saved.  I say go for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Although I suggest you keep your binaries (C:\Windows and C:\Program Files) uncompressed." />
  <row Id="3111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1792" RevisionGUID="d155e0b7-a410-4af0-a36f-30ec6425c005" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:11:38.737" UserId="123" Text="If you are running out of space on your laptop and you &quot;need&quot; to get more space out of it then yes its ok. The performance hit  isn't too bad when opening documents/music but if you trying  something like playing a game that's compressed then you will run into trouble." />
  <row Id="3112" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1793" RevisionGUID="4a40e230-d525-4577-b12e-e4ece6dab4be" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:12:50.760" UserId="1190" Text="One of the features of Windows 7 is the ability to mount a virtual hard drive (from Virtual PC) as an actual drive within the OS.  What are the steps for doing this?" />
  <row Id="3113" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1793" RevisionGUID="4a40e230-d525-4577-b12e-e4ece6dab4be" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:12:50.760" UserId="1190" Text="How to mount a Virtual Hard Drive in Windows 7" />
  <row Id="3114" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1793" RevisionGUID="4a40e230-d525-4577-b12e-e4ece6dab4be" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:12:50.760" UserId="1190" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;virtualdrive&gt;" />
  <row Id="3115" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1794" RevisionGUID="f691a1cf-69a5-4467-9855-1ff772f2174d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:13:18.373" UserId="123" Text="I have been using windows 7 build 7000 on my dell xps m1530 since it first came out and i have had less problems than vista. The performance is much better and overall i think its a better interface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can deal with the changeover in a year i say why not." />
  <row Id="3116" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1795" RevisionGUID="95661334-9fb7-4dfc-a5fe-a77579e0b167" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:14:03.177" UserId="1173" Text="Don't run beta software on production machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, you said the beta was very stable and compatible, and the release candidate should be even better in both of those areas, so you can go for it if you like. Until its release, though, I'd probably stick with a more mature server OS." />
  <row Id="3117" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1796" RevisionGUID="a17bf0b4-0b8c-469b-86ae-243701f5130c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:14:19.977" UserId="914" Text="Be warned, a faster disk will massively eat your battery life.  Although it will provide notifiable performance improvements for certain tasks." />
  <row Id="3118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1797" RevisionGUID="56c1de3f-89f0-4932-bff7-fc19ed5134e9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:14:37.730" UserId="1190" Text="Does Windows 7 have native support for mounting CD/DVD ISO images?  If not, what is the best tool to use for that under Windows 7 64-bit?  I am looking for a solution to allow installing MSDN downloads without burning them to CD/DVD." />
  <row Id="3119" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1797" RevisionGUID="56c1de3f-89f0-4932-bff7-fc19ed5134e9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:14:37.730" UserId="1190" Text="How to mount a CD/DVD ISO in Windows 7?" />
  <row Id="3120" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1797" RevisionGUID="56c1de3f-89f0-4932-bff7-fc19ed5134e9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:14:37.730" UserId="1190" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;isoimage&gt;&lt;iso&gt;&lt;virtualdrive&gt;" />
  <row Id="3121" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1649" RevisionGUID="32eb5ad0-6e74-400c-8c5d-1b4840700ef4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:15:13.377" UserId="375" Comment="added 104 characters in body" Text="My Windows Server 2003 Std server refuses to server ASP.NET content. It serves regular html just fine but anything .net, even a one line html file with an ASPX extention fails silently. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things I've tried:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Nothing in the event log or IIS WWW logs when it fails. &#xD;&#xA; - Fiddler shows no response&#xD;&#xA; - I reinstalled .NET with &#xD;&#xA;    - C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727&gt;aspnet_regiis.exe -U&#xD;&#xA;    - C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727&gt;aspnet_regiis.exe -I&#xD;&#xA; - I give obscenely high permissions on everything I can think of (full control, read, write, etc.) to all possibly relevant users (IUSER*, ASP.NET, etc.).&#xD;&#xA; - I confirmed that ASP.Net v1 and v2 Web Service Extensions are &quot;allowed&quot; in IIS&#xD;&#xA; - Confirmed that the Server Manager had IIS and ASP.Net roles enabled&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again: this is the scenario:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://localhost/Test/Default.htm &lt;-- Works great!&#xD;&#xA; - http://localhost/Test/Default.aspx &lt;-- Bombs silently with no message at all&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any guidance will be much appreciated!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Solution:** I reinstalled per the instructions below and it works now. Thanks all!" />
  <row Id="3122" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1798" RevisionGUID="4e1f743d-4e08-49f3-b725-e7808668a2f2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:15:51.300" UserId="824" Text="http://thelazyadmin.com/blogs/thelazyadmin/archive/2009/01/15/mount-a-vhd-within-windows-7-server-2008-r2.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You go to Disk Management and select Attach VHD from the context menu." />
  <row Id="3123" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1788" RevisionGUID="6c350f8a-f888-4ed6-b8ef-54309084dba1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:16:13.123" UserId="1176" Comment="added info" Text="What are the pro's and con's on compressing old files in the disk. I've read that compressing old files will degrade the performance on accessing the compressed files. I've got GB's of old files in my laptop, is it worth the tradeoff? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have the following in this laptop (it's my playground):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQL Server 2005 Dev Ed&#xD;&#xA;SQL Server Express&#xD;&#xA;Informatica PowerCenter v7.x&#xD;&#xA;Oracle 9i&#xD;&#xA;Toad for Oracle&#xD;&#xA;VS 2008 Prof Ed&#xD;&#xA;VS 2005 Prof Ed&#xD;&#xA;and etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3124" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1799" RevisionGUID="17a895f3-e027-4abd-bd5a-49685331a538" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:18:28.563" UserId="213" Text="I like this troubleshoot list   [Simple Trouble Shooting Application Now Fixes Everything][1] =)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.secretgeek.net/simple_checklist.asp" />
  <row Id="3125" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1800" RevisionGUID="2ee35c61-1350-4315-8962-d5b8287c42e1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:18:52.367" UserId="906" Text="On the contrary, compressing files can improve performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disk time is expensive, processor time is cheap. Compressed files can be read faster than uncompressed ones (they are smaller), and on modern machines there should always be enough processor time available to decompress them on the fly." />
  <row Id="3126" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1781" RevisionGUID="94787b63-e995-418b-b7e6-5d65b81a39c6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:21:58.647" UserId="1186" Comment="added 27 characters in body; edited tags" Text="Is there a good tutorial out there on how to do user and group management in Linux? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example in Ubuntu; I've been trying to find how to alter GECOS information about each user on command line, but there is no man page about it." />
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  <row Id="3128" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1801" RevisionGUID="2ba2de1c-6b31-4970-945a-c1c96aeca9cf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:25:47.343" UserId="1192" Text="When partitioning a new system disk(s) for *nix, what is your prefered strategy for both desktop and/or servers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please include disk partition layout, file system format(s) and options, mount points, RAID level(s), LVM groups and volumes, encryption, and any other relevant settings." />
  <row Id="3129" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1801" RevisionGUID="2ba2de1c-6b31-4970-945a-c1c96aeca9cf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:25:47.343" UserId="1192" Text="Optimal *nix File System Partition/Config Strategy" />
  <row Id="3130" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1801" RevisionGUID="2ba2de1c-6b31-4970-945a-c1c96aeca9cf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:25:47.343" UserId="1192" Text="&lt;filesystem&gt;&lt;partition&gt;&lt;raid&gt;&lt;lvm&gt;&lt;disk&gt;" />
  <row Id="3131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1802" RevisionGUID="02c10192-f9ce-4c30-b882-ea5aa5e05624" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:27:18.230" UserId="1193" Text="I am experiencing strange latency on my mac mini (os x 10.5.6) when I'm using my wireless internet.  It has &quot;full bars&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- It &lt;u&gt;only happens&lt;/u&gt; on the mac mini, not on the other two windows computers that are on the same wireless.&#xD;&#xA;-  It &lt;u&gt;goes away&lt;/u&gt; once I plug my mac mini into my vista box using ICS. (using a crossover cable).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The latency is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- `ping` stalls for 3 to 5 seconds before it runs like normal at 150ms.&#xD;&#xA;- Loading websites stall for 3 to 5 seconds then appear to load normally.&#xD;&#xA;- Oddly `dig` doesn't seem to stall at all, returns results in 150ms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas how to trouble shoot this?" />
  <row Id="3132" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1802" RevisionGUID="02c10192-f9ce-4c30-b882-ea5aa5e05624" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:27:18.230" UserId="1193" Text="Strange latency in my wireless connection which has &quot;full bars&quot;, mac mini only" />
  <row Id="3133" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1802" RevisionGUID="02c10192-f9ce-4c30-b882-ea5aa5e05624" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:27:18.230" UserId="1193" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="3134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1803" RevisionGUID="44577c59-a779-4577-9c9b-529073449b39" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:28:13.750" UserId="1173" Text="Reboot your computer, router, and cable modem." />
  <row Id="3135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1804" RevisionGUID="8c6ba7a3-fd20-4523-99dd-5457331b310a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:28:27.760" UserId="813" Text="[MagicDisk][1] works with Vista.  They have a download for Windows 7 as well, but I haven't tried it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-magicdisc-overview.htm" />
  <row Id="3136" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1805" RevisionGUID="7a81769e-f266-4be3-a0a5-f6debfa00715" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:29:18.520" UserId="1173" Text="You NEED [TextMate](http://macromates.com/) for programming of any sort." />
  <row Id="3137" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="1805" RevisionGUID="7a81769e-f266-4be3-a0a5-f6debfa00715" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:29:18.520" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="3138" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1806" RevisionGUID="868abc52-8c16-4d8c-9100-9b4c9afbc1d6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:29:18.880" UserId="914" Text="Wow, nice question.  Been surfing for the perfect answer for this for yonks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I personally have 50Mb /boot ~8GB / and the rest goes towards /home&#xD;&#xA;Thats far from the perfect though.  I need to investigate alternative filesystems, currently I use ext3 but I've heard great things of other filesystems for example XFS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I usually also create a file container for /tmp purely so I can be more flexible with it in future." />
  <row Id="3139" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1807" RevisionGUID="b00eee11-4b56-4c40-9efd-9d710fef7743" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:33:50.210" UserId="1190" Text="Compressed files makes a big difference when you have a bunch of small text files (like source code, batch scripts, etc.)  it makes the least difference to your downloads directory that is full of large zip files.  So your mileage may vary.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instead of letting Disk Clean-up compress your old files, instead use Windows Find Files and look for files over a certain age by type.  Then compress or delete those.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to free up space though I recommend using [WinDirStat][1].  It will show you where you are using the most space.  Especially with a &quot;playground machine&quot; like you have, you may be surprised that you still have an old install of Oracle kicking around that you forgot about, or a database instance leftover from the time you experimented with storing really large image files in a DB.  Since it helps you to target your cleanup efforts where there is the most space being taken up, you get more results quicker.  It can also show you if you have a directory filled with a lot of small files, which might be a good candidate for compressing . . . . &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://windirstat.info/" />
  <row Id="3140" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1808" RevisionGUID="9b069034-2766-4295-9b30-02e303dc6ae0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:34:49.710" UserId="919" Text="We had a recent event where one of two servers running sendmail stopped sending mail, and built up a 7000 message queue before we noticed / fixed it. It's fixed now, but we don't know why it failed, and this part of the system is important but clearly neglected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone recommend a good tool similar to Google Analytics or apache log analyzers, but for sendmail? Ideally, it'd warn about top domains that refuse delivery, chart daily volume of mail, and other stuff." />
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  <row Id="3142" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1808" RevisionGUID="9b069034-2766-4295-9b30-02e303dc6ae0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:34:49.710" UserId="919" Text="&lt;log-files&gt;&lt;analysis&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;sendmail&gt;" />
  <row Id="3143" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1809" RevisionGUID="19482db6-9aef-491c-a54f-4f113f76bb84" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:36:19.517" UserId="1186" Text="I'd say at least give the developers two screens. It makes shifting between documentation and the IDE easier and there are [several][1] [studies][2] that some gains in productivity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regardless of developer pay and keeping in mind productivity gains of 30% with dual monitor setup, buying a second monitor is actually quite cheap if you start calculating about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If money still is an issue, having a laptop connected to one screen is an improvement over having just the laptop screen on. However if there is a size difference between the laptop screen over the attached one it may become annoying to some (I don't find it annoying but I've met some collegues who think that). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd also recommend [desks with elevators][3] to prevent muscle and backaches, but that's a whole other discussion topic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/vibe.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://lifehacker.com/software/dual-monitor/dual-monitors-increase-productivity-168488.php&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Glucose/Hanselminutes-on-9-Tour-of-Fog-Creek-Software-with-Joel-Spolsky" />
  <row Id="3144" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1810" RevisionGUID="e05d903b-e0b6-4c6a-a272-bf123a502a96" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:36:38.427" UserId="1032" Text="I'm a fan of LVM for this kind of problems. You just need some space for /boot (i use about 100MB). Combined with filesystems which can dynamically grow and shrink (or at least grow) you never have to think about to small partitions again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On my desktop I use an LVM with XFS as filesystem for all partitions. I create as small as possible and let them grow as I need more space." />
  <row Id="3145" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1811" RevisionGUID="1f3f6e94-5e4e-4330-836a-2bf3cd2ead21" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:37:30.203" UserId="1079" Text="&gt; We have implemented all sorts of measures on the company network and proxy to prevent the download of certain file types on to company machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might be going at this the wrong way. Windows Active Directory will allow you to set a policy to block specific executable files or, more practically, only allow certain executable files to run. You have to spend a bit of time making sure that all your applications are in the exceptions list, but then you can simply stop every other executable being run." />
  <row Id="3146" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1812" RevisionGUID="3ca3a9e8-577c-472d-a6a2-a83689dc2185" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:37:36.723" UserId="1206" Text="[Here][1] [are][2] [three][3] posts from [Karine Bosch][4], an employee of U2U which cover some operations with PowerShell and SharePoint.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on the level of *coding* skills known you can do anything with PowerShell and SharePoint since PowerShell can use and .NET assembly so the object model is completely usable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.u2u.info/Blogs/karine/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=d35935e0%2D8c0e%2D4176%2Da7e8%2D2ee90b3c8e5a&amp;ID=23&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.u2u.info/Blogs/karine/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=d35935e0%2D8c0e%2D4176%2Da7e8%2D2ee90b3c8e5a&amp;ID=26.&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.u2u.info/Blogs/karine/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=d35935e0%2D8c0e%2D4176%2Da7e8%2D2ee90b3c8e5a&amp;ID=24&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.u2u.info/Blogs/karine" />
  <row Id="3147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1813" RevisionGUID="0d71ca2d-e2bb-4b2d-95f1-337e2ecf4948" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:37:41.700" UserId="1094" Text="Keep in mind that currently visual studio does not have multiple monitor support so a single 30+&quot; monitor may work better than multiple smaller monitors for a visual studio developer" />
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  <row Id="3154" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1815" RevisionGUID="244d3599-bd6b-4f27-aac9-25ce1a756a2a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:38:48.547" UserId="292" Text="&lt;migrate&gt;&lt;bugzilla&gt;&lt;tfs&gt;" />
  <row Id="3155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1816" RevisionGUID="1030b0a2-953e-4ddf-9ba4-706e34777b6d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:39:52.177" UserId="658" Text="My preference is [Slysoft Virtual Clone Drive][1]. It's great because:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - you can mount/dismount by right-clicking on the drive&#xD;&#xA; - the drive remembers what has been mounted before&#xD;&#xA; - you can mount an iso by right-clicking the ISO itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No issues with device driver signing, etc. I dumped Daemon Tools a while ago. Using it on Win7 7100 64 bit with no problem. Feels quite fast.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html" />
  <row Id="3156" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1817" RevisionGUID="1addb3fb-be40-414b-93aa-1b342f71fab9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:40:01.320" UserId="402" Text="I've just set up an SMTP server on a relatively little used domain using Postfix and enabled greylisting with [SQLGrey][1].  So far it seems to be working OK, and while there's the slight irritation of delays to emails from new senders, I can see from the logs that it's deterring a number of spam messages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In your experience does greylisting effectively stop much spam? Is it a useful addition to e.g. SpamAssassin or is adding it on top overkill/unnecessary?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I were to roll this out to heavier use domains (perhaps with more demanding users) would you anticipate a significant portion of poorly configured mail servers that would end up bouncing or loosing messages?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sqlgrey.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="3157" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1817" RevisionGUID="1addb3fb-be40-414b-93aa-1b342f71fab9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:40:01.320" UserId="402" Text="Does SMTP greylisting a) stop much spam and b) stop much legitimate mail?" />
  <row Id="3158" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1817" RevisionGUID="1addb3fb-be40-414b-93aa-1b342f71fab9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:40:01.320" UserId="402" Text="&lt;spam&gt;&lt;greylisting&gt;&lt;smtp&gt;" />
  <row Id="3162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1819" RevisionGUID="c1a3fe4f-1122-4325-a214-a16e31fb4153" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:40:31.507" UserId="1210" Text="Another way is via *passive* FTP.  Most networks allow all outbound connections to leave the firewall from inside and return.  Regular FTP will use one connection port and then one data transport port which is easy to block on a firewall because the second data port is initiated on the outside.  Passive FTP however, initiates the data transfer port from the inside pc, which is allowed under most default firewall configurations...at least in the Cisco world." />
  <row Id="3163" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1820" RevisionGUID="72033001-f140-4435-9bb9-d5315d4e642b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:40:36.497" UserId="1032" Text="You can also use inotifywatch/inotifywait which hook into the kernels inotify subsystem. This way you can also watch for things like &quot;open&quot;, &quot;close&quot; or &quot;access&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But if you're simply want to get appended lines to stdout i agree on tail." />
  <row Id="3164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1821" RevisionGUID="6ed71461-7356-4730-ad67-4c6b95c1f3e6" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:41:58.133" UserId="1174" Text="Generally a good strategy for this type of network problem is to change-out or remove one component at time till it works.  After, as suggested above, rebooting everything, I'd try turning off the two Vista computers.  Other AP's nearby - try changing the channel.  Update the AP firmware and make sure the mini is up-to-date" />
  <row Id="3165" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1822" RevisionGUID="e7e73842-81f9-4549-9d99-fb212a1bcd47" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:43:34.320" UserId="1210" Text="[hping][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hping.org/" />
  <row Id="3171" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="344" RevisionGUID="55f4e2e9-4e9b-460b-807f-392ddd88b924" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:47:34.920" UserId="123" Comment="added tag olpensource" Text="&lt;rdp&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;thin-client&gt;&lt;opensource&gt;" />
  <row Id="3172" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1562" RevisionGUID="7d8ddea5-000b-4726-b50d-8ad472fb5a96" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:47:38.260" UserId="48818" Comment="spelling" Text="There are a ton of small unix/linux tools that are helpful&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;grep,&#xD;&#xA;strace,&#xD;&#xA;GNU Screen,&#xD;&#xA;locate,&#xD;&#xA;rsync,&#xD;&#xA;sed,&#xD;&#xA;awk, and&#xD;&#xA;tripwire is pretty interesting too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The list really goes on and on, I'm sure forgot far more than list here." />
  <row Id="3173" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1826" RevisionGUID="7af7288f-336d-494d-a454-43a122a9596a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:47:53.470" UserId="1216" Text="I've found [XVI 32][1] to be free handy tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/delphi/freeware/xvi32/xvi32.htm" />
  <row Id="3174" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1386" RevisionGUID="70e8bb55-2589-466d-9dfc-a3dfa3bf01d1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:48:19.630" UserId="939" Comment="improved formatting " Text="Background&#xD;&#xA;==========&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are obviously multiple variables involved here, so there is not a one-size fits-all response. These variables include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Existing company/corporate policies&#xD;&#xA;-----------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any policies involving security mandates (such as the requirement to run the company configured AV) may make this decision a non-issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Variability of the &quot;production&quot; environment.&#xD;&#xA;----------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this an application that is being deployed in a controlled environment OR a limited environment then it is a good idea to duplicate that production environment for your testbeds. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If however, this is an application that is going to be released &quot;into the wild&quot; then there is obviously no way to test for all possible production configurations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Development and testing environment&#xD;&#xA;-----------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;If there is a formal testing/QA team and environment or even just a build server, then this is likely the best place to mimic the production environment, not the developers machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Security Concerns&#xD;&#xA;-----------------&#xD;&#xA;This is an book all to itself, but the security concerns may outweigh any of the particular trade-offs to the developers machines. This depends on such things as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Sensitivity of the data and/or code&#xD;&#xA;  - Connectivity to outside networks/internet&#xD;&#xA;  - Removable media&#xD;&#xA;  - much much more&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Developer's Machine Performance&#xD;&#xA;-------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;The obvious here is the performance hit during development due to the CPU and I/O tax introduced by the virus scanner. The not so obvious is the potential impacts are:&#xD;&#xA;  -  Downtime associated with the contraction of a virus/trojan/malware and subsequent removal&#xD;&#xA;  - Performance impact of the virus/malware if no AV software is present to detect and notify the user such that they continue to work with the virus/malware present.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using virtual machines or have a development image or have regular backups, this downtime potential maybe insignificant. If the developer is going to have to reinstall and reconfigure everything on his/her machine from scratch (depending on the severity of the virus) then the downtime could be a severe penalty.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Probability of Contraction&#xD;&#xA;--------------------------&#xD;&#xA;The probability that a virus/malware will be contracted by the developers machine is a huge wildcard/unknown. However, if you are working on a closed network and don't bring in much outside media, the risk is obviously much lower than if all of the machines are directly connected to the internet. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the development environment is Mac OSX or Solaris or Linux, etc then the probability of contraction is much lower than on the Windows platform.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if the nature of the development itself increases the exposure of the developers machines to potentially unsafe traffic, this increases the probability of contraction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Recommendations&#xD;&#xA;===============&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Based on these status of the variables above (and probably more) there are several options (in increasing security, decreasing performance order):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - No AV software at all&#xD;&#xA;  - AV software with no real-time protection but scheduled virus scans during off-hours&#xD;&#xA;  - AV software with real-time protection but exclusions on folders/filetypes involved in the development process&#xD;&#xA;  - AV software with real-time protection and no exclusions&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are obviously a number of variations on these four options (such as ones involving the use of Virtual Machines) but I think this covers the major options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personal Usage&#xD;&#xA;--------------&#xD;&#xA;For what it's worth, I personally use Symantec Corporate at work and Avast Free Edition at home. I have real-time protection enabled with the only exclusions being for my Virtual Machine folders/vmdk files. I do some of my development in the host and some of it in the guest. I do C# and native C++ development for the windows platform and find the performance penalties manageable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3175" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1827" RevisionGUID="46986b21-3b54-4ebd-9893-ed8ee684efa8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:48:48.223" UserId="342" Text="In my experience, greylisting does not offer enough benefit to justify the drawbacks. While I had greylisting set up on my server, it was annoying enough to have every (new) incoming email delayed. I also know for certain that some incoming email was getting lost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Spammers were persistent enough (and I think even back then they were starting to automatically do retries) that their spam got through anyway. I turned greylisting off years ago and haven't looked back." />
  <row Id="3176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1828" RevisionGUID="45c8b7c0-594a-40cd-9c15-64d312c67b6b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:49:30.937" UserId="1079" Text="I prefer 3 screens, which really isn't that expensive at all these days, even if you do wind up having to get a second dual-head graphics card. Three matching widescreen monitors would probably be best, probably with one mounted portrait for document viewing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the money-no-object side of things you could go for a data projector (which, again, are actually very affordable these days) as a fourth screen to facilitate pair programming and ad-hoc small meetings. You could team that with an interactive whiteboard for pen-based input (Mimio and e-Beam do the cheapest IWBs), good for diagramming, mind maps and so on." />
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  <row Id="3186" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1831" RevisionGUID="3da745dc-ba3b-44d8-a94c-6526912ab4dc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:52:08.763" UserId="1215" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="3191" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1562" RevisionGUID="9be17946-23b5-4ec0-aa67-474dcd57f247" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:53:32.643" UserId="48818" Comment="added 666 characters in body" Text="There are a ton of small unix/linux tools that are helpful&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;grep,&#xD;&#xA;strace,&#xD;&#xA;GNU Screen,&#xD;&#xA;locate,&#xD;&#xA;rsync,&#xD;&#xA;sed,&#xD;&#xA;awk, and&#xD;&#xA;tripwire is pretty interesting too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The list really goes on and on, I'm sure forgot far more than list here.  Also, learn about how to configure these tools the way you want, like configuring &#xD;&#xA;.*rc files.  This will make them all so much more useful.  For example, here is my .screenrc file, since you seem interested in screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1 startup_message off&#xD;&#xA;    2 hardstatus alwayslastline&#xD;&#xA;    3 hardstatus string '%{= kG}[ %{G}%H %{g}][%= %{=kw}%?%-Lw%?%{r}(%{W}%n*%f%t%?(%u)%?%{r})%{w}%?%+Lw%?%?%= %{g}][%{B}%Y-%m-%d %{W}%c %{g}]'&#xD;&#xA;    4 &#xD;&#xA;    5 # Window numbering starts at 1, not 0.&#xD;&#xA;    6 bind c screen 1 &#xD;&#xA;    7 bind 0 select 10&#xD;&#xA;    8 &#xD;&#xA;    9 # Default screens&#xD;&#xA;    10 screen -t shell1        1&#xD;&#xA;    11 screen -t shell2        2&#xD;&#xA;    12 screen -t shell3        3&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3192" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1834" RevisionGUID="aba4cc37-e5a4-4394-a631-233fb36f7f83" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:54:16.107" UserId="1220" Text="When I try to install .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows Vista 64bit Home Premium edition it did not work. The Windows Update error code was 643. How do I fix this problem and install it?" />
  <row Id="3193" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1834" RevisionGUID="aba4cc37-e5a4-4394-a631-233fb36f7f83" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:54:16.107" UserId="1220" Text="What do I do if .NET Framework is not installing?" />
  <row Id="3194" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1834" RevisionGUID="aba4cc37-e5a4-4394-a631-233fb36f7f83" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:54:16.107" UserId="1220" Text="&lt;windowsvista&gt;&lt;.net&gt;&lt;windows-update&gt;" />
  <row Id="3195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1835" RevisionGUID="837ccc39-e280-4e9e-b0db-3afe78da5468" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:54:42.330" UserId="824" Text="You might be able to open the app up with the open command line command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;open /Applications/iTunes.app&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might also want to look into Automater or AppleScript to do these kinds of actions." />
  <row Id="3196" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="904" RevisionGUID="cf031c7b-eeeb-4ddd-8a45-6b63146bb984" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:55:45.103" UserId="514" Comment="Changed title to reiterate target audience" Text="What is a good open source issue tracking system for non-developers?" />
  <row Id="3197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1836" RevisionGUID="a6822f9e-3fb8-41e5-966b-ed8d2f6af77a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:56:10.767" UserId="1024" Text="How about &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.yurisw.com/HEdit.htm&quot;&gt;HEdit&lt;/a&gt;." />
  <row Id="3198" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1837" RevisionGUID="69059b06-ad0e-40fb-a9be-651072489c87" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:56:31.420" UserId="1222" Text="We're running it on some &quot;test/dev&quot; machines, mainly because nobody uses Vista for performance reasons and we were getting more and more bugs that were Vista only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So yes its stable enough, but I'd double up on the backup routine &quot;just in case&quot;. Although if you're developing inside a VM, using external source-control, then I really don't think you've got anything to worry about.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3200" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1839" RevisionGUID="4c9df8f9-993a-43d4-a493-ae9f5b2cad18" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:57:26.863" UserId="1107" Text="There may not be an authorized path from RC1 to the final release. If you're willing to deal with that eventual disruption, or willing to follow the inevitable unauthorized path someone works out, then that may not be an issue." />
  <row Id="3201" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1840" RevisionGUID="0450731f-ada5-42ce-b257-63681057ce1c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T22:58:55.657" UserId="1223" Text="Tail is the standard, traditional, available everywhere unix tool. A little more sophisticated tool is [multitail][1] which can monitor several files simultaneously and does syntax highlighting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vanheusden.com/multitail/" />
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  <row Id="3207" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1842" RevisionGUID="ad44664b-f811-404d-ac89-6b529c7a3978" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:00:47.883" UserId="1186" Text="There are some instructions on a workaround in a knowledge base article [923100][1] about the error code 0x643 that may show up when installing .NET. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The gist of the solution is that you need to uninstall .NET and install it again. I hope the kb helps you out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923100" />
  <row Id="3209" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1843" RevisionGUID="bd6f71c9-47a7-4e72-ae33-389021da838b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:01:45.247" UserId="1222" Text="We're using Trend Micro in production, and I've recently installed it on all our TEST VM's (after one got a virus) and have noticed no noticeable performance loss (20+ VMs on one eight core host), these machines get thrashed by our support department when trying to reproduce customer environments, it's a barebones AV and does the trick. It's picked up a couple of things that would have otherwise infected a machine after visiting the dreaded *underground sites*" />
  <row Id="3210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1844" RevisionGUID="6beeab48-bfb3-460f-bcf8-1c114a09cfd9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:02:00.423" UserId="1024" Text="I found &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/index.html&quot;&gt;SpaceSniffer&lt;/a&gt; the other day. I also like Sequoia mentioned elsewhere." />
  <row Id="3211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1845" RevisionGUID="2a5c049a-d297-4a25-baad-7cdfc7637cc4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:03:06.037" UserId="1224" Text="There is a already question that asks about opening a large log files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But my intention is different.&#xD;&#xA;Is there any application that *monitors* a log file and updates as it is updated in *real time*?" />
  <row Id="3212" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1845" RevisionGUID="2a5c049a-d297-4a25-baad-7cdfc7637cc4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:03:06.037" UserId="1224" Text="How to monitor a log file in real time?" />
  <row Id="3213" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1845" RevisionGUID="2a5c049a-d297-4a25-baad-7cdfc7637cc4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:03:06.037" UserId="1224" Text="&lt;log-files&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;realtime&gt;" />
  <row Id="3214" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1846" RevisionGUID="cf85b53b-f583-4407-bcbd-757af34e5dd2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:03:50.530" UserId="1221" Text="I second the 24&quot; suggestion. 22&quot; is the bare minimum, but cutting costs on monitors is, I think, one of the least practical strategies; a really good monitor can easily last 5 years in practical use. My personal favorite is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/monitor_2408wfp?c=us&amp;l=en&amp;s=dfo&quot;&gt;Dell 2408WFP &lt;/a&gt; (updated 2407, which I use at home and enjoy greatly. The HC variant is event better, I think). It has an SD card slot and internal USB hub (both of which are great for developers), and features best-of-breed display quality. Where I come from it's ridiculously expensive, but in the US the price is probably much more reasonable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a developer, I personally I find a second monitor a cute but somewhat redundant addition -- I usually place MSN Messenger, Skype and Process Explorer etc. windows on it. At work I have a decent primary 24&quot; and el-cheapo secondary 22&quot; set up and it's terrific; at home I just use the 24&quot; and don't miss the second monitor all that often." />
  <row Id="3215" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1847" RevisionGUID="b63fa197-4936-4b5d-8be0-a88bf1e92577" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:04:35.457" UserId="1220" Text="The first thing to try is to remove all instances of the .NET Framework and see if it installs after that. There is a tool for doing this: [.NET cleanup tool][1] . Restart your computer and try to install it again. If this does not work, you will need to do an in place reinstall. Get our your reinstall DVD and follow the instructions to do a reinstall. DO NOT do a full reinstall and lose all your program files and drivers, just do an in place reinstall. After the reinstall finished, I was able to install the .NET Framework.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/pages/8904493.aspx &quot;.NET cleanup tool&quot;" />
  <row Id="3216" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1848" RevisionGUID="7a3a0d52-21b9-40da-be4d-7f56aa53d5b9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:05:11.133" UserId="1173" Text="Like `tail -f file.log`?" />
  <row Id="3217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1849" RevisionGUID="6cb5fec9-df90-4f4b-b8a5-d97b8bc48f05" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:05:18.543" UserId="386" Text="&quot;tail -f logname&quot;?" />
  <row Id="3218" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1850" RevisionGUID="abfe876b-e22d-4f27-9a2e-f91d9e85aea4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:05:31.150" UserId="342" Text="You don't mention which platform you're using, but on Unix-like systems the `tail` command does this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tail -f /var/log/messages&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In fact there are implementations of `tail` for Windows also (eg. [unxutils](http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/))." />
  <row Id="3219" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1815" RevisionGUID="b278e1d6-cb72-4552-afa2-f934ded80b3b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:05:57.670" UserId="292" Comment="added tag" Text="&lt;migrate&gt;&lt;bugzilla&gt;&lt;tfs&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="3220" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1851" RevisionGUID="f564df8c-8a85-4525-affc-88d10849aa44" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:06:31.067" UserId="1219" Text="We have between 100 - 200 servers at two sites located in a 3rd party hosting provider.  &#xD;&#xA;(Not a company anyone would recognise.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Various technical staff are proposing moving to another hosting providor (like Amazon).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main reasons for this are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Improved service&#xD;&#xA;  - More reliable and consistent networks&#xD;&#xA;  - A more flexible service&#xD;&#xA;  - A cheaper service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the key issues to be addressed in moving all servers from 1 provider to another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The servers come in all sorts, with multiple OS's, a complex zoned network, and multiple virtualization software types used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3221" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1851" RevisionGUID="f564df8c-8a85-4525-affc-88d10849aa44" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:06:31.067" UserId="1219" Text="What are the key problems to be addressed when moving between different hosting providers?" />
  <row Id="3222" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1851" RevisionGUID="f564df8c-8a85-4525-affc-88d10849aa44" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:06:31.067" UserId="1219" Text="&lt;hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="3223" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1852" RevisionGUID="d64fd672-0f09-4726-8aca-fa4da5e73cf7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:07:42.703" UserId="1230" Text="I highly suggest 2 screens and they should both rotate.  I have dual 19&quot; at work and being able to rotate one of them 90 degrees is very valuable when I am looking at long sections of code." />
  <row Id="3225" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1854" RevisionGUID="4634f0bb-60f8-4f56-a48f-63b9e614db18" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:08:52.170" UserId="1140" Text="If windows is your thing you could try [Tail for Win32][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/tailforwin32" />
  <row Id="3226" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1199" RevisionGUID="c4b72550-bfb4-47fe-8509-2e63ab2a41a4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:09:51.387" UserId="495" Comment="updated to point out that that the CodePlex project doesn't support MOSS 2007" Text="There is a PowerShell provider that I've heard some good things about. It's available on [CodePlex][1]; however, it doesn't yet support MOSS 2007. That said, I've found using the SharePoint object model sufficient. If you don't want to dig into the object model, though, I recommend both Gary LaPointe's stsadm extensions, and his newer PowerShell cmdlets for SharePoint. Both are available via [his blog][2].  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codeplex.com/PSSharePoint&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://stsadm.blogspot.com/2007/08/stsadm-commands_09.html" />
  <row Id="3227" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1855" RevisionGUID="c9243f84-1276-4c6c-a7ff-47da72c0d46c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:10:52.510" UserId="1229" Text="I'm thinking of installing Windows7 RC. I'm wondering if the auto-updates along with a production licencense will be sufficient to convert the RC to the RTM. Or will I have to reinstall?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3228" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1855" RevisionGUID="c9243f84-1276-4c6c-a7ff-47da72c0d46c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:10:52.510" UserId="1229" Text="If I install Windows7 RC, will I need to repave later?" />
  <row Id="3229" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1855" RevisionGUID="c9243f84-1276-4c6c-a7ff-47da72c0d46c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:10:52.510" UserId="1229" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;" />
  <row Id="3230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1856" RevisionGUID="7d030ae8-5379-4143-a57b-242cd0b55c16" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:11:44.753" UserId="1215" Text="[DiskMon][1], [Disk Usage][2] are 2 examples of utilities from [Sysinternals][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896646.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896651.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="3231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1857" RevisionGUID="366889ff-939b-4f11-91c3-83fde0f96140" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:11:49.230" UserId="1226" Text="I've been interested in trying out [BackTrack][1] for a while, but I'm not sure how to use most of the tools. I know there's a lot there, but is there a simple, graphical way to monitor activity on my wireless network? Instructions would be much appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.remote-exploit.org/backtrack.html" />
  <row Id="3232" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1857" RevisionGUID="366889ff-939b-4f11-91c3-83fde0f96140" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:11:49.230" UserId="1226" Text="What are some cool things I can do with Backtrack?" />
  <row Id="3233" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1857" RevisionGUID="366889ff-939b-4f11-91c3-83fde0f96140" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:11:49.230" UserId="1226" Text="&lt;backtrack&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;wireless&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="3234" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1858" RevisionGUID="80aec48c-8a7f-4bed-9f2a-b3dc8a0b6789" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:12:14.830" UserId="1223" Text="Personally I like to use du from [cygwin][1] (but then I am a command line person, one of my colleagues referred to me as Mr Blackscreen when entering my office once...). Sometimes use a script that saves the output automatically, like the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    du &quot;$@&quot; | sort -nr | tee dusort-`date +%Y-%m-%d`.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cygwin.com/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1859" RevisionGUID="7918fc50-7d23-401d-9e41-7176f35fd7b4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:12:27.310" UserId="1030" Text="I'm trying to locate all copies of `example.filename` on my FreeBSD server. What's the best / easiest / most efficient way to do this?" />
  <row Id="3236" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1859" RevisionGUID="7918fc50-7d23-401d-9e41-7176f35fd7b4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:12:27.310" UserId="1030" Text="How to Find a file in Linux" />
  <row Id="3237" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1859" RevisionGUID="7918fc50-7d23-401d-9e41-7176f35fd7b4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:12:27.310" UserId="1030" Text="&lt;find&gt;&lt;files&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;grep&gt;" />
  <row Id="3238" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1860" RevisionGUID="647d7633-f587-452d-bcdc-d3cc4f09097e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:12:38.010" UserId="1190" Text="Two monitors is more important than big monitors.  Although I would say 19&quot; is the minimum.  24&quot; is great though.  Additionally there are tools to allow better tiling of windows on large screens." />
  <row Id="3239" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1861" RevisionGUID="72299c1f-560d-4313-9e11-3571693f7627" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:13:04.047" UserId="1232" Text="    find / -name example.filename&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3242" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1828" RevisionGUID="58aaa974-05cb-4859-a8e2-f457bc70e27b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:13:28.353" UserId="1079" Comment="Added a bit about colorimeters." Text="I prefer 3 screens, which really isn't that expensive at all these days, even if you do wind up having to get a second dual-head graphics card. Three matching widescreen monitors would probably be best, probably with one mounted portrait for document viewing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the money-no-object side of things you could go for a data projector (which, again, are actually very affordable these days) as a fourth screen to facilitate pair programming and ad-hoc small meetings. You could team that with an interactive whiteboard for pen-based input (Mimio and e-Beam do the cheapest IWBs), good for diagramming, mind maps and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on exactly what the users will be doing you might want to look at getting a colorimeter to adjust the colour on your screen(s), something like the Pantone Huey or similar. This allows you to accurately preview work before it is printed (assuming your printer is also properly calibrated and has a colour profile applied) and be confident that the colours you are seeing are correct. Handy for people designing/using web pages, very useful for people doing any kind of graphical work, and an absolute must for anyone sending work off to bulk printers." />
  <row Id="3243" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1863" RevisionGUID="8fd72c76-621b-4b74-be75-22b2e1f6625e" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:14:10.020" UserId="623" Text="`locate filename`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Much faster than find, **if** you're running the locate service, of course..." />
  <row Id="3244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1864" RevisionGUID="3ff8e046-e037-4418-af43-84d3f246ac6c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:14:11.267" UserId="386" Text="If you've got locate (aka slocate) installed, then&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    locate example.filename&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;locate runs a cron job every night that reindexes all the files on your machine.  It's not always up to date for that reason." />
  <row Id="3245" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1865" RevisionGUID="59098016-a0cf-405d-9be6-0f3f6ba8929a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:14:18.630" UserId="1173" Text="If you have the locate database up-to-date, then just:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    locate example.filename" />
  <row Id="3246" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1866" RevisionGUID="3a753933-9451-4739-bda4-dc7c297ef576" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:14:36.260" UserId="1215" Text="Based on the [release blog][1], you will need to reinstall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; In both cases, you’ll need to rebuild your test PC to replace the operating system and reinstall all your programs and data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/springboard/archive/2009/04/30/windows-7-rc-is-available-for-technet-and-msdn-subscribers-to-download.aspx" />
  <row Id="3248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1868" RevisionGUID="866ad0c1-bbb1-4c6c-91d7-a6950d046a70" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:15:05.243" UserId="1030" Text="I've tried every disk usage visualizer I could find, and I stick with &lt;a href='http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml'&gt;Treesize Free&lt;/a&gt;. I much prefer the tree view as opposed to the 'stump view' or the boxes-in-boxes approach." />
  <row Id="3250" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="546" RevisionGUID="f4158448-0945-4dd8-be9d-903a4819a665" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:15:30.453" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="3251" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1870" RevisionGUID="ed6ff70a-1147-4343-9524-495d3418430a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:16:18.267" UserId="1190" Text="Windows 7 RC will expire [June 2010][1].  So you will be able to continue to use it until then.  You may be able to upgrade it to the full version, but most likely they will recommend a fresh install.  They recommended a reinstall when moving from the Beta to the RC, but they [provided a work around][2].  Most likely they will provide a work around at RTM, if not you can probably find a way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/springboard/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/04/07/delivering-a-quality-upgrade-experience.aspx" />
  <row Id="3253" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1871" RevisionGUID="01787eae-1b56-40e6-a091-8c49d676b5de" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:17:00.840" UserId="1227" Text="I sometimes do &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  find . | grep example.filename&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;probably hugely inefficient however." />
  <row Id="3256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1873" RevisionGUID="1d7083bd-1bce-4fd9-ae44-79fc842e972f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:18:49.680" UserId="804" Text="The OS is stable enough, you are just running the risk that it is not a final version (might need to reinstall later), but a lot of people start using RC products" />
  <row Id="3257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1874" RevisionGUID="b11f6fb8-5caa-452f-9ab2-518389f4e1e7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:19:01.990" UserId="808" Text="A friend of mine using (I believe) `qmail` has it configured to reject, as SPAM, any incoming Email with a Date: header that is too far from real time.  I can't figure out how to do this with sendmail.  How do you do this?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3258" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1874" RevisionGUID="b11f6fb8-5caa-452f-9ab2-518389f4e1e7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:19:01.990" UserId="808" Text="How do you configure sendmail to reject Email with a Date header too far from real time?" />
  <row Id="3259" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1874" RevisionGUID="b11f6fb8-5caa-452f-9ab2-518389f4e1e7" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:19:01.990" UserId="808" Text="&lt;smtp&gt;&lt;sendmail&gt;&lt;mta&gt;&lt;spam&gt;&lt;spam-filter&gt;" />
  <row Id="3260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1875" RevisionGUID="105055d0-baaf-4ae4-983e-f094899a8e8d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:19:29.180" UserId="1086" Text="there's nothing better than a clean and fresh windows install" />
  <row Id="3261" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1750" RevisionGUID="5dc51bef-195b-4f74-885f-1998ce035960" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:19:35.217" UserId="1115" Comment="Changed to be more clear, after learning how out-dated my question was" Text="I've been out of the virtual machine market for a while.  Back in 2005, I used Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 (not free) and the current version of VMWare (not free).  What are some good, free solutions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sick of trying out new software on my host OS and hosing it!" />
  <row Id="3262" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="1750" RevisionGUID="5dc51bef-195b-4f74-885f-1998ce035960" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:19:35.217" UserId="1115" Comment="Changed to be more clear, after learning how out-dated my question was" Text="What are some good, free &quot;virtual machine&quot; apps?" />
  <row Id="3263" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1863" RevisionGUID="f5cac26c-6679-4493-bcce-c65843dc5707" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:19:39.447" UserId="623" Text="    locate filename&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Much faster than `find`, **if** you're running the locate service, and it only finds files that existed at the time `updatedb` last ran (usualy the night befor under the control of a cron job). You *can* run `updatedb` by hand, but that is even slower than [the `find` cletus suggests][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1859/how-to-find-a-file-in-linux/1861#1861" />
  <row Id="3264" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1769" RevisionGUID="ab1c1cc2-a7c4-457d-bf25-72f64c92d926" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:20:22.110" UserId="1126" Comment="deleted 12 characters in body" Text="Our pattern is to write data once and read never if possible.  (We test our tapes occasionally, but we try to keep a working data set online.)  Once a tape is full, we put it in a cabinet where they collect dust.  Our customer has a packrat mentality so we never throw any data away.  There's no particular cost to archiving the data beyond the cost of the tape itself and keeping the cabinet cool.  Once in a while, we buy more tapes to expand our storage potential.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our sister project stores similar data to disk.  When a partition fills up, the partition gets changed to read only.  The entire RAID system must remain online and consume rack space for the life of the project.  Fortunately, they produce somewhat less data, so they probably won't exceed their current storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Projects that have very large storage requirements, do not require everything to be online at once and must preserve everything would do well to look at tape storage even in the era of terabyte disks.  But it's not the cut-and-dry decision it once was." />
  <row Id="3265" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1876" RevisionGUID="3a3b87ee-65a5-401b-8c7c-6f9a8b8c4624" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:20:39.957" UserId="1223" Text="Sysinternals (now bought by Microsoft) made a free command line tool called [Contig][1] that at least have one nice feature in that you can point it to a directory and it will defrag only that and the subdirectories but not the rest of the disk. I have no experience with the other programs mentioned in the other answers. The performance hit when running contig is noticeable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897428.aspx" />
  <row Id="3266" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1845" RevisionGUID="2d819f10-7351-4599-b4a2-119e02319205" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:20:41.503" UserId="1224" Comment="added 20 characters in body" Text="There is a already question that asks about opening a large log files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But my intention is different.&#xD;&#xA;Is there any application that *monitors* a log file and updates as it is updated in *real time*?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Platform**: Windows XP/2003/2008 server" />
  <row Id="3267" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1845" RevisionGUID="2d819f10-7351-4599-b4a2-119e02319205" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:20:41.503" UserId="1224" Comment="added 20 characters in body" Text="&lt;log-files&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;realtime&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="3268" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="754" RevisionGUID="191509a9-4459-4e80-bc47-ea978914cbc0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:20:55.120" UserId="615" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="It doesn't matter what is going to be around in 2015. Nobody can predict future but you shouldn't buy into proprietary platforms that are offered by single vendor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Amazon EC2** is good candidate to deploy your application on because Amazon compatible services can be easily (and will be) provided by other companies as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Google App Engine** is very bad candidate because there is not going to be compatible product from other company for very long time if ever. It's just too proprietary and Google doesn't plan to release their technology.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Windows Azure** might be maybe the best candidate because Microsoft plans to sell this OS (not just host it on its own servers) so any company can recreate easily Windows Azure cloud on their own infrastructure. But who knows when it happens." />
  <row Id="3269" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1877" RevisionGUID="602a5ae6-b782-4e98-8e04-29afc309c66b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:21:48.223" UserId="1232" Text="How to best tune a Windows PC for development purposes?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3270" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1877" RevisionGUID="602a5ae6-b782-4e98-8e04-29afc309c66b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:21:48.223" UserId="1232" Text="How to best tune a Windows development machine?" />
  <row Id="3271" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1877" RevisionGUID="602a5ae6-b782-4e98-8e04-29afc309c66b" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:21:48.223" UserId="1232" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;tuning&gt;&lt;development&gt;" />
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  <row Id="3273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1879" RevisionGUID="bbe9fac1-43bd-4bc1-9928-01fe1596e0c4" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:21:59.143" UserId="1232" Text=" - [Disable the NTFS Last Access Time Stamp][1];&#xD;&#xA; - [Turn off indexing and speed up Windows XP][2]; and&#xD;&#xA; - [Turn off unnecessary services][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/50/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://lifehacker.com/software/optimization/turn-off-indexing-and-speed-up-windows-xp-031440.php&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.jasonn.com/turning_off_unnecessary_services_on_windows_xp" />
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  <row Id="3276" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1881" RevisionGUID="72582e86-5da4-42dd-bf30-3014ec82bb97" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:23:26.207" UserId="1233" Text="Is the computer running truly headless (as in WindowServer is never started - usually Xserves) or is it simply a computer that doesn't have a user logged into?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The short answer is no. Mac OS X 10.5 will specifically disable applications from opening up and running over top of loginwindow. (Which was a rather annoying security hole when installers *cough* Flash *cough* would open a Finder window over loginwindow giving anybody walking by root access)" />
  <row Id="3277" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1882" RevisionGUID="be5732a7-caad-4022-bbd5-3e97eaf20329" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:25:45.857" UserId="1190" Text="A lot of this really depends on what you are using the servers for.  This is a general answer assuming a high targeted up time SLA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to maintain up-time during the move then you would need to setup new servers with the new host and then setup replication between the two servers.  Once you have replication then you might consider using load balancing to bring the new servers into operation slowly.  This way if there is a failure it will be isolated to only a few users (maybe even migrate a beta group first).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the gradual roll over continues to work then eventually you can just shift it to 100% usage of the new servers.  Once you have done that you can shutdown the replication and decommission the old servers.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course if your up-time goal is high you might consider keeping some of the old servers on replication and load balancing as backup." />
  <row Id="3279" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1884" RevisionGUID="4a3529a7-8e43-477e-93b2-88c953bd51d2" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:26:53.703" UserId="808" Text="Set 1600x1200 or 1960x1200 or whatever is appropriate -- some very high resolution screen, but then set big fonts so you don't need a magnifying glass to read.  This allows you to have multiple windows up next to each other.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3280" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1863" RevisionGUID="7843d8a1-9965-483f-bcdd-308956faddc8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:27:11.610" UserId="623" Comment="..." Text="    locate filename&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Much faster than `find`, **if** you're running the locate service, and it only finds files that existed at the time `updatedb` last ran (usualy the night befor under the control of a cron job). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You *can* run `updatedb` by hand, but that is even slower than [the `find` cletus suggests][1], and requires root. I sometimes update the database by hand after installing a bunch of new stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1859/how-to-find-a-file-in-linux/1861#1861" />
  <row Id="3281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1885" RevisionGUID="af373b06-1203-441d-a0a9-a9feac72b26c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:27:27.540" UserId="333" Text="It's easier. Run the install for SQL Server 2008 on your server, choose the upgrade option. Done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Takes maybe 15 minutes, give or take. It really is remarkably easy." />
  <row Id="3282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1886" RevisionGUID="ad815b0e-851e-4b3d-8a9e-29146bc0af7a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:27:30.783" UserId="1231" Text="I'm using Windows 7 Beta and trying to install a web application locally.  This web site uses **Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express** (SQLEXPRESS) and a MDB file in the web site's ~/App_Data folder.  I was instructed to configure IIS7 to use **Classic .NET AppPool** for this web application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each time the web site loads, I receive the following error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; There was an error trying to connect to the Database Server:&#xD;&#xA;Failed to generate a user instance of SQL Server due to failure in retrieving the user's local application data path. Please make sure the user has a local user profile on the computer. The connection will be closed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Internet is packed with articles written on this subject.  The prevailing wisdom seems to be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Configure the SQL Express Service to use the *Local System* account.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Delete the following directory: C:\Users\username\AppData\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server Data\SQLEXPRESS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Neither of these fixes have made any impact.  I have tinkered with permissions and settings for hours to no avail.  Can anyone suggest a fix or help me understand how to get more detailed information about the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="3288" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1868" RevisionGUID="f0b5d66b-ade3-4277-b74a-d21e1a63f6d8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:27:51.470" UserId="1030" Comment="deleted 11 characters in body" Text="I've tried every disk usage visualizer I could find, and I stick with [Treesize Free](http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml). I much prefer the tree view as opposed to the 'stump view' or the boxes-in-boxes approach." />
  <row Id="3289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1888" RevisionGUID="095df125-6d6d-4801-9467-a6d4509962e8" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:28:14.790" UserId="1233" Text="Remote Desktop will connect to other VNC servers (eg. PCs) if you add them to the list. It will display as &quot;Screen Sharing is Available&quot; but can only use the default port (5900) however support for the other Remote Desktop features is a bit more sketchy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FWIW The built in Screen Sharing application (which the Finder tip by joev will open) in Leopard is a &quot;dumbed&quot; down version of Remote Desktop's VNC viewer." />
  <row Id="3290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1889" RevisionGUID="9a58c90e-ed11-43b9-b21c-8c03086fbb7c" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:28:48.253" UserId="495" Text="I've really found the Quest ActiveRoles snap-in to be very useful for working with and managing Active Directory. You can get the snap-in [here][1], but I think [this blog post][2] does an excellent job explaining what it is, how to set it up, and how to use it.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.quest.com/powershell/activeroles-server.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/powershell/powershell_quest_qad.htm" />
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  <row Id="3295" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1892" RevisionGUID="ff31b17b-bac5-4fd7-a237-ea65dd22ee05" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:31:39.573" UserId="1224" Text="Navigating Registry as if it is a file system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cd HKLM:\" />
  <row Id="3296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1893" RevisionGUID="c44abeee-70e3-4a4b-bdd4-f489a77f7cd9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:32:14.297" UserId="1126" Text="Sometimes you want to find files at a specific directory level.  In this case it can be convenient to use shell wildcards:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ls /data/*/example.filename&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously this only works if you have a rigid directory structure." />
  <row Id="3297" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1854" RevisionGUID="e36b9f34-64df-406b-a45c-71f9a9bb5ffc" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:32:33.550" UserId="1140" Comment="alternative" Text="If windows is your thing you could try [Tail for Win32][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit: Another alternative I just found is [TailXP][2]. It's free, but not opensource. Looks ok from the description but I haven't tried it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/tailforwin32&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://infiero.com/tailxp/index.html" />
  <row Id="3298" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1870" RevisionGUID="d953fe8d-6abd-4c21-9c0f-9131bf0ea123" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:36:29.950" UserId="1190" Comment="advocate fresh os" Text="Windows 7 RC will expire [June 2010][1].  So you will be able to continue to use it until then.  You may be able to upgrade it to the full version, but most likely they will recommend a fresh install.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They recommended a reinstall when moving from the Beta to the RC, but they [provided a work around][2].  Most likely they will provide a work around at RTM, if not you can probably find a way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, nothing beats that fresh installed OS feeling.  Reinstalling after 12 months of use is probably a good plan anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/springboard/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/04/07/delivering-a-quality-upgrade-experience.aspx" />
  <row Id="3299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1894" RevisionGUID="6aa8bf3d-f5d6-4b23-bbb3-922805f0557a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:37:41.383" UserId="460" Text="You can do an in place upgrade, but you might want to take the oppertunity to do a clean build of the machine.  In which case you can do a backup in 2005 and a restore in 2008." />
  <row Id="3300" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1895" RevisionGUID="3a2c1d2b-b47a-4c0d-981d-aa22306e7670" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:39:02.830" UserId="1235" Text="Has anyone seen the error code 0141 and it isn't a failed hard drive? I'm guessing the motor or board failed on the drive, but I'd prefer if there is a chance the motherboard or  controller failed instead. The reason I'm asking is because I don't have a usb/sata adapter and am curious if there's even a need to get one." />
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  <row Id="3302" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1895" RevisionGUID="3a2c1d2b-b47a-4c0d-981d-aa22306e7670" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:39:02.830" UserId="1235" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;diskdrive&gt;&lt;dell&gt;" />
  <row Id="3303" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1896" RevisionGUID="9d5b4d29-d9c0-4b51-8248-9ddf1141689f" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:39:15.343" UserId="531" Text="Either don't install antivirus software or disable scan-on-access. This can make a big difference in compile time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See also [this answer][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1217/what-antivirus-do-you-recommend-for-dev-boxes/1309#1309" />
  <row Id="3305" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1892" RevisionGUID="9338d952-0570-4b05-8b65-8cf1dc3f4abb" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:39:32.377" UserId="1224" Comment="added 132 characters in body" Text="**CD** (Change-Location) - I can basically navigate around registry as if it is a file system.&#xD;&#xA;basically you can do so for all powershell providers (returned by Get-PSProviders)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cd HKLM:\" />
  <row Id="3306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1898" RevisionGUID="2ba2a37c-69ba-4419-827b-2b314342b46d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:39:53.407" UserId="1232" Text="I'm trying to decide on which of these to use. The ones I know about are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [VMware][1] (various flavours);&#xD;&#xA; - [Virtualbox][2];&#xD;&#xA; - [KVM][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now ideally I'd like the following features:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Ideally to be able to boot a real partition rather than a file representing a virtual hard disk (so it's readable and writable by the host OS);&#xD;&#xA; - Have good networking support (eg setting up virtual interfaces for KVM such that they can use DHCP to get a &quot;real&quot; IP address was painful);&#xD;&#xA; - Has good performance, utilizing the VT hardware support where available;&#xD;&#xA; - Supports 64-bit guests;&#xD;&#xA; - Has a good graphical admin tool; and&#xD;&#xA; - Has good support for scripting guest creation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd be really intererested to hear from some experts on this one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.virtualbox.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Main_Page" />
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  <row Id="3308" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1898" RevisionGUID="2ba2a37c-69ba-4419-827b-2b314342b46d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:39:53.407" UserId="1232" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;virtualbox&gt;" />
  <row Id="3310" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1899" RevisionGUID="aae139b9-8e1e-4d3b-bb6d-0101bbb3045a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:41:36.193" UserId="1235" Text="You can get UBCD4WIN on a thumbdrive&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.ubcd4win.com/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="3312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1900" RevisionGUID="800629f8-bf92-4da5-aa9a-075c8b901502" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:42:08.610" UserId="1242" Text="I use [Notepad++][1] as my default text editor on all my systems, and it has the nice bonus of having this built-in - just go Plugins -&gt; Document Monitor -&gt; Start to monitor. You can also use File -&gt; Reload from disk to manually reload it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="3313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1901" RevisionGUID="b3a38f87-218a-41a1-9a02-16b147e3dc46" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:44:40.430" UserId="1126" Text="I prefer using `less` over `tail -f` because I find myself needing to search a log file for a specific error or ID.  For really long logs, I find it convenient to use the `-n` option which turns off line numbering.  From the manpage:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -n or --line-numbers&#xD;&#xA;              Suppresses line numbers.  The default (to use line numbers)  may&#xD;&#xA;              cause  less  to run more slowly in some cases, especially with a&#xD;&#xA;              very large input file.  Suppressing line  numbers  with  the  -n&#xD;&#xA;              option  will  avoid this problem.  Using line numbers means: the&#xD;&#xA;              line number will be displayed in the verbose prompt and in the =&#xD;&#xA;              command,  and the v command will pass the current line number to&#xD;&#xA;              the editor (see also  the  discussion  of  LESSEDIT  in  PROMPTS&#xD;&#xA;              below).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wish there were a command line option to follow a file immediately on startup, but there isn't.  Instead, I run `less` and type `G` to see the end of the file and `F` to start following.  If I need to search for something, I type `^C` to stop following the file and `?` to start searching backwards.  Key bindings are pretty much the same as in `vi`." />
  <row Id="3314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1902" RevisionGUID="b4142454-a376-4749-a822-357c8d3ebcd0" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:44:43.753" UserId="1115" Text="I've used several different setups over the years:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- One 17&quot; CRT&#xD;&#xA;- Two 17&quot; CRTs&#xD;&#xA;- Two 19&quot; LCDs&#xD;&#xA;- Three 17&quot; LCDs&#xD;&#xA;- Three 19&quot; LCDs&#xD;&#xA;- Three 20&quot; LCDs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Goes without saying that LCDs are much easier on the eyes than most CRTs.  I found the three 20&quot;s to be the best for me, due to the extra real estate.  Those were 1600x1200, and that was quite a bit bigger than 1278x1024.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For me, three was a good number since I was working on a desktop app with a database backend.  One screen for the IDE, one for the DB, and one for the app to run in works nicely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The 24&quot;s, with a resolution of 1920x1600 looks pretty nice too. Another nice configuration is a 30&quot; with one or two 20&quot;s turned sideways on each side (wingmen).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whichever way you go, I'd recommend sticking with the same style (less distraction), and using a nice multi-monitor tool like [UltraMon][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/" />
  <row Id="3318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1904" RevisionGUID="4b2bc846-d3a8-4898-b5fd-5e657d1f6162" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:45:33.580" UserId="824" Text="I really like VMWare Server.  I use it on my Ubuntu box to run a 2003 Windows server and 2008 Windows server.  It is pretty rock solid." />
  <row Id="3319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1905" RevisionGUID="27f5601d-ba18-4c07-b759-c44ce5a77f92" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:46:09.397" UserId="1237" Text="See this solution (http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_force_outlook_to_open_potentially_unsafe_attachments_that_i_know_are_ok.html)" />
  <row Id="3320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1906" RevisionGUID="885b0132-84af-4253-bf54-66d5f8c6874d" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:47:12.873" UserId="1173" Text="I'm pretty sure VirtualBox fits the bill for all of your criteria." />
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  <row Id="3324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1908" RevisionGUID="750bd73b-5f86-4947-95e3-de818a0135e9" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:48:39.780" UserId="386" Text="Spend money on RAM first, disk second, and CPU speed third.  Use CVS or some other software version control system even if you're the only programmer.  Back up frequently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actually, spend money on a good monitor and keyboard first." />
  <row Id="3326" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1910" RevisionGUID="6a98414c-cef8-4bb3-8a76-7e3a876d9525" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:52:45.153" UserId="1115" Text="When I install Windows, the first thing I need to do is install the latest service packs and updates.  Can I bake this into the install cd?" />
  <row Id="3327" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1910" RevisionGUID="6a98414c-cef8-4bb3-8a76-7e3a876d9525" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:52:45.153" UserId="1115" Text="How can I add Windows service packs and updates to my Windows XP/Vista install cd/dvd?" />
  <row Id="3328" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1910" RevisionGUID="6a98414c-cef8-4bb3-8a76-7e3a876d9525" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:52:45.153" UserId="1115" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-installer&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="3329" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="48" RevisionGUID="403ec973-36fe-428f-b7fc-f4d1972af8cf" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:53:33.997" UserId="58" Text="I always format / install. NEVER upgrade. Keep it nice and clean. too many places crap can get lost or dup'd.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But if u mean going from older version to a new version, it's generally &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Price&#xD;&#xA; 2. Having to re-install everything again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit: This is referring to Windows OS, not linux, etc." />
  <row Id="3330" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1911" RevisionGUID="5a4a1c81-4997-43c5-b148-ccca7afc0b13" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:53:40.283" UserId="1190" Text="Found the solution.  It was caused by the Microsoft LiveMeeting add-in.  It created a message form in the C:\Users\[current user]\AppData\local\Microsoft\FORMS folder that was corrupted.  Deleted it and it fixed the problem." />
  <row Id="3331" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1912" RevisionGUID="d166914d-03ba-4e56-8c38-004f2b8f59ae" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:54:20.143" UserId="1173" Text="You mean like [nLite](http://www.nliteos.com/)?" />
  <row Id="3332" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1913" RevisionGUID="6c0ecf85-03af-4616-9689-335a7f631399" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:56:27.143" UserId="1232" Text="The SQL Server Management Studio has the ability generate scripts. The problem is that it breaks on identity columns. I can't find a link to this bug at the moment but Microsoft basically declared it as a &quot;feature&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is particularly important for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Seedning a development or new test environment; and&#xD;&#xA; - Replicating data from production back to test or development.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there an easy solution to this that actually works?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3333" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1913" RevisionGUID="6c0ecf85-03af-4616-9689-335a7f631399" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:56:27.143" UserId="1232" Text="How best to script selected tables and data on SQL Server 2008?" />
  <row Id="3334" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1913" RevisionGUID="6c0ecf85-03af-4616-9689-335a7f631399" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:56:27.143" UserId="1232" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;replication&gt;&lt;database&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;" />
  <row Id="3335" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1914" RevisionGUID="b33aae99-f4d7-49c6-a24b-3ab8edb460f1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:56:27.797" UserId="944" Text="If I were to setup a new computer intended for single user use with /home on a separate partition, what would be the best file system to use for that partition?  Would you use ext3, ext4, reiserfs or something else?" />
  <row Id="3336" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1914" RevisionGUID="b33aae99-f4d7-49c6-a24b-3ab8edb460f1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:56:27.797" UserId="944" Text="What's the best file system to use for a new /home partition" />
  <row Id="3337" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1914" RevisionGUID="b33aae99-f4d7-49c6-a24b-3ab8edb460f1" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:56:27.797" UserId="944" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;" />
  <row Id="3338" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1915" RevisionGUID="b41b5844-6b1a-470f-8698-e8bba1f47250" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:57:02.303" UserId="1232" Text="Personally I would just use ext3. It's tried and true. Ext4 will replace it but there has been [issues with lost data][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/19/1730247&amp;from=rss" />
  <row Id="3339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1916" RevisionGUID="5d8aa193-ed0d-46b7-b379-6411517c7b46" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:58:33.097" UserId="1190" Text="The process is called Slipstreaming.  Here is a [step by step guide for XP][1] (bit of a complicated hack).  You can use the [Vista Update Integrator][2] with Windows Vista.  There is the [VLite][3] tool for doing it under Vista.  If you want an automated method under XP you can use [NLite][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://apcmag.com/how_to_slipstream_vista_sp1_into_your_vista_install_dvd.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.vlite.net/help/slipstream.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.nliteos.com/" />
  <row Id="3340" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1885" RevisionGUID="ae66b211-2ede-4aa8-a525-9c07df63de1a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:58:56.060" UserId="333" Comment="added 124 characters in body" Text="It's easier. Run the install for SQL Server 2008 on your server, choose the upgrade option. Done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Takes maybe 15 minutes, give or take. It really is remarkably easy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: You still want to do a backup anyway right before upgrading, just in case. But more than likely you won't need it." />
  <row Id="3341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1917" RevisionGUID="c779cc0c-842f-4c71-8fb3-7fba9c2f9a5a" CreationDate="2009-04-30T23:59:02.720" UserId="1247" Text="This can easily done with the [setperm][1] utility.  I've honestly never used it for Exchange 2007 only on Exchange 2003, but it shows as supporting it.  There is also some great screenshots and info here: [http://telnetport25.wordpress.com/2007/07/25/exchange-2003-change-mailbox-folders-permissions-in-bulk/][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amset.info/exchange/folderpermissions.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://telnetport25.wordpress.com/2007/07/25/exchange-2003-change-mailbox-folders-permissions-in-bulk/" />
  <row Id="3348" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1779" RevisionGUID="592dcd89-3d80-4ab7-9b51-516cbe8c41eb" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:01:34.290" UserId="1187" Comment="clarified question" Text="One of our server administrators set up 1 web site per web application. This is mainly to have different host headers per application. (We also create DNS entries per application, allowing the web application to be moved across servers without having to change links or bookmarks.) Is there any overhead or performance issues in doing this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In other words, are there any major issues with having 500 websites with 1 web application each instead of 1 web site with 500 web applications?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's assume each web site always has its own application pool. My question is really:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is a web site just another configuration option with no overhead, or does creating many web sites decrease performance? (at all, even if it is minuscule?)" />
  <row Id="3349" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1920" RevisionGUID="ca12dd90-530a-4f8a-b58e-54554980e602" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:03:03.960" UserId="1242" Text="My current setup at work:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* 2 20&quot; widescreens attached to my primary desktop&#xD;&#xA;* To the right of those, a 20&quot; non-widescreen attached to my secondary desktop&#xD;&#xA;* To the left, a Dell laptop with (I think) a 15&quot; screen&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All 3 machines are controlled using one mouse and keyboard through [Synergy][1], giving me effectively 4 monitors (I have an L-shaped desk, or this wouldn't work).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've only had this setup for about a week, and I'm already addicted. The laptop runs Outlook and Firefox for MSDN docs and our bug-tracking system - &quot;background info&quot; type stuff. The second machine lets me do resource-heavy things like running a bunch of VMs without slowing down my primary development machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If money truly is no object, however, what I'd do is buy a bunch of monitors of different sizes, decide on a simple default setup like two 22 or 24&quot; widescreens, then make it clear that people can alter it however they please. You'll never find one monitor configuration that is ideal for every programmer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="3350" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1921" RevisionGUID="b71f035d-5a48-4b5d-828e-3baab7f3d987" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:04:16.063" UserId="1170" Text="[James][1] is mail server written in pure Java and developed under the auspices of the Apache Software Foundation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it stable enough for handling large (inpredictable large) amounts of mail? Can it be used by host provider without fear of loosing data? Are there any limitations?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://james.apache.org/server/index.html" />
  <row Id="3351" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1921" RevisionGUID="b71f035d-5a48-4b5d-828e-3baab7f3d987" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:04:16.063" UserId="1170" Text="Is James stable for production use?" />
  <row Id="3352" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1921" RevisionGUID="b71f035d-5a48-4b5d-828e-3baab7f3d987" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:04:16.063" UserId="1170" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;james&gt;&lt;mail&gt;" />
  <row Id="3353" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1922" RevisionGUID="f1be0758-849b-47da-8c74-65649a56eed7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:04:30.773" UserId="1131" Text="I administr a school &quot;for pleasure&quot; and we are always discussing when we should update software. For example today Office 2007 SP2 came out and I was woundering how long I should wait before updating all the pcs. Since there are a few ~130 pcs and we have an automated install client having to fix bugs in the end is a lot harder so how long would you think should I wait before updating?" />
  <row Id="3354" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1922" RevisionGUID="f1be0758-849b-47da-8c74-65649a56eed7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:04:30.773" UserId="1131" Text="How long would you wait to install updates?" />
  <row Id="3355" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1922" RevisionGUID="f1be0758-849b-47da-8c74-65649a56eed7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:04:30.773" UserId="1131" Text="&lt;updates&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;software&gt;" />
  <row Id="3356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1923" RevisionGUID="861113ab-a36f-4647-8a14-de42f005b6d7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:05:40.037" UserId="1245" Text="I recently setup a MySQL server and encounted the following error when I ran the mysql console (and incidentally the administrator GUI tool):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: YES)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had done a standard installation and reached the last page in the configuration wizard when the security check stage failed with an error suggesting that the MySQL port was blocked by a firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;closed the wizard, checked there was no firewall running and then and tried running mysql and the administrator GUI and found the same error in both cases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone suggest a solution to the problem or perhaps resources for diagnosing MySQL problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3357" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1923" RevisionGUID="861113ab-a36f-4647-8a14-de42f005b6d7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:05:40.037" UserId="1245" Text="How should I diagnose ERROR 1045 during MySQL installation?" />
  <row Id="3358" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1923" RevisionGUID="861113ab-a36f-4647-8a14-de42f005b6d7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:05:40.037" UserId="1245" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;" />
  <row Id="3359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1924" RevisionGUID="d772f84c-4da4-46b6-b9dc-e005a7b87c87" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:07:19.707" UserId="1224" Text="How do you get started on creating a custom Windows CD?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And additionally, &#xD;&#xA;Do you need another license to be able to create a custom Windows Installation CD (of course, using a legitimate copy of mine)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it even **legal** to create a custom CD with all the application I use often? (such as WinZip, IrfanViewer, NotePad++, etc)..." />
  <row Id="3360" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1924" RevisionGUID="d772f84c-4da4-46b6-b9dc-e005a7b87c87" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:07:19.707" UserId="1224" Text="How do you get started on creating a custom Windows CD?" />
  <row Id="3361" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1924" RevisionGUID="d772f84c-4da4-46b6-b9dc-e005a7b87c87" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:07:19.707" UserId="1224" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;installation&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" />
  <row Id="3363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1926" RevisionGUID="f26c5842-09aa-4683-be92-15a23b88abea" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:09:23.927" UserId="58" Text="![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't forget a sysdamin needs to get physical with their computer boxes!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to make sure you've got at least one&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Philips head screwdriver&#xD;&#xA; 2. Standard (Flat head) screwdriver&#xD;&#xA; 3. Tweesers (to pick up those screws that have fallen into some dark hidden spot on your mobo)&#xD;&#xA; 4. Spare SATA cable&#xD;&#xA; 5. Spare Network RJ45 cable (and cross over cable)&#xD;&#xA; 6. Compressed air -&gt; get rid of all that dust.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some dude also [writes about the top 10 things][2] he/she thinks everyone should have in their toolbox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://toolmonger.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/post-s0.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://toolmonger.com/2008/12/11/ten-items-for-your-computer-tool-kit/" />
  <row Id="3364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1927" RevisionGUID="59a3d7f7-38ed-47e5-81e6-7cd0e4f2621a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:10:34.690" UserId="783" Text="Actually, Log-Expert does what you want, plus a lot of nice feature&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.log-expert.de/images/stories/logexpertshowcard.gif" />
  <row Id="3365" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1928" RevisionGUID="daf6c1cc-09d9-4f00-a863-bb7f834ff2ca" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:10:53.253" UserId="23" Text="Try [this lifehacker][1] article, good place to start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lifehacker.com/292972/partition-and-image-your-hard-drive-with-the-system-rescue-cd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: linked to correct article" />
  <row Id="3366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1929" RevisionGUID="5477b5f8-dc29-40ee-8c5d-7897b1f0de6b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:10:55.610" UserId="944" Text="My list is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Physical space&#xD;&#xA; - Physical security&#xD;&#xA; - Sufficient cooling&#xD;&#xA; - Sufficient power to run everything&#xD;&#xA; - Sufficient network bandwidth&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the things that are hardest to change at a later date and so you need to get them right early." />
  <row Id="3367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1930" RevisionGUID="a323dd63-e9bb-4854-8a39-4920b3659bcd" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:11:50.053" UserId="184" Text="Try Citrix XenServer (it's free!). We use it at work and it does the job really well. I've found it much faster than VMWare. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only requirement from your list it doesn't fulfill is that you need a separate machine as a VM server. Then you can connect to the machines over the network using XenCenter admin console, which is very similar to VMWare one. The console is available for Windows, don't know about linux as I use Windows as a client." />
  <row Id="3368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1931" RevisionGUID="82b93d88-9566-4003-b1c0-c26a9d420a9f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:11:52.707" UserId="341" Text="I would install on one machine for testing for a week or so. If there are no issues you could then roll out the updates gradually." />
  <row Id="3369" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1932" RevisionGUID="58388b8b-127c-4f6d-81dc-754799b75b7b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:12:21.923" UserId="58" Text="[MSFN's Unattended Windows tutorials][1] explains *everything*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; And additionally, Do you need another&#xD;&#xA;&gt; license to be able to create a custom&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows Installation CD (of course,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; using a legitimate copy of mine)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not at all. You can use the same license of your currently purchased XP OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also make the install process (silent) install your favourite programs, etc. Lots of OEM providers do this. Eg. install acrobat (cringe), nortan antivirus personal free for 90 days then ask to pay your credit card (cringe), dvd movie software, etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/1/SESSID=0e9d98888a81a79d3eafd797252e5a33/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1933" RevisionGUID="f9fbedf4-d1e8-4fde-a19e-8da68ddfe15d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:13:34.230" UserId="1250" Text="Has anyone tried doing an update from XP (as opposed to clean install)? This is for a workstation, but it's a user's primary workstation. Would you allow one of your users to do this?" />
  <row Id="3371" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1933" RevisionGUID="f9fbedf4-d1e8-4fde-a19e-8da68ddfe15d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:13:34.230" UserId="1250" Text="Is it safe to update a workstation from WinXP to Win7 RC1?" />
  <row Id="3372" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1933" RevisionGUID="f9fbedf4-d1e8-4fde-a19e-8da68ddfe15d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:13:34.230" UserId="1250" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;upgrade&gt;" />
  <row Id="3373" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1934" RevisionGUID="0e6ba515-fc2b-4ac6-afda-5af70a5501d7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:15:23.680" UserId="58" Text="We can answer this in a few days hours time ... unless someone happens to have grabbed it off BT .. (tsk tsk!) Or unless it's on MSDN already (i've not logged in to check)" />
  <row Id="3374" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1935" RevisionGUID="31972069-ba90-42b1-b06d-856152e2d9ec" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:15:48.077" UserId="783" Text="You usually use a program to select what you want from your Windows, like [nLite][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you burn the iso on a CD... or even an [USB key][2]!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.eeeuser.com/howto:nlitexp&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://wiki.eeeuser.com/windowsxpusb.&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.spawnrider.net/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/image-thumb4.png" />
  <row Id="3377" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1937" RevisionGUID="e466e9b0-1aee-493a-b7e6-579c7a135fcf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:17:38.497" UserId="859" Text="I use [VMWare Server][1] and have since it was released.  I believe it has all the features you mentioned although I've never used the feature to use an actual disk and am not sure about scripting guest creation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used it both on my laptop (linux) and my desktop(Windows XP) for development purposes (testing software across multiple OS's) and am using it to run my webserver for my hosted sites as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/products/server/" />
  <row Id="3378" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1938" RevisionGUID="ecf5582f-fbba-458c-b3b6-426be2fe6398" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:18:12.270" UserId="1237" Text="I would like to hear community opinions on reasons to switch, to utilise, or *when* one should consider a x64 platform.  Plus are there any additional benefits of running 64-bit Windows 7? over 64-bit Pre-Win7 OS's?" />
  <row Id="3379" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1938" RevisionGUID="ecf5582f-fbba-458c-b3b6-426be2fe6398" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:18:12.270" UserId="1237" Text="What benefits are there to running a 64-bit Operating System?" />
  <row Id="3380" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1938" RevisionGUID="ecf5582f-fbba-458c-b3b6-426be2fe6398" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:18:12.270" UserId="1237" Text="&lt;x64&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-7&gt;" />
  <row Id="3381" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1928" RevisionGUID="4c17a80f-24f8-47d7-9580-266546b8fe97" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:18:18.807" UserId="23" Comment="added 173 characters in body" Text="Try [this lifehacker][1] article, good place to start. It explains how to create an image of your system, with all the updates, settings and programs installed and then how to use a rescue cd for restoring your machine later on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   [1]: http://lifehacker.com/292972/partition-and-image-your-hard-drive-with-the-system-rescue-cd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: linked to correct article" />
  <row Id="3382" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1939" RevisionGUID="5f4c7497-e973-4839-beb6-6d1e2fc96477" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:22:30.027" UserId="1086" Text="32 bit Windows is limited to max 4 GB of RAM" />
  <row Id="3383" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1940" RevisionGUID="1ce6f16e-5df1-414b-90bc-cda02fb03de9" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:22:50.777" UserId="1232" Text="The benefit is that each process can then address over 4GB of memory per process. Technically the OS can have more than 4GB of RAM with 32-bit (but limited to 4GB per process) but in practice no modern OS actually implements that so a second benefit is that the OS can have more than 4GB of RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, on 32 bit OSs, the upper part of the 4GB address space is used by device drivers and other things (like GPU RAM mapping), reducing the actual memory to about 3-3.5GB. That goes away with 64 bit OSs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Certain applications, particularly photo and video related, will use more than 4GB per process. Photoshop on large images, video editing, 3D modelling, etc can all benefit from more than 4GB per process.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1941" RevisionGUID="d7a47848-7ebf-44ad-a093-0791b84dfb5c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:23:32.163" UserId="341" Text="When it comes to Windows XP running 64 bit allows the use of 4gb of RAM or more. In 32 bit XP there is a total of 4gb RAM shared between the motherboard and the graphics card.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Therefore if you have a 512mb graphics card the maximum memory available to Windows is 3.5gb." />
  <row Id="3385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1942" RevisionGUID="3e24784d-2da3-4d80-9227-8c673434c4d1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:23:34.160" UserId="783" Text="The main advantage is for the memory space: much more than 4Go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That means I can allocate 4Go to a virtual machine (one process, with for instance an Ubuntu inside), while having more than enough for my current Win64 session." />
  <row Id="3386" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1943" RevisionGUID="529b3075-7949-4bed-86a1-dc5b1d5a4642" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:25:40.083" UserId="1249" Text="I use &lt;a href=&quot;http://virt-manager.et.redhat.com/&quot;&gt;Virtual Machine Manager&lt;/a&gt; on my Fedora Linux. It's a front-end that uses Xen, Qemu and KVM. Very like VMware server." />
  <row Id="3387" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1944" RevisionGUID="3e747a11-b5b1-40e4-bf8a-c054664b2f41" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:28:32.650" UserId="1232" Text="Generally speaking there are two kinds of updates:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Critical updates:** install these immediately; and&#xD;&#xA; - **Other updates:** unless I'm being negatively impacted by whatever is being fixed (if it is a fix and not just a feature pack) then I'll typically wait a week or so. I've been burnt badly on this before with graphics drivers and iTunes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For administering machines like you do, deevus's suggestion of trying it out on one machine is a good cautious approach." />
  <row Id="3389" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1946" RevisionGUID="df6f88f2-d4df-4382-8637-a66cebaf818c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:29:11.243" UserId="341" Text="This link on the Windows 7 [XP Mode][1] might be of some interest to help you decide. It may curb any issues with backwards compatibility.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2009/04/24/secret-no-more-revealing-virtual-windows-xp-for-windows-7.aspx" />
  <row Id="3390" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1947" RevisionGUID="e075193a-2d81-4600-bb8d-c33083b6a435" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:29:47.453" UserId="1166" Text="Probably the most evident advantage over the 32bit version is the ability to use more than 4GB of RAM (well, actually more than 3.x since part of the AS is used for MMIO).&#xD;&#xA;x86_64 ISA also doubles the number of GPRs from 8 (and some of them are non that general...) to 16, likewise XMM registers are raised to 16. And of course when in LM the CPU can handle 64bit integers directly (which can be a big win for certain workloads)." />
  <row Id="3391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1948" RevisionGUID="1a695a70-2569-4037-a213-4ad30c87e51b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:29:57.920" UserId="1224" Text="Platform: Windows (any version)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can tell what process is holding a lock using [Unlocker][1]. &lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;But the problem is that, when there is a lock on a file on a remote machine, Unlocker doesn't show who or what process is locking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anyway what is holding a lock on a remote file (my remote file is mapped through a network drive)?&#xD;&#xA;and also how to remove the lock?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/" />
  <row Id="3392" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1948" RevisionGUID="1a695a70-2569-4037-a213-4ad30c87e51b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:29:57.920" UserId="1224" Text="How do you know who or what is locking a remote file?" />
  <row Id="3393" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1948" RevisionGUID="1a695a70-2569-4037-a213-4ad30c87e51b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:29:57.920" UserId="1224" Text="&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;lock&gt;&lt;locking&gt;&lt;networkdrive&gt;" />
  <row Id="3394" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1949" RevisionGUID="2caf5806-16b3-4804-99f1-0e34095eed9a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:32:36.820" UserId="783" Text="[Process Explorer][1] can search for handle on a file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://technet.microsoft.com/fr-fr/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://tk4.storage.msn.com/y1pGD3i23p9N24Ic4zYywaAq719gFiT_Mk3nX9P0IxLp5wukLOQ6v-FExI7t4M7kJR7z59PFki6qSZIL6cOEo2CAA?PARTNER=WRITER" />
  <row Id="3395" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1950" RevisionGUID="96b5fd45-c255-419e-b0a9-3adb9ac53326" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:33:03.870" UserId="1260" Text="On Windows 32-bit, each process is permitted to access only 2GB by default.  This is much worse than being able to use 4GB.  The system gets to use the remaining memory, but as noted the video card takes its share from that." />
  <row Id="3396" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1951" RevisionGUID="af1c6e22-fef5-4d7f-94b7-541404005d11" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:33:34.603" UserId="1173" Text="Look at [`handle`](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896655.aspx) from Sysinternals." />
  <row Id="3397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1952" RevisionGUID="a214c216-16d3-4e61-b34a-06083349f1f1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:34:12.463" UserId="1153" Text="If you're on Unix/Linux/BSD, `lsof(8)` should do what you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    drewble:~$ lsof /home/drew/.purple/cap.db &#xD;&#xA;    COMMAND  PID USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE   SIZE    NODE NAME&#xD;&#xA;    pidgin  6488 drew   13u   REG   8,18 679936 9971928 /home/drew/.purple/cap.db&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3398" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1953" RevisionGUID="92badf93-609b-4645-b39d-610a73991b3b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:36:24.940" UserId="1255" Text="Vista requires elevated rights for installers which install drivers or other system items. Pointsec has one of these installers with the problem that the installer itself does not request elevation so the elevation must be granted to it beforehand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When installing this software to several machines disabling UAC, installing the software and then re-enabling UAC is quite tedious. A way which would take care of UAC would be preferred.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The installer is an MSI package on a network share. The share also has the installation profile which the installer is supposed to find and use in the installation. This works fine without UAC but we have not managed to get this running with UAC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My main problem is that when elevating the process, it seems to lose its working directory. So while a shortcut to msiexec with correct parameters and the network share as the working directory works (ie. Starts but errors due to no elevation) running this shortcut 'as administrator' complains on not finding the msi package. Process Monitor shows msiexec trying to find the package from Windows\System32. Specifying the full UNC path to the package launches the installer but it fails to find the profile file. So what is the correct way to elevate a windows installer which does not request elevation itself?" />
  <row Id="3399" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1953" RevisionGUID="92badf93-609b-4645-b39d-610a73991b3b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:36:24.940" UserId="1255" Text="Elevating Windows installer in Vista" />
  <row Id="3400" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1953" RevisionGUID="92badf93-609b-4645-b39d-610a73991b3b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:36:24.940" UserId="1255" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;uac&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;windows-installer&gt;" />
  <row Id="3401" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1954" RevisionGUID="94f2b559-a6fe-4fe7-99dc-0eeb13081a6d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:37:09.837" UserId="1248" Text="When you are deploying a new web server box what are the standard things you install on it and do to set it up?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What things do you do to ensure the box is locked down and not going to get compromised?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So far all I've got is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Apply security patches, etc&#xD;&#xA; - Install [UrlScan][1]&#xD;&#xA; - Run the Microsfot Baseline Security Analyzer [(MBSA)][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc242650.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=F32921AF-9DBE-4DCE-889E-ECF997EB18E9&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="3402" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1954" RevisionGUID="94f2b559-a6fe-4fe7-99dc-0eeb13081a6d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:37:09.837" UserId="1248" Text="Windows web server checklist" />
  <row Id="3403" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1954" RevisionGUID="94f2b559-a6fe-4fe7-99dc-0eeb13081a6d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:37:09.837" UserId="1248" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;checklist&gt;" />
  <row Id="3404" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="1954" RevisionGUID="94f2b559-a6fe-4fe7-99dc-0eeb13081a6d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:37:09.837" UserId="1248" />
  <row Id="3405" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1955" RevisionGUID="a81ffa10-a956-4be5-a2b2-35596de514eb" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:37:23.830" UserId="1222" Text="If you're talking about Microsoft updates, I'd tend to install these immediately. If you've got an MSDN or Technet subscription you'll be aware that all service packs go through a lengthy beta and RC cycle so they're pretty stable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft also tend to make updates publicly available for download (for those who haven't had a chance to test the pre-release versions) prior to pushing anything out over Windows Update.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whatever it is you're talking about, the main thing is to install and test before deploying to ensure that it doesn't break any of your other applications (especially internal custom applications). That's just common sense, once you're certain of compatibility then there's no real reason to hold off on updating. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the example you've given of Office 2007 SP2, it's been well tested prior to public release. Waiting another week won't make any difference, if you're going to have problems you'll have problems. Thats why you want to test first :)" />
  <row Id="3406" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1956" RevisionGUID="e82d97fa-018b-41c6-96d0-64a2491bcd78" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:37:27.853" UserId="1126" Text="Every summer we have to shut down some equipment due to a combination of outside temperature and high load.  The air conditioners just can't keep up.  As we cycle in new equipment and cycle out old, it would be nice to know if we are making our cooling problem better or worse.  Even better, I'd like to be able to calculate a rough estimate of the amount of cooling we'll need to support our equipment at high load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any rule of thumb or calculation to determine how much cooling capacity will be required?" />
  <row Id="3407" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1956" RevisionGUID="e82d97fa-018b-41c6-96d0-64a2491bcd78" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:37:27.853" UserId="1126" Text="How can you predict the amount of cooling needed for a particular peice of equipment?" />
  <row Id="3408" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1956" RevisionGUID="e82d97fa-018b-41c6-96d0-64a2491bcd78" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:37:27.853" UserId="1126" Text="&lt;cooling&gt;&lt;data-center&gt;&lt;server-room&gt;" />
  <row Id="3409" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1957" RevisionGUID="14002c64-94d2-42b1-9bca-d5f7c7206d30" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:37:32.783" UserId="449" Text="There is are great tool called [Unlocker][1] really great.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have it on all of our Windows servers.  It will unlock the file for you and show you what is using it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://download.cnet.com/Unlocker/3000-2248_4-10493998.html" />
  <row Id="3410" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1958" RevisionGUID="3187eab9-bf68-4675-9727-d4baa2e0495d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:38:18.663" UserId="3020" Text="While I haven't tried this myself, I saw this at an interview I had. The interviewer had two 20&quot; wide screen lcd monitors turned vertically. It seems naturally better to read code vertically than to scroll down on a horizontal screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems possible that three monitors might be the best. Two vertical and one horizontal (for testing)." />
  <row Id="3413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1960" RevisionGUID="66738d78-0193-4e7c-bb96-acd17e3b31f3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:40:14.790" UserId="1249" Text="You need to set up a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wikihow.com/Setup-VNC-on-Mac-OS-X&quot;&gt;VNC server&lt;/a&gt; and connect using a client or buy the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.apple.com/remotedesktop/&quot;&gt;Apple Remote Desktop&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3414" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1961" RevisionGUID="17ac3195-3644-4187-af2b-8f882c89d1e4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:41:29.623" UserId="1248" Text="There are some [security benefits][1] to running a 64 bit version of Windows. Basically Microsoft was able to restart with more of a clean slate and implement some extra safe guards. I think it may be partially enabled by improved hardware support in the 64 bit CPU.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here][2] is the second installment in that series.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Wikipedia][3] has some information too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/security/archive/2006/08/03/444666.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.technet.com/security/archive/2006/08/12/446104.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_and_safety_features_new_to_Windows_Vista#x86-64_-specific_features" />
  <row Id="3415" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1962" RevisionGUID="a38c0d0f-85b8-428b-b574-aa8950b37b4d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:41:36.393" UserId="1255" Text="It's probably not that good of an idea to use the user's primary workstation to test Win7 in a production environment. Even if the installation ends up working, the Windows itself might not be compatible with the required applications even with the XP mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So to answer the last question, I wouldn't allow this until the compatibility has been tested on another computer." />
  <row Id="3416" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1932" RevisionGUID="e583dc5e-d34b-42e2-8048-41410781bcf1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:43:05.627" UserId="58" Comment="Added nlite link and italic'd the cringes." Text="[MSFN's Unattended Windows tutorials][1] explains *everything*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; And additionally, Do you need another&#xD;&#xA;&gt; license to be able to create a custom&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows Installation CD (of course,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; using a legitimate copy of mine)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not at all. You can use the same license of your currently purchased XP OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also make the install process (silent) install your favourite programs, etc. Lots of OEM providers do this. Eg. install acrobat (*cringe*), nortan antivirus personal free for 90 days then ask to pay your credit card (*cringe*), dvd movie software (*cringe*), etc... refer to [nLite][2] for info about this :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/1/SESSID=0e9d98888a81a79d3eafd797252e5a33/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.nliteos.com/" />
  <row Id="3419" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1963" RevisionGUID="db8d201e-3e5d-4397-b7f2-629b6ecdb2b1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:45:50.847" UserId="1176" Text="I haven't fully reviewed this tool, but take a look at it. It's free when I downloaded it (it still is, i believe)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.ssmstoolspack.com/Features.aspx][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ssmstoolspack.com/Features.aspx" />
  <row Id="3420" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1964" RevisionGUID="29ab5dc6-2095-48e4-9b5e-1b3b2f972852" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:46:12.747" UserId="824" Text="This will give you an idea of at least what to look for when picking out HVAC units for server rooms:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://lavrik.net/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=12&amp;Itemid=2" />
  <row Id="3421" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1965" RevisionGUID="bde3aa5f-a428-4277-b39f-f0a03763fd3c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:46:50.453" UserId="1249" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb977556.aspx?SA_CE=NOT-MAP-BLOG-MAPBLOG-20081117&quot;&gt;Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit&lt;/a&gt; might be the tool for you." />
  <row Id="3422" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1966" RevisionGUID="a2b8b395-3422-4ac1-9606-cc04893da870" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:47:16.583" UserId="1232" Text="One thing that annoys me no end about Windows is the old &quot;sharing violation&quot; error. Often you can identify what's holding it open. Usually it's just an editor or explorer just pointing to a relevant directory but sometimes I've had to resort to rebooting my machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions on how to find the culprit?" />
  <row Id="3423" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1966" RevisionGUID="a2b8b395-3422-4ac1-9606-cc04893da870" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:47:16.583" UserId="1232" Text="How do you find what process is holding a file open in Windows?" />
  <row Id="3424" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1966" RevisionGUID="a2b8b395-3422-4ac1-9606-cc04893da870" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:47:16.583" UserId="1232" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;files&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;sharing&gt;" />
  <row Id="3425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1967" RevisionGUID="500d963c-3c36-42f0-a55b-1e09ff34fb32" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:50:29.633" UserId="533" Text="Computer room/CRAC/HVAC cooling is typically measured in &quot;tons&quot; (for instance, my company's data centers has 15, 20 and 30 ton cooling units depending on room design).  The general rule of thumb formula is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 12,000 BTUs per hour per 1 ton of cooling&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And the formula to get from watts to BTUs is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; BTU/hr = W * 3.415&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, say you have a 500 Watt PSU operating at an estimated 80% capacity.  You would need:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 500 * .8 * 3.415 / 12,000 = .11 tons of cooling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OK, so now say you have a data center full of 400 of the same servers using the same PSUs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 400 * 500 * .8 * 3.415 / 12000 = 45 tons of cooling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is all back of napkin, but it's surprisingly difficult to get hard and fast rules for this stuff.  This is all &quot;tons of cooling&quot;, but how you have you machines arranged affects this a lot too.  Hot/Cold row design helps a ton.  If you get really overloaded, the special cabinets that have duct work in the front door and a heat vacuum in the back can really cram more heat into an area." />
  <row Id="3426" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1968" RevisionGUID="0600ab73-8a14-439f-9921-1150caf72fc8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:50:51.160" UserId="38" Text="So, not sure if this is a Stack Overflow or a Server Fault question.  If I have a .NET website that I want to deploy to the production environment, what's the best way to do so.  Should I package it as an MSI &amp; install?  Use nant to push the needed files up.  Just FTP the files up using Beyond Compare?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do you deploy production code?  This is  a Windows specific case that I'm looking at here." />
  <row Id="3427" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1968" RevisionGUID="0600ab73-8a14-439f-9921-1150caf72fc8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:50:51.160" UserId="38" Text="How do you do production IIS website depoys?" />
  <row Id="3428" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1968" RevisionGUID="0600ab73-8a14-439f-9921-1150caf72fc8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:50:51.160" UserId="38" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;deployment&gt;&lt;production-environment&gt;" />
  <row Id="3429" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1969" RevisionGUID="5a7a7ce9-0263-4aca-9b76-f3a7e80e0660" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:51:21.800" UserId="500" Text="It has never been a good idea to upgrade windows. There is a lot of fluff that get's left behind. Specially skipping a OS version (Vista). But that said, It is one of the tested scenarios for Windows 7.  Your upgrade should work fine but no one would recommend it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Would you allow one of your users to do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows 7 is highly recommend upgrade. And with Windows 7 XP Mode - you can be assured that all your applications work fine. (Although I have not used XP mode with all my apps yet but I have worked on the MED-V technology of Microsoft which is used in XP Mode)." />
  <row Id="3430" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1615" RevisionGUID="e32511b0-66a8-4e54-848a-f74bf33bffe1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:51:55.200" UserId="1087" Comment="added documentation link" Text="Mysql has a free one called [Mysql Administrator][1] which is part of the mysql GUI tools package. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mysql Administrator connection [documentation][2].  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also the Mysql Enterprise Monitor which has many more monitoring features.  You can monitor Mysql on other servers see [faq question 7][3].  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/administrator/en/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/administrator/en/mysql-gui-options-connections.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.mysql.com/products/enterprise/faq.html#29" />
  <row Id="3431" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1970" RevisionGUID="32088c08-5b08-483f-84a8-ead7f4313622" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:52:31.920" UserId="342" Text="I've used [Handle](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896655.aspx) with success to find such processes in the past." />
  <row Id="3432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1971" RevisionGUID="4067c56e-5aed-48f0-922d-b5cbfd9d0605" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:53:13.793" UserId="1268" Text="[unlocker][1] is also useful for this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/" />
  <row Id="3433" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1972" RevisionGUID="c8bdc6ff-6313-400d-a420-833ffe8ca79e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:55:11.103" UserId="995" Text="If you install [Cygwin][1] on your Windows machine, you can run `tail`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cygwin.com/" />
  <row Id="3434" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1973" RevisionGUID="ec5079c9-d361-41b4-a274-81ec62df0100" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:55:38.030" UserId="500" Text="I have used Virtual Clone drives for a very long time but one application that made me change is: [Pismo File Mount Audit Package][1]. Quoting from their website&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Pismo File Mount Audit Package is a Windows application that allows users to mount the contents of ZIP, ISO, Compact ISO, Compact File Set and Private Folder files to the file system as virtual folders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically - this application can convert your ISO files as Folders and/or a virtual CD or DVD Rom. Solves multiple purposes and it is Windows 7 Compatible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pismotechnic.com/pfm/ap/" />
  <row Id="3435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1974" RevisionGUID="eb6b717a-15f1-43c3-9024-2687bb0c061d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:56:52.737" UserId="1072" Text="Our user's email files continue to get larger requiring greater amounts of disc space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We do ask users to archive some of their email and compact the files but there is always a percentage who ignore this. And another percentage who feel that we do it deliberately to annoy them!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's also a trade off between the cost to the business of people doing archives (some of which result in calls to the help desk) and the smaller cost of simply getting a bigger drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What procedures do others follow to resolve this?" />
  <row Id="3436" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1974" RevisionGUID="eb6b717a-15f1-43c3-9024-2687bb0c061d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:56:52.737" UserId="1072" Text="Restricting the size of Outlook pst files" />
  <row Id="3437" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1974" RevisionGUID="eb6b717a-15f1-43c3-9024-2687bb0c061d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:56:52.737" UserId="1072" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="3438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1975" RevisionGUID="d5c4448e-a940-44c5-8c57-c4e0822f3cc5" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:59:38.440" UserId="722" Text="If you can afford it, it may be much easier for you to install an Exchange server.[1] Then all the mail is stored on-server and you can set quotas for each user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1] Technically there are some third-party Exchange-like solutions that are cheaper, however I've never used any of them and can't comment on their ability to set usage quotas on a per-user basis." />
  <row Id="3439" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1976" RevisionGUID="624282e8-1bde-42ad-8c39-3538d559135f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:59:49.017" UserId="333" Text="Open up Computer Management, right click (my) Computer and click &quot;Manage&quot;:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**System Tools &gt; Shared Folders &gt; Open Files**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To connect to a remote machine, select &quot;Computer Managment (Local)&quot; in the left pane, then pull up the &quot;**Action &gt; Connect to another computer...**&quot; dialog, enter the computer name, and hit ok.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can disconnect sessions from this interface as well." />
  <row Id="3440" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1977" RevisionGUID="fa663f17-08f0-4ca5-aea1-be3cc7062529" CreationDate="2009-05-01T00:59:51.123" UserId="1222" Text="Basically you've got a poorly designed installer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you could try is setting the ALLUSERS property in the property table to 1 (using Orca, look for Orca.msi in the [Windows Installer SDK][1]) which will force a per-machine installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In this case the installer will then request elevation partway through the installation ([this is how UAC + MSI is supposed to work][2]) and you should be fine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6a35ac14-2626-4846-bb51-ddce49d6ffb6&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/rflaming/archive/2006/09/23/768784.aspx" />
  <row Id="3441" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1978" RevisionGUID="6825f2b7-551c-4342-94ee-637db532b44e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:00:09.533" UserId="385" Text="The standard recommendation is to give them a large enough mailbox for normal work and have a retention policy. The retention policy is also advantageous for legal reasons, if you're in the US (if you don't claim to have it and make a policy of purging it, discovery can't find it). After that, email archival so that only X days are actually present in the Inbox/Sent Items.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3442" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1979" RevisionGUID="0fe7e4a8-91e1-438e-b54a-6e5f1900307b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:01:37.017" UserId="385" Text="On a remote server, when you're checking on a network share, something as simple as the Computer Management console can display this information and close the file.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1980" RevisionGUID="6a65abc0-dfab-4c18-b926-8ff48e7c1c5f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:03:15.390" UserId="808" Text="I've had success with [Sysinternals][1] [Process Explorer][2].  With this, you can search to find what process(es) have a file open, and you can use it to close the handle(s) if you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA; [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1981" RevisionGUID="8ee12114-dd5b-4b1d-9fd9-1e44276e192a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:05:39.800" UserId="385" Text="[Scriptio][1] worked well with SQL Server 2005 and is from SQL Server MVP Bill Graziano. It looks like you'll have to do a touch up and recompile for SQL Server 2008, though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're looking for 3rd party tools, [Red Gate's SQL Compare][2] is great (full disclosure - I'm a [Friend of Red Gate][3]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://scriptio.codeplex.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.red-gate.com/products/SQL_Compare/index.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.red-gate.com/about/community_relations/friends_of_RG.htm" />
  <row Id="3445" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1982" RevisionGUID="2f43cacd-98dc-4ef8-b73a-11c6e14a16bb" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:06:15.913" UserId="1222" Text="We had the same problem with Exchange 2000, users mailboxes would get too large and the Exchange Server wouldn't cope.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The eventual solution was to upgrade to Exchange 2007, some users have a legitimate *need* for long term archiving and archiving these on the server (and having IT take care of backups) is more reliable than having an archive.pst that could be wiped out with a disk crash.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our CFO for example recently lost 5 years worth of archives in a disk crash, as they have been archived off of the server and onto his local PC - our server side retention policy (due to Exchange 2000 limitations) was 3-months, when anyones mailbox started to approach the 1Gb mark the IT staff would go have a chat and archive the mail off themselves if required. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If upper management lose any email or archives, it doesn't matter what the 'policy' is, the IT staff will end up shouldering the blame. If you explain things clearly to management, chances are they'll make room in the budget for improved email retention if it makes their lives easier." />
  <row Id="3446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1983" RevisionGUID="468bde69-3b3c-4f60-bf8e-88941b77d59f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:06:42.497" UserId="1249" Text="Some users know that Microsoft needed to change the Windows internals to improve Windows and that means to break compatibility with old Windows apps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But most users just used Windows Vista and were shocked that their app was not working properly so it's a good news that it'll works as Windows XP." />
  <row Id="3447" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="735" RevisionGUID="01238412-8db7-429c-940b-596fc9fe1144" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:06:50.700" UserId="564" Comment="added 213 characters in body" Text="Amazon  ...  Their services have continued to grow and get better.  They were the first in the market and were the ones that started the business.  They have a business model that works and are making money from it.  Because of this they will be in the game for quite some time." />
  <row Id="3448" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1984" RevisionGUID="fc3ff2a8-8fb9-49e7-b0a8-d3127f70142d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:07:19.093" UserId="808" Text="To extend cletus' answer, I would use ext3 within LVM.  LVM makes it a LOT easier to expand a partition later.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1985" RevisionGUID="3b34c3c7-f8b3-480f-b8c8-2ef4552a87de" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:07:47.393" UserId="1247" Text="There is a setting for this which you can easily enforce via group policy, see here fore more info: [http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=832925][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=832925" />
  <row Id="3450" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1986" RevisionGUID="9dccd15a-d751-43f6-beab-93ee0a901e4c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:08:14.880" UserId="1271" Text="[Scanner][1] by Steffen Gerlach is definitely my favorite and in my opinion has a much more logical, intuitive, and useful UI than *WinDirStat* and *TreeSize* (the only other two I originally used). It's easy to see the specific end-of-the-nesting large files and recycle or delete them with a quick click. Context for sections has Hide, Open, Recycle, Remove. Integrates well with Explorer (as I'm sure many do).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.steffengerlach.de/freeware/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.steffengerlach.de/freeware/scnshot.gif" />
  <row Id="3451" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1987" RevisionGUID="780356b8-4715-42dc-8645-95964debc499" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:09:19.697" UserId="385" Text="For security updates I tend to wait a week. That's usually long enough for the &quot;early adopters&quot; to find any major bugs. I don't hold to do this if I know there's an active exploit in the wild. In those cases, I may wait 24 hours and then go. For non-security updates, I typically want to give it a bit more time. Maybe a month or two.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In your case, it is probably safe to pick a handful of test systems. If you're using WSUS, you can create a different group and approve the patches/updates earlier than for the other systems. Make sure you pick users who are going to actually put the system through its paces and who can provide good feedback as to what they did and what they saw if a problem is found. Once you're sure you've worked out the bugs, then schedule the mass deployment.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1988" RevisionGUID="e71e52c7-1320-4f55-93b8-5bb6ce8ec8e7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:10:13.737" UserId="333" Text="32-bit Windows has a 4gb address space. You cannot use more than 4gb of physical ram.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even if you have only 4gb of physical ram, Windows x64 will use that ram more efficiently. With Windows x86 by default only 2gb of the address space is set aside for applications, the other 2gb is reserved for the OS. You can change this split to 3gb apps/1gb OS, though not every app. is flagged to take advantage of this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, there are holes in memory address space which have been set aside for device IO (transferring data to hds, video cards, USB devices, etc.) You can't use the physical memory which shares these addresses. Depending on various configuration settings this can account for as much as half a gig of unusable RAM. So on 32-bit Windows with 4gb of physical ram you'll actually end up with maybe only 3.7gb of usable ram, and at most 3gb of that usable by applications. Whereas with 64-bit Windows all of that 4gb can be used by applications (or the kernel).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3453" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1967" RevisionGUID="16909000-0593-4d57-bf1b-3b2dbd001c73" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:13:30.733" UserId="4" Comment="added a detail" Text="Computer room/CRAC/HVAC cooling is typically measured in &quot;tons&quot; (for instance, my company's data centers has 15, 20 and 30 ton cooling units depending on room design).  The general rule of thumb formula is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 12,000 BTUs per hour per 1 ton of cooling&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The number of watts is written on the back of the power supply (and in the server's technical specs). The formula to get from watts to BTUs is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; BTU/hr = W * 3.415&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, say you have a 500 Watt PSU operating at an estimated 80% capacity.  You would need:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 500 * .8 * 3.415 / 12,000 = .11 tons of cooling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OK, so now say you have a data center full of 400 of the same servers using the same PSUs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 400 * 500 * .8 * 3.415 / 12000 = 45 tons of cooling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is all back of napkin, but it's surprisingly difficult to get hard and fast rules for this stuff.  This is all &quot;tons of cooling&quot;, but how you have you machines arranged affects this a lot too.  Hot/Cold row design helps a ton.  If you get really overloaded, the special cabinets that have duct work in the front door and a heat vacuum in the back can really cram more heat into an area." />
  <row Id="3454" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1989" RevisionGUID="1c28edd3-b3f2-4563-bc37-601d62faa3db" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:18:36.633" UserId="1277" Text="Try the [openfiles][1] command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490961.aspx" />
  <row Id="3455" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1990" RevisionGUID="c5b05c91-1ba4-4304-8faa-435ce668c4cb" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:19:17.147" UserId="859" Text="I just run Linux Workstations.  I use the ext3 file system and the sizes somewhat depend on the size of the disks, being more generous with the partitions on the larger disks.  These are roughly in the order they appear in the partition table:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- /boot - 100 MB&#xD;&#xA;- swap space - 2xRAM&#xD;&#xA;- /usr - 10-20 GB&#xD;&#xA;- / - 5-10 GB&#xD;&#xA;- /var - 1-2 GB&#xD;&#xA;- /tmp - 1-2 GB&#xD;&#xA;- /usr/local - 10-20 GB&#xD;&#xA;- /home - everything else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On my wife's workstations at the university, which have two 750 GB drives, we created, in addition to the above, a dozen ~100 GB partitions across the various drives all mounted in /data/&lt;computername&gt;N where N was a number from 1 to 12.  She uses these to hold the data for her different research projects." />
  <row Id="3456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1991" RevisionGUID="3eb58a49-fc92-43a0-9b73-c3e8dbdd0dc2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:20:16.457" UserId="333" Text="My bet: none of them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even if the companies are still around in 2015 (or 2020, or 2030), technology will have shifted. Your cloud services will be put on an upgrade treadmill (it won't be Azure, it'll be Azure v.next, or v.next.next.next.next). The likelihood that there will be significant breaking changes between Cloud Service v.x and Cloud Service v.x++ is pretty high. Especially so the more proprietary the technology is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Until there are widely adopted standards and until switching from one cloud service to the next is as easy as moving ISPs or hosting providers, putting an important, business critical solution up in the cloud will be a risky proposition (forcing you to be utterly dependent on the whims of one particular corporation)." />
  <row Id="3457" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1992" RevisionGUID="1403114c-8d7f-4762-95eb-bf25908c3c4e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:21:44.487" UserId="1249" Text="Red Hat is popular in the enterprise world because the application vendor that provides support for linux needs to write documentation about their product and they usually choose one (RHEL) or two (Suse Linux) distributions to support. Since Suse is not really popular in the USA, RHEL seems so popular." />
  <row Id="3458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1993" RevisionGUID="18f0d959-4dec-4999-8fda-749e10b1cc17" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:21:53.270" UserId="294" Text="I've been using [BareTailPro][1] for awhile, and have been very pleased.  It hasn't been updated in awhile, but it still meets my needs.  There's also a free version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's some of the features:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - View files of any size (&gt; 2GB)&#xD;&#xA; - Configurable highlighting&#xD;&#xA; - Monitor multiple files simultaneously&#xD;&#xA; - High-performance search algorithm&#xD;&#xA; - Regular expression text search&#xD;&#xA; - Filter tail mode (include or exclude lines)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.baremetalsoft.com/baretailpro/index.php" />
  <row Id="3459" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1994" RevisionGUID="8d187caf-5af0-406a-a125-2627cbb7bc19" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:22:03.363" UserId="1277" Text="I don't have experience in this, but the [openfiles][1] command might do what you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490961.aspx" />
  <row Id="3460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1995" RevisionGUID="38e13b7a-1129-476f-aa6d-b1f2650ade39" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:22:30.990" UserId="1004" Text="Some versions of Windows XP/Vista/Seven comes with a built-in very nice Fax Client to send and receive faxes. But another versions (like Starter and Home Basic) doesn't comes with Fax. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can someone recommend a good free fax client that run in any Windows Version?" />
  <row Id="3461" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="1995" RevisionGUID="38e13b7a-1129-476f-aa6d-b1f2650ade39" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:22:30.990" UserId="1004" Text="Free fax client recommendation" />
  <row Id="3462" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="1995" RevisionGUID="38e13b7a-1129-476f-aa6d-b1f2650ade39" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:22:30.990" UserId="1004" Text="&lt;fax&gt;&lt;fax-client&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;recommendation&gt;&lt;freeware&gt;" />
  <row Id="3463" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1996" RevisionGUID="dda5c2d5-6ec4-4f53-99cb-a59fc0772e1c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:23:01.723" UserId="4" Text="IIS supports xcopy deployment so just copying the files should be all you need unless you have special requirements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One way to do it is a simple script that uses [ROBOCOPY](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy) to copy the new files to the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the site is large and this takes too long, use a version control system. I like [Mercurial](http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/) for this purpose, although you have to be careful that the version control system's configuration files don't end up being served to the public. Deploying is then simply a matter of committing the changes and then checking out the latest version on the server. In addition to being efficient, this allows quick rollbacks (if you tagged the last good version) in case your latest-and-greatest has a showstopper bug.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To minimize downtime, you could have the script copy the files to a new directory and then quickly rename the directories, or change where IIS points to the new directory." />
  <row Id="3464" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1997" RevisionGUID="c41ae984-ab35-48cb-8ac5-264b853add06" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:23:20.583" UserId="1222" Text="Microsoft describe the solution in [this KB article][1] and lists *all* blocked attachments [here][2]. As there is no way to say &quot;unblock all&quot; you need to specify every possible type that may be blocked. e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Office 2007 Example  (copy/paste into a .reg file)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Security]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;Level1Remove&quot;=&quot;.ade;.adp;.app;.asp;.bas;.bat;.cer;.chm;.cmd;.cnt;.com;.cpl;.crt;.csh;.der;.exe;.fxp;.gadget;.hlp;.hpj;.hta;.inf;.ins;.isp;.its;.js;.jse;.ksh;.lnk;.mad;.maf;.mag;.mam;.maq;.mar;.mas;.mat;.mau;.mav;.maw;.mda;.mdb;.mde;.mdt;.mdw;.mdz;.msc;.msh;.msh1;.msh2;.mshxml;.msh1xml;.msh2xml;.msi;.msp;.mst;.ops;.osd;.pcd;.pif;.plg;.prf;.prg;.pst;.reg;.scf;.scr;.sct;.shb;.shs;.ps1;.ps1xml;.ps2;.ps2xml;.psc1;.psc2;.tmp;.url;.vb;.vbe;.vbp;.vbs;.vsmacros;.vsw;.ws;.wsc;.wsf;.wsh;.xnk;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829982&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA012299521033.aspx" />
  <row Id="3465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1998" RevisionGUID="d3a7cc37-501a-4ec2-a86e-f11c15a533db" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:23:37.760" UserId="1271" Text="The post [Why is my starting directory ignored when I elevate a command prompt?][1] on Raymond Chen's blog may be relevant here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also know that some of the elevation heuristics are very simplistic, e.g. if the file is named &quot;setup&quot; or &quot;install&quot; it will request elevation. I can't find my source for this at the moment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not a highly technical answer but perhaps it will be useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2007/12/11/6648397.aspx" />
  <row Id="3466" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="1999" RevisionGUID="aa25bcd4-ee7f-4ba1-9c6d-20b1bb3e86b7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:24:07.650" UserId="1072" Text="Look at the [PC Repair/Toolkit](http://dailycupoftech.com/usb-drive-systems/3)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For reference:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* DCoT Menu &#xD;&#xA;* Active@ ISO Burner &#xD;&#xA;* AutoCompress &#xD;&#xA;* Brute Benchmark &#xD;&#xA;* CCleaner &#xD;&#xA;* CDmage &#xD;&#xA;* DriveImage XML &#xD;&#xA;* Double Killer &#xD;&#xA;* DTaskManager &#xD;&#xA;* encopy &#xD;&#xA;* Eraser &#xD;&#xA;* ERUNT &#xD;&#xA;* explore2fs &#xD;&#xA;* File Assassin &#xD;&#xA;* Filemon &#xD;&#xA;* Hash &#xD;&#xA;* HDDScan &#xD;&#xA;* ICE ECC &#xD;&#xA;* LC ISO Creator &#xD;&#xA;* LSASecretsView &#xD;&#xA;* NTREGOPT &#xD;&#xA;* Patcher &#xD;&#xA;* PMMon &#xD;&#xA;* ProcessExplorer &#xD;&#xA;* ProduKey &#xD;&#xA;* Regmon &#xD;&#xA;* Restoration &#xD;&#xA;* Roadkil’s CommTest &#xD;&#xA;* Roadkil’s Disk Image &#xD;&#xA;* Rootkit Revealer &#xD;&#xA;* SequoiaView &#xD;&#xA;* System Information for Windows &#xD;&#xA;* TweakUI &#xD;&#xA;* Universal Extract &#xD;&#xA;* Virtual CD Control Panel &#xD;&#xA;* What Changed? &#xD;&#xA;* Why Reboot? &#xD;&#xA;* WirelessKeyView &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3467" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="1999" RevisionGUID="aa25bcd4-ee7f-4ba1-9c6d-20b1bb3e86b7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:24:07.650" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="3468" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2000" RevisionGUID="8eb1faa3-ff3a-45a4-84ab-5420e9d788a4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:25:14.213" UserId="919" Text="Ext3, with data=journal. You're unlikely to actually need high I/O performance from your home directory. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I used ReiserFS, there was a 30 second wait just to mount the partition!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ext4 may be too early for home use. Certainly interesting, but the performance gains are likely not worth the risk." />
  <row Id="3470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2002" RevisionGUID="14097038-c910-4ca8-9421-b5c49cb70d6e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:26:44.633" UserId="658" Text="I'd further Joel's answer by suggesting a Continuous Integration server pickup your changes from your source control system. It will then build the project. Then have it xcopy the output of the build to a new folder. You can then do some quick config changes (web.config and app.config). Voila, ready for Xcopy!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out [CruiseControl.NET][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://confluence.public.thoughtworks.org/display/CCNET/Welcome+to+CruiseControl.NET" />
  <row Id="3471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2003" RevisionGUID="7ccd8429-3430-42ef-b957-f315cc8394cf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:28:13.943" UserId="1004" Text="I was reading that question [How do you know who or what is locking a remote file?][1] and I remember that question... even in Windows7, the Windows doesn't show that program is locking the removable disk, so we cannot safely remove the hardware. There is some tool to sole this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1948/how-do-you-know-who-or-what-is-locking-a-remote-file" />
  <row Id="3472" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2003" RevisionGUID="7ccd8429-3430-42ef-b957-f315cc8394cf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:28:13.943" UserId="1004" Text="How do you know who or what is locking a removable disk?" />
  <row Id="3473" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2003" RevisionGUID="7ccd8429-3430-42ef-b957-f315cc8394cf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:28:13.943" UserId="1004" Text="&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;lock&gt;&lt;locking&gt;&lt;safe-remove&gt;" />
  <row Id="3474" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1948" RevisionGUID="19f573da-bd38-4b29-a4d3-f71a0e727ce0" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:29:20.663" UserId="4" Comment="tagged windows" Text="I can tell what process is holding a lock using [Unlocker][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But the problem is that, when there is a lock on a file on a remote machine, Unlocker doesn't show who or what process is locking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anyway what is holding a lock on a remote file (my remote file is mapped through a network drive)?&#xD;&#xA;and also how to remove the lock?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/" />
  <row Id="3475" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1948" RevisionGUID="19f573da-bd38-4b29-a4d3-f71a0e727ce0" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:29:20.663" UserId="4" Comment="tagged windows" Text="&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;lock&gt;&lt;locking&gt;&lt;networkdrive&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="3476" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2004" RevisionGUID="13f2e32d-74f0-4ff4-ad18-73d1068032d0" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:29:44.280" UserId="1249" Text="I recommend using CentOS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - It's the Red Hat Enterprise Linux recompiled from the Red Hat's sources&#xD;&#xA; - You can upgrade the distro without a support contract&#xD;&#xA; - Red Hat is usually used with commercial software, so being exposed before will help in your journey&#xD;&#xA; - Once you pick Red Hat you can go to other distributions and know what's important&#xD;&#xA; - Lots of information on internet" />
  <row Id="3477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2005" RevisionGUID="b49cae88-b5fb-4e64-9ac5-f5e835f80f23" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:31:12.437" UserId="97" Text="ext3 works well as does xfs. " />
  <row Id="3478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2006" RevisionGUID="9c91741f-3e92-4149-af6c-0c836c84f7f4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:32:27.160" UserId="1247" Text="This topic was covered indepth in a recent VMware communities podcast.  Please see here: [http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2009/03/virtualizing-sql-server-podcast-white-paper.html][1], and listen in to episode #42 here: [http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=19367][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2009/03/virtualizing-sql-server-podcast-white-paper.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=19367" />
  <row Id="3479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2007" RevisionGUID="a3fb9ebf-7ead-4d92-9d1a-78d23376229a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:32:45.850" UserId="808" Text="I have a Linux Fedora server running Bind 9.5.0 and DHCP 3.0.6.  Bind is configured to allow updates (I'm only showing part of the config, but the reverse part is there too):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    zone &quot;myhome.org&quot; IN {&#xD;&#xA;        type master;&#xD;&#xA;        file &quot;named.myhome.org&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;        allow-update { key &quot;myrndckey&quot;; };&#xD;&#xA;        notify yes;&#xD;&#xA;    };&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and DHCP is configured to provide updates to Bind:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    zone myhome.org. {&#xD;&#xA;        primary    192.169.1.1;&#xD;&#xA;        key        &quot;myrndckey&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    } &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When a Windows DHCP client connects to my network, I can see it by `nslookup` (`dig`, etc).  However, when a Linux DHCP client connects, while it successfully gets a DHCP lease, its name and address do not appear in DNS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have any ideas what could be missing from my configuration that would cuase this?  Could it be something missing on my Linux client configuration?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3480" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2007" RevisionGUID="a3fb9ebf-7ead-4d92-9d1a-78d23376229a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:32:45.850" UserId="808" Text="Linux bind server serves address of DHCP Windows clients, but not of DHCP Linux clients" />
  <row Id="3481" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2007" RevisionGUID="a3fb9ebf-7ead-4d92-9d1a-78d23376229a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:32:45.850" UserId="808" Text="&lt;bind&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;dhcp&gt;&lt;fedora&gt;" />
  <row Id="3482" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1837" RevisionGUID="d10547c5-3aac-41e1-9f6b-537e3ae0502b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:33:51.433" UserId="1222" Comment="added 438 characters in body" Text="We're running it on some &quot;test/dev&quot; machines, mainly because nobody uses Vista for performance reasons and we were getting more and more bugs that were Vista only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So yes its stable enough, but I'd double up on the backup routine &quot;just in case&quot;. Although if you're developing inside a VM, using external source-control, then I really don't think you've got anything to worry about.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:** [See what the Microsoft Win7 team have to say...][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ...we know many people (including tens&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of thousands at Microsoft) are relying&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on the pre-release builds of Windows 7&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for mission critical and daily work...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess if it's good enough for tens of thousands of people at Microsoft, it's good enough for you :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/04/07/delivering-a-quality-upgrade-experience.aspx" />
  <row Id="3483" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2008" RevisionGUID="eec48511-a544-463d-8170-1d4be3112e1a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:37:12.343" UserId="1222" Text="As mentioned on the [Windows 7 blog][1] the only supported upgrade path is from Windows Vista to Windows 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So your users would have to go XP-&gt;Vista-&gt;Win7, that's supported. However direct XP-&gt;Win7 is not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/04/07/delivering-a-quality-upgrade-experience.aspx" />
  <row Id="3486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2010" RevisionGUID="2f9edd98-3697-4687-9570-dacfdde0bba1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:41:34.347" UserId="97" Text="My current preferred stack is to use nginx as a replacement for Apache. Wherever necessary, php-fpm fills in the need for PHP. Such a setup has worked nicely for deploying apps such as Rails, Magento and SugarCRM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3487" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2011" RevisionGUID="101a932a-d64f-4800-852f-032a75e79084" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:42:42.643" UserId="859" Text="One of the first things you should think about and examine closely is whether or not the new provider can truly provide you with the setup and service you need (uptime, access, support, etc).  Assuming they can the next step is do thoroughly document any changes that will need to be made to your existing setup once you move.  It is very unlikely that things will work identically in the two different environments, some modifications will have to be made.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After that, a gradual roll-over as Jim McKeeth described is in order with as much testing as you can handle on the initial small system to make sure you didn't miss anything." />
  <row Id="3488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2012" RevisionGUID="56423af4-29a2-4abc-a71a-c24b5eec4365" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:43:00.833" UserId="1281" Text="I'm not sure about the error code, but you can try some troubleshooting by moving the drive to another controller/computer and seeing if it works. Or, put a known working drive in the failed system and see if it works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the drive doesn't work in another system (or a new drive works), you know it's the drive. If not, then bets should be on the controller or motherboard." />
  <row Id="3489" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2013" RevisionGUID="21907e83-0783-4cbd-b35c-0693b98585ed" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:43:18.913" UserId="411" Text="If possible start with Windows 2003 SP1 Server and make sure the built in firewall is turned on unless you have a network firewall to protect it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure the following ports are open if you do setup the firewall:&#xD;&#xA;- 3389 : Remote Desktop (RDP)&#xD;&#xA;-   80 : HTTP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Optional: &#xD;&#xA;-  443 : HTTPS (optional)&#xD;&#xA;-   25 : SMTP&#xD;&#xA;-  110 : Pop3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Utilities:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Notepad++ (all around great editor) - free&#xD;&#xA; - 7-Zip (handles zip,arc, and other compressed files) - free&#xD;&#xA; - Beyond Compare v3 (file comparison and FTP) - $ but not much&#xD;&#xA; - Database management" />
  <row Id="3490" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2013" RevisionGUID="21907e83-0783-4cbd-b35c-0693b98585ed" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:43:18.913" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="3491" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2014" RevisionGUID="c394a863-9f56-4ec7-9496-902376e3dc79" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:43:40.503" UserId="808" Text="Sometimes I need to simulate a WAN environment between my client and server.  I mean, specifically, from most important to least:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Total bandwidth limit,&#xD;&#xA;- Occasional long (many tens of seconds) delays&#xD;&#xA;- jitter&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Preferably, the WAN simulator could act as a proxy -- I point my client at the WAN simulator and the WAN simulator talks to the server.  I have spent a lot of time Googling to try to find something that will do this, and have found very very little.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, I know there are various solutions I can implement by controlling the network topology and inserting devices in the middle, but IT controls the network.  I'm just a developer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What free or low cost tools do y'all know about that can help one simulate a WAN?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3492" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2014" RevisionGUID="c394a863-9f56-4ec7-9496-902376e3dc79" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:43:40.503" UserId="808" Text="What tool(s) can I use to simulate a WAN for HTTP traffic?" />
  <row Id="3493" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2014" RevisionGUID="c394a863-9f56-4ec7-9496-902376e3dc79" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:43:40.503" UserId="808" Text="&lt;wan&gt;&lt;simulation&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;delay&gt;&lt;jitter&gt;" />
  <row Id="3494" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2015" RevisionGUID="9b645470-c43b-4e78-82cf-26d22ec5d088" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:44:22.140" UserId="1249" Text="You can work with a BigAdmin article&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/articles/kerberos_s10.jsp?cid=e5595&quot;&gt;Using Kerberos to Authenticate a Solaris 10 OS LDAP Client With Microsoft Active Directory&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a little disclaimer on the page but it's like ntfs-3g. If it works and is useful, go for it." />
  <row Id="3495" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="1938" RevisionGUID="d87c4c95-5632-4667-b96b-0947139a6983" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:44:33.653" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="3497" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2016" RevisionGUID="8d03fe01-628d-43b1-8100-3f36977eb160" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:47:52.460" UserId="1279" Text="I often find myself opening several ssh connections in order to view several log files at a time with `tail -f`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This isn't a problem when I'm at home because I use public key encryption for password-less login. However, I will often use computer at my university to do this so I don't have the option of using my private key. It gets annoying to enter my password 4 or 5 times to get several terminal windows. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I get multiple terminals over a single connection?" />
  <row Id="3498" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2016" RevisionGUID="8d03fe01-628d-43b1-8100-3f36977eb160" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:47:52.460" UserId="1279" Text="On a linux server how do you use multiple terminals over a single ssh connection?" />
  <row Id="3499" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2016" RevisionGUID="8d03fe01-628d-43b1-8100-3f36977eb160" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:47:52.460" UserId="1279" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;" />
  <row Id="3500" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2012" RevisionGUID="51796e06-a49f-4dc0-898d-4d0b3d04f5db" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:48:40.303" UserId="1281" Comment="added 244 characters in body" Text="I'm not sure about the error code, &quot;drive not detected&quot; could be a number of problems, including the controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can try some troubleshooting by moving the drive to another controller/computer and seeing if it works. Or, put a known working drive in the failed system and see if it works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the drive doesn't work in another system (or a new drive works), you know it's the drive. If not, then bets should be on the controller or motherboard. This is, of course, assuming you have access to another system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, have you tried reseating the drive and/or removing other drives (CD, floppy) attached?" />
  <row Id="3501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2017" RevisionGUID="e256631e-f2de-4353-b3bb-6b923dac8f90" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:49:55.450" UserId="295" Text="This occurred to me after a bad firmware update of the hard drive. It basically means the computer, for whatever reason, is not getting an answer back from the hard drive. It is more than likely its the drive, or the drives controller, and not the motherboard." />
  <row Id="3502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2018" RevisionGUID="ad8555b3-d577-4f69-a7bc-797ab316dee6" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:50:35.247" UserId="533" Text="I bet you could build a [Fiddler][1] plugin to simulate something like this, but I don't know a solution out of the box. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler2/" />
  <row Id="3503" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1986" RevisionGUID="b73f29c3-0c84-4793-ae7f-0f2382a7a1da" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:50:43.873" UserId="1271" Comment="+parent folder button (not pictured)" Text="[Scanner][1] by Steffen Gerlach is definitely my favorite and in my opinion has a much more logical, intuitive, and useful UI than *WinDirStat* and *TreeSize* (the only other two I originally used). It's easy to see the specific end-of-the-nesting large files and recycle or delete them with a quick click. Navigate with a click and a parent folder button. Context for sections has Hide, Open, Recycle, Remove. Integrates well with Explorer (as I'm sure many do).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.steffengerlach.de/freeware/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.steffengerlach.de/freeware/scnshot.gif" />
  <row Id="3504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2019" RevisionGUID="5f048f07-b6e0-4e4b-aee5-f3b8db40b7d3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:51:15.807" UserId="1266" Text="I typically do this with [TextPad][1].  It has the option to monitor that a file has been modified.  It does not automatically update the window though.  It just pops up a message that it has been modified.  When you respond to the message the window gets updated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://textpad.com" />
  <row Id="3505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2020" RevisionGUID="79e1c7f0-ba57-4955-b8fe-a082251152a9" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:52:15.023" UserId="1222" Text="&lt;http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/Knorrhane/2008/01/23/how-to-simulate-wan-connections-in-your-own-test-lab-for-free&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [VMware Workstation][1] to simulate the network - $189&#xD;&#xA;- [Netlimiter 2 Pro][2] to slow down the network - $29.95&#xD;&#xA;- [Tmurgent][3] to simulate packet loss - free!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://netlimiter.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://tmurgent.com/Default.aspx" />
  <row Id="3506" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2021" RevisionGUID="6441e577-a7c2-4d32-b6e4-1b88ac00e409" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:55:53.003" UserId="1222" Text="Just use [GNU screen][1], it's great as you can start up remote sessions and restore them if your connection drops. It's available as a package for most distributions and may even already be installed on your university system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/screen" />
  <row Id="3507" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1896" RevisionGUID="966297e7-c977-4d7e-8661-122d43532b40" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:56:25.090" UserId="531" Comment="added 73 characters in body" Text="Either don't install antivirus software or disable scan-on-access (and if not system-wide, then at least for your development directories). This can make a big difference in compile time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See also [this answer][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1217/what-antivirus-do-you-recommend-for-dev-boxes/1309#1309" />
  <row Id="3508" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2022" RevisionGUID="4ec55000-bceb-46ae-b5ca-86947f1928f9" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:56:57.383" UserId="158" Text="I use [rsnapshot][1] which uses rsync and does incremental/full backups really well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wrote a shell script that I run from a cron job to mount the disk, run rsnapshot, then umount the disk, so it is not mounted all the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are the scripts I use.  The first is /usr/local/sbin/backup.sh, which basically is a wrapper around the script that does the real work, captures its output and exit status, and then emails the results to root:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Run the dobackup script, capturing the output and then mail it to the&#xD;&#xA;    # backup alias person with the right subject line.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    BACKUP_TYPE=daily&#xD;&#xA;    if [ &quot;a$1&quot; != &quot;a&quot; ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;      BACKUP_TYPE=$1&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/local/sbin/dobackup.sh ${BACKUP_TYPE} &lt; /dev/null &gt; /tmp/backup.txt 2&gt;&amp;1&#xD;&#xA;    RET=$?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SUBJECT=&quot;${BACKUP_TYPE} backup for $(hostname) (ERRORS)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ &quot;a$RET&quot; = &quot;a0&quot; ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;      SUBJECT=&quot;${BACKUP_TYPE} backup for $(hostname) (successful)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    elif [ &quot;a$RET&quot; = &quot;a2&quot; ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;      SUBJECT=&quot;${BACKUP_TYPE} backup for $(hostname) (WARNINGS)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mail -s &quot;$SUBJECT&quot; root &lt; /tmp/backup.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    exit $RET&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And here is /usr/local/sbin/dobackup.sh, which is the real workhorse:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Perform the backup, returning the following return codes:&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # 0 - backup successful&#xD;&#xA;    # 1 - errors&#xD;&#xA;    # 2 - backup successful, but with warnings.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -e /dev/sdb1 ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;      BACKUP_DEV=/dev/sdb1&#xD;&#xA;    else&#xD;&#xA;      echo &quot;No backup device available.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      echo &quot;CANNOT CONTINUE WITH BACKUP.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      exit 1&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    BACKUP_DIR=/mnt/backup&#xD;&#xA;    BACKUP_TYPE=daily&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ &quot;a$1&quot; != &quot;a&quot; ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;      BACKUP_TYPE=$1&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Performing ${BACKUP_TYPE} backup.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    umount $BACKUP_DEV 2&gt; /dev/null&#xD;&#xA;    mount $BACKUP_DEV $BACKUP_DIR&#xD;&#xA;    if [ &quot;a$?&quot; != &quot;a0&quot; ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;      echo &quot;Error occurred trying to mount the external drive with the following command:&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      echo &quot;  mount $BACKUP_DEV $BACKUP_DIR&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      echo &quot;CANNOT CONTINUE WITH BACKUP.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      exit 1&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    date&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rsnapshot $BACKUP_TYPE&#xD;&#xA;    RET=$?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    date&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ &quot;a$RET&quot; = &quot;a0&quot; ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;      echo &quot;Snapshot performed successfully.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    elif [ &quot;a$RET&quot; = &quot;a2&quot; ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;      echo &quot;Snapshot performed, but with warnings.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    else&#xD;&#xA;      echo &quot;Snapshot had errors (returned ${RET}).&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    umount $BACKUP_DIR&#xD;&#xA;    if [ &quot;a$?&quot; != &quot;a0&quot; ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;      echo &quot;Error occurred trying to unmount the external drive with the following command:&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      echo &quot;  umount $BACKUP_DIR&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      exit 1&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    exit $RET&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Modify the `BACKUP_DEV` and `BACKUP_DIR` variables to suit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rsnapshot.org/" />
  <row Id="3509" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2023" RevisionGUID="73e4056f-147d-462f-92a3-7c987fcf7a9a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:58:22.527" UserId="4" Text="There's a company called [Shunra](http://www.shunra.com/) that specializes in this stuff. I don't have any experience with them but they've been around for a while." />
  <row Id="3510" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2024" RevisionGUID="20b540e5-5ad3-48d8-a369-002df72bd227" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:59:09.857" UserId="1277" Text="Possibly, you could use X forwarding to open multiple remote xterms on your local desktop." />
  <row Id="3511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2025" RevisionGUID="a057c382-da8d-49d8-a03e-57ceb349fb0e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T01:59:58.843" UserId="1271" Text="Uwe Sieber's [RemoveDrive][1] can do this, some of the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Vista x64 I've still found it necessary to manually close *System*'s handle to the drive letter and/or the \Device\HarddiskVolumeX path RemoveDrive reports by using [Process Explorer][2]'s Handle viewer, however. This even after verifying it not in use by any processes or services. (I've searched for an explanation for some time.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.uwe-sieber.de/drivetools_e.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx" />
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  <row Id="3513" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2026" RevisionGUID="0d175b3c-f678-4ce6-b42a-4397d64ac605" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:01:37.887" UserId="1283" Text="How resume for Sys Admin look like?" />
  <row Id="3514" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2026" RevisionGUID="0d175b3c-f678-4ce6-b42a-4397d64ac605" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:01:37.887" UserId="1283" Text="&lt;resume&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;interview&gt;" />
  <row Id="3515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2027" RevisionGUID="54df254a-9ff5-49e1-9cc5-1593bbd97bf1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:03:34.013" UserId="1156" Text="screen allows you to have multiple terminals and more (such as the ability to detach and re-attach to your session).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some notes to get you going:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Ctrl-a c   create&#xD;&#xA;    Ctrl-a d   detach&#xD;&#xA;    screen -r  reattach&#xD;&#xA;    Ctrl-a a   toggle&#xD;&#xA;    Ctrl-a &quot;   list&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And some recommended reading:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Screen&#xD;&#xA;    http://jmcpherson.org/screen.html&#xD;&#xA;    http://blogamundo.net/code/screen&#xD;&#xA;    http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/3/9/16838/14935&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2028" RevisionGUID="93b7578f-2d48-418d-b637-10cad5e4c125" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:04:16.507" UserId="385" Text="What we do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Put web server in DMZ&#xD;&#xA; - Put web server in a workgroup (not allowed to be on a domain)&#xD;&#xA; - Ensure all security patches are applied&#xD;&#xA; - Minimize services which are running&#xD;&#xA; - [Use URLScan][1]. Remove server fingerprint (RemoveServerHeader=1).&#xD;&#xA; - [Harden TCP/IP stack][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [Apply IPSEC policy][3] to only permit the traffic we want (whitelisting)&#xD;&#xA; - Rename default accounts so they can be targeted by typical scripts/tools.&#xD;&#xA; - Move default directories (InetPub, WWWRoot, etc.)&#xD;&#xA; - Minimize local user accounts. &#xD;&#xA; - All NetBIOS is removed or disabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa302368.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa302363.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa302366.aspx" />
  <row Id="3517" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2028" RevisionGUID="93b7578f-2d48-418d-b637-10cad5e4c125" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:04:16.507" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="3518" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2025" RevisionGUID="faa46f87-9ce8-4088-8272-538309847c5a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:06:21.247" UserId="1271" Comment="added 10 characters in body" Text="Windows-centric:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Uwe Sieber's [RemoveDrive][1] can do this, some of the time, even optionally suspending the indexing service to do so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Vista x64 I've still sometimes found it necessary to manually close *System*'s handle to the drive letter and/or the \Device\HarddiskVolumeX path RemoveDrive reports by using [Process Explorer][2]'s Handle viewer, however. This even after verifying it not in use by any processes or services. (I've searched for an explanation for some time.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.uwe-sieber.de/drivetools_e.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx" />
  <row Id="3519" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2029" RevisionGUID="25e0273a-d0cb-43c3-a4fa-556cb4ef737c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:07:58.947" UserId="1249" Text=" - /boot - 128MB &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Volume Group - rootvg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - /var - 5GB (depends if it's used as a mail server. You can also resize to catch core files)&#xD;&#xA; - /tmp - 2GB &#xD;&#xA; - /opt - 10GB (used for software that doesn't come with the distro)&#xD;&#xA; - / - 6GB - minumum&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Volume Group - datavg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - /home - the rest&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can make a separate /usr for your software but in my case the box gets reinstalled, so no need to get its own partition." />
  <row Id="3520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2030" RevisionGUID="1acaf855-e35b-4b83-9a3b-fd485dcc9aa2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:11:59.937" UserId="38" Text="eg bin, sbin, proc, lib, boot, usr, etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a standard list somewhere, does it depend on the distro?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is essentially to answer the common question I have &quot;I'm installing X or putting Y on the server, what folder should I put it in?&quot;" />
  <row Id="3521" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2030" RevisionGUID="1acaf855-e35b-4b83-9a3b-fd485dcc9aa2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:11:59.937" UserId="38" Text="Is there a good summary somewhere of what should go in each of the main folders in a linux install?" />
  <row Id="3522" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2030" RevisionGUID="1acaf855-e35b-4b83-9a3b-fd485dcc9aa2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:11:59.937" UserId="38" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;directory&gt;&lt;folders&gt;" />
  <row Id="3523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2031" RevisionGUID="4713f7e4-e5ca-4fe4-aefd-d8ed56920461" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:12:50.513" UserId="1271" Text="There is NirSoft's [Opened Files View][1] as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nirsoft.net/utils/opened_files_view.html" />
  <row Id="3524" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="236" RevisionGUID="9d3480d4-9bcc-4b46-80d3-5e96cdba5e09" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:17:24.150" UserId="229" Comment="Inserted hyperlink to Microsoft content" Text="Examine the dump file generated by the OS.  Microsoft provides a [memory dump analyzer][1] that will, in most cases, identify the culprit process.  It's a free download with fairly complete instructions and examples available at microsoft.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931370" />
  <row Id="3525" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2032" RevisionGUID="990c4863-dd99-4401-88ac-668d384e055f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:18:03.557" UserId="1281" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/linux/commands/linux_crfilest.html&quot;&gt;This page&lt;/a&gt; has a good overview of the directory structure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/linuxdir.html&quot;&gt;This page&lt;/a&gt; is a bit more verbose and goes into more detail." />
  <row Id="3526" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2033" RevisionGUID="d5721431-7311-4049-8e2f-dd8bc5485aa4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:19:51.073" UserId="38" Text="So lets say i have a network of &lt; 20 computers including a server that needs to be accessed externally, what router/firewall solutions would you recommend? Can be either hardware or software and would need to be able to do&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - NAT&#xD;&#xA; - Firewall&#xD;&#xA; - DMZ&#xD;&#xA; - Native VPN if possible&#xD;&#xA; - Some form of network bandwidth monitoring&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3527" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2033" RevisionGUID="d5721431-7311-4049-8e2f-dd8bc5485aa4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:19:51.073" UserId="38" Text="What decent small-office level routers are there" />
  <row Id="3528" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2033" RevisionGUID="d5721431-7311-4049-8e2f-dd8bc5485aa4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:19:51.073" UserId="38" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;router&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="3529" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2034" RevisionGUID="7de8c5ee-3758-42b4-a232-85c502db3b9f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:20:15.003" UserId="1215" Text="Glassfish will be more scalable than Tomcat because it uses Grizzly (NIO based). You don't have many options other than a variation of Tomcat, Jetty, or Glassfish because of the Java requirement. PHP can be run using [Quercus][1], but it may be better to just deploy it using Nginx.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://quercus.caucho.com/" />
  <row Id="3530" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2032" RevisionGUID="650e80cc-3eb0-4378-9884-d189ce92169a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:23:04.857" UserId="1281" Comment="added 113 characters in body" Text="Each distro may have their own quirks, but the overall file system structure should be the same regardless:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/linux/commands/linux_crfilest.html&quot;&gt;This page&lt;/a&gt; has a good overview of the directory structure.&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/linuxdir.html&quot;&gt;This page&lt;/a&gt; is a bit more verbose and goes into more detail." />
  <row Id="3531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2035" RevisionGUID="5f4ed4ea-8679-45ce-94f2-04e5e39c4480" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:23:48.503" UserId="1181" Text="It sounds like a router/firewall Linux distribution would serve you just fine. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_router_or_firewall_distributions][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_router_or_firewall_distributions" />
  <row Id="3532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2036" RevisionGUID="8dfc1fdb-c930-4dd4-8db2-4fe147e29ca2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:24:09.847" UserId="284" Text="Can't remember where I found it, but Unlocker for Windows has done a dandy job of finding and unlocking whatever is tying up removable disks and files (I need to delete or move).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**: Found the link again - http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/" />
  <row Id="3533" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2037" RevisionGUID="26e77b92-688c-43a4-9c5a-63f6324bdd98" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:25:33.010" UserId="158" Text="Take a look at the following two articles on SSH connection sharing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://fermiparadox.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/ssh-connection-sharing/&#xD;&#xA;http://protempore.net/~calvins/howto/ssh-connection-sharing/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, do a google search on [ssh connection sharing][1] and you'll find a bunch of other articles on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&amp;q=ssh+connection+sharing&amp;btnG=Google+Search&amp;meta=" />
  <row Id="3536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2039" RevisionGUID="11b0abb5-273f-41cf-bccc-f277db797917" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:28:31.410" UserId="808" Text="Time involvement and stability, whether talking about Linux or Windows.  With Windows, I haven't tried an upgrade in a long time, but experience has taught me to avoid the first release of any Windows OS.  I always wait until SP1 comes out, unless I hear otherwise from friends who are early adopters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With Linux, I've always used Red Hat.  With Fedora, Red Hat releases have become more bleeding edge than they used to be.  Due to this, I don't rush to upgrade my Fedora machines.  I wait until a release has been out at least a few weeks and I read reviews from early adopters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have no experience with Mac (regarding installation and upgrades), but with Windows and with Linux, I find new releases are often not *quite* ready for prime time.  I know if I used a less bleeding edge Linux distribution (such as Debian) then it would probably be more safe to upgrade as soon as a release comes out, but I'm a [hacker][1] from way back, and I like solving problems.  (That's one reason I'm on SO and SF!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Above I talked about the stability aspect.  For any OS, it's often easier to reinstall rather than upgrade.  For Linux, I'll often upgrade once or twice (a year apart) and then do a complete reinstall in place of the next upgrade.  For Windows, I normally just replace the hardware and install a new OS on the new hardware.  Why ever reinstall Linux? Well, as open source advances, some packages are replaced or discarded.  When you upgrade, bits of flotsam are left behind, some in `/etc` and some in `/var` and some in other places.  On a re-install, all of that cruft is cleaned away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's the time involvement.  Doing an upgrade takes time to clean up cruft (in Linux, *.rpmnew and *.rpmsave, for example).  A full reinstall takes time, of course, to ensure that nothing is lost, everything is reconfigured and reinstalled, and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/04/no-we-have-not-forgotten-about-the-hacker-badge/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3537" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2040" RevisionGUID="e2715869-42b8-4526-87d2-ceb599b67b5c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:28:32.113" UserId="1222" Text="Software wise, a small linux box with 3 network cards (internal, external, DMZ) is all you need. I'd reccommend [smoothwall][1] if you don't have much experience with Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want a hardware solution, then I'd recommend [Linksys][2] which will be more than capable of 20-30 PCs (depending on your net connection you may need a separate modem). If you're moving into the 50+ range or need rock solid stability, then a low-end [Cisco][3] router is your best bet. There are a number of entry-level units available for under $500&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.smoothwall.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.linksys.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.cisco.com/" />
  <row Id="3538" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2041" RevisionGUID="7494fa2f-2a18-4522-8c2b-f5476dd2c20d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:28:48.227" UserId="398" Text="You give no compelling reason why you can't use private keys from the other systems. Generate them per-machine and add the applicable keys to authorized_hosts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still, use screen." />
  <row Id="3539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2042" RevisionGUID="ece73a45-84ec-4a1e-aaef-6e7a567276a9" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:32:00.123" UserId="1249" Text="I think the most influential book that you can read is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Sex-Drugs-Economics-Unconventional-Introduction/dp/1587991470/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1241144510&amp;sr=8-1&quot;&gt;Sex, Drugs and Economics: An Unconventional Introduction to Economics&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a pop economics book written by a british economist.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since System Administration involves many different skills and it's usually different tasks depending where you're working, I believe it's important to develop a mindset using this book and making your own choices about what's best." />
  <row Id="3540" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2043" RevisionGUID="bc792e88-40dc-4971-ab0e-6930a2d52066" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:33:34.753" UserId="1222" Text="If you're installing X or Y, and it's not a standard OS package, then stuff should end up in `/usr/local/bin`, `/usr/local/lib/`, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The [Filesystem Hierarchy Standard][1] and [Linux Standard Base][2] is probably a good place to start if you want to reference the closest thing there is to a standard list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Standard_Base" />
  <row Id="3541" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2044" RevisionGUID="d232acc4-7cc7-4c5b-9c33-b186d8476341" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:34:14.440" UserId="1271" Text="To mention a few I don't yet see listed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[WhyReboot][1] (reports restart queued operations)  &#xD;&#xA;[CPUID's CPU-Z][2] (hardware info)  &#xD;&#xA;[CloneSpy][3] (duplicate files)  &#xD;&#xA;[Scanner][4] (disk usage)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also second [@John][5]'s recommendation for the suite of tools by [NirSoft][6] in addition to SysInternals, too many to bother listing separately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://exodusdev.com/products/WhyReboot/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.clonespy.com/?Features&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.steffengerlach.de/freeware/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://serverfault.com/questions/261/good-tools-that-fit-on-a-thumb-drive/376#376&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://nirsoft.net/" />
  <row Id="3542" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2044" RevisionGUID="d232acc4-7cc7-4c5b-9c33-b186d8476341" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:34:14.440" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="3543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2045" RevisionGUID="a3cf9e83-c184-4bfc-a2d2-e8a7e57cd147" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:36:50.580" UserId="436" Text="i usually just rename the zip file to .zi_ and tell them to change the _ to a p. hasn't failed me (yet).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-don" />
  <row Id="3544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2046" RevisionGUID="43650638-bc72-4c0c-a156-fb05051d1116" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:38:23.960" UserId="1292" Text="Installer for AVG anti-virus." />
  <row Id="3545" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2046" RevisionGUID="43650638-bc72-4c0c-a156-fb05051d1116" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:38:23.960" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="3546" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2021" RevisionGUID="755e3762-5bb0-486b-ab36-446236298272" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:38:57.097" UserId="1222" Comment="added link to manual" Text="Just use [GNU screen][1], it's great as you can start up remote sessions and restore them if your connection drops. It's available as a package for most distributions and may even already be installed on your university system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The [manual][2] will give you all you need to get started, by default all commands are preceeded by `Ctrl+A`. For example to bring up the onscreen help, just press `Ctrl+A` then press `?`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/screen&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/screen.html" />
  <row Id="3547" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2047" RevisionGUID="f9e9a453-6a8e-43c0-9826-cf04d9ee3893" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:39:18.077" UserId="1174" Text="We've been using [pfSense][2] running on WRAP/ALIX boards from [pcengines][1] for quite a while.  I like the pcengines boards because they are small and low power, but you can use any old PC.   Cheap and been trouble-free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pcengines.ch/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.pfsense.org/" />
  <row Id="3548" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="970" RevisionGUID="d4f5221a-4aee-4db6-b7ab-0e89d7de9cb3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:41:04.967" UserId="257" Comment="Provided information on the results of the backup" Text="Based on the data at the provided links from Alnitak and John's earlier answers, here is what I did:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Plugged in the (USB) Time Machine HD&#xD;&#xA; 2. Turned Time Machine off&#xD;&#xA; 3. Found the current ethernet MAC address&#xD;&#xA; 4. Disabled the ACLs on the TM&#xD;&#xA; 5. Moved the .[old mac address] file in the root of the TM to be .[new mac address]&#xD;&#xA; 6. Updated the extended attribute for the Backups.Backupdb/[machine name] to match the new mac address&#xD;&#xA; 7. Reenabled the ACLs&#xD;&#xA; 8. Ejected and unplugged the TM HD&#xD;&#xA; 9. Turned Time Machine back on&#xD;&#xA; 10. Plugged the HD back in again&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Steps 4 through to 7 were done as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo fsaclctl -p /Volumes/Time\ thingy/ -d&#xD;&#xA;    $ mv .[old mac address] .[new mac address]&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo xattr -w com.apple.backupd.BackupMachineAddress [new mac address (with colon separators)] Backups.backupdb/Thalia/&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo fsaclctl -p /Volumes/Time\ thingy/ -e&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It ran the backup OK (looking at the inodes it recreated the entire directory structure, but linked the files to the previously backed up versions where it could, so not flawless, but good enough), and I can now &quot;Enter Time Machine&quot; and see the expected history.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a bit of a side note, before resetting the xattr I ran `xattr -l` (list) on the Thalia directory (looking for any other attributes that might be around to cause problems), and noticed that the pre-existing mac address was displayed in hex editor style (the address column (0000 on one line, 0010 on the next), the hex data column (each byte separated by a space), and the data column) and the data was actually terminated by a zero byte. After resetting it, it is just displayed simply as the mac address string (so presumably not terminated by a zero byte) - I'm hoping this won't cause problems." />
  <row Id="3549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2048" RevisionGUID="46ca6c5d-3815-4a36-8bbb-482d4c206162" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:42:22.797" UserId="340" Text="The Linux solutions mentioned here can certainly work fine if you are comfortable with them and in maintaining them.  If you like out of the box solutions that are fairly affordable, I would go with SonicWall.  They are easy to manage, fairly cost effective, and meet all of your needs. At about the same level is Zywall.  It offers some more functionality, but the interface isn't as easy as SonicWall's.  Support wise I would say both companies are on the same level, about average.  For Linux based solutions, support can be had from numerous places.  I would caution on the low end (Linksys) side for business applications for the size network you mention, in my experience their hardware is cheap, but you get what you pay for.  Good luck!" />
  <row Id="3550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2049" RevisionGUID="e67d7116-73e0-48e0-81ee-ec0ee119d61e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:42:45.713" UserId="808" Text="This isn't the most fancy way of doing things, but I mostly just use VI when editing these things.  Of course, I use `useradd` to create a user.  But then I'll use `vi` to make changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Ubuntu, I found a [reference][1] on how to manage users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Jaunty#User_Administration&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3553" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2051" RevisionGUID="1bbb2c1a-efd6-4c90-b30a-c7f9f12d12f4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:45:59.950" UserId="1294" Text="oh jeeez, at work we have a whole team for this.  They have an in-house tool that takes a server out of the cluster/farm, publishes the files, runs the NUnits, and adds it back into the cluster/farm.  They do this for each of 16 servers.  It takes hours.  The rest of us don't even have &quot;look around access&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For my personal projects, I publish from VS2005 directly to my webserver.  Kinda has less strict security." />
  <row Id="3554" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2052" RevisionGUID="c9b95181-9469-4d7c-9fec-3453f0f31473" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:46:23.223" UserId="340" Text="We've used [process explorer][1] from Microsoft (formerly Sysinternals).  You can search for the file name and it will tell you which process is holding on and you can kill the handle on the file.  The tool is also great at looking deep into your process tree.  It's free too.  Good luck!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx" />
  <row Id="3555" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2032" RevisionGUID="9461bd1e-0431-4c6c-84b1-7b7e16237e55" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:47:39.820" UserId="1281" Comment="added 55 characters in body" Text="Each distro may have their own quirks, but the overall file system structure should be more or less the same:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/linux/commands/linux_crfilest.html&quot;&gt;&quot;Linux File Structure&quot;&lt;/a&gt; is a good overview of the directory structure.&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/linuxdir.html&quot;&gt;&quot;Linux's directory structure&quot;&lt;/a&gt; is a bit more verbose and goes into more detail about their contents." />
  <row Id="3556" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2049" RevisionGUID="5eca1563-d561-408a-863f-860702e2d249" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:48:48.443" UserId="808" Comment="added 167 characters in body" Text="This isn't the most fancy way of doing things, but I mostly just use VI when editing these things.  Of course, I use `useradd` to create a user.  But then I'll use `vi` to make changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Ubuntu, I found a [reference][1] on how to manage users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know if Ubuntu has this command, but in Red Hat/Fedora and related distributions, there's a command `system-config-users` which is pretty self-explanatory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Jaunty#User_Administration&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3559" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2054" RevisionGUID="0c7c73de-93e1-4011-8fac-38ad08999107" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:48:58.147" UserId="4" Text="This is a shot in the dark, but here goes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Function returned 10055&quot; is a generic out-of-memory or out-of-resources error coming from WinSock, the windows sockets library that ODBC uses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to configure your SQL Server to DB2 connection so that it uses Named Pipes instead of TCP/IP? That would bypass WinSock completely." />
  <row Id="3560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2055" RevisionGUID="43be7125-6d2b-40be-8c18-3d007f33db9b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:49:20.020" UserId="1294" Text="Set it up in a cluster and have your applications point to a specific node for writes; then read from the cluster itself." />
  <row Id="3561" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2056" RevisionGUID="b338b766-a9fc-4500-aca9-a9a0eeafed0f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:51:34.147" UserId="1294" Text="Depends on the performance requirements and number-crunchiness of the websites.  A better solution might be to set your number to around 4-16 and virtualize them, but on beefier physical boxes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Monitoring becomes critical when you run multiple apps from the same server/cluster. You have to be on top of the CPU % and utilized page pool.  When it starts to hover above half, you want to upgrade or offload some of the beefier apps onto dedicated boxes." />
  <row Id="3562" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2057" RevisionGUID="3b565daa-7169-4faa-91e3-436a73a43c32" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:51:47.877" UserId="477" Text="Consider using the [Web Deployment Tool][1] from Microsoft. It was specifically designed to help deploy web applications and updates to those web applications to production IIS 6 and 7 web servers and it does a better job of the task than MSI (Windows Installer), IMHO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Normally you use it by setting up a &quot;gold master&quot; site somewhere and then telling the tool to pack up the changes from there.  It will then look at a target server for deployment and make any changes necessary to make it look like the gold master (which is useful for subsequent updates).  It is particularly useful if you are deploying to more than one web server (i.e. a farm), and it has support for deploying more than just files (it can also handle making registry changes, deploying certs, SQL databases, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/346/web-deployment-tool/" />
  <row Id="3563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2058" RevisionGUID="1c45bf3c-64fe-4ade-9d1b-b06fa76a66b6" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:51:50.027" UserId="411" Text="I have cable internet now but it goes offline from time to time during the day. I work from home so that is a problem. I can get DSL as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What hardware do I need to add a backup internet connection or load balancing between the two connections?" />
  <row Id="3564" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2058" RevisionGUID="1c45bf3c-64fe-4ade-9d1b-b06fa76a66b6" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:51:50.027" UserId="411" Text="What hardware do I need to add a backup internet connection?" />
  <row Id="3565" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2058" RevisionGUID="1c45bf3c-64fe-4ade-9d1b-b06fa76a66b6" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:51:50.027" UserId="411" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;internet&gt;&lt;load-balancer&gt;" />
  <row Id="3566" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2059" RevisionGUID="9756c00d-9342-4fe5-b08e-a49d04a22002" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:52:48.497" UserId="1294" Text="Overall small, or small in one specific dimensions?  Poweredge 1U units are short but deep and wide.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise just look into any mini-ATX or ATX board with x64 support and put it in a case of your choosing." />
  <row Id="3567" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2060" RevisionGUID="66e06236-8f1b-44fd-8985-3adf5db0a994" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:54:29.320" UserId="212" Text="1045 is generally &quot;access denied&quot;.  See the [MySQL documentation][1] for suggestions about how to deal with this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/access-denied.html" />
  <row Id="3568" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2061" RevisionGUID="4da074cd-ba39-47dc-abfb-ee04d699a3dc" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:55:22.140" UserId="1294" Text="Minimal setup: None.  Just set up the second source on the network, plug it into its own router (Or the same one if it supports Dual WAN), and plug both routers into the hub.  Set all your computers with a secondary gateway/dns/wins/etc  of the second router's IP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or you could just buy a router that supports dual WAN, but they're pricey.  It'll failover automatically." />
  <row Id="3569" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2062" RevisionGUID="bf393aa1-d98d-438d-aea6-5bbda8e2ffa9" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:55:49.270" UserId="4" Text="This will happen by default if the VPN is configured correctly. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you make a VPN connection from Windows CLIENT, there is an advanced option called `Use Default Gateway on Remote Network` which is checked by default. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, in Windows XP:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Go to Network Connections&#xD;&#xA;* Right click on your VPN connectoid&#xD;&#xA;* Choose Properties&#xD;&#xA;* Go to the Networking Tab&#xD;&#xA;* Choose Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) from the list&#xD;&#xA;* Click PROPERTIES&#xD;&#xA;* Click Advanced&#xD;&#xA;* In the General tab, check `Use Default Gateway on Remote Network`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is possible that the default gateway is not configured correctly on your remote server." />
  <row Id="3570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2063" RevisionGUID="c8ac5c72-4b6c-4c2d-bf21-d5f4691e2ccd" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:57:00.420" UserId="1294" Text="Certs are optional if you can prove you have experience.  Same goes for degrees, unless you plan to move into a job where you wear a tie and make pie charts all day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be specific on the technologies you're familiar with. Tailor your knows to the company - for example, if they have alot of webservices, capitalize on your IIS/Clustering/Web farm experience." />
  <row Id="3571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2064" RevisionGUID="b346529d-938f-4323-aa35-3a221b412020" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:58:22.913" UserId="1249" Text="&gt; $ chmod 700 ~ &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; $ chmod 700 ~/.ssh&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; $ chmod 600 ~/.shh/authorized_keys&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check for these attributes in /etc/ssh/sshd_config&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; $ sudo grep PubkeyAuthentication&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /etc/ssh/sshd_config&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; $ sudo grep Protocol&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /etc/ssh/sshd_config" />
  <row Id="3572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2065" RevisionGUID="b3464407-af9a-423a-b47e-a1848a1ab4a1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:58:29.420" UserId="640" Text="There are some affordable routers on the market that support failover to a secondary LAN connection (Netgear has a few)." />
  <row Id="3573" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2066" RevisionGUID="09509128-e697-43d7-9a5f-73eec1bef9b8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T02:58:53.163" UserId="1222" Text="Example backup routing command for Windows XP/Vista where x.x.x.x is the IP address of your secondary router. We use this in a login script in my office so that if our primary line fails then everything gets routed over our backup link.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ROUTE ADD 0.0.0.0 MASK 0.0.0.0 x.x.x.x METRIC 99&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The secondary one should have DHCP turned off. You also want to set your DNS to an external server, or have primary/secondary DNS set to each modem." />
  <row Id="3574" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2067" RevisionGUID="c66fa58e-a06c-4c18-a83b-f1ab97476f5b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:01:34.437" UserId="1072" Text="What procedures do people follow before recycling or disposing of old PC's?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Remove the hard drive&#xD;&#xA;* Damage it beyond repair&#xD;&#xA;* Use a tool to completely wipe the hard drive. If so, which?&#xD;&#xA;* Other&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is the hard drive the only component that you &quot;cleanse&quot;?" />
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  <row Id="3576" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2067" RevisionGUID="c66fa58e-a06c-4c18-a83b-f1ab97476f5b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:01:34.437" UserId="1072" Text="&lt;cleanup&gt;&lt;pc&gt;" />
  <row Id="3577" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2068" RevisionGUID="73b95e6f-901a-4b4d-8eb4-00c8032c3002" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:01:54.653" UserId="212" Text="Yes, greylisting can stop a reasonable amount of spam, very inexpensively.  Even when it doesn't stop spam, the added delay gives additional time for the message or sender to be listed on DNSBL or hash-based lists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should ensure that you use a good implementation (I'm not personally familiar with SQLGrey).  In particular, you can generally figure out ways to trust triplets without having seen the exact triplet before (e.g. if you've seen enough good triplets from an IP, then there's probably no point greylisting any further triplets from that IP).  After a small amount of time, very few legitimate messages are greylisted." />
  <row Id="3578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2069" RevisionGUID="490f3040-2555-464a-bf7e-0d09af6d2a04" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:03:41.187" UserId="1222" Text="Remove hard drive. Load gun. [Fire][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And yes, the hard drive is the only component I'd 'cleanse'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0x6gkZmqcc&amp;feature=player_embedded" />
  <row Id="3579" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2070" RevisionGUID="50a310a7-e321-4302-8313-85948b00a666" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:03:44.320" UserId="4" Text="In the discussion on StackOverflow you mentioned that it works when you run it as a standalone C# application, but not when you run it as a web application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That makes sense. When you run it as a standalone C# application, it is running with your identity. When you run it through a web application, it is running using whatever identity you have configured for anonymous web requests under IIS, in this case, that local workstation's ASPNET account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on the security situation, you either want to &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(1) configure the local web server so that that application serves anonymous web requests using a different account, one that has appropriate permissions on the server, or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(2) configure the local web server to not allow anonymous web requests. You will have to log on to the web page through your web browser using the username-password associated with an account that has appropriate permissions on the server" />
  <row Id="3580" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2071" RevisionGUID="5bdedf17-ce50-41d4-b9d2-2d6b87933951" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:04:37.580" UserId="1294" Text="Inevitably this question was going to be posed, so here goes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*edit: Moved mine to answer, made comm wiki*&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3581" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2071" RevisionGUID="5bdedf17-ce50-41d4-b9d2-2d6b87933951" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:04:37.580" UserId="1294" Text="Hidden Features of PowerShell" />
  <row Id="3582" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2071" RevisionGUID="5bdedf17-ce50-41d4-b9d2-2d6b87933951" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:04:37.580" UserId="1294" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;tricks&gt;" />
  <row Id="3583" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2072" RevisionGUID="3ac0987f-ef47-483b-9521-9079d0cc146d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:04:47.983" UserId="477" Text="With new utilities like the [Web Deployment Tool][1] (that will become the standard builtin way to publish a web app starting in Visual Studio 2010), Microsoft seems to be heading down the path toward letting developers or at least installation engineers choose things like IIS settings (certs, app pool settings, etc).  They get built into the msdeploy installation package and automatically applied to the IIS server when the package is deployed to servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seems like a reasonable compromise.  Developers don't go manually mucking with settings on the live production servers, and sys admins don't have to have the webapp-specific knowledge.  And yet the desired IIS settings are clearly visible to sysadmins who want to understand what is going to happen prior to the package getting installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/346/web-deployment-tool/" />
  <row Id="3584" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2073" RevisionGUID="143c2bf0-8b86-494f-be11-36097a5b3dfd" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:05:44.910" UserId="1294" Text="Moving mine to an answer so I don't feel bad making this a commwiki.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Foreach loops:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PS C:\&gt; foreach ($a in &quot;a&quot;,&quot;b&quot;,&quot;c&quot;) { write $a }&#xD;&#xA;    a&#xD;&#xA;    b&#xD;&#xA;    c&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Changedir to a UNC path:&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;    PS C:\&gt; cd \\kcws\c$&#xD;&#xA;    PS Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem::\\kcws\c$&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Get running services:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS C:\&gt; get-service | where {$_.status -eq &quot;running&quot;}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Status Name DisplayName&#xD;&#xA;    ------ ---- -----------&#xD;&#xA;    Running AeLookupSvc Application Experience&#xD;&#xA;    Running Appinfo Application Information&#xD;&#xA;    Running AudioEndpointBu... Windows Audio Endpoint Builder&#xD;&#xA;    Running Audiosrv Windows Audio&#xD;&#xA;    [...]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3585" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2071" RevisionGUID="5bdedf17-ce50-41d4-b9d2-2d6b87933951" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:06:26.420" UserId="1294" />
  <row Id="3586" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2074" RevisionGUID="05b17084-e03c-4876-8880-5f43ccddb616" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:07:45.233" UserId="722" Text="You could use [Gutmann method](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutmann_method) to wipe your hard drive. The [`shred`](http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/shred-invocation.html) program from [GNU coreutils](http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/) implements this." />
  <row Id="3587" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2075" RevisionGUID="fcfa4eed-4ed6-4595-a0a1-8b1545612a8a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:10:49.110" UserId="1294" Text="Just wipe the drive and sell it on Craigslist.  Even if it's an old POS, it can make a good video player or footstool." />
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  <row Id="3593" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2078" RevisionGUID="30727fd3-7314-4bd8-acdf-5dc2802adfcb" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:14:57.353" UserId="1232" Text="Dtrace tips and tricks" />
  <row Id="3594" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2078" RevisionGUID="30727fd3-7314-4bd8-acdf-5dc2802adfcb" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:14:57.353" UserId="1232" Text="&lt;dtrace&gt;&lt;tips&gt;&lt;tricks&gt;&lt;features&gt;" />
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  <row Id="3596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2079" RevisionGUID="c4e86900-3ada-4a34-bef5-6694f5bec6d3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:15:36.850" UserId="1247" Text="Does the service start when you try it through the services GUI/MMC?  If so then perhaps you need to take a second look to verify that your using the right service name." />
  <row Id="3597" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2080" RevisionGUID="fde9395d-a113-43f4-9425-35bbb9ce3dd3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:16:42.557" UserId="48818" Text="there's a linux tool you can use called shred so I suppose a &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    shred -uf /*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;would do it." />
  <row Id="3598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2081" RevisionGUID="bf939159-4708-451f-b6bc-14ed1946ce87" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:16:50.000" UserId="1294" Text="In Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2, the Resource Monitor does a great job of this.  " />
  <row Id="3599" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2082" RevisionGUID="a5b3679b-c7cc-4713-82fb-91d0dc83e08d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:17:48.360" UserId="1297" Text="Using PowerShell Interactively (localy):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    get-service $servicename  | restart-service&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using PowerShell Interactively (remotely):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    (gwmi win32_service -computer $comp -Filter &quot;name='$serviceName'&quot;).StopService()&#xD;&#xA;    (gwmi win32_service -computer $comp -Filter &quot;name='$serviceName'&quot;).StartService()&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a function (remotely):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    function restart-remoteservice{&#xD;&#xA;         param($servicename,$computer)&#xD;&#xA;         (gwmi win32_service -computer $computer -Filter &quot;name='$serviceName'&quot;).StopService()&#xD;&#xA;         (gwmi win32_service -computer $computer -Filter &quot;name='$serviceName'&quot;).StartService()&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2083" RevisionGUID="8f809f63-8d14-4848-9a67-dcc33b6ff0c2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:19:46.187" UserId="808" Text="Are there any special steps that should be taken to secure [Gallery][1]?  Specifically, I currently have the Fedora RPM `gallery2-2.3-1.fc8` installed.  I do have `selinux` enabled in targeted mode, which is a good layer of protection.  I found the Gallery [security documentation][2].  I was just wondering if there was anything else I should look at to ensure that this is secure against external attack.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am far less worred about local attack.  I just want to ensure that exposing this to the public internet won't get my server hacked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://gallery.menalto.com/&#xD;&#xA; [2]: http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery2:Security#Short_Check_List&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3601" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2083" RevisionGUID="8f809f63-8d14-4848-9a67-dcc33b6ff0c2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:19:46.187" UserId="808" Text="How do you secure the &quot;gallery&quot; photo gallery?" />
  <row Id="3602" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2083" RevisionGUID="8f809f63-8d14-4848-9a67-dcc33b6ff0c2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:19:46.187" UserId="808" Text="&lt;gallery&gt;&lt;php&gt;&lt;selinux&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;fedora&gt;" />
  <row Id="3603" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2084" RevisionGUID="5a2929ef-6c6f-488f-91ab-beb305f284d8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:20:03.017" UserId="48818" Text="I've been thinking about doing a [linux from scratch][1] install.  But I'm concerned about keeping my system updated.  What are my options for package management?  Would I be doomed to recompiling every update, or is there a better way?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/" />
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  <row Id="3605" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2084" RevisionGUID="5a2929ef-6c6f-488f-91ab-beb305f284d8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:20:03.017" UserId="48818" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;package-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="3610" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2003" RevisionGUID="bce19c55-0dc0-4f3a-a51d-07006f5ddbbb" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:23:17.237" UserId="1004" Comment="typo" Text="I was reading that question [How do you know who or what is locking a remote file?][1] and I remember that question... even in Windows7, the Windows doesn't show that program is locking the removable disk, so we cannot safely remove the hardware. There is some tool to solve this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1948/how-do-you-know-who-or-what-is-locking-a-remote-file" />
  <row Id="3611" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2087" RevisionGUID="dd81fe68-7ac5-4db8-a5a3-841819cc71fe" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:23:25.240" UserId="1271" Text="The necessity of a good 3rd-party defrag tool isn't quite what it used to be, though they're of course still hotly peddled as cure-alls beside generic system cleaners.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The NTFS file system is quite an improvement over FAT32 in this regard, and this TechNet blog article discusses some of Vista's improvements in particular: [Don’t judge a book by its cover – why Windows Vista Defrag is cool][1] (nonpartisan I know ;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For **Vista**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm putting forward that a 3rd party defrag tool is entirely unnecessary. The system scheduled idle defrag (find it in Task Scheduler-&gt;Microsoft-&gt;Windows-&gt;Defrag) is more than capable of keeping up with system fragmentation and a manual defrag has little benefit of significance. (Although by all means if you wish target highly specific performance sensitive problem files and directories with the likes of [contig][2] as [mentioned][3] you should do so.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I *believe* this is verifiable by simply running the utilities in question and noting that the reported fragmentation is within practical performance levels. (See the article for possible misconceptions.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Back to the original question: If you merely want to replace this scheduled task with a good defrag tool then my recommendation is for the Windows one already in use, at least on Vista. ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/archive/2007/01/26/don-t-judge-a-book-by-its-cover-why-windows-vista-defrag-is-cool.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897428.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1697/what-is-a-good-defrag-tool-for-windows/1876#1876" />
  <row Id="3612" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2088" RevisionGUID="f9b75014-31d2-45bb-9ada-0f6eb2b4b4fa" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:23:36.550" UserId="1210" Text="I would highly recommend the [Cisco 5505 ASA firewall][1].  WebVPN, DMZ, POE port and it's even got Intrusion Prevention with an SSC card.  The ASDM interface is super simple to set up.  You no longer have to understand CLI completely to set up a Cisco product.  A 50 user ASA from CDW is around $600.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also believe that with the latest release of the ASA software, they will support NetFlow which will give you bandwidth stats.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6120/prod_models_comparison.html" />
  <row Id="3613" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2089" RevisionGUID="94cb61d1-6ae2-43e2-9bf8-c5810889e56a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:24:38.593" UserId="1298" Text="I registered a domain, lets say mysite.com (for example), then, results that somebody else has an A record from anotheraddress.com pointing to the same IP address of mine (in a VPS in linode.com)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What can I do to avoid this???, I mean, I would prefer reject accesses from anotheraddress.com to my site. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just know only by casualty putting my genuine domain name on this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.domaintools.com/reverse-ip/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My DNS server is name.com, and the DNS server pointing to the my public IP is from GoDaddy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is possible to register arbitrarily names to the same public IP? Can I use my DNS record with mysite.com to point to 209.85.133.147 (google.com), for example?" />
  <row Id="3614" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2089" RevisionGUID="94cb61d1-6ae2-43e2-9bf8-c5810889e56a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:24:38.593" UserId="1298" Text="Is possible to register arbitrarily names to the same public IP? " />
  <row Id="3615" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2089" RevisionGUID="94cb61d1-6ae2-43e2-9bf8-c5810889e56a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:24:38.593" UserId="1298" Text="&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="3616" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2090" RevisionGUID="27ccb63c-d283-4064-969d-8a91120aefaf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:27:28.930" UserId="475" Text="No, there is no performance difference between 1 site with 500 applications and 500 sites each with 1 application. Think of it like the difference in XML between tags and attributes -- just a matter of preference on how you like to structure the same data." />
  <row Id="3617" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2091" RevisionGUID="cf673721-6074-46e8-a88d-dbf9db9d44ef" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:28:11.250" UserId="123" Text="You cant really stop someone pointing to your servers but just because they point you server doesn't mean you have to serve them anything." />
  <row Id="3618" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2092" RevisionGUID="cb00eec9-cb41-4b24-97b7-1d0772694c80" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:28:13.390" UserId="1210" Text="It's possible that there are numerous (possibly hundreds) of sites hosted on the same IP address (yours included).  It's not unusual." />
  <row Id="3619" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2093" RevisionGUID="8305763c-94b1-4dfb-87ba-0e57dd8dfb04" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:28:28.303" UserId="475" Text="Short answer: yes." />
  <row Id="3620" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2094" RevisionGUID="3c1385d4-19c7-472e-a3d5-bba4cbe146fa" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:29:02.310" UserId="912" Text="We are using roaming profiles where our settings are stored on a mapped drive.  Is there a way for me to set .net to trust this user profile path in group policy?" />
  <row Id="3621" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2094" RevisionGUID="3c1385d4-19c7-472e-a3d5-bba4cbe146fa" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:29:02.310" UserId="912" Text="Is there a way to setup .net trust in Group policy?" />
  <row Id="3622" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2094" RevisionGUID="3c1385d4-19c7-472e-a3d5-bba4cbe146fa" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:29:02.310" UserId="912" Text="&lt;group&gt;&lt;policy&gt;" />
  <row Id="3623" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2095" RevisionGUID="823d217f-3eaf-4d8d-8988-08a118a70e4b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:31:21.447" UserId="1185" Text="I have used the Cisco VPN client for years, and on XP it is pretty much rock solid, on Vista, not so much. You might be able to connect, but unless you set up a constant ping to something, it usually will disconnect, with this error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Reason 442: Failed to enable Virtual&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Adapater&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, most sysadmins will say, update you client - yes, I know, it hasnt mitigated the issue, ever. I have been using it on Vista since it came out, and updated my client every time a new update comes out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have used it where the VPN server was a Cisco PIX and a Windows Box allowing the Cisco Client to connect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have any fixes that you can do on your client to fix this issue?" />
  <row Id="3624" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2095" RevisionGUID="823d217f-3eaf-4d8d-8988-08a118a70e4b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:31:21.447" UserId="1185" Text="Cisco VPN Client on Vista - Virtual Adapter" />
  <row Id="3625" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2095" RevisionGUID="823d217f-3eaf-4d8d-8988-08a118a70e4b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:31:21.447" UserId="1185" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;windowsvista&gt;" />
  <row Id="3626" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2096" RevisionGUID="13173771-3dd2-4584-8d1f-84e630255261" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:32:33.533" UserId="808" Text="I typically remove the hard drive. Alternately, I have used `dd` to copy `/dev/null` over the drive.  If I had known about `shred` then I would instead have done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    shred /dev/sda&#xD;&#xA;    shred /dev/sdb&#xD;&#xA;    ....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;from a rescue disk, but I only learned about that command in someone else's answer above.  Hard drives are cheap enough, however, that I have typically just removed and disassembled the hard drive.  (I like strong magnets, grin.)  Since I'm not worried about the NSA trying to recover data from my drive, just wiping with `dd`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/null of=/dev/sda&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/null of=/dev/sdb&#xD;&#xA;    ....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;from a rescue disk is sufficient for my worries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is no reason I can think of to cleanse anything other than the hard drive.  However, I will sometimes reset the BIOS back to defaults just to put it in a known state for the next person.  In case, for example, they want to change the RAM and my overclocked RAM settings don't work for their new RAM.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3627" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2087" RevisionGUID="9e7ecde5-6bfd-4b56-97e7-9c4b0e98ea29" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:32:39.977" UserId="1271" Comment="added 45 characters in body" Text="The necessity of a good 3rd-party defrag tool isn't quite what it used to be, though they're of course still hotly peddled as cure-alls beside generic system cleaners.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The NTFS file system is quite an improvement over FAT32 in this regard, and this TechNet blog article discusses some of Vista's improvements in particular: [Don’t judge a book by its cover – why Windows Vista Defrag is cool][1] (nonpartisan I know ;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For **Vista**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm putting forward that a 3rd party defrag tool is entirely unnecessary. The system scheduled idle defrag (find it in *Task Scheduler-&gt;Microsoft-&gt;Windows-&gt;Defrag*) is more than capable of keeping up with system fragmentation and a manual defrag has little benefit of significance. (Although by all means if you wish to target highly specific performance sensitive problem files and directories with the likes of [contig][2] as [mentioned][3] you should do so.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I *believe* this is verifiable by simply running the utilities in question and noting that the reported fragmentation is within practical performance levels. (See the article for possible misconceptions.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Back to the original question: If you merely want to replace this scheduled task with a good defrag tool then my recommendation is for the Windows one already in use, at least on Vista. ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On earlier versions of Windows I'd vote for [Perfect Disk][4] merely on the result of my past &quot;x vs x&quot;, &quot;x better than *&quot;, and &quot;x compared to *&quot; Google queries (try the wildcards). For anyone really gung-ho about a substitute for Vista's I'd probably suggest it there as well, or at least the Google searches for comparative research.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/archive/2007/01/26/don-t-judge-a-book-by-its-cover-why-windows-vista-defrag-is-cool.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897428.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1697/what-is-a-good-defrag-tool-for-windows/1876#1876&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.perfectdisk.com/" />
  <row Id="3628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2097" RevisionGUID="0b152783-34cf-459d-87e3-4f1a85be314c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:32:51.973" UserId="1301" Text="![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use [JDiskReport][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/images/jdiskreport_med.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/" />
  <row Id="3629" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2098" RevisionGUID="d6cf460e-d224-4cc6-b4c9-5d3abbd14bb5" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:34:18.757" UserId="1006" Text="First, I sincerely hope you aren't planning on running your servers, network, or (multiple) desktops like this...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux From Scratch is a fairly nice way to learn how Linux works under the covers. It may also be useful if you're working with embedded systems where every byte counts. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/read.html&quot;&gt;the LFS tips page&lt;/a&gt; has some writeups on package management, but to me they sound more like interesting learning exercises than sane ways to manage any non-toy system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're doing this professionally, semi-professionally, or just want something reliable, there is a better way: Install normal Linux distro. If you want to learn, understand that you are essentially building your own Linux distro, and that yes it'll be a lot of work." />
  <row Id="3630" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2099" RevisionGUID="b2220f06-56b1-4f76-a46f-a3779ee68130" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:34:35.230" UserId="1299" Text="No, you can't stop people pointing their DNS entries at you any more than you could stop someone from accidentally giving out your telephone number instead of their own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you say that you want to &quot;reject access&quot;, though, what do you mean? You can configure your webserver to show a &quot;sorry, $domain doesn't live here&quot; message if they go to http://otherdomain.com... But there isn't much you can do to stop, for example, SSH connections (as they care only about IP addresses and not domain names).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To expand a little bit: yes, it would be possible (and, in fact, easy) for you to configure a DNS record you own to point to a server you don't own. It's actually (sort of) common.  For example, I own `wolever.net`, but I point `pictures.wolever.net` at Amazon's S3 service so when I serve pictures it looks like they are coming from my domain, not some random place on the Internet." />
  <row Id="3631" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2100" RevisionGUID="54b438db-1b9b-4655-84c4-578d172de2a0" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:34:37.553" UserId="1210" Text="Really your best bet is to use the AnyConnect client.  It's my understanding that Cisco is moving away from the fat client and it's notoriously buggy on Vista." />
  <row Id="3634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2102" RevisionGUID="aae6dfb9-e2ac-400a-ab4a-31e1d1290543" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:35:07.663" UserId="248" Text="I like [Darik's Boot And Nuke][1] for wiping hard drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dban.org/" />
  <row Id="3635" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2103" RevisionGUID="411a234c-e93f-4e3c-8379-f79eb8dfec32" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:35:25.040" UserId="475" Text="I am a big fan of the Netgear ProSafe series.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [Netgear FVS338 ProSafe VPN Firewall 50][1], 8 Gigabit ports, 1 WAN, $180&#xD;&#xA;- [Netgear FVS318 ProSafe VPN Firewall 8][2], 8 10/100 ports, 1 WAN, $90&#xD;&#xA;- [Netgear FVS114 ProSafe VPN Firewall 8][3], 4 10/100 ports, 1 WAN, $60&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These devices are so inexpensive that you can literally buy two and just keep one lying around just in case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The VPN configuration is the easiest I've seen. I can ship out an FVS114 to a *non-technical* remote employee and they can be up and running with a hardware VPN in minutes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have the money for it, a Cisco ASA is the way to go, but if you're on a budget, these little puppies do the trick.&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Netgear-FVS338-ProSafe-VPN-Firewall/dp/B0006OCZGW&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-FVS318-ProSafe-Firewall-8-Port/dp/B00006B9HC/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-FVS114-ProSafe-Firewall-4-Port/dp/B0009VU7JO/" />
  <row Id="3636" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2104" RevisionGUID="e390685a-89bd-4ea0-8857-fe5ec96a40cf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:36:55.957" UserId="1115" Text="Here's the scenario:  I'm re-installing 4 computers, and I don't want to do the following things manually 4 times:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- install Windows XP&#xD;&#xA;- install all service packs&#xD;&#xA;- install Windows updates&#xD;&#xA;- install Firefox 3&#xD;&#xA;- configure some Windows settings&#xD;&#xA;- etc" />
  <row Id="3637" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2104" RevisionGUID="e390685a-89bd-4ea0-8857-fe5ec96a40cf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:36:55.957" UserId="1115" Text="What can I use to automate the installation of necessary software for a new PC?" />
  <row Id="3638" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2104" RevisionGUID="e390685a-89bd-4ea0-8857-fe5ec96a40cf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:36:55.957" UserId="1115" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="3639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2105" RevisionGUID="5d9ad3b8-4d18-49a8-b2b4-f149cff71c8e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:38:17.000" UserId="722" Text="If you have a Windows Server installation, you can use Remote Installation Services (RIS) to install pre-built Windows XP setups. It's basically a SysPrep-ed image that's been uploaded to a special share on the RIS server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, you use it by setting up one computer with all the software and settings required, then you run `riprep` (which is hosted on a share on the RIS server). Once `riprep` is finished, other computers can use PXE (hit F12 at system boot, once you configure your BIOS settings to allow network booting) to talk to the RIS server (which has to be on the same IP subnet as your other computers[1]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Vista and above use a different technology called Windows Deployment Services (WDS).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1] If you have a router that supports DHCP relay, you can instead set up DHCP requests for your client computers' subnet to be relayed to the RIS server's DHCP server." />
  <row Id="3640" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2106" RevisionGUID="76e92610-5d8e-4504-993d-4c16dae7b5ce" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:40:37.463" UserId="854" Text="I have multiple web sites hosted with IIS 6.0 on Windows Server 2003. Some of them use the .Net 1.1 framework while the others use .Net 2.0. I currently have application pools set up for each framework. Are there any other reasons to add additional application pools?" />
  <row Id="3641" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2106" RevisionGUID="76e92610-5d8e-4504-993d-4c16dae7b5ce" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:40:37.463" UserId="854" Text="What's the justification for adding additional application pools in IIS 6.0?" />
  <row Id="3642" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2106" RevisionGUID="76e92610-5d8e-4504-993d-4c16dae7b5ce" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:40:37.463" UserId="854" Text="&lt;windowsserver2003&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;application-pools&gt;" />
  <row Id="3643" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2107" RevisionGUID="3a6dfa14-009f-4392-9527-d350d281b3ed" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:40:42.343" UserId="1299" Text="I've had to load test HTTP servers/web applications a few times, and each time I've been underwhelmed by the quality of tools I've been able to find.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, when you're load testing a HTTP server, what tools do you use? And what are the things I'll most likely do wrong the next time I've got to do it?" />
  <row Id="3644" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2107" RevisionGUID="3a6dfa14-009f-4392-9527-d350d281b3ed" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:40:42.343" UserId="1299" Text="Tools for load-testing HTTP servers?" />
  <row Id="3645" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2107" RevisionGUID="3a6dfa14-009f-4392-9527-d350d281b3ed" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:40:42.343" UserId="1299" Text="&lt;http&gt;&lt;load-testing&gt;" />
  <row Id="3646" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2108" RevisionGUID="48e6ef8e-638c-4245-8248-43ae35fe4587" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:41:07.523" UserId="1210" Text="Will you be doing this regularly?  If so, Ghost is your friend.  Build an image, ghost it,  apply to numerous PCs.  I can Ghost a loaded workstation is 10 minutes.  So total downtime for a user is roughly 15 minutes to a reimaged machine." />
  <row Id="3649" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2105" RevisionGUID="b7c5afa1-fd23-4c7d-a970-98676aa881ea" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:44:06.783" UserId="722" Comment="Slight correction" Text="If you have a Windows Server installation, you can use Remote Installation Services (RIS) to install pre-built Windows XP setups. It's basically a SysPrep-ed image that's been uploaded to a special share on the RIS server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, you use it by setting up one computer with all the software and settings required, then you run `riprep` (which is hosted on the `admin` share on the RIS server). Once `riprep` is finished, other computers can use PXE (hit F12 at system boot, once you configure your BIOS settings to allow network booting) to talk to the RIS server (which has to be on the same subnet/VLAN as your other computers[1]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Vista and above use a different technology called Windows Deployment Services (WDS).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1] If you have a router that supports DHCP relay, you can instead set up DHCP requests for your client computers' subnet to be relayed to the RIS server's DHCP server." />
  <row Id="3650" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2110" RevisionGUID="85f3b2c5-1d4c-487b-95a9-91b5ecb53033" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:44:22.663" UserId="1279" Text="You can point DNS entries to any ip you wish. You can't stop people from pointing to your server. There is a trick you can do with a webserver though. You can set up the default vhost to redirect users to a choosen domain name or display an error or information page. " />
  <row Id="3651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2111" RevisionGUID="eb3be5b9-c80f-4c99-9e7a-db7905ae6f39" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:45:52.847" UserId="475" Text="&gt; Should the server admins be IIS gurus&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and handle all of those issues and I&#xD;&#xA;&gt; simply send the site files over&#xD;&#xA;&gt; deployment, or should the developer&#xD;&#xA;&gt; assume responsibility for the server&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and IIS issues and deal with them&#xD;&#xA;&gt; accordingly?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Answer: find **one person** and annoint them **&quot;WSA&quot; (Web Server Administrator)**. They could be an admin *or* a developer; it really doesn't matter. But they need to immerse themselves in both aspects of the job, and the rest of the team (on both sides) needs to respect their expertise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's no different than how DBAs straddle the line between IT/dev. Given the importance of web servers in an organization with a web-based product, I think this is a critical, and often overlooked, role.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since the web is still young (compared to databases), it's hard to recruit this individual. You will most likely need to grow/groom someone into the role." />
  <row Id="3652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2112" RevisionGUID="eb6d11a1-da14-4c71-b174-0725f0f8c129" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:46:06.403" UserId="564" Text="If you are just looking to test how it handles multiple connections you can use something like [Siege][1].  Still not sure it is a great measure but it will at least tell you how you are handling multiple connections&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.joedog.org/index/siege-home" />
  <row Id="3653" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1731" RevisionGUID="cedfbb3d-6993-44e7-b6c8-cbfba7a93553" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:47:07.867" UserId="457" Comment="Described the form factor" Text="I've got a 5 year old shuttle machine. It's 32 bit, only takes 2gb of ram and is old. I'm looking for a replacement machine that is a similar size, is 64bit and supports at least 8gb RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not looking for a rack mounted system as they are too deep and I don't have a rack at home! Ideally it would be a similar form factor to the shuttle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any recommendations?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm probably going to run windows server 2008 R2&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3654" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2113" RevisionGUID="669a5564-1543-4e81-bd71-86f5ffe8d9a0" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:47:40.283" UserId="1298" Text="On Windows World NTFS is the king, but in the UNIX World there are many choices today: HFS+, ext3, ext4, zfs (maybe), reiserfs, reiser4, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you recommend, why and which are your remarks about this?" />
  <row Id="3655" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2113" RevisionGUID="669a5564-1543-4e81-bd71-86f5ffe8d9a0" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:47:40.283" UserId="1298" Text="Which UNIX filesystem do you use and recommend for servers?" />
  <row Id="3656" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2113" RevisionGUID="669a5564-1543-4e81-bd71-86f5ffe8d9a0" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:47:40.283" UserId="1298" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;" />
  <row Id="3657" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2114" RevisionGUID="14230c4e-fa4e-4f22-96f0-5562d336305c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:48:38.940" UserId="315" Text="JMeter = free&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/index.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mercury Interactive Load Runner is super nice and super expen$ive&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/index.html" />
  <row Id="3659" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="2106" RevisionGUID="76d272df-35fa-4854-9700-bed281fe62d0" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:49:36.020" UserId="854" Comment="Made the title more succinct." Text="Why add additional application pools in IIS 6.0?" />
  <row Id="3660" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2093" RevisionGUID="584e256b-441f-4ebc-82b9-b2d54507a2c7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:50:37.407" UserId="475" Comment="added long answer" Text="Short answer: yes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Long answer: yes, and this is how the Domain Name System was **designed** to work. To understand why, look at any web application that allows its users to use their own &quot;vanity domain&quot;. The process goes something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Register a new domain name&#xD;&#xA; 2. Input your domain into the application's control panel&#xD;&#xA; 3. Point your domain to the application's IP address&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I couldn't point *my* domain name to *any* IP address, the system wouldn't really work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3662" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2115" RevisionGUID="36058591-6020-4b9b-be89-6348ef37cf56" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:51:07.203" UserId="1072" Text="I've used [openSTA](http://www.opensta.org/).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This uses a relatively simple script language.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can easily test web services / servers and write your own scripts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It allows you to put scripts together in a test in any way you want and configure the number of iterations, the number of users in each iteration, the ramp up time to introduce each new user and the delay between each iteration. Tests can also be scheduled in the future.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's open source and free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It produces a number of reports which can be saved to a spreadsheet. We then use a pivot table to easily analyse and graph the results.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3663" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2116" RevisionGUID="ba739a2e-9206-491d-83c0-9d3120f49810" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:52:19.820" UserId="475" Text="Yes, many:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- AppPools can run as different identities, so you can restrict permissions this way.&#xD;&#xA;- You can assign a different identity to each app pool so that when you run task manager, you know which w3wp.exe is which. &#xD;&#xA;- You can recycle/restart one app pool without affecting the sites that are running in different app pools.&#xD;&#xA;- If you have a website that has a memory leak or generally misbehaves, you can place it in an app pool so it doesn't affect the other web sites&#xD;&#xA;- If you have a website that is very CPU-intensive (like resizing photos, for instance), you can place it in its own app pool and throttle its CPU utilization&#xD;&#xA;- If you have multiple websites that each have their own SQL database, you can use active directory authentication instead of storing usernames/passwords in web.config." />
  <row Id="3664" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2117" RevisionGUID="7b7cce68-48a6-4211-927e-b03ec5b0499f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:53:18.383" UserId="1306" Text="We are moving from Microsoft platform(ASP.NET/SQLServer/) to a LAMP Stack. What are some of the things that can be helpful." />
  <row Id="3665" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2117" RevisionGUID="7b7cce68-48a6-4211-927e-b03ec5b0499f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:53:18.383" UserId="1306" Text="What are some of the things I must be aware when moving from windows servers to linux servers?" />
  <row Id="3666" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2117" RevisionGUID="7b7cce68-48a6-4211-927e-b03ec5b0499f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:53:18.383" UserId="1306" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="3667" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2118" RevisionGUID="6c0a7866-5f2e-4389-802c-200edc727057" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:54:09.660" UserId="1115" Text="Turns out completely wiping the drive [doesn't require writing over the data 10 times][1].  Hurray for research.  That being said, I still like DBAN for ease of use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.springerlink.com/content/408263ql11460147/" />
  <row Id="3670" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2119" RevisionGUID="d2893d74-6aaf-4865-84dd-af0408fb1275" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:56:04.990" UserId="1233" Text="What is the planned use? For a boot drive or for file storage?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example,&#xD;&#xA;If running a Mac, you'll need to use HFS+ or UFS for a bootable drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ZFS gives you a performance hit but increases the integrity of data, offers RAID like features and allows you to create a single volume over different sized disks." />
  <row Id="3672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2120" RevisionGUID="98e5fde7-3f32-4bea-9e3a-e909a270e66d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:57:12.103" UserId="475" Text="I feel unusually qualified to answer this question, since my current company needs to simulate 25,000 simultaneous connections to our web servers (we serve online ads).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For extremely high-volume load testing, **[Httperf][1]** is the way to go. It's free, and in our experience, it can simulate more simultaneous connections that JMeter or STA on the same hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/linux/httperf/" />
  <row Id="3673" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2121" RevisionGUID="5840b0a6-2cd1-41bc-84a3-403c1d6ce3d8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:57:13.990" UserId="1279" Text="I'm working on a website that could eventually have a very large database. The website will be an art community not until deviantART. I'll be running a lot of queries for analyzing how the site is used. I expect some of the queries to kill the database because I don't know how to optimize SQL queries (yet). I'm starting out with a small linux VPS and would move to physical servers in the future.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which database would scale the best given this situation?" />
  <row Id="3674" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2121" RevisionGUID="5840b0a6-2cd1-41bc-84a3-403c1d6ce3d8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:57:13.990" UserId="1279" Text="Which database server scales better: PostgreSQL or MySQL?" />
  <row Id="3675" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2121" RevisionGUID="5840b0a6-2cd1-41bc-84a3-403c1d6ce3d8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:57:13.990" UserId="1279" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;postgresql&gt;&lt;scaling&gt;" />
  <row Id="3677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2122" RevisionGUID="5dd12f09-5d87-4810-87ef-80db6c90a107" CreationDate="2009-05-01T03:59:10.817" UserId="1279" Text="You don't have a gui on a linux server. You'll need to get really comfy on the command line." />
  <row Id="3678" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2123" RevisionGUID="8be4e99f-3671-43c2-8f47-0465f7738c25" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:00:50.597" UserId="808" Text="For Linux, I use ext3 on top of LVM.  Use of LVM makes it easy to extend a partition later if I need more space.  There are more choices, but my needs have never been extreme enough for me to have to performance test to see what was best for my circumstances.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Part of my reasoning for sticking with ext3 is that -- as the default filesystem for many varieties of Linux -- it will be one of the most thoroughly tested in a variety of different situations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Someone with special needs -- a high performance server for example, or a filesystem that needs to hold an unusually large number of files or mostly very tiny files or mostly huge files -- should try a couple different filesystems to see what serves their needs better.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3679" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2124" RevisionGUID="fd096554-b3c7-42f7-9b9a-e8bd7d01da57" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:01:31.217" UserId="1310" Text="Probably one of the biggest is case-sensitivity. In Windows, 'notepad foo.html' and 'notepad Foo.html' would open the same file, while in Linux 'vim foo.html' and 'vim Foo.html' would create two different files. The same applies to URLs on Linux servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, permissions are very important. I recommend not running the webserver, CGI scripts, etc. as 'root', the administrative account. Instead, use reduced privileges and run Apache, MySQL/PostgreSQL etc. with their own dedicated users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, I'd recommend reading the manual pages (accessible via the 'man' command) for the various tools you'll be using. These `man pages' are extremely useful and frequently very well-written documentation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some software uses an alternate manual system. Perl uses 'perldoc', while Ruby uses 'ri'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing to look up about any language you write CGI programs in is its taint-checking features. Perl, for instance, has the -T switch and the taint module, which catch many types of insecure data handling." />
  <row Id="3680" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2125" RevisionGUID="d047a343-91af-49b6-9125-bf2c5ec585a1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:02:06.850" UserId="732" Text="Not sure if this is the same problem I've had with sshd, but make sure you only have 1 cygwin dll laying around your system. If there is more than one in the path it might be causing problems. With sshd I couldn't even get the service to start." />
  <row Id="3681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2126" RevisionGUID="bb7d9344-2ca0-45a1-810d-b33c88191ba4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:04:10.043" UserId="564" Text="Really it depends on what kind of queries you will be running.  Unless you are running very complex queries either will be fine for a very large web site. There are good examples of both databases running very large scale web sites" />
  <row Id="3682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2127" RevisionGUID="9ae9061e-7c6a-4484-9246-f0e57cb18f2f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:06:21.363" UserId="1314" Text="When setting up security on SQL Server 2005 / 2008. What is the more secure option? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Authentication Mode Only&#xD;&#xA; - Mixed Authentication&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does it matter if the server will be accessed by many desktop clients (thick clients) or if a handful of web servers will be accessing it?" />
  <row Id="3683" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2127" RevisionGUID="9ae9061e-7c6a-4484-9246-f0e57cb18f2f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:06:21.363" UserId="1314" Text="What is considered more secure for sql server security" />
  <row Id="3684" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2127" RevisionGUID="9ae9061e-7c6a-4484-9246-f0e57cb18f2f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:06:21.363" UserId="1314" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="3685" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2128" RevisionGUID="7b1b4643-79a4-4731-acc7-805c0bc1d802" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:09:47.080" UserId="1314" Text="What are some good tools to run tests validating a Windows server Web &amp; DB server is properly secure? Are there any tools which are comprehensive and will scan for all the popular known vulnerabilities?" />
  <row Id="3686" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2128" RevisionGUID="7b1b4643-79a4-4731-acc7-805c0bc1d802" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:09:47.080" UserId="1314" Text="Toosl for conducting a Security Audit / Probe" />
  <row Id="3687" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2128" RevisionGUID="7b1b4643-79a4-4731-acc7-805c0bc1d802" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:09:47.080" UserId="1314" Text="&lt;security-audit&gt;&lt;tools&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="3688" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2129" RevisionGUID="559e2b7f-001b-4e6d-8955-aed6f06dc5f0" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:10:39.247" UserId="626" Text="Also in addition to Portmans answers - for security reasons.  restricting Resources access to a pool.&#xD;&#xA;See http://blogs.iis.net/tomwoolums/archive/2008/12/17/iis-7-0-application-pools.aspx" />
  <row Id="3689" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2130" RevisionGUID="14ef0aab-8d25-454f-a557-98cf617c7af8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:11:31.087" UserId="732" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.archlinux.org/&quot;&gt;Arch Linux&lt;/a&gt; is a great alternative distro where you get to put your system together, yet its nice and maintainable using pacman, ABS (kind of like BSD Ports), and AUR. Arch is a little different from Linux in how the init works, and is instead based on how BSD inits." />
  <row Id="3690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2131" RevisionGUID="f4d91a38-3de6-4ffe-a8bd-dd939a7258c5" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:12:49.413" UserId="456" Text="Before you make a decision based on scalability, you might want to read through these two pages and decide how much you value your sanity:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;a href=&quot;http://sql-info.de/postgresql/postgres-gotchas.html&quot;&gt;PostgreSQL gotchas&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;a href=&quot;http://sql-info.de/mysql/gotchas.html&quot;&gt;MySQL gotchas&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3691" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2132" RevisionGUID="4530d268-9b34-4627-b4f3-a45fa52e4628" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:13:13.593" UserId="1314" Text="I used LoadRunner before but, it's rather expensive, I've also used Microsoft's Team Tester edition tools which includes a system that conduct load tests. I was fairly happy with how the tool worked, and you could expand the tests using .net which was an easier syntax to pick up then LoadRunner's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The version of load runner we used also couldn't handle our AJAX site (This was back in 2000 so I am sure the tool has been enhanced by now)" />
  <row Id="3692" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2133" RevisionGUID="89aaea7e-c9d0-4097-b6d2-fd049cb15105" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:13:15.980" UserId="626" Text="Windows Authentication is more secure primarily because the username and password are not passed in the connection string. &#xD;&#xA;Data Source=myServerAddress;Initial Catalog=myDataBase;Integrated Security=SSPI;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As opposed to&#xD;&#xA;Data Source=myServerAddress;Initial Catalog=myDataBase;User Id=myUsername;Password=myPassword; " />
  <row Id="3693" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2134" RevisionGUID="e8ab1c47-b522-4810-bd1c-1794d68db4a4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:13:19.083" UserId="411" Text="More secure is Windows Authentication Mode Only assuming you have good network security in general.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could you give a little more detail on your current setup and needs?" />
  <row Id="3694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2135" RevisionGUID="62a5ea2d-cbef-4236-be92-4a0099a628f8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:15:01.980" UserId="1310" Text="If you use a UPS and are very confident that there will be no sudden losses of power or other conditions forcing the computer to hard-shutdown I would recommend XFS in many situations. It is fast for most uses, though it has some weaknesses in handling many small files at once. However, it tends to lose data in the event of an uncontrolled shutdown. This filesystem is available in Linux and IRIX.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ext3 is the most 'stable' choice, having been in Linux for many years and having had virtually no bugs for an extended period of time. It does suffer some performance and space-efficiency penalties, mainly due to being block- rather than extent-based. This filesystem is available in Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ReiserFS (3) is what I personally use, as it is quite stable in the event of uncontrolled shutdowns (which my laptop sees a lot of), as well as being space-efficient and fast. However, if it does run into issues, the contents of multiple files may end up intermingled - a possible security problem. (XFS, by comparison, zeroes out corrupted files. This makes recovery harder, but is more secure). This filesystem is available in Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recommend avoiding Reiser4. While it is fast, it is unstable (and has become more so), partially due to being rejected from the official kernel and being maintained out-of-tree.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ZFS is the new kid on the block. It is performant and feature-rich, but is relatively untested. It does have many useful aspects, one of the largest being snapsotting. This can be used to take a snapshot of the file system, which remains consistent while, say, a backup program archives its data. This filesystem is available in Solaris and (to a degree) NetBSD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, while it isn't a file system, for any Linux-based servers I would recommend layering any file systems on top of LVM, the logical volume manager. It makes disk administration much easier. EVMS (which uses LVM internally) is also an option, and is somewhat easier to use, but has been mostly unmaintained for some time now." />
  <row Id="3695" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2136" RevisionGUID="a7433d58-0f82-42a9-bff9-f3ddaec48f3b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:16:27.190" UserId="1271" Text="**Windows Vista**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This disables UAC prompts using the [Secure Desktop][1], which is essentially that dimming of the screen you get with elevation prompts. It's designed to prevent their spoofing,  with several examples given in that article.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However I frequently find the Secure Desktop to be cumbersomely slow loading, more so on a system I've yet to update the display drivers on or am maintaining (considering the repetition), but even somewhat after, so I disable this (I keep UAC enabled).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my opinion it's somewhat more important that Microsoft made this the default to discourage spoofing than it is for an individual machine to leave it enabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;PromptOnSecureDesktop&quot;=dword:00000000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/uac/archive/2006/05/03/589561.aspx" />
  <row Id="3696" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2136" RevisionGUID="a7433d58-0f82-42a9-bff9-f3ddaec48f3b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:16:27.190" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="3697" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2137" RevisionGUID="8ab44575-c1d9-4c4e-970f-5019a7c286cf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:16:59.043" UserId="158" Text="If all your using it for is tailing several files, you may also be interested in [multitail][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vanheusden.com/multitail/" />
  <row Id="3698" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2127" RevisionGUID="46ab4cb7-30eb-4a8e-a7ef-eb161fb33dc5" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:18:48.447" UserId="1314" Comment="added 476 characters in body" Text="When setting up security on SQL Server 2005 / 2008. What is the more secure option? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Authentication Mode Only&#xD;&#xA; - Mixed Authentication&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does it matter if the server will be accessed by many desktop clients (thick clients) or if a handful of web servers will be accessing it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And why is it more secure? Using Windows Authentication does mean we can avoid putting the connection string in the configuration file which is a plus.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows Authentication also allows us to control who gets access based on their NT credentials, which I would think is ideal when your clients connect directly to the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing I always wonder however, is how useful NT authentication is when all clients go through a proxy such as web service. " />
  <row Id="3700" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2139" RevisionGUID="14b99773-9ee2-4585-9783-6ee6bf76a795" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:21:21.547" UserId="123" Text="I would recommend you give [Spiceworks][1] a try. Spiceworks will go around the network a every set amount of time (5,10,15 minutes) and check if each computer is up and if something is down it will throw a warning which you can setup to send you an email.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Spiceworks is a also free and will always be free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://spiceworks.com" />
  <row Id="3701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2140" RevisionGUID="7fb1fba0-ec63-4612-95fc-fd8ca0c32c40" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:23:42.117" UserId="183" Text="Really, I would go with ext3 for the moment, it's &quot;fine&quot; for near everything, and when fine isn't good enough you would probablty want to do more detailed research centered around your specific need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, in a nutshell:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - ext3 = most supported, most used&#xD;&#xA; - ext4 = newer, backwards compatible with ext3 (mostly), but does file commits in a certain arguably non-safe way&#xD;&#xA; - xfs = oldest (iirc) still being used, very stable, very good, not highly used, also has a similar issue with file commits that ext4 has&#xD;&#xA; - reiserfs = somewhat dead after... ahh, yeah. Bad jokes aside, was good for lots of small files but not for much else.&#xD;&#xA; - zfs = new, tasty, crazy stable, crazy resiliant. IMO really only useful for large amounts of data where you really know what you're doing, has not-that-great linux support (FUSE only).&#xD;&#xA; - jfs = actually, I know nothing about this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem with ext4, xfs and others is around how they do commit data to the drive and when they &quot;flush&quot; (*actually* commit the data as opposed to caching the commit doing it later). You can read up more about it, but the general gist is that they are arguably less safe with your data but faster for it. This of course can all be configured etc." />
  <row Id="3702" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="16" RevisionGUID="e7e98cde-cfc6-48df-acae-8e0291235b6d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:25:18.430" UserId="38" Comment="added tag" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;web-hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="3703" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2033" RevisionGUID="e1cd64aa-f7a4-4dd6-b876-1e33665b4477" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:27:23.263" UserId="38" Comment="added tag" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;router&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;small-business&gt;" />
  <row Id="3704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2141" RevisionGUID="96b642b4-69ca-49dd-8a6b-5c8f2156ba45" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:32:06.027" UserId="385" Text="Windows authentication is considered more secure. Here's why:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You can use Kerberos authentication. The Kerberos protocol has a timestamp which prevents replay attacks. It also allows the client to verify the identity of the server using a trusted 3rd party (in Active Directory's implementation, this is the DC).&#xD;&#xA; - It allows for a single security source: Active Directory. Therefore, once you shutdown an account in Active Directory, it is disabled everywhere. &#xD;&#xA; - In SQL Server versions prior to SQL Server 2005, the login packet was not automatically encrypted. The way the password was passed on the network was easily decrypted since we're talking about high and low order bit flipping and an XOR operation.&#xD;&#xA; - There is the fact that you don't have to put the password in the connection string, but there are other ways around this. For instance, encrypting username/password and storing it in the registry, and then building the connection string at runtime.&#xD;&#xA; - Logins to the SQL Server will be tracked in the Security event log, along with other Windows logins, if such audit settings are turned on (and they should be). That means if you have log parsing/aggregation software for your servers, you don't have to parse out the application event log or the SQL Server logfile necessarily.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With respect to where you have a single account from a web service, you still have all the same advantages that I've listed above. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3705" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2142" RevisionGUID="cfb6b34a-8255-44d2-8584-4cc3a8886ffa" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:32:43.217" UserId="1271" Text="**Windows Vista**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This sets the default folder customization to *NotSpecified* (which pretty much means the &quot;All Items&quot; template as seen in the customization dialog), otherwise Vista's erroneous guesses at how to display your files can be quite irritating (an mp3 may switch it to a Music folder, or a gif from Details to Thumbnails in its switch to Pictures &amp; Video).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;FolderType&quot;=&quot;NotSpecified&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may then globally change the appearance of the &quot;All Items&quot; template by tweaking an &quot;All Items&quot; folder and going to *Tools-&gt;Folder Options-&gt;View-&gt;Apply to Folders* (works similarly for the other templates).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to reset all existing folders to &quot;All Items&quot; then remove the entire Bags key first:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An illustrated guide available here: [Fixing Folder Type problems in Windows Vista][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fixing-folder-type-problems-in-windows-vista/" />
  <row Id="3706" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2142" RevisionGUID="cfb6b34a-8255-44d2-8584-4cc3a8886ffa" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:32:43.217" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="3707" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2136" RevisionGUID="9bc9e49a-2588-4040-af07-b37616a78720" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:33:31.483" UserId="1271" Comment="clarification" Text="**Windows Vista**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This disables UAC's use of the [Secure Desktop][1], which is essentially that dimming of the screen you get with elevation prompts. It's designed to prevent their spoofing,  with several examples given in that article.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However I frequently find the Secure Desktop to be cumbersomely slow loading, more so on a system I've yet to update the display drivers on or am maintaining (considering the repetition), but even somewhat after, so I disable this (I keep UAC enabled).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my opinion it's somewhat more important that Microsoft made this the default to discourage spoofing than it is for an individual machine to leave it enabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;PromptOnSecureDesktop&quot;=dword:00000000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/uac/archive/2006/05/03/589561.aspx" />
  <row Id="3709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2144" RevisionGUID="9ae8c795-cbf9-4575-8c14-8860a7865d6e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:36:14.287" UserId="385" Text="Tools that will scan these type of vulnerabilities:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Nessus][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Qualys][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [eEye's Retina][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [NGS Software's Typhon III][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nessus.org/nessus/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.qualys.com/index.php&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.eeye.com/html/products/retina/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.ngssoftware.com/products/internet-security/ngs-typhon.php" />
  <row Id="3710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2145" RevisionGUID="8433b267-5d97-44b3-b618-91f272fd4676" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:38:19.367" UserId="1317" Text="I'm not a sysadmin, but I use a Windows 2003 server at work fairly often for testing purposes, and I'm always annoyed by the limitations of the standard Windows console terminal.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there some &quot;industry standard&quot; tool that I don't know about, to replace this terminal with a more fully-featured one?  What is the best 3rd party Windows console, if any?  Are there any good free/open source tools for this?" />
  <row Id="3711" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2145" RevisionGUID="8433b267-5d97-44b3-b618-91f272fd4676" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:38:19.367" UserId="1317" Text="Replacement for Windows command console" />
  <row Id="3712" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2145" RevisionGUID="8433b267-5d97-44b3-b618-91f272fd4676" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:38:19.367" UserId="1317" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;console&gt;&lt;terminal&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="3713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2146" RevisionGUID="c7324132-e5c4-4c76-9f44-b45606027ae2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:40:34.603" UserId="1192" Text="When dealing with any non-technical managers who are resistant to changes, your best bet is to speak in terms of $$$$'s. Therefore, create a spreadsheet to contrast any cost outlay of the RAID components to the potential loss of time/customers/sales down the road.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID does not replace a data backup solution, so you have to show the cost savings of having more fault tolerant systems. This will usually be in reduction of down time, and simplification of handling disk failures, compared to a full restore from backup.  " />
  <row Id="3714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2147" RevisionGUID="635b06b5-9427-48f6-b1b0-3705f1e59974" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:40:44.197" UserId="38" Text="Well if you're after a better command line, you could use [powershell instead][1].  It gives you a lot of power, including the functionality of the .NET framework at the command line&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/powershell/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="3715" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2148" RevisionGUID="4812cf64-e286-46fe-a47e-4a01e69a6369" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:40:44.417" UserId="1030" Text="I have a PDF file I'm creating from a Word 2007 DOCX file, using the program FoxIt PDF Creator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The document itself looks great, but the generated PDF is about twice as large as I've seen other converters create from that same source document.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way I can compress or 'optimize' this PDF document?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not, can you recommend any freeware or open source PDF creators?" />
  <row Id="3716" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2148" RevisionGUID="4812cf64-e286-46fe-a47e-4a01e69a6369" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:40:44.417" UserId="1030" Text="Compress a PDF Document?" />
  <row Id="3717" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2148" RevisionGUID="4812cf64-e286-46fe-a47e-4a01e69a6369" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:40:44.417" UserId="1030" Text="&lt;pdf&gt;&lt;optimization&gt;&lt;compression&gt;" />
  <row Id="3719" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2149" RevisionGUID="e0b17c17-6511-420d-bd42-c31e69f01c9e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:41:46.147" UserId="636" Text="You should check out Windows Powershell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/powershell/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="3720" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1801" RevisionGUID="e481f800-e324-4937-99b9-0b59981fc837" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:43:11.587" UserId="1192" Comment="edited tags" Text="When partitioning a new system disk(s) for UNIX, what is your prefered strategy for both desktop and/or servers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please include disk partition layout, file system format(s) and options, mount points, RAID level(s), LVM groups and volumes, encryption, and any other relevant settings." />
  <row Id="3721" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="1801" RevisionGUID="e481f800-e324-4937-99b9-0b59981fc837" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:43:11.587" UserId="1192" Comment="edited tags" Text="Optimal UNIX File System Partition + Setup Strategy" />
  <row Id="3722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2150" RevisionGUID="fbc64bc8-ff6e-4b77-9552-b6a84473baad" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:43:26.610" UserId="722" Text="Since you're using Word 2007, you can download a PDF writer from [Microsoft Office](http://office.microsoft.com/)'s web site: &lt;http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F1FC413C-6D89-4F15-991B-63B07BA5F2E5&gt;" />
  <row Id="3723" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1801" RevisionGUID="e481f800-e324-4937-99b9-0b59981fc837" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:43:11.587" UserId="1192" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;partition&gt;&lt;raid&gt;&lt;lvm&gt;&lt;disk&gt;" />
  <row Id="3724" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2149" RevisionGUID="c6bcfb8c-8cfe-4480-8fa7-4000ca69a681" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:46:46.320" UserId="636" Comment="added 83 characters in body" Text="You should check out Windows Powershell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/powershell/default.mspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also try Cygwin if you're partial to Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.cygwin.com/" />
  <row Id="3725" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2151" RevisionGUID="daad4f82-53d7-496c-97ca-c1d588ba5eef" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:47:39.313" UserId="385" Text="Powershell is the first option. If you're coming over from the *nix side of the house, consider [cygwin][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cygwin.com/" />
  <row Id="3726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2152" RevisionGUID="cfd08e2a-53a5-4a92-bc4f-2c1790483cbf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:48:10.437" UserId="1316" Text="You may need to reset your root password. I had a similar problem a while back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Details: [How to reset the root password][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The basic process involves stopping the server and restarting it with a special initialization script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/resetting-permissions.html" />
  <row Id="3727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2153" RevisionGUID="a0266594-2115-42c4-87a2-eb9a12e26b4c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:48:37.407" UserId="1222" Text="Just upgrade to Office 2007 SP2 and use the inbuilt &quot;Save As PDF&quot; plugin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to stick with pre-SP2 the plugin is [available separately from Microsoft][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F1FC413C-6D89-4F15-991B-63B07BA5F2E5&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="3728" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2154" RevisionGUID="c232ed2c-128d-4576-ae1f-bdce5c3e8d39" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:50:54.843" UserId="385" Text="If you want to use psexec:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    psexec \\Server cmd &quot;/c net stop servicename&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    psexec \\Server cmd &quot;/c net start servicename&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Though in this case, sc is recommended. It does everything you need if you're going to shell out.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3729" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2155" RevisionGUID="9be26de1-a045-4c4c-a7b8-0b33e3652bac" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:51:38.680" UserId="1222" Text="Just stay away from XFS unless you've got a UPS. I've had many, many files corrupted due to power cuts or forced reboots, if the file is still open it will often end up corrupted. A real pain in the ass if it's a critical system config file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd generally go with EXT3 for Linux and HFS for Mac." />
  <row Id="3730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2156" RevisionGUID="d30b64d4-1af5-49a8-9880-e822ee748448" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:54:06.693" UserId="1222" Text="Just install once, image the drive (various tools available) and then use [newsid][1] to reset the SID of the final computer. We use this method for deploying virtual machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to go the official Microsoft way, then install once, and use [Sysprep][2] before imaging the drive. Sysprep is the method companies such as Dell, HP, etc use for imaging new PCs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that both methods above only are suggested for XP if the hardware is near-identical. You may have some success with hardware variations and XP, but generally it's recommended to keep a separate sysprep'd image for each variation. Vista is a lot more forgiving :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897418.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302577" />
  <row Id="3731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2157" RevisionGUID="1c3101c2-cf49-4919-9c61-e01e2aeec0a8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:55:38.920" UserId="1176" Text="Basically, Windows authentication is the recommended authentication. It is secure by theory, that is if you have a good network security already in place. " />
  <row Id="3732" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2158" RevisionGUID="52b97ea0-ea80-45dd-8bea-f67ad71dde81" CreationDate="2009-05-01T04:58:42.500" UserId="1324" Text="Check out [CloneZilla][1], looks like the right (and free) tool for what you are asking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://clonezilla.org/" />
  <row Id="3733" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2159" RevisionGUID="14fe5ca3-6101-4138-93df-3df9af515ecc" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:01:24.867" UserId="1299" Text="(ug, I think my comment got eaten)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, while I wouldn't quite call it the _most_ influential book that _every_ sysadmin should read, I enjoyed [The Craft of System Security](http://www.amazon.com/Craft-System-Security-Sean-Smith/dp/0321434838). It does a good job of covering (at least from a high level) the history, theory and practice of security. Oh, and it's even written well enough it won't consistently put you to sleep!" />
  <row Id="3734" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2122" RevisionGUID="91bfadc7-de50-4053-acf8-9b273e6dfba3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:03:24.283" UserId="1279" Comment="updated to include comments" Text="You usually don't have a gui on a linux server. You'll need to get really comfy on the command line." />
  <row Id="3736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2161" RevisionGUID="9fb8e1c5-bff8-4385-b6db-7150b8ba4f21" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:04:03.407" UserId="385" Text="[Time Management for System Administrators][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596007836/" />
  <row Id="3737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2162" RevisionGUID="dd362593-1dd5-44f6-bef0-a2baa2be4cb0" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:04:18.930" UserId="1316" Text="I believe nVidia's nView tool would allow you to do this with a keyboard shortcut. Unfortunately, nVidia has decided not to release nView for Windows Vista.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MultiMon (Free and Pro versions available) or UltraMon ($40 - trial version available) may be helpful. UltraMon in particular is very flexible and includes hotkey/scripting support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some notebooks also have function keys available for managing external displays." />
  <row Id="3738" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2163" RevisionGUID="cad9db39-e5a2-42f2-a23d-10b1da60275e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:06:19.567" UserId="123" Text="Is there any good network mapping tools for creating a visual representation of the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: To Clarify I'm talking about an automatic mapping tool that will do a scan of the network and make a map for me." />
  <row Id="3739" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2163" RevisionGUID="cad9db39-e5a2-42f2-a23d-10b1da60275e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:06:19.567" UserId="123" Text="Network mapping tools" />
  <row Id="3740" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2163" RevisionGUID="cad9db39-e5a2-42f2-a23d-10b1da60275e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:06:19.567" UserId="123" Text="&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="3742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2165" RevisionGUID="51ecdfde-488f-4b83-9594-649079963a22" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:09:52.083" UserId="1173" Text="I'm not sure if you're looking for an automated solution, but [OmniGraffle](http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/OmniGraffle/) is a great Mac application  for making flowcharts and the like. It comes with a &quot;stencil&quot; for electronics that you might find on a network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** Well, you now changed your post to say that you'd like an automated solution, but I'll leave my post here. If you find a program that can scan a network and export GraphViz files, then you can use OmniGraffle to make pretty graphs." />
  <row Id="3744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2167" RevisionGUID="2de97f4c-7c80-443b-b500-c005c7c41336" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:12:17.897" UserId="1222" Text="What you're getting at is the essence of &quot;virtual hosting&quot;, and what enables one IP address to serve multiple websites and domain names.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Old school&quot; webhosting worked on the premise of one website per IP address, no matter what the actual domain name the same website would be served up to the browser.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a [name based virtual host][1], it will only serve up web content *for the requested domain name*. This basically means you have a vhost set for each site you want to serve off of that IP address, and then depending on your webserver setup a &quot;default&quot; vhost that redirects to a blank page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; IP-based virtual hosts use the IP&#xD;&#xA;&gt; address of the connection to determine&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the correct virtual host to serve.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Therefore you need to have a separate&#xD;&#xA;&gt; IP address for each host. With&#xD;&#xA;&gt; name-based virtual hosting, the server&#xD;&#xA;&gt; relies on the client to report the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hostname as part of the HTTP headers.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Using this technique, many different&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hosts can share the same IP address.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Name-based virtual hosting is usually&#xD;&#xA;&gt; simpler, since you need only configure&#xD;&#xA;&gt; your DNS server to map each hostname&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to the correct IP address and then&#xD;&#xA;&gt; configure the Apache HTTP Server to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; recognize the different hostnames.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Name-based virtual hosting also eases&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the demand for scarce IP addresses.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Therefore you should use name-based&#xD;&#xA;&gt; virtual hosting unless there is a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; specific reason to choose IP-based&#xD;&#xA;&gt; virtual hosting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/vhosts/" />
  <row Id="3747" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1755" RevisionGUID="2ad69704-54b8-407e-bf51-2f49fffd455b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:15:32.147" UserId="173" Comment="added 72 characters in body" Text="[VMWare Player][1] and [VMWare server][2] are free. You'll need an appropriate image to start for Player, of course.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(And you mention [VirtualPC][3], but that's free as well now, I believe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/products/player/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.vmware.com/products/server/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=04D26402-3199-48A3-AFA2-2DC0B40A73B6&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="3748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2169" RevisionGUID="e1f64f57-76c2-4208-8432-fedb6cf6d82b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:16:29.993" UserId="1176" Text="I have come across the very same problem when I first installed my Cisco VPN client on my Vista box at home. I followed every step that I found on google search but nothing worked. Then I just restart everything - machine &amp; router. I then uninstalled the client and reinstalled. It worked that time. It's crazy but that was all that I needed to do. ;-)" />
  <row Id="3749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2170" RevisionGUID="f2fa6cf0-c4aa-41ed-bc39-2f7ba9ce2463" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:17:13.703" UserId="1301" Text="I've read some long time ago something about the stories of a sys admin complaining about their LUSERS &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It was something like the  bastard sys admin or something like that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have a link from the original history?" />
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  <row Id="3751" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2170" RevisionGUID="f2fa6cf0-c4aa-41ed-bc39-2f7ba9ce2463" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:17:13.703" UserId="1301" Text="&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;history&gt;" />
  <row Id="3752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2171" RevisionGUID="51d586b6-6d3b-48d2-aeb6-1f5847fe4f69" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:18:10.893" UserId="1222" Text="To create a textual representation of the network, use [nmap][1], if you want a GUI use [Zenmap GUI][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as creating a *visual* representation of the output, you're going to need to do that manually (e.g. [dia][3], [Visio][4], [OmniGraffle][5]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nmap.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://nmap.org/zenmap/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://projects.gnome.org/dia/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://office.microsoft.com/visio&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/OmniGraffle/" />
  <row Id="3753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2172" RevisionGUID="865478d0-1613-4257-99b5-62b88b42f543" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:19:58.487" UserId="865" Text="I would like to use Windows 7 at work for my production environment. I think it performs better than Windows XP and Vista on a good PC. How should I go about convincing my boss that Win7 RC is ready for an active development environment?" />
  <row Id="3754" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2172" RevisionGUID="865478d0-1613-4257-99b5-62b88b42f543" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:19:58.487" UserId="865" Text="Do you think the Windows 7 RC is ready for prime time?" />
  <row Id="3755" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2172" RevisionGUID="865478d0-1613-4257-99b5-62b88b42f543" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:19:58.487" UserId="865" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;developer&gt;" />
  <row Id="3756" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2173" RevisionGUID="e7e49eac-3ace-4896-99cd-bdf8d1926307" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:20:22.183" UserId="1222" Text="You're thinking of the [Bastard Operator From Hell][1] (BOFH), and his sidekick the [Pimply Faced Youth][2] (PFY). Enjoy :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.theregister.co.uk/odds/bofh&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PFY" />
  <row Id="3757" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2174" RevisionGUID="2a6004a3-7940-434f-996c-05d0002f4b8c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:21:34.130" UserId="626" Text="YUP its BOFH and everything can be found here&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.theregister.co.uk/odds/bofh/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and earlier stuff here&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.theregister.co.uk/odds/bofh/earlier.html" />
  <row Id="3758" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2175" RevisionGUID="12ab2278-5c95-4034-abd8-73b14862ce36" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:21:48.497" UserId="1173" Text="[This](http://serverfault.com/questions/961/will-you-be-installing-windows-7-rc-as-your-primary-os) [is](http://serverfault.com/questions/1855/if-i-install-windows7-rc-will-i-need-to-repave-later) [a](http://serverfault.com/questions/1790/is-windows-7-rc-stable-enough-for-limited-production-deployment) duplicate question that I've seen asked multiple times today already." />
  <row Id="3759" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2176" RevisionGUID="3a40a3ca-f723-4b7d-a4fd-ad501aca81d4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:24:19.787" UserId="626" Text="and the answer is don't - wait for the RTM or you will not be able to upgrade or patch your machines in the near future most likely. Also you will  have the opportunity to sit on hold for while waiting for premier support to tell you they don't support you if you do and you have a problem" />
  <row Id="3760" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2177" RevisionGUID="266e5cd3-6344-4ddb-b2e6-f9f36afaffb8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:24:47.993" UserId="1222" Text="[Duplicate question][1] but I'll repost my answer...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[See what the Microsoft Win7 team have to say...][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ...we know many people (including tens&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of thousands at Microsoft) are relying&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on the pre-release builds of Windows 7&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for mission critical and daily work...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess if it's good enough for tens of thousands of people at Microsoft, it's good enough for you :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be aware that the RC will only run for 12months, and you will need to reformat/reinstall. You can probably convince your boss to let *you* use it, but it's not ready for the &quot;end user&quot; who doesn't have to manage his PC and probably won't reinstall for a few years. Wait for the RTM before installing on their PCs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1790/is-windows-7-rc-stable-enough-for-limited-production-deployment&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/04/07/delivering-a-quality-upgrade-experience.aspx" />
  <row Id="3761" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2170" RevisionGUID="690a411c-ad9f-42bd-ab59-7c4187d7e996" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:29:10.197" UserId="1301" Comment="added 91 characters in body" Text="I've read some long time ago something about the stories of a sys admin complaining about their LUSERS &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It was something like the  bastard sys admin or something like that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have a link from the original history?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for the link. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's the story ( history?? ) behind BOFH. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2178" RevisionGUID="fd411291-82db-4295-bd8f-9f22048d14d8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:36:35.857" UserId="1318" Text="What is the difference between Microsoft VPN and Cisco VPN? Are they just separate implementations of the same protocol?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I seem to remember hearing somewhere that they were not compatible with each other, and I have never seen any one connect to a given network with both clients..." />
  <row Id="3763" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2178" RevisionGUID="fd411291-82db-4295-bd8f-9f22048d14d8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:36:35.857" UserId="1318" Text="What is the difference between Microsoft VPN and Cisco VPN" />
  <row Id="3764" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2178" RevisionGUID="fd411291-82db-4295-bd8f-9f22048d14d8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:36:35.857" UserId="1318" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="3765" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2179" RevisionGUID="27866833-98ab-44b7-abad-402adaa62dab" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:36:36.950" UserId="558" Text="Using WinXP SP3. Trying to create an ad-hoc wireless network for ipod. (Also has a primary wired network). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using a USB wireless adapter. (All drivers installed,etc). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I configure the wireless device to connect to ad hoc I get an error: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;some configurations changes were not saved&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I check the group permissions (gpedit.msc) and I can't seem to find anywhere that this setting would be set. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="3766" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2179" RevisionGUID="27866833-98ab-44b7-abad-402adaa62dab" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:36:36.950" UserId="558" Text="WinXP: connecting to AdHoc network" />
  <row Id="3767" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2179" RevisionGUID="27866833-98ab-44b7-abad-402adaa62dab" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:36:36.950" UserId="558" Text="&lt;adhoc-network&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="3768" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2180" RevisionGUID="f2d10b18-03c7-416d-a2ac-664928b2d85a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:38:34.887" UserId="1337" Text="I've always liked [BCWipe][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jetico.com/bcwipe.htm" />
  <row Id="3769" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2181" RevisionGUID="9bf03221-32a4-4689-86c4-111ee90d4495" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:48:24.690" UserId="1344" Text="interviewers are interested in your experience with their systems, or systems like theirs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;so, tailor the resume to the prospective employer's needs, e.g. do some research, find out what equipment/systems they have, and emphasize the relevant parts of your experience&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for example, if the prospective employer uses a web-server farm for asp.net and a failover cluster for ms sql and other critical servers, experience with such systems should figure prominently (and hopefully recently) on your resume&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if you don't have experience with MS farms and clusters but with some other kind of farms and clusters, emphasize those and bone up on the differences for the interview&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a resume is a sales brochure; you are the product. There are no magic certifications just as there are no sure-fire features for selling any other kind of products: it's all about matching needs and abilities&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;good luck!" />
  <row Id="3772" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2119" RevisionGUID="4398f80a-774e-4270-9cb3-f57e5846c897" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:50:59.427" UserId="1233" Comment="Add the operating system bit." Text="What is the planned use (and operating system? For a boot drive or for file storage?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example,&#xD;&#xA;If running a Mac, you'll need to use HFS+ or UFS for a bootable drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ZFS gives you a performance hit but increases the integrity of data, offers RAID like features and allows you to create a single volume over different sized disks." />
  <row Id="3775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2184" RevisionGUID="ed4b77c7-de99-42a7-aad5-a48ad4a023b3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:56:23.937" UserId="97" Text="If you want enterprise grade and am not on Linux, zfs and vxfs have been absolutely rock solid for me. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Linux, I would say ext3 or xfs. As always, you should test for your workload and requirements." />
  <row Id="3776" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2185" RevisionGUID="1e10b96c-6792-4c7f-bf49-99f5aaaba1f5" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:57:00.287" UserId="1271" Text="In my very recent experience between Virtual PC, VMWare, and VirtualBox:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want 3D Graphics Acceleration: VMWare. Program seems to fail DirectX check immediately on the other two (full disclosure: yes it was a game ;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise some Google querying with the underutilized wildcard can yield some quick comparisons, e.g.: `&quot;virtualbox * faster OR performance * virtual pc&quot;` (and then reverse the order, substitute names, etc.) repeated for whichever quality you wish.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm personally very satisfied with VirtualBox and its performance, but needs vary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Hopefully that wasn't too much of a subjective slide from &quot;list some&quot; to &quot;compare some&quot;.)" />
  <row Id="3777" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2186" RevisionGUID="3596b6c4-939d-4871-ba6f-706f7c4a43d1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:57:41.347" UserId="1082" Text="I use OS X, Linux, Solaris and windows for work and from home. There are good tools that allow me manage the many logins required platform independently. But mostly they expect me to carry a thumb-drive or direct access to a central location (a sky drive in the cloud).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The thumb-drive is to easily lost (= synchronized backup needed), the central location not allwasy reachable/ mountable. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a tool that allows me to add passwords localy and then sync it with the &quot;mothership&quot; later. Or is there another approach that you use, that solves my problem?" />
  <row Id="3778" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2186" RevisionGUID="3596b6c4-939d-4871-ba6f-706f7c4a43d1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:57:41.347" UserId="1082" Text="Password Manager that allows syncing accross platforms" />
  <row Id="3779" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2186" RevisionGUID="3596b6c4-939d-4871-ba6f-706f7c4a43d1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T05:57:41.347" UserId="1082" Text="&lt;password&gt;&lt;management&gt;&lt;sync&gt;" />
  <row Id="3780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2187" RevisionGUID="ff2b8b2c-5d05-48d3-a7a9-cf6d9d51fa39" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:01:02.757" UserId="97" Text="Since you mentioned enterprise backup, I'll mention both Tivoli Storage Manager and Veritas NetBackup. Tivoli tends to be more IBM-centric whereas NetBackup pretty much has clients for just about everything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NetBackup is painful to configure but once you get it working, it'll keep on going. I've implemented a system for a customer that was backing up over 48TB daily with over a 99+% success rate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have no idea about smaller systems =)" />
  <row Id="3781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2188" RevisionGUID="eff2c87f-11da-4449-93d3-87b64302902f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:02:18.027" UserId="1222" Text="Try [1Password][1], there's a Mac and iPhone app available. Not cross platform, but if you have an iPhone then that will always be with you... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://agilewebsolutions.com/products/1Password" />
  <row Id="3782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2189" RevisionGUID="2b4bb61e-a6a1-4dd4-809c-b91903c9d3b5" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:03:15.513" UserId="97" Text="Rather than building your own, an alternative is the Sun 7410 aka Toro. It has some very useful software that comes bundled with the solution." />
  <row Id="3783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2190" RevisionGUID="cf5c8d4d-bcf3-40b2-b7dd-1f36b9d9f3fd" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:07:31.790" UserId="1222" Text="I'm using [Jungledisk][1] and have been extremely happy with it for data backup purposes, for *OS* backup I'm just Time Machine on my Mac and for Windows I'm prepared to reinstall if the worst happens.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On top of that, I'm using [syncplicity][2] to keep just my &quot;work files&quot; in sync between work/home/laptop machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jungledisk.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.syncplicity.com" />
  <row Id="3784" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2191" RevisionGUID="25f756fb-a1c8-4199-ac21-37245e223e33" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:10:04.000" UserId="97" Text="There is [Tsung][1], an Erlang based tool. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's also a really long list of tools over at [http://www.softwareqatest.com/qatweb1.html#LOAD][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tsung.erlang-projects.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.softwareqatest.com/qatweb1.html#LOAD" />
  <row Id="3785" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2192" RevisionGUID="fbca0f9e-d944-40d7-8638-4a6504350b2c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:11:59.003" UserId="1339" Text="[Puppet][1] sounds perfect for what you're trying to do, with the caveat that as of right now, there is no support for Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In your case, you would define a Server node in terms of all of the packages that are identical across the machines. Then, you define the individual hosts as nodes which inherit from Server, and set up the specific unique things for it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Puppet is declarative - it allows you to describe of your boxes in terms of the resources each box should have. So if you want `ssh` - you write a class for that resource - and inside the class you can include logic about how ssh is called slightly different on FreeBSD vs Ubuntu. It also knows to use `yum` inside Redhat and `apt-get` inside Debian based distros, and `ports` in the BSDs. Now in your Server node, you'll just have a line like `include ssh` - and puppet will do the right thing and put SSH on the machine without you having to remember if that's Ubuntu or Redhat or FreeBSD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's nice is that all of the Server stuff lives in one place - and if at any point you add to the Server node definition, ALL machines would update their configuration accordingly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right now, I'm only managing three boxes using Puppet - but it's already paid off. After spending a week setting up a box we'll be using for stimulus presentation in an experiment, it turned out the graphics card driver was too old in the version of Ubuntu I put on it (8.04). I had to install the latest Ubuntu (9.04), but after that I just had to apt-get and run puppet - and everything I had spent a week setting up was restored.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Puppet does have a little bit of a learning curve, but I've successfully avoided learning Ruby - I know I'm using it, since that's what puppet is written in - but so far I've been successful in just modifying the [examples in the documentation and the recipes on the wiki][2] . Another downside is that puppet does take a bit longer to do things the first time. The upside is that everything you change across all of your machines is stored in one place - it's standard practice to keep your puppet configuration in a version control system - so you can always look back and see how you've set up servers in the past - or roll-back some unsuccessful changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, here's a [quick video][3] that does a simple puppet demo that got me&#xD;&#xA;started quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US8ZpjgEhUg" />
  <row Id="3786" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2163" RevisionGUID="58d1fabc-785c-4a57-b378-3ae6a83de963" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:13:04.193" UserId="123" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="Is there any good network mapping tools for creating a visual representation of the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: To Clarify I'm talking about an automatic mapping tool that will do a scan of the network and make a map for me." />
  <row Id="3787" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2193" RevisionGUID="02d2bbad-cbc7-4e3a-bb27-4477ac1f7552" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:15:56.357" UserId="1233" Text="Joel Spolsky on his blog last year recommended [Password Safe](http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/) (Windows) and [Password Gorilla](http://www.fpx.de/fp/Software/Gorilla/) (Mac and Linux) which can both read the same password file and were synced via Dropbox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Source: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/09/11b.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2194" RevisionGUID="24be4e53-99d6-48ae-9d31-33780d9f7015" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:16:50.957" UserId="1349" Text="Have you looked at [KeePass][1] at all? I find it works beautifully for me. It supports syncing with a password file that's hosted online, plus there are many other add-ins for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://keepass.info/" />
  <row Id="3789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2195" RevisionGUID="1832b7bc-8f8a-43b4-ad11-c88ff9ca0996" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:18:47.097" UserId="1245" Text="The .NET runtime in question exists on the server (c:\windows\microsoft.NET\Framework\V1.1.4322), but isn't coming up in the properties dialog (ASP.NET tab) in the IIS properties.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know there is a command to install this sucker, but it escapes me." />
  <row Id="3790" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2195" RevisionGUID="1832b7bc-8f8a-43b4-ad11-c88ff9ca0996" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:18:47.097" UserId="1245" Text="How do I add an installed .NET runtime to the combo box in the IIS properties dialog?" />
  <row Id="3791" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2195" RevisionGUID="1832b7bc-8f8a-43b4-ad11-c88ff9ca0996" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:18:47.097" UserId="1245" Text="&lt;asp.net&gt;&lt;iis&gt;" />
  <row Id="3792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2196" RevisionGUID="4df9eeb1-9830-4155-b7e9-592f29a39951" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:22:16.153" UserId="97" Text="If it is Linux, have a separate /boot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For other Unix variants, typically, I have recommended partitions for / and /var, data is usually mounted at /u001, /u002 etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Previously, there was a need to heavily partition as disk space was limited and you did not want a single filled partition to bring down the entire system. With the greatly increased storage available today as well as the plentiful resizing and virtualization options available, the need for many partitions IMO has gone down. That coupled with the fact that it's a hassle to move things around when you have many partitions means that if you can get away with less, do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having swap as 2xRAM does not make sense when you have say 32GB of memory. So remember, the &quot;rules&quot; are really guidelines and some simply do not make sense in light of the newer hardware available now. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2197" RevisionGUID="48da359e-0633-4a95-b39d-5c02ecc6ee18" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:25:52.977" UserId="38" Text="I think the command you're looking for is Aspnet_regiis: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/1f74eac5-9005-4f91-9137-f63b73eefde8.mspx?mfr=true&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`Aspnet_regiis -s W3SVC/1/ROOT/SampleApp1`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;execute that from inside the `C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322` dir&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3794" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2186" RevisionGUID="5da82b8d-40e3-446d-9152-35fb2150470f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:31:07.630" UserId="1082" Comment="added 21 characters in body" Text="I use OS X, Linux, Solaris and windows for work and from home. There are good tools that allow me to manage the many logins required platform independently. But mostly they expect me to carry a thumb-drive or direct access to a central location (a sky drive in the cloud).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The thumb-drive is to easily lost (= synchronized backup needed), the central location not allwasy reachable/ mountable. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a tool that allows me to add passwords localy and then sync it with the &quot;mothership&quot; later. Or is there another approach that you use, that solves my problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT** *My question is more about &quot;synchronize&quot; than cross platform. I've evaluated (=read feature list) some good cross platform tools, but need one that does the synchronising for me. By synchronise I mean &quot;merge two versions&quot; not &quot;replace (hopefully) old file with new.&quot; I'm not sure I'm always disciplined/awake enough to prevent data loss.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3795" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2198" RevisionGUID="8c52721d-1565-4748-88a5-fa29a51d885a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:33:54.533" UserId="1200" Text="I rolled my own. I use afraid's freedns, and they just give you a URL/wget script to update things, so I just use whatismyip.com (the script version, which just returns the IP address) and write out a file with that. If I run the script again (cron, hourly) and the address has changed, hit the URLs." />
  <row Id="3796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2199" RevisionGUID="49846aef-da7e-40ee-a309-96f38d6e634b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:37:14.137" UserId="1279" Text="I'm wondering what would be the best vpn solution for a linux server with windows, linux, and osx clients. I'm currently using openvpn but I find it difficult to set up and the windows client has given me more headaches than manually setting up a mailserver for the first time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have specific requirements for the clients. Some clients need to send their traffic through the vpn (laptops). Others only need to be able to be seen on the vpn but shouldn't be sending their traffic through the vpn (like the web server).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to be able to use the Windows and OSX built in vpn clients if possible. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there other options available other than openvpn or am I doing something horribly wrong with openvpn?" />
  <row Id="3797" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2199" RevisionGUID="49846aef-da7e-40ee-a309-96f38d6e634b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:37:14.137" UserId="1279" Text="VPN Solutions for Linux server and Windows, Linux, and OSX clients?" />
  <row Id="3798" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2199" RevisionGUID="49846aef-da7e-40ee-a309-96f38d6e634b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:37:14.137" UserId="1279" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="3799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2200" RevisionGUID="66b76d29-bb08-4e23-bd34-932e976c0eb3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:37:26.617" UserId="390" Text="Just as an information: not only Microsoft Virtual PC is free, but also [Microsoft Virtual Server][1]. If you're looking to virtualize servers, then this might be what you'll want to use instead of Virtual PC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a whitepaper describing the differences between the two products: [Virtual PC vs. Virtual Server: Comparing Features and Uses][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/virtualserver/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/virtualserver/techinfo/vsvsvpc.mspx" />
  <row Id="3800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2201" RevisionGUID="1d68d575-68a7-434f-82ba-fd43a5d774f6" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:38:13.290" UserId="1178" Text="The Solaris machine we do most of our development on has an annoying habit of timing out SSH sessions. Doesn't matter whether the client is my Ubuntu desktop, my Solaris desktop or my Windows desktop (putty); the common factor is the big Solaris machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anything I can do to stop this happening? It's annoying when you take a lunch break and the terminal sessions you've got open and delicately configured are all frozen so you need to kill them all and reestablish all of your context." />
  <row Id="3801" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2201" RevisionGUID="1d68d575-68a7-434f-82ba-fd43a5d774f6" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:38:13.290" UserId="1178" Text="ssh session idle timeout" />
  <row Id="3802" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2201" RevisionGUID="1d68d575-68a7-434f-82ba-fd43a5d774f6" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:38:13.290" UserId="1178" Text="&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;timeout&gt;" />
  <row Id="3803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2202" RevisionGUID="c615b535-56ce-475c-b193-010ecc4b226f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:39:13.303" UserId="1173" Text="Yes. Configure SSH to send [keepalive packets](http://tech.forumone.com/archives/57-Quick-Tip-SSH-Keepalive.html).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(edited: my original link was the wrong page)" />
  <row Id="3804" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2203" RevisionGUID="6c8950b0-cbd4-44af-b4bc-abbd504df51d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:40:35.830" UserId="1173" Text="Windows and OS X have built in support for L2TP/IPsec, for which there are many server daemons available." />
  <row Id="3805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2204" RevisionGUID="210a6f6c-6e93-4b8c-9aa8-bef206125c79" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:42:50.660" UserId="1186" Text="I've been asked for an opinion about a purchase of a blade server that should be used for running virtual machines. I have very little experience in this, so what things should be considered in terms of system specs? " />
  <row Id="3806" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2204" RevisionGUID="210a6f6c-6e93-4b8c-9aa8-bef206125c79" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:42:50.660" UserId="1186" Text="What should be considered when purchasing a virtual machine set up?" />
  <row Id="3807" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2204" RevisionGUID="210a6f6c-6e93-4b8c-9aa8-bef206125c79" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:42:50.660" UserId="1186" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;&lt;purchase&gt;" />
  <row Id="3808" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2205" RevisionGUID="9767bfb4-2942-4926-a35a-1a4b73c9bed9" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:46:59.603" UserId="388" Text="HP's &lt;a href=&quot;https://h10078.www1.hp.com/cda/hpms/display/main/hpms_content.jsp?zn=bto&amp;cp=1-11-15-119_4000_100__&quot;&gt;Network Node Manager&lt;/a&gt; performs automatic discovery of your network, and can provide a graphical output of what it has discovered, along with links between devices. I don't know if it supports exporting that data to an editable image format; in any case, most people I've talked to have always preferred manually created diagrams as they tend to be clearer and better laid out." />
  <row Id="3809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2206" RevisionGUID="360e1b9d-f3ea-4a2a-9fb9-9380cae2bd6d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:49:27.820" UserId="402" Text="Microsoft VPN is usually [PPTP][1], Cisco uses [IPSEC][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft also support [L2TP][3] and more recent versions [do support][4] IPSEC, although the implementation is a bit clumsy (imho).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PPTP has had several bad security problems in the past, but the latest version is reasonably secure and is easier to set up that IPSEC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IPSEC is more of an industry standard and is very secure when configured properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPTP&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPsec&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L2TP&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/network/bb531150.aspx" />
  <row Id="3810" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2206" RevisionGUID="6a09956f-5bbb-4200-afc4-4c62f43188fa" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:55:33.267" UserId="402" Comment="Typo" Text="Microsoft VPN is usually [PPTP][1], Cisco uses [IPSEC][2].  These are completely different protocols so a client won't typically support both.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft also support [L2TP][3] and more recent versions [do support][4] IPSEC, although the implementation is a bit clumsy (imho).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PPTP has had several bad security problems in the past, but the latest version is reasonably secure and is easier to set up than IPSEC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IPSEC is more of an industry standard and is very secure when configured properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPTP&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPsec&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L2TP&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/network/bb531150.aspx" />
  <row Id="3811" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2207" RevisionGUID="5eb6f41c-e258-4290-96cf-a86a34c75986" CreationDate="2009-05-01T06:55:40.707" UserId="47" Text="[The Dude][1] does a good job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mikrotik.com/thedude.php" />
  <row Id="3812" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="157" RevisionGUID="2f41a9b9-bfdc-4a92-a0b7-de6042e2e299" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:06:12.663" UserId="45" Comment="typo" Text="Is there a way to configure PPTP VPN on Windows Server which automatically tells the client to add a route for the private network?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have to do it manually on every PC (once) using following command for example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     route add 192.168.111.0 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.112.101 -p&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and assigning a fixed IP address for every account." />
  <row Id="3813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2208" RevisionGUID="8101cc2a-0f68-45bb-8c18-b0baead38e77" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:11:25.990" UserId="47" Text="I use virtualization myself and I can very much recommend VMware server.&#xD;&#xA;Try out their ESX solution, it's free and incredibly powerful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It installs as the OS on the host computer with only 32 MB ram overhead. (it's basicly a Linux with the VMware virtualization technology)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can simply move running OS's to the VMware ESX, or import them from a drive.&#xD;&#xA;The admin tool is webbased and works like a charm. You can also use their 'Infrastructure client' on windows.&#xD;&#xA;Since it's completely free, it's very much worth trying.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Word of caution: Watch out with booting from a real partition. Stuff can get mangled if you boot the same partition from a virtual machine again. Sounds crazy, I know, but I've seen people try this and it almost always wrecks the OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(No, I don't have any affiliation with VMware, I'm just a very happy user)" />
  <row Id="3814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2209" RevisionGUID="b301aba2-484d-40c7-8a6d-448720c11942" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:11:29.687" UserId="45" Text="[Nikto][1] is a good tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Nikto is an Open Source (GPL) web&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server scanner which performs&#xD;&#xA;&gt; comprehensive tests against web&#xD;&#xA;&gt; servers for multiple items, including&#xD;&#xA;&gt; over 3500 potentially dangerous&#xD;&#xA;&gt; files/CGIs, versions on over 900&#xD;&#xA;&gt; servers, and version specific problems&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on over 250 servers. Scan items and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; plugins are frequently updated and can&#xD;&#xA;&gt; be automatically updated (if desired).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cirt.net/nikto2" />
  <row Id="3815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2210" RevisionGUID="fe86d443-2a9f-4cc7-8384-88a062bf5365" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:11:41.603" UserId="1131" Text="How about looking at the: Dell Studio Hybrid? http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=ddcwla2&amp;c=us&amp;l=en&amp;s=dhs&amp;cs=19&amp;kc=productdetails~desktop-studio-hybrid its really small and should consume an amount of energy that one can live with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if you are going to run Windows Server on it and if I understand you correctly that you want to use it at home maybe Windows Home Server is just the thing for you and there are tons of great servers out there f.e. http://h41112.www4.hp.com/promo/mediasmart-server/de/de/&#xD;&#xA;Sadly the Windows Home Server Pcs are not using a 64 bit processor so you couldn't install the next version of Windows Home Server on them." />
  <row Id="3816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2211" RevisionGUID="dea3bfb8-8f13-4bb9-9bb9-0c6144e0ea9b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:12:06.407" UserId="482" Text="Using Russinovich's [psservice][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     psservice \\server restart cherrypyservice&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897542.aspx" />
  <row Id="3817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2212" RevisionGUID="e614211d-8843-469b-add3-1884a77cc153" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:14:51.207" UserId="1131" Text="OpenVPN is great. The client is not built into the OS though but I guess you can work that out. And its activly maintained so you can be sure that it will continue to work on all three OSs. If you could please add the problems you are having with openVPN? We have set up our VPN so we can do printing at home or remote connect to all our servers without them having to have any ports open to the public." />
  <row Id="3818" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="2172" RevisionGUID="aa90149e-e021-486e-b5a8-3a40fb66e346" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:15:01.517" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="3819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2213" RevisionGUID="9d64267b-3c73-4331-99fa-9312d539af55" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:17:31.450" UserId="248" Text="We have an Ubuntu file server in a small network that is serving about 8 Windows clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, is it necessary to have a virus scanner on the server, or just rely on the clients?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is best to have virus scanning on the file server, what is a good scanner for a Linux Samba server?" />
  <row Id="3820" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2213" RevisionGUID="9d64267b-3c73-4331-99fa-9312d539af55" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:17:31.450" UserId="248" Text="What virus scanner on a Linux fileserver?" />
  <row Id="3821" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2213" RevisionGUID="9d64267b-3c73-4331-99fa-9312d539af55" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:17:31.450" UserId="248" Text="&lt;file-server&gt;&lt;windows-clients&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="3822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2214" RevisionGUID="19177348-bad3-44ba-bbe2-5ca4fa29d8e1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:19:35.080" UserId="161" Text="I am trying to get work group users to share their &quot;group calendars&quot; on IIS7 using webdav and the instructions of [Daniel Petri][1]. So far, I have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Users setup on windows xp outlook&#xD;&#xA;   2007 with profiles on the windows 2003 server&#xD;&#xA; - The windows 2003 server running IIS7 with webdav enabled and a web&#xD;&#xA;   directory calendar setup.&#xD;&#xA; - The group calendar of one user has been shared and invitations sent out&#xD;&#xA;   to all the some users&#xD;&#xA; - Invited users can see the shared calendar&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My problems are;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Other users cannot edit this shared&#xD;&#xA;   calendar&#xD;&#xA; - I would like this calendar to be editable for all users&#xD;&#xA; - I would like to know, can some one get access to this calendar without an invite?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had setup active directory but the company saw fit to downgrade to workgroups. am i doing this wrong?&#xD;&#xA;Ideas, suggestions are welcome on how to get this done with minimal changes to exisiting setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.petri.co.il/" />
  <row Id="3823" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2214" RevisionGUID="19177348-bad3-44ba-bbe2-5ca4fa29d8e1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:19:35.080" UserId="161" Text="how do i share useable outlook calendars for winxp to IIS7 win2k3" />
  <row Id="3824" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2214" RevisionGUID="19177348-bad3-44ba-bbe2-5ca4fa29d8e1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:19:35.080" UserId="161" Text="&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;windows2003&gt;&lt;outlook-2007&gt;" />
  <row Id="3825" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2215" RevisionGUID="5e7a16fe-5fe0-48ca-bd7f-2ea138a47f12" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:23:22.217" UserId="914" Text="[ClamAV][1] is generally regarded as a reasonable anti-virus.  Although that said it doesn't have herustics (last I checked anyhow).  It does however have on-access scanning.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.clamav.net/" />
  <row Id="3826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2216" RevisionGUID="fa3c9acb-18bf-4609-8fde-94d80ac5bc1f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:24:42.617" UserId="47" Text="If all the clients are Windows, I'd certainly recommend installing some kind of antivirus software on the clients, since they're the most vulnerable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use [ClamAV][1] on my (samba) fileserver and (squid) proxy servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's very easy to install and use and does a good job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.clamav.net/" />
  <row Id="3827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2217" RevisionGUID="24330220-5f3d-4661-8f48-f4dd4847c3d7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:29:26.257" UserId="48" Text="I don't know of a PowerShell script that will do it for Exchange 2003 (there may be one, just can't find it), with Exchange 2007 its very easy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a script [here][1] that will clear the entire queue for you, using vbscript. Are you looking to do that, or to remove particular emails?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.netnerds.net/2006/04/vbscript-delete-all-e-mails-from-the-exchange-2003-queue/" />
  <row Id="3828" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="377" RevisionGUID="dd7c7acf-78c7-4b5e-8af0-45e8b9e43ffc" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:31:24.803" UserId="161" Comment="Beautification and clarification (&quot;wall of text&quot; fix)" Text="Go to administrative tools and look at event logs, Look at the system tab and after sorting by date and time, find the last message before reboot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; Another more efficient way would be to first shutdown the pc, Look at your watch/clock/time piece at the point you think it has crashed, then reboot, look in the event log, in the system tab, sort by time then carefully read through the various processes that are being shutdown. The error message should be there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are lucky, it might be a &quot;pre-explorer-shutdown&quot; (my own coining) process so if you start the task manager before you click shutdown, go to the processes tab, sort by cpu, then click on shutdown in the start watching for the process that is hogging the cpu during shutdown. This is only works if whatever is causing the process to crash is happening within the shell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Troubleshooting is sometimes more an art than a science." />
  <row Id="3829" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1851" RevisionGUID="c55ea2ce-3bab-4242-be74-c10efd8a338a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:32:42.270" UserId="1219" Comment="added 249 characters in body" Text="We have between 100 - 200 servers at two sites located in a 3rd party hosting provider.  &#xD;&#xA;(Not a company anyone would recognise.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Various technical staff are proposing moving to another hosting providor (like Amazon).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main reasons for this are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Improved service&#xD;&#xA;  - More reliable and consistent networks&#xD;&#xA;  - A more flexible service&#xD;&#xA;  - A cheaper service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the key issues to be addressed in moving all servers from 1 provider to another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The servers come in all sorts, with multiple OS's, a complex zoned network, and multiple virtualization software types used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Updates:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They're all dedicated hosts, which are rented from the provider over a fixed period. (That's one of the problems, the inflexibility of the current arrangement.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;During the move, limited downtime is fine. (Weekends, late at night etc.)" />
  <row Id="3830" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2218" RevisionGUID="db8ad99e-6166-4bd4-b81f-a4809b6f6b6f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:35:05.917" UserId="1237" Text="I am running a copy of SQL Server 2008 Standard and trying to setup a new user login for access to a DB through a web app.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. I am using Security -&gt; Logins -&gt; Add login to create the user.&#xD;&#xA;2. Login name and password is specified&#xD;&#xA;3. Default database has been selected&#xD;&#xA;4. I am using a &quot;public&quot; server role&#xD;&#xA;5. I am mapping to the DB I require in &quot;User Mapping&quot; and selected it as &quot;db_owner&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...The login/password combination is repeatedly failing on the app, and even when I try to login through SQL Server Management Studio I am receiving:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Login failed for user 'username'. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 18456)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What could be the cause of this?" />
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  <row Id="3832" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2218" RevisionGUID="db8ad99e-6166-4bd4-b81f-a4809b6f6b6f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:35:05.917" UserId="1237" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="3833" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2219" RevisionGUID="f32e2559-8036-4d1f-870a-dad264ccf452" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:37:56.970" UserId="45" Text="Since I'm not a hardware expert, I don't know what features make a network switch a *good* network switch. What should I pay attention to comparing the different models from different vendors?" />
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  <row Id="3835" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2219" RevisionGUID="f32e2559-8036-4d1f-870a-dad264ccf452" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:37:56.970" UserId="45" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;switch&gt;" />
  <row Id="3836" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2220" RevisionGUID="4edd03f6-1728-45d9-99a8-22f21b9084f7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:40:14.983" UserId="1358" Text="The BOFH on the register is very funny, but, the very early stuff is by far the best.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The full archives are on Simon's site here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://bofh.ntk.net/Bastard_Indexes.html" />
  <row Id="3837" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2221" RevisionGUID="a953672b-68e2-4b21-a728-02593c6303df" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:40:56.823" UserId="45" Text="This blog post could help finding what is causing the error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Understanding &quot;login failed&quot; (Error 18456) error messages in SQL Server 2005][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; To determine the true reason for the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; failure, the administrator can look in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the server's error log where a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; corresponding entry will be written.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look at the error state:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;ERROR STATE   ERROR DESCRIPTION&#xD;&#xA;2 and 5       Invalid userid&#xD;&#xA;6             Attempt to use a Windows login name with SQL Authentication&#xD;&#xA;7             Login disabled and password mismatch&#xD;&#xA;8             Password mismatch&#xD;&#xA;9             Invalid password&#xD;&#xA;11 and 12     Valid login but server access failure&#xD;&#xA;13            SQL Server service paused&#xD;&#xA;18            Change password required&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/sql_protocols/archive/2006/02/21/536201.aspx" />
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  <row Id="3839" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2222" RevisionGUID="051778fd-714e-4eaf-8d64-f47622a0c0a6" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:42:56.990" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="3841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2223" RevisionGUID="63fbbc90-cd85-4420-8044-eb08d6b9ae14" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:47:07.137" UserId="1357" Text="I have managing simple workgroup at work that uses [openvpn gui][1] for connecting to remote computers.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Accidently i receiving very strange bug - the openvpn starting to working, and ping correct, &lt;b&gt;and after 30 seconds, stop to ping or any other access without any reason&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Openvpn client shows as still connected(no new logs, the icon is green), the openvpn server show that connection still working (but cant ping to the client too), windows logs doesn't show any clue. And from home i still connecting through vpn without problem.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I need clue for where to look on, any other logs or tests?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://openvpn.se/" />
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  <row Id="3843" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2223" RevisionGUID="63fbbc90-cd85-4420-8044-eb08d6b9ae14" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:47:07.137" UserId="1357" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;openvpn&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="3844" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2224" RevisionGUID="10929985-08c1-4e5a-8e99-5c9463c5bd43" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:49:09.987" UserId="1280" Text="It's that time again and I need to upgrade my laptop. For the past three years I've lugged around a huge Dell XPS M2010. And I'm sick of it. But I can't give up the power!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone recommend a laptop (max 15&quot;) that has a *really* grunty processor, a fantastic video card and, possibly, two HDD trays? (&lt;b&gt;EDIT&lt;/b&gt;: Needless to say, plenty of room for RAM)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Battery performance doesn't worry, nor does the on-board screen. This is for me to take between home and work, but with the option of taking it on a flight or using it at a cafe." />
  <row Id="3845" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2224" RevisionGUID="10929985-08c1-4e5a-8e99-5c9463c5bd43" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:49:09.987" UserId="1280" Text="Looking for a high powered, yet small, laptop" />
  <row Id="3846" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2224" RevisionGUID="10929985-08c1-4e5a-8e99-5c9463c5bd43" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:49:09.987" UserId="1280" Text="&lt;recommendation&gt;&lt;laptop&gt;" />
  <row Id="3847" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2225" RevisionGUID="b7c107f2-0e56-4629-aeda-37728aec404e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:50:24.163" UserId="984" Text="I use keepass / keepassx combined with an SVN+SSH repository on my home server.  The solution isn't perfect since there really isn't a good way to deal with a conflict.  To minimize the potential conflict issue I start keepass / keepassx from a script that does a svn update, runs keepass, and then immediately does a commit if needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://keepass.info/&#xD;&#xA;http://www.keepassx.org/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is nothing special about svn, you could get the same behavior with any VCS." />
  <row Id="3848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2226" RevisionGUID="36c526e2-bf62-403a-8464-c63438f8a20b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:50:50.683" UserId="22" Text="Until now I have always used the [SecurityFocus][1] mailing lists to keep myself informed about the possible need of upgrading my server packages. The main problems I have with using this method:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Massive amount of items every day. I simple don't have the time to read every one of them&#xD;&#xA; - A lot of uninteresting / irrelevant items.&#xD;&#xA; - It's easy to overlook the interesting items between the plethora of other items&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the ideal situation, I'd get information about only the packages I am interested in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The information related to this packages would include a short description of the update and possibly a changelog (too often, I upgrade my server packages without even looking at the actual changes)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Am I overlooking a major *source*, *tool* or *system* that could help me staying up to date?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.securityfocus.com" />
  <row Id="3849" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2226" RevisionGUID="36c526e2-bf62-403a-8464-c63438f8a20b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:50:50.683" UserId="22" Text="How to stay up to date with the latest UNIX software patches and upgrades?" />
  <row Id="3850" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2226" RevisionGUID="36c526e2-bf62-403a-8464-c63438f8a20b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T07:50:50.683" UserId="22" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;package-management&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;updates&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="3851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2227" RevisionGUID="27814f38-97ef-49db-b4ed-46723e7e3482" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:01:03.203" UserId="1361" Text="For file based services (a web server etc.) rsync can effectively keep the second server up to date - (users, configs etc) - when it comes to databases things get a bit more complex (I've used MySQL and a slave server for this and it was very effective, I've also used PostgreSQL in a few HA/standby configurations but it was way more clumsy)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This, combined with a bit of IP theft (a quick script to assign the IP of the failed machine to the interface of the backup machine) can make for a relatively straighforward setup but allow quick recovery.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just one thing to consider - beware of the failback. Moving services to a backup machine is one thing, moving them back once you've corrected the failure can get hairy, pay close attention to the databases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;LinuxHA is a (somewhat heavyweight) approach to this if you decide to make it a bit more automated&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.linux-ha.org/ &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3852" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2228" RevisionGUID="d4f38d0b-5886-4aef-93ec-52d5bd1c8cf0" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:01:59.347" UserId="440" Text="the forums on [bit-tech][1] and [hard ocp][2] are probably your best bet. watercooling is still very much a niche enthusiast segment. the maintenance/fiddle factor is simply too high for most corporate envrionments. I have heard that the Zalman reserator is very blingy, and not too hot performance wise (sorry no hard data to back that up, just what i hemember reading somewhere, prob a forum post...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.bit-tech.net&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.hardforum.com" />
  <row Id="3853" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2229" RevisionGUID="216f77b1-23ac-454b-a38a-5965b2602dd3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:03:16.097" UserId="1322" Text="I think you should be mostly concerned about security. Anyone can drop a few thousand dollars on computer equipment and connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But what to do about possible trojans, sniffers, theft, etc...?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some commercial solutions to these problems, but this is definitely a hazard area." />
  <row Id="3854" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2229" RevisionGUID="216f77b1-23ac-454b-a38a-5965b2602dd3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:03:16.097" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="3855" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2230" RevisionGUID="14db9a2f-0386-4c3f-9ab5-faa4195f7ea8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:03:41.027" UserDisplayName="Orion Edwards" Text="Possibly a macbook air with an SSD?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It'd cost a lot, and you're stuck at 2 gigs of RAM, but the SSD makes them plenty fast." />
  <row Id="3856" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2213" RevisionGUID="52ee9fbf-ea36-4a27-8fd8-b954e790aace" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:04:08.017" UserId="248" Comment="added tag" Text="&lt;file-server&gt;&lt;windows-clients&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;antivirus&gt;" />
  <row Id="3857" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2231" RevisionGUID="1b38f1b5-bba3-4e50-841f-78d6d9ac3832" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:04:15.910" UserId="984" Text="Planning a good partitioning structure is heavily dependent on actually knowing how you are going to use the system.  Any random advice that doesn't take into account what the system is doing isn't going to be particularly useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the fancy filesystems may be useful on occasion, but if you want a stable system it may be a better idea to just stick with the 'standard' filesystem (i.e. ext3) unless you have a very good reason to use something else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID is good, I always run RAID1 on all my personal computers because I have had too many hard drives fail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Encryption with something like [dm-crypt][1] is good if your system is a portable device, has high-value data, or your just paranoid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you are planning your partitions it is very helpful to have a good understanding of things like the [Filesystem Hierarchy Standard][2] and if/how your chosen unix deviates from the standard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using [LVM][3] can make it much easier to change your mind in the future and adjust your partitions without having to reboot., and its ability to create snapshots can be very easy to create good backups.  Use LVM, and don't immediately allocate all of your space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/" />
  <row Id="3858" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2232" RevisionGUID="a58dac2e-8882-4909-95af-32df744bc9a1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:04:19.763" UserId="58" Text="Hi folks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i trying to see how much electricity is required to power 'x' number of computers. I know it's a vague thing because some computers draw more than others (eg. diff chipsets, HDD, vid cards, PSU's, etc). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, lets just assume is a mum-and-dad Dell computer with some average run of the mill stuff. Nothing fancy. 20&quot; LCD's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this is to help calculate the generator power required to keep around 'x' computers running in a LAN. The real figure is in the hundreds .. but i'm assuming i can just figure out the base cost for one machine and then multiple it by the number of seats.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I understand this doesn't include&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Switches&#xD;&#xA; - Servers&#xD;&#xA; - cooling (fans), etc..." />
  <row Id="3859" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2232" RevisionGUID="a58dac2e-8882-4909-95af-32df744bc9a1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:04:19.763" UserId="58" Text="How much electricity is required to power 20 'average' computers on a LAN?" />
  <row Id="3860" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2232" RevisionGUID="a58dac2e-8882-4909-95af-32df744bc9a1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:04:19.763" UserId="58" Text="&lt;electricity&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;lan&gt;" />
  <row Id="3861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2233" RevisionGUID="99f92486-a3e6-4e71-81ee-761b7ae2e807" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:04:50.853" UserId="1093" Text="[CrashPlan][1] is terrific.  I use it to back up several Macs and a Windows box to local/network disks and remote servers over the Internet (mine, not theirs).  It easily supports multiple destinations per machine, does incremental backups forever, deduplication, compression, etc.  Also, it'll do near-as-continuous backups (every couple of minutes, if you want) and handles strange network configurations seamlessly, which makes it a great fit for laptops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Before CrashPlan I used a combination of Retrospect and Bacula.  I really wouldn't recommend either, for different reasons.  Both haven't made the transition from tape to disk backups, so you end up storing big sequential files on disk like tape, and still have to manually manage your backup generations, redo full backups and so forth.  Of the two, Bacula, while a pain to set up, is considerably more reliable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.crashplan.com/" />
  <row Id="3862" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2234" RevisionGUID="3f1bf41d-cd53-493b-9031-0e325256e47c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:06:33.330" UserId="282" Text="There is no specific Group Policy setting that allows you to manage .NET Trusts, however you can write startup scripts to use the caspol.exe utility to trust specific locations or Assemblies. Running .NET applications of file shares can cause some unusual and difficult to identify errors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Trust a folder**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    set PATH=%PATH%;C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\&#xD;&#xA;    caspol -quiet -m -ag 1.2 -url file://server/path/* FullTrust&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Trust a specific assembly**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    set PATH=%PATH%;C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\&#xD;&#xA;    CasPol -quiet -m -ag 1.2 -hash SHA1 -file \\server\path\asm.exe FullTrust&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will have to modify the path based upon the version of .NET you are using, and or adapt the above to VBScript or PowerShell depending on your environment and experience." />
  <row Id="3866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2237" RevisionGUID="61f23610-1810-4eaa-9271-c894e8ecd528" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:08:38.177" UserId="332" Text="Ubuntu warns me when there are updates specific to my OS version and installed applications. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Updates can be configured to be applied automatically but I prefer to click the update button manually as a prevention if something goes wrong when I am in the middle of some project. I just hold on until I know I can afford a few hours of troubleshooting. Just in case." />
  <row Id="3867" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2238" RevisionGUID="d34bb00e-ef1b-48aa-bb2c-6d64db9cc244" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:10:08.093" UserId="1232" Text="There are two parts to this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The monitor; and&#xD;&#xA; - The PC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The monitor is basically constant. Work out hours per day x days per week x power rating and you have a figure (in kilowatt hours) per week.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The PC is a little harder because it uses a certain power level when it's idle and a higher power level when it's doing something. Certain peripherals like optical drives basically use no power when they're not being used and, say 10W or so when they are (figure is for argument's sake).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally speaking though, a PC (excluding monitor) shouldn't be drawing more than about 150W under load so use that as a baseline figure. Dedicated graphics cards and other factors can take this to 600W or more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally assume it's under load at least 80% of the time it'll be used. Also take into account people who don't turn their machines off." />
  <row Id="3868" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2226" RevisionGUID="80ed5a3c-e983-4167-888e-58c42f827d12" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:10:13.693" UserId="22" Text="Until now I have always used the [SecurityFocus][1] mailing lists to keep myself informed about the possible need of upgrading my server packages. The main problems I have with using this method:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Massive amount of items every day. I simple don't have the time to read every one of them&#xD;&#xA; - A lot of uninteresting / irrelevant items.&#xD;&#xA; - It's easy to overlook the interesting items between the plethora of other items&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***In the ideal situation, I'd get information about only the packages I am interested in (in most cases, the packages that I have installed on my servers)***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The information related to this packages would include a short description of the update and possibly a changelog (too often, I upgrade my server packages without even looking at the actual changes)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Am I overlooking a major *source*, *tool* or *system* that could help me staying up to date?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.securityfocus.com" />
  <row Id="3869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2239" RevisionGUID="998eade6-dba8-45a3-b255-7478f948c73d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:11:12.490" UserId="1363" Text="Check if the SQL Server is running SQL Server Authentication" />
  <row Id="3870" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2240" RevisionGUID="e471e969-66af-402a-841f-1aefefe28a2a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:12:15.483" UserId="1200" Text="While I don't have exact numbers, I have ran LAN parties with up to that many people in a conference room.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We had a power board, which had it's own breaker. We had about 18A breakers in total, for 6480W, which works out to 324 watts per machine. Not really a lot for gaming (we blew a breaker once, but I don't think we had 20 people, more like 17 or 18).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So if if it's just office type computers, 6000-6500 watts should be good." />
  <row Id="3873" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="2226" RevisionGUID="80ed5a3c-e983-4167-888e-58c42f827d12" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:10:13.693" UserId="22" Text="How to stay up to date with the latest information about UNIX software patches and upgrades?" />
  <row Id="3874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2241" RevisionGUID="6e45c42f-237b-4e49-a900-43a6eeb35b62" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:15:05.057" UserId="1" Text="I did some stats on this a while ago FWIW, using [the handy dandy kill-a-watt](http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000353.html)..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Typical Developer Dell PC**  &#xD;&#xA;(specs are 2.13 GHz Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM, 10k RPM 74 GB main hard drive, 7200 RPM 500 GB data drive, Radeon X1550 video)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Sleep                            1 w&#xD;&#xA;Idle                            80 w&#xD;&#xA;One CPU core fully loaded      108 w&#xD;&#xA;Both CPU cores fully loaded    122 w&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Standard Developer Thinkpad T-60 Laptop**  &#xD;&#xA;(specs are core 2 duo 2.0 GHz, 100GB hdd, ATI X1400 video)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Sleep                            1 w&#xD;&#xA;Idle                            66 w&#xD;&#xA;One CPU core fully loaded       74 w&#xD;&#xA;Both CPU cores fully loaded     82 w&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**LCDs**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Old Dell 19&quot;                    50 w&#xD;&#xA;Ancient, giant 21&quot; NEC          67 w&#xD;&#xA;New Dell 19&quot;                    28 w&#xD;&#xA;New Samsung 19&quot;                 28 w&#xD;&#xA;Apple 23&quot; LCD                   72 w&#xD;&#xA;Samsung 24&quot; LCD                 54 w&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It turns out with the LCDs the default brightness level has a *lot* to do with how much power they draw. I almost immediately turn any LCD I own down to 50% bright, just because my eyes are overwhelmed if I don't..." />
  <row Id="3875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2242" RevisionGUID="d8122632-4936-4a25-a981-d31fe7ae933c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:15:17.817" UserId="463" Text="I once used it to detect memory leaks in a live server application. I set probes for all malloc and free calls. The malloc probe was set to report the return value from the function and the free was set to report the first argument (which gave me the memory address of each). After allowing the probes to run for a bit I wrote a little bit of perl to find any malloc memory addresses that didn't have a free and reporting the program function and offset of the malloc call. Whole thing took about 20-30 minutes to find a serious memory leek.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatives to this would be commercial packages like Purify. But that's not always an option especially on a live system." />
  <row Id="3876" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2242" RevisionGUID="d8122632-4936-4a25-a981-d31fe7ae933c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:15:17.817" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="3877" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2243" RevisionGUID="71867dc9-7187-4f52-9365-36638c5d0015" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:15:36.943" UserId="937" Text="Passenger recently got support for Nginx, what are the pros and cons of it over Apache as a web server for Rails applications?" />
  <row Id="3878" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2243" RevisionGUID="71867dc9-7187-4f52-9365-36638c5d0015" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:15:36.943" UserId="937" Text="What are the pros and cons of using Nginx over Apache with Rails when using Passenger" />
  <row Id="3879" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2243" RevisionGUID="71867dc9-7187-4f52-9365-36638c5d0015" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:15:36.943" UserId="937" Text="&lt;rails&gt;&lt;passenger&gt;&lt;nginx&gt;&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="3880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2244" RevisionGUID="1c3fd67b-2746-4286-9b13-22ab162e2e62" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:16:34.117" UserId="919" Text="For a single computer apt-get is a simple tool; configure it to fetch security updates only and you've got a notification whenever a new version is available due to security. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Redhat has RHN, and Canonical offers Landscape. They're both tools for managing servers in aggregate. You can also set up nagios to check apt or yum for available updates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Something similar to what you use now would be to find your distributions mailing list for security or uploads and implement a mail filter. By making the filter explicit you're forced to take inventory of what you need and won't have to worry about the extra fluff. procmail is the standard tool for UNIX, but I'm sure whatever tool you might use supports intelligent filters." />
  <row Id="3881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2245" RevisionGUID="14296f2e-25ae-43c4-b02a-340268f49ac3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:17:19.373" UserId="1219" Text="  - The ability to run the virtualization software. (Some hardware can't, or isn't supported.).&#xD;&#xA;  - Whether you can increase the amount of Memory, CPUs and storage easily.&#xD;&#xA;  - What the network and network card configuration will be, as this needs to support the VM's&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would suggest 1 dedicated core per VM, and you may want more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of the calculations depend on the virtualization software you're using too.  &#xD;&#xA;A rough calculation you can do is spec each of the VMs as normal servers, and multiply their requirements by 1.5, so you get some leeway for new VMs, as well as flexibility." />
  <row Id="3882" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2246" RevisionGUID="1a6b4d11-84f2-41df-b000-83cb5caa5bda" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:18:50.663" UserId="1361" Text="From a don't-want-to-touch-the-config POV - check your indexes. if you are writing to tables that are heavily indexed, remember that each time you write a row, the indexes are being changed. Fewer indexes, less physical IO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will - obviously - have an impact on reads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have the time &amp; capacity, I have found separating commonly written tables into specific tablespaces and making sure that/those tablespaces are stored on a separate RAID channel also helps, but this depends on the hardware you are using and adds a bunch of other considerations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you really do have time to ponder this, then buy &amp; read Cary Millsaps 'Optimizing Oracle Performance' - it's dated (all depending on what version of oracle you are using) but a classic." />
  <row Id="3883" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2241" RevisionGUID="f0ca75fe-b731-49a0-8fa0-f47cac676f55" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:20:13.280" UserId="1" Comment="deleted 22 characters in body" Text="I did some stats on this a while ago FWIW, using [the handy dandy kill-a-watt](http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000353.html)..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Typical Developer Dell PC**  &#xD;&#xA;(2.13 GHz Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM, 10k RPM 74 GB main hard drive, 7200 RPM 500 GB data drive, Radeon X1550 video)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Sleep                            1 w&#xD;&#xA;Idle                            80 w&#xD;&#xA;One CPU core fully loaded      108 w&#xD;&#xA;Both CPU cores fully loaded    122 w&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Standard Developer Thinkpad T-60 Laptop**  &#xD;&#xA;(core 2 duo 2.0 GHz, 100GB hdd, ATI X1400 video)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Sleep                            1 w&#xD;&#xA;Idle                            66 w&#xD;&#xA;One CPU core fully loaded       74 w&#xD;&#xA;Both CPU cores fully loaded     82 w&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**LCDs**&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Old Dell 19&quot;                    50 w&#xD;&#xA;Ancient, giant 21&quot; NEC          67 w&#xD;&#xA;New Dell 19&quot;                    28 w&#xD;&#xA;New Samsung 19&quot;                 28 w&#xD;&#xA;Apple 23&quot; LCD                   72 w&#xD;&#xA;Samsung 24&quot; LCD                 54 w&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It turns out with the LCDs the default brightness level has a *lot* to do with how much power they draw. I almost immediately turn any LCD I own down to 50% bright, just because my eyes are overwhelmed if I don't..." />
  <row Id="3884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2247" RevisionGUID="ed5a0999-b36a-4a7b-9774-37cdc9ca3f6c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:20:29.473" UserId="1363" Text="Check out this Codeplex project.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Migration Sync Toolkit][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It supports Bugzilla&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://migrationsynctoolkit.codeplex.com" />
  <row Id="3885" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2248" RevisionGUID="af656417-3a89-4f62-be5c-b9a1da41cabd" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:24:05.050" UserId="1311" Text="Although I haven't had real experience with figuring out how much power to keep multiple machines running, one thing to keep in mind is to **have enough power for maximum load**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If tripping the circuit breaker or overloading the generator is unacceptable, then I would think it would be a good idea to figure out a conservative estimate for power consumption -- find out maximum power consumption of each component and round values up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A rough guestimate that I would come up with for an &quot;average&quot; computer would be something along the line of 300 W for the machine and 100 W for the LCD, and definitely your mileage may vary." />
  <row Id="3886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2249" RevisionGUID="a0f7f369-8387-4125-a7a7-05f6cee64947" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:24:35.547" UserId="1363" Text="I use [TestKing][1] and [Cramsession][2]. They both have nice &quot;summarized&quot; documents about the subjects. TestKing also has CheatSheets in which they give you actual questions and answers from the actual exams, but some might consider that to be cheating without learning anything. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would stick to the summaries, which will allow you to get more knowledge in a shorter period of time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.testking.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.cramsession.com" />
  <row Id="3887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2250" RevisionGUID="160e617b-1889-4728-ac04-d9734d7bced0" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:25:37.870" UserId="984" Text="It is all about features, and the quality of the device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can usually check the quality of the device by looking for reviews for that particular device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Features you want to look at&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Port count, and link speed for each port&#xD;&#xA; - Remote administration features.  How will you configure the switch, http, https, ssh, telnet, proprietary tool.&#xD;&#xA; - The bandwidth of the backplane. A switch should be able allow for lots of simultaneous conversations.  For a 1GB, you might expect to see a 10GB backplane.&#xD;&#xA; - VLAN support, this allows you to have multiple virtual networks.&#xD;&#xA; - Etherchannel/Bonding/Link Aggregation.  It is possible to merge many ports into a single trunk.&#xD;&#xA; - Routing/Firewalling L3 features.  These days, many advanced switches including routing functionality.&#xD;&#xA; - Quality of Service (QoS), if you will be using Voip, having QoS is pretty much required.&#xD;&#xA; - Stackability, Many switches can be stacked using a special cable which allows them to be managed as a single unit.&#xD;&#xA; - POE, some types of devices like phones can be powered by a switch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a small network, you probably don't really need most of the features, and a simple inexpensive switch will be fine.  If you have high security demands, a VoiP system, a complex network, you'll need more features." />
  <row Id="3888" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2251" RevisionGUID="239ffef4-b11d-410a-b7aa-7f23e457f849" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:26:25.420" UserId="77" Text="If you just want to throw load at a single URL at a time on a web server then download Apache AB.  It comes with Apache HTTP server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simple command&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ab -n 10000 -c 10 http://serverfault.com/questions/2107/tools-for-load-testing-http-servers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;would run 10000 requests with a concurrency of 10 users. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to record browsing sessions then go upvote and accept the jmeter answer. Jmeter is amazing and it can scale to many test machines that can throw huge load." />
  <row Id="3889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2252" RevisionGUID="8df4aee9-9d36-4d98-949d-26a1704944b7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:31:29.197" UserId="1232" Text=" - [Lenovo T400/T500][1];&#xD;&#xA; - [Lenovo SL400/SL500][2] (basically cheaper version of the above);&#xD;&#xA; - [Dell Latitude E6400 or E4300][3]: the E6400 is good because is supports up to 8GB of RAM and it's DDR2 not DDR3 which is **much** cheaper than DDR3 for 4GB sticks (and DDR3 ofers no real world benefit except for some marginal applications);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=12F0696583E04D86B9B79B0FEC01C087&amp;current-category-id=19C791A03AF24034A0011B825513BCED&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=12F0696583E04D86B9B79B0FEC01C087&amp;current-category-id=393651299AA2442B937039C5DECF1DBF&amp;menu-id=products&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/latit?c=us&amp;cs=04&amp;l=en&amp;ref=lthp&amp;s=bsd" />
  <row Id="3890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2253" RevisionGUID="7fee8939-24e7-43d0-8cbb-0d798c0208ef" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:36:49.857" UserId="502" Text="What are some good alternatives to Nero for CD/DVD Burning?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the minimum I'd like to be able to burn data CD/DVD, Audio CD, and burn from ISO images. Preferably, the application will be small, and not take up any resources unless I am running the application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My target operating systems are Windows Server 2008/SBS2008, Windows 7, &amp; Vista." />
  <row Id="3891" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2253" RevisionGUID="7fee8939-24e7-43d0-8cbb-0d798c0208ef" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:36:49.857" UserId="502" Text="CD Burning Software" />
  <row Id="3892" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2253" RevisionGUID="7fee8939-24e7-43d0-8cbb-0d798c0208ef" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:36:49.857" UserId="502" Text="&lt;cdburning&gt;&lt;iso&gt;" />
  <row Id="3893" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1077" RevisionGUID="7f7dcdfa-4e48-45b5-bf54-32cd4d0e29e9" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:38:52.877" UserId="766" Comment="Wording, spelling, tags." Text="I've been trying to get Java working on my FreeBSD 7.1 server. I just want the runtime, since the JDK drags all kinds of unnecessary dependencies with it, and I just need it to run a jar file periodically. I've installed the FreeBSD-supported [diablo-jre](http://www.freshports.org/java/diablo-jre16/), but whenever I try to run it, I get a:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/local/diablo-jre1.6.0/bin/java: 2: Syntax error: &quot;(&quot; unexpected&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So what to do?" />
  <row Id="3894" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="1077" RevisionGUID="7f7dcdfa-4e48-45b5-bf54-32cd4d0e29e9" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:38:52.877" UserId="766" Comment="Wording, spelling, tags." Text="How to get a working Java JRE on FreeBSD?" />
  <row Id="3895" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1077" RevisionGUID="7f7dcdfa-4e48-45b5-bf54-32cd4d0e29e9" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:38:52.877" UserId="766" Comment="Wording, spelling, tags." Text="&lt;freebsd&gt;&lt;freebsd7.1&gt;&lt;java&gt;&lt;nix&gt;&lt;jre&gt;" />
  <row Id="3896" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2254" RevisionGUID="0739cb91-e910-4f53-beac-d00e2b077241" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:41:36.677" UserId="158" Text="[ESET Antivirus][1] (NOD32) have a linux version available.  I've never used it, but the windows version of their software is excellent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.eset.com/products/linux.php" />
  <row Id="3897" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2255" RevisionGUID="c453f4ee-6ed7-4c51-951a-244cafe166ea" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:41:54.133" UserId="1374" Text="I'm exploring options for making more efficient use of our storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The vast majority of our files are PDF files, with a high degree of similarity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I came across [Ocarina Networks][1] the other day, which looks like exactly what we need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What similar solutions are there?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ocarinanetworks.com/" />
  <row Id="3898" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2255" RevisionGUID="c453f4ee-6ed7-4c51-951a-244cafe166ea" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:41:54.133" UserId="1374" Text="Capacity Optimization Options" />
  <row Id="3899" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2255" RevisionGUID="c453f4ee-6ed7-4c51-951a-244cafe166ea" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:41:54.133" UserId="1374" Text="&lt;capacity&gt;&lt;optimization&gt;&lt;storage&gt;&lt;nas&gt;&lt;pdf&gt;" />
  <row Id="3900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2256" RevisionGUID="3e4d7e66-d329-44c7-a67a-311febbca671" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:43:47.373" UserId="588" Text="* &lt;a href=http://cdburnerxp.se/&gt;CDBurner XP&lt;/a&gt; usually suffice for casual tasks but it's not that light (it's featherweight near Nero though)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;a href=http://www.magiciso.com/&gt;MagicISO&lt;/a&gt; is tiny; I use it for ISO mounting and ripping, but it can also do regular burns" />
  <row Id="3901" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2257" RevisionGUID="2f0c7560-2c75-4f3a-96fa-7696c8e555f5" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:46:13.047" UserId="1372" Text="##Password Gorilla&#xD;&#xA;I use (Password Gorilla)[http://www.fpx.de/fp/Software/Gorilla/help.html].  &#xD;&#xA;It uses the same file format as (Password Safe)[http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/], which has Bruce Scheier's fingerprints all over it (a good thing).  &#xD;&#xA;I use the Gorilla on windows XP, Vista and on Ubuntu.  &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3902" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2258" RevisionGUID="17a3e422-698a-4f4f-8d9b-c0989296fa25" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:46:25.403" UserId="1311" Text="One of the challenges will be keeping the computers secure from a hardware and software perspective.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on the degree of supervision your hardware will have, I would expect that there would have to be a varying degree of physical security for your machines. Some questions to ask would be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Will there be a security camera?&#xD;&#xA; - Is the place small enough and have ample supervision?&#xD;&#xA; - Are there any blind spots?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the hardware is at risk of theft, it may become necessary to physically lock down the hardware with locks and cut-proof wiring to anchor them to furniture.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In terms of software security, again there are some points to consider:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Are machines from the outside allowed to connect to the LAN?&#xD;&#xA; - Are removable storage devices going to be allowed to connect to the machines?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If machines or storage devices from the outside is allowed onto the local network, this can be a breeding ground for viruses and worms. It would probably be a good idea to have up-to-date antivirus software (with automatic update) on all machines and firewalls with sensible settings for only allowing certain ports to pass.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not to mention the need for security from the outside world, i.e. the Internet. This is something that can't be ignored, but probably could be performed by having an outward facing firewall that all systems can go through.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Security products which can be centrally controlled will probably come in handy when working with more than a few machines. Considering labor is going to cost money (and yes, your time is also worth money as well), so investing in some system with centralized control will probably make your life much easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the systems are running Windows, I think that Windows Firewall settings can be controlled by Group Policy Objects on Active Directory. I'm aware that there are enterprise security products which allow central control of security software, but again, these two suggestions may be expensive depending on the scale of machines on a network. Again, weigh the costs and benefits.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, one additional risk to consider in the security is the danger of spreading viruses and worms through the LAN. This may become a liability if people complain that their machines was infected and caused problems. Perhaps having the patrons sign a waiver would get around this, but I'm not a lawyer, so it would be a good idea to consult a lawyer for legal advice." />
  <row Id="3903" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2258" RevisionGUID="17a3e422-698a-4f4f-8d9b-c0989296fa25" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:46:25.403" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="3904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2259" RevisionGUID="7dc8fcab-57d7-4dc7-8226-6e46a7f1de89" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:49:27.080" UserId="388" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dummynet.com/&quot;&gt;DummyNet&lt;/a&gt; is a free piece of software that can be used to simulate various network conditions. If you have a spare machine, install FreeBSD and DummyNet, and put it inline between your client and server. You can then tweak DummyNet to vary the latency, jitter and loss that you experience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: just re-read the question and realised you don't own your network. In this case, configure DummyNet on a machine that has two NICs, and turn it into a router that has your corporate WAN on one side and your workstation on the other. Just be sure to speak to your IT department first to make sure that they don't have any issues with you doing this!" />
  <row Id="3905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2260" RevisionGUID="7e8f31ca-b8f0-4ced-986b-eb509ec87b9d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:50:45.173" UserId="1374" Text="I've been happily using a Dell Inspiron 700m for years, but will likewise soon want to upgrade, and in the Dell range I like the look of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Dell Studio XPS 13&#xD;&#xA;- Dell Adamo" />
  <row Id="3906" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2261" RevisionGUID="b751240f-8ef5-4481-94cf-eb3949f95b1f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:51:09.133" UserId="1200" Text="I'm a fan of AVG Free for my Windows antivirus needs, and they had a linux client last time I checked. I used it for a bit since I use my server as a file server for my linux and windows clients." />
  <row Id="3907" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2262" RevisionGUID="dd56e3c1-c81e-4e79-881f-c1456bcdb8c3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:53:39.520" UserId="22" Text="There have been several questions related to providing backups, but most of them were either too specific, intended for home usage or Windows-based.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What I'd like to hear:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How do you ensure that all of your Linux servers are properly backed up?&#xD;&#xA; - How often do you backup your servers?&#xD;&#xA; - What do you backup, apart from the obvious /home directories?&#xD;&#xA; - How do you ensure that backups are incremental, but still easy to restore?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Especially the last question has been troubling me. Compressing backups into tarballs works okay, but causes a serious performance issue when I suddenly need to restore a backup. On the other hand, when not compressing the backups and syncing them to another server, there is a serious risk of creating inconsistent user permissions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What tools help you to make this as easy as possible and what is your preferred approach to the matter?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3908" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2262" RevisionGUID="dd56e3c1-c81e-4e79-881f-c1456bcdb8c3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:53:39.520" UserId="22" Text="How to provide proper backups for multiple Linux based servers?" />
  <row Id="3909" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2262" RevisionGUID="dd56e3c1-c81e-4e79-881f-c1456bcdb8c3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:53:39.520" UserId="22" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;incremental-backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="3910" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2263" RevisionGUID="a399df34-f917-45ce-aec8-9849158a5083" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:55:46.003" UserId="1135" Text="[ImgBurn][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.imgburn.com/" />
  <row Id="3911" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2264" RevisionGUID="ea00756a-58d9-4401-aba8-308291737a23" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:56:51.647" UserId="22" Text="I have used [CDBurnerXP][1] for quite some time and it has always done it's job for me and it does all of the things that you describe. When you're used to Nero, CDBurnerXP will feel a lot lighter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Lightweight? **Yes**.&#xD;&#xA; - Ability to burn data CD/DVD? **Yes**.&#xD;&#xA; - Ability to burn audio CD? **Yes**.&#xD;&#xA; - Ability to burn ISO images? **Yes**.&#xD;&#xA; - Small? The installer is 3.1 MB, so I guess that's a **yes**.&#xD;&#xA; - **No background processes** unless you run the application.&#xD;&#xA; - I had it running on **Vista** and **Windows 7**. Not sure about Windows Server 2008.&#xD;&#xA; - It's **free**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://cdburnerxp.se/" />
  <row Id="3912" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1949" RevisionGUID="c9a14920-880b-4610-80ba-70b564b18114" CreationDate="2009-05-01T08:56:53.940" UserId="783" Comment="add remote solution" Text="[Process Explorer][1] can search for handle on a file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a *remote* machine however, you want to combine [PsExec][3] with [Handle][4] in order to execute Handle on the distant computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://technet.microsoft.com/fr-fr/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://tk4.storage.msn.com/y1pGD3i23p9N24Ic4zYywaAq719gFiT_Mk3nX9P0IxLp5wukLOQ6v-FExI7t4M7kJR7z59PFki6qSZIL6cOEo2CAA?PARTNER=WRITER&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896655.aspx" />
  <row Id="3913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2265" RevisionGUID="2a76bc1b-2e7d-4a71-983a-fc7dd7fefa05" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:03:14.020" UserId="1375" Text="* They get backed up completely automatically, and all backups are monitored to ensure that they completed successfully (as reported by the backup software).  This monitoring is crucial, as it &quot;closes the loop&quot; on backups to ensure that they're running successfully.&#xD;&#xA;* Usually daily, although some systems (database servers) do occasionally get more interesting strategies.&#xD;&#xA;* Package lists, `/etc`, `/var` and `/home`.  Everything else can be recreated from there.&#xD;&#xA;* I use dirvish at home, which just creates hardlinked trees of files with rsync.  It does a great job, but does require rsync running as root (to ensure permissions are maintained) and is hard on the filesystem from on inode consumption perspective.  At work we use rdiff-backup, and while it has it's own set of ideosyncracies, stores permissions in metadata files, so you don't need root permissions to write the backup (but do need to run an explicit restore to get the permissions back).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3914" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2266" RevisionGUID="9788061b-4f93-47ce-bb51-31884f87f230" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:07:17.053" UserId="1375" Text="Nginx is far more lightweight, taking up less memory and other resources.  On the other hand, Apache has more esoteric modules, built-in support for many more things, and is more widely used, both in general (so more docs and blog posts on using it for different tasks) and with Passenger (and so more of the kinks will have been found and fixed already).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a more subjective level, I find nginx's config file format to be easier to work with and it's request processing model more intuitive." />
  <row Id="3915" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2267" RevisionGUID="b2afd1d7-f23c-434d-a11a-9478aa0303c2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:10:13.847" UserId="1375" Text="That smells like a client-side routing problem.  Take a look at the routing table immediately after the OpenVPN tunnel establishes (while it's working), and then again after it stops working, and look for any differences.  I've had a problem where a DHCP client was wiping out (overriding) routes from OpenVPN, which would make the connection to the OpenVPN server unavailable.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2268" RevisionGUID="f56c63b2-4e91-4b6f-9c47-7f6db85cb36e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:10:44.360" UserId="1223" Text="I also recommend [silentpcreview][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I build my own silent PC last year using the &#xD;&#xA;Antec P180 cabinet, and if you just search for &quot;Antec P180&quot; you will get tons of reviews and user stories about people that have build their own silent pc. I am satisfied with the case, although it probably is not the simplest case to use for building your own pc (I have only build that one myself so I cannot compare to others, but it was not super straight forward). But the result was very good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lessons learned:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - whenever you feel like physically&#xD;&#xA;   modifying the case to fit what you&#xD;&#xA;   are trying to do, it is a sign that&#xD;&#xA;   you are doing it wrong.&#xD;&#xA; - make really, really, really sure that your&#xD;&#xA;   CPU fits your motherboard so you do&#xD;&#xA;   not have to return it and exchange it&#xD;&#xA;   with a new one... Most motherboard&#xD;&#xA;   manufacturers have lists/query&#xD;&#xA;   functionality on their web pages, use&#xD;&#xA;   those.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.silentpcreview.com" />
  <row Id="3917" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2269" RevisionGUID="d97b4e02-ca6e-4f21-bab9-b53a7facb8cf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:12:15.840" UserId="46" Text="I use the very lightweight [IsoRecorder][1] for burning ISOs on Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm" />
  <row Id="3918" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2270" RevisionGUID="b9be41ca-47c8-4fca-a872-e6c1310bb106" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:18:00.083" UserId="123" Text="As many of you might know Microsoft office (2003 at least) does not support exporting pdf's nativity, What good software is there out there that can easily export a word document into a pdf format." />
  <row Id="3919" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2270" RevisionGUID="b9be41ca-47c8-4fca-a872-e6c1310bb106" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:18:00.083" UserId="123" Text="Exporting to pdf from microsoft office word" />
  <row Id="3920" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2270" RevisionGUID="b9be41ca-47c8-4fca-a872-e6c1310bb106" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:18:00.083" UserId="123" Text="&lt;ms-office&gt;&lt;pdf&gt;" />
  <row Id="3921" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2271" RevisionGUID="86df8888-eae6-4c7e-9676-c09a56a82d26" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:19:07.727" UserId="216" Text="The windows clients are probably updating the DNS server themselves, based on the key information supplied by the DHCP server.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3922" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2272" RevisionGUID="a988e865-82ce-4071-a21f-ae642ee61183" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:19:09.690" UserId="1376" Text="At my organisation there are conflicting schools of thoughts around service accounts. This has come up because they wish to deploy SQL Server for the sole purpose of running SharePoint databases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One group believe that a different service account should be used for each server application and for each environment (e.g. production, UAT/test, development). So in this example each SQL Server installation for SharePoint would have its own service account for prod, UAT and dev. Their reasons are security and preventing interference between environments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another believes that service accounts should be shared between production and test environments. So for the example there would be one SQL Server service account across prod, UAT and dev. (I'm not sure about sharing that account between different server applications.) Their reasons are security again as there are less passwords to change and reduced complexity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What should be the recommended approach and why?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3923" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2272" RevisionGUID="a988e865-82ce-4071-a21f-ae642ee61183" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:19:09.690" UserId="1376" Text="When should new service accounts be created/used?" />
  <row Id="3924" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2272" RevisionGUID="a988e865-82ce-4071-a21f-ae642ee61183" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:19:09.690" UserId="1376" Text="&lt;service-accounts&gt;" />
  <row Id="3925" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2273" RevisionGUID="89f999c7-da34-49bc-a4bf-7a1a69eeb841" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:19:46.507" UserId="301" Text="    file /usr/local/diablo-jre1.6.0/bin/java&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will probably tell you that java is actually a shell script that sets up an environment and launches the real JRE &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3926" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2274" RevisionGUID="66284755-3ed9-4e35-bdf1-142144015a96" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:22:07.283" UserId="984" Text="&gt; How often do you backup your servers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The standard backup is done nightly, there are a few backups that are done more frequently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; How do you ensure that all of your Linux servers are properly backed up?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The backup send a report with a good subject on success or failure.  I check that I have received the status messages at least a couple times a week.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; What do you backup, apart from the obvious /home directories?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depends on the server, but I almost always want /etc, /root, and /var/lib/dpkg.  I then add any data directories.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; How do you ensure that backups are incremental, but still easy to restore?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use [Dirvish][1], &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Dirvish is a fast, disk based,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; rotating network backup system.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; With dirvish you can maintain a set of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; complete images of your filesystems&#xD;&#xA;&gt; with unattended creation and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; expiration. A dirvish backup vault is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; like a time machine for your data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dirvish uses rsync and the [--link-dest][2] option to hard-link identical files for each backup together.  The backup is fast, it doesn't waste space, and restoring is as simple as copying files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dirvish.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.samba.org/ftp/rsync/rsync.html" />
  <row Id="3927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2275" RevisionGUID="a6cbd612-e209-476c-86a9-0dc52f8a8c0d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:23:33.427" UserId="1281" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pdf995.com/&quot;&gt;Pdf 995&lt;/a&gt; is a printer driver that exports to PDF format. The version I use initially came bundled with some tax software, so I don't know if the download product is the same, although I would imagine so. It's pretty easy to use and quite configurable." />
  <row Id="3928" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2276" RevisionGUID="3b4d3bcd-2f25-4afb-a447-9822b2b38dc7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:24:06.293" UserId="1219" Text="We follow the first group, which has a seperate service account for each environment &amp; server application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main reason is security, but another good reason is that if some work is being done in test or dev, which requires changing security, you know that it is not impacting the production environment in any way." />
  <row Id="3929" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2277" RevisionGUID="64156866-aa14-4cd0-8364-e393926ec545" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:24:20.553" UserId="1071" Text="Certainly security concerns would tend to lead you to the one account per application/service. However, I don't think you need to go to the level of having different accounts for prod, UAT &amp; dev though. This would mean that the config would have to change when you deployed the application and that could potentially be a source of error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: I've just seen Bravax's answer and he raises a valid point about changes to dev accounts not affecting the live system." />
  <row Id="3930" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2278" RevisionGUID="8cb5f947-d3c1-478d-af1d-cf35cd6e8ebf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:24:55.217" UserId="216" Text="On top of Zoredache's good list:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* (R)STP - to make sure your network doesn't come to a crashing halt when someone plugs a switch port into another switch port...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3931" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2279" RevisionGUID="72b52c15-57c8-4524-904c-12a91e2caff1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:26:33.310" UserId="984" Text="I have used and like both [pdfcreator][1] and also [CutePDF][2] for making PDF files from windows applications which don't natively support pdf creation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp" />
  <row Id="3932" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2280" RevisionGUID="90327bcc-31ae-4f8a-9b0f-3d5adfb78f01" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:34:30.450" UserId="984" Text="It kind of depends on your environment, and if you are a system administrator, or the security person, or a developer.  If you are just a system admin you may find it easier to simply subscribing to the security lists/feeds for your distro, and any of your mission critical applications instead of subscribing to general security lists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.debian.org/security/&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.redhat.com/security/&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn" />
  <row Id="3933" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2281" RevisionGUID="2a184180-32e8-432f-b9c1-5a5b2a6ba12a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:36:14.457" UserId="184" Text="[Citrix XenServer][1] - it's free, but you don't use it inside your OS. You would need to have separate machine that hosts VM. Then, you can use XenCenter console (similar to VM one) to connect to the VM. Xen is really fast, I frequently RDP to VMs and use visual studio and don't really feel like it's VM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having separate server has an advantage - if your system is down, you can grab any PC and connect to your VMs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.citrix.com/lang/English/lp/lp_1688615.asp" />
  <row Id="3936" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2283" RevisionGUID="19c8d34b-e281-4a13-9d01-a5b05ff7df72" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:44:56.587" UserId="761" Text="I want to configure a BIND DNS server (since Windows Web Server 2008 does not have DNS service, I had to install BIND) that responds any request with a single `A record`. I had set up a `*` record but it seems to work just for direct subdomains of the server. I mean `subdomain.xyz.com` will be responded correctly, but `subdomain2.subdomain1.xyz.com` is not. I might have screwed up the config files as have just worked with MS DNS before.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you tell me how to configure BIND from the beginning to resolve every requested address with a constant IP address?" />
  <row Id="3937" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2283" RevisionGUID="19c8d34b-e281-4a13-9d01-a5b05ff7df72" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:44:56.587" UserId="761" Text="How to set up a BIND DNS server to respond a single IP address to any request on Windows?" />
  <row Id="3938" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2283" RevisionGUID="19c8d34b-e281-4a13-9d01-a5b05ff7df72" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:44:56.587" UserId="761" Text="&lt;bind&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;a-record&gt;&lt;name-resolution&gt;" />
  <row Id="3939" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2284" RevisionGUID="cdfcd3bb-60b5-4984-802c-5b5b98e1f7c8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:46:20.280" UserId="86" Text="At the moment I like the [NTI][1] CD burning products.  I use CD &amp; DVD Maker at the moment, which shipped with my laptop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ntius.com/en/us/home/default.asp" />
  <row Id="3941" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2272" RevisionGUID="94149b2e-16d5-4d4d-a633-cd5486802420" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:48:10.387" UserId="1376" Comment="retag" Text="At my organisation there are conflicting schools of thoughts around service accounts. This has come up because they wish to deploy SQL Server for the sole purpose of running SharePoint databases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One group believe that a different service account should be used for each server application and for each environment (e.g. production, UAT/test, development). So in this example each SQL Server installation for SharePoint would have its own service account for prod, UAT and dev. Their reasons are security and preventing interference between environments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another believes that service accounts should be shared between production and test environments. So for the example there would be one SQL Server service account across prod, UAT and dev. (I'm not sure about sharing that account between different server applications.) Their reasons are security again as there are less passwords to change and reduced complexity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Considering security, uptime and reliability, protection against mistakes, risk management, etc... what should be the recommended approach?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you!" />
  <row Id="3942" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2272" RevisionGUID="94149b2e-16d5-4d4d-a633-cd5486802420" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:48:10.387" UserId="1376" Comment="retag" Text="&lt;service-accounts&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;risk-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="3943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2286" RevisionGUID="ce769b8f-515d-42fe-9416-46716cbbbd1a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:55:23.503" UserId="216" Text="Try this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In `named.conf`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    zone &quot;.&quot; IN {&#xD;&#xA;      file &quot;named.root&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    };&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In &quot;named.root&quot;:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ORIGIN .&#xD;&#xA;    *    IN     A    a.b.c.d" />
  <row Id="3944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2287" RevisionGUID="faead764-0805-495c-858b-caece969d4bf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:57:05.450" UserId="1383" Text="I am thinking of upgrading from a Western Digital 10k RPM hard drive to using two Intel-X25 solid state drives in RAID 0 configuration. I will be using this for hosting the operating system and installing applications. But all data is currently and will remain stored on a separate Seagate Barracuda 7.5k RPM hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My goal is to significantly improve performance of the OS (Vista Ultimate) and startup of applications. I have two concerns...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1, Are Intel-X25 drives reliable enough to use in a hard working machine especially when you have two of them in RAID 0 and so double the chance of failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2, I hear that solid state drives have a limited number of write cycles before they stop working and so is heavy desktop usage going to cause them to expire within a couple of years? My expected upgrade cycle means I would probably replace my machine after 2 years anyway." />
  <row Id="3945" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2287" RevisionGUID="faead764-0805-495c-858b-caece969d4bf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:57:05.450" UserId="1383" Text="Is using 2 solid state drives in RAID 0 going to be reliable?" />
  <row Id="3946" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2287" RevisionGUID="faead764-0805-495c-858b-caece969d4bf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T09:57:05.450" UserId="1383" Text="&lt;ssd&gt;&lt;intel-x25&gt;" />
  <row Id="3947" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2288" RevisionGUID="ce62fa3c-7684-47fa-804c-b38abd580246" CreationDate="2009-05-01T10:01:44.097" UserId="1382" Text="I built mine from scratch, and I ended up with something really close to [Atwood's recommendations][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I grabbed the cheapest asus-built AMD 780G motherboard I could find, and the cheapest AMD chip that would work in it, and tossed in two gigs of generic ram.  Fortunately, in that corner of the market, cheap also tends to mean low power.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On top of that I dropped a 1TB hard drive, LG's DVD/HDDVD/Blu-Ray drive, and the an [Antec HTPC case][2], which also has a super-efficient power supply.  The thing barely draws any power, and clocked in at about $100 less than a mac mini.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001107.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=Mjk=" />
  <row Id="3948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2289" RevisionGUID="3cc368f2-cb2f-43e5-ad78-4da4c55a1888" CreationDate="2009-05-01T10:02:12.100" UserId="1382" Text="I've spent a fair amount of time *using* various *nix systems, but don't have a lot of experience in setting them up from scratch (unlike Windows, which I can more or less do in my sleep at this point, much to my dismay - I keep waking up and discovering I've set up a new box.  Anyway.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking to shore up this hole in my education, I've been playing around with getting a linux machine up and running on my home LAN of late.  (Using Fedora 10 due to some advice I got out in meatspace.)  While the install went fine, its that first batch of configuration that has me somewhat puzzled.  The usual combo of google and sweat has got the thing more or less working, but are they any decent tutorials out there for someone who kinda knows what they're doing in the big picture, but doesn't know what to do with his Linux box on day 2?" />
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  <row Id="3950" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2289" RevisionGUID="3cc368f2-cb2f-43e5-ad78-4da4c55a1888" CreationDate="2009-05-01T10:02:12.100" UserId="1382" Text="&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="3951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2290" RevisionGUID="1b72ab2f-85e5-4881-9bd6-4828547a4e5f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T10:02:18.293" UserId="28" Text="On Linux, I use &lt;a href=&quot;http://logcheck.org/&quot;&gt;logcheck&lt;/a&gt; to regularly report suspicious entries in my log files. It's also very useful for detecting non-security related unexpected events." />
  <row Id="3952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2291" RevisionGUID="2a2fe939-2d3c-42b2-89bf-5f2e6396f870" CreationDate="2009-05-01T10:02:18.480" UserId="1383" Text="I have Vista Ultimate x64 and am thinking of upgrading to the Windows 7 RC. I would like to know that others have perform this upgrade with success before trying it on my own development machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My devices are all standard components such as Western Digital/Seagate drives, Gigabyte motherboard and Intel Core 2 Quad processer." />
  <row Id="3953" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2291" RevisionGUID="2a2fe939-2d3c-42b2-89bf-5f2e6396f870" CreationDate="2009-05-01T10:02:18.480" UserId="1383" Text="Does Windows 7 RC upgrade seamlessly for Vista Ultimate?" />
  <row Id="3954" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2291" RevisionGUID="2a2fe939-2d3c-42b2-89bf-5f2e6396f870" CreationDate="2009-05-01T10:02:18.480" UserId="1383" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;upgrade&gt;" />
  <row Id="3955" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2292" RevisionGUID="d103134d-cd87-4c2a-83d6-3e54139a205b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T10:02:27.560" UserId="48" Text="Form my experience, and the views of others the Intel X25's are a pretty reliable drive and should be as reliable (if not more) as standard hard disks. Using RAID 0 does increase the chance of failure, but thats the chance you take with the increased speed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the write cycles, it depends on the model you get, the X25-M uses multi level memory cells which are limited to 10,000 cycles, whereas the X25-E uses single level and is limited to 100,000 write cycles." />
  <row Id="3957" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2286" RevisionGUID="42a916f8-c81a-4111-9ffe-68472cbe999d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T10:02:44.453" UserId="216" Comment="added 158 characters in body" Text="Try this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In `named.conf`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    options {&#xD;&#xA;        recursion yes;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    zone &quot;.&quot; IN {&#xD;&#xA;        type master;&#xD;&#xA;        file &quot;named.root&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    };&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In &quot;named.root&quot;:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ORIGIN .&#xD;&#xA;    $TTL 1D&#xD;&#xA;    @    IN     SOA  @ none. ( 0 1D 1H 1W 3H );&#xD;&#xA;         IN     NS   @&#xD;&#xA;    *    IN     A    a.b.c.d" />
  <row Id="3958" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2293" RevisionGUID="69c96d84-d3b0-48f0-881d-22d0e62955a1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T10:05:21.017" UserId="1382" Text="You really can't go wrong with [InfraRecorder][1].  Open source, does just about every version of the CD and DVD specs you can think of, burns images, makes images, etc. For bonus cool points, it even came out of the Google Summer Of Code a few years ago.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;True story: IR is the only CD burning program that has never coastered a disc on me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://infrarecorder.org/" />
  <row Id="3959" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2294" RevisionGUID="6bb619b9-0634-40b7-a255-accf33d9df21" CreationDate="2009-05-01T10:11:38.693" UserId="891" Text="Not sure if it's day 2, but on redhat based distros (Fedora, or the far stabler Centos), learn to use [`yum`][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    yum update&#xD;&#xA;    yum install apackage&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you go Ubuntu, just use a `Live CD` for a while and experiment with the `dpkg` package manager (or its GUI).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.die.net/man/8/yum" />
  <row Id="3960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2295" RevisionGUID="0f880cf4-a537-440f-bc1f-a4830088c3b8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T10:12:56.987" UserId="333" Text="It depends on the level of use. There's easily an order of magnitude difference, or more, in the number of writes that magnetic media will tolerate vs. flash media. Because of the much lower write capacity of flash, SSDs remap logical blocks to different physical blocks in a process called &quot;wear leveling&quot;. The [X25m has some known problems][1] with wear leveling issues causing dramatic performance loss with use. I don't know if the X25e has a similar problem or if the wear leveling is less aggressive due to the higher write-capacity of the flash cells.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, for now, I'd trust SSDs on a workstation but not on an important high-capacity server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://arstechnica.com/news/2009/02/sector-remap-fragmentation-slowing-intel-x25-m-ssds.ars" />
  <row Id="3961" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2296" RevisionGUID="204ec454-52bd-4547-9bb9-c318780384af" CreationDate="2009-05-01T10:22:00.353" UserId="1218" Text="Sendmail is evil ;)&#xD;&#xA;One solution could be to install [SpamAssassin][1] and integrate with [spamass-milter][2] into your mail services. This has the advantage that you could aktivate a lot of other Anti-Spam rules. Or just write your own plugins which is really easy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://spamassassin.apache.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/spamass-milt/" />
  <row Id="3962" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2297" RevisionGUID="3af53540-754a-4180-ae37-593f9ef701cb" CreationDate="2009-05-01T10:23:31.660" UserId="197" Text="Has anyone found a Mozy (or Backblaze) like solution for backing up Linux boxes?  I'm hoping for something with a flat-rate fee for a backup plan ideally." />
  <row Id="3963" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2297" RevisionGUID="3af53540-754a-4180-ae37-593f9ef701cb" CreationDate="2009-05-01T10:23:31.660" UserId="197" Text="Is there a decent flat-rate online backup solution for Linux machines?" />
  <row Id="3964" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2297" RevisionGUID="3af53540-754a-4180-ae37-593f9ef701cb" CreationDate="2009-05-01T10:23:31.660" UserId="197" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;online&gt;" />
  <row Id="3965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2298" RevisionGUID="e0c661b7-8d48-432d-96e5-fcf6ed7aebda" CreationDate="2009-05-01T10:26:48.530" UserId="350" Text="From the security aspect, here is something to consider.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whilst i was in Japan, I noticed that all the computers in the school were 'reimaged' every time at boot, even before Windows started to boot. I am not sure if this was done over the network or if there was a static image the computer itself, but i thought the idea that the maximum amount of damage a user can do (to the software) is easily fixable by a restart. This could be mandated by having the computer automatically restart every time a user is finished with the computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The closest solution I found to this was [Deep Freeze](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Freeze_%28software%29) by [Faronics](http://www.faronics.com/)" />
  <row Id="3966" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2298" RevisionGUID="e0c661b7-8d48-432d-96e5-fcf6ed7aebda" CreationDate="2009-05-01T10:26:48.530" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="3968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2300" RevisionGUID="f042c7c3-d39a-4b8d-9451-b941372e40a9" CreationDate="2009-05-01T10:43:23.780" UserId="1380" Text="I agree with Bravax's points. In addition to that I would pay attention to the following things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Server CPU should support VT technology&#xD;&#xA; - 64 Bit is key for a virtual server (you want a lot of memory)&#xD;&#xA; - Fast and good quality network cards&#xD;&#xA; - Ram, Ram, Ram&#xD;&#xA; - A good quality raid controller and some fast (at least 7200rpm) hard disks (I prefer a striped RAID set on my virtual servers)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, think about your backup strategy in advance. If you decide to backup your complete virtual machines rather then running backups &quot;in&quot; your virtual machines during the night you will need the appropriate backup space.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3969" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2301" RevisionGUID="1d4463d0-ff24-447c-886c-d36adfdaf679" CreationDate="2009-05-01T10:44:12.263" UserId="1375" Text="Partition the two external drives the same way as your system drive, and rsync all your partitions as well as dding the boot sector (the first sector of the drive) from the system drive to the external drives.  Ugly, but serviceable, if you get your partitioning right (big if).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also take a look at more advanced &quot;system snapshot&quot; systems like mondo rescue, which kinda take care of that sort of trickery for you.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3970" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1954" RevisionGUID="e1e18b65-e655-4186-a31c-5ee06153bb96" CreationDate="2009-05-01T10:51:53.540" UserId="1248" Comment="Add K. Brian Kelley's suggestions" Text="When you are deploying a new web server box what are the standard things you install on it and do to set it up?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What things do you do to ensure the box is locked down and not going to get compromised?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So far:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# General&#xD;&#xA; - Apply security patches, etc&#xD;&#xA; - Run the Microsfot Baseline Security Analyzer [(MBSA)][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# Network&#xD;&#xA; - [Harden TCP/IP stack][2] - [K. Brian Kelley][3]&#xD;&#xA; - White list traffic with an [IPSEC policy][4]&#xD;&#xA; - All NetBIOS is removed or disabled&#xD;&#xA; - Put web server in a workgroup (not allowed to be on a domain)&#xD;&#xA; - Use a [DMZ][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# IIS&#xD;&#xA; - Install [UrlScan][6]&#xD;&#xA; - Run [IIS lockdown][7]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=F32921AF-9DBE-4DCE-889E-ECF997EB18E9&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa302363.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/users/385/k-brian-kelley&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa302366.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demilitarized_zone_(computing)&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc242650.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa302365.aspx" />
  <row Id="3971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2302" RevisionGUID="2213caa2-1aac-4ed2-8f94-4d7d2a2ed833" CreationDate="2009-05-01T10:55:34.937" UserId="1380" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've got a new virtual Windows 2003 Server hosted. I would like to be able to connect to the server using a VPN connection so I don't need to open up ports for subversion, ftp and so on to the public. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My goal is to only have port 80/443 open and all the other services (source control, build server, ftp server) are only accessible via a VPN connection to the server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, the tricky bit (I think) is that I only have one network card and one public IP address. Is it possible at all or do I need at least two IP addresses?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3972" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2302" RevisionGUID="2213caa2-1aac-4ed2-8f94-4d7d2a2ed833" CreationDate="2009-05-01T10:55:34.937" UserId="1380" Text="How to setup a VPN on a Windows 2003 Server with just one NIC/IP" />
  <row Id="3973" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2302" RevisionGUID="2213caa2-1aac-4ed2-8f94-4d7d2a2ed833" CreationDate="2009-05-01T10:55:34.937" UserId="1380" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="3975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2303" RevisionGUID="d9a65a2c-2b59-46bf-b422-8e0dd67ee933" CreationDate="2009-05-01T10:58:58.733" UserId="282" Text="We have about 600 Windows XP PCs in a school of about 2000 students, the majority of the PCs are in ICT suites and class rooms. It is a regular occurance that half of the computers are left on overnight and about a quarter at weekends and holidays.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to find a way of shutting down the computers when they are not in use, there are some additional requirements:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Shutdown should not be initaited if a user is logged on.&#xD;&#xA; * Computers should be shutdown after 60 - 90 minutes of idle time - this avoids the long start up times for classroom computers that delay the start of the lesson.&#xD;&#xA; * An automatic shutdown if not in use at a specific time (say 1800).&#xD;&#xA; * There should be some way of globally disabling it for Open Evenings, Parents Evenings, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking for products, either paid-for, free or script based." />
  <row Id="3976" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2303" RevisionGUID="d9a65a2c-2b59-46bf-b422-8e0dd67ee933" CreationDate="2009-05-01T10:58:58.733" UserId="282" Text="Automatic shutdown when idle?" />
  <row Id="3977" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2303" RevisionGUID="d9a65a2c-2b59-46bf-b422-8e0dd67ee933" CreationDate="2009-05-01T10:58:58.733" UserId="282" Text="&lt;power-management&gt;&lt;green-it&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="3978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2304" RevisionGUID="333f29d3-f74b-4ac8-8c2a-48987688c213" CreationDate="2009-05-01T11:00:57.293" UserId="48" Text="You can do so with 1 NIC. You would set the VPN server to dish out local (Class C) IP addresses, which you can use as many as as you want. You would set the NIC on your server to have a local IP as well as the internet one. When you connect via VPN you should then be able to communicate over this IP range." />
  <row Id="3979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2305" RevisionGUID="f5b61a90-ff6a-4386-b1ae-72bea7296500" CreationDate="2009-05-01T11:01:21.630" UserId="1135" Text="I have been using [rsync.net][1] for a few years without any problems. It doesn't have the fancy UI etc. of the services you mention but on the plus side it uses open standards so you can use a wide number of tools with it. (e.g. rsync, scp, sftp, ftp, rdiff-backup, Unison, duplicity)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rsync.net/" />
  <row Id="3980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2306" RevisionGUID="57dc4aae-7056-48d2-bd89-bea9bdfc94da" CreationDate="2009-05-01T11:04:54.697" UserId="216" Text="Sendmail isn't good at filtering messages on its own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In theory it wouldn't take much to write a simple `milter` (sendmail mail filter) plugin to do just that job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However if spam prevention is the primary requirement, then why not go the whole hog and plugin a full anti-spam system?" />
  <row Id="3981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2307" RevisionGUID="df42ca98-5030-4567-ad18-8dfce99f5cf4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T11:05:03.667" UserId="1376" Text="It works but Your Mileage May Vary (YMMV)." />
  <row Id="3982" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2308" RevisionGUID="9c6e86d1-6692-496c-8f6e-144c09eec33e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T11:05:37.843" UserId="48" Text="[Auto Shutdown Manager][1] should do this for you and I believe they have a discounted licence availible for school use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.enviprot.com/" />
  <row Id="3983" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2302" RevisionGUID="52bf595f-b4b5-4edb-b2bb-ca81333f2ac7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T11:08:06.653" UserId="1380" Comment="added 89 characters in body" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've got a new virtual Windows 2003 Server hosted. I would like to be able to connect to the server using a VPN connection so I don't need to open up ports for subversion, ftp and so on to the public. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My goal is to only have port 80/443 open and all the other services (source control, build server, ftp server) are only accessible via a VPN connection to the server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, the tricky bit (I think) is that I only have one network card and one public IP address. Is it possible at all or do I need at least two IP addresses? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[UPDATE]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also would like to use the build in VPN server, no 3rd party software.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3984" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2309" RevisionGUID="ae0f9860-c9ae-40a9-825a-c1c6ba59be3e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T11:08:52.643" UserId="1223" Text="I have finally set up a RAID6 server together with [rsnapshot][1] which is using rsync and hardlinks between different backups, so this saves place but makes restore a simple copy operation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I run incremental every night, rotating the last 14 snaphots, accumulate nightly into to a set of every second weeks snapshots, and then quaterly sets and yearly sets.&#xD;&#xA;I back up everything on my disks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For offline backup I have just bought a SAS LTO4 tape streamer which I just have received but not installed yet, but I plan then store some of the rsnapshot backups from time to time and store the tapes at my office.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rsnapshot.org/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3985" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2310" RevisionGUID="2a59ffde-ee8c-45ea-b7ec-7ffed003050c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T11:10:43.497" UserId="1156" Text="Perhaps your Software as a Service application can output SNMP information, which could be collected by any number of tools (Nagios, Munin, etc.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sun Java System Messaging Server is an example of an application that provides a lot of statistics via SNMP.  The [SNMP Implementation][1] section of their Admin Guide says:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The active information focuses on&#xD;&#xA;&gt; currently queued messages and open&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network connections (for example,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; counts of queued messages, source IP&#xD;&#xA;&gt; addresses of open network&#xD;&#xA;&gt; connections), while the historical&#xD;&#xA;&gt; information provides cumulative totals&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (for example, total messages&#xD;&#xA;&gt; processed, total inbound connections).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-4428/bgbkv?a=view" />
  <row Id="3986" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2256" RevisionGUID="01e3369a-aad5-4c7b-bf6f-dc245d176db3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T11:11:32.917" UserId="588" Comment="corrected links" Text="* &lt;a href=&quot;http://cdburnerxp.se/&quot;&gt;CDBurner XP&lt;/a&gt; usually suffice for casual tasks but it's not that light (it's featherweight near Nero though)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.magiciso.com/&quot;&gt;MagicISO&lt;/a&gt; is tiny; I use it for ISO mounting and ripping, but it can also do regular burns" />
  <row Id="3987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2311" RevisionGUID="2f7a4d0b-dbfa-4349-a536-a27037783a5a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T11:19:55.767" UserId="588" Text="With the risk of sounding like an open source zealot (which I'm not), you should try OpenOffice; it's so way less annoying and faster than MS office that I ditched MSO at home.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and it also let you nativly save PDF's.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="3988" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2312" RevisionGUID="44c56c61-4234-4388-b025-6efc14fcf549" CreationDate="2009-05-01T11:26:59.510" UserId="717" Text="I just finished an upgrade from Vista Ultimate 64 to the RC Ultimate 64 and it went very smoothly.  I actually tried to do a clean install first, but had an issue with my CD Drivers not being recognized.  I was running the Beta, so I did the Transfer your files to save my documents and settings.  The backup was about 45GB, and when it was done I installed Vista 64 clean, then upgraded it to the RC.  Everything worked really well, and the re-import of my data was very smooth as well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Very pleased with the software - it's looking good." />
  <row Id="3989" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2313" RevisionGUID="7f667fc5-4b19-42ce-a576-817ef0ed4620" CreationDate="2009-05-01T11:27:11.163" UserId="588" Text="Dodgy SSD's tend to half for up to a second which is fatal to RAID usage, but if you're using the Intel ones, don't fret and go ahead and RAID them, they'll probably live longer than your 2 years target until the flash wears. just &lt;b&gt; Don't forget to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-performance-power,2279-5.html&quot;&gt;update the firmware&lt;/a&gt;" />
  <row Id="3990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2314" RevisionGUID="c5650b73-5965-483e-9882-81a877228032" CreationDate="2009-05-01T11:28:03.143" UserId="412" Text="The [EZ GPO Tool][1] might be worth a look too...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.terranovum.com/projects/energystar/ez_gpo.html &quot;EZ GPO Tool&quot;" />
  <row Id="3991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2315" RevisionGUID="681c26df-66bd-4404-a843-2b4f97c910dc" CreationDate="2009-05-01T11:49:40.017" UserId="388" Text="Perhaps a little lower level than what you're looking for, but &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/&quot;&gt;Linux From Scratch&lt;/a&gt; is a great project that teaches you how to build a Linux system entirely from source. It's a great way to learn the guts of Linux, before you move to a well packaged distribution and promptly forget all the detail. :)" />
  <row Id="3992" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1957" RevisionGUID="dd7c05ff-3a67-4b6c-9871-c49858465cbe" CreationDate="2009-05-01T11:50:57.407" UserId="449" Comment="reworded first sentence" Text="[Unlocker][1] is a great tool. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have it on all of our Windows servers.  It will unlock the file for you and show you what is using it.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://download.cnet.com/Unlocker/3000-2248_4-10493998.html" />
  <row Id="3993" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2313" RevisionGUID="d0e9dd76-82ab-410a-801b-984db75d36ce" CreationDate="2009-05-01T11:56:13.730" UserId="588" Comment="corrected spelling" Text="Dodgy SSD's tend to halt for up to a second which is fatal to RAID usage, but if you're using the Intel ones, don't fret and go ahead and RAID them, they'll probably live longer than your 2 years target until the flash wears. just &lt;b&gt; Don't forget to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-performance-power,2279-5.html&quot;&gt;update the firmware&lt;/a&gt;" />
  <row Id="3994" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2316" RevisionGUID="097a939c-86f9-49fc-85f7-7f40a70fea7c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T11:59:23.970" UserId="247" Text="You can also look into using GPO Preferences; you can set things for XP using this, but you have to run the tools on Vista or 2008." />
  <row Id="3995" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2317" RevisionGUID="95819d60-a49c-497a-95ad-5835690b5910" CreationDate="2009-05-01T11:59:39.447" UserId="1402" Text="Create an additional test login to establish whether the problem is limited to just your original login.&#xD;&#xA;If your password uses special characters, type the password into Notepad and check that what you see in Notepad is the expected password. I had a similar issue and it was down to the keyboard being setup for US layout instead of UK. Good luck!" />
  <row Id="3996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2318" RevisionGUID="28b08dff-963f-484b-99a3-f4ecbde48756" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:00:19.477" UserId="369" Text="As the question states, can you run windows 7 RC on a virtual machine? If so, is it pretty straight forward? Even better, is there a pre-prepared image available?" />
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  <row Id="3998" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2318" RevisionGUID="28b08dff-963f-484b-99a3-f4ecbde48756" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:00:19.477" UserId="369" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;" />
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  <row Id="4001" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2319" RevisionGUID="13777ff8-7bbd-449c-bf3e-d06a47177336" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:02:03.060" UserId="244" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;wifi&gt;&lt;home-use&gt;" />
  <row Id="4005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2321" RevisionGUID="2a260d1e-a1de-420a-87ae-3d15d9efb05e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:06:48.853" UserId="1218" Text="Imho [ClamAV][1] would be the best choise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://clamav.net/" />
  <row Id="4006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2322" RevisionGUID="eff4f94b-3161-44bf-86ed-07da158d7ef6" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:06:51.207" UserId="710" Text="For starters:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Turn off SSID discoverability on the router&#xD;&#xA; - Change the default router name to something unique to you (your SSID)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionaly, if you know the MAC addresses of all the computers you intend to allow on the network, you can enable MAC filtering and only allow those computers to connect to your router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4007" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2323" RevisionGUID="c31cf890-ab84-40dd-9e4b-b0b45432b8bd" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:07:00.023" UserId="1376" Text="Yes you can. If your VM software doesn't already contains Windows 7 experimental support, choose Windows Server 2008 as the OS you are going to install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It installs simply and works well on the VM software I've tried. Only thing is Aero probably won't work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may be able to find a pre-prepared image, but there is no official image." />
  <row Id="4008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2324" RevisionGUID="46b4e3c9-e2dc-4ee7-a0e9-b89c5fd5f3eb" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:08:25.387" UserId="447" Text=" - Turn off broadcasting your network name.&#xD;&#xA; - Change the default network name to something else.&#xD;&#xA; - Enable the highest level of encryption your router offers.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4009" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2325" RevisionGUID="3afeaec7-c5af-4cf8-ab39-85e77fc2fade" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:09:16.913" UserId="449" Text="I have some experience with Panda Anti-virus but not much.  Seems to work all right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also found this [article][1] on [linux.com][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It recommends:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Panda &#xD;&#xA; - Vexira &#xD;&#xA; - RAV &#xD;&#xA; - ServerProtect &#xD;&#xA; - Sophos&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linux.com/feature/22899&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.linux.com" />
  <row Id="4010" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2296" RevisionGUID="de786e83-d3ce-4173-8895-22387b0b0449" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:10:24.803" UserId="1218" Text="Sendmail is evil ;)&#xD;&#xA;One solution could be to install [SpamAssassin][1] and integrate it with [spamass-milter][2] into your mail services. This has the advantage that you could activate lot of other Anti-Spam rules. Or just write your own plugins which is really easy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://spamassassin.apache.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/spamass-milt/" />
  <row Id="4011" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2326" RevisionGUID="68ca6679-f6fc-4c33-8fef-d21cd0e358fa" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:11:31.120" UserId="543" Text="I think turning off SSID discoverability is overrated, and conflicts with the &quot;usability not restricted&quot; part of the original post.  My opinion is that if your router is properly secured, having a discoverable SSID isn't an issue, and usability especially with non-computer devices is much better if you can see the SSID.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition to the other suggestions, don't bother with MAC filtering -- it's only good for preventing accidental connections to your access point.  Same with WEP; although it is a form of encryption it's trivial to bypass these days.  " />
  <row Id="4012" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2327" RevisionGUID="b2fce537-1869-4a1b-b0c5-a504bcc988d3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:13:07.323" UserId="458" Text="What do you find as the best ISO / disk image mounting software out there?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can give a nod to $$$ alternatives, but I'm looking for the best freeware and support for DVD-size images as well." />
  <row Id="4013" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2327" RevisionGUID="b2fce537-1869-4a1b-b0c5-a504bcc988d3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:13:07.323" UserId="458" Text="Best Free ISO Mounting Software for Windows" />
  <row Id="4014" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2327" RevisionGUID="b2fce537-1869-4a1b-b0c5-a504bcc988d3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:13:07.323" UserId="458" Text="&lt;iso&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="4015" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2328" RevisionGUID="a6c68050-6768-4464-9f67-806de050561f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:15:25.057" UserId="1375" Text="Anti-virus on Linux systems really isn't required, the threats just aren't out there for it.  However, if you can't get around the corporate mandate, follow Node's advice and just install ClamAV and a small cron job to do a periodic sweep of the system." />
  <row Id="4016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2329" RevisionGUID="9eda6c9f-8060-4c6d-a56b-ff18b2cfacf2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:15:37.473" UserId="402" Text="I haven't actually tried it, but I believe [this][1] should do what you want if you're using a windows (?2003+) domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the bottom of the 'Dial-in' tab of the active directory user properties for the user you want to enable it for there's an 'Apply static routes' checkbox, and a button for entering those routes. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc728159.aspx" />
  <row Id="4017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2330" RevisionGUID="930970fc-a515-4230-9bfa-00b3efdd959f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:16:01.903" UserId="591" Text="I've been happily un packing them with [7-zip][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.7-zip.org/" />
  <row Id="4018" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2331" RevisionGUID="7f8f9f9c-566a-455b-8148-a35575d950c0" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:16:10.483" UserId="1405" Text="We are currently have Glassfish configured to work with CRl. We have a batch script that runs every night, downloads the latest CRL, and updates the our list. Lately we have been having trouble with the download not working, and thus causing problems for our users accessing our application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are looking into swapping over to OCSP instead, since it does not require us to download anything and process it. I have never used OCSP or much more configured an App Server to use OCSP. I have searched for information/tutorials on setting this up and have come up empty handed and have not even been able to verify that Glassfish supports OCSP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know if Glassfish supports OCSP? If it does point me in the right direction on setting this up in Glassfish?" />
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  <row Id="4020" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2331" RevisionGUID="7f8f9f9c-566a-455b-8148-a35575d950c0" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:16:10.483" UserId="1405" Text="&lt;glassfish&gt;&lt;application-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="4021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2332" RevisionGUID="8699a759-1dca-4f5d-92c5-48d4fca63aa2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:16:50.340" UserId="1218" Text="I would prefer the free version of [DaemonTools][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.daemon-tools.cc" />
  <row Id="4022" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2333" RevisionGUID="82f7cc4d-4183-46c9-b5f5-1914d978f464" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:17:09.840" UserId="402" Text="I've always used [daemon-tools][1] (remember to untick their adware during the install tho), but [Virtual CloneDrive][2] seems good too (and works with windows 7 rc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.daemon-tools.cc/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html" />
  <row Id="4023" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="505" RevisionGUID="558f3025-04a3-4b74-ab7a-a0aec26f5c96" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:20:37.523" UserId="443" Comment="retag" Text="&lt;soft-skills&gt;" />
  <row Id="4024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2334" RevisionGUID="3278f193-e7cc-4683-8c82-f8f1433cb024" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:21:23.373" UserId="368" Text="- Turn on encryption (WPA or better)&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;- Change the router name&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;- Change the administrator name (if this is supported)&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;- change the default password&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;- disable remote administration&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;- update firmware to the latest patch level.&lt;p&gt;" />
  <row Id="4025" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2331" RevisionGUID="cc2109fc-c396-4f3d-905e-b92a50bbad2f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:21:24.607" UserId="1405" Comment="fixed typos" Text="We  currently have Glassfish configured to work with CRL. We have a batch script that runs every night, downloads the latest CRL, and updates the our list. Lately we have been having trouble with the download not working, and thus causing problems for our users accessing our application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are looking into swapping over to OCSP instead, since it does not require us to download anything and process it. I have never used OCSP or much more configured an App Server to use OCSP. I have searched for information/tutorials on setting this up and have come up empty handed and have not even been able to verify that Glassfish supports OCSP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know if Glassfish supports OCSP? If it does can you point me in the right direction on setting this up in Glassfish?" />
  <row Id="4026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2335" RevisionGUID="a2f5c9e4-cf42-4c7f-a410-83e42c874c1e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:21:32.950" UserId="717" Text="The latest version of Sun's VirtualBox supports Windows 7, both 32 and 64 bit.  I installed the 64 bit RC in a VM running on a Windows 7 64 Beta.   " />
  <row Id="4027" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2336" RevisionGUID="72991c5a-955a-49f7-95c9-8cfd82ae8f37" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:21:55.913" UserId="1409" Text="Although it isn't free, ORF from www.vamsoft.com is licensed per server.  So in my environment of 300 mailboxes, it is much more affordable to pay $239 to protect everyone as opposed to the big guys who usually want $10-$30 per mailbox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as functionality, it works really well for us.  They have a best practices guide on setting it up, I set it up to use 3 of the most popular DNSBL, 2 of the most popular URI based filtering, a couple other minor tweaks, and it catches most of the spam sent to us.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sure Postini and some of the other big guys have better ratios, but I'm very happy with the price versus the results.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4028" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2322" RevisionGUID="b9693292-bf01-4d90-a5b5-402b68d565ca" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:22:58.970" UserId="710" Comment="improved answer" Text="Under the assumption that you do NOT intend to use an encryption scheme (WEP or WPA):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Turn off SSID discoverability on the router&#xD;&#xA; - Change the default router name to something unique to you (your SSID)&#xD;&#xA; - Use MAC address filtering (see note below)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionaly, if you know the MAC addresses of all the computers you intend to allow on the network, you can enable MAC filtering and only allow those computers to connect to your router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If, however, using WEP and WPA is an option for you, WPA is the preferred encryption scheme, but there are multiple versions.  Which scheme you can use will depend on your router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would still, personally, disable SSID discoverability after you initially connect all your devices to your network.  I would also change the default SSID on your router.  However, I wouldn't bother with MAC filtering if you were going to use WPA encryption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2337" RevisionGUID="84166c72-d8b9-4284-9e57-0126c90ed8c3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:23:16.503" UserId="443" Text="I also think Anti-virus is not really required on a Linux server, although it is best practice to have it, so you can say you do everything possible to keep things clean. There are exceptions where I would recommend an anti-virus on a linux server though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Examples would be a mail server (you should scan attachments on your end, and incoming mail) or a file server with outside access (prevent your server hosts contaminated files).&#xD;&#xA;Not really for the safety of the server, but for the safety of your end-users getting their stuff off of the server." />
  <row Id="4030" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2019" RevisionGUID="393e7327-8bc9-473f-a050-d6baed38f6e7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:25:10.273" UserId="1266" Comment="deleted 45 characters in body" Text="I typically do this with [TextPad][1].  It has the option to monitor that a file has been modified.  It is an option to either automatically update the window or to prompt you whether or not you want to reload the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://textpad.com" />
  <row Id="4031" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2338" RevisionGUID="f692fc2d-5b22-468c-afe2-25edfb4d526b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:25:13.037" UserId="1289" Text="I use a Netgear wireless router, with various wireless devices connecting to it.  One of my wireless devices doesn't support WPA2 security, so I had to downgrade the security on the router to WEP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We all know WEP is broken, so as an added measure I enabled a wireless access list on the router so that only devices with specified MAC addresses which are in my access list are permitted to connect to the router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know it is possible to spoof a MAC address from a device for the purposes of accessing a secure network like this.  But is it easy?  Is using WEP and a wireless access list *good enough* to prevent most hacking attacks?  Or should I do whatever I can to ensure all devices support WPA2 in the future?" />
  <row Id="4032" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2338" RevisionGUID="f692fc2d-5b22-468c-afe2-25edfb4d526b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:25:13.037" UserId="1289" Text="Is WEP used in conjunction with a wireless access list adequate security?" />
  <row Id="4033" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2338" RevisionGUID="f692fc2d-5b22-468c-afe2-25edfb4d526b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:25:13.037" UserId="1289" Text="&lt;wep&gt;&lt;wpa&gt;&lt;wireless-network&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;hacking&gt;" />
  <row Id="4034" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2339" RevisionGUID="b44f3eb7-99d7-4220-b94d-1028862ab78d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:26:32.940" UserId="533" Text="I've never played with it much but I've heard good things about [netdisco][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Designed for moderate to large&#xD;&#xA;&gt; networks, configuration information&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and connection data for network&#xD;&#xA;&gt; devices are retrieved by SNMP. With&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Netdisco you can locate the switch&#xD;&#xA;&gt; port of an end-user system by IP or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; MAC address. Data is stored using a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SQL database for scalability and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; speed. Layer-2 topology protocols such&#xD;&#xA;&gt; as CDP (Cisco Discovery Protocol)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; optionally provides automatic&#xD;&#xA;&gt; discovery of the network topology.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; The network is inventoried by both&#xD;&#xA;&gt; device model and operating system&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (like IOS). Netdisco uses router ARP&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tables and L2 switch MAC forwarding&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tables to locate nodes on physical&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ports and track them by their IP&#xD;&#xA;&gt; addresses. For each node, a time&#xD;&#xA;&gt; stamped history of the ports it has&#xD;&#xA;&gt; visited and the IP addresses it has&#xD;&#xA;&gt; used is maintained.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://netdisco.org/" />
  <row Id="4035" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2340" RevisionGUID="c1ed212d-93c8-4701-b535-6eb79ec8a2c3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:28:38.190" UserId="1380" Text="Apart from the usual stuff like using WPA2 encryption, remember to change your password/key periodically. Also if supported by your wifi router, use WPA-PSK.&#xD;&#xA;But always remember, a wifi network cannot be 100% secure&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2341" RevisionGUID="15d0f38f-f985-4923-9ead-e25f832f4ec5" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:31:12.583" UserId="1232" Text="No.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WEP is trivial to break. MAC addresses aren't secure. They can be programmable on some NICs. Take a look at [The six dumbest ways to secure a wireless LAN][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **MAC filtering:** This is like handing a security guard a pad of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; paper with a list of names. Then when&#xD;&#xA;&gt; someone comes up to the door and wants&#xD;&#xA;&gt; entry, the security guard looks at the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; person's name tag and compares it to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; his list of names and determines&#xD;&#xA;&gt; whether to open the door or not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/index.php?p=43" />
  <row Id="4037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2342" RevisionGUID="e7c75cf4-7d8c-45e7-a6eb-88d3b0b27013" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:32:03.253" UserId="531" Text="I've used the Microsoft Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel, available from [here][1]. It works only with Windows XP from what I can tell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916902" />
  <row Id="4038" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2343" RevisionGUID="7944b0b2-bc33-4e33-9f09-b48368c322a5" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:35:32.013" UserId="523" Text="WEP is easy to crack (there are videos of it being done in 10 mins, etc) and MAC addresses can be spoofed. However, what are you 'securing'? If this is a business then NO, this is definitely not enough security. If it's your home internet, and your 10 neighbors all leave their wireless open, and you have a software firewall on your computer, then maybe this is enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's like when I go hiking in the woods with my girlfriend. I'm not scared of the bears... I might not be able to outrun them, but I can at least outrun her!" />
  <row Id="4039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2344" RevisionGUID="9f86b22d-b737-45aa-8f84-d01b3d894174" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:42:01.170" UserId="48" Text="My preference is for [Virtual Clone Drive][1] or [Magic ISO][2]. VCD is one of the few mounting applications i've got to work in Windows 7, both 32 and 64bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.magiciso.com/" />
  <row Id="4040" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2345" RevisionGUID="4ff069be-6b75-4a90-97b1-acb6576477ee" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:43:03.400" UserId="629" Text="*How do you ensure that all of your Linux servers are properly backed up?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We run rdiff-backup nightly. We have a script that lives in&#xD;&#xA;/usr/local/bin that cron runs every night.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To ensure it has worked, we use nagios to check that the copy of&#xD;&#xA;/var/log/messages is never older than 48 hours. If it is we can see that&#xD;&#xA;on the nagios webpage and in the emails nagios will send to&#xD;&#xA;administrators.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*How often do you backup your servers?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Every night. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*What do you backup, apart from the obvious /home directories?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We backup everything, apart from a few bits that are excluded - /tmp&#xD;&#xA;/proc /sys and some things in /var/log/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*How do you ensure that backups are incremental, but still easy to restore?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use [rdiff-backup](http://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/non-gnu/rdiff-backup/) (also see [this&#xD;&#xA;tutorial](http://arctic.org/~dean/rdiff-backup/unattended.html)).&#xD;&#xA;rdiff-backup produces a directory with the full up-to-date copy of whatever you are&#xD;&#xA;copying, but keeps the diffs with previous backups hanging around, so&#xD;&#xA;you can recover files for as far back as the diffs go. You will probably&#xD;&#xA;want to delete the old diffs occasionally (to save space) and there is&#xD;&#xA;an rdiff-backup command for this which could be run weekly by cron.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4041" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2346" RevisionGUID="08d408b6-8130-45bd-ad11-e258dbf0393a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:43:43.960" UserId="544" Text="I use MagicDisc from [MagicISO][1], besides its free, it works on Vista X64&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** Ok, yes also [Virtual Clone Drive][2] is a cool tool, I used it when I was on x86, but at the time I made the change it didn't support x64 and now it does...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.magiciso.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html" />
  <row Id="4042" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2304" RevisionGUID="5366bbd9-0220-402d-8501-2c267d2a9589" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:49:12.697" UserId="48" Comment="added 187 characters in body" Text="You can do so with 1 NIC. You would set the VPN server to dish out local (Class C) IP addresses, which you can use as many as as you want. You would set the NIC on your server to have a local IP as well as the internet one. When you connect via VPN you should then be able to communicate over this IP range.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To do so with the built in VPN server (RRAS) you will need to select the 'custom' option during the wizard this will then let you setup a VPN that can be configured with all you need." />
  <row Id="4044" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2347" RevisionGUID="ac412ec5-7a1c-4ecc-be10-dc42bb803dd5" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:50:32.523" UserId="48" Text="Windows 7 runs happily on VMWare Workstation and VMWare fusion. You do however need to set the OS on the VM to being Server 2008" />
  <row Id="4045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2348" RevisionGUID="4b229cb6-6a34-4000-84e8-eb7a2256bdf0" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:53:08.990" UserId="1395" Text="These two Red Gate tools are very good for comparing differences between databases and scripting the structural, or data, differences.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Red Gate Sql Compare][1] - for structure comparison and replication&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Red Gate Sql Data Compare][2] - for data comparison and replication&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They sell a SQL bundle which includes both products I think.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've used them extensively to setup development databases and copy the changes back and so on. You could also use the Data Compare one to sync data between databases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.red-gate.com/products/SQL_Compare/index.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.red-gate.com/products/SQL_Data_Compare/index.htm" />
  <row Id="4046" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2223" RevisionGUID="8e48d1ec-3050-4831-acae-68101ac7435f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:55:46.987" UserId="1357" Comment="added 145 characters in body" Text="I have managing simple workgroup at work that uses [openvpn gui][1] for connecting to remote computers.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Accidently i receiving very strange bug - the openvpn starting to working, and ping correct, &lt;b&gt;and after 30 seconds, stop to ping or any other access without any reason&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Openvpn client shows as still connected(no new logs, the icon is green), the openvpn server show that connection still working (but cant ping to the client too), windows logs doesn't show any clue. And from home i still connecting through vpn without problem.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I need clue for where to look on, any other logs or tests?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;womble suggest to check &lt;b&gt;route table&lt;/b&gt;, simple script shows that there is no changes in route table :(, thank you anyway womble.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://openvpn.se/" />
  <row Id="4047" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2349" RevisionGUID="767525b6-664e-4513-a663-de397530fa6a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:59:20.427" UserId="601" Text="Linux distributions these days come with NetworkManager to allow a user to configure a WiFi network adapter.  However I can't seem to figure out how to configure a system-wide network adapter.  There seems to be some suggestion that NetworkManager can use some source of data other than the user clicking to get things like WPA passphrases and such, but I can't find even a single rumour of a document explaining how to do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am using Fedora 10 but frankly would consider switching to any distro to get this working in a nice, supported way that doesn't involve me hacking up some network config script that I stick into rc.local.  I want the most generic solution possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I set up a system-wide WiFi network card so that it connects on boot and stays connected?" />
  <row Id="4048" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2349" RevisionGUID="767525b6-664e-4513-a663-de397530fa6a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:59:20.427" UserId="601" Text="Configure Wi-Fi adapters in Linux" />
  <row Id="4049" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2349" RevisionGUID="767525b6-664e-4513-a663-de397530fa6a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T12:59:20.427" UserId="601" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;wifi&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;networkmanager&gt;" />
  <row Id="4050" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2350" RevisionGUID="ae063cac-f0b0-4ad7-9687-07e9be3a9e96" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:01:40.373" UserId="1395" Text="Do you mean you currently back up the database MDF and LDF files to tape? I think this can be OK, as long as the database is offline while you do it (i.e. database detached or SQL Service shut down), but if you try and do that while the database is in use you will probably end up with backups that dont work because the files will have changed while being copied. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Creating a full SQL Backup and putting that onto tape is much more common in my experience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, to answer your second question, SQL Server does support Transaction Log backups. The MSDN documentation on the [Full Recovery Model][1] would be a good place to start reading up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190217.aspx" />
  <row Id="4051" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2351" RevisionGUID="9d9d77af-28f4-47d8-a5ca-ab04f6946d1b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:03:03.443" UserId="282" Text="Found [PowerDown][1] in my searching, uses [psshutdown and psloggedon][2] and a couple of batch files to schedule a shutdown, so it is free. Dosn't meet all of my requirements but could probably be configured to do so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.liv.ac.uk/csd/greenit/powerdown/index.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://live.sysinternals.com/" />
  <row Id="4052" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2352" RevisionGUID="438093ed-3a33-4d79-a431-cec1d814e976" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:03:54.083" UserId="613" Text="I think you should be looking at iwconfig and wpa_supplicant." />
  <row Id="4053" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1124" RevisionGUID="0672ca3f-6018-4dfa-b8ad-cdfa548678f0" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:07:54.120" UserId="613" Comment="added 255 characters in body" Text="Debian or Ubuntu (server) due to dist-upgrade.  Any distro can be installed from scratch - but how many can be upgraded in place?  I've got a debian machine that hasn't been reinstalled from scratch since approximately 1995.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are good communities around both, and also good documentation on making your own packages so you can make the package system work for you personally.  It's Very Cool to be able to easily roll a custom package to deploy to your internal machines." />
  <row Id="4054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2353" RevisionGUID="017c55dd-84c4-4a58-b83d-db24187a84f8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:09:46.330" UserId="93" Text="How're you analysing log files from UNIX/Linux machines? We run several hundred servers which all generate their own log files, either directly or through syslog. I'm looking for a decent solution to aggregate these and pick out important events. This problem breaks down into 3 components:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Message transport&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The classic way is to use syslog to log messages to a remote host. This works fine for applications that log into syslog but less useful for apps that write to a local file. Solutions for this might include having the application log into a FIFO connected to a program to send the message using syslog, or by writing something that will grep the local files and send the output to the central syslog host. However, if we go to the trouble of writing tools to get messages into syslog would we be better replacing the whole lot with something like Facebook's [Scribe][1] which offers more flexibility and reliability than syslog?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Message aggregation&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Log entries seem to fall into one of two types: per-host and per-service. Per-host messages are those which occur on one machine; think disk failures or suspicious logins. Per-service messages occur on most or all of the hosts running a service. For instance, we want to know when Apache finds an SSI error but we don't want the same error from 100 machines. In all cases we only want to see one of each type of message: we don't want 10 messages saying the same disk has failed, and we don't want a message each time a broken SSI is hit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One approach to solving this is to aggregate multiple messages of the same type into one on each host, send the messages to a central server and then aggregate messages of the same kind into one overall event. [SER][2] can do this but it's awkward to use. Even after a couple of days of fiddling I had only rudimentary aggregations working and had to constantly look up the logic SER uses to correlate events. It's powerful but tricky stuff: I need something which my colleagues can pick up and use in the shortest possible time. SER rules don't meet that requirement.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) Generating alerts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do we tell our admins when something interesting happens? Mail the group inbox? Inject into Nagios?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, how're you solving this problem? I don't expect an answer on a plate; I can work out the details myself but some high-level discussion on what is surely a common problem would be great. At the moment we're using a mishmash of cron jobs, syslog and who knows what else to find events. This isn't extensible, maintainable or flexible and as such we miss a lot of stuff we shouldn't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://developers.facebook.com/scribe/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://kodu.neti.ee/~risto/sec/" />
  <row Id="4055" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2353" RevisionGUID="017c55dd-84c4-4a58-b83d-db24187a84f8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:09:46.330" UserId="93" Text="Log analysis" />
  <row Id="4056" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2353" RevisionGUID="017c55dd-84c4-4a58-b83d-db24187a84f8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:09:46.330" UserId="93" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;logging&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="4057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2354" RevisionGUID="3dc83dee-bfef-4309-b3a3-9a986d9d8be4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:10:02.413" UserId="1409" Text="I think what you want to do is setup a loopback adapter and give it a non-public IP range.  The physical NIC would be your outside interface for the VPN and the loopback adapter would be the private NIC.  You would then need the other services source control, build server, ftp server to be listening on the loopback NIC's IP range.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've never done it before, but that would be my best guess." />
  <row Id="4058" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2355" RevisionGUID="8f8ff5b5-4c4e-4ee9-866c-d5c6de878fa7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:10:42.553" UserId="375" Text="I formatted an external USB harddrive while it was connected to a 32-bit Windows 2003 Server Std. edition server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After loading it up with files, I moved it to my Windows XP SP3 where it didn't show up automatically in My Computer. I opened up Computer Management&gt;Disk Management and see it listed as a &quot;Health (GPT Protective Parititon)&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's up with that? Can I mount it?" />
  <row Id="4059" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2355" RevisionGUID="8f8ff5b5-4c4e-4ee9-866c-d5c6de878fa7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:10:42.553" UserId="375" Text="How do I mount a &quot;GPT Protective Partition&quot; in Windows XP?" />
  <row Id="4060" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2355" RevisionGUID="8f8ff5b5-4c4e-4ee9-866c-d5c6de878fa7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:10:42.553" UserId="375" Text="&lt;external&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;mount&gt;&lt;gpt-protective-partition&gt;" />
  <row Id="4061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2356" RevisionGUID="1b6d6cf1-25ef-41a5-beeb-a76f079ceb95" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:12:23.127" UserId="1395" Text="I've heard that its best to turn Autorun off these days to avoid spreading viruses such as Conficker that can hook into the Autorun on USB-sticks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although Microsoft have lots of advice on their website (e.g. [kb967715][1]) I'm having trouble doing it on Vista Home Premium because there are no Group Policy settings in that version of Vista.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know a good way of doing this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967715/" />
  <row Id="4062" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2356" RevisionGUID="1b6d6cf1-25ef-41a5-beeb-a76f079ceb95" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:12:23.127" UserId="1395" Text="How to disable Autorun on Vista Home Premium" />
  <row Id="4063" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2356" RevisionGUID="1b6d6cf1-25ef-41a5-beeb-a76f079ceb95" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:12:23.127" UserId="1395" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;autorun&gt;" />
  <row Id="4064" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2357" RevisionGUID="2eaa4e3a-edf2-4e0c-97f5-d9d7bb976d25" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:13:25.150" UserId="375" Text="According to [this FAQ][1], GPT partitions cannot be mounted with Windows XP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/GPT_FAQ.mspx#ELD" />
  <row Id="4065" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2358" RevisionGUID="10cf3ba6-d503-48c8-9fe3-8c38cb02350d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:14:14.087" UserId="1415" Text="As already stated the easiest solution is to use a router that allows for dual WAN connections. I'm currently using the [HotBrick LB2][1] firewall on my (home) network. It's great and faily easy to set up. So far it's been up for about 2 months with no issues. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hotbrick.com/produto.asp?tipo=2&amp;codPro=7" />
  <row Id="4066" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="2353" RevisionGUID="71a05456-c60c-4a7d-b3c1-4dbed2d8be59" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:17:11.507" UserId="93" Comment="Title more specific" Text="Log transport and aggregation at scale" />
  <row Id="4067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2359" RevisionGUID="ba4385db-6acf-4ad2-a23b-6391b552f72a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:17:42.240" UserId="891" Text="You need to look into a monitoring system, for example [Zenoss Core][1].&#xD;&#xA;Among other things, it says on the intro page: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Zenoss Event Monitoring and Management provides the ability to aggregate log and event information from various sources including availability monitoring, performance monitoring, **syslog sources**, SNMP trap sources, Windows Event log.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [what-tool-do-you-use-to-monitor-your-servers][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.zenoss.com/product/network-monitoring&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/44/what-tool-do-you-use-to-monitor-your-servers" />
  <row Id="4068" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2360" RevisionGUID="f04a9850-d866-4059-a3e9-b8789914cd5e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:18:09.897" UserId="391" Text="I currently have an MS Access application that connects to a PostgreSQL database via ODBC. This successfully runs on a LAN with 20 users (each running their own version of Access). Now I am thinking through some disaster recovery scenarios, and it seems that a quick and easy method of protecting the data is to use log shipping to create a warm-standby.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This lead me to think about putting this warm-standby at a remote location, but then I have the question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Is Access connecting to a remote database via ODBC usable**? I.e. the remote database is maybe in the same country with ok ping times and I have a 1mbit SDSL line.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4069" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2360" RevisionGUID="f04a9850-d866-4059-a3e9-b8789914cd5e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:18:09.897" UserId="391" Text="Is Access connecting to a remote Postgresql database via ODBC usable?" />
  <row Id="4070" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2360" RevisionGUID="f04a9850-d866-4059-a3e9-b8789914cd5e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:18:09.897" UserId="391" Text="&lt;postgresql&gt;&lt;odbc&gt;&lt;msaccess&gt;" />
  <row Id="4071" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2361" RevisionGUID="0695e2db-2162-4eca-b344-2f252323cb2b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:19:10.927" UserId="48" Text="[This article][1]  explains how to do it through a registry hack, or the control panel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disable-autoplay-in-windows-vista/" />
  <row Id="4072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2362" RevisionGUID="91e0cd28-1aac-4949-9a60-5457456d288a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:22:40.043" UserId="279" Text="I run a service on a debian/linux machine which runs at boot with a 'screen' session I can always attach to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to create a username which I can run this service as. At the moment I use a 'regular' login account. I would like the added security of a username dedicated to this sevrice (similar to the way 'nobody' or 'web' are used with apache).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Requirements:&#xD;&#xA; - No ability to login, locally or remotely (so no password to manage)&#xD;&#xA; - Ability for approved users to gain access to the screen session, and interact with the service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I imagine the solution will have creative use of su/sudo and the details of how to create the account." />
  <row Id="4073" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2362" RevisionGUID="91e0cd28-1aac-4949-9a60-5457456d288a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:22:40.043" UserId="279" Text="How do I create an interactive daemon login?" />
  <row Id="4074" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2362" RevisionGUID="91e0cd28-1aac-4949-9a60-5457456d288a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:22:40.043" UserId="279" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;login&gt;&lt;user-management&gt;&lt;daemon&gt;" />
  <row Id="4075" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2352" RevisionGUID="7c8b1343-848a-4569-ad18-385077ceb2c9" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:25:08.867" UserId="613" Comment="added 217 characters in body" Text="I think you should be looking at iwconfig and wpa_supplicant.  You should be able to use those appropriately within /etc/network/interfaces (on ubuntu or debian at least) to do said config.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some googling for 'system wide wireless network config' turns up that &quot;Fedora 10 still provides the older system-config-network tools for easy system-wide configuration and activation of your network interfaces&quot; ." />
  <row Id="4076" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2363" RevisionGUID="be460112-2bf7-47bf-8ac1-3f3336d618bf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:25:19.553" UserId="438" Text="I use Jungle Disk with the CloudFiles option (JD has a Linux version).  They charge 15 cents/month storage and NO TRAFFIC FEES. " />
  <row Id="4077" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2364" RevisionGUID="4bc7a1d8-4aaa-465a-a6c3-212c769d2838" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:27:31.343" UserId="1219" Text="I have an an account which is being periodically locked out on our network (once a day roughly).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use active directory, with multiple domains, spread across hundreds of servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I find out on which server this account is being locked out on?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm guessing there is a scheduled task which is being run, where the password hasn't been changed. " />
  <row Id="4078" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2364" RevisionGUID="4bc7a1d8-4aaa-465a-a6c3-212c769d2838" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:27:31.343" UserId="1219" Text="Account lockout" />
  <row Id="4079" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2364" RevisionGUID="4bc7a1d8-4aaa-465a-a6c3-212c769d2838" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:27:31.343" UserId="1219" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="4080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2365" RevisionGUID="af7227a9-9100-48b1-b6d4-f0dde85610cf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:27:39.390" UserId="734" Text="Creating the user is the easy part. Simply add a user with adduser script (this is debian specific but I noticed it's in your tags) then edit the resulting /etc/passwd line for that user. Change the `x` to a `!` this makes it so that no password will ever match as valid. Change `/bin/bash` to `/bin/false`so that if someone did log in as this user they would get no shell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the rest it really depends on what service you're trying to run or how you need to interact with it. I feel like there's probably some better way to work that out than running it in a screen session." />
  <row Id="4081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2366" RevisionGUID="22587fd3-8abb-47e6-8e00-17c799f1edbb" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:29:02.507" UserId="216" Text="OK, how about (in /etc/rc.something):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo -u user screen -d -m service&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and set _user's_ shell to `/bin/false`.&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="4082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2367" RevisionGUID="ce70555c-a317-42d3-97bb-787791b52237" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:30:24.160" UserId="722" Text="First, create the account the `screen` session runs as (say it's called `screenimage`), as well as a group of users allowed to use it (say `screenusers`):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    adduser --system --group screenimage&#xD;&#xA;    addgroup --system screenusers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then for each user allowed to use it, add them to the `screenusers` group:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    adduser USER screenusers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, add approved users to `/etc/sudoers`: run `visudo` and add the line&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    %screenusers ALL = (screenimage) /usr/bin/screen&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ETA: To address the other answers on this post: the `--system` creates accounts with no shell or password. The `sudoers` line means that the users are clamped to running `screen`, as the `screenimage` user only." />
  <row Id="4083" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2368" RevisionGUID="b4381d18-6e8d-4b09-868a-195333bd2a6d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:30:50.257" UserId="601" Text="The shell scripting tools: bash/sh, awk, grep, head, tail, less, cat, sort, uniq, wc (and others)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Awk lets you easily analyze log files or other files which is critical when you need to diagnose a problem.  Some people use `perl` for this.  You don't need to know everything about either tool, but you should know something, so that you can check that access log or http log and figure out if something unusual is going on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Combine awk with sort, uniq, tail, grep, and wc to make your life pretty easy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mix in some shell scripting.  It's super handy to be able to do things like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for i in server1.example.com server2.example.com server3.example.com ; do&#xD;&#xA;      xterm -e &quot;ssh ${i} tail -f /var/log/message | grep something &quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    done;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this lets you grep the logs on three servers for `something`.  Tricks like this save you lots of time, and it's all due to the shell scripting tools." />
  <row Id="4084" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2369" RevisionGUID="8cd04439-f32c-4ed1-89dc-ae3f3ac014df" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:31:16.107" UserId="1409" Text="![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/5796/helpdeskb.jpg" />
  <row Id="4085" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2369" RevisionGUID="8cd04439-f32c-4ed1-89dc-ae3f3ac014df" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:31:16.107" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="4086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2370" RevisionGUID="168b9369-f869-4e5c-8bd6-f5de1f772f13" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:31:17.730" UserId="48" Text="Microsofts [DPM][1] seems to be the common choice with many. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also an article [here][2] that seems to indicate it is possible to backup Exchange using NTBackup on server 2008 with some hacking. Not sure how well it restores though so you would need to test that quite thoroughly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/dataprotectionmanager/en/us/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://cs.thefoleyhouse.co.uk/blogs/karl/archive/2008/02/10/how-to-backup-exchange-2007-on-server-2008.aspx" />
  <row Id="4087" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2353" RevisionGUID="9ce95de6-d4a2-4eae-9dbe-940be39a50e2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:32:26.900" UserId="93" Comment="Describe current platform" Text="How're you analysing log files from UNIX/Linux machines? We run several hundred servers which all generate their own log files, either directly or through syslog. I'm looking for a decent solution to aggregate these and pick out important events. This problem breaks down into 3 components:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Message transport&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The classic way is to use syslog to log messages to a remote host. This works fine for applications that log into syslog but less useful for apps that write to a local file. Solutions for this might include having the application log into a FIFO connected to a program to send the message using syslog, or by writing something that will grep the local files and send the output to the central syslog host. However, if we go to the trouble of writing tools to get messages into syslog would we be better replacing the whole lot with something like Facebook's [Scribe][1] which offers more flexibility and reliability than syslog?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Message aggregation&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Log entries seem to fall into one of two types: per-host and per-service. Per-host messages are those which occur on one machine; think disk failures or suspicious logins. Per-service messages occur on most or all of the hosts running a service. For instance, we want to know when Apache finds an SSI error but we don't want the same error from 100 machines. In all cases we only want to see one of each type of message: we don't want 10 messages saying the same disk has failed, and we don't want a message each time a broken SSI is hit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One approach to solving this is to aggregate multiple messages of the same type into one on each host, send the messages to a central server and then aggregate messages of the same kind into one overall event. [SER][2] can do this but it's awkward to use. Even after a couple of days of fiddling I had only rudimentary aggregations working and had to constantly look up the logic SER uses to correlate events. It's powerful but tricky stuff: I need something which my colleagues can pick up and use in the shortest possible time. SER rules don't meet that requirement.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) Generating alerts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do we tell our admins when something interesting happens? Mail the group inbox? Inject into Nagios?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, how're you solving this problem? I don't expect an answer on a plate; I can work out the details myself but some high-level discussion on what is surely a common problem would be great. At the moment we're using a mishmash of cron jobs, syslog and who knows what else to find events. This isn't extensible, maintainable or flexible and as such we miss a lot of stuff we shouldn't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://developers.facebook.com/scribe/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://kodu.neti.ee/~risto/sec/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Updated:** we're already using Nagios for monitoring which is great for detected down hosts/testing services/etc but less useful for scraping log files. I know there are log plugins for Nagios but I'm interested in something more scalable and hierarchical than per-host alerts." />
  <row Id="4088" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2371" RevisionGUID="f7f9fcef-29de-4cbe-a4b6-09afa40a7188" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:33:27.613" UserId="48" Text="My first action would be to enable security loggin for failed logon and attempts on the domain security policy, this may give you some insight into what is causing the lockout." />
  <row Id="4089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2372" RevisionGUID="e0826a23-5827-4fe7-a4a7-cd0d6cbd2875" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:35:29.247" UserId="613" Text="A couple possibilities:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Most monitoring systems - from Nagios to Zenoss to HP OpenView - allow you to write custom monitors, which may be what you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. You could write a simpler monitor but make it more monitoring-system-agnostic by exporting it using the customization features of (linux) net-snmpd.  These let you export whatever random numbers or strings you want out over snmp; all you have to do is write the small script to fetch the numbers themselves from your app. This could be from log files or a status file that your app writes out periodically or whatever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4090" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2373" RevisionGUID="5ab3ebf1-83b1-443a-b7e4-f036792a9910" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:36:16.593" UserId="158" Text="[ESET Antivirus][1] (NOD32) have a linux version available.  I've never used it, but the windows version of their software is excellent, and about the best I've seen as far as resource usage goes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.eset.com/products/linux.php" />
  <row Id="4091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2374" RevisionGUID="cb45586a-bf39-4c64-b71a-78d10294621e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:36:34.720" UserId="458" Text="What Windows freeware do you use to create ISO's?  Something that also works in Vista/Windows 7 architecture would be welcomed." />
  <row Id="4092" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2374" RevisionGUID="cb45586a-bf39-4c64-b71a-78d10294621e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:36:34.720" UserId="458" Text="Freeware Tool ISO Creation Software for Windows" />
  <row Id="4093" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2374" RevisionGUID="cb45586a-bf39-4c64-b71a-78d10294621e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:36:34.720" UserId="458" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;isoimage&gt;&lt;iso&gt;" />
  <row Id="4094" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2375" RevisionGUID="c76c0f93-cbff-48cf-b3da-06a5f7b35faf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:38:18.680" UserId="1423" Text="I recommend [PinkNotes Plus][1]. It is a Windows based server/client IM product that is completely internal, designed for a business environment, and very easy to setup/use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pinknotesplus.com" />
  <row Id="4095" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2376" RevisionGUID="020e4d9e-9417-4b3f-9e7e-41da1ede7fd5" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:38:32.110" UserId="1426" Text="Ubuntu if your server is for learning about Linux and servers, CentOS if it's for production. I find the Ubuntu community to be more active then CentOS which may be helpful if your just getting started. CentOS doesn't have a new release every six months which is nice for a server OS. It also uses older but more tested versions of software which is important with a server." />
  <row Id="4096" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2377" RevisionGUID="97edf2bb-0757-405d-90f9-5eb2bdc5be9c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:38:36.120" UserId="808" Text="You want to install `NetworkManager` and the various GUIs.  This will allow you to easily manage your network when logged into `X`,  However, you should also be able to configure your wireless networks by using `system-config-network`" />
  <row Id="4097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2378" RevisionGUID="5252c36e-cdf5-4eb6-9214-4b8c5bb8627e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:38:44.437" UserId="1431" Text="Hi Everyone, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm responsible for maintaining a list of all the applications in my company (about 250). The range is from HR systems that track 80k employees, to manufacturing-type systems responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue, to web applications with a small user base and not a lot of risk associated to them going down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The technologies are mostly split between SAP, .Net, and Java, but we have legacy examples of just about everything else you can imagine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The point of the list is to be able to manage risk and identify opportunities for improvement. For instance, when we find systems that are responsible for core business functionality that are written in clipper, we try to find some money to re-write them. We call the picture of the high-risk apps in the landscape the &quot;heat map&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The list is pretty simple - It really just needs the name, description, ID, DB platform, App platform (ex, SAP, .Net, Java on Weblogic, Mainframe, etc), key interfaces, and key services. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have any experience building / maintaining a list like this? What should I keep in mind?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;KA&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4098" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2378" RevisionGUID="5252c36e-cdf5-4eb6-9214-4b8c5bb8627e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:38:44.437" UserId="1431" Text="How would you get a list of all the applications in use at your company?" />
  <row Id="4099" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2378" RevisionGUID="5252c36e-cdf5-4eb6-9214-4b8c5bb8627e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:38:44.437" UserId="1431" Text="&lt;inventory&gt;&lt;pollng&gt;" />
  <row Id="4100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2379" RevisionGUID="9cfc9bc7-4c34-4da1-9532-f1a87c9ab34b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:39:47.943" UserId="780" Text="Things change when you are delivering to a large enterprise audience.  What are the **most important things** to think about in relation to your server or server farm when scaling to a very large user base?" />
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  <row Id="4102" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2379" RevisionGUID="9cfc9bc7-4c34-4da1-9532-f1a87c9ab34b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:39:47.943" UserId="780" Text="&lt;scalability&gt;&lt;enterprise&gt;" />
  <row Id="4103" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2334" RevisionGUID="db88cf1e-9249-434a-a42a-7e5df8385b69" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:40:11.407" UserId="368" Comment="Added &quot;ensure firewall is enabled&quot;" Text="- Turn on encryption (WPA or better)&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;- ensure the firewall is enabled&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;- Change the router name&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;- Change the administrator name (if this is supported)&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;- change the default password&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;- disable remote administration&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;- update firmware to the latest patch level.&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2380" RevisionGUID="2b81b981-b4bd-4822-8e14-3a596d51c86d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:40:18.627" UserId="1247" Text="Microsoft provides some great add-ons which can help quite a bit with this.  Here is a lint to those tools: [Account Lockout and Management Tools][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and here is some articles on how to use the tools:&#xD;&#xA;[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738772.aspx][2]&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Implementing-Troubleshooting-Account-Lockout.html][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The one which would probably be most helpful is the LockoutStatus.exe, as it will find all of the domain controllers in your forest/domain and return to you that last time in which there was an unsuccessful login attempt.  It will also tell you if the account is locked on that DC, and provides you the ability to unlock at that site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7AF2E69C-91F3-4E63-8629-B999ADDE0B9E&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738772.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Implementing-Troubleshooting-Account-Lockout.html" />
  <row Id="4105" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2381" RevisionGUID="b86ba18f-8d7e-4da6-8eb5-31f0a2409cbc" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:40:50.297" UserId="722" Text="Not commenting on Glassfish specifically, but on OpenJDK 6, there is built-in support for OCSP in the `sun.security.provider.certpath` package, so that should (hopefully) filter its way into your workflow somewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, in so saying, if the downloads didn't work then, this same issue may cause OCSP checking to fail too. After all, it actually requires talking to the OCSP endpoint to see if the certificate has been revoked. You should run a network monitor (e.g., `tcpdump`) to see if the required connections are being made." />
  <row Id="4106" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2382" RevisionGUID="fa49ccb2-90b9-4887-a092-bf72d5abfa33" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:40:53.743" UserId="1427" Text="Trips to the server room can mean extended periods away from the comforts of home, or at least your desk. Especially if it is an off-site hosting facility.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What should you take with you, apart from a warm sweater for places with good air-conditioning?" />
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  <row Id="4108" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2382" RevisionGUID="fa49ccb2-90b9-4887-a092-bf72d5abfa33" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:40:53.743" UserId="1427" Text="&lt;server-room&gt;" />
  <row Id="4109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2383" RevisionGUID="0f3f5a4b-1d22-422d-b7ec-d56baf6f730a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:42:18.013" UserId="402" Text="[ImgBurn][1] will do it - Here's a [howto][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.imgburn.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/383878" />
  <row Id="4110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2384" RevisionGUID="076c6037-df29-4c9f-8cc7-51878ad043e7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:42:43.053" UserId="640" Text="I'm looking for an inexpensive VPN appliance that supports PPTP. I've found a few that do IPSec, but I want to be able to use the built-in PPTP client in Windows. I know I can use Windows Server or Linux for this, but I don't want to use a full blown PC or server for this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What products are out there that fit into a shoestring budget?" />
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  <row Id="4112" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2384" RevisionGUID="076c6037-df29-4c9f-8cc7-51878ad043e7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:42:43.053" UserId="640" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;pptp&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="4113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2385" RevisionGUID="9a99a46c-c5cd-469a-a6ee-b22245e50cea" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:43:33.097" UserId="722" Text="Depending on how long your task will extend to (prepare for the unexpected!), I'd also add a cellphone, snacks, and (if you smoke) smokes. :-)" />
  <row Id="4114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2386" RevisionGUID="aff59e10-685e-4453-85e6-01a99e8f242f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:45:12.313" UserId="1423" Text="A USB keyboard for those times you have to hit a function key for the machine to continue booting." />
  <row Id="4115" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2387" RevisionGUID="e9977d9d-afc1-4a96-9191-d66fd57ce486" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:45:46.103" UserId="1426" Text="I'm a totally blind individual so can't install Linux with the normal install process. SSH does work for me how ever, is it possible to use an ssh connection to remotely install a Linux server? Ideally I'd like to pop in a cd, power on the machine I want to install Linux on, SSH into it and install through SSH. I'm not perticular about what distro I use, I also have experience with FreeBSD and OpenBSD if it's possible to do this with them." />
  <row Id="4116" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2387" RevisionGUID="e9977d9d-afc1-4a96-9191-d66fd57ce486" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:45:46.103" UserId="1426" Text="Install Linux over ssh" />
  <row Id="4117" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2387" RevisionGUID="e9977d9d-afc1-4a96-9191-d66fd57ce486" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:45:46.103" UserId="1426" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;" />
  <row Id="4118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2388" RevisionGUID="74c8175c-7f22-4f10-b2a6-5e9be19e47e1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:46:05.633" UserId="1393" Text="We've had a couple of different print accounting solutions in place for our computing labs over the past couple of years.  We've used [Equitrac][1] and, now, [PaperCut][2]. PaperCut fits our needs quite well, is accurate and robust, and quite reasonably priced, but I'm always interested in hearing about other potential options.  Please share your experience with various products: pricing, features, and solution quality.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.equitrac.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.papercut.com" />
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  <row Id="4120" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2388" RevisionGUID="74c8175c-7f22-4f10-b2a6-5e9be19e47e1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:46:05.633" UserId="1393" Text="&lt;printing&gt;&lt;software&gt;" />
  <row Id="4121" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2389" RevisionGUID="02b54fa8-5714-4076-ae4e-f7e9fe231226" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:46:20.813" UserId="48" Text="- Some sort of music or podcasts to keep you entertained whilst waiting for the long tasks to complete&#xD;&#xA;- Snacks and drinks&#xD;&#xA;- Cellphone and laptop for when you can't get internet access&#xD;&#xA;- Pen and paper for notes and logging what you've done&#xD;&#xA;- USB memory drive for moving those drivers or patches betwen laptop and server" />
  <row Id="4122" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2390" RevisionGUID="9a7e1b2b-bf36-4018-b413-6a91db0860a7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:47:02.590" UserId="808" Text="There's a number of people who put up guides reflecting what it took for them to install Fedora and get it configured and running.  Here are some:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [Personal Fedora 10 Installation Guide][1]&#xD;&#xA;- [Managing Packages And Repositories With Yum And Yumex On Fedora 7][2] (still applies to 10)&#xD;&#xA;- [Fedora Daily Package][3] (not an install guide, but let's you know about useful packages)&#xD;&#xA;- [Services in Fedora 10][4]&#xD;&#xA;- [The Unofficial Fedora FAQ][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f10.html&#xD;&#xA; [2]: http://www.howtoforge.com/managing_packages_repositories_yum_yumex_fedora7&#xD;&#xA; [3]: http://dailypackage.fedorabook.com/index.php?/archives/P4.html&#xD;&#xA; [4]: http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-services-f10.html&#xD;&#xA; [5]: http://www.fedorafaq.org/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4123" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2391" RevisionGUID="91329311-d0ce-4f71-83cb-adb2f1a93c82" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:47:10.530" UserId="163" Text="I need to shutdown and / or reboot remote system.&#xD;&#xA;Can this be done remotely without physically being next to the server?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4124" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2391" RevisionGUID="91329311-d0ce-4f71-83cb-adb2f1a93c82" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:47:10.530" UserId="163" Text="How can I remotly shutdown a windows machine" />
  <row Id="4125" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2391" RevisionGUID="91329311-d0ce-4f71-83cb-adb2f1a93c82" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:47:10.530" UserId="163" Text="&lt;remote&gt;&lt;shutdown&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="4126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2392" RevisionGUID="93c6f7ab-2383-4a53-8856-3799f671d329" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:48:17.627" UserId="722" Text="I don't know about SSH, but it's possible to configure your system to use a serial console, by using `console=ttyS0` (for the first serial port) or `console=ttyUSB0` (for a USB-connected serial port) on the kernel command line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By default this uses 9600, no parity, 8 bit, no flow control. You can specify a different baud rate if you want: `console=ttyS0,115200`" />
  <row Id="4127" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2378" RevisionGUID="bd09f18f-33e8-40a8-a812-55c8579bf0b6" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:48:32.790" UserId="1431" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;inventory&gt;&lt;polling&gt;" />
  <row Id="4128" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2393" RevisionGUID="d17d6919-f69e-4750-9ec9-92b9f3b3db84" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:50:02.987" UserId="409" Text="Reboot now:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    shutdown /r /m \\computername /t 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shutdown now:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    shutdown /s /m \\computername /t 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In both examples, change the 0 to a number of seconds to delay if desired.  Plenty of other options you can get from:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    shutdown /?" />
  <row Id="4129" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2394" RevisionGUID="889f3855-1d43-4473-8655-35a54425243e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:50:10.633" UserId="401" Text="Yes.  I've done it with gentoo.  However, you may need help turning on ssh after the livecd boots. So the steps would look like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Pop in the CD, power on the computer&#xD;&#xA;2. Let it load&#xD;&#xA;3. Turn on SSHD - I'm not sure if it does this automatically or not, can't remember&#xD;&#xA;4. SSH into it&#xD;&#xA;5. Do all the install steps, taking very special care with the networking configuration&#xD;&#xA;6. Reboot, and cross your toes&#xD;&#xA;7. SSH into the newly installed computer and finish configuration/installation" />
  <row Id="4130" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2395" RevisionGUID="188c8586-897b-4c7b-abdf-7c436ad92c59" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:50:18.883" UserId="458" Text="We had a server rename/migration and I was using the Offline Files feature on Windows XP SP2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Every so often, my &quot;Offline Files Status&quot; icon appears in my Taskbar and let's me know that the old server is &quot;Offline: Unavailable to reconnect&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have since pointed the Offline files to the new server, however my Offline Files still seems &quot;attached&quot; to the old server for some reason.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I look in the &quot;Offline Files Folder&quot; on my PC, there is NO reference to the old server, so it must be stuck somewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I get this corrected?" />
  <row Id="4131" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2395" RevisionGUID="188c8586-897b-4c7b-abdf-7c436ad92c59" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:50:18.883" UserId="458" Text="How to clear the Offline Files cache on Windows XP" />
  <row Id="4132" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2395" RevisionGUID="188c8586-897b-4c7b-abdf-7c436ad92c59" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:50:18.883" UserId="458" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;howto&gt;&lt;hacks&gt;&lt;troubleshooting&gt;&lt;problem&gt;" />
  <row Id="4134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2397" RevisionGUID="9fa54da1-4e64-4e2e-b2f4-66aab0f3a0d6" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:51:01.660" UserId="48" Text="If you have Remote Desktop Access shutdown can be done through here." />
  <row Id="4135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2398" RevisionGUID="e74ba772-e7b6-44b2-9ea8-2890daf665bb" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:51:15.310" UserId="975" Text="Go to command prompt (start &gt; run &gt; cmd) on your workstation... and Type&#xD;&#xA;shutdown -r -m \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx&#xD;&#xA;Replace xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx with the IP address or computer name of the remote machine. -r option is for restart, don't use -r if want to just shut down the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This can also be very fun" />
  <row Id="4137" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2399" RevisionGUID="f49e0c8a-33fc-4c10-a15a-82f3540fbb7e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:52:33.513" UserId="163" Text="Is there a way to view the desktop of a locked server? &#xD;&#xA;i.e. not really use a screen saver.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking to be able to walk by a server and see diagnostic screens and scrolling log files but have the keyboard locked as a security measure.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="4139" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2399" RevisionGUID="f49e0c8a-33fc-4c10-a15a-82f3540fbb7e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:52:33.513" UserId="163" Text="&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="4140" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2400" RevisionGUID="ec950ca9-2c28-4f2b-acaa-3800dbccea85" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:52:40.423" UserId="1219" Text="We use software from Centennial, see: [their website][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.centennial-software.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This allows us to keep track of what is installed, and helps ensure our licencing requirements are up to date.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This won't give all the information you require, but should give an initial list which you can then work from, and flesh out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be sure to list application sponsors, as well as processes which each application is involved in." />
  <row Id="4141" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2401" RevisionGUID="9ed4ce2c-d307-42c8-9c43-f0601d72083b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:53:40.123" UserId="385" Text="As you've seen by the answers, most folks do backup to disk first, then to tape. What I've often seen (and recommended) is to backup immediately to disk that is on the server itself (this could be SAN attached storage, the key is the backup isn't written across the network). Once this immediate backup is done, it is then copied to a central backup server. You keep an immediate copy of what you need to restore locally. On that backup server you keep several days worth of backups. That way if you do have to rollback to a previous day or two, you're not requesting a tape. And of course, you back up that central backup server to tape. So that covers your ability to recover.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With respect to the types of backup you should be doing, if you want to recover all transactions and be able to do what we call point in time recovery, you need to make sure the databases have their recovery model set to full recovery and you're going to want to do Full backups along with transaction log backups. You may want to intersperse differential backups to reduce the amount of files you are restoring. All of this is covered in books on-line and it'll give a better description than any of us can in a forum post.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as 3rd party products like LiteSpeed and Red Gate's SQL Backup, they used to be faster than native backup. That's because they use an API that SQL Server didn't. This was true in SQL Server 2000, but I'm not sure if it is still the case. However, they do encryption and compression and so may be well worth consideration given the size of your DBs.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2402" RevisionGUID="48810a90-1a0c-4da0-9781-fed7f1bec556" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:54:28.813" UserId="1219" Text="I use [PowerISO][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.poweriso.com/download.htm" />
  <row Id="4143" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2403" RevisionGUID="6bfb756b-c1d4-43cd-8609-95d40039133d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:54:33.337" UserId="613" Text="Supermicro has a java-based IPMIView tool that you might find useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my experience, DRACs are easiest to manage via their telnet or ssh interface - the other tools tend to be a bit flaky.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This page][1] is linux-oriented but provides a decent overview of IPMI tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.adamsweet.org/doku.php?id=ipmi_on_linux" />
  <row Id="4144" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2404" RevisionGUID="263c3047-32da-44e9-9bdd-bcc500b0e647" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:55:02.617" UserId="385" Text="You can also use [psshutdown][1] from the SysInternals tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897541.aspx" />
  <row Id="4145" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2405" RevisionGUID="42792b90-410a-4a28-90f4-fa57b75b230b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:57:21.660" UserId="1433" Text="You might also want to checkout Mark Russinovich's [PsShutdown][1] utility. It's similar to the native Windows shutdown command, but also allows you to logoff the console user or lock the console.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897541.aspx" />
  <row Id="4146" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2406" RevisionGUID="d0e21366-f5da-4662-9549-2ecf87101832" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:58:36.760" UserId="575" Text="I've discovered that the MS Trace Diagnostics tool from this list of [&quot;Useful tools and add-ons for IIS troubleshooting and IIS7&quot;](http://blogs.msdn.com/dougste/archive/2008/05/16/useful-tools-and-add-ons-for-iis-troubleshooting-and-iis7.aspx) will give me information about the current worker processes and their requests in an application pool.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2407" RevisionGUID="f33d8fd8-7eaa-4c54-a0c3-816536104685" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:59:04.153" UserId="1031" Text="I will fully admit, I don't know how to do this, but it could be a step in the right direction.  On Windows the locked screen is really nothing more than a screen with nothing on it overlayed on top of the main screen (the screen you see when you are logged in).  It's possible to modify windows so the locked screen is not the screen on top (or in front etc.).  You can modify it so your diagnostic screen is above the lock screen if that makes sense.  I've seen it done before, but I am not certain of the exact procedure.  I would guess it's a change somewhere in the registry, but I don't know.  " />
  <row Id="4148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2408" RevisionGUID="463520b0-9ae3-48ca-9bde-0b8212584aae" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:59:14.480" UserId="588" Text="I'm considering to avoid purchase new machines with optical drives. The only caveat is the OS installation which can be messy - to open the case and temporarily hook up DVD which often does not worth the trouble comparing to the price of a drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone tried to install an os from thumb drive? What are the pitfalls? Which tools/guides did you use?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please also mention the hardware(motherboard etc.) you used&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4149" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2408" RevisionGUID="463520b0-9ae3-48ca-9bde-0b8212584aae" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:59:14.480" UserId="588" Text="Has anyone managed to install fresh OS from flash drive?" />
  <row Id="4150" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2408" RevisionGUID="463520b0-9ae3-48ca-9bde-0b8212584aae" CreationDate="2009-05-01T13:59:14.480" UserId="588" Text="&lt;flash-drive&gt;&lt;os&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
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  <row Id="4153" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2319" RevisionGUID="a472719f-2aed-4940-bdee-c5d7d77b2359" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:00:43.977" UserId="244" Comment="added 303 characters in body" Text="How to configure home wireless network to ensure that it is sufficiently secured and at the same time its usability is not restricted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just to clarify by &quot;*usability is not restricted*&quot; I meant that the security setting applied do not cause more problems than benefits. For example if the encryption chosen is only supported by limited number of devices and you end up not being able to connect your network player etc.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4154" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2410" RevisionGUID="470a4b25-85ce-4be3-9eb3-fd6003dee4af" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:01:10.077" UserId="1423" Text="In Windows Remote Desktop hit ctrl+alt+END. Then click the Shut Down button." />
  <row Id="4155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2411" RevisionGUID="cf720099-c930-47e2-898b-00b31cfff741" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:01:48.107" UserId="1435" Text="Yep, I have installed a couple of flavours of Linux from Flash disks in the past, although to be honest they weren't that much quicker." />
  <row Id="4156" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2412" RevisionGUID="25b09eac-8e9e-4310-b3b4-750eff5322e8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:02:36.467" UserId="601" Text="ext4 is still very new.  The conservative approach would be to use ext3 or something with known reliability characteristics.  I'd recommend ext4 at this point only for systems where reliability isn't critical, or where the new features in ext4 dramatically outweigh the risk of data loss." />
  <row Id="4157" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2413" RevisionGUID="37e2fa0a-0b88-4ce8-b4fc-aecb4be88860" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:04:01.347" UserId="48" Text="[Transparant Screen Lock][1] seems to be able to do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.e-motional.com/TScreenLock.htm" />
  <row Id="4158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2414" RevisionGUID="933fc0f3-7071-4e8f-a833-5efc63002230" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:04:32.127" UserId="810" Text="We need to keep a set of files on multiple servers synchronized. This seems like a simple problem, but I'm not a full-time system administrator, and while I've found a simple solution, it's not very robust. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have an application that we serve to our enterprise via Citrix on Windows Server 2003 machines (these boxes are about to be virtualized). Originally, when the app had a new version release, we'd manually copy the files to each server. I reduced the footprint of this manual effort via a batch file. It works, but what I'd think is even better is to copy the updated files to just one location and have a tool take care of the rest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there some other tool that can easily do the synchronization or is my best bet to stick with what I have or perhaps look into the more advanced features of Robocopy? " />
  <row Id="4159" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2414" RevisionGUID="933fc0f3-7071-4e8f-a833-5efc63002230" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:04:32.127" UserId="810" Text="File Synchronization Tools" />
  <row Id="4160" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2414" RevisionGUID="933fc0f3-7071-4e8f-a833-5efc63002230" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:04:32.127" UserId="810" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;copy&gt;&lt;synchronization&gt;" />
  <row Id="4161" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2415" RevisionGUID="00e0e4e6-75a8-41b1-98ef-2e5600b807de" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:04:41.020" UserId="613" Text="Lots of linux distros have 'Live' images that will boot off of flash and allow you to install from them." />
  <row Id="4162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2416" RevisionGUID="0a91c3b0-7311-4263-bc9c-e582711c025d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:04:46.977" UserId="48" Text="I have successfully installed Windows 7 (Beta and RC) from a flash driver, its easy and quick." />
  <row Id="4163" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2406" RevisionGUID="201349ac-293e-4d70-89e1-c77771eb6351" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:05:21.220" UserId="575" Comment="Additional detail" Text="I've discovered that the MS Trace Diagnostics tool (IISReqMon) from this list of [&quot;Useful tools and add-ons for IIS troubleshooting and IIS7&quot;](http://blogs.msdn.com/dougste/archive/2008/05/16/useful-tools-and-add-ons-for-iis-troubleshooting-and-iis7.aspx) will give me information about the current worker processes and their requests in an application pool.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2417" RevisionGUID="9a15ce88-a335-4974-b19a-56562733e943" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:05:38.833" UserId="1102" Text="The cache is in SystemRoot%\CSC folder, but MS says you shouldn't edit that manually. Here's the KB to re-initialize the cache:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/230738&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also ctrl-shift click the &quot;Delete Files&quot; button in the &quot;Offline Files&quot; tab under explorer-&gt;Tools-&gt;Options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you just want to sync to the new server, `csccmd.exe /moveshare`, from the Win 2k3 resource kit, should get you going." />
  <row Id="4165" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2418" RevisionGUID="e45f4604-afdf-4edf-98dd-ef1b27be8eff" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:05:59.987" UserId="722" Text="Open an Explorer window, Tools, Synchronize, Setup. You should be able to see the shares that your system is connecting to, and remove them." />
  <row Id="4166" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2419" RevisionGUID="3dbbb5b1-9271-464d-b43e-84f645e3819b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:08:23.240" UserId="409" Text="If you just want simple folder synchronization, I'd just use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    robocopy /mir SOURCE DESTINATION&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will add and delete files from DESTINATION so that it matches the SOURCE.  If you'd like something a little nicer to look at, try [RichCopy][1], the successor to the [Robocopy GUI][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.04.utilityspotlight.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2006.11.utilityspotlight.aspx" />
  <row Id="4167" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2389" RevisionGUID="0564d5d9-e9cf-415b-84fc-5c727e56fc12" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:09:19.947" UserId="48" Comment="added 63 characters in body" Text="- Some sort of music or podcasts to keep you entertained whilst waiting for the long tasks to complete&#xD;&#xA;- Snacks and drinks&#xD;&#xA;- Cellphone and laptop for when you can't get internet access&#xD;&#xA;- Pen and paper for notes and logging what you've done&#xD;&#xA;- USB memory drive for moving those drivers or patches betwen laptop and server&#xD;&#xA;- Selection of drivers, service packs and patches and OS cd's" />
  <row Id="4168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2420" RevisionGUID="dfcc05b0-cb72-42fd-b7bb-da8e1ed449fa" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:09:36.187" UserId="1436" Text="Rsync is a great option however not very windows friendly. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tgrmn.com/&quot;&gt;ViceVersa&lt;/a&gt; might work and supports volume shadow copy for locked files. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It does seem like you are trying to manually &lt;i&gt;push&lt;/i&gt; the data out to other machines running applications so you would need to shut down the applications before replacing their files? If this is the case, you will need to either script from the hosts to poll an update server, or have your script remotely login and call an update script." />
  <row Id="4169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2421" RevisionGUID="f116dbc4-f436-49d1-9721-4f939e1e7b50" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:09:45.280" UserId="1281" Text="First, let's assume you have the essentials, including a cell phone and something that tells time (the cell phone will do).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's remember, if you have to *go* to the server room, it means something doesn't work. Otherwise, you could fix it from your desk. So, you should at least have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* A USB stick with your favorite utilities&#xD;&#xA;* A blank USB stick to move files on&#xD;&#xA;* A flashlight&#xD;&#xA;* A dustmask&#xD;&#xA;* A screwdriver set&#xD;&#xA;* A tray to put screws in after you remove them&#xD;&#xA;* Pen and paper to take notes with&#xD;&#xA;* An OS image CD, if it doesn't fit on the stick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After that, it depends on how thick you want your bag to be and your budget. You could do well with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* A roll-up mini USB-keyboard, if the server room doesn't have one&#xD;&#xA;* A laptop to test things &quot;from the outside&quot; and access the internet if your phone doesn't do that already&#xD;&#xA;* A few extra cables, just in case" />
  <row Id="4170" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2422" RevisionGUID="b1108b6e-2a36-46f7-8bae-7cb219b205c2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:10:59.957" UserId="279" Text="I have a set of remote servers, assigned to a small IP address pool. I would like to control access to some services on some servers via ip address, rather than login/password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I would like to access these services from wifi hotspots, etc, so I would like to create a VPN which I would log in to (via a username/password), which would be assigned one of the IP addresses in the server's pool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to use built in clients on Windows and Mac OS X to access the VPN, which I believe rules out the commonly advocated ssh solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What packages should I look into and configure on debian/linux to achieve this setup?" />
  <row Id="4171" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2422" RevisionGUID="b1108b6e-2a36-46f7-8bae-7cb219b205c2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:10:59.957" UserId="279" Text="How can I create a non-ssh VPN on debian/linux?" />
  <row Id="4172" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2422" RevisionGUID="b1108b6e-2a36-46f7-8bae-7cb219b205c2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:10:59.957" UserId="279" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;osx&gt;" />
  <row Id="4173" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2423" RevisionGUID="b2941490-f5c2-46fb-ad49-61c4ca9ae685" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:11:54.730" UserId="405" Text="I just got my iPhone, and am on an app-downloading spree.  Help me build my list of apps!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm marking this question as fun so that we can also include apps that aren't necessarily useful for IT people, but that IT people might enjoy.  However, if it is more of a &quot;fun&quot; app, please mark your answer community wiki." />
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  <row Id="4175" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2423" RevisionGUID="b2941490-f5c2-46fb-ad49-61c4ca9ae685" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:11:54.730" UserId="405" Text="&lt;iphone&gt;&lt;apple&gt;&lt;fun&gt;" />
  <row Id="4176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2424" RevisionGUID="77ce5bff-a040-445f-85b7-8d34fb6d3d11" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:12:41.030" UserId="163" Text="When server storage gets low developers all start to moan, &quot;I can get a 1 TB drive at Walmart for 100 bucks, what's the problem&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can the complexities of storage be explained to developers so that they will understand why a 1 TB drive from Walmart just won't work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;p.s. I'm a developer and want to know too: )" />
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  <row Id="4178" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2424" RevisionGUID="77ce5bff-a040-445f-85b7-8d34fb6d3d11" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:12:41.030" UserId="163" Text="&lt;storage&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="4179" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2425" RevisionGUID="974e4ecd-ce84-4c4f-be50-089767151493" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:12:48.440" UserId="1437" Text="I've been hearing a lot of hype about the SSDs recently.  I'm planning to buy a new machine as soon as Win7 gets released.  My question is are SSDs worth the money on a new Win7 Laptop?" />
  <row Id="4180" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2425" RevisionGUID="974e4ecd-ce84-4c4f-be50-089767151493" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:12:48.440" UserId="1437" Text="Are SSDs worth the money?" />
  <row Id="4181" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2425" RevisionGUID="974e4ecd-ce84-4c4f-be50-089767151493" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:12:48.440" UserId="1437" Text="&lt;ssd&gt;&lt;laptop&gt;" />
  <row Id="4182" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2419" RevisionGUID="3411c982-7eea-4786-9990-4d82946499cd" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:13:29.767" UserId="409" Comment="added 102 characters in body" Text="If you just want simple folder synchronization, I'd just use a script like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SET SOURCE=D:\Versions&#xD;&#xA;    SET DESTINATION=\\backupserver\VersionBackup&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ROBOCOPY /MIR %SOURCE% %DESTINATION%&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will add and delete files from %DESTINATION% so that it matches the %SOURCE%.  If you'd like something a little nicer to look at, try [RichCopy][1], the successor to the [Robocopy GUI][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.04.utilityspotlight.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2006.11.utilityspotlight.aspx" />
  <row Id="4183" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2426" RevisionGUID="081d3c39-6674-4e37-9599-7e871654369c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:14:04.770" UserId="48" Text="- Remote Desktop App (RDP)&#xD;&#xA;- SSH Client (iSSH)&#xD;&#xA;- Mylite (for looking inside servers when you have no torch!)" />
  <row Id="4184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2427" RevisionGUID="f156eef5-be7a-436e-8159-3e4721607a20" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:14:15.347" UserId="1402" Text="`shutdown -i` gives you a nice simple little GUI for the `shutdown` command where you can target one or more machines, choose shutdown or restart, set the countdown timer etc.&#xD;&#xA;This is the command I always use when I want to restart a remote machine." />
  <row Id="4185" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2428" RevisionGUID="7167f656-6159-4e21-8eb0-76a3e7226789" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:14:18.280" UserId="1352" Text="So i use [real server hardware at home][1], but since I am not rich, I can largely just afford one and hope to upgrade the disks and memory on just this single unit. Now comes a challenge that I do not have enough experience to figure how to properly implement:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At present, i have a virtualised AD domain in this [server][2]. While the server physically comes with two network ports, both are connected to the same switch; I only have one network in my entire home. And naturally only one broadband router out to the Internet. One network port is dedicated to the host machine/parent partition, while the other is for Hyper-V guests. All nodes physical or virtual use 192.168.1.0/24.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, I have interest to simulate a multi-site domain. If I am to set up another domain controller, I'd like to place it in a subnet 192.168.2.0/24. And this is where I am unsure how to proceed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I could just assign the second domain controller network adapter to 192.168.2.0/24 but how can I properly route this, as the default gateway of machines in 192.168.1.0/24 is 192.168.1.1 - the broadband router. So requests for 192.168.2.0/24 are just going to shoot out into the Internet with no return. My Linksys router only works as a single subnet. Secondly, machines in the 192.168.2.0/24 subnet ought to have Internet access just like the original 192.168.1.0/24 nodes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems I may need an &quot;authoritative&quot; router device that controls both (or more) internal networks, before routing Internet-bound packets to the actual broadband router?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/419832/is-it-excessive-to-own-server-hardware&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://icelava.net/mycomputers.aspx#elune" />
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  <row Id="4191" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2430" RevisionGUID="67d320ff-4da5-4cbb-bb6f-b8d0a5ac8756" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:14:35.847" UserId="24" Text="Number one thing people need to realize about storage is that there's a big different between capacity and IOPS. Things like durability etc are usually moot, it almost always comes down to IOPS vs. capacity." />
  <row Id="4192" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2431" RevisionGUID="befa8aa6-3c76-4e01-9541-7134c42ef01c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:14:46.987" UserId="533" Text="**Things that I always carry on my person, so would be present:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - cell phone&#xD;&#xA; - ipod&#xD;&#xA; - pen/notepad&#xD;&#xA; - thumb drive&#xD;&#xA; - multitool&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Things that I keep in my laptop bag so I don't have to think about it:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;carb bars&quot; (I don't know what these are, but they last forever.  My wife made me start carrying them after I had to sleep in a data center during a blizard.)&#xD;&#xA; - quarters for snack/pop machines&#xD;&#xA; - a baggy of splenda (nothing worse than being stuck with people who only drink their coffee black)&#xD;&#xA; - notepad&#xD;&#xA; - post it notes&#xD;&#xA; - recovery disks (live cds)&#xD;&#xA; - usb/serial/rs232 cables and adapters (the 5-in-1 cable kit specifically, though I;ve tweaked it to have things like T1 loopbacks)&#xD;&#xA; - penlight&#xD;&#xA; - electrical tape&#xD;&#xA; - CO scissors (the kind that central office guys always carry around that you can cut and strip wires with)&#xD;&#xA; - screwdriver (the kind with 6 ends)&#xD;&#xA; - a small hand mirror for looking behind/around things&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Things I keep in my toolbag - not guaranteed to have with me always, but I usually know if I'll need it:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - a second 5-in-1 kit and some more cables&#xD;&#xA; - crimpers with RJ45 and RJ11 ends&#xD;&#xA; - labels (like, mailing labels - very sticky and handy for rapid labeling until a professional job can be done with a label maker&#xD;&#xA; - screwdrivers/plyers/end cutters/small socket set - basic tools&#xD;&#xA; - a huge screwdriver that can either be used as a crow bar or to reach the mounting screws on devices that stick out of the rack (like mid-mounting a 40-inch server in a 2-post telco rack)&#xD;&#xA; - velcro wraps and wax string (never used wax string?  Try it, it's awesome)&#xD;&#xA; - a collection of writing utensils including sharpies and wax pencils to write on racks&#xD;&#xA; - a collection of screw driver heads - flat, phillips, hex, torx(sp?), and some other specialty ones&#xD;&#xA; - spare heavy-duty power extension cords and a three-plug expander&#xD;&#xA; - a decent digital mutilmeter&#xD;&#xA; - duct tape&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think I have more, but that's the basics.  Everything on that list addresses a specific need I've had in my career.  The laptop bag is heavy but well worth the bulk in saved trouble.  The tool bag I'm rather proud of, it's not big (it's one of those &quot;big mouth&quot; bags that opens like a doctor's black bag), maybe 18 inches long and 12 wide.  I spent a great deal of time customizing the contents to maximize the value for the volume.  For instance, I threw away the bulky plastic containe the socket kit came in a built a much smaller organizer for it.  Same with the screw heads - I built a cloth with elastic on it that the heads slide into.  It's also modular - all the screw drivers are in a large pencil case, so I can find them easily and, if I know I will only need them, I can just grab then out of my car and carry them into the DC instead of the whole tool bag." />
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  <row Id="4196" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2390" RevisionGUID="02335eb6-9c66-494c-9164-22e5a5ce0435" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:15:22.273" UserId="808" Comment="added 979 characters in body" Text="Fedora is considered a bit of a &quot;bleeding edge&quot; distribution; they are often the first distribution out with newer stuff.  Not that it's bad or unsafe or likely to eat your data -- I've used it full time since its first release -- but you can expect more issues with a newly released Fedora issue than with some other releases that aim to be conservative.  Fedora 10 has been out for a while (11 will be released this month), so it's perfectly fine for a beginner at this stage.  Just letting you know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a number of people who put up guides reflecting what it took for them to install Fedora and get it configured and running.  Here are some:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [Personal Fedora 10 Installation Guide][1]&#xD;&#xA;- [Managing Packages And Repositories With Yum And Yumex On Fedora 7][2] (still applies to 10)&#xD;&#xA;- [Fedora Daily Package][3] (not an install guide, but let's you know about useful packages)&#xD;&#xA;- [Services in Fedora 10][4]&#xD;&#xA;- [The Unofficial Fedora FAQ][5]&#xD;&#xA;- [The FedoraProject Wiki][7]&#xD;&#xA;- [FedoraForum][8] is a great web site for Q&amp;A specific to Fedora.  If you run into a problem with Fedora, there's a good chance someone here already fixed it.&#xD;&#xA;- HowTo Forge has a whole section of [Fedora HOWTOs][6] which can answer questions if you have a specific thing you want to do and don't know how. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f10.html&#xD;&#xA; [2]: http://www.howtoforge.com/managing_packages_repositories_yum_yumex_fedora7&#xD;&#xA; [3]: http://dailypackage.fedorabook.com/index.php?/archives/P4.html&#xD;&#xA; [4]: http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-services-f10.html&#xD;&#xA; [5]: http://www.fedorafaq.org/&#xD;&#xA; [6]: http://www.howtoforge.com/howtos/linux/fedora&#xD;&#xA; [7]: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraMain&#xD;&#xA; [8]: http://fedoraforum.org/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2433" RevisionGUID="d37f1c1c-117d-4d71-b9a8-2ce4f7b8131e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:15:39.540" UserId="681" Text="The DD-WRT firmware can turn an inexpensive router into a PPTP server&#xD;&#xA;http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/PPTP_Server_Configuration&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4198" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2434" RevisionGUID="c7840d5e-b99c-4ed1-89c2-f695e39ac8bd" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:15:51.913" UserId="1281" Text="I'll add to those:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Air Sharing (use it like a network-attached thumbdrive)&#xD;&#xA;* Skype (to keep in contact with your *other* clients)" />
  <row Id="4199" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2435" RevisionGUID="935b1af3-cb3a-4043-942f-dd1e7667f093" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:16:10.493" UserId="66" Text="We use the Draytek Vigor 3300 for failover - suports up to 4 WAN connections.  They work a charm - but are not that cheap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The retail Vigor 2820 supports 2 WAN connections and is far more reasonably priced." />
  <row Id="4200" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="2414" RevisionGUID="018e0ddb-7e93-4ab4-8556-7a30350666fa" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:16:37.387" UserId="810" Comment="clarification" Text="Network File Synchronization Tools" />
  <row Id="4201" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2436" RevisionGUID="400d10a3-2891-41e9-a1e2-e0162a0a70a1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:16:59.943" UserId="722" Text="For each user: they should generate (on their local machine) their keypair using `ssh-keygen -t rsa` (the `rsa` can be replaced with `dsa` or `rsa1` too, though those options are not recommended). Then they need to put the contents of their public key (`id_rsa.pub`) into `~/.ssh/authorized_keys` on the server being logged into." />
  <row Id="4202" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2437" RevisionGUID="c0bb8547-9e04-4601-aa1e-6dd1b444c55f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:17:01.037" UserId="767" Text="Is there an easier way to restore data to single table in a sql server table rather taking down the database and restoring the entire database?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thank in advance" />
  <row Id="4203" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2437" RevisionGUID="c0bb8547-9e04-4601-aa1e-6dd1b444c55f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:17:01.037" UserId="767" Text="sql server back up : restoring data to one table " />
  <row Id="4204" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2437" RevisionGUID="c0bb8547-9e04-4601-aa1e-6dd1b444c55f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:17:01.037" UserId="767" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="4205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2438" RevisionGUID="2e390598-399c-4ac5-ac21-5a85c770e166" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:17:02.673" UserId="1218" Text="Hum, don't get it. Simply create a key and get started. :) [HOWTO][1]&#xD;&#xA;Additionatly you could forbid login via password.&#xD;&#xA;In e.g. /etc/ssh/sshd_config:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PasswordAuthentication no&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://pkeck.myweb.uga.edu/ssh/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2439" RevisionGUID="da0656f9-7288-4b43-961e-820866284d9a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:17:10.927" UserId="1426" Text="I want to run the [Sheevaplug](http://www.marvell.com/products/embedded_processors/developer/kirkwood/sheevaplug.jsp) as a basic home server. I plan on storing all my data on a 32 gig HCSD card while running the OS off the built in flash. I will be doing things such as running a basic webserver, downloading torrents, and using bashpod to download podcasts with a cron job. Will HCSD cards be able to handle this, or will there write cycle limit get hit quickly and kill the card?" />
  <row Id="4207" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2439" RevisionGUID="da0656f9-7288-4b43-961e-820866284d9a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:17:10.927" UserId="1426" Text="HCSD write cycles?" />
  <row Id="4208" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2439" RevisionGUID="da0656f9-7288-4b43-961e-820866284d9a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:17:10.927" UserId="1426" Text="&lt;sd&gt;" />
  <row Id="4209" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2440" RevisionGUID="16be9529-7899-4965-9df7-4756647fb7ec" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:18:34.760" UserId="1419" Text="This is fairly straight-forward to do - there's a simple walkthrough to be [found here](http://www.debian.org/devel/passwordlessssh). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main points are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Run &lt;code&gt;ssh-keygen&lt;/code&gt; on your machine. This will generate public and private keys for you.&#xD;&#xA; - Copy your public key (likely in &lt;code&gt;~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub&lt;/code&gt;) in to &lt;code&gt;~/.ssh/authorized_keys&lt;/code&gt; on the remote machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's important to remember that this will give anyone who has access to the private key on your machine the same access to the remote machine, so when generating the key pair you may choose to enter a password here for extra security." />
  <row Id="4210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2441" RevisionGUID="b7bb5f25-d146-4d88-a7a5-8bfea867ae52" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:19:41.233" UserId="475" Text="Some of the newer home routers -- such as the [DIR-825 from DLink][1] -- have a USB port on the back where you can plug in a 3G wireless broadband adapter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently using this at home with Sprint EVDO RevA ($59/mo) as a backup WAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001F7HLRC/" />
  <row Id="4211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2442" RevisionGUID="dd62badc-57c1-4611-a573-db7e9d7be420" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:19:47.287" UserId="409" Text="You can restore the database from the backup file to another database name on the same server, or different server, then copy the data over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the database was **Northwind**, something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RESTORE DATABASE NorthwindRestore&#xD;&#xA;    FROM DISK=&quot;D:\Backups\NorthwindRestoreBackup.bak&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    WITH MOVE 'Northwind_Log' TO 'D:\SQL\NorthwindRestore.ldf',&#xD;&#xA;         MOVE 'Northwind_Data' TO 'D:\SQL\NorthwindRestore.mdf'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[StackOverflow: How do I restore a single table from a SQL Server 2005 backup?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/297422/how-do-i-restore-a-single-table-from-a-sql-server-2005-backup" />
  <row Id="4212" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1504" RevisionGUID="1b647743-a4ae-46a7-8250-46bdb8895421" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:19:59.017" UserId="706" Comment="Edited general/other to reflect recent voting and comments" Text="Thank you for your confidence in our abilities&#xD;&#xA;----------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But have you read this? &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We get a lot of interesting technical questions on here, but Server Fault is meant to be first and foremost a resource for system administrators and IT professionals.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, someone here might be able to help you, but you'll find that other forums more focused on your topic can give you a much better answer than a bunch of IT professionals.  It's likely that your question will be downvoted, closed, and in some cases marked &quot;offensive.&quot;  It's not that we hate you, it's just that we like to keep our corn pops separate from our cocoa puffs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In that vein, here are a bunch of other forums where you can get help:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(This list contains the top two forums for each category as voted for below.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - **Programming**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Stackoverflow][1]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Consumer Level Computer Hardware**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Ars Technica OpenForum][2]&#xD;&#xA;   - [Tom's Hardware Forums][3]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Computer Software**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Anandtech Forum][4]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Web Design/Hosting/CMS**&#xD;&#xA;   - [SitePoint Forums][5]&#xD;&#xA;   - [Web Hosting Talk][6]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Math, Science, Engineering**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Physics Forums][7]&#xD;&#xA;   - [PlanetMath][8]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Other/General**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Mahalo Answers][9]&#xD;&#xA;   - [Ask Metafilter][10]&#xD;&#xA;   - [Google Search][11]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out the answers below for even more suggestions!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;What forums can people go to to ask the questions that are off topic here?  Please list only ONE forum per answer so votes can bring the best forums to the top.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://forums.anandtech.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.sitepoint.com/forums&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.physicsforums.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://planetmath.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.mahalo.com/answers/&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://ask.metafilter.com&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://www.google.com&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://answers.yahoo.com/" />
  <row Id="4213" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2303" RevisionGUID="1351806e-c81b-4965-8bc2-e0dbab2c027e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:20:02.010" UserId="282" Comment="Added Conclusion" Text="We have about 600 Windows XP PCs in a school of about 2000 students, the majority of the PCs are in ICT suites and class rooms. It is a regular occurance that half of the computers are left on overnight and about a quarter at weekends and holidays.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to find a way of shutting down the computers when they are not in use, there are some additional requirements:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Shutdown should not be initaited if a user is logged on.&#xD;&#xA; * Computers should be shutdown after 60 - 90 minutes of idle time - this avoids the long start up times for classroom computers that delay the start of the lesson.&#xD;&#xA; * An automatic shutdown if not in use at a specific time (say 1800).&#xD;&#xA; * There should be some way of globally disabling it for Open Evenings, Parents Evenings, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking for products, either paid-for, free or script based.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After looking at Auto Shutdown Manager and EZ GPO Tool I decided to use the solution I found for the following reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Auto Shutdown Manager was able meet all of the requirements, however even as a school it would cost £300 to licence it across the site (50p per computer, isn't much compared to the £10 - £25 pear year it costs to have them on overnight).&#xD;&#xA; * EZ GPO Tool is unable to actually shut a PC down only suspend/sleep the monitor and PC.&#xD;&#xA; * PowerDown is able shut the computers down after 60 minutes of inactivity, if and only if the computer is not in use, and can be disabled on a per machine basis. It is also free, only using PsShutdown and PsLoggedOn.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PowerDown is installed through a startup script, to copy the three files to the \Windows\System32 directory on each Workstation, a scheduled task is then created to trigger after 60 minutes of inactivity." />
  <row Id="4214" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2428" RevisionGUID="55df9a2b-0b0e-450f-af3b-c02b4a9c91c0" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:20:10.920" UserId="48" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="4215" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2443" RevisionGUID="4341bf6e-98d9-4bdf-9db4-3f30201e86e2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:20:18.330" UserId="536" Text="Unless you are worried about hitting the limits of ext3 I wouldn't bother. While ext4 offers a number of improvements, most of them are not aimed at regular users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general it is safest to go with the most mature technology that will comfortably fit your needs to the foreseeable future. If you have no need for the new fancy things, then you are adding risk (however small) for no benefit.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4216" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2444" RevisionGUID="cb739f95-86ab-4562-80e3-f91ca0a2e508" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:20:53.943" UserId="1436" Text="The problem with using NTBackup is that it can corrupt the mail store if you have LCR enabled. Not sure sure what happens with SCR enabled. Without either of these enabled, NTBackup should run through fine however it will be necessary to test after major updates." />
  <row Id="4217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2445" RevisionGUID="03ea45c1-8489-4561-948e-864301ddf5c0" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:22:18.853" UserId="1395" Text="SQL Server cannot do table-level backups or restores, although you can [backup and restore files within a database if you want to][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're best bet is probably to restore the entire backup as a temporary database, and then copy the data you need over to the main database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tools like [RedGate's SQL Data Compare][2] are good for synchronising data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175477.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.red-gate.com/products/sql_data_compare/index.htm" />
  <row Id="4218" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2446" RevisionGUID="2bb371b2-3f42-4ac5-bfcb-9413573e2b7f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:22:52.363" UserId="548" Text="Here are a few I have on my device:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * If you're monitoring Mac OS X machines, I've found that [iStat][1] is very useful. It also has ping and traceroute built in to do some basic network diagnostics. &#xD;&#xA; * If you're a Slicehost user, the now-free [Slicehost Pro][2] is a great way to monitor your slices.&#xD;&#xA; * If you use Google Analytics, the [Analytics][3] app is great to quickly check basic stats for your site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://bjango.com/apps/istat/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.slicehost.com/articles/2009/4/27/slicehost-iphone-app-now-free&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://analyticsapp.com/" />
  <row Id="4219" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2423" RevisionGUID="c1409b12-c031-4a4f-886a-770b37f6972b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:23:45.403" UserId="405" Comment="added 150 characters in body" Text="I just got my iPhone, and am on an app-downloading spree.  Help me build my list of apps!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm marking this question as fun so that we can also include apps that aren't necessarily useful for IT people, but that IT people might enjoy.  However, if it is more of a &quot;fun&quot; app, please mark your answer community wiki.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, here's the [comparable question on stackoverflow][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/567204/best-iphone-apps-for-a-developer" />
  <row Id="4220" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2447" RevisionGUID="12a7a19d-a9a9-446a-876e-7bc962ba01c4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:23:46.747" UserId="224" Text="For a long time now I've had a very strange problem with my wi-fi network at home. I have a [BT Voyager 2100 ADSL modem][1] and an iMac, ageing PowerBook and a PC that connect to it wirelessly. The problem is that I can never access a small number of certain websites because they always time out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's nothing apparent that connects these websites in any way. Three examples that I've come across are adobe.com, www.portsmouthguildhall.co.uk (a local venue) and subtraction.com (a blog). If I ping the sites then it's fine, there are no timeouts. In fact, I used to be able to access subtraction.com and can still get its RSS feed. I just can't view the site in a web browser any more. This is a very isolated problem&amp;mdash;for the majority of my Internet use everything works fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's clearly not a problem with the individual computers because they all have this problem, so it must be a problem downstream with my router or even ISP. I've upgraded the router to the latest firmware and tried resetting it, but it didn't fix the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I even diagnose where the problem is? I'm at a loss as to know where to start! Are there any UNIX networking commands that I can use (I have Mac OS X)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for any help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.voyager.bt.com/wireless_devices/voyager_2100/product_info.htm" />
  <row Id="4221" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2447" RevisionGUID="12a7a19d-a9a9-446a-876e-7bc962ba01c4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:23:46.747" UserId="224" Text="Very strange home router problem" />
  <row Id="4222" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2447" RevisionGUID="12a7a19d-a9a9-446a-876e-7bc962ba01c4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:23:46.747" UserId="224" Text="&lt;router&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;wireless-network&gt;" />
  <row Id="4223" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2289" RevisionGUID="aa59f6ed-84b6-4a5a-9092-22479ebd7cc3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:23:57.447" UserId="808" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;fedora&gt;" />
  <row Id="4224" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2448" RevisionGUID="aa8abbca-e841-4c21-9881-e3701197f92a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:24:08.617" UserId="385" Text="There is a third party product, [LiteSpeed for SQL Server][1], which offers this capability of object and even row-level recovery.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.quest.com/litespeed-for-sql-server/features-benefits.aspx" />
  <row Id="4225" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2422" RevisionGUID="983ed022-662c-4acf-8a76-8732bbc10f38" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:24:23.747" UserId="48" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="4226" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2377" RevisionGUID="4c32e9d0-74fc-480e-a9a8-d9c736c41a4f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:25:28.550" UserId="808" Comment="added 89 characters in body" Text="You want to install `NetworkManager` and the various GUIs.  This will allow you to easily manage your network when logged into `X`,  However, you should also be able to configure your wireless networks by using `system-config-network`  Using these two items, I have successfully and painlessly connected to wifi networks.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4227" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2084" RevisionGUID="7cc9bff1-5e29-467a-80b9-6721920a314e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:26:12.620" UserId="808" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;package-management&gt;&lt;linux-from-scratch&gt;" />
  <row Id="4228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2449" RevisionGUID="5c2ca081-5b42-477e-aa9b-f4d94ab2b345" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:26:46.677" UserId="715" Text="Lost of good suggestions so far.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How about **ear plugs/ear protection**. With all the fans running in your typical server room, the noise level is probably above what is considered &quot;safe levels&quot; by your typical government agency (hence the ear protection).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I bet you could even make a case for eye protection as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A **second person/working alone policy**. Lots of stuff can happen when you least expect it. You get pinned by apiece of equipment. You get electrocuted. Heck, something as simple as you get locked in. If you have backup who knows when you are starting/stopping work and when you are supposed to check in, they can come to the rescue. Otherwise, you could be waiting a long time." />
  <row Id="4229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2450" RevisionGUID="37ff45b8-1d12-411f-8bad-51802d11b764" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:27:10.077" UserId="706" Text="The question is a difficult one because most good flash cards practice wear leveling, so it's not easy to estimate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can count on at least 100k writes for a standard flash memory card.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With *good* wear leveling, though, you can expect to write up to 100k * card capacity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For instance, with a 32GB card with aggressive wear leveling, you can expect to write 3,200,000GB of data to the card before it starts hitting the 100k write maximum for a given memory cell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In practice it's much lower, because a single byte write will cause a flash block write, which hits between 4k and 64k in a single flash block.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Further, even good cards don't have theoretically optimal wear leveling - they all make compromises in one way or another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So it'll depend on your exact usage pattern.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But few people will actually hit that limit in normal, or even slightly above normal, usage in 1-2 years, so as long as you replace the card every year or two you should never see a problem unless you're writing a few GB per day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="4230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2451" RevisionGUID="9f530553-bb23-47cc-96c4-4759dbc6f3a6" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:27:16.550" UserId="1044" Text="Here is my understanding of the issues. I have read various articles and listened to discussions on podcasts. If I get a chance I'll edit with references. In the meantime however this is just my personal opinion:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The read times on SSDs are great. The write times appear to be slower. Often slower than writing to a platter.&#xD;&#xA; - By their nature flash memory devices have a hard limit on the number of read/write cycles that they can go through. I have heard as low as 10,000 or as high as 100,000. How this works out to drive life in the real world is still up in the air as far as I know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With these two pieces of information I would say that the answer depends. For a drive where you are primarily doing reads and you either backup regularly or don't care about data loss then I would say an SSD is probably a valid option. You have to judge the importance of these issues for yourself. For the time being I think that I will probably hold off a bit longer to see what changes in the SSD technology come down the pipe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="4231" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2030" RevisionGUID="e1490a34-9e42-4751-8168-0e1cb398130c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:27:31.573" UserId="808" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;directory&gt;&lt;folders&gt;&lt;lsb&gt;" />
  <row Id="4232" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2452" RevisionGUID="dcacadca-f9f0-49e3-9e69-7b4eb0602999" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:28:03.177" UserId="1102" Text="Dan's got a nice writeup about this kind of thing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.dansdata.com/flashswap.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but I think it really just boils down to how often you write to the device, keeping in mind that &quot;often&quot; to us isn't really &quot;often&quot; to a computer. The netbook guys are all over this stuff, too:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4258&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4233" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2453" RevisionGUID="c3466989-4634-40e0-9db1-d58ce7a1336f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:28:31.773" UserId="45" Text="We are using [SyncBack][1], which has lots of good features in all versions: free, SE and PRO version: snychronization or backup over network shares or FTP, ZIP, filters, HTML and email logs, scheduling etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use both commercial and free versions on ours servers for web application deployment/synchronization, log file transfers and backup-to-disk jobs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/" />
  <row Id="4234" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2454" RevisionGUID="e6994a91-b64e-4905-b45c-9cced5dff9a7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:29:13.940" UserId="1426" Text="Only the high end ones will give you better performance then a normal hard drive so it depends on how much your willing to spend on the laptop. If your already spending $2500 then it's probably worth it, if your just getting a $800 laptop for basic tasks like internet, word processing, and email it's probably not worth it." />
  <row Id="4235" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2442" RevisionGUID="34c4e5dd-4d51-4477-82e2-8b7392f75366" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:29:27.370" UserId="409" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="You can restore the database from the backup file to another database name on the same server, or different server, then copy the data over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the database was **Northwind**, something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RESTORE DATABASE NorthwindTemporary&#xD;&#xA;    FROM DISK=&quot;D:\Backups\NorthwindBackup.bak&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    WITH MOVE 'Northwind_Log' TO 'D:\SQL\NorthwindTemporary.ldf',&#xD;&#xA;         MOVE 'Northwind_Data' TO 'D:\SQL\NorthwindTemporary.mdf'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[StackOverflow: How do I restore a single table from a SQL Server 2005 backup?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/297422/how-do-i-restore-a-single-table-from-a-sql-server-2005-backup" />
  <row Id="4236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2455" RevisionGUID="bd76c2e0-827c-4d78-8e78-390e0fe759d0" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:29:47.200" UserId="1436" Text="Best advise is to not scale until you need to. It is a hard enough balance to get right but you don't want to spend thousands buying new hardware that isn't used, while at the same time you don't want your system (assuming single application system) to go down because of load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Graphing everything using something like &lt;a href=&quot;www.cacti.net&quot;&gt;cacti&lt;/a&gt; is very useful for watching trends. It'll show you how quickly space is getting used, bandwidth is growing, memory is being used etc. If you can monitor response times in here too it will also give a great view of how upgrades go in future.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure that your sys admins talk to the application people. There are many things that application designers can do to reduce load on your cluster/farm. Same goes that there are many things they can do that'll shoot the load up no end. Smart devs should be able to give points of slowness (through code profiling) which will help the admins in deciding where to spend time increasing speed." />
  <row Id="4238" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2457" RevisionGUID="e622384d-64fd-4973-b6f8-bc15e9eb23a2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:31:17.257" UserId="914" Text="SSD's are great, fast, low power.  However, the cheap ones are terrible, you need to splash out on the top of the range ones for them to be any good.  The cheap ones are actually slower than a normal hard drive.  For a laptop, if you can afford it, I'd say go for it." />
  <row Id="4239" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2322" RevisionGUID="56388ac8-f52f-4be3-af1e-b034719e21a3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:32:51.233" UserId="710" Comment="improved answer" Text="Under the assumption that you do NOT intend to use an encryption scheme (WEP or WPA):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Turn off SSID discoverability on the router&#xD;&#xA; - Change the default router name to something unique to you (your SSID)&#xD;&#xA; - Use MAC address filtering (see note below)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionaly, if you know the MAC addresses of all the computers you intend to allow on the network, you can enable MAC filtering and only allow those computers to connect to your router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If, however, using WEP and WPA is an option for you, WPA is the preferred encryption scheme, but there are multiple versions.  Which scheme you can use will depend on your router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would still, personally, disable SSID discoverability after you initially connect all your devices to your network.  I would also change the default SSID on your router.  However, I wouldn't bother with MAC filtering if you were going to use WPA encryption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In response to your recent modifications to your question I would go with the following configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Configure WAP or WEP on your router&#xD;&#xA; 2. Change your default router name to something unique to you (SSID)&#xD;&#xA; 3. Connect all your home devices to your network with SSID discoverability ON&#xD;&#xA; 4. Turn off SSID Discoverability&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the event that you need to connect another device in the future you have two options&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Try to connect to the network by specifying the SSID (this is a trivial task for a computer, but not so trivial for something like a cell phone possibly)&#xD;&#xA; - If you can't specify the SSID, enable discoverabilitiy again on the router, connect to the network, then disable once discovered.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2458" RevisionGUID="21534070-2c6c-4722-a5a1-1989063be15e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:33:51.993" UserId="1447" Text="On SANs with Mylex RAID controllers there is a command-line utility called mlxcfg that allows one to configure the SAN.  Does such a utility exist for Clariion CX SANs and is it free to use without licensing for Navisphere?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4241" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2458" RevisionGUID="21534070-2c6c-4722-a5a1-1989063be15e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:33:51.993" UserId="1447" Text="Command-line config tools on Clariion" />
  <row Id="4242" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2458" RevisionGUID="21534070-2c6c-4722-a5a1-1989063be15e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:33:51.993" UserId="1447" Text="&lt;san&gt;&lt;clariion&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;fibre-channel&gt;&lt;fiber-channel&gt;" />
  <row Id="4243" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2459" RevisionGUID="63458939-ae3c-49a7-bee2-20d203bbd2a9" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:34:06.267" UserId="1281" Text="You can try a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zytek.com/traceroute.man.html&quot;&gt;traceroute&lt;/a&gt;, and see how far your packets are getting. If they're stopping at your router, it's probably a problem there. If they go farther, you might want to get in touch with your ISP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reading your question again, you say you can ping the servers successfully, so you might not see anything abnormal on the traceroute..." />
  <row Id="4244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2460" RevisionGUID="b8d91f6b-f1d8-4429-831d-ba0673a7f89d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:34:41.820" UserId="226" Text="I've just started a VPS with A2 Hosting.  Don't know how things will be long-term, but support has been great so far." />
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  <row Id="4246" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2461" RevisionGUID="0f344849-bfd2-4d26-98e5-055496ea6939" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:34:47.873" UserId="1352" Text="I do not wish to repeat some of the good answers here, so I'll put in more stuff I did not see get mentioned:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Physiological&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - foldable stool if you don't like sitting on the floor.&#xD;&#xA; - Plastic bag for trash if brining in food.&#xD;&#xA; - muesli bars; fast quick consumption with minimal garbage.&#xD;&#xA; - more secure containers like camel pak for water; don't give chance to spill liquids like an open cup of coffee.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Equipment&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - laptop power adapter, or extra battery if no available socket for external devices.&#xD;&#xA; - Ethernet cable if laptop can be plugged into switch patch panel for access or diagnostic sniffing.&#xD;&#xA; - GSM modem for laptop if there is no wireless network. I don't know how many times that saved our project as I had to VPN back to office network, access version control respository, recompile code and run some tests, then deploy the fresh new build onto servers." />
  <row Id="4247" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2462" RevisionGUID="98b9aa30-7f43-4db8-b959-69321ef30bac" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:35:27.870" UserId="1426" Text="It depends on what kind of servers there asking about. For a basic dev or testing server one tb drives from Wallmart are probably good enough. If you’re dealing with a high end server that doesn't use off the shelf components ask them if they'd build a race car and buy tires from an auto parts store to save a few bucks." />
  <row Id="4248" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1162" RevisionGUID="19131872-530d-47c0-b9f7-b288f7d3fc52" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:35:29.137" UserId="808" Comment="I forgot to mention LVM, even though I've been pointing out its use in other answers -- d'oh" Text="I always create these partitions, and as of the last year, always on LVM:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /       - a few Gig&#xD;&#xA;    /usr    - 24 Gig and mostly empty&#xD;&#xA;    /var    - 4 Gig works for me, YMMV&#xD;&#xA;    /home   - depends on how many users you will have&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the most important is `/var` -- if this is a separate partition, then when it fills up, you will not crash your root partition.  Although I have never done this, some make a separate `/usr` so that they can mount it read-only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and I sometimes create these partitions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /boot   - even 1 Gig is way more than enough&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reasoning is that it's not always possible to boot from a RAID or LVM partition.  Thus, `/boot` can be a simple ext3 partition, allowing `/` to be more advanced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I will have a large number of large files, I will sometimes create a specific partition for these large files so the filesystem can be tweaked to be efficient at storing large files.  Some people, if they will be serving NFS from a server, will create a separate partition for their NFS shares or even a separate partition for each NFS share. This depends on your needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why LVM?  As I've mentioned in answers elsewhere but forgot to mention here, it makes it a LOT easier to change your mind later and expand a partition.  This has saved my butt already.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are general guidelines.  Of course, I expect that if your server has special needs, you'll take that into account and make partition reflecting these needs." />
  <row Id="4249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2463" RevisionGUID="a7a876aa-dfd3-481e-b7ed-b29bfdac6f92" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:35:53.267" UserId="1435" Text="I like to have the following to hand;&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;a laptop (WITH CHARGER, this is very important),&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;a 5m Cat5/6 cable and a 2m one too,&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;one of those tasteless-but-useful keychain thing so your rack keys can't fall through AC grates,&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;a trolley,&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;a table and chairs,&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;a multi-bit screw driver,&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;a big heavy flat-head screw-driver that's so strong it can &lt;p&gt;be used as a lever if needed,&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;a label printer,&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;a 'normal' printer,&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;velcro cable ties,&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;a floor-tile sucker/lifter,&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;spare fibres,&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;other spares (PSUs, memory, disks, whole servers if possible),&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;rack bolts/nuts,&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;a CD pen,&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;paper towels to mop up any spills that idiots who bring drinks into a data centre might spill,&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Earplugs for when you're working but don't need to hear your phone,&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;a decent-sized bin,&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;storage cupboards for spares etc.,&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;a small clear pot to put fibre-end-caps into so they don't end up on the floor,&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;a mobile/cell/handy-phone with WIRED headset so you can type with both hands,&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;ideally a bar-code reader,&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;also ideally a 'gurney' (a trolley with an LCD display, keyboard, mouse/trackpad and BUS-POWERED USB hard disk).&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know I've forgotten some things..." />
  <row Id="4250" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2464" RevisionGUID="4c8f8d5b-13fc-45e8-a031-7683f71f1583" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:36:47.743" UserId="1436" Text="Software Raid is dependant on the OS.&#xD;&#xA;Hardware Raid is dependant on the card and OS driver.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That is what it comes down to. It is very easy to get a replacement OS. Reinstall. A replacement raid card, especially after a few years can be impossible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some raid cards will hide the whole array from the OS but the driver will still know that it is raid. The best cards will handle all the low down stuff such as writing across disks, parity etc where as the worst will make the OS do everything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The lower cards have a huge tendency to mess with the parity numbers and get them wrong. Imagine a few TB of data looking ok until you try to open it. Nightmare. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3ware cards are expensive but useless. The throughput speed is really bad under high load on windows and will pretty much lock up a system in linux if you enable nfs. Dell Perc cards (version 5 and 6) are great however. The earlier ones cheated a bit on Raid 10. " />
  <row Id="4251" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2465" RevisionGUID="0260ea4a-bbdc-41ba-be04-289858c87bdf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:36:56.027" UserId="306" Text="Dogbert's Tech Support: do a [Hard Reboot][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.babelgum.com/browser.php#play|SEARCH,queryString:dogbert%20hard%20reboot,order:TOP_RATED" />
  <row Id="4252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2466" RevisionGUID="473fa192-d0d1-4f68-83ab-aede1acb7015" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:38:12.157" UserId="641" Text="When I'm taking hardware apart or (hopefully) putting it back together, I usually end up relying on my Leatherman Wave.  Sometimes, though, that's clearly not the right tool for the job, or not the best choice.  I'm thinking about putting together a more comprehensive toolkit, but I'm having trouble deciding what to put in it.  Screwdrivers?  Hex wrenches?  Crimpers and punchdown tools?  What sort of tools do you guys think are the bare essentials?  " />
  <row Id="4253" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2466" RevisionGUID="473fa192-d0d1-4f68-83ab-aede1acb7015" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:38:12.157" UserId="641" Text="Essential Hardware Tools" />
  <row Id="4254" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2466" RevisionGUID="473fa192-d0d1-4f68-83ab-aede1acb7015" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:38:12.157" UserId="641" Text="&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="4255" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2421" RevisionGUID="c7359c94-c2ac-44f7-aa56-c11b7b702da3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:38:19.020" UserId="1281" Comment="added 24 characters in body" Text="First, let's assume you have the essentials, including a cell phone and something that tells time (the cell phone will do).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's remember, if you have to *go* to the server room, it means something doesn't work. Otherwise, you could fix it from your desk. So, you should at least have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* A USB stick with your favorite utilities&#xD;&#xA;* A blank USB stick to move files on&#xD;&#xA;* A flashlight&#xD;&#xA;* A dustmask (if you have allergies)&#xD;&#xA;* A screwdriver set&#xD;&#xA;* A tray to put screws in after you remove them&#xD;&#xA;* Pen and paper to take notes with&#xD;&#xA;* An OS image CD, if it doesn't fit on the stick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After that, it depends on how thick you want your bag to be and your budget. You could do well with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* A roll-up mini USB-keyboard, if the server room doesn't have one&#xD;&#xA;* A laptop to test things &quot;from the outside&quot; and access the internet if your phone doesn't do that already&#xD;&#xA;* A few extra cables, just in case" />
  <row Id="4256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2467" RevisionGUID="05ff883c-e208-4cb8-8677-66e850bb2dd4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:38:37.753" UserId="1426" Text="Plug one of your computers directly into your internet connection and let it get all it's network settings from your ISP. If you can't access the sites then it's an ISP issue, if you can then it's a router issue and you can go from there." />
  <row Id="4257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2468" RevisionGUID="4848ddd7-2779-4c00-8b29-a697d9027eb8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:38:41.467" UserId="226" Text="TouchTerm (SSH client)" />
  <row Id="4258" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2469" RevisionGUID="b1b47873-41eb-436a-a215-c3395ae331cc" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:40:14.443" UserId="1435" Text="Pick a manufacturer (I like HP and IBM over just about anybody else but your mileage may vary), speak to their sales engineers, they're not too busy right now, tell them what you want, then post back their recommendations on here and we'll strip away all the unrequired kit they think you need :)" />
  <row Id="4259" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2470" RevisionGUID="57235b98-9c09-4ab3-9634-bcbbeb877386" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:41:09.230" UserId="1443" Text="I use Hyper-V on a development machine for multiple reasons and one of my biggest annoyances is that I can't cut and paste to/from the virtual machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been through all the options and can't find anything that seems like it would allow this.  Does anyone have any good solutions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have considered connecting via RDP to the VM instead of using the VPN Client, but one of my VMs is primarily used to connect via VPN to another network, and when I tried to RDP into that machine and then connect to the VPN (using Cisco AnyConnect), I got an error saying I could not connect to the VPN through an RDP session)." />
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  <row Id="4261" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2470" RevisionGUID="57235b98-9c09-4ab3-9634-bcbbeb877386" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:41:09.230" UserId="1443" Text="&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;rdp&gt;" />
  <row Id="4262" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2471" RevisionGUID="f05e3a6e-0180-40dd-a852-73c8e3ce42bd" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:41:17.950" UserId="808" Text="Whatever you choose, if it will be exposed to the public internet, you want to ensure that it supports `selinux`.  This has saved my butt on at least one occasion where otherwise I surely would have gotten hacked due to a security flaw in software I had installed.  Not only did `selinux` totally block the attack, but via `setroubleshoot` it raised a pop-up window to warn me about it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4263" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2472" RevisionGUID="d0840bb8-be94-4003-82a9-4a2f9cba8190" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:41:34.673" UserId="48" Text="In my toolkit currently is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Screwdriver with interchangeable heads&#xD;&#xA;- Watchmakers Screwdrives (for laptops and small devices)&#xD;&#xA;- Wirecutters&#xD;&#xA;- RJ45 Crimps&#xD;&#xA;- Network cable tester&#xD;&#xA;- Tie Wraps&#xD;&#xA;- Bolts for rackmounting&#xD;&#xA;- Asssorted screws&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="4265" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2473" RevisionGUID="8128a7d4-e04e-4cfa-bd89-93c651f73c20" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:42:51.787" UserId="1436" Text="The BES is great for syncing of emails however it is overly dependant on RIM. Any hickup on their end and everything stops. Very hard to explain to non technical users who think because Outlook works and their phone works that their blackberry should work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the best features we have found is that the BES stores all the user settings from the blackberry. When my own blackberry died, all I had to do was active a new device and all the settings, notes, memos, calendar, saved emails, backgrounds, alarm settings, ringtones etc all came on to the new device. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The remote wipe is another very good setting for protecting email.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are the BES admin, it is safe to ignore most of the warnings that it puts in the event log. RIM don't know how to do logging properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also regarding the problems with those in the domain admin group. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/912918 contains all the information you need to fix it. The problem is not only restricted to Blackberry." />
  <row Id="4266" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2474" RevisionGUID="80d0d694-adf1-4cbb-bae5-d21167438ccf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:43:37.523" UserId="1447" Text="I have a performance problem with a SQL Server data warehouse solution on a blade connected to an IBM Shark.  Disk I/O performance seems to be pathologically slow with excessive page latch wait times.  Other people working on SQL Server based MIS projects report similar symptoms but there is no apparent solution.  Some tests I have tried are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Building some or all of the volumes on shevles set up as RAID-10.  This did not have any discernable effect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Disabling the forced write-through behaviour on SQL Server (this may be a placebo - see below).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;None of the tests significantly affected speed and the system will benchmark approximately twice as fast on a machine of broadly similar hardware and O/S specification (Windows 2003 server EE) with a direct-attached SCSI array.  On the SAN I have three volumes with 8 disks each mounted (RAID-10 logs, RAID-10 tempdb, RAID-10 data).  On the machine with direct-attach disks I had 6 internal and 14 external 10k SCSI disks.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that the Shark had 32GB of cache RAM, which should have been enough to fit the working set of the application as tested.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One avenue I investigated was a SQL Server certification program for SAN storage where the SAN honoured I/O with a forced write-through bit set.  I could find documentation of EMC, HP and Hitachi SANs that claimed compliance with this, but could find no such literature for the Shark.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone encountered similar performance issues on a Shark - if so do you have any insights on this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4267" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2474" RevisionGUID="80d0d694-adf1-4cbb-bae5-d21167438ccf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:43:37.523" UserId="1447" Text="Why is SQL Server slow on IBM Shark hardware" />
  <row Id="4268" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2474" RevisionGUID="80d0d694-adf1-4cbb-bae5-d21167438ccf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:43:37.523" UserId="1447" Text="&lt;san&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="4269" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2475" RevisionGUID="95dea600-7044-4e8a-8166-933dccf4bce2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:43:41.503" UserId="1435" Text="Cydia (lets you add loads more apps)" />
  <row Id="4270" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2476" RevisionGUID="c0d8c4ec-66cf-4441-b8cf-72785404eeab" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:43:55.683" UserId="823" Text="This is Joel opinion of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2009/03/27.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My guess is not worth the money, unless for some reason you need to be able to access a program in 2 seconds rather than 10 seconds.  You must have a business case for it.  Some cases the 8 seconds mean allot, others they do not." />
  <row Id="4271" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2477" RevisionGUID="fb8ebb1b-d4d2-452f-8261-3e4467f4c25a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:45:22.683" UserId="1372" Text="&#xD;&#xA;Maybe ask them a few questions about their Walmart drive:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- what is its mean time to failure?  &#xD;&#xA;- what happen if it fails catastropically? &#xD;&#xA;- how often is it backed up? &#xD;&#xA;- how much storage will 12 months of backups require? &#xD;&#xA;- how can it be backed up off site? &#xD;&#xA;- how could it be restored? (in whole? a single file? a couple of directories?) &#xD;&#xA;- how much does it cost to store the backups? &#xD;&#xA;- how will he guarantee that the backups are kept safe? secure? &#xD;&#xA;- what insurance does he have to cover the loss of vital data? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;... Compare these answers with a drive that's running as part of a RAID 5 array in a well-managed datacentre.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Disclosure: I'm a developer too - I'm just guessing!)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4272" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2478" RevisionGUID="51965b1f-193f-4007-8d03-317e963735e6" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:46:38.593" UserId="1372" Text="Small needle-nosed pliers" />
  <row Id="4273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2479" RevisionGUID="9cbe9cec-0eb4-48a4-8e3c-b61acb09c526" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:47:21.243" UserId="1435" Text="Depends how important random-read is to you, they ARE faster for sequential read than magnetic disks but are often not much faster than if you RAID0/1/10 two or more magnetic disks, and of course they'd give you much more capacity for the £$€.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you care about random reads and have the budget then yes, they're well worth it." />
  <row Id="4274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2480" RevisionGUID="e7dec569-8506-4806-999d-28a8b2f6fde7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:48:32.053" UserId="115" Text="My most used tool is a single long philips screwdriver.  I find that I use that 90% of the time when I require a screwdriver.  It is very pointy, and can fit in small and large screws alike.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also bought some very small screwdrivers as invariably when my main screwdriver doesn't fit it is because the screws are too small and I hate the standard jewellers screwdrivers.  Magnetic grabber for getting things out of small places, long nosed pliers, cable ties.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It does all depend though on what you are doing.  If you are doing a lot of cabling then the right cutters and crimpers will save you much time.  Do you often come up against hex bolts?  If not then you don't really need to add them.  Start off with what you need most and then add the bits as you need it.  Most people do not buy their toolkit all at once, but build it up over time.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And with most tools you get what you pay for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2481" RevisionGUID="384bf94c-666f-43c9-aaed-345f25e07881" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:49:14.470" UserId="371" Text="I had a similar post on Stackoverflow and included a reboot script that waits for the server to come back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/56644/how-do-i-detect-if-a-windows-server-is-available-after-a-reboot][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/56644/how-do-i-detect-if-a-windows-server-is-available-after-a-reboot" />
  <row Id="4276" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2482" RevisionGUID="183be4e5-7e6c-4173-8b71-6fd735945319" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:50:33.873" UserId="1435" Text="Understanding the relationships between data-centre-space/power-requirements/cooling/available-budget/time-to-deliver - if you understand what of those are available you're half way there. Also being able to communicate these to senior non-techies in a way they understand. The rest's just technology :)" />
  <row Id="4277" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2483" RevisionGUID="29f4bedd-9af4-46ae-9033-46a16ed0b534" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:51:29.953" UserId="45" Text="I recommend you read this article, which is a really comprehensive resource of the state of the art:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[The SSD Anthology: Understanding SSDs and New Drives from OCZ][1] (march 18, 2009)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=3531" />
  <row Id="4278" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2484" RevisionGUID="bc479a6c-f865-4b35-b44e-2c3184d890f8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:53:12.430" UserId="1435" Text="Software RAID has failed to do its job for me on a number of occasions, hardware RAID never has. That said, cheapo hardware RAID is as worse than good software, spend a few £$€ to get good controllers." />
  <row Id="4279" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2485" RevisionGUID="c958f884-5cb2-485c-862a-a48f72332335" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:54:05.533" UserId="1452" Text="I use [DeepBurner - portable edition][1]. It's about as straight forward as anything I've used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.deepburner.com/?r=products&amp;pr=deepburner&amp;prr=portableed" />
  <row Id="4280" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2486" RevisionGUID="c9eccce0-8940-41a3-a350-1bf59a03404a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T14:54:55.423" UserId="1447" Text="The answer is quite different on Linux/Unix and Windows.  S/W RAID on Linux is much better than Windows S/W RAID, which is limited in its support for different layouts and very slow (at least it is on Windows 2003 server).  On Windows you are much better off with H/W RAID in just about every case.  On Linux, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Software RAID on Linux and Unix works much better than it does on Windows.  This makes S/W RAID a reasonable choice on these platforms, although on a larger installation you will probably be better off with H/W RAID or a SAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2487" RevisionGUID="9280f527-a637-49a8-9956-78d5d8c42b9c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:00:01.603" UserId="1279" Text="I do this at home. Start &gt; Run `cmd.exe` and type in `shutdown -s -t 60` (I always use -t 60 because I'll forget that I need to do something right when I press enter. `shutdown -a` will abort a shutdown if it isn't too late.)" />
  <row Id="4282" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="2128" RevisionGUID="608eb049-b19c-4f1a-bbbf-ef766b6990af" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:00:34.270" UserId="1314" Comment="edited title" Text="Tools for conducting a Security Audit / Probe" />
  <row Id="4283" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2488" RevisionGUID="67bf262b-ab27-4f13-acc9-436d849893eb" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:02:07.887" UserId="1271" Text="I installed Windows Vista from a 320 GB Western Digital Passport Elite to an optical-less [GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P][1] system not long ago. I followed these [simple instructions][2] and the install went without a hitch. The main drawback was the install was quite slow (rough guess maybe 3-4x slower), before the initial splash choice I was beginning to consider the system had hung. I would recommend a much faster drive (and maybe newer/alternative OS :).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128358&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://kurtsh.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!DA410C7F7E038D!1665.entry" />
  <row Id="4284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2489" RevisionGUID="ee46a8d0-bc9b-46f1-a029-76762a732a3f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:04:17.303" UserId="613" Text="'Built in clients' is your limiting factor here.  You likely need a PPTP or IPSec solution." />
  <row Id="4285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2490" RevisionGUID="dc64f5ce-4251-4e58-8ab7-8fb2ebba8b67" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:05:01.670" UserId="1465" Text="I have a machine that I'm migrating from physical hardware to a VMWare server.  It is Windows 2003 and the license key fell off the machine and is gone.  I know when I start up the virtualized version of that machine, it will ask me to Activate. I know this because it did that for other machine I migrated.  For that machine I have the key because the sticker is still on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So how can I get the activation key from the OS? Or am I stuck having to call Microsoft or Dell to get an new key?" />
  <row Id="4286" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2490" RevisionGUID="dc64f5ce-4251-4e58-8ab7-8fb2ebba8b67" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:05:01.670" UserId="1465" Text="How do I get the Activation Key in Windows 2003 Server" />
  <row Id="4287" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2490" RevisionGUID="dc64f5ce-4251-4e58-8ab7-8fb2ebba8b67" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:05:01.670" UserId="1465" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;migration&gt;" />
  <row Id="4288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2491" RevisionGUID="6ddf6582-0220-4096-80e9-6dddd568f46e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:07:00.183" UserId="1443" Text="You could try [Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/" />
  <row Id="4290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2493" RevisionGUID="0495e8ce-53b4-4070-a289-5ccee6361345" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:07:39.307" UserId="1447" Text="**Performance**  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On your 1TB consumer or even enterprise near-line drive you have one head.  The disk rotates at 7200 RPM, or 120 revolutions per second.  This means that you can get at most 120 random-access I/O operations per second in theory, and somewhat less in practice.  Thus, copying a large file on a single 1TB volume is relatively slow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a disk array with 14x 72GB disks, you will have 14 heads over disks going at (say) 15,000 RPM, or approximately 250 revolutions per second.  This gives you a theoretical maximum of 3,500 random I/O operations per second (again, somewhat less in practice).  All other things being equal, a file copy would be many, many times faster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On sequential I/O, the 7200 RPM 1TB drive will probably be reasonably quick.  Disk arrays formatted in a striped scheme (RAID-0, RAID-5, RAID-10 etc.) can typically read at most one stripe per revolution of the disk.  With a 64K stripe, we can read 64Kx250 = 16MB or so of data per second off a 15,000 RPM disk.  On an array of 14 disks, this gives a sequential throughput of 210MB per second, which is not that much faster on paper than the 150MB/sec or so quoted for a modern 1TB SATA disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For video streaming (for example), an array of 4 SATA disks in a RAID-0 with a large stripe size (some RAID controllers will support stripe sizes up to 1MB) have quite a lot of sequential throughput.  This example could theoretically stream about 480MB/sec, which is comfortably enough to do real-time uncompressed HD video editing.  Thus, owners of Mac Pro's and similar hardware can do HD video compositing tasks that would have required a machine with a direct-attach AV fibre array just a few years ago.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The real benefit of a disk array is on database work, which is characterised by large numbers of small, scattered I/O requests.  On this type of workload, performance is constrained by the physical latency of bits of metal in the disk going round-and-round and back-and-forth.  This metric is known as IOPS (I/O operations per second).  The more physical disks you have, regardless of capacity, the more IOPS you can theoretically do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Data Integrity**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, most RAID configurations give you some data redundancy, which by definition requires more than one physical disk.  The combination of a storage scheme with such redundancy and a larger number of drives gives a system the ability to reliably serve a large transactional workload.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2494" RevisionGUID="0634d5f9-895e-433a-a20f-d5da75f6a513" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:07:41.663" UserId="584" Text="A quick Google finds [this article][1] that may help. I haven't tried it personally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.petri.co.il/quickly_retrieve_windows_cd_key.htm" />
  <row Id="4293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2495" RevisionGUID="9e42caf5-ec6b-4d1e-8aec-7bd8096a28b8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:11:26.083" UserId="1131" Text="I have a quad core machine which is running debian with a xen kernel. I am running a couple linux servers on there which don't do a lot of CPU intesive stuff but I have a windows server 08 vm on there which seems to be sucking the life out of one single vcpu. Is there a way to give it more vcpus? vcpus = 2 for example does nothing which does the charm on the linux vms even xm list still shows the vm with one vcpu." />
  <row Id="4294" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2495" RevisionGUID="9e42caf5-ec6b-4d1e-8aec-7bd8096a28b8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:11:26.083" UserId="1131" Text="Is there a way to give a xen vm with windows more than one virtual cpu?" />
  <row Id="4295" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2495" RevisionGUID="9e42caf5-ec6b-4d1e-8aec-7bd8096a28b8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:11:26.083" UserId="1131" Text="&lt;xen&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;cpu&gt;&lt;vcpu&gt;" />
  <row Id="4296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2496" RevisionGUID="3760e7dd-1b6a-416d-9803-0f6f633c42ad" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:11:57.113" UserId="368" Text="I've seen this with Sybase and Oracle as well. The Shark hardware just does not perform as well as local disk." />
  <row Id="4297" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2497" RevisionGUID="21b76893-69eb-4cf1-8056-caaba849c629" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:12:11.310" UserId="829" Text="Is there any reason why I **shouldn't** set `GatewayPorts yes` in my sshd_config file if the hosts are only going to be internal to the network?" />
  <row Id="4298" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2497" RevisionGUID="21b76893-69eb-4cf1-8056-caaba849c629" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:12:11.310" UserId="829" Text="sshd_config GatewayPorts" />
  <row Id="4299" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2497" RevisionGUID="21b76893-69eb-4cf1-8056-caaba849c629" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:12:11.310" UserId="829" Text="&lt;sshd-config&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="4300" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2498" RevisionGUID="7c924637-f579-4afd-a79e-f89a3a67123d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:12:26.487" UserId="1453" Text="It looks like [Poptop][1] will do the job for you. If you look in Debians package management tool you should see it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apparently works for Windows and Mac OS X clients (&gt;= 10.2) although as this [this][2] article points out, you might be compromising your network security using it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://poptop.sourceforge.net&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://4sysops.com/archives/poptop-linux-vpn-server-for-windows-clients-using-pptp/" />
  <row Id="4301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2499" RevisionGUID="dab1bde5-5720-4fa5-8b8e-196cd57b1c38" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:12:45.503" UserId="45" Text="I'm using these tools:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Snap: network scan (ports, services)&#xD;&#xA;- Network Ping Lite: discover and ping IP addresses&#xD;&#xA;- Remote Desktop Lite: RD to XP machines&#xD;&#xA;- sSubNet: subnet mask calculator&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4302" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2500" RevisionGUID="e1e369e9-e1a6-491a-a6bd-f36e2d9ae178" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:12:59.887" UserId="1436" Text="I regularly install Linux distros from the flash boot options. A few windows install have also been done from USB keys too although they can be messy if you are using small keys requiring tftp servers." />
  <row Id="4303" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2501" RevisionGUID="3cf38469-0c05-40cb-9608-20fbfff0ea8c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:14:32.473" UserId="1465" Text="I just used [CD Key Reader][1] and it seemed to work ok.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.skaro.net/cd-keyreader" />
  <row Id="4304" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2502" RevisionGUID="3d1709b7-eafa-4a36-8dad-e0a730f4f386" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:16:10.973" UserId="1466" Text="You can use **rsync** or **drbd** to keep your backup server in sync, or mount your data via **nfs** from a 3rd server.  If you want to keep it simple, I would back up to the *same* directory locations on the backup server as the source server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**heartbeat2** is a good solution for managing the IP addresses and provides tools for automatic or manual failover - and takes into consideration arp cache flushing and other things that I wouldn't have thought of." />
  <row Id="4305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2503" RevisionGUID="d9e1083f-3d2a-4c4c-abfd-3ad0ebb498cd" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:16:56.523" UserId="1447" Text="You should have an array for logs and an array for data/tempdb, plus a separate set of system disks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a system this small you probably only need a single mirrored par for the logs.  Use one mirrored pair for system disks, one for logs and the rest for a RAID-10 where tempdb and data volumes go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If (for some reason) you need to mix RAID-5 volumes into the system you are probably better off with tempdb on a separate RAID-10 if there is a lot of traffic on it.  However, the adaptec RAID controller you have will probably let you set up different RAID configurations on different partitions of the disk.  The 2200s controllers I'm using on some SQL server dev boxes will do this, and I believe most recent Adaptec controllers will it as well.  In this case you could set up both a RAID-5 and RAID-10 on different partitions of the same disks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2504" RevisionGUID="e5fb9500-9376-4804-a50d-7eb9ebc83aa7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:17:10.703" UserId="533" Text="maybe you need to add something like this to your linux dhcp server? (/etc/dhcpd.conf)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ddns-domainname         &quot;example.com.&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    ddns-rev-domainname     &quot;in-addr.arpa.&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    ddns-update-style       interim;&#xD;&#xA;    ddns-updates            on;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4307" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2449" RevisionGUID="b3766ea5-04cf-47f2-ad79-cf55b7fddc58" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:17:17.833" UserId="715" Comment="fixed a type and clarrified a couple items" Text="Lost of good suggestions so far.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How about **ear plugs/ear protection**. With all the fans running in your typical server room, the noise level is probably above what is considered &quot;safe levels&quot; by your typical ETLA government agency (hence the ear protection).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I bet you could even make a case for eye protection as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A **second person/working alone policy**. Lots of stuff can happen when you least expect it. You get pinned by a piece of equipment. You get electrocuted. Heck, something as simple as you get locked in. If you have trusted backup who knows when you are starting/stopping work and when you are supposed to check in, they can come to the rescue. Otherwise, you could be waiting a long time, or dead." />
  <row Id="4308" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2505" RevisionGUID="5c1f4381-2b60-4c94-99da-d32862d5ca4c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:17:45.930" UserId="1436" Text="You can paste text into the virtual machine (Clipboard -&gt; Type Clipboard Text). It should work with Ctrl+V but it regularly doesn't for some reason. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is annoying is that the Hyper-V manager and SCVMM say they use RDP to connect to the VMs so it should work. Although so should the mouse integration before installing the integration services but that doesn't either." />
  <row Id="4309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2506" RevisionGUID="5464ff94-7aac-46fe-96d0-d1fa443986bf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:18:56.113" UserId="1078" Text="Is there any way to find out how much diskspace a table in MSSQL uses? Or even better, how much diskspace a single row consumes?" />
  <row Id="4310" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2506" RevisionGUID="5464ff94-7aac-46fe-96d0-d1fa443986bf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:18:56.113" UserId="1078" Text="Find how much diskspace a SQL table uses?" />
  <row Id="4311" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2506" RevisionGUID="5464ff94-7aac-46fe-96d0-d1fa443986bf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:18:56.113" UserId="1078" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="4312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2507" RevisionGUID="297e1596-ead9-44f4-ace7-7a9122801a0a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:19:17.423" UserId="1131" Text="I would have to say [linode][1] or if you can speak german host-europe. Linode has a great ajaxy interface and is built on xen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linode.com/" />
  <row Id="4313" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2507" RevisionGUID="297e1596-ead9-44f4-ace7-7a9122801a0a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:19:17.423" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="4314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2508" RevisionGUID="002e3bd7-22bf-442a-91b5-2387664832df" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:19:27.970" UserId="564" Text="You can turn most ISO's into a bootable flash drive using this project [unetbootin][1] it has worked really well for me&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="4315" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="2458" RevisionGUID="d81c75a6-8e7f-403b-9acf-82103c10cb3f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:19:40.807" UserId="1447" Comment="edited title" Text="Command-line config tools for Clariion CX" />
  <row Id="4316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2509" RevisionGUID="737c8275-5522-4288-bbed-e2fccbcf6a73" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:19:41.137" UserId="433" Text="One little know product that is not bloated, with lot of features and very good quality is [Ones][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ww1.tx-software.com/boutique_us/liste_produits.cfm?type=7&amp;code_lg=lg_us&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ww1.tx-software.com/boutique_us/images_produits/vONES2_FULLDL_1.jpg" />
  <row Id="4317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2510" RevisionGUID="7fb509fa-0363-4263-b8d3-df328736ad58" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:19:45.923" UserId="1436" Text="Stay very far away from any of the cheap SSDs. Under random write conditions, i.e. normal use, they write speed drops down to less than 1meg and the write latency can go as high as 2 seconds. Basically your machine will lock up and look unresponsive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Intel drives have solved this problem though and are quite fast just overly expensive still." />
  <row Id="4318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2511" RevisionGUID="fd0e2927-2cf9-4c86-8633-84f6a3d4d726" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:19:57.907" UserId="613" Text="Seems reasonably safe to do so; the only caveat is if there's any way for that machine to be compromised it's a bit less insecure than not.  If it's a purely internal machine with no external ports forwarded to it or anything, it should be just fine." />
  <row Id="4319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2512" RevisionGUID="94b2454d-a9d7-4162-9647-5c26e753fab8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:21:23.347" UserId="1436" Text="In the management studio, you can right click on the database and go to properties. It will have a size field that will tell you the size of the current database." />
  <row Id="4320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2513" RevisionGUID="65ab3e1e-fdcf-428c-a2fe-f4e3a361ca8b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:22:07.197" UserId="475" Text="In SQL Server Management Studio, right-click on the table, select &quot;Properties&quot; and move to the &quot;Storage&quot; page." />
  <row Id="4321" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2493" RevisionGUID="7416c76a-4745-459d-9498-a0aecad4aa6f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:22:12.627" UserId="1447" Comment="added 47 characters in body" Text="**Performance**  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On your 1TB consumer or even enterprise near-line drive you have one head.  The disk rotates at 7200 RPM, or 120 revolutions per second.  This means that you can get at most 120 random-access I/O operations per second in theory, and somewhat less in practice.  Thus, copying a large file on a single 1TB volume is relatively slow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a disk array with 14x 72GB disks, you will have 14 heads over disks going at (say) 15,000 RPM, or approximately 250 revolutions per second.  This gives you a theoretical maximum of 3,500 random I/O operations per second (again, somewhat less in practice).  All other things being equal, a file copy would be many, many times faster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On sequential I/O, the 7200 RPM 1TB drive will probably be reasonably quick.  Disk arrays formatted in a striped scheme (RAID-0, RAID-5, RAID-10 etc.) can typically read at most one stripe per revolution of the disk.  With a 64K stripe, we can read 64Kx250 = 16MB or so of data per second off a 15,000 RPM disk.  On an array of 14 disks, this gives a sequential throughput of around 220MB per second, which is not that much faster on paper than the 150MB/sec or so quoted for a modern 1TB SATA disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For video streaming (for example), an array of 4 SATA disks in a RAID-0 with a large stripe size (some RAID controllers will support stripe sizes up to 1MB) have quite a lot of sequential throughput.  This example could theoretically stream about 480MB/sec, which is comfortably enough to do real-time uncompressed HD video editing.  Thus, owners of Mac Pro's and similar hardware can do HD video compositing tasks that would have required a machine with a direct-attach fibre array just a few years ago.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The real benefit of a disk array is on database work, which is characterised by large numbers of small, scattered I/O requests.  On this type of workload, performance is constrained by the physical latency of bits of metal in the disk going round-and-round and back-and-forth.  This metric is known as IOPS (I/O operations per second).  The more physical disks you have, regardless of capacity, the more IOPS you can theoretically do.  More IOPS means more transactions per second.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Data Integrity**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, most RAID configurations give you some data redundancy, which by definition requires more than one physical disk.  The combination of a storage scheme with such redundancy and a larger number of drives gives a system the ability to reliably serve a large transactional workload.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4322" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2514" RevisionGUID="860e131e-3aca-4ba0-991e-0ea7d834d72b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:22:17.650" UserId="750" Text="There are times when Windows Services are installed and for various reasons, that hopefully are not important to the answer, the service no longer has the installer *attached* to it. Therefore, this particular service shows up in the list of Services, but cannot be uninstalled through normal practices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In situations like this, how does one go about *manually* removing the orphaned service?" />
  <row Id="4323" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2514" RevisionGUID="860e131e-3aca-4ba0-991e-0ea7d834d72b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:22:17.650" UserId="750" Text="How can I remove/uninstall an orphaned service?" />
  <row Id="4324" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2514" RevisionGUID="860e131e-3aca-4ba0-991e-0ea7d834d72b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:22:17.650" UserId="750" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;services&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="4325" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2515" RevisionGUID="7b21aba1-e58b-4a91-b9fa-022bfb92e60c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:23:18.880" UserId="564" Text="You really should take a look at this entry [Where SSDs Don't Make Sense in Server Applications&#xD;&#xA;][1] James Hamilton frequently covers SSD issues on his blog and I find his perspective well worth taking into consideration&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2009/04/12/WhereSSDsDontMakeSenseInServerApplications.aspx" />
  <row Id="4326" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2415" RevisionGUID="3136d1f5-3c69-4c22-920b-a67071fbae7c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:23:21.860" UserId="613" Comment="added 281 characters in body" Text="Lots of linux distros have 'Live' images that will boot off of flash and allow you to install from them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you just want to cut down on optical drives, you could get a USB optical drive and boot off of that (presuming machines with relatively modern BIOS).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Installing off of flash drives can still be handy though - USB optical drives don't fit too comfortably on your keychain." />
  <row Id="4327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2516" RevisionGUID="48163a72-2b59-4904-85a3-696ae8f20a98" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:23:43.590" UserId="1443" Text="In SQL Server Management Studio, right click on the Database and choose Reports|&quot;Disk Usage By Tables&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, I don't know what version of SQL Server it was introduced in, but there is a sproc sp_spaceused that you can pass an object; For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sp_spaceused 'MyTable'" />
  <row Id="4328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2517" RevisionGUID="2b524ded-7cfa-4f35-b58f-6bb9574a3929" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:24:19.767" UserId="1022" Text="I wrote a program which asks me what I'm going to do on it (development, &quot;secure&quot; browsing) and then opens the right apps (which BTW, are on the drive too). Other than that, the [PortableApps Menu](http://portableapps.com) is quite nice." />
  <row Id="4332" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2519" RevisionGUID="3f4be263-5d00-40ea-afd3-a882ce5b0c88" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:24:37.363" UserId="640" Text="Using sc.exe from system32 dir:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sc delete &lt;service_name&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(be sure to stop the service first)" />
  <row Id="4333" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2520" RevisionGUID="48684ec3-4aed-4ffa-927f-8beaca5c284c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:26:19.043" UserId="1447" Text="For a table you can use `sp_spaceused` to determine the size of the table.  Any schema with varchar/varbinary or other variable length columns (which describes over 99% of database tables) will not have a fixed row size.  In this case, you can get an average row size by dividing the space used on the tabl by the number of rows." />
  <row Id="4334" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="2106" RevisionGUID="00b6155b-4abc-4f0a-b656-293fbf4e059e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:28:19.040" UserId="854" Comment="Removed the IIS version number from the title, replaces iis6 tag with iis, removed the windowsserver2003 tag." Text="Why add additional application pools in IIS?" />
  <row Id="4335" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2106" RevisionGUID="00b6155b-4abc-4f0a-b656-293fbf4e059e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:28:19.040" UserId="854" Comment="Removed the IIS version number from the title, replaces iis6 tag with iis, removed the windowsserver2003 tag." Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;application-pools&gt;" />
  <row Id="4336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2521" RevisionGUID="6f59cd84-4f80-472e-9124-f838c38e3da5" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:28:36.573" UserId="1106" Text="I actually prefer [ssh-copy-id][1], a script found on *nix by default (can be put on [Mac OS X][2] easily enough as well) that automatically does this for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.die.net/man/1/ssh-copy-id&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~cjwatson/cvsweb/~checkout~/openssh/contrib/ssh-copy-id?rev=1.8;content-type=text%2Fplain" />
  <row Id="4337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2522" RevisionGUID="a9422d97-cf59-473e-9cea-0c38393b61b4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:29:11.690" UserId="891" Text="[Centos][1] for stability - tracks Redhat enterprise, no nasty problems for us in 3 years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor.  CentOS conforms fully with the upstream vendors redistribution policy and aims to be 100% binary compatible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.centos.org/" />
  <row Id="4338" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2523" RevisionGUID="7eaaf2eb-bc47-470d-8c7a-6c49ef3b8028" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:29:31.440" UserId="1022" Text="[Arch Linux](http://www.archlinux.org/) or [Gentoo](http://www.gentoo.org/) simply because they are sooo easy to customise, and I don't need CentOS/RHEL-like support." />
  <row Id="4339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2524" RevisionGUID="c7e8b641-9f0c-45d6-b4f8-ff06e7dac7ce" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:29:56.273" UserId="1440" Text="[PSCX](http://www.codeplex.com/Pscx) for PowerShell includes &lt;code&gt;Format-Hex&lt;/code&gt; with quite a few options." />
  <row Id="4340" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2525" RevisionGUID="477c7d77-abcb-4821-9757-4517dead9a11" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:30:01.360" UserId="325" Text="As others have said, your users should make keypairs for themselves on their client machines with ssh-keygen and add their public key to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the machine they want to log into.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more detailed information though, I highly recommend [SSH, The Secure Shell][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/SSH-Secure-Shell-Definitive-Guide/dp/0596008953/" />
  <row Id="4341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2526" RevisionGUID="d79ec9d4-d79a-45d1-a20f-ba452a066f86" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:32:30.027" UserId="640" Text="I use [HHD's hex editor][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hhdsoftware.com/Family/hex-editor.html" />
  <row Id="4342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2527" RevisionGUID="c78c4deb-b755-480c-a847-bf707a0876da" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:32:58.420" UserId="564" Text="Ubuntu is great! Easy to set up and use.  Although for quite a few of my servers we use Red Hat Enterprise RHEL (CENTOS paid version) because of the inclusion of SELinux and the added security it provides." />
  <row Id="4343" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2520" RevisionGUID="df92dd87-f152-4bdf-8e3a-b576c108fc32" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:33:03.740" UserId="1447" Comment="added 62 characters in body" Text="For a table you can use `sp_spaceused` to determine the size of the table.  However, any schema with  variable length columns such as varchar/varbinary types will not have a fixed row size.  Given that this describes most if not all real databases, you are really only going to be interested in an average row size which can be trivially calculated by dividing the size by the row count.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4344" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="2458" RevisionGUID="106ca3f4-a9ac-428c-92a1-e6b3d74cdeaa" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:33:54.393" UserId="1447" Comment="edited title" Text="Does a command-line config tool exist for the Clariion CX" />
  <row Id="4345" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="262" RevisionGUID="8c4b8651-ee67-4b48-b0a2-7f26504e3150" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:34:02.863" UserId="34515" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="What are some of the Dos and Don't to setting up an email server on Ubuntu? &#xD;&#xA;Are there any gotcha's?" />
  <row Id="4346" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2528" RevisionGUID="54a87893-d59c-4705-a315-c6dcf8b6ae94" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:34:09.323" UserId="1409" Text="We bought an Intel x25-m for one developer's laptop.  Just like Joel's article mentioned above, the boot time was much faster, and the load time of apps was much faster.  For us, the $389 was well worth the money on a few select machines.  As soon as they come down in price, I see us getting more of these.  They made a noticeable difference." />
  <row Id="4348" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2521" RevisionGUID="1c434d9c-29a1-4536-a29d-ede899767ab8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:34:52.300" UserId="1106" Comment="added snippet from man page to show what copy-id does w/o clicking the link" Text="I actually prefer [ssh-copy-id][1], a script found on *nix by default (can be put on [Mac OS X][2] easily enough as well) that automatically does this for you. From the man page:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ssh-copy-id is a script that uses ssh&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to log into a remote machine&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (presumably using a login password, so&#xD;&#xA;&gt; password authentication should be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; enabled, unless you've done some&#xD;&#xA;&gt; clever use of multiple identities)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; It also changes the permissions of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; remote user's home, ~/.ssh, and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ~/.ssh/authorized_keys to remove group&#xD;&#xA;&gt; writability (which would otherwise&#xD;&#xA;&gt; prevent you from logging in, if the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; remote sshd has StrictModes set in its&#xD;&#xA;&gt; configuration).&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; If the -i option is given then the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; identity file (defaults to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ~/.ssh/identity.pub) is used,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; regardless of whether there are any&#xD;&#xA;&gt; keys in your ssh-agent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.die.net/man/1/ssh-copy-id&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~cjwatson/cvsweb/~checkout~/openssh/contrib/ssh-copy-id?rev=1.8;content-type=text%2Fplain" />
  <row Id="4349" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2529" RevisionGUID="add20be5-88de-46da-b460-c7a9b50c5cc6" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:35:34.000" UserId="813" Text="For your specific case of wanting to RDP, then connect through VPN, you might try adding another NIC to the VM and using one for VPN and one for RDP." />
  <row Id="4350" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2493" RevisionGUID="734c85e5-bf4d-45ab-b35d-5daa14687d24" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:41:38.383" UserId="1447" Comment="added 753 characters in body" Text="**Performance**  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On your 1TB consumer or even enterprise near-line drive you have one head.  The disk rotates at 7200 RPM, or 120 revolutions per second.  This means that you can get at most 120 random-access I/O operations per second in theory, and somewhat less in practice.  Thus, copying a large file on a single 1TB volume is relatively slow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a disk array with 14x 72GB disks, you will have 14 heads over disks going at (say) 15,000 RPM, or approximately 250 revolutions per second.  This gives you a theoretical maximum of 3,500 random I/O operations per second (again, somewhat less in practice).  All other things being equal, a file copy would be many, many times faster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On sequential I/O, the 7200 RPM 1TB drive will probably be reasonably quick.  Disk arrays formatted in a striped scheme (RAID-0, RAID-5, RAID-10 etc.) can typically read at most one stripe per revolution of the disk.  With a 64K stripe, we can read 64Kx250 = 16MB or so of data per second off a 15,000 RPM disk.  On an array of 14 disks, this gives a sequential throughput of around 220MB per second, which is not that much faster on paper than the 150MB/sec or so quoted for a modern 1TB SATA disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For video streaming (for example), an array of 4 SATA disks in a RAID-0 with a large stripe size (some RAID controllers will support stripe sizes up to 1MB) have quite a lot of sequential throughput.  This example could theoretically stream about 480MB/sec, which is comfortably enough to do real-time uncompressed HD video editing.  Thus, owners of Mac Pro's and similar hardware can do HD video compositing tasks that would have required a machine with a direct-attach fibre array just a few years ago.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The real benefit of a disk array is on database work, which is characterised by large numbers of small, scattered I/O requests.  On this type of workload, performance is constrained by the physical latency of bits of metal in the disk going round-and-round and back-and-forth.  This metric is known as IOPS (I/O operations per second).  The more physical disks you have, regardless of capacity, the more IOPS you can theoretically do.  More IOPS means more transactions per second.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Data Integrity**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, most RAID configurations give you some data redundancy, which by definition requires more than one physical disk.  The combination of a storage scheme with such redundancy and a larger number of drives gives a system the ability to reliably serve a large transactional workload.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Total Storage cost including backup**&#xD;&#xA;In fact, probably the largest cost for maintaining 1TB of data is the backup and recovery.  A tape drive and 34 SDLT or ultrium tapes for a full grandfather cycle of backup and recovery will probably cost more than a 1TB disk array did.  Add the costs of off-site storage and even the salary of a single tape-monkey and suddenly your 1TB of data isn't quite so cheap.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The cost of the disks is often a fair way down the hierarchy of dominant storage costs.  At one bank I had occasion  to work for, SAN storage was costed at £900/GB for a development system and £5,000/GB for a disk on a production server.  Even at enterprise vendor prices the physical cost of the disk was only a tiny fraction of that." />
  <row Id="4351" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2530" RevisionGUID="1ab7d91d-cf73-45be-91a9-3cf7e8f6f3f1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:41:45.810" UserId="24" Text="I'm not sure whether it's an integrated or gateway model, but if you have DART datamovers running, you can connect to those through SSH/Putty and manage it from there. Licensing, I believe, is only for the Navisphere / Celerra manager GUI, not the actual usage - though this does not count for replication (you should check with EMC anyways to be certain)." />
  <row Id="4352" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2531" RevisionGUID="79327a91-1ba1-4322-8c1e-b9285ad23a30" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:43:30.407" UserId="991" Text="Howdy,  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am wanting to get my feet wet with the Windows 7 x64 RC before I need to start supporting it.  Has anyone run the RC on their MacBook Pro with bootcamp?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also,   Have you pulled the bootcamp partition into VMWare Fusion?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you,  &#xD;&#xA;Keith" />
  <row Id="4353" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2531" RevisionGUID="79327a91-1ba1-4322-8c1e-b9285ad23a30" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:43:30.407" UserId="991" Text="Does the Windows 7 RC have any issues with the MacBook Pro on BootCamp?" />
  <row Id="4354" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2531" RevisionGUID="79327a91-1ba1-4322-8c1e-b9285ad23a30" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:43:30.407" UserId="991" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;bootcamp&gt;&lt;fusion&gt;&lt;x64&gt;" />
  <row Id="4355" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2532" RevisionGUID="6a21b04e-8769-4d61-af0c-99ec663f914f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:44:06.553" UserId="1279" Text="I'm running into a bizarre issue with a router on my local university. There is one wireless router near the classroom where I have most of my classes that has a dhcp server running that gives out the self-assigned ip address that it's currently using for itself. (This router is broadcasting the same SSID as the rest of the campus routers) I use my laptop in class frequently since I do all my course work on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When my laptop is running Windows I just lose network connectivity for a minute or two whenever windows jumps to the signal from the bad router. Windows seems to realize something went horribly wrong and jumps back to the previous signal immediately. While annoying this is tolerable. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However when I'm running OSX the wireless driver stays locked on the signal from the bad router. I've been able to shake it from the signal after deleting the wireless network from my auto-join list, reconnecting and forcing a new ip address from the advanced network options. Sometimes this doesn't work and the only working solution is to find an ethernet jack and get a good ip address. When I finally get a good ip address from ANY source my wireless self-assigned ip issues disappear until the next time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Asking the campus tech people to fix the router is pointless from my experiences with them. They still haven't fix many many other issues. Hacking into the router's configuration page is a bad idea because I might get expelled and I only have one semester to go before I graduate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I prevent Windows and OSX from ever connecting to this router or at the very least get OSX to jump to a different signal when this happens? " />
  <row Id="4356" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2532" RevisionGUID="6a21b04e-8769-4d61-af0c-99ec663f914f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:44:06.553" UserId="1279" Text="Dealing with self-assigned ip address from a wireless router I can't fix." />
  <row Id="4357" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2532" RevisionGUID="6a21b04e-8769-4d61-af0c-99ec663f914f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:44:06.553" UserId="1279" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;wireless-network&gt;" />
  <row Id="4358" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2533" RevisionGUID="c4b7e7f2-71e8-4135-8120-df97a1dc1d40" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:46:59.727" UserId="1106" Text="I have about a dozen Linux boxes that I occasionally need to run the same command(s) on. Is there an easier way (or automated way) to do this asides from logging on to each machine and running the command, one at a time? It's not the same commands all the time and it's not at a preset time so it's not something ideal for tools like `cron`." />
  <row Id="4359" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2533" RevisionGUID="c4b7e7f2-71e8-4135-8120-df97a1dc1d40" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:46:59.727" UserId="1106" Text="Linux - Running The Same Command on Many Machines at Once" />
  <row Id="4360" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2533" RevisionGUID="c4b7e7f2-71e8-4135-8120-df97a1dc1d40" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:46:59.727" UserId="1106" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;" />
  <row Id="4361" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2534" RevisionGUID="a94dbddd-396d-4b55-b17d-4ab98c75dcf5" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:47:04.300" UserId="1279" Text="The only solution I have is that any computer that needs wake on lan is wired to the network. You can send wake on lan over the wireless part of the network into the wired part but that's about it. " />
  <row Id="4362" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2535" RevisionGUID="a7a41684-a3b2-40a4-b2eb-e8d20472edfb" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:47:38.167" UserId="1361" Text="For a good few &quot;why not&quot; guides, this was always very popular with the Oracle DBA's I have worked with...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Battle against any Raid Five - http://www.miracleas.com/BAARF/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2537" RevisionGUID="4104eff9-3130-41c9-a4b5-a6cbc8d3efd8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:49:08.630" UserId="991" Text="Howdy,  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a utility built into the Mac software to allow for burning ISO downloaded from the internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or..  Is there a better utility on the Net for performing this function?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you,  &#xD;&#xA;Keith" />
  <row Id="4367" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2537" RevisionGUID="4104eff9-3130-41c9-a4b5-a6cbc8d3efd8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:49:08.630" UserId="991" Text="How do you burn an ISO image on a Mac?" />
  <row Id="4368" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2537" RevisionGUID="4104eff9-3130-41c9-a4b5-a6cbc8d3efd8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:49:08.630" UserId="991" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;iso&gt;&lt;cdburning&gt;&lt;utility&gt;" />
  <row Id="4369" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2538" RevisionGUID="a36ca9b0-6efd-48f5-8327-d5a79a96a5e4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:49:38.957" UserId="1485" Text="I upgraded to Ubuntu 9 and I am now getting this error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Tracker applet&#xD;&#xA;    There was an error while performing indexing&#xD;&#xA;    Index corrupted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried re-indexing, but the problem still shows up. Does anyone have any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="4371" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2538" RevisionGUID="a36ca9b0-6efd-48f5-8327-d5a79a96a5e4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:49:38.957" UserId="1485" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;index&gt;&lt;error&gt;&lt;corrupted&gt;" />
  <row Id="4372" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2422" RevisionGUID="e5662c87-07df-4350-933e-327d830d1b7c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:49:40.300" UserId="279" Comment="further tag tweaking" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;remote-access&gt;" />
  <row Id="4373" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2539" RevisionGUID="8568af6a-87ca-436e-9d03-f678ec0b1bed" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:49:40.313" UserId="247" Text="In my workplace we have standardised on Windows XP for non-technical users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Technical users can use any OS they like as long as they support it themselves and they sort out the licensing.  Quite a few tried Vista, but I think they're all back on XP now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We find that there are a bunch of advantages in standardising and very few disadvantages, but perhaps I'm missing something and we'd be better off with a large number of Macs and Linux users and four or five Windows versions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, we use XP as a standard with 750-ish desks. Who has upgraded to Vista?  Is there anyone with a Mac or Linux standard?  How many people still use NT4 or 2000?  What kind os size are you?" />
  <row Id="4374" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2539" RevisionGUID="8568af6a-87ca-436e-9d03-f678ec0b1bed" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:49:40.313" UserId="247" Text="Explain the pros and cons of standard desktop OS" />
  <row Id="4375" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2539" RevisionGUID="8568af6a-87ca-436e-9d03-f678ec0b1bed" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:49:40.313" UserId="247" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;desktop-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="4376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2540" RevisionGUID="6d2ac72b-1644-4ac5-8fe5-ff4ae5138622" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:49:51.000" UserId="1247" Text="You should really look at this [site][1] as it explains the different types of SSD either SLC and MLC drives.  Wikipedia also gives a good summarization of the technology and describes the difference between SLC and MLC in greater detail: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/mlc-slc-ssd-hdd,7532.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive" />
  <row Id="4377" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2541" RevisionGUID="9df8f2cb-480a-4e8a-b5b7-c40119e4d5da" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:49:52.717" UserId="1218" Text="Hm, maybe [pconsole][1] is the tool you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ka.sara.nl/home/walter/pconsole/" />
  <row Id="4379" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2543" RevisionGUID="96870082-5572-4e2a-95f2-9660bfa142ea" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:52:52.663" UserId="1443" Text="The Built in Disk Utility can do it." />
  <row Id="4380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2544" RevisionGUID="c7f45f17-ca7e-4ed2-94ce-3c7bec36b006" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:53:28.650" UserId="564" Text="You should check out Puppet here is a linux.com [article][1] on its setup and use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linux.com/feature/143893" />
  <row Id="4381" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2545" RevisionGUID="48060c8e-b2d3-4139-b7ce-3ab357dab7dc" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:55:47.490" UserId="1233" Text="Coming with the OS in the Utilities folder (in your Applications folder) is a program called Disk Utility. You can either click the Burn icon or from the Image menu chose Burn... And choose your ISO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatives that are available: Roxio's Toast, Burn, and a few others. Toast has the most features (and I enjoy using it) but costs $$. " />
  <row Id="4382" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2546" RevisionGUID="c14bf5d5-83f9-4fbf-9ead-ee2877ca8e1c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:55:55.760" UserId="991" Text="http://ourcoffeestops.com/2009/01/guide-windows-7-x64-build-7000-on-a-macbook-pro/" />
  <row Id="4383" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2547" RevisionGUID="53555185-d6b6-4961-803e-db73c7f63900" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:56:39.173" UserId="247" Text="Collecting into one big answer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Citrix Client&#xD;&#xA;* Air Sharing (use it like a network-attached thumbdrive)&#xD;&#xA;* Skype (to keep in contact with your other clients)&#xD;&#xA;* [iStat][1] for monitoring Max OS X.&#xD;&#xA;* [Slicehost Pro][2].&#xD;&#xA;* [Analytics][3] for Google Analytics.&#xD;&#xA;* TouchTerm (SSH client)&#xD;&#xA;* SSH Client (iSSH)&#xD;&#xA;* Mylite (for looking inside servers when you have no torch!)&#xD;&#xA;* Snap: network scan (ports, services)&#xD;&#xA;* Network Ping Lite: discover and ping IP addresses&#xD;&#xA;* Remote Desktop Lite: Remote Desktop&#xD;&#xA;* sSubNet: subnet mask calculator&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://bjango.com/apps/istat/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.slicehost.com/articles/2009/4/27/slicehost-iphone-app-now-free&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://analyticsapp.com/" />
  <row Id="4384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2548" RevisionGUID="8c8294ba-dbea-48e4-8025-05ffa015f4d4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:56:53.683" UserId="1456" Text="&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Get-ExchangeServer | ?{$_.IsHubTransportServer -eq $true} | Get-Queue | get-message | Remove-Message -withNDR $false" />
  <row Id="4385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2549" RevisionGUID="7616c2b4-fe02-408f-a3ef-43ab1b67bb64" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:57:46.613" UserId="1247" Text="I use [Disco][1] for this and they make it quite easy. However if you want o stick to something built-in I recommend taking a look at these links as I believe there is a way to do such a thing through the Disk Utility:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9180137][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1464271][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=DiskUtility/10.5/en/duh3.html][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://discoapp.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9180137&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1464271&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=DiskUtility/10.5/en/duh3.html" />
  <row Id="4386" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2550" RevisionGUID="acb7250e-d35d-48c2-ae7a-829d8bbf4592" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:58:07.330" UserId="1135" Text="For how to use the Disk Utility functionality see [this][1]. Alternatively you could use a third party application like [Burn][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lifehacker.com/software/mac-os-x/mac-tip--how-to-burn-an-iso-or-dmg-file-to-disc-251758.php&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html" />
  <row Id="4387" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2551" RevisionGUID="17a83684-6156-47f0-b07f-64f5c667cf7e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:58:39.060" UserId="1224" Text="My machine has Office 2003 Professional installed.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I am trying to install Office 2007 but there is an option to leave 2003 version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone had any issue for having a two different versions of office in one machine?" />
  <row Id="4388" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2551" RevisionGUID="17a83684-6156-47f0-b07f-64f5c667cf7e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:58:39.060" UserId="1224" Text="Are there any issues for having both Office 2003 and 2007 on one machine?" />
  <row Id="4389" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2551" RevisionGUID="17a83684-6156-47f0-b07f-64f5c667cf7e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T15:58:39.060" UserId="1224" Text="&lt;office&gt;&lt;upgrade&gt;&lt;compatibility&gt;&lt;compatibilityissues&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="4390" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2552" RevisionGUID="5f690aa5-2d56-4032-a927-17db0ce82daf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:00:55.967" UserId="10706" Text="Been running both in parallel for almost 2 years.  No issues whatsoever.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, depending on the version of Exchange that's being connected to, there can be problems with having both Exchange 2003 and 2007 and using them both.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2553" RevisionGUID="fc08b100-6028-48c3-a7b1-f9857e7708c2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:01:48.647" UserId="247" Text="There are issues with having two versions of Office on the same computer, but they are manageable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you use a COM Add-in, then it will be added into all versions; you can't install into one and not another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you ShellExecute (e.g. double-click on) a .doc or .docx, then which will it launch?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you going to install the Office 2007 Compatibility Pack into 2003?  That can cause problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With older versions of Office (not 2003/2007, though) there can also be problems where they used the same .dll files and features &quot;leak&quot; from one version to the other." />
  <row Id="4392" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2554" RevisionGUID="971ec9fb-5873-4caf-a1a0-7f155d266450" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:01:52.547" UserId="1431" Text="Hi Everyone,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; I'm a bit spoiled by the search tools in SAPs Common User Administration (CUA), and I want to find something similar for Microsoft Active Directory (and, if possible for Information Lifecycle Manager, ILM)&#xD;&#xA; Does anyone know of anything that could help me out?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;KA" />
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  <row Id="4394" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2554" RevisionGUID="971ec9fb-5873-4caf-a1a0-7f155d266450" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:01:52.547" UserId="1431" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;common-user-admistation&gt;&lt;information-lifecycle-ma&gt;&lt;identity&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="4396" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2556" RevisionGUID="52693d0c-a8b3-42ca-9946-35aa31da90f9" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:03:58.190" UserId="902" Text="**I [moved][1] this question from StackOverflow because it makes more sense to have it here**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have decided to go with a virtualization solution for a few of our development servers. I have an idea of what the hardware specs would be like if we bought separate physical servers, but I have no idea how to consolidate that information into the specification for a generalized virtual server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know intuitively that the specs are not additive - I shouldn't just add up all the RAM requirements from each machine to get the RAM required for the virtual server. I can't really treat them as parallel systems either because no matter how good the virtualization software is, it can't abstract away two servers trying to peg the CPU at the same time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my question is - is there a standard method to estimating the hardware requirements for a virtualized system given hardware requirement estimations for the underlying virtual machines? Is there a +C constant for VMWare/MS Virtual Server overhead (and if so, what is C?)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/731286/hardware-requirements-for-a-virtual-server" />
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  <row Id="4399" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2557" RevisionGUID="c11ad97b-a357-4c5f-873e-e352ede482e6" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:04:11.340" UserId="1489" Text="I have a laptop running Server 2008 and Hyper-V.  I have created a virtual machine that is also running Server 2008, that I used `dcpromo` to create as a domain controller.  I disabled IPv6 because I had no idea how to enter a default address, and I just wanted to make a standalone MOSS dev environment.  I have tried every combination of creating a virtual network on the host and then connecting to that in the VM, but I can't get the VM to communicate with the host and vice versa.  No pinging, no copy and paste, nothing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
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  <row Id="4401" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2557" RevisionGUID="c11ad97b-a357-4c5f-873e-e352ede482e6" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:04:11.340" UserId="1489" Text="&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="4402" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2539" RevisionGUID="9c73050b-2253-41a1-a7d4-52fb77452386" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:05:49.840" UserId="247" Comment="added 15 characters in body" Text="In my workplace (c. 750 desks) we have standardised on Windows XP for non-technical users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Technical users can use any OS they like as long as they support it themselves and they sort out the licensing.  Quite a few tried Vista, but I think they're all back on XP now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We find that there are a bunch of advantages in standardising and very few disadvantages, but perhaps I'm missing something and we'd be better off with a large number of Macs and Linux users and four or five Windows versions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are standardised, what OS have you standardised on - and how big are you; I expect that the experience of a 10,000 desk organisation on NT4 will be very different from a 20 desk organisation on Mac OS X 10.5." />
  <row Id="4403" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2493" RevisionGUID="20d948cc-f26c-41d1-b9d3-b25ecf222de0" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:07:44.157" UserId="1447" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="**Performance**  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On your 1TB consumer or even enterprise near-line drive you have one head.  The disk rotates at 7200 RPM, or 120 revolutions per second.  This means that you can get at most 120 random-access I/O operations per second in theory, and somewhat less in practice.  Thus, copying a large file on a single 1TB volume is relatively slow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a disk array with 14x 72GB disks, you will have 14 heads over disks going at (say) 15,000 RPM, or approximately 250 revolutions per second.  This gives you a theoretical maximum of 3,500 random I/O operations per second (again, somewhat less in practice).  All other things being equal, a file copy would be many, many times faster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On sequential I/O, the 7200 RPM 1TB drive will probably be reasonably quick.  Disk arrays formatted in a striped scheme (RAID-0, RAID-5, RAID-10 etc.) can typically read at most one stripe per revolution of the disk.  With a 64K stripe, we can read 64Kx250 = 16MB or so of data per second off a 15,000 RPM disk.  On an array of 14 disks, this gives a sequential throughput of around 220MB per second, which is not that much faster on paper than the 150MB/sec or so quoted for a modern 1TB SATA disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For video streaming (for example), an array of 4 SATA disks in a RAID-0 with a large stripe size (some RAID controllers will support stripe sizes up to 1MB) have quite a lot of sequential throughput.  This example could theoretically stream about 480MB/sec, which is comfortably enough to do real-time uncompressed HD video editing.  Thus, owners of Mac Pro's and similar hardware can do HD video compositing tasks that would have required a machine with a direct-attach fibre array just a few years ago.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The real benefit of a disk array is on database work, which is characterised by large numbers of small, scattered I/O requests.  On this type of workload, performance is constrained by the physical latency of bits of metal in the disk going round-and-round and back-and-forth.  This metric is known as IOPS (I/O operations per second).  The more physical disks you have, regardless of capacity, the more IOPS you can theoretically do.  More IOPS means more transactions per second.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Data Integrity**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, most RAID configurations give you some data redundancy, which by definition requires more than one physical disk.  The combination of a storage scheme with such redundancy and a larger number of drives gives a system the ability to reliably serve a large transactional workload.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Total Storage cost including backup**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In fact, probably the largest cost for maintaining 1TB of data is the backup and recovery.  A tape drive and 34 SDLT or ultrium tapes for a full grandfather cycle of backup and recovery will probably cost more than a 1TB disk array did.  Add the costs of off-site storage and even the salary of a single tape-monkey and suddenly your 1TB of data isn't quite so cheap.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The cost of the disks is often a fair way down the hierarchy of dominant storage costs.  At one bank I had occasion  to work for, SAN storage was costed at £900/GB for a development system and £5,000/GB for a disk on a production server.  Even at enterprise vendor prices the physical cost of the disk was only a tiny fraction of that." />
  <row Id="4404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2558" RevisionGUID="b282e765-4bae-4e9b-9a75-9badde005b36" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:08:20.410" UserId="385" Text="[Joeware][1] is your friend. Tools written by Directory Services MVP, Joe Richards.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.joeware.net/freetools/index.htm" />
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  <row Id="4410" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2560" RevisionGUID="ba20715c-82f6-479d-a92c-e20fb4543f82" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:10:31.573" UserId="653" Text="&lt;tomcat&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="4411" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2561" RevisionGUID="f1af2da3-ba72-4405-b19c-42329fa1852a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:10:43.540" UserId="247" Text="Yes.  The easy way, assuming you're not in a domain, is to edit the local policy through gpedit.msc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's in Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Windows Update and you can change &quot;Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some other settings you can tweak here, including setting AU to download and notify for install instead of just installing." />
  <row Id="4413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2562" RevisionGUID="14ad50cf-4215-42ff-a814-918c25e922da" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:11:13.040" UserId="649" Text="The [lanl.arxiv.org][1] math and scientific preprint service (formerly known as [xxx.lanl.gov][2]) has a strict policy against bots that ignore its `robots.txt`, [Robots Beware][3]. On that page, the have a link labelled with &quot;Click here to initiate automated 'seek-and-destroy' against your site&quot;, which is forbidden by their [`robots.txt`][4] but presumably badly behaved robots will follow it, and reap the consequences. The question, what are the actual consequences? I have never had the guts to actually click on that link to see what it does. What can they be doing that is both effective and legal?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lanl.arxiv.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://xxx.lanl.gov/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://lanl.arxiv.org/RobotsBeware.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://lanl.arxiv.org/robots.txt" />
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  <row Id="4417" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2563" RevisionGUID="a116aee6-b75b-4629-ad13-d4396dab764d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:12:04.550" UserId="745" Text="Which company phone do you recommend?" />
  <row Id="4418" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2563" RevisionGUID="a116aee6-b75b-4629-ad13-d4396dab764d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:12:04.550" UserId="745" Text="&lt;smartphone&gt;&lt;enterprise&gt;" />
  <row Id="4419" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2564" RevisionGUID="9e84cb21-7f9f-4bf6-8052-cc31c4809a4e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:12:33.020" UserId="1484" Text="The main pro for a &quot;standard&quot; desktop OS is maintainability. It is much easier to get to know just one OS and adjust to its strenths and weaknesses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, how long are you planning to stay with that single OS? The market will move on and newer things will come out and there will be need to change. So, a single OS can only work for any given time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just because Vista proved too much effort for many people to switch to will not mean XP will live forever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having a look at alternatives does not hurt. It could provide alternative ways of thinking and thus allow a new perspective even on a tried OS way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW: you did not provide any detail of what it is you are doing on those computers, so it is rather hard to provide an answer for your particular situation." />
  <row Id="4420" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2565" RevisionGUID="6a182c31-fec7-4d58-b638-74e016667a26" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:13:09.977" UserId="1129" Text=" - A sweatshirt/hoodie. It's cold in there! It's hard to have a steady hand if you're shivering. If you're not cold, take the hoodie off.&#xD;&#xA; - A laptop, of course. Make sure you have all the utilities and documentation you will need pre-installed.&#xD;&#xA; - USB and PS/2 keyboard and mouse if you don't keep spares in your server room. We keep spares there, and all of our machines take USB peripherals, so that makes things easier.&#xD;&#xA; - A monitor (LCD is much easier to carry) if you don't keep a spare with the servers. Again, better to have a spare already in the room.&#xD;&#xA; - lc mentioned multiple USB sticks, and I second that. You might consider an external USB hard drive if you have to move a lot of data. &#xD;&#xA; - Everyone mentioned a cell phone already and I have to agree. You never know when you have to call for help or have someone on the outside run a test.&#xD;&#xA; - Anti-static wriststrap if you're going to open up a server. Electro-static discharge (ESD) can destroy components even if you didn't see/feel/hear the spark. It can also break things in subtle ways that are extremely hard to diagnose later. &#xD;&#xA; - Camera (cell phone cam usually good enough). Recording labels, cable routings, server contents, etc is much easier if you can take a picture. Also good for recording water damage, etc.&#xD;&#xA; - Pen and paper are obviously useful.&#xD;&#xA; - Masking tape. It peels off more cleanly than duct tape, it's cheaper, and can be used both for labels and for binding errant cables. It's also easier to tear. You can use it to post warnings and reminders as well. You can even use it to keep little screws attached to the case they belong to.&#xD;&#xA; - Screw driver set (lc and others mentioned this). You will likely need the full range of Phillips (+) and slotted (-) screqdriver sizes. Always use the largest that fits comfortably in the screw, so you don't strip the head. Socket drivers are also handy, and less likely to strip the screw.&#xD;&#xA; - Penlight (small flashlight/&quot;torch&quot;) to see clearly in those tight spaces. Works well with the camera.&#xD;&#xA; - Small magnet on a stick/tweezers to grab dropped screws from tight spaces. BE CAREFUL WITH THESE! Most magnets are too weak to affect a sealed hard drive, but don't wave one willy-nilly inside a running server. Tweezers are usually uninsulated metal, and pointy metal objects should not be inserted into runinng servers either. But it's much nicer than having to hold an open server upside-down and shake it to get little screws out.&#xD;&#xA; - Needle-nose pliers. Comes on most multitools. You never know when you need them.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4421" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2566" RevisionGUID="02c48e0f-225b-4b9a-9ae9-3cbbf6032b8c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:14:21.783" UserId="1022" Text="You could try re-installing tracker? Something like:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;$ sudo apt-get uninstall tracker&#xD;&#xA;$ sudo apt-get install tracker&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;(Or can you do a `reinstall`?)" />
  <row Id="4422" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2567" RevisionGUID="8e2854ed-4742-4d9d-aefe-55422b474301" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:14:27.947" UserId="1466" Text="Virtual servers take advantage of the fact that most servers do not run at capacity for any length of time, and cpu cycles / memory can be shared.  Therefore, it REALLY depends on how busy your virtual machines are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It also depends on which virtual environment you are using, as to how well it can share memory.  (I seem to recall that when I experimented with XEN there was no memory sharing at all - but I think that has now changed).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A development environment is a perfect place to get your feet wet with a virtual environment, and it's real handy to be able to &quot;create a new server&quot; in about 5 minutes if it is needed (even allowing you to over-allocate your resources temporarily in a pinch).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By way of example, we can host approximately 100 virtual machines using VMWare Infrastructure on 5 physical servers.  Each of these physical machines has 4 dual core Xeon 2.6Ghz CPUs, 16Gb Ram, and 8 - Gigabit nics. (so an average of 20 VMs on each of these).  We find our biggest limitation to be the amount of available memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can say that having worked in a virtual environment for several years now, I wouldn't want to go back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="4423" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2568" RevisionGUID="d1a31864-108a-4515-9d78-e65a42ff3048" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:14:33.110" UserId="931" Text="What's the easiest way to get a list of windows desktops that are on a subnet but do not have names listed in the dns server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4424" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2568" RevisionGUID="d1a31864-108a-4515-9d78-e65a42ff3048" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:14:33.110" UserId="931" Text="List of IPs that are not in DNS" />
  <row Id="4425" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2568" RevisionGUID="d1a31864-108a-4515-9d78-e65a42ff3048" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:14:33.110" UserId="931" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;tcpip&gt;" />
  <row Id="4426" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2569" RevisionGUID="b0dbe60f-a8fc-409b-b1f0-5d9b7f43a6e6" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:14:40.520" UserId="1463" Text="As you have to support the systems (I presume?) the less amount of applications/systems you can get away with, the better (cheaper, higher quality) aso). One desktop operating system is enough work really, unless there's some specific needs (like QA testing, but they should probably use local virtual machines that isn't supported by the internal IT ops).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Non-technical users most likely won't care much about the version of say Windows, so stay where you feel comfortable. Use a license which gives you the right to run any version and try to upgrade every 2nd or 3rd year if that will please the majority of users (&quot;cool, new stuff!&quot;)." />
  <row Id="4427" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1083" RevisionGUID="ac14e846-6e9a-4927-a77c-661081bdd3de" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:16:42.807" UserId="481" Comment="added 31 characters in body" Text="You will probably be best off if you invest in a proven solution. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tapes are definitely not the way to go, for your size a disk based solution would be better and much easier to maintain. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you are on the TB scale, you should consider using something with compression and [deduplication][1].  In a solution like this you will only store unique data that is common on several copmuters ,and have references to these unique files or blocks. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also make sure that whatever your backup server starts with, the product supports expandable storage.  So you can start with 10TB, and add on more disks as you go. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With several computers an agentless backup client would also be favorable.  So that you can backup your whole LAN from a single backup client.   Some products also include a virtual computer based on an FTP/SFTP/FTPS location.  So you could have your backup client on windows and backup all the LAN machines + the linux machine from the same interface. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wouldn't use an approach based on either of 1) Incremental backups and 2) differential backups.  With incremental backups, you will want to do another full backup eventually, or at restore time you'll have to restore too many backups.  With differential backups, you will want to do another full backup eventually, or eventually your differential backup will get too big.  In your case you would have to re-send the 10TB.  That is not acceptable.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure when you seed the data to your backup server, that the data will NEVER need a new re-transfer if it is not changed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure that you don't NEED to restore full backups, and that you can restore only a subset of what you backed up and that you can select from backups as they were on the day you are restoring from. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Backing up data should be allowed from offsite locations, and even if the backup client is offline.  In the case that they are offline there should be a 'large initial backup' option for later importing at the server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be sure to chose a solution that has built in MS SQL backups and exchange backups, and that you don't need to re-transfer everything each time you back them up.  It should support hot backups of these items. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An example of a product at this scale that supports all of the above is [ROBOBAK][2]. (I also work for this company)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deduplication&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.robobak.com/" />
  <row Id="4428" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2570" RevisionGUID="0d5ed37c-0ad5-4b75-b199-386b1d279b62" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:17:39.077" UserId="1484" Text="Debian for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is (so far) the most stable distribution and provides the best (IMHO) package management system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need anything else that is not part of standard Debian, then have a look at the many derived distributions. A noteworthy one (IMHO again) if you prefer to be up to date is Sidux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4429" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2571" RevisionGUID="2b40b0fe-87db-44f2-abfe-21255f1c1e48" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:18:28.903" UserId="1494" Text="All I would do is contact your campus support." />
  <row Id="4430" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1055" RevisionGUID="4de82637-ff14-4032-a98f-9bb3321c7b42" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:19:15.377" UserId="481" Comment="added 40 characters in body" Text="My company makes a high quality FTP/FTPS/SFTP/WebDav/HTTP/HTTPS... Server with [several key features][1] including a REST HTTP API to control the server, and remote administration for 1 or more servers.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;x86 and x64 variants are available. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The product name is [Null FTP Server][2] and there is a free version available. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vwsolutions.com/NullFTPServer/features.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.vwsolutions.com/NullFTPServer/" />
  <row Id="4431" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2572" RevisionGUID="f14cb646-610b-4378-b46f-530eb9691c11" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:19:39.667" UserId="216" Text="1. get a list of your Windows desktops and their names&#xD;&#xA;2. for each one, ask the DNS server if they're listed...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't do (1), you've got bigger problems...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2573" RevisionGUID="5d5680f8-2fa3-4a59-b57f-1933faa3dfbc" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:20:11.597" UserId="1453" Text="[Advanced ip scanner][1] might help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.radmin.com/products/utilities/ipscanner.php" />
  <row Id="4433" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2574" RevisionGUID="89a39724-93be-4511-b99e-9e49dccde897" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:21:24.090" UserId="1463" Text="Depends on your existing platform for communications. If you run Exchange for instance, anything that is server acthivesync compatible is great as you won't need any 3rd party server systems injected in your existing platform.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most phones supporting it that is not running Windows Mobile might have some issues though, and even if you would standardize on WinMo there's a lot of models and as with desktops and laptops, a support organisation should only need to support a very limited amount of brands and models. You need to get to testing stuff out to see which feels best for your needs. Personally I've shunned Sony Ericsson and Nokia, adapted WinMo because the managability with existing Windows server systems, but I haven't tried Blackberry at all (not a big hit in Europe so far)." />
  <row Id="4434" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2575" RevisionGUID="170afffb-6923-4c5c-b752-1a285c0065ea" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:22:04.340" UserId="1466" Text="You could use **nmap**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    nmap 192.168.1.0/24&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;would give you a listing of all the IPs being used on the subnet, along with their open ports." />
  <row Id="4435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2576" RevisionGUID="3d0b6283-7749-4e86-b821-f6aefa33bb9f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:22:23.417" UserId="385" Text="The [nmap][1] tool will do both. However, get permission in writing to run it before you do so. Most organizations would classify it a security tool (it is) and most have explicit policies about getting permission before executing such tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nmap.org/" />
  <row Id="4436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2577" RevisionGUID="52a6dfb2-44f0-4fdc-8e40-56bf4b54acd1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:23:18.207" UserId="526" Text="S3Fox allows you to browse your Amazon S3 files and do uploading/downloading.  Is there any similar tool for Amazon SimpleDB?  E.g. something like SQL Enterprise Manager." />
  <row Id="4437" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2577" RevisionGUID="52a6dfb2-44f0-4fdc-8e40-56bf4b54acd1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:23:18.207" UserId="526" Text="Is there a good client to browse and update data in Amazon SimpleDB?" />
  <row Id="4438" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2577" RevisionGUID="52a6dfb2-44f0-4fdc-8e40-56bf4b54acd1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:23:18.207" UserId="526" Text="&lt;simpledb&gt;" />
  <row Id="4439" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2578" RevisionGUID="a6d5ecf6-bd40-4da9-8597-6d46f0d2f243" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:25:15.860" UserId="729" Text="I have done both Vista and Windows Server 2008 from a USB drive.  It was pretty simple to get setup.  You can Google for lots of sites that have How-Tos for making a USB key bootable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The motherboards I've done it on are a couple of recent ASUS boards and a SuperMicro server board (don't have the model handle, but pretty new one).  I think most recent motherboards (2 year and newer) should have a boot to USB option in the BIOS." />
  <row Id="4440" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2579" RevisionGUID="62d681ac-ae82-4b6e-b22a-b985be8b3375" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:26:01.787" UserId="1106" Text="A quick Google search returns [SimpleDB Explorer][1], a UI which does just this. Unfortunately, it's not free (although there is a 30-day free trial).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sdbexplorer.com/" />
  <row Id="4441" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2580" RevisionGUID="17ca08ac-f096-472c-a31b-0ea72b22c6de" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:26:22.147" UserId="850" Text="*Note: Domains and IPs obfuscated for security.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have an internal web application that sends e-mail reports out to various vendors. Our primary exchange server (domain name co.XXX.YY.ZZ) does not relay mail, so one of our web servers (Windows Server 2003) is setup with the basic SMTP server to do mail relaying (domain name ABABA.net). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have about 300 vendors on file and the application works fine. However, one vendor has reported not getting the e-mails sent to them. We've verified the e-mail goes out through our own server logs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    12.34.567.8, ntintwebp, 4/23/2009, 9:47:02, SMTPSVC1, NTINTWEBP, 12.34.567.8, 0, 36, 49, 250, 0, MAIL, -,  FROM:&lt;noreply@co.XXX.YY.ZZ&gt;,&#xD;&#xA;    12.34.567.8, ntintwebp, 4/23/2009, 9:47:02, SMTPSVC1, NTINTWEBP, 12.34.567.8, 0, 25, 28, 250, 0, RCPT, -,  TO:&lt;Joe@schmoe.org&gt;,&#xD;&#xA;    12.34.567.8, ntintwebp, 4/23/2009, 9:47:02, SMTPSVC1, NTINTWEBP, 12.34.567.8, 0, 81154, 132, 250, 0, DATA, -, &lt;NTINTWEBPZbLAX3cf3e00000025@ntintwebp.ABABA.net&gt;,&#xD;&#xA;    98.765.432.100, OutboundConnectionResponse, 4/23/2009, 9:47:02, SMTPSVC1, NTINTWEBP, -, 47, 0, 114, 0, 0, -, -, 220 mail.schmoe.org Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: 5.0.2195.6713 ready at  Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:47:41 -0700 ,&#xD;&#xA;    98.765.432.100, OutboundConnectionCommand, 4/23/2009, 9:47:02, SMTPSVC1, NTINTWEBP, -, 47, 0, 4, 0, 0, EHLO, -, ntintwebp.ABABA.net,&#xD;&#xA;    98.765.432.100, OutboundConnectionResponse, 4/23/2009, 9:47:02, SMTPSVC1, NTINTWEBP, -, 109, 0, 40, 0, 0, -, -, 250-mail.schmoe.org Hello [11.222.333.44],&#xD;&#xA;    98.765.432.100, OutboundConnectionCommand, 4/23/2009, 9:47:02, SMTPSVC1, NTINTWEBP, -, 109, 0, 4, 0, 0, MAIL, -, FROM:&lt;noreply@co.XXX.YY.ZZ&gt;,&#xD;&#xA;    98.765.432.100, OutboundConnectionResponse, 4/23/2009, 9:47:02, SMTPSVC1, NTINTWEBP, -, 140, 0, 47, 0, 0, -, -, 250 2.1.0 noreply@co.XXX.YY.ZZ....Sender OK,&#xD;&#xA;    98.765.432.100, OutboundConnectionCommand, 4/23/2009, 9:47:02, SMTPSVC1, NTINTWEBP, -, 140, 0, 4, 0, 0, RCPT, -, TO:&lt;Joe@schmoe.org&gt;,&#xD;&#xA;    98.765.432.100, OutboundConnectionResponse, 4/23/2009, 9:47:02, SMTPSVC1, NTINTWEBP, -, 187, 0, 26, 0, 0, -, -, 250 2.1.5 Joe@schmoe.org ,&#xD;&#xA;    98.765.432.100, OutboundConnectionCommand, 4/23/2009, 9:47:02, SMTPSVC1, NTINTWEBP, -, 187, 0, 4, 0, 0, BDAT, -, 81476 LAST,&#xD;&#xA;    98.765.432.100, OutboundConnectionResponse, 4/23/2009, 9:47:02, SMTPSVC1, NTINTWEBP, -, 718, 0, 85, 0, 0, -, -, 250 2.6.0  &lt;NTINTWEBPZbLAX3cf3e00000025@ntintwebp.ABABA.net&gt; Queued mail for delivery,&#xD;&#xA;    98.765.432.100, OutboundConnectionCommand, 4/23/2009, 9:47:02, SMTPSVC1, NTINTWEBP, -, 718, 0, 4, 0, 0, QUIT, -, -,&#xD;&#xA;    98.765.432.100, OutboundConnectionResponse, 4/23/2009, 9:47:02, SMTPSVC1, NTINTWEBP, -, 750, 0, 61, 0, 0, -, -, 221 2.0.0 mail.schmoe.org Service closing transmission channel,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The IT department for the vendor did some research on their end and indicated that the ABABA.net DNS records were not valid and that the NTINTWEBPZbLAX3cf3e00000025@ntintwebp.ABABA.net address was an invalid e-mail address (even through the FROM field is using our valid noreply@co.XXX.YY.ZZ address. In addition they said that the NTINTWEBPZbLAX3cf3e00000025@ntintwebp.ABABA.net address fails the syntax, DNS, and SMTP checks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've had a couple of other vendors reporting issues, but having them white list the yavco.net domain has resolved those issues, since I believe they were spam related, and not delivery related.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas on how to resolve this server issue?" />
  <row Id="4442" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2580" RevisionGUID="17ca08ac-f096-472c-a31b-0ea72b22c6de" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:26:22.147" UserId="850" Text="How do I resolve an &quot;invalid&quot; SMTP server issue?" />
  <row Id="4443" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2580" RevisionGUID="17ca08ac-f096-472c-a31b-0ea72b22c6de" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:26:22.147" UserId="850" Text="&lt;emailserver&gt;&lt;name-resolution&gt;&lt;smtp&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
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  <row Id="4445" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2581" RevisionGUID="e8c7d321-d76c-4078-a130-9b7f40a4dd91" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:27:08.930" UserId="649" Text="See the following two bugs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [Corrupted tracker index causes persistent applet error popup][1]&#xD;&#xA;* [Tracker index corruption (was Tracker does not stop indexing)][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A couple of potential solutions from those threads (for the person I was trying to help, the second solution worked better, since she was non-technical and got confused when trying to do the first):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     sudo apt-get install tracker-utils&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     tracker-processes -r&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Then I logged out and back in so the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; processes that I had previously killed&#xD;&#xA;&gt; by hand would restart in a normal&#xD;&#xA;&gt; fashion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; - unchecking 'Enable indexing' in System-&gt;Preferences-&gt;Search &amp; indexing&#xD;&#xA;&gt; should be sufficient to stop trackerd,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; at least after restarting your session&#xD;&#xA;&gt; if it's hanging&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tracker/+bug/361560&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tracker/+bug/346912" />
  <row Id="4446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2582" RevisionGUID="fb81c0c3-05f1-4291-b56f-f15ee330e315" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:28:59.597" UserId="475" Text="Cross-posted from http://serverfault.com/questions/1327/how-to-improve-hyper-v-performance:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From my experience, disk I/O is the largest bottleneck. After much experimentation, here's what we settled on for our standard Hyper-V server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Dell PowerEdge 2970&#xD;&#xA;- Dual quad-core AMD procs&#xD;&#xA;- 16GB RAM&#xD;&#xA;- 8 x 146GB SAS 15,000 drives in RAID 10&#xD;&#xA;- Cost after discounts: $3000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're able to comfortably run 6-10 guests on each box, doing similar things (CI, dev servers, load testing, etc). " />
  <row Id="4447" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2583" RevisionGUID="262d74a0-b3b5-4439-8661-18b456a3c948" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:29:04.633" UserId="1499" Text="There's also [ClusterSSH][1], which, well, does exactly what you think it does. Yay for descriptive naming!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ClusterSSH.SourceForge.Net/" />
  <row Id="4448" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2584" RevisionGUID="733c2997-7d9b-4cd3-858d-1e202a7ec7ea" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:29:52.340" UserId="1494" Text="No consequences other than spinning for a bit. Most browsers (and probably their server) will just timeout after a bit. They probably just cause more harm to themselves with this than the bots." />
  <row Id="4449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2585" RevisionGUID="759407ef-6deb-4022-a3d9-8a000538290c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:30:20.107" UserId="1500" Text="I know it should be in the IIS MMC somewhere, but I'm not sure where. Anyone know where to change the default wwwroot folder?" />
  <row Id="4450" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2585" RevisionGUID="759407ef-6deb-4022-a3d9-8a000538290c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:30:20.107" UserId="1500" Text="How do I change the default wwwroot in Windows Server 2003?" />
  <row Id="4451" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2585" RevisionGUID="759407ef-6deb-4022-a3d9-8a000538290c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:30:20.107" UserId="1500" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;iis&gt;" />
  <row Id="4452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2586" RevisionGUID="b40b45c8-2636-44cb-886b-aed1636352c2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:31:20.980" UserId="1447" Text="**Transactional databases**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID-5 is slow to write as the controller needs to load every block from a stripe to calculate the parity stripe.  This means that a write requires at least one I/O from each disk in the array.  On an array with 14 disks this means that your parity write will generate as many as 13 additional physical disk reads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID-10 has a mirror for every single drive and does not need to read additional data to calculate parity.  This means that writes need much less physical I/O.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID-50 sits somewhere in the middle, with the volume split into multiple RAID-5 volumes, which are in turn striped.  On a  RAID-50 made from groups striped in a 3+1 scheme a write generates at most three additional disk I/O requests.  If you feel so inclined you can view RAID-5 and RAID-10 as special cases of RAID-50.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other parity schemes such as RAID-6 also exist, and a similar trick can be used to make RAID-60 arrays.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, a single mirrored pair (known as RAID-1) can provide redundancy and good enough performance for some tasks.  In particular you will probably find that RAID-1 gves you sufficient throughput for quite a lot of database log traffic.  More on this below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a write-heavy workload you will probably get a performance gain from a RAID-10 volume.  This can be a win as you can probably get your required throughput from a smaller number of physical disks, assuming the disks have enough space).  Some items such as logs or temporay areas on a database server should be on RAID-1 or RAID-10 volumes, as these get lots of write traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Logs**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Log volumes are characterised by a mostly sequential data access pattern, and are essentially a ring buffer consisting of commands along the lines of 'write this data to this block'  They are written out as a producer by the core DBMS engine and processed as a conumer by the log reader function.  A single mirrored pair will actually handle quite a lot of log traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Read-heavy systems and file servers**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a read-heavy system such as a data warehouse you may want to use one or more RAID-5 volumes.  On a file server, disk accesses will largely be done on a whole file basis, so writes will probably write out most of the blocks that make up the parity block anyway.  In this case the performance penalyt for RAID-5 will be lighter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the past the cost savings on disk may have been significant but this is less likely to be an issue now.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Write-back caching and RAID-5**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a SAN or internal RAID controller with a battery-backed cache you may be able to enable 'Write-back' caching.  This caches writes and returns control to the application.  The I/O is reported by the controller as completed.  However, it does not necessarily write the data out to disk immediately.  This facility allows RAID-5 parity read/write operations to be substantially optimised and can soften the write performance penalty for RAID-5x volumes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, this still carries a small risk of data integrity issues.  The host system has been told that this write has been completed when this is not in fact the case.  It is possible for a hardware failure create data inconsistencies between (say) log and data volumes on a database server.  For this reason, write-back caching is not recommended for transactional systems, although it may be a performance win for something like an ETL process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Summary**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disk *space* is so cheap nowadays that transactional systems should probably use RAID-1 or RAID-10 for log volumes and RAID-10 for data volumes.  The physical disk size is likely to be much larger than the database and RAID-10 will allow more write throughput for the same number of disks, potentially reducing the number of disk volumes needed to support the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On something like a data warehouse you can still chew space with large, heavily indexed fact tables so you might get small price win with RAID-5 or RAID-50 data volumes.  However logs and tempdb should still be placed on a RAID-10 volume as they will probably get a lot of work during ETL processing.  However, the cost saving on disk is likely to be fairly small.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4453" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2587" RevisionGUID="aa65a9b8-1aa1-4b08-9a27-0a6c069c9a93" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:31:48.917" UserId="1494" Text="Right click the Default Site in IIS admin. Its called Home Directory." />
  <row Id="4454" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2588" RevisionGUID="29a2c573-73e7-454a-827a-9b978c01653f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:32:14.767" UserId="963" Text="&gt; [reverse DNS result]: you've been identified as a robot operating in violation of the guidelines posted at arxiv.org.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If this determination is in error, please report to www-admin@arxiv.org so your problem can be investigated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Scanning, Initialized:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    10 minutes to Trinity...&#xD;&#xA;    9 minutes to Trinity...&#xD;&#xA;    8 minutes to Trinity...&#xD;&#xA;    7 minutes to Trinity...&#xD;&#xA;    6 minutes to Trinity...&#xD;&#xA;    5 minutes to Trinity...&#xD;&#xA;    4 minutes to Trinity...&#xD;&#xA;    3 minutes to Trinity...&#xD;&#xA;    2 minutes to Trinity...&#xD;&#xA;    1 minute to Trinity...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Ground zero. Have a nice day.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Contact&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So... it's a page that would waste 10 minutes of a *very* naive bot's time. Probably useless for combating malicious bots, but might save some bandwidth when faced with a badly-written site-scraper." />
  <row Id="4459" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2590" RevisionGUID="177e07c6-6a4c-45a9-a5a3-b211788b784b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:35:38.753" UserId="1466" Text="Is there a way I can trace a DNS request to see where the answer is coming from?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our network has internal DNS servers that provide internal IP address resolution, and we use EasyDNS to host our public-facing DNS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The situation is that EasyDNS is set up correctly for a certain address with its external IP, but when I do a **dig** from within our network, I get the (correct) internal IP - but the domain **does not** appear to be set up on any of our internal DNS servers.  Our primary DNS server (Active Directory) lists the domain as cached, but doesn't say from where.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I trace where dig is getting its results from?" />
  <row Id="4460" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2590" RevisionGUID="177e07c6-6a4c-45a9-a5a3-b211788b784b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:35:38.753" UserId="1466" Text="How can I find the answering DNS server?" />
  <row Id="4461" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2590" RevisionGUID="177e07c6-6a4c-45a9-a5a3-b211788b784b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:35:38.753" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;tracing&gt;" />
  <row Id="4462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2591" RevisionGUID="110a4bb2-1021-4491-aea4-cfb5049a0451" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:37:47.297" UserId="706" Text="Under what conditions does one start to consider subnetting a network?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for a few general rules of thumb, or triggers based on measurable metrics that make subnetting something that should be considered.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="4463" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2591" RevisionGUID="110a4bb2-1021-4491-aea4-cfb5049a0451" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:37:47.297" UserId="706" Text="When/why to start subnetting a network?" />
  <row Id="4464" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2591" RevisionGUID="110a4bb2-1021-4491-aea4-cfb5049a0451" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:37:47.297" UserId="706" Text="&lt;subnet&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;tcpip&gt;&lt;network-design&gt;" />
  <row Id="4465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2592" RevisionGUID="aa9d4e16-1434-410b-9bfb-c2097f1d3e21" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:38:02.570" UserId="216" Text="If using dig:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dig +trace ....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;otherwise, run Wireshark to capture the packets.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4466" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="1557" RevisionGUID="5ceee4c2-a28d-4d65-a3db-752b8ddcda9f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:38:09.090" UserId="447" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:447,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;aphoria&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="4467" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="1557" RevisionGUID="17856f28-3786-4a73-8579-bd77d9f0e812" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:38:17.513" UserId="-1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:447,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;aphoria&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="4468" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2593" RevisionGUID="b7f40121-19e2-43ee-aabd-2e55941d37ee" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:39:56.777" UserId="1466" Text="This probably has to do with not having public reverse DNS records set up for the server sending the mail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check that you have set up a reverse DNS record for your server, and that the address it reports to send from (after any SNATting, etc) can be resolved and reports the correct domain of the sending server." />
  <row Id="4469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2594" RevisionGUID="f55b6568-ae7b-4e35-8545-810f28341fcb" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:40:05.483" UserId="1447" Text="Anything that can start [rdesktop][1] will do this.  Set up an old pc with the linux distro of your choice and configure the users' .profile to start a rdesktop client.  Any of the knoppix custom kits would let you make a bootable CD that does this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rdesktop.org/" />
  <row Id="4470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2595" RevisionGUID="cddb8f50-b699-4276-b4c7-7ebcdb6b6524" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:40:30.583" UserId="808" Text="Ensure that the process is actually stopping.  The only way I can imagine for Tomcat to fail to release a port is if it is hung somehow in shutting down." />
  <row Id="4471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2596" RevisionGUID="6383df0c-9b28-4615-b72c-2099e64376ab" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:41:26.680" UserId="45" Text="Just right-click the default web in the list of websites in the IIS Manager. Go to the &quot;Home Directory&quot; tab and change the local path:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.symbiotic-development.com/monorail/html/images/Mrconf1.png" />
  <row Id="4472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2597" RevisionGUID="b5bc32c0-a1cf-4a97-89c1-f4aef675c336" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:42:47.207" UserId="216" Text="If it's a single site, don't bother unless you've got more than several dozen systems, and even then it's probably unnecessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These days with everyone using at least 100 Mbps switches and more often 1 Gbps, the only performance related reason to segment your network is if you're suffering excess broadcast traffic (i.e. &gt; 2%, off the top of my head)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main other reason is security, i.e DMZ for public facing servers, another subnet for finance, or a separate VLAN/subnet for VoIP systems.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4473" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2598" RevisionGUID="51554920-be5f-4670-9d5c-123d4423d161" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:43:22.620" UserId="56340" Text="My guess is their server is looking at your REPLY-TO address, which is not the same as your FROM address.  If you can add an explicit REPLY-TO header on the outgoing message, with the same value as the FROM, that may resolve the issue." />
  <row Id="4474" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2545" RevisionGUID="8cef82a1-afb4-4e85-b4cd-9cb7d34fe5ba" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:43:38.953" UserId="1233" Comment="Formatting, links, instructions fix" Text="Coming with the OS in /Applications/Utilities/ is a program called Disk Utility. You can either click the Burn icon or from the Image menu chose Burn... (Command-B) and then find your ISO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatives that are available: Roxio's [Toast](http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/toast/titanium/overview.html), [Burn](http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html), and a few others. Toast has the most features (eg. mount an ISO that Disk Utility won't, burn/mount bin/cue files) but costs ~$80 USD. " />
  <row Id="4475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2599" RevisionGUID="93f64dd6-977e-46d9-a2df-6d4884120b97" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:45:32.723" UserId="539" Text="I was given the task to determine the life span of a computer with a Pentium 1 processor.  One of our clients is unwilling to upgrade their computers in order for our software to run and we are looking for documentation on how outdated these computers are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does Intel suggest a lifespan for their processors?" />
  <row Id="4476" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2599" RevisionGUID="93f64dd6-977e-46d9-a2df-6d4884120b97" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:45:32.723" UserId="539" Text="Life span of Pentium computers" />
  <row Id="4477" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2599" RevisionGUID="93f64dd6-977e-46d9-a2df-6d4884120b97" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:45:32.723" UserId="539" Text="&lt;cpu&gt;&lt;intel&gt;" />
  <row Id="4478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2600" RevisionGUID="3d33fccd-b4c0-49db-bc1f-a860667e295a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:46:11.677" UserId="391" Text="I am using `tar` to backup a linux server to tape. I am using the `-j` option to compress the file with `bzip2`, however I can't see a way to adjust the block size options for bzip2 from tar. The default block size is 900,000 bytes which gives the best compression but is the slowest. I am not that bothered about the compression ratio, so am looking to make bzip2 run faster with a smaller block size.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4479" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2600" RevisionGUID="3d33fccd-b4c0-49db-bc1f-a860667e295a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:46:11.677" UserId="391" Text="How do you set bzip2 block size when using tar?" />
  <row Id="4480" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2600" RevisionGUID="3d33fccd-b4c0-49db-bc1f-a860667e295a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:46:11.677" UserId="391" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;compression&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="4481" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2399" RevisionGUID="feb40611-9799-4dc4-849c-4fa42066c6a5" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:46:29.350" UserId="163" Comment="added 276 characters in body" Text="Is there a way to view the desktop of a locked server? &#xD;&#xA;i.e. not really use a screen saver.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking to be able to walk by a server and see diagnostic screens and scrolling log files but have the keyboard locked as a security measure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I see that Microsoft had a Clear Screen saver in the Windows 2000 server resource kit but, I also found that it had problems with more that one monitor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Clear Screen Saver Does Not Work On Multi-Monitor Workstations][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287020" />
  <row Id="4482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2601" RevisionGUID="9f7ef95e-cec7-4c67-9244-576845d65de2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:48:58.720" UserId="1494" Text="I don't think Intel does. I would ask myself these questions&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Are these computers Internet connected? (Security question)&#xD;&#xA; - Are they running a modern OS (XP or newer) for security patches?&#xD;&#xA; - What else are running on them? Special software that does not work with modern OS's?&#xD;&#xA; - What are their main purpose?&#xD;&#xA; - How much storage do these have?&#xD;&#xA; - When were they built?&#xD;&#xA; - Are they able to support them with new parts from today?&#xD;&#xA; - What happens when one of them fails and is broken beyond repair?" />
  <row Id="4484" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2602" RevisionGUID="e92ce23a-3fcd-4eae-bfab-fb3406444fae" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:49:42.917" UserId="216" Text="Send the `tar` output to `stdout` and then pipe it through `bzip2` separately:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    % tar cvf - _file_ | bzip2 _opts_ &gt; output.tar.bz2&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4485" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="2580" RevisionGUID="6cbdd15d-c241-46f8-a4d4-b85dc36afa1f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:50:01.027" UserId="850" Comment="edited title" Text="How do I fix an &quot;invalid&quot; SMTP server issue?" />
  <row Id="4486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2603" RevisionGUID="a8355c4f-f6cb-4cad-b0e6-16a13d33d848" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:51:47.777" UserId="640" Text="I would compare the maintenance costs for old computers (Pentiums were last made around 2000, so we're talking about 9+ year old computers) to the replacement cost. The low availability of parts would make maintenance especially difficult.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Worse yet, your customer could find themselves in a pinch if they had to deploy brand new replacement computers that can't run the old OS and software. They would be facing an emergency upgrade, which would be more costly than a carefully planned upgrade." />
  <row Id="4487" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2193" RevisionGUID="4fa37214-acc6-4fe4-8054-14e3e78c671a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:53:34.637" UserId="1233" Comment="Add details about Dropbox conflict handling, and Password Gorilla" Text="Joel Spolsky on his blog last year recommended [Password Safe](http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/) (Windows) and [Password Gorilla](http://www.fpx.de/fp/Software/Gorilla/) (Mac and Linux) which can both read the same password file and were synced via Dropbox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dropbox will keep both files around in case of a conflict - in case that happens Password Gorilla will allow you to merge the two databases together.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Source: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/09/11b.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2604" RevisionGUID="3caecdc8-3f16-4527-9dea-a48a1c5a51cd" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:54:13.873" UserId="533" Text="Another reason would be Quality of Service related.  We run voice and data vlans separately so that we can easily apply QoS to the voip traffic." />
  <row Id="4489" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2605" RevisionGUID="203fcb02-e18f-4f79-b933-9b485da98b83" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:56:23.367" UserId="1463" Text="Isn't Intel still producing these? (for embedded platforms though, not desktops)" />
  <row Id="4490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2606" RevisionGUID="f3219b41-05ed-4200-8d44-e7780f98a694" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:57:32.833" UserId="649" Text="    export BZIP=--fast&#xD;&#xA;    tar cjf foo.tar.bz2 foo&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or pipe the output of `tar` to `bzip2`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Though you should note from the bzip2 man page:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    -1 (or --fast) to -9 (or --best)&#xD;&#xA;              Set  the  block size to 100 k, 200 k ..  900 k when compressing.&#xD;&#xA;              Has no effect when decompressing.  See MEMORY MANAGEMENT  below.&#xD;&#xA;              The --fast and --best aliases are primarily for GNU gzip compat-&#xD;&#xA;              ibility.  In particular, --fast  doesn't  make  things  signifi-&#xD;&#xA;              cantly faster.  And --best merely selects the default behaviour.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="4491" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2607" RevisionGUID="22143016-d770-4974-9fb3-8c359829b2f4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T16:59:51.580" UserId="1463" Text="Security and quality mostly (as long as the network segment in question can support the nodes in question of course). A separate network for printer traffic, voice/phone, isolated departments like IT Ops and of course server segments, internet-facing segments (one per internet-facing service is popular today, not just &quot;one dmz will do&quot;) and so on." />
  <row Id="4492" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2608" RevisionGUID="1797c18a-1308-4fc1-9612-1ac9528d4661" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:00:46.930" UserId="367" Text="I asked the same question in [stackoverflow][1] and I get this excelent answer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    function Get-DirectorySize() {&#xD;&#xA;      param ([string]$root = $(resolve-path .))&#xD;&#xA;      gci -re $root |&#xD;&#xA;        ?{ -not $_.PSIsContainer } | &#xD;&#xA;        measure-object -sum -property Length&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This actually produces a bit of a summary object which ill include the Count of items. You can just grab the Sum property though and that will be the sum of the lengths&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;$sum = (Get-DirectorySize &quot;Some\File\Path&quot;).Sum&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks [JaredPad][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/809014/powershell-script-to-get-a-directory-total-size&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://stackoverflow.com/users/23283/jaredpar" />
  <row Id="4493" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2609" RevisionGUID="24dbac66-972b-43f9-a170-54684ef1b808" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:01:55.150" UserId="700" Text="Are the use of thin-clients an appropriate substitute for full workstations?  Are they meant for small-company IT use, or are they only useful for large implementations.  What are the perks and disadvantages for implementing such a solution in the workplace?" />
  <row Id="4494" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2609" RevisionGUID="24dbac66-972b-43f9-a170-54684ef1b808" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:01:55.150" UserId="700" Text="In what sort of environment do thin-client machines shine?" />
  <row Id="4495" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2609" RevisionGUID="24dbac66-972b-43f9-a170-54684ef1b808" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:01:55.150" UserId="700" Text="&lt;thin-client&gt;" />
  <row Id="4496" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2603" RevisionGUID="0e1c1bc9-2ccf-41fa-b444-77bd03d6a802" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:02:10.903" UserId="640" Comment="Added link" Text="I would compare the maintenance costs for old computers (Pentiums were last made around 2000, so we're talking about 9+ year old computers) to the replacement cost. The low availability of parts would make maintenance especially difficult.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Worse yet, your customer could find themselves in a pinch if they had to deploy brand new replacement computers that can't run the old OS and software. They would be facing an emergency upgrade, which would be more costly than a carefully planned upgrade.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This page][1] has a little bit of processor history. It's not a support life cycle, but it does show when different processors were produced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cpushack.net/life-cycle-of-cpu.html" />
  <row Id="4497" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="612" RevisionGUID="e6684a37-101f-4410-850b-6a9b20afc6ba" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:05:40.867" UserId="367" Comment="edited body" Text="We allways use IIS Ftp server but recently we have a few problems, What Seerver do you recomend, IIS, Filezilla?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use Windows Server and Windows XP in the clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Free Version is a must, We are now considering FileZilla and WarFtp, We will be having 100 concurrent connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE: FILEZILLA is winning, I will ve installing it on Monday.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4499" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2604" RevisionGUID="cd06ee4b-2c14-4e17-92d9-d59e72b0dee4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:09:36.410" UserId="533" Comment="added 707 characters in body" Text="Another reason would be Quality of Service related.  We run voice and data vlans separately so that we can easily apply QoS to the voip traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You know, I;ve been thinking about this question more.  There are a ton of good reasons to design a new network using distinct networks (performance, security, QoS, limiting DHCP scopes, limiting broadcast traffic (which can be both security and performance related)).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But when thinking of a metric for redesigning just to subnet, and thinking of networks I've had to handle in the past, all I can think of is &quot;wow, that'd have to one really messed up network to make me completely redesign it for **subnetting**&quot;.  There are lots of other reasons - bandwidth, cpu utilization of the devices installed, etc.  But just subnetting itself on a pure data network wouldn't usually buy a ton of performance" />
  <row Id="4500" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="741" RevisionGUID="990d7fcf-ea30-4a24-969c-5efea7e7a434" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:11:06.670" UserId="626" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;sql&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;vmware-esx&gt;" />
  <row Id="4501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2610" RevisionGUID="95f9a5c8-8480-4593-81fb-11734c57e157" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:11:11.977" UserId="1395" Text="Thats exactly what [Eucalyptus][1] is for isn't it? Are you asking for an alternative to Eucalyptus?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know the details of Eucalpytus, but it sounds like you are talking about [Platform-As-A-Service][2] (PaaS), where you pay to put your application on a cloud platform, and can then expand it as needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apart from EC2, other PaaS platforms include [Force.com][3] and [SaaSGrid][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://open.eucalyptus.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_as_a_service&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.salesforce.com/platform/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://apprenda.com/" />
  <row Id="4502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2611" RevisionGUID="19700bbc-cfa5-4f8d-8663-2ea4e168fd90" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:11:23.020" UserId="957" Text="**PasswordMaker**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[PasswordMaker][1] generates unique, reproducible passwords locally using a single master password and the website url. All you have to remember is your master password; no syncing required. There is a firefox plugin, or you can use it standalone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://passwordmaker.org/" />
  <row Id="4503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2612" RevisionGUID="2382f3d3-7031-4c1f-b1e1-14d8e33bafd5" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:11:36.857" UserId="1031" Text="We use thin clients for our call center workforce a few years back.  The price of them was far less than actual PCs and when one broke we just replaced it with a new one and sent the broken one to the manufacturer.  They really shine when you have situation where the end users don't need to do much on their system, like run a call center web-app and a couple other small applications.  These systems can really cut the downtime a person has when a system crashes, because instead of trying to fix the old system, and new  one replaces it that is just like it.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Places where there are a couple hundred or so identical computers is where it can really pay off.  You don't need a lot of techs to repair systems and you can quickly replace a broken machine which happens with some frequency.  It also helps a lot where people move frequently.  No need to move the machine, because all the machines are alike and all data that would need to be saved is on a central server.   " />
  <row Id="4504" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1378" RevisionGUID="29275ed2-14e7-49eb-b2cb-9f73f4601a2a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:11:57.653" UserId="768" Comment="edited body" Text="You can't merge `/opt` and `/home` without also having one inside of the other.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example `/home` -&gt; `/opt/home`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you could do ln -s /home /opt/home.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or better yet: `mount --bind /opt/home /home`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or fstab entry is: `/opt/home  /home  none  bind`&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2613" RevisionGUID="98a27bfe-e259-4258-93a4-17e8ca54843a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:12:24.420" UserId="706" Text="Major benefits of thin clients include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - No need to upgrade machines in order to get more processing power&#xD;&#xA; - Software upgrades and licenses are handled centrally&#xD;&#xA; - User data, work products, are all centralized - no need to suffer loss when an indivdual PC goes out&#xD;&#xA; - Virus issues, and many other factors, are better controlled from a central location&#xD;&#xA; - Ease of maintenance - replace a single box, no data transfer, done.&#xD;&#xA; - Much more strict control over employee usage of computer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disadvantages to using thin clients:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Additional network load&#xD;&#xA; - One server down means reduced performance, and possibly loss of usage, for more than one user&#xD;&#xA; - If new software is needed, more work to install centrally even if only one user needs it&#xD;&#xA; - Performance on a per user basis is poor - adequate for normal use, but power users will be very disappointed&#xD;&#xA; - Certain usage models (compiling, CAD, etc) that require a ton of data simply won't work, or will work very poorly&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So a thin client shines in situations where the work done is of a simple office nature (mainframe, data entry, filing, telemarketing, etc) - where performance per PC is low.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In those cases the benefits (lower maintenance, more control) outweigh the slightly higher cost relative to performance - in other words, you're paying a bit more per mip on thin clients than you would for a regular computer, but the regular computer has way more power than what's needed, so you'll still save money going with the thin client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In cases where the user needs higher performance, regular computers will often be the best bang for the buck.  Otherwise you'll end up buying a hugely overpriced server for each few users, plus the thin clients on top of that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="4506" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2614" RevisionGUID="68dadcd6-7e62-451a-b5a8-1dcfcbddcae0" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:14:00.627" UserId="48" Text="I'm writing this from a Macbook pro running windows 7 Beta x64 (will be upgrading to RC later today) and it runs fine. The only problems I've had is with some of the drivers, this is because i'm running a late 2007 MBP that officially doesn't support x64, but it works fine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had to get hold of the 64bit apple drivers, as there not on my Leopard CD, but once I had them it worked, aside from some issues with the F keys and the BootCamp icon that is usually in the task bar isn't there, however I suspect this is mostly to do with my MBP, if you have a later version that fully supports x64 it should be fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've pulled my BootCamp partition into VMWare Fusions with no issues what so ever, but you do need to tell fusions its a server 2008 OS." />
  <row Id="4508" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2007" RevisionGUID="d333e00e-fb44-469a-bb2d-992635502c29" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:16:01.183" UserId="48" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;bind&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;dhcp&gt;&lt;fedora&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="4509" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1995" RevisionGUID="cb384477-c35a-44e2-8d5d-b3b3f0f5f63c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:17:05.847" UserId="1004" Comment="retag" Text="&lt;fax&gt;&lt;fax-client&gt;&lt;recommendation&gt;&lt;freeware&gt;" />
  <row Id="4510" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2554" RevisionGUID="104fbbec-75e2-435d-a1dc-6067e1bcc6b9" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:18:17.963" UserId="48" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;identity&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="4511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2615" RevisionGUID="6bb7181a-eab8-4f6b-8a10-6c4f4f94bd2c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:19:52.360" UserId="706" Text="How does one fully evaluate a RAID configuration?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pulling drives is one thing, but are there tools and techniques for more?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've considered putting a nail through a running drive (powder actuated nailgun) to see what would happen, or simulating various electrical anomalies (shorts/opens in cable, power overloads and surges, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What should be tested, and how?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="4512" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2615" RevisionGUID="6bb7181a-eab8-4f6b-8a10-6c4f4f94bd2c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:19:52.360" UserId="706" Text="Testing RAID" />
  <row Id="4513" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2615" RevisionGUID="6bb7181a-eab8-4f6b-8a10-6c4f4f94bd2c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:19:52.360" UserId="706" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;testing&gt;" />
  <row Id="4514" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2616" RevisionGUID="1a34381a-063b-45bb-ab7b-af0cc2412ce1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:23:03.367" UserId="1156" Text="How can I tell which MySQL users have access to a database and what privileges they have?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I seem to be able to get this information from phpMyAdmin when I click &quot;Privileges&quot;. . .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;                     Users having access to &quot;mydatabase&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    User     Host       Type               Privileges              Grant&#xD;&#xA;    myuser1  %          database-specific  ALL PRIVILEGES          Yes&#xD;&#xA;    root     localhost  global             ALL PRIVILEGES          Yes&#xD;&#xA;    myuser2  %          database-specific  SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE  No&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;. . . but I'd like to know how to perform this query from the command line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(phpMyAdmin often shows me the SQL syntax of the command it is executing, but I don't see it in this case.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please note that I'm not asking what grants a particular user has (i.e. &quot;SHOW GRANTS for myuser1&quot;) but rather, **given the name of a database, how do I determine which MySQL users have access to that database and what privileges they have?**  Basically, how can I get the chart above from the command line?" />
  <row Id="4515" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2616" RevisionGUID="1a34381a-063b-45bb-ab7b-af0cc2412ce1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:23:03.367" UserId="1156" Text="Which MySQL users have access to a database?" />
  <row Id="4516" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2616" RevisionGUID="1a34381a-063b-45bb-ab7b-af0cc2412ce1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:23:03.367" UserId="1156" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;phpmyadmin&gt;" />
  <row Id="4517" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2617" RevisionGUID="0042bc90-e078-4808-a1f9-3b6c9977167e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:25:26.060" UserId="1511" Text="I suggest Fedora(FC 10) for a Development Environment as well as Server Environment.&#xD;&#xA;As it has yum to download and install the packages such as PHP, Mysql , PHPMyAdmin and lot more. It will automatically installed and we are ready to start work on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4518" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2200" RevisionGUID="df5573f2-f36e-49ba-a577-ee7f6c254175" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:26:49.270" UserId="390" Comment="added 70 characters in body" Text="Just as an information: not only [Microsoft Virtual PC][1] is free, but also [Microsoft Virtual Server][2]. If you're looking to virtualize servers, then this might be what you'll want to use instead of Virtual PC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a whitepaper describing the differences between the two products: [Virtual PC vs. Virtual Server: Comparing Features and Uses][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/virtualserver/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/virtualserver/techinfo/vsvsvpc.mspx" />
  <row Id="4519" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2618" RevisionGUID="41c0059e-59ee-4be2-be09-c8ad9252cf6a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:29:43.630" UserId="385" Text="    SELECT * FROM mysql.db WHERE Db = '&lt;database name in LC&gt;';&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2619" RevisionGUID="ff881d17-9511-4eb4-8df3-e68ac8b912dd" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:29:52.837" UserId="722" Text="If your product key is from the COA attached to the server, it's likely to be an OEM product key and thus not generally transferable. In that case, it won't work for activating your virtual server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know the details of Windows Server 2003 licensing, however, for Windows Server 2008, I'm pretty sure that virtual guests are not considered the same machine as the host, for licensing purposes." />
  <row Id="4522" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2621" RevisionGUID="5054e159-c7bf-496b-a1f8-c3dc1819f5bf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:34:15.773" UserId="1463" Text="Apart from the obvious management and energy benefits already mentioned, remote places with lousy network connections! Citrix ICA at least is extremely robust against latency and bandwidth issues - improving user experience by a lot over thin or underpowered lines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Trying to host a local file server, or pull central file server loads to a remote office is definitely harder than using a thin server solution almost regardless of available bandwidth." />
  <row Id="4524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2622" RevisionGUID="2a44992e-30c6-466f-8764-81dae167080c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:34:54.307" UserId="61" Text="Several years back we created a VB application that would pull user PTO information from a backend system and send out status emails to each of the users on a monthly basis. The number of users is in the hundreds. This worked well using Outlook 97.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now that we've moved to Office 2007 there are problems. I guess Outlook '07 has some sort of spam filtering and insists that we confirm each of the emails going out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to disable this filter from within VB? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am also leaning towards reworking the script in powershell if that will give me better access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Suggestions / Recommendations would be most appreciated." />
  <row Id="4525" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2622" RevisionGUID="2a44992e-30c6-466f-8764-81dae167080c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:34:54.307" UserId="61" Text="Sending multiple status emails automatically with Outlook 2007 " />
  <row Id="4526" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2622" RevisionGUID="2a44992e-30c6-466f-8764-81dae167080c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:34:54.307" UserId="61" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;ms-office&gt;" />
  <row Id="4527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2623" RevisionGUID="755216bf-e5e3-4145-b260-923d38b5e1f3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:36:53.940" UserId="1498" Text="Limiting scope for any compliance requirements you may have (i.e. PCI) is a pretty good catalyst to segment off some portions of your network. Segmenting off your payment acceptance/processing and finance systems can save money. But in general subnetting a small network will not gain you much in the way of performance." />
  <row Id="4528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2624" RevisionGUID="6da202fe-b6ef-4f0c-896e-fd55bf340291" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:37:17.200" UserId="1515" Text="I am setting up a laptop to take to customer site to run software demo.  Laptop runs XP Pro as host OS and needs to run Windows Server 2003 as guest OS.  I have successfully created both VMware Server and VPC VMs.  When the laptop is disconnected from our network I use MS Loopback Adapter on the host and when it is connected I disable the Loopback Adapter and use the LAN connection instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is VMware Server or VPC better suited to this ephemeral setup where the laptop is being moved on and off the LAN and, in particular, is there a way to automate the network settings so the manual process I described above is not required?" />
  <row Id="4529" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2624" RevisionGUID="6da202fe-b6ef-4f0c-896e-fd55bf340291" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:37:17.200" UserId="1515" Text="How to choose/configure VM for offsite demos?" />
  <row Id="4530" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2624" RevisionGUID="6da202fe-b6ef-4f0c-896e-fd55bf340291" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:37:17.200" UserId="1515" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;vpc&gt;" />
  <row Id="4531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2625" RevisionGUID="2dbffc9e-e3ed-43a4-93a8-a4a29c8e564e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:37:19.557" UserId="857" Text="What kind of services do you use this Win2008 server for? Is it just a virtualization platform? If so, then I would suggest *not* upgrading but rather deploy R2 on new hardware, test it in a lab and make sure it works as you expect, then migrate the virtual machines from the old box to the new box in a properly staged go-live strategy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general, I try and avoid in place OS upgrades for anything other than test machines. It's always better to start from scratch." />
  <row Id="4532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2626" RevisionGUID="3cbffb08-3ab6-45fa-b3fc-c4b7e0a30885" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:43:35.173" UserId="55956" Text="I use [Arch Linux][1]. I like it for great package manager, &quot;rolling&quot; release, nice community package repository (ABS), nice configuration, great wiki.&#xD;&#xA;For me it is much like Gentoo, but with binary packages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can find comparison with other distro on: [Arch vs Others][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.archlinux.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_vs_Others" />
  <row Id="4533" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2627" RevisionGUID="0ceba358-c337-49d9-b4f0-f927851f88de" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:44:32.270" UserId="401" Text=" - In drives where hot-swap isn't an option, many raid controls (e.g. mdadm on linux) have a set-faulty command that simulates a drive failing.&#xD;&#xA; - In drives where hot-swap is okay, yank a drive!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think your testing should cover the reasonable cases that you plan for.  If you're trying to set up a server in the bush, then electrical fluctuations are reasonable test suites.  If you're in a data center, the Service Agreement probably covers power.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you think a drive wildly exploding inside a rack is reasonable - then test it.  Maybe you're setting up a server in a command center in Baghdad.  But once again, less likely if you're in Washington State.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a general rule, your tests should cover all expected cases:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Drive is old and eventually goes bad (find a drive on its last legs, get it running, then pound it till it fails)&#xD;&#xA; - Drive fails a smart test but seems fine but you want to replace it just-in-case&#xD;&#xA; - General drive replacement because of size/performance upgrade or you just heard the batch was bad&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And *reasonable* extreme cases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Server suddenly losing power - okay.&#xD;&#xA; - Server itself being hit by lightning - not so much.&#xD;&#xA; - Rack falling over - okay.&#xD;&#xA; - Rack hit by truck - not so much.&#xD;&#xA; - Drive being jostled - okay&#xD;&#xA; - Drive being shot-putted - not so much.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**And most importantly - RAID doesn't protect against drives silently corrupting data!  So make sure you're doing hashes and file verification!**" />
  <row Id="4534" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2628" RevisionGUID="f8ec345d-be91-4cf7-ba0c-6085540afbc2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:45:46.387" UserId="722" Text="I suggest VMware Workstation (the paid product). Version 6.5 and above can be set up to automatically detect the currently-available LAN connection and use that, so you don't have to mess with the settings every time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Disclosure: I've been a very satisfied paying customer of VMware Workstation for 5 years now, since version 4.5. I otherwise have no relation to VMware whatsoever.)" />
  <row Id="4535" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2629" RevisionGUID="8488d5ef-77e9-4b08-a823-1637780bcfca" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:46:30.267" UserId="681" Text="You can also shut down the Windows update service using the commmand&#xD;&#xA;sc stop wuauserv&#xD;&#xA;It will restart with your next reboot." />
  <row Id="4537" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2631" RevisionGUID="2cc73488-05ce-4882-9b07-a59468978ece" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:49:48.450" UserId="458" Text="I want to take an existing VMWare virtual machine and run it in VirtualBox 2.2+.  Is there any utility to do this?" />
  <row Id="4538" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2631" RevisionGUID="2cc73488-05ce-4882-9b07-a59468978ece" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:49:48.450" UserId="458" Text="How do I convert a VMWare file to VirtualBox?" />
  <row Id="4539" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2631" RevisionGUID="2cc73488-05ce-4882-9b07-a59468978ece" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:49:48.450" UserId="458" Text="&lt;virtual-machines&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;howto&gt;" />
  <row Id="4540" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2632" RevisionGUID="f8096106-a6c9-4d93-b47b-8ffeee89fe4e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:51:56.200" UserId="722" Text="I don't think there's a utility as such, but you can load `vmdk` files in VirtualBox, so you can create a guest with your `vmdk` as one disk, a `vdi` as another, then boot up a Linux CD and use `dd` to copy from one to the other.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know if VirtualBox now has support for `vmdk` snapshots. If so, you can use the `vmdk` file as is, without converting to `vdi`, and sacrifice no functionality." />
  <row Id="4541" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2633" RevisionGUID="c2fb5ea9-0dbe-4e20-bdfb-e3dfc2bffaab" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:52:54.310" UserId="55956" Text="You may try [Capistrano][1]. Originally it is a Rails deployment tool, but it grew to do many things with remote machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a more complete aproach to administration of multiple machine you may want to try [Chef][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.capify.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Cooking+with+Chef" />
  <row Id="4542" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2476" RevisionGUID="8f26fdb5-8e3b-415a-af57-0bddc58fb97e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:53:39.970" UserId="823" Comment="added 139 characters in body" Text="This is Joel opinion of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2009/03/27.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My guess is not worth the money, unless for some reason you need to be able to access a program in 2 seconds rather than 10 seconds.  You must have a business case for it.  Some cases the 8 seconds mean allot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would wait until they become worth it.  It might be worth it to get 2 10k RPM drives and RAID them to cut down on loading time.  It would be far cheaper." />
  <row Id="4543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2634" RevisionGUID="19e64e42-a4cb-4d39-a341-95572c77e0a7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:55:38.390" UserId="1515" Text="There is lots of information about the [Outlook Model Guard][1].  In Outlook 2003 you had very few options.  With Outlook 2007 Microsoft offered alternatives including the option to turn the OMG off.  I write code for both OL2003 and OL2007 and so I can't take advantage of the OL2007 options; Many developers use [Redemption][2], which is an outstanding library that began as workaroud to the OMG but which has become a much more mature product since and has long offered functionality that was only added to the Outlook object model in OL2007.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?ID=52&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/" />
  <row Id="4544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2635" RevisionGUID="19b7162d-7378-401b-9d73-37ed7b61c757" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:56:08.513" UserId="35" Text="1. In your VMWare virtual machine, install &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acronis.com&quot;&gt;Acronis&lt;/a&gt; and do a backup. You will get an image file. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Run VirtualBox with the Acronis Recovery iso. Restore from previously created image.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Acronis isn't free though." />
  <row Id="4545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2636" RevisionGUID="3be0d482-e1e7-4f2e-bd91-db0e02c29e3e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:58:10.443" UserId="823" Text="In my environment I need to copy a database from one server to another.  Usually a QA machine to my local box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do not have access to QA machine.  I can connect to the database, but not RDP into the box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the best way to copy the database from the QA server to my machine?" />
  <row Id="4546" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2636" RevisionGUID="3be0d482-e1e7-4f2e-bd91-db0e02c29e3e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:58:10.443" UserId="823" Text="How do I copy a SQL Server 2005 Database?" />
  <row Id="4547" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2636" RevisionGUID="3be0d482-e1e7-4f2e-bd91-db0e02c29e3e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:58:10.443" UserId="823" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;copy&gt;&lt;qa&gt;" />
  <row Id="4548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2637" RevisionGUID="803ec41b-ef38-430d-a81a-a21a8b63a219" CreationDate="2009-05-01T17:58:35.247" UserId="401" Text="It sounds like you're looking for fun things you can do with a Linux Server now that you've got it running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Webserver.  Run Apache/PHP.  Change the headers/signatures.  Make it *look* like you're running ASP.Net on IIS!&#xD;&#xA; - Fileserver.  Samba.  Set it up so every use can see their home directory plus some public shares when they login&#xD;&#xA; - Authentication.  Get Apache, SVN, SSH, and FTP all authenicating off the same password in /etc/passwd.  Mess with /etc/pam.d Then try and get Samba to do it.  Hint: I don't think it's possible.&#xD;&#xA; - DHCP/Firewall - Segment your network into trusted (your computers) and untrusted (everyone else).  Block them from accessing your stuff (helps stops worms!).  &#xD;&#xA; - Proxy - tunnel a computer through a transparent proxy.  See if you can detect it.&#xD;&#xA;  - Then, tunnel all of the untrusted segement through the proxy.  Then do [Upside-Downternet](http://ex-parrot.com/~pete/upside-down-ternet.html)&#xD;&#xA; - [Graph the computers stats](http://www.cacti.net/)  CPU, Fan Speeds, Voltages, Disk Read and Write activity, Network traffic&#xD;&#xA; - [Graph the weather!](http://forums.cacti.net/about6153.html)  See fluctuations in drive temperature as a factor of outside humidity or temperature.&#xD;&#xA; - [Find out how much bandwidth your house uses](http://humdi.net/vnstat/)&#xD;&#xA; - Use it to remind you of stuff.  My server emails me the weather every morning.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's no limit, and there's a ton more ideas that will be catered to *you.*  Do you want to know *exactly* what time your daughter gets home at night, but you want to go to bed too?  Hook up an RFID reader on the door and log when it breaks contact!  Orrrrr [hook up RFID with a cat door](http://ioanghip.googlepages.com/) to only ley your cat in!  " />
  <row Id="4549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2638" RevisionGUID="69808fde-271e-4fd4-9a56-a41a6aab54fc" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:00:36.443" UserId="613" Text="There's a tutorial on using qemu tools and vditool to do that [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuMagazine/HowTo/Switching_From_VMWare_To_VirtualBox:_.vmdk_To_.vdi_Using_Qemu_+_VdiTool" />
  <row Id="4550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2639" RevisionGUID="1273a0b4-7c1c-4a98-8a13-b11871559183" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:01:12.197" UserId="55956" Text="[Dropbox][1] works really well on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. It works much better than Mozy for me. Upto 2 GiB it is free. For $99 a year you get 50 GiB of storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.getdropbox.com" />
  <row Id="4551" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2640" RevisionGUID="b33d6b23-6c14-4669-a47e-a4c406625b66" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:01:26.970" UserId="292" Text="What is the best way to minimize the HD space of VMware image when multiple snapshots are used. After taking the first snapshot VMware doesn't allow to *shrink* the virtual HD anymore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm using the VMware Workstation 6.5 on Windows Vista." />
  <row Id="4552" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2640" RevisionGUID="b33d6b23-6c14-4669-a47e-a4c406625b66" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:01:26.970" UserId="292" Text="Minimize VMware HD space with multiple snapshots" />
  <row Id="4553" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2640" RevisionGUID="b33d6b23-6c14-4669-a47e-a4c406625b66" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:01:26.970" UserId="292" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;snapshots&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;space&gt;" />
  <row Id="4554" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2641" RevisionGUID="328c3a7c-4fa6-464f-8dcb-ff10f5f7a2d1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:02:30.540" UserId="1345" Text="I need some advice on reducing the size of our mail stores by archiving PSTs (18+ month old emails) to somewhere else on the network where it's seemless to the end user (Outlook 2003/2007).  I'd prefer to store them on the network and not the end users' machines because storage is cheap and it'll be safer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The alternative option I was thinking of was looking for a tool that will archive attachments.  People send 1 MB+ JPGs to multiple people every day.  I think separating those out would be huge, ideally if we are able to replace the attachment with a link to the file.  Or even simpler, deleting attachments for specific file types." />
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  <row Id="4556" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2641" RevisionGUID="328c3a7c-4fa6-464f-8dcb-ff10f5f7a2d1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:02:30.540" UserId="1345" Text="&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;" />
  <row Id="4557" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2642" RevisionGUID="e7e7e447-4f1f-4571-8f85-249d853b2e76" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:02:35.097" UserId="1520" Text="**Yes**. Specifically with SharePoint (WSS 3.0). If you ever use the 'Edit in Datasheet' functionality of SharePoint lists in Internet Explorer, you can **not** install any Office 2007 components with the SharePoint extensions - they must be explicitly excluded at the time of installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No end of headaches!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't use SharePoint, as far as I can tell you should have no problems, aside from some decisions to make re: file type handling (as Richard pointed out)." />
  <row Id="4561" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2644" RevisionGUID="1323847c-6cea-447f-8c85-ed315da9992a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:06:20.937" UserId="52978" Text="I'm running a handful of video streaming servers (Win2k3 Ent SP2).  As my user base is starting to grow, individual users are beginning to report that they are experiencing less-than-ideal service.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is my suspicion that degradation is occurring as I'm reaching the limit of my bandwidth (10Mb up).  Though there is also the chance that I may be exhausting my system's resources; e.g. CPU time, RAM, etc... or possibly a badly-scaling software design which may be causing excessive thrashing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**In short, I'd like to assemble a very broad view of my resource consumption.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perfmon *(performance monitor)* first came to mind.  But I'm not a fan of the interface-- is it possible to export the perfmon data and generate a nice historical report?  Does such a solution exist?" />
  <row Id="4562" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2644" RevisionGUID="1323847c-6cea-447f-8c85-ed315da9992a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:06:20.937" UserId="52978" Text="Monitor/analyze/report resource trends on a single server-- perfmon + ??" />
  <row Id="4563" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2644" RevisionGUID="1323847c-6cea-447f-8c85-ed315da9992a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:06:20.937" UserId="52978" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;perfmon&gt;&lt;bandwidth&gt;&lt;resources&gt;&lt;analysis&gt;" />
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  <row Id="4568" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="538" RevisionGUID="4abf7aaf-1209-4163-a416-d6e6ff07cbb9" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:10:17.013" UserId="640" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="4569" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2645" RevisionGUID="86a0e119-91db-4ac6-b665-ea64c75333cc" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:10:51.287" UserId="1498" Text="I might also suggest you take a look at LikeWise Open. http://www.likewise.com/products/likewise_open/index.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use it on roughly 18 Solaris 9 and 10 servers, and another 30-40 Linux servers. Its works fantastically, with very little issues in my environment. " />
  <row Id="4570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2646" RevisionGUID="17d7fe06-f453-4007-9f14-7a0bdd2d4fa9" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:11:01.550" UserId="61" Text="I've used powershell before to create the backup and automatically copy it over to my local drive. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can probably google powershell sql backups but here are some links to get you started:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Database Journal][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Powershell Database Scripts][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mssql/article.php/3693606/Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell-and-SQL-Server-2005-SMO--Part-6.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://powershell.com/cs/media/g/sql-server/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="4572" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1489" RevisionGUID="78b8f436-e1ea-4008-9357-d0b3d819aff4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:13:00.907" UserId="613" Comment="added 52 characters in body" Text="Use cables as close to the correct length as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Spare cable should be coiled *away* from the concentrator - so spare power cable gets coiled next to the machine, not the powerstrip, and spare network cable next to the machine, not the hub.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't be stingy with cable ties, be they zip ties or velcro pulls.  When in doubt, use an extra, and don't hesitate to trash old ones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Machines should still be removable once unplugged, which means run your cables vertically down the edges of the rack, not the middle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Only run cross-rack in one place (probably the top or bottom of the rack), and run as little cross-rack as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Color coding is good, but when troubleshooting, what _is_ trumps what's _supposed_ to be.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fix it all _now_.  'Later' never comes.  Corollary: everything should always be perfect before you leave - or you have concrete plans to come back and fix it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Label cable ends with abstractions: numbers, letters, whatever.  Don't bother with 'firewall', 'external', etc - they'll get moved and re-used and the labels will be wrong; better to keep the labels an extension of the 'color' so they can be easily reused without having to be relabeled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A lot of this is from old telco practice - you think we manage a lot of cables, you should look inside a real telco crossconnect sometime - well, but don't because they're often spaghetti.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4574" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2586" RevisionGUID="2914dd04-0ba1-44d7-b4ca-02f0acc01c0c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:16:47.747" UserId="1447" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="**Transactional databases**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID-5 is slow to write as the controller needs to load every block from a stripe to calculate the parity block.  This means that a write requires at least one I/O from each disk in the array.  On an array with 14 disks this means that your parity write will generate as many as 13 additional physical disk reads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID-10 has a mirror for every single drive and does not need to read additional data to calculate parity.  This means that writes need much less physical I/O.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID-50 sits somewhere in the middle, with the volume split into multiple RAID-5 volumes, which are in turn striped.  On a  RAID-50 made from groups striped in a 3+1 scheme a write generates at most three additional disk I/O requests.  If you feel so inclined you can view RAID-5 and RAID-10 as special cases of RAID-50.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other parity schemes such as RAID-6 also exist, and a similar trick can be used to make RAID-60 arrays.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, a single mirrored pair (known as RAID-1) can provide redundancy and good enough performance for some tasks.  In particular you will probably find that RAID-1 gves you sufficient throughput for quite a lot of database log traffic.  More on this below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a write-heavy workload you will probably get a performance gain from a RAID-10 volume.  This can be a win as you can probably get your required throughput from a smaller number of physical disks, assuming the disks have enough space).  Some items such as logs or temporay areas on a database server should be on RAID-1 or RAID-10 volumes, as these get lots of write traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Logs**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Log volumes are characterised by a mostly sequential data access pattern, and are essentially a ring buffer consisting of commands along the lines of 'write this data to this block'  They are written out as a producer by the core DBMS engine and processed as a conumer by the log reader function.  A single mirrored pair will actually handle quite a lot of log traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Read-heavy systems and file servers**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a read-heavy system such as a data warehouse you may want to use one or more RAID-5 volumes.  On a file server, disk accesses will largely be done on a whole file basis, so writes will probably write out most of the blocks that make up the parity block anyway.  In this case the performance penalyt for RAID-5 will be lighter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the past the cost savings on disk may have been significant but this is less likely to be an issue now.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Write-back caching and RAID-5**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a SAN or internal RAID controller with a battery-backed cache you may be able to enable 'Write-back' caching.  This caches writes and returns control to the application.  The I/O is reported by the controller as completed.  However, it does not necessarily write the data out to disk immediately.  This facility allows RAID-5 parity read/write operations to be substantially optimised and can soften the write performance penalty for RAID-5x volumes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, this still carries a small risk of data integrity issues.  The host system has been told that this write has been completed when this is not in fact the case.  It is possible for a hardware failure create data inconsistencies between (say) log and data volumes on a database server.  For this reason, write-back caching is not recommended for transactional systems, although it may be a performance win for something like an ETL process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Summary**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disk *space* is so cheap nowadays that transactional systems should probably use RAID-1 or RAID-10 for log volumes and RAID-10 for data volumes.  The physical disk size is likely to be much larger than the database and RAID-10 will allow more write throughput for the same number of disks, potentially reducing the number of disk volumes needed to support the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On something like a data warehouse you can still chew space with large, heavily indexed fact tables so you might get small price win with RAID-5 or RAID-50 data volumes.  However logs and tempdb should still be placed on a RAID-10 volume as they will probably get a lot of work during ETL processing.  However, the cost saving on disk is likely to be fairly small.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2649" RevisionGUID="f721af45-029a-4233-88bd-ebed918363ae" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:18:56.367" UserId="617" Text="Windows 7 RC is now available. What is the expiration and upgrade path for it? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Upgrade to official Windows release -- will it be painless, or would it require a reformat / reinstall of all apps.&#xD;&#xA; * Time limit -- will Win 7 RC stop working entirely and refuse to boot on June 1, 2010, or will it retain some limited functionality (e.g. allowing users to copy their data).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should I install Win 7 RC to some friends who are eager to try it on their laptop, but are not incredibly computer-savvy (and would certainly not appreciate a complete toast-and-reinstall)?" />
  <row Id="4576" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2649" RevisionGUID="f721af45-029a-4233-88bd-ebed918363ae" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:18:56.367" UserId="617" Text="Upgrade from Windows 7 RC1 to Official Release" />
  <row Id="4577" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2649" RevisionGUID="f721af45-029a-4233-88bd-ebed918363ae" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:18:56.367" UserId="617" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;upgrade&gt;" />
  <row Id="4579" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2650" RevisionGUID="592c533a-4e55-423d-9249-b1743885d5be" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:22:41.757" UserId="1463" Text="Indexing I guess is used by Outlook which if you use Outlook is something you do not want to turn off :)  ...UAC shouldn't really matter as long as the user's are just users and have no admin privileges - except if you don't want the ability to enter admin credentials on the fly like for troubleshooting a user's station over his shoulder, then disable UAC to get rid of the creds dialog entirely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Superfetch I guess was a part of XP as well although not as advanced, so I see no need to touch that. Aero or not is a user setting and really doesn't affect the security as far as I see...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...think my conclusion is that, no, nothing in particular comes to my mind - as long as the rest of the environment and group policies are sane and best practice - the default install is fine." />
  <row Id="4580" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2651" RevisionGUID="6f4b54e6-b6b7-4f7a-be9c-789605920693" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:22:53.580" UserId="1522" Text="If you have access to a fileshare or administrative fileshare (i.e. c$) on the SQL Server box you can run the backup using SQL Server Management Studio to the server drive and then copy it over to your local machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sql Server Management Studio (Example is from SSMS 2008, should be similar to 2005):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Login to the database server&#xD;&#xA;* Right click on the database you wish to backup -&gt; Tasks -&gt; Backup&#xD;&#xA;* In the 'Destination' group, select 'Backup to: Disc'&#xD;&#xA;* Click 'Add...'&#xD;&#xA;* Specify where you want the backup and what the filename will be (.bak file) under the 'File name:'&#xD;&#xA;* Click 'Ok'&#xD;&#xA;* Click 'Ok'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When that completes, copy the file to your local machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also an Import/Export wizard that comes with SSMS 2008 that may be able to do a direct copy from one database to another (i.e. QA to local), but I haven't used it much because I have always had access to the DB servers." />
  <row Id="4581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2652" RevisionGUID="b1f0b8cc-1f40-4cc4-9cf7-1d319680f2b8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:23:40.193" UserId="1233" Text="For clarification: The wireless router - does it have the same name as other wireless networks you connect to in the area?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If **not** you can tell OS X to stop connecting to that WAP:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Go to the Apple Menu and choose System Preferences, then click on the Network Preference Pane&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If using Leopard (10.5):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Click on your Airport connection and then press the Advanced button on the bottom right hand side of the window.  &#xD;&#xA;2. Under the Airport tab you'll see a list of Preferred Networks, find the one in question that you are erroneously connecting to and press the '-' button below it. Then press OK, then press Apply. It will stop connecting to that particular WAP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If using Tiger (10.4):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Click on your Airport Connection and then press Configure at the bottom of the window.&#xD;&#xA;2. Select the Drop down menu and change it from Automatic to Preferred Networks, choose the offending WAP name and press the '-' below it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4582" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2653" RevisionGUID="854db28a-350c-494a-80dd-3e07ed74a407" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:24:33.810" UserId="1493" Text="gvfs (gnome virtual file system) felt the need to reimplement some of the common filesystems. I'm trying to get people onto our WebDAV shares, but I'm getting pretty cryptic errors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'd like to do is setup gvfs to use a proxy, so I can use Charles to see what's going on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I easily do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Evert" />
  <row Id="4583" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2653" RevisionGUID="854db28a-350c-494a-80dd-3e07ed74a407" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:24:33.810" UserId="1493" Text="Debugging WebDAV using gvfs" />
  <row Id="4584" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2653" RevisionGUID="854db28a-350c-494a-80dd-3e07ed74a407" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:24:33.810" UserId="1493" Text="&lt;gnome&gt;&lt;mounting&gt;&lt;http&gt;&lt;debugging&gt;" />
  <row Id="4585" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2654" RevisionGUID="3e6984a1-c5ca-4650-b662-12efc300bb3c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:25:43.823" UserId="995" Text="I've used three different systems for centralizing logs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Syslog/syslog-ng forwarding to one host&#xD;&#xA;1. Zenoss for aggregating and alerting events&#xD;&#xA;1. [Splunk][1] for log aggregation and search&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For #3, I typically use syslog-ng to forward the messages from each host directly into splunk. It can also parse log files directly, but that can be a bit of a pain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Splunk is pretty awesome for search and categorizing your logs. I haven't used splunk for log alerting, but I think it's possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.splunk.com" />
  <row Id="4586" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2655" RevisionGUID="efe648d6-d18c-40b8-81a1-3af9400adcb3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:28:22.163" UserId="216" Text="I'm about to take the plunge and install Win7 RC1 on my desktop machine.  However I want to preserve access to my old HDD with XP on it.  I don't really want to use full dual-boot since that would leave my new Win7 install on the d:\ drive, which it wouldn't otherwise be.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to use Virtualbox to boot from that old real drive instead of from an image?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, what are the implications for drivers, etc, since the &quot;new&quot; running OS will be using VirtualBox's virtual hardware and not the original hardware on which XP thinks it was installed." />
  <row Id="4587" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2655" RevisionGUID="efe648d6-d18c-40b8-81a1-3af9400adcb3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:28:22.163" UserId="216" Text="Virtualbox booting from a real drive?" />
  <row Id="4588" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2655" RevisionGUID="efe648d6-d18c-40b8-81a1-3af9400adcb3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:28:22.163" UserId="216" Text="&lt;win7&gt;&lt;hdd&gt;&lt;virtualbox&gt;&lt;winxp&gt;" />
  <row Id="4589" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2656" RevisionGUID="080a2384-cec4-4870-8782-33beefa3d062" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:28:40.103" UserId="995" Text="You'll probably want to look into PPTP. Windows and Linux both have servers for it and just about every OS has a native client (most phones and other devices too)." />
  <row Id="4590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2657" RevisionGUID="b04a348e-53b7-4b79-b096-28e9cbdf191e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:29:47.200" UserId="1522" Text="SSDs are very nice devices, as long as you get the right one.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For general computing, your primary OS drive or anything that does random reads (web servers, file servers, development, etc):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look primarily at Random Write performance!  You also need good Random Read performance!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most reviews and advertisements for SSDs are centered around SEQUENTIAL Read/Write performance (usually around 150-200MBps throughput), but they don't talk about their RANDOM Read/Write performance (cheap ones are like 0.01-0.02MBps - a spinning rust hard drive gets over 1MBps).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know some of the Intel X25's are good at Random, but they are also expensive.  The OCZ Vertex series is probably the lowest I would go (and don't bother looking at a majority of their other SSDs as they have abysmal Random performance)." />
  <row Id="4591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2658" RevisionGUID="96dc6e08-5452-43a0-bcd5-2782339aadfe" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:29:47.700" UserId="1155" Text="I'd like to create a custom search provider for a sharepoint document library on Windows 7" />
  <row Id="4592" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2658" RevisionGUID="96dc6e08-5452-43a0-bcd5-2782339aadfe" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:29:47.700" UserId="1155" Text="How can you search a sharepoint library using Windows 7 Search Federation?" />
  <row Id="4593" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2658" RevisionGUID="96dc6e08-5452-43a0-bcd5-2782339aadfe" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:29:47.700" UserId="1155" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;search&gt;" />
  <row Id="4594" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2659" RevisionGUID="8f86499f-9819-4ddd-9ff1-96be121046cb" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:30:37.870" UserId="1403" Text="Please don't zip-tie things together super tight.  If you really must use zip-ties, keep them loose.  Makes it a huge pain to move cables if everything's all tied together." />
  <row Id="4595" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2649" RevisionGUID="25579b12-c300-4262-adf5-026086738bb9" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:30:39.507" UserId="617" Comment="added 249 characters in body" Text="Windows 7 RC is now available. What is the expiration and upgrade path for it? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Upgrade to official Windows release -- will it be painless, or would it require a reformat / reinstall of all apps.&#xD;&#xA; * Time limit -- will Win 7 RC stop working entirely and refuse to boot on June 1, 2010, or will it retain some limited functionality (e.g. allowing users to copy their data).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should I install Win 7 RC to some friends who are eager to try it on their laptop, but are not incredibly computer-savvy (and would certainly not appreciate a complete toast-and-reinstall)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;Sorry if this is a [duplicate][1], but I'm primarily interested on your opinion on whether to recommend it to a non-technical user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1855/if-i-install-windows7-rc-will-i-need-to-repave-later" />
  <row Id="4596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2660" RevisionGUID="80c97a6e-45a7-42fb-a826-257fb28cc096" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:31:36.633" UserId="846" Text="My $0.02 ... not yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**GOOD** SSD can improve disk-bound application performance.  The price/performance is such that you better really need the performance improvement!  Mediocre SSD will likely drive you crazy.  SSD storage is not ready for standard deployment, and it won't be until:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - the overall quality level improves across the price spectrum, &#xD;&#xA; - the low price comes way down, and&#xD;&#xA; - we have info about longevity and reliability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an aside .. A Senior VP at my company bought an SSD-equipped MacBook Air solely for giving  presentations and playing videos and is satisfied, particularly with the quick boot." />
  <row Id="4597" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2661" RevisionGUID="86c4412b-54d1-4253-90f4-53b43fdf56ed" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:32:10.533" UserId="1225" Text="There are a couple of really good shows on RunAs Radio about performancing monitor. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.runasradio.com/default.aspx?showNum=81][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.runasradio.com/default.aspx?showNum=77][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first show gives good details on what you should be monitoring and why. The second is about a tool called PAL (Performance Analysis of Logs), [http://www.codeplex.com/pal][3], which will give you reporting on the Performance Monitor data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.runasradio.com/default.aspx?showNum=77&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.runasradio.com/default.aspx?showNum=77&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.codeplex.com/pal" />
  <row Id="4598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2662" RevisionGUID="d95e12ef-47d4-47dd-8ae3-a348940db84b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:32:24.480" UserId="1526" Text="Does anyone know of an automated way to enable Wake on LAN capabilities in the BIOS?" />
  <row Id="4599" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2662" RevisionGUID="d95e12ef-47d4-47dd-8ae3-a348940db84b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:32:24.480" UserId="1526" Text="Automated Enable of Wake on LAN" />
  <row Id="4600" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2662" RevisionGUID="d95e12ef-47d4-47dd-8ae3-a348940db84b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:32:24.480" UserId="1526" Text="&lt;wake-on-lan&gt;&lt;bios&gt;" />
  <row Id="4601" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1672" RevisionGUID="4e48f066-948b-456d-8d2f-c45605e6a8a0" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:33:13.883" UserId="1155" Comment="cleaning up answer" Text="Answer from:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.shahine.com/omar/FixingOutlookRedXProblem.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Locate the Outlook Temporary Items folder by opening the Registry and locating &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Security\OutlookSecureTempFolder&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1.  Navigate to the value of this Key. It should be something like: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK3D\ where OLK3D is some randomly generated string that always starts with OLK&#xD;&#xA; 3. Quit Outlook&#xD;&#xA; 4. Delete the contents of the folder&#xD;&#xA; 5. Launch Outlook&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.shahine.com/omar/FixingOutlookRedXProblem.aspx" />
  <row Id="4602" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2663" RevisionGUID="5e29a62a-4eeb-4ecf-89f7-abad115bb26e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:33:44.477" UserId="1522" Text="I am also running Windows 7 RC x86 (and was running Windows 7 Beta x86) under VirtualBox 2.x." />
  <row Id="4603" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2664" RevisionGUID="16590661-67f7-4661-b342-735dd057d3ce" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:34:03.447" UserId="613" Text="Turns out what I'm actually looking for is more of a PaaS managment tool. [RightScale][1] seems to be what I need, I think.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rightscale.com/" />
  <row Id="4604" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2665" RevisionGUID="ac19cd4d-610c-47cb-ba94-262e9d064487" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:35:35.877" UserId="1433" Text="I would try the [Copy Database Wizard][1] command available through SQL Management Studio. This can be done without RDP access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft also has an MSDN page on [copying data between servers][2] that may be helpful. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188664(SQL.90).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190923(SQL.90).aspx" />
  <row Id="4605" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2666" RevisionGUID="638b42fe-bac8-44b0-9c01-cfcc6620a5fc" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:36:01.117" UserId="1435" Text="Does on both ESX 3.5U4 and 4.0" />
  <row Id="4606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2667" RevisionGUID="20bfb244-7fc2-4db2-9e63-26d79e8b4207" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:36:39.413" UserId="48" Text="Upgrading windows 7 from Beta to RC and RC to RTM is not supported and if you try it you will get an error. It is possible to do, the instructions are [here][1], but its not a great idea.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Upgrading is something I rarely do if I can help it, even with release software, it has som many opportunitys for errors and compatability problems, and doing so from pre-release software just increases the possibility of these.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/04/07/delivering-a-quality-upgrade-experience.aspx" />
  <row Id="4607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2668" RevisionGUID="10088bdd-6c55-453c-97fa-be83b1d54d96" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:37:42.063" UserId="1426" Text="I'd like to add a kickstart file to a fedora DVD for an automated install. I don't ahve access to a Linux box though, just windows. How can I remaster the iso to add the kickstart file?" />
  <row Id="4608" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2668" RevisionGUID="10088bdd-6c55-453c-97fa-be83b1d54d96" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:37:42.063" UserId="1426" Text="adding kickstart to a cd in windows" />
  <row Id="4609" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2668" RevisionGUID="10088bdd-6c55-453c-97fa-be83b1d54d96" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:37:42.063" UserId="1426" Text="&lt;installation&gt;&lt;kickstart&gt;&lt;fedora&gt;" />
  <row Id="4610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2669" RevisionGUID="4b01e5f2-949d-4fe0-af9e-83beb0194cab" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:37:59.677" UserId="1463" Text="I doubt you can do much about it, it's akin to a rogue AP - report it. If it doesn't lead anywhere, we would say &quot;switch school&quot; - but perhaps an easy workaround would be to unplug its power (or cut the power cord, it's not &quot;hacking&quot; per se is it ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or you could hi-jack an IP address and set it manually, hoping to avoid a conflict..." />
  <row Id="4611" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2670" RevisionGUID="0a2a0688-22ef-42a6-8e52-f376100165dd" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:38:11.110" UserId="1129" Text="xl2tpd is in Debian. It's a server for L2TP IPSec VPN. Windows supports L2TP natively. Alternatively, you can use OpenSwan (also in Debian) to set up IPSec. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know you want to focus on built-in clients, but take a look at OpenVPN just the same. It's cross-platform and easy to set up and deploy. It's also extremely secure and flexible at the same time. I tried to set up xl2tpd and went with OpenVPN instead. " />
  <row Id="4613" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2672" RevisionGUID="f7f2362c-034c-4a9b-b51f-4fa67d426ab7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:39:17.567" UserId="613" Text="Check to see if your motherboard manufacturer provides cmos/bios backup utilities (usually used just before upgrading the bios).  If so, you can likely get one machine set up the way you want it (including Wake-on-Lan), save those settings, and then restore them on other (identical) machines.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2673" RevisionGUID="435824d2-deec-41a6-8075-19649c27b74a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:39:53.667" UserId="1426" Text="Last time I checked I was able to install yum-security in CentOS but since it doesn't use the official redhat mirrors I was unable to get it to actually work. Is there a way to make yum-security work or is there an alternative to yum-security on CentOS?" />
  <row Id="4615" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2673" RevisionGUID="435824d2-deec-41a6-8075-19649c27b74a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:39:53.667" UserId="1426" Text="yum-security for CentOS?" />
  <row Id="4616" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2673" RevisionGUID="435824d2-deec-41a6-8075-19649c27b74a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:39:53.667" UserId="1426" Text="&lt;centos&gt;&lt;redhat&gt;" />
  <row Id="4617" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2674" RevisionGUID="213040bb-0ea1-4596-9a07-2123d7accaba" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:40:11.357" UserId="271" Text="The expiration date is June 2010 but be aware that on March 2010 you'll start getting by-hourly shutdowns.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sure that Windows 7 RC is stable enough to use it in your primary computer, but I wouldn't do it. I installed it on my laptop, but my main computer still has VISTA. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wouldn't install Windows 7 to my friends either if that implies that I'll have to take care of their upgrades to the RTM version, which will probably require a fresh install." />
  <row Id="4618" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2675" RevisionGUID="af62e7b2-4fe8-493e-b235-24bb1ab20b0d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:42:17.450" UserId="1466" Text="There is a linux tool called nvram-wakeup that allows you to programattically set the wakeup time of a box - but I think it also allows you to manipulate other bios settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;smbios-utils is another utility worth looking at.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also check out the forums for MythTV, as that's where I first heard about this.  I know they deal with setting up wake-on-lan configurations - but I have not done that myself." />
  <row Id="4619" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2676" RevisionGUID="6a3c95ab-6231-49ad-b912-a400586d27ad" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:44:30.970" UserId="846" Text="Don't waste time talking technology/speed/life cycle with this guy .. he doesn't care.  He thinks that you are using the project as an excuse to do PC upgrades and increase your fees.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would change the subject from the **age/speed** of the computers to the **time** it takes people to do the work.  Install the software on one of the dogs and test it.  If the software performs acceptably, leave it alone.  But if it doesn't, the argument is about how much the people cost and their productivity. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anecdotal info ... Just this week we were exploring memory upgrades for our accounting staff.  For recent PCs (18 months old), we got 2GB of RAM for $32.  For some older PCs (3+ years old), we could only get 512MG sticks at $80, so 1.5GB would cost $240." />
  <row Id="4620" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="38" RevisionGUID="869c533b-9f0f-4e96-819d-c8631bdeda0f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:45:07.273" UserId="25" Comment="added 145 characters in body" Text="I have been using [Mozy][1] on both OSX (primarly) and Windows for over a year now with few problems, including during testing of recovery. The biggest problem, which I don't think is solved by any backup solution, is the slowing of the computer caused by encoding or determining which files need to be backed up. Also, Mozy is very cheap and they have both enterprise (reasonable pricing) and personal backup solutions (especially cheap) There are other similar services out there now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another service that seems quite similar is [Blackblaze][2]. Similar pricing and services to that of Mozy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mozy.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://www.backblaze.com/" />
  <row Id="4621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2677" RevisionGUID="1551c9ab-8aec-47f5-b356-60df9823d5f8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:45:12.437" UserId="966" Text="I've been using [Tarsnap][1] it's a small venture by the head of the freebsd security chief. [Colin Percival][2]. A very well respected man in his field. It uses amazon S3 in the background and leverages transfering and storing changes in files instead of the entire set. Everything gets encrypted to your own key (so no leveraging your storage with anyone else) and you only pay for what you use. The site is still in &quot;beta&quot; but the product works as described and has quite a few rounds of testing. Solid stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Tarsnap is an online encrypted snapshotted backup service, currently undergoing public paid beta testing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the very least read a few of his blog posts about tarsnap, very enlightening discoveries in there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tarsnap.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/2/967/826 " />
  <row Id="4622" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2678" RevisionGUID="d9c2f420-849a-427d-a0d1-415e8599efc7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:46:44.460" UserId="1298" Text="I had created a Windows XP image disk. It is of 5 GB, but I would like to know if there is any simple way to increase the size to 20 GB." />
  <row Id="4623" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2678" RevisionGUID="d9c2f420-849a-427d-a0d1-415e8599efc7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:46:44.460" UserId="1298" Text="How to increase the size of a VirtualBox Disk Image" />
  <row Id="4624" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2678" RevisionGUID="d9c2f420-849a-427d-a0d1-415e8599efc7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:46:44.460" UserId="1298" Text="&lt;virtualbox&gt;" />
  <row Id="4625" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2679" RevisionGUID="aff79af2-77a9-46ba-a630-e14e0401fbca" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:47:25.097" UserId="810" Text="That's a pretty tight grip the customer has on its wallet if there's no interest in upgrading a 9-year-old PC at today's entry-level system prices.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think you'll find the experience of most has been that the CPU is one of the more reliable components in the PC. The drives, fans, and motherboards are more likely to fail due to age than the CPU. Like the other responders, I'm unaware of any official end-of-life documentation from Intel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But you may consider these other tactics.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Really market the value of your software's features that won't be accessible without even a cheap upgrade. If you can explain that the software can improve their productivity and save time and money, it might prove more valuable than the cost of a new PC.&#xD;&#xA; - Explain how a new PC itself can be an improvement in efficiency. In addition to being able to run your software, anything else they do on it will be faster.&#xD;&#xA; - If they don't want to buy a new one, would they be willing to buy a used one? Although it could be argued that buying someone's three-year-old box for $250 is still more expensive than buying a cheap dual-core PC from Dell for $400.&#xD;&#xA; - How much is this sale and this customer worth to you? A lot hinges on your answer to that question, but you can consider buying the PC for them. Give the razor, sell the blades. Lose money on the printer, rob them on the highway for ink cartridges. Or perhaps you can split the cost. Unfortunately, you might also be setting a nasty precedent. Maybe include the PC price in the software installation fee...&#xD;&#xA; - Get outside help. I'm not fond of overpriced consultants that tell me what I already know, but it works for some people. There must be a consulting firm report somewhere detailing the costs of having legacy tech or the benefits of staying current. Put that in front of them.&#xD;&#xA; - Sabotage. Leave a magnet lying around nearby or spill a coke or clog up a fan. Just kidding...sort of.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="4626" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2680" RevisionGUID="c29cfbec-257a-4f34-ba0f-1372c96ba21a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:49:28.573" UserId="1361" Text="Exim + Exchange.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Exchange is a pretty good groupware client, and advantage No.1[*] is Activesync (email + calendar sync) which frees us from relying on Blackberry :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said that, I wouldn't make an exchange server directly internet facing as the bulk of mail received by a normal corporate MTA is invalid (spam etc) and the cost per message of running an efficient exchange server is much higher that a solid *nix based MTA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Exim is (IMHO, and as mentioned) the most flexible, stable and resource efficient way of handling large or small volumes of email - you can have spam/virus filtering with a few additional apps and any rules based flexibility required using the exim filter system. I have never come across a mail requirement that couldn't be handled by exim (and I've had some strange requirements) and the documentation and mailing list support is great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My usual setup is Internet -&gt; Exim -&gt; internal Exchange server with a bit of NAT for active sync and outlook web access. Scalable, secure &amp; easy to manage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/salespitch&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[*] for me. I think other people like it for other reasons... :)" />
  <row Id="4627" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2681" RevisionGUID="55014139-a453-47ae-9893-bf1875c4b22f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:55:20.290" UserId="846" Text="I think you want something like [this][1] from Iron Mountain.  It is centrally managed and they say they support PCs and Macs.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ironmountain.com/digital/pc/" />
  <row Id="4629" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2683" RevisionGUID="e2996e68-ed11-49ab-9424-49161bd34d05" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:58:45.820" UserId="613" Text="One solution that you could probably do fairly easily is to just make a new 20GB virtual disk and then boot your VM off of a rescue disk and dd the 5G onto the 20GB and then boot off the 20G.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4630" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2684" RevisionGUID="b1ebfdb5-1a81-45f4-ba06-1acd320a5a94" CreationDate="2009-05-01T18:59:14.587" UserId="1426" Text="You can't, but you can clone it to a larger virtual disk. It's nontrivial but if you need to do it see [this link](http://www.giannistsakiris.com/index.php/2007/11/25/how-to-enlarge-a-virtualbox-disk/)" />
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  <row Id="4632" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2685" RevisionGUID="1a7c07d1-cc6d-426f-83d1-8f820c75bed6" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:00:34.287" UserId="1156" Text="I guess I'll copy and paste [my answer from Stack Overflow][1], which people seemed to like. . .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The issue of how to run commands on many servers at once came up on a Perl mailing list the other day and I'll give the same recommendation [I gave there] [2], which is to use gsh: [http://outflux.net/unix/software/gsh][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;gsh is similar to the &quot;`for box in box1_name box2_name box3_name`&quot; solution already given but I find gsh to be more convenient.  You set up a /etc/ghosts file containing your servers in groups such as web, db, RHEL4, x86_64, or whatever (man ghosts) then you use that group when you call gsh.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [pdurbin@beamish ~]$ gsh web &quot;cat /etc/redhat-release; uname -r&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    www-2.foo.com: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 7)&#xD;&#xA;    www-2.foo.com: 2.6.9-78.0.1.ELsmp&#xD;&#xA;    www-3.foo.com: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 7)&#xD;&#xA;    www-3.foo.com: 2.6.9-78.0.1.ELsmp&#xD;&#xA;    www-4.foo.com: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2 (Tikanga)&#xD;&#xA;    www-4.foo.com: 2.6.18-92.1.13.el5&#xD;&#xA;    www-5.foo.com: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2 (Tikanga)&#xD;&#xA;    www-5.foo.com: 2.6.18-92.1.13.el5&#xD;&#xA;    [pdurbin@beamish ~]$&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also combine or split ghost groups, using web+db or web-RHEL4, for example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll also mention that while I have never used shmux, [its website][4] contains a list of software (including gsh) that lets you run commands on many servers at once.  [Capistrano][5] has already been mentioned and (from what I understand) could be on that list as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/243750/how-can-i-automate-running-commands-remotely-over-ssh/245114#245114&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.beginners/2008/10/msg104506.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://outflux.net/unix/software/gsh&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://web.taranis.org/shmux&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.capify.org" />
  <row Id="4633" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="612" RevisionGUID="9a59cde2-b309-480a-ab85-0c0198514a2c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:01:32.897" UserId="1" Comment="edited tags" Text="We always use IIS' FTP service but recently we have had a few problems with it; what FTP service do you recomend for IIS?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use Windows Server and Windows XP in the clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A free version is a must, We are now considering FileZilla and WarFtp, We will be having 100 concurrent connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4634" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="612" RevisionGUID="9a59cde2-b309-480a-ab85-0c0198514a2c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:01:32.897" UserId="1" Comment="edited tags" Text="FTP service for use on Windows Server?" />
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  <row Id="4636" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="709" RevisionGUID="b6dda5a8-543f-4474-a5a8-30e6d236b4fa" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:02:24.470" UserId="1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="4637" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2686" RevisionGUID="6d26b05d-c167-44e5-a756-3e8fb5e59fb4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:03:57.883" UserId="1079" Text="&gt; what would be the recommendation to get redundancy with good write performance?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A large write-back cache. Increase the RAM on your hardware RAID controller or the RAM available to your software RAID solution (i.e. for Linux's MDADM increase the system RAM, MDADM balloons to use otherwise unused system RAM as write cache). This advice holds for given values of &quot;large&quot; - if you'll be often (5% of the time?) writing data at a rate fast enough to fill the write cache no matter how large it is then this will make little difference." />
  <row Id="4638" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2687" RevisionGUID="0e46bb41-cd23-49ae-bb1b-916b3f70dad7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:08:45.797" UserId="333" Text="I've used sendmail, qmail, and exim. Of those I prefer exim, though qmail is ok for low throughput mail servers. I try to avoid sendmail as much as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I were looking to set up a new mail server today I would look to exim, exchange, and gmail for your domain, depending on the particular use case. I used to host my own personal mail but now I just use gmail (the spam filtering and pervasive availability is a big win)." />
  <row Id="4639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2688" RevisionGUID="accfe329-298f-4991-be12-04cef1999986" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:09:04.063" UserId="813" Text="I need to give a TFS Project Group contributor privileges to a Source Control subdirectory in a TFS project.  I can connect successfully as someone from this group but can't browse Source Control, presumably because the user doesn't have access to the top level of the project.  Is there any way to configure access in a manner that doesn't require giving read access to the whole project or maintaining privileges for every folder that shares a directory with folders in the path to the target subdirectory?" />
  <row Id="4640" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2688" RevisionGUID="accfe329-298f-4991-be12-04cef1999986" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:09:04.063" UserId="813" Text="Delegate permissions to subfolder in TFS project" />
  <row Id="4641" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2688" RevisionGUID="accfe329-298f-4991-be12-04cef1999986" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:09:04.063" UserId="813" Text="&lt;tfs&gt;" />
  <row Id="4642" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2689" RevisionGUID="c7d41c58-f62e-4842-9dee-c6a8d4159658" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:11:39.003" UserId="1129" Text="If it's production, then don't use unstable. Use stable and backports instead, and testing if you must. Testing is ok for a desktop machine you can afford to break for a day. It's not for production.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, Zoredache mentioned apt-pinning. It's a little confusing at first, but worth learning. If you go that route, start with reading the apt_preferences man page. The key to apt-pinning is keep it simple and start small. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One last thing about the relative stability of the releases. Stable is always rock-solid, and testing is usually as reliable. When there's an impending release, testing gets much more stable and unstable gets a little stagnant. After a release, testing becomes a little less stable and unstable becomes buggy again. " />
  <row Id="4643" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2690" RevisionGUID="48433774-2176-4550-9e47-8eba25772670" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:13:08.983" UserId="1271" Text="All in the title. I'm looking for how to reference a local, not network, path, as a virtual drive letter. An innocuous example:  `C:\Storage` as `G:`" />
  <row Id="4644" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2690" RevisionGUID="48433774-2176-4550-9e47-8eba25772670" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:13:08.983" UserId="1271" Text="How do you map a virtual drive letter to a local path on Windows?" />
  <row Id="4645" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2690" RevisionGUID="48433774-2176-4550-9e47-8eba25772670" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:13:08.983" UserId="1271" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;mappeddrive&gt;" />
  <row Id="4646" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2691" RevisionGUID="1e6d29dd-30a0-4d68-8748-75601755ebf4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:13:32.570" UserId="1271" Text="I recently researched this subject and these are my findings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The [subst][1] command performs this function well, and its effect ends with the user session:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    subst [drive1: [drive2:]Path]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[vSubst][2] by Thomas Bigler is a GUI for subst, it can also create a permanent association by running itself at startup (HKLM), just as *subst* could be configured to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a permanent mapping this may not be preferable as anything loaded prior won't be able to reference the mapping, for instance entries added beforehand alongside it in HKLM -&gt; [...] -&gt; Run, Windows services, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[psubst][3] on Google Code is an excellent batch script with the interface of subst (which it uses internally) with an additional optional `/p` parameter for managing permanent mappings through the following key, which is loaded much earlier:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\DOS Devices&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491006.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://home.datacomm.ch/t.bigler/utils.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://code.google.com/p/psubst/" />
  <row Id="4647" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2692" RevisionGUID="1c5d76a7-49f6-485f-b442-b4132e34eff4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:14:16.453" UserId="1115" Text="There is no simple way to do this that I'm aware of.  There's no app that lets you just adjust a number to increase the hard drive size.  However, there's a pretty easy tutorial on [modhul.com][1] that walks you through a process similar to what others have posted here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- create new virtual disk with larger size&#xD;&#xA;- add that drive as a slave to your virtualbox&#xD;&#xA;- boot to gparted Live CD in virtual environment&#xD;&#xA;- use gparted to copy from old hd to new hd&#xD;&#xA;- mark new drive as bootable&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the commenters on that article state that it took less than 15 minutes to go from 4GB to 10 GB, FWIW.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.modhul.com/2008/10/21/re-sizing-a-virtualbox-virtual-disk-image-file/" />
  <row Id="4648" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2690" RevisionGUID="ca572b64-e4bd-413b-9285-50c017daeda5" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:16:18.930" UserId="48" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="4649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2693" RevisionGUID="9153118c-1f58-4290-8212-c03869386084" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:16:29.037" UserId="1532" Text="I don't see any built in mechanism for scheduling nightly backups in SQL Server 2005.  What tools are available to perform this task and how reliable are they?" />
  <row Id="4650" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2693" RevisionGUID="9153118c-1f58-4290-8212-c03869386084" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:16:29.037" UserId="1532" Text="How do I automatically run nightly backups for Microsoft SQL Server 2005?" />
  <row Id="4651" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2693" RevisionGUID="9153118c-1f58-4290-8212-c03869386084" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:16:29.037" UserId="1532" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;scheduled-task&gt;" />
  <row Id="4652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2694" RevisionGUID="81b6db89-1ae3-4b13-8d52-f230ecf0552e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:17:14.107" UserId="1181" Text="I could be wrong, but I couldn't find anything in their documentation that lead me to believe it was possible to boot from a real hard drive instead of a disk image. Taken from the [User Guide][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VirtualBox supports two variants of disk image files:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Normally, VirtualBox uses its own&#xD;&#xA;   container format for guest hard disks -Virtual Disk Image (VDI) files. In&#xD;&#xA;   particular, this format will be used&#xD;&#xA;   when you create a new virtual machine&#xD;&#xA;   with a new disk.&#xD;&#xA; - VirtualBox also&#xD;&#xA;   fully supports the popular and open&#xD;&#xA;   VMDK container format that is used by&#xD;&#xA;   many other virtualization products,&#xD;&#xA;   in particular, by VMware.&#xD;&#xA; - Finally, VirtualBox also fully supports the&#xD;&#xA;   VHD format used by Microsoft.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/2.2.2/UserManual.pdf" />
  <row Id="4653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2695" RevisionGUID="594fc270-bc87-475d-8b3b-a022bb5bf4b9" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:18:44.523" UserId="1176" Text="The easiest way, and maybe safest in this situation, is to backup the database and restore the .bak file to your machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is what I usually do specially when I am writing Stored Procs for, say, SSRS report or simply testing or plainly dabbling on something. And, of course, I always make sure that I am ONLY connected to my dev instance. I don't want to mess around with the live db. So, I usually do a backup to a particular db at midnight, SFTP it to my machine, and do a quick restore. When everything is tested and everything is working fine in the dev, then that's the time I run the script/s on the live instance and db ;-)" />
  <row Id="4655" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2696" RevisionGUID="e9988b79-9bcf-402c-951d-23b8b4052ca5" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:19:33.617" UserId="1504" Text="Wikipedia entry on Novell Identity Manager has several suggestions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novell_Identity_Manager" />
  <row Id="4656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2697" RevisionGUID="eb98554e-5e39-4a42-9b0f-42554652d303" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:19:58.467" UserId="906" Text="The [SQL Server Agent][1] will do it for you. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is even a user-friendly wizard available to create the necessary backup jobs. In terms of reliability - I would expect this to be rock-solid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It can execute multiple-step jobs at complex schedules and notify you by mail or other means or start processes depending on the success or failure of any job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MSDN:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; By default, the SQL Server Agent&#xD;&#xA;&gt; service is disabled when SQL Server&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2005 or later is installed unless the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; user explicitly chooses to autostart&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189237.aspx" />
  <row Id="4657" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2698" RevisionGUID="20d979de-e22f-4bbd-8dd7-bbd125add226" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:21:07.873" UserId="1463" Text="IIS7 has a completely new FTP component (separate download!) which is a big step up - try to upgrade to Server 2008 and use it if possible ;)" />
  <row Id="4658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2699" RevisionGUID="04e5077c-eb32-4c6c-9542-2a638246f590" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:21:27.060" UserId="823" Text="I am using Windows XP pro, and I need to know if something is registered on a port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so how can I tell what is on the port?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4659" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2699" RevisionGUID="04e5077c-eb32-4c6c-9542-2a638246f590" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:21:27.060" UserId="823" Text="How do I see if a port is in use on a windows machine?" />
  <row Id="4660" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2699" RevisionGUID="04e5077c-eb32-4c6c-9542-2a638246f590" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:21:27.060" UserId="823" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;port&gt;" />
  <row Id="4661" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2700" RevisionGUID="49c6a8c5-e1df-4753-8bad-41b68080ed43" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:21:46.123" UserId="1417" Text="Be consistent!!!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't care what colors you use for what, but always use the same ones. I don't care if the vertical run between units is on the right or the left, but always put it on the same side. I think you get the idea.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it doesn't look neat, it isn't. Pick some pattern, some system and follow it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A touch of OCD doesn't hurt. (apology in advance to any one from the Politically Correct crowd who want to flame me for make fun of being OCD). " />
  <row Id="4662" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2701" RevisionGUID="39e3c409-aadf-455b-9b04-0fea001d0ef1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:23:06.713" UserId="1531" Text="For an Intel based system keeping the number of cores constant how much difference would there be between two dual core processors and one quad core processor?  We run Oracle OLTP databases on two dual core processors.  With fewer dual core processors available we may need to switch to quad core, but we are limited to four cores due to licensing issues, so will have to switch to one processor.  If we make the switch should I expect to see a change in real world processing speed?" />
  <row Id="4663" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2701" RevisionGUID="39e3c409-aadf-455b-9b04-0fea001d0ef1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:23:06.713" UserId="1531" Text="Two Dual Core vs. One Quad Core" />
  <row Id="4664" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2701" RevisionGUID="39e3c409-aadf-455b-9b04-0fea001d0ef1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:23:06.713" UserId="1531" Text="&lt;intel&gt;&lt;processor&gt;&lt;cores&gt;" />
  <row Id="4665" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2702" RevisionGUID="264d1fef-73e3-4665-a47d-b17bf2c429a2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:23:32.920" UserId="984" Text="What services are you providing?  If the services support it, you should simply consider enabling SSL, or adding SSL via something like [stunnel][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[OpenVPN][2] is one of the best packages you could install in my opinion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.stunnel.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://openvpn.net/" />
  <row Id="4666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2703" RevisionGUID="2f7a19a6-c7f1-464e-86fa-6955ed059eea" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:24:56.177" UserId="1463" Text="How do you define &quot;registered&quot;?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, netstat -o will list the currently used and listening ports with PIDs and tasklist (or whatever process id lister is available) would sort the process name and executable out I guess? ^^" />
  <row Id="4667" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="1277" RevisionGUID="bf29d883-bc77-4e78-a209-51c65a689366" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:25:55.707" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="4668" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="289" RevisionGUID="d495a45b-8c1a-473d-a941-27a5a211ad39" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:26:02.603" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="4670" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2704" RevisionGUID="a5ead4df-9862-4742-ac83-244617a9abeb" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:26:26.907" UserId="640" Text="[Here's some freeware][1] you can run for this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In response to your edit: You can use netstat or the link I provided to tell if an app has a port open. If the app is not running, or is running but has closed/not opened the port, then you can't know that it *might* open the port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://diamondcs.com.au/consoletools/openports.php" />
  <row Id="4671" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2699" RevisionGUID="2cda7e3f-34a3-4217-a249-10a146f260de" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:27:47.887" UserId="823" Comment="added 175 characters in body" Text="I am using Windows XP pro, and I need to know if something is registered on a port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so how can I tell what is on the port?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I mean by registered is that I am trying to test a .NET remoting application, and I need to see if the application is running or registered on a given port." />
  <row Id="4672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2705" RevisionGUID="9c82ba91-16e2-46f9-b3da-2714e064e542" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:28:21.817" UserId="1181" Text="A few weeks ago I was reading through the Wikipedia entry on [NTFS][1], and noticed that it was possible to use [Symbolic Links][2] amongst a number of other [features][3] that aren't readily apparent in Windows Explorer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What other useful features exist that may not be documented on [Wikipedia][1], and how does one get access to these features? Is there a 3rd party program, registry settings, hidden configuration windows, cli, etc. used to manipulate/create/use these features?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ntfs&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_symbolic_link&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ntfs#Features" />
  <row Id="4673" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2705" RevisionGUID="9c82ba91-16e2-46f9-b3da-2714e064e542" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:28:21.817" UserId="1181" Text="NTFS &quot;Secrets&quot;?" />
  <row Id="4674" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2705" RevisionGUID="9c82ba91-16e2-46f9-b3da-2714e064e542" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:28:21.817" UserId="1181" Text="&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;hidden-feature&gt;" />
  <row Id="4675" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2706" RevisionGUID="7a78c1a7-4799-4c91-ade7-ec034e523701" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:28:56.700" UserId="47" Text="This will work for any distro: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Make sure your kernel is compiled with the appropriate modules&#xD;&#xA; - Configure your wireless card on the command line while writing down all the steps&#xD;&#xA; - put the steps in a shell script&#xD;&#xA; - Put the shell script in the init scripts or the last script that gets started of your OS&#xD;&#xA;(for gentoo for example this is: /etc/conf.d/local.start, I'm sure figuring out where this is for debian/ubuntu/fedora/whatnot won't be hard)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While this is not very clean, it works. After this you can finetune the script so it supports the start/stop commands of a real service.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4676" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2707" RevisionGUID="cbc2141f-a406-4bad-b684-25f2a371b0ba" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:29:47.010" UserId="613" Text="Check the max memory you can put in each system - it's possible that you may be able to stuff more RAM into a 2xdualcore box than you can into a 1xquadcore box.  And more RAM will likely help." />
  <row Id="4677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2708" RevisionGUID="453b29d4-f6d5-4bfe-afa2-b940aa5689cc" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:30:01.907" UserId="160" Text="The **default** site is set to listen on port 80. The other answers showed how to change the home directory." />
  <row Id="4678" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2709" RevisionGUID="809e3ad2-4bea-4a17-847e-32d9763618f4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:30:33.327" UserId="1" Text="Should be very little difference in performance between two dual core CPUs and a single quad core CPU, **if you are using current Intel Xeons**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, you might expect to see slightly *better* performance from the quad-core CPU if it is a &quot;true&quot; Quad core design, ala the new AMD Opterons or the new Xeon W5xxx (aka the Core i7 / Nehalem) series.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://techreport.com/articles.x/16656/12&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The Nehalem Xeons' truly astounding leap in performance over prior generations, in a range of applications, speaks for itself. The largest gains came in our scientific computing/HPC tests, where the Xeon W5580 proved to be between 50% and 100% faster than the Harpertown Xeon X5492. We saw a massive performance increase in SPECjbb 2005, as well, along with more modest but still substantial improvements everywhere else." />
  <row Id="4679" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2710" RevisionGUID="6e938db8-289d-48e4-a456-5f17eb086eea" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:31:08.503" UserId="656" Text="Run **netstat** from the command line and it will show you all of the current connections.  **netstat -b** will show you what program is using the port.  " />
  <row Id="4680" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2711" RevisionGUID="6569221e-848b-4ba4-a0a0-e986651e0474" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:31:30.687" UserId="1121" Text="`netstat -a -b` will show all listening ports and the executable name (rather than just the PID).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you prefer a graphical version, [Microsoft's TCPView](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897437.aspx) will show you the same information, updating in real-time." />
  <row Id="4681" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2697" RevisionGUID="ad4620fa-0315-44e4-b690-bcc87e787daa" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:33:41.167" UserId="906" Comment="added 141 characters in body" Text="The [SQL Server Agent][1] will do it for you. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is even a user-friendly wizard available to create the necessary backup jobs (SQL Server 2005 Books Online: [How to: Create a Maintenance Plan][2]). In terms of reliability - I would expect this to be rock-solid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It can execute multiple-step jobs at complex schedules and notify you by mail or other means or start processes depending on the success or failure of any job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MSDN:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; By default, the SQL Server Agent&#xD;&#xA;&gt; service is disabled when SQL Server&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2005 or later is installed unless the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; user explicitly chooses to autostart&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189237.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189953(SQL.90).aspx" />
  <row Id="4682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2712" RevisionGUID="1fab8e07-439f-4a0a-ac31-82c1eca8b49e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:33:43.863" UserId="1463" Text="The general advice is to not use PSTs at all (definately not over a network) and hence try to expand the actual Exchange datastore space to keep it all online there instead - with no purging or archiving done (as you say, storage is cheap and the Exchange datastore can handle the size, attachment duplicates will be stored as a single object across all mailboxes as well)...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;....but if you really want archiving, most likely you'll need a 3rd party solution like Enterprise Vault. How large is the typical mailbox right now?" />
  <row Id="4683" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2713" RevisionGUID="30e568f1-3949-4716-ae12-a981c2e47b3b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:34:46.060" UserId="984" Text="About the only think you can do is simply remove the snapshot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the snapshot to be useful it must save the state of the hard disk exactly as it was when you took the snapshot.  If don't need it, you can mark a virtual hard disk as exempt from snapshots.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to minimize space, it might be easier to simply stop the VM and actually backup and compress the VM and store it somewhere else." />
  <row Id="4684" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2714" RevisionGUID="1b8b5bf0-3090-4459-a142-04e4b8b28ae9" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:36:57.757" UserId="1121" Text="Microsoft distributes at least two Sysinternals tools for this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. [Junction](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx) lets you manipulate junction points (symbolic links).&#xD;&#xA;2. [Streams](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897440.aspx) will show you alternate data streams.  That page also shows you the `:stream` syntax to manipulate them from command-line." />
  <row Id="4685" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2715" RevisionGUID="cbeff336-5d87-4aa2-a9ad-1df2d2847ed4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:38:43.417" UserId="1532" Text="There is a comment thread spanning over two years on [Bill Evjan's blog][1] where people have been discussing the state of affairs with the Cisco VPN client software.  As mentioned in [GregD's answer][2], your most viable option is probably going to be [AnyConnect][3].  If that doesn't end up working for you, I recommend reading the comments on Bill's blog for other possible solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://geekswithblogs.net/evjen/archive/2007/01/01/102429.aspx (Cisco VPN Client Software on Windows Vista)&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://serverfault.com/questions/2095/cisco-vpn-client-on-vista-virtual-adapter/2100#2100&#xD;&#xA;[3]:http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/vpndevc/ps6032/ps6094/ps6120/data_sheet_c78-527494.html (Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client)" />
  <row Id="4686" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2716" RevisionGUID="861482d6-d63c-478d-be0a-9059bc04fa72" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:42:25.153" UserId="984" Text="One thing you could do is find a livecd or liveusb that boots and starts the network and ssh automatically.  Something like a customized version of [SystemRescueCd][1] may work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have a system booted, and you can SSH in and then use something like [debootstrap][2] to perform the [install][3] of a debian or ubuntu system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://packages.debian.org/stable/admin/debootstrap&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/426" />
  <row Id="4687" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2717" RevisionGUID="a74c9a59-7789-4a11-aab5-6278064b3ec8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:44:43.883" UserId="1537" Text="You could use [VMWare Converter][1] to make a VMDK of the live system, then use it with VirtualBox in Windows 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/" />
  <row Id="4688" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2718" RevisionGUID="126d2fda-2807-40db-9b5d-29b7208bb860" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:45:33.930" UserId="906" Text="[TCPview from the Sysinternals Suite][1] does it in a nice, GUI way. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It includes a configurable update interval, address resolving and difference highlighting. And it is a lot faster than `netstat -a -b`. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also available as a command line version (tcpvcon.exe). Both are free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897437.aspx" />
  <row Id="4689" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2703" RevisionGUID="dfe5d9f3-50f4-41e0-a5db-4cbdc1008c4d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:45:37.440" UserId="1463" Comment="added 94 characters in body" Text="How do you define &quot;registered&quot;?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, netstat -o will list the currently used and listening ports with PIDs and tasklist (or whatever process id lister is available) would sort the process name and executable out I guess? ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit: Oh nice, didn't notice the netstat -b option - that's obviously the better option :)" />
  <row Id="4690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2719" RevisionGUID="5345fd79-9920-4a18-b308-617de14f9d4a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:49:59.877" UserId="1532" Text="I'd like to be notified via email if our Linux servers are under any kind of hacking attempt or service attack.  Is there some kind of all-in-one solution that can monitor for suspicious activity and send reports of said activity to an email address?" />
  <row Id="4691" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2719" RevisionGUID="5345fd79-9920-4a18-b308-617de14f9d4a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:49:59.877" UserId="1532" Text="How can I be notified if somone is attempting to hack into a Linux server?" />
  <row Id="4692" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2719" RevisionGUID="5345fd79-9920-4a18-b308-617de14f9d4a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:49:59.877" UserId="1532" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;hacking&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;notification&gt;" />
  <row Id="4693" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2720" RevisionGUID="f5a84b39-cded-472a-9feb-149b622cee01" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:52:23.320" UserId="481" Text="Alternate Data Streams - you can use the [LADS][1] tool to enumerate them. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can create them for example by doing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; notepad test.txt:adsname1  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; notepad test.txt:adsname2   &#xD;&#xA;&gt; notepad test.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All 3 will be shown in explorer as 1 file but they are all different streams attached to that same filename.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.heysoft.de/nt/ep-lads.htm" />
  <row Id="4694" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1124" RevisionGUID="2a7eac93-6c31-4529-879e-0de409802737" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:53:34.907" UserId="613" Comment="added 39 characters in body" Text="Debian or Ubuntu (server) due to dist-upgrade.  Any distro can be installed from scratch - but how many can be upgraded in place?  I've got a debian machine that hasn't been reinstalled from scratch since approximately 1995.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are good communities around both, and also good documentation on making your own packages so you can make the package system work for you personally.  It's Very Cool to be able to easily roll a custom package to deploy to your internal machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Getting the most up-to-date versions of software can be a challenge, but [backports][1] have filled that gap pretty well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://backports.org/" />
  <row Id="4695" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2721" RevisionGUID="a405403b-602d-4383-8f45-71b458365d0a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:54:28.697" UserId="887" Text="Groupwise. Because it gives users something to complain about. That's the only reason I can think of for using it." />
  <row Id="4696" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2722" RevisionGUID="e41aaf5a-1d7b-42f5-9a73-40b7fafadba5" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:54:40.350" UserId="1484" Text="Areca has a great portfolio of RAID cards.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am using 2 16-port cards for around 3 years now and they performed and perfom flawlessly. They were at the time the only ones to support RAID 6 which allows 2 simultaneous drive failures. This helped tremendously with me getting enough sleep and stop worrying about data loss. Survived several drive failures in those years. It is amazing how often modern drives tend to fail." />
  <row Id="4697" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2722" RevisionGUID="e41aaf5a-1d7b-42f5-9a73-40b7fafadba5" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:54:40.350" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="4698" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1662" RevisionGUID="377242b2-1b1f-4a18-bd75-97414889fb6b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:56:22.140" UserId="798" Text="I've run into this exact issue several times, and every time, the solution was to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. go to the Control Panel&#xD;&#xA; 2. go to the &quot;Windows Components&quot; area&#xD;&#xA; 3. remove IIS, let it uninstall&#xD;&#xA; 4. reboot&#xD;&#xA; 5. re-add IIS (**make sure to include the ASP.NET stuff when you check off the boxes**).&#xD;&#xA; 6. Run: C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727&gt;aspnet_regiis.exe -I&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I spent hours debugging this at a client site once, and that was the trick.  Since then, every time this has happened, this was the fix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure what the root cause is, but we tore the IIS configuration apart once trying to figure it out, and even had Microsoft RDC'ing into the server in question for 2 or 3 hours, and they couldn't help either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I write it off as an undocumented bug in ASP.NET/IIS." />
  <row Id="4699" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2723" RevisionGUID="20d753f3-25d2-43ae-a7b1-e6eef270a0d6" CreationDate="2009-05-01T19:56:25.853" UserId="641" Text="I think you may want to rethink being alerted for every unsuccessful hacking attempt.  If you want an e-mail every time someone pokes around looking for a vulnerability, you are probably in for [quite a deluge][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Four Linux computers with vulnerable passwords were left online for 24 hours to determine the trend of attacks on them. This was the preparation a researcher made to conduct a study at the University of Maryland. According to his observation, the computers received 270,000 hacking attempts. That comes to **one attempt per 39 seconds**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.spamfighter.com/News-7723-Study-Determines-Hacking-Frequency-and-Behavior.htm" />
  <row Id="4700" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2724" RevisionGUID="dd2ae1bf-aad3-4b91-9203-2d65c44487a6" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:01:12.393" UserId="533" Text="You should consider setting the kernel to monitor for the [Evil Bit][1].  I'm not sure about Linux but support is built directly into [FreeBSD][2]!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please check the date on the RFC link before any further consideration of my suggestions...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3514.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/hackers/2008-04/msg00071.html" />
  <row Id="4701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2725" RevisionGUID="7ff7b5c5-df8f-4341-8eb2-9f771b0ad090" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:02:11.423" UserId="1478" Text="We have about 12-14 Win200[3,8] servers online at a time (some VMs are transient). Most of these run some scheduled tasks. How can I get a list of all scheduled tasks running on each server and, more importantly, the domain user they are running as? We could certainly log into each server and ask, but am wondering if there's some powershell or other system to do this (or something in Active Directory?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A nice to have would allow this to run on our Windows XP Desktops, too... Not a requirement but more of a FYI. Thanks!" />
  <row Id="4702" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2725" RevisionGUID="7ff7b5c5-df8f-4341-8eb2-9f771b0ad090" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:02:11.423" UserId="1478" Text="Windows Scheduled Task Reporting?" />
  <row Id="4703" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2725" RevisionGUID="7ff7b5c5-df8f-4341-8eb2-9f771b0ad090" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:02:11.423" UserId="1478" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;scheduled-task&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="4704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2726" RevisionGUID="b1dda54b-32e6-4dee-88b7-0e8b257fc935" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:04:26.207" UserId="1081" Text="I'm currently using hMailServer to host email for 5 different domains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.hmailserver.com/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm using SquirrelMail to provide webmail to those domains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://squirrelmail.org/][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is running on a Windows 2003 R2 box with IIS6 to serve the webmail. The main reasons I'm running this combination is because both programs are free, and don't need calendaring at this time. These are also relatively painless for somebody that has only done Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hmailserver.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]:  http://squirrelmail.org/" />
  <row Id="4705" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1754" RevisionGUID="28c56174-c030-4953-a408-f39922273c11" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:05:04.477" UserId="1181" Comment="Added an update recommending people read the comments." Text="I've been using Sun's [VirtualBox][1] for the past little while, and I have been completely happy with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:** I have been wanting to update this to provide some of the reasons why I am perfectly happy with it, but in doing that I will take way from the comments that other's have added. So, with that said, I highly recommend people read the associated comments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.virtualbox.org/" />
  <row Id="4706" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2727" RevisionGUID="6b178441-ac92-4c8d-8617-940be80633a2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:05:31.837" UserId="1393" Text="I do log monitoring with [logwatch][1] to look for suspicious login activity.  I have the system locked down pretty tight so I mostly &quot;catch&quot; our security office doing their regular scans.  There's also an [open source version of TripWire][2] that would be useful for monitoring changes to selected files, though this is only useful after they've broken in to let you know what's been compromised.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.logwatch.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/tripwire/" />
  <row Id="4707" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2728" RevisionGUID="bebcf833-c853-467d-8525-363728b42331" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:05:49.340" UserId="1539" Text="This is not answering the exact question that you asked but it's possible that it resolves the problem that you want to deal with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your concern is that you can't use a normal install process, you might be best off with an unattended install. If you're using virtual machines this might be very quick to test.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the redhat based world, such as CentOS, Fedora and others, kickstart is available. Effectively, you create a file that answers all the questions that the installer would ask and it installs itself. All you need to do is point the kernel at the kickstart file which could be on the install CD if you're willing to make a new image for each machine, but more usefully would be on a webserver somewhere so at the boot prompt you can do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;linux ks=http://somehost.tld/path/to/my/kickstart.cfg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The next stage of automation is getting that going automatically and for that you need to PXE boot. The short version of what happens there is that the BIOS loads some code that asks your dhcp server for its networking information and also for a network location (host and filename) that defines what should happen next. Then it loads whatever it would normally get from grub (ie kernel/initrd + kernel parameters, including the location of the kickstart file) via TFTP from that location as specified by the dhcp server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PXE boot initiated automated installation is available in non-RedHat clones as well, although I don't know the details.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best news is that this fairly involved setup is automated and documented for you in a big way by the fine folks of the [cobbler project][1]. I was able to get from never having seen cobbler to a fully functional automated installation environment in a morning.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://fedorahosted.org/cobbler" />
  <row Id="4708" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2729" RevisionGUID="ece1c619-9bbb-4d04-a650-72bd8f4187b9" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:06:40.960" UserId="1463" Text="I've heard some good things about Tripwire, never tried it myself though." />
  <row Id="4709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2730" RevisionGUID="60d886ef-390b-44e6-8470-b1a0f288762a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:09:51.733" UserId="808" Text="If you are running with `selinux` enabled, and you have `setroubleshoot` running, then any attack that gets past the normal defenses will trigger a popup.  I've had one attack make it this far and get shut down by `selinux` and if it weren't for the alert I would have had no idea.  A little research from the alert brought me to the advisory for the package in question, which I didn't need so I uninstalled it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="4712" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2732" RevisionGUID="a67c5ed0-a4b2-444b-ae49-52b006f15316" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:10:29.830" UserId="1463" Text="Since Vista the fresh install instead of upgrade is even more of a best practice method than before since it's rather easy. You export your data with the built-in migration tool and then reinstall, rounding it all off with reimporting all your data and settings..." />
  <row Id="4713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2733" RevisionGUID="e4ec41e3-206e-45ef-a518-b721b1cd143b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:13:27.917" UserId="919" Text="If you're worried about attacks, simple monitoring isn't enough. Imagine an attack comes in at 2am, or whenever you're off the clock and asleep. How many password guesses can be made before you check your email?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Too damn many. [fail2ban][1] and other programs will automate the policy you're after. Logwatch can look for unusual behavior, but it's mainly intended for discovering logged errors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.fail2ban.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page" />
  <row Id="4714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2734" RevisionGUID="070de9a5-ee93-43fa-9c3a-282a77c4e716" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:17:17.830" UserId="912" Text="What are the risks of running a production web server and database in on a virtual server?  Currently we are thinking of using VM Ware server.  It seems like a nice solution that will lead to easy backup and restores but what are we sacrificing running virtualized? " />
  <row Id="4715" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2734" RevisionGUID="070de9a5-ee93-43fa-9c3a-282a77c4e716" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:17:17.830" UserId="912" Text="Are production servers running as virtual images a good idea?" />
  <row Id="4716" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2734" RevisionGUID="070de9a5-ee93-43fa-9c3a-282a77c4e716" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:17:17.830" UserId="912" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="4717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2735" RevisionGUID="8e5a570e-628b-4fef-b912-1b96496e41dc" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:18:18.953" UserId="1081" Text="I currently sell a program to admin the Subversion server on Windows. I had several customers ask me, if my program could admin a Linux box through a mapped Samba drive. I need to setup a test server in VMWare.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux is pretty easy to setup nowadays. My current issues come with not knowing how/where Linux program install to, and the permissions needed to run software there. I'm already very familiar with Subversion on Windows. The [red book][1] has been unhelpful (at least to me) on Linux. I have read several HOW-TO guides, but I haven't been able to find something that answers my questions. Mostly, it's because of the premise that most of the guides I've read that you already have to know Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So here are my questions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Where do the Subversion binaries install to?&#xD;&#xA; 2. Where do the Subversion command-line programs install to?&#xD;&#xA; 3. What permissions are needed to run a program that calls the command-line programs? I was told that I needed to do a CHMOD 755 on the command-line program in question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main reason I chose OpenSuse and/or Ubuntu is because I need to run Mono binaries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/" />
  <row Id="4718" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2735" RevisionGUID="8e5a570e-628b-4fef-b912-1b96496e41dc" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:18:18.953" UserId="1081" Text="Installing Subversion on OpenSuse or Ubuntu for Linux newbie" />
  <row Id="4719" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2735" RevisionGUID="8e5a570e-628b-4fef-b912-1b96496e41dc" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:18:18.953" UserId="1081" Text="&lt;svn&gt;&lt;opensuse&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="4720" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2736" RevisionGUID="ca3cca12-f836-4d14-8249-5eb0ffbd9619" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:18:52.850" UserId="1544" Text="I'm setting up a new server and wanted to give ACL a shot over the chown:chgrp:chmod style permissions.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The man page for setfacl indicates that the '-R' option can be used to set the ACL recursively on files and directories.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; -R, --recursive&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   Apply operations to all files and directories recursively. This option cannot be mixed with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ‘--restore’.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If my directory layout looks like this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     test/&#xD;&#xA;&gt;        subtest/&#xD;&#xA;&gt;        subtest.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and I execute&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    setfacl -Rm d:u:foo:rwX test&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ACL takes effect on the 'subtest' directory, but not the subtest.txt file.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think I can use find + exec to workaround it, but I plan to use this server to train a few other admin and I am wanting to keep it as simple as possible so we don't get hung up on some of the more advanced conventions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="4721" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2736" RevisionGUID="ca3cca12-f836-4d14-8249-5eb0ffbd9619" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:18:52.850" UserId="1544" Text="How does one get setfacl to set ACL permissions recursively on Ubuntu 9.04 server edition?" />
  <row Id="4722" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2736" RevisionGUID="ca3cca12-f836-4d14-8249-5eb0ffbd9619" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:18:52.850" UserId="1544" Text="&lt;acl&gt;&lt;setfacl&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="4723" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2737" RevisionGUID="858a6e2e-d834-49bc-a609-08394986a246" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:18:56.890" UserId="1155" Text="There are some scenarios for which you want to configure a machine to automatically login using a specific user account and password without blocking on the logon screen. How does one do that?" />
  <row Id="4724" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2737" RevisionGUID="858a6e2e-d834-49bc-a609-08394986a246" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:18:56.890" UserId="1155" Text="How can you configure windows to Auto Logon with specific username and password?" />
  <row Id="4725" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2737" RevisionGUID="858a6e2e-d834-49bc-a609-08394986a246" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:18:56.890" UserId="1155" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;logon&gt;" />
  <row Id="4726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2738" RevisionGUID="b0d5950c-14bc-4089-bfe7-e1d4faccddcb" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:19:08.077" UserId="565" Text="If I'm reading the question correctly, you essentially want to force connect to a specific wireless access point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The standard Airport Network interface doesn't have an option to connect based on MAC address but the program [iStumbler][1] does allow you to see all WAPs with common SSIDs, select the WAP and click &quot;join&quot;. You can try using it to select the specific WAP and see if the underlying OS acknowledges the request or if it merely joins the default WAP with the same SSID.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.istumbler.net/" />
  <row Id="4728" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2740" RevisionGUID="39d8337d-5030-47e6-bf62-a1d2f001da39" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:20:55.687" UserId="1463" Text="The built-in Task Scheduler should support connecting to a remote computer (like most Windows tools) and manage the tasks of the remote computer (haven't actually tried it in XP but [Microsoft seems to say it should][1]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The [at command][2] which handles and presumably lists scheduled tasks can also be given a remote computer to connect to. As it's a console command, it would be easy to script it to connect to a list of computers and display all the tasks. In theory anyway ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766266.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313565" />
  <row Id="4729" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2741" RevisionGUID="c0c96430-29e1-4e7c-b837-5238e1d792e4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:20:56.667" UserId="109" Text="I use [sshdfilter][1] to block ssh attacks and it's setup to send me an email every time an attack is detected. &#xD;&#xA;Most of the time, I receive two notifications per day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~greg/sshdfilter/" />
  <row Id="4730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2742" RevisionGUID="ea77fd84-cb40-4d36-88f4-25c0ef5031c4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:21:13.657" UserId="1466" Text="I think you're looking for **snort**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's an *intrusion detection system* or *ids*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Takes a bit of configuring and then tuning to minimize false alerts (or to address problems), but there are many tools available to help with that.  There are also websites where you can subscribe to new sets of &quot;rules&quot;, in order to keep on top of the latest hacks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Along with that you might want to use snort log analyzers such as **base** or **acid**.  I think there's also an all-in-one gui solution called **sguil** as well, that you might want to look at." />
  <row Id="4731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2743" RevisionGUID="1201d29a-cfe3-41b7-b027-d56ffff58d2b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:22:22.717" UserId="1155" Text="1. **Use Autologon from Sysinternals**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963905.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. **Configure autologon on Vista**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windowsvista/ht/autologonvista.htm][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963905.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windowsvista/ht/autologonvista.htm" />
  <row Id="4732" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2744" RevisionGUID="b344bf88-3c92-4460-8cba-fde87fe9c82d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:23:55.303" UserId="1176" Text="I have done this using a Maintenance Plan. I have actually written a script to backup all the user databases. I have shared that script here http://dbalink.wordpress.com/2009/04/25/automated-sql-server-back-poor-mans-edition/ &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are better solutions, though, than what I have done in my script. Just check the comments on my post.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope this helps ;-)" />
  <row Id="4733" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2745" RevisionGUID="673a6c08-0852-48d5-912f-afb38be14303" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:23:56.940" UserId="47" Text="Almost nothing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're sharing CPU power and RAM over multiple virtual machines. For VM's that are not running at their max, that's not a big deal&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You gain flexibility and ease of backup.&#xD;&#xA;You gain the ability to redeploy your server somewhere else in a flash when the hardware breaks down.&#xD;&#xA;You get more bang for your buck when buying server hardware because you're making it do more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VMware ESXi is completely free and will do a great job. Plus if you want to upgrade later on, it's a very smooth process" />
  <row Id="4734" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2746" RevisionGUID="a8bfc31f-6f72-42de-8965-871a0ad953b2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:25:15.317" UserId="565" Text="Is there a way with Applescript to launch multiple tabs in Terminal and execute commands against them?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a project that requires me to launch several services in Terminal to run and monitor simultaneously and would like to automate that start-up process." />
  <row Id="4735" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2746" RevisionGUID="a8bfc31f-6f72-42de-8965-871a0ad953b2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:25:15.317" UserId="565" Text="How do I launch terminal commands into multiple tabs?" />
  <row Id="4736" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2746" RevisionGUID="a8bfc31f-6f72-42de-8965-871a0ad953b2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:25:15.317" UserId="565" Text="&lt;terminal&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="4737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2747" RevisionGUID="fd34f005-e611-4d81-b3b6-8496cc36568b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:26:01.383" UserId="1155" Text="By default a domain joined machine will ask you to enter Control-Alt-Delete before you can select a user with which to logon to the machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This isn't necessary and can be an inconvenience. How do you disable this?" />
  <row Id="4738" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2747" RevisionGUID="fd34f005-e611-4d81-b3b6-8496cc36568b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:26:01.383" UserId="1155" Text="Disable the control alt delete prompt to logon to Windows" />
  <row Id="4739" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2747" RevisionGUID="fd34f005-e611-4d81-b3b6-8496cc36568b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:26:01.383" UserId="1155" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;logon&gt;" />
  <row Id="4740" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2748" RevisionGUID="377a7a0b-1c08-43b5-80fc-068db86bd929" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:26:11.803" UserId="1081" Text="I used to know how to do this a few years ago, but I can't remember how I did it. I have one machine that is used by 5 different people. I need to map their home drive/folder when a user logs in with their credentials.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The client OS is Windows XP. The home folders are on a Windows 2003 R2 file server. There are no domains, and only a single workgroup in the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would greatly appreciate it, if anybody could point me to a blog, article, or knowledge base that explains how to do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="4741" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2748" RevisionGUID="377a7a0b-1c08-43b5-80fc-068db86bd929" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:26:11.803" UserId="1081" Text="Auto-mapping network drive when a user logs in" />
  <row Id="4742" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2748" RevisionGUID="377a7a0b-1c08-43b5-80fc-068db86bd929" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:26:11.803" UserId="1081" Text="&lt;mappeddrive&gt;&lt;home-network&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;home-drive&gt;" />
  <row Id="4743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2749" RevisionGUID="217a42f6-3c54-4f20-a1d0-1f6ac5ca4b11" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:26:49.040" UserId="1537" Text="The following is my follow up to the selected answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't want need the port scan info, `-sP` will just check if the host is up. You might want to specify which DNS server with `--dns-servers`. If a machine is offline but has a DNS entry, `-R` might be useful. My suggestion for a fast scan is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    nmap 192.168.0.1/24 -sL -R | grep -v '(.*)' | awk '{print $2}'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are better ways to grep the output, but this does the job quite well. `-sL` doesn't even check that the machine is up, it just sends the DNS queries, `-R` make sure the DNS queries are sent. The grep outputs only those lines without prens -- those without DNS entries, remove `-v` to get only those with DNS entries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Output example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ nmap 192.168.0.1/24 -sL -R | grep -v '(.*)' | awk '{print $2}'&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.1.1&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.1.2&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.1.3&#xD;&#xA;    # ...&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those are the IPs that have no DNS entries.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2750" RevisionGUID="b45d8287-0257-4831-ac6e-879eab884581" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:27:17.573" UserId="1478" Text="I added an additional iSCSI SAN as a backup to our existing ESX Server storage array (homegrown, so no fancy NetApp or EMC software to manage this). Any way to automagically sync up the VM images in case the primary SAN fails? (vranger?)" />
  <row Id="4745" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2750" RevisionGUID="b45d8287-0257-4831-ac6e-879eab884581" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:27:17.573" UserId="1478" Text="Sync up VMWare Images on backup SAN" />
  <row Id="4746" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2750" RevisionGUID="b45d8287-0257-4831-ac6e-879eab884581" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:27:17.573" UserId="1478" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;iscsi&gt;&lt;san&gt;&lt;nas&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="4747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2751" RevisionGUID="bea8e5ee-db15-4366-9915-99b838904ad6" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:27:43.577" UserId="1155" Text=" 1. Enter Start -&gt; Run&#xD;&#xA; 2. Type **netplqiz**&#xD;&#xA; 3. Select the **Advanced** tab&#xD;&#xA; 4. Under **Secure logon**, uncheck &quot;Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete&quot;&#xD;&#xA; 5. Click **OK**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Optionally, you can define this via a GPO&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;disable the policy: Disable CTRL+ALT+DEL requirement for logon " />
  <row Id="4748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2752" RevisionGUID="967cb487-ec12-469a-a0ec-6313bf8d3815" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:27:56.823" UserId="665" Text="I'd say the risks of not using a VM are greater.  Without a VM, if you're hardware goes down you'll be SOL until you get it replaced and restored.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With a VM, if the hardware goes down you can just move the VM files to another VM server and be back up and running within minutes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course there are other downsides: Most VMs cannot utilize more than 2 CPUs (or Cores).  Disk performance is slightly degraded and you'll have to share the RAM with other VMs on the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But for most servers, I'd say it's worth it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2753" RevisionGUID="6580fc49-8d62-4918-b3c1-da26a8c55b6d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:28:34.997" UserId="401" Text="In XP:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; start -&gt; run -&gt; &quot;control userpasswords2&quot;" />
  <row Id="4750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2754" RevisionGUID="f55d4001-8144-4253-8020-f1d34687fb5c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:31:30.700" UserId="613" Text="Under ubuntu (or debian) you can use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  dpkg --listfiles &lt;packagename&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to list where all the files that a particular package installs end up. Doing so on the 'subversion' package reveals that it puts binaries (which are the commandline programs) into /usr/bin.  And you shouldn't have to worry about doing a chmod because the package manager should do it for you. Just run svn or svnadmin at your leisure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4751" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2755" RevisionGUID="45320b71-aaf9-4683-b239-74bd05755f19" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:32:43.893" UserId="1176" Text="&quot;User&quot; and &quot;login&quot; in SQL Server are two different things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    CREATE USER myUserName FOR LOGIN myLoginName&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps ;-)" />
  <row Id="4752" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2749" RevisionGUID="2862a6d8-b621-4772-8396-f9b734b5bf28" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:32:50.507" UserId="1537" Comment="removed want/need" Text="The following is my follow up to the selected answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't need the port scan info, `-sP` will just check if the host is up. You might want to specify which DNS server with `--dns-servers`. If a machine is offline but has a DNS entry, `-R` might be useful. My suggestion for a fast scan is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    nmap 192.168.0.1/24 -sL -R | grep -v '(.*)' | awk '{print $2}'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are better ways to grep the output, but this does the job quite well. `-sL` doesn't even check that the machine is up, it just sends the DNS queries, `-R` make sure the DNS queries are sent. The grep outputs only those lines without prens -- those without DNS entries, remove `-v` to get only those with DNS entries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Output example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ nmap 192.168.0.1/24 -sL -R | grep -v '(.*)' | awk '{print $2}'&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.1.1&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.1.2&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.1.3&#xD;&#xA;    # ...&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those are the IPs that have no DNS entries.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2756" RevisionGUID="4a2dba6c-7aa6-4c8c-832b-0a44e2ef84d7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:34:16.463" UserId="47" Text="The [Gentoo Handbook][1] is a great resource even if you're not using Gentoo.&#xD;&#xA;The [other documentation][2] describing setting up home routers and all that is also very much worth it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/" />
  <row Id="4754" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2757" RevisionGUID="4bd0d0cc-bc94-4b00-b7bd-51ab50a163b5" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:35:15.103" UserId="919" Text="It shouldn't matter where the binaries install to. Unlike Windows, UNIX has a sane PATH environment variable. I'll use Ubuntu as the example, since I know it well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    jdugger:~$ env | grep ^PATH&#xD;&#xA;    PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Modern Linux distributions uses packages to install common programs. It's kind of like MSI, except they're not directly executable. Instead, a package manager handles security, dependency tracking, updates and so on. For Ubuntu, the command &quot;sudo apt-get install subversion&quot; will download official Ubuntu builds of svn, install it, and recognize when Ubuntu publishes updates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When it's installed, you can run the program from anywhere:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    jldugger:~$ svn --version&#xD;&#xA;    svn, version 1.5.1 (r32289)&#xD;&#xA;       compiled Jul 31 2008, 09:45:17&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Copyright (C) 2000-2008 CollabNet.&#xD;&#xA;    Subversion is open source software, see http://subversion.tigris.org/&#xD;&#xA;    This product includes software developed by CollabNet (http://www.Collab.Net/).&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    The following repository access (RA) modules are available:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    * ra_neon : Module for accessing a repository via WebDAV protocol using Neon.&#xD;&#xA;      - handles 'http' scheme&#xD;&#xA;      - handles 'https' scheme&#xD;&#xA;    * ra_svn : Module for accessing a repository using the svn network protocol.&#xD;&#xA;      - with Cyrus SASL authentication&#xD;&#xA;      - handles 'svn' scheme&#xD;&#xA;    * ra_local : Module for accessing a repository on local disk.&#xD;&#xA;      - handles 'file' scheme&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any scripts you write to run on Linux need the execute bit enabled (chmod +x), and should be installed to one of the directories listed in PATH. Probably /usr/local/bin, in your case." />
  <row Id="4755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2758" RevisionGUID="9aaf3ba8-9606-4188-b2fb-218d8d68de7c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:35:46.197" UserId="431" Text="There's a few parts to this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, Maintenance Plans will build a set of actions that can back up your database, defragment your index, perform DBCC checks, and more.  The problem is that maintenance plans suffer from a lack of flexibility and have some restrictions.  I talk about it in my tutorial video on maintenance plans:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://sqlserverpedia.com/wiki/Database_Maintenance_Plans&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instead, you can choose to write your own T-SQL scripts to do database backups.  That'll give you more flexibility and power.  We link to some good backup scripts off that video link too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second, no matter which method you choose (maintenance plans or custom T-SQL scripts), the jobs will be run on your schedule by the SQL Server Agent.  The Agent is a job scheduler built into SQL Server." />
  <row Id="4756" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2759" RevisionGUID="9e9008d5-c60c-43ca-89a0-286795096362" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:37:10.467" UserId="1544" Text="We are looking to migrate a Dell PowerEdge 1950 with PERC 5/i RAID controller from an aging Windows 2000 Server installation to a modern Linux distro, probably Ubuntu 9.04.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have come across some [discussions][1] regarding drivers for these RAID controllers indicating that some users have experienced frustration on older versions of Ubuntu (6.06).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is, has anyone installed a more recent version of Ubuntu on a PowerEdge with this RAID controller?  Has the driver support/installation experience improved?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't mind having to follow these workarounds, but I don't really have a server that I can test on, so I'm trying to get a feel for what issues I might hit during my install so I can be as prepared as possible to resolve them quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=279687" />
  <row Id="4757" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2759" RevisionGUID="9e9008d5-c60c-43ca-89a0-286795096362" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:37:10.467" UserId="1544" Text="Are PERC 5/i RAID controller drivers available and easily installed on Ubuntu 9.04?" />
  <row Id="4758" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2759" RevisionGUID="9e9008d5-c60c-43ca-89a0-286795096362" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:37:10.467" UserId="1544" Text="&lt;poweredge&gt;&lt;raid&gt;&lt;drivers&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="4759" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2760" RevisionGUID="579f890a-e41f-4970-a3cf-bae031184a03" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:37:17.987" UserId="1478" Text="We have a beefy Windows 2008 x64 server (4 x 4 core CPU, 32GB RAM) running SQL Server 2005 64-bit. We have a small (6GB) but very important database that is somewhat slow to access until the pages are cached in memory (the usage is very much random I/O so the odds are very low a given page is in memory and the end users complain about the initial slowness). The disks are fast enough (local 15K SAS) but I guess the app is somewhat clumsily written (it's a COTS solution) so I am wondering if there's a way to &quot;force&quot; a database in memory in SQL Server 2005 (2008 is not supported by the vendor, so we shouldn't upgrade to that yet) to help avoid the initial cache-filling blues? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My current method is that I run a SELECT * from each table in a script to get data pages in memory but some objects (indexes, Full text search, etc.) are not cached by this method (and modifying the script to interrogate indexes and write appropriate WHERE clauses to cache is boil-the-ocean complex)." />
  <row Id="4760" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2760" RevisionGUID="579f890a-e41f-4970-a3cf-bae031184a03" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:37:17.987" UserId="1478" Text="SQL Server - Force DB in memory?" />
  <row Id="4761" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2760" RevisionGUID="579f890a-e41f-4970-a3cf-bae031184a03" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:37:17.987" UserId="1478" Text="&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;memory&gt;&lt;cache&gt;&lt;database&gt;" />
  <row Id="4762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2761" RevisionGUID="9146ee60-2f18-4232-aeb4-7b7bf34104ce" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:37:49.390" UserId="706" Text="I am used to a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack, but occasionally I must use a WAMP (Windows ...) stack to meet certain client requirements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't run into any significant differences, but I'm seeing this requirement more and more, with applications that are becoming more demanding and complex.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - What should I watch out for between the two, or can I fully expect them to behave the same?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please don't comment on the choice of stack or OS, I just need a list of gotchas moving from one to the other and vice versa.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="4763" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2761" RevisionGUID="9146ee60-2f18-4232-aeb4-7b7bf34104ce" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:37:49.390" UserId="706" Text="What inconsistencies should I expect between WAMP and LAMP stacks?" />
  <row Id="4764" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2761" RevisionGUID="9146ee60-2f18-4232-aeb4-7b7bf34104ce" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:37:49.390" UserId="706" Text="&lt;wamp&gt;&lt;lamp&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="4765" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2762" RevisionGUID="ef75368a-2007-437b-8e0f-318279477369" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:38:41.273" UserId="1520" Text="See [this article][1] from Microsoft, and look at the `net use` section.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net use x: \\computer name\share name&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get it to re-map on boot, use `/PERSISTENT:YES` after the command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net use x: \\computer name\share name /PERSISTENT:YES&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308582" />
  <row Id="4766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2763" RevisionGUID="258cb442-f120-4efc-bb23-9adf6a398269" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:39:42.583" UserId="640" Text="You can set this in their user properties under the &quot;Profile&quot; tab." />
  <row Id="4767" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2757" RevisionGUID="b4a715c6-ac7c-45d7-9f9b-85edd70c0964" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:40:58.227" UserId="919" Comment="minor grammar error" Text="It shouldn't matter where the binaries install to. Unlike Windows, UNIX has a sane PATH environment variable. I'll use Ubuntu as the example, since I know it well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    jdugger:~$ env | grep ^PATH&#xD;&#xA;    PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Modern Linux distributions use packages to install common programs. It's kind of like MSI, except they're not directly executable. Instead, a package manager handles security, dependency tracking, updates and so on. For Ubuntu, the command &quot;sudo apt-get install subversion&quot; will download official Ubuntu builds of svn, install it, and recognize when Ubuntu publishes updates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When it's installed, you can run the program from anywhere:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    jldugger:~$ svn --version&#xD;&#xA;    svn, version 1.5.1 (r32289)&#xD;&#xA;       compiled Jul 31 2008, 09:45:17&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Copyright (C) 2000-2008 CollabNet.&#xD;&#xA;    Subversion is open source software, see http://subversion.tigris.org/&#xD;&#xA;    This product includes software developed by CollabNet (http://www.Collab.Net/).&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    The following repository access (RA) modules are available:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    * ra_neon : Module for accessing a repository via WebDAV protocol using Neon.&#xD;&#xA;      - handles 'http' scheme&#xD;&#xA;      - handles 'https' scheme&#xD;&#xA;    * ra_svn : Module for accessing a repository using the svn network protocol.&#xD;&#xA;      - with Cyrus SASL authentication&#xD;&#xA;      - handles 'svn' scheme&#xD;&#xA;    * ra_local : Module for accessing a repository on local disk.&#xD;&#xA;      - handles 'file' scheme&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any scripts you write to run on Linux need the execute bit enabled (chmod +x), and should be installed to one of the directories listed in PATH. Probably /usr/local/bin, in your case." />
  <row Id="4768" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2764" RevisionGUID="f32d0703-3239-443d-9824-106e52af6b1e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:41:16.837" UserId="1466" Text="You could use **rsync** to do this" />
  <row Id="4769" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2765" RevisionGUID="ae9bdbd4-a3a1-4002-b2aa-152ef650f2de" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:41:33.250" UserId="431" Text="Disclaimer - I work for [Quest Software][1], the company that owns Vizioncore, but my answer here is just my own two cents.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use [Vizioncore vRanger Pro][2] for exactly what you're describing: I have scheduled jobs to do backups off to secondary storage.  I'm really impressed with the backup mechanism - it just works.  I've had to do a few restores, and they went really well too: the whole thing is point-and-click inside the vRanger UI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not the only product out there - Veritas NetBackup, for example, can integrate with VMware's VCB backup stuff to do similar snapshots.  The thing to ask when you're talking to vendors is, &quot;Does this require installing an agent or anything on the ESX server?&quot;  If it does, I get nervous.  vRanger doesn't, but again, I'm not saying that as a sales guy - just giving my two cents.  If I thought it sucked, I wouldn't answer the question here, heh.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.quest.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.vizioncore.com/products/vRangerPro/" />
  <row Id="4773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2767" RevisionGUID="e616603e-3a4f-4e6c-9530-30074a1a8b5f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:42:00.080" UserId="47" Text="I have a cron job running on the servers that run rdiff-backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/etc/ gets backed up, /home/ and any other directory that will ensure me getting another one up and running asap when it goes down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everything is gathered in one central place and all of this goes to tape _every night_.&#xD;&#xA;Tape gets collected the next morning and goes away (off site) for 2 weeks before it's put back in rotation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the very crucial things, I have a live spare running. As in: a second server that sits there and idles (and is my toy basicly) but has all the files/services of the first one. When the first one goes down, this one can take over in a flash, all that needs to be done is change a DNS record." />
  <row Id="4775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2769" RevisionGUID="615edd57-7815-4c7c-aef1-cb34eb0f21fe" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:43:27.720" UserId="919" Text="Given an existing LDAP server used for authentication, can Windows desktops authenticate users against LDAP or perhaps Kerberos?" />
  <row Id="4776" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2769" RevisionGUID="615edd57-7815-4c7c-aef1-cb34eb0f21fe" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:43:27.720" UserId="919" Text="Can Windows integrate with LDAP?" />
  <row Id="4777" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2769" RevisionGUID="615edd57-7815-4c7c-aef1-cb34eb0f21fe" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:43:27.720" UserId="919" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;ldap&gt;&lt;kerberos&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;" />
  <row Id="4778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2770" RevisionGUID="733823b2-5198-451f-9f26-dbcc2ee9305c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:43:34.477" UserId="605" Text="Just thought I'd mention that it's trivial to steal a user's password with a look-alike login screen if you disable ctrl+alt+delete.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Only disable it if all the people with access to the computer are trustworthy (or everyone logs off when they leave every time with no exceptions)." />
  <row Id="4780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2771" RevisionGUID="b0ff73c7-1502-4003-b766-9fd1a2a0b654" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:44:45.143" UserId="1478" Text="We have a Windows 2008 Server located in a remote data center connected over a highly latent (~200ms) 3MBps VPN connection to our primary location. This server has the Domain Controller and Terminal Services rolls installed. Logging into this machine takes a dramatic amount of time, much more than local desktops or other servers located in our primary facility (the server itself is 2 x quad core, 16GB RAM, 15K SAS drives, so it shouldn't be some hardware capacity issue).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is my understanding that RDP login is mostly a function of starting up services and profile stuff, so my guess is that the profile may be streaming across the WAN and that takes the most amount of time? Would roaming profiles solve this? Is there a way to force profile &quot;caching&quot; on this machine? What else should I look for?" />
  <row Id="4781" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2771" RevisionGUID="b0ff73c7-1502-4003-b766-9fd1a2a0b654" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:44:45.143" UserId="1478" Text="Improving RDP Login Performance" />
  <row Id="4782" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2771" RevisionGUID="b0ff73c7-1502-4003-b766-9fd1a2a0b654" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:44:45.143" UserId="1478" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;rdp&gt;&lt;login&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="4784" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2773" RevisionGUID="d2418db0-3df8-47d2-9434-b19c9c232346" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:45:58.620" UserId="431" Text="If you run through my SAN performance measurement instructions here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://sqlserverpedia.com/wiki/SAN_Performance_Tuning_with_SQLIO&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Post the results of the text file somewhere on the web, and include a link to it in your question.  That should help us figure out what the speed limit is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, how are you connecting between the server and the SAN?  How many HBAs are you using, and what kind of multipathing software are you using?  If you're only using 2 HBAs or if you're not using multipathing software, you're going to hit a pretty early bandwidth limit.  With something like a Shark, you'll want to use at least 4 HBAs and good active/active multipathing software in order to get good throughput." />
  <row Id="4785" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2751" RevisionGUID="6e27bed3-0432-4895-8632-fae63233a96b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:47:36.603" UserId="1155" Comment="fixing typo" Text=" 1. Enter Start -&gt; Run&#xD;&#xA; 2. Type **netplwiz**&#xD;&#xA; 3. Select the **Advanced** tab&#xD;&#xA; 4. Under **Secure logon**, uncheck &quot;Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete&quot;&#xD;&#xA; 5. Click **OK**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Optionally, you can define this via a GPO&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;disable the policy: Disable CTRL+ALT+DEL requirement for logon " />
  <row Id="4786" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2762" RevisionGUID="fb753979-b2a3-4b2e-ace0-45eaa7d033e3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:49:04.183" UserId="1520" Comment="more info.!" Text="**User Profile Home folder mapping (active directory):**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Right-click the account you wish to modify and select 'Properties'&#xD;&#xA; 2. Click the 'Profile' tab and choose 'Connect:' under the 'Home folder' section&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**User Profile Home folder mapping (local system):**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Right-click 'My Computer' Select 'Manage'&#xD;&#xA; 2. Expand 'Local Users and Groups' and open the 'Users' folder&#xD;&#xA; 3. Right-click the user you wish to modify&#xD;&#xA; 4. Click the 'Profile' tab and choose 'Connect:' under the 'Home folder' section&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**General drive mapping:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [this article][1] from Microsoft, and look at the `net use` section.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net use x: \\computer name\share name&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get it to re-map on boot, use `/PERSISTENT:YES` after the command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net use x: \\computer name\share name /PERSISTENT:YES&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308582" />
  <row Id="4789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2775" RevisionGUID="4c965f38-e7c1-4dc1-a2ba-9ccc8a20a27c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:51:15.330" UserId="431" Text="Yes, there's the new Database Manager application:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.iis.net/extensions/databasemanager&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At Mix 2009, Microsoft announced this and demoed it.  I haven't used it myself, but the demos were gorgeous, and since it's maintained by Microsoft, it's probably the safest bet." />
  <row Id="4790" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2776" RevisionGUID="6adef239-d372-427e-aafc-7eb670dc65c9" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:52:38.993" UserId="1466" Text="I'm surprised nobody has mentioned **logwatch** or **logcheck** for linux servers - saves a tonne of time reading logs!!" />
  <row Id="4791" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2777" RevisionGUID="1ff2a8ab-b2ff-4fd9-8da0-4354f338aca9" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:52:58.150" UserId="1550" Text="stable + backports is the way to go: we even do custom backports for select packages, using the same sort of versioning scheme as backports.org" />
  <row Id="4792" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2747" RevisionGUID="fce6dd6b-9b14-480f-853a-cb18f01d8c5e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:53:02.690" UserId="1155" Comment="adding some clarification" Text="By default a domain joined machine will ask you to enter Control-Alt-Delete before you can select a user with which to logon to the machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This isn't necessary and can be an inconvenience (although it does present a more secure screen from which to start logon). How do you disable this?" />
  <row Id="4793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2778" RevisionGUID="8a094f16-d991-44d7-b7de-bad39af0112a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:53:05.077" UserId="1549" Text="If you open the IISMetabase xml file you will see something like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;IIsWebServer	Location =&quot;/LM/W3SVC/1739153350&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		AuthFlags=&quot;0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		ServerAutoStart=&quot;TRUE&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		ServerBindings=&quot;:80:&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		ServerComment=&quot;myWebSite&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/IIsWebServer&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The 1739153350 in the above snippet was automagically generated. Can I hard-code it? If so how do I do it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TIA&#xD;&#xA;rams" />
  <row Id="4794" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2778" RevisionGUID="8a094f16-d991-44d7-b7de-bad39af0112a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:53:05.077" UserId="1549" Text="edit website &quot;number&quot; in the IIS Metabase" />
  <row Id="4795" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2778" RevisionGUID="8a094f16-d991-44d7-b7de-bad39af0112a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:53:05.077" UserId="1549" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;metabase&gt;" />
  <row Id="4796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2779" RevisionGUID="a9dfaa6f-e891-4d3e-a3ca-0056d7b5be50" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:53:21.800" UserId="1551" Text="Yes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc750824.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc750824.aspx" />
  <row Id="4797" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2780" RevisionGUID="91e6097c-0685-4e32-ba38-6d83d76d3d11" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:53:44.343" UserId="431" Text="I've used two.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[DoubleTake][1] is a common one for applications that don't have much disaster recovery capabilities built in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Veritas Volume Replicator][2] is a really slick enterprise-quality one.  I've seen that used with Microsoft Exchange, for example, to replicate data between two different SANs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I had to recommend one over the other, it'd be Veritas.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.doubletake.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.symantec.com/business/volume-replicator" />
  <row Id="4798" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2781" RevisionGUID="de441099-22fd-4967-9565-3f0bd78b6d68" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:54:21.830" UserId="1156" Text="&quot;Samhain is the comprehensive open-source solution for centralized host integrity monitoring.&quot; -- http://www.la-samhna.de" />
  <row Id="4799" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2781" RevisionGUID="de441099-22fd-4967-9565-3f0bd78b6d68" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:54:21.830" UserId="1156" />
  <row Id="4800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2782" RevisionGUID="6c9ee593-dbae-43f6-bd50-7d659aa03915" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:56:09.330" UserId="431" Text="Disclaimer: I work for Quest Software.  I'm not selling this, and I haven't even used it personally, but I'm just laying it out there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Quest makes a ton of [Active Directory auditing and reporting tools][1].  I've talked to people who've used Recovery Manager to pull back AD changes after they discovered somebody made changes, and there's separate products for reporting &amp; alerting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.quest.com/active-directory/reporting-auditing.aspx" />
  <row Id="4801" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2783" RevisionGUID="f2fd2b5c-6df5-4cbf-9c9d-281546836fee" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:59:11.973" UserId="1532" Text="What are the tell-tale signs that a Linux server has been hacked?  Are there any tools that can generate and email an audit report on a scheduled basis?" />
  <row Id="4802" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2783" RevisionGUID="f2fd2b5c-6df5-4cbf-9c9d-281546836fee" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:59:11.973" UserId="1532" Text="How do I know if my Linux server has been hacked?" />
  <row Id="4803" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2783" RevisionGUID="f2fd2b5c-6df5-4cbf-9c9d-281546836fee" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:59:11.973" UserId="1532" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;hacking&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;audit&gt;&lt;security-audit&gt;" />
  <row Id="4805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2785" RevisionGUID="06e73621-15f1-408d-b2a3-36051097a6b2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T20:59:34.610" UserId="431" Text="No, there's not a way to force a database into cache, unfortunately.  Your brute force method is probably the most straightforward.  You might be able to get closer by using index defrag scripts with a very low threshold setting, like saying rebuild the index if it's 1% fragmented, like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://sqlserverpedia.com/wiki/Index_Maintenance&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It'll take longer and involve more writes to the disk, but it'll have the side effect of defragging your indexes and updating statistics, which is a good idea anyway." />
  <row Id="4806" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2786" RevisionGUID="df9beb99-738e-4e6c-bbcd-60ca6abae90b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:00:26.387" UserId="1551" Text="This is something that's always bothered me, so I'll ask the serverfault community. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I love me some [Process Explorer][1] for keeping track of more than just the high-level tasks you get in the Task Manager. But I constantly want to know which of those dozen  services hosted in a single process under svchost is making my processor spike. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So... is there any non-intrusive way to find this information out? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx" />
  <row Id="4807" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2786" RevisionGUID="df9beb99-738e-4e6c-bbcd-60ca6abae90b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:00:26.387" UserId="1551" Text="Finegrain Performance Reporting on svchost.exe" />
  <row Id="4808" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2786" RevisionGUID="df9beb99-738e-4e6c-bbcd-60ca6abae90b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:00:26.387" UserId="1551" Text="&lt;performance-monitoring&gt;&lt;task-manager&gt;&lt;process-explorer&gt;&lt;svchost&gt;" />
  <row Id="4809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2787" RevisionGUID="6622e74f-99d5-4d55-816f-1a8fb4e5e548" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:00:54.480" UserId="1233" Text="One option is to use System Events to send the keystroke necessary to create the new tab, but the limitation is that Assistive Devices in Universal Access **must** be turned on and adding a sight delay may be necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tell application &quot;System Events&quot; to tell process &quot;Terminal&quot; to keystroke &quot;t&quot; using command down&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I can discern from the Terminal script dictionary - you can only retrieve information from tabs but not create new ones as you could with windows (eg. Run do script &quot;clear&quot;" />
  <row Id="4810" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2788" RevisionGUID="7ca16fdd-9086-4a00-9bdb-88931020798f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:01:05.260" UserId="902" Text="Can you accomplish this by just copying the files in your installation's /Data directory?" />
  <row Id="4811" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2789" RevisionGUID="db1d156c-e266-47c1-9434-79359ad1da7f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:01:39.987" UserId="402" Text="[Tripwire][1] is a commonly used tool - it notifies you when system files have changed, although obviously you need to have it installed beforehand.  Otherwise items such as new user accounts you don't know about, weird processes and files you don't recognize, or increased bandwidth usage for no apparent reason are the usual signs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other monitoring systems such as [Zabbix][2] can be configured to alert you when files such as /etc/passwd are changed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/tripwire/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.zabbix.com/" />
  <row Id="4812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2790" RevisionGUID="5f816788-28e5-40bc-b6e0-e88b74450bba" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:03:04.787" UserId="1466" Text="One thing to consider is **what exactly you are protecting against**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are protecting against data corruption or accidental file deletion, you do not want a continuous-sync solution, as the corruption/deletions will be replicated to the backup before you can benefit from it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If on the other hand you are wanting to achieve 100% uptime on your web farm while rebooting one of the servers - synching every hour may not be enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2791" RevisionGUID="76597a6f-94a8-4689-90d2-74499ef2b4ec" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:04:48.903" UserId="919" Text="&gt; When using a package manager like&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Aptitude, do you keep an upgrade /&#xD;&#xA;&gt; install history, and if so, how do you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; do it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;apt keeps a log in /var/log/apt/, and dpkg uses /var/log/dpkg.log. dpkg in particular is fairly parsable. " />
  <row Id="4814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2792" RevisionGUID="458d085c-5fb0-483a-8785-80febfd9c625" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:06:16.387" UserId="942" Text="I once tested this succesfully with [pGina][1], but it's not very friendly to setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also use a SAMBA server acting as an Active Directory provider, with an LDAP backend, but I haven't tested this yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.pgina.org/" />
  <row Id="4815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2793" RevisionGUID="fb3688f8-b4fc-48a8-ac3b-341879718868" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:06:29.430" UserId="1463" Text="I don't think so, unless there's a custom logon provider for it to install - which in itself is a bit of a hassle of course.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best bet is to set up a Windows domain controller for Windows clients to log on to (will enable you to utilize group policies and other useful stuff) and have it sync with your existing LDAP service (check out Services for Unix). Or use samba and have it use your LDAP directory for authentication." />
  <row Id="4816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2794" RevisionGUID="b401df59-9dba-4655-902e-3f2203d08836" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:07:44.417" UserId="1414" Text="I'm looking for tool where I can share my desktop and the programs I'm running with other users over Internet to be able to run demonstrations. Something like Remote Desktop or VNC but with more than one user seeing my desktop. " />
  <row Id="4817" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2794" RevisionGUID="b401df59-9dba-4655-902e-3f2203d08836" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:07:44.417" UserId="1414" Text="How to share the Windows Desktop with several other users over Internet?" />
  <row Id="4818" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2794" RevisionGUID="b401df59-9dba-4655-902e-3f2203d08836" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:07:44.417" UserId="1414" Text="&lt;screen-sharing&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;demo&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="4819" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2550" RevisionGUID="08ae651c-0f63-4b5d-9f0a-3ef2d8c7aec7" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:08:27.927" UserId="1135" Comment="Copy and pasted instructions from Life Hacker link to future proof" Text="The steps below show how to use the Disk Utility functionality. (Copied from [Life Hacker][1]). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. Launch Disk Utility (Applications &gt; Utilities).&#xD;&#xA;   2. Insert your blank DVD or CD.&#xD;&#xA;   3. Drag and drop your .dmg or .iso file to the left pane in Disk Utility. Now both the blank disk and the .iso/.dmg should be listed.&#xD;&#xA;   4. Select the .iso/.dmg file you want to burn to disc, and click on the Burn button. A dialog box confirming the destination (your blank CD/DVD) will appear, as shown:&#xD;&#xA;   5. Sit back and wait while your new disc gets written!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively you could use a third party application like [Burn][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lifehacker.com/software/mac-os-x/mac-tip--how-to-burn-an-iso-or-dmg-file-to-disc-251758.php&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html" />
  <row Id="4820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2795" RevisionGUID="53b8cc77-68ff-4cb4-bd55-fd56a7411bcf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:08:38.627" UserId="1447" Text="**NAS**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Definitely not NAS for SQL Server.  SMB/CIFS does not have adequate support for file locking to support a DBMS (at least it didn't a few years ago, ca. 2002-2003).  Note that NFS *does* and you can actually do this with Oracle on an NFS server.  However, SQL Server on a CIFS share is not reliable due to limitations of the protocol.  It may not even let you put files on CIFS mounted shares.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**SAN** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is good for transactional applications as the cache on the RAID controllers can absorb quite large working sets.  SAN RAID controllers will typically support more cache than host-based RAID controllers, particularly on high-end kit where a RAID controller might be a multiprocessor box that's just as powerful as a server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SANs with dual controllers also have an architecture with no single point of failure and offer many options for hot back-up.  This makes them a win from a manageability and reliability perspective.  However they are expensive and constrained for streaming data volumes, although the latter is unlikely to be an issue on a transactional system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For operational systems, SANS are almost always the best choice if available.  They can also be shared between multiple servers running low-mid volume systems.  However they come with a price tag that puts quite a substantial lower bound on the smallest system that the technology can be used with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Direct Attach**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In some cases, direct attach storage is best.  One possibility is bandwidth constrained streaming applications, where the limited number of fibre channel connections will constrain the available bandwidth to less than might be possible with a high-end SAS controller.  However, these are likely to be fairly specialised applications such as very large data warehouses where a [shared-nothing][1] architecture may provide the best throughput.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In fact, direct attach storage often better than a SAN for data warehouse systems for a number of reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Data warehouses put large transient load spikes on disk subsystems.  This makes them quite anti-social on SANS as they can affect the performance of other systems on the SAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The aforementioned streaming bottleneck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Direct attach storage is quite a lot cheaper than SAN storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another market for direct-attach storage is when you are selling to a market that will not pay enough money for a SAN.  This is often true of applications sold to SMB customers.  For a point-of-sale system or practice management system that will have six users a SAN is probably overkill.  In this type of situation a small stand-alone tower server with some internal disks is a far more appropriate solution. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_nothing_architecture" />
  <row Id="4821" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2796" RevisionGUID="a7faa53a-6d68-4ce3-b5f3-7869596adf01" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:11:41.383" UserId="1466" Text=" 1. Keep a **pristine copy** of critical system files (such as ls, ps, netstat, md5sum) somewhere, with an md5sum of them, and compare them to the live versions regularly.  Rootkits will invariably modify these files.  Use these copies if you suspect the originals have been compromised.&#xD;&#xA; 2. **aide** or **tripwire** will tell you of any files that have been modified - assuming their databases have not been tampered with.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Configure syslog to send your logfiles to a **remote log server** where they can't be tampered with by an intruder.  Watch these remote logfiles for suspicious activity&#xD;&#xA; 4. **read your logs** regularly - use **logwatch** or **logcheck** to synthesize the critical information.  &#xD;&#xA; 5. **Know your servers**.  Know what kinds of activities and logs are normal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2797" RevisionGUID="fb22cfe5-c43f-4347-838b-699209004eba" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:12:34.890" UserId="640" Text="There are some suggestions here: http://serverfault.com/questions/1383/replacement-for-netmeeting" />
  <row Id="4823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2798" RevisionGUID="46acb189-a488-44b9-8019-606ca5f3ddbe" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:13:24.733" UserId="76" Text="Listen to a few episodes of SecurityNow and you can't fail to learn about [GoToMeeting][1] from Citrix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/entry/entry.tmpl?Action=rgoto&amp;_sf=1" />
  <row Id="4824" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2799" RevisionGUID="3acc1054-5e01-4d44-9c62-32f28ff7f05e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:13:41.113" UserId="1463" Text="You don't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know, I know - but it's the paranoid, sad truth, really ;) There are plenty of hints of course, but if the system was targeted specifically - it might be impossible to tell." />
  <row Id="4825" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2800" RevisionGUID="92c01fb3-2587-4db4-b941-45c47217c9ce" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:14:11.877" UserId="1135" Text="You could use some web conferencing software such as [Go To Meeting][1] or [WebEx][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.webex.co.uk/" />
  <row Id="4826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2801" RevisionGUID="9afff071-f033-4898-8324-ca32ad12bd98" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:17:04.817" UserId="1466" Text="**vnc** can handle multiple users, and is fairly simple.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've heard good things about **gotomeeting**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A free option for web conferencing is **dimdim**" />
  <row Id="4827" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2749" RevisionGUID="d0c32d23-6751-43e2-85bc-30fa8c73a8a6" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:18:14.893" UserId="1537" Text="The following is my follow up to the selected answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't need the port scan info, `-sP` will just check if the host is up. You might want to specify which DNS server with `--dns-servers`. If a machine is offline but has a DNS entry, `-R` might be useful. My suggestion for a fast scan is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    nmap 192.168.0.1/24 -sL -R | grep -v '(.*)' | awk '{print $2}'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are better ways to grep the output, but this does the job quite well. `-sL` doesn't even check that the machine is up, it just runs through the list of IPs, `-R` sends DNS queries for all IPs, not just ones that are up - nmap won't know which are up and does not do DNS queries on down hosts by default. The grep outputs only those lines without prens -- those without DNS entries; remove `-v` to get only those with DNS entries, but you'll have to change the the grep/awk to parse the IPs it that case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Output example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ nmap 192.168.0.1/24 -sL -R | grep -v '(.*)' | awk '{print $2}'&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.0.0&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.0.1&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.0.2&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.0.3&#xD;&#xA;    # ...&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those are the IPs that have no DNS entries.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4828" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1055" RevisionGUID="4d6a5f50-2ab5-4553-b0fd-401164169c30" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:21:42.607" UserId="481" Comment="added 188 characters in body" Text="My company makes a high quality file server with access points for FTP/FTPS/SFTP/WebDav/HTTP/HTTPS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The product name is [Null FTP Server][2] and there is a free version available. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Some of the features:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- REST HTTP API to control the server&#xD;&#xA;- Remote administration for 1 or more servers.  &#xD;&#xA;- x86 and x64 variants are available. &#xD;&#xA;- User authentication is supported with windows user accounts, active directory, and/or built-in accounts.  &#xD;&#xA;- You can either lock a user account into a directory or use the server's root directory.  &#xD;&#xA;- Virtual directories are also supported.&#xD;&#xA;- [several other key features][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vwsolutions.com/NullFTPServer/features.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.vwsolutions.com/NullFTPServer/" />
  <row Id="4829" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2802" RevisionGUID="c29a6e44-d4cd-40ff-8499-93e373eb0192" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:22:22.433" UserId="1271" Text="Technically at least in regard to Windows XP, `termserv.dll` can be patched to allow [concurrent Remote Desktop sessions][1] (I'm not sure how that's received). I've experimented and it's really not all that disagreeable. It's been some time since then however, and I never tried more than two users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://alonbilu.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/enabling-multiple-concurrent-remote-sessions-on-windows-xp-sp3-patched-file-included/" />
  <row Id="4830" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2803" RevisionGUID="c36d21c5-cf43-4399-a695-6fe628ceb0fe" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:24:31.787" UserId="1549" Text="You can use the Metabase Explorer from IIS Resource Toolkit and change the &quot;key&quot;. Be sure to backup your metabase.xml" />
  <row Id="4831" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2804" RevisionGUID="a7552285-9eed-4978-96a7-d208b0170b8b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:26:35.060" UserId="1463" Text="I've used Activexperts Network Monitor with great success (on a mostly Windows network but it had some unix and linux hosts, printers of various brands and so forth that was also monitored with it).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's really easy to setup and learn, rather cheap for what you get (was $500 for site/enterprise license) and supports vbscript and remote unix commands. If the network is small (a few hundred nodes at most) I think this is much more intuitive than System Center Operations Manager which feels more directed at huge windows networks only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Network Monitor comes with a lot of predefined scripts for monitoring stuff like e-mail servers including various Exchange versions and all its services, http servers with expected response, event logs, sql queries and expected responses and so on.. .and dependencies are easy to configure (&quot;all these depend on this router so if it fails to respond to ping and snmp, don't bother alarming us about all the stuff behind it that's not responding&quot;). SMS with gateway or local GSM modem support and all rules can of course have actions like service restart, server restart or custom script - to fix reoccuring problems for you (it's important I think, kinda like regression testing is for development).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...I've also tried to tame a Hobbit and didn't really enjoy it at all (nor the bloated Windows agent) - but it was set up for Windows server monitoring and it really blows at that - most likely more suited for a linux or unix-centric network." />
  <row Id="4835" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2806" RevisionGUID="b686f1e6-b076-4309-9c08-57bdbbb16558" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:28:02.717" UserId="1113" Text="I'm not sure how to get the tabs but this will get you multiple windows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    set commands to {&quot;ls&quot;, &quot;pwd&quot;, &quot;cd /tmp; ls&quot;}&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    repeat with com in commands&#xD;&#xA;    	tell application &quot;Terminal&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		activate&#xD;&#xA;    		do script with command com&#xD;&#xA;    	end tell&#xD;&#xA;    end repeat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[More][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20070604100629346" />
  <row Id="4836" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2807" RevisionGUID="ad95b128-9dc2-4284-9373-221c097b6812" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:28:35.647" UserId="97" Text="VVR is an option. I've also designed solutions where the critical data sits on a SAN and can simply be remounted on a different server if the server goes down. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As always, it depends on the application and your requirements for RTO/RPO.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4837" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2808" RevisionGUID="4f78095a-8cbc-42fd-b446-61b0ce846558" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:30:51.803" UserId="97" Text="Postfix if you are running mail yourself. It's a bit of work to setup but a joy to use once it's working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For hosted email, going with Google Apps works just fine." />
  <row Id="4839" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2810" RevisionGUID="3021b226-9320-470e-abe7-52f15fb8b42c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:31:57.480" UserId="1466" Text="I run **/usr/bin/apt-get update -qq;/usr/bin/apt-get dist-upgrade -duyq** as a cron job every night.  In the morning I have notification of what packages need to be upgraded, and the files have already been downloaded on the machine.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then I typically take a snapshot of the machine (most of our servers are virtual), do an **apt-get dist-upgrade**, check **nagios** and ensure everything is still working, and remove the snapshot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, I keep a running list of all changes made to every server on a **wiki**, in order to track any problems that arise later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as limiting redundant downloads, I understand that you can set up a **cacheing web-proxy** (squid?) between your servers and the internet that will cache the .deb files the first time they are accessed.  Perhaps this is simpler than setting up a local repository - and has the added benefit of speeding up general web browsing." />
  <row Id="4841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2812" RevisionGUID="ea898d5c-47ea-4261-9a1e-23eeb4ebbdb5" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:33:45.010" UserId="906" Text="Can anyone give an high-level overview of the options available for SQL Server clustering, their pros and cons?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it better to use Microsoft Clustering services or SQL Server native clustering? Does that choice even apply to the latest SQL Server versions?" />
  <row Id="4842" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2812" RevisionGUID="ea898d5c-47ea-4261-9a1e-23eeb4ebbdb5" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:33:45.010" UserId="906" Text="SQL Server clustering options" />
  <row Id="4843" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2812" RevisionGUID="ea898d5c-47ea-4261-9a1e-23eeb4ebbdb5" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:33:45.010" UserId="906" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;clustering&gt;&lt;failover&gt;&lt;high-availability&gt;" />
  <row Id="4844" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2813" RevisionGUID="2a20cce4-fcfe-46c5-bd3b-7852a39c80c4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:35:55.177" UserId="1159" Text="Is there a way to get a complete list of A and CNAME records on my BIND DNS server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have access to the zone files. But on my server there are lots of zone files, and it'd take too long to go over all of them by hand. Is there a command that lists this info or will I have to write a script myself?" />
  <row Id="4845" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2813" RevisionGUID="2a20cce4-fcfe-46c5-bd3b-7852a39c80c4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:35:55.177" UserId="1159" Text="List of domains on DNS server?" />
  <row Id="4846" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2813" RevisionGUID="2a20cce4-fcfe-46c5-bd3b-7852a39c80c4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:35:55.177" UserId="1159" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;bind&gt;" />
  <row Id="4847" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2814" RevisionGUID="e607050c-0698-4573-8be5-29d6d00e89b4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:37:41.040" UserId="1466" Text="Our mailsystem is based around **MS Exchange**, as there doesn't seem to be much competition to it for the collaboration tools (ie. shared calendaring, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But beyond that we use **postfix** with **virtualmin** to allow departments to manage their own domain aliases and pop3 mailboxes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And all of this sits behind 2 **postfix** / **amavisd-new** / **spamassasin** / **clamav** based mail filters.  There is a *great* tutorial on setting this all up at http://www200.pair.com/mecham/spam/ " />
  <row Id="4848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2815" RevisionGUID="102a76e9-e95c-4679-9c4d-b23072429f41" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:38:56.760" UserId="681" Text="While I don't know of easy way to do it directly, you can often infer it from the Process Explorer properties page for the svchost process. The Services tab on the process properties will tell you which services are hosted in that process. And the Threads tab will show you the threads and thread stacks running as well as their CPU usage. Often the Start Address on the thread will give an indication of the entry point DLL, and by extension the service, that's running on that thread. Other times you can look at the thread callstack and will see the module name in the call stack that tells you which piece of code is running." />
  <row Id="4849" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2810" RevisionGUID="b33e795d-6434-4dc0-9488-2bc5ed3c2681" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:40:23.887" UserId="1466" Comment="clarification" Text="I run **/usr/bin/apt-get update -qq;/usr/bin/apt-get dist-upgrade -duyq** as a cron job every night.  In the morning I have notification of what packages need to be upgraded, and the files have already been downloaded on the machine.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then I typically take a snapshot of the machine (most of our servers are virtual), do an **apt-get dist-upgrade**, check **nagios** and ensure everything is still working, and remove the snapshot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, I keep a running list of all changes made to every server on a **wiki**, in order to track any problems that arise later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as limiting redundant downloads, I understand that you can set up a **cacheing web-proxy** (squid?) between your servers and the internet that will cache the .deb files the first time they are accessed.  Perhaps this is simpler than setting up a local package repository - and has the added benefit of speeding up general web browsing." />
  <row Id="4850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2816" RevisionGUID="f2909ad4-60ce-4883-b010-6cda7648580e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:40:47.490" UserId="401" Text="From http://serverfault.com/questions/650/how-can-i-detect-unwanted-intrusions-on-my-servers/800#800&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Use an IDS&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SNORT® is an open source network intrusion prevention and detection system utilizing a rule-driven language, which combines the benefits of signature, protocol and anomaly based inspection methods. With millions of downloads to date, Snort is the most widely deployed intrusion detection and prevention technology worldwide and has become the de facto standard for the industry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; Snort reads network traffic and can look for things like &quot;drive by pen testing&quot; where someone just runs an entire metasploit scan against your servers.  Good to know these sort of things, in my opinion.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - Use the logs...&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; Depending on your usage you can set it up so you know whenever a user logs in, or logs in from an odd IP, or whenever root logs in, or whenever someone attempts to login.  I actually have the server e-mail me _every_ log message higher than Debug.  Yes, even Notice.  I filter some of them of course, but every morning when I get 10 emails about stuff it makes me want to fix it so it stops happening.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - Monitor your configuration - I actually keep my entire /etc in subversion so I can track revisions.  &#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA; - Run scans.  Tools like [Lynis](http://www.rootkit.nl/projects/lynis.html) and [Rootkit Hunter](http://www.rootkit.nl/) can give you alerts to possible security holes in your applications.  There are programs that maintain a hash or hash tree of all your bins and can alert you to changes.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - Monitor your server - Just like you mentioned diskspace - graphs can give you a hint if something is unusual.  I use [Cacti](http://www.cacti.net/) to keep an eye on CPU, network traffic, disk space, temperatures, etc.  If something _looks_ odd it _is_ odd and you should find out why it's odd." />
  <row Id="4851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2817" RevisionGUID="c8b71e57-2e40-4a07-afad-a657b604210a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:43:15.550" UserId="1106" Text="Following in the spirit of [Hidden Features of Powershell][1] and various others on StackOverflow, what Linux commands or combinations of commands do you find essential in your work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2071/hidden-features-of-powershell" />
  <row Id="4852" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2817" RevisionGUID="c8b71e57-2e40-4a07-afad-a657b604210a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:43:15.550" UserId="1106" Text="Hidden Features of Linux" />
  <row Id="4853" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2817" RevisionGUID="c8b71e57-2e40-4a07-afad-a657b604210a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:43:15.550" UserId="1106" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;hidden-features&gt;" />
  <row Id="4854" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2818" RevisionGUID="1c991c74-4685-4b18-a4a5-c6e425854bf4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:44:47.043" UserId="1463" Text="Exchange 2007, it's a hog to run and administrate, even with Powershell, but the user-experienced is as usual hard to match (especially with easy-to-manage Server Activesync support for all kinds of mobile devices).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The 2007 version is more modular and supports thinner gateway roles which could reduce some of the resource hoginess I guess...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Facing the internet through Microsoft ISA 2006 for the moment - I kinda love that thing for some reason. It's like, a robust firewall with good application layer filtering, with a simple to use interface, that supports easy clustering. And it's from Microsoft... it's kinda hard to believe actually, I have to poke at it regularly just to see that it's real. There's a newer version out there, renamed into the Forefront namespace these days I think, Threat Management Gateway or something annoying like that." />
  <row Id="4855" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2819" RevisionGUID="5d295435-97b1-4be3-b287-03bd6f8c585a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:45:49.087" UserId="1106" Text="To get the ball going, I find [screen][1] to be essential:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; When screen is called, it creates a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; single window with a shell in it (or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the specified command) and then gets&#xD;&#xA;&gt; out of your way so that you can use&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the program as you normally would.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Then, at any time, you can create new&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (full-screen) windows with other&#xD;&#xA;&gt; programs in them (including more&#xD;&#xA;&gt; shells), kill the current window, view&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a list of the active windows, turn&#xD;&#xA;&gt; output logging on and off, copy text&#xD;&#xA;&gt; between windows, view the scrollback&#xD;&#xA;&gt; history, switch between windows, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; All windows run their programs&#xD;&#xA;&gt; completely independent of each other.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Programs continue to run when their&#xD;&#xA;&gt; window is currently not visible and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; even when the whole screen session is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; detached from the users terminal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/" />
  <row Id="4856" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2817" RevisionGUID="c8b71e57-2e40-4a07-afad-a657b604210a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:46:20.597" UserId="1106" />
  <row Id="4857" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2698" RevisionGUID="7860c433-63b9-4951-b518-e1ccedf11271" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:46:22.827" UserId="1463" Comment="added 147 characters in body" Text="IIS7 has a [completely new FTP component][1] (separate download!) which is a big step up - try to upgrade to Server 2008 and use it if possible ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few of the &quot;features&quot; are ftp over ssl, better user isolation, utf8 and ipv6, support for virtual hosts (think web host header separation)...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=34&amp;g=6&amp;i=1619" />
  <row Id="4858" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2820" RevisionGUID="ce27a7ad-13cb-4e56-ab16-80491ddd3931" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:46:24.373" UserId="1466" Text="**grep**, **awk** and **sed**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**top**" />
  <row Id="4859" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2820" RevisionGUID="ce27a7ad-13cb-4e56-ab16-80491ddd3931" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:46:24.373" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="4860" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2821" RevisionGUID="2a7ca39b-6845-444a-aca4-125aacb44278" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:46:26.260" UserId="1562" Text="You're sacrificing performance, however, in most cases the performance you sacrifice is so negligible that the management and footprint gains well offset the loss. Most servers are fair game for virtualization, large DB servers are perhaps one of the exceptions. However you need to ask yourself if your DB server is truly &quot;large&quot;, most aren't. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From your question can I summize that you're looking to run a web server and its associated DB server in 2 VMs on the same physical server? Ignoring security for a moment, would you run them on the same box w/out virtualization? That is, do you feel that a single box is powerful enough for the load? If so, I think you'll find running VMs on the box is fine too. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One other thing you do give up is physical separation. If you're running a web server and its DB server, if one goes down you're dead anyway, so no big deal. But if you were to run you web servers and it's redundant partner on 2VMs on a single physical box then you're being silly (and I've seen it.) If you loose the physical box then you've lost both web servers, bad place to be." />
  <row Id="4861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2822" RevisionGUID="6ba25127-98b1-4e5b-abd8-35eedb7266f1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:47:35.337" UserId="1271" Text="The equivalent registry data (for Home editions) for the *Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations* group policy setting is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;RebootRelaunchTimeoutEnabled&quot;=dword:00000001&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;RebootRelaunchTimeout&quot;=dword:000005a0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the maximum (in group policy) allowed value of 1440 minutes, or 24 hours.  &#xD;&#xA;Can make a `.reg` file out of this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disabling the timeout defaults it to 10 minutes as the group policy information suggests." />
  <row Id="4862" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2823" RevisionGUID="52bfaf74-7fc9-4431-a055-91fc7c093da6" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:49:08.500" UserId="1079" Text="I implement this by running Windows in a Xen VM under Linux (CentOS) and using [DRBD][1] to mirror the VM's disk images. Okay, so it's an extra level to figure out, but it is free and gives you the flexibility to start adding further VMs to your machine. I also use Linux LVM to make easily resizeable disk volumes to use as VM disks. Hardware wise, other than two machines there's not really anything else necessary, although an extra network card per machine dedicated to DRBD is always handy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.drbd.org/" />
  <row Id="4863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2824" RevisionGUID="900f514e-d488-4d16-8f41-d9c94e8bd3c2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:49:20.543" UserId="1561" Text="Postfix + Amavis + Dovecot.  Tight, well-integrated.  Catches better than 90% spam on first pass, catches 100% of malware on first pass.  Dovecot provides speedy access to mailboxes via IMAP - largest box is low-5-digits and loads in less than 5 seconds." />
  <row Id="4864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2825" RevisionGUID="4b4f8dc7-3608-4882-9050-75b01d6840f6" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:50:09.933" UserId="1562" Text="I second the &quot;backup&quot; idea, however I would not take a new backup for this. Get last night's backup. Not only will you save the extra backup time, but it's a test of last night's backup. If this is a regular requirement it's reasonable to ask the DBAs to leave a copy of the backup somewhere that you can get at it." />
  <row Id="4865" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2799" RevisionGUID="ef99fb33-8abf-43b8-81db-694a8efcb684" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:50:17.390" UserId="1463" Comment="added 153 characters in body" Text="You don't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know, I know - but it's the paranoid, sad truth, really ;) There are plenty of hints of course, but if the system was targeted specifically - it might be impossible to tell. It's good to understand that nothing is ever completely secure. But we need to work for more secure, so I will point at all the other answers instead ;)" />
  <row Id="4866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2826" RevisionGUID="c88883a9-dbe7-44e2-b552-ebb7032efb5c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:50:59.370" UserId="1561" Text="Windows XP autologin.  This procedure also works for Win2k as well.  You can bypass this method by holding the shift key when logging in or out of the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315231][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315231" />
  <row Id="4867" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2792" RevisionGUID="32590860-6397-4419-bba2-3fac1a302ff1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:51:16.263" UserId="942" Comment="edited body" Text="I once tested this succesfully with [pGina][1], but it's not very friendly to setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also use a SAMBA server acting as an Active Directory provider, with an LDAP backend, but I haven't tested this yet. Here are the two basic steps do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**SAMBA as a PDC**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The basic configuration goes like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[global]&#xD;&#xA;passdb backend = tdbsam&#xD;&#xA;os level = 33&#xD;&#xA;preferred master = auto&#xD;&#xA;domain master = yes&#xD;&#xA;local master = yes&#xD;&#xA;security = user&#xD;&#xA;domain logons = yes&#xD;&#xA;logon path = \\%N\profiles\%U&#xD;&#xA;logon drive = H:&#xD;&#xA;logon home = \\homeserver\%U\winprofile&#xD;&#xA;logon script = logon.cmd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[netlogon]&#xD;&#xA;path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon&#xD;&#xA;read only = yes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[profiles]&#xD;&#xA;path = /var/lib/samba/profiles&#xD;&#xA;read only = no&#xD;&#xA;create mask = 0600&#xD;&#xA;directory mask = 0700&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More info on the [SAMBA docs][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**LDAP**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Properly configuring an LDAP server is not something trivial (neither the SAMBA server IMHO), but after you configure one ([OpenLDAP][5], [FDS][6], etc.), here's some good info on [how to integrate it with SAMBA][3]. And [more specific for RedHat][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also hear SAMBA 4 will be a complete replacement for Active Directory, but who knows when that will be released.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, I don't know if this has become easier than when I tried it (about 2 years ago), but I hope so, because I gave up after a few weeks of trial... Maybe it's time to give it another go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Back then, my personal preference was for [FDS][6] because it has a great admin console, and it was easier to set up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.pgina.org/&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/samba-pdc.html&#xD;&#xA;[3]:http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_&amp;_LDAP&#xD;&#xA;[4]:http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:jxdj8MpyTwQJ:www.jekkt.com/talks/Samba-LDAP-RHEL4.pdf+samba+ldap&amp;cd=9&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&#xD;&#xA;[5]:http://www.openldap.org/&#xD;&#xA;[6]:http://directory.fedoraproject.org/" />
  <row Id="4868" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2827" RevisionGUID="689c063b-62a3-45be-ba6b-4b139f6c53ff" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:53:56.053" UserId="1447" Text="From your `var/named/data` (or equivalent directory) grep through the db.* files with an appropriate regular expression, something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    grep '\(.  *A   *[0-9][0-9]*\)\|\(..*CNAME..*\)' db.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that the final 'db.*` globs all the db files.  Repeat for every directory you have zone files in." />
  <row Id="4869" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2793" RevisionGUID="c0f5d33c-0f8e-4a25-b5ef-9511335119c9" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:54:21.733" UserId="1463" Comment="deleted 58 characters in body" Text="Not without a custom logon provider (msgina replacement)...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best bet is to either set up a Windows domain controller for Windows clients to log on to (will enable you to utilize group policies and other useful stuff) and have it sync with your existing LDAP service (check out Services for Unix). Or use samba and have it use your LDAP directory for authentication." />
  <row Id="4870" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2828" RevisionGUID="9b4da303-828a-474a-af9f-1e63f048ab31" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:55:09.140" UserId="1079" Text="We've found thin clients to come in to their own in education, where you have to squeeze maximum usage out of your limited budget. Things that can really hammer a thin client server are large graphics editing, video editing and playing chess (although web surfing and even YouTube videos seem to work just fine), so we still use &quot;fat&quot; clients for some tasks, everywhere else thin clients work just fine. We're now looking at putting small servers in classrooms, each handling that classes workstations - gives the teacher control of workstations and means you only have to run one network point per classroom." />
  <row Id="4871" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2829" RevisionGUID="1f75f9be-5bd8-4275-9296-20b41c98134d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:55:10.577" UserId="1466" Text="We have a medium sized network with both Windows and Linux servers (about 50 of each), and I'm just wondering what the best multi-OS backup solution for this situation is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right now we are using **bacula** with a 23 tape autochanger, which is fabulous, but a bit hard to configure, and lacking some good gui tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What other tape backup solutions are people using, what do they cost, and how easy are they to use?" />
  <row Id="4872" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2829" RevisionGUID="1f75f9be-5bd8-4275-9296-20b41c98134d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:55:10.577" UserId="1466" Text="Best Network Tape Backup tool" />
  <row Id="4873" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2829" RevisionGUID="1f75f9be-5bd8-4275-9296-20b41c98134d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:55:10.577" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;tape&gt;" />
  <row Id="4874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2830" RevisionGUID="348cab24-1f28-490a-acf2-feadec301091" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:57:16.047" UserId="1554" Text="My company makes devices that run Windows CE and must connect to our website through a customer's internet connection. We sell these devices to all sorts of customers with a multitude of network configurations and security needs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These devices worry the IT departments of the companies we sell them to, and rightfully so. They worry about administering proxy settings on hundreds of devices, about the possibility of them downloading viruses or other security risks into their network, that it runs Windows, about the devices downloading software updates, and so on....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best analogy I can think of is a business that had a bunch of Tivos connected to the internet. There is a business need for the devices but IT doesn't really want them on the network. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What can we do to alleviate the IT departments' concerns and make configuration a minimal effort. If we could funnel them through something like a VPN to a single server that connects to the company's proxy server, would that do it? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I only know a little bit about networking, but it's still my job to solve this, so any help is deeply appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4875" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2830" RevisionGUID="348cab24-1f28-490a-acf2-feadec301091" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:57:16.047" UserId="1554" Text="How can we alleviate security concerns when adding internet-connected 3rd party Windows CE devices to a network?" />
  <row Id="4876" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2830" RevisionGUID="348cab24-1f28-490a-acf2-feadec301091" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:57:16.047" UserId="1554" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;" />
  <row Id="4877" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2621" RevisionGUID="cee786de-5445-44d4-8fa1-15dab593cba3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T21:59:45.620" UserId="1463" Comment="added 348 characters in body" Text="Apart from the obvious management and energy benefits already mentioned, remote places with lousy network connections! Citrix ICA at least is extremely robust against latency and bandwidth issues - improving user experience by a lot over thin or underpowered lines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Trying to host a local file server, or pull central file server loads to a remote office is definitely harder than using a thin server solution almost regardless of available bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A good thin client usually costs around the same as a desktop when it comes to hardware and license purchases, it could actually cost more. The possible savings comes from the easier management and to some degree less mechanical maintenance, easy replacements and low power consumption (though requiring a few more and beefier servers instead)." />
  <row Id="4878" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2831" RevisionGUID="b6497f4c-6828-447f-bd94-3754a2dcc71c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:00:06.383" UserId="1562" Text="Check out the 4/22 episode of RunAsRadio (http://www.runasradio.com/default.aspx?showNum=106) &quot;Allan Hirt Fails Over Our Clustered SQL Server!&quot; as Allan goes over exactly what the options are." />
  <row Id="4879" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2832" RevisionGUID="ac452206-c0f3-4fc6-9e00-0252be8ff803" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:00:13.513" UserId="1498" Text="I use BRU and Zmanda. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BRU has a GUI console that works on most *nix machines as well as OS X. Zmanda has a web based gui. BRU abstracts the idea of tape management away from you, instead you define a pool of tapes you want to backup to for a particular job or jobs and it will put data where it can while following your retention rules. Zmanda is just as configurable. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as cost is concerned you can get zmanda for free, but BRU will cost you at least $299 for 30 hosts. Both are simple if you've done backups before. " />
  <row Id="4880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2833" RevisionGUID="e76d9a07-c89b-498e-bd36-7ec66b166c2d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:00:53.603" UserId="1563" Text="TightVNC with the `DFMirage mirror display driver` is pretty nice I've just used it with 2 connected users as a time but it has worked well, as far as I know the only limiting factor would be your bandwidth. I use it a lot on my network to control POS computers through VPN. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There also exists an application from the guys at TightVNC called &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tightvnc.com/projector/&quot;&gt;TightProjector&lt;/a&gt;, I havn't used it myself and it sadly isn't a free program but it might be useful. :)" />
  <row Id="4881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2834" RevisionGUID="038d7e48-528e-4d1f-b942-1f2169312445" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:01:14.820" UserId="1565" Text="I worked in a manufacturing environment that would constantly kill normal PCs due to metal dust and heat.  Thin-clients were great in this hostile environment because even if one failed, it was easy to replace.  Also, power spikes to due high voltage equipment may burn out a thin-client, but none of the data was lost because it was being run from a separate location." />
  <row Id="4882" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2835" RevisionGUID="3068696e-5d5e-4fb8-a4f5-44dca17a8be1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:03:16.093" UserId="1235" Text="This one is no frills and free...&#xD;&#xA;&lt;https://www.yugma.com/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2836" RevisionGUID="44c50b7b-64a4-47b7-956c-58d1e11ebe8b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:03:23.660" UserId="1463" Text="If I was the admin in charge of the networks running those devices, I'd be pleased if you provided a separate &quot;update&quot; service I could run that was the sole host that got to talk to your website (making it far easier to control and maintain) - and the devices would then be (preferably remotely by dhcp options) configured to talk to this update service host I have control over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IF the devices download software in any meaningful amounts, it would be neat as well if this update service would then cache this so any other device requesting the same download would just fetch it from the update service. Just like any locally installed anti-virus mirror works, or windows update services (WSUS)." />
  <row Id="4884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2837" RevisionGUID="ed0c9c55-5081-463c-9dbb-cd37a27e5436" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:03:50.260" UserId="981" Text="This question is similar, no matter what platform you're on. First, I'm going to make the assumption that you have two network adapters, and they are both connected to the same subnet. If they are connected to different subnets, the answer is similar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An approach to the problem illustrated with an example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Routing traffic based on IP**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Adapters:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* A1: `10.20.100.101/24`&#xD;&#xA;* A2: `10.20.100.102/24`&#xD;&#xA;* Default gateway on both: `10.20.100.1`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Target addresses/networks and how you want to reach them:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* `10.20.100.201` via A1&#xD;&#xA;* `10.20.100.202` via A2&#xD;&#xA;* `10.20.101.0/24` via A1&#xD;&#xA;* `10.20.102.0/24` via A2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This means that you want to set up the following direct and gateway routes. I'm using notation similar to what you would see using `ip routes` on Linux, for simplicity:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    10.20.100.201/32 dev A1&#xD;&#xA;    10.20.100.202/32 dev A2&#xD;&#xA;    10.20.101.0/24 via 10.20.100.1 dev A1&#xD;&#xA;    10.20.102.0/24 via 10.20.100.1 dev A2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The way to make these routes exist, how to reference the appropriate adapter, and how to make them persistent is dependent upon the OS you're using. I'll describe how to do this in XP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, you have to identify the interface number for each interface. As described by the previous answer, use `route print`. Suppose the first few lines show:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\&gt;route print&#xD;&#xA;    ===========================================================================&#xD;&#xA;    Interface List&#xD;&#xA;    0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface&#xD;&#xA;    0x120002 ...00 1d 09 d7 78 65 ...... Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller&#xD;&#xA;    0x120003 ...00 1d 09 d7 78 66 ...... Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming that you determined that 0x120002 was the adapter A1, and 0x120003 was adapter A2, you could then type the commands:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\&gt; route -p add 10.20.100.201 mask 255.255.255.255 10.20.100.101 IF 0x120002&#xD;&#xA;    C:\&gt; route -p add 10.20.100.202 mask 255.255.255.255 10.20.100.102 IF 0x120003&#xD;&#xA;    C:\&gt; route -p add 10.20.101.0 mask 255.255.255.0 10.20.100.1 IF 0x120002&#xD;&#xA;    C:\&gt; route -p add 10.20.102.0 mask 255.255.255.0 10.20.100.1 IF 0x120003&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using the `-p` option makes the routes persistent, which means that they will still be available after reboot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4885" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2838" RevisionGUID="39e6d9d4-7e45-4f20-aa9f-2a000aaabd8e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:03:59.087" UserId="1304" Text="I Use [Denyhosts][1].&#xD;&#xA;Simple to setup and very efective.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;it mails you something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Added the following hosts to /etc/hosts.deny:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 144.16.111.105 (unknown)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="4886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2839" RevisionGUID="f94905a9-3324-4bcb-a06f-6d8c978050dd" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:05:11.987" UserId="1562" Text="&quot;YMMV&quot;, &quot;Don't run beta on production&quot;, etc.... Having said all that. DAMN YES, IT'S READY!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've got technical users (devs, IT, etc.), non-technical users (product managers), and, um, my mom, running on Win7 and they all love it! It's a rock!" />
  <row Id="4887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2840" RevisionGUID="d8cb6f3c-2304-49d4-8c6d-5f98634cbece" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:05:59.130" UserId="1498" Text="Controlling the services that can be connected to your hosts are key. &#xD;&#xA;You don't want to have any port connectable unless you explicitly need it to function(RDP, vnc, http, etc...). If you can secure the device from remote exploits in common software (IIS, MSSQL, etc...) you can have your customers run any vulnerability scans they need on the device to ensure its not going to help propagate malware." />
  <row Id="4888" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2841" RevisionGUID="da5be457-6ce2-40ba-8283-89ecee4804d0" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:09:41.070" UserId="386" Text="It's open source.  Nothing is &quot;hidden&quot; if you bother to look." />
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  <row Id="4890" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2837" RevisionGUID="a553767e-b8c0-434d-ae78-22dee7aca4d0" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:10:38.603" UserId="981" Comment="added 314 characters in body" Text="This question is similar, no matter what platform you're on. First, I'm going to make the assumption that you have two network adapters, and they are both connected to the same subnet. If they are connected to different subnets, the answer is similar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An approach to the problem illustrated with an example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Routing traffic based on IP**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Adapters:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* A1: `10.20.100.101/24`&#xD;&#xA;* A2: `10.20.100.102/24`&#xD;&#xA;* Default gateway on both: `10.20.100.1`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Target addresses/networks and how you want to reach them:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* `10.20.100.201` via A1&#xD;&#xA;* `10.20.100.202` via A2&#xD;&#xA;* `10.20.101.0/24` via A1&#xD;&#xA;* `10.20.102.0/24` via A2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This means that you want to set up the following direct and gateway routes. I'm using notation similar to what you would see using `ip routes` on Linux, for simplicity:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    10.20.100.201/32 dev A1&#xD;&#xA;    10.20.100.202/32 dev A2&#xD;&#xA;    10.20.101.0/24 via 10.20.100.1 dev A1&#xD;&#xA;    10.20.102.0/24 via 10.20.100.1 dev A2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The way to make these routes exist, how to reference the appropriate adapter, and how to make them persistent is dependent upon the OS you're using. I'll describe how to do this in XP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, you have to identify the interface number for each interface. As described by the previous answer, use `route print`. Suppose the first few lines show:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\&gt;route print&#xD;&#xA;    ===========================================================================&#xD;&#xA;    Interface List&#xD;&#xA;    0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface&#xD;&#xA;    0x120002 ...00 1d 09 d7 78 65 ...... Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller&#xD;&#xA;    0x120003 ...00 1d 09 d7 78 66 ...... Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming that you determined that 0x120002 was the adapter A1, and 0x120003 was adapter A2, you could then type the commands:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\&gt; route -p add 10.20.100.201 mask 255.255.255.255 10.20.100.101 IF 0x120002&#xD;&#xA;    C:\&gt; route -p add 10.20.100.202 mask 255.255.255.255 10.20.100.102 IF 0x120003&#xD;&#xA;    C:\&gt; route -p add 10.20.101.0 mask 255.255.255.0 10.20.100.1 IF 0x120002&#xD;&#xA;    C:\&gt; route -p add 10.20.102.0 mask 255.255.255.0 10.20.100.1 IF 0x120003&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using the `-p` option makes the routes persistent, which means that they will still be available after reboot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Routing traffic based on domain name**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For this, I would use the same approach, but segment the domain names into different subnets to make the route entries easier. For instance, using the data above:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* `mynetwork1.company.localnet` = `10.20.101.0/24`&#xD;&#xA;* `mynetwork2.company.localnet` = `10.20.102.0/24`&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4891" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2836" RevisionGUID="ed6f751c-7e08-47b4-9428-f227943b695e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:13:57.520" UserId="1463" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="If I was the admin in charge of the networks running those devices, I'd be pleased if you provided a separate &quot;update&quot; service I could run that was the sole host that got to talk to your website (making it far easier to control and maintain) - and the devices would then be (preferably remotely by dhcp options) configured to talk to this update service host I have control over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the devices download software in any meaningful amounts, it would be neat as well if this update service would then cache this so any other device requesting the same download would just fetch it from the update service. Just like any locally installed anti-virus mirror works, or windows update services (WUS)." />
  <row Id="4892" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2842" RevisionGUID="4bb88266-8d2c-4ea5-bf42-5fffbfb06b93" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:14:56.660" UserId="1235" Text="There are a few configuration differences in php.ini.&#xD;&#xA;Like your extensions will be dlls, you'll need to setup a default smtp server instead of relying on sendmail. It is kind of obvious when reading through the ini file though. I've seen the WIMP combo run just fine in production (so WAMP will be that much smoother). So I'd say it is mostly setup and configuration and maybe the existence of some extensions." />
  <row Id="4893" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2843" RevisionGUID="c4c93c88-cf57-483c-95f3-31bc9cd0bfd2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:15:54.677" UserId="1518" Text="(I know this is a really noob-ish question, but I'm a noob-ish VMWare user.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I see where there's a function to clone a VM, but that appears to clone its settings (CPUs, memory, disk space).  I'm hoping for, essentially, a complete backup including the OS that I can store somewhere for an emergency.  Do I need disk imaging software?  Or is there a way to just &lt;i&gt;copy&lt;/i&gt; an image. " />
  <row Id="4894" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2843" RevisionGUID="c4c93c88-cf57-483c-95f3-31bc9cd0bfd2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:15:54.677" UserId="1518" Text="How do I copy an image in VMWare?" />
  <row Id="4895" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2843" RevisionGUID="c4c93c88-cf57-483c-95f3-31bc9cd0bfd2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:15:54.677" UserId="1518" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;newbie&gt;&lt;disk-image&gt;" />
  <row Id="4896" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2844" RevisionGUID="bfa90c75-920a-4b25-ab19-5ea96618116f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:17:36.433" UserId="1561" Text="The VMWare images are just files.  You can copy the files provided they are not in use.  If you copy the files without using the clone feature, the next time you open the image, it will ask if it's a clone or a copy - just answer &quot;copy&quot;.  Simple as that." />
  <row Id="4897" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2845" RevisionGUID="f7f1fbbe-6192-4af8-8341-c6cf63ddf7ae" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:17:48.667" UserId="722" Text="You can copy the image if you suspend (or stop) the VM first. At a previous job, I had a nightly backup script that did that for each VM: suspend it if it's running, copy all the files to a staging area, and resume it if the suspended it earlier." />
  <row Id="4898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2846" RevisionGUID="879b48af-28bb-4e08-887d-cb2f257c921c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:19:14.963" UserId="1561" Text="Network stack can be left running after a system halt.  I don't know if this is current with the 2.6.x series of kernels, but on older versions, you could configure the firewall/routing, then halt the system *without a shutdown*, leaving just the network stack running.  This would allow you to make a cheap (although static) firewall that &quot;can't be hacked&quot; - because there's nothing *to* hack." />
  <row Id="4899" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2846" RevisionGUID="879b48af-28bb-4e08-887d-cb2f257c921c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:19:14.963" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="4900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2847" RevisionGUID="c3f394b7-fc43-4ddd-b587-a59133984f62" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:20:06.537" UserId="1498" Text="When Windows installed selects the HAL library appropriate the the hardware your installing on. If you install XP on a single CPU system then the uniprocessor HAL is selected.&#xD;&#xA;If you then add a second vcpu to the guest then the windows HAL won't see it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll need to replace Window's hal or try re-installing the guest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4901" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2848" RevisionGUID="6d0acd8b-dec3-4970-8724-4e0e3b69a5c3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:20:32.293" UserId="1436" Text="Win 7 beta had some network stack &quot;issues&quot; which could lock up an entire machine. There were also some problems with media player freezing into an unkillable state. (Restarting froze the machine requiring a hard power off)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll be installing the RC early next week to see if these are fixed but other than this, the performance is miles a head of Vista or even XP, especially in Office. Office SP2 also made some really big gains with Outlook and large mailboxes so I can see Win7 getting pushed out in place of our Vista machines soon. " />
  <row Id="4902" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2849" RevisionGUID="be551d62-0ab3-4458-aa66-18a3b30f7fd6" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:22:50.417" UserId="1561" Text="I've used:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Nagios** - requires some old-timey command line setup, not pretty, but sturdy and functional.  It has been superseded by:&#xD;&#xA;- **Zenoss** - requires much less footwork to set up, has a commercial variant.  Once running, the rest is controlled through a browser.  Very powerful, but requires some MIB work if you use the free version.&#xD;&#xA;- **Intermapper** - commercial program, spendy if you have lots of nodes to monitor.  Appears to be written in Java (for better or worse).&#xD;&#xA;- **Spiceworks** - haven't tried the latest version.  Older versions needed a little more umph under the hood to get it to respond, but otherwise, it works nicely.  Free version comes with nag ads." />
  <row Id="4903" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2850" RevisionGUID="4398291d-ed47-4eca-9e2a-4dfcafeba79d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:24:58.243" UserId="775" Text="I am currently using Robocopy to transfer a huge zip file to a remote network share.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a faster tool? Lately, file sizes have been increasing and the transfer process is taking more time. Any help would be great." />
  <row Id="4904" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2850" RevisionGUID="4398291d-ed47-4eca-9e2a-4dfcafeba79d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:24:58.243" UserId="775" Text="Looking for a faster way to transfer file to a windows network share" />
  <row Id="4905" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2850" RevisionGUID="4398291d-ed47-4eca-9e2a-4dfcafeba79d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:24:58.243" UserId="775" Text="&lt;robocopy&gt;&lt;network-share&gt;&lt;file-transfer&gt;" />
  <row Id="4906" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2851" RevisionGUID="1326052c-33d3-4d3c-ab63-f7c6b895d22f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:28:02.557" UserId="1436" Text="If the files are based on the same data the rsync is an option. It will only send the changed data. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Zip files do have a tendency to change all the binary data in the file even for small changes however so it may not be too useful." />
  <row Id="4907" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2852" RevisionGUID="348793df-9330-4d34-bcd3-b7d704a193c8" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:29:14.970" UserId="1561" Text="Short answer: Yes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Long answer: *If it's secured with SSL*, yes.  You'll also need to enable specific flags and settings in the pgodbc driver as Access will barf from what is fed back to it from the server.  Keep in mind that very *very* large data sets will cause you pain, despite the fact that the data returned from the server is generally in a compact binary format." />
  <row Id="4908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2853" RevisionGUID="9f891407-60ba-4716-81d4-a732a473a052" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:29:16.627" UserId="52978" Text="As with many techies-- I've accumulated a number of older x86 servers, x86 desktops, and Cisco switches over the last few years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to build a small cloud cluster for web app experiments (web server + database + application server).  That is, I'm not looking to necessarily scale an entire O.S. environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are my software options for building a small-scale, personal, app cloud?" />
  <row Id="4909" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2853" RevisionGUID="9f891407-60ba-4716-81d4-a732a473a052" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:29:16.627" UserId="52978" Text="Cloud infrastructure for home and personal experimentation?" />
  <row Id="4910" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2853" RevisionGUID="9f891407-60ba-4716-81d4-a732a473a052" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:29:16.627" UserId="52978" Text="&lt;cloud-computing&gt;&lt;web-apps&gt;" />
  <row Id="4911" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2854" RevisionGUID="dabbc057-af23-4c03-a1e5-e23de17fe4b2" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:29:37.000" UserId="729" Text="This may sound like a lot, but upgrade both ends to Vista/Server 2008.  I did some informal tests over a quiet (10 computer) 100MB network.  According to the rate shown in the copy dialog and the network monitor in the Resource Monitor, I was using about 97% of the 100MB line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other than that, use a more powerful compression method that zip?  Maybe bzip2 or lzma ?  You'd need to test them based on the type of data you're compressing." />
  <row Id="4912" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2850" RevisionGUID="180fec8a-c022-425a-9f01-0329442b7f10" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:30:50.910" UserId="775" Comment="added 67 characters in body" Text="**Update**: This is just for one way transfer. No need to sync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am currently using Robocopy to transfer a huge file which is zipped and send to a remote network share.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a faster tool? Lately, file sizes have been increasing and the transfer process is taking more time. Any help would be great." />
  <row Id="4913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2855" RevisionGUID="4ab30f83-f553-48e9-bf33-5618d18e6e04" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:32:34.590" UserId="1561" Text="Short answer: no.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Long answer: unless you have a very small database or very minimal requirements, no.  Data retrieval is heavily dependent on disk I/O operations per second, and the overhead of striping will eat up your disk access over time, *especially* with long query runs.  Most databases are run on a RAID 10 style setup, or with specific volumes holding partitions of the data." />
  <row Id="4914" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2844" RevisionGUID="39d7df39-8ed9-4a6f-9284-1534e3a982a5" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:36:01.103" UserId="1561" Comment="added 19 characters in body" Text="The VMWare images are just files.  You can copy the files provided they are not in use (actively running).  If you copy the files without using the clone feature, the next time you open the image, it will ask if it's a clone or a copy - just answer &quot;copy&quot;.  Simple as that." />
  <row Id="4916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2857" RevisionGUID="b806ccaf-b761-4f0f-8bd3-30437f1dc8c1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:37:59.600" UserId="1235" Text="Kind of depends what you mean by remote network share. Remote like across the country? Or remote like on a small GB lan?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't change to sending differences like Ryaner suggested, the limiting factors are disk speed of two computers, line speed of everything between the two computers, the speeds of switches between the two computers, MTU of all switches and NICs. If it is on a small GB LAN, maybe the easiest thing would be to make the MTUs as big as possible." />
  <row Id="4919" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2819" RevisionGUID="57bb14d9-e0a1-40d3-b40b-4acf33f5e654" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:40:02.560" UserId="1106" />
  <row Id="4920" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2859" RevisionGUID="7431608f-65f4-40e5-9b90-a6eb66180405" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:43:01.367" UserId="1466" Text="We're rapidly migrating to a nearly all-virtual server environment, using high-end hardware to host it on.  This is freeing up a bunch of our old (but not too old) mid-range server hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are your recommendations for making use of these decommissioned machines?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My first thought is to set some of them up as mini virtual hosts running vmware-server - but perhaps someone has a better suggestion, or a way to link them all together to share resources as a more capable virtual host?" />
  <row Id="4921" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2859" RevisionGUID="7431608f-65f4-40e5-9b90-a6eb66180405" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:43:01.367" UserId="1466" Text="Best use for old server hardware?" />
  <row Id="4922" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2859" RevisionGUID="7431608f-65f4-40e5-9b90-a6eb66180405" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:43:01.367" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;old-hardware&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="4923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2860" RevisionGUID="2c5828f3-2df9-432d-8510-ae7a03c81a7a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:44:48.693" UserId="1570" Text="I am in charge of a small domain of 20 or so computers.  I recently found how to get the windows XP machines to get their time from our domain controller using this batch file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    call w32tm /config /syncfromflags:domhier /update&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    call net stop w32time&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    call net start w32time&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and it worked great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried the same thing on Vista with no success.  Any help?" />
  <row Id="4924" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2860" RevisionGUID="2c5828f3-2df9-432d-8510-ae7a03c81a7a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:44:48.693" UserId="1570" Text="Getting Windows Vista to use our domain server's time." />
  <row Id="4925" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2860" RevisionGUID="2c5828f3-2df9-432d-8510-ae7a03c81a7a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:44:48.693" UserId="1570" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;domain&gt;&lt;time&gt;" />
  <row Id="4926" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2861" RevisionGUID="7bb05135-af42-4408-8d1b-a3ae1d66d5da" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:45:02.390" UserId="1106" Text="Have you considered [Eucalyptus][1]? It's free and is pretty simple to set up on a couple boxes you may have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://open.eucalyptus.com/" />
  <row Id="4927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2862" RevisionGUID="00b59d3a-e695-435d-867b-8227be63a24d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:45:29.677" UserId="1181" Text="The following come to mind:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Case Sensitivity. Windows is case insensitive, while Linux is case sensitive.&#xD;&#xA; - Path separator. Windows uses &quot;;&quot;, Linux uses &quot;:&quot;&#xD;&#xA; - Directory separator. Windows uses &quot;\&quot;, Linux uses &quot;/&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as directory separator goes, PHP has the [DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR][1] constant, I've found that always using the Linux variant &quot;/&quot; to be more convenient as it works in both Linux and Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://us2.php.net/manual/en/dir.constants.php" />
  <row Id="4928" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2863" RevisionGUID="9ca5a31c-c9fa-4710-a11a-dcd9d14a1f4d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:50:21.113" UserId="86" Text=" - man&#xD;&#xA; - less &#xD;&#xA; - tail -f&#xD;&#xA; - watch" />
  <row Id="4929" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2863" RevisionGUID="9ca5a31c-c9fa-4710-a11a-dcd9d14a1f4d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:50:21.113" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="4930" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2864" RevisionGUID="7114f494-0b77-4199-9185-54e9210175e3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:51:17.773" UserId="1498" Text="Quote from [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307897][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If the computers belong to an Active&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Directory domain, the Windows Time&#xD;&#xA;&gt; service configures itself&#xD;&#xA;&gt; automatically by using the Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Time service that is available on&#xD;&#xA;&gt; domain controllers. The Windows Time&#xD;&#xA;&gt; service configures a domain controller&#xD;&#xA;&gt; in its domain as a reliable time&#xD;&#xA;&gt; source and synchronizes itself&#xD;&#xA;&gt; periodically with this source. You can&#xD;&#xA;&gt; modify or overwrite these settings,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; depending on your specific needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307897" />
  <row Id="4931" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2863" RevisionGUID="0cefd353-ee7e-46e1-b241-813fef1f8e40" CreationDate="2009-05-01T22:56:42.863" UserId="86" Comment="added descriptions for each command" Text=" - man (gives help on most commands)&#xD;&#xA; - less (sanely browseable viewing)&#xD;&#xA; - tail -f (view appended data of a file as it grows)&#xD;&#xA; - watch (execute a program and view its output periodically full-screen)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4932" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2865" RevisionGUID="f0caf976-380c-4280-a378-504e9fbb3784" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:02:10.150" UserId="1503" Text="I'm a qmail user.  I think qmail would be a dubious choice right now, given that djb, it's author, hasn't updated the core software in years and seems uninterested in either doing so or releasing the software under a license that would allow it to be forked in useful way.  (qmail's license allows patches, but not direct redistribution of modified versions.  This is somewhat inconvenient).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I would be remiss if I didn't mention the EXCELLENT software I've used to pull together integrated qmail servers for the past several years: Matt Simerson's mail toaster.  http://mail-toaster.org/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4933" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2866" RevisionGUID="a5bcd6dc-5bf9-43ab-9b4d-fbee113bc8c5" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:02:38.557" UserId="914" Text="Testing deployments.  When pushing new features out to batches of servers you'll often want to test it first.  Having a spare small cluster of servers would be ideal for this." />
  <row Id="4934" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2861" RevisionGUID="154b107c-ab8c-4e19-bfe3-4dc1c296b828" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:03:59.130" UserId="1106" Comment="added blurb from site" Text="Have you considered [Eucalyptus][1]? It's free and is pretty simple to set up on a couple boxes you may have. From their site:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; EUCALYPTUS - Elastic Utility Computing&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Architecture for Linking Your Programs&#xD;&#xA;&gt; To Useful Systems - is an open-source&#xD;&#xA;&gt; software infrastructure for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; implementing &quot;cloud computing&quot; on&#xD;&#xA;&gt; clusters. The current interface to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; EUCALYPTUS is compatible with Amazon's&#xD;&#xA;&gt; EC2 interface, but the infrastructure&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is designed to support multiple&#xD;&#xA;&gt; client-side interfaces. EUCALYPTUS is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; implemented using commonly available&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Linux tools and basic Web-service&#xD;&#xA;&gt; technologies making it easy to install&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and maintain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://open.eucalyptus.com/" />
  <row Id="4935" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2289" RevisionGUID="fbc27d1d-b633-4f62-9fbe-b8b6a0ae74ce" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:05:05.230" UserId="1382" Comment="added thanks, etc" Text="I've spent a fair amount of time *using* various *nix systems, but don't have a lot of experience in setting them up from scratch (unlike Windows, which I can more or less do in my sleep at this point, much to my dismay - I keep waking up and discovering I've set up a new box.  Anyway.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking to shore up this hole in my education, I've been playing around with getting a linux machine up and running on my home LAN of late.  (Using Fedora 10 due to some advice I got out in meatspace.)  While the install went fine, its that first batch of configuration that has me somewhat puzzled.  The usual combo of google and sweat has got the thing more or less working, but are they any decent tutorials out there for someone who kinda knows what they're doing in the big picture, but doesn't know what to do with his Linux box on day 2?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edited to add: wow!  This is all great stuff!  (Keep it coming?)  Thanks, y'all!" />
  <row Id="4936" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2867" RevisionGUID="e76752d6-5bb9-4469-89be-4dfef2043c01" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:07:11.980" UserId="775" Text="You can use them for scheduling activities like nightly builds or for storing backups." />
  <row Id="4937" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2868" RevisionGUID="eb8ece0d-1296-45fa-be5c-c189c29a0178" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:13:26.783" UserId="1205" Text="I need to set up a mail server on an Ubuntu Linux box. Instead of starting from scratch I'm looking for an all in one package, like a bundle that offers a complete but minimal and light weight solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like this bundle to have at least the following characteristics; based around Postfix, some form of spam handling and a web interface the manage accounts etc.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4938" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2868" RevisionGUID="eb8ece0d-1296-45fa-be5c-c189c29a0178" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:13:26.783" UserId="1205" Text="What is the best open-source email solution package" />
  <row Id="4939" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2868" RevisionGUID="eb8ece0d-1296-45fa-be5c-c189c29a0178" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:13:26.783" UserId="1205" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;postfix&gt;" />
  <row Id="4940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2869" RevisionGUID="f25f5258-eaac-4882-b299-5c16cda826bb" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:18:16.773" UserId="48" Text="If your user profiles are stored elswhere (say on your local network) and it is configure to pull from there then this could be slowing it down, however if this is not the case then I think you are looking at a different problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Logging on via RDP is basically the same as if you are logging onto the server console, so if roaming profiles are not enabled then profiles should all be store locally and be accessed quite quickly. The thing to look for that is likely to be causing this server to slow down is whether it has any communication back to your office over your VPN connection, does it map drives, pull profile data back etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If thats not the case it is worth check the DNS on the server as I have known this to cause slowdown when logging on. If this domain controller is also a DNS server then the primary DNS server on the NIC should be itself." />
  <row Id="4942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2870" RevisionGUID="261dad5a-15fa-4625-86a4-bac734a49e02" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:19:04.773" UserId="1382" Text="The directory separator thing has been mentioned, but an extra gotcha to watch out for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a LAMP machine, the separator is the same for both file system and web paths.  On a LAMP machine, they're different.  While this doesn't seem like it makes the situation much worse, I've dealt with more than a few web packages that discriminate between the file and  web paths, but use the same separator constant for both (osCommerce, I'm looking at YOU.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've had lots of fun debugging that days after I thought I had all the path-insanity resolved." />
  <row Id="4943" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2843" RevisionGUID="7ff35d82-e4fc-4e01-92ff-82657dfe82c6" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:19:10.343" UserId="48" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="4944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2871" RevisionGUID="cf650f59-30bb-479d-bc69-2f1ab604fcc3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:20:11.480" UserId="544" Text="Ok, I didnt know [rasdial command][1], then I can use a normal batch to connect with rasdial and set my other configuration values at that time&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks all for your help&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490979.aspx" />
  <row Id="4945" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2872" RevisionGUID="a99d62de-fbfc-4343-b152-861abd55b80f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:20:40.603" UserId="704" Text="Great Question Eric.  I have been looking for a solution myself.  Here is what I have found so far.  Each looks like it has its own advantages/disadvantages.  I haven't used any of the them yet..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Commercial/Paid Software:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [BackupAssist][1] - $250, adds a plug-in to Windows Server Backup&#xD;&#xA; - [Microsoft DPM][2] - Looks like this one is around $1010 for the Server License + Enterprise Data&#xD;&#xA; - [Acronis Recovery For Exchange][3] - $1219 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Free Script:&#xD;&#xA; - [MBS-online-backup.ps1][4] ([GUI Version][5]) - Uses powershell and VSS to make an online backup.  I have tested it out and it works pretty good.  There aren't any recovery instructions posted yet though but I think you can mount the backup files as a recovery storage group.  Not for the faint of heart but looks like it will get the job done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.backupassist.com/education/articles/backup-exchange-2007-using-Windows-Server-backup.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/dataprotectionmanager/en/us/pricing-licensing.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/products/ARExchange/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2009/01/26/exchange-2007-and-windows-2008-online-exchange-backup-part-6-of-7.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2009/04/11/backing-up-exchange-2007-on-windows-2008.aspx" />
  <row Id="4946" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2873" RevisionGUID="1923b34f-d56a-4527-b771-4fd32a0ef71e" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:21:01.633" UserId="1544" Text="The [Linux Reality][1] podcast has some excellent episodes geared toward your situation (day 2).  It was an invaluable resource to me when I was in your shoes.  Unfortunately, he's not producing any more episodes, but he has been gracious enough to leave the feed up indefinitely. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also enjoy listening to the [Linux Action Show][2] guys.  They do a lot of &quot;in depth&quot; reviews and keep me updated on Linux news that I otherwise would probably miss.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next, I keep an eye on [/r/linux][3] over at Reddit.  There's always a good nugget or two that bubbles up to the top.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been using Linux exclusively for three years now and still feel like I learn something new every day.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linuxreality.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/?cat=4&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.reddit.com/r/linux" />
  <row Id="4948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2875" RevisionGUID="d4e4e1c9-baab-4f70-9cb2-1178a5e11ad4" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:23:57.727" UserId="887" Text="Disaster recovery preparedness, move them to an alternative site if possible. Mirror or log ship your sql databases, make another domain controller, print server, etc." />
  <row Id="4949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2876" RevisionGUID="8646a136-d80d-42f4-b17b-e636773d6ea6" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:24:21.097" UserId="1561" Text="There is no 100% solution to this.  For instance, my spam/malware probe not only looks at file extension, it also looks at file *type*.  Renaming a zip to .zi_ will *not* work because it &quot;smells&quot; the zip (looks at the file's structure and fingerprint).  It also auto-expands zips to 12+ levels (while avoiding zip bombs).  Even auto-extractors arriving as EXE files will be auto-expanded with the same logic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anytime you can hide something in a zip to &quot;get around a firewall&quot;, an attacker can do the same.  This is Not a Good Thing(tm).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Host the file elsewhere, and have it picked up with a web browser." />
  <row Id="4950" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="304" RevisionGUID="f8f6ea31-b766-4ddc-a98f-ea8128a3a10c" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:25:02.217" UserId="184" Comment="added 54 characters in body" Text="Let me start with the list:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**General:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Install most current updates/service packs.&#xD;&#xA; - Verify drivers, look for conflicts, upgrade to newer ones.&#xD;&#xA; - Use [Process Explorer][1] to see a bit more details about what's being run &#xD;&#xA; - Use [Process Monitor][2](combined filemon and regmon) to see details about particular process &#xD;&#xA; - Check the services - (services.msc from command prompt).&#xD;&#xA; - Problems with graphics/sound (especially with older apps) - verify DirectX (run dxdiag from console), try disabling hardware acceleration.&#xD;&#xA; - See what's being run on windows boot time - [Windows start points][3]&#xD;&#xA; - Scan for viruses (anyways, you should have it updated and running all the time).&#xD;&#xA; - Run some [anti-malware tool][4]&#xD;&#xA; - Look at windows event log (eventvwr from console)&#xD;&#xA; - Make sure there is at least ~250mb free space on Windows drive.&#xD;&#xA; - Check virtual memory settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Network:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - See network settings (from console: ncpa.cpl and ipconfig /all)&#xD;&#xA; - Inspect firewall configuration. If you have turned Windows firewall off, check if it isn't started up.&#xD;&#xA; - Look if hosts file is not modified %WINDIR%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Hardware:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Run full HDD scan and defragment.&#xD;&#xA; - Run memory test http://www.memtest86.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should know most (if not all) of it already, but hopefully this helps somebody.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://antivirus.about.com/od/windowsbasics/tp/autostartkeys.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.malwarebytes.org/" />
  <row Id="4951" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2736" RevisionGUID="d44efcb5-49b4-4e56-96af-b42105ad83a3" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:27:32.197" UserId="48" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="4952" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2705" RevisionGUID="a819a5c5-aa37-455c-ba34-6b03d17958c1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:27:48.153" UserId="1181" />
  <row Id="4953" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2705" RevisionGUID="a819a5c5-aa37-455c-ba34-6b03d17958c1" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:27:48.153" UserId="1181" Comment="Enabled wiki features." Text="A few weeks ago I was reading through the Wikipedia entry on [NTFS][1], and noticed that it was possible to use [Symbolic Links][2] amongst a number of other [features][3] that aren't readily apparent in Windows Explorer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What other useful features exist that may not be documented on [Wikipedia][1], and how does one get access to these features? Is there a 3rd party program, registry settings, hidden configuration windows, cli, etc. used to manipulate/create/use these features?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:** Turning this into a community wiki.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ntfs&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_symbolic_link&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ntfs#Features" />
  <row Id="4954" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2877" RevisionGUID="5021b2da-4dec-4c20-833e-a155cb0e0901" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:36:12.737" UserId="813" Text="I implement something like this by assigning machines on one virtual subnet &amp; domain to a Hyper-V Internal Only virtual network.  Then I use the Server 2008 routing to route between the internal networks and the physical NICs.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use this for NAT and for rerouting ports on the physical machine to RDP on the VMs - but it sounds like you can just route straight through.  It sounds like you can just route through since the IPs will be valid on your external network." />
  <row Id="4955" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2878" RevisionGUID="4b509886-816f-4bf0-b943-83816bd67a6b" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:36:45.183" UserId="385" Text="Roaming profiles wouldn't help. WHen you look at the Terminal Services settings on the user account, do you guys set up Terminal Services profile information? This is usually common in environments where IS is run in Application Mode, such as when Citrix is deployed. Mapped drives, a home directory setting, etc., which is remote from that location may all cause such a slowdown.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A simple test to see if it's something to do with network traffic is try and logon with a local account that doesn't have any mapped drives, mapped resources, etc. If that logon is very quick, then you know it's something to do with traffic back across the network. If that logon is slow as well, then it is the server itself. One thing to look at the Terminal Services configuration on that server. You can tell it not to map printers, etc., because that will all take time as well.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4956" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="1735" RevisionGUID="4016d279-4731-4c31-a5d2-ad06327f441f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:37:49.613" UserId="4" Comment="spelling" Text="What is the most reliable way to send a zip file via email?" />
  <row Id="4957" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2879" RevisionGUID="c81cea1f-faa4-4ec6-9cc7-25aac9c37407" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:38:15.570" UserId="887" Text="We did a trial of the VSA and decided against it; it performed poorly for SQL. If your usage for SQL is pretty light, it would work ok but there are much cheaper solutions.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4958" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2880" RevisionGUID="5fa7c45e-e5a6-4745-b179-5b872e92d6bf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:39:22.493" UserId="1224" Text="I am more of a developer than an IT technician.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I am not to sure where to look to keep up with current technologies.&#xD;&#xA;I only follow a couple of technology sites such as&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows][1]&#xD;&#xA;- [Gizmodo][2] and [Engadget][3] for Gadgets/Tools/Etc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What other sites would you recommend for new technologies?&#xD;&#xA;I am interested in not only Microsoft technologies but also *NIX side of things, as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.winsupersite.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://gizmodo.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.engadget.com/" />
  <row Id="4959" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2880" RevisionGUID="5fa7c45e-e5a6-4745-b179-5b872e92d6bf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:39:22.493" UserId="1224" Text="What blogs or RSS sites do you subscribe to, to keep up with current technology?" />
  <row Id="4960" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2880" RevisionGUID="5fa7c45e-e5a6-4745-b179-5b872e92d6bf" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:39:22.493" UserId="1224" Text="&lt;technology&gt;&lt;rss&gt;&lt;blogs&gt;" />
  <row Id="4961" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2752" RevisionGUID="4528bf60-e3c2-4e2a-8a47-5eaae053fd12" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:40:17.517" UserId="665" Comment="you're =&gt; your" Text="I'd say the risks of not using a VM are greater.  Without a VM, if your hardware goes down you'll be SOL until you get it replaced and restored.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With a VM, if the hardware goes down you can just move the VM files to another VM server and be back up and running within minutes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course there are other downsides: Most VMs cannot utilize more than 2 CPUs (or Cores).  Disk performance is slightly degraded and you'll have to share the RAM with other VMs on the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But for most servers, I'd say it's worth it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4962" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2881" RevisionGUID="bc6fb024-6a79-4f41-937e-d809f0324607" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:40:58.840" UserId="1375" Text="&quot;Complete but minimal and light weight solution&quot;.  Uhm...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just build it yourself.  It'll be a lot more flexible, and you'll have a better chance of fixing it when it breaks.  The components I'd use are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Postfix&#xD;&#xA;* bogofilter (spam filtering)&#xD;&#xA;* Postfixadmin (for the web interface)&#xD;&#xA;* Dovecot (IMAP/POP access)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4963" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2882" RevisionGUID="91008543-5829-41a9-85a4-8f4c5f138f6a" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:42:31.333" UserId="385" Text="Run the following command to determine if a time server is set:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net time /querysntp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is, then you'll need to clear it. You can do that by:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net time /setsntp:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to do it remotely, you can do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net time \\Computer /querysntp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net time \\Computer /setsntp:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By leaving it blank after the /setsntp: command, you clear the list. Your Vista (and Windows XP computers) that are on an Active Directory should sync team with the DC they are talking to for authentication.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2883" RevisionGUID="b33dc793-3c60-465a-9110-ac1077ba4461" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:44:49.767" UserId="919" Text="[Slashdot][1]'s the obvious pick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Linux Weekly News][2] is another good item for Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My favorite though is [Google Tech Talks][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd be remiss not to mention open source Planets for projects like [Debian][4] or [Ubuntu][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://slashdot.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://lwn.net&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/base/users/googletechtalks/uploads&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://planet.debian.org&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://planet.ubuntu.com" />
  <row Id="4965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2884" RevisionGUID="b841f079-829c-4dc8-be9e-f920154de98f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:48:32.457" UserId="385" Text="Versions since SQL Server 2000 use Microsoft Clustering services. There are multiple high-availability options including:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Replication&#xD;&#xA; - Log shipping (built-in since SQL Server 2000)&#xD;&#xA; - Fail-over clustering (natively supported since SQL Server 2000)&#xD;&#xA; - Database Mirroring (since SQL Server 2005)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which option is best depends completely on the scenario. And in some cases multiple solutions may be used (such as database mirroring of critical databases across two fail-over clusters).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4966" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2885" RevisionGUID="1919f400-3bbb-4cb2-8374-99911d1f9d8d" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:49:34.950" UserId="813" Text="Along with being one of the best features of a virtualized environment, snapshots have a significant performance impact (as do dynamically expanding disks).  There is a good discussion of these issues here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2009/04/23/should-virtual-machine-snapshots-be-used-in-production-hyper-v.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If performance is critical, you can use fixed disks with no snapshots and use VSS for backups instead.  If you prefer to use snapshots, make sure they are on your fast disks." />
  <row Id="4967" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2886" RevisionGUID="c9c7a334-875c-4d0a-b9f7-172b22b0dabc" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:56:19.770" UserId="722" Text="Virtual consoles. Most people know how to use (Ctrl-)Alt-F1 to get to the first console, etc., but what if you have more than 12? You can use Alt-Left and Alt-Right to cycle through the rest of them. :-D" />
  <row Id="4968" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2886" RevisionGUID="c9c7a334-875c-4d0a-b9f7-172b22b0dabc" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:56:19.770" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="4969" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2887" RevisionGUID="1d43ffa4-642e-4eaa-b3bf-3c1606cc6f6f" CreationDate="2009-05-01T23:59:50.153" UserId="813" Text="[Ars Technica][1] - Tech news without the politics.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://arstechnica.com/" />
  <row Id="4970" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2888" RevisionGUID="d65feeec-237c-443c-bdf6-8d53b3c75553" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:01:21.693" UserId="919" Text="When someone mentions RAID in a conversation about backups, invariably someone declares that &quot;RAID is not backup&quot;. Sure, for striping, that's true. But whats the difference between redundancy and a backup?" />
  <row Id="4971" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2888" RevisionGUID="d65feeec-237c-443c-bdf6-8d53b3c75553" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:01:21.693" UserId="919" Text="Why is RAID not a backup?" />
  <row Id="4972" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2888" RevisionGUID="d65feeec-237c-443c-bdf6-8d53b3c75553" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:01:21.693" UserId="919" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;raid&gt;" />
  <row Id="4975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2890" RevisionGUID="cd44988c-b26d-48b6-8844-6ec208bd7912" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:04:32.560" UserId="919" Text="Presumably you don't need cloud computing, just cluster computing. Cloud computing involves timesharing a cluster, and these are 100 percent yours! There's projects like Hadoop to build a google mapreduce cluster, but maybe to get started you should check out [BashReduce][1], which mimics Hadoop with much lighter dependencies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.last.fm/2009/04/06/mapreduce-bash-script" />
  <row Id="4976" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2891" RevisionGUID="7fbf292b-def3-4fd6-b8f3-c5b49715ccd7" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:05:03.180" UserId="1393" Text="We're beginning to spec out a web-based application that will allow users to manage automatic startup/shutdown and web-based wake-on-lan control for end users throughout departments at our University.  This will be a centralized service interacting with systems that are managed by local support personnel.  As a potential user of the system myself I feel like have a pretty good handle on the desired features from a user perspective, but I'd like some feedback from IT pros -- especially in a Windows shop -- on what kinds of things a local IT support person may desire from the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We will be collecting information locally, but the more input the better, I think." />
  <row Id="4977" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2891" RevisionGUID="7fbf292b-def3-4fd6-b8f3-c5b49715ccd7" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:05:03.180" UserId="1393" Text="Green computing initiatives" />
  <row Id="4978" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2891" RevisionGUID="7fbf292b-def3-4fd6-b8f3-c5b49715ccd7" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:05:03.180" UserId="1393" Text="&lt;power-management&gt;&lt;green-it&gt;&lt;features&gt;&lt;web-applications&gt;" />
  <row Id="4979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2892" RevisionGUID="c8123c18-b06a-414f-82ef-18819ab84a74" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:06:41.260" UserId="1375" Text="I'm fairly certain that 9.04 will have the PERC 5/i compatible megaraid_sas driver.  It's not a particularly new chipset by now." />
  <row Id="4981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2894" RevisionGUID="ed4ba3cc-6939-4d30-bb0d-23ba2ce3f50c" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:06:47.950" UserId="722" Text="Redundancy protects you against your hardware failing. It does not protect against user error, nor against malicious activity (e.g., crackers getting into your system).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See: [Why Mirroring is Not a Backup Solution](http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/02/1546214) for a hard-earned lesson." />
  <row Id="4982" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2895" RevisionGUID="5804d4a4-0768-40f4-ad92-aead3567eaac" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:06:52.443" UserId="641" Text="Redundancy is great if one of your disks fails.  It's no so great if your computer gets a virus, or you mistakenly delete a file, or you need to restore the disk to a previous version for some other reason.  That's when you need a backup." />
  <row Id="4983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2896" RevisionGUID="f6ba0701-1ed7-449b-8214-f656c5bff665" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:09:12.627" UserId="1393" Text="RAID can be a great way to mitigate risks due to hardware failures, but RAID won't help you when your users delete (accidentally or otherwise) their data.  To recover data you need some archival facilities, either through local snapshots or online/offline backups." />
  <row Id="4984" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2897" RevisionGUID="8aff4467-614e-4cf2-a244-b509ff93f463" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:09:23.233" UserId="681" Text="RAID guards against one kind of hardware failure. There's lots of failure modes that it doesn't guard against.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* File corruption&#xD;&#xA;* Human error (deleting files by mistake)&#xD;&#xA;* Catastrophic damage (someone dumps water onto the server)&#xD;&#xA;* Virus'&#xD;&#xA;* Software bugs that wipe out data&#xD;&#xA;.." />
  <row Id="4985" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2898" RevisionGUID="8da873b1-11ca-4a6a-a077-b01ff2b00a03" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:18:12.230" UserId="963" Text="If you can set up FTP on the destination server, you might very well see some benefit in using that instead of poky ol' SMB. And it's probably easier than upgrading both boxes to Server 2k8..." />
  <row Id="4986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2899" RevisionGUID="24792990-dff3-4598-9291-9ba6e2e9cced" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:20:56.683" UserId="411" Text="I've been using AVG for my Windows 2003 Server boxes for the past few years. The subscription is about to expire and I'm wondering if there is something better with a similar price range. I believe I paid $150 for a 2 year 2 server license.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What anti-virus programs are available now for a windows server that is either free or low cost with a good track record?" />
  <row Id="4987" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2899" RevisionGUID="24792990-dff3-4598-9291-9ba6e2e9cced" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:20:56.683" UserId="411" Text="What Anti-Virus for Windows Server?" />
  <row Id="4988" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2899" RevisionGUID="24792990-dff3-4598-9291-9ba6e2e9cced" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:20:56.683" UserId="411" Text="&lt;antivirus&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="4989" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2900" RevisionGUID="6d159571-4011-43d5-a501-56de83444c9c" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:22:51.423" UserId="1393" Text="Donate your old equipment to [WiderNet][1], &quot;a service program at the University of Iowa that works to improve digital communication in developing countries.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.widernet.org/" />
  <row Id="4991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2901" RevisionGUID="f73a40e6-2178-45cb-a3ea-76bcd54905a1" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:28:27.150" UserId="1337" Text="Is there a way to make a Security List in Active Directory not also act as a Distribution List?" />
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  <row Id="4993" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2901" RevisionGUID="f73a40e6-2178-45cb-a3ea-76bcd54905a1" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:28:27.150" UserId="1337" Text="&lt;ad&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="4994" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2902" RevisionGUID="f91647a9-dede-471c-8c98-2177f03cfc8f" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:31:16.487" UserId="1210" Text="When you create groups in AD, you have the choice of either making it a security group or a distribution group, but not both." />
  <row Id="4995" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2903" RevisionGUID="d01e64a1-7525-44ee-bc44-029bd571cc0a" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:33:41.567" UserId="1176" Text="Read this and you can see WHY RAID is NOT a backup;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.gcn.com/Blogs/Tech-Blog/2009/01/Mirroring-is-not-backup-and-backup-is-not-archiving.aspx &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="4996" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2440" RevisionGUID="773c23f7-b50c-4970-8cb3-74f4fdc7b68a" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:33:42.863" UserId="1419" Comment="added 26 characters in body" Text="This is fairly straight-forward to do - there's a simple walkthrough to be [found here](http://www.debian.org/devel/passwordlessssh). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main points are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Run &lt;code&gt;ssh-keygen&lt;/code&gt; on your machine. This will generate public and private keys for you.&#xD;&#xA; - Copy and paste the contents of your public key (likely in &lt;code&gt;~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub&lt;/code&gt;) in to &lt;code&gt;~/.ssh/authorized_keys&lt;/code&gt; on the remote machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's important to remember that this will give anyone who has access to the private key on your machine the same access to the remote machine, so when generating the key pair you may choose to enter a password here for extra security." />
  <row Id="4997" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2904" RevisionGUID="13a55ed8-7aef-48c3-9229-cb51a4d8cb4a" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:35:06.307" UserId="1232" Text="I'm interested in getting a [folding][1] farm setup but I guess this question can apply equally well to any computation-intensive cluster. Basically the goal is to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Maximize performance in terms of (typically) GHz/$ (of course different CPU families have a different value of GHz);&#xD;&#xA;- Minimize space; and&#xD;&#xA;- Minimize power usage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Suggestions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://folding.stanford.edu/" />
  <row Id="4998" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2904" RevisionGUID="13a55ed8-7aef-48c3-9229-cb51a4d8cb4a" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:35:06.307" UserId="1232" Text="Whats the current most effective folding farm hardware setup?" />
  <row Id="4999" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2904" RevisionGUID="13a55ed8-7aef-48c3-9229-cb51a4d8cb4a" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:35:06.307" UserId="1232" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;cost&gt;&lt;price-performance&gt;&lt;clustering&gt;" />
  <row Id="5000" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2905" RevisionGUID="e5ebc859-74f9-4271-a072-e4f346cad6e0" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:35:53.310" UserId="1176" Text="I usually subscribe to the blogs of the IT &amp; Geeks I follow at [twitter.com][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://twitter.com/MarlonRibunal" />
  <row Id="5001" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1966" RevisionGUID="0ecc7cf7-ac7b-49ea-9815-4b508f8efe5a" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:35:54.217" UserId="1232" Comment="retag" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;files&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;sharing&gt;&lt;annoyance&gt;" />
  <row Id="5004" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2906" RevisionGUID="af424f6f-e108-413c-8311-bdc0ec5c7126" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:41:22.890" UserId="1451" Text="It should also be mentioned that a hardware fault in the raid controller can easily corrupt the data on all attached disks. So while you reduce the danger from disk failures you add the danger of raid controller failures." />
  <row Id="5005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2907" RevisionGUID="a31ed452-e824-4180-b166-9073277a8d35" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:41:29.677" UserId="808" Text="In addition to what was mentioned above, for information on newer hardware I occasionally visit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [Tom's Hardware][1]&#xD;&#xA;- [[H]ard|OCP][2]&#xD;&#xA;- [AnandTech][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://www.tomshardware.com/&#xD;&#xA; [2]: http://www.hardocp.com/&#xD;&#xA; [3]: http://www.anandtech.com/" />
  <row Id="5006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2908" RevisionGUID="7477de0a-ca2a-4c3d-99e6-df1e56e2358f" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:42:10.957" UserId="1463" Text="No.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A distribution group is only used by e-mail software and the like, and cannot be used in security ACLs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A security group can be used in ACLs to control access, but it also works like a distribution list in that you can target it with e-mail software. To my knowledge this behavior cannot be changed." />
  <row Id="5008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2909" RevisionGUID="f61d5b2f-1576-4099-8b1d-ae30176c60af" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:43:59.670" UserId="1375" Text="ClamWin works quite well, and is free.  On the paid front, NOD32 seems to be a quiet winner in lots of ways." />
  <row Id="5009" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2908" RevisionGUID="c5d8b822-1441-45d4-92d7-c7987d68b4e1" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:48:06.137" UserId="1463" Comment="added 24 characters in body" Text="No.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A distribution group is only used by e-mail software and cannot be used when setting permissions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A security group however can be used both for setting permissions and as a target for e-mail software. [To my knowledge][1] this behavior cannot be changed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc781446.aspx" />
  <row Id="5010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2910" RevisionGUID="b73e44f6-c6af-4690-8213-ae0e4e2bc7be" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:48:31.283" UserId="919" Text="[Moodle][1] is an interesting Learning Management System. One of the tools it offers is a chat session. I don't know how it works under the hood, but the provided front-end is a weak javascript tool. Is there an IRC server hiding in there somewhere I can direct advanced users to?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://moodle.org/" />
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  <row Id="5012" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2910" RevisionGUID="b73e44f6-c6af-4690-8213-ae0e4e2bc7be" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:48:31.283" UserId="919" Text="&lt;moodle&gt;&lt;irc&gt;&lt;chat&gt;" />
  <row Id="5013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2911" RevisionGUID="d704385d-d33c-4d09-98ef-14fd65dc505f" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:50:59.983" UserId="1232" Text="How do you determine that the performance of your Linux server is I/O bound and, perhaps more importantly, what process or processes are casuing the problem?" />
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  <row Id="5015" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2911" RevisionGUID="d704385d-d33c-4d09-98ef-14fd65dc505f" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:50:59.983" UserId="1232" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;tuning&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;io&gt;" />
  <row Id="5016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2912" RevisionGUID="457e09ba-e6ca-45f7-bc60-0c3e06ba682d" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:51:23.757" UserId="808" Text="When logging into Windows, it says on that page that CTRL-ALT-DEL somehow makes Windows more secure.  I have never been able to figure a mechanism where having to press some specific key combination before logging in makes the system more secure.  I have never encountered a VMS, UNIX or related system that makes you press any key to log in -- except older terminal-based UNIXes where you press ENTER to get a login prompt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How does having to press CTRL-ALT-DEL before logging in make Windows more secure?" />
  <row Id="5017" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2912" RevisionGUID="457e09ba-e6ca-45f7-bc60-0c3e06ba682d" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:51:23.757" UserId="808" Text="How does CTRL-ALT-DEL to log in make Windows more secure?" />
  <row Id="5018" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2912" RevisionGUID="457e09ba-e6ca-45f7-bc60-0c3e06ba682d" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:51:23.757" UserId="808" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="5019" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2888" RevisionGUID="3cc5e89e-33ea-43dc-9512-f7201681a667" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:52:28.527" UserId="919" Comment="fix grammar" Text="When someone mentions RAID in a conversation about backups, invariably someone declares that &quot;RAID is not a backup&quot;. Sure, for striping, that's true. But whats the difference between redundancy and a backup?" />
  <row Id="5020" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2913" RevisionGUID="a9607777-7875-44c9-a6cf-940d3f1ba93b" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:55:33.870" UserId="808" Text="I have typically done this with one of the following two methods:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. For machines logging into a domain (WinXP Pro only, not WinXP Home), create a batch login script that executes &quot;`net use`&quot; commands, or&#xD;&#xA;2. Create a bat script that uses &quot;`net use`&quot; commands and put it or a shortcut to it into the startup folder:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`C:\Documents and Settings\&lt;USERNAME&gt;\Start Menu\Programs\Startup`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   `C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup`&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2914" RevisionGUID="ad24514a-cd51-46e7-88b9-cc8c896fe551" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:57:16.690" UserId="1463" Text="It's a hardware hook/interrupt and the way I understand it Windows (NT) kernel is designed as to reserve the notification of this interrupt to a single process: Winlogon. So, as long as the Windows installation itself is working as it should - no third party application can respond to this key combination (if it could, it could present a fake logon window and keylog your password ;)" />
  <row Id="5022" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2915" RevisionGUID="fd387743-5a58-4a59-98fe-49474a3a38a8" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:58:12.710" UserId="919" Text="Top has a field called &quot;iowait&quot;. If your system is seeing a lot of that, you know something's up. There's also iotop!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Package: iotop:&#xD;&#xA;    Description: simple top-like I/O monitor&#xD;&#xA;     iotop does for I/O usage what top(1) does for CPU usage. It watches I/O&#xD;&#xA;     usage information output by the Linux kernel (requires 2.6.20 or later)&#xD;&#xA;     and displays a table of current I/O usage by processes on the system.&#xD;&#xA;     Handy for answering the question &quot;Why is my disk churning so much?&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;    Homepage: http://guichaz.free.fr/iotop/" />
  <row Id="5023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2916" RevisionGUID="4745e0b6-a734-4aec-8f3d-2128b26fe6ef" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:58:26.610" UserId="1453" Text="[IoTop][1] is probably what you're looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://guichaz.free.fr/iotop/" />
  <row Id="5024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2917" RevisionGUID="ff389556-7d1a-4f7f-8173-a1fca7135e19" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:59:29.477" UserDisplayName="dss_so" Text="Ctrl-Alt-Del is a [Secure Attention Key][1] that helps to prevent login spoofing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_attention_key" />
  <row Id="5025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2918" RevisionGUID="cd886600-d62e-4c3e-9304-51e5a8bb978c" CreationDate="2009-05-02T00:59:57.963" UserId="1375" Text="It's explained in the 'Help' link on the window that tells you to type Ctrl-Alt-Del." />
  <row Id="5026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2919" RevisionGUID="3ab0c898-e595-496d-bd20-e686a0c7a3df" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:00:03.597" UserId="386" Text="Only programs with the highest operating privileges can hook that interrupt.  Since the operating system reserves that privilege level for itself and won't let user programs run at that level, user level programs can't respond to that keystroke." />
  <row Id="5027" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2920" RevisionGUID="4d50c08d-b718-41ea-a743-9593cfd02b4e" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:01:53.683" UserId="1375" Text="I wrote a comprehensive guide to tracking down performance bottlenecks on Linux systems for work: http://www.anchor.com.au/hosting/development/HuntingThePerformanceWumpus .  Covers more than you asked for, but it'll (hopefully) help you track down the problem you're seeing regardless of the actual source." />
  <row Id="5028" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2921" RevisionGUID="c0c44257-df0d-4b6c-bdaa-835429760844" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:03:29.937" UserId="919" Text="[Launchpad Answers][1], for projects hosted on launchpad, such as Ubuntu or [Drizzle][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://answers.launchpad.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://launchpad.net/drizzle" />
  <row Id="5029" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2921" RevisionGUID="c0c44257-df0d-4b6c-bdaa-835429760844" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:03:29.937" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="5030" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2922" RevisionGUID="392f623f-7dbc-4d57-a378-9fefeb845661" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:05:56.640" UserId="919" Text="Timeshare on a maiframe." />
  <row Id="5031" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2120" RevisionGUID="47653086-eba0-4dbe-9590-8079013eb1c1" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:07:44.873" UserId="475" Comment="edit with more detailed comparison to JMeter" Text="I feel unusually qualified to answer this question, since my current company needs to simulate 25,000 simultaneous connections to our web servers (we serve online ads).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For extremely high-volume load testing, **[Httperf][1]** is the way to go. It's free, and in our experience, it can simulate more simultaneous connections that JMeter or STA on the same hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;###Edit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just in case you're curious, we simulate 3500 requests per second on a low-power, inexpensive, ultra-small-form-factor Optiplex 330. These little boxes cost only $280, and we have a bunch of them hooked up to run Httperf on-demand. By comparison, JMeter could only push about 800-900 req/sec on this hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/linux/httperf/" />
  <row Id="5035" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2020" RevisionGUID="d31f6a2a-ab1a-4931-9878-0114577ef9c7" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:20:31.330" UserId="1222" Comment="added 14 characters in body" Text="&lt;http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/Knorrhane/2008/01/23/how-to-simulate-wan-connections-in-your-own-test-lab-for-free&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [VMware Workstation][1] to simulate the network - $189&#xD;&#xA;- [Netlimiter 2 Pro][2] to slow down the network - $29.95&#xD;&#xA;- [Tmurgent][3] to simulate packet loss (and latency) - free!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://netlimiter.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://tmurgent.com/Default.aspx" />
  <row Id="5036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2924" RevisionGUID="e02c6795-1abb-4461-b3b9-bbee62b3c8c2" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:23:32.993" UserId="1" Text="CTRL+ALT+DEL the history&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Actually, I was just trying to solve a development problem that we had: brand new hardware, brand new software, you're testing this stuff out, it would hang up all the time. So the only solution you had was to turn the power off, wait a few seconds, turn the power back on, wait for it to go through the power on self test. I said, I'm writing all this code for the keyboard, I can .. let's just shortcut it. I originally intended for it to be what we would now call an easter egg, just something we were using in development, it wouldn't be available elsewhere. But then the pubs people found out about it. They're trying to figure out how to tell somebody to start up one of their programs, and they had the answer: just put the diskette in, hit CTRL+ALT+DEL, and by magic your program starts. So, it was like a five minute job in doing it. I didn't realize that I was going to create a cultural icon when I did it. But I have to share the credit; I may have invented it, but I think Bill [Gates] made it famous.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zADyh0JQh8&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Quite a funny and informative clip, actually!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5038" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2926" RevisionGUID="2926d6cb-d176-4e7c-89d4-91d12478437a" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:26:52.407" UserId="123" Text="I have seen some of the most powerful folding farms as simply a motherboard, decent CPU nothing to powerful and 4 Nvidia 8800 Geforce cards. And remember a folding farm is going to be power heavy if any real crunching is going to be done and it cant really be avoided.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Maybe something to have a look at [http://www.overclock.net/overclock-net-folding-home-team/370859-nitteos-f-h-gpu2-farm.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.overclock.net/overclock-net-folding-home-team/370859-nitteos-f-h-gpu2-farm.html" />
  <row Id="5039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2927" RevisionGUID="4e22b617-084a-4c77-84fc-77f526ca7d2b" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:26:57.603" UserId="808" Text="I know that Firefox plugins exist to synchronize settings between machines, but all such plugins I have seen require you to synchronize your settings to some 3rd party server. Is anyone aware of such a plugin that:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. You can synchronize to a server of your choice, including your home server, and&#xD;&#xA;2. You can choose which settings or which bookmarks to synchronize to each machine, keeping NSFW bookmarks off your work machine, and&#xD;&#xA;3. Synchronize settings between machines that are not on the same LAN or WAN&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5040" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2927" RevisionGUID="4e22b617-084a-4c77-84fc-77f526ca7d2b" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:26:57.603" UserId="808" Text="How can I synchronize Firefox settings between machines using MY server?" />
  <row Id="5041" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2927" RevisionGUID="4e22b617-084a-4c77-84fc-77f526ca7d2b" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:26:57.603" UserId="808" Text="&lt;firefox&gt;&lt;synchronization&gt;&lt;plugin&gt;" />
  <row Id="5042" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2928" RevisionGUID="94de19a3-91a6-44ae-a952-8f688f90d733" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:29:57.923" UserId="808" Text="If you don't have the money to buy proper network disks, slower older machines can often do quite a good job of acting as a file share.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5043" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2929" RevisionGUID="f1e4a312-db16-42da-b3b2-087b01222e74" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:31:25.657" UserId="386" Text="Can I set up a virtual domain on one box so that a few specific email addresses get forwarded to gmail, and everything else (using a wildcard) goes to another system I control?    For example, can I put in /etc/postfix/virtual&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    me@xcski.com me@gmail.com&#xD;&#xA;    my_wife@xcski.com m_wife@gmail.com&#xD;&#xA;    *@xcski.com *@home.xcski.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5044" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2929" RevisionGUID="f1e4a312-db16-42da-b3b2-087b01222e74" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:31:25.657" UserId="386" Text="Does postfix virtual domain accept wildcards?" />
  <row Id="5045" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2929" RevisionGUID="f1e4a312-db16-42da-b3b2-087b01222e74" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:31:25.657" UserId="386" Text="&lt;postfix&gt;&lt;virtual-domains&gt;" />
  <row Id="5046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2930" RevisionGUID="0e19b49e-68b7-43e5-b0cb-3475dc3d6e1e" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:31:43.597" UserId="919" Text="Should we remove the root password, disable remote login and basically require adminstrators to use sudo to perform administrative actions?" />
  <row Id="5047" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2930" RevisionGUID="0e19b49e-68b7-43e5-b0cb-3475dc3d6e1e" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:31:43.597" UserId="919" Text="Should we disable the root user?" />
  <row Id="5048" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2930" RevisionGUID="0e19b49e-68b7-43e5-b0cb-3475dc3d6e1e" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:31:43.597" UserId="919" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;&lt;root&gt;&lt;login&gt;" />
  <row Id="5050" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2932" RevisionGUID="271c486b-83c5-44d6-82db-1dd599925277" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:33:31.877" UserId="808" Text="I know that there are several Firefox plugins that are invaluable for development.  What plugins exist that are useful for system administration, monitoring, and the like?  What plugins make your day-to-day job as a system or network administrator easier?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5051" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2932" RevisionGUID="271c486b-83c5-44d6-82db-1dd599925277" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:33:31.877" UserId="808" Text="As a system administrator, what Firefox plugin could you not live without?" />
  <row Id="5052" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2932" RevisionGUID="271c486b-83c5-44d6-82db-1dd599925277" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:33:31.877" UserId="808" Text="&lt;firefox&gt;&lt;plugin&gt;&lt;network-administration&gt;&lt;system-administration&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="5053" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2855" RevisionGUID="fafa96a7-b4f6-424b-82f0-e73539bbe994" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:35:51.967" UserId="1561" Comment="added 106 characters in body" Text="Short answer: no.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Long answer: unless you have a very small database or very minimal requirements, no.  Data retrieval is heavily dependent on disk I/O operations per second, and the overhead of striping will eat up your disk access over time, *especially* with long query runs.  Most databases are run on a RAID 10 style setup, or with specific volumes holding partitions of the data.  Yes, RAID 10 will cost you in writes, but your read performance (with the right setup) will go *way up*." />
  <row Id="5054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2933" RevisionGUID="7932d5c7-3222-47b5-b97e-5f4515289157" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:36:03.057" UserId="333" Text="The number one reason you want a backup is not because the physical media died (this is rare), but because of some error that caused the data to be lost or corrupted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID doesn't protect you against a file being deleted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID doesn't protect you against a file being overwritten.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID doesn't protect you from your system being compromised and all of your data being overwritten, deleted, or corrupted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID doesn't protect you from your ops team accidentally paving a machine with important data on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID doesn't protect you from a foolish DBA running a drop command on the production server (mistaking it for a test environment).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID doesn't protect you if the building burns down." />
  <row Id="5055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2934" RevisionGUID="04acd567-95d5-4dae-a2cf-e4d18557955d" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:36:03.337" UserId="371" Text="Regardless of which transfer protocol you use, you can increase throughput by increasing the TCP Window size of the client side system as high as you can set it.  This defines the maximum packet size the client can receive.  I've seen as much as 2x improvement over a WAN compared with default settings on Windows 2000.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wikipedia has a [TCP Tuning][1] article that explains some of this.  Windows lets you set TCP window size [globally][2] or [per interface][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP_tuning&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc957546.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc938219.aspx" />
  <row Id="5056" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2935" RevisionGUID="a38300d6-39e6-4d60-b2e0-7540f5d4e990" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:36:11.857" UserId="1222" Text="In a RAID5 array, consisting of disks over 400Gb, if you lose a disk there's something like a 75% chance of having an unrecoverable read error *while the array is being rebuilt*. Think  about that for a second and it becomes pretty obvious why someone will always remind you that &quot;RAID is not a backup&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID gives you higher reliability and performance, but it's not infallible." />
  <row Id="5058" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2937" RevisionGUID="d42069dd-514f-4004-9ba5-c6c3e3836bea" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:38:08.730" UserId="123" Text="[Foxyproxy][1] - I cant stand getting attacked by others when they walk over with their stats and say &quot;Hm this Serverfault.com you wasted 5 minutes of our time on it.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://foxyproxy.mozdev.org/" />
  <row Id="5059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2938" RevisionGUID="afe7ac0d-9add-41f8-b0c3-80734f6746d0" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:41:07.443" UserId="447" Text="Check out [RichCopy][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the web site:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; RichCopy is a free utility that comes&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to us from Ken Tamaru of Microsoft.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The tool was first developed in 2001&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and has been updated regularly to keep&#xD;&#xA;&gt; pace with evolving needs. Trust me&#xD;&#xA;&gt; when I tell you, this is the answer to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; all your file copying needs. What&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you'll find most striking the first&#xD;&#xA;&gt; time you take RichCopy out for a spin&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is that it's a multithreaded copying&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tool. That means that rather than&#xD;&#xA;&gt; copying one file at a time in serial&#xD;&#xA;&gt; order, RichCopy can open multiple&#xD;&#xA;&gt; threads simultaneously, allowing many&#xD;&#xA;&gt; files to be copied in parallel and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; cutting the total time required to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; complete the operation several times&#xD;&#xA;&gt; over. You can also pause and resume&#xD;&#xA;&gt; file copy operations, so if you lose&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network connectivity at any point, you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can just pick up where you left off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.04.utilityspotlight.aspx?pr=blog" />
  <row Id="5060" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2933" RevisionGUID="51c9e025-5a43-4581-8198-c2855c64e8c0" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:45:46.137" UserId="333" Comment="added 42 characters in body" Text="The number one reason you want a backup is not because the physical media died (this is rare), but because of some error that caused the data to be lost or corrupted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID doesn't protect you against a file being deleted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID doesn't protect you against a file being overwritten.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID doesn't protect you from your system being compromised and all of your data being overwritten, deleted, or corrupted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID doesn't protect you from your ops team accidentally paving a machine with important data on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID doesn't protect you from a foolish DBA running a drop command on the production server (mistaking it for a test environment).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID doesn't protect you if the building burns down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. [http://ma.gnolia.com/][1]. This is what can happen if you don't have good backups. Your site is snuffed out of existence (note: this tends to be bad for business).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ma.gnolia.com/" />
  <row Id="5063" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2940" RevisionGUID="cd09c285-4500-4809-8b88-c54bdcf6efa2" CreationDate="2009-05-02T01:57:27.810" UserId="722" Text="All my servers have the root account disabled (`sp_pwdp` set to `*`). This is to require `sudo` for all root access (and no running of shells either!). The purpose of this is to have all superuser activities audited, so people can see what has been done to the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a more hardcore option, you can make `sudo` write to a log file (as opposed to `syslog`), and make the file append-only (using `chattr` on Linux, or `chflags` on BSD). This way, nobody can edit the audit afterwards." />
  <row Id="5064" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2941" RevisionGUID="947c012e-cbf7-4c87-b5c4-fa61cf035398" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:00:00.130" UserId="342" Text="You can do this for a wildcard:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    @xcski.com @home.xcski.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(ie. what you had without the asterisks). From the `VIRTUAL(5)` documentation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;# RESULT ADDRESS REWRITING&#xD;&#xA;#        The lookup result is subject to address rewriting:&#xD;&#xA;#        &#xD;&#xA;#        o      When  the  result  has  the  form @otherdomain, the&#xD;&#xA;#               result becomes the same user in otherdomain.   This&#xD;&#xA;#               works only for the first address in a multi-address&#xD;&#xA;#               lookup result.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="5065" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2942" RevisionGUID="cf7ef383-f06f-4461-a7fe-4fd8d8551204" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:00:27.180" UserId="1155" Text="[Xmarks][1], cause who wants to maintain a local only copy of their Firefox bookmarks. [Xmarks][2] will sync your bookmarks across Firefox, IE etc on all your computers. It's fast and stays out of the way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.xmarks.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.xmarks.com/" />
  <row Id="5066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2943" RevisionGUID="32d4c7a1-fec1-47c8-a4f8-d8cc614a77e7" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:01:47.800" UserId="1222" Text="You can use [mozilla weave][1] and configure it to use your own server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://labs.mozilla.com/projects/weave/" />
  <row Id="5067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2944" RevisionGUID="6f2952cb-2f2d-4694-990a-4d24e0cf5c6c" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:02:43.303" UserId="1155" Text="When you want to capture browser traffic or general windows HTTP traffic what tool do you use?" />
  <row Id="5068" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2944" RevisionGUID="6f2952cb-2f2d-4694-990a-4d24e0cf5c6c" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:02:43.303" UserId="1155" Text="What is the best windows tool to capture HTTP traffic?" />
  <row Id="5069" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2944" RevisionGUID="6f2952cb-2f2d-4694-990a-4d24e0cf5c6c" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:02:43.303" UserId="1155" Text="&lt;http&gt;&lt;tracing&gt;&lt;browsers&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="5070" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2945" RevisionGUID="3bfb32e5-0b1a-42c1-bcd6-7e40a2eaf9c2" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:04:10.320" UserId="1586" Text="You might have checked this already, but verify the site and/or virtual directory is set to use .NET 2.0 rather than 1.1." />
  <row Id="5071" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2946" RevisionGUID="533d4207-4f98-4565-a836-5e54bc59b16d" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:04:42.957" UserId="1155" Text="General HTTP traffic:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Fiddler][1] (free)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Internet Explorer and Firefox traffic:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HttpWatch][2] (crippleware &amp; pay)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler2/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.httpwatch.com/" />
  <row Id="5072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2947" RevisionGUID="a5c43be0-b843-4a90-b9a9-e4e8c35899dd" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:04:44.907" UserId="24" Text="Fiddler, hands down!&#xD;&#xA;http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler2/" />
  <row Id="5075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2950" RevisionGUID="ce8ac297-b7e7-4285-b955-8f04df0340d8" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:10:21.663" UserId="1155" Text="When I last used it, Mozilla Weave was a slow unreliable flaky and busted piece of software. It may have improved in the past few months but in my experience:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Their servers were constantly down&#xD;&#xA; 2. It's slow&#xD;&#xA; 3. Firefox is always waiting to quit because sync is happening&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since then I've switched to [Xmarks][1] (formerly Foxmarks). It does support syncing to your own server. Documentation is [here][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.xmarks.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://wiki.foxmarks.com/wiki/Foxmarks:_Using_Your_Own_Server" />
  <row Id="5078" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2951" RevisionGUID="5700b677-ad44-45fc-8b5f-d65400b8cdcb" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:17:06.267" UserId="1151" Text="Is anyone familiar with a company called [Coldspark][1]?  The create software to do &quot;Enterprise Email Solutions&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't understand enough about email system administration to know why their product is valuable.  What makes a system an &quot;Enterprise Email&quot; system?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What benefits do Coldspark's solutions provide? Are there any other equivalent vendors that provide similar functionality?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.coldspark.com/" />
  <row Id="5079" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2951" RevisionGUID="5700b677-ad44-45fc-8b5f-d65400b8cdcb" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:17:06.267" UserId="1151" Text="What are &quot;Enterprise Email Solutions&quot;?" />
  <row Id="5080" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2951" RevisionGUID="5700b677-ad44-45fc-8b5f-d65400b8cdcb" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:17:06.267" UserId="1151" Text="&lt;enterprise-email&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="5081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2952" RevisionGUID="29fa5241-966b-421f-8e7f-5f23043a19f0" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:17:55.233" UserId="1155" Text="Installing Windows from a thumb drive is vastly superior to burning a copy to a DVD which will fill some landfill somewhere with toxic stuff. Not to mention it's about 50x faster to install Windows from a USB Thumb Drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do you get the bits onto the thumb drive so that you can boot from it and do a clean install?" />
  <row Id="5082" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2952" RevisionGUID="29fa5241-966b-421f-8e7f-5f23043a19f0" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:17:55.233" UserId="1155" Text="Boot and Install Vista and Windows 7 from a USB thumb drive" />
  <row Id="5083" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2952" RevisionGUID="29fa5241-966b-421f-8e7f-5f23043a19f0" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:17:55.233" UserId="1155" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;install&gt;&lt;usb-flash-drive&gt;&lt;thumbdrive&gt;" />
  <row Id="5087" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2954" RevisionGUID="d6901d99-1ac3-4bb8-9038-66363cc77b21" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:25:23.407" UserId="1155" Text="I used this guide as a set of directions&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://kurtsh.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!DA410C7F7E038D!1665.entry][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The steps are really longer than necessary. You need to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**1. Get a fast 4GB or larger USB Thumbdrive. Corsair drives are fast and cheap.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**2. run cmd.exe and enter the following commands followed by enter**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. diskpart&#xD;&#xA; 2. select disk 1&#xD;&#xA; 3. clean&#xD;&#xA; 4. create partition primary&#xD;&#xA; 5. select partition 1&#xD;&#xA; 6. active&#xD;&#xA; 7. format fs=fat32&#xD;&#xA; 8. assign&#xD;&#xA; 9. exit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**3. copy the Windows sources from the CD or other source using robocopy**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; robocopy.exe E:\ F:\ /MIR&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where E:\ is the source and F:\ is the destination (thumbdrive)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Configure your PC to boot from the USB drive**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the tricky part. For most of the machines I've tried the USB Thumbdrive will apppear to the BIOS as any other hard drive. You need to muck with the boot sequence to place the thumbdrive higher in the boot order that the local hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Note that after you do this you might&#xD;&#xA;&gt; want to reset the boot order in order&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to ensure that BitLocker doesn't&#xD;&#xA;&gt; detect boot changes based on the fact&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that the thumdrive is missing if it&#xD;&#xA;&gt; was there when you encrypted your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kurtsh.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!DA410C7F7E038D!1665.entry" />
  <row Id="5088" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2955" RevisionGUID="ab664301-6efa-4091-916f-1d97e39a6d33" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:26:13.717" UserId="1375" Text="An Enterprise solution is one that costs a lot to obtain and maintain, and does half of what you want with twice the number of servers.  It typically will contain a lot of features that make middle managers happy in their expensively tailored pants, while being a right pain for the people who have to use it and keep it running.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2956" RevisionGUID="fe20f0bf-0c63-4704-9162-758c453f7446" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:27:30.797" UserId="1375" Text="Wireshark.  Gets HTTP and anything else you want to look at (DNS, usually)." />
  <row Id="5090" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2957" RevisionGUID="3e1cb3d1-afbc-4ae7-b990-cde05bcdbb7c" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:37:28.633" UserDisplayName="dss_so" Text="In my group of friends/family, I'm usually the go-to guy for anything that people deem tech-related, from cell phones to the Internet. When people ask me for help, I try to explain things and empower them, but I don't always get the impression that they understand the fundamental issues at play or even care to find out once they are able to get the device to do what they want it to (or in one-time cases like setting up a network, once I do it for them). At that point, no clever analogy or metaphor is going to educate them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem with this is that when their network has &quot;limited or no connectivity&quot; or Windows doesn't boot, they need me to help them again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Luckily for me, being a programmer, this sort of thing isn't my job, but I was wondering how you sysadmins and IT professionals deal with the tricky issue of explaining things to laypeople. " />
  <row Id="5091" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2957" RevisionGUID="3e1cb3d1-afbc-4ae7-b990-cde05bcdbb7c" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:37:28.633" UserDisplayName="dss_so" Text="What is your strategy for explaining things to people?" />
  <row Id="5092" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2957" RevisionGUID="3e1cb3d1-afbc-4ae7-b990-cde05bcdbb7c" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:37:28.633" UserDisplayName="dss_so" Text="&lt;technology&gt;" />
  <row Id="5093" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2958" RevisionGUID="d54702c9-029f-4fe5-883f-c13b5676a06e" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:37:46.573" UserId="1104" Text="My recommendation is to buy a popular, integrated, tested setup from somebody like Dell, HP, etc.  Get it pre-configured the way you want it, make sure the drivers and firmware are up to date, and then don't touch it.  If you pick something like a common 2U box with 6x drives in a RAID 10 or 5, you are buying something that has been put through lots of testing, and has been deployed by probably thousands of other people.  For the most part, the bugs have been worked out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you try to hammer the parts together yourself, you are taking a huge risk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But no matter what you do: update the firmware and drivers.  That's the best simple piece of advice I can give anybody when it comes to RAID." />
  <row Id="5094" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2958" RevisionGUID="d54702c9-029f-4fe5-883f-c13b5676a06e" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:37:46.573" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="5095" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2547" RevisionGUID="c5787896-4040-4389-b3f1-6035e333d654" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:38:21.410" UserId="247" />
  <row Id="5096" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2959" RevisionGUID="9be9b70b-b10b-4055-a295-daf39b4a3f48" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:39:03.327" UserId="912" Text="Should I be buying workstations and servers from Dell/HP or build them myself?  What exactly are we paying these companies extra for?" />
  <row Id="5097" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2959" RevisionGUID="9be9b70b-b10b-4055-a295-daf39b4a3f48" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:39:03.327" UserId="912" Text="Buy or Build systems?" />
  <row Id="5098" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2959" RevisionGUID="9be9b70b-b10b-4055-a295-daf39b4a3f48" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:39:03.327" UserId="912" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="5099" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2940" RevisionGUID="17e212f3-9563-4c92-9941-cce59efc113e" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:39:22.593" UserId="722" Comment="Clarify the no-shell policy" Text="All my servers have the root account disabled (`sp_pwdp` set to `*`). This is to require `sudo` for all root access.[1] The purpose of this is to have all superuser activities audited, so people can see what has been done to the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a more hardcore option, you can make `sudo` write to a log file (as opposed to `syslog`), and make the file append-only (using `chattr` on Linux, or `chflags` on BSD). This way, nobody can edit the audit afterwards.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1] I also have a policy of not running a root shell, or doing shell escapes from a root process. (It's okay to use `sudo sh -c '...'` for doing pipelines or redirections, though.)" />
  <row Id="5100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2960" RevisionGUID="e7f54626-f58e-4886-99e3-a404553ee958" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:41:47.640" UserId="640" Text="It depends on the value of your time, and your exact needs. If your time is not a concern, or if you need something very specific, then build away. Otherwise, buying a complete, tested, supported system is probably a better move." />
  <row Id="5101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2961" RevisionGUID="685a7fca-b6a6-4af6-9c02-937b261c629d" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:42:17.767" UserId="1174" Text="My experience with MSA and WAN databases has never been that great.  There has always been some moment where Access decides to pull a lot of data off the database.  The two ways I have been successful is either to put the Access front-end on the remote server as well and use Terminal Server. Or to use SQL Passthrough queries so that you are explicitly in control of what passes to/from the database server." />
  <row Id="5102" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2962" RevisionGUID="c215c74d-5c1d-4a68-8d85-2fed58fcefae" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:49:06.097" UserId="1383" Text="You will find that when it comes to very cheap low-end configurations the prices from Dell/HP/etc are very competitive because of the remorseless competition at this level. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But as soon as you start creating a high-end system they make big margins. Upgrading with extra memory, graphics card and hard drives and the will notice price soon skyrockets. Completely out of proportion to the cost of the components themselves. So my advice...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want cheap commodity level machines then they are a good source. For high-end machines then they are very expensive and you can save alot of money buying the components and putting them together yourself." />
  <row Id="5104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2963" RevisionGUID="1eec0db7-abe5-46b1-9c68-03ac1fff6f0f" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:50:55.950" UserId="641" Text="&gt; What exactly are we paying these companies extra for?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Warranty and tech support.  The value of the time spent to assemble them." />
  <row Id="5105" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2964" RevisionGUID="79167185-fce8-4ee2-af6b-eef1bda1b4cb" CreationDate="2009-05-02T02:54:11.467" UserId="1383" Text="I always tell my friends/relatives that I don't know the answer to the problem and sadly cannot help. Otherwise six months down the line you're acting as sysadmin for half a dozen friends/relatives and it starts becoming a real drag of your time. This is better than having to say no later on at which point they take it as a personal insult and can lead to a falling out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I make an exception for a couple of close family members but as close friends they would not dream of taking advantage of my time and so it does not become a problem)" />
  <row Id="5108" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2965" RevisionGUID="df62b396-313f-46fa-8420-89c5b8a82f46" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:00:05.430" UserId="808" Text="Systems for myself I always build from components, but that's because I'm picky about exactly what components go into my systems.  Systems for people who don't care about performance I'll sometimes purchase pre-built, but just as often I'll build it myself.  (I enjoy the work.)  For my own machines, I will normally go for higher-end memory, a CPU that is at the peak of performance per dollar, a carefully chosen motherboard, and so on.  This is significantly more expensive to purchase relative to the low-end machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am completely comfortable supporting myself should any problem arise, and in any case I am more likely to be able to support myself than most companies are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;People who are not so comfortable supporting themselves -- and businesses who have different needs than I do as an individual -- pay for warrantee and support as much as for the hardware.  Also, when you're a corporation, you want a collection of cookie-cutter identical machines to ease support.  It's also easier to let someone else assemble them when talking about the numbers a corporation might use.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5109" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="2537" RevisionGUID="eb8ba767-0329-4be8-b11e-84284f03ebf0" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:01:01.853" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="5110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2966" RevisionGUID="9be71a0c-279d-44e6-9ef4-7f620c2cc15d" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:01:03.990" UserId="1383" Text="I want to get an understanding of how the DNS system works. How domain names actually get resolved and how admins setup a domain name so it is resolved correctly to a target machine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The sources you find with Google are either very very technical and so hard to get a proper feel for the whole system or so dumbed down they are not very useful. Anyone have a good source that explains it as a whole but without be having to become an expert in the process of reading it?" />
  <row Id="5111" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2966" RevisionGUID="9be71a0c-279d-44e6-9ef4-7f620c2cc15d" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:01:03.990" UserId="1383" Text="Is there a good overview of the DNS system?" />
  <row Id="5112" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2966" RevisionGUID="9be71a0c-279d-44e6-9ef4-7f620c2cc15d" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:01:03.990" UserId="1383" Text="&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="5113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2967" RevisionGUID="0666bedf-3d10-4f86-9926-368fe99f6199" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:04:07.260" UserId="1232" Text="Without a doubt, buy them already built. Your time is too valuable to waste building them. With Dell, HP, etc you'll get a standard, tested configuration and, more importantly, you'll get support in the form of someone to come out with spare parts to fix your server when things go wrong.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2968" RevisionGUID="5b09ff82-cc0b-4c88-857c-7be2d25e6fe0" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:09:22.130" UserId="1232" Text="Some people will feel uncomfortable with having their company email outside their company network. How to allay such fears? What other issues are there in using Google for corporate email? What are the benefits?" />
  <row Id="5115" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2968" RevisionGUID="5b09ff82-cc0b-4c88-857c-7be2d25e6fe0" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:09:22.130" UserId="1232" Text="What issues are there in using Gmail for a corporate email solution?" />
  <row Id="5116" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2968" RevisionGUID="5b09ff82-cc0b-4c88-857c-7be2d25e6fe0" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:09:22.130" UserId="1232" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;gmail&gt;&lt;google&gt;&lt;corporate&gt;&lt;outsource&gt;" />
  <row Id="5117" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2969" RevisionGUID="de207c71-758a-48d8-9437-5d1d2080dd42" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:12:13.340" UserId="722" Text="Google has a corporate solution called [Google Apps](http://www.google.com/a/). Your company could consider using that. The paid version of Google Apps has service level guarantees, which could be better than what your internal IT could provide.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for advantages, Google has better spam filtering than most other email providers, because they have so much mail data they process (through their public Gmail service).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disclosure: I don't work for Google nor have any relation to them. I do have domains on Google Apps, and I have also worked for places that do." />
  <row Id="5122" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2972" RevisionGUID="cc462816-77df-4e47-b9ac-aae69d094483" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:17:42.047" UserId="123" Text="I think the bigger reason is some people dont feel right hosting all of their email somewhere else than inside their own office.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My opinion is that if you could skip the exchange crack and use google apps it could save a company a lot of money." />
  <row Id="5123" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2973" RevisionGUID="e8906082-22c2-49d4-9609-f0d82f2f085a" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:19:01.360" UserDisplayName="dss_so" Text="If you're doing this at any kind of large scale, you'll probably want to buy, if for no reason other than the fact that you might want support down the line if a lot of issues start popping up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For personal use, though, I always build. As far as geek pleasures go, there's nothing like knowing exactly how tight each screw is fastened in your system and how many of each port/slot you have available. Beyond that, there's the fact that you are able to choose each and every component to best suit your needs, and you're the one who makes the decision on where to skimp. Once you choose your parts, build your machine, and start using and upgrading it, it really becomes your &quot;baby&quot; in much the same way a lovable car or pet would. I always find that hand-built machines, even one's that aren't mine, have a certain &quot;soul&quot; that you just don't get in a Dell or HP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the time argument, it only takes on the order of an hour to build a system anyway, so I don't think there's any reason for people on this site not to." />
  <row Id="5126" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2705" RevisionGUID="e9dcb73d-3ba1-4917-84a0-c0cb4f60307e" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:22:27.090" UserId="1181" Comment="Updated tags." Text="&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;hidden-features&gt;" />
  <row Id="5127" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2027" RevisionGUID="59ae048d-1f53-4c5c-ac7a-a45e2b54f387" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:23:39.397" UserId="1156" Comment="trying to make links clickable" Text="screen allows you to have multiple terminals and more (such as the ability to detach and re-attach to your session).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some notes to get you going:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Ctrl-a c   create&#xD;&#xA;    Ctrl-a d   detach&#xD;&#xA;    screen -r  reattach&#xD;&#xA;    Ctrl-a a   toggle&#xD;&#xA;    Ctrl-a &quot;   list&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And some recommended reading:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Screen&#xD;&#xA; - http://jmcpherson.org/screen.html&#xD;&#xA; - http://blogamundo.net/code/screen&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/3/9/16838/14935" />
  <row Id="5128" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1966" RevisionGUID="7124ef02-efea-42e9-adfc-61ffe76608d6" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:23:42.300" UserId="1232" Comment="corrected typo" Text="One thing that annoys me no end about Windows is the old &quot;sharing violation&quot; error. Often you can't identify what's holding it open. Usually it's just an editor or explorer just pointing to a relevant directory but sometimes I've had to resort to rebooting my machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions on how to find the culprit?" />
  <row Id="5129" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2976" RevisionGUID="4a7abd34-f9d3-4a73-976b-7c2c6fd32269" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:26:05.587" UserId="1591" Text="Our company has started looking at using Google Apps. The people in IT &amp; dev can opt-in as beta testers. We've been using Outlook + Exchange (surprize) and the beta users have access to both.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The major benefits to me are the search and storage (it's set at 25GB compare to our Outlook's quota of 400MB...).&#xD;&#xA;Also the keyboard shortcuts are really nice if you prefer using the keyboard (like me)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some problems we have using Google Apps' mail over Outlook are&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Calendar support: It doesn't have a feature to book resources (e.g. rooms)&#xD;&#xA; - Directory Service Integration: It doesn't have a concept of groups so setting up filters for mails from a certain group of people become quite cumbersome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess many of the problems above are ok as long as everyone uses Google Apps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5130" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2977" RevisionGUID="f316b273-3b8e-407c-ba74-ace9d17b494a" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:32:24.213" UserId="768" Text="[nmap / zenmap][nmap] from [insecure.org][insecure]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[nmap]: http://nmap.org&#xD;&#xA;[insecure]: http://insecure.org" />
  <row Id="5132" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2978" RevisionGUID="86081854-b2c2-42f5-a53b-1639abc5a148" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:45:22.543" UserId="942" Text="We also use Google Apps, and it's a great solution for small businesses who don't want to deal with the availability and maintenance issues of an in-house solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, sometimes the service has been flaky, with unexplicable and &quot;policy&quot; interruptions, sometimes without you noticing until you stop receiving e-mail or somebody else lets you know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And their support is one of the worst that exists. Still, for us at least, it's worth the money ($0).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We haven't tested the Premier edition, but I hope they better offer a greater level of service than with the free edition." />
  <row Id="5133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2979" RevisionGUID="40890530-169a-4432-8b94-96e14b847693" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:47:46.627" UserId="1537" Text="[Arch Linux][1] for upgrade ease - there are no releases, just newer packages that, when stable, are released into the package repository.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.archlinux.org/" />
  <row Id="5134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2980" RevisionGUID="2280df33-b15e-4f75-bdaf-d314231febab" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:48:39.087" UserId="942" Text="[LastPass][1]. So I don't have to remember the loads of accounts I use (and can generate very strong passwords for each of your accounts), both personal and at work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://lastpass.com/" />
  <row Id="5135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2981" RevisionGUID="fac284af-5031-44e4-8172-62fd9250a822" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:49:09.757" UserId="984" Text="Almost all of use have heard of Ted Stevens trying to describe the Internet with the analogy that it is a [series of tubes][1] ([mp3][2]).  I believe that it likely that some tech person somewhere tried to describe the Internet too him and this was the best analogy they could come up with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What analogy would you use to describe the Internet, and issues related to bandwidth, latency, etc, to your grandmother or someone else with no IT experience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_of_tubes&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://media.publicknowledge.org/stevens-on-nn.mp3" />
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  <row Id="5137" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2981" RevisionGUID="fac284af-5031-44e4-8172-62fd9250a822" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:49:09.757" UserId="984" Text="&lt;communication&gt;" />
  <row Id="5138" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2982" RevisionGUID="bd5b386e-b7a5-46d6-b7ea-4e3dff456ab1" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:51:26.633" UserId="1249" Text="You're paying for support for your parts until the server is EOL'ed. If under warranty, they come onsite to exchange the fault part and replace with another one (I won't say it's a new one)." />
  <row Id="5139" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2983" RevisionGUID="16662b01-1186-4e0c-9b00-ff847274696c" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:53:39.247" UserId="1241" Text="I was surprised to find that you can run remote GUI applications over SSH, using the &quot;-X&quot; parameter.  For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # on my machine&#xD;&#xA;    $ ssh -X linuxserver&#xD;&#xA;    # on remote machine&#xD;&#xA;    $ gedit /etc/my.cnf &amp;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The gedit window appears on my local machine, editing the &quot;my.cnf&quot; file on the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm assuming this only works if your client machine has an X environment -- in other words, not on Windows.  But it works great on my Mac!" />
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  <row Id="5141" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2984" RevisionGUID="dcb244a9-5cc1-4e6f-a6c4-c59258c0ad8f" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:57:05.980" UserId="1375" Text="I'm having trouble finding a really good resource online.  O'Reilly's cricket book (&quot;DNS and BIND, 5th Edition&quot;) has good coverage, but not exactly freely available...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(TL;DR version: it's complicated, that's why sysadmins get all the good biscuits at morning tea time)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The  answer to &quot;how does a name get looked up&quot; is basically that the entire system is like a big tree -- each part of the name you're trying to lookup is another level.  At the top, the &quot;root&quot; servers know which DNS servers are responsible for each of the &quot;top level&quot; domains (.com, .net, .org, .us, .eu, .uk, .au, etc), and the servers responsible for each of those names knows which DNS servers are responsible for each of the domains under them (so the .com servers know which DNS servers are responsible for serverfault.com and stackoverflow.com, but they don't know who is responsible for hezmatt.org -- the .org nameservers know that).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you want to know what a given name corresponds to, you start by asking the root servers.  They'll &quot;delegate&quot; you to the right servers for the &quot;top level&quot; name you want, and then they'll point you where to go from there.  Eventually you'll get pointed to a server that knows the actual answer to the question you're asking, and you'll get your answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to watch this process at work, you can use a tool like http://squish.net/dnscheck/ to look up a name and see all the queries that can get done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as how an admin sets up a DNS server and integrates it into the whole thing, that kind of falls out of the above.  Once you've setup a DNS server to answer for a given domain, you need to ask the DNS servers for the level above you to &quot;delegate&quot; that domain name to your servers.  In practice, this done by your domain registrar on your behalf, when you tell them what DNS servers to use for a domain that you &quot;own&quot;." />
  <row Id="5142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2985" RevisionGUID="6676d9ad-818a-4922-8440-7447e50878d5" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:58:31.967" UserId="722" Text="Okay, second shot at an answer. Hopefully a better one!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's start by making a distinction between a &quot;resolving&quot; DNS server and a &quot;publishing&quot;/&quot;content&quot; DNS server. The first type is what your ISP uses to retrieve records for its users; the second type is what domain name owners use to publish domain name records. You can picture &quot;resolving&quot; DNS servers as a conduit between the &quot;publishing&quot; servers and the end user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When a user asks for the address of, say, `serverfault.com`, the resolving server at the user's ISP starts out by looking at its list of root servers. This list is built into every resolving DNS server. The root servers are a special kind of publishing DNS server. They simply tell the resolving DNS server which servers to then ask, for the top-level domain (in this case, `.com`) being sought after.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This process of telling the resolving server which content server to ask next is called _delegation_. So, in this case, the root servers delegate the request to `serverfault.com` to `a.gtld-servers.net`, `b.gtld-servers.net`, etc. In this case, gLTD stands for &quot;global top-level domain&quot;, referring to `.com`, `.net`, etc. (as opposed to country-code top-level domains, ccTLD).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, the resolving DNS server then asks one of these gTLD servers (which are, like the root servers, also content DNS servers) for the address of `serverfault.com`. The server comes back, delegating the request to `ns21.domaincontrol.com` and `ns22.domaincontrol.com`. The resolving DNS server then continue by asking one of these servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When the resolving DNS server asks `ns21.domaincontrol.com` or `ns22.domaincontrol.com` (which are also content DNS servers), they respond with `serverfault.com`'s IP address, `69.59.196.212`. Thus, we're done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some points to take into account here. Each step of the lookup request to a content DNS server has one of three possible results:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. The requested data (in this case, the address of `serverfault.com`)&#xD;&#xA;2. A delegation to another content DNS server (if this results in a lookup loop/cycle, then this situation is called a _lame delegation_)&#xD;&#xA;3. An error (such as the a nonexistent domain name)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, when you're trying to run your own domain server, you must have some way for people to know to talk to your content DNS server. You do this by registering your domain with a registrar of the top-level domain you're interested in. You can find a list of registrars from [ICANN](http://www.icann.org/).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps!" />
  <row Id="5143" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2986" RevisionGUID="b2fb3de4-1423-42c2-8926-654fab173d14" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:59:23.883" UserId="984" Text="In addition to a really good firewall Linux has a builtin advanced routing and traffic shaping ([lartc][1]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many applications ([firehol][2], [firestarter][3], etc) to make the creation of iptables firewall easier, what similar to tools exist to make working with the policy routing and traffic control easy?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lartc.org/howto/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://firehol.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.fs-security.com/" />
  <row Id="5144" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2986" RevisionGUID="b2fb3de4-1423-42c2-8926-654fab173d14" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:59:23.883" UserId="984" Text="Linux TC / Policy Routing tools" />
  <row Id="5145" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2986" RevisionGUID="b2fb3de4-1423-42c2-8926-654fab173d14" CreationDate="2009-05-02T03:59:23.883" UserId="984" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;routing&gt;&lt;traffic&gt;" />
  <row Id="5146" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2987" RevisionGUID="b46b5125-0a39-4c0e-a03c-7fe909870200" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:00:31.867" UserId="1375" Text="People laugh at Ted Stevens, but &quot;a series of tubes&quot; isn't the stupidest way of describing the Internet I've heard.  For someone with no IT experience, I might try using an (offline) social network, and the way it passes around gossip, as a rather poor substitute.  The easiest way is to just say &quot;it's all very complicated&quot; in a mysterious voice, and if the person persists in asking, break out the jumbo whiteboard and start drawing internetwork diagrams until their eyes glaze over and they go and annoy someone else." />
  <row Id="5147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2988" RevisionGUID="6b96eb11-30f3-40e0-96e7-c0d049c0fecc" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:00:50.867" UserId="768" Text="I just got this error while trying to connect to a computer through `ssh`.&#xD;&#xA;I had set up the connection to allow me to connect using just my self-signed certificate, but now I am unable to connect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is just a server I am using for a home-server, and I can access it directly if necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;ssh user@server&#xD;&#xA;@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@&#xD;&#xA;@       WARNING: POSSIBLE DNS SPOOFING DETECTED!          @&#xD;&#xA;@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@&#xD;&#xA;The RSA host key for server has changed,&#xD;&#xA;and the key for the corresponding IP address 192.168.0.6&#xD;&#xA;is unchanged. This could either mean that&#xD;&#xA;DNS SPOOFING is happening or the IP address for the host&#xD;&#xA;and its host key have changed at the same time.&#xD;&#xA;Offending key for IP in /home/user/.ssh/known_hosts:3&#xD;&#xA;@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@&#xD;&#xA;@    WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!     @&#xD;&#xA;@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@&#xD;&#xA;IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!&#xD;&#xA;Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)!&#xD;&#xA;It is also possible that the RSA host key has just been changed.&#xD;&#xA;The fingerprint for the RSA key sent by the remote host is&#xD;&#xA;91:c9:85:31:8e:4f:87:b3:6c:9c:9d:1a:15:db:ab:ae.&#xD;&#xA;Please contact your system administrator.&#xD;&#xA;Add correct host key in /home/brad/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this message.&#xD;&#xA;Offending key in /home/user/.ssh/known_hosts:2&#xD;&#xA;RSA host key for server has changed and you have requested strict checking.&#xD;&#xA;Host key verification failed.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the content of `~/.ssh/known_hosts`.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;|1|d5CgOYPDw2Q7wlQyjpF7+4jKjOU=|vmXkaQaDnT/64x0XFFi0U8BNRbg= ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEAr/m+Oz/9pnreHxXg5bXzsn0Ka2QREFOnny7L2T2mjZX/0dE4/x/RBa0AhekMmvmYw8BJ2AW326vogUJtHrZzizXuPS4T2jylkwBv0gsnOf4OO7iPNGHo1CCkp1DmP6oFpj/wBBg0yloFxGNiadgaNBydiMpl7eXtbDYpa0epWI1HZ8mZ9Ol05NOu2XmyKetfNAvFMFlK1VAXCE/APtWYugqcbbQhrL0r8Ir4/D0O9MgW9kMyka0MurOrhimk5cz0LKPVyFcXtBWzWK4XwbL7sw5i6k30khDV2h/k2SpGiCsiu0OM243rCf3a1rkAAJxmWl9z8eC7sfKJA8FGljUbww==&#xD;&#xA;|1|6RbvzZSpKoIlRMl8ofMSPoN1qfA=|l7MRcepn1d2O2CaQlUJ5gw/NTSw= ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEAr/m+Oz/9pnreHxXg5bXzsn0Ka2QREFOnny7L2T2mjZX/0dE4/x/RBa0AhekMmvmYw8BJ2AW326vogUJtHrZzizXuPS4T2jylkwBv0gsnOf4OO7iPNGHo1CCkp1DmP6oFpj/wBBg0yloFxGNiadgaNBydiMpl7eXtbDYpa0epWI1HZ8mZ9Ol05NOu2XmyKetfNAvFMFlK1VAXCE/APtWYugqcbbQhrL0r8Ir4/D0O9MgW9kMyka0MurOrhimk5cz0LKPVyFcXtBWzWK4XwbL7sw5i6k30khDV2h/k2SpGiCsiu0OM243rCf3a1rkAAJxmWl9z8eC7sfKJA8FGljUbww==&#xD;&#xA;|1|9rVqV4b7VneWzhpHeig7SDxVM2I=|6kUP3PZy+oVKzWoI+BmdTvDST7M= ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEAsgc5hj6+geXQ7+5TynE1W19lgH/If5wratYY3MHfzlE2RR8FrL28wcmJzDyEkBifNh23F01bhZIiXfVKGp/PF20+eqq84bnwa2cAQFHFEHCnY7agNAg3WW8jBO3eerWg9ZfWZhW9Lo32sG6Er/4Eia/Vo/JxdnI9mCG4HuKBO1dd2gBg5+9NLskKFX/Yh5XjV4a54QDx6/ktP3pE8NRbYfGouWTmU//td749vRbN/SEPBKvuwANkxhbusjw00teDQ2AMqG30YyQvxu0H00jB3idfEzAT5e7FC751Xbkd3T15Dd9A0320E+0HC38BJztMluS46ji3+M5a4jv1Dqttvw==&#xD;&#xA;|1|cE5cVMpkJlL/OuvFSBEu+ZjDdW8=|e04sC1zJ8JpI6zN+uzUS2/6HBBQ= ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAIEAs7JJacVNc1wk/6RZqMHin5RwR/LdIcMGGeG6WG4Sl/wETY9KYUVd126Yb2MV7vBT/8dW0iE6u6+sRVM3Xn5MG9K2PvQ57SbIQ53FvR4qBCqYkSn5sKs2wt9GpXh2MFN5TuXth2d1BABSR2a1u461K8SKbhclPVeFCeligaI4lGc=&#xD;&#xA;|1|h3/mWczIHdBmfFBO2hBIxz8BgOY=|GOVyuZWCfGKP31FcbgZsqkyVHcA= ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAIEAs7JJacVNc1wk/6RZqMHin5RwR/LdIcMGGeG6WG4Sl/wETY9KYUVd126Yb2MV7vBT/8dW0iE6u6+sRVM3Xn5MG9K2PvQ57SbIQ53FvR4qBCqYkSn5sKs2wt9GpXh2MFN5TuXth2d1BABSR2a1u461K8SKbhclPVeFCeligaI4lGc=&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help would be greatly appreciated." />
  <row Id="5148" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2988" RevisionGUID="6b96eb11-30f3-40e0-96e7-c0d049c0fecc" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:00:50.867" UserId="768" Text="Error connecting to server through ssh." />
  <row Id="5149" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2988" RevisionGUID="6b96eb11-30f3-40e0-96e7-c0d049c0fecc" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:00:50.867" UserId="768" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;" />
  <row Id="5150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2989" RevisionGUID="9fab2b4b-549a-4db1-bb75-2ac54b9b1353" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:01:52.537" UserId="1286" Text="[ShowIP][1] - allows me to see quickly the IP address of the server where a particular website is hosted.  Assists in managing my many clients websites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[DNSCache][2] - quickly disable/re-enable Firefox's builtin DNS Cache, particularly good if your also manipulating the site's DNS at the time&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ScreenGrab][3] - particularly good at capturing that error and sending to the developers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.google.com/p/firefox-showip/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5914&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.screengrab.org/" />
  <row Id="5151" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2341" RevisionGUID="50cfb522-cce9-4ea4-81ca-74279b494879" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:02:05.203" UserId="1232" Comment="Cleaned up wording slightly." Text="No.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WEP is trivial to break. MAC addresses aren't secure. They can be trivially spoofed. Take a look at [The six dumbest ways to secure a wireless LAN][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **MAC filtering:** This is like handing a security guard a pad of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; paper with a list of names. Then when&#xD;&#xA;&gt; someone comes up to the door and wants&#xD;&#xA;&gt; entry, the security guard looks at the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; person's name tag and compares it to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; his list of names and determines&#xD;&#xA;&gt; whether to open the door or not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/index.php?p=43" />
  <row Id="5152" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2985" RevisionGUID="ba2ae7f7-eef8-40d8-9088-e8049667aff2" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:04:02.997" UserId="722" Comment="edited body" Text="Okay, second shot at an answer. Hopefully a better one!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's start by making a distinction between a &quot;resolving&quot; DNS server and a &quot;publishing&quot;/&quot;content&quot; DNS server. The first type is what your ISP uses to retrieve records for its users; the second type is what domain name owners use to publish domain name records. You can picture &quot;resolving&quot; DNS servers as a conduit between the &quot;publishing&quot; servers and the end user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When a user asks for the address of, say, `serverfault.com`, the resolving server at the user's ISP starts out by looking at its list of root servers. This list is built into every resolving DNS server. The root servers are a special kind of publishing DNS server. They simply tell the resolving DNS server which servers to then ask, for the top-level domain (in this case, `.com`) being sought after.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This process of telling the resolving server which content server to ask next is called _delegation_. So, in this case, the root servers delegate the request to `serverfault.com` to `a.gtld-servers.net`, `b.gtld-servers.net`, etc. In this case, gTLD stands for &quot;global top-level domain&quot;, referring to `.com`, `.net`, etc. (as opposed to country-code top-level domains, ccTLD).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, the resolving DNS server then asks one of these gTLD servers (which are, like the root servers, also content DNS servers) for the address of `serverfault.com`. The server comes back, delegating the request to `ns21.domaincontrol.com` and `ns22.domaincontrol.com`. The resolving DNS server then continue by asking one of these servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When the resolving DNS server asks `ns21.domaincontrol.com` or `ns22.domaincontrol.com` (which are also content DNS servers), they respond with `serverfault.com`'s IP address, `69.59.196.212`. Thus, we're done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some points to take into account here. Each step of the lookup request to a content DNS server has one of three possible results:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. The requested data (in this case, the address of `serverfault.com`)&#xD;&#xA;2. A delegation to another content DNS server (if this results in a lookup loop/cycle, then this situation is called a _lame delegation_)&#xD;&#xA;3. An error (such as the a nonexistent domain name)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, when you're trying to run your own domain server, you must have some way for people to know to talk to your content DNS server. You do this by registering your domain with a registrar of the top-level domain you're interested in. You can find a list of registrars from [ICANN](http://www.icann.org/).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps!" />
  <row Id="5153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2990" RevisionGUID="6524b734-10c6-4322-840b-f5384df37af1" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:07:53.737" UserId="808" Text="The times I've seen this is when I reinstalled the computer in question (that is, the server being connected to via `ssh`).  If you see this at any other time, be cautious.  If you have, in fact, just reinstalled that server -- or have done something else that might legitimately cause it's ssh key to change -- then the solution is to remove that server's entry from your &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /home/user/.ssh/known_hosts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;file.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5154" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2985" RevisionGUID="87187e85-6c08-41b2-98a4-d24d32b8a6dc" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:09:28.350" UserId="722" Comment="Major edits based on womble's very constructive feedback. Many thanks!" Text="Okay, second shot at an answer. Hopefully a better one!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When a user asks for the address of, say, `serverfault.com`, the DNS client software starts out by looking at its list of root servers. This list is built into every DNS resolving client[1]. The root servers are a special kind of DNS server. They simply tell the DNS server which servers to then ask, for the top-level domain (in this case, `.com`) being sought after.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This process of telling the DNS client software which content server to ask next is called _delegation_. So, in this case, the root servers delegate the request to `serverfault.com` to `a.gtld-servers.net`, `b.gtld-servers.net`, etc. In this case, gTLD stands for &quot;global top-level domain&quot;, referring to `.com`, `.net`, etc. (as opposed to country-code top-level domains, ccTLD).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, the DNS client then asks one of these gTLD servers (which are, like the root servers, also content DNS servers) for the address of `serverfault.com`. The server comes back, delegating the request to `ns21.domaincontrol.com` and `ns22.domaincontrol.com`. The DNS client then continue by asking one of these servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When the DNS client asks `ns21.domaincontrol.com` or `ns22.domaincontrol.com` (which are also content DNS servers), they respond with `serverfault.com`'s IP address, `69.59.196.212`. Thus, we're done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some points to take into account here. Each step of the lookup request to a DNS server has one of three possible results:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. The requested data (in this case, the address of `serverfault.com`)&#xD;&#xA;2. A delegation to another DNS server (if this doesn't ultimately result in the requested data, then this situation is called a _lame delegation_)&#xD;&#xA;3. An error (such as the a nonexistent domain name)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, when you're trying to run your own DNS server, you must have some way for people to know to talk to it. You do this by registering your domain with a registrar of the top-level domain you're interested in, along with information about the address of your DNS server. You can find a list of registrars from [ICANN](http://www.icann.org/).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1] This is a huge simplification, because I don't want to touch on caching servers or anything. DNS experts, please forgive. :-)" />
  <row Id="5155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2991" RevisionGUID="1352abbb-c314-4de5-ab3c-2c83c3e192f5" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:09:48.677" UserId="1286" Text="Fire, theft, RAID controller fault, human error, the list goes on" />
  <row Id="5156" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2992" RevisionGUID="c7e3931e-2b13-4715-ae5e-39bbb2023487" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:10:29.643" UserId="1375" Text="I think [wondershaper][1] is the canonical tool for simple traffic control.  Beyond that (more complicated uses), I haven't found anything easier than just reading the docs and writing my own scripts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lartc.org/wondershaper/ &quot;wondershaper&quot;" />
  <row Id="5157" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2993" RevisionGUID="7607ef79-314c-4cae-8b0c-8303a4aeccfd" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:11:27.987" UserId="1595" Text="I've got a machine with a single NIC.&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to set it it up like thus:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Dom0 listening on 192.168.x.1 and doing nothing but being Dom0&#xD;&#xA;   - DomU on 192.168.x.2 and external ip assigned by dhcp doing firewall and NAT routing, and an nginx to push web requests into virtual machines&#xD;&#xA;   - DomU on 192.168.x.n running web servers accepting requests&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't get the virtual DomU router to route the traffic from the Dom0 to the internets and back. Is this even possible with a single NIC? In that case, what configuration files should i post here for review?" />
  <row Id="5158" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2993" RevisionGUID="7607ef79-314c-4cae-8b0c-8303a4aeccfd" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:11:27.987" UserId="1595" Text="Xen machine with a DomU router/firewall on a single NIC machine" />
  <row Id="5159" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2993" RevisionGUID="7607ef79-314c-4cae-8b0c-8303a4aeccfd" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:11:27.987" UserId="1595" Text="&lt;xen&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;debian&gt;" />
  <row Id="5160" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2994" RevisionGUID="cb9febf3-63de-4925-8eb8-c3c825625aa6" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:14:41.413" UserId="1375" Text="You used to have a different machine named &quot;`server`&quot;, and now you've moved that name to an IP address previously used by something else.  The easiest thing to do, assuming you know the machine is what it is, is to run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh-keygen -R server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And be on your way.  For *actual* security, you should take an out-of-band copy of the server's key fingerprint and verify that is the fingerprint provided by the server when you first connect (and it comes up with the &quot;unknown host&quot; warning), but it sounds like it's a home server with little chance of a man-in-the-middle attack ruining your day.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5161" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2995" RevisionGUID="0c3eee27-3fed-493f-9147-0b794f743067" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:15:34.407" UserId="1595" Text="If you're using amazon ec2; [elasticfox][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=609" />
  <row Id="5162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2996" RevisionGUID="54bd2b31-9f47-4aa2-9ef8-be4978f61d3a" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:17:09.020" UserId="1593" Text="I have an externally hosted CentOS 5 server (external.host.com) that I want to use as a relay/proxy for my local web requests. So basically, if I load google.com on my computer I'd like for the request to as if it was coming from external.host.com instead of local.host.com to the web server recieving the request.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe what I need is to setup the external server as a proxy and then configure my browser to use it as a such when browsing. Is this correct? If not what is the solution I should aim for?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been looking at applications like Squid, Tor or HAProxy. Would any of these work for this task?" />
  <row Id="5163" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="2996" RevisionGUID="54bd2b31-9f47-4aa2-9ef8-be4978f61d3a" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:17:09.020" UserId="1593" Text="How to configure an external CentOS server to act as an Http Proxy/Relay?" />
  <row Id="5164" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="2996" RevisionGUID="54bd2b31-9f47-4aa2-9ef8-be4978f61d3a" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:17:09.020" UserId="1593" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;centos&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;squid&gt;" />
  <row Id="5165" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2997" RevisionGUID="547e181f-2966-4ae5-bf3b-431bcbd981d1" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:18:54.180" UserId="1375" Text="Yes, this is possible in a couple of different ways.  The &quot;correct&quot; way is with VLANs, but the chances of your upstream device supporting that are slim.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instead, configure the domU with two virtual interfaces hooked into the same bridge on the dom0.  Configure one vif to do DHCP to get the public IP and the other with the private IP, and configure it as a firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't expect much in the way of security from this, and quite honestly I'd just go and buy a second NIC for the physical machine and be done with it -- less confusion all round." />
  <row Id="5166" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2998" RevisionGUID="888c23f2-7318-4692-8e62-2d157c00e806" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:19:58.000" UserId="1562" Text="Even for IT, I'd have to put FireBug at the top of the list, too much good information in there.and " />
  <row Id="5167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="2999" RevisionGUID="496d5efb-87ac-4954-8214-731ed17e9702" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:21:36.327" UserId="1375" Text="Squid is what you want.  Configure it to allow requests from whatever IP address you're using, and just configure your local machine to use it as it's HTTP proxy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For added security (both from abuse and transport layer observation), install OpenVPN at both ends and configure squid to only allow requests from the VPN IP.  That's how I do it." />
  <row Id="5168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3000" RevisionGUID="f1790791-e117-4c2c-b290-270deaeeaf4a" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:23:54.197" UserId="617" Text="Post office may be a decent analogy -- after all they do route packets around to various addresses. Then, you can have an example of building a model out of parts that come in multiple packets, and that you need them all to arrive (and be re-sent if needed) in order to assemble them." />
  <row Id="5169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3001" RevisionGUID="af318eac-b16a-4ad4-850b-8a7afde27d10" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:28:04.017" UserId="1562" Text="Keep a couple as &quot;lab&quot; machines, but jettison the rest. If you keep them around they're sure to start to be more production-like and before you know it you've got them back in production. And jettison doesn't mean throw away, find them a good home (school, university, your house)" />
  <row Id="5170" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3002" RevisionGUID="70a91113-b904-478d-8611-05704c417555" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:29:05.793" UserId="1293" Text="The phrase that used to be tossed around all the time still has some validity: The Information Superhighway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3003" RevisionGUID="9536c73c-9b69-42e0-a8e6-ba9afe663bcf" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:29:48.270" UserId="1155" Text="Just remove it. I have never safely removed anything for a decade. I just yank the sucker out. No kittens have died." />
  <row Id="5172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3004" RevisionGUID="1984eb24-5cbe-4487-94e0-943e8f5afd3b" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:31:43.757" UserId="1593" Text="I've just acquired a dedicated linux server which I plan to use to deploy projects and host a few sites from. Unlike virtual or shared hosting services I've used in the past in this case I'm actually in charge of the entire machine and its configuration! And right now that seems like a daunting task.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still, I'd like to learn more about linux administration and learn as I go, but preferably I'd rather learn from other people's mistakes and not my own. ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What resources, tutorials and first steps can more experienced administrators recommend the linux newbie admin as they make they make their way into into the wilderness?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some answers I've found useful so far:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Should we disable the root user?][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [How do you setup ssh to authenticate using keys instead of a username-password?][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2930/should-we-disable-the-root-user&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2429/how-do-you-setup-ssh-to-authenticate-using-keys-instead-of-a-username-password" />
  <row Id="5173" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3004" RevisionGUID="1984eb24-5cbe-4487-94e0-943e8f5afd3b" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:31:43.757" UserId="1593" Text="Resources for beginning Linux administrators" />
  <row Id="5174" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3004" RevisionGUID="1984eb24-5cbe-4487-94e0-943e8f5afd3b" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:31:43.757" UserId="1593" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;centos&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;" />
  <row Id="5175" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3005" RevisionGUID="46742a7f-023a-4ecc-8372-219f1b92bee7" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:32:09.250" UserId="1562" Text="I can't commend on ColdSpark, but to me an &quot;enterprise email system&quot; is one that fits an enterprise. Large companies have requirements that are different from mom and pop. For the local small company a POP3 account may cut it. Or perhaps something web based like gmail will be ok. But get to larger organizations where you want to deal with inter-office routing, multiple, controlled entry/exit points to the internet, retention and destruction requirements for emails, eDiscovery, archiving, etc. and you need to step up to something more industrial, or &quot;enterprise&quot; like." />
  <row Id="5176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3006" RevisionGUID="23dc8b1c-8f9c-423e-ad17-2304c1549a33" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:37:53.993" UserId="626" Text="Really its about separating your data files, log files, from your OS file.&#xD;&#xA;Logs write sequentially&#xD;&#xA;Data incur lots of random reads and some random writes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By building RAID configurations that support these traits you enhance performance greatly&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Raid 1 - mirroring is great for the logs files&#xD;&#xA;Raid 10 is good for your data files.&#xD;&#xA;Its also worth looking at separating TempbDB and backups to separate drives.&#xD;&#xA;Adding filegroups is another way to increase performance.&#xD;&#xA;When it comes to SANs this is not so clear. It depends whether you are building specific raid configurations for each LUN or relying on number of spindles. " />
  <row Id="5177" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2996" RevisionGUID="c36a99e5-bd5a-4eab-87dd-d9808b2093f7" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:38:03.993" UserId="1593" Text="I have an externally hosted CentOS 5 server (external.host.com) that I want to use as a relay/proxy for my local web requests. So basically, if I load google.com on my local computer I'd like for the request to appear to Google as if it was coming from external.host.com instead of local.host.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe what I need is to setup the external server as a proxy and then configure my browser to use it as a such when browsing. Is this correct? If not what is the solution I should aim for?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been looking at applications like [Squid][1], [Tor][2] or [HAProxy][3]. Would any of these work for this task?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.squid-cache.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.torproject.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://haproxy.1wt.eu/" />
  <row Id="5178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3007" RevisionGUID="84d579b0-5486-4133-ade5-d2de3855aeda" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:39:47.843" UserId="1375" Text="I'd start with a good book covering common administrative tasks for your OS (CentOS, by the look of the tags, which I don't have any documentation experience with).  If you want to be a good Systems Administrator, rather than &quot;good at admining this CentOS box here&quot;, then you really *must* get a copy of &quot;The Practice of System and Network Administration&quot;, 2ed, by Limoncelli, Hogan and Chalup.  It'll teach you practically everything you need to know about administering systems, from a conceptual level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5179" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3008" RevisionGUID="9bddaf9f-3dbc-48c4-bc01-0cfccff97782" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:40:08.403" UserId="1595" Text="Obviously something that can handle [&quot;Free bananas in the kitchen!!!&quot;][1] well has to be considered enterprise, I'd say.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.metafilter.com/78177/PLEASE-UNSUBSCRIBE-ME-FROM-THIS-LIST#2408665" />
  <row Id="5180" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3009" RevisionGUID="cfc06280-9713-4b77-bcc4-c7a3b0bb55b8" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:41:33.157" UserId="1293" Text="Windows Vista, OS X and Linux (e.g. Ubuntu/Gnome) each ask for permission when certain operations are performed. I know when I've initiated such an action most of the time. Occasionally, I'm not expecting the dialog to pop up because I don't consider what I've requested to be needing permission. This makes me nervous.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How easy is it for some mal-ware to spoof such a dialog? I would say it's probably trivial.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What can be done to prevent getting caught by this?" />
  <row Id="5181" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3009" RevisionGUID="cfc06280-9713-4b77-bcc4-c7a3b0bb55b8" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:41:33.157" UserId="1293" Text="Can admin permission dialogs be spoofed?" />
  <row Id="5182" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3009" RevisionGUID="cfc06280-9713-4b77-bcc4-c7a3b0bb55b8" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:41:33.157" UserId="1293" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;admin&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="5183" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3010" RevisionGUID="b526f041-7674-4635-8ae2-0d3ac9ec9d6c" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:45:32.897" UserId="1562" Text="Take a look at Symantec's Endpoint Protection Manager, it's actually quite cheap. look at the bundles on 3rd party sitges -- buycheapsoftware for example, not the single user costs on the Symantec site. I think we did 30 users for $300... and a user can be a server." />
  <row Id="5184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3011" RevisionGUID="6965f1c3-ec88-4c3d-a08c-c4d53f9e2bd1" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:46:53.800" UserId="1375" Text="The dialog can be spoofed (in the sense that an application can draw something on screen that looks the same as a UAC dialog), but what does it get you other than to desensitise the user to clicking on &quot;OK&quot; all the time?  That's a concern, but as long as OSes think that &quot;ask the user&quot; is the correct answer to the question &quot;should I allow this?&quot;, there's not a lot that you as a user can do to stop it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5185" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3012" RevisionGUID="415db74a-c851-4bcc-b2a2-23bfcf084d2e" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:48:54.030" UserId="1293" Text="I can highly recommend Linux Administration Handbook by Nemeth, et al. or the more expensive Unix System Administration Handbook by the same authors." />
  <row Id="5186" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3013" RevisionGUID="8ce394f2-39ea-4344-a281-28ae749d839e" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:49:52.733" UserId="1595" Text="Maybe something similar to yahoo's [sign-in seal][1] could be created.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically set up a secret that an unprivileged program can't have access to/knowledge about, and let the system serve that up when it's asking for permission to give a program privileges.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://protect.login.yahoo.com/" />
  <row Id="5188" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3015" RevisionGUID="9734b88a-2b19-4044-b44d-ca29e7bac5e2" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:51:01.857" UserId="1094" Text="&#xD;&#xA;I think one issue is lack of support, there is a post on Joels site that describes losing access to a Google Apps account because of a domain issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Don't Ever Use Google Apps for Anything Important][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?biz.5.730915.0 " />
  <row Id="5189" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3016" RevisionGUID="77043e53-2dfc-47fe-b609-bbceefc903cd" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:53:34.487" UserId="1595" Text="Waterslides. Or just slides. Interslides.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thousands of people, zipping around in the interslides. With their arms up. Grinning :D" />
  <row Id="5190" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3017" RevisionGUID="2b405adf-78c4-465e-ac36-524b27774320" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:57:43.260" UserId="706" Text="I just use cars, homes, businesses, and objects.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;So, Grandma, if you need a newspaper,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; what do you do?&quot;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;I get in my car, drive to the store,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; buy the newspaper, and drive home.&quot;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;The internet is a little like that. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Say I want to read the news.  My&#xD;&#xA;&gt; computer gets on the internet, goes to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the news website, get's the newspaper,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and displays it on my computer screen.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The news website is like a store, and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the internet is all the stores, homes,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and roads inbetween.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="5191" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3018" RevisionGUID="7a83e17a-be18-4a54-8347-781329f70042" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:57:55.380" UserId="1293" Text="I always approach things from the point of view of the other person and the task they are trying to accomplish. They really will never care about how it works or how to make it work or how to fix it. It's analagous to a car or a will. They've got them, they need them, they use them, but they go to a mechanic or an attorney for their special skills.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, I often have people tell me that they &quot;feel so dumb&quot; when it comes to computers. I counter that by comparing whatever it is that they specialize in and my lack of expertise in that." />
  <row Id="5192" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3019" RevisionGUID="1c48b13b-73b9-480a-8031-36e0de7ff604" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:58:08.937" UserId="1597" Text="There are many proxy servers you could choose from, but for simplicity, I would suggest enabling mod_proxy on Apache, as you most probably already have it installed on that CentOS and it works great. Just uncomment these lines on /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;IfModule mod_proxy.c&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyRequests On&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Proxy *&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        Order deny,allow&#xD;&#xA;        Deny from all&#xD;&#xA;        Allow from YOUR.IP.ADDRESS.HERE&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Proxy&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and restart httpd.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can skip the `&lt;Proxy&gt;..&lt;/Proxy&gt;` part, but I recommend enabling some sort of access control (IP based on the example).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then configure your browser to use the proxy server on port 80.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3020" RevisionGUID="7a208154-c738-4702-af4f-7d6b9efe7a02" CreationDate="2009-05-02T04:58:35.083" UserId="1595" Text="Service. When the hardware fails, make sure you can have them there and replacing it for you with working stuff within a day. Dell has always been good with me for this." />
  <row Id="5195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3021" RevisionGUID="7952e86a-413a-4efa-9e1f-29a6073ac598" CreationDate="2009-05-02T05:02:41.593" UserId="1595" Text="apt-based.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;debian and ubuntu are recent weapon of choice's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;that package management system is built like a tank." />
  <row Id="5196" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2993" RevisionGUID="a9ba3574-b86d-4876-a409-34940e5ff190" CreationDate="2009-05-02T05:12:34.160" UserId="1595" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;xen&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="5197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3022" RevisionGUID="6218c595-45f5-4f2a-b71c-da34a0479113" CreationDate="2009-05-02T05:25:32.850" UserId="835" Text="Lots of information there, but consider how it starts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First of all, there's a (usually small) DNS server right there in your computer.  And maybe it already looked that address up recently.  So if it's in a cache, you're done.  If not, we dig a little.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a &quot;hosts&quot; file on your computer.  You can put entries in there; for instance, you can put names of things on your LAN that translate to their IP address.  The file can be empty, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So failing all the easy answers, this DNS service does the next easy thing.  I looks to see who your ISP said to ask (when you connected you got this info), and so it asks *that* server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That server may or may not know the answer, but think &quot;recursion&quot; here.  This process will repeat as necessary, all the way back to the &quot;root&quot; server (called '.' or &quot;dot&quot;).  Eventually the answer comes back down the chain, with each DNS in the chain pretending that it knew the answer all along!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Digest this picture for awhile, then go back and read the detailed answers here.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5198" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3023" RevisionGUID="d25eb757-d483-4aaf-9a84-f4601a3fd75e" CreationDate="2009-05-02T05:33:11.317" UserId="1050" Text="It does not do it even in Win 7 RC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this a legal issue or just too difficult to implement?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5199" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3023" RevisionGUID="d25eb757-d483-4aaf-9a84-f4601a3fd75e" CreationDate="2009-05-02T05:33:11.317" UserId="1050" Text="Why Windows Media Player does not play Blu-Ray?" />
  <row Id="5200" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3023" RevisionGUID="d25eb757-d483-4aaf-9a84-f4601a3fd75e" CreationDate="2009-05-02T05:33:11.317" UserId="1050" Text="&lt;windows-media-player&gt;" />
  <row Id="5201" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3024" RevisionGUID="47617460-7040-4c7b-8bd2-687a5104d144" CreationDate="2009-05-02T05:52:12.333" UserId="1602" Text="If I only had 1 pair of 15,000 RPM SAS drives in RAID 0 to dedicate to a VM box, would it be best to &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a) put the HOST OS on the raid drives and put the VM's on a single SATA 10,000 RPM drive&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;b) put the VM's on the raid drives and the OS on the SATA 10k drive. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;c) Put both the OS and the VM's on the SAS RAID and forget about the SATA 10k. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, why? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not asking for benchmarks here, just some logic of what would theoretically be best on a  small-scale low-traffic VM box." />
  <row Id="5202" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3024" RevisionGUID="47617460-7040-4c7b-8bd2-687a5104d144" CreationDate="2009-05-02T05:52:12.333" UserId="1602" Text="Virtualization: RAID the Host OS or VM Storage? " />
  <row Id="5203" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3024" RevisionGUID="47617460-7040-4c7b-8bd2-687a5104d144" CreationDate="2009-05-02T05:52:12.333" UserId="1602" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="5204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3025" RevisionGUID="47adee5c-b862-4dac-8411-4467b98fdbe6" CreationDate="2009-05-02T05:55:49.593" UserId="47" Text="I have the root account enabled on all my servers. All the administrators have their own user and have to log in through that. From there they switch to root. (root ssh is disabled)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep the administrator count low. Only the people that really need root access on that server have the password. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not a fan of sudo. It's way too easy to just do 'sudo bash' for a root shell. I'm aware this can be disabled but why bother? Just limit the users that can perform administrator tasks and talk to eachother. We do have a policy to not let root terminals open unattended. So it's log in, su, do the work, log out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: I work at a fairly small company (50-something employees) and we get around with only 2 part-time admins (1 windows/1 linux). This way of doing things might not be the best when you have orders of magnitude more users.&#xD;&#xA;I'd personally still wouldn't use sudo. There are other ways to log root activity." />
  <row Id="5205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3026" RevisionGUID="7fb2e618-d51d-440d-b93f-564038dace44" CreationDate="2009-05-02T05:59:31.613" UserId="86" Text="Find out if there is a Linux User Group (LUG) in your area.  I've been a member of a couple of LUGs now for many years and they have always been fantastic, especially since there are often opportunities for physical help and assistance.  There is a partial list of groups here: [http://www.linux.org/groups/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also get in touch with the mailing list or forums of the Linux distribution that is installed on the server.  Different distro's often have little quirks that might get missed in a general query on, say, an application's online support (e.g. Apache, Postfix etc.).  I have never used CentOS but it's very popular so I'm sure there will be a great community built up around it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most big Open Source projects and Linux distributions also have IRC channels, and these are of course great for live support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linux.org/groups/" />
  <row Id="5206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3027" RevisionGUID="d447dfb3-881f-4bec-ab9a-88cb404c878b" CreationDate="2009-05-02T05:59:38.663" UserId="984" Text="What application do you use on windows to create SSH tunnels&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Linux I use [gSTM][1], and on OSX I have used [STM][2], but I am not able to find any similar free tools on windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't want to use putty, or plink for these tunnels, because, I am looking for something that will sit in the tray starting stopping tunnels can easily be done by right-clicking.  Ideally the configuration will be stored in a text file or something so I can automate the  install of the app, keys, and tunnel configuration on a computer using a script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Free is proffered, but please post information about any good windows SSH tunnel manager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gstm/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://projects.tynsoe.org/en/stm/" />
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  <row Id="5209" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3028" RevisionGUID="67c48962-d903-4095-a13e-cc3d8335b333" CreationDate="2009-05-02T05:59:44.500" UserId="1375" Text="All on the 15k SAS drives, but in RAID-1 not RAID-0.  The host shouldn't be doing anything much, so won't use it's disk IO much, while the guests doing the work will need more IO, and a single drive isn't much use for anything." />
  <row Id="5210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3029" RevisionGUID="ea302e04-f93f-4955-bc6f-844635f82113" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:00:07.570" UserId="1602" Text="WPM can theoretically play decrypted Blu-Ray as long as you have the encoders installed that can do it - and preferably a video card that can do hardware decoding. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All in all though, you are probably better off paying for a 3rd party app like PowerDVD or Total Media Theatre to do it." />
  <row Id="5211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3030" RevisionGUID="38f93f82-7fee-43d3-b135-afdf8ad7cb7b" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:01:39.173" UserId="984" Text="The short and simple answer is to simply remove line 2 and 3.  Of course it is important to make sure that you actually are connecting to the server and not being intercepted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Offending key for IP in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /home/user/.ssh/known_hosts:3&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Offending key in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /home/user/.ssh/known_hosts:2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5212" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3031" RevisionGUID="fe66f762-c55b-46a0-b0a9-c2191cfdeb28" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:02:06.473" UserId="32" Text="As I understand it, it's because a license to the BluRay codecs would increase the per-user cost by a few bucks, and rather than making everyone pay for a license to the BluRay codecs, it's simpler to just let users who have BluRay players pay for them." />
  <row Id="5213" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3032" RevisionGUID="1d0e5df2-743d-4cfa-be10-4a0b3f8cc8fa" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:03:06.050" UserId="804" Text="What are THE tools that every professional IT architect must have?" />
  <row Id="5214" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3032" RevisionGUID="1d0e5df2-743d-4cfa-be10-4a0b3f8cc8fa" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:03:06.050" UserId="804" Text="Must have software for IT architects" />
  <row Id="5215" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3032" RevisionGUID="1d0e5df2-743d-4cfa-be10-4a0b3f8cc8fa" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:03:06.050" UserId="804" Text="&lt;architect&gt;" />
  <row Id="5216" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3033" RevisionGUID="95ce2d70-ea38-4a68-a2ff-b6a0cf50f1ea" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:09:52.463" UserId="1602" Text="What is the best architecture for automating scheduled file synchronization / transfers for backup purposes in a windows server environment across either a LAN or the internet?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to automate nightly (or perhaps hourly) file synchronization / backups as a windows service. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried many of the commercial synch app solutions but I've had annoyances with every single one. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Short of coding my own VBS scripts to take care of this, anyone have any scenarios or software to recommend for a permanent solution to this ever-present problem?" />
  <row Id="5217" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3033" RevisionGUID="95ce2d70-ea38-4a68-a2ff-b6a0cf50f1ea" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:09:52.463" UserId="1602" Text="Automated file synchronization / backup across LAN or FTP in a Windows Server environment?" />
  <row Id="5218" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3033" RevisionGUID="95ce2d70-ea38-4a68-a2ff-b6a0cf50f1ea" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:09:52.463" UserId="1602" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;synchronization&gt;&lt;windowsserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="5219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3034" RevisionGUID="8470f017-f195-4af6-9792-73d2cb15b1c9" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:14:25.167" UserId="86" Text="You can download the installer from CNET [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://download.cnet.com/Windows-Movie-Maker-Windows-XP/3000-13631_4-10165075.html?tag=mncol;pop" />
  <row Id="5220" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3035" RevisionGUID="a8d2acd2-c543-45d1-8388-1056a9153dcb" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:15:16.083" UserId="1293" Text="Try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    setfacl -Rm u:foo:rwX,d:u:foo:rwX test" />
  <row Id="5221" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3036" RevisionGUID="f834831c-3b4f-4ec8-97d0-990d6fe5a342" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:18:12.007" UserId="45" Text="Did you try [SyncBack][1]? It allows you to synchronize or backup using FTP or network shares transfers, ZIP, filters, HTML and email logs, scheduling etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use both commercial and free versions on ours servers for web application deployment/synchronization, log file transfers and backup-to-disk jobs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/" />
  <row Id="5222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3037" RevisionGUID="213d7721-5f3e-4044-a7f9-665a99e4287b" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:18:28.870" UserId="1484" Text="If you have the expertise, writing your own script is not such a bad idea. It offers the possibility to do it just the way you would like it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, there are countless solutions out there and there should also be one that might suit you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My personal favourite is rsync. Even that comes in different versions for Windows. Just googling for &quot;rsync windows&quot; shows a lot of results. &quot;delta copy&quot; looks like a usable wrapper for the rsync program for instance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You basically have to choose and test. And don't forget to test recovery as well." />
  <row Id="5223" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3038" RevisionGUID="4d5f953a-3c79-473f-af7c-fd317626c305" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:20:32.700" UserId="808" Text="I understand that there are several alternatives for using/accessing ext2/ext3 in Windows, such as those described in a [HOWTO Forge article][1] and in a [another article][2] from a year ago.  However, none of the listed items provide full read-write access to a fully implemented ext3.  That is, the two read-write options seem to not support the ext3 journal.  (ext2fsd will replay a non-empty journal, but otherwise doesn't use it, it looks like.  ext2fs.sys doesn't seem to use the journal at all.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is anyone aware of a driver I can install in Windows to provide full read-write access to ext3 partitions, including the journal, user rights, selinux attributes (if possible, at least preserve them) and other extended attributes?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have any of you actually used one of these drivers?  Currently, I share data between OSes on a dual-boot system via a FAT32 partition.  I know that I could use NTFS, which has read-write access under Linux.  However, if it is possible, I would prefer to use ext3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://www.howtoforge.com/access-linux-partitions-from-windows&#xD;&#xA; [2]: http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/03/19/four-applications-for-accessing-ext3-partitions-from-windows/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5224" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3038" RevisionGUID="4d5f953a-3c79-473f-af7c-fd317626c305" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:20:32.700" UserId="808" Text="What Windows ext3 driver should I use?" />
  <row Id="5225" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3038" RevisionGUID="4d5f953a-3c79-473f-af7c-fd317626c305" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:20:32.700" UserId="808" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;ext3&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;" />
  <row Id="5226" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3039" RevisionGUID="82d9ca96-6815-4159-8d64-05fb02dbcb68" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:23:20.590" UserId="772" Text="If you want to maximize processing, you don't want to be looking at CPU's, you want to be looking at GPU's. GPU's are parallel processing from the start, so you can push a lot more data through them that you can through even the fastest CPU on the market." />
  <row Id="5227" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3040" RevisionGUID="c8cb4dcf-d915-4f66-837d-b73e4e8afa5c" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:24:23.050" UserId="47" Text="Maybe I don't use these every day, but I use them frequently:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [strace][1] Check out what files are loaded by the process.&#xD;&#xA; - [htop][2] A nicer top.&#xD;&#xA; - [mtr][3] ping + traceroute combined&#xD;&#xA; - [lynx][4]/[links][5]/[w3m][6] In case you need console browsing&#xD;&#xA; - [ettercap][7]  Great network sniffer (i prefer it over wireshark)&#xD;&#xA; - [scripting][8] [bash][9]  Every *nix admin should know this.&#xD;&#xA; - A programming language. For the more complex things, stay away from bash scripting and use something like python/perl/ruby/tcl/... (I use Lisp)&#xD;&#xA; - [Midnight Commander][10] can be great for people who liked norton commander.&#xD;&#xA; - [irssi][11] You never know when you just want to go ask something on IRC.&#xD;&#xA; - [wget][12] / [curl][13]  Download stuff from the command line.&#xD;&#xA; - [scp][14] Copy stuff over ssh&#xD;&#xA; - [lftp][15] / [ncftp][16]  Good (scriptable) console FTP clients.&#xD;&#xA; - [iotop][17] Check what's stressing your disks&#xD;&#xA; - [nmap][18] good port scanner&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strace&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://htop.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://lynx.isc.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://links.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://w3m.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://ettercap.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.midnight-commander.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://irssi.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://curl.haxx.se/&#xD;&#xA;  [14]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_copy&#xD;&#xA;  [15]: http://lftp.yar.ru/&#xD;&#xA;  [16]: http://www.ncftp.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [17]: http://guichaz.free.fr/iotop/&#xD;&#xA;  [18]: http://nmap.org/" />
  <row Id="5228" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3040" RevisionGUID="c8cb4dcf-d915-4f66-837d-b73e4e8afa5c" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:24:23.050" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="5229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3041" RevisionGUID="d5d5b2da-039a-4e6f-8bf8-5ffcd61b8fdc" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:27:33.667" UserId="1496" Text="Unfortunately, there is no such driver (or if there is the author(s) chose not to publish.) All the existing drivers are of questionable quality - I have had data corruption issues with all of them. I would stick with ntfs-3g." />
  <row Id="5230" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2596" RevisionGUID="fc3157f8-9f7a-4e77-ae19-6b46d62868b7" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:33:08.070" UserId="45" Comment="added 315 characters in body" Text="Just right-click the default web in the list of websites in the IIS Manager. Go to the &quot;Home Directory&quot; tab and change the local path:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Normally it is the first item in the list. Its name on English Windows installations is &quot;Default Web Site&quot;. The default web normally responds to port 80 requests for all http headers on all assigned IP addresses, even if they are not explicitly set (tab &quot;Web Site&quot;, &quot;Web site identification&quot; button &quot;Advanced...&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.symbiotic-development.com/monorail/html/images/Mrconf1.png" />
  <row Id="5231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3042" RevisionGUID="4381c3c4-b139-42f9-bd55-d1ebee3ed941" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:40:28.287" UserId="45" Text="Sometimes I have to troubleshoot machines on my LAN which have flaky wireless connections without any seemingly logical reason. Contrary to &quot;normal&quot; network connections in most cases I don't know where to start in order to debug or solve the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any hints?  &#xD;&#xA;*Thank you!*" />
  <row Id="5232" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3042" RevisionGUID="4381c3c4-b139-42f9-bd55-d1ebee3ed941" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:40:28.287" UserId="45" Text="How do you troubleshoot wireless woes?" />
  <row Id="5233" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3042" RevisionGUID="4381c3c4-b139-42f9-bd55-d1ebee3ed941" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:40:28.287" UserId="45" Text="&lt;wireless-network&gt;&lt;troubleshooting&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="5234" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3043" RevisionGUID="af7bbbd8-651c-491f-af41-9307df8e3e0b" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:43:35.407" UserId="1232" Text="Title says it all really.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It can sometimes end up that development and IT are at loggerheads over this sort of thing. What level of documentation do you expect when you're expected to install, patch, maintain, start, stop and diagnose a solution running across one or more servers?" />
  <row Id="5235" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3043" RevisionGUID="af7bbbd8-651c-491f-af41-9307df8e3e0b" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:43:35.407" UserId="1232" Text="What level of documentation do you expect to be provided to you by developers?" />
  <row Id="5236" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3043" RevisionGUID="af7bbbd8-651c-491f-af41-9307df8e3e0b" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:43:35.407" UserId="1232" Text="&lt;development&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;&lt;administration&gt;" />
  <row Id="5237" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3044" RevisionGUID="8c45e8fc-039f-4098-8d49-a4ea4b909386" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:44:37.900" UserId="1603" Text="http://www.dynip.com is the one I've been using for years. Very reliable. $30 a year. Never had a problem." />
  <row Id="5238" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3045" RevisionGUID="1af4314e-dfdd-4293-b232-3f49e1dfa835" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:46:59.907" UserId="1602" Text="The term architect has many differing connotations that make this question a bit hazy, but in general:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Good design software - for prototyping, blueprints, and presentations&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Good utility executables for machine monitoring, diagnostics, file transfer, benchmarking, security assessment, backup&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) Boot-level versions of #2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) Good Remote Access software&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5) Good telecommunications hardware/software - PocketPC/Laptop/Handset - Video/Voice conferencing, IM Chat, Web Meetings&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6) A home lab/network/datacenter for testing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;7) Multiple Monitors&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;8) Configuration Management Software&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;9) Kiddie Scripts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(kidding on that last one)" />
  <row Id="5240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3046" RevisionGUID="b1f865d7-7385-488f-8e88-030ac0123959" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:52:22.843" UserId="1602" Text="Some Ideas: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Change the wireless channel on the wireless router/WAP (fixes interference problems)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Update the drivers on the wireless NIC's / firmware on the router&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) Point the antennas on the wireless router in a different configuration&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) Knock down walls :)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5241" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2453" RevisionGUID="9034397d-a900-406a-a8ca-f7403ea470ba" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:54:59.500" UserId="45" Comment="typo" Text="We are using [SyncBack][1], which has lots of good features in all versions: free, SE and PRO version: synchronization or backup over network shares or FTP, ZIP, filters, HTML and email logs, scheduling etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use both commercial and free versions on ours servers for web application deployment/synchronization, log file transfers and backup-to-disk jobs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/" />
  <row Id="5242" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3047" RevisionGUID="c3faf261-a795-4f6d-a570-c6fbcdb628ed" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:55:42.680" UserId="1186" Text="I've installed [Kubuntu][1] in a laptop but I like to use [Ubuntu][2] instead. Is there some way to install Ubuntu without having to reinstall the whole thing from scratch? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been trying to find documentation about this on the net but nobody seems to have tried to &quot;migrate&quot; between the [different derivatives of Ubuntu][3]. Is this possible at all?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kubuntu.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ubuntu.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/derivatives" />
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  <row Id="5244" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3047" RevisionGUID="c3faf261-a795-4f6d-a570-c6fbcdb628ed" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:55:42.680" UserId="1186" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="5245" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3045" RevisionGUID="26dbe199-3190-46c8-8655-652a1e77b2b3" CreationDate="2009-05-02T06:58:26.620" UserId="1602" Comment="deleted 107 characters in body" Text="The term architect has many differing connotations that make this question a bit hazy, but in general:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Good design software - for prototyping, blueprints, and presentations&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Good utility executables for machine monitoring, diagnostics, file transfer, benchmarking, security assessment, backup&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) Boot-level versions of #2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) Good Remote Access software&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5) Good telecommunications software - Video/Voice conferencing, IM Chat, Web Meetings&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6) Configuration Management Software&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;7) Kiddie Scripts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(kidding on that last one)" />
  <row Id="5246" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3048" RevisionGUID="eb2f1da0-e08f-42ab-b3b3-eefa06d0ebfd" CreationDate="2009-05-02T07:01:35.490" UserId="1606" Text="I have used [Tunnelier][1] in the past.  While it's not a free application, it works really well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bitvise.com/tunnelier" />
  <row Id="5247" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3049" RevisionGUID="3f979db8-b809-4b7c-aa24-e3d43fd3cfc3" CreationDate="2009-05-02T07:04:44.017" UserId="919" Text="The virtual package &quot;ubuntu-desktop&quot; is all you need to install. That will bring in GNOME and the rest of the Ubuntu desktop for you. It will also leave Kubuntu installed. Cleansing your computer of Kubuntu isn't an easy task.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This guy][1] seems to have cooked up the list of everything Kubuntu has and Ubuntu doesn't:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sudo apt-get remove akregator amarok amarok-common apport-qt ark cdrdao dolphin dontzap dragonplayer exiv2 foomatic-db-gutenprint gdebi-kde gnupg-agent gtk2-engines-qtcurve gwenview hpijs-ppds ijsgutenprint install-package jockey-kde k3b k3b-data kaddressbook kamera kate kde-icons-oxygen kde-printer-applet kde-style-qtcurve kde-window-manager kde-zeroconf kdebase-bin kdebase-data kdebase-plasma kdebase-runtime kdebase-runtime-bin-kde4 kdebase-runtime-data kdebase-runtime-data-common kdebase-workspace-bin kdebase-workspace-data kdebase-workspace-libs4+5 kdebluetooth kdegraphics-strigi-plugins kdelibs-bin kdelibs-data kdelibs4c2a kdelibs5 kdelibs5-data kdemultimedia-kio-plugins kdepasswd kdepim-kresources kdepim-strigi-plugins kdepim-wizards kdepimlibs-data kdepimlibs5 kdeplasma-addons kdeplasma-addons-data kdesudo kdm kfind khelpcenter4 klipper kmag kmail kmix kmousetool knotes konqueror konqueror-nsplugins konqueror-plugin-searchbar konsole kontact kopete korganizer kpackagekit krdc krfb ksnapshot ksysguard ksysguardd ksystemlog ktimetracker ktorrent ktorrent-data kubuntu-artwork-usplash kubuntu-default-settings kubuntu-desktop kubuntu-docs kubuntu-konqueror-shortcuts kuser kvkbd kwalletmanager language-selector-qt libakonadiprivate1 libao2 libaudio2 libavahi-qt3-1 libboost-program-options1.35.0 libclucene0ldbl libdbus-qt-1-1c2 libeet1 libexiv2-5 libflac++6 libgeoip1 libk3b3 libk3b3-extracodecs libkcddb4 libkdecorations4 libkdepim4 libkexiv2-7 libkholidays4 libkipi6 libkleo4 libkonq5 libkonq5-templates libkpgp4 libksieve4 libkwineffects1 libloudmouth1-0 liblua50 liblualib50 libmad0 libmimelib4 libmodplug0c2 libmpcdec3 libmsn0.1 libmysqlclient15off libokularcore1 libpackagekit-glib11 libpackagekit-qt11 libphonon4 libplasma3 libpoppler-qt4-3 libpq5 libqca2 libqca2-plugin-ossl libqedje0 libqimageblitz4 libqt3-mt libqt4-assistant libqt4-core libqt4-dbus libqt4-designer libqt4-help libqt4-network libqt4-opengl libqt4-qt3support libqt4-script libqt4-sql libqt4-sql-mysql libqt4-sql-sqlite libqt4-svg libqt4-test libqt4-webkit libqt4-xml libqt4-xmlpatterns libqtcore4 libqtgui4 libqzion0 libraptor1 librasqal1 librdf0 libsearchclient0 libsoprano4 libstreamanalyzer0 libstreams0 libstrigihtmlgui0 libstrigiqtdbusclient0 libvncserver0 libxcb-shape0 libxcb-shm0 libxcb-xv0 libxine1 libxine1-bin libxine1-console libxine1-misc-plugins libxine1-x libzip1 mysql-common okular okular-extra-backends openoffice.org-kde openoffice.org-style-crystal oxygen-cursor-theme packagekit packagekit-backend-apt phonon phonon-backend-xine pinentry-gtk2 pinentry-qt4 plasma-widget-network-manager plasma-widget-quickaccess python-dev python-kde4 python-packagekit python-plasma python-qt4 python-qt4-common python-qt4-dbus python-sip4 python2.6-dev qt4-qtconfig quassel quassel-data raptor-utils redland-utils software-properties-kde soprano-daemon speedcrunch strigi-client strigi-daemon system-config-printer-kde systemsettings ttf-dejavu ttf-dejavu-extra update-manager-kde update-notifier-kde &amp;&amp; sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/puregnome" />
  <row Id="5248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3050" RevisionGUID="19b747fd-dcd7-413c-8457-4aac81454067" CreationDate="2009-05-02T07:06:06.133" UserId="1186" Text="I believe IT needs to communicate with the developers what kind of documentation is needed. Best way to do this is if development delivers pre-release versions (or iteration releases) of a solution for IT to play and test with so IT can respond with what's needed." />
  <row Id="5249" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2812" RevisionGUID="e058c9ed-c45a-472b-8075-276ed4fc2150" CreationDate="2009-05-02T07:11:39.897" UserId="906" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;clustering&gt;&lt;high-availability&gt;&lt;redundancy&gt;" />
  <row Id="5250" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2846" RevisionGUID="6685e414-ca55-4ace-9242-0f54f6606a71" CreationDate="2009-05-02T07:27:16.927" UserId="1561" Comment="added 88 characters in body" Text="Network stack can be left running after a system halt.  I don't know if this is current with the 2.6.x series of kernels, but on older versions, you could configure the firewall/routing, then halt the system *without a shutdown*, leaving just the network stack running.  This would allow you to make a cheap (although static) firewall that &quot;can't be hacked&quot; - because there's nothing *to* hack, as there are no programs or services, just the kernel passing packets back and forth..." />
  <row Id="5251" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3051" RevisionGUID="8a385503-d289-4b1b-817c-1b6a28c5937f" CreationDate="2009-05-02T07:27:54.367" UserId="1584" Text="Assuming you're running R2 of Windows 2003 Server or newer, you've got [DFS Replication][1] right out of the box.  It's designed for exactly the situation you describe.  All files in a particular folder are automatically synchronized between each member in the replication group.  It happens automatically as soon as any changes are detected on any member and only sends the changed bits of files over the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't let the seemingly complication documentation scare you.  It's pretty simple to get setup assuming you've already got an Active Directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/storage/dfs/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="5252" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3032" RevisionGUID="b6a3ecb2-3fb8-40f0-9a01-466b9090f176" CreationDate="2009-05-02T07:40:54.397" UserId="804" Comment="elaborate on the definition of &quot;IT architect&quot;" Text="What are THE tools that every professional IT architect must have?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The definition of &quot;IT architect&quot; that I am referring to, is the one for individuals who make the recommendations for software/hardware infrastructure (enterprise systems at a high level)" />
  <row Id="5253" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2852" RevisionGUID="6a375d60-9965-4ab2-b2c4-f6b17b6037cb" CreationDate="2009-05-02T07:43:30.023" UserId="1561" Comment="added 274 characters in body" Text="Short answer: Yes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Long answer: *If it's secured with SSL*, and you are returning smaller data sets, yes.  You'll also need to enable specific flags and settings in the pgodbc driver as Access will barf from what is fed back to it from the server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**KSQO (Keyset Query Optimization)** should be on.  Yes, I know the docs say it's not required, but what's happening is that MSAccess is passing the server some rather knarly looking SQL.  This just de-clutters the SQL statement a wee bit.  Don't believe me?  Turn on Logging for ODBC, send a single query, turn off the log, plow through several megs of chaff, and 90% of the way down you'll see a nasty looking SQL statement that was generated and passed.  No, it's *not* the ODBC driver, it's Access doing that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Use Declare/Fetch** should be on if you plan to interactively look at a large data set.  This will cause the driver to fetch smaller chunks of your result set, instead of dumping one monster load into it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Text as LongVarChar** - you may wish to test this.  I suspect you will want it &quot;on&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Unknown Sizes** should be set to Maximum.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Max Varchar** is recommended to be at 254 or less, although you can make it more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Extra Opts** - set to 0x6 (Fake MS SQL Server + Reply in ANSI not Unicode).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(all of these can be found at [http://psqlodbc.projects.postgresql.org/config.html][1])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep in mind that very *very* large data sets will cause you pain, despite the fact that the data returned from the server is generally in a compact binary format.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://psqlodbc.projects.postgresql.org/config.html" />
  <row Id="5254" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2996" RevisionGUID="ba6bbace-a4b3-4600-9ab5-d3fe2f818c12" CreationDate="2009-05-02T07:46:21.917" UserId="1593" Comment="added 69 characters in body" Text="I have an externally hosted CentOS 5 server (external.host.com) that I want to use as a relay/proxy for my local web requests. So basically, if I load google.com on my local computer I'd like for the request to appear to Google as if it was coming from external.host.com instead of local.host.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe what I need is to setup the external server as a proxy and then configure my browser to use it as a such when browsing. Is this correct? If not what is the solution I should aim for?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been looking at applications like [Squid][1], [Tor][2] or [HAProxy][3]. Would any of these work for this task?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: I followed this tutorial to install [Squid][1] on CentOS 5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.squid-cache.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.torproject.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://haproxy.1wt.eu/" />
  <row Id="5255" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3032" RevisionGUID="800b4c22-9557-4dd5-8a4d-1477025d5748" CreationDate="2009-05-02T07:49:29.617" UserId="804" Comment="additional detail on &quot;IT architect&quot;" Text="What are THE tools that every professional IT architect must have?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The definition of &quot;IT architect&quot; that I am referring to, is the one for individuals who make the recommendations for software/hardware infrastructure (enterprise systems at a high level)&#xD;&#xA;A Person that is a Technology/Project advisor who understands system design, security, system extensibility/scalability and interoperability, costs and operational considerations." />
  <row Id="5256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3052" RevisionGUID="b76c4072-5542-40a5-a615-4af54bd0e730" CreationDate="2009-05-02T07:49:29.850" UserId="216" Text="None of the answers given so far make these distinctions, but they're worth documenting:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The Different Types of DNS Server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Authoritative Server&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the server that holds the definitive (authoritative) information about a domain name.  Authoritative answers from such a server have the **AA** bit set.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The answers from authoritative servers always contain the actual configured **TTL** from the zone file.  i.e., if the TTL is set to 86400s, that's the value that'll be in the responses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ISPs run authoritative servers to **host** the domains that they manage on behalf of their customers.  The name servers run by the TLDs and ccTLDs are also authoritative servers, as are the **root name servers**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Recursive Server&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;A recursive resolver only receives requests from stub resolvers.  If the answer is in its cache it will return it immediately.  If the answer is not in the cache it will iteratively ask the relevant **authoritative servers** for the answer, and then return it to the stub resolver.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Caching is a fundamental feature of recursive servers.  The TTL received from the authoritative server continues to tick down, and when it reaches zero the entry is purged from the cache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Similarly answers received from the recursive server show the decreasing value, not the original value from the zone.  Per the example above, if a record was received with a TTL of 7200s exactly an hour ago, the answer from the recursive server will say 3600s.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ISPs run recursive resolvers for your PCs talk to, albeit most consumers actually rely on the [DNS proxy][1] in their home gateway, which **forwards** the query to the ISPs resolvers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Stub Resolver&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;A stub resolver isn't a server in the normal sense, it's typically a library, and calls to `gethostbyname()` and related functions just invoke the code in that library.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The stub can't do anything except talk to a **recursive resolver**, relying on that recursive resolver to obtain all of its answers for it.  All such upstream requests have the **RD**  (_Recursion Desired_) bit set.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some (but by no means all) stub resolvers have a cache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Forwarding Server&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;A forwarding (or proxy) server doesn't (usually) cache.  They're used to proxy packets between one network and another, typically sitting between a stub resolver and the recursive resolvers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-dnsext-dnsproxy" />
  <row Id="5257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3053" RevisionGUID="ebc0c18c-f01c-4cd3-aee8-d4940b27c8c3" CreationDate="2009-05-02T08:00:38.453" UserId="919" Text="IRC might be an idea.  There's dozens of servers and hundreds of clients. The servers scale to thousands of users and offers a clustering approach. You can use chatrooms (channels) or private messages. There's also plenty of bots written for IRC to offer functions like factoids. You might even find one for helpdesk databases." />
  <row Id="5258" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3054" RevisionGUID="2b8f5dce-76e1-492c-99d3-13118962cab0" CreationDate="2009-05-02T08:04:01.797" UserId="482" Text="Another good tool is [Always Sync][1]. Supports n-way synchronisation, continuous synchronisation, optionally moves deleted files into a separate folder, works with USB devices etc etc etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://allwaysync.com/" />
  <row Id="5259" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3055" RevisionGUID="cf36273f-ec73-41e4-a3b4-42af9e14f029" CreationDate="2009-05-02T08:10:56.227" UserId="1186" Text="Remember kids... never ever [type &quot;Google&quot; into Google][1]!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oCHxB8d20s" />
  <row Id="5260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3056" RevisionGUID="a6c6f505-672d-430e-aec5-38db3014374b" CreationDate="2009-05-02T08:16:08.587" UserId="984" Text="A spectrum analyzer may be useful in cases where you have ruled out the obvious issues.  The [Wi-Spy][1] is a relatively inexpensive choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/80ce/" />
  <row Id="5261" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3057" RevisionGUID="f9657cda-8cc1-4744-8f4e-a96cf127bd22" CreationDate="2009-05-02T08:20:09.107" UserId="616" Text="All of these things should be documented in detail, although when the operation is standard for the operating system, application server, web server etc you may be able to assume the IT operations people know how to do that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Installation:** document everything about how it is installed and configured, including how to tell if it is operating correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tell us about the architecture, especially about the communication between various solution components  (e.g. range of ports - RPC mechanisns often use a range of ports - we need to know what the range is and when the application might run out of ports).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Patching:** document anything specific to the application - what needs to be shut down before patching, and any follow up actions after patching (caches, indexes, proxies that may need to be cleared or rebuilt).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Maintainance:** document what normal and abnormal operation looks like - what queues and other things should be monitored and what the normal range of these is. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tell us how to manage the data - especially tables and files that grow without limit (e.g. log files and transaction histories). How should these be purged and what's the impact of removing old entries? (on reporting etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tell us how to carry out standard &quot;business as usual&quot;/in-life management actions - this might be adding or modifying user accounts, for example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tell us about any other regular management actions that might be required (e.g. which certificates are used and what to do when they expire).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For all changes tell us how to roll them back (not all changes are successful). And tell us that you've tested the rollback plans!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Diagnosis:** Document log file formats and locations and EVERY application error message that might turn up, saying what the error message means has gone wrong and what might need to be changed to fix it. Never use the same error message for two different events.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Shot down and start up:** How, what order, any special procedures (e.g. letting servers drain connections before shutting them down).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I strongly disagree that the best way of doing this is to throw the application over the fence and let the IT people work out what is needed. The operational documentation (and in general, the manageability features of the application) need to be thought about up front." />
  <row Id="5262" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2794" RevisionGUID="21ec87db-54e2-4367-ae73-240d0aa4c78e" CreationDate="2009-05-02T08:39:18.640" UserId="1414" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;screen-sharing&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;presentations&gt;" />
  <row Id="5263" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3058" RevisionGUID="7c9b0677-49a3-429b-a2f5-7535a89443ca" CreationDate="2009-05-02T08:41:08.933" UserId="388" Text="Despite it's name, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zytrax.com/books/dns/&quot;&gt;DNS for Rocket Scientists&lt;/a&gt; might be what you're looking for? The DNS overview section covers key concepts like domains, zones, record types and delegation. If you're then looking to implement DNS with BIND, it goes on to have more detail about BIND itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, as has been mentioned previously, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.co.uk/DNS-BIND-Cricket-Liu/dp/0596100574/&quot;&gt;DNS &amp; BIND&lt;/a&gt; really is the bible when it comes to DNS; if you're going to be administering your own DNS servers, it's probably worth having your own copy." />
  <row Id="5264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3059" RevisionGUID="5caa83dc-36b2-4edf-a776-a596bf6cc7a6" CreationDate="2009-05-02T08:41:51.503" UserId="211" Text="&quot;Like distribution groups, security groups **can** also be used as an e-mail entity&quot; ([Active Directory][1])&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Only if you attach an e-mail address to a group will it appear in outlook. &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right click &gt; 'Exchange Tasks', there can you add or remove a group's e-mail address, has to be done on an Exchange Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc781446.aspx" />
  <row Id="5265" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3060" RevisionGUID="60d3a6da-142a-4bf6-a608-fedd3c8b8a03" CreationDate="2009-05-02T08:44:09.813" UserId="1576" Text="I'm just looking at installing a Debian production server and would like any helpful links to documentation. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You know how things change so fast. I'm likely to be looking for whole sub-systems that have been deprecated." />
  <row Id="5266" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3060" RevisionGUID="60d3a6da-142a-4bf6-a608-fedd3c8b8a03" CreationDate="2009-05-02T08:44:09.813" UserId="1576" Text="Where is the best current installation, setup &amp; best practice documentation for a Debian web server? MySQL, PHP5, Mail etc." />
  <row Id="5267" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3060" RevisionGUID="60d3a6da-142a-4bf6-a608-fedd3c8b8a03" CreationDate="2009-05-02T08:44:09.813" UserId="1576" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;" />
  <row Id="5268" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3061" RevisionGUID="6603542c-120b-4569-b385-2364e7cf3c4f" CreationDate="2009-05-02T08:49:10.050" UserId="1561" Text="This will sound funny at first, and some people will think I'm being facetious, but I'm not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- *Find another experienced admin, sit down, define a goal of some sort, and attempt to do it while they provide guidence.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unix (and BSD and Linux and who-knows-what-else) was originally an environment that encouraged the programmers and administrators to communicate with each other.  Linux is a fairly decent approximation of that (not 100% but very close).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my not so humble opinion, the Unix/Linux/BSD admin is best taught through *a form of oral tradition*, where knowledge is verbally passed to the learner by those who are much more experienced.  In every case that I have encountered, this method of learning Unix (and its cousins) has been the most informative while providing the most amount of insight to the learner, especially insights that you cannot obtain from simply reading a book and forging forward.  The reason for this &quot;inefficient&quot; method of learning is, at some point, someone somewhere made a decision about something, [*but it's not formally documented*][1] (read the header to that link).  This means it's easy to sit there and scratch your head about &quot;why is X done the way it is&quot; when in reality, there was probably a **very** good reason for that.  Having someone who's been there, *and knows the history of how-it-came-to-be*, helps to &quot;fill in the gaps&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yeah, you can sit down with a book, or (like I did), simply install it and bang your head a few hundred times while you figure it out the hard way.  But there's a lot to be said for learning from someone else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.faqs.org/docs/artu/ch01s06.html" />
  <row Id="5269" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3062" RevisionGUID="e72aef15-4018-4968-b390-5ef5cb6f0b9e" CreationDate="2009-05-02T08:52:38.420" UserId="216" Text="Rather than directly grepping the files, you should look at `named-checkzone`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    % named-checkzone -s full -i none -D _domain_ _zonefile_&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This has the particular advantage that it fully parses the file and then outputs every single recorded starting with the specific domain name to which it applies.  The `grep` method won't cope with the usual abbreviated zone files where the label only needs putting in for the first resource record in a group.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only fiddly bit is that you need to supply the right _domain_ parameter to the program, it doesn't read the `$ORIGIN` line from the input.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may also want to supply additional flags to actually turn off `named-checkzone's` intended purpose, which is to check that the zone contents are actually sane." />
  <row Id="5270" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3061" RevisionGUID="7fc895c8-f72a-4c91-b44a-94f195306c89" CreationDate="2009-05-02T08:54:52.377" UserId="1561" Comment="added 10 characters in body" Text="This will sound funny at first, and some people will think I'm being facetious, but I'm not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- *Find another experienced admin, sit down, define a goal of some sort, and attempt to reach that goal while they provide guidence.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unix (and BSD and Linux and who-knows-what-else) was originally an environment that encouraged the programmers and administrators to communicate with each other.  Linux is a fairly decent approximation of that (not 100% but very close).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my not so humble opinion, the Unix/Linux/BSD admin is best taught through *a form of oral tradition*, where knowledge is verbally passed to the learner by those who are much more experienced.  In every case that I have encountered, this method of learning Unix (and its cousins) has been the most informative while providing the most amount of insight to the learner, especially insights that you cannot obtain from simply reading a book and forging forward.  The reason for this &quot;inefficient&quot; method of learning is, at some point, someone somewhere made a decision about something, [*but it's not formally documented*][1] (read the header to that link).  This means it's easy to sit there and scratch your head about &quot;why is X done the way it is&quot; when in reality, there was probably a **very** good reason for that.  Having someone who's been there, *and knows the history of how-it-came-to-be*, helps to &quot;fill in the gaps&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yeah, you can sit down with a book, or (like I did), simply install it and bang your head a few hundred times while you figure it out the hard way.  But there's a lot to be said for learning from someone else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.faqs.org/docs/artu/ch01s06.html" />
  <row Id="5271" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3063" RevisionGUID="59efb612-6e84-4ea3-9c93-418128546f79" CreationDate="2009-05-02T08:54:56.123" UserId="984" Text="Right now we have windows file servers, and more and more groups of departments are wanting to share files for collaborative purposes with our clients.  The sharing needs to be bidirectional.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is not likely that we will ever have access to the extranet users computers so installing vpns or special client software isn't very likely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The users who wish to collaborate are not technically savy, and they will complain at anything slightly difficult.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our budget is very tight, I suspect I will be limited to free options, but if a product/solution is really good please still mention it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A significant portion of our customers (&gt;30%) uses Macs, so cross-platform support is required.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The documents may contain include records that may be covered by [FERPA][1] so security is important.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FERPA&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Document_management_system" />
  <row Id="5272" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3063" RevisionGUID="59efb612-6e84-4ea3-9c93-418128546f79" CreationDate="2009-05-02T08:54:56.123" UserId="984" Text="What software do you reccomend for extranet fileserver access." />
  <row Id="5273" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3063" RevisionGUID="59efb612-6e84-4ea3-9c93-418128546f79" CreationDate="2009-05-02T08:54:56.123" UserId="984" Text="&lt;dms&gt;&lt;file-sharing&gt;&lt;extranet&gt;" />
  <row Id="5274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3064" RevisionGUID="45ff010c-01ee-4f7f-b674-732f6b3c6c16" CreationDate="2009-05-02T08:55:17.243" UserId="1375" Text="Debian doesn't tend to take too much of a stand on things like which particular program you should be using to perform a particular task.  Your best bet to see what's &quot;new and improved&quot; (and how things should now be done) for Debian-specific tools like the package manager and installer is to read up on the release notes for the release(s) that you're not previously familiar with.  The release notes for the recently released 5.0, for example, are at http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/releasenotes" />
  <row Id="5275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3065" RevisionGUID="133100fd-be10-4c8e-8d1c-3e1fe0149a2a" CreationDate="2009-05-02T08:55:54.450" UserId="271" Text="These are my assumptions but I'd like you to correct me if I'm wrong...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the system drive fails, I loose all my computer backups. This is not a problem because there's still the real computers, so I just need to change the system drive and reinstall WHS. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, what happens with the data stored in *shared folders* that are duplicated across drives? Does this data become unreachable once the system drive is changed or is it automatically discovered by the new install of WHS?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In summary, I don't care too much about computer backups as the possibility that a computer fails at the same time that the WHS's system drive is pretty low. However I do care about the files stored in the shared folders as WHS is the only place they exist. " />
  <row Id="5276" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3065" RevisionGUID="133100fd-be10-4c8e-8d1c-3e1fe0149a2a" CreationDate="2009-05-02T08:55:54.450" UserId="271" Text="What happens if the Windows Home Server system drive fails?" />
  <row Id="5277" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3065" RevisionGUID="133100fd-be10-4c8e-8d1c-3e1fe0149a2a" CreationDate="2009-05-02T08:55:54.450" UserId="271" Text="&lt;whs&gt;&lt;backups&gt;" />
  <row Id="5279" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3062" RevisionGUID="0c205e1c-4fd3-4b1e-bda5-bb106d2bead5" CreationDate="2009-05-02T08:58:17.067" UserId="216" Comment="deleted 383 characters in body" Text="Rather than use `grep` on all of the zone files, use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    % rndc dumpdb -zones&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will create a dump of the server's authoritative data called `cache_dump.db`, probably in `/var/named/data` (or similar).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This file is easier to parse than the original zone files because every line starts with the domain name to which it applies.  The raw zone files are probably abbreviated." />
  <row Id="5280" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2984" RevisionGUID="cf75a606-09c1-446c-9595-8c4c9c3dc004" CreationDate="2009-05-02T08:59:01.680" UserId="1375" Comment="s/delegation/refer/ as per comment" Text="I'm having trouble finding a really good resource online.  O'Reilly's cricket book (&quot;DNS and BIND, 5th Edition&quot;) has good coverage, but not exactly freely available...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(TL;DR version: it's complicated, that's why sysadmins get all the good biscuits at morning tea time)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The  answer to &quot;how does a name get looked up&quot; is basically that the entire system is like a big tree -- each part of the name you're trying to lookup is another level.  At the top, the &quot;root&quot; servers know which DNS servers are responsible for each of the &quot;top level&quot; domains (.com, .net, .org, .us, .eu, .uk, .au, etc), and the servers responsible for each of those names knows which DNS servers are responsible for each of the domains under them (so the .com servers know which DNS servers are responsible for serverfault.com and stackoverflow.com, but they don't know who is responsible for hezmatt.org -- the .org nameservers know that).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you want to know what a given name corresponds to, you start by asking the root servers.  They'll &quot;refer&quot; you to the right servers for the &quot;top level&quot; name you want, and then the appropriate &quot;top level&quot; servers will point you where to go from there.  Eventually (usually after just a couple of hops, but there's no reason why it couldn't be more) you'll get pointed to a server that knows the actual answer to the question you're asking, and you'll get your answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to watch this process at work, you can use a tool like http://squish.net/dnscheck/ to look up a name and see all the queries that can get done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as how an admin sets up a DNS server and integrates it into the whole thing, that kind of falls out of the above.  Once you've setup a DNS server to answer for a given domain, you need to ask the DNS servers for the level above you to &quot;delegate&quot; that domain name to your servers.  In practice, this done by your domain registrar on your behalf, when you tell them what DNS servers to use for a domain that you &quot;own&quot;." />
  <row Id="5281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3066" RevisionGUID="64f7aa99-4a8e-4b8c-8800-7392b51fc4bb" CreationDate="2009-05-02T08:59:24.957" UserId="1605" Text="As shown in the picture below, I want to delete `MyNewService`, but when I type in &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sc delete MyNewService&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/GHL1qekMQhPPLerrCVIzwQ?feat=embedwebsite&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://lh5.ggpht.com/_SDci0Pf3tzU/SfwK-i0SumI/AAAAAAAAEto/rSeY7F3Xy44/s800/cannot%20delete%20service.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I simply can't delete it because there is no such service. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas how to solve this problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: as far as the service panel is concerned, the MyNewService ***is*** there all the time; I restarted the pc a few times, and it's there. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5282" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3066" RevisionGUID="64f7aa99-4a8e-4b8c-8800-7392b51fc4bb" CreationDate="2009-05-02T08:59:24.957" UserId="1605" Text="Cannot delete an existing service using sc command" />
  <row Id="5283" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3066" RevisionGUID="64f7aa99-4a8e-4b8c-8800-7392b51fc4bb" CreationDate="2009-05-02T08:59:24.957" UserId="1605" Text="&lt;windows-service&gt;" />
  <row Id="5284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3067" RevisionGUID="ddd9da82-d7f7-4f3c-8f71-91db620797e2" CreationDate="2009-05-02T09:02:52.500" UserId="914" Text="View the properties of the service and you'll see a &quot;`Service Name`&quot; and &quot;`Display Name`&quot;.  The display name is the one you see in services.msc, you need to use the service name with the net command however.  Sometimes they're very different for example &quot;`Extensible Authentication Protocol Service`&quot; is the display name and &quot;`EapHost`&quot; is the service name." />
  <row Id="5285" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1514" RevisionGUID="84171f0b-4f47-4340-9dad-08be15f085e0" CreationDate="2009-05-02T09:06:05.720" UserId="984" Comment="edited tags" Text="Symantec Ghost used to be **the** tool to use, but from what I read, you no longer get a cli-client, unless you are willing to buy the Ghost Solution Suite at least 5 licenses and have another service running on a server somewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So what tool do you recommend for disk cloning and image-based backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are several OSS products, but it isn't entirely clear how well they support NTFS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not really to just get a [list of cloning][1].  Instead, I would like to know what tool you use, why you choose that tool, and what you use it for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After reading the answers I have a followup question. Given the tool you suggest, is it possible, and how easy is it to extract a particular file from the image without having to restore the entire image?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disk_cloning_software&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5286" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1514" RevisionGUID="84171f0b-4f47-4340-9dad-08be15f085e0" CreationDate="2009-05-02T09:06:05.720" UserId="984" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;cloning&gt;&lt;image&gt;" />
  <row Id="5288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3069" RevisionGUID="a701d0bd-dd44-47e3-be63-ded70fe2d151" CreationDate="2009-05-02T09:19:46.110" UserId="1611" Text="Im not some kind of advanced Linux sysadmin, but here are my recomendations:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Reading documentation of your favorite distro. All distros are pretty similar.&#xD;&#xA; - [Bash Guide for Begginers][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Advanced Bash-Scripting guide][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [The Linux Documentation Project][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://tldp.org/guides.html" />
  <row Id="5289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3070" RevisionGUID="fb2cf988-a481-4acc-8c4a-a244b0cd40a8" CreationDate="2009-05-02T09:49:46.567" UserId="97" Text="This chap put together his own system. You might want to check it out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://atlasfolding.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3072" RevisionGUID="ba25cb5d-c069-4499-9286-fb04a0889c4d" CreationDate="2009-05-02T10:01:00.050" UserId="35" Text="No, your data is still safe when the system drive fails. Just do a &lt;b&gt;Server Reinstallation&lt;/b&gt;. More details can be found in &lt;a href=&quot;http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/whsfaq/thread/cf354b5d-b37b-4b7f-a0d5-8e573697777f&quot;&gt;this article&lt;/a&gt;" />
  <row Id="5293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3073" RevisionGUID="c1b95ca4-9aca-440a-86f9-1b7939f03a6d" CreationDate="2009-05-02T10:02:28.097" UserId="48" Text="If your primary drive fails, once its replaces you can run the server recovery procedure from the DVD. This installs the OS, and then attempts to recover the data and is usually successful. It does  not recover User accounts or system settings (plugins etc)." />
  <row Id="5294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3074" RevisionGUID="7985549c-9c04-479b-9e6c-898dcee5c9c8" CreationDate="2009-05-02T10:04:10.603" UserId="914" Text="Most operating systems have a PPTP VPN client built in so no additional software would be required.  I know at least XP, Vista and OS X do." />
  <row Id="5295" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3075" RevisionGUID="ebca9cc6-e8c7-4eff-9dfb-77cd2cbe0eac" CreationDate="2009-05-02T10:07:35.027" UserId="914" Text="You might want to look into 3rd party hosting of static content such as Amazon S3.  It might be worthy depending on your application to also cloud some (as much as I hate the buzzword) using Amazon EC2." />
  <row Id="5296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3076" RevisionGUID="d23c3c15-fdda-44c2-b314-24109643ac73" CreationDate="2009-05-02T10:07:53.030" UserId="1218" Text="At Windows I use [MyEnTunnel][1] which is a simple system tray application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nemesis2.qx.net/pages/MyEnTunnel" />
  <row Id="5297" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3077" RevisionGUID="6e3d21b9-4f6d-4e7d-b605-4137d6e2d336" CreationDate="2009-05-02T10:09:35.863" UserId="914" Text="Unfortuantly not, you'd need to run an IRCd for that which isn't included within Moodle.&#xD;&#xA;Moddle just use a PHP/JS combination to emulate a chat room." />
  <row Id="5298" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="34" RevisionGUID="f5612743-aa64-4ba1-906d-4b45b47d7c37" CreationDate="2009-05-02T10:13:12.860" UserId="38" Comment="Added details" Text="I've used [GParted Live CD][1] in the past with success, it's a linux boot disk designed for partitoning.  I should have mentioned that despite being a linux disk, it works for sorting out windows partitions too.  I split my laptop up to install the windows 7 beta using this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php" />
  <row Id="5299" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="307" RevisionGUID="44e8341e-8f19-4322-8901-cbf9cbe3651d" CreationDate="2009-05-02T10:14:35.527" UserId="244" Comment="edited body" Text="How can I determine Time Zone setting for IIS. &#xD;&#xA;It seems that ever since the daylight savings were applied (+1 hour) the time returned by IIS is 1 hour behind as the +1 was ignored. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The time on the server itself is correct, but when the application code calls getDateTime it would return the incorrect time. Any thoughts?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The application code is in .net and this particular part is related to SQLMembershipProvider. Basically when a user is logged in the last login datetime is updated and stored in database. That is always 1 hour behind the actual time. The tome settings on both servers (the application server and the one hosting  SQL Server are correct), and it is independent on the client site settings&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3079" RevisionGUID="e69973c4-7b51-44e8-9bc4-aea3904741ee" CreationDate="2009-05-02T10:22:39.827" UserId="1587" Text="I'm attempting to get the `MultiViews` option working in Apache to vary the content returned to the browser based on the `Accept-Language` provided in requests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've got the following configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Alias /multiviewstest &quot;C:/MultiViews Test&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Directory &quot;C:/MultiViews Test&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        Options MultiViews&#xD;&#xA;        AllowOverride None&#xD;&#xA;        Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;        Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my `C:\MultiViews Test` directory I have the following files:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* `spam.html`&#xD;&#xA;* `foo.html.en`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I request `http://localhost/multiviewstest/spam` the contents of `spam.html` is returned. The response contains the following headers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* `Content-Location foo.html`&#xD;&#xA;* `Vary negotiate`&#xD;&#xA;* `TCN choice`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This indicates `MultiViews` have correctly kicked in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've configured English as the only preferred language for displaying languages in my browser; an `Accept-Language en` header is set on requests. When I request `http://localhost/multiviewstest/foo.html` a 404 response is returned. Based on my understanding of [Apache's file naming conventions for language negotiation][1] I'd expect the contents of the `foo.html.en` file to be returned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Why isn't the content negotiation for the language correctly kicking in? Is there some configuration I have overlooked?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/content-negotiation.html#naming" />
  <row Id="5302" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3079" RevisionGUID="e69973c4-7b51-44e8-9bc4-aea3904741ee" CreationDate="2009-05-02T10:22:39.827" UserId="1587" Text="Configuring Apache content negotiation for languages using MultiViews" />
  <row Id="5303" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3079" RevisionGUID="e69973c4-7b51-44e8-9bc4-aea3904741ee" CreationDate="2009-05-02T10:22:39.827" UserId="1587" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;content-negotiation&gt;" />
  <row Id="5304" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2332" RevisionGUID="c533e784-00f3-43fc-8b0c-67ed7743f62a" CreationDate="2009-05-02T10:35:40.467" UserId="1218" Comment="updated link to lite version" Text="I would prefer the free (non-commercial) version of [DaemonTools][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/products/dtLite" />
  <row Id="5305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3080" RevisionGUID="38dccf1c-572f-4589-947e-6fde69a68045" CreationDate="2009-05-02T10:44:26.640" UserId="244" Text="A friend of mine I running a non-for-profit organisation which was recently donated a couple of old PCs without any software licenses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The computers are intended for a typical office use, sending emails, preparing documents, brochures, presentations etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the users are familiar with Windows and MS Office but buying those is not an option due to the costs. (I am actually not sure if there is any special pricing for this type of organisations in Ireland)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**So my question is: are there any free alternatives to running Windows and MS Office in this situation?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - some of the correspondence they receive is in a MS office format so the alternative software needs to be able to read it/ and convert back to this format&#xD;&#xA; - there is no IT technical support person there so the solution would need to be easy enough to setup and maintain&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you in advance for any suggestions&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5306" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3080" RevisionGUID="38dccf1c-572f-4589-947e-6fde69a68045" CreationDate="2009-05-02T10:44:26.640" UserId="244" Text="Free alternatives to Windows and MS Office for basic office work" />
  <row Id="5307" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3080" RevisionGUID="38dccf1c-572f-4589-947e-6fde69a68045" CreationDate="2009-05-02T10:44:26.640" UserId="244" Text="&lt;freeware&gt;&lt;ms-office&gt;&lt;opensource&gt;" />
  <row Id="5308" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3012" RevisionGUID="2723c91d-0721-48d1-ba2d-d149ddc70560" CreationDate="2009-05-02T10:47:08.147" UserId="1293" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="I can highly recommend Linux Administration Handbook by Nemeth, et al. or the more expensive Unix System Administration Handbook by the same authors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, [The Rosetta Stone for Unix][1] is a page that I find useful as a reference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bhami.com/rosetta.html" />
  <row Id="5309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3081" RevisionGUID="7e196c2a-887b-4b59-9917-aaf067815c5a" CreationDate="2009-05-02T10:49:52.633" UserId="1617" Text="Almost any modern Linux distro will come with Open Office.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ubuntu is pretty Windows like and should be easy enough to get running on any old hardware" />
  <row Id="5310" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2332" RevisionGUID="df7a7ac7-9f41-47d1-93fd-4de3b93cfec3" CreationDate="2009-05-02T10:50:51.647" UserId="1218" Comment="added 13 characters in body" Text="I would prefer the free (for non-commercial purposes) version of [DaemonTools][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/products/dtLite" />
  <row Id="5311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3082" RevisionGUID="7755ad6f-33f9-43a7-a9f2-e52955916443" CreationDate="2009-05-02T10:51:11.287" UserId="1616" Text="As others have metioned WMP does play blu-ray with a suitable 3rd party codec.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Blu-ray was not the standard MS backed in the HD war and also requires java vm(!).  Also is some ways blu-ray is more restrictive than HD-DVD, Sonys blu-ray favoured dedicated devices, HD-DVD would have allowed streaming to X-Box from PCs etc.  These are two different visions in the battle for the living room.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See - [http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2005/tc2005106_9074_tc024.htm][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, bascially, it might be sour grapes.  On the other hand XP did not include a DVD codec, in fact I don't think Vista business had a DVD codec, although the home versions of vista did, so maybe it is a cost saving issue that will be revised in latter version.  Not that they would be saving a large amount of money...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd/overview_en_GB.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2005/tc2005106_9074_tc024.htm" />
  <row Id="5312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3083" RevisionGUID="f8e8cc52-a9d1-4f4a-b23d-62517802ae38" CreationDate="2009-05-02T10:52:08.633" UserId="1618" Text="Sure, [open office](http://www.openoffice.org/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For an OS, try Ubuntu or [LinuxMint](http://www.linuxmint.com/)" />
  <row Id="5313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3084" RevisionGUID="fc51820a-11db-4168-b13e-4f1becb24e25" CreationDate="2009-05-02T10:52:41.533" UserId="1617" Text="Setup a Virtual Machine (VirtualBox, Parallels, VMWare, Virtual PC) with a Linix distro and start playing!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By using a VM you can fiddle to your hearts content without worrying about breaking things. If you have a problem - just restore a VM backup and start again." />
  <row Id="5314" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3035" RevisionGUID="946d196d-6a69-4a76-9954-7e695268e159" CreationDate="2009-05-02T10:56:11.197" UserId="1293" Comment="clarified" Text="Try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    setfacl -Rm u:foo:rwX,d:u:foo:rwX test&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to modify the current ACL as well as the default. I believe &quot;d:&quot; only affects the (d)efault ACL of directories and leaves files untouched. Then, if you create a **new** file in the directory, it inherits the ACL of its parent directory via the default." />
  <row Id="5315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3085" RevisionGUID="34995517-9ac6-458f-a1af-0943eaf993bf" CreationDate="2009-05-02T11:01:51.607" UserId="1616" Text="Apart from [Open Office][1] that others have metioned there is [Google Docs][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actually MS do offer pretty deep discounts for Charities and some not-for-profits, in Ireland and other places.  See - [here][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.openoffice.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://docs.google.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.microsoft.com/ireland/sam/what_basics_licensingWhat.mspx#academic" />
  <row Id="5316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3086" RevisionGUID="ddbd0cf2-a219-4217-b721-fd9b9bd825fd" CreationDate="2009-05-02T11:02:26.113" UserId="216" Text="This sounds like an MTU problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's likely something between you and those sites that doesn't support the typical 1500 byte MTU, and on top of that probably a firewall blocking the ICMP packets that are used for &quot;Path MTU Discovery&quot;, so your end can't tell that the normal MTU can't be used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try a traceroute, and then for each hop in turn, try sending a large ping packet (1492 bytes) and see if any of those hops refuse to return the packet.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3088" RevisionGUID="c79edcc2-f95a-42ba-9e9b-c462b692ebb5" CreationDate="2009-05-02T11:03:51.180" UserId="1078" Text="Although not stable enough for everyday usage yet, [ReactOS][1] is going to be a fantastic option for such organizations when it reaches a more mature codebase.. It is a Windows clone, so anyone familiar with MS Windows will understand it instantly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.reactos.org" />
  <row Id="5320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3089" RevisionGUID="f72be0d4-782e-4de9-afdb-3a86fdc26289" CreationDate="2009-05-02T11:06:09.443" UserId="1605" Text="I have a simple script:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;?php&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      $dbhost = 'localhost';&#xD;&#xA;      $dbuser = 'root';&#xD;&#xA;      $dbpass = 'password';&#xD;&#xA;      $db = 'BPOJob';&#xD;&#xA;      $file =dirname(__FILE__).'\\'.'job_create.sql';&#xD;&#xA;      $mySQLDir='&quot;C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\mysql.exe&quot;';     &#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;      $cmd = $mySQLDir.' -h '.$dbhost.' --user='.$dbuser.' --password='.$dbpass.' &lt; &quot;'.$file.'&quot;';&#xD;&#xA;    	   	&#xD;&#xA;       exec($mySQLDir,$out,$retval);&#xD;&#xA;       echo &quot;\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    echo ($retval);&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ?&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The thing is when I run the above command in PHP.exe, it doesn't work; I got a 1 as a return value from exec.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But if I run the command line directly by calling&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysql.exe -h localhost --user=admin --password=password &lt; job_create.sql&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then the .sql file can run. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anything I miss?" />
  <row Id="5321" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3089" RevisionGUID="f72be0d4-782e-4de9-afdb-3a86fdc26289" CreationDate="2009-05-02T11:06:09.443" UserId="1605" Text="Calling MySQL exe using PHP exec doesn’t work" />
  <row Id="5322" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3089" RevisionGUID="f72be0d4-782e-4de9-afdb-3a86fdc26289" CreationDate="2009-05-02T11:06:09.443" UserId="1605" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;" />
  <row Id="5323" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="754" RevisionGUID="9af76fbc-c543-4e3c-9958-235229360ab7" CreationDate="2009-05-02T11:10:55.030" UserId="615" Comment="added 77 characters in body" Text="It doesn't matter what is going to be around in 2015. Nobody can predict future but you shouldn't buy into proprietary platforms that are offered by single vendor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Amazon EC2** is good candidate to deploy your application on because Amazon compatible services can be easily (and will be) provided by other companies as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Google App Engine** is very bad candidate because there is not going to be compatible product from other company for very long time if ever. It's just too proprietary and Google doesn't plan to release their technology.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Windows Azure** is not looking as bad as Google App Engine. Although it's still going to be hosted exclusively by Microsoft, it might be possible for other companies to come up with very compatible cloud service. After all, core pieces of Windows Azure are based on  well known SQL Server, IIS and .NET framework stack." />
  <row Id="5324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3090" RevisionGUID="ebe8bac6-70b8-4929-8eaa-f3029d26f4ed" CreationDate="2009-05-02T11:14:59.607" UserId="1616" Text="Vista should be setup to get time from your domain controller by default.  You shouldn't set a client to sync with a sntp time server, only the DC with the PDC role should do this (and will be configured by default to sync with the sntp server time.windows.com).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the vista PCs are not getting the correct time it could be that they are too far out of sync, in which case the time service decides it's safer not to interfere (if it's more than a few minutes out).  This can arise because you don't have PCs in the correct time zone." />
  <row Id="5325" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3091" RevisionGUID="58da0dbc-3301-4ea7-a093-3dabf5cc6530" CreationDate="2009-05-02T11:20:01.950" UserId="1218" Text="Hm, shouldn't you exec $cmd instead of $mySQLDir?" />
  <row Id="5326" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="754" RevisionGUID="fa6772e4-c225-4008-ad4e-f74931ed45b6" CreationDate="2009-05-02T11:21:30.763" UserId="615" Comment="added 77 characters in body" Text="It doesn't matter what is going to be around in 2015. Nobody can predict future but you shouldn't buy into proprietary platforms that are offered by single vendor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Amazon EC2** is good candidate to deploy your application on because Amazon compatible services [can be easily][1] provided by other companies as well. Even if you will want to host your application on your own servers at some point, it won't be a big problem. Amazon EC2 is practically zero lock-in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Google App Engine** is just bad candidate because there is not going to be compatible product from other company for very long time if ever. It's just too proprietary and Google doesn't plan to release their technology. To me it's 100% lock-in and if you decide to move somewhere else, it will be impossible without massive rewrite. I would be very surprised if any ambitious and big project would bet on GAE.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Windows Azure** is not looking as bad as Google App Engine. Although it's still going to be hosted exclusively by Microsoft, [it might be possible][2] for other companies to come up with (almost) compatible cloud service. After all, core pieces of Windows Azure are based on well known SQL Server, IIS and .NET framework stack.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.slicehost.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mosso.com/cloud.jsp" />
  <row Id="5327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3092" RevisionGUID="5dce52d9-4675-4ec4-ab92-a1cd1f1c8219" CreationDate="2009-05-02T11:33:57.550" UserId="216" Text="The spaces in the command line are probably being treated as separators, so it's actually trying to run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    c:\program&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;with arguments:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    files ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try enclosing the whole of the executable path in double-quotes as it's passed to `exec()`, so that the windows shell knows that it's supposed to be one word." />
  <row Id="5328" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3041" RevisionGUID="b6645b89-0671-414a-82a4-a7585bb464f2" CreationDate="2009-05-02T11:40:09.267" UserId="1496" Comment="added 234 characters in body" Text="Unfortunately, there is no such driver (or if there is the author(s) chose not to publish.) All the existing drivers are of questionable quality - I have had data corruption issues with all of them. I would stick with ntfs-3g.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Just to clarify - by &quot;all the existing drivers&quot; I *do* mean **all** the existing drivers. That includes the commercial ones. None handle all common scenarios correctly (such as proper journal replay, unclean shutdowns, etc.)" />
  <row Id="5330" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3094" RevisionGUID="8069a235-382d-4ba5-aa4e-fdaad23d0724" CreationDate="2009-05-02T11:50:31.910" UserId="1293" Text="A cordless power screwdriver really makes a difference when you have a lot of screws to turn.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Occasionally, I find a set of Torx bits handy. Also, once in a while a set of security bits comes to the rescue." />
  <row Id="5331" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3089" RevisionGUID="289958b5-d12f-46f7-b19c-6973f4bf0b9f" CreationDate="2009-05-02T11:51:16.853" UserId="1605" Comment="added 76 characters in body" Text="I have a simple script:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;?php&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      $dbhost = 'localhost';&#xD;&#xA;      $dbuser = 'root';&#xD;&#xA;      $dbpass = 'password';&#xD;&#xA;      $db = 'BPOJob';&#xD;&#xA;      $file =dirname(__FILE__).'\\'.'job_create.sql';&#xD;&#xA;      $mySQLDir='&quot;C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\mysql.exe&quot;';     &#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;      $cmd = $mySQLDir.' -h '.$dbhost.' --user='.$dbuser.' --password='.$dbpass.' &lt; &quot;'.$file.'&quot;';&#xD;&#xA;    	   	&#xD;&#xA;       exec($cmd,$out,$retval);&#xD;&#xA;       echo &quot;\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    echo ($retval);&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ?&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The thing is when I run the above command in PHP.exe, it doesn't work; I got a 1 as a return value from exec.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But if I run the command line directly by calling&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysql.exe -h localhost --user=admin --password=password &lt; job_create.sql&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then the .sql file can run. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anything I miss?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit: Sorry! Wrong info. I have edited the question and it's still valid.**" />
  <row Id="5332" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="2891" RevisionGUID="e921f22b-7f1a-4e6e-b0ff-d49d05c00323" CreationDate="2009-05-02T11:56:35.327" UserId="1393" Comment="improved question" Text="What do local IT support personnel need from a program that addresses green computing?" />
  <row Id="5333" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3091" RevisionGUID="ad58ed21-4615-4f30-9b53-bf964c85cd62" CreationDate="2009-05-02T11:58:13.343" UserId="1218" Comment="added 56 characters in body" Text="Hm, shouldn't you exec $cmd instead of $mySQLDir?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Try to echo $cmd maybe you could see an error." />
  <row Id="5334" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3095" RevisionGUID="1f07a671-dd22-40e2-bf36-8e4d2eb8ecdf" CreationDate="2009-05-02T12:18:24.790" UserId="1435" Text="For HP servers you can't beat their Systems Insight Manager (SIM), lots of lovely low-level counters and alerts etc., not a bad GUI either and the link to your support contract is worth the effort on its own." />
  <row Id="5335" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3096" RevisionGUID="904921df-67d2-403c-8ed8-2b3d077597e0" CreationDate="2009-05-02T12:20:39.870" UserId="1426" Text="I was able to hand a laptop with a default Ubuntu 8.10 install to a friend who is an average computer user to use in college while her laptop was getting fixed. She was able to do most tasks, although she couldn't figure out how to get Java installed, and had issues getting footnotes to work in OpenOffice. Email, internet, viewing powerpoint, and instant messaging was no problem. Ubuntu and OpenOffice should work fine, but you may want to check and see if someone from a local Linux user group would be willing to give an hour or two of training to the people working at the non profit to ease there learning curve." />
  <row Id="5339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3098" RevisionGUID="ceb88f06-b18f-43d5-8bf5-8792fd39cd3b" CreationDate="2009-05-02T12:24:05.167" UserId="1605" Text="I found the solution: you need to explicitly enclosed the `$cmd` in quote:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     exec('&quot;'.$cmd.'&quot;',$out ,$retval);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the full script, for your reference:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;?php&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      $dbhost = 'localhost';&#xD;&#xA;      $dbuser = 'root';&#xD;&#xA;      $dbpass = 'password';&#xD;&#xA;      $db = 'BPOJob';&#xD;&#xA;      $file =dirname(__FILE__).'\\'.'job_create.sql';&#xD;&#xA;      $mySQLDir='&quot;C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\mysql.exe&quot;';     &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      $cmd = $mySQLDir.' -h '.$dbhost.' --user='.$dbuser.' --password='.$dbpass.' &lt; &quot;'.$file.'&quot;';&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       exec('&quot;'.$cmd.'&quot;',$out,$retval);&#xD;&#xA;       echo &quot;\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    echo ($retval);&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ?&gt;" />
  <row Id="5340" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3099" RevisionGUID="25a34a8f-ce95-4e5d-80ca-296721c76a01" CreationDate="2009-05-02T12:26:52.353" UserId="1435" Text="The one tool I can't live without is Visio (combined with a million downloaded system-specific shapes from visiocafe.com)." />
  <row Id="5341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3100" RevisionGUID="a9804830-f2f4-4001-bdd2-d1efb3ad194d" CreationDate="2009-05-02T12:32:16.693" UserId="1435" Text="Might not fit your bill but what about an iMac? decent enough 64-bit processor, 8GB memory, nice screen, pretty - runs OSX, Windows, Linux all at the same time. Just a thought anyway." />
  <row Id="5342" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="815" RevisionGUID="15d5a1f2-d72d-4205-805b-2e2c8d2044a9" CreationDate="2009-05-02T12:50:15.637" UserId="640" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;routing&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="5344" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="815" RevisionGUID="948bb014-cec6-499d-9a13-c08011edd779" CreationDate="2009-05-02T13:09:42.203" UserId="640" Comment="Added model numbers" Text="I have a run of the mill router/firewall set up for my small company's Internet access. I've also added a separate VPN (IPSec) gateway using a Netgear VPN router. The main gateway and VPN gateway have separate public IP addresses, and the VPN clients have a different subnet from the home office LAN (which is just how the Netgear works - I can't put them on the same subnet as everyone else).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that traffic between LAN PCs and VPN clients doesn't route correctly. LAN clients can ping VPN clients, but VPN clients cannot ping LAN clients (using Wireshark I see the ping gets to the client, but the client cannot respond).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a routing entry on the main gateway to point all traffic to the VPN subnet to the VPN gateway. However, that doesn't seem to do the trick. The only solution I've found is to add a static routing entry on the all the PCs on the LAN to point them to the VPN gateway for its subnet. However, this doesn't work for embedded devices that don't allow you to do static routing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What am I doing wrong?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are the IPs/subnets in question (the public addresses are faked for the sake of privacy):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;LAN: 192.168.0.0&#xD;&#xA;VPN clients: 192.168.1.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;LAN Gateway: 192.168.0.1 (WAN: 1.1.1.1)&#xD;&#xA;VPN Gateway: 192.168.0.2 (WAN: 1.1.1.2)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The LAN Gatway has a route for 192.168.1.0 -&gt; 192.168.0.2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have partial success with each PC having a static route for 192.168.1.0 -&gt; 192.168.0.2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The VPN gateway is a Netgear ProSafe VPN Firewall [FVS338][1], and the main gateway is an Actiontec [MI424-WR][2] (for Verizon FiOS).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.netgear.com/Products/VPNandSSL/WiredVPNFirewallRouters/FVS338.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.actiontec.com/support/product_details.php?pid=41&amp;typ=all" />
  <row Id="5345" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3101" RevisionGUID="56615f15-d8a3-4edd-b77a-20b48fa45527" CreationDate="2009-05-02T13:28:42.593" UserId="640" Text="We outsource our email using exchangemymail.com. They have POP3 access, but it requires SSL. Our CRM system has a mail sweeper that only supports regular POP3. How can I bridge the gap between secure and insecure POP3 so that I can sweep a mail account on our outsourced server using the CRM system?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there an app that can do this? Or is there a free email service out there that supports standard (insecure) POP3?" />
  <row Id="5346" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3101" RevisionGUID="56615f15-d8a3-4edd-b77a-20b48fa45527" CreationDate="2009-05-02T13:28:42.593" UserId="640" Text="Getting POP3-SSL using a POP3 client" />
  <row Id="5347" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3101" RevisionGUID="56615f15-d8a3-4edd-b77a-20b48fa45527" CreationDate="2009-05-02T13:28:42.593" UserId="640" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;pop3&gt;&lt;pop3-ssl&gt;" />
  <row Id="5348" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3102" RevisionGUID="69c5723e-a9ce-48a5-abad-4d3cdf904fa3" CreationDate="2009-05-02T13:33:53.237" UserId="216" Text="Take a look at [`perdition`][1] - you can use it to gateway POP3 and IMAP servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'd need to run it somewhere, and point your CRM system at that, and then perdition would talk to the real SSL encrypted POP3 service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It should cope quite happily with a clear channel between you and itself, and an encrypted channel between itself and the real server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vergenet.net/linux/perdition/" />
  <row Id="5349" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3103" RevisionGUID="cc962f52-d9f3-4200-bd5a-c0cf0d5d1d5d" CreationDate="2009-05-02T13:43:29.173" UserId="1070" Text="The `top` command on OS X is pretty crappy.. The one included with most Linux distros allows you to change the sort-by column using `&lt;` and `&gt;`, there is a coloured mode (by pressing the `z` key), and a bunch of other useful options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a replacement command line tool? Ideally I would like `htop` for OS X, but because it relies on the `/proc/` filesystem ([see this thread][1]) it has not been ported (and probably will never be)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The obvious answer is &quot;Activity Monitor&quot;, but I'm looking for a command line tool!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://groups.google.ca/group/comp.sys.mac.apps/browse_thread/thread/9660e7ed7cb14955" />
  <row Id="5350" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3103" RevisionGUID="cc962f52-d9f3-4200-bd5a-c0cf0d5d1d5d" CreationDate="2009-05-02T13:43:29.173" UserId="1070" Text="A better &quot;top&quot; command for Mac OS X?" />
  <row Id="5351" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3103" RevisionGUID="cc962f52-d9f3-4200-bd5a-c0cf0d5d1d5d" CreationDate="2009-05-02T13:43:29.173" UserId="1070" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="5352" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3104" RevisionGUID="33a78b1f-2fac-4102-b77e-e081df5d95ac" CreationDate="2009-05-02T13:55:28.833" UserId="1070" Text="Is there a script that will show memory usage as a graph, for example as a pie-chart, with each process being being a separate slice?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not looking for something like [Munin](http://munin.ping.uio.no/ping.uio.no/bimbo.ping.uio.no-memory.html) to graph memory usage over time, but rather show the memory usage per-process at a single point in time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To make my request even more obscure, it is for a headless server (so no X applications). The simplest way would be to write a PNG file, or possibly an HTML file (which could use Javascript to allow the filtering of processes, changing between graph-types and so on)" />
  <row Id="5353" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3104" RevisionGUID="33a78b1f-2fac-4102-b77e-e081df5d95ac" CreationDate="2009-05-02T13:55:28.833" UserId="1070" Text="Simple tool to graph memory usage?" />
  <row Id="5354" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3104" RevisionGUID="33a78b1f-2fac-4102-b77e-e081df5d95ac" CreationDate="2009-05-02T13:55:28.833" UserId="1070" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;memory&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="5355" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3105" RevisionGUID="ef1368ab-6729-4b71-998e-9ce06e303578" CreationDate="2009-05-02T13:56:36.070" UserId="942" Text="We use [stunnel][1] for Gmail's POP3S service, works like a charm. Here's a sample config:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;# stunnel.conf&#xD;&#xA;[pop3s]&#xD;&#xA;accept  = LOCALPORT&#xD;&#xA;connect = SECURESERVER:PORT&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you point your CRM the LOCALPORT you define.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.stunnel.org/" />
  <row Id="5356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3106" RevisionGUID="da2972c5-ab7c-4798-ba75-ed45e2c0c8f4" CreationDate="2009-05-02T13:57:54.973" UserId="1634" Text="I have installed Apache 2.2 on my Mac OS X 10.4 machine, from source.  Now, I want to download/add/install/enable modules.  For example, I'd like libphp5, mod_rewrite, etc.  How would I go about finding and adding these modules to my installation?" />
  <row Id="5357" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3106" RevisionGUID="da2972c5-ab7c-4798-ba75-ed45e2c0c8f4" CreationDate="2009-05-02T13:57:54.973" UserId="1634" Text="How do I install Apache modules?" />
  <row Id="5358" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3106" RevisionGUID="da2972c5-ab7c-4798-ba75-ed45e2c0c8f4" CreationDate="2009-05-02T13:57:54.973" UserId="1634" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;modules&gt;" />
  <row Id="5359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3107" RevisionGUID="ada870cc-ea3f-44bd-8ca8-f1f5be53f213" CreationDate="2009-05-02T13:59:56.327" UserId="1361" Text="Been wondering about this - you are right, most of the LDAP guides focus on LDAP being used as a directory for access control. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any significant reason not to store the data in a normal SQL database? you would be able to access it from anywhere meaningful, and the real reason for using a directory over a database is a directory tends to be more write-oriented, lends itself more to a hierarchical structure (non-relational data) and is easier to replicate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking at the data you're wanting to store, it seems that it would be prone to updates fairly often and may be somewhat more relational than directory data (for example, linking multiple contact details to a company or website) - so a normal relational database may be more effective and easier to implement (and documentation and examples for working with it are easily available)" />
  <row Id="5360" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3108" RevisionGUID="c2b7a591-23dd-4d20-9f98-fafc1554ab00" CreationDate="2009-05-02T14:03:52.917" UserId="942" Text="I second the suggestions for OpenOffice. It's great if you install it on all PCs (not so great for collaborating with other MS Office users).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For KDE there's [KOffice][2], and GNOME has [its suite][3] too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's also the Office 2007 look-alike [Lotus Symphony][1], if the PCs can handle that resource pig.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://symphony.lotus.com/&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://www.koffice.org/&#xD;&#xA;[3]:http://live.gnome.org/GnomeOffice" />
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  <row Id="5363" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3103" RevisionGUID="ba315fd6-14b0-4b2d-94dd-cae9a83b98b8" CreationDate="2009-05-02T14:06:43.937" UserId="48" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;terminal&gt;" />
  <row Id="5364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3109" RevisionGUID="fd4de6e2-e128-4fe4-a0ac-1333e9a276a5" CreationDate="2009-05-02T14:09:26.117" UserId="1218" Text="You have to use [apxs][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; apxs is a tool for building and installing extension modules for the Apache HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server. This is achieved by building a dynamic shared object (DSO) from one or more source or object files which then can be loaded into the Apache server under runtime via the LoadModule directive from mod_so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sure there are a lot of howtos depending on which module you want to install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/programs/apxs.html" />
  <row Id="5365" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3110" RevisionGUID="3e81734a-3d6e-4354-9afd-8502ee237b28" CreationDate="2009-05-02T14:12:13.003" UserId="942" Text="Paper and pencil. Nothing beats that :)" />
  <row Id="5366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3111" RevisionGUID="154265f5-0b17-4587-8ad4-f267762be226" CreationDate="2009-05-02T14:17:08.063" UserId="667" Text="Windows provides the ability to redirect specific user folders to server locations, using a group policy extension called [Folder Redirection][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The [Wikipedia article][2] and [Microsoft's marketing page][3] for Windows Home Server suggests a tons of great features, but I don't see anything about specifically about Folder Redirection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I currently run a domain controller in the home so that I can push the folder redirection group policy down to all PCs.  Windows Home Server looks like a better fit, but I'd hate to give up on the ease of folder redirection to automatically save all documents, music, pictures to the file server.  Any thoughts?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/232692&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Home_Server&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/windowshomeserver/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="5367" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3111" RevisionGUID="154265f5-0b17-4587-8ad4-f267762be226" CreationDate="2009-05-02T14:17:08.063" UserId="667" Text="Does Windows Home Server support folder redirection?" />
  <row Id="5368" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3111" RevisionGUID="154265f5-0b17-4587-8ad4-f267762be226" CreationDate="2009-05-02T14:17:08.063" UserId="667" Text="&lt;windows-home-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="5369" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="3066" RevisionGUID="9cb88f30-d77d-42e0-a80d-53b8ea56c660" CreationDate="2009-05-02T14:17:48.810" UserId="1605" Comment="edited title" Text="Cannot delete an existing service using sc command: Error: The Specified service does not exist as an installed service" />
  <row Id="5370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3112" RevisionGUID="7f6af8e2-f025-4647-9996-87b3f632ffd6" CreationDate="2009-05-02T14:19:09.477" UserId="812" Text="We use [hyperic][1], it is an open source application, but there is a commercial product as well if you want. It also monitors the operating system, web servers etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://hyperic-hq.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="5371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3113" RevisionGUID="ce5b7f94-45e5-42b7-99c6-e0f7541e54d5" CreationDate="2009-05-02T14:22:30.173" UserId="1361" Text="Can't think of anything off the shelf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;however, a combo of a PHP script exec'ing *ps -AH v | awk '{ print $8,$9,$10}'* and using that with pChart[1] could give you a web page that would do what you are looking for? (usage in Kb, percentage of total and process name)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1] http://pchart.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5372" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3114" RevisionGUID="6976e20e-bdba-4f2b-8730-cd2da17401f2" CreationDate="2009-05-02T14:23:02.527" UserId="942" Text="[This][1] isn't exactly what you're looking for, but perhaps you can adapt it to your needs using [this reference][2] (look for &quot;Per Process Memory Usage&quot;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://linuxshellaccount.blogspot.com/2008/01/free-memory-graph-generation-with-perl.html&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://www.freshblurbs.com/how-profile-memory-linux" />
  <row Id="5373" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3098" RevisionGUID="a92c477e-5e29-4708-994e-85b1141a4548" CreationDate="2009-05-02T14:24:48.777" UserId="1605" Comment="added 93 characters in body" Text="[I found the solution][1]: you need to explicitly enclosed the `$cmd` in quote:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     exec('&quot;'.$cmd.'&quot;',$out ,$retval);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the full script, for your reference:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;?php&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      $dbhost = 'localhost';&#xD;&#xA;      $dbuser = 'root';&#xD;&#xA;      $dbpass = 'password';&#xD;&#xA;      $db = 'BPOJob';&#xD;&#xA;      $file =dirname(__FILE__).'\\'.'job_create.sql';&#xD;&#xA;      $mySQLDir='&quot;C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\mysql.exe&quot;';     &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      $cmd = $mySQLDir.' -h '.$dbhost.' --user='.$dbuser.' --password='.$dbpass.' &lt; &quot;'.$file.'&quot;';&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       exec('&quot;'.$cmd.'&quot;',$out,$retval);&#xD;&#xA;       echo &quot;\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    echo ($retval);&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ?&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://itscommonsensestupid.blogspot.com/2009/05/run-sql-file-from-php.html" />
  <row Id="5374" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="3066" RevisionGUID="1dfaf6f9-1fab-434e-86a9-49e1097c45ef" CreationDate="2009-05-02T14:26:05.890" UserId="1605" Comment="edited title" Text="Cannot delete an existing service using sc command: The Specified service does not exist as an installed service" />
  <row Id="5375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3115" RevisionGUID="58fd1dec-70c4-4999-9d7b-b66adc98e815" CreationDate="2009-05-02T14:31:42.193" UserId="1605" Text="[Google Docs][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's free, it's web based ( no installation). Although it doesn't have a lot of fanciful features Microsoft office has, but it's more than enough for office use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use Google Docs to write my specification, do my spreadsheet, create my presentation. It works very well. Oh, no to mention that now you can access your documents from anywhere, as long as you have a fairly modern browser and Internet connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://docs.google.com" />
  <row Id="5376" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2447" RevisionGUID="a245d5e0-c60d-4aff-837a-b30859182e4a" CreationDate="2009-05-02T14:35:27.723" UserId="224" Comment="Added traceroute and ping results" Text="For a long time now I've had a very strange problem with my wi-fi network at home. I have a [BT Voyager 2100 ADSL modem][1] and an iMac, ageing PowerBook and a PC that connect to it wirelessly. The problem is that I can never access a small number of certain websites because they always time out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's nothing apparent that connects these websites in any way. Three examples that I've come across are adobe.com, www.portsmouthguildhall.co.uk (a local venue) and subtraction.com (a blog). If I ping the sites then it's fine, there are no timeouts. In fact, I used to be able to access subtraction.com and can still get its RSS feed. I just can't view the site in a web browser any more. This is a very isolated problem&amp;mdash;for the majority of my Internet use everything works fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's clearly not a problem with the individual computers because they all have this problem, so it must be a problem downstream with my router or even ISP. I've upgraded the router to the latest firmware and tried resetting it, but it didn't fix the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I even diagnose where the problem is? I'm at a loss as to know where to start! Are there any UNIX networking commands that I can use (I have Mac OS X)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for any help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT: Following Alnitak's suggestion, I tried a traceroute and ping with adobe.com. As you can see, the traceroute never gets there:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ traceroute adobe.com&#xD;&#xA;    traceroute to adobe.com (192.150.18.117), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets&#xD;&#xA;     1  voyager.home (192.168.1.1)  1.975 ms  1.505 ms  1.574 ms&#xD;&#xA;     2  lo0-plusnet.ptn-ag2.plus.net (195.166.128.53)  28.476 ms  47.139 ms  28.036 ms&#xD;&#xA;     3  ge0-0-0-204.ptn-gw02.plus.net (84.92.3.93)  28.520 ms  37.297 ms  33.186 ms&#xD;&#xA;     4  te2-2.pte-gw2.plus.net (212.159.1.106)  35.670 ms  36.262 ms  34.995 ms&#xD;&#xA;     5  80.239.193.141 (80.239.193.141)  33.932 ms  28.600 ms  28.764 ms&#xD;&#xA;     6  ldn-bb1-link.telia.net (80.91.248.90)  29.649 ms  28.149 ms  30.857 ms&#xD;&#xA;     7  ldn-b5-link.telia.net (80.91.249.178)  27.991 ms  28.014 ms  28.490 ms&#xD;&#xA;     8  verio-129583-ldn-b5.telia.net (213.248.100.50)  28.468 ms  29.286 ms  31.702 ms&#xD;&#xA;     9  ae-1.r23.londen03.uk.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.5.237)  30.871 ms  29.295 ms ae-1.r22.londen03.uk.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.5.233)  28.614 ms&#xD;&#xA;    10  ae-0.r22.londen03.uk.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.4.85)  29.732 ms as-0.r20.nycmny01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.3.254)  108.909 ms ae-0.r22.londen03.uk.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.4.85)  28.505 ms&#xD;&#xA;    11  ae-0.r21.nycmny01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.26)  109.164 ms as-0.r20.nycmny01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.3.254)  104.860 ms ae-0.r21.nycmny01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.26)  111.253 ms&#xD;&#xA;    12  as-0.r20.asbnva02.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.9)  104.777 ms ae-0.r21.nycmny01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.26)  109.973 ms as-0.r20.asbnva02.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.9)  108.774 ms&#xD;&#xA;    13  as-0.r20.asbnva02.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.9)  103.691 ms ae-3.r21.asbnva01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.128)  104.958 ms as-0.r20.asbnva02.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.9)  104.455 ms&#xD;&#xA;    14  as-3.r20.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.167)  197.595 ms ae-3.r21.asbnva01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.128)  105.027 ms  106.565 ms&#xD;&#xA;    15  * as-3.r20.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.167)  179.946 ms *&#xD;&#xA;    16  * te-5-3.r02.snjsca04.us.ce.gin.ntt.net (128.241.219.86)  176.374 ms *&#xD;&#xA;    17  * * te-5-3.r02.snjsca04.us.ce.gin.ntt.net (128.241.219.86)  189.724 ms&#xD;&#xA;    18  * * *&#xD;&#xA;    19  * * *&#xD;&#xA;    20  * * *&#xD;&#xA;    ^C&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;mdash;And the ping starts to show packet loss:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ping -s 1492 as-3.r20.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net&#xD;&#xA;    PING as-3.r20.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.167): 1492 data bytes&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 129.250.2.167: icmp_seq=0 ttl=55 time=214.555 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 129.250.2.167: icmp_seq=1 ttl=55 time=215.339 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 129.250.2.167: icmp_seq=2 ttl=55 time=221.211 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 129.250.2.167: icmp_seq=3 ttl=55 time=224.296 ms&#xD;&#xA;    ^C&#xD;&#xA;    --- as-3.r20.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net ping statistics ---&#xD;&#xA;    4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss&#xD;&#xA;    round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 214.555/218.850/224.296/4.062 ms&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ping -s 1492 as-3.r20.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net&#xD;&#xA;    PING as-3.r20.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.167): 1492 data bytes&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 129.250.2.167: icmp_seq=0 ttl=55 time=299.852 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 129.250.2.167: icmp_seq=1 ttl=55 time=326.598 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 129.250.2.167: icmp_seq=2 ttl=55 time=243.278 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 129.250.2.167: icmp_seq=3 ttl=55 time=214.610 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 129.250.2.167: icmp_seq=4 ttl=55 time=232.900 ms&#xD;&#xA;    ^C&#xD;&#xA;    --- as-3.r20.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net ping statistics ---&#xD;&#xA;    5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss&#xD;&#xA;    round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 214.610/263.448/326.598/42.517 ms&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ping -s 1492 te-5-3.r02.snjsca04.us.ce.gin.ntt.net&#xD;&#xA;    PING te-5-3.r02.snjsca04.us.ce.gin.ntt.net (128.241.219.86): 1492 data bytes&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 128.241.219.86: icmp_seq=0 ttl=245 time=349.851 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 128.241.219.86: icmp_seq=1 ttl=245 time=270.748 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 128.241.219.86: icmp_seq=2 ttl=245 time=334.406 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 128.241.219.86: icmp_seq=3 ttl=245 time=220.046 ms&#xD;&#xA;    ^C&#xD;&#xA;    --- te-5-3.r02.snjsca04.us.ce.gin.ntt.net ping statistics ---&#xD;&#xA;    4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss&#xD;&#xA;    round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 220.046/293.763/349.851/51.869 ms&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ping -s 1492 te-5-3.r02.snjsca04.us.ce.gin.ntt.net&#xD;&#xA;    PING te-5-3.r02.snjsca04.us.ce.gin.ntt.net (128.241.219.86): 1492 data bytes&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 128.241.219.86: icmp_seq=0 ttl=245 time=472.908 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 128.241.219.86: icmp_seq=1 ttl=245 time=228.290 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 128.241.219.86: icmp_seq=2 ttl=245 time=231.048 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 128.241.219.86: icmp_seq=3 ttl=245 time=229.906 ms&#xD;&#xA;    ^C&#xD;&#xA;    --- te-5-3.r02.snjsca04.us.ce.gin.ntt.net ping statistics ---&#xD;&#xA;    5 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 20% packet loss&#xD;&#xA;    round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 228.290/290.538/472.908/105.296 ms&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.voyager.bt.com/wireless_devices/voyager_2100/product_info.htm" />
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  <row Id="5380" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2447" RevisionGUID="869a0c04-2f49-47a4-b47d-ec34c47a5b4c" CreationDate="2009-05-02T14:45:33.953" UserId="224" Comment="added 49 characters in body" Text="For a long time now I've had a very strange problem with my wi-fi network at home. I have a [BT Voyager 2100 ADSL modem][1] and an iMac, ageing PowerBook and a PC that connect to it wirelessly. The problem is that I can never access a small number of certain websites because they always time out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's nothing apparent that connects these websites in any way. Three examples that I've come across are adobe.com, www.portsmouthguildhall.co.uk (a local venue) and subtraction.com (a blog). If I ping the sites then it's fine, there are no timeouts. In fact, I used to be able to access subtraction.com and can still get its RSS feed. I just can't view the site in a web browser any more. This is a very isolated problem&amp;mdash;for the majority of my Internet use everything works fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's clearly not a problem with the individual computers because they all have this problem, so it must be a problem downstream with my router or even ISP. I've upgraded the router to the latest firmware and tried resetting it, but it didn't fix the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I even diagnose where the problem is? I'm at a loss as to know where to start! Are there any UNIX networking commands that I can use (I have Mac OS X)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for any help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT: Following Alnitak's suggestion, I tried a traceroute and ping with adobe.com. As you can see, the traceroute never gets there:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ traceroute adobe.com&#xD;&#xA;    traceroute to adobe.com (192.150.18.117), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets&#xD;&#xA;     1  voyager.home (192.168.1.1)  1.975 ms  1.505 ms  1.574 ms&#xD;&#xA;     2  lo0-plusnet.ptn-ag2.plus.net (195.166.128.53)  28.476 ms  47.139 ms  28.036 ms&#xD;&#xA;     3  ge0-0-0-204.ptn-gw02.plus.net (84.92.3.93)  28.520 ms  37.297 ms  33.186 ms&#xD;&#xA;     4  te2-2.pte-gw2.plus.net (212.159.1.106)  35.670 ms  36.262 ms  34.995 ms&#xD;&#xA;     5  80.239.193.141 (80.239.193.141)  33.932 ms  28.600 ms  28.764 ms&#xD;&#xA;     6  ldn-bb1-link.telia.net (80.91.248.90)  29.649 ms  28.149 ms  30.857 ms&#xD;&#xA;     7  ldn-b5-link.telia.net (80.91.249.178)  27.991 ms  28.014 ms  28.490 ms&#xD;&#xA;     8  verio-129583-ldn-b5.telia.net (213.248.100.50)  28.468 ms  29.286 ms  31.702 ms&#xD;&#xA;     9  ae-1.r23.londen03.uk.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.5.237)  30.871 ms  29.295 ms ae-1.r22.londen03.uk.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.5.233)  28.614 ms&#xD;&#xA;    10  ae-0.r22.londen03.uk.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.4.85)  29.732 ms as-0.r20.nycmny01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.3.254)  108.909 ms ae-0.r22.londen03.uk.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.4.85)  28.505 ms&#xD;&#xA;    11  ae-0.r21.nycmny01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.26)  109.164 ms as-0.r20.nycmny01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.3.254)  104.860 ms ae-0.r21.nycmny01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.26)  111.253 ms&#xD;&#xA;    12  as-0.r20.asbnva02.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.9)  104.777 ms ae-0.r21.nycmny01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.26)  109.973 ms as-0.r20.asbnva02.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.9)  108.774 ms&#xD;&#xA;    13  as-0.r20.asbnva02.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.9)  103.691 ms ae-3.r21.asbnva01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.128)  104.958 ms as-0.r20.asbnva02.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.9)  104.455 ms&#xD;&#xA;    14  as-3.r20.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.167)  197.595 ms ae-3.r21.asbnva01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.128)  105.027 ms  106.565 ms&#xD;&#xA;    15  * as-3.r20.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.167)  179.946 ms *&#xD;&#xA;    16  * te-5-3.r02.snjsca04.us.ce.gin.ntt.net (128.241.219.86)  176.374 ms *&#xD;&#xA;    17  * * te-5-3.r02.snjsca04.us.ce.gin.ntt.net (128.241.219.86)  189.724 ms&#xD;&#xA;    18  * * *&#xD;&#xA;    19  * * *&#xD;&#xA;    20  * * *&#xD;&#xA;    ^C&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;mdash;Now trying a ping from hop 14 onwards. As you can see, the last ping has 20% packet loss:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ping -s 1492 as-3.r20.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net&#xD;&#xA;    PING as-3.r20.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.167): 1492 data bytes&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 129.250.2.167: icmp_seq=0 ttl=55 time=214.555 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 129.250.2.167: icmp_seq=1 ttl=55 time=215.339 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 129.250.2.167: icmp_seq=2 ttl=55 time=221.211 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 129.250.2.167: icmp_seq=3 ttl=55 time=224.296 ms&#xD;&#xA;    ^C&#xD;&#xA;    --- as-3.r20.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net ping statistics ---&#xD;&#xA;    4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss&#xD;&#xA;    round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 214.555/218.850/224.296/4.062 ms&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ping -s 1492 as-3.r20.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net&#xD;&#xA;    PING as-3.r20.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.167): 1492 data bytes&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 129.250.2.167: icmp_seq=0 ttl=55 time=299.852 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 129.250.2.167: icmp_seq=1 ttl=55 time=326.598 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 129.250.2.167: icmp_seq=2 ttl=55 time=243.278 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 129.250.2.167: icmp_seq=3 ttl=55 time=214.610 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 129.250.2.167: icmp_seq=4 ttl=55 time=232.900 ms&#xD;&#xA;    ^C&#xD;&#xA;    --- as-3.r20.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net ping statistics ---&#xD;&#xA;    5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss&#xD;&#xA;    round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 214.610/263.448/326.598/42.517 ms&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ping -s 1492 te-5-3.r02.snjsca04.us.ce.gin.ntt.net&#xD;&#xA;    PING te-5-3.r02.snjsca04.us.ce.gin.ntt.net (128.241.219.86): 1492 data bytes&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 128.241.219.86: icmp_seq=0 ttl=245 time=349.851 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 128.241.219.86: icmp_seq=1 ttl=245 time=270.748 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 128.241.219.86: icmp_seq=2 ttl=245 time=334.406 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 128.241.219.86: icmp_seq=3 ttl=245 time=220.046 ms&#xD;&#xA;    ^C&#xD;&#xA;    --- te-5-3.r02.snjsca04.us.ce.gin.ntt.net ping statistics ---&#xD;&#xA;    4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss&#xD;&#xA;    round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 220.046/293.763/349.851/51.869 ms&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ping -s 1492 te-5-3.r02.snjsca04.us.ce.gin.ntt.net&#xD;&#xA;    PING te-5-3.r02.snjsca04.us.ce.gin.ntt.net (128.241.219.86): 1492 data bytes&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 128.241.219.86: icmp_seq=0 ttl=245 time=472.908 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 128.241.219.86: icmp_seq=1 ttl=245 time=228.290 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 128.241.219.86: icmp_seq=2 ttl=245 time=231.048 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 128.241.219.86: icmp_seq=3 ttl=245 time=229.906 ms&#xD;&#xA;    ^C&#xD;&#xA;    --- te-5-3.r02.snjsca04.us.ce.gin.ntt.net ping statistics ---&#xD;&#xA;    5 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 20% packet loss&#xD;&#xA;    round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 228.290/290.538/472.908/105.296 ms&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.voyager.bt.com/wireless_devices/voyager_2100/product_info.htm" />
  <row Id="5381" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3117" RevisionGUID="54c10f93-f6d2-4f3d-a290-d9b5e08fd31f" CreationDate="2009-05-02T14:46:19.990" UserId="1631" Text="The simplest way is by using the 'a2enmod' command from the command line. That will enable modules for you, and a2dismod to remove them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the PHP modules, you may need a different solution - compiling it first, for example. But rewrite and several others will work happily with the above commands." />
  <row Id="5382" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3118" RevisionGUID="90f149ad-2e74-499d-a4c9-c6e528faf048" CreationDate="2009-05-02T14:46:41.533" UserId="48" Text="I believe that windows home server does not currently support folder redirection.&#xD;&#xA;There are some hacks out there that tell you how to install Active Directory on your home server, by doing that you can get access to group policy and so folder redirection, but its not a great solution. Would be a useful thing for MS to include.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5383" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3119" RevisionGUID="814b66f9-e106-4494-b097-5a4a80e834f1" CreationDate="2009-05-02T15:01:22.090" UserId="475" Text="Why don't you install a [second instance][1] of SQL Server with only that database, and set the [minimum memory][2] for that instance to 6GB? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will guarantee that your other databases never poach memory from your &quot;small but very important&quot; database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will also mean that you can take the other instance offline and your small DB will remain in memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa174516(SQL.80).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178067.aspx" />
  <row Id="5384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3120" RevisionGUID="8ab685c5-b5d7-4cc4-9f8d-71f517fe70be" CreationDate="2009-05-02T15:08:27.957" UserId="371" Text="What tools exist to profile MySQL, like how MSSQL 2000+ does with the SQL Profiler?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd want to trace things like SQL statements executed, execution times, execution plan, etc." />
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  <row Id="5386" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3120" RevisionGUID="8ab685c5-b5d7-4cc4-9f8d-71f517fe70be" CreationDate="2009-05-02T15:08:27.957" UserId="371" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="5387" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3121" RevisionGUID="634617c4-0171-4818-a3dc-f20245fd4aa0" CreationDate="2009-05-02T15:13:51.017" UserId="1218" Text="Here is an [good article][1] about the profiler of MySQL. Although take a look at the [explain][2] statement.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/using-new-query-profiler.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/de/explain.html" />
  <row Id="5388" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3122" RevisionGUID="5219cf5e-e318-4f1b-abf0-89795d61860a" CreationDate="2009-05-02T15:15:07.207" UserId="326" Text="Look into enabling the [Query Log][1] and the [Slow Query Log][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/query-log.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/slow-query-log.html" />
  <row Id="5389" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3123" RevisionGUID="433b35c2-5c8f-4b55-989a-e062d7ddf700" CreationDate="2009-05-02T15:18:52.003" UserId="772" Text="At my company our main product is web based and each of our customer has their own website. Each customer goes to customer.domain.com to access their website. Currently, in IIS each customer has their own website set up, and are given 1 application pool for all of the applications in that website. Many of our customers are on the same code base, but some customers are on newer versions (beta testers).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We also use load balancing so that each request may hit any of X servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this the most ideal setup? One of the main issues is that we only have about 8 GB of ram on the server, but also about 200 clients, so for each application pool we have to limit the amount of memory it can use to like 300MB so that we don't run out of memory, but this also causes the app pool to recycle frequently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We want to scale out, rather than up, but as we add more and more clients, we are going to have less and less RAM available, or we will have to start adding massive amounts of ram to the servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a similar setup, how have you solved the problem?&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="5396" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3126" RevisionGUID="6799d43c-d88f-46ed-ab83-9a0eb2d50850" CreationDate="2009-05-02T15:28:53.913" UserId="1101" Text="I like &quot;locate&quot; - a much easier way to find files than the gnarly &quot;find . -name xxxx -print&quot;.  Note that you have to use the updatedb command with it to a your file index up to date; see the man pages for details." />
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  <row Id="5399" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3127" RevisionGUID="81df7e76-7689-4076-aef4-59dca96ee192" CreationDate="2009-05-02T15:36:27.653" UserId="1349" Text=" - [Google Chrome][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Process Explorer][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [Autoruns][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [UltraMon][4]&#xD;&#xA; - [PDF Reader][5]&#xD;&#xA; - [Flash][6]&#xD;&#xA; - [Video LAN][7]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/chrome&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.adobe.com/go/EN_US-H-GET-READER&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.adobe.com/go/EN_US-H-GET-FLASH&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.videolan.org/" />
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  <row Id="5401" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3128" RevisionGUID="7df1b8e7-9950-491f-845f-0d2c504c7396" CreationDate="2009-05-02T15:38:25.933" UserId="326" Text="* Try to do the mysql dump do `/dev/null`. That will show you whether the writing or the reading part is responsible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Try to write the dump to a separate logical volume/file system or a RAM-disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Check the `journal`ling options on the file system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Check the `noatime`/`atime` status on the file system&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Is the file system filling up? Typically performance decreases when the amount of data on it reaches a certain threshold.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5402" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3129" RevisionGUID="9726c42a-62b6-4f41-bb2f-d5fc379c8f09" CreationDate="2009-05-02T15:42:29.183" UserId="181" Text="[The Story About Ping][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Using deft allegory, the authors have&#xD;&#xA;&gt; provided an insightful and intuitive&#xD;&#xA;&gt; explanation of one of Unix's most&#xD;&#xA;&gt; venerable networking utilities. Even&#xD;&#xA;&gt; more stunning is that they were&#xD;&#xA;&gt; clearly working with a very early beta&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of the program, as their book first&#xD;&#xA;&gt; appeared in 1933, years (decades!)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; before the operating system and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network infrastructure were finalized.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Story-About-Ping-Marjorie-Flack/dp/0140502416&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="5405" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3132" RevisionGUID="af9bda7a-abcf-402b-ab4e-6f553bec3d37" CreationDate="2009-05-02T15:47:13.620" UserId="768" Text="I'm running Ubuntu, and want to find out the `GUID` of a particular partition. I know I can use `e2label /dev/sda1` to find out the partition label, but there doesn't seem to be a similar way to find the `GUID`." />
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  <row Id="5407" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3132" RevisionGUID="af9bda7a-abcf-402b-ab4e-6f553bec3d37" CreationDate="2009-05-02T15:47:13.620" UserId="768" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;partition&gt;" />
  <row Id="5408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3133" RevisionGUID="2631c112-d6bc-41aa-84f0-5720adb278a6" CreationDate="2009-05-02T15:56:38.073" UserId="216" Text="`top` on MacOS X _does_ support sorting, at least:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        O&lt;skey&gt;        Set secondary sort key to &lt;skey&gt; (see o&lt;key&gt;).&#xD;&#xA;        o&lt;key&gt;         Set primary sort key to &lt;key&gt;: [+-]{command|cpu|pid&#xD;&#xA;                       |prt|reg|rprvt|rshrd|rsize|th|time|uid|username|vprvt&#xD;&#xA;                       |vsize}.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="5411" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3135" RevisionGUID="d7d44ef4-21ab-4bc0-b7d5-0f620e121ee5" CreationDate="2009-05-02T15:59:35.337" UserId="48" Text="It is quite common for this problem to be DNS related. Make sure the clients DNS settings are correct. If you are on an active directory domain make sure your primary DNS server is set to the Domain Controller." />
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  <row Id="5419" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3138" RevisionGUID="a9500195-2e62-4e6b-af76-fd1d0aaf42d6" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:07:53.570" UserId="1645" Text="Every computer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - latest video drivers&#xD;&#xA; - Symantec Endpoint 11 (antivirus)&#xD;&#xA; - Lavasoft Ad-Aware&#xD;&#xA; - Royale theme for WinXP (integrated in my install disc)&#xD;&#xA; - OpenType Font File Properties extension (Microsoft)&#xD;&#xA; - User Profile Hive Cleanup (Microsoft)&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Media Player 11&#xD;&#xA; - Microsoft Management Console 3.0&#xD;&#xA; - ThumbView Lite, PSP Thumbnail Handler, VTF Shell extensions&#xD;&#xA; - Matroska shell extension&#xD;&#xA; - Taskbar Shuffle&#xD;&#xA; - Visual Tasktips&#xD;&#xA; - IconViewer&#xD;&#xA; - Kel's Vista Drive Indicator&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Media Player Tag Support Extender&#xD;&#xA; - Combined Community Codec Pack&#xD;&#xA; - SHN Plugin (another codec)&#xD;&#xA; - DirectX 9.0 Web Setup&#xD;&#xA; - Internet Explorer 8&#xD;&#xA; - ODF Addin for MS Office&#xD;&#xA; - Psychedelia Visualizations Pack for Windows Media Player&#xD;&#xA; - Save as PDF and XPS for MS Office&#xD;&#xA; - Nero Burning Rom&#xD;&#xA; - O&amp;O Defrag Professional 11&#xD;&#xA; - APC Powerchute Personal Edition&#xD;&#xA; - Quicktime&#xD;&#xA; - everything from Sysinternals&#xD;&#xA; - Daemon Tools&#xD;&#xA; - Adobe Acrobat Pro&#xD;&#xA; - Process Tamer&#xD;&#xA; - Paint.NET&#xD;&#xA; - Adobe SVG Viewer (until IE supports SVG natively)&#xD;&#xA; - Unlocker 1.8.7&#xD;&#xA; - WinRAR&#xD;&#xA; - WinSplit Revolution&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My computer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - ClipX&#xD;&#xA; - FileZilla&#xD;&#xA; - Virtual PC 2007&#xD;&#xA; - Microsoft Pro Photo Tools&#xD;&#xA; - Firefox, Opera, and Safari (for cross-browser testing)&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Mobile emulator&#xD;&#xA; - Blackberry emulator&#xD;&#xA; - Dexpot 1.4&#xD;&#xA; - FeedReader&#xD;&#xA; - Google Earth&#xD;&#xA; - hextreme&#xD;&#xA; - icoFx&#xD;&#xA; - Notepad+&#xD;&#xA; - Oomph microformats plugin for Internet Explorer&#xD;&#xA; - Mozilla Prism&#xD;&#xA; - Spiceworks&#xD;&#xA; - uTorrent&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's probably more that I can't remember." />
  <row Id="5420" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3138" RevisionGUID="a9500195-2e62-4e6b-af76-fd1d0aaf42d6" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:07:53.570" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="5421" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3132" RevisionGUID="366d64e5-2620-4c09-b953-8695297ef390" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:10:01.083" UserId="768" Comment="s/GUID/UUID/" Text="I'm running Ubuntu, and want to find out the `UUID` of a particular partition. I know I can use `e2label /dev/sda1` to find out the partition label, but there doesn't seem to be a similar way to find the `UUID`." />
  <row Id="5422" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="3132" RevisionGUID="366d64e5-2620-4c09-b953-8695297ef390" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:10:01.083" UserId="768" Comment="s/GUID/UUID/" Text="How do I find the UUID of a partition" />
  <row Id="5423" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3139" RevisionGUID="2eeb49fd-7886-495c-800a-6caade0a82f8" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:10:32.813" UserId="173" Text="Over the years, I've had to throw away a quite a few bits of computing equipment (and the like):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Several ADSL routers with odd symptoms (losing wireless connections, losing wired connections, DHCP failures, DNS symptoms etc)&#xD;&#xA;- Two PVRs spontaneously rebooting and corrupting themselves (despite the best efforts of the community to diagnose and help)&#xD;&#xA;- One external hard disk still *claiming* to function, but corrupting data&#xD;&#xA;- One hard disk as part of a NAS raid array &quot;going bad&quot; (as far as the NAS was concerned)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(This is in addition to various laptops and printers dying in ways unrelated to this question.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously it'll be impossible to tell for sure from such a small amount of information, but might these be related to power issues? I don't currently have a UPS for any of this equipment. Everything on surge-protected gang sockets, but there's nothing to smooth a power cut.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is home UPS really viable and useful? I know there are some reasonably cheap UPSes on the market, but I don't know how useful they really are. I'm not interested in keeping my home network actually *running* during a power cut, but I'd like it to power down a bit more gracefully if the current situation is putting my hardware in jeopardy." />
  <row Id="5424" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3139" RevisionGUID="2eeb49fd-7886-495c-800a-6caade0a82f8" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:10:32.813" UserId="173" Text="Is UPS worthwhile for home equipment?" />
  <row Id="5425" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3139" RevisionGUID="2eeb49fd-7886-495c-800a-6caade0a82f8" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:10:32.813" UserId="173" Text="&lt;ups&gt;&lt;home-use&gt;&lt;home-network&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;power&gt;" />
  <row Id="5426" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3140" RevisionGUID="e2bdcb9a-2e0b-4853-8aa4-e00beb0d453f" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:10:53.703" UserId="1155" Text="Sure, your house could catch on fire and you'd lose your primary drive and your backup drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should look into some kind of offsite backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See this blog post:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.shahine.com/omar/OffsiteBackup.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.shahine.com/omar/OffsiteBackup.aspx" />
  <row Id="5427" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3141" RevisionGUID="a5895f2d-4372-45f9-92d9-5c07e84f2be1" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:11:04.200" UserId="1645" Text="I'm using Windows Home Server and loving it. All backups are differential, but restores are complete. Duplicate files across multiple computers are only backed up once. Good health monitoring." />
  <row Id="5431" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3144" RevisionGUID="278cdbc0-8264-4ce9-ae58-5253e55115d6" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:14:35.627" UserId="1645" Text="I've had a lot of problems in the past from power outages destroying equipment that was on surge protection. Now I consider UPS devices to be essential. In this day and age, there is no reason why I should have to suffer without power. All computers in my house are on UPS, as well as all network equipment. The lights and appliances may be off, but I'm still downloading from the Internet." />
  <row Id="5432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3145" RevisionGUID="1a5cebc5-ab81-47bc-93e0-b9efc1a71655" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:14:36.097" UserId="1155" Text="Short answer, yes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Long answer, read this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000632.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000632.html" />
  <row Id="5434" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3147" RevisionGUID="e4379da3-b97b-466c-91fa-9249f6975ede" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:19:53.573" UserId="216" Text="I don't currently use one, but have in the past.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm considering doing so again, simply because despite living close to the same power station as you, Jon, we seem to get a surprisingly large number of power cuts of varying lengths.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Frankly, it's starting to be too much trouble trying to get the network back up again after each one, particularly if I'm away on business.  My kids' squid proxy depends on it :)" />
  <row Id="5435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3148" RevisionGUID="e1c0e252-fb7a-428f-8fcf-7384c0d08df3" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:20:54.210" UserId="1643" Text="VMware Converter (available at http://www.vmware.com/download/converter/getconverter.html) is a fine tool to copy a VM from one VMware server to another (the same server if origin and destination are the same), or to create a VM from a physical machine." />
  <row Id="5436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3149" RevisionGUID="15999c5d-4378-4484-b98e-bcb2f8ba25f4" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:22:27.077" UserId="1496" Text="Assuming you want the UUID for sda1, you could try something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for v in /dev/disk/by-uuid/* ; do echo &quot;`readlink $v`: $v&quot; | grep ../sda1 | cut -d\: -f2 | cut -d/ -f5 ; done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Adjust sda1 accordingly. To get the UUIDs for all partitions, drop the greps and cuts, a la:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for v in /dev/disk/by-uuid/* ; do echo &quot;`readlink $v`: $v&quot; ; done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sample output for sda1 on my desktop:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [mihailim@home ~]$ for v in /dev/disk/by-uuid/* ; do echo &quot;`readlink $v`: $v&quot; | grep ../sdb3 | cut -d\: -f2 | cut -d/ -f5 ; done&#xD;&#xA;    dc8c49f1-e2dc-46bc-ba02-013f26c85f70" />
  <row Id="5437" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3150" RevisionGUID="78219397-35a4-4a91-8bba-39795816a021" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:28:47.077" UserId="1155" Text="If the machines are managed via Active Directory this can be done via applying the correct Group Policy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can see some instructions [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is also covered in MS [KB555324][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.petri.co.il/disable_usb_disks_with_gpo.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555324" />
  <row Id="5439" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3151" RevisionGUID="f5849816-599a-4006-ba82-d5102e8490d7" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:31:14.620" UserId="887" Text="If you can log on with a local account rather than a domain account and don't have the problem, it is likely related to group policies being applied as others have mentioned. Do you use roaming profiles? " />
  <row Id="5441" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3152" RevisionGUID="f16bb5e9-224e-4e0e-9e5e-5532ad9cf076" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:33:35.800" UserId="386" Text="I just took mine out of the circuit because after 4 or 5 years, its &quot;self test&quot; function started failing every Monday at 1am.  I'm probably going to buy new batteries for it and put it back, because every few months there is a little power glitch that crashes other electronics in the house but my home server keeps on chugging away." />
  <row Id="5442" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3153" RevisionGUID="3f297867-42c1-45b9-b97a-589bf2cffb88" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:35:13.300" UserId="216" Text="Have you got IPv6 enabled on the wireless adapter?  If so, turn it off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The delays you're getting sound consistent with the system trying to reach the far ends using IPv6 first, and then giving up and failing back to IPv4.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`dig` wouldn't do this, because by default your `resolv.conf` will only have IPv4 name servers listed in it." />
  <row Id="5443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3154" RevisionGUID="4f210c7a-c206-40f7-9f5b-dde52ff4202f" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:35:43.737" UserId="1647" Text="Is there an easy way to recursively copy all hidden files in a directory to another directory? I would like to back up just all the settings files in a home directory, not the normal files. I tried:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cp -R .* directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but it recognizes `.` and `..` and recursively copies all the non-hidden files too. Is there a way to get cp to ignore `.` and `..`?" />
  <row Id="5444" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3154" RevisionGUID="4f210c7a-c206-40f7-9f5b-dde52ff4202f" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:35:43.737" UserId="1647" Text="Recursively copying hidden files - Linux" />
  <row Id="5445" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3154" RevisionGUID="4f210c7a-c206-40f7-9f5b-dde52ff4202f" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:35:43.737" UserId="1647" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;files&gt;&lt;copy&gt;&lt;hidden-files&gt;&lt;cp&gt;" />
  <row Id="5447" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3156" RevisionGUID="4819abad-ab7a-448d-a028-84580dde9d64" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:39:09.330" UserId="1645" Text="Here's what in my toolkit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Four Megapro Screwdrivers (regular, security, hex, and a special magnetic driver which I bought in-person at Megapro's head office; these guys were truly awesome in hooking me up with anything I wanted - I have every bit known to man)&#xD;&#xA; - RJ45/RJ11 crimp tool (less than $5 from a wholesaler; don't bother with tools that only do RJ45)&#xD;&#xA; - keyboard/screen cleaner (freebie from Microsoft)&#xD;&#xA; - adjustable wrench (freebie from a trade show)&#xD;&#xA; - SD to USB card reader adapter&#xD;&#xA; - USB to PS2 adapters&#xD;&#xA; - PS2 to serial adapter (probably can throw these out now)&#xD;&#xA; - 110 punchdown tool (plastic freebie; I don't do enough punchdown to warrant buying an impact tool)&#xD;&#xA; - cable ties (black and white; black is required by some restaurants like McDonald's)&#xD;&#xA; - canned air&#xD;&#xA; - infrared thermometer&#xD;&#xA; - Plano box with spare screws&#xD;&#xA; - CD wallet with blank CDs and DVDs&#xD;&#xA; - plastic squares that stick to the wall and accept cable ties&#xD;&#xA; - spare ADSL filter&#xD;&#xA; - stubby screwdrivers (Phillips, Roberston, Slotted)&#xD;&#xA; - IC extractor (never used it, but had room for it)&#xD;&#xA; - 4-prong grabber&#xD;&#xA; - utility knife&#xD;&#xA; - tweezers&#xD;&#xA; - PS2 to XT adapter (probably can throw this out now)&#xD;&#xA; - bag of RJ45 jacks&#xD;&#xA; - LED flashlight&#xD;&#xA; - needlenose pliers&#xD;&#xA; - various USB flash drives (essential software)&#xD;&#xA; - tons of Microsoft marketing propaganda for handing out to customers&#xD;&#xA; - CD wallet with Windows and Office install discs&#xD;&#xA; - spare ethernet, power, and USB cables&#xD;&#xA; - reversible side cutter/wire stripper&#xD;&#xA; - reversible linesman/longnose pliers&#xD;&#xA; - spare pens&#xD;&#xA; - USB hard drive enclosure with hard drive full of software&#xD;&#xA; - various stickers for giveaway&#xD;&#xA; - extra business cards&#xD;&#xA; - power supply tester ($40; saved the day many times)&#xD;&#xA; - electrical tape&#xD;&#xA; - handheld label maker (Dymo Letratag) with a wide assortment of label types&#xD;&#xA; - parallel to serial and serial to parallel adapters (probably can throw them out now)&#xD;&#xA; - black Sharpie&#xD;&#xA; - Cisco cable&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also have a set of precision screwdrivers, but they don't fit in my bag. Socket sets are sometimes handy. Network cable tester would be handy, as well as tone and probe, but I never got around to buying anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I worked as a mobile computer guy, we carried much more spare cables in the car, as well as spare routers and switches. I personally carried a GPS unit because I suck at finding my way around. We also were required to carry a plastic card when doing contract work for IBM; I hung mine from my belt on a retractable badge holder." />
  <row Id="5448" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3157" RevisionGUID="a27ba7b0-ffbf-4fcf-be23-2bddab08a973" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:40:04.770" UserId="216" Text="Almost every time this can be solved just with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cp -R .[a-zA-Z0-9]* directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's pretty unusual to have a hidden file that doesn't start with one of those characters." />
  <row Id="5449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3158" RevisionGUID="59795b56-d3bf-4e20-b225-ba151038f120" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:41:39.650" UserId="658" Text="Your data backup strategy should try to solve the problem of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- any changes, no matter how small. This should happen daily, and account for files added/updated, or deleted. This solution should ask you whether to track them all, or a specific filetype. (documents, music, video, pictures)&#xD;&#xA;- recovery time. Not only should it be easy to mass recover an entire drive, but also just ONE file that was changed/erased accidentally. Online solutions will be a long process for when your disk dies and you need to fill in the new one. &#xD;&#xA;- offsite backups. This could range from burning DVDs with static content (movies that are done and won't change) and keeping them at Grandma's house in the basement. We all have heard the stories from people on the news whose house has burned down that they've lost everything. Consider an online solution whereby you have an account that will do the synching for you as well. Cost becomes a factor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The value you place in backups is typically your deciding factor. The online solutions typically cost money, and it's up to you to determine the value of that service. Otherwise, consider burning a few DVDs and storing offsite every 6 months. Perhaps a second removable HDD will work in a rotating fashion; go to Grandma's house and swap out the old HDD for the new one; repeat every 6 months. That will ensure your offsite backup is fresh enough in case of a theft or fire. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3159" RevisionGUID="1b6fb6b7-6e67-490c-acbd-fa8999688be8" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:42:59.617" UserId="1155" Text="**Lastpass**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you looked at [Lastpass][1]? It's amazing. There is no syncing required but it works just fine offline. They have support for Firefox via an add-in and support for other browsers via a Bookmarklet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have about 250 passwords stored in it and I can get to them from anywhere. They also support One Time Passwords should you need that level of security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.lastpass.com/" />
  <row Id="5454" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3160" RevisionGUID="581a6302-6a05-4bfd-a77c-f19b4825abbe" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:44:57.583" UserId="386" Text="I've always used .??* to find hidden files without getting &quot;.&quot; and &quot;..&quot;.  It might miss &quot;.a&quot; or something, though, but I never have one of those." />
  <row Id="5455" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3161" RevisionGUID="88e964e3-1d5b-4390-b35a-9c2d0e581085" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:46:23.383" UserId="1155" Text="**Robocopy**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Robocopy][1] (Robust File Copy) can handle some basic synchronization using the /MIR flag.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll find Robocopy is built into Vista and later operating systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy" />
  <row Id="5456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3162" RevisionGUID="57cdaba9-a865-408d-aceb-dfa994ddef6b" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:53:09.983" UserId="629" Text="The recommended way to do this is to do &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo vol_id -u /dev/sda2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more on using UUIDs, see [this article](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingUUID) (from ubuntu help, but should work for any linux distro using UUIDs)." />
  <row Id="5457" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3163" RevisionGUID="fb8842e5-5c2b-4585-98ac-8b3307192ba5" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:54:05.003" UserId="1561" Text="I have been using one for over 4 years now (batteries should be up for replacement soon, so knock on wood that there's no outage).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It has saved my bacon at least once, during an unexpected power outage.  I was able to save everything and shut down without a hitch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Personal&quot; UPS units lack many of the bells and whistles of the big ones, but they get the job done." />
  <row Id="5458" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3082" RevisionGUID="cd2d8c7c-0479-4abf-a9bc-ad0024e08a10" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:57:01.127" UserId="1616" Comment="grammar" Text="As others have metioned WMP does play blu-ray with a suitable 3rd party codec.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Blu-ray was not the standard MS backed in the HD war and also requires a java vm(!).  Also is some ways blu-ray is more restrictive than HD-DVD, Sony's blu-ray favours dedicated devices, HD-DVD would have allowed streaming to X-Box from PCs etc.  These are two different visions in the battle for the living room.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See - [http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2005/tc2005106_9074_tc024.htm][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, basically, it might be sour grapes.  On the other hand XP did not include a DVD codec, in fact I don't think Vista business had a DVD codec, although the home versions of vista did, so maybe it is a cost saving issue that will be revised in latter version.  Not that they would be saving a large amount of money...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd/overview_en_GB.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2005/tc2005106_9074_tc024.htm" />
  <row Id="5459" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3164" RevisionGUID="a5abbb5b-4be1-4204-8320-477fc781c538" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:58:55.477" UserId="1616" Text="I can confirm it works fine on both Virtual PC 2007 and Hyper-V 2008 windows server." />
  <row Id="5460" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3163" RevisionGUID="693b40d3-f097-44af-ab7e-24f44e494aa5" CreationDate="2009-05-02T16:59:39.140" UserId="1561" Comment="deleted 6 characters in body" Text="I have been using one for over 4 years now (batteries should be up for replacement soon, so knock on wood that there's no outage).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It has saved my bacon at least once, during an unexpected power outage.  I was able to save everything and shut down without a hitch.  I should mention that I live next to a switching station in my area (which happens to power the rail yard for our light rail system on our side of town).  The switching station had &quot;caught fire&quot; and as a result, power was out everywhere for 10 blocks in all directions, along with the rail yard next to it.  The event was a brown-out that lasted for several minutes.  Eventually the fire was subdued (a mineral oil tank was the cause of the blaze) and service was restored.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My computer would have been reduced to so much expensive junk during that wonderful brownout.  It would be one thing to be inconvenienced by loosing some games or something, but it's another when you make your living with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Personal&quot; UPS units lack many of the bells and whistles of the big ones, but they *get the job done*." />
  <row Id="5461" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3165" RevisionGUID="e093695b-a856-4262-b5b4-57085bd02732" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:01:20.337" UserId="1393" Text="You might want to distinguish between filtered power and uninterrupted power.  Uninterrupted power is probably a good idea for things that you want to shutdown gracefully.  Depending on your needs you might only need enough time for the shutdown to finish, resulting in a much cheaper UPS.  Other devices may not need UPS at all, but only filtered power.  Typically, it's the line spike that takes out power supplies and electronics, not the sudden absence of power -- it has to handle the switch being turned off in any event, which may be indistinguishable from pulling the power plug.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my server room (back in the day), I had all my servers and disk drives hooked up to a UPS -- and a mighty big one at that.  Printers, terminals (which could be moved to the UPS in an emergency), and other stuff that didn't need to up for the system to shutdown nicely, were on filtered power.  Generally, I'd buy high quality filtered power strips (rack-mounted) for this purpose.  Cheap power filters probably aren't worth the price.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't priced UPSes recently.  Depending on the price difference between the UPS and the hiqh quality filtering power strip, you might want to get the UPS anyway.  Just be sure that the UPS is always filtering the power and won't let the spike happen, then try to pick up before the equipment notices that the power is gone.  If it's truly important you want an i[nline UPS rather than a stand-by UPS][1], but you'll pay extra for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pcguide.com/ref/power/ext/ups/types.htm" />
  <row Id="5462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3166" RevisionGUID="eaabc4a1-41b2-4962-8c21-90f98d025c94" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:08:11.583" UserId="1393" Text="I recently replaced a computer and am thinking about repurposing the old one as a server for backups, file service, etc.  I don't want to buy a new keyboard, monitor, and mouse for it.  What would you recommend as a low-cost KVM solution for say 1-3 computers?  I know what we use at work, but those are larger KVMs handling many more computers and I don't want to spend that much money.  I might be willing to spend as much as a cheap, used monitor/keyboard/mouse just to save space." />
  <row Id="5463" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3166" RevisionGUID="eaabc4a1-41b2-4962-8c21-90f98d025c94" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:08:11.583" UserId="1393" Text="What would you recommend for a low-cost KVM for home use?" />
  <row Id="5464" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3166" RevisionGUID="eaabc4a1-41b2-4962-8c21-90f98d025c94" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:08:11.583" UserId="1393" Text="&lt;kvm&gt;&lt;low-cost&gt;&lt;recommendation&gt;" />
  <row Id="5465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3167" RevisionGUID="e3127e0a-3924-42a8-9dea-0b4ab9e67707" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:09:47.570" UserId="45" Text="If log files (or log data) contain sensitive information which needs to be protected from being deleted, manipulated or prevented from &quot;log injection&quot;, what safety measures are considered best-practice?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do I have to prove, that my logs are authentic and reliable, if they were used as evidence in court?" />
  <row Id="5466" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3167" RevisionGUID="e3127e0a-3924-42a8-9dea-0b4ab9e67707" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:09:47.570" UserId="45" Text="How to keep logs secure?" />
  <row Id="5467" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3167" RevisionGUID="e3127e0a-3924-42a8-9dea-0b4ab9e67707" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:09:47.570" UserId="45" Text="&lt;log-files&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="5468" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3168" RevisionGUID="6fc24061-af4c-44e3-a8bd-b62b802246b2" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:10:21.297" UserId="1631" Text="I use this little script. It's always been useful to me, although not anything official. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://genomewiki.ucsc.edu/index.php/Tuning-primer.sh][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://genomewiki.ucsc.edu/index.php/Tuning-primer.sh" />
  <row Id="5469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3169" RevisionGUID="481f2db6-d0b1-4704-a9b4-d5684a9db4b9" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:12:09.420" UserId="213" Text="[Synergy][1]. Its software, but its free and it works great, at least for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="5470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3170" RevisionGUID="6d032c57-a282-4ed4-aafc-b7ba29b37eda" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:12:30.077" UserId="1561" Text="Here's a strange-sounding, but equally valid suggestion: don't buy one.  Instead, [install VNC on all of your machines][1] and put a simple password on the service.  This will eliminate having to buy the KVM, while allowing you to access ALL of your machines from anywhere on your network (where you can get to a computer).  A KVM just means that you are using a single input point, implying that you are already in front of a computer.  All I'm suggesting is that you not pay the money for the hardware you don't need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Neat-o side effect: if you can get a secured network connection (via VPN or SSH) you can use tunneling to securely connect to your machines at home from any internet connection that supports a VNC client.  And there are literally dozens of platforms supported.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.uvnc.com/" />
  <row Id="5472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3171" RevisionGUID="39da2c1b-25e8-459f-b46a-afdada8d1172" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:13:32.290" UserId="48" Text="I've been using the [Belink Omniview][1] 2 port USB KVM at home for a while now, its cheap and works well. Looks like its only availible in 2 ports at the moment though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=177468" />
  <row Id="5474" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3173" RevisionGUID="18e9b097-85f3-49df-bf5e-0b2117f7cb26" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:15:20.943" UserId="641" Text="Synergy is great, but I don't know if it's what your looking for.  It allows you to control multiple machines with one keyboard and mouse, but you'd still need a monitor for it.  If this is going to be a server, you may not need a keyboard/mouse/monitor at all.  Just use VNC or Remote Desktop whenever you need to access the server and otherwise just let it hum along headless." />
  <row Id="5475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3174" RevisionGUID="b34b78e8-d691-46a6-b6ec-dfc0b0cd54f8" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:15:53.640" UserId="1561" Text="Centralizing your logging to a hardened server might provide what you need.  Better yet, if you can capture the logging into a database on a hardened server, you open up all kinds of possibilities.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hate to bug you about this, but what kind of logging are you talking about?  NT Event log?  Unix(y) Syslog (and friends)?  Logging from a minicomputer?   A little more info might lead you to a known solution for what you're looking for..." />
  <row Id="5476" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3134" RevisionGUID="3cc82f5b-9406-4b9f-9e24-b53ff36a636b" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:17:36.180" UserId="808" Comment="added 21 characters in body" Text="The easiest way to do this for ext2/ext3/ext4 is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /sbin/tune2fs -l /dev/sda1&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3175" RevisionGUID="525de9f5-7596-407e-9a7b-3fbe4d4ea39d" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:19:11.900" UserId="45" Text="I would consider using [Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007][1] as platform.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SharePoint Server provides an integrated location where employees and extanet users can efficiently collaborate and exchange files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a TechNet article about [SharePoint Server security][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/Sharepoint/default.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262331.aspx" />
  <row Id="5478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3176" RevisionGUID="e9eddbac-afca-4fa8-af74-f6dd15310922" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:19:26.220" UserId="184" Text="Works fine on XenServer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My friend uses beta as his home system and he tells it's much better than Vista..." />
  <row Id="5479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3177" RevisionGUID="5d085f6f-5bc9-4614-b707-e9303f575e9c" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:22:13.127" UserId="1561" Text="[Ubuntu][1] comes with [OpenOffice][2] out-of-box.  Both will fit your requirements, and OpenOffice will read and write .doc/.xls/.ppt files.  Microsoft Access files are problematic in that there is no free solution, although there are tools that will open the files and expose any data inside of a mdb.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ubuntu.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.openoffice.org/" />
  <row Id="5480" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3178" RevisionGUID="d93516b0-2f3f-4000-9efa-5820aa1e5117" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:24:00.983" UserId="386" Text="I have a cheapo Belkin 4 port KVM.  It's pretty decent, except every few days it loses its mind and you have to unplug it and plug it back in again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If all your computers take USB, you might get away with a monitor switch (which is *really* cheap and foolproof) and a USB hub that you can plug your keyboard and mouse in, and plug it into whichever computer you want to use." />
  <row Id="5481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3179" RevisionGUID="af87def7-fb6f-4923-9cc9-1a22d292b856" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:24:20.127" UserId="919" Text="Per process memory accounting is tricky for a number of reasons I'll get into in a minute. For simple monitoring, gkrellmd, or nagios scripts is probably enough. If you want greater accuracy, you'll need to look harder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[smem][1] attempts to address this with *Proportional Set Size*: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Because large portions of physical memory are typically shared among multiple applications, the standard measure of memory usage known as resident set size (RSS) will significantly overestimate memory usage. PSS instead measures each application's &quot;fair share&quot; of each shared area to give a realistic measure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example: You start up GNOME, causing a number of processes to start, one for each applet and program. They all link to libglib. Linux loads libglib into one block of memory and maps it into every process that wants libglib. Naive memory accounting counts the full libglib size against every process linking to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;smem divides up the cost of libglib among the processes using it, to give a closer picture of reality. It also has a number of options to display memory usage (from website):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Show basic process information 	smem&#xD;&#xA; 2. Show system view 	smem -R 4G -K /path/to/vmlinux -w&#xD;&#xA; 3. Show totals and percentages 	smem -t -p&#xD;&#xA; 4. Show different columns 	smem -c &quot;name user pss&quot;&#xD;&#xA; 5. Show processes filtered by mapping 	smem -M libxml&#xD;&#xA; 6. Show mappings filtered by process 	smem -m -P [e]volution&#xD;&#xA; 7. Read data from capture tarball 	smem --source capture.tar.gz&#xD;&#xA; 8. **Show a bar chart labeled by pid 	smem --bar pid -c &quot;pss uss&quot;**&#xD;&#xA; 9. **Show a pie chart of RSS labeled by name 	smem --pie name -s rss** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will, however, need a very recent kernel (&gt; 2.6.27).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.selenic.com/smem/" />
  <row Id="5482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3180" RevisionGUID="65d4768b-bd3e-4785-a5e8-087765cd575b" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:24:33.993" UserId="106" Text="You can use the following to get the UUID for a particular drive,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo vol_id -u /dev/sda1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or you can use this to list all UUIDs for the attached media,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ls /dev/disk/by-uuid" />
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  <row Id="5484" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3181" RevisionGUID="44b4b019-4f56-47a2-af6e-668e3e49014d" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:25:18.110" UserId="1232" Text="Things every Oracle DBA should know" />
  <row Id="5485" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3181" RevisionGUID="44b4b019-4f56-47a2-af6e-668e3e49014d" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:25:18.110" UserId="1232" Text="&lt;advice&gt;&lt;dba&gt;&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;database-adminstration&gt;&lt;tips&gt;" />
  <row Id="5486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3182" RevisionGUID="95c3e079-e842-4b78-88da-ea38363a10c2" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:32:27.173" UserId="1561" Text="Ok, well, here's some food for thought:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Ditch the PPD.**  Yeah, that seems counter-intuitive, but really, you'll be fine without it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Use a different printer language.**  Select PCL 5e as the print language, if possible.  Sticking with older, matured protocols allows you to avoid incompatibilities and/or bugs with the implementation of newer ones.  You might not get all the features you want, but you'll get something functional.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Turn the Windows box into a print server.**  If you have an LPR service available on your windows box, &quot;Attach&quot; the printer to the windows machine, enable LPR services and point the Linux box at the windows machine, turning it into a print server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Enable Proprietary Driver Support.**  If you have a &quot;newer&quot; Linux distro, the CUPS service should be able to &quot;detect&quot; the presence of the printer easily.  If you are running Ubuntu or Debian, be sure to include support for non-free software, as it's (unfortunately) necessary for stubborn hardware that can't be dragged along for the ride.  Ubuntu has a GUI tool in the System menu that allows you to detect hardware that needs non-free drivers, and install the driver.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Switch Print Drivers.**  Here's a dirty little secret - you can use the same print driver on several dozen printers from different vendors, and they will cover different models.  I don't know how many times I've had to use &quot;Apple LaserWriter 600&quot; to just get a vanilla postscript driver installed on a Windows box for a *non-printing* function.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sure there's more, but this is what comes to mind ATM." />
  <row Id="5487" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3163" RevisionGUID="b7b22e84-374f-412d-a8ab-53e7e276b534" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:35:47.897" UserId="1561" Comment="Clarification of major event" Text="I have been using one for over 4 years now (batteries should be up for replacement soon, so knock on wood that there's no outage).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It has saved my bacon at least once, during an unexpected power outage.  I was able to save everything and shut down without a hitch.  I should mention that I live next to a switching station in my area (which happens to power the rail yard for our light rail system on our side of town).  The switching station had &quot;caught fire&quot; and as a result, power was out everywhere for 10 blocks in all directions, along with the rail yard next to it.  Preceeding the event was a brown-out that lasted for several minutes.  Eventually the fire was subdued (a mineral oil tank was the cause of the blaze) and service was restored.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My computer would have been reduced to so much expensive junk during that wonderful brownout.  It would be one thing to be inconvenienced by loosing some games or something, but it's another when you make your living with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Personal&quot; UPS units lack many of the bells and whistles of the big ones, but they *get the job done*." />
  <row Id="5488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3183" RevisionGUID="ee9d2094-643e-4e29-8bc3-15bd8d478314" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:35:49.147" UserId="1650" Text="Does anybody know when the RC for Windows 7 will be coming out, or where to get it?" />
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  <row Id="5490" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3183" RevisionGUID="ee9d2094-643e-4e29-8bc3-15bd8d478314" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:35:49.147" UserId="1650" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;os&gt;" />
  <row Id="5491" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3184" RevisionGUID="149ca422-64e2-4250-a04c-248f631b2e33" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:37:17.130" UserId="1232" Text="According to [this article][1], May 5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/may/01/windows7-rc-free" />
  <row Id="5494" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3186" RevisionGUID="74c5e8ad-09c9-46c1-8cbe-7438865a0f4c" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:37:27.160" UserId="1494" Text="It will be publicly available May 5th." />
  <row Id="5495" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3187" RevisionGUID="1a607421-fa72-4327-a578-4828907a8fca" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:37:57.300" UserId="1650" Text="I really liked &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dba-oracle.com/art_dbazine_expert_tuning.htm&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; article. " />
  <row Id="5496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3188" RevisionGUID="4872599c-b555-4c80-b41a-f58988bce23d" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:38:50.963" UserId="1361" Text="*Books:*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Optimising Oracle Performance - Cary Millsap&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pretty much everything by Thomas Kyte (asktom.oracle.com)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cost-Based Oracle Fundamentals (Jonathan Lewis)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Web sites (if you are dealing with Oracle on Linux):*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.puschitz.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.oaktable.net/&#xD;&#xA;...and the oracle websites, metalink etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5497" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3189" RevisionGUID="cb6ca1b1-e1b7-493d-a4b2-554b403afe28" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:39:04.100" UserId="1436" Text="MSDN and Technet already have it." />
  <row Id="5502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3191" RevisionGUID="a3f57e77-4f61-43cd-9829-9d8f7a864bba" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:43:58.783" UserId="173" Text="As others have said, it's meant to be available to the public on May 5th, and it's on MSDN and Technet now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, why not wait until, say, this time next week (May 9th)? If you imagine it's not actually out for a few more days, you're likely to have a much less frustrating experience downloading it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3192" RevisionGUID="068e37f9-2c8b-4b86-a9b8-79eac2f7d7ef" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:44:18.563" UserId="1393" Text="- Driver Handle - large and small&#xD;&#xA;- Range of screwdriver blades: flat, phillips, torx&#xD;&#xA;- Range of nut drivers&#xD;&#xA;- Small crescent wrench, rubber handled&#xD;&#xA;- Tiny blade screwdriver - flat and phillips&#xD;&#xA;- Pliers&#xD;&#xA;- Needlenose pliers&#xD;&#xA;- Pocket knife&#xD;&#xA;- Wire cutters&#xD;&#xA;- Wire stripper/crimper&#xD;&#xA;- Straight and/or angled forceps&#xD;&#xA;- Magnetic pickup tool -- for when you drop that stupid screw down into the case&#xD;&#xA;- Alligator clips&#xD;&#xA;- Small mirror on extendible handle -- what's that tag number again?&#xD;&#xA;- Multimeter&#xD;&#xA;- Portable soldering iron&#xD;&#xA;- Outlet tester&#xD;&#xA;- Something to write with/on&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3193" RevisionGUID="3ba8b5eb-7484-4a79-8be7-302b72d3dc3e" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:44:23.760" UserId="216" Text="It's available to the public from May 5th, and already available since April 30th to MSDN and Technet subscribers, and since about April 21st it has apparently been available from the Pirate Bay...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you already have an activation key from the Beta release, it will also work on the Release Candidate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3194" RevisionGUID="d82fc9d2-1439-4c8a-a5a1-5beae123d024" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:45:43.007" UserId="1232" Text="Books, blogs, tools, you name it." />
  <row Id="5506" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3194" RevisionGUID="d82fc9d2-1439-4c8a-a5a1-5beae123d024" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:45:43.007" UserId="1232" Text="Things every SQL Server DBA should know" />
  <row Id="5507" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3194" RevisionGUID="d82fc9d2-1439-4c8a-a5a1-5beae123d024" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:45:43.007" UserId="1232" Text="&lt;database-adminstration&gt;&lt;dba&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;tips&gt;" />
  <row Id="5508" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3162" RevisionGUID="46cabf95-4a91-4ad8-9b3f-a3c568641b4b" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:46:40.463" UserId="629" Comment="added info about fedora" Text="The recommended way to do this is to do &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo vol_id -u /dev/sda2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more on using UUIDs, see [this article](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingUUID) (from ubuntu help, but should work for any linux distro using UUIDs).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As noted in comments to this question, vol_id may not be in your path. On ubuntu it is in /sbin so the above will work. For fedora it appears to need &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo /lib/udev/vol_id -u /dev/sda2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If other distributions have vol_id in other places then post a comment and I'll add it to this answer." />
  <row Id="5511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3196" RevisionGUID="7d279ccc-ff15-42bb-829f-d2458784484f" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:46:59.510" UserId="1585" Text="What are the significant considerations when designing and setting up a dmz for a relatively small office (15-20users) with a limited budget? The network traffic across the dmz will be inbound smtp (ms exchange), inbound http/s (owa), outbound internet traffic." />
  <row Id="5512" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3196" RevisionGUID="7d279ccc-ff15-42bb-829f-d2458784484f" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:46:59.510" UserId="1585" Text="Considerations for Security appliance/software in DMZ" />
  <row Id="5513" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3196" RevisionGUID="7d279ccc-ff15-42bb-829f-d2458784484f" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:46:59.510" UserId="1585" Text="&lt;dmz&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="5514" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3157" RevisionGUID="09410bb1-12e0-41f0-a0f1-cfb809eeff52" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:48:02.300" UserId="216" Comment="added 77 characters in body" Text="Almost every time this can be solved just with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cp -R .[a-zA-Z0-9]* directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's pretty unusual to have a hidden file that doesn't start with one of those characters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other pattern matches are available (`.??*`, `.[^.]*`) - see the comments" />
  <row Id="5515" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3184" RevisionGUID="9ce93157-79f4-4996-b76c-475045cf3d1c" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:49:27.320" UserId="1232" Comment="Added link to technet." Text="According to [this article][1], May 5. That's for the general public. According to the [Windows 7 Team Blog][2]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I’m pleased to share that the RC is on&#xD;&#xA;&gt; track for April 30th for  download by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; MSDN and TechNet subscribers. Broader,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; public availability will begin on May&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 5th.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is it on [TechNet][3] and [MSDN][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/may/01/windows7-rc-free&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/04/24/windows-7-release-candidate-update.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/default.aspx?pv=36:350&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/subscriptions/downloads/default.aspx?PV=36:350:DVD:en:x86" />
  <row Id="5516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3197" RevisionGUID="f95b6ef9-fe48-4afb-8281-bbfcf760c227" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:51:28.610" UserId="629" Text="To give a shorter answer - From the command line, do &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo aptitude install ubuntu-desktop&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I won't go into GUI ways of doing this as this site is meant to be for server admins who ought to be comfortable at the command line)." />
  <row Id="5518" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3198" RevisionGUID="133aa98b-d716-46aa-9aaa-cd92a2ef2bc3" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:54:08.057" UserId="1494" Text="Got this one for work once.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.tripplite.com/en/products/model.cfm?txtSeriesID=673&amp;EID=14489&amp;txtModelID=2024&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Needs cables tho. Needs no external power." />
  <row Id="5519" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3199" RevisionGUID="dfe7d36a-3b10-44a4-90ef-678629c8e951" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:55:41.143" UserId="1585" Text="We are considering bringing in wireless internet from a local isp (802.11b) but a concern is that our own wireless point-to-point Cisco bridge (1310) might interfere with the isp.  Will operating on different non-overlapping channels avoid rf interference?  The equipment would be about 50-100 ft apart." />
  <row Id="5520" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3199" RevisionGUID="dfe7d36a-3b10-44a4-90ef-678629c8e951" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:55:41.143" UserId="1585" Text="Avoiding WiFi (802.11b/g) interference between wireless isp and our own Point-to-point bridge" />
  <row Id="5521" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3199" RevisionGUID="dfe7d36a-3b10-44a4-90ef-678629c8e951" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:55:41.143" UserId="1585" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;wifi&gt;" />
  <row Id="5522" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3188" RevisionGUID="a9bfa263-0cdc-4440-9728-69d2e0fc077c" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:57:03.637" UserId="1361" Comment="added 416 characters in body" Text="*Books:*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Optimising Oracle Performance][1] - Cary Millsap&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pretty much everything by [Thomas Kyte][2] (http://asktom.oracle.com)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Cost-Based Oracle Fundamentals][3] (Jonathan Lewis)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Web sites (if you are dealing with Oracle on Linux):*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.puschitz.com - installing oracle on Linux, Linux performance tuning tips&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.oaktable.net&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...and the oracle websites, metalink etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Optimizing-Oracle-Performance-Cary-Millsap/dp/059600527X/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1241286930&amp;sr=8-1&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.amazon.com/Effective-Oracle-Design-Osborne-ORACLE/dp/0072230657/ref=pd_sim_b_5&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.amazon.com/Cost-Based-Oracle-Fundamentals-Experts-Voice/dp/1590596366/ref=pd_sim_b_4" />
  <row Id="5523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3200" RevisionGUID="b94c8b72-24eb-450a-8d85-fee25c966d6b" CreationDate="2009-05-02T17:59:43.037" UserId="1232" Text="Depending on what country you're in there are about 11-13 channels in the 2.4GHz range for 802.11g (and I assume b but I only use g so I can't say b for sure). Generally I try to keep them about 5 channels apart. I have run two 802.11g networks just fine at home on, say, channels 3 and 8 where the access points have been less than a foot apart with no problems. That's what the channels are for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Channels and international compatibility][1] is a good read actually. You'll note that the overlap is about +/- 2 channels so 5 apart is a good rule of thumb. It also lists various international differences between allowed channels.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/802.11#802.11b" />
  <row Id="5525" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3202" RevisionGUID="aa5e89b2-3db8-4b15-8b84-ba392ce07949" CreationDate="2009-05-02T18:00:30.663" UserId="460" Text="I am installing Windows 7 RC on a Dell Mini 9 (netbook) and wanted to know what the community suggested for tweaks and optimzations that I could configure to ensure the OS performed well on the scaled down hardware." />
  <row Id="5526" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3202" RevisionGUID="aa5e89b2-3db8-4b15-8b84-ba392ce07949" CreationDate="2009-05-02T18:00:30.663" UserId="460" Text="Windows 7 RC Optimizations for Netbook" />
  <row Id="5527" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3202" RevisionGUID="aa5e89b2-3db8-4b15-8b84-ba392ce07949" CreationDate="2009-05-02T18:00:30.663" UserId="460" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;netbook&gt;&lt;optimization&gt;" />
  <row Id="5528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3203" RevisionGUID="bca5c5fd-8f56-4445-a530-8474e8faf727" CreationDate="2009-05-02T18:04:39.233" UserId="1155" Text="I would disable the Shadow Copy service since that can cause a lot of disk IO. But this is only available on certain SKUs of Windows 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But then again, I've been running Window 7 on a netbook for months without doing any optimizations. It's plenty optimized out of the box :-)" />
  <row Id="5529" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3204" RevisionGUID="ce8d6117-3383-4bf4-9506-5ba98778b877" CreationDate="2009-05-02T18:05:31.867" UserId="385" Text="**Sites**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of these are multiple purpose. For instance, articles + forums + blogs. This is by no means exhaustive. It's a starting point as you'll find a lot of other blogs and resources from these sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [SQL Server Central][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [SQL Blog][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [SQLServerPedia][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [SQL Skills][4]&#xD;&#xA; - [SQL Team][5]&#xD;&#xA; - [SQL Server Performance][6]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Books**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This really depends on your role. If you're an operational DBA, you'll want the Wrox book on Administration. If you're dealing with Integration Services, look for the books and resources by SQL Server MVP Brian Knight as a start. If you're doing development, look for SQL Server MVP Louis Davidson's Design book from Apress and SQL Server MVP Grant Fritchey's book on Query Tuning, also from Apress. I'm not very strong on Analysis Services, so I'll leave that for others to recommend. SSRS there are a ton of good books. Also look for the free ebooks at SQL Server Central.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Tools**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A lot of good vendors. Start by knowing what comes with SQL Server. Profiler, SSMS, and Configuration Manager you should know cold. BIDS if you do SSIS or SSRS. Otherwise, 3rd parties to look at (in alphabetical order, as people's preferences vary):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Apex][7]&#xD;&#xA; - [Quest][8]&#xD;&#xA; - [Red Gate][9]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Social Networks**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a group of us fairly active on Twitter. You can find the list of us at SQLServerPedia. Most of us are connected via LinkedIn and FaceBook as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlservercentral.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sqlblog.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.sqlserverpedia.com&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.sqlskills.com&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.sqlteam.com&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.sql-server-performance.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.apexsql.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.quest.com&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.red-gate.com" />
  <row Id="5531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3205" RevisionGUID="98283116-8893-47d7-9590-239492a67767" CreationDate="2009-05-02T18:08:29.007" UserId="1655" Text="The server is running Apache, Subversion, and Atlassian Confluence. Can this be upgraded safely, and if so, what is the command line? I'd like to stay on a more recent version of the platform but make as few problems for myself as possible." />
  <row Id="5532" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3205" RevisionGUID="98283116-8893-47d7-9590-239492a67767" CreationDate="2009-05-02T18:08:29.007" UserId="1655" Text="Is it safe to upgrade an Ubuntu 8.10 Server to the latest release?" />
  <row Id="5533" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3205" RevisionGUID="98283116-8893-47d7-9590-239492a67767" CreationDate="2009-05-02T18:08:29.007" UserId="1655" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;upgrade&gt;" />
  <row Id="5534" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3206" RevisionGUID="2957adcc-03e7-445c-aff9-13ef9fa5f329" CreationDate="2009-05-02T18:11:19.217" UserId="48" Text="The first thing to consider is whether you need a DMZ at all, for a small office with only a few services required would it be simpler and more secure to forward the ports you require to the internal network?" />
  <row Id="5535" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3200" RevisionGUID="6bd1b93c-c192-46aa-a7a9-6ce3a7d3ef9a" CreationDate="2009-05-02T18:11:46.393" UserId="1232" Comment="Further clarified b and g interoperability issues." Text="Depending on what country you're in there are up to 14 channels in the 2.4GHz range for 802.11g. 802.11b uses 3 of those channels (corresponding to 1, 6 and 11 in the 802.11g range) according to [SolutionBase: 802.11g vs. 802.11b][1]. That article has an excellent discussion of b and g interoperability and some pretty good reasons why you shouldn't even support b (ie security).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally I try to keep them about 5 channels apart. I have run two 802.11g networks just fine at home on, say, channels 3 and 8 where the access points have been less than a foot apart with no problems. That's what the channels are for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Channels and international compatibility][2] is a good read actually. You'll note that the overlap is about +/- 2 channels so 5 apart is a good rule of thumb. It also lists various international differences between allowed channels.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also worth noting is [The myth of non-overlapping channels: interference measurements in IEEE 802.11][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-22_11-5309224.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/802.11#802.11b&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/login.jsp?url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fiel5%2F4142688%2F4142689%2F04142700.pdf%3Farnumber%3D4142700&amp;authDecision=-203" />
  <row Id="5536" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3149" RevisionGUID="fd4c07d3-4ac1-49a9-93b9-fa1ccc0ddbd7" CreationDate="2009-05-02T18:13:46.637" UserId="1496" Comment="added 269 characters in body" Text="Assuming you want the UUID for sda1, you could try something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for v in /dev/disk/by-uuid/* ; do echo &quot;`readlink $v`: $v&quot; | grep ../sda1 | cut -d\: -f2 | cut -d/ -f5 ; done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Adjust sda1 accordingly. To get the UUIDs for all partitions, drop the greps and cuts, a la:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for v in /dev/disk/by-uuid/* ; do echo &quot;`readlink $v`: $v&quot; ; done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sample output for sda1 on my desktop:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [mihailim@home ~]$ for v in /dev/disk/by-uuid/* ; do echo &quot;`readlink $v`: $v&quot; | grep ../sdb3 | cut -d\: -f2 | cut -d/ -f5 ; done&#xD;&#xA;    dc8c49f1-e2dc-46bc-ba02-013f26c85f70&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Please note that this solution, while more contrived than the udev-&gt;vol_id one, does **not** require root privileges, will work on any post-2005 or so kernel, and relies on tools present in any Linux distribution which are by default in the path for any user." />
  <row Id="5537" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3207" RevisionGUID="3400a53d-b7a3-4297-8447-48540632869d" CreationDate="2009-05-02T18:16:58.173" UserId="1401" Text="I've actually seen this happen when you have a log directory that doesn't exist. I'm not sure why they don't handle that better but you may want to make sure that all the log directories are there and the process can write to them." />
  <row Id="5538" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3199" RevisionGUID="862cb904-d28b-4e2b-bd75-031999e5fd54" CreationDate="2009-05-02T18:20:41.113" UserId="1232" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;wifi&gt;&lt;wireless-network&gt;" />
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  <row Id="5540" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3181" RevisionGUID="e0d7eaca-7336-43e0-8721-23080874772c" CreationDate="2009-05-02T18:22:52.137" UserId="1232" />
  <row Id="5541" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3208" RevisionGUID="d1c25765-7cd2-46a7-972f-8ebf3f2227ea" CreationDate="2009-05-02T18:22:54.493" UserId="640" Text="Yes! And not just for computers. My TiVo, cable modem, router, and Xbox are all on a UPS." />
  <row Id="5542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3209" RevisionGUID="9c25b257-4eeb-4082-a790-2c1ca7995b91" CreationDate="2009-05-02T18:25:08.670" UserId="640" Text="Linksys has 2 and 4 port KVMs for cheap (&lt; $100). Here's a [4-port for PS/2][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-PS2KVM4-ProConnect-4-Port-Compact/dp/B00004SB98/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;s=electronics&amp;qid=1241288638&amp;sr=8-2" />
  <row Id="5543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3210" RevisionGUID="9643efd5-c182-4c7e-8e66-70bcc17724a3" CreationDate="2009-05-02T18:25:53.580" UserId="385" Text="From an audit perspective, you want some sort of centralized system where the administrators of the other systems do not have administrative rights over it. There are plenty of solutions which will automatically retrieve and export the logs to a central system. You're basically looking for what is called a log management or a security information management (SIM) product. As to which one, that depends on a lot of factors, such as budget, current solutions in house, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as from a forensics perspective, the biggest thing is to be able to show a chain of custody in order to establish the evidence hasn't been tampered with. This goes beyond just the tools. It's also the procedures used to handle the evidence when a security event occurs and as the investigation proceeds and verifies that an incident has occurred and moves into evidence collection and damage assessment. For that sort of thing, you'll probably want to take a look at having folks with the appropriate [SANS][1] incident handling and forensics training.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sans.org/" />
  <row Id="5544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3211" RevisionGUID="996a52dc-53ae-4fae-8f67-28a24aaa5615" CreationDate="2009-05-02T18:26:51.037" UserId="1232" Text="According to [Upgrading to Ubuntu 9.04][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Network Upgrade for Ubuntu Servers (Recommended)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ----------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 1. Install update-manager-core if it is not already installed:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     sudo apt-get install update-manager-core&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2. Launch the upgrade tool:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     sudo do-release-upgrade&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 3. Follow the on-screen instructions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;According to the [Ubuntu release history][2], 8.10 will be officially supported for another year (almost). 9.04 is less than two weeks old so I'd perhaps be slightly hesitant to upgrade immediately unless you have a pressing need. If what you have now works just stick with it until the 9.04 issues are bedded down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Ubuntu#Release_history" />
  <row Id="5545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3212" RevisionGUID="54dc4014-28ee-4e60-9130-425200c7fab2" CreationDate="2009-05-02T18:33:07.620" UserId="333" Text="Surge protectors definitely don't protect you from everything, especially if your house wiring has problems. I've discovered that an ordinary surge protector plugged into an outlet with an open ground can actually make surges worse than equipment plugged straight into the outlet (the result was several fried xbox 360 power supplies)." />
  <row Id="5546" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3213" RevisionGUID="691feabb-1d58-4deb-a83f-033bf355a35c" CreationDate="2009-05-02T18:34:13.030" UserId="1650" Text="I would stick with 8.10 like cletus said. There aren't to many major differences between the releases. If you stick with 8.10 then you know what your getting, if you upgrade to 9.04 there could be bugs that haven't been reported yet that might affect you.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The major thing you have to consider when upgrading is this: Who are you working for? If this is your server then do it and see what happens. If this is a business server that servers the needs of other users, then wait.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there's one thing vista taught us, it's that the &quot;latest and greatest&quot; isn't always better then what you were using before." />
  <row Id="5548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3214" RevisionGUID="ab3e1e3b-c1f2-4db2-917f-e90d4aae9e93" CreationDate="2009-05-02T18:40:59.457" UserId="385" Text="Based on the requirements you've given, you don't have a need for a true DMZ. A front end Exchange Server (to run OWA) must technically be on the domain, which means it actually has to be on the private network. And the number of ports you have to open make it prohibitive to consider anything else. Microsoft's solution is to use ISA as a software/application firewall and bastion host in front of the OWA server. Also, to use it to funnel SMTP traffic through. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm admitted not a big fan of ISA Server. I prefer a hardware solution which would include an SSL termination capability like an F5 BigIP or the like. However, it may be the right solution for you. Otherwise, you still want to make sure you have a decent, industry recognized hardware firewall solution like from Cisco or SonicWall. Understand the capabilities of the various models. Your reseller should be able to best help you determine the right fit for what you need. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3215" RevisionGUID="3d437698-f436-463d-a3ab-49fabb72f7cf" CreationDate="2009-05-02T18:43:12.760" UserId="385" Text="Not only is it useful and essential to protect your home computing equipment, but also if you have a home theater system. Basically, you'd rather the lower cost UPS buy it in the case of something happening.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3216" RevisionGUID="ca363472-04b4-4673-98c8-9a4edcead20f" CreationDate="2009-05-02T18:43:38.983" UserId="1647" Text="As cletus said, just do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo apt-get install-update-manager-core&#xD;&#xA;    sudo do-release-upgrade&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I have usually found that upgrading can cause lots of problems. On desktops I usually put the home folders on a separate partition so I can do a fresh install without losing any data. If you don't have a really important reason to upgrade, don't. Upgrading is good for desktops so you can get all the cool new stuff. On servers though, you don't want to mess with more than you have to." />
  <row Id="5551" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1570" RevisionGUID="e9ec6127-8a0c-4637-a48d-17bfd51d8c6e" CreationDate="2009-05-02T18:47:48.023" UserId="1008" Comment="deleted 4 characters in body" Text="Red Hat has been around for a long time, the product is well known. There is a well known large company (Red Hat) providing support for the product." />
  <row Id="5552" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3217" RevisionGUID="b06604ea-69a7-42c6-9dc8-835450326afd" CreationDate="2009-05-02T18:50:11.760" UserId="273" Text="I'd use profiler to check your sql. Compare 'logical' reads to 'physical' reads. SQL server is smart and will use the RAM it needs for the most effiecient results. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also check that your autostats are upto date. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Without more idea of the type of query and the db table sizes it sounds a bit strange.  " />
  <row Id="5553" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3218" RevisionGUID="0c703e84-7812-4214-b794-0547869bee16" CreationDate="2009-05-02T18:53:58.350" UserId="1008" Text="What backup solutions you use for linux server in production environment? Do you prefer open source or commercial products?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you consider to be essential features in backup software?" />
  <row Id="5554" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3218" RevisionGUID="0c703e84-7812-4214-b794-0547869bee16" CreationDate="2009-05-02T18:53:58.350" UserId="1008" Text="What backup solution you use for linux servers" />
  <row Id="5555" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3218" RevisionGUID="0c703e84-7812-4214-b794-0547869bee16" CreationDate="2009-05-02T18:53:58.350" UserId="1008" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;production&gt;&lt;recommend&gt;" />
  <row Id="5558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3220" RevisionGUID="64c25325-a8c9-4468-a6d3-d36862a624f8" CreationDate="2009-05-02T19:00:48.223" UserId="1008" Text="There is &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/+source/tracker/+bug/346912&quot;&gt;an annoying bug&lt;/a&gt; with tracker in 9.04.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise I haven´t seen any problems after upgrade from 8.10 after using it for couple of hours. Nor I have seen any significant differences or improvements. Upgrade itself went smoohtly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: these experiences refer only to desktop usage, they are probably not applicaple to the question." />
  <row Id="5559" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3221" RevisionGUID="d51391f1-fca3-4c40-877b-33d4b0f783d6" CreationDate="2009-05-02T19:02:12.310" UserId="1022" Text="[OpenOffice.org](http://openoffice.org) has, of course, been mentioned, but there is a more featureful fork called [Go-oo](http://go-oo.org/) which is not controlled by Sun Microsystems." />
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  <row Id="5563" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3218" RevisionGUID="55fc416c-77d9-498b-9888-ffd4480941c8" CreationDate="2009-05-02T19:09:46.143" UserId="1008" Comment="added 12 characters in body" Text="What backup solutions you use for linux server in production environment? Do you prefer open source or commercial products? Which ones?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you consider to be essential features in backup software?" />
  <row Id="5564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3222" RevisionGUID="d6ab7881-5df8-4ebe-8b6c-4ef01ec25ca2" CreationDate="2009-05-02T19:14:13.997" UserId="28" Text="There's a bug in 9.04 where degraded RAID arrays don't automatically start. Otherwise, I've been happy with it on my home server and my VPS, but I haven't finished my testing for my work cluster(s) yet." />
  <row Id="5565" PostHistoryTypeId="8" PostId="3218" RevisionGUID="ba25b6d1-b2d8-4b2c-b09f-87b60b6c952d" CreationDate="2009-05-02T19:14:32.920" UserId="1008" Comment="Rollback to [0c703e84-7812-4214-b794-0547869bee16]" Text="What backup solutions you use for linux server in production environment? Do you prefer open source or commercial products?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you consider to be essential features in backup software?" />
  <row Id="5566" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3223" RevisionGUID="e496710a-db5c-4892-925f-dd205852828e" CreationDate="2009-05-02T19:14:54.087" UserId="385" Text="Back a few years ago, when I needed to put in a security scanning server, I wanted to run Nessus, etc., we started looking at Linux distros. Management insisted on an OS I could make a support call on. Red Hat's mechanisms for purchasing one year of support were straight forward and easy. So even though the two of us putting the system in had plenty of experience on Debian, we went to Red Hat immediately. Red Hat gives you the packaged support option management wants at little or no fuss. So both the business side and the techie side are satisfied.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5567" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3135" RevisionGUID="bc9e10f5-b112-47da-b3ad-63a25234a7c9" CreationDate="2009-05-02T19:15:41.263" UserId="48" Comment="added 232 characters in body" Text="It is quite common for this problem to be DNS related. Make sure the clients DNS settings are correct. If you are on an active directory domain make sure your primary DNS server is set to the Domain Controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Edit]&#xD;&#xA;See [this link][1] for further details on whats happening during this process and what problems can occur.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/askperf/archive/2008/10/14/help-i-m-stuck-at-applying-computer-settings.aspx" />
  <row Id="5568" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3224" RevisionGUID="b79859e9-20d6-4bfd-b04b-e4c186d516c5" CreationDate="2009-05-02T19:15:53.540" UserId="1661" Text="In the proprietary world, [R1Soft][1] is doing a very good job. Try the demo tools that they release gratis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the free world, I use lvm snapshots, dd and netcat to make quick backups. Just make sure dm_snapshot exists in your initrd :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.r1soft.com/" />
  <row Id="5569" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3225" RevisionGUID="b67338cb-0356-47d7-9b41-41243ebaae26" CreationDate="2009-05-02T19:24:07.497" UserId="1661" Text="Its like why 100 year old wine is so popular. Its 'aged to perfection'. RHEL certifies itself as stable and offers support to that effect. As such, they do their best to make darn sure the code they package works to all expectations. The problem is, they stay two steps behind the current development edge in their releases, however this policy gives enterprise users a warm and fuzzy feeling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once in a while they get bitten, I remember them pulling some crazy code from perl's unstable tree and causing a gazillion aps to run at 100% cpu utilization .. developers also get annoyed because the packaged libraries are ancient.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Really, why is anything popular? Because lots of people say &quot;It worked well for me&quot;. You get tried and tested code with RedHats patches applied to fix and squash all reported bugs. The only way they can do that is to give you older code that had time to stew in the wild.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I find it too confining, I need to modify my kernel without voiding my support agreement .. but many other people just want the damn thing to work :)" />
  <row Id="5571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3227" RevisionGUID="a392c203-91a8-4737-b5d9-00dceb5e3648" CreationDate="2009-05-02T19:28:13.057" UserId="1372" Text="In windows Vista, when I run certain programs, Vista says:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    The publisher cannot be verified, are you sure you want to run this software?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe this applies to software which has not been signed, but I'm not sure.  &#xD;&#xA;My question is:  how can I prevent this message from coming up for a specific program?  &#xD;&#xA;Is there a way I can tell Vista to &quot;trust&quot; a program from now on?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help or explanation gratefully received.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm running Home Premium.  &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5572" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3227" RevisionGUID="a392c203-91a8-4737-b5d9-00dceb5e3648" CreationDate="2009-05-02T19:28:13.057" UserId="1372" Text="Vista &quot;publisher cannot be verified&quot; message" />
  <row Id="5573" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3227" RevisionGUID="a392c203-91a8-4737-b5d9-00dceb5e3648" CreationDate="2009-05-02T19:28:13.057" UserId="1372" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;error-message&gt;" />
  <row Id="5575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3228" RevisionGUID="459d7fea-9715-43e3-bd39-95cdddc64b3f" CreationDate="2009-05-02T19:32:31.190" UserId="1660" Text="ESET NOD32 Antivirus Business Edition&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Highly regarded and small footprint.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I switched the AV on all Windows servers on my network to this from Symantec Endpoint Protection and I noticed a pretty good speed boost.&#xD;&#xA;They have been very reasonable on renewal costs as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Located [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.eset.com/products/nod32.php#nod32_business" />
  <row Id="5576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3229" RevisionGUID="c62b4d95-ddb1-4bd1-ada1-fa112d5e1d99" CreationDate="2009-05-02T19:36:06.750" UserId="1496" Text="I implore you, step away from plain shell expansion on the `cp` command line - shell expansion has all sorts of *ahem* &quot;interesting&quot; corner cases (unwanted recursion caused by . and .., spaces, non-printable stuff, hardlinks, symbolic links, and so on.) Use `find` instead (it comes in the `findutils` package, in case you don't have it installed - which would be weird, all distributions install it by default):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find -H /path/to/toplevel/dir/ -maxdepth 1 -name '.*' -a \( -type d -o -type f -o -type l \) -exec cp -a '{}' /path/to/destination/dir/ \;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Step by step explanation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * `-H` will cause `find` not to follow symlinks (except if the actual toplevel directory name you gave it is a symlink; that it will follow.)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * *`/path/to/toplevel/dir/`* is, obviously, supposed to be replaced by you with the path do the directory which hosts the settings files and directories you want to back up.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * `-maxdepth 1` will stop `find` from recursively descending into any directories whose name starts with a dot. We don't need it to recurse, `cp` will do that for us, we just need the names at this level.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * `-name '.*'` tells `find` that we want all names that start with a dot. This won't work correctly if the environment variable `POSIXLY_CORRECT` is set, but it rarely (if ever) is. This is the first match condition we have specified so far.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * `a \( ....... \)` is an **and** followed by a more complex condition in parentheses (I've used ..... to replace it, it's explained below.) We need to escape the parentheses since they'll otherwise be (mis)interpreted by the shell, hence the backslash in front of them,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * `-type d -o -type f -o -type l` are three conditions with an **or** between them. `-type d` matches directories, `-type f` matches regular files, and `-type l` matches symlinks. You can select what you want - for example, if you don't want to backup settings directories, omit `-type d` (and the `-o` right behind it, obviously.)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * `-exec ..... \;` tells `find` to execute a command every time a match is encountered. The end of the command is marked by a semicolon, which we again need to escape with a backslash to avoid shell interpretation. Within that command line, you need to use `{}` where you want the name of the currently encountered match to end up. Since shells might also misinterpret the curly braces, you should place them in apostrophes, as in `'{}'`. The command we want to execute in this case is `cp -a '{}' /path/to/destination/dir/` (-a means archive, which recurses in subdirectories, copies symlinks as links, and preserves permissions and extended attributes, and *`/path/to/destination/dir/`* is obviously the name of the destination directory - replace it.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, in plain English, this `find` command line says this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Start at /path/to/toplevel/dir/. Do not descend into any subdirectories. Find all directories, files and symlinks whose name starts with a dot. For each of those you have found found, copy it to /path/to/destination/dir/ preserving nature, permissions, and extended attributes." />
  <row Id="5578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3231" RevisionGUID="760f84cb-ae38-49ca-baf1-79c79abf2419" CreationDate="2009-05-02T19:45:49.443" UserId="48" Text="This message is because the vendor has not certified the software with vista. Ticking the box that says don't ask again doesn't usually work. To get it to remember your choice you need to locate the exe file for the program, go to properties and under the general tab is usually a message that vista is blocking the program, unblock it and that should sort it. It will ask for UAC permission." />
  <row Id="5579" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3232" RevisionGUID="9ea54fd6-3b2e-4801-b3b0-86a994775022" CreationDate="2009-05-02T19:46:41.173" UserId="1661" Text="ClamAV is good to ensure that your MTA doesn't propagate crap all over the world. This is good practice, it helps keep Windows users safe. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for AV software on Linux, please [read this koan][1]. I strongly advise removing your shoes prior to reading the koan.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=745" />
  <row Id="5580" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3233" RevisionGUID="9d6a80ae-8d4a-4565-af06-e3c543e52541" CreationDate="2009-05-02T19:47:50.623" UserId="912" Text="We have a webservice that our application uses and the developers require https connections to the webservice.  Since this is an internal webservice would you use a self signed cert?" />
  <row Id="5581" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3233" RevisionGUID="9d6a80ae-8d4a-4565-af06-e3c543e52541" CreationDate="2009-05-02T19:47:50.623" UserId="912" Text="For an intranet server would you buy a ssl cert or use a self signed cert?" />
  <row Id="5582" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3233" RevisionGUID="9d6a80ae-8d4a-4565-af06-e3c543e52541" CreationDate="2009-05-02T19:47:50.623" UserId="912" Text="&lt;ssl&gt;" />
  <row Id="5583" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3234" RevisionGUID="afea1e82-789e-4abb-a0b8-f3001397de53" CreationDate="2009-05-02T19:51:23.627" UserId="1660" Text="What is the best way to allow users on a LAN to easily sit at a new computer and have all their settings brought in when they sit there?&#xD;&#xA;The settings brought in would be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Outlook / email settings&#xD;&#xA; - Mapped drives Network Printers Browser&#xD;&#xA; - favorites/bookmarks &#xD;&#xA; - Application shortcuts needed by the new user&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The network is a Windows 2003 Active Directory domain environment&#xD;&#xA;The solution would only need to be at one physical location but possibly would be extended to other locations over VPN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some possibilities I've considered are roaming profiles, scripting, or virtualization techniques, but I haven't tried any yet and I'm looking for input." />
  <row Id="5584" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3234" RevisionGUID="afea1e82-789e-4abb-a0b8-f3001397de53" CreationDate="2009-05-02T19:51:23.627" UserId="1660" Text="Allow users to login to multiple desktops with all their settings" />
  <row Id="5585" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3234" RevisionGUID="afea1e82-789e-4abb-a0b8-f3001397de53" CreationDate="2009-05-02T19:51:23.627" UserId="1660" Text="&lt;desktop-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="5586" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3235" RevisionGUID="7b6d9a66-6ab5-41a8-bbab-60ed6c851961" CreationDate="2009-05-02T19:51:42.283" UserId="1232" Text="The problem with a self-signed cert is the clients will generally spew warnings about it being unverified. Depending on security settings, some may block it altogether.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is purely an internal need, why even use https instaed of http?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I'd either stick with http or buy a cheap cert (they're not that expensive)." />
  <row Id="5587" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3236" RevisionGUID="34bcf5f8-2f81-4b23-8b07-c7317845792b" CreationDate="2009-05-02T19:52:02.347" UserId="411" Text="I've had the same issues on my workstation but never on a server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a temporary fix I found a while back on the web and it seems to work:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the query editor type: **exec sp_configure 'user instances enabled', 1**&#xD;&#xA;then: **Reconfigure**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then restart the SQL Server database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;found this [link][1] today&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and after a quick search on StackOverflow [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/281500/error-failed-to-generate-a-user-instance-of-sql-server][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/hongmeig/archive/2007/08/31/generating-user-instances-in-sql-server-is-disabled-use-sp-configure-user-instances-enabled-to-generate-user-instances.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/281500/error-failed-to-generate-a-user-instance-of-sql-server" />
  <row Id="5588" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3237" RevisionGUID="6d9b1261-5018-4f52-acb8-200224295c6c" CreationDate="2009-05-02T19:52:22.313" UserId="48" Text="For the low price of starter certs, like rapidssl, I would probably purchase one of these, at least if you only need a minimal amount of them. I feel its worth the small fee to stop users being asked to accept the untrusted self signed cert, as it always causes some issues with non-technical users." />
  <row Id="5589" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3238" RevisionGUID="b0d6be35-d7b0-425b-8ea0-85fbfa42a260" CreationDate="2009-05-02T19:52:52.530" UserId="1661" Text="Usually, yes, I'd use a self signed PEM certificate for such things. However, how sensitive is the site on your intranet? There are good practices to follow regarding the machine that actually signs the certs .. and others, which may or may not apply to you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, how would an internal CA store be configured for users? Once you accept a cert, you'll know if it changes .. which brings me back to good practices involving the machine that actually signs them (i.e. sign, then unplug it).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its handy to have your own internal CA, if you manage it correctly. Please provide more information." />
  <row Id="5590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3239" RevisionGUID="26fcab18-f3cd-4e53-a588-eff67af4527a" CreationDate="2009-05-02T19:54:23.463" UserId="48" Text="To cover all the options you specfied you would need to use a combination of techniques:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Roaming profiles to move profile data this will cover start menu items and desktop shortcuts:&#xD;&#xA; - Folder redirection to redirect my documents to folder on the server&#xD;&#xA; - Logon scripts to create mapped drives and mapped printersat login.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Outlook setup is a little more complicated, you can generate a .prf file that contains all the users Outlook setup instructions, which can be run as a startup script to setup the user outlook connection" />
  <row Id="5591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3240" RevisionGUID="e1e97399-1c19-4ae0-b9f6-11d027ea4061" CreationDate="2009-05-02T19:57:37.370" UserId="772" Text="[try CAcert](http://www.cacert.org/). they are free, you just need to have the root installed. one step above having self signed certificates." />
  <row Id="5592" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3241" RevisionGUID="2e482257-31e2-4881-b406-ebd92bca3966" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:00:21.560" UserId="919" Text="The only way you can really be sure is to upgrade the preproduction server and see what breaks. If you don't have one, then you can always restore from backups if you encounter something major and unfixable. If you don't have backups, well, may God have mercy." />
  <row Id="5593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3242" RevisionGUID="7b5522c2-27e4-43f6-b437-1d6272dd171c" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:01:59.560" UserId="1466" Text="I use the openSource **bacula**.  It is excellent - server/client model that works on windows or linux.  There is good online support, and an active developer community.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A bit tricky to set up, but has all the features you could ever want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also a nice web gui called **bweb** that can be used for day-t0-day operation of it." />
  <row Id="5594" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3239" RevisionGUID="09b71b9a-b886-4c77-ac9a-51202e662d24" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:02:00.417" UserId="48" Comment="added 55 characters in body" Text="To cover all the options you specfied you would need to use a combination of techniques:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Roaming profiles][1] to move profile data this will cover start menu items and desktop shortcuts:&#xD;&#xA; - [Folder redirection][2] to redirect my documents to folder on the server&#xD;&#xA; - [Logon scripts][3] to create mapped drives and mapped printersat login.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Outlook setup is a little more complicated, you can generate a [.prf file][4] that contains all the users Outlook setup instructions, which can be run as a startup script to setup the user outlook connection&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/316353&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/232692&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/Logon/logon_scripts.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/prf.htm" />
  <row Id="5599" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3245" RevisionGUID="10f0687d-f4ce-4c81-aebe-a046295cadb6" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:05:47.927" UserId="812" Text="Technically you can, see the other answers for how.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem I had with ubuntu upgrades, is every time I upgraded in the first month or so after a release a lot of stuff were broken, and it took some time until they were fixed. Good it is only on my home stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to upgrade my servers as well, but I'd wait at least until the end of June before doing so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3246" RevisionGUID="b9ab46b5-7951-4e02-b20c-13cca71d6fcf" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:05:50.127" UserId="1466" Text="Is there a simple way for me to force another user off of a linux box, while I am logged in as root?  I understand that I could determine what type of session they have open, and kill the pid - but I'm thinking there must be a command to do this that I don't know about.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="5601" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3246" RevisionGUID="b9ab46b5-7951-4e02-b20c-13cca71d6fcf" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:05:50.127" UserId="1466" Text="How can I force other users to log out?" />
  <row Id="5602" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3246" RevisionGUID="b9ab46b5-7951-4e02-b20c-13cca71d6fcf" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:05:50.127" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;user-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="5604" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3248" RevisionGUID="f8cff5c0-b252-4c90-943c-e44e5b176fab" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:07:46.347" UserId="629" Text="If you use Linux you can use tc - the traffic control program. It should be standard in your distro. For example, to set the upload maximum speed (in this case 100 kbit per second):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo tc qdisc add dev eth1 root tbf rate 100kbit latency 600ms burst 1540   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to set the download maximum speed (in this case 500 kbit per second):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo tc qdisc add dev eth0 root tbf rate 500kbit latency 600ms burst 1540&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;tc can do a lot more than that. I can't find the reference right now, but you can drop packets etc with tc. To find out more, you can read the [traffic control howto](http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Traffic-Control-HOWTO/index.html). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively you could look into [tcng](http://tcng.sourceforge.net/) - Traffic Control Next Generation - this uses tc at a low level, but has a slightly nicer language to specify what you do. I have not used it, but there is a [tcng howto](http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Traffic-Control-tcng-HTB-HOWTO/) and a [tcng manual](http://linux-ip.net/gl/tcng/).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5605" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3249" RevisionGUID="de6d9350-cde8-4318-8436-9673c12de75f" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:08:06.580" UserId="386" Text="I use rsync, both over the network from my colo to my home, and from my home box to a removable USB drive that I swap out for one I keep in my desk at work.  The script looks kind of like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    STARTTIME=$(date +%s)&#xD;&#xA;    HOUR=$(date +%H)&#xD;&#xA;    DOW=$(date +%a)&#xD;&#xA;    WEEKNUM=$(($(date +%W|sed 's/^0\?//') % 4))&#xD;&#xA;    LOG=/tmp/last_hour.log&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;&quot; &gt; $LOG&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    for DEST in /media/usb[0-9] ; do&#xD;&#xA;      if [ -d $DEST/allhats2 ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;        echo backing up to $DEST &gt;&gt; $LOG&#xD;&#xA;        YESTERDAY=`cat $DEST/yesterday`&#xD;&#xA;        LASTHOUR=`cat $DEST/last_hour`&#xD;&#xA;        PREV=$DEST/allhats2/hour$LASTHOUR&#xD;&#xA;        if [ ! -d $PREV ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;          echo could not find a directory at $PREV &gt;&gt; $LOG&#xD;&#xA;          PREV=$DEST/allhats2/$YESTERDAY&#xD;&#xA;          if [ ! -d $PREV ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;            echo could not find a directory at $PREV &gt;&gt; $LOG&#xD;&#xA;            PREV=$DEST/allhats2/Sat/&#xD;&#xA;          fi&#xD;&#xA;        fi&#xD;&#xA;        if [ $HOUR = &quot;00&quot; ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;          if [ $DOW = &quot;Mon&quot; ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;            echo moving last monday to week$WEEKNUM&#xD;&#xA;            rm -rf $DEST/allhats2/week$WEEKNUM&#xD;&#xA;            mv $DEST/allhats2/Mon $DEST/allhats2/week$WEEKNUM&#xD;&#xA;          fi&#xD;&#xA;          echo moving last midnight to $YESTERDAY&#xD;&#xA;          rm -rf $DEST/allhats2/$YESTERDAY&#xD;&#xA;          mv $DEST/allhats2/hour$HOUR $DEST/allhats2/$YESTERDAY&#xD;&#xA;          echo $DOW &gt; $DEST/yesterday&#xD;&#xA;        fi&#xD;&#xA;        echo about to backup allhats2 to  hour $HOUR &gt;&gt; $LOG&#xD;&#xA;        rm -rf $DEST/allhats2/hour$HOUR/&#xD;&#xA;        rsync -aSuvrx --delete / /boot /home /usr /var /backup_2/dbs --link-dest=$PREV/ $DEST/allhats2/hour$HOUR/ &gt;&gt; $LOG&#xD;&#xA;        echo $HOUR &gt; $DEST/last_hour&#xD;&#xA;      fi&#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    YESTERDAY=`cat /root/yesterday`&#xD;&#xA;    if [ $HOUR = &quot;01&quot; ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;      # Backup xen1&#xD;&#xA;      echo about to backup xen1 to /1u_backup/xen1/$DOW/&#xD;&#xA;      rm -rf /1u_backup/xen1/$DOW/&#xD;&#xA;      rsync -aSuvrx --delete -e ssh --exclude /var/spool/news/ root@xen1:/ --link-dest=/1u_backup/xen1/$YESTERDAY/ /1u_backup/xen1/$DOW/&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      for DEST in /media/usb[0-9] ; do&#xD;&#xA;              if [ -d $DEST/xen1 ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;                      echo &quot;backing up the backup&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                      rm -rf $DEST/xen1/$DOW/&#xD;&#xA;                      rsync -aSuvrx --delete /1u_backup/xen1/$DOW/ --link-dest=$DEST/xen1/$YESTERDAY/ $DEST/xen1/$DOW/ &#xD;&#xA;              fi&#xD;&#xA;      done&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      # Backup xen&#xD;&#xA;      echo about to backup xen to /1u_backup/xen/$DOW/&#xD;&#xA;      rm -rf /1u_backup/xen/$DOW/&#xD;&#xA;      rsync -aSuvrx --delete -e ssh root@xen:/ --link-dest=/1u_backup/xen/$YESTERDAY/ /1u_backup/xen/$DOW/&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      for DEST in /media/usb[0-9] ; do&#xD;&#xA;              if [ -d $DEST/xen ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;                      echo &quot;backing up the backup&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                      rm -rf $DEST/xen/$DOW/&#xD;&#xA;                      rsync -aSuvrx --delete /1u_backup/xen/$DOW/ --link-dest=$DEST/xen/$YESTERDAY/ $DEST/xen/$DOW/ &#xD;&#xA;              fi&#xD;&#xA;      done&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      echo done&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      echo $DOW &gt; /root/yesterday&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3250" RevisionGUID="aac6294c-2bb5-4743-b1f5-c2267e2d8470" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:08:07.253" UserId="1665" Text="I just deployed postfix, saslauthd, courier to a starter VPS box running Ubuntu 8.04 with with 512MB of memory. Most of the memory is now being eaten up by these processes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do plan to upgrade to a plan with more RAM and eventually switch dedicated hardware. But in the meantime can anybody point me to some resources to help me tune the configuration. " />
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  <row Id="5614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3254" RevisionGUID="042957a1-15f2-4b55-b239-10d2e85a3415" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:10:23.317" UserId="919" Text="It's not great, but &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.klake.org/sma/&quot;&gt;sma&lt;/a&gt; does work to a first approximation. It won't record mail queue sizes, but does &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.klake.org/sma/example.html&quot;&gt;generate HTML reports&lt;/a&gt; for top senders, recievers, domains and throughput." />
  <row Id="5615" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3255" RevisionGUID="4d9d3e99-a15d-4be9-a7d1-593c84d1bed5" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:13:17.193" UserId="812" Text="We use [hyperic][1] - it has both an open source version and a commercial one&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It monitors the operating system (RHES 3, 4 and 5 + Ubuntu), Apache, MySql, JBoss, Tomcat, mail servers, memcached and it probably can monitor more applications. No special configuration is needed, all servers were found with the auto discovery, even if they were installed in an untraditional place. It is very easy to use and configure, you can control your services (start/stop etc.) and define alerts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Minuses - You need to configure it to run on boot (we are using cron to do that).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hyperic.com/" />
  <row Id="5616" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3256" RevisionGUID="e608b292-0625-42b3-85f9-e3a6f49ea3bf" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:23:43.843" UserId="835" Text="I.T.: You want to make your life as easy as possible, but remember your company is about getting their work done.  Given the premise of the technical users, you should be able to have your way with 95% of the desktops, and let the &quot;Mavericks&quot; do their own thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For most office workers, the choice of OS and such, is not that big a factor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Users: You can run  your own computer, but remember that I.T. isn't going to be able to help you if you get into &quot;interesting&quot; kinds of trouble.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I have a 98 box I use to get work done.  Then I also have an XP box onto which all the &quot;enterprise&quot; stuff goes." />
  <row Id="5617" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3257" RevisionGUID="8d511c43-a6eb-4b86-9591-5a4b305fcc46" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:24:58.600" UserId="326" Text="[`slay(1)`][1] him.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://packages.debian.org/lenny/slay" />
  <row Id="5618" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3258" RevisionGUID="fe1b9f6f-569e-4453-a07f-1352900dcc19" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:27:47.843" UserId="216" Text="Rather than a self-signed cert I'd create a local root CA and then generate the SSL cert from that, ensuring that all internal systems have a copy of the root CA'sl public key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keys generated this way have plenty of uses outside of plain HTTPS, they can also be used for OpenVPN, POP3S, SMTPS, etc, even for individual SMIME accounts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having a single root CA for your organisation is a lot better than being held to ransom by the recognised CAs who'll charge you for each and every server you want a certificate for, and dare to charge you a &quot;license fee&quot; if you want to put the same cert on multiple servers in a load-balanced cluster.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5619" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3259" RevisionGUID="80ccacb1-4cdc-49fc-b411-f7e8dfb1f103" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:32:23.060" UserId="326" Text="I'm using [backuppc][1] for all my hosts. Only the 500GB maildir store was problematic because `rsync` really used too much RAM on the receiving side. I switched to using tar and time-stamp base incrementals for that host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/backuppc/" />
  <row Id="5621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3261" RevisionGUID="5fcd170f-36c4-41b4-b7d8-22eb010d80b2" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:39:31.217" UserId="326" Text="Use [PuTTY Tray][1]. It is based on PuTTY and works from the tray.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://haanstra.eu/putty/" />
  <row Id="5622" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3262" RevisionGUID="9dcf5db7-19d5-40a5-8226-ee3812bde963" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:39:35.100" UserId="1541" Text="I am buying a new laptop (big fan of Lenovo, so will probably stick with it), and see an option that for about $40 I can add a 2GB Intel® Turbo Memory hard drive cache.  I am wondering whether it's worth it?  Conceptually it makes sense, and it's not too expensive to try, but is there really a difference?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am planning to go with 4GB of RAM, and Windows Vista 64-bit. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="5626" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3263" RevisionGUID="eb41e616-9fb6-439f-932c-7486efa5d04e" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:41:24.643" UserId="1660" Text="The products at [TeraByte][1], Image for Windows and Image for DOS.&#xD;&#xA;The products are not free but they are very reasonable. They allow you to create boot disks and even recovery partitions. There is an included add-on program called TBIView that allows you to restore individual files / folders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One reason I looked into these products instead of Acronis is that it allows you to work on servers as well. Acronis is nice but they do not support server imaging unless you go to there much more expensive product.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/image-for-windows.htm" />
  <row Id="5627" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3123" RevisionGUID="4048bf02-1174-4c64-b85d-684de26175ae" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:42:19.230" UserId="48" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;asp.net&gt;&lt;iis&gt;" />
  <row Id="5628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3264" RevisionGUID="f9f559a9-4f36-4048-8b91-de8f03ce36be" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:42:24.550" UserId="1496" Text="I've encountered behavior like this while running the Volume Shadow Copy service and if applicable the SQL Server VSS Writer (it used to exhibit some bugs.) If that service is not crucial to your server or if you can temporarily turn it off, try turning it off and see if you can still reproduce the problem." />
  <row Id="5630" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3265" RevisionGUID="31ec956a-9b5b-4996-a063-ac254b1c600d" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:43:32.597" UserId="1181" Text="The following will get you started on tuning Postfix, unfortunately, I wasn't able to find any real good documentation on SaslAuthD or Courier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Postfix Performance Tuning: [http://www.postfix.org/TUNING_README.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.postfix.org/TUNING_README.html" />
  <row Id="5631" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3266" RevisionGUID="f72f4408-1552-4dec-83b4-81228edecda6" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:43:33.127" UserId="411" Text="How to Rename Part of a File Name from a Selection of Files in Windows?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know about the Windows trick where you just select a group of files and upon renaming it will add a sequential number to make them all unique.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However I'm looking for a way to rename a selection of files using a search and replace or Regular Expression.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example starting with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Menu1_Off.jpg&#xD;&#xA;- Menu1_On.jpg&#xD;&#xA;- Menu2_Off.jpg&#xD;&#xA;- Menu2_On.jpg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to change Menu1 to Home like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Home_Off.jpg&#xD;&#xA;- Home_On.jpg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or change the On to Hover like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Menu1_Off.jpg&#xD;&#xA;- Menu1_Hover.jpg&#xD;&#xA;- Menu1_Off.jpg&#xD;&#xA;- Menu2_Hover.jpg" />
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  <row Id="5633" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3266" RevisionGUID="f72f4408-1552-4dec-83b4-81228edecda6" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:43:33.127" UserId="411" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;file&gt;&lt;rename&gt;" />
  <row Id="5634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3267" RevisionGUID="cce51699-ef45-4698-89f3-3a4443f502ca" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:50:51.550" UserId="326" Text="One possibility is to run the OpenVPNd in tap mode and bridge the interface to the LAN. That way VPN clients work as if they were physically connected to your local LAN and can see the printer easily. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also this enables you to handle all clients with the same DHCP server, which might come handy too." />
  <row Id="5635" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3268" RevisionGUID="5384ee22-0aa9-40f6-8914-f8c7d23f3438" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:56:12.627" UserId="1380" Text="If you are looking for a good file renaming solution for Windows I would definitely have a look at [Bulk Rename Utility][1]. It is quite powerful and for complex renaming rules definitely worth a try. It also supports regular expressions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have used it in the past and although the fronted seems to be a bit confusing it does the job really well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/" />
  <row Id="5636" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3232" RevisionGUID="dfc0af6d-49c5-4765-be18-e3e308d8c120" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:56:57.417" UserId="1661" Comment="added 89 characters in body" Text="ClamAV is good to ensure that your MTA doesn't propagate crap all over the world. This is good practice, it helps keep Windows users safe. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for AV software on Linux, please [read this koan][1]. I strongly advise removing your shoes prior to reading the koan. It is Zen master teaching a Linux computer user who was used to Windows .. really funny.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=745" />
  <row Id="5637" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3269" RevisionGUID="2548b46d-3254-4c8a-a90b-de3fc1d2b411" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:57:39.287" UserId="1496" Text="On Windows, I use the excellent (and free) [ReNamer](http://www.den4b.com/) tool." />
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  <row Id="5640" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3270" RevisionGUID="2db3f0a2-8532-4710-ab02-30bbec7dcb3c" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:59:04.260" UserId="45" Text="&lt;job-market&gt;&lt;interview&gt;" />
  <row Id="5641" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3271" RevisionGUID="84ee421f-d773-4de3-9f35-0c8277aa7f2d" CreationDate="2009-05-02T20:59:38.673" UserId="48" Text="If you want full control of the process it can be done using PowerShell, there's information on how to do this [here][1]. Alternatively the [Regular Expression File Renaming Utility][2] is useful for doing this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tellingmachine.com/post/2008/11/Meta-Programming-with-PowerShell-and-Regular-Expressions.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://geekswithblogs.net/cicorias/archive/2006/07/10/84601.aspx" />
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  <row Id="5643" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3272" RevisionGUID="4a812d12-713d-496e-986a-46fef0e19775" CreationDate="2009-05-02T21:00:01.417" UserId="1650" Text="Make sure he is not just book smart. I feel it's good to give some kind of hands on test." />
  <row Id="5644" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3273" RevisionGUID="b9cd3c77-cde7-4f09-81cf-08ed21d32d1c" CreationDate="2009-05-02T21:05:08.190" UserId="1671" Text="I have just added a Windows Home Server (WHS) to my home network and a few of my computers are now connected to it and, using the client software, back themselves up each evening.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to connect a computer that's outside of my home network (in someone else's house) to do the WHS via the internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I do this? (i.e. There must be a way to hack the client software and tell give it an IP/port that you can expose from the WHS.)" />
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  <row Id="5649" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="928" RevisionGUID="917f6ba7-2c4d-421b-b5ad-e4bad5c2dd2e" CreationDate="2009-05-02T21:09:55.480" UserId="761" Comment="added 9 characters in body" Text="I want to set up a VPN on a remote server to route all my Internet traffic for privacy reasons. I can set up an incoming connection and connect to it successfully. The problem is, I can just see the remote computer and no other Web sites will open. I want the remote server to act like a NAT. How can I do that?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that I don't want to split Internet traffic. I actually *want to send* all the traffic to the remote server but need to make it relay the traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the record, my remote server is Windows Web Server 2008 which does not have routing and remote access service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;###Clarification&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm mostly interested in server configuration. I don't have any problems configuring the client. By the way, Windows Web Server 2008 seems to have the same VPN features built in client OSes (like Vista) and specifically, it doesn't include the RRAS console in MMC. I'm also open to suggestions regarding third party PPTP/L2TP daemons available, if they are free." />
  <row Id="5650" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3275" RevisionGUID="3875b6db-29b7-4422-972c-b27387069e10" CreationDate="2009-05-02T21:10:09.100" UserId="1674" Text="Assuming that you are a Windows Domain for your desktops, setup a Windows CA in house which will automatically be trusted by all the computers in the company via AD.  This way you can issue certs to what ever internal apps you need without having to purchase a cert." />
  <row Id="5651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3276" RevisionGUID="9161c30e-5886-4a59-ade7-e8986c8ada1b" CreationDate="2009-05-02T21:12:08.690" UserId="1674" Text="Also check out sqlpass.org as it has a list of most of the SQL DBA Blogs out there." />
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  <row Id="5653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3277" RevisionGUID="aee78240-dff2-4c43-a20b-cad276cc4750" CreationDate="2009-05-02T21:15:21.270" UserId="1674" Text="We have several different sites setup on the same box under different domain names for different customers.  We are running them all under a single site and a single app pool as they all share a code base.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For customer that want to look at beta code we have a staging site setup as well which they can log into and look at (if accounts have been setup on that site for them) which has a different set of FQDNs.  So we end up with two websites and two app pools." />
  <row Id="5654" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3278" RevisionGUID="a9e9eef0-59a3-4c46-851a-206f07c48fb4" CreationDate="2009-05-02T21:15:53.330" UserId="173" Text="If I were part of an interview panel for a sysadmin at a software company where they'd be expected to keep the company's software running on their servers, I'd be interested to know what the candidate expects from developers. How do they interact with developers - &quot;us vs them&quot; or &quot;all pulling together with different expertise&quot;? Do they have any experience of a situation where development and IT (or whichever the department is called)  ended up in conflict, and how was it resolved? Are they interested in getting *some* awareness of the technology and terminology used by the developers, and are they willing to help educate the developers in their own areas of expertise, so everyone can communicate better?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Admittedly this would partly be to satisfy my own interest in the relationship between sysadmins and developers as well as to judge the candidate." />
  <row Id="5655" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3279" RevisionGUID="8062b770-683d-4af8-bc3f-7e535561d1ac" CreationDate="2009-05-02T21:20:22.757" UserId="1463" Text="If you want something user-friendly that also helps you with all other file-management tasks, including replacing the pretty worthless Windows Explorer, check out Directory Opus. Sure, it's not free, but for what you get and the possibilitiy to sort and quickly see directory sizes on file shares is excellent - I think it's worth it. Try the trial ^^ *old Magellan on Amiga user*" />
  <row Id="5656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3280" RevisionGUID="dc747f65-402c-4d6b-8532-f847f35a61d3" CreationDate="2009-05-02T21:20:23.037" UserId="1181" Text="I could be completely wrong here, but I suspect you would need to leverage a VPN in order to get this to function easily/properly." />
  <row Id="5658" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3262" RevisionGUID="c86dda0b-c610-4ff9-be75-42aae141e509" CreationDate="2009-05-02T21:23:53.483" UserId="1541" Comment="added tags" Text="&lt;laptop&gt;&lt;cache&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;memory&gt;" />
  <row Id="5660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3282" RevisionGUID="42750553-b1b2-4948-85c7-acac41899f67" CreationDate="2009-05-02T21:29:41.190" UserId="48" Text="The client connecter of WHS uses Netbios over TCP/IP to find and communicate with clients, so to use this over the internet you would need to use a VPN as suggested." />
  <row Id="5661" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3283" RevisionGUID="2a0dfbb3-b801-46d3-9f9d-0db6a54304cd" CreationDate="2009-05-02T21:32:02.497" UserId="1496" Text="I *emphatically* recommend against disabling the root user. Disable or restrict root logins (via securetty *and* via sshd_config *and* via PAM *and* via what have you) If your system permits it, limit root's privileges or split up the root role (akin to how [RSBAC](http://www.rsbac.org/) does it.) But please, **please**, do not disable the root account by removing the password, otherwise it will become impossible to log into the system via `sulogin`. `sulogin` is used by all initscripts I know in case of serious errors reported by fsck - and that means you will be locked out of the system if the root file system gets corrupted." />
  <row Id="5662" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3284" RevisionGUID="94a81b21-a656-4d0c-bc09-d00324878fea" CreationDate="2009-05-02T21:36:20.627" UserId="1496" Text="You can kill all of an user's processes via `skill`. Example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * `skill -TERM -u username`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will send SIGTERM to all of `username`'s processes. To kill them for good (via SIGKILL) use -KILL instead of -TERM - please note, though, that you will most likely cause them to lose data that way. It's highly effective, mind you...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`skill` is part of the `procps` package which is installed by all distributions by default." />
  <row Id="5663" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3285" RevisionGUID="243d23d9-a03a-4adf-bf68-a42540618c69" CreationDate="2009-05-02T21:36:59.380" UserId="914" Text="It'll certainly be worth it if this &quot;Turbo Memory cache&quot; is the same speed as normal RAM.&#xD;&#xA;It might be worth however getting more RAM instead of this memory cache but at $40 you can't really go wrong." />
  <row Id="5664" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2332" RevisionGUID="f640dabc-3543-47a4-bdf7-da332bce67df" CreationDate="2009-05-02T21:40:33.223" UserId="1218" Comment="added 6 characters in body" Text="I would prefer the free (for non-commercial purposes) version of [Daemon Tools Lite][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/products/dtLite" />
  <row Id="5665" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3204" RevisionGUID="ba6b564a-0ae1-4f4c-84a1-d658a9ddd2da" CreationDate="2009-05-02T21:41:12.333" UserId="385" Comment="Seeing Mr. Denny reminded me of IT Knowledge Exchange." Text="**Sites**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of these are multiple purpose. For instance, articles + forums + blogs. This is by no means exhaustive. It's a starting point as you'll find a lot of other blogs and resources from these sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [SQL Server Central][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [SQL Blog][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [SQLServerPedia][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [SQL Skills][4]&#xD;&#xA; - [SQL Team][5]&#xD;&#xA; - [SQL Server Performance][6]&#xD;&#xA; - [IT Knowledge Exchange][7]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Books**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This really depends on your role. If you're an operational DBA, you'll want the Wrox book on Administration. If you're dealing with Integration Services, look for the books and resources by SQL Server MVP Brian Knight as a start. If you're doing development, look for SQL Server MVP Louis Davidson's Design book from Apress and SQL Server MVP Grant Fritchey's book on Query Tuning, also from Apress. I'm not very strong on Analysis Services, so I'll leave that for others to recommend. SSRS there are a ton of good books. Also look for the free ebooks at SQL Server Central.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Tools**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A lot of good vendors. Start by knowing what comes with SQL Server. Profiler, SSMS, and Configuration Manager you should know cold. BIDS if you do SSIS or SSRS. Otherwise, 3rd parties to look at (in alphabetical order, as people's preferences vary):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Apex][8]&#xD;&#xA; - [Quest][9]&#xD;&#xA; - [Red Gate][10]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Social Networks**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a group of us fairly active on Twitter. You can find the list of us at SQLServerPedia. Most of us are connected via LinkedIn and FaceBook as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlservercentral.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sqlblog.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.sqlserverpedia.com&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.sqlskills.com&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.sqlteam.com&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.sql-server-performance.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/tag/sql-server/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.apexsql.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.quest.com&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.red-gate.com" />
  <row Id="5666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3286" RevisionGUID="02505914-4693-4bae-a00e-e68199dcf855" CreationDate="2009-05-02T21:41:19.710" UserId="1460" Text="[Sawmill][1] supports an impressive number of log formats, including sendmail. The last product version will let you store log analysis results in a SQL database, which is great if you need to repurpose reports and distribute them somehow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But from your description is sounds like you're more concerned with live monitoring of your mail server. Look at [HostMonitor][2] to help you automate tests and notify you when something goes awry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sawmill.co.uk/log_formats.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/index.htm" />
  <row Id="5672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3289" RevisionGUID="60df57d5-defc-4b9f-90b5-11062480dce7" CreationDate="2009-05-02T21:48:47.103" UserId="385" Text="I ask questions in 3 categories:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Technical Knowledge** - I want to make sure the candidate knows what he/she is supposed to know. For instance, tell me the difference between RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 1+0, and RAID 0+1. If an AD Directory Services administrator, tell me the forest and domain level FSMO roles and what do they each do. In addition, this is where I ask what technology they are interested in. Do they build robots on the side? Good! Do they program said robots? Really? So I've got someone who can do a bit of coding and knows the pains of troubleshooting. Outstanding! Things like that.&#xD;&#xA; - **Personality** - I ask questions about how they would handle different scenarios. Situations like, &quot;The PM realizes there has been an error made in the schedule. You know the error is the PM's fault. That error is going to cause you to work two weekends back to back. How do you handle it?&quot; Basically questions that reveal how the candidate thinks and whether or not they know what to do to be part of a team. This won't weed out the folks who know the right answers and don't do them, but it will weed out the folks who have no idea how to play nicely with others. I also ask questions about community involvement.&#xD;&#xA; - **Previous Experience** - I usually ask for the candidate to give me a situation or project in the past that went well where they were a major part. I want to know what challenges they faced and how they handled them. I also ask to give me a situation where things didn't go well. What were the lessons that candidate learned? What could the candidate have done, thinking in hindsight, to possibly turn around the situation (and if the candidate couldn't, does the candidate recognize that).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5675" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3292" RevisionGUID="28ea05c5-a647-451c-9b7b-289cc433de75" CreationDate="2009-05-02T21:56:08.567" UserId="385" Text="If cost is an issue and you're Windows centric, as Mr. Denny suggests, go with Microsoft Certificate Services and deploy the certificates as part of the Default Domain GPO. You'll likely need three systems, but then can be VMs. You'll need the root CA, which should only be used for issuing the certificates for the intermediate CAs. You should have one intermediate CA as the Enterprise CA and then the third as a &quot;stand-alone&quot; CA so you can issue certs to non-domain assets. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you've got a lot of clients and you are big enough, you may look at having a root from one of the third party solutions and issuing your own certificates from a CA that gets its certificate from said third party. That way you don't have to deploy the CA's certificate. For instance, there is a solution from [GeoTrust][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.geotrust.com/enterprise-ssl-certificates/georoot/" />
  <row Id="5676" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3293" RevisionGUID="9fef0636-f4bb-49c8-bb4d-91056e26ce56" CreationDate="2009-05-02T21:58:28.423" UserId="914" Text="Backports can cause problems as they introduce applications which can mismatch libraries which can thus cause problems later on down the line.  Stable is often outdated and thus I quite often use testing on internal machines (ones that can't be accessed externally)." />
  <row Id="5677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3294" RevisionGUID="41a65884-a190-4fb1-8a7c-9e13eba298c4" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:00:41.460" UserId="914" Text="Disabling magic quotes is one of the first things that I do.  It does nothing but cause problems and introduce a false sense of security.  I'm clueless to why its on by default." />
  <row Id="5678" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3295" RevisionGUID="145f4a4a-424b-46d2-a3a2-687ddd24a2b9" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:03:36.133" UserId="1186" Text="What measures can be taken to reduce the sound noise levels coming from computers (i.e. sound noise from fans, hard drives etc.) in an office space setting or home setting?" />
  <row Id="5679" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3295" RevisionGUID="145f4a4a-424b-46d2-a3a2-687ddd24a2b9" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:03:36.133" UserId="1186" Text="How can one reduce computer sound noise levels?" />
  <row Id="5680" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3295" RevisionGUID="145f4a4a-424b-46d2-a3a2-687ddd24a2b9" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:03:36.133" UserId="1186" Text="&lt;environment&gt;&lt;ergonomics&gt;" />
  <row Id="5681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3296" RevisionGUID="145dc81e-b330-4118-aead-b4d17f39b8f2" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:04:39.063" UserId="1496" Text="There aren't really many tunables in courier - you can tune the underlying machine, not the software itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, there are some things you can do to improve performance:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. More RAM. I know you're planning to do that and I know it's not what you want to hear, but it's the single best bet on improving performance - both by allowing courier to keep more connections open (IMAP takes 512K up to 2M per connected client), and by allowing a bigger file system cache. Go 64-bit if possible and throw 8 or 16 GB at the mail server. RAM is cheap. Time is not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Make sure you've mounted the file system hosting your maildirs with the `noatime` option. That supposedly interferes with the `mutt` mail client but in my experience has never, ever caused any problem. If you really must and run a newer kernel, you can use `relatime` - but `noatime` improves performance a lot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Pick a good file system. ext3 will sooner rather than later show its limitations (abysmal performance with many files in the same directory, constant stalling due to fsync, etc.) I've used XFS for years (can't get people to archive their mails in subfolders and I've found XFS to be the only file system that's both able to easily handle tens of thousands of files in a directory *and* not prone to horrific slowdown over time (yes, ReiserFS, I'm looking at you.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. If you're using IMAP, limit the number of cached connection in your IMAP client configuration (in Thunderbird, you'll find that under Account Settings -&gt; desired account -&gt; Server Settings -&gt; click on the Advanced button on the right -&gt; set Maximum number of server connections to cache to 1 or 2, or at least something saner than the default 5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5. If you're using IMAP through some webmail system or the other, please consider installing an IMAP proxy, otherwise you'll cause constant re-logins due to the nature of web applications. A package compatible with Courier is up-imapproxy." />
  <row Id="5682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3297" RevisionGUID="abb03b2f-a447-4965-8ba2-53beb5aea7ca" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:05:34.333" UserId="385" Text="Symantec bought BindView and thus has Control Compliance Suite. It's intended to do just that and a whole lot more. At the very least, if your auditing settings are right, all of this information should be getting recorded in the Security event log on your DCs. If you have log management software, you should be able to monitor for the correct events. As to what events, check out Security MVP Randy Franklin Smith's [Ultimate Windows Security site][1]. He covers all of that and has published some options for log management. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ultimatewindowssecurity.com/Default.aspx" />
  <row Id="5683" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3298" RevisionGUID="eac2fadf-4959-4d61-8207-7d5488959a95" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:06:15.360" UserId="914" Text="Water cooling (with a decent pump) or reduce the fan speed.  To reduce hard disk noise you can get vibration dampening screws." />
  <row Id="5692" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3301" RevisionGUID="dc7310c3-0c85-4451-9bbc-15a6f8fbe68e" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:14:02.923" UserId="48" Text="Unfortunately you cannot install RRAS on Server 2008 Web Edition, its not an allowed role. So you would need to use a third party application, [Open VPN][1] is one of the most common and one I have used successfully on server 2003 before.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have that setup, Joel's advice for the client setup will make sure your web traffic goes through the VPN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://openvpn.net/index.php/documentation/install.html?start=1" />
  <row Id="5693" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3302" RevisionGUID="d5365f1d-0f4a-46e6-9162-54cb3a75ddbf" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:14:23.500" UserId="1672" Text="As far as essential features go, you need to use the right tool for the job. More features requires more complexity. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your data set is small and fits on a single volume, use rsnapshot or rdiff-backup. Both offer incremental backup, so are very space efficient, and are really easy to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For larger or more sophisticated backups that have an offline component I use Bacula, it takes a while to get setup properly, but it's rock solid and very featureful. I recommend coupling it with a web interface like webacula.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One good idea btw, for every server I have I use rdiff-backup to keep a daily incremental backup of /etc in /var/backups/, it costs you nothing and will save you a lot of headaches if you can't figure out why that last change to a config file is causing so much havoc." />
  <row Id="5694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3303" RevisionGUID="68419e41-32a5-4f36-9508-2f172878dd94" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:16:00.300" UserId="1496" Text="In my experience,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Replace crappy factory fans (CPU, GPU, and power supply) with quality fans. The bigger the fan, the better - a bigger fan typically needs to move less air than a small fan to produce the same effect (yes, I know it's oversimplified, but there you go.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Replace video cards with passive cooled versions, or even get rid of discrete video cards entirely. If you don't care about desktop effects (office users normally shouldn't) you can lower noise levels considerably.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Not much you can do about hard drives. You can try improvising some rubber grommets and drive the mounting screws through them - I don't know how much that will gain you, though. Please don't take stupid advice like &quot;reduce vibration by letting your drive hang freely in an improvised rubber band hammock&quot; like [this](http://www.silentpcreview.com/article8-page2.html), otherwise you'll be in for a nice surprise the next time your foot, your baby or you dog bumps against the case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. Use a good case. I'm using an [Antec P182](http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=NQ==) for my desktop. If it's possible to be in love with a case, it's this one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Check [silentpcreview.com](http://www.silentpcreview.com/) every so often. Don't take it as gospel, though, they're sometimes partisan, and not all contributors are sane (see the HDD hammock idea above.)" />
  <row Id="5695" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="3273" RevisionGUID="3a505e48-fd6d-41c4-a394-c22c9c33b7c6" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:16:39.970" UserId="1671" Comment="Fixed type in title" Text="Connecting a client to Windows Home Server across the internet" />
  <row Id="5696" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3304" RevisionGUID="177b29ca-79d3-4e93-9a2b-b390199fcdf2" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:17:23.883" UserId="48" Text=" - Passive cooling where possible&#xD;&#xA; -  Replacing fan cooling with water cooling&#xD;&#xA; - Larger, slower revolution fans&#xD;&#xA; - Using fans with variable revolution speeds that can monitor temperature and alter speeds accordingly&#xD;&#xA; - Noise damping for hard disk - Usually entails rubber grommits or padding&#xD;&#xA; - " />
  <row Id="5697" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3305" RevisionGUID="5ca03377-9ee1-4543-9e2a-98e7cd9d3a70" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:18:04.693" UserId="1592" Text="Just how much IP V6 addressing is really in typical use out there?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I see that Linux/UNIX seems to be ready for this.  But I don't see the readiness as much as the Windows side.  Especially not for desktop user systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my wanderings I have not seen IPV6 widely implemented or used.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I'm not quite thrilled with the addresses syntax as it is longer, and reminds me of MAC addresses with all the :'s.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondary question: Are we all ready to use IPV6 in our daily lives?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="5698" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3305" RevisionGUID="5ca03377-9ee1-4543-9e2a-98e7cd9d3a70" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:18:04.693" UserId="1592" Text="How much is IP V6 addressing being used? " />
  <row Id="5699" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3305" RevisionGUID="5ca03377-9ee1-4543-9e2a-98e7cd9d3a70" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:18:04.693" UserId="1592" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;ipv6&gt;" />
  <row Id="5700" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3306" RevisionGUID="e445c414-c037-412e-a6ff-fe98a6f15580" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:20:40.897" UserId="1496" Text="Pertaining to question #1: Not much, really. Microsoft drives IPv6 adoption at the moment (for shame it has to be them, but there you go.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pertaining to question #2: No, we're not." />
  <row Id="5701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3307" RevisionGUID="5abd783c-6f44-4a88-b51b-b73dbea7236b" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:20:44.717" UserId="173" Text="From [Microsoft's IPv6 page][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Support for Internet Protocol version&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 6 (IPv6), a new suite of standard&#xD;&#xA;&gt; protocols for the Network layer of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Internet, is built into the latest&#xD;&#xA;&gt; versions of Microsoft Windows, which&#xD;&#xA;&gt; include Windows Vista, Windows Server&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP&#xD;&#xA;&gt; with Service Pack 2, Windows XP with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Service Pack 1, Windows XP Embedded&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SP1, and Windows CE .NET.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That doesn't sound too bad to me. Admittedly it doesn't say how *well* it's supported, but that's a different matter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/network/bb530961.aspx" />
  <row Id="5702" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3308" RevisionGUID="4f128d2a-081a-44f3-bfda-e3be4a517f21" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:26:36.530" UserId="1224" Text="I don't have much knowledge on Turbo Memory cache except for the fact that I've been using it(Lenovo 32bit T61 2Gig of ram and  1Gig turbo memory in my case) for the past 2 years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A couple of times, I found my laptop lagging for some unknown reason while starting SQL Server Management Studio and Visual Studio.  I was going through my computer and found out that a device driver for Intel Turbo Memory cache was disabled. &#xD;&#xA;Enabling did help speeding up opening SSMS and VS later on with superfetch enabled on Vista Business.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; it's worth it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my answer to it would be, yes, if you are running many applications *often*, they should be cached in your Turbo cache so that application startup time should be lessened from my experience.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5704" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3307" RevisionGUID="b6c84094-38f5-40fa-bd1a-c691180ae4d4" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:28:54.060" UserId="173" Comment="added 51 characters in body" Text="From [Microsoft's IPv6 page][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Support for Internet Protocol version&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 6 (IPv6), a new suite of standard&#xD;&#xA;&gt; protocols for the Network layer of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Internet, is built into the latest&#xD;&#xA;&gt; versions of Microsoft Windows, which&#xD;&#xA;&gt; include Windows Vista, Windows Server&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP&#xD;&#xA;&gt; with Service Pack 2, Windows XP with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Service Pack 1, Windows XP Embedded&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SP1, and Windows CE .NET.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That doesn't sound too bad to me. Admittedly it doesn't say how *well* it's supported, but that's a different matter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for actual use: not a lot, in my experience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/network/bb530961.aspx" />
  <row Id="5705" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3309" RevisionGUID="2b76339d-0de3-4e76-bb11-cb5a70192366" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:29:17.817" UserId="48" Text="Google has [implemented IPv6][1] on there search services and is available already to those with IPv6 Connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/looking-towards-ipv6.html" />
  <row Id="5706" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3310" RevisionGUID="da29829c-7491-4360-96f0-0bb283981054" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:31:50.010" UserId="216" Text="You can find a shed load of information about IPv6, including penetration statistics, at http://icons.apnic.net/display/IPv6/Home" />
  <row Id="5707" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3311" RevisionGUID="849e0c61-170a-4fe8-9ee6-a19db382d0c9" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:31:57.890" UserId="388" Text="OS support is probably not the concern. Vista, XP, Solaris 10 and Linux all support IPv6, and the root DNS servers have all been updated to support &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6#IPv6_and_the_Domain_Name_System&quot;&gt;AAAA records&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are two things that are more likely to act as barriers to adoption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Network support&lt;/strong&gt;: Upgrading infrastructure to support IPv6 is a *massive* undertaking. It probably won't be complete for years. Until then, there will be a need to tunnel; initially, IPv6 tunneled over IPv4; eventually the reverse as the IPv6 connected network becomes larger than the IPv4.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Application support&lt;/strong&gt;: In a perfect world, most consumer facing applications shouldn't care about Layer 3; that's what DNS is for. Unfortunately, there are plenty of applications out there written with IP addresses hardcoded into them, that use IP addresses in their data structures, etc. Re-writing or replacing these tools will also take a very long time." />
  <row Id="5708" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3312" RevisionGUID="e077859c-a670-458e-8218-cec18e274996" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:32:33.270" UserId="1219" Text="This might not be the answer you're looking for but:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   - Move your desktop box, under your desk (or further away from you.)&#xD;&#xA;   - Increase other sound sources... music or my favourite air conditioning.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the office I can't hear my PC at all. Unless the air conditioning is switched off, then EVERYTHING sounds loud.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5709" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3295" RevisionGUID="70f9ce9e-d6e7-465c-8a4f-e7d0724349ac" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:32:59.103" UserId="48" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;environment&gt;" />
  <row Id="5710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3313" RevisionGUID="890ae46c-1f38-486e-b68a-02cf9f4a9993" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:33:24.487" UserId="355" Text="Most newer network hardware contains support for IPv6, as do most modern operating systems and a number of other applications (browsers, ftp clients, etc.) as well. But many routers **in use** (including, I believe, most wireless routers) do not. There would need to be an awful lot of hardware replacement before IPv6 really takes hold.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they've done it right, using IPv6 in our daily lives should be transparent (to users, anyway, not so much for developers of network appliances or software)." />
  <row Id="5711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3314" RevisionGUID="0c542f73-17f6-4b10-8bd9-77c6cbc6ce5b" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:40:24.937" UserId="1294" Text="The storage servers I've seen generally use 2.5&quot; drives instead of 3.5&quot; drives.  In my experience the larger drives have better capacity, speed, and durability.  Why are the smaller ones favored in servers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note this doesn't apply to C: drives." />
  <row Id="5712" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3314" RevisionGUID="0c542f73-17f6-4b10-8bd9-77c6cbc6ce5b" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:40:24.937" UserId="1294" Text="Why do they use laptop form factor HDD's for storage servers?" />
  <row Id="5713" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3314" RevisionGUID="0c542f73-17f6-4b10-8bd9-77c6cbc6ce5b" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:40:24.937" UserId="1294" Text="&lt;san&gt;&lt;hdd&gt;" />
  <row Id="5714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3315" RevisionGUID="4c575062-05ef-4e88-b3ad-a7b52c8747a5" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:42:21.953" UserId="914" Text="2.5&quot; drives are smaller so the drive head (normally the slowest part of the drive as its a physically moving part) hasn't got to move as much to find the data it needs.  They should in theory be faster because of this." />
  <row Id="5715" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3316" RevisionGUID="3e46c12e-949c-4bc5-8157-b4b8ff763c68" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:44:22.180" UserId="1523" Text="I want internet connection and folder sharing among 3 computers. One is always on and directly connected to internet (Win XP Pro). Currently it shares Internet connection with just another Windows PC with ICS (it has 2 NICs). I want to extend internet and folder sharing to the 3rd PC which might run Linux from time to time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do I have to buy (a switch?) and what IP configuration should I use? (as I'm not using DHCP). I also need help with the Linux networking configuration (I'm using Linux Mint 6 KDE CE)." />
  <row Id="5716" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3316" RevisionGUID="3e46c12e-949c-4bc5-8157-b4b8ff763c68" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:44:22.180" UserId="1523" Text="Home networking for 3 computers (Windows and Linux)" />
  <row Id="5717" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3316" RevisionGUID="3e46c12e-949c-4bc5-8157-b4b8ff763c68" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:44:22.180" UserId="1523" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;home-network&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;samba&gt;" />
  <row Id="5718" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3317" RevisionGUID="e428628b-9c11-4a19-bcd0-623b9163cb76" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:45:03.757" UserId="388" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/3270/how-to-interview-a-sysadmin-candidate/3289#3289&quot;&gt;This answer&lt;/a&gt; covers the three major areas that need to be investigated. However, one thing that needs to be allowed for, particularly in smaller shops where infrastructure people are expected to be multi-disciplined, is to ask technical questions that are very broad in scope, and that can be answered at different layers of abstraction depending on the candidate's expertise. This allows you to get a feel for what each is capable of, and lets them demonstrate their specific expertise, while still allowing you to directly compare different candidates' answers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A great question that I once got asked is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Imagine I've logged you on to a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; machine here and brought up a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; terminal. You type &lt;em&gt;`wget&#xD;&#xA;&gt; http://www.google.com/`&lt;/em&gt;. What&#xD;&#xA;&gt; happens?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I, with my networking bias, answered starting with the DNS resolution, moving on to proxy configuration, and then on to the routing decision and establishment of a TCP connection; another candidate answered in terms of the HTTP conversation. When I asked the interviewer what the best answer he'd heard was, his response was:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Well, it started with the keyboard interrupt...&quot;" />
  <row Id="5719" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3318" RevisionGUID="d04e6102-cee5-48bf-8cae-bb604c4698c6" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:50:15.333" UserId="914" Text="A switch should indeed be sufficient; if you plan on continuing to use a computer as a gateway connected to the internet, if not you'll need a router instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're not using DHCP you'll need to ensure all your computers are on the same subnet (normally 192.168.x.x) and netmask.  I'd suggest you use 192.168.0.1, 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.3 for your computers and the netmask 255.255.255.0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can set a static IP address in /etc/network/interfaces on Linux similar to this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    auto lo&#xD;&#xA;    iface lo inet loopback&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    auto eth0&#xD;&#xA;    iface eth0 inet static&#xD;&#xA;      address 192.168.0.3&#xD;&#xA;      netmask 255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;      gateway 192.168.0.1&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3320" RevisionGUID="bb683eb1-1dcf-4cd8-ba66-762732cbeb47" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:50:45.380" UserId="48" Text="The easiest and most common way to do this is to buy a router that is permanently connected to the internet and uses DHCP to dish out IP address's to the network. If you need static IP's on machines most routers will allow you to set reservations. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you were to use this method the linux machine would most likely work out of the box, most distros use DHCP by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively if you don't want to use a router, you will need a hub or switch for all the clients to connect to and provide all machines with a static IP in the same range, along with a gateway IP for the machine that is providing the shared internet access." />
  <row Id="5723" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3321" RevisionGUID="3ae8d32d-e0f8-4b0f-814d-488d627033f1" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:52:04.940" UserId="1466" Text="laptop CPUs - especially the new atom processors use very little power, and the fan can be configured to come on only when necessary (and at variable speeds).  I have a netbook, and the fan rarely runs (only when I'm watching videos or something)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Solid State Hard drives are silent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could set up a 2 machine system where the noisy powerful machine is in the basement, and a nearly silent &quot;thin client&quot; remote-desktops to the powerful machine to do its work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Soft rubber feet under the computer can prevent fan noise from transferring to the desk / operating surface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There seems to be a wide variation in noise levels from DVD drives.  Choose a quiet one." />
  <row Id="5725" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3322" RevisionGUID="f1502cd1-46b8-45b2-94a0-326f97782b3f" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:54:40.097" UserId="1086" Text="[Better File Rename][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.publicspace.net/windows/BetterFileRename/" />
  <row Id="5726" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3303" RevisionGUID="daec5c40-2d9d-47a4-94b6-153dc3d291af" CreationDate="2009-05-02T22:56:54.850" UserId="1496" Comment="added 134 characters in body" Text="In my experience,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Replace crappy factory fans (CPU, GPU, and power supply) with quality fans. The bigger the fan, the better - a bigger fan typically needs to move less air than a small fan to produce the same effect (yes, I know it's oversimplified, but there you go.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Replace video cards with passive cooled versions, or even get rid of discrete video cards entirely. If you don't care about desktop effects (office users normally shouldn't) you can lower noise levels considerably.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Not much you can do about hard drives as such (barring replacing them with SSDs, as pointed out by [InSciTek Jeff](http://serverfault.com/users/1664) in the comment below.) You can try improvising some rubber grommets and drive the mounting screws through them - I don't know how much that will gain you, though. Please don't take stupid advice like &quot;reduce vibration by letting your drive hang freely in an improvised rubber band hammock&quot; like [this](http://www.silentpcreview.com/article8-page2.html), otherwise you'll be in for a nice surprise the next time your foot, your baby or you dog bumps against the case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. Use a good case. I'm using an [Antec P182](http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=NQ==) for my desktop. If it's possible to be in love with a case, it's this one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Check [silentpcreview.com](http://www.silentpcreview.com/) every so often. Don't take it as gospel, though, they're sometimes partisan, and not all contributors are sane (see the HDD hammock idea above.)" />
  <row Id="5727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3323" RevisionGUID="8ab4e07f-c79d-4df2-831a-8caa7f8344ef" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:00:19.023" UserId="1664" Text="You can go with a spot type air conditioner such a units like [these][1]. These units are self contained and only require a water supply and drain to remove the heat and therefore don't require architectural modifitions for ducting, etc...only a plumbing hookup. You don't even need to pressure balance the room because the air is completely recirculating. Relative to cost, I believe they are both cheaper to acquire and also more efficient than the more typical air flow based condenser units because the water is better at removing heat from the coils than air.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are concerned about the water consumption, for some added cost the water can be recirculated via pipes to an outside radiator to dump off the heat before bringing it back inside.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.spot-coolers.com/water.php" />
  <row Id="5728" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3324" RevisionGUID="ca90e790-f961-46b5-bbf1-5215c154a8fe" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:00:37.557" UserId="846" Text="I don't like connecting Windows PCs directly to the internet.  I would buy a standard consumer internet router (like [this][1], $30 at NewEgg), connect *it* to the internet, and connect the computers to it.  It will do the DHCP if you like, and the configuration is pretty clear.  It will protect your systems from the craziness on the internet.  Then you can turn on file/folder sharing on the computers without risk, and the Windows/Linux network configuration becomes straight-forward; follow the wizards.     &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to roll your own, I would take the PC with 2 NICs and install the free [Astaro Security Gateway][2] software on it.  It is a Linux &quot;appliance&quot; that is a full-featured firewall.  I use several of their commercial products at work and am pleased.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I realize that this doesn't specifically answer your question, but I think it gets you where you want to go in a better fashion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833314031&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.astaro.com/our_products/astaro_security_gateway" />
  <row Id="5729" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3325" RevisionGUID="fe598f78-e673-434d-87d6-a90b5f2d25ba" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:01:42.297" UserId="48" Text="2.5&quot; drives usually have lower power requirements than larger drivers, so improving the power consumption of enterprise systems." />
  <row Id="5730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3326" RevisionGUID="0cc684a2-4f91-46ba-995d-1bca9f5b9210" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:01:42.577" UserId="1466" Text="What is the best tool to monitor/analyze network traffic on an entire network (several subnets)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for something that will help me toubleshoot problems when, for instance, users start complaining that the &quot;network is slow&quot;" />
  <row Id="5731" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3326" RevisionGUID="0cc684a2-4f91-46ba-995d-1bca9f5b9210" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:01:42.577" UserId="1466" Text="Network Traffic Monitoring" />
  <row Id="5732" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3326" RevisionGUID="0cc684a2-4f91-46ba-995d-1bca9f5b9210" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:01:42.577" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;bandwidth&gt;&lt;traffic&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="5733" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3327" RevisionGUID="63543e65-2cee-4202-90c9-7802821f6836" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:02:29.877" UserId="1523" Text="[StExtBar][1] has an amazing rename utility. You can use regex patterns for renaming and compare the changed file name before applying rename.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tools.tortoisesvn.net/StExBar" />
  <row Id="5734" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3311" RevisionGUID="f72bf34f-25fd-4cc9-bdbc-802ac0a87ce7" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:04:01.680" UserId="388" Comment="Added NAT, as per Alnitak's very valid comment." Text="OS support is probably not the concern. Vista, XP, Solaris 10 and Linux all support IPv6, and the root DNS servers have all been updated to support &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6#IPv6_and_the_Domain_Name_System&quot;&gt;AAAA records&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are three things that are more likely to act as barriers to adoption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Network support&lt;/strong&gt;: Upgrading infrastructure to support IPv6 is a *massive* undertaking. It probably won't be complete for years. Until then, there will be a need to tunnel; initially, IPv6 tunneled over IPv4; eventually the reverse as the IPv6 connected network becomes larger than the IPv4.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Application support&lt;/strong&gt;: In a perfect world, most consumer facing applications shouldn't care about Layer 3; that's what DNS is for. Unfortunately, there are plenty of applications out there written with IP addresses hardcoded into them, that use IP addresses in their data structures, etc. Re-writing or replacing these tools will also take a very long time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;NAT&lt;/strong&gt;: One of the main design goals of IPv6 was to overcome the depletion of IPv4 space. Unfortunately, before IPv6 could be finalised and implemented, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_address_translation&quot;&gt;NAT&lt;/a&gt; combined with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1918.html&quot;&gt;RFC 1918&lt;/a&gt; address space provided a way for companies and individuals to connect large numbers of devices to the public internet without the need for registered address space. Like it or loathe it, NAT has grown from a stop-gap solution to a 'feature' of IPv4, with people even relying upon it for security. More discussion can be found in &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/1161/do-you-think-nat-is-largely-responsible-for-the-delay-in-ipv6-adoption/1187#1187&quot;&lt;/a&gt; this question." />
  <row Id="5735" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3328" RevisionGUID="fd4ad317-af9b-4946-915e-353d0f101f37" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:04:53.880" UserId="914" Text="I'm assuming you have a commercial router/switch, it most likely has [SNMP][1] which you can combine with [MRTG][2] for a nice traffic graph.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Network_Management_Protocol&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/" />
  <row Id="5736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3329" RevisionGUID="1c154e9f-94d2-4e28-9bef-de6db42d2fdb" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:05:43.207" UserId="1156" Text="Hmm, the [gnuplot][1] FAQ says it [doesn't support pie charts][2], but they suggest Bernhard Reiter's [piechart][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnuplot&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gnuplot.info/faq/faq.html#SECTION00065000000000000000&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.usf.uni-osnabrueck.de/~breiter/tools/piechart/piecharts.en.html" />
  <row Id="5737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3330" RevisionGUID="7c6758b4-5d10-4673-8f74-610c977e6d21" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:05:49.197" UserId="1218" Text="Try [MRTG][1] and/or [ntop][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ntop.org/news.html" />
  <row Id="5739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3331" RevisionGUID="4c03543f-1621-4465-9965-642731e247f4" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:11:49.870" UserId="919" Text="Sometimes your scripts need to behave differently on different Linux's. How can I determine which version of Linux a script is running on?" />
  <row Id="5740" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3331" RevisionGUID="4c03543f-1621-4465-9965-642731e247f4" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:11:49.870" UserId="919" Text="How do I find out what version of Linux is running?" />
  <row Id="5741" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3331" RevisionGUID="4c03543f-1621-4465-9965-642731e247f4" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:11:49.870" UserId="919" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;" />
  <row Id="5742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3332" RevisionGUID="093bf6d3-9b2a-43e5-8555-8f6f8636f8fb" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:14:17.460" UserId="914" Text="You can find the kernel version by running `uname -a`, finding the distro version is dependant on the distro.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Ubuntu and some other OS' you can run `lsb_release -a` or read /etc/lsb_release&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Debian stores the version in /etc/debian_version" />
  <row Id="5743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3333" RevisionGUID="7af6d6c2-7055-4c20-899f-af745bcde6ea" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:14:22.687" UserId="1664" Text="Check out the products from [VSS Monitoring][1]. They have several different in-line fail safe products for monitoring network traffic remotely. Once you have them peered into your network(s) and on the backbone, it is as good as being there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vssmonitoring.com/default.asp" />
  <row Id="5744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3334" RevisionGUID="75408f6a-63ba-4997-ad74-eabb1f7eb5ab" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:15:24.213" UserId="1496" Text="There is no cross-distribution way. However:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Redhat and friends: Test for /etc/redhat-release, check contents&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Debian: Test for /etc/debian_version, check contents&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Mandriva and friends: Test for /etc/version, check contents&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Slackware: Test for /etc/slackware-version, check contents&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Etc. Generally speaking, check for `/etc/*-release` and `/etc/*-version`." />
  <row Id="5745" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3335" RevisionGUID="e362418a-f726-4167-bd95-e52cc3a69c46" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:15:47.970" UserId="1498" Text="I think your best bet is going to be a mixture of [Cacti][1] and [Ntop][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ntop is going to provide you information about the traffic on your network, like the hosts that are consuming the most... what traffic is causing slowdowns, etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cacti is going to give long term trends about your bandwidth consumption so you can tell how you networks traffic has changed over time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cacti.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ntop.org/" />
  <row Id="5746" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3336" RevisionGUID="542a6574-0b8d-4770-85cb-0bb9a5f55ecd" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:16:29.373" UserId="1463" Text="You can fit many more in the same space, due to their smaller size, lower heat generation and lower power consumption. They cost more and store less per disk, but they're simply more practical and I guess the storage in the same amount of space is pretty much equal - but with more disks = more redundancy and more parallel performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not that many years ago storage (including server system drives by the way) started moving into 2,5&quot; disks though. By the way, there's at least 10krpm 2,5&quot; disks available so individual disk performance can be pretty good despite the lower outer platter speeds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even the consumer-oriented high performance Velociraptor is using this form factor so something is definitely up ;)" />
  <row Id="5747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3337" RevisionGUID="3b242a99-3087-4b83-b082-9f91d3f55c1b" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:19:19.617" UserId="388" Text="When you have users reporting 'network issues', the problem could relate to a multitude of issues (routing, switching, host configuration, unicast, multicast, security policy, hardware failure). It's very unlikely that one piece of software to monitor all your different potential problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instead, focus on two things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;strong&gt;Instrumentation&lt;/strong&gt;: come up with a monitoring strategy that allows you proactively monitor for those faults that occur regularly. See this &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/1259/network-monitoring/1512#1512&quot;&gt;previous answer&lt;/a&gt; for more detail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;strong&gt;Troubleshooting&lt;/strong&gt;: come up with a quick series of tests that you can run to immediately try and isolate where the problem might be, and publish it to your users. (e.g. ping your default gateway; ping another host on the same subnet; ping an off subnet host; what kind of packet loss are you getting; do results vary with size, etc). These kinds of simple diagnostics can often point you very quickly in the right direction. Finally, if you can, always get a source IP, a destination IP, and a destination port. Try and educate your users; ambigious complaints like 'the network is slow' can't be easily diagnosed." />
  <row Id="5748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3338" RevisionGUID="1bdaaede-56dd-4197-afdf-2555d8b1e757" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:21:56.630" UserId="1470" Text="I'm using [PA Server Monitor ][1]. It's primarily Windows focused (event logs, performance counters, services, etc) although getting better with other systems now that some limited SNMP support has been added.  The thing I like best is it's easy to configure compared to a lot of apps (no config files, no command lines, etc).  I wouldn't recommend it for a heavy *nix environment though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, it's not free, but less expensive than some competitors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.poweradmin.com/servermonitor" />
  <row Id="5749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3339" RevisionGUID="5c0a1879-11e6-497f-bf0d-94e13fdbf231" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:21:59.580" UserId="1218" Text="In addition to the other answers: If you just want to parse one file, most distros personalize the tty login via /etc/issue e.g.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Welcome to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 (i586) - Kernel \r (\l).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And yes I know it's suboptimal. :)" />
  <row Id="5750" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3311" RevisionGUID="8f2c7f82-d88e-47d4-9873-d3506b63000e" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:23:22.320" UserId="388" Comment="Fixed broken link, added bullets." Text="OS support is probably not the concern. Vista, XP, Solaris 10 and Linux all support IPv6, and the root DNS servers have all been updated to support &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6#IPv6_and_the_Domain_Name_System&quot;&gt;AAAA records&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are three things that are more likely to act as barriers to adoption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;strong&gt;Network support&lt;/strong&gt;: Upgrading infrastructure to support IPv6 is a *massive* undertaking. It probably won't be complete for years. Until then, there will be a need to tunnel; initially, IPv6 tunneled over IPv4; eventually the reverse as the IPv6 connected network becomes larger than the IPv4.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;strong&gt;Application support&lt;/strong&gt;: In a perfect world, most consumer facing applications shouldn't care about Layer 3; that's what DNS is for. Unfortunately, there are plenty of applications out there written with IP addresses hardcoded into them, that use IP addresses in their data structures, etc. Re-writing or replacing these tools will also take a very long time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;strong&gt;NAT&lt;/strong&gt;: One of the main design goals of IPv6 was to overcome the depletion of IPv4 space. Unfortunately, before IPv6 could be finalised and implemented, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_address_translation&quot;&gt;NAT&lt;/a&gt; combined with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1918.html&quot;&gt;RFC 1918&lt;/a&gt; address space provided a way for companies and individuals to connect large numbers of devices to the public internet without the need for registered address space. Like it or loathe it, NAT has grown from a stop-gap solution to a 'feature' of IPv4, with people even relying upon it for security. More discussion can be found in &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/1161/do-you-think-nat-is-largely-responsible-for-the-delay-in-ipv6-adoption/1187#1187&quot;&gt; this question.&lt;/a&gt;" />
  <row Id="5751" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3340" RevisionGUID="d930a8e3-0ff7-4372-afa2-d203d49a6f8f" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:24:34.223" UserId="1498" Text="Most distro's have a unique method of determining the particular distribution. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Redhat (And derivatives): /etc/redhat-release&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SUSE: /etc/SUSE-release&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a standard out there known as the [Linux Standard Base][1] or [LSB][2].&#xD;&#xA;It defines that there should be a file called /etc/lsb-release or a program called lsb_release that will echo back information about your linux distro. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    lsb_release -a&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/lsb&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/lsb&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3341" RevisionGUID="e975ec66-c913-4972-8d95-e9ef1d46b7e0" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:26:34.653" UserId="658" Text="Given the appropriate security policies, disclaimers, etc. by the employer, admins typically need tools to record and report on how the internet connection is being used by its employees.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the past, I've relied on my firewall appliance to log the most viewed domain names. Very rudimentary stuff. It was difficult to track down who visited siteAbc123.com in a domain of 50+ computers. The egregious traffic was really what we were after.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the requirements are to provide a report, on a per user basis:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - bandwidth used&#xD;&#xA; - sites/pages visited + hitcount&#xD;&#xA; - protocols used (i.e. streaming radio)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you suggest any free or low cost tools that would help gather and create reports on this information for a small-medium business in a Windows environment?" />
  <row Id="5753" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3341" RevisionGUID="e975ec66-c913-4972-8d95-e9ef1d46b7e0" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:26:34.653" UserId="658" Text="Logging employee web visits - free tracking and reporting tools" />
  <row Id="5754" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3341" RevisionGUID="e975ec66-c913-4972-8d95-e9ef1d46b7e0" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:26:34.653" UserId="658" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;analysis&gt;&lt;tracking&gt;&lt;employee&gt;" />
  <row Id="5755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3342" RevisionGUID="c8118dab-2611-4c33-8027-e569138415dc" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:28:21.343" UserId="1681" Text="I have always wondered this, and never totally understood how 32 bit machines are addressing more than 4GB of ram, I mean there are no more address lines left, correct?  I know even in our facility that we have Dell SQL Servers with 8GB of ram addressable by the machine and a 32-bit version of SQL.  Is it achieved similar to EMS memory of the 20 address line 8086, using a window of rotating memory?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Brett" />
  <row Id="5756" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3342" RevisionGUID="c8118dab-2611-4c33-8027-e569138415dc" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:28:21.343" UserId="1681" Text="How does a 32-bit machine support more than 4GB of ram?" />
  <row Id="5757" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3342" RevisionGUID="c8118dab-2611-4c33-8027-e569138415dc" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:28:21.343" UserId="1681" Text="&lt;memory&gt;&lt;capcity&gt;&lt;x86&gt;" />
  <row Id="5758" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3337" RevisionGUID="3f0caca5-fc20-431f-9218-d347d11ac248" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:28:36.100" UserId="388" Comment="Cleaned up grammar, broke up 'troubleshooting' into a longer section." Text="When you have users reporting 'network issues', the problem could relate to a multitude of issues (routing, switching, host configuration, unicast, multicast, security policy, hardware failure). It's very unlikely that you'll find one piece of software to monitor all your different potential problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instead, focus on two things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;strong&gt;Instrumentation&lt;/strong&gt;: come up with a monitoring strategy that allows you proactively monitor for those faults that occur regularly. See this &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/1259/network-monitoring/1512#1512&quot;&gt;previous answer&lt;/a&gt; for more detail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;strong&gt;Troubleshooting&lt;/strong&gt;: come up with a quick, standard series of tests that you can run to immediately try and isolate where the problem might be, and publish it to your users. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some example tests:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* ping your default gateway&#xD;&#xA;* ping another host on the same subnet&#xD;&#xA;* ping an off subnet host&#xD;&#xA;* what kind of packet loss are you getting? &#xD;&#xA;* do results vary with packet size? &#xD;&#xA;* can you successfully telnet from the command line to the destination IP/port?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These kinds of simple diagnostics can often point you very quickly in the right direction. Finally, if you can, always get a source IP, a destination IP, and a destination port. Try and educate your users; ambigious complaints like 'the network is slow' can't be easily diagnosed." />
  <row Id="5759" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3343" RevisionGUID="37550c9d-4021-4ec7-90fd-981db918ebb6" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:28:51.387" UserId="385" Text="Make sure you've got the hot and cold aisles right with the air flow configured properly. It'll help the servers a lot if you haven't done that. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Without resorting to architectural changes, we've used portable air conditioners in addition to large fans for times when we were doing structural work (like swapping out UPS systems). " />
  <row Id="5760" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3344" RevisionGUID="523f892a-404c-468f-8435-1a73b2779944" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:29:29.093" UserId="914" Text="apt-cacher is handy for caching packages, it'll cache the first time they're needed rather than completing a full mirror of the entire repository thus saving disk and bandwidth.  It's also handy as it streams the first request of a package direct to the requester while caching it at the same time so there's no additional delay." />
  <row Id="5761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3345" RevisionGUID="2b312282-3e30-417e-8153-e89c2f2e7f99" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:30:19.590" UserId="1494" Text="Well, your server operating system might be 64-bit. SQL maybe only using 4 gigs of the 8, or some 32-bit programs spawn more processes (like video encoding software, in my experience) to take advantage of the ram." />
  <row Id="5762" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3326" RevisionGUID="b0ca619c-3e2c-43b3-87af-cde59153f074" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:30:31.430" UserId="1466" Comment="added 10 characters in body" Text="What is the best tool to monitor/analyze network traffic on an entire network (several subnets)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for something that will help me toubleshoot bandwidth problems when, for instance, users start complaining that the &quot;network is slow&quot;" />
  <row Id="5763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3346" RevisionGUID="be1016f3-7944-496a-acbd-8d2a6f1219f3" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:30:53.007" UserId="914" Text="It might be worth running everyone though a squid proxy in order to provide better logs of most requests than most firewalls provide." />
  <row Id="5764" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3347" RevisionGUID="c1ed7b80-931d-4a3f-99e6-528909e2ca11" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:32:06.060" UserId="48" Text="To support more than 4Gb memory windows uses [Physical Address Extension][1]. It uses paging tables to map the memory greater than 4Gb. By doing this physical address size is increased to 36bits, or 64Gb (and more in later versions up to a limit of 128Gb).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This method does mean that Each process is still limited to a maximum of 4Gb of memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension" />
  <row Id="5765" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3242" RevisionGUID="3b73cf15-9daa-4cba-a08e-47b7ddcd5c6f" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:32:23.220" UserId="1466" Comment="edited body" Text="I use the openSource **bacula**.  It is excellent - server/client model that works on windows or linux.  There is good online support, and an active developer community.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A bit tricky to set up, but has all the features you could ever want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also a nice web gui called **bweb** that can be used for day-to-day operation of it." />
  <row Id="5766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3348" RevisionGUID="72274d93-bfe7-4144-8129-cc3486ba6456" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:35:15.833" UserId="1647" Text="It's called [PAE][1]. It works by changing the page table layout on the processor to support up to 64 GB of RAM. However, any one application can still only use 2-3 GB (depending on how the kernel is set up, usually 2 GB for Windows and 3 GB for Linux). Also, PAE tends to make the machine run slightly slower, because page table lookups have an extra level to go through.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It should be supported on any relatively recent processor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension" />
  <row Id="5767" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2332" RevisionGUID="7092ecda-199d-43f3-aa79-2637197d778e" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:36:18.110" UserId="1218" Comment="added tools from other answers" Text="I would prefer the free (for non-commercial purposes) version of [Daemon Tools Lite][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some other tools (merged from the other answers):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Virtual Clone Drive][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [Magic ISO][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [Microsoft Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/products/dtLite&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.magiciso.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916902" />
  <row Id="5768" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3349" RevisionGUID="6d23acd2-3742-4df7-a463-0fe10a83f280" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:37:28.997" UserId="1463" Text="There's an Intel feature called PAE which in effect enables the OS to utilize more than 4GB of memory. Each application can only use 2 (or 3) GB of memory space but as the OS now has more memory to spread stuff out over - there will be less sharing between processes and hence some possible performance benefits.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The real magic however begins when using the AWE API with which you can actually use more memory with a single 32bit application that is especially written for this. This is what SQL Server is doing." />
  <row Id="5769" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3347" RevisionGUID="81435f85-e2ea-4dd2-bd01-74c9f659c3ca" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:37:50.307" UserId="48" Comment="added 34 characters in body" Text="To support more than 4Gb memory windows uses [Physical Address Extension][1]. It uses paging tables to map the memory greater than 4Gb. By doing this physical address size is increased to 36bits, or 64Gb. PAE is used in 64bit OS's as well, in this case the maximum size is doubled to 128Gb.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This method does mean that Each process is still limited to a maximum of 4Gb of memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension" />
  <row Id="5770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3350" RevisionGUID="d9a6ba26-3613-4cd6-b1f3-b75ac823301a" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:38:42.893" UserId="1200" Text="I use jungledisk with the Rackspace cloud file storage. It just goes every night and does its thing, I just tell it what to back up, and it even keeps revisions (sort of). Offsite, and fairly inexpensive." />
  <row Id="5771" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3351" RevisionGUID="01ec7d0e-4c45-4cd6-a35d-df3cb30cb8a1" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:39:29.863" UserId="1470" Text="I love the Kiwi Log Viewer.  They were just bought out by Solarwinds -- I assume the product is still for sale (or maybe they're giving it away for free now?  They're giving away a few other Kiwi products)." />
  <row Id="5772" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3352" RevisionGUID="139768db-3c92-4b10-914c-f733e7c09abc" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:40:03.687" UserId="1683" Text="What do you do with your old / unused hardware? Cables, Hard drives, motherboards, and others `peripherals` you have around? Stuff that is broken or just too obsolete to use." />
  <row Id="5773" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3352" RevisionGUID="139768db-3c92-4b10-914c-f733e7c09abc" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:40:03.687" UserId="1683" Text="what to do with old hardware" />
  <row Id="5774" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3352" RevisionGUID="139768db-3c92-4b10-914c-f733e7c09abc" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:40:03.687" UserId="1683" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;recycle&gt;" />
  <row Id="5775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3353" RevisionGUID="09f503ee-9eb5-489b-8d69-26fbd3a0c3e9" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:40:25.917" UserId="1494" Text="An option on Mac for bootcamp partitions, is WinClone." />
  <row Id="5776" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3354" RevisionGUID="ede075cc-7cc6-4543-b666-7538c46f2c45" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:41:22.137" UserId="1647" Text="Give it to me!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just kidding :)" />
  <row Id="5777" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3355" RevisionGUID="f6b812ef-c275-4422-832a-5f2d911602ae" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:41:25.837" UserId="914" Text="Broken, bin it (only individual components however - Never bin an entire computer).&#xD;&#xA;Hard drives and cables always come in use, as do PSU's.  Really old motherboards bin, keep the others as spares." />
  <row Id="5778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3356" RevisionGUID="5153600e-37f8-4a22-b369-53af9a3aa358" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:41:46.457" UserId="48" Text="I hate throwing out hardware that still works, I feel that it could always come in useful later, when something breaks and there's a crisis. So it usually ends up in a big box of bits. I'll try to organize it but eventually it gets overrun and I have to throw some out or find a new home for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Often working parts will get re-purposed for a home project or used in a friends old PC that needs repairs." />
  <row Id="5779" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3354" RevisionGUID="ede075cc-7cc6-4543-b666-7538c46f2c45" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:42:19.577" UserId="1647" />
  <row Id="5780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3357" RevisionGUID="4092a064-3780-405f-9a25-d964b3c3ddb1" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:43:37.093" UserId="1498" Text="A mixture of ntop and squid should work for you. But both would require that you setup a couple of Linux servers or virtual machines, neither of these tools are complicated to setup. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would place your ntop box as a transparent gateway between your hosts and the internet so you can track protocols and bandwidth consumption. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as monitoring the actual web usage, I would transparently route you HTTP packets to a squid server to get some very good tracking functionality. If your networking hardware won't support routing based on protocol you can place squid as a transparent proxy for your hosts. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I never suggest setting up a proxy server in a corporate environment that requires that the browsers get configured with the proxy server information. It is very easy to circumvent that method. Transparent proxies are the way to go. " />
  <row Id="5781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3358" RevisionGUID="f7b86e3a-9461-45c4-a742-bb43baf62691" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:43:37.513" UserId="1682" Text="I see a lot of people out there recommending rsync like this. It really should not be recommended. Rsync is great for backing up data, but its not really designed to back up a live operating system, and the fact that it can is only because otherwise it is such a great tool. In Ubuntu, you will have problems when your using multiple partitions because that rsync command only does 1 filesystem. Also, ubuntu sometimes uses UUIDs of disk drives, so that will throw it off if your booting a different drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I keep written install instructions and scripts to automate install stuff, then I don't have to back my operating systems. For linux, I think ultimately that is the best way because I can run many linux distros and all I have is a few text files I run to download the packages and set things up etc, plus lots of other benefits like I'm able to get use the knowledge I gained from setting up the OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you really want to backup your OS, I'd suggest using tools that were designed for that. A good simple one that seems to have been forgotten i dump  http://linux.die.net/man/8/dump. Google will find you some more answers." />
  <row Id="5782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3359" RevisionGUID="3cef45f8-cabc-4c0e-ab57-18232567588e" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:44:10.290" UserId="1681" Text="If your database is relatively small you can generate create scripts from management studio to execute on the target SQL server.  These can get quite large when you are scripting data, but it does work.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right click on the database and select Tasks and Generate scripts...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Select your database and click the box toward the bottom labeled 'Script all objects in the selected database'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the most important part, **read through the options carefully**, Make sure you include data (false by default), triggers etc.  If you have a complicated database, you may find the script will error when executed.  For most common database schemas, this isn't the case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use this method often with web hosts which don't open SQL ports to the outside world.  It only text, and easy to deal with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Happy copying.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Brett&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3360" RevisionGUID="89f5998d-92c7-41e7-b872-bd505ec20e5d" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:44:12.770" UserId="1218" Text="Hm, we trade in our old hardware even the broken one. But I'm not in the purchasing department. Although this question was asked before, iirc." />
  <row Id="5784" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3334" RevisionGUID="3966d1c1-c8d5-45e2-9524-574080653d70" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:47:36.803" UserId="1496" Comment="added 21 characters in body" Text="There is no cross-distribution way. However:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Redhat and friends: Test for /etc/redhat-release, check contents&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Debian: Test for /etc/debian_version, check contents&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Mandriva and friends: Test for /etc/version, check contents&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Slackware: Test for /etc/slackware-version, check contents&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Etc. Generally speaking, check for `/etc/*-release` and `/etc/*-version`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Found an old (1+ years) bash script of mine lying around that I must have cobbled together over the years (it has an impressive CVS log going back 6 years.) It might not work properly anymore as-is and I can't be bothered to find installed distros to test against, but it should provide you with a good starting point. It works fine on CentOS, Fedora and Gentoo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    get_distribution_type()&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;        local dtype&#xD;&#xA;        # Assume unknown&#xD;&#xA;        dtype=&quot;unknown&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        # First test against Fedora / RHEL / CentOS / generic Redhat derivative&#xD;&#xA;        if [ -r /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            source /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions&#xD;&#xA;            [ zz`type -t passed 2&gt;/dev/null` == &quot;zzfunction&quot; ] &amp;&amp; dtype=&quot;redhat&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        # Then test against SUSE (must be after Redhat,&#xD;&#xA;        # I've seen rc.status on Ubuntu I think? TODO: Recheck that)&#xD;&#xA;        elif [ -r /etc/rc.status ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            source /etc/rc.status&#xD;&#xA;            [ zz`type -t rc_reset 2&gt;/dev/null` == &quot;zzfunction&quot; ] &amp;&amp; dtype=&quot;suse&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        # Then test against Debian, Ubuntu and friends&#xD;&#xA;        elif [ -r /lib/lsb/init-functions ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            source /lib/lsb/init-functions&#xD;&#xA;            [ zz`type -t log_begin_msg 2&gt;/dev/null` == &quot;zzfunction&quot; ] &amp;&amp; dtype=&quot;debian&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        # Then test against Gentoo&#xD;&#xA;        elif [ -r /etc/init.d/functions.sh ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            source /etc/init.d/functions.sh&#xD;&#xA;            [ zz`type -t ebegin 2&gt;/dev/null` == &quot;zzfunction&quot; ] &amp;&amp; dtype=&quot;gentoo&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        # For Slackware we currently just test if /etc/slackware-version exists&#xD;&#xA;        # and isn't empty (TODO: Find a better way :)&#xD;&#xA;        elif [ -s /etc/slackware-version ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            dtype=&quot;slackware&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        fi&#xD;&#xA;        echo $dtype&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that this will probably only work correctly in Bash. You could rewrite it &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, you might want to test for features, not for distributions. I'm not using this anymore simply because it became a maintenance burden. It's easier to rely on cross-distribution tools and solutions." />
  <row Id="5785" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3361" RevisionGUID="0b7f2f7f-94ff-40d8-9792-a4cff611886d" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:49:46.300" UserId="1576" Text="I've got a new client that wants to send batches of around 1000 emails weekly to their client list (all opt-in recipients).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Previously when I've built something for a client it has been their own mail server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone recommend any alternatives to hosting their own mail server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Google apps seems to have a 500 emails in 24hr limitation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Google Groups would require recipient sign-up &amp; wouldn't use the clients email address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other third party services?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="5786" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3361" RevisionGUID="0b7f2f7f-94ff-40d8-9792-a4cff611886d" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:49:46.300" UserId="1576" Text="What are the options for sending legitimate bulk email?" />
  <row Id="5787" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3361" RevisionGUID="0b7f2f7f-94ff-40d8-9792-a4cff611886d" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:49:46.300" UserId="1576" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;emailserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="5788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3362" RevisionGUID="db90c204-6a20-4908-b44a-db858ca127ad" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:49:47.907" UserId="914" Text="Not sure about bad vendors but I have my good vendors.  These tend to be personal opinion based on experiences when purchasing multiple products from these and other vendors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Hard Drives - Seagate or Western Digital&#xD;&#xA; - PSU - Antex EarthWatt, Corsair&#xD;&#xA; - GPU - Nvidia (ATI tend to have buggy or non existent Linux drivers)&#xD;&#xA; - RAM - Crucial, Kingston&#xD;&#xA; - Prebuild Desktop Machines - IBM/Lenovo due to high build quality." />
  <row Id="5789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3363" RevisionGUID="10a49b7d-b1d9-4013-a1ab-8df161310c7a" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:51:23.877" UserId="163" Text="I have had good luck with the windows program mtail.  It does a very nice job of monitoring an active log.  You can configure quite a few options but in general I have found the defaults work very well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[mtail][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ophilipp.free.fr/op_tail.htm" />
  <row Id="5790" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3283" RevisionGUID="e0db3a02-6fd8-444e-b24f-32fd1c22a6c0" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:52:57.413" UserId="1496" Comment="Clarification." Text="I *emphatically* recommend against disabling the root user. Disable or restrict root logins (via securetty *and* via sshd_config *and* via PAM *and* via what have you) If your system permits it, limit root's privileges or split up the root role (akin to how [RSBAC](http://www.rsbac.org/) does it.) But please, **please**, do not disable the root account by removing the password, otherwise it will become impossible to log into the system via `sulogin`. `sulogin` is used by all initscripts I know in case of serious errors reported by fsck - and that means you will be locked out of the system if the root file system gets corrupted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To clarify: By &quot;disabling the root account by removing the password&quot; I mean the various mechanisms that end up with a ! or a * in the password field of /etc/shadow, or similar. I do not mean &quot;change the root login mechanism so you don't get prompted for a password.&quot;" />
  <row Id="5791" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3358" RevisionGUID="4e57f16a-4ea5-467e-80ff-c8ad06c6b04e" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:53:12.173" UserId="1682" Comment="added 419 characters in body" Text="I see a lot of people out there recommending rsync like this. It really should not be recommended. Rsync is great for backing up data, but its not really designed to back up a live operating system, and the fact that it can is only because otherwise it is such a great tool. In Ubuntu, you will have problems when your using multiple partitions because that rsync command only does 1 filesystem. Also, ubuntu sometimes uses UUIDs of disk drives, so that will throw it off if your booting a different drive. You can do some tests with rsync and make it work. However, I'd suggest using tools that were designed for that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I keep written install instructions and scripts to automate install stuff, then I don't have to back my operating systems. For linux, I think ultimately that is the best way because I can run many linux distros and all I have is a few text files I run to download the packages and set things up etc, plus lots of other benefits like I'm able to get use the knowledge I gained from setting up the OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For actual backup like your question asks, it is hard to find good answers because there are lots of solutions. A good simple one that seems to have been forgotten is dump. I've installed a small linux small linux distro on a &lt; 500 mb partition, set a cron job to reboot into it and do an incremental backup of the linux OS partition, then reboot back to the original distro. http://linux.die.net/man/8/dump. Another is that ubuntu can easily use LVM2 which is designed for live snapshots. Google will find you some more answers." />
  <row Id="5793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3365" RevisionGUID="33bd3d65-3f1a-43aa-97a6-b783726c0f41" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:54:05.367" UserId="1174" Text="We have a company locally that recycles old computers for schools and people who otherwise couldn't afford a computer, so a lot of stuff goes there.  Old parts that can be assembled into computers, I've used for &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* mail servers&#xD;&#xA;* router/firewalls for friends, with [m0n0wall][1]&#xD;&#xA;* network storage with [FreeNAS][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://m0n0.ch/wall/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.freenas.org/" />
  <row Id="5794" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3355" RevisionGUID="5b566ca8-e4c1-49d3-9a67-999bb0f2cbce" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:57:20.790" UserId="914" Comment="added 121 characters in body" Text="Broken, bin it (only individual components however - Never bin an entire computer).&#xD;&#xA;Hard drives and cables always come in use, as do PSU's.  Really old motherboards bin, keep the others as spares.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: When I say bin it, I mean dispose of it correctly.  For example hard drives should be securely destroyed/wiped." />
  <row Id="5795" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3366" RevisionGUID="dd0fab86-b237-43b4-ab3a-cdc384cfeb72" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:57:45.547" UserId="1498" Text="There are hundreds of services out on the net that are fantastic for this. Here are the ones I've used or currently use and I suggest all of them. Both cost money of course but its not too bad. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Campaign Monitor][1]&#xD;&#xA;I love campaign monitor because It allows me complete freedom with the design very easily. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Mailchimp][2] &#xD;&#xA;Mailchimp has some fantastic analytics information and pretty good design functionality. &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.campaignmonitor.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mailchimp.com" />
  <row Id="5796" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3358" RevisionGUID="a82974bc-06a5-4400-a1fb-5b920e231807" CreationDate="2009-05-02T23:58:44.873" UserId="1682" Comment="added 50 characters in body" Text="I see a lot of people out there recommending rsync like this. It really should not be recommended. Rsync is great for backing up data, but its not really designed to back up a live operating system, and the fact that it can is only because otherwise it is such a great tool. In Ubuntu, you will have problems when your using multiple partitions because that rsync command only does 1 filesystem. Also, ubuntu sometimes uses UUIDs of disk drives, so that will throw it off if your booting a different drive. You can do some tests with rsync and make it work. However, I'd suggest using tools that were designed for that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I keep written install instructions and scripts to automate install stuff, then I don't have to back my operating systems. For linux, I think ultimately that is the best way because I can run many linux distros and all I have is a few text files I run to download the packages and set things up etc, plus lots of other benefits like I'm able to get use the knowledge I gained from setting up the OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For actual backup like your question asks, it is hard to find good answers because there are lots of solutions. Some ways are that ubuntu can easily use LVM2 which is designed for live snapshots using any number of LVM tools. Also software that tries to manage all your backup stuff like [Bakula][1] or [Mondo Rescue][2]. A good simple one that seems to have been forgotten is [dump][3]. I've installed a small linux small linux distro on a &lt; 500 mb partition, set a cron job to reboot into it and do incremental backups of linux OS partitions, then reboot back to the original distro. http://linux.die.net/man/8/dump.  Google will find you some more answers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some OCD tendency compels me to point out that guys rsync command has a redundant flag in it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacula&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mondorescue.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://linux.die.net/man/8/dump &quot;dump&quot;" />
  <row Id="5797" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3367" RevisionGUID="afeb7f3b-5106-4aab-990e-037c15a53de4" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:02:06.473" UserId="1496" Text="[squid](http://www.squid-cache.org/) deployed as a transparent proxy (everything outoging TCP/80 redirected through it) without an on-disk cache (usually pointless on today's bandwidth, but you can use it if you want), with access logging turned on, then periodically run [SARG](http://sarg.sourceforge.net/) from a cron job on the log files. Haven't had complaints from management about the solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Ah, didn't notice &quot;Windows environment.&quot; Sorry. Still, this is definitely an option - all you need is some unused older machine, a couple of hundred megabytes space for the operating system, and as much space as you want for the log files and the produced reports (should be around 2 GB/day for reasonably webbrowsy 50 employees.) Probably not feasible if your organization doesn't have Unixy expertise, of course." />
  <row Id="5798" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3358" RevisionGUID="f1466d85-0cd5-4413-a55f-5698b6c6134f" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:05:05.420" UserId="1682" Comment="edited body" Text="I see a lot of people out there recommending rsync like this. It really should not be recommended. Rsync is great for backing up data, but its not really designed to back up a live operating system, and the fact that it can is only because otherwise it is such a great tool. In Ubuntu, you will have problems when your using multiple partitions because that rsync command only does 1 filesystem. Also, ubuntu sometimes uses UUIDs of disk drives, so that will throw it off if your booting a different drive. You can do some tests with rsync and make it work. However, I'd suggest using tools that were designed for that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I keep written install instructions and scripts to automate install stuff, then I don't have to back my operating systems. For linux, I think ultimately that is the best way because I can run many linux distros and all I have is a few text files I run to download the packages and set things up etc, plus lots of other benefits like I'm able to access and maintain my knowledge of setting up the OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For actual backup like your question asks, it is hard to find good answers because there are lots of solutions. Some ways are that ubuntu can easily use LVM2 which is designed for live snapshots using any number of LVM tools. Also software that tries to manage all your backup stuff like [Bakula][1] or [Mondo Rescue][2]. A good simple one that seems to have been forgotten is [dump][3]. I've installed a small linux small linux distro on a &lt; 500 mb partition, set a cron job to reboot into it and do incremental backups of linux OS partitions, then reboot back to the original distro. http://linux.die.net/man/8/dump.  Google will find you some more answers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some OCD tendency compels me to point out that guys rsync command has a redundant flag in it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacula&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mondorescue.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://linux.die.net/man/8/dump &quot;dump&quot;" />
  <row Id="5799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3368" RevisionGUID="0e8ebff3-e87f-4bcf-97f3-adac8fb3ae8c" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:06:30.970" UserId="1684" Text="I have a Mac Mini that I would like to login remotely from a Windows XP laptop.  Is this possible?  What types of things do I need to do to allow remote connections from the Mac, and what type of interface will I be able to have?  (Command-line interface?  Or full GUI interface?)" />
  <row Id="5800" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3368" RevisionGUID="0e8ebff3-e87f-4bcf-97f3-adac8fb3ae8c" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:06:30.970" UserId="1684" Text="Remote login to mac" />
  <row Id="5801" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3368" RevisionGUID="0e8ebff3-e87f-4bcf-97f3-adac8fb3ae8c" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:06:30.970" UserId="1684" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;remote-access&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="5802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3369" RevisionGUID="2e8980ab-197d-4ed2-9a8a-0aeec73e7515" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:06:43.527" UserId="1375" Text="Don't try and make assumptions based on the distro as to what you can and cannot do, for that way lies madness (see also &quot;User Agent detection&quot;).  Instead, detect whether what it is that you want to do is supported, and how it's done by whatever command or file location you want to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, if you wanted to install a package, you can detect whether you're on a Debian-like system or a RedHat-like system by checking for the existence of dpkg or rpm (check for dpkg first, because Debian machines can have the rpm command on them...).  Make your decision as to what to do based on that, not just on whether it's a Debian or RedHat system.  That way you'll automatically support any derivative distros that you didn't explicitly program in.  Oh, and if your package requires specific dependencies, then test for those too and let the user know what they're missing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another example is fiddling with network interfaces.  Work out what to do based on whether there's an /etc/network/interfaces file or an /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory, and go from there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, it's more work, but unless you want to remake all the mistakes that web developers have made over the past decade or more, you'll do it the smart way right from the start." />
  <row Id="5803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3370" RevisionGUID="dccf2f18-0a21-41a9-98cf-00b697cac091" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:10:45.703" UserId="914" Text="SSH is installed by default on OS X.  You just need to download PuTTY on your Windows machine and connect to your IP.  SSH provides console access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want a GUI you can use VNC." />
  <row Id="5804" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3371" RevisionGUID="65ef807f-9a24-41c4-b58d-ca56ef008150" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:11:01.753" UserId="641" Text="You can remotely log on to a Mac from a PC using VNC.  Instructions for setting up a Mac as a VNC serve can be found [here][1] and [here][2].  For the PC, any VNC client should work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wikihow.com/Setup-VNC-on-Mac-OS-X&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://howto.diveintomark.org/remote-mac/" />
  <row Id="5805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3372" RevisionGUID="05ef95c0-14d3-4efc-90d4-a2841919c45d" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:13:44.557" UserId="123" Text="Is there any good alternatives for active directory?" />
  <row Id="5806" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3372" RevisionGUID="05ef95c0-14d3-4efc-90d4-a2841919c45d" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:13:44.557" UserId="123" Text="alternatives to active directory?" />
  <row Id="5807" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3372" RevisionGUID="05ef95c0-14d3-4efc-90d4-a2841919c45d" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:13:44.557" UserId="123" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="5810" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3374" RevisionGUID="29a4ddd0-b835-4283-816f-2831a591df7e" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:15:38.077" UserId="1375" Text="Samba/LDAP/Kerberos would be the only other option I'd consider." />
  <row Id="5811" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3375" RevisionGUID="b7b130b3-a84d-46f5-be5f-3a1321834e23" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:16:04.817" UserId="1205" Text="I found [this document][1] explaining a very good solution on making backups on Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots" />
  <row Id="5812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3376" RevisionGUID="998ce0de-87b9-4020-9cf0-c19cbc76e12f" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:17:32.440" UserId="914" Text="OpenLDAP can do the authentication part of active directory.  I don't believe there's a replacement for group policy however on Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It might help if you explained what exactly you don't like about Active Directory and why you're attempting to avoid it, I'm presuming cost?" />
  <row Id="5813" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3358" RevisionGUID="962c67eb-93b1-4be2-9e71-db6a02e57171" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:20:57.597" UserId="1682" Comment="added 8 characters in body" Text="I see a lot of people out there recommending rsync like this. It really should not be recommended. Rsync is great for backing up data, but its not really designed to back up a live operating system, and the fact that it can is only because otherwise it is such a great tool. In Ubuntu, you will have problems when your using multiple partitions because that rsync command only does 1 filesystem. Also, ubuntu sometimes uses UUIDs of disk drives, so that will throw it off if your booting a different drive. You can do some tests with rsync and make it work. However, I'd suggest using tools that were designed for that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I keep written install instructions and scripts to automate install stuff, then I don't have to back my operating systems. For linux, I think ultimately that is the best way because I can run many linux distros and all I have is a few text files I run to download the packages and set things up etc, plus lots of other benefits like I'm able to access and maintain my knowledge of setting up the OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For actual backup like your question asks, it is hard to find good answers because there are lots of solutions and no best one for all circumstances. My recommendation for what your after is to use LVM2. Ubuntu supports it in its installer and it is easy to setup. LVM2 which is designed for live snapshots using any number of LVM tools. Here are some links:&#xD;&#xA;http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/snapshots_backup.html&#xD;&#xA;http://www.howtoforge.com/linux_lvm_snapshots&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also software that tries to manage all your backup stuff like [Bakula][1] or [Mondo Rescue][2]. A good simple one that seems to have been forgotten is [dump][3]. I've installed a small linux small linux distro on a &lt; 500 mb partition, set a cron job to reboot into it and do incremental backups of linux OS partitions, then reboot back to the original distro. http://linux.die.net/man/8/dump.  Google will find you some more answers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some OCD tendency compels me to point out that guys rsync command has a redundant flag in it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacula&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mondorescue.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://linux.die.net/man/8/dump &quot;dump&quot;" />
  <row Id="5814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3377" RevisionGUID="a63edb3d-f8a2-4ade-8ebf-84550e6f2eb3" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:24:48.727" UserId="388" Text="Can anyone recommend a textbook or online resource for learning the current state of multicast technology, from the perspective of a network engineer/designer? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The 'bible' that most of my more experienced colleagues seem to use is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.co.uk/Developing-IP-Multicast-Networks-Implementation/dp/1578700779&quot;&gt;Developing IP Multicast Networks&lt;/a&gt;, by Williamson, which was published in 1999. Has multicast technology really not moved on since then? Or are the same principles and protocols still in use, without only incremental changes not warranting a newer text?" />
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  <row Id="5816" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3377" RevisionGUID="a63edb3d-f8a2-4ade-8ebf-84550e6f2eb3" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:24:48.727" UserId="388" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;ip&gt;&lt;multicast&gt;&lt;learning&gt;" />
  <row Id="5817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3378" RevisionGUID="9527239c-93a2-415a-abd4-7eefe7f09012" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:30:34.423" UserId="306" Text="This is what I do with old printers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Office Space Printer][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://bp3.blogger.com/_fjR3huljI-w/Ru8o23hrRxI/AAAAAAAAAFg/OzTGOnvfwsM/s320/Office+Space2.jpg" />
  <row Id="5818" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3378" RevisionGUID="9527239c-93a2-415a-abd4-7eefe7f09012" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:30:53.890" UserId="306" />
  <row Id="5819" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3372" RevisionGUID="2bbd4015-b0d8-481c-963d-1f5bcaa540e4" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:33:34.757" UserId="123" Comment="added 341 characters in body" Text="Is there any good alternatives for active directory?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: To clarify, After deploying and maintaining many windows only sites all using active directory is some way i started to wonder why we never thought twice about something else to use (EG: Linux). I understand it may not exist yet but I'm at least looking for something that is aspiring to be active directory and working towards it." />
  <row Id="5820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3379" RevisionGUID="71083828-8a90-4566-9aef-52f255ae092d" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:35:04.147" UserId="1375" Text="It smells like you're just filling up on IO capacity.  First check to make sure that one of your disks isn't dying (sector remapping can do bad things to IO), and run `sar -d 1 0` and look at the `%util` numbers for the physical disks.  If that's up around 100%, then I'd just throw more spindles at it, putting them in a RAID-10.  You won't get double the performance, but it'll give you some more ooomph.  250GB disks aren't exactly mind-bendingly expensive these days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and to pimp my work some more, and put a wall of text into battle against your wall of text, a guide I wrote to track down performance problems: http://www.anchor.com.au/hosting/development/HuntingThePerformanceWumpus covers everything you should need to know about tracking down performance problems." />
  <row Id="5821" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3380" RevisionGUID="2c745956-e5ee-4435-8446-b8f0cf6f658c" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:35:55.563" UserId="1081" Text="One of the advantages of using a third party service is that they can deal with any CAN-SPAM issues that may arise. My day job is to support a very large integration with a third party email vendor. The integration is very large and we send several million emails a month.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You list is relatively small, so you won't need much to make them go. I'm not that familiar with the smaller vendors, but I have heard good things about both Campaign Monitor and MailChimp. Avoid the larger companies, because they will try to lock you into a yearly contract.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The larger vendors are DREAMmail, YesMail, ExactTarget, GoodMail, Zustek, and several others." />
  <row Id="5822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3381" RevisionGUID="fff389e6-ffdd-4c69-a6a5-2edb2b9d9b7d" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:41:33.053" UserId="1682" Text="I tend to see two kinds of advertisements for system administration jobs. 1: Entry levelish, not paying enough, not technical enough. 2: Well paying, requiring multiple years of experience and experience with various enterprise / larger scale technical challenges. The second type looks appealing, and the first type doesn't look like it leads there very often. Of course there is self-education, but theres a lot your not going to get from books and your personal computer. I suppose a lot of developers gain the experience by being in a company and gravitating to those roles, but that doesn't seem like a good plan unless you already happen to be in that situation." />
  <row Id="5823" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3381" RevisionGUID="fff389e6-ffdd-4c69-a6a5-2edb2b9d9b7d" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:41:33.053" UserId="1682" Text="How can a developer break into a system administration career? Is it a good idea?" />
  <row Id="5824" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3381" RevisionGUID="fff389e6-ffdd-4c69-a6a5-2edb2b9d9b7d" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:41:33.053" UserId="1682" Text="&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;career-development&gt;" />
  <row Id="5825" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3382" RevisionGUID="24a85aaa-2bb0-469b-939d-1fcf7997340f" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:41:45.097" UserId="436" Text="i have had similar problems. it seems to be related to logging in to a different server with a different password. for instance, i had a user password for one share and a different one for another - both with the same login id. after i attached both of the shares, it would forever mess up logging into one of them. even *after* i no longer used one of them, the remaining one always prompted me to login. the solution that seemed to fix it for me was:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. removed all network mapped drives&#xD;&#xA;2. i remapped everything on the command line: net use z: \\myserver\theshare /persistent:yes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;after doing that, the drive map worked fine. windows seems to be saving authentication for old shares and gets confused. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-don&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5826" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="1146" RevisionGUID="2fdaf81d-6199-437b-ba38-89a06332eda5" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:43:42.783" UserId="510" Comment="tried to come up with a better title" Text="Vista / Windows Server 2003 Mapped Drive Logon Failure" />
  <row Id="5827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3383" RevisionGUID="6aeb9dc6-2fa9-4723-b0c2-4ed100512a12" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:43:46.543" UserId="1224" Text="Go green and recycle by giving cat a bed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;taken from [Here][1]&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://craziestgadgets.com/2009/02/17/cat-bed-made-from-a-computer-monitor/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3603/3495770628_2d35969f24_o.jpg" />
  <row Id="5828" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3384" RevisionGUID="ed2c0fc5-abc8-47e7-8ee6-d12e3c4fa4cf" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:44:40.473" UserId="914" Text="I've two closely related questions, so I'll keep them in one SF question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Question 1**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've a Linux (debian) server that must have minimal downtime.  The disk has two partitions, one is / (ext3) and one is swap.  I'd like to move /home to its own partition as it was originally for some reason built with everything in one partition; I however don't want to take the machine down for multiple minutes to resize the disk and create a new partition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible for me to resize `/` while its in use?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Question 2**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to reinstall this same server eventually.  Once again, without downtime.  Once I've resized the disk using the answer provided to Question 1, can I somehow install on a new partition while the original system is still online.  So I can simply reboot into the new OS and delete the old OS partition and resize the new partition to takeover the space of the old now delete partition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for your responses to this somewhat weird question, unpleasantly I'm a tad short of servers for this particular project.  I unfortuantly suspect this cannot be done but thought I best check before drawing my conclusions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: A possible solution might be for me to boot into a network hosted kernel somehow?" />
  <row Id="5829" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3384" RevisionGUID="ed2c0fc5-abc8-47e7-8ee6-d12e3c4fa4cf" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:44:40.473" UserId="914" Text="Repartitioning while disk is in use?" />
  <row Id="5830" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3384" RevisionGUID="ed2c0fc5-abc8-47e7-8ee6-d12e3c4fa4cf" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:44:40.473" UserId="914" Text="&lt;resize&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;install&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;ext3&gt;" />
  <row Id="5831" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3385" RevisionGUID="6ac18306-d2ac-4425-8258-b7ef984d731e" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:47:09.670" UserId="1496" Text="**This was an unbelievable yet a fact number for me. It seems that stat64 syscall was forced to wait for the dump operation to be finished.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's the clue you're looking for. My bet is that the culprit here is ext3. By default, under ext3, any fsync issued by any application under any user account forces the entire journal to disk. This is especially annoying if you're running databases which often have to issue a fsync() call. This is even more annoying when running over RAID devices which don't support write barriers (don't know if MPT devices support them, sorry.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're reasonably sure about your UPS and server stability, try mounting that file system using the `data=writeback` mount option instead of the default `data=ordered`. You will be sacrificing reliability in the face of a server crash, but if your performance gets hit this bad anyway it's not a big loss.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The long term solution might be switching to a better file system, though. Currently I would recommend XFS. I've used it for years without major problems. The only drawback is that it can't be shrunk the way ext2/3 can be shrunk - it can be expanded though." />
  <row Id="5832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3386" RevisionGUID="d494c595-f614-4625-ad15-fbc420cec3ae" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:47:29.733" UserId="1401" Text="You should look into some of the larger email contact list providers. There are a number that specialize in taking care of subscribers end to end and give you analytics and the like. Take a look at [Exact Target][1], [Vertical Response][2] and maybe [Webmail.us][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://email.exacttarget.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.verticalresponse.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://Webmail.us" />
  <row Id="5833" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3387" RevisionGUID="3996e873-6ceb-4546-b97d-10db0cf45ff8" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:48:04.147" UserId="1681" Text="As a locally loaded application, I have use [Maillist king](http://www.xequte.com/maillistking/) Successfully for sending thousands of emails.  The pro version contains a built-in smtp server." />
  <row Id="5834" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3388" RevisionGUID="6db816ba-d451-4a0a-9190-0aa415728ddd" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:48:30.790" UserId="919" Text="It depends mostly on whether Windows is involved as an AD consumer. If not, there's dozens of technologies to fulfill independent parts of AD:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* LDAP/Kerberos: Authentication and user data&#xD;&#xA;* BIND/ldap2dns/djbdns: DNS domain naming&#xD;&#xA;* cfengine/puppet: group policy distribution and enforcement (someday these may run on windows too)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But here's the deal: Windows can't easily consume anything but AD, so you're stuck. Embrace, Extend, Extinguish." />
  <row Id="5835" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3389" RevisionGUID="bb8933c9-232a-4508-b5f0-f1588ef492d3" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:49:03.053" UserId="1682" Text="Question 1: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No. from man resize2fs &quot;If the filesystem is mounted, it can be used to expand the size of the mounted filesystem, assuming the kernel supports on-line resizing.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Question 2:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes you can install on a different partition while its running using a chroot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Buy it an extra disk. Or if you don't have physical access, migrate stuff to another server while its online, then do a quick switch." />
  <row Id="5836" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3334" RevisionGUID="9484dc55-1e8f-489d-a9d9-c7d27029f60a" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:50:29.210" UserId="1496" Comment="added 61 characters in body" Text="There is no cross-distribution way. However:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Redhat and friends: Test for /etc/redhat-release, check contents&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Debian: Test for /etc/debian_version, check contents&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Mandriva and friends: Test for /etc/version, check contents&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Slackware: Test for /etc/slackware-version, check contents&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Etc. Generally speaking, check for `/etc/*-release` and `/etc/*-version`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Found an old (1+ years) bash script of mine lying around that I must have cobbled together over the years (it has an impressive CVS log going back 6 years.) It might not work properly anymore as-is and I can't be bothered to find installed distros to test against, but it should provide you with a good starting point. It works fine on CentOS, Fedora and Gentoo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    get_distribution_type()&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;        local dtype&#xD;&#xA;        # Assume unknown&#xD;&#xA;        dtype=&quot;unknown&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        # First test against Fedora / RHEL / CentOS / generic Redhat derivative&#xD;&#xA;        if [ -r /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            source /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions&#xD;&#xA;            [ zz`type -t passed 2&gt;/dev/null` == &quot;zzfunction&quot; ] &amp;&amp; dtype=&quot;redhat&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        # Then test against SUSE (must be after Redhat,&#xD;&#xA;        # I've seen rc.status on Ubuntu I think? TODO: Recheck that)&#xD;&#xA;        elif [ -r /etc/rc.status ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            source /etc/rc.status&#xD;&#xA;            [ zz`type -t rc_reset 2&gt;/dev/null` == &quot;zzfunction&quot; ] &amp;&amp; dtype=&quot;suse&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        # Then test against Debian, Ubuntu and friends&#xD;&#xA;        elif [ -r /lib/lsb/init-functions ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            source /lib/lsb/init-functions&#xD;&#xA;            [ zz`type -t log_begin_msg 2&gt;/dev/null` == &quot;zzfunction&quot; ] &amp;&amp; dtype=&quot;debian&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        # Then test against Gentoo&#xD;&#xA;        elif [ -r /etc/init.d/functions.sh ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            source /etc/init.d/functions.sh&#xD;&#xA;            [ zz`type -t ebegin 2&gt;/dev/null` == &quot;zzfunction&quot; ] &amp;&amp; dtype=&quot;gentoo&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        # For Slackware we currently just test if /etc/slackware-version exists&#xD;&#xA;        # and isn't empty (TODO: Find a better way :)&#xD;&#xA;        elif [ -s /etc/slackware-version ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            dtype=&quot;slackware&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        fi&#xD;&#xA;        echo $dtype&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that this will probably only work correctly in Bash. You could rewrite it &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, you might want to test for features, not for distributions. I'm not using this anymore simply because it became a maintenance burden. It's easier to rely on cross-distribution tools and solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit in case you're trying to run this as a straight script: This script is supposed to get sourced or included from other scripts. It does not output anything on its own if you run it as-is. To test it, source it and then invoke the function, e.g.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    source /path/to/this/script.sh&#xD;&#xA;    get_distribution_type&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;at the bash prompt." />
  <row Id="5837" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3381" RevisionGUID="38c20acf-4e3b-471c-b15d-e06247f0f15d" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:50:37.870" UserId="1682" Comment="deleted 13 characters in body" Text="I tend to see two kinds of advertisements for sysadmin jobs. 1: Entry levelish, not paying enough, not technical enough. 2: Well paying, requiring multiple years of experience and experience with various enterprise / larger scale technical challenges. The second type looks appealing, and the first type doesn't look like it leads there very often. Of course there is self-education, but theres a lot your not going to get from books and your personal computer. I suppose a lot of developers gain the experience by being in a company and gravitating to those roles, but that doesn't seem like a good plan unless you already happen to be in that situation." />
  <row Id="5838" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3384" RevisionGUID="b09e9fb5-5385-45a1-96f9-43fd00dec0c7" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:51:23.063" UserId="914" Text="I've two closely related questions, so I'll keep them in one SF question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Question 1**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've a Linux (debian) server that must have minimal downtime.  The disk has two partitions, one is / (ext3) and one is swap.  I'd like to move /home to its own partition as it was originally for some reason built with everything in one partition; I however don't want to take the machine down for multiple minutes to resize the disk and create a new partition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible for me to resize `/` while its in use?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Question 2**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to reinstall this same server eventually.  Once again, without downtime.  Once I've resized the disk using the answer provided to Question 1, can I somehow install on a new partition while the original system is still online.  So I can simply reboot into the new OS and delete the old OS partition and resize the new partition to takeover the space of the old now delete partition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for your responses to this somewhat weird question, unpleasantly I'm a tad short of servers for this particular project.  I unfortuantly suspect this cannot be done but thought I best check before drawing my conclusions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: A possible solution might be for me to boot into a network hosted kernel somehow?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit2: A second disk isn't possible, this machine is unfortuantly in a very inflexible hosting provider.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit3: Would getting rid of the swap temporarily make this possible?  That would give me 2GB unpartitioned space to play with." />
  <row Id="5839" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3390" RevisionGUID="56dc34de-6c08-42b8-9596-324b88df9703" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:51:51.877" UserId="385" Text="One way to gain the requisite experience while still pulling in a decent wage is to get a developer position with a small development shop or small firm. When I was in college, I got a programming internship with a small development shop and witihn the first couple of weeks I was building and running cable, doing server management, and ensuring the backups kicked off and ran. I also became first level hardware/workstation support. Now I previously had some experience working on PCs, but nothing at the level of a company that requires. I know others who were professional programmers who went a similar path. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But one caution: if you really like development, this may not be a switch you want to make. You may find yourself longing for days when you can sit down and code heads down. As a system administrator, those days will be rare and subject to interruption with the latest real world problem.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5840" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1728" RevisionGUID="13189516-eea9-4be7-b460-da05f3179e8f" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:53:07.893" UserId="919" Comment="link to jwz's hacks page to establish authority" Text="[jwz][1] mentions [PSA: Backups][2] a backup system that's fairly clever. Your backup method is to essentially restore to the replacement drive. This seems to work simply on OSX. What all do I need to do to adopt this guide to Ubuntu?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jwz.org/hacks/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://jwz.livejournal.com/801607.html" />
  <row Id="5841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3391" RevisionGUID="556fa547-67ec-48e3-82e4-7ad6c12b3dae" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:55:10.930" UserId="385" Text="You can make OpenLDAP/Samba/Kerberos work, but it's not the easiest thing to do. There's a lot of configuration you'll have to go through that is significantly greater than the amount of time it would take to stand up two Windows servers and make them DCs and be up and running with an Active Directory domain. And as indicated, getting GPOs and some of the other features (authoritative DHCP servers, Active Directory-integrated DNS, Active Directory Kerberos backed IPSEC policies, Exchange / OCS integration, etc.).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5842" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3334" RevisionGUID="a31f236a-4d81-4df8-b023-aa53cc0fea93" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:56:56.713" UserId="1496" Text="There is no cross-distribution way. However:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Redhat and friends: Test for /etc/redhat-release, check contents&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Debian: Test for /etc/debian_version, check contents&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Mandriva and friends: Test for /etc/version, check contents&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Slackware: Test for /etc/slackware-version, check contents&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Etc. Generally speaking, check for `/etc/*-release` and `/etc/*-version`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Found an old (1+ years) bash script of mine lying around that I must have cobbled together over the years (it has an impressive CVS log going back 6 years.) It might not work properly anymore as-is and I can't be bothered to find installed distros to test against, but it should provide you with a good starting point. It works fine on CentOS, Fedora and Gentoo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    get_distribution_type()&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;        local dtype&#xD;&#xA;        # Assume unknown&#xD;&#xA;        dtype=&quot;unknown&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        # First test against Fedora / RHEL / CentOS / generic Redhat derivative&#xD;&#xA;        if [ -r /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            source /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions&#xD;&#xA;            [ zz`type -t passed 2&gt;/dev/null` == &quot;zzfunction&quot; ] &amp;&amp; dtype=&quot;redhat&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        # Then test against SUSE (must be after Redhat,&#xD;&#xA;        # I've seen rc.status on Ubuntu I think? TODO: Recheck that)&#xD;&#xA;        elif [ -r /etc/rc.status ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            source /etc/rc.status&#xD;&#xA;            [ zz`type -t rc_reset 2&gt;/dev/null` == &quot;zzfunction&quot; ] &amp;&amp; dtype=&quot;suse&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        # Then test against Debian, Ubuntu and friends&#xD;&#xA;        elif [ -r /lib/lsb/init-functions ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            source /lib/lsb/init-functions&#xD;&#xA;            [ zz`type -t log_begin_msg 2&gt;/dev/null` == &quot;zzfunction&quot; ] &amp;&amp; dtype=&quot;debian&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        # Then test against Gentoo&#xD;&#xA;        elif [ -r /etc/init.d/functions.sh ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            source /etc/init.d/functions.sh&#xD;&#xA;            [ zz`type -t ebegin 2&gt;/dev/null` == &quot;zzfunction&quot; ] &amp;&amp; dtype=&quot;gentoo&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        # For Slackware we currently just test if /etc/slackware-version exists&#xD;&#xA;        # and isn't empty (TODO: Find a better way :)&#xD;&#xA;        elif [ -s /etc/slackware-version ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            dtype=&quot;slackware&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        fi&#xD;&#xA;        echo $dtype&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that this will probably only work correctly in Bash. You could rewrite it ofr other shells.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, you might want to test for features, not for distributions. I'm not using this anymore simply because it became a maintenance burden. It's easier to rely on cross-distribution tools and solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Conceptually, what it does is, in order:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Pull in a known, &quot;common init script function&quot; type of file. Those are distribution-specific. If it doesn't exist, skip to next distribution check.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Check the existence of a specific, known-to-exist, often-used and unlikely to be renamed function from that core script. We do that using the `type` Bash builtin. `type -t` returns `function` if that symbol is a function. We prepend `zz` to the output from `type -t 2&gt;/dev/null` because if the name isn't defined the output string would be empty and we'd get a syntax error about a missing left hand to the `==` operator. If the name we just checked isn't a function, skip to next distribution check, otherwise we found the distribution type.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Finally, echo the distribution type so the function output can be easily used in a case .. esac block.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit in case you're trying to run this as a straight script: This script is supposed to get sourced or included from other scripts. It does not output anything on its own if you run it as-is. To test it, source it and then invoke the function, e.g.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    source /path/to/this/script.sh&#xD;&#xA;    get_distribution_type&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;at the bash prompt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Please note that this script does not require root privileges. I urge you not to run it as root. Shouldn't harm anything, but there's no need." />
  <row Id="5843" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3302" RevisionGUID="ca25f65e-93c8-40b1-aec9-37df09913770" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:57:07.323" UserId="1672" Comment="Better wording" Text="As far as essential features go, you need to use the right tool for the job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your data set is small and fits on a single volume, use rsnapshot or rdiff-backup. Both offer incremental backup, are very space efficient, and are really easy to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For larger or more sophisticated backups that have an offline component I use Bacula, it takes a while to setup properly, but it's rock solid and has quite a few features. I recommend coupling it with a web interface like webacula.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One good idea btw, for every server I have I use rdiff-backup to keep a daily incremental backup of /etc in /var/backups/, it costs you nothing and will save you a lot of headaches if you can't figure out why that last change to a config file is causing so much havoc." />
  <row Id="5844" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3392" RevisionGUID="ab4015a2-ba0d-4942-b3e2-b22974f10e5a" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:57:34.513" UserId="1375" Text="I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole.  The one customer I've had using it had nothing but problems with it, frequently dying and causing problems with other things running on the machine.  There are plenty of other, less sucky, MTAs out there." />
  <row Id="5845" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3393" RevisionGUID="2fc61579-9d17-4623-a796-f603893c4ed4" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:58:04.840" UserId="919" Text="Running Ubuntu Linux 9.04, and I see these odd log lines in dmesg:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[ 18.673752] type=1505 audit(1240159967.221:2): operation=&quot;profile_load&quot; name=&quot;/usr/share/gdm/guest-session/Xsession&quot; name2=&quot;default&quot; pid=2197&#xD;&#xA;[ 18.730952] type=1505 audit(1240159967.278:3): operation=&quot;profile_load&quot; name=&quot;/sbin/dhclient-script&quot; name2=&quot;default&quot; pid=2201&#xD;&#xA;[ 18.731093] type=1505 audit(1240159967.278:4): operation=&quot;profile_load&quot; name=&quot;/sbin/dhclient3&quot; name2=&quot;default&quot; pid=2201&#xD;&#xA;[ 18.731141] type=1505 audit(1240159967.278:5): operation=&quot;profile_load&quot; name=&quot;/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action&quot; name2=&quot;default&quot; pid=2201&#xD;&#xA;[ 18.731182] type=1505 audit(1240159967.278:6): operation=&quot;profile_load&quot; name=&quot;/usr/lib/connman/scripts/dhclient-script&quot; name2=&quot;default&quot; pid=2201&#xD;&#xA;[ 18.871720] type=1505 audit(1240159967.417:7): operation=&quot;profile_load&quot; name=&quot;/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf&quot; name2=&quot;default&quot; pid=2206&#xD;&#xA;[ 18.871913] type=1505 audit(1240159967.417:8): operation=&quot;profile_load&quot; name=&quot;/usr/sbin/cupsd&quot; name2=&quot;default&quot; pid=2206&#xD;&#xA;[ 18.909533] type=1505 audit(1240159967.458:9): operation=&quot;profile_load&quot; name=&quot;/usr/sbin/tcpdump&quot; name2=&quot;default&quot; pid=2210&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should I be worried?" />
  <row Id="5846" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3393" RevisionGUID="2fc61579-9d17-4623-a796-f603893c4ed4" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:58:04.840" UserId="919" Text="What are these strange entries in dmesg?" />
  <row Id="5847" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3393" RevisionGUID="2fc61579-9d17-4623-a796-f603893c4ed4" CreationDate="2009-05-03T00:58:04.840" UserId="919" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;log-files&gt;&lt;dmesg&gt;" />
  <row Id="5848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3394" RevisionGUID="8497f492-1e87-49f3-8487-b09eba4a0406" CreationDate="2009-05-03T01:00:14.257" UserId="1081" Text="My career path went from the operations side into the business side. It looked like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IT Support --&gt; Network Admin --&gt; System Admin --&gt; Developer --&gt; ETL/Data Warehouse&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will have to content with crappy hours and carrying a pager with the first three positions. I really love this stuff, but I don't live being woken up at 3 AM for some idiot manager wanting help because they have deleted some system files in a server (true story!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've spent my career in the US SouthWest region, away from the coasts. Things may be different in other regions. Here are some of the things in the operations side of computing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Certs are king. It's mostly about knowing specific combinations of hardware and OS. It's very easy to get pidgen-holed into a specific hardware/OS combination.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Most companies treat operations folks as second class citizens. Good working environments are very rare. I spend 6 years here, and never had one.&#xD;&#xA; 3. You will get interrupted continually. You'll rarely have the chance to get into the &quot;zone.&quot;&#xD;&#xA; 4. The pay is not very good when starting. It's a lot harder to get into high salary fast. I topped out at around $35K, before I got tired of being yanked around. I got to $80-$100K very quickly with programming and data warehousing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This type of work is fulfilling, if you like working with your hands, and hate sitting at one place all the time. Otherwise, you will hate it with a passion. I'm one of those people that need 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep, so getting out was a good move for me. :)" />
  <row Id="5849" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3334" RevisionGUID="9b16786f-c19a-4440-bc51-b21c49f16ee3" CreationDate="2009-05-03T01:04:12.907" UserId="1496" Comment="added 203 characters in body" Text="There is no cross-distribution way. However:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Redhat and friends: Test for /etc/redhat-release, check contents&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Debian: Test for /etc/debian_version, check contents&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Mandriva and friends: Test for /etc/version, check contents&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Slackware: Test for /etc/slackware-version, check contents&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Etc. Generally speaking, check for `/etc/*-release` and `/etc/*-version`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Found an old (1+ years) bash script of mine lying around that I must have cobbled together over the years (it has an impressive CVS log going back 6 years.) It might not work properly anymore as-is and I can't be bothered to find installed distros to test against, but it should provide you with a good starting point. It works fine on CentOS, Fedora and Gentoo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    get_distribution_type()&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;        local dtype&#xD;&#xA;        # Assume unknown&#xD;&#xA;        dtype=&quot;unknown&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        # First test against Fedora / RHEL / CentOS / generic Redhat derivative&#xD;&#xA;        if [ -r /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            source /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions&#xD;&#xA;            [ zz`type -t passed 2&gt;/dev/null` == &quot;zzfunction&quot; ] &amp;&amp; dtype=&quot;redhat&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        # Then test against SUSE (must be after Redhat,&#xD;&#xA;        # I've seen rc.status on Ubuntu I think? TODO: Recheck that)&#xD;&#xA;        elif [ -r /etc/rc.status ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            source /etc/rc.status&#xD;&#xA;            [ zz`type -t rc_reset 2&gt;/dev/null` == &quot;zzfunction&quot; ] &amp;&amp; dtype=&quot;suse&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        # Then test against Debian, Ubuntu and friends&#xD;&#xA;        elif [ -r /lib/lsb/init-functions ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            source /lib/lsb/init-functions&#xD;&#xA;            [ zz`type -t log_begin_msg 2&gt;/dev/null` == &quot;zzfunction&quot; ] &amp;&amp; dtype=&quot;debian&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        # Then test against Gentoo&#xD;&#xA;        elif [ -r /etc/init.d/functions.sh ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            source /etc/init.d/functions.sh&#xD;&#xA;            [ zz`type -t ebegin 2&gt;/dev/null` == &quot;zzfunction&quot; ] &amp;&amp; dtype=&quot;gentoo&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        # For Slackware we currently just test if /etc/slackware-version exists&#xD;&#xA;        # and isn't empty (TODO: Find a better way :)&#xD;&#xA;        elif [ -s /etc/slackware-version ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            dtype=&quot;slackware&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        fi&#xD;&#xA;        echo $dtype&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that this will probably only work correctly in Bash. You could rewrite it ofr other shells.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, you might want to test for features, not for distributions. I'm not using this anymore simply because it became a maintenance burden. It's easier to rely on cross-distribution tools and solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Conceptually, what it does is, in order:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Pull in a known, &quot;common init script function&quot; type of file. Those are distribution-specific. If it doesn't exist, skip to next distribution check.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Check the existence of a specific, known-to-exist, often-used and unlikely to be renamed function from that core script. We do that using the `type` Bash builtin. `type -t` returns `function` if that symbol is a function. We prepend `zz` to the output from `type -t 2&gt;/dev/null` because if the name isn't defined the output string would be empty and we'd get a syntax error about a missing left hand to the `==` operator. If the name we just checked isn't a function, skip to next distribution check, otherwise we found the distribution type.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Finally, echo the distribution type so the function output can be easily used in a case .. esac block.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit in case you're trying to run this as a straight script: This script is supposed to get sourced or included from other scripts. It does not output anything on its own if you run it as-is. To test it, source it and then invoke the function, e.g.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    source /path/to/this/script.sh&#xD;&#xA;    get_distribution_type&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;at the bash prompt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Please note that this script does not require root privileges. I urge you not to run it as root. Shouldn't harm anything, but there's no need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Found a link to a relevant [mailing list post](http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-August/msg01920.html) in the CVS log. Should be useful in unwrapping init script spaghetti." />
  <row Id="5850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3395" RevisionGUID="ea12ee3f-b95e-4cb3-b3ca-76ce3fe98ec0" CreationDate="2009-05-03T01:11:59.080" UserId="1375" Text="No, that's just the kernel's audit subsystem getting a little overly frisky." />
  <row Id="5851" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3389" RevisionGUID="73cb3106-c27a-48a5-af73-e82f9f342122" CreationDate="2009-05-03T01:15:49.650" UserId="1682" Comment="added 34 characters in body" Text="Question 1: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No. from man resize2fs &quot;If the filesystem is mounted, it can be used to expand the size of the mounted filesystem, assuming the kernel supports on-line resizing.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Question 2:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes you can install on a different partition while its running using a chroot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Buy it an extra disk. Or if you don't have physical access, migrate stuff to another server while its online, then do a quick switch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Answer to edits:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, there are additional options for doing stuff with the network that can help you have less downtime. It depends on exactly what your server is doing and what options you have. I gave a general solution of moving your data to another server while both are online, stop server 1, start server 2 doing what server 1 was doing. Fix server 1, then go back to it in the same way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Without the network, you could do swapoff, install linux in the swap using a chroot, reboot or try something with kexec, and quickly shrink your other partition and add a new one." />
  <row Id="5852" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3396" RevisionGUID="86f1af1a-6d41-4fcb-80cc-81ba5e4e22f3" CreationDate="2009-05-03T01:19:22.793" UserId="533" Text="I often interview people for entry level positions, meaning I can't discuss meaningful work history.  I usually discuss personal projects, but two questions I always ask are &quot;Can you describe your home network to me?&quot; and &quot;How do you backup your home machine(s)?&quot;  A really interested person could stand at a whiteboard for 30 minutes discussing this, getting into IP addressing, wireless security, etc.  A poor candidate will shrug and tell you his brother set it up." />
  <row Id="5853" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3397" RevisionGUID="3631a346-1508-4585-8b6e-1d7b492be095" CreationDate="2009-05-03T01:20:31.387" UserId="1375" Text="Get yourself a new hosting provider.  As Ian already answered, you can't shrink a mounted ext3 filesystem, but once you've got the space you can do the reinstall in a chroot (with debootstrap) and do a reboot to switch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Removing swap is a possibility for getting the space for part 2, in that if you can squeeze everything you need to reinstall into the swap partition, you can boot that partition, fiddle the current root partition to make it a bit smaller and turn it into /home, make a new swap partition in the newly freed space, and continue on your way from there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given the downtime that will be necessary, and the chances of screwing something up and making a huge mess, and not to mention the cost of your time to do it all (including the cost required to clean up in the event of a screwup) I'd fix your hosting situation first and foremost.  Just because you *can* do this stuff if you really have to doesn't mean you should be forced into doing it by a useless supplier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and next time, give LVM a try, and only allocate space as you need it.  Online expansion of ext3 is a godsend." />
  <row Id="5854" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3398" RevisionGUID="fe79b422-3178-42f5-a53c-42236cafba1f" CreationDate="2009-05-03T01:20:41.900" UserId="1222" Text="Your best bet is to get some kind of technical support role, ideally with a computer shop that looks after small businesses. Working in a single role won't give you very much exposure to the kind of real-world challenges that the high-paid system administrators face. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to pick a career that you enjoy, if you're not going to enjoy 5+ years of underpaid sysadmin work being on call 24/7 then you'll never get to the cushy end where you'll only do a few all nighters a month, and have a lot of spare time the rest." />
  <row Id="5855" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3399" RevisionGUID="ed089e67-7fb7-464c-a267-9d32a02ddd8c" CreationDate="2009-05-03T01:23:36.730" UserId="1222" Text="OSX Server provides a built-in open source stack to replace active directory based on OpenLDAP. It's not the easiest to get up and running but 99% of it can be done through the GUI and if you've got AD experience it's fairly straight forward.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Plus Apple provide support for getting things up, running and configured in case you get stuck :)" />
  <row Id="5856" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3400" RevisionGUID="81fe8212-11db-42f7-bcc3-387eb9be52fa" CreationDate="2009-05-03T01:30:19.630" UserId="1155" Text="I think your best options are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Use Exchange Server for this. If it's not many users look at Windows Small Business Server&#xD;&#xA; 2. User Google Apps or individual Google Calendar accounts. You can use many of the third party sync applications to sync down calendars from Google like gSyncIt, SyncMyCal etc" />
  <row Id="5857" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3401" RevisionGUID="a9abfcce-e7b8-4217-bb42-d45af9646683" CreationDate="2009-05-03T01:30:24.217" UserId="533" Text="If you have a router capable of reporting netflows, look into a netflow handler.  Where MRTG will provide link utilization, netflows report IP and protocol usage flowing through the router.  So, instead of &quot;Suzy in accounting it using a lot of traffic&quot; or &quot;The port the WAP is on has high utilization&quot;, you could see &quot;Suzy in accounting is 10% LAN traffic, 40% streaming media, and 50% internet HTTP traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately I don't have a recommendation for a free flow aggregator.  After a net monitoring company tried to sell my company a solution and I determined that their whole product was based on netflows, I made a note to research them.  Before I got around to it we bought another NOC solution that also included a flow aggregator." />
  <row Id="5858" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3402" RevisionGUID="378cede0-a989-45b7-a9d1-b33a54a7017a" CreationDate="2009-05-03T01:33:14.957" UserId="1222" Text="They're probably using [SAS][1] drives, which I've never seen in any form-factor other than 2.5&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_Attached_SCSI" />
  <row Id="5859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3403" RevisionGUID="9b8a9fa2-ea36-4b61-98a6-3e0a7660fbed" CreationDate="2009-05-03T01:33:22.960" UserId="1104" Text="I found this KB artice: [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But it involves a bunch of manual registry hacks.  I was hoping to find something buried in Administrative Tools somewhere that allowed me to do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm using Windows Server 2003.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042" />
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  <row Id="5861" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3403" RevisionGUID="9b8a9fa2-ea36-4b61-98a6-3e0a7660fbed" CreationDate="2009-05-03T01:33:22.960" UserId="1104" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;w32time&gt;" />
  <row Id="5864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3405" RevisionGUID="d518dcef-be20-44a6-8d26-5ba2c0f95344" CreationDate="2009-05-03T01:38:49.407" UserId="914" Text="I would have thought configuring it via the normal method would work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Double click the clock&#xD;&#xA; 2. Internet Time tab&#xD;&#xA; 3. Enter the servers and hit update, I'm for example using 0.pool.uk.ntp.org which I've always assumed propagated to the domain clients." />
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  <row Id="5867" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3406" RevisionGUID="d0eb5414-d081-4d43-88aa-2ce49e1fe1b1" CreationDate="2009-05-03T01:42:12.440" UserId="411" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;features&gt;&lt;customization&gt;" />
  <row Id="5868" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3407" RevisionGUID="235ddc7b-6604-4cc3-afc6-12336a30db2f" CreationDate="2009-05-03T01:49:38.977" UserId="1686" Text="Some things that have tipped me off in the past:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * High load on a system that should be idle&#xD;&#xA; * Weird segfaults, eg. from standard utilities like `ls` (this can happen with broken root kits)&#xD;&#xA; * Hidden directories in `/` or `/var/` (most script kiddies are too stupid or lazy to cover their tracks)&#xD;&#xA; * `netstat` shows open ports that shouldn't be there&#xD;&#xA; * Daemons in the process list that you normally use different flavours of (eg. `bind`, but you always use `djbdns`)" />
  <row Id="5869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3408" RevisionGUID="7f664973-22da-4670-9b02-ceb77479bfe3" CreationDate="2009-05-03T01:50:39.270" UserId="1222" Text="For Ubuntu I recommend using [sbackup][1], the whole &quot;rsyncing a live bootable disk&quot; just doesn't function very well in Linux. If the UUID's are different on the two drives (9/10 they will be) then you can't simply boot off the backup disk to get back up and running, you'll need to boot off your Ubuntu CD and edit /etc/fstab on the replacement drive first. If the UUIDs are the same, then you're going to run into problems while trying to have the two mounted simultaneously.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are differences in the Mac filesystem that make this kind of trickery possible, I've never heard of doing this method via rsync but it's *very* common in the OSX world to backup by simply creating a disk image of your live boot volume, which you can later restore. Functionality to restore such images is provided on the OSX install CD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The quickest solution for Ubuntu is [sbackup][1] and then just reinstalling Ubuntu (from the Ubuntu 'live CD' it's effectively the same as restoring a disk image, after which you restore your previous package selection, config and data from the sbackup archive. Fairly simple and I suspect you could write a howto that takes a new user through the complete steps of backup/install/restore without much problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.debianadmin.com/backup-and-restore-your-ubuntu-system-using-sbackup.html" />
  <row Id="5870" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3407" RevisionGUID="8f0fb7a1-ea2c-449a-a299-4b0bbfd02eea" CreationDate="2009-05-03T01:54:53.160" UserId="1686" Comment="added 222 characters in body" Text="Some things that have tipped me off in the past:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * High load on a system that should be idle&#xD;&#xA; * Weird segfaults, eg. from standard utilities like `ls` (this can happen with broken root kits)&#xD;&#xA; * Hidden directories in `/` or `/var/` (most script kiddies are too stupid or lazy to cover their tracks)&#xD;&#xA; * `netstat` shows open ports that shouldn't be there&#xD;&#xA; * Daemons in the process list that you normally use different flavours of (eg. `bind`, but you always use `djbdns`)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally I've found the there's one reliable sign that a box is compromised: if you have a bad feeling about the diligence (with updates, etc.) of the admin from whom you inherited a system, keep a close eye on it!" />
  <row Id="5871" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3409" RevisionGUID="57f3c4f2-ea2b-4d37-a337-0b35ef9a8fbc" CreationDate="2009-05-03T02:01:18.620" UserId="1375" Text="You can always use HVM, if that's an option on your hardware.  Otherwise, I'd probably install a newer xen-tools (that supports hardy installs) and just create away.  There's the possibility that Hardy doesn't support the Xen kernel that ships with dapper (stupid udev), but it's worth trying out.  If that doesn't work, you *might* be able to use the domU kernel from Hardy in just the hardy domU, but hypervisor API changes might make that a losing proposition.  Again, worth an experiment." />
  <row Id="5872" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3358" RevisionGUID="32d2896e-4dfd-4143-9d32-c19fede7cdbb" CreationDate="2009-05-03T02:02:13.967" UserId="1682" Comment="deleted 6 characters in body" Text="I see a lot of people out there recommending rsync like this. It really should not be recommended. Rsync is great for backing up data, but its not really designed to back up a live operating system, and the fact that it can is only because otherwise it is such a great tool. In Ubuntu, you will have problems when your using multiple partitions because that rsync command only does 1 filesystem. Also, ubuntu sometimes uses UUIDs of disk drives, so that will throw it off if your booting a different drive. You can do some tests with rsync and make it work. However, I'd suggest using tools that were designed for that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I keep written install instructions and scripts to automate install stuff, then I don't have to back my operating systems. For linux, I think ultimately that is the best way because I can run many linux distros and all I have is a few text files I run to download the packages and set things up etc, plus lots of other benefits like I'm able to access and maintain my knowledge of setting up the OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For actual backup like your question asks, it is hard to find good answers because there are lots of solutions and no best one for all circumstances. My recommendation for what your after is to use LVM2. Ubuntu supports it in its installer and it is easy to setup. LVM2 is designed for live snapshots using any number of LVM tools. Here are some links:&#xD;&#xA;http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/snapshots_backup.html&#xD;&#xA;http://www.howtoforge.com/linux_lvm_snapshots&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also software that tries to manage all your backup stuff like [Bakula][1] or [Mondo Rescue][2]. A good simple one that seems to have been forgotten is [dump][3]. I've installed a small linux small linux distro on a &lt; 500 mb partition, set a cron job to reboot into it and do incremental backups of linux OS partitions, then reboot back to the original distro. http://linux.die.net/man/8/dump.  Google will find you some more answers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some OCD tendency compels me to point out that guys rsync command has a redundant flag in it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacula&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mondorescue.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://linux.die.net/man/8/dump &quot;dump&quot;" />
  <row Id="5873" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3410" RevisionGUID="5b2f83b1-1a8c-47eb-8bbd-0a0ed6a6648f" CreationDate="2009-05-03T02:02:15.373" UserId="1688" Text="I have been using webmin for some time now, however I miss the elegance and ease of WHM/CPanel combo I've had on shared hosting (and later dedicated hosting) platform. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking around the web, all I have found that is somewhat at the level of WHM/CPanel was webmin - but WHM/CPanel it is not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since I'm using this only for our projects, it doesn't matter in the end really. However, we do put our new customers on our servers too, so some sort of CPanel might be an easier thing for them to cope with (mostly going about Email accounts stuff and such).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently my stack is LAMP (CentOS and Ubuntu Server - several machines, probably ditching CentOS soon in favor of Ubuntu). There is a prospect of Python/Django instead of PHP, but it might take awhile." />
  <row Id="5874" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3410" RevisionGUID="5b2f83b1-1a8c-47eb-8bbd-0a0ed6a6648f" CreationDate="2009-05-03T02:02:15.373" UserId="1688" Text="Which free open source CPanel and WHM alternatives do you recommend/use?" />
  <row Id="5875" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3410" RevisionGUID="5b2f83b1-1a8c-47eb-8bbd-0a0ed6a6648f" CreationDate="2009-05-03T02:02:15.373" UserId="1688" Text="&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;web-hosting&gt;&lt;whm&gt;&lt;cpanel&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="5876" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3411" RevisionGUID="e8c6ce55-bd35-4ad3-92aa-a5002c0805ac" CreationDate="2009-05-03T02:05:07.503" UserId="1375" Text="Create a single AMI image per distro, then use something like [Puppet][1] or [Chef][2] to do the package installation and system configuration you need to make the machine run however you need it to.  This allows you to keep running machines updated automatically as you update your configurations, as well as ensure that every new machine you boot has a known good config state.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://reductivelabs.com/projects/puppet/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Home" />
  <row Id="5877" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3411" RevisionGUID="e8c6ce55-bd35-4ad3-92aa-a5002c0805ac" CreationDate="2009-05-03T02:05:07.503" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="5878" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3412" RevisionGUID="d73dc14c-cc0a-44e1-921f-f03983853a11" CreationDate="2009-05-03T02:07:25.517" UserId="1616" Text="A Windows 2003 server which is a dc and has the pdc role will be set by default to syncronise it's time with time.microsoft.com.  If you wish to use a different sntp time server you can issue this command at the command promt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net time /setsntp:FQDN&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where FQDN is replaced by the time server name.  It may take a few minutes for this to take affect." />
  <row Id="5879" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3413" RevisionGUID="0070b285-72f0-4b05-9af1-74bb219a40f0" CreationDate="2009-05-03T02:12:55.673" UserId="1375" Text="http://www.anchor.com.au/hosting/development/we_hate_plesk_and_cpanel&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need pretty front-ends for customer use, pick the best-of-breed ones for each individual task.  Postfixadmin, for instance, for mail user use.  They'll make far less of a mess of your system than any of the horrendous &quot;all in one&quot; control panels will, and allow you to keep administering the system properly, providing full flexibility to do what needs to be done." />
  <row Id="5880" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3412" RevisionGUID="aa1bc1e4-b979-4bb5-9296-7f4c5a2355ce" CreationDate="2009-05-03T02:14:03.550" UserId="1616" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="A Windows 2003 server which is a dc and has the pdc role will be set by default to syncronise it's time with time.microsoft.com.  If you wish to use a different sntp time server you can issue this command at the command promt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net time /setsntp:FQDN&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where FQDN is replaced by the time server name.  It may take several minutes for this to take effect." />
  <row Id="5881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3414" RevisionGUID="0be1b510-b8c0-4ea0-9373-2636203ec1ea" CreationDate="2009-05-03T02:14:14.563" UserId="919" Text="My organization automatically attaches an email signature for all employees' outgoing messages. The signature contains onerous warnings and disclaimers that sound very official and imply all kinds of legal standing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any point to this? It makes email replies hard to follow and is can be contradictory with a tools like public mailing lists." />
  <row Id="5882" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3414" RevisionGUID="0be1b510-b8c0-4ea0-9373-2636203ec1ea" CreationDate="2009-05-03T02:14:14.563" UserId="919" Text="Are email disclaimers valid or worthwhile?" />
  <row Id="5883" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3414" RevisionGUID="0be1b510-b8c0-4ea0-9373-2636203ec1ea" CreationDate="2009-05-03T02:14:14.563" UserId="919" Text="&lt;mail&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" />
  <row Id="5884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3415" RevisionGUID="34f028c2-e7f1-4ab8-99da-d97bc08c7b25" CreationDate="2009-05-03T02:16:52.077" UserId="28" Text="Since none of the S3 &quot;file systems&quot; are compatible right now, what s3 gateway tool do you recommend for mounting a remote S3 bucket for backups? I've been using S3FS, but I've heard a lot of people complaining about the poor quality of the code; I haven't gone through a formal code review of my own yet. What other tools are you happy with?" />
  <row Id="5885" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3415" RevisionGUID="34f028c2-e7f1-4ab8-99da-d97bc08c7b25" CreationDate="2009-05-03T02:16:52.077" UserId="28" Text="S3 Interfaces for Backup, etc" />
  <row Id="5886" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3415" RevisionGUID="34f028c2-e7f1-4ab8-99da-d97bc08c7b25" CreationDate="2009-05-03T02:16:52.077" UserId="28" Text="&lt;amazon-s3&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="5887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3416" RevisionGUID="da0ed77a-9191-4998-9dd5-037436a6429a" CreationDate="2009-05-03T02:19:45.220" UserId="1375" Text="http://goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/ says it all, really." />
  <row Id="5888" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3417" RevisionGUID="532f0d1e-791a-431e-966d-117ccc9793bf" CreationDate="2009-05-03T02:20:57.167" UserId="1375" Text="The S3 support in duplicity worked fairly well for a company I was working for.  It didn't &quot;mount&quot; the filesystem as such, but it did do nicely encrypted backups." />
  <row Id="5889" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3414" RevisionGUID="1d6c26c0-7bf2-47ac-a940-dd7892facd0f" CreationDate="2009-05-03T02:22:12.517" UserId="919" Comment="ask for constructive suggestions" Text="My organization automatically attaches an email signature for all employees' outgoing messages. The signature contains onerous warnings and disclaimers that sound very official and imply all kinds of legal standing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any point to this? It makes email replies hard to follow and is can be contradictory with a tools like public mailing lists. If there's no point, how can I convince whoever set the policy of this?" />
  <row Id="5890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3418" RevisionGUID="f9e55b5e-215d-4bb0-8cf3-f689a1cc618b" CreationDate="2009-05-03T02:24:19.563" UserId="28" Text="I don't know what the correct legal answer is, but I got so sick of reading &quot;Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. Thank you.&quot; that I now append my own footer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If you plan to save this email, please consider the environment, and print this message to save electricity by leaving your PC off or in standby. Thank you!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5891" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3419" RevisionGUID="baad98ba-f5b1-4065-a70c-7cba3c451934" CreationDate="2009-05-03T02:25:08.127" UserId="1222" Text="I'm really happy with [Jungledisk][1] which provides a WebDAV interface to S3. You can simply use it for mounting filesystems, or use the included backup features (which uses rsync for incremental backups). Great support too :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jungledisk.com/" />
  <row Id="5892" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3420" RevisionGUID="1684b697-3c85-45b2-8119-bf059ce9fde9" CreationDate="2009-05-03T02:25:39.577" UserId="914" Text="JungleDisk mount via fuse has been nice, I've not seen any faults with it although haven't used it all that much.  It's not free however." />
  <row Id="5893" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3415" RevisionGUID="1d1163a1-c21f-417a-8432-b61d8210ff9a" CreationDate="2009-05-03T02:26:29.730" UserId="28" Text="Since none of the S3 &quot;file systems&quot; are compatible right now, what s3 gateway tool do you recommend for mounting a remote S3 bucket for backups? I've been using S3FS, but I've heard a lot of people complaining about the poor quality of the code; I haven't gone through a formal code review of my own yet. What other tools are you happy with?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Just to clarify, I'm running Linux here. Windows compatibility would be nice, but not essential" />
  <row Id="5895" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3421" RevisionGUID="3c66f3f3-e65b-41aa-a121-c86731e580ad" CreationDate="2009-05-03T02:40:14.440" UserId="919" Text="[Deja Dup][1] is a new program to back up to Amazon S3; it's a GUI frontend to [duplicity][2] and may work well with your existing plans. Packaged in Ubuntu, but I haven't tried it yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Package: deja-dup&#xD;&#xA;Description: Backup utility&#xD;&#xA; Déjà Dup is a simple backup program. It hides the complexity of&#xD;&#xA; doing backups the 'right way' (encrypted, off-site, and regular)&#xD;&#xA; and uses duplicity as the backend.&#xD;&#xA; .&#xD;&#xA; Features:&#xD;&#xA;  * &lt;B&gt;Uses Amazon S3&lt;/b&gt;, an SSH server, or a local folder as a backup location&#xD;&#xA;  * Securely encrypts your data&#xD;&#xA;  * Schedules regular backups&#xD;&#xA;  * Integrates well into your GNOME desktop&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://launchpad.net/deja-dup&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.nongnu.org/duplicity/" />
  <row Id="5896" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3358" RevisionGUID="1f2c3ac8-e7f7-44f2-b4ee-286f0d4c401b" CreationDate="2009-05-03T02:42:06.213" UserId="1682" Comment="added 78 characters in body" Text="I see a lot of people out there recommending rsync like this. It really should not be recommended. Rsync is great for backing up data, but its not really designed to back up a live operating system, and the fact that it can is only because otherwise it is such a great tool. In Ubuntu, you will have problems when your using multiple partitions because that rsync command only does 1 filesystem. Also, ubuntu sometimes uses UUIDs of disk drives, so that will throw it off if your booting a different drive. You can do some tests with rsync and make it work. However, I'd suggest using tools that were designed for that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I keep written install instructions and scripts to automate install stuff, then I don't have to back my operating systems. For linux, I think ultimately that is the best way because I can run many linux distros and all I have is a few text files I run to download the packages and set things up etc, plus lots of other benefits like I'm able to access and maintain my knowledge of setting up the OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For actual backup like your question asks, it is hard to find good answers because there are lots of solutions and no best one for all circumstances. I don't know the best point and click method your after. LVM2 is designed for live snapshots using any number of LVM tools. Ubuntu supports it in its installer and it is easy to setup. If your not already on LVM, its obviously not super simple to move to it.  Here are some links:&#xD;&#xA;http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/snapshots_backup.html&#xD;&#xA;http://www.howtoforge.com/linux_lvm_snapshots&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also software that tries to manage all your backup stuff like [Bakula][1] or [Mondo Rescue][2]. A good simple one that seems to have been forgotten is [dump][3]. I've installed a small linux small linux distro on a &lt; 500 mb partition, set a cron job to reboot into it and do incremental backups of linux OS partitions, then reboot back to the original distro. http://linux.die.net/man/8/dump.  Google will find you some more answers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some OCD tendency compels me to point out that guys rsync command has a redundant flag in it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacula&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mondorescue.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://linux.die.net/man/8/dump &quot;dump&quot;" />
  <row Id="5897" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3422" RevisionGUID="34fb0685-0b7c-4191-9594-c5f2368e4304" CreationDate="2009-05-03T02:50:36.940" UserId="1688" Text="If you wan't to bypass data detection, you can use [Steganography][1] - that is, hide your file within the (most commonly) image file. There are a bunch of links to free applications that can do this for you at the wikipedia link.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steganography" />
  <row Id="5898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3423" RevisionGUID="6dbca497-62ca-4a82-b242-7d95f5471598" CreationDate="2009-05-03T03:02:07.757" UserId="1378" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been given two Eee PC 100HA to manage for some people, they are both running the same hardware and XP home but one is having some strange problems with logging on. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main problem is that it hangs at the login screen for ages and sometimes never gets to the desktop.  The strange thing is it only seems to do it after the computer has been cold  started, but it won't do it if the computer has been restarted. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have made two logs of the start up with process monitor but every time the logger is attached the computer will log in fine.  I have also set the computer to blue screen and create a crash dump when you press ctrl scroll twice but when I do it at the hung login it just sits at a black screen and I don't get a crash dump, I have turned off the auto  system restart on failure option also.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can usually fix most computer start up and shutdown problems but this one has got me stuffed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone had the same problems before, or can recommend something that I can try?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers." />
  <row Id="5899" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3423" RevisionGUID="6dbca497-62ca-4a82-b242-7d95f5471598" CreationDate="2009-05-03T03:02:07.757" UserId="1378" Text="Windows XP hanging on login screen" />
  <row Id="5900" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3423" RevisionGUID="6dbca497-62ca-4a82-b242-7d95f5471598" CreationDate="2009-05-03T03:02:07.757" UserId="1378" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;startup&gt;" />
  <row Id="5901" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3424" RevisionGUID="a4486729-d446-4bc8-af0a-236843653a95" CreationDate="2009-05-03T03:11:20.743" UserId="808" Text="As always, consult a legal expert in your area if you want to really know for sure.  However, it's generally difficult to force a person to agree to terms simply to appending them to an EMail that the person receives.  I doubt it would constitute a &quot;contract.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Consider this:  If the &quot;contract&quot; at the end of the EMail were legally binding, you could just append the disclaimer, &quot;Anyone reading this must pay me $2 per word of my EMail.&quot; Do you think that would hold up in court?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5902" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3425" RevisionGUID="ca290901-2b58-4afb-af38-0d3a7f71b044" CreationDate="2009-05-03T03:18:55.437" UserId="1375" Text="Has anyone developed, or does anyone know of, any third-party tools (or non-obvious uses of the stock tools) to help a poor systems administrator determine what's going on with requests that are passing through Varnish?  While `varnishstat`, `varnishtop`, and `varnishhist` give me either very high-level (or low-level) overviews, I'm looking for something that tells me things like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* What requests are currently in progress (and how long they've been like that, where they got sent, that sort of thing)&#xD;&#xA;* Average service times for requests by backend, vhost, that sort of thing&#xD;&#xA;* Other things that will help me identify misbehaving backends, vhosts, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5903" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3425" RevisionGUID="ca290901-2b58-4afb-af38-0d3a7f71b044" CreationDate="2009-05-03T03:18:55.437" UserId="1375" Text="Tools for introspecting Varnish" />
  <row Id="5904" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3425" RevisionGUID="ca290901-2b58-4afb-af38-0d3a7f71b044" CreationDate="2009-05-03T03:18:55.437" UserId="1375" Text="&lt;varnish&gt;&lt;reverse-proxy&gt;" />
  <row Id="5905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3426" RevisionGUID="12aab539-e1fa-4a36-88e2-995ba94ab62b" CreationDate="2009-05-03T03:19:24.610" UserId="301" Text="You could try uuencoding or base64 encoding to avoid the mail gateway stripping out the multipart-mime attachments &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat testfile | uuencode | mail you@domain.com" />
  <row Id="5906" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3427" RevisionGUID="d71d355c-0287-4c84-9051-deaaf24ca0f5" CreationDate="2009-05-03T03:22:19.453" UserId="808" Text="Do you run any servers on your WinXP machine?  On the assumption that you are not, then by far the safest way to do things is to buy any reasonable network switch that supports DHCP and let that be your interface to the network for all machines.  Then you don't need to configure internet connection sharing on the WinXP machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that I believe when you configure internet connection sharing, that WinXP automatically provides DHCP services to the machines connected to the 2nd network.  Almost all Linux installs today will either default to DHCP or are trivially configurable as DHCP clients.  Thus, adding the Linux machine to the network will be trivial.  Ensure that the NIC is configured as DHCP and then plug it in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use my Linux server as my direct connection to the internet, but that's because I run several servers on my Linux server (I'm paying for a network connection that allows me to run any services I want, and I have a static IP address) and also so that I can run a packet filtering firewall on my Linux server to protect the rest of my network from external attack.  In your case, an external network switch that provides DHCP would provide this protection for you -- the switch would be exposed to attack and nothing else.  Only if they could hack the switch would they be able to hack into your network.  (Of course, I'm ignoring viruses and trojans and spywhere here, most of which are installed by insecure web actions, via Email, or by otherwise tricking people into installing them.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't want to do this and you want the most minimal change to your current network, then as I said, I believe that ICS sets up a DHCP server.  Just install Linux on the new machine, configure its NIC for DHCP, and plug it into that 2nd network.  It should just work.  I helped my parents set up a network much like this, and have connected my Linux laptop to their network with no difficulty.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Yes, an article at Microsoft.com, [Internet Connection Sharing with Windows XP][1], confirms that ICS does automatically configure a DHCP server on the host machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/crawford_02july01.mspx&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5907" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3428" RevisionGUID="1769d3af-bcd2-459a-b7b4-2e3869d8f8d9" CreationDate="2009-05-03T03:22:38.020" UserId="1530" Text="My favorite disk cloning tool is [Drive Snapshot][1] for the following reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. No installation necessary, just one tiny EXE to run.  (Thus, it can also be run directly from a network location or from a Bart PE environment.)  No scheduler or &quot;always-running&quot; drivers, services, etc to create overhead.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Can be controlled from the command line for scripting, or run via GUI.&#xD;&#xA; 3. It is very fast and has good data compression.&#xD;&#xA; 4. The developer has excellent customer support in my experience.&#xD;&#xA; 5. Reasonable price.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://drivesnapshot.de/en/" />
  <row Id="5911" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2792" RevisionGUID="224fc103-6f17-469d-bfcb-27c580a237dc" CreationDate="2009-05-03T03:24:48.373" UserId="942" Comment="eBox" Text="I once tested this succesfully with [pGina][1], but it's not very friendly to setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also use a SAMBA server acting as an Active Directory provider, with an LDAP backend, but I haven't tested this yet. Here are the two basic steps do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**SAMBA as a PDC**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The basic configuration goes like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[global]&#xD;&#xA;passdb backend = tdbsam&#xD;&#xA;os level = 33&#xD;&#xA;preferred master = auto&#xD;&#xA;domain master = yes&#xD;&#xA;local master = yes&#xD;&#xA;security = user&#xD;&#xA;domain logons = yes&#xD;&#xA;logon path = \\%N\profiles\%U&#xD;&#xA;logon drive = H:&#xD;&#xA;logon home = \\homeserver\%U\winprofile&#xD;&#xA;logon script = logon.cmd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[netlogon]&#xD;&#xA;path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon&#xD;&#xA;read only = yes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[profiles]&#xD;&#xA;path = /var/lib/samba/profiles&#xD;&#xA;read only = no&#xD;&#xA;create mask = 0600&#xD;&#xA;directory mask = 0700&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More info on the [SAMBA docs][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**LDAP**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Properly configuring an LDAP server is not something trivial (neither the SAMBA server IMHO), but after you configure one ([OpenLDAP][5], [FDS][6], etc.), here's some good info on [how to integrate it with SAMBA][3]. And [more specific for RedHat][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also hear SAMBA 4 will be a complete replacement for Active Directory, but who knows when that will be released.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, I don't know if this has become easier than when I tried it (about 2 years ago), but I hope so, because I gave up after a few weeks of trial... Maybe it's time to give it another go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Back then, my personal preference was for [FDS][6] because it has a great admin console, and it was easier to set up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**: I just remembered [eBox][7]. I haven't tested it because I don't like all-in-one solutions, but take a look at the site if you do (it offers plenty more than a domain controller).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.pgina.org/&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/samba-pdc.html&#xD;&#xA;[3]:http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_&amp;_LDAP&#xD;&#xA;[4]:http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:jxdj8MpyTwQJ:www.jekkt.com/talks/Samba-LDAP-RHEL4.pdf+samba+ldap&amp;cd=9&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&#xD;&#xA;[5]:http://www.openldap.org/&#xD;&#xA;[6]:http://directory.fedoraproject.org/&#xD;&#xA;[7]:http://ebox-platform.com/product/features/" />
  <row Id="5912" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3430" RevisionGUID="97e47e4c-7401-4e0f-85aa-5162a6513342" CreationDate="2009-05-03T03:24:49.590" UserId="301" Text="* try varnishncsa to get per request logging&#xD;&#xA;* varnish top has avg service and hit times&#xD;&#xA;* IMHO, if you suspect problems with your backends you should be monitoring the directly, without going through varnish." />
  <row Id="5913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3431" RevisionGUID="e059b193-4691-4053-9a0c-1722e4883e0a" CreationDate="2009-05-03T03:25:22.537" UserId="342" Text="I have to indulge in a bit of self-promotion and mention my [shaback](http://hewgill.com/journal/entries/445-backup-solution-ideas) utility (also [on github](http://github.com/ghewgill/shaback/tree/master)), which is a Python script to back up files to Amazon S3. It's currently usable but incomplete; while it successfully backs up files, it lacks an automatic restore function (restore must be done manually at the moment).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shaback stores files in a content-addressable way (so duplicated content is not stored twice), inspired by the Git storage mechanism. It doesn't attempt to expose the S3 storage backend as a filesystem." />
  <row Id="5914" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3431" RevisionGUID="e059b193-4691-4053-9a0c-1722e4883e0a" CreationDate="2009-05-03T03:25:22.537" UserId="342" />
  <row Id="5915" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3428" RevisionGUID="e41f57f5-4685-4a92-948f-bdeccddafded" CreationDate="2009-05-03T03:27:56.023" UserId="1530" Comment="added 147 characters in body" Text="My favorite disk cloning tool is [Drive Snapshot][1] for the following reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. No installation necessary, just one tiny EXE to run.  (Thus, it can also be run directly from a network location or from a Bart PE environment.)  No scheduler or &quot;always-running&quot; drivers, services, etc to create overhead.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Can be controlled from the command line for scripting, or run via GUI.&#xD;&#xA; 3. It is very fast and has good data compression.&#xD;&#xA; 4. The developer has excellent customer support in my experience.&#xD;&#xA; 5. Can &quot;inject&quot; driver files if restoring to different hardware.  I have used this multiple times on server RAID arrays with no problems at all.&#xD;&#xA; 6. Reasonable price.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding your follow-up question: It is extremely easy to extract single files from a disk image because like Acronis, Drive Snapshot allows you to mount a disk image as a drive letter and browse it with Windows Explorer like any other drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://drivesnapshot.de/en/" />
  <row Id="5916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3432" RevisionGUID="d85c9f4f-fd27-49cc-b26e-afa7b8a1f5e7" CreationDate="2009-05-03T03:33:19.867" UserId="626" Text="Right click the start menu button, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Click Properties,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Click the start menu tab, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Click the customize button.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check the &quot;Recent Items&quot; radio button,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Click ok,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Click ok&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5917" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3433" RevisionGUID="77b7a24a-f53b-4586-a389-b1bf048aaffc" CreationDate="2009-05-03T03:33:19.850" UserId="1375" Text="I'm working with an organisation that has deployed Varnish as a reverse proxy for all of their web traffic.  Their traffic make up is a lot of customer-generated dynamic websites, with the usual collection of static assets hanging off the side.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While I'm trying to like varnish (I think it has a pretty good architecture, in principle), I'm having some troubles managing it and troubleshooting problems as they arise, so I'm wondering if it's really the right choice.  I've used squid in the past as a reverse proxy, but not in the same sorts of role, so I don't have a clear basis for comparison.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is targeted at people who have deployed varnish in production or seriously evaluated it against the alternatives: did you stick with varnish, or did you end up using another reverse proxy?  What were your key points for staying with it or switching, and if you did use something else, what did you end up using?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5918" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3433" RevisionGUID="77b7a24a-f53b-4586-a389-b1bf048aaffc" CreationDate="2009-05-03T03:33:19.850" UserId="1375" Text="Varnish versus other reverse proxies" />
  <row Id="5919" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3433" RevisionGUID="77b7a24a-f53b-4586-a389-b1bf048aaffc" CreationDate="2009-05-03T03:33:19.850" UserId="1375" Text="&lt;varnish&gt;&lt;reverse-proxy&gt;&lt;squid&gt;&lt;comparison&gt;" />
  <row Id="5922" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3435" RevisionGUID="223d3781-3645-43eb-ab7c-a6fef3589b5c" CreationDate="2009-05-03T03:38:09.637" UserId="1393" Text="Apparently, there is a web site for everything:  [http://www.emaildisclaimers.com][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Quoted from the referenced site:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The disclaimers added to the end of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; emails are not legally binding, but&#xD;&#xA;&gt; it's always good practice to try and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; disclaim liability'. Michael Chissick,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Head of Internet law at Field Fisher&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Waterhouse (March 2000 Internet&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Magazine, 'All work and no play')&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disclaimer: No suitability of this answer is expressed or implied for any question asked on ServerFault.com.  The opinions expressed in this answer do not reflect those of the answer's employer, spouse, or the family cat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.emaildisclaimers.com/" />
  <row Id="5923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3436" RevisionGUID="f01aa4aa-0c2f-460e-b47f-daf4018ddbd8" CreationDate="2009-05-03T03:41:46.443" UserId="626" Text="Anyone have an update to date list of Free administrative Tools for SQL server. There is a forum post on SQLServerCentral but its pretty outdated&#xD;&#xA;Please provide a link as some vendors do a pretty good job of hiding the free stuff" />
  <row Id="5924" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3436" RevisionGUID="f01aa4aa-0c2f-460e-b47f-daf4018ddbd8" CreationDate="2009-05-03T03:41:46.443" UserId="626" Text="Free Sql Server tools" />
  <row Id="5925" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3436" RevisionGUID="f01aa4aa-0c2f-460e-b47f-daf4018ddbd8" CreationDate="2009-05-03T03:41:46.443" UserId="626" Text="&lt;sql&gt;&lt;free&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="5926" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3437" RevisionGUID="9abfa0d1-b4ac-404e-b743-55e35f7d0658" CreationDate="2009-05-03T03:47:29.067" UserId="626" Text="This needs to be done on the DC with the PDC emulator role&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To configure the Windows Time service on the PDC emulator&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      Type the following command to configure the PDC emulator and then press ENTER:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:peers /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      where peers specifies the list of DNS names and/or IP addresses of the NTP time source that the PDC emulator synchronizes from. For example, you can specify time.windows.com. When specifying multiple peers, use a space as the delimiter and enclose them in quotation marks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc786897.aspx" />
  <row Id="5927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3438" RevisionGUID="be0d9341-7c4f-4e1c-9354-263da2d412b7" CreationDate="2009-05-03T03:52:19.787" UserId="914" Text="Disable Desktop Cleanup Wizard&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\CleanupWiz]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;NoRun&quot;=dword:00000001" />
  <row Id="5928" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3438" RevisionGUID="be0d9341-7c4f-4e1c-9354-263da2d412b7" CreationDate="2009-05-03T03:52:19.787" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="5929" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3439" RevisionGUID="f05323eb-a399-462e-82bf-a8ad80fe79f0" CreationDate="2009-05-03T03:57:31.930" UserId="907" Text="I've been using [Wireshark][1] for years. Love it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wireshark.org/" />
  <row Id="5930" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3440" RevisionGUID="cbc552c7-1455-4e26-be54-427abfb6af62" CreationDate="2009-05-03T04:03:21.167" UserId="1004" Text="Do you know some GUI tool to create Hardlinks/SoftLinks/Junctions?" />
  <row Id="5931" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3440" RevisionGUID="cbc552c7-1455-4e26-be54-427abfb6af62" CreationDate="2009-05-03T04:03:21.167" UserId="1004" Text="Some GUI for mklink?" />
  <row Id="5932" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3440" RevisionGUID="cbc552c7-1455-4e26-be54-427abfb6af62" CreationDate="2009-05-03T04:03:21.167" UserId="1004" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;hardlink&gt;&lt;symlink&gt;&lt;junction&gt;" />
  <row Id="5933" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3441" RevisionGUID="d9bad3e1-44da-4ec4-b301-ac9d50b40bee" CreationDate="2009-05-03T04:05:31.300" UserId="1453" Text="Have a look at [Junction link magic][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rekenwonder.com/linkmagic.htm" />
  <row Id="5934" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3442" RevisionGUID="83818132-e595-46a7-8760-2a442ee1d2e3" CreationDate="2009-05-03T04:07:42.420" UserId="919" Text="It's not quite how I'd design a SQL UI, but it's reasonable and open source. And it now builds on &lt;a href=&quot;http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-db-list/2008-February/msg00008.html&quot;&gt;win32&lt;/a&gt;!&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;Package: mergeant&#xD;&#xA;Description: GNOME Database admin tool GUI for GNOME2&#xD;&#xA; Mergeant is a program which helps administer a DBMS database using the&#xD;&#xA; gnome-db framework. Basically, it memorizes all the structure of the database,&#xD;&#xA; and some queries, and does the SQL queries instead of the user (not having to&#xD;&#xA; type all over again those SQL commands, although it is still possible to do&#xD;&#xA; so).&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="5935" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3443" RevisionGUID="6bdc0153-0ccb-4d70-9f94-d754e24170bc" CreationDate="2009-05-03T04:11:35.640" UserId="914" Text="[NTFS Link][1] provides an explorer extension for creating hard links.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://elsdoerfer.name/=ntfslink" />
  <row Id="5936" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3444" RevisionGUID="9208c050-bccf-4f15-a307-72045db2fefc" CreationDate="2009-05-03T04:18:29.100" UserId="1268" Text="An online service like [Mozy][1] is always worth considering. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you consider your backup strategy you should think of things like: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * What happens if I delete a file accidentally and afterwards need that file. Do I need some sort of diff strategy where old copies are also backed up (like Apple's time machine or WHS)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * What happens if there is some sort of error in my backup script? Is all my data (backup and real connected to the same physical machine?), Do I need to backup the same data more than once to account for this kind of stuff? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * What happens if someone breaks in to my house and steals my computer and backup (do I need an offsite backup?)  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mozy.com/" />
  <row Id="5937" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3445" RevisionGUID="7ce8be33-720a-4d10-839c-13cc3f77fcde" CreationDate="2009-05-03T04:32:35.307" UserId="315" Text="Web Based Enterprise Manager, haven't used it in a long time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://sourceforge.net/projects/vwg-ent-man][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vwg-ent-man" />
  <row Id="5938" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3446" RevisionGUID="d78c08fb-f169-48f0-9b39-94fd26927683" CreationDate="2009-05-03T04:34:09.640" UserId="626" Text="IIS always logs in GMT - you can configure the rollover time. The time changes because your servers change for DST. The log is static though&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The selected log file format is the W3C Extended Log File Format. The extended log file format is defined in the W3C Working Draft WD- logfile-960323 specification by Phillip M. Hallam-Baker and Brian Behlendorf. This document defines the Date and Time files to always be in GMT. This behavior is by design. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/271196" />
  <row Id="5939" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3447" RevisionGUID="48b62b6b-edff-497f-b1af-b634483f18f4" CreationDate="2009-05-03T04:35:50.027" UserId="626" Text="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996805(EXCHG.65).aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This link has some good steps and explanations" />
  <row Id="5940" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="3060" RevisionGUID="61940b88-1dea-42de-bcb7-091c32aab99f" CreationDate="2009-05-03T04:39:31.780" UserId="1576" Comment="Added to question" Text="Tips? Where is the best current installation, setup &amp; best practice documentation for a Debian web server? MySQL, PHP5, Mail etc." />
  <row Id="5941" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3448" RevisionGUID="19df6d37-6021-4174-a8d6-025e780735fd" CreationDate="2009-05-03T04:46:11.407" UserId="301" Text="You can enable the ssh daemon on your mac by going to &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;System Preferences.app -&gt; Sharing -&gt; (enable) Remote Login&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can enable screen sharing similarly with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;System Preferences.app -&gt; Shareing -&gt; (enable) Screen Sharing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are not using the Apple Remote Desktop software, you'll need to do the extra step of clicking on the Computer Settings button, and supplying a VNC password" />
  <row Id="5942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3449" RevisionGUID="80763832-de17-4d43-9e64-94f7747c0aa4" CreationDate="2009-05-03T04:53:42.013" UserId="301" Text="First of all, are they users complaining about your local network ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The fileserver is slow!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or are they complaining about remote websites ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Facebook is slow! I can't do my work!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's the former, then I would start with the fileserver in question and work backwards. First of all check the fileserver, is it's utilization out of the ordinary ? Check the interface that user traffic flows over. Is it pegged ? Is auto negotiation enabled ? Is it enabled on both ends ... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If everything looks ok there and the server is not under any undue load, try the routers and switches in the path between the user and the server. Are they overloaded ? auto neg enabled ? check the interface counters for errors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that appears to be nothing wrong, then the problem may be local to the users work station. Is it under undue load ? Are there any hardware errors (disk errors causing blocking while the firmware retries) ? Is their machine low on real memory (firefox paging hard) ? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This usual solves 99% of the problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on the frequency you have to deal with these requests you may prefer to reverse the order of these steps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively if it's a problem with a remote site, after debugging your network, and the users workstation try tools like mtr to detect packet loss between you and the remote site. If the problem is not local to your network then your options are probably limited to logging a case with your provider, or waiting till the remote site gets over whatever tizzy it's having.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3450" RevisionGUID="a1b7ee32-aded-43c1-af44-011548a57cba" CreationDate="2009-05-03T04:55:55.393" UserId="1310" Text="According to [this mail][1], running an inotify watcher on the server exporting the filesystem should catch when clients write to the filesystem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Really, I'd recommend trying it. I find that it's usually best to give things a shot oneself, even if success seems unlikely (as long as there is no harm in doing so, of course).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/226162" />
  <row Id="5944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3451" RevisionGUID="6bd48e00-4ab1-4004-88c2-f63292fe0f13" CreationDate="2009-05-03T04:57:29.397" UserId="1268" Text="[Toad][1] which is used to manage various SQL databases has a freeware version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.toadsoft.com/" />
  <row Id="5945" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3452" RevisionGUID="366a6032-7d28-4a71-9227-885a38cf6a30" CreationDate="2009-05-03T05:00:05.850" UserId="1690" Text="Mocha VNC Lite is good. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However i did find even if the host is set to 800x600 my iPhone complains it is running low on memory... turning off 32-bit colour mode in the client seems to fix this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5946" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3453" RevisionGUID="12196871-f8f2-4b90-ba35-a27ea4f0604f" CreationDate="2009-05-03T05:00:06.943" UserId="301" Text="Firebug and YSlow! FTW&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However I don't see why a web browser is a crucial tool for sysadmins, curl ? wget ? telnet host 80 ?" />
  <row Id="5947" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3454" RevisionGUID="8c497dde-cb25-40e3-bcb6-562d894baa2a" CreationDate="2009-05-03T05:00:13.043" UserId="1050" Text="I have an old Microsoft G router and another desktop at the opposite ends of my house. That machine can see the network, but the signal strength is too low for stable connection. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Besides switching to N router, what can be done to extend the range? Maybe some kind of directional antenna?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5948" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3454" RevisionGUID="8c497dde-cb25-40e3-bcb6-562d894baa2a" CreationDate="2009-05-03T05:00:13.043" UserId="1050" Text="What is the best option for extending the range of the wireless G network?" />
  <row Id="5949" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3454" RevisionGUID="8c497dde-cb25-40e3-bcb6-562d894baa2a" CreationDate="2009-05-03T05:00:13.043" UserId="1050" Text="&lt;wireless-network&gt;" />
  <row Id="5950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3455" RevisionGUID="65555f15-0daa-4110-a68c-cedc8dcb5354" CreationDate="2009-05-03T05:01:25.223" UserId="1268" Text="I have been using [smoothwall][1] at home with great success, it does a great job monitoring traffic and a ton more. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It comes in a corporate edition as well that does some more fancy stuff. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was trying to figure out why I kept on running out of bandwidth (in Australia we have limits) turns out it was my fault :) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.smoothwall.org/" />
  <row Id="5951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3456" RevisionGUID="663a7fbc-aebb-4e92-8496-1119ce737d36" CreationDate="2009-05-03T05:02:37.543" UserId="1690" Text="[SQL Server Management Express][1] is slick and a great free tool for my limited MS SQL needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c243a5ae-4bd1-4e3d-94b8-5a0f62bf7796&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="5952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3457" RevisionGUID="79ace023-f62b-45f6-a2eb-6eb0b276df06" CreationDate="2009-05-03T05:03:04.597" UserId="1173" Text="[iStat for iPhone](http://bjango.com/apps/istat/) is good for checking system stats." />
  <row Id="5953" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3060" RevisionGUID="e52faede-cc1e-4e91-a56c-972973a45247" CreationDate="2009-05-03T05:03:09.277" UserId="1576" Comment="added links i've found" Text="I'm just looking at installing a Debian production server and would like any helpful links to documentation. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You know how things change so fast. I'm likely to be looking for whole sub-systems that have been deprecated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Useful links: &#xD;&#xA;&lt;/br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.debian.org/doc/&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://wiki.debian.org/&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://wiki.debian.org/LaMpLinux&quot;&gt;LAMP install: Apache Mysql PHP(http://wiki.debian.org/LaMp)&lt;/a&gt;    &#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo apt-get install vim (yes it autoremoves unused dependencies now)&#xD;&#xA;    sudo update-alternatives --config editor (then select vim.basic)&#xD;&#xA;    update-rc.d service defaults (setting runlevels for programmes)" />
  <row Id="5954" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3458" RevisionGUID="7d842392-8986-4a04-b6a4-d5686e80cbf8" CreationDate="2009-05-03T05:08:33.333" UserId="1375" Text="Yep, a directional antenna (or even a better omnidirectional antenna) will do wonders for signal strength and link quality.  There's a few different connectors available, and I don't know what a &quot;Microsoft G router&quot; looks like, so I can't give specific recommendations, but the Internet shall provide, no doubt." />
  <row Id="5955" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3459" RevisionGUID="100aff40-7959-4a6d-a3e4-090f3cd6e6cd" CreationDate="2009-05-03T05:09:09.713" UserId="1170" Text="Oh, I believe it would be helpful to take a look on some tutorials on [HowtoForge][1] also. For example: [Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier And MySQL (+ SMTP-AUTH, Quota, SpamAssassin, ClamAV)][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.howtoforge.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.howtoforge.com/virtual_postfix_mysql_quota_courier" />
  <row Id="5956" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3060" RevisionGUID="091e630f-b617-4874-8d58-2c4a2e6fa1f0" CreationDate="2009-05-03T05:09:38.057" UserId="1576" Comment="Edited for clarity" Text="I'm just looking at installing a Debian production server and would like any helpful links to documentation. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You know how things change so fast. I'm likely to be looking for whole sub-systems that have been deprecated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Useful links: &#xD;&#xA;&lt;/br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.debian.org/doc/&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://wiki.debian.org/&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://wiki.debian.org/LaMpLinux&quot;&gt;LAMP install: Apache Mysql PHP(http://wiki.debian.org/LaMp)&lt;/a&gt;    &#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo aptitude install vim &#xD;&#xA;    sudo update-alternatives --config editor (then select vim.basic)&#xD;&#xA;    update-rc.d service defaults (setting runlevels for programmes)" />
  <row Id="5957" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3060" RevisionGUID="28f9fdb0-2561-48b2-8a84-8a7bb0669263" CreationDate="2009-05-03T05:18:47.240" UserId="1576" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="I'm just looking at installing a Debian production server and would like any helpful links to documentation. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You know how things change so fast. I'm likely to be looking for whole sub-systems that have been deprecated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Useful links:  &#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.debian.org/doc/&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://wiki.debian.org/&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://wiki.debian.org/LaMpLinux&quot;&gt;LAMP install: Apache Mysql PHP(http://wiki.debian.org/LaMp)&lt;/a&gt;    &#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.howtoforge.com/&gt;   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo aptitude install vim &#xD;&#xA;    sudo update-alternatives --config editor (then select vim.basic)&#xD;&#xA;    update-rc.d service defaults (setting runlevels for programmes)" />
  <row Id="5958" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3460" RevisionGUID="eedb1ae5-e408-4820-b013-5a293fb7ff7b" CreationDate="2009-05-03T05:37:27.663" UserId="1585" Text="[Query Express][1] is only 100kb and doesn't require an install.  It works with ms sql, oracle and other oledb.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.albahari.com/queryexpress.aspx" />
  <row Id="5959" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3461" RevisionGUID="40d61f89-52cc-4d14-8746-c422d0a80f39" CreationDate="2009-05-03T05:40:19.263" UserId="626" Text="[WebMail Notifier][1] - Tracks web email accounts &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Live http headers][2] - great for trouble shooting websites&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Ghostery][3] watch the websites that watch you&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4490&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3829&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9609" />
  <row Id="5960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3462" RevisionGUID="63580dea-afbb-4682-a30d-bd056e80e455" CreationDate="2009-05-03T05:42:32.020" UserId="588" Text="There are &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001053.html&quot;&gt; things to do&lt;/a&gt;, and they even look cool ;-)" />
  <row Id="5961" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3463" RevisionGUID="894620bf-e14b-4e86-bc7a-c294724b5f78" CreationDate="2009-05-03T05:44:18.117" UserId="1585" Text="A wifi repeater is an option&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-Wireless-G-Range-Expander-WRE54G/dp/B00021XIJW][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-Wireless-G-Range-Expander-WRE54G/dp/B00021XIJW" />
  <row Id="5962" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3464" RevisionGUID="d3db0d91-119e-42ee-a3fe-ee059b3baefb" CreationDate="2009-05-03T05:59:05.053" UserId="1695" Text="Working for a corporation and keeping security in mind:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setting minimum password length (where MinPwdLen must be manually created as a binary value):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Network]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;MinPwdLen&quot;=10 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disabling the registry from other people's sticky fingers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;DisableRegistryTools&quot;=dword:00000001" />
  <row Id="5963" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3464" RevisionGUID="d3db0d91-119e-42ee-a3fe-ee059b3baefb" CreationDate="2009-05-03T05:59:05.053" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="5964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3465" RevisionGUID="d2f8b7ff-bbc5-4188-a541-c66980410ee6" CreationDate="2009-05-03T05:59:49.373" UserId="1595" Text="We've been using nginx as a reverse proxy at work for a long time, and I've recently started using it for php and python projects at home. So +1, definitely worth knowing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things feel blazing fast, even on low-end hardware." />
  <row Id="5965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3466" RevisionGUID="945d40d3-fccb-42c4-bb5a-4a98fc11c06f" CreationDate="2009-05-03T06:05:52.120" UserId="1349" Text="In short, no, there is no point. No one reads the disclaimers, let alone acts on them. Plus, nothing makes a mess of a quick one-liner message like an essay of a disclaimer." />
  <row Id="5966" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3467" RevisionGUID="514423e2-9368-45ff-984c-5513cf18cb5b" CreationDate="2009-05-03T06:12:15.210" UserId="1576" Text="&lt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Distribution_System&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using the famous Linksys WRT54GL with custom firmware you can very easily setup a WDS network so as to cloud your house.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.polarcloud.com/tomatofaq#how_do_i_use_wds&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used to do this manually (still with WRT54GL's) but now with a pretty AJAX interface it couldn't be easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Plus you get excellent &lt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_of_service&gt; with a single tick-box (no need to throttle torrents manually anymore).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2MB Video of the Bandwidth Monitor:&lt;http://www.polarcloud.com/v/scbwm.htm&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Screenshots:&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]  &#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.polarcloud.com/img/ssbn100.png&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.polarcloud.com/img/ssqosc108.png" />
  <row Id="5967" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3468" RevisionGUID="f2c8fbd3-e305-4a07-9885-4415e725f40c" CreationDate="2009-05-03T06:14:08.433" UserId="1349" Text="It all depends on your application. For a single drive to drive clone, I find that [HDClone][1] works great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.miray.de/products/sat.hdclone.html" />
  <row Id="5968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3469" RevisionGUID="1dcd24be-8861-4809-85e7-24f34a4584e8" CreationDate="2009-05-03T06:23:58.487" UserId="28" Text="As womble said, it's OK.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're running logcheck, add a regex to filter out these lines" />
  <row Id="5969" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3470" RevisionGUID="46ca08cf-b66c-480c-9065-426830150669" CreationDate="2009-05-03T06:25:04.040" UserId="1696" Text="I work for a global company who have stated that they do not put legal disclaimers on emails as they are not legally binding. They also argue, and i think rightly, that such disclaimers leave people with a false sense of security. " />
  <row Id="5970" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3471" RevisionGUID="765d0acc-7367-4243-8ea9-482e538f71bb" CreationDate="2009-05-03T06:26:05.487" UserId="1576" Text="Backtrack is a funny one. It certainly has a lot of tools in one place but you still need to be running compatible hardware to use them (particularly wireless tools).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would strongly recommend doing some of the tutorials and installing the programmes you need on a dedicated linux computer as you need them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Understanding how to install &amp; use the tools is the important thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of the techniques rely on having multiple terminals open and either scanning/spoofing/injecting or recording packets of information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is very rarely a 'one click hack'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have a look at the WEP hacking tutorials here &lt;http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe have a look at installing Debian on an old laptop &lt;http://debian.org/CD/netinst/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's all good fun anyway." />
  <row Id="5971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3472" RevisionGUID="ad0c57d4-9baa-477a-9f2a-d26432ad663a" CreationDate="2009-05-03T06:28:39.337" UserId="332" Text="With my current host I have [Parallels][1] Plesk Panel. I like it a lot. But I have never used any of the alternatives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.parallels.com/" />
  <row Id="5972" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3473" RevisionGUID="1bb7fac4-60f1-4cdd-83fd-8128107312af" CreationDate="2009-05-03T06:42:29.647" UserId="1576" Text="While &lt;http://webmin.com&gt; may not have everything you desire you can always go for the paid version &lt;http://virtualmin.com&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I definitely agree with the link to &quot;we hate plesk and cpanel&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It doesn't sound like you've had any admin problems with cPanel so are not as jaded.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main thing I like about webmin/virtualmin (if you have to have an administrative interface other than the command line) is that if you do decide to remove it or do things from the &lt;a href=&quot;en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_line_interface&quot;&gt;Command Line Interface&lt;/a&gt; then it's not going to trash your system.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3474" RevisionGUID="fa77628e-27f3-4ac3-a754-f8db6b3db02d" CreationDate="2009-05-03T06:49:25.633" UserId="173" Text="Does Caps Lock work (in terms of changing the caps indicator) when it's hung? If not, that would suggest it's completely borked by that point rather than just a process taking forever to get properly started.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that works, does Ctrl-Shift-Esc bring up task manager? That could be useful to show any processes taking a long time, if the logger isn't helping you." />
  <row Id="5974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3475" RevisionGUID="541dfa71-1bfa-488f-af45-2f06cfbb6304" CreationDate="2009-05-03T06:51:34.037" UserId="1576" Text="    apropos&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; DESCRIPTION Each  manual page has a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; short description available within it.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; apropos searches the descriptions for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; instances of keyword.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    gyaresu@debian:~/bin$ apropos ettercap&#xD;&#xA;    etter.conf (5)       - Ettercap configuration file&#xD;&#xA;    ettercap (8)         - (unknown subject)&#xD;&#xA;    ettercap_curses (8)  - (unknown subject)&#xD;&#xA;    ettercap_plugins (8) - (unknown subject)" />
  <row Id="5975" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3475" RevisionGUID="541dfa71-1bfa-488f-af45-2f06cfbb6304" CreationDate="2009-05-03T06:51:34.037" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="5976" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3476" RevisionGUID="3d8de543-5c76-4ed7-89b5-7d50952b95a8" CreationDate="2009-05-03T06:53:41.723" UserId="1695" Text="Currently I have been using [(D)DoS-Deflate][1] to manage such situations on numerous remote servers, along with [Apache JMeter][2] for load testing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Overall it has been working fairly well, although I'd like to hear some suggestions from gurus who have been working with these sort of circumstances for longer than I have. I'm sure those working in the web hosting business have had their fair share of dealing with these situations. So I'm wondering what the best practices are to approaching these sorts of problems in a corporate environment?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://deflate.medialayer.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/" />
  <row Id="5977" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3476" RevisionGUID="3d8de543-5c76-4ed7-89b5-7d50952b95a8" CreationDate="2009-05-03T06:53:41.723" UserId="1695" Text="What are the best techniques for preventing denial of service attacks?" />
  <row Id="5978" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3476" RevisionGUID="3d8de543-5c76-4ed7-89b5-7d50952b95a8" CreationDate="2009-05-03T06:53:41.723" UserId="1695" Text="&lt;denial-of-service&gt;&lt;jmeter&gt;&lt;load-balancing&gt;" />
  <row Id="5979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3477" RevisionGUID="ebc57f96-5180-4f40-bf68-e431fbc4e6f5" CreationDate="2009-05-03T06:56:23.700" UserId="216" Text="AIUI, no there haven't been any fundamental changes to the technology since 1999.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Multicast is certainly alive and well (see mDNS, OSPF, etc), but there's very little use of it beyond site-local / network-local.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, there are a number of ISPs in the UK taking part in the BBC's multicast trial, but IMO that's likely to die off since technical limitations of the most popular broadband architecture in the UK means there's no cost saving from using multicast instead of unicast." />
  <row Id="5980" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1742" RevisionGUID="f6a58c11-90cc-4e2e-ad0a-16e80b561796" CreationDate="2009-05-03T07:14:33.530" UserId="1173" Comment="added 479 characters in body" Text="Usually what I do is just upload my files somewhere where they can download stuff from a server. That way, it also doesn't clog up their inbox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're short on space, [Dropbox](http://www.getdropbox.com/) is a great service that gives you 2GB of publicly-available space for free (great syncing tools, too!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE:** It seems that I misread your question initially; you were in fact asking about clients giving files to you, rather than you giving them files. Regardless, my answer remains the same. If they're at all tech-savvy, then set up an SFTP server that they can upload stuff to. But still, using Dropbox is a piece of cake. Set up a shared folder for each of your clients, then they can put files in the folder and the files will be automatically synced to your computer." />
  <row Id="5981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3478" RevisionGUID="f258a1ec-a904-4bcb-9129-7e7576b090ec" CreationDate="2009-05-03T07:15:04.230" UserId="1695" Text="After administering UNIX or UNIX-like servers, what tools (command-line preferably) do you feel you cannot live without?" />
  <row Id="5982" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3478" RevisionGUID="f258a1ec-a904-4bcb-9129-7e7576b090ec" CreationDate="2009-05-03T07:15:04.230" UserId="1695" Text="Tools a UNIX administrator cannot live without" />
  <row Id="5983" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3478" RevisionGUID="f258a1ec-a904-4bcb-9129-7e7576b090ec" CreationDate="2009-05-03T07:15:04.230" UserId="1695" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;system-administration&gt;&lt;utilities&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
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  <row Id="5985" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3479" RevisionGUID="63632fa7-09e2-43d0-af4c-5951e156f8e8" CreationDate="2009-05-03T07:15:45.557" UserId="1173" Text="`sudo`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seriously though, `tail -f` is useful." />
  <row Id="5986" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3479" RevisionGUID="63632fa7-09e2-43d0-af4c-5951e156f8e8" CreationDate="2009-05-03T07:15:45.557" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="5987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3480" RevisionGUID="d7469e23-2515-414f-8c0c-b04416e4ae4f" CreationDate="2009-05-03T07:16:04.027" UserId="1695" Text="some I know that I cannot live without...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  tee - allows simultaneous writing to STDOUT (standard output) and a file. Great for viewing information and logging it for later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  top - the task manager of UNIX, gives a great overview of the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  tail -f - allows you to view appended data as a file grows, great for monitoring log files on a server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  grep - Global Regular Expression Print, great for searching the system for data in files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  df - reports disk usage of current filesystems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  du - reports disk usage of a certain file/directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  less - needed to view man pages! also useful for viewing output of commands in an easily seekable manner.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  vim/Emacs/nano/pico/ed - whatever your text editor of choice may be, self explanatory of why it's needed.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="5988" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3480" RevisionGUID="d7469e23-2515-414f-8c0c-b04416e4ae4f" CreationDate="2009-05-03T07:16:04.027" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="5989" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3481" RevisionGUID="e12da6f5-e294-4343-8e7f-cf6c5cc542a4" CreationDate="2009-05-03T07:17:30.857" UserId="116" Text="You can try enabling verbose startup status messages in the registry. It might help you determine what causes the hang during logon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Go To:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To enable verbose status messages create a new DWORD value called &quot;verbosestatus&quot; and set it to &quot;1&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An additional value called &quot;DisableStatusMessages&quot; forces status messages to be disabled, make sure this value does not exist or is set to &quot;0&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, I recommend that you download [Autoruns][1] and use it to determine what loads up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx" />
  <row Id="5990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3482" RevisionGUID="876f5d0f-1394-4c0a-9ea6-74e02b697685" CreationDate="2009-05-03T07:18:05.020" UserId="1695" Text="As a Windows administrator, what tools do you feel you cannot live without?" />
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  <row Id="5994" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3481" RevisionGUID="6021a547-5e53-472b-be81-a7f73a736a8e" CreationDate="2009-05-03T07:22:35.367" UserId="116" Comment="added 19 characters in body" Text="You can try enabling verbose startup status messages in the registry. It might help you determine what causes the hang during logon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Go To:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To enable verbose status messages create a new DWORD value called &quot;verbosestatus&quot; and set it to &quot;1&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An additional value called &quot;DisableStatusMessages&quot; forces status messages to be disabled, make sure this value does not exist or is set to &quot;0&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, I recommend that you download [Autoruns][1] and use it to determine what loads up in the &quot;Logon&quot; tab.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx" />
  <row Id="5995" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3483" RevisionGUID="3d206655-c7be-4499-8f9d-d5bc53ce68f1" CreationDate="2009-05-03T07:26:13.347" UserId="116" Text="Make the Start menu faster:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]`  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; `&quot;MenuShowDelay&quot;`=20 (default is 400)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been adding this to every Windows I've ever installed since Win95. Makes world of difference!" />
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  <row Id="5997" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3484" RevisionGUID="3febfaeb-80c4-45b9-aeea-56cd8be4dc82" CreationDate="2009-05-03T07:26:46.637" UserId="1695" Text=" -  Active Directory - if you manage a domain this is your best friend. It centralizes all control over users/computers/printers/groups in your organizational unit into one program.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  gpedit - the group policy editor, allows you to easily manage registry entries for groups of users at a higher level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  regedit - Great for making lower level tweaks to the system not available through the group policies." />
  <row Id="5998" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3484" RevisionGUID="3febfaeb-80c4-45b9-aeea-56cd8be4dc82" CreationDate="2009-05-03T07:26:46.637" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="5999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3485" RevisionGUID="7d69f19b-cc46-4e68-bb16-8372a58bc075" CreationDate="2009-05-03T07:28:15.587" UserId="301" Text="I spent a long time trying to get Varnish 1.x stable on bog standard linux/dell hardware, it would always hang in some odd way and its watchdog would restart it. Which was fine, except for the hard won cache that was not being persisted anywhere else...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said that, are you really using the right tool for the job? If you want a reverse proxy that will **cache** the results of the request (assuming you are providing good quality cache headers) then varnish is a good option. Hopefully it's got more stable in version 2.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if you're running a *onRails site and you want load balancing over multiple backend servers then HAProxy or Nginx may be the way to go. If you don't need any complicated url logic (redirects, regex matches to rewrite older urls, etc) then HAProxy will fit the bill. If you do need something more capable, then give nginx a go." />
  <row Id="6000" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3486" RevisionGUID="f4e29ea2-0523-4068-8c50-bbf4609ea2bb" CreationDate="2009-05-03T07:30:21.713" UserId="957" Text="For quick scripts, automation, etc:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- bash&#xD;&#xA;- perl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To connect to your *NIX server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Open SSH (Linux client)&#xD;&#xA;- Putty   (Windows client)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6001" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3486" RevisionGUID="f4e29ea2-0523-4068-8c50-bbf4609ea2bb" CreationDate="2009-05-03T07:30:21.713" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3487" RevisionGUID="cdb36c27-1b3f-4574-a2a3-e146d7d1f795" CreationDate="2009-05-03T07:38:30.167" UserId="891" Text="Simple, basic but still essential:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ps][1] - report a snapshot of the current processes. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[free][2] - Display amount of free and used memory in the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[w][3] - Show who is logged on and what they are doing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.die.net/man/1/ps&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://linux.die.net/man/1/free&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://linux.die.net/man/1/w" />
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  <row Id="6006" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3488" RevisionGUID="e879e626-b7ec-482d-aef7-c004359e76bb" CreationDate="2009-05-03T07:47:17.337" UserId="1004" Text="Portable Virtual Machine Recommendation?" />
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  <row Id="6008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3489" RevisionGUID="d8dd6541-3256-47c2-a044-e08862ad7d58" CreationDate="2009-05-03T07:52:18.790" UserId="1068" Text="* ProcessExplorer&#xD;&#xA;* PS Tools&#xD;&#xA;* Perl&#xD;&#xA;* Perfmon&#xD;&#xA;* TextPad/Notepad++&#xD;&#xA;* Terminal Services&#xD;&#xA;* Cygwin" />
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  <row Id="6010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3490" RevisionGUID="1e9243f8-e555-4465-9116-4cc9d0d33d5c" CreationDate="2009-05-03T07:52:47.637" UserId="1004" Text="[SysInternals Suite][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx" />
  <row Id="6011" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3490" RevisionGUID="1e9243f8-e555-4465-9116-4cc9d0d33d5c" CreationDate="2009-05-03T07:52:47.637" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6012" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3491" RevisionGUID="192f5e8d-a0a2-4a74-974e-aef4ac74d161" CreationDate="2009-05-03T08:05:20.087" UserId="1496" Text="Here's [Portable VirtualBox](http://www.german-winlite.de/wbb/index.php?page=Thread&amp;threadID=28) for example (German forum, English readme in the download - it says &quot;english users read the &quot;ReadMe&quot; in the changelog section&quot;.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, do *not* rely on something like this to be easy to do and/or work properly in all (or most, for that matter) scenarios. All virtualization software requires host kernel level drivers to be present, and that's hard to do portably if you actually want a stable system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, please be aware that running VMs can be very taxing for your flash disk - VMs generate a **lot** of write I/O." />
  <row Id="6013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3492" RevisionGUID="7191ef30-9379-4b89-87dd-13d84303fdc2" CreationDate="2009-05-03T08:07:54.183" UserId="1512" Text="I upgraded an existing 8.14 Ubuntu installation to 9.04 last week, and everything appeared to run fine initially.  However no on boot I get a dialog box which says 'Not all updates can be installed'.  Hitting the 'Partial Upgrade' button the list includes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Install libd4.6-java&#xD;&#xA;Install libd4.6-java-gcj&#xD;&#xA;Install liblrdf0&#xD;&#xA;Upgrade acpid&#xD;&#xA;Upgrade libfreetype6&#xD;&#xA;Upgrade liblucene2-java&#xD;&#xA;Upgrade update-manager&#xD;&#xA;Upgrade update-manager-core&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I then go with install the upgrade the dialog box disappears (after the permission to proceed password prompt) and nothing further happens until the next reboot, when I'm back to the partial upgrade prompt again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where should I look to find out what's going wrong and fix this&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6014" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3492" RevisionGUID="7191ef30-9379-4b89-87dd-13d84303fdc2" CreationDate="2009-05-03T08:07:54.183" UserId="1512" Text="Unbuntu 9.04 - Not all updates can be installed" />
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  <row Id="6016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3493" RevisionGUID="82f6c6f7-109f-449f-a293-305fbd9917f9" CreationDate="2009-05-03T08:11:53.160" UserId="1004" Text="[SysInternals Suite][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx" />
  <row Id="6017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3494" RevisionGUID="0d488198-b39b-44d7-8140-058cf0f97183" CreationDate="2009-05-03T08:12:37.680" UserId="1576" Text="You're likely to find some 'real time' help from the Ubuntu IRC channels. There are lots of friendly helpful people who will go out of their way to assist you. It may be easier than waiting for responses here at SF.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ubuntu IRC:&lt;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;Ubuntu Forums: &lt;http://ubuntuforums.org/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6018" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3334" RevisionGUID="20fca230-638c-4ee4-8b78-47c65c90cf8d" CreationDate="2009-05-03T08:12:40.007" UserId="1496" Comment="Added Debian test results" Text="There is no cross-distribution way. However:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Redhat and friends: Test for /etc/redhat-release, check contents&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Debian: Test for /etc/debian_version, check contents&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Mandriva and friends: Test for /etc/version, check contents&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Slackware: Test for /etc/slackware-version, check contents&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Etc. Generally speaking, check for `/etc/*-release` and `/etc/*-version`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Found an old (1+ years) bash script of mine lying around that I must have cobbled together over the years (it has an impressive CVS log going back 6 years.) It might not work properly anymore as-is and I can't be bothered to find installed distros to test against, but it should provide you with a good starting point. It works fine on CentOS, Fedora and Gentoo. [gyaresu](http://serverfault.com/users/1576) tested it successfully on Debian Lenny.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    get_distribution_type()&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;        local dtype&#xD;&#xA;        # Assume unknown&#xD;&#xA;        dtype=&quot;unknown&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        # First test against Fedora / RHEL / CentOS / generic Redhat derivative&#xD;&#xA;        if [ -r /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            source /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions&#xD;&#xA;            [ zz`type -t passed 2&gt;/dev/null` == &quot;zzfunction&quot; ] &amp;&amp; dtype=&quot;redhat&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        # Then test against SUSE (must be after Redhat,&#xD;&#xA;        # I've seen rc.status on Ubuntu I think? TODO: Recheck that)&#xD;&#xA;        elif [ -r /etc/rc.status ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            source /etc/rc.status&#xD;&#xA;            [ zz`type -t rc_reset 2&gt;/dev/null` == &quot;zzfunction&quot; ] &amp;&amp; dtype=&quot;suse&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        # Then test against Debian, Ubuntu and friends&#xD;&#xA;        elif [ -r /lib/lsb/init-functions ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            source /lib/lsb/init-functions&#xD;&#xA;            [ zz`type -t log_begin_msg 2&gt;/dev/null` == &quot;zzfunction&quot; ] &amp;&amp; dtype=&quot;debian&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        # Then test against Gentoo&#xD;&#xA;        elif [ -r /etc/init.d/functions.sh ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            source /etc/init.d/functions.sh&#xD;&#xA;            [ zz`type -t ebegin 2&gt;/dev/null` == &quot;zzfunction&quot; ] &amp;&amp; dtype=&quot;gentoo&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        # For Slackware we currently just test if /etc/slackware-version exists&#xD;&#xA;        # and isn't empty (TODO: Find a better way :)&#xD;&#xA;        elif [ -s /etc/slackware-version ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            dtype=&quot;slackware&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        fi&#xD;&#xA;        echo $dtype&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that this will probably only work correctly in Bash. You could rewrite it ofr other shells.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, you might want to test for features, not for distributions. I'm not using this anymore simply because it became a maintenance burden. It's easier to rely on cross-distribution tools and solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Conceptually, what it does is, in order:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Pull in a known, &quot;common init script function&quot; type of file. Those are distribution-specific. If it doesn't exist, skip to next distribution check.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Check the existence of a specific, known-to-exist, often-used and unlikely to be renamed function from that core script. We do that using the `type` Bash builtin. `type -t` returns `function` if that symbol is a function. We prepend `zz` to the output from `type -t 2&gt;/dev/null` because if the name isn't defined the output string would be empty and we'd get a syntax error about a missing left hand to the `==` operator. If the name we just checked isn't a function, skip to next distribution check, otherwise we found the distribution type.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Finally, echo the distribution type so the function output can be easily used in a case .. esac block.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit in case you're trying to run this as a straight script: This script is supposed to get sourced or included from other scripts. It does not output anything on its own if you run it as-is. To test it, source it and then invoke the function, e.g.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    source /path/to/this/script.sh&#xD;&#xA;    get_distribution_type&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;at the bash prompt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Please note that this script does not require root privileges. I urge you not to run it as root. Shouldn't harm anything, but there's no need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Found a link to a relevant [mailing list post](http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-August/msg01920.html) in the CVS log. Should be useful in unwrapping init script spaghetti." />
  <row Id="6019" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3491" RevisionGUID="c59337d3-3f09-42dc-b8d9-5ab3ac84d5bb" CreationDate="2009-05-03T08:15:01.403" UserId="1496" Comment="added 63 characters in body" Text="There's [Portable VirtualBox](http://www.vbox.me/) - found it via [this forum post](http://www.german-winlite.de/wbb/index.php?page=Thread&amp;threadID=28) (German forum, little English there.) Readme is included - click the Description folder on the site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, do *not* rely on something like this to be easy to do and/or work properly in all (or most, for that matter) scenarios. All virtualization software requires host kernel level drivers to be present, and that's hard to do portably if you actually want a stable system. See the forum posts for user experiences.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, please be aware that running VMs can be very taxing for your flash disk - VMs generate a **lot** of write I/O." />
  <row Id="6020" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3495" RevisionGUID="d7d25731-94a9-47c7-bd71-af6ab52be8ca" CreationDate="2009-05-03T08:20:55.557" UserId="1268" Text="If you are looking for a linux image that is completely portable have a look at [pendrivelinux][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pendrivelinux.com" />
  <row Id="6021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3496" RevisionGUID="0346859c-24e9-4f53-881a-1472d3c1e24e" CreationDate="2009-05-03T08:22:00.233" UserId="45" Text="Disclaimer: I'm not a DDoS protecion guru.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think it depends on the budget you have for it, what your uptime terms of conditions are and how you or your customers are exposed to this kind of risk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Proxy-based DDoS protection could be an option. In most cases it is not a cheap option, but I think it's the most effective. I would ask my hosting provider for a solution. RackSpace, for example, provides this multi-tier [mitigation tool][1]. I'm sure all large hosters have similar solutions.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rackspace.com/solutions/managed_hosting/services/security/preventier.php" />
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  <row Id="6024" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2499" RevisionGUID="8105bac5-9252-4abd-9728-ba5576a84b77" CreationDate="2009-05-03T08:23:59.107" UserId="45" Comment="added 17 characters in body" Text="I'm using these tools:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Snap: network scan (ports, services)&#xD;&#xA;- Network Ping Lite: discover and ping IP addresses&#xD;&#xA;- Remote Desktop Lite: RD to XP machines&#xD;&#xA;- aSubNet: subnet mask calculator for IP addresses&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3498" RevisionGUID="873d6a91-d568-4640-873a-52ebdf010066" CreationDate="2009-05-03T08:33:40.720" UserId="45" Text="On one specific server sometimes I get an error message when I'm trying to install security updates. The message is showed immediately after trying to install them. Where can I find the log files which show what's causing the problem?" />
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  <row Id="6030" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3499" RevisionGUID="bbb02052-5994-4dca-b4dc-9ebeeab5154f" CreationDate="2009-05-03T08:36:40.947" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6031" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3500" RevisionGUID="24f7b068-b094-496b-954b-efed7a6b3606" CreationDate="2009-05-03T08:42:29.950" UserId="45" Text="Instead of listing them all here, here is a link which contains a lot of free tools and other resources *(SQL Server Management Studio Add-ins; SQL injection tools; Administration; best practices, analysis, health and performance, Database Publishing to hosted servers, Update and Migration; SQL Server Analysis Services; SQL Server Integration Services; SQL Server 2005 BI Development Studio (BIDS); Code formatting ...)*:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Free SQL Server tools that might make your life a little easier][1] from the sqlteam.com blog.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe you can find  something useful in [my Delicious links for sqlserver+freeware][2] too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/mladenp/archive/2007/11/20/Free-SQL-Server-tools-that-might-make-your-life-a.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://delicious.com/splattne/sqlserver+freeware" />
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  <row Id="6033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3502" RevisionGUID="9ffe8c16-1257-41c9-94a0-93f24e7d7e03" CreationDate="2009-05-03T08:55:25.537" UserId="385" Text="3rd party tools are great, but before I start there, the basic ones you get with the system:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Computer Management&#xD;&#xA;- Event Viewer&#xD;&#xA;- Services Console&#xD;&#xA;- Perfmon&#xD;&#xA;- Active Directory Users and Computers&#xD;&#xA;- Active Directory Domains and Trusts&#xD;&#xA;- Active Directory Sites and Services&#xD;&#xA;- [Group Policy Management Console][1] (okay, so you download this one)&#xD;&#xA;- The command line itself with&#xD;&#xA;  - netstat&#xD;&#xA;  - nbtstat&#xD;&#xA;  - ipconfig&#xD;&#xA;  - net&#xD;&#xA;  - findstr&#xD;&#xA;  - netsh&#xD;&#xA;- Internet Explorer/Firefox&#xD;&#xA;- Scripting tool like VBScript/PowerShell/[Perl][2]&#xD;&#xA;- Notepad&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other Tools:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Sysinternals [PSTools Suite][3]&#xD;&#xA;- Sysinternals [Process Explorer][4]&#xD;&#xA;- Sysinternals [Process Monitor][5]&#xD;&#xA;- [Joe Richards' free tools][6]&#xD;&#xA;- Microsoft Office OneNote&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0a6d4c24-8cbd-4b35-9272-dd3cbfc81887&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.activestate.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896649.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.joeware.net" />
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  <row Id="6035" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3503" RevisionGUID="bb35aaf8-1534-4c1e-bb4f-5d3dae0dc634" CreationDate="2009-05-03T08:58:05.327" UserId="1375" Text="Preventing a DDoS is mostly about not being a target.  Don't host game servers, gambling/porn sites, and other things that tend to get people annoyed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mitigating a DDoS attack comes in two forms:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* being able to ignore traffic and shed excess load, which is useful when you're under an attack that tries to take you down by overloading your machines (and also comes in handy if you ever get &quot;Slashdotted&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;* being able to reject abusive network traffic upstream of you, so that it doesn't clog your links and take out your connectivity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The former is somewhat dependent on what exactly you're serving, but usually comes down to some combination of caching, overflow handling (detecting when the servers are &quot;full&quot; and redirecting new connections to a low-resource-usage &quot;sorry&quot; page), and graceful degradation of request processing (so not doing dynamic rendering of images, for example).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The latter requires good communications with your upstreams -- have the phone number of your upstreams' NOCs tattooed to the inside of your eyelids (or at the very least in a wiki somewhere that *isn't* hosted in the same place as your production servers...) and get to know the people who work there, so when you call you'll get immediate attention as someone who actually knows what they're talking about rather than just being some random johnny.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6036" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1205" RevisionGUID="3146a8c6-1a4c-4e6e-81ac-30948e92387c" CreationDate="2009-05-03T08:58:22.407" UserId="226" Comment="deleted 5 characters in body" Text="I just get all my mail forwarded to my Yahoo or GMail accounts, and then retrieve from there. Setting up a personal mail system can be a colossal waste of time (but that doesn't stop me from trying it every once in a while). " />
  <row Id="6037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3504" RevisionGUID="25600cfb-3f74-4cb3-af8e-c52fac682f1c" CreationDate="2009-05-03T09:00:46.007" UserId="1375" Text="Drop to a console and run &quot;`aptitude dist-upgrade`&quot; as root and see what it has to say for itself.  That should give you a better idea of what's going wrong, or at the very least provide some more diagnostic info for your question." />
  <row Id="6038" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3433" RevisionGUID="44319ec6-4033-4a93-8b62-25c27ddbd2c6" CreationDate="2009-05-03T09:02:15.037" UserId="1375" Comment="added 8 characters in body" Text="I'm working with an organisation that has deployed Varnish as a caching reverse proxy for all of their web traffic.  Their traffic make up is a lot of customer-generated dynamic websites, with the usual collection of static assets hanging off the side.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While I'm trying to like varnish (I think it has a pretty good architecture, in principle), I'm having some troubles managing it and troubleshooting problems as they arise, so I'm wondering if it's really the right choice.  I've used squid in the past as a reverse proxy, but not in the same sorts of role, so I don't have a clear basis for comparison.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is targeted at people who have deployed varnish in production or seriously evaluated it against the alternatives: did you stick with varnish, or did you end up using another reverse proxy?  What were your key points for staying with it or switching, and if you did use something else, what did you end up using?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3505" RevisionGUID="2a3a55c3-c427-4ca5-be72-f5ac78772658" CreationDate="2009-05-03T09:07:41.247" UserId="38" Text="I always post this one, but it remains true.  [Beyond Compare][1] is the best folder &amp; file diff program.  It is so ridiculously useful for maintenance work and updating, plus it does built-in FTP &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.scootersoftware.com/" />
  <row Id="6040" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3505" RevisionGUID="2a3a55c3-c427-4ca5-be72-f5ac78772658" CreationDate="2009-05-03T09:07:41.247" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6041" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3506" RevisionGUID="f6b9a89f-6d41-42c3-9ba3-5fdaa8755014" CreationDate="2009-05-03T09:12:08.397" UserId="147" Text="The way I used to handle my email before I ran my own publicly visible SMTP server was as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Run a mail server on my local Unix box. I used to use qmail initially as it's very easy to set up (compared to sendmail or exim, which were the only mainstream alternatives back them) but these days I use postfix. Get the mail server to deliver the incoming email to Maildir mailboxes on the local server.&#xD;&#xA;- Use fetchmail to feed the email from my ISP accounts into the above mail server&#xD;&#xA;- You'll also need either an MUA like mutt that can read your email directly out of a Maildir or a pop3/imap server to deliver emails to your mail clients&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In your position I'd run a combination of postfix, dovecot (as an imap/pop3 server) and fetchmail for inbound emails and set up postfix to relay outbound emails via your ISPs outbound mail server. My mail setup is similar, but as my mail server receives its email directly I run amavisd-new with SpamAssassin and clamav to get rid of the obvious spam coming in." />
  <row Id="6042" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3433" RevisionGUID="b87cf64d-e095-4b9b-b22a-13b728ffba7b" CreationDate="2009-05-03T09:17:50.740" UserId="48" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;varnish&gt;&lt;reverse-proxy&gt;&lt;squid&gt;" />
  <row Id="6043" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2688" RevisionGUID="cac8ad15-6b27-428b-a869-36db0ea96bf3" CreationDate="2009-05-03T09:22:01.320" UserId="48" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;tfs&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;troubleshooting&gt;" />
  <row Id="6044" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3507" RevisionGUID="8781c6d3-1b62-420d-9441-417cd16779e7" CreationDate="2009-05-03T09:32:59.003" UserId="1576" Text="**Email Server management is the mind killer.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you have a need for privacy/secrecy then running a mail server is a PITA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Email is such a 99.99% required uptime service these days that losing email for one or more of your important accounts is potentialy catastrophic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, it's always worth having a spare domain name to use while learning new skills. So you could always just forward your gmail account to the server until it breaks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My recommendation though is to get a free &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html&quot;&gt;Google Apps&lt;/a&gt; account and take advantage of the excellent spam filtering &amp; all aound usefulness of IMAP/Calendar/Docs. It syncs with many handheld phones/devices and has a good record of uptime.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need privacy in your correspondence then look to the Firefox plugin FireGPG &lt;a href=&quot;http://getfiregpg.org/&quot;&gt;http://getfiregpg.org/&lt;/a&gt; for encryption." />
  <row Id="6045" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3507" RevisionGUID="fd422fb5-20a1-4863-8807-099a19fea342" CreationDate="2009-05-03T09:38:33.233" UserId="1576" Comment="typo" Text="**Email Server management is the mind killer.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you have a need for privacy/secrecy then running a mail server is a PITA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Email is such a 99.99% required uptime service these days that losing email for one or more of your important accounts is potentialy catastrophic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, it's always worth having a spare domain name to use while learning new skills. So you could always just forward your gmail account to the server until it breaks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My recommendation though is to get a free &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html&quot;&gt;Google Apps&lt;/a&gt; account and take advantage of the excellent spam filtering &amp; all around usefulness of IMAP/Calendar/Docs. It syncs with many handheld phones/devices and has a good record of uptime.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need privacy in your correspondence then look to the Firefox plugin FireGPG &lt;a href=&quot;http://getfiregpg.org/&quot;&gt;http://getfiregpg.org/&lt;/a&gt; for encryption." />
  <row Id="6046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3508" RevisionGUID="c3bc7f7a-37e5-454b-af7f-759aa0bc2200" CreationDate="2009-05-03T09:44:37.757" UserId="1618" Text="These are more for the desktop/laptop power users:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [safarp][safarp]: small and fast Add/Remove Programs &#xD;&#xA;- [launchy][launchy]: keystroke launchyer&#xD;&#xA;- [console][console]: multi-tabbed cmd.exe, (and then some)&#xD;&#xA;- [jkdefrag (portable)][jkd]:lite-weight defragger&#xD;&#xA;- [AnVir task manager][anvir]: manager for running processes, services, and startup programs (commercial but has a lite free version).&#xD;&#xA;- [Notepad++][npp]: Probably best text-editor available for windows.&#xD;&#xA;- [WinMerge][winmerge]: visual diff/merge tool&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[safarp]: http://wistinga.online.fr/safarp/&#xD;&#xA;[launchy]: http://www.launchy.net/&#xD;&#xA;[console]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/console&#xD;&#xA;[jkd]: http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/jkdefrag_portable&#xD;&#xA;[anvir]: http://www.anvir.com/taskmanager/&#xD;&#xA;[npp]: http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net&#xD;&#xA;[winmerge]: http://winmerge.org/" />
  <row Id="6047" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3508" RevisionGUID="c3bc7f7a-37e5-454b-af7f-759aa0bc2200" CreationDate="2009-05-03T09:44:37.757" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6048" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1779" RevisionGUID="59059a01-bac2-4a08-b33a-4aef780d3774" CreationDate="2009-05-03T09:51:23.810" UserId="45" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;website&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;web-apps&gt;" />
  <row Id="6049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3509" RevisionGUID="13ef25fd-e13b-4fb8-ae67-a10828b0718d" CreationDate="2009-05-03T09:51:37.273" UserId="1661" Text="lsof often gets ignored, its a very useful tool. lsof lets you view a list of every open file on the system, who / what is using it, etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For instance:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    root@tower:~ # umount /mnt/hardy&#xD;&#xA;    umount: /mnt/hardy: device is busy&#xD;&#xA;    umount: /mnt/hardy: device is busy&#xD;&#xA;    root@tower:~ # lsof | grep /mnt/hardy&#xD;&#xA;    bash       5966       root  cwd       DIR      253,2     1024          2 /mnt/hardy&#xD;&#xA;    root@tower:~ #&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I see that I'm logged into a shell in another terminal, and /mnt/hardy is my current working directory. So I can either kill that shell, or go to the other terminal and get out of that directory so it can be unmounted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's really a trivial example, its very handy for cleaning up the occasional 'bot' infestation too. The options are extensive, see man lsof for more.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6050" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3509" RevisionGUID="13ef25fd-e13b-4fb8-ae67-a10828b0718d" CreationDate="2009-05-03T09:51:37.273" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6051" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1649" RevisionGUID="cbcda7aa-0eb2-41e2-8d9f-665e0ff87d97" CreationDate="2009-05-03T09:51:49.987" UserId="45" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;asp.net&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="6052" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3507" RevisionGUID="64870cc5-cb4f-46f9-9378-99060e2ff0ec" CreationDate="2009-05-03T09:54:30.527" UserId="1576" Comment="Edit to try and be more positive" Text="**Email Server management is the mind killer.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you have a need for privacy/secrecy then running a mail server is a PITA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Email is such a 99.99% required uptime service these days that losing email for one or more of your important accounts is potentialy catastrophic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, it's always worth having a spare domain name to use while learning new skills. So you could always just forward your gmail account to the server until it breaks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My recommendation though is to get a free &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html&quot;&gt;Google Apps&lt;/a&gt; account and take advantage of the excellent spam filtering &amp; all around usefulness of IMAP/Calendar/Docs. It syncs with many handheld phones/devices and has a good record of uptime.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need privacy in your correspondence then look to the Firefox plugin FireGPG &lt;a href=&quot;http://getfiregpg.org/&quot;&gt;http://getfiregpg.org/&lt;/a&gt; for encryption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Damn I sound like a grumpy whingebags...&#xD;&#xA;I've built a range of mail servers and although I'm not answering your question directly I still think you should question 'why' you want to host your own. Building one is frustrating but learning is always worthwhile." />
  <row Id="6053" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3218" RevisionGUID="ce63296f-4bb2-4ba5-ab9b-5e63774327ec" CreationDate="2009-05-03T09:58:39.003" UserId="1008" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;production&gt;&lt;recommend&gt;" />
  <row Id="6054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3510" RevisionGUID="c7878bcb-e5b2-4328-880b-ef94aa233990" CreationDate="2009-05-03T10:00:19.577" UserId="45" Text="If you run hundred of web sites on your servers, what it is the most efficient, automated way to detect if bots are using your HTML forms to send spam email, even if your forms have some kind of protection?" />
  <row Id="6055" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3510" RevisionGUID="c7878bcb-e5b2-4328-880b-ef94aa233990" CreationDate="2009-05-03T10:00:19.577" UserId="45" Text="How to detect formular spamming on your web servers?" />
  <row Id="6056" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3510" RevisionGUID="c7878bcb-e5b2-4328-880b-ef94aa233990" CreationDate="2009-05-03T10:00:19.577" UserId="45" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;spam&gt;" />
  <row Id="6057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3511" RevisionGUID="84602d51-8a27-44b2-af32-111db7a13227" CreationDate="2009-05-03T10:00:43.867" UserId="1174" Text="You get this for programs with no digital signature.  To get rid of it, bug the developers to sign their software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know of you can disable it for individual files, but this will disable it for all .exe files:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Run gpedit.mscn using Start&gt;Run.  Then User Configuration&gt;Administrative Templates&gt;Windows Components&gt;Attachment Manager.  Then add '*.exe' to &quot;Inclusion list for moderate risk file types&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not really recommended.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6058" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1927" RevisionGUID="dc5f5b7d-b192-4eec-a4fd-0b395b710314" CreationDate="2009-05-03T10:02:16.047" UserId="783" Comment="forgot the link" Text="Actually, [**Log-Expert**][1] does what you want, plus a lot of nice feature&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.log-expert.de/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.log-expert.de/images/stories/logexpertshowcard.gif" />
  <row Id="6059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3512" RevisionGUID="fe938335-fb54-4d55-bdcc-fea62754de90" CreationDate="2009-05-03T10:05:30.530" UserId="984" Text="[Dirvish][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; What you consider to be essential&#xD;&#xA;&gt; features in backup software?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Being able to restore very easily&#xD;&#xA; - Doesn't waste storage or bandwidth for the backups&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dirvish.org/" />
  <row Id="6060" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3513" RevisionGUID="f4387e20-9804-4988-87fb-930a8018a8d9" CreationDate="2009-05-03T10:11:39.847" UserId="1222" Text="All software (EXE's, DLL's) should be signed for Windows Vista. It's required to get an application &quot;Certified for Vista&quot; and really just &quot;good practice&quot; overall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll most commonly see the prompt when running applications that haven't been installed, applications you've downloaded, etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you *really* want to &quot;trust&quot; a program that is on your system, without creating a security hole for other applications, then the easiest way would be to get your own digital signature and sign the application yourself (using `signtool.exe`) while also adding that certificate into windows certificate store. You don't need to purchase, a self signed certificate would be fine as long as it's in your Windows Certificate Store." />
  <row Id="6061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3514" RevisionGUID="9894f2f9-fc42-483e-bc0b-d65e9633bc36" CreationDate="2009-05-03T10:12:51.963" UserId="1174" Text="I looked at this same thing last week.  In the end I decided the IIS7 tech was still kind of green.  Load balancing/routing is really the kind of tech you want someone else to find the wrinkles in :-).  Have had a good experience with HAProxy and if your needs are simpler, nginx is easy to set up.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6062" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3515" RevisionGUID="1395a282-dafd-4ae3-80b6-3161dab3e8a3" CreationDate="2009-05-03T10:22:05.873" UserId="1174" Text="My lawyer puts them on the his emails...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I asked him about it and he said that notices of confidentiality and IP ownership prevent a recipient claiming they didn't know.  Beyond that he shrugged his shoulders - might help, might not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6063" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3507" RevisionGUID="74b3dd7d-48de-400b-80dc-3f8f506d6ad5" CreationDate="2009-05-03T10:24:27.973" UserId="1576" Comment="Clarification" Text="**Email Server management is the mind killer.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you have a need for privacy/secrecy then running a mail server is a PITA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Email is such a 99.99% required uptime service these days that losing email for one or more of your important accounts is potentialy catastrophic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, it's always worth having a spare domain name to use while learning new skills. So you could always just forward your gmail account to the server until it breaks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My recommendation though is to get a free &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html&quot;&gt;Google Apps&lt;/a&gt; account and take advantage of the excellent spam filtering &amp; all around usefulness of IMAP/Calendar/Docs. It syncs with many handheld phones/devices and has a good record of uptime.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need privacy in your correspondence then look to the Firefox plugin FireGPG &lt;a href=&quot;http://getfiregpg.org/&quot;&gt;http://getfiregpg.org/&lt;/a&gt; for encryption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Damn I sound like a grumpy whingebags...&#xD;&#xA;I've built a range of mail servers and although I'm not answering your question directly I still think you should question 'why' you want to host your own. Maintaining one is frustrating but learning is always worthwhile." />
  <row Id="6064" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3516" RevisionGUID="42e4d890-dc0f-412a-bb6d-778ca51092ea" CreationDate="2009-05-03T10:26:31.790" UserId="1222" Text="Have you looked at [Ubuntu on EC2][1]? There's a rather growing community on [google groups][2] that can probably give you some pointers on automated builds, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ubuntu.com/ec2&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://groups.google.com/group/ec2ubuntu" />
  <row Id="6065" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3516" RevisionGUID="42e4d890-dc0f-412a-bb6d-778ca51092ea" CreationDate="2009-05-03T10:26:31.790" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3517" RevisionGUID="4eb31f86-4ef6-4a2c-a413-205f3beb275b" CreationDate="2009-05-03T10:26:58.483" UserId="412" Text="I would suggest that sysadmins with UK interests read this....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Companies in the UK must include certain regulatory information on their websites and in their email footers before 1 January 2007 or they will breach the Companies Act and risk a fine.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/21/new_web_email_regulation/" />
  <row Id="6067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3518" RevisionGUID="0a98bdb3-f62d-4e2b-86ec-1a28fce194cd" CreationDate="2009-05-03T10:47:55.513" UserId="1375" Text="You should be able to see the rates at which particular accounts are sending e-mail on the server, and that's a good first step in detection once a spam run has started.  For prevention (an ounce of which is usually worth a pound or so of cure) I like to use the resources of [Project Honeypot][1], which has a great spambot detection system running to detect and list the IP addresses that abuse forms.  Participation in the project yourself is a good idea, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://projecthoneypot.org/" />
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  <row Id="6071" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3519" RevisionGUID="db6088a7-7f05-4670-a3b8-b9c1bebc77ad" CreationDate="2009-05-03T10:53:46.467" UserId="1222" Text="Due to my experience with FogBugz renaming &quot;suspicious&quot; files and adding a `.unsafe` extension, I generally send all binary attachments with a `.unsafe` extension and instruct the user to rename it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using an extension such as `.unsafe` is one that will unlikely be associated with any other program, and so even if the user has &quot;hide extensions for known file types&quot; turned on then the extension will display in Windows Explorer. Additionally these file extensions won't be blocked by Outlook.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's not any solution for a firewall that looks at the file type instead of extension, these are more likely to block something where the type differs from the extension. The only workaround here is to use a service &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most importantly, **using the `.unsafe` method gets around [GMail][1] filters**. Most of our staff have their email CC'd to Gmail on the server end and so we get bounces all the time from various internal mailing lists if we include executable files inside of ZIPs and they're copied to a Gmail account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://gmail.com" />
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  <row Id="6074" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3521" RevisionGUID="e253d704-eefe-4027-8762-e9cef70b7883" CreationDate="2009-05-03T10:57:28.660" UserId="1256" Text="&#xD;&#xA;What are the main causes of the following error and what sort of things would typically be checked to resolve it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    553 sorry, that domain isn't allowed to be relayed thru this MTA (#5.7.1)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In this instance, the workstation is a Windows Vista PC running Outlook 2007 and trying to reach an external (internet) mail provider." />
  <row Id="6075" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3521" RevisionGUID="e253d704-eefe-4027-8762-e9cef70b7883" CreationDate="2009-05-03T10:57:28.660" UserId="1256" Text="Mail domain authentication problems (error '553 sorry, that domain...')" />
  <row Id="6076" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3521" RevisionGUID="e253d704-eefe-4027-8762-e9cef70b7883" CreationDate="2009-05-03T10:57:28.660" UserId="1256" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;smtp&gt;&lt;error-message&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="6077" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3522" RevisionGUID="bbaf0ef2-9d35-4da5-8bf6-e02ada89635c" CreationDate="2009-05-03T10:59:54.940" UserId="1222" Text="Try dropping to a console and doing a `dpkg --configure -a` which will reconfigure all packages that are awaiting (or previously failed) configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Occassionally you might need to run `dpkg` multiple times before you get complete success, at which point you can then call an `apt-get dist-upgrade` to try an install those that didn't previously install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically just repeat those two steps, paying attention to any error messages that might arise, and you'll eventually get a fully updated system. If things really seem to be going wrong you can try `apt-get upgrade` instead of `apt-get dist-upgrade` which just tries to upgrade the &quot;current&quot; packages rather than trying to upgrade to the latest Ubuntu release.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The &quot;partial upgrade&quot; button corresponds to `apt-get upgrade`, while the &quot;upgrade&quot; button corresponds to a &quot;full upgrade&quot;. The step that isn't handled by the GUI is `dpkg --configure -a` and is the most common problem when trying to upgrade and particular packages have jumped a few versions rather than just one." />
  <row Id="6078" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3523" RevisionGUID="9592822d-4d09-4b51-a1ab-ea84f145eaa5" CreationDate="2009-05-03T11:04:50.577" UserId="1222" Text="This is commonly caused when you're trying to send mail without authenticating via the SMTP server and you're not on the servers &quot;allowed list&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you've connecting to a regular ISP, you'll usually get this message when trying to send email via their servers and when you're not on that ISPs network. This is often a problem for laptop users who will need to send email from a variety of networks - in this case the only solution is to configure authentication (if the ISP permits external authentication) or use another SMTP server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically it's to prevent spammers using that mail server, they only accept email for their configured domains, and for other domains (relaying) they only accept relaying from inside their own network. Otherwise any spammer could use that SMTP server to send mail to anyone they desired - this is known as an &quot;open relay&quot;" />
  <row Id="6079" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3523" RevisionGUID="8fdd813c-5ae7-46f9-9cdf-f643f1819792" CreationDate="2009-05-03T11:10:30.843" UserId="1222" Comment="added 923 characters in body" Text="This is commonly caused when you're trying to send mail without authenticating via the SMTP server and you're not on the servers &quot;allowed list&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you've connecting to a regular ISP, you'll usually get this message when trying to send email via their servers and when you're not on that ISPs network. This is often a problem for laptop users who will need to send email from a variety of networks - in this case the only solution is to configure authentication (if the ISP permits external authentication) or use another SMTP server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Certain servers will permit SMTP access to those who have successfully authenticated via POP3 or IMAP in the previous 5-10 minutes, others require authentication when outside their internal network, others require authentication for all mail that isn't going to an &quot;internal&quot; domain. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SMTP is used for servers to talk to each other, a message is passed between servers (relayed) until it reaches the destination server. This is done all without authentication, and usually it will go direct from your mail server to the server of the destination domain. In some configurations it might need to jump (relay) through other servers first before it gets to the internet and this is one of the reasons why SMTP servers are capable of accepting mail for other domains. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However this is a bad configuration, a server should only be configured to accept mail for particular domains (or any mail from particular computers/networks). This is to prevent spammers using that mail server, they only accept email for their configured domains, and for other domains (relaying) they only accept relaying from inside their own network. Otherwise any spammer could use that SMTP server to send mail to anyone they desired - this is known as an &quot;open relay&quot;" />
  <row Id="6080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3524" RevisionGUID="2fa4b51d-2ebf-4c74-a55a-d84a1094b421" CreationDate="2009-05-03T11:12:48.823" UserId="1222" Text="Assuming it's just some, and not all... then you'll need to post an error number/message to get some information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's all, then try re-registering the windows installer service&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    msiexec /unregister&#xD;&#xA;    msiexec /regserver" />
  <row Id="6081" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3498" RevisionGUID="5d8b1bd2-1350-486d-af77-4c771e1bdb7d" CreationDate="2009-05-03T11:26:57.760" UserId="45" Comment="added 200 characters in body" Text="On one specific server sometimes I get an error message when I'm trying to install security updates. The message is showed immediately after trying to install them. Where can I find the log files which show what's causing the problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:** Here are some details from the WindowsUpdate.log, the first relevant line in the log is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;... Agent WARNING: LoadLibrary failed for srclient.dll with hr:8007007e&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6083" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3525" RevisionGUID="8a829eb8-e4e0-403e-99fc-c753c9f22a4d" CreationDate="2009-05-03T11:32:19.137" UserId="431" Text="For the documentation and the blogs alone, you gotta start with http://www.ToadWorld.com." />
  <row Id="6084" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3525" RevisionGUID="8a829eb8-e4e0-403e-99fc-c753c9f22a4d" CreationDate="2009-05-03T11:32:19.137" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3526" RevisionGUID="2471d5f5-f718-4d69-b428-554172459dae" CreationDate="2009-05-03T11:34:37.710" UserId="1675" Text="I'm running Debian on a machine that has limited memory and no option to add swap space. The machine serves as a web and database server. The problem I'm seeing is that when multiple web requests come in, my database stops accepting connections and sometimes even crashes because the system has no more available RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to tell Linux to kill specific processes (in my case, Apache) in case another process (in my case, Firebird) requests memory and there is not enough? If it is not possible to do natively, maybe there is some tool to help me achieve this?" />
  <row Id="6086" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3526" RevisionGUID="2471d5f5-f718-4d69-b428-554172459dae" CreationDate="2009-05-03T11:34:37.710" UserId="1675" Text="Low memory application priority" />
  <row Id="6087" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3526" RevisionGUID="2471d5f5-f718-4d69-b428-554172459dae" CreationDate="2009-05-03T11:34:37.710" UserId="1675" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;limited&gt;&lt;memory&gt;&lt;process&gt;&lt;kill&gt;" />
  <row Id="6088" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3527" RevisionGUID="344fc0c6-91ef-493a-ba90-89843b5ec883" CreationDate="2009-05-03T11:34:50.020" UserId="431" Text="I wrote a [Microsoft DPM 2007 review][1] a while back, and the stuff in there still holds true.  If you're going to get the DPM data off the DPM server, you have to use a separate backup product that can read DPM's volume structure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd recommend going through the entire review (not just because I wrote it) because there's a few other gotchas.  For example, your problems with a NAS device will recur on DPM - there's no &quot;pool&quot; concept in DPM, so if your one DPM server goes offline, your backups fail and you can't do restores.  You'd better be really sure your DPM server is reliable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2008/08/microsoft-dpm-2007-review/" />
  <row Id="6089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3528" RevisionGUID="43367e0d-daa8-4de9-9235-4bafba4db628" CreationDate="2009-05-03T11:39:13.847" UserId="1003" Text="pkill or ps for killing processes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to use ps to kill any process with a given name *blah* and pkill might not be on the box you can:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    kill `ps -ef | grep &lt;blah&gt; | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'`" />
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  <row Id="6091" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="3498" RevisionGUID="fc62d04a-45a1-4d33-8420-6ed908a36c62" CreationDate="2009-05-03T11:41:30.207" UserId="45" Comment="edited title" Text="How to diagnose why an update cannot be installed on Windows Server 2003?" />
  <row Id="6092" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3529" RevisionGUID="c06e87f1-2ec7-4e93-874c-6a9a108bb396" CreationDate="2009-05-03T11:42:22.247" UserId="1222" Text="*NO* options? Could you add a USB key and use that as swap?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most applications don't handle &quot;out of memory&quot; errors very well, if at all. I'd suggest turning down the number of threads that Apache is permitted to run.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maxing out RAM is common, while maxing out RAM+Swap isn't a normal case on a production machine - it's a sign of needing more hardware :)" />
  <row Id="6093" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3530" RevisionGUID="310898c9-2555-437f-b52b-9d9ae8ff562e" CreationDate="2009-05-03T11:51:00.713" UserId="431" Text="Before I talk about LeftHand's VSA specifically, I'm going to zoom out and talk iSCSI in general.  If you're going to hook SQL Server up over 1 gig iSCSI, then your max storage bandwidth is 100MB/sec - fairly low.  It's pretty easy to saturate that with a handful of hard drives.  SQL Server lives and dies by IO speed, so as a result, I don't see a lot of production SQL Servers running entirely on iSCSI.  I love iSCSI, don't get me wrong, but it's pretty easy to hit the bandwidth ceiling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can add multiple network ports and start doing multipathing, but you have to be careful: most multipathing solutions out there aren't really active/active, but active/passive.  You can do some delicate setup operations and split out load - for example, use one array for your data, one for your logs, and use different network cards for the &quot;active&quot; pipe for each array.  However, that's a manual setup, and you have to stay on top of that manually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, let's talk LeftHand's VSA: not only are you facing these bandwidth limitations, but now you're going to lose some speed off the top due to the overhead of a software SAN implemented through virtualization.  The network throughput is virtualized, the storage access is virtualized, and the cpu/memory is virtualized - whereas SAN gear is built from the ground up for IO speed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does it work?  Absolutely.  Is it as fast as conventional SAN gear?  No, and in some cases, it's not even as fast as direct attached storage." />
  <row Id="6094" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3531" RevisionGUID="9366bc3c-d811-4246-b215-51a55548c620" CreationDate="2009-05-03T11:52:50.477" UserId="350" Text="My website is hosted with slicehost, so the Slicehost tool is excellent for starting, stopping my server, changing DNS settings and all sorts of other admin stuff." />
  <row Id="6095" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3532" RevisionGUID="a7034e77-1c43-4220-b83e-db21845833c8" CreationDate="2009-05-03T11:56:52.713" UserId="431" Text="KBK nailed most of 'em, and here's a few of my favorites:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [My SQL Server book reviews][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [My favorite SQL Server training videos][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [SQLBatman's rankings of the best SQL Server blogs][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2008/08/recommended-books-for-sql-server-dbas/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/04/free-sql-server-dba-training-videos/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://sqlbatman.com/rankings/" />
  <row Id="6096" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3532" RevisionGUID="a7034e77-1c43-4220-b83e-db21845833c8" CreationDate="2009-05-03T11:56:52.713" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3533" RevisionGUID="3c5c4de0-259e-4037-85b7-302966c233f2" CreationDate="2009-05-03T12:01:40.207" UserId="422" Text="I work as a consultant doing Identity Management implementations.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a number of products out there.  Oracle, Sun, IBM, Courion, Novell all make Identity Management products.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It always looks like an easy idea at the time, and each vendor makes it seem easy, but the back end business processes make it much harder than it ought to be.  I.e. There is no such thing as a default install.  Every body requires some silly customizations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for MS ILM, they have delayed ILM 2 till some time in 2010 now, and the version I did training on back in December was pretty darn weak at the time.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I primarily use Novell Identity Manager for customers, and we find it very effective.  Others who do Oracle or Sun products usually feel and say the same thing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should identify what connected systems you want to link. (I.e. What is your HR program?  Active Directory, and anything else?  Any other systems store Identity?) Then with a list of the systems you want to connect you can look at products to see how well they handle them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6098" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3526" RevisionGUID="6888ff57-6a6c-45ad-bf44-8b0dbfbbfd8f" CreationDate="2009-05-03T12:06:21.940" UserId="48" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;memory&gt;" />
  <row Id="6099" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3534" RevisionGUID="f28d79b1-e7a8-46ec-af91-acb49daa2710" CreationDate="2009-05-03T12:06:31.457" UserId="1713" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a 500GB HD, partitioned into a few gigantic Windows NTFS partitions. The partitions are loaded with files, but I still have enough space and I want to install and try out linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to 'slice a piece' off one of the partitions without formatting it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks,&#xD;&#xA;Yuval =8-)" />
  <row Id="6100" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3534" RevisionGUID="f28d79b1-e7a8-46ec-af91-acb49daa2710" CreationDate="2009-05-03T12:06:31.457" UserId="1713" Text="How to partition a Windows drive without formatting?" />
  <row Id="6101" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3534" RevisionGUID="f28d79b1-e7a8-46ec-af91-acb49daa2710" CreationDate="2009-05-03T12:06:31.457" UserId="1713" Text="&lt;partition&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;howto&gt;" />
  <row Id="6102" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3535" RevisionGUID="1487232a-b2cf-410f-b298-d03945f306de" CreationDate="2009-05-03T12:09:45.553" UserId="48" Text="Partition management software such as [Partition Magic][1] will allow you to do this. However, make sure you have a full backup of everything important before you do this, it usually works fine, but when your altering disk partition data it pays to be careful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.symantec.com/norton/partitionmagic" />
  <row Id="6103" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3534" RevisionGUID="c87e0bed-ce5e-4498-ad0a-20a12a20e0e5" CreationDate="2009-05-03T12:10:45.190" UserId="48" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;partition&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;howto&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="6104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3536" RevisionGUID="13810df0-d16d-4409-9a41-fa454b17650b" CreationDate="2009-05-03T12:10:54.723" UserId="431" Text="I did an hour-long webcast with the options for SQL Server high availability and disaster recovery, discussing the pros and cons of each:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.quest.com/events/listdetails.aspx?contentid=9185&amp;technology=34&amp;prod=&amp;prodfamily=&amp;loc=&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You have to register to watch it, though." />
  <row Id="6105" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3537" RevisionGUID="0f9453e1-9e40-4a3d-acae-7301468dce2a" CreationDate="2009-05-03T12:11:12.943" UserId="588" Text="If you can empty one of the partitions, you can delete it (My Computer =&gt; Manage =&gt; Disk Management) and then you can Linux-format it." />
  <row Id="6107" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3539" RevisionGUID="f1bf13a7-da93-452f-9838-7e3f1f00a0da" CreationDate="2009-05-03T12:15:57.487" UserId="1565" Text="I suggest using [Wubi][1] which allows you to install Ubuntu to NTFS without having to make a new partition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wubi-installer.org/ &quot;Wubi&quot;" />
  <row Id="6108" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3540" RevisionGUID="26800b47-346b-4bdd-bd09-2ec3a78e3ffd" CreationDate="2009-05-03T12:22:31.090" UserId="431" Text="There's two parts to this question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**First, how do you copy/move data with identity fields?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're going to be doing this regularly between two or more servers, you need to set up their identity seeds to be different.  For example, if you have two servers sharing a table with a small amount of records, you might set one up with an identity seed of 1, and the other with an identity seed of 1,000,000.  One server will start its identity field at 1 and go up, and the other at the higher number.  Of course, you still have to keep an eye on this to make sure you don't end up with overlapping records.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, when you want to copy data from one server to another, you prefix your inserts with the SET IDENTITY_INSERT command as referenced here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188059.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you can temporarily disable the identity field so you can pump data from one server to another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Second, how do you copy/move data in general?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a bunch of ways to do this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - SQL Server replication - can automatically sync data between multiple servers.  It's built into the product, and it's flexible, but it's a pain in the rear to set up and manage.  It's not for syncing dev/test environments like you're looking for.&#xD;&#xA; - Scripting with SQL Server Management Studio - works, but it lacks flexibility, and it's a manual pain in the rear too.&#xD;&#xA; - Data/schema comparisons with 3rd party products - tools like [Toad for SQL Server][1] will compare schemas and data between two servers and bring 'em in sync.  (Disclaimer: I work for Quest, the makers of Toad.)  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're moving data between production &amp; dev/test, then restore the production data onto your dev/test server as another database name, and then do your database syncs there.  It'll be faster, it won't impact your production box, and if you do something wrong (like sync data the wrong way) it won't wreck production.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.toadsoft.com/toadsqlserver/toad_sqlserver.htm" />
  <row Id="6109" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2483" RevisionGUID="f9d47cd3-0d8c-43e0-a2b6-b9e69d33051e" CreationDate="2009-05-03T12:33:43.980" UserId="45" Comment="added 1173 characters in body" Text="I recommend you read this article, which is a really comprehensive resource of the state of the art:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[The SSD Anthology: Understanding SSDs and New Drives from OCZ][1] (march 18, 2009)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On page 8 there is a section *&quot;Putting Theory to Practice: Understanding the SSD Performance Degradation Problem&quot;* which is particulary interesting and important in order to understand why SSDs get slower the more you use them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The conclusion of the author:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; While personally I'm not put off by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the gradual slowdown of SSDs, I can&#xD;&#xA;&gt; understand the hesitation. In the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; benchmarks we've looked at today, for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the most part these drives perform&#xD;&#xA;&gt; better than the fastest hard drives&#xD;&#xA;&gt; even when the SSDs are well worn. But&#xD;&#xA;&gt; with support for TRIM hopefully&#xD;&#xA;&gt; arriving close to the release of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows 7, it may be very tempting to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; wait. Given that the technology is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; still very new, the next few revisions&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to drives and controllers should hold&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tremendous improvements.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Drives will get better and although&#xD;&#xA;&gt; we're still looking at SSDs in their&#xD;&#xA;&gt; infancy, as a boot/application drive I&#xD;&#xA;&gt; still believe it's the single best&#xD;&#xA;&gt; upgrade you can do to your machine&#xD;&#xA;&gt; today. I've moved all of my testbeds&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to SSDs as well as my personal&#xD;&#xA;&gt; desktop. At least now we have two&#xD;&#xA;&gt; options to choose from: the X25-M and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the Vertex.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=3531" />
  <row Id="6110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3541" RevisionGUID="198976e5-e0ce-4892-8e12-efb8b263eae3" CreationDate="2009-05-03T12:34:19.377" UserId="1696" Text="I would recommend Partition Magic however as previously stated ensure you back-up your files. I would also recommend running a defrag program to tidy up the data pieces on HD. This will make the 'slicing' procedure less prone to failure and loss of data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As another users has already pointed out ideally i would tidy up the hard drive partitions before this.&#xD;&#xA;I just tend to have 2 partitions for windows:&#xD;&#xA;C: Drive for windows &amp; programs&#xD;&#xA;D: Drive for personal data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have seen some people create seperate partitions for page files and programs but this always seemed excessive to me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, why create a partition at all? Why not install VMWare for free and run it as a virtual machine?" />
  <row Id="6111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3542" RevisionGUID="372d6537-309d-451e-bf82-eccdbea5817f" CreationDate="2009-05-03T12:35:14.197" UserId="1222" Text="[Ubuntu][1] supports resizing an existing Windows partition during installation, that's probably going to be your best bet. Just defrag first so that all the data gets moved to the beginning of the disk and you'll be OK :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're willing to shell out a few bucks, then [Partition Magic][2] will give you more flexibility in resizing partitions (including auto-defrag, well at least last time I used it)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also of note if you're just wanting to &quot;try it out&quot;, Ubuntu offers a Live CD that you can boot off directly. You can also install to a USB device if you're looking for a temporary/test solution. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ubuntu.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.symantec.com/norton/partitionmagic" />
  <row Id="6112" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3543" RevisionGUID="bc900208-eb52-480a-9793-a1431a5cdb41" CreationDate="2009-05-03T12:36:54.863" UserId="301" Text="All drives fail. Either through wear, or though manufacturing fault. By placing those drives in a RAID0 configuration you have doubled the chances of a drive fault destroying your data." />
  <row Id="6113" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3529" RevisionGUID="6e7c9f33-a5fc-48ea-b934-30e415ea982e" CreationDate="2009-05-03T12:39:29.757" UserId="1222" Comment="(erased previous answer in response to comments) ... " Text="If you're using a rented VM, then just add a swap file instead of a swap partition. Lower performance, but at least you'll have the available memory when required :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How to create a swap file?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1024 count=1000000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will create file (/swapfile) of size 1GB (round)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mkswap /swapfile&#xD;&#xA;add this file to your swap pool&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;    swapon /swapfile&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will do the job, now you have an extra Gb of swap memory.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3544" RevisionGUID="49365601-1c3d-46be-9494-1502c417e65d" CreationDate="2009-05-03T12:40:46.070" UserId="1715" Text="[SQL Internals Viewer][1] - Allows    you to browse &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SQL Server Fine    Build][2] - Best Practices one-click installer tool &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SQL IO GUI][3] - GUI    Tool for SQIO &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[DMV Stats][4] -    Collect &amp; analyze DMV data &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SQL    Server Web Data Administrator][5] -    Perfect for admin' SQL Server on    shared hosting&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlinternalsviewer.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.codeplex.com/SQLServerFineBuild&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.usaupload.net/d/4qmkm6bg5k4&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.codeplex.com/sqldmvstats&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.codeplex.com/SqlWebAdmin" />
  <row Id="6115" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3524" RevisionGUID="a626f6b5-2288-448d-85e1-6758f4dc7ce9" CreationDate="2009-05-03T12:44:27.233" UserId="1222" Text="Assuming it's just some, and not all... then you'll need to post an error number/message to get some information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's all, then try re-registering the windows installer service&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    msiexec /unregister&#xD;&#xA;    msiexec /regserver&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For **Agent WARNING: LoadLibrary failed for srclient.dll with hr:8007007e** - have a look at [KB831429][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/831429" />
  <row Id="6116" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3545" RevisionGUID="83f25373-60ac-425f-9307-fd758a9625a2" CreationDate="2009-05-03T12:47:21.907" UserId="1463" Text="As you're talking about your system and applications drive, then reliability shouldn't be a concern, right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You have no important data on it, if it breaks - just replace the drive(s) and restore the system from the last system backup. Easy, fast and shouldn't cost you more than an hour or so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally SSDs (while flaky in performance some times) have a much more reliable mode of operation - and can warn you when it starts to break down. Of course, interface electronics and other stuff can suddenly stop working, as always. And as noted in other answers, performance may degrade with wear - replace them in time." />
  <row Id="6118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3547" RevisionGUID="0f6cf6a5-80e7-462c-9404-23aaf7384d5b" CreationDate="2009-05-03T13:02:24.317" UserId="368" Text="What would you recommend as a way to manage users in a small Linux network, so that users only need to be created on one machine with them synchronized automatically on the others. Some are laptops that are not always connected if that matters. Currently only Ubuntu or Xubuntu machines exist, but this may change. &lt;p&gt;Also, a link to a tutorial for the tool if you're familiar with a good one.&lt;p&gt; Thank you!" />
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  <row Id="6122" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3482" RevisionGUID="cfa41962-d1c4-4c3c-a74c-faad94af8252" CreationDate="2009-05-03T13:19:48.800" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;system-administration&gt;&lt;utilities&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="6123" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3548" RevisionGUID="d97c1f68-2323-4ae4-957d-82e93dc5b5e4" CreationDate="2009-05-03T13:20:24.260" UserId="1223" Text="Yes, this is possible. The fundamental algorithm for reducing the a partition is that first you move the file system content towards the beginning of the of the partition (not necessarily the same as defragmenting, but very similar (and it could be identical)) so that the file system towards the end of the partition is unused. After that you reduce the size of the file system to somewhere between original size and the accumulated file sizes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then as a final step you change the partition entry to match the reduced file system size. The extremely vital point in this operation is that the new partition entry that replaces the old one must start at the exact very same location. If this goes wrong recovering is not trivial and possibly not possible at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For increasing a partition things are done in the opposite order, first the partition is changed to a larger size and then the file system is changed to match the new size.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many tools provide all this as a single operation and then does all the necessary steps under the hood. But they will all follow the above procedure (and will include their own code for doing the file system operation).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[GNU parted][1] supports resizing in one operation like that although not for all files systems, and ntfs is one of them. There exists a tool [ntfsresize][2] that does support the file system resizing and then you must use a partition tool like parted or fdisk to do the final partition change like described above (*make sure to use “sector” unit so that you are 100% sure that the changed partition entry starts at the very same place*). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Gparted][3] is a graphical frontend for parted that also includes support for ntfsresize and will thus support resizing ntfs partitions in one operation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tips:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - defrag on your NTFS file system first to make less work to be done in the reduction operation.&#xD;&#xA; - reboot every time right after you have changed the partition table (you really want to be safe than sorry).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**As always when doing this kind of partition operation, backup is always a good idea.** Backup is always a good idea in any case, but especially here since destroying the partition table is a fast way to loose all your data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/index.shtml&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ntfsresize&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="6124" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3549" RevisionGUID="e78a2dcc-16b7-40a1-9503-9bebb1837e2d" CreationDate="2009-05-03T13:24:04.140" UserId="301" Text="Take a look at [puppet][1]. In addition to user management, you can do package, service and configuration management. Puppet runs in a client / server model, using ssl certificates to secure traffic, so you can even use it to push configuration to anyone who can connect to the puppet server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/" />
  <row Id="6125" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3550" RevisionGUID="2017ddd0-69e0-452d-9e2a-2574440f5023" CreationDate="2009-05-03T13:28:09.793" UserId="914" Text="Ideally you'd want to use LDAP for this so password sync, you can disable globally etc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a hacky way you could simply have a cron to scp the /etc/passwd file from one machine to others.  Although if you did that you'd have to make sure users always change their password on this one machine rather than another." />
  <row Id="6126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3551" RevisionGUID="442ea883-73d6-4d0c-b35f-b712952157be" CreationDate="2009-05-03T13:31:24.483" UserId="1625" Text="the sysinternals suite, live edition:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://live.sysinternals.com/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://live.sysinternals.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;hexedit or another hex editor&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="6128" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3552" RevisionGUID="4a073a1c-2bce-4070-b7a1-0aa09c49c70d" CreationDate="2009-05-03T13:36:10.807" UserId="284" Text="I need to inventory the hardware on some Linux clients I recently &quot;inherited&quot;. In the past, on Windows, I've used the excellent CPU-z to generate the hardware inventory. Is there a Linux equivalent? " />
  <row Id="6129" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3552" RevisionGUID="4a073a1c-2bce-4070-b7a1-0aa09c49c70d" CreationDate="2009-05-03T13:36:10.807" UserId="284" Text="Is there a Linux equivalent of CPU-z?" />
  <row Id="6130" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3552" RevisionGUID="4a073a1c-2bce-4070-b7a1-0aa09c49c70d" CreationDate="2009-05-03T13:36:10.807" UserId="284" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;inventory&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="6131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3553" RevisionGUID="59d9ca58-e29a-4ddb-aef8-e8c0ac21ef56" CreationDate="2009-05-03T13:41:01.260" UserId="45" Text="![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3595/3489384602_1fd9f9d2b3_m.jpg" />
  <row Id="6132" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3553" RevisionGUID="59d9ca58-e29a-4ddb-aef8-e8c0ac21ef56" CreationDate="2009-05-03T13:41:01.260" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3554" RevisionGUID="5eff987e-39a6-4a74-9d80-399a32458ddd" CreationDate="2009-05-03T13:41:52.163" UserId="1466" Text="Most **live linux CDs** have a &quot;Partition Manager&quot; or **gparted** that can do this for you.  Just boot from the CD, and look for it in the menu.  It's easy, and it's free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As mentioned in other posts - you should defrag your windows partition from within windows before doing this.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also make sure you have a valid backup first.  Although this tool seems to go overboard in being &quot;safe&quot;, if you were to lose power or something in the middle of a critical step, you could lose access to everything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6137" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3556" RevisionGUID="7ea247bd-1cfb-4ef2-8ece-1136b4a9cecc" CreationDate="2009-05-03T13:44:03.470" UserId="629" Text="[ebox](http://ebox-platform.com/) has been adopted by Ubuntu as the official config platform for ubuntu server. It has (I belive) a higher level view of tasks than webmin - task based rather than config file based.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On ubuntu hardy (8.04 LTS) it can be installed from the repositories, though apparently it is a bit broken in the gutsy and intrepid releases. [More on ebox in ubuntu](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/eBox)." />
  <row Id="6138" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3557" RevisionGUID="2be5d7b7-d5ba-4e80-b9a8-d04edbee426f" CreationDate="2009-05-03T13:45:12.907" UserId="816" Text="I have used [YouSendIt][2] to send a zip file over 20 MB.  As [Justin Scott][1] said there are several companies offering these services. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1735/what-is-the-most-reliable-way-to-send-a-zip-file-via-email/1741#1741&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.yousendit.com/" />
  <row Id="6142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3561" RevisionGUID="b041e67f-e400-4cf9-95a0-ee85a16ef9e2" CreationDate="2009-05-03T13:49:38.557" UserId="216" Text="    % cat /proc/cpu&#xD;&#xA;    % dmidecode&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6146" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3565" RevisionGUID="7085b2be-b25a-452d-857f-b7a52bda0ce0" CreationDate="2009-05-03T14:03:30.990" UserId="1720" Text="You can start out with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ cat /proc/cpuinfo&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But for big jobs, HAL tends to be the major mechanism to enumerate and identify hardware on Linux.  Strictly, speaking, HAL is an API accessible over the system DBus, but there are command-line tools to make HAL information available for human or script consumption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To start out, try this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ hal-device&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The UDI is a namespace within HAL for all devices in your system.  Everything else is key/value pairs where the keys are in a hierarchy defined in the [HAL specification][spec]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [spec]: http://people.freedesktop.org/~david/hal-spec/hal-spec.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not familiar with CPU-z, but if you are interested in CPU information, search or grep for `info.category = 'processor'` which will give you a list of processors on the system, the manufacturer, whether they can throttle, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Incidentally, do any Windows people know what kind of API or low-level tools there are to discover/enumerate hardware in Windows?  I've always been curious.)" />
  <row Id="6147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3566" RevisionGUID="2af136f9-4ee5-4d1a-83b5-b0837ad74310" CreationDate="2009-05-03T14:08:18.653" UserId="1210" Text="You don't mention what kind of perimeter security you have in place.  With Cisco firewalls you can limit the number of embryonic (half sessions) that your firewall will allow before it cuts them off, while still allowing full sessions to go through.  By default it's unlimited, which offers no protection." />
  <row Id="6149" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3568" RevisionGUID="3146b1fc-0054-4a8d-8e8d-932ed992b326" CreationDate="2009-05-03T14:10:56.057" UserId="464" Text="Are there any heuristics to define server requirements for typical applications? Coming from internal development to a handful of users, this is our first deployment of a internet application. Internally, we just deploy, monitor and act if needed, but being on a tight budget and having to deploy remotely, I have to do a estimate with a greater degree of accuracy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have the following sources of input to a parametric estimate:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Out of testing I get:&#xD;&#xA;- the trafic volume&#xD;&#xA;- the number of SQL requests&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And from the project management I get the number of expected total and simultaneously connected users. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a rule of thumb that I can apply on these parameters?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="6151" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3568" RevisionGUID="3146b1fc-0054-4a8d-8e8d-932ed992b326" CreationDate="2009-05-03T14:10:56.057" UserId="464" Text="&lt;estimation&gt;" />
  <row Id="6152" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3561" RevisionGUID="b2da8312-4620-43bb-8ff8-4960047f7fb2" CreationDate="2009-05-03T14:13:16.690" UserId="216" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="    % cat /proc/cpuinfo&#xD;&#xA;    % dmidecode&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3569" RevisionGUID="916f8222-3ef8-4453-87df-985f38c19635" CreationDate="2009-05-03T14:14:17.937" UserId="914" Text="    # dmidecode&#xD;&#xA;    # cat /proc/cpuinfo&#xD;&#xA;    # lspci -vvv&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will all show you info about both CPU and memory, you might want to run `update-pciids` prior to some of those commands in order to grab the latest up to date info from the net." />
  <row Id="6154" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3570" RevisionGUID="eef2013f-91ad-4798-a74e-2f8ca025f320" CreationDate="2009-05-03T14:17:56.260" UserId="1210" Text="Scheduling, scheduling, scheduling.  It's an absolute must that whatever system you analyze, it has the ability to schedule startup/shutdowns.  This will allow you to turn off all PCs and a given time, say 6PM.  Then turn half of them back on at 1AM (every Monday) to get WSUS updates and run defrags, then turn them off at 3AM.  Then turn the other half of them back on at 1AM (every Tuesday)...etc...etc...etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe some other features that would be nice to have are obvious, the ability to do the following to remote machines:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - logoff&#xD;&#xA; - reboot&#xD;&#xA; - shutdown&#xD;&#xA; - poweroff&#xD;&#xA; - standby&#xD;&#xA; - hibernate&#xD;&#xA; - lock&#xD;&#xA; - WOL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remote admins should also be able to shutdown messages to the remote computers, allow the messages to be cancellable, run remote programs, and tell the console whether you want an immediate action to be taken or schedule any of the aforementioned actions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6155" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3569" RevisionGUID="415c857f-3a6a-4657-b073-db56844e4aae" CreationDate="2009-05-03T14:19:52.417" UserId="914" Comment="added 46 characters in body" Text="    % dmidecode&#xD;&#xA;    % cat /proc/cpuinfo&#xD;&#xA;    % lspci -vvv&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As root will all show you info about both CPU and memory, you might want to run `update-pciids` prior to some of those commands in download the newest version of the PCI ID list to ensure everything reports your hardware correctly." />
  <row Id="6163" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3573" RevisionGUID="7963a294-cc7f-4083-8997-90f891901412" CreationDate="2009-05-03T14:25:13.370" UserId="1210" Text="You don't mention what kind of perimeter you have.  My experience with firewalls is that you can have your main line entering your firewall, set up some kind of heartbeat on your ISPs perimeter router (which most will allow if you ask), and when that heartbeat fails, you have a backup DSL line or something inexpensive that it will failover to." />
  <row Id="6164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3574" RevisionGUID="b4aa4396-1697-4578-a610-abe45edfe43e" CreationDate="2009-05-03T14:30:59.380" UserId="1166" Text="You can tune the OOM killer, to prefer certain processes. Each process has a score that indicates the likelihood of the process being killed in case the system runs in OOM situation. You can see the score of a process in `/proc/${PID}/oom_score`. You can bias the decision of the OOM killer using `/proc/${PID}/oom_adj`: a high value increases the probability that OOM killer is going to kill ${PID}. The value of `oom_adj` is inherited by children so you just set it in the master apache process at startup (in this case you should hava a watchdog that restarts apache); an alternative is to leave the master process at its default level and tune up each child so that the master stays alive and re-spawns the children as needed (in this case you need an external daemon that checks for new children and tunes `oom_adj`). Of course this assumes that you are using the multi process worker ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please note that the normal range of `oom_adj` values (-16,15) is only a bias, the heuristic of the OOM killer may still choose another process if its score is high enough. The special value -17 makes the process unkillable by OOM killer, but it's dangerous, because if the unkillable process (e.g. you DB) goes berserk the kernel may be unable to recover from the memory shortage." />
  <row Id="6167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3576" RevisionGUID="5a3ef3a2-2b0f-4039-ae24-0573ae4300b8" CreationDate="2009-05-03T14:47:53.533" UserId="319" Text="Have them rename file.zip to file.zipx." />
  <row Id="6168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3577" RevisionGUID="c22b2c83-4e28-492e-87e4-3653451e5623" CreationDate="2009-05-03T14:49:56.057" UserId="1723" Text="Use [SysrescCD][1] which comes with gparted and huge amount of other hd utils. You also can install [Gentoo][2] linux using it (you can install gentoo using almost any live cd with 2.6 kernel).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SysrescCD][3] also  includes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [GNU Parted][4] creates, resizes, moves, copies partitions, and filesystems (and more).&#xD;&#xA;- [GParted GUI][5] implementation using the GNU Parted library. &#xD;&#xA;- [Partimage][6] saves / restores partitions to an image file on another partition or to another system. &#xD;&#xA;- [FSArchiver][7] flexible tool to save/restore a filesystem to a compressed archive. &#xD;&#xA;- Ntfs3g: enables read/write access to MS Windows NTFS partitions. &#xD;&#xA;- [sfdisk][8] saves / restores partition table (and more).&#xD;&#xA;- [mhdd][9] great tool to remap bad blocks, erase drive diagnose it.&#xD;&#xA;- Test-disk tool to check and undelete partition, supports reiserfs, ntfs, fat32, ext2/3 and many others &#xD;&#xA;- [Memtest+][10] to test the memory of your computer (first thing to test when you have a crash or unexpected problems) &#xD;&#xA;- Network tools (Samba, NFS, ping, nslookup, ...) to backup your data across the netw&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also you can buy [Acronis Disk Director Suite][11] and repartition your harddrive using it (it's also great tool but it's not free).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sysresccd.org/Download&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://gentoo.org&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.sysresccd.org/Download&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.partimage.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.fsarchiver.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://linux.die.net/man/8/sfdisk&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/MHDD.shtml&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.memtest.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/" />
  <row Id="6169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3578" RevisionGUID="f61b4701-3b43-4b0e-9b84-656bc94cd757" CreationDate="2009-05-03T14:51:56.067" UserId="1720" Text="# Main Task&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the procedure for dumping a VirtualBox system?  Note that this is not migrating the guest OS from hardware to virtualization or anything else mentioned by Googling &quot;migrate virtualbox&quot;.  I mean:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Moving all guest data (virtual drives, snapshots, etc) onto external media or remote storage&#xD;&#xA;* Being able to confidently and completely delete that data from my system&#xD;&#xA;* From a different system with VirtualBox installed, being able to fetch the guest data, write it to the local storage, and boot it up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect that the backing up part is straightforward enough; but the restoration may require manual edits of the XML config files via some well-defined process.  I'd love to know that process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# Bonus points&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* I am on Linux, but a platform-independent solution would be great too.  Hell, even a Windows solution would be a decent starting point.&#xD;&#xA;* If the solution supports dissimilar installation and data directories, that would be cool. But if not, I can accept the requirement that both systems use identical paths for VirtualBox directories&#xD;&#xA;* Support for dissimilar host hardware (specifically Ethernet) might be nice, but is not terribly important for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Well, any ideas?  I will upvote partial solutions which point me in the right direction." />
  <row Id="6170" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3578" RevisionGUID="f61b4701-3b43-4b0e-9b84-656bc94cd757" CreationDate="2009-05-03T14:51:56.067" UserId="1720" Text="How do I migrate, dump, or restore a VirtualBox system?" />
  <row Id="6171" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3578" RevisionGUID="f61b4701-3b43-4b0e-9b84-656bc94cd757" CreationDate="2009-05-03T14:51:56.067" UserId="1720" Text="&lt;virtualbox&gt;&lt;migration&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="6172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3579" RevisionGUID="74204dcf-80fa-4529-9fce-ac1da39fe881" CreationDate="2009-05-03T14:52:57.283" UserId="1166" Text="[x86info][1] can decode CPU features and display them in human readable from.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/projects/x86info/" />
  <row Id="6173" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3580" RevisionGUID="6037cbd9-22b5-469d-a1c7-e44e8c2a0d82" CreationDate="2009-05-03T14:53:05.347" UserId="1306" Text="I need some good examples and links to companies that you are already using for buying SAN hardware, SAN data centers, etc.,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6174" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3580" RevisionGUID="6037cbd9-22b5-469d-a1c7-e44e8c2a0d82" CreationDate="2009-05-03T14:53:05.347" UserId="1306" Text="What is a storage area network (SAN)? and What are some of the ways that it can be used?" />
  <row Id="6175" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3580" RevisionGUID="6037cbd9-22b5-469d-a1c7-e44e8c2a0d82" CreationDate="2009-05-03T14:53:05.347" UserId="1306" Text="&lt;san&gt;" />
  <row Id="6176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3581" RevisionGUID="bfaa7044-3290-4bb7-8d8e-8f1bb4f77d92" CreationDate="2009-05-03T14:54:22.507" UserId="1723" Text="You can list all hardware using&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    lshw&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    lspci" />
  <row Id="6177" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3582" RevisionGUID="a2c1ca5e-164e-4589-a2aa-05401f07f28a" CreationDate="2009-05-03T14:57:37.660" UserId="1314" Text="I don't think there is any rule of thumb you can apply, except that the only way to know how your application will perform is to watch how your application performs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be sure to do load tests targeting 1.5-2 times the load your project teams anticipates. If you handle this load succesfully then I would keep increasing the load so you know what the breaking point is." />
  <row Id="6178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3583" RevisionGUID="8f62bd5a-3c84-4d4a-802a-25a6c738b06b" CreationDate="2009-05-03T14:59:49.293" UserId="163" Text="If you clients are technical and will understand the suggestions and answers listed here then you're good to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might try sending an e-mail with boiler plate text of the steps to follow to send you files.  They will have something to reply to and hopefully all the answers to their possible questions.  Don't forget to customize the subject line so you can find individual replies in the sea of replies you get.  Maybe even a small app you can run while to push out such e-mails on demand (on the phone or IM with a client).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If however your clients are not too technical (the kind that would embed a screen shot in a power point slide) then you have other troubles.  The other suggestions most likely will cause a lot of confusion and generate more questions.  In this situation, you might be better off with a custom web site (or page) that walks them through uploading the file through your web page directly to you (or at least look like it is directly to you).  Some of your customers might have reservations about putting what they might consider sensitive data onto what appears to be a public site, even if it really is secure.  They will get a better feeling dealing directly with your site and not a third party.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6179" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3584" RevisionGUID="d433c8a9-cb57-4253-ae06-6a3f797b6d2c" CreationDate="2009-05-03T15:00:28.700" UserId="1460" Text="I live by [TaskInfo][1], an integrated utility that beats Task Manager and Systems Information hands down. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.iarsn.com/taskinfo.html" />
  <row Id="6180" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3584" RevisionGUID="d433c8a9-cb57-4253-ae06-6a3f797b6d2c" CreationDate="2009-05-03T15:00:28.700" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6183" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3587" RevisionGUID="534c2ffb-4b85-4089-b36f-3ac0f9e746a1" CreationDate="2009-05-03T15:26:12.663" UserId="544" Text="I've used [gparted][1] several times with good results. It works like partition magic, booting from a CD image and loading a minimalistic linux, allowing me to make changes to partitions safely. I ran into some issues sometimes but with old computers working not so well. Latest versions worked always very well.&#xD;&#xA;I like this product because is Open Source and I try always to use open source software instead first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="6184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3588" RevisionGUID="fd417672-9fda-47e2-b93e-55e421945180" CreationDate="2009-05-03T15:28:01.707" UserId="1155" Text="I believe that to really get value from Turbo Memory you need to run an OS that supports Turbo Memory natively, such as Windows Vista.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Some computer manufacturers have called NAND flash caching (Intel's Turbo Memory technology) performance into question.[9] According to an online June 2007 review by Anand Lal Shimpi on Anandtech.com, TurboMemory results in negligible performance or battery life gain, despite the fact that TurboMemory adds an average of $100 to the price of a laptop (AnandTech)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would refer to the following articles:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[AnandTech: Investigating Intel's Turbo Memory: Does it really work?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ReadyBoost - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3009&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReadyBoost" />
  <row Id="6185" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3589" RevisionGUID="9e7e884d-10de-4cc7-b985-c98a75da9fdf" CreationDate="2009-05-03T15:35:18.383" UserId="1019" Text="I would like to test a few of my workstations hard drive performance and would like to know what are some good utilities for this task. They aren't database, nor file servers so I don't need anything &quot;enterprisey&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems like a couple workstations have much slower disk performance and I want to measure it to confirm my &quot;feeling&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Opps, I should have added that I need utilities for Windows." />
  <row Id="6186" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3589" RevisionGUID="9e7e884d-10de-4cc7-b985-c98a75da9fdf" CreationDate="2009-05-03T15:35:18.383" UserId="1019" Text="Windows utilities for testing workstation disk performance?" />
  <row Id="6187" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3589" RevisionGUID="9e7e884d-10de-4cc7-b985-c98a75da9fdf" CreationDate="2009-05-03T15:35:18.383" UserId="1019" Text="&lt;benchmarks&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;" />
  <row Id="6188" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3590" RevisionGUID="7a66acb7-e024-44d1-a8d8-24635559b138" CreationDate="2009-05-03T15:37:22.293" UserId="326" Text="Use [bonnie++][1] under Linux for testing the file system performance. This package also contains [zcav][2] to benchmark raw disk performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Under Windows I've used [HD Tune][3] once.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/bonnie/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/zcav/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.hdtune.com/" />
  <row Id="6189" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3591" RevisionGUID="724292ff-e0ec-470a-b53a-b2d57f141844" CreationDate="2009-05-03T15:39:22.723" UserId="48" Text="[IOMeter][1] is a free and open source utility for measuring disk performance. I have used it previously and it works pretty well for basic disk information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's available for Windows, Linux and Netware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Performance counters built into Windows can also be used to monitor the performance of a lot of objects, including disks. You'll want to look at the  Physical Disk Performance Object.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HDTach][2] is another product I have seen recommended, but have not tried myself as yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.iometer.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public/index.php?request=HdTach" />
  <row Id="6191" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3591" RevisionGUID="fc763a57-f540-4eac-a488-e57d70171f85" CreationDate="2009-05-03T15:44:39.403" UserId="48" Comment="deleted 3 characters in body" Text="[IOMeter][1] is a free and open source utility for measuring disk performance. I have used it previously and it works pretty well for basic disk information. It's available for Windows, Linux and Netware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Performance counters built into Windows can also be used to monitor the performance of a lot of objects, including disks. You'll want to look at the  Physical Disk Performance Object.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HDTach][2] is another product I have seen recommended, but have not tried myself as yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.iometer.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public/index.php?request=HdTach" />
  <row Id="6192" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3592" RevisionGUID="ed85eb3c-64e9-49ec-9f69-bb3a3fb4fb97" CreationDate="2009-05-03T15:45:51.010" UserId="1565" Text="I recommend [Sandra][1] as it allows you to compare the performance to other systems with similar setups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sisoftware.net/" />
  <row Id="6193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3593" RevisionGUID="1aa8977c-e72a-4364-a96a-e652896c58ed" CreationDate="2009-05-03T15:46:14.207" UserId="326" Text="From the [Wikipedia article][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; A storage area network (SAN) is an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; architecture to attach remote computer&#xD;&#xA;&gt; storage devices (such as disk arrays,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tape libraries, and optical jukeboxes)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to servers in such a way that the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; devices appear as locally attached to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the operating system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SANs can be used always when you need to separate your storage from the servers that are using it. This might be required for redundancy (multiple servers accessing the same storage) or just flexibility of management (freely (re-)assign parts of the storage to hosts).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storage_area_network" />
  <row Id="6194" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3594" RevisionGUID="9abcc9fe-1568-432c-bb02-287aab55bfa2" CreationDate="2009-05-03T15:48:38.567" UserId="1664" Text="Interesting Question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Historically, prior to the advent of fully switched networks, the main consideration to breaking a network into subnets had to do with limiting the number of nodes in a single collision domain. That is, if you had too many nodes, your network performance would reach a peak and eventually would collapse under heavy load due to excessive collisions. The exact number of nodes that could be deployed depended on lots of factors, but generally speaking you could not regularly load the collision domain much beyond 50% of the total bandwidth available and still have the network be stable all the time. 50 nodes on the network was a lot nodes in those days. With heavy use users, you might have topped out at 20 or 30 nodes before needing to start subnetting things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, with fully switched full-duplex subnets, collisions are not a concern anymore and assuming typical desktop type users, you can typically deploy hundreds of nodes in a single subnet without any issues at all. Having lots of broadcast traffic, as other answers have alluded to, might be a concern depending on what protocols/applications you are running on the network. However, understand that subnetting a network does not necessarily help you with your broadcast traffic concerns. Many of the protocols use broadcasting for a reason - that is, when all the nodes on network actually need to see such traffic to implement the application level feature(s) desired. Simply subnetting the network doesn't actually buy you anything if the broadcasted packet is also going to need to forwarded over to the other subnet and broadcasted out again. In fact, that actually adds extra traffic (and latency) to both subnets if you think this through.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally speaking, today, the main reasons for subnetting networks has much more to do with organizational, administrative and security boundary considerations than anything else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The original question asks for measurable metrics that trigger subnetting considerations. I am not sure there are any really. It is going to depend dramatically depending on the application and I don't think there is really any trigger points that would generally apply.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Relative to rules of thumbs in planning out subnets:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Consider subnets for each different organizational department/division, especially as they get to be non-trivial (50+ nodes!?) in size each.&#xD;&#xA; - Consider subnets for groups of nodes/users using a common application set that is distinct from other users or node types (Developers, VoIP Devices, manufacturing floor)&#xD;&#xA; - Consider subnets for groups of users that have differing security requirements (securing the accounting department, Securing Wifi)&#xD;&#xA; - Consider subnets from a virus outbreak, security breach and damage containment perspective. How many nodes get exposed/breached - what is an acceptable exposure level for your organization? This consideration assumes restrictive routing (firewall) rules between subnets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With all that said, adding subnets adds some level of administrative overhead and potentially causes problems relative to running out of node addresses in one subnet and having too many left in another pool, etc. The routing and firewall setups and placement of common servers in the network and such get more involved, that kind of thing. Certainly, each subnet should have a reason for existing that outweighs the overhead of maintaining the more sophisticated logical topology.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3595" RevisionGUID="6d5586d9-e3b4-4077-95c8-382ae9435fb2" CreationDate="2009-05-03T15:52:27.873" UserId="1723" Text="Forget about any syncronization tools (of course you can use rsync in cron but it can lead to missycronized user passwords and corrupted during power failure passwd &amp; shadow files) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just use [OpenLDAP][1] just bacause it's standard solution that everybody use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Read:&#xD;&#xA;[http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LDAP-HOWTO/][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://openldap.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LDAP-HOWTO/" />
  <row Id="6196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3596" RevisionGUID="a29acb66-bcf3-4fad-ab91-d2be5f1e2c32" CreationDate="2009-05-03T15:55:23.217" UserId="1726" Text="I have several Ubuntu Server 8.04 machines at a remote location. Every couple of months or so, one of them would stop responding and need to be power cycled. From looking at my log files it seems that all my processes are running fine until at some point everything just stops. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect it's a hardware problem, but I don't even know how to begin pinpointing the issue. Are there any diagnostics tools or techniques designed to track down these sort of problems?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know this is a fairly general question, but I'm hoping for a general answer. " />
  <row Id="6197" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3596" RevisionGUID="a29acb66-bcf3-4fad-ab91-d2be5f1e2c32" CreationDate="2009-05-03T15:55:23.217" UserId="1726" Text="How to troubleshoot hanging linux server" />
  <row Id="6198" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3596" RevisionGUID="a29acb66-bcf3-4fad-ab91-d2be5f1e2c32" CreationDate="2009-05-03T15:55:23.217" UserId="1726" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;troubleshooting&gt;&lt;diagnose&gt;" />
  <row Id="6200" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="585" RevisionGUID="63420672-bf5b-44ec-b973-b7386f9ea998" CreationDate="2009-05-03T16:05:05.627" UserId="1155" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-home-server&gt;&lt;whs&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="6201" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3598" RevisionGUID="4b031c45-3775-4e16-9d28-382589afe8fd" CreationDate="2009-05-03T16:13:17.417" UserId="1436" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.memtest.org/&quot;&gt;Memtest&lt;/a&gt; would be the first point of call although if you can, ask the center to plug in a console next time it crashes. If the kernel is going, it should output something to screen." />
  <row Id="6202" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3599" RevisionGUID="075fd733-c54b-4c5e-acd9-5f07a345bae8" CreationDate="2009-05-03T16:15:01.483" UserId="386" Text="I had a similar problem in the past, and it turned out to be heat related.  Improving the circulation and adding a fan or two helped big-time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, make sure you've got SMART enabled on your disks and have a look to see if maybe one of them is on its last legs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might want to install munin to monitor them all and see what's going on." />
  <row Id="6203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3600" RevisionGUID="d7e94ba4-63e9-4043-9543-7aa4676b6891" CreationDate="2009-05-03T16:16:06.880" UserId="149" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to serve a PHP app that handles lots of requests. I want to know if there's any real benefit in going with anything other than Apache, and what are the pros and cons of the alternatives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have some experience using lighttpd and nginx for Rails applications. Are they good contenders for PHP too? Any important setup tricks?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How about PHP accelerators, can they be used with these alternative servers, is it a good idea?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm on an OpenSolaris box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not sure if relevant, but, later on, I'm planning to put a Varnish proxy/cache in front of this server." />
  <row Id="6204" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3600" RevisionGUID="d7e94ba4-63e9-4043-9543-7aa4676b6891" CreationDate="2009-05-03T16:16:06.880" UserId="149" Text="Fastest option for a PHP webserver" />
  <row Id="6205" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3600" RevisionGUID="d7e94ba4-63e9-4043-9543-7aa4676b6891" CreationDate="2009-05-03T16:16:06.880" UserId="149" Text="&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;php&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;httpd&gt;" />
  <row Id="6206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3601" RevisionGUID="a3d3a06b-da9b-412b-a635-96d782ffda46" CreationDate="2009-05-03T16:26:27.027" UserId="181" Text="Apache is a good base with mod-php - and adding APC for byte-code caching, and some variable caching will help immensely, in fact, it's the most obvious thing you can do to speed up PHP scripts run-times (also, use Yslow to speed the HTML front-end and make sure that the database is optimised). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a few suggestions I'd add though, such as avoiding serving the images and other static content from Apache.  I've got a separate (sub-)domain with a dedicated image server (I use [thttpd][1], but [nginx][2] is also entirely suitable). Serving the images from an entirely separate domain name (or a CDN) would be ever better though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NginX also has the advantage of being able to act as a proxy, which has it dealing with inbound connections, and then spoon-feeding the results back out - which means that the back-end producer processes of Apache2/Mod_php can work at full local-network speeds, rather than having to wait for the web-browser clients to catch up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Varnish can perform additional work beyond what Nginx can do, but I don't know it so well - it might be you could just one one, or the other, but it's unlikely to have to use both.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://nginx.net/" />
  <row Id="6210" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3589" RevisionGUID="ceeb4323-47b8-465f-b5d7-208c31ca52bb" CreationDate="2009-05-03T16:33:07.010" UserId="1019" Comment="edited body" Text="I would like to test a few of my workstations hard drive performance and would like to know what are some good utilities for this task. They aren't database, nor file servers so I don't need anything &quot;enterprisey&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems like a couple workstations have much slower disk performance and I want to measure it to confirm my &quot;feeling&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oops, I should have added that I need utilities for Windows." />
  <row Id="6215" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1735" RevisionGUID="7e8b401d-5fe5-45fc-a05d-7dc240b44259" CreationDate="2009-05-03T16:49:18.843" UserId="1164" Comment="further clarification" Text="I often have clients email zip files to me only to find out that their corporate firewall has stripped the attached file.  What is the most straight-forward way to send a compressed file through email and avoid getting your attachment stripped out by over-eager firewalls?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To clarify, I'm not worried about sending files out as I can host them on my own web server for download.  I'm looking for a good, simple solution for having clients email files to me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To clarify further: since I have control over my software running on client systems, and I control how the data files are created, I'd still like to explore options of how I might package my data to make it as easy as possible to &lt;em&gt;email&lt;/em&gt; specifically.  I'd like to avoid requiring my clients to install any additional software or use third party websites on their end.  " />
  <row Id="6219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3606" RevisionGUID="02b6d2ef-bf22-47f1-b0fc-8492036aee0c" CreationDate="2009-05-03T16:54:53.807" UserId="1723" Text="How to make OpenBSD to install on 2 slices:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- /&#xD;&#xA;- swap&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;instead of 6:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- / &#xD;&#xA;- swap&#xD;&#xA;- /tmp&#xD;&#xA;- /var&#xD;&#xA;- /usr&#xD;&#xA;- /home&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suppose that I must create all that folders on root fs but how can I do that during installation" />
  <row Id="6220" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3606" RevisionGUID="02b6d2ef-bf22-47f1-b0fc-8492036aee0c" CreationDate="2009-05-03T16:54:53.807" UserId="1723" Text="OpenBSD installation on 2 slices" />
  <row Id="6221" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3606" RevisionGUID="02b6d2ef-bf22-47f1-b0fc-8492036aee0c" CreationDate="2009-05-03T16:54:53.807" UserId="1723" Text="&lt;openbsd&gt;&lt;installation&gt;&lt;slices&gt;" />
  <row Id="6222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3607" RevisionGUID="c15c0687-4f6b-48ac-b04e-12cd0ff26ce0" CreationDate="2009-05-03T16:55:43.337" UserId="768" Text="I'm setting up a [Samba][samba] server on [Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition][ubuntu].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'm trying to do is have a share that is readable by everyone, and writable by a select few.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am able to login from my computer using [`smbclient //server/security -U admin`][smbclient],&#xD;&#xA;but I am unable to connect using [`Places-&gt;Connect to Server...`] with a username and password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thought I came up with is that I'm using lower case letters in the password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a portion of the [`/etc/samba/smb.conf`][smb.conf] file that was generated by [`swat`][swat].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[global]&#xD;&#xA;  preferred master = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  domain master    = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  wins support     = Yes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  security               = SHARE&#xD;&#xA;  usershare allow guests = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  guest ok               = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  null passwords         = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  guest account          = samba&#xD;&#xA;  map to guest           = Bad User&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  unix password sync     = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  lanman auth            = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  client plaintext auth  = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  lanman auth            = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  client NTLMv2 auth     = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  client lanman auth     = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  client plaintext auth  = Yes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Security]&#xD;&#xA;  comment = Security and Antivirus software&#xD;&#xA;  path                = /share/security&#xD;&#xA;  write list          = admin&#xD;&#xA;  inherit permissions = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  inherit owner       = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  hide special files  = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  hide unreadable     = Yes&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All files and folders are currently owned by the username `samba`, but I am willing to change the owner if it would help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would really prefer to keep it under share mode security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help would be appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[samba]: http://www.samba.org/&#xD;&#xA;[smb.conf]: http://www.google.com/search?btnI=&amp;q=site%3Asamba.org+smb.conf&#xD;&#xA;[swat]: http://www.google.com/search?btnI=&amp;q=site%3Asamba.org+swat&#xD;&#xA;[smbclient]: http://www.google.com/search?btnI=&amp;q=site%3Asamba.org+smbclient&#xD;&#xA;[ubuntu]: http://www.ubuntu.com/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6223" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3607" RevisionGUID="c15c0687-4f6b-48ac-b04e-12cd0ff26ce0" CreationDate="2009-05-03T16:55:43.337" UserId="768" Text="Problem connecting to a Samba server with share mode security." />
  <row Id="6224" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3607" RevisionGUID="c15c0687-4f6b-48ac-b04e-12cd0ff26ce0" CreationDate="2009-05-03T16:55:43.337" UserId="768" Text="&lt;samba&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="6225" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3608" RevisionGUID="71d799e7-1201-4271-91df-dce44159d903" CreationDate="2009-05-03T16:55:59.250" UserId="914" Text="You're best of having a distributed revision control system rather than a centralised like SVN.  That way every single person has an entire mirror of the repo.  I'd recommend [git][1] which is used for the [linux kernel version management][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://git-scm.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://git.kernel.org/" />
  <row Id="6226" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3609" RevisionGUID="1c7db99d-7c1d-4ce3-80fd-6ec80ebfe90c" CreationDate="2009-05-03T16:58:04.843" UserId="914" Text="I really wouldn't recommend attempting to create an install without a seperate /home partition.  Having a separate home partition has massive advantages when correcting problems , backing up and restoring or reinstalling the entire system." />
  <row Id="6227" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3352" RevisionGUID="86bcb1d6-f69b-403c-981c-f304529dd304" CreationDate="2009-05-03T16:59:37.227" UserId="1683" Comment="improved formatting" Text="What do you do with your old / unused hardware? Cables, Hard drives, motherboards, and others peripherals you have around? Stuff that is broken or just too obsolete to use." />
  <row Id="6228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3610" RevisionGUID="522971b1-eed7-467a-baa5-ca99b09713f0" CreationDate="2009-05-03T17:00:24.853" UserId="914" Text="[nginx][1] combined with [php-fpm][2] and [xcache][3] will provide massive speed improvements over any Apache solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on your application incorporating something such as [memcache][4] may also provide massive caching advantages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nginx.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://php-fpm.anight.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://xcache.lighttpd.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.danga.com/memcached/" />
  <row Id="6229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3611" RevisionGUID="7255d19e-35cf-441d-8dee-7f91108501b5" CreationDate="2009-05-03T17:06:13.500" UserId="1581" Text="**Stop! - Before I Answer Your Question**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please give serious consideration to installing **virtualization software**. Microsoft's [Virtual PC][2] and Sun's [VirtualBox][3] offer free virtualization solutions which provide quick and safe ways to &quot;install and try out&quot; systems/installations without hacking up your system into little pieces.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**But to answer your question:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should take a look at EASEUS ([http://www.partition-tool.com/][1]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It allows you to resize partitions without reformatting. The home edition is **freeware** and it often compared to Partition Magic as a free alternative.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Enjoy,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Robert C. Cartaino&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.partition-tool.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.virtualbox.org/" />
  <row Id="6230" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3600" RevisionGUID="786bc88f-ad07-4ca7-831b-3fde4b213cc6" CreationDate="2009-05-03T17:09:48.217" UserId="149" Comment="added 173 characters in body" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to serve a PHP app that handles lots of requests. I want to know if there's any real benefit in going with anything other than Apache, and what are the pros and cons of the alternatives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have some experience using lighttpd and nginx for Rails applications. Are they good contenders for PHP too? Any important setup tricks?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How about PHP accelerators, can they be used with these alternative servers, is it a good idea?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm on an OpenSolaris box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not sure if relevant, but, later on, I'm planning to put a Varnish proxy/cache in front of this server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Edit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to add that I have absolutely no intention of touching the app. It's the quintessential mess that PHP is famous for, and there's basically no time." />
  <row Id="6231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3612" RevisionGUID="655606aa-ecbe-40b0-b10e-ad863e4afff2" CreationDate="2009-05-03T17:16:27.687" UserId="1565" Text="If you haven't used virtualization, VMWare Server v2 is a good starting point.  If learning and ease of use is your goal, then stick with Server v2.  If performance is your goal, ESXi will give you more as it does not have the overhead of the Windows OS having to load into memory and CPU calls having to be translated though the OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your WHS uses RAID, you will likely lose it on ESXi as it is unlikely that ESXi will support your setup.  I could be wrong on this, so it is best to check on VMWare forums." />
  <row Id="6232" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3606" RevisionGUID="20b9dd49-8132-4777-b6f8-a3bb1c47c33d" CreationDate="2009-05-03T17:16:59.947" UserId="1723" Comment="added 68 characters in body" Text="What if I realy need OpenBSD to be installed on 2 slices (on virtual machine and not for production purposes):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- /&#xD;&#xA;- swap&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;instead of 6:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- / &#xD;&#xA;- swap&#xD;&#xA;- /tmp&#xD;&#xA;- /var&#xD;&#xA;- /usr&#xD;&#xA;- /home&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suppose that I must create all that folders on root fs but how can I do that during installation?" />
  <row Id="6233" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3613" RevisionGUID="2d3ccf16-9050-4faa-bb12-b1cf4375928e" CreationDate="2009-05-03T17:19:20.863" UserId="1734" Text="Does PostgreSQL have good performance or administration tools?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been using postgres for quite some time now, but I still do not know a huge amount about ways to optimise and maintain a database, and keep it running well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have had a look through the manual, but since it is quite a mature product, I am assuming there are a couple of 'must-have' utilities for it?" />
  <row Id="6234" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3613" RevisionGUID="2d3ccf16-9050-4faa-bb12-b1cf4375928e" CreationDate="2009-05-03T17:19:20.863" UserId="1734" Text="Postgresql Administration Tools" />
  <row Id="6235" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3613" RevisionGUID="2d3ccf16-9050-4faa-bb12-b1cf4375928e" CreationDate="2009-05-03T17:19:20.863" UserId="1734" Text="&lt;postgresql&gt;&lt;dba&gt;&lt;administration&gt;&lt;utilities&gt;" />
  <row Id="6236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3614" RevisionGUID="423400c4-9d4a-458f-a25e-fe6ab3a3f823" CreationDate="2009-05-03T17:23:30.447" UserId="1428" Text="Put in a comprehensive remote monitoring solution with something like Zabbix.  Monitor aspects of system resource usage, as well as any hardware statistics that are available to the operating system (eg. fan speeds, temperatures and the like).  That way, when your system next falls over, you'll have a number of data points you can look at to see what the problem is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With this approach you may find, for example, that you have a process that goes out of control with RAM allocation, pushes the system into swap, and causes the out of memory killer to start carving its way through your running processes, leaving the machine unresponsive.  Without monitoring, you couldn't have known that." />
  <row Id="6237" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3615" RevisionGUID="250ef42d-6dec-4610-b3d5-b5dce74c603f" CreationDate="2009-05-03T17:29:20.480" UserId="1428" Text="Ifaraone points at a good tutorial for this.  If you're used to RedHat kickstart, the Ubuntu approach will probably annoy you to begin with.  Don't be tempted to use the Ubuntu &quot;port&quot; of kickstart config - it's insufficiently mature at this stage to be flexible enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In particular, disc partitioning using preseed is a real pain, as the partman configuration &quot;language&quot; is obtuse, under-documented and insufficiently flexible.  It is, however, possible using techniques similar to those documented at http://blog.loftninjas.org/2007/07/04/complex-lvm-on-an-alternative-install-of-ubuntu-debian-installer/ to rip partman out and do your own partitioning in a script.  Recommended if you want to do anything quite so unusual* as running LVM on top of software RAID.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you've got preseeded network installs running, I'd thoroughly recommend looking at using puppet for managing configuration from installation onwards." />
  <row Id="6238" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3616" RevisionGUID="45f3ebcd-4c2d-46a3-a0f9-bc6794db88a8" CreationDate="2009-05-03T17:32:23.093" UserId="1428" Text="I have a custom Zabbix configuration for extracting useful data points from MySQL.  I should get around to opening these scripts up to the community." />
  <row Id="6239" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3617" RevisionGUID="ef89bbe6-640b-4f7c-a97f-12f26e56636e" CreationDate="2009-05-03T17:37:21.053" UserId="1428" Text="Some good suggestions here from other posters about ruling out the software, and tweaking your RAID performance.  It's worth mentioning that if your workload is write-heavy, then going for hardware with a battery-backed write cache is likely to be the right thing to do if you're considering replacing your kit." />
  <row Id="6241" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3619" RevisionGUID="f96be623-1a96-4b34-9907-2372c783fa1e" CreationDate="2009-05-03T17:43:13.473" UserId="1565" Text="Does there exist a USB key that acts like a 1.44MB floppy drive?  I know there are USB floppy drives and USB flash drives, but if I can find a floppy key, I can finally get rid of the floppy disks entirely.  The ideal product would work like those off brand memory cards for the Playstation that had multiple memory pages that could be changed with a button.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know USB keys can be made bootable, but I work with older servers that support USB floppies but not bootable keys." />
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  <row Id="6243" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3619" RevisionGUID="f96be623-1a96-4b34-9907-2372c783fa1e" CreationDate="2009-05-03T17:43:13.473" UserId="1565" Text="&lt;usb&gt;&lt;floppy&gt;" />
  <row Id="6244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3620" RevisionGUID="c0fb8c8d-bf37-4d48-8f8d-ad5b8007e730" CreationDate="2009-05-03T17:43:44.423" UserId="1428" Text="I find &quot;ngrep&quot; really useful for debugging network code on remote servers without having to punt tcpdump files around:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ngrep -d any -W byline port 80&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for example, will show you live HTTP requests and responses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One other thing I've found useful frequently is the &quot;-e&quot; switch to strace:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    strace -p &lt;pid&gt; -e trace=open&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will show all open() syscalls for a given pid, and&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    strace -p &lt;pid&gt; -e trace=\!rt_sigprocmask&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will exclude all calls to rt_sigprocmask() from the output (useful for debugging RoR code, which seems to make an awful lot of those calls when built to use pthreads)." />
  <row Id="6245" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3620" RevisionGUID="c0fb8c8d-bf37-4d48-8f8d-ad5b8007e730" CreationDate="2009-05-03T17:43:44.423" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6246" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3607" RevisionGUID="ccdd423b-eacb-4469-8e2f-b692ac020b0d" CreationDate="2009-05-03T17:45:20.473" UserId="48" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;samba&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="6247" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3621" RevisionGUID="c9b295d1-cff3-44ca-a567-6643d6dd5fc5" CreationDate="2009-05-03T17:46:35.400" UserId="1702" Text="The version of linux is a hard question. If we look at it narrowly we have the kernel version you can get with &quot;`uname -r`&quot;. Distribution version is mostly irrellevant. Some distributions are better (enterprise distributions such as Redhat Enterprise Linux). Other distributions like Gentoo are basically moving targets that have no sensible version at all.&#xD;&#xA;If you need to do things based on version, take a look at major components that are relevant to you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Component       Version command&#xD;&#xA;    glibc           /lib/libc.so.6&#xD;&#xA;    gcc             gcc --version&#xD;&#xA;    X               xdpyinfo&#xD;&#xA;    libX11          pkg-config --modversion x11&#xD;&#xA;    gtk+            pkg-config --modversion gtk+-2.0&#xD;&#xA;    qt-4            pkg-config --modversion QtCore&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;       etc..." />
  <row Id="6248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3622" RevisionGUID="5c724951-3cea-4858-a474-dadc0243a728" CreationDate="2009-05-03T17:47:24.040" UserId="1428" Text="Package management *or* Linux From Scratch.  You only get to choose one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;LFS is a fun thing to try, and will help you learn things you'd otherwise not be exposed to, but please don't use it in production anywhere." />
  <row Id="6249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3623" RevisionGUID="e3a22cd8-3fd2-483e-b067-e698540dccad" CreationDate="2009-05-03T17:49:03.130" UserId="1428" Text="I use either CentOS or Ubuntu LTS releases.  Both are stable, well-known and well-supported." />
  <row Id="6250" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3624" RevisionGUID="e6740de9-c6ae-4206-99db-9ea8575191f5" CreationDate="2009-05-03T17:56:25.360" UserId="1453" Text="I've used [Passmark PerformanceTest][1]. Probably not as detailed as IOMeter (and not free) but very easy to use and compare your results with others. It reminds me of 3DMark.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.passmark.com/products/pt.htm" />
  <row Id="6251" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3625" RevisionGUID="3a35831d-5542-4166-a585-27d22a589b2e" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:02:08.170" UserId="1032" Text="Fpr Linux: If you wan't to transfer *all* virtual machines you can simply copy the ~/.VirtualBox folder from one machine to another. As long as the VirtualBox Versions are the same this will simply work. (I recently mounted this folder via sshfs and even this worked).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6253" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3626" RevisionGUID="c9a0f6ec-afc1-4f60-9bec-a0cedb0d3a46" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:10:56.980" UserId="102" Text="**The setup:** I have a Linux (Gentoo, if that makes a difference) box that serves as a gateway for the whole apartment. This box does its NAT-magic with iptables and dhcpd.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The problem:** I have a certain computer that I want to have a port forwarded to (for torrents, if, again, there's a difference).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have just enough Linux administration skills to read howtos and get stuff configured properly (eventually), but the howtos I found for my case were too unclear and seemed to be unnecessarily complex.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For what I've gathered, my problem is twofold: getting the dhcpd reliably assign a certain static IP to the computer I want, and then getting iptables configured for the port forwarding.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could someone give me a definite, step-by-step guide in how to do this? I'm sure I'm not the only one wanting to do this..." />
  <row Id="6254" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3626" RevisionGUID="c9a0f6ec-afc1-4f60-9bec-a0cedb0d3a46" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:10:56.980" UserId="102" Text="Port forwarding with iptables and dhcpd" />
  <row Id="6255" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3626" RevisionGUID="c9a0f6ec-afc1-4f60-9bec-a0cedb0d3a46" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:10:56.980" UserId="102" Text="&lt;iptables&gt;&lt;dhcp&gt;&lt;port-forwarding&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="6256" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3565" RevisionGUID="ae4f3b4b-a9df-47ec-b33f-f166da89a64b" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:13:03.510" UserId="1720" Text="Other answers about `/proc/cpuinfo`, `lspci`, `dmidecode` and other tools are helpful.  I would try to get away with them first if I could.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But for big jobs, HAL is the major mechanism to enumerate and identify hardware on Linux.  Strictly, speaking, HAL is an API accessible over the system DBus, but there are command-line tools to make HAL information available for human or script consumption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To start out, try this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ lshal&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The UDI is a namespace within HAL for all devices in your system.  Everything else is key/value pairs where the keys are in a hierarchy defined in the [HAL specification][spec]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [spec]: http://people.freedesktop.org/~david/hal-spec/hal-spec.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not familiar with CPU-z, but if you are interested in CPU information, search or grep for `info.category = 'processor'` which will give you a list of processors on the system, the manufacturer, whether they can throttle, etc.  In general, `info.category` is the basic grouping of devices (battery, AC adapter, disk, etc.)" />
  <row Id="6260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3627" RevisionGUID="662578e2-f4cd-455a-b63e-668678bc6914" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:19:36.757" UserId="613" Text="I think that [PgAdmin][1] is pretty popular.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pgadmin.org/" />
  <row Id="6261" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3628" RevisionGUID="f6783f84-6e50-4886-bd12-f3b2488a107b" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:20:07.737" UserId="1561" Text="`iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING -s ! {internal-network} -d {public-address} -p tcp --dport {port-on-public-address} -j DNAT --to-dest {internal-address}`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **internal-network** is the IP address that represents your network, i.e. 192.168.1.0&#xD;&#xA;- **internal-address** is the IP address that represents the host you want to expose, i.e. 192.168.1.2&#xD;&#xA;- **public-address** is the IP address of the interface that is facing your ISP&#xD;&#xA;- **port-on-public-address** is the port number that traffic would arrive at if your internal computer could see it; note that this rule does not change the port number as it forwards, it simply passes the packet along &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6262" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3629" RevisionGUID="0065b958-67b4-421f-b4f4-ecbfa2223245" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:21:53.333" UserId="711" Text="&gt; since I have control over my software&#xD;&#xA;&gt; running on client systems, and I&#xD;&#xA;&gt; control how the data files are created&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You do not specify what kind of software they are running, but this seams quite a &quot;normal&quot; thing to do... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From your software, why not contact your service (WCF for example) and send a message with a file attached (or log file, or whatever you think that might help you resolving any question that this files will do) and I can give you an example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SuperOffice][1] CRM as an option in the assembly file (both in the Windows and Web versions) called &quot;SendToSuperOffice&quot; under the Logs group, if that is set to true, they will get the log file from the client software with the database key (client serial number) and all the Errors and Failures and help the client in that way... no need to put the client sending files or info witch is fantastic when dealing with end users that some have problems even how to send a file inside an email!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.SuperOffice.com" />
  <row Id="6263" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3630" RevisionGUID="fa28919c-6fae-4949-9d93-90f456c82b18" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:22:44.953" UserId="1218" Text="For real simple tasks we use [phpPgAdmin][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; phpPgAdmin is a web-based administration tool for PostgreSQL. It is perfect for PostgreSQL DBAs, newbies and hosting services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.phppgadmin.org/" />
  <row Id="6264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3631" RevisionGUID="49b2fc06-492e-4616-ac2a-8ad97f044c97" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:23:07.060" UserId="613" Text="&#xD;&#xA;To get dhcp to reliably assign a certain static IP to the computer you want, the usual thing to do is to look into how to tell your dhcp server (whichever one you're running) to statically map a mac address to an IP address.  This will make it always hand out the same IP (that you specify) to that mac address.  You'll need to let us know what dhcp server you're using (dhcpd? dnsmasq?) to get more particular than that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once that's done, you now have a 'static' IP to do your port forwarding to.  To do this you want, as @Avery Payne says, to do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING -s ! {internal-network} -d {public-address} -p tcp --dport {port-on-public-address} -j DNAT --to-dest {internal-address}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6265" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3628" RevisionGUID="8f21a0e4-dec0-469b-ac0c-514697af9ce0" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:26:02.950" UserId="1561" Comment="warning for network omission syntax" Text="`iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING -s ! {internal-network} -d {public-address} -p tcp --dport {port-on-public-address} -j DNAT --to-dest {internal-address}`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **internal-network** is the IP address that represents your network, i.e. 192.168.1.0&#xD;&#xA;- **internal-address** is the IP address that represents the host you want to expose, i.e. 192.168.1.2&#xD;&#xA;- **public-address** is the IP address of the interface that is facing your ISP&#xD;&#xA;- **port-on-public-address** is the port number that traffic would arrive at if your internal computer could see it; note that this rule does not change the port number as it forwards, it simply passes the packet along &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note the space between the -s, the exclaimation mark, and {internal-network}, be sure to have a space on *both* sides." />
  <row Id="6266" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3632" RevisionGUID="a502bdf8-fa95-43d5-b983-56fea5abb21e" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:28:21.010" UserId="1720" Text="This is totally off the wall and possibly not an ideal solution for you, but consider **writing a tiny standalone app that takes a file as input and writes a new copy of that file with all bytes XORed with 0xFF**.  Perhaps give it the the same path but with an extra extension like .dat.  Customers could put it on their desktop and just drag files on top of it.  Windows should run the program with the full pathname of the source file as an argument.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That should be hardly more than a couple dozen lines of code for the encoding half.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yeah?  Yeah?  I know, right!  What can I say, we're all semi-programmers here." />
  <row Id="6267" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2852" RevisionGUID="c856d2d5-bb0f-49f0-b506-bb4a42585d24" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:33:44.553" UserId="1561" Comment="deleted 39 characters in body" Text="Short answer: Yes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Long answer: If you are returning **smaller** data sets, yes.  You'll also need to enable specific flags and settings in the pgodbc driver as Access will barf from what is fed back to it from the server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**KSQO (Keyset Query Optimization)** should be on.  Yes, I know the docs say it's not required, but what's happening is that MSAccess is passing the server some rather knarly looking SQL.  This just de-clutters the SQL statement a wee bit.  Don't believe me?  Turn on Logging for ODBC, send a single query, turn off the log, plow through several megs of chaff, and 90% of the way down you'll see a nasty looking SQL statement that was generated and passed.  No, it's *not* the ODBC driver, it's Access doing that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Use Declare/Fetch** should be on if you plan to interactively look at a large data set.  This will cause the driver to fetch smaller chunks of your result set, instead of dumping one monster load into it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Text as LongVarChar** - you may wish to test this.  I suspect you will want it &quot;on&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Unknown Sizes** should be set to Maximum.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Max Varchar** is recommended to be at 254 or less, although you can make it more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Extra Opts** - set to 0x6 (Fake MS SQL Server + Reply in ANSI not Unicode).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(all of these can be found at [http://psqlodbc.projects.postgresql.org/config.html][1])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep in mind that *large data sets* will cause you pain, despite the fact that the data returned from the server is generally in a compact binary format.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://psqlodbc.projects.postgresql.org/config.html" />
  <row Id="6273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3635" RevisionGUID="25d470f4-8dee-494d-b759-8c886f1f7f54" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:35:37.277" UserId="1398" Text="I'm starting a small web design shop. We does not have much money so we would like to keep our costs as low as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All we need is a @ourcompany.com mail address and a few web pages to showcase our work and we are looking at Google Apps which gives enough functionality for us. However, to verify ownership of the domain to google apps, there are 2 possible ways:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Upload a file with special name to tell google that we have access.&#xD;&#xA;* Change a CNAME record to point to google.com to show that we do control the domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both methods require a internet-facing machine with a fixed IP in which we have none.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So we are looking at free DNS services like zoneedit.com and such... which seems promising but we are concerned about security/reliability issues. So I thought I'd ask here first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you recommends using a free DNS hosting and if so or if not, why?" />
  <row Id="6274" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3635" RevisionGUID="25d470f4-8dee-494d-b759-8c886f1f7f54" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:35:37.277" UserId="1398" Text="Free Name Server services reliability?" />
  <row Id="6275" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3635" RevisionGUID="25d470f4-8dee-494d-b759-8c886f1f7f54" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:35:37.277" UserId="1398" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;dns-hosting&gt;&lt;google-apps&gt;" />
  <row Id="6278" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3638" RevisionGUID="823adb09-d84b-405c-b650-818836852107" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:41:40.073" UserId="1645" Text="In my area, electronics recycling is now required by law. An eco-fee is charged at point of purchase to cover this, and our bottle depots accept electronic devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I probably keep more than I should; I still have a huge box of parallel cables. Hard drives I always take apart before getting rid of them. Partly because I want to wipe the data, and partly because I want the magnets. Wipe one of the magnets across the surface of the disc and/or smash it with a hammer. Use the magnets to hold papers against metal storage cabinets. (I also used some magnets to make a coat hook in my cubicle.)" />
  <row Id="6280" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2876" RevisionGUID="e7ec6291-6f15-4733-957a-861a8f2bc3e9" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:42:00.820" UserId="1561" Comment="Clarification as to why some site ban zip files" Text="There is no 100% solution to this.  For instance, my spam/malware probe not only looks at file extension, it also looks at file *type*.  Renaming a zip to .zi_ will *not* work because it &quot;smells&quot; the zip (looks at the file's structure and fingerprint).  It also auto-expands zips to 12+ levels (while avoiding zip bombs), so hiding a zip within a zip doesn't work either.  Even auto-extractors arriving as EXE files will be auto-expanded with the same logic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anytime you can hide something in a zip to &quot;get around a scanner&quot;, an attacker can do the same.  This is Not a Good Thing(tm).  What is an inconvenience and a big annoyance to you, is a security measure that an admin has instituted elsewhere for their own protection.  For some sites, allowing zip files is just fine; for others, it can be a time bomb waiting to go off.  Still other sites might be banning them because they don't want end-users bringing in programs from the outside that might interfere with a desktop environment that's been locked down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd host the file elsewhere, and have it picked up with a web browser by someone with the appropriate access." />
  <row Id="6281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3640" RevisionGUID="6a7a6847-53ec-4aa4-8c28-1116b59b2c21" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:43:15.280" UserId="1620" Text="Firewalls/mail servers that strip out .zip or any other compressed archive are the wrong way of handling the problem, IMHO. In order to &quot;preserve&quot; security from 0,01% of outside users, those sysadmins are penalizing the remaining 100% of internal users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good antiviruses (client and server side) are a good solution.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I work for a company (4000 of employees) where .zip attachments are allowed, and almost noone has had any virus/bad software problem." />
  <row Id="6282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3641" RevisionGUID="bad10d0a-0662-4a77-9ddf-be4b5027b40e" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:44:06.323" UserId="1736" Text="An ugly but possibly workable solution, given that you control both ends of the exchange, is basically rolling your own MIME: sending an email that's plaintext as far as SMTP is concerned, with the base64-encoded data enclosed within your own separators and with your own content description markers." />
  <row Id="6283" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3642" RevisionGUID="d0314f7c-be05-402d-a89a-fe9101f55bb2" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:44:50.487" UserId="1720" Text="That sounds tough.  Never having used an XBox, here is a random shot in the dark.  It would take a bit of work though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Learn what hoss the XBox needs to connect to.  Hopefully it's just one host, or even one host per port.  That is, if the XBox makes a connection, you already know the host it should go.&#xD;&#xA;1. You need to make the XBox connect to your router for all outgoing connections, either by:&#xD;&#xA;  1. Using the iptables REDIRECT target, or perhaps&#xD;&#xA;  2. Set up a custom BIND server that maps all IP addresses to your dedicated proxy, and obviously only have the XBox use that server for DNS&#xD;&#xA;1. In any case, write a simple proxy ([socat][sc] in a loop would probably work well) which does the following:&#xD;&#xA;  1. Wait for a connection from the XBox&#xD;&#xA;  1. When it arrives, determine the intended final host&amp;mdash;either known from the port number, or else always hard-coded to live.xbox.com or whatever.  *Bonus points for using the BIND solution above and parsing the logs to determine the actual hostname that the XBox looked up!*&#xD;&#xA;  1. Using the SOCKS5 proxy, make that outgoing connection and then just pass the data back and forth between the remote host and the XBox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [sc]: http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/" />
  <row Id="6284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3643" RevisionGUID="2e76ea9c-53d7-4120-8d7d-1f6699b6d780" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:47:35.690" UserId="1720" Text="Another idea is to install OpenVPN on your remote Solaris system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next, if you have your own Linux router you can modify that, or else set up a dedicated box to become the XBox's router, routing everything out through the VPN tunnel.  (I believe OpenVPN can go through a SOCKS5 proxy no sweat.) So if you pulled it off, your XBox would look like it were installed in a data center.  Cool, huh?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [lin]: http://www.linode.com/?r=95311e4edb0d354d7d69648f1825619d2a69a885" />
  <row Id="6285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3644" RevisionGUID="c4343827-d083-45fa-95a0-8e0e14fafd9b" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:47:36.610" UserId="1435" Text="HP sell them, they do exactly what you asked about, bit spendy though - about £40 for 1Gb - HP part number is; 442085-B21." />
  <row Id="6286" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3626" RevisionGUID="7292a631-b3c3-418c-a81c-e55a8673eab7" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:48:58.587" UserId="102" Comment="added version numbers" Text="**The setup:** I have a Linux (Gentoo, if that makes a difference) box that serves as a gateway for the whole apartment. This box does its NAT-magic with iptables and dhcpd.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The problem:** I have a certain computer that I want to have a port forwarded to (for torrents, if, again, there's a difference).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have just enough Linux administration skills to read howtos and get stuff configured properly (eventually), but the howtos I found for my case were too unclear and seemed to be unnecessarily complex.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For what I've gathered, my problem is twofold: getting the dhcpd reliably assign a certain static IP to the computer I want, and then getting iptables configured for the port forwarding.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could someone give me a definite, step-by-step guide in how to do this? I'm sure I'm not the only one wanting to do this...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** My versions of the software are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;# iptables --version&#xD;&#xA;iptables v1.4.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# dhcpd --version&#xD;&#xA;isc-dhcpd-V3.1.1-Gentoo&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3646" RevisionGUID="9ad2a54b-b73d-4544-b5b4-e0b3c7d53f72" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:51:23.857" UserId="1655" Text="Please provide examples of how this can be setup on client and server versions of various operating systems. " />
  <row Id="6289" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3646" RevisionGUID="9ad2a54b-b73d-4544-b5b4-e0b3c7d53f72" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:51:23.857" UserId="1655" Text="How do I setup a HOSTS file on different operating systems?" />
  <row Id="6290" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3646" RevisionGUID="9ad2a54b-b73d-4544-b5b4-e0b3c7d53f72" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:51:23.857" UserId="1655" Text="&lt;hosts&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;multi-platform&gt;" />
  <row Id="6291" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3642" RevisionGUID="d3ed0091-a687-4435-9e8c-33327d272ede" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:51:45.600" UserId="1720" Comment="Discuss advantages" Text="That sounds tough.  Never having used an XBox, here is a random shot in the dark.  It would take a bit of work though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Learn what host the XBox needs to connect to.  Hopefully it's just one host, like live.xbox.com or whatever&amp;mdash;or even one host per port.  That is, if the XBox makes a connection, you already know the host it should go even without looking at the destination IP.&#xD;&#xA;1. You need to make the XBox connect to your router for all outgoing connections, either by:&#xD;&#xA;  1. Using the iptables REDIRECT target, or perhaps&#xD;&#xA;  2. Set up a custom BIND server that maps all IP addresses to your dedicated proxy, and obviously only have the XBox use that server for DNS&#xD;&#xA;1. In any case, write a simple proxy ([socat][sc] in a loop would probably work well) which does the following:&#xD;&#xA;  1. Wait for a connection from the XBox&#xD;&#xA;  1. When it arrives, determine the intended final host&amp;mdash;either known from the port number, or else always hard-coded to live.xbox.com or whatever.  *Bonus points for using the BIND solution above and parsing the recent query logs to determine the actual hostname that the XBox looked up!*&#xD;&#xA;  1. Using the SOCKS5 proxy, make that outgoing connection and then just pass the data back and forth between the remote host and the XBox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The advantage of this solution over the OpenVPN one is that your ping times won't suffer at all, since the XBox is more or less connecting straight to the intended server (the proxying is on your LAN and is negligible).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [sc]: http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/" />
  <row Id="6292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3647" RevisionGUID="ac02807c-138a-43a6-8e18-1ae28cc0264b" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:54:50.803" UserId="1435" Text="There are SANs and NASs - generally SANs use fibre-channel/Fibre-channel-over-ethernet/fibre-channel-over-IP or Infiniband - whereas NASs usually use ethernet and IP with protocols like iSCSI, CIFS/SMB, NSF, AppleTalk etc. Most SAN protocols support block-level access, most NAS protocols support file-level access. In very general terms SANs are quicker, more reliable and considerably more expensive than NASs.&lt;p&gt;There are many SAN vendors including EMC, IBM and HP." />
  <row Id="6293" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="949" RevisionGUID="7c2cdc9e-d453-4252-99a6-32e76cf8a1d4" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:55:50.037" UserId="762" Comment="Typo" Text="RAID 10 is usually recommended since the I/O is so random. Here's an example. The calculations are a bit simplified, but pretty representative.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's say you have a 6 drive array and your drives can do 100 I/Os per second (IOPS). If you have 100% reads, all six drives will be used and you'll have about 600 IOPS for both RAID 10 and RAID 5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The worst case scenario is 100% writes. In that scenario, RAID 10's performance will be cut in half (since each write goes to two drives), so it will get 300 IOPS. RAID-5 will convert each write into two reads followed by two writes, so it will get 1/4 the performance or about 150 IOPS. That's a pretty big hit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your actual read/write pattern will be somewhere in-between these two extremes, but this is why RAID 10 is usually recommended for databases. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if you don't have a busy database server, then you could even do RAID-6. I often do that if I know the database isn't going to be bottleneck since it gives you much more safety than RAID 10 or RAID 5." />
  <row Id="6294" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2876" RevisionGUID="f3aa048d-0711-414f-8741-31f73a128ff9" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:56:07.307" UserId="1561" Comment="deleted 2 characters in body" Text="There is no 100% solution to this.  For instance, my spam/malware probe not only looks at file extension, it also looks at file *type*.  Renaming a zip to .zi_ will *not* work because it &quot;smells&quot; the zip (looks at the file's structure and fingerprint).  Double-extensions are not only reduced to the &quot;inside&quot; extension (again, trapping it by name) but they are also expanded as well.  It auto-expands zips to 12+ levels (while avoiding zip bombs), so hiding a zip within a zip doesn't work either.  Even auto-extractors arriving as EXE files will be auto-expanded with the same logic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anytime you can hide something in a zip to &quot;get around a scanner&quot;, an attacker can do the same.  This is Not a Good Thing(tm).  While it isn't common practice at the moment, about 2-3 years ago it was very common for virus payloads to be zipped and then sent, knowing full well that many male end-users couldn't resist the bait of &quot;See barely-clothed women  privately at your work computer, just unzip this and run the program&quot;, eventually resulting in a mess for the IT staff.  What is a big annoyance to you, is a security measure that an admin has instituted elsewhere for their own *sanity*.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For some sites, allowing zip files is just fine as the security concerns aren't great or the machines are very well locked-down and have tight scanning defenses.  For others, it can be a time bomb waiting to go off on a network of soft targets with no desktop scanning.  Still other sites might be banning them because they don't want end-users bringing in programs from the outside, that might interfere with a specific configuration that is required for &quot;the&quot; application needed by the business.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We still get virus warnings now and then, and yes, some are zipped.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd host the file elsewhere, and have it picked up with a web browser by someone with the appropriate access." />
  <row Id="6296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3648" RevisionGUID="645ee021-47f7-48a8-a527-84e376b6daaf" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:57:17.133" UserId="1704" Text="Adding to Glenn's answer, Amit Singh has done thorough testing and written a tool `hfsdebug`. [In his results, he concludes:](http://osxbook.com/book/bonus/chapter12/hfsdebug/fragmentation.html)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Defragmentation on HFS+ volumes should not be necessary at all, or worthwhile, in most cases, because the system seems to do a very good job of avoiding/countering fragmentation." />
  <row Id="6297" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3644" RevisionGUID="d04b0ad3-0a22-4364-be6d-fef90326f056" CreationDate="2009-05-03T18:57:53.247" UserId="1435" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="HP sell them, they do exactly what you asked about, bit spendy though - about £40 for 1Gb - HP part number is 442085-B21." />
  <row Id="6298" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3649" RevisionGUID="e33f70a7-2838-4093-8f4c-b8fd367e67d2" CreationDate="2009-05-03T19:00:13.023" UserId="1496" Text="[DynDNS](https://www.dyndns.com/) has been rock solid for me for years. I have had no reason to complain and I recommend it. Their documentation is excellent, and there are tons of clients there, both for Win32 and for unixy OSes. The way I read their [Acceptable Use Policy](http://www.dyndns.com/about/legal/aup.html), usage in your scenario (which is commercial usage) is OK with them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, you'll have much more flexibility running your own DNS server - you can create your own subdomains for example. Depending on your name registrar you might want to park the domain with them since they might offer tools for that." />
  <row Id="6299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3650" RevisionGUID="236316b1-3977-4428-924a-3c51b0a992c7" CreationDate="2009-05-03T19:00:40.197" UserId="1704" Text="Assuming you're asking how to find the file (it will most likely exist already):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* In a Unix-like operating system (including Mac OS X and Linux), you'll typically find the `hosts` file in `/etc/hosts`. Note that Mac OS X does not by default show you the `etc` directory. You can show it in various ways, such as by choosing **Go → Go to Folder…** in Finder, and typing `/etc`.&#xD;&#xA;* In an NT-based operating system (including Windows XP and Windows Vista), the `etc` directory is slightly hidden, in `%WINDIR%\system32\drivers\`, e.g. `C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts`." />
  <row Id="6300" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3651" RevisionGUID="7f3c82ce-169f-4f9b-a3a7-202fc7dfd1e0" CreationDate="2009-05-03T19:00:41.243" UserId="957" Text="Learn to Love the [Abstruse Goose][1] comics:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Technical Assistance][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://abstrusegoose.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://abstrusegoose.com/136" />
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  <row Id="6302" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3652" RevisionGUID="95159362-375f-4479-95b2-9ee8080e544e" CreationDate="2009-05-03T19:00:43.787" UserId="1736" Text="Hosts file on Linux/Unix:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/hosts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ip.nu.mb.er   name1 name2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hosts file on Windows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    %WINDOWS%\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts (e.g. C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ip.nu.mb.er   name1 name2&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6303" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3653" RevisionGUID="56273c1f-3884-4ecd-acf4-546c9b0df2a9" CreationDate="2009-05-03T19:02:53.797" UserId="1720" Text="For real-live, actual DNS hosting, I have been loving [ZoneEdit][ze] for more years than I can remember.  Your first 5 domains are free, and the next are a small one-time cost.  You can manage everything over the web and they do basic email and web hosting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For these reasons, I would definitely recommend using DNS hosting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [ze]: http://zoneedit.com/" />
  <row Id="6304" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3654" RevisionGUID="c165b824-cf76-4d17-8061-d18554e1d984" CreationDate="2009-05-03T19:08:30.960" UserId="1435" Text="Hardware-assisted load-balancers such as Foundry ServerIron's and Cisco ACEs are great for dealing with huge numbers of the main types of DOS/DDOS attacks but aren't so flexible as software solutions which can 'learn' newer techniques quicker." />
  <row Id="6306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3656" RevisionGUID="f180c911-27b7-4ced-90bc-76f0519c771c" CreationDate="2009-05-03T19:12:42.277" UserId="846" Text="Someone is hosting the DNS for the domain now.  If you look at the actual registration for the domain, name servers must be provided.  When you register the domain, generally the registering company assigns their own name servers.  There should be some way for you to add the CNAME entry using that mechanism." />
  <row Id="6309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3658" RevisionGUID="6a5bd8e1-cf33-4c02-979b-e4f622a4cf95" CreationDate="2009-05-03T19:31:19.283" UserId="1435" Text="Support on enterprise-quality hardware and software." />
  <row Id="6310" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3659" RevisionGUID="a7388f7e-1b57-404f-b823-645159f039b1" CreationDate="2009-05-03T19:33:54.207" UserId="1498" Text="[WinDirStat][1] is great for finding out how all your disk space it getting used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://windirstat.info/" />
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  <row Id="6313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3661" RevisionGUID="d3ad8eca-08f3-467c-87e6-1a1f8708fcc1" CreationDate="2009-05-03T19:35:17.557" UserId="1435" Text="We have lots of regular ESX 3.5 hosts but I'm about to take delivery of a bunch of Xeon 55xx based servers and think it's time to question whether to use 3i in the future. It would save me buying local boot disk pairs and most of the patches are to the COS rather than the kernel. We use vCenter so don't need SSH access. So my question is do I really need the COS? What do you need the COS for? Thanks." />
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  <row Id="6315" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3661" RevisionGUID="d3ad8eca-08f3-467c-87e6-1a1f8708fcc1" CreationDate="2009-05-03T19:35:17.557" UserId="1435" Text="&lt;vmware-esx&gt;&lt;3i&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="6316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3662" RevisionGUID="437733cb-114c-4a5e-ac7a-eade15b440df" CreationDate="2009-05-03T19:35:27.993" UserId="1608" Text="I still find myself firing up [Sequoia View][1] to spot the massive temp files/caches that can otherwise lie unnoticed on a volume.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://w3.win.tue.nl/nl/onderzoek/onderzoek_informatica/visualization/sequoiaview//" />
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  <row Id="6318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3663" RevisionGUID="7caf4ff2-4bcd-40e3-8a38-773cddc297a6" CreationDate="2009-05-03T19:37:36.833" UserId="1723" Text="Answer for &quot;How resume must **look** like&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Europass][1] is standard CV for Eurounion just fill it in with relevant skills.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/europass/home/vernav/Europasss+Documents/Europass+CV.csp" />
  <row Id="6319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3664" RevisionGUID="fd9579ff-230f-44ed-8c22-b795e658022d" CreationDate="2009-05-03T19:39:24.737" UserId="846" Text="Your question specifically indicates wanting them to **email** to you.  There really is no foolproof solution if that is a requirement.  Email is not built for moving big blocks of data!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could turn on an FTP (or SFTP) server on the web server.  If you are using IIS it is straight-forward.  You can setup users for the customers, and enable web-based uploading of files.  " />
  <row Id="6320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3665" RevisionGUID="ea8f22c9-d777-4fe5-be31-863e03828434" CreationDate="2009-05-03T19:40:04.190" UserId="1650" Text="Is there a way to run Mac OS X (Leopard or Tiger) in Windows on a virtual machine? I have 2 GB of RAM and a 2 GHz processor. My processor is an 32-bit AMD, but I don't think this will matter because the VM will probably emulate a 32-bit Intel type processor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for any help." />
  <row Id="6321" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3665" RevisionGUID="ea8f22c9-d777-4fe5-be31-863e03828434" CreationDate="2009-05-03T19:40:04.190" UserId="1650" Text="How to run OS X (Leopard or Tiger) in Windows?" />
  <row Id="6322" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3665" RevisionGUID="ea8f22c9-d777-4fe5-be31-863e03828434" CreationDate="2009-05-03T19:40:04.190" UserId="1650" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="6323" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3666" RevisionGUID="f8d33e0e-e32a-43c4-9ea2-6f57cd8e9249" CreationDate="2009-05-03T19:43:53.497" UserId="1704" Text="&gt;Is there a way to run Mac OS X (Leopard or Tiger) in Windows on a virtual machine?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Technology-wise, yes, it's perfectly possible to virtualize Mac OS X on another x86 operating system. Legally, no. You are only allowed to virtualize Mac OS X Server, and only on Apple-labeled machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Similar question over at StackOverflow][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22607/virtual-mac" />
  <row Id="6324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3667" RevisionGUID="61d72ef4-340b-47a9-88c4-145fc2e9db44" CreationDate="2009-05-03T19:47:03.190" UserId="613" Text="Most registrars offer at least some level of basic DNS these days; someone's hosting your domain now, who is it?  Failing that, [ZoneEdit][1] works pretty well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://zoneedit.com/" />
  <row Id="6325" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3663" RevisionGUID="5c02826a-b58a-4b10-8cee-a85015e60a2b" CreationDate="2009-05-03T19:52:41.117" UserId="1723" Comment="deleted 5 characters in body" Text="Answer for &quot;How resume must **look** like&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Europass][1] is standard CV for Eurounion just fill it with relevant skills.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/europass/home/vernav/Europasss+Documents/Europass+CV.csp" />
  <row Id="6326" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3631" RevisionGUID="0df5bcf3-0e0a-41db-afa2-e916ac159722" CreationDate="2009-05-03T19:54:13.050" UserId="613" Comment="added 242 characters in body" Text="To get dhcp to reliably assign a certain static IP to the computer you want, the usual thing to do is to look into how to tell your dhcp server (whichever one you're running) to statically map a mac address to an IP address.  This will make it always hand out the same IP (that you specify) to that mac address.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ISC dhcp needs a config stanza like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    host mycomputer {&#xD;&#xA;      hardware ethernet 00:12:34:56:78:9A;&#xD;&#xA;      fixed-address 192.168.1.10;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * **mycomputer** is your computer's hostname&#xD;&#xA; * **00:12:34:56:78:9A** is your computer's mac address&#xD;&#xA; * **192.168.1.10** is the IP you want to be always assigned to that mac address&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once that's done, you now have a 'static' IP to do your port forwarding to.  To do this you want, as @Avery Payne says, to do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING -s ! {internal-network} -d {public-address} -p tcp --dport {port-on-public-address} -j DNAT --to-dest {internal-address}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6327" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3627" RevisionGUID="3e53e81b-1eae-4654-8808-7465bac3d61d" CreationDate="2009-05-03T19:58:56.080" UserId="613" Comment="added 156 characters in body" Text="I think that [PgAdmin][1] is pretty popular. There's also [PhpPgAdmin][2], which is rougly analagous to the very popular [phpMyAdmin][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pgadmin.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://phppgadmin.sf.net&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://phpmyadmin.net" />
  <row Id="6328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3668" RevisionGUID="79637019-d24e-45d2-8589-dff4679bac00" CreationDate="2009-05-03T19:59:08.200" UserId="1585" Text="I am curious to see what schemes are being used when naming servers..." />
  <row Id="6329" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3668" RevisionGUID="79637019-d24e-45d2-8589-dff4679bac00" CreationDate="2009-05-03T19:59:08.200" UserId="1585" Text="What are the most manageable and interesting server naming schemes being used?" />
  <row Id="6330" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3668" RevisionGUID="79637019-d24e-45d2-8589-dff4679bac00" CreationDate="2009-05-03T19:59:08.200" UserId="1585" Text="&lt;servernames&gt;" />
  <row Id="6331" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3631" RevisionGUID="82fb6492-98ae-4f7a-8615-7556e13795b9" CreationDate="2009-05-03T20:05:39.793" UserId="613" Comment="deleted 11 characters in body" Text="To get dhcp to reliably assign a certain static IP to the computer you want, the usual thing to do is to look into how to tell your dhcp server (whichever one you're running) to statically map a mac address to an IP address.  This will make it always hand out the same IP (that you specify) to that mac address.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ISC dhcp needs a config stanza like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    host mycomputer {&#xD;&#xA;      hardware ethernet 00:12:34:56:78:9A;&#xD;&#xA;      fixed-address 192.168.1.10;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dnsmasq needs a line like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dhcp-host=00:12:34:56:78:9A,192.168.1.10&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;whose details are specified in the [manpage][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * **mycomputer** is your computer's hostname&#xD;&#xA; * **00:12:34:56:78:9A** is your computer's mac address&#xD;&#xA; * **192.168.1.10** is the IP you want to be always assigned to that mac address&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once that's done, you now have a 'static' IP to do your port forwarding to.  To do this you want, as @Avery Payne says, to do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING -s ! {internal-network} -d {public-address} -p tcp --dport {port-on-public-address} -j DNAT --to-dest {internal-address}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * internal-network is the IP address that represents your network, i.e. 192.168.1.0&#xD;&#xA; * internal-address is the IP address that represents the host you want to expose, i.e. 192.168.1.10&#xD;&#xA; * public-address is the IP address of the interface that is facing your ISP&#xD;&#xA; * port-on-public-address is the port number that traffic would arrive at if your internal computer could see it; note that this rule does not change the port number as it forwards, it simply passes the packet along&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note the space between the -s, the exclaimation mark, and {internal-network}, be sure to have a space on both sides.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/docs/dnsmasq-man.html" />
  <row Id="6332" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3669" RevisionGUID="2907ac35-3c49-4bc2-ad56-2779e015d857" CreationDate="2009-05-03T20:05:48.217" UserId="1642" Text="Musicians in the top 40.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They change often enough to keep providing fresh new ones, but more importantly, they'll be sufficiently cryptic to anyone over the age of 12." />
  <row Id="6333" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3670" RevisionGUID="ee8d5023-e57e-49ce-93af-4cd32c807e64" CreationDate="2009-05-03T20:07:08.057" UserId="1435" Text="I'm a VERY strong believer in naming physical servers by their location (i.e. country-code/city-code/data-centre-code/floor/rack/rack-U-height) and software/VM servers by their function only (platform/function/cluster/iterance). I know this can make names longer than naming them after the seven dwarves or whatever but it's a great way of ensuring that you're more 'future-proof' and deals with virtualisation in a structured manner.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an example we have VMWare servers called 044LONTH72G216 (this locates a server exactly in the world) with guest server VMs such as NESQLC11S08. You can always create short names for them for internal IT team work each referring back to these longer, more organised, names.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="6336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3672" RevisionGUID="245002d4-d61c-4742-a168-6319a1e16b95" CreationDate="2009-05-03T20:10:44.663" UserId="1565" Text="It cannot be done on your processor.  Even if you got it to work, it would be slow and buggy at best.  There is no good VM solution for running OS X on a non-OS X system at this time." />
  <row Id="6337" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3631" RevisionGUID="73a770b6-fdc1-41e5-89db-cd8eaf57a4ea" CreationDate="2009-05-03T20:10:47.253" UserId="613" Comment="added 15 characters in body" Text="To get dhcp to reliably assign a certain static IP to the computer you want, the usual thing to do is to look into how to tell your dhcp server (whichever one you're running) to statically map a mac address to an IP address.  This will make it always hand out the same IP (that you specify) to that mac address.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ISC dhcp needs a config stanza like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    host mycomputer {&#xD;&#xA;      hardware ethernet 00:12:34:56:78:9A;&#xD;&#xA;      fixed-address 192.168.1.10;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dnsmasq needs a line like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dhcp-host=00:12:34:56:78:9A,192.168.1.10&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;whose details are specified in the [manpage][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * **mycomputer** is your computer's hostname&#xD;&#xA; * **00:12:34:56:78:9A** is your computer's mac address&#xD;&#xA; * **192.168.1.10** is the IP you want to be always assigned to that mac address&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once that's done, you now have a 'static' IP to do your port forwarding to.  To do this you want, as @Avery Payne says, to do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING -s ! {internal-network} -d {public-address} -p tcp --dport {port-on-public-address} -j DNAT --to-dest {internal-address}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * **internal-network** is the IP address that represents your network, i.e. 192.168.1.0&#xD;&#xA; * **internal-address** is the IP address that represents the host you want to expose, i.e. 192.168.1.10&#xD;&#xA; * **public-address** is the IP address of the interface that is facing your ISP&#xD;&#xA; * **port-on-public-address** is the port number that traffic would arrive at if your internal computer could see it; note that this rule does not change the port number as it forwards, it simply passes the packet along&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note the space between the -s, the exclamation mark, and {internal-network}, be sure to have a space on both sides.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/docs/dnsmasq-man.html" />
  <row Id="6338" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3673" RevisionGUID="30a1fa3a-baae-4e76-b571-b49ec246f89d" CreationDate="2009-05-03T20:18:47.857" UserId="1466" Text="You can su to **root**, and then when you su to another user, the password is not required." />
  <row Id="6339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3674" RevisionGUID="1a7244c2-ce3b-4866-8c74-0f9f3ad58390" CreationDate="2009-05-03T20:18:56.920" UserId="1004" Text="I use the free [EveryDNS][1] service for years and no problems here!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.everydns.com/" />
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  <row Id="6343" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3677" RevisionGUID="22642a07-e3dd-4953-a811-31930bc358e1" CreationDate="2009-05-03T20:26:48.587" UserId="54941" Text="We tend to have company initials followed by its task, followed by its number, i.e.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    GSK-WEB-12&#xD;&#xA;    ST-DB-3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6347" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3679" RevisionGUID="b6c07785-32d3-4f80-b9a0-c7ec96589835" CreationDate="2009-05-03T20:32:28.357" UserId="386" Text="I've seen people who installed Solaris or other OS as their main OS on Apple hardware, then they can run Leopard in a VirtualBox or VMWare view." />
  <row Id="6348" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3680" RevisionGUID="71144967-1394-4383-b034-54717df85a07" CreationDate="2009-05-03T20:33:38.117" UserId="613" Text="I've got a little embedded box acting as my NAS.  It's running Debian (and yes, I know about FreeNAS and openFiler).  I've got a pair of 1TB drives doing RAID1.  mdadm is fine for me, but others in the household are less... tech savvy.  I'd like at least some kind of nice status web interface and ideally enough admin to be able to rebuild a failed drive.  Anyone know of anything like that?" />
  <row Id="6349" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3680" RevisionGUID="71144967-1394-4383-b034-54717df85a07" CreationDate="2009-05-03T20:33:38.117" UserId="613" Text="Is there a good graphical or web-based md status or admin tool?" />
  <row Id="6350" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3680" RevisionGUID="71144967-1394-4383-b034-54717df85a07" CreationDate="2009-05-03T20:33:38.117" UserId="613" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;nas&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;mdadm&gt;" />
  <row Id="6351" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3681" RevisionGUID="ca9aed0b-8a17-4176-9c58-195c2fcdbab6" CreationDate="2009-05-03T20:33:46.793" UserId="1078" Text="We give all our servers names according to their role, i.e. what they do. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So our servers have names like &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    - PDC&#xD;&#xA;    - SQL&#xD;&#xA;    - EXCHANGE&#xD;&#xA;    - RDP&#xD;&#xA;    - FILE etc.." />
  <row Id="6352" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3668" RevisionGUID="04614a22-36ef-4d80-a70f-1e971309a2ea" CreationDate="2009-05-03T20:35:34.510" UserId="914" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;servernames&gt;&lt;hostname&gt;" />
  <row Id="6353" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3682" RevisionGUID="d29ed0ee-7958-4c3c-90d1-c647d11a0c7e" CreationDate="2009-05-03T20:36:00.047" UserId="1466" Text="I want to have some method of determining **which user accounts have remained unused** for a certain period of time, **lock** the accounts, and then after a further period, **delete** the accounts (notifying the user at each step).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These user accounts (in my case) can be used for ssh, ftp, pop3, and webmin/usermin - so any activity of any type should mark the account as *active*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I determine simply which accounts have been unused (for anything) for a certain period of time?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have written a custom script that parses several logfiles (one for each type of login) every day to determine who has had any *activity* that day. But I suspect this is not the *best* way to do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this the best way to do this, or is there **a simpler way** (or perhaps **a standard utility**) to accomplish this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6354" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3682" RevisionGUID="d29ed0ee-7958-4c3c-90d1-c647d11a0c7e" CreationDate="2009-05-03T20:36:00.047" UserId="1466" Text="Expiring Inactive User Accounts" />
  <row Id="6355" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3682" RevisionGUID="d29ed0ee-7958-4c3c-90d1-c647d11a0c7e" CreationDate="2009-05-03T20:36:00.047" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;user-management&gt;&lt;automation&gt;" />
  <row Id="6357" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3683" RevisionGUID="1f44c9d4-3200-4305-982a-3a8da25bbdae" CreationDate="2009-05-03T20:36:34.413" UserId="914" Text="Gallery itself seems fairly secure, just ensure you run the latest stable versions and keep on top of updates." />
  <row Id="6358" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3684" RevisionGUID="a20fb947-43f0-47e9-a387-5de5ada90b07" CreationDate="2009-05-03T20:38:42.177" UserId="1219" Text="We use this, which works quite well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - site (2 characters)&#xD;&#xA; - dev/test/live (3/4 characters)&#xD;&#xA; - function (3+ characters)&#xD;&#xA; - count (2 characters)&#xD;&#xA; - vm or not (2 characters)" />
  <row Id="6359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3685" RevisionGUID="7e537625-a22a-4e80-9cf2-80d96ebd03a7" CreationDate="2009-05-03T20:42:53.853" UserId="914" Text="Under the interesting category, there's one from the [Stack Overflow answer][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Elements of the periodic table. We&#xD;&#xA;&gt; also use the element number in the IP&#xD;&#xA;&gt; address, so&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Hydrogen = 192.168.0.1&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Helium = 192.168.0.2&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/262657/the-coolest-server-names/263751#263751" />
  <row Id="6360" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3686" RevisionGUID="f8bf35f8-754c-40f6-839c-c31d3c23d437" CreationDate="2009-05-03T20:44:04.053" UserId="1565" Text="In the jobs I've had, I've seen the following trends other than the classic server01, server02, etc.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- precious stones&#xD;&#xA;- fish&#xD;&#xA;- flowers &#xD;&#xA;- Star Wars characters&#xD;&#xA;- animals" />
  <row Id="6361" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3687" RevisionGUID="4e38c887-067f-4fd4-81d9-d8eda61f6d68" CreationDate="2009-05-03T20:44:57.640" UserId="1466" Text="We began by naming our servers with a particular theme (books of the Bible), but as our IT team (and the number of servers) grew and became more specialized - and as we had more staff turnover, we discovered that any naming system that didn't somehow relate to the function (or location) of the server became confusing.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;People knew the servers they worked on regularly, but when working on a new project, cross-training, or trying to help another admin with something, things would get missed because &quot;nobody knew that *psalms* was a mail server&quot; or the like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have now switched back to a more descriptive naming scheme." />
  <row Id="6362" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3688" RevisionGUID="c240e6fe-1b2e-4a7a-b81b-316d5938a310" CreationDate="2009-05-03T20:49:33.930" UserId="640" Text="I upload the file to [senduit][1]. You can store it there for up to a week, absolutely free. You can upload up to 100MB, and there's no software required.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.senduit.com" />
  <row Id="6363" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="667" RevisionGUID="3153dc8f-832c-43ae-9764-908f6ff7b3d1" CreationDate="2009-05-03T20:50:44.800" UserId="463" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;tunneling&gt;&lt;nat&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="6365" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3690" RevisionGUID="72c88b83-4c4b-4661-a106-183a2a0a1a1c" CreationDate="2009-05-03T20:56:55.067" UserId="1565" Text="[Webmin][1] is a good web interface for administration and supports mdadm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.webmin.com/ &quot;Webmin&quot;" />
  <row Id="6366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3691" RevisionGUID="3bfce95a-6bad-4eb6-bf51-481da49c8d27" CreationDate="2009-05-03T21:00:52.657" UserId="1466" Text="If you're not talking about *sending files out*, and only *receiving* files - then don't you control your own mail filter?  Can you not tweak it to allow the specific content?  (The sending mailserver will not typically strip any attachments, only the receiving one)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mail scanners typically open whatever kind of compressed attachements they can, so that they can scan the contents of the  attachment.  Unknown compression techniques could cause the file to be *quarantined*.  But there's also usually a set of **banned extensions** that are not *allowed* to be received.  (such as .exe, .bin - etc.).  Some mailfilters will bounce these, others will strip out the attachment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not sure if this helps." />
  <row Id="6367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3692" RevisionGUID="f9578e0d-5d53-4981-b84c-cc20b9125c7c" CreationDate="2009-05-03T21:07:39.520" UserId="431" Text="There's not a simple math formula to determine the load you'll be facing.  Your load can change dramatically based on:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **The queries** - if you're using cursors, for example, you'll need more power than if you use set-based operations.  All it takes is one poorly designed query to bring a server to its knees.&#xD;&#xA; - **The indexes** - a good DBA can make the difference between an app performing quickly or slowly.&#xD;&#xA; - **The amount of historical data** - as your application is out for longer periods of time, more data can be stored, which affects how quickly SQL Server can return your query results.  If your app purges history fast, that's even better.&#xD;&#xA; - **Hardware tweaks** - for example, a properly tuned SAN can sustain much more load than a SAN that's not tuned correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are schools of thought around how to do capacity planning, but it's a lot more complicated than a few formulas." />
  <row Id="6368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3693" RevisionGUID="d7ba5e46-7515-4580-937c-2756170695c4" CreationDate="2009-05-03T21:09:05.397" UserId="1466" Text="Not sure if I am understanding your question correctly:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are wanting to backup your linux machine to create **bootable restore cd's**, then have a look at **mondo**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a clever backup program that backs up your kernel and all required hardware drivers in such a way to be able to *snapshot* the entire server to .iso images, which can then be burned to CD/DVD.  Then if a restore is needed, just pop in the first CD, power-on, and select a restore option." />
  <row Id="6369" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3694" RevisionGUID="d51c4085-c58d-4c4f-a5f0-23d0e483d4b9" CreationDate="2009-05-03T21:10:28.217" UserId="1004" Text="When doing backups, I get confused about the max character size of the disk label when recording CDs/DVDs. It's fixed size or follow some standard?" />
  <row Id="6370" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3694" RevisionGUID="d51c4085-c58d-4c4f-a5f0-23d0e483d4b9" CreationDate="2009-05-03T21:10:28.217" UserId="1004" Text="What the max disc label when recording CDs/DVDs?" />
  <row Id="6371" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3694" RevisionGUID="d51c4085-c58d-4c4f-a5f0-23d0e483d4b9" CreationDate="2009-05-03T21:10:28.217" UserId="1004" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;standards&gt;&lt;naming&gt;" />
  <row Id="6375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3696" RevisionGUID="74e3828e-e6cb-44f6-8c6d-bf96a8ea5473" CreationDate="2009-05-03T21:17:43.473" UserId="409" Text="How do you handle the storage of passwords that, by nature of their usage, you can't expect administrators to memorize?  Such as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Administrator/root password when everyone logs on using their own account with administrator rights&#xD;&#xA; - Service account passwords that are only set during configuration, e.g. SqlServerAgent, SharePointSearchService, etc.&#xD;&#xA; - Web registrations for an entire company, e.g. Google Webmaster Tools, GoDaddy/VeriSign, MSDN, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I certainly don't want to re-use a single password for so many different areas.  Options we've considered:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Encrypted file on network share&#xD;&#xA; - Shared KeePass database&#xD;&#xA; - Password protected Wiki&#xD;&#xA; - Single base password with small modification for each area&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This comes to mind as I try to install a password protected PFX file from home with the one-time use password stored in a notebook in my locked desk at work." />
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  <row Id="6377" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3696" RevisionGUID="74e3828e-e6cb-44f6-8c6d-bf96a8ea5473" CreationDate="2009-05-03T21:17:43.473" UserId="409" Text="&lt;password&gt;" />
  <row Id="6378" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3697" RevisionGUID="38977b5b-0f64-4330-87e0-34de63c1ee2b" CreationDate="2009-05-03T21:22:57.923" UserId="1499" Text="&gt; **Q:** Why is RAID not a backup?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**A:** Because the *whole purpose* of a RAID is to make sure that nothing in the world can interrupt that accidental `rm -rf /` (or `DELTREE /X C:\`), not even yanking the power chord in panic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **Q:** But whats the difference between redundancy and a backup?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**A:** If you accidentally overwrite your PhD thesis with garbage, redundancy ensures that you have multiple copies of garbage, in case one gets bad. A backup ensures that you can restore your PhD thesis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(And an archive ensures that you can retrieve multiple older versions of your thesis, and a version control system also tells you *why* you made a new version in the first place.)" />
  <row Id="6379" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3698" RevisionGUID="6a1d1713-8e0a-4797-a768-7493af3967bf" CreationDate="2009-05-03T21:27:29.440" UserId="1565" Text="You might want to try the [OpenVPN 2.1_rc15][1].  I found an article that may lead you through the steps to get it working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://bubbazanetti.blogspot.com/2008/11/openvpn-ipcop-and-vista.html][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://openvpn.net/index.php/downloads.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://bubbazanetti.blogspot.com/2008/11/openvpn-ipcop-and-vista.html" />
  <row Id="6380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3699" RevisionGUID="4c693a3c-0c69-44fe-8c9b-a61d9828fc8c" CreationDate="2009-05-03T21:28:33.697" UserId="919" Text="If I wanted to run different releases (stable, development) of the same distribution on a single computer, what do I need to configure to ensure they can share a /home partition between them?" />
  <row Id="6381" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3699" RevisionGUID="4c693a3c-0c69-44fe-8c9b-a61d9828fc8c" CreationDate="2009-05-03T21:28:33.697" UserId="919" Text="What should be done to share a /home partition between two Linux installs on the same computer?" />
  <row Id="6382" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3699" RevisionGUID="4c693a3c-0c69-44fe-8c9b-a61d9828fc8c" CreationDate="2009-05-03T21:28:33.697" UserId="919" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;file-sharing&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;" />
  <row Id="6383" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3700" RevisionGUID="d459842d-7bb9-490c-ba11-68d96bb6c523" CreationDate="2009-05-03T21:36:42.787" UserId="914" Text="Just set it to mount the partition in /etc/fstab on both installs.&#xD;&#xA;Similar to this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /dev/sda3 /home ext4  defaults,errors=remount-ro  0 2" />
  <row Id="6384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3701" RevisionGUID="1963b3de-b4a7-4552-ac35-a83be44a7dc8" CreationDate="2009-05-03T21:45:19.287" UserId="914" Text="I use [KeePass][1] and the Linux alternative [KeePassX][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://keepass.info/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.keepassx.org/" />
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  <row Id="6386" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3702" RevisionGUID="70bde1c0-1ed5-46a3-9025-284d508d0ea9" CreationDate="2009-05-03T21:50:13.583" UserId="1349" Text="I'm looking for a decent tool that will not only allow me to recover files off of a local hard disk, but off of remote, network accessible hard disks as well. Do such tools exist? A free tool is always good, but I am willing to spend up to $100 if the tool performs exceptionally and has great support backing it." />
  <row Id="6387" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3702" RevisionGUID="70bde1c0-1ed5-46a3-9025-284d508d0ea9" CreationDate="2009-05-03T21:50:13.583" UserId="1349" Text="Recommendations for network data recovery tool?" />
  <row Id="6388" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3702" RevisionGUID="70bde1c0-1ed5-46a3-9025-284d508d0ea9" CreationDate="2009-05-03T21:50:13.583" UserId="1349" Text="&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;recovery&gt;&lt;remote&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="6393" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3704" RevisionGUID="f2ea2258-8c17-4513-ad42-4eeaa22abf26" CreationDate="2009-05-03T21:54:06.677" UserId="123" Text="When i am setting up services that are rarely going to need to be logged into i try to use the most obscure password (start of an md5 hash for instance) and then just store it in an encrypted/password protected spreadsheet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It keeps you from worrying about that if someone somehow got the password for your domain name that he could essentially gain access to the whole system." />
  <row Id="6394" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3696" RevisionGUID="b7fd6c81-b4f3-4ca4-9b85-32e38c177ff9" CreationDate="2009-05-03T21:54:29.717" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;password&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="6395" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3705" RevisionGUID="40600e1b-ca50-4c26-b9c3-8b9ab7d565be" CreationDate="2009-05-03T21:57:29.617" UserId="1004" Text="What are some good tools to Find duplicate files? Duplicate files are really bad when recording backup CDs/DVDs, then I want to pass a reliable duplicate file finder before the backup process." />
  <row Id="6396" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3705" RevisionGUID="40600e1b-ca50-4c26-b9c3-8b9ab7d565be" CreationDate="2009-05-03T21:57:29.617" UserId="1004" Text="Duplicate File Finder" />
  <row Id="6397" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3705" RevisionGUID="40600e1b-ca50-4c26-b9c3-8b9ab7d565be" CreationDate="2009-05-03T21:57:29.617" UserId="1004" Text="&lt;duplicate-files&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;file-system&gt;&lt;recommendation&gt;&lt;sysadmin-tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="6398" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3705" RevisionGUID="a05cc8a4-ea15-43a9-9c0e-c4f8aef61407" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:00:58.253" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;duplicate-files&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;file-system&gt;&lt;recommendation&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="6399" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="44" RevisionGUID="fc22a293-45f7-40ec-92dd-bea80f7e224e" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:01:33.570" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;server-management&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="6401" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3706" RevisionGUID="ecbf000d-3f58-445f-bf68-a13a51bce5bf" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:03:19.603" UserId="984" Text="You need to keep the username to UID, and groupname to GID mappings in sync between the installs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add the partition to fstab of both installs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might find that some application has configuration file somewhere under your home directory, and the updated package may make changes to the configuration that are not compatible with the previous release used on the other install.  As a safety precaution it may be important to keep good backups of files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6402" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3707" RevisionGUID="3d777764-5c10-4e4e-87a4-c6cc0f910b91" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:04:19.710" UserId="846" Text="I use the open source [PasswordSafe][1] application for storing my personal passwords.  I keep the database file on a DropBox volume, so it is accessible from anywhere.  (hat tip: [Joel][2])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is no reason that the password database file can't be kept on a network share, and there is an option to open the password file in read-only mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/09/11b.html" />
  <row Id="6403" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3708" RevisionGUID="17b95949-a262-4cd2-950c-c4115e1aea33" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:05:37.023" UserId="1585" Text="You could use a tool like [passwordmaker][1] to create hashed passwords for you.  &#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://passwordmaker.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://passwordmaker.org/images/5/58/PWMDesktop-Main.png" />
  <row Id="6404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3709" RevisionGUID="aecf284b-63de-4266-be85-06b5feed70e3" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:06:31.093" UserId="1747" Text="If you can connect to the source database, but not RDP to the machine it is running on, you could use the [Microsoft Database Publishing Wizard][1].  &#xD;&#xA;This is a free tool from MS which creates an SQL script of the complete database for you.  &#xD;&#xA;You can then run the script on your machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=56E5B1C5-BF17-42E0-A410-371A838E570A&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="6405" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3710" RevisionGUID="6846760b-a532-4c5b-8546-38f3f0cdbab3" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:07:07.380" UserId="629" Text="I save passwords in [passwordsafe](http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/) (or one of its [variants](http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/relatedprojects.shtml)) and keep the passwordsafe database in a folder shared by [dropbox](http://www.getdropbox.com/). (Dropbox syncs files online and across multiple computers).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use Linux, and mostly use the command line [pwsafe](http://nsd.dyndns.org/pwsafe/) and occasionally [MyPasswordSafe](http://www.semanticgap.com/myps/) - both available in the ubuntu repositories.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dropbox works on Windows, Mac and Linux, and there are programs that use the passwordsafe format on all three platforms aswell. The [original](http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/) works on Windows, there is a [java version](http://sourceforge.net/projects/jpwsafe) that works on Windows, Mac and Linux. For a fuller list, see the [related projects page](http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/relatedprojects.shtml) that shows platform support for Windows, Windows Mobile, Mac, Linux, BSD, Solaris, perl modules, C# support ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6406" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3083" RevisionGUID="0706eb96-a468-48e0-97c2-029474bfb821" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:07:38.097" UserId="1618" Comment="added linuxmint screenshot" Text="Sure, [open office](http://www.openoffice.org/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For an OS, try Ubuntu or [LinuxMint](http://www.linuxmint.com/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![screenshot][mintshot]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[mintshot]: http://www.linuxmint.com/img/screenshots/elyssa/mintmenu.png" />
  <row Id="6407" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3711" RevisionGUID="1fa684dc-b006-430e-976e-b4ce2e9578c0" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:08:58.513" UserId="1747" Text="Have you tried Microsoft's [Database Publishing Wizard][1]?  &#xD;&#xA;Disclaimer: I only used it on SQL 2005...don't know if it works with SQL 2008.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=56E5B1C5-BF17-42E0-A410-371A838E570A&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="6408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3712" RevisionGUID="bf621c60-d736-4d28-985e-2972f1f0274d" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:10:17.043" UserId="1565" Text="The max character size does follow a standard.  This webpage gives a good summary about the differences in the formats:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa364836(VS.85,loband).aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa364836(VS.85,loband).aspx" />
  <row Id="6409" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3713" RevisionGUID="e552284d-20d4-48ea-b27a-8f8e49debe66" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:10:33.673" UserId="984" Text="I work at a show with several techs.  We use Keepass/Keepassx and the files are stored in a subversion repository, that is only accessible via SSH with key-based authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using the VCS allows us to keep a copy of the password vaults offline and up-to-date.  If you keep your password file on the server, what happens when that server fails, or if it stored on the internet, what happens when the internet fails." />
  <row Id="6410" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="3701" RevisionGUID="889cf96d-387f-4816-aea2-ff2b74b160c9" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:13:22.667" UserId="-1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:914,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Adam Gibbins&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="6411" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3701" RevisionGUID="1a1f4d96-94fb-4797-ac44-e7f93dba7237" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:13:48.457" UserId="914" Comment="added 90 characters in body" Text="I use [KeePass][1] and the Linux alternative [KeePassX][2] on a network share.  Always open in read only unless I specifically need to make an edit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://keepass.info/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.keepassx.org/" />
  <row Id="6412" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3714" RevisionGUID="85093f40-ac23-4480-91f4-4f123901f812" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:14:51.150" UserId="1310" Text="One good source for information is at [this site][1]. One measure which they only mention in passing (and which is worth researching further) is enabling SYN cookies. This prevents an entire class of DoS attacks by preventing an attacker from opening a large number of 'half-open' connections in an attempt to reach the maximum number of file descriptors permitted per process. (See the bash manpage, look for the 'ulimit' builtin with the '-n' option)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www10.org/cdrom/papers/409/" />
  <row Id="6413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3715" RevisionGUID="5c489a86-64ac-4147-8aaa-fcba9caaaa60" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:19:55.960" UserId="1748" Text="One of the major uses for our SANs is to store VHD files (virtual hard disks) for our Virtual Machines. Our Hyper-V machines run all of their VMs from SAN storage, which provides great performance for us." />
  <row Id="6416" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3717" RevisionGUID="e05c17f6-61a7-4dac-b2e7-c870c3909b17" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:21:44.053" UserId="1747" Text="Batch files :-)" />
  <row Id="6417" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3717" RevisionGUID="e05c17f6-61a7-4dac-b2e7-c870c3909b17" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:21:44.053" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6418" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3718" RevisionGUID="31b492fa-a6eb-473e-b307-cba7727e80cf" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:25:40.360" UserId="1375" Text="Hook up another machine and configure a serial console to get all of the kernel messages and such that come up.  If it's a kernel panic or some other catastrophic problem, you'll see it there.  Monitoring temperature and running a memtest are also recommended, especially if the console shows nothing abnormal before the wheels fall off." />
  <row Id="6419" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3719" RevisionGUID="ba064acb-3112-4f7a-9700-760d7b143418" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:31:56.960" UserId="1375" Text="This is best handled in your backup software, if it's really that much of a problem (do you honestly have that many big duplicate files on your machine?)  I know BackupPC purports to solve this problem by storing everything under the hash of it's contents and indexing from there, but whether that's compatible with your OS is unknown.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finding dupes isn't hard -- just md5 hash every file on your system and anything with the same hash is a candidate for duplicate detection (still need to compare the actual file contents to make sure it's not a hash collision).  20 lines of shell script or Powershell should do it.  But what are you going to do once you've found them?  Deletion would work, if you only need one copy, but otherwise if you exclude them from the backup then the backup won't be complete.  Far better to have the backup program deal with it for you." />
  <row Id="6420" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3720" RevisionGUID="cd24c34b-62fb-448d-a15e-ad2cab0f24d1" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:34:52.710" UserId="984" Text="I like Ashisoft's [Duplicate Finder][1] on windows.  The product is not free, but it has really nice methods for comparing files, it can use a byte-by-byte, checksum, ID3 tag information, or a few others.  It has a selection tools to help you choose which files you want to keep from the dups. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ashisoft.com/df.htm" />
  <row Id="6421" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3705" RevisionGUID="d22b2519-613f-4f5c-933b-b57218786422" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:36:41.113" UserId="1004" Comment="OS that I'm using" Text="What are some good tools to Find duplicate files? Duplicate files are really bad when recording backup CDs/DVDs, then I want to pass a reliable duplicate file finder before the backup process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm using Windows7, but any windows-compatible tool will be good." />
  <row Id="6422" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3079" RevisionGUID="697e573a-2c38-46a2-b044-668356b44f60" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:39:26.227" UserId="1587" Comment="Adding access/error log entries" Text="I'm attempting to get the `MultiViews` option working in Apache to vary the content returned to the browser based on the `Accept-Language` provided in requests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've got the following configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Alias /multiviewstest &quot;C:/MultiViews Test&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Directory &quot;C:/MultiViews Test&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        Options MultiViews&#xD;&#xA;        AllowOverride None&#xD;&#xA;        Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;        Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my `C:\MultiViews Test` directory I have the following files:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* `spam.html`&#xD;&#xA;* `foo.html.en`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I request `http://localhost/multiviewstest/spam` the contents of `spam.html` is returned. The response contains the following headers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* `Content-Location foo.html`&#xD;&#xA;* `Vary negotiate`&#xD;&#xA;* `TCN choice`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This indicates `MultiViews` have correctly kicked in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've configured English as the only preferred language for displaying languages in my browser; an `Accept-Language en` header is set on requests. When I request `http://localhost/multiviewstest/foo.html` a 404 response is returned. Based on my understanding of [Apache's file naming conventions for language negotiation][1] I'd expect the contents of the `foo.html.en` file to be returned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what appears in the access log for the request:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    127.0.0.1 - - [04/May/2009:10:28:24 +1200] &quot;GET /multiviewstest/foo.html HTTP/1.1&quot; 404 221&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And from the error log:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 04 10:28:24 2009] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Negotiation: discovered file(s) matching request: C:/MultiViews Test/foo.html (None could be negotiated).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Why isn't the content negotiation for the language correctly kicking in? Is there some configuration I have overlooked?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/content-negotiation.html#naming" />
  <row Id="6423" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3721" RevisionGUID="8c831a27-d4e0-49f7-b74d-0fc3eb88aa5a" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:40:03.960" UserId="1634" Text="Mac OS X machines have the root user disabled by default. Is this the right setting for a web environment?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically, the computer would be running Apache 2, MySQL 5, PHP 5, and other useful web serving software.  Administrators would deal with compiling such software, updating and enhancing that software, and other similar tasks.  Would a root user be beneficial in this situation?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More broadly, in what situations should a root user be enabled on OS X?  What are the pros and cons of enabling this user?" />
  <row Id="6424" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3721" RevisionGUID="8c831a27-d4e0-49f7-b74d-0fc3eb88aa5a" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:40:03.960" UserId="1634" Text="What are the pros and cons of enabling the root account on OS X?" />
  <row Id="6425" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3721" RevisionGUID="8c831a27-d4e0-49f7-b74d-0fc3eb88aa5a" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:40:03.960" UserId="1634" Text="&lt;root&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="6427" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3723" RevisionGUID="35fa0b93-d6bb-4826-b0b1-4e7cf7a63d49" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:42:11.617" UserId="422" Text="A subtle additional point is that the term SAN, represents the entire network for file access.  Usually block based file access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A SAN includes the physical interconnect (usually Fibre Channel, but iSCSI over Ethernet is another option, as well as strange SCSI based implementations), the switches that allow more than just point to point communication (Usually for FC, but in principle iSCSI's Ethernet switches act much the same), the adapters for devices to connect (FC cards, iSCSI drivers) and finally the actual storage device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HP makes a nice 'cheap' FC SAN that is really a bunch of SCSI disks in a RAID enclosure (15 disks in a 3U or 4U rack mount) that has FC connections out the back. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Apple Xserve RAID uses Parellel ATA and Serial ATA (I think in the newest ones) with an FC port out the back.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the problems with SAN's is that they were designed more for bank style applications, where you need a fully redundant mesh of connections with no single point of failure.  This implies that each host connecting (your server) have two separate FC controllers, each of which has two FC connections.  Each server has two connections to each FC switch, such that any card, switch port, or cable failure does not affect the data flow.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then each storage device has two independent storage processors (Aka RAID controllers with an FC port or two out the back) with two or more connections to each FC switch.  FC disk drive usually have two actual FC ports, although usually run through one hot plug connector, (dual ported drives) again following the philosophy of no single point of failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FC switches used to be prohibitively expensive, at close to a thousand dollars a port.  They have dropped seriously in price lately, but at the outset a few years back, the sticker shock was lethal!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usually the Storage Processors have lots of CPU and lots of RAM and are designed to just run the disks.  They usually outperform by quite some margin any single server based disk farm.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On top of the physical hardware being crazy expensive (in the past, again, things have gotten better lately) there is usually licenses for software running on the storage processors that need to be purchased.  For example you might want to mirror two SAN's and you would need to buy the mirroring software from the vendor, and it can be quite expensive, even today. " />
  <row Id="6428" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3724" RevisionGUID="6dd58d0b-85a2-45fc-93ab-723b1526d6f8" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:46:21.123" UserId="1375" Text="What you're proposing is certainly doable, the place I work at (web hosting company) has done that for a client, works pretty well.  Best to use a caching reverse proxy like Varnish or Squid (in reverse proxy mode) so you can take advantage of the better bandwidth and latency of the datacentre-connected machine." />
  <row Id="6429" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3725" RevisionGUID="2d42e797-02a3-400f-8aa3-f0f90a35807e" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:52:06.397" UserId="1222" Text="You mean the service console? If you've got vCenter then you don't need it. It's as simple as that. I'm using the VI Client with a single ESXi host, I've enabled ssh access but I'm not using it. Occasionally will use the RCLI but the GUI does most of what we need." />
  <row Id="6430" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3661" RevisionGUID="8d89b2a1-b355-47d4-92af-7ec97070c213" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:52:21.903" UserId="1222" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;vmware-esx&gt;&lt;vmware-esxi&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="6431" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3726" RevisionGUID="d984a0bb-5cdc-4918-b912-38b426132270" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:55:24.017" UserId="717" Text="I've just finished installing the new Windows Virtual PC/XP Mode Betas on my Windows 7 RC.  I'm seeing the windows security warnings in the virtual environment, and also when I launch a virtual application.  I'm running Avast Professional on the Windows 7, but should I install on the VM as well?" />
  <row Id="6432" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3726" RevisionGUID="d984a0bb-5cdc-4918-b912-38b426132270" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:55:24.017" UserId="717" Text="Should I install antivirus in Windows 7 RC XP Mode?" />
  <row Id="6433" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3726" RevisionGUID="d984a0bb-5cdc-4918-b912-38b426132270" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:55:24.017" UserId="717" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;xp-mode&gt;&lt;antivirus&gt;" />
  <row Id="6434" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3727" RevisionGUID="5239d911-0121-47e0-aecf-c0a5d6a9599b" CreationDate="2009-05-03T22:57:30.863" UserId="422" Text="My colleagues who do a lot of demos for clients using VMWare or the like virtulization solutions have found that getting an SSD just to hold the VM guest disk files has a been a huge performance boost, and has definitely been worthwhile for them!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As always, depends on the use case, and your mileage may vary." />
  <row Id="6437" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3721" RevisionGUID="6f41bd8d-8cb2-436f-9eeb-f43ab5c510b1" CreationDate="2009-05-03T23:05:00.983" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;root&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="6438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3729" RevisionGUID="ad97a4b1-eb65-4ebb-a1e1-0f9f4d271c58" CreationDate="2009-05-03T23:07:14.677" UserId="984" Text="Many people think that it is much better to have users login as a non-privileged account and then use a tool like sudo to gain privileges as needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If root is not active, it cannot be logged into.  Leaving it disabled won't make your system secure, but it is just one additional layer of defense.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tools like sudo provide audit logs about what the administrator is doing, and it may help you go back and see who, and how something got broke.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even with the root account disabled you can still connect as root via SSH using key-based authentication.  Which is what you should be using for remote access anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since pretty much everything you would need to do can be done via alternate methods that are arguably more secure, it is probably better to leave it disabled.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6440" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3730" RevisionGUID="4e50a23b-bb59-4a9c-a491-6c86cc0128b4" CreationDate="2009-05-03T23:14:25.500" UserId="1268" Text="Yes you should, you don't want your VMs getting infected with nasties. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VMs are just as vulnerable to viruses and spyware ans real computers. Odds are you are going to run some old random programs from the internet on your XP VM. You want to catch the infection as early as possible. If your AV on your Vista machine misses you want to catch it on the XP VM. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6441" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3729" RevisionGUID="9f61a6c6-ed76-482b-836b-f0168f6a132d" CreationDate="2009-05-03T23:17:34.357" UserId="984" Comment="added 289 characters in body" Text="Many people think that it is much better to have users login as a non-privileged account and then use a tool like sudo to gain privileges as needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If root is not active, it cannot be logged into.  Leaving it disabled won't make your system secure, but it is just one additional layer of defense.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tools like sudo provide audit logs about what the administrator is doing, and it may help you go back and see who, and how something got broke.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even with the root account disabled you can still connect as root via SSH using key-based authentication.  Which is what you should be using for remote access anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since pretty much everything you would need to do can be done via alternate methods that are arguably more secure, it is probably better to leave it disabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect one of the few things you cannot do is follow some howtos on the web word for word and step for step because they will be written assuming you have the root account enabled.  You will need to know what the howto is telling you to do, and when you really need root privileges.  " />
  <row Id="6442" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3731" RevisionGUID="02618912-e314-4875-a34d-6e006307a732" CreationDate="2009-05-03T23:19:31.293" UserId="1576" Text="It used to be that we'd use an ISDN backup but these days you might also look at something like the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.draytek.co.uk/products/vigor2800.html&quot;&gt;Draytek 2800VG (Vigor 2800 ADSL2+ Router&#xD;&#xA;Firewall, VPN Device with Printer Port&#xD;&#xA;&amp; Optional 802.11-SuperG Wireless LAN)&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;The usb port in the back can be used with a USB 3G dongle to automatically connect as a failover.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That way if the clumsy crew with the backhoe digs up the phone lines you'll still have net.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3732" RevisionGUID="7c23c58a-6c5a-431f-9ae6-5c3615705080" CreationDate="2009-05-03T23:30:49.673" UserId="1049" Text="As my daily job circles around an Oracle DB I wonder are there any hidden features that could come in handy in day to day work with the DB, both as a developer and as a DBA?" />
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  <row Id="6448" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1596" RevisionGUID="2f4c86f1-6d0f-4bba-b69f-96e8ccf3c487" CreationDate="2009-05-03T23:33:39.323" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;application-server&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="6449" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3613" RevisionGUID="b4a40b67-e5e5-49a7-b58b-5406f7ed28ba" CreationDate="2009-05-03T23:34:19.883" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;postgresql&gt;&lt;dba&gt;&lt;administration&gt;&lt;utilities&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="6451" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3733" RevisionGUID="ac092b13-56c3-4002-8e7b-beab744b1cae" CreationDate="2009-05-03T23:56:15.120" UserId="123" Text="I have a open relationship with Linux, i use it on and off and i just got into the latest ubuntu and got a change to try out wine and it seemed to take any windows app and make it like i was actually using windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wanted to know is wine that stable to use in production/businesses or are there problems that i haven't come across yet?" />
  <row Id="6452" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3733" RevisionGUID="ac092b13-56c3-4002-8e7b-beab744b1cae" CreationDate="2009-05-03T23:56:15.120" UserId="123" Text="Is Wine stable enough for production?" />
  <row Id="6453" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3733" RevisionGUID="ac092b13-56c3-4002-8e7b-beab744b1cae" CreationDate="2009-05-03T23:56:15.120" UserId="123" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;wine&gt;" />
  <row Id="6454" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3734" RevisionGUID="7deaf2fa-c79c-4742-bb67-c9155db9743c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:03:04.307" UserId="1749" Text="While I'm particularly interested in best practices for doing this with multiple partitions/drives on a single machine, I'd also like to mention that one option would be to host /home on network attached storage or a separate machine on the network and have it automounted." />
  <row Id="6455" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3735" RevisionGUID="664dd04f-d60f-4257-ae6c-345b909a6ea1" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:06:26.437" UserId="1277" Text="Note that any solution you can find will almost certainly be usable only by administrator users, which could hinder you in any corporate environment..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(e.g. I note this quote from the forum Mihai Limbasan linked to: &quot;es geht nur mit Adminrechten.&quot;  I don't speak German, but I guess that translates as: &quot;It will run only as Administrator.&quot;)" />
  <row Id="6456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3736" RevisionGUID="cbfd33e4-57a1-4c8b-8ed0-6d9a70f940c4" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:08:20.893" UserId="1736" Text="Well, some perennial favorites include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [Greek gods][1]&#xD;&#xA;* [Roman gods][2] (sometimes indistinguishable from 'Planets')&#xD;&#xA;* [Norse gods][3] (most ill-behaved server can be Loki)&#xD;&#xA;* [Princes of Amber][4]&#xD;&#xA;* [Philosophers][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_gods&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_gods&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_gods&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_characters_in_the_Chronicles_of_Amber&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_philosophers" />
  <row Id="6457" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3737" RevisionGUID="63298468-7272-40fb-a600-38c17488cc72" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:09:18.910" UserId="1243" Text="&gt; Is it possible to use Virtualbox to boot from that old real drive instead of from an image?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes.  VirtualBox has support for using a raw host hard disk from a guest since version 1.4.  As of version 2.2.0, it is still listed as an experimental feature.  It is described in section 9.10 of the user manual for VirtualBox 2.2.0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some instructions for running a WindowsXP guest using a raw host hard disk on a linux host:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://mesbalivernes.blogspot.com/2008/01/virtual-box-booting-from-existing.html&#xD;&#xA; - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=769883&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If so, what are the implications for drivers, etc, since the &quot;new&quot; running OS will be using VirtualBox's virtual hardware and not the original hardware on which XP thinks it was installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The second link above describes some steps to prepare your XP system prior to booting under VirtualBox." />
  <row Id="6458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3738" RevisionGUID="cb36d94e-3758-4432-bbcb-ca4e547aa1ba" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:10:16.927" UserId="38" Text="Is there any way to disable the 'Research' feature (Alt + Click) in Microsoft Office 2007?  It would be better if there was a policy setting or install option that I've missed, but if not, can you disable it post-install?" />
  <row Id="6459" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3738" RevisionGUID="cb36d94e-3758-4432-bbcb-ca4e547aa1ba" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:10:16.927" UserId="38" Text="Removing Research from Outlook 2007 installs" />
  <row Id="6460" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3738" RevisionGUID="cb36d94e-3758-4432-bbcb-ca4e547aa1ba" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:10:16.927" UserId="38" Text="&lt;ms-office&gt;&lt;ms-office-2007&gt;&lt;research&gt;&lt;features&gt;" />
  <row Id="6461" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3739" RevisionGUID="bcbec097-2c6c-4059-b02f-c1757ef6a3a3" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:14:49.770" UserId="86" Text="Wine v1 is [considered stable][1].  &quot;Stable&quot; is always a bit relative and I think that because of the nature of Wine and its complexity as well as the always-changing applications running on it themselves it would always be somewhat touchy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, I think that if you go by the different classes of [application compatibility in the Wine App DB][2] and only use Gold ones then one can probably safely say it is reasonably stable.  The Wine community is great and I'm sure will be a great help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For multiple workstation, mission-critical use I think you would be better off going with a commercial spin-off of Wine like [CodeWeavers CrossOver Linux][3] and have the benefit of commercial support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.0&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://appdb.winehq.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxlinux/" />
  <row Id="6462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3740" RevisionGUID="517609b3-8ae0-44b7-ac9f-9e2c07eccd7b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:17:06.990" UserId="1576" Text="    ## gyaresu's .screenrc 2008-03-25&#xD;&#xA;    # http://delicious.com/search?p=screenrc&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Don't display the copyright page&#xD;&#xA;    startup_message off&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # tab-completion flash in heading bar&#xD;&#xA;    vbell off&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # keep scrollback n lines&#xD;&#xA;    defscrollback 1000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Doesn't fix scrollback problem on xterm because if you scroll back&#xD;&#xA;    # all you see is the other terminals history.&#xD;&#xA;    # termcapinfo xterm|xterms|xs|rxvt ti@:te@&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # These will let you use &#xD;&#xA;    bind -c selectHighs 0 select 10 #these three commands are &#xD;&#xA;    bind -c selectHighs 1 select 11 #added to the command-class&#xD;&#xA;    bind -c selectHighs 2 select 12 #selectHighs&#xD;&#xA;    bind -c selectHighs 3 select 13&#xD;&#xA;    bind -c selectHighs 4 select 14&#xD;&#xA;    bind -c selectHighs 5 select 15&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    bind - command -c selectHighs   #bind the hyphen to &#xD;&#xA;                                    #command-class selectHighs &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    screen -t rtorrent	0	rtorrent	&#xD;&#xA;    #screen -t tunes		1	ncmpc --host=192.168.1.4 --port=6600 #was for connecting to MPD music server.&#xD;&#xA;    screen -t stuff		1&#xD;&#xA;    screen -t irssi		2	irssi&#xD;&#xA;    screen -t dancing	4	    &#xD;&#xA;    screen -t python	5	python&#xD;&#xA;    screen -t giantfriend	6	these_are_ssh_to_server_scripts.sh&#xD;&#xA;    screen -t computerrescue	7	these_are_ssh_to_server_scripts.sh&#xD;&#xA;    screen -t BMon		8	bmon -p eth0&#xD;&#xA;    screen -t htop		9	htop&#xD;&#xA;    screen -t hellanzb	10	hellanzb&#xD;&#xA;    screen -t watching	3	&#xD;&#xA;    #screen -t interactive.fiction	8&#xD;&#xA;    #screen -t hellahella	8	paster serve --daemon  /home/gyaresu/downloads/hellahella/hella.ini	&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    shelltitle &quot;$ |bash&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # THIS IS THE PRETTY BIT&#xD;&#xA;    #change the hardstatus settings to give an window list at the bottom of the                                                                        &#xD;&#xA;    ##screen, with the time and date and with the current window highlighted                                                                            &#xD;&#xA;    hardstatus             alwayslastline                                                                                                                          &#xD;&#xA;    #hardstatus string '%{= mK}%-Lw%{= KW}%50&gt;%n%f* %t%{= mK}%+Lw%&lt; %{= kG}%-=%D %d %M %Y %c:%s%{-}'&#xD;&#xA;    hardstatus string '%{= kG}[ %{G}%H %{g}][%= %{= kw}%?%-Lw%?%{r}(%{W}%n*%f%t%?(%u)%?%{r})%{w}%?%+Lw%?%?%= %{g}][%{B} %d/%m %{W}%c %{g}]'&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6463" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3740" RevisionGUID="517609b3-8ae0-44b7-ac9f-9e2c07eccd7b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:17:06.990" UserId="1576" Text="What are usefull .screenrc settings?" />
  <row Id="6464" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3740" RevisionGUID="517609b3-8ae0-44b7-ac9f-9e2c07eccd7b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:17:06.990" UserId="1576" Text="&lt;dotfiles&gt;&lt;bash&gt;&lt;screen&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="6466" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3741" RevisionGUID="13f23305-f549-4e28-a1d9-d22ca88919ed" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:26:58.917" UserId="1243" Text="[lsof][1] in order to determine which process(es) have a file or directory in use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lsof" />
  <row Id="6467" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3741" RevisionGUID="13f23305-f549-4e28-a1d9-d22ca88919ed" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:26:58.917" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6468" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="117" RevisionGUID="79b37c74-0d7a-42ba-b0eb-23e0b5377b88" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:27:57.523" UserId="38" Comment="Grammer" Text="Ghosted images that then run a user customisation script work well.  Give the user all the basic stuff (OS, Office, Firefox, misc corporate software) and then get the server to allocate shared drives and exchange on first login.  This is of course a windows-centric answer :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should also mention, for developer machines, I would then back off and let a higher level of customisation. But then I'm biased." />
  <row Id="6469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3742" RevisionGUID="5862d0e3-5c1e-44e7-8772-c7de5f574446" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:31:00.810" UserId="1691" Text="With standard PCs, does any modern RAM generally work with any modern motherboard, so long as they can physically interconnect?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not, is there a table I can consult?" />
  <row Id="6470" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3742" RevisionGUID="5862d0e3-5c1e-44e7-8772-c7de5f574446" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:31:00.810" UserId="1691" Text="Motherboard / RAM compatibility" />
  <row Id="6471" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3742" RevisionGUID="5862d0e3-5c1e-44e7-8772-c7de5f574446" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:31:00.810" UserId="1691" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="6472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3743" RevisionGUID="35c63ca7-c38c-41cf-a02e-772049a048be" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:32:07.967" UserId="1576" Text="    # some more ls aliases&#xD;&#xA;    alias ll='ls -alh'&#xD;&#xA;    alias la='ls -A'&#xD;&#xA;    alias l='ls -CFlh'&#xD;&#xA;    alias woo='fortune'&#xD;&#xA;    alias lsd=&quot;ls -alF | grep /$&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # This is GOLD for finding out what is taking so much space on your drives!&#xD;&#xA;    alias diskspace=&quot;du -S | sort -n -r |more&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Command line mplayer movie watching for the win.&#xD;&#xA;    alias mp=&quot;mplayer -fs&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Show me the size (sorted) of only the folders in this directory&#xD;&#xA;    alias folders=&quot;find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -print | xargs du -sk | sort -rn&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # This will keep you sane when you're about to smash the keyboard again.&#xD;&#xA;    alias frak=&quot;fortune&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # This is where you put your hand rolled scripts (remember to chmod them)&#xD;&#xA;    PATH=&quot;$HOME/bin:$PATH&quot;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6473" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3743" RevisionGUID="35c63ca7-c38c-41cf-a02e-772049a048be" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:32:07.967" UserId="1576" Text="What useful things can one add to one's .bashrc ?" />
  <row Id="6474" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3743" RevisionGUID="35c63ca7-c38c-41cf-a02e-772049a048be" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:32:07.967" UserId="1576" Text="&lt;dotfiles&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;bashrc&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="6475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3744" RevisionGUID="ac795a71-8dc6-4969-8ec6-90b44b466391" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:33:46.030" UserId="1155" Text="Not quite, and don't waste your time looking at manuals and such. Your head will explode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Crucial][1] has a [Windows app][2] you can just download and run on your PC so you buy the right kind of memory. Purchasing is then a one click operation. In my experience they are cheap and delivery is fast.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also run an app called [CPU-Z][4] which will tell you what kind of memory is in your motherboard, how many free slots you have etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.crucial.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.crucial.com/systemscanner/index.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.crucial.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php" />
  <row Id="6476" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3741" RevisionGUID="8bc41f45-8a7a-4087-b5ac-ea5ef86f2b29" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:33:54.530" UserId="1243" Comment="added netstat and tweaked wording" Text="[lsof][1] to determine which processes are using a file or directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[netstat][2] to determine which processes are using network connections (especially useful when trying to figure out which daemon is bound to a certain port)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lsof&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netstat" />
  <row Id="6477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3745" RevisionGUID="5b219795-2d0b-4eb1-ae63-4b55cbc54d14" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:35:11.407" UserId="1222" Text="Well generally things won't explode, you'll be safe there. However you'll need to consult the motherboard manual to find out the clock speeds it supports, only memory with a matching clock speed (or higher, it will just run at the speed of the motherboard) will work." />
  <row Id="6478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3746" RevisionGUID="56417275-1ad9-4837-b01c-f823ded7f837" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:35:43.590" UserId="984" Text="No, just because the RAM fits in the slot doesn't mean it will work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best place to start is usually to check out the support web site, Manual or Specs sheet for the motherboard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a system from a one of the major manufactures (Dell, HP, etc) you can usually look up exactly what by using the search tools on a RAM manufactures site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.crucial.com/&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.kingston.com/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3747" RevisionGUID="9ac0b92b-438f-49b6-8ae9-94e8b7b09864" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:41:25.730" UserId="1222" Text="Take a look at the [Microsoft Q&amp;A on Windows 7 and XP Mode][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically they say: &#xD;&#xA;&gt; ... It is not pre-configured with anti-virus or anti-malware software, **which is recommended.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2009/Apr09/04-28Win7QA.mspx" />
  <row Id="6481" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="3740" RevisionGUID="b76f8bed-e528-4ae0-a5f0-02ca57f5592a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:42:27.130" UserId="1576" Comment="mispelt useful" Text="What are useful .screenrc settings?" />
  <row Id="6482" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3083" RevisionGUID="c0fe7885-ac70-4b2c-80e4-39299a871fe5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:45:00.103" UserId="1618" Comment="ubuntu link" Text="Sure, [OpenOffice][ooo]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For an OS, try [Ubuntu][ubuntu] or [LinuxMint][mint]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![screenshot][mintshot]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ooo]: http://www.openoffice.org/&#xD;&#xA;[ubuntu]: http://www.ubuntu.com/products/WhatIsUbuntu/desktopedition&#xD;&#xA;[mint]: http://www.linuxmint.com/&#xD;&#xA;[mintshot]: http://www.linuxmint.com/img/screenshots/elyssa/mintmenu.png" />
  <row Id="6483" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3748" RevisionGUID="8e13d744-1a7e-45f9-88d5-65d67f91cc38" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:45:47.060" UserId="1736" Text="How many aliases to `fortune` do you need, anyway?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I like to make a `cdd` alias that takes me to wherever I'm presently most likely to be working on that server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`PATH` redefinition really belongs in `.bash_profile`, not `.bashrc`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a server where I routinely use a large set of `screen`s, my `.bashrc` will have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias s1=&quot;screen -dr chaos1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias s2=&quot;screen -dr chaos2&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias s3=&quot;screen -dr chaos3&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    # ... and so on&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(The `screen`s were set up with, for example, `screen -U -S chaos1`.)" />
  <row Id="6484" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1735" RevisionGUID="c91589e8-d4c7-4ef3-81f1-ec1ff00cd517" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:48:38.550" UserId="1164" Comment="clarification of quesiton" Text="I often have clients email zip files to me only to find out that their corporate firewall has stripped the attached file.  What is the most straight-forward way to send a compressed file through email and avoid getting your attachment stripped out by over-eager firewalls?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To clarify, I'm not worried about sending files out as I can host them on my own web server for download.  I'm looking for a good, simple solution for having clients email files to me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To clarify further: since I have control over my software running on &lt;em&gt;offline&lt;/em&gt; client systems, and I control how the data files are created, I'd still like to explore options of how I might package my data to make it as easy as possible to &lt;em&gt;email&lt;/em&gt; specifically.  I'd like to avoid requiring my clients to install any additional software or use third party websites on their end.  " />
  <row Id="6485" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3740" RevisionGUID="4869a70d-02e0-40ee-935b-2c1b2a2d63a5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:48:44.993" UserId="1576" Comment="clarified question" Text="Basically like some of my own that I've posted below. I'm looking for added functionality to the programme 'screen'. At the very least have a look at the last line for a fantastic 'menu bar' at the bottom of a screen session.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ## gyaresu's .screenrc 2008-03-25&#xD;&#xA;    # http://delicious.com/search?p=screenrc&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Don't display the copyright page&#xD;&#xA;    startup_message off&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # tab-completion flash in heading bar&#xD;&#xA;    vbell off&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # keep scrollback n lines&#xD;&#xA;    defscrollback 1000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Doesn't fix scrollback problem on xterm because if you scroll back&#xD;&#xA;    # all you see is the other terminals history.&#xD;&#xA;    # termcapinfo xterm|xterms|xs|rxvt ti@:te@&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # These will let you use &#xD;&#xA;    bind -c selectHighs 0 select 10 #these three commands are &#xD;&#xA;    bind -c selectHighs 1 select 11 #added to the command-class&#xD;&#xA;    bind -c selectHighs 2 select 12 #selectHighs&#xD;&#xA;    bind -c selectHighs 3 select 13&#xD;&#xA;    bind -c selectHighs 4 select 14&#xD;&#xA;    bind -c selectHighs 5 select 15&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    bind - command -c selectHighs   #bind the hyphen to &#xD;&#xA;                                    #command-class selectHighs &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    screen -t rtorrent	0	rtorrent	&#xD;&#xA;    #screen -t tunes		1	ncmpc --host=192.168.1.4 --port=6600 #was for connecting to MPD music server.&#xD;&#xA;    screen -t stuff		1&#xD;&#xA;    screen -t irssi		2	irssi&#xD;&#xA;    screen -t dancing	4	    &#xD;&#xA;    screen -t python	5	python&#xD;&#xA;    screen -t giantfriend	6	these_are_ssh_to_server_scripts.sh&#xD;&#xA;    screen -t computerrescue	7	these_are_ssh_to_server_scripts.sh&#xD;&#xA;    screen -t BMon		8	bmon -p eth0&#xD;&#xA;    screen -t htop		9	htop&#xD;&#xA;    screen -t hellanzb	10	hellanzb&#xD;&#xA;    screen -t watching	3	&#xD;&#xA;    #screen -t interactive.fiction	8&#xD;&#xA;    #screen -t hellahella	8	paster serve --daemon  /home/gyaresu/downloads/hellahella/hella.ini	&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    shelltitle &quot;$ |bash&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # THIS IS THE PRETTY BIT&#xD;&#xA;    #change the hardstatus settings to give an window list at the bottom of the                                                                        &#xD;&#xA;    ##screen, with the time and date and with the current window highlighted                                                                            &#xD;&#xA;    hardstatus             alwayslastline                                                                                                                          &#xD;&#xA;    #hardstatus string '%{= mK}%-Lw%{= KW}%50&gt;%n%f* %t%{= mK}%+Lw%&lt; %{= kG}%-=%D %d %M %Y %c:%s%{-}'&#xD;&#xA;    hardstatus string '%{= kG}[ %{G}%H %{g}][%= %{= kw}%?%-Lw%?%{r}(%{W}%n*%f%t%?(%u)%?%{r})%{w}%?%+Lw%?%?%= %{g}][%{B} %d/%m %{W}%c %{g}]'&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3749" RevisionGUID="90626986-b444-4c51-87fb-dce4407be35a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T00:48:46.617" UserId="1004" Text="Once I've installed 2 memory modules in the mainboard and all worked nice. After some hours using Windows, the computer shows the BSOD...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason was the 2nd memory module was problematic (each module have 2gb - just when Windows used more than 2Gb the computer crashed. I noticed that then I ever use a memory test program like [MemTest][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.memtest.org/" />
  <row Id="6487" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3750" RevisionGUID="40a58993-5ade-4927-8989-c0430ed6249d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:05:43.753" UserId="1753" Text="Let's say I'm setting up a single machine server. Without knowing the specific components in it (and being able to look up their MTBFs), what are the typical relative failure rates of the hardware components in the server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Equivalently, what are the rankings of the most often-replaced components across all the servers in corporate use?" />
  <row Id="6488" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3750" RevisionGUID="40a58993-5ade-4927-8989-c0430ed6249d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:05:43.753" UserId="1753" Text="Relative failure rates for hardware components" />
  <row Id="6489" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3750" RevisionGUID="40a58993-5ade-4927-8989-c0430ed6249d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:05:43.753" UserId="1753" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="6490" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3741" RevisionGUID="5090f9d4-1a34-4206-a3aa-a1a117395e68" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:07:35.370" UserId="1243" Comment="add example" Text="[lsof][1] to determine which processes are using a file or directory (useful when trying to figure out what is preventing a device from being umount'd)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[netstat][2] to determine which processes are using network connections (especially useful when trying to figure out which daemon is bound to a certain port)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lsof&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netstat" />
  <row Id="6491" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3751" RevisionGUID="f89eb391-da50-4f0d-afe4-f1780c5a8af1" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:09:02.807" UserId="1375" Text="1. Hard Drives&#xD;&#xA;2. Everything else&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best to keep spares of everything on-site, though, unless you're OK with whatever downtime your hardware vendor decides to give you." />
  <row Id="6492" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3743" RevisionGUID="e0fddea9-f5ef-4d55-8fef-75ccb669765b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:14:41.173" UserId="1576" Comment="clarified the question" Text="Is there anything that you can't live without and will make my life SO much easier? Here are some that I use ('diskspace' &amp; 'folders' are particularly handy).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # some more ls aliases&#xD;&#xA;    alias ll='ls -alh'&#xD;&#xA;    alias la='ls -A'&#xD;&#xA;    alias l='ls -CFlh'&#xD;&#xA;    alias woo='fortune'&#xD;&#xA;    alias lsd=&quot;ls -alF | grep /$&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # This is GOLD for finding out what is taking so much space on your drives!&#xD;&#xA;    alias diskspace=&quot;du -S | sort -n -r |more&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Command line mplayer movie watching for the win.&#xD;&#xA;    alias mp=&quot;mplayer -fs&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Show me the size (sorted) of only the folders in this directory&#xD;&#xA;    alias folders=&quot;find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -print | xargs du -sk | sort -rn&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # This will keep you sane when you're about to smash the keyboard again.&#xD;&#xA;    alias frak=&quot;fortune&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # This is where you put your hand rolled scripts (remember to chmod them)&#xD;&#xA;    PATH=&quot;$HOME/bin:$PATH&quot;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6493" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3752" RevisionGUID="dd8c4982-4f18-4912-b126-e0102c65ad82" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:22:46.597" UserId="613" Text="I used to set these up all over the place but then realized that it was better to just remember how to do them 'manually' because it meant I would 1) fully understand what was going on and 2) have access to these capabilities even if my custom .bashrc wasn't installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only thing I use aliases for these days are to cut down on repetitive typing of really long lines (eg. alias myhost='ssh -T user@my.remote.host screen -dAr' )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6494" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3753" RevisionGUID="4e0144b8-07d6-42d3-8252-e9b22aaf8bf2" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:23:32.977" UserId="548" Text="Anything that moves, which in a server is basically hard drives and fans, will fail much more often than solid-state components. Power supplies are a distant, but notable, second. Everything else (cpu, memory, etc) is pretty reliable... which is not to say immune to failure, but definitely should be worried about after you've got your disk/fan/psu bases covered." />
  <row Id="6495" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3754" RevisionGUID="76e15569-289f-4c64-8b58-e17a03be6361" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:23:39.280" UserId="475" Text=" 1. Right click on the website, and &quot;Save As&quot;&#xD;&#xA; 2. Save it to a .txt file on your desktop&#xD;&#xA; 3. Open the txt file, and replace **&quot;/1739153350&quot;** with **&quot;/{newid}&quot;** (be sure to include the beginning slash). Save.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Right click on websites, &quot;Create New From File&quot;, point it to the file you just edited.&#xD;&#xA; 5. The website will be added in the &quot;Stopped&quot; state (because of a duplicate host header). Stop the old site and start the new one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is all from memory because I have done this about one gajillion times.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3755" RevisionGUID="e59333aa-2c85-4ff7-9812-f043c970e133" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:31:09.027" UserId="1104" Text="Just some simple tweaks to the UI would be really helpful.  It's really a pain to approve a large batch of updates.  The UI is slow to respond and it doesn't reflect the things you have updated already." />
  <row Id="6497" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3756" RevisionGUID="d041087d-faee-4353-a1a0-e546f9356cd8" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:32:18.667" UserId="1751" Text="We're using SQL Server database mirroring and we're trying to create a db maintenance plan to backup the database. The problem is that when the server is not the primary database the plan fails. I was wondering what the best-practice is in this situation and is there a way to have the maintenance plan backup up only the primary database?" />
  <row Id="6498" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3756" RevisionGUID="d041087d-faee-4353-a1a0-e546f9356cd8" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:32:18.667" UserId="1751" Text="Maintenance plan for SQL Server Database Mirroring" />
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  <row Id="6500" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3757" RevisionGUID="1bae3cfe-a5d0-476c-8a79-58930bda8a3f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:36:01.417" UserId="1104" Text="You will see more problems with the firmware and drivers for the hardware than you will actually see physical failures (at least early in the device's lifetime), so make sure those are up to date and tested first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SATA drives will usually be the first to go.  SAS tends to be more reliable.  (Although I've heard good things about the latest SATA 2 drives)" />
  <row Id="6501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3758" RevisionGUID="3f9fe807-446e-4cf8-bae9-2ef5463b5109" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:38:27.887" UserId="1293" Text="Among other things, I set some defaults for less, prevent accidentally closing my terminal and enable forward navigation through history:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # ignore case, long prompt, exit if it fits on one screen, allow colors for ls and grep colors&#xD;&#xA;    export LESS=&quot;-iMFXR&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # must press ctrl-D 2+1 times to exit shell&#xD;&#xA;    export IGNOREEOF=&quot;2&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # allow ctrl-S for history navigation (with ctrl-R)&#xD;&#xA;    stty -ixon&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3759" RevisionGUID="8b7bcae9-7da8-4102-8027-12358ca033fa" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:38:33.783" UserId="28" Text="I also can't live without the menu bar. One thing I do not like putting on the menu which a lot of people have is the time; it prevents PuTTY's scroll back from staying scrolled back (since it's considered a screen update)" />
  <row Id="6503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3760" RevisionGUID="9383a1d8-cdbb-4741-8650-9778d52e1339" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:39:24.203" UserId="1597" Text="I provide hosting facilities for a high traffic website that will receive a spike in traffic in the next 2 months. In order to allow more it to perform better, I want to prepare myself and put a frontend server acting as a reverse proxy and direct traffic through it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What reverse proxy do you suggest I use?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used Apache mod_proxy in the past with some good results, but is there something more performant out there, something more specific for the job? I need it to be fast, to do caching of all it can, and avoid doing requests when not needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I thought about HAProxy, but it seems to be more directed to provide High availability (multiple backend webservers). On this setup, the whole website is hosted on a single server, running some LAMP stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6504" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3760" RevisionGUID="9383a1d8-cdbb-4741-8650-9778d52e1339" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:39:24.203" UserId="1597" Text="Reverse proxy for HTTP acceleration" />
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  <row Id="6509" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3761" RevisionGUID="07cff7d2-3897-4f08-89ac-c3be33440f91" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:48:27.440" UserId="28" Text="What's the most devious thing a user has ever done that you've had to deal with? Obviously, we've all seen quite a lot of malice from unfriendly users, but how about from so-called friendly users?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my case, I think it would have to be &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cs.uit.no/~daniels/PingTunnel/&quot;&gt;ping tunnel&lt;/a&gt;: using outgoing ICMP packets to carry an SSH tunnel to circumvent the firewall. " />
  <row Id="6510" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3761" RevisionGUID="07cff7d2-3897-4f08-89ac-c3be33440f91" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:48:27.440" UserId="28" Text="What's the sneakiest thing you ever had to deal with as a sysadmin?" />
  <row Id="6511" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3761" RevisionGUID="07cff7d2-3897-4f08-89ac-c3be33440f91" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:48:27.440" UserId="28" Text="&lt;untagged&gt;" />
  <row Id="6512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3762" RevisionGUID="f08b851e-58a4-4be2-8866-53ec1d656ae5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:48:32.980" UserId="984" Text="I can't really speak about the relative performance, or how it will perform under massive load, but I have used [Squid][1] for http acceleration in the past.  It works pretty good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your web site has lots of dynamic content a cache may not be able to help you much.  You may want to check that the web site is sending out useful cache control headers and not just immediately expiring everything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.squid-cache.org/" />
  <row Id="6513" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3763" RevisionGUID="351abb55-b942-4cff-9800-d9b50e087803" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:52:08.523" UserId="28" Text="Agreed; the Gallery team is pretty good about keeping their code well maintained. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, the best security for any PHP app is the server itself. Make sure you're not running Apache as root, don't waste time with so-called safe_mode, disable directory indexes, don't leave backup files (such as vi's foo.bar~ files around where a config file containing your mysql password may be stored) around. " />
  <row Id="6514" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3761" RevisionGUID="6d4ab9e7-d06d-4e1d-8993-fdde35792bc5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:55:51.493" UserId="28" Comment="added 73 characters in body" Text="What's the most devious thing a user has ever done that you've had to deal with? Obviously, we've all seen quite a lot of malice from unfriendly users, but how about from so-called friendly users?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my case, I think it would have to be &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cs.uit.no/~daniels/PingTunnel/&quot;&gt;ping tunnel&lt;/a&gt;: using outgoing ICMP packets to carry an SSH tunnel to circumvent the firewall. [Full disclosure: I contributed toward the Windows port of this tool ;) ]" />
  <row Id="6515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3764" RevisionGUID="4c878acd-5a65-4db9-95ae-04d9648e7a92" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:56:35.363" UserId="475" Text="We all know and love [xmarks][1] for keeping Firefox bookmarks sync'd across computers, but...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Almost everyone at our company has switched to Chrome. Has anyone found any tools to synchronize users' bookmarks in Chrome? What about hacks to the registry and/or user profiles? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or do we just need to wait for the plug-in model on Chrome 2?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.xmarks.com/" />
  <row Id="6516" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3764" RevisionGUID="4c878acd-5a65-4db9-95ae-04d9648e7a92" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:56:35.363" UserId="475" Text="Synchronize Chrome bookmarks across multiple machines" />
  <row Id="6517" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3764" RevisionGUID="4c878acd-5a65-4db9-95ae-04d9648e7a92" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:56:35.363" UserId="475" Text="&lt;synchronization&gt;&lt;google-chrome&gt;" />
  <row Id="6518" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3765" RevisionGUID="d129db1c-bc97-44b0-9216-cacda93be478" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:58:01.270" UserId="984" Text="The similar question on SO #[1644][1] has lots of answers focused on software development.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do podcasts do you listen to for learning about Information technology issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1644/what-good-technology-podcasts-are-out-there" />
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  <row Id="6522" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3766" RevisionGUID="4e8a6e1c-79d7-4f28-8763-45669164649e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:58:34.467" UserId="1755" Text="I have been doing research into various high availability options for SQL Server 2005.  With regard to high availability, what circumstances would favor clustering over mirroring as an option?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From what I can tell, mirroring has numerous advantages including not having the single point of failure storage equipment, no expensive clustering hardware to buy, and faster automatic failover assuming you have a witness server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only situation I can think of that favors clustering is a situation where you have more than two servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone provide further insights?" />
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  <row Id="6524" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3766" RevisionGUID="4e8a6e1c-79d7-4f28-8763-45669164649e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:58:34.467" UserId="1755" Text="&lt;high-availability&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="6525" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="3765" RevisionGUID="c11aa837-5a00-46f2-a126-f3d0aa8071a0" CreationDate="2009-05-04T01:59:24.187" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:4,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Joel Spolsky&quot;}]" />
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  <row Id="6527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3767" RevisionGUID="271005fc-bb9f-4ea4-bd2a-f2abd56f6a38" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:01:36.927" UserId="984" Text="I regularly listen too and enjoy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Security Now][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Floss Weekly][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [Security Bites][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://twit.tv/FLOSS&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://news.cnet.com/security-bites-podcast/" />
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  <row Id="6529" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3768" RevisionGUID="a76b6b49-837a-487e-afd9-e0d8bada7d92" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:01:46.863" UserId="1348" Text="First off, anyone picking a naming scheme should read RFC 1178 - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rfc-ref.org/RFC-TEXTS/1178/index.html&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Choosing a Name for Your Computer&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;.  People have been talking about this issue for as long as computers have been given names, so read up on what others have said before re-inventing the wheel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My own thoughts - I tend to break up naming policies into &lt;b&gt;themes&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;schemes&lt;/b&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;Using a theme&lt;/b&gt; (e.g. greek gods, characters from Dr. Who, brands of vodka) works well in a &lt;i&gt;small&lt;/i&gt; network.  If you have less than 20 hosts then chances are you have multiple hardware configurations - possibly every host has a unique configuration.  In such cases it's good to be able to think of each machine as having a unique personality, because - chances are - it does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;Using a scheme&lt;/b&gt; (e.g. a name constructed from elements of the geographical location, rack position, hardware ID, etc) works well when you have large numbers of machines with identical hardware and/or software configurations.  It also works well if you'll need to be communicating about the machine with people who don't deal with it on a day to day basis.  For example if you need to tell NOC staff to reset a machine, a name which helps them locate it in the rack can be better than having them search through the racks for a machine with a particular label.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;Using a functional name&lt;/b&gt; (e.g. mail, web, fileserver) is a good idea for virtual machines, but a bad idea for physical hosts in my experience.  Physical hosts will often end up performing multiple functions (even when this is not ideal), and individual functions will change in resource usage and requirements over time, such that they will be migrated to other hosts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;The problems with themes&lt;/b&gt; include:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They generally provide a small pool of names.  Once you run out of Roman gods, do you switch to Greek?  Do you reuse a name from a retired host which fits your naming theme, or pick a new name from a new theme to avoid the problems and confusion that can arise from name reuse?&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They let your anthropomorphise your machines.  That's bad - computers don't like that.  If you treat your machines as though they have a distinct personality, you run the risk of ignoring evidence that is counter to your assumptions about how that machine &quot;behaves&quot;, as well as sometimes assuming that a fault lies with a particular machine because &quot;it's always misbehaving&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;The problems with schemes&lt;/b&gt; include:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They result in hostnames that are harder to remember.  This is much less of a problem when you have good systems management in place, but it's sometimes useful to be able to instantly recall that a particular problem has manifested more than once on a particular machine, or that a particular machine is the one responsible for performing some particular function.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the scheme changes, you may have to rename all of your hosts.  This could result in &#xD;&#xA; a large number of DNS changes, configuration changes, access list and permissions changes, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;In the real world&lt;/b&gt; you find both systems in use, sometimes side by side.  For example, in my experience high performance computing clusters always have names.  The name is often assigned to a head node (which is used interactively), while the various cluster nodes will have names such as compute-01, highmem-01, storage-01, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And, as mentioned earlier, it's common (and useful) for virtual machines and physical hosts to have different naming schemes." />
  <row Id="6530" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3769" RevisionGUID="cda549f5-db41-4ce6-a35d-673b136b18bc" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:02:24.473" UserId="475" Text="If you have several databases, I recommend clustering. Mirroring is configured and managed **per database**, whereas clustering is configured and managed **per instance**. That's a very big (and potentially time-consuming) difference." />
  <row Id="6531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3770" RevisionGUID="5c9aef17-c615-488d-bab6-cd70c0ea8ccc" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:02:41.137" UserId="28" Text="1. Hard disks&#xD;&#xA;2. Power supplies (all too common)&#xD;&#xA;3. Things you plug in and out (more common for desktops than servers)&#xD;&#xA;4. Everything else, especially after the power supply dies and takes things with it...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once upon a time, CPU fans also used to be on the list; lately, I can't remember the last time I saw one stop working, but it's a possibility, especially in a dusty environment. " />
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  <row Id="6534" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1" RevisionGUID="ac58ce0f-e4f6-4597-b88b-548bf136f893" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:11:16.667" UserId="919" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;indexes&gt;" />
  <row Id="6535" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3765" RevisionGUID="e0c9adec-d2ff-478c-8db7-8d237779e10b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:13:58.440" UserId="984" Comment="update to be more sysadmin-y" Text="The similar question on SO #[1644][1] has lots of answers focused on software development.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do podcasts do you listen to for learning about&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Information technology trends&#xD;&#xA; - Network Administration techniques&#xD;&#xA; - Security Issues and threats&#xD;&#xA; - Other system/network administration issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1644/what-good-technology-podcasts-are-out-there" />
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  <row Id="6537" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3771" RevisionGUID="53f9af5c-6222-44e5-bcb8-a7332b4b7e34" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:18:29.787" UserId="1757" Text="I need to update 100+ workstations that run ubuntu.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that i want them to download the packages from a local server so that they don't use to much internet bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I net a kind of caching proxy for this that downloads a specific package only once an than distributes it to all the workstation." />
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  <row Id="6539" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3771" RevisionGUID="53f9af5c-6222-44e5-bcb8-a7332b4b7e34" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:18:29.787" UserId="1757" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;package-management&gt;&lt;updates&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;" />
  <row Id="6540" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3772" RevisionGUID="88c4a246-a570-4e47-8b8d-6d742e6e6852" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:23:04.830" UserId="1757" Text="I have 4 servers with Ubuntu 9.04&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to install mysql-cluster 5.1 but the package in the ubuntu repository doeas not have ndb binaries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the beast way to install mysql 5.1 with ndb binaries in ubuntu 9.04" />
  <row Id="6541" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3772" RevisionGUID="88c4a246-a570-4e47-8b8d-6d742e6e6852" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:23:04.830" UserId="1757" Text="Install a mysql-cluster 5.1  in ubuntu 9.04" />
  <row Id="6542" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3772" RevisionGUID="88c4a246-a570-4e47-8b8d-6d742e6e6852" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:23:04.830" UserId="1757" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;cluster&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="6543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3773" RevisionGUID="7633f8fc-07ee-42ec-9f8a-e3095d5b14ca" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:25:38.600" UserId="984" Text="There are many available tools&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [apt-mirror][1] ([howto][2])&#xD;&#xA; - [apt-proxy][3] ([wiki][4])&#xD;&#xA; - [apt-cacher][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can even simply install a simple cache like [squid][6] and simply adjust the  maximum_object_size so it will cache larger files like the package updates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/apt-mirror&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.howtoforge.com/local_debian_ubuntu_mirror&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/apt-proxy&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptProxy&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/apt-cacher&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.squid-cache.org/" />
  <row Id="6545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3775" RevisionGUID="8cef588b-be3d-4135-9c52-955d3b5a0e8b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:26:23.060" UserId="1375" Text="I recommend `approx` over the alternatives, as it tends to fail the least." />
  <row Id="6546" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3776" RevisionGUID="9270f0ab-ad8e-4f6b-bde7-3abeda10b533" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:27:13.103" UserId="914" Text="I'd say compile it yourself." />
  <row Id="6547" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3777" RevisionGUID="1951a1f4-91c5-400e-8793-de49e82070ef" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:29:41.757" UserId="919" Text="Google has published a paper, [&quot;Failure Trends in a Large Disk Drive Population&quot;][1], about failure statistics for a wide set of drives. The main take away is that disks fail above and beyond what the MTBF would suggest. Disks are easily the most failure prone in the server room. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://labs.google.com/papers/disk_failures.pdf" />
  <row Id="6548" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3773" RevisionGUID="134fbfb9-61ab-46ad-9b05-41d6d9000198" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:30:46.310" UserId="984" Comment="added approx and howto for apt-cacher" Text="There are many available tools&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [apt-mirror][1] ([howto][2])&#xD;&#xA; - [apt-proxy][3] ([wiki][4])&#xD;&#xA; - [apt-cacher][5] ([howto][6])&#xD;&#xA; - [approx][7]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can even simply install a simple cache like [squid][8] and simply adjust the  maximum_object_size so it will cache larger files like the package updates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/apt-mirror&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.howtoforge.com/local_debian_ubuntu_mirror&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/apt-proxy&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptProxy&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/apt-cacher&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-set-up-a-repository-cache-with-apt-cacher&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/approx&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.squid-cache.org/" />
  <row Id="6552" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3779" RevisionGUID="0403f36a-ceff-4602-9880-1246879257b9" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:32:35.213" UserId="1004" Text="[Spyware Terminator][1] is FREE and works integrated with ClamAV. It's the only good antispyware/antivirus free solution for Windows Server...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.spywareterminator.com/" />
  <row Id="6553" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3780" RevisionGUID="4c84f1af-6d64-452e-8f20-1c2959aa4368" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:33:04.633" UserId="1224" Text="The aim for this Wiki is to promote using a command to open up commonly used GUI applications without having to go through many mouse clicks - thus saving times on monitoring, troubleshooting Windows machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Answer entries need to specify&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Application name (GUI) &#xD;&#xA; - Commands&#xD;&#xA; - Screenshot (Optional)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6554" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3780" RevisionGUID="4c84f1af-6d64-452e-8f20-1c2959aa4368" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:33:04.633" UserId="1224" Text="Common Windows Commands for GUI" />
  <row Id="6555" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3780" RevisionGUID="4c84f1af-6d64-452e-8f20-1c2959aa4368" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:33:04.633" UserId="1224" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;commands&gt;&lt;commandline&gt;&lt;management&gt;" />
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  <row Id="6557" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3781" RevisionGUID="e271f1b2-2b88-40e7-847c-748b0028d497" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:33:16.927" UserId="1529" Text="Postini (aka Google) - pretty inexpensive, not that intuitive to administer but its not too bad." />
  <row Id="6558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3782" RevisionGUID="02417182-03cf-4c66-b135-de01ec736520" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:33:17.410" UserId="1224" Text="&#xD;&#xA;#####EventViewer&#xD;&#xA;    eventvwr.msc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Opens&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3413/3498769999_b6f86e3b2b_o.png" />
  <row Id="6559" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3782" RevisionGUID="02417182-03cf-4c66-b135-de01ec736520" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:33:17.410" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6561" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3784" RevisionGUID="1b32052e-c85e-42cb-9227-0681a944d7d5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:36:28.403" UserId="1224" Text="#####Remote Desktop Connection&#xD;&#xA;    mstsc.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Opens &lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3325/3498786565_e1cdd9751b_o.png" />
  <row Id="6562" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3784" RevisionGUID="1b32052e-c85e-42cb-9227-0681a944d7d5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:36:28.403" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3785" RevisionGUID="78356c59-9d6f-4845-b8c7-e7476d19e998" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:36:43.517" UserId="658" Text="[Microsoft ForeFront][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not free, but definitely manageable within your Windows Domain. The ninja-admin can roll out the program automatically, and have updates sent out immediately.&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/en/us/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="6564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3786" RevisionGUID="45704eeb-6731-4972-bdc3-7a04a9a8d565" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:38:11.753" UserId="640" Text="Services control panel:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    services.msc" />
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  <row Id="6566" PostHistoryTypeId="11" PostId="3765" RevisionGUID="a33ec926-6314-4fed-87d6-c35fe1836d73" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:38:15.200" UserId="-1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:984,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Zoredache&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="6567" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3787" RevisionGUID="9693d3f3-2ba2-4e57-8b00-7dc66b1da9e3" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:40:19.767" UserId="1224" Text="#####Programs and Features (Formerly Known as &quot;Add/Remove Programs&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    appwiz.cpl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Opens&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3354/3499614934_e69b9bc24e_o.png" />
  <row Id="6568" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3787" RevisionGUID="9693d3f3-2ba2-4e57-8b00-7dc66b1da9e3" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:40:19.767" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6569" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3788" RevisionGUID="942b649c-8bfe-4473-85cb-80037d5efdfa" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:41:00.653" UserId="573" Text="I also use a fairly involved caption/hardstatus line combination,&#xD;&#xA;to simulate the effect of dropdown tabs (the caption line is solid grey&#xD;&#xA;and the current tab in the hardstatus is the same color).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also have my shell tell screen what the current process name is&#xD;&#xA;and what directory I'm in, so my tab names stay up to date with&#xD;&#xA;what I'm doing in each tab.  This is critical to remembering&#xD;&#xA;what I'm doing where without having to flick through all&#xD;&#xA;my open tabs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     # don't use the hardstatus line for system messages, use reverse video instead&#xD;&#xA;     # (we'll be using it for the list of tab windows - see hardstatus alwayslastline&#xD;&#xA;     # below)&#xD;&#xA;     hardstatus off&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;     # use the caption line for the computer name, load, hstatus (as set by zsh), &amp; time&#xD;&#xA;     # the caption line gets repeated for each window being displayed (using :split),&#xD;&#xA;     # so we'll use color cues to differentiate the caption of the current, active&#xD;&#xA;     # window, and the others.&#xD;&#xA;     #    always                  - display the caption continuously.  Since&#xD;&#xA;     #                              hardstatus is 'alwayslastline', it will be on the&#xD;&#xA;     #                              next to last line.&#xD;&#xA;     #    &quot;%?%F&quot;                  - if (leading '%?') this region has focus ('%F') &#xD;&#xA;     #                              (e.g. it's the only region being displayed, or,&#xD;&#xA;     #                              if in split-screen mode, it's the currently active&#xD;&#xA;     #                              region)&#xD;&#xA;     #      &quot;%{= Kk}&quot;               - set the colorscheme to blac[k] on grey (bright blac[K]),&#xD;&#xA;     #                                with no other effects (standout, underline, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;     #    &quot;%:&quot;                    - otherwise ('%:' between a pair of '%?'s)&#xD;&#xA;     #      &quot;%{=u kR}&quot;              - set the colorscheme to [R]ed on blac[k], and&#xD;&#xA;     #                                underline it, but no other effects (bold, standout, etc.) &#xD;&#xA;     #    &quot;%?&quot;                    - end if (trailing '%?')&#xD;&#xA;     #    &quot;  %h &quot;                 - print two spaces, tthne the [h]ardstatus of the&#xD;&#xA;     #                              current tab window (as set by zsh - see zshrc) and&#xD;&#xA;     #                              then another space.&#xD;&#xA;     #    &quot;%-024=&quot;                - either pad (with spaces) or truncate the previous&#xD;&#xA;     #                              text so that the rest of the caption string starts&#xD;&#xA;     #                              24 characters ('024') from the right ('-') edge of&#xD;&#xA;     #                              the caption line.&#xD;&#xA;     #                              NOTE: omitting the '0' before the '24' would pad&#xD;&#xA;     #                              or truncate the text so it would be 24% from the&#xD;&#xA;     #                              right.&#xD;&#xA;     #    &quot;%{+b}                  - add ('+') [b]old to the current text effects, but&#xD;&#xA;     #                              don't change the current colors.&#xD;&#xA;     #    &quot; %C:%s%a %D %d %M %Y&quot;  - print the [C]urrent time, a colon, the [s]econds,&#xD;&#xA;     #                              whether it's [a]m or pm, the [D]ay name, the [d]ay&#xD;&#xA;     #                              of the month, the [M]onth, and the [Y]ear.&#xD;&#xA;     #                              (this takes up 24 characters, so the previous&#xD;&#xA;     #                              pad/truncate command makes sure the clock doesn't&#xD;&#xA;     #                              get pushed off of the caption line)&#xD;&#xA;     #    &quot;%{= dd}&quot;               - revert to the [d]efault background and [d]efault&#xD;&#xA;     #                              foreground colors, respectively, with no ('= ')&#xD;&#xA;     #                              other effects.&#xD;&#xA;     #  other things that might be useful later are&#xD;&#xA;     #    &quot; %H&quot;                   - print a space, then the [H]ostname.&#xD;&#xA;     #    &quot;(%{.K}%l%{-}):&quot;        - print a '(', then change the text color to grey&#xD;&#xA;     #                              (aka bright blac[K]), and print the current system&#xD;&#xA;     #                              [l]oad.  Then revert to the previous colorscheme&#xD;&#xA;     #                              ('%{-}') and print a close ')' and a colon.&#xD;&#xA;     #                              NOTE: the load is only updated when some other&#xD;&#xA;     #                              portion of the caption string needs to be changed&#xD;&#xA;     #                              (like the seconds in the clock, or if there were a&#xD;&#xA;     #                              backtick command)&#xD;&#xA;     #    &quot;%0`&quot;                   - put the output of a backtick command in the line&#xD;&#xA;     #    &quot;%-024&lt;&quot;                - don't pad, just truncate if the string is past 24&#xD;&#xA;     #                              characters from the right edge&#xD;&#xA;     #    &quot;%-=&quot;                   - pad (with spaces) the previous text text so that&#xD;&#xA;     #                              the rest of the caption string is justified&#xD;&#xA;     #                              against the right edge of the screen.&#xD;&#xA;     #                              NOTE: doesn't appear to truncate previous text.&#xD;&#xA;     caption always           &quot;%?%F%{= Kk}%:%{=u kR}%?  %h %-024=%{+b} %C%a %D %d %M %Y%{= db}&quot;&#xD;&#xA;     # use the hardstatus line for the window list&#xD;&#xA;     #    alwayslastline      - always display the hardstatus as the last line of the&#xD;&#xA;     #                          terminal&#xD;&#xA;     #    &quot;%{= kR} %-Lw&quot;      - change to a blac[k] background with bright [R]ed text,&#xD;&#xA;     #                          and print all the tab [w]indow numbers and titles in&#xD;&#xA;     #                          the [L]ong format (ie with flags) upto ('-') the&#xD;&#xA;     #                          current tab window&#xD;&#xA;     #    &quot;%{=b Kk} %n%f %t &quot; - change to grey (bright blac[K]) background with&#xD;&#xA;     #                          [b]old blac[k] text, with no other effects, and print&#xD;&#xA;     #                          the [n]umber of the current tab window, any [f]lags it&#xD;&#xA;     #                          might have, and the [t]itle of the current tab window&#xD;&#xA;     #                          (as set by zsh - see zshrc).&#xD;&#xA;     #                          NOTE: the color match with the caption line makes it&#xD;&#xA;     #                          appear as if a 'tab' is dropping down from the caption&#xD;&#xA;     #                          line, highlighting the number &amp; title of the current&#xD;&#xA;     #                          tab window.  Nifty, ain't it)&#xD;&#xA;     #    &quot;%{-}%+Lw &quot;         - revert to the previous color scheme (red on black)&#xD;&#xA;     #                          and print all the tab [w]indow numbers and titles in&#xD;&#xA;     #                          the [L]ong format (ie with flags) after ('+') the&#xD;&#xA;     #                          current tab window.&#xD;&#xA;     #    &quot;%=%{= dd}&quot;         - pad all the way to the right (since there is no text&#xD;&#xA;     #                          that follows this) and revert to the [d]efault&#xD;&#xA;     #                          background and [d]efault foreground colors, with no&#xD;&#xA;     #                          ('= ') other effects.&#xD;&#xA;     hardstatus alwayslastline &quot;%{= kR} %-Lw%{=b Kk} %n%f %t %{-}%+Lw %=%{= dd}&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So here's my zshrc settings to tell screen about what I'm doing in each tab.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # ~/.zshrc&#xD;&#xA;    # if using GNU screen, let the zsh tell screen what the title and hardstatus&#xD;&#xA;    # of the tab window should be.&#xD;&#xA;    if [[ $TERM == &quot;screen&quot; ]]; then&#xD;&#xA;      _GET_PATH='echo $PWD | sed &quot;s/^\/Users\//~/;s/^~$USER/~/&quot;'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      # use the current user as the prefix of the current tab title (since that's&#xD;&#xA;      # fairly important, and I change it fairly often)&#xD;&#xA;      TAB_TITLE_PREFIX='&quot;`'$_GET_PATH' | sed &quot;s:..*/::&quot;`$PROMPT_CHAR&quot;'&#xD;&#xA;      # when at the shell prompt, show a truncated version of the current path (with&#xD;&#xA;      # standard ~ replacement) as the rest of the title.&#xD;&#xA;      TAB_TITLE_PROMPT='$SHELL:t'&#xD;&#xA;      # when running a command, show the title of the command as the rest of the&#xD;&#xA;      # title (truncate to drop the path to the command)&#xD;&#xA;      TAB_TITLE_EXEC='$cmd[1]:t'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      # use the current path (with standard ~ replacement) in square brackets as the&#xD;&#xA;      # prefix of the tab window hardstatus.&#xD;&#xA;      TAB_HARDSTATUS_PREFIX='&quot;[`'$_GET_PATH'`] &quot;'&#xD;&#xA;      # when at the shell prompt, use the shell name (truncated to remove the path to&#xD;&#xA;      # the shell) as the rest of the title&#xD;&#xA;      TAB_HARDSTATUS_PROMPT='$SHELL:t'&#xD;&#xA;      # when running a command, show the command name and arguments as the rest of&#xD;&#xA;      # the title&#xD;&#xA;      TAB_HARDSTATUS_EXEC='$cmd'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      # tell GNU screen what the tab window title ($1) and the hardstatus($2) should be&#xD;&#xA;      function screen_set()&#xD;&#xA;      {&#xD;&#xA;        # set the tab window title (%t) for screen&#xD;&#xA;        print -nR $'\033k'$1$'\033'\\\&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        # set hardstatus of tab window (%h) for screen&#xD;&#xA;        print -nR $'\033]0;'$2$'\a'&#xD;&#xA;      }&#xD;&#xA;      # called by zsh before executing a command&#xD;&#xA;      function preexec()&#xD;&#xA;      {&#xD;&#xA;        local -a cmd; cmd=(${(z)1}) # the command string&#xD;&#xA;        eval &quot;tab_title=$TAB_TITLE_PREFIX$TAB_TITLE_EXEC&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        eval &quot;tab_hardstatus=$TAB_HARDSTATUS_PREFIX$TAB_HARDSTATUS_EXEC&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        screen_set $tab_title $tab_hardstatus&#xD;&#xA;      }&#xD;&#xA;      # called by zsh before showing the prompt&#xD;&#xA;      function precmd()&#xD;&#xA;      {&#xD;&#xA;        eval &quot;tab_title=$TAB_TITLE_PREFIX$TAB_TITLE_PROMPT&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        eval &quot;tab_hardstatus=$TAB_HARDSTATUS_PREFIX$TAB_HARDSTATUS_PROMPT&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        screen_set $tab_title $tab_hardstatus&#xD;&#xA;      }&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3789" RevisionGUID="3f296dd4-fedd-4d1a-b171-e8580bad6c3e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:42:08.200" UserId="475" Text="###[RunAs Radio][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.runasradio.com/" />
  <row Id="6571" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3789" RevisionGUID="3f296dd4-fedd-4d1a-b171-e8580bad6c3e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:42:08.200" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3790" RevisionGUID="1f6e04a4-be47-42af-b8b4-3bebf29be0de" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:43:24.907" UserId="158" Text="[Varnish][1] appears to be a pretty popular reverse proxy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, I believe you can run [Nginx][2] as a reverse proxy too (using [memcached][3] as an option, I think.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://varnish.projects.linpro.no/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://wiki.nginx.org/Main&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.danga.com/memcached/" />
  <row Id="6573" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3791" RevisionGUID="88904113-0a52-481a-b147-fd4d842eeb0b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:44:03.203" UserId="1224" Text="#####Computer Management&#xD;&#xA;    compmgmt.msc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Opens&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3579/3498810395_e98940657d_o.png" />
  <row Id="6574" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3791" RevisionGUID="88904113-0a52-481a-b147-fd4d842eeb0b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:44:03.203" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3792" RevisionGUID="f01230c6-3850-480c-9322-0ffeabdb4ac0" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:46:34.993" UserId="1155" Text="[Microsoft Exchange Hosted Services][1] (aka Frontbridge)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Microsoft Exchange Hosted Services (EHS) offers online tools to help your organization protect itself from spam and malware, satisfy retention requirements for e-discovery and compliance, encrypt data to preserve confidentiality, and maintain access to e-mail during and after emergency situations. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/online/exchange-hosted-services.mspx" />
  <row Id="6576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3793" RevisionGUID="0b2602ae-3b2e-446b-99e8-175c1cbc7e30" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:49:14.393" UserId="1224" Text="#####Device Manager&#xD;&#xA;    devmgmt.msc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Opens&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3305/3498826459_0a66de146a_o.png" />
  <row Id="6577" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3793" RevisionGUID="0b2602ae-3b2e-446b-99e8-175c1cbc7e30" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:49:14.393" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3794" RevisionGUID="fcd11347-421e-4fe7-be3f-99537126e70c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:49:29.900" UserId="658" Text="In the Windows world, a big player is [Backup Exec by Symantec][1]. Licensing is a pain, however, as they want you to buy a license for each server that it touches. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would have LOVED to have found a replacement for Backup Exec.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.symantec.com/business/products/family.jsp?familyid=backupexec" />
  <row Id="6579" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3795" RevisionGUID="2a5efc56-5ebb-4c28-973d-21c5f0c871a9" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:54:32.023" UserId="1224" Text="&#xD;&#xA;#####Disk Management&#xD;&#xA;    diskmgmt.msc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Opens&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3566/3498843041_ce3992214c_o.png" />
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  <row Id="6581" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2213" RevisionGUID="8dd1a89a-0dc4-47cd-935e-5e02771f66e3" CreationDate="2009-05-04T02:55:08.060" UserId="248" Comment="added 22 characters in body" Text="We have an Ubuntu file server in a small network that is serving about 8 Windows clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, is it necessary to have a virus scanner on the server, or just rely on the clients (currently using AVG)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is best to have virus scanning on the file server, what is a good scanner for a Linux Samba server?" />
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  <row Id="6584" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3797" RevisionGUID="07398f07-9a89-412a-9700-295521b19330" CreationDate="2009-05-04T03:05:01.343" UserId="1224" Text="&#xD;&#xA;#####ODBC Data Source Administrator&#xD;&#xA;    odbcad32.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Opens&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3354/3498873605_513c1fbba0_o.png" />
  <row Id="6585" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3797" RevisionGUID="07398f07-9a89-412a-9700-295521b19330" CreationDate="2009-05-04T03:05:01.343" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6586" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3798" RevisionGUID="e19df382-721c-4d04-a6cf-3b18278acdba" CreationDate="2009-05-04T03:06:37.067" UserId="846" Text="Three suggestions ... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My company has used the &quot;MailWatch&quot; service from InfoCrossing for over 7 years.  **It is excellent, and I recommend it highly.**  It works exactly as you describe in the picture, and requires virtually zero maintenance.  I can't recall the last false positive, virtually no real spam gets through, and as a bonus it has two different A/V filters.  Our MX records point to MailWatch and our firewall is secured to only allow SMTP from MailWatch IPs.  It also filters outbound mail; our mail server is set to send all mail thru MailWatch and it will only accept mail for our domain from our IP address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Astaro ASG firewall line has [embedded anti-spam][1] in the firewall.  It is not enabled in our ASG firewalls (because of MailWatch), but my experience with the company and the product leads me to think it will be good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, for a more off-beat recommendation .. Deep Six makes an interesting [appliance][2], which uses a connection scoring mechanism (combining multiple black lists) rather than message analysis.  It is highly recommended by Windows maven [Bob Livingston][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.astaro.com/our_products/astaro_security_gateway/hardware_appliances/mail_security&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.d6sas.com/classic/anti-spam-appliance.php&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://windowssecrets.com/comp/060216#story1" />
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  <row Id="6597" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3803" RevisionGUID="b1b3bc1a-e65e-43ce-bab1-397296e136b6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T03:13:58.063" UserId="1224" Text="#####Network and Sharing Center&#xD;&#xA;    control.exe /name Microsoft.NetworkAndSharingCenter&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Reference**: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc733147.aspx#BKMK_Anchor3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Opens&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3657/3499717294_f3f129afba_o.png" />
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  <row Id="6600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3804" RevisionGUID="afdc722d-0272-460b-91b7-498b44906a34" CreationDate="2009-05-04T03:16:28.960" UserId="1760" Text="The most useful screen customization, IMHO, is to change the modifier key to something other than C-a.  That is just too important of a key to have eaten (go to the beginning of the line at all readline prompts, and in emacs).  I use C-z, since I need to suspend applications a lot less often than I need to edit something at the beginning of the line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The magic word is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    escape ^za&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="6602" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="861" RevisionGUID="551ac344-f291-4547-a4c4-adafd8063e62" CreationDate="2009-05-04T03:19:57.050" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;netatalk&gt;&lt;afp&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;time-machine&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="6603" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3324" RevisionGUID="75acd7c8-8e55-4aa9-8b77-b030150924b4" CreationDate="2009-05-04T03:23:47.663" UserId="846" Comment="Add CDMA comment and ShieldsUp link." Text="I don't like connecting Windows PCs directly to the internet.  I would buy a standard consumer internet router (like [this][1], $30 at NewEgg), connect *it* to the internet, and connect the computers to it.  It will do the DHCP if you like, and the configuration is pretty clear.  It will protect your systems from the craziness on the internet.  Then you can turn on file/folder sharing on the computers without risk, and the Windows/Linux network configuration becomes straight-forward; follow the wizards.     &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to roll your own, I would take the PC with 2 NICs and install the free [Astaro Security Gateway][2] software on it.  It is a Linux &quot;appliance&quot; that is a full-featured firewall.  I use several of their commercial products at work and am pleased.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I realize that this doesn't specifically answer your question, but I think it gets you where you want to go in a better fashion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: You noted the CDMA terminal.  If the PC connects to it using TCP/IP over an Ethernet NIC, the Astaro should work fine.  If you are going to keep the Windows PC as the &quot;firewall&quot;, I suggest that you put a bunch of web research into securing that PC.  Start [here][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ALSO: You can use the Gibson Research Corp [Shields Up][4] website to test external access to you PCs.  It works *very* well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833314031&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.astaro.com/our_products/astaro_security_gateway&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1598&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2" />
  <row Id="6604" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="3780" RevisionGUID="58a1cebf-c709-4abb-9d89-a3fe3c84cc17" CreationDate="2009-05-04T03:24:30.813" UserId="1224" Comment="edited title" Text="Common Commandline Commands on Windows" />
  <row Id="6605" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3805" RevisionGUID="6119ab37-c18a-4a09-a671-41b1f56b1ba1" CreationDate="2009-05-04T03:26:06.707" UserId="808" Text="About hard disks, many people misunderstand the MTBF and think a drive with a MTBF 100,000 hours will last, on average, for 11.5 years.  What the manufacturer means is that in a collection of a large number of drives, N, all within their lifetime, that one drive will file for every 100,000/N hours.  If you have 100,000 drives that each have a MTBF of 100,000 hours, then you should expect a drive to fail -- on average -- every hour.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hard drives fail more often than people expect.  Back up, back up, back up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anything with moving parts can fail, including tape drives, floppy drives, fans, and so on. I've had the fan on graphics cards die, causing the death of the graphics card.  I've had the power supply fan die, causing most of the parts of the computer to die.  (Since then I've never built a system without extra fans.)  Tape drives require extra care, or their lifetimes will be significantly shortened.  This is because not only does it move, but the tape head makes physical contact with the tape media -- at least in many kinds of tape drives.  Cleaning the drive too often with ordinary tape cleaning media will wear away the tape heads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I replace my disk drives every several years (mostly because the capacity available increases so rapidly), so have experienced relatively few hard drive failures.  I've had many power supplies fail -- many more than I would have naively expected for a component with no moving parts other than the fan.  I assume that power irregularities are the cause of many power supply failures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So far, in a few decades of computing, I have never had a CPU or RAM or motherboard fail unless there was a reasonable cause, such as overheating (fans dying).  However, a few brands of motherboards over the years have had much shorter lifetimes than expected due to sub-par parts, often incorrectly manufactured capacitors where power enters the motherboard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anywhere that you have a plugged-in connection is a point of failure.  I've had computers fail (mostly long ago) due to cheap tin-plated connectors.  The tin oxidized and over time the connection because less and less reliable.  Eventually I unplugged everything, took an eraser to the tin connectors to remove the oxidation, plugged everything back in, and was up and going for a while longer.  Gold connectors are the connector of choice for a reason." />
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  <row Id="6609" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="947" RevisionGUID="3270134f-136d-4baa-91ea-e60975d469ee" CreationDate="2009-05-04T03:30:46.337" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;opensource&gt;&lt;freeware&gt;&lt;issue-tracking&gt;" />
  <row Id="6610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3807" RevisionGUID="bfd3f85c-0ff5-430c-a586-e068651fafd5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T03:31:29.563" UserId="1192" Text="**Physical Disks Partitioning**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Start with 2 disks minimum:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;#1 100MB,     ID=83 (Linux), Boot Flag ON&#xD;&#xA;#2 Remaining, ID=FD (Linux Raid Auto)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The 100MB partition is for /boot volume. I leave this on all my drives (even non-boot) to allow for flexibility so any drive can be later enabled to boot. IF the disks are not matched in size, or you have an odd number (500GB, 250GBx2), then divide the partitions of the 500GB drive to match the smaller disks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**RAID**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Using the 100MB partitions on `sda` and `sdb` create a RAID1 (mirror) volume for `/boot`. This becomes **`md0`**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;md0        /boot          100MB          Ext2&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Don't bother using an exotic FS on /boot, its not worth it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The remaining space can be setup in different methods. I opt for a RAID10 (mirror/stripe) using 64K chunks and &quot;2 far-copies&quot; for speed. This gives you a lot of flexibility to incrementally upgrade drives down the line. The other options is to do a RAID5/6. However the usable space will be limited to the smallest partition, and DO NOT use partitions from the same devices. Name the new RAID arrays **`md1`**, **`md2`**, and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**LVM**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Take all of the RAID arrays except **`md0`**, and put them into a single LVM volume group named **`lvm_vg0`**. If you have RAID5 and RAID10 volumes, its probably best not to combine them, but I guess it wouldn't hurt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Partition out VG0 for the remaining system mounts. Remember it relatively easy to add more space if needed, so these numbers can be somewhat conservative.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;lvm_vg0-root   /      8GB     Ext3/ReiserFS  (core distro files)&#xD;&#xA;lvm_vg0-home   /home  20+GB   Ext3/ReiserFS  (user data, documents)&#xD;&#xA;lvm_vg0-data   /data  60+GB   XFS            (media, large files, vm's)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;XFS file systems can not be shrunk, so keep that in mind. Also, shrinking an online root volume is probably not supported.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Upgrading**&#xD;&#xA;If you ever want to swap disks for larger sizes you have a few options. The easiest, is adding drives in pairs or more, and add the new RAID arrays to the current LVM VG.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option is adding a single drive that is &gt;= to the sum of the current space. For example, if you have two 100GB device in RAID10, you can add a new 200GB device and mirror it using the two old devices. This is more error prone, but will work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If needed, **`md#`** devices can be removed from the LVM VG without loosing data. This can be done if there is enough free LVM space to shift all used LVM blocks from the **`md#`** device to others. LVM can only use space that has not been assigned to a LV, so an empty file system does not count as &quot;free&quot; space.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6611" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3805" RevisionGUID="6d2e8ac6-23f8-4b44-8cd9-e9b9b6aa89d9" CreationDate="2009-05-04T03:32:16.927" UserId="808" Comment="added 195 characters in body" Text="About hard disks, many people misunderstand the MTBF and think a drive with a MTBF 100,000 hours will last, on average, for 11.5 years.  What the manufacturer means is that in a collection of a large number of drives, N, all within their lifetime, that one drive will file for every 100,000/N hours.  If you have 100,000 drives that each have a MTBF of 100,000 hours, then you should expect a drive to fail -- on average -- every hour.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hard drives fail more often than people expect.  Back up, back up, back up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anything with moving parts can fail, including tape drives, floppy drives, fans, and so on. I've had the fan on graphics cards die, causing the death of the graphics card.  I've had the power supply fan die, causing most of the parts of the computer to die.  (Since then I've never built a system without extra fans.)  Tape drives require extra care, or their lifetimes will be significantly shortened.  This is because not only does it move, but the tape head makes physical contact with the tape media -- at least in many kinds of tape drives.  Cleaning the drive too often with ordinary tape cleaning media will wear away the tape heads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've had the built-in chipset fans die, but so far without any effect.  So far I've never had a CPU fan die, but I tend to upgrade often enough that I probably avoid this via upgrades. (grin)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I replace my disk drives every several years (mostly because the capacity available increases so rapidly), so have experienced relatively few hard drive failures.  I've had many power supplies fail -- many more than I would have naively expected for a component with no moving parts other than the fan.  I assume that power irregularities are the cause of many power supply failures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So far, in a few decades of computing, I have never had a CPU or RAM or motherboard fail unless there was a reasonable cause, such as overheating (fans dying).  However, a few brands of motherboards over the years have had much shorter lifetimes than expected due to sub-par parts, often incorrectly manufactured capacitors where power enters the motherboard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anywhere that you have a plugged-in connection is a point of failure.  I've had computers fail (mostly long ago) due to cheap tin-plated connectors.  The tin oxidized and over time the connection because less and less reliable.  Eventually I unplugged everything, took an eraser to the tin connectors to remove the oxidation, plugged everything back in, and was up and going for a while longer.  Gold connectors are the connector of choice for a reason.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From what I've seen in a corporate environment, with my home experienced mixed in, components seem to fail in this order, from most to least frequently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Hard drives and tape drives&#xD;&#xA;2. Power supplies&#xD;&#xA;3. fans&#xD;&#xA;4. distantly, everything else&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not mentioned above, but you should expect *all* flash memory sticks/cards to eventually die, depending on frequency of use.  But it will take a long time given the average use of most such cards.  Flash memory &quot;wears out&quot; with use and memory cells will eventually fail.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6612" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3808" RevisionGUID="ee609111-d157-4efe-bf55-6e25b4592c0d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T03:36:37.493" UserId="1224" Text="&#xD;&#xA;#####Regional and Language Options&#xD;&#xA;    intl.cpl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Opens&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3317/3498963917_2e6c928946_o.png&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="6618" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3811" RevisionGUID="dbdbab42-74df-43b6-a2f8-d9e0cac513f8" CreationDate="2009-05-04T03:44:07.257" UserId="475" Text="Anecdotally, **batteries**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have no hard data, but I have replaced more failed or under-performing batteries in my life than any other component. This includes uninterruptible power supplies, laptops/notebooks, controller batteries, mobile phone batteries, and probably a lot of others.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This has led me to **always** stock an extra battery pack for a server room's UPS." />
  <row Id="6619" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3812" RevisionGUID="79113bb7-466e-4aac-aaa4-7c33b1af402c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T03:44:16.960" UserId="1763" Text="Why have an external server proxy your http requests?  Why not just use dns to switch the host name to the ip address of the other connection?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need a single, static ip address, is there any way you could get your isp to route the ip address to the other connection in the event that the first goes down?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6620" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3813" RevisionGUID="047b4499-9bc6-4a16-afb5-062fe7f71cc0" CreationDate="2009-05-04T03:44:38.597" UserId="808" Text="Despite the warnings above, *most* of the time, any memory of the proper type and speed will work.  The people above are correct -- if you don't want to throw money away, consult the OEM, manufacturer, or use an application such as the one provided by [Crucial][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of the RAM problems I've had were problems of mixing RAM purchased at different times. One machine I had would work with either 512 Meg stick of RAM that I had, but it just would not work with both at the same time.  I never figured this out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my experience, you're much more likely to have a problem mixing RAM sticks purchased at different times than you are if you totally replace all of the RAM in the computer with matched memory sticks.  So far, I've never bought memory and had it fail to work -- unless I was mixing memory sticks of different types.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that it is absolutely possible to buy memory and have it fail to work.  This appears to be much more true (in what I have seen) for systems that take special memory, such as parity memory.  If you want to ensure that you don't throw money away, consult the right experts.  Otherwise you are taking a (usually small) chance that the memory will not work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that at least in what I have seen, trying incompatible memory in a motherboard has never damaged anything.  It just failed to POST or failed ot boot or failed to be reliable.  In every case I have personally experienced, incompatible memory has not caused any damage to other hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://www.crucial.com/systemscanner/index.aspx&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6623" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3816" RevisionGUID="e2045263-ba6f-44b4-aab4-a474dd9135ab" CreationDate="2009-05-04T03:52:15.413" UserId="808" Text="Since I use so many different machines, my `.bashrc` always sets the command prompt to include, among other things, the name of the server I am currently logged into.  This way, when I am three levels deep in telnet/ssh, I don't type the wrong thing in the wrong window.  It really sucks to `rm -rf .` in the wrong window!  (Note:  At home, telnet is disabled on all machines.  At work, ssh is not always enabled and I don't have root access to very many machines.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a script `~/bin/setprompt` that is executed by my `.bashrc`, which contains:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RESET=&quot;\[\017\]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    NORMAL=&quot;\[\033[0m\]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    RED=&quot;\[\033[31;1m\]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    YELLOW=&quot;\[\033[33;1m\]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    WHITE=&quot;\[\033[37;1m\]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SMILEY=&quot;${WHITE}:)${NORMAL}&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    FROWNY=&quot;${RED}:(${NORMAL}&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SELECT=&quot;if [ \$? = 0 ]; then echo \&quot;${SMILEY}\&quot;; else echo \&quot;${FROWNY}\&quot;; fi&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Throw it all together &#xD;&#xA;    PS1=&quot;${RESET}${YELLOW}\h${NORMAL} \`${SELECT}\` ${YELLOW}&gt;${NORMAL} &quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This script sets the prompt to the host name followed by `:)` if the last command was successful and `:(` if the last command failed.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6624" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3817" RevisionGUID="1a1b5b63-8e72-458d-9a10-c07be696c4c4" CreationDate="2009-05-04T03:53:11.430" UserId="1585" Text="Task Manager | taskmgr.exe" />
  <row Id="6625" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3817" RevisionGUID="1a1b5b63-8e72-458d-9a10-c07be696c4c4" CreationDate="2009-05-04T03:53:11.430" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6626" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3818" RevisionGUID="3d940976-3635-46c0-8888-fcd99ac5b545" CreationDate="2009-05-04T03:55:34.657" UserId="722" Text="When you run the OpenBSD installer, simply delete the other slices at the `disklabel` step, leaving just `a` and `b`. The installer will still create the other directories; they just won't be as securely protected. (For example, normally OpenBSD sets things like `nodev` for `/home`; when on the same volume as `/`, which houses the `/dev` directory, this is no longer possible.)" />
  <row Id="6627" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3227" RevisionGUID="52e9cf8e-1253-4c6a-aedd-b46501bb1e71" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:04:06.630" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;error-message&gt;" />
  <row Id="6628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3819" RevisionGUID="b20ac7a5-e0a0-4106-9006-f1484dcaf464" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:05:23.697" UserId="808" Text="For a small home network -- two laptops, two desktops, plus the main server -- should I expect much gain by running Squid on the main server?  I fully understand the value of running a caching name server for a small home network, but I'm not sure if there is any value to running an HTTP caching proxy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main server does full NAT for all other computers on the network, in case it matters.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6629" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3819" RevisionGUID="b20ac7a5-e0a0-4106-9006-f1484dcaf464" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:05:23.697" UserId="808" Text="For a small home network, is there any point to running Squid?" />
  <row Id="6630" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3819" RevisionGUID="b20ac7a5-e0a0-4106-9006-f1484dcaf464" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:05:23.697" UserId="808" Text="&lt;home-network&gt;&lt;squid&gt;&lt;http-proxy&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;cache&gt;" />
  <row Id="6631" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1146" RevisionGUID="21f5b777-7fe1-4367-a1c7-1cfab575d5ad" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:05:24.087" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;netlogon&gt;" />
  <row Id="6632" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2559" RevisionGUID="473bfe9a-b469-465d-912a-6d4a3725786c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:06:07.720" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-update&gt;&lt;reboot&gt;" />
  <row Id="6634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3820" RevisionGUID="709dc116-4bd6-46c5-96f7-983715d03da1" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:08:09.367" UserId="1348" Text="It's most likely that the lock-up is happening in a module rather than in Apache itself.  Your setup sounds pretty minimal, so I'd suspect `mod_jk` as the culprit.  If limiting `MaxRequestsPerChild` fixes the problem then I'd say that's an acceptable workaround.  It's possible that a bug in the module is only triggered after a long time or many requests, and unless you're really keen on tracking this down then making it go away is probably good enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to track it down then the first thing to do is configure `CoreDumpDirectory` to point to some location that the server user can write to.  If you can get the offending process to leave a core file behind then it should help you track down the cause of the problem.  You can find some hints on doing this in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://httpd.apache.org/dev/debugging.html&quot;&gt;Apache Debugging Guide&lt;/a&gt;." />
  <row Id="6635" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2327" RevisionGUID="b5ec948d-d1a7-4492-a342-75033eefe15d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:09:33.857" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;iso&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="6636" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3821" RevisionGUID="f00b375f-6cea-4ac7-afd6-e02edec5eac6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:09:40.690" UserId="1375" Text="I don't think it's worth it.  You might see a small speed-up on commonly used pages (if they're used by both machines), but you're not going to save enough bandwidth or time to make it worth the hassle, IMO." />
  <row Id="6637" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2705" RevisionGUID="fde0fd97-f4ec-4bb6-a30a-ac380219d0e8" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:10:21.547" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;hidden-features&gt;&lt;tips&gt;" />
  <row Id="6638" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3822" RevisionGUID="b9a08e2e-c10b-45fc-9e61-566fc3025bf2" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:11:01.950" UserId="1004" Text="I use [Gizmo Drive][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Leeched from site:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 	&#xD;&#xA;      Gizmo Drive v2.7.5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      •   	Mount ISO, BIN, CUE, NRG files to a virtual CD-ROM drive&#xD;&#xA;      •   	Mount VHD files, used with Microsoft Virtual PC&#xD;&#xA;      •   	Mount password protected images to a virtual hard drive&#xD;&#xA;      •   	Encrypt HD images using a passphrase&#xD;&#xA;      •   	Protect vital files from hackers using encrypted HD images&#xD;&#xA;      •   	Mount IMG files to a virtual drive&#xD;&#xA;      •   	Mount and unmount files from the Windows Shell&#xD;&#xA;      •   	Mount and unmount files from the command line&#xD;&#xA;      •   	Support for compression and sparse HD images&#xD;&#xA;    Supported Platforms: &#xD;&#xA;    * Windows 7 (32-bit/64-bit)&#xD;&#xA;    * Windows Server 2008 (32-bit/64-bit)&#xD;&#xA;    * Windows Vista (32-bit/64-bit)&#xD;&#xA;    * Windows Server 2003 (32-bit/64-bit)&#xD;&#xA;    * Windows XP (32-bit/64-bit)&#xD;&#xA;    * Windows 2000 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://arainia.com/software/gizmo/overview.php?nID=4" />
  <row Id="6640" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1506" RevisionGUID="1998d86d-10f4-49dd-a753-ef6d126e82a9" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:11:52.557" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;identity-management&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="6641" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3478" RevisionGUID="d4c23636-898b-4611-8d89-c548db29d74a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:13:48.683" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;system-administration&gt;&lt;tools&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="6642" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3482" RevisionGUID="9ddcc312-0374-4785-86cb-c78cbecad5d8" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:14:32.190" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;system-administration&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="6643" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2537" RevisionGUID="54c0ac23-b8cb-4714-9566-16cf66900117" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:15:43.327" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;iso&gt;&lt;cdburning&gt;&lt;tool&gt;" />
  <row Id="6644" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3823" RevisionGUID="c28301ef-5567-414c-b862-01bc6f8e24e3" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:16:34.480" UserId="1763" Text="I do something similar to what you are looking at.  I run an openbsd server in my house.  It runs dovecot to serve imap from a maildir in my home directory.  I use fdm to periodically pull email from a gmail account and dump it in a particular maildir depending on some filtering criteria.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use postfix as my smtp server (but will replace it with openbsd's smtpd when that's ready).  It takes delivery for my domain and passes it to fdm (through my ~/.forward file) for filtering into the right folders as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Postfix also does smtp auth so that I can use it as a relay when I'm out of the house.  For auth, it actually talks to dovecot, which I've configured with a password database (only has me in it).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Like gyaresu mentions, it's sort of an uptime problem.  My power goes out often enough that I would never host important mail on it.  If people need to be able to send me stuff, I always give them a different email address.  However, for mailing lists and the like, it's awesome to have an imap server that I can manage myself.  In fact, the mailing lists go to the mentioned gmail account and then get pulled, so I still get them all without inconveniencing the mailer if my server goes down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are services that will serve as a backup mx for you.  Your dns record can point to them and mail servers will send there if yours is down temporarily and then they will be relayed when you come back up.  For that to work of course, your dns can't be on the same machine as your mail server (as mine is)." />
  <row Id="6645" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1249" RevisionGUID="08cf930b-884c-4a72-bb74-a22a0e04a14e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:16:40.563" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;usb-flash-drive&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="6646" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3824" RevisionGUID="ea57d14e-af72-4d7a-a03f-f51ed89536f4" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:20:35.407" UserId="722" Text="If they all run the same operating system, and the update system on said operating system is caching-friendly, using a web cache would mean that you download each update once, not (in your case) four times.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;YMMV." />
  <row Id="6647" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3825" RevisionGUID="ebdb7dcb-5e08-4e4c-9729-b64f4315bcdd" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:24:05.100" UserId="1605" Text="There is [no plug-in for Google Chrome][1], yet. From the source:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Apparently, a Google developer&#xD;&#xA;&gt; conference scheduled for May 27th will&#xD;&#xA;&gt; include a session on developing&#xD;&#xA;&gt; extensions for Chrome, which leads&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Google Operating System to conclude&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that we’ll see the extensions platform&#xD;&#xA;&gt; go live on or before that date.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mashable.com/2009/02/05/google-chrome-extensions-launch-date/" />
  <row Id="6648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3826" RevisionGUID="943dfaa3-136c-4252-9f4c-e1b7e5164d8f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:25:23.100" UserId="1174" Text="If you have a small network, there's not much to be gained.  I've had squid running on our home network.   Last time I measured it, it was reducing the traffic by 6-8%.  There's also the gain you get by removing the effect of latency on TCP setup.  But unless multiple users are hitting the same site, the re-visit hits are likely as not going to come from your browser's cache anyway.   If I didn't know the squid was running I'd be hard pressed to tell the difference." />
  <row Id="6649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3827" RevisionGUID="4ef9512f-48e8-45d4-add9-2ddbbb1cffa7" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:25:53.663" UserId="123" Text="Next to nothing or even slower unless all 4 computers go to the exact same websites all the time and still there wont be anything to get happy about, i properly spent all the time you would save typing this message :S" />
  <row Id="6650" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3828" RevisionGUID="9b40fdd5-8ebb-411e-864e-722a0514dde0" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:26:13.117" UserId="58" Text="Hi folks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm a fan of the Squid proxy server and have been using it at work for our a while .. on a windows 2008 server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It cannot handle HTTP 1.1. Does anyone know if this is fixed/available for a windows release, yet?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it coming?" />
  <row Id="6651" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3828" RevisionGUID="9b40fdd5-8ebb-411e-864e-722a0514dde0" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:26:13.117" UserId="58" Text="Can Squid (proxy server) handle HTTP 1.1 yet? And for Windows?" />
  <row Id="6652" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3828" RevisionGUID="9b40fdd5-8ebb-411e-864e-722a0514dde0" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:26:13.117" UserId="58" Text="&lt;squid&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="6653" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3454" RevisionGUID="e34cd1b1-e971-4cb8-b014-ece077ebc0dc" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:35:35.010" UserId="1050" Comment="added 285 characters in body" Text="I have an old Microsoft G router and another desktop at the opposite ends of my house. That machine can see the network, but the signal strength is too low for stable connection. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Besides switching to N router, what can be done to extend the range? Maybe some kind of directional antenna?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: It's funny, but the solution was found in the comments to the blog post at the answer's link :) I re-evaluated the possibility of wiring the place, took out my foot-long drill bit, drilled two holes to the attic and one between floors, and now I'm happy with my 80-feet CAT6 ;)" />
  <row Id="6654" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3829" RevisionGUID="35e243fa-3c17-46cd-8c38-29c939c2a2d0" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:36:33.230" UserId="475" Text="I would:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Put the OS on the RAID-0 15k drives&#xD;&#xA; - Distribute *some* virtual disks on the 15k drives&#xD;&#xA; - Distribute *other* virtual disks on the 10k drive&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I/O is truly the enemy of virtualization, so using as many spindles as possible is the win here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can segregate your usage in any meaningful way (i.e. VMs &quot;A&quot; and &quot;B&quot; usually access the disks concurrently) then use that knowledge to intelligently choose which virtual disks to place on each drive." />
  <row Id="6655" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3830" RevisionGUID="c3185b73-7729-46cb-b59a-8993d8256b65" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:37:16.677" UserId="1763" Text="There are some pretty decent threads on this at stack overflow:  &#xD;&#xA;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/110927/do-you-recommend-postgresql-over-mysql  &#xD;&#xA;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/216601/postgressql-mysql-oracle-diferences  &#xD;&#xA;http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=postgres+mysql  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That gotchas site is also great :)" />
  <row Id="6656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3831" RevisionGUID="0b853b6f-c633-409c-bfee-6cf7c7f4a04a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:44:12.853" UserId="1763" Text="Perhaps not what you're looking for, but plain old psql is excellent.  You can tell that the devs really meant for it to be a comfortable place to spend a lot of time." />
  <row Id="6657" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="1514" RevisionGUID="889ee8b9-0b77-4a9f-b793-119e660a1e3a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:46:45.780" UserId="984" />
  <row Id="6658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3832" RevisionGUID="5b94ec74-a3cc-41d2-8109-37e4fc88d9d4" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:51:17.923" UserId="1763" Text="If you block all outbound traffic except for that from squid, you can get a nice view of what is sending traffic out of your network that you didn't otherwise know about.  Some stuff will just bounce off your firewall and the rest you can see in your squid logs." />
  <row Id="6659" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3833" RevisionGUID="9953008a-8279-4d66-8aea-8af10825ac8a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:53:06.140" UserDisplayName="David" Text="At the university where I'm studying they use the names of different characters from the Asterix and Obelix stories. Such as miraculix, astmatix etc." />
  <row Id="6660" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2186" RevisionGUID="f5fe10d4-69b9-4a44-9059-9f83d0045645" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:57:03.493" UserId="1082" Comment="spelling .." Text="I use OS X, Linux, Solaris and windows for work and from home. There are good tools that allow me to manage the many logins/passwords required platform independently. But mostly they expect me to carry a thumb-drive around or require direct access to a central location (a sky drive in the cloud).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The thumb-drive is too easily lost (= synchronized backup needed), the central location not always reachable/ mountable. Besides company policy rightly prevents this often. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a tool that allows me to add passwords locally and then syncs it's DB with the &quot;mother-ship&quot; later. Or is there another approach that you use, that solves my problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT** *My question is more about &quot;synchronize&quot; than cross platform. I've evaluated (=read feature list) some good cross platform tools, but need one that does the synchronizing for me. By synchronize I mean &quot;merge two versions&quot; not &quot;replace (hopefully) old file with new.&quot; I'm not sure I'm always disciplined/awake enough to prevent data loss.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6661" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2287" RevisionGUID="01db124c-e5de-4c2d-8552-7d1241bbbd4d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T04:57:53.383" UserId="1383" Comment="retag" Text="&lt;ssd&gt;&lt;intel-x25&gt;&lt;raid&gt;" />
  <row Id="6662" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3834" RevisionGUID="2dedca57-3f41-440e-b684-8921cacb6741" CreationDate="2009-05-04T05:01:57.180" UserId="1763" Text="At work, all google apps.  Cheap, hosted somewhat reliably and nice and feature-y.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At home, postfix + dovecot." />
  <row Id="6663" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3835" RevisionGUID="9f22f8b9-730f-4d74-b6eb-f80a71956219" CreationDate="2009-05-04T05:06:20.773" UserId="1759" Text="I think you're actually on the right track with your encryption approach.  Part of the problem is that an encrypted zip is still a zip, and may be blocked by some firewalls for that reason alone.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have your software zip the data, then encrypt the file but not within the zip framework.  You'll end up with a file that won't appear as any prohibited file type to the firewalls.&#xD;&#xA;A simple substitution cipher might be sufficient.  Save the file without an extension.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* client-side: data -&gt; compress -&gt; rot128 -&gt; dumpfile&#xD;&#xA;* client sends 'dumpfile' as attachment&#xD;&#xA;* your end: dumpfile -&gt; rot128 -&gt; decompress -&gt; enjoy" />
  <row Id="6664" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3836" RevisionGUID="19a8ad3b-441d-448c-b45d-57e557e06b9a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T05:10:53.040" UserId="722" Text="For more than 10 years, I've been meaning to try out Solaris, to broaden my system administration experience (most of which is currently with Debian, Ubuntu, and OpenBSD), not least because of the features that Solaris pioneered, such as ZFS and DTrace.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On top of that, OpenSolaris now has a user experience that was &quot;inspired&quot;[1] by Ubuntu, and looks like a fairly credible desktop system too (with my favourite theme, Nimbus :-P).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is only one real hurdle, for me: **the console has no Dvorak support**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6688976&#xD;&#xA;* http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=80&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's true that in X, I can simply use `setxkbmap dvorak` (and it works when I tested it on OpenSolaris 2008.11), but there are some maintenance tasks that can only be done in single-user mode. It would be most ideal to remove the &quot;cognitive dissonance&quot; of using the system, by not having to switch back and forth between the two layouts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1] In the same way that CNProg was &quot;inspired&quot; by Stack Overflow. :-)" />
  <row Id="6665" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3836" RevisionGUID="19a8ad3b-441d-448c-b45d-57e557e06b9a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T05:10:53.040" UserId="722" Text="How do I use Dvorak on OpenSolaris's console?" />
  <row Id="6666" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3836" RevisionGUID="19a8ad3b-441d-448c-b45d-57e557e06b9a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T05:10:53.040" UserId="722" Text="&lt;opensolaris&gt;&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;keyboard-layout&gt;" />
  <row Id="6667" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3837" RevisionGUID="67422b29-f931-47f7-9775-e42df5a11a3a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T05:25:23.237" UserId="1004" Text="I heard about people that used tools to recover deleted data and found a lot of unusual data, that after discovered that the their brand new pc in truth was used...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When discarding HD's, as sysadmin, we need be sure that the data in disk is unrecoverable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you know some tool to safely format the hd then the data cannot be restored? As usual, free is better." />
  <row Id="6668" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3837" RevisionGUID="67422b29-f931-47f7-9775-e42df5a11a3a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T05:25:23.237" UserId="1004" Text="Secure Formatting Disks" />
  <row Id="6669" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3837" RevisionGUID="67422b29-f931-47f7-9775-e42df5a11a3a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T05:25:23.237" UserId="1004" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;formatting&gt;&lt;recommendation&gt;&lt;sysadmin-tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="6670" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3837" RevisionGUID="95bcde75-d48e-4b7e-80a4-ff64243d233a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T05:30:43.990" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;formatting&gt;&lt;recommendation&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="6671" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3838" RevisionGUID="d0ab8ae8-b2aa-42f7-b3d4-cd13a46da289" CreationDate="2009-05-04T05:37:10.027" UserId="722" Text="See: http://serverfault.com/questions/2067/sugestions-for-cleansing-pcs-before-recycling-disposal" />
  <row Id="6672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3839" RevisionGUID="cf22c75c-98ca-4538-bb98-c7b97b4b3176" CreationDate="2009-05-04T05:43:43.007" UserId="1690" Text="&#xD;&#xA;I have a business critical application server that was installed some time ago. The installation was an expensive process (large complicated CICS based system on Win2k3) and is something i'd not like to repeat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However five years have past and i'd like to virtualise the server (using VMWare) so we can secure it and upgrade the hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have successfully tested virtualising the system but have found that the original Win2k3 OS wasn't installed using our usual volume license but a retail copy. I'm guessing this means every time we move the underlying hardware it'll call for activation and eventually run out. This could be a problem if we have to resort to a backup due to a massive hardware failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What i would like to do is change the underlying licensee for the OS without having to reinstall everything. Is this possible for Win2k3? How do you go about it?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6673" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3839" RevisionGUID="cf22c75c-98ca-4538-bb98-c7b97b4b3176" CreationDate="2009-05-04T05:43:43.007" UserId="1690" Text="How do you change the license on an existing Win2k3 server?" />
  <row Id="6674" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3839" RevisionGUID="cf22c75c-98ca-4538-bb98-c7b97b4b3176" CreationDate="2009-05-04T05:43:43.007" UserId="1690" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;win2k3&gt;&lt;license&gt;&lt;activation&gt;" />
  <row Id="6675" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3840" RevisionGUID="3d9b2256-92d6-4ff7-b9a9-21069243c3ef" CreationDate="2009-05-04T05:47:12.827" UserId="1714" Text="Is there a simple Unix console command to determine which version of a Progress database is running? I have root access to the Unix console.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance on any guidance!" />
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  <row Id="6677" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3840" RevisionGUID="3d9b2256-92d6-4ff7-b9a9-21069243c3ef" CreationDate="2009-05-04T05:47:12.827" UserId="1714" Text="&lt;progress&gt;&lt;database&gt;" />
  <row Id="6678" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3841" RevisionGUID="e7abf51d-1fd4-499f-8ee2-7ae8d90ed12a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T05:50:29.950" UserId="1498" Text="From Microsoft&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;[Change the Volume License Key in XP][1]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even though it says &quot;XP&quot; the same method would work for 2k3. I suggest you use the script in the link. (I'm pasting it here to make it easy).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just save it as ChangeVLKey.vbs and run it like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    c:\changevlkeysp1.vbs ab123-123ab-ab123-123ab-ab123&#xD;&#xA;....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ' &#xD;&#xA;    ' WMI Script - ChangeVLKey.vbs&#xD;&#xA;    '&#xD;&#xA;    ' This script changes the product key on the computer&#xD;&#xA;    '&#xD;&#xA;    '***************************************************************************&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ON ERROR RESUME NEXT&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    if Wscript.arguments.count&lt;1 then&#xD;&#xA;       Wscript.echo &quot;Script can't run without VolumeProductKey argument&quot;&#xD;&#xA;       Wscript.echo &quot;Correct usage: Cscript ChangeVLKey.vbs ABCDE-FGHIJ-KLMNO-PRSTU-WYQZX&quot;&#xD;&#xA;       Wscript.quit&#xD;&#xA;    end if&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Dim VOL_PROD_KEY&#xD;&#xA;    VOL_PROD_KEY = Wscript.arguments.Item(0)&#xD;&#xA;    VOL_PROD_KEY = Replace(VOL_PROD_KEY,&quot;-&quot;,&quot;&quot;) 'remove hyphens if any&#xD;&#xA;    Dim WshShell&#xD;&#xA;    Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject(&quot;WScript.Shell&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    WshShell.RegDelete &quot;HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WPAEvents\OOBETimer&quot; 'delete OOBETimer registry value&#xD;&#xA;    for each Obj in GetObject(&quot;winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}&quot;).InstancesOf (&quot;win32_WindowsProductActivation&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       result = Obj.SetProductKey (VOL_PROD_KEY)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       if err &lt;&gt; 0 then&#xD;&#xA;          WScript.Echo Err.Description, &quot;0x&quot; &amp; Hex(Err.Number)&#xD;&#xA;          Err.Clear&#xD;&#xA;       end if&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Next &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q328874" />
  <row Id="6679" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3839" RevisionGUID="e80010c1-8ff5-402c-85fb-739b182629a8" CreationDate="2009-05-04T05:55:53.117" UserId="1690" Comment="Clarified the question" Text="I have a business critical application server that was installed some time ago. The installation was an expensive process (large complicated CICS based system on Win2k3) and is something i'd not like to repeat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However five years have past and i'd like to virtualise the server (using VMWare) so we can secure it and upgrade the hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have successfully tested virtualising the system but have found that the original Win2k3 OS wasn't installed using our usual volume license but a retail copy. I'm guessing this means every time we move the underlying hardware it'll call for activation and eventually run out. This could be a problem if we have to resort to a backup due to a massive hardware failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What i would like to do is change the underlying licensee for the OS without having to reinstall everything. Is this possible for Win2k3? How do you go about it?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6680" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="3839" RevisionGUID="e80010c1-8ff5-402c-85fb-739b182629a8" CreationDate="2009-05-04T05:55:53.117" UserId="1690" Comment="Clarified the question" Text="How do you change the license on an existing Win2k3 server from retail to volume?" />
  <row Id="6681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3842" RevisionGUID="64d7976f-4819-47e1-9d17-623a0a000b12" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:01:51.187" UserId="47" Text="I have a little script that extracts archives, I found it somewhere on the net:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    extract () {&#xD;&#xA;       if [ -f $1 ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;           case $1 in&#xD;&#xA;               *.tar.bz2)   tar xvjf $1    ;;&#xD;&#xA;               *.tar.gz)    tar xvzf $1    ;;&#xD;&#xA;               *.bz2)       bunzip2 $1     ;;&#xD;&#xA;               *.rar)       unrar x $1       ;;&#xD;&#xA;               *.gz)        gunzip $1      ;;&#xD;&#xA;               *.tar)       tar xvf $1     ;;&#xD;&#xA;               *.tbz2)      tar xvjf $1    ;;&#xD;&#xA;               *.tgz)       tar xvzf $1    ;;&#xD;&#xA;               *.zip)       unzip $1       ;;&#xD;&#xA;               *.Z)         uncompress $1  ;;&#xD;&#xA;               *.7z)        7z x $1        ;;&#xD;&#xA;               *)           echo &quot;don't know how to extract '$1'...&quot; ;;&#xD;&#xA;           esac&#xD;&#xA;       else&#xD;&#xA;           echo &quot;'$1' is not a valid file!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;       fi&#xD;&#xA;     }" />
  <row Id="6682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3843" RevisionGUID="be500bf0-6106-4396-b465-4afeac110f3b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:05:58.787" UserId="1690" Text="Learn all the basic tools, but learn Perl.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perl is ideal for manipulating text, and since un*x operators live on text files, pipes, input and output, Perl is a great fit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The added bonus is Perl is cross platform and if you have to do some work on a windows box you have an easily installable (just drop a Perl directory on the server) language that you already know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And on that train of thought, get Cygwin as well. If you are a un*x admin and have to work on a windows box (even your desktop) having ls, rm, grep, sed, tail etc save you a lot of time when switching OS's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="6684" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3844" RevisionGUID="3930caef-d8e4-44fa-a6ab-cf5cd49a71f2" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:08:34.397" UserId="984" Text="Our old tape drives have failed and we not using tapes for backup anymore.  We still have a stack of DLT tapes with backups which may contain sensitive information like credit card numbers, social security numbers, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I responsibly dispose of these backup tapes?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I had a working drive I would be tempted to dd from /dev/urandom to the tape device, but the drives have failed.  Would this be a good method if the drive was still working?  What do you recommend I do with these tapes given that I have no working drive for them?" />
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  <row Id="6689" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3846" RevisionGUID="e5b24c43-9d19-49a1-8cac-50f32b02c495" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:21:33.493" UserId="28" Text="In a limited sense, it's available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See their roadmaps at http://wiki.squid-cache.org/RoadMap/Squid2 and http://wiki.squid-cache.org/RoadMap/Squid3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For some reason, I see it on the Squid 2 roadmap, but not on squid3." />
  <row Id="6690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3847" RevisionGUID="6036e57d-ba52-4008-a98f-87a7a177f0bc" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:21:38.283" UserId="1682" Text="The one liners and tiny scripts out there could go on forever. I recommend man bash and writing things yourself. Some good short bash stuff at http://www.commandlinefu.com. Heres a few things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #use extra globing features. See man bash, search extglob.&#xD;&#xA;    shopt -s extglob&#xD;&#xA;    #include .files when globbing.&#xD;&#xA;    shopt -s dotglob&#xD;&#xA;    #When a glob expands to nothing, make it an empty string instead of the literal characters.&#xD;&#xA;    shopt -s nullglob&#xD;&#xA;    # fix spelling errors for cd, only in interactive shell&#xD;&#xA;    shopt -s cdspell&#xD;&#xA;    # vi mode&#xD;&#xA;    set -o vi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    prompt_command() {&#xD;&#xA;    	p=$PWD  # p is much easier to type in interactive shells&#xD;&#xA;    	# a special IFS should be limited to 1 liners or inside scripts.&#xD;&#xA;    	# Otherwise it only causes mistakes.&#xD;&#xA;    	unset IFS&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    PROMPT_COMMAND=prompt_command&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # smart advanced completion, download from&#xD;&#xA;    # http://bash-completion.alioth.debian.org/&#xD;&#xA;    if [[ -f $HOME/local/bin/bash_completion ]]; then&#xD;&#xA;    	[[ $BASH_COMPLETION ]] || BASH_COMPLETION=$HOME/local/bin/bash_completion&#xD;&#xA;    	. $HOME/local/bin/bash_completion&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    extract () { # extract files. Ignore files with improper extensions.&#xD;&#xA;    	local x&#xD;&#xA;    	ee() { # echo and execute&#xD;&#xA;    		echo &quot;$@&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		$1 &quot;$2&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	}&#xD;&#xA;    	for x in &quot;$@&quot;; do&#xD;&#xA;    		[[ -f $x ]] || continue&#xD;&#xA;    		case &quot;$x&quot; in&#xD;&#xA;    			*.tar.bz2 | *.tbz2 )	ee &quot;tar xvjf&quot; &quot;$x&quot;	;;&#xD;&#xA;    			*.tar.gz | *.tgz ) ee &quot;tar xvzf&quot; &quot;$x&quot;	;;&#xD;&#xA;    			*.bz2 )				ee &quot;bunzip2&quot; &quot;$x&quot;	;;&#xD;&#xA;    			*.rar )				ee &quot;unrar x&quot; &quot;$x&quot;   ;;&#xD;&#xA;    			*.gz )				ee &quot;gunzip&quot; &quot;$x&quot;    ;;&#xD;&#xA;    			*.tar )				ee &quot;tar xvf&quot; &quot;$x&quot;   ;;&#xD;&#xA;    			*.zip )				ee &quot;unzip&quot; &quot;$x&quot;     ;;&#xD;&#xA;    			*.Z )				ee &quot;uncompress&quot; &quot;$x&quot; ;;&#xD;&#xA;    			*.7z )				ee &quot;7z x&quot; &quot;$x&quot;      ;;&#xD;&#xA;    		esac&#xD;&#xA;    	done&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6691" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3848" RevisionGUID="1dfeb3d0-512a-4310-9ea9-d2ed210b6ac7" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:23:13.897" UserId="1498" Text="If you look in your installation path's bin directory (usually $DLC/bin) you will find an executable called &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    pro&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you execute that with no parameters it should echo back some information like this, you'll notice that its letting us know the version near the end:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            @@@@@@   @@@@@@   @@@@@@@   @@@@@   @@@@@@   @@@@@@@   @@@@@    @@@@@&#xD;&#xA;           @     @  @     @  @     @  @     @  @     @  @        @     @  @     @&#xD;&#xA;          @     @  @     @  @     @  @        @     @  @        @        @&#xD;&#xA;         @@@@@@   @@@@@@   @     @  @  @@@@  @@@@@@   @@@@@     @@@@@    @@@@@&#xD;&#xA;        @        @   @    @     @  @     @  @   @    @              @        @&#xD;&#xA;       @        @    @   @     @  @     @  @    @   @        @     @  @     @&#xD;&#xA;      @        @     @  @@@@@@@   @@@@@   @     @  @@@@@@@   @@@@@    @@@@@&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;                               Progress Software Corporation&#xD;&#xA;                                        14 Oak Park&#xD;&#xA;                                Bedford, Massachusetts 01730&#xD;&#xA;                                        781-280-4000&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;           PROGRESS is a registered trademark of Progress Software Corporation&#xD;&#xA;                                  Copyright 1984-2004&#xD;&#xA;                            by Progress Software Corporation&#xD;&#xA;                                  All Rights Reserved&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    OpenEdge Release 10.0B05 as of Sat Apr 15 00:44:33 EDT 2006&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. I'm sorry you have to deal with progress. " />
  <row Id="6692" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3849" RevisionGUID="f7c0cc17-f265-44ce-8177-3ff36e343c21" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:27:44.727" UserId="45" Text="Just as side note: I'm using the [Delicious][1] service for bookmarking sites. It's browser and machine independant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the about page:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Instead of having different bookmarks&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on every computer, Delicious makes it&#xD;&#xA;&gt; easy to have a single set of bookmarks&#xD;&#xA;&gt; kept in sync between all of your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; computers. Even if you're not on a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; computer you own, you can still get to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; your bookmarks on the Delicious&#xD;&#xA;&gt; website.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.delicious.com/" />
  <row Id="6693" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3850" RevisionGUID="0219ce49-743c-4f99-816f-7dfa191b014a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:30:07.933" UserId="1770" Text=" - sed&#xD;&#xA; - awk&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The forgotten grandfathers of modern systems scripting.  I know Perl gets most of the love (along with Bash scripting, Python, Ruby, and [insert your favorite scripting language here]), and don't get me wrong, I love Perl.  I make use of it almost daily.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But sed and awk should not be forgotten, overlooked, or ignored.  For a lot of cases, sed and awk are the best tools for the job.  Quick examples are command line filtering with sed, and quick and dirty log processing with awk.  Both could be done in Perl, but will require more work  and development time." />
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  <row Id="6695" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3851" RevisionGUID="de603a2a-61ff-4df3-9062-bf289d116a24" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:31:04.827" UserId="1671" Text="I recently stuck another disk into my WHS machine and when the wizard popped up and asked me if I wanted to use it to expand storage or as a duplicate for the current storage I clicked something but don't remember what it was.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I find out if it's set-up to use the extra disk as more storage or a software raid?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's setup as extra storage, is there a way to change it to act as a RAID?" />
  <row Id="6696" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3851" RevisionGUID="de603a2a-61ff-4df3-9062-bf289d116a24" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:31:04.827" UserId="1671" Text="Windows Home Server - raid or extra storage" />
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  <row Id="6698" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="33" RevisionGUID="0869a268-1ad0-46a9-98d9-1b2f9f9c4311" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:31:16.667" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="6699" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3702" RevisionGUID="3752d1e2-3cf0-430b-b008-e6df0c3a76fa" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:31:42.923" UserId="1349" Comment="added 147 characters in body" Text="I'm looking for a decent tool that will not only allow me to recover files off of a local hard disk, but off of remote, network accessible hard disks as well. Do such tools exist? A free tool is always good, but I am willing to spend up to $100 if the tool performs exceptionally and has great support backing it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By file recovery, I mean that the hard drive itself is still functional, but files are missing (quite possibly from user actions, for example)." />
  <row Id="6700" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3852" RevisionGUID="9ab5fa50-3fd8-4482-b5c9-9ccdb6bcb543" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:31:55.700" UserId="984" Text="I manage several Linux servers for clients in several roles like email, caching, web serving, filtering, firewalling/routing, and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since I don't own these computers and just provide remote support, central management systems like Puppet don't seem like they are the correct tool.  (Please correct me if you think I am wrong about this assumption)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What tools do you recommend to track changes of configuration files, package installs and so on?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am thinking something like [etckeeper][1] may be near to what I need, but I want to know if there is something better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/etckeeper/" />
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  <row Id="6704" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="712" RevisionGUID="523e9cf2-4150-4237-9b5c-3e458836e5c9" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:32:48.537" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="6705" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3853" RevisionGUID="cae4f6b1-2186-4c64-b085-6395faa6e378" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:36:24.660" UserId="919" Text="You would do well to read the Epilogue to Gutemann's publication [&quot;Secure Deletion of Data from Magnetic and Solid-State Memory&quot;][1]. The gist is that recovering data isn't possible on newer technology, so just write zeros to the drive and call it a day, or use Gutemann's tool to satisfy the tin-foil crowd.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/secure_del.html" />
  <row Id="6706" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3854" RevisionGUID="5dcbe107-37de-4ff3-9e04-286893831c8e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:37:23.940" UserId="1671" Text="I have an old hard disk (Maxtor 250Gb) from about 3 years ago that started giving errors and now sits in a draw in my desk. It has some confidential data on it but it's unlikely that it can be read because the disk started to go bad. However, before I dispose of it I want to make sure that the data can't be recovered by destroying the disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the best way to destroy the disk such that the data can't be read? (I live in Arizona and was thinking of leaving it in the yard when we have those 125 F days...?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the best way to dispose of the disk after it's destroyed? (I believe that it's environmentally unsound to chuck it in the trash.)" />
  <row Id="6707" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3854" RevisionGUID="5dcbe107-37de-4ff3-9e04-286893831c8e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:37:23.940" UserId="1671" Text="How do I destroy a hard disk?" />
  <row Id="6708" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3854" RevisionGUID="5dcbe107-37de-4ff3-9e04-286893831c8e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:37:23.940" UserId="1671" Text="&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;disposal&gt;" />
  <row Id="6709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3855" RevisionGUID="4303395c-f30c-495c-b52e-88e48990d8f5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:37:27.543" UserId="45" Text="You could read the [Guidelines for Media Sanitization][1] (PDF) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **Reel and Cassette Format Magnetic Tapes**&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Clear magnetic tapes by either&#xD;&#xA;&gt; re-recording (overwriting) or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; degaussing. Clearing a magnetic tape&#xD;&#xA;&gt; by re-recording (overwriting) may be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; impractical for most applications&#xD;&#xA;&gt; since the process occupies the tape&#xD;&#xA;&gt; transport for excessive time periods.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Clearing by Overwriting: Overwriting&#xD;&#xA;&gt; should be performed on a system&#xD;&#xA;&gt; similar to the one that originally&#xD;&#xA;&gt; recorded the data. For example,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; overwrite previously recorded&#xD;&#xA;&gt; classified or sensitive VHS format&#xD;&#xA;&gt; video signals on a comparable VHS&#xD;&#xA;&gt; format recorder. All portions of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; magnetic tape should be overwritten&#xD;&#xA;&gt; one time with known non-sensitive&#xD;&#xA;&gt; signals.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Degauss using an NSA/CSS-approved&#xD;&#xA;&gt; degausser. Purging by Degaussing:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Purge the magnetic tape in any&#xD;&#xA;&gt; degausser that can purge the signal&#xD;&#xA;&gt; enough to prohibit playback of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; previous known signal. Purging by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; degaussing can be accomplished easier&#xD;&#xA;&gt; by using an NSA/CSS-approved degausser&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for the magnetic tape.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Incinerate by burning the tapes in a licensed incinerator.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Shred.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Preparatory steps, such as removing&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the tape from the reel or cassette&#xD;&#xA;&gt; prior to destruction, are unnecessary.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; However, segregation of components&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (tape and reels or cassettes) may be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; necessary to comply with the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; requirements of a destruction facility&#xD;&#xA;&gt; or for recycling measures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-88/NISTSP800-88_rev1.pdf" />
  <row Id="6710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3856" RevisionGUID="caf0f306-d6ce-44a7-996d-b1a9377567c9" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:38:39.163" UserId="1498" Text="You may want to look at [Tripwire][1] or [AIDE][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both will track config file changes on your machines.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tripwire.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://freshmeat.net/projects/aide" />
  <row Id="6711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3857" RevisionGUID="fa200f41-2c1a-4f3f-ab62-910fe9e3fe36" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:38:50.130" UserId="86" Text="A combination of really strong magnets and a sledgehammer is really the only way.  In that order." />
  <row Id="6712" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3858" RevisionGUID="83c14b61-bc44-415d-a903-8f43f34ac56e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:39:07.383" UserId="1770" Text="I've looked at etckeeper, but I haven't used it.  However, I have used [Changetrack][1].  I've been using it on all of my home machines for many years, and at my previous job it was part of our standard server install.  We used it there for the last five years, and had it installed on about 200 boxes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The setup is trivial (I created an RPM for it at my last job), and the configuration is really simple.  I generally set it up to monitor all of /etc/.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://changetrack.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="6713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3859" RevisionGUID="128be8b7-1d94-4b60-9d1c-78e4ea457f06" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:40:27.817" UserId="1451" Text="Related:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Secure Formatting Disks](http://serverfault.com/questions/3837/secure-formatting-disks)&#xD;&#xA; - [Sugestions for cleansing PC’s before recycling / disposal](http://serverfault.com/questions/2067/sugestions-for-cleansing-pcs-before-recycling-disposal)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Besides of that I would go with a big hammer..." />
  <row Id="6714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3860" RevisionGUID="3b991e90-16c8-4499-8d18-b4051423a957" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:42:54.143" UserId="45" Text="If you are looking for standard procedures and reliable methods, you could read the [Guidelines for Media Sanitization][1] (PDF) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For any given medium there a three basic methods: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Clear&#xD;&#xA;* Purge&#xD;&#xA;* Physical Destruction&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For hard drives they recommend:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Clear**: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Overwrite media by using agency-approved and validated overwriting technologies/methods/tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Physical Destruction**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Disintegrate&#xD;&#xA; * Shred&#xD;&#xA; * Pulverize&#xD;&#xA; * Incinerate: incinerate hard disk drives by burning the hard disk drives in a licensed incinerator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Purge**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Purge using Secure Erase. The Secure&#xD;&#xA;    Erase software can be download from&#xD;&#xA;    the University of California, San&#xD;&#xA;    Diego (UCSD) CMRR site. Purge hard&#xD;&#xA;    disk drives by either purging the&#xD;&#xA;    hard disk drive in an&#xD;&#xA; 2. NSA/CSS-approved automatic degausser&#xD;&#xA;    or by disassembling the hard disk&#xD;&#xA;    drive and purging the enclosed&#xD;&#xA;    platters with an NSA/CSS-approved&#xD;&#xA;    degaussing wand. &#xD;&#xA; 3. Purge media by&#xD;&#xA;    using agency-approved and validated&#xD;&#xA;    purge technologies/tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Degaussing any current generation hard disk will render the drive permanently unusable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-88/NISTSP800-88_rev1.pdf" />
  <row Id="6715" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2067" RevisionGUID="3bc27ddf-99cb-4199-ac13-292b2e1cee56" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:44:39.070" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;cleanup&gt;&lt;pc&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="6716" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3861" RevisionGUID="2e288687-9689-4dab-8a3a-26cf58687d61" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:46:21.517" UserId="1774" Text="It shouldn't be that hard to expose the platter after peeling back the various stickers covered in dire warnings. Once exposed, you have a choice of fun methods. Bending it even a little would make spinning it under a head impractical, so that is probably a good place to start. A ball peen hammer could be used to make a nice texture, or just apply a belt sander. Wear eye protection, naturally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pragmatically, unless you are holding national secrets, just scoring the platter with a scratch awl really ought to be sufficient to make it well beyond anything but the NSA's capability. If you are really worried, score both radially and in spiral.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hand the wreckage (or at least the bits you don't hang up as a trophy) over to an E-Waste recycler and they will do something appropriate with it." />
  <row Id="6717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3862" RevisionGUID="7d8d1634-06bc-4d4f-8b05-d7f4a50ce000" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:49:06.453" UserId="53538" Text="What I did at my previous employer, which was basically an auction/e-commerce site where we could not permit much downtime:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Take a zipped build version of the release/version to deploy on the build server &#xD;&#xA; * Test it on a staging server which has a copy of the production database and has the same version of software as the production software. Test that everything went smoothly. If not restart the deployment of the staging server (but first restore a backup).&#xD;&#xA; * If everything went well: copy build and database upgrade scripts to production server to a local folder. Take a specific backup of the database and the ASP.NET files (in case something still goes wrong). Prepare then everything so that I only have to click enter to launch the upgrade script and the copying of the database files (note that I could a create a script for this). Then launch everything. This is normally a matter of seconds and the users won't notice much that there has been downtime.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There a lot of funnier things to do as a web developer. But this was the most crucial part of my work. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6718" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3863" RevisionGUID="ceeca6bf-fd42-405d-9059-89ef65421c0b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:51:02.253" UserId="1605" Text="My Windows XP is getting a bit slow in terms of bootup speed nowadays. Also, when I first click on `My Computer` item, it takes a while to get it out. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am thus thinking about the tricks to speed up the booting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A quick google search can turn up a lot of results, and a lot of tricks. One of the tricks is to use msconfig to reduce the startup item. But I have done that, and filtering out unwanted program. Still I think it's slow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The question now is, **is there a tool that tells me exactly what is slowing down my computers, and how to optimize the speed**?" />
  <row Id="6719" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3863" RevisionGUID="ceeca6bf-fd42-405d-9059-89ef65421c0b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:51:02.253" UserId="1605" Text="Tools that Check what is slowing down PC and the boot up speed" />
  <row Id="6720" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3863" RevisionGUID="ceeca6bf-fd42-405d-9059-89ef65421c0b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T06:51:02.253" UserId="1605" Text="&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="6721" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3864" RevisionGUID="8c1f17f9-525a-47bf-856a-ad155ecdf35c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T07:02:52.553" UserId="45" Text="A little known one is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    getmac&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shows the mac address(es) of your network adapter(s)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/8267/getmac.png" />
  <row Id="6722" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3864" RevisionGUID="8c1f17f9-525a-47bf-856a-ad155ecdf35c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T07:02:52.553" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6723" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3865" RevisionGUID="d4d020c2-999e-4672-9f50-484f32faf648" CreationDate="2009-05-04T07:10:02.830" UserId="1375" Text="Thermite is the Ultimate Solution.  (To both data erasure and many other problems)" />
  <row Id="6724" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3866" RevisionGUID="07312acc-db8f-4834-9b8d-e60280cbabcc" CreationDate="2009-05-04T07:10:22.503" UserId="984" Text="K. Brian Kelley's [list][1] great, but I would like to emphasis that asking troubleshooting questions is important.  Pick a couple difficult issues you have faced and have the candidate tell you how they would try and solve the problem.  Knowing lots of technical tidbits is important, but being able to solve problems with a methodical approach is very important in my opinion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3270/how-to-interview-a-sysadmin-candidate/3289#3289" />
  <row Id="6725" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3867" RevisionGUID="bf8846bc-85f9-429d-8811-110585f201b3" CreationDate="2009-05-04T07:14:34.567" UserId="1375" Text="I've got etckeeper on my personal workstation, but I've not had to do much with it yet (other than have it track all my changes).  Seems like it does a reasonable job of making sure you at least know what's been fiddled with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wouldn't write off Puppet as a solution -- as long as some of the services on the machine are your responsibility to maintain, then a system that makes sure that if someone jiggles your config that it gets put back the way you want it is a godsend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, if others make changes regularly (and they don't usually screw it up), you might have to resort to just tracking what other people have done for later disaster recovery.  Don't forget that things will be changed all over the place, so a full-machine checkpoint tool might be better.  I'd perhaps even consider going full-disk incremental backup on it (like rdiff-backup or something) to be sure you're tracking everything (maybe drop /home and other user-level areas out of the backup, if you just want to track administrative changes)." />
  <row Id="6726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3868" RevisionGUID="96db4ff6-3ea3-4ef2-9dc5-01f70f2f9700" CreationDate="2009-05-04T07:18:40.173" UserId="292" Text="Almost all external USB hard drive and USB memory media/sticks come today preformatted with *FAT32*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I know the only advantage of the file system is the compatibility among OSes and devices. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it resonable to reformat it with *exFAT* or even *NTFS*? How this would affect the performance and security?" />
  <row Id="6727" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3868" RevisionGUID="96db4ff6-3ea3-4ef2-9dc5-01f70f2f9700" CreationDate="2009-05-04T07:18:40.173" UserId="292" Text="Best file system for external (USB) hard drives/USB memory media" />
  <row Id="6728" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3868" RevisionGUID="96db4ff6-3ea3-4ef2-9dc5-01f70f2f9700" CreationDate="2009-05-04T07:18:40.173" UserId="292" Text="&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;usb&gt;" />
  <row Id="6729" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3869" RevisionGUID="aa14a64b-bb9b-4e3e-a797-d4a2b52988f2" CreationDate="2009-05-04T07:24:22.813" UserId="1714" Text="There is a tool called &quot;Bootvis&quot;: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BootVis&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It reboots your computer and analyses the startup of your pc, then rearranges the files on your hard drive for faster boottimes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I think it will not speed up the start of &quot;My computer&quot;. You might try to clean any networking history you might have on your PC for that." />
  <row Id="6730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3870" RevisionGUID="b2dc1aa6-08c8-43b6-a970-bfe82a3412c5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T07:25:21.797" UserId="1375" Text="Security isn't affected at all[1], because someone can always plug the device into another machine (that ignores all the file permissions) and go to town on your data.  Performance might be better, or it might not -- depends on the OS, filesystem, and hardware involved.  Best to benchmark on your likely workload and see what works best.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1] OK, if you're using an encrypted filesystem you can get better security, but that's not *really* in the scope of the question, and performance will almost certainly be adversely affected." />
  <row Id="6731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3871" RevisionGUID="f025da6e-8b74-4277-96c8-96dbe39c9735" CreationDate="2009-05-04T07:31:04.373" UserId="248" Text="Technically WHS doesn't use RAID. Microsoft came up with their own implementation, if you mean is there a way to change which option is used after the initial setup then you can tell WHS that you want to remove the drive, it will make sure all the data on it is stored somewhere else, then you can add the drive in again and select the option you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not sure if this can be done on the fly, but if someone else knows all the better!" />
  <row Id="6732" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3872" RevisionGUID="78607353-558b-4d65-bd7d-83bdc609bd1a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T07:32:01.140" UserId="1176" Text="Don't forget http://twitter.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Follow SQL guys. SQL Gurus like K. Brian Kelley, mrdenny, Brent Ozar - among others, are all in twitter. Kimberly Tripp &amp; Paul Randal are in twitter too! Follow their tweets. They usually talk a lot about their activities around SQL Server. " />
  <row Id="6733" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3872" RevisionGUID="78607353-558b-4d65-bd7d-83bdc609bd1a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T07:32:01.140" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6734" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3261" RevisionGUID="f07e8c08-f307-48b5-af1e-19e29f56e11d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T07:38:15.180" UserId="326" Comment="added 312 characters in body" Text="Use [PuTTY Tray][1]. It is based on PuTTY and works from the tray. Also, the current version of [pageant][2] (the [ssh-agent][3] from [PuTTY][4]) supports opening PuTTY sessions from the context menu.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://haanstra.eu/putty/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ssh-agent&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/" />
  <row Id="6735" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3868" RevisionGUID="c8b42bf5-5fc7-463a-8cfe-89c52a36c2e8" CreationDate="2009-05-04T07:42:31.723" UserId="292" Comment="corrected spelling" Text="Almost all external USB hard drive and USB memory media/sticks come today preformatted with *FAT32*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I know the only advantage of the file system is the compatibility among OSes and devices. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it reasonable to reformat it with *exFAT* or even *NTFS*? How this would affect the performance and security?" />
  <row Id="6736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3873" RevisionGUID="c924c365-c159-446e-ab79-2045ec489382" CreationDate="2009-05-04T07:42:39.057" UserId="385" Text="A list I use a lot:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - nbtstat - List NetBIOS stats and information&#xD;&#xA; - netstat - List TCP/IP stats and information&#xD;&#xA; - ipconfig - List TCP/IP configuration for a system&#xD;&#xA; - netsh - Network configuration for a system&#xD;&#xA; - sc - manage services&#xD;&#xA; - net - whole slew of commands to manage users and groups, shares, connections, etc.&#xD;&#xA; - ping - makes sure a system is up on the network&#xD;&#xA; - tracert - trace the hops between two hosts. useful to see if there's a break in between and where it is.&#xD;&#xA; - nslookup - Query DNS for information&#xD;&#xA; - dcdiag - check health of the domain controller&#xD;&#xA; - setspn - check SPNs for Kerberos configuration&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6737" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3873" RevisionGUID="c924c365-c159-446e-ab79-2045ec489382" CreationDate="2009-05-04T07:42:39.057" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6738" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3874" RevisionGUID="4d2a1c67-6a6e-457c-9b99-91bc807c8380" CreationDate="2009-05-04T07:45:52.230" UserId="1713" Text="    desk.cpl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;opens the display properties. (Sorry, no image)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6739" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3874" RevisionGUID="4d2a1c67-6a6e-457c-9b99-91bc807c8380" CreationDate="2009-05-04T07:45:52.230" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6740" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3875" RevisionGUID="e16caec6-0fcf-459d-bc9b-a82e30b8615b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T07:46:09.750" UserId="984" Text="You probably won't really see much gains in network performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you do get is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - A place where you can block annoying sites&#xD;&#xA; - you can integrate clamav to help block malware before it gets to your windows systems.&#xD;&#xA; - You can watch the access logs and see what computers are doing what.  And possibly see requests from systems that where infected by malware.  Or see when some stupid application is checking every 5 minutes for application updates.&#xD;&#xA; - Protect the Kiddies from sites you feel are objectionable when combined with blacklists.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6741" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1802" RevisionGUID="ebe8366f-f1a3-49df-8b5d-a365b4114e54" CreationDate="2009-05-04T07:50:23.157" UserId="1193" Text="I am experiencing strange latency on my mac mini (os x 10.5.6) when I'm using my wireless internet.  It has &quot;full bars&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- It &lt;u&gt;only happens&lt;/u&gt; on the mac mini, not on the other two windows computers that are on the same wireless.&#xD;&#xA;-  It &lt;u&gt;goes away&lt;/u&gt; once I plug my mac mini into my vista box using ICS. (using a crossover cable).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The latency is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- `ping` stalls for 3 to 5 seconds before it runs like normal at 150ms.&#xD;&#xA;- Loading websites stall for 3 to 5 seconds then appear to load normally.&#xD;&#xA;- Oddly `dig` doesn't seem to stall at all, returns results in 150ms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas how to trouble shoot this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things have I already tried:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- I have have done the standard reboot everything cycle.&#xD;&#xA;- I have powered off all wireless adapters in the entire house. (and nearest neighbor is 1/4 mile away)&#xD;&#xA;- I have turned off IPv6 (I have never had it on)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other thoughts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Could this be just the way OS X show wireless signal?  (ie. show full bars when the signal isn't really that strong)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3876" RevisionGUID="e91d3dda-b6d3-4856-b7ad-80adfbd50627" CreationDate="2009-05-04T07:54:55.173" UserId="1576" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/28/1621241&quot;&gt;Slashdot: File Systems that Suck less?&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically you don't want fat32 because you only get 2GB file size and it's &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journaling_file_system&quot;&gt;non-journaling&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;A journaling file system is a file&#xD;&#xA;&gt; system that logs changes to a journal&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (usually a circular log in a dedicated&#xD;&#xA;&gt; area) before committing them to the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; main file system. Such file systems&#xD;&#xA;&gt; are less likely to become corrupted in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the event of power failure or system&#xD;&#xA;&gt; crash.&quot; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journaling_file_system&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now if you want Windows/Linux/Mac support you're basically stuck with &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS&quot;&gt;NTFS&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want Mac compatibility then you'll need &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ntfs-3g.org/&quot;&gt;http://www.ntfs-3g.org/&lt;/a&gt;. Same applies for Linux (You should have an ntfs-3g package available)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Caveat:**&#xD;&#xA;The Mac ntfs-3g software has been a little flakey for me as far as permissions go and you can only run &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/timemachine.html&quot;&gt;Time Machine&lt;/a&gt; from an HFS+ formatted drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So yeah until there's an agreed upon universal filesystem it looks like NTFS is going to be the fallback for some time.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3877" RevisionGUID="4c9be0d9-9d99-48a7-a5a3-a3869750c77c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T07:56:50.800" UserId="35" Text="As long as your VM's virtual hardware details stay the same(e.g. number of CPU, MAC address of virtual NIC), you will not need to reactivate windows when switching the underlying physical hardware." />
  <row Id="6744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3878" RevisionGUID="d31d2c9c-63b4-4d65-9d4c-da935f776488" CreationDate="2009-05-04T07:58:07.833" UserId="1713" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a file on NTFS that holds accumulated information that will take forever to recreate. I marked it as 'archive' and 'system', so that it would not be obvious to notice or mishandle, but what I really want is to put some kind of lock on it, so that deleting it would only be possible when providing a password or fulfilling some other condition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a tool that can help me? perhaps some hidden Windows feature?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks,&#xD;&#xA;Yuval =8-)" />
  <row Id="6745" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3878" RevisionGUID="d31d2c9c-63b4-4d65-9d4c-da935f776488" CreationDate="2009-05-04T07:58:07.833" UserId="1713" Text="Is there a way to prevent a file from being deleted?" />
  <row Id="6746" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3878" RevisionGUID="d31d2c9c-63b4-4d65-9d4c-da935f776488" CreationDate="2009-05-04T07:58:07.833" UserId="1713" Text="&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;prevent-deletion&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="6747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3879" RevisionGUID="dab88e88-3d1a-42fa-9433-67be6e4fa7db" CreationDate="2009-05-04T08:08:37.510" UserId="906" Text="Just remove modify permissions from anyone but the user account that creates the file. This kind of thing is exactly what NTFS rights are for." />
  <row Id="6748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3880" RevisionGUID="1c98ec13-ff99-46e1-a2f0-624b4ebddd27" CreationDate="2009-05-04T08:10:39.520" UserId="1361" Text="&#xD;&#xA;Occasionally over the past few years I have been given undocumented parameters by Oracle tech support, but usually the reason they are undocumented (~= hidden) is because they really should only be used for troubleshooting and specific issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This page][1] (by Donald Burleson) has a good breakdown on how to find undocumented packages and views, but there isn't much there I've had cause to use...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dba-oracle.com/art_so_hidden_util_p1.htm" />
  <row Id="6749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3881" RevisionGUID="253e3301-f7df-498d-988d-fb6a4a7e2240" CreationDate="2009-05-04T08:10:43.183" UserId="1714" Text="In the BIN directory I have found some files using &quot;ls pro*&quot;, including &quot;proutil&quot;. This doesn't startup without a supplied databasename, but shows it's own version nevertheless.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PROGRESS Version 8.3E as of Wed .... EST 2001 in my case." />
  <row Id="6750" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3492" RevisionGUID="d44a0ba1-e0c3-4696-b815-c9859a23c4bd" CreationDate="2009-05-04T08:14:43.300" UserId="1512" Comment="corrected 8.14 to 8.10" Text="I upgraded an existing 8.10 Ubuntu installation to 9.04 last week, and everything appeared to run fine initially.  However no on boot I get a dialog box which says 'Not all updates can be installed'.  Hitting the 'Partial Upgrade' button the list includes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Install libd4.6-java&#xD;&#xA;Install libd4.6-java-gcj&#xD;&#xA;Install liblrdf0&#xD;&#xA;Upgrade acpid&#xD;&#xA;Upgrade libfreetype6&#xD;&#xA;Upgrade liblucene2-java&#xD;&#xA;Upgrade update-manager&#xD;&#xA;Upgrade update-manager-core&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I then go with install the upgrade the dialog box disappears (after the permission to proceed password prompt) and nothing further happens until the next reboot, when I'm back to the partial upgrade prompt again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where should I look to find out what's going wrong and fix this&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6751" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3796" RevisionGUID="e4ce1c4b-e5f4-4674-ba24-78c63697a576" CreationDate="2009-05-04T08:18:25.833" UserId="45" Comment="pre html tags" Text="#####Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;InetMgr.exe - IIS 7&#xD;&#xA;InetMgr6.exe - IIS 6&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- IIS 7 &lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- IIS 6 &lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3623/3498853933_e008b92f2b_o.png&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3559/3499680358_5a8bb94ebf_o.png" />
  <row Id="6752" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="676" RevisionGUID="20d884e4-a560-421e-a23f-a3a38effebe9" CreationDate="2009-05-04T08:22:23.033" UserId="241" Comment="added clarifications on sourcing againt running a script" Text="Doing &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    VAR=value&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;only sets the variable for the duration of the script (.bashrc in this case). Child processes (if any) of the script won't have VAR defined, and once the script exits VAR is gone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    export VAR=value&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;explicitly adds VAR to the list of variables that are passed to child processes. Want to try it? Open a shell, do &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PS1=&quot;foo &gt; &quot;&#xD;&#xA;    bash --norc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The new shell gets the default prompt. If instead you do something like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    export PS1=&quot;foo &gt; &quot;&#xD;&#xA;    bash --norc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the new shell gets the prompt you just set.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:** as Ian Kelling notes below variables set in .bashrc persist in the shell that sourced .bashrc. More generally whenever the shell sources a script (using the `source scriptname` command) variables set in the script persist for the life of the shell." />
  <row Id="6756" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3883" RevisionGUID="5cb77ec5-1c9b-40c1-ae11-7923ef120bd4" CreationDate="2009-05-04T08:33:42.070" UserId="891" Text="&quot;accumulated information that will take forever to recreate&quot; - the time to prepare a backup / restore procedure is **right now**. Don't wait until the file is somehow deleted or overwritten, or the disk fails. A proper backup strategy with proven (and tested) restore capability is a must.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6757" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3884" RevisionGUID="2a161eaf-7edd-4399-8824-bfa7618f96ae" CreationDate="2009-05-04T08:45:01.370" UserId="301" Text="I would suggest you look for sources of interference that share the same wireless spectrum. Some possible sources include&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* dect (cordless) phones&#xD;&#xA;* wireless doorbells&#xD;&#xA;* baby monitors&#xD;&#xA;* remote controlled cars&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You get the idea, the A, B and G spectrums are not just for WiFi, they are available for any low power consumer level radio transmitters. If any of those devices are in your local area (hint, it might be in your neighbors house) then they may be stomping all over your WiFi signal." />
  <row Id="6759" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3886" RevisionGUID="6c533f16-18d3-4f3d-a8b5-cbf7665497e3" CreationDate="2009-05-04T08:47:38.290" UserId="228" Text="When I launch SQL Server Management Studio, most of the time it remembers the login &amp; password, but from time to time, I have to retype the password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this something that happens periodically for security, or is it a bug, or is it something that I'm doing?" />
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  <row Id="6761" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3886" RevisionGUID="6c533f16-18d3-4f3d-a8b5-cbf7665497e3" CreationDate="2009-05-04T08:47:38.290" UserId="228" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sqlservermanagementstudio&gt;" />
  <row Id="6762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3887" RevisionGUID="06881791-fb98-43bc-8207-c3652beb01ca" CreationDate="2009-05-04T08:49:37.350" UserId="45" Text="I never use Internet Explorer on my Windows Servers. Is there any reason I should upgrade Internet Explorer (version 6 or 7 to 7 or 8)?" />
  <row Id="6763" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3887" RevisionGUID="06881791-fb98-43bc-8207-c3652beb01ca" CreationDate="2009-05-04T08:49:37.350" UserId="45" Text="Is there a reason to upgrade Internet Explorer on Windows Server?" />
  <row Id="6764" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3887" RevisionGUID="06881791-fb98-43bc-8207-c3652beb01ca" CreationDate="2009-05-04T08:49:37.350" UserId="45" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;internet-explorer&gt;&lt;upgrade&gt;" />
  <row Id="6765" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3888" RevisionGUID="74299b3b-c9ea-4d3b-be32-00b2d4f4f7e8" CreationDate="2009-05-04T08:52:56.500" UserId="24" Text="Definitely. If you have it installed, I'd rather run a more the most up-to-date version regarding security. Featurewise it's a moot point, but I'd rather not have admins browsing around in IE6 on my servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Optimally noone uses IE on servers, but we sh** happens." />
  <row Id="6766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3889" RevisionGUID="324a03d3-dcc9-4db2-af3a-2c1c711dca5c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T08:54:39.053" UserId="24" Text="To recover deleted files, you will generally need block level access, SMB/CIFS won't be enough. So unless you're using iSCSI for the network accessible disks, I think it's a no-go." />
  <row Id="6767" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3890" RevisionGUID="572ab519-920b-445b-b9f6-1381cdf65272" CreationDate="2009-05-04T08:55:04.513" UserId="984" Text="Keep in mind that while you may not directly use IE, the IE rendering engine or other components may be used by other applications you may run.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think it should kept it up to date." />
  <row Id="6768" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3891" RevisionGUID="3ad93e42-c2c8-410d-8449-7ff30e9f432a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T08:56:56.350" UserId="116" Text="&gt; `control userpasswords2`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Opens the classic User Accounts dialog:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![User Accounts][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://i42.tinypic.com/3502qdc.png" />
  <row Id="6769" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3891" RevisionGUID="3ad93e42-c2c8-410d-8449-7ff30e9f432a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T08:56:56.350" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6771" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3892" RevisionGUID="b2494fe6-9b75-4a9b-b642-301ff96b10be" CreationDate="2009-05-04T09:20:29.320" UserId="212" Text="I'm using SpamAssassin on Debian (the default configuration with Pyzor, AWL and Bayes disabled), and each of the spamd child processes consume around 100 to 150MB of memory (around 50MB of real memory) on the 32 bit servers, and about double this (logically enough) on the 64 bit servers.  There are generally two child processes, but at busy times there can be five (the maximum) running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ISTM that 200 to 600MB is a lot of memory for this task.  I'd like to continue using SA as part of my filtering structure, but it's becoming difficult to justify so much memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any ways to reduce the amount of memory that each child process uses?  (Or alternatively, make a single child process so fast that I can set the maximum children to something like 2?).  I'm willing to consider any options, including ones that will or may result in reduced accuracy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've already read the [&quot;Out of Memory Problems&quot; page on the SA wiki][1]; nothing there is of any use.  Messages larger than 5 MB are not scanned with SA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/OutOfMemoryProblems" />
  <row Id="6772" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3892" RevisionGUID="b2494fe6-9b75-4a9b-b642-301ff96b10be" CreationDate="2009-05-04T09:20:29.320" UserId="212" Text="How to minimise SpamAssassin (spamd) memory use" />
  <row Id="6773" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3892" RevisionGUID="b2494fe6-9b75-4a9b-b642-301ff96b10be" CreationDate="2009-05-04T09:20:29.320" UserId="212" Text="&lt;spam&gt;&lt;spamassassin&gt;&lt;spamd&gt;&lt;memory&gt;&lt;optimization&gt;" />
  <row Id="6774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3893" RevisionGUID="60f6dc1b-e3f8-4766-affd-0e659de14aac" CreationDate="2009-05-04T09:24:18.873" UserId="48" Text="This is a bug with SQL Management Studio. [Microsoft seem to be aware][1] of it, but have not fixed it as yet, and many users are experiencing it. Some users have reported success with always running the app as an administrator on Vista or Windows 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can run Managment studio from the command line, and supply your password in this. By creating a shortut to this command it would always remember it, but obviously you would be hardcoding the password in there, not very secure. If you wanted to do thisthe command is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE\&#xD;&#xA;    SqlWb.exe&quot; /S yourserver -U youruser -P yourpassword&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=222848" />
  <row Id="6775" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="898" RevisionGUID="58cedd54-86cc-4879-8cef-d73dca366e59" CreationDate="2009-05-04T09:26:13.410" UserId="391" Comment="added 50 characters in body" Text="I will explain the problem first ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have an in-house webserver/web-app that is publicly accessible. Our Internet connection (Bonded ADSL MAX Premium) is therefore a single-point-of-failure (which has been highlighted by some recent connectivity issues).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a low-cost backup I was thinking of adding a second Internet connection (Standard ADSL) with a static IP of it's own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I was wondering if anybody has tried or would comment on the following idea ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I got an externally hosted server and run a proxy server like HAProxy, I could have this proxy requests to our main IP (down our main connection). Then have it failover to the second connection if the main one went down." />
  <row Id="6776" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3894" RevisionGUID="f76cc0f7-b392-4848-839f-4ccb8b9ac652" CreationDate="2009-05-04T09:29:20.017" UserId="766" Text="Well, I'm running Varnish on my webservers, primarily for performance reasons, although its load balancing featues are handy as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My use case is caching in front of [Django](http://www.djangoproject.com/)-based websites, and it does wonders for page loading performance. I'm able to serve most pages directly from cache and handle a flood of visitors with little trouble.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason I chose Varnish was mainly performance/scalability. The main points:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Varnish let's the kernel manage virtual memory, where Squid tries to keep separate disk and memory caches, can lead to the kernel and Squid squabbling a bit about what's to be paged out to disk.&#xD;&#xA;* Varnish uses VCL, it's own domain specific configuration language, which compiles down to machine code via C. That is a very real performance benefit if you have a more than a little bit of logic in your configuration – conditional header stripping etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my experience, Varnish performs a bit better than Squid in most cases, and a lot better on traffic spikes. On the other hand, configuring Varnish correctly is going to take some mailing-list-trawling, since there aren't as many ready-to-go-for-your-specific-use-case-documentation flowing around the net as there are for Squid – mainly due to Varnish being a fairly young project in comparison.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6777" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3895" RevisionGUID="646d73eb-a065-4a56-97ad-ea60111e2595" CreationDate="2009-05-04T09:31:01.603" UserId="22" Text=" - When upgrading or installing a package through a package manager like Aptitude, what do you do to ensure everything works afterwards?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If the package manager would break something after running, do you have a checklist or plan to recover from it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Are there any ways to minimize the risk of something breaking when updating a package manager, and if so: how do you do it?" />
  <row Id="6778" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3895" RevisionGUID="646d73eb-a065-4a56-97ad-ea60111e2595" CreationDate="2009-05-04T09:31:01.603" UserId="22" Text="Best practices handling a failed UNIX package upgrade?" />
  <row Id="6779" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3895" RevisionGUID="646d73eb-a065-4a56-97ad-ea60111e2595" CreationDate="2009-05-04T09:31:01.603" UserId="22" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;package-management&gt;&lt;upgrade&gt;&lt;error-recovery&gt;" />
  <row Id="6780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3896" RevisionGUID="617e0b56-f8a8-4ffa-9d66-36b583632e2f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T09:34:54.480" UserId="1696" Text="Under NTFS you can alter the access rights for users and groups either at a folder level or at a file level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right click on a file or folder and go to the security tab. You can then remove users rights for deleting / modifying a file. Ensure you leave the administrator and administrators full rights. Also, if it on a domain ensure that both the local administrator and domain administrators have full access rights." />
  <row Id="6781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3897" RevisionGUID="a03d1d50-93b9-4614-af2d-ff0351a8be01" CreationDate="2009-05-04T09:36:48.143" UserId="241" Text="What about [Clipperz](http://www.clipperz.com)? The entire thing works online, so no need to use platform-specific clients, everything is encrypted quite strongly, you can save off-line copies and look at the sources of the whole thing..." />
  <row Id="6782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3898" RevisionGUID="1f582d66-7b7b-4204-b899-8a65dad140a6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T09:37:36.517" UserId="1440" Text="    explorer .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open explorer with the current folder selected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    explorer /e, .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open explorer, with folder tree, with current folder selected." />
  <row Id="6783" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3898" RevisionGUID="1f582d66-7b7b-4204-b899-8a65dad140a6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T09:37:36.517" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6784" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3899" RevisionGUID="3697f215-f08f-4a92-9f16-13795e949edb" CreationDate="2009-05-04T09:44:01.370" UserId="1781" Text="Hi, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a few Windows Vista Business with User Account Control turned off (the reason is because those machines need to run a series of programs that do not work with UAC, the boxes have no Internet connectivity so this is not a security problem). But I'd like to know if there's a way to disable the annoying &quot;popup&quot; that appears every time they boot the machine. I know that Antivirus and other stuff has the &quot;Not Monitored&quot; flag in the Windows Security Center, but this doesn't seem to be present for UAC. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The users keep complaining about that and I was wondering if there was a &quot;registry hack&quot; or similar to turn that off. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="6785" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3899" RevisionGUID="3697f215-f08f-4a92-9f16-13795e949edb" CreationDate="2009-05-04T09:44:01.370" UserId="1781" Text="Disable UAC And Windows Security Center alerts under Vista Business" />
  <row Id="6786" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3899" RevisionGUID="3697f215-f08f-4a92-9f16-13795e949edb" CreationDate="2009-05-04T09:44:01.370" UserId="1781" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;uac&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="6787" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3900" RevisionGUID="ffb62f1d-2651-4676-8625-b90800c946a7" CreationDate="2009-05-04T09:46:32.080" UserId="267" Text="Registry Editor&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    regedit" />
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  <row Id="6789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3901" RevisionGUID="a56f9364-a7e8-412e-a919-a55ce8c734a1" CreationDate="2009-05-04T09:46:42.657" UserId="292" Text="The WSUS administration console shows computers with not installed (critical) updates. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To be clear:&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;  * The computers report their status every day.&#xD;&#xA;  * These updates do have a deadline that has already been elapsed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I assume that these updates have been hidden locally *before* the computer is joined to the active directory (after joining the AD no user can decline/hide an update with a deadline).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to force installing updates?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WSUS version is *3.1.6001.65*." />
  <row Id="6790" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3901" RevisionGUID="a56f9364-a7e8-412e-a919-a55ce8c734a1" CreationDate="2009-05-04T09:46:42.657" UserId="292" Text="Force install updates on WSUS server" />
  <row Id="6791" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3901" RevisionGUID="a56f9364-a7e8-412e-a919-a55ce8c734a1" CreationDate="2009-05-04T09:46:42.657" UserId="292" Text="&lt;wsus&gt;&lt;updates&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="6792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3902" RevisionGUID="75996e8f-5b07-4868-a200-f149885ca159" CreationDate="2009-05-04T09:47:21.457" UserId="1463" Text="Someone else (person or application) might use it, now or in the future - so keep the patch level of all installed applications as recent as possible at all times." />
  <row Id="6793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3903" RevisionGUID="41707bc5-3ea2-4c5b-acd0-550f778933b9" CreationDate="2009-05-04T09:48:33.310" UserId="1781" Text="The best way to debug this is check /var/log/messages or similar to see what auth errors Samba is generating. If you can post that this is going to be easier. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can tail -f /var/log/messages and also check /var/log/samba/* &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Post your results when you try to connect. You're most likely interested in smbd and nmbd errors, so you can grep for those.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3904" RevisionGUID="76f3b8d6-ca78-45a5-b8a2-ed56c00c9c6e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T09:53:59.457" UserId="1781" Text="I work with a lot of MS-SQL installs so I always have a copy of the old (no longer shipped) odbcping.exe. Last Microsoft SQL version to ship it was SQL Server 2000 (afaicr).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Very useful to determine if there's a problem with a SQL Instance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    usage: odbcping [-S Server | -D DSN] [-U Login Id] [-P Password]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6795" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3904" RevisionGUID="76f3b8d6-ca78-45a5-b8a2-ed56c00c9c6e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T09:53:59.457" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3905" RevisionGUID="3f78f1c4-984f-44b1-a565-5af599abefc0" CreationDate="2009-05-04T09:54:13.717" UserId="48" Text="The UAC warning is set by a registry key:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{FD6905CE-952F-41F1-9A6F-135D9C6622CC}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can disable this warning by deleting or disabling this key. Usual warnings about editing the registry apply." />
  <row Id="6797" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3906" RevisionGUID="c842af37-15c9-4975-9e4b-7dcf3f774cf7" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:01:14.947" UserId="1375" Text="Monitoring and testing.  Monitoring makes sure it's still working (whether the package manager craps out or not), and if you're doing a major upgrade, you test things beforehand.  Virtualisation can help you easily duplicate a production environment, automation can help you build a production replica, and having a permanent staging environment gives you somewhere to try things out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you're doing an upgrade, or any non-trivial maintenance, you should have the entire process completely scripted, including rollback and post-upgrade testing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;The Practice of System and Network Administration&quot; is a great book for systems administrators, describing these sorts of processes and how to go about putting together checklists and such." />
  <row Id="6798" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3907" RevisionGUID="ec68a290-1b7d-4a4e-a0d0-3b1429ef14ac" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:03:31.667" UserId="326" Text="### Ensuring everything works after upgrading&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Scrutinize the changes to the package list before upgrading. Many problems I've seen in this department were people blindly trusting the tools and then failing to notice that apache went away because of some other slip-up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Check the output of apt while upgrading. This can give immediate feedback if something fails to start again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Have a proper and in-depth monitoring solution configured. [Nagios][1] would be a start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Emergency plans&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Have a current backup ready.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Know what you're doing. Don't press buttons just because they flash.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Switch over to the hot-standby server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Minimizing risk&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Use only packages from your distribution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Use only packages from the same release.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Don't install non-packaged software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Don't install foreign packages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Try the upgrade first on your QA server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nagios.org/" />
  <row Id="6799" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12" RevisionGUID="5331ed3c-3ec6-4657-b2bb-d874b71a42e2" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:05:51.490" UserId="1496" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;wndowsserver2003&gt;&lt;wscript&gt;" />
  <row Id="6800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3908" RevisionGUID="099aefb4-2000-495d-b022-5e6e9f6c06ce" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:05:56.433" UserId="1409" Text="We're running VMware Server 2.0 as the host, and Windows 2003 as the guest.  We started getting the error message below.  From some quick searching it appears that we probably have a corrupt vmdk file.  Any suggestions on tools to check the consistency or repair the vmdk file?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Message from server-1001.domain.com: Operation on file &quot;F:\Virtual Machines\ati-ntserver1\Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition-3.vmdk&quot; failed.&#xD;&#xA;    If the file resides on a remote file system, please make sure your network connection and the server where this disk resides are functioning properly. If the file resides on removable media, reattach the media.&#xD;&#xA;    Choose Retry to attempt the operation again.&#xD;&#xA;    Choose Abort to terminate this session.&#xD;&#xA;    Choose Continue to forward the error to the guest operating system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The is not on a remote file system or removable media.  Pressing continue on the Guest will continue for a couple hours but then the error comes back." />
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  <row Id="6802" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3908" RevisionGUID="099aefb4-2000-495d-b022-5e6e9f6c06ce" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:05:56.433" UserId="1409" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;" />
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  <row Id="6806" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1467" RevisionGUID="6f46350b-9333-4abb-970a-c9a4fc00ab2c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:07:37.647" UserId="1496" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;virtual-machines&gt;&lt;tools&gt;&lt;rescue-disk&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;portable-apps&gt;" />
  <row Id="6807" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1457" RevisionGUID="41417f0b-6ead-426f-bc4e-98514f690746" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:07:48.333" UserId="1496" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;&lt;portable&gt;&lt;portable-apps&gt;" />
  <row Id="6808" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3910" RevisionGUID="d62295c8-2461-48f7-ae04-cbd5c29fb15b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:08:08.737" UserId="45" Text="Perhaps the script attached to the first post on the link to this forum can resolve the problem:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Force installation of WSUS or Windows Updates][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*(I'm afraid you have to register in order to download the files.)*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are interested in a more sophisticated solution, you could take a look at the [Eminentware][2] Extension Pack for WSUS (not free). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wsus.info/forums/index.php?showtopic=7298&amp;st=0&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.eminientware.com/" />
  <row Id="6809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3911" RevisionGUID="963d1983-b0ad-49a4-b7f7-25aab9605d54" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:14:28.737" UserId="978" Text="Just bought a new windows 2008 server and i set there some of our websites, the windows firewall is running, should i install an antivirus? and which one you recommend?" />
  <row Id="6810" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3911" RevisionGUID="963d1983-b0ad-49a4-b7f7-25aab9605d54" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:14:28.737" UserId="978" Text="Should i install an antivirus on my windows 2008 server?" />
  <row Id="6811" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3911" RevisionGUID="963d1983-b0ad-49a4-b7f7-25aab9605d54" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:14:28.737" UserId="978" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;antivirus&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="6812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3912" RevisionGUID="b122559a-be80-48a1-badc-be4957b715af" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:15:08.080" UserId="1463" Text="Not really by WUS philosophy as it's a &quot;clients pull and do what it tells them&quot; solution. To force / push installs and patches you need something more stingy like SMS / Configuration Manager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But some client-side scripting might be usefule, [this vbscript sample][1] searches for, downloads and installs updates (I use it at times to manually patch Server Core machines using only the command prompt).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, re-check the applied group policies for the troubled clients in question, perhaps they've not correctly applied them for automatic installation?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Often times however, the WUS agent itself is &quot;borked&quot; and need a manual kick in its back...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa387102(VS.85).aspx" />
  <row Id="6813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3913" RevisionGUID="a4931f33-9755-4ce8-8d2a-ecd6e0ba6229" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:21:41.310" UserId="1049" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am looking for some best practices in customizing Oracle E-Business Suite, especially in terms of version control of concurrent programs (like Oracle Reports), Oracle Forms tracking/rolling back settings changes and tracking changes of the DB Schema itself (Views, Tables, PL/SQL procedures).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance!" />
  <row Id="6814" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3913" RevisionGUID="a4931f33-9755-4ce8-8d2a-ecd6e0ba6229" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:21:41.310" UserId="1049" Text="Best practices in customizing Oracle E-Business Suite" />
  <row Id="6815" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3913" RevisionGUID="a4931f33-9755-4ce8-8d2a-ecd6e0ba6229" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:21:41.310" UserId="1049" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;versioning&gt;" />
  <row Id="6816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3914" RevisionGUID="f2b1e675-2697-413a-b793-fc27fe031321" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:22:03.867" UserId="1463" Text="Yes preferably, and when it comes to brand - the best bet is something you're already comfortable with or use on your clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Get the server version (if there is a special server version, sometimes it's just a matter of using the client edition as long as it's just an application server with no special needs (like e-mail, database aso).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't run an entire management suit, set it up to deal with threats in a cautions manner, reporting problems first so you can check it out and decide before it wipes your client's web site data files due to &quot;suspected malware&quot; detected or something ;)" />
  <row Id="6817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3915" RevisionGUID="8fd9e4c6-cc86-4f55-aa13-7774a45c7a84" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:23:52.320" UserId="48" Text="The decision as to whether or not you need antivirus should be based on what the server is doing. If your serving websites and there is any way users can get data onto the server - file uploads, forum attachments, email, then you should be scanning these for virus's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will you be browsing the internet on your server? Will it be hosting email? If so then you need to consider AV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also some exceptions, are you running SQL? Then you need to exclude some areas of that. Will you be running Exchange? you'll need a proper Exchange add-in for your AV to scan that." />
  <row Id="6818" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1276" RevisionGUID="c35c6d23-09a1-4a19-be05-1107e6aaadee" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:30:53.580" UserId="677" Comment="Appended tests suggested by David and womble" Text="[Sorry, I tried to stay short but it just was not possible]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm running Linux 2.6.22.19 with [linux-vserver 2.3.0.34][1] on a [Fujitsu Siemens Primergy RX200 S3][2] for development purpose. Intel(R) Xeon(R) 5140 @ 2.33Ghz with 4GB RAM (where mostly 500MB are still free). The server has two hot-plug 250GB used in a mirroring RAID configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dev:~# mpt-status --newstyle&#xD;&#xA;    ioc:0 vol_id:0 type:IM raidlevel:RAID-1 num_disks:2 size(GB):231 state: OPTIMAL flags: ENABLED&#xD;&#xA;    ioc:0 phys_id:0 scsi_id:1 vendor:ATA      product_id:WDC WD2500JS-55N revision:2E01 size(GB):232 state: ONLINE flags: NONE sync_state: 100 ASC/ASCQ:0xff/0xff SMART ASC/ASCQ:0xff/0xff&#xD;&#xA;    ioc:0 phys_id:1 scsi_id:8 vendor:ATA      product_id:WDC WD2500JS-55N revision:2E01 size(GB):232 state: ONLINE flags: NONE sync_state: 100 ASC/ASCQ:0xff/0xff SMART ASC/ASCQ:0xff/0xff&#xD;&#xA;    scsi_id:0 100%&#xD;&#xA;    scsi_id:1 100%&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm running [LVM][3] and ext3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've using this machine since around Jul/Aug 2007 and beside a broken RAM which was fixed the same day, there were no problems. And, basically, everything was better then the machine we had before.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, performance problems were first noticed around Aug 2008 and it was not until recently that I've at least some confidence were the problem comes from. An average of seven vservers is running nowadays (three MySQL machines, two tomcats, three Apaches, Hudson, CruiseControl, MediaWiki, Samba, etc.). But not to get a false impression, we're a small company in terms of developers and other people accessing the server so there's not that much going on (browsing MediaWiki, Hudson automation is run in the evening, most Apache/PHP apps have much static content).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once I installed munin I started to see interesting things especially during the night. Since within every vserver there was `find` running (at the same time, everywhere) the load shot up to unreal numbers like 15, 17 or 20.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But ultimately the problem didn't just stay during the night (I started disabling the find jobs, there weren't used anyway) but also during the day, especially when we recently started on a project were we had to work with a database with a 500MB MySQL dump file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first time I imported the dump file during working hours (`mysql &lt; dump.sql`; within one of our vservers where MySQL instance was running) the timed output was:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    real    71m28.630s&#xD;&#xA;    user    0m15.477s&#xD;&#xA;    sys     0m10.185s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since I wasn't paying attention and was in a meeting, it was just my co-workers asking me what's on with the server because he was terribly slow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I remade the test during night, installed a vanilla Debian MySQL on the host (not inside a guest; shut down all of them) and hit the following numbers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    real    48m33.067s&#xD;&#xA;    user    0m15.397s&#xD;&#xA;    sys     0m13.517s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and I still was like *Yeah, fine, it's 500MB dump file; dumping into InnoDB space takes up around 1GB, that's quite some data*. I did some tests like writing a single line to a file with `vim` during such a test and capturing it with strace:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       0.000048 write(1, &quot;\33[?25l\&quot;foo\&quot; \33[78;7H\33[K&quot;, 22) = 22&#xD;&#xA;       0.000033 stat64(&quot;foo&quot;, 0xbfda1f04) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)&#xD;&#xA;       0.000033 open(&quot;foo&quot;, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 4&#xD;&#xA;       0.000035 write(4, &quot;thios isthis ia a testa\n&quot;, 24) = 24&#xD;&#xA;       0.000144 fsync(4)            = 0&#xD;&#xA;    7737.631089 stat64(&quot;foo&quot;, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=24, ...}) = 0&#xD;&#xA;       0.000084 close(4)            = 0&#xD;&#xA;       0.000117 write(1, &quot;\33[78;7H[New] 1L, 24C written&quot;, 28) = 28&#xD;&#xA;       0.000051 lseek(3, 0, SEEK_SET) = 0&#xD;&#xA;       0.000022 write(3, &quot;b0VIM 7.0\0\0\0\0\20\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0!\21\0\0mark&quot;..., 4096) = 4096&#xD;&#xA;       0.000052 select(1, [0], NULL, [0], {0, 0}) = 1 (in [0], left {0, 0})&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This was an unbelievable yet a fact number for me. It seems that stat64 syscall was forced to wait for the dump operation to be finished. Not to mention serving pages in MediaWiki during such a dump takes minutes, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, I arranged a test timeframe with our hosting company to test on our production server during the night and I got a completely different picture:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    real    7m4.063s&#xD;&#xA;    user    0m2.690s&#xD;&#xA;    sys     0m30.500s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was blown away. I've also got an Amazon EC2 approval for testing and I got even lower numbers (around 5 minutes on a m1.large instance where the MySQL data was written to to the EBS volume to stay permanent).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, when importing the data, every other operation gets so slow that things just get unusable and the load rises quickly up to 5 or 7 (although not really much seems to be going on; it looks like the processes start to block each other for now reason).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then started to do [bonnie++ tests][4], which were looking like this (I actually had a test run from last year which I almost forgot). So here is **Oct 2008**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Version  1.03       ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-&#xD;&#xA;                        -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks--&#xD;&#xA;    Machine        Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP  /sec %CP&#xD;&#xA;    vserver-host     8G 12332  21 12600   3 10290   2 48519  74 52431   6 235.8   0&#xD;&#xA;                        ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create--------&#xD;&#xA;                        -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete--&#xD;&#xA;                  files  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP&#xD;&#xA;                     16 +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++&#xD;&#xA;    vserver-host,8G,12332,21,12600,3,10290,2,48519,74,52431,6,235.8,0,16,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and here's the current one from **Apr 2009**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Version  1.03       ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-&#xD;&#xA;                        -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks--&#xD;&#xA;    Machine        Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP  /sec %CP&#xD;&#xA;    vserver-host     8G  9705  16  7268   1  4823   1 29620  45 41336   5  73.1   0&#xD;&#xA;                        ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create--------&#xD;&#xA;                        -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete--&#xD;&#xA;                  files  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP&#xD;&#xA;                     16 11678  15 +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ 27739  31&#xD;&#xA;    vserver-host,8G,9705,16,7268,1,4823,1,29620,45,41336,5,73.1,0,16,11678,15,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,27739,31&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know where to tune what to get rid of the problems, as I'm not completely sure yet where/what the real problem is. I guess I started failing to see the wood for the trees.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update 1:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for the feedback so far, I've picked the things first I can easily test without scheduling a maintenance time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First I've tested the MySQL dump against `/dev/null`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dev01:~$ time mysqldump -u root -h db01 database-p &gt;/dev/null&#xD;&#xA;    Enter password:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    real    0m18.871s&#xD;&#xA;    user    0m12.713s&#xD;&#xA;    sys     0m0.512s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The system load was barely noticeable:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     10:27:18 up 77 days,  9:10,  7 users,  load average: 0.16, 0.75, 0.67&#xD;&#xA;    [...]&#xD;&#xA;     10:27:33 up 77 days,  9:10,  7 users,  load average: 0.52, 0.79, 0.69&#xD;&#xA;Also the `sar` output during this test didn't reveal anything special:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    12:11:45 PM       DEV       tps  rd_sec/s  wr_sec/s  avgrq-sz  avgqu-sz     await     svctm     %util&#xD;&#xA;    12:11:46 PM    dev8-0      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00&#xD;&#xA;    12:11:46 PM  dev254-0      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00&#xD;&#xA;    12:11:46 PM  dev254-1      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    12:11:46 PM       DEV       tps  rd_sec/s  wr_sec/s  avgrq-sz  avgqu-sz     await     svctm     %util&#xD;&#xA;    12:11:47 PM    dev8-0      5.00      0.00    200.00     40.00      0.18     36.00     20.00     10.00&#xD;&#xA;    12:11:47 PM  dev254-0      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00&#xD;&#xA;    12:11:47 PM  dev254-1     25.00      0.00    200.00      8.00      0.74     29.60      4.00     10.00&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then I ran the tests when dumping onto a file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dev01:~$ time mysqldump -u root -h db01 database -p &gt;foo.sql&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    real    1m7.527s&#xD;&#xA;    user    0m13.497s&#xD;&#xA;    sys     0m2.724s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The time it took doesn't look that unusual for me, the dump ended with a 570MB file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, the load was quite interesting ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     10:30:49 up 77 days,  9:14,  7 users,  load average: 0.76, 0.89, 0.75&#xD;&#xA;     10:30:57 up 77 days,  9:14,  7 users,  load average: 1.34, 1.01, 0.79&#xD;&#xA;     10:31:05 up 77 days,  9:14,  7 users,  load average: 2.13, 1.19, 0.85&#xD;&#xA;     10:31:13 up 77 days,  9:14,  7 users,  load average: 2.68, 1.32, 0.89&#xD;&#xA;     10:31:21 up 77 days,  9:14,  7 users,  load average: 3.79, 1.60, 0.99&#xD;&#xA;     10:31:29 up 77 days,  9:14,  7 users,  load average: 4.05, 1.69, 1.02&#xD;&#xA;     10:31:37 up 77 days,  9:14,  7 users,  load average: 4.82, 1.93, 1.10&#xD;&#xA;     10:31:45 up 77 days,  9:15,  7 users,  load average: 4.54, 1.97, 1.12&#xD;&#xA;     10:31:53 up 77 days,  9:15,  7 users,  load average: 4.89, 2.08, 1.16&#xD;&#xA;     10:31:57 up 77 days,  9:15,  7 users,  load average: 5.30, 2.22, 1.21&#xD;&#xA;     10:32:01 up 77 days,  9:15,  7 users,  load average: 5.12, 2.23, 1.22&#xD;&#xA;     10:32:05 up 77 days,  9:15,  7 users,  load average: 5.03, 2.26, 1.24&#xD;&#xA;     10:32:13 up 77 days,  9:15,  7 users,  load average: 4.62, 2.22, 1.23&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;... as was `sar` ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:47 PM       DEV       tps  rd_sec/s  wr_sec/s  avgrq-sz  avgqu-sz     await     svctm     %util&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:48 PM    dev8-0    116.00      0.00  21712.00    187.17    134.04    559.31      8.62    100.00&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:48 PM  dev254-0      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:48 PM  dev254-1   3369.00      0.00  26952.00      8.00   3271.74    481.27      0.30    100.00&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    12:16:48 PM       DEV       tps  rd_sec/s  wr_sec/s  avgrq-sz  avgqu-sz     await     svctm     %util&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:49 PM    dev8-0    130.00      0.00  17544.00    134.95    143.78    752.89      7.69    100.00&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:49 PM  dev254-0      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:49 PM  dev254-1   1462.00      0.00  11696.00      8.00   2749.12   1407.78      0.68    100.00&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    12:16:49 PM       DEV       tps  rd_sec/s  wr_sec/s  avgrq-sz  avgqu-sz     await     svctm     %util&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:50 PM    dev8-0    128.00      0.00  18400.00    143.75    143.68   1593.91      7.84    100.40&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:50 PM  dev254-0      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:50 PM  dev254-1    810.00      0.00   6480.00      8.00   1598.99   4911.94      1.24    100.40&#xD;&#xA;During this tests I quickly fired up `vim` to do a simple write tests. Loading of `vim` itself was sluggish too, but I wasn't able to distill this information properly from the `strace`. Only the pending `stat64` call was clearly visible again:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    0.000050 stat64(&quot;bla&quot;, 0xbf98caf4) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)&#xD;&#xA;    0.000038 open(&quot;bla&quot;, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 4&#xD;&#xA;    0.000053 write(4, &quot;fooo\n&quot;, 5) = 5&#xD;&#xA;    0.000051 fsync(4)            = 0&#xD;&#xA;    5.385200 stat64(&quot;bla&quot;, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=5, ...}) = 0&#xD;&#xA;    0.000073 close(4)            = 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll append further file system tests ASAP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux-vserver.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ts.fujitsu.com/products/standard_servers/rack/primergy_rx200s3.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_volume_management&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3916" RevisionGUID="c48d30b2-f67d-433a-9b1e-bb8cb79492a2" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:34:35.570" UserId="1782" Text="A simple file monitoring script is [filemon][1] .I use it on my home PC,and combined with crontab it does a simple and easy job .&#xD;&#xA;For a more complex solution of integrity check (file changes,new packages installed and many many other) I use [OSSEC][2] on a bunch of servers .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://oss.optivo.net/filemon/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ossec.net/" />
  <row Id="6820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3917" RevisionGUID="ec522635-a6d5-4930-a59d-822056a10b6e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:40:40.220" UserId="1725" Text="I want to connect to an FTP server from my local network, which is behind a NAT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The gateway is a Win 2008 server, configured with routing and remote services / Nat enabled. The problem exists from XP, Vista sp1, and Vista sp2 computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what I get (using the default DOS ftp client, but I get the same thing using FileZilla)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ftp&gt; open ftp.foo.com&#xD;&#xA;    Connected to ftp.foo.com.&#xD;&#xA;    220-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [here I wait for 30s before getting the following line]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Connection closed by remote host.&#xD;&#xA;    ftp&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you can see I'm disconnected before the login process, so I don't have the opportunity to use PASSV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what works :&#xD;&#xA;- everything else (ie, every non-ftp related connection)&#xD;&#xA;- connection to this specific server from my NAT gateway&#xD;&#xA;- connection on other servers from my behind-nat computer&#xD;&#xA;- direct internet connection to this specific ftp server from my computer (ie, without using the NAT server)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The company providing the ftp says the problem is not on their end, since I can connect from my NAT server. The same reasoning leads to the problem not being on my side neither (I can connect on other ftp servers)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What should I check ?" />
  <row Id="6821" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3917" RevisionGUID="ec522635-a6d5-4930-a59d-822056a10b6e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:40:40.220" UserId="1725" Text="Why can't I connect to some ftp servers from behing my win2008 NAT ?" />
  <row Id="6822" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3917" RevisionGUID="ec522635-a6d5-4930-a59d-822056a10b6e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:40:40.220" UserId="1725" Text="&lt;ftp&gt;&lt;nat&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="6823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3918" RevisionGUID="2eaf16a5-8645-4161-9729-c48aca5fe092" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:40:50.267" UserId="1463" Text="If it is mounting and running for a while despite the message, perhaps the easiest way would be to clone the contents of the vmdk to a new vmdk file? (using traditional cloning or copy tools)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use the Vmware diskmount utility to mount the file as a normal disk in another machine and do the copy/clone from there. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check the host event log for any disk related problems, it could still be the local storage acting up. " />
  <row Id="6824" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3919" RevisionGUID="a18b42ce-3f45-4034-8a33-6f8033178439" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:41:35.023" UserId="326" Text="Using [sa-compile][1] you might be able to improve the matching speed of many rules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://spamassassin.apache.org/full/3.2.x/doc/sa-compile.html" />
  <row Id="6825" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3913" RevisionGUID="dec64589-9527-432e-9d54-792e29000ac1" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:42:35.830" UserId="1049" Comment="added 160 characters in body" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am looking for some best practices in customizing Oracle E-Business Suite, especially in terms of version control of concurrent programs (like Oracle Reports), Oracle Forms tracking/rolling back settings changes and tracking changes of the DB Schema itself (Views, Tables, PL/SQL procedures).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Found on the web:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Five Oracle developer best practices][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://searchoracle.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid41_gci1193503,00.html" />
  <row Id="6826" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3915" RevisionGUID="f50e9375-dcc0-4ac7-b656-5b3ce2f38bb6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:42:39.123" UserId="48" Comment="Added more detail" Text="The decision as to whether or not you need antivirus should be based on what the server is doing. If your serving websites and there is any way users can get data onto the server - file uploads, forum attachments, email, then you should be scanning these for virus's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will you be browsing the internet on your server? Will it be hosting email? If so then you need to consider AV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also some exceptions, are you running SQL? Then you need to exclude some areas of that. Will you be running Exchange? you'll need a proper Exchange add-in for your AV to scan that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you also perhaps need to consider is what will you loose by running AV. If speed is an issue and AV is slowing your server down then sure you should consider whether you can do away with it, but if it will run in the background not causing an issue and may just save you one day, maybe its worth it anyway? The cost of today's AV solutions are pretty minimal, especially if its just for one server." />
  <row Id="6827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3920" RevisionGUID="0b5a5375-6ebd-482d-aedc-2754a63b9542" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:44:22.877" UserId="1463" Text="Is this internally at the company only? If so, the bookmarks should be stored in the user profile (appdata) anyway - so have that redirected to a share for the users, or use roaming profiles?" />
  <row Id="6828" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3921" RevisionGUID="dc8fe1f4-74c8-45d5-8cd8-bff58899d853" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:45:57.400" UserId="629" Text="Also see [this question](http://serverfault.com/questions/959/how-should-i-securely-wipe-data-from-a-hard-drive) " />
  <row Id="6829" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3908" RevisionGUID="5d119ece-d9f8-41b4-95eb-d6b61ec7df14" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:47:55.427" UserId="1463" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;&lt;recovery&gt;" />
  <row Id="6830" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3922" RevisionGUID="ba15673a-ced6-4640-9854-8be5107d47ce" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:48:38.640" UserId="1022" Text="To free up some disk space:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;format c:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;No, really, here's Disk Cleanup:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;cleanmgr.exe&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://i42.tinypic.com/nxq15i.jpg" />
  <row Id="6831" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3922" RevisionGUID="ba15673a-ced6-4640-9854-8be5107d47ce" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:48:38.640" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6832" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3869" RevisionGUID="50f1db81-3d01-4b74-ad92-172554e52b40" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:49:53.207" UserId="1714" Comment="added 235 characters in body" Text="There is a tool called &quot;Bootvis&quot;: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BootVis&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bootvis uses in Windows XP built-in routines to analyse your system and rearrange files on your harddrive (see comments). Although these routines are performed periodically by Windows XP, my experience with Bootvis is that it helps speeding up boottimes on Windows XP installations that are running for a while (months or even years).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For your &quot;also&quot; part of the question: I think it will not speed up the start of &quot;My computer&quot;. You might try to clean any networking history you might have on your PC for that." />
  <row Id="6833" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3923" RevisionGUID="c6ba9ca2-cd0a-4485-bf92-9ce1defa8783" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:50:25.140" UserId="629" Text="Also see &lt;http://serverfault.com/questions/959/how-should-i-securely-wipe-data-from-a-hard-drive&gt;" />
  <row Id="6834" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3913" RevisionGUID="92d179fa-1187-49e1-810b-890495e28b8b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:52:08.367" UserId="1049" Comment="edited title" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;versioning&gt;" />
  <row Id="6835" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="3913" RevisionGUID="92d179fa-1187-49e1-810b-890495e28b8b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:52:08.367" UserId="1049" Comment="edited title" Text="Best practices in customizing Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle Applications in general" />
  <row Id="6836" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1161" RevisionGUID="fbdff313-08fe-4b9a-8b7b-e052ef94be07" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:55:28.047" UserId="246" Comment="retagged" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;ipv6&gt;&lt;nat&gt;" />
  <row Id="6837" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3378" RevisionGUID="c6c00c3a-ce57-4cbd-9c0f-9ce2d9b4aa0c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T10:55:28.763" UserId="306" Comment="Someone posted a clip from the actual movie and not a spoof" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xIht3cPoqQ&quot;&gt;This is what I do with old printers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;http://bp3.blogger.com/_fjR3huljI-w/Ru8o23hrRxI/AAAAAAAAAFg/OzTGOnvfwsM/s320/Office+Space2.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Office Space Printer&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;" />
  <row Id="6838" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3924" RevisionGUID="ba9baa51-ed89-4038-a27c-682f91bb11af" CreationDate="2009-05-04T11:03:33.300" UserId="629" Text="I have a few bits:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # stop the pc speaker ever annoying me :)&#xD;&#xA;    setterm -bfreq 0&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # don't put duplicate lines in the history. See bash(1) for more options&#xD;&#xA;    HISTCONTROL=ignoredups&#xD;&#xA;    # ... and ignore same sucessive entries.&#xD;&#xA;    HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Expand the history size&#xD;&#xA;    HISTFILESIZE=10000 &#xD;&#xA;    HISTSIZE=100&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # commands with leading space do not get added to history&#xD;&#xA;    HISTCONTROL=ignorespace&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # am I on the internet?&#xD;&#xA;    alias p4='ping 4.2.2.2 -c 4'&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # pwsafe&#xD;&#xA;    alias pw='pwsafe -p'&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # ls aliases&#xD;&#xA;    alias ll='ls -l'&#xD;&#xA;    alias la='ls -A'&#xD;&#xA;    alias l='ls -CF'&#xD;&#xA;    alias lt='ls -laptr' #oldest first sort&#xD;&#xA;    alias labc='ls -lap' #alphabetical sort&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # cd aliases&#xD;&#xA;    alias ..='cd ..'&#xD;&#xA;    alias ...='cd ../..'&#xD;&#xA;    alias ....='cd ../../..'&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # cd into the old directory&#xD;&#xA;    alias bd='cd &quot;$OLDPWD&quot;'&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # install a package and automatically respond yes to confirmation prompt&#xD;&#xA;    alias ins=&quot;sudo aptitude install&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # remove a package and its configuration files&#xD;&#xA;    alias remp=&quot;sudo aptitude purge&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # search for a package - apt-cache and aptitude search in different ways&#xD;&#xA;    # so have both&#xD;&#xA;    alias searchc=&quot;apt-cache search&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias search=&quot;aptitude search&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias show=&quot;aptitude show&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3926" RevisionGUID="a7c637ff-ec2e-47e3-b644-c119d14607e7" CreationDate="2009-05-04T11:09:25.890" UserId="1725" Text="At least one reason :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Getting TeamSystem Server 2008SP1 to work with 2008 is almost impossible (as of may 2008) while it will work fine on a 2003 box.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6842" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3528" RevisionGUID="96895481-078b-46d8-82e6-5dae0e99959c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T11:13:36.443" UserId="1003" Comment="added 6 characters in body" Text="pkill or ps for killing processes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to use ps to kill any process with a given name or under a certain directory *blah* (or any matching string you require) you can:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    kill `ps -ef | grep &lt;blah&gt; | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'`" />
  <row Id="6843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3927" RevisionGUID="f41f2543-23d8-44bd-9db2-a045f8072f12" CreationDate="2009-05-04T11:13:49.157" UserId="1787" Text="It's not only reasonable, but sometimes even necessary. FAT32 doesn't allow files &gt;4GB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for choice between NTFS and exFAT. Well, neither vanilla XP nor vanilla Linux support exFAT, but they do support NTFS. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6845" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3929" RevisionGUID="852ad528-ef81-49bd-9fb1-a5166a125030" CreationDate="2009-05-04T11:19:42.543" UserId="1787" Text="Basically if it still works, use some utility, that overwrites each sector of the disk at least 10 times. Easily done for example with [**dd**][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for disposing of it, it's basically iron and it's alloys. Just throw it into metal recycling container.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_(Unix)" />
  <row Id="6847" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3930" RevisionGUID="3e45392b-fbd2-4581-8b36-1936a2c3b191" CreationDate="2009-05-04T11:22:17.687" UserId="629" Text="For those wanting a less cryptic way of getting a nice screen set up, I can heartily recommend [screen profiles](https://launchpad.net/screen-profiles). It gives you a nice default set of stuff at the bottom of the screen - the bottom line contains various handy status information, and the second from bottom line contains a list of your screen windows. All this can be configured in a nice easy ncurses menu by pressing F9. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The function keys are mapped to common operations:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* F2 - create a new window&#xD;&#xA;* F3 - Go to the prev window&#xD;&#xA;* F4 - Go to the next window&#xD;&#xA;* F5 - Reload profile&#xD;&#xA;* F6 - Detach from the session&#xD;&#xA;* F7 - Enter scrollback mode&#xD;&#xA;* F8 - View all keybindings&#xD;&#xA;* F9 - Configure screen-profiles&#xD;&#xA;* F12 - Lock this terminal&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [this article for a tutorial and screenshots](http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2009/01/ubuntu-jaunty-testing-screen-profiles.html).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Screen-profiles is in the ubuntu repositories from jaunty (9.04) onwards. Before that it can be installed from [this ppa](https://launchpad.net/~screen-profiles/+archive/ppa) of from this [download page](https://launchpad.net/screen-profiles/+download).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It does depend on python, but once you have screen-profiles set up as you like it, you can have it generate a tar ball containing all you need to recreate your screen on another computer using [screen-profiles-export](http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/jaunty/man1/screen-profiles-export.1.html)." />
  <row Id="6848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3931" RevisionGUID="35c96b6e-a92d-4ce6-9eaf-d1a026aa1890" CreationDate="2009-05-04T11:24:06.323" UserId="1003" Text="My girlfriend is getting it put on her laptop as I type this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Well I wasn't going to try it on *my* machine first..)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**evil cackle\*\*" />
  <row Id="6849" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3931" RevisionGUID="35c96b6e-a92d-4ce6-9eaf-d1a026aa1890" CreationDate="2009-05-04T11:24:06.323" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6853" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="961" RevisionGUID="dfe72cec-aba8-46ba-ac1d-19e5e1035251" CreationDate="2009-05-04T11:26:31.543" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="6854" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3932" RevisionGUID="ad3ad266-31ca-410c-8906-01ac4f368835" CreationDate="2009-05-04T11:26:47.393" UserId="1375" Text="The little-bit-of-text that does get through suggests it might be some sort of MTU problem.  The best way to move forward is to install Wireshark on the gateway and capture all the traffic involved in the FTP connection.  If you see a large packet being sent multiple times, it's MTU.  Otherwise, paste the trace somewhere and someone can interpret it for you, if it isn't clear to you." />
  <row Id="6856" PostHistoryTypeId="11" PostId="3761" RevisionGUID="2436dbe1-6d7b-4570-85e5-d4097f5d5cc8" CreationDate="2009-05-04T11:28:22.103" UserId="-1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:28,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Mikeage&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="6857" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3933" RevisionGUID="a3d97a09-4069-47e4-8af1-707830e5186c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T11:29:25.907" UserId="409" Text="How do I change which folder/location Windows Explorer opens to when I run it by pressing Windows-E?  I'd like for it to open in **My Documents** instead of at the root of **Computer**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've found references for [explorer.exe command line options][1], but I don't know how to apply those options to Windows-E.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314853" />
  <row Id="6858" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3933" RevisionGUID="a3d97a09-4069-47e4-8af1-707830e5186c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T11:29:25.907" UserId="409" Text="Change starting location of Explorer from Windows-E" />
  <row Id="6859" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3933" RevisionGUID="a3d97a09-4069-47e4-8af1-707830e5186c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T11:29:25.907" UserId="409" Text="&lt;windows-explorer&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;customization&gt;" />
  <row Id="6860" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3934" RevisionGUID="b5fe5be9-b7de-4519-9bcc-6a97e1ff0eca" CreationDate="2009-05-04T11:30:11.800" UserId="45" Text="You could try to use the `debug` command in Windows commandline ftp. Perhaps it will show you some extra information which leads to the solution." />
  <row Id="6861" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3761" RevisionGUID="bfa80b03-b850-48df-9bad-24cc9f4317b0" CreationDate="2009-05-04T11:31:00.847" UserId="1" />
  <row Id="6862" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3761" RevisionGUID="bfa80b03-b850-48df-9bad-24cc9f4317b0" CreationDate="2009-05-04T11:31:00.847" UserId="1" Comment="added 32 characters in body" Text="What's the most devious thing a user has ever done that you've had to deal with? Obviously, we've all seen quite a lot of malice from unfriendly users, but how about from so-called friendly users?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my case, I think it would have to be &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cs.uit.no/~daniels/PingTunnel/&quot;&gt;ping tunnel&lt;/a&gt;: using outgoing ICMP packets to carry an SSH tunnel to circumvent the firewall. [Full disclosure: I contributed toward the Windows port of this tool ;) ]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(reopened as community wiki)" />
  <row Id="6863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3935" RevisionGUID="c3134c64-0bf9-44dd-b9d8-8ceefa99c8c3" CreationDate="2009-05-04T11:33:38.593" UserId="1725" Text="The strategy I use at my company is simple :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Get every developer as many monitors as he asks for. Plain and simple.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(And I should mention I am running this company, so I'm basically the one paying for hardware ; that being said, I used the same strategy in my previous work position, when I was running a middle-sized .net programming team)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reasons to use this strategy :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- A typical monitor costs around $300 and will probably be used for say 3 years... that's a very small cost of ownership, especially if you compare it to the cost of a programmer&#xD;&#xA;- You acknowledge the fact that your programmers know better than you what they need to get their work done (which is a strong motivator for them)&#xD;&#xA;- You acknowledge the fact that your programmers work is important enough to let them having the best tools money can buy (again, motivation)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In fact, programmers are so expensive that almost everything that can ease their job is worth buying. I'm talking about :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- as many monitors as they need&#xD;&#xA;- a very fast computer, SSD, quadcore, you name it.&#xD;&#xA;- another computer, if it's needed&#xD;&#xA;- all the books he might want to look at&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My current setup is 4 22&quot; 1920*1080 screens (two verticals in the middle, and one landscape on each side). My two vertical screen are used for visual studio, and some of VS tools (solution explorer) etc, are or another screen.&#xD;&#xA;The 1.5 remaining screens are used for http/mails/chat/other tools&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3936" RevisionGUID="fd14cca7-0ce5-4e83-a376-0d8fb9b018f2" CreationDate="2009-05-04T11:43:38.883" UserId="1792" Text="No question about it - Get-Member. I can't imagine any PowerShell session without using it. Discoverability is one of the strongest features of Windows PowerShell. " />
  <row Id="6865" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3937" RevisionGUID="51f75709-2b71-43bb-b0c0-ca2b7efce982" CreationDate="2009-05-04T11:45:50.593" UserId="629" Text="Provided you get a fast one (the Intel X-25 being the generally recommended one) then it can have a dramatic effect on certain operations that write to lots of small files. Compilation is a key task that fits this, and Linus Torvalds wrote about [how his Intel SSD rocks](http://torvalds-family.blogspot.com/2008/10/so-i-got-one-of-new-intel-ssds.html).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But personally I think I'll wait a bit longer ..." />
  <row Id="6866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3938" RevisionGUID="dc49e5f8-f386-4dc3-bc1c-8c94eeac90d5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T11:46:00.670" UserId="1787" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596003432/&quot;&gt; ![Essential System Administration][1] **&quot;Essential System Administration&quot;** by Æleen Frisch &lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596002978/&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;![TCP/IP Network Administration][2] **&quot;TCP/IP Network Administration&quot;** by Craig Hunt&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://oreilly.com/catalog/covers/9780596003432_cat.gif&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://oreilly.com/catalog/covers/9780596002978_cat.gif" />
  <row Id="6867" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3935" RevisionGUID="8b98fa18-687e-47d7-b3ea-b1183e77ab03" CreationDate="2009-05-04T11:48:54.207" UserId="1725" Comment="added 62 characters in body" Text="The strategy I use at my company is simple :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Get every developer as many monitors as he asks for. Plain and simple.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(And I should mention I am running this company, so I'm basically the one paying for hardware ; that being said, I used the same strategy in my previous work position, when I was running a middle-sized .net programming team in a top-tier Investment Bank)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reasons to use this strategy :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- A typical monitor costs around $300 and will probably be used for say 3 years... That's a total cost of ownership of around $.5 a day including electricity. The cost of 'ownership' of a good programmer is rather in the $500's a day. In other words, a monitor pays for himself as soon as he saves 1mn a day of a programmer's time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- You acknowledge the fact that your programmers know better than you what they need to get their work done (which is a strong motivator for them). I use to tell my team-members :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If you need something to get your work&#xD;&#xA;&gt; done, just buy it, or ask me to get it&#xD;&#xA;&gt; bought. I don't want to waste your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; time arguing over why you *need* an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; USB rocket launcher. You probably know&#xD;&#xA;&gt; better than me what you need :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- You acknowledge the fact that your programmers work is important enough to let them having the best tools money can buy (again, a very strong motivator)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In fact, programmers are so expensive that almost everything that can ease their job is worth buying. I'm talking about :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- as many monitors as they need&#xD;&#xA;- a very fast computer, SSD, quadcore, you name it.&#xD;&#xA;- another computer, if it's needed&#xD;&#xA;- all the books he might want to look at&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My current setup is 4 22&quot; 1920*1080 screens (two verticals in the middle, and one landscape on each side). My two vertical screen are used for visual studio, and some of VS tools (solution explorer) etc, are or another screen.&#xD;&#xA;The 1.5 remaining screens are used for http/mails/chat/other tools&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my experience, I hate working with only one monitor, 2 is ok, my productivity still benefits for a third one, and extra monitors are not really needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;YMMV, especially if you need to have things constantly on-screen (supervision, for example)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6868" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3939" RevisionGUID="12c66880-6efa-4f92-93ab-f786aee9b166" CreationDate="2009-05-04T11:49:55.920" UserId="1565" Text="[The Art of Deception][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Art-Deception-Controlling-Element-Security/dp/076454280X/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41P7430JTRL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU01_.jpg" />
  <row Id="6869" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3915" RevisionGUID="7a9f6704-53b6-4a3e-95fd-573efb1c96fa" CreationDate="2009-05-04T11:52:03.387" UserId="48" Comment="Added reccomendations" Text="The decision as to whether or not you need antivirus should be based on what the server is doing. If your serving websites and there is any way users can get data onto the server - file uploads, forum attachments, email, then you should be scanning these for virus's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will you be browsing the internet on your server? Will it be hosting email? If so then you need to consider AV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also some exceptions, are you running SQL? Then you need to exclude some areas of that. Will you be running Exchange? you'll need a proper Exchange add-in for your AV to scan that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you also perhaps need to consider is what will you loose by running AV. If speed is an issue and AV is slowing your server down then sure you should consider whether you can do away with it, but if it will run in the background not causing an issue and may just save you one day, maybe its worth it anyway? The cost of today's AV solutions are pretty minimal, especially if its just for one server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My personal preference is for something lightweight, so things like Macafee and Norton are out. I have used NOD32 in the past and it has performed well as has AVG's server editions." />
  <row Id="6870" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3938" RevisionGUID="eed08401-7f0d-4f47-9c3f-0c1d505ce7da" CreationDate="2009-05-04T11:52:50.733" UserId="1787" Comment="dns bind" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596003432/&quot;&gt; ![Essential System Administration][1] **&quot;Essential System Administration&quot;** by Æleen Frisch &lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596002978/&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;![TCP/IP Network Administration][2] **&quot;TCP/IP Network Administration&quot;** by Craig Hunt&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596100575/&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;![DNS and BIND][3] **&quot;DNS and BIND&quot;** by Paul Albitz, Cricket Liu&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://oreilly.com/catalog/covers/9780596003432_cat.gif&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://oreilly.com/catalog/covers/9780596002978_cat.gif&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://oreilly.com/catalog/covers/0596100574_cat.gif" />
  <row Id="6871" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3940" RevisionGUID="c9d8f698-0174-411a-adb0-b83202da900b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T11:53:40.653" UserId="1463" Text="More devious than a ping tunnel might be a dns tunnel - but it's pretty much in the same ballpark. Both usually work (though dns tunnel more often) for pay-to-use public wireless access without paying by the way - which might be nice to know if you manage such services^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the opposite scale of sneakiness, but almost as bad, a whole department kept everyone's passwords written on the inside of a kitchen cupboard. Just so they could unlock each others computers at the reception disks in case someone forgot to log out... the kitchen was frequently used by visiting contractors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another typical problem is a user that just refuses to work with computers, and secretly lets a co-worker handle his or her necessities like time reports and checking the e-mail. This took a while to discover as it was a remote office where everyone knew but didn't care about this - they just helped their friend." />
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  <row Id="6873" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3941" RevisionGUID="474ef23e-08e3-45e5-b92e-429c9b06e751" CreationDate="2009-05-04T11:56:37.260" UserId="1409" Text="This doesn't specifically answer you questions, but might help if you don't find the answer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think there is a difference between activating and re-activating.  We've had physical machines where the Win23k activation license had been entirely used up, and then virtualized those machines requiring a re-activation.  To my surprise I didn't need to call, the re-activation wizard worked fine.  In fact, we've move them around to different Hosts and the re-activation has come up again and every time it works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think MS treats re-activation differently than activation with regards to using up the licenses." />
  <row Id="6874" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3935" RevisionGUID="17415313-6f2c-47f8-b7f9-6d77658c30bc" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:00:22.930" UserId="1725" Comment="added 8 characters in body" Text="The strategy I use at my company is simple :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **Get every developer as many monitors as he asks for. Plain and simple.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(And I should mention I am running this company, so I'm basically the one paying for hardware ; that being said, I used the same strategy in my previous work position, when I was running a middle-sized .net programming team in a top-tier Investment Bank)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reasons to use this strategy :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- A typical monitor costs around $300 and will probably be used for say 3 years... That's a total cost of ownership of around $.5 a day including electricity. The cost of 'ownership' of a good programmer is rather in the $500's a day. In other words, a monitor pays for himself as soon as he saves 1mn a day of a programmer's time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **You acknowledge the fact that your programmers know better than you what they need to get their work done** (which is a strong motivator for them). I use to tell my team-members :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If you need something to get your work&#xD;&#xA;&gt; done, just buy it, or ask me to get it&#xD;&#xA;&gt; bought. I don't want to waste your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; time arguing over why you *need* an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; USB rocket launcher. You probably know&#xD;&#xA;&gt; better than me what you need :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- You acknowledge the fact that your programmers work is important enough to let them having the best tools money can buy (again, a very strong motivator)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In fact, programmers are so expensive that almost everything that can ease their job is worth buying. I'm talking about :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- as many monitors as they need&#xD;&#xA;- a very fast computer, SSD, quadcore, you name it.&#xD;&#xA;- another computer, if it's needed&#xD;&#xA;- all the books he might want to look at&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My current setup is 4 22&quot; 1920*1080 screens (two verticals in the middle, and one landscape on each side). My two vertical screen are used for visual studio, and some of VS tools (solution explorer) etc, are or another screen.&#xD;&#xA;The 1.5 remaining screens are used for http/mails/chat/other tools&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my experience, I hate working with only one monitor, 2 is ok, my productivity still benefits for a third one, and extra monitors are not really needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;YMMV, especially if you need to have things constantly on-screen (supervision, for example)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3942" RevisionGUID="8ec98128-471f-423c-828d-e119849d2fda" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:00:46.110" UserId="45" Text="It's a change in the Windows registry:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore\command&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;change the value to (example):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    %SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe /separate,/e,C:\Program Files&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Be careful when you change registry entries!**&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6876" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3943" RevisionGUID="eb9b2c93-0e64-4823-b3e1-0703f0a55e1f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:01:37.903" UserId="1784" Text="varnishncsa displays logs in [Apache/NCSA][1] combined log format (from man page). You can use these with any normal log analyzer to find which user agents you have, which pages they load etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;varnishlog (usr/bin/varnishlog) on the other hand displays detailed output for all the requests, containing information like which VCL commands are being used (lookup, hash, hit, deliver etc.) and all headers in the HTTP transaction (varnishlog -o will group them by request). If you have a busy site this will scroll through very quickly, but you can write them to disk using -w, or use the logger facility (etc/init.d/varnishlog). Be aware that this quickly fills up the disk, because it is very detailed (10-30 lines per request depending on where the requests get sent, and of course all your HTTP headers). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;varnishreplay can replay the HTTP traffic from such a log file. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of the tools can be used with regex searching.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Redpill Linpro][2], the company making Varnish, are currently making a web gui. I'm not sure which features it will have (I don't think they quite know either), but I am assured that it will have quite a few monitoring graphs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.loganalyzer.net/log-analyzer/apache-custom-log.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/Products-services/Products/Infrastructure/Varnish" />
  <row Id="6879" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3942" RevisionGUID="bd633b55-fc3f-492a-9ef4-03f0f287b963" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:07:04.567" UserId="45" Comment="added 85 characters in body" Text="It's a change in the Windows registry:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore\command&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;change the value to (example):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    %SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe /separate,/e,C:\Program Files&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;BT: You could use  &quot;`%HOMEPATH%\My Documents`&quot; for your home path (&quot;My documents&quot;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Be careful when you change registry entries!**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some other options for explorer.exe:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Explorer.exe Command-Line Options for Windows XP][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;/n                Opens a new single-pane window for the default&#xD;&#xA;                  selection. This is usually the root of the drive that&#xD;&#xA;                  Windows is installed on. If the window is already&#xD;&#xA;                  open, a duplicate opens.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/e                Opens Windows Explorer in its default view.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/root, &amp;lt;object&amp;gt;   Opens a window view of the specified object.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/select, &amp;lt;object&amp;gt; Opens a window view with the specified folder, file,&#xD;&#xA;                  or program selected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.scribd.com/doc/43384/Command-Line-switches-for-Windows-Explorer" />
  <row Id="6880" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3935" RevisionGUID="afac1864-568e-4e29-8cbb-2be4a90e89d6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:10:40.207" UserId="1725" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="The strategy I use at my company is simple :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **Get every developer as many monitors as he asks for. Plain and simple.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(And I should mention I am running this company, so I'm basically the one paying for hardware ; that being said, I used the same strategy in my previous work position, when I was running a middle-sized .net programming team in a top-tier Investment Bank)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reasons to use this strategy :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- A typical monitor costs around $300 and will probably be used for say 3 years... That's a total cost of ownership of around $.5 a day including electricity. The cost of 'ownership' of a good programmer is rather in the $500's a day. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; In other words, a monitor pays for himself as soon as he saves *1 minute* a day of a programmer's time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **You acknowledge the fact that your programmers know better than you what they need to get their work done** (which is a strong motivator for them). I use to tell my team-members :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  &gt; If you need something to get your work&#xD;&#xA;&gt; done, just buy it, or ask me to get it&#xD;&#xA;&gt; bought. I don't want to waste your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; time arguing over why you *need* an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; USB rocket launcher. You probably know&#xD;&#xA;&gt; better than me what you need :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- You acknowledge the fact that your programmers work is important enough to let them having the best tools money can buy (again, a very strong motivator)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In fact, programmers are so expensive that almost everything that can ease their job is worth buying. I'm talking about :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- as many monitors as they need&#xD;&#xA;- a very fast computer, SSD, quadcore, you name it.&#xD;&#xA;- another computer, if it's needed&#xD;&#xA;- all the books he might want to look at&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My current setup is :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- two verticals 22&quot; 1920*1080 monitors, displaying a vertically-split Visual Studio&#xD;&#xA;- one landscape 22&quot; 1920*1080 monitor for VS's toolboxes (solution explorer, toolbox, etc.) and other various tools (SQL Management Studio, namely)&#xD;&#xA;- one landscape 22&quot; 1920*1080 monitor for firefox/IM/outlook&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A good reason to add an extra-monitor is if you need some things to be constantly visible (such as supervision tools)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my experience, I hate working with only one monitor, 2 is ok, my productivity still benefits for a third one, and extra monitors are not really needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3945" RevisionGUID="4395325c-64b4-4f03-ba8b-a540649573d2" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:14:27.873" UserId="1417" Text="Our county has a recycling center that accepts old computer components. I just make sure to remove the hard drives first. " />
  <row Id="6882" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3946" RevisionGUID="f19e9c71-204c-43d9-b163-a94f42fc41d2" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:19:00.607" UserId="371" Text="My company owns a hard drive degausser for just this purpose, nicknamed the &quot;shredder&quot;.  They get nuked before disposal of old server or PC hardware." />
  <row Id="6883" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3942" RevisionGUID="d3f868c3-d0ab-4995-ba45-a162ca944d09" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:21:29.277" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 6 characters in body" Text="It's a change in the Windows registry:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore\command&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;change the value to (example):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    %SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe /separate,/e,C:\Program Files&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;You can use  &quot;`%HOMEPATH%\My Documents`&quot; for your home path (&quot;My documents&quot;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Be careful when you change registry entries!**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some other options for explorer.exe:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Explorer.exe Command-Line Options for Windows XP][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;/n                Opens a new single-pane window for the default&#xD;&#xA;                  selection. This is usually the root of the drive that&#xD;&#xA;                  Windows is installed on. If the window is already&#xD;&#xA;                  open, a duplicate opens.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/e                Opens Windows Explorer in its default view.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/root, &amp;lt;object&amp;gt;   Opens a window view of the specified object.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/select, &amp;lt;object&amp;gt; Opens a window view with the specified folder, file,&#xD;&#xA;                  or program selected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.scribd.com/doc/43384/Command-Line-switches-for-Windows-Explorer" />
  <row Id="6884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3947" RevisionGUID="0b894b82-732f-4a6a-a882-493463943009" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:21:54.237" UserId="1798" Text="If you want a full logical protection, since Deny takes precedence on Allow, File **Properties** &gt; **Security** tab &gt; **Advanced** Security Setting , **Deny** to **Everybody** the **delete** right on this file. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again, a full backup of this file is in order." />
  <row Id="6885" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3948" RevisionGUID="d9d7e157-1106-4a98-8769-9801b78f2f25" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:26:24.117" UserId="1784" Text="We've had very good experience with [Varnish][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Redpill Linpro, the company behind it, states on the [Varnish product site][2]: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Varnish is a reverse Web accelerator designed for content-heavy dynamic web sites. In contrast to other HTTP accelerators, many of which began life as client-side proxies or origin servers, Varnish was designed from the ground up as an accelerator for incoming traffic. We actually claim that Varnish is ten to twenty times faster than the popular Squid cache on the same kind of hardware! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our experience is that this is very much true. In addition to being written with performance as a reverse proxy in mind, the VCL domain language for configuration is very powerful and you can get very detailed information about what it does while it works ([see question 3425][3]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Varnish is open source, and has a good community, while being actively developed by the company. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://varnish.projects.linpro.no/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.varnish-cache.com/en/what_is_varnish/more_about_varnish&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3425/tools-for-introspecting-varnish" />
  <row Id="6886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3949" RevisionGUID="25262ec8-2fea-4117-afbd-63ab49e28128" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:27:02.070" UserId="1802" Text="I did just a small method that i added to my Profile. See http://blog.keystroke.ch/2007/08/30/diskusage-in-powershell/. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;diskusage myserver&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;is my prefered command." />
  <row Id="6887" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3323" RevisionGUID="2033f9fb-2823-46d1-a9be-d64fe6465aa8" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:28:36.357" UserId="1664" Comment="fixed typos" Text="You can go with a spot type air conditioner such as units like [these][1]. These units are self contained and only require a water supply and drain to remove the heat and therefore don't require architectural modification for ducting, etc...only a plumbing hookup. You don't even need to pressure balance the room because the air is completely recirculating. Relative to cost, I believe they are both cheaper to acquire and also more efficient than the more typical air flow based condenser units because the water is better at removing heat from the coils than air.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are concerned about the water consumption, for some added cost the water can be recirculated via pipes to an outside radiator to dump off the heat before bringing it back around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.spot-coolers.com/water.php" />
  <row Id="6888" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3950" RevisionGUID="cdb55d13-ba31-46ab-afc4-8f0b21376746" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:31:48.393" UserId="1565" Text="I've had to do this in the past and ended up having to do an in-place upgrade.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816579][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The process reset all of my Microsoft licenses, so I had to re-enter them into the license manager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There may be a Microsoft tool that will do this, but it's not publicly available if it exists.  I would contact your volume license dealer to see if such a utility exists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816579" />
  <row Id="6889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3951" RevisionGUID="fc586a0d-04ef-420c-8e62-e225324df040" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:32:20.060" UserId="1802" Text="For me a very exciting must read book was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cuckoos_Egg" />
  <row Id="6890" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3594" RevisionGUID="ab502de6-d119-4025-bfad-770dbe152409" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:33:11.510" UserId="1664" Comment="Fixed some typos" Text="Interesting Question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Historically, prior to the advent of fully switched networks, the main consideration to breaking a network into subnets had to do with limiting the number of nodes in a single collision domain. That is, if you had too many nodes, your network performance would reach a peak and eventually would collapse under heavy load due to excessive collisions. The exact number of nodes that could be deployed depended on lots of factors, but generally speaking you could not regularly load the collision domain much beyond 50% of the total bandwidth available and still have the network be stable all the time. 50 nodes on the network was a lot nodes in those days. With heavy use users, you might have topped out at 20 or 30 nodes before needing to start subnetting things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, with fully switched full-duplex subnets, collisions are not a concern anymore and assuming typical desktop type users, you can typically deploy hundreds of nodes in a single subnet without any issues at all. Having lots of broadcast traffic, as other answers have alluded to, might be a concern depending on what protocols/applications you are running on the network. However, understand that subnetting a network does not necessarily help you with your broadcast traffic concerns. Many of the protocols use broadcasting for a reason - that is, when all the nodes on network actually need to see such traffic to implement the application level feature(s) desired. Simply subnetting the network doesn't actually buy you anything if the broadcasted packet is also going to need to forwarded over to the other subnet and broadcasted out again. In fact, that actually adds extra traffic (and latency) to both subnets if you think this through.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally speaking, today, the main reasons for subnetting networks has much more to do with organizational, administrative and security boundary considerations than anything else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The original question asks for measurable metrics that trigger subnetting considerations. I am not sure there are any in terms of specific numbers. This is going to depend dramatically depending on the 'applications' involved and I don't think there is really any trigger points that would generally apply.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Relative to rules of thumbs in planning out subnets:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Consider subnets for each different organizational departments/divisions, especially as they get to be non-trivial (50+ nodes!?) in size.&#xD;&#xA; - Consider subnets for groups of nodes/users using a common application set that is distinct from other users or node types (Developers, VoIP Devices, manufacturing floor)&#xD;&#xA; - Consider subnets for groups of users that have differing security requirements (securing the accounting department, Securing Wifi)&#xD;&#xA; - Consider subnets from a virus outbreak, security breach and damage containment perspective. How many nodes get exposed/breached - what is an acceptable exposure level for your organization? This consideration assumes restrictive routing (firewall) rules between subnets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With all that said, adding subnets adds some level of administrative overhead and potentially causes problems relative to running out of node addresses in one subnet and having too many left in another pool, etc. The routing and firewall setups and placement of common servers in the network and such get more involved, that kind of thing. Certainly, each subnet *should* have a reason for existing that outweighs the overhead of maintaining the more sophisticated logical topology.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6891" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3952" RevisionGUID="66677d3a-e670-4aed-9234-15b8608db212" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:34:42.410" UserId="1800" Text="What things should a server- or DB-admin know and do before making a InnoDB database available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm thinking about things like setting correct values for `innodb_buffer_pool_size` and `innodb_log_file_size`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So what simple things could you forget to configure that would cause the application using the database to work less that optimal?" />
  <row Id="6892" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3952" RevisionGUID="66677d3a-e670-4aed-9234-15b8608db212" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:34:42.410" UserId="1800" Text="What should I know before going live with an InnoDB database?" />
  <row Id="6893" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3952" RevisionGUID="66677d3a-e670-4aed-9234-15b8608db212" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:34:42.410" UserId="1800" Text="&lt;innodb&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;" />
  <row Id="6894" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3953" RevisionGUID="a06613fc-fc36-437d-997d-50376ac3eedb" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:35:42.580" UserId="959" Text="My computer takes a good 10 minutes to get to a usable state.  Most of the activity will stop if I leave it at the log in screen, so I think it is some system level (as opposed to user level) programs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a program that will tell me what drivers/programs are loading?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bonus: Is there a program that will show the amount of time/resources each program is taking?" />
  <row Id="6895" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3953" RevisionGUID="a06613fc-fc36-437d-997d-50376ac3eedb" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:35:42.580" UserId="959" Text="How to boot quicker?" />
  <row Id="6896" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3953" RevisionGUID="a06613fc-fc36-437d-997d-50376ac3eedb" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:35:42.580" UserId="959" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;bootup&gt;" />
  <row Id="6897" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3954" RevisionGUID="13cc4b07-08c8-4ec9-910d-10b3cddf976d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:36:26.307" UserId="1787" Text="Old, but still helpful [LJ article &amp;mdash; &quot;An Introduction to DNS and DNS Tools&quot;][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4597" />
  <row Id="6898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3955" RevisionGUID="84851f40-70f2-4811-a252-4c7aeb1d1c2f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:39:59.263" UserId="1755" Text="I recently configured a new NetGear ReadyNAS Pro appliance and set it up to email me diagnostic and warning messages.  The device is probably two weeks old.  After one day, one of the hard drives reported that a sector had gone bad and been reallocated.  Over the past week, that number has climbed to six total sectors for the hard drive in question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The NAS is configured with six 1.5 TB drives, one as a hot spare.  With such high capacity drives, I would expect a sector to fail from time to time, so I was not concerned when the first few sectors were relocated.  At what rate of relocations, or total number of relocations, should I start to get worried for the drive's health?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6899" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3955" RevisionGUID="84851f40-70f2-4811-a252-4c7aeb1d1c2f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:39:59.263" UserId="1755" Text="How many SMART sector reallocations indicate problems?" />
  <row Id="6900" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3955" RevisionGUID="84851f40-70f2-4811-a252-4c7aeb1d1c2f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:39:59.263" UserId="1755" Text="&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;smart&gt;&lt;raid&gt;" />
  <row Id="6901" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3917" RevisionGUID="baa48245-aeca-4628-8a7f-b7e876ac4556" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:40:08.887" UserId="1725" Comment="added detailed packets logs." Text="I want to connect to an FTP server from my local network, which is behind a NAT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The gateway is a Win 2008 server, configured with routing and remote services / Nat enabled. The problem exists from XP, Vista sp1, and Vista sp2 computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what I get (using the default DOS ftp client, but I get the same thing using FileZilla)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ftp&gt; open ftp.foo.com&#xD;&#xA;    Connected to ftp.foo.com.&#xD;&#xA;    220-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [here I wait for 30s before getting the following line]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Connection closed by remote host.&#xD;&#xA;    ftp&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you can see I'm disconnected before the login process, so I don't have the opportunity to use PASSV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what works :&#xD;&#xA;- everything else (ie, every non-ftp related connection)&#xD;&#xA;- connection to this specific server from my NAT gateway&#xD;&#xA;- connection on other servers from my behind-nat computer&#xD;&#xA;- direct internet connection to this specific ftp server from my computer (ie, without using the NAT server)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The company providing the ftp says the problem is not on their end, since I can connect from my NAT server. The same reasoning leads to the problem not being on my side neither (I can connect on other ftp servers)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What should I check ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT : here's what I get when I sniff the connection on the gateway while attempting to connect from my behind-the-nat computer :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the Internet facing interface :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info&#xD;&#xA;       1312 320.576218  213.186.xx.xxx        192.168.1.1           FTP      Response: 220-&#xD;&#xA;       1313 320.576602  213.186.xx.xxx        192.168.1.1           FTP      Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;       1315 320.610911  213.186.xx.xxx        192.168.1.1           FTP      Response: 220-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And on my internal LAN interface :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info&#xD;&#xA;           9288 118.698920  213.186.33.207        192.168.0.100         FTP      Response: 220-&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;           9293 118.890406  213.186.33.207        192.168.0.100         FTP      Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;        Frame 9293 (166 bytes on wire, 166 bytes captured)&#xD;&#xA;        Ethernet II, Src: Tp-LinkT_c6:e2:3f (00:21:27:c6:e2:3f), Dst: Giga-Byt_22:b0:99 (00:1f:d0:22:b0:99)&#xD;&#xA;        Internet Protocol, Src: 213.186.33.207 (213.186.33.207), Dst: 192.168.0.100 (192.168.0.100)&#xD;&#xA;        Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: ftp (21), Dst Port: jini-discovery (4160), Seq: 7, Ack: 1, Len: 112&#xD;&#xA;            Source port: ftp (21)&#xD;&#xA;            Destination port: jini-discovery (4160)&#xD;&#xA;            Sequence number: 7    (relative sequence number)&#xD;&#xA;            [Next sequence number: 119    (relative sequence number)]&#xD;&#xA;            Acknowledgement number: 1    (relative ack number)&#xD;&#xA;            Header length: 20 bytes&#xD;&#xA;            Flags: 0x18 (PSH, ACK)&#xD;&#xA;            Window size: 65536 (scaled)&#xD;&#xA;            Checksum: 0xa5bc [incorrect, should be 0x96cb (maybe caused by &quot;TCP checksum offload&quot;?)]&#xD;&#xA;            [SEQ/ACK analysis]&#xD;&#xA;        File Transfer Protocol (FTP)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       9306 119.187327  213.186.33.207        192.168.0.100         FTP      [TCP Retransmission] Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;       9326 119.787350  213.186.33.207        192.168.0.100         FTP      [TCP Retransmission] Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;    No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info&#xD;&#xA;       9373 120.987450  213.186.33.207        192.168.0.100         FTP      [TCP Retransmission] Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea of why this CRC problem might be happening ?" />
  <row Id="6902" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3956" RevisionGUID="2291c2e1-150d-4146-ae58-54082e9cdcb8" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:41:23.720" UserId="1787" Text="Seems that [BootVis][1] does exactly [what you want][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BootVis&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5034622.html" />
  <row Id="6903" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3957" RevisionGUID="86662667-75bf-4ea0-8107-05966a402482" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:43:16.180" UserId="28" Text="&lt;img src=&quot;http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/voting_machines.png&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This sums up my opinion." />
  <row Id="6904" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="3895" RevisionGUID="cfd33505-bf8a-45a6-bde1-1c2fcd33b54d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:43:40.843" UserId="22" Comment="edited title" Text="Best practices recovering from a failed UNIX package upgrade?" />
  <row Id="6905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3958" RevisionGUID="72d9754d-22f8-4f81-9ea8-63fab6a2c42c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:44:16.973" UserId="613" Text="Compatibility across OSen is indeed one of the major factors in choosing a filesystem.  The other is the features of that filesystem, like large (&gt;2GB) file support and journaling.  You'll have to decide what's usable to you based on how you're going to use that filesystem.  FAT32 is predominant because it's kind of the lowest-common-denominator of filesystems.  Depending on your OS you might also want to look into on of: NTFS, ext3, ext4, or even jffs2." />
  <row Id="6906" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3959" RevisionGUID="b6400eb3-7ad1-4575-bb84-00f6e722b0f8" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:44:55.350" UserId="1804" Text="On XP at least, haven't tried Vista/W7:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    appwiz.cpl @,2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;takes you straight to the Add/Remove Windows Components pane.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another way to add or remove components in an automated fashion is to use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sysocmgr.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in unattended mode with a .inf file that lists the components you'd like to install, e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [NetOptionalComponents] &#xD;&#xA;    SNMP = 1 &#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;    [SNMP] &#xD;&#xA;    Contact_Name = IT Dept. &#xD;&#xA;    Location = Office&#xD;&#xA;    Service = Physical, Applications, End-to-End &#xD;&#xA;    Community_Name = Mormon &#xD;&#xA;    Traps = server1, server2 &#xD;&#xA;    Send_Authentication = Yes &#xD;&#xA;    Accept_CommunityName = Public:Read_Only &#xD;&#xA;    Any_Host = No &#xD;&#xA;    Limit_Host = server1, server2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Credit due to thesystemadministrator.com for .inf file)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a clunky tool (hey, it's MS) but it's invaluable for getting your components sorted out post-install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="6908" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3950" RevisionGUID="e8d5ddb8-497f-407b-ac71-c1375cb1a1f0" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:45:24.490" UserId="1565" Comment="added normal upgrade option" Text="I've upgraded an OEM version of XP to a Volume license by doing an normal upgrade.  As long as the install CD has a later version, it will do an upgrade and ask for a volume key.  Making the install CD more up-to-date can be done with slipstreaming.  [nLite][2] makes this process easier.  This should work for Windows 2003 Server as well instead of having to do the more invasive in-place upgrade.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've that doesn't work, you may end up having to do an in-place upgrade.  This has worked for me, but I never tried the normal upgrade.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816579][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The process reset all of my Microsoft licenses, so I had to re-enter them into the license manager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There may be a Microsoft tool that will do this, but it's not publicly available if it exists.  I would contact your volume license dealer to see if such a utility exists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816579&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.nliteos.com/index.html &quot;nLite&quot;" />
  <row Id="6910" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3961" RevisionGUID="e115f8a9-5857-4394-a8ba-07ab92fab477" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:47:18.230" UserId="891" Text="You should try [autoruns][1] for windows from sysinternals.&#xD;&#xA;Using `autoruns`, you can disable many unneeded startup junk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This utility, which has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor, shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys. You can configure Autoruns to show other locations, including Explorer shell extensions, toolbars, browser helper objects, Winlogon notifications, auto-start services, and much more. Autoruns goes way beyond the MSConfig utility bundled with Windows Me and XP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx" />
  <row Id="6911" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3917" RevisionGUID="23381498-a80c-410c-9169-7a20aafe3c9f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:48:32.657" UserId="1725" Comment="added mtu data" Text="I want to connect to an FTP server from my local network, which is behind a NAT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The gateway is a Win 2008 server, configured with routing and remote services / Nat enabled. The problem exists from XP, Vista sp1, and Vista sp2 computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what I get (using the default DOS ftp client, but I get the same thing using FileZilla)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ftp&gt; open ftp.foo.com&#xD;&#xA;    Connected to ftp.foo.com.&#xD;&#xA;    220-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [here I wait for 30s before getting the following line]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Connection closed by remote host.&#xD;&#xA;    ftp&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you can see I'm disconnected before the login process, so I don't have the opportunity to use PASSV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what works :&#xD;&#xA;- everything else (ie, every non-ftp related connection)&#xD;&#xA;- connection to this specific server from my NAT gateway&#xD;&#xA;- connection on other servers from my behind-nat computer&#xD;&#xA;- direct internet connection to this specific ftp server from my computer (ie, without using the NAT server)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The company providing the ftp says the problem is not on their end, since I can connect from my NAT server. The same reasoning leads to the problem not being on my side neither (I can connect on other ftp servers)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What should I check ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT : here's what I get when I sniff the connection on the gateway while attempting to connect from my behind-the-nat computer :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the Internet facing interface :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info&#xD;&#xA;       1312 320.576218  213.186.xx.xxx        192.168.1.1           FTP      Response: 220-&#xD;&#xA;       1313 320.576602  213.186.xx.xxx        192.168.1.1           FTP      Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;       1315 320.610911  213.186.xx.xxx        192.168.1.1           FTP      Response: 220-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And on my internal LAN interface :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info&#xD;&#xA;           9288 118.698920  213.186.33.207        192.168.0.100         FTP      Response: 220-&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;           9293 118.890406  213.186.33.207        192.168.0.100         FTP      Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;        Frame 9293 (166 bytes on wire, 166 bytes captured)&#xD;&#xA;        Ethernet II, Src: Tp-LinkT_c6:e2:3f (00:21:27:c6:e2:3f), Dst: Giga-Byt_22:b0:99 (00:1f:d0:22:b0:99)&#xD;&#xA;        Internet Protocol, Src: 213.186.33.207 (213.186.33.207), Dst: 192.168.0.100 (192.168.0.100)&#xD;&#xA;        Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: ftp (21), Dst Port: jini-discovery (4160), Seq: 7, Ack: 1, Len: 112&#xD;&#xA;            Source port: ftp (21)&#xD;&#xA;            Destination port: jini-discovery (4160)&#xD;&#xA;            Sequence number: 7    (relative sequence number)&#xD;&#xA;            [Next sequence number: 119    (relative sequence number)]&#xD;&#xA;            Acknowledgement number: 1    (relative ack number)&#xD;&#xA;            Header length: 20 bytes&#xD;&#xA;            Flags: 0x18 (PSH, ACK)&#xD;&#xA;            Window size: 65536 (scaled)&#xD;&#xA;            Checksum: 0xa5bc [incorrect, should be 0x96cb (maybe caused by &quot;TCP checksum offload&quot;?)]&#xD;&#xA;            [SEQ/ACK analysis]&#xD;&#xA;        File Transfer Protocol (FTP)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       9306 119.187327  213.186.33.207        192.168.0.100         FTP      [TCP Retransmission] Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;       9326 119.787350  213.186.33.207        192.168.0.100         FTP      [TCP Retransmission] Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;    No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info&#xD;&#xA;       9373 120.987450  213.186.33.207        192.168.0.100         FTP      [TCP Retransmission] Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea of why this CRC problem might be happening ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;btw, here are my mtu settings (on the gateway)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Windows\system32&gt;netsh interface ipv4 show interfaces&#xD;&#xA;    Idx  Met   MTU   State        Name&#xD;&#xA;    ---  ---  -----  -----------  -------------------&#xD;&#xA;      1   50 4294967295  connected    Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1&#xD;&#xA;     10   30   1500  connected    Local Area Connection&#xD;&#xA;     13   20   1500  connected    Local Area Connection 2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="6916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3964" RevisionGUID="eda38ccc-1449-441e-a045-2c13cd02a7e4" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:52:43.817" UserId="1784" Text="When a drive this new behaves like this it's not to be trusted at all!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Send it back as soon as possible, and get a replacement drive. " />
  <row Id="6917" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3935" RevisionGUID="a326f2d7-2a36-4383-9919-ed674612c692" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:52:53.957" UserId="1725" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="**There's no such thing as an &quot;ideal monitor setup&quot; because there's no such thing as a &quot;canonical user&quot; either !** (plus the setup you need depends on the tasks you have to perform)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, the strategy I use at my company is simple :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **Get every developer as many monitors as he asks for. Plain and simple.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(And I should mention I am running this company, so I'm basically the one paying for hardware ; that being said, I used the same strategy in my previous work position, when I was running a middle-sized .net programming team in a top-tier Investment Bank)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reasons to use this strategy :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- A typical monitor costs around $300 and will probably be used for say 3 years... That's a total cost of ownership of around $.5 a day including electricity. The cost of 'ownership' of a good programmer is rather in the $500's a day. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; In other words, a monitor pays for himself as soon as he saves *1 minute* a day of a programmer's time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **You acknowledge the fact that your programmers know better than you what they need to get their work done** (which is a strong motivator for them). I use to tell my team-members :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  &gt; If you need something to get your work&#xD;&#xA;&gt; done, just buy it, or ask me to get it&#xD;&#xA;&gt; bought. I don't want to waste your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; time arguing over why you *need* an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; USB rocket launcher. You probably know&#xD;&#xA;&gt; better than me what you need :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- You acknowledge the fact that your programmers work is important enough to let them having the best tools money can buy (again, a very strong motivator)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In fact, programmers are so expensive that almost everything that can ease their job is worth buying. I'm talking about :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- as many monitors as they need&#xD;&#xA;- a very fast computer, SSD, quadcore, you name it.&#xD;&#xA;- another computer, if it's needed&#xD;&#xA;- all the books he might want to look at&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My current setup is :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- two verticals 22&quot; 1920*1080 monitors, displaying a vertically-split Visual Studio&#xD;&#xA;- one landscape 22&quot; 1920*1080 monitor for VS's toolboxes (solution explorer, toolbox, etc.) and other various tools (SQL Management Studio, namely)&#xD;&#xA;- one landscape 22&quot; 1920*1080 monitor for firefox/IM/outlook&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A good reason to add an extra-monitor is if you need some things to be constantly visible (such as supervision tools)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my experience, I hate working with only one monitor, 2 is ok, my productivity still benefits for a third one, and extra monitors are not really needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6918" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3965" RevisionGUID="d552f915-df61-4c57-a5ab-ebdcb97d5f30" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:53:53.677" UserId="1804" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://planetsysadmin.com/&quot;&gt;Planet Sysadmin&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;Great aggregation of sysadmin blogs.&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sage.org&quot;&gt;SAGE Mailing List&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;Killer advice and discussion from experienced sysadmins.&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss&quot;&gt;LOPSA Discuss&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;The US League of Professional Sysadmins general discussion list.&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://radar.oreilly.com/operations/&quot;&gt;O'Reilly Radar&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;Some great sysadmin content here with a dedicated Operations stream - plenty of 21st Century sysadmin material to enjoy and think about.&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="6922" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3968" RevisionGUID="1cc1b700-9f15-403f-8c09-ec2d9cfddbde" CreationDate="2009-05-04T12:59:34.050" UserId="1531" Text="You'll need to use IE for Windows updates, so yes, keep it up to date." />
  <row Id="6923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3969" RevisionGUID="6913b9dd-0e2b-438b-8dee-d000b5f05288" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:01:21.020" UserId="1460" Text="I use [Duplicate File Finder][1]. It's available for 32-bit or 64-bit (x64) Windows NT/2000/XP, Windows 2003, and Windows Vista&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.funduc.com/dupfiles.htm" />
  <row Id="6924" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3970" RevisionGUID="7c7ef6e8-2e12-44f6-a383-4d7b03c301a7" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:03:18.597" UserId="1804" Text="&lt;body&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Are you using a wiki format? If so, which product? (MediaWiki, Confluence, Sharepoint etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you create a knowledge base? (Problem/solution-oriented short documents.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What challenges do you find with creating documentation that works, so you don't get the call when you're off on holiday?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For me, I find there is often a certain amount of organisational &quot;inertia&quot; involved with getting documentation done. It seems to be a different kind of person who can do a task, then think about *how* they did the task and describe it so someone else can do it - kind of forces to you &quot;go meta&quot; and not everyone is comfortable doing that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking forward to people's thoughts on this. &#xD;&#xA;&lt;/body&gt;" />
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  <row Id="6926" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3970" RevisionGUID="7c7ef6e8-2e12-44f6-a383-4d7b03c301a7" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:03:18.597" UserId="1804" Text="&lt;documentation&gt;" />
  <row Id="6927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3971" RevisionGUID="09efb5e6-4ca1-4c4b-801f-9ac00924afa6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:05:56.657" UserId="1803" Text="Once you've checked what apps/services are loading, look to your device drivers.  Old/corrupted drivers add a LOT of boot time.  (These will not necessarily provide any errors to let you know they're misfiring.)  If the PC is a major brand, just look up the make/model and grab everything from the driver list provided.  Innocuous looking things like &quot;chipset driver&quot; can add a great deal of zip to your system.  If you're comfortable with it, look to BIOS and other firmware updates, if applciable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, the sad fact is that XP degrades over time.  I highly recommend that anyone with the technical ability to do so should simply backup, wipe, and reinstall their desktop OS every 2-4 years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sure, it sounds painful, but this ends up taking me far less time than trying to apply enough duct tape to keep the thing hobbling along at a decent speed." />
  <row Id="6928" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3917" RevisionGUID="c165a678-8a63-4f9d-90a4-db87140703ab" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:07:17.153" UserId="1725" Comment="added 38 characters in body" Text="I want to connect to an FTP server from my local network, which is behind a NAT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The gateway is a Win 2008 server, configured with routing and remote services / Nat enabled. The problem exists from XP, Vista sp1, and Vista sp2 computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what I get (using the default DOS ftp client, but I get the same thing using FileZilla)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ftp&gt; open ftp.foo.com&#xD;&#xA;    Connected to ftp.foo.com.&#xD;&#xA;    220-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [here I wait for 30s before getting the following line]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Connection closed by remote host.&#xD;&#xA;    ftp&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you can see I'm disconnected before the login process, so I don't have the opportunity to use PASSV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what works :&#xD;&#xA;- everything else (ie, every non-ftp related connection)&#xD;&#xA;- connection to this specific server from my NAT gateway&#xD;&#xA;- connection on other servers from my behind-nat computer&#xD;&#xA;- direct internet connection to this specific ftp server from my computer (ie, without using the NAT server)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The company providing the ftp says the problem is not on their end, since I can connect from my NAT server. The same reasoning leads to the problem not being on my side neither (I can connect on other ftp servers)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What should I check ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT : here's what I get when I sniff the connection on the gateway while attempting to connect from my behind-the-nat computer :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the Internet facing interface :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info&#xD;&#xA;       1312 320.576218  213.186.xx.xxx        192.168.1.1           FTP      Response: 220-&#xD;&#xA;       1313 320.576602  213.186.xx.xxx        192.168.1.1           FTP      Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;       1315 320.610911  213.186.xx.xxx        192.168.1.1           FTP      Response: 220-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And on my internal LAN interface :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info&#xD;&#xA;           9288 118.698920  213.186.33.207        192.168.0.100         FTP      Response: 220-&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;           9293 118.890406  213.186.33.207        192.168.0.100         FTP      Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;        Frame 9293 (166 bytes on wire, 166 bytes captured)&#xD;&#xA;        Ethernet II, Src: Tp-LinkT_c6:e2:3f (00:21:27:c6:e2:3f), Dst: Giga-Byt_22:b0:99 (00:1f:d0:22:b0:99)&#xD;&#xA;        Internet Protocol, Src: 213.186.33.207 (213.186.33.207), Dst: 192.168.0.100 (192.168.0.100)&#xD;&#xA;        Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: ftp (21), Dst Port: jini-discovery (4160), Seq: 7, Ack: 1, Len: 112&#xD;&#xA;            Source port: ftp (21)&#xD;&#xA;            Destination port: jini-discovery (4160)&#xD;&#xA;            Sequence number: 7    (relative sequence number)&#xD;&#xA;            [Next sequence number: 119    (relative sequence number)]&#xD;&#xA;            Acknowledgement number: 1    (relative ack number)&#xD;&#xA;            Header length: 20 bytes&#xD;&#xA;            Flags: 0x18 (PSH, ACK)&#xD;&#xA;            Window size: 65536 (scaled)&#xD;&#xA;            Checksum: 0xa5bc [incorrect, should be 0x96cb (maybe caused by &quot;TCP checksum offload&quot;?)]&#xD;&#xA;            [SEQ/ACK analysis]&#xD;&#xA;        File Transfer Protocol (FTP)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       9306 119.187327  213.186.33.207        192.168.0.100         FTP      [TCP Retransmission] Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;       9326 119.787350  213.186.33.207        192.168.0.100         FTP      [TCP Retransmission] Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;    No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info&#xD;&#xA;       9373 120.987450  213.186.33.207        192.168.0.100         FTP      [TCP Retransmission] Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea of why this CRC problem might be happening ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;btw, here are my mtu settings (on the gateway)and they are identical on my computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Windows\system32&gt;netsh interface ipv4 show interfaces&#xD;&#xA;    Idx  Met   MTU   State        Name&#xD;&#xA;    ---  ---  -----  -----------  -------------------&#xD;&#xA;      1   50 4294967295  connected    Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1&#xD;&#xA;     10   30   1500  connected    Local Area Connection&#xD;&#xA;     13   20   1500  connected    Local Area Connection 2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6929" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3972" RevisionGUID="da52ff62-8483-430d-afb2-306ec1654d2e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:07:32.817" UserId="1465" Text="We have a server running Fedora 7 that we use as our SVN repository server.  New IT policies where I work are mandating that we to a Windows box if we want to allow our server to be on the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the challenges that must be overcome to make this move?  Some of these items may be used to get a policy exception in place. " />
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  <row Id="6932" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3973" RevisionGUID="261053a2-292b-4e06-8a62-4e4c03d9a813" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:09:13.763" UserId="1803" Text="There are a lot of people out there with far more time to tinker with &quot;worthless&quot; parts than I have - [freecycle.org][1]. It doesn't head to a landfill AND you don't have to take it any farther than the curb.  Win-win.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freecycle.org/" />
  <row Id="6933" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3974" RevisionGUID="c2b3f92c-9fca-4cd7-8336-3e0d0def0f32" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:11:32.417" UserId="1565" Text="To add to the advice of &quot;Turn unneeded servers off!&quot; is virtualization.  The best way to control heat is to eliminate it.  If multiple server can be consolidated into fewer servers, less power is consumed and less heat is produced." />
  <row Id="6934" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3975" RevisionGUID="a0fe8711-b478-4a92-9c9c-522ed60d7565" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:12:33.257" UserId="640" Text="A good defreg will help." />
  <row Id="6935" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3976" RevisionGUID="718768f6-ca49-44ad-9090-5896551bd64a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:13:13.130" UserId="1465" Text="We actually started using acoustic server racks [like these][1] in our server space. ![alt text][2] They make quite a difference on their own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rackmountsolutions.net/Sound_Dampening_Proof_Server_Rack.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.rackmountsolutions.net/images/products/sound_Dampening_Front.jpg" />
  <row Id="6936" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3977" RevisionGUID="e6ec4c12-8fe0-44cd-aae9-c5849b8edb5f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:15:05.713" UserId="1803" Text="The ever-so-appropriately named lusrmgr.msc - Local Users and Groups Administrator " />
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  <row Id="6938" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="815" RevisionGUID="f079d40f-e5d6-4014-a9ee-f4d1d7d72b6e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:17:35.617" UserId="640" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;routing&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;subnet&gt;" />
  <row Id="6939" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3917" RevisionGUID="b886b44d-317c-43d6-8192-2d283a62f281" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:18:18.030" UserId="1725" Comment="added 263 characters in body" Text="I want to connect to an FTP server from my local network, which is behind a NAT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The gateway is a Win 2008 server, configured with routing and remote services / Nat enabled. The problem exists from XP, Vista sp1, and Vista sp2 computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what I get (using the default DOS ftp client, but I get the same thing using FileZilla)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ftp&gt; open ftp.foo.com&#xD;&#xA;    Connected to ftp.foo.com.&#xD;&#xA;    220-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [here I wait for 30s before getting the following line]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Connection closed by remote host.&#xD;&#xA;    ftp&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you can see I'm disconnected before the login process, so I don't have the opportunity to use PASSV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what works :&#xD;&#xA;- everything else (ie, every non-ftp related connection)&#xD;&#xA;- connection to this specific server from my NAT gateway&#xD;&#xA;- connection on other servers from my behind-nat computer&#xD;&#xA;- direct internet connection to this specific ftp server from my computer (ie, without using the NAT server)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The company providing the ftp says the problem is not on their end, since I can connect from my NAT server. The same reasoning leads to the problem not being on my side neither (I can connect on other ftp servers)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What should I check ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT : here's what I get when I sniff the connection on the gateway while attempting to connect from my behind-the-nat computer :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the Internet facing interface :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info&#xD;&#xA;       1312 320.576218  213.186.xx.xxx        192.168.1.1           FTP      Response: 220-&#xD;&#xA;       1313 320.576602  213.186.xx.xxx        192.168.1.1           FTP      Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;       1315 320.610911  213.186.xx.xxx        192.168.1.1           FTP      Response: 220-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And on my internal LAN interface :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info&#xD;&#xA;           9288 118.698920  213.186.33.207        192.168.0.100         FTP      Response: 220-&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;           9293 118.890406  213.186.33.207        192.168.0.100         FTP      Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;        Frame 9293 (166 bytes on wire, 166 bytes captured)&#xD;&#xA;        Ethernet II, Src: Tp-LinkT_c6:e2:3f (00:21:27:c6:e2:3f), Dst: Giga-Byt_22:b0:99 (00:1f:d0:22:b0:99)&#xD;&#xA;        Internet Protocol, Src: 213.186.33.207 (213.186.33.207), Dst: 192.168.0.100 (192.168.0.100)&#xD;&#xA;        Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: ftp (21), Dst Port: jini-discovery (4160), Seq: 7, Ack: 1, Len: 112&#xD;&#xA;            Source port: ftp (21)&#xD;&#xA;            Destination port: jini-discovery (4160)&#xD;&#xA;            Sequence number: 7    (relative sequence number)&#xD;&#xA;            [Next sequence number: 119    (relative sequence number)]&#xD;&#xA;            Acknowledgement number: 1    (relative ack number)&#xD;&#xA;            Header length: 20 bytes&#xD;&#xA;            Flags: 0x18 (PSH, ACK)&#xD;&#xA;            Window size: 65536 (scaled)&#xD;&#xA;            Checksum: 0xa5bc [incorrect, should be 0x96cb (maybe caused by &quot;TCP checksum offload&quot;?)]&#xD;&#xA;            [SEQ/ACK analysis]&#xD;&#xA;        File Transfer Protocol (FTP)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       9306 119.187327  213.186.33.207        192.168.0.100         FTP      [TCP Retransmission] Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;       9326 119.787350  213.186.33.207        192.168.0.100         FTP      [TCP Retransmission] Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;    No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info&#xD;&#xA;       9373 120.987450  213.186.33.207        192.168.0.100         FTP      [TCP Retransmission] Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea of why this CRC problem might be happening ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;btw, here are my mtu settings (on the gateway)and they are identical on my computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Windows\system32&gt;netsh interface ipv4 show interfaces&#xD;&#xA;    Idx  Met   MTU   State        Name&#xD;&#xA;    ---  ---  -----  -----------  -------------------&#xD;&#xA;      1   50 4294967295  connected    Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1&#xD;&#xA;     10   30   1500  connected    Local Area Connection&#xD;&#xA;     13   20   1500  connected    Local Area Connection 2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And here's some MTU analysis on my computer :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 1472 bytes of data:&#xD;&#xA;    Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=1472 time&lt;1ms TTL=128&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 1473 bytes of data:&#xD;&#xA;    Packet needs to be fragmented but DF set.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3978" RevisionGUID="236b65fb-ebc4-4948-9b27-1ca179757a09" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:19:37.297" UserId="1807" Text="I have clamwin and do a weekly scan on my file server which doesn't see much activity. I had Symantec AV previously and the scan on file access was killing performance." />
  <row Id="6941" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3979" RevisionGUID="9b56d7fe-7cba-415a-8feb-1c4c82325c94" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:19:57.623" UserId="1784" Text="There are some configuration options you should think through before you start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As long as you're not using myisam at all, you can safely allocate almost all (keep enough to have your OS running comfortably, and enough for your `max_connections`) your memory to `innodb_buffer_pool`. The nice thing about InnoDB is that is handles almost all of the memory stuff by itself, no need to separate stuff like query caches, key buffers etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would recommend that you enable `innodb_file_per_table`, simply because it makes it a lot easier to just browser the file system and se how much space the different tables and databases need. You will still need a generic ibdata file for InnoDBs internal use, but you can just define it as `10M:autoextend`. No need to define a lot of different innodb data files with pre-allocated sizes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`innodb_log_file_size` and `innodb_log_buffer_size` combined must be larger than ten times your biggest blob object if you have a lot of large ones. If you don't (and you shouldn't [[1][1],[2][2]]), there is really no need to bother a lot with it. Check [MySQL Performance Blog][3] for a detailed report on how to calculate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And when you've run your MySQL for a while, check your settings with [MySQLTuner][4] or [MySQL Tuning Primer][5]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a more detailed report, try [mysqlreport][6], and for live monitoring, check [mytop][7].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freelists.org/post/oracle-l/Storing-blobs-in-database-vs-filesystem&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=64525&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2008/11/21/how-to-calculate-a-good-innodb-log-file-size/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://wiki.mysqltuner.com/MySQLTuner&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.day32.com/MySQL/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://hackmysql.com/mysqlreport&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://jeremy.zawodny.com/mysql/mytop/" />
  <row Id="6942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3980" RevisionGUID="cfee4cdc-8e3b-4ea0-b14e-b41cb251befb" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:21:08.820" UserId="1810" Text="Dump/load would be the proper procedure and keep you safe from any problems. See [the svn book][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.4/svn.reposadmin.maint.html#svn.reposadmin.maint.migrate" />
  <row Id="6943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3981" RevisionGUID="d81f74c0-e947-432d-8193-63db57ce9701" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:22:02.717" UserId="1798" Text="Symptoms : our mail server, a dedicated Fedora server with zimbra, stopped working, in such a way we couldn't even log in with SSH. Soft reboots, through our web admin console, did make it work again, for 6-8 hours, and came crashing down. Putting Zimbra services and the whole server on autorestart didn't help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These symptoms lasted during a couple of months. Now the machine came back working mostly correctly. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only suspicious thing I found is that during these faults, the server wasn't able to find a route to himself, but our DNS was still up and able to find these names. Googling for similar symptoms provided little help, and our ISP was even less friendly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The thing is I have little clue where to begin my search for the causes of these breakdowns, in order to prevent them. Where should I start ? &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6944" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3981" RevisionGUID="d81f74c0-e947-432d-8193-63db57ce9701" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:22:02.717" UserId="1798" Text="Zimbra installation not working " />
  <row Id="6945" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3981" RevisionGUID="d81f74c0-e947-432d-8193-63db57ce9701" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:22:02.717" UserId="1798" Text="&lt;zimbra&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;fedora&gt;" />
  <row Id="6946" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3982" RevisionGUID="d052ab23-d302-453a-a490-4ce22f647289" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:22:05.043" UserId="891" Text="Running the [VisualSVN Server][1] on Windows has been very smooth.&#xD;&#xA;VisualSVN Server can host any number of independent Subversion repositories.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can move repositories by any Subversion recommended method, it's a standard repository on both sides. Only thing to notice is the repository version, you may need to upgrade.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.visualsvn.com/server/" />
  <row Id="6947" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3983" RevisionGUID="6908daed-0233-4c2a-b013-2dc9102dc46a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:22:11.440" UserId="1443" Text="Not sure about all the details, but keep in mind any hooks/scripts you have running on your repository will need to be rewritten as batch files." />
  <row Id="6948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3984" RevisionGUID="a15f6ea1-cd43-4c2d-9453-da7bff45a8c5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:24:03.463" UserId="184" Text="Dodge the problem - use hibernating/sleep mode. I use it all the time and forget what is a boot time. This should work assuming you don't make many reboots." />
  <row Id="6949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3985" RevisionGUID="892dd62b-ddde-41f7-b696-e39a440a7b87" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:26:50.087" UserId="1798" Text="Documenta-what ?  Wee don't neeed no steenking doocumentation !&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's probably an awful practice, but it's alas par with the course in most IT Organization. No time, no budget, no want to write." />
  <row Id="6951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3987" RevisionGUID="f8637340-9890-4e4b-8e57-800ca6779443" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:29:14.807" UserId="1068" Text="In my last two places of work I used Sharepoint's Wiki, along aside with a document library which contained certain documents (such as DRPs and one time upgrade plans) which cannot be easily creates as Wiki documents. Those documents had links from within the Wiki.&#xD;&#xA;Wiki has many advantages in this area, as many people can edit it, versioning is built-in, easily searchable and accessible, etc.&#xD;&#xA;For quickly writing down notes or ideas, I'd use OneNote or a whiteboard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had created some knowledge bases before, in forum format (both in Lotus Notes and MS Sharepoint), but I must say that only rarely people are looking thru them in order to see whether a certain problem was already solved. Such a solution must come from day-one with a very strong and effective search engine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to create documents which can be used while you're at holidays, write them as if you're trying to instruct one of your parents. This isn't 100% fool-proof, but helps sometimes. Depends on who's reading it." />
  <row Id="6952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3988" RevisionGUID="1d8cb54f-5998-44ab-b34c-69d341d19c0c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:29:25.697" UserId="161" Text="sorry i'm too lazy get them and the screenshots. instead i'll tell you where they all are&#xD;&#xA;http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/5966-run-commands-windows-7-a.html instead of knowing all these shortcuts, i find it better to know where to find them until i have used them often enough to actually recall them." />
  <row Id="6953" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3988" RevisionGUID="1d8cb54f-5998-44ab-b34c-69d341d19c0c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:29:25.697" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6954" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3989" RevisionGUID="b24f03a3-4b50-416b-a146-84861cfe4448" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:31:26.097" UserId="1810" Text="In my previous work I used Twiki. It worked fairly well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next to that, I tend to automate most tasks, and document the scripts (not always with much enthousiasm, but still... ). Documenting scripts is easily done in the process of designing them, so no real overhead...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The combination of both (and using version control for the scripts) did the trick fairly well." />
  <row Id="6955" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="3917" RevisionGUID="bb29b2be-4ac8-41cd-b9f1-7315e7079423" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:31:39.933" UserId="1725" Comment="typo" Text="Why can't I connect to some ftp servers from behind my win2008 NAT ?" />
  <row Id="6956" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3990" RevisionGUID="6c8f1df0-649c-43ae-9af8-64f25fa38d58" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:34:32.330" UserId="385" Text="If you're dealing with Active Directory: [ActiveDir][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.activedir.org/MailingList/tabid/59/Default.aspx" />
  <row Id="6957" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3990" RevisionGUID="6c8f1df0-649c-43ae-9af8-64f25fa38d58" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:34:32.330" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="6958" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3991" RevisionGUID="83de474b-3e0a-4f5d-8260-61b0d5c46368" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:38:41.773" UserId="978" Text="I have Windows 2003 server and i bought a new Windows 2008 server, i have more than 20 GB files want to migrate to the new server, i tried ftp, but its too slow.&lt;br/&gt;There are any better ways?" />
  <row Id="6959" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3991" RevisionGUID="83de474b-3e0a-4f5d-8260-61b0d5c46368" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:38:41.773" UserId="978" Text="Whats the best way to file transfer my site from server to a newer one?" />
  <row Id="6960" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3991" RevisionGUID="83de474b-3e0a-4f5d-8260-61b0d5c46368" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:38:41.773" UserId="978" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;file-transfer&gt;" />
  <row Id="6961" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3992" RevisionGUID="7986f6f0-515d-4394-988d-17cbdd346209" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:41:09.240" UserId="1068" Text="I'm not going to put any links to external documents in this answer, even though I guess there are hundreds.&#xD;&#xA;From experience, having a version control system would greatly help you manage the Apps code. Without it, expect some chaos when some bad code gets deployed.&#xD;&#xA;I used Rational's ClearCase to manage the source code of every stored procedure, table creation script, form, report, concurrent program, you-name-it. Simply - things wouldn't be transfered between environment (Dev-&gt;Test-&gt;Prod) without being source-controlled.&#xD;&#xA;Along aside ClearCase, we used ClearQuest to manage workflow around that code. I even had a special workflow built in order to make the Apps patching process more strict: need a patch? open a request in ClearQuest. Patch was installed in an environment - it is documented in ClearQuest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A draw back of using ClearCase for forms and reports (and workflows) is the fact these aren't exactly text-files, so comparison between version isn't trivial. Yet, the benefits are huge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, I have experience with other versioning tools, and I think other (especially FREE) solutions would work equally well." />
  <row Id="6962" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3993" RevisionGUID="08c5b175-74b7-4fa8-801d-48171451b44f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:41:15.963" UserId="1807" Text="The hardware support for IPv6 just isn't there. Too many consumer hardware (think home routers, PDAs, network phones etc.) do not have IPv6 support build into them, and the average Joe is not going to see a reason to throw out their hardware and buy new ones unless it is forced on them (if IPv4 stopped working one day). Neither are small ISPs ready to do the transition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using a public IPv6 tunnel is slow, and not enough applications benefit from the use IPv6 to justify the extra effort." />
  <row Id="6963" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3994" RevisionGUID="092c376f-b34c-4591-9075-224f631becd5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:42:31.000" UserId="1797" Text="I am assuming they are physically distant to each other, and that your connection is extremely slow (or that you have a very small patience). The faster and easier way would be to backup those files to tape/other media, and mail it to the remote location." />
  <row Id="6964" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3953" RevisionGUID="96026698-addb-423f-ab51-cc66a83e3652" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:43:22.527" UserId="959" Comment="Added WinXP to question." Text="My WinXP computer takes a good 10 minutes to get to a usable state.  Most of the activity will stop if I leave it at the log in screen, so I think it is some system level (as opposed to user level) programs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a program that will tell me what drivers/programs are loading?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bonus: Is there a program that will show the amount of time/resources each program is taking?" />
  <row Id="6965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3995" RevisionGUID="c1cfbe12-aff3-4df5-8d04-694eafbde0db" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:43:34.023" UserId="601" Text="I like to ask questions that are the opposite of the normal form of that same question.  For example, in web development a common question is &quot;when do you POST a form instead of GET?&quot;  But I ask the opposite: &quot;When do you use GET instead of POST?&quot;  This forces people to think about drawbacks instead of advantages, or to consider what trade-offs they are making when they make a decision.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A representative question for IT might involve two similar technology choices; maybe a question like &quot;When would you choose a Windows Workgroup instead of Domain?&quot;" />
  <row Id="6966" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3996" RevisionGUID="7f030f40-db3f-4a70-86dc-a7120daa69df" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:43:50.293" UserId="22" Text="Although we have not had any first-hand experience with these kind of attacks (as far as we know of) I would like to know how to prevent them from happening as much as possible. I mostly use my personal laptop myself and also take it to clients when I'm on the road. I have used the [XArp][1] on my laptop before to monitor suspicious behaviour on the network but have not encountered any.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Is APR at all a security risk to take into account in small business setups?&#xD;&#xA; - If so, what are the main risks and how can one optimally counter them?&#xD;&#xA; - When connecting to a foreign network (for example, when on location at at client), should I consider this risk and what could I possibly do to counter it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.chrismc.de/development/xarp" />
  <row Id="6967" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3996" RevisionGUID="7f030f40-db3f-4a70-86dc-a7120daa69df" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:43:50.293" UserId="22" Text="How to prevent / detect ARP poison rooting attacks?" />
  <row Id="6968" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3996" RevisionGUID="7f030f40-db3f-4a70-86dc-a7120daa69df" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:43:50.293" UserId="22" Text="&lt;arp&gt;&lt;apr&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="6969" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3997" RevisionGUID="b1c34ed7-1cb8-4965-b1a3-dd555fd0b854" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:44:23.927" UserId="1809" Text="After system crash my USB stick with exFAT gets read-only.&#xD;&#xA;To revert it back to read-write I have to format it every time this happens.&#xD;&#xA;I would rather have fixed it without formatting." />
  <row Id="6970" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="3997" RevisionGUID="b1c34ed7-1cb8-4965-b1a3-dd555fd0b854" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:44:23.927" UserId="1809" Text="exFAT read-only after crash" />
  <row Id="6971" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="3997" RevisionGUID="b1c34ed7-1cb8-4965-b1a3-dd555fd0b854" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:44:23.927" UserId="1809" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;x64&gt;" />
  <row Id="6972" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3998" RevisionGUID="88d02bf3-ca35-4a6e-9229-dd1a8b3a1584" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:45:37.013" UserId="48" Text="Unfortunately your pretty much limited to FTP when it comes to moving large files remotely. To speed things up you could try using winrar to compress the data and split it into smaller chunks so that you can transfer a number at a time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other than that, the other option is to backup data to external drive and deliver it to new server." />
  <row Id="6973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="3999" RevisionGUID="00c54c72-4394-4570-ad67-dc9529e0d495" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:45:38.963" UserId="1466" Text="We have used **MediaWiki** (with fckeditor) for several years, although I must say it would be nice if picture handling were easier.  And while having the ability to search is essential - I find MediaWiki's search often misses pages.  Perhaps that's just a matter of learning to search better (which kind-of defeats the purpose of having a simple way for others to do your work)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right now we are in talks about moving everything over to **MS Sharepoint**, although not necesarily to their wiki.  I think Sharepoint is able to do **full document search** in a way that negates some of the advantages of a wiki, so we'll see where this goes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(not looking forward to the process of porting all our current documentation though :)  )" />
  <row Id="6974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4000" RevisionGUID="68e48007-bb81-46f1-a3d8-fb1033055715" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:46:49.290" UserId="1797" Text="It is hard to give any conclusive answer based on the little you provide. It seems what you require is a System Administrator. Hire one." />
  <row Id="6975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4001" RevisionGUID="dba40bca-d795-4d4b-a4d5-a1da7e7ca05c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:50:19.140" UserId="1155" Text="To answer your question, is it reasonable to format with NTFS or [exFAT][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Like you mention, this depends entirely on what kind of Operating Systems are going to be looking at this drive. If you are talking about Vista+ then NTFS is just fine. While other  OSes (non Windows) can read NTFS drives, I'm not sure their support is as good as FAT32.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;exFAT was recently added to the mix as a way to workaround some of the limitations of FAT32.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some other considerations as well. Windows 7 has support for [BitLocker ToGo][2] which allows for full hard drive encryption and mounting using a simple password. It's Read/Write on Windows 7 and then read only on Vista and XP and there is no cross platform support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If what you need is lowest common denominator, I would go with FAT32 and deal with the limitations. If you are just using Windows XP+ then NTFS. If you are using Vista+ then exFAT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/enterprise/products/windows-7-bitlocker.aspx" />
  <row Id="6976" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4002" RevisionGUID="0c3e1a5d-966c-4909-a7a2-e5911f8d966f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:50:51.120" UserId="1466" Text="I suppose it *could* have something to do with the machine &quot;not being able to find itself&quot;.  I make a practice of putting the machine's own IP address in /etc/hosts, so that whether a particular service is bound to 127.0.0.1 **XOR** to the external address, it will be able to connect to that service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I agree, you have provided very little info, and a very broad problem description.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If EVERYTHING stopped working, then perhaps it was a NIC failure, or routing problem?" />
  <row Id="6977" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4003" RevisionGUID="5a4886d9-b0a3-4a1d-aea8-e5c653382407" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:53:22.753" UserId="1178" Text="A mix of JIRA, Confluence and Word Documents." />
  <row Id="6978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4004" RevisionGUID="5e83e770-a334-4943-9b13-9c2048477b86" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:54:02.190" UserId="1770" Text="Generally I'd say you do want some sort of AV on many servers, yes, but, and this is a big one, you need to be careful with the exceptions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First of all, Anti-Virus products can have a very significant impact on performance, especially with certain workloads.  Make sure you are selecting the correct AV product for the machine, and make sure it's configured correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Special note, be really careful with Exchange, and **never** install client-type AV software on it.  We had a guy who brought our Exchange server to its knees at my previous job after he installed an AV client (intended for desktops) on it that was trying to scan every e-mail going in or out and operated **very** slowly." />
  <row Id="6979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4005" RevisionGUID="cc6222de-dceb-4f52-8261-1c1465490c73" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:55:53.807" UserId="1585" Text="We use [flexwiki][1], which is a dotnet and open source.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.flexwiki.com/" />
  <row Id="6980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4006" RevisionGUID="de55b5bc-0fe1-4108-a2b3-b6d70e69683f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:58:53.613" UserId="1815" Text="How to migrate VirtualBox 2 virtual computer (virtual drive) to VmWare Server 2? Computer itself runs Linux, virtual computers run Windows XP and Windows Vista. I need support for GRE protocol, which is not done in VirtualBox." />
  <row Id="6981" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4006" RevisionGUID="de55b5bc-0fe1-4108-a2b3-b6d70e69683f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:58:53.613" UserId="1815" Text="How to migrate VirtualBox 2 virtual computer to VmWare server2?" />
  <row Id="6982" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4006" RevisionGUID="de55b5bc-0fe1-4108-a2b3-b6d70e69683f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T13:58:53.613" UserId="1815" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;virtualbox&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;migration&gt;" />
  <row Id="6983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4007" RevisionGUID="a5b9d720-1e59-4de7-8b46-435f483b0609" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:01:21.533" UserId="22" Text="The title pretty much says it all, but a short additional example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What I'd like:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Multiple screen windows&#xD;&#xA; - Multiple &quot;contexts&quot;: for example a &quot;resources&quot; context, a &quot;compiling&quot; context, etc.&#xD;&#xA; - Each context can have it's own subset of open windows which are divided by split-screens&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this moment, it seems only possible to create multiple screen sessions to achieve this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Is it possible to create *one screen instance* that provides the above functionality?** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not, is it possible to switch between active screen instances just as you would switch between the windows by using `^A &quot;`?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6984" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4007" RevisionGUID="a5b9d720-1e59-4de7-8b46-435f483b0609" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:01:21.533" UserId="22" Text="Multiple screen sessions with different layouts: is it possible?" />
  <row Id="6985" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4007" RevisionGUID="a5b9d720-1e59-4de7-8b46-435f483b0609" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:01:21.533" UserId="22" Text="&lt;screen&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="6986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4008" RevisionGUID="7995b5b8-b16b-4de4-809c-2dd3243e5185" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:01:47.460" UserId="1531" Text="As an Oracle DBA I find that increased knowledge of the visible Oracle database features is far more useful than the undocumented and unpredictable hidden features.  If you haven't already, start with the [Concepts Guide][1] (pdf) then read the [Administrator's Guide][2] (pdf).  For further reading options see some stackoverflow questions [here][3] and [here][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.oracle.com/pls/db111/to_pdf?pathname=server.111/b28318.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.oracle.com/pls/db111/to_pdf?pathname=server.111/b28310.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/749968/learning-oracle-for-the-first-time&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/718282/best-books-in-database-design-and-optimization" />
  <row Id="6987" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1146" RevisionGUID="2c820ba0-2b7b-4527-90e6-c5ca0d5007df" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:03:16.910" UserId="510" Comment="updated with additional troubleshooting steps" Text="I have a Windows Vista (Ultimate) machine which connects to a Windows Server 2003 machine for just one thing: a mapped network drive. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a user account on the Server machine which **exactly** matches the user name &amp; password on the Vista machine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is... when I try to connect (map) the network drive, a message comes up saying the user name or password was incorrect! Since it then gives you the opportunity to re-enter the user name and password, I re-enter the password (exactly the same, again) and it works and the drive gets mapped.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BUT... the plot thickens! After a reboot (or, I suppose, a log-off and log-on), the network drive doesn't work anymore - double clicking it gives a short delay, and then a message saying the drive can't be reconnected because the account has been locked out. Sure enough, checking on the server shows the account locked out. A glance at the event log shows repeated &quot;invalid password&quot; events before the account is eventually locked out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The specific events that are recorded are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- A logon attempt by `MICROSOFT_AUTHENTICATION_PACKAGE_V1_0`, which fails with code `0xC0000234`&#xD;&#xA;- A &quot;logon failure&quot; event which says &quot;unknown user name or bad password.&quot; &#xD;&#xA;    - The user name specified in the event is the user name I'm using&#xD;&#xA;    - The &quot;logon type&quot; is &quot;3&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    - The logon process is &quot;NtLmSsp&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    - The authentication package is NTLM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both machines are using the same LAN manager authentication method (specifically, &quot;Send LM &amp; NTLM, use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated&quot;) - set via security policy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Vista machine is not part of the domain, but the user name and password match.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Vista machine *used* to work just fine, back when it was an XP machine. But then, it got upgraded to Vista (not a clean re-install, an actual upgrade) and this is what happens now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the life of me, I cannot figure out why it seems to be sending the wrong password, when I have checked &amp; double-checked to make sure the password is *exactly* the same. I've googled &amp; googled and found nothing useful. I'm stumped! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have any ideas as to what *might* be happening here - or ideas for further troubleshooting steps I can take? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE:** I've tried mapping the drive via the command line and the NET USE command - but it throws up its hands as well, with a &quot;system error 86&quot; which says &quot;the specified network password is not correct.&quot; Your guess is as good as mine as to what's really going on here. I wish I could sniff the actual traffic going back &amp; forth between the computers and see what password (if any!!) is being sent..." />
  <row Id="6988" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4009" RevisionGUID="ea00676d-4550-431a-b75d-f31ea760f94d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:04:44.753" UserId="810" Text="**Institutionalizing Knowledge**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We started off with documents. Then we stored some of them in Sharepoint libraries. Then recently we moved to the Sharepoint wiki. I like the wiki's low-friction approach in quickly updating things, though Sharepoint's wikis leave some things to be desired in graphics support and formatting support for things like tables. It's fine for text and the built-in editor permits some basic HTML formatting and ordered/unordered lists. There are other low-cost alternatives to Sharepoint.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We also have sort of an informal knowledge base for our support tickets in our help desk software, Numara's Track-It. It's not perfect but it works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Getting Staff to Use Institutionalized Knowlege**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would agree with your assessment that getting knowledge institutionalized is only one part of the battle. If your organization and people are not used to &quot;research first, ask second&quot; then you will find that the old way prevails: everyone will still look to the formal and informal gurus for answers because whether it's true or not, for some people it will always be easier to ask the person next to you than to search on your own. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dealing with this will involve some change management; like most successful change initiatives affecting more than just a small team, it'll help to have managerial endorsement and support. You really have to forge new behavior in two directions; someone needs to capture the knowledge and people need to use it. Even harder is that people also need to keep that data current. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just some ideas: probably there will need to be encouragement in the form of a formal policy stating that solved tickets and issues need to be documented in the knowledge base or wiki before they can be considered closed. Then the knowledge leaders who normally get asked a lot of questions need to be cognizant that they can't just offer answers on request; they need to point people to the wikis and get them used to checking there first. Another thing would be to make that data available to users for self-help so the issue could potentially be resolved before it becomes yet another item the technical staff has to juggle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What would be nice is for our help desk system to have something like StackOverflow and ServerFault have: when you type in a question, the engine searches for similar items and offers them up while you write, so you can look at them even before submitting the question. " />
  <row Id="6989" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4010" RevisionGUID="a4de85d6-07bf-42f0-956d-f016e047a399" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:05:44.767" UserId="1815" Text="I propose NTFS it is visibly faster than FAT and supported on most up-to-date operating systems.&#xD;&#xA;But, at least at windows XP, you must be more careful and always unmount disk, because usb drive can be formated to NTFS only, when optimize-for-performance option is selected." />
  <row Id="6990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4011" RevisionGUID="156128f0-e8c5-4e35-b7e0-8bba5ef6267f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:07:32.907" UserId="613" Text="Window splits seem to be per-login, but doing so seems to somewhat mangle your buffer sizes if you use multi-attach (screen -x).  You might be able to get something similar to what you want using multi-attach, but your question doesn't include exactly what you want, so hopefully the pointer to the -x option will help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can run screen under screen, though.  To save your sanity I'd suggest changing the 'context switcher' screen instance's hotkey to something other than ^A.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It also sounds like you might be interested in something like [ratpoison][1] or [StumpWM][2] if you've got a linux desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.nongnu.org/stumpwm/" />
  <row Id="6991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4012" RevisionGUID="dce5db48-59f2-4da7-9d54-edc8b741d610" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:08:24.620" UserId="640" Text="I added the &quot;Mail Server&quot; role to my Windows Server 2003 server, which gave me POP3 and SMTP (I really only need SMTP). I need a server on my LAN that clients can use to email out without SSL or a login (I will NOT be allowing any traffic from the Internet; this will NOT be an open relay).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I see how I can configure POP3, but I can't find any settings for SMTP (for example, where to change the port, restrict IP ranges, restrict hosts, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to configure anything at all, or is this just a vanilla SMTP server with no settings?" />
  <row Id="6992" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4012" RevisionGUID="dce5db48-59f2-4da7-9d54-edc8b741d610" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:08:24.620" UserId="640" Text="How do I configure SMTP when using Windows Server 2003 as a mail server?" />
  <row Id="6993" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4012" RevisionGUID="dce5db48-59f2-4da7-9d54-edc8b741d610" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:08:24.620" UserId="640" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;smtp&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;emailserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="6994" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4009" RevisionGUID="b3afd210-7884-4f5e-af61-f4b1dd08f872" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:09:48.313" UserId="810" Text="**Institutionalizing Knowledge**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We started off with documents. Then we stored some of them in Sharepoint libraries. Then recently we moved to the Sharepoint wiki. I like the wiki's low-friction approach in quickly updating things, though Sharepoint's wikis leave some things to be desired in graphics support and formatting support for things like tables. It's fine for text and the built-in editor permits some basic HTML formatting and ordered/unordered lists. There are other low-cost alternatives to Sharepoint.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We also have sort of an informal knowledge base for our support tickets in our help desk software, Numara's Track-It. It's not perfect but it works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Getting Staff to Use Institutionalized Knowlege**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would agree with your assessment that getting knowledge institutionalized is only one part of the battle. If your organization and people are not used to &quot;research first, ask second&quot; then you will find that the old way prevails: everyone will still look to the formal and informal gurus for answers, and for some people it will always be easier to ask the person next to you than to search on your own. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dealing with this will involve some change management; like most successful change initiatives affecting more than just a small team, it'll help to have managerial endorsement and support. You really have to forge new behavior in two directions; someone needs to capture the knowledge and people need to use it. Even harder is that people also need to keep that data current. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just some ideas: probably there will need to be encouragement in the form of a formal policy stating that solved tickets and issues need to be documented in the knowledge base or wiki before they can be considered closed. In addition, the knowledge leaders who normally get asked questions shouldn't always just offer answers on request; they need to point people to the wikis and get them used to checking there first. Another thing would be to make data available to users for self-help so the issue could potentially be resolved before it becomes yet another item the technical staff has to juggle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What would be nice is for our help desk system to have a system similar to StackOverflow and ServerFault: when typing a question, the search engine finds similar items and offers them up, so users can look at them even before submitting the question. " />
  <row Id="6995" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4013" RevisionGUID="8b2bf2b5-83a5-4fa0-8d4a-d6bf167d4e4b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:10:32.680" UserId="1787" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596002978/&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;![TCP/IP Network Administration][2] **&quot;TCP/IP Network Administration&quot;** by Craig Hunt&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   [2]: http://oreilly.com/catalog/covers/9780596002978_cat.gif" />
  <row Id="6996" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3938" RevisionGUID="0b0bcf98-9654-48e0-b397-d7e1b50a23e1" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:11:39.027" UserId="1787" Comment="split into separate answers as suggested" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596003432/&quot;&gt; ![Essential System Administration][1] **&quot;Essential System Administration&quot;** by Æleen Frisch &lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://oreilly.com/catalog/covers/9780596003432_cat.gif&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="6997" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4014" RevisionGUID="a86b5c68-b43a-4cbd-ad93-213b61463f22" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:11:55.093" UserId="1787" Text="&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596100575/&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;![DNS and BIND][3] **&quot;DNS and BIND&quot;** by Paul Albitz, Cricket Liu&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://oreilly.com/catalog/covers/0596100574_cat.gif" />
  <row Id="6998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4015" RevisionGUID="02720391-465c-4d5e-8c2d-12e34f6e7485" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:12:44.187" UserId="475" Text="&gt; Is it possible to configure anything&#xD;&#xA;&gt; at all&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes. Open IIS Manager and right click on the SMTP Server and go to &quot;Properties&quot;. The SMTP server is configured as part of IIS." />
  <row Id="7001" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4017" RevisionGUID="3b1a6210-cf5d-4d5c-a104-476b1574371f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:14:27.133" UserId="1749" Text="These are my favorites:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    export HISTFILESIZE=1000000000&#xD;&#xA;    export HISTSIZE=1000000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I like having a command-line history that never forgets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, awhile back I launched a shell from cron which didn't read .bashrc somehow, and chopped everything down to 500 lines, destroying over a years' history.  So I recommend these go in /etc/bashrc." />
  <row Id="7002" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4018" RevisionGUID="f14824ab-f007-4300-8b83-3ae690321fc6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:15:07.083" UserId="1820" Text="As others have mentioned, you can't push from the server, but you can force the client to re-check the server, by issuing the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;wuauclt.exe /detectnow&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're sure that the client is connecting to your WSUS server correctly, this may solve your problem. Otherwise you can look in the client log for errors, which is located here: %windir%\windowsupdate.log" />
  <row Id="7003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4019" RevisionGUID="ef837658-819f-4dfd-b95a-7b3e701fb786" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:16:44.957" UserId="1683" Text="may [this][1] will help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dossy.org/2008/05/migrating-from-virtualbox-to-vmware/" />
  <row Id="7004" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4020" RevisionGUID="168eec55-7738-4306-b9c7-0e7c90ddccb5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:18:26.263" UserId="1821" Text="In quite a few environments I see Cisco hardware treated as 'set it and forget it'. Many admins just don't even think about updating IOS. If you look in places like Packstorm or Bugtraq, some months you will see tons of attacks all centered at what makes the network go round. My question is simple, do you *really* patch IOS the moment a patch becomes available?" />
  <row Id="7005" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4020" RevisionGUID="168eec55-7738-4306-b9c7-0e7c90ddccb5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:18:26.263" UserId="1821" Text="Do you actually keep IOS up to date?" />
  <row Id="7006" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4020" RevisionGUID="168eec55-7738-4306-b9c7-0e7c90ddccb5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:18:26.263" UserId="1821" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;updates&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="7007" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4021" RevisionGUID="6cd5af38-70e7-4f16-92b8-917ec60f8e7f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:24:06.547" UserId="1530" Text="We seem to be having a lot of problems related to &quot;forgetting some mundane detail&quot; while managing our Group Policy settings in Active Directory, so I am curious as to whether there are any well-regarded tools available for applying source control style practices to Active Directory configurations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems like there should be a way to quickly and easily run a diff against a known-good configuration to figure out what setting changed (or did not replicate to a remote server) and is thus causing problems." />
  <row Id="7008" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4021" RevisionGUID="6cd5af38-70e7-4f16-92b8-917ec60f8e7f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:24:06.547" UserId="1530" Text="Are there any tools to do change management with Active Directory / Group Policy?" />
  <row Id="7009" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4021" RevisionGUID="6cd5af38-70e7-4f16-92b8-917ec60f8e7f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:24:06.547" UserId="1530" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;change-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="7010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4022" RevisionGUID="ce982c25-a12e-475c-810a-e278ec3ddb69" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:24:13.053" UserId="1797" Text="You can convert a VirtualBox image to VMWare using QEMU (aptitude install qemu) command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    qemu-img convert vb_hd.vdi -O vmdk vmware_hd.vmdk" />
  <row Id="7011" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4023" RevisionGUID="caed057c-e505-417f-993b-8678b6c0e341" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:24:39.400" UserId="1781" Text="I personally don't run any. I have OS X and run my Visual Studios in VMs. I never got infected, but I regularly backup my VMs and in case of Windows Problems, I can always grab a fresh VM (ready to use), do a SVN checkout and start working within 15 minutes. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It happened to me that I broke my Vista Machine (Virtual) while toying with the registry and had to do the above. It can be a pain if your VM doesn't support snapshots (VMWare does) or if your backed up VM is not &quot;up to date&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7012" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4024" RevisionGUID="dc10a5bc-a8cd-410d-9174-9232c4c8925f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:24:57.967" UserId="1087" Text="Here is an [article][1] where extensive testing on usb drives comparing performance of FAT32, NTFS, and exFAT. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Conclusion from the testing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;For Copying to the USB drive FAT32 took the least amount of time, with NTFS coming in second and ExFat taking on average the longest time to Copy to the drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Copying From and Reading From the drives were very similar in their results though, most of the time the File Systems were close, with at points NTFS taking a bit longer while FAT32 and ExFAT were nearly identical.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/usb-flash-drive-comparison-part-2-fat32-vs-ntfs-vs-exfat/" />
  <row Id="7013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4025" RevisionGUID="e80ae66c-8158-4953-8aa4-98dcc40992af" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:25:41.473" UserId="775" Text="Notepad&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    notepad" />
  <row Id="7014" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4025" RevisionGUID="e80ae66c-8158-4953-8aa4-98dcc40992af" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:25:41.473" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7015" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1039" RevisionGUID="b9176ee6-512d-4935-ab3b-5080bcb9f038" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:26:05.140" UserId="721" Comment="Clarified that I am not interested in appliance solutions." Text="I am interested in what folks are using for perimeter SPAM filtering services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The service must:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - plug in via MX records in DNS (e.g. MX -&gt; perimeter filter -&gt; my mail server)&#xD;&#xA; - can be secured such that only the perimeter service can connect to my mail server&#xD;&#xA; - can be free or paid&#xD;&#xA; - provide a control panel where I can manage my users, alias entries, etc.&#xD;&#xA; - must include filter tweaking (e.g. it must not be up to me to tweak filters)&#xD;&#xA; - user-accessible quarantine&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Further Clarification:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - I am not interested in any appliances or firewalls where I have to maintain hardware/software on-site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS: Thanks to all who are contributing, I am upvoting answers that provide:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Clear description of the service&#xD;&#xA; - Tell about their personal experience or evaluation of the service&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4026" RevisionGUID="db13acfb-3785-4121-9b7e-abdc2e08faf5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:26:33.827" UserId="1433" Text="I found [a guide to using the online Google Bookmarks with Chrome][1] that allow them to be searchable. This should also work across computers if you set it up on both.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://metaed.blogspot.com/2008/12/using-google-bookmarks-in-google-chrome.html" />
  <row Id="7017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4027" RevisionGUID="eeee6cd6-b1b9-49bf-8822-80af07f237bc" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:26:48.040" UserId="775" Text="To restart IIS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iisreset" />
  <row Id="7018" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4027" RevisionGUID="eeee6cd6-b1b9-49bf-8822-80af07f237bc" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:26:48.040" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7019" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4028" RevisionGUID="8d5c200d-5569-4424-be7c-27c149048a13" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:28:51.373" UserId="1736" Text="Which performs better under heavy CPU and memory usage on the virtual servers, Xen or VirtualBox?" />
  <row Id="7020" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4028" RevisionGUID="8d5c200d-5569-4424-be7c-27c149048a13" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:28:51.373" UserId="1736" Text="Xen vs. VirtualBox under heavy load?" />
  <row Id="7021" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4028" RevisionGUID="8d5c200d-5569-4424-be7c-27c149048a13" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:28:51.373" UserId="1736" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;virtualbox&gt;&lt;xen&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;performance-comparison&gt;" />
  <row Id="7022" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="3886" RevisionGUID="b5b1bf56-26e4-4a43-a577-dd1909d88903" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:29:32.417" UserId="228" Comment="corrected mis-spelling" Text="Why does SQL Server Management Studio sometimes lose my authentication information?" />
  <row Id="7023" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4007" RevisionGUID="4439ba0e-3c5e-4428-919d-34477ad8021f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:29:48.360" UserId="22" Comment="added 8 characters in body" Text="The title pretty much says it all, but here is a short additional example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What I'd like:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Multiple screen windows&#xD;&#xA; - Multiple &quot;contexts&quot;: for example a &quot;resources&quot; context, a &quot;compiling&quot; context, etc.&#xD;&#xA; - Each context can have it's own subset of open windows which are divided by split-screens&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this moment, it seems only possible to create multiple screen sessions to achieve this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Is it possible to create *one screen instance* that provides the above functionality?** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not, is it possible to switch between active screen instances just as you would switch between the windows by using `^A &quot;`?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4029" RevisionGUID="695dc296-78ed-4cd6-9194-cc268ad0879e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:31:25.360" UserId="449" Text="The main benefit I see would be security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That alone is worth upgrading and the other reasons mentioned: other apps may use it, other individuals may use it, and for testing are defiantly worth considering.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, the best bet might be to wait a couple weeks so the initial bugs get ironed out then do the upgrade.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There always seems to be one big security flaw in new IE releases." />
  <row Id="7025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4030" RevisionGUID="09e24cab-36f4-4d69-812d-d2934006ebb5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:33:11.673" UserId="1690" Text="The quick and dirty way is to unscrew the casing, remove the magnets (as these can be fun) score the platter you can see and fill with sand and shake. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not 100% unrecoverable but practically close enough unless there are state secrets on it." />
  <row Id="7026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4031" RevisionGUID="aadc3656-28d5-42b9-a816-902cf50fb96c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:34:01.983" UserId="887" Text="fsmgmt.msc to access File Shares" />
  <row Id="7027" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4031" RevisionGUID="aadc3656-28d5-42b9-a816-902cf50fb96c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:34:01.983" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7028" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4032" RevisionGUID="fdbe6011-651d-4a1e-a2c6-e9f51faad061" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:35:50.077" UserId="1813" Text="A little check-list: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Access method**. If you access your SVN server via SSH, you might consider switching to HTTP since it's *much* more mainstream on Windows.&#xD;&#xA; - **UUID**. If you move your repo, just don't forget to make the old one either inaccessible or read-only. Then you can even reuse the same UUID, and enjoy the `--relocate` option of the `switch` subcommand on the client for a seamless relocation (no need for a fresh checkout)&#xD;&#xA; - **Apache**. You might already have an IIS (or another Web server on the box) so you should change the &#xD;&#xA; - **Database**. If you use FSFS as the repository database you can just copy it over. BDB requires a `svn dump/load` cycle. Think hard if you want to put your database on a network share : only FSFS will work (it's not really recommended though).&#xD;&#xA; - **Users**. You have to think about how your users will be authenticated. It may be as simple as copying a `htpasswd` file over.&#xD;&#xA; - **SVN Version**. Just beware that you use the same version of your SVN server. If not, you might require a `svn dump/load` cycle.&#xD;&#xA; - **Hooks**. If you have hooks on your SVN server, it is possible that you have to port them. Either by installing the same script language (think ActivePython or ActivePerl), or just rewrite them in vbs or equivalent.&#xD;&#xA; - **Firewall**. Just in case your server box is on a workstation edition, don't forget to open the firewall ports (quite trivial, but I got bitten once).&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="7029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4033" RevisionGUID="9a7424ad-a919-45bb-a993-9399637f4e6c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:36:08.140" UserId="1376" Text="For scripting the SharePoint deployment component, you could try [SharePoint PowerShell Deploy][1]. I'm sure using PowerShell and STSADM together will cover this well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codeplex.com/sharepointpdeploy" />
  <row Id="7030" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4034" RevisionGUID="61fde16f-ead3-4d88-bf8c-af1c679c51e1" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:36:12.383" UserId="1815" Text="I recommend Ubuntu server (LTS preferable for production) as it is the only free of charge Enterprise class linux server distribution." />
  <row Id="7031" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4020" RevisionGUID="c1bd99d6-d91c-4b05-bb4c-2b2e8347b814" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:36:38.063" UserId="1821" Comment="thanks to Chaos for pointing out this should be rephrased" Text="In quite a few environments I see Cisco hardware treated as 'set it and forget it'. Many admins just don't even think about updating IOS. If you look in places like Packstorm or Bugtraq, some months you will see tons of attacks all centered at IOS. What is the real risks being taken if someone does not have an interest in keeping their routers/switches up to date?" />
  <row Id="7035" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4036" RevisionGUID="9a524d79-bca2-47cb-b68f-a93453a648fe" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:38:55.840" UserId="1403" Text="ClamWin appears to be very light on resources.  No noticeable impact on performance on my machine." />
  <row Id="7037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4037" RevisionGUID="e4ce084b-2c04-413a-bdd8-902d1cd00cab" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:40:12.157" UserId="1376" Text="Other good products are [DocAve][1] and [Quest Recovery Manager][2]. DocAve can do a lot more but carries a higher price tag. Quest is similar to DPM in that it uses an intermediate database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.avepoint.com/sharepoint-backup-and-recovery-docave/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.quest.com/recovery-manager-for-sharepoint/" />
  <row Id="7038" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4038" RevisionGUID="92f8100c-8511-4a47-a66e-6f7343ebd06f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:40:45.697" UserId="1770" Text="Define &quot;best&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any of the currently available Linux filesystems will get the job done.  ext3, ext4, jfs, xfs, reiserfs, they all work and generally work quite well.  However you have to define what you mean by &quot;best&quot; before one can be selected, as the different filesystems each excel in different ways.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you wan't maximum reliability and recovery, ext3 is the winner.  It's run on more Linux boxes than any other filesystem, and has better recovery tools than any other filesystem.  However, it's the slowest filesystem, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want better performance, jfs, xfs, and reiserfs can all be an option.  In my general experience, they will all outperform ext3 in general, and in certain cases they'll outperform it by a lot (deleting large files being a great example).  I've used each of these 3 filesytems with a lot of success in the past, and would have no problem recommending any one of them for /home.  Each one has its own quirks and advantages.  The biggest disadvantage is that they're not used quite as much as ext3, so there's that rare outside chance of running into a bug (unlikely), and if there is ever any problem, you'll have fewer tools to support recover (but you should be making use of your backup at that point anyway, so that shouldn't be a big deal ;-).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ext4 is kind of the odd man out right now.  It performs better than ext3 (ext4 is more on par with jfs, xfs, and reiserfs), with better recover tools than the jfs, xfs, and reiserfs.  However it's also the newest and least tested of the bunch.  Some people have already run into some oddities and problems with it, so a lot of people are recommending against it for production use for a little while longer, until it's gotten a few more bugs shaken out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it were me, I'd probably go with jfs right now, and if I built the same box in six months or so, I'd almost certainly go with ext4." />
  <row Id="7039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4039" RevisionGUID="4f1c3af5-3327-472b-bf0a-a59c0135e0e6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:41:21.297" UserId="1403" Text="Many times it's not up to you.  If you're bound by certain policies, it may be required.  I'm not current on PCI standards, but back when they first came out, it required us to put AV software on all our servers." />
  <row Id="7040" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4020" RevisionGUID="86e8da2a-47bc-4370-b356-360ba2cc171b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:41:59.500" UserId="1821" Comment="only one cup of coffee, cannot use english" Text="In quite a few environments I see Cisco hardware treated as 'set it and forget it'. Many admins just don't even think about updating IOS. If you look in places like Packstorm or Bugtraq, some months you will see tons of attacks all centered at IOS. What are the real risks being taken if someone does not have an interest in keeping their routers/switches up to date?" />
  <row Id="7042" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4041" RevisionGUID="e1c94ce8-3689-4882-b431-c85933e7f450" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:42:43.493" UserId="1803" Text="In the settings for the VM itself (as opposed to the networking settings in hyperV), does the ethernet port have the target network selected?  (this is a setting I seem very prone to forgetting to check/change)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Up to this point, I keep the host and guest on the same subnet, I'm not sure how well hyperV is going to NAT that out on its own?  Give the VM a static address on the same subnet as the DC to take DNS out of the picture and test basic &quot;hardware&quot; connectivity." />
  <row Id="7044" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4043" RevisionGUID="ddba0dc9-4775-4082-b94f-bb69f2e59dda" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:43:57.717" UserId="1821" Text="At my place of employment we have been thinking about upgrading from SQL Server 2000 to the latest (2008). We know that the DTS packages will have to be dealt with since the newer server software no longer supports them. Has anyone done this transition before and how easy is it? Are there any snags you ran into that we should be aware of?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7045" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4043" RevisionGUID="ddba0dc9-4775-4082-b94f-bb69f2e59dda" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:43:57.717" UserId="1821" Text="Upgrading Sql Server 2000 to 2008" />
  <row Id="7046" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4043" RevisionGUID="ddba0dc9-4775-4082-b94f-bb69f2e59dda" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:43:57.717" UserId="1821" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;upgrade&gt;" />
  <row Id="7047" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4044" RevisionGUID="e965a4d5-24a3-41b4-869e-08c66777466d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:44:41.397" UserId="1403" Text="It's out there, it just takes a smidge more effort since many upstream providers aren't pushing it out.  For organization level, setting up a SIXXS tunnel to a routing device (BSD box works well) is fairly simple.  For an individual Windows user, setting up a Hexago tunnel is a no-brainer.  IPv6 is becoming quite accessible now and I usually find that I get better performance from the IPv6 versions of sites, despite having the extra hops through a tunnel." />
  <row Id="7048" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4045" RevisionGUID="793eb135-8b19-4eaf-9390-af78b0917afe" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:45:26.217" UserId="588" Text="I have a command which I need to inspect in real time (i.e. see its output in the command prompt &lt;i&gt;MyProgram.exe&lt;/i&gt;) and to have a log file for later inspection (&lt;i&gt;MyProgram.exe &gt; log.txt&lt;/i&gt;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;How can I make a single instance of the program to write to both outputs?" />
  <row Id="7049" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4045" RevisionGUID="793eb135-8b19-4eaf-9390-af78b0917afe" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:45:26.217" UserId="588" Text="How to pipe program output to the screen AND to a file under Windows" />
  <row Id="7050" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4045" RevisionGUID="793eb135-8b19-4eaf-9390-af78b0917afe" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:45:26.217" UserId="588" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;command-prompt&gt;&lt;batch-file&gt;&lt;output&gt;" />
  <row Id="7051" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3787" RevisionGUID="885f7fe6-7596-4c9d-bed3-618bf0f0de17" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:45:29.383" UserId="1224" Comment="fixed typo" Text="#####Programs and Features (Formerly Known as &quot;Add or Remove Programs&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    appwiz.cpl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Opens&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3354/3499614934_e69b9bc24e_o.png" />
  <row Id="7053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4046" RevisionGUID="27fbb8f7-1f72-45d9-9f4b-4420a2240c31" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:45:45.543" UserId="1692" Text="I would like to tinker with OS X in a VM.  It doesn't have to be VMware, but I do want it to run under Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried the instructions at: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Vmware_how_to but couldn't get the OS X install disc mounted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's the best way to get OS X to run in a VM?" />
  <row Id="7054" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4046" RevisionGUID="27fbb8f7-1f72-45d9-9f4b-4420a2240c31" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:45:45.543" UserId="1692" Text="Virtualizing OS X" />
  <row Id="7055" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4046" RevisionGUID="27fbb8f7-1f72-45d9-9f4b-4420a2240c31" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:45:45.543" UserId="1692" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="7056" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4047" RevisionGUID="d0078955-d87b-41b5-81c5-ff432cea8649" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:45:50.490" UserId="1797" Text="Have you tried using a different USB &quot;stick&quot; and see if you can replicate the behavior? You might have a faulty (or failing one)." />
  <row Id="7057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4048" RevisionGUID="2b06690f-58b9-45f3-992c-1e6304687568" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:46:29.847" UserId="931" Text="What are the best techniques to improve rsync over ssh mirroring between unix boxes, assuming that one system will always have the master copy and the other system will always have a recent copy (less than 48hrs old)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, what would one have to do to scale that approach to handle dozens of machines getting a push of those changes?" />
  <row Id="7058" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4048" RevisionGUID="2b06690f-58b9-45f3-992c-1e6304687568" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:46:29.847" UserId="931" Text="improving rsync backup performace" />
  <row Id="7059" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4048" RevisionGUID="2b06690f-58b9-45f3-992c-1e6304687568" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:46:29.847" UserId="931" Text="&lt;rsync&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;mirror&gt;" />
  <row Id="7060" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4049" RevisionGUID="0328ecf5-41a8-4632-bfbf-d0c1ec04e12a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:47:16.570" UserId="613" Text="Running a local repository is the best way to manage exactly what's on your local servers.  It also lets you easily deploy custom backports or custom local packages.  I've been known to make local 'meta packages' that are just a huge ilst of dependencies to make a local install easy. (eg. 'apt-get install local-mailserver').  This has the side effect of also letting you 'version' your config changes.  (For more complicated config managment you'll need something like Puppet)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4050" RevisionGUID="cbf00308-58dd-44c8-991a-93d8fe69f07b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:47:46.537" UserId="1770" Text="Honestly, I'd hold off on ext4 right now for production use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are other options if you're running into real performance problems with the filesystem (and I can understand that situation, at my last job we had performance limitations in an application due to ext3).  Depending on your chosen distribution, you might be able to use jfs, xfs, or reiserfs.  All three will generally outperform ext3 in different ways, and all three are much more tested and stable than ext4 right now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, my recommendation would be multiple parts.  First, investigate thoroughly to make sure you're optimizing in the right place.  Test your application on different filesystems and ensure that the performance is improved enough to make a filesystem change valid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, depending on your application, adding more RAM might improve performance.  Linux, by default, will make use of any RAM that isn't committed to applications as disk cache.  Sometimes having a few GB of &quot;unused&quot; RAM can have a significant performance increase on boxes with heavy disk activity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, what's your timeline requirement here?  If ext3 wasn't cutting it and I had to build a machine with a different filesystem today, I'd probably use xfs or jfs.  If I could push it off for 6-8 months, I'd probably wait and see how ext4 has shaped up." />
  <row Id="7062" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4024" RevisionGUID="636c2894-53d3-47f6-9b04-6199d0cf0f77" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:47:46.943" UserId="1087" Comment="added security section" Text="Here is an [article][1] where extensive testing on usb drives comparing performance of FAT32, NTFS, and exFAT. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Conclusion from the testing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;For Copying to the USB drive FAT32 took the least amount of time, with NTFS coming in second and ExFat taking on average the longest time to Copy to the drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Copying From and Reading From the drives were very similar in their results though, most of the time the File Systems were close, with at points NTFS taking a bit longer while FAT32 and ExFAT were nearly identical.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as file system security goes, if you reformat to NTFS or exFAT you will gain [File System Permissions][2] on your USB drive.  Which I have never had a need for on a USB drive, because I am the only person using the drive and I do not want to limit access to my data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/usb-flash-drive-comparison-part-2-fat32-vs-ntfs-vs-exfat/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_system_permissions" />
  <row Id="7063" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4051" RevisionGUID="6fd04bca-6a5a-4494-83c8-8a695c16ea52" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:47:51.047" UserId="1403" Text="I find that 3 20&quot; monitors works the best.  Doesn't completely overwhelm the desk and helps provide more visual separation than just 2 monitors." />
  <row Id="7064" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4052" RevisionGUID="3786aba9-c486-46c8-b5ef-558be3e5bd36" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:48:58.907" UserId="715" Text="Like many things in this world, it depends:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have web based applications in your shop that you might have to access from one of these servers (*) and that app doesn't work with IE7 or IE8, then no. Otherwise, I don't see anything wrong with updating the version of IE as part of your regular upgrade cycle , but I wouldn't bother rushing it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(*) In general, you shouldn't have to use a browser on a server to access any web application. That's what workstations are for; and again, if you or your users depend on IE6, then no, don't upgrade it. Setup a test box in IE7/IE8 and audit your web applications." />
  <row Id="7065" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4053" RevisionGUID="4a2d8ce1-f23b-4b88-8877-5c5a43a624e7" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:49:19.827" UserId="1166" Text="You have a SAS controller, that might be the problem. While SAS protocol can be used to tunnel ATA commands the signaling at physical level is a bit different (SAS uses higher voltage and wider differential). Almost all controllers are able to speak directly to SATA drives, but if there's a (big? crappy?) backplane in the middle the signal might be disrupted. Usually in the enterprise world attaching SATA drivers &lt;i&gt;directly&lt;/i&gt; to a SAS controller is not officially supported, you should use an interposer (a small logic board that connects directly to the disk that on one side understands the full SAS protocol, on the other speaks ATA - in this way the backplane carries the higher SAS signaling).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Somewhat related: mixing SAS and SATA drives on the same backplane tends to fail, because the signaling of all drives (including SAS) is lowered to SATA level." />
  <row Id="7066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4054" RevisionGUID="36a37fb4-a6e7-4dd6-bff3-c46d9eaf115f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:49:38.733" UserId="1403" Text="Different manufacturers have different &quot;acceptable loss&quot; numbers (same idea as with monitors and bad pixels).  Check with the drive manufacturer to find out what their standard is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It does look like a bad trend though..." />
  <row Id="7067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4055" RevisionGUID="3abc64fa-2e10-483c-9fc5-cde7aa966816" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:49:48.077" UserId="1787" Text="Use one of many tee clones." />
  <row Id="7069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4056" RevisionGUID="613fc08b-2ba6-41ca-9e6b-54cfb605537a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:50:20.867" UserId="613" Text="Presuming that the data you're rsyncing isn't already compressed, turning on compression (-z) will likely help transfer speed, at the cost of some CPU on either end." />
  <row Id="7070" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4057" RevisionGUID="0567a38c-41ec-4244-a51c-a3bd1f600b33" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:50:35.547" UserId="564" Text="Legally you can't .... technically it may be possible but as nice as it would be to do you shouldn't " />
  <row Id="7071" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4058" RevisionGUID="e78293e4-a6df-4ab5-b404-b564a3b63564" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:51:15.327" UserId="1797" Text="Doing this might be illegal,no responsible here, but I found this [simple instructions][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://buddhistnerd.blogspot.com/2006/06/namaste-friends.html" />
  <row Id="7072" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1439" RevisionGUID="c000d3c2-a280-4d50-b2aa-97661046461f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:51:52.300" UserId="757" Comment="Reworded question as suggested by a comment." Text="I have one computer (Windows XP) which is updating via update services.  Most updates are installing successfully, however updates to MS Office are failing to install.  Windows updates then pops up again with the list of pending office updates still listed.  Repeated attempts to install the updates fail again." />
  <row Id="7073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4059" RevisionGUID="1b5a4d2b-474b-4331-a84b-5b9829406496" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:52:31.550" UserId="1403" Text="A couple reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- We have a Microsoft Dynamics component that's not supported on 2008 and won't ever be (despite being in very wide use in other companies).  It'll take us awhile to find something else and migrate, by then 2008 will probably be out of date...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- File sharing with older Windows boxen (think XP) and Macs is problematic.  We randomly can/can't connect to Server 2008 file shares from those machines.  Sometimes we can by IP, but not name.  Sometimes we can't at all.  Very random and not a problem from Vista or Server 2008 machines." />
  <row Id="7074" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4060" RevisionGUID="213faf59-ef90-4c85-a0e2-231f5495b728" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:55:24.460" UserId="613" Text="You want a unix tee clone like [this one][1] or [this one][2].  I'm sure there are others, but, well, your Google for 'windows tee' is as good as mine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.chipstips.com/?p=129&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/khen1234/archive/2005/10/27/486031.aspx" />
  <row Id="7075" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4020" RevisionGUID="a369ae30-57c0-4a4e-8150-f76ff8b6409c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:55:40.420" UserId="1821" Comment="added 45 characters in body" Text="In quite a few environments I see Cisco hardware treated as 'set it and forget it'. Many admins just don't even think about updating IOS. If you look in places like Packstorm or Bugtraq, some months you will see tons of attacks all centered at IOS. What are the real risks being taken if someone does not have an interest in keeping their routers/switches up to date especially when a new zero day gets launched?" />
  <row Id="7076" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4055" RevisionGUID="4904bed5-4a16-4bd0-8d0b-027fdef787e0" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:55:46.440" UserId="1787" Comment="added 288 characters in body" Text="Either use one of many [tee][1] [clones for Windows][2]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or if you're using PowerShell, you can use [Tee-Object][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tee_(command)&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.google.com/search?q=windows+tee&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/msh/cmdlets/tee-object.mspx" />
  <row Id="7077" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4061" RevisionGUID="8ff82978-5416-4c75-a67a-f8a3a97d8b14" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:55:47.970" UserId="1834" Text="We have a webserver that's reacting slowly.  It seems that a DLLHost.exe is the problem (taking ~100% Processor).  How do we tell which dll in DLLHost is causing the problem.  We've seen which ones are loaded with Process Explorer, but the list is 100 DLLs long.  What tool or technique can we use to isolate the problem?" />
  <row Id="7078" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4061" RevisionGUID="8ff82978-5416-4c75-a67a-f8a3a97d8b14" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:55:47.970" UserId="1834" Text="DLLHost Problematic DLL" />
  <row Id="7079" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4061" RevisionGUID="8ff82978-5416-4c75-a67a-f8a3a97d8b14" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:55:47.970" UserId="1834" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="7080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4062" RevisionGUID="959ead12-82e6-4a18-a5de-fb198985358a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:58:25.920" UserId="1787" Text="Turbo Memory is what the flash part of hybrid drives was supposed to be. On Vista notebooks it can be used for ReadyBoost. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The thing is, that it's absolutely not worth it. You'll get much more performance boost spending that money on RAM. System uses free RAM as disk cache. It's fast. Flash doesn't come anywhere near the speed of RAM. If you put that cache instead on slow, flash based Turbo Cache, in most cases it'll result in slowdown. Except for the case, when you use *very* few programs and reboot very often, then you gain with persistence of flash.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So if your choice is between 4GB RAM + 2GB cache or 6GB RAM no cache, I'll definitely go for the later. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4063" RevisionGUID="a9e7f9b2-2b58-44b1-a581-fc0b89751df0" CreationDate="2009-05-04T14:58:57.120" UserId="22" Text="**This question has been *asked* and *answered* before:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [http://serverfault.com/questions/3665/how-to-run-os-x-leopard-or-tiger-in-windows][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**In short: it's *illegal*. Please don't discuss the subject here.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3665/how-to-run-os-x-leopard-or-tiger-in-windows" />
  <row Id="7082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4064" RevisionGUID="aa1f59d4-6189-4b5c-b949-f5e3874bca22" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:00:03.623" UserId="629" Text="Xen will generally perform much better than VirtualBox because VirtualBox runs the guest OS in a way that the guest OS does not know it is running in a virtual environment. Or to put it another way, the guest OS is not modified to run virtually. Because of this, VirtualBox has to 'trap' kernel type instructions, run some custom code and then return control to the guest. It can use the hardware virtualisation support provided by Intel and AMD, but even then the overhead adds up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Xen meanwhile makes sure the guest OS is recompiled to fit in with the Xen model. So control flows smoothly from the guest OS to the hypervisor, without the overhead of having to pretend the guest OS has direct access to the hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For an overview of quite a few virtualisation technologies, including data from performance tests, read [this report](http://ols.fedoraproject.org/OLS/Reprints-2008/camargos-reprint.pdf). It only talks about Linux, but it covers Linux-Vserver, Xen, OpenVZ, KVM, VirtualBox and QEMU. Linux-Vserver and Xen were generally the best performers, but read the report to see the different workloads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said all the above, there may be some areas where VirtualBox outperforms Xen. If your guest OS has a graphical windowing layer, then VirtualBox has good support for that, particularly if you install some special VirtualBox components in the guest OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And finally you should be aware that Xen will only run a modified guest OS. It cannot run an unmodified guest OS." />
  <row Id="7083" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4065" RevisionGUID="1f989528-a5d3-4aaf-a523-1010e10816ea" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:00:09.893" UserId="1815" Text="Most new servers come with net-management port. How you use this feature in four company? How you control access to net-management network segment, do you use it for monitoring, disaster recovery and how net-management network is incorporated in all company network topology?" />
  <row Id="7084" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4065" RevisionGUID="1f989528-a5d3-4aaf-a523-1010e10816ea" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:00:09.893" UserId="1815" Text="Server management network" />
  <row Id="7085" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4065" RevisionGUID="1f989528-a5d3-4aaf-a523-1010e10816ea" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:00:09.893" UserId="1815" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;management&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;remote-access&gt;&lt;access-control&gt;" />
  <row Id="7086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4066" RevisionGUID="59020945-3214-4792-a880-c5dde733ad8f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:01:24.273" UserId="1813" Text="If you are quite sure about the modification time of your files, and the files are not really big, you can use `find -ctime` or `file -cnewer` to make a list of changed file since the last execution, and copying over only the modified files. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This translated itself quite nicely for multiple hosts : just do a differential tar on the source, and untar it on all the hosts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It gives you something like that : &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find -type f -cnewer /tmp/files_to_send.tar.gz &gt; /tmp/files_to_send.txt&#xD;&#xA;    tar zcf /tmp/files_to_send.tar.gz --files-from /tmp/files_to_send.txt &#xD;&#xA;    for HOST in host1 host2 host3 ...&#xD;&#xA;    do&#xD;&#xA;        cat /tmp/files_to_send.tar.gz | ssh $HOST &quot;tar xpf -&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The script has te be refined, but you get the idea." />
  <row Id="7087" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3607" RevisionGUID="250c8716-983e-452c-aa25-8aae9e4443b3" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:02:13.850" UserId="768" Comment="Added /var/log/samba/log.192.168.0.5" Text="I'm setting up a [Samba][samba] server on [Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition][ubuntu].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'm trying to do is have a share that is readable by everyone, and writable by a select few.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am able to login from my computer using [`smbclient //server/security -U brad`][smbclient],&#xD;&#xA;but I am unable to connect using [`Places-&gt;Connect to Server...`] with a username and password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thought I came up with is that I'm using lower case letters in the password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a portion of the [`/etc/samba/smb.conf`][smb.conf] file that was generated by [`swat`][swat].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### `/etch/samba/smbd.conf`&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[global]&#xD;&#xA;  preferred master = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  domain master    = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  wins support     = Yes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  security               = SHARE&#xD;&#xA;  usershare allow guests = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  guest ok               = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  null passwords         = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  guest account          = samba&#xD;&#xA;  map to guest           = Bad User&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  unix password sync     = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  lanman auth            = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  client plaintext auth  = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  lanman auth            = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  client NTLMv2 auth     = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  client lanman auth     = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  client plaintext auth  = Yes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Security]&#xD;&#xA;  comment = Security and Antivirus software&#xD;&#xA;  path                = /share/security&#xD;&#xA;  write list          = brad&#xD;&#xA;  inherit permissions = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  inherit owner       = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  hide special files  = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  hide unreadable     = Yes&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### `/var/log/samba/log.192.168.0.5`&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;# smbclient //server/security -U brad&#xD;&#xA;[2009/05/04 09:45:31,  1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(1111)&#xD;&#xA;  192.168.0.5 (192.168.0.5) connect to service Security initially as user brad (uid=1000, gid=1000) (pid 3129)&#xD;&#xA;[2009/05/04 09:48:49,  1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(1323)&#xD;&#xA;  192.168.0.5 (192.168.0.5) closed connection to service Security&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# smbclient //server/security -U brad&#xD;&#xA;[2009/05/04 09:48:53,  1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(1111)&#xD;&#xA;  192.168.0.5 (192.168.0.5) connect to service Security initially as user brad (uid=1000, gid=1000) (pid 3177)&#xD;&#xA;[2009/05/04 09:48:58,  1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(1323)&#xD;&#xA;  192.168.0.5 (192.168.0.5) closed connection to service Security&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# smbclient //server/security -U brad # giving null password at prompt&#xD;&#xA;[2009/05/04 09:49:45,  1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(1111)&#xD;&#xA;  192.168.0.5 (192.168.0.5) connect to service Security initially as user samba (uid=1024, gid=1024) (pid 3189)&#xD;&#xA;[2009/05/04 09:49:51,  1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(1323)&#xD;&#xA;  192.168.0.5 (192.168.0.5) closed connection to service Security&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# connect with [Places-&gt;Connect to Server...] # with username and password&#xD;&#xA;#&#xD;&#xA;#&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# connect with [Places-&gt;Connect to Server...] # without username&#xD;&#xA;[2009/05/04 09:50:29,  1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(1111)&#xD;&#xA;  192.168.0.5 (192.168.0.5) connect to service Security initially as user samba (uid=1024, gid=1024) (pid 3310)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I log in using [`smbclient //server/security -U brad`][smbclient], I can delete a file I put there by other means.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All files and folders are currently owned by the username `samba`, but I am willing to change the owner if it would help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would really prefer to keep it under share mode security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help would be appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[samba]: http://www.samba.org/&#xD;&#xA;[smb.conf]: http://www.google.com/search?btnI=&amp;q=site%3Asamba.org+smb.conf&#xD;&#xA;[swat]: http://www.google.com/search?btnI=&amp;q=site%3Asamba.org+swat&#xD;&#xA;[smbclient]: http://www.google.com/search?btnI=&amp;q=site%3Asamba.org+smbclient&#xD;&#xA;[ubuntu]: http://www.ubuntu.com/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7088" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4067" RevisionGUID="8fa33d9b-ac19-4ba7-8026-6ce2d390d1bc" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:02:28.937" UserId="1833" Text="My guess would be that it's a limitation in your testing methodology.  For example, if you're testing by transferring a file between two systems, than the performance of your filesystem may be a limiting factor.  You'll also need to account for overhead of whatever protocol you're using, etc.  Of course, there's some overhead inherent in ethernet and IP, so you're unlikely to ever see 100% utilization.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd suggest using a tool like iperf (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iperf) that's designed for testing throughput.  There's also a GUI for iperf called Jperf, but the basic iperf command line isn't hard to figure out and hey... how often are ya gonna need to use it anyway right?   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW. It is *not*, as some commenter have suggested, related to collisions.  Collisions don't happen on full duplex ethernet and there's no such thing as half duplex gigabit ethernet. :-)   It's also unlikely to have anything to do with needing jumbo frames, unless the two PC's you're using for testing have really bad ethernet cards or really low end CPU's.   Jumbo frames is *NOT* necessary for full utilization of gigabit ethernet, although it can reduce CPU utilization during high bandwidth transfers.  Unfortunately it can cause more problems than it solves and I would definitely *NOT* recommend enabling it unless you're quite sure what you're doing.  " />
  <row Id="7089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4068" RevisionGUID="4f64bb33-fb40-4d64-bedc-0f7113fd9790" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:04:29.570" UserId="1770" Text="I think you're misunderstanding the way Linux reports memory usage.  When a process forks, it results in a second process that shares a lot of resources with the original process.  Included in that is memory.  However, Linux uses a technique known as Copy On Write (COW) for this.  What that means is that each forked child process will see the same data in memory as the original process, but whenever that data changes (by the child or parent), the changes are copied and only then point to a new location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Until one of the processes makes changes to that data, they are sharing the same copy.  As a result, I could have a process that uses 100MB of RAM, and fork it 10 times.  Each of those forked processes would show 100MB of RAM being used, but if you looked at the overall memory usage on the box, it might only show that 130MB of RAM is being used (100MB shared between the processes, plus a few MB of overhead, plus another dozen MB or two for the rest of the system).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a final example, I have a box right now with 30 apache processes running.  Each process is showing a usage of 22MB of RAM.  However, when I run **free -m** to show my overall RAM usage, I get:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    topher@crucible:/tmp$ free -m&#xD;&#xA;                 total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached&#xD;&#xA;    Mem:           349        310         39          0         24        173&#xD;&#xA;    -/+ buffers/cache:        112        236&#xD;&#xA;    Swap:          511         51        460&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you can see, this box doesn't even have enough RAM to run 30 processes that were each using 22MB of &quot;real&quot; RAM.  Unless you're literally running out of RAM or your apps are swapping heavily, I wouldn't worry about things." />
  <row Id="7090" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4069" RevisionGUID="cd2a23c5-fd8d-4ae2-94f7-f4861656e846" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:04:42.457" UserId="1815" Text="I would like to hear from people who have personal experience recovering crashed systems or data from crashed drives using lvm+ext3 and ext3. Which option is harder to recover from backup or to extract missing data?" />
  <row Id="7091" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4069" RevisionGUID="cd2a23c5-fd8d-4ae2-94f7-f4861656e846" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:04:42.457" UserId="1815" Text="lvm+ext3 vs ext3 recovery" />
  <row Id="7092" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4069" RevisionGUID="cd2a23c5-fd8d-4ae2-94f7-f4861656e846" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:04:42.457" UserId="1815" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;lvm&gt;&lt;ext3&gt;&lt;disaster-recovery&gt;" />
  <row Id="7093" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4070" RevisionGUID="a0f1d6d5-be94-4858-9c5b-278133d83263" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:05:59.693" UserId="640" Text="I am already using antivirus on all our PCs, and, of course, we're behind a firewall. Does anti-spyware software like adaware still provide an additional benefit, or does modern antivirus/firewall software solve this problem?" />
  <row Id="7094" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4070" RevisionGUID="a0f1d6d5-be94-4858-9c5b-278133d83263" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:05:59.693" UserId="640" Text="Do I need to deploy antivirus and anti-spyware software to all the PCs on my network?" />
  <row Id="7095" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4070" RevisionGUID="a0f1d6d5-be94-4858-9c5b-278133d83263" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:05:59.693" UserId="640" Text="&lt;antivirus&gt;&lt;spyware&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="7096" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4066" RevisionGUID="c8b4e436-fa45-44a0-b5eb-304de42aea90" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:06:30.813" UserId="1813" Comment="Added some conditions" Text="If : &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The modification time of your files are right&#xD;&#xA; - The files are not really big&#xD;&#xA; - No push can be missed (or there is some kind of backlog processing)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use `find -ctime` or `file -cnewer` to make a list of changed file since the last execution, and copying over only the modified files (Just a glorified differential push).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This translated itself quite nicely for multiple hosts : just do a differential tar on the source, and untar it on all the hosts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It gives you something like that : &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find -type f -cnewer /tmp/files_to_send.tar.gz &gt; /tmp/files_to_send.txt&#xD;&#xA;    tar zcf /tmp/files_to_send.tar.gz --files-from /tmp/files_to_send.txt &#xD;&#xA;    for HOST in host1 host2 host3 ...&#xD;&#xA;    do&#xD;&#xA;        cat /tmp/files_to_send.tar.gz | ssh $HOST &quot;tar xpf -&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The script has te be refined, but you get the idea." />
  <row Id="7098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4071" RevisionGUID="f47f7ca7-2a52-4b95-b1a3-1f6be8d4c740" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:08:02.697" UserId="1565" Text="The likelihood of these types of attacks increases if the information passing through your network is valuable and others know it exists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The risks are that information can be stolen.  This information could be used to damage your IT infrastructure or damage your company's business if it is trade secrets, client lists, or similar information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When connecting to a foreign network, always use encryption.  Use VPN connections and https websites.  If that data is encrypted, even if the attacker is getting your data, it will be incredibly difficult to use.  Remember that programs on computers like to run in the background and pass data such as usernames and passwords.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I highly suggest getting Wireshark and examining the data that passes through your network connection.  Browse some webpages, open some applications, etc. and see if you can see information in the packets that you would not want someone to know such as your password or an internal company website.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you really want to know what can be done to counter these type of attacks locally, I'd suggest the book [LAN Switch Security: What Hackers Know About Your Switches][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/LAN-Switch-Security-Networking-Technology/dp/1587052563" />
  <row Id="7099" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4072" RevisionGUID="25731a31-a243-464b-939c-acc72e32520d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:08:07.440" UserId="48" Text="One of the useful features of many management cards is the ability to access the console. This helps in troubleshooting remote machines that will not boot into the OS (and so load remote access services). This has saved many trips to a DC when the server has rebooted and is wanting a key press to acknowledge an issue!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Aside from this, one of the key uses is the ability to use the management interface to obtain server health remotely, and pipe this into management software. This is vital to  business's with many server where checking all these servers individually would be a nightmare." />
  <row Id="7100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4073" RevisionGUID="7f69fe31-06ac-450f-87b0-4dedd15a05b3" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:08:17.690" UserId="1376" Text="Have a look at [Create a Windows 7 Federated Search provider for SharePoint][1] by Ian Morrish. This describes the OSDX file you need to create.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wssdemo.com/Blog/archive/2009/01/12/Create-a-Windows-7-Federated-Search-provider-for-SharePoint.aspx" />
  <row Id="7101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4074" RevisionGUID="4df04d62-1523-472f-9aff-2c25cafaf459" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:08:39.887" UserId="1797" Text="Modern Anti-virus software should already provide anti-spyware countermeasures. Symantec AV Enterprise, which is what I use on Windows based PC, does." />
  <row Id="7102" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1378" RevisionGUID="ae5e4ddd-f412-4feb-9c05-1bbae008199f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:10:00.027" UserId="768" Comment="Added /etc/fstab snippet " Text="You can't merge `/opt` and `/home` without also having one inside of the other.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example `/home` -&gt; `/opt/home`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you could do ln -s /home /opt/home.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or better yet: `mount --bind /opt/home /home`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or fstab entry is: `/opt/home  /home  none  bind`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have actually added the following to my `/etc/fstab` file. (actually my real one uses the UUID of the partion instead of [`/dev/sdb1`])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### `/etc/fstab`&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;/dev/sdb1    /share ext3  noatime,errors=remount-ro 0       1&#xD;&#xA;/share/home  /home  none  bind&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="7104" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4068" RevisionGUID="407c789b-b4f2-4687-93ff-bdf7cb9000ea" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:12:48.037" UserId="1770" Comment="Added links to a tool and referenced another question/answer." Text="I think you're misunderstanding the way Linux reports memory usage.  When a process forks, it results in a second process that shares a lot of resources with the original process.  Included in that is memory.  However, Linux uses a technique known as Copy On Write (COW) for this.  What that means is that each forked child process will see the same data in memory as the original process, but whenever that data changes (by the child or parent), the changes are copied and only then point to a new location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Until one of the processes makes changes to that data, they are sharing the same copy.  As a result, I could have a process that uses 100MB of RAM, and fork it 10 times.  Each of those forked processes would show 100MB of RAM being used, but if you looked at the overall memory usage on the box, it might only show that 130MB of RAM is being used (100MB shared between the processes, plus a few MB of overhead, plus another dozen MB or two for the rest of the system).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a final example, I have a box right now with 30 apache processes running.  Each process is showing a usage of 22MB of RAM.  However, when I run **free -m** to show my overall RAM usage, I get:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    topher@crucible:/tmp$ free -m&#xD;&#xA;                 total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached&#xD;&#xA;    Mem:           349        310         39          0         24         73&#xD;&#xA;    -/+ buffers/cache:        212        136&#xD;&#xA;    Swap:          511         51        460&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you can see, this box doesn't even have enough RAM to run 30 processes that were each using 18MB of &quot;real&quot; RAM.  Unless you're literally running out of RAM or your apps are swapping heavily, I wouldn't worry about things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE: Also, check out this tool called [smem][1], mentioned by [jldugger][2] in the answer to another question on Linux memory usage [here][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.selenic.com/smem/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/users/919/jldugger&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3104/simple-tool-to-graph-memory-usage/3179#3179" />
  <row Id="7105" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4075" RevisionGUID="c4fd689f-a111-430f-a89b-3a18b4dfaee2" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:13:58.003" UserId="564" Text="If you have lots of servers/networking gear with this feature I would look into purchasing  a serial server.  It makes it really easy to manage your servers remotely. " />
  <row Id="7106" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4076" RevisionGUID="64175751-ab30-4dda-800d-ba9618a55fe7" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:14:54.430" UserId="1078" Text="See [same question on stackoverflow.com][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/796476/dos-command-to-display-result-on-console-and-redirect-the-output-to-a-file" />
  <row Id="7107" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4077" RevisionGUID="87bb94c5-d1c3-45f7-8020-56ea7afbf0a6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:15:17.143" UserId="1155" Text="I think you get the biggest bang for the buck just by using the Microsoft provided anti-spyware solution ([Windows Defender][1]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It has the following advantages:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Updates pushed out via Windows Update&#xD;&#xA; 2. Supports Group Policy&#xD;&#xA; 3. Free&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternativley you can look at [Microsoft Forefront Client Security][2] which provides an integrated anti-virus and anti-spyware solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Defender&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/clientsecurity/en/us/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="7108" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4078" RevisionGUID="208bf9ed-3fef-4466-90f4-15e05281dca0" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:15:29.560" UserId="1797" Text="Your mentioning of Packstorm and Bugtraq already answers your question. As with any update, you could be exposed to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Security risks&#xD;&#xA; - Reliability problems&#xD;&#xA; - Missing new features&#xD;&#xA; - Other&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would answer with another question; why not? It would be a very sloppy thing to do." />
  <row Id="7109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4079" RevisionGUID="a744d584-9c52-4179-8e05-05ff159786b9" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:16:28.247" UserId="1247" Text="Apple has opened up the ability to virtualize Mac OSX server as long as it is ran on Apple hardware.  Previously they did not allow this at all, but times have changed and they now allow it to a certain level.  Please see the following posts for more information:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Apple to Allow Virtualization of Leopard][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Virtual Leopard Server, Uncaged: Virtualized Mac OS X Leopard Server on VMware Fusion 2.0][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://db.tidbits.com/article/9277&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.vmware.com/teamfusion/2008/06/virtual-leopard.html" />
  <row Id="7110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4080" RevisionGUID="1e6ad261-7a67-45b4-a77f-528f8abe682c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:18:49.240" UserId="251" Text="I've know about running a process under higher &amp; lower priorities for some time, but with different I/O priorities, well that is news to me.  My googles have returned information on tools like *renice* (I've know) and *ionice* (news to me), but *ionice* is not on my system, RHEL4.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Question:** *Does RHEL4 have tools that will let me run a process with low IO priority?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason I need this is that running potentially heavy tasks (like *du* or *find/sed* against a multi-TB file system) during busy hours (basically waking hours) on the production system could impact performance for tens of minutes or even hours.  I'd rather do these whenever it suits me, rather than burning the midnight oil.  *Again*.    " />
  <row Id="7111" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4080" RevisionGUID="1e6ad261-7a67-45b4-a77f-528f8abe682c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:18:49.240" UserId="251" Text="Running a process with both low cpu and I/O priority on rhel4" />
  <row Id="7112" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4080" RevisionGUID="1e6ad261-7a67-45b4-a77f-528f8abe682c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:18:49.240" UserId="251" Text="&lt;rhel4&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ionice&gt;" />
  <row Id="7115" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4082" RevisionGUID="a3c45401-bb72-40e4-94b7-8925f6aa9278" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:22:53.397" UserId="588" Text="I managed to get 80%-90% utilization just by copying files between network shares, on 100m and gigabit" />
  <row Id="7116" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4083" RevisionGUID="5c45afd0-879b-4e95-80ef-5136dde33112" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:25:48.333" UserId="1834" Text="To open the ***Windows Event Log*** (Event Viewer).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Eventvwr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Event Viewer Screenshot][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://i39.tinypic.com/28uo3yx.jpg&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7117" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4083" RevisionGUID="5c45afd0-879b-4e95-80ef-5136dde33112" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:25:48.333" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4084" RevisionGUID="4b5c239c-e553-407a-8c85-06de26cd8005" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:25:58.147" UserId="1770" Text="When it comes to recovering data from a hosed disk or system, straight ext3 will be slightly easier than LVM+ext3, simply because it adds a bit of additional complexity and your recovery tools need to be LVM aware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, LVM gives you **significantly** increased flexibility and is nearly always justified in my opinion.  It can also make backups a lot easier and more reliable (LVM snapshots are really handy for backup purposes).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having dealt with both, I didn't think the slight added difficulty of LVM was enough to rule it out, and when you factor in the advantages of LVM. . . well, I generally won't build a box without LVM unless I have a **really** good reason." />
  <row Id="7119" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4085" RevisionGUID="bc26b9d2-38dc-4ff7-8690-7cecf9205705" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:26:25.167" UserId="808" Text="My experience with with `rpm` and `yum`/`yumex`, but it translates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a critical package being upgrade, I just make normal use of the package to ensure that it's working correctly.  If I upgrade `bind`, then I do some DNS requests that I expect to succeed.  If I upgrade Apache `httpd` then I open some web pages.  If I upgrade `open-office` then I open a document or two.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On those *rare* occasions when a package upgrade leaves things fubar, my procedure to recover is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Uninstall the failed package (sometimes I have to &quot;force&quot; the uninstall)&#xD;&#xA;2. Manually remove any temporary or configuration files left after the uninstall&#xD;&#xA;3. Re-install the upgraded package that failed&#xD;&#xA;4. Test&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If after step #4 above it fails again, then I repeat but fall back to the previous version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Before any major upgrade, I'll ensure that my backup is up-to-date.  This saved my butt once when I did an upgrade only to find out that the new version wasn't yet compatible with my video card, and was documented as such.  (My failure to fully read the release notes.  Shame on me.)  It also saved me once when during an upgrade my hard disk failed.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7120" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4086" RevisionGUID="2d186b6e-ec9b-4348-91e3-44790d2f25fe" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:26:40.330" UserId="768" Text="&#xD;&#xA;    cp -Rp /home /opt # --recursive --preserve&#xD;&#xA;    umount /opt&#xD;&#xA;    umount /home&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # remove old /home entry&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo /opt/home  /home  none  bind &gt;&gt; /etc/fstab&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # remove original /home partition&#xD;&#xA;    # resize /opt partion to use the free space&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # could also just restart here&#xD;&#xA;    mount /opt&#xD;&#xA;    mount /home&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will either need to append `sudo` to each line, or run as `root` &amp;nbsp; [`sudo bash`]." />
  <row Id="7121" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4087" RevisionGUID="d4c6ea6a-941b-4777-a41a-c19d357e3757" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:27:41.170" UserId="301" Text="rhel4 is based on kernel 2.6.9. You'll need [at least 2.6.13 to be able to use ionice][1], and even then that requires you run your lun under the CFQ scheduler.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.die.net/man/1/ionice" />
  <row Id="7122" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4045" RevisionGUID="09783d1b-17ac-4260-9fc5-fc1b0c805341" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:27:42.683" UserId="588" Comment="tagged" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;command-prompt&gt;&lt;batch-file&gt;&lt;output&gt;" />
  <row Id="7124" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4089" RevisionGUID="edb0cd46-cd9c-40bd-a742-d8ec1f9b13d1" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:31:44.857" UserId="48" Text="There's an excellent article on [debugging high CPU usage of IIS][1]. If you follow this you should be able to create a dump file that may help in determining which DLL is causing the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/marcelofartura/archive/2006/09/15/troubleshooting-iis-100-cpu-issues-step-by-step-intermediary.aspx" />
  <row Id="7125" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4043" RevisionGUID="294644bc-d35b-43d7-9152-9e28e67014fc" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:32:13.310" UserId="48" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;upgrade&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="7126" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4085" RevisionGUID="34bede3a-c62e-4fb4-8612-514dc5a0d640" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:32:30.393" UserId="808" Comment="added 570 characters in body" Text="My experience with with `rpm` and `yum`/`yumex`, but it translates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a critical package being upgrade, I just make normal use of the package to ensure that it's working correctly.  If I upgrade `bind`, then I do some DNS requests that I expect to succeed.  If I upgrade Apache `httpd` then I open some web pages.  If I upgrade `open-office` then I open a document or two.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On those *rare* occasions when a package upgrade leaves things fubar, my procedure to recover is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Uninstall the failed package (sometimes I have to &quot;force&quot; the uninstall)&#xD;&#xA;2. Manually remove any temporary or configuration files left after the uninstall&#xD;&#xA;3. Re-install the upgraded package that failed&#xD;&#xA;4. Test&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If after step #4 above it fails again, then I repeat but fall back to the previous version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Before any major upgrade, I'll ensure that my backup is up-to-date.  This saved my butt once when I did an upgrade only to find out that the new version wasn't yet compatible with my video card, and was documented as such.  (My failure to fully read the release notes.  Shame on me.)  It also saved me once when during an upgrade my hard disk failed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thus, to answer your 3rd question about minimizing risk:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Back up!&#xD;&#xA;- Always read release notes&#xD;&#xA;- If you're not the first to upgrade, and you are nervous about it, check the internet to see if others are complaining about problems&#xD;&#xA;- Have a recovery disk ready -- for most modern Linux distributions, the install disk is also a recovery disk.  Find out what recovery mechanism your distribution provides.  If possible, boot via CDRom into recovery mode so you understand how it works, so you understand how to `chroot` into your installation from recovery mode.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7127" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4090" RevisionGUID="d25b4fbc-f6f0-452a-b661-c6c253d5cdf6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:32:32.310" UserId="1155" Text="In case the referenced blog post dissapears, the markup looks like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &amp;lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;UTF-8&quot;?&amp;gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Consolas;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;lt;OpenSearchDescription xmlns=&quot;http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/&quot; xmlns:ms-ose=&quot;http://schemas.microsoft.com/opensearchext/2009/&quot;&amp;gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Consolas;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;ShortName&amp;gt;WSSDemo Site&amp;lt;/ShortName&amp;gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Consolas;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;Description&amp;gt;Search the Ian Morrish Sharepoint Demo site.&amp;lt;/Description&amp;gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Consolas;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;Url type=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot; template=&quot;http://www.wssdemo.com/search/_layouts/srchrss.aspx?k={searchTerms}&amp;amp;amp;start={startIndex}&amp;amp;amp;s=WSSDemo%20Content&quot;/&amp;gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Consolas;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;Url type=&quot;text/html&quot; template=&quot;http://www.wssdemo.com/search/Pages/Results.aspx?k={searchTerms}&amp;amp;amp;s=WSSDemo%20Content&quot;/&amp;gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Consolas;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;!-- Win7 M3 syntax --&amp;gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Consolas;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;ms-ose:locationProperties&amp;gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Consolas;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;ms-ose:property name=&quot;TreatLinkAsEnclosure&quot;&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/ms-ose:property&amp;gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Consolas;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/ms-ose:locationProperties&amp;gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Consolas;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;!-- Win7 Beta syntax --&amp;gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Consolas;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;ms-ose:ResultsProcessing format=&quot;application/rss+xml&quot;&amp;gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Consolas;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;ms-ose:LinkIsFilePath&amp;gt;-1&amp;lt;/ms-ose:LinkIsFilePath&amp;gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Consolas;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/ms-ose:ResultsProcessing&amp;gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Consolas;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/OpenSearchDescription&amp;gt; " />
  <row Id="7128" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4020" RevisionGUID="8ef32f6c-b126-4226-a3d3-6783add97b7d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:34:41.683" UserId="1821" Comment="added 318 characters in body" Text="In quite a few environments I see Cisco hardware treated as 'set it and forget it'. Many admins just don't even think about updating IOS. If you look in places like Packstorm or Bugtraq, some months you will see tons of attacks all centered at IOS. What are the real risks being taken if someone does not have an interest in keeping their routers/switches up to date especially when a new zero day gets launched?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: We are all smart and know what theoretical problems can be caused, but it has been my experience that these networks are left standing for quite sometime, even though an internal employee could leverage this if they so wished. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone experienced an attack on Cisco gear that would like to chime in?" />
  <row Id="7132" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4092" RevisionGUID="c1c11515-4f69-4b05-b1c8-ece1c14abbcb" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:36:39.337" UserId="1435" Text="I've never seen more than about 50% utilisation on a copper GigE link but I have seen high-90%s on saturated trunk ports between Cisco switches over fibre." />
  <row Id="7133" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4065" RevisionGUID="44b071a5-23b8-438f-a6ba-6812c5fcdd57" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:36:58.620" UserId="48" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;management&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;remote-access&gt;" />
  <row Id="7134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4093" RevisionGUID="dd1dc313-db42-4896-8f07-c2cd244f5023" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:38:14.217" UserId="1435" Text="***drifts off dreaming of Oracle releasing ZFS source for Linux* :)" />
  <row Id="7135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4094" RevisionGUID="996a7c01-ba0e-4788-ac56-0fbe55af831d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:38:19.223" UserId="808" Text="Have you tried doing a filesystem error check on it?  I bet if you do this then it will become read-write again.  This is probably a safety mechanism to protect you from corrupting a volume that wasn't cleanly closed." />
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  <row Id="7140" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4089" RevisionGUID="32c9f2e1-aa36-4956-ab94-f2d81fe6a728" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:43:48.073" UserId="48" Comment="added 241 characters in body" Text="There's an excellent article on [debugging high CPU usage of IIS][1]. If you follow this you should be able to create a dump file that may help in determining which DLL is causing the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have determined what DLL is causing the problem its then a case of trying to find out what its doing, and what's causing an issue. Quite often, at least with DLL's written for custom software its because the code is stuck in a loop.&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/marcelofartura/archive/2006/09/15/troubleshooting-iis-100-cpu-issues-step-by-step-intermediary.aspx" />
  <row Id="7142" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3982" RevisionGUID="d3c4bc64-0d01-4dc5-ba56-22009e09d6c5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:45:27.727" UserId="891" Comment="points" Text="Running the [VisualSVN Server][1] on Windows has been very smooth.&#xD;&#xA;VisualSVN Server can host any number of independent Subversion repositories.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can move repositories by any Subversion recommended method, it's a standard repository on both sides.  Note the repository version, you may need to upgrade.&#xD;&#xA;Access permissions are windows oriented, you may have to change the way clients authenticate against the server. Good luck with hook scripts, if any. I hope they are written in a portable scripting language, e.g. `Perl` or `Python`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.visualsvn.com/server/" />
  <row Id="7143" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4096" RevisionGUID="494de612-4e70-4484-bc38-5eeaed079f7e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:45:31.377" UserId="1435" Text="We have a policy of;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Major bug fixes with real danger of attack - we test the code for 48 hours in our Reference rig then push out to Production ASAP.&#xD;&#xA;Minor bug fixes with limited risk - they go into bi-weekly roll-up testing and get pushed out monthly at a scheduled time.&#xD;&#xA;Anything else gets rolled up and pushed out quarterly, if not longer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically it's all about risk management; if your site isn't the sort of site that gets a lot of attacks and your business could live with a DDOS or hack every so often then it might actually make sense to stick at a known stable release. If you're an easy target (and we are) then you need to put a lot more time and attention into it and treat it with the respect and patience it deserves.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="7144" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2423" RevisionGUID="cdd37b4e-abab-472c-9f34-a8b22e86408d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:46:01.513" UserId="405" />
  <row Id="7146" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4065" RevisionGUID="daaae41c-9f2c-4679-b132-cb99c5f2c645" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:47:14.117" UserId="1815" Comment="added 87 characters in body" Text="Most new servers come with net-management port. How you use this feature in four company? How you control access to net-management network segment, do you use it for monitoring, disaster recovery and how net-management network is incorporated in all company network topology?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**I am most interested in connection topology and access control of such network.**" />
  <row Id="7147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4098" RevisionGUID="77fc0ccb-a9d8-4838-9b1f-007b49775915" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:47:57.017" UserId="808" Text="My Linux server uses LVM because I replace the machine a year ago and installed from scratch.  LVM has been a life saver and I love its flexibility.  My Linux laptop, however, was last fully installed three years ago, and thus uses straight partitions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible -- without a reinstall -- to convert an existing system to LVM?  If so, what tools can do this job?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I expect that any filesystems to be shared with Windows on a dual-boot system cannot be LVM. If I am wrong, please let me know, but I would be surprised.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7148" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4098" RevisionGUID="77fc0ccb-a9d8-4838-9b1f-007b49775915" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:47:57.017" UserId="808" Text="Is it possible to convert a Linux box to LVM after the fact?" />
  <row Id="7149" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4098" RevisionGUID="77fc0ccb-a9d8-4838-9b1f-007b49775915" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:47:57.017" UserId="808" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;lvm&gt;" />
  <row Id="7150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4099" RevisionGUID="4fddb14e-084f-404a-a5d5-8c3ef069755e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:49:53.377" UserId="1435" Text="We have 'iLO' access on all our HP servers/blades and this is a very powerful interface (it lets you have access to the power-on/off state, hardware setup, attach ISOs and screen/keyboard in an RDP/VNC fashion. We're very strict about using it, we disable the default account, create new accounts with specific privileges and rotate the passwords often. This is particularly important in a blade environment where one rogue user could 'kill' up to 160 servers with just the OA password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We'd rather limit our normal tech guys to individual server admin access/roles and save the 'iLO' access for getting us out of the brown-stuff (for which it's invaluable)" />
  <row Id="7151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4100" RevisionGUID="03fe6837-64d8-4071-bfc9-fbd89e917a14" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:49:53.860" UserId="254" Text="We use [Share File][1], it's not free but it does make it really easy for people to send you files. You can send them an email with a link to &lt;yourchoice&gt;.sharefile.com/&lt;generated-guid&gt; (the site can have your own branding, if you're concerned about it looking like a 3rd party site) where they can upload the file(s) via HTTP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We needed this to allow clients to send us big files (in the range 100mb to 2gb), and setting up and ftp server wasn't an option because of their firewalls polices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.sharefile.com/" />
  <row Id="7152" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4101" RevisionGUID="27b3237e-7d85-4c8c-b4b0-b6f45fc0e522" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:51:44.027" UserId="1797" Text="LVM is a &quot;container&quot;, not a filesystem. You will not be able to preserve the data." />
  <row Id="7153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4102" RevisionGUID="8e450e4a-f5e8-463c-92fa-9861c0bff515" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:55:14.847" UserId="1845" Text="One quick and easy way, recommended by Steve Gibson, is drill a hole through the hard drive making sure you drill through all the platters." />
  <row Id="7154" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4103" RevisionGUID="1731cddf-ee56-492d-b288-2c2e324f4b47" CreationDate="2009-05-04T15:57:00.240" UserId="1815" Text="Bottleneck can be your network or your hard drives. First of all check which are, then optimize." />
  <row Id="7155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4104" RevisionGUID="7fd31ab5-691d-4138-856d-b8f078879d1b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:00:12.963" UserId="1846" Text="I set up a new Mac a couple of weeks ago. As far as I remember these were the first four things I installed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Quicksilver&#xD;&#xA; * Xcode&#xD;&#xA; * TextMate&#xD;&#xA; * Firefox&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as automating installs, you may want to check out [AppFresh][1], which links with your [osx.iusethis.com][2] account and tries to download and install missing or updated applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://metaquark.de/appfresh/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://osx.iusethis.com/" />
  <row Id="7156" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4104" RevisionGUID="7fd31ab5-691d-4138-856d-b8f078879d1b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:00:12.963" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4106" RevisionGUID="c1a67285-ce7c-4da9-8f49-69972095f90d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:02:20.930" UserId="1815" Text="Run your own script named &quot;AntiVirus&quot; which does nothing :)" />
  <row Id="7159" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4107" RevisionGUID="2f61e9dd-06a5-4ca2-9c18-93abac2610f5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:02:26.937" UserId="1435" Text="I used to do system-wide 'blackhat' consultancy for one of those big IT companies. We always found that the client companies were very good at hardening their routers/firewalls/servers etc but terrible about sorting out their human processes. One such demo we gave to a client had me using their conference room speakerphone to call directory enquiries, ask for the client's main reception number, call that, ask for their tech support number, call reception again as for their Financial Director's name, then call their tech support claiming to be the FD, had to be a bit loud and 'boss-like' but they very quickly reset his password and gave it to me, I dialled (they used MS RAS) into their system, logged in and sent myself an email saying 'You got the job!' - all in front of the FD concerned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically people are always the weak point and you don't have to be that sneaky to get around them. That said I do know of competitors who dressed as Police to gain access to our offices, luckily someone called 'their branch' to check up on them and they literally ran away once confronted. " />
  <row Id="7160" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4107" RevisionGUID="2f61e9dd-06a5-4ca2-9c18-93abac2610f5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:02:26.937" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7161" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4108" RevisionGUID="adde5cff-79f4-4f53-9edb-b0dc409681f7" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:04:14.967" UserId="1426" Text="In your case no there isn't a reason I can think of. Reasons I can think of though are hardware that isn't supported under Vista but is under XP, using software that won't run under 2008, and using your server to record tv shows is problimatic since the required librarys arn't included by default. The reason I included the last point was for people like me who run server as a primary OS." />
  <row Id="7162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4109" RevisionGUID="0a31b7e9-8ca0-4187-a5fd-867f16d8e31f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:04:19.117" UserId="912" Text="We are reciving this message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  WASE1608: No XOP parts were located&#xD;&#xA;&gt; in the stream for the specified&#xD;&#xA;&gt; content-id:&#xD;&#xA;This happens on one machine in the office when trying to connect to a webservice.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="7164" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4109" RevisionGUID="0a31b7e9-8ca0-4187-a5fd-867f16d8e31f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:04:19.117" UserId="912" />
  <row Id="7165" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4110" RevisionGUID="5eec98f7-c388-4b86-b3d1-75f4ab3d3722" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:04:25.387" UserId="1821" Text="A huge debate raged when we were setting up a new phone system. The guys doing the install did not believe in paying high prices for Cisco gear when they could do the same things with lower priced alternatives. From what I have seen Cisco is rock solid and lower priced gear generally seems to burn out sooner.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do you know when it's better to spend the money on Cisco equipment?" />
  <row Id="7166" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4110" RevisionGUID="5eec98f7-c388-4b86-b3d1-75f4ab3d3722" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:04:25.387" UserId="1821" Text="Cisco vs Everything else" />
  <row Id="7167" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4110" RevisionGUID="5eec98f7-c388-4b86-b3d1-75f4ab3d3722" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:04:25.387" UserId="1821" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="7168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4111" RevisionGUID="67b965bb-2dd6-411a-87e8-45eae7e864c7" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:04:59.753" UserId="1166" Text="Starting from the bottom: no, windows cannot read LVM logical volumes (partitions).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a spare disk that can be used as temporary storage the it's just a matter of booting from a live CD, copying the data to the temporary location, creating one or more LVs and putting the data back. It's impractical (but possible) to do an in-place conversion to LVM; you basically have to shrink the old partition and resize the the LV multiple times (and the final LV would be fragmented)" />
  <row Id="7169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4112" RevisionGUID="591e343a-db24-4536-85e2-0a2981887fff" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:05:09.067" UserId="808" Text="For tracking package changes (installs, upgrades, etc) on RPM-based systems, as long as all changes are done with `yum` or `yumex`, each package change is logged in `/var/log/yum.log`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other people have already answered tracking changes in `/etc`.  Don't forget that you also want to track configuration changes to `bind` which are partially in `/var` (at least on many Linux distributions) and that web pages are under `/var/www` on many Linux distributions.  There will be directories outside `/etc` that have important configuration information on them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on how things are managed, you may also want to track `/usr/local/etc` and other directory trees (`/opt`, some trees under `/var`, and anything else that is specific to your customers).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7170" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4113" RevisionGUID="d221b65e-32a1-44b4-96af-af53bebc7542" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:05:09.410" UserId="1435" Text="Sledgehammer+backyard fire=win" />
  <row Id="7171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4114" RevisionGUID="034f65f6-15d9-4ca7-8350-cd673e054ee1" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:05:37.973" UserId="1639" Text="[NetIQ Change Guardian for Active Directory][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know nothing about it. Years ago we evaluated it( probably its predecessor) but never actually use it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.netiq.com/products/cgad/default.asp" />
  <row Id="7172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4115" RevisionGUID="37f862b5-f871-4610-ad55-0c3edac8f342" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:05:44.027" UserId="1797" Text="Out of the box there is no undo (although ntdsutil allows some recovering of deleted objects with an authoritative restore), or version control on AD. There are quite a few [third party tools][1] that will allow &quot;undelete&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.quest.com/object-restore-for-active-directory/" />
  <row Id="7173" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4116" RevisionGUID="cc711d17-4725-408c-bbde-14f2a14de589" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:05:56.583" UserId="1078" Text="I'm a dba with a database with ~280 tables, and total datasize of ~1,5GB. I'd like to tune the database to make it perform better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you do to keep your SQL databases performant? How much fiddling with indexes, statistics, and defragmentation do you do?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the biggest performance killers/improvements, and how do you troubleshoot to find out where to optimize?" />
  <row Id="7174" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4116" RevisionGUID="cc711d17-4725-408c-bbde-14f2a14de589" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:05:56.583" UserId="1078" Text="How to optimize perfomance for MSSQL databases?" />
  <row Id="7175" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4116" RevisionGUID="cc711d17-4725-408c-bbde-14f2a14de589" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:05:56.583" UserId="1078" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;database-adminstration&gt;" />
  <row Id="7176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4117" RevisionGUID="3fb105ba-c54c-4898-a63b-7570ba55f06e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:06:10.983" UserId="326" Text="The easiest way to move a linux system to LVM is to use a external disk (USB, eSATA) and a CD-ROM based system like [grml][1] to move away all data from the PC to the external disk, then re-partition the PC with LVM. Finally copy everything back and configure and re-install grub to the MBR.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This procedure is slightly involved, but you always have the data on the external drive and the CD-ROM to boot your system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://grml.org" />
  <row Id="7177" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="857" RevisionGUID="8daa28ae-873a-4c95-a904-5b2b61370c7f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:06:14.260" UserId="706" Comment="Addressed full duplex card to card issue." Text="**Two cards with a crossover cable:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How are you testing it?  How are you measuring it?  When you say 20-40% tell us exactly what you mean in each instance, and how you're getting that figure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ethernet overhead is about 38 bytes per packet, and TCP/IP has about 52 bytes overhead.  With 1500 byte packets, running TCP/IP over ethernet, you're looking at 94% possible data throughput.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The sending application may be sending smaller chunks of data, though.  Take UDP (used for video streaming, voice, etc).  If you're sending 256 bytes per packet, plus 90 bytes overhead, you're going to get 74% utilization.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you have the overhead of the OS and TCP/IP stack - both of which add latency, which will affect the bandwidth in complex ways due to the way TCP/IP manages loading of the network (algorithms attempt to use the maximum bandwidth without losing packets).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you have other loading on the computer.  If you're copying fragmented data from a slow hard drive, you may not be seeing the network bottleneck at all, but another bottleneck elsewhere in the PC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are the 100base-T NICs also server grade?  Are you certain they don't offload any processing to the OS that should be done on the NIC?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What bus are the NICs on?  PCI, PCIe, etc?  What else is on that bus?  Is the NIC sharing an IRQ with any other devices?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wre you using the latest BIOS for the motherboard and NIC (if applicable)?  Latest drivers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is the OS a server OS, or desktop (the scheduler, stacks, etc are configured differently for different performance scenarios)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many, many reasons why you might not be getting the throughput you desire.  The simple question you're asking above doesn't provide enough information to know where the real problem is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**In a normal network, could be caused by collisions and other network traffic**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ethernet is awesome for what it does, but it is not synchronized.  This means that two cards can start transmitting at once, which causes a collision.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A collision is generally detected by both cards, and they both back off for a random period of time before attempting a resend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This, coupled with the overhead of the ethernet packet and encoding, means that even under the best circumstances you can't really expect more than 80-90% utilization.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can alleviate this by using routers and switches rather than hubs between computers, but even routers and switches will drop packets if there's too much data, and they can only improve total utilization a few percent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ethernet packet itself includes overhead for clocking, addressing, etc.  If you enable big packets on your network, then the overhead of the packet becomes small relative to the data size, so for large transfers you can get better utilization.  This doesn't help if your application requires a lot of smaller packets, though, as in video or audio streaming applications.  Even if you enable big packets, you may still only be sending small packets because that's what the application is sending.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="7178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4118" RevisionGUID="fcaa790a-69d9-4cae-8c7b-8d40e38dd94d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:07:48.670" UserId="1435" Text="Have you got the ability to switch on NIC Interrupt Coalescence, Receive-Side Scaling or any form of TCP-offload (checksum or whole-packed)? They will make a huge difference if you can enable them, which depends on your NICs and IP stack." />
  <row Id="7179" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4119" RevisionGUID="892e813e-c29e-407e-b1d3-1adc1ef186d0" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:08:10.137" UserId="1787" Text="How can I access data from Ext3 partition on external (USB) HDD from Windows Vista box? Or even better from Linux running inside VirtualBox on Vista host. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm interested in read, won't need to write, so any read only solution is valid for me (also meaning, that any solution valid for Ext2 is valid). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried [Ext2 IFS][1], but only thing it's gets done is to make disk actually appear in the explorer, but when I try to access it, it tells me, that the disk is not formated.&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.fs-driver.org/" />
  <row Id="7180" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4119" RevisionGUID="892e813e-c29e-407e-b1d3-1adc1ef186d0" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:08:10.137" UserId="1787" Text="Mount Ext3 from external drive in Vista" />
  <row Id="7181" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4119" RevisionGUID="892e813e-c29e-407e-b1d3-1adc1ef186d0" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:08:10.137" UserId="1787" Text="&lt;ext2&gt;&lt;ext3&gt;&lt;mount&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="7182" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4120" RevisionGUID="756e06c9-bb72-4192-a3e1-f3457a448eba" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:09:55.623" UserId="808" Text="You might want to run a S.M.A.R.T. long self-test, if the drive supports it.  This may give you more information about the status of the drive.  If your NAS cannot do this, and if you can pull the drive out or power down the NAS for a few hours, then you can do the long self-test with the hard disk plugged into another machine." />
  <row Id="7183" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4121" RevisionGUID="d457b7b5-fac3-4adb-bd83-5f0e7cd50adf" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:09:56.667" UserId="1403" Text="The Cisco is also more complex and requires more knowledgeable people to keep it up and running.  I was involved in a Cisco VoIP deployment at one time.  It worked well, had some minor issues with echo (as most VoIP does).  There were a couple features we wanted that it didn't support yet (we did this very early on after they released the product), but we were living with it, knowing that eventually they'd add what we needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, we suffered a failure of the server (Cisco label, but essentially a re-badged HPaq with software pre-load.  The group of us (myself having next to no Cisco experience, a couple CCNA/CCNP and a &quot;almost a CCIE&quot;) never could get the thing to work right again.  Parted it out, and bought a cheaper system that we could setup and maintain much easier." />
  <row Id="7184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4122" RevisionGUID="654c2b37-4f03-46cf-98b6-51e33fbe7e48" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:10:26.853" UserId="1466" Text="You will probably have to backup the data to another drive or partition (or iso?), create the LVM container, and then restore the data to the container." />
  <row Id="7185" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4099" RevisionGUID="78cf96e3-1349-44b4-b63e-c03dea77b46f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:10:52.813" UserId="1435" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="We have 'iLO' access on all our HP servers/blades and this is a very powerful interface (it lets you have access to the power-on/off state, hardware setup, attach ISOs and screen/keyboard in an RDP/VNC fashion). We're very strict about using it, we disable the default account, create new accounts with specific privileges and rotate the passwords often. This is particularly important in a blade environment where one rogue user could 'kill' up to 160 servers with just the OA password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We'd rather limit our normal tech guys to individual server admin access/roles and save the 'iLO' access for getting us out of the brown-stuff (for which it's invaluable)" />
  <row Id="7186" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4123" RevisionGUID="88c3a105-f727-4972-a39f-a6eaff0be04b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:12:18.783" UserId="1581" Text="It's a simple trade-off of cost vs. risk. If you believe (or have anecdotal evidence or reviews) that Cisco gear would be rock solid, then it might be worth spending the extra money. Phone systems can be pretty central to a business' operation. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For some companies, saving (for example) $100,000 on a phone system is peanuts compared to the cost of 20 minutes of downtime if the phone system fails. On the other hand, for some companies, saving even a little money far outweigh the *potential* of minor problems occuring in the future. It's a cost-benefits analysis only you can do." />
  <row Id="7187" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4124" RevisionGUID="e71f1dff-156a-41a8-962f-e166ffc0550b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:12:58.737" UserId="1426" Text="I want to install CentOS as a server os using kickstart. I know normally you can install a system and get a copy of the kickstart file with the installation options you selected at install time. I'm totally blind though so the install is inaccessible. I'm looking for a basic kickstart file I can use as a template to automate the install of CentOS. The more minimal the install the better, I'd like to start out with a system that has SSH access and not much else. I'd rather add packages as I need them then try and remove everything I don't need." />
  <row Id="7188" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4124" RevisionGUID="e71f1dff-156a-41a8-962f-e166ffc0550b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:12:58.737" UserId="1426" Text="examples of kickstart files for CentOS 5.3" />
  <row Id="7189" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4124" RevisionGUID="e71f1dff-156a-41a8-962f-e166ffc0550b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:12:58.737" UserId="1426" Text="&lt;automated-install&gt;&lt;centos&gt;&lt;kickstart&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="7190" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4125" RevisionGUID="bee5adee-b18c-4684-b85c-436b10d3b59e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:14:00.543" UserId="588" Text="I got orders of magnitude performance improvement only by indexing (although I didn't really fiddle with it much)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After you handle the obvious (decent hardware, indexing and defrag'ing) you're best source for performance is looking at your own code." />
  <row Id="7191" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4126" RevisionGUID="240918cc-6ff4-4373-86d3-56703acfd573" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:14:45.813" UserId="1845" Text="No WEP is not adequate security. Mac addresses are sent as part of the wireless packet and therefore easy to intercept and spoof.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to use WEP you need to install a 3 NAT router setup as shown below.&#xD;&#xA;NAT router 1 (NR1) is connected to the internet on the WAN port.&#xD;&#xA;NAT router 2 (NR2) WAN port is connected to NR1 LAN port.&#xD;&#xA;NAT router 3 (NR3) WAN port is connected to NR1 LAN port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;                       ----------NR2--------------Wireless WEP Unsecure &#xD;&#xA;                       |&#xD;&#xA;Internet  ----- NR1----|&#xD;&#xA;                       |&#xD;&#xA;                       |&#xD;&#xA;                       ----------NR3--------------Wireless WPA Secure&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will allow the WEP access to get to the internet. The NR3 router would block access to your secure network. One other advantage would be to allow guest access to NR2. That would allow Internet access without providing access to your local secure network.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7192" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4127" RevisionGUID="6b070ed2-5772-44b1-9b7c-8cb5dbd1ccc5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:18:34.587" UserId="1435" Text="Technically it's not very safe but I guess it depends on where you are; if you're in a building full of techies then it's really not safe, if you're in on a private island in the middle of pacific then it's probably overkill to have any security. You have to measure your need first." />
  <row Id="7193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4128" RevisionGUID="e87294f2-2356-4aea-9e22-19a993b3f6fa" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:22:59.927" UserId="706" Text="Drives, like most components, have a bathtub curve failure rate.  They fail a lot in the beginning, have a relatively low failure rate in the middle, and then fail a lot as they reach their MTBF area.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just as the whole drive follows this curve, particular areas of the disk will also follow this curve.  You'll see a lot of sector re-allocations in the beginning of using the drive, but this should taper off.  When teh drive starts to fail at the end of life it'll start losing more and more sectors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You don't need to worry about 6 (depending on the drive - consult the manufacturer), but you need to watch and see the frequency of each new reallocation.  If the deterioration accelerates or stays the same, worry.  Otherwise, it should be fine after the initial break-in period.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="7194" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4129" RevisionGUID="e21012ab-ae17-4894-b6bc-2e5e26a243af" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:23:31.113" UserId="1435" Text="All hardware fixes sorry but I'd suggest using;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;64-bit Windows 2008&#xD;&#xA;Lots of memory (16GB or so I'd suggest, it is cheap at the moment)&#xD;&#xA;Logs on an SSD, data on a mirrored pair of 15krpm SCSI/SAS disks&#xD;&#xA;Ideally a pair of Xeon 55xx-series chips.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will all cost money obviously but will guarantee significant performance increases quickly - you can make your DB better but this takes time (which costs too of course) and isn't guaranteed to make it faster." />
  <row Id="7195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4130" RevisionGUID="46daf41f-0e6b-466a-96ef-023d3e934baf" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:24:52.153" UserId="1799" Text="I used [explore2fs][1] with Windows XP once in the past and it worked. I'm not sure about Vista support. Maybe give it a try?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also [Linux Reader][2]. Never tried it myself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.chrysocome.net/explore2fs&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/" />
  <row Id="7196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4131" RevisionGUID="26614a5f-f047-4959-90db-298352851046" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:25:47.783" UserId="808" Text="Is the complaint coming from a .NET client that's connecting to an Apache Axis2 1.3 server? In this case, there appears to be a bug in Apache Axis2 1.3.  You may want to try -- for the sake of experiment, upgrading to Axis2 1.4 or downgrading to Axis2 1.2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From what I've found on the Internet, you may also want to try replacing the Axiom JARs in your Apache Axis installation with the latest JARs to see if this helps resolve the problem." />
  <row Id="7197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4132" RevisionGUID="d2284257-75fa-45e7-a692-e6289f62cc0d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:26:04.430" UserId="1821" Text="Depends on your environment. If you have many people taking home laptops or are pretty lax with website restrictions, keeping some third party solution around is quite beneficial. We have an enterprise AV, but then load each workstation with Hijackthis and at least Spybot. I find that most of the time I can use Hijackthis to identify infections. Spybot gets less play these days but is still used for the immunize feature. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can tell you that not all AV/spyware programs are going to catch everything, so have a main program and some other options. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Restricting sites and content is probably the best protection." />
  <row Id="7198" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4133" RevisionGUID="4be68504-fdfe-41ed-800d-8d792c3cd218" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:26:25.957" UserId="1843" Text="My USB keyboard in Ubuntu Intrepid Linux has stopped working at all, and on any numpad keypress, will move the mouse cursor to the left side of the screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The same behaviour is present with numlock on or off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I fix this?" />
  <row Id="7199" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4133" RevisionGUID="4be68504-fdfe-41ed-800d-8d792c3cd218" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:26:25.957" UserId="1843" Text="How do I get the number pad on a usb keyboard working in Linux?" />
  <row Id="7200" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4133" RevisionGUID="4be68504-fdfe-41ed-800d-8d792c3cd218" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:26:25.957" UserId="1843" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;keyboard&gt;" />
  <row Id="7201" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4134" RevisionGUID="f17cf5e7-ecca-4519-a61a-3e43c373afc0" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:27:38.543" UserId="1843" Text="In the Ubuntu menu bar, go to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;System &gt; Preferences &gt; Keyboard &gt; Mouse Keys&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then uncheck &quot;Pointer can be controlled using the keypad&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems on some Ubuntu update, this might have been enabled automatically." />
  <row Id="7202" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="519" RevisionGUID="162fe629-5caf-428f-90ae-b7e1d56369f5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:27:50.760" UserId="251" Comment="formatting for effect" Text="**History and Marketing**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Red Hat*** was founded in 1995, is a commercial organization that specifically marketed a set of 'enterprise-grade' software and services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Ubuntu***?  Was not even released until 2004.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Debian***?  There is no real major RH-like corporate entity behind the core Debian project, is there?  &#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;All that said, I'm betting on Canonical/Ubutu making in roads into the enterprise world over the coming years. " />
  <row Id="7203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4135" RevisionGUID="7d6cd115-8e40-4c2f-95b3-b3d6243b0daf" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:28:54.827" UserId="1821" Text="What program do you use for detecting Rootkits? How do you know what to trust?" />
  <row Id="7204" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4135" RevisionGUID="7d6cd115-8e40-4c2f-95b3-b3d6243b0daf" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:28:54.827" UserId="1821" Text="Anti-Rootkit programs" />
  <row Id="7205" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4135" RevisionGUID="7d6cd115-8e40-4c2f-95b3-b3d6243b0daf" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:28:54.827" UserId="1821" Text="&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="7206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4136" RevisionGUID="26e716d0-c571-4fc6-bcbb-fc44664cac53" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:31:38.440" UserId="1831" Text="On Unix-based systems, Tripwire is a good general &quot;what changed on this machine today?&quot; solution.  There are other, more specific rootkit detectors out there, but I've always thought that it was a matter of playing catchup with the bad guys; you'll never be sure that your rootkit detector is up-to-date enough to catch all of 'em." />
  <row Id="7207" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4137" RevisionGUID="a43a4196-4890-4411-b67e-e42f6be50075" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:33:01.027" UserId="1565" Text="The major problem with Cisco and other proprietary phone systems is that you have to be able to pay for support.  If your company is in the habit of not paying on time and has frequent spending freezes, you might be in trouble if the system goes down and you're not current on your maintenance contract payments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've had pretty good success with trixbox and Polycom phones.  If I wanted to add another phone, I didn't have to worry about buying another license from Cisco.  You have to know what you are doing though.  I built a box with a T1 card that hooked into an ADTRAN ATLAS 550 that routed the DID numbers on our PRI between our old phone system, the trixbox, and our fax server.  This offered great flexibility with our setup and cost much less than going with a Cisco setup." />
  <row Id="7208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4138" RevisionGUID="c9771b34-63c7-46d5-b5ea-7643b2f2add0" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:40:10.213" UserId="1860" Text="Take a look at [Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management][1] which offers GPO change management.  It's a pretty good tool that they bought from Policymaker a few years ago.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/enterprise/products/advanced-group-policy-management.aspx" />
  <row Id="7209" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4139" RevisionGUID="2cb1c6bf-8fbf-4d06-9b1a-d2e1c252abf5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:42:52.173" UserId="93" Text="I don't make the decisions in my workplace so this could be wrong but I get the impression we run RHEL because it's &quot;enterprise-y&quot; and &quot;official&quot;; you get a contract, a telephone support number and an invoice. It's easy: you pay money to RedHat, they give you their product. It gives a feeling of security and stability (neither of which I mean in their accepted sysadmin terms). Business likes this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IMHO, I'd rather we ran Centos or Fedora and spent the money we pay RedHat on paying people to develop open source software. RH support hasn't been brilliant for us, RHN is kinda naff (slow, doesn't offer much now [Spacewalk][1] is available) and bugs can take a long time to fix. Not a great return on the money we spend. If we used Centos/whatever our fixes go back to the project where they can be tested and integrated before waiting for a new release (or.. maybe not as Centos is sort of like RHEL -- but you get the idea). We could pay Reductive Labs to help us with [Puppet][2] integration or pay a developer to develop some Apache stuff we might need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, if everyone abandoned RHEL maybe we wouldn't have Centos or Fedora..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(disclaimer: these are my views, not those of my employer, blah blah)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.redhat.com/spacewalk/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/" />
  <row Id="7210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4140" RevisionGUID="5871c695-7238-4e27-a45b-8c845e5f374b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:43:34.060" UserId="1860" Text="I'm a big fan of Windows Load Balancing Service (WLBS).  I realize that some might say it's not up to the task of handling a large site, but somehow Microsoft is able to make it work for Microsoft.com, so I tend to disagree with those statements." />
  <row Id="7211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4141" RevisionGUID="ff4f7960-abfa-4b79-9da3-45b27d38d979" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:44:38.237" UserId="1860" Text="I have a Windows IIS web farm on EC2 that I'm looking at my load balancing options for?  Any suggestions?  Right now I'm using a Linux instance running HAproxy." />
  <row Id="7212" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4141" RevisionGUID="ff4f7960-abfa-4b79-9da3-45b27d38d979" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:44:38.237" UserId="1860" Text="Load Balance Web Farm on EC2" />
  <row Id="7213" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4141" RevisionGUID="ff4f7960-abfa-4b79-9da3-45b27d38d979" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:44:38.237" UserId="1860" Text="&lt;amazon-ec2&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;load-balancer&gt;" />
  <row Id="7214" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4142" RevisionGUID="80bf7305-b4a3-4f1c-a025-eec3f82a3cc5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:46:32.757" UserId="1858" Text="The *strategic* question is &quot;How do I maximize free space on the System drive,&quot; and includes such things as disk compression, changing the TEMP environment variable, removing the hibernation file, minimizing the swap file, etc.  This is the *tactical* question about what files can be removed safely, and whether to remove them with a file system command or by changing a retention-setting somewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, C:/WINDOWS/Installer on of my machines is 1.5G, and the newest files in there are fifty days old.  Total free space on that C: drive is 3G. Is the proper approach to burn them to optical disk just-in-case, then delete them from the command line, or is there some Registry setting that will let Win2k3 do something more sophisticated?  Or is that 1.5G of precious, precious treasure?" />
  <row Id="7215" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4142" RevisionGUID="80bf7305-b4a3-4f1c-a025-eec3f82a3cc5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:46:32.757" UserId="1858" Text="Win2k3: What files can be deleted from the System drive, and what tool to delete them?" />
  <row Id="7216" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4142" RevisionGUID="80bf7305-b4a3-4f1c-a025-eec3f82a3cc5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:46:32.757" UserId="1858" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;diskspace&gt;&lt;cruft&gt;" />
  <row Id="7217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4143" RevisionGUID="0f353dd9-589a-4b4b-8849-5b71c8b7d1c9" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:47:59.400" UserId="1466" Text="Does anybody know how to configure Nagios to monitor **MS Exchange mail stores**?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have had mailstores unmount (because of diskspace, and other causes), and would like to **monitor their state** (mounted or not) via nagios.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use pNSClient.exe on our windows servers, which can monitor processes and services - but apparently Exchange simply uses one process (store.exe) for all mail stores - and so monitoring store.exe will not be helpful." />
  <row Id="7218" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4143" RevisionGUID="0f353dd9-589a-4b4b-8849-5b71c8b7d1c9" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:47:59.400" UserId="1466" Text="How to configure Nagios alerts for Exchange Mail Stores" />
  <row Id="7219" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4143" RevisionGUID="0f353dd9-589a-4b4b-8849-5b71c8b7d1c9" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:47:59.400" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;nagios&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;exchange2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="7220" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4144" RevisionGUID="88f311a2-a947-47b7-876b-d68811012322" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:49:34.327" UserId="613" Text="Don't overlook [pssh][1] and [dsh][2] either; they're both much like gsh that @Philip Durbin mentioned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.theether.org/pssh/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/software/dsh.html" />
  <row Id="7221" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4145" RevisionGUID="f344471d-18fe-4d01-9913-36822953b0e4" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:50:03.793" UserId="368" Text="I generally run external virus/rootkit scans from a Linux live disk. It's the only thing you can really trust. It does still involve keeping up to date with detection programs though." />
  <row Id="7222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4146" RevisionGUID="e25b2c69-14c4-4eb0-b404-a64a60c9b6b1" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:50:17.633" UserId="1376" Text="In the recent past I was asked to set up a reporting facility for upper management so they can spy on what web sites users are visiting. This was done without any notice given to users. Unfortunately, I have a good friend with some rather unusual tastes who I knew would be caught! He also knew I set up the reporting...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To me, the lack of user notification was unethical. What similar experiences have you had that haven't &quot;felt right&quot; and left you questioning what to do? How did you deal with it?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7223" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4146" RevisionGUID="e25b2c69-14c4-4eb0-b404-a64a60c9b6b1" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:50:17.633" UserId="1376" Text="What is the most ethically or morally questionable sysadmin task you have been given?" />
  <row Id="7224" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4146" RevisionGUID="e25b2c69-14c4-4eb0-b404-a64a60c9b6b1" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:50:17.633" UserId="1376" Text="&lt;ethics&gt;" />
  <row Id="7225" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4146" RevisionGUID="e25b2c69-14c4-4eb0-b404-a64a60c9b6b1" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:50:17.633" UserId="1376" />
  <row Id="7226" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4147" RevisionGUID="96564bec-3a23-4833-9b25-5829b552495a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:51:05.010" UserId="216" Text="Here's a very minimal one for CentOS 5.2 - it should be close enough for your requirements:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    text&#xD;&#xA;    install &#xD;&#xA;    url --url http://.../CentOS/5.2/os/x86_64&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    lang en_GB.UTF-8&#xD;&#xA;    keyboard uk&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    rootpw --iscrypted $1$......    # change this&#xD;&#xA;    firewall --enabled --port=22:tcp&#xD;&#xA;    authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5&#xD;&#xA;    selinux --disabled&#xD;&#xA;    timezone --utc Europe/London&#xD;&#xA;    bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=sda&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    clearpart --all --drives=cciss/c0d0 --initlabel&#xD;&#xA;    part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=100 --ondisk=cciss/c0d0 --asprimary&#xD;&#xA;    part pv.1 --size 1 --grow --ondisk=cciss/c0d0 --asprimary&#xD;&#xA;    volgroup VolGroup00 pv.1&#xD;&#xA;    logvol / --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol00 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=8192&#xD;&#xA;    logvol swap --fstype swap --name=LogVol01 --vgname=VolGroup00 --recommended&#xD;&#xA;    logvol /var --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol02 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=1 --grow &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    reboot&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    %packages&#xD;&#xA;    -bluez-utils&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    %post&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/bin/yum -y update &gt;&gt; /root/post_install.log 2&gt;&amp;1&#xD;&#xA;    /sbin/chkconfig --del bluetooth&#xD;&#xA;    /sbin/chkconfig --del cups&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use this at work for completely unattended installations on an HP pSeries Blade server.  You'll need to change the `cciss/c0d0` style labels to match your SCSI controller." />
  <row Id="7227" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4148" RevisionGUID="e91f6073-c9b2-41a7-b459-c4843904fd34" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:51:17.880" UserId="1466" Text="I think the standards are **chkrootkit** and **rkhunter**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would use both, and run them daily.  I know chkrootkit has an option to only notify you if anything changes (avoiding daily false-alerts).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running both helps to 1) not need to &quot;trust&quot; either, and 2) protects against attacks that try to specifically hide from one or the other." />
  <row Id="7228" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4135" RevisionGUID="f064626c-5b8d-4b9d-b66c-2a794d948d9e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:52:16.770" UserId="1466" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;rootkit&gt;" />
  <row Id="7229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4149" RevisionGUID="b0358ce0-e810-4c02-9bbe-757ce31d9654" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:55:53.483" UserId="1466" Text="I'm quoting Justin Scott's answer, because I'm pretty sure he was right:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Are you using NAT routing? Some NAT&#xD;&#xA;&gt; routers will inspect DNS packets and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; translate known external IPs that it&#xD;&#xA;&gt; handles and convert them to the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; internal IP addresses in the response&#xD;&#xA;&gt; before forwarding the packet along the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network." />
  <row Id="7230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4150" RevisionGUID="474f56ea-b65d-48a9-a73c-dfa65f646b82" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:56:18.647" UserId="1376" Text="I'm looking at the positives and negatives of deploying a SharePoint-specific anti-virus solution at the moment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this important if all the desktop clients are running anti-virus? Will installing SharePoint A/V noticeably impact performance? Are there any other things important to note about this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for any help." />
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  <row Id="7232" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4150" RevisionGUID="474f56ea-b65d-48a9-a73c-dfa65f646b82" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:56:18.647" UserId="1376" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;antivirus&gt;" />
  <row Id="7233" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4151" RevisionGUID="d23748ce-3f60-492b-8604-942c5818d163" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:56:56.070" UserId="1735" Text="I Think it is managements right to monitor the network/internet Activity. However i think they should be notifying users that something like this is in place. Irrespective of that as a user working in a Corporate environment i think we should be always just presume that we are being monitored." />
  <row Id="7234" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4151" RevisionGUID="d23748ce-3f60-492b-8604-942c5818d163" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:56:56.070" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4152" RevisionGUID="75e93797-5c37-4e5d-b67a-fe41ba77bbc8" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:59:08.640" UserId="1376" Text="What real-world experiences have you had with SharePoint anti-virus products? Are there any that should be avoided? So far I have been recommended [Microsoft Forefront][1] but that's it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for your help!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/serversecurity/sharepoint/en/us/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="7236" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4152" RevisionGUID="75e93797-5c37-4e5d-b67a-fe41ba77bbc8" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:59:08.640" UserId="1376" Text="What is a good SharePoint 2007 anti-virus solution?" />
  <row Id="7237" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4152" RevisionGUID="75e93797-5c37-4e5d-b67a-fe41ba77bbc8" CreationDate="2009-05-04T16:59:08.640" UserId="1376" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;anti-virus&gt;" />
  <row Id="7238" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4153" RevisionGUID="7e2dc174-6707-4d5f-a744-859222bcabec" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:01:37.043" UserId="1496" Text="Please do not remove the contents of %SYSTEMROOT%\Installer. If you do that, then in the best case you'll be unable to uninstall and/or repair any program installed from a Windows Installer database, and in the worst case all Windows Installer-serviced programs that have advertised autorepair capability will stop working (or at least annoy you every other minute with &quot;Windows Installer is configuring program blahblah&quot; dialog boxes while suspending program execution.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is no safe automated way to clena up a drive. Once you delete the obvious (%TEMP%, %SYSTEMROOT%\Temp, %SYSTEMROOT%\SoftwareDistribution\Download) all that's left is uninstalling unused stuff and compressing rarely used stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might also want to delete the (hidden+system) folders under %SYSTEMROOT% that hold the hotfix / Windows Update patch uninstall backups, unless you plan to uninstall windows hotfixes." />
  <row Id="7239" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4154" RevisionGUID="cc4d7c08-a511-4d81-aa0a-0205717e5b4a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:03:57.880" UserId="1797" Text="I recommend Symantec Antivirus Enterprise edition. Constantly up to date, consumes very little resources, and decently prized." />
  <row Id="7240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4155" RevisionGUID="e561497e-e7c0-43eb-b886-e018181f7e05" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:07:01.413" UserId="1581" Text="My knee-jerk answer would be -- in your case, at least -- to buy a larger hard drive. Hard drives are cheap and the tools exist to easily migrate your system/data to a larger hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said that, deleting &quot;unneeded&quot; files is often a matter of system performance/maintenance issues. Unless you know exactly what you are doing, I would recommend using a third-party tool to &quot;clean&quot; your harddrive (something of the ilk of, say, [CCleaner][1]). **And always keep good backups** for those times you screw things up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Enjoy,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Robert C. Cartaino&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ccleaner.com/" />
  <row Id="7241" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4156" RevisionGUID="26637f0a-71ee-43be-851e-2d6449beeaa0" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:07:17.450" UserId="1858" Text="By running on Server 2008, you are testing the unit-test serving-platform.  Arguably, stability is a virtue in a unit-test serving-platform, and it is reasonable to conjecture that, going forward, the number of patches for Server 2008 will be greater than the number of patches for Server 2003." />
  <row Id="7242" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4157" RevisionGUID="31070903-26a2-4ae1-8967-aa0be8b5be0f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:08:16.340" UserId="1851" Text="We currently have DDR II 667 RAM on the dedicated server. We're looking to a new server. One of the options only comes with DDR 400 (or DDR 400 registered). Is there a big difference between DDRII 667 and DDR 400? This is for an AMD Opteron 170 or Opteron 248.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if I run CPUZ on the current server it reports the type of memory to be DDR (not DDRII) with a DRAM frequency of 200MHz, CAS Latency 3 clocks, RAS to CAS delay 4 clocks, RAS precharge 4 clocks, cycle time 8 clocks, banks cycle time 12 clocks, command rate 1T, DRAM Idle Timer 16 clocks. Does this match the DDRII 667 that we are supposed to have?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you." />
  <row Id="7243" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4157" RevisionGUID="31070903-26a2-4ae1-8967-aa0be8b5be0f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:08:16.340" UserId="1851" Text="DDR II 667 vs DDR 400" />
  <row Id="7244" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4157" RevisionGUID="31070903-26a2-4ae1-8967-aa0be8b5be0f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:08:16.340" UserId="1851" Text="&lt;ram&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;ddr&gt;&lt;amd&gt;" />
  <row Id="7245" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4158" RevisionGUID="cf163641-1ad6-440f-b177-d211f4c9dce2" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:08:54.700" UserId="808" Text="YMMV.  When I really need to make room, I'll go to C:\WINDOWS and delete all directories that are many months old named like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $NtUninstallKB887742$&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I figure if a hotfix has been installed for months, and I have installed enough subsequent hotfixes, then I am unlike to ever want to (or even be able to) uninstall the hotfix in question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The risk from doing this is that you are guaranteed to not be able to uninstall the hotfix in question after removing this directory.  However, if a hotfix causes a problem, you should usually know pretty quickly.  I have so far never heard of someone discovering months after the fact that a Microsoft hotfix caused a big problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With the size of modern hard drives, assuming we're talking about a modern computer, I wouldn't worry about little stuff like a Gig or two total.  Not unless you have a fantastic need to make space just before replacing the whole hard drive with a much bigger one.  Because if you are so tight on space that freeing up one Gig will make a big difference, then you are only delaying the inevitable.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7246" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4159" RevisionGUID="20a06acf-3ba7-4183-a099-82a31718195f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:09:00.987" UserId="1865" Text=" - iTerm&#xD;&#xA; - SubEthaEdit&#xD;&#xA; - iStat&#xD;&#xA; - Firefox (plus Hyperwords and SeatBelt)&#xD;&#xA; - UnRARX&#xD;&#xA; - VLC&#xD;&#xA; - Perian" />
  <row Id="7247" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4159" RevisionGUID="20a06acf-3ba7-4183-a099-82a31718195f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:09:00.987" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7248" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4154" RevisionGUID="bd96dc3b-1cc4-46ec-a7da-06f0881e379e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:11:55.303" UserId="1797" Comment="Typo." Text="I recommend Symantec Antivirus Enterprise edition. Constantly up to date, consumes very little resources, and decently priced." />
  <row Id="7249" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4077" RevisionGUID="4f7156b7-fc3c-49ae-a9fd-e7ad61a618f8" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:12:58.280" UserId="1155" Comment="added 53 characters in body" Text="I think you get the biggest bang for the buck just by using the Microsoft provided anti-spyware solution, [Windows Defender][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It has the following advantages:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Updates pushed out via Windows Update&#xD;&#xA; 2. Supports Group Policy&#xD;&#xA; 3. Free&#xD;&#xA; 4. Supports Windows XP and up including Server OSes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternativley you can look at [Microsoft Forefront Client Security][2] which provides an integrated anti-virus and anti-spyware solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Defender&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/clientsecurity/en/us/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="7250" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4160" RevisionGUID="e516c888-ef9f-41b6-9785-b2dc734fd04c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:14:11.130" UserId="1131" Text="What kind of server is this? Seems terribly slow. DDR(1) is more expensive than DDR(2) these days if its a new server you should look at the mainanace costs but wow I think I throw away worse pc's than that without looking twice.. " />
  <row Id="7251" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4158" RevisionGUID="1e3f65c6-4c09-4007-a3e9-0e6d2d9c5726" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:14:55.247" UserId="808" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="YMMV.  When I really need to make room, I'll go to C:\WINDOWS and delete all directories that are many months old named like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $NtUninstallKB887742$&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I figure if a hotfix has been installed for months, and I have installed enough subsequent hotfixes, then I am unlike to ever want to (or even be able to) uninstall the hotfix in question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The risk from doing this is that you are guaranteed to not be able to uninstall the hotfix in question after removing this directory.  However, if a hotfix causes a problem, you should usually know pretty quickly.  I have so far never heard of someone discovering months after the fact that a Microsoft hotfix caused a big problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With the size of modern hard drives, assuming we're talking about a modern computer, I wouldn't worry about little stuff like a Gig or two total.  Not unless you have a fantastic need to make space just before replacing the whole hard drive with a much bigger one.  If you are so tight on space that freeing up one Gig will make a big difference, then you are only delaying the inevitable by doing so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To free up space, right click on My Computer and select &quot;Properties&quot;  Go to the System Restore tab.  Select a drive and then click &quot;Settings...&quot;  You can tune down the percentage of the disk that System Restore will use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You don't need to have a page file on every disk.  In the same &quot;Properties&quot; window of &quot;My Computer,&quot; go to Advanced and click &quot;Settings&quot; in the &quot;Performance&quot; box. Then in the pop-up, go to the &quot;Advanced&quot; tab.  The bottom box is &quot;Virtual Memory&quot;... click &quot;Change.&quot;  You can control where you have paging files and their size.  I typically only have a paging file on one partition." />
  <row Id="7252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4161" RevisionGUID="4c441d91-c598-4b79-b226-e853d529c77a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:15:25.043" UserId="1870" Text="Checkout [MX Logic][1].  We looked at their service pretty closely at my last employer and I believe they eventually decided to use them.  Their feature set is impressive and they seem to keep up with the &quot;best of breed&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mxlogic.com/" />
  <row Id="7253" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4109" RevisionGUID="90ebb044-6123-4c20-8933-e4a67d881575" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:16:41.390" UserId="912" Comment="added 79 characters in body" Text="We are reciving this message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  WASE1608: No XOP parts were located&#xD;&#xA;&gt; in the stream for the specified&#xD;&#xA;&gt; content-id:&#xD;&#xA;This happens on one machine in the office when trying to connect to a webservice.  The server is a windows 2003 iis 6 webservice and the client is an xp system.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7254" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4162" RevisionGUID="1964b6df-2b7c-4847-85b7-6aa1f1197871" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:17:54.790" UserId="1645" Text="667 and 400 indicate the bus speed of the RAM; higher is better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then there's also the issue of DDR vs. DDR2; DDR2 is better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When it comes to latency, the first number (CAS latency) is the more important of the four numbers; lower is better." />
  <row Id="7255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4163" RevisionGUID="442fa69b-380f-45fa-9cca-24c7641abee3" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:17:55.053" UserId="48" Text="If you know that all those who have access to Sharepoint have AV installed, and it will check any files they upload, then its not that important they are checked again on the Sharepoint server. However, can you be absolutely sure that is the case, can users turn off there AV, could there AV miss a file if there uploading a document from say a USB drive?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By implementing AV at the SharePoint server your sure that all files have been checked, and you have complete control over this, rather than relying on users to have it done at there workstations. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whilst it will obviously decrease performance a little scanning these files, it usually is not a noticeable difference and the slight decrease is worth it for the fact that your server is clean." />
  <row Id="7256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4164" RevisionGUID="0be3db9b-891a-413c-9539-5e6c7169778c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:18:02.043" UserId="1853" Text="DTS packages were sort of weird after SQL 2000, but you can still fun them.  You just have to install the add ons.  There is a great article [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb500440.aspx" />
  <row Id="7257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4165" RevisionGUID="c76f051e-5730-4f13-861f-addfb62badb8" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:23:04.933" UserId="1645" Text="I used to work for a company where management didn't like paying for software. I managed to convince them to buy legal copies of WinXP Pro and Office 2003, but they tried everything to save money. The boss bought a laptop that came with Office Student and Teacher edition, and he discovered the clause about installing on up to three computers. He ignored the part about not for commercial use and told me to use it on a few systems. I told him it was not legal but he didn't care. I begrudgingly proceeded under the hopes that I did my due diligence and wouldn't be at fault should the company get audited. Looking back, I wish that I had reported them." />
  <row Id="7258" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4165" RevisionGUID="c76f051e-5730-4f13-861f-addfb62badb8" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:23:04.933" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7259" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4142" RevisionGUID="06e6f8ae-74a4-4fd1-93de-7f8ff62b4d6d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:23:13.667" UserId="1858" Comment="Added &quot;buy a larger drive&quot; to the list of alternative tactics." Text="The *strategic* question is &quot;How do I maximize free space on the System drive,&quot; and includes such things as disk compression, changing the TEMP environment variable, removing the hibernation file, minimizing the swap file, buying a larger drive, etc.  This is the *tactical* question about what files can be removed safely, and whether to remove them with a file system command or by changing a retention-setting somewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, C:/WINDOWS/Installer on of my machines is 1.5G, and the newest files in there are fifty days old.  Total free space on that C: drive is 3G. Is the proper approach to burn them to optical disk just-in-case, then delete them from the command line, or is there some Registry setting that will let Win2k3 do something more sophisticated?  Or is that 1.5G of precious, precious treasure?" />
  <row Id="7260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4166" RevisionGUID="f8ea56df-5181-4588-935b-4ae356f141ac" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:23:24.057" UserId="681" Text="One advantage of Server 2003 is, if you have volume license keys, it easier to burn-down and rebuild your server. You don't need to muck with online activation and use up MAK keys." />
  <row Id="7261" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4167" RevisionGUID="7e15b212-235d-4677-9e42-b954d943e29c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:24:23.667" UserId="1589" Text="When I test network throughput, it's best to remove as many variables as possible such as disk i/o or CPU limitations.  Here's the procedure I use, which can illustrate the typical max you will ever see in your network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Tools:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both these utilities should be available on most modern *nix systems, either preinstalled, via packages, or able to be compiled from source.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Netcat][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [PV] [2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://netcat.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ivarch.com/programs/pv.shtml&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Procedure:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Run the following command on one computer to set up the UDP listener.  (Using UDP will give higher performance numbers because of the lack of TCP overhead to transfer.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; `nc -ulp 5000 &gt; /dev/null`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. On the other machine, run the following command, substituting the listener's ip address, to send a stream of zeros across the network to the nc listener.  The pv utility will show the current performance as tracked by the receiver.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; `pv &lt; /dev/zero | nc -u listener-ip-address 5000`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Notes:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The theoretical max on a Gig Ethernet connection is 119MB/s (notice, M**B**, not M**b**)&#xD;&#xA; - TCP can also be tested by removing the -u in both nc commands&#xD;&#xA; - In real world applications, you'll never reach the performance numbers illustrated in the pv output.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This method gives predictable results in a well designed network with properly functioning equipment.  For that reason, it is a good tool to help discover if the network itself or the networking equipment is contributing to the perceived &quot;slowness&quot;." />
  <row Id="7262" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4168" RevisionGUID="245bd777-048c-49ab-a981-6d490ecf46c6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:25:01.793" UserId="1848" Text="It is also important to note the Front Side Bus speed of the processor. If the FSB is 400 then 667 memory will do you no good." />
  <row Id="7263" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4169" RevisionGUID="ffc56e09-f762-496f-98f3-be9ecf7b5606" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:26:07.810" UserId="808" Text="See question #4 of the page for [CPU-Z][1] to see why it *might* misreport what RAM you have installed.  If you eyeball your RAM, most RAM sold in recent years has a sticker on it that says exactly what speed it is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You said that CPU-Z reported your memory as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- DRAM frequency of 200MHz&#xD;&#xA;- CAS Latency 3 clocks&#xD;&#xA;- RAS to CAS delay 4 clocks&#xD;&#xA;- RAS precharge 4 clocks&#xD;&#xA;- cycle time 8 clocks&#xD;&#xA;- banks cycle time 12 clocks&#xD;&#xA;- command rate 1T&#xD;&#xA;- DRAM Idle Timer 16 clocks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of these numbers, the two with the biggest single impact on memory access speed are the first two above, the front side bus speed (200 MHz x 2 for DDR = 400 MHz) and CAS latency. However, you asked does this mean you don't have DDR-II 667 -- this depends on whether or not your CPU supports a front side bus rate of 667.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4170" RevisionGUID="c0abc7d4-59d6-4ac9-97dd-cb017d667b75" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:27:24.190" UserId="371" Text="'Spying' on employee's web activity is par for the course.  The only thing unethical here is if it's not stated anywhere in the employee handbook or other signed disclosures at time of hire.  The long and short of it is the business owns the network and its data, not the user.  As they say in my line of business, &quot;There is no expectation of privacy&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="7266" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="42" RevisionGUID="8ad53ae8-d027-48db-b4b9-c75c23e7db1e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:27:25.267" UserId="75" />
  <row Id="7267" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4109" RevisionGUID="ec80e022-27cd-46dc-a21e-fa4fff9411ee" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:27:50.333" UserId="86" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;iis&gt;" />
  <row Id="7268" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4171" RevisionGUID="6713aab5-7ed0-45cd-826c-3e9876a42432" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:29:04.700" UserId="626" Text="This is a pretty good article to point you in the right direction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143716.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also try and catch one of Brian Knights Webinars, the pragnaticworks site is being redesigned but keep an eye out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also this [wiki][2] is useful for links&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143716.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://wiki.sqlis.com/default.aspx/SQLISWiki/UpgradingDTS.html" />
  <row Id="7269" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4172" RevisionGUID="98e5a247-1026-4ad7-809c-1fd0c496b5e5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:29:05.777" UserId="593" Text="My home Linux server has a four drive software RAID 5, where each SATA drive has two partitions, named sd[abcd][12].  /dev/md1 is built up from sd[abcd]1, /dev/md2 is built up from sd[abcd]2.  Each drive is 500GB, and each partition is 250GB.  I use LVM to merge md1 and md2 into a single volume group.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What would be a good procedure to upgrade these drives to 1TB each?  I have no more available SATA ports.  I've considered pulling one of the drives out, replacing it with a new 1TB drive partitioned with two 250GB partitions, and a 500GB partition, and rebuilding the array.  Repeat for each drive, then create a new RAID5 on sd[abcd]3.  That seems &quot;less than optimal&quot;: abusing the sync/recovery process seems to not be the right way to do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does it make more sense to use an external USB enclosure, stick in a new 1TB disk, partition it, add it to the md1 and md2 arrays, resync, then remove one of the old disks from the array, repeating that for each disk?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's really no good reason to have multiple arrays, spread across the same disks, so if the process eliminated that, that would be good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for your suggestions!" />
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  <row Id="7271" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4172" RevisionGUID="98e5a247-1026-4ad7-809c-1fd0c496b5e5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:29:05.777" UserId="593" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;storage&gt;" />
  <row Id="7272" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4173" RevisionGUID="c64f6c26-954c-4b62-8606-bb06d7e98327" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:30:38.643" UserId="564" Text="I have been using [OSSEC][1] and have been really impressed by the results&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ossec.net/" />
  <row Id="7273" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4109" RevisionGUID="854f8201-ca3c-4147-85c8-49c031c377ac" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:30:56.927" UserId="912" Comment="added 20 characters in body" Text="We are reciving this message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  WASE1608: No XOP parts were located&#xD;&#xA;&gt; in the stream for the specified&#xD;&#xA;&gt; content-id:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This happens on one machine in the office when an application is trying to connect to a webservice.  The server is a windows 2003 iis 6 webservice and the client is an xp system.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4174" RevisionGUID="df877f2a-b526-48d8-98f1-83f3b960d4ad" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:32:44.380" UserId="626" Text="I would suggest this [Addon][1] for WHS, i have used it for over a year it has some good information about whats going on under the hood&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tentaclesoftware.com/whsdiskmanagement/" />
  <row Id="7275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4175" RevisionGUID="7a9f4980-155b-42d2-9d11-975090259b74" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:33:16.623" UserId="1224" Text="I am trying to run `Shared Folders` under a different domain user according to one of user's [answer][1] for my other question `How do you know who or what is locking a remote file?`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; runas /user:domain\user fsmgmt.msc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even though running `fsmgmt.msc` by itself works fine,&#xD;&#xA;I am not able to run it when combining with `runas`.&#xD;&#xA;(domain\user &lt;-- I am using a valid user name)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	C:\&gt;runas /user:domain\user fsmgmt.msc&#xD;&#xA;	Enter the password for domain\user:&#xD;&#xA;	Attempting to start fsmgmt as user &quot;domain\user&quot; ...&#xD;&#xA;	RUNAS ERROR: Unable to run - fsmgmt.msc&#xD;&#xA;	2: The system cannot find the file specified.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is that intentional or am I supposed to put location of `fsmgmt.msc` in `PATH` environment variable?&#xD;&#xA;Questions:&#xD;&#xA; - How was I able to run `fsmgmt.msc` without updating `PATH`?&#xD;&#xA; - Is it possible to `runas` a different user for `fsmgmt.msc`?&#xD;&#xA;	&#xD;&#xA;	&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1948/how-do-you-know-who-or-what-is-locking-a-remote-file/1976#1976" />
  <row Id="7276" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4175" RevisionGUID="7a9f4980-155b-42d2-9d11-975090259b74" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:33:16.623" UserId="1224" Text="Run &quot;Shared Folders&quot; (fsmgmt.msc) as a different user" />
  <row Id="7277" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4175" RevisionGUID="7a9f4980-155b-42d2-9d11-975090259b74" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:33:16.623" UserId="1224" Text="&lt;runas&gt;&lt;sharedfolders&gt;&lt;credential&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="7278" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4176" RevisionGUID="a7344a80-3dd1-48c7-a679-a99f8170d043" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:33:25.733" UserId="1489" Text="As a programmer, we tend to take sysadmins for granted.  The few times I've been without a good sysadmin have really made me appreciate what you guys do.  When we're venturing into an environment without a sysadmin, what words of wisdom can you offer us?" />
  <row Id="7279" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4176" RevisionGUID="a7344a80-3dd1-48c7-a679-a99f8170d043" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:33:25.733" UserId="1489" Text="What sysadmin things should every programmer know?" />
  <row Id="7280" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4176" RevisionGUID="a7344a80-3dd1-48c7-a679-a99f8170d043" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:33:25.733" UserId="1489" />
  <row Id="7281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4177" RevisionGUID="7f8fc446-96d4-44c8-a8f8-64d21c0ccdb6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:35:02.720" UserId="1589" Text="You might consider the [Weathermap][1] project.  This generally works best in conjunction with some of the larger RRD based monitoring tools which provide auto-discovery and performance monitoring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Cacti][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [Zabbix][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [Zenoss][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.network-weathermap.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://cacti.net&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.zabbix.com&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://zenoss.com" />
  <row Id="7283" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4179" RevisionGUID="72e1e33c-c5e9-4640-a5e2-ed3b8a4ed0da" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:35:42.857" UserId="1561" Text="I'll go one better: with only a few exceptions, you should be able to migrate your entire laptop *live*, provided you use an external drive with enough capacity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Warning!  This proceedure is EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!  It assumes you have intimate knowledge of the partitioning process, you have a separate /boot partition, and you *know* a botched attempt can leave you with a dame-bramaged installation THAT WON'T BOOT!  YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll need:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- /boot located on a separate partition.  If you have a combined root filesystem (everyting is stuffed into / ) then this won't work.&#xD;&#xA;- The ability to boot from a USB hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;- an external drive large enough to hold all of the data and programs on your existing system.  Be sure to run a &quot;du /&quot; and wait for the end result, to get a real feel for the kind of space you'll need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;General Procedure (forgive me for lack of a few commands, I'm writing this very quickly):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Attach the external drive and locate its device name.  Let's pretend that you see it as /dev/sdb.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Create a two partitions on your external drive.  In our example, this will show up as /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdb2.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; parted /dev/sdb&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. Format the first partition as ext2 or ext3, and labeled &quot;boot&quot;.  Format the second partition on the external drive as type &quot;Linux LVM&quot;.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Get the newly minted LVM volume recognized by the system using&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   pvscan ; vgscan &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. Carve off a large-enough chunk of the external LVM volume to hold the entire laptop's hard drive.  If in doubt, just use all of the space available.&#xD;&#xA; 6. Format your LVM-based volume as ext3 or whatever filesystem tickles your fancy.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   mke3fs /dev/ExternalUSBVolume/ExternalRoot&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 7. For each *non-special* file system mount, create a directory on your external disk and copy (with attributes) all of your files in each mount to that disk.  Ignore copies of mountpoints like /proc, etc. as these are &quot;special&quot;.&#xD;&#xA; 8. create the special mountpoints by hand, so that they exist on your external drive.  Do not populate them, just make sure the names and permissions match.&#xD;&#xA; 9. (Very carefully) use your bootloader to install a boot image on your external drive, into the /boot partition.  This process is a bit complex so I'll leave it to you to find the info elsewhere.  **It's also dangerous if you botch it - you could end up trying to overwrite your bootloader on your laptop drive.  Be careful.**&#xD;&#xA; 9. Reboot your laptop.  When it is going through the POST, be sure to specify the external drive as your boot drive.  At this point in time, you should have a (more-or-less) near-replica of your laptop's drive.  (to the other admins out there: yes, I know, the log files and others are not in a 100% copied state, but that's not the emphasis here...it's on getting the data and tools moved over...)&#xD;&#xA; 10. Once you can boot from the external drive, you can then use it to wipe your laptop drive.  At this point, you're &quot;living out of&quot; your external drive.  Keep this in mind. &#xD;&#xA; 11. Then use a partition editor - gparted or whatever - to delete the original laptop partitions (bye-bye data...), then mark your newly-minted area as &quot;LVM&quot;.  Go through the process of getting your LVM volume recognized, partitioned, formatted, etc.&#xD;&#xA; 12. Using LVM's mirroring process, mirror your live system (which is currently on the external drive) back to the laptop drive.  Take a lunch break (or two) for this as it will take time.&#xD;&#xA; 13. Remount the live filesystem, moving the / filesystem from the external drive to your laptop LVM volume.&#xD;&#xA; 14. Re-run your bootloader installation process.  This is critical as the current ramdisk will not have the right settings and will not know you've moved things around.  Failing to do this will result in an unbootable system and a visit to a rescue disk.  If all else fails, you can boot from your external drive again (nothing lost...)&#xD;&#xA; 15. Reboot the laptop without the external drive attached, and specifying the laptop's internal drive instead.  It should boot fine.  Note anything that feels or looks hurt or broken (there shouldn't be anything), and fix it.&#xD;&#xA; 16. Sit back and enjoy a beverage for a job well done." />
  <row Id="7284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4180" RevisionGUID="abe3699c-895f-4ef1-9966-0ff0c2bdae1c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:36:22.560" UserId="371" Text="Plan B.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Always have a disaster recovery plan in mind when designing and developing a solution.  Recognize single points of failure that can lead to an outage." />
  <row Id="7285" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4169" RevisionGUID="db7e01f6-e5d1-4d63-8029-fe2fc7b36dad" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:36:27.147" UserId="808" Comment="added 50 characters in body" Text="See question #4 of the page for [CPU-Z][1] to see why it *might* misreport what RAM you have installed.  If you eyeball your RAM, most RAM sold in recent years has a sticker on it that says exactly what speed it is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You said that CPU-Z reported your memory as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- DRAM frequency of 200MHz&#xD;&#xA;- CAS Latency 3 clocks&#xD;&#xA;- RAS to CAS delay 4 clocks&#xD;&#xA;- RAS precharge 4 clocks&#xD;&#xA;- cycle time 8 clocks&#xD;&#xA;- banks cycle time 12 clocks&#xD;&#xA;- command rate 1T&#xD;&#xA;- DRAM Idle Timer 16 clocks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of these numbers, the two with the biggest single impact on memory access speed are the first two above, the front side bus speed (200 MHz x 2 for DDR = 400 MHz) and CAS latency. However, you asked does this mean you don't have DDR-II 667 -- this depends on whether or not your CPU supports a front side bus rate of 667.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will your BIOS tell you the FSB speed setting?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7286" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4142" RevisionGUID="89b525a6-9262-4d78-8ce1-f07875a602b7" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:37:28.207" UserId="1858" Comment="Added paragraph about virtual machines." Text="The *strategic* question is &quot;How do I maximize free space on the System drive,&quot; and includes such things as disk compression, changing the TEMP environment variable, removing the hibernation file, minimizing the swap file, buying a larger drive, etc.  This is the *tactical* question about what files can be removed safely, and whether to remove them with a file system command or by changing a retention-setting somewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, C:/WINDOWS/Installer on of my machines is 1.5G, and the newest files in there are fifty days old.  Total free space on that C: drive is 3G. Is the proper approach to burn them to optical disk just-in-case, then delete them from the command line, or is there some Registry setting that will let Win2k3 do something more sophisticated?  Or is that 1.5G of precious, precious treasure?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: The issue is particularly acute for virtual machines, where there will be system snapshots in multiple configurations.  An 8G disk is (initially) amply sufficient to run Win2K3, Visual Studio, SQL Server, and the application being developed, but over time cruft from old patches consumes enough resources to prevent new patches from being applied. " />
  <row Id="7287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4181" RevisionGUID="034108b1-df56-487e-89b4-7ec4f48113ee" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:38:59.467" UserId="48" Text="As you stated, because Exchange uses the store.exe process for all mailbox databases, it is not possible to monitor individual mailbox database that way. There may be ways to do so by talking directley to Exchange, but I don't know of any process for Nagios that can do that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The store.exe process is the Exchange Information Store service, this can be monitored by Nagios. If the mailbox databases dismounts because of diskspace issues, and many other issues it is likely this server will have stopped as well. Monitoring this should give you a good indication of mailbox issues&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This article][1] is an excellent tutorial on setting up monitoring for Exchange services and includes a lot of info on the different things you can check to monitor your Exchange servers health.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nagioswiki.com/wiki/index.php/Nagios_Checks_for_Exchange_Server_200x" />
  <row Id="7288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4182" RevisionGUID="3101c718-aee1-4c82-9d34-5ddffe6af276" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:40:09.883" UserId="1821" Text="Document everything you can. Cannot tell you how many times the last sysadmin thought it would be cute not to document something for 'job security' or someone just wanted to get in and get out. Just like a programmer should leaves good comments, sysadmins should document. A diagram of the topology would be nice too." />
  <row Id="7289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4183" RevisionGUID="9ab6c4fa-0f40-435d-ac91-fbd748ddac5d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:40:12.737" UserId="564" Text="Backup Backup Backup .... Test the backup .... Always be ready to roll back" />
  <row Id="7290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4184" RevisionGUID="894d26bb-2f78-432f-a6a9-c6a146d03e68" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:41:38.117" UserId="613" Text="You could do the resync-and-replace dance as you suggest, but once you're done copy all the files from md1 &amp; 2 onto md3, then nuke the md1 &amp; 2 partitions and expand the md3 partition to use the new space. To do that you'll want to make the first partition on the TB drives be part of md3 so you don't have to relocate the data later. " />
  <row Id="7291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4185" RevisionGUID="ea107a6e-3614-4476-bdcb-71420f3b1cd5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:41:57.837" UserId="1233" Text="I'd start with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. **Always** have a backup system of some kind. Even better if it has a history.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Consider single points of failure and how to deal with them should they fail.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Depending on the amount of computers involved, looking into some way to make and create a standard image across computers will make everyone's life easier - no &quot;it works on mine&quot; because they have such and such a program not normally installed.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Document everything, if only because you **will** forget how you set something up.&#xD;&#xA; 5. Keep abreast of security updates." />
  <row Id="7292" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1456" RevisionGUID="79c672f8-660a-4cde-8abf-2d19eb5733d1" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:44:43.570" UserId="981" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="If your internal domain is [`.local`][1], you will have a problem resolving names via DNS. There is an [old article on Mac OS X Hints][2] which describes a solution:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I created a `company.local` file in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `/etc/resolver`, and populated this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; file with the nameservers for the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `company.local` AD domain. This allows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Mac OS X to use standard DNS to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; resolve `company.local` (or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `subdomain.company.local`), while&#xD;&#xA;&gt; still allowing Rendezvous to operate&#xD;&#xA;&gt; as expected. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; The only drawback I've seen to this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; approach is that the nameservers in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this `company.local` file don't update&#xD;&#xA;&gt; via DHCP, so I have to update them&#xD;&#xA;&gt; manually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here][3] is a more official support document from Apple which will parse your existing `/etc/resolv.conf` to populate the file in `/etc/resolvers`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.local&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040806232315819&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2385" />
  <row Id="7293" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4179" RevisionGUID="db2af06a-c3a8-46ba-bf5e-f959b46c5413" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:45:06.643" UserId="1561" Comment="added 228 characters in body" Text="Yes, this can be done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, you can use it for a dual-boot windows system, *provided you make Windows the first partition, and it's a primary partition* (not an extended inside a logical).  My instructions here do not cover this situation, which requires you have some experience dealing with dual booting.  If you're after a dual-boot windows/linux setup, don't follow any advice below this point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll go one better: with only a few exceptions, you should be able to migrate your entire laptop *live*, provided you use an external drive with enough capacity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Warning!  This proceedure is EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!  It assumes you have intimate knowledge of the partitioning process, you have a separate /boot partition, and you *know* a botched attempt can leave you with a dame-bramaged installation THAT WON'T BOOT!  YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll need:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- /boot located on a separate partition.  If you have a combined root filesystem (everyting is stuffed into / ) then this won't work.&#xD;&#xA;- The ability to boot from a USB hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;- an external drive large enough to hold all of the data and programs on your existing system.  Be sure to run a &quot;du /&quot; and wait for the end result, to get a real feel for the kind of space you'll need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;General Procedure (forgive me for lack of a few commands, I'm writing this very quickly):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Attach the external drive and locate its device name.  Let's pretend that you see it as /dev/sdb.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Create a two partitions on your external drive.  In our example, this will show up as /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdb2.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; parted /dev/sdb&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. Format the first partition as ext2 or ext3, and labeled &quot;boot&quot;.  Format the second partition on the external drive as type &quot;Linux LVM&quot;.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Get the newly minted LVM volume recognized by the system using&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   pvscan ; vgscan &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. Carve off a large-enough chunk of the external LVM volume to hold the entire laptop's hard drive.  If in doubt, just use all of the space available.&#xD;&#xA; 6. Format your LVM-based volume as ext3 or whatever filesystem tickles your fancy.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   mke3fs /dev/ExternalUSBVolume/ExternalRoot&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 7. For each *non-special* file system mount, create a directory on your external disk and copy (with attributes) all of your files in each mount to that disk.  Ignore copies of mountpoints like /proc, etc. as these are &quot;special&quot;.&#xD;&#xA; 8. create the special mountpoints by hand, so that they exist on your external drive.  Do not populate them, just make sure the names and permissions match.&#xD;&#xA; 9. (Very carefully) use your bootloader to install a boot image on your external drive, into the /boot partition.  This process is a bit complex so I'll leave it to you to find the info elsewhere.  **It's also dangerous if you botch it - you could end up trying to overwrite your bootloader on your laptop drive.  Be careful.**&#xD;&#xA; 9. Reboot your laptop.  When it is going through the POST, be sure to specify the external drive as your boot drive.  At this point in time, you should have a (more-or-less) near-replica of your laptop's drive.  (to the other admins out there: yes, I know, the log files and others are not in a 100% copied state, but that's not the emphasis here...it's on getting the data and tools moved over...)&#xD;&#xA; 10. Once you can boot from the external drive, you can then use it to wipe your laptop drive.  At this point, you're &quot;living out of&quot; your external drive.  Keep this in mind. &#xD;&#xA; 11. Then use a partition editor - gparted or whatever - to delete the original laptop partitions (bye-bye data...), then mark your newly-minted area as &quot;LVM&quot;.  Go through the process of getting your LVM volume recognized, partitioned, formatted, etc.&#xD;&#xA; 12. Using LVM's mirroring process, mirror your live system (which is currently on the external drive) back to the laptop drive.  Take a lunch break (or two) for this as it will take time.&#xD;&#xA; 13. Remount the live filesystem, moving the / filesystem from the external drive to your laptop LVM volume.&#xD;&#xA; 14. Re-run your bootloader installation process.  This is critical as the current ramdisk will not have the right settings and will not know you've moved things around.  Failing to do this will result in an unbootable system and a visit to a rescue disk.  If all else fails, you can boot from your external drive again (nothing lost...)&#xD;&#xA; 15. Reboot the laptop without the external drive attached, and specifying the laptop's internal drive instead.  It should boot fine.  Note anything that feels or looks hurt or broken (there shouldn't be anything), and fix it.&#xD;&#xA; 16. Sit back and enjoy a beverage for a job well done." />
  <row Id="7294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4186" RevisionGUID="f3d16063-72cc-4957-8afc-97a976d8dff0" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:45:33.957" UserId="48" Text="Don't assume its easy. I know many programmers who think that just because they can setup IIS or Apache on there dev box that they can run a web farm. Understand what the job involves and do your research and planning, don't just think the sysadmin work is the easy thing you can do in 10 minutes to get your app deployed." />
  <row Id="7295" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4187" RevisionGUID="6e07404c-9092-4fc0-9404-b9f6c5c3766c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:45:49.917" UserId="61" Text="I would like to begin to upgrade my SOHO network to gigabit (from 10/100) and have heard a bit on Jumbo Frames.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What would be the best way to implement Jumbo Frames on a network? From what I can tell in order for it to work properly all network gear on the network must support Jumbo Frames. Is this true? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I have specific gear (e.g. network printer) that cannot be updated to GB ethernet will this prevent me from enabling Jumbo Frames?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are some of the gotcha's of enabling Jumbo Frames?" />
  <row Id="7296" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4187" RevisionGUID="6e07404c-9092-4fc0-9404-b9f6c5c3766c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:45:49.917" UserId="61" Text="Upgrading to Gigabit Network - Enabling Jumbo Frames" />
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  <row Id="7298" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4188" RevisionGUID="85ddb143-97fc-4108-98d1-c37e7f0d6903" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:46:04.830" UserId="1873" Text="What tool or technique do you use to prevent brute force attacks against your ssh port. I noticed in my Security logs, that I have millions of attempts to login as various users through ssh.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is on a FreeBSD box, but I imagine it would be applicable anywhere." />
  <row Id="7299" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4188" RevisionGUID="85ddb143-97fc-4108-98d1-c37e7f0d6903" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:46:04.830" UserId="1873" Text="Preventing brute force attacks against ssh?" />
  <row Id="7300" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4188" RevisionGUID="85ddb143-97fc-4108-98d1-c37e7f0d6903" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:46:04.830" UserId="1873" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;brute-force-attacks&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="7301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4189" RevisionGUID="abd95fe5-7855-4981-8b86-9fe3443128f2" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:47:17.340" UserId="887" Text="Try running MMC instead:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;runas /user:domain\user &quot;mmc fsmgmt.msc&quot;" />
  <row Id="7302" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4190" RevisionGUID="1c965f6c-23e9-42be-8ea1-b9fb5cb9bfb6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:47:30.677" UserId="1833" Text="I think most people run one of the alternate WRT firmwares (like Tomato, OpenWRT, DD-WRT, Packet Protector, etc) just for the geeky fun of it.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, there are some extra features that these firmwares have that are not available in the stock firmware.   For example, others here have mentioned the ability to increase your radio output power beyond what's allowed with the vendor firmware.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The big one for me was that the stock Linksys firmware on my WRT54GL wouldn't allow me to setup a static NAT such that a service was available on the outside (internet) on a different port than it was actually running on the internal server.  Specifically, I wanted to allow SSH access to one of my home boxes on several alternate ports (long story), but I didn't want to have to setup SSH on my home box to run on those ports.  The default Linksys firmware would allow that, but Tomato does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of the other alternate WRT firmwares offer even more features.   I'm considering upgrading my router from Tomato to OpenWRT because I'd like to run OpenWRT will let me setup my WRT54GL as an OpenVPN server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the shortened answer would be two reasons to run Tomato or otherwise reflash your router:&#xD;&#xA;1) if you want to use features that are in Tomato (or another alternate WRT firmware) that aren't in the vendors stock firmware&#xD;&#xA;2) just for kicks!  :-)" />
  <row Id="7303" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4191" RevisionGUID="8a8ec493-fb59-4ce6-9d8c-ffd7c60381d1" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:48:12.703" UserId="564" Text="One of the easiest ways to avoid these attacks is to change the port that sshd listens on" />
  <row Id="7304" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4192" RevisionGUID="c8e1b8c2-7ac8-4b6b-8dd3-7403d07a5fef" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:49:21.360" UserId="1041" Text="Know how to troubleshoot problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's very easy to pass the buck (e.g., your network is hosing my communication with the database).  It may be the network's fault, but you should have application logs with errors that, using Google or SO, may reveal a problem in an app's configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everyone likes to blame the hardware, OS, or network, so if you practice a little more due diligence, you'll make the sysadmin a happy person.  Because, if nothing else, you might be able to point them in a specific direction as to what might be wrong (as opposed to saying &quot;your network sucks&quot; or something equally helpful)." />
  <row Id="7305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4193" RevisionGUID="27ceb7ad-7d00-41af-bd68-8780a49d8042" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:49:51.733" UserId="700" Text="You may find [Jeff Atwood's post][1] on Jumbo Frames informative.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001232.html" />
  <row Id="7306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4194" RevisionGUID="a52fec1c-0441-4eb3-a20e-feaf82a8668e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:52:00.057" UserId="1831" Text="[Port-knocking][1] is a pretty solid way to keep this sort of thing out.  Slightly fiddly, sometimes annoying, but it definitely makes the issue go away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_knocking" />
  <row Id="7307" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4195" RevisionGUID="2f01622f-8917-4f5f-b506-f2affcf7453c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:53:17.667" UserId="1466" Text="I use **fail2ban** which will lock an IP out after several failed attempts for a configurable amount of time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Combine this with password strength testing (using **john** (John the Ripper)) to ensure brute-force attacks will not succeed." />
  <row Id="7308" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4196" RevisionGUID="00d0b2cd-8585-44ed-92f4-e65640cc4c33" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:53:45.420" UserId="780" Text=" - Change the port used (as Trent mentioned)&#xD;&#xA; - Require encryption keys instead of passwords. http://sial.org/howto/openssh/publickey-auth/&#xD;&#xA; - Blacklist attacker ips" />
  <row Id="7309" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4181" RevisionGUID="77de92dc-70bb-4726-a65f-b39dc87a5a8d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:58:51.587" UserId="48" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="As you stated, because Exchange uses the store.exe process for all mailbox databases, it is not possible to monitor individual mailbox database that way. There may be ways to do so by talking directley to Exchange, but I don't know of any process for Nagios that can do that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The store.exe process is the Exchange Information Store service, this can be monitored by Nagios. If the mailbox databases dismounts because of diskspace issues, and many other issues it is likely this server will have stopped as well. Monitoring this should give you a good indication of mailbox issues&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This article][1] is an excellent tutorial on setting up monitoring for Exchange services and includes a lot of info on the different things you can check to monitor your Exchange servers health.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Edit]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows Performance Counters does have a counter for the Exchange store, the Win32_PerfFormattedData_NTFSDRV_SMTPNTFSStoreDriver counter so this may also be able to be used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nagioswiki.com/wiki/index.php/Nagios_Checks_for_Exchange_Server_200x" />
  <row Id="7310" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4196" RevisionGUID="4d65237c-25f1-45e1-ab1e-13543d9fb909" CreationDate="2009-05-04T17:59:57.653" UserId="780" Comment="added 12 characters in body" Text=" - **Change the port** used (as Trent mentioned)&#xD;&#xA; - **Require encryption keys** instead of passwords. http://sial.org/howto/openssh/publickey-auth/&#xD;&#xA; - **Blacklist** attacker ips" />
  <row Id="7311" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4182" RevisionGUID="ad6e1333-a048-40dd-b3d3-7ceac5fb6f56" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:01:20.520" UserId="1821" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="Document everything you can. Cannot tell you how many times the last sysadmin thought it would be cute not to document something for 'job security' or someone just wanted to get in and get out. Just like a programmer should leave good comments, sysadmins should document. A diagram of the topology would be nice too." />
  <row Id="7315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4198" RevisionGUID="f6a99740-3e91-42ed-a1a0-9b5d87b52b36" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:01:52.997" UserId="1561" Text="- Realize that, for better or worse, many of the servers and/or networking equipment they tend to are very much like children from a second family.  **These are their babies.**  They tend them, help them along when they are ill, and monitor them vigilantly for trouble.  This *shouldn't* be this way, but after many years, *it often is*.  Keep this in mind as you communicate to them your concerns about equipment not performing properly or to expectation.  And if you get a reply you don't understand, it might be filtered through this world-view.&#xD;&#xA;- Be on good working terms.  Sounds cheezy, but it's worth its weight in gold.  Some day, you'll need some special favor.  And some day, that sysadmin will be happy to go out of their way to make life a little easier for you, just this one time.&#xD;&#xA;- That working relationship goes both ways.  If the sysadmin is very busy, and you could make life a little easier by writing a small script or program, then do it!  They'll appreciate it more than you know.&#xD;&#xA;- Be very clear.  &quot;This sucks&quot; is not as clear as &quot;having an intermittent network connection is a bit annoying, any chance you can look at it?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;- If you think your app will scale, ask the admin before *assuming* it will.  They might &quot;see&quot; something you don't, or know something about the performance limits of the equipment you're going to deploy on.&#xD;&#xA;- If your app needs tuning, but it doesn't appear to be a code issue, ask nicely about how the servers are performing.  Sysadmins tend their machines with loving care and are not pleased when they are &quot;ill&quot; or &quot;misbehaved&quot;.  Asking nicely will turn an ailing machine around (or get it repaired/replaced).&#xD;&#xA;- Beer.  Or Cola.  Or even Water.  Beverages are always welcomed.  Being a sysadmin is thirsty work." />
  <row Id="7316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4199" RevisionGUID="b3b69880-ace0-4ca6-a495-f1622873b255" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:02:19.720" UserId="1391" Text="I have some problems with some clients using Internet Explorer 7 to access an internal web application.  &#xD;&#xA;The problem:  &#xD;&#xA;Sometimes, IE7 on the client fails to load part of web pages or some images on that page. It is not systematic (i.e. the same page sometimes loads correctly and sometimes not, and the page with the problem varies every time) and it appears to be random, but it happens quite enough frequently to have those users complain a lot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I have excluded:  &#xD;&#xA;Other clients on the same network, accessing the same web application on the same server, doesn't have the problem, so it doesn't appear to be caused by the server, the application or the network.  &#xD;&#xA;The malfunctioning clients also have some similar problems when browsing the internet, so it doesn't appear to be caused by the internal web app.&#xD;&#xA;Other clients also have IE7 and no problems, so it doesn't appear to be connected with the particular version of IE.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I tried:  &#xD;&#xA;I applied Windows XP SP3 to those PC, and all patches from Microsoft Update, with no result.&#xD;&#xA;I have scanned the PC for viruses, and found none active.&#xD;&#xA;I have disabled the antivirus, with no result (and other clients with the same antivirus have no problems). &#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, I can't try with different browsers, because the web app is designed to run only on IE.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I suppose:  &#xD;&#xA;I know that those PCs have been infected with Conficker Worm some weeks ago, so it could have left some corrupted files or registry entry. But I don't know what to search for, or how to repair it.   &#xD;&#xA;IF the problem is confirmed to be caused by IE, would the upgrade to IE8 solve the problem? Would a complete uninstall and reinstall of IE7 solve it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I will appreciate any help you can offer, especially if you have experienced the same problem.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7317" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4199" RevisionGUID="b3b69880-ace0-4ca6-a495-f1622873b255" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:02:19.720" UserId="1391" Text="Internet explorer fails to load part of pages or images" />
  <row Id="7318" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4199" RevisionGUID="b3b69880-ace0-4ca6-a495-f1622873b255" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:02:19.720" UserId="1391" Text="&lt;internet-explorer&gt;" />
  <row Id="7319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4200" RevisionGUID="f941b6f8-93eb-4a65-afd2-9ae612c31eba" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:02:34.557" UserId="1054" Text="I have a domain user account (in mydomain.com, let's say) that is set to be the logon account for numerous instances of SQL Server 2005 on multiple machines.  I want to have this domain account (not the machine accounts) trusted for delegation, primarily to do 2 hop authentication between the SQL servers via linked servers.  The linked server security would be configured to use the context of the existing connection and all SQL Server instances are running under the context of said domain account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For argument sake, this will be the instance names of the SQL instances:&#xD;&#xA;svra (default sql instance)&#xD;&#xA;svra\inst2 (named sql instance)&#xD;&#xA;svrb (default sql instance)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think, then, the SPNs that I want to register in Active Directory would be&#xD;&#xA;MSSQLSvc/svra.mydomain.com:1433&#xD;&#xA;MSSQLSvc/svrb.mydomain.com:1433&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't need a 3rd for the named instance on svra, do I?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can someone confirm that that is the correct format for the SPN's?  Also, that would allow IIS running under the same domain account do 2 hop authentication to the SQL instances, correct?" />
  <row Id="7320" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4200" RevisionGUID="f941b6f8-93eb-4a65-afd2-9ae612c31eba" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:02:34.557" UserId="1054" Text="Set up delegation trust for domain user" />
  <row Id="7321" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4200" RevisionGUID="f941b6f8-93eb-4a65-afd2-9ae612c31eba" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:02:34.557" UserId="1054" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;delegation&gt;&lt;trust&gt;" />
  <row Id="7322" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4201" RevisionGUID="970c68d7-dd1e-4eeb-a273-b93b055eeb04" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:02:59.423" UserId="854" Text="[Something][1] similar has been asked already but my criteria is a little different. I need to share a portable hard drive (USB/Firewire) between Mac OSX, Linux and Windows XP systems where the files being shared are sometimes &gt;4GB. Is there a file system that is available out of the box on all these operating systems that support this? If not, what's the next best solution?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3868/best-file-system-for-external-usb-hard-drives-usb-memory-media" />
  <row Id="7323" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4201" RevisionGUID="970c68d7-dd1e-4eeb-a273-b93b055eeb04" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:02:59.423" UserId="854" Text="Which file system to use for portable hard drive shared among different operating systems?" />
  <row Id="7324" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4201" RevisionGUID="970c68d7-dd1e-4eeb-a273-b93b055eeb04" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:02:59.423" UserId="854" Text="&lt;portable-harddrive&gt;&lt;usb&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;" />
  <row Id="7325" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4202" RevisionGUID="17cbb853-15d5-4bc7-a93a-46c43b7ae554" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:03:48.017" UserId="93" Text="Documentation: no need to go nuts, but how the application works, a diagram showing how the bits fit and ways to test each component when it all goes wrong. Sample data and output is nice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Requirements: what modules does it rely on? Versions? OS?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Monitoring: ideally developers would include monitoring information and tests with the application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Speaking of packaging, PACKAGING! Nothing worse than a &quot;deployment&quot; which means checking out a new revision of a file from VCS and copying it to a bunch of servers. Too often programmers don't appreciate the complexity of deploying software: there are reasons why versioned, packaged software forms the backbone of most OSes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If a developer came to me with an RPM which installed first time with concise, comprehensive documentation and some Nagios tests they'd be my new best friend." />
  <row Id="7326" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4193" RevisionGUID="8c75c564-5a92-425a-a229-e1b7e34a970b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:05:41.960" UserId="700" Comment="added 213 characters in body" Text="You may find [Jeff Atwood's post][1] on Jumbo Frames informative.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Highlights of the post:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 20% Performance Boost&#xD;&#xA; - For a large frame to stay intact, every device it passes through must support that frame size&#xD;&#xA; - Switches that don't support Jumbo Frames will drop them&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001232.html" />
  <row Id="7327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4203" RevisionGUID="18fe4091-2a08-4a92-99f2-d2099dbffee2" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:06:24.220" UserId="1802" Text="Sometimes i have to worry about to less free Sessions for Terminal Server Connection to a Server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;quser displays information about user sessions on a terminal server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    quser /SERVER:myserver&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Output**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Documents and Settings\sysmanager01&gt;quser /SERVER:serverx&#xD;&#xA;    USERNAME                    SESSIONNAME        ID  STATE   IDLE TIME  LOGON TIME&#xD;&#xA;    usr_hot1                                        1  Disc        none   30.04.2009 17:59&#xD;&#xA;    usr_hot                                         2  Disc        none   30.04.2009 18:01&#xD;&#xA;    appsuperuser                rdp-tcp#6           3  Conn            .  01.01.1601 02:00&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes its even possible to find pureworkaholics like appsuperuser :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's easier when pasting the ***quser*** executable from any 32-bit Server to my local System32 folder." />
  <row Id="7328" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4203" RevisionGUID="18fe4091-2a08-4a92-99f2-d2099dbffee2" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:06:24.220" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4204" RevisionGUID="c87cefd0-28f3-4b54-b2b3-8d437e8bf36e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:06:41.240" UserId="887" Text="Make sure your SQL server isn't doing anything other than serving SQL, no file shares, no web servers. A database that size shouldn't have any performance issues, running Profiler will help zero in on any slow spots. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure you pre-allocate enough space so the database isn't auto-growing all the time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7330" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4205" RevisionGUID="f74a8ce0-40cd-41e4-ad6f-229d6a6f1e7a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:06:57.760" UserId="1872" Text="Ons small thing you can do is use something like DenyHosts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It uses the built-in hosts.allow/hosts.deny to block out SSH abusers." />
  <row Id="7331" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4206" RevisionGUID="b5d9d19c-a9fd-4942-a69f-d92ba2eb6ca6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:07:24.170" UserId="1821" Text="In my experience the next logical step would be an uninstall/reinstall IE. I am liking IE8 but on sites that are required to have IE you might wish to be careful.. it will detect IE8 as anything but." />
  <row Id="7332" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4198" RevisionGUID="d550b2db-4532-49a8-a037-747b0aea0b07" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:08:33.247" UserId="1561" Comment="deleted 4 characters in body" Text="- Realize that, for better or worse, many of the servers and/or networking equipment they tend to are very much like children from a second family.  **These are their babies.**  They tend them, help them along when they are ill, and monitor them vigilantly for trouble.  This *shouldn't* be this way, but after many years, *it often is*.  Keep this in mind as you communicate to them your concerns about equipment not performing properly or to expectation.  And if you get a reply you don't understand, try filtering it through this world-view.&#xD;&#xA;- Be on good working terms.  Sounds cheezy, but it's worth its weight in gold.  Some day, you'll need some special favor.  And some day, that sysadmin will be happy to go out of their way to make life a little easier for you, just this one time.&#xD;&#xA;- That working relationship goes both ways.  If the sysadmin is very busy, and you could make life a little easier by writing a small script or program, then do it!  They'll appreciate it more than you know.&#xD;&#xA;- Be very clear.  &quot;This sucks&quot; is not as clear as &quot;having an intermittent network connection is a bit annoying, any chance you can look at it?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;- If you think your app will scale, ask the admin before *assuming* it will.  They might &quot;see&quot; something you don't, or know something about the performance limits of the equipment you're going to deploy on.&#xD;&#xA;- If your app needs tuning, but it doesn't appear to be a code issue, ask nicely about how the servers are performing.  Sysadmins tend their machines with loving care and are not pleased when they are &quot;ill&quot; or &quot;misbehaved&quot;.  Asking nicely will turn an ailing machine around (or get it repaired/replaced).&#xD;&#xA;- Beer.  Or Cola.  Or even Water.  Beverages are always welcomed.  Being a sysadmin is thirsty work." />
  <row Id="7333" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4207" RevisionGUID="b1c4ea9c-bd4e-4250-8066-a3f2ac0a1b2d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:11:37.093" UserId="61" Text="Your best best is going to be FAT32. There are several limitations to FAT32 but it is the most recognized and works on all the systems mentioned." />
  <row Id="7334" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4208" RevisionGUID="675f386d-86ca-4c16-a358-976e487e0c64" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:11:41.150" UserId="605" Text="Out of the box, I'm pretty sure that Windows XP can only support FAT32 and NTFS. FAT32 can't handle files larger than 4GB, so there's your answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most systems can read NTFS, but a few cannot write to NTFS. I'm not sure which ones they are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can get by with only files smaller than 4GB, then go with FAT32, as it works the best on the most OS's." />
  <row Id="7335" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4209" RevisionGUID="649fbac3-a108-4989-a110-65ab29e73e5e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:12:39.743" UserId="1581" Text="The best for most coverage using the **FAT32** file system. But you won't be able to create files larger than 4GB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you use **NTFS** (Windows format) then Mac systems will be able to read it but cannot write to it unless third party software is installed. My collegue tells me that **MacFuse** and **NTFS-3G** will let you have full access to NTFS volumes on a Mac system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**NTFS-3G Stable Read/Write Driver** - Apparently, NTFS-3G also **supports Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, NetBSD, Solaris, Haiku**, and other operating systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Enjoy,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Robert C. Cartaino" />
  <row Id="7336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4210" RevisionGUID="276a7849-8159-4f66-a136-41f330199fc6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:12:53.347" UserId="1469" Text="I don't have experience here, but just to share my thoughts, Windows seems least likely to play nice with others, so you might want to try NTFS.  On that front, you can typically read NTFS partitions with any Linux install.  If you need write, you'd need to have ntfs-3g installed.  For OSX, you can try [ntfs-3g for Mac][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you only need read access, ext2/3 might be better, as there are no-install utilities to read them: [Mac][2], [PC][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=64713&amp;package_id=101149&amp;release_id=468470&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.chrysocome.net/explore2fs" />
  <row Id="7337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4211" RevisionGUID="062c2279-3ebe-4d12-a980-3c9f4b9b9137" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:14:02.173" UserId="1825" Text="Due to an acquisition of several smaller organizations we now have to migrate users and their machines (Windows 2000 &amp; XP Pro) from their old domains (NT &amp; 2000) to a 2003 domain. What are best practices? How best to ensure that locally installed apps do not break? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there good tools (free and non-free) available to help? We're looking at about 2500 users and machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a twist: all users have had their email (Exchange 2003) set up on their current setup so they have user accounts on the new domain." />
  <row Id="7338" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4211" RevisionGUID="062c2279-3ebe-4d12-a980-3c9f4b9b9137" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:14:02.173" UserId="1825" Text="Migrating users and machines to a new domain" />
  <row Id="7339" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4211" RevisionGUID="062c2279-3ebe-4d12-a980-3c9f4b9b9137" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:14:02.173" UserId="1825" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;desktop-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="7340" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4212" RevisionGUID="5d8a6f1b-3d16-479e-8a4b-f3ed28926083" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:14:49.877" UserId="1435" Text="Here's a good trick, don't bother trying to get OSX itself to connect to your AD - it can be done but I believe it's not that easy and can take a fair bit of support. Buy something called 'AdmitMac' from http://www.thursby.com/ - it takes all the pain away and is of course supported by them directly. Oh and don't let your macs use any protocols that you're not happy with, they're very flexible but they should work around you not the other way around." />
  <row Id="7341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4213" RevisionGUID="fcd03109-9d05-4ecf-ab1a-1cde08e213ad" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:15:34.387" UserId="1380" Text="What tools or techniques do you use to check if your server is really secure?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an administrator you spend quite some time to secure your server but how do you actually know if it really is? Let's say you have a webserver thus port 80 would be open. Also a vpn service so you can secure connect to the server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So apart from a simple port scan how do you test the security of your server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7342" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4213" RevisionGUID="fcd03109-9d05-4ecf-ab1a-1cde08e213ad" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:15:34.387" UserId="1380" Text="What is the best way to test how secure your server is?" />
  <row Id="7343" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4213" RevisionGUID="fcd03109-9d05-4ecf-ab1a-1cde08e213ad" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:15:34.387" UserId="1380" Text="&lt;server-security&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="7344" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4214" RevisionGUID="712fcf6e-db5c-44fb-a00c-9c4c6b8661d5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:16:31.840" UserId="1847" Text="Yes, everything must support Jumbo Frames - treat it like switching betwen token ring and ethernet. The only difference is that some devices might appear to still work for a short time or intermittently - this can also be a major headache if you don't keep track of *which* devices you reconfigured on a large network (i.e. 2 weeks later you get a trouble ticket from some user with a printer stuffed in the back of their cubicle that &quot;just now&quot; stopped working). The same applies with any new stuff - you'll need to setup a procedure to reconfigure any new devices and computers with jumbo frames, to avoid support calls when they don't work beyond the initial bootup." />
  <row Id="7345" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4215" RevisionGUID="b4bb68dc-7fd5-47bc-af9d-d08ad43cc889" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:16:54.383" UserId="1435" Text="While I love W2K8 more than any other version of Windows there are some software products out there that aren't 'officially' supported running on it. If you need the comfort of fully support then stick with W2K3, otherwise I think you'll be delighted with the newer version." />
  <row Id="7346" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4216" RevisionGUID="eea1e409-460b-4e76-81b7-5b1d6d0f27e9" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:18:12.773" UserId="564" Text="Run a program like nessus" />
  <row Id="7347" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4209" RevisionGUID="527fde29-e039-4670-9956-36f0357ec9f8" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:18:19.823" UserId="1581" Comment="added 41 characters in body" Text="The best for most coverage using the **FAT32** file system. But you won't be able to create files larger than 4GB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you use **NTFS** (Windows format) then Mac systems will be able to read it but cannot write to it unless third party software is installed. My collegue tells me that **MacFuse** and **NTFS-3G** will let you have full access to NTFS volumes on a Mac system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[NTFS-3G Stable Read/Write Driver][1]** - Apparently, NTFS-3G also **supports Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, NetBSD, Solaris, Haiku**, and other operating systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Enjoy,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Robert C. Cartaino&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ntfs-3g.org/" />
  <row Id="7348" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4217" RevisionGUID="90d86e70-a5ab-4247-8d0e-c5b81c7da6d9" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:21:08.647" UserId="388" Text="It depends on how big your deployment is, and how willing you are to run untested code. For example, many large companies will have their own in-house network architecture teams who will need to confirm that all required features/configurations function as advertised before rolling out a new code version/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, if your entire network consists of ten devices and you are the sole network administrator, the window between a new version being released and you deploying it may only be limited by how quickly you can download the image.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some rules of thumb that have served me well in the past:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Try and run the same version of code on all instances of a specific model of hardware. This simplifies inventory management; no need to check which devices a given security advisory applies to. It either applies to everything or nothing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* If you have a current support contract with Cisco, ask your SE to perform a bug scrub for you. Specify the features you need and the hardware platform you're running, and leave them to do the leg-work of finding the release that's right for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Devices that are directly internet facing, or that are routeable from the internet, should &lt;strong&gt;never&lt;/strong&gt; be left running code with known vulnerabilities. Seriously, just don't do it." />
  <row Id="7349" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4201" RevisionGUID="b0004b19-75ae-41f4-855e-2d07797824ee" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:22:02.340" UserId="854" Comment="Added read/write to the criteria. Expanded next best solution question." Text="[Something][1] similar has been asked already but my criteria is a little different. I need to share a portable hard drive (USB/Firewire) between Mac OSX, Linux and Windows XP systems where the files being shared are sometimes &gt;4GB. Is there a file system that is available out of the box on all these operating systems that support this **and** allows read/write access? If not, what's the next best solution in terms of installing additional software on these operating systems?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3868/best-file-system-for-external-usb-hard-drives-usb-memory-media" />
  <row Id="7350" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4218" RevisionGUID="307c5ead-4dd6-42ba-86af-47a454f3e675" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:23:20.887" UserId="1585" Text="When I try and open a help file (.chm) that resides on a unc path I get the following error:&#xD;&#xA;***&quot;Navigation to the webpage was canceled&quot;***.  &#xD;&#xA;If I copy the file locally I am able to open it.  &#xD;&#xA;I imagine there is a security tweak to make this work.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7351" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4218" RevisionGUID="307c5ead-4dd6-42ba-86af-47a454f3e675" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:23:20.887" UserId="1585" Text="How to Open help (.chm) files over unc path" />
  <row Id="7352" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4218" RevisionGUID="307c5ead-4dd6-42ba-86af-47a454f3e675" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:23:20.887" UserId="1585" Text="&lt;chm&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="7353" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4219" RevisionGUID="a46f2490-9bb1-4958-9863-4f0aaccd9994" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:24:07.860" UserId="1543" Text="I have an lvm ext3 partition that is larger than the drive I would like to clone it onto, but is nowhere close to full, so all of the data, itself, would fit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What would be the best way to clone this drive to the smaller one?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would prefer to not have to resize the partition first, if possible." />
  <row Id="7354" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4219" RevisionGUID="a46f2490-9bb1-4958-9863-4f0aaccd9994" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:24:07.860" UserId="1543" Text="How do I clone an lvm ext3 partition to a smaller drive?" />
  <row Id="7355" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4219" RevisionGUID="a46f2490-9bb1-4958-9863-4f0aaccd9994" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:24:07.860" UserId="1543" Text="&lt;lvm&gt;&lt;ext3&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="7356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4220" RevisionGUID="da6281dc-46e6-49d3-a5f0-3c3123557601" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:24:24.973" UserId="1435" Text="I'd stick with FAT32 and use a ZIP utility that splits its files into fixed-size (i.e. less than 4GB) chunks - messy and slow I admit but if you put the executables on the same disk for all the OSs you need and maybe even write and include a few small scripts to make it easier you'll have what you want." />
  <row Id="7357" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4221" RevisionGUID="63c7b54c-8988-4ecd-9834-c8898cc96185" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:25:35.797" UserId="1803" Text="Has anyone got any resources for determining a reasonable password policy for my users?  My personal leaning is to ratchet up password complexity and allow them to change them less often as a kind of compromise.  It seems that my average user has a higher tolerance for mixing in some numbers and special characters than they had 5 or 10 years ago.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for rules of thumb and/or resources I can use to back up my proposed policy changes.  Or even anecdotal info from those with more experience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I'm far from a security guru, so if that's just to vague to deal with, let's narrow the question to apply just to internal Windows networking passwords, though I'd be interested in what people are doing in terms of VPN and web service policy)" />
  <row Id="7358" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4221" RevisionGUID="63c7b54c-8988-4ecd-9834-c8898cc96185" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:25:35.797" UserId="1803" Text="User password age/complexity policy" />
  <row Id="7359" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4221" RevisionGUID="63c7b54c-8988-4ecd-9834-c8898cc96185" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:25:35.797" UserId="1803" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;password&gt;&lt;policy&gt;" />
  <row Id="7360" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4222" RevisionGUID="34524294-ffa1-40c9-a79d-4faaf270aff3" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:26:34.483" UserId="1877" Text="Rootkit checker should not be installed on your target machine. I do not know either chrootkit or rkjunter but if they required to be installed on the end machine they do not protect you much. A rootkitcheck software that runs on the target machine runs the risk that the rootkit (or the person who installed it) would compromise it and thus it would not provide you with the protection you seek.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personnally I go with [Tripwire][1].  What Tripwire does is take a hash (fingerprint) of all the file on your system and it lets you know when a file change. It allows for a remote host to be your &quot;trusted&quot; machine and have it scan your target machines for any file change. If a change is detected then you know something went wrong. Of course, you need to have some change control so regular updates on your system does not get flagged as an intrusion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To be on the safe side, at regular intervals, you want to go and make changes on your target machine to make sure that tripwire will report it. You also want to cut the connction between the target and the trusted machine running tripwire to make sure that it will be detected. This is as important as making sure you can restore your backups. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tripwire.com/" />
  <row Id="7361" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4223" RevisionGUID="052e3300-23b5-4b40-ace9-a1e07fc83043" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:27:07.790" UserId="1435" Text="That no one group or function is 'better' than another and that none require 'bigger brains' than each other either. I've seen both sides get all prima-dona'ish in the other's company - you're all trying to achieve the same goals - focus on these similarities and not the fact that you use different tools." />
  <row Id="7362" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4224" RevisionGUID="25f82d5d-be44-430f-bd02-e9ff61e45fdf" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:27:18.337" UserId="1561" Text="Use LVM Mirror copy.  This will copy the data live to the new location (including any updates), for as long as the mirror runs.  See [4.4.1.3. Creating Mirrored Volumes][1] at CentOS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Cluster_Logical_Volume_Manager/LV_create.html" />
  <row Id="7363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4225" RevisionGUID="d3168f71-f631-4613-a0be-313a78412e56" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:28:07.833" UserId="1466" Text="I have not used LVM, but the process would be to shrink the filesystem first, to a size that will fit on the new drive, before copying.  This can be done using **gparted** (also known as **Partition Manager**)" />
  <row Id="7364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4226" RevisionGUID="18d9451c-88ad-4c7c-8fbb-79d9a8548602" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:28:10.377" UserId="1872" Text="The mysql website offers non-RPM binaries of their cluster server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/cluster/7.0.html#Linux_(non_RPM_packages)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used their pre-packaged binaries in the past and they seem to be pretty easy to use. They are about as easy to install as it gets without using a package manager." />
  <row Id="7365" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4227" RevisionGUID="96559017-47c5-4192-999c-f85f0abbbc20" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:28:46.553" UserId="1435" Text="There are some great 'BlackHat' security evaluation and testing consultancies out there, if you're serious about your business they're worth paying." />
  <row Id="7366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4228" RevisionGUID="546d43c8-29e0-4a25-9d3c-224193ccc20a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:30:24.210" UserId="533" Text="First, it might be best to explain what jumbo frame ethernet is.  Ethernet is a layer 2 networking technology and its Protocol Data Unit (PDU) is a frame.  For reference, an L3PDU (IP layer) is a packet, and an L4PDU (tcp/udp) is a segment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An ethernet frame (there are several types of ethernet but we can generalize here) consists of a header (containing, among other things, a source MAC, a destination MAC, an 802.1q VLAN tag, etc) the data, or paylod, of the frame, and a CRC checksum used to validate the successful transmission of the frame.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The original ethernet specified a frame size (the valume of data in the entire frame, including the header and checksum) as 1500 bytes (or possibly 1518, have to look it up).  This number struck a balance between amount of data to send at once and the likelihood of that transmission failing or colliding and having to be retransmitted.  With the advent of fast, full duplex LANs, people realized that performance could be improved by increasing the ethernet frame size.  The traditional size of jumbo frames are 9000 bytes per frame, though this is mostly convention.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a rock solid, full duplex LAN (or VLAN) in which all elements are expecting to receive jumbo frame ethernet, it actually does improve performance.  The problem with this scenario is if you introduce a network element or end device which doesn't expect it.  In the best case, it will result in a performance degradation as packets are lost because receiving devices are expecting only 1518 bytes in a frame.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now to your specific questions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; What would be the best way to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; implement Jumbo Frames on a network?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a subjective question.  At my place of business we chose to implement it only where we knew we had all the variable under control and we knew it would help.  To do this we implemented it in a special &quot;private&quot; vlan that only specific devices could access via their second NICs.  Specifically, we put the second NIC of our file servers and application servers into this new VLAN and then changed all references to the IP scheme used in this VLAN.  That allows us to narrowly target (no ones going to plug a desktop machine into this VLAN) the specific area we know would most benefit (the highest utilization data links in our infrastructure).  This maximizes gain while minimizing risk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More specifically, on the network side (using IOS), we built VLANs dedicated to the jumbo frame devices, then added &quot;mtu 9000&quot; to their vlan definition.  Every interface on the switch that would be using this network was put in this vlan using something like &quot;switchport access vlan 11&quot;.  On the linux machines (which have eth0 connected to the standard network and eth1 connected to the jumbo frame network) we added &quot;MTU=9000&quot; to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1.  Because we never route these packets (it's impossible for anything not directly connected to the jumbo frame VLAN to speak with a NIC on the jumbo frame VLAN) we never had to worry about a router configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; From what I can tell in order for it to work properly all network gear&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on the network must support Jumbo&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Frames. Is this true?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yeah, pretty much.  All network &quot;clients&quot; (by which I means servers/desktops/IPKVMs/IP environmental monitors, etc) must speak it also or, as mentioned above, you'll have lots of semi-reachable machines (they'll ping, and any L3 or L4PDU that's less than 1500 bytes will succeed, which means, as an example, your mail server will ping, and you'll be able to hand deliver what will likely be a small test message.  But when you try to deliver a real mail (the one with the excel attachment that is pushed the frame size &gt;1500 bytes) it will mysteriously fail).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If I have specific gear (e.g. network&#xD;&#xA;&gt; printer) that cannot be updated to GB&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ethernet will this prevent me from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; enabling Jumbo Frames?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that's the case, here's what I would do (assuming network gear that can handle this):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - build two VLANs, one with jumbo frame and one without&#xD;&#xA; - assign all your network devices to one vlan or the other&#xD;&#xA; - in your router, and switches, implement the jumbo frame vlan and change the frame size on any network clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This means that you will no longer have a flat L2 topology on your network.  For instance, if from your jumbo-frame enabled server you want to print to your non-jumbo frame printer, the packets will have to be routed (travel through your router, the frames rewritten into a more conventional size, and then sent to the printer on the other VLAN).  This means that communication between your jumbo frame and non-jumbo frame machines will be slightly poorer than it was before, but the data transfer rates between all devices on the jumbro frame VLAN will be better.  It's really just a judgement call.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; What are some of the gotcha's of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; enabling Jumbo Frames?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hopefully covered above.  Good luck!" />
  <row Id="7367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4229" RevisionGUID="77bbd3c9-48b2-4244-881b-ffc5567cb601" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:33:56.417" UserId="1845" Text="I have a laptop that will not boot. &#xD;&#xA;Sony Laptop windows XP media center edition.&#xD;&#xA;It blue screens with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Technical information:&#xD;&#xA;STOP: 0x0000007E (0xC0000005,0x000040D8,0xF79E5548,0xF79E5244)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No listing as to which driver caused the BSOD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have run spinrite  level 2 on the drive no errors.&#xD;&#xA;I have run chkdsk /P from the recovery console twice.&#xD;&#xA;The first time chkdsk did find errors.&#xD;&#xA;All boot options on the boot screen fail.&#xD;&#xA;(Safe mode and last know good config fail)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The last driver on the screen before BSOD is mup.sys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the next step to trouble shoot the problem?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7368" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4229" RevisionGUID="77bbd3c9-48b2-4244-881b-ffc5567cb601" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:33:56.417" UserId="1845" Text="XP Boot Failure BSOD Stop 7E" />
  <row Id="7369" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4229" RevisionGUID="77bbd3c9-48b2-4244-881b-ffc5567cb601" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:33:56.417" UserId="1845" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;reboot&gt;" />
  <row Id="7370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4230" RevisionGUID="ac5d4565-b138-4b5a-93dc-bd32e0ec4636" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:34:48.863" UserId="1041" Text="I believe, when I worked for a healthcare institution, that some of our requirements came from HIPAA.  I haven't looked at the SOX regs (which I guess I now adhere to in the insurance world), but they may have some similar language as a basis for this sort of thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Beyond that, if you're part of a larger IT organization (sub-division in a larger corporation) the corporation may have rules that could be adhered to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bottom line needs to be that, whatever policy gets implemented, it be blessed by senior management, and preferably written up in a security or IT policy that all staff need to be made aware of/adhere to.  It doesn't need to be draconian (change password every 180 days, combination of alpha and numerics), but it should be company policy so everyone is crystal clear on the requirement." />
  <row Id="7371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4231" RevisionGUID="ea5632d0-e598-4380-9a27-31667533daa6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:35:50.997" UserId="681" Text="Generally you need to register both the FQDN SPN and the Netbios name SPN: &#xD;&#xA;MSSQLSvc/svra.mydomain.com:1433&#xD;&#xA;AND&#xD;&#xA;MSSQLSvc/svra:1433&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the secondary instance (inst2) you need an SPN for that instance's TCP port&#xD;&#xA;MSSQLSvc/svra:1500 (for example)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if the SQL Server service process runs under a domain account you need to specify that as well, eg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MSSQLSvc/svra.mydomain.com:1433 &lt;accountname&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that if you run the SQL Server service process as LOCALSYSTEM, these SPNs are created automatically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, you need to set the &quot;Trusted for delegation&quot; flag on the IIS server's computer account in the domain.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7372" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4232" RevisionGUID="83987447-2f29-4ce1-9fc3-d35e3f43aa74" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:36:34.850" UserId="640" Text="You're doing the right thing by considering what your users are willing to work with. If you force highly complex passwords that must change frequently, you'll find your post-it note consumption will skyrocket." />
  <row Id="7373" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4233" RevisionGUID="3d8589cb-3e10-4b56-88b3-dbb935a0f05b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:37:44.317" UserId="649" Text="* Apple's Developer Tools&#xD;&#xA;* macports&#xD;&#xA;  * `bash_completion`&#xD;&#xA;  * `wireshark`&#xD;&#xA;  * `emacs +carbon`&#xD;&#xA;  * `git-core +bash_completion +doc +svn`&#xD;&#xA;  * `mercurial`&#xD;&#xA;  * various other development tools&#xD;&#xA;* Firefox (though I personally use Safari, I always have Firefox installed for testing purposes and for the few sites that are compatible with Firefox but not Safari)&#xD;&#xA;  * AdBlock Plus&#xD;&#xA;  * NoScript&#xD;&#xA;  * Firebug&#xD;&#xA;* Adium&#xD;&#xA;* Colloquy&#xD;&#xA;* Perian&#xD;&#xA;* VLC&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not really sure what you mean by &quot;must install&quot;, but these are all things that I pretty much always." />
  <row Id="7374" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4233" RevisionGUID="3d8589cb-3e10-4b56-88b3-dbb935a0f05b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:37:44.317" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4234" RevisionGUID="1cc76caf-3d5c-4039-a7fc-85c69cd016a6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:38:46.170" UserId="1561" Text="Having lived through a small domain migration, it's doable.  But...expect pain.  And having Exchange in the mix can mean a *world* of pain, if you don't have some kind of plan to mitigate the changeover.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The issue isn't so much that applications will break, but rather, how many things will break due to account privs missing on files, etc.   To give you an idea of the effort involved, our setup was a simple one - file services, print services, email handled by a linux box.  It took four people working 38 hours without breaks to get everything moved and running, because the user accounts had to be redone, meaning new SIDs along the way.  New SIDs = nothing had the correct security settings.  We moved from a flat NT4-style domain model to one that had just two tiers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Exchange's use of existing AD accounts can both help and hinder you.  Because those accounts are going away, there won't be a way for Exchange to figure out who gets what mailbox (those SIDs are just gone now).  So, it's important to have a full backup of the data store.  Unless you have someone well versed at running Exhcange, you might be better off using a fresh installation and restoring your mailboxes from backup.  Getting the restore to recognize which account has what mailbox will be key.  Plan on several practice runs." />
  <row Id="7376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4235" RevisionGUID="972c0060-66d1-4c60-94e2-f25736080771" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:39:03.563" UserId="436" Text="if you have sp2 of sql2005, you can (and since you're a dba probably already did) install the performance dashboard report plugin. after rebooting the server, i'll watch the performance monitor for helpful indices. the performance monitor provides a wealth of information. over time, i've found that it accumulates to much stuff (but that might be because i have a database setup like fogbugz ... i have many client databases, all with the same structure, on the same server ... sql server will treat needed indices in each of these as separate and that leads to a bunch of effectively duplicate entries in the report). anyway, i spend a lot of time looking at the missing index reports and adding/modifying indices as a result.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;best regards,&#xD;&#xA;don" />
  <row Id="7377" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4236" RevisionGUID="c15bfccf-8e45-45a2-bc74-32244c89bf0a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:39:18.260" UserId="1645" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lockdown.co.uk/?pg=combi&quot;&gt;http://www.lockdown.co.uk/?pg=combi&lt;/a&gt;" />
  <row Id="7378" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4224" RevisionGUID="c892d104-19cf-4dfd-92e9-9610b9eebe64" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:43:54.583" UserId="1561" Comment="added 181 characters in body" Text="Use LVM Mirror copy.  This will copy the data live to the new location (including any updates), for as long as the mirror runs.  See [4.4.1.3. Creating Mirrored Volumes][1] at CentOS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;As Brent Nesbitt pointed out, you'll want to shrink your volume first.  Gparted will do the job for you, provided that the filesystem supports shrinking.  EXT3 will shrink.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Cluster_Logical_Volume_Manager/LV_create.html" />
  <row Id="7379" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4237" RevisionGUID="04aeb84b-5baa-4dac-b435-d2dbbf8746d1" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:44:39.043" UserId="942" Text="[How to troubleshoot a Stop 0x0000007E error in Windows XP][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Recovering from a mup.sys boot hang on windows 2000 or XP][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330182&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://www.aitechsolutions.net/mupdotsysXPhang.html" />
  <row Id="7380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4238" RevisionGUID="51c275cc-f13e-44f6-8426-acb459449c5c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:46:55.137" UserId="1466" Text="In today's world of random brute-force password attacks, I tend to agree with the statement that: **a good password written down is better than a memorized password that is easy to guess**" />
  <row Id="7381" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4239" RevisionGUID="cb4d4822-2e39-40ce-b515-d217b9833243" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:49:28.390" UserId="1877" Text="Running a vulnerability scanner is a good idea ([Nessus][1] is one of them). You'll need some training to have repeatable and results and to allow you to cover a maximum of the security settings. There are firm that will come in do the scan for you. It's cheaper upfront since you pay once and get all the results but having somebody in your organization trained to do these kind of inspection will pay off on the long run since you'd want to schedule them on a regular basis. If you decide to go with a tool, I do recommend Nessus with its [ProfessionnalFeed][2] since it includes Audit plugin that will detect missing updates, etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Outside of vulnerability scans, you'll also want to put in place measures to ensures that your security controls are working. If you're using any type of change detection (like [tripwire][3]) to detect unauthorized change on your system you'll want to go and change a binary file on a regular basis (once a month let say) to make sure it gets picked up. If you have a firewall in place, you'll want to test that some system ports are closed. Regular checkup can make a world of difference in my experience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll also want to audit your system update logs. If you are running Windows based server, running the [Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer][4] (currently at version 2.1) on a regular basis will also help ensure your updates are in place and some of the basic policies have be applied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nessus.org/nessus/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.nessus.org/products/professional-feed/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.tripwire.com&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://technet.microsoft.com/fr-ca/security/cc184924.aspx" />
  <row Id="7382" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4240" RevisionGUID="7b2c4084-1880-41da-b317-f747dcdc7f16" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:51:41.070" UserId="254" Text="I'm much more in favour of longer password (which, realistically, means as in multi-word phrases in you're going to remember them) instead of mixing in words and numbers. If you force people to add numbers, they're more likely to do simple things like replace i with 1 etc. which doesn't gain you very much security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc512609.aspx#EEAA" />
  <row Id="7383" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4241" RevisionGUID="bdf3fbf0-e477-48ba-96e3-5ef65794821a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:53:31.767" UserId="681" Text="See this KB article:&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896358&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4242" RevisionGUID="bbdda4b5-69b5-4893-8a1e-60e595191d8d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:53:40.660" UserId="1520" Text="This doesn't really help solve the problem, but it's important to note that the last driver displayed on the screen isn't the cause of the problem - it's the next in line to be loaded. In my case, this was a video card driver, but if you aren't able to boot in Safe mode of VGA mode, that's probably not the case." />
  <row Id="7385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4243" RevisionGUID="84b96d2e-9d50-4bce-a380-e41434c96eca" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:53:43.373" UserId="1522" Text="I have an environment of Windows Server 2003 machines that are running ADAM (Active Directory Application Mode) over SSL.  The SSL certificates that are installed on the machines are created using our internal CA and are trusted on any computer on our domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that they expire.  Is there a way that I can configure the server or certificate services to enable these certificates to renew themselves or get renewed in an automated fashion?" />
  <row Id="7386" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4243" RevisionGUID="84b96d2e-9d50-4bce-a380-e41434c96eca" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:53:43.373" UserId="1522" Text="How do I (or is it possible) to configure SSL Certificates for ADAM to self-renew." />
  <row Id="7387" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4243" RevisionGUID="84b96d2e-9d50-4bce-a380-e41434c96eca" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:53:43.373" UserId="1522" Text="&lt;ssl&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;adam&gt;" />
  <row Id="7388" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4244" RevisionGUID="542cde63-6f7f-43cd-be7f-015cd8b67432" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:54:43.527" UserId="1681" Text="We need a reliable spell check application for Internet Explorer (running IE6, 7 &amp; 8) for our corporation.  Currently other browsers are not part of our standard PC build, nor does security and networking wish to add one at this time.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could you please recommend a integral spell check option for IE we could use across our enterprise.  It must support localization.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you." />
  <row Id="7389" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4244" RevisionGUID="542cde63-6f7f-43cd-be7f-015cd8b67432" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:54:43.527" UserId="1681" Text="Spell check for Internet Explorer" />
  <row Id="7390" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4244" RevisionGUID="542cde63-6f7f-43cd-be7f-015cd8b67432" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:54:43.527" UserId="1681" Text="&lt;internet-explorer&gt;&lt;spellcheck&gt;" />
  <row Id="7391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4245" RevisionGUID="c42b462a-8b73-41f5-9f70-02dc2cea32d5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:58:02.520" UserId="1645" Text="This is the only one I'm aware of:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iespell.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.iespell.com/&lt;/a&gt;" />
  <row Id="7392" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4116" RevisionGUID="4fb6e60e-e2d8-4643-bc2a-6407098e8d4f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:58:10.540" UserId="1078" Comment="more info" Text="I'm a dba with a database with ~280 tables, and total datasize of ~1,5GB. I'd like to tune the database to make it perform better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you do to keep your SQL databases performant? How much fiddling with indexes, statistics, and defragmentation do you do?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the biggest performance killers/improvements, and how do you troubleshoot to find out where to optimize?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;This is a database from a 3rd party CRM system, so I have no control over the code. They have added lots of indexes (in sensible places), but I would like to know how I can maintain the speed of the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do run nightly &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    EXEC sp_MSforeachtable &quot;dbcc dbreindex('?', '', 90)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;to rebuild indexes and (hopefully) update statistics, using a maintenance plan. The same plan also executes a &quot;Shrink Database Task&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What other nightly/weekly maintenance tasks, or one-time optimizations could be done?" />
  <row Id="7393" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4240" RevisionGUID="9cae8778-b50c-4e5e-9155-823d50ff3a84" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:58:19.757" UserId="254" Comment="deleted 13 characters in body" Text="I'm much more in favour of longer password (which, realistically, means as in multi-word phrases in you're going to remember them) instead of mixing in words and numbers. If you force people to add numbers, they're more likely to do simple things like replace i with 1 etc. which doesn't gain you very much security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.iusmentis.com/security/passphrasefaq/" />
  <row Id="7394" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4246" RevisionGUID="52a89a2b-ce90-4558-87f5-093365c23337" CreationDate="2009-05-04T18:59:12.457" UserId="1882" Text="In addition to using a vulnerability scanner, you might consider hitting the machine with the various features of [nmap][1]. This can help you get an idea for what a potential attacker might be able to figure out about your system before trying a real attack. As a side note, I hear that [snort][2] is very good for an Intrusion Detection System.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nmap.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.snort.org/" />
  <row Id="7395" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4233" RevisionGUID="1d339f67-1cd6-48ec-b4e3-0f1a678d819e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:03:13.600" UserId="649" Comment="added 8 characters in body" Text="* Apple's Developer Tools&#xD;&#xA;* macports&#xD;&#xA;  * `bash_completion`&#xD;&#xA;  * `wireshark`&#xD;&#xA;  * `emacs +carbon`&#xD;&#xA;  * `git-core +bash_completion +doc +svn`&#xD;&#xA;  * `mercurial`&#xD;&#xA;  * various other development tools&#xD;&#xA;* Firefox (though I personally use Safari, I always have Firefox installed for testing purposes and for the few sites that are compatible with Firefox but not Safari)&#xD;&#xA;  * AdBlock Plus&#xD;&#xA;  * NoScript&#xD;&#xA;  * Firebug&#xD;&#xA;* Adium&#xD;&#xA;* Colloquy&#xD;&#xA;* Perian&#xD;&#xA;* VLC&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not really sure what you mean by &quot;must install&quot;, but these are all things that I pretty much always install." />
  <row Id="7396" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4247" RevisionGUID="4940f9e5-2593-40a1-9846-6b36dc463d5a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:03:26.720" UserId="1882" Text="I've not used it myself but I have heard that [fprot][1] does a good job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.f-prot.com/" />
  <row Id="7397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4248" RevisionGUID="556a83f6-554c-4b73-b428-ebdbe248f9cc" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:04:40.007" UserId="1433" Text="Microsoft's free [Windows User State Migration Tool][1] might be of assistance here. I've used it on a small scale, converting local user accounts to domain accounts. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ran into a few small glitches, but almost everything came across intact.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=799ab28c-691b-4b36-b7ad-6c604be4c595&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="7398" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4196" RevisionGUID="b95d1aa1-ffb2-48ae-9824-1c7eb4753fc8" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:06:24.077" UserId="780" Comment="added 56 characters in body" Text=" - **Change the port** used (as [Trent][1] mentioned)&#xD;&#xA; - **Require encryption keys** instead of passwords. http://sial.org/howto/openssh/publickey-auth/&#xD;&#xA; - **Blacklist** attacker ips&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/users/564/trent" />
  <row Id="7399" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4249" RevisionGUID="35972f9d-0d18-4d83-8a2b-01e796e48507" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:06:34.060" UserId="1450" Text="Hello, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to know what are the options for using Apache's HTTP server as a reverse proxy for IIS7 (serving ASP.NET content under 3.5 .NET Framework).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For JBoss/Tomcat or any other Java Application Server, I will use [MOD_JK][1], but I would like to know what are your experiences with IIS7. What connectors are there available (if any) and what are the pros and cons of each one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks a lot. Great site!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/" />
  <row Id="7400" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4249" RevisionGUID="35972f9d-0d18-4d83-8a2b-01e796e48507" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:06:34.060" UserId="1450" Text="Apache reverse proxy for IIS" />
  <row Id="7401" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4249" RevisionGUID="35972f9d-0d18-4d83-8a2b-01e796e48507" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:06:34.060" UserId="1450" Text="&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;reverse-proxy&gt;&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="7402" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4250" RevisionGUID="75842353-baa4-4d46-a6dc-574638645167" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:06:53.357" UserId="984" Text="If your current storage is less then 1TB  I would be tempted to do the following&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - pull one of the 500GB drives out, and install a 1TB&#xD;&#xA; - copy everything to one of the 1TB drives&#xD;&#xA; - install the other 1TB drives&#xD;&#xA; - create a new degraded RAID5 + lvm and partition the way you want it with the other disks disks&#xD;&#xA; - copy your data from the stand-alone 1tb drive to the degraded raid5&#xD;&#xA; - add the stand-alone drive to the array.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7403" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4251" RevisionGUID="18bab0e8-4f3d-48b4-a892-4f3c420400ff" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:07:43.510" UserId="526" Text="Does a 500 watt power supply always pull 500 watts? Or does it depend on the load being placed on the computer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a n00b hardware question. I'm trying to figure out how much it costs to run my compuer without buying a meter that actually measures power usage." />
  <row Id="7404" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4251" RevisionGUID="18bab0e8-4f3d-48b4-a892-4f3c420400ff" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:07:43.510" UserId="526" Text="Does a 500 watt power supply always use 500 watts of electricity?" />
  <row Id="7405" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4251" RevisionGUID="18bab0e8-4f3d-48b4-a892-4f3c420400ff" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:07:43.510" UserId="526" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;power-supply&gt;" />
  <row Id="7406" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4252" RevisionGUID="47eb7642-5bf4-4744-b67a-e581365265db" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:09:36.940" UserId="1840" Text="**Here's my list:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Firefox&#xD;&#xA; - Adium (IM Client | Multiprotocol)&#xD;&#xA; - JollysFastVNC (VNC Client)&#xD;&#xA; - X11&#xD;&#xA; - Xcode&#xD;&#xA; - Macports: &#xD;&#xA;- mtr  &#xD;&#xA;- wireshark&#xD;&#xA;- iperf&#xD;&#xA;- NMap &#xD;&#xA; - Cyberduck (FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Cloud Files &amp; Amazon S3 Browser)&#xD;&#xA; - iTerm&#xD;&#xA; - Growl (GUI Notification system)&#xD;&#xA; - HandBrake (Everyone loves to rip)&#xD;&#xA; - Remote Desktop Connection 2.0 &#xD;&#xA; - Bean (Powerful, yet tiny word processor)&#xD;&#xA; - Screenlock&#xD;&#xA; - SimplifyMedia (Share/Access your music - anywhere)&#xD;&#xA; - Xpad (Tab-based notepad solution)&#xD;&#xA; - VLC (Media Player)&#xD;&#xA; - Perian (Support for many video formats)&#xD;&#xA; - xterm&#xD;&#xA; - Gmail Notifr (Supports multiple account)&#xD;&#xA; - Geektool&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;... and last, but not least: The Mr. Sparkle screensaver (*LOL)... [and others][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://phillryu.com/2006/07/30/the-top-ten-os-x-screensavers/" />
  <row Id="7407" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4252" RevisionGUID="47eb7642-5bf4-4744-b67a-e581365265db" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:09:36.940" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7408" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3999" RevisionGUID="2c92bf67-dd2f-4abc-8102-50576644702e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:11:19.727" UserId="1466" Comment="clarification" Text="We have used **MediaWiki** (with fckeditor) for several years, although I must say it would be nice if picture (ie screenshots) handling were easier.  And while having the ability to search is essential - I find MediaWiki's search often misses pages.  Perhaps that's just a matter of learning to search better (which kind-of defeats the purpose of having a simple way for others to do your work)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right now we are in talks about moving everything over to **MS Sharepoint**, although not necesarily to their wiki.  I think Sharepoint is able to do **full document search** in a way that negates some of the advantages of a wiki, so we'll see where this goes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(not looking forward to the process of porting all our current documentation though :)  )" />
  <row Id="7409" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4253" RevisionGUID="c5e71504-9680-4a4b-b666-c4c95b025417" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:11:48.743" UserId="1770" Text="Another command that might be available and also works quite well for this is 'blkid'.  It's part of the e2fsprogs package.  Examples of it's usage:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look up data on /dev/sda1:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    topher@crucible:~$ sudo blkid /dev/sda1&#xD;&#xA;    /dev/sda1: UUID=&quot;727cac18-044b-4504-87f1-a5aefa774bda&quot; TYPE=&quot;ext3&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Show UUID data for all partitions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    topher@crucible:~$ sudo blkid&#xD;&#xA;    /dev/sda1: UUID=&quot;727cac18-044b-4504-87f1-a5aefa774bda&quot; TYPE=&quot;ext3&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    /dev/sdb: UUID=&quot;467c4aa9-963d-4467-8cd0-d58caaacaff4&quot; TYPE=&quot;ext3&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Show UUID data for all partitions in easier to read format:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    topher@crucible:~$ sudo blkid -L&#xD;&#xA;    device     fs_type label    mount point    UUID&#xD;&#xA;    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    /dev/sda1 ext3             /              727cac18-044b-4504-87f1-a5aefa774bda&#xD;&#xA;    /dev/sdc  ext3             /home          467c4aa9-963d-4467-8cd0-d58caaacaff4&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Show just the UUID for /dev/sda1 and nothing else:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    topher@crucible:~$ sudo blkid -s UUID -o value /dev/sda1&#xD;&#xA;    727cac18-044b-4504-87f1-a5aefa774bda&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7410" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4254" RevisionGUID="0c24f456-9685-43f4-9a13-c7c390395690" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:12:19.740" UserId="1131" Text="No it doesn't. It just uses the power it needs plus a little overhead so the voltage doesn't go down if you plug something in there...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just buy a power meter.. they cost 20 bucks and are always good to have around.. or borrow one from your neighbor, work, parents, friends etc.." />
  <row Id="7411" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4255" RevisionGUID="1bd02ad8-c1bc-48f1-af60-f512a63ba43c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:12:57.540" UserId="681" Text="Absolutely not. See &#xD;&#xA;http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000353.html&#xD;&#xA;For good details." />
  <row Id="7412" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4256" RevisionGUID="daa4937d-a630-4e0a-87fb-4c91d5c566a6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:14:00.283" UserId="151" Text="No. A 500 Watt Power Supply can DELIVER 500 Watts, but it will ever use only as much as the components in your PC need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Theory, with a 100% efficiency rating, which is impossible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The usual Efficiency rating lies around 80%, but it can vary greatly between low quality and proper power supplies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So with 80% efficiency, your power supply will use as much power as your components need and then about 20% extra.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another caveat: Optimal efficiency is only reached at a &quot;proper&quot; load. If you have a 500 Watt Power Supply but then a super-low-consumption PC that only consumes 80 Watt, you're not going to reach 80% efficiency and could easily use ~120 Watt (~50% efficiency).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Due to the ~80% efficiency, you can also not use 500 Watt out of a 500 Watt Power Supply.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those numbers are all estimates, as PSEs vary greatly, but a rule of thumb is that you should get a PSU with at least 80% Efficiency and get one that is not too big (but not too small either) for your PC." />
  <row Id="7413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4257" RevisionGUID="98d447f4-f98f-4e61-b1da-460e8de0e469" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:15:03.027" UserId="1882" Text="I've been asked to find a way to send copies of every email a user sends and receives to their boss. The person in question was suspected of violating their terms of employment. This kind of Big Brother investigation makes me sick to my stomach. Thankfully, the issue was resolved with out me having to look into this." />
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  <row Id="7415" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4258" RevisionGUID="51351621-c72c-4d71-b335-ae1a68ab3d2a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:16:25.533" UserId="526" Text="Every time I launch the shortcut to the VMWare Infrustructure Web Access page I get a message in IE7 asking me to choose a digital certificate.  I don't have any digital certificates, so I click &quot;OK&quot; or &quot;Cancel&quot;--it doesn't matter which.  I'm taken to a screen that says, &quot;There is a problem with this website's security certificate.&quot;  I have to click &quot;Continue to this website (not recommended).&quot;  I'm prompted again to choose a digital certificate, I don't select anything, and click &quot;OK.&quot;  I'm then prompted to enter my username and password, which I do, and I can finally login.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everything works, but the IE7 toolbar does tell me there's a certificate error.  I click the certificate error and choose the &quot;Install Certificate&quot; option and restart IE, but the error remains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The entire process is annoying every time I want to manage a virtual machine.  Does anybody know how to fix this?" />
  <row Id="7416" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4258" RevisionGUID="51351621-c72c-4d71-b335-ae1a68ab3d2a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:16:25.533" UserId="526" Text="VMware Infrastructure Web Access certificate problem" />
  <row Id="7417" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4258" RevisionGUID="51351621-c72c-4d71-b335-ae1a68ab3d2a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:16:25.533" UserId="526" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;certificate&gt;" />
  <row Id="7418" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4169" RevisionGUID="59a8aca2-53b2-4e27-bfa3-1294db1ab60d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:22:02.727" UserId="808" Comment="added 657 characters in body" Text="See question #4 of the page for [CPU-Z][1] to see why it *might* misreport what RAM you have installed.  If you eyeball your RAM, most RAM sold in recent years has a sticker on it that says exactly what speed it is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You said that CPU-Z reported your memory as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- DRAM frequency of 200MHz&#xD;&#xA;- CAS Latency 3 clocks&#xD;&#xA;- RAS to CAS delay 4 clocks&#xD;&#xA;- RAS precharge 4 clocks&#xD;&#xA;- cycle time 8 clocks&#xD;&#xA;- banks cycle time 12 clocks&#xD;&#xA;- command rate 1T&#xD;&#xA;- DRAM Idle Timer 16 clocks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of these numbers, the two with the biggest single impact on memory access speed are the first two above, the front side bus speed (200 MHz x 2 for DDR = 400 MHz) and CAS latency. However, you asked does this mean you don't have DDR-II 667 -- this depends on whether or not your CPU supports a front side bus rate of 667.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a comment, you said that this is a server you can't power off or reboot to do this check.  So in CPU-Z, look at the SPD tab.  SPD (Serial Presence Detect) is a way to read information about the memory from the memory.  This should tell you the manufacturer, model, part number, max bandwidth, allowed timings for different bus frequencies, and so on.  You can look at each memory slot and tell what kind of memory is in each position.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In CPU-Z in the &quot;Memory&quot; tab, it just tells you how the BIOS and OS decided to configure memory timings, based on looking at all of the memory chips and based on BIOS configuration.  The &quot;SPD&quot; tab tells you exactly what the memory sticks you have are capable of.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7419" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4259" RevisionGUID="bded9af1-7896-4a31-ae5d-ce6d64ee6485" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:22:03.773" UserId="984" Text="If the certificates are expired you may need to simply [regenerate][2] them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could create self-signed certificates, sign certificates with your CA and [install][1] them on the server.  The certificates live in /etc/vmware/ssl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3i/ESXi_enable_SSH.php&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://communities.vmware.com/message/614861" />
  <row Id="7420" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4260" RevisionGUID="9d7e4383-0fe4-4403-9cf2-730d58d19e41" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:23:24.753" UserId="626" Text="There is no hard and fast recommendation that i have found - &#xD;&#xA;One option&#xD;&#xA;Recreate the jobs and dependencies on the mirror server with the jobs disabled&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then use a WMI alert on the  DATABASE_MIRRORING_STATE_CHANGE to enable / disable the job&#xD;&#xA;This job would also run on the primary and disable the job on failover - see [this][1] link for another variation&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could create a backup stored procedure with logic to only backup a database that is not in a restoring state like [this][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqldatabasemirroring/thread/ba56240d-7182-4c92-b387-ff2068082e10/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blog.ola.hallengren.com/_attachments/3440068/DatabaseBackup.sql" />
  <row Id="7421" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4261" RevisionGUID="7ee59b68-8889-4294-88c5-5e08fdc8afe6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:23:27.187" UserId="1834" Text="I have a requirement to have locations on a network drive in my system Path (Windows XP SP3).  If for whatever reason my connection to that drive is slow, this makes *everything* on my computer slow.  What can I tweak on my system to lessen the impact of this setup?" />
  <row Id="7422" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4261" RevisionGUID="7ee59b68-8889-4294-88c5-5e08fdc8afe6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:23:27.187" UserId="1834" Text="Mapped network drive in PATH causes delays" />
  <row Id="7423" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4261" RevisionGUID="7ee59b68-8889-4294-88c5-5e08fdc8afe6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:23:27.187" UserId="1834" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;systempath&gt;&lt;networkdrive&gt;" />
  <row Id="7424" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4262" RevisionGUID="35d33541-b43f-47f2-9e9e-9d76cdfa9863" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:24:49.007" UserId="626" Text="Here is a solution from [Microsoft][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc974213.aspx" />
  <row Id="7425" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4198" RevisionGUID="5fa6aa02-d5be-40c3-9574-6bf8407b1eb0" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:25:05.670" UserId="1561" Comment="added 586 characters in body" Text="- Realize that, for better or worse, many of the servers and/or networking equipment they tend to are very much like children from a second family.  **These are their babies.**  They tend them, help them along when they are ill, and monitor them vigilantly for trouble.  This *shouldn't* be this way, but after many years, *it often is*.  Keep this in mind as you communicate to them your concerns about equipment not performing properly or to expectation.  And if you get a reply you don't understand, try filtering it through this world-view.&#xD;&#xA;- Be on good working terms.  Sounds cheezy, but it's worth its weight in gold.  Some day, you'll need some special favor.  And some day, that sysadmin will be happy to go out of their way to make life a little easier for you, just this one time.&#xD;&#xA;- That working relationship goes both ways.  If the sysadmin is very busy, and you could make life a little easier by writing a small script or program, then do it!  They'll appreciate it more than you know.&#xD;&#xA;- Be very clear.  &quot;This sucks&quot; is not as clear as &quot;having an intermittent network connection is a bit annoying, any chance you can look at it?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;- If you think your app will scale, ask the admin before *assuming* it will.  They might &quot;see&quot; something you don't, or know something about the performance limits of the equipment you're going to deploy on.&#xD;&#xA;- If your app needs tuning, but it doesn't appear to be a code issue, ask nicely about how the servers are performing.  Sysadmins tend their machines with loving care and are not pleased when they are &quot;ill&quot; or &quot;misbehaved&quot;.  Asking nicely will turn an ailing machine around (or get it repaired/replaced).&#xD;&#xA;- (as mentioned elsewhere) document the settings you use, and *why* you use them.  Just having &quot;set checkbox X&quot; or &quot;uncomment config file line Y&quot; doesn't help.  You could be setting the option that erases all your data on the next reboot for all you know.&#xD;&#xA;- If you don't have the time to document the setting on paper, try to document it in the system if possible.  With config files, this should almost be standard practice - every setting change should be datestamped, with initials, the expected effect of that setting, and the reason *why* it was changed (see prior bullet point)&#xD;&#xA;- Beer.  Or Cola.  Or even Water.  Beverages are always welcomed.  Being a sysadmin is thirsty work." />
  <row Id="7426" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4263" RevisionGUID="408a0256-a018-48fe-8d21-99529ad56ba1" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:25:58.320" UserId="1877" Text="There are tons on material on Password Policies. I recommend taking a look at &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The wikipedia article on [Password Policy][1] &#xD;&#xA; - SANS [Password Policy][2] document.&#xD;&#xA; - NIST sp800-118 draft titled [Guide to Enterprise Password Management][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, something must be said about [password sanity][4]. The fact is that password that are hard to remember are written down. The same goes for passwords that must be changed too often. The bottom line, it depends on what you're protecting and your userbase.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_policy&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sans.org/resources/policies/Password_Policy.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/drafts/800-118/draft-sp800-118.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.cryptosmith.com/password-sanity" />
  <row Id="7427" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4264" RevisionGUID="99d356c7-71a6-42c4-a225-8e415f218a78" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:26:20.347" UserId="1122" Text="IME, the server side is relatively easy. Create new computer and user accounts and set the password to a known value, forcing change on next logon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The real PITA is the local profile - though we sometimes like to pretend otherwise, users are really attached to their profiles. Just logging in as another user doesn't cut it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I like [ForensiT User Profile Wizard][1] for this. It'll resync the NTFS and Registry permissions to the new SID, and point the new account to the old profile. When users login with their new user account, they're profile will just continue to work. It's scriptable, and can also join a new domain as part of the process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since Outlook is already setup under their existing profile, using the same profile should work fine for that. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only possible oddity is having a user named mbrackett (eg., because of policies dictation first initial, last name) having a `%USERPROFILE%` of `C:\Users\mark` (eg., because that was the name of the old account).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.forensit.com/domain-migration.html" />
  <row Id="7428" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4265" RevisionGUID="d3d21fa9-0452-490d-be7b-d6f4dfdd414b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:26:50.517" UserId="808" Text="An easy way to do this is to plug the new drive into your computer, configure LVM and otherwise partition this drive the way you want, make the file systems, and then use `rsync` or just `cp -a` to copy the files over.  While not a high tech way of going about it, this will suffice for most people's needs.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7429" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4266" RevisionGUID="15fbe241-6472-48d5-9c1a-a1ac96f45d67" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:26:54.683" UserId="626" Text="Not free - I have had great success with the Quest [tool][1] with exactly that issue - &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.quest.com/migration-suite-for-active-directory/" />
  <row Id="7430" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4267" RevisionGUID="7aac6edf-6b49-4273-a4c1-3b70cea21ff6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:30:00.463" UserId="1131" Text="I am really lazy I will give you guys this ;) but I have ~25 virtual machines running on xen. I really like xen and everything but now comes the tricky part.. I don't really feel like going through 25 vm's and running &quot;apt-get update &amp;&amp; apt-get upgrade&quot; I would much rather have it do that for me and in some way contact me if there are any packages to install. Is there a way to do just that? I am running debian on the host and all the virtual machines." />
  <row Id="7431" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4267" RevisionGUID="7aac6edf-6b49-4273-a4c1-3b70cea21ff6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:30:00.463" UserId="1131" Text="How do you handle updates on a server?" />
  <row Id="7432" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4267" RevisionGUID="7aac6edf-6b49-4273-a4c1-3b70cea21ff6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:30:00.463" UserId="1131" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;updates&gt;&lt;automation&gt;" />
  <row Id="7433" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4198" RevisionGUID="b316724b-ac06-4cdb-b5cf-abc2ec2df67e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:30:07.543" UserId="1561" Comment="added 192 characters in body" Text="- Realize that, for better or worse, many of the servers and/or networking equipment they tend to are very much like children from a second family.  **These are their babies.**  They tend them, help them along when they are ill, and monitor them vigilantly for trouble.  This *shouldn't* be this way, but after many years, *it often is*.  Keep this in mind as you communicate to them your concerns about equipment not performing properly or to expectation.  And if you get a reply you don't understand, try filtering it through this world-view.&#xD;&#xA;- Be on good working terms.  Sounds cheezy, but it's worth its weight in gold.  Some day, you'll need some special favor.  And some day, that sysadmin will be happy to go out of their way to make life a little easier for you, just this one time.&#xD;&#xA;- That working relationship goes both ways.  If the sysadmin is very busy, and you could make life a little easier by writing a small script or program, then do it!  They'll appreciate it more than you know.&#xD;&#xA;- Be very clear.  &quot;This sucks&quot; is not as clear as &quot;having an intermittent network connection is a bit annoying, any chance you can look at it?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;- If you think your app will scale, ask the admin before *assuming* it will.  They might &quot;see&quot; something you don't, or know something about the performance limits of the equipment you're going to deploy on.&#xD;&#xA;- If your app needs tuning, but it doesn't appear to be a code issue, ask nicely about how the servers are performing.  Sysadmins tend their machines with loving care and are not pleased when they are &quot;ill&quot; or &quot;misbehaved&quot;.  Asking nicely will turn an ailing machine around (or get it repaired/replaced).&#xD;&#xA;- (as mentioned elsewhere) document the settings you use, and *why* you use them.  Just having &quot;set checkbox X&quot; or &quot;uncomment config file line Y&quot; doesn't help.  You could be setting the option that erases all your data on the next reboot for all you know.&#xD;&#xA;- If you don't have the time to document the setting on paper, try to document it in the system if possible.  With config files, this should almost be standard practice - every setting change should be datestamped, with initials, the expected effect of that setting, and the reason *why* it was changed (see prior bullet point).  This little habit has saved my bacon more than once during crunch-time.  &quot;Why did we do that?&quot;  &quot;Because we mandated policy X, and the setting Y gives us the behavior we need for policy X&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;- Beer.  Or Cola.  Or even Water.  Beverages are always welcomed.  Being a sysadmin is thirsty work." />
  <row Id="7434" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4268" RevisionGUID="1b6a978e-913f-4e70-b4dc-6a06b5858d38" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:33:15.447" UserId="1645" Text="At my previous employer I used Word, Excel, and Visio files collected together in a folder. A hard-copy of everything was kept in a binder in my desk. I was the only IT person so there was little need for anyone else to have access to the information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At my current employer we use Macola ES by Exact Software, but I still prefer to write my documentation in Word and upload it into Macola as an attachment than use the built-in document editor." />
  <row Id="7435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4269" RevisionGUID="b2312302-223a-40ef-8803-719c78361f3b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:33:16.803" UserId="1561" Text="No, that's just the maximum rated supply.  The amount of power drawn is actually variable.  You can observe this by [plugging the machine into this device][1] and watching it in real-time.  I know you don't want to buy it, but believe me, after you use it, it'll pay for itself in less than a year.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.p3international.com/products/special/P4400/P4400-CE.html" />
  <row Id="7436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4270" RevisionGUID="58ffd6f0-404b-4eff-9d29-5d494ee45f8f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:34:11.387" UserId="1122" Text="Security is not an afterthought. While a hacked app can make the programmer look incompetent, it's (at least) a lost weekend spent verifying, cleaning, and/or restoring from backups for a sysadmin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For that matter, don't treat backups as version control. They're for disaster recovery, and are not really designed to restore your code because you forgot what you changed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And stop blindly blaming Windows Updates for your code being broken. I don't care that it worked beforte, tell me why it doesn't work now - then we can see whose fault it is." />
  <row Id="7437" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4271" RevisionGUID="ef50e878-059a-455c-a4b7-ee97567b9fe9" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:35:44.380" UserId="1496" Text="You can try to map the target location by IP instead of by name - that might avoid the NetBIOS name lookup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, you could alter the LMHOSTS file to hardcode the IP for the name and alter the name provider search order to put LMHOSTS before the DHCP or domain advertised capability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also make sure that the target system responds to ICMP echo and ICMP time exceeded.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately there is no way to get rid of delays entirely." />
  <row Id="7438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4272" RevisionGUID="77797b9a-1e12-4060-a4df-e864621dabd8" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:36:24.613" UserId="1489" Text="Nah, I have a 750 W power supply, and I've never seen my wattage go above 200." />
  <row Id="7439" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4273" RevisionGUID="a8875c57-fe17-4856-976f-d18e2e98bee3" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:37:15.327" UserId="970" Text="Programs I will install as the first, before going any further:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On any machine:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Firefox&#xD;&#xA;- Chrome&#xD;&#xA;- MagicISO&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Home:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Thunderbird&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a machine for developing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Visual Studio 2008 Express or Professional&#xD;&#xA;- MSSQL Server 2005 Express or 2008 Developer Edition&#xD;&#xA;- Programmer's Notepad&#xD;&#xA;- Subversion&#xD;&#xA;- TortoiseSVN&#xD;&#xA;- AnkhSVN&#xD;&#xA;- VirtualPC&#xD;&#xA;- MikTeX&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Work:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Microsoft Office + Visio" />
  <row Id="7440" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4273" RevisionGUID="a8875c57-fe17-4856-976f-d18e2e98bee3" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:37:15.327" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7441" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4274" RevisionGUID="dd7159dc-ed15-44f6-9856-736c67e06c91" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:37:48.603" UserId="1877" Text="The Google Toolbar provides [a bunch of features][1], including spellchecking and works with IE6 and 7 (I have not tested it on 8). Google does have an [Enterprise version of the toolbar][2] and also has a [google group on using and setting it up][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/support/toolbar/bin/topic.py?hl=en&amp;topic=15360&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://toolbar.google.com/enterprise&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Toolbar-for-Enterprise/topics" />
  <row Id="7442" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4275" RevisionGUID="9e0253d8-1d53-4250-90ad-56c1d14eccd8" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:38:47.040" UserId="1122" Text="You could put it at the end, which would lessen the need for it to hit that path when searching (assuming it finds it earlier in the `%PATH%`).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, if you don't need the `%PATH%` when it's slow, you could redirect it to a bad location (like localhost) through the HOSTS file (you'll want something that gives connection refused or bad route - not a timeout).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, the best option would probably be to re-evaluate *why* you need it in the `%PATH%`, and see if you can remove that dependency." />
  <row Id="7443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4276" RevisionGUID="b20b92ae-5449-4c13-963f-af7a9ffb1a64" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:42:01.917" UserId="385" Text="Scanning is one piece of the pie. Products like nmap will do a port scan and products like Nessus and Qualys will tell you what they detect with respect to surface area. However, the first place you should start is with a server baseline.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As the name implies, it is the baseline settings you expect your server to have. This includes things like the audit policy with respect to events, what your local security policy sets for permissions, etc. Once you have that baseline, you have something to hold all your servers to. And it makes sense to have multiple baselines, dependent on role. For instance, in the Windows Server 2003 Security Guide, there are different baselines for domain controllers versus member servers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With a baseline in hand, you'll want to either use your own custom tools (scripting and some free tools) to verify the baseline or you'll want to use a 3rd party tool specifically designed for that, such as Symantec's (formerly BindView's) Control Compliance Suite. Do the scan periodically, check the results. The reason this is important is that there are things which a vulnerability scanner won't report on (such as how you having auditing configured) because it's designed to detect vulnerabilities. But server security involves the configuration, as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And with the baseline scanner, you'll want to pair it with the vulnerability scanner. It may also be a good idea to use another tool like a patch management or inventory management tool to make sure your server is kept patched up. The latter also ensures unexpected programs don't get installed without your knowledge.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4277" RevisionGUID="fc7df17a-1283-4ed4-b228-c3c64e11f588" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:45:04.810" UserId="715" Text="I have a couple of servers that I'd like to duplicate as guest instances in virtualserver. One of the applications that runs on them uses the COM ports to communicate between the two servers, and specifically through null-modem/laplink/etc cable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've thought about binding the to guest instances COM ports to the host server's COM ports (1 and 2) and then connecting the ports together on with a null-modem cable. Is there a way I can make this connection entirely through virtualserver's control panel without having to physically access my server (it's cold and noisy in there :) )?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7445" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4277" RevisionGUID="fc7df17a-1283-4ed4-b228-c3c64e11f588" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:45:04.810" UserId="715" Text="Using COM ports with Virtual Server" />
  <row Id="7446" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4277" RevisionGUID="fc7df17a-1283-4ed4-b228-c3c64e11f588" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:45:04.810" UserId="715" Text="&lt;virtualserver&gt;&lt;virtualpc&gt;&lt;msvirtualserver&gt;&lt;msvirtualpc&gt;" />
  <row Id="7447" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4278" RevisionGUID="3d707132-161c-4fc5-8868-9da167f4fde8" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:45:06.400" UserId="385" Text="This doesn't cover the delegation portion, but it covers setting up authentication and getting the SPNs right:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Configuring Kerberos Authentication][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Security/65169/" />
  <row Id="7449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4280" RevisionGUID="d6d89ceb-7bdc-4d42-a261-153c34c06718" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:46:58.627" UserId="1848" Text="The addon [IE7Pro][1] has an integrated spell checker as well as a bunch of other features. One caveat is that it does not play well with IE 8&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ie7pro.com/" />
  <row Id="7450" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4281" RevisionGUID="71bf09ae-547f-4f00-b80b-29f3e0d92917" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:47:17.597" UserId="1129" Text="I'll say the same thing here that I said for http://serverfault.com/questions/2422/how-can-i-create-a-non-ssh-vpn-on-debian-linux :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; xl2tpd is in Debian. It's a server for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; L2TP IPSec VPN. Windows supports L2TP&#xD;&#xA;&gt; natively. Alternatively, you can use&#xD;&#xA;&gt; OpenSwan (also in Debian) to set up&#xD;&#xA;&gt; IPSec.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; I know you want to focus on built-in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; clients, but take a look at OpenVPN&#xD;&#xA;&gt; just the same. It's cross-platform and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; easy to set up and deploy. It's also&#xD;&#xA;&gt; extremely secure and flexible at the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; same time. I tried to set up xl2tpd&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and went with OpenVPN instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7451" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4277" RevisionGUID="a4d5d413-3c1d-4206-87a2-3fe5e4c89f4c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:53:46.130" UserId="1496" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;virtualserver&gt;&lt;virtualpc&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;&lt;serial-ports&gt;&lt;rs232&gt;" />
  <row Id="7452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4282" RevisionGUID="8b1562a8-3e27-4280-913c-df88975e4fbe" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:55:24.020" UserId="846" Text="This is the nature of things .. searching a network location is slower than searching a &quot;local&quot; location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1- If the network location is only used for a couple of things, you could take the network location out of the path and put it in the &quot;Start in&quot; section of a shortcut which is stored locally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2- In the same vein, you could have shortcuts to batch files for the critical items that have change the path before and after running the critical item.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3- If the contents of that network location are small or don't change much, create a local location, put the local location in the path, and run a robocopy script on login or on the scheduler to sync the local location to the network location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck!" />
  <row Id="7453" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4283" RevisionGUID="3c042a79-34ee-42f2-a332-87cff4eacc8e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:55:32.587" UserId="1877" Text="I aware of one solution using VMWare. It uses virtual serial port and namedpipe. What you need to do is edit your .VMX files to include the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the &quot;client side&quot; add:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    serial0.present = &quot;TRUE&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    serial0.fileType = &quot;pipe&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    serial0.pipe.endPoint = &quot;client&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    serial0.yieldOnMsrRead = &quot;TRUE&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    serial0.startConnected = &quot;TRUE&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    serial0.fileName = &quot;/Volumes/Virtual Machines/VMware/Serial/devbox_com1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and this on the server side:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    serial0.present = &quot;TRUE&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    serial0.fileType = &quot;pipe&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    serial0.yieldOnMsrRead = &quot;TRUE&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    serial0.startConnected = &quot;TRUE&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    serial0.fileName = &quot;/Volumes/Virtual Machines/VMware/Serial/devbox_com1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did it once but since I removed it from both VM. Your millage may vary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7454" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="4116" RevisionGUID="6553476a-4372-4db0-bc94-84f04e4965e6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:55:45.517" UserId="1078" Comment="typo" Text="How to optimize performance for MSSQL databases?" />
  <row Id="7455" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4284" RevisionGUID="a70d3465-814e-4ea6-81fa-4ddcd7428d5c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:58:10.830" UserId="854" Text="I have Python 2.5 installed on Windows XP and a collection of scripts available in a certain directory. According to this [article][1] by Amanda Birmingham I can setup up a path for the Python executable and the one for where the scripts live. Which means I can do this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    c:\&gt;python script.py&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way I can perhaps register .py files so I can execute them like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    c:\&gt;script.py&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;without including a *shebang* or *env* line in the script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Less typing equals good. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.imladris.com/Scripts/PythonForWindows.html" />
  <row Id="7456" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4284" RevisionGUID="a70d3465-814e-4ea6-81fa-4ddcd7428d5c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:58:10.830" UserId="854" Text="Can I &quot;register&quot; python scripts to execute on Windows?" />
  <row Id="7457" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4284" RevisionGUID="a70d3465-814e-4ea6-81fa-4ddcd7428d5c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T19:58:10.830" UserId="854" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;python&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;" />
  <row Id="7458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4285" RevisionGUID="e4e29311-7721-4cc2-bd39-2e1a68159863" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:03:12.753" UserId="984" Text="Similar to cron-apt, I use [apticron][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://packages.debian.org/lenny/apticron" />
  <row Id="7459" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4286" RevisionGUID="88aceaee-89d6-4cd3-8b77-af3b41597903" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:03:27.277" UserId="1496" Text="Yes :) That's actually [FAQ #2](http://www.python.org/doc/faq/windows/#how-do-i-make-python-scripts-executable):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  If you'd rather be able to execute the script by simple typing 'foo' with no extension you need to add .py to the PATHEXT environment variable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Of course, don't forget to launch another instance of your command interpreter if you modify the systemwide or the user PATHEXT by means outside of that command interpreter." />
  <row Id="7460" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4171" RevisionGUID="c80c5f86-f24c-45ea-b58d-867c48e6a16a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:06:30.140" UserId="626" Comment="edited body" Text="This is a pretty good article to point you in the right direction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143716.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also try and catch one of Brian Knights Webinars, the pragmaticworks site is being redesigned but keep an eye out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also this [wiki][2] is useful for links&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143716.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://wiki.sqlis.com/default.aspx/SQLISWiki/UpgradingDTS.html" />
  <row Id="7461" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4287" RevisionGUID="1fd4409a-eda0-4d54-977f-16dc19cae540" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:06:53.790" UserId="715" Text="I have two laptops (same manufacture), with the same type of power connector.&#xD;&#xA;However, the power supplies/transformers are slightly different.  &#xD;&#xA;The output on the first laptop's power supply is 15.6V / 8.0A   &#xD;&#xA;The output on the second laptop's power supply is 15.6V / 5A&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Clearly the volts are the same, but the Amps are different. I assume the second laptop's power supply can not be used on the first, because it can't supply enough power to the laptop. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, can the first laptop's power supply be used on the second laptop safely?" />
  <row Id="7462" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4287" RevisionGUID="1fd4409a-eda0-4d54-977f-16dc19cae540" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:06:53.790" UserId="715" Text="Laptop Power Supplies, do AMPS matter?" />
  <row Id="7463" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4287" RevisionGUID="1fd4409a-eda0-4d54-977f-16dc19cae540" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:06:53.790" UserId="715" Text="&lt;power-supply&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;laptop&gt;" />
  <row Id="7464" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4288" RevisionGUID="e1cd46f0-d418-409c-998b-cda19124631d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:07:08.657" UserId="1122" Text="&gt; Another thought, has anyone come up with a way to automate this? Possibly going to each programs download page, downloading the most recent version, and installing?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out [InstallPad][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://installpad.com/" />
  <row Id="7465" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4288" RevisionGUID="e1cd46f0-d418-409c-998b-cda19124631d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:07:08.657" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7467" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4290" RevisionGUID="8304f969-8630-4b66-b845-605d933c04f2" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:08:06.720" UserId="1883" Text="I'm managing a small network with Small Business Server 2008 and 7 clients running a mix of Vista and XP. The server and clients are all running McAfee Total Protection Service for malware and spyware protection; the clients are also using the McAfee firewall and browser protection features as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The McAfee TPS product, which is managed from the cloud, is shown as functional in Windows Security Center on the clients, but the clients are not reporting their protection status to SBS. The SBS Console lists &quot;Critical&quot; status for all clients for both virus and spyware protection, and says that the clients &quot;cannot be queried.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs&amp;tid=d54e6ce6-fd59-47ab-af99-2faac79442e5&amp;cat=&amp;lang=&amp;cr=&amp;sloc=&amp;p=1&quot;&gt;This Usenet thread&lt;/a&gt; suggests that WMI traffic is being blocked, although WMI Provider Host has been granted access through the McAfee firewall on the client (the Windows firewall is off).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These clients formerly ran AVG antivirus and they didn't successfully report to SBS then either, which makes me doubt that it's a vendor-specific problem." />
  <row Id="7468" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4290" RevisionGUID="8304f969-8630-4b66-b845-605d933c04f2" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:08:06.720" UserId="1883" Text="Clients not reporting security status to SBS 2008" />
  <row Id="7469" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4290" RevisionGUID="8304f969-8630-4b66-b845-605d933c04f2" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:08:06.720" UserId="1883" Text="&lt;sbs&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="7470" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4286" RevisionGUID="04023996-1c78-4782-a7f1-4193a8f9a9a3" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:09:37.043" UserId="1496" Comment="edited body" Text="Yes :) That's actually [FAQ #2](http://www.python.org/doc/faq/windows/#how-do-i-make-python-scripts-executable):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  If you'd rather be able to execute the script by simple typing 'foo' with no extension you need to add .py to the PATHEXT environment variable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Of course, don't forget to launch another instance of your command interpreter if you modify the systemwide or the user PATHEXT by means outside of that command interpreter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Further edit: In case I misunderstood your question: I'm assuming you're only interested in launching python scripts without having to type in the .py extension *from the cmd.exe command line*. PATHEXT is a mechanism specific to the cmd.exe shell and other shells (as well as `CreateProcess()` and friends) won't care about it in the least." />
  <row Id="7471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4291" RevisionGUID="9bb8056a-cdb2-4350-8a8c-e9cafa645cc7" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:11:07.510" UserId="1129" Text="I speak from experience in saying OpenVPN is much easier to set up and deploy than IPSec and its cousins. It's also much more flexible than Hamachi. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OpenVPN is definitely secure. It uses SSL to negotiate the connection and Blowfish (or AES if you prefer) to secure the connection. The algorithms have been in the public domain for many years and been subject to severe cryptanalysis. The PPTP flavor of IPSec is not really secure anymore. Hamachi has good security. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your OpenVPN implementation is completely under your control. You can't say the same about Hamachi, which goes through LogMeIn's servers. You can't be sure of what Hamachi or the IPSec clients are really doing, because they are closed-source and proprietary systems. You also don't get the degree of configurability with those that you get with OpenVPN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't misunderstand my opinion of Hamachi. It's a great product. I just don't think it's necessarily the best for the purpose.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7472" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4283" RevisionGUID="7e9a8898-3bd7-4f4e-bb73-6fb2956283cb" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:11:19.677" UserId="1877" Comment="added Virtual Server 2005 portion to the answer." Text="I have a solution that works under **VMWare**. it uses named pipe for serial communication between two VM. (Be advised that modem signals will not be carried across so hardware handshaking will fail). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Under VMWare you would do this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the &quot;client side&quot; add:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    serial0.present = &quot;TRUE&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    serial0.fileType = &quot;pipe&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    serial0.pipe.endPoint = &quot;client&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    serial0.yieldOnMsrRead = &quot;TRUE&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    serial0.startConnected = &quot;TRUE&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    serial0.fileName = &quot;/Virtual Machines/VMware/Serial/devbox_com1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and this on the server side:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    serial0.present = &quot;TRUE&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    serial0.fileType = &quot;pipe&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    serial0.yieldOnMsrRead = &quot;TRUE&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    serial0.startConnected = &quot;TRUE&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    serial0.fileName = &quot;/Virtual Machines/VMware/Serial/devbox_com1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This solution, of course does not apply exactly the same way for server 2005 but I would assume it should work (but I have not tested it).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Under **Virtual Server 2005** follow these steps for both VM: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Under Virtual Machines, point to Configure, and then click the virtual machine that you want to modify.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Click the COM ports link.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Under the serial port that you want to configure, click Physical computer serial port, and then click to clear the Wait for modem command to open port check box. Click Named pipe, and then type \\.\pipe\name that you want to assign to the named pipe in the Named pipe box. For example, type \\.\pipe\com2 and Click OK.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I must warn you that I never tried to get two named pipe setup under Virtual Server 2005 so I do not make guaranty. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7473" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4292" RevisionGUID="15053a08-8c5a-4eac-bdbe-a4b1698657ab" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:12:27.693" UserId="1435" Text="I really wouldn't try to swap them around, clearly one machine is capable of drawing more than the other and if you get it wrong then the PSU will go pop and potentially be dangerous too." />
  <row Id="7474" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4293" RevisionGUID="90688551-d268-4cfb-80d4-094de6c8d5a7" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:13:57.237" UserId="1784" Text="First of all, partitioning the drives into several RAID arrays and merging them back with LVM makes very little sense.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;USB is incredibly slow and CPU intensive, so attaching four drives in sequence and copying that much data will take ages. I would much rather just swap the drives one at a time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My recipe for this would be (If your data is very important, and you are very paranoid, you can add a USB drive as a hot spare during this operation, but it will take a lot more time):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Pull out one of your old drives and insert a new one. Wait for it to sync&#xD;&#xA; 2. Repeat for the rest of the drives&#xD;&#xA; 3. You now have four 1TB drives with 500GB allocated as two 250GB partitions, and 500GB unused space&#xD;&#xA; 4. Expand one of the existing partitions from 250GB to 750GB so that you're using the entire disk&#xD;&#xA; 5. Grow the raid containing the expanded partition using `mdadm grow` &#xD;&#xA; 6. Expand your LVM so that the entire size is in use&#xD;&#xA; 7. Remove your 250GBx4 array pv from LVM. This will move your data off the small partitions in over to the large partitions, so it will take some time&#xD;&#xA; 8. Delete the 250GB partitions and repeat the growing process for the 750GB partitions&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After this, you'll have four 1TB disks with one 1TB partition each, joined in a RAID5 with LVM on top. Perfect result." />
  <row Id="7475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4294" RevisionGUID="a411a287-adfe-4a31-a7b9-641b5d2d4469" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:14:55.177" UserId="1078" Text="You can use ping.exe to check the max size of the packets and compare that to your Jumbo Frames settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ping -l 4096 -f server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Adjust the packetsize used by -l, and use -f to set the DO_ NOT_FRAGMENT flag. When you reach your maximum packetsize you'll get a &quot;Packet needs to be fragmented but DF set&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That will give you an indication if Jumbo Frames works or not." />
  <row Id="7476" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4295" RevisionGUID="e692ef1e-b3d4-46cf-822e-0b126878eef7" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:14:59.137" UserId="1877" Text="Basically the ampere rating is a maximum value. This means that a 15.6V/8A can replace a 15.6V/5A powersupply. What's important in a powersupply for laptop is that the voltage output is the same and the ampere are the same or above the original powersupply. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll want to make sure the connector is really the same (same polarity, same size, it does not wiggle or anything). Ideally they would be from the same manufacturer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4296" RevisionGUID="2d85f34a-694d-40c2-90f8-0309496790bc" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:15:15.347" UserId="1435" Text="You probably wouldn't want them all going off looking for updates at the same time anyway so I'd be tempted to just 'cron' the job with different offsets to spread the load and script it to email you its output. You could then write an email rule that deletes 'no update' emails." />
  <row Id="7478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4297" RevisionGUID="085d9fe3-3aad-402f-9362-5a6ad112e908" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:16:00.697" UserId="1122" Text="Using a lower rated amperage brick (the 5A on the 8A laptop) would result in 1 of the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   - Melted power supply or cord, as the laptop starts drawing too much current&#xD;&#xA;   - Working laptop, with little to no charging of battery&#xD;&#xA;   - Nothing, as even though the brick is rated at 8A, your laptop only draws 5A (or the 5A is perfectly capable of pumping 8A)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using a higher rated amperage brick (the 8A on the 5A laptop) should be fine - the laptop will only draw a theoretical maximum of 5A, so that's all that will be put out by the power supply.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This, of course, assumes that the polarity is correct - otherwise you'll likely just go poof (or unlikely catch fire). Sometimes there's a diagram, sometimes you have to check, sometimes you just cross your fingers and pray &#xD;&#xA;(latter not recommended for expensive toys like laptops)." />
  <row Id="7479" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4267" RevisionGUID="65ded6ac-b9d3-4eef-b51b-c221cdefbb09" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:16:23.860" UserId="1131" Comment="added 109 characters in body" Text="I am really lazy I will give you guys this ;) but I have ~25 virtual machines running on xen. I really like xen and everything but now comes the tricky part.. I don't really feel like going through 25 vm's and running &quot;apt-get update &amp;&amp; apt-get upgrade&quot; I would much rather have it do that for me and in some way contact me if there are any packages to install. Is there a way to do just that? I am running debian on the host and all the virtual machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sorry it's a dupe: http://serverfault.com/questions/3/best-practices-for-keeping-unix-packages-up-to-date" />
  <row Id="7480" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4298" RevisionGUID="52b3c063-1d29-411c-8fa7-4cbbd382c427" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:16:39.727" UserId="1610" Text="I have a small Windows domain (all servers running Windows 2008), with a single Windows 2008 Domain Controller. What is the best way to synchronise the time across all servers with an Internet Time Server?" />
  <row Id="7481" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4298" RevisionGUID="52b3c063-1d29-411c-8fa7-4cbbd382c427" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:16:39.727" UserId="1610" Text="Best way to synchronise the time on a Windows 2008 Server" />
  <row Id="7482" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4298" RevisionGUID="52b3c063-1d29-411c-8fa7-4cbbd382c427" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:16:39.727" UserId="1610" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;timesync&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="7483" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4299" RevisionGUID="6cb9350c-9b12-4e83-9806-e2a99449f5ac" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:16:40.180" UserId="1882" Text="I would say that it would probably be ok to use the first power supply for the second. It really depends on what the hardware is like if the second laptop will like this or not, but as the manufacturer put the same plug on them it would seem to be OK. This is similar to how Dell, for example, has a 45 watt and a 90 watt power supply for different machines. I have used the 45 watt with the laptop that came with the 90 watt and vice versa and the only difference I have seen is battery charging time. Your mileage may vary however." />
  <row Id="7484" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4300" RevisionGUID="25638818-c5c0-41ff-b16f-947154c717b0" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:17:00.910" UserId="1129" Text="I think Bob Somers hit the answer, but there's another possibility. You could be sleeping your computer through the rekey interval, which breaks the connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VPNs negotiate a session key for every connection. This key gets &quot;stale&quot; after a while, and may be vulnerable to attack if enough data has been passed with it. To maintain the security of the VPN channel, there is a rekey interval where both ends automatically renegotiate a fresh session key. This is usually transparent to both sides of the tunnel, assuming both sides are connected. When you put your computer to sleep, it's possible the rekey interval is up during that time, and the VPN host closes the connection because it can't renegotiate the session key." />
  <row Id="7485" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4286" RevisionGUID="b180ca70-5538-4b7a-89f9-ec19a9dd12f8" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:18:21.423" UserId="1496" Comment="added 65 characters in body" Text="Yes :) That's actually [FAQ #2](http://www.python.org/doc/faq/windows/#how-do-i-make-python-scripts-executable):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  If you'd rather be able to execute the script by simple typing 'foo' with no extension you need to add .py to the PATHEXT environment variable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Of course, don't forget to add the Python install directory to the PATH, and to launch another instance of your command interpreter if you modify the systemwide or the user PATH and/or PATHEXT by means outside of that command interpreter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Further edit: In case I misunderstood your question: I'm assuming you're only interested in launching python scripts without having to type in the .py extension *from the cmd.exe command line*. PATHEXT is a mechanism specific to the cmd.exe shell and other shells (as well as `CreateProcess()` and friends) won't care about it in the least." />
  <row Id="7486" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4256" RevisionGUID="ac587cb4-8861-4984-bad1-e5636f12cbbc" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:18:56.773" UserId="151" Comment="clarified load" Text="No. A 500 Watt Power Supply can DELIVER 500 Watts, but it will ever use only as much as the components in your PC need (and of course that depends on Load and Activity, if Energy  Savings Mechanisms like AMD's Cool'n'Quiet or Intel's SpeedStep is enabled etc.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Theory, with a 100% efficiency rating, which is impossible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The usual Efficiency rating lies around 80%, but it can vary greatly between low quality and proper power supplies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So with 80% efficiency, your power supply will use as much power as your components need and then about 20% extra.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another caveat: Optimal efficiency is only reached at a &quot;proper&quot; load. If you have a 500 Watt Power Supply but then a super-low-consumption PC that only consumes 80 Watt, you're not going to reach 80% efficiency and could easily use ~120 Watt (~50% efficiency).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Due to the ~80% efficiency, you can also not use 500 Watt out of a 500 Watt Power Supply.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those numbers are all estimates, as PSEs vary greatly, but a rule of thumb is that you should get a PSU with at least 80% Efficiency and get one that is not too big (but not too small either) for your PC." />
  <row Id="7487" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4301" RevisionGUID="8dea3e64-7ccd-4e0e-aab8-a1be00ed7c1f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:21:51.977" UserId="1877" Text="When your computer become part of the domain they will use the Domain Controller to sync their time (it's require for the authentification mechanism to work properly). Make sure your Domain Controller is sync with a good internet source (in canada I use `time.nrc.ca`) and you're pretty much there. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can look at this article from [Microsoft on the subject][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731790.aspx" />
  <row Id="7488" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4297" RevisionGUID="68e5fd04-8247-4f32-a8bb-633d5285b9e8" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:23:53.187" UserId="1122" Comment="added 113 characters in body" Text="Using a lower rated amperage brick (the 5A on the 8A laptop) would result in 1 of the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   - Melted power supply or cord, as the laptop starts drawing too much current&#xD;&#xA;   - Working laptop, with little to no charging of battery (or charging battery, but no working laptop) as 5A is enough for one, but not the other&#xD;&#xA;   - Perfectly working laptop, as even though the brick is rated at 8A, your laptop only draws 5A (or the 5A is perfectly capable of pumping 8A)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using a higher rated amperage brick (the 8A on the 5A laptop) should be fine - the laptop will only draw a theoretical maximum of 5A, so that's the maximum that will be put out by the power supply.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This, of course, assumes that the polarity is correct - otherwise you'll likely just go poof (or unlikely catch fire). Sometimes there's a diagram, sometimes you have to check, sometimes you just cross your fingers and pray &#xD;&#xA;(latter not recommended for expensive toys like laptops)." />
  <row Id="7489" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4302" RevisionGUID="1f0c4419-5588-44e9-85cc-6bbbc9f2aaae" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:24:37.553" UserId="1845" Text="No the power supply meets the load up to its rated wattage plus some overhead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Energy Star computers power supplies must meet the following standard:&#xD;&#xA;Internal power supplies: 80% minimum efficiency at 20%, 50%, and 100% of rated output and minimum Power Factor 0.9&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are purchasing a separate power supply and looking for a more efficient one look for the 80 Plus logo on the power supply.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the 80 PLUS specification?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The 80 PLUS performance specification requires multi-output power supplies in computers and servers to be 80% or greater energy efficient at 20%, 50% and 100% of rated load with a true power factor of 0.9 or greater. This makes an 80 PLUS certified power supply substantially more efficient than typical power supplies and creates a unique market differentiation opportunity for power supply and computer manufacturers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.80plus.org/" />
  <row Id="7490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4303" RevisionGUID="d8e4bb89-78d1-410f-b41f-734eb9d8bd31" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:24:52.420" UserId="1720" Text="How to debug networking issues and watch your program run with sysadmin tools. As a programmer who got started in system administration, I'm amazed by how impotent many programmers become once networking &quot;just stops.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* **Wireshark**, to watch your code run in a black-box fashion, packet-by-packet&#xD;&#xA;* **Telnet, netcat, or socat, and OpenSSL**, for manually connecting to network services&#xD;&#xA;* **dig (in the BIND 9 package)** for debugging name resolution&#xD;&#xA;* Being able to tell what part of the network stack failed based on the timing and other characteristics of a failed connection&#xD;&#xA;* Possibly **HTTPFox and/or Firebug**" />
  <row Id="7491" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4290" RevisionGUID="c4e47492-84ab-48db-b7bc-a2895dd4b9ad" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:25:18.787" UserId="1883" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="&lt;sbs&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;antivirus&gt;" />
  <row Id="7492" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4290" RevisionGUID="c4e47492-84ab-48db-b7bc-a2895dd4b9ad" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:25:18.787" UserId="1883" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="I'm managing a small network with Small Business Server 2008 and 7 clients running a mix of Vista and XP. The server and clients are all running McAfee Total Protection Service for malware and spyware protection; the clients are also using the McAfee firewall and browser protection features as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The McAfee TPS product, which is managed from the cloud, is shown as functional in Windows Security Center on the clients, but the clients are not reporting their protection status to SBS. The SBS Console lists &quot;Critical&quot; status for all clients for both virus and spyware protection, and says that the clients &quot;cannot be queried.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs&amp;tid=d54e6ce6-fd59-47ab-af99-2faac79442e5&amp;cat=&amp;lang=&amp;cr=&amp;sloc=&amp;p=1&quot;&gt;This Usenet thread&lt;/a&gt; suggests that WMI traffic is being blocked, although WMI Provider Host has been granted access through the McAfee firewall on the client (the Windows firewall is off).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These clients formerly ran AVG antivirus and they didn't successfully report to SBS then either, which makes me doubt that it's a vendor-specific problem." />
  <row Id="7493" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4304" RevisionGUID="fb085d73-3a5e-4b4a-83ab-a4df92c815b6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:31:19.690" UserId="10500" Text="I've had my desktop for ~4 years now, and recently it started behaving really badly:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whenever I run a Flash webgame or anything that takes up a great deal of memory - like a game, for example - everything will work fine for awhile, but after 10-15 minutes, the computer comes to an immediate halt.  The fan goes dead, the computer turns off, the monitor goes blank.  It behaves as if someone has just yanked the power.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;What are some things I can do to troubleshoot this problem?&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps the CPU is overheating?  Maybe I've got some bad RAM?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although I don't think it matters, I'm running on Windows XP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;Note:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/120/should-personal-computer-troubleshooting-questions-be-asked-on-sf&quot;&gt;I realize this isn't exactly a &quot;system administration&quot; question since I'm dealing with my own personal desktop&lt;/A&gt; and it's not really serving anything up to the outside world at the moment.  However, I'm asking for general troubleshooting tips for the symtoms described above - Symptoms that I think could easily be applied to computers/servers in general.  If you don't think this is appropriate, feel free to close.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7494" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4304" RevisionGUID="fb085d73-3a5e-4b4a-83ab-a4df92c815b6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:31:19.690" UserId="10500" Text="How can I troubleshoot an immediate computer shutdown?" />
  <row Id="7495" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4304" RevisionGUID="fb085d73-3a5e-4b4a-83ab-a4df92c815b6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:31:19.690" UserId="10500" Text="&lt;crash&gt;&lt;windowsxp&gt;" />
  <row Id="7496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4305" RevisionGUID="c2dfa871-c36e-4449-b4db-d5fd9af3b14b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:33:05.880" UserId="1883" Text="Lately I've been installing &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider&quot;&gt;inSSIDer&lt;/a&gt; virtually as a matter of course on any computer with a wireless card, to troubleshoot the inevitable connection problems." />
  <row Id="7497" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4305" RevisionGUID="c2dfa871-c36e-4449-b4db-d5fd9af3b14b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:33:05.880" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7498" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4306" RevisionGUID="a262e4e4-3fde-4060-b153-554c8bf3cf18" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:35:23.190" UserId="1496" Text="Like you mentioned, the most likely culprits are overheating and bad RAM. The next thing to check would be the video card (clean the fan) and hard drive (bad sectors in the swap file equals bad RAM - perhaps move the swap file to another drive or partition to test?).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you updated or downgraded any drivers lately? I've had the exact same behavior on a certain motherboard at some point due to Realtek's crappy sound card drivers (onboard HD audio.) I had to play around with a few versions until I found one that worked." />
  <row Id="7499" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4258" RevisionGUID="cac22358-6613-4734-b472-87b186cfa9ba" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:36:17.293" UserId="526" Comment="added the specific certificate error" Text="Every time I launch the shortcut to the VMWare Infrustructure Web Access page I get a message in IE7 asking me to choose a digital certificate.  I don't have any digital certificates, so I click &quot;OK&quot; or &quot;Cancel&quot;--it doesn't matter which.  I'm taken to a screen that says, &quot;There is a problem with this website's security certificate.&quot;  I have to click &quot;Continue to this website (not recommended).&quot;  I'm prompted again to choose a digital certificate, I don't select anything, and click &quot;OK.&quot;  I'm then prompted to enter my username and password, which I do, and I can finally login.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everything works, but the IE7 toolbar does tell me there's a certificate error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Untrusted Certificate.&#xD;&#xA;    The security certificate presented by this website&#xD;&#xA;    was not issued by a trusted certificate authority.&#xD;&#xA;    This problem may indicate an attempt to fool you or&#xD;&#xA;    intercept any data you send to the server. We &#xD;&#xA;    recommend that you close this webpage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I click the certificate error and choose the &quot;Install Certificate&quot; option and restart IE, but the error remains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The entire process is annoying every time I want to manage a virtual machine.  Does anybody know how to fix this?" />
  <row Id="7500" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4301" RevisionGUID="1ef720bc-9f44-4006-9028-34f0872dd1ef" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:37:02.423" UserId="1877" Comment="added 326 characters in body" Text="When your computer become part of the domain they will use the Domain Controller to sync their time (it's require for the authentification mechanism to work properly). Make sure your Domain Controller is sync with a good internet source (in canada I use `time.nrc.ca`) and you're pretty much there. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can look at these articles from Microsoft for more information:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Windows Time Service and Resulting Internet Communication in Windows Server 2008][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Introduction to Administering the Windows Time Service][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Updated: Added the link proposed by [phenry][3] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731790.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc816633.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/users/1883/phenry" />
  <row Id="7501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4307" RevisionGUID="a14b1dbe-88fe-4d54-b71e-02ba07b87466" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:41:57.373" UserId="326" Text="I've put my [list of standard windows software][1] on delicious. For Linux I've got it in the convenient form of a [puppet][2] [module][3] that configures a host as I want it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://delicious.com/DavidSchmitt/stdsw?sort=alpha&amp;order=asc&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://git.black.co.at/?p=module-dbp" />
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  <row Id="7503" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2163" RevisionGUID="58098595-b20a-4ffd-9e84-8f03a79fe9ea" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:42:08.480" UserId="388" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;&lt;inventory&gt;" />
  <row Id="7504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4308" RevisionGUID="55b2447e-1242-4eb9-b716-a0dabe01e559" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:43:52.470" UserId="626" Text="It seems very likely you have an overheating problem - If it was the CPU it would likely blue screen.It seems like this is only happening under load.&#xD;&#xA; I would check the power supply -&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; either being overloaded &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; the fan in the PS is not working correctly&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To troubleshoot - Take a look at the PS - is the fan spinning&#xD;&#xA;you could try another power supply. " />
  <row Id="7505" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4117" RevisionGUID="022465f1-bdff-4ede-9e55-9bf0f68b452e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:44:05.230" UserId="326" Comment="added 75 characters in body" Text="The easiest way to move a linux system to LVM is to use a external disk (USB, eSATA) and a CD-ROM based system like [grml][1] to move away all data from the PC to the external disk, then re-partition the PC with LVM. Finally copy everything back and configure and re-install grub to the MBR.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This procedure is slightly involved, but you always have the data on the external drive and the CD-ROM to boot your system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you correctly expect, Windows is not able to access any LVM volumes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://grml.org" />
  <row Id="7506" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4309" RevisionGUID="111c54c1-543f-43a5-935a-7bd0cf0bdd6f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:45:46.600" UserId="43738" Text="I have a MySql database that I &quot;inherited&quot; and I was not given the admin credentials.  I do however have access to the box that it runs on.  Is there a way to either recover the admin credentials or create new ones?" />
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  <row Id="7508" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4309" RevisionGUID="111c54c1-543f-43a5-935a-7bd0cf0bdd6f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:45:46.600" UserId="43738" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;password&gt;&lt;reset&gt;" />
  <row Id="7509" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4310" RevisionGUID="cabb66aa-71bd-45c9-8bba-2c57e7544063" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:46:03.510" UserId="1893" Text="Wow, only two mentions of anti-virus software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use avast or antivir, depending on the mood I am in. Lately I've been going with avast more often then not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - avast!&#xD;&#xA; - Mozilla Firefox&#xD;&#xA; - Google Chrome&#xD;&#xA; - Pidgin&#xD;&#xA; - Putty&#xD;&#xA; - notepad2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those are my defaults, depending on what I do with the machine I will do more or less developer stuff." />
  <row Id="7510" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4310" RevisionGUID="cabb66aa-71bd-45c9-8bba-2c57e7544063" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:46:03.510" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7511" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4128" RevisionGUID="be91bd30-37f4-4d97-bfe3-605ecea2bc02" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:48:27.030" UserId="706" Comment="added 6 characters in body" Text="Drives, like most components, have a bathtub curve failure rate.  They fail a lot in the beginning, have a relatively low failure rate in the middle, and then fail a lot as they reach the end of their life.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just as the whole drive follows this curve, particular areas of the disk will also follow this curve.  You'll see a lot of sector re-allocations in the beginning of using the drive, but this should taper off.  When teh drive starts to fail at the end of life it'll start losing more and more sectors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You don't need to worry about 6 (depending on the drive - consult the manufacturer), but you need to watch and see the frequency of each new reallocation.  If the deterioration accelerates or stays the same, worry.  Otherwise, it should be fine after the initial break-in period.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="7512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4311" RevisionGUID="97c421f1-4aa2-4804-b6d7-bde8eee32a7f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:48:55.140" UserId="1129" Text="The power supply can provide electricity at the specs given. Assuming the connectors are the same polarity and the supplies have the same voltage, they are interchangeable in a pinch. The difference in current has to do with how fast it can charge the battery. Higher capacity batteries take longer to charge, and a beefier power supply can supply more current to the battery to charge it faster. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The thing about charging a battery is that the charge/discharge cycle wears the battery out. The faster you charge it, the faster the wear. Over time this makes the battery lose its capacity. Slower charging is better (less bad, really) for the battery. Also, Lithium-Ion batteries don't like to be completely discharged or topped off. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's probably more than you needed to know. The difference in the power supplies boils down to one being designed to provide more power to charge the battery faster. If the voltage and connector are the same, you can swap them without significantly damaging anything." />
  <row Id="7513" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4312" RevisionGUID="e0fb33fc-935d-4b6d-a104-d7319193e44c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:50:05.497" UserId="326" Text="Read and execute [the chapter about resetting the root password][1] in the MySQL Reference Manual.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/resetting-permissions.html" />
  <row Id="7514" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4313" RevisionGUID="00b129e0-bf88-4083-9318-2836d9b0b35b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:50:48.863" UserId="1883" Text="Authorization Manager can be used to regulate administrative access to Hyper-V, as described &lt;a href=&quot;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd283030.aspx&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft also provides a number of other Hyper-V utilities, such as the &lt;a href=&quot;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc501231.aspx&quot;&gt;Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool&lt;/a&gt;." />
  <row Id="7515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4314" RevisionGUID="dccecee9-6f68-4b64-b035-d14d49fda4f2" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:52:44.553" UserId="808" Text="I have fixed problems like this in the past by replacing the power supply.  I had a computer that would randomly completely shut off with no warning.  Linux, in this case, but as you said, the OS probably doesn't matter.  Replacing the power supply fixed it and the problem never recurred.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although power supplies have no moving parts (except for the fan), they wear out surprisingly often.  I'm not certain how one could prove that the power supply is the root cause of the problem other than swapping it out and trying.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I try to always have one spare power supply on hand so I can at least test this without investing in a new power supply.  The spare is usually one of my working but older power supplies.  That is, my spare is not a new, unused power supply, since this is just for home use.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4315" RevisionGUID="a7d1d244-ff9c-4147-853f-b1e9e9afc1cd" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:53:00.247" UserId="1039" Text="What should I be aware of when bringing a computer on an airplane? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**general answers welcome** but...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm particularly interested in:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Are computers bothered by X-ray machines or anything else that carry-on or checked baggage is exposed to? &#xD;&#xA;- What kind of red flags would packing a non laptop raise with the TSA?&#xD;&#xA;- Are there any setups known to work well for packing around larger system (like server scale)? &#xD;&#xA;- Has anyone seen one of these cases bands use to back there sound equipment used to mount a server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(In case you didn't spot it, I'm puzzling out what it would take to build a mobile server farm.)" />
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  <row Id="7519" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1371" RevisionGUID="d7a1a638-0682-4a69-981b-0af3a134c286" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:53:31.900" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="7520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4316" RevisionGUID="88c73772-ff10-429b-9eaa-dfa5895cac2c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:53:39.903" UserId="326" Text="Just use [mod_proxy][1] and configure it as reverse proxy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the example from the 2.2 reference manual:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyRequests Off&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Proxy *&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    Order deny,allow&#xD;&#xA;    Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Proxy&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPass /foo http://foo.example.com/bar&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPassReverse /foo http://foo.example.com/bar &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_proxy.html" />
  <row Id="7524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4320" RevisionGUID="a7596634-c19f-48ff-9956-39315d59fef1" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:58:49.780" UserId="924" Text="There's a sensible contribution to this topic from [Gene Spafford at Purdue's CERIAS][1].  Here's a partial quote:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; So where did the “change passwords&#xD;&#xA;&gt; once a month” dictum come from?  Back&#xD;&#xA;&gt; in the days when people were using&#xD;&#xA;&gt; mainframes without networking, the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; biggest uncontrolled authentication&#xD;&#xA;&gt; concern was cracking.  Resources,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; however, were limited.  As best as I&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can find, some DoD contractors did&#xD;&#xA;&gt; some back-of-the-envelope calculation&#xD;&#xA;&gt; about how long it would take to run&#xD;&#xA;&gt; through all the possible passwords&#xD;&#xA;&gt; using their mainframe, and the result&#xD;&#xA;&gt; was several months.  So, they&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (somewhat reasonably) set a password&#xD;&#xA;&gt; change period of 1 month as a means to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; defeat systematic cracking attempts. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; This was then enshrined in policy,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; which got published, and largely&#xD;&#xA;&gt; accepted by others over the years.  As&#xD;&#xA;&gt; time went on, auditors began to look&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for this and ended up building it into&#xD;&#xA;&gt; their “best practice” that they&#xD;&#xA;&gt; expected.  It also got written into&#xD;&#xA;&gt; several lists of security&#xD;&#xA;&gt; recommendations.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; This is DESPITE the fact that any&#xD;&#xA;&gt; reasonable analysis shows that a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; monthly password change has little or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; no end impact on improving security!  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; It is a “best practice” based on&#xD;&#xA;&gt; experience 30 years ago with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; non-networked mainframes in a DoD&#xD;&#xA;&gt; environment—hardly a match for today’s&#xD;&#xA;&gt; systems, especially in academia!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cerias.purdue.edu/site/blog/post/password-change-myths/" />
  <row Id="7525" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3733" RevisionGUID="86f6b835-eb01-4130-bed2-561ffaad02a9" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:59:11.387" UserId="86" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;wine&gt;&lt;emulation&gt;" />
  <row Id="7526" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4321" RevisionGUID="e9459d54-a659-4bac-9469-4d1fb0319b3f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T20:59:44.693" UserId="1736" Text="1. Yes, they are bothered by X-rays.  Magnetic media, particularly.  Do not let them go through the conveyor, they have to be inspected separately.&#xD;&#xA;2. The TSA considers it its job to freak out over irrelevancies (love me some security-theater-of-the-absurd), so expect to have someone poke through your server, probably with a salad fork.&#xD;&#xA;3. Yeah, FedEx.&#xD;&#xA;4. No." />
  <row Id="7527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4322" RevisionGUID="9c701934-9b64-464c-80f4-e6635c742eba" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:04:35.320" UserId="1821" Text="Currently we use [Offline NT Password &amp; Registry Editor][1] for machines we do not have admin passwords for. It is a really nice tool but has some flaws. Is there something better/more modern?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/" />
  <row Id="7528" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4322" RevisionGUID="9c701934-9b64-464c-80f4-e6635c742eba" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:04:35.320" UserId="1821" Text="Password Recovery" />
  <row Id="7529" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4322" RevisionGUID="9c701934-9b64-464c-80f4-e6635c742eba" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:04:35.320" UserId="1821" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;password&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="7530" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4321" RevisionGUID="5f9ed8b1-672d-4628-af81-8bf15035f6ec" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:05:55.897" UserId="1736" Comment="deleted 122 characters in body" Text="1. No, X-rays are a-okay.&#xD;&#xA;2. The TSA considers it its job to freak out over irrelevancies (love me some security-theater-of-the-absurd), so expect to have someone poke through your server, probably with a salad fork.&#xD;&#xA;3. Yeah, FedEx.&#xD;&#xA;4. No." />
  <row Id="7531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4323" RevisionGUID="99290fff-d283-488d-9795-11d1292cd5b1" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:05:59.530" UserId="1820" Text="The answer above is correct, and if you want SSL support:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SSLEngine On&#xD;&#xA;    SSLProxyEngine On&#xD;&#xA;    SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/webmail.pem&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7532" PostHistoryTypeId="9" PostId="2163" RevisionGUID="21a66b58-f859-41e6-883a-d8adaceba68a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:06:25.987" UserId="123" Comment="Rollback to [58d1fabc-785c-4a57-b378-3ae6a83de963]" Text="&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="7533" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4324" RevisionGUID="c1f51da0-2ccc-4553-8947-476a05213b78" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:06:41.963" UserId="681" Text="I've had success with OphCrack&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="7534" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4325" RevisionGUID="c5aa7161-16c4-4fc0-ac40-7723f1f107a9" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:07:02.663" UserId="1435" Text="Modern x-ray machines pose no risk at all to magnetic media, they haven't since the early 80's in fact. What could still be a minor risk are the hand-held scanners that officials use on people but you really should have put anything that you care about in the tray by that point anyway. I have put a variety of laptops, iPods, cameras, camcorders etc. through airport x-ray machines well over a hundred times over twenty years with no issues whatsoever. Of course the proof is that there's no warnings about it being dangerous, no airport in their right mind would risk the law suits against them of not displaying if it was dangerous but they hadn't signposted it heavily. Enjoy your flight." />
  <row Id="7535" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2163" RevisionGUID="92568922-de66-4484-93d4-0c24d85aae03" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:07:07.267" UserId="123" Comment="retag" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;inventory&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="7536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4326" RevisionGUID="ad1bb98a-0326-4346-843c-69c389b732b3" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:10:50.347" UserId="808" Text="1. I have never heard of a laptop hard disk being bothered by X-rays, and I've known of a lot of laptops going through a lot of X-rays, sometimes carry-on and sometimes checked.  I would be very surprised to hear that a 3.5&quot; hard disk is more susceptible to X-rays than a laptop 2.5&quot; drive.&#xD;&#xA;2. The TSA can and do freak out about minor things, but you're not the only person carrying around a lot of computer equipment.  The TSA primarily freaks out about things out of the ordinary.  Something they see every week -- like a salesman carrying around a box of computer equipment in checked baggage for demos -- will not freak them out.&#xD;&#xA;3. When my company sends sales folks for demos, I see large padded boxes clearly made for carrying large heavy equipment.  This stuff must be fairly routine for this kind of thing.  Big boxes:  like 3' high by 5' wide by 3+' deep.  I assume they use checked baggage, but it's possible that they FedEx or otherwise avoid the airlines.  They probably do whatever is cheapest.  I recommend you do the same.&#xD;&#xA;4. Band equipment I don't know about.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NOTE: After every trip and before you power anything on, open up the servers and ensure that nothing has wiggled loose.  I don't say this from experience but from paranoia.  There may be some big bumps on the ride.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7537" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4315" RevisionGUID="8467d03d-a971-4944-8b83-ee2834a5d8da" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:15:02.753" UserId="1039" Comment="added 93 characters in body" Text="What should I be aware of when bringing a computer on an airplane? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**general answers welcome** but...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm particularly interested in:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Are computers bothered by X-ray machines or anything else that carry-on or checked baggage is exposed to? &#xD;&#xA;- What kind of red flags would packing a non laptop raise with the TSA?&#xD;&#xA;- Are there any setups known to work well for packing around larger system (like server scale)? &#xD;&#xA;- Has anyone seen one of [these cases bands use to back there sound equipment][1] used to mount a server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(In case you didn't spot it, I'm puzzling out what it would take to build a mobile server farm for fast, short notice deployment. FWIW it's more likely to end up in a story than on a plane)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rockhardcases.com/" />
  <row Id="7538" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4327" RevisionGUID="638b907c-5c0e-44c8-978d-fd591b69c9bc" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:21:02.240" UserId="906" Text="to disconnect, use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net use Z: /d&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows will not try to re-connect the drive when logging on again (unless the drive is actually being connected in a logon script or similar, of course)." />
  <row Id="7539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4328" RevisionGUID="471ac68b-3d90-46f0-8958-3aaf6ce01c59" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:23:46.990" UserId="1561" Text="Before it was pulled, l0phtcrack was the way to go.  L0pht went commercial and the tool was pulled.  ophcrack is a &quot;branch&quot; of this and will provide you with what you need (see Kenvin Dente's answer for linky).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This may or may not apply to your situation, but to *avoid* this issue, the Local Administrator account is set to a different password, and is never given to anyone for any reason.  So, even if the machine is disconnected from the network, and you've used up your 15 cached attempts (the default), you can still get in and affect changes as needed.  Users that need special privs (when it's absolutely required because the program's concept of security is botched) we grant them &quot;Power User&quot;, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7540" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4329" RevisionGUID="7854c1d8-6b30-493d-9f75-9dc6c05358fd" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:26:51.400" UserId="588" Text="I wasted a lot of time fiddling with Windows Time Service, until I found this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.arachnoid.com/abouttime/&quot;&gt;ancient software&lt;/a&gt; (yes, you're reading right, you should download the IE4+ version) that cured that headache once and for all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Find yourself a close server, configure it about 74 seconds and you got yourself a synced machine." />
  <row Id="7541" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4330" RevisionGUID="ad60d729-719f-4a82-9149-f27d13131de5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:29:38.130" UserId="1561" Text=" - Are computers bothered by X-ray machines or anything else that carry-on or checked baggage is exposed to?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No.  Magnetic media is not affected.  That applies to undeveloped photographic film.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What kind of red flags would packing a non laptop raise with the TSA?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does it look like a bomb?  Is it clearly accessable (openable)?  Can it hide a bomb?  I've seen CPAP machines receive swabs for explosive chemical tests because the TSA can't open it up to look in it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pack a regular bag if you can, and unzip it for them to look around.  If it looks suspicious, then it is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Are there any setups known to work well for packing around larger system (like server scale)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you cook up a homebrew setup of some kind (dolly cart, etc.) you're probably going to have a hard time.  I certainly wouldn't put a server though luggage, that's a sure-fire way to end up with a box of broken contents.  Maybe look into packing a powerful, high-end PC class board into a portable LAN party case that doesn't have blazing dragons and etched tattoos on it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has anyone seen one of these cases bands use to back there sound equipment used to mount a server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mobile 4-post racks, yes.  Expensive, but if you do *a lot* of travel, it might be worth it.  And you can certainly mount a 1, 2, 3, or 4u box.  If you're willing to pay the price for this, be sure to include a UPS unit in it, there are several to be had that are rackmount-ready.  Do this because you don't know the power situation ahead of time." />
  <row Id="7542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4331" RevisionGUID="3e760b6d-c9ea-4f58-9d6f-8398b93c3808" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:31:33.960" UserId="427" Text="I recently had a laptop hard drive crash on me and am trying to rescue some of the data on the original drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As such, I've extracted my failed hard drive and installed it in a USB enclosure.  I've been successful retrieving some data but am getting &quot;Acces is denied.&quot; popups whenever I try to access files under my &quot;Documents and Settings\username&quot; folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's strange (to me) is I can access files under my girlfriend's &quot;Documents and Settings\girlfriend-username&quot; folder but cannot access the files under the username directories.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Suggestions?" />
  <row Id="7543" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4331" RevisionGUID="3e760b6d-c9ea-4f58-9d6f-8398b93c3808" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:31:33.960" UserId="427" Text="Crashed Hard Drive Data Retrieval" />
  <row Id="7544" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4331" RevisionGUID="3e760b6d-c9ea-4f58-9d6f-8398b93c3808" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:31:33.960" UserId="427" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;" />
  <row Id="7545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4332" RevisionGUID="00ac5f99-9dd9-4bfd-a60c-57313f4d66dd" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:31:40.903" UserId="1393" Text="I suspect that it may be cheaper to buy a ATA-approved shipping container and send the computer via UPS/FEDEX.  I've sent computers overseas this way before.  I think we got our shipping container from [Time Motion Tools][1] -- or one of the other tool vendors.  Try Google with &quot;[computer shipping containers][2].&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.timemotion.com/Departments/Tool-Kits--Cases-and-Carts/Tool-Cases--Tool-Boxes--Holsters--Totes-and-Bags/Shipping-and-Circuit-Board-Cases.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.google.com/search?q=computer+shipping+containers" />
  <row Id="7549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4334" RevisionGUID="5a022651-f57e-4357-9a35-6298188e4567" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:34:30.227" UserId="808" Text="You may wish to try one of the Linux-based rescue CDs that you can boot from.  These may help work around permissions errors, if in fact the pop-ups you see are generated by permissions errors and not by filesystem corruption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See the answers to the SF question [Favorite system recovery Live CD?][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/79/favorite-system-recovery-live-cd" />
  <row Id="7550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4335" RevisionGUID="0541f65f-61a6-429b-b61b-b929d0019b32" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:34:39.367" UserId="1840" Text="**A)**&#xD;&#xA;It's a bit tricky, but you might need to find the files that conflicker modified/infected and make sure there isn't a config file (or registry) somewhere in the computer(s) blocking access to the addresses those websites are trying to get to.  A great tool for finding modified (unusually configured registry settings, DLLs and other windows system files) is [hijackthis from Trend Micro][1].  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- You might want to do a view source on the webpage and see what addresses aren't loading and do systematic troubleshooting from that perspective &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**B)** Ultimately, I would say &quot;re-install everything!&quot; but I don't know your situation.  I'm somewhat neurotic about viruses so I would re-install if I could. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis/overview" />
  <row Id="7551" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4336" RevisionGUID="90f853ea-cc3f-4edc-bfe2-1aaa94b5a1ff" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:37:30.593" UserId="658" Text="Have you tried [SpinRite][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Steve knows his stuff, and SpinRate has saved my bacon before. The tool is very mature. You can purchase and download at grc.com. I am not a shill, just a customer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.ca/search?q=spinrite" />
  <row Id="7552" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4337" RevisionGUID="46d7f3bb-27f5-4ced-9356-c70f3887ac84" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:41:17.980" UserId="1562" Text="Win 2003 R2 setup. I can push the printer via group policy, and pushprinterconnections.exe, but the printer isn't set as the default printer. Any ideas on how to set the default printer for an XP box via group policy?" />
  <row Id="7553" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4337" RevisionGUID="46d7f3bb-27f5-4ced-9356-c70f3887ac84" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:41:17.980" UserId="1562" Text="Set _default_ printer via group policy in 2003R2 to XP" />
  <row Id="7554" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4337" RevisionGUID="46d7f3bb-27f5-4ced-9356-c70f3887ac84" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:41:17.980" UserId="1562" Text="&lt;printing&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003-r2&gt;" />
  <row Id="7555" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4338" RevisionGUID="3d83f19e-c11a-4337-8f90-79d4746d2206" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:45:38.997" UserId="1896" Text="i'm using the [script][1] already mentioned by Oskar with [psexec][2] to patch a bunch of servers. if a server has a borked WU Agent i use this script:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net stop bits&#xD;&#xA;    net stop wuauserv&#xD;&#xA;    reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate /f&#xD;&#xA;    rd /s /q %WINDIR%\SoftwareDistribution&#xD;&#xA;    gpupdate /force&#xD;&#xA;    wuauclt /resetauthorization /detectnow&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa387102(VS.85).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx" />
  <row Id="7556" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4339" RevisionGUID="dd0d0a49-8094-4208-a702-0ff3145b0449" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:45:57.173" UserId="1897" Text="Talking about ease of maintanence / software support does it matter what version of linux i386 or x64 version is installed? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server obviously is 64 bit however i wonder if living with 64bit OS would add any more pain when it comes to finding software updates and software installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux distro in question is Centos 5" />
  <row Id="7557" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4339" RevisionGUID="dd0d0a49-8094-4208-a702-0ff3145b0449" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:45:57.173" UserId="1897" Text="Which linux version to install: i386 or x64?" />
  <row Id="7558" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4339" RevisionGUID="dd0d0a49-8094-4208-a702-0ff3145b0449" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:45:57.173" UserId="1897" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;x64&gt;&lt;i386&gt;&lt;centos&gt;" />
  <row Id="7559" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4340" RevisionGUID="f86654ef-8dc5-4306-aff4-e2bd5f1ebbe2" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:46:47.483" UserId="1848" Text="In the past I've done this using a startup script. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using wscript:&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;        Set WSHNetwork = CreateObject(&quot;WScript.Network&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;        WSHNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter &quot;[PRINTER_NAME]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Taken from [this link][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2007/08/set-default-printer-from-script.html" />
  <row Id="7560" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4315" RevisionGUID="3c04ca7f-572d-45df-8c82-d6dd7595aca0" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:47:05.703" UserId="1039" Comment="sp" Text="What should I be aware of when bringing a computer on an airplane? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**general answers welcome** but...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm particularly interested in:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Are computers bothered by X-ray machines or anything else that carry-on or checked baggage is exposed to? &#xD;&#xA;- What kind of red flags would packing a non laptop raise with the TSA?&#xD;&#xA;- Are there any setups known to work well for packing around larger system (like server scale)? &#xD;&#xA;- Has anyone seen one of [those cases bands use to back there sound equipment][1] used to mount a server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(In case you didn't spot it, I'm puzzling out what it would take to build a mobile server farm for fast, short notice deployment. FWIW it's more likely to end up in a story than on a plane)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rockhardcases.com/" />
  <row Id="7561" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4341" RevisionGUID="4e2bfbc4-07a7-4a21-8d1b-0b9cbbf38f0c" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:47:37.073" UserId="1436" Text="Windows give the option to encrypt the user directory when setting it up. There is a chance that this is what is happening.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The second is that the user directory has NTFS permissions denying access. Try right clicking, properties, security, advanced, ownership, and take ownership of this and all sub folders. They try copy again." />
  <row Id="7562" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3892" RevisionGUID="c8722b04-0666-49e1-8322-a589ecacfc07" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:49:40.657" UserId="212" Comment="Point out that sa-compile is used." Text="I'm using SpamAssassin on Debian (the default configuration with Pyzor, AWL and Bayes disabled, and sa-compile enabled), and each of the spamd child processes consume around 100 to 150MB of memory (around 50MB of real memory) on the 32 bit servers, and about double this (logically enough) on the 64 bit servers.  There are generally two child processes, but at busy times there can be five (the maximum) running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ISTM that 200 to 600MB is a lot of memory for this task.  I'd like to continue using SA as part of my filtering structure, but it's becoming difficult to justify so much memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any ways to reduce the amount of memory that each child process uses?  (Or alternatively, make a single child process so fast that I can set the maximum children to something like 2?).  I'm willing to consider any options, including ones that will or may result in reduced accuracy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've already read the [&quot;Out of Memory Problems&quot; page on the SA wiki][1]; nothing there is of any use.  Messages larger than 5 MB are not scanned with SA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/OutOfMemoryProblems" />
  <row Id="7563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4342" RevisionGUID="622378c9-98be-4506-a22d-e512499a400f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:50:20.780" UserId="1845" Text="Make sure you are logged on as an administrator on the machine you are accessing the drive from. Then right click the folder you are trying to access and select properties. Click on the security tab. Click on the advanced button in the lower right hand corner. That should bring up the Advanced Security Setting for filename box. Click on the owner tab. Place a check mark in the Replace Owner on subcontainers and objects box. Click OK and click OK. This will make your current user owner of the files and allow you to access them." />
  <row Id="7564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4343" RevisionGUID="e1dadfb7-29cb-477c-9d7d-4c8843d424e1" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:53:31.507" UserId="1162" Text="What about data? According to [this page][1], the TSA can take a copy of all your data for any reason without suspicion of wrongdoing when crossing the US border. The data may be shared with other agencies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are shipping servers around, are you carrying commercially sensitive data that could harm your business if it got into the hands of your competitors?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tsarules.com/" />
  <row Id="7565" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4344" RevisionGUID="e7040274-e47a-481d-95d7-8c749ed82373" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:55:29.207" UserId="1820" Text="I have Windows Search 4 running on an installation of Server 2008 x64, indexing two specific directories.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to have a web interface to query this catalog? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;On an older server (Server 2003) we are using the Indexing Service and the following sample to query that index:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms692879(VS.85).aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is working perfectly, and we just want to take advantage of the Search 4.0 features/performance in the same web format.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have looked at Search Server Express and it's not quite what we're looking for. I have also seen a couple references to use the Microsoft.Search.Interop but I don't know how to put it all together in an aspx page.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7566" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4344" RevisionGUID="e7040274-e47a-481d-95d7-8c749ed82373" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:55:29.207" UserId="1820" Text="Windows Search 4 web interface" />
  <row Id="7567" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4344" RevisionGUID="e7040274-e47a-481d-95d7-8c749ed82373" CreationDate="2009-05-04T21:55:29.207" UserId="1820" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;search&gt;&lt;search-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="7570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4347" RevisionGUID="f08521f0-005f-4ca2-ae96-2cc6869aed98" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:00:56.310" UserId="1589" Text="The main pain point I've seen while trying to use a 64-bit linux OS is driver support for hardware.  Assuming your specific hardware has good stable 64-bit drivers, I'd say go for the x64 version to help future proof your installation." />
  <row Id="7572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4348" RevisionGUID="e327f2cc-1524-4f2d-8436-619a199bd13b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:01:33.857" UserId="1896" Text="use a VPN or encryption to prevent people from sniffing your traffic in a hostile environment. you can also make a static arp entry in your windows machine if you know the right MAC address of the router with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    arp -s &lt;gw_ip&gt; &lt;gw_mac&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;at my environment i have a software called [arpwatch][1] on the firewall to see if someone play tricks on my network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you can also consider implementing somekind of [NAC][2](Network Access Control) at your Switches to prevent unauthorized clients on your network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arpwatch&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Access_Control" />
  <row Id="7573" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4339" RevisionGUID="0355e433-1f6d-4440-8a06-1a24fbbf2dca" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:01:46.510" UserId="1897" Comment="added 41 characters in body" Text="Talking about ease of maintanence / software support does it matter what version of linux i386 or x64 version is installed? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server obviously is 64 bit however i wonder if living with 64bit OS would add any more pain when it comes to finding software updates and software installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux distro in question is Centos 5, hardware is basic VPS with 384MB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7574" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4349" RevisionGUID="222ddc4c-a457-485b-b07c-9929a864a566" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:04:03.277" UserId="212" Text="Following on from [this question][1]. Debian, if that matters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I understand that some memory is shared between forked processes.  How then can I determine how much memory is used by a process/set of forked processes?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using the smem tool recommended in [this similar question][2], I get values like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Command                         Swap      USS      PSS      RSS &#xD;&#xA;    /usr/sbin/spamd --create-pr        0    16820    24974    41628&#xD;&#xA;    spamd chil                         0    19388    27581    44176&#xD;&#xA;    spamd chil                         0    32328    40038    55708&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I understand the swap column, and the RSS column is what is normally reported (e.g. in ps).  From reading the smem documentation, it sounds like USS is the memory specifically for that child, and PSS is a portion of the memory shared across the processes.  However, adding USS to PSS gives higher values than RSS, and I thought that the sharing would mean less (so I'm presumably interpreting incorrectly).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not tied to the smem tool.  I would just like some way of getting a &quot;memory use&quot; number that somewhat accurately reflects the amount of real memory that the process is using.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3892/how-to-minimise-spamassassin-spamd-memory-use&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3104/simple-tool-to-graph-memory-usage" />
  <row Id="7575" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4349" RevisionGUID="222ddc4c-a457-485b-b07c-9929a864a566" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:04:03.277" UserId="212" Text="How can I determine the memory used by a forked process (Linux)?" />
  <row Id="7576" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4349" RevisionGUID="222ddc4c-a457-485b-b07c-9929a864a566" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:04:03.277" UserId="212" Text="&lt;memory&gt;&lt;optimization&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="7577" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2591" RevisionGUID="00aa2ab7-57be-460d-a964-1345c0f8fdaa" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:04:06.973" UserId="388" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;subnet&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;tcpip&gt;&lt;network-design&gt;" />
  <row Id="7578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4350" RevisionGUID="854b43ce-887a-45b1-b040-3186501782da" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:04:21.823" UserId="488" Text="I have two quibbles about 64-bit Linux.  Java and Flash.  I use Eclipse and SQL Developer regularly, and getting them set up was annoying.  Not impossible or terrible, but there was some extra work.  I still don't have a reliable Flash plugin installed." />
  <row Id="7579" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4351" RevisionGUID="eb9f85f4-9e5a-473c-afc3-1f394ab85b4b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:04:30.247" UserId="1166" Text="If the hardware is 64bit capable then go for a x86_64 installation. Almost of the packaged software is open and compiled for that architecture. The biggest problems used to be the binary plugins for the browser but now there are 64bit versions of both Java and Flash Player (although this one is still a bit experimental).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For normal usage you won't have any problem, but if you depend on some (closed) 32bit-only application you may want to stick to a 32bit installation. Note that most distros in their 64 version also provide a subset of their libraries compiled in 32bit mode so you can still run 32bit-only application provided that you can find all the packages to satisfy the dependencies (but - at least with Debian - it's pretty easy to convert a 32bit .deb library to a compatibility package installable on the 64bit distribution)" />
  <row Id="7580" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4352" RevisionGUID="164b107e-cecb-40db-a6b0-4ff6c1f37160" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:05:09.730" UserId="813" Text="Are there online resources or books that you would recommend as an introduction to PowerShell scripting?  The resources I've found primarily focus on interactive use." />
  <row Id="7581" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4352" RevisionGUID="164b107e-cecb-40db-a6b0-4ff6c1f37160" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:05:09.730" UserId="813" Text="What are some good resources for learning PowerShell scripting?" />
  <row Id="7582" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4352" RevisionGUID="164b107e-cecb-40db-a6b0-4ff6c1f37160" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:05:09.730" UserId="813" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;" />
  <row Id="7583" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4353" RevisionGUID="a9958ebc-b331-47c6-9578-e21bf0813275" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:11:16.957" UserId="1312" Text="I had to ask a new graphic designer (in a former position) to install his cracked copies of photoshop and a few other tools because our boss didn't want to pay for them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It infected our servers with a virus, which I think was appropriate :)" />
  <row Id="7584" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4353" RevisionGUID="a9958ebc-b331-47c6-9578-e21bf0813275" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:11:16.957" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7585" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4354" RevisionGUID="620ec66a-25d0-4ef9-86fc-66554e78b90a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:15:25.090" UserId="1649" Text="SPF (Sender Policy Framework) seems like a good way to combat spammers/spoofing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, despite reading the explanations several times, I'm not quite understanding how to configure it correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Let's say I have my server at `a.x.com` which hosts `www.x.com` and `b.x.com` and `c.x.com` and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also have `a.co.uk` `b.net` `c.info` and so on, each of these with an assortment of sub-domains, all hosted on `x.com`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For all of these domains and sub-domains, I want to permit mail to be sent from `a.x.com`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would also like them all to permit mail sent from Gmail for all these domains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;How do I set this up with SPF?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can I set one SPF record for `x.com` (or `a.x.com`) and then for everything else just have a simple include/pointer to `x.com`'s record, or would it need to be done differently?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone provide some SPF records for the above example?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7586" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4354" RevisionGUID="620ec66a-25d0-4ef9-86fc-66554e78b90a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:15:25.090" UserId="1649" Text="How do I configure SPF for multiple domains on a server? (also allowing gmail as a sender)" />
  <row Id="7587" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4354" RevisionGUID="620ec66a-25d0-4ef9-86fc-66554e78b90a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:15:25.090" UserId="1649" Text="&lt;spf&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;spam&gt;" />
  <row Id="7589" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3996" RevisionGUID="613eee48-839a-4904-995a-45cdb3d1ec35" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:16:54.617" UserId="1496" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;arp&gt;&lt;arp-poisoning&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="7590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4355" RevisionGUID="70a818fe-da28-40e9-8aa6-0dfd23ad8c74" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:26:56.200" UserId="1176" Text="Try the Scripting Guy http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/sept06/hey0926.mspx " />
  <row Id="7591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4356" RevisionGUID="1abf500f-1ebc-44a5-b81c-63d3489f2673" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:26:57.947" UserId="1435" Text="As ever it's always a question of what you need your machine/s to achieve. You may find it impossible to do what you need with 64-bit code for a variety of reasons but I always say that everyone should AIM to run in a 64-bit environment but to be very much on the lookout for reasons that would stop you from doing so." />
  <row Id="7592" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4357" RevisionGUID="bdffbc90-9045-4af3-9520-c3190ec78399" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:28:25.337" UserId="1882" Text="I've had this in my .bashrc for a while and I've found it helpful. If you are sshing in to the box, is starts screen automatically when you login, that way when your network connection gets interrupted or whatever, you don't lose whatever you were doing. It should be placed at the end.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ &quot;$PS1&quot; != &quot;&quot; -a &quot;${STARTED_SCREEN:-x}&quot; = x  -a &quot;${SSH_TTY:-x}&quot; != x ]&#xD;&#xA;    then&#xD;&#xA;    STARTED_SCREEN=1 ; export STARTED_SCREEN&#xD;&#xA;    [ -d $HOME/lib/screen-logs ] || mkdir -p $HOME/lib/screen-logs&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    sleep 1&#xD;&#xA;    screen -U -RR &amp;&amp; exit 0&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Screen failed! continuing with normal bash startup&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4358" RevisionGUID="90964517-34a6-4faf-a4ab-fcc2730bfc8e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:31:00.947" UserId="1435" Text="I wish I could go into enormous detail on the subject but the truth is that it went incredibly smoothly with literally no issues whatsoever. Sorry to be boring." />
  <row Id="7594" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4359" RevisionGUID="b1d2764b-8683-4884-a33e-e528473472c3" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:31:25.673" UserId="1821" Text="I was going to say the [PowerShell Guy][1]. Cannot go wrong with a MVP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://thepowershellguy.com/blogs/posh/" />
  <row Id="7595" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4360" RevisionGUID="e9e8e74e-a3fc-48d5-a88c-6451e287fe02" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:32:05.813" UserId="1561" Text="Have you tried using the web tool at [http://www.openspf.org/][1]?  It might make it a bit easier for you to deal with this...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just enter your domain in the top-right box and click the go button.  From there, you should be able to set things up in a hurry.&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.openspf.org/" />
  <row Id="7596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4361" RevisionGUID="320b09ec-443a-4b8d-9328-c5adc3d45182" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:33:07.917" UserId="1882" Text="You could put /etc under a dvcs such as git. You would commit every time you make changes and then you could just git diff whenever you started a job and be shown all the changes." />
  <row Id="7597" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4362" RevisionGUID="730f52b6-1ea1-4d58-8783-ecb57af1625b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:34:52.467" UserId="1435" Text="Presumably you're looking at LeftHand for it's price. If so then I couldn't agree with Brent Ozar any more, SQL lives and dies by its latency and iSCSI is all about price/performance - not performance. I would look to an inexpensive FC SAN such as the HP MSA2000fc, I'd be surprised if it's much more expensive that the LeftHand (especially as you're dealing with HP already and they're very grateful of orders right now, expect big discounts) and will perform MUCH better today and in the future." />
  <row Id="7598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4363" RevisionGUID="ba2db2c2-7628-4250-99e2-d9257ae7658f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:35:54.523" UserId="216" Text="Yes, you need to add the specific SPF record to each domain individually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason for this is that the only (useful) aliasing type record in the DNS is the `CNAME` record.  However the `CNAME` record causes aliasing to happen for _ALL_ of the RRtypes in an RRset - there's no way to say &quot;_`CNAME` the SPF record but not the `MX` records_&quot;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7599" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4364" RevisionGUID="8ef179c1-9f03-4744-af63-f61198feba64" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:36:02.917" UserId="1561" Text="I am currently running the 64-bit version of CentOS 5.1 without trouble.  Unless you have a specific, staticly-compiled binary (or worse yet, a proprietary app), don't sweat it, just go 64-bit.  The 64-bit environment is supported by most virtual machines these days." />
  <row Id="7600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4365" RevisionGUID="38036395-4c97-4bbf-a281-2820517d00ad" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:36:04.493" UserId="1375" Text="I just don't care about it.  Let them belt away at the port, they're not going to brute-force a key." />
  <row Id="7601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4366" RevisionGUID="a2e929e0-0e1a-4f41-bec3-674105316d8a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:36:10.623" UserId="626" Text="It might be worth concentrating on Powershell 2.0 as it will be released soon. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The CTP is currently available, more information [here.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/winpsh/pshell2.mspx" />
  <row Id="7602" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4367" RevisionGUID="340f7a4a-4e9e-4361-b61c-86cf24b3c641" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:37:02.430" UserId="1576" Text="**For a server just use the 64bit operating system**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Back in 2006 there were problems getting device drivers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're talking about a Virtual Server so that certainly won't apply to you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the software you want to run will work on the 64 bit operating system just fine  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The links below are the relevant sections from the Wikipedia page &lt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit#32_vs_64_bit&quot;&gt;32 vs 64 bit&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit#Pros_and_cons&quot;&gt;Pros and Cons&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit#Software_availability&quot;&gt;Software Availability&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;In x86-64 architecture (AMD64), the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; majority of the 32-bit operating&#xD;&#xA;&gt; systems and applications are able to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; run smoothly on the 64-bit hardware.&quot;" />
  <row Id="7603" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4368" RevisionGUID="2a114d02-cf56-482f-af91-772a4d7ae879" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:39:01.943" UserId="813" Text="I found this site:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which seems to have some good information (via the links on the right sidebar)." />
  <row Id="7604" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4369" RevisionGUID="857083ff-d130-47cf-8957-132789f71411" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:42:32.653" UserId="1840" Text="It's difficult from the statement to provide a specific set of actions.  Your first move will be based on:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Where you are&#xD;&#xA; - How much information you are able to squeeze out of the person that contacted you&#xD;&#xA; - What immediate tools do you have at hand for troubleshooting (or information seeking)&#xD;&#xA; - Your knowledge about the physical and logical paths for your network&#xD;&#xA; - How much help you have (part of a team? or lonesome ninja?)&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Obviously, you need to keep calm and alert about the issue at hand.  Your experience with network troubleshooting will have taught you that this could very well be something trivial, like: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- A disconnected cable&#xD;&#xA;- An unannounced maintenance (another tech 'fixing' things)&#xD;&#xA;- Your CEO over-reacting about the company being completely doomed after his laptop wireless connectivity is lost due to him/her microwaving a cheese pizza.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said that, it could also be something serious in the categories of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Physical Transport (connectivity)&#xD;&#xA;- Hardware (router\switch\server)&#xD;&#xA;- Storage (unaccessible\compromised\deleted)&#xD;&#xA;- Software (Service&gt; Misconfigured\Attacked\offline)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The key component is how much YOU KNOW about the issue.  What's your reference point? (from what perspective is 'the system down'?)." />
  <row Id="7605" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4370" RevisionGUID="b81d9996-4dc6-432e-a616-1094c12e68c3" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:43:20.543" UserId="216" Text="As I understand it (but someone please do correct me if I'm wrong), only the program segment is shared when a process forks - the data segments become separate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, the executable (binary) and any shared libraries loaded will be shared between the processes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each process will get its own copy(*) of any memory that was allocated before the fork, but any memory allocated subsequently will be unique to that process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(*) a really clever O/S could avoid having to _actually_ allocate data segments for the child's copy by using a _copy on write_ algorithm, such that the memory only gets allocated if either process tries to change it.  See [here.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_(operating_system)" />
  <row Id="7606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4371" RevisionGUID="1df81734-701e-4c19-b7e1-3196ee27090d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:44:09.293" UserId="1466" Text="This sounds like a permissions issue rather than filesystem corruption or hardware failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However - **If it is hardware failure** - don't laugh - we have had surprising success by *putting the hard drive in a bag in the freezer overnight*, and re-connecting in the morning.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure what this does, and it only lasts a short while, but it has allowed us to recover data from an otherwise unreadable hard drive when no other methods have worked." />
  <row Id="7607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4372" RevisionGUID="91bee52a-3503-44f0-a376-c1622aec9928" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:45:00.353" UserId="1277" Text="Basic rule of thumb for power supplies: The voltage has to be _right_; the amperage just has to be high enough.  Your laptop will draw differing amounts of power depending on what it is doing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember that the power supply has to meet the maximum possible power consumption of the laptop.  e.g. burning a DVD whilst simultaneously running CPU at max, connecting to a wireless network, and thrashing the hard disc.  In &quot;normal&quot; usage, you'll be drawing much less than 8A.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I would suggest:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Don't rip any DVDs while using the lower-rated power supply.&#xD;&#xA; 2. If you're worried, get a [Kill-a-Watt][1] (or equivalent for your country), plug your laptop in using the right adapter, and measure the power usage during various tasks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/travelpower/7657/" />
  <row Id="7608" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4373" RevisionGUID="e4b01516-c20f-45a9-bed5-2e89a94efff9" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:49:00.233" UserId="1466" Text="If this is a Debian/Ubuntu box, there is a special root-equivalent account called **debian-sys-maint**.  You can read the password in **/etc/mysql/debian.cnf**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using that password you can log into mysql as debian-sys-maint using:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysql -udebian-sys-maint -p&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you are logged in, do the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    use mysql;&#xD;&#xA;    update user set password=password('&lt;new password&gt;') where user='root';&#xD;&#xA;    flush privileges;&#xD;&#xA;    quit;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;root should now be accessible using your new password:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysql -uroot -p&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7609" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4374" RevisionGUID="5bde9a69-ea5b-4bc2-8ff0-258230b07c0b" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:50:13.197" UserId="1896" Text="you should remove the &quot;shrink database&quot; part of your maintenance plan. &quot;shrink database&quot; will fragment your index! [here][1] is a great blog post by Paul S. Randal which explains this in detail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you can rebuild your statistics with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    EXEC sp_updatestats&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;update your statistics always after your database reindex. [here][2] is a blog post by Colin Stasiuk which explains this best practice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/post/Auto-shrink-e28093-turn-it-OFF!.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/sql-server-bloggers/update-statistics-before-or-after-an-index-rebuild/" />
  <row Id="7610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4375" RevisionGUID="1c9ab29f-d75d-4d09-81db-9e5143f60856" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:51:37.653" UserId="1466" Text="**Check your heat sync** on the CPU.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know it sounds unlikely, but a cpu can heat up enough to shut down the computer in about 5 seconds without a heat sync (not long enough to get to the BIOS screen).  Perhaps a loose heat sync, or lack of thermal compound between the CPU and heat sync would be enough to do what you are describing." />
  <row Id="7611" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4376" RevisionGUID="031356d3-5a81-4af5-94a4-5938611958e4" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:51:38.417" UserId="1375" Text="Yes, you can include the config from one of your domains in the SPF records for all the other domains.  Setting the other domains' SPF record to the following should do the trick:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    v=spf1 include:x.com -all&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7612" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4250" RevisionGUID="81c761b4-ced0-4d5c-bb14-cc71f10e633d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:51:43.613" UserId="984" Comment="deleted 10 characters in body" Text="If your current HD usage  less then 1TB then I would be tempted to do the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - pull one of the 500GB drives out, and install a 1TB&#xD;&#xA; - copy everything to the 1TB drive&#xD;&#xA; - install the other 1TB drives&#xD;&#xA; - create a new degraded RAID5 + lvm and partition the way you want it with the other disks&#xD;&#xA; - copy your data from the stand-alone 1tb drive to the degraded raid5&#xD;&#xA; - add the stand-alone drive to the array.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7613" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4377" RevisionGUID="60c2da23-8c5f-489c-804b-78971faecba9" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:51:51.570" UserId="1435" Text="I wouldn't dream of using SATA disks for a server - none of them have the expected duty cycle of a server quality drive and they don't have the rich command set that SCSI/SAS has for monitoring drive performance and health. Lenovo servers are cheap and great if you have lots of servers with none of them really that important but there's a reason that HP's 300-series servers account for 40% of the market - they work. In particular their 'SmartArray' disk controllers are matchless in reliability and performance and their pre-failure guarantee is a welcome addition. Not the cheapest but how much is your time worth? I've been buying their (well Compaq first tbh) servers for twenty years now and have no issue whatsoever buying the 500-800 new ones a year that I do. Seriously check them out." />
  <row Id="7614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4378" RevisionGUID="36c8ef86-837e-46e0-832a-e25fd07ac161" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:55:18.020" UserId="1576" Text="The best software for recovering files from a drive is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec&quot;&gt;Photorec&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; PhotoRec searches for known file&#xD;&#xA;&gt; headers. If there is no data&#xD;&#xA;&gt; fragmentation, which is often the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; case, it can recover the whole file.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Photorec recognises numerous file&#xD;&#xA;&gt; format including ZIP, Office, PDF,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; HTML, JPEG and various graphics file&#xD;&#xA;&gt; formats. The whole list of file&#xD;&#xA;&gt; formats recovered by PhotoRec contains&#xD;&#xA;&gt; more than 180 file extensions (about&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 100 file famillies).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7615" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4379" RevisionGUID="7e42e709-c3fc-42fd-b52b-5556b90bf078" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:57:16.173" UserId="1589" Text="Unfortunately, yum-security is [not supported][1] on CentOS :(  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, this hacked [alternative][2] might work for you.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linux-archive.org/centos/256153-yum-security-plugin.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.linux-archive.org/centos/291796-yum-security.html" />
  <row Id="7616" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4380" RevisionGUID="35b03387-31df-4d70-815e-fb3b25c848bb" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:57:56.313" UserId="1909" Text="I would echo @pjz's comment about knowing things manually rather than setting them up. Especially if you access numerous machines, like I always seem to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So one I definitely know is `set -o vi` because I know the vi-editing commands in bash and I don't know the emacs ones (besides, Ctrl+A interferes with `screen`). On my own boxes, I put that in `.bashrc`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also find I have to include `export EDITOR=vim` because a number of recent distros default to nano which is most annoying to be thrown into by a utility that needs you to edit something, when I was expecting vi. :-/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also alter my prompt. I found a long long time ago that adding the last error code is just useful enough that I like it. And I like the full pathname in the prompt. And the current `screen` number, too. And it just makes sense to include the current user and hostname. My prompt is `PS1='\u@\h $PWD $WINDOW [$?] \$ '`&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7617" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4381" RevisionGUID="47f1e424-724d-48d3-89d3-5932fd12a3a2" CreationDate="2009-05-04T22:59:08.260" UserId="1466" Text="I have found a way to check how many active connections there are to a particular mailstore using the check_nt **-v COUNTER** check as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    check_nt -H $HOSTNAME$ -p $PORT$ -v COUNTER -l &quot;\\MSExchangeIS Mailbox($ARG1$)\\Active Client Logons&quot;,&quot;$ARG1$ Sessions: %.f&quot; -w0 -c0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am assuming that there will be at least 1 **Active Client Login** from a system process as long as the mailstore is mounted, but that it will drop to 0 if it is unmounted. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I will test this later, and let you know." />
  <row Id="7618" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1276" RevisionGUID="113881ac-ffc5-45be-9028-e0fdceec320f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:03:14.130" UserId="677" Comment="Enabling write caching helps a lot" Text="[Sorry, I tried to stay short but it just was not possible]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm running Linux 2.6.22.19 with [linux-vserver 2.3.0.34][1] on a [Fujitsu Siemens Primergy RX200 S3][2] for development purpose. Intel(R) Xeon(R) 5140 @ 2.33Ghz with 4GB RAM (where mostly 500MB are still free). The server has two hot-plug 250GB used in a mirroring RAID configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dev:~# mpt-status --newstyle&#xD;&#xA;    ioc:0 vol_id:0 type:IM raidlevel:RAID-1 num_disks:2 size(GB):231 state: OPTIMAL flags: ENABLED&#xD;&#xA;    ioc:0 phys_id:0 scsi_id:1 vendor:ATA      product_id:WDC WD2500JS-55N revision:2E01 size(GB):232 state: ONLINE flags: NONE sync_state: 100 ASC/ASCQ:0xff/0xff SMART ASC/ASCQ:0xff/0xff&#xD;&#xA;    ioc:0 phys_id:1 scsi_id:8 vendor:ATA      product_id:WDC WD2500JS-55N revision:2E01 size(GB):232 state: ONLINE flags: NONE sync_state: 100 ASC/ASCQ:0xff/0xff SMART ASC/ASCQ:0xff/0xff&#xD;&#xA;    scsi_id:0 100%&#xD;&#xA;    scsi_id:1 100%&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm running [LVM][3] and ext3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've using this machine since around Jul/Aug 2007 and beside a broken RAM which was fixed the same day, there were no problems. And, basically, everything was better then the machine we had before.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, performance problems were first noticed around Aug 2008 and it was not until recently that I've at least some confidence were the problem comes from. An average of seven vservers is running nowadays (three MySQL machines, two tomcats, three Apaches, Hudson, CruiseControl, MediaWiki, Samba, etc.). But not to get a false impression, we're a small company in terms of developers and other people accessing the server so there's not that much going on (browsing MediaWiki, Hudson automation is run in the evening, most Apache/PHP apps have much static content).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once I installed munin I started to see interesting things especially during the night. Since within every vserver there was `find` running (at the same time, everywhere) the load shot up to unreal numbers like 15, 17 or 20.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But ultimately the problem didn't just stay during the night (I started disabling the find jobs, there weren't used anyway) but also during the day, especially when we recently started on a project were we had to work with a database with a 500MB MySQL dump file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first time I imported the dump file during working hours (`mysql &lt; dump.sql`; within one of our vservers where MySQL instance was running) the timed output was:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    real    71m28.630s&#xD;&#xA;    user    0m15.477s&#xD;&#xA;    sys     0m10.185s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since I wasn't paying attention and was in a meeting, it was just my co-workers asking me what's on with the server because he was terribly slow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I remade the test during night, installed a vanilla Debian MySQL on the host (not inside a guest; shut down all of them) and hit the following numbers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    real    48m33.067s&#xD;&#xA;    user    0m15.397s&#xD;&#xA;    sys     0m13.517s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and I still was like *Yeah, fine, it's 500MB dump file; dumping into InnoDB space takes up around 1GB, that's quite some data*. I did some tests like writing a single line to a file with `vim` during such a test and capturing it with strace:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       0.000048 write(1, &quot;\33[?25l\&quot;foo\&quot; \33[78;7H\33[K&quot;, 22) = 22&#xD;&#xA;       0.000033 stat64(&quot;foo&quot;, 0xbfda1f04) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)&#xD;&#xA;       0.000033 open(&quot;foo&quot;, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 4&#xD;&#xA;       0.000035 write(4, &quot;thios isthis ia a testa\n&quot;, 24) = 24&#xD;&#xA;       0.000144 fsync(4)            = 0&#xD;&#xA;    7737.631089 stat64(&quot;foo&quot;, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=24, ...}) = 0&#xD;&#xA;       0.000084 close(4)            = 0&#xD;&#xA;       0.000117 write(1, &quot;\33[78;7H[New] 1L, 24C written&quot;, 28) = 28&#xD;&#xA;       0.000051 lseek(3, 0, SEEK_SET) = 0&#xD;&#xA;       0.000022 write(3, &quot;b0VIM 7.0\0\0\0\0\20\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0!\21\0\0mark&quot;..., 4096) = 4096&#xD;&#xA;       0.000052 select(1, [0], NULL, [0], {0, 0}) = 1 (in [0], left {0, 0})&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This was an unbelievable yet a fact number for me. It seems that stat64 syscall was forced to wait for the dump operation to be finished. Not to mention serving pages in MediaWiki during such a dump takes minutes, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, I arranged a test timeframe with our hosting company to test on our production server during the night and I got a completely different picture:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    real    7m4.063s&#xD;&#xA;    user    0m2.690s&#xD;&#xA;    sys     0m30.500s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was blown away. I've also got an Amazon EC2 approval for testing and I got even lower numbers (around 5 minutes on a m1.large instance where the MySQL data was written to to the EBS volume to stay permanent).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, when importing the data, every other operation gets so slow that things just get unusable and the load rises quickly up to 5 or 7 (although not really much seems to be going on; it looks like the processes start to block each other for now reason).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then started to do [bonnie++ tests][4], which were looking like this (I actually had a test run from last year which I almost forgot). So here is **Oct 2008**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Version  1.03       ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-&#xD;&#xA;                        -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks--&#xD;&#xA;    Machine        Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP  /sec %CP&#xD;&#xA;    vserver-host     8G 12332  21 12600   3 10290   2 48519  74 52431   6 235.8   0&#xD;&#xA;                        ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create--------&#xD;&#xA;                        -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete--&#xD;&#xA;                  files  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP&#xD;&#xA;                     16 +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++&#xD;&#xA;    vserver-host,8G,12332,21,12600,3,10290,2,48519,74,52431,6,235.8,0,16,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and here's the current one from **Apr 2009**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Version  1.03       ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-&#xD;&#xA;                        -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks--&#xD;&#xA;    Machine        Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP  /sec %CP&#xD;&#xA;    vserver-host     8G  9705  16  7268   1  4823   1 29620  45 41336   5  73.1   0&#xD;&#xA;                        ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create--------&#xD;&#xA;                        -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete--&#xD;&#xA;                  files  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP&#xD;&#xA;                     16 11678  15 +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ 27739  31&#xD;&#xA;    vserver-host,8G,9705,16,7268,1,4823,1,29620,45,41336,5,73.1,0,16,11678,15,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,27739,31&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know where to tune what to get rid of the problems, as I'm not completely sure yet where/what the real problem is. I guess I started failing to see the wood for the trees.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update 1:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for the feedback so far, I've picked the things first I can easily test without scheduling a maintenance time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First I've tested the MySQL dump against `/dev/null`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dev01:~$ time mysqldump -u root -h db01 database-p &gt;/dev/null&#xD;&#xA;    Enter password:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    real    0m18.871s&#xD;&#xA;    user    0m12.713s&#xD;&#xA;    sys     0m0.512s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The system load was barely noticeable:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     10:27:18 up 77 days,  9:10,  7 users,  load average: 0.16, 0.75, 0.67&#xD;&#xA;    [...]&#xD;&#xA;     10:27:33 up 77 days,  9:10,  7 users,  load average: 0.52, 0.79, 0.69&#xD;&#xA;Also the `sar` output during this test didn't reveal anything special:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    12:11:45 PM       DEV       tps  rd_sec/s  wr_sec/s  avgrq-sz  avgqu-sz     await     svctm     %util&#xD;&#xA;    12:11:46 PM    dev8-0      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00&#xD;&#xA;    12:11:46 PM  dev254-0      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00&#xD;&#xA;    12:11:46 PM  dev254-1      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    12:11:46 PM       DEV       tps  rd_sec/s  wr_sec/s  avgrq-sz  avgqu-sz     await     svctm     %util&#xD;&#xA;    12:11:47 PM    dev8-0      5.00      0.00    200.00     40.00      0.18     36.00     20.00     10.00&#xD;&#xA;    12:11:47 PM  dev254-0      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00&#xD;&#xA;    12:11:47 PM  dev254-1     25.00      0.00    200.00      8.00      0.74     29.60      4.00     10.00&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then I ran the tests when dumping onto a file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dev01:~$ time mysqldump -u root -h db01 database -p &gt;foo.sql&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    real    1m7.527s&#xD;&#xA;    user    0m13.497s&#xD;&#xA;    sys     0m2.724s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The time it took doesn't look that unusual for me, the dump ended with a 570MB file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, the load was quite interesting ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     10:30:49 up 77 days,  9:14,  7 users,  load average: 0.76, 0.89, 0.75&#xD;&#xA;     10:30:57 up 77 days,  9:14,  7 users,  load average: 1.34, 1.01, 0.79&#xD;&#xA;     10:31:05 up 77 days,  9:14,  7 users,  load average: 2.13, 1.19, 0.85&#xD;&#xA;     10:31:13 up 77 days,  9:14,  7 users,  load average: 2.68, 1.32, 0.89&#xD;&#xA;     10:31:21 up 77 days,  9:14,  7 users,  load average: 3.79, 1.60, 0.99&#xD;&#xA;     10:31:29 up 77 days,  9:14,  7 users,  load average: 4.05, 1.69, 1.02&#xD;&#xA;     10:31:37 up 77 days,  9:14,  7 users,  load average: 4.82, 1.93, 1.10&#xD;&#xA;     10:31:45 up 77 days,  9:15,  7 users,  load average: 4.54, 1.97, 1.12&#xD;&#xA;     10:31:53 up 77 days,  9:15,  7 users,  load average: 4.89, 2.08, 1.16&#xD;&#xA;     10:31:57 up 77 days,  9:15,  7 users,  load average: 5.30, 2.22, 1.21&#xD;&#xA;     10:32:01 up 77 days,  9:15,  7 users,  load average: 5.12, 2.23, 1.22&#xD;&#xA;     10:32:05 up 77 days,  9:15,  7 users,  load average: 5.03, 2.26, 1.24&#xD;&#xA;     10:32:13 up 77 days,  9:15,  7 users,  load average: 4.62, 2.22, 1.23&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;... as was `sar` ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:47 PM       DEV       tps  rd_sec/s  wr_sec/s  avgrq-sz  avgqu-sz     await     svctm     %util&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:48 PM    dev8-0    116.00      0.00  21712.00    187.17    134.04    559.31      8.62    100.00&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:48 PM  dev254-0      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:48 PM  dev254-1   3369.00      0.00  26952.00      8.00   3271.74    481.27      0.30    100.00&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    12:16:48 PM       DEV       tps  rd_sec/s  wr_sec/s  avgrq-sz  avgqu-sz     await     svctm     %util&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:49 PM    dev8-0    130.00      0.00  17544.00    134.95    143.78    752.89      7.69    100.00&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:49 PM  dev254-0      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:49 PM  dev254-1   1462.00      0.00  11696.00      8.00   2749.12   1407.78      0.68    100.00&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    12:16:49 PM       DEV       tps  rd_sec/s  wr_sec/s  avgrq-sz  avgqu-sz     await     svctm     %util&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:50 PM    dev8-0    128.00      0.00  18400.00    143.75    143.68   1593.91      7.84    100.40&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:50 PM  dev254-0      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:50 PM  dev254-1    810.00      0.00   6480.00      8.00   1598.99   4911.94      1.24    100.40&#xD;&#xA;During this tests I quickly fired up `vim` to do a simple write tests. Loading of `vim` itself was sluggish too, but I wasn't able to distill this information properly from the `strace`. Only the pending `stat64` call was clearly visible again:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    0.000050 stat64(&quot;bla&quot;, 0xbf98caf4) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)&#xD;&#xA;    0.000038 open(&quot;bla&quot;, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 4&#xD;&#xA;    0.000053 write(4, &quot;fooo\n&quot;, 5) = 5&#xD;&#xA;    0.000051 fsync(4)            = 0&#xD;&#xA;    5.385200 stat64(&quot;bla&quot;, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=5, ...}) = 0&#xD;&#xA;    0.000073 close(4)            = 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll append further file system tests ASAP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update 2:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Based on the feedback from Mihai about MTP devices and RAID configuration I dug into that topic a bit more. Through `lspci` I retrieved the RAID controller information:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dev:~$ sudo lspci|grep -i lsi&#xD;&#xA;    05:05.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic SAS1068 PCI-X Fusion-MPT SAS (rev 01)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Out into the blue a gave a shot at [http://www.ask.com/web?q=linux+problem+performance+SAS1068][5] and found [write performance problem with LSI Logic SAS1068][6]. The bug description further linked to blog talking about a [DELL PE860 performance problem which too uses the SAS1068][7].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The article mentions the use of [LSIUtil which is available from lsi.com][8]. The article also has a extensive walk through the `lsiutil` menus which described how to **turn on write caching**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not surprisingly, turns out this has a major effect on the performance. **Before** activating:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dev:~# time (dd if=/dev/zero of=bigfile count=1024 bs=1M; sync)&#xD;&#xA;    1024+0 records in&#xD;&#xA;    1024+0 records out&#xD;&#xA;    1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 180.902 seconds, 5.9 MB/s&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    real    3m8.472s&#xD;&#xA;    user    0m0.004s&#xD;&#xA;    sys     0m3.340s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After enabling the write cache:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dev:~# time (dd if=/dev/zero of=bigfile count=1024 bs=1M; sync)&#xD;&#xA;    1024+0 records in&#xD;&#xA;    1024+0 records out&#xD;&#xA;    1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 43.7899 seconds, 24.5 MB/s&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    real    0m46.413s&#xD;&#xA;    user    0m0.000s&#xD;&#xA;    sys     0m3.124s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is like day and night, black and white. Sometimes feeling stupid is OK. I'm probably supposed to know that the RAID controller ships with write caching disabled by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux-vserver.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ts.fujitsu.com/products/standard_servers/rack/primergy_rx200s3.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_volume_management&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.ask.com/web?q=linux+problem+performance+SAS1068&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/185127&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://pocitace.tomasek.cz/SAS5iRperf/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: ftp://ftp.lsil.com/HostAdapterDrivers/linux/lsiutil/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4383" RevisionGUID="78937e95-09f4-4b2e-b4ff-bc9f907d96b9" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:07:37.757" UserId="1797" Text="A MSFT answered a very similar question [here][1]. Was the OP you, or does the answer provided helps you?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsdesktopsearchhelp/thread/46ddf830-0b98-4806-a67a-a0aea5d7bac6" />
  <row Id="7622" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4181" RevisionGUID="e51ed24a-9f3d-4eba-bc1d-ce3502340189" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:09:34.677" UserId="48" Comment="corrected performance counter" Text="As you stated, because Exchange uses the store.exe process for all mailbox databases, it is not possible to monitor individual mailbox database that way. There may be ways to do so by talking directley to Exchange, but I don't know of any process for Nagios that can do that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The store.exe process is the Exchange Information Store service, this can be monitored by Nagios. If the mailbox databases dismounts because of diskspace issues, and many other issues it is likely this server will have stopped as well. Monitoring this should give you a good indication of mailbox issues&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This article][1] is an excellent tutorial on setting up monitoring for Exchange services and includes a lot of info on the different things you can check to monitor your Exchange servers health.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Edit]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows Performance Counters does have a counter for the Exchange store, the MSExchangeIS Mailbox, counter so this may also be able to be used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nagioswiki.com/wiki/index.php/Nagios_Checks_for_Exchange_Server_200x" />
  <row Id="7623" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4384" RevisionGUID="a8bba686-4ca1-4f50-b31a-7c35681398fc" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:10:05.643" UserId="1584" Text="If you're running an all-windows infrastructure to begin with, there shouldn't really be any issues.  We had problems in our transition because our DNS is not Microsoft based and doesn't support Dynamic DNS updates.  The 2008 clustering wizards **really** try to help you out by making sure all the DNS stuff is functioning properly, but they just weren't designed for an environment without DDNS.  There are workarounds to get it working, but it's kind of a headache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We actually have an open support case with Microsoft regarding this issue.  They claim the fix will be implemented in 2008 R2 (aka Win7 Server)." />
  <row Id="7624" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4385" RevisionGUID="b6a6e61d-0550-4d8a-80e6-f506d5afebe6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:14:30.593" UserId="1797" Text="I do not know a way to do this, but I thought I would chime in. Why not to create the certificates to expire 20 years (random number here, could be less, or more) after creation instead?" />
  <row Id="7625" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4386" RevisionGUID="c199b08d-80f2-42f6-a344-8298adf05502" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:15:21.513" UserId="1293" Text="Another program along the lines of Photorec is [Foremost][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://foremost.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="7626" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4387" RevisionGUID="c549628d-f32d-4226-9e3b-c39451d696f7" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:15:59.873" UserId="1584" Text="This is a surprisingly annoying problem to solve.  The first problem is that the default printer setting is user specific.  The second problem like you noted in your comment to Jimmie is that even with a per-user login script, there are timing issues where the printer doesn't technically exist yet or the HKCU hive hasn't finished loading.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What we ended up doing in our situation is basically using a login script that loops looking for the printer to exist before it tries to set it as default.  If it can't find it after a certain amount of time, it just gives up." />
  <row Id="7627" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4331" RevisionGUID="0f4e5be8-3731-4068-ae50-916acc6411a4" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:18:18.527" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;" />
  <row Id="7628" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="955" RevisionGUID="5456da2f-7b38-462c-9676-a613806fb6f3" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:18:52.503" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="7629" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4388" RevisionGUID="c7c5effa-db9c-4ace-8f6d-7ad29218921a" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:19:42.470" UserId="1804" Text="OK this is slightly ranting but:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a) When coding, assume that underlying infrastructure could fail, and does not come from happy-happy always-on land. Or Google. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;b) We probably don't have the resources to implement anything like the infrastructure you've read about, so take it easy on us when things go down. It's likely we know what needs to be done, but for whatever reason it just hasn't happened yet. We are your partners!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;c) Like jhs said above, it would really help if you had a passing familiarity with tools to troubleshoot the infrastructure, such as ping, traceroute (or combining both - mtr), dig, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise I think Avery pretty much nailed it. Devs who do a little sysadmin are worth their weight in gold! But equally, sysadmins who learn how to develop and understand how devs go about things (including versioning, etc.) are pretty much essential in this day and age. No excuses people! :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7630" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4389" RevisionGUID="fbe14518-aa04-4e0d-837d-a3227ff5d351" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:20:57.413" UserId="984" Text="In your comment on [this][1] answer you mention an issue with timing.  On our systems I call the script that sets default printers by adding the script under &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;User Configuration - Templates - System/Logon - Run Programs at Logon&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The programs under 'run programs at logon' happen after the profile is done loading, and after windows explorer has started.  I am not 100% certain that this will deal with the timing issue in all cases, but it works for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4337/set-default-printer-via-group-policy-in-2003r2-to-xp/4340#4340" />
  <row Id="7631" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4390" RevisionGUID="4cc5d750-da7e-4054-b179-449a56ad931d" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:23:56.890" UserId="48" Text="You may have allready applied these, but there are a couple of updates that can affect this. Firstly, have you installed [update rollup 1 for SBS][1]? This has a fix for clients not reporting properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly, have you installed update [kb943729][2] on the clients. This updates group policy preferences for the clients to work with server 2008 and has been know to solve this issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/958715&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943729" />
  <row Id="7632" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1276" RevisionGUID="b6d15027-d9ee-4db6-8ff0-8744ab35a218" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:25:22.767" UserId="1496" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;raid&gt;&lt;lsi&gt;" />
  <row Id="7633" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4391" RevisionGUID="c52050eb-c496-4f5f-871f-dcfc8a8e5267" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:26:47.180" UserId="1584" Text="The SSL certificates installed by default with ESX and VirtualCenter are self-signed.  That means your browser (any browser) won't trust them by default.  You have a few choices:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Add the self-signed certs to your Trusted Root certificate authorities&#xD;&#xA; - Replace the self-signed certs with certs that you've purchased from a trusted certificate authority&#xD;&#xA; - Replace the self-signed certs with certs you've generated from your own trusted certificate authority&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There were a few blog posts detailing the cert replacement options I found when dealing with this issue on my own.  But for the life of me, I can't find them anymore." />
  <row Id="7634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4392" RevisionGUID="50b526e5-7f5c-4d30-9f49-2d3b6c6b3943" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:27:05.573" UserId="1834" Text="How many user accounts should be setup for a given application?  Where should the separation be?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Should it be one login per application? &#xD;&#xA; - 1 Application per program? &#xD;&#xA; - 1 for front end and backend?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do you set up your database accounts?" />
  <row Id="7635" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4392" RevisionGUID="50b526e5-7f5c-4d30-9f49-2d3b6c6b3943" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:27:05.573" UserId="1834" Text="How many Database accounts" />
  <row Id="7636" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4392" RevisionGUID="50b526e5-7f5c-4d30-9f49-2d3b6c6b3943" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:27:05.573" UserId="1834" Text="&lt;user-management&gt;&lt;database-adminstration&gt;" />
  <row Id="7637" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4393" RevisionGUID="3f96062f-851d-49eb-97af-22637df01288" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:28:31.730" UserId="1804" Text="Creating adequate release notes with an application would be a good start. If there are changes to current behaviour with the release, any notes from QA about changes to dependencies or start/stop behaviours, changes in load to dependent servers or databases, etc." />
  <row Id="7638" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4394" RevisionGUID="7dbbd842-50c4-482e-a973-e5e797a50c96" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:28:48.017" UserId="1054" Text="I don't _think_ there's a way to auto-renew certs.  Are you in control of the CA?  I think about the best you can do is get a cert that has an expiration way out in the future.  This might be a problem, though, if you don't control the CA." />
  <row Id="7639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4395" RevisionGUID="15ba1fa0-5d26-4c11-89bd-3ba198d8f161" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:31:46.933" UserId="808" Text="I understand that the **Core 2 Duo** is a 64-bit processor, while **Core Duo** is a 32-bit processor.  Let me know if my understanding is wrong. My Linux server, with the Core 2 Duo E8400, is currently running Fedora 9 x32. This machine has 4 Gig of RAM and I don't foresee the need to add any more memory any time soon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any real advantage to changing from x32 to x64?  If so, should I upgrade from Fedora 9 x32 to Fedora 11 x64 (if this form of upgrade is even supported) or should I reinstall? Do I lose anything of value by sticking to x32?  From what I have read, it sounds like I don't lose much of anything by sticking with x32, and that performance increases when going from x32 to x64 only for certain special workloads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This question is similar to but more specific than &quot;[Which linux version to install: i386 or x64?][1],&quot; which in fact reminded me that I wanted to ask this question.  That question is general, this question is specific to Core 2 Duo since I already have the hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The workload for this server is: light web and EMail server, full NAT for home network, plus light usage NFS/SMB for the home network for music, family photos, and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I *think* the answer I get will be close to: &quot;Since you've already installed x32 and an in-place upgrade to x64 will be difficult ... and because the gains for x64 are so small for general purpose computing ... wait until your next full install and at that time certainly change to x64.&quot;  However, this is an area where my knowledge is very incomplete.  I won't be surprised if the answer is, &quot;Don't bother,&quot; and I won't be surprised if the answer is, &quot;Hey, you should do this at your earliest chance.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4339/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7640" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4395" RevisionGUID="15ba1fa0-5d26-4c11-89bd-3ba198d8f161" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:31:46.933" UserId="808" Text="For Intel Core 2 Duo, should I upgrade my x32 with x64 Linux?" />
  <row Id="7641" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4395" RevisionGUID="15ba1fa0-5d26-4c11-89bd-3ba198d8f161" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:31:46.933" UserId="808" Text="&lt;core2-duo&gt;&lt;intel&gt;&lt;x32&gt;&lt;x64&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="7642" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4396" RevisionGUID="3dc43ec9-1833-40bb-abbb-669cac90a5d6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:32:46.947" UserId="1400" Text="I have a small domain with multiple hosts. Sendmail is set up to forward all locally generated mail (mostly mail to `root@localhost` generated by cron jobs) to a central &quot;mail hub&quot;, using&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    define(`MAIL_HUB', `somehost.mydomain.org')&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in `sendmail.mc`. Recently I had a problem with the mail server on the remote end, so that It would not accept mail from this host. This caused sendmail to drop all mail. From `/var/log/maillog`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sendmail[3133]: n4461S5s003133: n4461S5t003133: return to sender: Service unavailable&#xD;&#xA;    sendmail[3133]: n4461S5t003133: to=root, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=34772, relay=XXXXX.org.  [91.184.38.153], dsn=5.0.0, stat=Service unavailable&#xD;&#xA;    sendmail[3133]: n4461S5s003133: Losing ./qfn4461S5s003133: savemail panic&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All mails generated during this time were dropped and lost forever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I prevent this? Ideally I'd like sendmail to try again laiter or eventually to save the mail to a local file as a last resort.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7643" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4396" RevisionGUID="3dc43ec9-1833-40bb-abbb-669cac90a5d6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:32:46.947" UserId="1400" Text="How to prevent sendmail from losing mail when remote host is unreachable" />
  <row Id="7644" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4396" RevisionGUID="3dc43ec9-1833-40bb-abbb-669cac90a5d6" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:32:46.947" UserId="1400" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;sendmail&gt;&lt;forward&gt;" />
  <row Id="7645" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4397" RevisionGUID="55bb5103-3430-4089-b9bb-08891baef350" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:35:32.820" UserId="984" Text=" - I believe there needs to be at least enough accounts so that if one db-client starts to cause problems you can disable that account without disabling all access to the server&#xD;&#xA; - Normally I will not use setup an account to access more then a single database. &#xD;&#xA; - I use a separate account for a web application versus internal client." />
  <row Id="7646" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4398" RevisionGUID="588bd51c-cc83-491b-bf16-94d7e93ea6bf" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:37:37.433" UserId="216" Text="Your server almost did the &quot;correct&quot; thing here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The far end returned a &quot;5xx&quot; class error message, indicating a permanent failure to deliver the message, hence your end aborted delivery completely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For your server to continue to queue the message it would have had to have received a &quot;4xx&quot; class message, indicating a temporary failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To prevent the messages from being lost forever you do however need to identify what caused the &quot;savemail panic&quot; error - they should have just been bounced back to the senders." />
  <row Id="7647" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4399" RevisionGUID="46cf11ae-9f12-4a28-8a18-9596efdc7ece" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:37:57.153" UserId="1054" Text="You're going to get a variety of answers on this one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I set up single application (read &quot;per-application&quot;) accounts that are used in connection strings.  No users (other than my dev group) have direct access to the db's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I work primarily in a corporate MS environment (.NET, SQL Server, Active Directory).  Generally authentication happens via current logged in user context and application specific security tables.  Code handles the authentication and then gets the application authorizations from the database.  That takes much of the burden of user maintenance off of me and puts it onto our IT department (password policy and resets, account expiration, disables, etc)." />
  <row Id="7648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4400" RevisionGUID="6517acda-84ee-4549-8f45-e3a896e5ba9f" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:40:35.680" UserId="1215" Text="Unless you are in need of the full 4gig memory, you probably don't need to go through the pain of performing a full reinstall of your OS. Everything would need to be recompiled to receive the benefit." />
  <row Id="7649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4401" RevisionGUID="c45c7deb-281b-41ae-bbe9-83460a3674ba" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:41:15.100" UserId="808" Text="Generally, `sendmail` should save any failed send attempt locally in spool files and retry for up to five days, so probably there is some configuration error.  According to these references:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [savemail panic in sendmail][1]&#xD;&#xA;- [sendmail: savemail panic][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you need to make sure that you don't have (from above references):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Missing postmaster alias in `/etc/aliases`&#xD;&#xA;* Hard disk is full&#xD;&#xA;* The mail spool for the postmaster has the wrong ownership&#xD;&#xA;* The `mbox` file for the postmaster is over 2GB and `procmail` can’t deliver the e-mail&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, ensure that you're not running into an `selinux` issue.  It may be that `selinux` is preventing `sendmail` from saving the file.  EMail should never be totally lost -- at worst it should be bounced to the original sender and to postmaster.  If EMail is totally lost, it's either a configuration error or a bug in sendmail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What this error means, in context, is that `sendmail` tried to deliver the message in spool file `./qfn4461S5s003133` but the remote mail server returned the error response &quot;Service unavailable.&quot;  Thus, the local `sendmail` attempted to bounce the EMail.  Something went wrong while trying to do so, so the EMail was abandoned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the EMail equivalent of a CPU's double bus fault.  That is, a fatal error (not being able to save or bounce the EMail message) occurring in response to a fatal error (the remote server being unavailable for long enough that sendmail gave up retrying).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/savemail_panic_in_Sendmail.html&#xD;&#xA; [2]: http://rackerhacker.com/2008/02/18/sendmail-savemail-panic/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7650" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3970" RevisionGUID="566c82e4-3caa-4b0a-ab7d-d457b6a578c8" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:41:20.140" UserId="1804" />
  <row Id="7651" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3970" RevisionGUID="566c82e4-3caa-4b0a-ab7d-d457b6a578c8" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:41:20.140" UserId="1804" Comment="Community wiki" Text="&lt;body&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Are you using a wiki format? If so, which product? (MediaWiki, Confluence, Sharepoint etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you create a knowledge base? (Problem/solution-oriented short documents.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What challenges do you find with creating documentation that works, so you don't get the call when you're off on holiday?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For me, I find there is often a certain amount of organisational &quot;inertia&quot; involved with getting documentation done. It seems to be a different kind of person who can do a task, then think about *how* they did the task and describe it so someone else can do it - kind of forces to you &quot;go meta&quot; and not everyone is comfortable doing that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking forward to people's thoughts on this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;Edit:&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Marking this as community wiki as there isn't really a correct answer to this.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/body&gt;" />
  <row Id="7652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4402" RevisionGUID="be9d6b72-5dc6-4924-8369-7dfd4453cbf5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:41:26.410" UserId="1561" Text="Hm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This could be done, provided you've taken the time to separate your data out from the rest of the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do a fresh 64-bit install on a separate hard drive.  Then boot the 64-bit install with your old hard drive attached.  Mount the old drive somewhere in /mnt, then glom your data into the new install.  Be sure to pick up settings for various services along the way, as well as little bits and pieces in /var/spool/mail, /root, /home, etc.  Reboot when finished.  If it doesn't work as expected, you loose nothing, your old install is still there." />
  <row Id="7653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4403" RevisionGUID="f9402eea-447e-45d6-8a85-1b3e69e3cd56" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:42:24.350" UserId="204" Text="[PowerShellCommunity.org][1] is a portal to all kinds of PowerShell resources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.powershellcommunity.org/" />
  <row Id="7654" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4404" RevisionGUID="bbd6e2e0-4bbf-4df1-950d-f52016dd6242" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:45:43.000" UserId="1804" Text="Juniper Netscreen SSG5. Comes in wired and wireless flavours.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need ADSL, T1, E1 cards, the SSG20 has you covered. Also has a wireless option." />
  <row Id="7655" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4405" RevisionGUID="06b40037-3475-4b7f-a71f-d1459d6fb7f1" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:46:51.110" UserId="1561" Text="I would set up:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - the stock administration account that comes OOB.  Use this for things that no other account can do.  Keep it locked up and only haul it out when you don't have a choice.&#xD;&#xA; - a secondary admin account, one for each adminsitrator.  Do all of your day-to-day admin work in this account, but omit the really dangerous stuff (DROP DATABASE, DROP SCHEMA, etc.), use the admin account above for that.&#xD;&#xA; - if you are getting machine-based connects (connection pooling, proxied connects, etc.) use an account for that.&#xD;&#xA; - if you have direct connects from end-users, one account for each end-user, UNLESS your end users are a broad catagory and you have no need to separate out privs for that catagory.  In that case, a single account for each user group." />
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  <row Id="7657" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4406" RevisionGUID="0901827d-7178-43ff-a561-5f4497c9de70" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:48:55.427" UserId="1909" Text="I use Courier. It can certainly handle load and it's not a PITA to configure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used qmail for a while many years back. It was an interesting learning exercise, especially adding &quot;extra&quot; things so I could do things like local relaying. However, I rebuilt my server some while afterwards and looking at all the effort required to get qmail going again, I asked &quot;why am I bothering?&quot; By then, I had found Courier-IMAP to provide IMAP access to my maildir storage and in the interim the rest of the Courier MTA had been released. It was much easier to install and much much easier to configure than qmail, so my decision was made.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't tried Exim, but I had to work with Postfix at one job and was very annoyed at its complex configuration. I had to make it accept email for non-existent users and pass it to a script for our application (which handled email intermally). Postfix made this unnecessarily difficult IMO, but the sysadmin wouldn't countenance a change to another MTA. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only wrinkle with Courier is that the cutting edge MTA tools (e.g. SPF support, grey-listing) are a bit behind everything else because of its small share. And it doesn't get on 100% with fetchmail sending to it, for some reason I couldn't figure out.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4407" RevisionGUID="78a7a9a6-edb6-448e-bbb0-83694afee83e" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:49:42.583" UserId="1807" Text="Been running m0n0wall for over a year now and it has proven to be quite a good solution. Lightweight, live monitoring chart for bandwidth and QoS management, things which IPCop (which I was using previously) was missing." />
  <row Id="7659" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4408" RevisionGUID="3e0098b7-fd71-48c1-9b0e-3eb46d787bbc" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:54:12.183" UserId="1222" Text="See KB article &lt;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892675/&gt; which includes detailed explanation of the issue, examples and methods for deploying changes across your domain. I've copied a couple of examples below for reference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to permit opening of all CHM files in the &quot;Intranet&quot; zone, then the following registry entry will do the trick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    REGEDIT4&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp]&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp\1.x\HHRestrictions]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;MaxAllowedZone&quot;=dword:00000001&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want keep things more secure and only permit access to CHM files on a certain UNC path, then use the following instead replacing \\\\productmanuals\\helpfiles with the UNC path that you want to allow (don't forget to use double backslashes)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    REGEDIT4&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp] &#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp\1.x\HHRestrictions]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;UrlAllowList&quot;=&quot;\\\\productmanuals\\helpfiles&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4409" RevisionGUID="9bd83503-d737-4881-ad49-b294a26265a4" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:54:12.730" UserId="1248" Text="Are there registry settings or other settings available to tune Windows networking (SMB/CIFS) performance?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to get maximum throughput for large file copy operations but any settings would be interesting." />
  <row Id="7661" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4409" RevisionGUID="9bd83503-d737-4881-ad49-b294a26265a4" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:54:12.730" UserId="1248" Text="Windows networking performance (SMB/CIFS)" />
  <row Id="7662" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4409" RevisionGUID="9bd83503-d737-4881-ad49-b294a26265a4" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:54:12.730" UserId="1248" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;smb&gt;&lt;cifs&gt;" />
  <row Id="7663" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4410" RevisionGUID="e036cd20-2200-41ec-a236-ad5430480fe5" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:56:34.423" UserId="1909" Text="I think you have a social problem, not a technical one. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I'm reading your question right, you have a number of clients who send you (zipped) files from time-to-time, a notable proportion of which can't due to their corporate firewalls. If i have that correct, I would suggest you need to make it clear to your clients that it is their corporate firewall that is being over-eager and that they need to include their firewall maintainers and -- most importantly -- policy setters in the discussion. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most decent IT Security personnel will understand the problem and will appreciate being included in finding a solution, rather than being routed around. Which means they will help. That's assuming your clients actually have decent IT Security people, which is not, of course, a given. :-/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7664" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4411" RevisionGUID="89dca7f0-e8bd-4966-8581-e6d589b1a7b7" CreationDate="2009-05-04T23:58:22.017" UserId="1804" Text="Since you're looking for a server-based, rather than appliance solution, and I'm not aware of any products that run on Windows, I guess your best bet is to use a Linux-based solution. You have a number of choices:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- HAProxy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Apache and mod_proxy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- LVS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...probably more I don't know about." />
  <row Id="7665" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4412" RevisionGUID="cc24cd7a-2064-4a89-93f0-8c434997ad8c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:02:46.267" UserId="984" Text="What is the OS of your client and server?  One thing that can make a difference is to update your servers to windows 2008 and your clients to Vista.  When you do this you get to take advantage of [SMB2][1] which is less chatty, has larger buffers, and can do multiple things in a single request making it less sensitive to latency.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Message_Block#SMB2" />
  <row Id="7666" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2687" RevisionGUID="4e1d069d-91ba-4634-a3f0-d3e33b0e8264" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:03:24.503" UserId="333" Comment="added 19 characters in body" Text="I've used sendmail, qmail, and exim. Of those I prefer exim, though qmail is ok though I remember administration to be frustrating. I try to avoid sendmail as much as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I were looking to set up a new mail server today I would look to exim, exchange, and gmail for your domain, depending on the particular use case. I used to host my own personal mail but now I just use gmail (the spam filtering and pervasive availability is a big win)." />
  <row Id="7667" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4413" RevisionGUID="c92df7e9-f942-4ca2-8fe0-d30b5b7f1d03" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:03:43.190" UserId="1804" Text="Use a combination of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.izarc.org/&quot;&gt;IZarc&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://smithii.com/cdrtools&quot;&gt;mkisofs&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7668" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4414" RevisionGUID="44bb6cba-f99a-4b81-9ea9-bff22b638255" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:03:56.887" UserId="41811" Text="We're getting ready to move to some version of a Sharepoint service to try to get us off a mixture of word documents spread across three servers and who knows how many folders. Currently, we have a massive excel spreadsheet that contains hyperlinks to the documents that are described in it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not the best way to do it, but when the company started, they never planned out how to handle the internal documentation and left it up to each group to decide how to sort and store their own documentation as they saw fit. Now, we're trying to merge into a unified system, which will be around one of the Sharepoint offerings. " />
  <row Id="7669" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4414" RevisionGUID="44bb6cba-f99a-4b81-9ea9-bff22b638255" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:03:56.887" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7670" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4415" RevisionGUID="f87ec6d9-c3cc-4b84-9bc2-33f5e322cdc0" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:04:51.753" UserId="385" Text="I'm going with: it depends. It really depends on how your database will be used. Different scenarios:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Internal application connecting on behalf of the user. In this case, we create a service account within the domain and grant it access to the domain. The application uses this one account for all database access.&#xD;&#xA; - External facing (Internet) application. In this case, we create a SQL Server login because the web servers will be in the DMZ and therefore will not be on the domain. The application uses this one account for all database access.&#xD;&#xA; - Interal application passes credentials of the user. You see this with SQL Server Reporting Services and other cases where passing the actual credentials are important (audit trail). In this case, you'll likely have different levels of permissions. Each level should have the appropriate Windows domain security group. Windows users should be members of those groups. Those groups should be tied to user-defined database roles within the database. Those database roles should have all the permissions.&#xD;&#xA; - Direct access to the database. You'll see this more with reporting type of systems. In this case, Windows security groups again with access granted through the use of database roles. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7671" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4416" RevisionGUID="7e5673ab-75bd-4329-971b-2f1f48c43a33" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:06:37.600" UserId="1561" Text="If you are clever, and you plan in advance, you can use LVM to accomplish this for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Say you have your system on a drive that uses LVM; in fact, the entire system is on an LVM volume somewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With your second hard drive in an external case, attach the drive to your system, get LVM to recognize the drive, and then use LVM's mirror facility to copy the drive in place.  Once a complete copy is finished, break the mirror.  You will now have an exact snapshot in time (because the mirror also records any changes that take place during the copy process).  The only thing you need now is to make it bootable.  If you're using GRUB, you can do this from your existing system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to be really clever, write up this process as a script, and run the script on a regular basis.  All you have to do is make sure the external drive is attached when it runs." />
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  <row Id="7674" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4417" RevisionGUID="7c264a7f-2f86-41ad-82f5-bba74665492b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:16:49.273" UserId="1804" Text="For those who don't like the Nagios web interface there is &lt;a href=&quot;http://trac2.assembla.com/npc&quot;&gt;NPC&lt;/a&gt;, a plugin for Cacti that makes the Nagios UI available from within Cacti, but with better looks (ajax etc.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It reads from a database provided by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nagios.org/download/addons/&quot;&gt;NDO2DB&lt;/a&gt;, which is a great way to have your infrastructure available from within a database for use in scripts and other tools." />
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  <row Id="7678" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4419" RevisionGUID="a0ab6b72-c1cf-4d48-9f53-c4fbb5ca5b06" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:22:59.197" UserId="274" Text="I am testing a variety of tech on my PC before deploying it and i notice sometimes my computer gets really slow sometimes and i am unsure why.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am running windows XP professional edition SP2, i looked at the task manager and i know the CPU and Ram usage is BS (on my home comp i have norton and it reports differently). What app can i use to detect which tech is preforming more poor then others?" />
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  <row Id="7681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4420" RevisionGUID="cb0aa409-b685-4185-a087-acfb6cb0c38e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:25:05.980" UserId="1804" Text="Check DNS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4421" RevisionGUID="dc4f5a40-23d7-4d5c-92aa-1f72e14976ad" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:25:46.507" UserId="1224" Text="&#xD;&#xA;#####Network Connections&#xD;&#xA;    ncpa.cpl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Opens&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3640/3502092745_0763439d83_o.png" />
  <row Id="7683" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4421" RevisionGUID="dc4f5a40-23d7-4d5c-92aa-1f72e14976ad" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:25:46.507" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7684" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4422" RevisionGUID="624aa326-1f6a-416f-8b62-4b282eb75d2c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:27:37.580" UserId="1224" Text="#####Sound&#xD;&#xA;    mmsys.cpl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Opens&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3549/3502910184_0885f87c86_o.png" />
  <row Id="7685" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4422" RevisionGUID="624aa326-1f6a-416f-8b62-4b282eb75d2c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:27:37.580" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7686" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1055" RevisionGUID="0ebf24ad-7619-436c-903a-de393c4d20ef" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:28:28.093" UserId="481" Comment="added 87 characters in body" Text="My company makes a high quality file server with access points for FTP/FTPS/SFTP/WebDav/HTTP/HTTPS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The product name is [Null FTP Server][1] and there is a free version available. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Some of the features:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- REST HTTP API to control the server&#xD;&#xA;- Remote administration for 1 or more servers.  &#xD;&#xA;- x86 and x64 variants are available. &#xD;&#xA;- User authentication is supported with windows user accounts, active directory, and/or built-in accounts.  &#xD;&#xA;- You can either lock a user account into a directory or use the server's root directory.  &#xD;&#xA;- Virtual directories are also supported.&#xD;&#xA;- [several other key features][2] and [screenshots][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vwsolutions.com/NullFTPServer/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.vwsolutions.com/NullFTPServer/features.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.vwsolutions.com/NullFTPServer/screenshots.aspx" />
  <row Id="7687" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4423" RevisionGUID="2d4a921a-14ad-4430-ba1f-6c3d9c66ddb7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:28:59.057" UserId="1248" Text="Ars technica has an introductory [article][1] from when Powershell was still in beta and called Monad. It covers most of the basics and was a good starting point for beginners.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2005/10/msh.ars" />
  <row Id="7688" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4424" RevisionGUID="5075fc1e-062d-41f6-b449-3bd9db309ee9" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:29:08.980" UserId="1804" Text="shutdown - can shut down a non-responding host remotely&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    shutdown -r -t 0 -f -m &lt;machine&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;taskkill - kill processes from the commandline&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    taskkill /pid &lt;pid&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;psexec - the windows equivalent of ssh (from sysinternals, as previously noted)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7689" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4424" RevisionGUID="5075fc1e-062d-41f6-b449-3bd9db309ee9" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:29:08.980" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4425" RevisionGUID="50c2f830-a022-4fd3-8af4-7d08cb477126" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:30:11.630" UserId="1224" Text="#####System Properties&#xD;&#xA;    sysdm.cpl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Opens&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3616/3502916314_25f366a2cd_o.png" />
  <row Id="7691" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4425" RevisionGUID="50c2f830-a022-4fd3-8af4-7d08cb477126" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:30:11.630" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7692" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4426" RevisionGUID="61189536-3188-4b3c-b115-df7c8c9fcc24" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:34:18.140" UserId="1224" Text="&#xD;&#xA;#####Telephone and Modem Properties&#xD;&#xA;    telephon.cpl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Opens&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Side Note**: I wish I never get to see this screen ever again...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3546/3502113477_847e7b3b01_o.png" />
  <row Id="7693" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4426" RevisionGUID="61189536-3188-4b3c-b115-df7c8c9fcc24" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:34:18.140" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4427" RevisionGUID="fcd0456b-1a98-4c38-97e0-d1ef4e6e3436" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:36:16.420" UserId="1288" Text="Hi All,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OS: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We just rolled back an kernel update using the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo apt-get remove linux-image-2.6.24-24-server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The uninstallation was successful, but it had the following message before `apt-get` exited:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    The link /vmlinuz is a damaged link&#xD;&#xA;    Removing symbolic link vmlinuz&#xD;&#xA;     you may need to re-run your boot loader[grub]&#xD;&#xA;    The link /initrd.img is a damaged link&#xD;&#xA;    Removing symbolic link initrd.img&#xD;&#xA;     you may need to re-run your boot loader[grub]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should we be worrying about this message? Do we need to re-run GRUB? How do we go about doing this if we have to re-run GRUB?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7695" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4427" RevisionGUID="fcd0456b-1a98-4c38-97e0-d1ef4e6e3436" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:36:16.420" UserId="1288" Text="Damaged /vmlinuz and /initrd.img symbolic links after Kernel uninstall" />
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  <row Id="7698" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4428" RevisionGUID="b2b709dd-c766-41a6-8aca-7639f35abe49" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:36:17.137" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7699" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4429" RevisionGUID="b454c5bb-d2d9-4e04-9c5e-80bdce833e19" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:37:05.933" UserId="1687" Text="Try to act like a terrorist.  Then they'll know you're not really a terrorist, because no *real* terrorist would actually act like a terrorist.  Real terrorists would act like they are not terrorists, and the TSA knows this, so if you are trying to act like you are not a terrorist they will naturally assume you are one. :)" />
  <row Id="7700" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4430" RevisionGUID="ae405872-0e04-4251-93c4-76dba931d995" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:37:43.733" UserId="1804" Text="From &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430210591&quot;&gt;Automating Linux and Unix Administration&lt;/a&gt; by Kirk Bauer (great book!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS1='\n[\u@\h]: \w\n$?&gt; '&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The newline at the beginning is mine, I like to have a clear line between the previous output and the prompt. The rest is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;\u = username&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;\h = host&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;\w = working director&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;$? = last return code (so useful!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The rest is just prettiness - experiment!" />
  <row Id="7701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4431" RevisionGUID="848a8cb2-89a7-4314-952f-5a41cc408774" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:38:28.707" UserId="1224" Text="&#xD;&#xA;#####Windows Security Center&#xD;&#xA;    wscui.cpl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Opens&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3417/3502938038_67b7be56b5_o.png" />
  <row Id="7702" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4431" RevisionGUID="848a8cb2-89a7-4314-952f-5a41cc408774" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:38:28.707" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7703" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4432" RevisionGUID="8efc5358-99f2-45e6-a167-698b6f12e24d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:39:52.107" UserId="1848" Text="With a question this broad, it is difficult to point you to the best tools for the job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, you can use [Process Monitor][1] from the Sysinternals tools to get a more detailed look at what resources the different processes in your system are using. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx" />
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  <row Id="7705" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4423" RevisionGUID="0b95c432-9576-4c74-92a1-24dc2648a8c5" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:45:43.573" UserId="1248" Comment="Added cheat sheet" Text="Ars technica has an introductory [article][1] from when Powershell was still in beta and called Monad. It covers most of the basics and was a good starting point for beginners.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also found dzone's Powershell [cheat sheet][2] handy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2005/10/msh.ars&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://refcardz.dzone.com/refcardz/windows-powershell" />
  <row Id="7706" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4433" RevisionGUID="91c3bf55-768e-47ab-b82b-6cfd7af830b6" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:46:28.127" UserId="1848" Text="What are your web/db platforms?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using IIS and SQL Server, Microsoft makes a few tools for stress testing / capacity testing your websites. [IIS Tools][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This article][2] seems like a good start for testing SQL Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/231282&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sql-server-performance.com/articles/per/stress_test_part3_p1.aspx" />
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  <row Id="7708" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4434" RevisionGUID="6c582cc0-e241-42c7-a745-cd56ab92a6a5" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:48:32.537" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4435" RevisionGUID="da656de7-2ec2-4145-b6b4-ca4d20c8c074" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:49:14.143" UserId="1584" Text="Start by enabling TCP Window Scaling (RFC 1323).  Here is an [excellent article][1] explaining how to do it and what it does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While you're at it, you will probably want to adjust your TCP Window size.  The proper size is calculated based on your specific network conditions.  I don't have much experience with this, but there are various calculators and/or tutorials you can google for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid7_gci1329590,00.html" />
  <row Id="7710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4436" RevisionGUID="c5800df8-a7f1-452e-aea3-3ed640a6ed28" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:52:00.297" UserId="984" Text="You souldn't need to re-run grub you would, but after a kernel change you may need to run **/usr/sbin/update-grub**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those messages are probably do not indicate an issue.  The real test would be to simply reboot the computer.  If it boots fine, then nothing bad happened.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may want to update your **/etc/kernel-img.conf** and disable the **do_symlinks** option, and you shouldn't see this message again." />
  <row Id="7711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4437" RevisionGUID="622e6efe-5226-4fbd-ab54-a7b3d649bc9d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:52:07.660" UserId="1174" Text="We use [pfSense][1] and [m0nowall][2] for this - simple to use web-based admin.  You can use an old PC with a [Disk on Module][3] in the IDE connector or a single-board-computer like ALIX from [pcengines][4].  Found this solution to be cheap and reliable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pfsense.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://m0n0.ch/wall/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.pqimemory.com/products-storage.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.pcengines.ch/" />
  <row Id="7712" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4438" RevisionGUID="a1d6ec77-4d13-4447-97f1-58d078ff4332" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:52:54.540" UserId="1804" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://reductivelabs.com/products/facter/&quot;&gt;facter&lt;/a&gt; is a handy tool for this sort of discovery, although it probably uses some of the methods detailed above, and requires Ruby." />
  <row Id="7713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4439" RevisionGUID="9ae9f304-e4d5-41b9-bfc0-c2474f0a6bc1" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:58:13.917" UserId="1375" Text="Those messages are nothing to worry about.  They're related to using `lilo` as your bootloader, because it uses those symlinks to find your &quot;current&quot; kernel.  Grub, being more flexible, has it's own way of doing things, and doesn't need the symlinks." />
  <row Id="7714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4440" RevisionGUID="278650f5-3429-485c-abcf-24435754c310" CreationDate="2009-05-05T00:59:32.073" UserId="1804" Text="A simple one-line answer: 1TB drives are usually SATA, but your server is SCSI. (Even if the server is not SCSI, this might stop the line of enquiry...for now.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A 300GB SCSI drive is usually 4x the price, then there's backing up the existing data, getting downtime organised, doing the install, something might go wrong, the overtime, etc. etc. All in all, a simple storage upgrade can lead to all sorts of pain - none of which the dev is directly responsible for. Saying that you can buy an off-the-shelf drive that satisfies the current need is hopelessly simplistic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But you know you should have put bigger drives in the damn servers when you bought them and you're kicking yourself now! But you wanted the servers installed and they would have added to the upfront cost and it might have had to go an extra round of approval...welcome to the sysadmin's world of pain..." />
  <row Id="7715" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2033" RevisionGUID="d25375ac-0ccb-45a9-947a-0807d244bf14" CreationDate="2009-05-05T01:01:35.033" UserId="38" Comment="added 239 characters in body" Text="So lets say i have a network of &lt; 20 computers including a server that needs to be accessed externally, what router/firewall solutions would you recommend? Can be either hardware or software and would need to be able to do&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - NAT&#xD;&#xA; - Firewall&#xD;&#xA; - DMZ&#xD;&#xA; - Native VPN if possible&#xD;&#xA; - Some form of network bandwidth monitoring&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**: I've accepted the answer I liked but this question probably doesn't have a definitive answer, it would depend on your requirements.  Please leave more suggestions with an explanation as to why it works well in your situation.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7716" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4441" RevisionGUID="13bc181a-6ce4-47ba-ae65-aeeeb36ae757" CreationDate="2009-05-05T01:05:19.393" UserId="1804" Text="Sorry this doesn't address the question, but the fact that Microsoft make this feature obscure decreases my comfort in using it, as opposed to using ln in *nix, which is a well-known, well-supported program." />
  <row Id="7717" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4441" RevisionGUID="13bc181a-6ce4-47ba-ae65-aeeeb36ae757" CreationDate="2009-05-05T01:05:19.393" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7718" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4303" RevisionGUID="f00c6e1b-a941-4c4b-b1a0-d77beb5833cc" CreationDate="2009-05-05T01:09:09.837" UserId="1720" Comment="Break telnet and openssl apart" Text="How to debug networking issues and watch your program run with sysadmin tools. As a programmer who got started in system administration, I'm amazed by how impotent many programmers become once networking &quot;just stops.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* **Wireshark**, to watch your code run in a black-box fashion, packet-by-packet&#xD;&#xA;* Tools to connect directly to network services:&#xD;&#xA;  * **Telnet, netcat, or socat** for plain connections over TCP or UDP&#xD;&#xA;  * **OpenSSL** for the same thing with encryption (hint: try `openssl s_client -connect target-host:port` sometime), for manually connecting to network services&#xD;&#xA;* **dig (in the BIND 9 package)** for debugging name resolution&#xD;&#xA;* Being able to tell what part of the network stack failed based on the timing and other characteristics of a failed connection&#xD;&#xA;* Possibly **HTTPFox and/or Firebug**" />
  <row Id="7719" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4209" RevisionGUID="9bf1cf38-065e-49dc-a9d7-43f215561ea0" CreationDate="2009-05-05T01:16:41.800" UserId="1581" Comment="deleted 5 characters in body" Text="The option for the *most* coverage is the **FAT32** file system. But you won't be able to create files larger than 4GB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you use **NTFS** (Windows format) then Mac systems will be able to read it but cannot write to it unless third party software is installed. My collegue tells me that **MacFuse** and **NTFS-3G** will let you have full access to NTFS volumes on a Mac system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[NTFS-3G Stable Read/Write Driver][1]** - Apparently, NTFS-3G also **supports Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, NetBSD, Solaris, Haiku**, and other operating systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Enjoy,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Robert C. Cartaino&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ntfs-3g.org/" />
  <row Id="7720" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4442" RevisionGUID="89914ff2-55f8-411c-9bbd-99063e218ffd" CreationDate="2009-05-05T01:25:59.780" UserId="1804" Text="If a switch has the above features then it almost certainly has SNMP, but that should be a priority as well. Nice to know what's running through them pipes." />
  <row Id="7721" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4443" RevisionGUID="a15dbd40-1f49-4bfe-afe7-87957cda5e01" CreationDate="2009-05-05T01:30:18.130" UserId="1804" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://software.inl.fr/trac/wiki/LagFactory&quot;&gt;lagfactory&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wraps tc to provide random unreliable network behaviour." />
  <row Id="7722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4444" RevisionGUID="f5064554-41e8-4a59-91e7-7d2736c2ad87" CreationDate="2009-05-05T01:31:40.280" UserId="212" Text="PATHEXT will allow you to leave off &quot;.py&quot;, but that's not what you are asking, right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to associate a file extension with an application on Windows, you can:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; 1. Open an Explorer window.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Choose &quot;Folder options&quot; from the Tools menu.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Click the &quot;File Types&quot; tab.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Click the &quot;New&quot; button (assuming that PY/PYC/PYW are not already there).&#xD;&#xA; 5. Type in the extension (e.g. &quot;py&quot;, &quot;pyc&quot; or &quot;pyw&quot;) and click &quot;OK&quot;&#xD;&#xA; 6. Click the &quot;Change...&quot; button.&#xD;&#xA; 7. Choose &quot;Select the program from a list&quot;&#xD;&#xA; 8. Find your Python interpreter (e.g. python.exe or pythonw.exe in C:\Python2X)&#xD;&#xA; 9. Ok your way back out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are instructions for XP.  I presume that Vista and Win7 are basically the same, although you probably get to the list in some other way." />
  <row Id="7723" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4445" RevisionGUID="611f4504-7336-409a-9b07-3a3c132daeea" CreationDate="2009-05-05T01:40:00.853" UserId="1804" Text="Perhaps one of the great features of Linux, as opposed to Windows, is that there are next to no hidden features by design. Hopefully if any undocumented features are important enough to know about the community does it's job." />
  <row Id="7724" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4445" RevisionGUID="611f4504-7336-409a-9b07-3a3c132daeea" CreationDate="2009-05-05T01:40:00.853" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7725" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4446" RevisionGUID="877aafff-b1b3-4aaf-b36a-53e7c9906cc7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T01:40:59.167" UserId="1690" Text="I'm looking at setting up a tool for collecting usage data and KPIs from multiple systems on various platforms. We'd like to regularly report on key indicators on system usage and health. It doesn't need to be real time monitoring just monthly indicators of performance and usage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The systems that would feed into would be vary from Solaris boxes running large ERP app, to IIS running our intranet. We'll agree on 2-5 kpi's for each, then write some sort of script to extract the data from each system. The data would vary from usage by user name, usage by app, to performance data such as response time from each site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any off the shelf applications out there for storing and reporting varied metrics?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my case it needs to be free to cheap, otherwise we'll just create and maintain a small DB ourselves.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7726" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4446" RevisionGUID="877aafff-b1b3-4aaf-b36a-53e7c9906cc7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T01:40:59.167" UserId="1690" Text="What tools are available to capture and report system (application, database and sys) metrics?" />
  <row Id="7727" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4446" RevisionGUID="877aafff-b1b3-4aaf-b36a-53e7c9906cc7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T01:40:59.167" UserId="1690" Text="&lt;usage&gt;&lt;metrics&gt;&lt;reporting&gt;" />
  <row Id="7728" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4447" RevisionGUID="408abcab-6b95-4971-ac9d-180c7549d5d5" CreationDate="2009-05-05T01:41:23.970" UserId="1797" Text="All you need to do is type `uname -a` at your favorite shell. That will print out the kernel name and version." />
  <row Id="7729" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4448" RevisionGUID="a2593138-692f-4f59-80da-3f680f4d7484" CreationDate="2009-05-05T01:46:35.003" UserId="1576" Text="**This case scenario started me wondering about the limitations of Small Business Server:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a client who came to us initially regading building them an intranet for managing staff training and document sharing etc. but as they use two other software packages (one for POS &amp; one for inventory [they are not linked &gt;&lt; ]) I have advised them to start with looking at their overall I.T. infrastructure. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bear in mind they don't have a dedicated I.T. staff member and their overall turnover I would guesstimate at a conservative AU **$16M** /year between 8 stores.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Infrastructure overview (as I understand it):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - One server ( I don't know the specs) hosted at main office running Small Business Server.&#xD;&#xA; - Only one of the stores currently connecting via VPN to that server and the Inventory software running on it.&#xD;&#xA; - Seven other existing stores to eventually connect to the server.&#xD;&#xA; - Currently several hundred employees &#xD;&#xA; - Company wants to double to sixteen stores within next 3 years.&#xD;&#xA; - Probably ~20 (two/three per store) POS machines sending data to the server.&#xD;&#xA; - Probably ~8-10 Desktop machines connecting to the server for Inventory/Backend &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found some links but would like to hear some real world experiences&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/default.mspx&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.sbslinks.com/Us_v_them.htm&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/platform-small-business-server-2003,1151.html&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7730" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4448" RevisionGUID="a2593138-692f-4f59-80da-3f680f4d7484" CreationDate="2009-05-05T01:46:35.003" UserId="1576" Text="What are the reasons one wouldn't run Small Business Server?" />
  <row Id="7731" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4448" RevisionGUID="a2593138-692f-4f59-80da-3f680f4d7484" CreationDate="2009-05-05T01:46:35.003" UserId="1576" Text="&lt;sbs&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;sbs2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="7732" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4449" RevisionGUID="046a3b15-61af-44da-85a5-c93fc05f63eb" CreationDate="2009-05-05T01:48:55.497" UserId="333" Text="Yes, it matters, but not all the time. You can successfully use a compatible laptop power adapter of lower amperage than that of the stock adapter for your laptop. Max power draw for a laptop is at max. cpu + gpu utilization + constant optical drive use + battery charging + max. display brightness + using an external display. Unless you do all of these things, you are unlikely to run into problems when using a lower amperage power adapter. The most likely problem you'll run into is that your battery will stop charging.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Note:** I make no guarantees with this advice, if you fry your laptop and/or burn your house down, don't blame me." />
  <row Id="7733" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4450" RevisionGUID="2669217f-7da1-44c0-ac3b-fae2fc97361b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T01:49:13.313" UserId="1616" Text="The Draytek routers are inexpensive and support PPTP.  [www.draytek.com][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.draytek.com" />
  <row Id="7734" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4451" RevisionGUID="6816c488-5476-4535-a6da-24b5104670dc" CreationDate="2009-05-05T01:51:12.183" UserId="436" Text="just an addendum ... if you go to properties of the folder(s) and you do not see a &quot;security&quot; tab that allows you to change owner, you need to turn off Simple File Sharing. This is in the folder options - way down on the bottom of the list of options. on xp if &quot;simple file sharing&quot; is on, you can't see the area that allows you to change owner.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-don" />
  <row Id="7735" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4452" RevisionGUID="fa82b1ba-13a8-4d75-b992-7ce56dca56a9" CreationDate="2009-05-05T01:54:18.683" UserId="1616" Text="SBS2008 (and SBS2003) is limited to 75 users (or desktops, depending on whether you opt for per user or per device licesning) in total.  Beyond that you are looking at Winidows Essentials Server." />
  <row Id="7736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4453" RevisionGUID="59bfa72a-7bd9-4c0e-a85e-59168fffaaca" CreationDate="2009-05-05T02:02:29.007" UserId="1489" Text="Stick your main database files on different physical disks than your log files.  ie - separate your `.MDF` and your `.LDF` files." />
  <row Id="7737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4454" RevisionGUID="025ad65b-afeb-41c1-ad2a-25ed74f9becf" CreationDate="2009-05-05T02:04:03.930" UserId="1804" Text="You can't create a trust relation with an SBS server domain and another, existing domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We migrated from SBS2003 to individual Server 2003 and Exchange 2003 servers for this reason. We found that the migration path is weakly supported by MS, and I was worried to death that it wouldn't work. We invested in a pack from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sbsmigration.com/&quot;&gt;www.sbsmigration.com&lt;/a&gt; to help us through it, but ended up not needing it." />
  <row Id="7738" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4455" RevisionGUID="e4959977-83d8-4414-a3e6-c859e6d96c61" CreationDate="2009-05-05T02:07:02.833" UserId="495" Text="Book-wise, I recommend both [Windows PowerShell in Action][1] by Bruce Payette and [Windows PowerShell][2] Cookbook by Lee Holmes. Payette's book is more of a deep dive into how PowerShell works, and the &quot;Cookbook&quot; is all about solving specific problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.manning.com/payette/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596528492/" />
  <row Id="7739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4456" RevisionGUID="4109b948-b230-44ee-ade6-7bc65d73e8a3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T02:13:20.447" UserId="1529" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was wondering if people had any opinions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am a big of the virtual connect modules and have only used the pass through's when the blades weren't virtualized and were running large Datbase Servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rob&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7740" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4456" RevisionGUID="4109b948-b230-44ee-ade6-7bc65d73e8a3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T02:13:20.447" UserId="1529" Text="HP Blade Enclosures: Passthrough Network Modules or Virtual Connect Modules" />
  <row Id="7741" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4456" RevisionGUID="4109b948-b230-44ee-ade6-7bc65d73e8a3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T02:13:20.447" UserId="1529" Text="&lt;blades&gt;&lt;hp&gt;&lt;enclosures&gt;" />
  <row Id="7742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4457" RevisionGUID="9519e7c7-41ed-494c-8b24-94e9ee1b5806" CreationDate="2009-05-05T02:16:07.147" UserId="1804" Text="&quot;Is there any off the shelf applications out there for storing and reporting varied metrics?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your operating system? :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does the metrics data consist of simple numbers, the semantics of which are understood by your scripts? SNMP can pull a variety of data from cross-platform systems but you have to specify exec calls for anything not in the usual MIB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you say I think the custom approach is the one that will work best for you, just some scripts and a database. " />
  <row Id="7743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4458" RevisionGUID="899e0cc5-1b55-4715-b71f-88d222a05fae" CreationDate="2009-05-05T02:21:38.880" UserId="2" Text="We have an SMTP only mail server behind a firewall which will have a public A record of mail.*.*  The only way to access this mail server is from another server behind the same firewall.  We do not run our own private DNS server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it a good idea to use the private IP address as an A record in a public DNS server - or is it best to keep these server records in each servers local hosts file?" />
  <row Id="7744" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4458" RevisionGUID="899e0cc5-1b55-4715-b71f-88d222a05fae" CreationDate="2009-05-05T02:21:38.880" UserId="2" Text="Private IP address in public DNS" />
  <row Id="7745" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4458" RevisionGUID="899e0cc5-1b55-4715-b71f-88d222a05fae" CreationDate="2009-05-05T02:21:38.880" UserId="2" Text="&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="7746" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4459" RevisionGUID="96571f35-8cba-4b42-b77c-b9a603cad4dc" CreationDate="2009-05-05T02:28:57.180" UserId="1248" Text="NTFS supports file names that the Win32 API doesn't. For example the POSIX subsystem allows the following names (from the Windows Internals book):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;TrailingDots...&quot; &#xD;&#xA;    &quot;SameNameDifferentCase&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;samenamedifferentcase&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;TrailingSpaces    &quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apparently you can still see them all by using 'dir /x'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its also possible to create files with &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; long file paths (up to 32,000 characters). You can still see them in explorer but you can't delete them easily.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7747" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4459" RevisionGUID="96571f35-8cba-4b42-b77c-b9a603cad4dc" CreationDate="2009-05-05T02:28:57.180" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4460" RevisionGUID="8f25e302-e396-4ed1-a853-b576cfbc540f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T02:29:38.770" UserId="533" Text="In general introducing RFC1918 addresses into public DNS will cause confusion, if not a real problem, at some point in the future.  Use IPs, host records, or a private DNS view of your zone to use the RFC1918 addresses behind your firewall but not include them in the public view.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To clarify my response based on the other submitted response, I think introducing RFC1918 addresses into public DNS is a faux pas, not a security issue.  If someone calls me to trouble shoot an issue and I stumble across RFC1918 addresses in their DNS, I start talking really slowly and asking them if they've rebooted recently.  Maybe that's snobbery on my part, I don't know.  But like I said, it's not a necessary thing to do and it's likely to cause confusion and miscommunication (human, not computer) at some point.  Why risk it?" />
  <row Id="7749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4461" RevisionGUID="dfec0265-3ea0-47c1-bcab-978529f1b7b7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T02:30:17.910" UserId="1589" Text="The networking field can be more difficult to &quot;break into&quot; than a typical *nix sysadmin position for a few reasons.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Very difficult to get hands on experience with enterprise class networking equipment.  Sure, Cisco IOS simulators exist.  However, there's no real substitute to learning by configuring a real physical network.  Most larger companies have a dedicated team of experienced network engineers, and typically only hire people with experience.  Most smaller companies don't have large enough networks to give you enough experience to be qualified for the more advanced positions.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; By contrast, a Unix/Linux sysadmin can download, install, and tinker with hundreds of different Linux and Unix distributions.  Having virtual machines available for essentially no cost, there's no real excuse for an up-and-coming sysadmin not to tinker.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The network team, compared to a sysadmin or server team, typically will not require as many engineers to maintain.  A properly designed network can be maintained by a relatively small staff.  In some smaller companies, you might even see one or two of the sysadmins handling the day to day network configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My advice to you would be to first grab some books and look into taking the CCNA test.  This will give you a good indicator of your interest level in networking.  If you find that you enjoy the material and studying for the test, and want to continue, great!  However, realize that getting your certification will not guarantee you a job.  I can't stress this enough -- **Make sure you understand how and why it all works, not just the configuration steps**.  There's nothing worse than interviewing a CCNP certified engineer for a position, and them not being able to explain OSPF.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When looking for jobs, a sysadmin background could give you a distinct advantage.  One option would be to look for a typical sysadmin position that has some minor networking components to get your foot in the door.  Ideally, they'll have some older equipment that you can setup and stage into a &quot;test&quot; network, and learn the ropes on.  Work your way up from there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4462" RevisionGUID="e5ec292f-6ec9-42b7-8a0b-0025583e9d33" CreationDate="2009-05-05T02:30:19.330" UserId="1375" Text="I had a lengthy discussion on this topic on the NANOG list a while ago.  Though I'd always thought it was a bad idea, turns out that it's not such a bad idea in practice.  The difficulties mostly come from rDNS lookups (which for private addresses Just Don't Work in the outside world), and when you're providing access to the addresses over a VPN or similar it's important to ensure that the VPN clients are properly protected from &quot;leaking&quot; traffic when the VPN is down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I say go for it.  If an attacker can get anything meaningful from being able to resolve names to internal addresses, you've got bigger security problems." />
  <row Id="7751" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4463" RevisionGUID="97053f6f-52bc-4ff9-b3bc-8db1831095a7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T02:37:04.727" UserId="1664" Text="Some people will say no public DNS records should ever disclose private IP addresses....with the thinking being that you are giving potential attackers a leg up on some information that might be required to exploit private systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I think that obfuscation is a poor form of security, especially when we are talking about IP addresses because in general they are easy to guess anyway, so I don't see this as a realistic security compromise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The bigger consideration here is making sure your public users don't pickup this DNS record as part of the normal public services of your hosted application. ie: External DNS lookups somehow start resolving to an address they can't get to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Aside from that, I see no fundamental reason why putting private address A records into the public space is a problem....especially when you have no alternate DNS server to host them on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do decide to to put this record into the public DNS space, you might consider creating a seperate zone on the same server to hold all the &quot;private&quot; records. This will make it clearer that they are intended to be private....however for just one A records, I probably wouldn't bother.&#xD;&#xA;  " />
  <row Id="7752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4464" RevisionGUID="67d716e7-dc50-4ff8-9c83-f07e22a3cce1" CreationDate="2009-05-05T02:39:40.197" UserId="544" Text="Everybody has their secrets and Windows has them too.. I've been using these for a while and wanted to share them and I'd like to see some more I dont know yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. To get to the 'Shut Down Windows' screen in vista is not straightforward too, and this is how I got there, **Ctrl+ESC, Esc, Alt+F4**. This is useful too when you cant see your screen, and if you're lucky enough you can press, R or S, and then Alt+K to restart or shutdown a blind windows (no screen).&#xD;&#xA; 2. Shutdown Windows Explorer: you have to get to the logoff screen then press **Ctrl+Alt+Shift** and simoutaneously **Cancel**, that will close explorer without ending the session. That helped me a lot when some explorer window goes crazy and doesn't want to respond. I think this works since Windows 95 but I'm not sure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. **Ctrl+Shift+Esc**, brings Task Manager to the focus and if its not running it starts it, this is helpful when you have explorer closed (the point 1) and want to start a new one, going to file / new task, and running 'explorer'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lh5.ggpht.com/_mW9zOKPP1fs/Sf-iX6v-zXI/AAAAAAAAALw/NXyr5egHr2k/shutdownExplorer.png.jpg" />
  <row Id="7753" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4464" RevisionGUID="67d716e7-dc50-4ff8-9c83-f07e22a3cce1" CreationDate="2009-05-05T02:39:40.197" UserId="544" Text="Hidden commands on Windows" />
  <row Id="7754" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4464" RevisionGUID="67d716e7-dc50-4ff8-9c83-f07e22a3cce1" CreationDate="2009-05-05T02:39:40.197" UserId="544" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;shortcut&gt;&lt;tricks&gt;" />
  <row Id="7755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4465" RevisionGUID="e1f01992-4814-4207-b2d6-166c405ec11c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T02:43:28.050" UserId="1930" Text="Commenting on the tooling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've tried online wiki's but found a number of limitations, which may be personal taste, but include document structure and most critically having to be connected to the documentation server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Being connected is a serious problem if you are either offline or onsite (obviously you can mitigate the onsite with a secured SSL connection et. al.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our current documentation process is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* static html generator&#xD;&#xA;* markdown syntax&#xD;&#xA;* distributed versioning system&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a 'formal' layout for the documentation and that provides the structure for the menus (and the associated CSS for visual styling etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Static HTML Generator&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use an in house static html generator base on &lt;a href=&quot;http://github.com/cortesi/cubictemp/tree/master&quot;&gt;cubictemp&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is obviously ugly looking, as most of us/our sysadmins/programmers know what is beautiful but have a total lack of coordination into building such.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But it affords/let's us include configuration files, sample scripts, without having to worry about html formatting screwing it up or worrying about where to find it on the 'server' for downloading.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our system makes it very simple to incorporate non-HTML material into our documentation, by simply coping the material into the 'tree'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The HTML structure provides 'potential' for layout, and also critically provides 'linking' between knowledge/content items (as well as base structure mechanisms, such as being able to create menus, table's of content etc.) With HTML, each user can now run a small web server on their machine whether lighttpd or something small or just go full blown with Apache or IIS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All our machines have the grunt for basic html serving, and works well enough for us.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MARKDOWN syntax.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use a bastardised version of MARKDOWN, Textish and or Restful to let our 'creative' juices write documentation without having to worry about HTML.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It also means everyone get's to use their favourite editor (I use Scintilla on Windows and *Nix) while the others here use vi/vim.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Distributed Versioning System.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use &lt;a href=&quot;http://git-scm.com/&quot;&gt;Git&lt;/a&gt; to 'distribute' the documentation between users. Oh, and we use it's versioning capacity too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The key advantage for us is that we can all work on updating the documentation without having to be connected to the server, and without having to publish 'completed' works. We can all work on the same parts of the documentation, or different parts, or just consume the information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It works for our 'situation'," />
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  <row Id="7757" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4466" RevisionGUID="074d229a-1741-4123-bc5c-647a34ffcfca" CreationDate="2009-05-05T02:47:49.117" UserId="984" Text="I don't have an exact step-by-step recipe for you, but I suspect I would start building a system like this.  I am assuming you are an Ubuntu user based on your icon, the tags.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - I would start with the [mini.iso][1] that matches your running system and do a CLI-only install onto the portable drive.  I would make it one big partition.&#xD;&#xA; - I would test booting from the portable drive to make sure everything is working so far.&#xD;&#xA; - On the install on your portable drive I would update the /etc/fstab, and /boot/grub/menu.list to use the uuid if they aren't already.&#xD;&#xA; - I would create a backup script (/root/rsync-to-portadrive) and exclude file (/root/rsync-exclude) like bellow (you probably need to add/tweak your exclude file).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't tested this and worked out the fine details, but I am pretty sure if you rsync and don't overwrite the /etc/fstab or /boot, then the system should still boot and be able to mount the root filesystem.  The /root/rsync-exclude file will keep you from including tmp files and junk you don't need to backup, and it will keep you from overwriting your /boot directory and fstab.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Like I said, I haven't tested I believe my basic plan is sound.  I agree with other posters in believing that this isn't a great method for backing up your system.  If you have any database applications like mysql, you will want to make sure you back them up separately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/root/rsync-to-portadrive&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # mount the portable device&#xD;&#xA;    mkdir -p /srv/portabackup/&#xD;&#xA;    mount /dev/disk/by-uuid/19976dc9-2d2b-43e3-87ff-d3fb071ddcb3 /srv/portabackup/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # make a backup of your /boot and fstab&#xD;&#xA;    mkdir -p /srv/portabackup/boot_backup/&#xD;&#xA;    cp /etc/fstab /srv/portabackup/boot_backup/fstab&#xD;&#xA;    rsync -va /boot/ /srv/portabackup/boot_backup/&#xD;&#xA;    # sync the main system&#xD;&#xA;    rsync -vaEH --delete --stats -D --numeric-ids \&#xD;&#xA;          --exclude-from=/root/rsync-exclude \&#xD;&#xA;          / /srv/portabackup/&#xD;&#xA;    # unmount&#xD;&#xA;    umount /srv/portabackup/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/root/rsync-exclude&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    - lost+found/&#xD;&#xA;    - core&#xD;&#xA;    - *~&#xD;&#xA;    - .nfs*&#xD;&#xA;    - /tmp/***&#xD;&#xA;    - /var/tmp/***&#xD;&#xA;    - /boot/***&#xD;&#xA;    - /boot_backup/***&#xD;&#xA;    - /etc/fstab&#xD;&#xA;    - /etc/mtab&#xD;&#xA;    - /srv/portabackup/***&#xD;&#xA;    - /proc/***&#xD;&#xA;    - /sys/***&#xD;&#xA;    + *&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7758" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4467" RevisionGUID="8e28aa7a-7faa-4d22-b70d-692346ddd9af" CreationDate="2009-05-05T02:55:44.167" UserId="1870" Text="Test run your sql/stored procs in the SQL Management Studio.  When you run them, turn on View Execution Plan and Client Statistics.  Look for table scans or other steps that use take up large %'s of the execution time.  If you are running SQL 2008, it will suggest indexes that will make your code run faster." />
  <row Id="7759" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4465" RevisionGUID="c4472d83-5551-43e0-ab3e-c3cf3cfb3cb9" CreationDate="2009-05-05T02:55:50.377" UserId="1930" Comment="rewording/typos" Text="&lt;h2&gt;Commenting on the tooling.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've tried online wiki's but found a number of limitations, which may be personal taste, but include document structure and most critically having to be connected to the documentation server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Being connected is a serious problem if you are either offline or onsite (obviously you can mitigate the onsite with a secured SSL connection et. al.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our current documentation process is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* static html generator&#xD;&#xA;* markdown syntax&#xD;&#xA;* distributed versioning system&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a 'formal' layout for the documentation and that provides the structure for the menus (and the associated CSS for visual styling etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Static HTML Generator&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use an in house static html generator based on &lt;a href=&quot;http://github.com/cortesi/cubictemp/tree/master&quot;&gt;cubictemp&lt;/a&gt; and a number of other tools: &lt;a href=&quot;http://dev.pocoo.org/projects/pygments&quot;&gt;pygments&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://docutils.sourceforge.net&quot;&gt;docutils&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The generated pages are (not?)obviously ugly looking, as most of us/our sysadmins/programmers know what is aesthetically beautiful but have a total lack of coordination into building such.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But it affords/let's us include configuration files, sample scripts, pdf, etc, without having to worry about html formatting screwing it up or worrying about where to find it on the 'server' for downloading.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's not HTML, just drop it in the folder and add a url link to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTML provides 'potential' structure for layout, and also critically provides 'linking' between knowledge/content items (as well as base structure mechanisms, such as being able to create menus, table's of content etc.) With HTML, each user can now run a small web server on their machine whether lighttpd or something small or just go full blown with Apache or IIS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All our machines have the grunt for basic html serving, and works well enough for us.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;MARKDOWN syntax.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use a bastardised version of MARKDOWN, Textish and or &lt;a href=&quot;http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html&quot;&gt;reStructuredTEXT&lt;/a&gt; to let our 'creative' juices write documentation without having to worry about HTML.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It also means everyone get's to use their favourite editor (I use Scintilla on Windows and *Nix) while the others here use vi/vim.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Distributed Versioning System.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use &lt;a href=&quot;http://git-scm.com/&quot;&gt;Git&lt;/a&gt; to 'distribute' the documentation between users. Oh, and we use it's versioning capacity too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The key advantage for us is that we can all work on updating the documentation without having to be connected to the server, and without having to publish 'completed' works. We can all work on the same parts of the documentation, or different parts, or just consume the information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I hate being tied to a server to update blogs let alone wiki's. Git works well for us.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Commenting on the Workflow&lt;/h2&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wiki's seem to be the &quot;fashion&quot; for knowledge dissemination / codification, but as commented elsewhere all processes become difficult to sustain, and finding the mix of tools that best supports your teams needs and is sustainable will take time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The better solutions just end up being discovered and not mandated." />
  <row Id="7760" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4468" RevisionGUID="dcca065a-68e4-4487-9f28-9cdb374213bd" CreationDate="2009-05-05T02:56:43.790" UserId="984" Text="Though the possibility is remote I think you may be setting yourself up for some of MITM attack.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My concern would be this.  Lets say one of your users with a mail client configured to point at that mail server takes their laptop to some other network.  What happens if that other network also happens to have the same RFC1918 in use.  That laptop may attempt to login to the smtp server and offer the user's credentials to a server that shouldn't have it.  This would be particularly true since you said SMTP and didn't mention that you where requiring SSL." />
  <row Id="7761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4469" RevisionGUID="abb8dff5-62cf-4a3c-9f13-5f82933d942a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T03:00:31.737" UserId="1807" Text="Not Windows specific, but if you're running gigabit ethernet, you might want to consider increasing the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU). From the default of 1492 to a maximum of 9000. This reduces the overhead required since less fragments would be required for transmitting the same file." />
  <row Id="7762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4470" RevisionGUID="d02cdfa7-c867-4153-b4a9-23e818b4d908" CreationDate="2009-05-05T03:01:16.227" UserId="1206" Text="Using Check Boxes to select multiple items within Windows Explorer: http://www.watchingthenet.com/add-check-boxes-in-vista-windows-explorer-for-selecting-multiple-folders-and-files.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is really useful if you want to use single-click navigation rather than double click in Windows Explorer." />
  <row Id="7763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4471" RevisionGUID="63215e5a-1263-45e1-8370-f2f1549ef35e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T03:01:24.043" UserId="1870" Text="Never under estimate the power of a really good text editor. I've used [UltraEdit][1] for years and couldn't live without it. I've tried moving to Notepad++, Editplus, and a few other text editors and I always end up frustrated and back using UltraEdit.  You can also get a U3 version that lives on a flash drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ultraedit.com/" />
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  <row Id="7765" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4472" RevisionGUID="2d7322b9-38a5-4767-9ec8-d2d10ca9c582" CreationDate="2009-05-05T03:02:17.037" UserId="1200" Text="I compile a number of things manually into $HOME/local so I have this little snippet:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;for prog in $HOME/local/*&#xD;&#xA;do&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -d &quot;$prog/bin&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;        export PATH=$prog/bin:$PATH&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -d &quot;$prog/include&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;        export C_INCLUDE_PATH=$prog/include:$C_INCLUDE_PATH&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -d &quot;$prog/lib&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;        export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$prog/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH&#xD;&#xA;        export LIBRARY_PATH=$prog/lib:$LIBRARY_PATH&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -d &quot;$prog/man&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;        export MANPATH=$prog/man:$MANPATH&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -d &quot;$prog/share/man&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;        export MANPATH=$prog/share/man:$MANPATH&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;done&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also have my IRC client on my server running in screen so I have this (not a .bashrc thing, but still useful)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;#!/usr/bin/env bash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RUNNING=`screen -ls | grep irc`&#xD;&#xA;if [ &quot;&quot; = &quot;$RUNNING&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;   screen -S irc irssi&#xD;&#xA;else&#xD;&#xA;   screen -dr irc&#xD;&#xA;fi&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="7766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4473" RevisionGUID="59cb4ae2-6abf-4126-817d-0b92a690f323" CreationDate="2009-05-05T03:10:10.403" UserId="1200" Text="A Linux LiveCD (Knoppix preferably)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And processexplorer" />
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  <row Id="7768" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4474" RevisionGUID="3d2f7e50-643a-49ba-97cb-dfbecfacee19" CreationDate="2009-05-05T03:19:24.517" UserId="1934" Text="We are testing the virtual connect modules and are loving them. Pass through's are good if you need to keep physical security but cost more in switch ports and management overhead." />
  <row Id="7769" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4475" RevisionGUID="5203f681-0ef4-432a-9d42-f215ea22c3be" CreationDate="2009-05-05T03:20:25.650" UserId="1655" Text="I have single server acting as a domain controller. It is running Windows 2008 Standard edition. What steps are required to migrate this domain to another computer running Windows 2008? I'd like a detailed list of all the steps required and any gotchas." />
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  <row Id="7772" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4476" RevisionGUID="70e9b0c1-4f75-468b-a1fd-46480c199658" CreationDate="2009-05-05T03:23:29.280" UserId="1655" Text="There are attributes in Active Directory such as manager and telephone numbers which can get out of date quickly. Is there an open source or inexpensive tool that can help with management of these fields? I'm looking for something that a non-technical person could use, so it has to be safe." />
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  <row Id="7774" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4476" RevisionGUID="70e9b0c1-4f75-468b-a1fd-46480c199658" CreationDate="2009-05-05T03:23:29.280" UserId="1655" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;attributes&gt;&lt;user-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="7775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4477" RevisionGUID="ad3d228b-d2e3-4f75-8cf5-c0bb44c84a03" CreationDate="2009-05-05T03:29:14.600" UserId="1605" Text="I have a web application, it's hosted across two different virtual machines, and it happens that the two virtual machines are located on a single machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of the three physical machine, virtual machines are Windows XP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason I design my architecture in this way is because I want to make my web app scalable and deployable across different machines, so I built it as such from the beginning. Now I am hosting it on virtual machine because I don't see scaling need now. However when time arises I will really deploy the web app on two different real machines for load balancing purpose.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The question: Will there be any problem if I use virtual machines to use one single web app? Is there a possibility that the virtual machines can't work as well as the real machines?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you think?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7776" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4477" RevisionGUID="ad3d228b-d2e3-4f75-8cf5-c0bb44c84a03" CreationDate="2009-05-05T03:29:14.600" UserId="1605" Text="Hosting one app on 2 virtual machines that are located on a single machine-- any problem?" />
  <row Id="7777" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4477" RevisionGUID="ad3d228b-d2e3-4f75-8cf5-c0bb44c84a03" CreationDate="2009-05-05T03:29:14.600" UserId="1605" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;&lt;wamp&gt;" />
  <row Id="7778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4478" RevisionGUID="79aababb-8f6f-4b35-8142-b576f40ee9d5" CreationDate="2009-05-05T03:29:45.723" UserId="991" Text="Howdy,  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I previously asked this ServerFault question:  [Does anyone have experience with lefthands VSA SAN](http://serverfault.com/questions/1441/does-anyone-have-experience-with-lefthands-vsa-san)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The general consensus looks like it does not perform well enough for a production SQL server even at a light load.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**So the new question is, How does LeftHand's SAN perform on the HP or Dell dedicated Hardware boxes?** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are looking at the Starter SAN with 2 HP nodes in a 2-way replication, 2 ESX servers hosting a total of 2 Active Directory server, 1 MS SQL server, 1 File Server, and 1 General Purpose Server for things like Virus Scan (All Microsoft Server 2005 or 2008).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason I am looking at LeftHand is for the complete software package.  I plan to have a DR site and like how the SAN can perform an Async Replication to the offsite location without having to go back to the Vendor for more licenses.  &#xD;&#xA;I also like the redundancy built into the Network Raid architecture.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have looked at other SANS and found different faults with them.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, Dell's EqualLogic: Found that although the individual box is very redundant in hardware, the Data once spanned across multiple boxes is not redundant, if a node goes down you have lost the only copy of the data sitting on that hardware (One thing is certain, all hardware fails... When? is the only question.).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have used an XioTech SAN as well.. Well worth the money BTW, but I think it is overkill for the size of the office I am targeting.  The cost to get the hardware redundancy in the XioTech makes it a little out of reach for the budget I am working in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you,  &#xD;&#xA;Keith" />
  <row Id="7779" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4478" RevisionGUID="79aababb-8f6f-4b35-8142-b576f40ee9d5" CreationDate="2009-05-05T03:29:45.723" UserId="991" Text="How does the LeftHand SAN perform in a Production environment?" />
  <row Id="7780" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4478" RevisionGUID="79aababb-8f6f-4b35-8142-b576f40ee9d5" CreationDate="2009-05-05T03:29:45.723" UserId="991" Text="&lt;san&gt;&lt;san-performance&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="7781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4479" RevisionGUID="232aaa94-ba74-4fd7-b1f1-71879797fb64" CreationDate="2009-05-05T03:30:25.860" UserId="1690" Text="[**Robocopy.**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Recursive copying with solid reporting and allows you to update changed only. Used to be part of the windows resource kit, but i think it's distributed with Vista now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy" />
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  <row Id="7783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4480" RevisionGUID="2260bc4a-1cc9-4004-a0f2-e9e41bb4242f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T03:30:54.130" UserId="544" Text="rasdial &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     USAGE:&#xD;&#xA;&gt;         rasdial entryname [username [password|*]] [/DOMAIN:domain]&#xD;&#xA;&gt;                 [/PHONE:phonenumber] [/CALLBACK:callbacknumber]&#xD;&#xA;&gt;                 [/PHONEBOOK:phonebookfile]&#xD;&#xA;&gt;                 [/PREFIXSUFFIX]&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;         rasdial [entryname] /DISCONNECT&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;         rasdial&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;         For Online Privacy Information please refer to&#xD;&#xA;&gt;         'http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=34493'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Connects to a VPN or a dialup network from the command line&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7784" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4480" RevisionGUID="2260bc4a-1cc9-4004-a0f2-e9e41bb4242f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T03:30:54.130" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7785" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4481" RevisionGUID="baf6615b-47d6-4dab-bb72-44c33e001496" CreationDate="2009-05-05T03:33:05.807" UserId="1375" Text="As long as you're using a virtualisation technology that does sufficiently good networking to let everything talk together, it should work.  There will be inevitable performance degradation, from the overhead of running the virtualisation, but for a lightly loaded website in testing, that shouldn't be a killer." />
  <row Id="7786" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4482" RevisionGUID="b6ef2af0-39c5-4406-a9ec-0ea6aafa42d1" CreationDate="2009-05-05T03:34:59.003" UserId="1774" Text="Inspired by the question [Crashed Hard Drive Data Retrieval][q] which is currently concentrating on software tools and self-help methods of data rescue, I am curious what the community's experiences are with data rescue services. These are companies that attempt to deal with drives that have survived fires, floods, or other physical damage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My one experience with a provider was positive in that they seemed like they did make a good faith attempt to get data from the drive, but they failed to get any data. They confirmed our diagnosis of a head crash, and incidentally our fervent belief in backups.&#xD;&#xA;They charged a moderate fee for the attempt, and we let them simply recycle the drive on failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[q]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4331/crashed-hard-drive-data-retrieval&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the question is this: are there any success and/or horror stories out there to share?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7787" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4482" RevisionGUID="b6ef2af0-39c5-4406-a9ec-0ea6aafa42d1" CreationDate="2009-05-05T03:34:59.003" UserId="1774" Text="Hard drive data rescue services" />
  <row Id="7788" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4482" RevisionGUID="b6ef2af0-39c5-4406-a9ec-0ea6aafa42d1" CreationDate="2009-05-05T03:34:59.003" UserId="1774" Text="&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;disaster-recovery&gt;" />
  <row Id="7789" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4477" RevisionGUID="6146c535-c055-4f8d-b8d2-f7814bf2fa14" CreationDate="2009-05-05T03:35:52.400" UserId="1605" Comment="added 51 characters in body" Text="I have a web application, it's hosted across two different virtual machines, and it happens that the two virtual machines are located on a single machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of the three physical machine, virtual machines are Windows XP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason I design my architecture in this way is because I want to make my web app scalable and deployable across different machines, so I built it as such from the beginning. Now I am hosting it on virtual machine because I don't see scaling need now. However when time arises I will really deploy the web app on two different real machines for load balancing purpose.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The question: Will there be any problem if I use virtual machines to use one single web app? Is there a possibility that the virtual machines can't work as well as the real machines?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you think?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*I am using Sun Virtualbox 2.2 in this regard.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7790" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4483" RevisionGUID="5efe2cc6-dd12-4763-9794-c5fa00c5bd2b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T03:43:08.577" UserId="1466" Text="That shouldn't be a problem to run them all on the same physical hardware.  The only risk would be that of a single hardware failure taking everything down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a practical example, I run a 7 server web-farm entirely virtualized, and occasionally all on the same host machine (more often split between 2 for redundancy).  We use VMWare Infrastructure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One benefit of virtualization is that as our traffic increases, we can simply allocate more cpu/network resources to the existing server farm as needed (without adding more servers).  Until that point however, the resources are available for other uses. " />
  <row Id="7791" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4484" RevisionGUID="236e43d9-b248-4df2-9079-937931dcc8b8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T03:49:26.440" UserId="1375" Text="I've been involved in the use of commercial data recovery services once, and the experience was much the same as yours -- they tried, charged a reasonable amount of money, didn't really get too far (and by the time they did their thing, the data was too stale to have been much use).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I like data recovery companies and their high prices -- it makes it easier to convince people that backups aren't all that expensive after all." />
  <row Id="7792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4485" RevisionGUID="8c456a32-8e38-411b-b5d0-c8d8804126c5" CreationDate="2009-05-05T03:52:37.650" UserId="1900" Text="There are a number of different commercial tools for monitoring, HP OpenView Operations specifically the performance monitor come to mind for your purpose, but they are all very expensive. I think you should start by not saying what you want but rather what you are hoping to achieve: &quot;We'd like to regularly report on key indicators on system usage and health&quot;. Are you looking at the hardware health of servers in your environment? HP SIM or another SNMP based tool is going to be appropriate here. Are you looking for system vital stats like CPU usage, hard disk space, network usage? For linux you want sar, collectd. For windows you can get these stats I think by talking SNMP. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It may be more appropriate, depending on your environment, to concentrate on monitoring application performance and health rather than the underlying OS. CPU, network spikes are crude measures and it in a complex environment are not necessarily something you care about. Measure your transactions per/second first so you know whether you even have an issue to investigate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It could be appropriate to look at log monitoring tools like splunk as your systems will often tell you if something is amiss. Again, it depends on what you are really trying to achieve. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OVO is probably the tool that would do what you want, but it is expensive. For open source tools look at cacti, nagios and collectd. " />
  <row Id="7793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4486" RevisionGUID="b6a71d0b-824c-4df2-a43a-fd2aa4a87490" CreationDate="2009-05-05T03:54:02.607" UserId="991" Text="By increasing the number of spindles in the SAN you can increase the performance.    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know where the math is out there, but each disk has a certain number of IOPS it can perform.  By adding more disks to the storage array you get a cumulative effect increasing the SAN's total IOPS.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**If you can cram more drives into a single 2-3U device, you can start to see the IOPS per Rack Unit increase.**     &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been told that you can beat (in performance) a Fiber Channel Disk Array with SATA drives if the spindle count is way in favor of the SATA drives.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;XioTech uses a disk virtualization method that makes sure your LUNS are spread across every spindle in the array so they all work for you.  Some SANS may use just a few disks in the array for a specific LUN and you will not see the performance gain possible by using all the disks at once.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I spent many hours with XioTech specing out a SAN for a large Hospital and these are some of the concepts I picked up talking with their engineers.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keith" />
  <row Id="7794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4487" RevisionGUID="69c36de6-1891-4e5d-b946-8a98f19ef6f4" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:01:28.703" UserId="123" Text="At work we run a windows 2008 server and we roll out Remote Apps for all the applications that out employees use. So far they are working wonderfully with very little issues but there is one problem that props up every once and while that we cant seem to shake.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have an issue where the application after being left alone for a while stops responding instead of falling back to the login box. When this happens we go &quot;No Biggie&quot; and ALT + F4 the application and start it again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then after the application has loaded as you can see when u click on details it doesn't hand over the window to the user it just stays in its loading box. You are actually able to use the application while it is loading because it is fully loaded.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only solution we have currently is remoting into the server and killing all processes being used by the user and starting them again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone else experienced this problem and/or knows the solution." />
  <row Id="7795" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4487" RevisionGUID="69c36de6-1891-4e5d-b946-8a98f19ef6f4" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:01:28.703" UserId="123" Text="Windows Server2008 RemoteApps - Starting but not handing over windows" />
  <row Id="7796" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4487" RevisionGUID="69c36de6-1891-4e5d-b946-8a98f19ef6f4" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:01:28.703" UserId="123" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;remote-apps&gt;" />
  <row Id="7797" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4488" RevisionGUID="b5b67e67-add8-47ad-b3e5-a1a1a451be4b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:01:56.393" UserId="1671" Text="At work I can connect to the Team Foundation Server (TFS) from Visual Studio and do all the source control etc. that I need to. However, when working from home and connected to work via VPN I cannot connect to TFS. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried pinging the TFS server from home (over VPN) and from work and in both cases it can see the server. I also tried entering IP address instead of the DNS name and the same story: works from the work computer but not the one at home.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea why this is or how it could be resolved?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7798" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4488" RevisionGUID="b5b67e67-add8-47ad-b3e5-a1a1a451be4b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:01:56.393" UserId="1671" Text="Connecting to TFS over VPN" />
  <row Id="7799" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4488" RevisionGUID="b5b67e67-add8-47ad-b3e5-a1a1a451be4b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:01:56.393" UserId="1671" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="7800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4489" RevisionGUID="a3a95f4a-e097-40fd-9af4-ec213959beb4" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:03:40.417" UserId="544" Text="I've used [JIRA][1] and also [Bugtracker.NET][2]. JIRA is really pro but for non Open Source project has a cost, BugTracker.NET is Open Source and really easy to setup and use.&#xD;&#xA;It had a couple of security bugs in past releases that were fixed so I'm using that in one of my projects (not a big one) with success.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ifdefined.com/bugtrackernet.html" />
  <row Id="7801" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4490" RevisionGUID="0e39bbf0-7233-436c-97ad-d3df85a33552" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:07:07.957" UserId="783" Text="[Bring Misplaced Off-Screen Windows Back to Your Desktop][1] is a classic in this time of &quot;double screen programming&quot;, especially when you must access your double-screen computer from a one screen remote desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The application is running. You can see it in the taskbar, but you can't see it on the screen, because it still thinks it's running on the secondary monitor.  &#xD;&#xA;You try and use right-click, Move, but that doesn't do anything, and the window doesn't move anywhere. You end up rebooting and cursing Microsoft.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; There's a simple trick to get around this.  &#xD;&#xA;First make sure you've alt-tabbed to the window, or clicked on it once to bring it into focus.  &#xD;&#xA;Then right-click on the taskbar and choose Move&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; At this point, you should notice that your cursor changes to the &quot;Move&quot; cursor, but you still can't move anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Just hit any one of the arrow keys (Left, Right, Down, Up), move your mouse, and the window should magically &quot;pop&quot; back onto the screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Note: **For keyboard savvy people, you can just `ALT-TAB` to the window, use `Alt+Space`, then `M`, then `Arrow key`, and then move your mouse.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows/bring-misplaced-off-screen-windows-back-to-your-desktop-keyboard-trick/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/BringMisplacedOffScreenWindowsBacktoYour_268/image0.png&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/BringMisplacedOffScreenWindowsBacktoYour_268/image01.png" />
  <row Id="7802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4491" RevisionGUID="1718ff85-1037-4997-a904-6889c6d26349" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:08:06.987" UserId="681" Text="rDirectory does it, but it's not free (I don't know how much it costs)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.namescape.com/Products/rDirectory/Standard/Default.aspx" />
  <row Id="7803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4492" RevisionGUID="e299f2b7-a5c3-4bfd-a80d-b696a54242b2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:17:33.360" UserId="1173" Text="How might I create an SFTP login for an untrusted user in which he can only access the files in his own home directory and not run any commands?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The online tutorial [*OpenSSH SFTP chroot() with ChrootDirectory*][1] is almost exactly what  I need, except I'd like for the user to see his home directory as `/home/user`, rather than simply `/`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help would be much appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/590" />
  <row Id="7804" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4492" RevisionGUID="e299f2b7-a5c3-4bfd-a80d-b696a54242b2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:17:33.360" UserId="1173" Text="set up a chrooted SFTP login with OpenSSH" />
  <row Id="7805" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4492" RevisionGUID="e299f2b7-a5c3-4bfd-a80d-b696a54242b2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:17:33.360" UserId="1173" Text="&lt;openssh&gt;&lt;jail&gt;&lt;chroot&gt;&lt;sftp&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;" />
  <row Id="7806" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4493" RevisionGUID="5b790540-5582-4842-b43f-5ceb10d38328" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:20:07.363" UserId="564" Text="I would look at the route between the two.  Are the routing rules different between the two subnets.  Are there firewall rules that are only letting traffic through from your dev net but not from your VPN net?" />
  <row Id="7807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4494" RevisionGUID="4e93efb1-9f9d-4334-a893-8da91ec27488" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:21:43.460" UserId="564" Text="Take a look at [SCPonly][1] it may be just what you are looking for&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sublimation.org/scponly/wiki/index.php/Main_Page" />
  <row Id="7808" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4495" RevisionGUID="32c0d6e6-64ed-4b95-bc70-be53c932ca73" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:21:57.423" UserId="1281" Text="I'm not sure these are properly documented anywhere official, but I'm a big fan of the Windows Key shortcuts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Windows key alone - Start menu (follow this by shortcut keys to access the start menu with the keyboard - U to shut down, for example)&#xD;&#xA;* Windows key + Pause/break - System control panel&#xD;&#xA;* Windows key + R - Run&#xD;&#xA;* Windows key + L - Lock the computer&#xD;&#xA;* Windows key + E - Open new explorer window&#xD;&#xA;* Windows key + D - Show desktop&#xD;&#xA;* Windows key + F - Find&#xD;&#xA;* Windows key + M - Minimize all&#xD;&#xA;* Windows key + Shift + M - Restore all&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4496" RevisionGUID="c5bf38bb-0484-4012-8349-f083d1b1f798" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:27:30.840" UserId="48818" Text="this is an awesome resource for this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[show us your .bashrc][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=679762" />
  <row Id="7810" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4495" RevisionGUID="8b27087a-d456-451a-b2b3-6680309c6cbe" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:27:39.810" UserId="1281" Comment="added 118 characters in body" Text="I'm not sure these are properly documented anywhere official, but I'm a big fan of the Windows Key shortcuts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Windows key alone - Start menu (follow this by shortcut keys to access the start menu with the keyboard - U to shut down, for example)&#xD;&#xA;* Windows key + Pause/break - System control panel&#xD;&#xA;* Windows key + R - Run&#xD;&#xA;* Windows key + L - Lock the computer&#xD;&#xA;* Windows key + E - Open new explorer window&#xD;&#xA;* Windows key + D - Show desktop&#xD;&#xA;* Windows key + F - Find&#xD;&#xA;* Windows key + M - Minimize all&#xD;&#xA;* Windows key + Shift + M - Restore all&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: I guess they are &lt;a href=&quot;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126449&quot;&gt;documented somewhere official&lt;/a&gt; after all." />
  <row Id="7811" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="59" RevisionGUID="1e42a5eb-2ef6-45d4-b629-d4ffb29a785b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:29:15.627" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;image&gt;&lt;opensource&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="7812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4497" RevisionGUID="8f08c47c-a6c5-4fe2-8558-52a3fe088b89" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:32:00.113" UserId="301" Text="Your two options are /etc/hosts and putting a private IP address in your public zone. I'd recommend the former. If this represents a large number of hosts, you should consider running your own resolver internally, it's not that hard." />
  <row Id="7813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4498" RevisionGUID="57ff17ae-43fa-47c5-b072-5e83e12e1249" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:34:06.067" UserId="1861" Text="You might look at a couple of the free e-books available as well, such as the two listed below. &#xD;&#xA;[Effective Windows Powershell][1] and [The eBooklet Series: An Introduction to Microsoft PowerShell][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://keithhill.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!5A8D2641E0963A97!6930.entry&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://nexus.realtimepublishers.com/ebmps.php" />
  <row Id="7814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4499" RevisionGUID="acb1916a-8ca1-44a8-a7c3-4c9da8869c68" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:36:52.050" UserId="1763" Text="scponly is a hack.  The built-in sftp-server with chroot was meant to address this need properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ben, why do you want them to see their home as /home/user?  Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose of a chroot?  Is it just `pwd` output that you're looking for to reflect their location?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or is it so they can use full paths in a script?  I think you could symlink /home/user/home/user to /home/user for those purposes." />
  <row Id="7815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4500" RevisionGUID="98cacdef-40cd-4f23-8d5d-ac9395204e68" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:45:21.423" UserId="1435" Text="I'm not a fan of VC on its own, it gets expensive and isn't as flexible as you'd think - BUT in conjunction with the Flex-10-based blades (495, 490, 460 etc) they're fantastic. You can effectively cable once and never go back to the rack, everything is just a mouse-click away. The performance is great and even our network &amp; SAN guys don't get sniffy because they're not technically switches (though there's a whole discussion to be had with that one). For organisations that are very change-averse they're a godsend, no more sending staff to site in the middle of the night to repatch a server from one zone to another. One thing to be aware of is that you'll need to keep your firmware up to date, oh and VC Enterprise Manager is a bit expensive for what you get if you ask me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So to sum up, passthroughs work and are ok if you can breeze into your data center any time you like to make changes as they're needed but VC is wonderful if you have the budget." />
  <row Id="7816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4501" RevisionGUID="6967312d-d521-410b-b02b-ea039b23f8b2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:49:29.353" UserId="61" Text="We have two access points on the shop floor. One of the AP's is not performing correctly with erratic signal strength and connectivity. Are there any open source tools available to measure performance of a wireless access point or router?" />
  <row Id="7817" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4501" RevisionGUID="6967312d-d521-410b-b02b-ea039b23f8b2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:49:29.353" UserId="61" Text="Wireless Signal Strength + Performance" />
  <row Id="7818" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4501" RevisionGUID="6967312d-d521-410b-b02b-ea039b23f8b2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:49:29.353" UserId="61" Text="&lt;wireless-network&gt;" />
  <row Id="7819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4502" RevisionGUID="9ba2dab6-358d-49e8-afd3-effb227ecb59" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:51:47.680" UserId="626" Text="Isn't it as simple as adding a second domain controller then transferring  all the FSMO roles to the new DC?&#xD;&#xA;Not knowing all the details you may have dependant roles than need transferring like dns DHCP etc" />
  <row Id="7820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4503" RevisionGUID="ab60a2d9-48af-4bb9-acb4-b0b896572c49" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:53:35.740" UserId="1082" Text="**How does one go about installing a recent version of mono on a linux distro other than Novell's Suse?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page promises a &quot;Linux&quot; download, but they 'only' offer downloads  for Suse and links to outdated versions of mono ( &lt; version 2).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a compiler and am not afraid to use it ... but would feel much better if someone could point me to a &quot;**HowTo** install **Mono on Debian/Ubuntu**&quot; description or show me where to download a .deb of a recent version." />
  <row Id="7821" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4503" RevisionGUID="ab60a2d9-48af-4bb9-acb4-b0b896572c49" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:53:35.740" UserId="1082" Text="Howto install recent mono on a Linux distro other than Suse (e.g. Debian/Ubuntu)?" />
  <row Id="7822" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4503" RevisionGUID="ab60a2d9-48af-4bb9-acb4-b0b896572c49" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:53:35.740" UserId="1082" Text="&lt;mono&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;debian&gt;" />
  <row Id="7823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4504" RevisionGUID="c9b444fd-8317-44a6-a70d-c723ddb5a116" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:54:42.477" UserId="1173" Text="From &lt;http://www.mono-project.com/Other_Downloads&gt;:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Mono is available in the current stable Debian release and in later versions. To develop software with Mono, install the `mono-devel` package on Etch (4.0) using `aptitude` or similar package manager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So just `apt-get install mono-devel`, perhaps?" />
  <row Id="7824" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4505" RevisionGUID="06ea8a1b-cbf3-40dd-9005-aabfcba5384f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:58:47.163" UserId="984" Text="So you spend lots of money on nice servers, storage arrays, or network equipment and it works wonderfully for you for years.  But after 3-6 years your vendor no longer offers maintenance for the device, but it is still working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Under what conditions would you continue using the equipment?  &#xD;&#xA; - What factors do you consider when trying to determine the risks associated with continuing to use the equipment?&#xD;&#xA; - If you believe that the risk is to great, how do you convince management to loosen up on the purse strings in a difficult economy?" />
  <row Id="7825" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4505" RevisionGUID="06ea8a1b-cbf3-40dd-9005-aabfcba5384f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:58:47.163" UserId="984" Text="Do you continue to use your end-of-life server/network equipment?" />
  <row Id="7826" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4505" RevisionGUID="06ea8a1b-cbf3-40dd-9005-aabfcba5384f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:58:47.163" UserId="984" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;replacement&gt;" />
  <row Id="7827" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4505" RevisionGUID="06ea8a1b-cbf3-40dd-9005-aabfcba5384f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T04:58:47.163" UserId="984" />
  <row Id="7828" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4506" RevisionGUID="857fe62d-9e30-4194-b939-124b8dab1d3d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T05:02:38.603" UserId="1695" Text="Follow the instructions [here][1] to set up backports and access debian repository.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    aptitude -t etch-backports install mono-2.0-devel&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions" />
  <row Id="7829" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4507" RevisionGUID="d75d9ee1-be8f-4607-8e7e-ed50ca359aa8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T05:04:58.193" UserId="61" Text="If you into simple hardware hacks check out [Instructables Wireless Hack][1]. It shows you how to make a simple antenna with the same performance of the $50+ retail extender antennas.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.instructables.com/id/WIFI-Antenna-Hack!/" />
  <row Id="7830" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4504" RevisionGUID="f70250d6-8bf4-4657-998c-88231414eead" CreationDate="2009-05-05T05:07:20.887" UserId="1173" Comment="added 424 characters in body" Text="From &lt;http://www.mono-project.com/Other_Downloads&gt;:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Mono is available in the current stable Debian release and in later versions. To develop software with Mono, install the `mono-devel` package on Etch (4.0) using `aptitude` or similar package manager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So just `apt-get install mono-devel`, perhaps?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE:** The version of Mono that you'll get from Ubuntu 8.04 [is 1.2.6](http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/mono-2.0-devel), whereas you're probably looking for  2.0.1, which [comes with 9.04](http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/mono-2.0-devel). Probably your best bet is to upgrade to Jaunty. There's a possibility that downloading the Jaunty `.deb` and installing it on your machine will work, but I wouldn't bet on it." />
  <row Id="7831" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4508" RevisionGUID="376ec126-06c3-4c52-942a-8e53a8702ac0" CreationDate="2009-05-05T05:08:11.773" UserId="1900" Text="It boils down to what you use the support for. Some companies do use the support as part of their hardware failure or DR planning, in which case being out of support could either end up being very expensive or mean the vendor refuses to support you. I would never let your SAN get out of support, it is extremely costly to get it back into support and there are a variety of ways it can go pear shaped without you having the tools to know how to fix it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For servers and network equipment it is generally acceptable to use them for dev/test purposes. Sit down and do the maths - what is the likelihood a server will fall over and if so how much will it cost to fix it, versus buying a new server. Some risks will be unacceptable to business. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Often support agreements can be purchased with new equipment and it is more cost effective to purchase new hardware with a bundled agreement than it is to extend an existing agreement. HP for instance does this on purpose to keep you constantly upgrading.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Management should understand that allowing a piece of hardware to go out of support can be very expensive to have it re-certified again. It may cost so much that it is not worthwhile. I wouldn't push management to purchase new equipment necessarily, but they need to understand all the associated risks. " />
  <row Id="7832" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4508" RevisionGUID="376ec126-06c3-4c52-942a-8e53a8702ac0" CreationDate="2009-05-05T05:08:11.773" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7833" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4509" RevisionGUID="679d08ea-daaa-4e92-bfb9-596f52449124" CreationDate="2009-05-05T05:10:05.543" UserId="1943" Text="Quite possibly the most powerful command yet:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cmd.exe&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Favorite option:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/K      Carries out the command specified by string but remains" />
  <row Id="7834" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4509" RevisionGUID="679d08ea-daaa-4e92-bfb9-596f52449124" CreationDate="2009-05-05T05:10:05.543" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7835" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4510" RevisionGUID="fac7fc82-a137-43be-b295-1f8be0e325ae" CreationDate="2009-05-05T05:11:23.717" UserId="1695" Text=" -  Under what conditions would you continue using the equipment?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I continue using legacy equipment as long as it's working fine and hasn't caused me too many problems in the past. If there is no reason to get rid of a perfectly fine piece of hardware, don't&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  What factors do you consider when trying to determine the risks associated with continuing to use the equipment?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The top factors I always consider are security, scalability, and reliability. Does this piece of hardware meet security standards? Will it be able to handle more load when upgrading the network infrastructure in the future? How reliable has it been for me in the past?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you need the support that was offered prior to the hardware's end-of-life period? If so, you can look into other companies offering support for outdated hardware. If not, save the company some money and let your boss know you can handle the equipment without further support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  If you believe that the risk is to great, how do you convince management to loosen up on the purse strings in a difficult economy?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a tough task to accomplish, it requires a fair bit of social engineering on your part. But whatever you do, **don't lie**. Be up front with your boss and learn to tone down technical jargon into information he or she can understand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As opposed to saying something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&quot;We need to upgrade the backbone on our network as it will not be able to keep up with the required throughput with the addition of a new office full of employees&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;try something such as:&#xD;&#xA;&quot;We will need to spend roughly $1000 on part X. Adding a new office means we will need to upgrade our current hardware to handle more computers.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7836" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4510" RevisionGUID="fac7fc82-a137-43be-b295-1f8be0e325ae" CreationDate="2009-05-05T05:11:23.717" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7837" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4511" RevisionGUID="d9e566b9-a8b3-416f-99cb-74c3eef02ffd" CreationDate="2009-05-05T05:13:50.123" UserId="1900" Text="I think kermit will tell you a range of stats about the wireless network itself that you might not normally see. netperf can be used to test the network performance. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be aware the single strengh is only one measure, you care about the single/noise ratio, dropped packets, whether there are other SSID's transmitting on the same channel. " />
  <row Id="7838" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4512" RevisionGUID="f817154e-7d1e-42a2-bd1f-4bc6bd1582a6" CreationDate="2009-05-05T05:20:08.377" UserId="1840" Text="[KisMAC][1] or [Kismet][2],  will allow you to monitor signal strengths fluctuations and/or interference causing problems for your access point(s), possibly helping you diagnose the issue.  If you have the budget, you could invest in a [Wi-Spy][3] card.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://trac.kismac-ng.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.kismetwireless.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.metageek.net/" />
  <row Id="7839" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4513" RevisionGUID="02f41675-7778-4b4f-b201-2e8d0e14bdc0" CreationDate="2009-05-05T05:20:55.830" UserId="1943" Text="The only advantage to moving to 64bit is the ability to address greater than 4GB memory.  AFAIK, there aren't any performance benefits to moving to 64bit when working with 4GB or less.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition to this, 64bit is still *relatively* new in the sense that it has not achieved mainstream adoption. (relative compared to the long history of 32bit systems)  You could/can run into compatibility issues running 64bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7840" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4514" RevisionGUID="9ef18fde-7566-494e-bfda-f1663037c3a9" CreationDate="2009-05-05T05:31:04.917" UserId="352" Text="The x86_64 architecture has a few other advantages than just the memory space.&#xD;&#xA;The most imporant one is the increased number of registers, which allows the compiler to generate more efficient code.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's unlikely to make a big difference in the performance of your system though." />
  <row Id="7841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4515" RevisionGUID="63266ca0-8b36-4334-9970-a9311a464900" CreationDate="2009-05-05T05:33:07.377" UserId="1942" Text="Everything goes to word docs and cds and stored offsite.&#xD;&#xA;We are ready for the server room to explode.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7842" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4515" RevisionGUID="63266ca0-8b36-4334-9970-a9311a464900" CreationDate="2009-05-05T05:33:07.377" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7846" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3979" RevisionGUID="dfd8a938-4329-473a-8512-5fd80836e1b7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T05:34:13.693" UserId="1784" Text="There are some configuration options you should think through before you start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As long as you're not using myisam at all, you can safely allocate almost all (keep enough to have your OS running comfortably, and enough for your `max_connections`) your memory to `innodb_buffer_pool`. The nice thing about InnoDB is that is handles almost all of the memory stuff by itself, no need to separate stuff like query caches, key buffers etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would recommend that you enable `innodb_file_per_table`, simply because it makes it a lot easier to just browse the file system and see how much space the different tables and databases need. You will still need a generic ibdata file for InnoDB internal use, but you can just define it as `10M:autoextend`. No need to define a lot of different innodb data files with pre-allocated sizes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`innodb_log_file_size` and `innodb_log_buffer_size` combined must be larger than ten times your biggest blob object if you have a lot of large ones. If you don't (and you shouldn't [[1][1],[2][2]]), there is really no need to bother a lot with it. Check [MySQL Performance Blog][3] for a detailed report on how to calculate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And when you've run your MySQL for a while, check your settings with [MySQLTuner][4] or [MySQL Tuning Primer][5]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a more detailed report, try [mysqlreport][6], and for live monitoring, check [mytop][7].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freelists.org/post/oracle-l/Storing-blobs-in-database-vs-filesystem&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=64525&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2008/11/21/how-to-calculate-a-good-innodb-log-file-size/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://wiki.mysqltuner.com/MySQLTuner&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.day32.com/MySQL/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://hackmysql.com/mysqlreport&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://jeremy.zawodny.com/mysql/mytop/" />
  <row Id="7847" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4517" RevisionGUID="b206e830-aa53-4214-baca-e04c9317b5fd" CreationDate="2009-05-05T05:36:01.753" UserId="813" Text="In my experience using a 32 and 64 bit variants of FreeBSD on the same hardware, I have seen a measurable (but not huge) benefit to running 64 bit.  64 bit has been around long enough that active projects don't have issues.  The one area this is not necessarily true is for compiled commercial apps (doesn't sound like an issue for your workload).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you were installing from scratch, I'd recommend 64 bit for your workload, but if you've got a working solution in place, I don't think it's worth changing it." />
  <row Id="7851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4519" RevisionGUID="fe8ed575-0342-4b1d-b726-500b2f9fdd48" CreationDate="2009-05-05T05:46:58.123" UserId="1720" Text="Take a shot at running your PDF through [PDFtk][p], which is a cross-platform command-line Swiss army knife for PDFs.  For example, try a two-phase process where you uncompress the PDF and then re-compress it.  Perhaps PDFtk will throw in some optimizations.  Similarly, another outside chance would be to convert to PostScript and then convert back to PDF via GhostScript.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Note, when I say &quot;compress&quot; and &quot;uncompress,&quot; I'm talking about compression of components of the file *within the PDF document*, which is one feature of PDFtk.  I'm not talking about zipping the PDF file or anything like that.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, I don't know if it will work but since the tools are free maybe it's worth a shot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [p]: http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk/" />
  <row Id="7854" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4521" RevisionGUID="4f1d318f-be23-474d-bca5-89fd6b185c0e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T05:52:58.967" UserId="1861" Text="Have you tried it using a different command line util like sc.exe? &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7855" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4522" RevisionGUID="20f47fdf-f810-4e43-9fb1-4537a1d6de50" CreationDate="2009-05-05T05:54:33.347" UserId="1720" Text="I'm not sure about FoxIt, but I've had good luck with the the open source [PDFCreator][p] from pdfforge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, Adobe has their own print driver that will produce PDF. I imagine that it's pretty well-done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [p]: http://www.pdfforge.org/" />
  <row Id="7856" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4523" RevisionGUID="c1b874c9-0fa8-4e6c-8ab4-3a6ea6a9273e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T05:58:15.523" UserId="58" Text="Hi folks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;pretty simple question: anyone know of any free proxy servers for windows? I'm currently using squid (which is great, btw) but it doesn't handle http 1.1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, anyone know of any other suggestions?" />
  <row Id="7857" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4523" RevisionGUID="c1b874c9-0fa8-4e6c-8ab4-3a6ea6a9273e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T05:58:15.523" UserId="58" Text="Free Proxy Servers for Windows OS?" />
  <row Id="7858" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4523" RevisionGUID="c1b874c9-0fa8-4e6c-8ab4-3a6ea6a9273e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T05:58:15.523" UserId="58" Text="&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="7859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4524" RevisionGUID="d8ed1e9f-405f-4a4e-a9f5-afa9392d67dc" CreationDate="2009-05-05T06:00:04.147" UserId="1840" Text="If you want it for research (have fun), you could setup a client(s) and gateway/router with **6to4** (encapsulation of IPv6 traffic inside IPv4).  I haven't personally done it, but I'd love to try it once I have time to play.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's some good reads:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3056.txt][1] (**RFC3056:** Specific to 6to4)&#xD;&#xA; - [http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4213.txt][2] (**RFC4213:** IPv6 Transition Mechanisms)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3056.txt&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4213.txt&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.kfu.com/~nsayer/6to4/" />
  <row Id="7860" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4525" RevisionGUID="c020efe8-eaf1-4606-8950-416e75b513ea" CreationDate="2009-05-05T06:07:29.620" UserId="1945" Text="I believe [Hexago][1] supports UDP tunneling, which will let a server within your NAT router's private network (assuming your router does UDP forwarding) tunnel out. Then just set up an appropriate radvd configuration to route for the other machines on the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hexago.com/" />
  <row Id="7861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4526" RevisionGUID="f6b98d35-57fb-4d3c-955b-f1d632a261ca" CreationDate="2009-05-05T06:08:57.867" UserId="813" Text="I use the freeware program CutePDF.  But with any PDF generator that works through the print mechanism, you should be able to select 'Properties' next to the printer name and adjust the quality settings (sometimes, as in CutePDF, these are 'Advanced' options).  When I have had problems with large PDF files it is usually due to the resolution of the graphics being set to 600 dpi or higher.  Depending on what you will use the document for, you might be able to take this down to 150-300 dpi and save alot of space." />
  <row Id="7862" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4527" RevisionGUID="c10fb4af-8cb9-4eb7-b3e7-ca388aa62548" CreationDate="2009-05-05T06:16:10.847" UserId="1945" Text="I'm currently using namecheap, but I'd like to start adding ipv6 glue entries to my nameserver records, and they don't seem to support ipv6 glue reliably. What's a good, cheap registrar that supports ipv6 glue for the major TLDs (particularly .info, .net, .org, and .us)?" />
  <row Id="7863" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4527" RevisionGUID="c10fb4af-8cb9-4eb7-b3e7-ca388aa62548" CreationDate="2009-05-05T06:16:10.847" UserId="1945" Text="What's a good, cheap registrar that supports IPv6 glue?" />
  <row Id="7864" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4527" RevisionGUID="c10fb4af-8cb9-4eb7-b3e7-ca388aa62548" CreationDate="2009-05-05T06:16:10.847" UserId="1945" Text="&lt;ipv6&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;registrar&gt;" />
  <row Id="7866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4529" RevisionGUID="10214bde-f427-47ed-af94-c70e5f08d6dd" CreationDate="2009-05-05T06:17:20.577" UserId="1054" Text="[3proxy][1] looks promising.  Supports HTTP1.1 according to the release notes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://3proxy.ru/" />
  <row Id="7867" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4530" RevisionGUID="cd8aaea5-9896-4b34-8f55-5a4348f56f4c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T06:21:57.027" UserId="1807" Text="Yes, as long as it continues to function in a way that does not impede actual work being done or too difficult to or costly maintain compared to purchasing a new set of hardware. Budget is not unlimited." />
  <row Id="7868" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4530" RevisionGUID="cd8aaea5-9896-4b34-8f55-5a4348f56f4c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T06:21:57.027" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7870" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4531" RevisionGUID="7935a1ae-c16a-42c3-9f93-6d26c4fddfea" CreationDate="2009-05-05T06:26:17.890" UserId="1945" Text="Keep in mind there are a few closed-source plugins that don't play very nice with 64-bit. The 64-bit flash plugin beta has been unstable in my experience, and nspluginwrapper with the 32-bit plugin has some interesting quirks (but is livable). I've never managed to get Java applets working with a 64-bit browser..." />
  <row Id="7871" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4532" RevisionGUID="db6dff7f-af24-4d47-a13a-e081d7d9cf11" CreationDate="2009-05-05T06:34:56.527" UserId="45" Text="Did you try [FreeProxy][1]? The feature list includes HTTP 1.1 connections. Here is a summary from the Handcreaftedsoftware's website:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Internet connection sharing with demand dialling   &#xD;&#xA;- HTTP proxy, including FTP over HTTP&#xD;&#xA;- SOCKS5&#xD;&#xA;- SMTP &amp; POP email proxy&#xD;&#xA;- NNTP proxy&#xD;&#xA;- Outlook Express / Hotmail email proxy&#xD;&#xA;- TCP tunnel (tunnel any TCP protocol)&#xD;&#xA;- HTTP cache&#xD;&#xA;- Connect to ICQ and MSN easily&#xD;&#xA;- HTTP 1.1 persistent connections, RFC2616 and RFC2518 compliant. See Compliancy below.&#xD;&#xA;- Demand Dialling, auto connect/disconnect&#xD;&#xA;- URL filtering has been replaced by Resource Security which allows username password authentication and access to&#xD;&#xA;- resources.&#xD;&#xA;- URL and IP address filtering from imported Ban Lists&#xD;&#xA;- Remote access to display statistics of users&#xD;&#xA;- Access controlled by user and calendar&#xD;&#xA;- Resources include IP addresses, ports, URLs, paths, IP services&#xD;&#xA;- Comprehensive access logs which are user configurable&#xD;&#xA;- Create users and groups and/or authenticate to a Windows domain&#xD;&#xA;- Built-in web server&#xD;&#xA;- Run as a service under Win NT/2000/XP/2003 or Win98/Me&#xD;&#xA;- Message logging and dumping&#xD;&#xA;- Connect to another Proxy server or connect directly to the internet&#xD;&#xA;- Bind to a specific network interface for added security (&quot;local binding&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;- Works with Dial-up Networking and Cable/Broadband&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.handcraftedsoftware.org/index.php?page=5" />
  <row Id="7872" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3935" RevisionGUID="baf3f200-f8ab-4807-bdb6-4f8c4257c816" CreationDate="2009-05-05T06:37:00.780" UserId="1725" Comment="added 15 characters in body" Text="**There's no such thing as an &quot;ideal monitor setup&quot; because there's no such thing as a &quot;canonical user&quot; either !** (plus the setup you need depends on the tasks you have to perform)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, the strategy I use at my company is simple :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **Get every developer as many monitors as he asks for. Plain and simple.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(And I should mention I am running this company, so I'm basically the one paying for hardware ; that being said, I used the same strategy in my previous work position, when I was running a middle-sized .net programming team in a top-tier Investment Bank)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reasons to use this strategy :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- A typical monitor costs around $300 and will probably be used for say 3 years... That's a total cost of ownership of around $.5 a day including electricity. The cost of 'ownership' of a good programmer is rather in the $500's a day. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; In other words, **a monitor pays for himself as soon as he saves *1 minute* a day of a programmer's time.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **You acknowledge the fact that your programmers know better than you what they need to get their work done** (which is a strong motivator for them). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   I use to tell my team-members :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  &gt; If you need something to get your work&#xD;&#xA;&gt; done, just buy it, or ask me to get it&#xD;&#xA;&gt; bought. I don't want to waste your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; time arguing over why you *need* an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; USB rocket launcher. You probably know&#xD;&#xA;&gt; better than me what you need :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **You acknowledge the fact that your programmers work is important enough to let them having the best tools money can buy** (again, a very strong motivator)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In fact, programmers are so expensive that almost everything that can ease their job is worth buying. I'm talking about :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- as many monitors as they need&#xD;&#xA;- a very fast computer, SSD, quadcore, you name it.&#xD;&#xA;- another computer, if it's needed&#xD;&#xA;- all the books he might want to look at&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My current setup is :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- two verticals 22&quot; 1920*1080 monitors, displaying a vertically-split Visual Studio&#xD;&#xA;- one landscape 22&quot; 1920*1080 monitor for VS's toolboxes (solution explorer, toolbox, etc.) and other various tools (SQL Management Studio, namely)&#xD;&#xA;- one landscape 22&quot; 1920*1080 monitor for firefox/IM/outlook&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A good reason to add an extra-monitor is if you need some things to be constantly visible (such as supervision tools)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my experience, I hate working with only one monitor, 2 is ok, my productivity still benefits for a third one, and extra monitors are not really needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4534" RevisionGUID="1f5a3687-9e00-4da4-ab14-bad79e88bea0" CreationDate="2009-05-05T06:55:52.437" UserId="301" Text="If you want your OS to be able to use more than 3.5Gb of that ram (possibly a bit less depending on what PCI hardware you have), then yes. Because of the memory layout of 32bit systems some of that physical ram will shadowed by PCI devices and bios memory areas." />
  <row Id="7875" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3852" RevisionGUID="72b35fb3-cc20-472d-86c5-c7b2c7b2f4f1" CreationDate="2009-05-05T06:56:31.343" UserId="984" Comment="updated to make it clear that this isn't about backup" Text="I manage several Linux servers for clients in several roles like email, caching, web serving, filtering, firewalling/routing, and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since I don't own these computers and just provide remote support, central management systems like Puppet don't seem like they are the correct tool.  (Please correct me if you think I am wrong about this assumption)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What tools do you recommend to track changes of configuration files, package installs and so on?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am thinking something like [etckeeper][1] may be near to what I need, but I want to know if there is something better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We will have backups of the systems, and I wouldn't expect this type of a tool to be an alternative to a backup.  This is about keeping track of changes of configuration and having a system to know what changed when, by who, and hopefully why.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/etckeeper/" />
  <row Id="7876" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4535" RevisionGUID="9c17b629-31b9-492c-8d5f-96917e259bac" CreationDate="2009-05-05T06:56:34.617" UserId="1860" Text="You can hire someone that knows how to program against an LDAP server to build an application for very little money.  No more than $1000.  That may be the best decision for you since you will get exactly what you are looking for." />
  <row Id="7877" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4536" RevisionGUID="56575109-507a-4fe0-823d-7b23fede088b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T07:05:43.393" UserId="45" Text="[NetStumbler][1] is a good free tool for measuring the performance of wireless connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.stumbler.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://store.freenet-antennas.com/images/netstumbler.jpg" />
  <row Id="7878" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1276" RevisionGUID="71f8c941-4cda-498b-a2c0-de1df032ba32" CreationDate="2009-05-05T07:05:51.757" UserId="677" Comment="emphasis that update 2 is the solution" Text="[Sorry, I tried to stay short but it just was not possible]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm running Linux 2.6.22.19 with [linux-vserver 2.3.0.34][1] on a [Fujitsu Siemens Primergy RX200 S3][2] for development purpose. Intel(R) Xeon(R) 5140 @ 2.33Ghz with 4GB RAM (where mostly 500MB are still free). The server has two hot-plug 250GB used in a mirroring RAID configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dev:~# mpt-status --newstyle&#xD;&#xA;    ioc:0 vol_id:0 type:IM raidlevel:RAID-1 num_disks:2 size(GB):231 state: OPTIMAL flags: ENABLED&#xD;&#xA;    ioc:0 phys_id:0 scsi_id:1 vendor:ATA      product_id:WDC WD2500JS-55N revision:2E01 size(GB):232 state: ONLINE flags: NONE sync_state: 100 ASC/ASCQ:0xff/0xff SMART ASC/ASCQ:0xff/0xff&#xD;&#xA;    ioc:0 phys_id:1 scsi_id:8 vendor:ATA      product_id:WDC WD2500JS-55N revision:2E01 size(GB):232 state: ONLINE flags: NONE sync_state: 100 ASC/ASCQ:0xff/0xff SMART ASC/ASCQ:0xff/0xff&#xD;&#xA;    scsi_id:0 100%&#xD;&#xA;    scsi_id:1 100%&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm running [LVM][3] and ext3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've using this machine since around Jul/Aug 2007 and beside a broken RAM which was fixed the same day, there were no problems. And, basically, everything was better then the machine we had before.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, performance problems were first noticed around Aug 2008 and it was not until recently that I've at least some confidence were the problem comes from. An average of seven vservers is running nowadays (three MySQL machines, two tomcats, three Apaches, Hudson, CruiseControl, MediaWiki, Samba, etc.). But not to get a false impression, we're a small company in terms of developers and other people accessing the server so there's not that much going on (browsing MediaWiki, Hudson automation is run in the evening, most Apache/PHP apps have much static content).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once I installed munin I started to see interesting things especially during the night. Since within every vserver there was `find` running (at the same time, everywhere) the load shot up to unreal numbers like 15, 17 or 20.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But ultimately the problem didn't just stay during the night (I started disabling the find jobs, there weren't used anyway) but also during the day, especially when we recently started on a project were we had to work with a database with a 500MB MySQL dump file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first time I imported the dump file during working hours (`mysql &lt; dump.sql`; within one of our vservers where MySQL instance was running) the timed output was:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    real    71m28.630s&#xD;&#xA;    user    0m15.477s&#xD;&#xA;    sys     0m10.185s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since I wasn't paying attention and was in a meeting, it was just my co-workers asking me what's on with the server because he was terribly slow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I remade the test during night, installed a vanilla Debian MySQL on the host (not inside a guest; shut down all of them) and hit the following numbers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    real    48m33.067s&#xD;&#xA;    user    0m15.397s&#xD;&#xA;    sys     0m13.517s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and I still was like *Yeah, fine, it's 500MB dump file; dumping into InnoDB space takes up around 1GB, that's quite some data*. I did some tests like writing a single line to a file with `vim` during such a test and capturing it with strace:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       0.000048 write(1, &quot;\33[?25l\&quot;foo\&quot; \33[78;7H\33[K&quot;, 22) = 22&#xD;&#xA;       0.000033 stat64(&quot;foo&quot;, 0xbfda1f04) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)&#xD;&#xA;       0.000033 open(&quot;foo&quot;, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 4&#xD;&#xA;       0.000035 write(4, &quot;thios isthis ia a testa\n&quot;, 24) = 24&#xD;&#xA;       0.000144 fsync(4)            = 0&#xD;&#xA;    7737.631089 stat64(&quot;foo&quot;, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=24, ...}) = 0&#xD;&#xA;       0.000084 close(4)            = 0&#xD;&#xA;       0.000117 write(1, &quot;\33[78;7H[New] 1L, 24C written&quot;, 28) = 28&#xD;&#xA;       0.000051 lseek(3, 0, SEEK_SET) = 0&#xD;&#xA;       0.000022 write(3, &quot;b0VIM 7.0\0\0\0\0\20\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0!\21\0\0mark&quot;..., 4096) = 4096&#xD;&#xA;       0.000052 select(1, [0], NULL, [0], {0, 0}) = 1 (in [0], left {0, 0})&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This was an unbelievable yet a fact number for me. It seems that stat64 syscall was forced to wait for the dump operation to be finished. Not to mention serving pages in MediaWiki during such a dump takes minutes, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, I arranged a test timeframe with our hosting company to test on our production server during the night and I got a completely different picture:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    real    7m4.063s&#xD;&#xA;    user    0m2.690s&#xD;&#xA;    sys     0m30.500s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was blown away. I've also got an Amazon EC2 approval for testing and I got even lower numbers (around 5 minutes on a m1.large instance where the MySQL data was written to to the EBS volume to stay permanent).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, when importing the data, every other operation gets so slow that things just get unusable and the load rises quickly up to 5 or 7 (although not really much seems to be going on; it looks like the processes start to block each other for now reason).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then started to do [bonnie++ tests][4], which were looking like this (I actually had a test run from last year which I almost forgot). So here is **Oct 2008**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Version  1.03       ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-&#xD;&#xA;                        -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks--&#xD;&#xA;    Machine        Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP  /sec %CP&#xD;&#xA;    vserver-host     8G 12332  21 12600   3 10290   2 48519  74 52431   6 235.8   0&#xD;&#xA;                        ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create--------&#xD;&#xA;                        -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete--&#xD;&#xA;                  files  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP&#xD;&#xA;                     16 +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++&#xD;&#xA;    vserver-host,8G,12332,21,12600,3,10290,2,48519,74,52431,6,235.8,0,16,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and here's the current one from **Apr 2009**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Version  1.03       ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-&#xD;&#xA;                        -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks--&#xD;&#xA;    Machine        Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP  /sec %CP&#xD;&#xA;    vserver-host     8G  9705  16  7268   1  4823   1 29620  45 41336   5  73.1   0&#xD;&#xA;                        ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create--------&#xD;&#xA;                        -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete--&#xD;&#xA;                  files  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP  /sec %CP&#xD;&#xA;                     16 11678  15 +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ 27739  31&#xD;&#xA;    vserver-host,8G,9705,16,7268,1,4823,1,29620,45,41336,5,73.1,0,16,11678,15,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,27739,31&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know where to tune what to get rid of the problems, as I'm not completely sure yet where/what the real problem is. I guess I started failing to see the wood for the trees.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update 1:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for the feedback so far, I've picked the things first I can easily test without scheduling a maintenance time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First I've tested the MySQL dump against `/dev/null`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dev01:~$ time mysqldump -u root -h db01 database-p &gt;/dev/null&#xD;&#xA;    Enter password:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    real    0m18.871s&#xD;&#xA;    user    0m12.713s&#xD;&#xA;    sys     0m0.512s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The system load was barely noticeable:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     10:27:18 up 77 days,  9:10,  7 users,  load average: 0.16, 0.75, 0.67&#xD;&#xA;    [...]&#xD;&#xA;     10:27:33 up 77 days,  9:10,  7 users,  load average: 0.52, 0.79, 0.69&#xD;&#xA;Also the `sar` output during this test didn't reveal anything special:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    12:11:45 PM       DEV       tps  rd_sec/s  wr_sec/s  avgrq-sz  avgqu-sz     await     svctm     %util&#xD;&#xA;    12:11:46 PM    dev8-0      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00&#xD;&#xA;    12:11:46 PM  dev254-0      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00&#xD;&#xA;    12:11:46 PM  dev254-1      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    12:11:46 PM       DEV       tps  rd_sec/s  wr_sec/s  avgrq-sz  avgqu-sz     await     svctm     %util&#xD;&#xA;    12:11:47 PM    dev8-0      5.00      0.00    200.00     40.00      0.18     36.00     20.00     10.00&#xD;&#xA;    12:11:47 PM  dev254-0      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00&#xD;&#xA;    12:11:47 PM  dev254-1     25.00      0.00    200.00      8.00      0.74     29.60      4.00     10.00&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then I ran the tests when dumping onto a file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dev01:~$ time mysqldump -u root -h db01 database -p &gt;foo.sql&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    real    1m7.527s&#xD;&#xA;    user    0m13.497s&#xD;&#xA;    sys     0m2.724s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The time it took doesn't look that unusual for me, the dump ended with a 570MB file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, the load was quite interesting ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     10:30:49 up 77 days,  9:14,  7 users,  load average: 0.76, 0.89, 0.75&#xD;&#xA;     10:30:57 up 77 days,  9:14,  7 users,  load average: 1.34, 1.01, 0.79&#xD;&#xA;     10:31:05 up 77 days,  9:14,  7 users,  load average: 2.13, 1.19, 0.85&#xD;&#xA;     10:31:13 up 77 days,  9:14,  7 users,  load average: 2.68, 1.32, 0.89&#xD;&#xA;     10:31:21 up 77 days,  9:14,  7 users,  load average: 3.79, 1.60, 0.99&#xD;&#xA;     10:31:29 up 77 days,  9:14,  7 users,  load average: 4.05, 1.69, 1.02&#xD;&#xA;     10:31:37 up 77 days,  9:14,  7 users,  load average: 4.82, 1.93, 1.10&#xD;&#xA;     10:31:45 up 77 days,  9:15,  7 users,  load average: 4.54, 1.97, 1.12&#xD;&#xA;     10:31:53 up 77 days,  9:15,  7 users,  load average: 4.89, 2.08, 1.16&#xD;&#xA;     10:31:57 up 77 days,  9:15,  7 users,  load average: 5.30, 2.22, 1.21&#xD;&#xA;     10:32:01 up 77 days,  9:15,  7 users,  load average: 5.12, 2.23, 1.22&#xD;&#xA;     10:32:05 up 77 days,  9:15,  7 users,  load average: 5.03, 2.26, 1.24&#xD;&#xA;     10:32:13 up 77 days,  9:15,  7 users,  load average: 4.62, 2.22, 1.23&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;... as was `sar` ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:47 PM       DEV       tps  rd_sec/s  wr_sec/s  avgrq-sz  avgqu-sz     await     svctm     %util&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:48 PM    dev8-0    116.00      0.00  21712.00    187.17    134.04    559.31      8.62    100.00&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:48 PM  dev254-0      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:48 PM  dev254-1   3369.00      0.00  26952.00      8.00   3271.74    481.27      0.30    100.00&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    12:16:48 PM       DEV       tps  rd_sec/s  wr_sec/s  avgrq-sz  avgqu-sz     await     svctm     %util&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:49 PM    dev8-0    130.00      0.00  17544.00    134.95    143.78    752.89      7.69    100.00&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:49 PM  dev254-0      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:49 PM  dev254-1   1462.00      0.00  11696.00      8.00   2749.12   1407.78      0.68    100.00&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    12:16:49 PM       DEV       tps  rd_sec/s  wr_sec/s  avgrq-sz  avgqu-sz     await     svctm     %util&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:50 PM    dev8-0    128.00      0.00  18400.00    143.75    143.68   1593.91      7.84    100.40&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:50 PM  dev254-0      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00&#xD;&#xA;    12:16:50 PM  dev254-1    810.00      0.00   6480.00      8.00   1598.99   4911.94      1.24    100.40&#xD;&#xA;During this tests I quickly fired up `vim` to do a simple write tests. Loading of `vim` itself was sluggish too, but I wasn't able to distill this information properly from the `strace`. Only the pending `stat64` call was clearly visible again:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    0.000050 stat64(&quot;bla&quot;, 0xbf98caf4) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)&#xD;&#xA;    0.000038 open(&quot;bla&quot;, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 4&#xD;&#xA;    0.000053 write(4, &quot;fooo\n&quot;, 5) = 5&#xD;&#xA;    0.000051 fsync(4)            = 0&#xD;&#xA;    5.385200 stat64(&quot;bla&quot;, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=5, ...}) = 0&#xD;&#xA;    0.000073 close(4)            = 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll append further file system tests ASAP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update 2 / Solution:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Based on the feedback from Mihai about MTP devices and RAID configuration I dug into that topic a bit more. Through `lspci` I retrieved the RAID controller information:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dev:~$ sudo lspci|grep -i lsi&#xD;&#xA;    05:05.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic SAS1068 PCI-X Fusion-MPT SAS (rev 01)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Out into the blue a gave a shot at [http://www.ask.com/web?q=linux+problem+performance+SAS1068][5] and found [write performance problem with LSI Logic SAS1068][6]. The bug description further linked to blog talking about a [DELL PE860 performance problem which too uses the SAS1068][7].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The article mentions the use of [LSIUtil which is available from lsi.com][8]. The article also has a extensive walk through the `lsiutil` menus which described how to **turn on write caching**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not surprisingly, turns out this has a major effect on the performance. **Before** activating:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dev:~# time (dd if=/dev/zero of=bigfile count=1024 bs=1M; sync)&#xD;&#xA;    1024+0 records in&#xD;&#xA;    1024+0 records out&#xD;&#xA;    1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 180.902 seconds, 5.9 MB/s&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    real    3m8.472s&#xD;&#xA;    user    0m0.004s&#xD;&#xA;    sys     0m3.340s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After enabling the write cache:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dev:~# time (dd if=/dev/zero of=bigfile count=1024 bs=1M; sync)&#xD;&#xA;    1024+0 records in&#xD;&#xA;    1024+0 records out&#xD;&#xA;    1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 43.7899 seconds, 24.5 MB/s&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    real    0m46.413s&#xD;&#xA;    user    0m0.000s&#xD;&#xA;    sys     0m3.124s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is like day and night, black and white. Sometimes feeling stupid is OK. I'm probably supposed to know that the RAID controller ships with write caching disabled by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux-vserver.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ts.fujitsu.com/products/standard_servers/rack/primergy_rx200s3.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_volume_management&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.ask.com/web?q=linux+problem+performance+SAS1068&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/185127&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://pocitace.tomasek.cz/SAS5iRperf/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: ftp://ftp.lsil.com/HostAdapterDrivers/linux/lsiutil/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7879" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4537" RevisionGUID="101328e3-a3f1-4d52-a27c-98f84b0289c2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T07:06:05.110" UserId="1810" Text="Infrastructure architect turned programmer, might want to roll back that transaction in the future though :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Talk to each other, early and often. Review designs with the guys who will manage the infrastructure your app will get deployed on (if you know who that will be).&#xD;&#xA;2. Zero data loss is possible, but it is a responsibility shared by developers and sysadmins. Again, talking to each other may help here.&#xD;&#xA;3. Your infrastructure staff should have been involved in determining the non-functional requirements.&#xD;&#xA;4. Arrange beer (when the job is done) and pizza (while we're working). Somehow, the presence of that kind of food impacts our ability to make our nice little 32 cpu boxes do whatever you want them to do :)" />
  <row Id="7882" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4538" RevisionGUID="6b888068-0c64-40b6-a8be-6f16e52f4927" CreationDate="2009-05-05T07:15:25.523" UserId="1948" Text="If you run tcsh on the Solaris machine the autologout variable could be set. If you set that to 0 (set autologout=0) or unset it (unset autologout) it will stop log you out." />
  <row Id="7883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4539" RevisionGUID="7f70347b-32e1-4811-a605-8f6eef72dc2b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T07:19:24.127" UserId="1506" Text="To undelete files over a network you'll need a service, agent, or daemon running on each workstation. As a result I'd expect that solutions in this category are going to have per-workstation costs associated with them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your clients are running Windows Vista you can experiment with [Volume Shadow Copy][2], which is system restore for an entire volume. You may be able to access the previous versions of a given folder using an administrative share, which would provide the network undelete you're looking for. It's unlikely that restore points will be set at meaningful enough intervals, as the default is one version per day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Software like [r-studio network edition][1] does what you really want. Undelete over TCP/IP. Of course, its licensing is more expensive than free. It has the advantage of working on most FS types, not just NTFS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.r-studio.com/ &quot;r-studio network edition&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749185.aspx &quot;volume shadow copy&quot;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="7886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4541" RevisionGUID="cae509ee-95d8-45ba-8965-afd66bbd7dee" CreationDate="2009-05-05T07:40:34.730" UserId="1950" Text="I recently took the time to learn these keyboard shortcuts - pretty good when I am editing some text.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Alt+Space+x (Maximise window with keyboard) &#xD;&#xA; - Alt+Space+n (Minimise window with keyboard)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lesser known ones are&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Alt+Space+m (Move window with arrow keys, press enter when done)&#xD;&#xA; - Alt+Space+s (Change size of window with arrow keys, press enter when done)&#xD;&#xA; - Alt+Space+r (Un-maximise window with keyboard)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course these shortcuts have been around for a long time.  In conjunction with Alt+Tab or Win+Tab, it just can come in handy when you are editing some text and don't want to take your keys off the keyboard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4542" RevisionGUID="cc017903-76b3-4bfc-83de-cfe552637a09" CreationDate="2009-05-05T07:44:05.690" UserId="1951" Text="Hi!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What backup solutions would you recommend when using SQL Server 2008 express? I'm pretty new to SQL Server, but  as I'm coming from an MySql background i thought of setting up replication on another computer and just take x-copy backups of that server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But unfortanetly replication is not available in the express edition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The site is heavily accessed, so there has to be no delays och downtime. I'm also thinking of doing a backup twice a day or something.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What would you recommend? I have multiple computers I can use, but don't know if that helps me since i'm using the express version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
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  <row Id="7891" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4543" RevisionGUID="164d22c1-7a8d-4308-bbcb-b95bf4e1b95c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T07:44:49.727" UserId="914" Text="GoDaddy support .com and .net, not sure about the others.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;gkg.net also support glue records apparently, although not used them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a nice list for all others [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sixxs.net/faq/dns/?faq=ipv6glue" />
  <row Id="7892" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4544" RevisionGUID="87e74186-9c94-4b6b-aa3d-72d59ea7e894" CreationDate="2009-05-05T07:45:17.637" UserId="1950" Text="I just loaded up my thumb drive with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 7-zip portable&#xD;&#xA; - Autoruns&#xD;&#xA; - Eraser portable&#xD;&#xA; - Filezilla portable&#xD;&#xA; - Firefox portable&#xD;&#xA; - JkDegrag portable&#xD;&#xA; - Process Explorer&#xD;&#xA; - Putty&#xD;&#xA; - Truecrypt&#xD;&#xA; - Vim&#xD;&#xA; - VLC portable&#xD;&#xA; - WinDirStat portable&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have another thumb drive that is a bootable live Linux which comes in handy for gparted, dd, etc." />
  <row Id="7893" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4544" RevisionGUID="87e74186-9c94-4b6b-aa3d-72d59ea7e894" CreationDate="2009-05-05T07:45:17.637" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7894" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4545" RevisionGUID="13803ecb-d67f-4e8d-b344-481556f16f1a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T07:47:25.043" UserId="1506" Text="Which keystore did you install the certificate into? If you right-clicked on the PFX file and selected 'install' then the answer is you user account's personal store.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Certificates for IIS should be installed in the local computer keystore. The best way to do this is by using the Certificates MMC snap-in.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;MMC &gt; Add/Remove Snap-In &gt; Certificates &gt; Computer account&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've never received the error you posted, but there's a good chance IIS 7 is smart enough to export the certificate from your User account to the Computer account where it belongs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does EventViewer provide any additional information about which logon it's trying to access?" />
  <row Id="7895" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4546" RevisionGUID="05a4767d-3a95-473c-8754-a86ba98eeb4c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T07:48:25.587" UserId="1950" Text="[Robocopy][1] is really useful.  It mirrors directories.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Great for backups/restoring/transferring large amounts of files.  Only transfers files which have changed, and can resume from where it left off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It comes standard in Vista and later, but XP users can get it as part of the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit (free) or later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy" />
  <row Id="7896" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4546" RevisionGUID="05a4767d-3a95-473c-8754-a86ba98eeb4c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T07:48:25.587" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7897" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4547" RevisionGUID="628c6ee5-c764-435f-ba6e-4184a6b9a5d0" CreationDate="2009-05-05T07:53:24.823" UserId="1952" Text="We are currently virtualising our entire environment onto 6 powerful Dell R900 servers. This move makes it much easier to retire old equipment, as new servers can be brought in to take some of the load, and we can gradually retire/migrate off the old servers without downtime. The same goes for storage/SAN, where we're using Equallogic arrays that can be &quot;migrated out&quot; of the SAN storage pool. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, to answer your question - going forward, we're definitely going to be retiring old equipment. We would generally buy new support contracts or renew them as long as we have the equipment in-house, though.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7898" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4547" RevisionGUID="628c6ee5-c764-435f-ba6e-4184a6b9a5d0" CreationDate="2009-05-05T07:53:24.823" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4549" RevisionGUID="f1a2b188-a2b0-4cc1-a285-36fa3ac57320" CreationDate="2009-05-05T07:59:39.757" UserId="1810" Text="With only 384 MB RAM, it's not exactly clear to me why you'd want to go the 64 bit way. You obviously do not need a 64 bit capable OS to address that amount of memory. You may even see increased memory usage due to using 64 bit (for one thing, all pointers are now 64 bits instead of 32). You probably won't gain by using a 64 bit os, except for what you can read in the links provided by giaresu... ." />
  <row Id="7901" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4550" RevisionGUID="48c8f280-d5e7-4ef8-81bb-03e36712c510" CreationDate="2009-05-05T07:59:49.957" UserId="45" Text="SQL Server Express 2008 supports database backups. It's missing SQL Agent, which allows to schedule backups, and the maintenance plan wizard for creating a backup tasks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can backup databases in two different ways:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Use [Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express][1] which has the Backup option on the right click menu for each database under &quot;tasks.&quot;&#xD;&#xA; 2. Use T-SQL to manually write your backup script. Read the [MSDN documentation for the T-SQL BACKUP command][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to schedule your backup jobs, you have to write a T-SQL script and then use the Windows Task Schedule to call `SQLCmd` to run the script on what every schedule you're interested in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C243A5AE-4BD1-4E3D-94B8-5A0F62BF7796&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186865(SQL.90).aspx" />
  <row Id="7904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4551" RevisionGUID="c67a68a3-e2b7-4d2e-ad81-b3e850e3d321" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:04:23.970" UserId="914" Text="You can use a tunnel broker such as http://www.go6.net or http://tunnelbroker.net/ to route IPv4 traffic though their IPv6 addresses." />
  <row Id="7905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4552" RevisionGUID="8cb09963-9fb0-45c8-919e-49e4bd55edbf" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:07:05.027" UserId="1787" Text="Performance increase is of 1-3% on calculation intensive applications. The real advantage of 64-bit system is possibility to address more then 4GB of RAM. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, the problem is, that there are many closed-source packages available for Linux only in 32-bit packages with 32-bit dependencies. Sometimes can be real pain in the backside.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7906" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4550" RevisionGUID="0eb2c7ac-4cb0-4406-9f61-1ff4bab006b1" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:08:31.730" UserId="45" Comment="added 65 characters in body" Text="SQL Server Express 2008 supports database backups. It's missing SQL Agent, which allows to schedule backups, and the maintenance plan wizard for creating a backup tasks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can backup databases in two different ways:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Use [Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express][1] which has the Backup option on the right click menu for each database under &quot;tasks.&quot;&#xD;&#xA; 2. Use T-SQL to manually write your backup script. Read the [MSDN documentation for the T-SQL BACKUP command][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to schedule your backup jobs, you have to write a T-SQL script and then use the Windows Task Schedule to call [SQLCmd][3] to run the script on what every schedule you're interested in:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     sqlcmd -i C:\SqlJobs\backup.sql -o C:\Logs\output.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C243A5AE-4BD1-4E3D-94B8-5A0F62BF7796&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186865(SQL.90).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162773.aspx" />
  <row Id="7907" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3780" RevisionGUID="6e3965d6-3c5d-455f-b14a-c6f65a03c4ba" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:17:04.470" UserId="914" Comment="Fixed typo" Text="The aim for this Wiki is to promote using a command to open up commonly used applications without having to go through many mouse clicks - thus saving times on monitoring, troubleshooting Windows machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Answer entries need to specify&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Application name&#xD;&#xA; - Commands&#xD;&#xA; - Screenshot (Optional)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shortcut to commands&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl][4] - Programs and Features (Formerly Known as &quot;Add or Remove Programs&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl @,2][22] - Turn Windows Features On and Off (Add/Remove Windows Components pane)&#xD;&#xA;- [cleanmgr.exe][21] - Disk Cleanup&#xD;&#xA;- [compmgmt.msc][5] - Computer Management&#xD;&#xA;- [control.exe /name Microsoft.NetworkAndSharingCenter][28] - Network and Sharing Center&#xD;&#xA;- [control keyboard][14] - Keyboard Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control mouse(or main.cpl)][15] - Mouse Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control userpasswords2][6] - Opens the classic User Accounts dialog&#xD;&#xA;- [desk.cpl][18] - opens the display properties&#xD;&#xA;- [devmgmt.msc][7] - Device Manager&#xD;&#xA;- [diskmgmt.msc][12] - Disk Management&#xD;&#xA;- [Eventvwr][27] - Windows Event Log (Event Viewer)&#xD;&#xA;- [explorer .][8] - Open explorer with the current folder selected.&#xD;&#xA;- [explorer /e][9], . - Open explorer, with folder tree, with current folder selected.&#xD;&#xA;- [fsmgmt.msc][26] - Shared Folders&#xD;&#xA;- [getmac][2] - Shows the mac address(es) of your network adapter(s)&#xD;&#xA;- [iisreset][25] - To restart IIS&#xD;&#xA;- [InetMgr.exe][19] - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 7&#xD;&#xA;- [InetMgr6.exe][20] - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 6&#xD;&#xA;- [intl.cpl][29] - Regional and Language Options&#xD;&#xA;- [lusrmgr.msc][23] - Local Users and Groups Administrator&#xD;&#xA;- [notepad][24] - Notepad? 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  <row Id="7908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4553" RevisionGUID="2b48eafb-f4ee-4487-8500-8e59624f1b4b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:20:37.303" UserId="1895" Text="Hi all,  &#xD;&#xA;I have a VNC server (x11vnc) configured to allow me to log into the machine at the local display (:0) via SSH tunnel, following the instructions [here][1].  &#xD;&#xA;My question: is there a way to create the tunnel AND launch vncviewer with a single command/script?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's how I'm launching x11vnc from /etc/gdm/Init/Default:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    x11vnc -localhost -nopw -ncache 0 -o /var/log/x11vnc.log -forever -bg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Server and client: Xubuntu 9.04)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/faq.html#faq-display-manager" />
  <row Id="7909" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4553" RevisionGUID="2b48eafb-f4ee-4487-8500-8e59624f1b4b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:20:37.303" UserId="1895" Text="VNC via SSH with a single command" />
  <row Id="7910" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4553" RevisionGUID="2b48eafb-f4ee-4487-8500-8e59624f1b4b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:20:37.303" UserId="1895" Text="&lt;vnc&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="7911" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4554" RevisionGUID="684a9ddc-bc9c-44cc-afcb-61e31e503c88" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:20:49.737" UserId="44" Text="I need a linux distribution which is modular and configurable. For instance I need a kernel with special touch screen support. Other than that there are only a few apps which should be installed. Therefore I want to be able to configure which packages are to be installed. Gnome as the standard desktop environment would be a bonus. It should be able to start from an USB stick and have a installation tool which I could use to install it to the harddrive. I want to be able to run the build of the distro unattended.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a distro which fullfills all those requirements? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only (life) distribution I have experience with is Knoppix, but remastering is very time-consuming, not unattended, and not quite modular." />
  <row Id="7912" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4554" RevisionGUID="684a9ddc-bc9c-44cc-afcb-61e31e503c88" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:20:49.737" UserId="44" Text="What is the best modular linux distro?" />
  <row Id="7913" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4554" RevisionGUID="684a9ddc-bc9c-44cc-afcb-61e31e503c88" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:20:49.737" UserId="44" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;linux-distro&gt;" />
  <row Id="7914" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="1077" RevisionGUID="e5ae9f68-c908-4339-8bc9-ed191b1ed132" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:22:04.460" UserId="766" Comment="edited title" Text="Syntax error: &quot;(&quot; unexpected when trying to run Java on FreeBSD" />
  <row Id="7915" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4555" RevisionGUID="fa5f0a08-e3e8-4b7f-8e51-80aecabd9c30" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:22:59.513" UserId="1506" Text="Certainly a low-memory condition, possibly caused by the extremely common mistake of not closing DB connections. My recommendations are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Examine the amount of non-paged pool memory available as the process runs. Odds are it will steadily decrease until the machine fails. This is an indicator that sockets aren't being closed or kernel I/O buffers aren't being freed. (unclosed sockets is more likely)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Check for an unknown or external Layered Service Provider (LSP) in your winsock stack via 'net sh winsock catalog &gt; wsockcat.txt'. Compare the output to your other Windows servers. Suspect first any providers that have been inserted into your stack that originate outside of mswsock.dll.&#xD;&#xA; 3. If low non-paged pool is the problem see if restarting the application or either DB server releases memory. You're likely not using connection pooling, so 'sp who' and 'list applications' might show interesting results if some DB access layer is leaving old  connections open. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do see the DB servers reporting a high number of idle connections in #3 you may be able to mitigate the problem by writing scripts to actively shutdown unused connections from the server side of the socket." />
  <row Id="7916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4556" RevisionGUID="36cc6521-b396-4158-a153-c3056d1d2700" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:27:43.917" UserId="1427" Text="What is the underlying cause of a PermGen OutOfMemoryError in JBoss?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am running JBoss AS 4.2.2 in my development environment, and this occurs after redeploying my web application a large number of times.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Christian Vest Hansen's blog][1] gives JVM options that help *a lot*, but do not solve the problem completely:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC&#xD;&#xA;    -XX:+CMSPermGenSweepingEnabled&#xD;&#xA;    -XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled&#xD;&#xA;    -XX:MaxPermSize=128m&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://my.opera.com/karmazilla/blog/2007/03/13/good-riddance-permgen-outofmemoryerror" />
  <row Id="7917" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4556" RevisionGUID="36cc6521-b396-4158-a153-c3056d1d2700" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:27:43.917" UserId="1427" Text="What causes PermGen OutOfMemoryError on JBoss?" />
  <row Id="7918" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4556" RevisionGUID="36cc6521-b396-4158-a153-c3056d1d2700" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:27:43.917" UserId="1427" Text="&lt;jboss&gt;&lt;permgen&gt;&lt;outofmemoryerror&gt;" />
  <row Id="7919" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1821" RevisionGUID="9ffc3033-b644-4d97-b7e6-9c4e6ce64ab5" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:28:51.277" UserId="1174" Comment="added 91 characters in body" Text="Generally a good strategy for this type of network problem is to change-out or remove one component at time till it works.  Or start with everything removed and add components until it fails.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After, as suggested above, rebooting everything, I'd try turning off the two Vista computers.  Other AP's nearby - try changing the channel.  Update the AP firmware and make sure the Mini drivers/firmware are up-to-date" />
  <row Id="7920" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4557" RevisionGUID="31799e78-b230-4eb2-bd1d-a99ce086dec1" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:30:28.497" UserId="766" Text="Ah, I've figured it out. For all this time, I've been trying to run the amd64 version on a machine that's still running i386. Mea culpa.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So to install Java on your FreeBSD server with as few depedencies as possible:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Download the tarball (make sure to pick the one under the tarballs header, and for the correct FreeBSD version and platform) from [The FreeBSD foundation's Java downloads](http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml).&#xD;&#xA;* Put the downloaded file in `/usr/ports/distfiles/`&#xD;&#xA;* `# cd /usr/ports/java/diablo-jre16`&#xD;&#xA;* `# make config install clean`&#xD;&#xA;* Be sure to disable all optional components from the configuration screen.&#xD;&#xA;* Let the installation run its course and be happy :)" />
  <row Id="7921" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4558" RevisionGUID="4e1edba4-291c-4e42-af8d-c31efffaa961" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:33:02.233" UserId="1682" Text="&quot;only a few apps&quot; and &quot;Gnome&quot; is a contradiction in terms. Also, installing extra software doesn't really mean modular. Pretty much any distro can do what you want, sounds like a better question would be which distro is the easiest to do that." />
  <row Id="7922" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4559" RevisionGUID="00dc73c3-b9f9-446e-8ab2-fd6969234a9c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:35:22.493" UserId="301" Text="The underlying cause is references to classes that have been discarded leaking outside their classloader, preventing the JVM from unloading those classes from the perm gen. Those flags you use may cause the JVM to aggressively purge classes that *are* unloadable, but it will not solve the underlying problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a good, abeit complex explanation [here][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.sun.com/fkieviet/entry/how_to_fix_the_dreaded" />
  <row Id="7923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4560" RevisionGUID="f36bd539-2cf3-4db6-9822-387ddb9aa50a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:35:58.793" UserId="1717" Text="I am using a windows scheduler job to backup the SQL Server express database every few hours by using a batch file . Seems to work fine.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7925" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4562" RevisionGUID="40eaa236-d2ef-48fd-9d2e-c8d7f526f5a4" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:36:36.297" UserId="914" Text="If you want massive flexibility (but time consuming) I'd recommend you use a distro such as Arch or Gentoo.  I'm not 100% sure, but I can't see any reason you couldnt run these from a USB drive." />
  <row Id="7926" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4563" RevisionGUID="27179894-de52-47fa-a230-1c97f98ec3a8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:38:36.103" UserId="1723" Text="[Gentoo Linux][1] is the best solution in this case&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- it can be installed using almost any Linux live CD (with kernel 2.6.xx)&#xD;&#xA;- official installation disk is Live CD by itself, but you can create your own anyway&#xD;&#xA;- it can be [installed on flashdrive][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://gentoo.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/liveusb.xml" />
  <row Id="7927" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4554" RevisionGUID="90bdf2df-ffd1-4077-9885-944f8f95d271" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:39:30.597" UserId="44" Comment="made od a bit clearer (hopefully)" Text="I need a linux distribution which is modular and configurable. For instance I need a kernel with special touch screen support. Other than that there are only a few apps which should be installed. Therefore I want to be able to configure which packages are to be installed. Gnome as the standard desktop environment would be a bonus. It should be able to start from an USB stick and have a installation tool which I could use to install it to the harddrive. I want to be able to run the build of the distro unattended.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a distro which fullfills all those requirements? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only (life) distribution I have experience with is Knoppix, but remastering is very time-consuming, not unattended, and not quite modular.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:** Maybe I should be a bit clearer. I need a customizable distribution. I want to be able to, lets say check a few boxes which software should be installed, click a button and 15 min later I have my image which I could copy on a USB stick." />
  <row Id="7928" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="4554" RevisionGUID="90bdf2df-ffd1-4077-9885-944f8f95d271" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:39:30.597" UserId="44" Comment="made od a bit clearer (hopefully)" Text="What is the best modular customizable linux distro?" />
  <row Id="7929" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4564" RevisionGUID="746e5f4f-2349-4697-bcf9-987c64e970b4" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:40:28.830" UserId="1956" Text="Make sure you run upgrade advisor. There were a lot of changes between 2000 and 2005 and stuff that worked on 2000 doesn't work on 2005. Also make sure you set up a test server and run full regression tests on your apps. 2005/2008's T-SQL parser is stricter and stuff that ran in 2000 will fail in 2005 or 2008" />
  <row Id="7931" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4566" RevisionGUID="4554b677-3b80-4be4-b557-9147b65cd68f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:46:00.627" UserId="301" Text="Note: untested&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;try this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh -X host -f 'x11vnc ...' -L 5900:localhost:5900 &amp;&amp; vncviewer localhost:5900" />
  <row Id="7932" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4567" RevisionGUID="2104437f-f67f-415d-a680-f86bd1b4bf98" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:53:05.790" UserId="1956" Text="Which edition of SQL 2005 do you have? If you have the Express edition (the free edition) it does not come with SQL agent. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do have Express, you'll have to be a bit more creative. One option is using the Windows scheduler to call sqlcmd with a backup script." />
  <row Id="7933" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4563" RevisionGUID="5de4047e-e281-4bcb-bda5-5f6633338667" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:54:10.047" UserId="1723" Comment="added 102 characters in body" Text="[Gentoo Linux][1] is the best solution in this case&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- both easy GUI and manual installation are available&#xD;&#xA;- many configuration tools have GUI frontends&#xD;&#xA;- it can be installed using almost any Linux live CD (with kernel 2.6.xx)&#xD;&#xA;- official installation disk is Live CD by itself, but you can create your own anyway&#xD;&#xA;- it can be [installed on flashdrive][2]&#xD;&#xA;- you can use it with generic kernel or configure kernel how ever do you want&#xD;&#xA;- it awialable on almost all platforms&#xD;&#xA;- it doesn't depends on gnome or kde (but they can be dependencies anyway (if you want konquerer for example) :)&#xD;&#xA;- you can take adwantage of your latest CPU or use it with legacy hardware just by modyfying CFLAGS to athlon-xp or pentium or whatewer do you have. (It worked on my Pentium 155 this year (With jwm as window manager) and now works no Duron 600 with latest Open Office which runs prety smoothly. And it will use features of latest CPUs)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So you do not depend on any window manager or desktop environment like with Ubuntu Kubuntu and othher wateveruntu&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://gentoo.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/liveusb.xml" />
  <row Id="7934" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4553" RevisionGUID="b8e4f83c-9ac5-4e30-8f3e-2371e5e3d8f5" CreationDate="2009-05-05T08:56:04.190" UserId="1895" Comment="Added note" Text="Hi all,  &#xD;&#xA;I have a VNC server (x11vnc) configured to allow me to log into the machine at the local display (:0) via SSH tunnel, following the instructions [here][1].  &#xD;&#xA;My question: is there a way to create the tunnel AND launch vncviewer with a single command/script?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's how I'm launching x11vnc from /etc/gdm/Init/Default:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    x11vnc -localhost -nopw -ncache 0 -o /var/log/x11vnc.log -forever -bg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: please note that in this way x11vnc starts from gdm, so that I can log into the local session myself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Server and client: Xubuntu 9.04)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/faq.html#faq-display-manager" />
  <row Id="7935" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4563" RevisionGUID="07acd2db-c60f-4c26-8010-4c2167abb070" CreationDate="2009-05-05T09:00:00.047" UserId="1723" Comment=" fixed grammar" Text="[Gentoo Linux][1] is the best solution in this case&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- both easy GUI and manual installation are available&#xD;&#xA;- many configuration tools have GUI frontends&#xD;&#xA;- it can be installed using almost any Linux live CD (with kernel 2.6.xx)&#xD;&#xA;- official installation disk is Live CD by itself, but you can create your own anyway&#xD;&#xA;- it can be [installed on flashdrive][2]&#xD;&#xA;- you can use it with generic kernel or configure kernel how ever do you want&#xD;&#xA;- it available on almost all platforms&#xD;&#xA;- it doesn't depends on gnome or kde (but they can be dependencies anyway (if you want konqueror for example) :)&#xD;&#xA;- you can take advantage of your latest CPU or use it with legacy hardware just by modifying CFLAGS to athlon-xp or Pentium or whatever do you have. (It worked on my Pentium 155 this year (With jwm as window manager) and now works no Duron 600 with latest Open Office which runs prety smoothly. And it will use features of latest CPUs)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So you do not depend on any window manager or desktop environment like with Ubuntu Kubuntu and other wateveruntu&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://gentoo.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/liveusb.xml&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7936" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4566" RevisionGUID="bb3e5cac-b05d-4135-abfd-034afee0e7f7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T09:05:01.393" UserId="301" Comment="updated answer to reflect question" Text="Note: untested&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;try this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh host -f -L5900:localhost:5900 &quot;sleep 10000000000&quot; &amp;&amp; vncviewer localhost:5900" />
  <row Id="7937" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4563" RevisionGUID="886ded9b-0c4b-4ffa-993a-bd3ec4ba6a1b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T09:09:32.207" UserId="1723" Comment="added 14 characters in body" Text="[Gentoo Linux][1] is the best solution in this case&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- both easy GUI (using Gentoo LiveCD) and manual installation (using almost any Linux live CD with kernel 2.6.xx) are available&#xD;&#xA;- many configuration tools have GUI frontends (profuse ufed)&#xD;&#xA;- official installation disk is Live CD by itself, but you can create your own anyway&#xD;&#xA;- it can be [installed on flashdrive][2]&#xD;&#xA;- you can use it with generic kernel or configure kernel how ever do you want&#xD;&#xA;- it available on almost all platforms&#xD;&#xA;- it doesn't depends on gnome or kde (but they can be dependencies anyway (if you want konqueror for example) :)&#xD;&#xA;- you can take advantage of your latest CPU or use it with legacy hardware just by modifying CFLAGS to athlon-xp or Pentium or whatever do you have. (It worked on my Pentium 155 this year (With jwm as window manager) and now works no Duron 600 with latest Open Office which runs prety smoothly. And it will use features of latest CPUs)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So you do not depend on any window manager or desktop environment like with Ubuntu Kubuntu and other wateveruntu&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://gentoo.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/liveusb.xml&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7939" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4568" RevisionGUID="e7072b4f-50ed-4871-96e8-16d04503d3d2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T09:11:39.940" UserId="1506" Text="You were able to create a dial-up VPN connection between Vista and Windows Web Server 2008 without the Network Policy Server role? If so, I'm curious as to what the subnet/IP looked like to the client in that scenario once the tunnel was up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a VPN up, then you've transferred your problem domain from one of VPN to one of routing. I'm pretty confident that you'll be able to bridge connections using the Web edition and that you can also use [Internet Connection Sharing][1]. If not, there are cheap and possibly free &quot;internet sharing&quot; programs available ([NAT32][2]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This assumes that your client machine somehow has an IP on the server's (internal?) network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, when you say Internet traffic, it's possible your definition may include only traffic that is proxy-able. In which case you can shift the domain again from routing to proxying, and use a free proxy server bound to the IP on the other end of the tunnel. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770507.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.nat32.com/" />
  <row Id="7940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4569" RevisionGUID="31ba6c3e-8c95-45d5-8932-24d7b3dfcbcb" CreationDate="2009-05-05T09:11:53.590" UserId="48" Text=" - DC Promo the new server to join the existing domain, wait for al AD data to replicate&#xD;&#xA; - If DNS is installed on the old server, install on the new one. Create an AD integrated zone for your domain DNS data and wait for it to replicate&#xD;&#xA; - Transfer any other roles such as DHCP, WINS etc.&#xD;&#xA; - [Transfer all FSMO roles][1] to the new server. (I realise the article is for server 2003 however the process is the same&#xD;&#xA; - Turn of old server and check clients can login and perform all required tasks&#xD;&#xA; - Leave old server turned of but ready for use should a problem occur, for a reasonable period of time, usually a couple of weeks to a month&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324801" />
  <row Id="7941" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4545" RevisionGUID="50fcc882-d7ea-4bb3-91e9-0a1cb9b5c689" CreationDate="2009-05-05T09:16:50.037" UserId="1506" Comment="spelling" Text="Which keystore did you install the certificate into? If you right-clicked on the PFX file and selected 'install' then the answer is your user account's personal store.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Certificates for IIS should be installed in the local computer keystore. The best way to do this is by using the Certificates MMC snap-in.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;MMC &gt; Add/Remove Snap-In &gt; Certificates &gt; Computer account&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've never received the error you posted, but there's a good chance IIS 7 is smart enough to export the certificate from your User account to the Computer account where it belongs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does EventViewer provide any additional information about which logon it's trying to access?" />
  <row Id="7942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4570" RevisionGUID="57b6ccc8-435e-4817-8be6-64a7f8a95435" CreationDate="2009-05-05T09:25:00.563" UserId="1079" Text="&gt; I want to be able to, lets say check a few boxes which software should be installed, click a button and 15 min later I have my image which I could copy on a USB stick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Slax][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.slax.org/" />
  <row Id="7943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4571" RevisionGUID="6542f1c3-6a81-42b3-aa2f-ce068e585d85" CreationDate="2009-05-05T09:30:22.517" UserId="216" Text="According to the link posted by Adam, the `.us` zone doesn't support IPv6 glue at all.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4572" RevisionGUID="e928ebf5-8e06-4420-8bd7-a4a17680d433" CreationDate="2009-05-05T09:30:36.400" UserId="1840" Text="Interesting, because most of the wireless issues I've seen have been on Windows clients (thus my assumption has been that Apple's wireless implementation is vastly more reliable and robust than Microsoft's - software-wise, but also hardware-wise if we're talking about Dell/vs/Apple hardware).  I'll throw in a few punches and see if one helps beat-up the problem ;) :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Have you checked if encryption might be the culprit? (taking it out of the equation and checking would be a way to test this)&#xD;&#xA; - If you have [Macports][1], it would be useful to run wireshark against your wireless NIC and analyze the communication on that device.&#xD;&#xA; - There's a question about Wireless Signal Strength at this [Server Fault Page][2] (Might be useful to try some of those tools to analyze the spectrum).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You mention pinging and using dig.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What are you testing against? (local or remote?)&#xD;&#xA; - DNS names (www.google.com) or IP x.x.x.x)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You've probably tried this already, but wouldn't hurt to delete and recreate the wireless network from the Airport interface control panel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.macports.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4501/wireless-signal-strength-performance" />
  <row Id="7945" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4573" RevisionGUID="6215bc4a-4343-4df0-812e-b1e97e8fbc0b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T09:33:22.790" UserId="1923" Text="When you are rsyncing as a backup method, the biggest problem you will run into is going to be if you have a lot of files you are backing up. Rsync can handle large files without a problem but if the number of files you are backing up gets too large then you will notice that the rsync won't complete in a reasonable amount of time. If this happens you will need to break the backup down into smaller parts and then looping over those parts e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for i in /home/*; do rsync -a -e ssh $i backup@mybackupserver; done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; or tarring the fileset down to reduce the number of files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for having dozens of machines getting a mirror of those changes, it depends on how fresh the backup needs to be. One approach would be to mirror the changes from the primary server to the backup server and then have the other servers pull their changes off the backup server either by an rsync daemon on the initial backup server and then either scheduling the other servers to pull at slightly different times or by having a script use passwordless ssh to connect to each of the servers and tell them to pull a fresh copy of the backup which would help prevent overwhelming your initial backup server - but whether you go to that much trouble is going to depend on how many other machines you have pulling a copy of the backup." />
  <row Id="7947" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4574" RevisionGUID="ea2afcd7-c383-4ba1-92cd-34308689744b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T09:35:23.207" UserId="216" Text="No, don't put your private IP addresses in the public DNS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Firstly, it leaks information, although that's a relatively minor problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The worse problem if your MX records point to that particular host entry is that anyone that does try to send mail to it will at best get mail delivery timeouts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on the sender's mail software they may get bounces.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even worse, if you're using RFC1918 address space (which you should, inside your network) and the sender is too, there's every chance that they'll try and deliver the mail to their own network instead.&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="7948" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="1077" RevisionGUID="8f5e3d9f-52dc-476b-879b-13de5270e80d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T09:38:43.497" UserId="766" Comment="Making the title match the answer better." Text="How to install Java JRE on FreeBSD with as few dependencies as possible" />
  <row Id="7949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4575" RevisionGUID="1dcb2051-b8c5-4934-9af1-d5084ca25293" CreationDate="2009-05-05T09:46:01.373" UserId="1390" Text="As already mentioned, you're probably experiencing leaking class loaders. For some reason your classes are not being unloaded. This can happen for two reasons &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Objects of said classes still exist on the heap, objects always reference their class, or&lt;li&gt;The class loader is referenced somewhere, for whatever reason, class loaders reference their classes in order to not load them twice&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's no catch-all solution to this problem. One helpful tool to help you find the root cause is the [Eclipse Memory Analyzer Tool][1], which you can apply to a heap dump from your JVM (you can enable heap dumps on OOMs with the -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError option). Perhaps start looking for java.lang.Class objects from your web app to see why they are being kept alive. Unfortunately, PermGen is not normally part of a JVM heap dump, so you can only try to find correlating artifacts in the rest of the heap (Class-objects are not stored in PermGen if im not mistaken, only the actual byte code is, please correct me if I'm wrong though).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.eclipse.org/mat/ &quot;Memory Analyzer&quot;" />
  <row Id="7950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4576" RevisionGUID="cb00e0f9-ef62-45ae-9bd2-830e522b2c5e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T10:04:50.967" UserId="155" Text="A good start is to follow Oracle's SAME methodology - Stripe and Mirror Everything. This gives you a good base from which you can add further more specific improvements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The SAME methodology is in the following PDF:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/availability/pdf/oow2000_sane.pdf][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a good discussion on Ask Tom:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:4433784236146][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the main drivers for SAME is the ease of administration. It passes on a lot of the performance considerations to the OS and the underlying storage layer. The idea is that your tablespace files are already spread across a zillion disks in the storage array so any fiddling around you do on top of this doesn't help much. However, as ever, the devil's in the detail. It's tempting to treat the storage layer as a black box but you really do need to understand what's going on and know what sits under each of your tablespace files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/availability/pdf/oow2000_sane.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:4433784236146" />
  <row Id="7951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4577" RevisionGUID="5fd68c98-8d8e-439d-a3f7-12587e9b36ce" CreationDate="2009-05-05T10:17:32.887" UserId="1813" Text="You didn't mention the frequency and the constraints. For desktops, I used a simple nightly cron script that did a dumb but complete duplication of the drive based on something like :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Advantages&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Cannot be simpler**. If there is a problem, just throw away the faulty drive and you're good to go with a new one.&#xD;&#xA; - Since you will be reading the **whole** drive again, and writing the **whole** also it is nice to detect some bad sectors in a proactive way.&#xD;&#xA; - Filesystem &amp; partitionning agnostic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disadvantages&#xD;&#xA;-------------&#xD;&#xA; - Horridly **slow** (Read *hours*). I did improve it by using a custom tool that did basically the same, but reading the destination in parallel and only issuing a write if the data was changed.&#xD;&#xA; - Since you are replicating many live filesystems, not much should change in them, especially since it's not really like a crash, the beginning of the drive will not be in sync with the end. So it's better to do it on a maintenance basis (with temporarily remounting the filesystems R/O)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A more chirugical solution does exist if your system allows &quot;snapshotting&quot; such as [LVM snapshots][1] as other pointed out. I proposed mine since the backup/recovery part is not as simple as your question seemed to imply. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/snapshots_backup.html" />
  <row Id="7954" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4579" RevisionGUID="f03b1806-36bd-4f2f-aa50-a7fb2cb043ab" CreationDate="2009-05-05T10:25:21.183" UserId="1787" Text=" - mod_php in not thread safe, so you'll have to use forked server;&#xD;&#xA; - filenames are case sensitive;&#xD;&#xA; - symbolic links do work;&#xD;&#xA; - configuration is done by editing configuration files. Some distros provide GUIs, but they're limited only to very simple configuration.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7955" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4580" RevisionGUID="420ac9bb-e4e6-498f-8949-0df8f769223c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T10:33:04.223" UserId="1923" Text="Apart from running cacti to graph the mysql performance over time, we have [mysqltuner.com][1] setup to send us a daily report of any variables on the server we should be keeping an eye on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mysqltuner.com" />
  <row Id="7956" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1069" RevisionGUID="971b4cde-1ddb-4be4-b30d-9f4253f11d1f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T10:35:33.703" UserId="247" Text="The only essential I have is [The Practice of System and Network Administration][1] by Limoncelli, Hogan, et al.  My first edition copy lives on my desk&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![first edition][2]![second edition][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://everythingsysadmin.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.everythingsysadmin.com/images/0201702711.01._THUMBZZZ_.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.everythingsysadmin.com/images/0321492668.01._THUMBZZZ_.jpg" />
  <row Id="7957" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4581" RevisionGUID="524b9331-e23e-4836-8e62-25cb3e5533f3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T10:37:38.597" UserId="1787" Text="Most of the standard ones are included in other answers, so I'll go fo non-standard ones:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **[htop][1]** &amp;mdash; great for process management;&#xD;&#xA;- **[pinfo][2]** &amp;mdash; lynx like browser for info and man pages. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Htop&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://pinfo.sourceforge.net/" />
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  <row Id="7959" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4582" RevisionGUID="d3b8e891-59bb-4844-9bf5-79da500a540a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T10:43:38.410" UserId="247" Text="No-one's mentioned dsquery * and dsmod yet?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pipe your dsquery results into dsmod and do mass changes to AD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Description:  Finds any objects in the directory according to criteria.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Syntax:     dsquery * [{&lt;StartNode&gt; | forestroot | domainroot}]&#xD;&#xA;                [-scope {subtree | onelevel | base}] [-filter &lt;LDAPFilter&gt;]&#xD;&#xA;                [-attr {&lt;AttrList&gt; | *}] [-attrsonly] [-l]&#xD;&#xA;                [{-s &lt;Server&gt; | -d &lt;Domain&gt;}] [-u &lt;UserName&gt;]&#xD;&#xA;                [-p {&lt;Password&gt; | *}] [-q] [-r] [-gc]&#xD;&#xA;                [{-uc | -uco | -uci}]&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Parameters:&#xD;&#xA;    Value                       Description&#xD;&#xA;    {&lt;StartNode&gt; | forestroot | domainroot}&#xD;&#xA;                                The node where the search will start:&#xD;&#xA;                                forest root, domain root, or a node&#xD;&#xA;                                whose DN is &lt;StartNode&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;                                Can be &quot;forestroot&quot;, &quot;domainroot&quot; or an object&#xD;&#xA;                                DN.&#xD;&#xA;                                If &quot;forestroot&quot; is specified, the search is done&#xD;&#xA;                                via the global catalog. Default: domainroot.&#xD;&#xA;    -scope {subtree | onelevel | base}&#xD;&#xA;                                Specifies the scope of the search:&#xD;&#xA;                                subtree rooted at start node (subtree);&#xD;&#xA;                                immediate children of start node only (onelevel);&#xD;&#xA;                                the base object represented by start node (base).&#xD;&#xA;                                Note that subtree and domain scope&#xD;&#xA;                                are essentially the same for any start node&#xD;&#xA;                                unless the start node represents a domain root.&#xD;&#xA;                                If forestroot is specified as &lt;StartNode&gt;,&#xD;&#xA;                                subtree is the only valid scope.&#xD;&#xA;                                Default: subtree.&#xD;&#xA;    -filter &lt;LDAPFilter&gt;        Specifies that the search use the explicit&#xD;&#xA;                                LDAP search filter &lt;LDAPFilter&gt; specified in the&#xD;&#xA;                                LDAP search filter format for searching.&#xD;&#xA;                                Default:(objectCategory=*).The search filter&#xD;&#xA;                                string must be enclosed in double quotes.&#xD;&#xA;    -attr {&lt;AttrList&gt; | *}      If &lt;AttrList&gt;, specifies a space-separated list&#xD;&#xA;                                of LDAP display names to be returned for&#xD;&#xA;                                each entry in the result set.&#xD;&#xA;                                If *, specifies all attributes present on&#xD;&#xA;                                the objects in the result set.&#xD;&#xA;                                Default: distinguishedName.&#xD;&#xA;    -attrsonly                  Shows only the attribute types present on&#xD;&#xA;                                the entries in the result set but not&#xD;&#xA;                                their values.&#xD;&#xA;                                Default: shows both attribute type and value.&#xD;&#xA;    -l                          Shows the entries in the search result set&#xD;&#xA;                                in a list format. Default: table format.&#xD;&#xA;    {-s &lt;Server&gt; | -d &lt;Domain&gt;}&#xD;&#xA;                                -s &lt;Server&gt; connects to the domain controller&#xD;&#xA;                                (DC) with name &lt;Server&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;                                -d &lt;Domain&gt; connects to a DC in domain &lt;Domain&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;                                Default: a DC in the logon domain.&#xD;&#xA;    -u &lt;UserName&gt;               Connect as &lt;UserName&gt;. Default: the logged in&#xD;&#xA;                                user. User name can be: user name,&#xD;&#xA;                                domain\user name, or user principal name (UPN).&#xD;&#xA;    -p &lt;Password&gt;               Password for the user &lt;UserName&gt;. If * then you&#xD;&#xA;                                are prompted for a password.&#xD;&#xA;    -q                          Quiet mode: suppress all output to standard&#xD;&#xA;                                output.&#xD;&#xA;    -r                          Recurse or follow referrals during search.&#xD;&#xA;                                Default: do not chase referrals during search.&#xD;&#xA;    -gc                         Search in the Active Directory global catalog.&#xD;&#xA;    -limit &lt;NumObjects&gt;         Specifies the number of objects matching the&#xD;&#xA;                                given criteria to be returned, where &lt;NumObjects&gt;&#xD;&#xA;                                is the number of objects to be returned.&#xD;&#xA;                                If the value of &lt;NumObjects&gt; is 0, all matching&#xD;&#xA;                                objects are returned. If this parameter is not&#xD;&#xA;                                specified, by default the first 100 results are&#xD;&#xA;                                displayed.&#xD;&#xA;    {-uc | -uco | -uci}         -uc Specifies that input from or output to pipe&#xD;&#xA;                                is formatted in Unicode.&#xD;&#xA;                                -uco Specifies that output to pipe or file is&#xD;&#xA;                                formatted in Unicode.&#xD;&#xA;                                -uci Specifies that input from pipe or file is&#xD;&#xA;                                formatted in Unicode.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Remarks:&#xD;&#xA;    The dsquery commands help you find objects in the directory that match&#xD;&#xA;    a specified search criterion: the input to dsquery is a search criteria&#xD;&#xA;    and the output is a list of objects matching the search. To get the&#xD;&#xA;    properties of a specific object, use the dsget commands (dsget /?).&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    A user-entered value containing spaces or semicolons must be enclosed in&#xD;&#xA;    quotes (&quot;&quot;). Multiple user-entered values must be separated using commas&#xD;&#xA;    (for example, a list of attribute types).&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Examples:&#xD;&#xA;    To find all users in the current domain only whose SAM account name begins&#xD;&#xA;    with the string &quot;jon&quot; and display their SAM account name,&#xD;&#xA;    User Principal Name (UPN) and department in table format:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    dsquery * domainroot&#xD;&#xA;    -filter &quot;(&amp;(objectCategory=Person)(objectClass=User)(sAMAccountName=jon*))&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    -attr sAMAccountName userPrincipalName department&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    To read the sAMAccountName, userPrincipalName and department attributes of&#xD;&#xA;    the object whose DN is ou=Test,dc=microsoft,dc=com:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Dsquery * ou=Test,dc=microsoft,dc=com -scope base&#xD;&#xA;    -attr sAMAccountName userPrincipalName department&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    To read all attributes of the object whose DN is ou=Test,dc=microsoft,dc=com:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Dsquery * ou=Test,dc=microsoft,dc=com -scope base -attr *&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    See also:&#xD;&#xA;    dsquery computer /? - help for finding computers in the directory.&#xD;&#xA;    dsquery contact /? - help for finding contacts in the directory.&#xD;&#xA;    dsquery subnet /? - help for finding subnets in the directory.&#xD;&#xA;    dsquery group /? - help for finding groups in the directory.&#xD;&#xA;    dsquery ou /? - help for finding organizational units in the directory.&#xD;&#xA;    dsquery site /? - help for finding sites in the directory.&#xD;&#xA;    dsquery server /? - help for finding servers in the directory.&#xD;&#xA;    dsquery user /? - help for finding users in the directory.&#xD;&#xA;    dsquery quota /? - help for finding quotas in the directory.&#xD;&#xA;    dsquery partition /? - help for finding partitions in the directory.&#xD;&#xA;    dsquery * /? - help for finding any object in the directory by using&#xD;&#xA;    a generic LDAP query.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Directory Service command-line tools help:&#xD;&#xA;    dsadd /? - help for adding objects.&#xD;&#xA;    dsget /? - help for displaying objects.&#xD;&#xA;    dsmod /? - help for modifying objects.&#xD;&#xA;    dsmove /? - help for moving objects.&#xD;&#xA;    dsquery /? - help for finding objects matching search criteria.&#xD;&#xA;    dsrm /? - help for deleting objects.&#xD;&#xA;    dsquery failed:The parameter is incorrect.&#xD;&#xA;    type dsquery /? for help." />
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  <row Id="7961" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4478" RevisionGUID="e88cdec3-aedc-43aa-9e4c-83c9a845b60d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T10:47:15.670" UserId="247" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;san&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="7962" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4583" RevisionGUID="5586e73b-d060-49fe-b3ba-831825cc15d8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T10:47:24.097" UserId="1797" Text="The vncviewer can connect on it's own through SSH, so a shorter command would be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    vncviewer -via username@hostname.tld localhost:x&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the above, x is your local display (0, 1...)." />
  <row Id="7963" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1618" RevisionGUID="c00e1180-a743-4730-9c90-dbf40bcffd29" CreationDate="2009-05-05T10:49:19.223" UserId="247" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;sbs2003&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;sbs&gt;" />
  <row Id="7964" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3517" RevisionGUID="87b9d2c7-d319-431e-a258-87aaed0150d5" CreationDate="2009-05-05T10:52:55.703" UserId="412" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="I would suggest that sysadmins with UK interests read this...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Companies in the UK must include certain regulatory information on their websites and in their email footers before 1 January 2007 or they will breach the Companies Act and risk a fine.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/21/new_web_email_regulation/" />
  <row Id="7965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4584" RevisionGUID="c223a1c4-c08d-4f9a-99b2-14e67bd222d6" CreationDate="2009-05-05T10:54:31.003" UserId="1787" Text="Disadvantages of SDDs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- still 30-50 times more expensive then HDDs of same capacity;&#xD;&#xA;- have 10-20 times less capacity then current HDDs;&#xD;&#xA;- have limited number of writes;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Relate article on THG: [**&quot;SSDs Replacing HDDs Soon? Not A Chance&quot;**][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Moreover, even if the money is not an issue, you're asking about laptop. In most laptops you can only have one disk, so there is no way of having setup like fast SSD for apps, big HDD for data (unless you consider using external HDD as valid option).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-hdd-sata,2115.html" />
  <row Id="7966" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4585" RevisionGUID="df4a1cd8-23ae-422e-9401-f36d7f18c3c4" CreationDate="2009-05-05T10:56:25.260" UserId="1134" Text="[ClusterSSH][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ClusterSSH controls a number of xterm windows via a single graphical console window to allow commands to be interactively run on multiple servers over an ssh connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/clusterssh/" />
  <row Id="7967" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4585" RevisionGUID="df4a1cd8-23ae-422e-9401-f36d7f18c3c4" CreationDate="2009-05-05T10:56:25.260" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="7968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4586" RevisionGUID="e393bbcb-616c-4f1c-8538-07b6a8ed48ac" CreationDate="2009-05-05T11:01:30.253" UserId="1797" Text="Have you tried booting on safe mode (verbose)? 9 out of 10 you will see where it is getting &quot;stuck&quot; on the black safe boot screen. Try both, with and without network, and take action accondingly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In an extreme case, and before pointing fingers to hardware problems, I would make sure it is running the latest BIOS firmware, re-install Windows, make sure to install the proper drivers and see if the problem continues. If it does, you could either choose to run hardware diagnostics or open a support ticket with the machine manufacturer." />
  <row Id="7969" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4584" RevisionGUID="838b27a8-f7c4-4927-88a9-0267ced35659" CreationDate="2009-05-05T11:05:19.683" UserId="1787" Comment="added 147 characters in body" Text="Disadvantages of SDDs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- still 30-50 times more expensive then HDDs of same capacity;&#xD;&#xA;- have 10-20 times less capacity then current HDDs;&#xD;&#xA;- have limited number of writes;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Relate article on THG: [**&quot;SSDs Replacing HDDs Soon? Not A Chance&quot;**][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Moreover, even if the money is not an issue, you're asking about laptop. In most laptops you can only have one disk, so there is no way of having setup like fast SSD for apps, big HDD for data (unless you consider using external HDD as valid option).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, SSD has much more mechanical resistance. Not so long ago my laptop fell of the table, resulting in total HDD failure. Painful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-hdd-sata,2115.html" />
  <row Id="7970" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3970" RevisionGUID="c344f533-f221-411d-96ec-a311814247b2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T11:11:29.217" UserId="1804" Comment="Community wiki comment" Text="&lt;body&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Are you using a wiki format? If so, which product? (MediaWiki, Confluence, Sharepoint etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you create a knowledge base? (Problem/solution-oriented short documents.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What challenges do you find with creating documentation that works, so you don't get the call when you're off on holiday?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For me, I find there is often a certain amount of organisational &quot;inertia&quot; involved with getting documentation done. It seems to be a different kind of person who can do a task, then think about *how* they did the task and describe it so someone else can do it - kind of forces to you &quot;go meta&quot; and not everyone is comfortable doing that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking forward to people's thoughts on this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;Edit:&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Marking this as community wiki as there isn't really a correct answer to this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;Edit 2:&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;OK, I've read the FAQ now and it specifically states that not having an answer is *not* a valid reason to make something community wiki, am slapping myself on the wrist as we speak. I will edit this post to collate all the info provided by the community when we've collected more answers.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/body&gt;" />
  <row Id="7971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4587" RevisionGUID="fd8f119c-8c9a-474b-b34e-7c8c34313799" CreationDate="2009-05-05T11:15:26.960" UserId="1781" Text="If you don't have the agent, use the Scheduler to call a script like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    BACKUP DATABASE MyDatabase TO DISK='C:\MyDatabase.bak'; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or similar…&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember that C:\ cannot be a network drive it must be a locally connected drive. (No, mapped drives doesn't work either).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7972" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="417" RevisionGUID="02f6cc91-75d9-4b53-ae4a-695ded408843" CreationDate="2009-05-05T11:15:31.390" UserId="333" Comment="added 1320 characters in body" Text="**Stay Calm**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't freak out. Breathe! (From the diaphragm, it helps.) If you've studied meditation, that can help too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When faced with extreme stress your body will go into a flight-or-fight mode, because your body thinks it's in a life-or-death situation. At this time your body will actually pump less blood to some parts of your brain, lessening functions like reasoning. This effectively lowers your IQ as instinct, instead of rationality, begins to dominate your brain functions. If you've ever been in or witnessed a heated argument you may recognize these symptoms as peoples' emotions flare and rationality takes a holiday. Later, when people have a chance to cool down they will be more likely to accept having made a mistake or having been wrong, and are more capable of seeing the other side, but in the heat of the moment, less so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maintaining your composure and keeping your wits about you will keep your brain functioning at full capacity and ensure you make rational decisions based on evidence and reason rather than emotion and fear.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Triage**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Efficient application of limited resources to achieve the greatest benefit at the lowest cost is supremely important here. Make the decisions as early as possible which things have to be fixed RIGHT NOW, which can wait a little while (hours, days), and which can wait indefinitely. Also learn to realize when something is unsalvageable and not worth saving (e.g. half the router melted, even if it's your only one, you can't save it, buy a new one and get it on site post-haste or find something that can fill the gap temporarily).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Retain Situational Awareness**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't allow your attention to be trapped by some interesting problem or by something you don't quite understand yet. Keep focused on the big picture and on getting the most important things working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Use the Scientific Method**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Form a hypothesis. Determine how you would test this hypothesis. Gather data to test the hypothesis. Look for dis-confirming data as well. Refine your hypothesis and repeat the cycle as many times as necessary until you have enough confidence in your hypothesis to take action.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Be Pragmatic**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now is not the time for dogma. It's ok to take a few shortcuts here and there when recovering from disaster. This is essentially accruing technical debt. At many companies, catastrophic failure means catastrophic loss of revenue. It's better to get things running, even if on a shaky footing, than to dilly-dally and risk the livelihood of your company. As always, judgement is supremely important here. Sometimes it makes sense to prop up a box fan pointed at a server rack, sometimes it's not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Look After Yourself**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How long have you been working on this emergency? When was the last time you had a drink of water? When was the last time you've eaten? How long have you been awake? Don't burn yourself out just because there's an emergency, take the time to keep hydrated, fed, and rested (in case it's a long, multi-day slog).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Recruit Help**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are almost certainly many talented folks in your company who are both motivated and capable of lending help. Be wary of getting too many people running around and causing trouble for each other though. Also be wary of annoying people by putting them through a &quot;firedrill&quot;. Find people who want to help already, get them working on targeted tasks, and make sure people are communicating with each other.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Communicate**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Communication is critical. Nothing is as scary as the unknown. When people know nothing other than that something is broken, an empty statement that it'll be back up in X hours is only mildly reassuring (even less reassuring after X hours have passed and things are still broken). The pressures at play can steer you toward giving overly optimistic WAG time-estimates, but this is the wrong course. Don't just say you're working on it, don't just say things will be fixed by X time. Be open, show your process. Provide insight into the problem, your process in tracking it down, and your plan for fixing things (though don't drown people in minutiae). Show that the problem is not intractable, show that things will be made right eventually, show that there are competent people on the problem, these things are more reassuring than baseless time-schedule promises." />
  <row Id="7973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4588" RevisionGUID="5b1b6d0d-8c12-4150-9e37-0c63a227807b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T11:21:19.910" UserId="1797" Text="You need to grant the users the &quot;**Send As**&quot; permissions. Not sure how to accomplish that on SBS 2003, but on Exchange 2003 you will:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Start the Exchange version of Active Directory Users and Computers&#xD;&#xA; 2. From the View menu choose **Advanced Features**.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Right click the user who wants to let other people send messages on his behalf and select **Properties**.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Select the **Security** tab and click **Advanced**.&#xD;&#xA; 5. Select the **Permissions** tab and click **Add**.&#xD;&#xA; 6. Enter the users who require the Send As permission, then click **OK**.&#xD;&#xA; 7. You will see the list of permissions. Make sure that &quot;*This object only*&quot; is selected for the apply field, then scroll to the bottom and select the *Send As* permission. Click **OK**.&#xD;&#xA; 8. **OK** the Advanced security dialog box, and **OK** the User Properties window to close.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4589" RevisionGUID="ee8b403c-c619-4df1-9786-6fdc00d45292" CreationDate="2009-05-05T11:22:33.653" UserId="1964" Text="I have recently joined a company as the sole IT guy and I'm struggling to get a handle on what software and hardware we own and how it is deployed.  Keeping in mind my limited time and budget, what tools or processes are going to be effective for discovering and managing this information?  Things I am looking after include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Approximately 35 desktops including PC and Mac.&#xD;&#xA;* Microsoft servers including AD, Exchange, SQL and IIS servers.&#xD;&#xA;* Wired, wireless and VPN networks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My goals are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Identify and improve any issues.&#xD;&#xA;* Make sure we are licensed correctly.&#xD;&#xA;* Document enough to make the next guys job easier." />
  <row Id="7975" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4589" RevisionGUID="ee8b403c-c619-4df1-9786-6fdc00d45292" CreationDate="2009-05-05T11:22:33.653" UserId="1964" Text="Taming an existing network" />
  <row Id="7976" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4589" RevisionGUID="ee8b403c-c619-4df1-9786-6fdc00d45292" CreationDate="2009-05-05T11:22:33.653" UserId="1964" Text="&lt;licensing&gt;&lt;small-business&gt;&lt;inventory&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="7977" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4590" RevisionGUID="bc299991-bfce-4b99-be39-817ea93d8cd3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T11:25:54.003" UserId="1436" Text="For the Microsoft side of things, contact them and ask them what you have. They'll know everything that isn't OEM and are really helpful in this regard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The OEM OS's should have stickers on the machines and should be identifiable that way. Servers that don't have a sticker generally aren't licensed and could make for an expensive mistake." />
  <row Id="7978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4591" RevisionGUID="01ee5ee4-b278-4a4f-b642-51d09e3baa3a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T11:26:00.790" UserId="1967" Text="I'm looking for an opensource or free network search tool. Similar to LanSearch but free." />
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  <row Id="7980" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4591" RevisionGUID="01ee5ee4-b278-4a4f-b642-51d09e3baa3a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T11:26:00.790" UserId="1967" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;search&gt;" />
  <row Id="7981" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="417" RevisionGUID="25dab71e-d7e6-4011-b2f1-4410a147b5ec" CreationDate="2009-05-05T11:27:08.087" UserId="333" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="**Stay Calm**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't freak out. Breathe! (From the diaphragm, it helps.) If you've studied meditation, that can help too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When faced with extreme stress your body will go into a flight-or-fight mode, because your body thinks it's in a life-or-death situation. At this time your body will actually pump less blood to some parts of your brain, lessening functions like reasoning. This effectively lowers your IQ as instinct, instead of rationality, begins to dominate your brain functions. If you've ever been in or witnessed a heated argument you may recognize these symptoms as peoples' emotions flare and rationality takes a holiday. Later, when people have a chance to cool down they will be more likely to accept having made a mistake or having been wrong, and are more capable of seeing the other side, but in the heat of the moment, less so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maintaining your composure and keeping your wits about you will keep your brain functioning at full capacity and ensure you make rational decisions based on evidence and reason rather than emotion and fear.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Triage**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Efficient application of limited resources to achieve the greatest benefit at the lowest cost is supremely important here. Make the decisions as early as possible which things have to be fixed RIGHT NOW, which can wait a little while (hours, days), and which can wait indefinitely. Also learn to realize when something is unsalvageable and not worth saving (e.g. half the router melted, even if it's your only one, you can't save it, buy a new one and get it on site post-haste or find something that can fill the gap temporarily).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Retain Situational Awareness**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't allow your attention to be trapped by some interesting problem or by something you don't quite understand yet. Keep focused on the big picture and on getting the most important things working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Use the Scientific Method**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Form a hypothesis. Determine how you would test this hypothesis. Gather data to test the hypothesis. Look for dis-confirming data as well. Refine your hypothesis and repeat the cycle as many times as necessary until you have enough confidence in your hypothesis to take action.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Be Pragmatic**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now is not the time for dogma. It's ok to take a few shortcuts here and there when recovering from disaster. This is essentially accruing technical debt. At many companies, catastrophic failure means catastrophic loss of revenue. It's better to get things running, even if on a shaky footing, than to dilly-dally and risk the livelihood of your company. As always, judgement is supremely important here. Sometimes it makes sense to prop up a box fan pointed at a server rack, sometimes it doesn't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Look After Yourself**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How long have you been working on this emergency? When was the last time you had a drink of water? When was the last time you've eaten? How long have you been awake? Don't burn yourself out just because there's an emergency, take the time to keep hydrated, fed, and rested (in case it's a long, multi-day slog).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Recruit Help**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are almost certainly many talented folks in your company who are both motivated and capable of lending help. Be wary of getting too many people running around and causing trouble for each other though. Also be wary of annoying people by putting them through a &quot;firedrill&quot;. Find people who want to help already, get them working on targeted tasks, and make sure people are communicating with each other.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Communicate**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Communication is critical. Nothing is as scary as the unknown. When people know nothing other than that something is broken, an empty statement that it'll be back up in X hours is only mildly reassuring (even less reassuring after X hours have passed and things are still broken). The pressures at play can steer you toward giving overly optimistic WAG time-estimates, but this is the wrong course. Don't just say you're working on it, don't just say things will be fixed by X time. Be open, show your process, detail your progress and your setbacks. Provide insight into the problem, your process in tracking it down, and your plan for fixing things (though don't drown people in minutiae). Show that the problem is not intractable, show that things will be made right eventually, show that there are competent people on the problem, these things are more reassuring than baseless time-schedule promises." />
  <row Id="7982" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4592" RevisionGUID="bed0917b-1519-4c22-9fae-778206e5af7f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T11:27:08.883" UserId="1466" Text="I run a mysql server that hosts around 50Gb of data (primarily for around 250 websites), and am wondering what my options are for setting up a **redundant MySQL cluster**?  The primary purpose would be that I could take one server down for maintenance or reboot, without affecting database availablity - and secondarily that there would be some kind of **hot failover** in case of problems with the live server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My understanding is that **mysql-cluster** requires that the DBs be entirely contained in memory, and with so much data, that is not a practical option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="7989" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3935" RevisionGUID="f4cf4026-5f05-4ef0-a5f3-8f2033db62e2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T11:37:29.840" UserId="1725" Comment="edited body" Text="**There's no such thing as an &quot;ideal monitor setup&quot; because there's no such thing as a &quot;canonical user&quot; either !** (plus the setup you need depends on the tasks you have to perform)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, the strategy I use at my company is simple :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **Get every developer as many monitors as he asks for. Plain and simple.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(And I should mention I am running this company, so I'm basically the one paying for hardware ; that being said, I used the same strategy in my previous work position, when I was running a middle-sized .net programming team in a top-tier Investment Bank)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Three reasons to use this strategy :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- A typical monitor costs around $300 and will probably be used for say 3 years... That's a total cost of ownership of around $.5 a day including electricity. The cost of 'ownership' of a good programmer is rather in the $500's a day. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; In other words, **a monitor pays for himself as soon as he saves *1 minute* a day of a programmer's time.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **You acknowledge the fact that your programmers know better than you what they need to get their work done** (which is a strong motivator for them). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   I use to tell my team-members :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  &gt; If you need something to get your work&#xD;&#xA;&gt; done, just buy it, or ask me to get it&#xD;&#xA;&gt; bought. I don't want to waste your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; time arguing over why you *need* an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; USB rocket launcher. You probably know&#xD;&#xA;&gt; better than me what you need :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **You acknowledge the fact that your programmers work is important enough to let them having the best tools money can buy** (again, a very strong motivator)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In fact, programmers are so expensive that almost everything that can ease their job is worth buying. I'm talking about :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- as many monitors as they need&#xD;&#xA;- a very fast computer, SSD, quadcore, you name it.&#xD;&#xA;- another computer, if it's needed&#xD;&#xA;- all the books he might want to look at&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To end with, a few words about *my current setup for developing a .net software* (YMMV if you're either not me, not me in may '09, or not developing a .net software)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- two verticals 22&quot; 1920*1080 monitors, displaying a vertically-split Visual Studio&#xD;&#xA;- one landscape 22&quot; 1920*1080 monitor for VS's toolboxes (solution explorer, toolbox, etc.) and other various tools (SQL Management Studio, namely)&#xD;&#xA;- one landscape 22&quot; 1920*1080 monitor for firefox/IM/outlook&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A good reason to add an extra-monitor is if you need some things to be constantly visible (such as supervision tools)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my experience, I hate working with only one monitor, 2 is ok, my productivity still benefits for a third one, and extra monitors are not really needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4595" RevisionGUID="8bf5571d-ee82-4aa9-a06e-6cd9e0e0ce76" CreationDate="2009-05-05T11:38:19.357" UserId="1797" Text="LanSearch Pro is now free (not opensource), from what [I can see][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.softperfect.com/products/lspro/" />
  <row Id="7991" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4419" RevisionGUID="ecba7f2a-c224-4e4d-b833-bd16a44bf7a7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T11:38:56.797" UserId="247" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;cpu&gt;&lt;ram&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="7992" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4596" RevisionGUID="0d48976e-e997-48d5-86c4-297730f18b9f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T11:42:39.890" UserId="1375" Text="What you need is replication.  While a lot of people use MySQL replication, I've dealt with it enough (dozens of high capacity production MySQL instances) to know it's not a winning option.  It's pretty fragile, and will fail at inconvenient times.  Now, I'm leaning towards using a block replication solution such as DRBD to make the MySQL stores consistent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as the failover goes, again MySQL replication doesn't deal with this particularly well.  While failing over from master to slave is a fairly automatable operation, dealing with the aftermath (getting replication running again the other way) is always a manual process, requiring poking and prodding to ensure that everything works right.  Whichever replication method you choose, I use heartbeat to detect whether everything's working right and when the currently active server falls over, making sure that an orderly takeover of resources occurs.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="7993" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4597" RevisionGUID="b854124f-e294-4bab-a441-f41bcad4c3de" CreationDate="2009-05-05T11:44:05.113" UserId="1696" Text="One other option is to run MSConfig (start -&gt; run -&gt; msconfig) and deselect all un-necessary services / startup programs and then re-enable them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;also, you could check the registry folder for the RunOnce to see if on shutting down if anything is being added to this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;finally does this happen if you create a brand new user and log in as them? If so then it could be a corrupt profile or other antagonist. " />
  <row Id="7994" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4598" RevisionGUID="a794b132-d538-4d18-b8b6-de88c4d4b44f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T11:44:34.037" UserId="629" Text="For ubuntu, many more up to date packages are available using the Personal Package Archives on launchpad.net. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using ubuntu 8.04 (hardy) then the most relevant one would appear to be &lt;https://launchpad.net/~mono-edge/+archive/ppa&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want the really bleeding edge mono, then there is a mono-testing PPA with mono 2.4 at &lt;https://launchpad.net/~mono-testing/+archive/ppa&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To install packages from a PPA, and get updates for them, [follow these instructions](https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA#Adding%20a%20PPA%20to%20your%20Ubuntu%20repositories)." />
  <row Id="7995" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4599" RevisionGUID="0bcd448c-088f-4d84-bf6e-42c6ffdac8a3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T11:48:25.633" UserId="1964" Text="The main file shares on our network are currently hosted by old Apple XServes.  I had planned to replace some of these with Windows shares as I have better hardware available but have been told this is likely to cause issues with some of our Mac users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What sort of issues am I likely to run into and what are the recommended ways of hosting general file storage in a mixed OS (Windows, OSX, occasionally linux) environment?" />
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  <row Id="7998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4600" RevisionGUID="a0581b0b-9468-49b0-b310-e6e2850dbcb3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T11:48:46.053" UserId="1696" Text="i've to generic suggestions here. One is that rememeber with the task manager you can add other columns to see things like hard drive read/writes which can help to suss out if a program is hogging the HD. This at times has really helped me debug.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;also if you are testing a lot of hardware then consider creating a clone of your basic installation (including office and other 'necessary' software) and then when your machine is chockablock just over write with a clone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;finally if you are testing a lot of software then consider a virtual machine to run it inside. if you like the software after testing then you can install it on your main machine. if not then you can zap the virtual machine." />
  <row Id="7999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4601" RevisionGUID="84ad9511-9acf-4678-8480-3f8f170dc94a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T11:49:07.877" UserId="247" Text="There are lots of tools in the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) that would be really useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, the licensing on it is amazingly unclear.  I thought I understood Microsoft licensing until I saw MDOP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone explain how MDOP is licensed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For instance, can I install a DEM server if I only have one (well five's the minimum, I guess) PC on Software Assurance, or does every PC I connect to DEM have to have SA on the OS?" />
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  <row Id="8002" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4593" RevisionGUID="28d29780-13dd-4bb3-8a0d-8bcbf22d4a5e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T11:49:38.097" UserId="1961" Comment="Content edits" Text=" - Open Active Directory Users &amp; Computers&#xD;&#xA; - Activate &quot;Advanced Features&quot; in the View menu&#xD;&#xA; - Find the distribution list you want to send as&#xD;&#xA; - Open the properties and go to the Security tab&#xD;&#xA; - Add the user or group in question&#xD;&#xA; - Check the &quot;Send As&quot; permission&#xD;&#xA; - OK your way out&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is by the way a difference between &quot;Send As&quot; and &quot;Send on Behalf Of&quot;. In the latter you can see which mailbox did actually send the mail, with &quot;Send As&quot; - and the above procedure - the message appears to come directly from the user that you granted access." />
  <row Id="8003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4602" RevisionGUID="af861a5f-9039-4f49-b507-9038b110e010" CreationDate="2009-05-05T11:51:30.570" UserId="247" Text="I think most of us have to buy Microsoft licences.  I suspect all of us have got confused by Microsoft's licensing system before now - I know I have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone explain it in straightforward terms?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suggest making one answer for one bit (e.g. Desktop Windows; e.g. Software Assurance; e.g. SQL Server; e.g. Enterprise Agreement vs Select Agreement) and explaining that in detail so we can collect a wiki with a complete set of answers." />
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  <row Id="8007" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4603" RevisionGUID="6a97de8e-9113-4612-82ef-7740153f7897" CreationDate="2009-05-05T11:55:14.820" UserId="1797" Text="Windows 2003 and up [have a feature][1] (which is &quot;tunable&quot; on Group Policy under Security Options) that will digitally sign all communications on the Microsoft network server. That will prevent Mac OS X clients from accessing shares on a Windows 2003(+).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can live with the security 'downgrade' that turning that off would represent, I do not see any other issues at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc728025.aspx" />
  <row Id="8008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4604" RevisionGUID="e5e33b5e-2703-4375-b25a-abb6f512a10e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T11:57:38.497" UserId="1969" Text="I have site hosted at a domain www.x.com.  I have a newer version of the same site hosted at www.y.com.  I would like to retire x.com, but for reasons of familiarity and pagerank, I need to keep the x.com domain for a while.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are my options in regards to forwarding or redirecting users that arrive at x.com to y.com?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally, I don't want to pay the hosting fees at x.com any longer, but I will if needed.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="8011" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4605" RevisionGUID="61a5fcde-2cab-4077-b70b-c42d3bd6d5c1" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:00:25.183" UserId="1809" Text="I'm looking for 64bit **signed** bluetooth drivers for Broadcom BCM2045 chipset.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Drivers available for [AirLive BT-201USB](http://www.aienter code hererlive.com/product/product_3.jsp?pdid=PD1217409688986) based on this chipset have 64bit version but aren't signed and therefore I can't install them on Vista x64." />
  <row Id="8012" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4605" RevisionGUID="61a5fcde-2cab-4077-b70b-c42d3bd6d5c1" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:00:25.183" UserId="1809" Text="Vista x64 - looking for 64bit signed bluetooth drivers for Broadcom BCM2045 chipset " />
  <row Id="8013" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4605" RevisionGUID="61a5fcde-2cab-4077-b70b-c42d3bd6d5c1" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:00:25.183" UserId="1809" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;drivers&gt;&lt;x64&gt;&lt;64-bit&gt;" />
  <row Id="8014" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4606" RevisionGUID="71303c3d-71d6-4bb3-8cad-8548771e9c4a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:03:03.837" UserId="1797" Text="This topic is lengthy and convoluted. I do not think it can be explained with &quot;straight forward&quot; terms, but I might be wrong. I recommend following the following links, or simply searching (insert your personal choice of search engine here) for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Emma explains Microsoft Licensing][1].&#xD;&#xA; - [In depth Licensing][2] aimed to Microsoft employees, partners and customers (Windows Live ID required) covers similar topics.&#xD;&#xA; - [Operating System Licensing explained][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ladylicensing.spaces.live.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/LadyLicensing/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.microsoft.com/australia/licensing/resources/facts.mspx" />
  <row Id="8015" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4606" RevisionGUID="71303c3d-71d6-4bb3-8cad-8548771e9c4a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:03:03.837" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4607" RevisionGUID="afdca22a-2cf4-4e83-8186-7813003d7b8e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:05:07.903" UserId="247" Text="The easiest option is to create a CNAME in DNS for www.x.com and point it at www.y.com and configure the web server to listen to both domain names.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A nicer alternative is to return a 301 (permanent redirect).  Most browsers will automatically update bookmarks/favorites." />
  <row Id="8017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4608" RevisionGUID="6f2c0a7d-d50b-40f8-9288-5bcc3058077d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:05:12.427" UserId="388" Text="Process wise, it sounds like a task management system like &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done&quot;&gt;'Getting Things Done'&lt;/a&gt; or 'The Cycle' will be invaluable. The latter was developed by a system administrator and I've heard that it can be very helpful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would start with spending a couple of hours writing down a list of all the documentation and inventory that you need to be able to sleep soundly without worrying about your environment. Once you have that, order it by priority, start at the top and work your way down the list; each of those items probably warrant a question of their own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In terms of generic monitoring, if you have a spare machine, it may be worth setting up a Nagios instance. This will show you what kinds of alerts/issues you are seeing on your network and may give you pointers as to where to start in terms of infrastructure improvement. &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/44/what-tool-do-you-use-to-monitor-your-servers&quot;&gt;These&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/1259/network-monitoring&quot;&gt;questions&lt;/a&gt; cover the topic of monitoring in more depth." />
  <row Id="8018" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4609" RevisionGUID="6d152617-f1c7-4ce4-8481-1e01fdd90184" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:05:14.250" UserId="1797" Text="I will try looking for a signed version of the drivers for you, but you **can** install unsigned drivers on Vista (32 or 64), it is just not advised by Microsoft." />
  <row Id="8019" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4610" RevisionGUID="d0a531f7-42fe-4605-823d-8776831afcbe" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:06:07.057" UserId="463" Text="You might want to have a look at [Apache Synapse][1]. It is aimed more at web services rather than pure http proxying, but does have some nice features allowing not only load balancing, but the ability to spin up additional servers on EC2 in response to application load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://synapse.apache.org/" />
  <row Id="8020" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4611" RevisionGUID="1bc4bf68-bb59-48ff-91bf-ef141ffb5821" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:06:14.373" UserId="1786" Text="You have several options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**DNS** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set up an CNAME record in your zone file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    foo.example.com.        CNAME  bar.example.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using your domains:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    www.x.com.        CNAME  www.y.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is your best option as it means you don't need to have a physical server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Apache/IIS Redirect**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use your web serving software to redirect users, this is more flexible but requires you keep a sever up and running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**HTTP Meta Refresh**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The simplest option a simple meta refresh tag:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;META http-equiv=&quot;refresh&quot; content=&quot;0;URL=http://www.y.com&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again you'll need a server, " />
  <row Id="8021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4612" RevisionGUID="8581e612-316a-4f75-b671-9128c263d814" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:06:58.007" UserId="301" Text="Whatever you choose, you'll need to keep domain x.com registered.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having done that you can setup an extra vhost on the server that handles y.com. You then change the A records for x.com to point to the same IP that y.com has (or use a CNAME if you prefer). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That vhost definition for x.com will redirect any traffic landing on x.com to y.com. If you use apache it would probably look something like this (where aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd is the IP address of the y.com server)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        ServerName x.com&#xD;&#xA;        ServerAlias www.x.com&#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;        RedirectMatch permanent ^/$ http://y.com$1&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The important part of that stanza above is the use of the 301, permanent, direct code, which is recommended by SEO experts to &quot;transfer&quot; the pagerank of one domain to another. I have heard this process can take some (read 6 or more) months to take effect" />
  <row Id="8022" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4613" RevisionGUID="94b758b2-069b-4561-8d71-9c26e8293dda" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:09:23.493" UserId="45" Text="Did you try to contact Broadcom support? You could write an email to their Bluetooth customer service:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.broadcom.com/products/bluetooth_support.php][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(bt-info at broadcom.com)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.broadcom.com/products/bluetooth_support.php" />
  <row Id="8023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4614" RevisionGUID="90d9dd1d-9231-4950-822c-afef702bfccd" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:10:42.740" UserId="1797" Text="Assuming you are running DNS, and Apache, on Linux and that the files for both, x and y.com domains reside on the same machine:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Add the y.com entry to your DNS, so it can be resolved&#xD;&#xA; - Add y.com as a virtual domain on your Apache, and point it to the same physical location where x.com is.&#xD;&#xA; - As Richard stated, set a 301 (permanent redirect) on x.com to y.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8024" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4463" RevisionGUID="8cadb19f-31a5-4a5d-8a8b-da130d1ed60f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:11:21.600" UserId="1664" Comment="fixed two typos" Text="Some people will say no public DNS records should ever disclose private IP addresses....with the thinking being that you are giving potential attackers a leg up on some information that might be required to exploit private systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I think that obfuscation is a poor form of security, especially when we are talking about IP addresses because in general they are easy to guess anyway, so I don't see this as a realistic security compromise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The bigger consideration here is making sure your public users don't pickup this DNS record as part of the normal public services of your hosted application. ie: External DNS lookups somehow start resolving to an address they can't get to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Aside from that, I see no fundamental reason why putting private address A records into the public space is a problem....especially when you have no alternate DNS server to host them on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do decide to put this record into the public DNS space, you might consider creating a separate zone on the same server to hold all the &quot;private&quot; records. This will make it clearer that they are intended to be private....however for just one A record, I probably wouldn't bother.&#xD;&#xA;  " />
  <row Id="8025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4615" RevisionGUID="79e34c00-4e0a-4a57-b7f9-6ce1a9f0c7ae" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:13:53.950" UserId="1963" Text="Some that haven't been mentioned before: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - head/tail&#xD;&#xA; - diff&#xD;&#xA; - pstree&#xD;&#xA; - tar&#xD;&#xA; - gzip/bzip&#xD;&#xA; - watch" />
  <row Id="8026" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4615" RevisionGUID="79e34c00-4e0a-4a57-b7f9-6ce1a9f0c7ae" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:13:53.950" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8027" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4616" RevisionGUID="fd51799e-1957-4018-84e7-31a0b72068e7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:16:56.563" UserId="1787" Text="Do **not** use the CNAME if you're planing to retire x.com. &#xD;&#xA;Use 301 permanent redirect instead. &lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you'd use CNAME, Google (and other search engines) will keep sending users to x.com, while with 301, they'll send them directly to y.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8028" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4617" RevisionGUID="5bf7e15e-5e0e-48ff-92fe-b0f422c2ad34" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:17:08.607" UserId="1971" Text="My network administrator would like to switch Active Directory from mixed mode to native mode and has asked me if that would affect our primary Windows Form application. The application accesses AD through the .NET security principal API:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    var principal = new WindowsPrincipal(WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent());&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and then tests principal.IsInRole to determine the user's role. I'm almost 100% sure the change to native mode wouldn't affect this app. but it's not something we can test and from what I've read it's not possible to switch it back to mixed mode should something go awry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like some reassurance so that I can give him the go-ahead to make the switch." />
  <row Id="8029" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4617" RevisionGUID="5bf7e15e-5e0e-48ff-92fe-b0f422c2ad34" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:17:08.607" UserId="1971" Text="Switch AD from mixed mode to native mode?" />
  <row Id="8030" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4617" RevisionGUID="5bf7e15e-5e0e-48ff-92fe-b0f422c2ad34" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:17:08.607" UserId="1971" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;.net&gt;" />
  <row Id="8031" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4618" RevisionGUID="5238531b-1af0-42e1-a0f6-7db5637a1f8b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:17:20.230" UserId="301" Text="If you are serving static contents (either html, or html generated by something like moveable type) then the answer is, for any contemporary hardware, a lot. Where a lot is probably measured in tens of millions of static requests per day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In that kind of setup, the first limitation you'll run into will be the size of your servers connection to your data center. Most dedicated server vendors will start you off with a 10mbit connection, which is probably the first thing that will max out if you approach the number of requests quoted above. Generally they will switch you to a 100mbit port for little or no change, but be aware this just means you have a 10x increase in how quickly your bandwidth cap (if you have one) can be exhausted. Pay close attention and monitor your monthly useage closely, lest you pay large overage fees.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, once you've got a 100mbit connection the next potential problem will be the speed of getting your data from the hard drive to the network. Even at 100mbit that is still only 12mb per second from the hard drive, which is trivial for contemporary hardware. Given a decent amount of free memory (for disk cache) and a good mix of file sizes (from a few hundred bytes for your favicon.ico to a few hundred kb for a big photo) you'll still probably cap out a 100mbit connection before hitting serious load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, all of this is assuming a site that serves static content, which is almost never true. If you're using a web framework like Django, Rails, Grails or any of the hundreds out there then your first bottlekneck will be CPU, the second will be memory, and the third will be the amount of concurrency your application can handle. " />
  <row Id="8032" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4619" RevisionGUID="4180861f-1ad5-4015-8785-4ad4ae5bc06c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:18:16.403" UserId="431" Text="Denny Cherry covered [SQL Server licensing][1] really well in a recent blog post.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sql-server/yes-dbas-you-really-do-have-to-deal-with-licensing/" />
  <row Id="8033" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4619" RevisionGUID="4180861f-1ad5-4015-8785-4ad4ae5bc06c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:18:16.403" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8034" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4620" RevisionGUID="c428c769-11f2-4b74-81cc-73366eeb0d2a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:19:07.387" UserId="463" Text="Some additional answers can be found in [this similar question][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/906/what-tools-should-you-absolutely-know-as-a-windows-linux-sysadmin" />
  <row Id="8035" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4620" RevisionGUID="c428c769-11f2-4b74-81cc-73366eeb0d2a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:19:07.387" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4621" RevisionGUID="400a071f-c993-464a-b93a-f5e390ce9875" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:19:35.247" UserId="1968" Text="Hi, I need an free vpn client for mac os x leopard that supports PPTP" />
  <row Id="8037" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4621" RevisionGUID="400a071f-c993-464a-b93a-f5e390ce9875" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:19:35.247" UserId="1968" Text="Free vpn client for mac" />
  <row Id="8038" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4621" RevisionGUID="400a071f-c993-464a-b93a-f5e390ce9875" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:19:35.247" UserId="1968" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;pptp&gt;" />
  <row Id="8039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4622" RevisionGUID="b41a05ad-6b9e-487c-b0ea-89fb006597eb" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:21:10.500" UserId="1087" Text="To connect to Windows share most Linux distros uses the [Samba][1] implementation of the SMB protocol.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apple uses their own SMB implementation derived from FreeBSD smbfs in OS X.  Mac OS X 10.5 supports SMB singing, having to turn off digitally sign all communications in Windows server 2003 will only be needed for 10.4 and below. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use both everyday to connect to windows shares and never have a bit of trouble.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://us1.samba.org/samba/" />
  <row Id="8040" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4623" RevisionGUID="23045dc8-66f5-465b-98f8-1629a25320a4" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:21:50.407" UserId="906" Text="The title says it all, really.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to create a network drive mapping that is visible to a service? Supposing the service runs under a domain account that has permissions to the share, of course." />
  <row Id="8041" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4623" RevisionGUID="23045dc8-66f5-465b-98f8-1629a25320a4" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:21:50.407" UserId="906" Text="Windows: Can I map a network drive for a service account?" />
  <row Id="8042" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4623" RevisionGUID="23045dc8-66f5-465b-98f8-1629a25320a4" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:21:50.407" UserId="906" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;network-share&gt;&lt;mappeddrive&gt;" />
  <row Id="8043" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4624" RevisionGUID="e64e1281-2598-4f7e-adc1-4c298b5b7d54" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:23:44.847" UserId="1904" Text="I would like to move the default location of my c:\Users\USERNAME to another drive. What is the easiest way to do this and how? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that I can move each of my &quot;Special Folders&quot; like Documents, Pictures, etc. but that does not include the AppData folder. Also, many programs and installers incorrectly put stuff in C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents etc. even after I moved Documents to another drive and I end up with duplicate folders. " />
  <row Id="8044" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4624" RevisionGUID="e64e1281-2598-4f7e-adc1-4c298b5b7d54" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:23:44.847" UserId="1904" Text="How do I change the default location for a users home directory in Vista?" />
  <row Id="8045" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4624" RevisionGUID="e64e1281-2598-4f7e-adc1-4c298b5b7d54" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:23:44.847" UserId="1904" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;users&gt;&lt;home-directory&gt;&lt;defaults&gt;" />
  <row Id="8046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4625" RevisionGUID="ddbc5b3d-e258-4275-81a2-dc6c64725e4f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:25:24.733" UserId="649" Text="Exclusive of cost? [This, probably.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See also [the same question][2] on Stackoverflow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.stefandidak.com/office/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6231/whats-your-ideal-multiple-monitor-setup-for-programming" />
  <row Id="8047" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4626" RevisionGUID="75fbb82a-5d27-4d7a-a0cb-bb3166a160d1" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:27:14.387" UserId="431" Text="I got several of 'em on HP hardware about a year ago for performance benchmarking testing, and some of the same things I said in the [LeftHand VSA SAN question][1] apply here too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the time, LeftHand's iSCSI multipathing wasn't truly active/active.  Say you have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Four LeftHand servers with 2 1gb network cards each&#xD;&#xA; - One volume on the SAN for your SQL Server data files&#xD;&#xA; - One volume on the SAN for your SQL Server log files&#xD;&#xA; - One SQL Server with four 1gb network cards dedicated to iSCSI&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you run a query on the SQL Server that accesses the data files, you will only get 1gb of read throughput despite the fact that you're using four network cards.  The LeftHand devices (and indeed, all of the iSCSI SAN gear I've seen) will only send data from the SAN to one specific MAC address on the SQL Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can work around this by:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Using multiple data volumes and log volumes, and manually managing which path is the &quot;primary&quot; path for each back to the server.  Even then, you're still only going to get 1gb of throughput for each data file, which restricts your backup performance, DBCC performance, etc.&#xD;&#xA; - Using 10gb Ethernet.&#xD;&#xA; - Using network teaming software that actually works.  I've tried using a couple of vendors, and I haven't seen them overcome this problem yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need more than 1gb throughput, then until you hear from someone who's actually pulled it off, and can show it to you (not just say &quot;oh yeah it works great on my l337 b0xx0r&quot;) then don't invest your money. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fiber channel isn't necessarily different: it's just that you can easily get 4gb fiberoptic connections instead of 1gb Ethernet.  You still have the same pathing challenges.  I'm doing a presentation on this next week at [IndyPASS][2], coincidentally - if you're in the area, swing by.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1441/does-anyone-have-experience-with-lefthands-vsa-san&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.indypass.org/" />
  <row Id="8048" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4627" RevisionGUID="3b0fa74f-98f5-45fe-86f7-5c49fc5cade4" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:27:14.730" UserId="914" Text="OS X has a built in PPTP client.&#xD;&#xA;http://www.bol.ucla.edu/services/vpn/pptp/docs/macosx.html#leopardpp" />
  <row Id="8049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4628" RevisionGUID="d73eb847-db9e-440e-9a1b-3485ac820fcd" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:30:43.270" UserId="431" Text="Check out [WeoCEO][1] - it's a load balancing appliance that spins up as an EC2 instance.  It works roughly the same as conventional hardware load balancing solutions like F5's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://weoceo.weogeo.com/" />
  <row Id="8051" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4630" RevisionGUID="297d8cb9-23af-4077-8710-d73a541b97f1" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:34:12.793" UserId="1345" Text="When my VPN Client (5.0.0.3) connection is lost after being idle OR I force it to disconnect when switching between my Colo and Office it always knocks out my normal connection for a second.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll notice it because my IM client disconnects then reconnects.  It never did this to me in XP, but seems to be a problem in Vista / Server 2008.  It's more annoying when I'm streaming music/video and have to pause/restart it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone else noticed this and found a solution?" />
  <row Id="8052" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4630" RevisionGUID="297d8cb9-23af-4077-8710-d73a541b97f1" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:34:12.793" UserId="1345" Text="VPN Client kills all connection while disconnecting" />
  <row Id="8053" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4630" RevisionGUID="297d8cb9-23af-4077-8710-d73a541b97f1" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:34:12.793" UserId="1345" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="8054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4631" RevisionGUID="102fca20-62a0-44c0-bb76-f5f940fcc172" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:34:28.410" UserId="431" Text="The technology you're looking for is called deduplication, and there's a ton of vendors offering dedupe.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're using a SAN, call your SAN vendor and they'll fall all over themselves trying to sell you their dedupe options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a good resource on how to get started with dedupe:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.datadomain.com/dedupe/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4632" RevisionGUID="568c2215-09d1-4271-ab2c-b0007ebc92fe" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:35:37.017" UserId="392" Text="We've been using [pound][1]. We are not completely happy with it however. The main concern is lack of configurability for special cases and not many others seem to use it. We don't actually use it for load balancing so much as service redirection so it's overkill in our case right now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is packaged for Ubuntu though, which makes installation and maintenance a breeze.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apsis.ch/pound/" />
  <row Id="8058" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4634" RevisionGUID="75d5f2e9-f185-4297-ae9d-2cb2db07f52a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:38:40.130" UserId="392" Text="I was just thinking about how Jabber and IM systems in general deal in &quot;presence notification&quot;. I thought it'd be a neat hack to have a server (or possibly an individual application) log on to a Jabber account. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This does a couple things. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. You have a convenient way to monitor your servers in near-real time. &#xD;&#xA; 2. It opens the possibility to instrumenting your server or app with informational commands that can be accessed through Jabber.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone seen this implemented?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FYI: Jabber is the protocol behind Google Talk." />
  <row Id="8059" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4634" RevisionGUID="75d5f2e9-f185-4297-ae9d-2cb2db07f52a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:38:40.130" UserId="392" Text="Server/Systems monitoring with Jabber?" />
  <row Id="8060" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4634" RevisionGUID="75d5f2e9-f185-4297-ae9d-2cb2db07f52a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:38:40.130" UserId="392" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;notification&gt;&lt;jabber&gt;" />
  <row Id="8061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4635" RevisionGUID="3fa41f39-4807-46f2-8265-3534175c6b66" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:38:47.977" UserId="301" Text="Don't forget to monitor the underlying platform. I would monitor&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* IOPS on the log, data and tmp devices (you do have those on three seperate LUNs don't you ?)&#xD;&#xA;* Swapping (more than a few pages / second is bad for mysql, google &quot;mysql swappiness&quot; to find out why)&#xD;&#xA;* Memory statistics for the host OS. A general rule of thumb I follow is to allocate no more than 80% to the mysql process to leave some room for the OS and the buffer cache&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use SNMP and Cacti to monitor all of these things" />
  <row Id="8062" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4405" RevisionGUID="1c1591c2-cff6-4827-9e6c-7c18d8ee0361" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:39:20.940" UserId="1561" Comment="fixed typo" Text="I would set up:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - the stock administration account that comes OOB.  Use this for things that no other account can do.  Keep it locked up and only haul it out when you don't have a choice.&#xD;&#xA; - a secondary admin account, one for each administrator.  Do *all* of your day-to-day admin work in this account, but omit the really dangerous stuff (DROP DATABASE, DROP SCHEMA, etc.), use the admin account above for that.&#xD;&#xA; - if you are getting machine-based connects (connection pooling, proxied connects, etc.) use an account for that.&#xD;&#xA; - if you have direct connects from end-users, one account for each end-user, UNLESS your end users are a broad catagory *and* you have no need to separate out privs for that catagory.  In that case, a single account for each user group." />
  <row Id="8063" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4636" RevisionGUID="a30016d5-58bd-4fd9-aedc-51fe5f49fc2a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:39:38.583" UserId="13021" Text="I have been told you can to this by:  &#xD;&#xA;1) Open 2 Windows explorer windows (one to the new drive, one to c:\USERS)  &#xD;&#xA;2) create new folder to store information on the new drive  &#xD;&#xA;3) right click and drag the USERNAME folder to the new folder. When the right click menu pops up, click on &quot;Move&quot;.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To see if it worked click start, documents then click on empty space in the address bar to see if it says NewDrive:\NewFolder\USERNAME\Documents" />
  <row Id="8064" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="906" RevisionGUID="1993b77b-bb7f-4f09-81e1-b80563c28d12" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:39:58.630" UserId="117" Comment="add subjective tag" Text="&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="8065" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4637" RevisionGUID="1c5d6b34-3263-4862-b49a-d4ca9ede2928" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:41:19.470" UserId="1954" Text="There is an interesting alternative to the builtin: [JollyFastVNC][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jinx.de/JollysFastVNC.html" />
  <row Id="8066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4638" RevisionGUID="55742156-cd99-4c0f-9349-87974692d50a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:46:38.973" UserId="1561" Text="Why not?  My work does this all the time, although I suspect that your user accounts are probably a bit more restrictive than ours, i.e. you're talking about accounts that don't log into a desktop session.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But...if you *do* allow the account to log in as a desktop session...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Create the account like you would any other user, and provide a logon script like you would any other user - but it's one that's specifically tailored to that account.  When the account logs in, the drives are mapped.  Simple.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're stuck in a situation where it can't, you'll still need a desktop session to do this - so create a simple service account that is separate from the others, one that has the sole task of logging into a server and providing drive access.  Lock down that account to just the drive access for security.  Your other accounts have their own privs and are not related in this manner.  Best of both worlds." />
  <row Id="8067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4639" RevisionGUID="1ef7d419-791c-4a37-ac3e-1de48c41985e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:50:26.827" UserId="823" Text="What is the windows command prompt command to copy files?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to move a file from location A to location B.  Also if the folder for location B doesn't' exists I want to have it created.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need this to be a command line so I can automate it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The version of Windows is XP." />
  <row Id="8068" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4639" RevisionGUID="1ef7d419-791c-4a37-ac3e-1de48c41985e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:50:26.827" UserId="823" Text="What is the windows command line command to copy files?" />
  <row Id="8069" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4639" RevisionGUID="1ef7d419-791c-4a37-ac3e-1de48c41985e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:50:26.827" UserId="823" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;copy&gt;" />
  <row Id="8070" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4640" RevisionGUID="ef1def17-1d7d-4784-bb49-7795b52f0dce" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:52:59.287" UserId="588" Text="Use &lt;i&gt;md&lt;/i&gt; to create the folder (it's ok if it already exists)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use &lt;i&gt;copy&lt;/i&gt; or &lt;i&gt;move&lt;/i&gt; for files, and &lt;i&gt;xcopy&lt;/i&gt; for folders" />
  <row Id="8071" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4641" RevisionGUID="751f09c2-f56c-4f13-af2d-3cce403f771f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:53:33.667" UserId="1900" Text="JIRA can notify users when a support issue assigned to them is updated by a client: http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRAEXT/JIRA+Jabber+Notifier+Listener&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Zutubi supports jabber integration http://coedify.com/products/pulse/features/tour/continuousintegration/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nagios can notify you via jabber http://www.nagios.org/faqs/viewfaq.php?faq_id=50&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short - yes it is a very cool idea but AFAIK only a very small number of apps support it right now. There are probably a lot more than I have listed here. Unfortunately jabber I haven't seen that many plaaces using jabber personally, the Microsoft Communicator product seems to be taking over. " />
  <row Id="8074" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4643" RevisionGUID="199c6e67-9cf5-4977-a835-79a4fb2678b7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:54:32.230" UserId="258" Text="Is there a way to remote control a Windows machine as easy as I do with my other Linux pcs through SSH?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm currently using a FTP server for files but I prefer the way I can manage my other linux boxes. I'd like it to be textual just like ssh, is there anything like that? I mean running programs, rebooting/turning off, copying/editing files ect...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I read about Cygwin, does it do what I need?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I did not specified it before, it should be free " />
  <row Id="8075" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4643" RevisionGUID="199c6e67-9cf5-4977-a835-79a4fb2678b7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:54:32.230" UserId="258" Text="How to remote control Windows?" />
  <row Id="8076" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4643" RevisionGUID="199c6e67-9cf5-4977-a835-79a4fb2678b7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:54:32.230" UserId="258" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;remote-access&gt;&lt;text&gt;&lt;console&gt;" />
  <row Id="8077" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4644" RevisionGUID="9c6773f5-d741-4d46-9f82-0b3a1a8c5c9a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:54:42.400" UserId="823" Text="I want to be able to type some executable from the command line in windows and have it run, regardless if I am in the folder where the file is located.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I set it up or install it so that I can just type *someProgram* and have it run regardless of my folder location?" />
  <row Id="8078" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4644" RevisionGUID="9c6773f5-d741-4d46-9f82-0b3a1a8c5c9a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:54:42.400" UserId="823" Text="How to install program so it is accessible from command line regardless of location?" />
  <row Id="8079" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4644" RevisionGUID="9c6773f5-d741-4d46-9f82-0b3a1a8c5c9a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:54:42.400" UserId="823" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="8080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4645" RevisionGUID="5c779e3b-0e35-4014-a128-916cbb470914" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:56:23.940" UserId="1494" Text="There is whats called WinSSHD. http://www.bitvise.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the pricing on it. http://www.bitvise.com/winsshd-pricing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a free personal edition." />
  <row Id="8081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4646" RevisionGUID="c957b74c-b4f7-4a38-a1eb-ff5d091df66d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:57:27.620" UserId="1810" Text="You would add the path to that program's directory to your PATH environment variable." />
  <row Id="8082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4647" RevisionGUID="57131007-580a-489c-a910-ca2d16381fb8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:57:31.880" UserId="1978" Text="I am running Ubuntu instance on VirtualBox inside XP. Here are the details:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Host: Windows XP Pro&#xD;&#xA;    Guest: Ubuntu 8.10&#xD;&#xA;    RAM: 3GB&#xD;&#xA;    RAM For VM: 1.6GB&#xD;&#xA;    Hard Drive: 200GB&#xD;&#xA;    Hard Drive for VM: 30GB&#xD;&#xA;    Processor: 2.80GHz Core Duo&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that whenever I am inside the virtual machine, things seem so much slower in general. For example Firefox, Eclipse take longer to load, dragging windows show a lag etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried running Ubuntu before (not inside a VM) and it seemed fantastically fast. So I am disappointed to have to deal with this situation. But I need access to the XP partition without having to reboot and hence the attempt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am surprised with the perceived slowness since the whole world seems to be doing virtualization and I cannot imagine everyone works on slow systems knowingly. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is - is there something I should be doing to boost performance? Am I doing something wrong?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is my home machine and I am not sure if this is the right forum to ask. Thanks." />
  <row Id="8083" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4647" RevisionGUID="57131007-580a-489c-a910-ca2d16381fb8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:57:31.880" UserId="1978" Text="Ubuntu inside VirtualBox" />
  <row Id="8084" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4647" RevisionGUID="57131007-580a-489c-a910-ca2d16381fb8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:57:31.880" UserId="1978" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;virtualbox&gt;&lt;vm&gt;" />
  <row Id="8085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4648" RevisionGUID="5051188f-3dae-4503-a7e7-5946212c6bba" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:59:39.707" UserId="1531" Text="I'm looking for an Enterprise Email management system.  Something were we can have multiple people answering emails from multiple email boxes and have the emails automatically presented to them as they come in.  We are currently using Nortel's Contact Center Six, but due to numerous issues are looking for an alternative.  Please enter one option per answer along with any pros/cons you have found." />
  <row Id="8086" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4648" RevisionGUID="5051188f-3dae-4503-a7e7-5946212c6bba" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:59:39.707" UserId="1531" Text="Email Management System" />
  <row Id="8087" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4648" RevisionGUID="5051188f-3dae-4503-a7e7-5946212c6bba" CreationDate="2009-05-05T12:59:39.707" UserId="1531" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;nortel&gt;&lt;enterprise-email&gt;" />
  <row Id="8088" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4649" RevisionGUID="c6be613f-1308-4ab3-afdb-9649c02d7dd4" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:00:03.653" UserId="463" Text="Open your system properties (Right click My Computer-&gt;properties) Click the Advanced Tab and the envirnment variables button. Look for Path in the System variables section. Then Either put your program in one of the directories listed in that path, or add the install directory to the list. The latter is probably the better option&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8089" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="4647" RevisionGUID="08928d73-d018-403a-a473-4cb30e227ec2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:03:04.673" UserId="1978" Comment="edited title" Text="Ubuntu inside VirtualBox is slow" />
  <row Id="8090" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4650" RevisionGUID="b5fa5a09-c667-4965-b200-e05402bdb999" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:03:21.833" UserId="914" Text="Windows has telnet (can be enabled using services.msc) but this is insecure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An SSH server can be obtained from http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="8091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4651" RevisionGUID="19201921-8243-4a58-bfea-b99343be0341" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:04:55.637" UserId="1561" Text="You need to have your PATH environment variable set.  You can find this in the Control Panel under the System icon, in the &quot;Advanced&quot; tab.  Click on the &quot;Environment Variable&quot; button.  A second dialog appears with two sections.  The top one shows variables that are specific to you, the bottom one, to the entire system.  If you want it to just affect you, put the change there, else put it in the bottom." />
  <row Id="8093" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4653" RevisionGUID="09f330b2-0eb1-4111-be5e-9f006c0a6c0f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:06:14.010" UserId="1715" Text="Maybe we can get some more input from Brent here, but I don't think the async SAN replication will work with SQL Server Data files, you'll have to do something like database mirroring/ log shipping.  Or at least, this is what I've always thought &amp; have yet had the privilege to test this myself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone confirm or deny?" />
  <row Id="8094" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4654" RevisionGUID="15eb3d60-b2de-4c7a-8fe8-291d67c1dd30" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:06:27.973" UserId="13021" Text="I installed Wubi on my 1TB Sata drive. Windows still works fine but Wubi won't boot. I believe this has to do with the sata drive?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; Ubuntu installed on a seperate partition works, but I would prefer Wubi." />
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  <row Id="8096" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4654" RevisionGUID="15eb3d60-b2de-4c7a-8fe8-291d67c1dd30" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:06:27.973" UserId="13021" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;sata&gt;" />
  <row Id="8097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4655" RevisionGUID="3684b3af-2fa8-498e-a49f-9f4ffd0fc573" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:06:39.067" UserId="1565" Text="I've had good experience with freeSSHd.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.freesshd.com/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freesshd.com/" />
  <row Id="8098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4656" RevisionGUID="b5a87908-02df-439a-b0b5-0bc72c9e9354" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:07:36.863" UserId="1562" Text="Not a ton of help, but I'd say you're not looking for an &quot;Enterprise EMail...&quot; but rather a ticketing system w/integrated email support. By the sounds of it you want people (customers?) to send emails to an address (support@mycompany.com?) and have it handled by internal CSRs, yes? In that case take a look at the ticketing systems out there. We are currently using OnTime, but we don't like it, and it's too developer focused. FogBugz is another one w/email support, but again, likely to developer focused for you, but nice. Obviously you can roll your own, but there are many others." />
  <row Id="8099" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4657" RevisionGUID="725888f5-cb0a-41a2-978a-a24c0602cc75" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:08:45.440" UserId="48" Text="Persistant drive mappings are only restored during an interactive login, which the service does not use. I believe the only way to get a service to use a network drive is for that service to map the drive itself or alternatively for it to us a UNC path instead of a mapped drive." />
  <row Id="8100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4658" RevisionGUID="ead262b6-5479-4bed-8ae8-ceab3a97b91b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:10:02.740" UserId="526" Text="So, it's not terribly difficult to host a website from home. It doesn't seem to make sense to pay a 3rd party to host some low traffic websites, so in some cases hosting from your home computer makes sense .But maybe I'm not seeing the whole picture.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some of the pitfalls I can think of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Dynamic IP address can bring the website down temporarily&#xD;&#xA; - Power can go out for extended periods of time&#xD;&#xA; - Internet provider can go down easier&#xD;&#xA; - Limited bandwidth and bandwidth caps by ISP&#xD;&#xA; - Potential contract issues with ISP not allowing website hosting&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there others?" />
  <row Id="8101" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4658" RevisionGUID="ead262b6-5479-4bed-8ae8-ceab3a97b91b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:10:02.740" UserId="526" Text="What are some pitfalls of hosting a website from home?" />
  <row Id="8102" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4658" RevisionGUID="ead262b6-5479-4bed-8ae8-ceab3a97b91b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:10:02.740" UserId="526" Text="&lt;hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="8103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4659" RevisionGUID="d66f2e77-84c1-4400-ab7c-590808a6baed" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:10:13.330" UserId="151" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a problem of a Sharepoint Server that regularly stops logging, instead the logfiles (in 12\LOGS) only contain&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 05/05/2009 14:17:09.12 	wsstracing.exe (0x0B24)                 	0x0254	ULS Logging                   	Unified Logging Service       	uls1	Monitorable	Tracing Service lost trace events.  Current value 11.	 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Current value fluctuates a lot)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas how that can be troubleshooted? Restarting the service or server fixes, but only for a few days, and I don't know what could be the cause of this?" />
  <row Id="8104" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4659" RevisionGUID="d66f2e77-84c1-4400-ab7c-590808a6baed" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:10:13.330" UserId="151" Text="Sharepoint Tracing Service lost trace events" />
  <row Id="8105" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4659" RevisionGUID="d66f2e77-84c1-4400-ab7c-590808a6baed" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:10:13.330" UserId="151" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;" />
  <row Id="8106" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4660" RevisionGUID="610dfb2e-719b-4ea2-aee8-0b229390dcd9" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:11:54.637" UserId="1562" Text="Ignoring your &quot;I'd like it to be textual&quot; comment for a moment, the obvious answer is remote desktop. Now, not ignoring that answer, we've had good success with [PSExec][1] from [sysinternals][2] (now part of microsoft). It allows you to exec a command on the remote box. Remember though, many things you're going to want to do expect to have a graphical shell. Also, the newer versions of Windows and some apps (Exchange, IIS, VMWare) support powershell and you have some remote execution options there too. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="8107" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2565" RevisionGUID="153c7781-a0a9-42e4-9c3b-b13ca1b3e6c5" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:12:00.707" UserId="1129" Comment="added canned air" Text=" - A sweatshirt/hoodie. It's cold in there! It's hard to have a steady hand if you're shivering. If you're not cold, take the hoodie off.&#xD;&#xA; - A laptop, of course. Make sure you have all the utilities and documentation you will need pre-installed.&#xD;&#xA; - USB and PS/2 keyboard and mouse if you don't keep spares in your server room. We keep spares there, and all of our machines take USB peripherals, so that makes things easier.&#xD;&#xA; - A monitor (LCD is much easier to carry) if you don't keep a spare with the servers. Again, better to have a spare already in the room.&#xD;&#xA; - lc mentioned multiple USB sticks, and I second that. You might consider an external USB hard drive if you have to move a lot of data. &#xD;&#xA; - Everyone mentioned a cell phone already and I have to agree. You never know when you have to call for help or have someone on the outside run a test.&#xD;&#xA; - Anti-static wriststrap if you're going to open up a server. Electro-static discharge (ESD) can destroy components even if you didn't see/feel/hear the spark. It can also break things in subtle ways that are extremely hard to diagnose later. &#xD;&#xA; - Camera (cell phone cam usually good enough). Recording labels, cable routings, server contents, etc is much easier if you can take a picture. Also good for recording water damage, etc.&#xD;&#xA; - Pen and paper are obviously useful.&#xD;&#xA; - Masking tape. It peels off more cleanly than duct tape, it's cheaper, and can be used both for labels and for binding errant cables. It's also easier to tear. You can use it to post warnings and reminders as well. You can even use it to keep little screws attached to the case they belong to.&#xD;&#xA; - Screw driver set (lc and others mentioned this). You will likely need the full range of Phillips (+) and slotted (-) screqdriver sizes. Always use the largest that fits comfortably in the screw, so you don't strip the head. Socket drivers are also handy, and less likely to strip the screw.&#xD;&#xA; - Penlight (small flashlight/&quot;torch&quot;) to see clearly in those tight spaces. Works well with the camera.&#xD;&#xA; - Small magnet on a stick/tweezers to grab dropped screws from tight spaces. BE CAREFUL WITH THESE! Most magnets are too weak to affect a sealed hard drive, but don't wave one willy-nilly inside a running server. Tweezers are usually uninsulated metal, and pointy metal objects should not be inserted into runinng servers either. But it's much nicer than having to hold an open server upside-down and shake it to get little screws out.&#xD;&#xA; - Needle-nose pliers. Comes on most multitools. You never know when you need them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA; - Canned air! Servers collect dust quickly, and it can clog heatsinks and fans. It's also really gross. If you have to go into a server, blow the dust out of there. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8108" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4661" RevisionGUID="6f2f13e7-a006-4e97-937c-baeb18c4a1c5" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:13:40.857" UserId="1539" Text="As of mysql 5.1, mysql cluster data (although not its indices) can be stored on disk:&#xD;&#xA;[What's new in MySQL 5.1][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However I would agree with womble that given many of the limitations of mysql-cluster/ndb and the frailty of replication, I would hesitate it to consider either to a general purpose solution. For a single database with a well understood usage model and a real DBA that works with the developers? possibly. But not for a general purpose database server cluster that supports many different applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instead I would want to use either the DRBD approach or just throw money at the problem and use a SAN. No solution that I am aware of is perfect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysql-nutshell.html" />
  <row Id="8109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4662" RevisionGUID="efef4bae-58aa-4bed-b9f8-cfdbdc2bbbc9" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:14:10.513" UserId="1494" Text="Did you install the VirtualBox tools (drivers, etc)?" />
  <row Id="8110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4663" RevisionGUID="6ea7e464-33d0-453e-994b-3b45457319ff" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:14:45.537" UserId="1562" Text="First and last are the big ones. Most ISPs disallow it per their terms of service, and some may even block inbound port 80/443 traffic. Remember too, many broadband connections are setup to allow much greater downstream traffic than upstream traffic (what was ADSL in the DSL days). So you may get 15MBit down, but only 4MBit up. If you're serving that means you've got a 4MBit choke point. " />
  <row Id="8111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4664" RevisionGUID="8dc51624-5766-4c45-bce1-3c3412767c60" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:16:02.723" UserId="151" Text="* Electricity cost vs. Hosting cost&#xD;&#xA;* You usually don't have much redundancy at home (i.e. only one server with no automatic failover)&#xD;&#xA;* Cost of making the setup redundant vs. Hosting Cost&#xD;&#xA;* You need to be careful to separate your Server from your home network, otherwise security issues in your server can lead to a breach of your private network" />
  <row Id="8112" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4665" RevisionGUID="6268c98c-5f76-4bfa-8ad6-a56eb830d22e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:16:15.843" UserId="1715" Text="SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008 support 2000 DTS packages as legacy without having to migrate/convert them.&#xD;&#xA;dtsrun.exe is installed by default in 2005, &amp; can be installed as a separated component in 2008" />
  <row Id="8113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4666" RevisionGUID="a71fdcb3-a89a-4165-b279-e074acf08ca6" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:16:17.467" UserId="1129" Text="Can you post the openvpn config files? If so, be sure to conceal any private information like IP addresses or domain names." />
  <row Id="8114" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4575" RevisionGUID="3d5c4a71-5750-4ae7-842e-3eec28bc846f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:17:26.713" UserId="1390" Comment="added 15 characters in body" Text="As already mentioned, you're probably experiencing leaking class loaders. For some reason your classes are not being unloaded. This can happen for two reasons &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Objects of said classes still exist on the heap, objects always reference their class, or&lt;li&gt;The class loader is referenced somewhere, for whatever reason, class loaders reference their classes in order to not load them twice&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's no catch-all solution to this problem. One helpful tool to help you find the root cause is the [Eclipse Memory Analyzer Tool][1], which you can apply to a heap dump from your JVM (you can enable heap dumps on OOMs with the -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError option). Perhaps start looking for java.lang.Class objects from your web app to see why they are being kept alive. Unfortunately, PermGen is not normally part of a JVM heap dump, so you can only try to find correlating artifacts in the rest of the heap (Class-objects are not stored in PermGen if im not mistaken, only the actual byte code is, please correct me if I'm wrong though).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;Edit:&lt;/b&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;Dave Cheney suggests in a comment that java.lang.Class-objects are indeed part of PermGen, and not included in a normal hotspot heap dump. Unless you have a JVM which writes this info in the heap dump, you'll need a different approach. You can still look for instances of your objects, but if you're leaking classes/class loaders (they both unfortunately imply each other) it seems you need to look for other signs (meta data objects from JBoss, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.eclipse.org/mat/ &quot;Memory Analyzer&quot;" />
  <row Id="8115" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4667" RevisionGUID="13f7b68b-ed6f-48c1-906c-a241ea1473d3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:18:57.383" UserId="1435" Text="I always trade in my old kit when I buy new stuff, I buy HP and they give me about 25-30% of the new cost of the hardware against new kit - which is a big win in my book." />
  <row Id="8116" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4667" RevisionGUID="13f7b68b-ed6f-48c1-906c-a241ea1473d3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:18:57.383" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8117" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4668" RevisionGUID="9406e23d-a797-4617-a7c0-81b339173f8e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:21:13.913" UserId="355" Text="In a batch file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if not exists locationB\nul mkdir locationB&#xD;&#xA;    copy locationA\file locationB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`if not exists` checks the parameter to see if it exists, but it only works on files. To check for existence of a *directory*, you need to look for a 'pseudo-file' called &quot;nul&quot; - checking for existence of this file will always return true if the directory exists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The copy line copies the file called `file` in directory `locationA` to `locationB` and names the file the same thing. If you want to rename the file at the same time, you can do that too:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    copy locationA\file locationB\newfilename&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4669" RevisionGUID="9d68e5e8-1bd4-403d-b8f1-9685452e3351" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:21:26.423" UserId="1797" Text="The command `xcopy` is what you are looking for. Example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    xcopy source destination /E /C /H /R /K /O /Y&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The command above will copy source to destination, files and directories (including empty ones), will not stop on error, will copy hidden and system files, will overwrite read only files, will preserve attributes and ownership/ACL information, and will suppress the prompting for overwrite existing destination files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more info type `xcopy /?` and your command line." />
  <row Id="8119" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4670" RevisionGUID="2326202d-981c-46ae-af81-3faf91ebffc3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:21:31.387" UserId="1562" Text="xcopy will create the directory structure for you. Trick is to use the /I option and throw an asterisk at the end of the file name so xcopy thinks you're copying multiple files, otherwise it asks you if the target name is the file name you want, or the directory name you want. For example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    xcopy /I c:\&lt;SourceDir&gt;\&lt;SourceFile&gt; c:\&lt;TargetDirThatDoesNOTExist&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd also look at RoboCopy, but you need to get it from the resource kit as it's not in Windows until Vista." />
  <row Id="8120" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4671" RevisionGUID="fba0f506-d546-4853-9bb1-65e51ce72ddf" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:22:40.947" UserId="1531" Text=" - avast!&#xD;&#xA; - Firefox&#xD;&#xA;   - AdBlock Plus&#xD;&#xA;   - ColorZilla&#xD;&#xA;   - Fast Dial&#xD;&#xA;   - Faviconize Tab&#xD;&#xA;   - IE Tab&#xD;&#xA;   - LastPass&#xD;&#xA;   - Menu Editor&#xD;&#xA;   - Tab Mix Plus&#xD;&#xA; - Notepad++&#xD;&#xA; - ATNotes&#xD;&#xA; - Timesnapper&#xD;&#xA; - Cropper&#xD;&#xA; - DisplayFusion&#xD;&#xA; - Filezilla&#xD;&#xA; - Unlocker" />
  <row Id="8121" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4671" RevisionGUID="fba0f506-d546-4853-9bb1-65e51ce72ddf" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:22:40.947" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8122" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4672" RevisionGUID="393cde07-c543-4f65-a855-cac4a5ac8e70" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:23:28.167" UserId="1435" Text="Divide the environment into really clear chunks.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Classify each chunk by business need, ease to update and cost/time to update.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Prioritise these chunks yourself.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Ask your manager to go over your priotisation data, make his own changes but very importantly get him to agree on a combined priortity lists.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Accurately price up these priortities and present to your manager asking for go ahead to work on them in that order with those costs and time budget.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Deliver on time to budget :)" />
  <row Id="8123" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4673" RevisionGUID="8b305d7a-8b09-4102-acee-9618b0f14310" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:24:36.790" UserId="333" Text=" - Environment issues. (Dust, vibration, storage space, do you have a suitably out of the way place for your server to live?)&#xD;&#xA; - Heating and Cooling issues. (Operating a dedicated server can add significant heat. Also, your server may overheat during a heat wave if you don't have adequate ventilation.)&#xD;&#xA; - Security issues. (Your server could be a conduit allowing access to your private data and computers.)&#xD;&#xA; - Network Demands. (You have to be more careful how you use your network. If you use too much of your connection (e.g. for downloading) you may inadvertently DoS your site. Also, you have to be more careful about planned downtime for your router or network, you can't just reflash dd-wrt on your router on a whim (for example), as this could bring down your site when someone is using it." />
  <row Id="8124" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4653" RevisionGUID="648afc9a-2330-4214-91d2-4bc65ed9fc74" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:27:19.560" UserId="1715" Comment="added 3 characters in body" Text="Maybe we can get some more input from Brent here, but I don't think the async SAN replication will work with SQL Server Data files, you'll have to do something like database mirroring/ log shipping.  Or at least, this is what I've always thought &amp; haven't yet had the privilege to test this myself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone confirm or deny?" />
  <row Id="8125" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4674" RevisionGUID="065e098f-541d-4d2b-8aca-8585fe44dc67" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:27:47.017" UserId="1129" Text="There are a couple of things you can do. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Reduce the memory you give to the VM to half your total system memory or less. If the host doesn't have enough memory to operate smoothly, it will affect the guest. Typically Windows needs more memory and Linux needs less.&#xD;&#xA; - Enable VT extensions in the VBox settings. This uses hardware support built into your CPU if you have it available.&#xD;&#xA; - Turn off desktop effects like Compiz in the VM guest. VBox 2.2.2 has support for 3D acceleration in VMs, but #D still slows things down a little.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope this helps." />
  <row Id="8126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4675" RevisionGUID="1fdd8e86-394a-414b-9303-03c1304ec597" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:28:51.023" UserId="1854" Text="I'm trying to setup an email server so it has the capability to send email from multiple IP addresses, so our marketing system can send email from multiple domains, while keeping the reverse DNS lookups consistent. IE, domain1.com resolves to 10.0.0.1, domain2.com resolves to 10.0.0.2, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally, the mail server would check the `from` domain in the headers, then choose the correct IP address from a pool, using that for the actual sending. Right now, we're using Exim, and I was thinking that one solution would be to run multiple instances of Exim on different interfaces, then write an SMTP proxy that would do the header checking and forward the email to the correct Exim instance, but I'm thinking there may be a simpler solution than that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just so everyone knows, this doesn't involve spamming, and we own all the domains and IP addresses we would be using.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8127" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4675" RevisionGUID="1fdd8e86-394a-414b-9303-03c1304ec597" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:28:51.023" UserId="1854" Text="Linux email server for sending email from multiple IP addresses" />
  <row Id="8128" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4675" RevisionGUID="1fdd8e86-394a-414b-9303-03c1304ec597" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:28:51.023" UserId="1854" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;marketing&gt;&lt;exim&gt;" />
  <row Id="8129" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4676" RevisionGUID="18a0d7f5-cbf2-46fd-a805-b863ee537f32" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:29:49.133" UserId="1562" Text="For individual folders (My Docyuments, My Pictures, etc., the &quot;Special Folders&quot;) I do the registry/GPO thing you alluded to. However, if I want to move the entire folder structure I cheat. Move the folder to a new location, and then create a [junction][1] pointing the old folder to the new folder. So all your programs will still think the folder is `c:\users\username` but that's just a junction point to `d:\users\username`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx" />
  <row Id="8130" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4677" RevisionGUID="6a619f03-33cf-4efd-8b78-4798a846afd4" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:31:16.837" UserId="1156" Text="Check out [Nagzilla][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Nagzilla is a daemon, which allows us&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to get alerts from various systems and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; event creators. It sits quietly in a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; room until it gets a message to relay&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to either a chatroom or a person.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Nagzillac (the client program) accepts&#xD;&#xA;&gt; any string input and makes it into a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Jabber message.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-- http://www.hurricanelabs.com/opensource&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.google.com/p/nagzilla/" />
  <row Id="8131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4678" RevisionGUID="db41ca01-ed14-4b13-82d7-6233f9f786a3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:33:50.200" UserId="1803" Text="Dynamic IP is your deal-breaker.  If you want people to access your site via DNS (www.mysite.com) instead of a raw IP, you're going to have to change your public host file every time your ISP assigns you a new IP.  The cached information for your site on all routers between you and previous visitors will likely take hours to update, even if YOU catch and change it immediately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, your visitors will see a lot of 404s every time you get a new IP.  Getting a static IP from your ISP tips the ISP off to what you're going to be up to." />
  <row Id="8132" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4647" RevisionGUID="f313de26-39d5-4749-bf42-22066779c0b1" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:34:00.200" UserId="1978" Comment="added 3 characters in body" Text="I am running an Ubuntu instance on VirtualBox inside XP. Here are the details:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Host: Windows XP Pro&#xD;&#xA;    Guest: Ubuntu 8.10&#xD;&#xA;    RAM: 3GB&#xD;&#xA;    RAM For VM: 1.6GB&#xD;&#xA;    Hard Drive: 200GB&#xD;&#xA;    Hard Drive for VM: 30GB&#xD;&#xA;    Processor: 2.80GHz Core Duo&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that whenever I am inside the virtual machine, things seem so much slower in general. For example Firefox, Eclipse take longer to load, dragging windows show a lag etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried running Ubuntu before (not inside a VM) and it seemed fantastically fast. So I am disappointed to have to deal with this situation. But I need access to the XP partition without having to reboot and hence the attempt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am surprised with the perceived slowness since the whole world seems to be doing virtualization and I cannot imagine everyone works on slow systems knowingly. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is - is there something I should be doing to boost performance? Am I doing something wrong?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is my home machine and I am not sure if this is the right forum to ask. Thanks." />
  <row Id="8133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4679" RevisionGUID="6acaab88-23c1-436d-84f4-0890c430cf7c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:35:04.940" UserId="247" Text="Here's one piece.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can buy five basic types of licences:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. FPP: Full Packaged Product (cardboard box) &#xD;&#xA; 2. Upgrade (again only in a box; Microsoft, confusingly, call these FPP upgrades)&#xD;&#xA; 3. OEM: Original Equipment Manufacturer&#xD;&#xA; 4. VL: Volume Licence&#xD;&#xA; 5. VL+SA: Volume Licence with Software Assurance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each channel offers different licencing options; for instance the system builder channel is OEM-only; the retail channel offers only FPP and Upgrades, while all the volume channels offer only VL and VL+SA licences - some only offer VL+SA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There used to be VUP (Version upgrade) and CUP (Competitive Upgrade) licences offered through volume channels, but not since Licensing 6 came in in 2001." />
  <row Id="8134" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4679" RevisionGUID="6acaab88-23c1-436d-84f4-0890c430cf7c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:35:04.940" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4680" RevisionGUID="f5609494-030c-4194-9b29-51ff4d4c70a0" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:35:54.970" UserId="1878" Text="For purely personal, low-traffic sites, I really don't see it as an issue. In fact, I'd recommend it as a starting point for a purely hobby type site. If your site gets popular, then look at migrating to a hosted setup. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, if its any sort of business site, run it on a hosted provider, presuming the business isn't in the business of hosting (or big enough to own its own data center)." />
  <row Id="8136" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4681" RevisionGUID="7de7efca-ef61-4da6-a151-b711adb35ce4" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:39:53.853" UserId="1561" Text="If by private you mean a 10.0.0.0/8, a 192.168.0.0/16, or a 172.16.0.0/12, then **don't**.  Most internet routers recognize it for what it is - [a private address that must *never* be routed][1].  Anyone attempting to contact your server will retrieve the IP address from DNS, only to send a packet to .... nowhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to get email from the &quot;outside&quot; to come &quot;inside&quot;, at some point, the packet has to cross your firewall.  I would suggest setting up a DMZ address to handle this - a single public IP address that is tightly controlled by any router/firewall you have in place.  The existing setup you describe sounds like it does exactly that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1918.txt" />
  <row Id="8137" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4682" RevisionGUID="ae54bf4c-24ab-4d41-97d6-8b061486fa4e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:45:57.007" UserId="1224" Text="Is there a way to install .NET on a USB drive, pop it into a machine and get .NET working without actually installing it on a client's local machine?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am also trying to figure out how to do the same for SQL Server.&#xD;&#xA;Is it even possible?" />
  <row Id="8138" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4682" RevisionGUID="ae54bf4c-24ab-4d41-97d6-8b061486fa4e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:45:57.007" UserId="1224" Text="How to run .NET and SQL Server in USB thumbdrive?" />
  <row Id="8139" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4682" RevisionGUID="ae54bf4c-24ab-4d41-97d6-8b061486fa4e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:45:57.007" UserId="1224" Text="&lt;usb-flash-drive&gt;&lt;thumb-drive&gt;&lt;.net&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="8141" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4683" RevisionGUID="abe56922-ac41-4e8e-a44a-46ccfc36fd93" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:47:54.643" UserId="1361" Text="To maintain route integrity, I'm thinking you would have to bind different instances of exim to different interfaces (as you say)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the proxy isn't really required, you can simply use a router (per domain/from: match) with a condition set to dictate which 'host' to relay through.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;never tried this. would be interested to know if it works.." />
  <row Id="8142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4684" RevisionGUID="d5fa1bb5-0306-4f62-98ef-0adadc0d8107" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:47:58.733" UserId="1440" Text="I think the answer will be No.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anything else would be a major hack, .NET install updates all sorts of things in the system, and its loader assumes those things are in place (e.g. GAC exists, location of compilers, IIS/IE/... integration)." />
  <row Id="8144" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4647" RevisionGUID="febfd75f-9b0e-45bb-86ec-f69ccd2a3e05" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:48:53.660" UserId="1978" Comment="added 66 characters in body" Text="I am running an Ubuntu instance on VirtualBox inside XP. Here are the details:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Host: Windows XP Pro&#xD;&#xA;    Guest: Ubuntu 8.10&#xD;&#xA;    Total RAM: 3GB&#xD;&#xA;    RAM For VM: 1GB&#xD;&#xA;    Total Video Memory: 128MB&#xD;&#xA;    Video Memory for VM: 40MB&#xD;&#xA;    Hard Drive: 200GB&#xD;&#xA;    Hard Drive for VM: 30GB&#xD;&#xA;    Processor: 2.80GHz Core Duo&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that whenever I am inside the virtual machine, things seem so much slower in general. For example Firefox, Eclipse take longer to load, dragging windows show a lag etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried running Ubuntu before (not inside a VM) and it seemed fantastically fast. So I am disappointed to have to deal with this situation. But I need access to the XP partition without having to reboot and hence the attempt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am surprised with the perceived slowness since the whole world seems to be doing virtualization and I cannot imagine everyone works on slow systems knowingly. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is - is there something I should be doing to boost performance? Am I doing something wrong?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is my home machine and I am not sure if this is the right forum to ask. Thanks." />
  <row Id="8145" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4685" RevisionGUID="00b0e1a3-ad2a-4c31-b223-7934668d3b07" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:49:00.930" UserId="1466" Text="We have been using **DRBD / Heartbeat** for awhile now, and it's pretty good, but not ideal for a virtual-server situation (which we have), because it *should* have multiple connections between the servers, and in a virtual environment, all the connections (serial, ethernet, etc.) are essentially carried over the same wire - so when one times out, they all time out.  (I realize I could put a real serial cable on there, but then I would no longer be able to migrate my VMs between hosts - an ability which I don't want to give up)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In this situation I occasionally get a case where neither server can see the other, and they both become &quot;Primary&quot; at the same time (a situation called split-brain, which is a headache to recover from)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But it's definitely a better solution than **binlog replication** which we were using before that - and from the comments so far it sounds like a more robust solution than **mysql-cluster** as well." />
  <row Id="8146" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4686" RevisionGUID="9275f8cc-74d3-40c9-9e22-6617c5d8c109" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:49:19.557" UserId="1210" Text="The Cisco VPN client is notoriously buggy on Vista.  If it's possible, I would recommend the AnyConnect client instead of the fat client." />
  <row Id="8147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4687" RevisionGUID="6dffba60-6c09-4b26-98e9-ba2d854f8d22" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:49:33.237" UserId="1561" Text="Well...it all depends.  [Never say never, as you're trusting the fact that everything really is secure, when maybe it isn't.][1]  I would seriously look at attempting a penitration test with your own equipment against the AP you're using before going much further.  It sounds like WPA-PSK can be broken under certain circumstances - like when the AP doesn't implement it properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would say that using [a reasonably long password, along with a very long SSID name][2], should provide you with the security you're after.  The reason the SSID name length is important is that it appears to influence the encryption process.  If you're really paranoid, do two things:&#xD;&#xA; 1. add a second factor, like RADIUS or certificates, to at least keep people out of the rest of the network...&#xD;&#xA; 2. look for strange parked cars with people gleefully typing away at laptops&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forum.aircrack-ng.org/index.php?topic=2930.0&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access#Security_in_pre-shared_key_mode" />
  <row Id="8148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4688" RevisionGUID="1cbdcf5d-d0ec-4c02-a345-d95f0433dda7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:50:01.567" UserId="1797" Text="I don't think it is possible to do what you want, and tinkering with it will lead to very unsavory results. I will research more and come back with updates as I find them." />
  <row Id="8149" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4689" RevisionGUID="25c9b755-4fe0-48dc-8a87-348498f4fdf0" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:51:03.700" UserId="475" Text="After 18 years of hosts files on Windows, I was surprised to see this in Windows 7 build 7100:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # localhost name resolution is handle within DNS itself.&#xD;&#xA;    #	127.0.0.1 localhost&#xD;&#xA;    #	::1 localhost&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know **why** this change was introduced? I'm sure there has to be some kind reasoning. " />
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  <row Id="8151" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4689" RevisionGUID="25c9b755-4fe0-48dc-8a87-348498f4fdf0" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:51:03.700" UserId="475" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="8152" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4381" RevisionGUID="4b2b22c5-d0a7-46ea-9b73-ba7ac7f7126e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:51:27.663" UserId="1466" Comment="added 211 characters in body" Text="I have found a way to check how many active connections there are to a particular mailstore using the check_nt **-v COUNTER** check as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    check_nt -H $HOSTNAME$ -p $PORT$ -v COUNTER -l &quot;\\MSExchangeIS Mailbox($ARG1$)\\Active Client Logons&quot;,&quot;$ARG1$ Sessions: %.f&quot; -w0 -c0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am assuming that there will be at least 1 **Active Client Login** from a system process as long as the mailstore is mounted, but that it will drop to 0 if it is unmounted. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I will test this later, and let you know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*edit*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Active Client Logins** dropped to 0 overnight for some of the mailstores, so this is not the solution - however, I now wonder whether **Client Logins** will work as described.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Testing again..." />
  <row Id="8153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4690" RevisionGUID="f1f36470-8f6f-4393-abf5-23bbe886969d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:51:50.330" UserId="1440" Text="If you want the ability to synchronise the copy and other advanced features (ignore certain folders, only include certain wildcards) then look at `robocopy`. Included in Vista and beyond, optional (from resource kit tools) in earlier versions." />
  <row Id="8154" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4691" RevisionGUID="c1c0ff04-2038-43d2-8722-89f2b0d94e38" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:52:36.037" UserId="1806" Text="You can use [Google's AppEngine][1] for free hosting of your low traffic web pages. Static pages will work just fine (there's a [guide][2]), for dynamic you'll have to use Python.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Appengine's free quotas are just fine for your home page unless you're some sort of celebrity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.google.com/appengine/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://24ways.org/2008/using-google-app-engine-as-your-own-cdn" />
  <row Id="8155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4692" RevisionGUID="57e9ea80-8ec3-4cbf-9121-0315f4665725" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:53:31.450" UserId="975" Text="Our IT dept is going to use 7rc1*(7100)*.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately we are having an issue with OfficeScan.  On install attempt it is saying we need to be member's of Administrators.  I double checked and we are.  Also, UAC is turned off.  We were able to use it under *build 7000* of the BETA but now, nadda.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An there site, [HERE][1], it states that they*(will??)* support Windows 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone else experienced this?  Thoughts on a fix?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://trendmicro.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&amp;item=710" />
  <row Id="8156" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4692" RevisionGUID="57e9ea80-8ec3-4cbf-9121-0315f4665725" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:53:31.450" UserId="975" Text="Windows 7 RC1 and Trend Micro OfficeScan" />
  <row Id="8157" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4692" RevisionGUID="57e9ea80-8ec3-4cbf-9121-0315f4665725" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:53:31.450" UserId="975" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;antivirus&gt;" />
  <row Id="8158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4693" RevisionGUID="ca6f3a44-7d70-47c2-a316-f6366db648a7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:54:04.240" UserId="1803" Text="Whether your favored tool is Visio or a pad of paper, I think it's invaluable to diagram out what you've got, and how it interconnects.  Map out which servers are on the LAN/DMZ, include static IPs of note, include symbols for server roles (web servers, databases, print servers).  Really basic information that will help you troubleshoot quickly, rather than tracking down these details on the spot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My favored tools for this are Visio and any kind of Wiki (sharepoint has a crude wiki option in the newest version, mediaWiki) that you can throw up quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've often resorted to the [Jellybean Keyfinder][1] to get keys from servers I've inherited.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a side note, I've spun my wheels for long periods of time trying to get more automated systems working to do these things for me.  Crude = fast (for a small user base).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/" />
  <row Id="8159" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4687" RevisionGUID="a448e77f-0a6c-4fde-84aa-d6ba1ae6af60" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:54:43.990" UserId="1561" Comment="added 269 characters in body" Text="I've implemented a WEP attack against my own private AP to see how this funcitons and to determine if my wireless home setup was secure.  Not surprisingly, the encryption failed, and I decided to run wires everywhere until I can get a newer AP with better security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Well...it all depends.  [Never say never, as you're trusting the fact that everything really is secure, when maybe it isn't.][1]  I would seriously look at attempting a penitration test with your own equipment against the AP you're using before going much further.  It sounds like WPA-PSK can be broken under certain circumstances - like when the AP doesn't implement it properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would say that using [a reasonably long password, along with a very long SSID name][2], should provide you with the security you're after.  The reason the SSID name length is important is that it appears to influence the encryption process.  If you're really paranoid, do two things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  1. add a second factor, like RADIUS or certificates, to at least keep people out of the rest of the network...&#xD;&#xA;  2. look for strange parked cars with people gleefully typing away at laptops&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forum.aircrack-ng.org/index.php?topic=2930.0&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access#Security_in_pre-shared_key_mode" />
  <row Id="8160" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4694" RevisionGUID="967d102c-8e83-4f20-9efb-34d97563dcc6" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:56:30.943" UserId="247" Text="Microsoft divide their products up into three pools: Server, Applications and Systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The licences work differently in each pool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Systems pool includes only Windows Desktop Operating Systems, ie XP, Vista and Seven.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only way to buy a &quot;full&quot; licence for these is either OEM or FPP.  You additionally get licences to run Windows in a virtual machine hosted on a physical machine that has certain licence types (Vista/ Seven Enterprise gets you four VM licences for any edition of desktop Windows; Seven Business gets you one VM Windows XP licence)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can get an upgrade licence through all volume licensing systems; this entitles you to upgrade one OEM machine from the OEM version of Windows to the version on the upgrade licence.  You can attach Software Assurance to the upgrade licence (you can't SA an OEM licence).  This is why a lot of business machines are being sold with Vista Home Basic - that's an OEM licence; the business can then apply a VL upgrade to Vista Enterprise and put their central image on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Applications pool is Office, Visual Studio and their various sub-products.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can buy these through any channel you like.  OEM Office is tied to a physical machine, when you replace that machine, you need a new Office licence.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A VL or FPP licence for Office (and VS) entitles you to install one copy on a non-portable computer and one copy on a portable computer for the use of one person and for that person to access a copy of Office installed on a terminal server from either of their two licenced devices.  You don't actually need a licence to install on a terminal server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the user is accessing Office via TS from another computer (e.g. from home) you can add on a WAH (work at home) licence which attaches to an existing licence to entitle them to access it from anywhere they like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Servers pool covers both server operating systems (Windows Server) and server applications (e.g. Exchange, SQL, ISA, etc). They are generally licenced one of two ways&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Server + CAL, which charges an amount for each server and then a further amount for each client that accesses the server; the CAL (Client Access licence) can be either per-user (count human beings) or per-device (count client terminals) but not both.  You can generally get an External Connector (EC) licence to entitle an unlimited number of users outside of your organisation to access your systems.  Note that while you only need one CAL for a user to access an unlimited number of servers, you need one EC per server.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Per-processor, which charges a fixed amount for each filled processor socket in the server (multi-core processors count as one processor, not one per core).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQL lets you choose between the two licencing systems; most other products tie you to one or the other (e.g. Exchange and Windows are Server+CAL, ISA is per-processor)" />
  <row Id="8161" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4694" RevisionGUID="967d102c-8e83-4f20-9efb-34d97563dcc6" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:56:30.943" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4695" RevisionGUID="d8a7e38d-dffb-4abe-9ed2-bc1490b37fda" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:56:51.190" UserId="510" Text="I've got a situation where a client computer (Windows Vista) doesn't seem to be sending the right password to a server (Windows Server 2003). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The event log records the logon failure, but as far as I can tell the client *has* the right password - so I'd really like to know what is actually being sent back &amp; forth between the two computers as they try to negotiate the logon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to monitor/trace/examine a Windows logon session? (I assume a plain packet capture wouldn't work, since the passwords aren't sent in plain text - at least I hope not!)" />
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  <row Id="8164" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4695" RevisionGUID="d8a7e38d-dffb-4abe-9ed2-bc1490b37fda" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:56:51.190" UserId="510" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;netlogon&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;troubleshooting&gt;" />
  <row Id="8165" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4696" RevisionGUID="837b292e-cfe8-424c-8ae4-b87cf282c1e2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:57:28.320" UserId="1531" Text="Windows Server 2008 apparently allows an application to somehow configure the folder so that any changes made within the folder require administrator level access.  I login with an account that has administrator privileges, but is not the local administrator account.  When I do so I find that I can't save changes to files opened within this folder.  I know I can open the application as administrator or move the file out of the folder, make the change, then move it back in, but I'm hoping there is a better way short of disabling the protection entirely.  Is there a way perhaps to remove it for the files I frequently edit?" />
  <row Id="8166" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4696" RevisionGUID="837b292e-cfe8-424c-8ae4-b87cf282c1e2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:57:28.320" UserId="1531" Text="Administrator File Modification Privilege" />
  <row Id="8167" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4696" RevisionGUID="837b292e-cfe8-424c-8ae4-b87cf282c1e2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T13:57:28.320" UserId="1531" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;64-bit&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="8168" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4351" RevisionGUID="c9db5c52-a240-4668-a2bc-949ebe93c82c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:00:36.127" UserId="1166" Comment="typo" Text="If the hardware is 64bit capable then go for a x86_64 installation. Almost all the packaged software is open and compiled for that architecture. The biggest problems used to be the binary plugins for the browser but now there are 64bit versions of both Java and Flash Player (although this one is still a bit experimental).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For normal usage you won't have any problem, but if you depend on some (closed) 32bit-only application you may want to stick to a 32bit installation. Note that most distros in their 64 version also provide a subset of their libraries compiled in 32bit mode so you can still run 32bit-only application provided that you can find all the packages to satisfy the dependencies (but - at least with Debian - it's pretty easy to convert a 32bit .deb library to a compatibility package installable on the 64bit distribution)" />
  <row Id="8169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4697" RevisionGUID="fa0c3d1d-3581-4ada-9a46-4ef7bae45e49" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:02:38.150" UserId="1812" Text="I must second Spacemonger. It is a very small file no need to install it works on every version of Windows I have tried it on. It will &quot;map out&quot; networked drives as well. " />
  <row Id="8170" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4674" RevisionGUID="57245f9c-c1fd-4ab0-b147-7209a8cb7946" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:03:23.530" UserId="1129" Text="There are a couple of things you can do. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Reduce the memory you give to the VM to half your total system memory or less. If the host doesn't have enough memory to operate smoothly, it will affect the guest. Typically Windows needs more memory and Linux needs less.&#xD;&#xA; - Enable VT extensions in the VBox settings. This uses hardware support built into your CPU if you have it available.&#xD;&#xA; - Turn off desktop effects like Compiz in the VM guest. VBox 2.2.2 has support for 3D acceleration in VMs, but 3D still slows things down a little.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope this helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;Another thing you can do is run top in a terminal window in the VM and see if there's a particular process eating the CPU or memory. &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Does Windows get slowed down when you have issues with the VM?" />
  <row Id="8171" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4689" RevisionGUID="7d1549fd-f9d3-440e-a087-625e52555382" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:03:57.087" UserId="475" Comment="added &quot;other changes&quot; question" Text="After 18 years of hosts files on Windows, I was surprised to see this in Windows 7 build 7100:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # localhost name resolution is handle within DNS itself.&#xD;&#xA;    #	127.0.0.1 localhost&#xD;&#xA;    #	::1 localhost&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know **why** this change was introduced? I'm sure there has to be some kind reasoning. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And, perhaps more relevantly, are there any **other** important DNS-related changes in Windows 7? It scares me a little bit to think that something as fundamental as localhost name resolution has changed... makes me think there are other subtle but important changes to the DNS stack in Win7." />
  <row Id="8172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4698" RevisionGUID="211dfaa7-dd2e-468c-b97f-bd3cf88b9f39" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:04:15.043" UserId="1466" Text="Our mail system consists of 2 frontend postfix mailservers, 2 backend MS Exchange servers, and 2 additional postfix servers hosting pop3 mailboxes and aliases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Occasionally I am required to **trace an email from server to server**, to find out what happened to it (ie. where it ended up / why it bouced / why it was quarantined, etc.).  MS Exchange provides a nice tool for doing this on the Exchange boxes, but in order to trace it on the linux boxes I have to manually search the mail logs, matching MessageID's from server to server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Is there a tool** that can help automate this task of tracing the life and travels of an email?&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="8175" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4699" RevisionGUID="08bf6647-d6c0-4671-9f88-4bec8a2996bd" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:05:49.983" UserId="1797" Text="There is something not clear for me. If the account has administrative privileges (part of the administrators group), there should be nothing stopping you. Can you elaborate more on the application you refer to (name, use, etc)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would setting explicit permissions to such directory fix the problem? Add yourself with the appropriate access to that directory ACL, that should work." />
  <row Id="8176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4700" RevisionGUID="50749948-4b95-452c-aa8d-65a1e7713fa4" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:05:52.993" UserId="1585" Text="What are the best tools and processes for periodically monitoring and troubleshooting sql server performance issues?" />
  <row Id="8177" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4700" RevisionGUID="50749948-4b95-452c-aa8d-65a1e7713fa4" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:05:52.993" UserId="1585" Text="How to do periodic Sql Server performance monitoring and troubleshooting?" />
  <row Id="8178" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4700" RevisionGUID="50749948-4b95-452c-aa8d-65a1e7713fa4" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:05:52.993" UserId="1585" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;troubleshooting&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="8179" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4701" RevisionGUID="661a5bdd-825a-4431-a1e8-03c7661b1529" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:06:01.263" UserId="1210" Text="[ARP poisoning][1] is such a trivial thing to accomplish, it should scare most normal people away from wireless.  Of course, you could ARP poison a wired network also, but in theory, your wired network isn't open to just anyone walking around in, or around, your building.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have a look at [Cain][2] (one popular tool used in ARP poisoning)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.watchguard.com/infocenter/editorial/135324.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cain_(software)" />
  <row Id="8180" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4702" RevisionGUID="af2c76ef-fd9f-4bf0-8cab-65912cb0af50" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:08:22.537" UserId="564" Text="See if you can ping the gateway host on its internal ip address.  Also run a traceroute and see where those packets are going." />
  <row Id="8181" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4703" RevisionGUID="458afe3a-3bda-4acc-8326-202dc241ecc3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:09:49.477" UserId="158" Text="You might be interested in [Vertebra][1] which is...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a framework for orchestrating complex processes in a Cloud. It is designed with an emphasis on security, fault tolerance, and portability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.engineyard.com/vertebra&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8182" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4704" RevisionGUID="8e7824ef-3793-430f-952c-84fb4f16e217" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:10:06.137" UserId="1803" Text="re: your last point - **Disaster recovery** has gone a long way in making the case for new hardware this year.  Once we show management the quotes for DR in a data center with the number of physical servers we'd have to purchase, get running, and restore from tape (not to mention the time investment) versus picking up some virtual servers and dumping in our VMs ... well, the POs for purchasing the virtual servers went through without a hitch." />
  <row Id="8183" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4704" RevisionGUID="8e7824ef-3793-430f-952c-84fb4f16e217" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:10:06.137" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4705" RevisionGUID="08e7e8fd-aa4f-4902-b623-99a4eebf2005" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:10:30.627" UserId="1562" Text="Given that more and more applications on Windows are using IP to talk back to themselves, likely including a number of Windows service I could see someone changing localhost to point somewhere else as being an interesting attack vector. My guess is it was changed as part of Microsoft's [SDL][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc448177.aspx" />
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  <row Id="8190" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4707" RevisionGUID="f77ad52a-01bb-4216-8554-a4fd669549bf" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:10:50.877" UserId="392" Text="&lt;donation&gt;" />
  <row Id="8191" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4708" RevisionGUID="6d5e6a72-cee2-444c-b933-28556fcc4c54" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:11:57.520" UserId="1561" Text="I can't give you a straight answer - I'm a newcomer to .NET stuff ATM.  I'm sorry I can't do more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I can tell you this - the switch to native mode eliminates compatibility support for prior versions of AD authentication.  So, if you're going from NT4 to 2000 (the first generation of this type of issue) and your authentication is not based on 2000 AD, then yes, it would break.  I suspect you're probably on 2003 or 2008, and 2003's native mode is yet another step up from 2000 (a.k.a. mixed mode is 2000+2003 support but no NT4 support), so the move to native would be all-2003 authentication, am I right?  And there lies the rub - if your application is authenticating against a 2003 server properly, you're *probably* fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Expensive proposition: use two virtual machines, one running 2003 and the other a client OS with your app, and authenticate.  Make sure that 2003 is running in full native mode.  That should answer your question definitively." />
  <row Id="8192" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4709" RevisionGUID="c6158405-12e2-4d5f-abb7-06eb32ef1e83" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:12:57.080" UserId="1787" Text="Typically at home you'll have **A**DSL, where A stands for Asymmetric. Meaning that your upload bandwidth is a lot less, then the download. Some ISP to combat P2P farther reduce upload speeds. " />
  <row Id="8193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4710" RevisionGUID="73a3816f-a43f-4e58-af88-0a6c457e25fb" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:13:44.037" UserId="533" Text="If I understand you, you have the mail on a server, and that server has, say, 4 IP addresses configured on it.  You would like you mail server, when sending to the internet, to use one of those four IPs as the outbound interface.  If this is the wrong interpretation, please let me know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Exim SMTP transport can be configured to send email via different interfaces.  In a hard coded manner you could do this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    routers:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    send_domaina_com:&#xD;&#xA;      driver = dnslookup&#xD;&#xA;      domains = domaina.com&#xD;&#xA;      transport = domaina_com_smtp&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    send_domainb_com:&#xD;&#xA;      driver = dnslookup&#xD;&#xA;      domains = domainb.com&#xD;&#xA;      transport = domainb_com_smtp&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    send_domainc_com:&#xD;&#xA;      driver = dnslookup&#xD;&#xA;      domains = domainc.com&#xD;&#xA;      transport = domainc_com_smtp&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    send_domaind_com:&#xD;&#xA;      driver = dnslookup&#xD;&#xA;      domains = domaind.com&#xD;&#xA;      transport = domaind_com_smtp&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    TRANSPORTS:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    domaina_com_smtp:&#xD;&#xA;      driver = smtp&#xD;&#xA;      interface = 10.0.0.1&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    domainb_com_smtp:&#xD;&#xA;      driver = smtp&#xD;&#xA;      interface = 10.0.0.2&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    domainc_com_smtp:&#xD;&#xA;      driver = smtp&#xD;&#xA;      interface = 10.0.0.3&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    domaind_com_smtp:&#xD;&#xA;      driver = smtp&#xD;&#xA;      interface = 10.0.0.4&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm 99.99% the above will work, though it's obviously ugly.  I think everything you need it to be handled dynamically is there (&quot;interface&quot; is expandable)." />
  <row Id="8194" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="471" RevisionGUID="18265710-a7f3-4d5d-ba63-3cb2d0f09609" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:14:33.987" UserId="392" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="I've found XFS more well suited to extremely large filesystems with possibly many large files. I've had a functioning 3.6TB XFS filesystem for over 2 years now with no problems. Definately works better than ext3, etc at that size (especially when dealing with many large files and lots of I/O).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you get with ZFS is device pooling, striping and other advanced features built into the filesystem itself. I can't speak to specifics (I'll let others comment), but from what I can tell, you'd want to use Solaris to get the most benefit here. It's also unclear to me how much ZFS helps if you're already using hardware RAID (as I am)." />
  <row Id="8195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4711" RevisionGUID="9c35497c-3f0a-4ade-9328-32ab3dee5c98" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:15:00.227" UserId="1561" Text="Here in [Portland][1], you can drop them off at [Free Geek][2], who then sends off the usuable bits and pieces to recyclers, and the stuff that works is reformatted and resold to the community as low-cost Ubuntu boxes.  The project is interesting because those folks that can't afford much can still get a computer by working in the recycling center for a period of time (I think it's 24 hours of service), after which they get a &quot;Geekbox&quot;, typically a P3 or P4 with the aforementioned-Ubuntu install on it.  Generally speaking, it has to be really *really* old (Pentium-2 generation) or completely broken to end up as recycled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would put in a search term for *community computer recycling* for your area and see what comes up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,_Oregon&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.freegeek.org/" />
  <row Id="8196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4712" RevisionGUID="0fa3d406-484c-416e-8ee7-6672b18810b6" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:16:35.887" UserId="640" Text="Have a look at [Computers with Causes][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.computerswithcauses.org/" />
  <row Id="8197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4713" RevisionGUID="f6835e52-4bce-48cf-956a-4b453952ee2f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:16:37.790" UserId="1803" Text="PSexec, as mentioned above, is going to take care of just about everything you need, though you're going to have to learn a host of other commands (iisreset, etc) to complement it, depending on exactly what you're managing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd also like to throw in that PowerShell seems to have been designed for this purpose, if you're looking toward a 2008 / Windows 7 environment." />
  <row Id="8198" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="176" RevisionGUID="2ed8d197-7c70-4352-b366-50986fe7d039" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:16:43.390" UserId="137" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:137,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Techboy&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="8199" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4714" RevisionGUID="c8629ce8-7cc7-4f71-8b5a-5933d2ff7953" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:17:03.233" UserId="1986" Text="How do you typically identify processes in windows' task manager when trouble shooting a problematic system?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's easy enough to get a list of tasks via the task manager but how do you determine which ones should stay and which are candidates for removal?" />
  <row Id="8200" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4714" RevisionGUID="c8629ce8-7cc7-4f71-8b5a-5933d2ff7953" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:17:03.233" UserId="1986" Text="What is the best way to identify unknown processes on windows?" />
  <row Id="8201" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4714" RevisionGUID="c8629ce8-7cc7-4f71-8b5a-5933d2ff7953" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:17:03.233" UserId="1986" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;task&gt;&lt;manager&gt;&lt;processes&gt;" />
  <row Id="8202" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4715" RevisionGUID="aaf73a9c-ec31-4227-a1a7-345a5e761bb0" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:17:54.387" UserId="48" Text="To be able to create level one files, users need to have the Create permission for the file share folder. To prevent them from modifying level 1 folders, they need to be denied the modify permission on the file share folder.&#xD;&#xA;User should then be given full control of the level 1 folder to allow them to create, edit and delete level 2 folders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that makes sense!" />
  <row Id="8203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4716" RevisionGUID="03b88a74-9325-412a-bf03-ee53a3aec13f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:19:15.240" UserId="1561" Text="I can see this also being an attempt to shore up their security.  By &quot;fixing&quot; localhost to always point to the loopback, they can avoid DNS poisoning attacks, which are starting to show up in the wild.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do agree though, it is a bit disturbing on some levels..." />
  <row Id="8204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4717" RevisionGUID="08fc2ac4-32a3-4696-800c-847949c4e9bf" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:19:42.773" UserId="533" Text="A couple of ideas:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - check your local [freecycle.][1].  Mine has two guys who accept surplus equipment and rebuild it and give it back to people requesting computers on freecycle (it's nice because I directly see them give the computers back to the community)&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;sell&quot; them to employees.  My company recently had good luck with this.  Our network group took all the computers and accepted 30 dollar donations for them.  You wrote a check to a local charity and they gave you an obsolete computer.  I bought a 9 year old laptop I have every intention of putting linux on and making into a dedicated network tester.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freecycle.org/" />
  <row Id="8205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4718" RevisionGUID="004cdc5f-f88a-4d3c-8742-8d7a0c6b1609" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:19:54.723" UserId="1885" Text="If you type in the names of the executables into google, you'll typically get some pages detailing what those processes belong to. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From that you can decide what belongs and what doesn't." />
  <row Id="8206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4719" RevisionGUID="fe0d0c4a-45be-41d1-a5e9-84117d139087" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:20:49.527" UserId="640" Text="Start with anything using a lot of memory or CPU time." />
  <row Id="8207" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4720" RevisionGUID="f5267bda-785e-491f-a648-2fdec4af6c15" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:22:16.590" UserId="575" Text="I have an IIS 6 server running on Windows 2003 SP2 x86. The server has 4GB of RAM and runs consistently with 2GB allocated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I realise that with x86, the server won't utilize all of the 4GB RAM and the application space is also limited but the IIS processes seem to be limited elsewhere. w3wp.exe never has more than 500MB allocated and I occasionally get OutOfMemory exceptions from a busy .NET application (there are several applications running, each with a separate application pool).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the maximum memory that an IIS6 web site/app pool can use?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8208" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4720" RevisionGUID="f5267bda-785e-491f-a648-2fdec4af6c15" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:22:16.590" UserId="575" Text="What is the maximum memory that an IIS6 web site/app pool can use?" />
  <row Id="8209" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4720" RevisionGUID="f5267bda-785e-491f-a648-2fdec4af6c15" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:22:16.590" UserId="575" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;debug&gt;&lt;memory&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="8210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4721" RevisionGUID="5f049fb3-d870-472f-8120-a4a7b1ce4d9f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:22:26.653" UserId="1989" Text="If it's an internal server room, I'd put above anything else **a bin**." />
  <row Id="8211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4722" RevisionGUID="a1fb4f6d-3bcd-41e7-80ac-a765c188bd4c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:24:07.350" UserId="1821" Text=" 1. Google&#xD;&#xA; 2. [Hijackthis][1] take the log to [Hijackthis.de][2]&#xD;&#xA; 3. [Process Monitor][3]&#xD;&#xA; 4. [Process Explorer][4] this has a host of information including if it's packed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://download.cnet.com/Trend-Micro-HijackThis/3000-8022_4-10227353.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://hijackthis.de&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx" />
  <row Id="8212" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="176" RevisionGUID="1cc01ad0-04e8-42c2-972b-6e434d796641" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:25:37.423" UserId="-1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:137,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Techboy&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="8213" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4723" RevisionGUID="6e6c72d0-b91c-4d4e-a6e2-9deeba486f64" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:25:39.093" UserId="1435" Text="The nice thing about Windows problem solving is that someone somewhere will have come across the problem you have and it'll be searchable via Google - so just search for &quot;what is xxx&quot; and I'm sure you'll find even the least popular windows code listed lots of times." />
  <row Id="8214" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4724" RevisionGUID="723bf07b-8028-4138-b9e7-ddfa0208acc2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:28:07.357" UserId="247" Text="If you're buying through the volume channel, you can select between a number of different programs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Open Licence&#xD;&#xA; - Open Value&#xD;&#xA; - Open Value Subscription&#xD;&#xA; - Select/Select Plus&#xD;&#xA; - Enterprise Agreement&#xD;&#xA; - Enterprise Subscription Agreement&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Select and Select Plus are very similar.  Many people will be on a Select Agreement already, but you can't sign new ones, it's Select Plus only for new ones, so Select will disappear when the last ones expire in five years time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open is a standard volume-purchase arrangement; you put in a bulk order (five or more licences) and you get a discount off the single-licence price.  If you get software assurance, it runs three years from the date of purchase, and is renewable on the anniversary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open Value and Enterprise Agreement are similar to each other, but you need to be a much bigger organisation to sign an Enterprise Agreement (250 desk minimum).  In either case you pick a standardised licence for every user from a short list of options (e.g. you can either get Core CAL Suite or Enterprise CAL Suite, but not pick and choose the individual CALs within those suites, nor have some users on one and some on the other), multiply by the total number of users in your whole organisation and then write Microsoft a large cheque each year for three years.  You have to get Software Assurance; you can renew after three years and, if you do, you get a discount on the renewal compared to the original purchase.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open Value Subscription and Enterprise Subscription Agreement are the same as OV/EA, except you pay less per year and you don't own the licences at the end of the agreement.  subscriptions cost more than an SA renewal, but less than L+SA.  It's a very good deal if your organisation is getting significantly smaller in the near future; some people should look at this in the present climate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Select and Select Plus are similar to Open Licence, except they are on-going arrangements and all of your orders over a year build up to get you better bulk discount rates, whereas Open only gets you the bulk discount based on the size of the individual order.  However, you need to buy a certain number of points (points being a representation of how much you spend) each year to keep your Select or Select Plus contract.  Typically, you need 250+ desks for Select, but if you're buying Visual Studio for each user, then you rack up a hell of a lot of points and you wouldn't need anything like as many users.  Looking at my agreement, if you have VS Team Suite for every user, then you'd be able to maintain Select with about 35 users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are special offers for ISVs and Microsoft Partners, though - so look out for those; I'm only describing end-user licensing." />
  <row Id="8215" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4724" RevisionGUID="723bf07b-8028-4138-b9e7-ddfa0208acc2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:28:07.357" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8216" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4405" RevisionGUID="a834622a-f641-4f69-b6ce-c884741b989e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:28:16.297" UserId="1561" Comment="clarification on why you should use separation of privs" Text="I would set up:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - the stock administration account that comes OOB.  Use this for things that no other account can do.  Keep it locked up and only haul it out when you don't have a choice.&#xD;&#xA; - a secondary admin account, one for each administrator.  Do *all* of your day-to-day admin work in this account, but omit the really dangerous stuff (DROP DATABASE, DROP SCHEMA, etc.), use the admin account above for that.&#xD;&#xA;(The idea is that forcing you to log in as another account should be a mental indicator that you're about to do something potentially damaging, also that work-a-day admin accounts can have a &quot;safety switch&quot; in the form of some missing privs that could cripple your database)&#xD;&#xA; - if you are getting machine-based connects (connection pooling, proxied connects, etc.) use an account for that.&#xD;&#xA; - if you have direct connects from end-users, one account for each end-user, UNLESS your end users are a broad catagory *and* you have no need to separate out privs for that catagory.  In that case, a single account for each user group." />
  <row Id="8217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4725" RevisionGUID="faae394d-c94c-4920-8c02-4e4e4e22db18" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:29:12.050" UserId="1812" Text="I got roped into being the 'DBA' for my company. I was tasked with this same thing. I came across a blog by Brent Ozar about it: http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2006/12/dba-101-using-perfmon-for-sql-performance-tuning/ . &#xD;&#xA;Perfmon is a great way to get started with performance testing. More in depth approach is using SQL Server Profiler. I just downloaded a free ebook from redgate: http://tinyurl.com/SQLProfiler &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8218" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4726" RevisionGUID="df53ddb8-8b93-48bb-b7fe-0865f978786a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:29:20.100" UserId="1247" Text="I typically use a combination of two tools when I doing this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First [Process Explorer][1], which is basically Task Manager on crack.  I really don't know why Micorsoft doesn't just replace one for the other.  this application will tell what processes are running, whether they are a sub process of another, who the owner of the process is, what files are in use by that process, the time in which it started, its path, etc.  There is very little that this tool won't tell you from a basic level.  It even has built-in Google searching for looking up further info on the internet about a process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second is the Process Explorers close cousin, [Process Monitor][2].  Process Monitor is similar to process explorer, only it shows you much more verbose information about what a process is doing.  This tool will show what files and registry keys a process is try read/delete/modify, what is being written to registry/file system whenever changes are made.  Because this one is so much more verbose, I have to warn you with caution that if you are trying to use it on a older/weaker computer as it may crash the system do to system overload.  You can however apply filters to help limit the amount of input which comes out of it, which is probably the preferred way since this tool really shows you too much when the view is not filtered to hide whatever is not related to your troubleshooting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx" />
  <row Id="8219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4727" RevisionGUID="960f5879-3e19-4e5e-b7f1-171a351fcff1" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:30:13.217" UserId="1989" Text="For any new server, take time to work out what happens during normal use.  Only then will you be able to identify what's not right.  As a general rule, most failing processes will not be in `%systemroot%\system32`, except `dllhost.exe` (which hosts IIS objects).  Most server-affecting issues are visible on the Performance tab, so start there and then drill down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For tracking problematic processes, network connections and locked files, use [Process Explorer][1].  If that's impossible, become familiar with these:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netstat -ano&#xD;&#xA;    netstat -e&#xD;&#xA;    tasklist&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These have the advantage of working over telnet/[psexec][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And don't neglect [Performance Monitor][3].  It takes a little more work than other sources, but will allow you to start logging candidates if you missed the spike.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://live.sysinternals.com/procexp.exe&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://live.sysinternals.com/psexec.exe&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749115.aspx" />
  <row Id="8220" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4728" RevisionGUID="ba6a37fe-9739-4878-ba18-452b2328cd54" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:33:12.383" UserId="361" Text="I would also add that when you look at SQL Server, you're looking at a service which needs to be installed and executed, so no go for that as well without major hacks." />
  <row Id="8221" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4729" RevisionGUID="8ed06b62-053c-41a1-a715-c3686614fd06" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:33:28.403" UserId="1725" Text="I've got a clickonce repository hosted on a Apache server ; for obvious reasons*, I don't want this repository to be cached by a proxy server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I understand there's no way to prevent a proxy to cache something if he wants to, but I'm looking for a way of either hinting the proxy not to cache my URL, or providing it with an &quot;obsolescence date&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to do that with Apache? If not, is it possible to do that with another webserver (IIS?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there are some options working only with some specific proxy vendors, I'm interested in those too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;** If the repository is cached, the software checks its version against an obsolete copy of the &quot;latest version&quot; (hold by the proxy) instead of checking itself against the &quot;real&quot; latest version, which is on my server." />
  <row Id="8222" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4729" RevisionGUID="8ed06b62-053c-41a1-a715-c3686614fd06" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:33:28.403" UserId="1725" Text="How can I configure apache so that it prevents proxy servers to cache a specific URL on my website ?" />
  <row Id="8223" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4729" RevisionGUID="8ed06b62-053c-41a1-a715-c3686614fd06" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:33:28.403" UserId="1725" Text="&lt;clickonce&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="8224" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4730" RevisionGUID="30ca0121-ede2-4121-a1b7-073c78a2d241" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:33:44.347" UserId="1860" Text="Any process on a x86 Windows OS is limited to 2gb unless you have set the /3gb switch in your boot.ini file, in which case a process can use 3gb." />
  <row Id="8225" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4731" RevisionGUID="919ad73d-6866-4d0f-96ef-5571eba6ebf2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:35:03.313" UserId="273" Text="Something that we use is SQLH2 (SQL Server Health and History).  It's created as an add on pack from Microsoft and has a good set of &quot;get you going&quot; reports for SQL Servers, and it's free!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SQL Server Health and History MSDN][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are only looking for periodic heath checks, then you can set these reports up on a schedule to email them to you weekly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you start to notice a problem, either from the reports or from user reports then you start to look into Perfmon and SQL Trace for clues and more specific diagnostics.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=A4B837C7-A1FA-4F25-840B-FEF15E917F18&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="8226" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4732" RevisionGUID="14808f1e-350b-4cc5-82f4-a0ba6a1bc3b7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:36:33.217" UserId="1821" Text="We have been playing around with a new (as in to us) tool [SpiceWorks][1]. It has everything. Will scan your network for Computers, Printers,Domain Controllers, Servers, missed updates, will notify of installed updates, user accounts, if your photoconductive drum is about at the end of it's life, toner levels... freaking everything! So far it's been the best help for inventory, licensing in our 200+ node network. It is free, just have to watch ads on the side. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.spiceworks.com/" />
  <row Id="8227" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4733" RevisionGUID="06b4c977-e181-4db8-bbe9-b162521ea73e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:36:38.413" UserId="1797" Text="On Windows 2003 you can set [Physical Allocation Extension][1] (PAE) to make use of all the memory. The default memory for an IIS6 apppool is [5MB][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/283037&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/500307/how-much-memory-does-each-apppool-use-by-default-in-iis-6-0" />
  <row Id="8228" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4727" RevisionGUID="43608520-4847-42a8-bd68-74b939e84675" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:36:55.137" UserId="1989" Comment="added 179 characters in body" Text="For any new server, take time to work out what happens during normal use.  Only then will you be able to identify what's not right.  Most server-affecting issues are visible on the Performance tab, so start there and then drill down.  Alternatively, start at the top of the Application and System event logs.  Until you become familiar with them, you may have to Google these to determine if they're extraordinary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a general rule, most failing processes will not be in `%systemroot%\system32`, except `dllhost.exe` (which hosts IIS objects).  For tracking problematic processes, network connections and locked files, use [Process Explorer][1].  If that's impossible, become familiar with these:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netstat -ano&#xD;&#xA;    netstat -e&#xD;&#xA;    tasklist&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These have the advantage of working over telnet/[psexec][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And don't neglect [Performance Monitor][3].  It takes a little more work than other sources, but will allow you to start logging candidates if you missed the spike.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://live.sysinternals.com/procexp.exe&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://live.sysinternals.com/psexec.exe&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749115.aspx" />
  <row Id="8229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4734" RevisionGUID="646850a6-f76b-4875-b2ed-d6d6f2e9c5a2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:37:21.110" UserId="215" Text="We've started to see instances on our Intranet server where for any page the server just responds with the error page 'HTTP/1.1 New Session Failed'. It seems we can fix it by running IISRESET but this feels like we're only treating the symptom.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The server is a virtualised server running IIS6 on Windows Server 2003 with 0.5Gb of RAM. Our Intranet is written in ASP, but we also have ASP.NET 2.0 applications running on the web site. The site is set up for Anonymous and Integrated Authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What causes IIS to get into this error state? Could the server be saturated with requests i.e. we need to scale out and move some applications onto another server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've seen [KB210842][1] but I'm not sure it applies as that is applicable to IIS 4&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/210842" />
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  <row Id="8231" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4734" RevisionGUID="646850a6-f76b-4875-b2ed-d6d6f2e9c5a2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:37:21.110" UserId="215" Text="&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;asp&gt;&lt;asp.net&gt;" />
  <row Id="8232" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4735" RevisionGUID="0e15f851-3202-47ba-ae53-2f4d091451ed" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:37:28.113" UserId="361" Text="When you can get fairly big-scale hosting for ridiculously cheap rates, is it really worth the hassle? My GoDaddy account -- with ASP.NET, up to 2 SQL Server DBs, up to 25 MySQL DBs and a slew of other features runs me $86 a year. Compare that to buying my own hardware and firewall, setting up the network correctly to DMZ the server, any redundancy / power needs, a solid backup solution, etc., and ... well, the only potential improvement in doing it all myself becomes local desktop (or even remote desktop) access. Not a compelling argument." />
  <row Id="8233" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4729" RevisionGUID="2397cec4-d355-4fa5-bb17-e0b6785a1996" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:38:35.973" UserId="1725" Comment="deleted 6 characters in body" Text="I've got a clickonce repository hosted on a Apache server ; for obvious reasons*, I don't want this repository to be cached by a proxy server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know there's no way to prevent a proxy to cache something if it wants to, but I'm looking for a way of either hinting the proxy not to cache my URL, or providing it with an &quot;obsolescence date&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to do that with Apache? If not, is it possible to do that with another webserver (IIS?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there are some options working only with some specific proxy vendors, I'm interested in those too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;** If the repository is cached, the software checks its version against an obsolete copy of the &quot;latest version&quot; (hold by the proxy) instead of checking itself against the &quot;real&quot; latest version, which is on my server." />
  <row Id="8234" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4736" RevisionGUID="a42d391a-1aa7-4eda-bce1-104eb49daa8b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:39:14.007" UserId="1247" Text="I use [Shimo][1], which is really simplifies the VPN management process. Macworld did a pretty good write up on the application in Aug of '07, but much of the article is still relevent: [http://www.macworld.com/article/59355/2007/08/shimo.html][2]  It does nag you asking you to license it, but the application is fully featured even if you don't license it and you can easily minimize the nag window.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.shimoapp.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.macworld.com/article/59355/2007/08/shimo.html" />
  <row Id="8235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4737" RevisionGUID="c5c473b7-f25f-42ed-9337-67b1c990fa81" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:40:15.313" UserId="1933" Text="&amp;lt;insert big post disclaimer here&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of these have been said before, but it's worth repeating.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Documentation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Document everything.  If you don't have one, install an under-the-radar wiki, but make sure you back it up.  Start off with collecting facts, and one day, a big picture will form.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Create diagrams for each logical chunk and keep them updated.  I couldn't count the number of times an accurate network map or cluster diagram has saved me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Keep build logs for each system, even if it's just copy and paste commands for how to build it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - When building your system, install and configure your apps, test it works and perform your benchmarking.  Now, wipe the disks.  Seriously.  'dd' the first megabyte off the front of the disks or otherwise render the box unbootable.  The clock is ticking: prove your documentation can rebuild it from scratch (or, even better, prove your colleague can with nothing more than your documentation).  This will form half of your Disaster Recovery plan.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Now you have the first half your Disaster Recovery plan, document the rest; how to get your application's state back (restore files from tape, reload databases from dumps), vendor/support details, network requirements, how and where to get replacement hardware -- anything you can think of that will help get your system back up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Automation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Automate as much as you can.  If you have to do something three times, make sure the second is spent developing your automation so the third is fully automated.  If you can't automate it, document it.  There are automation suites out there - see if you can make them work for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Monitoring:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Application instrumentation is pure gold.  Being able to watch transactions passing through the system makes debugging and troubleshooting so much easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Create end-to-end tests that proves not only that the application is alive, but really does what it's supposed to.  Points are yours if it can be jacked into the monitoring system for alerting purposes.  This serves double duty; aside from proving the app works, it makes system upgrades significantly easier (monitoring system reports green, upgrade worked, time to go home).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Benchmark, monitor and collect metrics on everything everything sane to do so.  Benchmarks tell you when to expect something will let out the magic smoke.  Monitoring tells you when it has.  Metrics and statistics make it easier to get new kit (with fresh magic smoke) through management.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If you don't have a monitoring system, implement one.  Bonus points if you actually do jack the above end-to-end tests into it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Security:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;chmod 777&quot; (aka grant all access/privileges) is never the solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Subscribe to the 'least bit' principle; if it's not installed, copied or otherwise living on the disk, it can't get compromised.  &quot;Kitchen sink&quot; OS and software installs may make life easier during the build phase, but you end up paying for it down the track.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Know what every open port on a server is for.  Audit them frequently to make sure no new ones appear.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Don't try cleaning a compromised server; it needs to be rebuilt from scratch.  Rebuild to a spare server with freshly downloaded media, restoring only the data from backups (as the binaries may be compromised) or clone the compromised host to somewhere isolated for analysis so you can rebuild on the same kit.  There's a whole legal nightmare around this, so err on the side of preservation in case you need to pursue legal avenues. (Note: IANAL).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hardware:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Never assume anything will do what it says on the box.  Prove it does what you need, just in case it doesn't.  You'll find yourself saying &quot;it almost works&quot; more frequently than you'd expect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Do not skimp on remote hardware management.  Serial consoles and lights out management should be considered mandatory.  Bonus points for remotely-controlled power strips for those times when you're out of options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Aside: There are two ways to fix a problem at 3am, one involves being warm, working on a laptop over a VPN in your pyjamas, the other involves a thick jacket and a drive to the datacenter/office.  I know which one I prefer.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Project management:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Involve the people that will be maintaining the system from day one of the project lifecycle.  The lead times on kit and brain time can and will surprise, and there's no doubt they will (should?) have standards or requirements that will become project dependencies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Documentation is part of the project.  You'll never get time to write the whole thing up after the project has been closed and the system has moved to maintenance, so make sure it's included as effort on the schedule at the start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Implement planned obsolescence into the project from day one, and start the refresh cycle six months before the switch off day you specified in the project documentation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Servers have a defined lifetime when they are suitable for use in production.  The end of this lifetime is usually defined as whenever the vendor starts to charge more in annual maintenance than it would cost to refresh the kit, or around three years, whichever is shorter.  After this time, they're great for development / test environments, but you should not rely on them to run the business.  Revisiting the environment at 2 1/2 years gives you plenty of time to jump through the necessary management and finance hoops for new kit to be ordered and to implement a smooth migration before you send the old kit to the big vendor in the sky.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Development:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Ensure your development and staging systems resemble production.  VM's or other virtualisation techniques (zones, LDOM's, vservers) make real-world-in-every-sense-but-performance production clones easy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Backups&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Data you're not backing up is data you don't want.  This is an immutable law.  Make sure your reality matches this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Backups are harder than they look; some files will be open or locked, whereas others need to be quiesced to have any hope of recovery, and all of these issues need to be addressed.  Some backup packages have agents or other methods to deal with open/locked files, other packages don't.  Dumping databases to disk and backing those up counts as one form of &quot;quiescing&quot;, but it's not the only method.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Backups are worthless unless they're tested.  Every few months, pull a random tape out of the archives, make sure it actually has data on it, and the data is consistent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And most importantly...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pick your failure modes, or Murphy will... and Murphy doesn't work on your schedule.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Design for failure, document each system's designed weak points, what triggers them and how to recover.  It'll make all the difference when something does go wrong." />
  <row Id="8236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4738" RevisionGUID="1963040c-a1ee-4a40-a54e-1625950f4276" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:41:22.987" UserId="247" Text="One approach would be to run an elevated command prompt, change the working directory in there and then run the installer from there.  Anything launched from an elevated cmd.exe is itself elevated." />
  <row Id="8237" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4739" RevisionGUID="55acc209-1d6f-4c8f-badc-8a1f89bdd3db" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:42:41.800" UserId="24" Text="How much memory is available when you get that error? If you've saturated all memory, new sessions will fail." />
  <row Id="8238" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4740" RevisionGUID="84d9c20d-a9d2-4603-91ee-a6ffe822871c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:43:41.453" UserId="1797" Text="It seems IIS6 doesn't have enough memory to allocate to the session. If this is happening too often, you might need to set a memory recycle limit on your application pool. That way it will not &quot;eat&quot; all your available resources. Keep in mind that recycling the memory will cause the loosing of the session. " />
  <row Id="8239" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4727" RevisionGUID="c6a3ff35-69dc-467f-83d9-7e7741c321d8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:43:46.460" UserId="1989" Comment="added 279 characters in body" Text="For any new server, take time to work out what happens during normal use.  Only then will you be able to identify what's not right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most server-affecting issues are visible on the Performance tab, so start there and then drill down.  Alternatively, start at the top of the Application and System event logs.  Until you become familiar with them, you may have to Google these to determine if they're extraordinary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a general rule, most failing processes will not be in `%systemroot%\system32`, except `dllhost.exe` (which hosts IIS objects).  It's better to trace the problem than guess it from the process, so map network usage and locked files to processes using [Process Explorer][1].  If that's impossible, become familiar with these:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netstat -ano&#xD;&#xA;    netstat -e&#xD;&#xA;    tasklist&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These have the advantage of working over telnet/[psexec][3].  If you find something has gone mad, try to use the services tab to stop the related service before killing the process.  And **never** close handles, no matter how tempting it is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, don't neglect [Performance Monitor][4].  It takes a little more work than other sources, but will allow you to start logging candidates if you missed the spike.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://live.sysinternals.com/procexp.exe&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://live.sysinternals.com/handle.exe&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://live.sysinternals.com/psexec.exe&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749115.aspx" />
  <row Id="8240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4741" RevisionGUID="13ee084f-101d-413c-96ba-4c2ce0962e2a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:47:00.633" UserId="247" Text="I know IPvV4 pretty well, but I've never had to use IPv6 and never really had a class on it or read documentation that made sense.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone point me at a good introduction (on-line or in a book) to IPv6 for an IPv4 admin.  I'm mostly Windows rather than UNIX, but I can follow most UNIXy explanations." />
  <row Id="8241" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4741" RevisionGUID="13ee084f-101d-413c-96ba-4c2ce0962e2a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:47:00.633" UserId="247" Text="IPv6 intro for IPv4 admin" />
  <row Id="8242" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4741" RevisionGUID="13ee084f-101d-413c-96ba-4c2ce0962e2a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:47:00.633" UserId="247" Text="&lt;ipv6&gt;&lt;learning&gt;" />
  <row Id="8243" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4742" RevisionGUID="bfc71e32-b367-418d-af4c-2ee4c8f5dca8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:47:11.897" UserId="1589" Text="[AWStats][1] provides some useful stats for email, and might provide the functionality you are requesting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://awstats.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="8244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4743" RevisionGUID="ca90bc41-e82b-4837-964a-01e2705c651d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:47:34.207" UserId="1562" Text="Are you running session-state in IIS, or in the out-of-proc provider. Moving session state to the provider will allow you to use the memory from the session-state service instead of the IIS process. Also, session-state will survive IIS and app domain restarts. I'd also note that 512Meg is on the small side." />
  <row Id="8245" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4744" RevisionGUID="e7012c78-d8f0-46bd-8cbe-9c50e06b75cc" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:48:00.647" UserId="942" Text="You could either set the &quot;Expires&quot; meta tag on your HTML pages or setw one/several headers via the Apache/whatever server. Here's some [really good information][1] on the subject.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's [how to do it using ASP on IIS][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using headers, basically you could set the **max-age** to 1 secs for example, and the **no-cache**, **no-store**, and **must-revalidate** headers, for good measure, because there are some misbehaving/buggy proxies, and this way you make sure to cover all bases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.mnot.net/cache_docs/#META&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://hosting.intermedia.net/support/kb/default.asp?id=648" />
  <row Id="8246" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4745" RevisionGUID="de17e542-444a-4fde-ac6c-d59b1a541f06" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:48:28.883" UserId="1993" Text="Apps under Windows x86 are limited to 2gb/ea. You can change this by adding the /3gb flag to boot.ini, but this can cause unexpected application behavior and should be used with caution. MS officially does not support this (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124810.aspx)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IIS's memory limits can be under the Recycling tab in the relevant app pool." />
  <row Id="8247" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4746" RevisionGUID="9ada9e20-ab89-4efa-ae7a-1eb962eaceda" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:50:27.427" UserId="1797" Text="TechNet has an interesting [IPV6 page][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/network/bb530961.aspx" />
  <row Id="8248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4747" RevisionGUID="44ca27a7-a973-4f98-8b32-970682fea8f2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:51:43.680" UserId="1812" Text="I use the maintenance plans, they were easy to setup and so far haven't failed. I have them backing-up my databases to a SAN, you must supply the UNC name for the directory path eg \\\archive\SQL\database\fullbackup.bak. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I grow more with SQL server I will most likely move to scripts, as viewing Brent's video showed me it is better in the long run. " />
  <row Id="8249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4748" RevisionGUID="726d3128-b677-4127-843e-1f1110d04119" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:51:46.473" UserId="1246" Text="With Apache, you'll want to examine [mod_expires][1].  Most proxies respect the Expires HTTP header along with max-age, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_expires.html" />
  <row Id="8250" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4749" RevisionGUID="77af6882-ec16-412b-88c5-bdce8970d3c9" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:54:37.463" UserId="301" Text="This is pretty easy to do with apache, for example to specific that nothing coming from your server should _ever_ be cached, try this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location / &gt;&#xD;&#xA;       ExpiresActive On&#xD;&#xA;       ExpiresDefault &quot;now&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You probably don't want to do this exactly, so look at the [documentation for mod_expires][1] and customise this for your needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, remember that in this scenario a browser and a proxy are treated the same. By sending expires headers with your responses that disable caching, you will be adding significant load and cost to running your site, not to mention slowing access your visitors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_expires.html" />
  <row Id="8251" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4750" RevisionGUID="d606379f-4817-4ca8-988b-a6cb1d7154df" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:58:14.553" UserId="1246" Text="There is more data to be gathered.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does the user report problems with logging in, or are you just responding to the messages in the event log?  Can you reproduce this yourself?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the user isn't reporting problems, then it is quite possible that they are running a service under their user name that has an expired password.  Take a look at their local services (under Administrative Tools, and make sure that the &quot;Log on As&quot; field doesn't have their user name." />
  <row Id="8252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4751" RevisionGUID="6972a9eb-0a16-47a3-8984-d8a91cb98311" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:58:27.533" UserId="475" Text="&gt; occasionally get OutOfMemory&#xD;&#xA;&gt; exceptions from a busy .NET&#xD;&#xA;&gt; application&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The answer to this is too complex to fit in an answer. See **&quot;[Tuning .NET Application Performance][1]&quot;** for a complete treatment of the subject.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a vastly oversimplified (but still quite good) summary from [Bruno Jouhier][2]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Furthermore, the .NET runtime does not let you go up to 2 GB.  The garbage collector works by copying&#xD;&#xA;&gt; live objects, so it needs a fair&#xD;&#xA;&gt; amount of space to perform its copies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms998583.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/a0a/130" />
  <row Id="8253" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4752" RevisionGUID="71504959-8044-4923-9859-8c0989d35ef7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:58:36.113" UserId="1372" Text="If you run Task Manager (or Process Explorer) and minimise it, it puts an icon in the icon tray which shows current processor usage as a little bar graph.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to find a similar tool which will show me current disk activity in a similar way.  &#xD;&#xA;Even better... a tool which shows me a graph of recent disk activity.  &#xD;&#xA;Even better than that ... showing it by application.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm mainly going to use this on Windows XP, but a tool which works for Vista would be useful too.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that some of the Sysinternals tools almost show me this, but none of them is quite there.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many thanks for any suggestions.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="8255" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4752" RevisionGUID="71504959-8044-4923-9859-8c0989d35ef7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T14:58:36.113" UserId="1372" Text="&lt;disk-usage&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="8256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4753" RevisionGUID="3c44b888-edf2-432c-ae8c-189dbe2ba323" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:00:30.023" UserId="216" Text="Windows 7 introduces (optional) support for [DNSSEC][1] validation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, it doesn't (AFAIK) support [RFC 5155][2] `NSEC3` records, which many large zone operators will be using when they go live with DNSSEC over the next couple of years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dnssec-deployment.org/AboutDNSSEC.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5155" />
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  <row Id="8258" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4709" RevisionGUID="7ec6a510-8e96-46b9-8463-3613aae12cf7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:02:43.217" UserId="1787" Comment="added 341 characters in body" Text="Typically at home you'll have **A**DSL, where A stands for Asymmetric. Meaning that your upload bandwidth is a lot less, then the download. Some ISP to combat P2P farther reduce upload speeds. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise not a real problem. As for security, even simple SOHO routers let you create DMZ and put your server there. I've been using home based server few years ago, but currently there's no point in doing that. Nowadays you can get good quality free hosting (eg. Google Apps Engine) or wide choice of cheap, personal VPS-type hosting. " />
  <row Id="8259" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4020" RevisionGUID="b2afa345-2068-49d5-ae64-d34ef1406f72" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:03:16.477" UserId="1821" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;updates&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;patch&gt;&lt;ios&gt;" />
  <row Id="8260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4754" RevisionGUID="e3cb3acc-b03b-4e7f-bada-d0271331aaee" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:03:32.997" UserId="1797" Text="I agree with Michael. I would like a bit more of information. Are you running AD? Is the Windows 2003 box the only server on your domain? Are they within the same IP segment? How is DNS being handled?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could sniff the network (by placing the sniffer on a port that &quot;sees&quot; all traffic). There is no way, out of the box, that I know off to monitor/trace/examine Windows logon sessions." />
  <row Id="8261" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4755" RevisionGUID="e48e26a2-4390-4061-9d5d-47a717d09af1" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:03:33.107" UserId="1246" Text="This could either be a service / app issue, or a hardware / driver problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd try the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* does this problem occur when booting into safe mode?&#xD;&#xA;* if not, disconnect all peripherals except for a standard keyboard and mouse, and try again.  Does it occur now?&#xD;&#xA;* if not, you know that it is piece of hardware or its corresponding driver&#xD;&#xA;* if it does continue to happen, use msconfig and disable all items under 'Startup' and all non-Microsoft items under 'Services'.  Divide and conquer." />
  <row Id="8262" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4706" RevisionGUID="ce164829-662c-4d9e-927b-1cc4770a55c8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:04:38.190" UserId="792" Comment="added 197 characters in body" Text="Situation: Windows Server 2003 - Users all have a mapped network drive to a common &quot;Shared Files&quot; file share...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- File Share&#xD;&#xA; - Level 1 (&quot;Projects&quot; folder)&#xD;&#xA;     - Level 2 (Files in the project folder)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Users have been accidentally moving Level 1 folders into other Level 2 folders. What's the magic combination of permissions to achieve the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Users should be able to CREATE folders at Level 1.&#xD;&#xA; - Users should have full control (create/modify/delete) at Level 2.&#xD;&#xA; - Users should *not* be able to RENAME, DELETE, or MOVE folders at Level 1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Edit*: The trick here is that after a user creates a folder at level 2, they should automatically have full control at that level; any way to use &quot;this level only' at Level 1 and achieve this?" />
  <row Id="8263" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4756" RevisionGUID="9af02526-6e14-4041-811e-a547ab7e43cb" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:04:47.563" UserId="1993" Text="I have four identical nodes built on Supermicro 1025TC-TB hardware running OpenBSD 4.4. Two of the nodes are routers and two are load balancers. Each set is running in active/passive configuration with failover provided by CARP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The active router node logs these errors at a rate of about two per hour:&#xD;&#xA;May  5 04:09:30 gw /bsd: ichiic0: abort failed, status 0x0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Occasionally, this one pops up:&#xD;&#xA;May  5 03:59:41 gw /bsd: ichiic0: abort failed, status 0x40&lt;INUSE&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have not yet found a pattern in when these are logged. ichiic is the Intel SMBus driver. This motherboard also has I/OAT capabilities, but these are not supported under OpenBSD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect that these are logged during particularly high interrupt spikes, but systat is slow enough that I haven't been able to correlate it directly. I have also not been able to replicate this issue manually. The load balancers are not affected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dmesg:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    OpenBSD 4.4 (GENERIC) #1021: Tue Aug 12 17:16:55 MDT 2008&#xD;&#xA;        deraadt@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC&#xD;&#xA;    cpu0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5405 @ 2.00GHz (&quot;GenuineIntel&quot; 686-class) 2.01 GHz&#xD;&#xA;    cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,TM2,CX16,xTPR&#xD;&#xA;    real mem  = 3756871680 (3582MB)&#xD;&#xA;    avail mem = 3648520192 (3479MB)&#xD;&#xA;    mainbus0 at root&#xD;&#xA;    bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 08/20/08, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfdb90, SMBIOS rev. 2.5 @ 0xdff5f000 (39 entries)&#xD;&#xA;    bios0: vendor Phoenix Technologies LTD version &quot;1.1&quot; date 08/20/2008&#xD;&#xA;    bios0: Supermicro X7DCT&#xD;&#xA;    acpi0 at bios0: rev 2&#xD;&#xA;    acpi0: tables DSDT FACP APIC MCFG BOOT SPCR ERST HEST BERT EINJ SLIC SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT&#xD;&#xA; 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   ppb1 at pci0 dev 4 function 0 &quot;Intel 5100 PCIE&quot; rev 0x90&#xD;&#xA;    pci2 at ppb1 bus 2&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;Intel I/OAT SCNB&quot; rev 0x90 at pci0 dev 8 function 0 not configured&#xD;&#xA;    pchb1 at pci0 dev 16 function 0 &quot;Intel 5100 FSB&quot; rev 0x90&#xD;&#xA;    pchb2 at pci0 dev 16 function 1 &quot;Intel 5100 FSB&quot; rev 0x90&#xD;&#xA;    pchb3 at pci0 dev 16 function 2 &quot;Intel 5100 FSB&quot; rev 0x90&#xD;&#xA;    pchb4 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 &quot;Intel 5100 Reserved&quot; rev 0x90&#xD;&#xA;    pchb5 at pci0 dev 19 function 0 &quot;Intel 5100 Reserved&quot; rev 0x90&#xD;&#xA;    pchb6 at pci0 dev 21 function 0 &quot;Intel 5100 DDR&quot; rev 0x90&#xD;&#xA;    pchb7 at pci0 dev 22 function 0 &quot;Intel 5100 DDR&quot; rev 0x90&#xD;&#xA;    uhci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 0 &quot;Intel 82801I USB&quot; rev 0x02: irq 5&#xD;&#xA;    ehci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 7 &quot;Intel 82801I USB&quot; rev 0x02: irq 11&#xD;&#xA;    usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0&#xD;&#xA; 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   ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 &quot;Intel 82801I SMBus&quot; rev 0x02: irq 10&#xD;&#xA;    iic0 at ichiic0&#xD;&#xA;    lm1 at iic0 addr 0x2d: W83627HF&#xD;&#xA;    wbng0 at iic0 addr 0x2f: w83793g&#xD;&#xA;    pciide1 at pci0 dev 31 function 5 &quot;Intel 82801I SATA&quot; rev 0x02: DMA, channel 0 wired to native-PCI, channel 1 wired to native-PCI&#xD;&#xA;    pciide1: using irq 11 for native-PCI interrupt&#xD;&#xA;    usb2 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0&#xD;&#xA;    uhub2 at usb2 &quot;Intel UHCI root hub&quot; rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1&#xD;&#xA;    usb3 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0&#xD;&#xA;    uhub3 at usb3 &quot;Intel UHCI root hub&quot; rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1&#xD;&#xA;    usb4 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0&#xD;&#xA;    uhub4 at usb4 &quot;Intel UHCI root hub&quot; rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1&#xD;&#xA;    usb5 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0&#xD;&#xA;    uhub5 at usb5 &quot;Intel UHCI root hub&quot; rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1&#xD;&#xA;    isa0 at ichpcib0&#xD;&#xA;    isadma0 at isa0&#xD;&#xA;    com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo&#xD;&#xA;    com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo&#xD;&#xA;    pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5&#xD;&#xA;    pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)&#xD;&#xA;    pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot&#xD;&#xA;    wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0&#xD;&#xA;    pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61&#xD;&#xA;    midi0 at pcppi0: &lt;PC speaker&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    spkr0 at pcppi0&#xD;&#xA;    wbsio0 at isa0 port 0x2e/2: W83627HF rev 0x41&#xD;&#xA;    wbsio0 port 0x290/2 not configured&#xD;&#xA;    npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16&#xD;&#xA;    biomask fde5 netmask fde5 ttymask ffff&#xD;&#xA;    mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support&#xD;&#xA;    softraid0 at root&#xD;&#xA;    root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8264" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4756" RevisionGUID="9af02526-6e14-4041-811e-a547ab7e43cb" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:04:47.563" UserId="1993" Text="ichiic0 errors on OpenBSD 4.4" />
  <row Id="8265" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4756" RevisionGUID="9af02526-6e14-4041-811e-a547ab7e43cb" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:04:47.563" UserId="1993" Text="&lt;openbsd&gt;&lt;router&gt;" />
  <row Id="8266" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4727" RevisionGUID="cb1a7935-5b57-4d1b-8b2d-8ee1ffd5a076" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:05:32.523" UserId="1989" Comment="added 15 characters in body" Text="For any new server, take time to work out what happens during normal use.  Only then will you be able to identify what's not right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most server-affecting issues are visible on the Performance tab, so start there and then drill down.  Alternatively, start at the top of the Application and System event logs.  Until you become familiar with them, you may have to Google these to determine if they're extraordinary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a general rule, most failing processes will not be in `%systemroot%\system32`, except `dllhost.exe` (which hosts IIS objects).  It's better to trace the problem than guess it from the process, so map network usage and locked files to processes using [Process Explorer][1].  If that's impossible, become familiar with these:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netstat -ano&#xD;&#xA;    netstat -e&#xD;&#xA;    tasklist&#xD;&#xA;    openfiles&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These have the advantage of working over telnet/[psexec][3].  If you find something has gone mad, try to use the services tab to stop the related service before killing the process.  And **never** close handles, no matter how tempting it is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, don't neglect [Performance Monitor][4].  It takes a little more work than other sources, but will allow you to start logging candidates if you missed the spike.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://live.sysinternals.com/procexp.exe&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://live.sysinternals.com/handle.exe&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://live.sysinternals.com/psexec.exe&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749115.aspx" />
  <row Id="8267" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4757" RevisionGUID="6be9f55a-79f2-4755-a703-dfe138263acb" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:05:35.003" UserId="808" Text="The cause of the PermGen OutOfMemory error is the app redeploys.  The underlying cause is leaked Class objects in PermGen from the redeploys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, the workaround is to restart the JVM after a certain number of redeploys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a very difficult problem to totally solve, although with some sleuthing you can often make big improvements.  Here's where you start:  When your web app is stopped, make sure that:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **all** Threads that you started are stopped&#xD;&#xA;- **all** ThreadPools that you started are shut down&#xD;&#xA;- **all** static references that you can release are released&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are some of the things that can cause a Class object to be trapped in PermGen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, note that not all JVMs (or all versions of JVMs) will GC Class objects in PermGen.  If you are running a JVM or a version of a JVM that will not GC Class objects in PermGen, then your only choice is to restart the JVM after a certain number of redeploys.  This *probably* does not apply to you, given the JVM options you mention." />
  <row Id="8268" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4758" RevisionGUID="3c2dc966-03e1-48ba-90e0-1b27c2d516b8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:06:33.957" UserId="1506" Text="Proportional set size is probably the best figure of memory use per-process you have available. It's the unique set size + (the shared pages / # of processes sharing).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So one process has used 44176 pages, of which 19388 are unique to that process. This means that 24788 are shared with others. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking at PSS as USS + (shared weight). The weight in this case is 8193, which is the proportion of shared memory pages (24788) attributable to this process. The more instances of an application you have sharing pages, the lower the weight for each process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can sum PSS across multiple processes and you won't count shared pages more than once. You can't, however, sum USS and PSS and expect RSS because PSS already includes USS." />
  <row Id="8269" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4734" RevisionGUID="3e46eec6-1341-467a-bd1a-0ddb30eee8c6" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:06:39.230" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;asp&gt;&lt;asp.net&gt;" />
  <row Id="8270" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4759" RevisionGUID="5533c0ae-9be6-43d2-b92a-259a055bef3c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:07:30.943" UserId="247" Text="[Raymond Chen][1] to find out why Windows is the way it is; some of the content is very developer-technical in C and over my head, but much of it isn't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Official Microsoft blog from your product teams - [Exchange][2], [Word][3], [ISA][4], [SBS][5], etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msexchangeteam.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_office_word/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/" />
  <row Id="8271" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4760" RevisionGUID="a156e7dd-08a2-4377-bd0a-65b016891d7a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:08:52.563" UserId="1720" Text="You can [install the SSH server on Windows][ssh] using Cygwin.  From there, you can use the command-line `net` commands to do lots of cool remote and automated tasks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [ssh]: http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~kscully/CygwinSSHD_W2K3.html" />
  <row Id="8272" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4761" RevisionGUID="a971abd1-e49a-418e-a639-245c2838109a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:09:10.503" UserId="1993" Text="Your event logs probably have more information. Check Application logs and System logs for errors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;512MB of RAM is not enough for Windows 2003 + IIS 6 with any respectable load - especially with ASP .NET 2.0. Upgrading to 1GB will make a big difference." />
  <row Id="8273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4762" RevisionGUID="d9a01ffb-1105-4d4f-8878-8adf3ded5d4f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:09:28.067" UserId="1802" Text="I don't know how you have access to the Linuxbox. But i whould prefer an Logparser Setup that parser the Logs on all Systems with a given parameter. I'm sure you could do a little script with them. As a sample you could setup http access on you linux for internals and get the logfiles FROM http://www.microsoft.adatum.com/MyLogFiles/example.log.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My exchange colleges tracking logfiles as well with Logparser.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=890cd06b-abf8-4c25-91b2-f8d975cf8c07&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4763" RevisionGUID="a7e192df-4e1a-43b2-9053-df9605f53e4f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:09:52.217" UserId="959" Text="ear plugs - block out the fan noise." />
  <row Id="8275" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4709" RevisionGUID="8cb596db-1c2a-4941-8977-88a752630f14" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:09:54.073" UserId="1787" Comment="added 216 characters in body" Text="Typically at home you'll have **A**DSL, where A stands for Asymmetric. For example 24Mbit ADSL2+ has only 1Mbit of upload. Typical cable modems are asymmetric too, although difference is not as high (3-5 fold, not 20 fold). Some ISP to combat P2P farther reduce upload speeds, throttling eg. 20Mbit ADSL to 512kbit upload. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise not a real problem. As for security, even simple SOHO routers let you create DMZ and put your server there. I've been using home based server few years ago, old PC, downclocked and converted to fan-less. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But currently I don't see the point in doing that. It's just not worth the fuss. Nowadays you can get good quality free hosting (eg. Google Apps Engine) or wide choice of cheap, personal VPS-type hosting. " />
  <row Id="8276" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4764" RevisionGUID="65071d00-ece4-415f-9f9c-2c73ff15f16b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:10:36.397" UserId="10845" Text="I would be curious to know if one can redefine localhost in DNS itself though.  The use of clear text files to manage these settings could have never been considered to be a security best practice.  It seems to me that Microsoft's new security measures go beyond preventing root access and delves more deeply into nuanced vulnerabilities.  I am not sure how much one can stay a step ahead of motivated black hats, regardless." />
  <row Id="8277" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4675" RevisionGUID="10e564b5-2987-48fd-b50c-9f8b8e71644d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:10:53.853" UserId="1854" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;exim&gt;&lt;interfaces&gt;" />
  <row Id="8278" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4765" RevisionGUID="7413ccf3-0fb1-422f-846b-56281cd30b9c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:11:16.253" UserId="301" Text="![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've recently become hooked on the [Security Now][2] podcast.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.grc.com/image/snonwhite.gif&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm" />
  <row Id="8279" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4766" RevisionGUID="8a7465e5-f60c-441d-ae97-f66a24d1de49" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:13:18.277" UserId="1993" Text="It's best to keep it in the hosts file. If only one machine is ever supposed to connect to it anyway, what do you gain by putting it into public DNS?" />
  <row Id="8280" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4767" RevisionGUID="532fbe8d-1047-4a8e-9132-0c8fc6e2f55e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:13:26.623" UserId="533" Text="I wrote this up last year as an internal reference document when some of our engineers became confused when asked to put IPv6 addresses into DNS.  I didn't address DNS specifically, but most of the concern seemed to be around the format of the addresses and not &quot;getting&quot; how they worked.  Maybe it will be useful for others also:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, the first thing to acknowledge is that IPv6 addrs look ugly.  They do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I think that's just because we aren't used to dealing with them and we don't understand what they mean at a very low level as we do with IPv4 addresses.  I think it will take a while to get comfortable with them but we have to start somewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another important thing to remember is that IPv4 addresses are 32 bit numbers and IPv6 addresses are 128 bit numbers.  When a router routes or a firewall filters, they do it based on that number.  How a human being chooses to display that number is totally arbitrary and is mostly just tradition.  So this entire email explains how humans choose to represent these numbers - the machines don't care, it's all bits to them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An IPv4 address is 32 bits, or four bytes.  What we think of as a &quot;real&quot; ip addresses is just the method that has become standard for representing that bit string, seperating the bits into 4 8-bit groups, representing each 8 bits as a decimal number, and seperating those decimal numbers this a period.  So, take the random IP address 172.30.154.249.  When a router &quot;thinks&quot; about this IP address, it really thinks of it like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    10101100000111101001101011111001&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which we can translate down into our own form:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    10101100 = 172&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    00011110 = 30&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    10011010 = 154&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    11111001 = 249&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes you might also see these written as a pure decimal number:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    10101100000111101001101011111001 = 2,887,686,905&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hardly anyone uses this form on purpose(*), but it's a historically valid way to write an IPv4 address.  In fact, this form is used in RFC821 which defined SMTP in 1982.  If you wanted to manually route mail to a specific machine instead of using DNS, you could use two different types of literals.  The first was the familiar &quot;dotted quad&quot; form in brackets (&quot;user@[172.30.154.249]&quot;).  The second was using the decimal form of the IP prefixed with a pound sign (&quot;user@#2887686905&quot;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of the above was just to provide a framework for translating your knowledge of how IPv4 addresses work to IPv6 addresses.  Just as an IPv4 is a 32 bit number, IPv6 addresses are 128 bit numbers.  ARIN assigned MY AWESOME COMPANY(**) the IP range 2311:FD67/32.  For the sake of having an example to work with I'm going to use the IP 2311:FD67::AC1E:9AF9.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, here's the bit string representing that ip6:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;    00100011000100011111110101100111000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010101100000111101001101011111001&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If we represented these bit strings the way we do IPv4 bit strings (convert each 1-byte chunk into decimal, seperate each with a period), we would get the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;    35.17.253.103.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.172.30.154.249&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That has a couple of problems.  The first is that it kind of looks like a funky IPv4 number, which isn't good, you want a solid way to differentiate between them.  The other is that it's a _lot_ of information, a lot of number, and a lot of blank space.  So, both problems are solved by using a different seperator (colon(:) instead of period(.)) and by repesenting bytes in hexadecimal instead of decimal.  Where IPv4 seperated 8-bit chunks, represented in decimal, with periods, IPv6 seperates 16-bit chunks, seperated with colons.  So here's the breakdown of our IPv6 example IP:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    0010001100010001 = 2311&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    1111110101100111 = FD67&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    0000000000000000 = 0&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    0000000000000000 = 0&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    0000000000000000 = 0&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    0000000000000000 = 0&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    1010110000011110 = AC1E&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    1001101011111001 = 9AF9&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    2607:F560:0:0:0:0:AC1E:9AF9&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This still has a lot of white space in it, so there's an allowance that the largest string of zeros can be ommitted and represented with a double colon.  So, the above IP can be written:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    2607:F560::AC1E:9AF9&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't seen this a lot, but as I understand it there's also a neat convention to allow the last 32-bit to be written as a prefixed dotted-quad, allowing for easy recognition of legacy addresses as you migrate from IPv4 to IPv6.  So, as you probably noticed my IPv6 example address ends with the same 32 bits that entirely comprises my IPv4 example.  That is especially useful when you write in this style.  In that case, my IPv6 addr would look like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    2607:F560::172.30.145.249&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To loop back around to where I started with IPv6, I mentioned that we had been assigned 2311:FD67/32.  The /32 is a bit mask just like it is in IPv4 addresses.  It means in essence that we have been statically assigned the first 32 of the 128 bits in an IPv4 address we could create.  Since 2311:FD67 is 32 bits, that means every IP address we create from that range will start with that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To put another way, just as 172.17/16 can be thought of as &quot;every IP between 172.17.0.0 and 172.17.255.255&quot;, 2607:F560/32 can be thought of as &quot;every IP between 2311:FD67:0:0:0:0:0:0 and 2311:FD67:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think it will be a long time before we start migrating to IPv6 but I hope this explanation will help you feel more comfortable using them and referring to them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again, it's really important to understand the only thing I'm talking about here is literally how to write down an IPv6 address.  There seems to be a lot of intelligence built into the numbering scheme for routing, etc, that I don't really have a grasp on yet, so all I can address right now is what it looks like =).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(*) I've seen the decimal IPv4 representation in some software debug before, but I'm almost positive it was a mistake or laziness, I think it was much esier in the C code to print the 32bit integer quickly than it was to format a dotted quad for printing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(**) I munged my company name and the prefix&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4768" RevisionGUID="1582040b-e045-4563-bb91-6ad779edad42" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:14:48.383" UserId="1787" Text="For example: http://www.computers4africa.org.uk/" />
  <row Id="8282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4769" RevisionGUID="ae35b14a-6f89-47cf-b321-c2e4e1da93a3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:14:51.737" UserId="1851" Text="I'm looking at securing a web server (Windows Server 2008). A GRC port scan recommended that I close down port 135 ([https://www.grc.com/port_135.htm][1]). However, I've done this before with Windows Server 2003 and after doing this I wasn't able to RDP to the box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why is port 135 needed for RDP (port 3389) and since I don't have physical access to the box should port 135 be blocked (if so what about RDP)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.grc.com/port_135.htm" />
  <row Id="8283" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4769" RevisionGUID="ae35b14a-6f89-47cf-b321-c2e4e1da93a3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:14:51.737" UserId="1851" Text="Porn 135 / epmap" />
  <row Id="8284" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4769" RevisionGUID="ae35b14a-6f89-47cf-b321-c2e4e1da93a3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:14:51.737" UserId="1851" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;port&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="8285" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1504" RevisionGUID="1258df5e-39f2-4850-9041-92dee22845c5" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:15:43.327" UserId="706" Comment="Reorder the other/general section to reflect latest voting" Text="Thank you for your confidence in our abilities&#xD;&#xA;----------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But have you read this? &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We get a lot of interesting technical questions on here, but Server Fault is meant to be first and foremost a resource for system administrators and IT professionals.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, someone here might be able to help you, but you'll find that other forums more focused on your topic can give you a much better answer than a bunch of IT professionals.  It's likely that your question will be downvoted, closed, and in some cases marked &quot;offensive.&quot;  It's not that we hate you, it's just that we like to keep our corn pops separate from our cocoa puffs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In that vein, here are a bunch of other forums where you can get help:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(This list contains the top two forums for each category as voted for below.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - **Programming**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Stackoverflow][1]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Consumer Level Computer Hardware**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Ars Technica OpenForum][2]&#xD;&#xA;   - [Tom's Hardware Forums][3]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Computer Software**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Anandtech Forum][4]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Web Design/Hosting/CMS**&#xD;&#xA;   - [SitePoint Forums][5]&#xD;&#xA;   - [Web Hosting Talk][6]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Math, Science, Engineering**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Physics Forums][7]&#xD;&#xA;   - [PlanetMath][8]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Other/General**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Ask Metafilter][10]&#xD;&#xA;   - [Google Search][11]&#xD;&#xA;   - [Mahalo Answers][9]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out the answers below for even more suggestions!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;What forums can people go to to ask the questions that are off topic here?  Please list only ONE forum per answer so votes can bring the best forums to the top.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://forums.anandtech.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.sitepoint.com/forums&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.physicsforums.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://planetmath.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.mahalo.com/answers/&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://ask.metafilter.com&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://www.google.com&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://answers.yahoo.com/" />
  <row Id="8286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4770" RevisionGUID="6d99e17d-95a1-4be7-afaa-803581b78371" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:15:59.457" UserId="1995" Text="Vista has this capability in Reliability and Performance monitor.  Open it and expand the Disk section and you'll see disk stats per process." />
  <row Id="8287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4771" RevisionGUID="aa3e5cb7-91b8-473c-9d84-c992ec784ca5" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:16:05.213" UserId="1715" Text="[Robert X. Cringely][1]  -IT Industry commentary&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Dilbert Blog][2] - sometimes IT, very funny&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cringely.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://dilbert.com/blog/" />
  <row Id="8288" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1529" RevisionGUID="73be108b-fb11-43e9-9be2-46bc1dfc7a9a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:18:01.637" UserId="1076" Comment="Clarified" Text="After a recent update (Xorg was updated among other things), GTK apps stopped running in my kde4. I have a Debian unstable, updated around 22 April. When I try to run them I get the following error: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ga@grzes:~$ iceweasel &#xD;&#xA;    The program 'firefox-bin' received an X Window System error. &#xD;&#xA;    This probably reflects a bug in the program. &#xD;&#xA;    The error was 'BadName (named color or font does not exist)'. &#xD;&#xA;      (Details: serial 888 error_code 15 request_code 45 minor_code 0) &#xD;&#xA;      (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously; &#xD;&#xA;       that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it. &#xD;&#xA;       To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line &#xD;&#xA;       option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful &#xD;&#xA;       backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.) &#xD;&#xA;    ga@grzes:~$ gimp The program 'gimp' received an X Window &#xD;&#xA;    System error. &#xD;&#xA;    This probably reflects a bug in the program. &#xD;&#xA;    The error was 'BadName (named color or font does not exist)'. &#xD;&#xA;      (Details: serial 6955 error_code 15 request_code 45 minor_code 0) &#xD;&#xA;      (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously; &#xD;&#xA;       that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it. &#xD;&#xA;       To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line &#xD;&#xA;       option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful &#xD;&#xA;       backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.) &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    (script-fu:4643): LibGimpBase-WARNING **: script-fu: gimp_wire_read(): &#xD;&#xA;    error&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;I have to restart the font server manually to have it fixed: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ga@grzes:~$ su &#xD;&#xA;    Password: &#xD;&#xA;    grzes:/home/ga# /etc/init.d/xfs restart &#xD;&#xA;    Stopping X font server: xfs. &#xD;&#xA;    Setting up X font server socket directory /tmp/.font-unix...done. &#xD;&#xA;    Starting X font server: xfs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas what could be wrong? Is it a configuration issue? My system has been updated for the last 7 years, so I can have some old settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: I would be grateful if someone could point me to a relevant discussion list or bugzilla site, because I am stuck with this problem." />
  <row Id="8289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4772" RevisionGUID="87abfee3-6cc5-466a-8df5-cbfefb5b0fa3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:18:56.953" UserId="1797" Text="Are you running the latest BIOS? That would be the first thing I would check." />
  <row Id="8290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4773" RevisionGUID="1e82206f-59f5-42c1-9368-e7c8cc93d544" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:19:42.117" UserId="1246" Text="The RPC Endpoint Mapper (port 135) is definitely not required by RDP, and it is perfectly reasonable (and suggested) to block it on a firewall so non local hosts cannot attempt to enumerate and exploit services.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I only say this with certainty because I have many hosts configured like this, and actually just tested it to make sure I wasn't crazy ;-)" />
  <row Id="8291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4774" RevisionGUID="81a0b0a9-737c-4991-acf8-d09027de76b8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:20:25.420" UserId="1561" Text="Yes!  Close that port!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Done it?  Whew...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't expose that port to the outside.  Not a good idea.  You'll be fine with just the RDP port open." />
  <row Id="8292" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4756" RevisionGUID="b8b9ed60-565f-4657-868b-967e4cb9b49b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:21:04.763" UserId="1993" Comment="running the latest bios" Text="I have four identical nodes built on Supermicro 1025TC-TB hardware running OpenBSD 4.4. Two of the nodes are routers and two are load balancers. Each set is running in active/passive configuration with failover provided by CARP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The active router node logs these errors at a rate of about two per hour:&#xD;&#xA;May  5 04:09:30 gw /bsd: ichiic0: abort failed, status 0x0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Occasionally, this one pops up:&#xD;&#xA;May  5 03:59:41 gw /bsd: ichiic0: abort failed, status 0x40&lt;INUSE&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have not yet found a pattern in when these are logged. ichiic is the Intel SMBus driver. This motherboard also has I/OAT capabilities, but these are not supported under OpenBSD. I am running the latest BIOS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect that these are logged during particularly high interrupt spikes, but systat is slow enough that I haven't been able to correlate it directly. I have also not been able to replicate this issue manually. The load balancers are not affected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dmesg:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    OpenBSD 4.4 (GENERIC) #1021: Tue Aug 12 17:16:55 MDT 2008&#xD;&#xA;        deraadt@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC&#xD;&#xA;    cpu0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5405 @ 2.00GHz (&quot;GenuineIntel&quot; 686-class) 2.01 GHz&#xD;&#xA;    cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,TM2,CX16,xTPR&#xD;&#xA;    real mem  = 3756871680 (3582MB)&#xD;&#xA;    avail mem = 3648520192 (3479MB)&#xD;&#xA;    mainbus0 at root&#xD;&#xA;    bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 08/20/08, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfdb90, SMBIOS rev. 2.5 @ 0xdff5f000 (39 entries)&#xD;&#xA;    bios0: vendor Phoenix Technologies LTD version &quot;1.1&quot; date 08/20/2008&#xD;&#xA;    bios0: Supermicro X7DCT&#xD;&#xA;    acpi0 at bios0: rev 2&#xD;&#xA;    acpi0: tables DSDT FACP APIC MCFG BOOT SPCR ERST HEST BERT EINJ SLIC SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT&#xD;&#xA; 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   ppb1 at pci0 dev 4 function 0 &quot;Intel 5100 PCIE&quot; rev 0x90&#xD;&#xA;    pci2 at ppb1 bus 2&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;Intel I/OAT SCNB&quot; rev 0x90 at pci0 dev 8 function 0 not configured&#xD;&#xA;    pchb1 at pci0 dev 16 function 0 &quot;Intel 5100 FSB&quot; rev 0x90&#xD;&#xA;    pchb2 at pci0 dev 16 function 1 &quot;Intel 5100 FSB&quot; rev 0x90&#xD;&#xA;    pchb3 at pci0 dev 16 function 2 &quot;Intel 5100 FSB&quot; rev 0x90&#xD;&#xA;    pchb4 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 &quot;Intel 5100 Reserved&quot; rev 0x90&#xD;&#xA;    pchb5 at pci0 dev 19 function 0 &quot;Intel 5100 Reserved&quot; rev 0x90&#xD;&#xA;    pchb6 at pci0 dev 21 function 0 &quot;Intel 5100 DDR&quot; rev 0x90&#xD;&#xA;    pchb7 at pci0 dev 22 function 0 &quot;Intel 5100 DDR&quot; rev 0x90&#xD;&#xA;    uhci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 0 &quot;Intel 82801I USB&quot; rev 0x02: irq 5&#xD;&#xA;    ehci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 7 &quot;Intel 82801I USB&quot; rev 0x02: irq 11&#xD;&#xA;    usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0&#xD;&#xA; 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rev 0x02: irq 7&#xD;&#xA;    usb1 at ehci1: USB revision 2.0&#xD;&#xA;    uhub1 at usb1 &quot;Intel EHCI root hub&quot; rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1&#xD;&#xA;    ppb5 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 &quot;Intel 82801BA Hub-to-PCI&quot; rev 0x92&#xD;&#xA;    pci6 at ppb5 bus 6&#xD;&#xA;    vga1 at pci6 dev 1 function 0 &quot;ATI ES1000&quot; rev 0x02&#xD;&#xA;    wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)&#xD;&#xA;    wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)&#xD;&#xA;    drm at vga1 unsupported&#xD;&#xA;    ichpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 &quot;Intel 82801IR LPC&quot; rev 0x02: PM disabled&#xD;&#xA;    pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 &quot;Intel 82801I SATA&quot; rev 0x02: DMA, channel 0 configured to native-PCI, channel 1 configured to native-PCI&#xD;&#xA;    pciide0: using irq 10 for native-PCI interrupt&#xD;&#xA;    wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: &lt;WDC WD1600BEKT-00F3T0&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 152627MB, 312581808 sectors&#xD;&#xA;    wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5&#xD;&#xA;    ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 &quot;Intel 82801I SMBus&quot; rev 0x02: irq 10&#xD;&#xA;    iic0 at ichiic0&#xD;&#xA;    lm1 at iic0 addr 0x2d: W83627HF&#xD;&#xA;    wbng0 at iic0 addr 0x2f: w83793g&#xD;&#xA;    pciide1 at pci0 dev 31 function 5 &quot;Intel 82801I SATA&quot; rev 0x02: DMA, channel 0 wired to native-PCI, channel 1 wired to native-PCI&#xD;&#xA;    pciide1: using irq 11 for native-PCI interrupt&#xD;&#xA;    usb2 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0&#xD;&#xA;    uhub2 at usb2 &quot;Intel UHCI root hub&quot; rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1&#xD;&#xA;    usb3 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0&#xD;&#xA;    uhub3 at usb3 &quot;Intel UHCI root hub&quot; rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1&#xD;&#xA;    usb4 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0&#xD;&#xA;    uhub4 at usb4 &quot;Intel UHCI root hub&quot; rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1&#xD;&#xA;    usb5 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0&#xD;&#xA;    uhub5 at usb5 &quot;Intel UHCI root hub&quot; rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1&#xD;&#xA;    isa0 at ichpcib0&#xD;&#xA;    isadma0 at isa0&#xD;&#xA;    com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo&#xD;&#xA;    com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo&#xD;&#xA;    pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5&#xD;&#xA;    pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)&#xD;&#xA;    pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot&#xD;&#xA;    wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0&#xD;&#xA;    pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61&#xD;&#xA;    midi0 at pcppi0: &lt;PC speaker&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    spkr0 at pcppi0&#xD;&#xA;    wbsio0 at isa0 port 0x2e/2: W83627HF rev 0x41&#xD;&#xA;    wbsio0 port 0x290/2 not configured&#xD;&#xA;    npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16&#xD;&#xA;    biomask fde5 netmask fde5 ttymask ffff&#xD;&#xA;    mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support&#xD;&#xA;    softraid0 at root&#xD;&#xA;    root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4775" RevisionGUID="14f3f7f1-cfd6-4843-80db-5192d08741d0" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:21:24.093" UserId="1529" Text="I think because parts of Terminal Services use it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TCP Port 135 - RPC Terminal Services Licensing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TCP Port 135 - RPC Terminal Services Session Directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So when you connect via 3389 - the server wants to see how your TS is licensed, etc so it uses TCP/135 to call your DC or wherever your TS Licensing is kept.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This article can help&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/908472/en-us&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8294" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4752" RevisionGUID="c81216c6-bdd3-4957-923b-954c447663cd" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:22:16.523" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;disk-usage&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="8295" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4776" RevisionGUID="2c3eeee2-ca2c-4b4d-8901-1a36a03fb798" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:23:33.573" UserId="1104" Text="One of my favorites on Sql Server 2005 is Object Execution Statistics.  All of my data access is via stored procedures, so this report shows stats for all procs with currently cached plans.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right-click a database -&gt; Reports -&gt; Standard Reports -&gt; Object Execution Statistics&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anything that is running slowly or too often will stick out like a sore thumb." />
  <row Id="8296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4777" RevisionGUID="8fce09d9-3c35-4359-8b74-b85e5ee0be63" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:24:58.203" UserId="706" Text="Set up a website with an upload button and a web form.  Instruct users that have this problem to use the webform upload version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At that point you could even have the webform email the file to you as an attachment, so it's seamless for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A simple, cheap webhost is only going to cost a few bucks a month for you (or free if you want to go very low end).  Very low friction for your clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="8297" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4778" RevisionGUID="c616ea6d-70cf-4d6f-82f2-623f32ab266a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:25:50.633" UserId="1529" Text="Perfmon's Physical Disk and Logical Disk counters work great." />
  <row Id="8298" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="4769" RevisionGUID="84d8f105-3bc2-4926-bf6e-cfdca05bae6a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:25:56.703" UserId="1851" Comment="edited title" Text="Port 135 / epmap" />
  <row Id="8300" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4780" RevisionGUID="ef0273b1-58f7-4ba4-8a19-b392bb5fac63" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:28:18.163" UserId="1819" Text="Yes. Any incoming traffic from the internet that isn't a response to a request from a one of your computers should be suspect. There are many scenarios where your website could be compromised and that could lead to someone having access to the internal network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, the unfortunate reality is that most commercial home routers don't have the capacity to setup a proper DMZ. They may allow you to set a DMZ IP that all external traffic is routed to. This doesn't allow for the separation that a DMZ should provide. To have a functional DMZ, The computers in the DMZ need to be on a different IP range or subnet than the main network and be on a different port on the router that only supports the DMZ IP Range. The end result of a properly configured DMZ is that systems in the DMZ can't access the IPs on the main network directly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also make sure that your router doesn't treat the DMZ as internal for the purposes of administration. So it shouldn't trust traffic from the DMZ any more than it trusts traffic from the internet, and you shouldn't be able to get to the administration interface for the router from any systems on the DMZ. This is often the problem with &quot;two router&quot; solutions proposed by others. The outside router still treats the systems in the DMZ as internal and trusted. This outside router could be compromised and all the internal traffic still needs to pass through it to get to the internet." />
  <row Id="8301" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4772" RevisionGUID="4123a52e-2b07-49f1-8b18-3f097aae4a15" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:31:02.337" UserId="1797" Comment="Added further information." Text="Are you running the latest BIOS? That would be the first thing I would check.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I have never seeing this error (I run a OBSD 4.4 development box). I researched a bit for you, and I can tell you more than one person has experienced the same problem (even before ODBS 4.4. I am sure you have come across their postings too), but there is no conclusive answer for it. Some attribute it to hyper-threading, some to a failing motherboard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I will keep this on my list of pending things to discover/learn. Sorry I can't be of further help." />
  <row Id="8302" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4781" RevisionGUID="bb3a1a42-acd4-4529-a962-4bd2f4bb8a8b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:31:16.877" UserId="808" Text="If you're talking about a Cache Engine of some sort, like a WAN Accelerator, and the device in question attaches a distinctive UserAgent to the request, then you're in luck.  In this case, you can have rules like the following, where `SomeString` is the string that will match the User Agent of the Cache Engine:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    BrowserMatch SomeString no-cache-headers&#xD;&#xA;    Header set Cache-Control &quot;no-cache, must-revalidate&quot;    env=no-cache-headers&#xD;&#xA;    Header set Pragma        &quot;no-cache&quot;                     env=no-cache-headers&#xD;&#xA;    Header set Expires       &quot;Sat, 1 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT&quot; env=no-cache-headers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here, I set the &quot;Expires&quot; header to an arbitrary date in the past.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're talking about a proxy that just forwards the request and doesn't make the request by itself, then the most you can do is to prevent all caching of these objects, or (a little better) set a short lifetime for these objects.  You could do that with something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ExpiresActive On&#xD;&#xA;    ExpiresDefault &quot;access plus 1 hour&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where you can pick the time you want.  Or you can just give &quot;access&quot; as the expires default, meaning the next request should get a new object. But here, as others point out, you're also penalizing browsers." />
  <row Id="8303" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4777" RevisionGUID="f0ae20c0-66e4-4968-8824-9f6be7e1473c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:32:10.977" UserId="706" Comment="added 169 characters in body" Text="**Problem - There's no 100% solution that fixes the problem for everyone**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You aren't going to find a foolproof way to send zip files through email that works for everyone.  Some places have white lists - they block every attachment except a few that they rigorously scan.  Other places don't care about the file name, they scan the file itself and if it looks like a zip file internally, then they'll still block it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you encrypt the file with a separate encryption program ( password protected or encrypted zip files are still detectable) then change the file name to something innocuous, then in many cases it'll get through, but then you're asking your customers to follow several steps - which adds friction and you'll lose customers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Often you can't even do that because they can't run or install software that they don't already have on their system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your best bet is to provide another low-friction channel for people to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Solution - Web form upload (simple, cheap, easy for you and client)**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set up a website with an upload button and a web form.  Instruct users that have this problem to use the webform upload version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At that point you could even have the webform email the file to you as an attachment, so it's seamless for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A simple, cheap webhost is only going to cost a few bucks a month for you (or free if you want to go very low end).  Very low friction for your clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Code example**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[How to create PHP based email form with file attachment][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.html-form-guide.com/email-form/php-email-form-attachment.html" />
  <row Id="8305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4782" RevisionGUID="ba4b402e-6c60-4c5f-82bc-c436a138b55e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:33:49.773" UserId="1996" Text="Have you tried running the exe under Vista compatibility mode? I've had to use this to install some applications on Win7 rc1." />
  <row Id="8306" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4745" RevisionGUID="d84a78bf-a946-4fd5-ab12-051836881c17" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:35:16.447" UserId="1993" Comment="additional stuff" Text="Apps under Windows x86 are limited to 2gb/ea. You can change this by adding the /3gb flag to boot.ini, but this can cause unexpected application behavior and should be used with caution. MS officially does not support this (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124810.aspx)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IIS's memory limits can be under the Recycling tab in the relevant app pool. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How are you determining that the application is never going over 500MB? If you're using Task Manager, keep in mind that it is rarely (if ever) an accurate representation of memory usage as Windows understands it. Use Process Explorer:&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a number of other relevant questions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Are there errors logged in your Event Logs?&#xD;&#xA; - Is it a particular line of code throwing the exceptions? If so, is this OutOfMemory exception actually an IIS problem, or a code problem?&#xD;&#xA; - Are you limiting your application pools at all with the Recyling setting?&#xD;&#xA; - Are there any other services running on this machine?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most likely, IIS, ASP.NET, and all their associated baggage are running up against the 2GB limit even though Windows Task Manager doesn't show it. Setting Recycling limits or upgrading to x64 will probably make a huge difference." />
  <row Id="8307" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4783" RevisionGUID="babd4f61-bd4e-49e4-9a37-35b9f88e63b8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:35:39.707" UserId="1997" Text="You can try getting in touch with local towns, cities and municipalities. Sometimes programs are in place for just this purpose." />
  <row Id="8308" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4784" RevisionGUID="3667d9ae-c047-4bc6-92e5-8fa869762092" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:37:15.553" UserId="1104" Text="With a database size of 2Gb, there is no reason to even consider a SAN.  A NAS will not work, you should only think of using a NAS for backups so you are not storing backups on the same machine as you data, and it's easy to make copies from the NAS for off-site storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With a small database, just use local disks in a RAID 1 or RAID 10.  If your database fits in RAM, you don't have to be quite so worried about IO performance.  Use 64-bit windows and put 8 Gigs in there.  That will leave plenty for the OS and give you room to grow." />
  <row Id="8309" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4196" RevisionGUID="9febc833-11e7-4ecd-88db-fbbc3288e14c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:39:41.957" UserId="780" Comment="added 24 characters in body" Text=" - **Change the port** used (as [Trent][1] mentioned)&#xD;&#xA; - **Require encryption keys** instead of passwords. http://sial.org/howto/openssh/publickey-auth/&#xD;&#xA; - **Blacklist** attacker ips&#xD;&#xA; - **Whitelist** known users to prevent accidental blacklisting. (as Samiuela mentioned)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/users/564/trent" />
  <row Id="8310" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4741" RevisionGUID="32990a6e-6666-4cc4-b0a7-8631e986fc72" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:41:07.570" UserId="247" Comment="tyop" Text="I know IPv4 pretty well, but I've never had to use IPv6 and never really had a class on it or read documentation that made sense.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone point me at a good introduction (on-line or in a book) to IPv6 for an IPv4 admin.  I'm mostly Windows rather than UNIX, but I can follow most UNIXy explanations." />
  <row Id="8312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4785" RevisionGUID="15b6fbe7-a78e-43c9-b63a-56e8773fd128" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:43:55.677" UserId="1840" Text="The following links have been pretty informative (about IPv6):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [http://www.personal.psu.edu/dvm105/blogs/ipv6/][3] (First person account on IPv6 - Blog)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [http://www.tcpipguide.com/free/t_InternetProtocolVersion6IPv6IPNextGenerationIPng.htm][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac123/ac147/archived_issues/ipj_9-3/ipv6_internals.html][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [http://www.spirentcom.cn/download/Poster/ProtocolPoster_IPv6.pdf][4] (a printable IPv6 poster)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tcpipguide.com/free/t_InternetProtocolVersion6IPv6IPNextGenerationIPng.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]:  http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac123/ac147/archived_issues/ipj_9-3/ipv6_internals.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.personal.psu.edu/dvm105/blogs/ipv6/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]:  http://www.spirentcom.cn/download/Poster/ProtocolPoster_IPv6.pdf" />
  <row Id="8313" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4759" RevisionGUID="30d6cd75-3f4e-4945-bf02-d0fabe79ed81" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:44:29.747" UserId="247" Comment="Cluley" Text="[Raymond Chen][1] to find out why Windows is the way it is; some of the content is very developer-technical in C and over my head, but much of it isn't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Official Microsoft blog from your product teams - [Exchange][2], [Word][3], [ISA][4], [SBS][5], etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For malware, [Graham Cluley][6] is excellent&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msexchangeteam.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_office_word/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc" />
  <row Id="8314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4786" RevisionGUID="08834e44-4c5e-4a48-8f2a-2287a2f7c0b7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:48:18.163" UserId="1246" Text="Context is important, but I'd recommend something like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Since you're using FreeBSD, consider running the PF firewall and using its solid connection rate-limiting features.  This will allow you to send the brute forcers to a black list if they connect on a frequent basis&#xD;&#xA; - If this box must be accessed from the outside world, consider using a PF rdr rule to not allow traffic to port 22, but to redirect some obscure port to it.  Meaning, you have to connect to port 9122 instead of 22.  It is obscure, but it keeps the knockers away&#xD;&#xA; - consider moving to key-based authentication only, making dictionary attacks useless&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4787" RevisionGUID="2634bbec-5e96-4247-9530-f8a78b4e2552" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:49:09.313" UserId="1999" Text="I'm running Dovecot to let people access their email on my server. Unfortunately, some are on networks where they can't connect on the normal IMAP port, so I'm trying to change it. I changed the config to contain:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    imap_listen = *:9999&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where 9999 is the port, but then dovecot fails to restart. What's the correct way of doing this? If possible, I'd prefer to have it listening on both ports." />
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  <row Id="8317" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4787" RevisionGUID="2634bbec-5e96-4247-9530-f8a78b4e2552" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:49:09.313" UserId="1999" Text="&lt;imap&gt;&lt;dovecot&gt;&lt;port&gt;" />
  <row Id="8318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4788" RevisionGUID="9c500ae4-e0bb-4ba1-8d72-237c1cb9d8fc" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:49:31.060" UserId="706" Text="A lot of time and columns are spent discussing securing a server from outside attacks.  This is perfectly valid because it's easier for an attacker to use the internet to break your server than it is for them to gain physical access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, some IT professionals gloss over the importance of physical server security.  Many, if not most, of the most egregious breaches of security are performed from inside the organization.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How do you protect your servers from users with on site access who have no need to access the server or server room itself?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it just next to the IT manager's desk in a cubicle, or locked behind several doors with electronic card and biometric access?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once someone has physical access to the servers, what protections are in place that prevent, or at least log, access to sensitive data they have no reasonable need to see?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course this will vary from organization to organization, and business need to business need, but even print servers have access to sensitive data (contracts, employee info) being printed, so there's more to this than might appear at first glance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="8319" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4788" RevisionGUID="9c500ae4-e0bb-4ba1-8d72-237c1cb9d8fc" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:49:31.060" UserId="706" Text="Physical server security" />
  <row Id="8320" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4788" RevisionGUID="9c500ae4-e0bb-4ba1-8d72-237c1cb9d8fc" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:49:31.060" UserId="706" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;datacenter&gt;" />
  <row Id="8321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4789" RevisionGUID="cf8fcd02-dd01-4ffd-940c-e8a6981d0701" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:52:56.543" UserId="640" Text="The amount of physical security you need depends on the nature and size of your business, IT staff, etc. For most smaller companies, a locked door and inexpensive security camera will do the trick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Securing access to the electrical closet is important, too. Throwing a breaker goes a long way toward shutting down computer systems." />
  <row Id="8322" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4790" RevisionGUID="8ac953d4-879b-4887-9ecf-af669929e7f5" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:53:36.557" UserId="216" Text="On my FC10 system running `dovecot-1.1.10-1.fc10` the syntax is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    protocol imap {&#xD;&#xA;        listen = *:9999 *:143&#xD;&#xA;        ....&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look to see what error is being reported.  If the configuration is actually correct then the most likely is 'Address already in use', meaning that some other process is already listening on port 9999.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8323" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4791" RevisionGUID="4119a9c4-fbdf-490f-ab84-aa5ab25e1aeb" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:56:43.587" UserId="301" Text="All our production servers are stored on the other side of the world in a solid data center. Man traps, biometric scanners, the whole box and dice. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the machines that are in our office, they live in the server room, accessible only via swipe card. Only the sysadmins have swipe cards that can access that area.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, if someone physically has their hands on your kit, then your data is theirs. If this is a sufficient concern then pgp'ing anything of value and decrypting it on the fly is a heavy handed but necessary requirement. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit: you could extend this to questions of physical security of your backup media. What good is solid physical security if your offsites are not as or more secure?" />
  <row Id="8324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4792" RevisionGUID="d49d6e7d-802a-47df-a7b6-13bd04eca41b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:58:56.857" UserId="1820" Text="http://blogs.technet.com/askds/default.aspx - MS Directory Services blog, useful for DFS and file related information&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.istartedsomething.com/ - Not so much IT Admin, as general Windows/computing news, but a good resources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://news.zdnet.com/ - Opinion articles may not be agreeable, but usually a good source of news." />
  <row Id="8325" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4793" RevisionGUID="0da7d748-5b15-4393-b6e2-b0447afc86a7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T15:59:24.860" UserId="1821" Text="&#xD;&#xA;At an old employer we used a smartcard access system on a very heavy door. We enforced time restrictions and only a few Execs plus our team have access. Strong passwords once inside with renamed local accounts. We had ours just outside prox card sensors for more doors and other such stuff. It is tucked away in a warehouse where forklift drivers would go by all hours of day/night.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is when electricians needed to do wiring, prop the door open with a brick and head off to lunch without notifying anyone. It had happened once. Luckily I came in moments later. Funny how a brick can circumvent $10k+ of security." />
  <row Id="8326" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4794" RevisionGUID="567e830f-2947-4337-8d2f-d346a5fca08a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:00:19.927" UserId="1999" Text="On my server, PHP will take a long time to execute a script (say, 5 seconds) if it hasn't been cached by APC yet. After it is, it executes very fast.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd provide more information, but I wouldn't know where to begin. Can you guess and point me in the right direction? I'll edit this question once I have more info." />
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  <row Id="8328" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4794" RevisionGUID="567e830f-2947-4337-8d2f-d346a5fca08a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:00:19.927" UserId="1999" Text="&lt;php&gt;&lt;apc&gt;" />
  <row Id="8329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4795" RevisionGUID="3c3e776e-4999-44a0-9688-9f73c5c35762" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:01:21.470" UserId="1994" Text="Our server room is protected via keycard.  Only IT personnel have keycards that will open the door, and only the Security department has control over your keycard's access permissions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once inside the server room, all the servers are held in enclosed racks.  The front and rear doors of each rack are locked, and only IT personnel are given rack keys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We also keep the networking closets on all floors locked, and only members of the Facilities team has keys for these doors." />
  <row Id="8330" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4796" RevisionGUID="7bafc67f-6ff1-4f91-b930-7542c340d5f2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:02:15.507" UserId="1681" Text="I am looking for an application I can use to consume performance monitor logs and report on them.  Is there an application you have good success with to display the metrics you have captured with PerfMon and point out problem areas etc.?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Brett" />
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  <row Id="8332" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4796" RevisionGUID="7bafc67f-6ff1-4f91-b930-7542c340d5f2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:02:15.507" UserId="1681" Text="&lt;perfmon&gt;&lt;windowsservers&gt;" />
  <row Id="8333" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4797" RevisionGUID="2b5ef1ce-179b-43f1-a489-e82bd7f6d7e3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:04:15.143" UserId="1820" Text="Can anyone give some insight on the performance impact of enabling Shadow Copy on a file server? We have a volume that has about 700 GB of data on it, used by 100 users. There isn't a really high load for changing files, but many reads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shadow Copies can only be enabled on the same volume due to size, and lack of alternative drives. Does having the source and storage area on the same drive severly impact performance? I know the documentation says it will, but I'm looking for real world examples." />
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  <row Id="8335" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4797" RevisionGUID="2b5ef1ce-179b-43f1-a489-e82bd7f6d7e3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:04:15.143" UserId="1820" Text="&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="8336" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4793" RevisionGUID="919b4b73-ee32-4fed-9e8c-b5d1a923bffd" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:04:57.827" UserId="1821" Comment="deleted 205 characters in body" Text="All manners of physical security can be taken with smart card access, prox sensors, heavy doors, kick plates, cameras, strong passwords, biometrics..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is when electricians needed to do wiring, prop the door open with a brick and head off to lunch without notifying anyone. It had happened once. Luckily I came in moments later. Funny how a brick can circumvent $10k+ of security." />
  <row Id="8337" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="4793" RevisionGUID="08b0e3dc-784c-44ef-95cb-38af489916d2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:05:21.897" UserId="1821" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1821,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Terry&quot;}]" />
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  <row Id="8343" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4799" RevisionGUID="e8844da1-1cd0-40a8-b79e-869190c76d26" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:07:55.823" UserId="1357" Text="The problem was on router, after reconfigure router, the vpn start to work again.&lt;br&gt;" />
  <row Id="8347" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4801" RevisionGUID="a4e88daf-cffa-4625-acde-b9ed0ac81f3f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:11:35.063" UserId="1787" Text="If it's small-to-medium company, probably will have it's servers in colocation center, if it's big corporation, will have it's own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This usually provide physical security means you've mentioned. What you didn't mention is electromagnetic shielding, preventing eavesdropping (there are commercially available products capable of eavesdropping twisted-pair Ethernet from distance of hundred feet or so). In case of banks, these are bunker-like structures, that would even withstand [EMP attacks][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's also typical for data center, to have at least two physical locations, to have backup in case of some type of natural disaster (flood, fire, whatever). Of course it's own power supply, not only UPS, but also generators. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse" />
  <row Id="8348" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4802" RevisionGUID="f30ea481-1e4d-42a3-ad78-3c1fdb227b87" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:13:35.683" UserId="1078" Text="[RunAsRadio][1] - a podcast for IT professionals. Although not a blog it still gives IT pro's a steady stream of valuable info on a variety of topics.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.runasradio.com" />
  <row Id="8349" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4803" RevisionGUID="87ce5273-81a1-4989-9f57-47147d11a38b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:13:36.823" UserId="1997" Text="Wubi uses the Windows boot loader, so you may want to double check the settings. Also, Wubi lives in a large file within your windows partition, so make sure that that file hasn't been moved or damaged." />
  <row Id="8351" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4805" RevisionGUID="65cc4a9b-a5fd-4709-bb02-7d4716a75234" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:16:29.233" UserId="1999" Text="I have a Mythbuntu 8.10 home server / media center.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Two 320GB harddisks in software RAID1 for important files&#xD;&#xA;- One 500GB external disk for media (movies etc.)&#xD;&#xA;- Serving files trough Samba and Apache&#xD;&#xA;- Downloading torrents with rTorrent and rtGui&#xD;&#xA;- OpenTTD dedicated server&#xD;&#xA;- Playing movies and tv shows on the TV at full hd (with HDMI) using VLC." />
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  <row Id="8353" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4806" RevisionGUID="e389bbf2-bc03-45ae-8319-18e147e2c9b6" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:16:55.270" UserId="1803" Text="Do you have any specific error IDs from the logs, and when do you get them?  (e.g. one error when the user logs on vs. periodic errors the entire time theyr'e logged in)" />
  <row Id="8354" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4797" RevisionGUID="071e62ef-5cd7-4c5c-ab0a-806d5ca969aa" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:17:11.493" UserId="808" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;shadow-copy&gt;" />
  <row Id="8356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4808" RevisionGUID="29d4aaf9-63a9-456d-b20e-a58765d4d3f5" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:17:33.427" UserId="1150" Text="May I suggest [Thermite][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermite" />
  <row Id="8357" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4809" RevisionGUID="b8460dbe-839e-471a-b5a9-018d5f08c430" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:19:24.827" UserId="706" Text="There are lots of programs that small businesses (libraries, internet cafes, etc) can install on local computers to enforce their rules and terms of service when using free resources.  These aren't ideal as they require constant updates, and can readily be circumvented.  A lot of this stems from three intertwined requirements - preventing over-usage, decreasing liability (illegal internet activity), while enabling the greatest level of internet access possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming the computer cannot be trusted, a proxy appears to be a logical choice.  A transparent proxy is nice in that it requires no configuration on the end machine, and would also apply to users that bring their own machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What are good, free proxy servers that can be configured as transparent proxies?&#xD;&#xA; - Is a proxy server good for metering and rate limiting usage, or is different software better for this?&#xD;&#xA; - Are there free/open blacklists available for preventing the usual &quot;bad&quot; access (other proxies, child porn, etc)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="8358" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4809" RevisionGUID="b8460dbe-839e-471a-b5a9-018d5f08c430" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:19:24.827" UserId="706" Text="Free transparent proxy to implement internet controls and monitoring" />
  <row Id="8359" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4809" RevisionGUID="b8460dbe-839e-471a-b5a9-018d5f08c430" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:19:24.827" UserId="706" Text="&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;transparent-proxy&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="8360" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4658" RevisionGUID="db5fc08d-c98f-4b68-98e3-5ca56a1c3d5d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:21:08.067" UserId="247" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;web-serving&gt;" />
  <row Id="8361" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4810" RevisionGUID="d5e13011-9221-4032-9348-7d8db3deaa57" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:21:19.347" UserId="1078" Text="You can view the IO usage in the system tray using [Process Explorer][1] by enabling &quot;Options-&gt;I/O History Tray Icon&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hover over the icon, and it will tell you which app is using the most IO right now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx" />
  <row Id="8362" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4658" RevisionGUID="5fd94b8f-1d48-4557-b838-f3b1684d665f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:21:21.717" UserId="247" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="8363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4811" RevisionGUID="093a3eaf-db20-43e0-8887-5cb101906037" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:21:25.353" UserId="1122" Text="&gt; The main problem is that it hangs at the login screen for ages and sometimes never gets to the desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is *before* you login, DNS is likely to blame.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's *after* you login, I'd guess a profile issue. Create a new user and profile and try with that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some additional things to try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   - Disconnect from network (wireless and wired). This will isolate any calls to a non-existent server, like for a mapped drive, GPOs, or something.&#xD;&#xA;   - Autoruns to disable all startup items.&#xD;&#xA;   - Disk defrag and Scandisk for bad disk errors. They should also be reported in EventViewer.&#xD;&#xA;   - Wireshark on another PC on a hub to watch login traffic." />
  <row Id="8364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4812" RevisionGUID="8171c966-528e-41ed-952c-5fbeb5930b25" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:22:25.927" UserId="984" Text="If you can't get it to listen on two ports then you could also simply use iptables to redirect connections to 9999 to 143 with a command like below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /sbin/iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 9999 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 143&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8365" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4813" RevisionGUID="6b9464fa-4116-48d6-9c19-2a815e585057" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:23:32.587" UserId="2000" Text="This is why we have caches. ;)&#xD;&#xA;Seriously: it seems that executing the script is the problem.&#xD;&#xA;But is it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - starting up the interpreter&#xD;&#xA; - or: execution time of the script?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a PHP module installed, or does the http server has to start a new process (php) for the script?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are the disks busy?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the execution time of the script itself (easy to measure with two timestamps you print at the start and at the end of the script)? &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8367" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4787" RevisionGUID="b61e997d-4954-4d7e-811e-7a43b6e70697" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:24:13.427" UserId="1999" Comment="added 88 characters in body" Text="I'm running Dovecot to let people access their email on my server. Unfortunately, some are on networks where they can't connect on the normal IMAP port, so I'm trying to change it. I changed the config to contain:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    protocol imap {&#xD;&#xA;      listen = *.1433 *.143&#xD;&#xA;      ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then dovecot fails to restart:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Fatal: listen: Can't resolve address *.1433: Name or service not known&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's the correct way of doing this? If possible, I'd prefer to have it listening on both ports." />
  <row Id="8369" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="4809" RevisionGUID="00e7b56e-0c77-4187-afb7-556cb8374ab7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:25:42.223" UserId="706" Text="Transparent proxy to enforce terms of service" />
  <row Id="8372" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4809" RevisionGUID="00e7b56e-0c77-4187-afb7-556cb8374ab7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:25:42.223" UserId="706" Text="There are lots of programs that small businesses (libraries, internet cafes, etc) can install on local computers to enforce their rules and terms of service when using free resources.  These aren't ideal as they require constant updates, and can readily be circumvented.  A lot of this stems from three intertwined requirements - preventing over-usage, decreasing liability (illegal internet activity, comply with gov't regulation, etc), while enabling the greatest level of internet access possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming the computer cannot be trusted, a proxy appears to be a logical choice.  A transparent proxy is nice in that it requires no configuration on the end machine, and would also apply to users that bring their own machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What are good, free proxy servers that can be configured as transparent proxies?&#xD;&#xA; - Is a proxy server good for metering and rate limiting usage, or is different software better for this?&#xD;&#xA; - Are there free/open blacklists available for preventing the usual &quot;bad&quot; access (other proxies, child porn, etc)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="8373" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4817" RevisionGUID="b6004b59-d9ac-4318-8784-bc60945c16d1" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:27:11.110" UserId="984" Text="The standard FOSS solution is [squid][1] with [dansguardian][2] or [squidguard][3].  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The one thing to keep in mind about the transparent proxies, is that you cannot easily transparently proxy https.  These days more and more of the bypass-proxies you find on the internet are using https.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for blacklists, this [link][4] seems to have a good list.  It isn't free but we use URLBlacklist.com which is relatively inexpensive.  It isn't perfect, but it is usually enough to give people the idea that going to inappropriate sites is not acceptable on your network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.squid-cache.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://dansguardian.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.squidguard.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.squidguard.org/blacklists.html" />
  <row Id="8374" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4818" RevisionGUID="4ea7d108-9c4a-4e37-a9c2-9d85d12159ff" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:27:13.733" UserId="1821" Text="Stuff like [SpiceWorks][1] offer a whole package view of making your life easier. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Does it? Who has had experience, good or bad, with these types of solutions?&#xD;&#xA; - What are the best products for using WMI to capture inventory of your entire network? &#xD;&#xA; - Is it better to use PowerShell, WMIC and Access to develop your own?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.spiceworks.com" />
  <row Id="8375" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4818" RevisionGUID="4ea7d108-9c4a-4e37-a9c2-9d85d12159ff" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:27:13.733" UserId="1821" Text="Using IT management software" />
  <row Id="8376" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4818" RevisionGUID="4ea7d108-9c4a-4e37-a9c2-9d85d12159ff" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:27:13.733" UserId="1821" Text="&lt;management&gt;&lt;inventory&gt;&lt;msaccess&gt;&lt;information&gt;" />
  <row Id="8377" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4819" RevisionGUID="6c4c1bbb-ada9-40af-94b7-244915ca79bc" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:31:11.350" UserId="1980" Text="I have a test server that runs Windows XP, and we attach an external hard drive to it via USB.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I leave the external hard drive connected to it for too long I get a message that says something about &quot;Windows Delayed Write Failure&quot; and then the external HDD re-attaches itself to the server, but it always crashes any programs that happened to be using the drive at the time as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any solution to this problem, it's plauged me for years!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. Yeah, I know I should probably upgrade already.  I'm waiting for Windows 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8378" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4819" RevisionGUID="6c4c1bbb-ada9-40af-94b7-244915ca79bc" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:31:11.350" UserId="1980" Text="&quot;Windows Delayed Write Failure&quot; USB 2.0 External HDD" />
  <row Id="8379" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4819" RevisionGUID="6c4c1bbb-ada9-40af-94b7-244915ca79bc" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:31:11.350" UserId="1980" Text="&lt;external-hdd&gt;&lt;usb&gt;&lt;winxp&gt;" />
  <row Id="8380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4820" RevisionGUID="a9833b17-8059-4f86-a182-d6ce8dc6735d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:32:35.543" UserId="1787" Text="Use [xdebug][1] to profile your scripts. Then you'll know what takes so long. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.xdebug.org/" />
  <row Id="8381" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4821" RevisionGUID="bf321eee-1839-4225-ad61-d144d79511b2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:32:59.413" UserId="190" Text="I've skimmed google on this but haven't found anything too useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to use Google Contacts with a HardPhone supported by Asterisk PBX?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Google contacts is exposed thru a MSExchange server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="8382" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4821" RevisionGUID="bf321eee-1839-4225-ad61-d144d79511b2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:32:59.413" UserId="190" Text="Google Contacts on IP phones via asterisk PBX" />
  <row Id="8383" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4821" RevisionGUID="bf321eee-1839-4225-ad61-d144d79511b2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:32:59.413" UserId="190" Text="&lt;asterisk&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;cisco&gt;" />
  <row Id="8384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4822" RevisionGUID="208db452-f253-4d93-8a40-9576dfc93076" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:33:39.053" UserId="808" Text="- Security&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're running services on your server that means you have to have ports open and services running.  These services are exposed to attack and can potentially be an avenue to getting into your home network. I've been self-hosting for a few years, and except for `selinux` my web server would have been successfully hacked on at least one occasion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other people have brought up a lot of other issues, which may or may not be issues in your particular instance.  Basically, I see it like this:  If you self-host as a hobby and if it's fun for you to do, self-hosting can be just fine.  If it's for a business, then you probably want to do something other than self-hosting.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8385" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4128" RevisionGUID="176c5cb8-06c5-42f4-82f5-cadf043e15c5" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:33:59.113" UserId="706" Comment="Fix teh typo." Text="Drives, like most components, have a bathtub curve failure rate.  They fail a lot in the beginning, have a relatively low failure rate in the middle, and then fail a lot as they reach the end of their life.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just as the whole drive follows this curve, particular areas of the disk will also follow this curve.  You'll see a lot of sector re-allocations in the beginning of using the drive, but this should taper off.  When the drive starts to fail at the end of life it'll start losing more and more sectors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You don't need to worry about 6 (depending on the drive - consult the manufacturer), but you need to watch and see the frequency of each new reallocation.  If the deterioration accelerates or stays the same, worry.  Otherwise, it should be fine after the initial break-in period.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="8386" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4823" RevisionGUID="69af868b-f620-4b02-9ffc-fa5252c7e5b8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:34:58.660" UserId="1694" Text="I want to use SQL Server 2008, but I'd also like to maintain a fall back position of switching back to SQL Server 2005. I know I cannot backup 2008 to restore 2005 and detach/attach won't work - what are my options?" />
  <row Id="8387" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4823" RevisionGUID="69af868b-f620-4b02-9ffc-fa5252c7e5b8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:34:58.660" UserId="1694" Text="SQL Server 2008 - 2005 Compatibility" />
  <row Id="8388" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4823" RevisionGUID="69af868b-f620-4b02-9ffc-fa5252c7e5b8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:34:58.660" UserId="1694" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;compatibility&gt;" />
  <row Id="8390" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4825" RevisionGUID="4dc579dc-8ac1-4f60-9052-8842f21a492a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:35:30.060" UserId="1494" Text="What brand is the enclosure? Some are really cheap and don't perform well under large loads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may want to enable `optimize for fast removal` somewhere in the Device Manager for the device. That turns off the journaling." />
  <row Id="8391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4826" RevisionGUID="0f269a64-694b-4aa9-bd1b-8fd93d63c353" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:35:32.120" UserId="301" Text="Your external hard drive has probably gone into power save mode and its power up sequence is taking a fraction longer than Windows is prepared to wait. Once Windows has decided that the device had a serious error, it's probably forceable unmounting the drive and reattaching all over again, which is why it shows up on the desktop again." />
  <row Id="8392" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4827" RevisionGUID="b78ccddf-0df4-4dbb-827b-2bc86bea976b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:36:25.240" UserId="1803" Text="The only similar experience I've had with a netbook was resolved by disabling hibernation entirely.  It sounds like a glib answer, but I haven't had the issue since, and I've had no motivation to re-enable it.  Is it possible that your user's method of shutting down is to close the screen?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there's the possibility of a hardware issue, you could swap hard drives and see if the issue migrates to the other user." />
  <row Id="8393" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4828" RevisionGUID="c87e7fdb-ba54-4645-9c18-21dbf199d359" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:36:28.657" UserId="706" Text="Chances are good that there's something wrong with the drive, USB/drive bridge, cable, USB host hardware, or USB stack software on the PC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this problem replicable on other hardware with the same drive, or on this same hardware with another hard drive?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It should only happen when the drive detaches from the computer while a write operation is pending.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam " />
  <row Id="8394" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4829" RevisionGUID="e612a1a0-8989-4b2f-a499-cfb029ac621d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:38:10.040" UserId="1878" Text="I've used [SmoothWall][1] as a gateway and transparent proxy, along with the [Dan's Guardian][2] module to implement filtering. Dan's Guardian is particularly nice, because it's out of the box configuration is fairly safe/strict, but doesn't rely on black/white lists (but those are available if you need them).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a [bandwidthd][3] module that I've used for monitoring usage and it's rather handy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For rate limiting, you can use the QoS module, but it does *not* do inbound limiting, only outbound - there's an informative thread on the [SmoothWall Community Forum][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.smoothwall.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://dansguardian.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://bandwidthd.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://community.smoothwall.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&amp;t=22556&amp;p=164920&amp;hilit=rate+limiting#p164920" />
  <row Id="8395" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4830" RevisionGUID="7b31a6a6-0e99-492f-aea2-129a46cc3c63" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:38:34.703" UserId="641" Text="Particularly if you're allowing people to use their own computer, I don't know if a proxy is going to be any better from an anti-circumvention standpoint.  There are lots of ways to work around proxies.  If you want to prevent overuse, I think you're better off doing something at the network hardware level to keep people from connecting for too long in the first place." />
  <row Id="8396" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4574" RevisionGUID="2c9a0590-bb18-4099-b2e8-e1d151defaae" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:41:43.680" UserId="216" Comment="added 711 characters in body" Text="No, don't put your private IP addresses in the public DNS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Firstly, it leaks information, although that's a relatively minor problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The worse problem if your MX records point to that particular host entry is that anyone that does try to send mail to it will at best get mail delivery timeouts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on the sender's mail software they may get bounces.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even worse, if you're using RFC1918 address space (which you should, inside your network) and the sender is too, there's every chance that they'll try and deliver the mail to their own network instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* network has internal mail server, but no split DNS&#xD;&#xA;* admin therefore puts both public and internal IP addresses in the DNS&#xD;&#xA;* and MX records point to both:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;     $ORIGIN example.com&#xD;&#xA;     @        IN   MX    mail.example.com&#xD;&#xA;     mail     IN   A     192.168.1.2&#xD;&#xA;              IN   A     some_public_IP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* someone seeing this _might_ try to connect to 192.168.1.2&#xD;&#xA;* best case, it bounces, because they've got no route&#xD;&#xA;* but if they've also got a server using 192.168.1.2, the mail will go to the wrong place&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, it's a broken configuration, but I've seen this (and worse) happen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No, it's not DNS's fault, it's just doing what it's told to.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4831" RevisionGUID="0f0de939-709a-4215-ae7a-fe105e17fa62" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:42:02.447" UserId="1435" Text="Fire is your friend." />
  <row Id="8398" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4817" RevisionGUID="2b8d44a3-c346-4af5-977d-9bd132d654ee" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:45:45.903" UserId="984" Comment="added delay_pools info" Text="The standard FOSS solution is [squid][1] with [dansguardian][2] or [squidguard][3].  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The one thing to keep in mind about the transparent proxies, is that you cannot easily transparently proxy https.  These days more and more of the bypass-proxies you find on the internet are using https.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for blacklists, this [link][4] seems to have a good list.  It isn't free but we use URLBlacklist.com which is relatively inexpensive.  It isn't perfect, but it is usually enough to give people the idea that going to inappropriate sites is not acceptable on your network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To limit usage in squid you need to use the [delay_pools][5], it is a bit tricky to setup the first time, but it does seem to be pretty effective to limiting the total proxied bandwidth to a certain level, and keeping one individual from using everything.  (howto [link][6])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.squid-cache.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://dansguardian.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.squidguard.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.squidguard.org/blacklists.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/delay_pools/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://quark.humbug.org.au/publications/squid/aclsquid.html" />
  <row Id="8399" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4709" RevisionGUID="65b8eecb-2523-42f3-b99e-ac9db3492888" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:46:32.470" UserId="1787" Comment="added 12 characters in body" Text="Typically at home you'll have **A**DSL, where A stands for Asymmetric. For example 24Mbit ADSL2+ has only 1Mbit of upload. Typical cable modems are asymmetric too, although difference is not as high (3-5 fold, not 20 fold). Some ISP to combat P2P farther reduce upload speeds, throttling eg. 20Mbit ADSL to 512kbit upload. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise not a real problem. As for security, even simple SOHO routers let you create [DMZ][1] and put your server there. I've been using home based server few years ago, old PC, downclocked and converted to fan-less. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But currently I don't see the point in doing that. It's just not worth the fuss. Nowadays you can get good quality free hosting (eg. Google Apps Engine) or wide choice of cheap, personal VPS-type hosting. &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMZ_(computing)" />
  <row Id="8400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4832" RevisionGUID="21188ab4-0b1d-447d-b57b-d374baed29c0" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:47:50.797" UserId="117" Text="On the Linux side, checkout theses podcasts from [JupiterBroadcasting][1] :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Linux Action Show][2] : about new Linux stuff, interviews (Mark Shuttleworth, CrossOver's CEO, Linspire's CEO...) and more&#xD;&#xA; - [In Depth Look][3] : in depth on a specific topic, like VirtualBox or security tools&#xD;&#xA; - [The Big Story &amp; News Update][4] : short podcast about news in the Linux world&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/?cat=4&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/?cat=153&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/?cat=154" />
  <row Id="8401" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4832" RevisionGUID="21188ab4-0b1d-447d-b57b-d374baed29c0" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:47:50.797" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8402" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4833" RevisionGUID="19875c7c-ef2d-451b-a902-f5e475146681" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:47:55.023" UserId="1797" Text="I will point you to [a reply][1] on StackOverflow, regarding a very similar question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27108/perfmon-file-analysis-tools/27130#27130" />
  <row Id="8403" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4790" RevisionGUID="c6022d80-a245-48bf-8e75-bb98c455160e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:48:21.777" UserId="216" Comment="added 121 characters in body" Text="On my FC10 system running `dovecot-1.1.10-1.fc10` the syntax is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    protocol imap {&#xD;&#xA;        listen = *:9999 *:143&#xD;&#xA;        ....&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look to see what error is being reported.  If the configuration is actually correct then the most likely is 'Address already in use', meaning that some other process is already listening on port 9999.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT - I see you've amended the question.  The error is that you're using a '.' instead of a ':' as the port separator." />
  <row Id="8404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4834" RevisionGUID="38995e77-e217-4ff7-9f82-059393daf289" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:48:28.097" UserId="1883" Text="We need an SSL certificate to facilitate remote access and administration by a small number of employees. We won't be using it for any kind of e-commerce or things like that, so it seems hard to justify paying the prices demanded by some of the big-name providers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Who are some good low-cost providers to consider? What are the important differences between the offerings that are available at different price points? (And is the certificate business really as much of a racket as it seems?)" />
  <row Id="8405" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4834" RevisionGUID="38995e77-e217-4ff7-9f82-059393daf289" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:48:28.097" UserId="1883" Text="Good low-cost SSL certificate providers" />
  <row Id="8406" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4834" RevisionGUID="38995e77-e217-4ff7-9f82-059393daf289" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:48:28.097" UserId="1883" Text="&lt;ssl&gt;&lt;certificate&gt;" />
  <row Id="8407" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4604" RevisionGUID="699ef781-dc89-468d-bf1a-2c19200c3b2a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:49:46.050" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="8408" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4681" RevisionGUID="45f68de7-0612-42b3-9cd8-19a31a9705e0" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:51:38.463" UserId="1561" Comment="clarification of intent" Text="If by private you mean a 10.0.0.0/8, a 192.168.0.0/16, or a 172.16.0.0/12, then **don't**.  Most internet routers recognize it for what it is - [a private address that must *never* be routed to the public internet in a direct fashion][1], which is what helped the popularity of NAT.  Anyone attempting to contact your public DNS server will retrieve the private IP address from DNS, only to send a packet to .... nowhere.  As their connection attempts to traverse the internet to your private address, some (sanely configured) router along the way will simply eat the packet alive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to get email from the &quot;outside&quot; to come &quot;inside&quot;, at some point, the packet has to cross your firewall.  I would suggest setting up a DMZ address to handle this - a single public IP address that is tightly controlled by any router/firewall you have in place.  The existing setup you describe sounds like it does exactly that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: clarification of intent... (see comments below).  If this doesn't make sense, I'll vote to remove my own post.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1918.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8409" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4835" RevisionGUID="87287316-ea85-41d1-9f14-0aea07d23e13" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:53:15.587" UserId="1998" Text="If it's for your employees only then you're probably better off creating your own corporate certification authority.  It's fairly straight-forward under Windows and Unix, and then you can use GPOs or another facility to push your root certificate to the workstations.  That way your IT department can issue and revoke certificates without paying anything." />
  <row Id="8410" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4836" RevisionGUID="fd72f625-0696-44ee-b734-70e8e5877c4a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:53:31.483" UserId="117" Text="Here's a [good post on that subject][1] by Rainer Wichmann.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It explains pros and cons on theses methods to do it :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   *  Strong passwords&#xD;&#xA;   * RSA authentication&#xD;&#xA;   * Using 'iptables' to block the attack&#xD;&#xA;   * Using the sshd log to block attacks&#xD;&#xA;   * Using tcp_wrappers to block attacks&#xD;&#xA;   * Port knocking&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.la-samhna.de/library/brutessh.html" />
  <row Id="8412" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4838" RevisionGUID="68aa65ce-1091-4591-a063-ec3cb030f7b9" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:54:05.400" UserId="1054" Text="Do you need the third party validation and trust of public root ca's?  Sounds like you could get away with setting up your own box with certificate services and issue your own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've gotten SSL certs from GoDaddy.com lately.  Cheap ($50US / 2 yrs)." />
  <row Id="8413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4839" RevisionGUID="b822cf17-1793-48f3-b706-cd9f7f40205e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:55:52.150" UserId="1562" Text="What are the opinions on allowing virtual memory _inside_ a virtual machine? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, a host machine w/8 Gig of memory, I could run 4 VMs each w/2 Gig (roughly) and there would be no host swapping. However, in each VM I could have a 2Gig page file so the virtual server had 4Gig of usable memory, 2 physical 2 virtual. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OR... I could give each VM 4 Gig of &quot;memory&quot; and have the host use 8Gig of real memory and 8G of virtual memory and have no page file in each VM. Each VM would still have &quot;4Gig&quot; but the paging would occur on the host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The warm-fuzzy part of me says setup paging in each guest like you would a real server and you're good. But the analytical side of me sees two major advantages to overcommitting the host memory and having no paging in the VM. First, the IO for the virtual memory is then handled by the host OS, which is closer to the bare metal, so it should be quicker. And second, paging would only be required _if_ the host didn't have the memory available. If the guest wanted 4Gig, but other guests weren't using their memory then no paging would be required. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thoughts?" />
  <row Id="8414" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4839" RevisionGUID="b822cf17-1793-48f3-b706-cd9f7f40205e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:55:52.150" UserId="1562" Text="Virtual memory in virtualized machines (Swap File in VM?)" />
  <row Id="8415" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4839" RevisionGUID="b822cf17-1793-48f3-b706-cd9f7f40205e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:55:52.150" UserId="1562" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;pagefile&gt;&lt;memory&gt;" />
  <row Id="8416" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4840" RevisionGUID="c1acfef7-d69a-4669-8504-ad7e59771559" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:57:32.223" UserId="1562" Text="You could sign your own, if you've got the infrastructure. But it wouldn't be trusted by the remote machine unless you installed the CA on that machine. If you have multiple needs w/in one domain I'd go for a wildcard cert from godaddy and spread the cost over multiple uses." />
  <row Id="8417" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4841" RevisionGUID="b8a9b63c-bff6-499c-82df-0741519b92bc" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:58:24.623" UserId="1787" Text="Have you installed Additions? They make quite a difference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here's how][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/09/22/install-virtualbox-2-guest-additions-in-ubuntu/" />
  <row Id="8418" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4834" RevisionGUID="816374ac-1f5e-4a07-9ca3-81263d627c4c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:59:37.680" UserId="1883" Comment="clarified reason for not using a self-published cert" Text="We need an SSL certificate to facilitate remote access and administration by a small number of employees. I don't want to have to train a bunch of non-technical users to install a self-published cert on their home computers, so I'd prefer to purchase one from a well-trusted provider. We won't be using it for any kind of e-commerce or things like that, so it seems hard to justify paying the prices demanded by some of the big-name providers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Who are some good low-cost providers to consider? What are the important differences between the offerings that are available at different price points? (And is the certificate business really as much of a racket as it seems?)" />
  <row Id="8419" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4842" RevisionGUID="59744ce6-0301-42d1-bd9b-fa8d66bef75a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T16:59:46.743" UserId="1562" Text="SSIS or replication to move your data backwards. This isn't a great option. What's the reason for the 2005 fallback? After all, even if you can move the data, you won't be able to use 2008 things like the `date` datatype, or spacial data since that's not an option in 2005. What you're looking at is atypical." />
  <row Id="8420" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4843" RevisionGUID="e5144e63-b380-43f5-93a5-11b13f0be0a7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:00:25.757" UserId="1496" Text="That would heavily depend on the consequences of overcommitting memory on your host OS. I would be a bit more than annoyed if, for example, I'd have the Linux out-of-memory killer slay my virtual machine. I tend to set aside a smaller, separate, preallocated, snapshot-independent (if applicable to your VM solution) virtual disk for each guest OS, ensure the file hosting that disk image is not fragmented and/or on a fast drive, and configure the guest swap space to reside on that virtual disk. Hypervisor memory management today is good enough to not feel the difference between OOM host swapping and OOM guest swapping, and I can fine-tune guest behavior independently. Best of both worlds." />
  <row Id="8421" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4818" RevisionGUID="42d5e055-f9c4-4f57-854b-fbf570769a9f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:00:46.413" UserId="1821" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Stuff like [SpiceWorks][1] promises so much, but we have had mixed experience. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Who has had experience, good or bad, with these types of solutions?&#xD;&#xA; - What are the best products for using WMI to capture inventory of your entire network? &#xD;&#xA; - Is it better to use PowerShell, WMIC and Access to develop your own?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.spiceworks.com" />
  <row Id="8422" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4844" RevisionGUID="b1a23af6-98a9-48e4-9f7c-6850ab5d2395" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:01:13.527" UserId="301" Text="I'm not a virtualization expert (in fact I think it's the wrong tool for the job most times), but from what I have read your guest OS's should not be allowed to swap. The primary reason for preventing swapping is it represents a way for one guess OS to hog a large portion of th e host's IO bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, you don't want to pretend to your guess OS's that the host has more physical memory than it has as it will cause the host to swap heavily, but debugging performance issues inside the guess OS's will be very hard, because from their point of view they are not swapping, and none of the os level tools in the guest will show it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It may even be with tools like Xen and VmWare you cannot overcommit memory on the host OS because of the use of baloon memory drivers." />
  <row Id="8423" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4845" RevisionGUID="4ee90003-f1b2-4eb2-b019-43289af1f101" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:02:15.677" UserId="1071" Text="What length USB cable is connecting the hard drive to the PC? I had a similar problem and eventually Windows (XP) decided it couldn't connect to the drive altogether. However, I was connecting the drive via an extension cable. When I used the short (&lt; 1m) cable that came with the drive I had no problems connecting or writing to the drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said Dave Cheney's answer is a good possibility too." />
  <row Id="8424" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4846" RevisionGUID="83de20f0-7295-4cca-9967-ac9049dc03f2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:02:24.007" UserId="1129" Text="At my workplace we use Active Directory and a few scripts we rolled orselves and that works fine. We're a small company, so we don't need a huge IT management suite.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've heard good things about Zenoss ([http://www.zenoss.com/][1]), but no first-hand experience with them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a larger company, I can see IT management software being useful. If you have 30+ users, you really should have it. If you have less than 10, it's probably not worth the effort.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.zenoss.com/" />
  <row Id="8425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4847" RevisionGUID="151f1e04-4c15-4235-995c-99000c308f98" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:02:52.070" UserId="2003" Text="Very useful one I only found out about recently:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    winver.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Gives you a dialog box with the version of Windows the machine is running, complete with Service Pack level and build number." />
  <row Id="8426" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4847" RevisionGUID="151f1e04-4c15-4235-995c-99000c308f98" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:02:52.070" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8427" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4848" RevisionGUID="96d05c12-55eb-486e-9bb0-3174da800934" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:03:43.817" UserId="1820" Text="I have used RapidSSL, and they work without fail in all browsers I've encountered. The only downside is that Windows Mobile 5 and 6 don't natively recognize them for Exchange/ActiveSync support. But the cert can be manually added to these phones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.rapidssl.com/index_ssl.htm" />
  <row Id="8428" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4812" RevisionGUID="1b207ec9-cfeb-4a69-a858-658bfa53e90c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:05:04.577" UserId="984" Comment="add dovecot faq quote" Text="I did a little research, accourding to the [FAQ][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Is it possible to have Dovecot&#xD;&#xA;&gt; imap/pop daemons listening on multiple&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ports?&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; No, not in the current stable release.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; But there are workarounds, eg using&#xD;&#xA;&gt; your firewall to redirect incoming&#xD;&#xA;&gt; traffic to a given port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can simply use iptables to redirect connections to 9999 to 143 with a command like below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /sbin/iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 9999 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 143&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.dovecot.org/QuestionsAndAnswers#Is_it_possible_to_have_Dovecot_imap.2BAC8-pop_daemons_listening_on_multiple_ports.3F" />
  <row Id="8429" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4849" RevisionGUID="796cae7d-bafd-4944-be0f-3b626fe8ae19" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:07:22.543" UserId="984" Text="If you are willing to install a CA certificate, but you don't want to have to deal with maintaining your own CA, then you can use [CACert][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cacert.org/" />
  <row Id="8430" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4850" RevisionGUID="18c2286d-1af5-44d1-9179-a113f56c052f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:08:04.023" UserId="1758" Text="Check out http://www.startssl.com/ for some low price (and simple free options).  I use the free version for my sites SSL.  One caveat, is the certificates are already understood by Firefox, but IE warns that the certificate may come from an untrusted site." />
  <row Id="8431" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4819" RevisionGUID="768e3b96-6d9a-4c96-ad36-f0876da0978f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:08:22.667" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;external-hdd&gt;&lt;usb&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="8432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4851" RevisionGUID="2d755814-b061-4a58-8817-26ff3a06b4fe" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:08:38.140" UserId="810" Text="I believe Daniel and Adam are on to something. I had a similar problem with an external drive. I solved it by removing the hard drive and installing it into the PC. It worked fine although there was some bad data on it caused probably by some of the bad writes. In this case, the drive (Western Digital) has since functioned well, so I'm left thinking the external case's circuitry (third-party cheap enclosure that I got for the price of a visit to the Chinese buffet) was poor quality." />
  <row Id="8433" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4852" RevisionGUID="9588c783-2d03-4b0d-98e9-c8ac6b0a23ae" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:09:28.373" UserId="1857" Text="The cheapest ones are not practically less secure than the expensive ones.  Since they are for your own users, the extra marketing boost from a well-known name is wasted.  The cheapest option from godaddy.com should work for your purposes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--  &#xD;&#xA;bmb" />
  <row Id="8436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4854" RevisionGUID="c22c9dea-41d6-4ab1-8be3-b46b33675dcc" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:14:17.770" UserId="912" Text="This is the top level error message that WSE 3 will give when it is returning a SOAP fault error message.  Our vendor had to debug the webservice traffic and a crash dump to get the full error message which in our case was a time syncronization issue and sure enough this clients system clock was 3 days behind the server." />
  <row Id="8437" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4855" RevisionGUID="c5d22b63-9ceb-4637-92f4-985fc7203c33" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:15:45.317" UserId="1857" Text="If your website sends any outgoing e-mail, be prepared for it to be blocked by a lot of the big services (yahoo, earthlink, hotmail) who do not like to accept e-mail from IPs that are designated for dynamic assignment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are workarounds, such as relaying through your ISP, or through your own mail server (assuming that is not hosted on the same server as your website.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--  &#xD;&#xA;bmb" />
  <row Id="8438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4856" RevisionGUID="efd68fb0-eb08-48fe-a93b-6d21274b062c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:16:59.930" UserId="914" Text="I wouldn't give your Guest virtual memory due to IO problems.  Nor would I give your Host virtual memory and the guest too much physical memory, as the guest wouldn't actually realise it was using virtual memory rather than physical memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which doesn't leave you with any solutions but to purchase more memory.  You really can't get an alternative for more memory.  It's so cheap, if your server can support more, I'd get more." />
  <row Id="8439" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4857" RevisionGUID="d5456658-3a05-4321-ad70-541470734910" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:18:25.747" UserId="1852" Text="If you're used to Linux, then definitely look into using OpenSSH on Cygwin ([another guide here][1]). However, if you do use one of the other Windows-native SSH server options, you may like to beef-up your command-line experience with the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [GnuWin32][2] provides ports of tools with a GNU or similar open source license, to MS-Windows (Microsoft Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / 2008)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [Take Command Console LE][3]: like cmd.exe on crack. Well worth checking out, even if you're not remoting in. It feels quite similar to cmd.exe, but with a huge (and I mean **huge**) amount of extra functionality in there, so it's not as big a change as switching to...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [PowerShell][4]: Microsoft's own advanced command line shell and scripting language.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/cygwin-sshd.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.jpsoft.com/tccledes.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/powershell/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="8440" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4858" RevisionGUID="d3496044-9d29-4d0f-9319-7ad4b076d1c7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:20:46.257" UserId="1565" Text="I have a workstation with 8GB RAM running Vista 64-bit.  I'd like to try running some small server VMs in a virtual RAM disk to see how much performance improves.  I haven't made a RAM disk since my DOS days, so I don't know if the option still exists.  How do I got about creating one?  Has anyone done this same idea successfully?" />
  <row Id="8441" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4858" RevisionGUID="d3496044-9d29-4d0f-9319-7ad4b076d1c7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:20:46.257" UserId="1565" Text="RAM disk for Vista 64-bit" />
  <row Id="8442" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4858" RevisionGUID="d3496044-9d29-4d0f-9319-7ad4b076d1c7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:20:46.257" UserId="1565" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;x64&gt;&lt;64-bit&gt;&lt;ram&gt;" />
  <row Id="8443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4859" RevisionGUID="e0cc0979-ca29-4734-9506-be5d755d3791" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:25:07.603" UserId="854" Text="We have a number of VMWare Server 2.0 virtual machines that were created using VMWare Converter (It copies a physical machine to a virtual machine). If we need to convert the virtual machine back to a physical machine is there way to accomplish this easily? Essentially doing the VMWare Converter process in reverse." />
  <row Id="8444" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4859" RevisionGUID="e0cc0979-ca29-4734-9506-be5d755d3791" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:25:07.603" UserId="854" Text="Can a VMWare Server 2.0 virtual machine be &quot;unvirtualized&quot; to physical hardware?" />
  <row Id="8445" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4859" RevisionGUID="e0cc0979-ca29-4734-9506-be5d755d3791" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:25:07.603" UserId="854" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;physicalization&gt;" />
  <row Id="8446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4860" RevisionGUID="acd384e0-1020-4cbe-a6c5-8d7cf48758b6" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:25:27.633" UserId="1426" Text="I host my own site from home over ssl as a learning experience and to run some services that wouldn't be easy to run on anything other then a VPS such as bitlbee. I'd like to have a web based email client that can pull email from remote servers such as gmail using pop or imap and have this installed on my home server. Are there any guides to setting something like this up? I'd like to host this on Linux but can host on windows if necessary." />
  <row Id="8447" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4860" RevisionGUID="acd384e0-1020-4cbe-a6c5-8d7cf48758b6" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:25:27.633" UserId="1426" Text="self hosted web based pop/imap email clients?" />
  <row Id="8448" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4860" RevisionGUID="acd384e0-1020-4cbe-a6c5-8d7cf48758b6" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:25:27.633" UserId="1426" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="8449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4861" RevisionGUID="a82a4b27-289d-46c3-ae1b-7d5a6248551c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:28:03.040" UserId="1990" Text="I find that I use `findstr` a lot to find stuff in logs, error files, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its not grep by when you have a base install without it it works just fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simple example in the log file `ex0905.log` we find all lines that have `2009-05-05` in them&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    findstr &quot;2009-05-05&quot; ex0905.log &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     " />
  <row Id="8450" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4861" RevisionGUID="a82a4b27-289d-46c3-ae1b-7d5a6248551c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:28:03.040" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8451" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3218" RevisionGUID="706830a2-6ac8-4a8f-b72f-d078106bf5ef" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:28:16.923" UserId="1008" Comment="added 100 characters in body" Text="What backup solutions you use for linux server in production environment? Do you prefer open source or commercial products?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you consider to be essential features in backup software?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which products you do not recommend? Are there any common pitfalls in backup software selection?" />
  <row Id="8452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4862" RevisionGUID="a8c3980f-5ef9-4afd-bc37-f70abab1b08b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:29:17.857" UserId="301" Text="You should defiantly look into jumbo frames. Even cheap 5 port GbE hubs can do it these days, however you have to enable jumbo frames on both ends of the connection. To enable jumbo frames, do this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ifconfig eth0 mtu 9000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are the mount options that I use when automounting home directories from our filer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rw,intr,soft,nfsvers=3.tcp,nolock,noatime,rsize=32768,wsize=32768&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please update the question and let us know if this improves the situation" />
  <row Id="8453" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4863" RevisionGUID="d001ce96-b441-4307-8e3f-1c35c6f11b4f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:30:24.063" UserId="1797" Text="[This][1] is the only thing I could find for MDOP licensing. Microsoft licensing, as I replied on your previous, also Microsoft related question, is convoluted and has many, many, many variations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, and because I had also become curious about this, I called Microsoft Licensing. They directed me to [a document][2], and to page 102, which reads:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;Active Windows Vista Business Software&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Assurance coverage provides you with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; eligibility to acquire licenses for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; MDOP for Software Assurance.  These&#xD;&#xA;&gt; licenses are an optional and separate&#xD;&#xA;&gt; purchase from Software Assurance. See&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the Product List for details.  If you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; invoke this benefit, you have the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; rights below for each MDOP for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Software Assurance license you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; acquire.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope this shed some light (it didn't for me though, but I am not remotely interested on MDOP anymore).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoftvolumelicensing.com/userights/ProductPage.aspx?pid=244&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoftvolumelicensing.com/userights/Downloader.aspx?DocumentId=2235" />
  <row Id="8454" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4864" RevisionGUID="0d5eb9ff-d8f2-48b5-8bbe-61e20e130efd" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:30:33.987" UserId="1181" Text="For an easy solution I direct your attention to [Zimbra][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.zimbra.com/" />
  <row Id="8455" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4865" RevisionGUID="cb7099bd-d952-4278-8af6-7c299b45a201" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:30:54.437" UserId="681" Text="VMWare offers some documentation on the subject here:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.vmware.com/support/v2p/index.html" />
  <row Id="8456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4866" RevisionGUID="79e244ae-b275-45d5-b3e9-44339668454a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:32:03.497" UserId="301" Text="Take a look at the [Roundcube Webmail Project][1]. It's a slick web interface for imap servers, runs under php with minimal dependancies. It's under heavy development, they have been stuck at version 0.2 for a while now, but don't let that put you off, just checkout the HEAD from svn and run that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://roundcube.net/" />
  <row Id="8457" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4867" RevisionGUID="69e64646-7dcf-4121-be57-12468dc38a85" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:32:41.687" UserId="1903" Text="You can run SQL Server 2005 and 2008 instances on the same machine.  You can also run a database in 2005 compatibility mode (or even lower) on a SQL Server 2008 instance." />
  <row Id="8458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4868" RevisionGUID="254042e9-bdaa-477b-9aef-73ecd14d8a84" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:32:49.893" UserId="1129" Text="Postfix, Dovecot, and SquirrelMail, plus Apache and mod_ssl for https access. " />
  <row Id="8459" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4869" RevisionGUID="f308b3a2-c95e-4c57-9698-ee7a28722a6c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:34:40.573" UserId="1433" Text="This [VMware guide on virtual to physical machine migration][1]s should be a good start, though it looks like you're required to use 3rd party tools like [Sysprep][2] and [Symantec Ghost][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PlateSpin makes a commercial tool called [PowerConvert][4] that does both Physical-to-Virtual and Virtual-to-Physical conversions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/support/v2p/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/302577&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.symantec.com/norton/ghost&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.platespin.com/products/powerconvert/" />
  <row Id="8460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4870" RevisionGUID="377aebaf-2ad8-4438-9b7c-577188fc2aa2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:35:10.933" UserId="1466" Text="It's much harder to go back to physical hardware, because the system **won't know what hardware you have**, what kernel modules / drivers would be needed, etc.  When going the other way it knows exactly what virtual hardware you will be using.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'd probably find it easier to do a base install from scratch on the physical server, install the programs you want, and copy the data back from the virtual image." />
  <row Id="8461" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4871" RevisionGUID="a14bd435-79dc-4f19-ae77-3fda7ac6bcfb" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:36:12.990" UserId="1797" Text="That I know off, it isn't possible out of the box like it used to, when DOS and it's derivatives ruled PCs. There are quite a few third party applications (free and non) out there that will allow the creation on a RAM drive on Vista/Windows 7." />
  <row Id="8462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4872" RevisionGUID="891c05ad-a6cd-4201-81be-61a153a67386" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:37:47.353" UserId="1784" Text="We have some experience using Red Hat Satellite in an environment with ~120 servers. Now we're looking into deploying Ubuntu in parallel for the further growth. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How does Landscape compare to Satellite with regards to features and usability?" />
  <row Id="8463" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4872" RevisionGUID="891c05ad-a6cd-4201-81be-61a153a67386" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:37:47.353" UserId="1784" Text="Red Hat Satellite vs. Ubuntu Landscape" />
  <row Id="8464" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4872" RevisionGUID="891c05ad-a6cd-4201-81be-61a153a67386" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:37:47.353" UserId="1784" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;redhat&gt;&lt;management&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="8465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4873" RevisionGUID="205b9c97-f9ad-4d01-9bed-92e15c9f1653" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:38:12.780" UserId="942" Text="In the past I've used [Squirrel][2] and Horde. I recommend Horde as Squirrel is so ugly, IMHO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a [document on how to install Horde's IMP][1] (a more lightweight solution than the full blown Horde suite).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.horde.org/imp/docs/?f=INSTALL.html&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://squirrelmail.org/" />
  <row Id="8466" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4301" RevisionGUID="a25e91c0-b874-4c74-b7ac-8764117eb2f0" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:40:03.057" UserId="1877" Comment="Added reference to ntp.org" Text="When your computer become part of the domain they will use the Domain Controller to sync their time (it's require for the authentification mechanism to work properly). Make sure your Domain Controller is sync with a good internet source and you're pretty much there. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can look at these articles from Microsoft for more information:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Windows Time Service and Resulting Internet Communication in Windows Server 2008][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Introduction to Administering the Windows Time Service][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To synchronize your Domain Controller, you'll want to set it up to go over the internet and get it's time. Ntp.org [has lists of servers][3] on that but make sure you follow their [rules of engagement][4] before you start using them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks to...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [phenry][5] for suggesting &quot;Introduction to Administering the Windows Time Service&quot;&#xD;&#xA; - [Richard][6] for suggesting adding &quot;ntp.org&quot; as a source of time servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731790.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc816633.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/NTPPoolServers&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/RulesOfEngagement&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://serverfault.com/users/1883/phenry&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://serverfault.com/users/1440/richard" />
  <row Id="8467" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4874" RevisionGUID="3b86c70b-7545-4e2d-af61-aac49287e1a8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:40:03.713" UserId="1129" Text="Start with [this article][1] with some great Linux tricks. My favorite is pstree, which displays your processes in a tree format so you can see which process spawned which.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;curl beats the hell out of wget for pretty much anything you would use wget for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;zgrep and zless are great for searching gzipped log files so you don't have to pipe then through gunzip or leave uncompressed stuff around in /var/log.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://bashcurescancer.com/10-linux-commands-youve-never-used.html" />
  <row Id="8468" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4874" RevisionGUID="3b86c70b-7545-4e2d-af61-aac49287e1a8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:40:03.713" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4875" RevisionGUID="8ef7a342-8d18-42fa-a0c4-fd6f1320d032" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:40:34.710" UserId="1498" Text="When you **right click** on the folder, go to **Properties** and then the the **Security tab**, do you see the group listed for that folder?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should be able to change the read permissions for folders for separate groups." />
  <row Id="8470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4876" RevisionGUID="15a9de5a-9fb2-4f2a-8bca-81a56079bc2b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:41:24.553" UserId="1995" Text="I would use a real RAM drive: a USB memory stick." />
  <row Id="8471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4877" RevisionGUID="3481761e-696b-4a79-b3b3-767469aa81dc" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:42:11.947" UserId="706" Text="The latest processors support virtualization natively, and there's almost no significant performance difference between a machine running directly on the hardware, and a machine running virtualized on top of the hardware configured to use all the machine's resources.  The biggest performance difference comes with the peripheral mapping and drivers in the host OS. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For some cases, it's probably worth it to de-virtualize the machine and run it on the hardware, but in most cases you'll be better off avoiding the time, software, and hardware required to do the conversion and simply putting it on it's own machine, still virtualized.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Further, Moore's law says that over time you'll be ahead of the game, as you'll be able to upgrade to a new machine with significantly greater performance in a year's time without any upgrade pain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the usage of the machine drops down, you can then move it back to a shared server so that hardware, power, etc resources are allocated efficiently, rather than having to maintain aging equipment past its prime.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="8472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4878" RevisionGUID="2ae24608-61ae-414a-8822-f5b04b77854d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:42:30.290" UserId="1992" Text="Question in reply - why do you want 2005 as a fall-back position? Once you've tested your business-cycle on 2008 and are satisfied, shouldn't be any reason to move back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could try down-level transactional replication, but that's going to get very nasty very quickly for an entire database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My advice - test, upgrade, don't look back." />
  <row Id="8474" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4879" RevisionGUID="9e23b591-4889-4fd2-a595-0c5cfa86693a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:45:07.337" UserId="626" Text="I use red gate [Sql Compare][1] and [Data compare][2] to keep my databases synced between versions &#xD;&#xA;I used the [SDK][3] to create a job to keep the databases in sync automagically&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I cannot restore the database from 2008 to 2005 but I can recreate it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No i do not work for Red Gate&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.red-gate.com/products/SQL_Compare/index.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.red-gate.com/products/SQL_Data_Compare/index.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.red-gate.com/products/SQL_Comparison_SDK/index.htm" />
  <row Id="8476" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4881" RevisionGUID="b0a0538b-b97f-4e86-ad0c-f0a37f09c75c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:46:53.633" UserId="1815" Text="What is the best way to deal with spam or virus infected hosts in wireless network with personal laptops (like personal students laptops in university)? What polices and tools use your company? " />
  <row Id="8477" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4881" RevisionGUID="b0a0538b-b97f-4e86-ad0c-f0a37f09c75c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:46:53.633" UserId="1815" Text="What is the best way to deal with spam or virus infected hosts in wireless network with personal laptops?" />
  <row Id="8478" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4881" RevisionGUID="b0a0538b-b97f-4e86-ad0c-f0a37f09c75c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:46:53.633" UserId="1815" Text="&lt;spam&gt;&lt;virus&gt;&lt;security-policy&gt;&lt;wireless-network&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="8479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4882" RevisionGUID="cb25cb15-fd7a-42ad-93ce-2d7a2c8a90b4" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:48:05.190" UserId="1992" Text="Ok - I can't comment on Brent's answer (yet, as I don't have enough reps) - but if you're going to go the defrag route, don't necessarily rebuild the index - as that will build new indexes, possibly growing the database if there isn't enough free space, and guaranteeing that your next log backup is at least the size of your indexes and your log may have a ton of log records in too (depending on recovery model). If you're going to do the defrag route, do an ALTER INDEX ... REORGANIZE, which doesn't require any free space (well, one 8k page) but will read the leaf-level into memory and only operate on the fragmented pages. The non-leaf levels should come in quickly after some queries and (depending on fan-out) should be a lot less data than the leaf level." />
  <row Id="8480" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4883" RevisionGUID="95b833a8-1c22-4570-93c4-5d47531d22c0" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:49:33.503" UserId="1997" Text="I've used [ebizid][1] before, their prices seem pretty good. Have a look at the Basic Certificate under Products.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ebizid.com/" />
  <row Id="8481" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2557" RevisionGUID="2bbec791-805e-403b-b9c1-c7c57a111020" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:51:15.370" UserId="1489" Comment="updated" Text="I have a laptop running Server 2008 and Hyper-V.  I have created a virtual machine that is also running Server 2008, that I used `dcpromo` to create as a domain controller.  I disabled IPv6 because I had no idea how to enter a default address, and I just wanted to make a standalone MOSS dev environment.  I have tried every combination of creating a virtual network on the host and then connecting to that in the VM, but I can't get the VM to communicate with the host and vice versa.  No pinging, no copy and paste, nothing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To update: My VM (which is its own DC) currently does not have a static IP.  When I set the IP to static, I could not find anything that would let it talk to the host machine." />
  <row Id="8482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4884" RevisionGUID="3154dfb2-8b1d-4361-bf3f-8bd7a7f21cce" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:51:32.623" UserId="706" Text="Here's a 64 bit commercial ramdisk (free up to 400MB): http://www.cenatek.com/product_page_ramdisk.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://depositfiles.com/files/916161&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.box.net/shared/htpmm1zm8e" />
  <row Id="8483" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="4884" RevisionGUID="f0ef4452-218e-4549-80f2-32191775083e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:51:44.200" UserId="706" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:706,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Adam Davis&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="8484" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="4884" RevisionGUID="9087de19-15e5-4c30-8b25-eab46315f396" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:52:55.243" UserId="-1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:706,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Adam Davis&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="8485" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4885" RevisionGUID="1b117be5-358b-4d3e-9a5a-7775e8e8b431" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:52:59.440" UserId="1008" Text="Questions 1 and 2 are actually dependant on linux distribution. However usually binaries are stored to /usr/bin if you use linux distributions package manager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use command *which* to find out where given binary is installed for example (execute command in command-line terminal):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    which svn&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/bin/svn&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4886" RevisionGUID="b20d7c78-4112-4a3d-9073-01a3c58ae104" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:53:10.233" UserId="991" Text="Howdy,  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I have a series of questions into ServerFault about LeftHand SAN's (Questions [1441](http://serverfault.com/questions/1441/does-anyone-have-experience-with-lefthands-vsa-san) and [4478](http://serverfault.com/questions/4478/how-does-the-lefthand-san-perform-in-a-production-environment)).  One of the [responses](http://serverfault.com/questions/4478/how-does-the-lefthand-san-perform-in-a-production-environment/4626#4626) I received questioned the throughput of the iSCSI data returning from the SAN being restricted to the 1GB network card.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think it is a very good point to look at.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now to see if this would be an actual bottleneck for my purpose I should perform some benchmarks on the current production server.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What utilities should I use for profiling?    &#xD;&#xA;If there are special metrics I should be reading, what are they?  IOPS?, Disk Read/Write B/sec?, etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keith" />
  <row Id="8487" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4886" RevisionGUID="b20d7c78-4112-4a3d-9073-01a3c58ae104" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:53:10.233" UserId="991" Text="What utilities do you use and how do you use them when benchmarking your harddrive subsystem for a SAN replacement?" />
  <row Id="8488" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4886" RevisionGUID="b20d7c78-4112-4a3d-9073-01a3c58ae104" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:53:10.233" UserId="991" Text="&lt;san&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;benchmarks&gt;&lt;resource-monitoring&gt;&lt;iscsi&gt;" />
  <row Id="8489" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4887" RevisionGUID="448e6d44-eb89-4fe8-a7ae-56c0c9d0fb59" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:53:35.413" UserId="1815" Text="What is VPN solution which requires minimum support for not technical users? I need a solution which would not require lot support at least for windows users without technical knowledge. And could be supported by phone most of the time. This would be a solution for university, where every student can connect to university network." />
  <row Id="8490" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4887" RevisionGUID="448e6d44-eb89-4fe8-a7ae-56c0c9d0fb59" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:53:35.413" UserId="1815" Text="A VPN solution which  requires minimum support for not technical users?" />
  <row Id="8491" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4887" RevisionGUID="448e6d44-eb89-4fe8-a7ae-56c0c9d0fb59" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:53:35.413" UserId="1815" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="8492" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4888" RevisionGUID="e6096628-3065-47ce-87d6-205f7ec4bfbb" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:53:43.540" UserId="1797" Text="Our University uses [Cisco Wireless Control System][1] (Cisco WCS), which has the ability to block clients, among other things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6305/" />
  <row Id="8493" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4889" RevisionGUID="cb1a00d1-0065-4888-a95c-009fb8726484" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:54:30.620" UserId="1589" Text="One of my favorite OSX Terminal tips involves adding the last running process into the terminal title using the following code in your .bashrc &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    trap 'printf &quot;\033]0;  `history 1 | cut -b8-`  \007&quot;' DEBUG&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I'm looking to customize my bash prompt from the default into something more functional.  What are some useful shell prompt examples?" />
  <row Id="8494" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4889" RevisionGUID="cb1a00d1-0065-4888-a95c-009fb8726484" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:54:30.620" UserId="1589" Text="What are some informative and useful shell prompts?  (bash, csh, ksh, etc.)" />
  <row Id="8495" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4889" RevisionGUID="cb1a00d1-0065-4888-a95c-009fb8726484" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:54:30.620" UserId="1589" Text="&lt;bash&gt;&lt;csh&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="8496" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="4889" RevisionGUID="7631dc05-4b74-42c4-a0d6-5c8d2b6cf609" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:54:36.283" UserId="1589" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1589,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;dkbits&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="8497" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="4889" RevisionGUID="12ab98c8-7802-4736-a4dc-d1aef2a01c63" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:54:39.293" UserId="-1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1589,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;dkbits&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="8498" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4890" RevisionGUID="972dbf63-e630-4c1c-8aaf-e21005cf92c5" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:57:34.373" UserId="1834" Text="I'd try using Vista's built in ram-disk tool [ReadyBoost][1] [(2)][2] [(3)][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReadyBoost&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/features/readyboost.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/12428141-2e4c-43ab-8dd2-a6ed6e3b87761033.mspx" />
  <row Id="8499" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4884" RevisionGUID="8ac49c77-423e-49b3-b214-1af6764d16a1" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:57:35.230" UserId="706" Comment="added 136 characters in body" Text="The excellent free Gavotte Ramdisk has been updated for 64 bit, but I'm not sure if there's an authoritative source.  You can [find it by searching][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a 64 bit commercial ramdisk (free up to 400MB): http://www.cenatek.com/product_page_ramdisk.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/search?q=Gavotte%20Ramdisk%2064%20bit" />
  <row Id="8500" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4891" RevisionGUID="f93696ab-468c-477e-b5f2-c307453e9719" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:58:15.650" UserId="402" Text="[IOMeter][1] is the tool I normally use for this type of thing...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iometer" />
  <row Id="8501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4892" RevisionGUID="e3ef0fbf-6aad-4449-8cdd-08c3999adc8d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T17:58:31.173" UserId="1736" Text="I use a simple two-liner:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [\w]\n\u@\h&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [\w]\n\u@\h#&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if root.  People look at me like I'm crazy for using a two-line prompt, but I *hate* only seeing the last part of the current path, and I work with paths that are too long to put the whole thing on the same line as the input area." />
  <row Id="8502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4893" RevisionGUID="c851f394-21dc-44aa-94d2-785dd44a59d8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:02:05.063" UserId="942" Text="Consider trying a stand-alone SSH server for Windows, like [VShell][1] or [freeSSHd][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I remember using [copSSH][3] a while ago with good results.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.vandyke.com/products/vshell/index.html&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://www.freesshd.com/&#xD;&#xA;[3]:http://www.itefix.no/i2/copssh" />
  <row Id="8503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4894" RevisionGUID="9db50cf0-b99f-4c24-9ffa-0978fdf4645f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:02:38.247" UserId="808" Text="I have a script `~/bin/setprompt` that is executed by my `.bashrc`, which contains:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RESET=&quot;\[\017\]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    NORMAL=&quot;\[\033[0m\]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    RED=&quot;\[\033[31;1m\]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    YELLOW=&quot;\[\033[33;1m\]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    WHITE=&quot;\[\033[37;1m\]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SMILEY=&quot;${WHITE}:)${NORMAL}&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    FROWNY=&quot;${RED}:(${NORMAL}&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SELECT=&quot;if [ \$? = 0 ]; then echo \&quot;${SMILEY}\&quot;; else echo \&quot;${FROWNY}\&quot;; fi&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Throw it all together &#xD;&#xA;    PS1=&quot;${RESET}${YELLOW}\h${NORMAL} \`${SELECT}\` ${YELLOW}&gt;${NORMAL} &quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This script sets the prompt to the host name followed by `:)` if the last command was successful and `:(` if the last command failed.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4895" RevisionGUID="0b6459c5-34f8-4713-a3a0-0e7e417a21b1" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:03:41.223" UserId="780" Text="Cisco makes a great [VPN client][1].  We use this in a very large organization and I have have minimal problems with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/secursw/ps2308/" />
  <row Id="8505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4896" RevisionGUID="ddcebf83-8bc4-4089-996c-dd9f89b4adb5" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:04:38.677" UserId="1797" Text="Our University uses Cisco VPN solutions ([ASA 5500][1]). Stable, scalable and with educational discounts, &quot;cheap&quot;. For the users, a non-brainer. Either use Cisco provided [VPN client][2], or built-in Windows client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6120/prod_models_comparison.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/secursw/ps2308/" />
  <row Id="8506" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4897" RevisionGUID="15efc729-ec04-4a2b-b533-dff605d2be2d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:05:03.903" UserId="780" Text="Block their ethernet port as soon as you see problematic activity, take the machine and clean the virus or wipe if necessary, have a &quot;come to Jesus&quot; with them about clicking on email attachments." />
  <row Id="8507" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4898" RevisionGUID="0c8476cb-11db-4896-a0ea-12bb8be35c17" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:05:19.957" UserId="48" Text="The main problem your going to have with this is getting the users to setup the VPN client to connect to the network. Using the built in Windows client means there is no need for the user to install any software , but they will need to configure the client, unless you can supply some sort of script to do this for you. Then you need to consider what about users with OSX or Linux, how will they be configured?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using some third party product such as OpenVPN or a Cisco client means that all users can use the same software regardless of OS, and that you can supply setup scripts with the connection details pre-configured. However this does involve users installing software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So based on your user base you need to decide which is preferable and easier for you to handle. Any of these can be configured and support over the phone, or the internet quite easily." />
  <row Id="8508" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4692" RevisionGUID="9df53ada-a1aa-409e-b4fc-e2141a8916da" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:06:02.807" UserId="975" Comment="Better Tag" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;antivirus&gt;&lt;trendmicro&gt;" />
  <row Id="8509" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4899" RevisionGUID="5c62f5ec-2c19-4a69-9243-be4ace9cf4a3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:07:56.703" UserId="984" Text="similar to [this][1] I kinda like &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    \u@\h:\w\n\u@\h:\$&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which gives me&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    root@host-10548:/var/www/site.org&#xD;&#xA;    root@host-10548:$&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By including the user/host on the first line I can easily copy that entire path line when I am using scp, or rsync to send some files to that directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4889/what-are-some-informative-and-useful-shell-prompts-bash-csh-ksh-etc/4892#4892&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8510" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2688" RevisionGUID="6a5571f3-7c78-4e06-8f24-03c91217db61" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:08:17.920" UserId="813" Comment="added 515 characters in body" Text="I need to give a TFS Project Group contributor privileges to a Source Control subdirectory in a TFS project.  I can connect successfully as someone from this group but can't browse Source Control, presumably because the user doesn't have access to the top level of the project.  Is there any way to configure access in a manner that doesn't require giving read access to the whole project or maintaining privileges for every folder that shares a directory with folders in the path to the target subdirectory?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Clarification:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Project / Folder1 / Folder2 / TargetFolder&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have set this up by giving them permissions, but to restrict permissions to only TargetFolder and its contents, I need to give the group read access to Folder1 and Folder2.  But because the permissions are inherited, I need to deny this group on *every other folder* under Project, Folder1, and Folder2.  This is a maintenance headache and if new directories are added in the future, they will need to have their permissions changed as well." />
  <row Id="8511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4900" RevisionGUID="e5b91b36-43c8-4548-952a-b7501ecdf65c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:12:24.510" UserId="942" Text="Throw [Hylafax][1] into an old PC with a modem and then choose among the assorted [desktop clients][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.hylafax.org/&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://www.hylafax.org/content/Desktop_Client_Software" />
  <row Id="8512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4901" RevisionGUID="2bf1a39f-1cf2-4f8c-80e0-d701022eed53" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:13:36.300" UserId="1920" Text="On a Vista laptop with a on/off switch for Wifi, turning the switch on will trigger a lot of activity, killing performance and causing a lot of hard drive grinding.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem appears to be the auto-starting of mobsync.exe, which in turn starts up wmplayer.exe, which in turn does some kind of scan of its full database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where are the configuration settings to prevent this? For someone with a lot of music on their system this can result in a huge performance loss when flipping that wifi on (say, right after a flight or after coming out of power-saving mode). Is there a group policy setting I can set?" />
  <row Id="8513" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4901" RevisionGUID="2bf1a39f-1cf2-4f8c-80e0-d701022eed53" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:13:36.300" UserId="1920" Text="What causes Vista to trigger startup of processes on wifi enabled?" />
  <row Id="8514" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4901" RevisionGUID="2bf1a39f-1cf2-4f8c-80e0-d701022eed53" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:13:36.300" UserId="1920" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;mobsync&gt;&lt;wmplayer&gt;" />
  <row Id="8515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4902" RevisionGUID="18b3836b-d4e6-4615-9492-51fbfcf6e8c0" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:18:20.407" UserId="533" Text="In ksh:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my .profile, I set the following var (so this var is only set once per session ever, no matter how many 'su's I do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PCH=\&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my .kshrc I have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if let &quot;${SPID:-0} != $$&quot;; then&#xD;&#xA;        PCHS=&quot;$PCHS$PCH&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I become root with the following alias, rather than &quot;su&quot; (kroot is a root user with a ksh shell instead of sh (solaris) or bash (linux):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias root='PCH=\# su -m kroot'&#xD;&#xA;    alias me=&quot;PCH=\&gt; su -m $USER&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have also defined these two functions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    function lprompt {&#xD;&#xA;      PS1=$HOST' $? $PWD '&quot;$PCHS &quot;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    function sprompt {&#xD;&#xA;      PS1='$?&quot;:&quot;${PWD##*/}'&quot;$PCHS &quot;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and finally at the end of .kshrc I have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    lprompt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of this gives me by default automatic setting of the end of my prompt to indicate whether or not I am root (and in turn if I have a parent that was root), current working directory, hostname, and exit status of last process.  sprompt drops the hostname, shrinks the path down to only the basename, and removes spaces:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     g3 0 /home/jj33 &gt; expr 1 / 0&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     expr: division by zero&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     g3 2 /home/jj33 &gt; expr 1 / 1&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     1&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     g3 0 /home/jj33 &gt; root&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     Password: &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     g3 0 /home/jj33 &gt;# me&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     g3 0 /home/jj33 &gt;#&gt; ^D&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     g3 0 /home/jj33 &gt;# sprompt&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     0:jj33&gt;# me&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     g3 0 /home/jj33 &gt;#&gt; sprompt&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     0:jj33&gt;#&gt;expr 1 / 0&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     expr: division by zero&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     2:jj33&gt;#&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The root/me aliases are bourne from pre-sudo administration on Solaris and old habits have died hard.  I doubt anyone would implement the exact same thing these days.  The prompt-changing functions and the exist status continue to be very valuable to me." />
  <row Id="8516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4903" RevisionGUID="5f7384aa-aaa7-4d5b-8cce-df03eb798524" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:18:59.143" UserId="942" Text="Here's mine:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    '-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}[\w]\n\u@\h\[\033[1;33m\]\[\033[0m\]($(__git_ps1 &quot;%s&quot;)$(parse_git_dirty))$ &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the result:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    [~]&#xD;&#xA;    user@host()$ &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I'm inside a git repo:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    [~/path_to_repo]&#xD;&#xA;    user@host(master)$ &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I choose to use multiple line breaks and the &quot;horizontal ruler&quot; to make it easier to scan buffers, and so long path names don't push the cursor too far to the right." />
  <row Id="8517" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4904" RevisionGUID="b59389b8-3106-4d33-86ad-c105decc8871" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:19:28.173" UserId="1797" Text="A found [a wiki][1], albeit in french, that seems to have what you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://clavier-dvorak.org/wiki/Installation" />
  <row Id="8518" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4905" RevisionGUID="6a64a6c9-16ab-42e0-aca5-89ccab3479e3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:21:36.173" UserId="1616" Text="I am evaluating bitlocker in Windows 7 RC1 and would like to get my hands on a compatible smartcard from a decent vendor.  My ideal product would be a smartcard that also works with AD logon, but has as little &quot;value added&quot; addtional complexity as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone have any suggestions, or is anyone traveling the same track?" />
  <row Id="8519" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4905" RevisionGUID="6a64a6c9-16ab-42e0-aca5-89ccab3479e3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:21:36.173" UserId="1616" Text="Windows 7 Bitlocker Smartcard Compatibility" />
  <row Id="8520" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4905" RevisionGUID="6a64a6c9-16ab-42e0-aca5-89ccab3479e3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:21:36.173" UserId="1616" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;bitlocker&gt;&lt;smartcard&gt;" />
  <row Id="8521" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4906" RevisionGUID="336c78a7-c5e7-41bc-90eb-35d7bebbdcc3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:21:52.723" UserId="1390" Text="There's been a number of questions regarding disk cloning tools (yes, I did search for it) :) and `dd` has been suggested at least once. I've already considered using `dd` myself, mainly because ease of use, and that it's readily available on pretty much all run of the mill bootable linux distributions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To my question, what is the best way to use `dd` for cloning a disk. I don't have much time to go around, and no test-hardware to play with, so I need to be prepared, and it's pretty much a one-shoot chance to get it done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did a quick google search, and the first result was an apparent [failed attempt][1]. Is there anything I need to do after using `dd`, i.e. is there anything that CAN'T be read using `dd`?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/alt.os.linux.redhat/2006-05/msg00071.html" />
  <row Id="8522" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4906" RevisionGUID="336c78a7-c5e7-41bc-90eb-35d7bebbdcc3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:21:52.723" UserId="1390" Text="Using DD for disk cloning" />
  <row Id="8523" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4906" RevisionGUID="336c78a7-c5e7-41bc-90eb-35d7bebbdcc3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:21:52.723" UserId="1390" Text="&lt;dd&gt;&lt;diskcloning&gt;" />
  <row Id="8524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4907" RevisionGUID="439fdbbc-60b9-4d01-b5a4-059a9f0de375" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:22:16.450" UserId="640" Text="PPTP is very easy to set up - the client is built into Windows. It's lacking in security compared to IPSec, so it's certainly not ideal. But depending on the nature of what you're doing, it might be a possibility." />
  <row Id="8525" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4908" RevisionGUID="5d4a6174-3399-416e-97f3-21cd97769272" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:22:42.487" UserId="1506" Text="Windows Server 2008's Network Access Protection feature of the Network Policy Server role. It can even integrate with Cisco switches via 802.1x authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can require certain patches, anti-virus, or firewall settings... properties grouped together under the banner &quot;system health&quot;. Network switches that support NAP and pass-through RADIUS authentication can auto-vlan clients into a protected quarantine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows also has built-in IPSec to protect servers from roaming, non-domain clients as well. You can issue a certificate to &quot;healthy&quot; clients and require that certificate in IPSec SA negotiation. This essentially ipfilters your servers to domain-approved clients. You can also do it without certificates and just require valid kerberos (domain) authentication. You can apply these 'authentication' IPSec policies to traffic that originates on your workstation subnets that is destined for your server subnets. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NAP requires XP SP3, Vista, and Server 2008 environment. Doing it slickly also may require higher-end switches and a PKI infrastructure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IPSec can be implemented using XP, Vista, and Server 2003. But without health evaluation its more of a 'known machine' vs. 'unknown machine' filter." />
  <row Id="8526" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4909" RevisionGUID="73ba82fd-1287-4c9f-a05a-5e36d19389e3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:26:44.193" UserId="548" Text="To clone a disk, all you really need to do is specify the input and output to dd:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/hdb of=/image.img&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, make sure that you have proper permissions to read directly from /dev/hdb (I'd recommend running as root), and that /dev/hdb **isn't mounted** (you don't want to copy while the disk is being changed).Once complete, image.img will be a byte-for-byte clone of the entire disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a few drawbacks to using dd to clone disks. First, dd will copy your entire disk, even empty space, and if done on a large disk can result in an extremely large image file. Second, dd provides absolutely no progress indications, which can be frustrating because the copy takes a long time." />
  <row Id="8527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4910" RevisionGUID="2e0c2479-0c31-4a5b-8fc9-da0b53e5cca3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:28:03.893" UserId="1233" Text="On the Macs in question it's worthwhile to note that you should try and disable the creation of .DS_Store files on network shares if you have not done this already. (Details at [MacOSXHints.com](http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2005070300463515))&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally you should be aware that over SMB you will notice `._FILENAME` files created - this is how OS X maintains the resource fork data and such on other file systems. This can cause an issue for someone on a Windows based machine if they try to open up the wrong file. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's possible to have the server not allow these files (in smb.conf you can set veto_files=._*) but where it is in Windows Server 2003 I'm unsure but I believe using this article from [TechRepublic](http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/datacenter/?p=201) should prove a worthwhile starting point." />
  <row Id="8528" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4908" RevisionGUID="28fb8c0a-63ff-4585-8c82-5dc6918a1da1" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:30:16.057" UserId="1506" Comment="deleted 15 characters in body" Text="Windows Server 2008's Network Access Protection feature of the Network Policy Server role. It can even integrate with Cisco switches via 802.1x authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can require certain patches, anti-virus, or firewall settings... properties grouped together under the banner &quot;system health&quot;. Network switches that support NAP and pass-through RADIUS authentication can auto-vlan clients into a protected quarantine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows also has built-in IPSec to protect servers from roaming, non-domain clients as well. You can issue a certificate to &quot;healthy&quot; clients and require that certificate in IPSec SA negotiation. This essentially ipfilters your servers to domain-approved clients. You can also do it without certificates and just require valid kerberos (domain) authentication. You can apply these 'authentication' IPSec policies to traffic that originates on your workstation subnets that is destined for your server subnets. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NAP requires XP SP3, Vista, and Server 2008 environment. Doing it slickly also may require higher-end switches and a PKI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IPSec can be implemented using XP, Vista, and Server 2003. But without health evaluation its more of a 'known machine' vs. 'unknown machine' filter." />
  <row Id="8529" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4911" RevisionGUID="abef2511-f583-47d3-90f4-55e57b946317" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:30:24.577" UserId="371" Text="I'm a fan of the default Cygwin bash prompt:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PS1='\[\e]0;\w\a\]\n\[\e[32m\]\u@\h \[\e[33m\]\w\[\e[0m\]\n\$ '&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or without colors:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PS1='\n\u@\h \n\$ '&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;looks like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    username@hostname&#xD;&#xA;    $ ls -l" />
  <row Id="8531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4912" RevisionGUID="89eb19a3-3c4d-4eb8-95cd-52546417371f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:31:57.053" UserId="914" Text="dd is most certainly the best cloning tool, it will create a 100% replica simply by using the following command.  I've never once had any problems with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb" />
  <row Id="8532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4913" RevisionGUID="670d7b43-b26e-49f7-9968-8ae097279e2a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:32:24.617" UserId="45322" Text="In addition to David's answer, Kerberos authentication may pose some problems." />
  <row Id="8534" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4909" RevisionGUID="164f3acc-37d5-4ebc-af2e-98a968e9a4d5" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:33:23.243" UserId="548" Comment="added 157 characters in body" Text="To clone a disk, all you really need to do is specify the input and output to dd:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/hdb of=/image.img&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, make sure that you have proper permissions to read directly from /dev/hdb (I'd recommend running as root), and that /dev/hdb **isn't mounted** (you don't want to copy while the disk is being changed). Once complete, image.img will be a byte-for-byte clone of the entire disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a few drawbacks to using dd to clone disks. First, dd will copy your entire disk, even empty space, and if done on a large disk can result in an extremely large image file. Second, dd provides absolutely no progress indications, which can be frustrating because the copy takes a long time. Third, if you copy this image to other drives (again, using dd), they must be as large or larger than the original disk, yet you won't be able to use any additional space you may have on the target disk until you resize your partitions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also do a direct disk-to-disk copy:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/hdb of=/dev/hdc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but you're still subject to the above limitations regarding free space." />
  <row Id="8536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4915" RevisionGUID="efc69434-2e69-4afc-8567-fd7f88f6894d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:36:39.630" UserId="829" Text="I'm looking for an extremely lightweight mail server to handle IMAP/POP3 connections.  Maildir backend preferably, with multiple authentication modes (SQL, LDAP, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions?" />
  <row Id="8537" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4915" RevisionGUID="efc69434-2e69-4afc-8567-fd7f88f6894d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:36:39.630" UserId="829" Text="Lightest weight IMAP/POP3 server" />
  <row Id="8538" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4915" RevisionGUID="efc69434-2e69-4afc-8567-fd7f88f6894d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:36:39.630" UserId="829" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;mail-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="8539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4916" RevisionGUID="a2e81ca5-e7ec-4253-8c79-67f26fcc3b58" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:37:42.013" UserId="910" Text="I am curious whether there is a standard expected behavior and whether it is considered bad practice when creating more than one account on Linux/Unix that have the same UID/GID pair. I've done some testing on RHEL5 with this and it behaved as I expected, but I don't know if I'm tempting fate using this trick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an example, let's say I have two accounts with the same IDs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    a1:$1$4zIl1:5000:5000::/home/a1:/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    a2:$1$bmh92:5000:5000::/home/a2:/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used abbreviated hashed passwords for space. I have similar entries for GID.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What this means is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* I can log in to each account using its own password.&#xD;&#xA;* Files I create will have the same UID:GID pair.&#xD;&#xA;* Tools such as &quot;ls -l&quot; will list the UID:GID as the first entry in the file (a1:a1 in this case).&#xD;&#xA;* I avoid any permissions or ownership problems between the two accounts because they are really the same user.&#xD;&#xA;* I get login auditing for each account, so I have better granularity into tracking what is happening on the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my questions are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Is this ability designed or is it just the way it happens to work?&#xD;&#xA;* Is this going to be consistent across *nix variants?&#xD;&#xA;* Is this accepted practice?&#xD;&#xA;* Are there unintended consequences to this practice?" />
  <row Id="8540" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4916" RevisionGUID="a2e81ca5-e7ec-4253-8c79-67f26fcc3b58" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:37:42.013" UserId="910" Text="Multiple *NIX Accounts with Identical UID/GID" />
  <row Id="8541" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4916" RevisionGUID="a2e81ca5-e7ec-4253-8c79-67f26fcc3b58" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:37:42.013" UserId="910" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="8542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4917" RevisionGUID="32b32af9-fdfd-4087-88b5-cd7e65d8df3f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:38:56.647" UserId="1466" Text="Keep in mind that dd makes an **exact copy**, including all the blank space.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That means:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. 2nd drive must be at least as big as first&#xD;&#xA; 2. If 2nd drive is larger, extra space will be wasted (filesystem *can* be expanded mind you)&#xD;&#xA; 3. If the source drive is not full, dd will waste alot of time copying blank space.&#xD;&#xA; 4. You can copy either the entire drive, or a single partition this way.&#xD;&#xA; 5. If this is a bootable drive, I'm pretty sure you need to install the bootloader after using dd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that is helpful" />
  <row Id="8543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4918" RevisionGUID="91b11058-23a4-43a3-81d2-1cfea6a57e0f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:39:24.523" UserId="1246" Text="If you are using *nix for your platform, [dovecot][1] is pretty much the standard.  Nearly every unix distro has it available in its ports / package management system.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are on Windows, [hmail][2] may be a fair choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dovecot.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.hmailserver.com/" />
  <row Id="8544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4919" RevisionGUID="c3ba1771-8693-4f6b-a0a7-ad0f4783c5a2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:41:27.187" UserId="1391" Text="Thanks to all for the suggestions.  &#xD;&#xA;However, Hijackthis didn't show anything strange, and uninstalling IE7 has turned out to be a bad idea, since I wasn't able to reinstall it.  &#xD;&#xA; Microsoft says that if you have SP3 installed you can't uninstall IE7. It's wrong. You **can** uninstall it, but you can't reinstall it again!  &#xD;&#xA;However, I was able to install IE8, but the problem was showing up even more frequently!  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I happened to fix it by deleting **webproxy.exe**, which is part of our Panda Security antivirus solution. I'm not sure if the antivirus is working well now, but the problem seems vanished.  &#xD;&#xA;I still don't understand why similar PCs with the same SP3, IE7 and Panda antivirus are not showing any malfunctioning...&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8546" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4921" RevisionGUID="e99cc455-916b-450c-a550-221ce5131500" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:43:24.917" UserId="829" Text="I like including the time in mine.  Gives me sort of a built in `time` around my commands:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PS1=&quot;[\t \u@\h:\w]$ &quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Though after seeing a few of these, it makes me want to make mine a little smarter!" />
  <row Id="8547" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4922" RevisionGUID="ac2ef35b-50ff-4288-9609-ab7d952ece41" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:45:24.460" UserId="510" Text="Is there a reason to upgrade from Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 2.0 to 3.0?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a Windows 2003 Small Business Server currently running WSUS 2.0 serving 7 Windows XP client machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it worth it to upgrade? What are the benefits? Or should I &quot;leave well enough alone?&quot;" />
  <row Id="8548" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4922" RevisionGUID="ac2ef35b-50ff-4288-9609-ab7d952ece41" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:45:24.460" UserId="510" Text="Upgrade from WSUS 2.0 to 3.0?" />
  <row Id="8549" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4922" RevisionGUID="ac2ef35b-50ff-4288-9609-ab7d952ece41" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:45:24.460" UserId="510" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;wsus&gt;" />
  <row Id="8550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4923" RevisionGUID="2039148c-21aa-4e91-95cc-e4da279e212f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:46:34.083" UserId="1616" Text="Many Wireless Routers and APs support *wireless separation*, which stops any communication between wireless clients and obviously prevents nasties from spreading, in case your users are not running firewalls.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In fact if you are setting up a small &quot;Hot Spot&quot; with just a Wireless router and a broadband connection and no other hosts then this is pretty much good enough security.  If you want to protect your own hosts that's another matter, I'd NAT against the wireless network and only allow HTTP.  In a sense clients that come at you from a wireless network where people are using their own unmanaged hardware, even if access is controlled, should pretty much be treated as traffic from the Internet and should be firewalled against with only tried and tested protocols like HTTP being used.  I wouldn't use SMB in the scenario for instance." />
  <row Id="8552" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4722" RevisionGUID="a1f5ba32-4647-40ac-b6f6-df7496026026" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:48:19.977" UserId="1821" Comment="changed hijackthis from download.com" Text=" 1. Google&#xD;&#xA; 2. [Hijackthis][1] take the log to [Hijackthis.de][2]&#xD;&#xA; 3. [Process Monitor][3]&#xD;&#xA; 4. [Process Explorer][4] this has a host of information including if it's packed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.filehippo.com/download_hijackthis/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://hijackthis.de&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx" />
  <row Id="8553" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4925" RevisionGUID="48073575-6a85-4a88-9a05-6f8108b84ad9" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:48:22.003" UserId="914" Text="3.0 has a nicer and much more responsive management console (Moves from web console to a management console extension).  Certainly worth the upgrade." />
  <row Id="8554" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4926" RevisionGUID="8b3a3f64-d81d-40fd-9783-75b22e86fd49" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:49:01.707" UserId="1616" Text="Have you considered using an SSL VPN?" />
  <row Id="8556" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4695" RevisionGUID="d7b16cb1-524c-46cd-805f-442f03a969bf" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:49:53.700" UserId="510" Comment="added more info asked for" Text="I've got a situation where a client computer (Windows Vista) doesn't seem to be sending the right password to a server (Windows Server 2003). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The event log records the logon failure, but as far as I can tell the client *has* the right password - so I'd really like to know what is actually being sent back &amp; forth between the two computers as they try to negotiate the logon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to monitor/trace/examine a Windows logon session? (I assume a plain packet capture wouldn't work, since the passwords aren't sent in plain text - at least I hope not!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**MORE INFO:** The server is the only server on the network. The computers are all on the same subnet, 192.168.1.xxx. The client computer is not a member of the domain. The server computer is the DNS server - and the client computer can correctly resolve the server's address without any problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The following events are logged in the event log:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- A logon attempt by `MICROSOFT_AUTHENTICATION_PACKAGE_V1_0`, which fails with code `0xC0000234`&#xD;&#xA;- A &quot;logon failure&quot; event which says &quot;unknown user name or bad password.&quot; &#xD;&#xA;    - The user name specified in the event is the user name I'm using&#xD;&#xA;    - The &quot;logon type&quot; is &quot;3&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    - The logon process is &quot;NtLmSsp&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    - The authentication package is NTLM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the client computer is trying to do is connect to a network share (mapping a network drive, actually). " />
  <row Id="8557" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4927" RevisionGUID="43d6c090-a8f7-4ac9-8cc9-b461db77947b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:50:47.537" UserId="533" Text="I can't provide a canonical answer to your questions, but anecdotally my company has been doing this for years with the root user and have never had any issues with it.  We create a 'kroot' user (UID 0) whose sole reason for existence is to have /bin/ksh as the shell instead of /bin/sh or bin/bash.  I know our Oracle DBAs do something similar with their users, having 3 or 4 usernames per install, all with the same user IDs (I believe this was done to have separate home directories with each user.  We've been doing this for at least ten years, on Solaris and Linux.  I think its working as designed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wouldn't do this with a regular user account.  As you noted, after the initial login everything goes back to the first name in the log file, so I think the actions of one user could be masqueraded as the actions of another in logs.  For system accounts though it works great. " />
  <row Id="8558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4928" RevisionGUID="92a59e9f-9599-4e77-907b-be51da23d388" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:50:53.653" UserId="984" Text="I also don't know if it is a good idea or not, but I use the above behavior in a few places.  Mostly it is for accounts that where used for accessing the ftp/sftp server and updating web site content.  It didn't seem to break anything and seemed to make handling of permissions easier then it would have been with multiple accounts." />
  <row Id="8559" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4929" RevisionGUID="8b4e30c3-f851-4aad-91bd-dd6d01f2f549" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:50:54.587" UserId="1246" Text="This is expected behavior on all distributions I've seen, and is a common trick that 'the enemy' uses to hide accounts with root access.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is certainly not standard (I have not seen this in play anywhere), but there should not be any reason that you cannot use this in your own environment if you see fit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only gotcha that comes to mind right now is that this might make auditing difficult.  If you have two users with the same uid/gid, I believe that you'll have a hard time figuring out which one did what when you are analyzing logs. " />
  <row Id="8560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4930" RevisionGUID="9e6d59dc-06f1-4221-926f-ef37cba4da61" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:51:42.370" UserId="7658" Text="I have two servers, one a development server that is accessible internally on our company's local network and the other a public-facing web server. The development server hosts several tools that we use to manage our projects internally but now we need to access them externally too whilst maintaining security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have set up mod_proxy on the external server using the ProxyPass and ProxyPassReverse directives to map external requests to the internal server. I have also set up authentication on these external virtual hosts to provide security for outside access. I also need to use SSL for external access but would ideally prefer to keep the internal tools accessible by plain HTTP for people within the intranet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to achieve this behaviour and if so what directives and Apache modules should I be using and on which servers do they need to be setup?" />
  <row Id="8561" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4930" RevisionGUID="9e6d59dc-06f1-4221-926f-ef37cba4da61" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:51:42.370" UserId="7658" Text="How can I configure Apache to use HTTPS for external access but HTTP for internal access?" />
  <row Id="8562" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4930" RevisionGUID="9e6d59dc-06f1-4221-926f-ef37cba4da61" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:51:42.370" UserId="7658" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;mod-proxy&gt;&lt;mod-ssl&gt;" />
  <row Id="8563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4931" RevisionGUID="ba764743-6275-4630-bbe9-693258fdf570" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:52:08.547" UserId="1797" Text="My opinion:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Is this ability designed or is it just the way it happens to work?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is designed. Since I started using *NIX, you have been able to place users on common groups. The ability to have the UID be the same without problems is just an intended result that, like everything, might bring problems if incorrectly managed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Is this going to be consistent across *nix variants?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Is this accepted practice?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Accepted as in generally used in one way or another, yes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Are there unintended consequences to this practice?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other than login auditing, you have nothing else. Unless you wanted exactly that, to start with.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8566" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4934" RevisionGUID="f3201b19-d851-477f-aafb-5f7b6e3cd7b7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:52:59.293" UserId="2011" Text="I have a couple Linux machines that act as routers/firewalls for my networks and I have a script that runs all the iptables commands to set my rules. This seems to me like a really silly way to do it though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do you do this? Is there a program with config files that are a bit easier to manage? Does it have a GUI or web interface?" />
  <row Id="8567" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4934" RevisionGUID="f3201b19-d851-477f-aafb-5f7b6e3cd7b7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:52:59.293" UserId="2011" Text="How do you manage your Linux iptables configuration on a machine acting as a router?" />
  <row Id="8568" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4934" RevisionGUID="f3201b19-d851-477f-aafb-5f7b6e3cd7b7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:52:59.293" UserId="2011" Text="&lt;iptables&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;router&gt;&lt;gateway&gt;" />
  <row Id="8569" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4935" RevisionGUID="4a50e966-106e-494f-90c0-541bc13d796f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:54:36.997" UserId="1466" Text="Sharing primary group IDs is common, so the question really revolves around the **UID**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have done this before to give somebody root access, without having to divulge the root password - which has worked well.  (although sudo would have been a better choice, I think)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main thing I would be cautious about is things like deleting one of the users - the program *may* get confused and delete both users, or files belonging to both, or similar things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In fact, I think that programmers probably **Assume a a 1:1 relationship** between user and UID, so there very well could be unexpected consequences with other programs similar to what I have described for userdel." />
  <row Id="8570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4936" RevisionGUID="0b0e1673-1b08-4ecb-9cf8-f555ad8d3e4a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:54:58.337" UserId="914" Text="You're best of using firewall rules to restrict this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**  I don't think Apache has a feature to implement this, even if it did it would produce overhead.  Firewalls are designed for things like this and thus would be more appropriate.  I'm assuming you have an external firewall (I hope you do), you should only allow port 80 to this machine and block port 443." />
  <row Id="8571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4937" RevisionGUID="d93939d0-7f49-4079-ac48-e3b7892eb54f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:56:23.733" UserId="829" Text="This, however, is the most awesomest one I've ever seen:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PS1='\[\033[0m\]\[\033[0;31m\].:\[\033[0m\]\[\033[1;30m\][\[\033[0m\]\[\033[0;28m\]Managing \033[1;31m\]\j\[\033[0m\]\[\033[1;30m\]/\[\033[0m\]\[\033[1;31m\]$(ps ax | wc -l | tr -d '\'' '\'')\[\033[0m\]\[\033[1;30m\] \[\033[0m\]\[\033[0;28m\]jobs.\[\033[0m\]\[\033[1;30m\]] [\[\033[0m\]\[\033[0;28m\]CPU Load: \[\033[0m\]\[\033[1;31m\]$(temp=$(cat /proc/loadavg) &amp;&amp; echo ${temp%% *}) \[\033[0m\]\[\033[0;28m\]Uptime: \[\033[0m\]\[\033[1;31m\]$(temp=$(cat /proc/uptime) &amp;&amp; upSec=${temp%%.*} ; let secs=$((${upSec}%60)) ; let mins=$((${upSec}/60%60)) ; let hours=$((${upSec}/3600%24)) ; let days=$((${upSec}/86400)) ; if [ ${days} -ne 0 ]; then echo -n ${days}d; fi ; echo -n ${hours}h${mins}m)\[\033[0m\]\[\033[1;30m\]]\[\033[0m\]\[\033[0;31m\]:.\n\[\033[0m\]\[\033[0;31m\].:\[\033[0m\]\[\033[1;30m\][\[\033[0m\]\[\033[1;31m\]$(ls -l | grep &quot;^-&quot; | wc -l | tr -d &quot; &quot;) \[\033[0m\]\[\033[0;28m\]files using \[\033[0m\]\[\033[1;31m\]$(ls --si -s | head -1 | awk '\''{print $2}'\'')\[\033[0m\]\[\033[1;30m\]] [\[\033[0m\]\[\033[1;31m\]\u\[\033[0m\]\[\033[0;31m\]@\[\033[0m\]\[\033[1;31m\]\h \[\033[0m\]\[\033[1;34m\]\w\[\033[0m\]\[\033[1;30m\]]\[\033[0m\]\[\033[0;31m\]:.\n\[\033[0m\]\[\033[0;31m\].:\[\033[0m\]\[\033[1;30m\][\[\033[0m\]\[\033[1;31m\]\t\[\033[0m\]\[\033[1;30m\]]\[\033[0m\]\[\033[0;31m\]:. \[\033[0m\]\[\033[1;37m\]$ \[\033[0m\]'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Give it a shot.  It gives good information, but it will actually cause the load on your boxes to increase just by hitting enter at a prompt!" />
  <row Id="8572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4938" RevisionGUID="480e84f1-8a69-4231-b2c5-11d2213b75df" CreationDate="2009-05-05T18:59:28.140" UserId="371" Text="If you're using Linux, research `iptables` for firewalling.  If Windows, you can use IPSec policies to simulate similar firewall rules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, you'll assign rules based on the source IP subnet.  If a connection comes from your internal network, block HTTPS.  Otherwise, block HTTP." />
  <row Id="8573" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4939" RevisionGUID="c98fb1a6-e95c-49bf-ae7e-f94d6d16617c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:00:10.790" UserId="914" Text="I can't see anything wrong with your method, assuming each machine has different rules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The way I normally setup firewall rules is by entering them normally on the command line and then running `iptables-save &gt; /etc/iptables_rules`, I'll then insert the following into `/etc/network/if-pre-up.d/iptables` so when the network interface starts the rules are automatically imported.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    /sbin/iptables-restore &lt; /etc/iptables_rules" />
  <row Id="8574" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4940" RevisionGUID="2a0c2c39-358f-401f-ad77-9e933dfe6b43" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:00:27.013" UserId="1466" Text="I do exactly what you have described, except **separating the rules into several sub-files** (private, dmz, vpn), and setting up a file of **variables** to make the rules more readable." />
  <row Id="8575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4941" RevisionGUID="f91b3e73-ea72-422e-b209-24842b90ff95" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:00:32.227" UserId="1996" Text="No, its not possible for reasons stated by others here. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your best bet is to require .NET to be installed, and then run your .NET application from the thumbdrive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need SQLServer but dont wanna install that beast you can use SQL Compact (included in .NET) and store the database in the same folder on the thumbdrive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4942" RevisionGUID="8602ca18-9bb6-4a51-a80f-7b4f6b5a0163" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:00:39.540" UserId="984" Text="I use [firehol][1] combined with a web interface that I developed to manage the configuration file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I really like firehol, it provides a simplier syntax then using iptables directly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You can use the firehol debug command to exactly what iptables commands are generated&#xD;&#xA; - If you have an error in your configuration and you start the firewall, firehol detects the error and reverts to the previous state.  &#xD;&#xA; - Firehol has a 'try' command which you can use to start the firewall remotely, if your changes kill your connection, firehol will revert to the previous state, if you didn't kill your connection then it will ask you to confirm the change.  &#xD;&#xA; - Firehol has a large set of services pre-defined so you don't have to remember exactly what ports you have to have what ports to open for some obscure protocol.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://firehol.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="8577" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4943" RevisionGUID="0fe12b21-51a6-42da-8e33-7d0369f540cc" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:00:53.580" UserId="1314" Text="I have a laptop here running Windows Vista, and it's complaining about corrupt files. There are folders which I can't access. When I try and run chkdisk, it tells me I need to do this at the next reboot since the drive is in use. I go ahead and schedule it to run; however, when I reboot chkdisk never runs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have used the system file restore tool (sfc I believe), and it did find a lot of files which it replaced; however, the tool complained that not all files could be repaired, when I look at the CBS log file I see nothing but successes so I'm not sure what files wouldn't restore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I even found a site out there which had a copy of chkdsk on it to download and try incase my chkdsk became corrupt. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any other options out there? Can I boot off a usb or cd and run chkdsk? " />
  <row Id="8578" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4943" RevisionGUID="0fe12b21-51a6-42da-8e33-7d0369f540cc" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:00:53.580" UserId="1314" Text="Chkdisk won't run on Vista laptop" />
  <row Id="8579" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4943" RevisionGUID="0fe12b21-51a6-42da-8e33-7d0369f540cc" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:00:53.580" UserId="1314" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="8580" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4944" RevisionGUID="65a7ae3f-336b-45b4-8b73-5c210980cef7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:01:10.243" UserId="25" Text="Can you create 2 different virtual hosts in the Apache config, each that respond on different IPs, although still use the same doc root? On your router, have it respond to example.com with 192.168.1.1, while outside it will respond with 342.434.564.23. Or have everyone use a different address when they are in the office (internal.example.com)." />
  <row Id="8581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4945" RevisionGUID="bfa6d673-11ab-4f8a-a624-a7ed7111065a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:01:21.037" UserId="813" Text="We have a Server 2008 Core install whose requirements have changed - is it possible to install the GUI components in place, or is a reinstall necessary?" />
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  <row Id="8583" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4945" RevisionGUID="bfa6d673-11ab-4f8a-a624-a7ed7111065a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:01:21.037" UserId="813" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="8584" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3847" RevisionGUID="ba8f6744-6ea5-4a49-a378-7222ca741495" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:01:48.510" UserId="1682" Comment="deleted 80 characters in body" Text="The one liners and tiny scripts out there could go on forever. I recommend man bash and writing things yourself. Some good short bash stuff at http://www.commandlinefu.com. Heres a few things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #use extra globing features. See man bash, search extglob.&#xD;&#xA;    shopt -s extglob&#xD;&#xA;    #include .files when globbing.&#xD;&#xA;    shopt -s dotglob&#xD;&#xA;    #When a glob expands to nothing, make it an empty string instead of the literal characters.&#xD;&#xA;    shopt -s nullglob&#xD;&#xA;    # fix spelling errors for cd, only in interactive shell&#xD;&#xA;    shopt -s cdspell&#xD;&#xA;    # vi mode&#xD;&#xA;    set -o vi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    prompt_command() {&#xD;&#xA;    	p=$PWD  # p is much easier to type in interactive shells&#xD;&#xA;    	# a special IFS should be limited to 1 liners or inside scripts.&#xD;&#xA;    	# Otherwise it only causes mistakes.&#xD;&#xA;    	unset IFS&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    PROMPT_COMMAND=prompt_command&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # smart advanced completion, download from&#xD;&#xA;    # http://bash-completion.alioth.debian.org/&#xD;&#xA;    if [[ -f $HOME/local/bin/bash_completion ]]; then&#xD;&#xA;    	. $HOME/local/bin/bash_completion&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    extract () { # extract files. Ignore files with improper extensions.&#xD;&#xA;    	local x&#xD;&#xA;    	ee() { # echo and execute&#xD;&#xA;    		echo &quot;$@&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		$1 &quot;$2&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	}&#xD;&#xA;    	for x in &quot;$@&quot;; do&#xD;&#xA;    		[[ -f $x ]] || continue&#xD;&#xA;    		case &quot;$x&quot; in&#xD;&#xA;    			*.tar.bz2 | *.tbz2 )	ee &quot;tar xvjf&quot; &quot;$x&quot;	;;&#xD;&#xA;    			*.tar.gz | *.tgz ) ee &quot;tar xvzf&quot; &quot;$x&quot;	;;&#xD;&#xA;    			*.bz2 )				ee &quot;bunzip2&quot; &quot;$x&quot;	;;&#xD;&#xA;    			*.rar )				ee &quot;unrar x&quot; &quot;$x&quot;   ;;&#xD;&#xA;    			*.gz )				ee &quot;gunzip&quot; &quot;$x&quot;    ;;&#xD;&#xA;    			*.tar )				ee &quot;tar xvf&quot; &quot;$x&quot;   ;;&#xD;&#xA;    			*.zip )				ee &quot;unzip&quot; &quot;$x&quot;     ;;&#xD;&#xA;    			*.Z )				ee &quot;uncompress&quot; &quot;$x&quot; ;;&#xD;&#xA;    			*.7z )				ee &quot;7z x&quot; &quot;$x&quot;      ;;&#xD;&#xA;    		esac&#xD;&#xA;    	done&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8585" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4916" RevisionGUID="e7ac204d-73fc-434b-a761-1292d32db688" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:02:18.197" UserId="910" Comment="Some clarifying additions based on answers." Text="I am curious whether there is a standard expected behavior and whether it is considered bad practice when creating more than one account on Linux/Unix that have the same UID/GID pair. I've done some testing on RHEL5 with this and it behaved as I expected, but I don't know if I'm tempting fate using this trick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an example, let's say I have two accounts with the same IDs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    a1:$1$4zIl1:5000:5000::/home/a1:/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    a2:$1$bmh92:5000:5000::/home/a2:/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used abbreviated hashed passwords for space. Similarly, for GID:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    a1:x:5000:&#xD;&#xA;    a2:x:5000:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What this means is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* I can log in to each account using its own password.&#xD;&#xA;* Files I create will have the same UID:GID pair.&#xD;&#xA;* Tools such as &quot;ls -l&quot; will list the UID:GID as the first entry in the file (a1:a1 in this case).&#xD;&#xA;* I avoid any permissions or ownership problems between the two accounts because they are really the same user.&#xD;&#xA;* I get login auditing for each account, so I have better granularity into tracking what is happening on the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my questions are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Is this ability designed or is it just the way it happens to work?&#xD;&#xA;* Is this going to be consistent across *nix variants?&#xD;&#xA;* Is this accepted practice?&#xD;&#xA;* Are there unintended consequences to this practice?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note, the idea here is to use this for system accounts and not normal user accounts." />
  <row Id="8586" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4936" RevisionGUID="a737f4b2-4ccd-4ca2-883d-e145d8a7c45e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:03:10.737" UserId="914" Comment="added 240 characters in body" Text="You're best of using firewall rules to restrict this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**  I don't think Apache has a feature to implement this, even if it did it would produce overhead.  Firewalls are designed for things like this and thus would be more appropriate.  I'm assuming you have an external firewall (I hope you do), you should only allow port 80 to this machine and block port 443.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could if you really wanted to use Apache use two virtual hosts, one listening on an internal and another on an external IP.  This would however double up configuration and thus I wouldn't recommend it as it'll be a pain to maintain." />
  <row Id="8588" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4946" RevisionGUID="91fd6f3a-1741-4219-8dbe-84f9ea90339e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:04:04.323" UserId="808" Text="For RedHat and related OSs (and perhaps for others), you can use the script to create the firewall, and then `service iptables ...` to handle it from there.  This is what I do.  When I change my iptables configuration, I use a script.  Then I save it with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    service iptables save&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this point, the machine will now always come up with the new rules.  You can dump a brief version of your current rules with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    service iptables status&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8589" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4947" RevisionGUID="b319d907-8896-4ed4-86db-58c0152a91a4" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:05:40.543" UserId="1415" Text="Depending on what you have already Microsoft ISA server is very easy to configure and use for the server side of it. You can then use the built-in VPN &quot;client&quot; in Windows to connect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This solution also allows you to use L2TP, PPTP or IPSec security for a wide range of connecton options depneding on how much or little security you plan on having. Plus no additional client software to install and maintain on the end users computer. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But of course this option would of course mean your already on the Microsoft platform and dont mind the additional licensing. " />
  <row Id="8590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4948" RevisionGUID="537f3831-25ca-4b3d-8299-a83e383f4198" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:07:48.713" UserId="1246" Text="I'm going to make the assumption that you do accept HTTP connections for the public, but you do a standard HTTP redirect to force them to HTTPS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is the case, then you can alter your HTTP directives to not redirect if you are part of the internal network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To do this, you want to use Apache's [mod_rewrite][1] and filter on REMOTE_ADDR.  Essentially, you want to redirect everything that does not match your network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other option, and probably the safer one, is to just have your internal users use a different service address than the public one.  Have them connect to myservice.mydomain.local instead of myservice.mydomain.com.     &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum92/2033.htm" />
  <row Id="8591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4949" RevisionGUID="cda123f2-24d5-4595-b4e7-0c4cfc56e772" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:07:53.080" UserId="1616" Text="You can take out the drive, attach it to another PC (you'll need an adaptor if its a 2.5&quot; IDE drive), and then boot that PC and run chkdsk on the drive." />
  <row Id="8592" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4950" RevisionGUID="dfc3326b-bd98-49ce-a7e0-3305ed7e5477" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:10:17.227" UserId="891" Text="We've used [shorewall][1] - &quot;iptables made easy&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;A GUI is available via [Webmin][2] 1.060 and later&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The Shoreline Firewall, more commonly known as “Shorewall”, is high-level tool for configuring Netfilter. You describe your firewall/gateway requirements using entries in a set of configuration files. Shorewall reads those configuration files and with the help of the iptables, iptables-restore, ip and tc utilities, Shorewall configures Netfilter and the Linux networking subsystem to match your requirements. Shorewall can be used on a dedicated firewall system, a multi-function gateway/router/server or on a standalone GNU/Linux system. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.shorewall.net/index.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://webmin.net/" />
  <row Id="8593" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4936" RevisionGUID="f0d683db-89c3-4acf-b922-9e2241168a2b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:11:00.610" UserId="914" Comment="deleted 11 characters in body" Text="You're best of using firewall rules to restrict this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think Apache has a feature to implement this, even if it did it would produce overhead.  Firewalls are designed for things like this and thus would be more appropriate.  I'm assuming you have an external firewall (I hope you do), you should only allow port 443 to this machine and block port 80 externally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could if you really wanted to use Apache use two virtual hosts, one listening on an internal and another on an external IP.  This would however double up configuration and thus I wouldn't recommend it as it'll be a pain to maintain." />
  <row Id="8594" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4951" RevisionGUID="1c105f17-b314-4a97-9e30-adc6f0f7780f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:12:11.137" UserId="48" Text="Well its not a case of just adding the GUI, you have to upgrade from the core version to the full version of server 2008 (web, standard, etc.). Unfortunately there is not upgrade method to do this, you have to re-install the OS." />
  <row Id="8595" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4952" RevisionGUID="395f4026-dd52-4b5c-8873-9da89cc115a4" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:12:19.437" UserId="1433" Text="[Iometer][1] appears to be the overwhelming recommendation for testing and benchmarking iSCSI SAN performance. Because it is widely used by vendors, its numbers offer a fairly reliable comparison metric across storage systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you plan on running SQL Server off your SAN, you should also look at doing some testing and tuning with [SQLIO][2]. Brent Ozar has a great S[AN performance tuning guide][3] at SQLServerPedia using the SQLIO tool that's worth checking out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.iometer.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9a8b005b-84e4-4f24-8d65-cb53442d9e19&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://sqlserverpedia.com/wiki/SAN_Performance_Tuning_with_SQLIO" />
  <row Id="8596" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4916" RevisionGUID="58e3f3a2-e414-4e6c-8cf9-cdd74f1a2039" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:13:12.553" UserId="910" Comment="Remove references to GID, as it confuses the question." Text="I am curious whether there is a standard expected behavior and whether it is considered bad practice when creating more than one account on Linux/Unix that have the same UID. I've done some testing on RHEL5 with this and it behaved as I expected, but I don't know if I'm tempting fate using this trick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an example, let's say I have two accounts with the same IDs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    a1:$1$4zIl1:5000:5000::/home/a1:/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    a2:$1$bmh92:5000:5000::/home/a2:/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What this means is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* I can log in to each account using its own password.&#xD;&#xA;* Files I create will have the same UID.&#xD;&#xA;* Tools such as &quot;ls -l&quot; will list the UID as the first entry in the file (a1 in this case).&#xD;&#xA;* I avoid any permissions or ownership problems between the two accounts because they are really the same user.&#xD;&#xA;* I get login auditing for each account, so I have better granularity into tracking what is happening on the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my questions are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Is this ability designed or is it just the way it happens to work?&#xD;&#xA;* Is this going to be consistent across *nix variants?&#xD;&#xA;* Is this accepted practice?&#xD;&#xA;* Are there unintended consequences to this practice?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note, the idea here is to use this for system accounts and not normal user accounts." />
  <row Id="8597" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="4916" RevisionGUID="58e3f3a2-e414-4e6c-8cf9-cdd74f1a2039" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:13:12.553" UserId="910" Comment="Remove references to GID, as it confuses the question." Text="Multiple *NIX Accounts with Identical UID" />
  <row Id="8598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4953" RevisionGUID="c83619b7-f73e-4d30-8e30-39a6825ae363" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:14:53.830" UserId="914" Text="[Bonnie++][1] is a nice unix benchmarking tool for hard disks.  It'll complete a wide variety of tests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/" />
  <row Id="8599" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4954" RevisionGUID="31d31ba3-9eea-4401-94a2-e600b198ca12" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:14:55.653" UserId="613" Text="This is going to depend on the hardphone in question.  Polycom phones will pick up files of a certain name (00000000-directory.xml, I think) from the ftp/tftp/http server that they get their config from.  You could conceivably snag the contacts and periodically regenerate that file." />
  <row Id="8600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4955" RevisionGUID="30096e0e-ff54-4bdd-8b40-81352f8371e8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:15:11.677" UserId="2004" Text="It is always fun to create a macro that performs a quick and unconditional format of a disk:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    doskey cd=format $1 /q /u&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then to format a disk in drive A type:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cd A:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8601" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4955" RevisionGUID="30096e0e-ff54-4bdd-8b40-81352f8371e8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:15:11.677" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8602" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4956" RevisionGUID="cb2741df-b0eb-4c6e-af25-fc0e6a0bbc63" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:18:04.117" UserId="846" Text="I use the SSL VPN capabilities on the Astaro Security Gateway.  It works quite well.  Basically, the user browses to the firewall, authenticates, and is able to download the client and certificates.  Then, if they want to connect, they click on the &quot;stop light&quot; icon in their tray and provide the user and password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My &quot;vision&quot; is something easier (i.e. auto connect, authenticate using domain user and computer domain membership), but this is a pretty close second.  I would not be surprised if there is a Microsoft VPN solution which is that easy, but I don't know about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have also used the IPSec-based Cisco/Altiga VPN concentrator, which has been quite stable but is harder to setup and harder for the users to get going." />
  <row Id="8603" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4936" RevisionGUID="2ad24d6b-4dc5-4973-8f21-59574378e5d8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:19:00.137" UserId="914" Comment="added 304 characters in body" Text="You're best of using firewall rules to restrict this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think Apache has a feature to implement this, even if it did it would produce overhead.  Firewalls are designed for things like this and thus would be more appropriate.  I'm assuming you have an external firewall (I hope you do), you should only allow port 443 to this machine and block port 80 externally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could if you really wanted to use Apache use two virtual hosts, one listening on an internal and another on an external IP.  This would however double up configuration and thus I wouldn't recommend it as it'll be a pain to maintain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Sorry, Apache can do this via mod_rewrite but it'll put overhead on the requests and it would still be more appropriate to use a firewall.  That said, with the mod_rewrite you're able to redirect people from http to https which could be handy if people are constantly attempting to access http." />
  <row Id="8604" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4957" RevisionGUID="c2548688-f6cd-4aad-8000-a3818d2579c5" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:20:53.253" UserId="1671" Text="Is there a PowerShell command that will execute a backup of all databases on a server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, can I call a stored proc from PowerShell (that will execute the backup)?" />
  <row Id="8605" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4957" RevisionGUID="c2548688-f6cd-4aad-8000-a3818d2579c5" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:20:53.253" UserId="1671" Text="Powershell command to backup a SQL Server DB" />
  <row Id="8606" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4957" RevisionGUID="c2548688-f6cd-4aad-8000-a3818d2579c5" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:20:53.253" UserId="1671" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="8607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4958" RevisionGUID="021cc533-07fb-4b6c-8b46-11d1db591cd9" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:25:58.733" UserId="48" Text="It is possible, there are some pre-requisites you need to have installed (namely the [Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Management Objects Collectio][1]n) and theres quite alot of powersehll code needed to do it, however there are a number of articles out there that have it allready done for you. I have used [this method][2] successfully in the past.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=D09C1D60-A13C-4479-9B91-9E8B9D835CDC&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://monadblog.blogspot.com/2006/07/back-up-sql-server-database-with-sql.html" />
  <row Id="8608" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4959" RevisionGUID="83825f58-573c-456b-bdd5-12a166868522" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:26:44.970" UserId="1008" Text="Usually people run their desktop system with X. But you can usually access true text-mode terminal, several of them actually. These are called virtual consoles. You can then normally login and use command-line etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just hit *crtl-alt-F1*, *crtl-alt-F2* etc. Your X-server is generally running at *crtl-alt-F7*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This of course is distribution and configuration dependant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also command to kill X-server is sometimes usefull: crlt-alt-backspace.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These key combinations work at least on i86 PC's. " />
  <row Id="8609" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4959" RevisionGUID="83825f58-573c-456b-bdd5-12a166868522" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:26:44.970" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4960" RevisionGUID="cc0716fb-a12c-457e-8e5c-13f2dcaa9dc6" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:27:11.397" UserId="1562" Text="Best way to avoid clicks is to stay on the command line. A directory in your path with the GNU tools and the sysinternals tools will go a long way to making your life simpler. Nothing that a good grep can't fix. :-)" />
  <row Id="8611" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4960" RevisionGUID="cc0716fb-a12c-457e-8e5c-13f2dcaa9dc6" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:27:11.397" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8612" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4961" RevisionGUID="a905356f-7aa7-45e5-9d28-fb554e3ecdc4" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:28:42.640" UserId="1995" Text="VMware also has their bare-metal free hypervisor option, [ESXi][1].  It can be made to [boot from a USB key][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/products/esxi/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://communities.vmware.com/message/1027137" />
  <row Id="8613" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4922" RevisionGUID="49f35b5b-f59b-4925-bad2-c0ede8f9eea6" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:29:12.047" UserId="510" Comment="added 65 characters in body" Text="Is there a reason to upgrade from Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 2.0 to 3.0?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a Windows 2003 Small Business Server currently running WSUS 2.0 serving 7 Windows XP client machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it worth it to upgrade? What are the benefits? Does it require re-configuring all the client machines? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or should I just &quot;leave well enough alone?&quot;" />
  <row Id="8614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4962" RevisionGUID="bbdeeed5-0897-4dbd-aae3-a291bcda8a1e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:33:17.530" UserId="1525" Text="You could download, burn, and try to boot from the official [Vista Recovery Disc](http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/)." />
  <row Id="8615" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4963" RevisionGUID="ec64d2a0-e36e-4dfb-a365-e2a5f2529b4b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:33:17.857" UserId="1433" Text="Userscape's [HelpSpot][1] web-based help desk software might be worth looking into. You can have it check as many POP3/IMAP email accounts as you want and centralize incoming messages for your CSRs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's written in PHP and runs on Windows, Linux, Unix or Mac OS, and has some nice options for integrating with your other software ([web services][2], [LDAP/Active Directory][3], [Request Push API][4]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Pricing][5] seems very reasonable, especially when compared with products explicitly labeled and marketed as &quot;Enterprise&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.userscape.com/products/helpspot/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.userscape.com/helpdesk/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&amp;id=28&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.userscape.com/helpdesk/index.php?pg=kb.page&amp;id=138&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.userscape.com/helpdesk/index.php?pg=kb.page&amp;id=153&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.userscape.com/products/helpspot/pricing.php" />
  <row Id="8616" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4964" RevisionGUID="6e8a132c-ea6e-4908-a374-9c49dabcda26" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:33:33.673" UserId="1995" Text="A reinstall is necessary.  This is covered in [this Microsoft KB article][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - You cannot upgrade from non-Server    Core installations of Windows Server  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2008 to Server Core installations of Windows Server 2008.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - You cannot    convert Server Core    installations of    Windows Server   &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2008 to non-Server    Core  installations of Windows Server&#xD;&#xA;&gt;       2008.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951041" />
  <row Id="8618" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4290" RevisionGUID="5911e2f1-00d1-446f-a0a7-8bda251de75d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:39:18.187" UserId="1883" Comment="added sbs-2008 tag" Text="&lt;sbs&gt;&lt;sbs-2008&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;antivirus&gt;" />
  <row Id="8619" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2447" RevisionGUID="718bbe8d-7273-4fe0-ae5f-9289d50a6180" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:40:59.397" UserId="224" Comment="added 49 characters in body" Text="For a long time now I've had a very strange problem with my wi-fi network at home. I have a [BT Voyager 2100 ADSL modem][1] and an iMac, ageing PowerBook and a PC that connect to it wirelessly. The problem is that I can never access a small number of certain websites because they always time out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's nothing apparent that connects these websites in any way. Some examples that I've come across are **www.adobe.com**, **www.microsoft.com**, **www.portsmouthguildhall.co.uk** (a local venue) and **subtraction.com** (a blog). I can ping some of the sites without problems; there are no timeouts. In fact, I used to be able to access subtraction.com and can still get its RSS feed. I just can't view the site in a web browser any more. This is a very isolated problem&amp;mdash;for the majority of my Internet use everything works fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's clearly not a problem with the individual computers because they all have this problem, so it must be a problem downstream with my router or even ISP. I've upgraded the router to the latest firmware and tried resetting it, but it didn't fix the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I even diagnose where the problem is? I'm at a loss as to know where to start! Are there any UNIX networking commands that I can use (I have Mac OS X)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for any help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT: Following Alnitak's suggestion, I tried a traceroute and ping with adobe.com. As you can see, the traceroute never gets there:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ traceroute adobe.com&#xD;&#xA;    traceroute to adobe.com (192.150.18.117), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets&#xD;&#xA;     1  voyager.home (192.168.1.1)  1.975 ms  1.505 ms  1.574 ms&#xD;&#xA;     2  lo0-plusnet.ptn-ag2.plus.net (195.166.128.53)  28.476 ms  47.139 ms  28.036 ms&#xD;&#xA;     3  ge0-0-0-204.ptn-gw02.plus.net (84.92.3.93)  28.520 ms  37.297 ms  33.186 ms&#xD;&#xA;     4  te2-2.pte-gw2.plus.net (212.159.1.106)  35.670 ms  36.262 ms  34.995 ms&#xD;&#xA;     5  80.239.193.141 (80.239.193.141)  33.932 ms  28.600 ms  28.764 ms&#xD;&#xA;     6  ldn-bb1-link.telia.net (80.91.248.90)  29.649 ms  28.149 ms  30.857 ms&#xD;&#xA;     7  ldn-b5-link.telia.net (80.91.249.178)  27.991 ms  28.014 ms  28.490 ms&#xD;&#xA;     8  verio-129583-ldn-b5.telia.net (213.248.100.50)  28.468 ms  29.286 ms  31.702 ms&#xD;&#xA;     9  ae-1.r23.londen03.uk.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.5.237)  30.871 ms  29.295 ms ae-1.r22.londen03.uk.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.5.233)  28.614 ms&#xD;&#xA;    10  ae-0.r22.londen03.uk.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.4.85)  29.732 ms as-0.r20.nycmny01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.3.254)  108.909 ms ae-0.r22.londen03.uk.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.4.85)  28.505 ms&#xD;&#xA;    11  ae-0.r21.nycmny01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.26)  109.164 ms as-0.r20.nycmny01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.3.254)  104.860 ms ae-0.r21.nycmny01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.26)  111.253 ms&#xD;&#xA;    12  as-0.r20.asbnva02.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.9)  104.777 ms ae-0.r21.nycmny01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.26)  109.973 ms as-0.r20.asbnva02.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.9)  108.774 ms&#xD;&#xA;    13  as-0.r20.asbnva02.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.9)  103.691 ms ae-3.r21.asbnva01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.128)  104.958 ms as-0.r20.asbnva02.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.9)  104.455 ms&#xD;&#xA;    14  as-3.r20.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.167)  197.595 ms ae-3.r21.asbnva01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.128)  105.027 ms  106.565 ms&#xD;&#xA;    15  * as-3.r20.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.167)  179.946 ms *&#xD;&#xA;    16  * te-5-3.r02.snjsca04.us.ce.gin.ntt.net (128.241.219.86)  176.374 ms *&#xD;&#xA;    17  * * te-5-3.r02.snjsca04.us.ce.gin.ntt.net (128.241.219.86)  189.724 ms&#xD;&#xA;    18  * * *&#xD;&#xA;    19  * * *&#xD;&#xA;    20  * * *&#xD;&#xA;    ^C&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;mdash;Now trying a ping from hop 14 onwards. As you can see, the last ping has 20% packet loss:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ping -s 1492 as-3.r20.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net&#xD;&#xA;    PING as-3.r20.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.167): 1492 data bytes&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 129.250.2.167: icmp_seq=0 ttl=55 time=214.555 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 129.250.2.167: icmp_seq=1 ttl=55 time=215.339 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 129.250.2.167: icmp_seq=2 ttl=55 time=221.211 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 129.250.2.167: icmp_seq=3 ttl=55 time=224.296 ms&#xD;&#xA;    ^C&#xD;&#xA;    --- as-3.r20.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net ping statistics ---&#xD;&#xA;    4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss&#xD;&#xA;    round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 214.555/218.850/224.296/4.062 ms&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ping -s 1492 as-3.r20.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net&#xD;&#xA;    PING as-3.r20.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.2.167): 1492 data bytes&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 129.250.2.167: icmp_seq=0 ttl=55 time=299.852 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 129.250.2.167: icmp_seq=1 ttl=55 time=326.598 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 129.250.2.167: icmp_seq=2 ttl=55 time=243.278 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 129.250.2.167: icmp_seq=3 ttl=55 time=214.610 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 129.250.2.167: icmp_seq=4 ttl=55 time=232.900 ms&#xD;&#xA;    ^C&#xD;&#xA;    --- as-3.r20.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net ping statistics ---&#xD;&#xA;    5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss&#xD;&#xA;    round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 214.610/263.448/326.598/42.517 ms&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ping -s 1492 te-5-3.r02.snjsca04.us.ce.gin.ntt.net&#xD;&#xA;    PING te-5-3.r02.snjsca04.us.ce.gin.ntt.net (128.241.219.86): 1492 data bytes&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 128.241.219.86: icmp_seq=0 ttl=245 time=349.851 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 128.241.219.86: icmp_seq=1 ttl=245 time=270.748 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 128.241.219.86: icmp_seq=2 ttl=245 time=334.406 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 128.241.219.86: icmp_seq=3 ttl=245 time=220.046 ms&#xD;&#xA;    ^C&#xD;&#xA;    --- te-5-3.r02.snjsca04.us.ce.gin.ntt.net ping statistics ---&#xD;&#xA;    4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss&#xD;&#xA;    round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 220.046/293.763/349.851/51.869 ms&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ping -s 1492 te-5-3.r02.snjsca04.us.ce.gin.ntt.net&#xD;&#xA;    PING te-5-3.r02.snjsca04.us.ce.gin.ntt.net (128.241.219.86): 1492 data bytes&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 128.241.219.86: icmp_seq=0 ttl=245 time=472.908 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 128.241.219.86: icmp_seq=1 ttl=245 time=228.290 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 128.241.219.86: icmp_seq=2 ttl=245 time=231.048 ms&#xD;&#xA;    1500 bytes from 128.241.219.86: icmp_seq=3 ttl=245 time=229.906 ms&#xD;&#xA;    ^C&#xD;&#xA;    --- te-5-3.r02.snjsca04.us.ce.gin.ntt.net ping statistics ---&#xD;&#xA;    5 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 20% packet loss&#xD;&#xA;    round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 228.290/290.538/472.908/105.296 ms&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.voyager.bt.com/wireless_devices/voyager_2100/product_info.htm" />
  <row Id="8620" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4965" RevisionGUID="533d77cd-e2d8-425b-a8ce-143b58499089" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:44:05.880" UserId="1565" Text="The easiest solution I've seen is SSL VPN with a web-based VPN client.  They work by the user logging into a webpage that starts a Java applet that downloads and installs the platform-specific VPN client software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our university uses [Cisco][1], but [Barracuda][2] and [Juniper][3] also have similar products.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns340/ns394/ns171/ns347/networking_solutions_sub_solution_home.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/products/sslvpn_overview.php&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.juniper.net/us/en/products-services/security/sa-series/" />
  <row Id="8621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4966" RevisionGUID="f3ee7bb7-29f1-4b06-8fa1-44130559aa53" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:52:42.223" UserId="1539" Text="I agree that this sounds a failure of Path MTU Discovery.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The solution to this problem for me (on linux) was to enable advanced router support in the kernel and the TCPMSS target support in the netfilter/core netfilter section of the kernel config. And then to tell iptables to force maximum segment size down:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN -j TCPMSS --clamp-mss-to-pmtu&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An alternative might be to pick a very small mtu (and possibly work upwards from there), and while that might bring its own problems, it should make these sites reachable." />
  <row Id="8622" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3393" RevisionGUID="664ec605-6152-43d2-9f17-7c54f94b26f8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T19:54:03.190" UserId="919" Comment="added 25 characters in body" Text="Running Ubuntu Linux 9.04, and I see these odd log lines in dmesg:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[ 18.673752] type=1505 audit(1240159967.221:2): operation=&quot;profile_load&quot; name=&quot;/usr/share/gdm/guest-session/Xsession&quot; name2=&quot;default&quot; pid=2197&#xD;&#xA;[ 18.730952] type=1505 audit(1240159967.278:3): operation=&quot;profile_load&quot; name=&quot;/sbin/dhclient-script&quot; name2=&quot;default&quot; pid=2201&#xD;&#xA;[ 18.731093] type=1505 audit(1240159967.278:4): operation=&quot;profile_load&quot; name=&quot;/sbin/dhclient3&quot; name2=&quot;default&quot; pid=2201&#xD;&#xA;[ 18.731141] type=1505 audit(1240159967.278:5): operation=&quot;profile_load&quot; name=&quot;/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action&quot; name2=&quot;default&quot; pid=2201&#xD;&#xA;[ 18.731182] type=1505 audit(1240159967.278:6): operation=&quot;profile_load&quot; name=&quot;/usr/lib/connman/scripts/dhclient-script&quot; name2=&quot;default&quot; pid=2201&#xD;&#xA;[ 18.871720] type=1505 audit(1240159967.417:7): operation=&quot;profile_load&quot; name=&quot;/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf&quot; name2=&quot;default&quot; pid=2206&#xD;&#xA;[ 18.871913] type=1505 audit(1240159967.417:8): operation=&quot;profile_load&quot; name=&quot;/usr/sbin/cupsd&quot; name2=&quot;default&quot; pid=2206&#xD;&#xA;[ 18.909533] type=1505 audit(1240159967.458:9): operation=&quot;profile_load&quot; name=&quot;/usr/sbin/tcpdump&quot; name2=&quot;default&quot; pid=2210&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What generates them, and should I be worried?" />
  <row Id="8623" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4967" RevisionGUID="568fe350-fbb5-4799-8bb0-e3eed2b6af01" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:00:55.653" UserId="2016" Text="Until I moved my personal domains to Google Apps, I was using a mix of [qmail][1] and [netqmail][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why?  Security.  Reliability.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dan's record on exploits isn't as good as it used to be, but it's still pretty good.  I don't like to expose anything unfiltered to the world on my own boxes unless it's djbware.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had a qmail installation in place for a decade that I didn't touch for years at a time.  Granted, this was a low volume personal domain, but still...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://qmail.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://netqmail.org&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8624" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4968" RevisionGUID="436d8375-356a-4dce-9db0-e616f97585db" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:02:31.983" UserId="130" Text="I'm looking for a good performance monitoring service for websites. I know about some of the available general monitoring services that check for uptime and notify you about unavailable services. But I'm specifically looking for a service with an emphasis on performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I.e., I would like to see reports with detailed performance statistics from multiple locations world-wide, with a break-down on how long it took to fetch the different website resources, including third-party scripts such as Google Analytics and so on (the report should contain similar details such as the FireBug Net tab). Are there any such services and if so, which one is the best?" />
  <row Id="8625" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4968" RevisionGUID="436d8375-356a-4dce-9db0-e616f97585db" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:02:31.983" UserId="130" Text="Recommended website performance monitoring services?" />
  <row Id="8626" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4968" RevisionGUID="436d8375-356a-4dce-9db0-e616f97585db" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:02:31.983" UserId="130" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;website&gt;" />
  <row Id="8627" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4969" RevisionGUID="447240b5-c5f9-4e66-ace3-9afab1e73eea" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:03:11.047" UserId="1589" Text="Jumbo frames can certainly help, but don't expect it to magically give you 100% increase in throughput.  Check out my post [here][1] in another question that discusses a way to test network throughput without bringing disk i/o into the picture.  This will give you a baseline to see if there are perhaps other factors not related to the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do plan on enabling Jumbo Frames, as some here have suggested, please be aware of some limitations and requirements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - All devices along the path must support and have jumbo frames enabled.  This includes:&#xD;&#xA;  - Both the sending and receiving nic&#xD;&#xA;  - Both switch ports the devices are connected to&#xD;&#xA;  - All L2 switch ports along the path from sender to receiver (switch-to-switch connections)&#xD;&#xA;  - All L3 interfaces along the path, if applicable&#xD;&#xA; - Make absolutely sure that all devices in the same vlan support and are configured for jumbo frames.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reason for the second bullet:  Consider two PCs setup in the same vlan, one configured for 9000 byte frames, and the other for 1500 byte frames.  The PC1, configured for standard frames, will be able to send packets successfully to PC2.  However, the reply that PC2 send will all be 9000 byte frames.  Since PC1 is configured for standard frames, it will be unable to process the jumbo frames, and they will be dropped.  To fix this issue, you'll need to insert an L3 device (router) between the two PCs so they are able to communicate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/851/gigabit-really-gigabit/4167#4167" />
  <row Id="8628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4970" RevisionGUID="14cab2c7-d176-4d25-86e5-27a7b736ecf8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:04:11.340" UserId="2012" Text="    Specific Error: Agent proxying needs to be enabled for a health service to submit discovery data about other computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Microsoft.SystemCenter.DiscoveryWriteActionModule.AgentProxyingNotEnabled.Alert&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use Microsoft System Center 2007.  The management server throws this error. I have enabled proxying per the instructions but alas the error re-occurs.  Has anyone else had this and fixed it? or do I just disable the monitor?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8629" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4970" RevisionGUID="14cab2c7-d176-4d25-86e5-27a7b736ecf8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:04:11.340" UserId="2012" Text="System Center: Agent Proxy" />
  <row Id="8630" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4970" RevisionGUID="14cab2c7-d176-4d25-86e5-27a7b736ecf8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:04:11.340" UserId="2012" Text="&lt;operating-system&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="8631" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4971" RevisionGUID="f71b8fe9-1c45-4ee5-80cc-050a31b24779" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:06:33.300" UserId="1403" Text="For NFS specific information, be aware that newer implementation of NFS support not only UDP, but also TCP.  Default is still usually UDP.  Oddly enough, on very fast networks, TCP can be faster due to windowing.  Try it both ways and compare.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For other tips, just search the site.  The general form of this topic has already been beat to death eleventy-billion times.  :-)" />
  <row Id="8632" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3847" RevisionGUID="4a22f55d-e90e-43fd-b860-fe8a69b0b4d2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:07:29.583" UserId="1682" Comment="added 168 characters in body" Text="The one liners and tiny scripts out there could go on forever. I recommend man bash and writing things yourself. Some good short bash stuff at http://www.commandlinefu.com. Heres a few things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #use extra globing features. See man bash, search extglob.&#xD;&#xA;    shopt -s extglob&#xD;&#xA;    #include .files when globbing.&#xD;&#xA;    shopt -s dotglob&#xD;&#xA;    #When a glob expands to nothing, make it an empty string instead of the literal characters.&#xD;&#xA;    shopt -s nullglob&#xD;&#xA;    # fix spelling errors for cd, only in interactive shell&#xD;&#xA;    shopt -s cdspell&#xD;&#xA;    # vi mode&#xD;&#xA;    set -o vi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    s() { # do sudo, or sudo the last command if no argument given&#xD;&#xA;    	if [[ $# == 0 ]]; then&#xD;&#xA;    		sudo $(history -p '!!')&#xD;&#xA;    	else&#xD;&#xA;    		sudo &quot;$@&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	fi&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    prompt_command() {&#xD;&#xA;    	p=$PWD  # p is much easier to type in interactive shells&#xD;&#xA;    	# a special IFS should be limited to 1 liners or inside scripts.&#xD;&#xA;    	# Otherwise it only causes mistakes.&#xD;&#xA;    	unset IFS&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    PROMPT_COMMAND=prompt_command&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # smart advanced completion, download from&#xD;&#xA;    # http://bash-completion.alioth.debian.org/&#xD;&#xA;    if [[ -f $HOME/local/bin/bash_completion ]]; then&#xD;&#xA;    	. $HOME/local/bin/bash_completion&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    extract () { # extract files. Ignore files with improper extensions.&#xD;&#xA;    	local x&#xD;&#xA;    	ee() { # echo and execute&#xD;&#xA;    		echo &quot;$@&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		$1 &quot;$2&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	}&#xD;&#xA;    	for x in &quot;$@&quot;; do&#xD;&#xA;    		[[ -f $x ]] || continue&#xD;&#xA;    		case &quot;$x&quot; in&#xD;&#xA;    			*.tar.bz2 | *.tbz2 )	ee &quot;tar xvjf&quot; &quot;$x&quot;	;;&#xD;&#xA;    			*.tar.gz | *.tgz ) ee &quot;tar xvzf&quot; &quot;$x&quot;	;;&#xD;&#xA;    			*.bz2 )				ee &quot;bunzip2&quot; &quot;$x&quot;	;;&#xD;&#xA;    			*.rar )				ee &quot;unrar x&quot; &quot;$x&quot;   ;;&#xD;&#xA;    			*.gz )				ee &quot;gunzip&quot; &quot;$x&quot;    ;;&#xD;&#xA;    			*.tar )				ee &quot;tar xvf&quot; &quot;$x&quot;   ;;&#xD;&#xA;    			*.zip )				ee &quot;unzip&quot; &quot;$x&quot;     ;;&#xD;&#xA;    			*.Z )				ee &quot;uncompress&quot; &quot;$x&quot; ;;&#xD;&#xA;    			*.7z )				ee &quot;7z x&quot; &quot;$x&quot;      ;;&#xD;&#xA;    		esac&#xD;&#xA;    	done&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8633" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4972" RevisionGUID="5838eae5-f37c-444f-b48d-28741160df97" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:11:16.143" UserId="942" Text="[Pingdom][1] seems like a good fit for your needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://pingdom.com/" />
  <row Id="8634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4973" RevisionGUID="8f06ff7c-8b9d-4fac-a7f2-2a21d56c4900" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:12:33.427" UserId="1589" Text="Within OSX, two great drive cloning utilities are available; [SuperDuper][1] and [CCC][2].  I'm looking for an equivalent within the Windows world.  Utilities such as Ghost, Acronis, and Clonezilla initially look promising, but from what I can tell don't support cloning an active boot drive.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, the Mac utilities show up as a true clone, not an image file.  So, if I plug the backup into a new computer, I'm able to boot from the backup and get my exact environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any utilities available for Windows that mimic the functionality provided by SuperDuper and CCC for active boot drives?  (meaning, not having to boot from a CD or other disk to back up)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html" />
  <row Id="8635" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4973" RevisionGUID="8f06ff7c-8b9d-4fac-a7f2-2a21d56c4900" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:12:33.427" UserId="1589" Text="Clone boot drive within Windows" />
  <row Id="8636" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4973" RevisionGUID="8f06ff7c-8b9d-4fac-a7f2-2a21d56c4900" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:12:33.427" UserId="1589" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="8637" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4974" RevisionGUID="d1ae8e93-e557-4536-92b5-2fc72c7d502c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:13:25.623" UserId="1525" Text="Try changing the settings on the &quot;Library&quot; tab in the Options dialog in Windows Media Player, specifically making sure &quot;Share My Media&quot; (under &quot;Configure Sharing...&quot;) and &quot;Retrieve additional information from the Internet&quot; are unchecked." />
  <row Id="8638" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4975" RevisionGUID="8cbac2fb-1ee0-4931-a8da-3713c6a285a4" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:13:31.893" UserId="1433" Text="If you're looking for a customer solution, this obviously needs to be as straightforward and simple as possible. Since sending ZIP files through email is inherently unreliable and  requiring customers to upload via FTP is cumbersome, a web-based file uploader will be the most familiar and reliable method. YouSendIt's [Business Plus][1] plan is a good fit here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Hosted dropbox page where customers can send you files&#xD;&#xA; - Brandable pages and emails to match your business&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;YouSendIt's [SiteDrop][2] add-on creates the best experience, in my opinion. Customers can upload files right at your website with the embedded uploader, and both you and they can receive confirmation emails as soon as the upload finishes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.yousendit.com/cms/businessplusaccount&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://www.yousendit.com/cms/sitedrop" />
  <row Id="8639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4976" RevisionGUID="aecb7e1d-16fa-4c90-b758-c703bc133a96" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:14:27.647" UserId="1301" Text="My favorites: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ipconfig&#xD;&#xA;    tracert&#xD;&#xA;    ping&#xD;&#xA;    telnet&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="8641" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4977" RevisionGUID="f14aaac3-859a-42be-883f-2366528cd19f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:15:39.050" UserId="1246" Text="Ghost (I used version 14) supports the cloning of an active boot drive.  In fact, I just used it yesterday to do such a thing. " />
  <row Id="8643" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4978" RevisionGUID="f7bb2201-ad0c-41eb-bf5b-fe1c43d58bc4" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:17:31.620" UserId="626" Text="I worked for a large website and we used [Keynote][1] for performance monitoring&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We had international localized versions so we would have performance metrics from each target country even though all the servers were hosted on the east coast.&#xD;&#xA;Very thorough metrics, dns lookup times, load times for each graphic, script etc. Also does alerting, very customizable&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.keynote.com/" />
  <row Id="8644" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4979" RevisionGUID="4a1a5a87-87e5-4950-a5c4-ab9b6cfadddd" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:18:04.630" UserId="1848" Text="I can confirm that Acronis TrueImage also supports cloning an active boot drive." />
  <row Id="8645" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4980" RevisionGUID="f4242ace-9184-4966-bde0-06763fa54433" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:18:28.933" UserId="1247" Text="I'm trying parse the text of a string in bash which I then can throw a case selection at, but I'm having the biggest trouble trying to figure how to do it.  In VB I know its real easy like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    someString = &quot;Hey there&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Select Case Mid(someString,1,5)&#xD;&#xA;     Case &quot;Hey t&quot; 'Do something&#xD;&#xA;     Case &quot;Go aw&quot; 'Do something else&#xD;&#xA;     Case 'Else&#xD;&#xA;      'String is unrecognized&#xD;&#xA;    End Select &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't seem to find anything that shows how I can do a string manipulation function which is equivalent to the Mid function.  Do I use `sed`, I don't believe I can use `awk` or `cut` since I'm not trying to trim a string based upon a pattern, but surely it has to be just as simple in Unix." />
  <row Id="8646" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4980" RevisionGUID="f4242ace-9184-4966-bde0-06763fa54433" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:18:28.933" UserId="1247" Text="how to preform a Mid Function in Bash" />
  <row Id="8647" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4980" RevisionGUID="f4242ace-9184-4966-bde0-06763fa54433" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:18:28.933" UserId="1247" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;bash&gt;&lt;vb&gt;" />
  <row Id="8648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4981" RevisionGUID="c7210b80-30f9-4b5f-80d4-2de997f2155a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:19:09.883" UserId="1995" Text="I would upgrade immediately to WSUS 3.0 SP1.  Microsoft has stopped supporting WSUS 2.0 SP1 as of April 30 according to [the product page][1], which may mean they may stop allowing it to pull updates from Microsoft Update (which may have already occurred).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The client machines may see an update to their Automatic Updates client, but they shouldn't require reconfiguration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/wsus/bb466202.aspx" />
  <row Id="8649" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2818" RevisionGUID="66771515-c292-43c1-a4b1-e23448433e1e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:19:46.653" UserId="1463" Comment="added 85 characters in body" Text="Exchange 2007, it's a hog to run and administrate, even with Powershell, but the user-experience is as usual hard to match (especially with easy-to-manage Server Activesync support for all kinds of mobile devices).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The 2007 version is more modular and supports thinner gateway roles which could reduce some of the resource hoginess I guess, mitigating some or all needs for alternate front-end mail servers...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Facing the internet through Microsoft ISA 2006 for the moment - I kinda love that thing for some reason. It's like, a robust firewall with good application layer filtering, easy SSL bridging, with a simple to use interface, that supports easy clustering. And it's from Microsoft... it's kinda hard to believe actually, I have to poke at it regularly just to see that it's real. There's a newer version out there, renamed into the Forefront namespace these days I think, Threat Management Gateway or something annoying like that." />
  <row Id="8650" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4982" RevisionGUID="c6d7bafb-7880-4ab0-84a2-3c7dc930f173" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:20:31.020" UserId="6472" Text="The VPN that is easiest to use is often the one that comes with the OS because it is so well integrated.  The one exception to that is the Cisco VPN because the client has been so well tested across so many users." />
  <row Id="8651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4983" RevisionGUID="8c8ffc92-7334-4259-8b2b-4cb784d3800f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:20:34.717" UserId="919" Text="**CAUTION**: dd'ing a live filesystem can corrupt files. The reason is simple, it has no understanding of the filesystem activity that may be going on, and makes no attempt to mitigate it. If a write is partially underway, you will get a partial write. This is usually not good for things, and generally fatal for databases. Moreover, if you screw up the typo-prone **if** and **of** parameters, woe unto you. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, DD should accurately capture the bit state of an unmounted drive. Bootloaders, llvm volumes, partition UUIDs and labels, etc. Just make sure that you have a drive capable of mirroring the target drive bit for bit." />
  <row Id="8652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4984" RevisionGUID="4a7cc6a6-d3f8-42c5-8060-49334f1251ba" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:22:19.377" UserId="1650" Text="I'm going to install the Windows 7 RC soon and want to save all (almost all) of my settings that I have in ubuntu 9.04 right now. How can I do this?" />
  <row Id="8653" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4984" RevisionGUID="4a7cc6a6-d3f8-42c5-8060-49334f1251ba" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:22:19.377" UserId="1650" Text="How to save settings when moving from ubuntu 9.04 to ubuntu 9.04?" />
  <row Id="8654" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4984" RevisionGUID="4a7cc6a6-d3f8-42c5-8060-49334f1251ba" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:22:19.377" UserId="1650" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;ubuntu-9.04&gt;" />
  <row Id="8656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4986" RevisionGUID="b283b46d-3784-43e1-87dd-571dd33f6d08" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:28:02.810" UserId="2012" Text="http://www.spiceworks.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This tool is easy to install, and will setup basic monitoring, inventory, and patch levels for you.  This will get you by until you have had time to study the network and setup something more specific like Nagios or System Center.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as tools and processes that I have used in the past I follow this routine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Map physical plant Map logical system&#xD;&#xA; - Map IP address space (external and&#xD;&#xA;   internal)&#xD;&#xA; - Aggregate all our login accounts and password for systems and websites using PINs     &#xD;&#xA; - clean up/add antivirus installation  &#xD;&#xA; - clean up/add anti spam solution      &#xD;&#xA; - systematically bring all devices to latest patch levels&#xD;&#xA; - clean up errors in Active directory&#xD;&#xA; - clean up errors in Exchange (or mail system)&#xD;&#xA; - clean up servers one by one as time permits&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my Tool box I have...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Visionapp Remote Desktop&#xD;&#xA; - Spiceworks&#xD;&#xA; - Addiscon&#xD;&#xA; - PINs (http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/pins.html)&#xD;&#xA; - pstools (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896649.aspx)&#xD;&#xA;  " />
  <row Id="8657" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4692" RevisionGUID="840116ef-b3f5-4b6b-8ee1-e360d6951499" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:28:12.967" UserId="975" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="Our IT dept is going to use 7rc1**(7100)**.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately we are having an issue with OfficeScan.  On install attempt it is saying we need to be member's of Administrators.  I double checked and we are.  Also, UAC is turned off.  We were able to use it under *build 7000* of the BETA but now, nadda.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An there site, [HERE][1], it states that they*(will??)* support Windows 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone else experienced this?  Thoughts on a fix?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://trendmicro.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&amp;item=710" />
  <row Id="8658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4987" RevisionGUID="6a576abd-c2a9-4561-ac46-ed5095ba72c4" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:30:50.120" UserId="1078" Text="    shutdown.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;allow you to shutdown or reboot a machine. You can even reboot a remote machine with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    shutdown -m \\server -t 0 -r&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It even comes with a graphical user interface&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    shutdown -i&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and you can abort a shutdown with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    shutdown -a" />
  <row Id="8659" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4987" RevisionGUID="6a576abd-c2a9-4561-ac46-ed5095ba72c4" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:30:50.120" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8660" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4967" RevisionGUID="9d9bcb23-6504-4a76-a6ca-7aa0fe4edb50" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:31:25.500" UserId="2016" Comment="minor change in wording" Text="Until I moved my personal domains to Google Apps, I was using a mix of [qmail][1] and [netqmail][2] at home.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why?  Security.  Reliability.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dan's record on exploits isn't as good as it used to be, but it's still pretty good.  I don't like to expose anything unfiltered to the world on my own boxes unless it's djbware.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had a qmail installation in place for a decade that I didn't touch for years at a time.  Granted, this was a low volume personal domain, but still...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://qmail.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://netqmail.org&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8661" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4988" RevisionGUID="c1f0b1a3-518e-47ab-b11a-c2f800497d48" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:34:22.763" UserId="914" Text="Copy your entire home directory (~/) and /etc.  All settings should be in those two folders. " />
  <row Id="8662" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4984" RevisionGUID="da27734f-321f-4c48-8d80-ae10eca38374" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:34:41.967" UserId="914" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;ubuntu-9.04&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;move&gt;" />
  <row Id="8663" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4989" RevisionGUID="a046e182-4472-44a7-bc2f-3f234e10ff5d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:35:48.160" UserId="6472" Text="Will it work on all Unixes?  Yes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it a good technique to use?  No.  There are other techniques that are better. For example, proper use of unix groups and strictly controlled &quot;sudo&quot; configurations can achieve the same things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've seen exactly one place where this was used without problems.  In FreeBSD it is traditional to create a second root account called &quot;toor&quot; (root spelled backwards) which has /bin/sh as the the default shell.  This way if root's shell gets messed up you can still log in." />
  <row Id="8664" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4990" RevisionGUID="06f532b5-97b7-443c-8e72-6be516e9ec16" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:36:38.017" UserId="1440" Text="You can use ADO.NET from PowerShell to execute a stored proc..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [this example][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vistax64.com/powershell/31149-executing-stored-procedure-powershell.html" />
  <row Id="8665" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4991" RevisionGUID="1daa962e-0bb1-48cc-b12d-5c62c7c4007f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:36:54.490" UserId="1682" Text="    someString=&quot;Hey there&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    case &quot;${someString:0:5}&quot; in&#xD;&#xA;    	&quot;Hey t&quot; ) echo do first thing ;;&#xD;&#xA;    	&quot;Go aw&quot; ) echo do second thing ;;&#xD;&#xA;    	* ) 	  echo unrecognized  ;;&#xD;&#xA;     esac&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This could also easily be done with an if, elif, else. The ${someString:0:5} is parameter expansion. Learn more from it's section in the bash manual, and also from [Gregs Bash FAQ #73][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/073" />
  <row Id="8666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4992" RevisionGUID="5fafe334-3d07-499f-ac96-5b8aa5ecea31" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:38:50.693" UserId="2024" Text="Ok this really depends what you use your machine for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's just a desktop machine then backing up your home directory /home/*username* will be enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will make sure you keep all of your documents, music, application settings, chosen theme and the like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you've been been installing services list apache, mail servers etc then I would advise also taking a backup of /etc also and cherry pick stuff to restore when you re-install. It's generally fairly obvious where things live (apache config lives in /etc/apache2, mysql config in /etc/mysql etc...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing you might want to do is to create a list of all the packages you have installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To do this do the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dpkg --get-selections &gt; package_list.txt&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;Backup package_list.txt Then when you are ready to put ubuntu back on install as normal and do the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dpkg --set-selections &lt; package_list.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    apt-get dselect-upgrade&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will then go off an re-install everything you had on before.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8667" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4993" RevisionGUID="4e013592-81c1-4570-a1da-41035e6490c8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:38:59.913" UserId="910" Text="I have been a zsh user for quite some time (before that tcsh and before that csh). I am quite happy with it, but was wondering if there are any compelling features of bash that do not exist in zsh. And conversely, are there zsh features which do not exist in bash. My current feel is that bash is better:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* If you are familiar with it already and don't want to learn new syntax.&#xD;&#xA;* It is going to exist on most all *nix machines by default, whereas zsh may be an extra install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not trying to start a religious battle here, which is why I'm just looking for features which exist in only one of the shells." />
  <row Id="8668" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4993" RevisionGUID="4e013592-81c1-4570-a1da-41035e6490c8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:38:59.913" UserId="910" Text="bash vs. zsh" />
  <row Id="8669" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4993" RevisionGUID="4e013592-81c1-4570-a1da-41035e6490c8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:38:59.913" UserId="910" Text="&lt;bash&gt;&lt;zsh&gt;&lt;shell&gt;" />
  <row Id="8670" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4994" RevisionGUID="d0ce870f-3aeb-486b-8fcc-b6dfa6574202" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:40:10.113" UserId="2029" Text="Just checking, did you run the install\setup.exe AS administrator?" />
  <row Id="8671" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4995" RevisionGUID="cd74adb8-79de-4a73-b741-3f8c7e8a6ea0" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:42:11.310" UserId="785" Text="Are there any changes you make to the default bash reconfiguration script that would be helpful for others to know?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that /etc/bashrc affects all users, where a .bashrc in a user's home directory just affects that user." />
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  <row Id="8675" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4996" RevisionGUID="04d5ac3f-9d0a-4f49-b1ce-329f435d8c49" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:43:51.133" UserId="613" Text="My favorite to move dirs in general has been:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tar cvf - . | (cd /dest/dir; tar xvf -)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which tars up the current directory to stdout then pipes it to a subshell that first cd's to the destination directory before untarring stdin.  Simple, direct, extensible - consider what happens when you replace the () with an ssh to another machine.  Or to answer your question you might do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tar cvf - .* --exclude=\. --exclude=\.\. | (cd /dest/dir; tar xvf -)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8676" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4997" RevisionGUID="0c3421f0-ff73-4461-b48f-8adbebe21d2d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:44:01.073" UserId="2020" Text="**fsutil**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From Microsoft Technet &quot;Performs tasks that are related to file allocation table (FAT) and NTFS file systems, such as managing reparse points, managing sparse files, or dismounting a volume.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of its most helpful options is to disable the creation of legacy 8.3 filenames.  This is particularly helpful on servers that have very large numbers of files in a directory with long filenames.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To disable legacy 8.3 filenames on XP or Server 2003:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;fsutil behavior set disable8dot3 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Windows 7 (and possibly Vista and Server 2008) you'd use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;fsutil 8dot3name set 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more information see: [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753059.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753059.aspx" />
  <row Id="8677" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4997" RevisionGUID="0c3421f0-ff73-4461-b48f-8adbebe21d2d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:44:01.073" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8678" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4998" RevisionGUID="fdaf97c9-988c-4a3c-8934-69eb17037f94" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:44:35.610" UserId="1831" Text="I'm not sure I understand your question, since I think 'cut' will work just as you want it to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    someString=&quot;Hey there&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    case `echo $someString | cut -c1-5` in&#xD;&#xA;        &quot;Hey t&quot;) echo Do something ;;&#xD;&#xA;        &quot;Go aw&quot;) echo Do something else ;;&#xD;&#xA;        *) echo String is unrecognized ;;&#xD;&#xA;    esac" />
  <row Id="8679" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="4999" RevisionGUID="5df1b741-7c44-4953-80bf-7937f1089d42" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:45:47.340" UserId="1529" Text="I am looking at managing a bunch of Dell Servers - I can use the Dell Management Console (which is made by Altiris) or the OpenManage IT Assistant which is made by Dell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have any feedback on either tool?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rob&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8680" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="4999" RevisionGUID="5df1b741-7c44-4953-80bf-7937f1089d42" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:45:47.340" UserId="1529" Text="What do you use to Manage Dell Servers?" />
  <row Id="8681" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="4999" RevisionGUID="5df1b741-7c44-4953-80bf-7937f1089d42" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:45:47.340" UserId="1529" Text="&lt;dell&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;management&gt;&lt;open-manage&gt;" />
  <row Id="8682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5000" RevisionGUID="ad2f683c-38be-4120-a86f-246954c9fc32" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:46:10.927" UserId="1682" Text="Popularity, #bash 430 users. #zsh 123 users. I believe the zsh website has a good comparison of zsh with other shells. zsh has better vi mode support.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8683" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5001" RevisionGUID="3696d6d6-b67b-4143-b07f-f6e920321858" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:47:49.660" UserId="1682" Text="The /etc/bashrc of most distributions are pretty small and readable. I suggest reading them. If someone could find links to all the major ones, I would vote that up multiple times if I could." />
  <row Id="8684" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5001" RevisionGUID="3696d6d6-b67b-4143-b07f-f6e920321858" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:47:49.660" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8685" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5002" RevisionGUID="da70d652-9796-4a72-aba4-83dfe09fbf51" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:49:27.470" UserId="1078" Text="    tasklist.exe&#xD;&#xA;will list processes on local or a remote machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tasklist.exe /S server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It can display which Services the scvhost.exe processes are hosting with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tasklist /SVC&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also do some filtering. This will display the processes on a remote machine that have used more than 15 minutes of CPU time&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tasklist /S server /FI &quot;CPUTIME gt 00:15:00&quot;" />
  <row Id="8686" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5002" RevisionGUID="da70d652-9796-4a72-aba4-83dfe09fbf51" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:49:27.470" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8687" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5003" RevisionGUID="1cc8f9b5-9a62-447d-8d82-0b44796724da" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:49:39.747" UserId="914" Text="For reference the default Debian bashrc is stored in /etc/bash.bashrc rather than /etc/bashrc." />
  <row Id="8688" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5003" RevisionGUID="1cc8f9b5-9a62-447d-8d82-0b44796724da" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:49:39.747" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8689" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5004" RevisionGUID="b6dfe012-df4f-4aaa-ad89-527ff53a1739" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:52:31.347" UserId="2020" Text="We're primarily a Windows shop, but like the OP, we use Kerio Mailserver instead of Exchange for our internal groupware needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our websites send out a ton of email.  All this email and even email from our corporate Kerio server are sent via a mailhub running Postfix." />
  <row Id="8690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5005" RevisionGUID="8b1fbd48-f2e2-4255-9f6f-47dd793bf988" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:53:44.123" UserId="808" Text="I wouldn't change the default `/etc/bashrc`.  Instead, I would create a new file in &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/profile.d/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This way you have something that will survive upgrades.  At least in Fedora and earlier RedHat, the `/etc/bashrc` contains the following bit of script:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh; do&#xD;&#xA;        if [ -r &quot;$i&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            . $i&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The last time I wanted to add something globally, I created a new file in this directory with a name ending in `.sh` and a `csh` version ending in `.csh`." />
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  <row Id="8692" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4991" RevisionGUID="05d9b5cb-1b7d-49c8-8770-f2ec104a3e89" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:54:07.630" UserId="1682" Comment="added 215 characters in body" Text="    someString=&quot;Hey there&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    case &quot;${someString:0:5}&quot; in&#xD;&#xA;    	&quot;Hey t&quot; ) echo Do something ;;&#xD;&#xA;    	&quot;Go aw&quot; ) echo Do something else ;;&#xD;&#xA;    	* ) 	  echo unrecognized  ;;&#xD;&#xA;     esac&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This could also easily be done with an if, elif, else. The ${someString:0:5} is parameter expansion. Learn more from it's section in the bash manual, and also from [Gregs Bash FAQ #73][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Notice the other answer that uses cut. Both will work, however Parameter expansion is faster because its builtin to bash and considered better code. cut would be good for cutting across multiple lines of text.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/073" />
  <row Id="8693" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="4984" RevisionGUID="64c68ce1-107b-4782-a868-623da6c62492" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:55:01.107" UserId="1650" Comment="edited title" Text="How to save settings when resinstalling ubuntu 9.04?" />
  <row Id="8694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5006" RevisionGUID="9a32dcff-63c7-4569-9523-de3b043224ab" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:55:46.440" UserId="385" Text="You should have gotten a recovery disk with your laptop. Boot from it, go to command line, and you should be able to run chkdsk manually. I had to do that on my Dell some time ago.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8695" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5007" RevisionGUID="157f3387-35de-4a5b-9d52-9b9c16fb4c30" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:56:13.960" UserId="2024" Text="Another vote for thunderbird and lightening but (if you don't mind using Google) add to that the [link text][1] and then you can sync to multiple computers and you have a web interface for when you're not on your home/work computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use this setup all the time with no problems&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/4631 &quot;Google Calendar Provider&quot;" />
  <row Id="8696" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5008" RevisionGUID="a4a3d3cf-ed83-4a1a-b54e-b6b6be5103f0" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:56:48.623" UserId="1995" Text="I haven't used DMC (which is free) because it doesn't support Windows 2003 x64 or Windows 2008 (at all) as a host OS.  We use IT Assistant to keep track of our Dell hardware and occasionally to push out firmware/driver updates.  It is pretty easy to set up - just add your network ranges, discover your servers, and define queries to get the information you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use HP Openview Network Node Manager to notify us of hardware warnings and failures via email and pager.  IT Assistant is used only for asset management." />
  <row Id="8697" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4997" RevisionGUID="138ae66d-9fda-4301-af9b-93357b3a4c10" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:57:53.910" UserId="2020" Comment="improved formatting" Text="**fsutil**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From Microsoft Technet &quot;Performs tasks that are related to file allocation table (FAT) and NTFS file systems, such as managing reparse points, managing sparse files, or dismounting a volume.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of its most helpful options is to disable the creation of legacy 8.3 filenames.  This is particularly helpful on servers that have very large numbers of files in a directory with long filenames.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To disable legacy 8.3 filenames on XP or Server 2003:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;fsutil behavior set disable8dot3 1&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Windows 7 (and possibly Vista and Server 2008) you'd use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;fsutil 8dot3name set 1&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more information see: [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753059.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753059.aspx" />
  <row Id="8698" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5009" RevisionGUID="b38181c7-ebd8-4c19-95b5-e8fefc5c5849" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:59:26.807" UserId="1995" Text="Officially-supported command-line update install functionality.  Think &quot;wuauclt /installnow&quot;." />
  <row Id="8699" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5010" RevisionGUID="7b54f17c-533e-4dc2-b9fa-2a957f047d9f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T20:59:34.687" UserId="1041" Text="I'm a fan of zsh because of the vi mode support, but I am discovering that it's not very widely used.  I think I read that zsh likes to take popular features from the other shells and combine them (so things specific to bash and thing specific to csh are both available in zsh).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Someone also said that I'm flexing my geek factor by using zsh, but I can't confirm or deny that rumor." />
  <row Id="8700" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2255" RevisionGUID="5c006914-1a73-4570-8209-7f5d9abe9b69" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:00:04.200" UserId="1374" Comment="added 679 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="I'm exploring options for making more efficient use of our storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The vast majority of our files are PDF files, with a high degree of similarity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I came across [Ocarina Networks][1] the other day, which looks like exactly what we need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What similar solutions are there?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit to Add:  &#xD;&#xA;In an [expert opinion from George Crump][2], in the section on granularity, he says: &quot;To be effective data de-duplication needs to be done at a sub file level using variable length segments.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is hard to find, yet exactly what I need. Most dedupe options seems to be block based, which works really well for minimizing how much space backups take up, since only the changed blocks get stored, but the block-based techniques do not find identical segments located at different offsets within the blocks of our PDFs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ocarinanetworks.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://web.mac.com/georgeacrump/Site/Articles/Entries/2007/10/9_Buyers_Beware_-_All_Data_De-duplication_is_NOT_created_equal.html" />
  <row Id="8701" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="2255" RevisionGUID="5c006914-1a73-4570-8209-7f5d9abe9b69" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:00:04.200" UserId="1374" Comment="added 679 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="Capacity Optimization / De-duplication Options" />
  <row Id="8702" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2255" RevisionGUID="5c006914-1a73-4570-8209-7f5d9abe9b69" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:00:04.200" UserId="1374" Comment="added 679 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;optimization&gt;&lt;storage&gt;&lt;nas&gt;&lt;pdf&gt;&lt;de-duplication&gt;" />
  <row Id="8703" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4973" RevisionGUID="ce52b3d3-63c3-4179-b22e-c293e8692c38" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:01:14.477" UserId="1589" Comment="added 16 characters in body" Text="Within OSX, two great drive cloning utilities are available; [SuperDuper][1] and [CCC][2].  I'm looking for an equivalent within the Windows world.  Utilities such as Ghost, Acronis, and Clonezilla initially look promising, but from what I can tell don't support cloning an active boot drive.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, the Mac utilities allow the clone show up as a true clone, not an image file.  So, if I plug the backup into a new computer, I'm able to boot from the backup and get my exact environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any utilities available for Windows that mimic the functionality provided by SuperDuper and CCC for active boot drives?  (meaning, not having to boot from a CD or other disk to back up)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html" />
  <row Id="8704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5011" RevisionGUID="8795168a-c86a-48cf-8730-de81e2d1a30b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:01:43.417" UserId="1758" Text="I have Windows 2008 Server set up as a workstation, and found that Readyboost made a noticeable improvement in my old Vista box, so I have been wondering if there is a way that ReadyBoost can be used with Windows 2008 Server?" />
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  <row Id="8706" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5011" RevisionGUID="8795168a-c86a-48cf-8730-de81e2d1a30b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:01:43.417" UserId="1758" Text="&lt;readyboost&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="8707" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5012" RevisionGUID="5238e493-d6e5-4258-8aa2-ac829d332d8f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:02:01.467" UserId="914" Text="I'd like to find the manufacturer, model and serial number of various Windows (XP, Vista, 2003, 2008) and Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora) machines via a software solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently our hardware inventory is out of date, so I'd like a quick rapid way to get this information via a software solution (so I don't need to approach every single computer to read the sticker).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to script this so ideally it wouldn't require any 3rd party applications, if it does ideally it'd be stand alone so it's easily portable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea to how this could be done best?  If there's a pre-build solution ideally I'd like it reporting to either raw text or a MySQL database.  As mentioned above though, I'm perfectly happy to script this using prebuilt OS tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="8708" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5012" RevisionGUID="5238e493-d6e5-4258-8aa2-ac829d332d8f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:02:01.467" UserId="914" Text="Finding hardware manufacturer, model and serial number?" />
  <row Id="8709" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5012" RevisionGUID="5238e493-d6e5-4258-8aa2-ac829d332d8f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:02:01.467" UserId="914" Text="&lt;inventory&gt;&lt;tracking&gt;&lt;software&gt;&lt;serial&gt;" />
  <row Id="8710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5013" RevisionGUID="d2732f08-5cbf-41cf-9d4c-8dcab45be5ce" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:03:21.027" UserId="914" Text="There's a solution [here][1], unfortuantly it doesn't appear to be fully built into the OS as this uses 3rd party software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.win2008workstation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2114#p2114&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Urg, you need to register on the forum unfortuantly.  Haven't used this myself and can no way guarantee it works." />
  <row Id="8711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5014" RevisionGUID="22f9867a-79a9-4060-bfee-457ba513af5a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:04:05.283" UserId="1374" Text="Backup Central's List of [Disk Targets for Archives][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Not to be confused with their more extensive list of [Disk Targets for Backup][2])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.backupcentral.com/components/com_mambowiki/index.php/Disk_Targets_for_Archives&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.backupcentral.com/components/com_mambowiki/index.php/Disk_Targets,_currently_shipping" />
  <row Id="8712" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5015" RevisionGUID="490aaf19-3a37-4e16-8c66-7a8ee0de185b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:04:47.310" UserId="613" Text="Find the simplest program you can run that will give you this error, and run it under ltrace to narrow down what exact call is causing the problem." />
  <row Id="8713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5016" RevisionGUID="671b737f-d8c6-4fc5-abb2-c94edc0b6cea" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:08:16.753" UserId="1758" Text="There is an excellent (albeit commercial) solution that does exactly this (the raw text would be csv format I believe), called ISI Snapshot: http://www.isiisi.com/snapshot.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will get all that info and very quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I mention it because you said &quot;if there's a pre-build solution&quot;...." />
  <row Id="8714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5017" RevisionGUID="017cb1f1-1931-490b-9a87-25ff8c43b85e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:08:28.237" UserId="2024" Text="For Linux then I would say look at dmidecode which is quite often pre-installed or can be easily installed from the distribution's repository.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will generate a plain text report of all the hardware on the system including serial numbers.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8715" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5018" RevisionGUID="ed6564df-e3c7-446c-a828-830995850e6f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:08:31.077" UserId="613" Text="You could forward the mail logs via syslog from all those servers to one machine so at least all the logs would be in the same file. Then grep is your friend." />
  <row Id="8716" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5019" RevisionGUID="f1219788-dc97-46ce-90f7-926f0ed4ae75" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:09:45.410" UserId="2027" Text="ZFS will give you advantages beyond software RAID. The command structure is very thoughtfully laid out, and intuitive. It's also got compression, snapshots, cloning, filesystem send/receive, and cache devices (those fancy new SSD drives) to speed up indexing meta-data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Compression:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #zfs set compression=on filesystem/home&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It supports simple to create copy-on-write snapshots that can be live-mounted:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # zfs snapshot filesystem/home/user@tuesday&#xD;&#xA;    # cd filesystem/home/user/.zfs/snapshot/tuesday&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Filesystem cloning:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # zfs clone filesystem/home/user@tuesday filesystem/home/user2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Filesystem send/receive:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # zfs send filesystem/home/user@tuesday | ssh otherserver &quot;zfs receive -v filesystem/home/user&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Incremental send/receive:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # zfs send -i filesystem/home/user@tuesday | ssh otherserver &quot;zfs receive -v filesystem/home/user&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Caching devices:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # zpool add filesystem cache ssddev&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is all just the tip of the iceberg, I would highly recommend getting your hands on an install of Open Solaris and trying this out. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.opensolaris.org/os/TryOpenSolaris/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/TryOpenSolaris/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;Full disclosure: I used to be a Sun storage architect, but I haven't worked for them in over a year, I'm just excited about this product." />
  <row Id="8717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5020" RevisionGUID="87a083a2-890b-4a22-83e0-6014dbc52dc9" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:14:07.037" UserId="1993" Text="Assuming you're running a recent release, when you get the disklabel setup simply type:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - D &lt;enter&gt; - this blanks the disklabels&#xD;&#xA; - a b &lt;enter&gt; - Give the desired size of your swap partition&#xD;&#xA; - a a &lt;enter&gt; - Assign the rest to /&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Folders and such are created automatically for you by the installer." />
  <row Id="8718" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5012" RevisionGUID="995b1225-10ed-44c1-a96c-e4e4c0ffa5f8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:15:59.700" UserId="914" Comment="added 249 characters in body" Text="I'd like to find the manufacturer, model and serial number of various Windows (XP, Vista, 2003, 2008) and Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora) machines via a software solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently our hardware inventory is out of date, so I'd like a quick rapid way to get this information via a software solution (so I don't need to approach every single computer to read the sticker).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to script this so ideally it wouldn't require any 3rd party applications, if it does ideally it'd be stand alone so it's easily portable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea to how this could be done best?  If there's a pre-built (free) solution ideally I'd like it reporting to either raw text or a MySQL database.  Ideally a small stand alone tool, I don't want to be installing stuff on each PC.  As mentioned above though, I'm perfectly happy to script this using prebuilt OS tools.  I know this is possible as I've seen other apps reporting this information (although in massive bulk packages with other stuff I don't need e.g. Spiceworks).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="8719" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5021" RevisionGUID="ee6eca69-9cd5-440e-80a2-e5137e9b2925" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:19:51.970" UserId="1190" Text="I think based on the new information that has come out I would recommend using [VMWare's tools to migrate][1] to a virtual infrastructure.  Then [migrate that infrastructure][2].  You will still need to deal with any hard coded IP addresses needing to be changed and the inevitable DNS caching issues when you actually switch over.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One huge advantage of that is VMWare has a lot of experience with those two steps and will be able to help you with it.  Additionally when you are done you will have a virtualized infrastructure that will be a lot more flexible and resilient.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.vmware.com/products/vi/vc/vmotion.html" />
  <row Id="8720" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5022" RevisionGUID="d287dde0-710f-478a-8b25-911dc8e89a7f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:24:11.240" UserId="1190" Text="You could colocate some servers in the same facility as the existing ones, and then every weekend take a few servers off line to backup the old server and restore it to a new colocated server that you actually own.  Once you have moved from dedicated servers to colocated servers that you own, then you can actually physically load all the servers onto a truck and move them to the new location.  I worked at a company that did something very similar to this (they started with colocated servers).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can segment it into a few smaller moves that would be better, but it depends on the interdependences between the servers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The obvious downside is it requires you move from dedicated hosting to colocated hosting, which may not fit into your plan.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A variation on this would be to take some servers off line on Friday night, back them up, and then move the backup and reinstall it on the other machine.  Sounds like a nightmare.  I still recommend the [VMWare option][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1851/what-are-the-key-problems-to-be-addressed-when-moving-between-different-hosting-p/5021#5021" />
  <row Id="8721" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5023" RevisionGUID="5fce3858-11b9-4ee8-851d-4e0a4f18431d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:25:56.963" UserId="2024" Text="As far as I am aware the x11 font server is now all but deprecated in favor of client side fonts. Ubuntu certainly doesn't use xfs any more (unless you specifically install it) and I doubt that Debian Unstable installs it by default either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After booting up, rather than restarting xfs, try stopping it. If everything continues to work as expected then just uninstall it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5024" RevisionGUID="50ae28dc-ef39-4326-8946-ab7915d319a3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:26:16.633" UserId="1650" Text="What is the best and fastest wipe drive (zero fill) utility that can be burned to a CD? " />
  <row Id="8723" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5024" RevisionGUID="50ae28dc-ef39-4326-8946-ab7915d319a3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:26:16.633" UserId="1650" Text="WipeDrive Utility?" />
  <row Id="8724" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5024" RevisionGUID="50ae28dc-ef39-4326-8946-ab7915d319a3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:26:16.633" UserId="1650" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;hdd&gt;&lt;wipe-drive&gt;&lt;zero-fill&gt;" />
  <row Id="8725" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5025" RevisionGUID="22166a68-91ea-4306-ba65-45420522fa2d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:26:54.870" UserId="1433" Text="[Darik's Boot And Nuke][1] is the one I use and highly recommend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[EBAN][2] (Enterprise Boot and Nuke) is the commercially supported edition for those that require it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dban.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www1.techwayservices.com/eban-data-destruction/" />
  <row Id="8726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5026" RevisionGUID="6a18a00c-7b08-4b63-a149-70a928f6d87a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:28:14.490" UserId="1993" Text="**Is this ability designed or is it just the way it happens to work?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Designed that way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Is this going to be consistent across *nix variants?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It should, yes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Is this accepted practice?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depends on what you mean. This type of thing answers an extremely specific problem (see root/toor accounts). Anywhere else and you're asking for a stupid problem in the future. If you're not sure if this is the right solution, it probably isn't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Are there unintended consequences to this practice?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is general custom to treat usernames and UIDs as interchangeable. As a few other people pointed out, login/activity audits will be inaccurate. You'll also want to review the behavior of any relevant user-related scripts/programs (your distro's useradd, usermod, userdel scripts, any periodic maintenance scripts, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are you trying to accomplish with this that would not be accomplished by adding these two users to a new group and granting that group the permissions you need?" />
  <row Id="8727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5027" RevisionGUID="9f4c590d-8c0f-4de5-af10-f0cc399ed0d7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:28:33.663" UserId="2027" Text="What are some of your favorite shell tips? Stuff that makes your every day command line use that much easier?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mine, for bash:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add this to the .inputrc file in your home dir:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;\e[A&quot;: history-search-backward&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;\e[B&quot;: history-search-forward&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, when you start typing at the prompt, the arrow keys will search through your history for any other commands that start with what you've already typed." />
  <row Id="8728" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5027" RevisionGUID="9f4c590d-8c0f-4de5-af10-f0cc399ed0d7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:28:33.663" UserId="2027" Text="Shell tips?" />
  <row Id="8729" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5027" RevisionGUID="9f4c590d-8c0f-4de5-af10-f0cc399ed0d7" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:28:33.663" UserId="2027" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;shell&gt;&lt;tips&gt;&lt;bash&gt;" />
  <row Id="8732" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5029" RevisionGUID="bcdcf960-46e5-41f2-b269-a387935165f9" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:31:21.833" UserId="816" Text="Here is a list of options for Windows, Mac and Unix&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Windows][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Macintosh][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [Unix][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.howtowipeyourdrive.com/HowToWipeYourHardDrive.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.howtowipeyourdrive.com/macintosh.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.howtowipeyourdrive.com/unix.aspx" />
  <row Id="8736" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2255" RevisionGUID="cb396ce3-adaa-4511-a275-9b1c901856d8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:40:25.633" UserId="1374" Comment="Added details of current NAS" Text="I'm exploring options for making more efficient use of our storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The vast majority of our files are PDF files, with a high degree of similarity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I came across [Ocarina Networks][1] the other day, which looks like exactly what we need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What similar solutions are there?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit to Add:  &#xD;&#xA;In an [expert opinion from George Crump][2], in the section on granularity, he says: &quot;To be effective data de-duplication needs to be done at a sub file level using variable length segments.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is hard to find, yet exactly what I need. Most dedupe options seems to be block based, which works really well for minimizing how much space backups take up, since only the changed blocks get stored, but the block-based techniques do not find identical segments located at different offsets within the blocks of our PDFs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edited again to add:  &#xD;&#xA;Our current NAS is an HP Storageworks MSA20, which ideally we'd like to continue using, but much more efficiently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ocarinanetworks.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://web.mac.com/georgeacrump/Site/Articles/Entries/2007/10/9_Buyers_Beware_-_All_Data_De-duplication_is_NOT_created_equal.html" />
  <row Id="8737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5031" RevisionGUID="76f45dc8-fecc-4151-8271-b10e9192d96c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:41:56.410" UserId="331" Text="Here's an easy question for you guys: How do I find out what hard drives are attached to a linux box? I'm hoping for a single command that can give me a nice list of all ata/scsi/etc drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've catted /proc/partitions in the past to do this, but I wonder if that still works if there's a drive with no partitions on it." />
  <row Id="8738" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5031" RevisionGUID="76f45dc8-fecc-4151-8271-b10e9192d96c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:41:56.410" UserId="331" Text="How can I find out what hard disks are attached to a Linux box?" />
  <row Id="8739" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5031" RevisionGUID="76f45dc8-fecc-4151-8271-b10e9192d96c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:41:56.410" UserId="331" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;partition&gt;" />
  <row Id="8740" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5032" RevisionGUID="5fcefc2e-c3b9-428f-b0a0-897b4380acc1" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:42:37.093" UserId="564" Text="on a unix machine you can use DD on OSX you can use the disk utility&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8741" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1579" RevisionGUID="07cbc5a6-6a14-4dbc-9502-63ff860a5a63" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:45:18.600" UserId="613" Comment="added 240 characters in body" Text="minicom is the best option, yes.  kermit might also work for you. If you're on an older unix box, you might look for cu.  @Zoredache points out that screen will also [do the trick][1], since serial ports are ttys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://unixsadm.blogspot.com/2008/01/using-gnu-screen-as-terminal-emulator.html" />
  <row Id="8742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5033" RevisionGUID="2edafc51-5114-4fca-82fb-9360bf4397e5" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:46:01.470" UserId="1815" Text="Have you noticed any VmWare server 2 performance issues? Can it be used for less important production systems? " />
  <row Id="8743" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5033" RevisionGUID="2edafc51-5114-4fca-82fb-9360bf4397e5" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:46:01.470" UserId="1815" Text="Vmware server 2 performance?" />
  <row Id="8744" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5033" RevisionGUID="2edafc51-5114-4fca-82fb-9360bf4397e5" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:46:01.470" UserId="1815" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;production-environment&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="8745" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5034" RevisionGUID="8e1d226e-be0e-4e3c-bf66-a6d05732145c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:48:10.997" UserId="613" Text="/proc/diskstats will have stats on all your extant drives, whether or not they have partitions on them." />
  <row Id="8750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5036" RevisionGUID="29be67a0-dadb-4ec9-843d-a8adbb1e87c4" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:49:39.587" UserId="914" Text="`fdisk -l`" />
  <row Id="8751" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5037" RevisionGUID="35194218-1b4f-4b1b-9bb7-fef72bb258e0" CreationDate="2009-05-05T21:58:20.083" UserId="2036" Text="The performance for VMware Server 2 is decent.  I always try to get the fastest hard drives, since that takes the biggest overhead hit from the virtualization layer.    I would not recommend running database servers on VMware Server 2 unless the load is very light.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are new to VMware, then I would gradually add virtual machines and monitor their performance.  I usually weight (on performance impact) hard drives, then RAM, then CPU." />
  <row Id="8752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5038" RevisionGUID="617917d4-5af3-4899-bc98-8b1f9ec4655f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:04:26.697" UserId="2037" Text="I've seen this when there were mounted drives to a network that doesn't exist anymore or isn't available.  Disconnecting the drives fixed the problem.  But beside that I would guess it's a network config issue (trying to authenticate to a domain that doesn't exist maybe because of DNS issues, etc)." />
  <row Id="8753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5039" RevisionGUID="e7326ee4-167e-4250-b1b7-4f8d1c48eef5" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:06:03.620" UserId="216" Text="I sometimes have to use a Solaris system at work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However the system is centrally managed via Puppet, including the password file (which includes the shell setting).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My `.bashrc` therefore reads something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    %!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    exec /bin/tcsh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`:)`&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8754" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5040" RevisionGUID="b15ae9c4-e579-4b26-bf9d-802a0aa16c04" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:11:32.577" UserId="1" Text="In all honesty, now that you can get 8 GB of memory for $100 or $150, the attraction of ReadyBoost -- using slow USB flash drives as de-facto system pagefile memory cache -- is pretty limited.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just buy lots of memory! Seriously! :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8757" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5042" RevisionGUID="08c054eb-c7e0-4d29-90ad-16175f414bdc" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:13:48.127" UserId="706" Text="**What are the key issues to be addressed in moving all servers from 1 provider to another.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few notes...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Timing the move (100 servers - that's a lot to move in a matter of hours)&#xD;&#xA; - Overlap &#xD;&#xA;  - May want to consider keeping both running while DNS updates&#xD;&#xA;  - Stop updating, or transfer updates in real time, or at later time&#xD;&#xA; - IP allocation&#xD;&#xA; - Network configuration&#xD;&#xA; - Network management&#xD;&#xA;  - Each provider provides a different level and type of service&#xD;&#xA;  - The way you're dealing with the current provider may negatively impact the relationship with the new provider, so don't take your assumptions and processes with you without knowing this&#xD;&#xA; - Uptime, SLA, TOS, other contract issues&#xD;&#xA; - Software versions, especially if they do any management for you&#xD;&#xA; - Machine configuration &#xD;&#xA;  - How much of the machine do you control?&#xD;&#xA; - Emergency procedures&#xD;&#xA;  - They available 24/7?&#xD;&#xA;  - Onsite backup, restore?&#xD;&#xA;  - Response time&#xD;&#xA; - Firewall configuration&#xD;&#xA; - Who are their service providers (and peers if applicable)&#xD;&#xA; - What is your process&#xD;&#xA;  - For backing everything up&#xD;&#xA;  - Restoring it on the new machines&#xD;&#xA;  - Testing it&#xD;&#xA;  - Moving new data over since the backup (sync databases)&#xD;&#xA;  - Bringing it online&#xD;&#xA; - What is the backup plan when (not if) something goes wrong&#xD;&#xA;  - Set up milestones&#xD;&#xA;  - If a certain milestone misses the deadline, what is the process - skip, roll back, or stay put until it's resolved (especially for the actual server switch over)&#xD;&#xA; - Setting up caches in advance (http headers, meta information, etc) so they don't cache things that might change with the switch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="8759" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="4993" RevisionGUID="044e43e9-4fd5-49ea-b6d9-6d0b958b769d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:15:28.263" UserId="910" Comment="Update Title to aim more towards feature differences." Text="Unique Features of bash compared to zsh" />
  <row Id="8760" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4972" RevisionGUID="5d25b6cd-f423-408b-88b4-ae5caed1299f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:17:30.443" UserId="942" Comment="added 216 characters in body" Text="[Pingdom][1] seems like a good fit for your needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**: In case it isn't evident, you **can** monitor perfomance, not only uptime. You do this by defining what resources will be checked, and then you'll get a report with the results from different locations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://pingdom.com/" />
  <row Id="8761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5043" RevisionGUID="c8ae7c94-d28d-4eb6-9b5f-7052e1e8f79e" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:17:40.020" UserId="1435" Text="I know the MSA range well and I think you'll struggle to dedupe with what you have, for a start deduping is a reasonably slow and IO-intensive job that's best done by the actual SAN/NAS controllers. It's slight different in a backup scenario as the backup media server can dedupe as it goes but with live data it's important to maintain data integrity and overall performance and I'm not sure there's anything available as an 'after market add-on' that'll really give you what you need." />
  <row Id="8762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5044" RevisionGUID="a9c92890-d046-42db-9ed8-0cbe1f5877d2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:17:49.303" UserId="984" Text="I like **lshw -class disk**" />
  <row Id="8763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5045" RevisionGUID="188fc3c3-65ef-4373-8762-7d00223fd57d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:19:13.043" UserId="1815" Text="My company stores netflows mainly for accidents` investigation. What other interesting use cases, tools for insight to your network or applications using netflows you know? " />
  <row Id="8764" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5045" RevisionGUID="188fc3c3-65ef-4373-8762-7d00223fd57d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:19:13.043" UserId="1815" Text="Netflows use cases?" />
  <row Id="8765" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5045" RevisionGUID="188fc3c3-65ef-4373-8762-7d00223fd57d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:19:13.043" UserId="1815" Text="&lt;netflows&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="8766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5046" RevisionGUID="7b84d4cb-985c-4ccf-9000-57e86198bb0f" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:23:36.200" UserId="984" Text="Not a tip, instead more of a meta-tip.  There are lots of cool cli reciipies at [http://www.commandlinefu.com/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.commandlinefu.com/" />
  <row Id="8767" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5047" RevisionGUID="e4bdd7f1-a254-4791-9544-0ef05d4cbd9a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:25:01.657" UserId="564" Text="I have seen them used to detect problems in real time excessive activity as well as low activity. Good way to spot problems before the end user does." />
  <row Id="8768" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3004" RevisionGUID="e5450b36-9bae-4cd6-a422-5e1a3cdb246c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:25:05.633" UserId="1593" Comment="added more useful questions" Text="I've just acquired a dedicated linux server which I plan to use to deploy projects and host a few sites from. Unlike virtual or shared hosting services I've used in the past in this case I'm actually in charge of the entire machine and its configuration! And right now that seems like a daunting task.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still, I'd like to learn more about linux administration and learn as I go, but preferably I'd rather learn from other people's mistakes and not my own. ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What resources, tutorials and first steps can more experienced administrators recommend the linux newbie admin as they make they make their way into into the wilderness?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some other ServerFault questions and answers I've found useful so far:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Should we disable the root user?][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [How do you setup ssh to authenticate using keys instead of a username-password?][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [What useful things can one add to one’s .bashrc?][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [What are some informative and useful shell prompts? (bash, csh, ksh, etc.)][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2930/should-we-disable-the-root-user&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2429/how-do-you-setup-ssh-to-authenticate-using-keys-instead-of-a-username-password&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3743/what-useful-things-can-one-add-to-ones-bashrc&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4889/what-are-some-informative-and-useful-shell-prompts-bash-csh-ksh-etc" />
  <row Id="8770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5049" RevisionGUID="d12a252f-4375-4601-9a98-230849baff3d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:29:20.290" UserId="1815" Text="It is a common situation, when administrator makes system for automatic backuping and forgets it. Only after a system fails administrator notices, that backup system has broken before or backups are unrestorable because of some fault and he has no current backup to restore from... So what are best practices to avoid such situations?" />
  <row Id="8771" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5049" RevisionGUID="d12a252f-4375-4601-9a98-230849baff3d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:29:20.290" UserId="1815" Text="Best practices for backup checking?" />
  <row Id="8772" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5049" RevisionGUID="d12a252f-4375-4601-9a98-230849baff3d" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:29:20.290" UserId="1815" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;backup-restoration&gt;" />
  <row Id="8773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5050" RevisionGUID="fd80ccdb-a4f9-49d7-a2ec-69d866d7ce90" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:32:04.977" UserId="1576" Text="**IRC** &#xD;&#xA;Links to programmes that you can use to connect to an IRC server.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mirc.com/&quot;&gt;mIRC&lt;/a&gt; &#xD;&#xA; - Mac &lt;a href=&quot;http://colloquy.info/&quot;&gt;Colloquy&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA; - Linux &lt;a href=&quot;http://irssi.org/&quot;&gt;Irssi&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat&gt;  &#xD;&#xA; - &lt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Internet_Relay_Chat_clients&gt;" />
  <row Id="8774" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5050" RevisionGUID="fd80ccdb-a4f9-49d7-a2ec-69d866d7ce90" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:32:04.977" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5051" RevisionGUID="6cdad7fc-ff65-4fe4-80c3-ff8a1ea747d3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:32:32.403" UserId="544" Text="I think you may use [WMI][1] to get Windows information, you can get information remotely if you have administrator privileges. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394582(VS.85).aspx" />
  <row Id="8776" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="5027" RevisionGUID="69c8a532-7742-4940-8e54-be872a467659" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:32:45.337" UserId="2027" Comment="Title change " Text="Interactive shell tips?" />
  <row Id="8777" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5052" RevisionGUID="7af07688-f559-4ed1-a705-a379b6675de8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:33:03.227" UserId="1799" Text="If you are a vi user, try vi mode for bash:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    set -o vi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Press ESC to enter command mode. From there, you can navigate the command line using familiar vi commands (hjkl, w, ^, $, i, A, c, d, etc). You can search your command history using /. You can even press v to fire up vi and edit your current command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [this cheat sheet][1] for a list of supported vi commands.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.catonmat.net/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-downloadMonitor/user_uploads/bash-vi-editing-mode-cheat-sheet.txt" />
  <row Id="8778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5053" RevisionGUID="180e5c72-f5aa-4c72-afa9-70867de0a101" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:33:05.163" UserId="1820" Text="I haven't noticed a performance hit on the virtual machines since upgrading to VS2, however the host requirements are much higher. I found a suggestion to disable the web interface service on the host (Vmware Server Web Access) and install the VmWare Infrastructure Client to manage VMs instead, and this is working much better." />
  <row Id="8779" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5054" RevisionGUID="e0ea11e4-f261-4d6a-8af1-8120e617fa91" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:33:37.767" UserId="564" Text="Run fire drills ... every couple of months it is a good idea to say XYZ system is down ... then actually go through the motions of bringing it back online to a new VM etc etc.  It keeps things honest and helps you catch mistakes.&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="8780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5055" RevisionGUID="62f6819d-42f3-4db3-a1a8-9eb3d4ec2d7a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:37:11.113" UserId="1435" Text="We have 60%-size 'Reference' versions of our 'Production' systems, we use them for final testing of changes, we restore 'Production' backups to these systems - it tests the backup plus ensures both environments are in step with each other." />
  <row Id="8781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5056" RevisionGUID="af4ce32b-a65a-4cd2-9708-473053920628" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:37:16.697" UserId="887" Text="Make sure backup activity is logged, then write something (in perl of course) that parses those logs looking for failures, distill it down and have it sent as a daily email. " />
  <row Id="8782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5057" RevisionGUID="0f114899-d922-4ee4-8fd0-7c26a8857a12" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:51:46.180" UserId="1172" Text="What do I need to do to tighten down a ColdFusion server for internet facing apps? The only thing that specifically came to mind was to restrict the CFIDE and JRunScripts directories to a local subnet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there settings in the administrator I can tweak to make the applications more secure?" />
  <row Id="8783" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5057" RevisionGUID="0f114899-d922-4ee4-8fd0-7c26a8857a12" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:51:46.180" UserId="1172" Text="Securing ColdFusion for internet facing server" />
  <row Id="8784" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5057" RevisionGUID="0f114899-d922-4ee4-8fd0-7c26a8857a12" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:51:46.180" UserId="1172" Text="&lt;coldfusion&gt;&lt;railo&gt;&lt;openbd&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="8785" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5058" RevisionGUID="04e17548-e217-4f33-b8a5-52806ac2a535" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:53:28.000" UserId="1576" Text="I'm in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmania&quot;&gt;Tasmania, Australia&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are about to get our second &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basslink#Communications_cable&quot;&gt;fibre cable&lt;/a&gt; lit up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Up till now, latency &amp; reliability have been major issues in the take-up of VOIP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Considering this, can you recommend a VOIP setup for small to medium business' (1-50 employees)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Call quality (signal to noise ratio), latency and hardware have all been issues in the past.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm familiar with &lt;http://www.asterisk.org/&gt;. Are there other setups?" />
  <row Id="8786" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5058" RevisionGUID="04e17548-e217-4f33-b8a5-52806ac2a535" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:53:28.000" UserId="1576" Text="Is there a reliable VOIP setup?" />
  <row Id="8787" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5058" RevisionGUID="04e17548-e217-4f33-b8a5-52806ac2a535" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:53:28.000" UserId="1576" Text="&lt;fibre&gt;&lt;voip&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;communication&gt;" />
  <row Id="8788" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3004" RevisionGUID="ca80a776-a3c4-4187-98ea-d7ecbb54a967" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:55:20.040" UserId="1593" Comment="one more link" Text="I've just acquired a dedicated linux server which I plan to use to deploy projects and host a few sites from. Unlike virtual or shared hosting services I've used in the past in this case I'm actually in charge of the entire machine and its configuration! And right now that seems like a daunting task.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still, I'd like to learn more about linux administration and learn as I go, but preferably I'd rather learn from other people's mistakes and not my own. ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What resources, tutorials and first steps can more experienced administrators recommend the linux newbie admin as they make they make their way into into the wilderness?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some other ServerFault questions and answers I've found useful so far:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Should we disable the root user?][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [How do you setup ssh to authenticate using keys instead of a username-password?][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [What useful things can one add to one’s .bashrc?][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [What are some informative and useful shell prompts? (bash, csh, ksh, etc.)][4]&#xD;&#xA; - [Securing a fresh Ubuntu server][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2930/should-we-disable-the-root-user&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2429/how-do-you-setup-ssh-to-authenticate-using-keys-instead-of-a-username-password&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3743/what-useful-things-can-one-add-to-ones-bashrc&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4889/what-are-some-informative-and-useful-shell-prompts-bash-csh-ksh-etc&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://serverfault.com/questions/42/securing-a-fresh-ubuntu-server" />
  <row Id="8789" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4819" RevisionGUID="2542d44a-98e6-4bc9-aacd-6201fcc09ea2" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:56:00.223" UserId="1980" Comment="added 52 characters in body" Text="I have a test server that runs Windows XP, and we attach an external hard drive to it via USB 2.0.  (And yes the computer has USB 2.0 ports on it)   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I leave the external hard drive connected to it for too long I get a message that says something about &quot;Windows Delayed Write Failure&quot; and then the external HDD re-attaches itself to the server, but it always crashes any programs that happened to be using the drive at the time as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any solution to this problem, it's plauged me for years!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. Yeah, I know I should probably upgrade already.  I'm waiting for Windows 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8790" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5059" RevisionGUID="341bc0d4-3ef5-41c3-a9b4-5d659c28ea3b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T22:59:29.983" UserId="1923" Text="Here's the ones I use the most in day to day stuff in bash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keyword shortcuts I use the most&#xD;&#xA;- tab of course for tab completion (setup bash completion to make this even better)&#xD;&#xA;- up and down for navigating the history&#xD;&#xA;- ctrl-a and ctrl-e for start and end of the line&#xD;&#xA;- ctrl-r for searching through your history (just start typing the start of the command)&#xD;&#xA;- ctrl-g to cancel the search&#xD;&#xA;- alt-f move cursor forward a word&#xD;&#xA;- alt-b move the cursor back a word&#xD;&#xA;- esc then . to add the last argument of the last command to the current command (doing it again goes to the last arg of the command before that)&#xD;&#xA;- alt-d delete the word in front of the current position of the cursor&#xD;&#xA;- ctrl-w delete the word behind the current position of the cursor&#xD;&#xA;- ctrl-u to delete everything from the current position of the cursor to the start of the line&#xD;&#xA;- ctrl-k to delete everything from the current position to the end of the line&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On top of this, make sure you have a colour ls setup, I [add the git branch to my prompt][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also always have the reload function in my .bash_aliases file (which is obviously sourced from my .bashrc or .bash_profile file) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    reload()&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;    	if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then&#xD;&#xA;    		source ~/.bashrc&#xD;&#xA;    	else&#xD;&#xA;    		source ~/.bash_profile;&#xD;&#xA;    	fi&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://github.com/guides/put-your-git-branch-name-in-your-shell-prompt&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8791" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5060" RevisionGUID="9b188976-01ad-4795-b7ed-7c6ccbfb1236" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:01:38.073" UserId="1993" Text="If I'm reading correctly, you're asking how your clients can reliably email you zip files when your firewall is filtering zip files, without your clients having to install any additional software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming the firewall actually checks the file structure and not just the extension, you can't. Not under these constraints. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We can suggest alternate solutions (encrypt the files, use a zip program the firewall doesn't understand, fix the firewall, etc), but without knowing more information about how the firewall is actually doing the filtering, it's impossible to know whether they'll help. A few basic questions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What make/model is the firewall?&#xD;&#xA; - Why does it &quot;sometimes&quot; strip attachments? Why not always?&#xD;&#xA; - What attachments can the firewall inspect?&#xD;&#xA; - What does the firewall do with unknown attachment types?&#xD;&#xA; - Why can't you stop stripping attachments?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With the current info we have, the right answer is to either stop stripping attachments or use a non-email solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5061" RevisionGUID="e5bd8f93-b2f5-40fa-b7ee-0e54f0dc7404" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:01:41.147" UserId="1576" Text="**For Windows users to setup putty**  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;http://www.howtoforge.com/ssh_key_based_logins_putty&gt;" />
  <row Id="8793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5062" RevisionGUID="1e278583-ff96-4e7c-bf4b-db34612db820" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:01:41.473" UserId="2039" Text="Take a look at [Octopussy][1]. It's fully customizable and seems to answer all your needs...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS: I'm the developer of this solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.8pussy.org" />
  <row Id="8794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5063" RevisionGUID="2d488032-ae5d-4314-96a5-73b7ff883a81" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:02:05.310" UserId="564" Text="There are lots of ways to do VOIP and it seems every hardware vendor is now providing equipment for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Decide on your end points.  Currently we are running VIOP inside the office but we are using a POTS provider once we hit the edge of the office.  At some point we will look at connecting to an external VOIP provider but we have a current contract to run out first.  Most systems can even do a mix of POTS and VOIP if you want a failover&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Talk to a SIP provider they should be able to give you good estimates on how much bandwidth would be needed based on how many concurrent calls you need to run&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Look at your Hardware options.  Everyone from Avaya to Asterisk runs voip now.  We purchased a Switchvox system from Digium (The makers of asterisk) and have been happy with it." />
  <row Id="8795" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5064" RevisionGUID="c2a325e8-fc42-4b16-88da-f05394b403f9" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:04:17.520" UserId="1041" Text="1.  Make sure you turn off debugging for production environments&#xD;&#xA;2.  Have a site-wide error handler to mask any unhandled errors; otherwise the ugly grey box error message from CF will display, which could contain information about your server setup&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8796" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4110" RevisionGUID="2f0325ea-c9e9-4181-ac39-ceac58d4b3c8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:05:43.710" UserId="1433" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;ios&gt;&lt;voip&gt;" />
  <row Id="8798" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4819" RevisionGUID="8723b58a-b631-4968-b50d-56199890dadf" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:09:49.007" UserId="1980" Comment="added 26 characters in body" Text="I have a test server that runs Windows XP, and we attach an external hard drive to it via USB 2.0.  (And yes the computer has USB 2.0 ports on it)   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The drive is a 1.5 Terrabyte [Segate FreeAgent drive][1] (model ST315005FDA2E1-RK) which is formatted with NTFS.  It is &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;hooked into a Belkin Hi-speed USB 2.0 7 port hub (model #F5U307).  &#xD;&#xA;![Hi-speed USB 2.0 7 port hub model #F5U307][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I leave the external hard drive connected to it for too long I get a message that says something about &quot;Windows Delayed Write Failure&quot; and then the external HDD re-attaches itself to the server, but it always crashes any programs that happened to be using the drive at the time as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any solution to this problem, it's plauged me for years!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. Yeah, I know I should probably upgrade already.  I'm waiting for Windows 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Oh, and after taking a look at the specs on the FreeAgent website, aparently after 15-minutes of non-usage this thing turns off!  It says however that you can adjust this setting...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://freeagent.seagate.com/en-us/hard-drive/desktop-hard-drive/Free-Agent.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.belkin.com/images/product/F5U307-WHT/THN1001_F5U307-WHT.gif" />
  <row Id="8799" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5016" RevisionGUID="f9c11013-0866-41f0-9f20-e6f79bb05545" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:12:21.013" UserId="1758" Comment="added some supplementary stuff" Text="There is an excellent (albeit commercial) solution that does exactly this (the raw text would be csv format I believe), called ISI Snapshot: http://www.isiisi.com/snapshot.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will get all that info and very quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I mention it because you said &quot;if there's a pre-build solution&quot;....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Edit*: Also check /proc/cpuinfo and the lsattr -El sys0" />
  <row Id="8800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5065" RevisionGUID="4794bd24-f4d6-4574-a5ef-c88e2d97fd0c" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:17:09.643" UserId="1576" Text="**This is probably not the type of question you should ask here**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are however, lots of places that will help you.&#xD;&#xA;I myself would start at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/&quot;&gt;Ubuntu forums&lt;/a&gt; and then if you can't find the information there, ask in the Ubuntu  IRC 'chat' room on &lt;a href=&quot;http://freenode.net/&quot;&gt;Freenode&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - &lt;http://serverfault.com/faq&gt;  &#xD;&#xA; - &lt;http://serverfault.com/questions/1504/where-can-i-ask-questions-that-arent-it-questions&gt;" />
  <row Id="8801" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5066" RevisionGUID="373ad38b-ede0-4949-a7db-3edccb072751" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:20:10.213" UserId="1427" Text="What is the most damage (of whatever kind) that you have ever caused with a single mistaken/mistyped/misguided command line? I deleted a production system database by mistake a while back, for example, but I was lucky (i.e. backed-up) and there was no permanent data loss, lost money, property damage etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most importantly (for votes), what do you do to make sure it will not ever happen again?" />
  <row Id="8802" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5066" RevisionGUID="373ad38b-ede0-4949-a7db-3edccb072751" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:20:10.213" UserId="1427" Text="Biggest command-line mistake?" />
  <row Id="8803" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5066" RevisionGUID="373ad38b-ede0-4949-a7db-3edccb072751" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:20:10.213" UserId="1427" Text="&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;mistakes&gt;" />
  <row Id="8804" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5067" RevisionGUID="d450330d-868c-487d-8fad-cc8acdeff437" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:21:08.417" UserId="1181" Text="    rm -vfr /*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which I now do: `rm -vfr ./*` if I have to remove everything." />
  <row Id="8805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5068" RevisionGUID="9930bcbb-112f-44bb-be17-c18991147646" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:21:48.807" UserId="1804" Text="`cd /`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   rm -rf ./&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8806" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5069" RevisionGUID="c662f045-66eb-4ef4-9e75-d80e0efef236" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:22:41.737" UserId="1039" Text="Not a software solution,.. but I'm kinda partial to energetic compounds in various forms: fire, explosives, termite, corrosives and firearms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or for the more liability adverse, a set of screwdrivers (and an intern) will get you (or him/her) some cool round mirrors and a pair of really strong magnets." />
  <row Id="8807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5070" RevisionGUID="04101aa6-aa6e-46c9-8666-6d7061bb1d92" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:23:52.000" UserId="1039" Text="the short version&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    $0&amp;&#xD;&#xA;    $0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8808" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="3613" RevisionGUID="2d19facd-fe7d-41b9-924f-07862e850a94" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:27:35.033" UserId="1734" Comment="Edited the title so that it was a proper question" Text="What Good PostgreSQL Administration Tools Exist?" />
  <row Id="8809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5071" RevisionGUID="84ddd73a-b288-488c-b956-f17f19ce1df8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:31:22.060" UserId="1734" Text="I have been thinking about getting started with monitoring software for a while now, but never seem to get started with it well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have heard [Nagios][1] is a pretty decent open-source solution for this, but have never been able to properly get started with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have any tips with some good approaches to getting started on server monitoring? I am thinking of things like number of network connections, load average, maybe bandwidth used by the server, etc. The basics involved, largely (which may include basics that I do not know about).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nagios.org" />
  <row Id="8810" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5071" RevisionGUID="84ddd73a-b288-488c-b956-f17f19ce1df8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:31:22.060" UserId="1734" Text="How Do I Get Started With Nagios?" />
  <row Id="8811" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5071" RevisionGUID="84ddd73a-b288-488c-b956-f17f19ce1df8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:31:22.060" UserId="1734" Text="&lt;nagios&gt;&lt;tutorial&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="8812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5072" RevisionGUID="8b573648-f1a7-445e-b8c1-f3a5fa82f631" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:35:40.987" UserId="1246" Text="I would say that consolidating those logs via syslog or [Splunk][1] is probably your best bet here.  *nix systems will use syslog via default, and here is an example of [some code][2] that can help you do the same for Exchange.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you consolidate via syslog, you could write a web interface or command line tool to automate your search. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.splunk.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://gsexdev.blogspot.com/2005/06/syslogging-message-tracking-logs-on.html" />
  <row Id="8813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5073" RevisionGUID="22d18cc6-9d27-4c90-9c98-82df67e869b6" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:36:30.267" UserId="1734" Text="I have been using linux for quite some time now, usually Ubuntu these days, but have used Debian and Gentoo too, and have been meaning to get started with [FreeBSD][1] for a long time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While both are very similar at the user level (I used FreeBSD systems in college, and never noticed much of a change once I installed linux at home), are there any good guides that give the main differences in terms of setting up FreeBSD systems if you are familiar with linux. I have also heard very good things about FreeBSD, especially from the college sysadmins, and the fact that you can run ZFS with FreeBSD relatively straightforwardly has given me the impetus to try it out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am sure there are a number of gotchas involved though, so was wondering what guides / sites exist for this - assuming they exist?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.freebsd.org&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8814" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5073" RevisionGUID="22d18cc6-9d27-4c90-9c98-82df67e869b6" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:36:30.267" UserId="1734" Text="What &quot;FreeBSD for Linux Geeks&quot; Guides Exist?" />
  <row Id="8815" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5073" RevisionGUID="22d18cc6-9d27-4c90-9c98-82df67e869b6" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:36:30.267" UserId="1734" Text="&lt;freebsd&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;guides&gt;&lt;tutorials&gt;" />
  <row Id="8816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5074" RevisionGUID="f89f7c2c-9d3c-4cc4-b1bc-12cf875b1207" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:36:32.547" UserId="984" Text="Meant to destroy /dev/sdb, fortunately I had a good up-to-date backup&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda" />
  <row Id="8817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5075" RevisionGUID="50e554fc-51f5-46ed-a71f-be135d967679" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:41:06.527" UserId="1797" Text="[The BSD Handbook][1] and [UNIX and BSD Books][2] come to mind.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.openbsd.org/books.html" />
  <row Id="8818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5076" RevisionGUID="b7bacd6c-afdb-4ac6-9516-5c9e199ee1d6" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:41:11.597" UserId="2040" Text="Recently I've been playing around with Ubuntu 9.04 on one of my work systems.  The only real bump in the road that keeps it from being being used as my main workstation is that I cannot find a suitable solution for an email client that works with our Exchange 2007 servers.  Ideally, I would like to implement a solution that meets the following criteria:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- The client is open source (and free)&#xD;&#xA;- The solution does not require the installation of software on the Exchange server&#xD;&#xA;- The solution does not require enabling POP or IMAP on the Exchange server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From what I've seen so far, it sounds like I may be out of luck (at least for the time being) though I just wanted to present the question to the community and see if anyone had any ideas." />
  <row Id="8819" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5076" RevisionGUID="b7bacd6c-afdb-4ac6-9516-5c9e199ee1d6" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:41:11.597" UserId="2040" Text="Is there an open source email client that will work with Exchange 2007?" />
  <row Id="8820" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5076" RevisionGUID="b7bacd6c-afdb-4ac6-9516-5c9e199ee1d6" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:41:11.597" UserId="2040" Text="&lt;opensource&gt;&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="8821" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5077" RevisionGUID="6d0e0f24-71c5-4bd3-91d7-b41966410c3a" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:43:15.837" UserId="919" Text="The basics of nagios monitoring is stuff like ping and SNMP. There's a whole host of packages available in Ubuntu to support nagios monitoring &lt;tt&gt;apt-cache search nagios&lt;/tt&gt;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SNMP bears mentioning: its typically deployed insecurely, so don't expose any write strings and dont send anything that you don't want anyone/thing else on the network to know about. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Debian Administration has [a moderate walkthrough][1] of the nagios.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/299" />
  <row Id="8822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5078" RevisionGUID="3d8f760d-e5da-4f34-89a8-ada41f0d9ba3" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:43:45.507" UserId="1002" Text="You could try [this][1] to disable mobsync.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://reliancepc.com/menu/tips/mobsync/" />
  <row Id="8823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5079" RevisionGUID="1a6e615a-d300-40a0-95e1-8b8283c4060b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:43:56.757" UserId="1797" Text="[Evolution Exchange Connector][1]. Rats, not open source. My bad. Will try to find an open source one and post back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.opensuse.org/Evolution_Exchange_Connector" />
  <row Id="8824" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5080" RevisionGUID="db6a631f-282d-451e-b69c-4762ff46db3b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:44:29.500" UserId="1246" Text="After you have installed it, I would recommend the following to get a quick head start:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- take a look at the checks that are available to you (usually found in the /usr/local/libexec directory, depending on the distribution) so you can see the wide range of options out of the box&#xD;&#xA;- apply those checks to your servers based on recent issues you have had&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will let you get going right away with results.  Once you've got the problem areas covered, begin applying the checks to all known services (http, https, ssl certificate checking, pop3, etc).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For long term trending, give serious consideration to a tool like [Cacti][1].  This is great for gathering SNMP info across Unix and Windows boxes (if using windows, make sure that you install the free [SNMP Informant][2]) and allowing to see how it changes over a period of time.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cacti.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.snmp-informant.com/" />
  <row Id="8825" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5077" RevisionGUID="e2da74d4-6474-42d4-9be0-9dc63828e6c0" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:48:20.863" UserId="919" Text="The basics of nagios monitoring is stuff like ping and SNMP. There's a whole host of packages available in Ubuntu to support nagios monitoring &lt;tt&gt;apt-cache search nagios&lt;/tt&gt;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SNMP bears mentioning: its typically deployed insecurely, so don't expose any write strings and dont send anything that you don't want anyone/thing else on the network to know about. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UbuntuGeek publishes a [walkthrough][1] of setting up nagios.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For graphing long term trends we use [OpsView][2], which publishes [apt repositories][3] for their web frontend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/nagios-network-monitoring-system-setup-in-ubuntu.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.opsview.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://downloads.opsview.org/download/apt" />
  <row Id="8826" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5079" RevisionGUID="d0f4001f-08dd-4c7a-8578-c3654eb636ca" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:50:45.833" UserId="1797" Comment="Added more information. Corrected some." Text="[Evolution Exchange Connector][1]. Rats, not open source. My bad. Will try to find an open source one and post back. Actually, it is open source after all. Configuration to connect to Exchange [is available][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.opensuse.org/Evolution_Exchange_Connector&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://library.gnome.org/users/evolution/stable/exchange-configure.html.en" />
  <row Id="8827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5081" RevisionGUID="792ece59-405e-4ba3-bba3-3e3e56afb038" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:50:52.697" UserId="768" Text="&#xD;&#xA;## `sudo lshw -class disk`&#xD;&#xA;gives you everything but the mount point&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  *-cdrom                 &#xD;&#xA;       description: CD-R/CD-RW writer&#xD;&#xA;       product: 52MAXX 3252AJ&#xD;&#xA;       vendor: Memorex&#xD;&#xA;       physical id: 0&#xD;&#xA;       bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0&#xD;&#xA;       logical name: /dev/cdrom&#xD;&#xA;       logical name: /dev/cdrw&#xD;&#xA;       logical name: /dev/scd0&#xD;&#xA;       logical name: /dev/sr0&#xD;&#xA;       version: QWS3&#xD;&#xA;       capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw&#xD;&#xA;       configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc&#xD;&#xA;  *-disk:0&#xD;&#xA;       description: SCSI Disk&#xD;&#xA;       product: ZIP 100&#xD;&#xA;       vendor: IOMEGA&#xD;&#xA;       physical id: 0.1.0&#xD;&#xA;       bus info: scsi@0:0.1.0&#xD;&#xA;       logical name: /dev/sda&#xD;&#xA;       version: 12.A&#xD;&#xA;       capabilities: removable&#xD;&#xA;       configuration: ansiversion=5&#xD;&#xA;     *-medium&#xD;&#xA;          physical id: 0&#xD;&#xA;          logical name: /dev/sda&#xD;&#xA;  *-disk:1&#xD;&#xA;       description: ATA Disk&#xD;&#xA;       product: WDC WD800AB-00CB&#xD;&#xA;       vendor: Western Digital&#xD;&#xA;       physical id: 1&#xD;&#xA;       bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0&#xD;&#xA;       logical name: /dev/sdb&#xD;&#xA;       version: 04.0&#xD;&#xA;       serial: WD-WCAA52477019&#xD;&#xA;       size: 74GiB (80GB)&#xD;&#xA;       capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos&#xD;&#xA;       configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=90909090&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## `sudo lshw -class disk -html`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;meta name=&quot;generator&quot;  content=&quot;lshw-B.02.13&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;style type=&quot;text/css&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  .first {font-weight: bold; margin-left: none; padding-right: 1em;vertical-align: top; }&#xD;&#xA;  .second {padding-left: 1em; width: 100%; vertical-align: center; }&#xD;&#xA;  .id {font-family: monospace;}&#xD;&#xA;  .indented {margin-left: 2em; border-left: dotted thin #dde; padding-bottom: 1em; }&#xD;&#xA;  .node {border: solid thin #ffcc66; padding: 1em; background: #ffffcc; }&#xD;&#xA;  .node-unclaimed {border: dotted thin #c3c3c3; padding: 1em; background: #fafafa; }&#xD;&#xA;  .node-disabled {border: solid thin #f55; padding: 1em; background: #fee; }&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/style&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;div class=&quot;indented&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;div class=&quot;indented&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;div class=&quot;indented&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;table width=&quot;100%&quot; class=&quot;node&quot; summary=&quot;attributes of cdrom&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA; &lt;thead&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;id:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;id&quot;&gt;cdrom&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/thead&gt;&#xD;&#xA; &lt;tbody&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;description: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;CD-R/CD-RW writer&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;product: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;52MAXX 3252AJ&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;vendor: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;Memorex&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;physical id: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;id&quot;&gt;0&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;bus info: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;id&quot;&gt;scsi@0:0.0.0&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;logical name: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;id&quot;&gt;/dev/cdrom&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;logical name: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;id&quot;&gt;/dev/cdrw&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;logical name: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;id&quot;&gt;/dev/scd0&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;logical name: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;id&quot;&gt;/dev/sr0&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;version: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;QWS3&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;capabilities: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;removable audio cd-r cd-rw&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;configuration:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;&lt;table summary=&quot;configuration of cdrom&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;sub-first&quot;&gt; ansiversion&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;=&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;5&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;sub-first&quot;&gt; status&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;=&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;nodisc&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA; &lt;/tbody&gt;    &lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/div&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;div class=&quot;indented&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;div class=&quot;indented&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;table width=&quot;100%&quot; class=&quot;node&quot; summary=&quot;attributes of disk:0&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA; &lt;thead&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;id:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;id&quot;&gt;disk:0&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/thead&gt;&#xD;&#xA; &lt;tbody&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;description: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;SCSI Disk&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;product: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;ZIP 100&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;vendor: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;IOMEGA&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;physical id: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;id&quot;&gt;0.1.0&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;bus info: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;id&quot;&gt;scsi@0:0.1.0&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;logical name: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;id&quot;&gt;/dev/sda&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;version: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;12.A&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;capabilities: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;removable&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;configuration:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;&lt;table summary=&quot;configuration of disk:0&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;sub-first&quot;&gt; ansiversion&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;=&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;5&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA; &lt;/tbody&gt;    &lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;div class=&quot;indented&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;              &lt;div class=&quot;indented&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;table width=&quot;100%&quot; class=&quot;node&quot; summary=&quot;attributes of medium&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA; &lt;thead&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;id:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;id&quot;&gt;medium&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/thead&gt;&#xD;&#xA; &lt;tbody&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;physical id: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;id&quot;&gt;0&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;logical name: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;id&quot;&gt;/dev/sda&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA; &lt;/tbody&gt;       &lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;/div&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/div&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;div class=&quot;indented&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;div class=&quot;indented&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;table width=&quot;100%&quot; class=&quot;node&quot; summary=&quot;attributes of disk:1&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA; &lt;thead&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;id:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;id&quot;&gt;disk:1&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/thead&gt;&#xD;&#xA; &lt;tbody&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;description: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;ATA Disk&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;product: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;WDC WD800AB-00CB&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;vendor: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;Western Digital&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;physical id: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;id&quot;&gt;1&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;bus info: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;id&quot;&gt;scsi@1:0.0.0&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;logical name: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;id&quot;&gt;/dev/sdb&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;version: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;04.0&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;serial: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;WD-WCAA52477019&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;size: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;74GiB (80GB)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;capabilities: &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;partitioned partitioned:dos&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;first&quot;&gt;configuration:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;second&quot;&gt;&lt;table summary=&quot;configuration of disk:1&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;sub-first&quot;&gt; ansiversion&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;=&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;5&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;sub-first&quot;&gt; signature&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;=&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;90909090&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xD;&#xA; &lt;/tbody&gt;    &lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/div&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8828" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5067" RevisionGUID="b8dfe30e-0dbe-4a87-83f9-524e86d01438" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:57:22.027" UserId="1181" Comment="deleted 32 characters in body" Text="    rm -vfr /*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which I now do: `rm -vfr ./*`" />
  <row Id="8829" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5082" RevisionGUID="e313d100-58d5-41cb-9d98-8a62d0f8b4f8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:59:24.283" UserId="1851" Text="I'm working with Windows Server 2008 Web Edition SP1 on a dedicated box (with KVM access). As soon as I convert the system disk (C) to dynamic and reboot I get this message: Error loading operating system. I'm converting the disk to dynamic so that I can mirror the system drive with a second drive. I've actually went through the mirroring process before, everything works fine until I reboot. Could a simple conversion to dynamic stop the system from loading? Although this smells like a software issue, could it be hardware related? Any suggestions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="8830" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5082" RevisionGUID="e313d100-58d5-41cb-9d98-8a62d0f8b4f8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:59:24.283" UserId="1851" Text="Convert to dynamic disk -&gt; can't load OS" />
  <row Id="8831" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5082" RevisionGUID="e313d100-58d5-41cb-9d98-8a62d0f8b4f8" CreationDate="2009-05-05T23:59:24.283" UserId="1851" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="8832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5083" RevisionGUID="45d6e871-f38e-4c37-8b15-1c7c75d8b458" CreationDate="2009-05-06T00:01:22.547" UserId="1968" Text="Did you tried to run outlook under wine?" />
  <row Id="8833" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5084" RevisionGUID="fa832599-0c34-40cc-b5a7-be71975c90cc" CreationDate="2009-05-06T00:03:56.847" UserId="984" Text="For testing antivirus we have [EICAR][1], for SPAM, we have [GTUBE][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a standard site that is or should be included in blacklists that you can use for testing instead of going to your favorite porn site in front of your boss, the CEO, or someone else who feels that seeing such a site is an excuse for a sexual harassment suit?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eicar_test_file&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTUBE" />
  <row Id="8834" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5084" RevisionGUID="fa832599-0c34-40cc-b5a7-be71975c90cc" CreationDate="2009-05-06T00:03:56.847" UserId="984" Text="How do you test your porn filter" />
  <row Id="8835" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5084" RevisionGUID="fa832599-0c34-40cc-b5a7-be71975c90cc" CreationDate="2009-05-06T00:03:56.847" UserId="984" Text="&lt;webfilter&gt;&lt;testing&gt;" />
  <row Id="8836" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5085" RevisionGUID="642d6f46-c1c6-40a4-93bb-edf9fa5e9190" CreationDate="2009-05-06T00:04:02.307" UserId="1589" Text="Slightly dated, but the following articles go over a few of the differences including startup scripts, kernel, software installation, etc.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Comparing GNU/Linux and FreeBSD][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[FreeBSD for Linux Users][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/comparing_linux_and_freebsd&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/11/11/FreeBSD_Basics.html" />
  <row Id="8837" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5086" RevisionGUID="d055bc42-1068-4ce0-95d2-70ade0960b5a" CreationDate="2009-05-06T00:06:50.477" UserId="772" Text="send tinyurl's to your co-workers that link to the porn site and watch their internet traffic." />
  <row Id="8838" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5087" RevisionGUID="33e79062-66a8-43e9-a81e-6f76c023592f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T00:07:18.260" UserId="1181" Text="It sounds like converting it to a dynamic disk screwed up your Master Boot Record." />
  <row Id="8839" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5088" RevisionGUID="a21a86e3-cb3a-43aa-b67c-094a6e28becb" CreationDate="2009-05-06T00:07:18.447" UserId="1249" Text="In a DOS prompt I typed the following command at my computer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\deltree /y \*.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I just select with the mouse what I want to delete and delete them." />
  <row Id="8840" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5089" RevisionGUID="12ab17f3-3669-44c7-9880-2748bf46b20d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T00:07:42.610" UserId="2042" Text="ZFS is absolutely amazing. I am using it as my home file server for a 5 x 1 TB HD file server, and am also using it in production with almost 32 TB of hard drive space. It is fast, easy to use and contains some of the best protection against data corruption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are using OpenSolaris on this server in particular because we wanted to have access to newer features and because it provided the new package management system and way of upgrading." />
  <row Id="8841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5090" RevisionGUID="2520c31f-1ef7-43c6-a685-8b7d28a26f44" CreationDate="2009-05-06T00:09:26.803" UserId="2042" Text="If you are looking for guides to getting you started, besides the FreeBSD handbook which is amazing there is [BSDguides.org][1], while slightly dated in terms of material and the website itself it is still very good and contains a lot of information for people looking for particular solutions to problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bsdguides.org/" />
  <row Id="8842" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5091" RevisionGUID="7c778230-f1ca-4b2c-941c-0bf288561282" CreationDate="2009-05-06T00:10:47.080" UserId="2042" Text="Biggest mistake? Thinking I had set two variables when I had not. So rm -rf $VARIABLE/$VARIABLE2 became rm -rf /. FreeBSD has recently updated their rm tool so that rm -rf / is not possible anymore precisely because of this mistake!" />
  <row Id="8843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5092" RevisionGUID="9332c15b-c21e-41a8-8928-772d4b0a61ae" CreationDate="2009-05-06T00:11:12.727" UserId="342" Text="In SQL server, on a production system:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    update customer set password = '' &lt;enter&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The most recent backup was like a week old.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To mitigate this, I now usually write a `select` statement first to make sure I've got the `where` clause correct, then go back and edit it to insert the `set` clause and change the statement to `update`." />
  <row Id="8844" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5093" RevisionGUID="98405006-2046-403d-a282-503a450f6454" CreationDate="2009-05-06T00:13:06.623" UserId="919" Text="Evolution, by way of [evolution-mapi][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;Package: evolution-mapi&#xD;&#xA;Description: Evolution extension for MS Exchange 2007 servers&#xD;&#xA; A provider for Evolution that can connect to Exchange 2007 servers&#xD;&#xA; and also to Exchange 2003, 2000 and 5.5.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is very beta though, so please [report bugs][2]!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://packages.ubuntu.com/evolution-mapi&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/browse.cgi?product=evolution-mapi" />
  <row Id="8845" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5094" RevisionGUID="c255ec41-9580-43f2-aa6b-37bd715fd405" CreationDate="2009-05-06T00:17:58.343" UserId="2040" Text="VMware Server 2 has been pretty solid for me as well and I have had no complaints since upgrading from 1.6.  In my opinion, it should be just fine for running less important production systems.  In our server environment, we have been using it mostly for development and testing servers and just recently we converted our Web server (via VMware Converter) to a full-on virtual server utilizing VMware Server 2.  Thus far, it has proved to be secure and reliable and freed up some of the server resources for other projects.  The only real thing that has been an issue has been memory management since that always seems to be the resource in highest demand on system hosting virtual machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The takeaway from this would be to start slowly rolling our virutalization in your own environment as you get comfortable with it.  Once implemented it will be entirely transparent to your end users." />
  <row Id="8846" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5095" RevisionGUID="933d0c81-bdb0-4717-b03b-bbb759bc07d5" CreationDate="2009-05-06T00:25:40.320" UserId="2042" Text="Something that I was discussing with a couple of friends and we were unable to figure it out. In FreeBSD and OpenSolaris/Solaris when you partition a drive a partition is created that covers the whole disk:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    da0s1c&#xD;&#xA;    c0d0s2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, the output of my main hard drive in my OpenSolaris server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    xistence@Keyhole.network.lan:/dev/rdsk# prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c4d0s2&#xD;&#xA;    * /dev/rdsk/c4d0s2 partition map&#xD;&#xA;    *&#xD;&#xA;    * Dimensions:&#xD;&#xA;    *     512 bytes/sector&#xD;&#xA;    *      63 sectors/track&#xD;&#xA;    *     255 tracks/cylinder&#xD;&#xA;    *   16065 sectors/cylinder&#xD;&#xA;    *    7296 cylinders&#xD;&#xA;    *    7294 accessible cylinders&#xD;&#xA;    *&#xD;&#xA;    * Flags:&#xD;&#xA;    *   1: unmountable&#xD;&#xA;    *  10: read-only&#xD;&#xA;    *&#xD;&#xA;    * Unallocated space:&#xD;&#xA;    *       First     Sector    Last&#xD;&#xA;    *       Sector     Count    Sector &#xD;&#xA;    *           0     16065     16064&#xD;&#xA;    *&#xD;&#xA;    *                          First     Sector    Last&#xD;&#xA;    * Partition  Tag  Flags    Sector     Count    Sector  Mount Directory&#xD;&#xA;           0      2    00      16065 117145980 117162044&#xD;&#xA;           2      5    01          0 117178110 117178109&#xD;&#xA;           8      1    01          0     16065     16064&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What was the reasoning behind using partition 2? Why not partition 0? Where in the history of unix was this decided? What legacy feature did it serve at that point in time? With GPT partitioning that goes away entirely (from what I have found).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just something interesting ...&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8847" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5095" RevisionGUID="933d0c81-bdb0-4717-b03b-bbb759bc07d5" CreationDate="2009-05-06T00:25:40.320" UserId="2042" Text="Historical Question: Why does slice C or slice 2 cover the entire disk" />
  <row Id="8848" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5095" RevisionGUID="933d0c81-bdb0-4717-b03b-bbb759bc07d5" CreationDate="2009-05-06T00:25:40.320" UserId="2042" Text="&lt;partitioning&gt;&lt;slices&gt;&lt;history&gt;&lt;freebsd&gt;&lt;solaris&gt;" />
  <row Id="8849" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5096" RevisionGUID="8a8627e9-5a73-440b-9cb5-9702b7348426" CreationDate="2009-05-06T00:29:58.283" UserId="2042" Text="For hard drives on Linux you should be able to use a tool like smartctl included in the [smartmontools][1] library to get the information you want, for example this is what my drive currently reports:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    === START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===&#xD;&#xA;    Model Family:     Western Digital Caviar SE Serial ATA family&#xD;&#xA;    Device Model:     WDC WD800JD-22LSA0&#xD;&#xA;    Serial Number:    WD-XXXXXXXXXXXX (obscured by me)&#xD;&#xA;    Firmware Version: 06.01D06&#xD;&#xA;    User Capacity:    80,026,361,856 bytes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From that information you can fairly easily script it to send it back using netcat to a remote server that adds it into a MySQL database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="8850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5097" RevisionGUID="710856bd-546f-4334-b968-eac7519c24ad" CreationDate="2009-05-06T00:43:22.603" UserId="1964" Text="[Who Lock Me][1] works well and keeps people amused with the name!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dr-hoiby.com/WhoLockMe/" />
  <row Id="8851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5098" RevisionGUID="00121a1c-0a50-4dc3-bad1-46abd5ca38b5" CreationDate="2009-05-06T00:49:07.440" UserId="2033" Text="I was able to upgrade my laptop which had been running (and importantly in my opinion, shipped with) Vista Enterprise to Windows 7 Ultimate Beta and it did great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just recently I used the cversion.ini workaround to upgrade the same laptop from Beta to RC1 and that also seemed to work fine, though it felt like it took a long time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: (It's been a while, I'd forgotten until after submitting the answer) - the Beta upgrade had me remove Powershell 1.0. Also, the Beta-&gt;RC upgrade refused to run until I removed a bunch of laptop-vendor-specific TPM/security stuff. So don't be surprised if it asks you to remove software before upgrading." />
  <row Id="8852" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5099" RevisionGUID="c31f7da7-927b-47b5-8c84-ffdfda58e056" CreationDate="2009-05-06T00:58:40.553" UserId="1030" Text="I'm following the instructions at &lt;http://www.ntop.org/download.html&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At some point during the `./configure` phase of the install, I get this error message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`configure: error: Unable to find RRD at /usr/local/rrdtool: please use --with-rrd-home=DIR`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I run `which rrdtool` and I get:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/local/bin/rrdtool&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...so I run: `./configure --with-rrd-home=/usr/local/bin/rrdtool`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The installation continues, until it fails at the same spot, same error. I've tried a bunch of varying paths, like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    `./configure --with-rrd-home=/usr/local/bin/`&#xD;&#xA;    `./configure --with-rrd-home=/usr/local/bin`&#xD;&#xA;    `[...]`&#xD;&#xA;    `./configure --with-rrd-home=/usr`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;... as I read in a suggestion while Googling the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it matters, I don't have root access on this machine. It's a dedicated server at my web host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions?" />
  <row Id="8853" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5099" RevisionGUID="c31f7da7-927b-47b5-8c84-ffdfda58e056" CreationDate="2009-05-06T00:58:40.553" UserId="1030" Text="Problem installing ntop on FreeBSD 6.2" />
  <row Id="8854" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5099" RevisionGUID="c31f7da7-927b-47b5-8c84-ffdfda58e056" CreationDate="2009-05-06T00:58:40.553" UserId="1030" Text="&lt;ntop&gt;&lt;rrdtool&gt;&lt;freebsd&gt;&lt;configure&gt;" />
  <row Id="8855" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5100" RevisionGUID="c418e72f-8e9f-426d-b482-5bd141788b0a" CreationDate="2009-05-06T01:00:41.143" UserId="1222" Text="Technically you *could* use `dd.exe` from within [Cygwin][1] but anything you use from inside a running copy of Windows will be in an unreliable state (as if you didn't shut down). I've used `dd` on &quot;live&quot; linux machines in the past, however I've always remounted the disk read-only before imaging. You really need to dump a shadow copy rather than the live disk and that's more of a programming exercise than a sysadmin solution :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Under Vista and Server 2008, you can use [CompletePC][2] to do what you're trying to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cygwin.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/features/backup.aspx" />
  <row Id="8856" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5101" RevisionGUID="ff6ff6b8-1e51-4641-9ec7-f0b83eb476b3" CreationDate="2009-05-06T01:12:07.183" UserId="2046" Text="Remote Assistance&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\rcimlby.exe -LaunchRA&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is very handy to create as a shortcut on a users desktop.  It goes straight to the &quot;Invite someone to help you&quot; page in the help centre.  (Tested on XP/Pro Home)." />
  <row Id="8857" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5101" RevisionGUID="ff6ff6b8-1e51-4641-9ec7-f0b83eb476b3" CreationDate="2009-05-06T01:12:07.183" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8858" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5102" RevisionGUID="f2b96941-8acf-43ce-99f4-2c0f745f196b" CreationDate="2009-05-06T01:15:43.477" UserId="1616" Text="You might want to look at [3CX][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.3cx.com" />
  <row Id="8859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5103" RevisionGUID="49e0b465-3f15-4227-a5e8-c3e530b99859" CreationDate="2009-05-06T01:21:22.467" UserId="1774" Text="Once upon a time (probably System III, but it was a long time ago), it was possible to create a file named `*` by using the right shell quoting. When I found one in my home directory, I had typed `rm *` and had my finger on the return key when something made me hesitate and think about it...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Creating such a file for other users was a common prank.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the file is sitting there in a directory, that is a tough one to mitigate. The reflex to just type its name exactly as `ls` just displayed it is pretty strong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other (less harmful) prank was to name files with trailing white space (or only white space) which were much harder to remove... &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8860" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5104" RevisionGUID="7fdc089a-a92e-4743-8fe7-0c7f1bbce517" CreationDate="2009-05-06T01:22:19.750" UserId="2046" Text="The Advanced Tab of the System Properties dialog.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;control sysdm.cpl,@0,3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use this regularly to get to Page file settings, Performance, Environment Variables and User Profiles.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Syntax:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;@0  =  the function within sysdm.cpl to display (In this case System Properties)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3   =  the tab number to activate (in this case Advanced)" />
  <row Id="8861" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5104" RevisionGUID="7fdc089a-a92e-4743-8fe7-0c7f1bbce517" CreationDate="2009-05-06T01:22:19.750" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8862" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5105" RevisionGUID="598bf725-5a6a-4c6b-953d-65744300482a" CreationDate="2009-05-06T01:29:21.603" UserId="1998" Text="Have you tried just &quot;./configure --with-rrd-home=/usr/local&quot;?" />
  <row Id="8863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5106" RevisionGUID="c9527730-31b0-40be-8a8d-baa8b8bb514d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T01:29:58.590" UserId="2047" Text="(Not really a command per-se, but a way to get there)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For those of you that find yourself going to Start &gt; Run &gt; &quot;cmd&quot; a lot, you can cut down some steps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Say you want to get your IP Address. You would normally go Start &gt; Run &gt; &quot;cmd&quot; [enter]&#xD;&#xA;then...&#xD;&#xA;ipconfig [enter]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;now instead, go...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Start &gt; Run &gt; &quot;cmd /k ipconfig&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will run cmd and the command 'ipconfig' and it will keep the window open. So If I want to quickly get my MAC Address (Physical Address), I'd do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     cmd /k ipconfig /all&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...all from the run menu in one line. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All courtesy of [BostonMark][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lifehacker.com/software/top/contest--win-a-vista-beta-dvd-with-your-best-windows-tip-184775.php#c303993" />
  <row Id="8864" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5106" RevisionGUID="c9527730-31b0-40be-8a8d-baa8b8bb514d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T01:29:58.590" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8865" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5107" RevisionGUID="b93bfd0c-4126-415d-8424-4decb443d794" CreationDate="2009-05-06T01:30:47.467" UserId="2048" Text="[pgFouine][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://pgfouine.projects.postgresql.org/][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;pgFouine is a great log analyzer that has helped many times in the past.  It is really easy to set up too.  At one point the project ran on Rails, but I think it's using PHP now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://pgfouine.projects.postgresql.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://pgfouine.projects.postgresql.org/" />
  <row Id="8866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5108" RevisionGUID="014bb04c-c4d7-47cb-8689-2c98cc9df7e9" CreationDate="2009-05-06T01:33:10.003" UserId="1797" Text="Have you tried to symlink (without root or sudo access you might not be able to do this neither)? On your shell:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ln -s /usr/local/bin/rrdtool /usr/local/rrdtool&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing though, if you do not have root on the box, your usage of ntop will be limited. The errors you see might be caused by that fact." />
  <row Id="8867" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5109" RevisionGUID="d6e60530-bca9-4dfd-b0a3-9268786a4c68" CreationDate="2009-05-06T01:40:54.587" UserId="1222" Text="Yes.                ." />
  <row Id="8868" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5110" RevisionGUID="e2c69ce6-7789-4265-8f51-11535c1d58c3" CreationDate="2009-05-06T01:42:06.393" UserId="2046" Text="The [PodNutz podcast](http://www.podnutz.com/podnutz).&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;Funny name, but handy Podcast for small businesses and individials involved with technical support/repair (34 shows to date).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Steve, the host, runs a computer repair business and actually listens to what his guests are saying and then asks relevant follow-up  questions." />
  <row Id="8869" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5110" RevisionGUID="e2c69ce6-7789-4265-8f51-11535c1d58c3" CreationDate="2009-05-06T01:42:06.393" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8870" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5111" RevisionGUID="b20c5888-5522-4a94-a948-2f62b522a12f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T01:49:58.420" UserId="1585" Text="What are some of the better tools/utilities for testing real bandwidth across a link?  In my case I am testing the real throughput across a wifi bridge." />
  <row Id="8871" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5111" RevisionGUID="b20c5888-5522-4a94-a948-2f62b522a12f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T01:49:58.420" UserId="1585" Text="How to test real network throughput between two points?" />
  <row Id="8872" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5111" RevisionGUID="b20c5888-5522-4a94-a948-2f62b522a12f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T01:49:58.420" UserId="1585" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;bandwidth&gt;&lt;wifi&gt;&lt;tools&gt;&lt;utilities&gt;" />
  <row Id="8873" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5112" RevisionGUID="bf5a995f-ee42-4410-bb87-ec2bbc61e982" CreationDate="2009-05-06T01:53:17.177" UserId="1929" Text="There may be a special place in purgatory for UNIX people who make suggestions along the following lines but I have used this for a purpose similar to yours (getting ip range-restricted US-only data securely from the US to Mexico City):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Install OpenSSH on the server, here is how you can do that on Vista/2008: [http://www.petri.co.il/setup-ssh-server-vista.htm][1]  (I noticed that this is an .il TLD, if that is a problem from Iran maybe try looking for the cache or I can repost it if you leave a comment.  Also maybe an example of why we need secure borderless internet access.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Create a dynamic ssh connection using [Putty][2].  Here are [instructions and an explanation][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Point your browser, mail client, etc., to the local proxy.  In effect, what you are doing is this:  you open a dynamic ssh session on the remote host.  You have a local proxy that this connection is bound to.  You make all requests to this local proxy, the proxy then makes an encrypted request to the server, the server fetches and returns whatever you have requested from the outside world via a secure tunnel to the local proxy and thence to your application.  You can confirm that it is working by opening a website that provides geolocation of ip addresses.  I'm sure it can be automated too.  (If this is an outright abominable thing to do on a Windows Server, let me know in the comments.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.petri.co.il/setup-ssh-server-vista.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.dotcomunderground.com/blogs/2008/12/11/putty-ssh-tunnel-to-hide-ip/ " />
  <row Id="8874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5113" RevisionGUID="d37f4d4f-d0e0-4947-95b9-dca6c1e00bd5" CreationDate="2009-05-06T01:54:52.917" UserId="1426" Text="Explain to your boss and HR that you either have to hope the porn filter is working or will need to test it by going to inappropriate sites. Make sure you tell them when your doing the test, and how long it will take so they know your not &quot;testing&quot; the filter all day every day. Then they can decide weather they want to let you try and visit sites like that at work or hope the filters work by default. The second option is to install it at home with out telling your teenage son and see how long it takes him to get angry and ask why the internet isn't working like it used to." />
  <row Id="8875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5114" RevisionGUID="bcbdb9b7-9734-44c7-9b21-53d4220e6412" CreationDate="2009-05-06T01:59:31.140" UserId="1774" Text="Here's a brute-force and ignorance approach...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many command-line FTP clients report transfer statistics, so you could simply use FTP to GET or PUT a large enough file for the statistics to be meaningful.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8876" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5115" RevisionGUID="a0333c3f-b48b-479a-9ff0-b85d28779b43" CreationDate="2009-05-06T02:07:50.030" UserId="2040" Text="[PaulDotCom Security Weekly][1] is a weekly podcast hosted by a group of network penetration testers and SANS instructors that covers some of the tactics and tools that attackers use as well as news and information for how sysadmins can protect their systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Mind of Root][2] is a weekly podcast that covers more of the general sysadmin topics.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Radio Free Security][3] is a monthly podcast from WatchGuard (they make security appliances).  They have a lot of good insight on security and protecting your network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://pauldotcom.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mindofroot.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.watchguard.com/education/radiofreesecurity.asp" />
  <row Id="8877" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5115" RevisionGUID="a0333c3f-b48b-479a-9ff0-b85d28779b43" CreationDate="2009-05-06T02:07:50.030" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8878" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4025" RevisionGUID="e075ed40-dcab-419a-9311-7d6d253daa0c" CreationDate="2009-05-06T02:14:40.917" UserId="775" Comment="added 21 characters in body" Text="Notepad or something similar&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    notepad" />
  <row Id="8879" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5116" RevisionGUID="907ddc8d-5f69-4582-bff2-335524f9fbd3" CreationDate="2009-05-06T02:16:03.800" UserId="2042" Text="Even better than all of the previous answers, why are you trying to install this by hand?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ports tree contains ntop:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.freshports.org/net/ntop/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So if you have the ports tree installed (if not, check the [FreeBSD Handbook on using ports][1])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ports tree is an amazing feature for FreeBSD in that it does the dependency tracking and compiles said dependencies for you. The version in the ports tree is outdated by 2 versions from what I can see, generally a nice email to the port maintainer can help you solve that issue!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Re-read your question and it seems that you are not running as root, how are you planning on getting access to a bpf device to log packets?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/ports-using.html" />
  <row Id="8880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5117" RevisionGUID="d93140d1-22ab-468d-9bc3-ee0ff2262ebf" CreationDate="2009-05-06T02:20:01.827" UserId="2046" Text="&quot;To save some money I'm sure we would all prefer to build our own workstations&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sorry, that's not why I build custom PCs.  I've actually found it can cost more because resellers buy parts in bulk, while you will likely be buying individual OEM/retail parts.  Also, cost is also increased if your time is valuable to you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good question though, I always focus on the Motherboard first and then everything else usually follows from that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I narrow down motherboard options by looking at the primary use I expect the machine will have.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If you want a media centre PC you'll&#xD;&#xA;   most likely want a board with HDMI&#xD;&#xA;   and optical outputs, e-Sata,&#xD;&#xA;   Firewire, stable ACPI (power&#xD;&#xA;   managment) and good on board audio.  Also, support for low power CPUs.&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA; - If you want a gamer PC, you'll likely&#xD;&#xA;   want dual PCI-E 16 slot,&#xD;&#xA;   Crossfire/SLI, fast RAM / FSB.&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA; - A developer PC will definitely want&#xD;&#xA;   support for more then 2 monitors (eg&#xD;&#xA;   have 2 PCI-E 16  slots) and as much RAM as possible.&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA; - For a basic email/web browsing and&#xD;&#xA;   word processing PC, a lower cost&#xD;&#xA;   board that will run quietly and&#xD;&#xA;   provide good USB conectivity to the&#xD;&#xA;   case, on-board video.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This helps to greatly reduce narrow down the range of boards that would meet your needs.  Then you can start looking at CPU, RAM, Video Cards (if needed).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just remember, if you don't get the foundation (motherboard) right, you'll never be 100% happy, no matter how fast your video card is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, because PC technologies are constantly changing, you realy need to do your research, every time you build a new PC.  Don't rely on your knowledge from a year ago, much of it is probably no longer very useful. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5118" RevisionGUID="6e98dbbb-ccbb-407d-9a92-189306b402d9" CreationDate="2009-05-06T02:24:32.593" UserId="2043" Text="It sounds like the disk is being put into an unreadable/offline/not-initialized state...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One solution, if possible, is to pull the disk out and plug it into another Win OS which support dynamic disks (all pro/business/server editions of Windows since XP) and take a look at the disk in the Disk Management snap-in. If the disk is merely offline and can be activated inside that operating system, then it is likely an issue with how the Dynamic Disk MBR is being processed on boot. (Potentially hardware related.)&#xD;&#xA;(Also, you may need to &lt;a href=&quot;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/331498/&quot;&gt;import&lt;/a&gt; the disk into the other environment.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the disk appears as 'Unreadable' then WS2008 probably messed up the conversion process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could you give us a few details about the hardware you're running on? Dynamic disks occasionally do not jive with particular varieties of onboard RAID.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See Also:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771775.aspx&quot;&gt;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771775.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816307&quot;&gt;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816307&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this is useful :)" />
  <row Id="8882" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5119" RevisionGUID="d96c4803-5c23-483e-97b4-2c5d873d2dcc" CreationDate="2009-05-06T02:24:50.050" UserId="2047" Text="I would pipe something like /dev/urandom (or /dev/zero to test the devices' compression if any) across using two *nix machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Listen and pipe to /dev/null on one machine&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    nc –l –p 7000 | /dev/null&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Connect and pipe 100MiB of random data on the other&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1M count=100 | nc 192.168.1.120 7000 –q 10&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For realtime stats use pipeviewer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1M count=100 | pv | nc 192.168.1.120 7000 -q 10&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5120" RevisionGUID="5e8b42a1-40a6-48e9-9d2e-48940e3c1279" CreationDate="2009-05-06T02:25:56.850" UserId="1585" Text="I have heard/read different performance stories on the various raid flavors. I am curious what the agreed upon best answer is." />
  <row Id="8884" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5120" RevisionGUID="5e8b42a1-40a6-48e9-9d2e-48940e3c1279" CreationDate="2009-05-06T02:25:56.850" UserId="1585" Text="What are the performance differences between Raid 0,1,5,6,10..." />
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  <row Id="8886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5121" RevisionGUID="d0b87dd6-4d1c-42e7-8630-d317f997a417" CreationDate="2009-05-06T02:38:27.320" UserId="1655" Text="I would like to have my MacBook Pro authenticate against Active Directory running on Windows 2008. A couple of years ago I tried to set this up between OS X 10.4 and Windows 2003 but I wasn't successful. A detailed step-by-step guide and a list of gotchas around domain security policy would be great." />
  <row Id="8887" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5121" RevisionGUID="d0b87dd6-4d1c-42e7-8630-d317f997a417" CreationDate="2009-05-06T02:38:27.320" UserId="1655" Text="Can a Mac with OS X 10.5 (Leopard) authenticate with a Windows 2008 domain?" />
  <row Id="8888" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5121" RevisionGUID="d0b87dd6-4d1c-42e7-8630-d317f997a417" CreationDate="2009-05-06T02:38:27.320" UserId="1655" Text="&lt;apple&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;" />
  <row Id="8891" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5123" RevisionGUID="7087fa86-2fb7-4233-93b3-9da17dadafdd" CreationDate="2009-05-06T02:44:25.433" UserId="1655" Text="I've got a computer running Vista x64 with a standard user account, but I can elevate to administrator to install a service or RSync software. I want to backup by data drive (d:) to a server running Ubuntu. How can I do this reliably with RSync?" />
  <row Id="8892" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5123" RevisionGUID="7087fa86-2fb7-4233-93b3-9da17dadafdd" CreationDate="2009-05-06T02:44:25.433" UserId="1655" Text="Can I use RSync to reliably backup a Vista computer to a Linux server?" />
  <row Id="8893" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5123" RevisionGUID="7087fa86-2fb7-4233-93b3-9da17dadafdd" CreationDate="2009-05-06T02:44:25.433" UserId="1655" Text="&lt;rsync&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="8894" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5124" RevisionGUID="8bb4d797-d728-4c8c-8b21-5d679e66e3e1" CreationDate="2009-05-06T02:48:57.497" UserId="2043" Text="Agreed upon best answer...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd say it's application specific. If you're a gamer who wants to speed everything up and throw caution to the wind, RAID0 is great! You double your chances of disk failure but if your data are unimportant, who cares?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID1 is just the opposite; it provides an hot backup of all your data and can withstand a single disk failure, which halves the probability of data loss.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID5 and RAID6 are more expensive (need more disks) but have the benefit of being able to withstand disk loss while providing a handy speed increase. You halve your probability of data loss with RAID5 and quarter it with RAID6 (can withstand two lost disks and function.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When it comes to RAID1+0 v. RAID5/6, RAID5/6 will provide a superior speed increase (due to a higher level of striping) than RAID1+0 but have the potential to slow down more in the event of a disk loss (since data has to be reconstructed from parity information.) RAID1+0, however, will not lose any speed in the event of a disk loss (since there's not much bandwidth gain from having a mirrored set.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as restoring functionality from a broken set (out of 1+0, 5 and 6) 1+0 would be the easiest to do so. You would only have to copy the data from the the mirror drive to the new drive whereas with RAID5/6, all drives in the array are involved in the recreation of a lost disk's data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helped :)" />
  <row Id="8895" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5125" RevisionGUID="29106481-948d-4561-8eb9-a638ad08b488" CreationDate="2009-05-06T02:50:18.930" UserId="1466" Text="I need to write a **bash script**, and would like it to parse **unordered parameters** of the format:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    scriptname --param1 &lt;string&gt; --param2 &lt;string&gt; --param3 &lt;date&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a simple way to accomplish this, or am I pretty much stuck with $1, $2, $3?" />
  <row Id="8896" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5125" RevisionGUID="29106481-948d-4561-8eb9-a638ad08b488" CreationDate="2009-05-06T02:50:18.930" UserId="1466" Text="Bash script parameters" />
  <row Id="8897" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5125" RevisionGUID="29106481-948d-4561-8eb9-a638ad08b488" CreationDate="2009-05-06T02:50:18.930" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;bash&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;&lt;parameters&gt;" />
  <row Id="8898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5126" RevisionGUID="425e4b1e-49d0-4eee-a353-9a1c21e01098" CreationDate="2009-05-06T02:59:19.937" UserId="2043" Text="In general you should be ok swapping the hardware out from under 7. One thing to beware, though, is if you're changing from non-AHCI environment to one that supports AHCI. (Advanced Host Controller Interface; used by SATA controllers to enable things like Native Command Queuing.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you enable AHCI (via a BIOS setting; it may be enabled by default, but unlikely) on the new board and you were not using AHCI before, it's likely 7 will fail to boot.&#xD;&#xA;Should that happen, consult &lt;a href=&quot;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922976&quot;&gt;this knowledgebase article&lt;/a&gt;. It'll get you up and running :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Alternatively, disable AHCI in the BIOS by switching your SATA controller to &quot;legacy&quot; or &quot;IDE&quot; mode.)" />
  <row Id="8899" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5127" RevisionGUID="988ba936-7bc4-473a-8647-f57ea6266eb1" CreationDate="2009-05-06T03:04:10.813" UserId="613" Text="You should be able to just run rsync with options specified by the [man page][1] (there's a good examples section) with no issues.  The only thing is, you'll need to be sure that none of the files you're trying to back up are otherwise in use by the system; I think windows will prevent access to them if that's the case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.samba.org/ftp/rsync/rsync.html" />
  <row Id="8900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5128" RevisionGUID="26609443-a8fc-4d6d-953b-d9c333bb1504" CreationDate="2009-05-06T03:05:15.600" UserId="613" Text="You should use [getopt][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.die.net/man/1/getopt" />
  <row Id="8901" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5082" RevisionGUID="9f08e832-3757-420d-a0c6-5c81041da582" CreationDate="2009-05-06T03:14:42.740" UserId="1851" Comment="added 104 characters in body" Text="I'm working with Windows Server 2008 Web Edition SP1 on a dedicated box (with KVM access). As soon as I convert the system disk (C) to dynamic and reboot I get this message: Error loading operating system. I'm converting the disk to dynamic so that I can mirror the system drive with a second drive. I've actually went through the mirroring process before, everything works fine until I reboot. Could a simple conversion to dynamic stop the system from loading? Although this smells like a software issue, could it be hardware related? Any suggestions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hardware: SuperMicro H8SMU (motherboard), AMD Opteron 1216HE, 4GB RAM, 2 x WD Caviar RE 16 WD2500YS." />
  <row Id="8902" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5129" RevisionGUID="05c82e21-152c-4e6e-b3f2-df749bc9bbbe" CreationDate="2009-05-06T03:16:42.157" UserId="929" Text="I have a client that is using self-signed certificates (to sign InfoPath forms). The certificates are created using the certificate service built into Windows 2008. They said the certicates always expire after one year. How does one chage the expirtation date on a certificate or do they have to issues new ones? (Is one year the default in the template)?  " />
  <row Id="8903" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5129" RevisionGUID="05c82e21-152c-4e6e-b3f2-df749bc9bbbe" CreationDate="2009-05-06T03:16:42.157" UserId="929" Text="change the expiration date on self-signed certificates?" />
  <row Id="8904" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5129" RevisionGUID="05c82e21-152c-4e6e-b3f2-df749bc9bbbe" CreationDate="2009-05-06T03:16:42.157" UserId="929" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;certificate&gt;" />
  <row Id="8905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5130" RevisionGUID="9cf788d7-0fed-4bec-b04f-d746493c2bf9" CreationDate="2009-05-06T03:19:38.843" UserId="1174" Text="Yes, but you want Volume Shadow Copy to deal with changed files.  Take a look at [this][1] and [this][2]. If you have databases, best back those up separately using the database backup software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mail-archive.com/rsync@lists.samba.org/msg17076.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.itefix.no/i2/faq/39" />
  <row Id="8906" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5131" RevisionGUID="3b753757-1d51-4c63-add6-48e0e78f022a" CreationDate="2009-05-06T03:22:38.930" UserId="613" Text="In general you can't change an expiry on an existing cert.  You can possibly reissue a new one with a new expiry date (possibly more than a year in the future, depending on your tools, of course), but you can't change one that's already been issued." />
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  <row Id="8910" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5125" RevisionGUID="dc47f8e6-3a6f-4ef1-94f9-605b45c17183" CreationDate="2009-05-06T03:26:32.227" UserId="1576" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;bash&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;&lt;parameters&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="8911" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3780" RevisionGUID="b08ffc81-89bc-4432-b6f7-bfe4b8f45e16" CreationDate="2009-05-06T03:30:58.037" UserId="1224" Comment="added 2666 characters in body" Text="The aim for this Wiki is to promote using a command to open up commonly used applications without having to go through many mouse clicks - thus saving times on monitoring, troubleshooting Windows machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Answer entries need to specify&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Application name&#xD;&#xA; - Commands&#xD;&#xA; - Screenshot (Optional)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shortcut to commands&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\rcimlby.exe -LaunchRA][1] - Remote Assistance (Windows XP)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl][2] - Programs and Features (Formerly Known as &quot;Add or Remove Programs&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl @,2][3] - Turn Windows Features On and Off (Add/Remove Windows Components pane)&#xD;&#xA;- [cleanmgr.exe][4] - Disk Cleanup&#xD;&#xA;- [cmd /k][5] - Run command with command extensions enabled&#xD;&#xA;- [compmgmt.msc][6] - Computer Management&#xD;&#xA;- [control.exe /name Microsoft.NetworkAndSharingCenter][7] - Network and Sharing Center&#xD;&#xA;- [control keyboard][8] - Keyboard Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control mouse(or main.cpl)][9] - Mouse Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control sysdm.cpl,@0,3][10] - Advanced Tab of the System Properties dialog&#xD;&#xA;- [control userpasswords2][11] - Opens the classic User Accounts dialog&#xD;&#xA;- [desk.cpl][12] - opens the display properties&#xD;&#xA;- [devmgmt.msc][13] - Device Manager&#xD;&#xA;- [diskmgmt.msc][14] - Disk Management&#xD;&#xA;- [dsquery][15] - Finds any objects in the directory according to criteria&#xD;&#xA;- [eventvwr][16] - Windows Event Log (Event Viewer)&#xD;&#xA;- [explorer .][17] - Open explorer with the current folder selected.&#xD;&#xA;- [explorer /e][18], . - Open explorer, with folder tree, with current folder selected.&#xD;&#xA;- [findstr][19] - Find a string in a file&#xD;&#xA;- [fsmgmt.msc][20] - Shared Folders&#xD;&#xA;- [fsutil][21] - Perform tasks related to FAT and NTFS file systems&#xD;&#xA;- [getmac][22] - Shows the mac address(es) of your network adapter(s)&#xD;&#xA;- [iisreset][23] - To restart IIS&#xD;&#xA;- [InetMgr.exe][24] - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 7&#xD;&#xA;- [InetMgr6.exe][25] - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 6&#xD;&#xA;- [intl.cpl][26] - Regional and Language Options&#xD;&#xA;- [lusrmgr.msc][27] - Local Users and Groups Administrator&#xD;&#xA;- [notepad][28] - Notepad? ;)&#xD;&#xA;- [mmsys.cpl][29] - Sound/Recording/Playback properties&#xD;&#xA;- [mstsc.exe][30] - Remote Desktop Connection&#xD;&#xA;- [ncpa.cpl][31] - Network Connections&#xD;&#xA;- [odbcad32.exe][32] - ODBC Data Source Administrator&#xD;&#xA;- [quser][33] - Display information about user sessions on a terminal server&#xD;&#xA;- [regedit][34] - Registry Editor&#xD;&#xA;- [rasdial][35] - Connects to a VPN or a dialup network&#xD;&#xA;- [robocopy][36] - Backup/Restore/Copy large amounts of files reliably&#xD;&#xA;- [secpol.msc][37] - Local Security Settings&#xD;&#xA;- [services.msc][38] - Services control panel&#xD;&#xA;- [start.][39] - opens the current directory in the Windows Explorer.&#xD;&#xA;- [shutdown.exe][40] - Shutdown or Reboot a local/remote machine&#xD;&#xA;- [tasklist.exe][41] - List Processes on local or a remote machine&#xD;&#xA;- [taskmgr.exe][42] - Task Manager&#xD;&#xA;- [telephon.cpl][43] - Telephone and Modem properties&#xD;&#xA;- [timedate.cpl][44] - Date and Time&#xD;&#xA;- [winver.exe][45] - Find Windows Version&#xD;&#xA;- [wscui.cpl][46] - Windows Security Center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 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  <row Id="8912" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5129" RevisionGUID="4c3e5e4b-f61c-4e1c-aadd-81739ff9a86f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T03:34:34.050" UserId="929" Comment="added 127 characters in body" Text="I have a client that is using self-signed certificates (to sign InfoPath forms). The certificates are created using the certificate service built into Windows 2008. They said the certicates always expire after one year. How does one chage the expiration date on a certificate or do they have to issue new ones? (Is one year the default in the template)?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think the only tools available to them are the ones windows comes with: certmgr, certutil, &amp; certreq. (Am I missing any?)  " />
  <row Id="8913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5133" RevisionGUID="9cdff1ab-b3aa-434a-92eb-1d0d350e9bc4" CreationDate="2009-05-06T03:35:15.950" UserId="2043" Text="I think it's because the slices were traditionally laid out as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;s0: root&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;s1: swap&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;s2: bkup&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They assigned the most important thing to the first slice and continued with decreasing importance :) (Who needs swap if you have no root partition? Further, who needs to backup anything if you have no data.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know when exactly this was decided upon (probably fairly early on; whenever the Solaris devs decided to use Solaris-style disk identifiers and slices.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem goes away with GPT since the MBR style partition scheme is not applicable. (Though I'm personally not familiar with how Solaris represents GPT partitions...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helped XD" />
  <row Id="8914" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5081" RevisionGUID="0d840724-ab85-464a-b2b9-3a6f9abf6f1d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T03:39:17.703" UserId="768" Comment="deleted 5475 characters in body" Text="## `sudo lshw -class disk`&#xD;&#xA;gives you everything but the mount point&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  *-cdrom                 &#xD;&#xA;       description: CD-R/CD-RW writer&#xD;&#xA;       product: 52MAXX 3252AJ&#xD;&#xA;       vendor: Memorex&#xD;&#xA;       physical id: 0&#xD;&#xA;       bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0&#xD;&#xA;       logical name: /dev/cdrom&#xD;&#xA;       logical name: /dev/cdrw&#xD;&#xA;       logical name: /dev/scd0&#xD;&#xA;       logical name: /dev/sr0&#xD;&#xA;       version: QWS3&#xD;&#xA;       capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw&#xD;&#xA;       configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc&#xD;&#xA;  *-disk:0&#xD;&#xA;       description: SCSI Disk&#xD;&#xA;       product: ZIP 100&#xD;&#xA;       vendor: IOMEGA&#xD;&#xA;       physical id: 0.1.0&#xD;&#xA;       bus info: scsi@0:0.1.0&#xD;&#xA;       logical name: /dev/sda&#xD;&#xA;       version: 12.A&#xD;&#xA;       capabilities: removable&#xD;&#xA;       configuration: ansiversion=5&#xD;&#xA;     *-medium&#xD;&#xA;          physical id: 0&#xD;&#xA;          logical name: /dev/sda&#xD;&#xA;  *-disk:1&#xD;&#xA;       description: ATA Disk&#xD;&#xA;       product: WDC WD800AB-00CB&#xD;&#xA;       vendor: Western Digital&#xD;&#xA;       physical id: 1&#xD;&#xA;       bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0&#xD;&#xA;       logical name: /dev/sdb&#xD;&#xA;       version: 04.0&#xD;&#xA;       serial: WD-WCAA52477019&#xD;&#xA;       size: 74GiB (80GB)&#xD;&#xA;       capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos&#xD;&#xA;       configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=90909090&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## `sudo lshw -class disk -html`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8915" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5134" RevisionGUID="7d482540-6946-4d34-853b-7c04f8d533b6" CreationDate="2009-05-06T03:40:16.920" UserId="533" Text=" - a desire to have things right.&#xD;&#xA; - the ability to cobble kick-ass solutions together when you realize &quot;right&quot; is unachievable.&#xD;&#xA; - the willingness to &quot;own&quot; a problem and see issues through to conclusion.&#xD;&#xA; - the willingness to call out and own problems even if no one's reported it.&#xD;&#xA; - the ability and desire to replace yourself with a small shell script once you've mastered a problem (to free yourself up to find and address the next problem).&#xD;&#xA; - the drive to self-evaluate and to always make things better, even if your users are already happy.&#xD;&#xA; - And, above all, the ability to take a deep breath, exhale, and deal with the latest fire that just got dropped in your lap." />
  <row Id="8916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5135" RevisionGUID="90e3e397-b163-41b3-8b5e-a32c03d93052" CreationDate="2009-05-06T03:42:46.883" UserId="1174" Text="A few questions on OSX Spaces&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Is there a way to get the dock to indicate what window is in the current space, or whch space a window is in?  Currently I have 4 spaces and 12 Firefox windows open.  I have trouble remembering where they are and it would be especially useful to know which ones are in the current space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Is there a way to force a window onto my current space, without having to zoom off to another space and drag it back?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Is it possible to get the Dock to only show minimised windows in the current space?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8917" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5135" RevisionGUID="90e3e397-b163-41b3-8b5e-a32c03d93052" CreationDate="2009-05-06T03:42:46.883" UserId="1174" Text="OSX Dock and Spaces" />
  <row Id="8918" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5135" RevisionGUID="90e3e397-b163-41b3-8b5e-a32c03d93052" CreationDate="2009-05-06T03:42:46.883" UserId="1174" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;dock&gt;" />
  <row Id="8919" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5136" RevisionGUID="9b733f88-c995-48b5-bfa6-6ba9f9078380" CreationDate="2009-05-06T03:43:59.143" UserId="1807" Text="If I'm not wrong, rsync has problems following symlinks and directory junctions on NTFS drives, so you might want to be careful about those." />
  <row Id="8920" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5137" RevisionGUID="8815e4ce-2379-4f5c-a3d7-2e0a47cdcf24" CreationDate="2009-05-06T03:46:23.303" UserId="2043" Text="A good administrator in my eyes should have a few qualities:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. The ability to learn and adapt&#xD;&#xA;This is absolutely key. The world is a dynamic place and sooner or later any administrator will have to move to a system they're unfamiliar with. Be able to accept change and make it work to your advantage. A great way to be able to do that is to keep one's eyes peeled on the horizon and examine new technologies as they appear to consider their applicability to your business.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Know the system your administer&#xD;&#xA;Again, this is indispensable. There's no way to fully utilize or protect your system if you don't understand what it's doing. That doesn't necessarily mean understanding how a Carry-Lookahead addder is implemented in your CPU, but understand how PHP interacts with apache to produce its output. Understand how Active Directory works if you're a network admin, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. The ability to deal with management&#xD;&#xA;Seriously, you could be the best admin in the world but unless you can convince your boss to buy you that new server, stuff will never get done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. Think fast&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure what you can do to prepare for this... Play racquetball, maybe? Honestly, this one comes from experience. Murphy's Law will always find and pillage you, so best be prepared to deal with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's more, but I think these are 4 key ones. XD" />
  <row Id="8921" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5125" RevisionGUID="518dbc04-cd26-42f5-ac19-c12cd78fe25b" CreationDate="2009-05-06T03:47:28.637" UserId="1466" Comment="added 91 characters in body" Text="I need to write a **bash script**, and would like it to parse **unordered parameters** of the format:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    scriptname --param1 &lt;string&gt; --param2 &lt;string&gt; --param3 &lt;date&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a simple way to accomplish this, or am I pretty much stuck with $1, $2, $3?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*edit*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(note - I don't need long parameter names - single letters would be fine too)" />
  <row Id="8922" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5133" RevisionGUID="7068ea10-c2f0-45d8-8392-ba2b30d75fa5" CreationDate="2009-05-06T03:53:05.207" UserId="2043" Comment="Language change" Text="It's a result of the slices traditionally being laid out as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;s0: root&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;s1: swap&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;s2: bkup&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They assigned the most important thing to the first slice and continued with decreasing importance :) (Who needs swap if you have no root partition? Further, who needs to backup anything if you have no data.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know when exactly this was decided upon (probably fairly early on; whenever the Solaris devs decided to use Solaris-style disk identifiers and slices.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem goes away with GPT since the MBR style partition scheme is not applicable. (Though I'm personally not familiar with how Solaris represents GPT partitions...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helped XD" />
  <row Id="8923" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5132" RevisionGUID="f8658057-11fd-43ff-bbfb-c816584b60e6" CreationDate="2009-05-06T03:56:29.910" UserId="808" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;tips&gt;" />
  <row Id="8924" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5138" RevisionGUID="db58a8bf-8224-4f80-a5af-5a20148e2795" CreationDate="2009-05-06T04:02:45.637" UserId="1736" Text="Trying to get rid of everything in the current directory, including dot files, with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rm -rf * .*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Guess what *that* does?" />
  <row Id="8925" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5139" RevisionGUID="34494500-dbaa-4b0a-89f1-01fa5ef2a3a9" CreationDate="2009-05-06T04:03:16.787" UserId="1944" Text="To have colors for All grep commands such as grep, egrep and zgrep, I have the following in my .bashrc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    export GREP_OPTIONS='--color=auto'" />
  <row Id="8926" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5140" RevisionGUID="6624195e-d813-4815-8dfb-381683f46abb" CreationDate="2009-05-06T04:03:37.910" UserId="1233" Text=" 1. Not built-in the only indicator is the Spaces menu item in the menu bar. It would be possible to create a program to read the current space using AppleScript or Cocoa but I'm not aware of one (and could be wrong - a cursory search doesn't reveal any)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Yes. Run the command `defaults write com.apple.Dock workspaces-auto-swoosh -bool NO`  &#xD;&#xA; Source: [MacOSXHints.com](http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2008021122525348)&#xD;&#xA; 3. Unfortunately, built-in no&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're looking for something more customizable you may want to look at [Hyperspaces](http://hyperspacesapp.com/)" />
  <row Id="8927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5141" RevisionGUID="a488dcae-9eb5-4690-8d2a-74abc0990f07" CreationDate="2009-05-06T04:05:27.190" UserId="1576" Text="I just got this job today where we need to use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.postgresql.org/&quot;&gt;PostgreSQL&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The client has two hosts and they only use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phppgadmin.org/&quot;&gt;phpPgAdmin&lt;/a&gt; to access the database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We need to the export the data and then import it to a local dev machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Being wise in the way of &lt;a href=&quot;http://mysql.com/&quot;&gt;MySQL&lt;/a&gt; I'm a little lost as to the correct process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been hitting up the docuementation but to tell you the truth, I can't find a simple explanation and don't really care about the db or Postgres at the moment. All we need to do is tackle the sites PHP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Hit me up with a synopsis/cheatsheet/guide my sysadminy syblings.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*I get a feeling that it's a permissions thing &lt;http://pgedit.com/public/sql/acl_admin/index.html&gt;*" />
  <row Id="8928" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5141" RevisionGUID="a488dcae-9eb5-4690-8d2a-74abc0990f07" CreationDate="2009-05-06T04:05:27.190" UserId="1576" Text="Please give a concise description of exporting and then importing ProgreSQL using phpPgAdmin." />
  <row Id="8929" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5141" RevisionGUID="a488dcae-9eb5-4690-8d2a-74abc0990f07" CreationDate="2009-05-06T04:05:27.190" UserId="1576" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;postgresql&gt;&lt;database&gt;&lt;database-adminstration&gt;" />
  <row Id="8930" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5135" RevisionGUID="9e4bd9c2-2ca3-4124-a5a5-1e947aef02dc" CreationDate="2009-05-06T04:07:37.387" UserId="1174" Comment="fixed grammar" Text="A few questions on OSX Spaces&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Is there a way to get the dock to indicate what windows are in the current space, or whch space a window is in?  Currently I have 4 spaces and 12 Firefox windows open.  I have trouble remembering where they are and it would be especially useful to know which ones are in the current space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Is there a way to force a window onto my current space, without having to zoom off to another space and drag it back?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Is it possible to get the Dock to only show minimised windows in the current space?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8931" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5142" RevisionGUID="7d96aaaa-8d3f-4db2-895e-cee3aae7638a" CreationDate="2009-05-06T04:14:13.533" UserId="1181" Text="Export&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Login&#xD;&#xA; 2. Navigate to the &quot;Export&quot; tab&#xD;&#xA; 3. Click the &quot;Structure and Data&quot; radio button&#xD;&#xA; 4. Click the &quot;Download&quot; radio button&#xD;&#xA; 5. Click the &quot;Export&quot; Button and save it to your local machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Import&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Navigate to [http://www.pgadmin.org/][1] to download [pgAdmin III][2] (one of the better free Postgres GUI tools)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Install it&#xD;&#xA; 3. Use it for all your Postgres needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pgadmin.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.pgadmin.org/download/" />
  <row Id="8932" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5141" RevisionGUID="4dabf63a-c4d4-45bc-8715-e04724650a8a" CreationDate="2009-05-06T04:16:05.853" UserId="1576" Comment="Added an image." Text="I just got this job today where we need to use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.postgresql.org/&quot;&gt;PostgreSQL&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The client has two hosts and they only use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phppgadmin.org/&quot;&gt;phpPgAdmin&lt;/a&gt; to access the database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We need to the export the data and then import it to a local dev machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Being wise in the way of &lt;a href=&quot;http://mysql.com/&quot;&gt;MySQL&lt;/a&gt; I'm a little lost as to the correct process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's PostgreSQL &gt;&gt; database &gt;&gt; export  &#xD;&#xA;and from there one gets:  &#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been hitting up the docuementation but to tell you the truth, I can't find a simple explanation and don't really care about the db or Postgres at the moment. All we need to do is tackle the sites PHP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Hit me up with a synopsis/cheatsheet/guide my sysadminy syblings.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*I get a feeling that it's a permissions thing &lt;http://pgedit.com/public/sql/acl_admin/index.html&gt;*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/7064/phppgadmin.png" />
  <row Id="8933" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5143" RevisionGUID="a922a4f9-3e39-453c-955a-26634d3f829d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T04:16:36.943" UserId="385" Text="Not an adult site, but we use Poker Stars to test that our fitering is working. We block gambling at the same level. So if Poker Stars gets blocked, then the filtering system is working.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8934" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5144" RevisionGUID="1fac39fb-c7fc-405a-ae22-6fd599959ad0" CreationDate="2009-05-06T04:19:34.550" UserId="626" Text="I use [expressmaint][1], works great as a scheduled task, just pass the appropriate parameters for the type of job you are doing.&#xD;&#xA;The source code is also out there. We changed it slightly to add an entry in application event log on failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqldbatips.com/showarticle.asp?ID=29" />
  <row Id="8935" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5145" RevisionGUID="4dd314f0-6e01-4940-afad-fb36aec45c92" CreationDate="2009-05-06T04:20:18.137" UserId="1248" Text="I think the ability to work with the people you're supporting at the right level is important. As a power user/developer I hate it when sys-admins treat me like an idiot or a disruptor when I'm trying to sort out a problem or get something done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The same is true for development teams: they often throw things onto the sys admin without any context or explanation and expect immediate action.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I guess in both cases good communication skills are critical." />
  <row Id="8936" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="86" RevisionGUID="b855f95a-346f-414f-87da-6a710914c669" CreationDate="2009-05-06T04:22:28.507" UserId="4" Comment="grammar in title" Text="Are there good reasons to partition disks on Windows?" />
  <row Id="8937" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5146" RevisionGUID="f940bc33-87d3-49fa-a67c-e57077df5562" CreationDate="2009-05-06T04:23:33.213" UserId="385" Text="Some more:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [TechNet Edge][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Network Security Podcast][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [The Silver Bullet Secuirty Podcast][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [Going Deep][4] (though not just a SecAdmin show)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://edge.technet.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://mckeay.libsyn.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.cigital.com/silverbullet/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Going+Deep/" />
  <row Id="8938" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5146" RevisionGUID="f940bc33-87d3-49fa-a67c-e57077df5562" CreationDate="2009-05-06T04:23:33.213" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8939" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5147" RevisionGUID="9eae2cb0-e786-4d5a-8b9a-57adcea622cb" CreationDate="2009-05-06T04:27:43.237" UserId="1233" Text="I'd recommend starting with this guide on Apple's mailing list (credit to Gilbert Palau):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The crux is quoted here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 1. Go to the Directory Utility ‐&gt; /Applications/Utilities/&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2. Click the Advanced Settings Button ‐&gt; Buttons should appear on the top&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 3. Click Services&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 4. Make sure you're authenticated to makes changes ‐&gt; click the lock and login&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 5. Double‐click the Active Directory&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 6. type in your domain in &quot;Active Directory Domain&quot; ‐&gt; ex. (mydomain.com) watch out if your domain ends with .local opposed to.com or .net, you need to disable bonjour if it ends with .local.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 7. click bind&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 8. enter in username and password ‐&gt; just the username NOT email@hidden or MYDOMAIN\User&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 9. Click ok.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://lists.apple.com/archives/augd/2007/Nov/msg00033.html](http://lists.apple.com/archives/augd/2007/Nov/msg00033.html)" />
  <row Id="8940" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5141" RevisionGUID="fa7c86f3-7baa-4941-a14c-a22871f95814" CreationDate="2009-05-06T04:27:53.203" UserId="1576" Comment="spelling" Text="I just got this job today where we need to use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.postgresql.org/&quot;&gt;PostgreSQL&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The client has two hosts and they only use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phppgadmin.org/&quot;&gt;phpPgAdmin&lt;/a&gt; to access the database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We need to the export the data and then import it to a local dev machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Being wise in the way of &lt;a href=&quot;http://mysql.com/&quot;&gt;MySQL&lt;/a&gt; I'm a little lost as to the correct process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's PostgreSQL &gt;&gt; database &gt;&gt; export  &#xD;&#xA;and from there one gets:  &#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been hitting up the documentation but to tell you the truth, I can't find a simple explanation and don't really care about the db or Postgres at the moment. All we need to do is tackle the sites PHP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Hit me up with a synopsis/cheatsheet/guide my sysadminy syblings.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*I get a feeling that it's a permissions thing &lt;http://pgedit.com/public/sql/acl_admin/index.html&gt;*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/7064/phppgadmin.png" />
  <row Id="8941" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5140" RevisionGUID="b98f8b64-cd32-4f0a-bd3c-6ce64b99dec9" CreationDate="2009-05-06T04:31:53.083" UserId="1233" Comment="Remove unnecessary Terminal command since it's available in the UI. Thanks to OP in the comments." Text=" 1. Not built-in the only indicator is the Spaces menu item in the menu bar. It would be possible to create a program to read the current space using AppleScript or Cocoa but I'm not aware of one (and could be wrong - a cursory search doesn't reveal any)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Yes. Uncheck &quot;When switching to an application, switch to a space with open windows for the application&quot;.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Unfortunately, built-in no&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're looking for something more customizable you may want to look at [Hyperspaces](http://hyperspacesapp.com/)" />
  <row Id="8942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5148" RevisionGUID="82767e93-0ee1-4bcd-aa00-01da2071fbb6" CreationDate="2009-05-06T04:35:38.257" UserId="1807" Text="Love coffee, I mean really. For when the server goes down at 3 am in the morning." />
  <row Id="8943" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5141" RevisionGUID="b1d65123-bb3f-4db7-ab12-62602ec5c40a" CreationDate="2009-05-06T04:40:31.130" UserId="1576" Comment="clarified the problem" Text="I just got this job today where we need to use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.postgresql.org/&quot;&gt;PostgreSQL&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The client has two hosts and they only use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phppgadmin.org/&quot;&gt;phpPgAdmin&lt;/a&gt; to access the database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We need to the export the data and then import it to a local dev machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Being wise in the way of &lt;a href=&quot;http://mysql.com/&quot;&gt;MySQL&lt;/a&gt; I'm a little lost as to the correct process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's PostgreSQL &gt;&gt; database &gt;&gt; export  &#xD;&#xA;and from there one gets:  &#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been hitting up the documentation but to tell you the truth, I can't find a simple explanation and don't really care about the db or Postgres at the moment. All we need to do is tackle the sites PHP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Hit me up with a synopsis/cheatsheet/guide my sysadminy syblings.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edits:**  &#xD;&#xA;**There really does seem to be more to setting up a new PostgreSQL server as far as permissions go** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ask specifically about phpPgAdmin because my server is not localhost &amp; has no GUI.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*I get a feeling that it's a permissions thing &lt;http://pgedit.com/public/sql/acl_admin/index.html&gt;*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/7064/phppgadmin.png" />
  <row Id="8944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5149" RevisionGUID="01fa3fc4-8b4a-4203-996e-9800e12cbf6f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T04:40:49.087" UserId="564" Text="Find the guy that if you left him on an island with a pocket knife would not only survive but create a house with running water ... That's the guy you want" />
  <row Id="8945" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5150" RevisionGUID="1614c4e5-cd16-447e-a01c-cd949e412307" CreationDate="2009-05-06T04:51:12.757" UserId="813" Text="Please help me fill this in!  I'm making this table a community wiki.  I didn't see a way to make a table in markdown and I don't want everyone to reinvent the wheel.  So please help me fill this in (and fix it if I've got mistakes).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Theoretical Read/Write performance for various RAID levels:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            |_____No_Failures____|_____One_Failure______&#xD;&#xA;    ________|_Read_____|__Write__|__Read____|___Write___&#xD;&#xA;    RAID0   | 1x - Nx  |  Nx     |  FAIL    |   FAIL &#xD;&#xA;    RAID1   | Nx       |  1x     |  (N-1)x  |    1x&#xD;&#xA;            |          |         |          |&#xD;&#xA;    RAID5   |          |         |          |&#xD;&#xA;    RAID6   |          |         |          |&#xD;&#xA;            |          |         |          |&#xD;&#xA;    RAID1+0 |          |         |          |&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8946" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5150" RevisionGUID="1614c4e5-cd16-447e-a01c-cd949e412307" CreationDate="2009-05-06T04:51:12.757" UserId="813" />
  <row Id="8947" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5151" RevisionGUID="d75095d2-bf6a-4a3e-a43a-cd8ecee068e1" CreationDate="2009-05-06T04:53:01.740" UserId="1153" Text="I think the biggest over-arching key to being a good administrator is solving problems the right way, rather than using a hack.  By taking the time to fully understand an issue, fix it completely and automate any applicable pieces of the solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By fixing problems problems correctly the first time, you'll be free to handle real emergencies when they come up and take up tasks of making users lives easier." />
  <row Id="8948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5152" RevisionGUID="90347ff7-694a-4bee-a176-504892dd85e7" CreationDate="2009-05-06T04:56:53.260" UserId="1153" Text="As has been mentioned, setting up the machine with any productivity applications, corporate software, and a proper web browser (Firefox) are important basics.  Shared space is another good point, though you should also make sure to map that properly on the user's machine and probably provide links to it so that the user knows it is available.  In the same vein, bookmarks in the web browser to helpful intranet sites are a definite plus for users new to the company." />
  <row Id="8949" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="95" RevisionGUID="6a04b67c-44d7-43c5-b815-3222b9a65075" CreationDate="2009-05-06T04:58:50.133" UserId="1433" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;tips&gt;&lt;user-management&gt;&lt;automation&gt;" />
  <row Id="8950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5153" RevisionGUID="0b1158e8-7015-4b18-9d90-00efb4db790b" CreationDate="2009-05-06T05:04:57.577" UserId="2050" Text="I need to review our office's wireless network.  Most of our users now have laptops that support wireless-N.  We never have more than 3 or 4 people connect simultaneously.  I need to keep this low cost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To be quite honest, although the extra bandwidth of N will be appreciated, my main problem with the current network is reliability.  I'm tired of these cheap little routers whose performance seems to degrade as the months go by.  I've been through quite a variety of them (linksys, dlink, netgear) and they all required monthly resets until at some point they just die.  I guess you could say that I get way I pay for. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for a better alternative.  Based on [this response][1], my current thoughts are towards a PC based router with a simple &quot;wireless-N access point&quot; attached.  I figure that the lack of any routing software on the access point must remove some of the weaknesses of the hardware. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you suggest?  I'm not looking for outstanding performance.  Just low cost and reliability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2033/what-decent-small-office-level-routers-are-there" />
  <row Id="8951" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5153" RevisionGUID="0b1158e8-7015-4b18-9d90-00efb4db790b" CreationDate="2009-05-06T05:04:57.577" UserId="2050" Text="What's the best strategy for a low cost reliable wireless network" />
  <row Id="8952" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5153" RevisionGUID="0b1158e8-7015-4b18-9d90-00efb4db790b" CreationDate="2009-05-06T05:04:57.577" UserId="2050" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;wireless&gt;&lt;low-cost&gt;" />
  <row Id="8953" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5154" RevisionGUID="2c609542-de7b-4d88-8e79-2d1320917d33" CreationDate="2009-05-06T05:05:31.833" UserId="1153" Text="I deal with a lot of different machines so one of my favorites is aliases for each machine that I need to frequently SSH to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias claudius=&quot;ssh dinomite@claudius&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is also useful to setup a good [`.ssh/config`](http://kimmo.suominen.com/docs/ssh/) and [ssh keys](http://pkeck.myweb.uga.edu/ssh/) to make hopping amongst machines even easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another one of my favorite aliases is for moving up directories:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias ..=&quot;cd ..&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias ...=&quot;cd ../..&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias ....=&quot;cd ../../..&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias .....=&quot;cd ../../../..&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And some for commonly used variations of `ls` (and typos):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias ll=&quot;ls -l&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias lo=&quot;ls -o&quot;alias lh=&quot;ls -lh&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias la=&quot;ls -la&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias sl=&quot;ls&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias l=&quot;ls&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias s=&quot;ls&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, history can be very useful, but by default on most distributions your history is blown away by each shell exiting, and it doesn't hold much to begin with.  I like to have 10,000 lines of history:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    export HISTFILESIZE=20000&#xD;&#xA;    export HISTSIZE=10000&#xD;&#xA;    shopt -s histappend&#xD;&#xA;    # Combine multiline commands into one in historty&#xD;&#xA;    shopt -s cmdhist&#xD;&#xA;    # Ignore duplicates, ls without options and builtin commands&#xD;&#xA;    HISTCONTROL=ignoredups&#xD;&#xA;    export HISTIGNORE=&quot;&amp;:ls:[bf]g:exit&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That way, if I know that I've done something before but can't remember the specifics, a quick `history | grep foo` will help jog my memory." />
  <row Id="8954" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5155" RevisionGUID="9b79b0eb-4481-4828-905f-52694407086f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T05:11:47.013" UserId="2051" Text="For example, I want to uninstall an application on a users PC whilst they are logged in, but they do not have the rights to do so in the &quot;Add/remove Programs&quot; application. Is it possible to use &quot;Run as...&quot; for Control Panel based applications so that I can open the application as an Administrator?" />
  <row Id="8955" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5155" RevisionGUID="9b79b0eb-4481-4828-905f-52694407086f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T05:11:47.013" UserId="2051" Text="Is it possible to open Control Panel based applications with raised privileges?" />
  <row Id="8956" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5155" RevisionGUID="9b79b0eb-4481-4828-905f-52694407086f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T05:11:47.013" UserId="2051" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;privileges&gt;&lt;system-administration&gt;&lt;control-panel&gt;" />
  <row Id="8957" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5156" RevisionGUID="e54f2a6e-19f5-4867-a4cc-eda1541e53e5" CreationDate="2009-05-06T05:18:36.250" UserId="2043" Text="My experience with Linksys routers in networks of exactly that size has been stellar. Two WRT54Gs each running at hundreds of days of uptime. A WRT160N that would stay up all the time if the modem didn't keep dying (and the end users try to reset the router to solve the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For my own home LAN I run a WRT54GS with Tomato firmware. It's been running for over a year without an issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;pfSense certainly looks desirable but I'd be concerned about the ease of setup. More importantly, WAPs (unless you spend a decent amount of money) are generally junk. If you're going to spend enough to get a good WAP, you might as well invest the cash in a higher-end consumer router and save yourself the setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Consider if it's worth your time to go through the trouble of configuring pfSense for your situation or if a mid-high end consumer router will do the job." />
  <row Id="8958" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5157" RevisionGUID="d023a7b0-57b4-4158-8c9e-63436f70fc24" CreationDate="2009-05-06T05:19:21.723" UserId="1121" Text="You can use the `runas` command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    runas /user:Administrator &quot;control appwiz.cpl&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will prompt for a password then launch Add/Remove Programs with Administrator's credentials." />
  <row Id="8959" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5157" RevisionGUID="3e8f00c4-79d3-47c5-9fb3-5fb401b4ad51" CreationDate="2009-05-06T05:24:53.533" UserId="1121" Comment="Link to other applet names." Text="You can use the `runas` command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    runas /user:Administrator &quot;control appwiz.cpl&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will prompt for a password then launch Add/Remove Programs with Administrator's credentials.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are [other control panel applets](http://samanathon.com/how-to-launch-control-panel-application-from-the-command-line/) you might need to launch this way as well." />
  <row Id="8960" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2219" RevisionGUID="f226df50-7ea3-4e07-8656-b2bdff257311" CreationDate="2009-05-06T05:32:39.040" UserId="45" Comment="re-tagged " Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;switch&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="8961" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5141" RevisionGUID="cb971725-0bb6-4cce-9c03-560e439379cc" CreationDate="2009-05-06T05:33:06.120" UserId="1576" Comment="clarified the question." Text="I just got this job today where we need to use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.postgresql.org/&quot;&gt;PostgreSQL&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The client has two hosts and they only use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phppgadmin.org/&quot;&gt;phpPgAdmin&lt;/a&gt; to access the database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We need to the export the data and then import it to a local dev machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Being wise in the way of &lt;a href=&quot;http://mysql.com/&quot;&gt;MySQL&lt;/a&gt; I'm a little lost as to the correct process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's PostgreSQL &gt;&gt; database &gt;&gt; export  &#xD;&#xA;and from there one gets:  &#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been hitting up the documentation but to tell you the truth, I can't find a simple explanation and don't really care about the db or Postgres at the moment. All we need to do is tackle the sites PHP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Hit me up with a synopsis/cheatsheet/guide my sysadminy syblings.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edits:**  &#xD;&#xA;Changed the question to be include the PostgreSQL permissions on importing a db.  &#xD;&#xA;There really does seem to be more to setting up a new PostgreSQL server as far as permissions go. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ask specifically about phpPgAdmin because my server is not localhost &amp; has no GUI.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*I get a feeling that it's a permissions thing &lt;http://pgedit.com/public/sql/acl_admin/index.html&gt;*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/7064/phppgadmin.png" />
  <row Id="8962" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="5141" RevisionGUID="cb971725-0bb6-4cce-9c03-560e439379cc" CreationDate="2009-05-06T05:33:06.120" UserId="1576" Comment="clarified the question." Text="Can you explain exporting and then importing ProgreSQL using phpPgAdmin? (And what's with permissions?)" />
  <row Id="8963" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5157" RevisionGUID="f1e83e94-85a5-4ece-8bbe-3a14b3ab0b27" CreationDate="2009-05-06T05:42:57.767" UserId="1121" Comment="shift-right-clicking" Text="You can use the `runas` command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    runas /user:Administrator &quot;control appwiz.cpl&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will prompt for a password then launch Add/Remove Programs with Administrator's credentials.  There are [other control panel applets](http://samanathon.com/how-to-launch-control-panel-application-from-the-command-line/) you might need to launch this way as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also hold shift while right-clicking the applets and most of them allow you to choose &quot;Run As&quot;." />
  <row Id="8964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5158" RevisionGUID="7806d956-044a-4f88-995b-0b78bb89f703" CreationDate="2009-05-06T05:45:04.937" UserId="58" Text="Hi folks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a private gigabit LAN at a hosting company. It has 3 servers connected in the LAN: 2 public web servers (with public IP's) and one private database server with a private IP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To access the private DB server, I remote desktop to a web server, then I RD a second time into the private server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Question: is there any way i can make the database server get access to the internet (ie. the same gateway IP as the front end servers?) Do all i need to do is add the gateway to the database server, while leaving that database IP as a private ip address?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;cheers." />
  <row Id="8965" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5158" RevisionGUID="7806d956-044a-4f88-995b-0b78bb89f703" CreationDate="2009-05-06T05:45:04.937" UserId="58" Text="Can I let my private windows server access the internet through a front end (public) server?" />
  <row Id="8966" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5158" RevisionGUID="7806d956-044a-4f88-995b-0b78bb89f703" CreationDate="2009-05-06T05:45:04.937" UserId="58" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;gateway&gt;&lt;lan&gt;" />
  <row Id="8967" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5159" RevisionGUID="db0e4611-cd01-404c-9917-0c3f573e7ec9" CreationDate="2009-05-06T05:47:46.477" UserId="1222" Text="In regards to permissions, just open up the database dump (it's plain text) and look for the lines where it tries to change the current user or sets the owner of a table. Then just do a search/replace and replace the original owner with your new username. No need to worry about granting/changing permissions at all :D&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We used to have to do this all the time when moving from dev through to production, the original db/table owner would be the developer and we needed to change that to the customers account once we were ready to launch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We always worked from the console using `pg_dump` and other related command line tools, but I expect these map to the options you've got in the web interface. " />
  <row Id="8968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5160" RevisionGUID="789fe05b-0202-4486-a806-4a132d5cadda" CreationDate="2009-05-06T05:49:07.830" UserId="1293" Text="In [this answer][1] on SO, I gave an example that should have used a -SIGCONT signal in a job submitted to **at**. However, I found that the process that I had stopped with -SIGSTOP did not continue. When I changed the signal to the numeric value, it worked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;kill -18 $rspid&quot;|at now + 2 minutes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a bad idea to use the numeric value because it can be different on different systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I submit this job with a symbolic signal (-SIGCONT) instead of the numeric one (-18)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/645992/bash-sleep-until-a-specific-time-date/769528#769528" />
  <row Id="8969" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5160" RevisionGUID="789fe05b-0202-4486-a806-4a132d5cadda" CreationDate="2009-05-06T05:49:07.830" UserId="1293" Text="How can I use symbolic signals in an at job?" />
  <row Id="8970" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5160" RevisionGUID="789fe05b-0202-4486-a806-4a132d5cadda" CreationDate="2009-05-06T05:49:07.830" UserId="1293" Text="&lt;at&gt;&lt;shell&gt;&lt;signals&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;unix&gt;" />
  <row Id="8971" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5084" RevisionGUID="f49c573c-2cba-4eff-a3fd-65904f186c45" CreationDate="2009-05-06T05:51:28.167" UserId="984" Comment="updated question, trying to make it clear that I need a test site to share" Text="For testing antivirus we have [EICAR][1], for SPAM, we have [GTUBE][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a standard site that is or should be included in blacklists that you can use for testing instead of going to your favorite porn site in front of your boss, the CEO, or someone else who feels that seeing such a site is an excuse for a sexual harassment suit?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;Update&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is less about getting permission for me to test, though that answer is useful.  I do have both permission and responsibility to actually make sure the filter is running.  I am able test the filter is functioning with a netcat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instead, I am hoping there is a standard domain name that is blocked by most/all filters for testing.  I need to be able to share this with my boss and users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to be able to demonstrate what happens when someone go to a filtered page.  I need to have a way to quickly prove to others that the filter is working without asking them to go to some site that will not cause grief if for some reason the filter is not working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there isn't already a good domain for this purpose I may simply have to register a domain myself, and then add the domain to all the filters I am responsible for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eicar_test_file&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTUBE" />
  <row Id="8972" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5161" RevisionGUID="480c7ef8-611d-41ef-a32e-2bd977477398" CreationDate="2009-05-06T06:00:06.790" UserId="984" Text="I find [iperf][1] to be one of the more useful utilities to test point-to-point bandwidth.  It has many options to test over tcp/udp, with udp it can tell you how much jitter there was.  Ports of iperf are available for almost every OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also like testing with [NDT][2], but it is isn't quite as easy to work with as iperf since NDT basically has to be setup as a server somewhere, and the client must have java installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://iperf.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://e2epi.internet2.edu/ndt/" />
  <row Id="8973" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="31" RevisionGUID="46ce654d-c33e-4370-adfe-e6a3a8aae90f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T06:03:54.597" UserId="1433" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;compatibility&gt;&lt;legacy&gt;" />
  <row Id="8974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5162" RevisionGUID="045a4374-99d0-4d28-9b3f-f39c19ceb063" CreationDate="2009-05-06T06:03:58.137" UserId="1435" Text="In very general terms 0 is quickest, then 10, then 1, then 50, then 60, then 5, then 6 - once again, these are in general. Have a look at a site like anandtech.com or tomshardware.com for more detailed breakdowns for specific types and speeds of disks/arrays." />
  <row Id="8975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5163" RevisionGUID="52fdab1c-1721-486b-95c9-ded694991e90" CreationDate="2009-05-06T06:07:14.510" UserId="1807" Text="[IxChariot][1]. Not free, but it can simulate all kinds of traffic. SmallNetBuilder.com uses it for their product tests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ixiacom.com/products/ixchariot/" />
  <row Id="8976" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5164" RevisionGUID="9540333e-214a-491f-9bb6-9b384fa6e246" CreationDate="2009-05-06T06:10:12.070" UserId="984" Text="You would probably need to setup internet connection sharing (aka masquerading / pat) on one of the servers with a public address.  You mention remote desktop so I am assuming you are running windows.  For 2003 see [this][1], for 2008 see [this][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324286&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770507.aspx" />
  <row Id="8977" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5165" RevisionGUID="d7323ff3-3c1d-40bf-85f7-db8d3e26f930" CreationDate="2009-05-06T06:21:51.900" UserId="1233" Text="One worthwhile location to check out is [StorageReview.com's Comparison of RAID Levels](http://www.storagereview.com/guide2000/ref/hdd/perf/raid/levels/comp.html)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But focused on the answer:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;LEVEL | CAPACITY | STORAGE | FAILURE | RDM READ | RDM WRITE | SEQ READ | SEQ WRITE |&#xD;&#xA;0     |  S * N   | 100%    | 0       | ****     | ****      | ****     | ****      |&#xD;&#xA;1     |  S       | 50%     | 1       | ***      | ***       | **       | ***       |&#xD;&#xA;5     | S * (N-1)| (N-1)/N | 1       | ****     | **        | ***      | ***       |&#xD;&#xA;6     | S * (N-2)| (N-2)/N | 2       | ****     | *         | ***      | **        |&#xD;&#xA;1+0   | S * (N/2)|  50%    | 1       | ****     | ***       | ****     | ***       |&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Legend:  &#xD;&#xA;Capacity: Size of drive  &#xD;&#xA;Storage: Amount of space on all drives actually useable  &#xD;&#xA;Failure: Number of drives that can fail  " />
  <row Id="8978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5166" RevisionGUID="6d1e833e-8f70-4ded-b4e7-6801026043ba" CreationDate="2009-05-06T06:34:20.373" UserId="1930" Text="As your Question says that this is for a testing configuration, I'd so Go for it!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not dealing with the vagaries of which partitioning scheme is optimal, can really save you time and disk space (e.g. that 5G you partitioned for /etc is wasted space when you've only got 10G or less to play with.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OpenBSD works just fine with a single slice for working with, and it will automatically create the directories /home, /var, et. al. within the / (root) partition/slice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;During Installation - Create the single root partition&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you select to use the *all* of 'driveX' during the installation, you can take a look at the partitions currently in use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the &gt; prompt you can type:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; p g &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to see existing partitions and their allocations (g for showing the output in Gigabit units)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a clean drive, it will only show the 'c' partition, or depending on the installer (4.6+) or used drive, there may allocated partitions for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can follow sh-beta's instructions above ('D' or 'd partition' to delete the partitions, and 'a partition' to manually create new partitions.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Create the 'a' partition for '/' (root), and create a 'b' partition for swap (depending on what you intend to do with your test system 'b' may or may not need to be of any real size.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Continue installation as normal and the OpenBSD install process will create directories as needed where in other cases it would be using partitions." />
  <row Id="8979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5167" RevisionGUID="56fb2da4-b3da-4264-9ca7-2dd8fafccd22" CreationDate="2009-05-06T06:37:47.307" UserId="511" Text="The best Administrators I've known were those who **stayed calm** in a crisis, and knew when to **admit they didn't know** what was going wrong. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Less important, but more valued by their superiors: The will to say &quot;**Yes**&quot; and help management achieve their goals, but recognizing when saying **No** is better for the company." />
  <row Id="8980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5168" RevisionGUID="52355d62-b114-44bc-bf28-f979a93e8066" CreationDate="2009-05-06T06:41:52.820" UserId="511" Text="Working for hours and hours editing configuration file to configure an application, only to confuse the configuration file for a temporary file, and delete it. Damn auto-completion (and my own inattentiveness!)" />
  <row Id="8981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5169" RevisionGUID="f46edf71-ef37-427c-a92e-0ff6884f7fdd" CreationDate="2009-05-06T06:42:28.183" UserId="1433" Text="Assuming you have the ability to influence IT purchasing in your organization, what criteria and process do you use to evaluate outsourcing decisions? In a basic &quot;host a commercial application in-house&quot; vs. hosted/software-as-a-service decision, I see three different scenarios:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Purchase new hardware and software to host a **new** application in-house, or outsource it.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Outsource an **existing** application currently being hosting in-house.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Bring an application currently being outsourced **back** in-house.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The decision ultimately comes down to budgets and money, but what other factors do you consider? Time? Expertise? Integration with other systems?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8982" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5169" RevisionGUID="f46edf71-ef37-427c-a92e-0ff6884f7fdd" CreationDate="2009-05-06T06:42:28.183" UserId="1433" Text="Self-host an application or outsource it?" />
  <row Id="8983" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5169" RevisionGUID="f46edf71-ef37-427c-a92e-0ff6884f7fdd" CreationDate="2009-05-06T06:42:28.183" UserId="1433" Text="&lt;outsourcing&gt;&lt;management&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;saas&gt;&lt;purchase&gt;" />
  <row Id="8984" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5170" RevisionGUID="9bc5ef47-11c8-4d93-8fb8-9e1458d1fc7d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T06:43:27.700" UserId="1948" Text="loopia.se are free and supports IPv6 glue" />
  <row Id="8985" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2968" RevisionGUID="d8d92b24-81ce-4fd7-b33e-f18df494ebff" CreationDate="2009-05-06T06:44:45.713" UserId="1433" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;gmail&gt;&lt;google&gt;&lt;corporate&gt;&lt;outsourcing&gt;" />
  <row Id="8986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5171" RevisionGUID="7cdc7b17-3af4-4858-89cc-2a27ac3aea66" CreationDate="2009-05-06T06:49:09.557" UserId="984" Text="I believe the performance hit depends a lot on how much data is being changed between snapshots, and when/how often your snapshots are scheduled to run.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shadow-copy generally doesn't do anything to your read-performance instead what happens is that whenever you write to a file that is considered to be part of a snapshot a copy will be made and your write will be made to the copy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On one system I was responsible for I enabled shadow copy on our server, given your description I may have a roughly equivalent situation to yours and it didn't really seem cause much of a performance hit at all.  I have about 100 users and around 600gb of data that is most doc, pdfs, xls and so on.  I do 2 snapshots a day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wish I could offer you something more concrete, but since it is so dependent on your specific usage patterns, you may have to warn your users and simply try it.  You probably would want to start with a conservative one snapshot a day schedule, and then increase the frequency as needed/desired.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will be important to get some performance data on the server before you make any changes so you will have some data see what impact the change had." />
  <row Id="8987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5172" RevisionGUID="3495c9da-5dfd-4cec-8e4d-4e1dd177d8bf" CreationDate="2009-05-06T06:57:25.903" UserId="36" Text="If you suspect something's wrong with protected system files, you can use this tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sfc /scannow&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8988" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5172" RevisionGUID="3495c9da-5dfd-4cec-8e4d-4e1dd177d8bf" CreationDate="2009-05-06T06:57:25.903" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="8989" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5173" RevisionGUID="d1f05f86-9494-40c7-983b-ab0fcbf3885b" CreationDate="2009-05-06T07:08:07.390" UserId="984" Text="I believe this behavior is a ***feature*** of [UAC][1].  As I understand it, when UAC is enabled basically windows doesn't allow your Administrator privileges to actually be used without a prompt.  In some cases related to accessing shares or the filesystem it doesn't seem to display the prompt when it seems like it should.  Unfortunately I haven't found a way to get around the issue, and had to diable the UAC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, I suggest you try disabling UAC.  If it fixes your issue, you can decide if you want to leave it disabled or futz with the settings to see if you can actually get it to work right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To turn off UAC (from [here][2])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.&#xD;&#xA;   2. In Control Panel, click User Accounts.&#xD;&#xA;   3. In the User Accounts window, click User Accounts.&#xD;&#xA;   4. In the User Accounts tasks window, click Turn User Account Control on or off.&#xD;&#xA;   5. If UAC is currently configured in Admin Approval Mode, the User Account Control message appears. Click Continue.&#xD;&#xA;   6. Clear the Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer check box, and then click OK.&#xD;&#xA;   7. Click Restart Now to apply the change right away, or click Restart Later and close the User Accounts tasks window.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709691.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709691.aspx" />
  <row Id="8990" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="347" RevisionGUID="4936ea45-60d1-4bc1-a4e0-326da2cc1179" CreationDate="2009-05-06T07:29:08.743" UserId="292" />
  <row Id="8991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5174" RevisionGUID="2664633d-b0a5-4643-9e74-45c23cd01648" CreationDate="2009-05-06T07:35:35.653" UserId="45" Text="You should ask yourself these questions when you're thinking about outsourcing applications:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Does my staff lack all of the right skills or depth needed?&#xD;&#xA;- Am I not certain I can recover from outages quickly enough?&#xD;&#xA;- Do I have problems keeping pace with the 18 to 36 month technology cycle?&#xD;&#xA;- Do daily operations and keeping the systems running keep me from focusing on new strategic projects?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess if you would answer two or more of these questions with &quot;yes&quot;, you should consider outsourcing your application or service. It doesn't mean you'll find a provider which will need your requirements. It heavily depends what kind of application you want to outsource. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess there are some standard applications like email, collaboration etc. with plenty of good standard outsourcing options. If your application is a more specialized one, I think it depends on how the software is implemented (client/server, web ...) and what the technical limitations are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course you should ask yourself similar questions about your outsourcing service provider in order to calculate all risks you are taking if you enter a relationship with an external company." />
  <row Id="8992" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5175" RevisionGUID="b8021097-d041-4c26-ba52-e8d1f4ebc259" CreationDate="2009-05-06T07:38:15.290" UserId="1787" Text="Another thing. Beware of non-technical users and their stupidity. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our production servers were safe at colocation center, but development ones in the office. Once the cleaning lady couldn't find free power outlet, and plugged the vacuum cleaner to the servers' UPS. Luckily it had quiet loud overload alarm, so we could react promptly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other case (don't know how much real or urban legend it is), there where mysterious downtimes of one of the servers every day early in the morning. No one could identify the problem. Resulted, that the security guard at the start of his shift would unplug on of the servers, and plug in the coffee maker. He though that &quot;no one would notice, it was only 3 minutes&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8993" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5095" RevisionGUID="abaf47d5-f908-4ab9-9f4f-2afceb098ee1" CreationDate="2009-05-06T07:41:46.700" UserId="2042" Comment="Added an prtvtoc from OpenSolaris for a GPT device." Text="Something that I was discussing with a couple of friends and we were unable to figure it out. In FreeBSD and OpenSolaris/Solaris when you partition a drive a partition is created that covers the whole disk:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    da0s1c&#xD;&#xA;    c0d0s2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, the output of my main hard drive in my OpenSolaris server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    xistence@Keyhole.network.lan:/dev/rdsk# prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c4d0s2&#xD;&#xA;    * /dev/rdsk/c4d0s2 partition map&#xD;&#xA;    *&#xD;&#xA;    * Dimensions:&#xD;&#xA;    *     512 bytes/sector&#xD;&#xA;    *      63 sectors/track&#xD;&#xA;    *     255 tracks/cylinder&#xD;&#xA;    *   16065 sectors/cylinder&#xD;&#xA;    *    7296 cylinders&#xD;&#xA;    *    7294 accessible cylinders&#xD;&#xA;    *&#xD;&#xA;    * Flags:&#xD;&#xA;    *   1: unmountable&#xD;&#xA;    *  10: read-only&#xD;&#xA;    *&#xD;&#xA;    * Unallocated space:&#xD;&#xA;    *       First     Sector    Last&#xD;&#xA;    *       Sector     Count    Sector &#xD;&#xA;    *           0     16065     16064&#xD;&#xA;    *&#xD;&#xA;    *                          First     Sector    Last&#xD;&#xA;    * Partition  Tag  Flags    Sector     Count    Sector  Mount Directory&#xD;&#xA;           0      2    00      16065 117145980 117162044&#xD;&#xA;           2      5    01          0 117178110 117178109&#xD;&#xA;           8      1    01          0     16065     16064&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What was the reasoning behind using partition 2? Why not partition 0? Where in the history of unix was this decided? What legacy feature did it serve at that point in time? With GPT partitioning that goes away entirely (from what I have found).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just something interesting ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since [ParoX][1] mentioned GPT style partitioning and how Solaris represents that in terms of vtoc layout, here is the output from one of my disks that is 1 TB and is in a ZFS array, and has automatically been set up with GPT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    xistence@Keyhole.network.lan:~# prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c5d0&#xD;&#xA;    * /dev/rdsk/c5d0 partition map&#xD;&#xA;    *&#xD;&#xA;    * Dimensions:&#xD;&#xA;    *     512 bytes/sector&#xD;&#xA;    * 1953520128 sectors&#xD;&#xA;    * 1953520061 accessible sectors&#xD;&#xA;    *&#xD;&#xA;    * Flags:&#xD;&#xA;    *   1: unmountable&#xD;&#xA;    *  10: read-only&#xD;&#xA;    *&#xD;&#xA;    * Unallocated space:&#xD;&#xA;    *       First     Sector    Last&#xD;&#xA;    *       Sector     Count    Sector &#xD;&#xA;    *          34       222       255&#xD;&#xA;    *&#xD;&#xA;    *                          First     Sector    Last&#xD;&#xA;    * Partition  Tag  Flags    Sector     Count    Sector  Mount Directory&#xD;&#xA;           0      4    00        256 1953503455 1953503710&#xD;&#xA;           8     11    00  1953503711     16384 1953520094&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/5095/historical-question-why-does-slice-c-or-slice-2-cover-the-entire-disk/5133#5133" />
  <row Id="8994" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5176" RevisionGUID="fb812ac6-09c4-47c8-99af-1f894c94d18f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T07:43:10.240" UserId="292" Text="Summary from the [Microsoft TechNet][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Get e-mail messages about new updates&#xD;&#xA;  * Cleanup (remove old information easily)&#xD;&#xA;  * Faster synchronization&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**New Administration Console**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Advanced filtering&#xD;&#xA;  * New columns allowing you to sort updates according to MSRC number, MSRC severity, KB article, and installation status&#xD;&#xA;  * Column selection, sorting, and reordering&#xD;&#xA;  * Shortcut menus, allowing you to right-click and choose an action&#xD;&#xA;  * Reporting integrated with update views&#xD;&#xA;  * Custom views&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc708601(WS.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="8995" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5177" RevisionGUID="3f8da5bc-e439-48e0-8e1c-3a5792b67e26" CreationDate="2009-05-06T07:45:17.863" UserId="1787" Text="Apart from what you mentioned, there is a choice between your own staff and consulting company. And choice of colocation, which would be something in the middle between external hosting and in-house hosting. So you'd have more scenarios:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Have application hosted in-house, but outsource maintenance to consulting company;&#xD;&#xA;- Have application housed in external colocation center, having your own IT staff maintaining it;&#xD;&#xA;- Have application housed in external colocation center, but outsource maintenance to consulting company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5178" RevisionGUID="b5bf5e7f-9816-4a7b-b511-d34cdc035e00" CreationDate="2009-05-06T07:45:43.180" UserId="1375" Text="My guess would be that whatever shell your at job is using is different to the one that you use at the command line, and the at job shell doesn't have a kill built-in that knows about symbolic signal symbols.  This is common on Ubuntu, which uses dash for /bin/sh (which is used by at by default) but /bin/bash for interactive shells.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use the 'kill' binary by specifying the path to it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;/bin/kill -CONT $rspid&quot; | at now + 2 minutes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or else specify the shell to execute explicitly:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;/bin/bash -c \&quot;kill -CONT $rspid\&quot;&quot; |at now + 2 minutes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I thought there was an option to tell at what shell to use, but I can't seem to find any mention of it now.  Perhaps a shebang would work...&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="8997" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="331" RevisionGUID="29977eef-a945-4df6-b52e-c8339ea02ba3" CreationDate="2009-05-06T07:45:47.657" UserId="45" Comment="added 122 characters in body" Text="What do I have to consider when I'm planning a new **server room for a small company** (30 PCs, 5 servers, a couple of switches, routers...)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the most important aspects in order to protect the hardware? What things do *not* belong in a server closet?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Thank you!*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*P.S.: Little hint - it's not [this one][1].* ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://carcino.gen.nz/images/index.php/04980e0b/1146f67f" />
  <row Id="8998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5179" RevisionGUID="0f50ee1e-bdcf-4705-8d75-296d198bd23c" CreationDate="2009-05-06T07:52:59.590" UserId="1504" Text="The good one solves all sorts of issues on the fly, the great one prevents them beforehand. Did anyone mention Tao?" />
  <row Id="8999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5180" RevisionGUID="0421eb03-e18b-4df5-aad9-2ea4ce7b0251" CreationDate="2009-05-06T07:57:10.143" UserId="22" Text="The internet is full of &quot;[Tin foil hat][1]&quot; kind of people who would not dare use a wireless setup, but as the amount of wireless networks grows, I am interested in good and objective case studies and the general attitude towards the subject.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Does your company take the possible health risks into account or is generally not being seen as a threat at all?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_foil_hat" />
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  <row Id="9001" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5180" RevisionGUID="0421eb03-e18b-4df5-aad9-2ea4ce7b0251" CreationDate="2009-05-06T07:57:10.143" UserId="22" Text="&lt;wireless-network&gt;&lt;health&gt;" />
  <row Id="9002" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5180" RevisionGUID="0421eb03-e18b-4df5-aad9-2ea4ce7b0251" CreationDate="2009-05-06T07:57:10.143" UserId="22" />
  <row Id="9003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5181" RevisionGUID="3b0c93cd-eb01-433e-8d97-b54400156a2a" CreationDate="2009-05-06T07:58:42.307" UserId="1787" Text="I second ParoX on Linksys. It's the low-cost brand of CISCO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the idea with PC &amp;mdash; take in account, that hardware router, takes only few seconds to fully reboot, while even trimmed down Linux/*BSD router distribution would take a minute or so. Unless you need sophisticated firewall, transparent proxy etc., there is no point.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9004" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5182" RevisionGUID="bacd57d0-aad6-4fc4-ad5b-96ce2d79a894" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:01:24.610" UserId="173" Text="The WHO published a [report][1] in 2006 with the following conclusion:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Considering the very low exposure&#xD;&#xA;&gt; levels and research results collected&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to date, there is no convincing&#xD;&#xA;&gt; scientific evidence that the weak RF&#xD;&#xA;&gt; signals from base stations and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; wireless networks cause adverse health&#xD;&#xA;&gt; effects.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sure that if any convincing studies had found problems, we'd have heard an awful lot more about it. Instead, all I've ever heard about are studies not finding any effect, and studies which find an effect but then get debunked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs304/en/index.html" />
  <row Id="9005" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5182" RevisionGUID="bacd57d0-aad6-4fc4-ad5b-96ce2d79a894" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:01:24.610" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="9006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5183" RevisionGUID="755849a5-0e07-4bfc-adc7-5caee37f5c98" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:03:10.720" UserId="1774" Text="If there isn't, there should be. [RFC2606][rfc] reserves several top level domains for test purposes with the understanding that they will never be assigned. It also reserves three second level names for use in documentation examples. The reservations are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* `.test` (testing of DNS related code)&#xD;&#xA;* `.example` (documentation and examples)&#xD;&#xA;* `.invalid` (known and obviously invalid)&#xD;&#xA;* `.localhost` (127.0.0.1 by any other name)&#xD;&#xA;* `example.com`, `example.net`, `example.org` (documentation)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From their described intended uses, it makes sense to me to use something like `pr0n.test` as a defined positive. You could arrange for that name to resolve to something benign (BANG!) so that on failure of the filter you get something more interesting to happen than just a failed DNS lookup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[rfc]: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2606.txt" />
  <row Id="9007" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5184" RevisionGUID="b9d0e05f-dc6e-4cac-86a6-5e09d0bbf349" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:03:42.967" UserId="2042" Text="Health? If the people only knew how much wireless traffic was being sent over the airwaves they would go dig a hole in the grand canyon and line it with lead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a society we are so dependant on radio signals to do our day to day jobs adding 2.4 Ghz wifi is not going to be an issue. Cell phones, police radio, satellite communications, HAM radio enthusiasts, CB radio, microwaves, cordless phones, cable networks, FM radio, just to name a few.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The US has a [Frequency Allocation Chart][1] that you may freely download and view, it contains all the various slices of bandwidth that are available, who is allowed to use them, and for what purposes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The company I work for does not have any wireless network access points, mainly because we have no users using laptops and everyone is able to be hardwired. If anything we are more worried about the wireless being less secure than wired since to tap into our wired you would have to physically walk in, to get into wireless you only need to have a lot of time on your hands and a place to sit outside where our signal reaches.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/allochrt.pdf" />
  <row Id="9008" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5184" RevisionGUID="b9d0e05f-dc6e-4cac-86a6-5e09d0bbf349" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:03:42.967" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="9009" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5185" RevisionGUID="779cc043-db54-4858-b8e3-7946259942fe" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:05:33.430" UserId="1787" Text="In most countries maximum WiFi power measured at 1m is limited to 100mW (0.1 watts). The power drops proportionally to the square of distance. So at 2 meters you get 4 times less radiation, at 5 meters 25 times less etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By comparison, cell phones are limited to some 2W (2000mW), and using them you hold them right by your head, and yet there isn't any proof that they do any harm." />
  <row Id="9010" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5185" RevisionGUID="779cc043-db54-4858-b8e3-7946259942fe" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:05:33.430" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="9011" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5186" RevisionGUID="bbabe5dc-2e34-4ff7-87d1-21f37cf808d2" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:06:17.140" UserId="1463" Text="Always working towards the next service availability level - striving for an environment which mostly fixes itself and is always on all accounts measurable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't measure (availability, health, cost and so on) you can't arguably know if what you do actually makes the systems better for their purpose.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And as always, &quot;get things done&quot; - be transparent, pragmatic and calm." />
  <row Id="9012" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4116" RevisionGUID="4b90a098-9f63-4d70-ac80-3ed55ba8a2ec" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:07:20.803" UserId="1078" Comment="added 202 characters in body" Text="I'm a dba with a database with ~280 tables, and total datasize of ~1,5GB. I'd like to tune the database to make it perform better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you do to keep your SQL databases performant? How much fiddling with indexes, statistics, and defragmentation do you do?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the biggest performance killers/improvements, and how do you troubleshoot to find out where to optimize?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;This is a database from a 3rd party CRM system, so I have no control over the code. They have added lots of indexes (in sensible places), but I would like to know how I can maintain the speed of the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do run nightly &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    EXEC sp_MSforeachtable &quot;dbcc dbreindex('?', '', 90)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;to rebuild indexes and (hopefully) update statistics, using a maintenance plan. The same plan also executes a &quot;Shrink Database Task&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What other nightly/weekly maintenance tasks, or one-time optimizations could be done?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit 2:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tips gathered:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Do not run &quot;Shrink Database Task&quot;&#xD;&#xA;- Turn off &quot;Auto Shrink&quot; property&#xD;&#xA;- Run &quot;EXEC sp_MSforeachtable &quot;dbcc dbreindex('?', '', 90)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;- Then run &quot;EXEC sp_updatestats&quot;" />
  <row Id="9013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5187" RevisionGUID="40a9538c-4989-4334-b8da-c213da06f654" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:07:27.607" UserId="388" Text="In Cisco IOS, if I have a route-map entry as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    route-map redistribute deny 10&#xD;&#xA;     match tag 65000 100&#xD;&#xA;    !&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a 'show' command that will give me a list of all routes that will match that stanza?" />
  <row Id="9014" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5187" RevisionGUID="40a9538c-4989-4334-b8da-c213da06f654" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:07:27.607" UserId="388" Text="Is there a command in Cisco IOS to show all routes tagged with a specific tag?" />
  <row Id="9015" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5187" RevisionGUID="40a9538c-4989-4334-b8da-c213da06f654" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:07:27.607" UserId="388" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;ios&gt;&lt;routing&gt;" />
  <row Id="9016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5188" RevisionGUID="25dced04-9b09-49ff-8da2-222e8c0ad08a" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:08:57.073" UserId="1068" Text="The obvious difference I'm aware of, is the ability to interface to certain MS products, such as Exchange. But for one not having to administer such products, what are the advantages of Powershell? What are the reasons to learn Powershell at all (assuming I'm fluent with bash and cygwin)?" />
  <row Id="9017" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5188" RevisionGUID="25dced04-9b09-49ff-8da2-222e8c0ad08a" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:08:57.073" UserId="1068" Text="what are Powershell's advantages over cygwin/unix-shell" />
  <row Id="9018" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5188" RevisionGUID="25dced04-9b09-49ff-8da2-222e8c0ad08a" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:08:57.073" UserId="1068" Text="&lt;bash&gt;&lt;shell&gt;&lt;cygwin&gt;&lt;powershell&gt;" />
  <row Id="9019" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5185" RevisionGUID="d6ded6cc-775d-4303-b775-bf196cde3773" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:11:10.827" UserId="1787" Comment="added 275 characters in body" Text="In most countries maximum WiFi power limited to 100mW (0.1 watts). The power drops proportionally to the square of distance. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By comparison, cell phones are limited to some 2W (2000mW), and using them you hold them right by your head, and yet there isn't any proof that they do any harm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CB radio has max output is 4-5W (5000mW).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[More examples of output power (wiki)][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As noted by X-Istence, in all cases, this is the maximum power. Both WiFi and cell phones automatically lower their power when possible. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DBm" />
  <row Id="9020" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5189" RevisionGUID="8a06f3f1-84c0-49f0-944b-ee69fff09565" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:20:10.103" UserId="1584" Text="Like Zoredache mentioned, this the same UAC feature in Vista.  Your account that is in the Administrators group doesn't actually have elevated permissions until you ask for it on a per-application basis.  When you open Explorer, it's just as if you're Administrators membership was gone.  Subsequently, when you double click a file from that un-elevated Explorer window, the app that runs (like Notepad) is also un-elevated.  Your options are basically the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Turning off UAC is one way to work around this, however it's not very smart if this really is a production server.  UAC is there for a reason and now that you know what the issue is, you should at least try to work with it before you disable it outright.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Another solution is to grant write access to the Users group (or any other group your account is a member of) for the subset of files/folders you'll be accessing often.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If you don't have a regular set of files/folders you would know to grant access to in advance, you can also manually run an elevated instance of Windows Explorer.  Search for it in the Start Menu and right-click to &quot;Run as administrator&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I tend to end up in an elevated command prompt fairly often.  Anything you run from there will also be elevated.  I use the following command to open an Explorer window at the root of C:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    explorer /e,c:\&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5190" RevisionGUID="bba55589-40af-486f-9cd1-be04f0a7e157" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:21:04.283" UserId="1787" Text="If the administrator is great, users don't even note he exist (or looking from administrator side, users never have to bother him).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9022" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5180" RevisionGUID="b9039ffa-6abb-43ad-adc6-c62c8d0954ae" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:21:12.923" UserId="22" Comment="added aggrate linklist" Text="The internet is full of &quot;[Tin foil hat][1]&quot; kind of people who would not dare use a wireless setup, but as the amount of wireless networks grows, I am interested in good and objective case studies and the general attitude towards the subject.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Does your company take the possible health risks into account or is generally not being seen as a threat at all?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have links to good case studies or resources on this matter, please include them in your answer or add them to the aggrate list below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Resources and relevant reads:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [World Health Organization report: Electromagnetic fields and public health][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_foil_hat&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs304/en/index.html" />
  <row Id="9023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5191" RevisionGUID="f81834ae-4d21-40d4-b1e0-7cf04d4acde4" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:21:20.037" UserId="906" Text="The most obvious advantage: As long as no text output (or a legacy command) is involved in a pipeline, you are not moving text through the pipes, but instances of .NET framwork objects, with all their properties and methods.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This allows for a more expressive and less ambiguous pipline handling that also is completely uninfluenced by locale and language settings (for example, think of date or number formats and how you'd have to treat them as strings normally).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This also means that you have access to a great deal of the .NET framework capabilities in a scripting environment." />
  <row Id="9024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5192" RevisionGUID="612316d6-2604-4e79-a1f0-9e07022e8291" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:21:50.427" UserId="45" Text="There is a Microsoft Knowledge Base article about this question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[How to change the expiration date of certificates that are issued by a Windows Server 2003 or a Windows 2000 Server Certificate Authority][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can't change the expiration date of an existing certificate. But you can change the default validity period for the Certificate Authority.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This article describes how to change&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the validity period of a certificate&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that is issued by a Windows Server&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2003 or a Windows 2000 Server&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Certificate Authority (CA).&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; By default, the lifetime of a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; certificate that is issued by a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Stand-alone Certificate Authority CA&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is one year. After one year, the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; certificate expires and is not trusted&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for use. There may be situations when&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you have to override the default&#xD;&#xA;&gt; expiration date for certificates that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; are issued by an intermediate or an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; issuing CA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; A CA cannot issue a certificate with a longer validity period than its own CA certificate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B254632" />
  <row Id="9025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5193" RevisionGUID="8f4a4c57-89c8-45e6-a55b-67ff480e0ee1" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:24:27.237" UserId="1787" Text="    rm -f / some/path &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;instead of &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rm -f /some/path &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Luckily it didn't happened to me ;-)" />
  <row Id="9026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5194" RevisionGUID="62b06349-0538-4099-936c-30aaab72403d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:25:01.887" UserId="1435" Text="Discipline, communication skills and confidence are my top three." />
  <row Id="9027" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5195" RevisionGUID="4d8efed5-daf7-46f7-af2d-29a3f5618e72" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:26:24.817" UserId="1787" Text="    shutdown -h now &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;meant for the local workstation, but typed it while logged via ssh on production server. Since then I always have hostname in my `$PS1`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9028" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5196" RevisionGUID="b5e9cbcc-6b3a-4fe4-8efb-4c7a3814b5a1" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:27:51.833" UserId="197" Text="Question says it all: there must be one that stands a head-and-shoulders above the rest...which is it?  I've got a few bits of software that would like to store syncable data on a WebDav server..." />
  <row Id="9029" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5196" RevisionGUID="b5e9cbcc-6b3a-4fe4-8efb-4c7a3814b5a1" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:27:51.833" UserId="197" Text="What's the best free WebDav service out there?" />
  <row Id="9030" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5196" RevisionGUID="b5e9cbcc-6b3a-4fe4-8efb-4c7a3814b5a1" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:27:51.833" UserId="197" Text="&lt;webdav&gt;&lt;synchronization&gt;&lt;online&gt;&lt;storage&gt;" />
  <row Id="9031" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5174" RevisionGUID="16e460a2-a0a8-43db-9d0f-1acc559b32c4" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:34:46.450" UserId="45" Comment="comma, grammar" Text="You should ask yourself these questions when you're thinking about outsourcing applications:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Does my staff lack any of the right skills or depth needed?&#xD;&#xA;- Am I not certain I can recover from outages quickly enough?&#xD;&#xA;- Do I have problems keeping pace with the 18 to 36 month technology cycle?&#xD;&#xA;- Do daily operations and keeping the systems running keep me from focusing on new strategic projects?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess if you would answer two or more of these questions with &quot;yes&quot;, you should consider outsourcing your application or service. It doesn't mean you'll find a provider, which will need your requirements. It heavily depends what kind of application you want to outsource. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess there are some standard applications like email, collaboration etc. with plenty of good standard outsourcing options. If your application is a more specialized one, I think it depends on how the software is implemented (client/server, web ...) and what the technical limitations are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course you should ask yourself similar questions about your outsourcing service provider in order to calculate all risks you are taking if you enter a relationship with an external company." />
  <row Id="9032" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5197" RevisionGUID="2174d744-0123-412b-aff1-d28a8179b7fa" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:41:13.220" UserId="1787" Text="Alternative to lshw:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    hwinfo --disk &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also has '--short' option, if you're only interested in the /dev and model name and not all the details.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    hal9k:~ # hwinfo --disk --short&#xD;&#xA;    disk:&#xD;&#xA;      /dev/sda             Hitachi HDT72502&#xD;&#xA;      /dev/sdb             Generic USB SD Reader&#xD;&#xA;      /dev/sdc             Generic USB CF Reader&#xD;&#xA;      /dev/sdd             Generic USB SM Reader&#xD;&#xA;      /dev/sde             Generic USB MS Reader&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Long version gives you more details then lshw:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    hal9k:~ # hwinfo --disk &#xD;&#xA;    16: IDE 200.0: 10600 Disk                                       &#xD;&#xA;      [Created at block.243]                                        &#xD;&#xA;      UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_SATA_Hitachi_HDT7250_VFL104R62EUUTX&#xD;&#xA;      Unique ID: 3OOL.JSHCimqnHw6                                                         &#xD;&#xA;      Parent ID: CvwD.epf1vnVqQVC                                                         &#xD;&#xA;      SysFS ID: /class/block/sda                                                          &#xD;&#xA;      SysFS BusID: 2:0:0:0                                                                &#xD;&#xA;      SysFS Device Link: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:05.0/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0       &#xD;&#xA;      Hardware Class: disk                                                                &#xD;&#xA;      Model: &quot;Hitachi HDT72502&quot;                                                           &#xD;&#xA;      Vendor: &quot;Hitachi&quot;                                                                   &#xD;&#xA;      Device: &quot;HDT72502&quot;                                                                  &#xD;&#xA;      Revision: &quot;V5DO&quot;                                                                    &#xD;&#xA;      Serial ID: &quot;VFL104R62EUUTX&quot;                                                         &#xD;&#xA;      Driver: &quot;sata_sis&quot;, &quot;sd&quot;                                                            &#xD;&#xA;      Driver Modules: &quot;sata_sis&quot;                                                          &#xD;&#xA;      Device File: /dev/sda                                                               &#xD;&#xA;      Device Files: /dev/sda, /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_Hitachi_HDT7250_VFL104R62EUUTX, /dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HDT725025VLA380_VFL104R62EUUTX, /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:05.0-scsi-0:0:0:0, /dev/disk/by-id/edd-int13_dev80                                                                                                                                        &#xD;&#xA;      Device Number: block 8:0-8:15                                                                                                                                                     &#xD;&#xA;      BIOS id: 0x80                                                                                                                                                                     &#xD;&#xA;      Geometry (Logical): CHS 30401/255/63                                                                                                                                              &#xD;&#xA;      Size: 488397168 sectors a 512 bytes                                                                                                                                               &#xD;&#xA;      Geometry (BIOS EDD): CHS 484521/16/63                                                                                                                                             &#xD;&#xA;      Size (BIOS EDD): 488397168 sectors                                                                                                                                                &#xD;&#xA;      Geometry (BIOS Legacy): CHS 1023/255/63                                                                                                                                           &#xD;&#xA;      Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown                                                                                                                         &#xD;&#xA;      Attached to: #9 (IDE interface)                                                                                                                         &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [...]&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5198" RevisionGUID="007d9995-ae91-4ebb-a4e3-582c8c21edc7" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:44:24.647" UserId="1584" Text="I'd like to do some network testing on Windows using [Iperf][1].  The latest on sourceforge appears to be 2.0.4.  However, it's only available as source to be compiled.  I attempted to do some google searching for a pre-compiled version, but all I could find were some links to 1.x stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Admittedly, the 1.x version I found does seem to work and I could likely continue using it without issue.  But I've got the itch that says I need the latest version and setting up a build VM and dealing with inevitable compile issues doesn't sound like a whole lot of fun.  So I figured I'd ask here if anyone knows where to find pre-compiled Iperf 2.x binaries for Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://iperf.sourceforge.net/" />
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  <row Id="9039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5200" RevisionGUID="bf9de422-52ae-4434-aceb-b41b1b201f12" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:50:21.607" UserId="2059" Text="    dsa.msc&#xD;&#xA;is a nice quick way to open up Active Directory Users and Computers." />
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  <row Id="9041" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5201" RevisionGUID="55ab5b61-bb50-4324-89ce-869feac9f939" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:55:59.160" UserId="1941" Text="&#xD;&#xA;http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_2/iproute/command/reference/1rfindp2.html#wp1023075&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The following is sample output from the show route-map command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Router# show route-map&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;route-map abc, permit, sequence 10&#xD;&#xA;  Match clauses:&#xD;&#xA;    tag 1 2&#xD;&#xA;  Set clauses:&#xD;&#xA;    metric 5&#xD;&#xA;route-map xyz, permit, sequence 20&#xD;&#xA;  Match clauses:&#xD;&#xA;    tag 3 4&#xD;&#xA;  Set clauses:&#xD;&#xA;    metric 6&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9042" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5202" RevisionGUID="c94e8b9e-5afc-4a4a-b770-877157f65bb5" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:57:44.257" UserId="1963" Text="There's also a data security issue.  Does the application hold data that you would rather retain full control over.  Backups are great should you need them, but what happens if the data 'escapes' somehow?" />
  <row Id="9043" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5203" RevisionGUID="81cd8c97-1eb1-4561-99a6-8496f58ab35f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T08:58:53.723" UserId="2031" Text="Dror: You might have missed the KB article because it does not include the exact error message text &quot;MMC could not create the snap-in&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It only mentions &quot;Snap-in failed to initialize&quot; (which, now, this topic does too).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Breck" />
  <row Id="9044" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5201" RevisionGUID="5c16a9c6-26d7-4d01-859b-b72685f72e85" CreationDate="2009-05-06T09:02:37.193" UserId="1941" Comment="added 99 characters in body" Text="[Link to Cisco IOS IP Command Reference][1]&#xD;&#xA; also see Table 62 same page&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The following is sample output from the show route-map command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Router# show route-map&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;route-map abc, permit, sequence 10&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  Match clauses:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tag 1 2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  Set clauses:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    metric 5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;route-map xyz, permit, sequence 20&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  Match clauses:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tag 3 4&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  Set clauses:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    metric 6&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_2/iproute/command/reference/1rfindp2.html#wp1023122&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="9045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5204" RevisionGUID="f2c6e4d6-e1fc-4e3b-b5fe-1a2a7ea370d6" CreationDate="2009-05-06T09:07:26.447" UserId="1787" Text="I didn't consider buying one, as in many years I haven't experienced any power outage. Until on day a thunder storm took out the PSU of my PC and the PSU of the console. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5205" RevisionGUID="141a2837-51c2-478b-af21-19aca8754781" CreationDate="2009-05-06T09:08:25.480" UserId="1714" Text="When connecting to Windows XP via Remote Desktop (mstsc), you can select which local resources you want to take with you to the remote desktop (disc drives, clipboard, printers).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to select which printer specifically you want to take with you? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right now, some printers are copied, some are not, but I can't find WHY some are not available, or why others are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas? Thanks." />
  <row Id="9047" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5205" RevisionGUID="141a2837-51c2-478b-af21-19aca8754781" CreationDate="2009-05-06T09:08:25.480" UserId="1714" Text="Remote desktop select which printer from local resource" />
  <row Id="9048" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5205" RevisionGUID="141a2837-51c2-478b-af21-19aca8754781" CreationDate="2009-05-06T09:08:25.480" UserId="1714" Text="&lt;remotedesktop&gt;&lt;printer&gt;" />
  <row Id="9049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5206" RevisionGUID="07be25de-41af-4f47-9c71-0b076a3d7e7c" CreationDate="2009-05-06T09:16:28.720" UserId="103" Text="I have worked at a few hosting companies and seen two schools of thought on this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Do not allow customers into the server room. The argument is basically it raises security ([this news story][1] is normally provided as a reason that security is only good if you know the people)  and privacy and that if you provide a local terminal for them it is good enough.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Allow customers into the server room because people need access to their machines and it makes a good show piece.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any reasons (such as legal, compliance etc...) that you should not allow people into the server room?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2003/s939798.htm" />
  <row Id="9050" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5206" RevisionGUID="07be25de-41af-4f47-9c71-0b076a3d7e7c" CreationDate="2009-05-06T09:16:28.720" UserId="103" Text="Reasons to not allow people into the server room" />
  <row Id="9051" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5206" RevisionGUID="07be25de-41af-4f47-9c71-0b076a3d7e7c" CreationDate="2009-05-06T09:16:28.720" UserId="103" Text="&lt;server-room&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;server-security&gt;" />
  <row Id="9052" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5207" RevisionGUID="06ee6f83-c2ff-445f-94fb-2d6d7ed0ddeb" CreationDate="2009-05-06T09:17:20.573" UserId="48" Text="The reason some printers are available and some are not is that for a a printer to be available, the driver for that printer has to be installed on the server. If  you look in he event log of the server you will likely see Terminal Services errors for the printers that don't show up, because the drivers not there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The easiest way to get the drivers on there is to add a new printer on a com port (in the printer wizard, not physically), so that it asks you for the driver, specify the driver then hen the install is complete, delete the printer. Next time you login the printer should be available." />
  <row Id="9053" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4603" RevisionGUID="d66a71dd-2ce2-4479-b6f2-e9b64c126706" CreationDate="2009-05-06T09:19:56.480" UserId="1797" Comment="Minor edit." Text="Windows 2003 and up [have a feature][1] (which is enabled on Group Policy under Security Options) that will digitally sign all communications on the Microsoft network server. That will prevent Mac OS X clients from accessing shares on a Windows 2003(+).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can live with the security 'downgrade' that turning that off would represent, I do not see any other issues at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc728025.aspx" />
  <row Id="9054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5208" RevisionGUID="68c562e6-d53d-4522-a853-372c4937c95e" CreationDate="2009-05-06T09:21:23.543" UserId="48" Text="Personally if I was host my equipment somewhere else, and they wouldn't let me in to work on it, I'd be pretty annoyed. I understand you need to keep your facility secure and letting anyone off the street in is a bad idea, but if I'm paying you to host my equipment, then I have a vested interest in the security of my system, I'm not going to do anything to compromise that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There should be security, I should need ID or a password or iris scan to get into the DC, but stopping me all together would just make me take my business elsewhere." />
  <row Id="9055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5209" RevisionGUID="1aa93c6b-6880-438d-9fc5-2e81c45db5d5" CreationDate="2009-05-06T09:24:37.327" UserId="272" Text="I had a hdd failure and right now I'm reinstalling a new machine with MOSS and Project Server, in a farm configuration. All the databases of the former farmer were on another machine that runs SQL Server. How can I set my new machine to use the existing databases and preserver all of my data?" />
  <row Id="9056" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5209" RevisionGUID="1aa93c6b-6880-438d-9fc5-2e81c45db5d5" CreationDate="2009-05-06T09:24:37.327" UserId="272" Text="Reinstall Project Server 2007 and use existing databases" />
  <row Id="9057" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5209" RevisionGUID="1aa93c6b-6880-438d-9fc5-2e81c45db5d5" CreationDate="2009-05-06T09:24:37.327" UserId="272" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;project-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="9058" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5210" RevisionGUID="bd3c437b-8e5e-480d-9c6e-bb268f30b833" CreationDate="2009-05-06T09:25:51.707" UserId="216" Text="Keep your wireless network and your routing separate.  You'll get a lot more flexibility that way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you really want to segregate your wireless users, connect the wireless APs to a DMZ subnet / VLAN of their own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For my own personal use I use Apple's Airport Express units (CA$109) - the little ones with iTunes streaming capability built in and 802.11n.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They'll operate in bridge mode very happily, and also support handover / wireless extension pretty well, so if you need to cover a larger area, just plug more into the LAN." />
  <row Id="9059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5211" RevisionGUID="a04acfd9-ccdd-4ad1-bd41-763dd1018b91" CreationDate="2009-05-06T09:26:11.380" UserId="1696" Text="assuming that the hardware for each client is segregated in separate cages etc then i see no reason not to let people in to the server room. However for highly sensitive critical data, e.g. Banks, Police etc I would only ever what an extremely small number of qualified people in that room. When it comes to customers how do you know they are qualified and equally not malicious. Not worth the risk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In these situations where the slightness downtime or loss of data would incur huge issues it is always safe to air on the side of caution." />
  <row Id="9060" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5212" RevisionGUID="5ed1d1d7-20d2-4fe3-ba36-0b096818c603" CreationDate="2009-05-06T09:27:02.767" UserId="2061" Text="I think one of the main differences is the fact that in Landscape you cannot have off-line install, with your own servers, you have always to be connected to the Landscape servers...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, Satellite went open source, called [Spacewalk][1], i would kill for an opensourced Landscape...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, there's a project for [supporting deb files on spacewalk][2], but I don't know what status does it have...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.redhat.com/spacewalk/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/Deb_support_in_spacewalk" />
  <row Id="9061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5213" RevisionGUID="51f0b87d-810f-447c-aa1a-c918a5345383" CreationDate="2009-05-06T09:34:24.620" UserId="1681" Text="I found [Performance Analysis of Logs (PAL) Tool](http://pal.codeplex.com/) on [codeplex](http://www.codeplex.com), it certainly seems to have potential.  Anyone use this tool?" />
  <row Id="9062" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5214" RevisionGUID="f2eeda64-6b8a-4f6a-9f32-30d1239a8c6e" CreationDate="2009-05-06T09:40:52.467" UserId="251" Text="Allowing customers access to their own kit seems like a fundamental 'right'.  The colo's security should be obervant and structured enough that rack-by-rack access by customers is safe.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If other customers feel are require more security, then they can go off and get their own cage or room.  " />
  <row Id="9063" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5215" RevisionGUID="044907b3-0540-4b8a-ae68-1e6b3bd36a94" CreationDate="2009-05-06T09:58:23.470" UserId="251" Text="&gt; The decision ultimately comes down to budgets and money, but what other factors do you consider? Time? Expertise? Integration with other systems?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Time and again, I've seen companies outsource their application hosting...and (implicitly) *responsibility*.  That's when folks start only considering the marketed costs.  This frequently leads to *&quot;Well, Sparkle Pony Systems, Ltd is hosting our servers, so if something goes wrong then they are to blame&quot;*.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, some due diligence is in order to ensure the application hosting company is up to the job.  An on site visit or two is a must.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Technical Staff&#xD;&#xA;   - Meet them, get their backgrounds, gauge their moods&#xD;&#xA;   - How long have they been there?  Is there high turn over?&#xD;&#xA;   - Are they truly experienced in the platform you want to run on?&#xD;&#xA; - Facilities&#xD;&#xA;   - Tour the server room&#xD;&#xA;    - Is it neat and organized? (No media and dust on servers, no unlabeled patch panels)&#xD;&#xA;    - Do they have spare parts and emergency kits readily available?&#xD;&#xA;    - How is the security?  Are you left alone?  Do they need keys to access everything?&#xD;&#xA;    - Is the colo well known in your area?  (And not in the basement of the owner's parents house)  &#xD;&#xA;    - Is everything redundant?&#xD;&#xA; - Health of the business&#xD;&#xA;   - Do they have a respectable customer list, companies that desire stability in their vendors&#xD;&#xA;   - Are they financially sound?  (Can be subjective and hard to accurately gauge.)&#xD;&#xA;   - Is their a ticketing system in place?  24h access to engineers?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yeah, those are the things I look for in such companies.  It is amazing how many mom-n-pop, fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants companies there are out there that are in this biz. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I actually performed this type of due diligence about two years ago with a few companies and am pleased with our selection.  " />
  <row Id="9064" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5216" RevisionGUID="840fc831-1a0c-4029-90c3-6025593a82c1" CreationDate="2009-05-06T09:58:36.043" UserId="1463" Text="I'd say Operations Manager has no trouble doing this if it's just reporting on problem areas you're after (with built-in thresholds by the people who built Windows) - any decent (windows-aware) monitoring suite would be able to do that actually... but if you're after more intrinsic manual analysis Microsofts Logparser should be able to feed the data into an easily queryable format and then go from there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd try that PAL, it looks interesting enough. I'd normally not be interested in digging through reports by myself though - I want my monitoring system to do it for me and preferably fix the problems as well... perhaps feeding it the reports from PAL would be useful if it doesn't do that type of monitoring to begin with...? Depends on the granularity of the reports I guess, interesting question." />
  <row Id="9065" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5197" RevisionGUID="68a6e0bb-e79c-4a53-928d-06bdc45e799e" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:04:25.297" UserId="1787" Comment="added 351 characters in body" Text="An alternative to lshw:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    hwinfo --disk &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also has '--short' option, if you're only interested in the /dev and model name and not all the details.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    hal9k:~ # hwinfo --disk --short&#xD;&#xA;    disk:&#xD;&#xA;      /dev/sda             Hitachi HDT72502&#xD;&#xA;      /dev/sdb             Generic USB SD Reader&#xD;&#xA;      /dev/sdc             Generic USB CF Reader&#xD;&#xA;      /dev/sdd             Generic USB SM Reader&#xD;&#xA;      /dev/sde             Generic USB MS Reader&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Long version gives you more details then lshw:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    hal9k:~ # hwinfo --disk &#xD;&#xA;    16: IDE 200.0: 10600 Disk                                       &#xD;&#xA;      [Created at block.243]                                        &#xD;&#xA;      UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_SATA_Hitachi_HDT7250_VFL104R62EUUTX&#xD;&#xA;      Unique ID: 3OOL.JSHCimqnHw6                                                         &#xD;&#xA;      Parent ID: CvwD.epf1vnVqQVC                                                         &#xD;&#xA;      SysFS ID: /class/block/sda                                                          &#xD;&#xA;      SysFS BusID: 2:0:0:0                                                                &#xD;&#xA;      SysFS Device Link: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:05.0/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0       &#xD;&#xA;      Hardware Class: disk                                                                &#xD;&#xA;      Model: &quot;Hitachi HDT72502&quot;                                                           &#xD;&#xA;      Vendor: &quot;Hitachi&quot;                                                                   &#xD;&#xA;      Device: &quot;HDT72502&quot;                                                                  &#xD;&#xA;      Revision: &quot;V5DO&quot;                                                                    &#xD;&#xA;      Serial ID: &quot;VFL104R62EUUTX&quot;                                                         &#xD;&#xA;      Driver: &quot;sata_sis&quot;, &quot;sd&quot;                                                            &#xD;&#xA;      Driver Modules: &quot;sata_sis&quot;                                                          &#xD;&#xA;      Device File: /dev/sda                                                               &#xD;&#xA;      Device Files: /dev/sda, /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_Hitachi_HDT7250_VFL104R62EUUTX, /dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HDT725025VLA380_VFL104R62EUUTX, /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:05.0-scsi-0:0:0:0, /dev/disk/by-id/edd-int13_dev80                                                                                                                                        &#xD;&#xA;      Device Number: block 8:0-8:15                                                                                                                                                     &#xD;&#xA;      BIOS id: 0x80                                                                                                                                                                     &#xD;&#xA;      Geometry (Logical): CHS 30401/255/63                                                                                                                                              &#xD;&#xA;      Size: 488397168 sectors a 512 bytes                                                                                                                                               &#xD;&#xA;      Geometry (BIOS EDD): CHS 484521/16/63                                                                                                                                             &#xD;&#xA;      Size (BIOS EDD): 488397168 sectors                                                                                                                                                &#xD;&#xA;      Geometry (BIOS Legacy): CHS 1023/255/63                                                                                                                                           &#xD;&#xA;      Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown                                                                                                                         &#xD;&#xA;      Attached to: #9 (IDE interface)                                                                                                                         &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [...]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the packages availability. I'm using OpenSUSE 11.1. [**hwinfo** is in the standard repository][1], while [**lshw** is only available from unofficial one][2]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://software.opensuse.org/search?baseproject=openSUSE%3A11.1&amp;p=1&amp;q=hwinfo&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://software.opensuse.org/search?baseproject=openSUSE%3A11.1&amp;p=1&amp;q=lshw" />
  <row Id="9066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5217" RevisionGUID="7a4e3940-734d-480b-8d84-7aff90a80b7b" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:04:29.150" UserId="216" Text="http://www.blinkenlights.nl/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;says it all, really :)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5218" RevisionGUID="878237f5-e3eb-48bc-97f7-a124e7de87e5" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:10:43.130" UserId="324" Text="I've recently upgraded my Kubuntu installation to 9.04 and somehow the wireless manager is not working any more. I believe it is the official bug mentioned in [this][1] article. Have any of you encountered this and have a solution? As a workaround I started using [WICD][2], and I quite like it, but I would look at any solution involving the standard KDE manager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.itnewstoday.com/?p=293&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://wicd.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="9068" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5218" RevisionGUID="878237f5-e3eb-48bc-97f7-a124e7de87e5" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:10:43.130" UserId="324" Text="Problematic Wireless connection manager in Kubuntu 9.04" />
  <row Id="9069" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5218" RevisionGUID="878237f5-e3eb-48bc-97f7-a124e7de87e5" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:10:43.130" UserId="324" Text="&lt;kubuntu&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;wireless-network&gt;" />
  <row Id="9070" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5217" RevisionGUID="e214e865-f771-4ac3-b9ec-3bc16a8cec42" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:12:33.920" UserId="216" Comment="added 84 characters in body" Text="![http://www.blinkenlights.nl/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;says it all, really :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.slackware.com/~alien/graphics/blinkenlights-original.gif" />
  <row Id="9071" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5219" RevisionGUID="49aed565-a094-4c05-913b-e72add153fc3" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:13:13.543" UserId="388" Text="From &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.information-management.com/infodirect/20060908/1062133-1.html&quot;&gt;Seven Habits of Highly Effective DBAs&lt;/a&gt;; equally applicable to systems and network admins:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Be an expert generalist.&#xD;&#xA;* Understand the business and user expectations.&#xD;&#xA;* Build more granular SLAs via quantitative and easy-to-understand metrics.&#xD;&#xA;* Break down the environment into smaller, more manageable pieces.&#xD;&#xA;* Be task-focused, not implementation-focused.&#xD;&#xA;* Segregate and delegate the mundane.&#xD;&#xA;* Get rid of unique solutions." />
  <row Id="9072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5220" RevisionGUID="a9a59ac4-b052-4e81-b463-e38ec99adf7b" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:17:43.067" UserId="1463" Text="If you have no process to automate this already, start by doing a manual setup of a user's workstation. Include all the little details like partitioning specifics, branding logos, backgrounds, themes, applications to install, changes to their default configuration and so on... only once you have this on &quot;paper&quot; and it works as a manual routine - you can start automating it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;User-profile settings could either be provided as part of the default user profile on a new machine's image, which is copied to generate the profile for a new user on the first log-on. Or you could script all the changes and apply them during log-on regardless of the user's state.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many settings are of course easily adjusted using Group Policies and won't require any tinkering with the client image.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have an image defined, and policies and log-on scripts that do what you want, deploying a new user machine shouldn't take any time at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out Windows Deployment Toolkit for example as Microsoft (of course) prefer you use their imaging tools and formats these days. It's a lot easier as well but (for full effect) requires that you step away from that old XP thingie I guess ^^" />
  <row Id="9073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5221" RevisionGUID="8d4a80a1-0b5c-41fe-8087-a78c9a2fa335" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:18:13.767" UserId="1387" Text="Cisco VPN client (IPsec) does not support 64bit Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Worse, Cisco does not even plan to release a 64bit version, instead they say that&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;For x64 (64-bit) Windows support, you must utilize Cisco's next-generation Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Cisco VPN Client Introduction][1]&#xD;&#xA; -  [Cisco VPN Client FAQ][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But SSL VPN licences cost extra. For example, most new ASA firewalls come with plenty of IPSec VPN licences but only a few SSL VPN licences.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What alternatives do you have for 64-bit Windows? So far, I know two:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. 32bit Cisco VPN Client on a virtual&#xD;&#xA;    machine &#xD;&#xA; 2. [NCP Secure Entry Client][3] on 64bit Windows&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any other suggestions or experiences?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-mika-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/secursw/ps2308/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/secursw/ps2308/products_qanda_item09186a00801c2dbe.shtml&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.ncp-e.com/en/solutions/vpn-products/secure-entry-client.html" />
  <row Id="9074" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5221" RevisionGUID="8d4a80a1-0b5c-41fe-8087-a78c9a2fa335" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:18:13.767" UserId="1387" Text="64bit Cisco VPN client (IPsec) ?" />
  <row Id="9075" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5221" RevisionGUID="8d4a80a1-0b5c-41fe-8087-a78c9a2fa335" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:18:13.767" UserId="1387" Text="&lt;ipsec&gt;&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="9076" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5222" RevisionGUID="5817008b-c78f-4e93-b6a3-de0e2782a0bd" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:18:42.003" UserId="1435" Text="In my experience 75% of service/system outage is down to a 'layer 8'/wetware problem - people spilling drinks, pressing buttons they shouldn't, tripping over cables, even 'testing' RAID failover for no damn reason!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep people out, one way of doing this is to have a manual entry log with a 'reason for entry' field that they have to write themselves - that'll stop people without a good reason." />
  <row Id="9077" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5158" RevisionGUID="f3efe46f-aaf7-490a-bc3a-9ac4ddce49df" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:20:41.297" UserId="58" Comment="Updated tags." Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;gateway&gt;&lt;lan&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="9078" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5221" RevisionGUID="61aca421-83f1-4c99-b747-26f9d8e40957" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:23:46.140" UserId="1387" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body; edited tags" Text="Cisco VPN client (IPsec) does not support 64bit Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Worse, Cisco does not even plan to release a 64-bit version, instead they say that&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;For x64 (64-bit) Windows support, you must utilize Cisco's next-generation Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Cisco VPN Client Introduction][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Cisco VPN Client FAQ][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But SSL VPN licences cost extra. For example, most new ASA firewalls come with plenty of IPSec VPN licences but only a few SSL VPN licences.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What alternatives do you have for 64-bit Windows? So far, I know two:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. 32-bit Cisco VPN Client on a virtual&#xD;&#xA;    machine &#xD;&#xA; 2. [NCP Secure Entry Client][3] on 64-bit Windows&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any other suggestions or experiences?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-mika-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/secursw/ps2308/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/secursw/ps2308/products_qanda_item09186a00801c2dbe.shtml&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.ncp-e.com/en/solutions/vpn-products/secure-entry-client.html" />
  <row Id="9079" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="5221" RevisionGUID="61aca421-83f1-4c99-b747-26f9d8e40957" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:23:46.140" UserId="1387" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body; edited tags" Text="64-bit Cisco VPN client (IPsec) ?" />
  <row Id="9080" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5221" RevisionGUID="61aca421-83f1-4c99-b747-26f9d8e40957" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:23:46.140" UserId="1387" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;ipsec&gt;&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;x64&gt;" />
  <row Id="9081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5223" RevisionGUID="d19a9b95-a606-496f-8db8-036019d3bb02" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:25:46.870" UserId="1104" Text="Cygwin is not guaranteed to be available for every version of Windows.  Last I checked it was questionable on 64 bit machines.  Powershell is becoming the default command shell for windows, and will offer &quot;native&quot; access to all resources on a Windows machine." />
  <row Id="9082" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4352" RevisionGUID="8dc23bf9-ea90-4fb6-8e48-b5d142b38af0" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:26:55.617" UserId="326" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;resources&gt;&lt;learning&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;" />
  <row Id="9083" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5224" RevisionGUID="af6eabd5-96b1-4f74-9429-30e62255d929" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:28:33.773" UserId="326" Text="Use [OpenVPN][1]. It's open source, rock solid, very flexible and cross platform.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://openvpn.net/" />
  <row Id="9084" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5225" RevisionGUID="87e80257-7643-4c56-a557-44b94fee5ec3" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:36:18.810" UserId="1435" Text="It's almost as if Cisco were a company known for looking for every opportunity to scalp their customer base ;)" />
  <row Id="9085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5226" RevisionGUID="21ff9d64-4a44-481e-a0b1-21beb7774bb5" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:41:57.733" UserId="1435" Text="I'd seriously consider dropping in a middle-ground/DMZ server and network between the 'red-side'/public servers and your 'green-side'/secure server. That will allow you to properly firewall each zone and significantly reduce your security risk. Of course you could always just carry on doing what you're doing now if it's not that big a deal." />
  <row Id="9086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5227" RevisionGUID="99cae548-3f85-4e07-89a1-a8f0c638e321" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:52:04.857" UserId="1432" Text="I'm running Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty), and I have a nVidia 8600GTS graphics card.&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to get one monitor to work in portrait mode, and the other one in landscape mode. I know how to do this under Windows, but I can't find the setting for this under Linux. I've managed to get them both in portrait, or both in landscape, but not independant of each other.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to be able to switch modes for a single monitor without restarting the computer or X, but I realise that might be a bit too much too ask." />
  <row Id="9087" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5227" RevisionGUID="99cae548-3f85-4e07-89a1-a8f0c638e321" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:52:04.857" UserId="1432" Text="How do I get one monitor in landscape and one monitor in portrait mode on Ubuntu 9.04?" />
  <row Id="9088" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5227" RevisionGUID="99cae548-3f85-4e07-89a1-a8f0c638e321" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:52:04.857" UserId="1432" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;monitor&gt;&lt;landscape&gt;&lt;x&gt;" />
  <row Id="9089" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5193" RevisionGUID="c04fee16-e9f4-49ec-a00f-ae5207ecc5bf" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:53:50.593" UserId="1787" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="    rm -rf / some/path &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;instead of &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rm -rf /some/path &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Luckily it didn't happened to me ;-)" />
  <row Id="9090" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5228" RevisionGUID="1de1b299-55e3-4953-b9ab-6ca4eedcc5f5" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:55:44.440" UserId="2066" Text="If you get a &quot;Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage&quot; error that means that you are not even able to connect to the IIS site. So you need to start with the basics...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Can you ping the server from the client machine?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ping servername&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ping fully.qualified.name.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Can you telnet the server port from the client machine?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    telnet severname 80&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm assuming you are using the 80 port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If any of these commands fail you have a network issue that you need to solve first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you also share some more details about those ASP.NET errors in the event viewer?" />
  <row Id="9091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5229" RevisionGUID="7ab51e5f-3395-40f5-823f-829c61df683a" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:56:59.820" UserId="2067" Text="Mac OS X has a commandline tool called &quot;defaults&quot;. It lets you set certain properties, for example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;enable the &quot;Debug&quot; menu in Safari:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the most useful &quot;hidden&quot; &quot;defaults write ...&quot; command you have ever issued?" />
  <row Id="9092" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5229" RevisionGUID="7ab51e5f-3395-40f5-823f-829c61df683a" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:56:59.820" UserId="2067" Text="What are the most useful &quot;defaults&quot;?" />
  <row Id="9093" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5229" RevisionGUID="7ab51e5f-3395-40f5-823f-829c61df683a" CreationDate="2009-05-06T10:56:59.820" UserId="2067" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;defaults&gt;&lt;settings&gt;&lt;preferences&gt;" />
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  <row Id="9095" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5230" RevisionGUID="45c6743a-2547-4f1e-bfac-6f0cb44388fe" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:00:24.243" UserId="2046" Text="Zip, Rar, 7z, Gzip, BZip2, Tar etc.  I'm hearing 7z is the flavor of the month, why?  Is it best for all situations or are there better choices for specific situations.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or maybe the actual file archiver ie WinZip, WinRar, 7Zip etc (as opposed the format) has a bigger effect?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In your answer could you describe what sort of speed/compression tradeoff your mentioned format uses.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please provide links to any empirical tests that back up your answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Background: I need to backup a custom search index that creates about 3000 relatively small files (less then 10MB), each containing a lot of repetitive data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(As usual Wikipedia has a [relevant article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_archivers) but the section on performance comparison is brief.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9096" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5230" RevisionGUID="45c6743a-2547-4f1e-bfac-6f0cb44388fe" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:00:24.243" UserId="2046" Text="Which archive/compression format?" />
  <row Id="9097" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5230" RevisionGUID="45c6743a-2547-4f1e-bfac-6f0cb44388fe" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:00:24.243" UserId="2046" Text="&lt;archive&gt;&lt;compression&gt;&lt;format&gt;&lt;recommendation&gt;" />
  <row Id="9098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5231" RevisionGUID="2cf26761-cbdf-407c-aced-ca4e018f235b" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:09:08.713" UserId="463" Text="Security has already been mentioned as a reason not to. Another is health and safety. DC's can be dangerous environments for the untrained. These can both be mitigated of course by policies such as &quot;You must be accompanied by a trained member of staff for example. Our data center requires that staff are not given access unless they have done the appropriate course. And customers certainly are not allowed access unless accompanied." />
  <row Id="9099" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5232" RevisionGUID="d600fcae-0093-4eba-bb9f-f914d5b66d48" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:09:53.533" UserId="45" Text="Recommended reading:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[File Compression in the Multi-Core Era][1] (Jeff Atwood a.k.a. CodingHorror, february 2009)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I've been playing around a bit with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; file compression again, as we generate&#xD;&#xA;&gt; some very large backup files daily on&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Stack Overflow.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; We're using the latest 64-bit version&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of 7zip (4.64) on our database server.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I'm not a big fan of more than dual&#xD;&#xA;&gt; core on the desktop, but it's a no&#xD;&#xA;&gt; brainer for servers. The more CPU&#xD;&#xA;&gt; cores the merrier! This server has two&#xD;&#xA;&gt; quad-core CPUs, a total of 8 cores,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and I was a little disheartened to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; discover that neither RAR nor 7zip&#xD;&#xA;&gt; seemed to make much use of more than&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Still, even if it does only use 2&#xD;&#xA;&gt; cores to compress, the 7zip algorithm&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is amazingly effective, and has&#xD;&#xA;&gt; evolved over the last few years to be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; respectably fast. I used to recommend&#xD;&#xA;&gt; RAR over Zip, but given the increased&#xD;&#xA;&gt; efficiency of 7zip and the fact that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; it's free and RAR isn't, it's the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; logical choice now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001231.html" />
  <row Id="9100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5233" RevisionGUID="d030d6a1-e6c4-4c1a-90ec-c48eb33970a1" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:17:19.880" UserId="1797" Text="Take a look at this [Wikipedia entry][1]. Towards the bottom, &quot;Comparison of efficiency&quot;. It will give you compression percentage, and time taken, approximately. All those numbers will vary (speed wise) based on the speed of the machine being used, the amount of memory, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_archivers" />
  <row Id="9101" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5232" RevisionGUID="a569cae8-cf0b-460a-a38a-1902126c5e1f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:17:30.723" UserId="45" Comment="added 151 characters in body" Text="Recommended reading:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[File Compression in the Multi-Core Era][1] (Jeff Atwood a.k.a. CodingHorror, february 2009)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I've been playing around a bit with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; file compression again, as we generate&#xD;&#xA;&gt; some very large backup files daily on&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Stack Overflow.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; We're using the latest 64-bit version&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of 7zip (4.64) on our database server.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I'm not a big fan of more than dual&#xD;&#xA;&gt; core on the desktop, but it's a no&#xD;&#xA;&gt; brainer for servers. The more CPU&#xD;&#xA;&gt; cores the merrier! This server has two&#xD;&#xA;&gt; quad-core CPUs, a total of 8 cores,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and I was a little disheartened to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; discover that neither RAR nor 7zip&#xD;&#xA;&gt; seemed to make much use of more than&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Still, even if it does only use 2&#xD;&#xA;&gt; cores to compress, the 7zip algorithm&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is amazingly effective, and has&#xD;&#xA;&gt; evolved over the last few years to be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; respectably fast. I used to recommend&#xD;&#xA;&gt; RAR over Zip, but given the increased&#xD;&#xA;&gt; efficiency of 7zip and the fact that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; it's free and RAR isn't, it's the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; logical choice now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And regarding algorithms:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Why is bzip2 able to work so much faster than 7zip? [...] Bzip2 uses more than 2 CPU cores to parallelize its work. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001231.html" />
  <row Id="9102" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5234" RevisionGUID="43151689-42d9-4d84-9131-2259352b03f7" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:22:52.333" UserId="2046" Text="If you need to view/edit XML files of any type I highly recommend [First Object XML Editor](http://www.firstobject.com/dn_editor.htm).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lightweight, no install, tree-view/editor synchronisation, syntax highlighting, and best of all a customizable Indent option (F8) to make sense of crazy Microsoft config files ;)&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="9104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5235" RevisionGUID="dbee31da-402d-4dbd-96df-6a0b80f23d81" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:29:34.093" UserId="448" Text="    defaults write com.apple.dock showhidden -bool YES&#xD;&#xA;ghosts out the icons of apps that are currently hidden.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Well, actually, the most useful I *ever* wrote was, IIRC:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSInterfaceStyle NextStep&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but that doesn't do anything on versions of OS X with Aqua :-(." />
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  <row Id="9106" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5233" RevisionGUID="9a7a7429-c8d4-47f8-9f44-11b6131a4452" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:29:45.920" UserId="1797" Comment="Added more links." Text="Take a look at this [Wikipedia entry][1]. Towards the bottom, &quot;Comparison of efficiency&quot;. It will give you compression percentage, and time taken, approximately. All those numbers will vary (speed wise) based on the speed of the machine being used, the amount of memory, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More compression benchmarks:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Maximum Compression][2].&#xD;&#xA; - [Lossless Data Compression Benchmarks][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_archivers&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.maximumcompression.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.maximumcompression.com/benchmarks/benchmarks.php" />
  <row Id="9107" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5236" RevisionGUID="62d3da07-9bd1-43ee-b662-76cbffae1216" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:30:21.113" UserId="1403" Text="I had a server coloc'd with a local data center that required an escort for access.  Nothing like having a box down, having to stand around waiting for someone to become available so you can fix it.  Then, that person gets to stand there bored, just watching.  In that case, it was several hours.  We do our servers in-house now..." />
  <row Id="9108" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5237" RevisionGUID="6767a872-f54c-47b6-93cc-67c61bbbf3ac" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:31:10.907" UserId="391" Text="**lzma** seems to perform very well in both compression ratio and speed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the following http://tukaani.org/lzma/benchmarks benchmarks the fastest setting for lzma gave compression times considerably faster than the fastest bzip2 option, while still giving compression than the slowest bzip2 option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It performs especially well with binary data, but I think I read some benchmarks of plain text where bzip2 outperformed it." />
  <row Id="9109" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5104" RevisionGUID="2eb9c6b8-b2fe-46e1-9cac-b39292423cc6" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:31:29.533" UserId="2046" Comment="added 129 characters in body" Text="The Advanced Tab of the System Properties dialog.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;control sysdm.cpl,@0,3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use this regularly to get to Page file settings, Performance, Environment Variables and User Profiles.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Syntax:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;@0  =  the function within sysdm.cpl to display (In this case System Properties)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3   =  the tab number to activate (in this case Advanced)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For anyone interested, Victor Laurie provides more info on [this syntax](http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/control.htm)." />
  <row Id="9110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5238" RevisionGUID="92e3678c-6f10-4f3e-8e6c-96553c97b1ce" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:37:48.443" UserId="1447" Text="Without going into value judgements about the paradigm the principal advantages of PowerShell are .Net integration and incumbency - from Windows 2008 server onwards it is bundled by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To be fair, there are several other choices for scripting - for example Perl and Python.  Python also gives you the option of using IronPython if you want native .net integration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Powershell's key strength is a bit of a double-edged sword.  While streaming .net objects is quite useful and has its advantages, it places a lot more assumptions on the ability of the components to play nicely with the framework.  For this to really work you need to wrap things with cmdlets.  While textual output is somewhat more low level and requires parsing, it places less burden on the components.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Over time, I would expect to see much more of the Windows ecosystem (both MS and third-party components) come with cmdlet wrappers so they play nicely with Powershell.  As this happens the case for Powershell will become much stronger.  One of the key traditional weaknesses of Windows has been its poor scripting; Powershell is MS's most credible effort to date to fix that deficiency.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5239" RevisionGUID="376d3281-7d58-4cb1-8332-059930554e06" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:37:58.613" UserId="1797" Text="My favorites:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs -bool TRUE&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The above forces all links to open in new tabs, instead of new windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    defaults write com.apple.screencapture location &quot;/path/to/save/screenshots&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This one saves your screenshots somewhere else, other than your desktop." />
  <row Id="9112" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5239" RevisionGUID="376d3281-7d58-4cb1-8332-059930554e06" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:37:58.613" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="9113" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5237" RevisionGUID="de404464-2af6-4ffa-a64c-61701cd2da4b" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:38:33.073" UserId="391" Comment="added 9 characters in body" Text="**lzma** seems to perform very well in both compression ratio and speed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the following http://tukaani.org/lzma/benchmarks benchmarks the fastest setting for lzma gave compression times considerably faster than the fastest bzip2 option, while still giving compression than the slowest bzip2 option:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    ratio	bzip2	lzmash&#xD;&#xA;    fastest	35.8%	31.7%		&#xD;&#xA;    slowest	34.0%	25.4%&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    time	bzip2	lzmash	&#xD;&#xA;    fastest	1m 26s	0m 58s	&#xD;&#xA;    slowest	2m 37s	12m 20s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    *Compressing  full installation of OpenOffice.org 1.1.4 for Linux (203 MB) &#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It performs especially well with binary data, but I think I read some benchmarks of plain text where bzip2 outperformed it." />
  <row Id="9114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5240" RevisionGUID="76fde602-f962-423e-9a82-77d9dc22862c" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:38:47.240" UserId="2024" Text="This will depend on whether your graphics card driver supports it (if you advise what card you have then we can confirm this) but.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    xrandr --output &lt;output&gt; --rotate &lt;direction&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;should do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    man xrandr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;here is excerpt from the EXAMPLES section&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Sets an output called LVDS to its preferred mode, and on its right put an output called VGA to preferred mode of a screen which has&#xD;&#xA;       been physically rotated clockwise:&#xD;&#xA;              xrandr --output LVDS --auto --rotate normal --pos 0x0 --output VGA --auto --rotate left --right-of LVDS&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9115" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5241" RevisionGUID="62836b20-5336-47e1-be4b-e93d65f501c4" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:44:13.263" UserId="1432" Text="How do I configure Apache2 to support [HTTP compression][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_compression" />
  <row Id="9116" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5241" RevisionGUID="62836b20-5336-47e1-be4b-e93d65f501c4" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:44:13.263" UserId="1432" Text="How do I enable HTTP compression under apache2?" />
  <row Id="9117" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5241" RevisionGUID="62836b20-5336-47e1-be4b-e93d65f501c4" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:44:13.263" UserId="1432" Text="&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;http-compression&gt;&lt;compression&gt;" />
  <row Id="9118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5242" RevisionGUID="7b72e33f-c757-4f92-9e41-f31eafdced97" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:45:04.090" UserId="1798" Text="and now for a Win XP commandline complete screw up : &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  C:\Somedir\&gt; cacls.exe * /r Someuser&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;did something much worse than expected&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9119" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5239" RevisionGUID="c1d20b51-dfa9-4df4-acf8-d9e1b94f9fe1" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:45:11.063" UserId="1797" Comment="Added another example." Text="My favorites:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs -bool TRUE&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The above forces all links to open in new tabs, instead of new windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    defaults write com.apple.screencapture location &quot;/path/to/save/screenshots&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This one saves your screenshots somewhere else, other than your desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    defaults write com.apple.screencapture type PDF&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And this one changes the format of your screenshoots to PDF. I am sure some might find this one handy." />
  <row Id="9120" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5243" RevisionGUID="4945386b-35a7-4dac-822c-9c288aefffd8" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:46:44.600" UserId="1565" Text="On our Cisco VPN, we have Point-to-Point Tunnel Protocol (PPTP) tunneling method configured which allows us to use the native Windows client.  That's the only way we've been able to get Vista 64-bit users to connect." />
  <row Id="9121" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5244" RevisionGUID="1cb43f81-7c69-4631-b96b-846fa61ee606" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:46:50.027" UserId="1432" Text="This requires the `deflate` module, so enable that. Under Ubuntu (which is what I'm using), the command for that is `a2enmod deflate`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, use `SetOutputFilter` on your `Directory` or `Proxy` directive:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;ProxyMatch &quot;^http://localhost:8080/($|app/)&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;        Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;        SetOutputFilter Deflate&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/ProxyMatch&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Or:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Directory /var/www&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;        Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;        SetOutputFilter Deflate&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="9122" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3270" RevisionGUID="0248a936-7a62-4487-b12d-86a63cb6f21b" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:47:25.003" UserId="45" Comment="missing word (grammar)" Text="What kinds of questions would you ask and what scenarios would you describe, what kinds of answers would you look for?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't ask for specific questions. I would like to know which interview strategy is good for selecting candidates who are qualified for the job." />
  <row Id="9123" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5245" RevisionGUID="8a9ed559-0618-4f21-a195-26af1df7248a" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:49:47.430" UserId="1797" Text="As the Wikipedia entry you link to notes, you can use **mod_deflate** or **mod_gzip**. See here an [example with mod_gzip][1], which is what I use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.schroepl.net/projekte/mod_gzip/config.htm" />
  <row Id="9124" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5246" RevisionGUID="5c74e908-241f-40a6-ab9c-a82ea6fb78ae" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:50:00.363" UserId="2070" Text="I've always been a big fan of keyboard shortcuts, and one of my favorites was for times when I'd lost mouse control due to a deal battery and I needed to respond to something or other flashing in the system tray (usually an email or IM client that I've banished to that corner.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Windows Key, Tab, Tab&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However in Vista, Tab moves you through the different sections of the start menu, leaving me with no way to get to my precious messages. Does anyone know of a replacement shortcut? And what other Vista-only keyboard shortcuts have you found that might even make life better than it was in XP?" />
  <row Id="9125" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5246" RevisionGUID="5c74e908-241f-40a6-ab9c-a82ea6fb78ae" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:50:00.363" UserId="2070" Text="Vista's Unique Keyboard Shortcuts" />
  <row Id="9126" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5246" RevisionGUID="5c74e908-241f-40a6-ab9c-a82ea6fb78ae" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:50:00.363" UserId="2070" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;keyboard-shortcuts&gt;&lt;system-tray&gt;" />
  <row Id="9127" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5247" RevisionGUID="2c28dd38-12a5-42ad-ba96-fb6c5849502f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:52:28.360" UserId="2032" Text="Try Windows + D, then Tab as you like." />
  <row Id="9128" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5248" RevisionGUID="a7dd0fdb-a706-4df4-a382-13f38d1f1b2a" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:53:30.217" UserId="475" Text="&gt; But SSL VPN licences cost extra.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Really? We recently switched to 64-bit desktops, and hence switched from the Cisco IPSec client to Cisco AnyConnect, and we did were not required to pay any additional licenses. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have a Cisco rep? You might want to take it up with them." />
  <row Id="9129" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5191" RevisionGUID="7e6b4784-ce5d-44c2-a443-c8836009cd28" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:54:00.540" UserId="906" Comment="typos fixed" Text="The most obvious advantage: As long as no text output (or a legacy command) is involved in a pipeline, you are not moving text through the pipes, but instances of .NET framework objects, with all their properties and methods.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This allows for a more expressive and less ambiguous pipeline handling that also is completely uninfluenced by locale and language settings (for example, think of date or number formats and how you'd have to treat them as strings normally).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This also means that you have access to a great deal of the .NET framework capabilities in a scripting environment." />
  <row Id="9130" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5209" RevisionGUID="011e0805-4d35-45bb-8f77-a58970913cba" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:56:40.050" UserId="272" Comment="deleted 2 characters in body" Text="I had a hdd failure and right now I'm reinstalling a new machine with MOSS and Project Server, in a farm configuration. All the databases of the former farm were on another machine that runs SQL Server. How can I set my new machine to use the existing databases and preserver all of my data?" />
  <row Id="9131" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5237" RevisionGUID="0cc71765-777d-4965-8e88-7b174f913362" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:57:52.687" UserId="391" Comment="added 568 characters in body" Text="**lzma** seems to perform very well in both compression ratio and speed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the following http://tukaani.org/lzma/benchmarks benchmarks the fastest setting for lzma gave compression times considerably faster than the fastest bzip2 option, while still giving compression than the slowest bzip2 option:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    ratio	bzip2	lzmash&#xD;&#xA;    fastest	35.8%	31.7%		&#xD;&#xA;    slowest	34.0%	25.4%&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    time	bzip2	lzmash	&#xD;&#xA;    fastest	1m 26s	0m 58s	&#xD;&#xA;    slowest	2m 37s	12m 20s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    *Compressing  full installation of OpenOffice.org 1.1.4 for Linux (203 MB) &#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It performs especially well with binary data, but I think I read some benchmarks of plain text where bzip2 outperformed it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The lzma man page is worth reading:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;        lzma  provides  notably  better compression ratio than bzip2 especially&#xD;&#xA;       with files having other than plain text content. The other advantage of&#xD;&#xA;       lzma  is fast decompression which is many times quicker than bzip2. The&#xD;&#xA;       major disadvantage is that achieving  the  highest  compression  ratios&#xD;&#xA;       requires  extensive  amount of system resources, both CPU time and RAM.&#xD;&#xA;       Also software to handle LZMA  compressed  files  is  not  installed  by&#xD;&#xA;       default on most distributions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9132" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="489" RevisionGUID="836abadc-8f0f-466a-8c69-988b92f9de7c" CreationDate="2009-05-06T11:58:37.440" UserId="429" Comment="links now provided...enjoy, I did" Text="I got these from [crazeegeekchick.com][1] some time ago and I really love them. &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;   1.  [TrueCrypt][2] – encrypt your thumb drive to protect your information&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   2. [ToDoList][3] – A tak management tool that allows you to repeatedly sub-divide your tasks into more manageable pieces &#xD;&#xA;whilst still presenting a clean and intuitive user experience. (Windows Only)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   3. [Portable Firefox][4] – Leaves no personal information behind on the machine - you can take along your browser/extensions/bookmarks anywhere&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   4. [Pidgin Portable][5] – All-in-one instant messaging (supports AIM, ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo, G-Chat, etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   5. [WS FTP32][6] – ftp client&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   6. [FileZilla][7] – yet another ftp client&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   7. [Notepad2][8] – a fast light-weight advanced text editor with syntax highlighting&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   8. [Notepad++][9] - this is one of my favorite text editors – now made portable&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   9. [Color Cop][10] – this is one of my favorite freeware apps – includes an eyedropper you can drag over any window to grab the color value. It then offers a palette of 42 complimentary colors to the one you've picked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  10. [Ifranview][11] – a light little graphics viewer/editor that packs a big punch. You can use it to work with screen captures, create slideshows and more&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  11. [GIMP][12] – the popular open source image editor packaged as a portable app – very robust&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  12. [7-Zip Portable][13] – handles zip, gzip, tar, rar etc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  13. [Allway Sync][14] – syncs files between your thumb drive and PC&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  14. [Unknown Devices][15] – helps you find out what the unknown devices in the device manager are&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  15. [TestDisk][16] – data recovery software that can recover lost partitions or make drives bootable again&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  16. [UTorrent][17] – my preferred bit torrent client – I love having this with me wherever I go&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  17. [Roeder's .NET Reflector][18] – recently purchased by Red Gate, this still-free app can be used to explore .NET assemblies, understand relationships between classes and methods, find where types are instantiated and exposed or check that code has been correctly obfuscated before release. There are also over 30 add-ins available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  18. [Process Explorer][19] – formerly Filemon and Regmon, this is an invaluable sleuthing tool&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  19. [TightVNC][20] – based on the popular VNC remote control software, this version can live on a thumb drive&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  20. [WinMerge][21] – compares differences between files and merges changes. It has the same features as the desktop version&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  21. [Text2Html][22] – a text to HTML converter – converts text files into HTML format&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  22. [Portable Apps Suite][23] – this is the mac-daddy of them all – it includes Firefox, Thunderbird(email), Sunbird(calendar),ClamWin (antivirus), Pidgin(see above), Sumatra PDF Readable, KeePass Password Safe, OpenOffice, CoolPlayer (audio Player) and even a couple of games&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  23. [Restoration][24] – Recover accidentally deleted files – even after they were deleted from the recycle bin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  24. [Infra Recorder Portable][25] – cd and dvd burning&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  25. [RockXP][26] – allows you to recover windows passwords or keys, change keys, display system password, and more – sneaky!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://crazeegeekchick.com/blog/25-must-have-thumb-drive-apps-for-geeks/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.truecrypt.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.truecrypt.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/pidgin_portable&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.chicopee.com/pbbs/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/filezilla_portable&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://portableapps.com/apps/development/notepadpp_portable&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://colorcop.net/features/&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://www.irfanview.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_pictures/gimp_portable&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/7-zip_portable&#xD;&#xA;  [14]: http://allwaysync.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [15]: http://www.halfdone.com/Development/UnknownDevices/&#xD;&#xA;  [16]: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download&#xD;&#xA;  [17]: http://www.utorrent.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [18]: http://www.red-gate.com/products/reflector/index.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [19]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [20]: http://www.tightvnc.com/download.html&#xD;&#xA;  [21]: http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/winmerge_portable&#xD;&#xA;  [22]: http://www.cybermatrix.com/text2html.html&#xD;&#xA;  [23]: http://portableapps.com/suite&#xD;&#xA;  [24]: http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/Restoration/restoration.html&#xD;&#xA;  [25]: http://infrarecorder.sourceforge.net/?page_id=5&#xD;&#xA;  [26]: http://www.rockxp.org/" />
  <row Id="9133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5249" RevisionGUID="7cefdb5e-fcea-4814-99e7-fdf28d024a8f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:00:29.653" UserId="2070" Text="I found [this][1] article discussing a quick way to sort your bash history and see which commands you use the most:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cut -f1 -d&quot; &quot; .bash_history | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr | head -n 30&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It really opens your eyes as to which tasks you should create aliases for and which ones you should cronjob away completely. I'd love to see a ServerFault list of recommended command line aliases that save you time on the job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Between us, I'll bet we can save every user who reads this post at least 10 minutes a day. (Minus the first day wherein they waste all of their time reading ServerFault instead of doing their job of course!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2007/01/whats_in_your_bash_history.html" />
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  <row Id="9135" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5249" RevisionGUID="7cefdb5e-fcea-4814-99e7-fdf28d024a8f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:00:29.653" UserId="2070" Text="&lt;bash&gt;&lt;alias&gt;" />
  <row Id="9136" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5250" RevisionGUID="300c046c-2229-431d-bf65-fc0229f8d92c" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:00:32.787" UserId="1435" Text="I always keep a pen-and-paper note of all the odd, quirky things that I come across in normal day to day work, not the sort of thing that's in the 'how to...' books. I can then call on one or two of these situations in an interview, often more to start a conversation than as a test, I'm more interested in HOW they'd deal with the situation than if they know the answer. I always ask a question regarding 'bleeding edge' tech to see if they're interested in new tech (or TOO interested in fact)." />
  <row Id="9137" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5251" RevisionGUID="7e151e13-d590-4756-9d89-5e0c8b139eaf" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:00:40.480" UserId="1787" Text="Compress, Gzip, Bzip, Bzip2 are not for archiving multiple files. They only compress single file. For archiving they are usually used with TAR. The problem with TAR is that it has **no index table**. It's only good if you're planing to restore **whole** thing. If you're expecting, that you ever need to restore only limited number of selected files, forget about TAR. To get the last file from `tar.gz` or `tar.bz2` archive, you have to decompress and process **all** of it. In case of zip, rar or 7-zip, it'll go to the index table, skip to relevant position of the archive and only process relevant file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ok, TAR's out, so that leaves you with ZIP, RAR and 7-ZIP. Of these three, ZIP is the most proliferated, most anything supports it, many applications have built-in support. On the other hand 7-ZIP is also portable, the library is LGPL, and has compression rates much better then other two. RAR is real looser there, neither great compression, nor really portable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9138" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5240" RevisionGUID="db08540e-04b3-4c7b-9611-f7b4b184be34" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:01:30.867" UserId="2024" Comment="added 108 characters in body" Text="This will depend on whether your graphics card driver supports it (if you advise what card you have then we can confirm this) but.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    xrandr --output &lt;output&gt; --rotate &lt;direction&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;should do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    man xrandr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;here is excerpt from the EXAMPLES section&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Sets an output called LVDS to its preferred mode, and on its right put an output called VGA to preferred mode of a screen which has&#xD;&#xA;       been physically rotated clockwise:&#xD;&#xA;              xrandr --output LVDS --auto --rotate normal --pos 0x0 --output VGA --auto --rotate left --right-of LVDS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Note that this does not work when using the nvidia binary driver, see comment for alternative solution*" />
  <row Id="9139" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5252" RevisionGUID="d1c79e5c-4471-4093-832d-521ac5f42e24" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:04:55.430" UserId="2032" Text="SQL Server Express 2008 (and SQL Server Express 2005) can only act as [replication subscriber][1]. I don't know the details of your application, but you probably could write your own synchronization mechanism.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/editions-compare.aspx" />
  <row Id="9140" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5251" RevisionGUID="4ba376cb-d28b-4c93-9a1c-60e338559f57" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:06:39.637" UserId="1787" Comment="added 70 characters in body" Text="Compress, Gzip, Bzip, Bzip2 are not for archiving multiple files. They only compress single file. For archiving they are usually used with TAR. The problem with TAR is that it has **no index table**. It's only good if you're planing to restore **whole** thing. If you're expecting, that you ever need to restore only limited number of selected files, forget about TAR. To get the last file from `tar.gz` or `tar.bz2` archive, you have to decompress and process **all** of it. In case of zip, rar or 7-zip, it'll go to the index table, skip to relevant position of the archive and only process relevant file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ok, TAR's out, so that leaves you with ZIP, RAR and 7-ZIP. Of these three, ZIP is the most proliferated, most anything supports it, many applications have built-in support. And it's fast. On the other hand 7-ZIP is also portable, the library is LGPL, and has compression rates much better then other two, comes as a cost of being more CPU consuming. RAR is real looser there, neither great compression, nor really portable, nor fast.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9141" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5253" RevisionGUID="df8de1e8-a32b-4b6c-b925-67930856d5b1" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:07:19.590" UserId="1797" Text="My favorite of all times:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias server_name='ssh -v -l username ip_address'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It doesn't need explanation, does it? :-)" />
  <row Id="9142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5254" RevisionGUID="4bf195ce-5b5c-4a74-8b0d-7380d69630de" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:08:59.443" UserId="463" Text="I have to admit I have a few like this..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias sl=ls&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To try and combat my typos :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also have&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias aliases='xterm -e vim ~/.bash_aliases;reload'&#xD;&#xA;    alias reload='. ~/.bash_aliases'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So its nice and simple to add new ones." />
  <row Id="9143" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5249" RevisionGUID="e595b5d9-371b-4dc4-ac66-198e43e502be" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:09:22.923" UserId="2070" Comment="Made actual question more clear" Text="I found [this][1] article discussing a quick way to sort your bash history and see which commands you use the most:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cut -f1 -d&quot; &quot; .bash_history | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr | head -n 30&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It really opens your eyes as to which tasks you should create aliases for and which ones you should cronjob away completely. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**I'd love to see a ServerFault list of recommended command line aliases that save you time on the job**. What have you got?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Between us, I'll bet we can save every user who reads this post at least 10 minutes a day. (Minus the first day wherein they waste all of their time reading ServerFault instead of doing their job of course!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2007/01/whats_in_your_bash_history.html" />
  <row Id="9144" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5255" RevisionGUID="54d6dcfb-32bf-4ec5-bf00-f6be10470b07" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:09:23.127" UserId="17159" Text="I've recently changed laptop and I would have expect it to be quite a lot faster, but it feels more or less the same? Is it just Vista? Will it be better with Win7?" />
  <row Id="9145" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5255" RevisionGUID="54d6dcfb-32bf-4ec5-bf00-f6be10470b07" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:09:23.127" UserId="17159" Text="Why my Core2Duo 2.2GHz 4GB RAM w/Vista doesn't feel faster than my single-core PM 2GHz 2GB RAM running XP?" />
  <row Id="9146" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5255" RevisionGUID="54d6dcfb-32bf-4ec5-bf00-f6be10470b07" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:09:23.127" UserId="17159" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="9147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5256" RevisionGUID="e99de2f4-5726-4322-b43d-98f2945c4c3a" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:09:50.957" UserId="601" Text="I once wanted to delete a bunch of files in a directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    del *.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The computer then said &quot;Are you sure? [y/N]&quot;  I thought &quot;OF COURSE I'm sure, I wouldn't have typed the darn command in otherwise!  Sheesh stupid computers *grumble*...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Y &lt;enter&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Windows&gt;_&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Um... WTF? Did I just erase my windows directory?.... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    undelete *.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In those days of small hard disks I knew what every file in c:\windows was for and what its name was, but even after undeleting everything the system was never the same.  I gained a little bit of respect for the &quot;are you sure&quot; prompt.  Just a little." />
  <row Id="9148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5257" RevisionGUID="973bf426-42f8-4249-b8ab-a0347862e4fa" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:10:07.960" UserId="2071" Text="I have a fairly new HP Compaq 6715b laptop.  It is running Windows Vista Business 64-bit with the latest drivers and HP updates for the Broadcom network adaptor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My problem is that I can only get the wireless networking to detect networks when I am very close to the wireless access point (within about 5 meters).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have the same problem when connecting to the wireless network at work, at home and in public areas, so I don't think the issue is with the access points.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At home I have an older laptop and Nintendo Wii that can both see and connect to the wireless network at distances far greater than my HP laptop, so again, I think this points to a problem with the laptop itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I have noticed is that the wireless network strength is only ever reported as Excellent, I can't even see networks with a lower strength.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone seen this problem before, and does anyone have any suggestions?" />
  <row Id="9149" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5257" RevisionGUID="973bf426-42f8-4249-b8ab-a0347862e4fa" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:10:07.960" UserId="2071" Text="HP laptop wireless network problem" />
  <row Id="9150" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5257" RevisionGUID="973bf426-42f8-4249-b8ab-a0347862e4fa" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:10:07.960" UserId="2071" Text="&lt;wireless-network&gt;&lt;laptop&gt;" />
  <row Id="9151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5258" RevisionGUID="e6dacfdf-9f98-462b-87e1-86c6ae3303be" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:10:46.350" UserId="1797" Text="And, of course, a link to the Microsoft page listing [all shortcuts][1] should be handy as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/2503b91d-d780-4c80-8f08-2f48878dc5661033.mspx" />
  <row Id="9152" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5259" RevisionGUID="05dd4c9e-d554-4411-a5f3-566a16fec297" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:14:25.330" UserId="1797" Text="It could be a problem with your machine, or OS configuration, or something else, I have no way to know. Windows XP has less requirements than Vista, and yes, I have noticed that it runs &quot;faster&quot; than Vista on several machines I have worked on. My Windows 7 RC install is considerably faster than it's Vista predecessor, so yes, windows 7 will be better (feel faster, perform better, etc)." />
  <row Id="9153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5260" RevisionGUID="2294befd-ff12-4689-b345-aaca5880c427" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:16:27.040" UserId="45" Text="Since you're specifically asking for Vista-only keyboard shortcuts, here is a list:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Win + g: cycles the Gadgets selections.&#xD;&#xA;- Win + Spacebar: brings Gadgets to the front&#xD;&#xA;- Win + x: cycles though the Mobility Center.&#xD;&#xA;- Win + TAB: activates Flip 3-D.&#xD;&#xA;- Win + u: activates the Ease of Use Center.&#xD;&#xA;- Win + t: cycles through Taskbar Programs&#xD;&#xA;- Alt + TAB variant: press Win+1 or +2 and so on. This cycles the open programs on the taskbar. " />
  <row Id="9154" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5261" RevisionGUID="140f886c-2377-47c4-b478-a8a855195b9d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:16:55.680" UserId="48" Text="There are a number of reasons why it may feel slower than your old laptop:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Vista uses more resources than XP, In my opinion Windows 7 is much better at resource use, so you may see an improvement if you upgrade.&#xD;&#xA; - Most applications are not written yet to take advantage of both cores of a CPU at the same time, so switching to a core2duo my not give you the extra speed you expected.. yet. It should still be an improvement as Windows is able to distribute tasks between cores.&#xD;&#xA; - Whilst you have 4Gb of RAM in your new machine, if your using a 32 bit OS you will have access to less than that. Whilst 32bit vista can address up to 4Gb of RAM, applications will be limited to 2-3Gb of virtual address space to use.&#xD;&#xA; - Finally, does the machine have all the manufacturers extra software installed? This can slow a machine significantly. A friend recently bought a new laptop and we thought it was slow, turns out the bundled version of mcafee was using 50% of his CPU!" />
  <row Id="9155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5262" RevisionGUID="d863aae5-890a-45d4-bc6a-7b9653549c34" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:19:47.750" UserId="1994" Text="Do you have the Vista 'Sidebar' enabled with a lot of modules running?  The Sidebar app can eat a lot of memory very quickly, especially with special plugins for things like Pandora, etc." />
  <row Id="9156" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5263" RevisionGUID="15e0fc5f-b927-497b-ac0c-af4327881897" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:20:03.270" UserId="463" Text="My erm favorite was when I was at university. I was building an application (I don't recall what) and as I wasn't root I had built it with &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PREFIX=~username/usr/local&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I could install it to my home directory. Unfortunately it installed into&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /home/username/src/app/~username/usr/local&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;instead. Naturally to delete it as start again i executed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rm -rf ~username&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the source directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wondered why it was taking so long....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;:-)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9157" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5264" RevisionGUID="7a6ff14f-5fc3-46da-a661-3c5ea62ad772" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:20:38.777" UserId="2070" Text="One problem you may have is that this entire question is based on what may be extremely subjective observations on your part.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a number of changes to the Vista interface that may actually fool you into thinking that it is slower than XP. For example, the time for a window to minimize to the taskbar is a bit longer than it was in XP if you have some of the flashy bits turned on. Right click Computer, choose Properties, go to Advanced System Settings-&gt;Advanced-&gt;Performance and you can tweak some of these visual settings. For more detailed tweaks for perceived speed there are a number of [registry changes][1] that you can make too!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, see [this][2] codinghorror article for a discussion on how the design of the Vista progress bar makes you feel like copy operations are taking longer than they really are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, keep in mind that there are a number of places your system can be bottlenecked. Just because you have a faster processor, does not mean that disk operations will take any less time to complete. You can even see [this][3] codinghorror article which discusses the problem in more detail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.techarena.in/tips-tweaks/1059881.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001058.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001235.html" />
  <row Id="9158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5265" RevisionGUID="3c568310-484b-46c6-b90b-8c7d65814240" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:20:57.217" UserId="1787" Text="    alias cd..='cd ..'" />
  <row Id="9159" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5266" RevisionGUID="a130b495-98d5-4a00-bcd9-2cb60aa13922" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:26:01.540" UserId="116" Text="`Windows Key, Left, Right`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will show the [notorious][1] Vista shutdown menu.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/11/21.html" />
  <row Id="9160" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5267" RevisionGUID="9260711b-33b8-44bb-8bb6-8cc016f850d4" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:26:11.027" UserId="531" Text="I've used Ubuntu on and off since Warty Warthog. I was thinking about installing Jaunty soon; but I noticed that over the weekend [NetBSD 5.0][1], [Dragonfly BSD 2.2.1][2], [OpenBSD 4.5][3], and [FreeBSD 7.2][4] have all been released, so I got curious:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is good about the BSDs? Why should or shouldn't I install one of them instead of Ubuntu? What are their main selling points? Performance? Stability? Hardware compatibility? Ease-of-use? Security?  Do they run well on older hardware? What is it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.netbsd.org/changes/#netbsd-5&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.dragonflybsd.org/release22/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://archive.openbsd.nu/?ml=openbsd-announce&amp;a=2009-04&amp;m=10574751&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.2R/announce.html" />
  <row Id="9161" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5267" RevisionGUID="9260711b-33b8-44bb-8bb6-8cc016f850d4" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:26:11.027" UserId="531" Text="What is good about the BSDs?" />
  <row Id="9162" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5267" RevisionGUID="9260711b-33b8-44bb-8bb6-8cc016f850d4" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:26:11.027" UserId="531" Text="&lt;bsd&gt;&lt;comparison&gt;" />
  <row Id="9163" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5263" RevisionGUID="f1c3f6eb-3a47-451c-afb6-0357db5d7cfa" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:26:48.327" UserId="463" Comment="added more embarisment" Text="My erm favorite was when I was at university. I was building an application (I don't recall what) and as I wasn't root I had built it with &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PREFIX=~username/usr/local&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I could install it to my home directory. Unfortunately it installed into&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /home/username/src/app/~username/usr/local&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;instead. Naturally to delete it as start again i executed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rm -rf ~username&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the source directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wondered why it was taking so long....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;:-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However my worst one was when I was working with a solaris workstation and after getting it all setup we wanted to wipe the configuration ready for live config. So I executed &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sys-unconfig&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Agreed to the warning message and instead of the machine rebooting and going back to &quot;factory defaults&quot; The xterm window simply said&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    connection closed by foreign host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Moral of the story **Don't ever leave a root shell open on another host! EVER!!**&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5268" RevisionGUID="bc4d4c2b-3ad6-4dd1-a7c8-52edc8c43e6d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:26:53.350" UserId="48" Text="I'd say this is a fault with the wireless network card in your laptop. Has it always been like this, or has it degraded over time? If its still in warranty I would get it looked at by HP and repaired." />
  <row Id="9165" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5269" RevisionGUID="7a74fe9b-33ce-4a91-9574-c469b89b3e57" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:27:06.780" UserId="2072" Text="**calc** to open Calculator." />
  <row Id="9166" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5269" RevisionGUID="7a74fe9b-33ce-4a91-9574-c469b89b3e57" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:27:06.780" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="9167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5270" RevisionGUID="69bbae3a-1d40-4b93-82c5-73abfddccb53" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:29:43.000" UserId="1815" Text="Security, security and one more time security." />
  <row Id="9168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5271" RevisionGUID="cdcdb03c-e9bb-49ef-911c-f2e03e3f809b" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:30:31.467" UserId="914" Text="BSD is generally considered secure by default, by disabling all but the core services.  It's also very stable, you can tell this by looking at one of the many uptime monitoring services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be warned however, that Linux isn't the same as BSD...there is a learning curve, so don't expect to jump straight into it." />
  <row Id="9169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5272" RevisionGUID="6a60bba9-aa4c-4ef2-9d53-6c35409a2b08" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:30:59.687" UserId="2070" Text="I appreciate gabrieleponti and David's responses, however I actually did a little more hunting on my own and discovered a super-secret shortcut that doesn't seem to be listed in the common documentation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Windows Key + B&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will actually take you right to the system tray!" />
  <row Id="9170" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5251" RevisionGUID="c5ece385-cc32-47a8-9dd6-25e878bc6e19" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:32:12.430" UserId="1787" Comment="added 307 characters in body" Text="Compress, Gzip, Bzip, Bzip2 are not for archiving multiple files. They only compress single file. For archiving they are usually used with TAR. The problem with TAR is that it has **no index table**. It's only good if you're planing to restore **whole** thing. If you're expecting, that you ever need to restore only limited number of selected files, forget about TAR. To get the last file from `tar.gz` or `tar.bz2` archive, you have to decompress and process **all** of it. In case of zip, rar or 7-zip, it'll go to the index table, skip to relevant position of the archive and only process relevant file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ok, TAR's out, so that leaves you with ZIP, RAR and 7-ZIP. Of these three, ZIP is the most proliferated, most anything supports it, many applications have built-in support. And it's fast. On the other hand 7-ZIP is also portable, the library is LGPL, and has compression rates much better then other two, comes as a cost of being more CPU consuming. RAR is real looser there, neither great compression, nor really portable, nor fast.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: seems that the best option would be 7-ZIP, but with bzip2 compression method. This way you won't have disadvantages of TAR, but you'll can still take advantage of bzip2 multi-core support. [See this article.][1]&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2007/12/14/7-zip-compression-vs-speed/" />
  <row Id="9171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5273" RevisionGUID="4777ddfb-4560-477d-bb2b-c1ac20325acf" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:33:00.837" UserId="1815" Text="Vista eats much more recourses itself. Put XP on Core2Duo laptop and it will fly." />
  <row Id="9172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5274" RevisionGUID="3b54beee-5dba-46c7-84ec-1b1ff6a82e74" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:36:22.327" UserId="1565" Text="I have found that the best to way optimize a new user setup is to start before they are hired.  Get with the manager and find out what the employee will need.  Have the hiring manager let you know the minute they accept the position. Have the manager give you all their info so you can do things like set up their login credentials.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my last job, the most important thing for us was knowing WHERE the new employee was going to sit.  It's so much easier to set up a computer if there is a desk to put it on." />
  <row Id="9173" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5275" RevisionGUID="33a54837-a81a-4377-af09-0cc68be0d179" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:37:55.833" UserId="914" Text="I'd recommend `apt-cacher`, it won't create a full mirror of the entire repository but instead will download and retain anything someone requests though it.  It will also stream directly to the first user, so there's no unnecessary wait.  It's also a lot more stable than apt-proxy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also has a nice web reporting interface so you can check its actually working and how much bandwidth you're saving." />
  <row Id="9174" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5175" RevisionGUID="6206384f-2473-469b-8318-e6e277354c23" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:40:45.203" UserId="1787" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Another thing. Beware of non-technical users and their stupidity. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our production servers were safe at colocation center, but development ones in the office. Once the cleaning lady couldn't find free power outlet, and plugged the vacuum cleaner to the servers' UPS. Luckily it had quite loud overload alarm, so we could react promptly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other case (don't know how much real or urban legend it is), there where mysterious downtimes of one of the servers every day early in the morning. No one could identify the problem. Resulted, that the security guard at the start of his shift would unplug one of the servers, and plug in the coffee maker. He though that &quot;no one would notice, it was only 3 minutes&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9175" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5276" RevisionGUID="2810177a-5289-4429-8a98-287c25bb85f3" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:41:11.067" UserId="1403" Text="Vista is very resource intensive.  Vista on a brand new machine feels like XP does on a 3-4 year old machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looks like Windows 7 will be faster than Vista on the same hardware, based on the betas and RC, but we really won't know for sure until it's released &quot;for real&quot;." />
  <row Id="9176" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5271" RevisionGUID="65b72834-d9af-4654-9659-860877130fdd" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:44:29.920" UserId="914" Comment="Added an example" Text="BSD is generally considered secure by default, by disabling all but the core services.  It's also very stable, you can tell this by looking at one of the many uptime monitoring services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be warned however, that Linux isn't the same as BSD...there is a learning curve, so don't expect to jump straight into it.  For example you'll find all the core commands, such as `ls` have different flags which can be confusing at first and can take a while to break an old habit of using Linux flags." />
  <row Id="9177" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5277" RevisionGUID="7de53759-0870-4a24-80a6-95978805b1a7" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:44:40.107" UserId="2074" Text="To test the performance of your website you can use a web stress tool like Web Application Stress Tool (Great name :) by Microsoft.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rick Strahl has a good walk-through [on his blog][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.west-wind.com/presentations/webstress/webstress.htm" />
  <row Id="9178" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4954" RevisionGUID="9bb92249-1118-409a-b5d1-a2333c383fc1" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:46:00.433" UserId="613" Comment="added 398 characters in body" Text="This is going to depend on the hardphone in question.  Polycom phones will pick up files of a certain name (00000000-directory.xml, I think) from the ftp/tftp/http server that they get their config from.  You could conceivably snag the contacts and periodically regenerate that file. [This manual][1] has details; see page 4-10 (p64 in the pdf) for details on the 'Local Contact Directory File Format'.  Oh, looks like there's a new feature since I last looked: Corporate Directory (p4-34/p88) that is a way to point the phone directly at an LDAP server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.polycom.com/global/documents/support/setup_maintenance/products/voice/spip_ssip_Admin_Guide_SIP_3_1.pdf" />
  <row Id="9179" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5278" RevisionGUID="156126dd-0fc9-4172-bf65-fd2c58689a6c" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:47:07.763" UserId="2024" Text="I don't consider BSD to be quite as mature as Linux on the Desktop but for servers it's rock solid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whether you want to install BSD or not depends entirely on what you use your machine for. While many things are similar to Linux many things are different too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However here is a run down of the different BSDs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* OpenBSD : One if it's mail goals is to be the most secure OS (and it probably is)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* NetBSD : It's motto is &quot;Of course it'll run NetBSD&quot;. This has to be one of the most portable operating systems around. Many people run it on desktops too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* FreeBSD : Very popular for servers although again many people run it on the desktop too. Probably the most popular of all the BSDs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* DragonFly BSD : A relative new comer (2003), it was a fork of FreeBSD 4.8. I've not used it myself but apparently is stable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9180" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5279" RevisionGUID="5a0af218-649f-4dfb-9855-820462270e93" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:48:39.740" UserId="706" Text=" - General technical questions&#xD;&#xA;  - irc://freenode/serverfault&#xD;&#xA;  - irc://freenode/stackoverflow&#xD;&#xA; - Server Fault meta discussion&#xD;&#xA;  - irc://freenode/serverfault&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="9181" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5279" RevisionGUID="5a0af218-649f-4dfb-9855-820462270e93" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:48:39.740" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="9182" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5280" RevisionGUID="af75959c-7c3e-4d10-8569-ed97071ca0c0" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:49:55.883" UserId="1562" Text="    select * from &lt;File1&gt; join &lt;file2&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a production box. Note the lack of an `on` clause. :-) Both tables were multi-million row tables, and this was on an AS/400 in the mid 90s where once the SQL was running you couldn't kill it." />
  <row Id="9183" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5206" RevisionGUID="6134d5a4-d22b-4c6e-8714-f5adfaa77a41" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:50:28.190" UserId="808" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;server-room&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;server-security&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="9184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5281" RevisionGUID="248ea718-be58-4eaa-b4a9-5b1218ee9d3d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:52:31.057" UserId="706" Text="Probably because in your usage scenario, the bottleneck isn't CPU performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Typically hard drive performance determines the perceived speed - it affects how quickly programs open and close, files open and close, and many, many other operations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to see a difference, you'll need to put top-of-the-line everything else in the machine (RAID hard drives or SSD, fastest memory, best graphics card, etc) to show what the difference is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if you aren't running programs that really tax the processor, you simply won't see a difference even if you've removed all the other bottlenecks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="9185" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5282" RevisionGUID="a3bc3c4c-4db2-4254-b975-abf104e532d4" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:52:33.850" UserId="2072" Text="Is there any open source Exchange server that is work fine like Microsoft Exchange for Linux or Windows? " />
  <row Id="9186" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5282" RevisionGUID="a3bc3c4c-4db2-4254-b975-abf104e532d4" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:52:33.850" UserId="2072" Text="Is there any open source Exchange server?" />
  <row Id="9187" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5282" RevisionGUID="a3bc3c4c-4db2-4254-b975-abf104e532d4" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:52:33.850" UserId="2072" Text="&lt;opensource&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="9188" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5283" RevisionGUID="debec42f-24e1-4785-90dc-12d406813f2c" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:54:04.187" UserId="613" Text="From what I can see on the 'net, it looks like that laptop has PCIe slots, so you should open it up and make sure that your antennas are actually connected to your PCIe wireless card - the connectors are tiny, and sometimes a bit &quot;fiddly&quot; so they could have jarred loose or somesuch. " />
  <row Id="9189" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5284" RevisionGUID="046f2796-7e83-40a5-a84f-94fa59db4906" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:56:51.467" UserId="613" Text="See [this article][1] about Zafara groupware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/08/09/19/2023252.shtml" />
  <row Id="9190" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5285" RevisionGUID="c74a8afb-9602-4d23-84c7-9ead32de0173" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:57:14.727" UserId="48" Text="[Zimbra][1] is an opensource alternative to Microsoft Exchange. It uses a number of open source products, namely Postfix, Tomcat and OpenLdap. It can interact with Active Directory and other directory structures. It also offers a pretty extensive AJAX enabled web interface. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It offers both an opensource and commercial version, and is now owned by Yahoo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.zimbra.com/" />
  <row Id="9191" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5286" RevisionGUID="9e129ea4-5667-4251-b8f9-7df11bde570c" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:57:22.450" UserId="45" Text="There is an Exchange-like open source project called [Open-Xchange][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is a messaging and collaboration platform combining common free software packages, open standards and web services. Open-Xchange Server is available as proprietary software and as a community supported open-source software (GPL 2) package.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:  http://www.open-xchange.com/" />
  <row Id="9192" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5287" RevisionGUID="21885d02-9068-4f5c-bd45-f94627a3b2ef" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:58:17.797" UserId="533" Text="It is not open source, but the [community edition of Scalix][1] is free-as-in-beer.  Never used it myself but I've heard really good things about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.scalix.com/community/communityedition/index.php" />
  <row Id="9193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5288" RevisionGUID="5feed7cf-cee5-4c0c-944f-15b983f7dcb7" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:58:28.313" UserId="2024" Text="I've not tried it personally but take a look at http://www.zimbra.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's dual licensed but the opensource one might give you everything you need.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9194" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5289" RevisionGUID="48a5d153-bb20-45bf-b43b-92b557ddbf1f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T12:59:45.610" UserId="613" Text="Apache's [mod_dav][1] has worked well for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_dav.html" />
  <row Id="9195" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4973" RevisionGUID="7d9d3334-cb9a-4f6e-977f-2f6128db5569" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:00:04.393" UserId="1589" Comment="added 127 characters in body" Text="Within OSX, two great drive cloning utilities are available; [SuperDuper][1] and [CCC][2].  I'm looking for an equivalent within the Windows world.  Utilities such as Ghost, Acronis, and Clonezilla initially look promising, but from what I can tell don't support cloning an active boot drive.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, the Mac utilities allow the clone show up as a true clone, not an image file.  So, if I plug the backup into a new computer, I'm able to boot from the backup and get my exact environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any utilities available for Windows that mimic the functionality provided by SuperDuper and CCC for active boot drives?  (meaning, not having to boot from a CD or other disk to back up)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:  Thanks everyone, I've decided to try out Acronis to see if it works the way I expect.  If not, will move onto Ghost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html" />
  <row Id="9196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5290" RevisionGUID="edf74334-dd44-440c-b694-c813ee54544b" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:02:56.443" UserId="706" Text="It depends on what exactly you're compressing, but in general 7z makes better use of multiple processors, and the 7z compression format itself yields higher compression than zip, and sometimes higher than rar (although rar and 7z are nearly equivalent, but rar isn't free...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My tests a few months ago gave these results:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Compressing a single, 10MB access database file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Database.mdb 17,240,064 (original)&#xD;&#xA;    Database.zip  1,634,794 (Regular zip, 11:1)&#xD;&#xA;    Database.rar    262,212 (RAR compression, 66:1)&#xD;&#xA;    Database.7z     195,678 (7-zip compression, 88:1)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Compressing a folder containing over nine thousand files of varying types (903,488KB) and got the following (this is a combination of source code and all the tools surrounding it for software being developed):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Type   Time  Size (KB)  Compression&#xD;&#xA;    ZIP    7:28   247,529   3.7:1&#xD;&#xA;    RAR    8:15   222,232   4.1:1&#xD;&#xA;    7z    10:49   181,633   5.0:1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For time purposes, this was on a Core2 Duo, 2GHz, 1GB RAM, and a cheap hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So 7z gave a substantial improvement in compression ratio in the two cases I tested above and beyond zip, and even improved on rar, but 7z was certainly slower.  Not significantly so, but enough to be noted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="9197" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5267" RevisionGUID="eff82dc1-f712-4fdb-84cf-ffe0fe4ac6ce" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:04:10.747" UserId="531" Comment="added 225 characters in body" Text="I've used Ubuntu on and off since Warty Warthog. I was thinking about installing Jaunty soon; but I noticed that over the weekend [NetBSD 5.0][1], [Dragonfly BSD 2.2.1][2], [OpenBSD 4.5][3], and [FreeBSD 7.2][4] have all been released, so I got curious:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is good about the BSDs? Why should or shouldn't I install one of them instead of Ubuntu? What are their main selling points? Performance? Stability? Hardware compatibility? Ease-of-use? Security?  Do they run well on older hardware? What is it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** This is from the point of view of a (primarily Java) desktop developer, but I'd be interested to know what are the pros and cons for others also. Are they targeted more for servers? For corporate users? Or what?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.netbsd.org/changes/#netbsd-5&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.dragonflybsd.org/release22/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://archive.openbsd.nu/?ml=openbsd-announce&amp;a=2009-04&amp;m=10574751&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.2R/announce.html" />
  <row Id="9198" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5285" RevisionGUID="0eb2cd25-277e-4741-82d8-1d4669c61614" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:04:29.700" UserId="48" Comment="added 278 characters in body" Text="[Zimbra][1] is an opensource alternative to Microsoft Exchange. It uses a number of open source products, namely Postfix, Tomcat and OpenLdap. It can interact with Active Directory and other directory structures. It also offers a pretty extensive AJAX enabled web interface. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It offers most of the features offerec by Exchange:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Email&#xD;&#xA; - Contacts&#xD;&#xA; - Shared Calendaring&#xD;&#xA; - VOIP integration&#xD;&#xA; - Mobile access with activesync push sync and Blackberry Enterprise Server connector&#xD;&#xA; - MAPI, IMAP, POP, iCal iSync Access&#xD;&#xA; - Extensive web interface&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It offers both an opensource and commercial version, and is now owned by Yahoo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.zimbra.com/" />
  <row Id="9199" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5267" RevisionGUID="bdb9d1c9-1941-464c-809e-b463bb351e3e" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:05:19.123" UserId="388" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;bsd&gt;&lt;comparison&gt;&lt;subjective&gt;" />
  <row Id="9200" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5281" RevisionGUID="49be7f2a-a7e3-4153-bfd6-9774ff70aea0" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:06:13.583" UserId="706" Comment="added 127 characters in body" Text="In your use the bottleneck isn't CPU performance&#xD;&#xA;----------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Typically hard drive performance determines the perceived speed - it affects how quickly programs open and close, files open and close, and many, many other operations.  But there are many other parts to the computer that may affect how fast the programs you use run outside the CPU.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to see a difference, you'll need to put top-of-the-line everything else in the machine (RAID hard drives or SSD, fastest memory, best graphics card, etc) to show what the difference is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if you aren't running programs that really tax the processor, you simply won't see a difference even if you've removed all the other bottlenecks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="9201" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="206" RevisionGUID="6ab7ebc3-00fe-4301-8572-edd1bef62769" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:08:12.953" UserId="190" Comment="added info about raid growing" Text="I'm interested in a Infrant/Netgear [X-RAID][1] NAS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there another hardware or software solution where I&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Can add drives to the array &#xD;&#xA; 2. Can keep the data on the original array&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;looks like its called Online **RAID Capacity Expansion and Online RAID Level Migration**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some devices that support it are [QNAP][2],[Thecus][3],[this RAID Controller][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm favoring a RAID Controller approach to reduce costs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux supports [Software RAID Growing][5] which does the same thing, I think thats a cost effective solution&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.readynas.com/?cat=53&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.qnap.com/pro_features_RLM.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.thecus.com/products_over.php?cid=11&amp;pid=94&amp;set_language=english&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.sequoia.co.uk/components/product.php?d=1&amp;c=1&amp;f=179&amp;p=1095&amp;fmt=grid&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://linux-raid.osdl.org/index.php/Growing" />
  <row Id="9202" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5291" RevisionGUID="2fe4cdfc-72e5-40bf-81e9-20b54dbfd7d4" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:09:17.053" UserId="810" Text="Lots of good answers here! I especially like the lists of jj33 and Murali Suriar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would add to theirs: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Be an active communicator. It doesn't matter whether you're in a large enterprise or a small one. People are counting on you to keep the network and servers &quot;boring&quot; (that is, without surprises). So actively announce upgrade and maintenance downtimes, quickly promote news when you know there's a issue that may affect people, and work with your constituents to identify when they're more sensitive to infrastructure reliability (month-end, quarter-end, early in the morning, whatever). Document the environment and procedures somewhere, anywhere, so that your processes can be distributed, shared, and repeatable. You may think this is going to reduce your job security, but what it really will do is enable you to move on to other tasks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="9203" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5290" RevisionGUID="f55b3d5e-560a-4b0a-9900-42176f3331a8" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:09:28.550" UserId="706" Comment="titled post" Text="Comparing zip, 7z, rar with two cases&#xD;&#xA;-------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It depends on what exactly you're compressing, but in general 7z makes better use of multiple processors, and the 7z compression format itself yields higher compression than zip, and sometimes higher than rar (although rar and 7z are nearly equivalent, but rar isn't free...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My tests a few months ago gave these results:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Compressing a single, 10MB access database file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Database.mdb 17,240,064 (original)&#xD;&#xA;    Database.zip  1,634,794 (Regular zip, 11:1)&#xD;&#xA;    Database.rar    262,212 (RAR compression, 66:1)&#xD;&#xA;    Database.7z     195,678 (7-zip compression, 88:1)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Compressing a folder containing over nine thousand files of varying types (903,488KB) and got the following (this is a combination of source code and all the tools surrounding it for software being developed):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Type   Time  Size (KB)  Compression&#xD;&#xA;    ZIP    7:28   247,529   3.7:1&#xD;&#xA;    RAR    8:15   222,232   4.1:1&#xD;&#xA;    7z    10:49   181,633   5.0:1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For time purposes, this was on a Core2 Duo, 2GHz, 1GB RAM, and a cheap hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So 7z gave a substantial improvement in compression ratio in the two cases I tested above and beyond zip, and even improved on rar, but 7z was certainly slower.  Not significantly so, but enough to be noted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="9205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5293" RevisionGUID="703e5255-e354-4e9c-ae17-a6d1067aaceb" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:11:20.857" UserId="1800" Text="I think that **communication skills** are very important if you want to move from: administrator to: *great* administrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the application developer side of the line, if the administrator cannot communicate why something is a problem or why things take longer than expected, I can only make guesses about the coming solution (if any).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The more the administrator is able to communicate (preferable in non-admin speak) what is going on or why things will have to wait till Monday, the better I can work with them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5294" RevisionGUID="18aa8004-bf6b-40bb-8338-caa5fbf81165" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:11:21.247" UserId="808" Text="&quot;Feel&quot; is a highly subjective measurement.  Have you measured anything, or are you referring to the responsiveness of the desktop?  Going from single to dual core at approximately the same clock rate will often not make any difference in responsiveness &quot;feel.&quot;  Many applications are essentially single-threaded.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For both laptops, you have enough RAM that it shouldn't be a factor.  (I was embarrassed to discover years back that I built my parents' XP machine with 128 Meg of RAM.  Adding RAM made a very noticeable difference in responsiveness, boot speed, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For these reasons, plus given what we know about XP and Vista, I would expect the two machines to have roughly the same responsiveness.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9207" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5285" RevisionGUID="7493a83a-b99f-46e5-af39-cf807884d883" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:16:29.877" UserId="48" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="[Zimbra][1] is an open source alternative to Microsoft Exchange. It uses a number of open source products, namely Postfix, Tomcat and OpenLdap. It can interact with Active Directory and other directory structures. It also offers a pretty extensive AJAX enabled web interface. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It offers most of the features offered by Exchange:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Email&#xD;&#xA; - Contacts&#xD;&#xA; - Shared Calendaring&#xD;&#xA; - VOIP integration&#xD;&#xA; - Mobile access with activesync push sync and Blackberry Enterprise Server connector&#xD;&#xA; - MAPI, IMAP, POP, iCal iSync Access&#xD;&#xA; - Extensive web interface&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It offers both an open source and commercial version, and is now owned by Yahoo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.zimbra.com/" />
  <row Id="9208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5295" RevisionGUID="dbbfb860-5667-4271-adcd-15d8b73a63c3" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:16:54.243" UserId="1992" Text="You could use the Change Tracking feature. It's designed to allow occasionally-connected systems to sync up by only retrieving the data that's changed since the last sync. Checkout my TechNet Magazine article Tracking Changes in SQL Server 2008 for a starter - lots of BOL links. http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/TechNet-Magazine-Article-on-Tracking-Changes-in-Your-Enterprise-Database.aspx&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9209" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5293" RevisionGUID="568f7ce3-d80d-470f-8991-c3abae73f238" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:17:57.843" UserId="1800" Comment="added 220 characters in body" Text="I think that **communication skills** are very important if you want to move from: administrator to: *great* administrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the application developer side of the line, if the administrator cannot communicate why something is a problem or why things take longer than expected, I can only make guesses about the coming solution (if any).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The more the administrator is able to communicate (preferable in non-admin speak) what is going on or why things will have to wait till Monday, the better I can work with them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A *great* administrator is able to distil the essence of what is going on and can tell the  easy-to-understand version to his users/other departments/customers so that they understand issue without knowing all the details." />
  <row Id="9210" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5294" RevisionGUID="65064f1c-b47f-455a-8058-7eda3eb18028" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:18:42.443" UserId="808" Comment="added 499 characters in body" Text="&quot;Feel&quot; is a highly subjective measurement.  Have you measured anything, or are you referring to the responsiveness of the desktop?  Going from single to dual core at approximately the same clock rate will often not make any difference in responsiveness &quot;feel.&quot;  Many applications are essentially single-threaded.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For both laptops, you have enough RAM that it shouldn't be a factor.  (I was embarrassed to discover years back that I built my parents' XP machine with 128 Meg of RAM.  Adding RAM made a very noticeable difference in responsiveness, boot speed, etc.)  Once RAM is large enough to not be a bottleneck, adding more won't make a big difference.  Both your laptops pass that point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For these reasons, plus given what we know about XP and Vista, I would *expect* the two machines to have *roughly* the same responsiveness.  Your newer machine should perform much better for anything that's not single-threaded (or when running multiple CPU-intensive applications at the same time).  While the speed difference between a 2 GHz Pentium Mobile and a 2.2 GHz Core 2 processor is big, it's not a factor of two.  For a speed difference you can &quot;feel,&quot; you need a fairly large speed difference between the processor.  Vista's flashy GUI [can easily][1] eat up much of the speed differential, even if things are not in fact any slower. (Link is to Jax's answer.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You didn't mention hard disk, but if the older laptop has a 5400 RPM drive and the newer one has a 4200 RPM hard drive, this would cause the newer one to perform slower in any I/O-bottlenecked task.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/5255/why-my-core2duo-2-2ghz-4gb-ram-w-vista-doesnt-feel-faster-than-my-single-core-pm/5264#5264&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5296" RevisionGUID="c1224ea6-0248-4283-998e-4c4c1740292e" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:20:16.933" UserId="1246" Text="In the Linux world, distributions tend to be lacking in that... cohesive feeling.  They are often built in a decentralized manner, which tends to lead to this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The BSDs are usually managed by one person, so you get the feeling that each variant is an actual product that had a lot of planning behind it.  Things work together very well, and all components are very well documented.  You rarely find kludges.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This lays a very solid foundation, making the BSDs an easy to maintain platform, therefore  having the potential to lead to a more secure and manageable environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been a Linux user for 13 years now, and while I still consider it a viable platform, I have moved all of my production and personal servers to the BSDs for the reasons mentioned above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, Linux still might be the better choice for the desktop due to its bleeding edge driver support.  " />
  <row Id="9212" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5297" RevisionGUID="e7ca3b94-53de-468a-88c3-38f4c6b80222" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:20:46.947" UserId="613" Text="    * How do you ensure that all of your Linux servers are properly backed up?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I run [duplicity][1] on them, backing up to amazon S3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * How often do you backup your servers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do a full backup quarterly and nightly incrementals.  This is mostly to cut down on storage costs at S3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * What do you backup, apart from the obvious /home directories?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/home, /etc and /var.  I run a debian box so I also do a nightly 'dpkg --get-selections &gt;/etc/debian.pkgs' so I can track what's installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * How do you ensure that backups are incremental, but still easy to restore?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;duplicity does that well.  I test it occasionally by doing a restore from some point in history.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://duplicity.nongnu.org/" />
  <row Id="9213" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5298" RevisionGUID="f2292235-7f04-4865-bff1-8f3dd2369131" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:21:10.973" UserId="1992" Text="Remember that the behavior you're all describing is from SQL Server 2005 onwards, when the memory manager was rewritten to (among other things) respond to memory pressure requests from the OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For SQL Server 2000 and before, once it grabs memory it won't give it back, no matter how much the OS shouts for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CodeSlave - are you running on 2000, 2005, or 2008?" />
  <row Id="9214" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5299" RevisionGUID="52b05937-950f-468b-b393-1bf3d548b924" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:23:57.597" UserId="2077" Text="It isn't all about efficiency and speed. Sure they are important and you can look at the benchmarks for those and choose wisely from the options (though I'd recommend some simple benchmarking of your own with your own data on your own server).  But archiving inevitably leads at some point to accessing your data again (otherwise why not just delete it?).  Or maybe years down the road it won't be you accessing the data at all, but someone third party.  Pick something that will be around when you need to access the data and something that people recognize.  I personally use 7zip, but when I archive files others might need I use zip.  They know it, lots of tools can handle it.  It may not be quite as fast or quite as small, but it helps with the human factor." />
  <row Id="9215" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5300" RevisionGUID="3626ddc7-91e9-4f7e-821f-25533363dee5" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:24:30.277" UserId="640" Text="If the customers are accompanied by an authorized staff member, then that seems fine to me. I certainly wouldn't let a customer in the server room unattended. As for staff, stict controls should be enforced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to use the server room as a showpiece, then windows or glass walls are a great way to do that without walking countless people through a sensitive area." />
  <row Id="9216" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5301" RevisionGUID="d89cfb70-2a35-41d6-b49f-84ffae1384e3" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:25:07.657" UserId="613" Text="I've done a 40-ish GB restore from S3 using [duplicity][1] and it took around 12 hrs.  This is pretty clearly due to bandwidth limitations.  It was, however, a very 'fire and forget' kind of operation - I started it up, then went home for the day.  Next morning it was done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, I still use it because the average restore case isn't a full restore, it's a few files that someone accidentally deleted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://duplicity.nongnu.org/" />
  <row Id="9217" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5294" RevisionGUID="7dd79331-eacf-44db-ae33-5e9fc71667b5" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:27:14.420" UserId="808" Comment="added 539 characters in body" Text="&quot;Feel&quot; is a highly subjective measurement.  Have you measured anything, or are you referring to the responsiveness of the desktop?  Going from single to dual core at approximately the same clock rate will often not make any difference in responsiveness &quot;feel.&quot;  Many applications are essentially single-threaded.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For both laptops, you have enough RAM that it shouldn't be a factor.  (I was embarrassed to discover years back that I built my parents' XP machine with 128 Meg of RAM.  Adding RAM made a very noticeable difference in responsiveness, boot speed, etc.)  Once RAM is large enough to not be a bottleneck, adding more won't make a big difference.  Both your laptops pass that point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For these reasons, plus given what we know about XP and Vista, I would *expect* the two machines to have *roughly* the same responsiveness.  Your newer machine should perform much better for anything that's not single-threaded (or when running multiple CPU-intensive applications at the same time).  While the speed difference between a 2 GHz Pentium Mobile and a 2.2 GHz Core 2 processor is big, it's not a factor of two.  For a speed difference you can &quot;feel,&quot; you need a fairly large speed difference between the processor.  Vista's flashy GUI [can easily][1] eat up much of the speed differential, even if things are not in fact any slower. (Link is to Jax's answer.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You didn't mention hard disk, but if the older laptop has a 5400 RPM drive and the newer one has a 4200 RPM hard drive, this would cause the newer one to perform slower in any I/O-bottlenecked task.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You also didn't mention the front-side-bus speed or RAM speeds of the two systems.  Responsiveness depends on both the FSB speed of the CPU/chipset and the speed of memory that is in place.  Also, are you using paired dual-channel memory?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many, many factors that can influence responsiveness, some objective and some subjective.  We can give many reasons why your Vista system will be about as responsive as your older XP system.  But without more specific information about details of the hardware, we can only speculate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/5255/why-my-core2duo-2-2ghz-4gb-ram-w-vista-doesnt-feel-faster-than-my-single-core-pm/5264#5264&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9218" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5302" RevisionGUID="036100c5-6ad8-422b-a147-060acd81c207" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:33:08.743" UserId="447" Text="I liked these two books:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - [Windows PowerShell in Action][1] by Bruce Payette&#xD;&#xA;  - [Windows PowerShell Pocket Reference][2] by Lee Homes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, check out these sites:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - [MS Script Center][3]&#xD;&#xA;  - [Scripting with Windows PowerShell][4]&#xD;&#xA;  - [The PowerShell blog][5]&#xD;&#xA;  - [PowerGUI][6]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Windows-PowerShell-Action-Bruce-Payette/dp/1932394907/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1220791167&amp;sr=8-1&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.amazon.com/Windows-PowerShell-Pocket-Reference/dp/0596521782/ref=pd_bbs_sr_7?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1220791167&amp;sr=8-7&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/hubs/msh.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://powergui.org" />
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  <row Id="9225" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4943" RevisionGUID="9dbbafc2-3b77-4232-9e31-e84358e29581" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:38:18.013" UserId="1314" Comment="added 112 characters in body" Text="I have a laptop here running Windows Vista, and it's complaining about corrupt files. There are folders which I can't access. When I try and run chkdisk, it tells me I need to do this at the next reboot since the drive is in use. I go ahead and schedule it to run; however, when I reboot chkdisk never runs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have used the system file restore tool (sfc I believe), and it did find a lot of files which it replaced; however, the tool complained that not all files could be repaired, when I look at the CBS log file I see nothing but successes so I'm not sure what files wouldn't restore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I even found a site out there which had a copy of chkdsk on it to download and try incase my chkdsk became corrupt. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any other options out there? Can I boot off a usb or cd and run chkdsk? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just out of curiosity but does anyone know what would cause the Checkdisk not to run at startup?" />
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  <row Id="9229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5306" RevisionGUID="ea0a0e1a-63f3-4cb6-969a-26b455964b73" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:41:52.577" UserId="2080" Text="[LugRadio][1] is pretty good if you like your podcasts with a British accent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lugradio.org/" />
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  <row Id="9236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5309" RevisionGUID="3730637e-5b15-4105-8f37-14fabba7d6fd" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:46:49.973" UserId="2034" Text="For you windows folks out there:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*[IT Idiots][1]*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They don't do much sys admin type postcasts anymore but there is a fairly extensive archive with good windows video podcasts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.itidiots.com/" />
  <row Id="9237" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5309" RevisionGUID="3730637e-5b15-4105-8f37-14fabba7d6fd" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:46:49.973" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="9238" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5310" RevisionGUID="a70282be-7430-4d74-b41b-c940a263cd03" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:48:03.967" UserId="117" Text="Checkout theses very good podcasts from [JupiterBroadcasting][1] :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Linux Action Show][2] : about new Linux stuff, interviews (Mark Shuttleworth, CrossOver's CEO, Linspire's CEO...) and more&#xD;&#xA; - [In Depth Look][3] : in depth on a specific topic, like VirtualBox or security tools&#xD;&#xA; - [The Big Story &amp; News Update][4] : short podcast about news in the Linux world&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They are very fun to listen, so enjoy !&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/?cat=4&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/?cat=153&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/?cat=154" />
  <row Id="9239" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5311" RevisionGUID="cebc5ad6-2bfe-42a0-83f5-3a56329e6459" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:49:43.337" UserId="1803" Text="Technical questions are important, and the method of answering is almost as important as having the correct answer.  (the last thing the IT dept needs is someone sabotaging its goodwill throughout the organization with hostility and condescension).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But here's my most important question -&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My first interview with a &quot;real&quot; IT firm ended when I he got to a technical question that I answered with, &quot;I don't know.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The response was: &quot;Great, when can you start?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was fresh out of college, and my interviewer wanted to know that I was capable of recognizing the limits of my knowledge/experience.  It's something I've kept with me, and I think it's the single most important attribute for a sysadmin.  Specific knowledge is great, and will give you a leg up, but if you can't admit to not knowing, you're going to progress very slowly, if at all." />
  <row Id="9240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5312" RevisionGUID="f3b35440-a6f2-4f1f-bfe9-a42e65b9b4c0" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:52:39.197" UserId="2077" Text="As a sysadmin let me just tell you what we have and how it is going:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - We have 25+ lines, 20 of which are &quot;smartphones&quot; with data, email, internet, etc, the remainder are traditional flip style phones&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Our service provider is Sprint.  We are not currently under contract, but we don't leave because none of the other carriers can beat their pricing. And in fact Sprint can't beat their pricing either which is why we haven't recontracted with them yet either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Sprint has the worst customer service I have ever experienced.  Fortunately for us we have enough lines (they keep lowering the number required) to qualify for a dedicated business rep so I don't have to call the normal service department.  It took many months to get a decent rep though and now I won't let him go (they try to transfer me to a new rep, we threaten to leave)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Our phones are now a mix.  Mostly UT Startcom PPC6700, 6800 and 6850. They are all more or less terrible (more terrible for the 6700, less so for the others).  I've been happiest with the Palm Treo 800w, which I use personally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Battery life on all Windows Mobile phones is terrible.  Expect to have it plugged in and charging (in the wall or via usb) whenever you are not using it.  Most of our phones won't last the night if they aren't plugged in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - We run an Exchange 2003 server.  The sync with the phones is great. It is easy to setup and works well.  I usually get my emails on my phone before they hit my Outlook inbox.  No extra software to buy, no new system to learn.  That's why we put up with the rest of the nonsense.  I can also force policies onto the phones (like requiring an unlock code) directly from the Exchange management console as well as setting access policies easily.  I can remotely wipe a phone as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Getting the iPhone to work with Exchange is also easy and you can pretty much do all the same control things mentioned above.  People love them.  Our IT director uses one instead of his PPC6800 as does the CEO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - On average the life expectancy of our Windows Mobile phones is about 10-14 months. They either die on their own or someone cracks the screen.  We did the math and found the equipment protection plan to be a good investment on these phones.  We replace batteries at our expense, more often, usually every 6 months.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Regardless of the carrier or hardware **make all account changes in writing** (via email is fine). Never over the phone.  If you work with a rep on the phone insist on a email confirmation.  Trust me.  They'll say they did something and then won't have any record of it when you get charged $1000 for the text messages on the line you asked them to add the unlimited plan to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Review your bill meticulously.  It will be wrong.  You will get charged for things that are supposed to be free or unlimited.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9241" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5313" RevisionGUID="edde4cee-be1e-4bbe-92c9-2611ed50b468" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:58:17.450" UserId="1054" Text="Does anyone know of a free open source recovery tool?  Should include recovery of document protection password ideally." />
  <row Id="9242" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5313" RevisionGUID="edde4cee-be1e-4bbe-92c9-2611ed50b468" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:58:17.450" UserId="1054" Text="Open Source MS Word Password Recovery?" />
  <row Id="9243" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5313" RevisionGUID="edde4cee-be1e-4bbe-92c9-2611ed50b468" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:58:17.450" UserId="1054" Text="&lt;msword&gt;&lt;password-recovery&gt;&lt;opensource&gt;" />
  <row Id="9244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5314" RevisionGUID="5ccff4cc-6e58-4709-bb57-f6044ee240fe" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:59:54.950" UserId="1466" Text="I am writing a **bash script** to analyze the mail logs on our network, which is mostly **postfix** boxes, but would like to include **MS Exchange logs** in the analysis if possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to copy a file off of a windows machine remotely from the command line in linux?  (note: I have admin priv's on the windows box)" />
  <row Id="9245" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5314" RevisionGUID="5ccff4cc-6e58-4709-bb57-f6044ee240fe" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:59:54.950" UserId="1466" Text="How would I grab a text file off of a windows machine from a linux cli?" />
  <row Id="9246" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5314" RevisionGUID="5ccff4cc-6e58-4709-bb57-f6044ee240fe" CreationDate="2009-05-06T13:59:54.950" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;bash&gt;&lt;copying&gt;" />
  <row Id="9247" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5315" RevisionGUID="adc307a3-30b8-45d5-93c0-dbf755209811" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:00:15.887" UserId="1878" Text="This is the sort of thing that DTS/SSIS is commonly used for. One major warning, though, is that the out-of-box components for loading to an Oracle database are unacceptably slow for row counts over about 1000 (less if you need really fast loads). If I were doing this on a regular basis (every hour or so, for example), I'd probably use SSIS to create a package, but my load to Oracle would be through SQL*Loader (it's a *ton* faster). As for the data integrity piece, it's not too difficult to use SSIS to do the verification of the data, assuming you have relatively straightforward foreign key relationships. If you have extremely complex integrity constraints, you'll be better off creating a stored proc on the destination DB that you call with the SQL Server data after loading it into a staging table (this is the approach that Oracle EBS uses, so it's almost got to be a best practice by definition)." />
  <row Id="9248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5316" RevisionGUID="6c7ae020-2c3f-44d7-b2db-2a0a1cdda8cc" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:04:44.127" UserId="2024" Text="Few options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Share the directory on windows and use smbmount to mount it on Linux (then you can use simple cp)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Install an ssh server on the windows machine (possibly using cygwin) and then you can scp the file across&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Setup FTP server on windows machine and FTP it across (using wget/ncftpget or similar)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9249" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4086" RevisionGUID="73767f4a-e2b6-48e4-a35c-bdad6e873df7" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:04:56.123" UserId="768" Comment="added 18 characters in body" Text="This could work:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cp -Rp /home /opt # --recursive --preserve&#xD;&#xA;    umount /opt&#xD;&#xA;    umount /home&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # remove old /home entry&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo /opt/home  /home  none  bind &gt;&gt; /etc/fstab&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # remove original /home partition&#xD;&#xA;    # resize /opt partion to use the free space&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # could also just restart here&#xD;&#xA;    mount /opt&#xD;&#xA;    mount /home&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will either need to append `sudo` to each line, or run as `root` &amp;nbsp; [`sudo bash`]." />
  <row Id="9250" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5317" RevisionGUID="41e3f2dc-16a9-469c-bd59-4f99d3d097aa" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:05:13.050" UserId="1878" Text="If the Windows system has an SSH server, that'd work. If not, you could do an SMB/CIFS mount of the drive on the Windows system, then copy the file to your local Linux drive." />
  <row Id="9251" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5318" RevisionGUID="6b09121d-a573-47e1-ad87-e70cac844a73" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:05:27.323" UserId="2040" Text="Here are two options you may want to check out:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[IP Cop][1] is a Linux distro that I have heard some good things about.  This solution was implemented over a year ago at a local non-profit and has been running solid ever since.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Watchguard][2] is a commercial appliance that we ran at one of my last job sites and that I was really impressed with.  Not only will it handle filtering and threat mitigation, but it can also provide VPN for your network and some of the models come with built in wireless capabilities.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ipcop.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.watchguard.com/" />
  <row Id="9252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5319" RevisionGUID="01b10b17-3f51-4bbe-95f7-e7a10af654ae" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:05:40.413" UserId="1956" Text="SQL Server Profiler's good. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wrote an article for Simple Talk that included using profiler to get slow-running queries&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/performance/finding-the-causes-of-poor-performance-in-sql-server,-part-1/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I tend to do is run that kind of trace weekly and keep historical results in a table in a monitoring database (somewhere other than the production server). That way it's pretty easy to see trends from one week to the next.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/performance/finding-the-causes-of-poor-performance-in-sql-server,-part-1/" />
  <row Id="9253" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5320" RevisionGUID="095524f8-05a5-441f-a3e9-d24979e8a2e2" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:06:12.907" UserId="914" Text="Make the Windows folder a share and mount it on Linux?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mount.cifs \\windows\share \mnt\windows -o &quot;user=Administrator&quot; " />
  <row Id="9254" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5321" RevisionGUID="34abf5e1-c172-4ef1-af00-70606ace55f1" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:09:44.023" UserId="2082" Text="Have you looked at [Checkpoint][1]? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.checkpoint.com" />
  <row Id="9255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5322" RevisionGUID="bf528ba7-8db6-41c7-a4fd-89e1dfbe9f49" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:12:21.317" UserId="1736" Text="I really like /usr/ports.  This isn't to say that I don't also really like apt-get, but it's a pleasing feeling to know that your installs are being built on and for your particular machine, with any optimizations you felt like throwing into the makefile defaults.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How much of the perceived benefit of that is superstition, I haven't done the research to find out, but I like it. :)" />
  <row Id="9256" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="1753" RevisionGUID="b0ac215b-daa5-4597-8720-cc42fb008937" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:13:10.800" UserId="292" />
  <row Id="9257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5323" RevisionGUID="2febbe5d-9bf4-4310-8dd5-71ca413e8b57" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:13:54.713" UserId="806" Text="SonicWall has a great line of appliance hardware and subscription based services. [You can check them out here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're looking for something cheaper there is a good list at the [wikipedia][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sonicwall.com/us/UTM_Firewall_VPN.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_router_or_firewall_distributions" />
  <row Id="9258" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5324" RevisionGUID="c5b42a23-a118-4f0c-be6e-85a32837d9f7" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:15:19.797" UserId="1797" Text="A few options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could mount a Windows share using SMB and then perform the copy/move/etc as needed. You could place the file on a web space and use `wget` to fetch it. You could install an [SSH server][1] on the Windows machine, and do a `scp`. You could use [NFS][2] to access the Windows drive. You could also send Exchange logs to a syslog server (or use [Splunk][3]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324055&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.splunk.com/" />
  <row Id="9259" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5325" RevisionGUID="413e89a5-4596-43e6-a1f4-4b18c339b5bf" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:16:15.753" UserId="1956" Text="If you have other services, files in the filesystem, other resources outside of SQL that have to be present after a failover, then consider clustering. If you have several databases that have to be together, then consider clustering.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With mirroring it's just the DB that fails over, nothing more. With clustering the entire set of shared drives are available to the secondary server after a failover.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, one thing with clustering. There's only a single set of storage (usually). That's a single point of failure and is often the weak point." />
  <row Id="9263" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5327" RevisionGUID="18346048-9d3a-4e74-a346-fb0e1b86b3ad" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:21:14.277" UserId="1797" Text="[This one][1] is free, although not open source.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freewordexcelpassword.com/" />
  <row Id="9264" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5318" RevisionGUID="02c6b3d8-9708-464c-9ed0-18a5399350bc" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:21:14.727" UserId="2040" Comment="deleted 14 characters in body" Text="Here are two options you may want to check out:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[IP Cop][1] is a Linux distro that I have heard some good things about.  This solution was implemented over a year ago at a local non-profit and has been running solid ever since.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Watchguard][2] is a commercial appliance that we ran at one of my last job sites and that I was really impressed with.  Not only will it handle threat mitigation, but it can also provide VPN for your network and some of the models come with built in wireless capabilities.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ipcop.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.watchguard.com/" />
  <row Id="9265" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2565" RevisionGUID="186f9d58-2225-4019-8463-927de297669c" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:25:08.103" UserId="1129" Comment="typo" Text=" - A sweatshirt/hoodie. It's cold in there! It's hard to have a steady hand if you're shivering. If you're not cold, take the hoodie off.&#xD;&#xA; - A laptop, of course. Make sure you have all the utilities and documentation you will need pre-installed.&#xD;&#xA; - USB and PS/2 keyboard and mouse if you don't keep spares in your server room. We keep spares there, and all of our machines take USB peripherals, so that makes things easier.&#xD;&#xA; - A monitor (LCD is much easier to carry) if you don't keep a spare with the servers. Again, better to have a spare already in the room.&#xD;&#xA; - lc mentioned multiple USB sticks, and I second that. You might consider an external USB hard drive if you have to move a lot of data. &#xD;&#xA; - Everyone mentioned a cell phone already and I have to agree. You never know when you have to call for help or have someone on the outside run a test.&#xD;&#xA; - Anti-static wriststrap if you're going to open up a server. Electro-static discharge (ESD) can destroy components even if you didn't see/feel/hear the spark. It can also break things in subtle ways that are extremely hard to diagnose later. &#xD;&#xA; - Camera (cell phone cam usually good enough). Recording labels, cable routings, server contents, etc is much easier if you can take a picture. Also good for recording water damage, etc.&#xD;&#xA; - Pen and paper are obviously useful.&#xD;&#xA; - Masking tape. It peels off more cleanly than duct tape, it's cheaper, and can be used both for labels and for binding errant cables. It's also easier to tear. You can use it to post warnings and reminders as well. You can even use it to keep little screws attached to the case they belong to.&#xD;&#xA; - Screw driver set (lc and others mentioned this). You will likely need the full range of Phillips (+) and slotted (-) screwdriver sizes. Always use the largest that fits comfortably in the screw, so you don't strip the head. Socket drivers are also handy, and less likely to strip the screw.&#xD;&#xA; - Penlight (small flashlight/&quot;torch&quot;) to see clearly in those tight spaces. Works well with the camera.&#xD;&#xA; - Small magnet on a stick/tweezers to grab dropped screws from tight spaces. BE CAREFUL WITH THESE! Most magnets are too weak to affect a sealed hard drive, but don't wave one willy-nilly inside a running server. Tweezers are usually uninsulated metal, and pointy metal objects should not be inserted into runinng servers either. But it's much nicer than having to hold an open server upside-down and shake it to get little screws out.&#xD;&#xA; - Needle-nose pliers. Comes on most multitools. You never know when you need them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA; - Canned air! Servers collect dust quickly, and it can clog heatsinks and fans. It's also really gross. If you have to go into a server, blow the dust out of there. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9267" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4874" RevisionGUID="a100e4a9-156f-477b-af9d-272be7dc3b5a" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:25:43.173" UserId="1129" Comment="typo in &quot;them&quot;" Text="Start with [this article][1] with some great Linux tricks. My favorite is pstree, which displays your processes in a tree format so you can see which process spawned which.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;curl beats the hell out of wget for pretty much anything you would use wget for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;zgrep and zless are great for searching gzipped log files so you don't have to pipe them through gunzip or leave uncompressed stuff around in /var/log.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://bashcurescancer.com/10-linux-commands-youve-never-used.html" />
  <row Id="9268" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5329" RevisionGUID="6c37922f-e71a-4ca8-8add-c67553259bfc" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:27:25.697" UserId="301" Text="As a Java developer, the big gotcha is there is mainstream JVM for *BSD. Before everyone flames me out of existence, what I mean is, there is no current shipping JDK from Sun or any of the other major vendors (IBM, BEA/Oracle) so you will always be playing second fiddle to linux and window users." />
  <row Id="9269" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5330" RevisionGUID="5c7d7fbb-8b8b-4c61-99b4-b1ae6c602484" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:28:13.620" UserId="706" Text="**Licensing**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main difference between the BSDs and Linux is the licensing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can take a BSD code base, make whatever changes you want to it, and distribute the resulting binary, sell it, etc, without opening the source code changes you made.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is very attractive for companies, such as Apple, where legal obligations to their stockholders may require them to keep proprietary IP 'safe'.  Apple based some of its kernel on FreeBSD, for instance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tivo wouldnt' have had the (minor) licensing issues it suffered years ago if they built on top of BSD rather than Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Some practical differences**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The BSDs aren't as popular as Linux, and so don't have drivers for bleeding edge hardware.&#xD;&#xA; - There are fewer BSDs than Linux distributions, and they are very well defined so you know, generally, when you should use one over another.&#xD;&#xA; - They all focus more on stability than many other factors, and thus are often used in high reliability situations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="9270" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5331" RevisionGUID="98989736-7419-470e-94a9-00416b9b944e" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:30:54.940" UserId="1891" Text="First let me prefix my answer with the fact that I am heavily biased towards PostgreSQL.  I use both PostgreSQL and MySQL very heavily on fairly large site.  I, from time to time, have problems with MySQL falling over performance wise. When this happens, I usually restart it and things go back to normal.  It's also worth noting that we run PostgreSQL on everything from 8 to 32 core boxes and our MySQL cluster runs on a set of 8 core boxes.  Monty, when he was at Sun, stated that MySQL does not scale on a single box beyond 4 cores." />
  <row Id="9271" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4086" RevisionGUID="5f6f0dcc-889d-473d-82e9-3bc69eeac25c" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:32:57.697" UserId="768" Comment="Added comment out /home entry" Text="This could work:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # copy files preserving attributes&#xD;&#xA;    cp -Rp /home /opt # --recursive --preserve&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # comment out old /home entry&#xD;&#xA;    perl -pie'$_ = &quot;#$_&quot; if m[/home]' /etc/fstab &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # add a bind entry to the end of fstab&#xD;&#xA;    echo /opt/home  /home  none  bind &gt;&gt; /etc/fstab&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # unmount both partitions&#xD;&#xA;    umount /home&#xD;&#xA;    umount /opt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # remove original /home partition&#xD;&#xA;    # resize /opt partition to use the freed space&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # could also just restart here&#xD;&#xA;    mount /opt&#xD;&#xA;    mount /home&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will either need to append `sudo` to each line, or run as `root` &amp;nbsp; [`sudo bash`]." />
  <row Id="9272" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5332" RevisionGUID="b60ada83-a9e2-4db4-b553-63ac86f92275" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:36:11.477" UserId="1129" Text="Take a look at [Astaro][1]. They sell ready UTM devices with their software installed (do a 30-day trial to see if it does what you need). If you have a spare computer with 2 ethernet cards, you can download Astaro for free and install it to make a dedicated router. They even have VMWare appliances available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option is [m0n0wall][2], which is completely free. It's based on FreeBSD. Like the free version of Astaro, you install it on a computer to turn it into a dedicated UTM device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's also [Smoothwall][3], which is Linux based and installed like Astaro or m0n0wall. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of these are excellent products and should do what you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.astaro.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://m0n0.ch/wall/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.smoothwall.org/" />
  <row Id="9273" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1279" RevisionGUID="1581d837-b02d-49ae-a8ee-1e25780b2cf6" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:39:13.797" UserId="715" Comment="added 377 characters in body; edited tags" Text="I have an SQL Server instance who's memory usage gradually grows until windows will give it no more. It seems logical that the occasional big query result would cause the instance to grow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way I can convince SQL Server to release the memory it doesn't need any more (other than restarting the service)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**  &#xD;&#xA;I'm using SQL Server 2000&#xD;&#xA;SQL Server 8.00.2039 - SP4 (Standard Edition)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was able to find that out using the following query:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SELECT 'SQL Server ' &#xD;&#xA;        + CAST(SERVERPROPERTY('productversion') AS VARCHAR) + ' - ' &#xD;&#xA;        + CAST(SERVERPROPERTY('productlevel') AS VARCHAR) + ' (' &#xD;&#xA;        + CAST(SERVERPROPERTY('edition') AS VARCHAR) + ')'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9274" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1279" RevisionGUID="1581d837-b02d-49ae-a8ee-1e25780b2cf6" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:39:13.797" UserId="715" Comment="added 377 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;memory&gt;&lt;sqlserver2000&gt;" />
  <row Id="9276" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5334" RevisionGUID="71e9dff8-0edb-4a46-bacd-f9c1507f8a40" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:41:52.243" UserId="216" Text="I use [`cwRsync`][1] to backup my Windows box to my Linux server.  It installs as a service under Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also use `smbclient` which is possibly easier to use than actually mounting the remote drive within the Linux server's filesystem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CwRsync" />
  <row Id="9277" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5307" RevisionGUID="1d764a99-cdf5-4ea1-848d-039d5fe49125" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:42:07.533" UserId="2079" Comment="added 58 characters in body" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please tell me an Enterprise UTM/Firewall list from where I can choose which firewall to buy...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm currently trying Cyberoam and Kerio Winroute among the commercial ones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried ISA server and popular opensource distro's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can include both opensource distro's and commercial names..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="9278" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5335" RevisionGUID="54304823-a983-46a9-9d77-f608d3fa5e54" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:46:52.123" UserId="2036" Text="FLOSS Weekly  http://www.twit.tv/FLOSS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They've had excellent guests and cover a lot of topics." />
  <row Id="9279" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5336" RevisionGUID="6c9df739-419a-4117-bc6f-243b75f61dd0" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:47:37.410" UserId="1156" Text="Hot swapping out a failed SATA /dev/sda drive worked fine, but when I went to swap in a new drive, it wasn't recognized:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@fs-2 ~]# tail -18 /var/log/messages&#xD;&#xA;    May 5 16:54:35 fs-2 kernel: ata1: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x50000 action 0xe frozen&#xD;&#xA;    May 5 16:54:35 fs-2 kernel: ata1: SError: { PHYRdyChg CommWake }&#xD;&#xA;    May 5 16:54:40 fs-2 kernel: ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)&#xD;&#xA;    May 5 16:54:45 fs-2 kernel: ata1: device not ready (errno=-16), forcing hardreset&#xD;&#xA;    May 5 16:54:45 fs-2 kernel: ata1: soft resetting link&#xD;&#xA;    May 5 16:54:50 fs-2 kernel: ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)&#xD;&#xA;    May 5 16:54:55 fs-2 kernel: ata1: SRST failed (errno=-16)&#xD;&#xA;    May 5 16:54:55 fs-2 kernel: ata1: soft resetting link&#xD;&#xA;    May 5 16:55:00 fs-2 kernel: ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)&#xD;&#xA;    May 5 16:55:05 fs-2 kernel: ata1: SRST failed (errno=-16)&#xD;&#xA;    May 5 16:55:05 fs-2 kernel: ata1: soft resetting link&#xD;&#xA;    May 5 16:55:10 fs-2 kernel: ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)&#xD;&#xA;    May 5 16:55:40 fs-2 kernel: ata1: SRST failed (errno=-16)&#xD;&#xA;    May 5 16:55:40 fs-2 kernel: ata1: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps&#xD;&#xA;    May 5 16:55:40 fs-2 kernel: ata1: soft resetting link&#xD;&#xA;    May 5 16:55:45 fs-2 kernel: ata1: SRST failed (errno=-16)&#xD;&#xA;    May 5 16:55:45 fs-2 kernel: ata1: reset failed, giving up&#xD;&#xA;    May 5 16:55:45 fs-2 kernel: ata1: EH complete&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried a couple things to make the server find the new /dev/sda, such as [rescan-scsi-bus.sh][1] but they didn't work:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@fs-2 ~]# echo &quot;---&quot; &gt; /sys/class/scsi_host/host0/scan&#xD;&#xA;    -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument&#xD;&#xA;    [root@fs-2 ~]#&#xD;&#xA;    [root@fs-2 ~]# /root/rescan-scsi-bus.sh -l&#xD;&#xA;    [snip]&#xD;&#xA;    0 new device(s) found.&#xD;&#xA;    0 device(s) removed.&#xD;&#xA;    [root@fs-2 ~]#&#xD;&#xA;    [root@fs-2 ~]# ls /dev/sda&#xD;&#xA;    ls: /dev/sda: No such file or directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ended up rebooting the server.  /dev/sda was recognized, I fixed the software RAID, and everything is fine now.  But for next time, **how can I make Linux recognize a new SATA drive I have hot swapped in without rebooting?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The operating system in question is RHEL5.3:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@fs-2 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release&#xD;&#xA;    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.3 (Tikanga)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The hard drive is a Seagate Barracuda ES.2 SATA 3.0-Gb/s 500-GB, model ST3500320NS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/rescan-scsi-bus.sh-1.25" />
  <row Id="9280" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5336" RevisionGUID="6c9df739-419a-4117-bc6f-243b75f61dd0" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:47:37.410" UserId="1156" Text="How do I make Linux recognize a new SATA /dev/sda drive I hot swapped in without rebooting?" />
  <row Id="9281" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5336" RevisionGUID="6c9df739-419a-4117-bc6f-243b75f61dd0" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:47:37.410" UserId="1156" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;rhel&gt;&lt;redhat&gt;&lt;sata&gt;&lt;hotswap&gt;" />
  <row Id="9282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5337" RevisionGUID="6a0a0c67-14ac-486d-a43c-312692419a0e" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:49:07.080" UserId="1993" Text="The other posters are correct that this is by design, but you absolutely want to limit the max memory to a bit less than your server's RAM. Think about this sequence of events:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - SQL 2000 runs happily, consuming all of your server's RAM&#xD;&#xA; - Someone RDPs in, or you have to pull up IE to download a patch, or your backups kick off, whatever&#xD;&#xA; - SQL has to deallocate and free enough memory for the OS to work&#xD;&#xA; - Performance sucks while it's freeing memory and paging to disk&#xD;&#xA; - Things go well enough once it's stable&#xD;&#xA; - The other operation completes and SQL gradually reclaims the freed RAM&#xD;&#xA; - Repeat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To avoid this, configure your max server memory limit to something around 80-90% of your actual physical memory. Instructions for SQL 2000 at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178067.aspx" />
  <row Id="9284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5339" RevisionGUID="847e1b5e-7be6-4feb-a1bf-1013763d80d0" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:52:13.000" UserId="2036" Text="We evaluated http://www.kerio.com/ when we moved away from Exchange 5.5, and it seemed quite polished.  " />
  <row Id="9285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5340" RevisionGUID="e9d6e44e-e26c-4b6d-b0cd-0207c8c13023" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:56:24.143" UserId="1122" Text="A couple of free, hack-your-own solutions while waiting for the [WSB Exchange plugin][1]...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can copy [ntbackup.exe from a Win2003 box][2]. I tested backup to disk with a restore, and it seems to work fine. Note that I you can't write direct to tape with it, or get brick level backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use [PowerShell and diskshadow.exe][3] to do an online VSS backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use [ExMerge][4] or [Export-Mailbox][5] to export out PSTs for brick level backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can [stop Exchange services, run a normal backup, and start Exchange][6] for an offline solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of these are disk based, so - for maximum recoverability - you'd want to copy offsite or to tape using your favorite tape writing software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchangesvrgeneral/thread/14b80759-5938-46ed-846b-c698cda36327&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blog.crowe.co.nz/archive/2008/06/02/Windows-Server-2008--Exchange-Server-2007--NO-SUPPORTED.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2009/04/11/backing-up-exchange-2007-on-windows-2008.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.exchangeinbox.com/article.aspx?i=88&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/04/13/437745.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2009/01/06/exchange-2007-and-windows-2008-offline-exchange-backup.aspx" />
  <row Id="9286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5341" RevisionGUID="b99f88f6-632a-4146-bfa4-4f0f3727cd86" CreationDate="2009-05-06T14:58:59.630" UserId="2036" Text="Physical access to a machine is always the most critical part of security, and the one most often overlooked.  Having escorted access should be fine, especially if you have logged access to the area.  In a virtualized environment, physical access would not be an issue." />
  <row Id="9287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5342" RevisionGUID="49b7d6dd-ef36-4bdd-aefc-6a27beb2f85f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:01:00.390" UserId="1797" Text="If your SATA controller supports hot swap, it should &quot;just work(tm).&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To force a rescan on a SCSI BUS (each SATA port shows as a SCSI BUS) and find new drives, you will use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;0 0 0&quot; &gt;/sys/class/scsi_host/host&lt;n&gt;/scan&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the above, **&lt; n &gt;** is the BUS number." />
  <row Id="9288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5343" RevisionGUID="6244f2c5-84e8-447a-af86-a80cf2ce9822" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:03:14.767" UserId="1529" Text="SAS70 Compliance if you are doing that or Sarbanes Oxley has a provision for IT Controls around Financial Systems." />
  <row Id="9289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5344" RevisionGUID="ece1e38b-d5f9-44e7-8015-fd09e2785723" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:04:53.920" UserId="48" Text="What do you feel a good CV for a system administrator should look like? What do you list first on your CV or make the main focus: Technical Skills, Qualifications, Previous jobs and experience.&#xD;&#xA;Do you include a personal statement, or an account of your teamwork and leadership skills? It would be interesting to here from employers as to what they look for in a CV ." />
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  <row Id="9291" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5344" RevisionGUID="ece1e38b-d5f9-44e7-8015-fd09e2785723" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:04:53.920" UserId="48" Text="&lt;employment&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;" />
  <row Id="9292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5345" RevisionGUID="3b5462a5-8c92-4689-98d5-4b3252809019" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:05:22.173" UserId="1993" Text="The Remote Desktop client on Windows XP x64 (SP2) sometimes gets into a state where it can't find certain remote computers by name. For instance:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dc.example.local = 10.123.0.27&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Attempting to RDP to dc.example.local yields the error message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This computer can't connect to the remote computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Remote Desktop cannot find the remote computer. Type the computer name or IP address again, and then try connecting. If the problem continues, contact the owner of the remote computer or your network administrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I use the IP address, I can connect fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;nslookup dc.example.com&quot; resolves correctly. &quot;ipconfig /flushdns&quot; does not change the situation. I can connect to other computers by name with no problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rebooting temporarily corrects the issue. When this occurs, it's not always the same machine that's broken. Before my last reboot, I couldn't hit sql3.example.local. Everything worked perfectly for a while, now I can connect to sql3 but not to dc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not running any firewall software on this client, and there are no suspicious messages in my event logs. Other workstations are unaffected by this problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anybody have an idea?" />
  <row Id="9293" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5345" RevisionGUID="3b5462a5-8c92-4689-98d5-4b3252809019" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:05:22.173" UserId="1993" Text="Remote desktop client cannot find the remote computer" />
  <row Id="9294" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5345" RevisionGUID="3b5462a5-8c92-4689-98d5-4b3252809019" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:05:22.173" UserId="1993" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;rdp&gt;" />
  <row Id="9295" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5283" RevisionGUID="c64c61c5-ec7c-4c83-837a-a33d5e1cd603" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:06:05.867" UserId="613" Comment="added 73 characters in body" Text="From what I can see on the 'net, it looks like that laptop has PCIe slots, so you should open it up and make sure that your antennas are actually connected to your PCIe wireless card - the connectors are tiny, and sometimes a bit &quot;fiddly&quot; so they could have jarred loose or somesuch.  Failing that, it sounds like it might be time to test out your warranty." />
  <row Id="9296" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5133" RevisionGUID="973019c9-805d-4cf7-911b-036d8c75700e" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:06:32.060" UserId="2043" Text="It's a result of the slices traditionally being laid out as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;s0: root&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;s1: swap&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;s2: bkup&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They assigned the most important thing to the first slice and continued with decreasing importance :) (Who needs swap if you have no root partition? Further, who needs to backup anything if you have no data.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know when exactly this was decided upon (probably fairly early on; whenever the Solaris devs decided to use Solaris-style disk identifiers and slices.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem goes away with GPT since the MBR style partition scheme is not applicable. (Though I'm personally not familiar with how Solaris represents GPT partitions...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helped XD&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;================&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Now you've got me interested. I'll post a few links I found just before I head off to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/801-7038/6i1cfovsn?l=en&amp;a=view&quot;&gt;Solaris 2.4 Sysadmin answer book: Customary slices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/801-6630/6i10alqcd?l=en&amp;a=view#02.Disk_Drives-5&quot;&gt;Solaris 2.4 User Guide: Peripheral Administration&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both these docs are circa 1994 and they define the creation of s2 as integrated into 'format' even then. Gotta keep digging XD!" />
  <row Id="9297" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5346" RevisionGUID="4f310621-9802-45f5-835f-2570b92d697c" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:11:23.313" UserId="1539" Text="The Best Practice solution to this problem of &quot;package X is not available (with the options I need) on my desired OS distribution&quot; is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Build it yourself and make a package for your desired OS distribution and document the process of doing so.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Partial Reasoning:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. You are likely to want to repeat the process either on other machines in your environment or when you need to upgrade.&#xD;&#xA; 2. You add to the wealth and usefulness of the communities of both the package (MySQL) and your OS distribution." />
  <row Id="9298" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5012" RevisionGUID="37eeb699-819b-40ba-9483-219331555506" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:12:19.503" UserId="914" Comment="added 133 characters in body" Text="I'd like to find the manufacturer, model and serial number of various Windows (XP, Vista, 2003, 2008) and Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora) machines via a software solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently our hardware inventory is out of date, so I'd like a quick rapid way to get this information via a software solution (so I don't need to approach every single computer to read the sticker).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to script this so ideally it wouldn't require any 3rd party applications, if it does ideally it'd be stand alone so it's easily portable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea to how this could be done best?  If there's a pre-built (free) solution ideally I'd like it reporting to either raw text or a MySQL database.  Ideally a small stand alone tool, I don't want to be installing stuff on each PC.  As mentioned above though, I'm perfectly happy to script this using prebuilt OS tools.  I know this is possible as I've seen other apps reporting this information (although in massive bulk packages with other stuff I don't need e.g. Spiceworks).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**&#xD;&#xA;I'm not really a Windows guy, would you mind giving an example of how I'd use WMI please to obtain this info.  Thanks" />
  <row Id="9299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5347" RevisionGUID="e6f91bd4-3de1-43f3-b1a4-ca4b7bfa8b86" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:13:54.803" UserId="914" Text="I'd put focus on your experience and achievements.  Who you worked for and how did proved your worth to them.  I don't consider qualifications to be a great turning point, they're all theory rather than practical, experience far outweighs them in my view." />
  <row Id="9300" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5348" RevisionGUID="9a4261b1-5d74-44a0-b98e-da919fa62d9b" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:15:24.083" UserId="414" Text="I am on a local area network that has no external access to the internet.  However I have been tasked to find a way to allow certain machines to access the web (HTTP, HTTPS, etc) via a wireless card on their laptop.  So my question is, is there a way to tell the browser which NIC it should be using.  Such as setting up IE for the local LAN, and say FireFox for the WAN?  The browser setup doesn't really matter all that much just that one browser is LAN only and one browser is WAN only." />
  <row Id="9301" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5348" RevisionGUID="9a4261b1-5d74-44a0-b98e-da919fa62d9b" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:15:24.083" UserId="414" Text="How do I point my browser to a specific NIC on my machine." />
  <row Id="9302" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5348" RevisionGUID="9a4261b1-5d74-44a0-b98e-da919fa62d9b" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:15:24.083" UserId="414" Text="&lt;internet-explorer&gt;&lt;firefox&gt;&lt;lan&gt;&lt;wan&gt;" />
  <row Id="9303" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5348" RevisionGUID="82978e3b-ea9e-4d14-9b49-e39e29de57ff" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:16:47.467" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;internet-explorer&gt;&lt;firefox&gt;&lt;lan&gt;&lt;wan&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="9304" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5349" RevisionGUID="92e874f0-e7eb-48ac-bcf9-e8cc2728ba97" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:18:22.937" UserId="1478" Text="Scenario:&#xD;&#xA;We want to use SQL Server 2005 Standard's version of DB mirroring along with a witness server in an Active Directory domain environment. The database is fed from a 3rd party app server that cannot be modified apart from the DB connection string.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Two questions related to this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. How can we make the failure somewhat invisible (or at least, require less manual work) to our 3rd party app server spending as little money as possible? My thinking is set up DNS &quot;sqlserver.ourdomain&quot; that points to the primary and use that in the connection string. Then should it fail, we change DNS to point to the mirror and re-start the app server. Not invisible or automatic but is cheap and seems like it ought to work.&#xD;&#xA; 2. How do we push transactions from the secondary back to the primary after failure and re-promote the primary? This process must take into account &quot;undoing&quot; the failover mode in #1. Obviously if we go with the DNS option above we'd re-point DNS to the primary but how do I get the system back as before -- with the primary up to date from the mirror and the mirror demoted back to mirror?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9305" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5349" RevisionGUID="92e874f0-e7eb-48ac-bcf9-e8cc2728ba97" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:18:22.937" UserId="1478" Text="SQL Server 2005 Mirrored DB Recovery" />
  <row Id="9306" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5349" RevisionGUID="92e874f0-e7eb-48ac-bcf9-e8cc2728ba97" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:18:22.937" UserId="1478" Text="&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;disaster-recovery&gt;&lt;mirror&gt;" />
  <row Id="9307" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5350" RevisionGUID="62745aae-b610-4c07-a1f4-61b236e2dcae" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:18:40.440" UserId="613" Text="I agree with @Adam_Gibbins: focus on experience and achievements, though for nontechnical-hr-person reasons, short 'skills' and 'tools' sections are helpful in making sure you have their keywords on your resume.  References are also good, though it's always acceptable to put a 'references available upon request' line at the bottom." />
  <row Id="9308" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5351" RevisionGUID="71693b7b-90e9-42ae-85cf-88ae991c17f3" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:19:15.633" UserId="2024" Text="You don't tell the browser, this is done at OS level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just make sure there is a gateway specified for the wireless card in the TCP/IP settings and not for the Ethernet card.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That way it'll route LAN traffic over the Ethernet and anything it doesn't know about over the wireless.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5352" RevisionGUID="9cf303fe-9d9c-43da-9be1-7fbc69935a60" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:19:43.793" UserId="1447" Text="The *BSD family of systems has (IMHO) a few key advantages over Linux, particularly for a server O/S.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Simplicity and Control:  None of the *BSD distributions have the imperative to add features that the Linux distributors exhibit.  Thus, the default install of most BSD derived systems (OpenBSD in particular) is relatively straightforward.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Stability: Partially driven by the simplicity, BSD distributions tend to be amongst the most stable O/S platforms around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Security: OpenBSD in particular has a *very* strong track record of security, and much of their work rubs off on the *BSD community in general.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Portability: NetBSD in particular has ports to dozens of platforms and is notable for being very easy to port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some weaknesses are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Less support for large SMP configurations than Linux.  This will become more of an issue as boxes with large numbers of cores becore widespread.  However, most of the network service applications that are really BSD's home turf are not all that CPU hungry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Smaller range of hardware support than Linux: In practice, this really only means that you need to check components on a hardware compatibility list.  For a server this is really a non-issue in most cases.  For an O/S to install on a random desktop PC this is a bit thornier.  Basically you still have to do a component-by-component check if you want a machine to install BSD on.  This is much less of an issue with Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Less emphasis on the desktop: Desktop distributions of Linux (such as Ubuntu) tend to have richer desktop support for multimedia, emulation and bundled applications.  While many such applications do have ports onto the various BSD platforms the out-of-the-box support from a desktop Linux distribution will typically be rather better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Some gaps in software: None of the major JVM suppliers (to take an example) maintain a native port of their java runtime for any of the BSD platforms.  There are third-party ports, however.  This typr of gap does pop up in a few places for BSD.  If you work on something where this gap exists, BSD may not be the right platform for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The home turf of *BSD is in network services - email and web servers, infrastructure and suchlike.  You can set up a perfectly good geek desktop with any of the BSD's, and could in theory produce something as warm and fluffy as Ubuntu.  However, this is not the core focus of most of the BSD products, although some such as (PC-BSD) do aim to provide desktop-oriented systems.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to make a trad unix geek desktop BSD will do this just as well as any other unix-oid system." />
  <row Id="9310" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5353" RevisionGUID="0f784677-d3fa-4da8-b897-42e59cec46c2" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:20:10.997" UserId="1797" Text="How many DNS servers do you have? Will it be possible that --if you have more than one-- one of them do not have those machines on record?" />
  <row Id="9311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5354" RevisionGUID="544f7367-8ac9-4f96-966a-24c787101cf9" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:20:39.407" UserId="1787" Text="It's rather question of routing. Default route through WiFi, while route with your local LAN mask through Ethernet.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5355" RevisionGUID="0ea0859e-dd30-4db5-8cdf-ed92b963373e" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:21:36.657" UserId="843" Text="You can setup a proxy in a browser, that will allow them outside access. You can configure that in Firefox or IE individually. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on the IP address you should be able to route that through the Ethernet or Wireless adapter." />
  <row Id="9313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5356" RevisionGUID="21f6af05-a042-4dd8-9174-1b6c7487a9c8" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:22:29.790" UserId="564" Text="This is really a routing question ... Just make sure the default route is set for the wireless gateway" />
  <row Id="9314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5357" RevisionGUID="36a7e779-67f8-406e-bf0f-ae663cf39c85" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:23:11.257" UserId="1054" Text="Nathan is right about it being OS level.  Can you not instead put a proxy server in place?  That's one of the big main purposes for them." />
  <row Id="9315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5358" RevisionGUID="164df981-16ec-4b15-8f8b-1c74d69b0c52" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:24:45.963" UserId="1463" Text="It could be DNS-related, if you run Active Directory - what does a [dcdiag dns test][1] on  the DCs say about it (just to check)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc757689.aspx" />
  <row Id="9316" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5153" RevisionGUID="d4e04d1f-b776-408b-a771-9bbce4c34438" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:27:15.443" UserId="2050" Comment="clarified requirements" Text="I need to review our office's wireless network.  Most of our users now have laptops that support wireless-N.  We never have more than 3 or 4 people connect simultaneously.  I need to keep this low cost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To be quite honest, although the extra bandwidth of N will be appreciated, my main problem with the current network is reliability.  I'm tired of these cheap little routers whose performance seems to degrade as the months go by.  I've been through quite a variety of them (linksys, dlink, netgear) and they all required monthly resets until at some point they just die.  I guess you could say that I get way I pay for. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for a better alternative.  Based on [this response][1], my current thoughts are towards a PC based router with a simple &quot;wireless-N access point&quot; attached.  I figure that the lack of any routing software on the access point must remove some of the weaknesses of the hardware. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you suggest?  I'm not looking for outstanding performance or even easy configuration.  Just low cost and reliability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2033/what-decent-small-office-level-routers-are-there" />
  <row Id="9317" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5345" RevisionGUID="9e35a1e1-4f32-47f8-9497-90e06e49313d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:29:20.307" UserId="1993" Comment="fixed typo" Text="The Remote Desktop client on Windows XP x64 (SP2) sometimes gets into a state where it can't find certain remote computers by name. For instance:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dc.example.local = 10.123.0.27&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Attempting to RDP to dc.example.local yields the error message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This computer can't connect to the remote computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Remote Desktop cannot find the remote computer. Type the computer name or IP address again, and then try connecting. If the problem continues, contact the owner of the remote computer or your network administrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I use the IP address, I can connect fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;nslookup dc.example.local&quot; resolves correctly. &quot;ipconfig /flushdns&quot; does not change the situation. I can connect to other computers by name with no problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rebooting temporarily corrects the issue. When this occurs, it's not always the same machine that's broken. Before my last reboot, I couldn't hit sql3.example.local. Everything worked perfectly for a while, now I can connect to sql3 but not to dc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not running any firewall software on this client, and there are no suspicious messages in my event logs. Other workstations are unaffected by this problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anybody have an idea?" />
  <row Id="9318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5359" RevisionGUID="4c8e74b6-f68b-4813-a2f1-277ff1743efd" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:34:39.623" UserId="629" Text="I really enjoy the [Ubuntu UK podcast](http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Friendly folk." />
  <row Id="9319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5360" RevisionGUID="3df9a6a1-2bf2-4013-8acc-4b15f1b3ae50" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:36:33.300" UserId="431" Text="Question 1: You're overthinking it.  SQL 2005's database mirroring specifications are built into the connection string.  You specify both the primary server and the mirror right in the connection string, and the driver tries the servers in order.  That's one of the beauties of database mirroring - no client app changes are required.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More info here:&#xD;&#xA;http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/5h52hef8.aspx&#xD;&#xA;http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms366348.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Question 2:&#xD;&#xA;You said you're using a witness server, so I assume you're using automatic failover.  SQL 2005's database mirroring does this stuff automatically - more info here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189590.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're not using automatic failover, then it's still pretty easy: you just right-click on the database, go into Database Mirroring, and you can fail the databases back and forth from primary to secondary and vice versa.  They automatically get back in sync after outages like reboots.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5361" RevisionGUID="979ca548-d61a-40d4-b618-e4b53cefdba6" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:37:49.897" UserId="1122" Text="Ahh...the white whale of open source, the [Exchange killer][1]. There's no shortage of competitors:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - [SoGO][2]&#xD;&#xA;  - [Open-XChange][3]&#xD;&#xA;  - [Zimbra][4]&#xD;&#xA;  - [Citadel][5]&#xD;&#xA;  - [Bongo][6]&#xD;&#xA;  - [Horde][7]&#xD;&#xA;  - [@Mail][8]&#xD;&#xA;  - [Meldware][9]&#xD;&#xA;  - [OpenChange][10]&#xD;&#xA;  - [Scalix][11]&#xD;&#xA;  - [eGroupWare][12]&#xD;&#xA;  - [phpGroupWare][13]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And, for those that aren't necessarily looking for free (in either sense), but just don't like Microsoft or Exchange:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - [Gordano][14]&#xD;&#xA;  - [PostPath][15] (once [Cisco][16] decides what to do with it)&#xD;&#xA;  - [Lotus Domino/Notes][17]&#xD;&#xA;  - [Google Apps][18]&#xD;&#xA;  - [Kerio KMS][19]&#xD;&#xA;  - [GroupWise][20]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2009/01/06/exchange-2007-and-windows-2008-offline-exchange-backup.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.scalableogo.org/english.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.open-xchange.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.zimbra.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.citadel.org/doku.php&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.bongo-project.org/Main_Page&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.horde.org/projects.php&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://atmail.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.buni.org/mediawiki/index.php/Meldware_Communications_Suite&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.openchange.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://www.scalix.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://www.egroupware.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://phpgroupware.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [14]: http://www.gordano.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [15]: http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-08-29-031-35-OS-OO&#xD;&#xA;  [16]: http://www.postpath.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [17]: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/products/domino/&#xD;&#xA;  [18]: http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [19]: http://www.kerio.com/kms_home.html&#xD;&#xA;  [20]: http://www.novell.com/products/groupwise/" />
  <row Id="9321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5362" RevisionGUID="8e90b022-8198-48d4-be0c-e419c1a2b5f3" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:39:06.617" UserId="2037" Text="This has happened before and some mail servers will tell you that your IP has been blacklisted (RBL, CBL, etc) but I can't find that site to check anymore and searches result in a site that may or may not be legitimate." />
  <row Id="9322" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5362" RevisionGUID="8e90b022-8198-48d4-be0c-e419c1a2b5f3" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:39:06.617" UserId="2037" Text="Where to go to see if my IP is blacklisted as a SPAM" />
  <row Id="9323" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5362" RevisionGUID="8e90b022-8198-48d4-be0c-e419c1a2b5f3" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:39:06.617" UserId="2037" Text="&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="9324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5363" RevisionGUID="e5eb838d-397b-41c9-ac41-784e437e4d73" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:40:16.050" UserId="1463" Text="What kind of environment are we talking about? The problem here is introducing an internet connected host practically bridged into your isolated local network. I doubt finding a way to access the internet included uncontrolled access from those machines across both networks at the same time?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the wifi-connected clients gets compromised or even just slightly misconfigured you'd open up the entire local network for grabs depending on its configuration (do you use domain isolation and require ipsec and isolate all clients from eachother?).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It sounds better to just set up a firewall (and/or a proxy as suggested) on the local network that allow whatever http traffic you need for the specific clients only. That way you're still in control.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But if not, then I'd simply disconnect the client from the local network and only use the internet-facing wifi when needed - with no local network access available. That'd feel a tiny bit more secure if it was me anyway. The local client firewall could be configured to lock things down when not connected to the domain/local network. It's still scary though ^^" />
  <row Id="9325" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5364" RevisionGUID="a2f4fcab-f0f0-43f9-a207-43e62329ea3d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:40:47.687" UserId="629" Text="Also see http://serverfault.com/questions/737/ubuntu-how-to-setup-a-new-machine-like-an-existing-one" />
  <row Id="9326" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5365" RevisionGUID="563211be-3bef-431b-9e08-7a055af8cca6" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:41:09.357" UserId="431" Text="Call Microsoft support.  I went through this once and it was totally hairy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're dealing with a production outage, this is pretty much always good advice.  Posting a question on a site like ServerFault is a great way to get advice, but if your servers are down, time is of the essence and advice quality is of the essence.  You don't have the time to wait for the community to build and choose the best answer, especially not for something intricate like this." />
  <row Id="9327" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5365" RevisionGUID="563211be-3bef-431b-9e08-7a055af8cca6" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:41:09.357" UserId="431" />
  <row Id="9328" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5362" RevisionGUID="33bb72ff-7eec-4971-a4b3-a7720aa73012" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:41:22.960" UserId="1433" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;spam&gt;&lt;blacklist&gt;" />
  <row Id="9329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5366" RevisionGUID="241ce26a-bddb-4893-954a-3a9da588fae0" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:41:51.600" UserId="629" Text="Also see &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* http://serverfault.com/questions/3743/what-useful-things-can-one-add-to-ones-bashrc &#xD;&#xA;* http://serverfault.com/questions/5027/interactive-shell-tips (some answers include aliases)" />
  <row Id="9330" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5367" RevisionGUID="d8878c5e-cc21-40a5-81ca-3792d584f4a6" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:43:00.740" UserId="1433" Text="MxToolbox has a web-based [blacklist check tool][1] that's a good starting point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mxtoolbox.com/blacklists.aspx" />
  <row Id="9331" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5368" RevisionGUID="719d5203-f5c7-4793-ade8-98f333aacad1" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:43:33.970" UserId="2024" Text="http://www.anti-abuse.org/multi-rbl-check/  is one&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although if an ISP is blocking you purely on RBL check then they need educating. You should never block purely on this as it can lead to a lot of false positives.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9332" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5352" RevisionGUID="0f8c78b6-48f3-41b6-bb0c-0bb2fd1ca90d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:44:30.783" UserId="1447" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="**Advantages of BSDs**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The *BSD family of systems has (IMHO) a few key advantages over Linux, particularly for a server O/S.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Simplicity and Control:  None of the *BSD distributions have the imperative to add features that the Linux distributors exhibit.  Thus, the default install of most BSD derived systems is relatively simple.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Stability: Partially driven by the simplicity, BSD's tend to be amongst the most stable O/S platforms around.  [FreeBSD][1] (which is one of the older BSD') powers many well known .com's such as [Yahoo][2] and (at one point) [hotmail.][3]  In fact, at one point Microsoft suffered [quite a lot of embarassment][4] over their inability to migrate Hotmail off FreeBSD to Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Security: [OpenBSD][5] in particular has a *very* strong track record of security, and much of their work rubs off on the *BSD community in general.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Portability: [NetBSD][6] in particular has ports to dozens of platforms and is notable for being very easy to port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Some weaknesses**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Less support for large SMP configurations][7] than Linux.  This will become more of an issue as boxes with large numbers of cores becore widespread.  However, most of the network service applications that are really BSD's home turf are not all that CPU hungry.  Additionally, over the past few years the BSD kenels have been substantially improved in this regard.  Improving SMP performance was one of the main goals of [Dragonfly BSD.][8]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Smaller range of hardware support than Linux: In practice, this really only means that you need to check components on [a hardware compatibility list.][9]  For a server this is really a non-issue in most cases.  For an O/S to install on a random desktop PC this is a bit thornier.  Basically you still have to do a component-by-component check if you want a machine to install BSD on.  This is much less of an issue with Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Less emphasis on the desktop: Desktop distributions of Linux (such as Ubuntu) tend to have richer desktop support for multimedia, emulation and bundled applications.  While many such applications do have ports onto the various BSD platforms the out-of-the-box support from a desktop Linux distribution will typically be rather better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Some gaps in software: None of the major JVM suppliers (to take an example) maintain a native port of their java runtime for any of the BSD platforms.  There are third-party ports, however.  This typr of gap does pop up in a few places for BSD.  If you work on something where this gap exists, BSD may not be the right platform for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Some salient points**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - One of the great religious wars of the '90s was GPL vs. BSD.  BSD's are licensed under the BSD licence, which comes with a different set of rights than the GPL.  Essentially the BSD licence does not require you to redistribute source code of modified versions of BSD licensed software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Commercial vendors such as Oracle do not support BSD to anything like the degree that they support Linux.  Therefore, if you want to work with such a product you are probably better off with Linux.  However, most offer binary compatibility across Linux, System V, Solaris etc, so you can often run binaries for another O/S.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - BSD communities tend to be run differently to Linux and are often smaller (although no more Genteel in many cases - Theo De Raadt has something of a reputation as a potty-mouth).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Many of the BSD variants are niche-market items, optimised for specific goals.  For example, OpenBSD is heavily optimised to providing secure network infrastructure for internet-facing computers.  NetBSD is designed for portability.  If you want a system optimised for one of these goals, the BSD's are often the best choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The home turf of *BSD is in network services - email and web servers, infrastructure and suchlike.  You can set up a perfectly good geek desktop with any of the BSD's, and could in theory produce something as warm and fluffy as Ubuntu.  However, this is not the core focus of most of the BSD products, although some such as [PC-BSD][10] do aim to provide desktop-oriented systems.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to make a trad unix geek desktop BSD will do this just as well as any other unix-oid system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freebsd.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.yahoo.com&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://hotmail.com&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/12/12/microsoft_hotmail_still_runs/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.openbsd.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.netbsd.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DragonFly_BSD#Kernel_design&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.dragonflybsd.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.openbsd.org/i386.html&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.pcbsd.org/" />
  <row Id="9333" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2672" RevisionGUID="5d14b48c-494d-4878-aaf0-fea336b3eba8" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:45:04.853" UserId="613" Comment="added 140 characters in body" Text="Check to see if your motherboard manufacturer provides cmos/bios backup utilities (usually used just before upgrading the bios).  If so, you can likely get one machine set up the way you want it (including Wake-on-Lan), save those settings, and then restore them on other (identical) machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your motherboard manufacturer doesn't provide such utils, perhaps [Flashrom][1] will work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.coreboot.org/Flashrom" />
  <row Id="9334" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5354" RevisionGUID="c91f76a2-2795-47dd-a817-411d1e4cf14e" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:45:30.360" UserId="1787" Comment="edited body" Text="It's rather question of routing. Default route through WiFi, while route with your local LAN mask through Ethernet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming, that WiFi card has IP `12.34.56.78` and Eth card `192.168.1.123`&#xD;&#xA;you'd have routing table something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Network Address   Netmask          Gateway Address  Interface       Metric&#xD;&#xA;    0.0.0.0           0.0.0.0          12.34.56.1       12.34.56.78     1&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.1.0       255.255.255.0    192.168.1.1      192.168.1.123   1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [MS KB article on basic routing][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/140859" />
  <row Id="9335" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5367" RevisionGUID="4653a0e9-461e-4737-b879-683aea2d86c1" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:49:26.810" UserId="1433" Text="MxToolbox has a web-based [blacklist check tool][1] that's a good starting point. The [Domain Name System Blacklists][2] (DNSBL) and Anti-Abuse [Multi-RBL Check][3] are other great *free* resources for this purpose.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DNSstuff also has a subscription based service called [RBLalerts][4] that will monitor 130+ blacklists for an IP address you specify and notify you if it has been listed or delisted. I haven't tried this service, but it might be worth a try if this issue is impacting your organization.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mxtoolbox.com/blacklists.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.dnsbl.info/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.anti-abuse.org/multi-rbl-check/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://member.dnsstuff.com/info/overview_rbl.php" />
  <row Id="9336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5369" RevisionGUID="a0b5b8ff-b637-4063-b883-427fabc6515d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:49:35.950" UserId="1736" Text="You should also check for yourself at [rfc-ignorant.org][1].  Being in their zones isn't being blacklisted, more like graylisted, but it doesn't help you any.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://rfc-ignorant.org/" />
  <row Id="9337" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5310" RevisionGUID="878800c8-4052-4f17-a042-34389ebf2dc9" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:53:12.417" UserId="117" Comment="Add IBM podcast and links" Text="Checkout theses very good podcasts from [JupiterBroadcasting][1] :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Linux Action Show][2] : about new Linux stuff, interviews (Mark Shuttleworth, CrossOver's CEO, Linspire's CEO...) and more&#xD;&#xA; - [In Depth Look][3] : in depth on a specific topic, like VirtualBox or security tools&#xD;&#xA; - [The Big Story &amp; News Update][4] : short podcast about news in the Linux world&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They are very fun to listen, so enjoy !&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, IBM provides good podcasts on the [IBM Linux Technology Center Podcast][5].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You also asked for links, here's some that was useful for me :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - [How to fix the most common Linux problems][6]&#xD;&#xA;  - [Learn 10 good UNIX usage habits][7]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/?cat=4&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/?cat=153&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/?cat=154&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://planet-ltc.org/podcasts/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.tuxradar.com/content/how-fix-most-common-linux-problems&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-badunixhabits.html" />
  <row Id="9338" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5370" RevisionGUID="f3fad7ab-267f-4405-83bf-e544778e59be" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:57:47.320" UserId="891" Text="You can find if you were unlucky enough to enter the [spamcop blacklist][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; *SpamCop Blocking List*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [Am I listed?][1]: You can check the status of any server by entering its address&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.spamcop.net/bl.shtml" />
  <row Id="9339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5371" RevisionGUID="9d443008-5732-4738-8255-f4573b138470" CreationDate="2009-05-06T15:58:41.063" UserId="1993" Text="There are an enormous number of variables you have to take into account, so there's no easy way to do this. A few things you'll want to consider (in addition to Brent Ozar's excellent notes):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How large is your data set? What is your expected growth rate and pattern?&#xD;&#xA; - How will these services be segregated? Separate web and sql servers? Can your application scale to a farm of each?&#xD;&#xA; - Is most of the work done by your app on the web-end of things, or by SQL queries?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a new application, the best way to deploy is by buying a couple scalable servers significantly below your budget. Roll out your application as slowly as possible (ie, dogfood it yourselves and with a few trusted customers, then gradually beta it out to the general public). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;During this process, keep close tabs on every performance metric you can get your hands on to determine where your bottlenecks are. Spend the money you saved earlier on opening up these bottlenecks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This approach won't let you launch in one big storm, but it will avoid a lot of headaches later on." />
  <row Id="9340" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5151" RevisionGUID="2c42b39e-f6b8-4cad-b439-d6d241475599" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:04:02.640" UserId="1153" Comment="Combined last two sentences for simplicity." Text="I think the biggest over-arching key to being a good administrator is solving problems the right way, rather than using a hack.  By taking the time to fully understand an issue, fix it completely and automate any applicable pieces of the solution, you will be free to handle real emergencies when they come up and take up tasks of making users lives easier." />
  <row Id="9341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5372" RevisionGUID="d91f42bd-57e3-437c-bcc9-6063909a3cf5" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:08:56.967" UserId="1616" Text="[www.dnsstuff.com][1] is paid for but it does a lot more besides checking for blacklisting, which indeed it does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dnsstuff.com" />
  <row Id="9342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5373" RevisionGUID="0d150df7-78d6-4b96-89b5-48b230ef37a5" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:12:16.147" UserId="846" Text="GENERALLY SPEAKING, it is fruitless to regularly check this.  There are too many blacklists and they come and go.  False positives are rare, and they can usually be dealt with quickly when they happen.  *Make sure users know to contact you if mail is not getting delivered, and then deal with it when it happens.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The administrator of the domain actually doing the blocking can usually tell you the fastest way to get unblocked, or can add you to a white list for their domain.  You also may be able to tell from one of the notes or headers on a returned (blocked) message.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`&lt;soapbox&gt;`  &#xD;&#xA;Additionally, you need to do the basic things to minimize getting blocked in the first place.  This includes making sure you don't have relay enabled and disabling outbound SMTP from other than your mail server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, you should make sure that your users aren't sending spam!  A couple of PCs infected with an &quot;email the address book&quot; worm can be enough to trigger a blacklist.  Keep A/V running and up to date, including inbound and outbound mail and web browsing.  &#xD;&#xA;`&lt;/soapbox&gt;`" />
  <row Id="9343" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5374" RevisionGUID="15dcace9-ca93-4719-a625-cffeb383d145" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:13:18.173" UserId="706" Text="A good administrator understands that that they have to continue to learn and grow. They strive to do their best at every effort, admit to failures and learn from them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They are extraordinarily communicative. Not only are they able to explain complex technical terms to a layperson, but they go out of their way to act as devil's advocate to their own idea to make sure they're giving the best options to their client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The are *active* rather than *reactive.*  They anticipate problems and demand, and resolve them, if possible, before they impact anything.  When a critical issue is discovered, they quickly and calmly diagnose the problem fully before attempting to fix it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best administrators know and accept that there is more than one way to do things, that not every problem is a nail, and that because there is always a better way to do something than how they were planning on they constantly seek to learn new techniques, technologies, and understanding.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A good administrator loves servers, and has more than a few at home even if they already spend 80+ hours a week as a sysadmin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A good administrator knows that she/he is not a great administrator. Truly great administrators do not exist, there are only those who claim to be great, and those who know they are not great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="9344" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5375" RevisionGUID="4619303f-2f52-4b07-a748-e321986f297d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:13:51.213" UserId="314" Text="I have a problem with writing data to a DVD drive - it starts to burn a disc, then halts and gives an error: Power callibration error.  I now am the proud owner of many DVD coasters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have updated the firmware but to no avail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="9345" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5375" RevisionGUID="4619303f-2f52-4b07-a748-e321986f297d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:13:51.213" UserId="314" Text="DVD Drive Error" />
  <row Id="9346" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5375" RevisionGUID="4619303f-2f52-4b07-a748-e321986f297d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:13:51.213" UserId="314" Text="&lt;dvddrive&gt;" />
  <row Id="9347" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3917" RevisionGUID="44310635-3eb2-4f79-a07e-9e5c1b9c715d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:16:13.110" UserId="1725" Comment="deleted 8 characters in body" Text="I want to connect to an FTP server from my local network, which is behind a NAT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The gateway is a Win 2008 server, configured with routing and remote services / Nat enabled. The problem exists from XP, Vista sp1, and Vista sp2 computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what I get (using the default DOS ftp client, but I get the same thing using FileZilla)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ftp&gt; open ftp.foo.com&#xD;&#xA;    Connected to ftp.foo.com.&#xD;&#xA;    220-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [here I wait for 30s before getting the following line]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Connection closed by remote host.&#xD;&#xA;    ftp&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you can see I'm disconnected before the login process, so I don't have the opportunity to use PASSV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what works :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- everything else (ie, every non-ftp related connection)&#xD;&#xA;- connection to this specific server from my NAT gateway&#xD;&#xA;- connection on other servers from my behind-nat computer&#xD;&#xA;- direct internet connection to this specific ftp server from my computer (ie, without using the NAT server)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The company providing the ftp says the problem is not on their end, since I can connect from my NAT server. The same reasoning leads to the problem not being on my side neither (I can connect on other ftp servers)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What should I check ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT : here's what I get when I sniff the connection on the gateway while attempting to connect from my behind-the-nat computer :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the Internet facing interface :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info&#xD;&#xA;       1312 320.576218  213.186.xx.xxx        192.168.1.1           FTP      Response: 220-&#xD;&#xA;       1313 320.576602  213.186.xx.xxx        192.168.1.1           FTP      Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;       1315 320.610911  213.186.xx.xxx        192.168.1.1           FTP      Response: 220-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And on my internal LAN interface :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info&#xD;&#xA;           9288 118.698920  213.186.xx.xx        192.168.0.100         FTP      Response: 220-&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;           9293 118.890406  213.186.xx.xx        192.168.0.100         FTP      Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;        Frame 9293 (166 bytes on wire, 166 bytes captured)&#xD;&#xA;        Ethernet II, Src: Tp-LinkT_c6:e2:3f (00:21:27:c6:e2:3f), Dst: Giga-Byt_22:b0:99 (00:1f:d0:22:b0:99)&#xD;&#xA;        Internet Protocol, Src: 213.186.xx.xx(213.186.xx.xx), Dst: 192.168.0.100 (192.168.0.100)&#xD;&#xA;        Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: ftp (21), Dst Port: jini-discovery (4160), Seq: 7, Ack: 1, Len: 112&#xD;&#xA;            Source port: ftp (21)&#xD;&#xA;            Destination port: jini-discovery (4160)&#xD;&#xA;            Sequence number: 7    (relative sequence number)&#xD;&#xA;            [Next sequence number: 119    (relative sequence number)]&#xD;&#xA;            Acknowledgement number: 1    (relative ack number)&#xD;&#xA;            Header length: 20 bytes&#xD;&#xA;            Flags: 0x18 (PSH, ACK)&#xD;&#xA;            Window size: 65536 (scaled)&#xD;&#xA;            Checksum: 0xa5bc [incorrect, should be 0x96cb (maybe caused by &quot;TCP checksum offload&quot;?)]&#xD;&#xA;            [SEQ/ACK analysis]&#xD;&#xA;        File Transfer Protocol (FTP)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       9306 119.187327  213.186.xx.xx        192.168.0.100         FTP      [TCP Retransmission] Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;       9326 119.787350  213.186.xx.xx        192.168.0.100         FTP      [TCP Retransmission] Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;    No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info&#xD;&#xA;       9373 120.987450  213.186.xx.xx        192.168.0.100         FTP      [TCP Retransmission] Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea of why this CRC problem might be happening ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;btw, here are my mtu settings (on the gateway)and they are identical on my computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Windows\system32&gt;netsh interface ipv4 show interfaces&#xD;&#xA;    Idx  Met   MTU   State        Name&#xD;&#xA;    ---  ---  -----  -----------  -------------------&#xD;&#xA;      1   50 4294967295  connected    Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1&#xD;&#xA;     10   30   1500  connected    Local Area Connection&#xD;&#xA;     13   20   1500  connected    Local Area Connection 2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And here's some MTU analysis on my computer :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 1472 bytes of data:&#xD;&#xA;    Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=1472 time&lt;1ms TTL=128&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 1473 bytes of data:&#xD;&#xA;    Packet needs to be fragmented but DF set.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9348" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5376" RevisionGUID="52bed50b-f28c-4121-87a3-0dba6fe0b9b7" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:17:20.440" UserId="2020" Text="We recently switched from an aging Watchguard to a Juniper SSG and have been really impressed.  The SSGs come in a number of models depending on performance and feature requirements.  We don't use many of the UTM features so I can't speak specifically to those, but you should definitely put Juniper on your list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.juniper.net/us/en/products-services/security/ssg-series/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.juniper.net/us/en/products-services/security/ssg-series/" />
  <row Id="9349" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5377" RevisionGUID="cacff09a-eb89-4ced-b92d-12fc61f056a3" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:17:55.727" UserId="808" Text="Some ideas:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Try burning at slower speeds&#xD;&#xA;- Try different media&#xD;&#xA;- Update the CD burning software to the latest point release&#xD;&#xA;- Google for your DVD drive model and see if other people are having a similar problem.&#xD;&#xA;- Open a ticket or otherwise contact the manufacturer of the drive and see if they'll replace it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, I had a Seagate hard drive that gave me no end of problems, some years ago.  Finally I Googled using the model number and found -- for that specific model -- many, many people having the exact same problem I had.  Thus, this could be a problem with the drive itself.  Or, of course, it could be that the drive is failing.  You didn't tell us how old the drive is.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9350" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5378" RevisionGUID="8008649a-e8fc-4910-b7e4-59cca7c0d28b" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:18:48.267" UserId="1433" Text="A few things to try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Try one or more different brands of discs&#xD;&#xA; 2. Try burning at a lower speed&#xD;&#xA; 3. Disable the IMAPI Service under **Control Panel** -&gt; **Administrative Tools** -&gt; **Services**&#xD;&#xA; 4. See if there's an update to your burning software&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9351" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5375" RevisionGUID="9daa53b9-7825-4449-bb96-7b1f29e07560" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:20:59.510" UserId="314" Comment="software used update" Text="I have a problem with writing data to a DVD drive - Burning NeroROM starts to burn a disc, then halts and gives an error: Power callibration error.  I now am the proud owner of many DVD coasters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have updated the firmware but to no avail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="9352" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5189" RevisionGUID="55abf21a-f453-4c7e-87ea-6e69e8f68968" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:22:06.967" UserId="1584" Comment="Removed bad info regarding running elevated explorer directly from start menu" Text="Like Zoredache mentioned, this the same UAC feature in Vista.  Your account that is in the Administrators group doesn't actually have elevated permissions until you ask for it on a per-application basis.  When you open Explorer, it's just as if you're Administrators membership was gone.  Subsequently, when you double click a file from that un-elevated Explorer window, the app that runs (like Notepad) is also un-elevated.  Your options are basically the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Turning off UAC is one way to work around this, however it's not very smart if this really is a production server.  UAC is there for a reason and now that you know what the issue is, you should at least try to work with it before you disable it outright.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Another solution is to grant write access to the Users group (or any other group your account is a member of) for the subset of files/folders you'll be accessing often.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If you don't have a regular set of files/folders you would know to grant access to in advance, you can also manually run an elevated instance of Windows Explorer.  You would think this was possible by searching for it in the Start Menu and right-click to &quot;Run as administrator&quot;.  But for some odd reason, that doesn't work.  Instead, the way I usually do it is run an elevated instance of cmd.exe and then use the following command to open an explorer window at the root of C.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; explorer /e,c:\&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There may actually be easier ways to do this with the help of 3rd party tools or shell extensions, but this is the only way I know how to get an elevated Explorer instance out of the box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9353" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5154" RevisionGUID="ddd9f4c3-73b4-4e19-93d8-5ad79f98bff8" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:23:56.727" UserId="1153" Comment="Added fawk info" Text="I deal with a lot of different machines so one of my favorites is aliases for each machine that I need to frequently SSH to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias claudius=&quot;ssh dinomite@claudius&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is also useful to setup a good [`.ssh/config`](http://kimmo.suominen.com/docs/ssh/) and [ssh keys](http://pkeck.myweb.uga.edu/ssh/) to make hopping amongst machines even easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another one of my favorite aliases is for moving up directories:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias ..=&quot;cd ..&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias ...=&quot;cd ../..&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias ....=&quot;cd ../../..&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias .....=&quot;cd ../../../..&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And some for commonly used variations of `ls` (and typos):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias ll=&quot;ls -l&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias lo=&quot;ls -o&quot;alias lh=&quot;ls -lh&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias la=&quot;ls -la&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias sl=&quot;ls&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias l=&quot;ls&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias s=&quot;ls&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;History can be very useful, but by default on most distributions your history is blown away by each shell exiting, and it doesn't hold much to begin with.  I like to have 10,000 lines of history:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    export HISTFILESIZE=20000&#xD;&#xA;    export HISTSIZE=10000&#xD;&#xA;    shopt -s histappend&#xD;&#xA;    # Combine multiline commands into one in historty&#xD;&#xA;    shopt -s cmdhist&#xD;&#xA;    # Ignore duplicates, ls without options and builtin commands&#xD;&#xA;    HISTCONTROL=ignoredups&#xD;&#xA;    export HISTIGNORE=&quot;&amp;:ls:[bf]g:exit&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That way, if I know that I've done something before but can't remember the specifics, a quick `history | grep foo` will help jog my memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I often found myself piping output through `awk` in order to get a certain column of the output, as in `df -h | awk '{print $2}'` to find the size of each of my disks.  To make this easier, I created a function `fawk` in my .bashrc:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    function fawk {&#xD;&#xA;        first=&quot;awk '{print &quot;&#xD;&#xA;        last=&quot;}'&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        cmd=&quot;${first}\$${1}${last}&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        eval $cmd&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can now run `df -h|fawk 2` which saves a good bit of typing." />
  <row Id="9354" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5379" RevisionGUID="003919ac-c816-4a0d-a61c-4d0c3d3b8c42" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:29:34.903" UserId="846" Text="The message is telling you that you have a power problem.  Have you explored that?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try the same DVD burner is a different PC.  Or, unplug anything else added to the PC (second hard drive, second CD-ROM, USB devices) that might be sucking power.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is possible that the power supply may be the issue .. if it is delivering flaky power the drive may net be able to keep the speed constant.  This is particularly likely if the PC is old, or if you have the PC plugged directly into utility power.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is also possible that utility power is causing the problem.  We have flaky utility power at one of the offices I support.  We found (after a bunch of experimentation) that it was necessary to have a small UPC unit for each PC.  Power strips were not sufficient to keep the power stable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9355" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5380" RevisionGUID="9dcd1f1e-db6a-4856-a775-e07a55331a2b" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:31:55.617" UserId="1996" Text="There is no silver bullet; and depending on the nature of your application you may see more load with fewer users. For example alot of Ajax on a site can drastically increase the load on Web and DB servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have heard that ~75 concurrent users per 1GB RAM and single Core CPU on the web server is a safe estimate. So your typical 8GB / Quad Core Server should handle alot of users. If you get to that point, bandwidth may also start to play a role in your load. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't have much experiacne with SQL Server but I would imagine that similar numbers apply." />
  <row Id="9356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5381" RevisionGUID="c1572789-eb2f-41c8-8e0f-d51a96424208" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:33:21.227" UserId="1047" Text="I had Windows Server 2003 installed on my primary hard drive. I then added a new hard drive and formatted/installed Windows Vista on the new hard drive. The old drive with Windows Server 2003 is still on my system as D: but I don't have the option to boot to it. Is there any way to set it up so that I can choose which OS at boot time?" />
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  <row Id="9359" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="1576" RevisionGUID="dea8ef5c-5f6c-4877-8c5e-99c84809a9fb" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:34:24.597" UserId="667" Comment="edited title" Text="Install SSL certificate on several Windows 2008 servers" />
  <row Id="9360" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5382" RevisionGUID="3600b9ae-6a76-4262-9ee3-9be9f8fce3f9" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:37:26.303" UserId="1813" Text="As a side note, the CRC problem is usually caused by the checksumming done direcly on the NIC in hardware. The OS stack doens't see the checksum correctly anymore then. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try to open the network card properties, and disable any kind of offload, it should remove these messages." />
  <row Id="9361" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5383" RevisionGUID="57f7f308-bb66-43b5-8082-9981b24d6efe" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:38:07.050" UserId="2020" Text="You'll also want to run the [SQL Upgrade Advisor][1].  This tool can help you determine if you're using any [deprecated SQL features][2] and will alert you to any gotcha's you might encounter.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once upgraded, to take advantage of many of SQL 2008's new features and enhancements, you'll want to change the compatibility level of your databases from 90 to 100.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F5A6C5E9-4CD9-4E42-A21C-7291E7F0F852&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143729.aspx" />
  <row Id="9362" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5384" RevisionGUID="625b98c3-ad25-4533-93c1-27df14f426a8" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:39:13.040" UserId="914" Text="Not sure if Vista still has this, but in XP you can have to edit `C:\boot.ini` to add additional operating systems.  You can then run `msconfig` and click the &quot;boot.ini&quot; tab and &quot;Check All Boot Paths&quot;." />
  <row Id="9364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5386" RevisionGUID="adf02ea7-8f66-4301-8df6-e7c7665a7387" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:44:09.347" UserId="340" Text="I am trying to move a mailbox from one user account to another within a single AD domain.  We are using Exchange 2007.  I have followed these steps:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Disable the account &#xD;&#xA; 2. From &quot;Disconnected Mailbox&quot; container, connect to&#xD;&#xA;    the new account&#xD;&#xA; 3. I get a success message&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I try to login to OWA using the new user account, I get this message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Outlook Web Access could not connect to Microsoft Exchange. If the problem continues, contact technical support for your organization.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Request**&#xD;&#xA;Url: https://mail.somedomain.com:443/owa/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;User host address: 1.2.3.4&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Exception**&#xD;&#xA;Exception type: Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Storage.ConnectionFailedTransientException&#xD;&#xA;Exception message: Cannot open mailbox /o=cgsexchangeorganization/ou=exchange administrative group (fydibohf23spdlt)/cn=recipients/cn=someuser.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NOTE: I changed some identifying information for security purposes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried multiple times and get to the same place.  When I login to OWA with old account, I get an error that the mailbox cannot be found, which makes total sense.  Does anybody have any ideas on this?  Thanks!" />
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  <row Id="9366" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5386" RevisionGUID="adf02ea7-8f66-4301-8df6-e7c7665a7387" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:44:09.347" UserId="340" Text="&lt;exchange-2007&gt;" />
  <row Id="9367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5387" RevisionGUID="a04d51cf-fb4e-47b4-9015-47209949f084" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:46:37.513" UserId="2043" Text="So recently a client asked me to build her a virtual calendar. She's tired of having paper ones and would rather hang a few monitors on the wall instead and have them update themselves wirelessly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The key constraints for this device:&#xD;&#xA;- Must be no bigger than a monitor&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;- Must be quick to turn on/off&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;- Must have wireless capability&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;- Ideally low power&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The task falls to me, then, to find the hardware to do this. First under consideration was old/broken laptops... Unfortunately I don't really have any kicking around that I'm willing to tear apart.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next up was the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mini-box.com/ALIX&quot;&gt;ALIX.3D3&lt;/a&gt; from mini-box. Easy on the power and VGA output to boot XD Sounds appropriate... I'm just concerned about the hardware support (I'll probably be using an implementation of Damn Small Linux to drive the thing; then I can just grab a GTK calendar app of some sort.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you think that such a small board will be able to run X smoothly (bearing in mind that's all that it's doing? I'm unfamiliar with the AMD Geode line of processors (beyond that they're for embedded systems.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question boils down to:&#xD;&#xA;For the sort of embedded system I mentioned above, would it be better to scrounge up/modify old laptop parts or go with the (tiny) ALIX board+mini-PCI wireless for only a few hundred dollars?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for the input!!" />
  <row Id="9368" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5387" RevisionGUID="a04d51cf-fb4e-47b4-9015-47209949f084" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:46:37.513" UserId="2043" Text="Arch for an embedded calendar server" />
  <row Id="9369" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5387" RevisionGUID="a04d51cf-fb4e-47b4-9015-47209949f084" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:46:37.513" UserId="2043" Text="&lt;architecture&gt;&lt;embedded&gt;" />
  <row Id="9370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5388" RevisionGUID="b994d686-27ff-43c2-8d14-59f39ab8574d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:47:21.710" UserId="1857" Text="GENERALLY SPEAKING, it is fruitless to regularly check this. There are too many blacklists and they come and go.  False positives are common, and you'll never keep up with trying to deal with them when they happen. *Make sure recipients know to contact **their own provider** if mail is not being received, and then deal with it when it happens.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The administrators of the domain doing the blocking are responsible for providing spam protection service for their users.  The extent to which they do a good or bad job (false positives, false negatives, etc.) is beyond your control.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although this is pretty much the opposite of what tomjedrz said, I agree with his &quot;soapox&quot; comment in its entirety.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--  &#xD;&#xA;bmb" />
  <row Id="9371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5389" RevisionGUID="c67a3aa9-5976-4a39-bfd0-075641715df9" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:47:28.510" UserId="1797" Text="Try a different &quot;burning&quot; software. I recommend [Imgburn][1]. If it works, NeroROM is the culprit. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the problem still persists, grab an alternative drive, pop it in. If it works, you had a bad drive. Toss it and buy another (they are pretty cheap this days).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it isn't either of the above (I am 99.9% sure it is a bad drive), try checking your power supply.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.imgburn.com/" />
  <row Id="9372" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5352" RevisionGUID="b237c6f1-3456-42e7-b998-6c4e30ecb659" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:53:52.707" UserId="1447" Comment="added 130 characters in body" Text="**Advantages of BSDs**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The *BSD family of systems has (IMHO) a few key advantages over Linux, particularly for a server O/S.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Simplicity and Control:  None of the *BSD distributions have the imperative to add features that the Linux distributors exhibit.  Thus, the default install of most BSD derived systems is relatively simple.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Stability: Partially driven by the simplicity, BSD's tend to be amongst the most stable O/S platforms around.  [FreeBSD][1] (which is one of the older BSD') powers many well known .com's such as [Yahoo][2] and (at one point) [hotmail.][3]  In fact, at one point Microsoft suffered [quite a lot of embarassment][4] over their inability to migrate Hotmail off FreeBSD to Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Security: [OpenBSD][5] in particular has a *very* strong track record of security, and much of their work rubs off on the *BSD community in general.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Portability: [NetBSD][6] in particular has ports to dozens of platforms and is notable for being very easy to port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Some weaknesses**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Less support for large SMP configurations][7] than Linux.  This will become more of an issue as boxes with large numbers of cores becore widespread.  However, most of the network service applications that are really BSD's home turf are not all that CPU hungry.  Additionally, over the past few years the BSD kenels have been substantially improved in this regard.  Improving SMP performance was one of the main goals of [Dragonfly BSD.][8]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Smaller range of hardware support than Linux: In practice, this really only means that you need to check components on [a hardware compatibility list.][9]  For a server this is really a non-issue in most cases.  For an O/S to install on a random desktop PC this is a bit thornier.  Basically you still have to do a component-by-component check if you want a machine to install BSD on.  This is much less of an issue with Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Less emphasis on the desktop: Desktop distributions of Linux (such as Ubuntu) tend to have richer desktop support for multimedia, emulation and bundled applications.  While many such applications do have ports onto the various BSD platforms the out-of-the-box support from a desktop Linux distribution will typically be rather better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Some gaps in software: None of the major JVM suppliers (to take an example) maintain a native port of their java runtime for any of the BSD platforms.  There are third-party ports, however.  This typr of gap does pop up in a few places for BSD.  If you work on something where this gap exists, BSD may not be the right platform for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Some salient points**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - One of the great religious wars of the '90s was GPL vs. BSD.  BSD's are licensed under the BSD licence, which comes with a different set of rights than the GPL.  Essentially the BSD licence does not require you to redistribute source code of modified versions of BSD licensed software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Commercial vendors such as Oracle do not support BSD to anything like the degree that they support Linux.  Therefore, if you want to work with such a product you are probably better off with Linux.  However, most offer binary compatibility across Linux, System V, Solaris etc, so you can often run binaries for another O/S.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - BSD communities tend to be run differently to Linux and are often smaller (although no more Genteel in many cases - [Theo De Raadt][10] has something of a [reputation as a potty-mouth][11]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Many of the BSD variants are niche-market items, optimised for specific goals.  For example, OpenBSD is heavily optimised to providing secure network infrastructure for internet-facing computers.  NetBSD is designed for portability.  If you want a system optimised for one of these goals, the BSD's are often the best choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The home turf of *BSD is in network services - email and web servers, infrastructure and suchlike.  You can set up a perfectly good geek desktop with any of the BSD's, and could in theory produce something as warm and fluffy as Ubuntu.  However, this is not the core focus of most of the BSD products, although some such as [PC-BSD][12] do aim to provide desktop-oriented systems.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to make a trad unix geek desktop BSD will do this just as well as any other unix-oid system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freebsd.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.yahoo.com&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://hotmail.com&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/12/12/microsoft_hotmail_still_runs/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.openbsd.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.netbsd.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DragonFly_BSD#Kernel_design&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.dragonflybsd.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.openbsd.org/i386.html&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_de_Raadt&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_de_Raadt#Outspokenness&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://www.pcbsd.org/" />
  <row Id="9373" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5381" RevisionGUID="bc6abb31-0878-4bc5-ba24-beecf0332fca" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:54:06.263" UserId="1047" Comment="Added new info" Text="I had Windows Server 2003 installed on my primary hard drive. I then added a new hard drive and formatted/installed Windows Vista on the new hard drive. The old drive with Windows Server 2003 is still on my system as D: but I don't have the option to boot to it. Is there any way to set it up so that I can choose which OS at boot time?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It looks like the BCDEdit command will do what I want, but now its a matter of figuring out the correct options to give it." />
  <row Id="9374" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5390" RevisionGUID="b46c8c90-fd57-4831-ad9d-c399b3f429f9" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:56:00.720" UserId="1797" Text="Have you tried stopping/starting the Exchange services (or reboot the server)? Is the Exchange database mounted?" />
  <row Id="9375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5391" RevisionGUID="f6b0843a-a265-4614-820e-defbcac70b1e" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:59:12.197" UserId="1692" Text="I'm getting a new machine and will be installing Windows 7 RC1 on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to partition drive(s) to make OS re-installation as painless as possible.&#xD;&#xA;I'm going to try to figure this out for NT/XP/2k/Vista/W7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm going to update this question as I do more research.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently, I'm thinking:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  C: OS/registry apps&#xD;&#xA;   \WINDOWS (XP)&#xD;&#xA;   \WINNT (NT/2k)&#xD;&#xA;   \Program Files (NT/2k/XP)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  D: Data/non-registry apps&#xD;&#xA;   \Documents and Settings&#xD;&#xA;   \users (Vista/W7)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  T: temp files (heavily fragmented)&#xD;&#xA;   \Temp&#xD;&#xA;   \WINDOWS\Temp (XP)&#xD;&#xA;   \Documents and Settings\[user]\Local Settings\Temp&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
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  <row Id="9377" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5391" RevisionGUID="f6b0843a-a265-4614-820e-defbcac70b1e" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:59:12.197" UserId="1692" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;partition&gt;" />
  <row Id="9378" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5352" RevisionGUID="bfcb2d2f-e03c-42b9-bc1b-0d8070daac04" CreationDate="2009-05-06T16:59:26.487" UserId="1447" Comment="added 6 characters in body" Text="**Advantages of BSDs**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The *BSD family of systems has (IMHO) a few key advantages over Linux, particularly for a server O/S.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Simplicity and Control:  None of the *BSD distributions have the imperative to add features that the Linux distributors exhibit.  Thus, the default install of most BSD derived systems is relatively simple.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Stability: Partially driven by the simplicity, BSD's tend to be amongst the most stable O/S platforms around.  [FreeBSD][1] (which is one of the older BSD') powers many well known .com's such as [Yahoo][2] and (at one point) [hotmail.][3]  In fact, at one point Microsoft suffered [quite a lot of embarassment][4] over their inability to migrate Hotmail off FreeBSD to Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Security: [OpenBSD][5] in particular has a *very* strong track record of security, and much of their work rubs off on the *BSD community in general.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Portability: [NetBSD][6] in particular has ports to dozens of platforms and is notable for being very easy to port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Some weaknesses**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Less support for large SMP configurations][7] than Linux.  This will become more of an issue as boxes with large numbers of cores becore widespread.  However, most of the network service applications that are really BSD's home turf are not all that CPU hungry.  Additionally, over the past few years the BSD kenels have been substantially improved in this regard.  Improving SMP performance was one of the main goals of [Dragonfly BSD.][8]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Smaller range of hardware support than Linux: In practice, this really only means that you need to check components on [a hardware compatibility list.][9]  For a server this is really a non-issue in most cases.  For an O/S to install on a random desktop PC this is a bit thornier.  Basically you still have to do a component-by-component check if you want a machine to install BSD on.  This is much less of an issue with Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Less emphasis on the desktop: Desktop distributions of Linux (such as Ubuntu) tend to have richer desktop support for multimedia, emulation and bundled applications.  While many such applications do have ports onto the various BSD platforms the out-of-the-box support from a desktop Linux distribution will typically be rather better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Some gaps in software: None of the major JVM suppliers (to take an example) maintain a native port of their java runtime for any of the BSD platforms.  There are third-party ports, however.  This typr of gap does pop up in a few places for BSD.  If you work on something where this gap exists, BSD may not be the right platform for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Some salient points**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - One of the great religious wars of the '90s was GPL vs. BSD.  BSD's are licensed under the BSD licence, which comes with a different set of rights than the GPL.  Essentially the BSD licence does not require you to redistribute source code of modified versions of BSD licensed software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Commercial vendors such as Oracle do not support BSD to anything like the degree that they support Linux.  Therefore, if you want to work with such a product you are probably better off with Linux.  However, most offer binary compatibility across Linux, System V, Solaris etc, so you can often run binaries for another O/S.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - BSD communities tend to be run differently to Linux and are often smaller (although no more Genteel in many cases - [Theo De Raadt][10] has something of a [reputation as a potty-mouth][11]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Many of the BSD variants are niche-market items, optimised for specific goals.  For example, OpenBSD is heavily optimised to providing secure network infrastructure for internet-facing computers.  NetBSD is designed for portability.  If you want a system optimised for one of these goals, the BSD's are often the best choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The home turf of *BSD is in network services - email and web servers, infrastructure and suchlike.  You can set up a perfectly good geek desktop with any of the BSD's, and could in theory produce something as warm and fluffy as Ubuntu.  However, this is not the core focus of most of the BSD products, although some such as [PC-BSD][12] do aim to provide desktop-oriented systems.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to make a trad unix geek desktop BSD will do this just as well as any other unix-oid system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freebsd.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.yahoo.com&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://hotmail.com&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/12/12/microsoft_hotmail_still_runs/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.openbsd.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.netbsd.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DragonFly_BSD#Kernel_design&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.dragonflybsd.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.openbsd.org/i386.html&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_de_Raadt&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/1994/12/23/0000.html&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://www.pcbsd.org/" />
  <row Id="9379" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4687" RevisionGUID="e5b06fa4-75d2-4e2c-b29a-9ac7b9c217fe" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:01:43.093" UserId="1561" Comment="added 22 characters in body" Text="I've implemented a WEP attack against my own private AP to see how this funcitons and to determine if my wireless home setup was secure.  Not surprisingly, the encryption failed, and I decided to run wires everywhere until I can get a newer AP with better security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And the answer is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Well...it all depends.  [Never say never, as you're trusting the fact that everything really is secure, when maybe it isn't.][1]  I would seriously look at attempting a penitration test with your own equipment against the AP you're using before going much further.  It sounds like WPA-PSK can be broken under certain circumstances - like when the AP doesn't implement it properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would say that using [a reasonably long password, along with a very long SSID name][2], should provide you with the security you're after.  The reason the SSID name length is important is that it appears to influence the encryption process.  If you're really paranoid, do two things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  1. add a second factor, like RADIUS or certificates, to at least keep people out of the rest of the network...&#xD;&#xA;  2. look for strange parked cars with people gleefully typing away at laptops&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forum.aircrack-ng.org/index.php?topic=2930.0&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access#Security_in_pre-shared_key_mode" />
  <row Id="9380" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="5387" RevisionGUID="50a67327-669d-4c67-a8c9-4cfb03c4b55d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:03:03.683" UserId="2043" Comment="Better title" Text="Architecture Choice for an Embedded Display Device" />
  <row Id="9381" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4774" RevisionGUID="cec95072-a6bb-47eb-a068-53b4baf51e2d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:03:49.173" UserId="1561" Comment="clarification" Text="Yes!  Close that port!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Done it?  Whew...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't expose that port to the outside.  Not a good idea.  You'll be fine with just the RDP port open.  Yes, I have empirically tested this with a server running RDP.  Note that there are some DoS attacks against unpatched RDP servers, so be sure to get up-to-date." />
  <row Id="9382" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4692" RevisionGUID="85e8162b-a522-4cde-946f-08b8e5bab48c" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:04:15.303" UserId="975" Comment="Further Findings" Text="Our IT dept is going to use 7rc1**(7100)**.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately we are having an issue with OfficeScan.  On install attempt it is saying we need to be member's of Administrators.  I double checked and we are.  Also, UAC is turned off.  We were able to use it under *build 7000* of the BETA but now, nadda.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An there site, [HERE][1], it states that they*(will??)* support Windows 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone else experienced this?  Thoughts on a fix?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## EDIT 1 ##&#xD;&#xA;I have gotten past the privledges issue but I am now getting an &quot;incompatible driver&quot; warning.  I triple checked and it is stated that TrendMicro supports 7 and I even found a few (unreachable) references to users who have it running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anything else I should check?  How do I verify that my components are all up to date?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://trendmicro.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&amp;item=710" />
  <row Id="9383" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5392" RevisionGUID="af045913-6df5-473f-b331-f15a7dd2fdb2" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:06:48.480" UserId="1848" Text="That's pretty much the partition scheme I've been using for the last 8 years. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can tell you from experience that re-installation (I re-install at lease twice a year) is a breeze as far as user data goes." />
  <row Id="9384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5393" RevisionGUID="4ceeae62-a6f3-4d9f-85d5-0b83379bcc6c" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:09:10.003" UserId="780" Text="If you have a long, solid history, concentrate on all of your value-adds, successes and key decisions you made that helped the company's bottom line." />
  <row Id="9385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5394" RevisionGUID="9d7e2218-915c-44f3-9b01-cca3d5bf737c" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:09:34.230" UserId="1797" Text="You can use Group Policy for this. I am assuming those servers are members of a domain. Please clarify and I will post the steps, if needed." />
  <row Id="9386" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5395" RevisionGUID="ef52006a-3ded-4188-9485-655a27c9a0c1" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:11:08.393" UserId="1047" Text="I remember seeing a video a long while ago (before Vista was released) showing a method of remoting a single app rather than your entire desktop (allowing you to run remote and local apps side by side). Did this make it into Vista? Or do you need Server 2008 to do this? Or was I hallucinating?" />
  <row Id="9387" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5395" RevisionGUID="ef52006a-3ded-4188-9485-655a27c9a0c1" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:11:08.393" UserId="1047" Text="Does Windows Vista have app-level remoting or was I hallucinating?" />
  <row Id="9388" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5395" RevisionGUID="ef52006a-3ded-4188-9485-655a27c9a0c1" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:11:08.393" UserId="1047" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;remote-access&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;" />
  <row Id="9389" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5396" RevisionGUID="06d78f73-22fc-41fb-af3b-9825752b3988" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:18:54.613" UserId="1435" Text="I'd always start with what you do and how that benefits your organisation - from a professional perspective nothing is worth knowing if it doesn't benefit those that pay you - put your value front and centre." />
  <row Id="9390" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5397" RevisionGUID="249a884b-18d8-42d6-b4c4-9a14bb7ca982" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:19:27.903" UserId="1041" Text="One thing I found was that other software could impact your buring capabilities.  I believe that an install of iTunes on my home laptop caused several issues with DVD writing, and eventually reading.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check other software installs that may have burning capabilities as that could be causing a conflict which is causing the Nero problems." />
  <row Id="9391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5398" RevisionGUID="79152168-97c7-49ec-8bea-8d63beb79039" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:19:56.407" UserId="1797" Text="VMWare workstation has that [feature][1], it is called &quot;Unity&quot;. Parallels has similar [feature][2] (Fusion), on Mac OS. Nothing out of the box on Vista that I know of.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wanted to note that not VMWare or Parallels are &quot;remoting&quot; but VM programs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/new.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/features/" />
  <row Id="9392" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5399" RevisionGUID="b758f70d-d1f3-4b64-b58e-1cbd0027fe11" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:23:05.213" UserId="1413" Text="I'm just trying to create a new application pool in IIS7 and specify 3.5 for its framework version.  However it only has &quot;v2.0.50727&quot; or &quot;no managed code&quot; as options in the framework version drop down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can that be and how can I fix it?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9393" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5399" RevisionGUID="b758f70d-d1f3-4b64-b58e-1cbd0027fe11" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:23:05.213" UserId="1413" Text="IIS7 application pool Framework version 3.5 missing" />
  <row Id="9394" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5399" RevisionGUID="b758f70d-d1f3-4b64-b58e-1cbd0027fe11" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:23:05.213" UserId="1413" Text="&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;asp.net&gt;&lt;.net3.5&gt;" />
  <row Id="9395" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5400" RevisionGUID="6b758a06-c5ad-4dcb-80a7-ece58f60c4eb" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:24:54.223" UserId="1848" Text="You're referring to [Application Virtualization for Terminal Services][1] which runs on Server 2008.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I saw a demo at the Vista launch where they showed notepad running remotely running next to notepad running locally and the only way you could tell the difference was by looking at task manager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/appv/terminalsvcs.mspx" />
  <row Id="9396" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5398" RevisionGUID="d770b657-77dd-4adf-96b3-25b14a6d5070" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:25:22.493" UserId="1797" Comment="Minor spelling fix." Text="VMWare workstation has that [feature][1], it is called &quot;Unity&quot;. Parallels has similar [feature][2] (Fusion), on Mac OS. Nothing out of the box on Vista that I know of.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wanted to note that not VMWare nor Parallels are &quot;remoting&quot; but VM programs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/new.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/features/" />
  <row Id="9397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5401" RevisionGUID="fedac6f3-fbf8-4aee-905b-562083ab72d4" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:25:48.777" UserId="846" Text="I will be re-installing next week!  I do it a couple of times a year.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may be over-complicating this a bit ... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1- I wouldn't split the temp files from the OS, unless it is to a different physical drive.  It doesn't buy you much, and you want them blown away when you re-install.  Don't skimp on C: space!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2- I don't know how to move the &quot;users&quot; folder, but the &quot;Documents&quot; is easy to move.  This is easier than changing settings to default everything to a &quot;D:\Data&quot; folder. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3- I have found that a good practice is to only put shortcuts on the desktop rather than files.  I have a &quot;current&quot; folder in Documents, keep active stuff there, and have a shortcut to it on the desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4- I keep a text document log in the &quot;current&quot; folder and log every install in it. That makes it easy to gather the stuff I need for when I reinstall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9398" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5402" RevisionGUID="28c4271e-a731-4c75-9332-82cfcfc2ba39" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:29:15.587" UserId="247" Text="Application publishing has been available in Citrix for years - all the way back to MetaFrame on NT4 for certain; I never used WinFrame to be sure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It works really well in that environment, and it was (pre-2008) one of the big selling points of Citrix." />
  <row Id="9399" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5399" RevisionGUID="f054001f-70cf-41aa-a9bc-632d33fbdf82" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:30:27.347" UserId="1413" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;asp.net&gt;&lt;.net3.5&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="9400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5403" RevisionGUID="594b3052-3937-4320-a87a-13cb10502504" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:31:52.337" UserId="1848" Text="This is correct. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As long as you have .net 3.5 installed on the box then .net 3.5 web apps will run. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;ASP.NET 3.5, it is still based on the ASP.NET 2.0 core fundamental. &#xD;&#xA;Therefore, there is no new application type(for ASP.NET 3.5) in IIS&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Taken from here: [link text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.iis.net/t/1133618.aspx" />
  <row Id="9401" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5404" RevisionGUID="b0803f69-c457-4d32-9eb8-db2136922f48" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:32:29.590" UserId="681" Text="There is no separate version for .NET 3.5, because the core runtime with .NET 3.5 is still v2.0.50727. .NET 3.5 is just extra classes and new compilers layered on top of the 2.0 runtime. Just pick 2.0 " />
  <row Id="9402" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5405" RevisionGUID="0d237225-e7a2-4e6c-aa5a-0fd84eeb6468" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:34:57.163" UserId="846" Text="I would worry about the calendar application **FIRST**.  This is going to be a harder problem to get satisfactory, particularly if she is picky and detail-oriented.  The on-screen aesthetics are going to be just as important as the display/wall aesthetics!  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once that is figured out, getting displays selected, mounted and connected is relatively straight-forward.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck!" />
  <row Id="9403" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5406" RevisionGUID="9c9196de-98f3-44b7-a3ac-dbe9e056bc77" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:36:47.957" UserId="613" Text="I'd definitely go with the ALIX+mini-PCI solution.  It solves the hardware problem completely so you don't have to worry about figuring out how to turn old laptop parts into an appropriate physical solution.  Now all you have to do is solve the software side... good luck!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5407" RevisionGUID="150c2b02-52c4-400e-ba43-4377279f6cea" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:40:14.530" UserId="1872" Text="If you can't mount a share via CIFS for whatever reason, Core FTP has a very useful free SSH/SFTP server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.coreftp.com/" />
  <row Id="9405" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5408" RevisionGUID="cf857542-ac68-41b2-a758-048ac8196278" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:42:14.697" UserId="1820" Text="You can run the remote desktop client, and specify a program to open on connection. When you close the program, the remote session is closed as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps this is what you have seen?" />
  <row Id="9406" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5409" RevisionGUID="c0713c11-a729-46c8-acdf-5ede922e344e" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:45:56.797" UserId="1435" Text="Sorry for the delay spotting this question. There is a huge difference in performance between a dual-processor, dual-core setup and a single-processor, quad-core setup - the latter will be much quicker whichever make and model you go for, the main reason is because everything happens 'on-die' (although there's an argument to be had if you really want to get into it), so latency and overall bandwidth is much better. This is especially true on a true quad-core chip such as the Xeon 55xx-series." />
  <row Id="9407" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5410" RevisionGUID="f95f8300-102d-42b6-8364-9d5e647535d8" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:46:10.413" UserId="1589" Text="In an environment with multiple system administrators, I see a few advantages to adding the server config files into a revision control system.  Most notable are the ability to track changes, who made them, and of course being able to roll back to known working configs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone successfully implemented this type of system in their environment and could share their experiences?  I'm mainly interested in Unix/Linux solutions, but would be curious to see if any Windows admins implement a similar technique." />
  <row Id="9408" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5410" RevisionGUID="f95f8300-102d-42b6-8364-9d5e647535d8" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:46:10.413" UserId="1589" Text="Using revision control for server configuration files?" />
  <row Id="9409" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5410" RevisionGUID="f95f8300-102d-42b6-8364-9d5e647535d8" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:46:10.413" UserId="1589" Text="&lt;configuration&gt;" />
  <row Id="9410" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5411" RevisionGUID="a57a8503-a6e2-41b7-8afb-b62e06486e3c" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:47:45.370" UserId="613" Text="I've done it informally with git, but there's also the [etckeeper][1] project which is a more completist and detailed implementation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/etckeeper" />
  <row Id="9411" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5410" RevisionGUID="32baa6f2-fe20-4405-9ca0-89cc5b535f0b" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:53:31.270" UserId="1433" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;change-management&gt;&lt;version-control&gt;" />
  <row Id="9412" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5412" RevisionGUID="f1d559d1-363d-472b-9c33-41a25a525f46" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:57:07.703" UserId="1426" Text="Use the samba client to mount the administrative share. Rather then having to share a specific folder from with in windows just mount &lt;pre&gt;\\\\machineName\c$\folderName&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="9413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5413" RevisionGUID="16aad769-71a5-4cca-a586-3983559164c0" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:57:32.307" UserId="1054" Text="I'm more in the Excel camp with lots of add-ins loaded, but it's a comparable scenario.  There are some slow-downs with Excel as they consume more and more memory but I've never seen it crash due to the sheer number of them or fail to load one because it says I already have too many.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This would be more of a system memory issue rather than how many total add-ins Word can handle.  The more you load into memory the more you're going to slow down.  Plus, with Office 2003's add-in crash protection Word will disable an add-in if it is determined that that add-in was why Word crashed.  I've seen that happen many times when starting Excel with them all loaded.  Usually this is because of our own in-house developed add-ins that admittedly don't have the world's greatest error trapping in them...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you obtain additional add-ins you should be testing them on a base-level machine prior to rolling it out into your production environment.  With that you can get a gauge on what kind of system resources the add-in consumes and how it plays with the other add-ins you're loading.  Commercial manufacturers should also be providing you with system requirements to help you plan for the installations, including memory requirements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you find that your custom add-ins are creating some of the problem then you really need to review your code for possible optimizations." />
  <row Id="9414" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5414" RevisionGUID="b8047acf-1585-4411-8ec2-74cc3c0bb4c7" CreationDate="2009-05-06T17:58:15.220" UserId="1848" Text="Subversion is very easy to setup and use and there are a lot of resources:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Basic How-To][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SVN Book][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Document Management Overview][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://polishlinux.org/apps/subversion-howto/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6167205.html" />
  <row Id="9415" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5415" RevisionGUID="2790c4f4-4c46-480f-8d9c-0d8b38ef659c" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:03:47.407" UserId="1433" Text="Another option is to use an automated server configuration tool like [Puppet][1] or [Cfengine][2] to script your server configurations in a declarative language. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's extra work on the front-end, but using a utility like Puppet allows you to automatically rebuild and configure a server with very little human intervention.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.cfengine.org/" />
  <row Id="9416" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5416" RevisionGUID="4af4ca7d-1db7-487d-81df-13b765827f23" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:10:17.313" UserId="984" Text="I have been experimenting with [etckeeper][1] which seems to work pretty well.  I doesn't require a centralized server, which may be important in some situations.  You can use several different DVCS backends, so you can choose the one you are most familiar with.  It seems to work very well for me, but I haven't tried getting the other techs where I work to start using it yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/etckeeper/" />
  <row Id="9417" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4750" RevisionGUID="0ed858cf-263b-4259-ae15-24b070cbe2a9" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:11:47.123" UserId="1246" Comment="added notes about time skew" Text="There is more data to be gathered.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does the user report problems with logging in, or are you just responding to the messages in the event log?  Can you reproduce this yourself?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the user isn't reporting problems, then it is quite possible that they are running a service under their user name that has an expired password.  Take a look at their local services (under Administrative Tools, and make sure that the &quot;Log on As&quot; field doesn't have their user name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, ensure that the clocks are in sync.  Kerberos doesn't work with a large time skew between two boxes." />
  <row Id="9418" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5417" RevisionGUID="6c752717-b846-4f66-a72e-03867ecd87d0" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:12:01.507" UserId="806" Text="mounting a share is the best solution, don't forget something like the 'dos2unix' commad to covert newline characters." />
  <row Id="9420" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5419" RevisionGUID="28b7f2b2-cf58-4445-942f-1cd3046b8fd4" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:15:29.017" UserId="602" Text="How do you lock out the USB ports on the desktop PCs so we can prevent usage of USB drives on the desktops." />
  <row Id="9421" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5419" RevisionGUID="28b7f2b2-cf58-4445-942f-1cd3046b8fd4" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:15:29.017" UserId="602" Text="Locking Desktop USB Ports" />
  <row Id="9422" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5419" RevisionGUID="28b7f2b2-cf58-4445-942f-1cd3046b8fd4" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:15:29.017" UserId="602" Text="&lt;usb&gt;&lt;desktop&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="9423" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5420" RevisionGUID="e7ece58d-c468-4753-b016-e7d6a2629fd9" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:17:41.023" UserId="1812" Text="You should be able to disable the usb ports from the computer's BIOS. You could also, unplug the cables from them to the motherboard. " />
  <row Id="9424" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5421" RevisionGUID="0a39eb4d-6cf9-4480-b74a-33ee8e7f01de" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:18:35.173" UserId="1022" Text="There should be a Group Policy Object for this, you can push it through Active Directory. See in `gpedit.msc` on WinXP Pro." />
  <row Id="9425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5422" RevisionGUID="ff511a3b-7c33-44d4-b5e3-dcf990f2c5e0" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:19:37.090" UserId="1341" Text="I have one laptop that is connected to broadband internet connection via a modem provided by the service provider.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i have another laptop and i want to connect it to the internet also via networking but using wireless technology. i don't want to spend on any wireless hubs or switches so is it possible to do it via bluetooth or transmit wireless signals using the internal wireless hardware. The current laptop that has the internet connects to the modem with a cat5e cable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The laptops are an IBM Thinkpad T42  and a Dell Inspiron 1525, the IBM thinkpad connects to the modem and i want to connect the Inspiron to the internet using wireless technology" />
  <row Id="9426" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5422" RevisionGUID="ff511a3b-7c33-44d4-b5e3-dcf990f2c5e0" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:19:37.090" UserId="1341" Text="Connect to broadband connected laptop wirelessly " />
  <row Id="9427" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5422" RevisionGUID="ff511a3b-7c33-44d4-b5e3-dcf990f2c5e0" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:19:37.090" UserId="1341" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;wireless-network&gt;" />
  <row Id="9428" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5406" RevisionGUID="b85f8215-5a80-42d1-9ffb-a655681b8a94" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:21:24.807" UserId="613" Comment="added 616 characters in body" Text="I'd definitely go with a VESA-mount solution.  It solves the hardware problem completely so you don't have to worry about figuring out how to turn old laptop parts into an appropriate physical solution.  Now all you have to do is solve the software side... good luck!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ALIX you pointed at was good enough at first glance, but I glanced right past the RAM requirements, which you *might* be able to squeak Evolution into, but... eep.  A quick google seems to indicate that beefier systems like [this][1] and [this][2] will also VESA-mount and would provide much more breathing room in terms of resources. [LinuxDevices][3] often takes note of such machines, so browsing their archive might also turn up some interesting hardware for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bcmcom.com/bcm_product_bi250-965gme.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.tangent.com/t_minipc/mini965.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://linuxdevices.com/" />
  <row Id="9429" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5423" RevisionGUID="99505345-8c47-4097-b9e7-4d2790a0960f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:23:21.433" UserId="641" Text="I don't think disabling ports is really going to do what you seem to want.  Not unless these computers use PS2 mice and keyboards.  As long as you have available USB ports for the keyboard and mouse, someone can just plug a hub in and plug their USB drive into that.  What you really want to do is prevent the computer from recognizing USB storage devices (but not other USB devices) plugged in via USB." />
  <row Id="9430" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5424" RevisionGUID="3444f6b8-3e3b-4cfe-afaa-1492d1748578" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:23:35.660" UserId="1400" Text="I have tested this at home (~ 3 hosts) for some time how, trying different&#xD;&#xA;scms (RCS, Subversion, git). The setup that works perfectly for me right now is git with&#xD;&#xA;the [`setgitperms`][1] hook.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things you need to consider:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Handling of file permissions and ownership&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - RCS: does this natively&#xD;&#xA; - Subversion: last I tried, you needed a wrapper around `svn` to do this&#xD;&#xA; - git: the `setgitperms` hook handles this transparently (needs a fairly&#xD;&#xA;   recent version of git with support for `post-checkout` hooks, though)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you don't want to all of your `/etc` under version control, but only&#xD;&#xA;the files that you actually modified (like me), you'll need an scm that&#xD;&#xA;supports this kind of use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - RCS: works only on single files anyway.&#xD;&#xA; - Subversion: I found this to be tricky.&#xD;&#xA; - git: no probem, put &quot;`*`&quot; in the top-level `.gitignore` file and add only those&#xD;&#xA;   files you want using `git --add --force`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, there are some problematic directories under `/etc` where packages can drop&#xD;&#xA;config snippets that are then read by some program or daemon (`/etc/cron.d`,&#xD;&#xA;`/etc/modprobe.d`, etc.). Some of these programs are smart enough to ignore&#xD;&#xA;RCS files (e.g. cron), some are not (e.g. modprobe). Same thing with `.svn`&#xD;&#xA;directories. Again a big plus for git (only creates one top-level `.git`&#xD;&#xA;directory).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://repo.or.cz/w/git.git?a=tree;f=contrib/hooks;h=6424331a3a920429e610ac2494b857de7e520d8f;hb=HEAD&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9431" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5425" RevisionGUID="bbb89fdb-6940-44ad-91fe-c55663caff4c" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:23:49.060" UserId="1803" Text="If they're Windows desktops, you can use the local policy (or group policy, if it's Active Directory).  There isnt's a default setting for it, but the MS-provided template can be found under MSKB [555324][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.cim/kb/555324" />
  <row Id="9432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5426" RevisionGUID="7f973da7-d491-4eda-8e2a-ab634f49a7cc" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:25:08.870" UserId="2101" Text="Two solutions that I've seen at customer sites:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - (Linux) Blacklist the relevant USB kernel modules (usb_storage) in the appropriate **/etc/modprobe.conf**-type file&#xD;&#xA; - Hot glue gun" />
  <row Id="9433" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5422" RevisionGUID="940a7f4a-1f17-4449-8250-7b1444c56951" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:25:20.740" UserId="1341" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;wireless-network&gt;&lt;bluetooth&gt;" />
  <row Id="9434" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5427" RevisionGUID="d94293fe-c89f-4a0d-8b48-281a4f6d64f3" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:25:40.240" UserId="340" Text="Turns out I was just being impatient it seems.  With nothing new done, after about 1 hour, I tried again and it all worked out fine.  Without knowing the specifics of how Exchange 2007 works under the hood, it seems like it needed some time to finish processing the reassignment.  Thanks for all your assistance!" />
  <row Id="9435" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5422" RevisionGUID="940a7f4a-1f17-4449-8250-7b1444c56951" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:25:20.740" UserId="1341" Text="I have one laptop that is connected to broadband internet connection via a modem provided by the service provider.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i have another laptop and i want to connect it to the internet also via networking but using wireless technology. i don't want to spend on any wireless hubs or switches so is it possible to do it via bluetooth or transmit wireless signals using the internal wireless hardware. The current laptop that has the internet connects to the modem with a cat5e cable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The laptops are an IBM Thinkpad T42  and a Dell Inspiron 1525, the IBM thinkpad connects to the modem and i want to connect the Inspiron to the internet using wireless technology.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both the laptops are running Windows XP Service pack 2" />
  <row Id="9436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5428" RevisionGUID="c9d18f16-952b-487d-af51-78e584b0e852" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:27:26.400" UserId="460" Text="I think you want to investigate an ad hoc wireless network.  Here is an article on how to set up an Ad Hoc network with XP: [http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/setup/adhoc.mspx][1]. If you are using Vista or Win7 the steps should be similar.  I had done this before in a group of condos where only 1 had broadband and others wanted to share it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/setup/adhoc.mspx" />
  <row Id="9437" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5429" RevisionGUID="8a7d1b81-594d-466f-9905-611d550e6aeb" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:30:04.257" UserId="2036" Text="Most of our changes are managed with our Help Desk system, even for routine maintenance type stuff.  We have been slowly moving our documentation into a wiki for our own use, and what we publish to end users.  Posting the configuration changes and the discussion behind it, is nice to have open on our intranet." />
  <row Id="9438" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5419" RevisionGUID="43ddb850-2565-46f2-b072-f0994179b297" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:30:45.067" UserId="602" Comment="edited tags" Text="How do you lock out the USB ports on the desktop PCs so we can prevent usage of USB drives on the desktops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should clarify that these are Windows XP desktops." />
  <row Id="9439" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5419" RevisionGUID="43ddb850-2565-46f2-b072-f0994179b297" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:30:45.067" UserId="602" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;usb&gt;&lt;desktop&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="9441" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5431" RevisionGUID="26a3abfb-8951-44ca-bf27-b74aab08be40" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:32:38.413" UserId="1819" Text="`alias lt='ls -lhart'`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- l=long : h=human readable sizes : a=all : r=reverse sort : t=time sort&#xD;&#xA;- Puts the newest file at the bottom, right above the prompt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`alias active='grep -v -e &quot;^$&quot; -e&quot;^ *#&quot;'`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - shows only lines that are not blank or commented out&#xD;&#xA; - example: active /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`alias svi='sudo vim'`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`alias scr='screen -Rd'`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9442" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5432" RevisionGUID="d5f5b360-2701-4d8a-870c-f7d6a49b793f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:33:04.343" UserId="2043" Text="Go to Control Panel&gt;Network Connections&#xD;&#xA;Pick the wired connection you wish to share, right click, select 'Properties'.&#xD;&#xA;Go to the advanced tab and select &quot;Allow other users to connect through this computer's internet connection.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;Click ok.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now go to the wireless connection and create an ad-hoc network for your wireless clients to connect to. (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/setup/adhoc.mspx&quot;&gt;See here.&lt;/a&gt;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helped XD" />
  <row Id="9443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5433" RevisionGUID="258e4f88-fabb-4586-b3b0-4fe696660c52" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:36:19.840" UserId="1341" Text="I have a lot of data and its in terms of videos and audio data and best way of backing up to me is to have 2 hard disk backups and 1 dvd backup of the most important data. And 1 hard disk back and 1 dvd backup of lesser important data&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use Acronis True Image instead of Norton Ghost as i find it to be a much better interface and its a more reliable software to use as i have faced corruption of backups with Norton Ghost but this is from my own personal experience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its not a very cheap solution but then ultimately its the data that counts, alternatively you could also buy a cheap unlimited hosting account and store your data there too, but then the security of the server is up to you, though i wouldn't trust my important data online " />
  <row Id="9444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5434" RevisionGUID="7605930e-7ed4-4db3-a7a5-d6af899cedb6" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:37:54.393" UserId="808" Text="In the BIOS, Set the boot device to boot only from hard disk and password protect the BIOS.  In the BIOS, disable all USB devices that you can get away with.  To prevent USB sticks from even being mounted, you'll need to take other measures.  Can you put the computer in a box with only the keyboard and mouse cables coming out?  Then there is no available USB port for them to fiddle with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The bottom line is that as long as you don't trust people who have physical access to the machine, you can only improve security but you cannot get absolute security." />
  <row Id="9445" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5435" RevisionGUID="42a193fb-d46b-457a-8822-94c6eeec30c4" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:38:53.017" UserId="1803" Text="We're in the middle of P2V'ing most of the network, so the current backup method is likely the worst - the backup agent is still installed on the guest OSs, and the backup device is dutifully pulling them onto tape, one file at a time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect there's a clever way to script (PowerShell?) a suspend on the VMs, then backup of the .vhd files, and unsuspend the VMs.  This seems like it would provide big speed benefits, while losing file-level restore (might be best for things like DCs and app servers).   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What methods/policies have you hammered out?" />
  <row Id="9446" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5435" RevisionGUID="42a193fb-d46b-457a-8822-94c6eeec30c4" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:38:53.017" UserId="1803" Text="Best method(s) to backup VMs running on HyperV?" />
  <row Id="9447" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5435" RevisionGUID="42a193fb-d46b-457a-8822-94c6eeec30c4" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:38:53.017" UserId="1803" Text="&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="9448" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5436" RevisionGUID="be2d0d9b-355a-4fa1-8db2-cf3dba3e0d09" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:41:27.380" UserId="1990" Text="If you don't mind buying a book I found [Absolute FreeBSD 2nd edition][1] to be a very good guide to FreeBSD.  Covering both running it on both the laptop/desktop and server.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nostarch.com/abs_bsd2.htm" />
  <row Id="9449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5437" RevisionGUID="5c086fb0-2605-4339-a3fc-d7f6382cb59b" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:47:08.567" UserId="1463" Text="Regular file-level backup of only data should still be used - regardless of if the machine is virtual or not. It's considered best practice as far as I know any way and you'd want finer granularity on this as well to easily restore specific lost data ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Backing up the entire VM however is a great aid in increasing recovery speed for disaster recovery if the system fails - but should probably not be the sole mean of backup." />
  <row Id="9450" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5410" RevisionGUID="960c7113-eb95-4bba-9189-8f114b4ac9da" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:47:31.733" UserId="914" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;change-management&gt;&lt;version-control&gt;&lt;vcs&gt;" />
  <row Id="9451" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5069" RevisionGUID="cc540ea7-f6da-424e-8307-6c85c7c0f4e6" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:48:53.057" UserId="1039" Comment="sp" Text="Not a software solution,.. but I'm kinda partial to energetic compounds in various forms: fire, explosives, thermite, corrosives and firearms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or for the more liability adverse, a set of screwdrivers (and an intern) will get you (or him/her) some cool round mirrors and a pair of really strong magnets." />
  <row Id="9452" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="716" RevisionGUID="4c73d07d-186d-4f12-b398-4ce3002826f6" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:50:17.063" UserId="510" Comment="added some more criteria" Text="I don't think you can pin down a single &quot;point&quot; where it suddenly becomes better to use a domain vs. a workgroup. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, I generally consider *around* 5 computers to be the max size for a workgroup. Any larger than that, and domains start to have some attractive advantages that make it worth the effort.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some criteria that might suggest a domain is the right choice:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You need a central location for sharing files/enforcing permissions&#xD;&#xA; - You have users that change passwords or even users that come and go (e.g., new employees)&#xD;&#xA; - You have users that aren't good at &quot;managing&quot; their own computers (i.e., they don't install updates, don't know not to run suspicious attachments, etc.) and so need the &quot;structure&quot; and security that you can get from a domain&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Update Services is *really nice* once you get it up &amp; running, and ensures that computers are up-to-date.&#xD;&#xA; - You need (or want) to use some of the features that a domain's Group Policy can give you&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some factors that make a domain impossible of course:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You have a bunch of &quot;home&quot; type computers (e.g., running &quot;Home&quot; versions of Windows and therefore can't join a domain). (You could replace the OS of course, but I'm assuming that if you're using &quot;home&quot; machines, you might not have access to or the budget for the &quot;pro&quot; versions of the OS)&#xD;&#xA; - You don't have a server&#xD;&#xA; - The computers aren't yours (you don't have permission to join them to a domain; as in say people who bring in their own laptops and don't want to join a domain that they won't be able to access while at home)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Like so many things, the choice of whether to set up a simple workgroup or a domain is a very personal, subjective one... anyway, these are some of the things that guide my decision when I have to make that choice. Hopefully they will help you as well." />
  <row Id="9453" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5438" RevisionGUID="0b3410af-87e7-4a91-b923-5f32d070f765" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:52:22.517" UserId="1616" Text="I have yet to configure this myself, however...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using a iSCSI (or other SAN) device then that device can often have a feature to backup live images.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't have this option you can use the Hyper-V VSS Writer in Windows 2008 server backup on the host.  See [here][1].  Or you can use any backup app that supports VSS writers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://thelazyadmin.com/blogs/thelazyadmin/archive/2008/10/06/backing-up-hyper-v-with-windows-server-backup.aspx" />
  <row Id="9454" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5439" RevisionGUID="54de092d-1c74-4b0c-bcbc-52c69251a1b5" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:52:47.070" UserId="1819" Text="I think the best Resume Advice for anyone, including technical people, comes from [Manager Tools][1]. They have several podcasts on [interviewing][2] and resumes but the ones that I would start with are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Your Resume Stinks][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Resume Update 2008][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you sign up for a free account you can get:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Accomplishments - Connecting Resumes and Interviews][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Manager Tools and Career Tools have a ton of great stuff, especially for anyone who leads a team of any kind. I highly recommend them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.manager-tools.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.manager-tools.com/podcasts/manager-tools?filter0=23&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.manager-tools.com/2005/10/your-resume-stinks&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.manager-tools.com/2008/04/resume-update-2008&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.manager-tools.com/2006/09/accomplishments-connecting-resumes-and-interviews" />
  <row Id="9455" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5440" RevisionGUID="2301f293-56d8-4175-b324-3ab860dea556" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:53:05.730" UserId="61" Text="We currently have a small c# script that pulls a calendar appointment from Siebel OnDemand and mails it out to our users using smtp. This all worked before we migrated some users to Exchange 2007 this weekend. Now the .ics calendar file doesn't show up for those that have been migrated but still show up for those who haven't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Exchange team says there isn't a problem with our servers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone seen this type of problem? Any solutions?" />
  <row Id="9456" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5440" RevisionGUID="2301f293-56d8-4175-b324-3ab860dea556" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:53:05.730" UserId="61" Text="ICS attachments disappear after migrating to exchange 2007" />
  <row Id="9457" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5440" RevisionGUID="2301f293-56d8-4175-b324-3ab860dea556" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:53:05.730" UserId="61" Text="&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;smtp&gt;" />
  <row Id="9458" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5437" RevisionGUID="437e4a16-87ca-4c14-8e13-6f50d99e6c59" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:53:36.460" UserId="1463" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="Regular file-level backup of only data should still be used - regardless of if the machine is virtual or not. It's considered best practice as far as I know any way and you'd want finer granularity on this as well to easily restore specific lost data ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Backing up the entire VM however is a great aid in increasing recovery speed for disaster recovery if the system fails - but should probably not be the sole mean of backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are several approaches to backing up the guests with scripting. You could [shut it down][1], copy the vhd and start it again. A clean, crash-consistent system backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you probably want though is creating a snapshot which is [easy done scripting][2]. There is also a mount tool to get to the shadow copies by script so you could actually move them off the volume as well. There's some debate on how stable the VSS-based snapshot system really is and people have lost data. It's a bit (ok, much more) involved than the approach used by Vmware as far as I can tell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think there's a service pack or patch to the Windows Server 2008 Backup tool that makes it capable of backing up the guests transparently by the way?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://bunkerhollow.com/blogs/matt/archive/2008/09/24/hyper-v-vm-backup-script-batch-file.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gilham.org/Blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=aab85845-88d2-4091-8088-a6bbce0a4304&amp;ID=243" />
  <row Id="9460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5442" RevisionGUID="1a4cc939-f43e-45a8-a5a9-23404eba7481" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:57:51.817" UserId="1403" Text="Here's one I like: http://www.cbltech.ca/data-shredder.html" />
  <row Id="9461" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5443" RevisionGUID="d28e05cf-d283-434c-ae5e-62c9dce3cc11" CreationDate="2009-05-06T18:59:10.910" UserId="845" Text="If the users have administrative rights to their PCs, they can override anything you do to prevent this. However, you can follow the below link to Microsoft's recommended solution:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823732][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also prevent booting from a USB stick in the BIOS, as has already been mentioned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823732" />
  <row Id="9462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5444" RevisionGUID="de222aba-6bc2-4a8a-bc7a-330aa3c97612" CreationDate="2009-05-06T19:00:31.063" UserId="1992" Text="One other thing to bear in mind (unrelated to your questions, but something people don't think about sometimes) - if the original principal is going to be down for a while, you should remove mirroring to prevent the transaction log on the new principal growing out of control. Otherwise, the transaction log all must be kept around because mirroring assumes the old principal will come back online at some point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="9463" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5437" RevisionGUID="6e79987e-71e7-443d-b3ba-49da68040ea2" CreationDate="2009-05-06T19:01:36.363" UserId="1463" Comment="added 131 characters in body" Text="Regular file-level backup of only data should still be used - regardless of if the machine is virtual or not. Backing up the disk file however is a great aid in increasing recovery speed for disasters if the entire guest fails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are several approaches to backing up the guests with scripting. You could [shut it down][1], copy the vhd and start it again. A clean, crash-consistent system backup. But what you probably want though is [creating a snapshot][2]. There's also a mount tool to get to the shadow copies programatically so you could actually move them off the volume as well. There's some debate on how stable the VSS-based snapshot system really is and people have lost data. It's a bit (ok, much more) involved than the approach used by Vmware as far as I can tell and is a bit more annoying to deal with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think there's a service pack or patch to the Windows Server 2008 Backup tool that makes it capable of [backing up the guests][3] transparently by the way?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also see [Microsofts planning for Backup with Hyper-V][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://bunkerhollow.com/blogs/matt/archive/2008/09/24/hyper-v-vm-backup-script-batch-file.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gilham.org/Blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=aab85845-88d2-4091-8088-a6bbce0a4304&amp;ID=243&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://blogs.msdn.com/taylorb/archive/2008/08/20/backing-up-hyper-v-virtual-machines-using-windows-server-backup.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd252619.aspx" />
  <row Id="9464" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5445" RevisionGUID="4ee97f99-7797-46a6-91fa-862aedae46a4" CreationDate="2009-05-06T19:11:18.790" UserId="1233" Text="Here's a real life use case:&#xD;&#xA;Used Subversion to manage configuration files on 4 different servers. I'd recommend using version control for configuration files for the same reason you would use them with code - it's a backup and an undo button all in one. If I were managing a much larger amount of servers and they were much closer in terms on configuration I'd be using something like Puppet as detailed in berberich's answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The idea is that you can have one repository that you can checkout specific folders on the servers (eg. /var/named/) so I both have a history and a backup of configuration files (the backup is a bonus if you make the mistake of using a GUI configuration application that wipes your hand edited additions *cough* Server Admin in Mac OS X Server *cough*). It's then easy to test it on a test server and subsequently update the production server with files that work without manually copying files." />
  <row Id="9465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5446" RevisionGUID="5f64e396-86db-47be-9224-a555f2a56ac1" CreationDate="2009-05-06T19:12:05.807" UserId="2090" Text="Due to some bad experience with general JBoss flakiness after a restart, I like to clear JBoss' working files before a restart. I would normally do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # cd /var/cache/jboss&#xD;&#xA;    # rm -rf tmp/* work/*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to protect myself from typing any of the many possible disastrous mistakes, like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - /tmp/*&#xD;&#xA; - tmp /*&#xD;&#xA; - you get the idea&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I make the last command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # sudo -u jboss rm -rf tmp/* work/*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since the JBoss user would find it difficult to remove any critical files that don't belong to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I never actually made that mistake, but I'm safe in the case that I do." />
  <row Id="9466" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5447" RevisionGUID="67e39645-9568-4520-bc19-ad4f342746a0" CreationDate="2009-05-06T19:12:55.527" UserId="1584" Text="I don't think he's talking about App Virtualization.  I think he's talking about [Terminal Services RemoteApp][1].  It's a feature available in Windows Server 2008 that can be used by clients as far back as XP SP2 according to the linked article.  You basically configure your Server 2008 machine as a Terminal Server and then instead of clients running a full blown RDP session, they simply RDP a single app that looks like it's running locally on their system.  I don't think it's possible to get the server portion of this functionality from Vista since it can't be configured as a real Terminal Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753844.aspx" />
  <row Id="9467" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5448" RevisionGUID="4acc35fe-cf66-43c9-8750-613f4fdc73b7" CreationDate="2009-05-06T19:15:39.200" UserId="1812" Text="I also have had this error. I ended up getting a new drive. At the start I would be able to burn at a slower speed, however after x number of times it was giving me this error at any speed with a number of media brands." />
  <row Id="9468" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5449" RevisionGUID="9e3983dd-1bd6-458c-ae9c-f1b477d4cbe6" CreationDate="2009-05-06T19:25:17.290" UserId="1812" Text="http://www.dban.org/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;snip&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Darik's Boot and Nuke (&quot;DBAN&quot;) is a self-contained boot disk that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/snip&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It does a good enough job. Like jldugger said it's enough to write 0s to the drive, you could always smash it with a hammer and take out some frustration about &quot;that one user&quot; *shrug*" />
  <row Id="9469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5450" RevisionGUID="fb5bda63-4cb0-4ecc-ad26-adde44e4b73f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T19:29:05.783" UserId="1403" Text="Right about the time you add your first real Windows server." />
  <row Id="9470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5451" RevisionGUID="f3b65b07-23be-4040-8714-c0ec269ca7ed" CreationDate="2009-05-06T19:38:49.770" UserId="1647" Text="Something along the lines of this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I meant sda4. I wiped the entire disk, not just the partition :-(" />
  <row Id="9471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5452" RevisionGUID="ad53e761-7b0b-409b-a7df-b9241a8be00d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T19:40:02.777" UserId="1515" Text="I think the slow down is likely due to the additional overhead of loading into memory the Office Primary Interop Assemblies (PIAs) and, in particular, the Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) runtime.  It depends whether the add-in developers used VSTO or COM only.  It could also depend on any other dependencies (DLLs) the add-ins may need to load on start up and/or data that have to be saved  on shut down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To help you determine if additional add-ins will further affect the user experience I suggest you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  1. Measure start up and shut down times of your existing configuration.  Do this once when the system is started and again when Word has been closed and reopened during the same session.  Did the two start up times differ significantly?  What about the shut down times?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  2. Disable all add-ins.  Repeat the tests in 1.  Did a configuration without add-ins increase performance?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  3. Re-enable each add-in, one at time, repeating the tests in 1. each time.  Were startup/shutdown times affected the same for each add-in or did some affect times more than others?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The above sequence of tests may seem laborious but it should take less than an hour and you should have enough information to answer your question at the end of it.  You may also see differences depending on what other Office apps are already open when you start Word.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5453" RevisionGUID="4986301e-f493-4f8d-b667-b0a0b4b56ce1" CreationDate="2009-05-06T19:40:31.170" UserId="2103" Text="I'm pretty sure when SysAdmins talk about VSS they aren't talking about Visual Source Safe..." />
  <row Id="9473" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5453" RevisionGUID="4986301e-f493-4f8d-b667-b0a0b4b56ce1" CreationDate="2009-05-06T19:40:31.170" UserId="2103" Text="What is VSS and what is it used for?" />
  <row Id="9474" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5453" RevisionGUID="4986301e-f493-4f8d-b667-b0a0b4b56ce1" CreationDate="2009-05-06T19:40:31.170" UserId="2103" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;vss&gt;" />
  <row Id="9475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5454" RevisionGUID="a65d009a-078a-49f9-9d73-32133fca5e09" CreationDate="2009-05-06T19:42:52.880" UserId="385" Text="It's the [Volume Shadow Copy Service][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738819(WS.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="9476" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5455" RevisionGUID="510fd5b0-4cfb-4691-9990-b20b2394caec" CreationDate="2009-05-06T19:42:59.853" UserId="1839" Text="Shadow Copy ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Copy" />
  <row Id="9477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5456" RevisionGUID="f6ea206c-1f68-4d65-9ef3-5b3992cc51c1" CreationDate="2009-05-06T19:46:34.710" UserId="914" Text="Volume Shadow Copy, its used for backing files up while they're in use." />
  <row Id="9478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5457" RevisionGUID="d7c97dae-59a2-4d3a-8107-741f72104cf2" CreationDate="2009-05-06T19:46:44.307" UserId="1463" Text="You could also try using the WS-Management standard - there's a project called [Openwsman][1] for that in particular but I have no idea of it's current state or compatibility of the client tools with the Windows Vista/Server 2008 implementation. Also see [winrm/winrs][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://openwsman.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.technet.com/otto/archive/2007/02/09/sample-vista-ws-man-winrm-commands.aspx" />
  <row Id="9479" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5129" RevisionGUID="5b6e5dab-aec3-4963-86c7-3f69bb91dc2a" CreationDate="2009-05-06T19:47:51.730" UserId="929" Comment="added 86 characters in body" Text="I have a client that is using self-signed certificates (to sign InfoPath forms). The certificates are created using the certificate service built into Windows 2008. They said the certicates always expire after one year. How does one chage the expiration date on a certificate or do they have to issue new ones? (Is one year the default in the template)?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think the only tools available to them are the ones windows comes with: certmgr, certutil, &amp; certreq. (Am I missing any?)  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, The certificate is a Code Signing Certificate, if that makes a difference?  " />
  <row Id="9480" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5458" RevisionGUID="ce848850-3655-4502-95b6-b70d045e78f7" CreationDate="2009-05-06T19:48:04.443" UserId="1993" Text="What do you consider &quot;real network throughput?&quot; This depends entirely upon your network's function and your users' needs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, bandwidth is not going to be a defining attribute of how your network performs if you have six users that are not permitted to stream video/audio or transfer files. In that case, once you have enough bandwidth for their standard traffic more is simply a waste.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Benchmarks are useful for determining weak spots in your network, but you shouldn't take them as a reflection of user experience unless they mimic your users' traffic patterns.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're just trying to figure out how much bandwidth you can push through wireless bridge before it falls over, you really can't beat iperf and FTP (though you may need a couple machines testing at the same time). Remember to test bidrectional traffic as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're interested in figuring out projected user experience, we'll need some more information." />
  <row Id="9481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5459" RevisionGUID="6238c2b9-60cf-4b1e-80fe-8d67e0922a1e" CreationDate="2009-05-06T19:49:51.257" UserId="1463" Text="[EasyBCD][1] will make handling this a tad easier (though nowhere near as cool as doing it manually with bcdedit ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1" />
  <row Id="9482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5460" RevisionGUID="048c9149-5d5a-487f-909f-e010f6332387" CreationDate="2009-05-06T19:51:39.317" UserId="1993" Text="Volume Shadow Copy Service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It takes a snapshot of files so they can be backed up even while they're in use. It ensures that the file is not modified between the start and end of the backup, but can't ensure that the file is in an actually usable state should it need to be restored (for instance, a database file may be in mid-row modification when the snapshot is taken so the file itself is in a consistent state, but the application using it chokes on the half-finished edit). " />
  <row Id="9483" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5461" RevisionGUID="864d9c8a-ac63-429d-ac64-e9e6e557d8d7" CreationDate="2009-05-06T19:55:34.160" UserId="1417" Text="I prefer to train the users as to what is acceptable and what is not acceptable. If you cannot trust your users that far, then take away their PCs and set up a thin client systems connecting back to something like a Citrix server running all your apps. The only other solution I can think of is to place the actual PC in a locked cabinet with just the cables for the keyboard, mouse, and monitor coming out. In all cases I think you will just end up creating more work for your self." />
  <row Id="9484" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5462" RevisionGUID="1a17a895-f491-4e3e-94fa-5591dde03b32" CreationDate="2009-05-06T19:58:50.813" UserId="1585" Text="I am familiar with archiving messages on the client side to .pst's... Are there good methods of archiving messages from multiple mailboxes on the server side?" />
  <row Id="9485" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5462" RevisionGUID="1a17a895-f491-4e3e-94fa-5591dde03b32" CreationDate="2009-05-06T19:58:50.813" UserId="1585" Text="What are some good methods for archiving MS Exchange messages? " />
  <row Id="9486" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5462" RevisionGUID="1a17a895-f491-4e3e-94fa-5591dde03b32" CreationDate="2009-05-06T19:58:50.813" UserId="1585" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;archive&gt;" />
  <row Id="9487" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5463" RevisionGUID="046193d8-521c-4588-afb4-26f477a044cf" CreationDate="2009-05-06T19:59:20.967" UserId="1993" Text="I am in the process of implementing Puppet across our infrastructure, and it is very conducive to keeping its data in version control.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I prefer Mercurial since it's just a collection of files with some metadata stored in hidden directories (easy to manage, easy to understand, easy to use).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My Puppet files are at /usr/local/etc/puppet/ (FreeBSD 7.1). All it took to add Mercurial to it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; cd /usr/local/etc/puppet&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; hg init&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All changes are committed with a simple &quot;hg commit.&quot; If a change hoses something, I can roll back every single server to a given version of the file (say, sudoers) with a single command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Great intro to Mercurial][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/Tutorial" />
  <row Id="9488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5464" RevisionGUID="a7cff9e7-b82e-468c-8ce1-799272771e7d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:04:35.730" UserId="1848" Text="The easiest (and cheapest) method is to just use Windows Server Backup in Server 2008.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[How to back up Hyper-V with Windows Server Backup][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Snapshots should be used as a short-term rollback solution and should not be used for traditional backup purposes. [See here][2] for a brief explanation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958662&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.technet.com/migreene/archive/2009/02/25/3205513.aspx" />
  <row Id="9489" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5465" RevisionGUID="efaad545-46ec-44bf-a4b2-9a04e47943d6" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:05:32.233" UserId="1129" Text="Zsh has spelling correction. If you're a letter (or more) off, it will figure out what you meant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It also has more robust tab completion, which I like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Zsh has an interactive config utility to get it set how you like. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some speed tests say zsh is faster, but I haven't noticed any difference." />
  <row Id="9490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5466" RevisionGUID="d03273bc-c574-40a8-867f-555608f98162" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:06:11.153" UserId="831" Text="Kind of similar to this [question][1], but I wanted to talk specifically about backing up 200+GB of data. I am an amateur photographer with 3 years of high resolution PSD's and RAW files filling up my hard drives. Current capacity is about 250GB or so, but it is increasing since I got a higher resolution camera.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently I have a simple linux based NAS, but that will run out of space soon, and it lives in the closet next to my workstation, so if the house burns down, everything will still be gone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What other (hopefully moderately priced) options are there? I looked at S3, but I think that would be too expensive based on the volume of data. Maybe even something as simple as another external drive backed up periodically and moved via sneakernet?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1282/your-home-backup-strategy" />
  <row Id="9491" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5466" RevisionGUID="d03273bc-c574-40a8-867f-555608f98162" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:06:11.153" UserId="831" Text="Home Backup Strategy for Large Amounts of Data" />
  <row Id="9492" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5466" RevisionGUID="d03273bc-c574-40a8-867f-555608f98162" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:06:11.153" UserId="831" Text="&lt;home-network&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="9493" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5467" RevisionGUID="842b5b2f-e8fe-4cf0-a99f-18491068ad65" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:06:44.553" UserId="1820" Text="I have used PCATTCP to test straight throughput. The program is set to receive on one computer, and then the other computer transmits.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.pcausa.com/Utilities/pcattcp.htm&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9494" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5303" RevisionGUID="1ee55c28-4981-4ba6-9a39-8a939fa1aaa2" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:10:16.463" UserId="1978" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;home-use&gt;" />
  <row Id="9495" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4647" RevisionGUID="63aae22f-49e7-441e-8848-b62ef6e7b8a5" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:10:47.867" UserId="1978" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;virtualbox&gt;&lt;vm&gt;&lt;home-use&gt;" />
  <row Id="9496" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5069" RevisionGUID="ce1276cd-0407-40a0-afa2-bb644bb53a9d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:12:32.793" UserId="1039" Comment="added 23 characters in body" Text="Not a software solution,.. but I'm kinda partial to energetic compounds in various forms: fire, explosives, thermite, corrosives and firearms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or for the more liability adverse, a set of screwdrivers (and an intern) will get you (or him/her) some cool round mirrors and a pair of really strong magnets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't mind the smell and mess, if you heat a HDD to [770 °C (1418 °F)][1] it will lose all magnetic properties. (A charcoal grill might work for that.) Data errors start cropping up at lower temperatures so sticking it in your oven might also work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FWIW: Unless you are worried about major players (NSA, FBI, CIA, other countries equivalents or mega-corp industrial espionage) programs that overwrite the data once are enough as after that their is no way to recover the data without hardware modifications and special equipment. If you need more security than that, either you are doing something you shouldn't be (e.g. criminal) or you are a big enough player to afford going with one of the &quot;energetic compounds&quot; type solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allotropes_of_iron" />
  <row Id="9497" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1680" RevisionGUID="aefa3167-256f-45fc-8311-a4ba12c07db8" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:13:11.713" UserId="1129" Text="Try OpenVPN (http://openvpn.net/). It's cross-platform, completely free, extremely secure, and once configured it's extremely easy to deploy. I can't confirm whether it specifically targets x64, but the x86 build should work on the x64 architecture. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: I should mention that OpenVPN won a &quot;Bossie&quot; in 2007 as the [best Open Source VPN][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, OpenVPN 2.1 is Vista-ready on both x86 and x64. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.infoworld.com/%5Bprimary-term-alias-prefix%5D/%5Bprimary-term%5D/best-open-source-in-security-835&amp;current=8&amp;last=1#slideshowTop" />
  <row Id="9498" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5468" RevisionGUID="98878316-aa15-4354-9d72-d4b4e0d11d5a" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:15:00.370" UserId="966" Text="I've got a similar situation (more data less uses - around 60) and the benefits of having shadow copies available to undo mistakes is invaluable. That being said your question was about performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Microsoft doesn't say much about it][1] because it's quite subjective. With mostly reads you probably wont notice anything. NTFS uses copy on write to achieve snapshots. (akin to zfs if you've heard their marketing) Which means for each write to an existing file it has to write a new block and make a note about the old block being old. I've got most of my servers on a raid 5 or 6 setup so I don't notice the extra writes. On a single spindle you might.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also use the snapshots for backup purposes, I don't need to worry about open files etc. A lot of different backup utilities (ghost, true image, and possibly Microsoft backup) leverage this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are so many other variables to network share performance (network, cpu, application) snapshots weren't noticed by any of our staff. Until they did did something stupid with a file that is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is possible to turn snapshotting on and then turn it off again later if there's a problem. So it's worth a try.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/scrfaq.mspx" />
  <row Id="9499" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3606" RevisionGUID="a59af17f-9873-4216-bef2-d9ad5cd6f28a" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:16:55.387" UserId="1723" Comment="added 72 characters in body" Text="What if I realy need OpenBSD to be installed on 2 slices (on virtual machine and not for production purposes):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- /&#xD;&#xA;- swap&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;instead of 6:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- / &#xD;&#xA;- swap&#xD;&#xA;- /tmp&#xD;&#xA;- /var&#xD;&#xA;- /usr&#xD;&#xA;- /home&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suppose that I must create all that folders on root fs but how can I do that during installation?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please do not dublicate fdisk / installation manual in your answers." />
  <row Id="9500" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5469" RevisionGUID="529bf3a8-04a1-4a21-bfda-d3a67603a068" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:17:15.870" UserId="613" Text="It will be slow, but possible, to use a service like [Mozy][1] since it's all-you-can eat.  But slow is likely okay since the real purpose is to be disaster recovery.  So get a larger home NAS and set up a machine to sync the whole thing to Mozy :)  The initial upload is going to take days (depending on your bandwidth) but after that it's just the deltas, so not so bad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mozy.com/" />
  <row Id="9501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5470" RevisionGUID="9b243317-c7bc-473d-ab97-0528d8ed35bd" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:18:11.390" UserId="1581" Text="External drives (with your backup software of choice) are a good choice. But you will want to consider using multiple hard drives (at least two) so you can have one on-site for current backups and the other stored in a secure location off site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might also consider online backup services. Everything is backed up automatically online). Here are are few choices that unlimited backup for a fixed price:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Carbonite][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Mozy][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With a high-speed Internet account, backups will start out be slow but, once everything is backed up, you will only have to upload the files that have been added/changed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.carbonite.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mozy.com" />
  <row Id="9502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5471" RevisionGUID="723e6e36-6b60-490e-8d64-3e7da1ac62ef" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:19:56.177" UserId="1403" Text="I ran across a note somewhere about keeping the video memory assigned to a VM as a binary power for best performance.  Try dropping to 32MB or bumping up to 64MB for your VM." />
  <row Id="9503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5472" RevisionGUID="2ccc57e4-e2e9-4c1a-9a3b-574b7f2c9944" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:20:44.660" UserId="1433" Text="For reliable local storage, I'd take a good look at the [Drobo][1] products by Data Robotics. You can start off with a few hard drives and add capacity as needed without the need to worry about matching disk specifications like traditional RAID.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition, I'd buy a couple of portable hard drives to copy data to for offsite archiving/storage. I'd recommend using either a couple of different brands of disks, or different batches of disks to minimize the chances of them failing at the same time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.drobo.com" />
  <row Id="9504" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5248" RevisionGUID="d0333f22-f239-4fd5-ae19-ab91c9a08181" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:21:07.360" UserId="475" Comment="typo" Text="&gt; But SSL VPN licences cost extra.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Really? We recently switched to 64-bit desktops, and hence switched from the Cisco IPSec client to Cisco AnyConnect, and we were not required to pay any additional licenses. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have a Cisco rep? You might want to take it up with them." />
  <row Id="9505" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4846" RevisionGUID="989c819f-a606-4355-ac7a-d4a749680e48" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:21:30.417" UserId="1129" Comment="typo" Text="At my workplace we use Active Directory and a few scripts we rolled ourselves and that works fine. We're a small company, so we don't need a huge IT management suite.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've heard good things about Zenoss ([http://www.zenoss.com/][1]), but no first-hand experience with them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a larger company, I can see IT management software being useful. If you have 30+ users, you really should have it. If you have less than 10, it's probably not worth the effort.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.zenoss.com/" />
  <row Id="9506" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5470" RevisionGUID="4eee3030-d124-40a7-8fb0-3dd0ab07b2af" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:26:10.997" UserId="1581" Comment="added 53 characters in body" Text="External drives (with your backup software of choice) are a good choice. But you will want to consider using multiple hard drives (at least two) so you can have one on-site for current backups and the other stored in a secure location off site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might also consider online backup services. Everything is backed up automatically online). Here are are few choices that unlimited backup for a fixed price:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[BackBlaze][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Carbonite][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Mozy][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With a high-speed Internet account, backups will start out be slow but, once everything is backed up, you will only have to upload the files that have been added/changed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.backblaze.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.carbonite.com&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.mozy.com" />
  <row Id="9507" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5473" RevisionGUID="7cc5d656-8624-47e7-909e-703fcf87e2c6" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:26:16.597" UserId="1223" Text="For many years I used rcs for files I started modifying, but a couple of years ago I started putting the whole /etc under git control. It requires some work to check in files in granular bulks (some times I resort to a huge &quot;various updates&quot; checkin), and I have written some scripts to help with this, but etckeeper mentioned seems very interesting, I will try out immediately." />
  <row Id="9508" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5474" RevisionGUID="57932bb0-5c9a-469c-9055-4483ef23df68" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:27:37.607" UserId="1820" Text="One of the new features of Server 2008 is the ability to attach a task to a specific event in the event logs. One of the actions available is to send an email through a SMTP server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is working great, however it would be ideal if in the message body, the Event contents could be placed. I have tried using $eventdescription and %eventdescription%, but those are just shots in the dark. Any amount of googling produces no results. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know if this is possible?" />
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  <row Id="9510" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5474" RevisionGUID="57932bb0-5c9a-469c-9055-4483ef23df68" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:27:37.607" UserId="1820" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;event-log&gt;" />
  <row Id="9511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5475" RevisionGUID="344bc518-5dca-4ade-b5c8-45ecbe8133dc" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:28:30.943" UserId="2090" Text="As I understand, the Android phone can only sync with Google (GMail, Google Calendar, etc.) out of the box. I can imagine corporate users having a problem with their data residing on Google's servers — despite their &quot;do no evil&quot; credo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any Android application that lets you sync with the desktop (either Linux or Windows) or corporate server applications (think Exchange)?" />
  <row Id="9512" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5475" RevisionGUID="344bc518-5dca-4ade-b5c8-45ecbe8133dc" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:28:30.943" UserId="2090" Text="How to sync an Android phone with anything other than Google?" />
  <row Id="9513" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5475" RevisionGUID="344bc518-5dca-4ade-b5c8-45ecbe8133dc" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:28:30.943" UserId="2090" Text="&lt;synchronization&gt;&lt;mobile&gt;&lt;android&gt;" />
  <row Id="9514" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5476" RevisionGUID="ae51a55d-52a5-491d-abe3-fe145ae79434" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:29:15.233" UserId="966" Text="The best tool I've found is called [exmerge][1] and is available from Microsoft. It allows you to pull or push users data into psts on the server side and filter by date, folder, type etc. You can also set it to batch export a list of users. Its very easy to use and very handy. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use it for archiving of old users, moving users between servers and backup of important users so I can have quick access to their backups. (As opposed to restoring parts of the exchange database to a different data store. Exmerge is just easier.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PST files shouldn't ever really be bigger then 1 or 2 gigs, I've run into corruption. So I usually filter by date (an archive per year) if it's a particularity large mailbox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the download page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Use the Mailbox Merge Program to extract data from mailboxes on a Microsoft Exchange Server and then merge this data into mailboxes on another Microsoft Exchange Server. The program copies data from the source server into Personal Folders (.PST files) and then merges the data, in the Personal Folders, into mailboxes on the destination server. The ability to merge data to and from an Exchange Server makes this program an invaluable tool with a variety of uses- especially during disaster recovery. The program can also replace existing data instead of merging new data if specified by the Administrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=429163EC-DCDF-47DC-96DA-1C12D67327D5&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="9515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5477" RevisionGUID="9b1e130a-e572-4d7a-9170-4ed8f03d71a3" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:30:11.050" UserId="880" Text="Hiya,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm somewhat new to server hardware, and was wondering if there was any reason to purchase a 19-inch-rack-mountable server as opposed to a standalone (tower) system, or any difference between the two other than form factor. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're running a small operation, so we will probably never have enough equipment to justify a full rack." />
  <row Id="9516" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5477" RevisionGUID="9b1e130a-e572-4d7a-9170-4ed8f03d71a3" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:30:11.050" UserId="880" Text="Any reason to use a rack-mountable server if I lack a rack to mount it on?" />
  <row Id="9517" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5477" RevisionGUID="9b1e130a-e572-4d7a-9170-4ed8f03d71a3" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:30:11.050" UserId="880" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;rack&gt;&lt;purchase&gt;&lt;os-agnostic&gt;" />
  <row Id="9519" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5479" RevisionGUID="c2cac061-d4dd-470c-ba16-206a1cf434d9" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:31:32.717" UserId="1433" Text="[GFI MailArchiver][1] is the 3rd party product I see recommended a lot for this purpose.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And while this won't be of any help now, many of the features in Exchange Server 2010 will focus on easing [archiving and retention][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gfi.com/mailarchiver/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/2010/en/us/Archiving-and-Retention.aspx" />
  <row Id="9520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5480" RevisionGUID="de0da5df-5584-4a39-b32e-f111dfae599b" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:33:21.103" UserId="1478" Text="Right now we have about a 25-30 PC network, connected to the internet with a run-of-the-mill SonicWall Firewall/Router device. There isn't much filtering / blocking other than outgoing SMTP (for viruses etc.). I recall reading that at some point a network/company reaches critical mass and needs to send things through a web proxy/gateway... but not why!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My guess is maybe for content filtering (don't visit porn sites, etc.) and/or virus stuff (so they don't download virus'd files), but do we need a dedicated device for that? Why won't things like Cisco ASAs do the job? What other reasons would we have for doing that? How might I determine if/when we need to move to a web proxy?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently we have no plans of monitoring/limiting web access and each desktop has antivirus installed." />
  <row Id="9521" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5480" RevisionGUID="de0da5df-5584-4a39-b32e-f111dfae599b" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:33:21.103" UserId="1478" Text="When/why to use a web proxy/gateway?" />
  <row Id="9522" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5480" RevisionGUID="de0da5df-5584-4a39-b32e-f111dfae599b" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:33:21.103" UserId="1478" Text="&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;webfilter&gt;&lt;growth&gt;&lt;corporate&gt;" />
  <row Id="9523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5481" RevisionGUID="c8b5b88f-4d83-4f3b-9f63-bed1310fa783" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:33:28.857" UserId="1723" Text="**Simple answer:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;shred (if unix)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or [MHDD][1] ERASE commadd. MHDD is also good tool for remap, fix drive, etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/MHDD.shtml" />
  <row Id="9524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5482" RevisionGUID="9b33fd9e-28ab-47d2-b933-11d1251aa02d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:33:42.243" UserId="1489" Text="Most programmers know about the Joel test - 12 yes/no questions to quickly evaluate where a company stands in its development department.  These questions are things like &quot;do you use source control&quot; and &quot;do you have a spec&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the equivalent questions for sysadmins?  What are the 10 or 12 yes/no questions that indicate the cluefulness of the employer?" />
  <row Id="9525" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5482" RevisionGUID="9b33fd9e-28ab-47d2-b933-11d1251aa02d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:33:42.243" UserId="1489" Text="What do you ask every new employer?" />
  <row Id="9526" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5482" RevisionGUID="9b33fd9e-28ab-47d2-b933-11d1251aa02d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:33:42.243" UserId="1489" />
  <row Id="9527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5483" RevisionGUID="9f20c8cb-2f6f-4c9e-859e-9c8717bfe0e4" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:35:18.043" UserId="613" Text="Form factor is the main difference, and it doesn't take too many servers (5 or 6) before you really want rackmounted gear.  You can get telco 'relay' racks for ~$100 or so, and if you've got rackmounted servers then all 6 or 10 of them (depending on height) will fit in one rack, taking up about 3sqft of space... whereas if you try and put 6 full towers in a room, you're going to need a lot more space than that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other than space, no, there's no good reason to do so - in fact, rack servers can be a poor fit for an office environment because without a rack to put them in they're kind of awkwardly shaped, and their cooling fans aren't aimed toward low noise at ALL so can best be described as 'jet engine-like' upon startup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9528" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1415" RevisionGUID="15cad177-8131-4dc0-a645-e5b14e908aea" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:37:23.560" UserId="966" Comment="added 128 characters in body" Text="I've had a lot of trouble with GFI and spam assassin. Both are good products but lack any decent detection rates. And depending on your setup (especially with multiple servers) you'll run into a lot of config problems. (Though GFI support is really on the ball - I was able to report bugs and get a workaround and then working fix within a week.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I ended up doing was going with the now google owned [Postini][1] and I haven't looked back. It &quot;just works&quot; (you set your MX records to them and reject email not from their servers in your firewall) and is very powerful and you can get it as low as $1.50 a mailbox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You get a quarantine email at the end of the day with a list of subjects it picked up and you can just click deliver next the email you want. It also filters out &quot;blatant spam&quot; that doesn't even hit your quarantine. My company used to get sever hundred spam messages a day per mail box (about 40 boxes) and where GFI would catch about %75 of them, postini catches much closer to %99. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dealing with spam used to take up a lot of my time, now Its rare when I get complaints about it in a week.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.postini.com &quot;Postini&quot;" />
  <row Id="9529" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5484" RevisionGUID="77743e5d-4017-476c-871a-f674164ab78e" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:37:50.267" UserId="1993" Text="If you don't anticipate a rack in your near future, rack mountable servers will just be a waste of money. They're designed with a rack environment in mind (form factor, obviously, but also the cooling and port/button/drive access) and cost more than an equivalent tower server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tower servers are generally easier to place and physically work on outside of a rack. The hardware in similarly specced servers will be equivalent, though it can sometimes be harder to find really high-end stuff in a tower form factor. If your operation doesn't need a rack, they probably don't need those super higher-end features." />
  <row Id="9530" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5485" RevisionGUID="2e9ce03e-98d1-4950-a6a9-782e3e76da49" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:39:30.153" UserId="1417" Text="The best advice is besides talking to the Employer, is to talk to the employees.  While many companies are replacing them with automated phone systems, I used to be able to learn more about the company by talking to the receptionist then I did from the interview. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also don't forget to Google the company and the company officers. A friend of mine took a job then discovered that the owner and CEO where under inditment on several federal charges. He left as soon as possible." />
  <row Id="9531" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1859" RevisionGUID="fa4a65c6-002e-4ebe-b760-147ebb11974e" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:39:31.917" UserId="1030" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;find&gt;&lt;files&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;grep&gt;&lt;freebsd&gt;" />
  <row Id="9532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5486" RevisionGUID="030d23f9-153e-4c2d-ba8b-0791f05e093a" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:40:18.640" UserId="2101" Text="I think that you need to re-examine whether share-mode security is what you actually need for this problem. Share mode security means that a password is used to authenticate to a share, not a username/password combination.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to allow multiple users (logging in as themselves) access to modify the files then you need to use user level security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to allow anybody that knows the magic password to see the share, then share mode security is right for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See the [Samba Documentation][1] for more information on share level security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/ServerType.html#id2552417" />
  <row Id="9533" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5487" RevisionGUID="a40b4351-620e-479d-b3f0-0c0bac9f3537" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:40:41.057" UserId="640" Text="Anything with rack ears on it is usually significantly more expensive than it would be otherwise. If you're planning on adding a rack, then go for it. If not - then you'd really just be throwing money away." />
  <row Id="9534" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5488" RevisionGUID="0286f047-52c1-4996-a5a9-c0445695eedd" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:41:01.007" UserId="613" Text="&#xD;&#xA; * Do you have a dedicated server room/colo?&#xD;&#xA; * Do you do backups?&#xD;&#xA; * Do you have a repeatable machine build?&#xD;&#xA; * Do you have a trouble ticket tracking system?&#xD;&#xA; * Do you have a firewall? How is its configuration tracked or backed up?&#xD;&#xA; * Am I expected to run cabling, or do you have a contractor/facilites mgr for that?&#xD;&#xA; * Who runs the phone system?&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="9535" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5489" RevisionGUID="91ae3fb4-29bf-4511-b95d-7f67ae4ae441" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:41:58.073" UserId="438" Text="Is this even possible without compromising the server's security?" />
  <row Id="9536" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5489" RevisionGUID="91ae3fb4-29bf-4511-b95d-7f67ae4ae441" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:41:58.073" UserId="438" Text="How can I map a VMS directory on a Windows 2003 Server?" />
  <row Id="9537" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5489" RevisionGUID="91ae3fb4-29bf-4511-b95d-7f67ae4ae441" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:41:58.073" UserId="438" Text="&lt;vms&gt;&lt;drivemapping&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="9538" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5490" RevisionGUID="04cecb9b-461d-4c0c-9033-4da1c9a5422b" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:42:31.660" UserId="1812" Text="At my current job we use a filter as a result of people watching streaming video on and off their lunch breaks. We have a rotating lunch schedule so as group1 is off for lunch, group2 is still working. This was killing our bandwidth to the outside world, as a result we purchased a Barracuda Web filter. It works just fine, our need was to open up expensive bandwidth. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It also helped clean up some spyware/general internet crap throughout our network, which was a nice bonus. " />
  <row Id="9539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5491" RevisionGUID="0a70df04-034d-41a6-bc8a-c99e7e5a334f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:44:33.713" UserId="533" Text="When Sun had pretty logos on the top of their 1U servers, a coworker was seriously considering buying one and mounting it on the wall (&quot;bottom&quot; of server mounted flat on wall, rotated so it looked like a diamond) as a home server / art installation.  In the end he didn't do it because of the fan noise.  Would have looked cool though =)." />
  <row Id="9540" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5481" RevisionGUID="7af3ac37-bae8-4d5f-86a0-d3abfe3c97e0" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:47:30.120" UserId="1723" Comment="added 241 characters in body" Text="**Simple answer:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[shred][1] /dev/[yourdevice]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;shred part of coreutils (if you use unix), also you can use in Windows from [cygwin][2] (to shred files on disk)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or [MHDD][3] ERASE commadd. MHDD is also good tool for remap, fix drive, etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/shred-invocation.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://cygwin.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/MHDD.shtml" />
  <row Id="9541" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5492" RevisionGUID="4d6f5162-6a6c-4317-83d0-c2ec737a116e" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:49:28.430" UserId="613" Text="Using [this][1], Android will sync with Exchange servers.  Third party apps are easy to write; I think you're overestimating Google's evilness here.  They just got a little head start because they wrote the OS too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nitrodesk.com/dk_touchdownFeatures.aspx" />
  <row Id="9542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5493" RevisionGUID="ad219d38-31f6-41c2-893c-fab7968b6d28" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:49:55.620" UserId="2108" Text="I have one bit of advice for technical resumes: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you put it on your resume without qualifications you'd better have supported it in production and know it inside and out:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Production experience in: Apache, PHP, Linux&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't know it inside and outside, *say so*:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Familiar with: python, erlang, ruby&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In most places you'd like to work ignorance isn't nearly as bad as faked knowledge. " />
  <row Id="9543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5494" RevisionGUID="690d0e57-f0a6-4f43-b093-9ce0a67032d2" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:50:36.680" UserId="966" Text="Gallery has raised money for security audits of the core packages. They do a pretty good job. I'd trust them more then wordpress for example. Both products do suffer from the same problem, none of the plugins are sandboxed and often do stupid things. Keep light on the plugins (the core or most popular ones) and you'll be alright.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also of course, try to run each application as a different user, to contain security breaches. And keep the gallery data folder out of the document root. Gallery also likes memory so if you can turn your php memory limit up a bit it always improves performance. " />
  <row Id="9544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5495" RevisionGUID="82f238bc-1462-4644-90fa-62a32ca2419a" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:51:42.713" UserId="2016" Text="[JWZ][1] has [some pretty good advice][2].  Ignore the bit for Windows users and get [rsync][3] via [Cygwin][4] if you're on Windows.  Cheap commodity drives and rsync for the win. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jwz.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://jwz.livejournal.com/801607.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.cygwin.com/" />
  <row Id="9545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5496" RevisionGUID="ad419d3d-7182-4792-99f2-358c1aec6f35" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:52:11.450" UserId="2101" Text="An outbound proxy server can provide more than one benefit to your network:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Content Caching - instead of 25 people hitting your DSL connection with slashdot &amp; fark page reloads the content can be cached on an internal server. This will speed up access to external sites, especially when the images are cached at the proxy.&#xD;&#xA; - Content Monitoring - you can always go back and look at the logs if you like.&#xD;&#xA; - Content Filtering - virus scanning, etc.&#xD;&#xA; - Access Restrictions - generally, surfing porn on the bank teller computers is a no-no.&#xD;&#xA; - User Identification - perhaps you would like to know **who** is surfing all day&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The answer to the question &quot;when do we need to move to a web proxy&quot; is generally answered by &quot;when you need one of the above functions&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need Content Caching when you're sending &quot;a lot&quot; of traffic through your internet connection. Perhaps the connection is slow, or perhaps you're getting overage charges that you'd like to avoid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the other functions, you need a proxy when you want to perform that function. There are generally other ways to accomplish those functions as well, yes, but a proxy is usually the &quot;easiest&quot;." />
  <row Id="9546" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5497" RevisionGUID="e19406c3-d5e3-4f6b-aad6-2866ccba2abf" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:53:03.100" UserId="984" Text="Perhaps the document you where reading was talking about a web-cache instead of just a proxy/gateway?  A cache is a proxy that stores frequently visited pages and delivers them to your clients instead of making a request across your wan link every time someone on your network requests something.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On one networks with around ~100 users I tend to see that about 25-30% of the requests are served from the cache, of course this only amounts to about a 8-12% savings in bandwidth, because stuff that is frequently re-used tends to be smaller files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have limited bandwidth caching does help speed things up a bit." />
  <row Id="9547" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4909" RevisionGUID="e4514b9b-54c2-47a6-89b3-a86ad5f9a8d7" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:55:38.930" UserId="548" Comment="added comments about dd's poor read error handling" Text="To clone a disk, all you really need to do is specify the input and output to dd:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/hdb of=/image.img&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, make sure that you have proper permissions to read directly from /dev/hdb (I'd recommend running as root), and that /dev/hdb **isn't mounted** (you don't want to copy while the disk is being changed). Once complete, image.img will be a byte-for-byte clone of the entire disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a few drawbacks to using dd to clone disks. First, dd will copy your entire disk, even empty space, and if done on a large disk can result in an extremely large image file. Second, dd provides absolutely no progress indications, which can be frustrating because the copy takes a long time. Third, if you copy this image to other drives (again, using dd), they must be as large or larger than the original disk, yet you won't be able to use any additional space you may have on the target disk until you resize your partitions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also do a direct disk-to-disk copy:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/hdb of=/dev/hdc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but you're still subject to the above limitations regarding free space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as issues or gotchas go, for the most part dd does an excellent job. However, a while ago I had a hard drive going so I tried to copy what information I could with dd, which is where I learned that dd doesn't handle read errors very well. There's no way to tell dd to continue despite encountering a read error, so I spent quite a bit of time manually specifying skip and seek to hop over the unreadable sections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I spent some time researching solutions to this problem (after I had completed the task) and I found a program called [ddrescue][1], which, according to the site, operates like dd but continues reading even if it encounters an error. I've never actually used the program, but it's worth considering, especially if the disk you're copying from is old, where the system appears fine while some sectors can no longer be read.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html" />
  <row Id="9548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5498" RevisionGUID="8c759425-c456-4671-a369-fcef7d3682d8" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:55:42.970" UserId="2024" Text="I've heard similar a number of times and in my experience it doesn't work. Education of users is the way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Included in my duties is maintaining an office network of ~50 computers and we don't have a proxy solution in place. What I do though is to immediately firewall someone off if they are causing problems. Then go and talk to them and explain why I have done it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This might seem a little harsh but it works wonders, they soon realize what they can and can't do and generally users don't do the same thing twice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that I probably have 1 incident a month where I have to firewall someone off and they will generally be allowed back on as soon as I have finished speaking to them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5499" RevisionGUID="da82a21d-eea4-45f8-a72f-581fb1254cc3" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:57:58.160" UserId="1435" Text="What hours do you try to work, what hours do you normally work, what hours do you occasionally work. You can learn a lot from these answers." />
  <row Id="9550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5500" RevisionGUID="0bb7452e-8aab-4c6d-9a40-e5f5d1432d74" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:58:05.570" UserId="1877" Text="Myself, I installed a Web Proxy to provide a local cache. We had a setup with about 40 users.I used a dedicated Linux Server with a [Squid proxy][1] on it so I cannot talk of the Barracuda web filter. I setup our gateway to enable [transparent proxying][2] so nobody would see the difference. With time, some limited filtering was added (some known bad sites) and I moved our DNS forwarding to [OpenDNS][3] to reduce de risk of people ending up on fishing sites. As for you, we never looked at limiting peoples access to the internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The benifits I got from adding a local cache were:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Reduced the office internet connection bandwith usage (download speed got a little faster in genera).&#xD;&#xA; - Lowered by almost 40% the total amount of data downloaded over the internet.&#xD;&#xA; - Content filtering of well known fishing and exploit sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My understanding is that with the basic [Barracuda Web Filter][4] is really there to prevent poeple from surfing unappropriate content or use IM. The larger versions seems to include caching. From my experience I would not setup a web filter without caching because I would feel I do not get any kind of return on investment by just filtering peoples connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.squid-cache.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/TransparentProxy.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.opendns.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/products/web-filter-features.php" />
  <row Id="9551" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5501" RevisionGUID="65d3e04b-3ee8-4dec-968b-409b2cc25405" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:58:08.410" UserId="1478" Text="ReadyNAS products come built-in with the ReadyNAS Vault http://www.netgear.com/readynasvault&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use several ReadyNAS products and really like them; we have an offsite data-center so don't really need the Vault features but from what I hear it is pretty nice." />
  <row Id="9552" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5502" RevisionGUID="0c0bd19a-bb89-4a58-95aa-10e17ecc8979" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:58:13.493" UserId="340" Text="I have been tackling this problem for a while now.  I have a single user in a 30+ user environment running AD and Exchange 2003 Server.  The user is running XP with Outlook 2007.  At least once every few days, when Outlook is launched by the user, nothing happens.  When you look at task manager, there are at least 4-5 or more versions of Outlook.exe running.  One of them is usually taking about 95MB of RAM or more.  If you kill that process, the others go away and Outlook appears.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We thought it was user &quot;eagerness&quot; at first (click-happy) so we setup their shortcuts to use the /recycle parameter, but this is proving not to work.  We have tried safe mode, repairing, looking for spyware/malware as well.  We have removed and reinstalled.  The event log doesn't show anything.  I am out of ideas as to what is causing this to happen.  No other users are experiencing this and nothing else is being reported as going awry on this machine.  I know Outlook has it's bugs, but this is strange.  Also, the user never had this problem with Outlook 2003.  Thanks!" />
  <row Id="9553" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5502" RevisionGUID="0c0bd19a-bb89-4a58-95aa-10e17ecc8979" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:58:13.493" UserId="340" Text="Outlook 2007 running multiple instances" />
  <row Id="9554" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5502" RevisionGUID="0c0bd19a-bb89-4a58-95aa-10e17ecc8979" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:58:13.493" UserId="340" Text="&lt;outlook-2007&gt;&lt;processes&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="9555" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5503" RevisionGUID="8b72d904-8ba9-418b-a45d-f838470dd2f9" CreationDate="2009-05-06T20:59:36.517" UserId="1617" Text="Not being facetious but the best way is to not put it there in the first place. (Agree with David Hicks).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Think of it this way: If the laptop was stolen or lost and contained all your companies secrets - how would you feel? Even if you use TrueCrypt with a super strong password.. you'd always have that doubt in your mind.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Consider publicity; the press take a simplistic view of things. They'd say &quot;Acme corp loses laptop with 30,000 employee records&quot;. The fact that it was highly encrypted might not be enough to prevent reputational damage.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9556" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5504" RevisionGUID="4672e61f-2a92-4738-a516-874cd862f15f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T21:00:34.690" UserId="1532" Text="Is it possible to disable or reassign some or all of the built in Windows keyboard shortcuts?  Are there any third party tools that make this task easy?  Has the method to accomplish this task changed between Windows releases?" />
  <row Id="9557" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5504" RevisionGUID="4672e61f-2a92-4738-a516-874cd862f15f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T21:00:34.690" UserId="1532" Text="Is it possible to disable or reassign the built in Windows keyboard shortcuts?" />
  <row Id="9558" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5504" RevisionGUID="4672e61f-2a92-4738-a516-874cd862f15f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T21:00:34.690" UserId="1532" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;keyboard-shortcuts&gt;" />
  <row Id="9559" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4909" RevisionGUID="16ce8348-01ed-41ff-977e-02099201321f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T21:01:41.940" UserId="548" Comment="added 50 characters in body" Text="To clone a disk, all you really need to do is specify the input and output to dd:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/hdb of=/image.img&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, make sure that you have proper permissions to read directly from /dev/hdb (I'd recommend running as root), and that /dev/hdb **isn't mounted** (you don't want to copy while the disk is being changed). Once complete, image.img will be a byte-for-byte clone of the entire disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a few drawbacks to using dd to clone disks. First, dd will copy your entire disk, even empty space, and if done on a large disk can result in an extremely large image file. Second, dd provides absolutely no progress indications, which can be frustrating because the copy takes a long time. Third, if you copy this image to other drives (again, using dd), they must be as large or larger than the original disk, yet you won't be able to use any additional space you may have on the target disk until you resize your partitions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also do a direct disk-to-disk copy:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/hdb of=/dev/hdc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but you're still subject to the above limitations regarding free space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as issues or gotchas go, dd, for the most part, does an excellent job. However, a while ago I had a hard drive that was about to die, so I used dd to try and copy what information I could off it before it died completely. It was then learned that dd doesn't handle read errors very well - there were several sectors on the disk that dd couldn't read, causing dd to give up and stop the copy. There's also no way to tell dd to continue despite encountering a read error, so I spent quite a bit of time manually specifying skip and seek to hop over the unreadable sections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I spent some time researching solutions to this problem (after I had completed the task) and I found a program called [ddrescue][1], which, according to the site, operates like dd but continues reading even if it encounters an error. I've never actually used the program, but it's worth considering, especially if the disk you're copying from is old, which can have bad sectors even if the system appears fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html" />
  <row Id="9560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5505" RevisionGUID="f1ead692-f7a6-4dcd-98f3-3ddab59b40c3" CreationDate="2009-05-06T21:06:16.657" UserId="2028" Text="For future reference it might be of interest to check out [ddrescue][1]. It has saved my day a couple of times.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5507" RevisionGUID="3902be04-10b1-4bdd-a84a-37d9742cabab" CreationDate="2009-05-06T21:10:46.973" UserId="1102" Text="This happens to me sporadically, and it always seems to be a COM add-in that keeps Outlook from shutting down completely (CRM, in my case). The following is old:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/914909&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but describes the problem pretty much exactly as well as potential solutions (really just &quot;find the bad add-in&quot;)." />
  <row Id="9564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5508" RevisionGUID="87b0cb47-cc0d-4be0-81ff-40f76b60a116" CreationDate="2009-05-06T21:11:28.673" UserId="2043" Text="Short of going with the online backup systems recommended, consider purchasing a few large drives and a fireproof safe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternate between backing up to each drive (s.t. one is always in the safe at a given time.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is not quite as sophisticated as online storage mechanisms but in my eyes provides a simple solution which provides speedy recovery in the event of disaster (rather than having to download everything again over the course of a day or more.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck!" />
  <row Id="9567" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5511" RevisionGUID="1f93e9e5-1f68-4cca-87a5-9bf2d9d60ec2" CreationDate="2009-05-06T21:31:05.257" UserId="2094" Text="I would suggest this here:&#xD;&#xA;[AutoHotKey][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AutoHotkey unleashes the full potential of your keyboard, joystick, and mouse. For example, in addition to the typical Control, Alt, and Shift modifiers, you can use the Windows key and the Capslock key as modifiers. In fact, you can make any key or mouse button act as a modifier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also see [here][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.autohotkey.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/HotkeyFeatures.htm" />
  <row Id="9568" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5512" RevisionGUID="abd27d97-94d3-4b27-8679-07c0568849b8" CreationDate="2009-05-06T21:34:15.547" UserId="1819" Text="You should be able to set a registry entry for disabling hotkeys involving the &quot;Windows&quot; key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disable for All Users:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disable for YOUR User:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Exlporer`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- You may have to add the &quot;Explorer&quot; key to your CURRENT_USER.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add a new DWORD (32-bit) Value named **NoWinKeys**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set the value to &quot;1&quot; to disable and &quot;0&quot; to enable.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9569" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5513" RevisionGUID="8694614e-444b-457e-8cdd-bf219e52c071" CreationDate="2009-05-06T21:34:44.937" UserId="1176" Text="Backup the 2005; then backup in the OS level (&quot;backup the backup&quot;), so you can have a copy of the original backups from 2005. Or am I understanding your question correctly. Why fallback to 2005 really?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5514" RevisionGUID="428083e9-bba0-4852-870d-b74fd0890e76" CreationDate="2009-05-06T21:35:48.257" UserId="629" Text="Certainly Ubuntu 9.04 (jaunty) is still working out the bugs of ext4 in their version of kernel 2.6.28. Some bugs appear to only be in the ubuntu kernel rather than the mainline, but that indicates that if you have a non-mainline kernel you may run into similar troubles.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This page](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux?field.searchtext=ext4&amp;orderby=-importance&amp;search=Search&amp;field.status%3Alist=NEW&amp;field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&amp;field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&amp;field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&amp;field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&amp;field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&amp;field.status%3Alist=FIXCOMMITTED&amp;field.assignee=&amp;field.bug_reporter=&amp;field.omit_dupes=on&amp;field.has_patch=&amp;field.has_no_package=) is a search of issues with ext4 that could be worth a browse. One current (6th May 2009) serious issue that causes the kernel to lock up is [issue 330824](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/330824). And a [previous issue](https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/317781) (now fixed) involved data loss. But I have not heard of any loss of the entire file system, and I think it would be big news if it was happening.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I would say it is not entirely ready for prime time. If you really need it, then it may be worth setting up a test server to play with it. For the time being I would stick with the mainline kernels, and measure the performance gain - if the gain is dramatic and stress testing does not show up any problems then it might be worth trying it ..." />
  <row Id="9571" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5422" RevisionGUID="1e118665-a28f-4988-98d6-a639a43a2b55" CreationDate="2009-05-06T21:39:32.973" UserId="1341" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;wireless-network&gt;" />
  <row Id="9573" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5515" RevisionGUID="0b9b3bb0-7e7a-4fcc-a92a-f881ef7bc0fd" CreationDate="2009-05-06T21:43:43.947" UserId="1435" Text="That's not that much data these days and you can guy external hard disks of that size very cheaply - I'd suggest you buy two, then backup to both and keep one of them off-site, do this every so often." />
  <row Id="9574" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5516" RevisionGUID="90f9ad56-5fa3-44a9-9325-906596477bbe" CreationDate="2009-05-06T21:48:23.467" UserId="1435" Text="Why not look at a HP ML-series server, they come as towers but are easily converted to be rack-mounted cheaply if required. In particular the new ML350/370 G6's (1/2 Nehalem Xeons, upto 144GB mem, 24 disks) are nice-enough machines for the money (http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/en/WF04a/15351-15351-241434-241646-241477.html)" />
  <row Id="9575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5517" RevisionGUID="af5c3853-7119-42ee-bc1c-39984737e1d0" CreationDate="2009-05-06T22:02:05.510" UserId="1857" Text="I am frequently called upon to recommend a hosting provider.  Company A needs SAS certification, company B needs Tomcat, company C can work with shared hosting, company D needs a dedicated server, etc. I don't know how to even start the search process. Web searches are not helpful.  Even specific search words generate too many results.  Sites that rank and review providers are suspect -- I can't tell what is real and what is an advertisement or a link farm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you recommend as a way to identify a list of likely candidates from which I can start my real research?" />
  <row Id="9576" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5517" RevisionGUID="af5c3853-7119-42ee-bc1c-39984737e1d0" CreationDate="2009-05-06T22:02:05.510" UserId="1857" Text="How do I locate a hosting provider that meets my criteria?" />
  <row Id="9577" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5517" RevisionGUID="af5c3853-7119-42ee-bc1c-39984737e1d0" CreationDate="2009-05-06T22:02:05.510" UserId="1857" Text="&lt;web-hosting&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;recommendation&gt;" />
  <row Id="9578" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5515" RevisionGUID="6b32760c-ad7b-43b2-9c8e-16d14ded85e8" CreationDate="2009-05-06T22:08:32.593" UserId="1435" Comment="edited body" Text="That's not that much data these days and you can get external hard disks of that size very cheaply - I'd suggest you buy two, then backup to both and keep one of them off-site, do this every so often." />
  <row Id="9579" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5320" RevisionGUID="a9891de2-efa2-4dbe-98e9-d92bb4cae207" CreationDate="2009-05-06T22:08:33.480" UserId="914" Comment="edited body" Text="Make the Windows folder a share and mount it on Linux?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mount.cifs //windows/share /mnt/windows -o &quot;user=Administrator&quot; " />
  <row Id="9580" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5518" RevisionGUID="531ca45d-ff9f-4c65-9999-863a64d4d94e" CreationDate="2009-05-06T22:10:19.890" UserId="2037" Text="This won't help if the house burns down but I would get an old box, install Debian, and then install BackupPC.  You set up a share in Windows, tell BackupPC about it and let BackupPC do it's thing.  There are a ton of software solutions to backup but I like one where most of the config is done at the server and not by installing something on the client. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To solve the burned down house problem about the only thing you can really do is backup to a hard drive every once and a while and store it somewhere else (like at work or at a friends where you can swap drives monthly).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5519" RevisionGUID="b6db65c2-abdb-4dec-9d6f-1b5c7e5a2e22" CreationDate="2009-05-06T22:13:43.873" UserId="1748" Text="We use System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) for backing up our Hyper-V machines. It's not exactly a 'cheap' solution but we've found it to be excellent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can configure it to automatically take snapshots at varying intervals of your virtual machines. Restoring a virtual machine from a previous time is also a breeze. We have a SAN for DPM's primary storage, but in addition, we also have a decent tape library (which DPM integrates with very nicely) which stores older generations of our VMs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, DPM has specific support for SQL/Exchange backups. Certainly works a treat if you have the resources." />
  <row Id="9586" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5522" RevisionGUID="af9af9c9-8570-4a01-a11e-5db2e77c029c" CreationDate="2009-05-06T22:16:32.247" UserId="942" Text="Well, pretty much what the subject says, is it possible to forbid users from using the &quot;Switch User&quot; feature when the screen is locked by an administrator?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure if user switching is a GNOME or X feature." />
  <row Id="9587" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5522" RevisionGUID="af9af9c9-8570-4a01-a11e-5db2e77c029c" CreationDate="2009-05-06T22:16:32.247" UserId="942" Text="Disabling user switching when admin locks screen" />
  <row Id="9588" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5522" RevisionGUID="af9af9c9-8570-4a01-a11e-5db2e77c029c" CreationDate="2009-05-06T22:16:32.247" UserId="942" Text="&lt;gnome&gt;&lt;x&gt;&lt;xorg&gt;&lt;sessions&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="9589" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5466" RevisionGUID="ae4e156c-e162-440a-ab79-13565e109a4f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T22:19:59.087" UserId="831" Comment="Added link to NAS." Text="Kind of similar to this [question][1], but I wanted to talk specifically about backing up 200+GB of data. I am an amateur photographer with 3 years of high resolution PSD's and RAW files filling up my hard drives. Current capacity is about 250GB or so, but it is increasing since I got a higher resolution camera.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently I have a simple [linux based NAS][2], but that will run out of space soon, and it lives in the closet next to my workstation, so if the house burns down, everything will still be gone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What other (hopefully moderately priced) options are there? I looked at S3, but I think that would be too expensive based on the volume of data. Maybe even something as simple as another external drive backed up periodically and moved via sneakernet?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: To be a little clearer, I'm not so worried about local backup, but offsite. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1282/your-home-backup-strategy&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.amazon.com/Media-Network-Attached-Storage-mv2120/dp/B0015313O8/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&amp;s=electronics&amp;qid=1241648327&amp;sr=8-7" />
  <row Id="9590" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5495" RevisionGUID="47bd9101-ba48-47c7-a6bd-38758c67e4fc" CreationDate="2009-05-06T22:21:15.650" UserId="2016" Comment="expanded answer" Text="[JWZ][1] has [some pretty good advice][2].  Ignore the bit for Windows users and get [rsync][3] via [Cygwin][4] if you're on Windows.  Cheap commodity drives and rsync for the win. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't consider 250GB to be a large amount of data, but I may be biased.  At my day job, we're ordering disk by the petabyte.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jwz.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://jwz.livejournal.com/801607.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.cygwin.com/" />
  <row Id="9592" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5523" RevisionGUID="d42cbedc-12d2-49e0-a596-5f12cfbbc89c" CreationDate="2009-05-06T22:25:58.963" UserId="251" Text="Have a look see at the local IXP's (Internet Exchange Point)  members.  Many are likely to be pure networking folks, but some will be both network and hosting, and some just highly competent hosting companies with serious network infrastructure--very few mom-n-pop operations, if any, end up in the peering arrangements as they are for the stable, organized and 'serious'.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then again, my own needs are heavy on the network infrastructure so their is a bias here.  :P&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Here is Switzerland we have [SwissIX][1], a non-profit organization made up of folks one might consider.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.swissix.ch/peering_participants.php" />
  <row Id="9593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5524" RevisionGUID="238ace3b-3bd1-4c05-b12c-5e8337c4a4fc" CreationDate="2009-05-06T22:26:34.187" UserId="1565" Text="Have you tried 5.0.04.0300 or the new version 5.0.05.0290?" />
  <row Id="9594" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5525" RevisionGUID="8cba274c-0e61-41d9-8c77-488aff2f3ea4" CreationDate="2009-05-06T22:27:56.650" UserId="1219" Text="I suggest you do the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Ask your peers who they would recommend, get a list of hosting provider's who you can then access.&#xD;&#xA; - Buy some related magazines, and look at the ads, bigger companies can afford the bigger ads.&#xD;&#xA; - Ask for recommendations here, the worst that'll happen is your question might get closed, but you may get valuble information.&#xD;&#xA; - Attend various conferences and spread some business cards around, that's one of the main benefits of those events.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5528" RevisionGUID="5b4d2b7c-597f-42d0-8873-38471dfec5b9" CreationDate="2009-05-06T22:34:08.177" UserId="1819" Text="If you are concerned about using a software solution you could buy some hardware locks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[USB Port Blocker][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This assumes that you have the budget to get these for each machine. You may also need keep people from unplugging the keyboard and mouse if they are USB as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.lindy-usa.com/usb-port-blocker-pack-of-4-colour-code-blue/40452.html" />
  <row Id="9599" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5529" RevisionGUID="ee71adec-8a29-4537-bd3e-5d0130a8a9b5" CreationDate="2009-05-06T22:38:08.870" UserId="2042" Text="More information about this question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_disklabel on FreeBSD the c partition on a disk that is also in use by other operating systems will only extend onto the entire FreeBSD slice, and partition d would be the entire hard drive!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  The c partition addresses the entire disk in dedicated mode, or the entire FreeBSD slice in slice mode. The other partitions are for general use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[FreeBSD Manual Disk Adding][1] see 18.3.1 number 3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks-adding.html" />
  <row Id="9600" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5495" RevisionGUID="d92bbf8c-f94a-4aeb-b877-3fdd8a968b94" CreationDate="2009-05-06T22:40:21.050" UserId="2016" Comment="expanded answer" Text="[JWZ][1] has [some pretty good advice][2].  Ignore the bit for Windows users and get [rsync][3] via [Cygwin][4] if you're on Windows.  Cheap commodity drives and rsync for the win. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Backing up a live operating system can be touchy.  Taking a snapshot first is recommended if you have that capability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't consider 250GB to be a large amount of data, but I may be biased.  At my day job, we're ordering disk by the petabyte.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jwz.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://jwz.livejournal.com/801607.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.cygwin.com/" />
  <row Id="9603" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5531" RevisionGUID="eafe8ada-87bd-418a-bf6e-328254570c85" CreationDate="2009-05-06T22:45:45.670" UserId="831" Text="I used to run an Active Directory domain on my home network, but have since migrated back to a plain old Workgroup. However, since my job is in .NET software development, I'd like to be able to work with some Windows based server technology, which means running a domain (technically you don't **have** to, but for all intents and purposes, you do).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I kind of like not having a ton of old computers lying around jacking up my power bill, so I'm hesitant to build/buy more hardware. Enter Virtualization. I currently run a bunch of VM's for various things, but spinning up more than a couple at a time really starts to bog the system down, especially if they run a server OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It could just be that I simply need more memory (at 4GB right now), or would something else be of better use? I'm running VMware Workstation. I'd need to run the domain controller (Win 2008), a SQL Server (2008), TFS (2008), maybe SharePoint (2007), and an XP client or two, though not necessarily all at once.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would I see better performance running a server based VM (like whatever VMware's version of Virtual Server is)? I'd prefer to keep it on my workstation, but would it be better suited to build a separate server to host all the VM's? &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9604" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5531" RevisionGUID="eafe8ada-87bd-418a-bf6e-328254570c85" CreationDate="2009-05-06T22:45:45.670" UserId="831" Text="Feasability of running a Virtual Network" />
  <row Id="9605" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5531" RevisionGUID="eafe8ada-87bd-418a-bf6e-328254570c85" CreationDate="2009-05-06T22:45:45.670" UserId="831" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;home-network&gt;" />
  <row Id="9607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5533" RevisionGUID="e4867362-fa0d-4667-9c9a-8d9730495d42" CreationDate="2009-05-06T22:47:31.470" UserId="1079" Text="To save space, you can compress data produced by dd with gzip, e.g.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/hdb | gzip -c  &gt; /image.img&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can restore your disk with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    gunzip -c /image.img.gz | dd of=/dev/hdb&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To save even more space, defragment the drive/partition you wish to clone beforehand (if appropriate), then zero-out all the remaining unused space, making it easier for gzip to compress:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mkdir /mnt/hdb&#xD;&#xA;    mount /dev/hdb /mnt/hdb&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/hdb/zero&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wait a bit, dd will eventually fail with a &quot;disk full&quot; message, then:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rm /mnt/hdb/zero&#xD;&#xA;    umount /mnt/hdb&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/hdb | gzip -c  &gt; /image.img" />
  <row Id="9608" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="3743" RevisionGUID="2e648811-fb24-43d4-9984-87732fa8c709" CreationDate="2009-05-06T22:50:11.103" UserId="1576" />
  <row Id="9609" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5534" RevisionGUID="f6e57d00-bcdb-4aba-8971-8af1d98b54fa" CreationDate="2009-05-06T22:55:13.260" UserId="1435" Text="VMWare ESX (the server version you mention) IS in fact more efficient and faster than Workstation but is a bare-metal OS - i.e. it takes over the whole machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think you can do what you need with a few tweaks, in particular I'd max out your memory (it's cheap at the moment) AND switch to a 64-bit version of your OS of choice, or it won't use the memory. You might also consider running the VMs from a different disk and also consider adding more processors or more cores. If you can put some of these changes in place you'll be able to run all of these VMs well enough to keep your knowledge up to date." />
  <row Id="9610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5535" RevisionGUID="19c4b54a-83e6-4bcb-880f-d1678b90097d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T22:58:11.427" UserId="1616" Text="Exmerge is not supported on Exchange 2007 (although it can be made to work).  As of Exchange 2007 SP1 there is a new cmdlet, Export-Mailbox, that replaces the exmerge functionality allowing you to archive multiple mailboxes to PSTs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This cmdlet also works with PSTs up to 32GB in size.  However bizarrely it only works on 32bit Windows, since Exchange 2007 is only supported on 64bit Windows you need to set up a 32bit machine to do the archiving (Thanks MS).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The whole process is detailed [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.exchangeinbox.com/article.aspx?i=102" />
  <row Id="9611" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5536" RevisionGUID="65a3abb5-a9f2-4ecc-a2ac-a725cf9c0c4a" CreationDate="2009-05-06T23:01:20.407" UserId="1616" Text="If you are looking for ongoing archiving of email for legal reasons etc. you might consider google postini.  See [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/postini/" />
  <row Id="9612" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5482" RevisionGUID="e31e64e4-7ad1-4194-964d-bf4db26fb111" CreationDate="2009-05-06T23:06:00.583" UserId="1435" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;recruitment&gt;" />
  <row Id="9614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5538" RevisionGUID="d1326074-9782-425f-bba1-2fbebdb8fa0b" CreationDate="2009-05-06T23:10:54.643" UserId="1616" Text="The host really needs to be 64bit and needs more RAM, fill the machine up!  Also you might consider Hyper-V on Server 2008 if you have an MSDN subscription they may be included and are possibly faster than VM Workstation and moving slightly more towards ESX in terms of performance." />
  <row Id="9615" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5539" RevisionGUID="0ff321cd-350b-41be-b465-6c41b41766ca" CreationDate="2009-05-06T23:11:35.047" UserId="1650" Text="I'm getting ready to graduate (YES!) and take my A+ exam. I want to get a job before going to college and thought about geek squad. I want to be a programmer but I'm also a good troubleshooter as I do a co-op with my school right now. I have heard that it pays pretty good and was wondering how it would look on a resume. " />
  <row Id="9616" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5539" RevisionGUID="0ff321cd-350b-41be-b465-6c41b41766ca" CreationDate="2009-05-06T23:11:35.047" UserId="1650" Text="Is geek squad a good place to work straight out of high school?" />
  <row Id="9617" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5539" RevisionGUID="0ff321cd-350b-41be-b465-6c41b41766ca" CreationDate="2009-05-06T23:11:35.047" UserId="1650" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;resume&gt;&lt;geeksquad&gt;" />
  <row Id="9618" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2026" RevisionGUID="9e806f96-fb1c-445c-8b90-6dc950993995" CreationDate="2009-05-06T23:15:28.517" UserId="1435" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;resume&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;interview&gt;&lt;recruitment&gt;" />
  <row Id="9619" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3270" RevisionGUID="886daa7c-b907-4f8b-bc8c-fc5cc4bd281e" CreationDate="2009-05-06T23:16:08.827" UserId="1435" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;job-market&gt;&lt;interview&gt;&lt;career-development&gt;&lt;recruitment&gt;" />
  <row Id="9620" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="95" RevisionGUID="151665d2-4e01-4bc5-b4c2-f600c610e71d" CreationDate="2009-05-06T23:17:04.283" UserId="1435" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;tips&gt;&lt;user-management&gt;&lt;automation&gt;&lt;recruitment&gt;" />
  <row Id="9621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5540" RevisionGUID="35d1f222-6383-443e-8751-48adcb5cf15f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T23:19:00.130" UserId="1435" Text="All appropriate experience is good; it shows a passion for the industry and commitment to your career. Good luck!" />
  <row Id="9622" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5541" RevisionGUID="dbcebe1f-4c49-4081-babe-a90f21053fe5" CreationDate="2009-05-06T23:19:01.190" UserId="1819" Text="I have seen a talk from a professor who teaches forensics where one assignment is for his students to recover data from drives that have been &quot;destroyed&quot; by smashing, drilling, or magnetic erasing. He said the only sure way to destroy data is to use a belt grinder to turn the platters into metal shavings." />
  <row Id="9623" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5539" RevisionGUID="a4aa32e8-2eb9-47cd-884b-928f4c858fea" CreationDate="2009-05-06T23:19:50.753" UserId="808" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;resume&gt;&lt;geek-squad&gt;" />
  <row Id="9627" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5543" RevisionGUID="788a344b-7a5f-410d-baa5-3f17ef7a5bc9" CreationDate="2009-05-06T23:36:28.717" UserId="1616" Text="I'd do that before college, and it will look good on the resume, but once you are in college I'd look for work placements through the college for wors during the holidays with an employer who will take you on at the end of your course in your preferred field.  I wish I'd done this at the time!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(P.S.  I'm in the UK, things may work differently wherever you are, which I sense is the US)." />
  <row Id="9628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5544" RevisionGUID="9b86eb14-f7fe-4d51-a6fa-68fb502a4147" CreationDate="2009-05-06T23:37:27.247" UserId="1650" Text="Just something that kinda relates to this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can copy the command prompt into the login screen using a LiveCD and start it using the enable sticky keys shortcut (e.g. Shift+Shift+Shift+Shift+Shift). Which is really bad/good depending on how you use it (e.g. You can reset passwords using net user command).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Read more here: http://www.hackforums.net/printthread.php?tid=73864" />
  <row Id="9629" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5545" RevisionGUID="50783107-5200-48a9-bf23-665b55251a7c" CreationDate="2009-05-06T23:39:04.793" UserId="1690" Text="Some general advice cribbed from the the [Manager Tools][1] guys (also pointed to by @CanyonR)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**General Resume stuff**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Keep your resume short (they&#xD;&#xA;   recommend a one page.. but 1-4 is a&#xD;&#xA;   good start)&#xD;&#xA; - List Job Title and dates&#xD;&#xA;   of employment and describe&#xD;&#xA;   responsibilities (ie: what you were&#xD;&#xA;   supposed to do)&#xD;&#xA; - List Achievements&#xD;&#xA;   (ie: some of the highlights of the&#xD;&#xA;   things you did)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Other things to highlight**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Highlight your work with international teams, or even remote stakeholders&#xD;&#xA; - Highlight your work with costs control and budgets. This is important during these times, did you work against a budget? did you complete a job for a startlingly small amount of money? &#xD;&#xA; - Metrics and performance measurement. Increasingly you'll have to prove the worth of your systems to the company you work for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Sysadmin specific**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Personally i don't rate certs too highly&#xD;&#xA; - I like to see a broad range of skills in OS's and an understanding of the hardware&#xD;&#xA; - Please know at least one scripting language well, and hopefully a few others. Anything like Perl, python, ruby, good shell scripting. You wont be coding but you will be putting together maintenance scripts and automation jobs.&#xD;&#xA; - Have some DBA experience. Have a basic understanding of performance and a DB like Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL etc. You probably won't be a DBA.. but DBA's seems to be a disappearing role.&#xD;&#xA; - Have experience in Webservers and hopefully some sort of high end application. Webmaster and app specific sysadmins are also thankfully disappearing.&#xD;&#xA; - Be able to demonstrate a good knowledge of security and some current issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lastly be interested in computers generally, and be able to demonstrate some sort of commitment to customer service and support. Sysadmin who don't understand their role as technical support and value it are a waste of time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh and good luck :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.manager-tools.com/" />
  <row Id="9631" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5547" RevisionGUID="06569929-d85c-41f4-93b4-20ce5542d9f8" CreationDate="2009-05-06T23:42:46.437" UserId="1222" Text="We run an extensive VMware ESXi network here for testing, however Server 2008 as a DC uses a *lot* of RAM. SQL server is likely to be pretty heavy on resources as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Really you're going to want a separate box. Enter VMware ESXi. Most people don't understand is that ESXi has limited hardware support, it's only designed to run on server class hardware. There are plenty of posts around the next saying *How can I get ESXi to recognise XXX or YYY*. The short answer is you cant. The good thing is install only takes a few minutes so you won't waste much time figuring it out :) If you put together something like the hardware I've listed below however, you'll have a home virtualization server with performance second to none and will get all your buddies drooling with jealousy :D&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Quad core Xeon processor (speed doesn't really matter here, it's got 4 cores, get the one with the most cache you can afford)&#xD;&#xA; - Intel server motherboard&#xD;&#xA; - minimum 4Gb RAM (6 would be better, giving you ~1.5Gb per server host. You'll need FBDIMMS for a Xeon by the way)&#xD;&#xA; - Cheap RAID controller (Adaptec 2405 is about the cheapest supported by ESXi, you'll also need a SAS-&gt;SATA breakout cable unless you use SAS drives)&#xD;&#xA; - 1x SATA disk for booting (any old drive will do)&#xD;&#xA; - 2x SATA or SAS disks running in a RAID10 array for VM storage &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I put together an dual-quad-core core server with 8Gb RAM and 4x1Tb disks for under $2000, if you've got some spare drives for storage you should be able to put something that will support 4-5 server guests and a few XP guests for under $1000. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9633" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4751" RevisionGUID="272a86b8-4725-46e4-a2b8-3075396c9884" CreationDate="2009-05-06T23:44:45.387" UserId="475" Comment="take2" Text="&gt; occasionally get OutOfMemory&#xD;&#xA;&gt; exceptions from a busy .NET&#xD;&#xA;&gt; application&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The answer to this is too complex to fit in an answer. See **&quot;[Tuning .NET Application Performance][1]&quot;** for a complete treatment of the subject.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a vastly oversimplified (but still quite good) summary from [Bruno Jouhier][2]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Furthermore, the .NET runtime does not let you go up to 2 GB.  The garbage collector works by copying&#xD;&#xA;&gt; live objects, so it needs a fair&#xD;&#xA;&gt; amount of space to perform its copies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;###Edit:&#xD;&#xA;*Here's my attempt at an explanation...*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're wondering what the maximum worker process memory size (as reported by Task Manager) is for an ASP.NET Worker Process on x86, the answer is **&quot;it depends&quot;**. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In any kind of managed code such as Java or .NET, the programmer gives up fine-grained control of memory as a penance for not having to deal with pointers. As a program executes, the Heap and Stack will be periodically cleaned up by the [Garbage Collector][3]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically in regards to ASP.NET, the garbage collector runs inside the same worker process as the website. The GC consumes memory of its own. How *much* memory is entirely a function of how your application's code is written. One app may be able to use 1.8GB of memory while another may choke at 500MB. In order understand *why*, you need to profile your specific application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms998583.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/a0a/130&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0xy59wtx.aspx" />
  <row Id="9634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5548" RevisionGUID="97cb3d8a-fa00-4e8f-b8fc-5e8c3ea16919" CreationDate="2009-05-06T23:44:50.130" UserId="388" Text="Could you provide a diagram? If the two web servers have public IPs, and the database server has a private IP, that would imply that the database server is on a different subnet to the other two, which in turns implies that there is a router between them. Alternatively, the two web servers may have multiple network cards; one for the 'public' side and one for the 'private' side.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding your question, if all you need is outbound internet access for browsing, it may be possible to install a web proxy (e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;http://sourceforge.net/projects/squid/&quot;&gt;Squid&lt;/a&gt;)on one of your public machines, and configure the private machine's proxy settings accordingly." />
  <row Id="9635" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5549" RevisionGUID="5526b4b6-7002-42fd-b0bc-f2a2f539b18f" CreationDate="2009-05-06T23:44:58.023" UserId="1819" Text="One of my first jobs in support was working for CompUSA as a bench tech. I can say that it will give you a healthy respect for other retail employees and ensure that you will never want to work retail again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for a resume, make sure you pay attention to the metrics that they use and how you preform in them. When you want to put this experience on a resume, you will want to put how well you preformed not just what you did. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Example:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Achieved 94% on Customer Satisfaction Index for Four consecutive months.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This kind of accomplishment will show a potential employer several important things. First that you understand that doing a job well has much more impact than just doing the job at minimum levels. Second it will show that you understand these kind of metrics are put in place for reasons, even if they are never explained to people being measured. Third it shows that you can set a goal and work to achieve it. If you do put this kind of Accomplishment on your resume you should be ready to talk about how you did it during the interview.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also remember that every customer in the store is a potential employer. I got out of CompUSA because I went out for an on site warranty repair. The company getting the repair was so impressed with me (their words, not mine) that they called me up asked me to come in for an interview." />
  <row Id="9637" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5543" RevisionGUID="289255f1-4c6a-4bf8-b911-5cdc0c67f52c" CreationDate="2009-05-06T23:46:29.830" UserId="1616" Comment="edited body" Text="I'd do that before college, and it will look good on the resume, but once you are in college I'd look for work placements through the college for work during the holidays with an employer who will take you on at the end of your course in your preferred field.  I wish I'd done this at the time!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(P.S.  I'm in the UK, things may work differently wherever you are, which I sense is the US)." />
  <row Id="9638" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5551" RevisionGUID="425c6201-3583-4612-a3d5-4d6f963e9549" CreationDate="2009-05-06T23:57:43.033" UserId="1153" Text="I deal with a lot of different machines so one of my favorites is aliases for each machine that I need to frequently SSH to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias claudius=&quot;ssh dinomite@claudius&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is also useful to setup a good [`.ssh/config`](http://kimmo.suominen.com/docs/ssh/) and [ssh keys](http://pkeck.myweb.uga.edu/ssh/) to make hopping amongst machines even easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another one of my favorite aliases is for moving up directories:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias ..=&quot;cd ..&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias ...=&quot;cd ../..&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias ....=&quot;cd ../../..&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias .....=&quot;cd ../../../..&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And some for commonly used variations of `ls` (and typos):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias ll=&quot;ls -l&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias lo=&quot;ls -o&quot;alias lh=&quot;ls -lh&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias la=&quot;ls -la&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias sl=&quot;ls&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias l=&quot;ls&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias s=&quot;ls&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;History can be very useful, but by default on most distributions your history is blown away by each shell exiting, and it doesn't hold much to begin with.  I like to have 10,000 lines of history:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    export HISTFILESIZE=20000&#xD;&#xA;    export HISTSIZE=10000&#xD;&#xA;    shopt -s histappend&#xD;&#xA;    # Combine multiline commands into one in historty&#xD;&#xA;    shopt -s cmdhist&#xD;&#xA;    # Ignore duplicates, ls without options and builtin commands&#xD;&#xA;    HISTCONTROL=ignoredups&#xD;&#xA;    export HISTIGNORE=&quot;&amp;:ls:[bf]g:exit&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That way, if I know that I've done something before but can't remember the specifics, a quick `history | grep foo` will help jog my memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I often found myself piping output through `awk` in order to get a certain column of the output, as in `df -h | awk '{print $2}'` to find the size of each of my disks.  To make this easier, I created a function `fawk` in my .bashrc:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    function fawk {&#xD;&#xA;        first=&quot;awk '{print &quot;&#xD;&#xA;        last=&quot;}'&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        cmd=&quot;${first}\$${1}${last}&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        eval $cmd&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can now run `df -h|fawk 2` which saves a good bit of typing." />
  <row Id="9639" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5551" RevisionGUID="425c6201-3583-4612-a3d5-4d6f963e9549" CreationDate="2009-05-06T23:57:43.033" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="9640" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5552" RevisionGUID="b5294af4-49d7-4f59-ab96-ebbc506a7570" CreationDate="2009-05-07T00:00:30.547" UserId="1840" Text="If the end-result is to someday apply for a programmer position (as you mentioned as wanting to become), the geek squad position will be irrelevant unless you end-up NOT doing retail.  I'm not a programmer, but my feeling is interviewers are not going fill a programmer position based on the applicant's elite **customer support skills**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said that, a job is a job!.. if it's a tech job, then even better!  Have fun, work hard, study, take the money and move on to better things that will look better on a resume based on the kind of job you're applying for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck!" />
  <row Id="9641" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5553" RevisionGUID="81c2c9fe-9ba9-4ecc-9976-5c32be83c759" CreationDate="2009-05-07T00:02:17.407" UserId="1222" Text="Using [Amazon S3][1]  is a great solution for backup and I'd highly recommend it. Personally I backup to S3 using [Jungledisk][2]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However there's a difference between *backup* and *archiving*. Do you need live, instant access to all 3 years of your photos? This is backup, and I'd suggest backing up all your current work to S3, this might change daily and so if the house burns down you want an up to date copy of this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However all your &quot;old&quot; work, completed projects, etc. Those can be *archived*. You know this data won't change, there's no need to &quot;sync&quot; it, you can just create a copy and sneakernet it away somewhere such as a friend/relatives house. You only need to do it once. That data is now stored offsite, permanently. You can still keep a local copy of course, but as it won't change it no longer needs to be included in daily backups. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://aws.amazon.com/s3/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.jungledisk.com" />
  <row Id="9642" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5554" RevisionGUID="788d5a69-cae1-469e-9348-100614dca404" CreationDate="2009-05-07T00:02:29.790" UserId="825" Text="Check out the answer to a similar question which should help:&#xD;&#xA;[http://serverfault.com/questions/1014/can-anyone-recommend-a-website-monitoring-service][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To answer your question more specifically however, every major monitoring service will provide performance metrics in addition to basic uptime/availability notifications. For example, the Top Tier (Webmetrics, Keynote, Gomez) will give you waterfall graphs that show you a timeline showing how every item on your page loads from all around the world.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The most important thing to look for when you look for a vendor in this area is the monitoring technology. You want to make sure that the monitoring happens with a real browser, not an emulated browser. You want to see the performance based on how real users will be seeing your site, including the maximum number of simultaneous threads, how javascript and css are handled, and the general performance that a real browser gives you. A few of the vendors have been known to claim they are monitoring with a real browser, when in reality they aren't, or it's a lot more expensive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To determine which is the best, I would recommend you get a trial with each one and see for yourself. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that this kind of information, especially if you are looking for performance from locations around the world, is what separates the top tier from the bottom.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1014/can-anyone-recommend-a-website-monitoring-service" />
  <row Id="9643" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5555" RevisionGUID="292786a7-921e-4f0c-a78d-a07fdb0de033" CreationDate="2009-05-07T00:04:33.267" UserId="1153" Text="I have a prompt that is simple, but uses colors to give some extra info:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    drewble:~$ &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The color of the hostname (drewble, in this case) is different on each machine - when I get a new machine that I work on, I choose an arbitrary color for that machine.  That way, when I have a lot of terminals open, it's easy to tell which machine they're SSHed into and reduces mistakes I make by being on the wrong machine.  Additionally, when I do `sudo -s`, I put the hostname in all caps and color the colon red, again, this reduces mistakes by making it clear you're acting as root.  The path (my home directory, `~` in this case) is in bright green, which helps separate lines of output; if something creates a lot of output, it's easy to scroll up and see where the output started.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Color the hostname&#xD;&#xA;    HOSTNAME=`hostname|sed -e 's/\..*$//'`&#xD;&#xA;    if [ $HOSTNAME = 'Caligula' ] || [ $HOSTNAME = 'Caligula.local' ]; then&#xD;&#xA;        export HOST_COLOR=&quot;\[\033[1;35m\]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    if [ $HOSTNAME = 'drewble' ]; then&#xD;&#xA;        export HOST_COLOR=&quot;\[\033[1;34m\]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    if [ $HOSTNAME = 'davinci' ]; then&#xD;&#xA;        export HOST_COLOR=&quot;\[\033[1;31m\]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Color the colon red &amp; capitalize hostname if root&#xD;&#xA;    COLON_COLOR='0m'&#xD;&#xA;    if [ ${UID} -eq 0 ]; then&#xD;&#xA;        COLON_COLOR='1;31m'&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    if [ ${UID} -eq 0 ]; then&#xD;&#xA;        HOSTNAME=&quot;`echo $HOSTNAME|tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]'`&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Set the actual prompt&#xD;&#xA;    PS1=`echo -ne &quot;$HOST_COLOR$HOSTNAME\[\033[00m\]\[\e[$COLON_COLOR\]:\[\033[01;32m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\\[\033[01;33m\]\$\[\033[00m\] &quot;`" />
  <row Id="9644" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5556" RevisionGUID="6c43cc9c-29d9-431b-b502-4bc17e2b50bc" CreationDate="2009-05-07T00:11:31.970" UserId="2116" Text="Hi everyone,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I got a problem since a while with my XP client connected on a 2003 R2 Server Active Directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometime GPO doesn't load when a user log on. Some other time, It work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I search many time on google to find a solution about that problem but I never found one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I look for DNS but it doesn't seems to be the issue there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is anyone already encountered this problem before?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for you precious answer it's been several months I'm searching for a solution since this problem happen in a school environnement so this is really important that GPO apply correctly everytime!" />
  <row Id="9645" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5556" RevisionGUID="6c43cc9c-29d9-431b-b502-4bc17e2b50bc" CreationDate="2009-05-07T00:11:31.970" UserId="2116" Text="GPO Randomly applying" />
  <row Id="9646" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5556" RevisionGUID="6c43cc9c-29d9-431b-b502-4bc17e2b50bc" CreationDate="2009-05-07T00:11:31.970" UserId="2116" Text="&lt;2003&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="9647" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5517" RevisionGUID="aad7c2c2-e411-40c1-a95a-6361461ef3a0" CreationDate="2009-05-07T00:23:09.430" UserId="1857" Comment="More info based on comment" Text="I am frequently called upon to recommend a hosting provider.  Company A needs SAS certification, company B needs Tomcat, company C can work with shared hosting, company D needs a dedicated server, etc. I don't know how to even start the search process. Web searches are not helpful.  Even specific search words generate too many results.  Sites that rank and review providers are suspect -- I can't tell what is real and what is an advertisement or a link farm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you recommend as a way to identify a list of likely candidates from which I can start my real research?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Edit] I did not really want to ask for a specific solution to a specific example because&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. That type of question sometimes gets&#xD;&#xA;    voted closed as argumentative.&#xD;&#xA; 2. I seem to go through the same problem&#xD;&#xA;    every time and I was hoping for&#xD;&#xA;    generic suggestions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But since a commenter asked, this time I need&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - A host with a SAS 70 certified&#xD;&#xA;   facility.&#xD;&#xA; - A physical machine not shared with&#xD;&#xA;   another company.&#xD;&#xA; - A server supplied and minimally&#xD;&#xA;   managed (security updates, backups,&#xD;&#xA;   etc.) by the hosting provider.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next time, the requirements will be different, but the challenges of finding the provider will be the same." />
  <row Id="9648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5557" RevisionGUID="4479da30-8bdb-4bf3-8346-92e6f0eb0eb0" CreationDate="2009-05-07T00:28:29.900" UserId="1393" Text="Geek Squad wouldn't do too much for me on a resume.  They don't actually do much fixing, that I can tell -- mostly pushing costly services on people who don't know that they don't need it.  You might want to see if you can get a job at the college help desk.  Assuming that you end up going soon, they might hire you over the summer.  My son -- ChemE major -- has been working at the help desk at his school since before his freshman year.  I was able to get him an interview, but frankly they love to hire engineers.  I know that I would look a lot more favorably on an IT job that wasn't really part of a retail sales organization." />
  <row Id="9649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5558" RevisionGUID="1c9f43cf-a935-4048-84a0-a58286155355" CreationDate="2009-05-07T00:33:17.173" UserId="712" Text="Today I got the arguments backwards when issuing `xcopy`. This caused my source folder to be overwritten.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The system is Windows 2003 with standard NTFS. No special backup solutions running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to recover those files?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9650" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5558" RevisionGUID="1c9f43cf-a935-4048-84a0-a58286155355" CreationDate="2009-05-07T00:33:17.173" UserId="712" Text="Can recover files I accidentally overwrote with xcopy?" />
  <row Id="9651" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5558" RevisionGUID="1c9f43cf-a935-4048-84a0-a58286155355" CreationDate="2009-05-07T00:33:17.173" UserId="712" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;xcopy&gt;&lt;file-recovery&gt;" />
  <row Id="9653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5559" RevisionGUID="8fb520bf-d07d-4e03-9899-472104b5c43d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T00:38:50.203" UserId="333" Text="Unlikely. It's pretty likely that the copied files are using the same physical hard drive clusters as the old files, and the data is just gone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a journaling file system there might be a higher chance of recovering data. In general though this is a good reason to use backups and source control." />
  <row Id="9654" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5560" RevisionGUID="a25b91b1-9a5c-49fb-9da4-9f676fd87a0a" CreationDate="2009-05-07T00:39:28.737" UserId="1904" Text="Is it possible to disable the start up sound on my MacBook Pro running OSX 10.5.6? I find it can be disturbing to others at certain times. " />
  <row Id="9655" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5560" RevisionGUID="a25b91b1-9a5c-49fb-9da4-9f676fd87a0a" CreationDate="2009-05-07T00:39:28.737" UserId="1904" Text="How do I disable the OSX startup sound?" />
  <row Id="9656" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5560" RevisionGUID="a25b91b1-9a5c-49fb-9da4-9f676fd87a0a" CreationDate="2009-05-07T00:39:28.737" UserId="1904" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;sound&gt;&lt;startup&gt;&lt;mac&gt;" />
  <row Id="9657" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5561" RevisionGUID="e3b35246-3366-4812-89ae-6a432bd0fffe" CreationDate="2009-05-07T00:40:44.973" UserId="2117" Text="Yes, but wildcard rewriting defeats address validation. The usual disclaimers about catchall addresses apply in that case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The usual advice, if you have a list of known/valid addresses, is to let the computer do the work for you and generate /etc/postfix/virtual from your database of known addresses (or use a database maptype). Make(1) is your friend.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5562" RevisionGUID="dc5e8bd8-0cc8-4fd2-b082-ee1e2bde1d55" CreationDate="2009-05-07T00:44:53.903" UserId="1748" Text="One thing I always use when troubleshooting GPO issues is the `gpupdate/gpresult` commands. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure if you're familiar with these, but if not, simply open a command prompt on the client machine and type `gpupdate` to attempt to reload group policy from the domain controller. Also, `gpresult` will show you the policies being applied on the user and computer level since the last GPO update. You'll also see other bits and pieces such as domain&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This information has really come in handy a number of times for me, so hopefully it will at least give you something to go on. I'd look at `gpresult` in particular in this instance." />
  <row Id="9659" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5563" RevisionGUID="5511c5cd-8a47-419b-992f-7de7b9047820" CreationDate="2009-05-07T00:44:57.973" UserId="1249" Text="ping&#xD;&#xA;traceroute / tracert&#xD;&#xA;netstat&#xD;&#xA;nslookup" />
  <row Id="9660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5564" RevisionGUID="815c60f4-e7f9-4dc0-9fbc-334758c7703d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T00:48:47.807" UserId="1904" Text="Whenever I access windows shares from OSX 10.5 it leaves .DS_Store files on the remote filesystem. What are they used for, and are they necessary, and can they be prevented from being created?" />
  <row Id="9661" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5564" RevisionGUID="815c60f4-e7f9-4dc0-9fbc-334758c7703d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T00:48:47.807" UserId="1904" Text="What are .DS_Store files and why does OSX leave them on Windows shares?" />
  <row Id="9662" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5564" RevisionGUID="815c60f4-e7f9-4dc0-9fbc-334758c7703d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T00:48:47.807" UserId="1904" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;smb&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;" />
  <row Id="9663" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5565" RevisionGUID="bca27870-d151-4e2a-8ea9-0bcb38f8e6ab" CreationDate="2009-05-07T00:54:13.007" UserId="1122" Text="[BackupExec][1], with the free [RALUS *NIX agent][2]. Exports easily, doesn't require SAMBA, and fits in with the Windows servers that are also backed up by agents.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.symantec.com/business/products/family.jsp?familyid=backupexec&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/277215.htm" />
  <row Id="9664" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5566" RevisionGUID="aeb39be4-c1ef-4097-847a-1cbcb4377a45" CreationDate="2009-05-07T00:54:40.197" UserId="2117" Text="It's all about address classes (it's always all about address classes in Postfix :-)).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make your colo box the MX for xcski.com and use transport maps to send mail to your home box. You probably want virtual aliases to separate out the addresses in xcski.com that need to go to different places. That could go on the colo box or your home box. The below assumes you're doing the virtual aliasing and selective forwarding on the nexthop (home).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in main.cf on the colo box:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    relay_domains = xcski.com&#xD;&#xA;    transport_maps = hash:$config_directory/transport&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and in /etc/postfix/transport:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # assumes you have a relay transport in master.cf. could happily use smtp.&#xD;&#xA;    # square brackets suppress MX lookups for nexthop.&#xD;&#xA;    xcski.com  relay:[hostname.of.home.box]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The postfix STANDARD\_CONFIGURATION\_README should cover most of it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9665" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5567" RevisionGUID="b996668d-d661-4ed4-bdbe-c67b0b640bee" CreationDate="2009-05-07T00:55:44.717" UserId="1797" Text="The &quot;[.DS_Store][1]&quot; files are used by the Mac OS Finder to store info about Finder window settings for a folder. They will appear in each folder that you visit (browse to) with the Finder. You normally do not see these files in Finder (they are &quot;hidden&quot;, like any *NIX alike dot files)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To [prevent the creation][2] of these files, open the Terminal and type:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.DS_Store&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1629" />
  <row Id="9666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5568" RevisionGUID="47beab01-55ff-4706-b755-e2667ae93c4e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T00:56:45.090" UserId="1435" Text="Here you go;&#xD;&#xA;[Debonging link][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.curby.net/filelib/DebongIntel/" />
  <row Id="9667" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5569" RevisionGUID="b8e7f6d4-c710-4070-ae4e-d1278964b118" CreationDate="2009-05-07T00:58:42.853" UserId="1122" Text="They're [OS X Finder metadata][1]. You can [disable them in 10.4][2] for remote filesystems, but [10.5 sets them to hidden on Windows][3]. Regardless, you can disable them as well - but you have to do it for each user (or copy the preferences file).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.DS_Store&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1629&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.greci.cc/?p=10" />
  <row Id="9668" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5570" RevisionGUID="fad9d8a3-430f-4102-9d1b-2c2073ddaeb6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T01:00:22.057" UserId="1435" Text="These files are used by Finder to save the positions of icons, the size of the respective Finder window, the window's background, and other view options." />
  <row Id="9669" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5571" RevisionGUID="8dd9cd83-5509-41d1-9fb0-b61d8852661b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T01:03:04.887" UserId="1435" Text="No, they're gone, sorry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might wish to contribute towards post [5066][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/5066/biggest-command-line-mistake" />
  <row Id="9670" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5572" RevisionGUID="3f02c38d-e004-49bb-8df3-7ff5b8604848" CreationDate="2009-05-07T01:17:50.953" UserId="772" Text="You might be able to via [Previous Versions](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Copy) (shadow copies). " />
  <row Id="9671" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5556" RevisionGUID="b434ed66-bdf6-45fb-9942-56784acd52fa" CreationDate="2009-05-07T01:17:56.303" UserId="640" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="9672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5573" RevisionGUID="501723ac-3399-4931-acd7-6fb11490c8da" CreationDate="2009-05-07T01:19:38.390" UserId="1968" Text="Hi, what can I use to record an screencast at os x leopard?&#xD;&#xA;Freeware are prefered.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regards" />
  <row Id="9673" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5573" RevisionGUID="501723ac-3399-4931-acd7-6fb11490c8da" CreationDate="2009-05-07T01:19:38.390" UserId="1968" Text="MAC OS X - screencast" />
  <row Id="9674" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5573" RevisionGUID="501723ac-3399-4931-acd7-6fb11490c8da" CreationDate="2009-05-07T01:19:38.390" UserId="1968" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="9675" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5574" RevisionGUID="ef26f80c-c046-4f1e-bde1-4744baa9783b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T01:28:54.763" UserId="477" Text="If you really can't spend any money, take a look at [ScreenCastle][1].  It's a web-based (uses Java) tool that works cross platform.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, on a mac, some of the greatest screencasts I have seen have been made with [ScreenFlow][2] ($99).  It is very easy to use, has built in editing ability, and has great high end features.  But it is not free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://screencastle.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.telestream.net/screen-flow/overview.htm" />
  <row Id="9676" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5575" RevisionGUID="693c28e1-ac3b-45ab-bf21-11280a2dd475" CreationDate="2009-05-07T01:28:59.100" UserId="2119" Text="any tech job that pays well will be very useful. like the other answers state all experience counts. but on the other hand just the fact that you are on this site means that you are better than a tech support job. use it as a very small stepping stone only would be my advise. hope that helps" />
  <row Id="9677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5576" RevisionGUID="68b517b4-12af-4f52-ac48-979c8eed1397" CreationDate="2009-05-07T01:40:45.703" UserId="811" Text="I have been impressed with [Jing][1].  It allows you to take screencasts and screenshots and share them easily.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jingproject.com/" />
  <row Id="9678" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5577" RevisionGUID="436a1de2-6a2e-4324-a459-9c09035f98bc" CreationDate="2009-05-07T01:44:15.303" UserId="584" Text="[iShowU HD][1] is well worth the $30.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.shinywhitebox.com/ishowuhd/main.html" />
  <row Id="9679" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5578" RevisionGUID="ca91c505-8ba7-48f4-8831-c63eee7cacb8" CreationDate="2009-05-07T01:48:18.867" UserId="6472" Text="At the risk of quoting myself... I have a lot of suggestions on format and content on this blog post:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Sysadmin Resume Writing Tips][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://everythingsysadmin.com/2004/03/resume-writing-tips.html" />
  <row Id="9680" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5579" RevisionGUID="7cf9dc77-9853-4583-b72f-03f507ac0cd9" CreationDate="2009-05-07T01:53:31.477" UserId="6472" Text="Back in the old days we would do backups using &quot;dd&quot; of the entire disk.  Therefore, we had the &quot;c&quot; slice so that we could do it all with one command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's why the &quot;c&quot; slice exists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, if a disk is only 10% full you spend 90% of your time copying blocks that will never be used.  Backing up swap is virtually useless.  &quot;dd&quot; is a waste of time unless you really want to copy block-by-block.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This was all before RAID-0 disk mirroring and volume managers did all that kind of partition copying for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Someone mentioned &quot;dump&quot; on the &quot;c&quot; slice.  That won't work.  &quot;dump&quot; is a file-by-file copy [actually, inode by inode] so that won't work.)" />
  <row Id="9681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5580" RevisionGUID="97193767-c3d6-45f6-ab8f-39b9ad528e3e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T01:55:32.173" UserId="584" Text="Wireless health risks tend to be touted by the same nutters who think DNA can be supercharged, water can be infused with memory, cancer can be cured with a coffee enema, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's entertaining to take such a person and ask them to turn on their radio or older TV, switch to a channel that's getting static, and explain to them that the fuzz they're seeing/hearing is radiation coursing through their bodies from the Big Bang." />
  <row Id="9682" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5580" RevisionGUID="97193767-c3d6-45f6-ab8f-39b9ad528e3e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T01:55:32.173" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="9683" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5581" RevisionGUID="66f3cc28-0d1b-470f-877f-f8206de4cfbf" CreationDate="2009-05-07T02:28:53.793" UserId="2120" Text="You should use the procedure set down in your organization's security policy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When it comes to security, technical advice (such as you receive here) is only half the question.  You also have to be able to justify your actions to an auditor.  And auditors aren't so concerned with the results of your actions, but that you followed the appropriate procedures as set down in the appropriate policy.  The auditor's job it make sure that some cowboy (or cowgirl) doesn't just go around doing whatever they think is right, without oversight or justification.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, your organization's security policy comes from somewhere; when you're wondering what is an appropriate method to securely wipe sensitive data to put into your security policy, you'll find a number of suggestions in the other responses to this question. :-)" />
  <row Id="9684" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5476" RevisionGUID="a820e536-9734-43bf-af3c-6e0219403e5f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T02:29:24.227" UserId="966" Comment="Updated about exmerge and copied in good info from other answers. Should this be a community wiki?" Text="For exchange 2003 and below the best tool I've found is called [exmerge][1] and is available from Microsoft. It allows you to pull or push users data into psts on the server side and filter by date, folder, type etc. You can also set it to batch export a list of users. Its very easy to use and very handy. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use it for archiving of old users, moving users between servers and backup of important users so I can have quick access to their backups. (As opposed to restoring parts of the exchange database to a different data store. Exmerge is just easier.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PST files shouldn't ever really be bigger then 1 or 2 gigs, I've run into corruption. So I usually filter by date (an archive per year) if it's a particularity large mailbox. It should also be noted that with exchange 2003 mailboxes can now support Unicode and exmerge does not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the download page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Use the Mailbox Merge Program to extract data from mailboxes on a Microsoft Exchange Server and then merge this data into mailboxes on another Microsoft Exchange Server. The program copies data from the source server into Personal Folders (.PST files) and then merges the data, in the Personal Folders, into mailboxes on the destination server. The ability to merge data to and from an Exchange Server makes this program an invaluable tool with a variety of uses- especially during disaster recovery. The program can also replace existing data instead of merging new data if specified by the Administrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Exmerge is not supported on Exchange 2007 (although it can be made to work). As of Exchange 2007 SP1 there is a new cmdlet, Export-Mailbox, that replaces the exmerge functionality allowing you to archive multiple mailboxes to PSTs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This cmdlet also works with PSTs up to 32GB in size. However bizarrely it only works on 32bit Windows, since Exchange 2007 is only supported on 64bit Windows you need to set up a 32bit machine to do the archiving (Thanks MS).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The whole process is detailed [here][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[GFI MailArchiver][3] is a 3rd party tool that has outlook integration. There are few products that fill this role.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Google's [Postini][4] will archive your mail, make it searchable, and store it in the &quot;cloud&quot;. They also can follow any legal retention policies you may need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=429163EC-DCDF-47DC-96DA-1C12D67327D5&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.exchangeinbox.com/article.aspx?i=102&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.gfi.com/mailarchiver/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.google.com/postini/" />
  <row Id="9685" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5582" RevisionGUID="22896701-827d-4177-8d18-4a8af2196d1b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T02:32:15.657" UserId="2120" Text="In my organization (a university residential college), we rely on netflow data to bill our students for data usage; in Australia, data is so expensive (currently AU$5/GB for us, I believe) that we can't afford not to pass on the cost to our students." />
  <row Id="9689" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="5560" RevisionGUID="8d541116-99f0-42e9-a672-90d80990f508" CreationDate="2009-05-07T02:38:50.430" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
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  <row Id="9692" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="5375" RevisionGUID="a36efdad-1499-46c2-9818-ed5f39e45b9a" CreationDate="2009-05-07T02:41:58.440" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="9693" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5584" RevisionGUID="d858e2db-92de-4116-a102-d10406caa989" CreationDate="2009-05-07T02:42:47.473" UserId="2120" Text="When using dd to clone a disk which may contain bad sectors, use &quot;conv=noerror,sync&quot; to ensure that it doesn't stop when it encounters an error, and fills in the missing sector(s) with null bytes.  This is usually the first step I take if trying to recover from a failed or failing disk -- get a copy before doing any recovery attempts, and then do recovery on the good (cloned) disk.  I leave it to the recovery tool to cope with any blank sectors that couldn't be copied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, you may find dd's speed can be affected by the bs (block size) setting.  I usually try bs=32768, but you might like to test it on your own systems to see what works the fastest for you.  (This assumes that you don't need to use a specific block size for another reason, e.g. if you're writing to a tape.)" />
  <row Id="9694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5585" RevisionGUID="687d7256-e922-458c-98d8-8dfc227be198" CreationDate="2009-05-07T02:45:34.703" UserId="1930" Text="&lt;h2&gt;Mail Server Options&lt;/h2&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can install and configure svn a web server and dns, you should not find it difficult at all to install your own mail server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since you're going to go with Gnu Linux/Debian Lenny, I'd suggest using Postfix and Dovecot as your Mail Server Software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Postfix can handle your mail sending/recieving (smtp, tls etc.)&#xD;&#xA;Dovecot can manage your client connections (pop, imap)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both systems support creation of virtual accounts so you can host email for your family and friends on their choice of domain names (or sub-domains within your domain)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's plenty of guide/documentation online from the source(s) and interested admins.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's advocates for other Open Source Mail Servers, exim etc, and it will just come down to picking one and installing it.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Rite of Passage&lt;/h2&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have to agree with &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/1152/recommended-personal-mail-server-setup/3507#3507&quot;&gt;gyaresu&lt;/a&gt; that the question to ask is if the 'cost' / 'benefits' of running your own Mail Server is really worth it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, I also believe that joining the realm of the bled and tried sys admins you've really have to bleed some times and just install all these things and operate them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Installing, configuring, tuning things are part of why you become a good system administrator so it comes as no surprise that you should want to run your own server. And, it is really fun to learn to do these things and have those blinking lights in the bedroom (or whereever the server is going to stay.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Costs of Running your own mail server?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although the physical assets and connection times are easy to quantify, we all soon find out that the human/time cost of operating your own servers can be drastic when you have other more interesting things in life to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It may not at first become obvious, but if a security vulnerability is discovered for your choice of OS, Mail Server (and all that other stuff on the machine) then time becomes your enemy and the highest cost item.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But as a means of learning more about networking (the smtp/pop3/imap  stack) there's nothing better than actually running your own server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, if you're interested in playing with your own mail server, go for it!! You can always take the 'blue' pill another day (or was that the 'red' pill?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;8-)" />
  <row Id="9695" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4909" RevisionGUID="20f69046-3c22-4e2c-8209-1afd10a3451f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T02:51:42.163" UserId="548" Comment="I guess you can make it continue past read errors" Text="To clone a disk, all you really need to do is specify the input and output to dd:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/hdb of=/image.img&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, make sure that you have proper permissions to read directly from /dev/hdb (I'd recommend running as root), and that /dev/hdb **isn't mounted** (you don't want to copy while the disk is being changed). Once complete, image.img will be a byte-for-byte clone of the entire disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a few drawbacks to using dd to clone disks. First, dd will copy your entire disk, even empty space, and if done on a large disk can result in an extremely large image file. Second, dd provides absolutely no progress indications, which can be frustrating because the copy takes a long time. Third, if you copy this image to other drives (again, using dd), they must be as large or larger than the original disk, yet you won't be able to use any additional space you may have on the target disk until you resize your partitions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also do a direct disk-to-disk copy:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/hdb of=/dev/hdc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but you're still subject to the above limitations regarding free space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as issues or gotchas go, dd, for the most part, does an excellent job. However, a while ago I had a hard drive that was about to die, so I used dd to try and copy what information I could off it before it died completely. It was then learned that dd doesn't handle read errors very well - there were several sectors on the disk that dd couldn't read, causing dd to give up and stop the copy. At the time I couldn't find a way to tell dd to continue despite encountering a read error (though [it appears][1] as though it does have that setting), so I spent quite a bit of time manually specifying skip and seek to hop over the unreadable sections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I spent some time researching solutions to this problem (after I had completed the task) and I found a program called [ddrescue][2], which, according to the site, operates like dd but continues reading even if it encounters an error. I've never actually used the program, but it's worth considering, especially if the disk you're copying from is old, which can have bad sectors even if the system appears fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4906/using-dd-for-disk-cloning/5584#5584&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html" />
  <row Id="9696" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5586" RevisionGUID="1d05bd2c-2e53-4c00-8867-0c62a1e9a070" CreationDate="2009-05-07T02:58:48.137" UserId="1944" Text="I give you a concrete example a few days old. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My Macbook was directly connected to the power supply without UPS. I had an external display connected to it. I started my  Macbook. My both display were blank. I could only heard the noise of my hardisks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The solution to the problem was to take my Mac out of the direct supply. Both my displays get alive again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems that the voltage was too high at the moment which caused me the problem.&#xD;&#xA;I now have my Macbook in UPS - both displays work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other problems which I have had&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. My external harddisk got broken immediately as I connected it to the wall: it just corrupts data similarly as with you.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Three of my WiFi stations cannot get connections - they all are about one month old&#xD;&#xA; 3. My SCX-4300 printer seems to be broken after two weeks usage&#xD;&#xA; 4. A power adapter in my PC got broken after a year usage.&#xD;&#xA; 5. Two of UPSs are now broken after a year usage&#xD;&#xA; 6. My black Macbook's harddisk needed to be changed after one year.&#xD;&#xA; 7. One of my Al Macbooks do not start sometimes when it does not have UPS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Conclusion:** I recommend you to have UPS for your home equipment." />
  <row Id="9697" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5587" RevisionGUID="a19488df-7df1-4977-b984-fec2bc5d529f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:06:55.853" UserId="1232" Text="The idea of having a small footprint hypervisor as the primary OS on a laptop or desktop where every &quot;real&quot; OS is a guest appeals to me. Now I realize this software is more typically used on blades and the other servers but can it be done on a normal PC? Should it be? What requirements are there (eg hardware/BIOS/chipset)? Is there a performance impact for doing so? Is it a good/bad idea?" />
  <row Id="9698" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5587" RevisionGUID="a19488df-7df1-4977-b984-fec2bc5d529f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:06:55.853" UserId="1232" Text="Is it possible/advisable to run VMware Server ESX/ESXi on a laptop?" />
  <row Id="9699" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5587" RevisionGUID="a19488df-7df1-4977-b984-fec2bc5d529f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:06:55.853" UserId="1232" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;vmware-esx&gt;&lt;vmware-esxi&gt;&lt;laptop&gt;" />
  <row Id="9700" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5588" RevisionGUID="7391b333-d71f-48b4-a280-ae299a84f3a6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:11:05.220" UserId="2123" Text="Hi, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just changed our delegated name sever though our registrar MelbourneIT.com.au&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The updated nameserver value shows in the whois report - does this mean that the update has completed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not how long should i expect to wait for the change to complete?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The tld for the domain is .com.au&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ashley&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9701" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5588" RevisionGUID="7391b333-d71f-48b4-a280-ae299a84f3a6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:11:05.220" UserId="2123" Text="When changing name server delegation - how long is the update delay?  How can I test the new value." />
  <row Id="9702" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5588" RevisionGUID="7391b333-d71f-48b4-a280-ae299a84f3a6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:11:05.220" UserId="2123" Text="&lt;delegation&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;melbourneit.com.au&gt;" />
  <row Id="9704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5589" RevisionGUID="4ff37f9d-4f90-4575-a0e1-0a52c082b109" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:11:19.463" UserId="658" Text="Given the recent events with a ['hacker' learning and retrying passwords from website administrators][1], what can we suggest to everyone about best practices when it comes to passwords?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - use unique passwords between sites (i.e. never re-use a password)&#xD;&#xA; - words found in the dictionary are to be avoided&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please suggest more!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001263.html" />
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  <row Id="9706" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5589" RevisionGUID="4ff37f9d-4f90-4575-a0e1-0a52c082b109" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:11:19.463" UserId="658" Text="&lt;password&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="9707" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4819" RevisionGUID="30f93c44-3abd-4a26-9b4a-dffeb3a1c0a6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:12:57.540" UserId="1980" Comment="added 319 characters in body" Text="I have a test server that runs Windows XP, and we attach an external hard drive to it via USB 2.0.  (And yes the computer has USB 2.0 ports on it)   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The drive is a 1.5 Terrabyte [Segate FreeAgent drive][1] (model ST315005FDA2E1-RK) which is formatted with NTFS.  It is &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;hooked into a Belkin Hi-speed USB 2.0 7 port hub (model #F5U307).  &#xD;&#xA;![Hi-speed USB 2.0 7 port hub model #F5U307][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I leave the external hard drive connected to it for too long I get a message that says something about &quot;Windows Delayed Write Failure&quot; and then the external HDD re-attaches itself to the server, but it always crashes any programs that happened to be using the drive at the time as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any solution to this problem, it's plauged me for years!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. Yeah, I know I should probably upgrade already.  I'm waiting for Windows 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Oh, and after taking a look at the specs on the FreeAgent website, aparently after 15-minutes of non-usage this thing turns off!  It says however that you can adjust this setting...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# Update&#xD;&#xA;Just as an update to this question, since I tried changing the power save settings to off, I've left the drive and a virtual machine I had running on all day and thus far have not recieved the &quot;Windows Delayed Write Failure&quot; error that I had recieved before.  If anything changes I will update the post.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://freeagent.seagate.com/en-us/hard-drive/desktop-hard-drive/Free-Agent.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.belkin.com/images/product/F5U307-WHT/THN1001_F5U307-WHT.gif" />
  <row Id="9708" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5590" RevisionGUID="74a8046a-b46f-4258-8bd5-2bb3fed7d1e4" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:13:56.493" UserId="792" Text="If you run the ESX hypervisor on your desktop, you're essentially running a small linux distro.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At that point, it would be kind of hard to use it as a desktop, so by definition it becomes a server. I know there are some desktop virtualization products coming out, but I don't think we're quite there yet as far as that technology goes. :)" />
  <row Id="9709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5591" RevisionGUID="76fe7128-311c-4342-bdbf-97088b9ea953" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:17:25.330" UserId="1860" Text="I know this sounds like a joke, but being OCD.  Sysadmins who are obsessive about having things standardized generally will produce the most secure and reliable systems." />
  <row Id="9710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5592" RevisionGUID="6c9091c8-a688-40e1-b928-3260804d1949" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:17:29.120" UserId="1224" Text="I am going on a vacation and will be bringing my laptop.&#xD;&#xA;I am trying to read during wait time (at the air port) and flight&#xD;&#xA;There are tons of articles to catch up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What would be a good way to save web pages so that they can be viewed later on?&#xD;&#xA;Should I save each web site as a PDF format?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any tools that will save all related links (e.g. [F# wiki book][1]) for wikis or any web site articles?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/F_Sharp_Programming" />
  <row Id="9711" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5592" RevisionGUID="6c9091c8-a688-40e1-b928-3260804d1949" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:17:29.120" UserId="1224" Text="Any tools for saving web pages and related links to view offline?" />
  <row Id="9712" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5592" RevisionGUID="6c9091c8-a688-40e1-b928-3260804d1949" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:17:29.120" UserId="1224" Text="&lt;offline&gt;&lt;webbrowsing&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="9713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5593" RevisionGUID="97a85561-ca26-40c1-a056-1b4e2b92bb29" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:19:14.327" UserId="2074" Text="For family and friends I usually say that it's cool to use stuff like pets names and mothers maiden name and stuff as long as the following two things happen:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - concatenate at least two names (ex: mothers maiden name + pets name)&#xD;&#xA; - incorporate uppercase and special characters.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9714" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="3262" RevisionGUID="355c84e0-b1f9-472d-9736-024e33ccafcd" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:21:02.810" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="9718" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5594" RevisionGUID="9cf38a01-2e5e-48a6-9dd9-92344c7b96d9" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:23:53.427" UserId="1224" Text="I have finally done a side-by-side installation of Office 2007 on top of 2003.&#xD;&#xA;So far there hasn't been any *significant* issues.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**But** there is this one issue that has started getting under my skin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whenever I open one version of Word/Excel/PP/etc (say open 2007 versions) and then tries to open 2003 version, I am almost always prompted with this message that initialize office application *for the first time use*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The process takes about 2~3 minutes and I have started using only 2007 unless I have to use 2003.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But everything else seems to work fine so far." />
  <row Id="9720" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5595" RevisionGUID="661157e1-d816-43de-aa61-428418664f06" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:32:41.300" UserId="640" Text="In IE (at least in version 8) you can save a web archive (File-&gt;Save As)." />
  <row Id="9721" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5596" RevisionGUID="cb40a440-6cc9-4da4-b212-dc67cadfec1a" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:33:53.807" UserId="626" Text="Its actually possible to Run ESX as a virtual machine on your laptop:-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See the PDF [here][1] (Run VMWare ESX 3.5 &amp; ESXI on Server 2.0 link)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also [here][2] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ran pretty well on a Dell laptop - as long as the Processor has V enabled in the bios and is compatible&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://knowledge.xtravirt.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.petri.co.il/running-vmware-esx-and-esxi-in-workstation-on-your-desktop-pc.htm" />
  <row Id="9722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5597" RevisionGUID="17d51076-0705-4ef9-a886-0ff2521556aa" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:34:47.863" UserId="1860" Text="I'm a developer and that line of code will not be affected by going to native mode.  However preferably you would have a tst forest to test these types of changes in." />
  <row Id="9723" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5598" RevisionGUID="9b183dd8-f4d3-4d5d-8bd9-1b78a0138815" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:37:41.333" UserId="195" Text="I have two text files and want to find the differences between them using Windows Powershell. Is there something similar to the Unix diff tool available? Or is there another other way I haven't considered?" />
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  <row Id="9725" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5598" RevisionGUID="9b183dd8-f4d3-4d5d-8bd9-1b78a0138815" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:37:41.333" UserId="195" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="9726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5599" RevisionGUID="2cb85afe-2365-4a76-b018-f022121bd819" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:37:41.943" UserId="2124" Text="Heyas&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm wondering if it's possible to loadbalance two sites from one load balancer running HAproxy (or pound or varnish or some other *nix based balancer).  We have&#xD;&#xA;dev.site.com that load balances to dev1.site.com and dev2.site.com and &#xD;&#xA;qae.site.com that load balances to qae1.site.com and qae2.site.com and it would be nice if we just had one machine handling the load balancing for both of these non-production sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been dinkering around with a ZXTM balancer that we got from our host and for all it's expensive niceness, it wont balance more than one site per physical machine.  Is this an actual limitation due to trying to balance over port 80?  I'd think that there'd be a way around that ala apache's virtualhost:80 setup, but then again, I'm not that well versed in networking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="9727" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5599" RevisionGUID="2cb85afe-2365-4a76-b018-f022121bd819" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:37:41.943" UserId="2124" Text="Load balancing multiple sites with one load balancer" />
  <row Id="9728" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5599" RevisionGUID="2cb85afe-2365-4a76-b018-f022121bd819" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:37:41.943" UserId="2124" Text="&lt;load-balancing&gt;&lt;unix&gt;" />
  <row Id="9729" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5600" RevisionGUID="26919c59-de99-4c3b-b952-eb759fefb803" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:37:42.910" UserId="158" Text="[HTTrack][1] will do what you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.httrack.com/" />
  <row Id="9730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5601" RevisionGUID="a840fa08-d29d-47df-85de-f662c53beacb" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:39:49.380" UserId="1173" Text="Don't write it down. And if you do, put it in a safe. And don't write *that* combo down, either." />
  <row Id="9731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5602" RevisionGUID="ef65c29b-5630-46a8-b349-58c38140ed7f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:40:51.280" UserId="1173" Text="You mean like [Compare-Object](http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/msh/cmdlets/compare-object.mspx)?" />
  <row Id="9732" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5598" RevisionGUID="60bcbf76-5aee-467a-a07c-89278ffedc78" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:43:34.127" UserId="195" Comment="added 403 characters in body" Text="I have two text files and want to find the differences between them using Windows Powershell. Is there something similar to the Unix diff tool available? Or is there another other way I haven't considered?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried compare-object, but get this cryptic output:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PS C:\&gt; compare-object one.txt two.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    InputObject                                                 SideIndicator&#xD;&#xA;    -----------                                                 -------------&#xD;&#xA;    two.txt                                                     =&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    one.txt                                                     &lt;=&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9733" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5603" RevisionGUID="c401cdf5-8697-4ceb-b724-5d16bc63ecc9" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:46:02.843" UserId="919" Text=" 1. Use strong passwords.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Don't reuse passwords. &#xD;&#xA; 3. In consideration of #2, use a tool like [PwdHash][1] in the face of overwhelming disparate accounts. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.pwdhash.com/" />
  <row Id="9734" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5604" RevisionGUID="8ac0e721-0869-4f89-b378-2a910fc5c0ff" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:51:46.870" UserId="195" Text="Figured it out myself. Because Powershell works with .net objects rather than text, you need to use get-content to expose the contents of the text files. So to perform what I was trying to do in the question, use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    compare-object (get-content one.txt) (get-content two.txt)" />
  <row Id="9735" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5605" RevisionGUID="26d4355d-84d8-4f62-88c1-d3fef204236f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:53:38.800" UserId="1936" Text="You might also have a look at [wget][1], there are versions for several OS's. As I recall, it has a recursive mode that will allow you to mirror sites to your local machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/" />
  <row Id="9736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5606" RevisionGUID="174d8347-f0e9-4bd4-950f-c21d4535e771" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:55:00.513" UserId="195" Text="If this is content available over RSS, you might consider using [Google Reader](http://reader.google.com) with [Google Gears](http://gears.google.com/) for offline access." />
  <row Id="9737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5607" RevisionGUID="6b0cf830-ee41-44c6-bb32-2afdd42f261e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:56:51.180" UserId="28" Text="diff on *nix is not part of the shell, but a seperate application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any reason you can't just use diff.exe under powershell?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can download a version from the UnxUtils package (http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/)" />
  <row Id="9738" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5592" RevisionGUID="a0508ff1-cdd5-454b-99db-f7eeb2f77868" CreationDate="2009-05-07T03:57:45.077" UserId="1224" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;offline&gt;&lt;webbrowsing&gt;&lt;tools&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="9739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5608" RevisionGUID="15553e66-388d-4c93-98ac-7f1c9606a150" CreationDate="2009-05-07T04:02:07.157" UserId="2120" Text="First, find out the nameservers for com.au:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ dig com.au ns&#xD;&#xA;    [snip]&#xD;&#xA;    com.au.                 86400   IN      NS      audns.optus.net.&#xD;&#xA;    com.au.                 86400   IN      NS      udns3.ausregistry.net.au.&#xD;&#xA;    com.au.                 86400   IN      NS      dns1.telstra.net.&#xD;&#xA;    com.au.                 86400   IN      NS      udns2.ausregistry.net.au.&#xD;&#xA;    com.au.                 86400   IN      NS      udns4.ausregistry.net.au.&#xD;&#xA;    com.au.                 86400   IN      NS      ns1.audns.net.au.&#xD;&#xA;    com.au.                 86400   IN      NS      udns1.ausregistry.net.au.&#xD;&#xA;    com.au.                 86400   IN      NS      ns3.ausregistry.net.au.&#xD;&#xA;    com.au.                 86400   IN      NS      ns3.melbourneit.com.&#xD;&#xA;    com.au.                 86400   IN      NS      au2ld.csiro.au.&#xD;&#xA;    com.au.                 86400   IN      NS      ns1.ausregistry.net.au.&#xD;&#xA;    com.au.                 86400   IN      NS      ns4.ausregistry.net.au.&#xD;&#xA;    com.au.                 86400   IN      NS      ns2.ausregistry.net.au.&#xD;&#xA;    [snip]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then check a sample of those nameservers to see if they have the new delegation for your domain.  E.g., for theage.com.au:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ dig @ns1.audns.net.au. theage.com.au ns&#xD;&#xA;    [snip]&#xD;&#xA;    theage.com.au.          14400   IN      NS      ns1.fairfax.com.au.&#xD;&#xA;    theage.com.au.          14400   IN      NS      ns2.fairfax.com.au.&#xD;&#xA;    [snip]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ dig @ns3.melbourneit.com. theage.com.au&#xD;&#xA;    [snip]&#xD;&#xA;    theage.com.au.          14400   IN      NS      ns1.fairfax.com.au.&#xD;&#xA;    theage.com.au.          14400   IN      NS      ns2.fairfax.com.au.&#xD;&#xA;    [snip]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If any of the nameservers show the old delegation, then the update is still propagating.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;dig&quot; is your friend when it comes to DNS; spend some time learning how it works, and how the DNS system works.  (I should take a bit more of that advice myself -- I still don't think I've got a complete understanding of DNS.)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9740" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5609" RevisionGUID="5cd07757-c72d-4c6a-a0b7-0949168aa32c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T04:03:21.100" UserId="1293" Text="It turns out that dash likes signals in the form -CONT and doesn't understand the -SIGCONT style. Since bash understands both, it may be more portable to use the former.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my testing, it didn't make any difference whether I included an explicit path to 'kill' but the way the signal is specified did." />
  <row Id="9741" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5610" RevisionGUID="6cd31014-a710-4711-bff0-b371df1cb5b6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T04:07:40.810" UserId="2120" Text="Read [The Practice of System and Network Administration][1] by Tom Limoncelli, Christina Hogan and Strata Chalup; it's the 1000-page answer to your question, but it's absolutely worth it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It doesn't cover any specific technologies (e.g. UNIX, Windows), and you won't find a single &quot;type this command&quot; example in it.  It's about all the stuff *other* than the technical things that goes to make a great system administrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Practice-System-Network-Administration/dp/0201702711" />
  <row Id="9742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5611" RevisionGUID="b0846549-19bc-4b6b-8f79-75cc7ba2b185" CreationDate="2009-05-07T04:09:15.300" UserId="984" Text="I guess, you could if your hardware supported it.  Are you under the impression that you will actually be able to use VMs from the console?  Generally you can't do anything from an ESX console other then set some configuration options.  You must connect over the network to actually use any of the VMs." />
  <row Id="9743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5612" RevisionGUID="ac34fcc6-ff2a-4800-bd91-47bef57846d8" CreationDate="2009-05-07T04:17:39.897" UserId="1222" Text="There's also [Windiff][1] which provides a GUI diff interface (great for use with GUI based CVS/SVN programs)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.grigsoft.com/download-windiff.htm" />
  <row Id="9744" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5611" RevisionGUID="4b326e66-5887-433f-a0bb-8578b5f09934" CreationDate="2009-05-07T04:20:36.020" UserId="984" Comment="adjusted tone" Text="I guess, you could if your hardware supported it.  Generally you can't do anything from an ESX console other then set some configuration options.  If you where expecting to actually be able to use the laptop from the console this may not be what you want." />
  <row Id="9745" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5613" RevisionGUID="d1ea43f2-d04c-4fa7-91a7-3a69031a9a69" CreationDate="2009-05-07T04:20:55.583" UserId="2049" Text="Stay away from these [Top 500 worst passwords](http://boingboing.net/2009/01/02/top-500-worst-passwo.html).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; Long, complex passwords offer good security, basically [strong passwords][1], but definitely use different passwords for all user accounts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc756109(WS.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="9746" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5614" RevisionGUID="c105f5f3-702b-4da6-a36f-42d4b54466d0" CreationDate="2009-05-07T04:23:02.257" UserId="2124" Text="On unix, dmesg.  It collects all the system diagnostic messages into one nice error log." />
  <row Id="9747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5615" RevisionGUID="7e70268c-09c7-4e73-b413-9640d97cae42" CreationDate="2009-05-07T04:26:43.837" UserId="514" Text=" &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Use passwords that are **not** composed of common words or names. Dictionary attacks use dictionaries with millions of words and are very quick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Use long passwords. I tend to use pass**phrases**. I pick a phrase, sentence or rhyme and find some way to use a fair number of non alpha-numeric characters so that my words are not dictionary words.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Do not use the same password for multiple login services. Take some time to come up with a formula for picking passphrases. This allows you to use many different passwords that, if forgotten, you may be able to recreate with some trial and error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If the above suggestions prove unmanageable, use a password manager with a long secure password and then use random character passwords for everything else. Carry the password manager around with you on an encrypted USB flash drive." />
  <row Id="9748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5616" RevisionGUID="c996f21f-5995-4aee-87a3-adcafb49f865" CreationDate="2009-05-07T04:28:20.760" UserId="1082" Text="When dictating a password regime to others, don't only require that they use unique, longer than a threshold, contain mixed case, special characters etc.. but also educate the user about password managers or schemes to construct/remember those passwords... if you don't, the users will write the passwords down or find other, insecure ways to &quot;remember&quot; them.    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9749" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5615" RevisionGUID="5e7c4fb3-a10d-4ae0-b969-843f1ccb4b19" CreationDate="2009-05-07T04:32:04.167" UserId="514" Text=" &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Use passwords that are **not** composed of common words or names. Dictionary attacks use dictionaries with millions of words and are very quick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Use long passwords. I tend to use pass**phrases**. I pick a phrase, sentence or rhyme and find some way to use a fair number of non alpha-numeric characters so that my words are not dictionary words.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Do not use the same password for multiple login services. Take some time to come up with a formula for picking passphrases. This allows you to use many different passwords that, if forgotten, you may be able to recreate with some trial and error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If you have to, by all means write a good, long, secure password down and hide it somewhere. That at least is better than using a weak password that is easier to remember.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If the above suggestions prove unmanageable, use a password manager with a long secure password and then use random character passwords for everything else. Carry the password manager around with you on an encrypted USB flash drive (backed up of course)." />
  <row Id="9750" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5614" RevisionGUID="5e005dc9-c36a-445f-a8f9-8cdd2076524d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T04:34:33.023" UserId="2124" Comment="added 149 characters in body" Text="On unix, dmesg.  It collects all the system diagnostic messages into one nice error log.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And yeah it's been 'obsoleted' by syslogd, but I still havent figured out how to get the syslogd setup to display things as nicely as dmesg does." />
  <row Id="9751" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5617" RevisionGUID="11069318-d9a9-4677-a45c-3063e8f0ec25" CreationDate="2009-05-07T04:36:20.570" UserId="48818" Text="so I wanted to change a folders name from uppercase letters to lowercase letters, so I did&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mv FOLDER folder&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;why am I not required to make a new folder?  Shouldn't I get an error like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    folder does not exist&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you can't copy into a folder that doesn't exist, so why can you move into one??" />
  <row Id="9752" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5617" RevisionGUID="11069318-d9a9-4677-a45c-3063e8f0ec25" CreationDate="2009-05-07T04:36:20.570" UserId="48818" Text="making folders with mv" />
  <row Id="9753" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5617" RevisionGUID="11069318-d9a9-4677-a45c-3063e8f0ec25" CreationDate="2009-05-07T04:36:20.570" UserId="48818" Text="&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="9754" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5618" RevisionGUID="9a8d5c3e-6f75-40ea-9471-144cee0fa5a1" CreationDate="2009-05-07T04:38:08.397" UserId="1233" Text="An alternative method to disabling .DS\_Store files if you don't have control over the Macs accessing the Windows shares is to disable the ability for these files to even be stored on the share. (Using the veto_files option in smb.conf or File Screen Management on Windows - thankfully it's disabled by default on 10.5+ clients)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may want to check out another question: [File shares for Mac users](http://serverfault.com/questions/4599/file-shares-for-mac-users/4910#4910) here on SF for some other associated pointers." />
  <row Id="9755" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5614" RevisionGUID="6fb1f88e-d4a1-4e58-ad00-93c8694afe15" CreationDate="2009-05-07T04:40:11.467" UserId="2124" Comment="added 15 characters in body" Text="On unix, dmesg.  It collects all the system diagnostic messages and displays them nicely on the screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And yeah it's been 'obsoleted' by syslogd, but I still havent figured out how to get the syslogd setup to display things as nicely as dmesg does." />
  <row Id="9756" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5619" RevisionGUID="cd743699-1ffe-4adb-83f8-3520ccdf0a0c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T04:43:12.893" UserId="977" Text="There is a difference between:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mv oldfolder/* newfolder&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where newfolder does not exist, and:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mv oldfolder newfolder&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where newfolder does not exist.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first gives: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mv: target `newfolder' is not a directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whereas the second will rename oldfolder to newfolder." />
  <row Id="9757" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5620" RevisionGUID="1273d752-c381-42bc-8ad9-b7a46b0c6511" CreationDate="2009-05-07T04:44:33.903" UserId="2120" Text="In UNIX/Linux, &quot;mv&quot; does one of two things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Moves a file or directory from its current location (in one directory) to a new location (in a different directory).&#xD;&#xA; 2. Renames the file or directory, without moving it to a new location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the second case, renaming a directory doesn't create a new directory, it just changes the name of the already-existing directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In fact, your example does two different things, depending on whether &quot;folder&quot; exists as a directory already.  If it does, mv works as in the first case above, i.e. moves &quot;FOLDER&quot; into the &quot;folder&quot; directory, so it's now &quot;folder/FOLDER&quot;.  On the other hand, if &quot;folder&quot; doesn't already exist, it just renames FOLDER.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, it can be quite confusing!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9759" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5621" RevisionGUID="f4556b32-6737-4805-ac3d-77fff1999a17" CreationDate="2009-05-07T04:50:30.020" UserId="1178" Text="I've found that the keepalive behaviour didn't quite work. I tried adding the ServerAliveInterval to the ~/.ssh/config script but it doesn't play nice with git.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I've ended up doing is adding a timestamp to my 'screen' status bar. This is enough activity to keep the connection up." />
  <row Id="9760" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5622" RevisionGUID="3373a4e0-6033-410c-aea2-84c6c58e71c0" CreationDate="2009-05-07T04:51:10.987" UserId="1310" Text="Well, there's always Squid. It has the advantage of also being a caching proxy, but you can turn that functionality off if you don't want it. I recommend these links:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Squid wiki - example config for multiple sites][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Sun-provided instructions on load balancing with Squid][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples/Reverse/MultipleWebservers&#xD;&#xA;[2]: http://wikis.sun.com/display/WebStack/Using+Squid+as+a+Load+Balancer" />
  <row Id="9761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5623" RevisionGUID="d139dc20-92dd-4867-8f37-bb84494d4550" CreationDate="2009-05-07T04:58:46.287" UserId="1684" Text="[WinMerge][1] is another good GUI-based diff tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://winmerge.org/" />
  <row Id="9762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5624" RevisionGUID="3f81f99d-7385-4f05-85c4-db315293c96a" CreationDate="2009-05-07T04:59:44.663" UserId="1310" Text="According to cube3x3 at [this][1] forum discussion:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To disable &quot;switch user&quot; in terminal:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;$ gconf-editor&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When gconf-editor opens, go to 'desktop -&gt; gnome -&gt; lockdown'&#xD;&#xA;In that select 'disable\_user_switching' .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=111132" />
  <row Id="9763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5625" RevisionGUID="730c6a97-3d0c-4a21-b5bf-c33146aaa655" CreationDate="2009-05-07T05:03:08.133" UserId="2049" Text="**Yes** It is possible, but I wouldn't recommend it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ESX is a embedded hypervisor and the way it works is it takes over the whole disk drive so it will erase everything on the disk drive. If you wanted a hypervisor tool to have virtualization then you should use something like [VMware Server](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMware_Server) so you can share your disk drive since it is not an embedded hypervisor" />
  <row Id="9764" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5624" RevisionGUID="c8305aa1-8566-4891-8159-64c5f9c47609" CreationDate="2009-05-07T05:06:55.677" UserId="1310" Comment="added 365 characters in body" Text="I personally would recommend not running a GUI as root; it's a quick trip to always running as root (administrator), and that way lie viruses, spyware, and rootkits. They do exist for Linux. (That way also lies accidentally entering 'rm -rf /' on a terminal. As a normal user, it errors out. As root, it erases your hard drive. I learned this the hard way `;D`)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;According to cube3x3 at [this][1] forum discussion:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To disable &quot;switch user&quot; in terminal:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;$ gconf-editor&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When gconf-editor opens, go to 'desktop -&gt; gnome -&gt; lockdown'&#xD;&#xA;In that select 'disable\_user_switching' .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=111132" />
  <row Id="9765" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5626" RevisionGUID="7ab150e2-3d34-4ca9-8f94-4d0314b5b81f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T05:13:45.877" UserId="1349" Text="Simple question, but I've seen conflicting answers out there: Can a Windows Home Server PC join an existing domain?" />
  <row Id="9766" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5626" RevisionGUID="7ab150e2-3d34-4ca9-8f94-4d0314b5b81f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T05:13:45.877" UserId="1349" Text="Can a Windows Home Server PC join an existing domain?" />
  <row Id="9767" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5626" RevisionGUID="7ab150e2-3d34-4ca9-8f94-4d0314b5b81f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T05:13:45.877" UserId="1349" Text="&lt;windows-home-server&gt;&lt;domain&gt;" />
  <row Id="9768" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5627" RevisionGUID="09da4bf6-40cf-4362-a0b9-118a30a594e0" CreationDate="2009-05-07T05:17:07.040" UserId="1929" Text="If you are planning to use a virtualized OS I would just download a preconfigured Ubuntu version 8.04 Long Term Support JeOS (It stands for Just Enough Operating System, it comes configured with special vmware guest modules.  LTS means less fiddling with marginal upgrades).  If your primary interest is server, that is enough -- otherwise the package manager will download and install a desktop environment if you install any package that depends on one.  You can get a good free image here: http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/1282 [link text][1].  You can ssh in right away with the default password (in this case user = 'User', password = 'user'.  I believe root is disabled by default so use sudo to change passwords etc.)  This works great on VMware player, which defaults to bridged networking so you can just ssh in over the lan, or forward ports and have access from anywhere.  You will start out with a system similar to a Debian 'base system' netinstall.  Of course, if you are using this for a crucial system you would want to somehow audit or verify the reliability of the original image, not something I am an expert on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/1282" />
  <row Id="9769" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5628" RevisionGUID="310873da-d7db-4469-b27a-61670db4e158" CreationDate="2009-05-07T05:21:43.067" UserId="58" Text="Hi folks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;are there any free Microsoft Exchange hosts out there in the interweb? I understand that Microsoft Exchange is a paid/licensed product .. but I was curious if there might be a host that has a free hosting model for .. say .. &lt;= 3 mailboxes per domain or something? Larger mail boxes per domain == cost. ?? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally: please refrain from suggesting other mail services (eg. sendmail, etc)." />
  <row Id="9770" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5628" RevisionGUID="310873da-d7db-4469-b27a-61670db4e158" CreationDate="2009-05-07T05:21:43.067" UserId="58" Text="Any free exchange hosts out there?" />
  <row Id="9771" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5628" RevisionGUID="310873da-d7db-4469-b27a-61670db4e158" CreationDate="2009-05-07T05:21:43.067" UserId="58" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;exchange-2007&gt;" />
  <row Id="9772" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5629" RevisionGUID="6142d186-2647-4af2-9169-26c07e113fa1" CreationDate="2009-05-07T05:24:48.037" UserId="1122" Text="See [my answer][1] to the related question - ntbackup.exe, Powershell, ExMerge, or offline backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/52/backup-solutions-for-exchange-2007/5340#5340" />
  <row Id="9773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5630" RevisionGUID="9208d1da-c38c-4667-ac11-de9a24cb7c1b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T05:33:29.777" UserId="1173" Text="I don't know of any free ones, but [Mailtrust](http://www.mailtrust.com/) is a paid service, run by Rackspace." />
  <row Id="9774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5631" RevisionGUID="0fd5f7f1-6790-41da-acfc-65dc8e6f4526" CreationDate="2009-05-07T05:42:11.723" UserId="1171" Text="I ended up writing my own in dotnet., it allows the user to update phone numbers, office, job title and address details. Address details are a selectable list of offices which would set all the address details for that office.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Accessing the directory was fairly straight-forward, but I did have to allow access to certain attributes through Delegation for the SELF security descriptor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also took it one step further and created a templated address generator which would use the users details from AD to create a set of text, rtf and html signatures for use in Outlook." />
  <row Id="9775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5632" RevisionGUID="3d251cef-de30-4c4b-8572-62b7f433cc27" CreationDate="2009-05-07T05:47:25.047" UserId="1684" Text="This question might be a little naive, but is there one shell that tends to be the most popular among Unix/Linux users?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My previous company was basically standardized on tcsh, so I learned that one for-better-or-worse, but I'm wondering if I should learn bash, ksh, or any other, if those tend to be more common." />
  <row Id="9776" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5632" RevisionGUID="3d251cef-de30-4c4b-8572-62b7f433cc27" CreationDate="2009-05-07T05:47:25.047" UserId="1684" Text="Most common Unix/Linux shell" />
  <row Id="9777" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5632" RevisionGUID="3d251cef-de30-4c4b-8572-62b7f433cc27" CreationDate="2009-05-07T05:47:25.047" UserId="1684" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;shell&gt;&lt;recommendation&gt;" />
  <row Id="9778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5633" RevisionGUID="b4f3f237-9999-44fe-9561-d02b0670b48f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T05:50:35.773" UserId="151" Text="For Linux i'd say bash, while I see that classical Unix variants seem to prefer csh." />
  <row Id="9779" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5634" RevisionGUID="402c0f75-eb30-4808-9a5e-1657b89cf527" CreationDate="2009-05-07T05:51:24.460" UserId="2115" Text="I've used [Firewall Builder](http://www.fwbuilder.org) and I quite like it - it's a GUI program that's designed for managing firewall configurations, primarily on remote hosts which could be servers, routers, whatever. The interface looks a little intimidating at first but in my experience, it's worth the couple of hours or so it takes to figure it out. (And apparently they just recently released version 3 since I last checked, so quite possibly the GUI has gotten more intuitive)" />
  <row Id="9780" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5600" RevisionGUID="6c00c7e4-b370-4a7c-9d65-4c67ddab6149" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:01:49.443" UserId="158" Comment="Added some extra info about 3.2 version and vista." Text="[HTTrack][1] will do what you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: If you are having problems with the latest 3.4x version, you might want to try 3.33 which you can download [here][2] (or from a link at the bottom of the site's [download page][3].)  Sounds like there were some pretty big changes in 3.4x (I haven't had to use it for a while, and don't run Vista.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some links into the forums with regards to running on vista that might help too, but I'd try 3.33 first: [1][4], [2][5], [3][6].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.httrack.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://download.httrack.com/cserv.php3?File=httrack-previous.exe&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.httrack.com/page/2/en/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://forum.httrack.com/readmsg/19734/19732/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://forum.httrack.com/readmsg/18361/18360/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://forum.httrack.com/readmsg/17480/index.html" />
  <row Id="9781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5635" RevisionGUID="978a2f7f-5c20-4081-b25c-0b9fac43d1e7" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:08:57.837" UserId="1684" Text="Of the major Unix shells (bash, ksh, tcsh, zsh, others?), are there any compelling reasons to use one over another?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Which is the most interactive/command-line friendly?&#xD;&#xA;- Which is the most conducive/intuitive for writing scripts?&#xD;&#xA;- Are there any major built-in features that one shell offers that others don't?&#xD;&#xA;- Are any of these shells really good for one type of function, but not another?  Or are they all pretty well-rounded/flexible?&#xD;&#xA;- Is it just a matter of personal preference?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can make this community wiki if anyone prefers." />
  <row Id="9782" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5635" RevisionGUID="978a2f7f-5c20-4081-b25c-0b9fac43d1e7" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:08:57.837" UserId="1684" Text="Comparison of Unix shells" />
  <row Id="9783" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5635" RevisionGUID="978a2f7f-5c20-4081-b25c-0b9fac43d1e7" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:08:57.837" UserId="1684" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;shell&gt;&lt;recommendation&gt;" />
  <row Id="9784" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5636" RevisionGUID="def3b020-93c8-4c8a-a54a-118647da6276" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:14:14.703" UserId="2131" Text="We have a similar situation, and use Golden Gate software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;http://www.goldengate.com&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's been really reliable and&#xD;&#xA;- keeps transactional integrity&#xD;&#xA;- can survive server downtime on either side&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's also low overhead, since it tails the journal files and reconstructs the transactions, rather than performing queries on the source database." />
  <row Id="9785" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5637" RevisionGUID="d48be1c2-0f03-4193-a5c8-eb0be0de7fb9" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:20:41.880" UserId="1772" Text="I've spent a long time researching this and finally managed to do it on my own machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are two scenarios here: a new install, and a machine that is already installed/used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a new install, you can (apparently) modify the autounattend.xml file (unresearched link [here][1], no guarantees, I haven't tried)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a machine that is already installed, there are two problems to overcome:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Windows 'locking' some files, so you can't copy them (ntuser.dat)&#xD;&#xA;2. Changing where windows goes to look for the profiles on startup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For problem 1, you can either go the round about route:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - copy Default and Public folders to the new location&#xD;&#xA; - modify their location in registry&#xD;&#xA; - create a new user (which will be created in the new location)&#xD;&#xA; - login with new user account and copy the other users&#xD;&#xA; - lots of detail on this [here][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or you can boot from a Recovery disk and copy stuff across.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For problem 2, you can either do a find and replace everywhere in the registry (risky), or create a symlink/junction from the default location to the new location. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The find and replace solution is also detailed on the [previously linked page][3], but it turns out that you still have to create the symlink, otherwise [Windows Update has problems][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WHATEVER you choose to do, you will need to get familiar with [symlinks/junctions][5]. Lots of comments on [Josh's blog][6] mention [ROBOCOPY][7], which you can't use to copy Junctions. If you don't recreate them, you won't notice immediately as most (if not all) have the hidden attribute anyway, but you may experience reverse compatibility problems with non-Vista apps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This blog post][8] provides a bit more (too much) detail about this issue, plus a script to help recreating the symlinks/junctions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-setup-install/620001.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://joshmouch.wordpress.com/2007/04/07/change-user-profile-folder-location-in-vista/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://joshmouch.wordpress.com/2007/04/07/change-user-profile-folder-location-in-vista/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://rogerhendriks.blogspot.com/2007/09/moving-vista-users-directory.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_symbolic_link&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://joshmouch.wordpress.com/2007/04/07/change-user-profile-folder-location-in-vista/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://benjol.blogspot.com/2009/05/moving-users-folder-in-vista.html" />
  <row Id="9786" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5638" RevisionGUID="2b7426ca-823f-484c-8c6f-a0446332d6f4" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:30:03.057" UserId="1435" Text="Every ZXTM LB I've come across can do this with multiple sites, although I'm no expert on those products sorry (I'm more of a Foundry-man myself), so I suspect you'll be able to get it to work if you get the time to dig deeper. Best of luck." />
  <row Id="9787" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5639" RevisionGUID="73759887-a393-4cde-83d0-260ceaa15a15" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:40:03.003" UserId="1772" Text="Re HTTrack, there is a Firefox Add-on/extension [SpiderZilla][1], which gives you a GUI which in turn invokes HTTrack, I've never had any problems with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://spiderzilla.mozdev.org/" />
  <row Id="9788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5640" RevisionGUID="7a93fe04-22c6-471e-a445-342cb567b66c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:41:22.983" UserId="2123" Text="Does named log startup errors if so what is the default path?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Wikipedia page for BIND speak of a configuration file verification tool - does anyone know of this?" />
  <row Id="9789" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5640" RevisionGUID="7a93fe04-22c6-471e-a445-342cb567b66c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:41:22.983" UserId="2123" Text="Does named/BIND log startup errors? " />
  <row Id="9790" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5640" RevisionGUID="7a93fe04-22c6-471e-a445-342cb567b66c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:41:22.983" UserId="2123" Text="&lt;named&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;bind&gt;" />
  <row Id="9791" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5641" RevisionGUID="11da6d1a-f283-48f1-9d93-f201916e01b6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:42:41.233" UserId="448" Text="Mac OS X switched from tcsh to bash as the default login shell around the 10.3 release. Solaris tends to default to sh for root and csh for regular users." />
  <row Id="9792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5642" RevisionGUID="cf8ae56f-6fbc-47ec-b475-866af0c17e7b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:43:20.437" UserId="2115" Text="Don't forget your other question &lt;http://serverfault.com/questions/5632/most-common-unix-linux-shell&gt; - the most popular shell is probably most popular for a reason ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For what it's worth, most people don't switch off between shells frequently so it'll be hard to get a well-rounded comparison of the various options; you'll be more likely to see different people espousing the virtues of their favorite shells. From what little I've heard about different shells, they all offer some of the same basic features (like I/O redirection, command history, etc.) so personal preference is likely to be a large component." />
  <row Id="9793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5643" RevisionGUID="25ded1c4-dd2d-4907-99eb-d506f1c40763" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:44:15.927" UserId="1810" Text="Preference for day to day use is really a mather of personal taste, however, when writing scripts, I try to be posix compliant for portabilities sake." />
  <row Id="9794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5644" RevisionGUID="3c861fa7-1c73-4432-90b2-9450bb81b0dd" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:45:03.303" UserId="2115" Text="I'd look in the default system log. On my system it's `/var/log/messages` but I bet that's distribution-dependent." />
  <row Id="9795" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5645" RevisionGUID="3c4f4c09-0b3d-4b38-9bc0-15b36f33a7c7" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:48:21.580" UserId="216" Text="BIND will write startup errors to `syslog`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hence the logs will appear wherever your `syslog.conf` says they should go (typically `/var/log/messages`).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5646" RevisionGUID="74dd0cde-d0b7-41e7-894c-c5da4db42a39" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:48:38.520" UserId="2" Text="When I configure a new remote desktop connection to connect to servers I often forget to uncheck the option inside of local devices and resources for remote printers.  This creates exceptions in the event log for the server I connect of source: TerminalServices-Printers for the printer drivers I use for PDF document conversion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd love to know if it's possible to disable remote printers by default either on the client remote desktop connection options, or on the server so these exceptions no longer occur." />
  <row Id="9797" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5646" RevisionGUID="74dd0cde-d0b7-41e7-894c-c5da4db42a39" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:48:38.520" UserId="2" Text="How do I disable remote printers using group policy" />
  <row Id="9798" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5646" RevisionGUID="74dd0cde-d0b7-41e7-894c-c5da4db42a39" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:48:38.520" UserId="2" Text="&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;settings&gt;&lt;windows-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="9799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5647" RevisionGUID="064489c8-5384-40f9-9e4f-0c2cd38b817a" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:51:02.213" UserId="1576" Text="At the very least I always uncomment &quot;syntax on&quot; in /etc/vim/vimrc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9800" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5647" RevisionGUID="064489c8-5384-40f9-9e4f-0c2cd38b817a" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:51:02.213" UserId="1576" Text="Suggestions for entries in a sysadmins .vimrc" />
  <row Id="9801" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5647" RevisionGUID="064489c8-5384-40f9-9e4f-0c2cd38b817a" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:51:02.213" UserId="1576" Text="&lt;vim&gt;&lt;vimrc&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;dotfiles&gt;" />
  <row Id="9802" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5647" RevisionGUID="064489c8-5384-40f9-9e4f-0c2cd38b817a" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:51:02.213" UserId="1576" />
  <row Id="9803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5648" RevisionGUID="3f4f3406-ed71-43ad-825a-75373f707398" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:52:41.663" UserId="2120" Text="There are two verification tools, one for the configuration file itself, and one for zone files.  In Debian, they are called:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - named-checkconf &#xD;&#xA; - named-checkzone" />
  <row Id="9804" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5649" RevisionGUID="b16db653-22ca-467e-ab3c-2fe4b9ec760c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:52:57.370" UserId="1584" Text="Within your group policy object, go to Computer Configuration - Windows Components - Terminal Services - Client/Server data redirection - &quot;Do not allow client printer redirection&quot;.  Set it to Enabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't see the section in your group policy object, you may have to manually add the system.adm template to the policy first." />
  <row Id="9805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5650" RevisionGUID="444619b1-216b-427a-9de2-547720f3d1c6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:53:50.147" UserId="1" Text="RDP printer sharing is on by default in remote desktop, unfortunately:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The printer redirection feature is enabled by default in Windows XP Professional when you enable Remote Desktop. **To disable it, use Terminal Services Group Policies**. Use Remote Desktop Connection to disable printer redirection on an individual computer. On the Local Resources tab, clear the Printers check box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, you have to edit the [Terminal Services Group Policy](http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Terminal-Services-Group-Policy.html) .. but this requires that the **Group Policy Management Console** be installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apparently it is an [add-in for Windows Server 2003](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0a6d4c24-8cbd-4b35-9272-dd3cbfc81887&amp;displaylang=en), but an off-by-default [part of the install](http://chakkaradeep.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/installing-group-policy-in-windows-server-2008/) for Windows Server 2008:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;http://chakkaradeep.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/gp-3.png&quot;&gt;" />
  <row Id="9806" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5651" RevisionGUID="6c52273a-7345-49a4-ab30-b87f46b3dbe2" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:57:33.617" UserId="1896" Text="most daemons log to /var/log/daemon. errors sometimes are also logged to /var/log/messages. you can check this by looking at the syslog configuration file /etc/syslog.conf.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the configcheck util for BIND is named-checkconf. it's a bit tricky, if you run your BIND chrooted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;first start with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    named-checkconf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to check the zone files also:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    named-checkconf -z&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in a chrooted environment try this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    named-checkconf -t /var/named -z&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9808" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5650" RevisionGUID="10dc0e56-1a65-49c3-8d05-13d016f7e2da" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:59:05.343" UserId="1" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="RDP printer sharing is on by default in remote desktop, unfortunately:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The printer redirection feature is enabled by default in Windows XP Professional when you enable Remote Desktop. **To disable it, use Terminal Services Group Policies**. Use Remote Desktop Connection to disable printer redirection on an individual computer. On the Local Resources tab, clear the Printers check box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, you have to edit the [Terminal Services Group Policy](http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Terminal-Services-Group-Policy.html) .. but this requires that the **Group Policy Management Console** be installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apparently it is an [add-in for Windows Server 2003](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0a6d4c24-8cbd-4b35-9272-dd3cbfc81887&amp;displaylang=en), but an off-by-default [part of the install](http://chakkaradeep.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/installing-group-policy-in-windows-server-2008/) for Windows Server 2008:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;http://chakkaradeep.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/gp-3.png&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The relevant section is &lt;a href=&quot;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731963(loband).aspx&quot;&gt;documented here&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\&#xD;&#xA;Windows Components\Terminal Services\&#xD;&#xA;Terminal Server\Printer Redirection&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="9809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5653" RevisionGUID="f6e1d91b-2fcb-43c6-9b2e-d8124b0185d2" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:59:47.807" UserId="914" Text="Not really sure what part of this is specifically sysadmin related, but my essentials are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    syntax on&#xD;&#xA;    set background=dark&#xD;&#xA;    set shiftwidth=2&#xD;&#xA;    set tabstop=2&#xD;&#xA;    if has(&quot;autocmd&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;      filetype plugin indent on&#xD;&#xA;    endif&#xD;&#xA;    set showcmd             &quot; Show (partial) command in status line.&#xD;&#xA;    set showmatch           &quot; Show matching brackets.&#xD;&#xA;    set ignorecase          &quot; Do case insensitive matching&#xD;&#xA;    set smartcase           &quot; Do smart case matching&#xD;&#xA;    set incsearch           &quot; Incremental search&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also always ensure the machine has access to the [nginx syntax highlighting file][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1886" />
  <row Id="9810" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5653" RevisionGUID="f6e1d91b-2fcb-43c6-9b2e-d8124b0185d2" CreationDate="2009-05-07T06:59:47.807" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="9811" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5382" RevisionGUID="c5419c81-dc00-4806-9805-8c22546d99d9" CreationDate="2009-05-07T07:05:33.300" UserId="1813" Comment="Added a further analysis" Text="As a side note, the CRC problem is usually caused by the checksumming done direcly on the NIC in hardware. The OS stack doens't see the checksum correctly anymore then. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try to open the network card properties, and disable any kind of offload, it should remove these messages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Upon further analysis of your logs, the packet that doesn't seems to be recieved is only 166 bytes long (it's the &quot;`Bienvenue`&quot; one that gets retransmitted over and over on the LAN interface), so I don't think it's an MTU issue here. It doesn't seems to be `auth/ident` because the server sends all packets. It is although the first one that has a CRC error in it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try to disable all the hardware accelerations (offload) on the internal nic, and eventually on the external one also if it doesn't help. Having a fixed speed and duplex is also quite nice when troubleshooting to enable one potential cause at a time (10/half-duplex is good start). If it works, just reenable thing one-by-one, to be able to pinpoint where the problem is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If nothing works, it may be the FTP-NATing software that is at fault : FTP is a protocol that has to be mangled to work through NAT (not here usually). Try to use a FTP-proxy (Layer 7) software. If that works, you'll have a workaround since it seems only for FTP." />
  <row Id="9812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5654" RevisionGUID="a091bc87-c628-43ef-8404-60ee21444371" CreationDate="2009-05-07T07:06:01.350" UserId="1896" Text="If you are usually working at a user, than this make it possible to &quot;pipe&quot; a file to sudo so it can be saved.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cmap w!! %!sudo tee &gt; /dev/null %&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;use the command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    :w!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to envoke sudo and save the file." />
  <row Id="9813" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5654" RevisionGUID="a091bc87-c628-43ef-8404-60ee21444371" CreationDate="2009-05-07T07:06:01.350" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="9814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5655" RevisionGUID="19e948b1-05e6-4cc6-9a29-1be376704c29" CreationDate="2009-05-07T07:07:08.040" UserId="1268" Text="Does anyone know of a x64 directshow filter combination that is capable of playing MOV files in Vista X64 when Media Player is running in X64 mode? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried so many its getting pretty frustrating. HAALI and MPC can split the thing but unfortunately only output audio, there is a vague possibility that quick time alternative will work. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9815" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5655" RevisionGUID="19e948b1-05e6-4cc6-9a29-1be376704c29" CreationDate="2009-05-07T07:07:08.040" UserId="1268" Text="Is there any way to play quicktime mov file on Vista X64 natively" />
  <row Id="9816" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5655" RevisionGUID="19e948b1-05e6-4cc6-9a29-1be376704c29" CreationDate="2009-05-07T07:07:08.040" UserId="1268" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;x64&gt;" />
  <row Id="9817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5656" RevisionGUID="f10f6932-c6a6-47ca-ab57-33af92e97d7d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T07:07:49.660" UserId="914" Text="It's possible but unsupported and also in violation of the EULA.  It'll apparently run for 24 hours and then the licensing will check and put the machine into &quot;diminished mode&quot; until you unjoin it from the domain." />
  <row Id="9818" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5649" RevisionGUID="eeb31797-a7fc-490c-a6a7-93202cf802e6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T07:10:37.873" UserId="1584" Comment="Added info" Text="Within your group policy object, go to Computer Configuration - Windows Components - Terminal Services - Client/Server data redirection - &quot;Do not allow client printer redirection&quot;.  Set it to Enabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't see the section in your group policy object, you may have to manually add the system.adm template to the policy first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Edit: I should also probably add that this group policy should be applied to the server, not on the client.  And you can do it using the local group policy object if the server isn't actually in a domain." />
  <row Id="9819" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5244" RevisionGUID="32fc09ad-e37d-4c17-a7f0-0e6214120de8" CreationDate="2009-05-07T07:12:22.613" UserId="1432" Comment="deleted 4 characters in body" Text="This requires the `deflate` module, so enable that. Under Ubuntu (which is what I'm using), the command for that is `a2enmod deflate`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, use `SetOutputFilter` on your `Proxy` or `Directory` directive:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;ProxyMatch &quot;^http://localhost:8080/($|app/)&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;        Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;        SetOutputFilter Deflate&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/ProxyMatch&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Or:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Directory /var/www&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;        Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;        SetOutputFilter Deflate&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="9820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5657" RevisionGUID="f054cd56-138f-417a-bfdc-a277e7afe31f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T07:13:44.047" UserId="914" Text="Don't use a password, that's where you're going wrong in the first place.  Use either a random collection of characters (8 minimum) or a passphrase.  You can come up with a formula for generating a different passphrase for each site for example ILikeStackOverflowOnions or ILikeServerFaultOnions; this keeps you safe against outsiders however could still cause problems if the actual site is hacked and the passwords aren't salted, or if the admin was corrupt in the first place." />
  <row Id="9821" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5658" RevisionGUID="373b1453-707c-402b-a110-b5b28d8c1700" CreationDate="2009-05-07T07:15:58.580" UserId="914" Text="VMWare ESX has a fairly short compatability list, it may be that it doesn't actually function on your laptops hardware.  Other than that, I can't see any problems with it." />
  <row Id="9822" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="5655" RevisionGUID="291ed95a-8726-4a14-a428-263bec036537" CreationDate="2009-05-07T07:16:46.940" UserId="1268" Comment="edited title" Text="Is there any way to play quicktime mov files on Vista X64 natively" />
  <row Id="9823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5659" RevisionGUID="64613c76-ecd2-44e9-81c6-928eceda37af" CreationDate="2009-05-07T07:16:56.627" UserId="1810" Text="If security requirements are really tight, I'd try and avoid the use of passwords wherever possible. Think using ssh key based authentication, client certificates on smart cards, etc. It takes a lot of skill and budget to make that work properly though, so a proper risk assessment should be made.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you decide to stick with passwords, I'd follow the advice of capar and lexu." />
  <row Id="9824" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5660" RevisionGUID="1dc7fa62-e0fa-48fd-bf95-4cef5633501f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T07:19:08.867" UserId="311" Text="Have a look at [ScrapBook][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ScrapBook is a Firefox extension,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; which helps you to save Web pages and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; easily manage collections. Key&#xD;&#xA;&gt; features are lightness, speed,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; accuracy and multi-language support.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Major features are:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - Save Web page&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - Save snippet of Web page&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - Save Web site&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - Organize the collection in the same way as Bookmarks&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - Full text search and quick filtering search of the collection&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - Editing of the collected Web page&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - Text/HTML edit feature resembling Opera's Notes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/427" />
  <row Id="9825" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5661" RevisionGUID="524c0c0b-2afb-4517-94e1-c28ca2bc9ac9" CreationDate="2009-05-07T07:21:36.927" UserId="1427" Text="[fish][1] is a new shell that is perhaps more interesting than the others, not because it necessarily has more features, but because they Just Work by default and because fish strives for usability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[A few screenshots][2] are enough to give the general idea.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;fish is now the default shell on my Mac at work. Go figure. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://fishshell.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://fishshell.org/screenshots.html" />
  <row Id="9826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5662" RevisionGUID="d89ce3e1-ad04-4208-852b-ec2d674881a4" CreationDate="2009-05-07T07:27:06.727" UserId="48" Text="I don't know of any services that offer Exchange for free. SPLA licencing costs for Exchange run at about $5-$7 per mailbox, so any service would be making a resonable loss doing this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Mail2Web][1] offer the cheapest hosted Exchange I know of, 60 day free trial and then about $5 a month.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://live2007.mail2web.com/Signup/Plans.aspx" />
  <row Id="9827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5663" RevisionGUID="b63c2201-b9e9-4fb7-a6c8-779611fbb4b3" CreationDate="2009-05-07T07:27:06.977" UserId="1896" Text="if you are running sql server 2008 you have powershell bindings. See [this link][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQL Server 2008 powershell has a cmdlet [invoke-sqlcmd][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc281847.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc281720.aspx" />
  <row Id="9828" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5664" RevisionGUID="66a227cc-2f3d-4b23-bd40-de7e2657d961" CreationDate="2009-05-07T07:32:55.933" UserId="48" Text="I have had some success using [RiverPasts Quicktime Direct Show Filter][1] in Windows 7 x64. Unfortunately I cannot try it in Vista currently but it may solve your problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.riverpast.com/en/prod/quicktime/" />
  <row Id="9829" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5665" RevisionGUID="364a5260-9504-4f4f-9af0-d46a05d0d972" CreationDate="2009-05-07T07:37:15.080" UserId="1813" Text="In UNIX *a folder is a special file*. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you ask **`mv src dst`**, **`mv`** takes the file **`src`** and tries to move it to  **`dst`**. Several rules apply now. they are taken in order, the first one that matches is the one applied :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. If **`dst`** doesn't exist, it will be the destination name (regardless of the type of `src`)&#xD;&#xA; 1. if **`dst`** already exists and is a directory, it will be considered as a *path* and not as the destination name. So the command will be understood as **`mv src dst/src`** and **`src`** is moved *inside* **`dst`** (the final path of a is **`dst/src`**)&#xD;&#xA; 1. if **`dst`** already exists and is not a directory, it will be erased only if **`src`** is not a directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9830" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5650" RevisionGUID="9b3f8898-da31-4ce9-987e-2a95cd60c439" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:03:47.310" UserId="1" Comment="added local policy editor info" Text="RDP printer sharing is on by default in remote desktop, unfortunately:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The printer redirection feature is enabled by default in Windows XP Professional when you enable Remote Desktop. **To disable it, use Terminal Services Group Policies**. Use Remote Desktop Connection to disable printer redirection on an individual computer. On the Local Resources tab, clear the Printers check box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, you have to edit the [Terminal Services Group Policy](http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Terminal-Services-Group-Policy.html) .. but this requires that the **Group Policy Management Console** be installed. Apparently it is an [add-in for Windows Server 2003](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0a6d4c24-8cbd-4b35-9272-dd3cbfc81887&amp;displaylang=en), but an off-by-default [part of the install](http://chakkaradeep.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/installing-group-policy-in-windows-server-2008/) for Windows Server 2008.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apparently you can also use the local Group Policy Editor like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Click Start, and then click Run.&#xD;&#xA;2. In the Open box, type mmc, and then click OK.&#xD;&#xA;3. On the File menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in.&#xD;&#xA;4. Click Add.&#xD;&#xA;5. Under Available Stand-alone Snap-ins, click **Group Policy**, and then click Add.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The relevant section to edit is &lt;a href=&quot;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731963(loband).aspx&quot;&gt;documented here&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\&#xD;&#xA;Windows Components\Terminal Services\&#xD;&#xA;Terminal Server\Printer Redirection&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9831" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5666" RevisionGUID="f9ae53ac-a5fa-4185-89f4-8e1ce6dd89ee" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:05:23.327" UserId="621" Text="I have a really slow and unreliable internet connection at the office.&#xD;&#xA;I also have one email account where many people download mail from the same account without deleting them form the server. (kind of a shared bugs/support/alarms account that everyone checks). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes a client would send a large trace that everyone would download separately hogging the bandwidth for very long.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was thinking of installing a pop3 caching proxy server for this particular account, that everyone would connect to and will download the email from the server the first time someone requests it then serve the same email from the cache to all the other users when the check their mail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or maybe periodically check the the real server every minute and download emails, regardless of internal clients connecting to it, then always server the clients form the cache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a spare ubuntu server I can use for this, is there something ready that can do this? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should I manually install a pop3 server and a pop3 client (recommendations?) and configure the client to download the mails and save them in the same format and same folder the server expects to find the mailbox in?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any other ideas that can help in such situations?" />
  <row Id="9832" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5666" RevisionGUID="f9ae53ac-a5fa-4185-89f4-8e1ce6dd89ee" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:05:23.327" UserId="621" Text="pop3 caching proxy" />
  <row Id="9833" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5666" RevisionGUID="f9ae53ac-a5fa-4185-89f4-8e1ce6dd89ee" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:05:23.327" UserId="621" Text="&lt;pop3&gt;&lt;cache&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;slow-connection&gt;" />
  <row Id="9834" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5667" RevisionGUID="cf580272-301d-4ab7-8327-dae01a6a10b4" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:05:50.800" UserId="1787" Text="Current:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **`bash`** &amp;mdash; Bourne again shell, default shell in most Linux distributions. Decent features;&#xD;&#xA;- **`zsh`** &amp;mdash; the most feature rich, but still rarely used;&#xD;&#xA;- **`ksh`** &amp;mdash; default shell in Solaris, AIX and other few other unices;&#xD;&#xA;- **`tcsh`** &amp;mdash; default shell in various *BSD flavor unices;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Historic:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **`sh`** &amp;mdash; original Bourne shell (released 1977). Oobsoleted by bash;&#xD;&#xA;- **`csh`** &amp;mdash; original C shell (released 1978). Obsoleted by tcsh and ksh;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9835" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="310" RevisionGUID="8db65d28-ed32-49bc-88f5-e11981328f5d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:10:15.610" UserId="293" Comment="Misleading title" Text="What's the modern way to open a URL during logon?" />
  <row Id="9836" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5668" RevisionGUID="f4386040-facf-46d7-8fab-bc1af5599556" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:11:37.823" UserId="2024" Text="It's AppArmor loading it's profiles as applications start up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For those that don't know AppArmor is similar to SE Linux in that it monitors and restricts based on a set of profiles usually configured in /etc/apparmor.d&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The log entries you are seeing are good log entries and are showing that AppArmor is loading up and doing it's thing. Generally you can ignore them but it's always a good idea to remember AppArmor exists as it can bite you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;e.g. I reconfigured MySQL on a Ubuntu system to use /home/mysql for it's data files and it wouldn't start because AppArmor was blocking access to it. The MySQL logs just said &quot;Permission Denied&quot; where as syslog told me that AppArmor was stopping it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9837" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5667" RevisionGUID="09e8e795-a602-4d83-b06c-f9c9979628dc" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:11:47.447" UserId="1787" Comment="added 109 characters in body" Text="Current:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **`bash`** &amp;mdash; Bourne again shell, default shell in most Linux distributions. Decent features;&#xD;&#xA;- **`zsh`** &amp;mdash; the most feature rich, but still rarely used;&#xD;&#xA;- **`ksh`** &amp;mdash; default shell in Solaris, AIX and other few other unices;&#xD;&#xA;- **`tcsh`** &amp;mdash; default shell in various *BSD flavor unices;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Historic:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **`sh`** &amp;mdash; original Bourne shell (released 1977). Oobsoleted by bash;&#xD;&#xA;- **`csh`** &amp;mdash; original C shell (released 1978). Obsoleted by tcsh and ksh;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note, that bash and zsh derive from sh syntax, while ksh and tcsh from csh syntax. This are two quite different syntaxes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[**The feature chart** (wiki).][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_computer_shells" />
  <row Id="9838" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5669" RevisionGUID="8e5e750b-14c2-4b2e-9d69-7608b3c2d467" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:15:13.290" UserId="1484" Text="You could use fetchmail to get the mails from the remote server. All users can then use the ubuntu server as their mail server and pull the mails locally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The needed effort on the server side is relatively low, but you need to configure the local pop3 server on all clients." />
  <row Id="9839" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5670" RevisionGUID="d077869e-2db1-4327-8dcd-aaa641b566e7" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:15:47.423" UserId="2024" Text="I would use [fetchmail][1] to download the mail to a server every few minutes then use [dovecot][2] to serve it up as POP3 or IMAP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both are relatively easy to configure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://fetchmail.berlios.de/ &quot;fetchmail&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.dovecot.org/ &quot;dovecot&quot;" />
  <row Id="9840" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5671" RevisionGUID="ac06fa1b-e2df-4c50-8b20-9f118dfc2a99" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:19:04.170" UserId="2140" Text="When I set up an email server using postfix on ubuntu server, how do I make sure that it won't be an open relay??" />
  <row Id="9841" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5671" RevisionGUID="ac06fa1b-e2df-4c50-8b20-9f118dfc2a99" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:19:04.170" UserId="2140" Text="Setting up a postfix email server" />
  <row Id="9842" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5671" RevisionGUID="ac06fa1b-e2df-4c50-8b20-9f118dfc2a99" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:19:04.170" UserId="2140" Text="&lt;emailserver&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;postfix&gt;" />
  <row Id="9843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5672" RevisionGUID="c5189b26-9efc-400a-a890-68269cb2cb39" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:20:57.847" UserId="93" Text="We often get DIMMs in our servers going bad with the following errors in syslog:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;May  7 09:15:31 nolcgi303 kernel: EDAC k8 MC0: general bus error: participating processor(local node response), time-out(no timeout) memory transaction type(generic read), mem or i/o(mem access), cache level(generic)&#xD;&#xA;May  7 09:15:31 nolcgi303 kernel: MC0: CE page 0xa0, offset 0x40, grain 8, syndrome 0xb50d, row 2, channel 0, label &quot;&quot;: k8_edac&#xD;&#xA;May  7 09:15:31 nolcgi303 kernel: MC0: CE - no information available: k8_edac Error Overflow set&#xD;&#xA;May  7 09:15:31 nolcgi303 kernel: EDAC k8 MC0: extended error code: ECC chipkill x4 error&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We can use the HP SmartStart CD to determine which DIMM has the error but that requires taking the server out of production. Is there a cunning way to work out which DIMM's bust while the server is up? All our servers are HP hardware running RHEL 5." />
  <row Id="9844" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5672" RevisionGUID="c5189b26-9efc-400a-a890-68269cb2cb39" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:20:57.847" UserId="93" Text="ECC chipkill errors: which DIMM?" />
  <row Id="9845" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5672" RevisionGUID="c5189b26-9efc-400a-a890-68269cb2cb39" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:20:57.847" UserId="93" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ecc&gt;&lt;memory&gt;" />
  <row Id="9846" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5673" RevisionGUID="d6d070fa-29aa-42f9-afcd-9c9a4553e58e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:23:25.967" UserId="765" Text="Can you recommend any introductory material about the Windows registry?" />
  <row Id="9847" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5673" RevisionGUID="d6d070fa-29aa-42f9-afcd-9c9a4553e58e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:23:25.967" UserId="765" Text="Good resources to learn about the Windows registry" />
  <row Id="9848" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5673" RevisionGUID="d6d070fa-29aa-42f9-afcd-9c9a4553e58e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:23:25.967" UserId="765" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;registry&gt;" />
  <row Id="9849" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5533" RevisionGUID="35a813c5-1cb9-41c8-850d-975b16eefa2d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:24:29.913" UserId="1079" Comment="Forgot to say part about being able to get dd to report status." Text="To save space, you can compress data produced by dd with gzip, e.g.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/hdb | gzip -c  &gt; /image.img&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can restore your disk with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    gunzip -c /image.img.gz | dd of=/dev/hdb&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To save even more space, defragment the drive/partition you wish to clone beforehand (if appropriate), then zero-out all the remaining unused space, making it easier for gzip to compress:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mkdir /mnt/hdb&#xD;&#xA;    mount /dev/hdb /mnt/hdb&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/hdb/zero&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wait a bit, dd will eventually fail with a &quot;disk full&quot; message, then:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rm /mnt/hdb/zero&#xD;&#xA;    umount /mnt/hdb&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/hdb | gzip -c  &gt; /image.img&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, you can get a dd process running in the background to report status by sending it a signal with the kill command, e.g.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/hdb of=/image.img &amp;&#xD;&#xA;    kill -SIGUSR1 1234&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check your system - the above command is for Linux, OSX and BSD dd commands differ in the signals they accept (OSX uses &quot;SIGINFO&quot;, I understand)." />
  <row Id="9850" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5667" RevisionGUID="36ae127c-8266-4f22-baa3-15769ab8187b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:29:08.060" UserId="1787" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="Current:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **`bash`** &amp;mdash; Bourne again shell, default shell in most Linux distributions. Decent features;&#xD;&#xA;- **`zsh`** &amp;mdash; the most feature rich, but still rarely used;&#xD;&#xA;- **`ksh`** &amp;mdash; default shell in Solaris, AIX and other few other unices;&#xD;&#xA;- **`tcsh`** &amp;mdash; default shell in various *BSD flavor unices;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Historic:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **`sh`** &amp;mdash; original Bourne shell (released 1977). Obsoleted by bash;&#xD;&#xA;- **`csh`** &amp;mdash; original C shell (released 1978). Obsoleted by tcsh and ksh;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note, that bash and zsh derive from sh syntax, while ksh and tcsh from csh syntax. This are two quite different syntaxes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[**The feature chart** (wiki).][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_computer_shells" />
  <row Id="9851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5674" RevisionGUID="04a3cf26-b59a-4350-aeeb-00f38cdaf113" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:30:11.817" UserId="2115" Text="I believe you'll need to set the `mynetworks_style`, `mynetworks`, and `relay_domains` settings in the Postfix configuration file.  Basically the first two control which servers Postfix will accept mail from, and the last one controls which servers it will forward mail to. The exact settings depend on how you want your mail server configured (i.e. who is authorized to send emails through the server), but in general `relay_domains` should be set to only the hostnames of the mail server itself (same as `mydestinations`) and `mynetworks_style` can be set to `host` which means only accept emails from the local host itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some tests listed at &lt;http://articles.slicehost.com/2008/8/7/postfix-checking-for-an-open-relay&gt; that you can use to check whether your server is running an open relay.  (Some of the links may be dead but I'm pretty sure at least one still works... don't remember which though)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's an excerpt from my server's Postfix config:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;luser_relay =&#xD;&#xA;mydestination = $myhostname, $mydomain, localhost, localhost.$mydomain&#xD;&#xA;mynetworks = 127.0.0.1/32 [server's IP address]/32&#xD;&#xA;mynetworks_style = host&#xD;&#xA;myorigin = $mydomain&#xD;&#xA;relay_domains = $mydestination&#xD;&#xA;smtpd_helo_restrictions = permit_mynetworks,&#xD;&#xA;        reject_non_fqdn_hostname,&#xD;&#xA;        reject_invalid_hostname&#xD;&#xA;smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,&#xD;&#xA;        permit_mynetworks,&#xD;&#xA;        reject_unauth_destination,&#xD;&#xA;        check_policy_service unix:private/postgrey,&#xD;&#xA;        check_policy_service unix:private/policyd-spf,&#xD;&#xA;        reject_rbl_client sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="9856" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5676" RevisionGUID="ee08658d-a9f6-4666-90e2-557a26c41a19" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:41:04.100" UserId="315" Text="I have some Adaptec SAS raid controllers and the fanout cable comes with an extra cable called a SideBand but I am curious what it does?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know it plugs into the backplane, but other than that I can't seem to find anything on google&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The adaptec site refers to it as &quot;SFF-8448 sideband signals&quot; and there is no mention of it in the manuals or their site. " />
  <row Id="9857" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5676" RevisionGUID="ee08658d-a9f6-4666-90e2-557a26c41a19" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:41:04.100" UserId="315" Text="What is a RAID Controller's Sideband Cable used for?" />
  <row Id="9858" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5676" RevisionGUID="ee08658d-a9f6-4666-90e2-557a26c41a19" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:41:04.100" UserId="315" Text="&lt;sas&gt;&lt;raid&gt;&lt;cables&gt;" />
  <row Id="9859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5677" RevisionGUID="6fc9b54a-6c01-402f-bbac-51608f189530" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:41:51.103" UserId="292" Text="I've just created a new TFS project. Than team members have been added as project *Contributors*. However, a user (team members) doesn't have any access to Work Items. What can I do?" />
  <row Id="9860" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5677" RevisionGUID="6fc9b54a-6c01-402f-bbac-51608f189530" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:41:51.103" UserId="292" Text="TFS permissions for Work Items" />
  <row Id="9861" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5677" RevisionGUID="6fc9b54a-6c01-402f-bbac-51608f189530" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:41:51.103" UserId="292" Text="&lt;tfs&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="9862" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5678" RevisionGUID="c3df9753-0a8e-4e38-9fa3-e641f8a0b83b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:43:14.283" UserId="45" Text="You could start by reading the Microsoft KnowledgeBase article:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Windows registry information for advanced users][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;256986" />
  <row Id="9863" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5678" RevisionGUID="4f1e4073-266e-4c12-a3b4-d8b80cf8ec55" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:48:35.363" UserId="45" Comment="added 149 characters in body" Text="You could start by reading the Microsoft KnowledgeBase article: [Windows registry information for advanced users][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can find a simple introduction here: [Introduction to the Registry][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And last, but not least, the [Wikipedia article about the Windows Registry][3], which covers pretty every aspect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;256986&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/registry&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Registry" />
  <row Id="9864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5679" RevisionGUID="46363b4f-86f9-4480-affa-26b540b4f363" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:50:50.100" UserId="1787" Text="If you have trouble remembering passwords, use some well know text. Pick a sentence, use n&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; letter from each word as password, keep the punctuation. (e.g. password generated from 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; letters of first sentence of this answer could be &quot;Iyhtrp,uswkt.&quot;). You can make it stronger by change some to upper case, and adding some special chars.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9865" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5677" RevisionGUID="ae3adf9c-be38-4ae3-8af7-b5812e938068" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:53:19.610" UserId="292" Comment="fixed grammar, improved formatting" Text="I've just created a new TFS project. Than team members have been added as project *Contributors*. However, a user (team members) doesn't have any access to the *Work Items*. What can I do?" />
  <row Id="9866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5680" RevisionGUID="2bca1aaf-0114-4e8e-83fa-f3381a196041" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:53:28.563" UserId="48" Text="The sideband cables are used to connect the controller to a managed backplane or disk enclosure, so that it can monitor the controller as well as the disks." />
  <row Id="9867" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5681" RevisionGUID="697874a9-5c8a-4f3c-9ec8-56cbbe38b2e3" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:54:40.590" UserId="1376" Text="Will the [K-Lite Codec Pack][1] do what you want? It has 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Only thing is I'm not sure if you can playback the MOV within Windows Media Player, it might have to be Media Player Classic (that comes with the pack).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codecguide.com/about_kl.htm" />
  <row Id="9868" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5682" RevisionGUID="9c769ad6-82e1-4811-a24c-c00838a84262" CreationDate="2009-05-07T08:56:47.790" UserId="1376" Text="Use a tool like [SuperGenPass][1] to generate unique passwords for each site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://supergenpass.com/" />
  <row Id="9869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5683" RevisionGUID="eb40efe9-b253-4bb3-9827-ac689daba107" CreationDate="2009-05-07T09:02:38.370" UserId="1787" Text="FreePOPS &amp;mdash; http://www.freepops.org/en/ &lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9870" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5684" RevisionGUID="1726b6ae-cfe3-438a-bcb0-209bc8e76b82" CreationDate="2009-05-07T09:02:39.867" UserId="1695" Text="I think the [Microsoft Windows Registry Guide (Second Edition)][1] covers the concepts pretty well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Windows-Registry-Guide-Second/dp/0735622183/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1241686850&amp;sr=8-1" />
  <row Id="9871" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5685" RevisionGUID="1e4d50c3-81a3-4eb0-ab92-c4dfb9c98955" CreationDate="2009-05-07T09:17:51.673" UserId="1762" Text="I had a group of files that I'd like to consistently rename, the files are named things like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;System-Log-01-01-2009-NODATA.txt&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;Something-Log-01-01-2009-NODATA.txt&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And I wanted them as lowercase, yyyymmdd, .log extension&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;system.20090101.log&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;something.20090101.log&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="9873" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5685" RevisionGUID="1e4d50c3-81a3-4eb0-ab92-c4dfb9c98955" CreationDate="2009-05-07T09:17:51.673" UserId="1762" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;rename&gt;&lt;regex&gt;" />
  <row Id="9874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5686" RevisionGUID="3c7c5b00-0624-4ac3-95c6-21f01aa91d42" CreationDate="2009-05-07T09:21:03.537" UserId="1762" Text="I used to write perl scripts to do this, until I discovered the rename command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It accepts a perl regex to do the rename:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for this, I just typed two commands:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rename 's/(\w+)-(\w+)-(\d\d)-(\d{4})-NODATA.txt\$1.$4$3$2.log$//' *&#xD;&#xA;    rename 'y/A-Z/a-z/' *.log&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9877" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5688" RevisionGUID="57139b96-e730-44ec-bf25-5431807c5f8c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T09:24:13.310" UserId="1447" Text="Samba did support VMS at one point, but I'm not sure that it still does in the main trunk.  HP maintains a port of Samba for VMS, which can be downloaded [here.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://h71000.www7.hp.com/network/cifs_for_samba.html" />
  <row Id="9878" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5689" RevisionGUID="d945c82e-db03-4ddd-b96f-4c00ac38d57c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T09:30:04.590" UserId="1762" Text="I have created iso files by using two commands:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - dd if=/dev/cdrom of=*filename*&#xD;&#xA; - cp /dev/cdrom *filename*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's the difference between the two, both have worked for me.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9879" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5689" RevisionGUID="d945c82e-db03-4ddd-b96f-4c00ac38d57c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T09:30:04.590" UserId="1762" Text="Creating an iso file in Linux " />
  <row Id="9880" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5689" RevisionGUID="d945c82e-db03-4ddd-b96f-4c00ac38d57c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T09:30:04.590" UserId="1762" Text="&lt;iso&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;cp&gt;" />
  <row Id="9881" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5688" RevisionGUID="0de8696e-9a30-4a74-91d0-faf580bf6504" CreationDate="2009-05-07T09:34:49.387" UserId="1447" Comment="added 267 characters in body" Text="Samba is the canonical system used to do this on Unix-like systems and did support VMS at one point.  However I'm not sure that it still does in the main trunk - you could try an older version.  Directories can be shared from the VMS server via the samba server or mounted off a Windows machine via smbmount.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't want to compile your own version, HP maintains a port of Samba for VMS, which can be downloaded [here.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://h71000.www7.hp.com/network/cifs_for_samba.html" />
  <row Id="9882" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5690" RevisionGUID="d0f406b5-acfd-431b-88f0-3b69ecc666ca" CreationDate="2009-05-07T09:41:34.690" UserId="1583" Text="I am looking to deploy a small, low traffic website I've built using ASP.NET MVC that just allows it's users to fill out a form and upload a file (.doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt). The administration side of the site just allows people to create different forms for users to fill out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, all in all a very simple, low traffic CRUD ASP.NET MVC application with some file uploading and using a SQL DB as the backend. I'm having a hard time finding a good (any?) hosts that offer ASP.NET MVC though?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would, if the price was right, go down the VPS route but I would really need it to be from a rock-solid provider. Do you have any recommendations?" />
  <row Id="9883" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5690" RevisionGUID="d0f406b5-acfd-431b-88f0-3b69ecc666ca" CreationDate="2009-05-07T09:41:34.690" UserId="1583" Text="ASP.NET MVC shared web hosting recommendations? (Alternatively, good Windows VPS providers?)" />
  <row Id="9884" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5690" RevisionGUID="d0f406b5-acfd-431b-88f0-3b69ecc666ca" CreationDate="2009-05-07T09:41:34.690" UserId="1583" Text="&lt;vps&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;.net&gt;" />
  <row Id="9885" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5682" RevisionGUID="a9fb9298-b4a9-4367-bfb1-084edc8a1653" CreationDate="2009-05-07T09:43:53.233" UserId="1376" Comment="added 30 characters in body" Text="Use a tool like [SuperGenPass][1] to generate unique passwords for any web sites that you have a login for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://supergenpass.com/" />
  <row Id="9886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5691" RevisionGUID="870fa771-d60a-4f76-aaeb-ab3d08df5cca" CreationDate="2009-05-07T09:44:39.893" UserId="1567" Text="If you're going to learn a shell other than `sh`/`bash`, you might as well just go with `zsh`. I don't think anyone seriously contests that it's the most powerful and feature-packed of the alternative shells; whether it's just bloat is, of course, still up for debate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've heard good things about `fish`, but never worked up the effort to bother with them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The admins I know consider `csh` and `tcsh` to be abominations that should be avoided at all costs, and I agree with them despite never having been forced to put myself through either shell." />
  <row Id="9887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5692" RevisionGUID="2e140323-dfd9-440a-aede-b8850b8206bb" CreationDate="2009-05-07T09:54:54.767" UserId="2151" Text="Since I want my scripts to run on all systems I want (well, as many as possible), I write and test my scripts with Bourne Shell (/bin/sh) which is present in all Unix systems I ever met.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just need to be aware that on some systems /bin/sh is in fact bash (ex: my Mac).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9888" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5693" RevisionGUID="371ae18a-6a92-4489-906b-8dfd40f099d3" CreationDate="2009-05-07T09:55:39.630" UserId="1372" Text="###Combination&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I too have loads of photos - and other stuff - which I _really_ don't want to loose.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use [JungleDisk](http://www.jungledisk.com/) / [S3](http://aws.amazon.com/s3/), _and_ USB hard drives.  &#xD;&#xA;I have:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- one hard drive at home next to the PC. &#xD;&#xA;- one hard drive at work. &#xD;&#xA;- one hard drive which I carry with me all the time.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I occasionally switch the work / carry hard drives.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In this way, I have at least 2 copies at home, at least 2 copies offsite (although it can take days to upload to S3), and one copy with me.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5695" RevisionGUID="9febdee4-66a3-4b6e-a4c4-1582ecf384b8" CreationDate="2009-05-07T10:00:04.130" UserId="1695" Text="Using the dd command allows for a &quot;byte-exact&quot; copy of the specified input. If the dd command is used on a disk rather than the cdrom, it will be able to copy previously deleted files which cannot be seen by the cp command from the filesystem interface. But since you are using /dev/cdrom as the input (which doesn't have the same structure as a disk), there are no previously deleted files on the interface, so the commands *should* work exactly the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for more information: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_(Unix)][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_(Unix)" />
  <row Id="9891" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5696" RevisionGUID="d194aac7-9a62-40db-be92-8fd938e659f0" CreationDate="2009-05-07T10:03:13.233" UserId="2136" Text="Learn **csh** as your primary shell&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a result your scripts will also work in bash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;zsh&#xD;&#xA;ksh&#xD;&#xA;bash&#xD;&#xA;tsch&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But to be honest most linux distros link csh to bash ( as its its most popular superset )" />
  <row Id="9892" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5697" RevisionGUID="aafa25df-9c89-40f9-854f-d52ad33c829b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T10:03:24.683" UserId="2024" Text="For copying CDs then both are fine although I generally expliciatlly set the block size by doing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/cdrom of=cdrom.iso bs=512&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For other block devices then cp might not work if the block size on the device is unexpected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_(Unix)][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Blockquote Note that an attempt to copy the entire disk image using cp may omit the final block if it is an unexpected length; dd will always complete the copy if possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_(Unix)" />
  <row Id="9894" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5696" RevisionGUID="c90843aa-1216-4b83-a735-c4a0308b3d55" CreationDate="2009-05-07T10:08:14.017" UserId="2136" Comment="added 50 characters in body" Text="Learn **[csh][1]** as your primary shell&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a result your scripts will also work in bash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[zsh][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ksh][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[bash][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[tcsh][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But to be honest most linux distros link csh to bash ( as its its most popular superset )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_shell&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zsh&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korn_shell&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tcsh" />
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  <row Id="9899" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5700" RevisionGUID="a2b59f8e-c037-4f16-8e5d-c8acdbba2655" CreationDate="2009-05-07T10:20:24.627" UserId="1964" Text="If you add the MVC DLLs to you bin directory it will host happily on any up to date ASP.Net host.  Personally I use an [Discount ASP.Net][1] and am very happy with them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://discountasp.net/" />
  <row Id="9900" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5699" RevisionGUID="03520105-eb81-42df-9f52-e91350acb207" CreationDate="2009-05-07T10:20:51.287" UserId="48" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;windowsmessenger&gt;&lt;not-sysadmin-related&gt;" />
  <row Id="9901" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5701" RevisionGUID="6b3bffef-a95d-45aa-85b8-e3ac632d3e44" CreationDate="2009-05-07T10:22:39.940" UserId="2116" Text="You must reinstall WLM first before everything else. Don't be scared about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When it ask for disk, have you details about the file he requesting? Usely it's written in the text over the path field." />
  <row Id="9902" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5702" RevisionGUID="bec5f40a-e3f5-4c1a-80f6-63dcf735163e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T10:23:27.427" UserId="1797" Text="See if [this thread][1] has the solution to your problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/pt-BR/w7itproappcompat/thread/c765c456-f78c-45b7-a37e-d5482f5190dc" />
  <row Id="9903" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5703" RevisionGUID="22a32632-65c2-44e8-8a40-db7829ce69a1" CreationDate="2009-05-07T10:23:44.383" UserId="2136" Text="I run a multi OS home environment and am looking for a new NAS as central storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OS's in environment: **OSX, unbuntu ( linux ), windows XP**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Current protocols: **smb, nfs, bit-torrent, PNP**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Size requirements: **&gt; 1TB ( raid 5 /6 )**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I currently run a synology 406 which is fine except it has support for up to 500GB disks and my storage requirements are encroaching on its maximum storage space." />
  <row Id="9904" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5703" RevisionGUID="22a32632-65c2-44e8-8a40-db7829ce69a1" CreationDate="2009-05-07T10:23:44.383" UserId="2136" Text="What is the best Off the shelf Home / small office NAS" />
  <row Id="9905" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5703" RevisionGUID="22a32632-65c2-44e8-8a40-db7829ce69a1" CreationDate="2009-05-07T10:23:44.383" UserId="2136" Text="&lt;nas&gt;&lt;storage&gt;" />
  <row Id="9906" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5704" RevisionGUID="511468e1-3f76-44fa-9451-95e095c3b953" CreationDate="2009-05-07T10:24:13.963" UserId="1622" Text="If you have family members that are network connected, you might consider buying a NAS to sit on their network, and remote-store on there.  " />
  <row Id="9907" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5705" RevisionGUID="45cd972b-2305-4c54-a34b-7c1227b14206" CreationDate="2009-05-07T10:27:33.797" UserId="45" Text="This [forum thread][1] contains **a** solution:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The company I am working for is a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; system builder&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; As such, it has copies of Windows 7 on&#xD;&#xA;&gt; disk - one of which I used to install&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the trial&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Remember when Messenger first appeared&#xD;&#xA;&gt; - it was one of the 'Windows Services' things that you installed on a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; separate tab in the Add/Remove&#xD;&#xA;&gt; programs part of Control Panel ?&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Seems that if you install from a disk&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (or the copy you have used was - at&#xD;&#xA;&gt; some point in time) created to be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; installed from a disk...&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; ...then you need to put that disk in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to the system in order to complete the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Messenger installation&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/37f614f0-2520-4a96-9510-e7d9941275ea/" />
  <row Id="9908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5706" RevisionGUID="ef526f39-432b-4ba9-af42-5f09a63287c2" CreationDate="2009-05-07T10:35:43.497" UserId="2156" Text="Give [this website][1] a try. It will allow you to check that you've configured your mail server properly&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.abuse.net/relay.html" />
  <row Id="9909" PostHistoryTypeId="9" PostId="5699" RevisionGUID="56dec84f-bf53-4fd0-8427-aa4ea7b9d84e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T10:36:26.007" UserId="1716" Comment="Rollback to [ee767e10-34d9-4698-81c3-47fc329b45cf]" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;windowsmessenger&gt;" />
  <row Id="9910" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5707" RevisionGUID="3c1a0bf8-1c23-402a-8a8d-83792f243340" CreationDate="2009-05-07T10:38:48.873" UserId="1435" Text="Obviously it depends on how many drive slots you need but for personal use I'm a big fan of Thecus's products - I have a 5200pro and as it's *nux-based you can extend its functionality quite heavily, certainly with the protocols you're looking for." />
  <row Id="9913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5709" RevisionGUID="416be41b-bad5-4b27-99de-de50e6f706c3" CreationDate="2009-05-07T10:47:44.653" UserId="463" Text="You might want to take a look at [DROBO][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They offer a NAS addon. Its not Raid 5 but their own disk mirroring solution. The base version can give you up to 3TB of usable storage if you use 4x1TB disks, and is easy to upgrade plus you dont have to match drives. They also now have a higher end system available its a bit more costly, but takes 8 drives instead of four and allows you do configure a 2 drive failure redundancy (a kind of RAID6) if you wish it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.drobo.com/" />
  <row Id="9914" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5710" RevisionGUID="7cde429d-acd6-435d-8557-e619036af7a8" CreationDate="2009-05-07T10:50:21.123" UserId="2155" Text="The Win 2008 dedicated server we're leasing doesn't have Win DFS installed (and we'd have to upgrade our hosting contract to get it). Are there any alternatives available that we could install so we can add some redundancy to the data to improve availablility?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="9915" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5710" RevisionGUID="7cde429d-acd6-435d-8557-e619036af7a8" CreationDate="2009-05-07T10:50:21.123" UserId="2155" Text="Alternatives to Windows DFS (distributed file system)" />
  <row Id="9916" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5710" RevisionGUID="7cde429d-acd6-435d-8557-e619036af7a8" CreationDate="2009-05-07T10:50:21.123" UserId="2155" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;dfs&gt;" />
  <row Id="9917" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5711" RevisionGUID="e88a4736-c6c1-4536-94b8-5646022d80c8" CreationDate="2009-05-07T10:52:59.277" UserId="1797" Text="Try [OpenAFS][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.openafs.org/" />
  <row Id="9918" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5712" RevisionGUID="8ff2f474-9007-4410-a2d8-556181189d6a" CreationDate="2009-05-07T10:53:43.237" UserId="151" Text="I'm using a Windows Home Server. While the Management and automated Backup features are only available on Windows, it works like a normal Windows Server for Fileshares, so it speaks CIFS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My specific Model is the [HP MediaSmart EX470][1], which has recently been replaced by a newer model.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ReviewHPMediaSmartWindowsHomeServer.aspx" />
  <row Id="9919" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5713" RevisionGUID="69c7a1ce-724a-4435-b0de-b6decbcf775d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T10:55:10.317" UserId="1787" Text="Friend of mine is using 2-bay D-Link DNS-323, and he's quite happy with it. There is larger 4-bay version (DNS-343) that would fit your needs. It's OS is μClinux, so should have everything you need.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9920" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5174" RevisionGUID="73e0856f-8e27-4572-981e-ae49f93886d0" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:01:12.923" UserId="45" Comment="added 731 characters in body" Text="You should ask yourself these questions when you're thinking about outsourcing applications:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Does my staff lack any of the right skills or depth needed?&#xD;&#xA;- Am I not certain I can recover from outages quickly enough?&#xD;&#xA;- Do I have problems keeping pace with the 18 to 36 month technology cycle?&#xD;&#xA;- Do daily operations and keeping the systems running keep me from focusing on new strategic projects?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess if you would answer two or more of these questions with &quot;yes&quot;, you should consider outsourcing your application or service. It doesn't mean you'll find a provider, which will need your requirements. It heavily depends what kind of application you want to outsource. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess there are some standard applications like email, collaboration etc. with plenty of good standard outsourcing options. If your application is a more specialized one, I think it depends on how the software is implemented (client/server, web ...) and what the technical limitations are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course you should ask yourself similar questions about your outsourcing service provider in order to calculate all risks you are taking if you enter a relationship with an external company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some questions to evaluate potential providers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Does the provider have a track record of service commitment?&#xD;&#xA; - Who are the provider’s existing customers, and how satisfied are they?&#xD;&#xA; - How will your account be managed? How quickly can you expect to receive a return phone call from your account manager?&#xD;&#xA; - How flexible is the provider in implementing your specific needs?&#xD;&#xA; - What is the quality of the provider’s infrastructure and security infrastructure?&#xD;&#xA; - Does the provider offer a migration plan?&#xD;&#xA; - How strong is the provider's financial health? This is too often overlooked, but especially startup companies have a certain risk of going out of business.&#xD;&#xA; - How is the pricing of their services?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9921" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5714" RevisionGUID="f42efef6-9c5b-4376-92cd-e7495f3501cb" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:01:27.087" UserId="1723" Text="Good list of hex editors [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_hex_editors][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_hex_editors" />
  <row Id="9922" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5713" RevisionGUID="89660a4a-9852-4b7b-ad41-5ec9a09e6020" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:01:56.197" UserId="1787" Comment="added 6 characters in body" Text="Friend of mine is using 2-bay D-Link DNS-323, and he's quite happy with it. There is larger 4-bay version (DNS-343) that would fit your needs. It's OS is μClinux based, so should have everything you need.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5715" RevisionGUID="dc2a991d-eeb1-4c68-8ca4-b1bffa52bb18" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:07:49.943" UserId="1463" Text="You could just use the regular Active Directory Users and Computers snapin (or create an MMC dashboard) - as long as the user has the correct delegated rights - there shouldn't be a problem? (ok, not the most user-friendly tool perhaps).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Windows XP atleast you can use the built-in search tool to edit attributes in AD for the search results (people, computers and so on) as long as you have those rights. Not sure if this is possible directly from Vista though?" />
  <row Id="9924" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5716" RevisionGUID="e6ef2a7d-73c4-43e5-b6ec-5f6d77a41190" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:09:05.117" UserId="247" Text="It may be something to do with group policy refresh settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  1. Disable Turn off background refresh of Group Policy in Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | System | Group Policy&#xD;&#xA;  2. Enable Always wait for the network at comptuer startup and login in Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | System | Logon&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Particularly setting 2 above; it may be that the XP machines aren't getting the GPO setting until they do a background refresh.  If it's a per-user setting rather than using loopback, and you're removing the profile on logoff, then this would definitely apply." />
  <row Id="9925" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5714" RevisionGUID="da76aad6-cf40-4f9b-ad9f-edd1ab420908" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:09:46.427" UserId="1723" Comment="added 69 characters in body" Text="Editor for vim user [bvi][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good list of hex editors  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_hex_editors][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://bvi.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_hex_editors" />
  <row Id="9926" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5717" RevisionGUID="2084958f-7069-45d7-941f-f7adf30199ff" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:09:47.160" UserId="244" Text="I personally use [QNAP 209][1] it is RAID 1 only though so to meet your requirement for raid 4 you could use [QNAP 409][2] or other products from [this list][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the main reasons I went for QNAP was its support of [Squeeze Center][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.qnap.com/pro_detail_feature.asp?p_id=83&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.qnap.com/pro_detail_feature.asp?p_id=86&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.qnap.com/Products.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.qnap.com/pro_application.asp?ap_id=71" />
  <row Id="9927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5718" RevisionGUID="3d38c281-d72f-4c14-9d5e-3569d4b5cdbf" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:10:53.897" UserId="2160" Text="I'm running in a non-admin account on my development workstation, using &quot;Run as...&quot; for all things that need administrator privileges. Thankfully under XP even the control panel applets allow that. This doesn't seem to work however (or I simply haven't found out how, yet) for network connection settings. Say I want to temporarily change the IP address of an adapter, what would be the easiest way to open the properties page for the network connection with full privileges, without logging in as another user (fast user switching is disabled)?" />
  <row Id="9928" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5718" RevisionGUID="3d38c281-d72f-4c14-9d5e-3569d4b5cdbf" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:10:53.897" UserId="2160" Text="Using &quot;Run as...&quot; as limited user to modify network connection settings?" />
  <row Id="9929" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5718" RevisionGUID="3d38c281-d72f-4c14-9d5e-3569d4b5cdbf" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:10:53.897" UserId="2160" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;privileges&gt;&lt;limited-user&gt;" />
  <row Id="9930" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5719" RevisionGUID="2f578c07-d7c8-41f8-8712-a03f5f0d59cf" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:11:58.327" UserId="1723" Text="Reiserfs works well everywhere. I use it even for /boot (with flags)" />
  <row Id="9931" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5720" RevisionGUID="89341884-970d-44f9-9160-ec64e1bc4ee3" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:13:45.717" UserId="45" Text="This [PDF document][1] *&quot;SFF-8448 Specification for SAS Sideband Signal Assignments&quot;*, (Rev. 05; September 2, 2005) on Seagate's FTP Server defines the signal assignments for known Vendor specific sidebands thata are defined in SAS (Serial Attached SCSI).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On page 12 there is a description of the Sideband Assignments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: ftp://ftp.seagate.com/pub/sff/SFF-8448.PDF" />
  <row Id="9932" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5721" RevisionGUID="53fcac9a-11f0-4f8d-bd42-79bb9b60ea55" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:15:14.730" UserId="1787" Text="[**Read It Later** (browser add-on).][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://readitlaterlist.com/" />
  <row Id="9933" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5722" RevisionGUID="59d806df-ddbe-4ef7-848d-13f425d622f6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:15:46.460" UserId="395" Text="The above two answers are true. Additionally, note this means **there is no reason not to &quot;upgrade&quot; to .NET 3.5 (SP1)**. As far as existing .NET 2.0 code is concerned, this release is just a service pack (.NET 2.0 SP2 to be precise)." />
  <row Id="9936" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5724" RevisionGUID="1afa314a-21b0-4a7a-a5b7-defafb5a3f07" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:18:26.860" UserId="1797" Text="You can use `netsh` from the command line to change IP, modify DNS, etc. Examples:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To change default gateway and IP:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netsh int ip set address &quot;Local Area Connection&quot; static 10.100.100.10 255.255.255.0 10.100.100.254 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Changing DNS:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netsh int ip set dns &quot;Local Area Connection&quot; static 10.100.100.20 primary&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Change from static to DHCP:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netsh int ip set address &quot;Local Area Connection&quot; dhcp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;You run those from an elevated command line. The examples above assume the network adapter is &quot;Local Area Connection&quot; (change this accordingly).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can read more about [netsh][1] at Microsoft.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc785383.aspx" />
  <row Id="9939" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="310" RevisionGUID="01eedce9-26e3-4a7c-8e69-3d581e3af9c1" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:20:26.293" UserId="293" Comment="more detail in question" Text="Currently I am using this vbs script during logon to a Windows desktop:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Set oIE       = CreateObject(&quot;InternetExplorer.Application&quot;)  ' This creates a Internet Explorer window&#xD;&#xA;    oIE.Left      = -5000                                         ' This allows the page to initilize off-screen&#xD;&#xA;    oIE.Top       = -5000 					                              ' This allows the page to initilize off-screen&#xD;&#xA;    oIE.navigate &quot;http://myurl/?popup=1&quot;		              ' This is URI&#xD;&#xA;    oIE.ToolBar   = 0 					                                  ' This removes the toolbar&#xD;&#xA;    oIE.StatusBar = 1 					                                  ' This removes the status bar&#xD;&#xA;    oIE.Resizable = 1 					                                  ' This allows the maximise button&#xD;&#xA;    oIE.Visible   = 1 	&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That is run from the users logon batch file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been asked to add another one and I dislike this approach but don;t know how else to achieve it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Further Detail**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The situation is that it will need to be run for only certain users in Active Directory - hopefully they will be in specific OU's and if they are not then I'll put them there! So my approach has been from a Logon Script applied to Groups angle - I didn't want to use the StartUp folder or the registry so that the users that have the screen popped up can easily be managed though Active Directory. Hope that makes more sense!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5726" RevisionGUID="2b7694b0-2751-4a86-9a1c-d289f24cc6a8" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:25:06.967" UserId="1435" Text="Any of ext3, xfs or if available zfs - whichever you have available to you, all are great." />
  <row Id="9943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5727" RevisionGUID="a24ac1e7-bc69-4819-9af7-022caf8bb944" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:29:56.427" UserId="395" Text="This doesn't answer the question, but is for the benefit of Google users: WSE is obsolete. It should not be used for any new development, unless there is no choice at all. The only features of WSE that have not been superseded by WCF are those that are, themselves, obsolete: DIME, MTOM are examples." />
  <row Id="9944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5728" RevisionGUID="75a2f41a-a6ce-4fd2-ab97-90aaac74da93" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:31:01.493" UserId="247" Text="There is an excellent answer from Jeffrey Snover (the PowerShell designer) on StackOverflow:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/573623/#573861" />
  <row Id="9945" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5703" RevisionGUID="ad093125-c1c4-4d80-8db9-9a52307db9a4" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:33:33.343" UserId="2136" Comment="added 5 characters in body" Text="I run a multi OS home environment and am looking for a new NAS as central storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OS's in environment: **OSX, unbuntu ( linux ), windows XP**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Current protocols: **smb, nfs, bit-torrent, PNP, ssh**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Size requirements: **&gt; 1TB ( raid 5 /6 )**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I currently run a synology 406 which is fine except it has support for up to 500GB disks and my storage requirements are encroaching on its maximum storage space." />
  <row Id="9946" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5729" RevisionGUID="c7d17933-5180-4b8c-84d8-8eecf5a7b203" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:35:36.130" UserId="1723" Text="Somesimes I must work with remote host which have telnet connection but **no** either **ftp or ssh** (to use scp) also there are **no netcat**. &#xD;&#xA;Also there are no gcc (to compile netcat for example).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anybody know how to transfer file(s) using telnet connection (using some kind of hack)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I know that it's **not very appropriate** protocol for souch a things.)" />
  <row Id="9947" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5729" RevisionGUID="c7d17933-5180-4b8c-84d8-8eecf5a7b203" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:35:36.130" UserId="1723" Text="File transfer using telnet" />
  <row Id="9948" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5729" RevisionGUID="c7d17933-5180-4b8c-84d8-8eecf5a7b203" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:35:36.130" UserId="1723" Text="&lt;hacks&gt;&lt;telnet&gt;&lt;file-transfer&gt;" />
  <row Id="9949" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5724" RevisionGUID="e031e352-5178-482c-a1e0-e3c7b1f4ca73" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:36:03.493" UserId="1797" Text="You can use `netsh` from the command line to change IP, modify DNS, etc. Examples:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To change default gateway and IP:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netsh int ip set address &quot;Local Area Connection&quot; static 10.100.100.10 255.255.255.0 10.100.100.254 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Changing DNS:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netsh int ip set dns &quot;Local Area Connection&quot; static 10.100.100.20 primary&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Change from static to DHCP:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netsh int ip set address &quot;Local Area Connection&quot; dhcp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;You run those from an elevated command line. The examples above assume the network adapter is &quot;Local Area Connection&quot; (change this accordingly).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can read more about [netsh][1] at Microsoft.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**NOTE:** I believe you can use `ncpa.cpl` to call the Network Connections &quot;folder&quot;. This is what you are looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc785383.aspx" />
  <row Id="9950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5730" RevisionGUID="4a7cd416-fffc-4bb2-a589-4ccc8afcd370" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:38:13.863" UserId="395" Text="A follow-on question would be: what happens when (not if) the developers don't supply sufficient documentation?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recommend that IT have the ability to enter defect reports against the software, using whatever defect tracking system the developers use. That way, if they didn't tell you, for instance, that the files in a particular folder need to be purged, and that only a week's worth should be kept, you could enter a defect saying &quot;application fills the disk with log files&quot;, and suggest they work with IT on a documented technique for purging that folder." />
  <row Id="9952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5731" RevisionGUID="5e94ef76-47b2-4b2a-b32c-0fc70c68ca67" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:42:31.667" UserId="1797" Text="Are you using Windows or Linux (*NIX)? The good old BBS type of file transfers work perfectly under telnet. You need to get the programs thought, and compile them. See [zmodem][1] and [xmodem][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZMODEM&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMODEM" />
  <row Id="9953" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5732" RevisionGUID="3741aa77-2663-4e87-a14c-ad6f2ccad393" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:43:44.020" UserId="48" Text="You should be able to use [Kermit][1] to transfer files over telnet, you can use [C-Kermit][2] as the telnet client to do so. Its only availible for Unix/Linux based systems though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_(protocol)&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck80.html" />
  <row Id="9954" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5733" RevisionGUID="f8201291-5221-46ea-b636-b07f9d182caa" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:44:12.337" UserId="1904" Text="We have been tasked with a security requirement to display the last time a user was logged into the server upon login on our Windows 2003 and 2008 servers. This would apply to local and AD accounts. What is the best way to accomplish this? There doesn't appear to be any built in mechanism to do this and the best idea that we have found was the possibility of using a script with [BgInfo][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897557.aspx" />
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  <row Id="9956" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5733" RevisionGUID="f8201291-5221-46ea-b636-b07f9d182caa" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:44:12.337" UserId="1904" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;login&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="9957" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5718" RevisionGUID="556d4547-999e-42c6-9076-9f1b65067ddc" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:44:49.540" UserId="2160" Comment="added 95 characters in body" Text="I'm running in a non-admin account on my development workstation, using &quot;Run as...&quot; for all things that need administrator privileges. Thankfully under XP even the control panel applets allow that. This doesn't seem to work however (or I simply haven't found out how, yet) for network connection settings. Say I want to temporarily change the IP address of an adapter, what would be the easiest way to open the properties page for the network connection with full privileges, without logging in as another user (fast user switching is disabled)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for a solution working on Windows XP (64), where **ncpa.cpl** does what I want, but seems to just open an Explorer window when started from an Administrator cmd while logged in as a limited user." />
  <row Id="9958" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5734" RevisionGUID="5dbd683e-cd4a-46f8-a9d9-c3cd2df83f95" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:45:32.970" UserId="216" Text="The `kermit` client application supports connections over telnet protocol, and AFAICR supports `xmodem` and `zmodem`, as well as its own file transfer protocol.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="9959" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5735" RevisionGUID="7ce820d6-3808-4824-af0a-e6a3d4721bf9" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:47:23.513" UserId="1539" Text="I point you again at the one I posted a few days ago for you:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.allgoodbits.com/files/default-c5.3-small-ks.cfg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll likely want to do s/hda/sda/g if you have a single disk that is sata.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're installing not from an optical drive but from a network you'll need to change that line, but this should be a good working minimal example. And once it's installed, yum grouplist and yum groupinfo &lt;groupname&gt; will be easy ways to get big chunks of software installed to turn it into a desktop if that's what you're looking for." />
  <row Id="9960" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4573" RevisionGUID="7af7ff46-6efc-4709-80eb-44e5875f8911" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:48:23.993" UserId="1923" Comment="Fixed the command to rsync to a directory on the remote server" Text="When you are rsyncing as a backup method, the biggest problem you will run into is going to be if you have a lot of files you are backing up. Rsync can handle large files without a problem but if the number of files you are backing up gets too large then you will notice that the rsync won't complete in a reasonable amount of time. If this happens you will need to break the backup down into smaller parts and then looping over those parts e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for i in /home/*; do rsync -a -e ssh $i backup@mybackupserver:/backup/; done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; or tarring the fileset down to reduce the number of files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for having dozens of machines getting a mirror of those changes, it depends on how fresh the backup needs to be. One approach would be to mirror the changes from the primary server to the backup server and then have the other servers pull their changes off the backup server either by an rsync daemon on the initial backup server and then either scheduling the other servers to pull at slightly different times or by having a script use passwordless ssh to connect to each of the servers and tell them to pull a fresh copy of the backup which would help prevent overwhelming your initial backup server - but whether you go to that much trouble is going to depend on how many other machines you have pulling a copy of the backup." />
  <row Id="9961" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5736" RevisionGUID="6f9f1c38-c684-4998-85d3-f6ebf5148537" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:49:35.083" UserId="216" Text="There's effectively no difference, some very minor caveats aside. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both `dd` and `cp` will read all blocks from the input source (the `/dev/cdrom` block device) and copy the whole CD-ROM to the destination file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; `dd` is however the &quot;right&quot; way of doing it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9962" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5724" RevisionGUID="13a7ff56-ff15-480d-9807-63f2067dd05d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:51:07.980" UserId="1797" Comment="Added more info." Text="You can use `netsh` from the command line to change IP, modify DNS, etc. Examples:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To change default gateway and IP:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netsh int ip set address &quot;Local Area Connection&quot; static 10.100.100.10 255.255.255.0 10.100.100.254 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Changing DNS:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netsh int ip set dns &quot;Local Area Connection&quot; static 10.100.100.20 primary&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Change from static to DHCP:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netsh int ip set address &quot;Local Area Connection&quot; dhcp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;You run those from an elevated command line. The examples above assume the network adapter is &quot;Local Area Connection&quot; (change this accordingly).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can read more about [netsh][1] at Microsoft.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**NOTE:** I believe you can use `ncpa.cpl` (under system32) to call the Network Connections &quot;folder&quot;. This is what you are looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc785383.aspx" />
  <row Id="9963" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5737" RevisionGUID="f2893728-645a-4c70-af6b-79dac42bfc68" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:51:08.560" UserId="48" Text="If you only had server 2008 DC's , so you could raise the domain functional level to Windows Server 2008 there is a quick and easy group policy setting to do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, if you Server 2003 DC's you need to look at the 'lastLogonTimeStamp' attribute of the user account." />
  <row Id="9964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5738" RevisionGUID="9dfc595f-42dc-4dd8-9975-0720c78b63cd" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:52:31.147" UserId="45" Text="For Windows Server 2008: this [article][1] explains how to enable this feature.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This feature is only available after&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the Domain Functional Level has been&#xD;&#xA;&gt; increased to Windows Server 2008. That&#xD;&#xA;&gt; means that only W2K8 DCs exist in the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; AD domain and no WNT4, no W2K or W2K3&#xD;&#xA;&gt; DCs. Even after increasing the DFL the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; feature is not available right away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ditii.com/2008/02/12/windows-server-2008-show-last-logon-info-at-logon-screen/" />
  <row Id="9965" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5697" RevisionGUID="993d253c-5bca-4ce9-8981-966a4037fac4" CreationDate="2009-05-07T11:53:56.993" UserId="2024" Comment="deleted 6 characters in body" Text="For copying CDs then both are fine although I generally expliciatlly set the block size by doing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/cdrom of=cdrom.iso bs=512&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For other block devices then cp might not work if the block size on the device is unexpected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_(Unix)][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Blockquote Note that an attempt to copy the entire disk image using cp may omit the final block if it is an unexpected length; dd will always complete the copy if possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_(Unix)" />
  <row Id="9966" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5739" RevisionGUID="f001ee91-9269-4bc7-9db9-46062c112522" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:00:39.473" UserId="371" Text="All these answers were very good clues to get me going.  Thank you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I happened across [this VBScript example][1] that does exactly what I was looking for and works nicely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.visualbasicscript.com/m_28529/tm.htm" />
  <row Id="9967" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5738" RevisionGUID="9ef98574-feff-4218-bbc2-3287a97a2bdb" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:01:51.577" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 6 characters in body" Text="For Windows Server 2008: this [article][1] explains how to enable this feature.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This feature is only available after&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the Domain Functional Level has been&#xD;&#xA;&gt; increased to Windows Server 2008. That&#xD;&#xA;&gt; means that only W2K8 DCs exist in the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; AD domain and no WNT4, no W2K or W2K3&#xD;&#xA;&gt; DCs. Even after increasing the DFL the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; feature is not available right away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Change this Group Policy setting if you want to write the information into the directory at logon:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Logon Options\&#xD;&#xA;     Display information about previous logons during user logon = ENABLED&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Warning:** For domain user accounts in Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 native, or Windows 2000 mixed functional level domains, if you enable this setting, a warning message will appear that Windows could not retrieve the information and the user will not be able to log on. Therefore, you should not enable this policy setting if the domain is not at the Windows Server 2008 domain functional level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ditii.com/2008/02/12/windows-server-2008-show-last-logon-info-at-logon-screen/" />
  <row Id="9968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5740" RevisionGUID="a382a392-4c99-42b2-a4c5-f4932e65e342" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:02:51.900" UserId="2164" Text="Here is the scenario, I have an application that requires elevated permissions to run on my Windows Vista based HTPC, but I don't want to disable UAC because the computer is always connected to the internet. The normal user account that is used when viewing TV has the bare minimum of permissions and thus, if the application is run, the UAC kicks in and requires me to provide my administrator credentials. Since this is hard to do with a remote, I would prefer to not do it. As such, is there a way to white list the application so the UAC does not require the credentials?" />
  <row Id="9969" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5740" RevisionGUID="a382a392-4c99-42b2-a4c5-f4932e65e342" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:02:51.900" UserId="2164" Text="On Windows Vista, is there a way to allow an application to always run with elevated permissions?" />
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  <row Id="9972" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1580" RevisionGUID="a7e3b3a5-5008-4376-99fa-a9069c1a96b5" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:05:10.460" UserId="629" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;screen&gt;&lt;bashrc&gt;&lt;bash&gt;" />
  <row Id="9973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5741" RevisionGUID="1abe1409-8590-4177-b511-55507c185ab1" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:06:59.643" UserId="48" Text="Unfortunately MS did not include a way to white list apps with UAC. However there are some hacks to get round it, by checking applications on startup, there's an excellent article on doing this [here][1]. You can do so either by using scheduled task, or an appliation called [elevate me][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.beingmanan.com/wp/2008/06/create-uac-white-list/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msmvps.com/blogs/martinzugec/archive/2008/05/16/ignore-uac-for-specific-programs.aspx" />
  <row Id="9974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5742" RevisionGUID="08716f1b-60fc-4b8d-a6c2-f4efb1e8d9e5" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:08:16.553" UserId="2165" Text="I know that keeping /home in different partitions will preserve my data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But what about the user-specific configuration files? Are always forward-compatible?&#xD;&#xA;Are there other issues as well?" />
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  <row Id="9976" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5742" RevisionGUID="08716f1b-60fc-4b8d-a6c2-f4efb1e8d9e5" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:08:16.553" UserId="2165" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;upgrade&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;issues&gt;" />
  <row Id="9977" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5743" RevisionGUID="d276d7cc-3be8-4203-95da-e2cfb5c238d0" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:10:20.243" UserId="2164" Text="In brief, what is a good storage solution for a home user, or small home business that wishes (or is required to) maintain long term storage of backed-up data? Ideally, the user should not have to worry about the possibility of a media also not being able to be read several years after making the backup, and it should be fairly inexpensive." />
  <row Id="9978" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5743" RevisionGUID="d276d7cc-3be8-4203-95da-e2cfb5c238d0" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:10:20.243" UserId="2164" Text="What is a good media for long term backups at home?" />
  <row Id="9979" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5743" RevisionGUID="d276d7cc-3be8-4203-95da-e2cfb5c238d0" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:10:20.243" UserId="2164" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;storage&gt;&lt;archiving&gt;&lt;storage-media&gt;" />
  <row Id="9980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5744" RevisionGUID="788827c3-5673-487b-a081-ab753d293a12" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:11:53.953" UserId="1877" Text="A workaround that would work on both Server 2003 and 2008 would be to use [BGInfo][1] from sysinternal with the [`getCurrentUserLastLoginTime.vbs`][2] script [from slingfive.com][3]. You'll probably want to make sure you protect the script and the bginfo executable to make sure nobody plays tricks with your last login information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897557.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://slingfive.com/pages/code/bgInfo_scripts/scripts/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://slingfive.com/pages/code/bgInfo_scripts/" />
  <row Id="9981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5745" RevisionGUID="28d8ab10-155c-40c4-9646-84f124f26082" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:20:31.390" UserId="629" Text="[mmv](http://linux.maruhn.com/sec/mmv.html) is a standard linux utility to move/rename multiple files. It is available from the repos for most distributions. For your example above, you could do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mmv *-Log-*-*-*-NODATA.txt #l1.#4#3#2.log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more information, read this [debaday article](http://debaday.debian.net/2007/06/13/mmv-mass-moving-and-renaming-files/) or the [man page](http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/intrepid/man1/mmv.1.html)." />
  <row Id="9982" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5746" RevisionGUID="6f0e9cf9-e8c0-484f-8d86-5e165e602b22" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:20:40.313" UserId="1433" Text="External hard drives. They are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - available in large capacities&#xD;&#xA; - inexpensive per gigabyte&#xD;&#xA; - arguably more reliable than CD or DVD media&#xD;&#xA; - easily accessible for years to come with a USB connection&#xD;&#xA; - very portable" />
  <row Id="9983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5747" RevisionGUID="5acab420-e253-400d-b23d-32e782e35196" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:26:46.647" UserId="629" Text="You can also look at SO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/164847/what-is-in-your-vimrc" />
  <row Id="9984" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5747" RevisionGUID="5acab420-e253-400d-b23d-32e782e35196" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:26:46.647" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="9985" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5734" RevisionGUID="847f4c6e-9740-44b2-b137-1c32d306902d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:32:28.303" UserId="216" Comment="added 367 characters in body" Text="The `kermit` client application supports connections over telnet protocol, and AFAICR supports `xmodem` and `zmodem`, as well as its own file transfer protocol.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I can recall, and it's *many* years since I've done this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  connect to the remote host with kermit&#xD;&#xA;2.  at the remote end, fire up kermit too&#xD;&#xA;3.  at the remote end, type &quot;server&quot; at the kermit prompt&#xD;&#xA;4.  your end will recognise that the link is now in file-transfer mode, and you can then issue &quot;send&quot; and &quot;get&quot; commands to transmit or receive files&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5748" RevisionGUID="5f0dc628-dad1-4fa6-b9a6-860e444324af" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:36:19.200" UserId="530" Text="If you get a call/page about a SQL server performance issue, what do you do first?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Start a trace?&#xD;&#xA;Pop up Perfmon?&#xD;&#xA;Open activity monitor?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each of these are useful tools, but what's your &quot;sequence&quot; of troubleshooting?" />
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  <row Id="9988" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5748" RevisionGUID="5f0dc628-dad1-4fa6-b9a6-860e444324af" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:36:19.200" UserId="530" Text="&lt;dba&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="9989" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5749" RevisionGUID="9861b6e0-0082-46af-86c0-1e715c2bbcdf" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:43:45.703" UserId="613" Text="It's mostly up to the individual apps to upgrade their per-user config files.  Upgrading a server is mostly dependent upon the distro you're using, and can range from having to pick out individual apps to rebuild and reinstall (a al Slackware) to simply telling the package manager to upgrade everything to the latest rev (a la Ubuntu, debian, and redhat variants)" />
  <row Id="9990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5750" RevisionGUID="b256d134-eda3-4e2e-a912-ea3c396e6436" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:51:33.360" UserId="1961" Text="There is a bug open for this issue: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;https://connect.microsoft.com/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=408671&amp;SiteID=428&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No fix available yet I'm afraid other than restarting the services." />
  <row Id="9991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5751" RevisionGUID="dc506ae2-26d3-4511-a498-fd32a81f33aa" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:51:41.503" UserId="1803" Text="Last time I was in a shared Win-Mac environment, this little [Terastation][1] took care of joint file space.  Never had the slightest issue with it.  The thing kept itself happily cooled, made no noticeable noise, and had more options than I could shake a stick at.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.buffalotech.com/products/network-storage/terastation/terastation-iii/" />
  <row Id="9992" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5752" RevisionGUID="eb20351e-9af0-4f1b-b909-95e97ada3928" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:52:18.490" UserId="613" Text="I have requirements similar to yours and when I went looking all the solutions I found were either underperforming (ie. too little RAM/cpu to be able to do anything other than serve files) or overpriced.  I ended up building a mini-itx system into a bookshelf case with hotswap bays.  I chose one of the new dualcore atoms for lowish power and boot from an sdcard in a usb adapter so that the disks are just for storage.  I've got plenty of spare cpu and RAM to be able to run mt-daapd to serve out the music subdir as well as other 'internal' apps." />
  <row Id="9993" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5753" RevisionGUID="0a412793-e6ee-48cf-946a-d23227de7023" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:53:34.367" UserId="593" Text="To help prevent what happened to that web site administrator, and assuming you have access to a Unix shell or Cygwin, you can use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`$ echo -n *password* | md5sum -`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`d1b13e9abbe4edb1b07317241969376e -`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and check that value against an MD5 database, like http://gdataonline.com/.  Make sure it doesn't appear in there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, here's an example of a more, raw MD5 dictionary, that I got by simply googling for that hash value (warning: large file): https://secure.sensepost.com/sp-hash/jebwy" />
  <row Id="9994" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5754" RevisionGUID="8d982542-41c8-4ae8-919f-aec968314c0c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:54:45.113" UserId="2168" Text="Quicktime alternative wouldn't work because it just uses the Apple Quicktime decoder but strips away the &quot;goodies&quot; installed with a regular install of Quicktime.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're looking for a 64bit directshow filter which can decode Quicktime video, because Apple hasn't written a 64bit version, you'll have to look at other filters which can decode QC. Mplayer/ffmpeg could but hasn't got a 64bit version and can not be used as a filter. But ffdshow which is an awesome decoder package does have a [64bit version][1], depending on the version of Quicktime your trying to decode I think it would work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're trying to decode HD quicktimes you would have to wait for the CoreCodec AVC 2.0 release which has a 64bit filter..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=173941&amp;package_id=199416&amp;release_id=569930" />
  <row Id="9995" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5755" RevisionGUID="1a55bdd8-0607-4819-b339-4597b3e18424" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:56:04.177" UserId="28" Text="I know you said there's no netcat, but have you tried cross-compiling? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Busybox also includes a netcat client, which I've used on many ARM and MIPS embedded systems." />
  <row Id="9996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5756" RevisionGUID="b1c9a00a-8dd2-4ce8-abe8-6d2c6ed4f0b3" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:58:29.007" UserId="924" Text="If you have nothing but a bare-bones Unix system at the remote end, you could encode with (gzip and) uuencode then copy/paste into uudecode (and gunzip).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't have uudecode, but do have a shell, you could use [shar][1] to compose your first lump of transmitted data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If policy allows you install executables, you can use these simple upload methods as bootstraps to install a kermit/zmodem remote, or wget, or curl, or nc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/" />
  <row Id="9997" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5757" RevisionGUID="c6a3a5cb-4238-41cb-bb35-1e88bd16181a" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:59:27.427" UserId="613" Text="Check the log files, especially any 'long query' logging you might have on.  If it's not on, turn it on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check general machine health - it might not be the SQL server, it might be the overall machine - check for runaway processes, overall cpu usage, overall memory usage - you do graph these things with cacti or the like for historical comparisons, right?  So check the graphs and see when whatever's slow started being slow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="9998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5758" RevisionGUID="e54ef933-3390-4aa1-b434-2280b2aa821f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T12:59:45.587" UserId="1031" Text="It depends on the issue, but the first thing I normally do is look at the code to see if it is the cause of inefficiency.  I normally then check the affected tables and make sure they have all the appropriate indexes etc.  " />
  <row Id="9999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5759" RevisionGUID="9d7ccbd3-598d-43d2-ba6d-d078e55493a1" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:00:24.943" UserId="1968" Text="Some times, remote users don't disconnect and new connections fails with this message: &#xD;&#xA;The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I list connected users remotelly to ask him for disconnect?" />
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  <row Id="10002" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5740" RevisionGUID="0aa4f912-1a24-4f6a-99cc-06a137aea598" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:00:49.920" UserId="48" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;uac&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="10003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5760" RevisionGUID="b37f3055-ee75-4389-8d5c-a45b74f1e58e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:03:03.597" UserId="857" Text="I would like to run an application on one Windows machine (2008 server preferably, but any platform is okay) and display the UI on another Windows workstation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure what blend of technologies I need to do this. I've looked at MS Application Virtualization 4.5 (formerly SoftGrid), but that's not quite what I'm looking for. I don't want the app to run on the local host, just a remote interface. All app CPU activity and network activity needs to be localized on the remote host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know it's dissimilar technologies, but think &quot;Parallels&quot; for the Mac... is this even possible with Windows Remote Desktop/Terminal Services?" />
  <row Id="10004" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5760" RevisionGUID="b37f3055-ee75-4389-8d5c-a45b74f1e58e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:03:03.597" UserId="857" Text="How to remote a single application, rather than the entire desktop" />
  <row Id="10005" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5760" RevisionGUID="b37f3055-ee75-4389-8d5c-a45b74f1e58e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:03:03.597" UserId="857" Text="&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;terminal-server&gt;&lt;remote-access&gt;" />
  <row Id="10006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5761" RevisionGUID="49983bbb-4fa7-4209-9e50-18faa1aa7fe7" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:05:28.270" UserId="371" Text="Hak5 just did an [episode][1] demonstrating a tool from [Remote Exploit][2] that takes a number of strings and generates a dictionary of all combinations, upper, lower, leet spelling, etc.  So you give it input like the target's name, kid's names, birthdates, or other information you know about the target.  The dictionary it generates can be used as input to brute force a weak password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Moral: Avoid using personal information in your password&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hak5.org/episodes/episode-511&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://remote-exploit.org" />
  <row Id="10007" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5762" RevisionGUID="d47b0502-1bc0-45f9-a952-02a21a8415b6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:05:34.230" UserId="383" Text="I would recommend solid state storage, as the media is much less likely to degrade or malfunction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would also recommend double backing up your data and frequently moving it. This allows you to catch the failure of any media and remedy it by using the good copy. It also allows you to move formats if a format becomes redundant." />
  <row Id="10008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5763" RevisionGUID="a6f8a7a5-d8ec-4e8a-af92-4070ca8ce918" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:06:49.627" UserId="48" Text="Sounds like you need Terminal Services Remote Apps, which is in Server 2008. As the technet blurb says:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; With Terminal Services, organizations can provide access to Windows®-based programs from almost any location to almost any computing device. Terminal Services in Windows Server® 2008 includes Terminal Services RemoteApp (TS RemoteApp). You can use several different methods to deploy RemoteApp programs, such as Terminal Services Web Access (TS Web Access). With TS Web Access, you can provide access to RemoteApp programs through a Web page over the Internet or over an intranet. TS Web Access is also included in Windows Server 2008&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Im not sure if a web interface is good enough for what you need, or if your looking for something more integrated. See [here][1] for details on how to do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730673.aspx" />
  <row Id="10009" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5764" RevisionGUID="6454b010-2496-43fd-bc85-1483f2ff8b4c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:09:27.077" UserId="371" Text="Change your password regularly.  Where I work, it's a 30 day cycle.  It's a PITA, but it mitigates the value of hacked passwords to a limited time window.  That, plus a complex AD password policy dictates it needs to be at least 8 characters, contain upper, lower, numeric, and symbols.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To supplement, we use a self-service password manager service.  It provides a custom Windows GINA that provides functionality to let the user reset their password if they forget it, or unlock it if they goofed it too many times.  The password manager app requires the user enroll in the service, provide a bunch of personal info only they would know that is later used as questions when the user needs to reset password/unlock their account." />
  <row Id="10010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5765" RevisionGUID="648a4187-50b0-4ac4-8c4b-622c0fc9e4c5" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:10:24.530" UserId="48" Text="If you are on the same network you can install the server 2003 (or 2008) admin tools on your machine which will give you access to terminal services managment console, you can then connect to the server with that and see the logged on and disconnected users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively if you need to get on the server, you can use the console access method in RDP. Just use this command from the run window:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mstsc /v:serverIP /admin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bear in mind that if anyone is currently logged into the console, either remotely or at the server, it will disconnect them." />
  <row Id="10011" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5763" RevisionGUID="a2e35c8f-155a-4184-a2bb-1c0db95826e2" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:11:59.533" UserId="48" Comment="added 109 characters in body" Text="Sounds like you need Terminal Services Remote Apps, which is in Server 2008. As the technet blurb says:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; With Terminal Services, organizations can provide access to Windows®-based programs from almost any location to almost any computing device. Terminal Services in Windows Server® 2008 includes Terminal Services RemoteApp (TS RemoteApp). You can use several different methods to deploy RemoteApp programs, such as Terminal Services Web Access (TS Web Access). With TS Web Access, you can provide access to RemoteApp programs through a Web page over the Internet or over an intranet. TS Web Access is also included in Windows Server 2008&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Im not sure if a web interface is good enough for what you need, or if your looking for something more integrated. See [here][1] for details on TS Remote Apps and [here][2] for details on how to do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753844.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730673.aspx" />
  <row Id="10012" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5766" RevisionGUID="191d1d78-be12-4fbe-a132-9246c5f4ff4d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:13:04.367" UserId="1994" Text="What operating system is this with?  If you're using Windows 2003 Server or Windows 2008 Server and you have console access to the machine, you can see the currently logged in users under the 'Users' tab in Task Manager.  " />
  <row Id="10013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5767" RevisionGUID="c5388a09-55d4-4ff6-bbea-1b683d9a125e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:16:45.250" UserId="570" Text="I've been using Linux on desktop and server for about 5 years and had the same home directory for pretty much that whole time and had pretty much flawless upgrades of the dotfiles in my home directory." />
  <row Id="10014" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5768" RevisionGUID="f82eddec-a16e-4b5b-aa18-8eca53af1b46" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:17:44.637" UserId="56" Text="**Isolate the problem**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Check the network is ok&#xD;&#xA; 2. Check the server machine isn't being hammered&#xD;&#xA; 3. Check the event log&#xD;&#xA; 4. Check for locked sql server resources (`sp_lock` or `sys.dm_tran_locks`)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Having Isolated to a stored proc or view**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Check for obvious problems in code&#xD;&#xA; 2. Check the execution plan for scans that should be seeks&#xD;&#xA; 3. Isolate the SQL that runs slowest&#xD;&#xA; 4. Turn on IO and CPU statistics (`SET STATISTICS IO ON` etc) to get baseline performance numbers&#xD;&#xA; 5. Frig around with the SQL&#xD;&#xA; 6. Measure IO and CPU performance&#xD;&#xA; 7. If not sufficiently improved goto 5 else go to pub&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10015" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5769" RevisionGUID="d8845b51-24ad-4320-bf89-5755d3d8125c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:21:49.137" UserId="1797" Text="Try the runas with the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    explorer.exe /n,::{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Post back the behavior, please." />
  <row Id="10016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5770" RevisionGUID="d1b7260b-78de-45cc-bebe-836f4ceca26e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:22:25.860" UserId="2141" Text="Given the original questioner's requirement for MS Office file format compatibilty, Open Office must surely be preferred over Google Docs (although I notice that [OffiSync][1] is offering a solution to the lack of interoperability between those two systems to date).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are differences but a little training in the differences as well as reminders to always save in the MS Office file format (this can be set as default) and there should be no trouble.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for operating system, another vote here for Ubuntu. Whilst the purists will hate me, it can be easily configured to look almost identical to MS Windows - important for less-experienced users who are used to things being that certain MS way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, do take the time to explore the discount options from Microsoft for charity/educational software licences first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://offisync.com/" />
  <row Id="10017" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5769" RevisionGUID="9037c7ea-a351-443c-ba3b-b06c1e50fd4d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:27:12.167" UserId="1797" Comment="Added more information, which I hope is the final :-)" Text="Try the runas with the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    explorer.exe /n,::{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Post back the behavior, please. Aha! [This explains][1] why it doesn't work. I did not realized the user I was testing with was part of the Administrators group (totally my fault). Extract from the link:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;In the system32 folder, the file&#xD;&#xA;&gt; properties of ncpa.cpl show that it is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the “Network Connections Control-Panel&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Stub”.  So why doesn’t RunAs work with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Network Connections?  Because that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; stub merely calls the ShellExecuteEx&#xD;&#xA;&gt; API to launch an item in the shell&#xD;&#xA;&gt; namespace, which appears as a folder&#xD;&#xA;&gt; within Explorer.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2004/07/07/175488.aspx" />
  <row Id="10018" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5768" RevisionGUID="e1ce4a65-1123-4ccb-91bd-4fc2e9babdc6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:31:40.953" UserId="56" Comment="added 52 characters in body" Text="**Isolate the problem**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Check the network is ok&#xD;&#xA; 2. Check the server machine isn't being hammered&#xD;&#xA; 3. Check the event log&#xD;&#xA; 4. Check for locked sql server resources (`sp_lock` or `sys.dm_tran_locks`)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Having Isolated to a stored proc or view**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Check for obvious problems in code e.g. `@tables` should be `#tables`&#xD;&#xA; 2. Check the execution plan for `scans` that should be `seeks`&#xD;&#xA; 3. Isolate the SQL that runs slowest&#xD;&#xA; 4. Turn on IO and CPU statistics (`SET STATISTICS IO ON` etc) to get baseline performance numbers&#xD;&#xA; 5. Frig around with the SQL, indexes etc&#xD;&#xA; 6. Measure IO and CPU performance&#xD;&#xA; 7. If not sufficiently improved goto 5 else go to pub&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10019" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5765" RevisionGUID="f195cf40-61cc-4169-85b9-da3e3b2378e4" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:32:46.693" UserId="48" Comment="added 137 characters in body" Text="If you are on the same network you can install the server 2003 (or 2008) admin tools on your machine which will give you access to terminal services managment console, you can then connect to the server with that and see the logged on and disconnected users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively if you need to get on the server, you can use the console access method in RDP. Just use this command from the run window:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mstsc /v:serverIP /admin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once logged on to the console, you can open up the terminal services management console and see who is logged in and disconnect them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bear in mind that if anyone is currently logged into the console, either remotely or at the server, it will disconnect them." />
  <row Id="10020" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5771" RevisionGUID="673fbdde-c99b-4160-a53b-cea1b2aaf814" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:33:06.927" UserId="1802" Text="Take a look here http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4203#4203" />
  <row Id="10021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5772" RevisionGUID="28e6b5b1-0d19-4245-9590-a42f63cf937e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:37:00.037" UserId="2172" Text="I am having a problem with Internet.&#xD;&#xA;Internet is not working intermittently in my system, at those times, in one of my colleague's system it is working.&#xD;&#xA;If I disable and re-enable my network, it works again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea how to fix this?&#xD;&#xA;This is the netsh setting for my system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Windows\system32&gt;netsh interface ipv4 show subinterface&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       MTU  MediaSenseState   Bytes In  Bytes Out  Interface&#xD;&#xA;    ------  ---------------  ---------  ---------  -------------&#xD;&#xA;    4294967295                1          0    7407023  Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1&#xD;&#xA;      1500                1    5631555    1441755  Local Area Connection&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="10023" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5772" RevisionGUID="28e6b5b1-0d19-4245-9590-a42f63cf937e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:37:00.037" UserId="2172" Text="&lt;internet&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="10024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5773" RevisionGUID="4895b4ec-5e0a-4e41-bd3b-11f0c935067a" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:38:18.177" UserId="370" Text="There is no way to do this out of the box. If you're only going to be doing it rarely, the manual process of denying on the parent folders is going to be most efficient.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If, however, this is a task you think you'll find yourself repeating fairly often, you can create a utility using the TFS API to do it for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Something along these lines. Warning, this is not tested)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    vcs = //...VersionControlServer reference...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    string checkinPath = @&quot;$/MyProject/Sources/Whatever&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    string identityName = @&quot;[MyProject]\Contributors&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    string[] removesNone = new string[]{ };    &#xD;&#xA;    string[] allowsNone = new string[]{ };&#xD;&#xA;    string[] deniesNone = new string[]{ };&#xD;&#xA;    string[] allowsCheckin = new string[]{ PermissionChange.ItemCheckin };&#xD;&#xA;    string[] deniesCheckin = new string[]{ PermissionChange.ItemCheckin };&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    PermissionChange pc = new PermissionChange(&#xD;&#xA;        checkinPath, identityName, allowsCheckin, deniesNone, removesNone);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    vcs.SetPermissions(new SecurityChange[]{ pc } );&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    // walk up the path denying on parent folders&#xD;&#xA;    checkinPath = checkinPath.Substring(0, checkinPath.LastIndexOf('/'));&#xD;&#xA;    while (checkinPath.Length &gt; 2)&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;            PermissionChange pc = new PermissionChange(&#xD;&#xA;                checkinPath, identityName, allowsNone, deniesCheckin, removesNone);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            vcs.SetPermissions(new SecurityChange[]{ pc } );&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            checkinPath = checkinPath.Substring(0, checkinPath.LastIndexOf('/'));&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;    " />
  <row Id="10025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5774" RevisionGUID="8ff51355-da06-42c2-b287-0eb2102d05be" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:39:06.943" UserId="45" Text="You could use this nice little command line tool:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://home.fnal.gov/~jklemenc/tslistusers.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; TSListUsers is a command line utility&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to list both the currently connected&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and disconnected users, hostname, IP&#xD;&#xA;&gt; address and RDP session number on&#xD;&#xA;&gt; either the local or a remote Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Terminal Server/RDP Server To list the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; users, you need to have the following&#xD;&#xA;&gt; abilities:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; - NetBios access to the server&#xD;&#xA;&gt; - Permissions allowing you to Query RDP session information (if you can&#xD;&#xA;&gt; log into the TS, you should have this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; by default)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; - Terminal Services/RDP should be running on the target host&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Usage:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; - TSListUsers.exe /? to get the Help&#xD;&#xA;&gt; text   &#xD;&#xA;&gt; - TSListUsers.exe to query a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; target Terminal Server  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; - TSListUsers.exe with no paramters to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; query the local host&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://home.fnal.gov/~jklemenc/tslistusers.html" />
  <row Id="10026" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5770" RevisionGUID="e545f3fc-cd56-4769-923d-9028cd9e0419" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:39:22.980" UserId="2141" Comment="Added Google Docs size limit" Text="Given the original questioner's requirement for MS Office file format compatibilty, Open Office must surely be preferred over Google Docs (although I notice that [OffiSync][1] is offering a solution to the lack of interoperability between those two systems to date). Google Docs also imposes a [file size limit][2] which may be a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are differences but a little training in the differences as well as reminders to always save in the MS Office file format (this can be set as default) and there should be no trouble.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for operating system, another vote here for Ubuntu. Whilst the purists will hate me, it can be easily configured to look almost identical to MS Windows - important for less-experienced users who are used to things being that certain MS way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, do take the time to explore the discount options from Microsoft for charity/educational software licences first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://offisync.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=37603" />
  <row Id="10027" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5769" RevisionGUID="4713888a-6caf-49aa-8b42-218633cccda7" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:45:03.823" UserId="1797" Comment="Added links, and some more information." Text="Try the runas with the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    explorer.exe /n,::{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Post back the behavior, please. Aha! [This explains][1] why it doesn't work. I did not realized the user I was testing with was part of the Administrators group (totally my fault). Extract from the link:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;In the system32 folder, the file&#xD;&#xA;&gt; properties of ncpa.cpl show that it is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the “Network Connections Control-Panel&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Stub”.  So why doesn’t RunAs work with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Network Connections?  Because that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; stub merely calls the ShellExecuteEx&#xD;&#xA;&gt; API to launch an item in the shell&#xD;&#xA;&gt; namespace, which appears as a folder&#xD;&#xA;&gt; within Explorer.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The cmd scripts files he refers to there, which are not longer available, [can be found][2] on this wiki.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2004/07/07/175488.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.netbros.com/CommandScriptFiles" />
  <row Id="10028" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5775" RevisionGUID="fe6fbabd-a2c6-42a4-b894-8706a63d693b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:45:56.863" UserId="1463" Text="Use *qwinsta* (Query Windows Station) to list the sessions and usernames of your local or a remote terminal services host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can then also use *rwinsta* to disconnect or log off a session of your choice (given the permission to do so).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These commands are available and installed in both Windows clients and servers by default as far as I know." />
  <row Id="10029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5776" RevisionGUID="f46f6ef3-d450-4fc0-8335-3b059f4a00e5" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:46:09.140" UserId="356" Text="Use [SQLIO][1]. You can read a whole bunch of stuff about which switches/incantations to use, but just running it against the drives where your MDF/LDFs are stored (e.g. sqlio.exe /dCDE) will give you a great headline &quot;MBs/sec&quot; reading for comparisons. I tracked down our app's poor performance at a client's site down to disk/LUN contention on a Hitachi AMS (fibre channel disk system). My laptop disk performed 10x better! Soon as our db got it's own LUN, our app was happy again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9a8b005b-84e4-4f24-8d65-cb53442d9e19" />
  <row Id="10030" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="5768" RevisionGUID="1db0a2a2-043d-4847-b802-06ad7283a278" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:47:44.847" UserId="56" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:56,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;edg&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="10031" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5777" RevisionGUID="573d4046-e728-409d-a886-d7727c94df72" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:48:59.523" UserId="2103" Text="I'm using an online backup solution that does not work with networked drives. Is it possible to make a network drive show up as a &quot;regular&quot; folder? What possible impacts could this have?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm interested in do doing this in Windows Vista (and pretty soon in Windows 7)." />
  <row Id="10032" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5777" RevisionGUID="573d4046-e728-409d-a886-d7727c94df72" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:48:59.523" UserId="2103" Text="Is it possible to make a network drive show up as a folder?" />
  <row Id="10033" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5777" RevisionGUID="573d4046-e728-409d-a886-d7727c94df72" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:48:59.523" UserId="2103" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;folders&gt;&lt;network-share&gt;" />
  <row Id="10034" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5778" RevisionGUID="37e16ee5-1aea-4737-b016-86cc2ce9e806" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:49:20.910" UserDisplayName="dswatik" Text="Okay, once again I’m baffled with an issue that I’m hoping one of you can help me solve.  Here’s the deal…&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Configuration: Microsoft Office XP (Outlook 2003) on a Windows XP (SP3) system connected to a POP3 email host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sympton: Sending an email to anyone@mydomain.com works as expected.  Sending email to another domain (MSN, HOTMAIL, GMAIL etc.) never arrives at its destination.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why I’m Stumped (workflow):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Email can be created with or without Word as my default email editor. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Clicking Send/Receive produces the familiar “1 of 1 email being sent” and the process completes 100% without any error message. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Prior to the Send/Receive process the email does sit in the outbound queue (Outbox).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. After a Send/Receive the email is moved to the “sent mail” folder. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5. Removing the Office installation, deleting all Office registry entries and reinstalling allows it to work temporarily. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6. Starting Outlook in safe mode seems to always work (at this point) but obviously not the solution i’m looking for. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;7. The only two addons listed in the Outlook settings dialog box are for Symantec Antivirus and Exchange.  I’ve disabled both with no effect. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;8. I’ve searched the “addons” key in the registry and it shows no addons installed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;9. Since “safe mode” seems to work, I suspect there’s a rogue executable at play here.  Virus/Adware scans have not turned up any results. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;10. Outlook Express can be configured with the users credentials and performs flawlessly.  This rules out any network / server / IP Block issues. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;11. User can send email to self or other users sharing the same domain name&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So…  I’m baffled!  I suspect a full reformat and reinstallation will solve the problem." />
  <row Id="10035" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5778" RevisionGUID="37e16ee5-1aea-4737-b016-86cc2ce9e806" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:49:20.910" UserDisplayName="dswatik" Text="Outlook 2003 can't send email outside of domain?" />
  <row Id="10036" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5778" RevisionGUID="37e16ee5-1aea-4737-b016-86cc2ce9e806" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:49:20.910" UserDisplayName="dswatik" Text="&lt;outlook-2003&gt;&lt;ms-office&gt;" />
  <row Id="10037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5779" RevisionGUID="5a2edbf8-24ff-4870-ac86-767f6be79a1f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:54:07.093" UserId="1847" Text="Does it not work because it is a network drive, or because it doesn't have a drive letter/path?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's the second, just map the network drive to a drive letter." />
  <row Id="10038" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5780" RevisionGUID="20b16d19-7cfa-4136-ad21-b4010f0756ba" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:55:20.070" UserId="1463" Text="You should be able to just runas &quot;Control&quot; if you've set Explorer to launch new folder windows as separate processes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you can just hit whatever item inside it and it should start as that user... there might be a way to force this if you don't have &quot;launch folders as separate processes&quot; by using explorer.exe and its argument */separate*" />
  <row Id="10039" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5754" RevisionGUID="3ea6962c-404a-4359-9e10-5580911a52fa" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:55:30.583" UserId="2168" Comment="added 126 characters in body" Text="Quicktime alternative wouldn't work because it just uses the Apple Quicktime decoder but strips away the &quot;goodies&quot; installed with a regular install of Quicktime.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're looking for a 64bit directshow filter which can decode Quicktime video, because Apple hasn't written a 64bit version, you'll have to look at other filters which can decode QC. Mplayer/ffmpeg could but hasn't got a 64bit version and can not be used as a filter. But ffdshow which is an awesome decoder package does have a [64bit version][1], depending on the version of Quicktime your trying to decode I think it would work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're trying to decode HD quicktimes you would have to wait for the [CoreCodec AVC 2.0][2] release which has a 64bit filter..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=173941&amp;package_id=199416&amp;release_id=569930&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://forum.corecodec.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&amp;t=1126&amp;st=0&amp;sk=t&amp;sd=a&amp;sid=a6672343063f72e0ae58194a01081bc6&amp;start=20" />
  <row Id="10040" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5775" RevisionGUID="70b75a8f-00a6-4a5b-b4a0-411aa89b42da" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:58:49.377" UserId="1463" Comment="deleted 111 characters in body" Text="Use *qwinsta* (Query Windows Station) to list the sessions and usernames of your local or a remote terminal services host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can then also use *rwinsta* to disconnect or log off a session of your choice (given the permission to do so)." />
  <row Id="10041" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5781" RevisionGUID="c855c84d-96a9-43a5-b5b9-44d66e817b3f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T13:59:40.043" UserId="2028" Text="Although I don't specifically add any new software within this answer I can second that Open Office is working great for a non-technical environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I administer the IT-system of a small lawyer firm where all of the employees are typical &quot;non-technical&quot; individuals. They are now running Ubuntu and Open Office without any major issues. Some initial hick-ups but for the last year it has been running rather smoothly with no real problems. They occasionally send and receive MS-Office files in different formats (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, etc.) when communicating with external clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usually there are few formats that the Ubuntu + Open Office combination won't handle in normal real-word situations. At least in this environment. Also it is a breeze to export documents as PDF files (in Open Office) which is really a preferred way of sending documents that are not to be changed by the receiving party. Such as invoices, business proposals, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can recommend this solution for most non-technical environment. Don't underestimate your users or assume that they really want MS-Office. They might say that they do, but they really mean that they want a word-processor of some kind. The employees here still refer to Open Office as simply &quot;Office&quot; or even sometimes &quot;Microsoft Office&quot;...&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10042" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5782" RevisionGUID="16989ef4-410b-441c-98aa-b34b00ed22d0" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:00:11.587" UserId="272" Text="How can I disable Shift+Delete so that even if the key combination is used the files always get to the Recycle Bin?" />
  <row Id="10043" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5782" RevisionGUID="16989ef4-410b-441c-98aa-b34b00ed22d0" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:00:11.587" UserId="272" Text="Disable Shift+Delete" />
  <row Id="10044" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5782" RevisionGUID="16989ef4-410b-441c-98aa-b34b00ed22d0" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:00:11.587" UserId="272" Text="&lt;shift&gt;&lt;delete&gt;&lt;recycle-bin&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="10045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5783" RevisionGUID="648e321e-02fe-4082-8bb7-1955604dad17" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:01:03.223" UserId="1585" Text="You could try creating a [symbolic link][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753194.aspx" />
  <row Id="10046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5784" RevisionGUID="6a3f88ee-af29-469c-b421-b51c4b975c4b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:02:16.997" UserId="1992" Text="To add to the list:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look in the error log for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - indications of corruption (823s, 824s, 825s)&#xD;&#xA; - indications of IO perf issues (IOs taking longer than X errors)&#xD;&#xA; - latch contention problems im tempdb&#xD;&#xA; - SQL Server working set being paged out on a 64-bit box&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check for index fragmentation. Check you have auto-grow set appropriately and instant initialization enabled. Check you don't have auto-shrink enabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lots of info about all of these on my blog - can post links if you want." />
  <row Id="10047" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5785" RevisionGUID="716e0106-a088-4673-bb22-a9a5310ff9c2" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:02:21.973" UserId="370" Text="[JCXP][1] always seems to have the scoop on Windows developments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jcxp.net" />
  <row Id="10048" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5777" RevisionGUID="75e409e2-b7a1-4ac2-9271-47cb2d9044b2" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:02:52.830" UserId="2103" Comment="added 137 characters in body" Text="I'm using an online backup solution that does not work with networked drives. Is it possible to make a network drive show up as a &quot;regular&quot; folder? What possible impacts could this have?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** The backup solution will backup files located here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;c:\SharedFolder&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but not via net use command, such as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;F:\ &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm interested in do doing this in Windows Vista (and pretty soon in Windows 7).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10052" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5788" RevisionGUID="184243c6-1660-4b6f-a1fb-76876b7c1c9a" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:07:15.143" UserId="1433" Text="Microsoft added [Symlink][1] support in Windows Vista, which should work here. You'll need to use the `mklink` command line tool to do this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    MKLINK [[/D] | [/H] | [/J]] Link Target&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /D - Creates a directory symbolic link. Default to file symbolic link.&#xD;&#xA;    /H - Creates a hard link instead of a symbolic link.&#xD;&#xA;    /J - Creates a Directory Junction.&#xD;&#xA;    Link - Specifies the new symbolic link name.&#xD;&#xA;    Target - Specifies the path (relative or absolute) that the new link refers to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In your case, it'd work like this (assuming `Z:` is your mapped drive):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\&gt; mklink /D C:\SharedFolder Z:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you should be able to point your backup software to `C:\SharedFolder`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753194.aspx" />
  <row Id="10053" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5777" RevisionGUID="dbe8a661-9d21-4291-937e-6855dcf610ee" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:08:07.403" UserId="2103" Comment="added 17 characters in body" Text="I'm using an online backup solution that does not work with networked drives or mapped drives. Is it possible to make a network drive show up as a &quot;regular&quot; folder? What possible impacts could this have?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** The backup solution will backup files located here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;c:\SharedFolder&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but not via net use command, such as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;F:\ &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm interested in do doing this in Windows Vista (and pretty soon in Windows 7).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10054" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="5768" RevisionGUID="85399364-2e93-4d0f-bc01-870e1cc9c7b7" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:09:02.907" UserId="-1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:56,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;edg&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="10055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5789" RevisionGUID="d96e97d8-9c29-42e9-9182-7e1d5cf135ce" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:10:03.640" UserId="48" Text="Unfortunately there isn't really a way to do this. You can disable it in particular applications, for example there is a registry hack to prevent it in Outlook, however I do not know of any for Windows Explorer." />
  <row Id="10056" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5790" RevisionGUID="27e35cce-3070-4376-8cd7-05298ee7ee82" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:11:12.280" UserId="601" Text="It's not possible to guarantee that files end up in the Recycle Bin.  Some files are too large.  Or a user might delete too many files and a file that was recently deleted gets evicted right away.  Technically that file went to the Recycle Bin but for practical purposes it did not.  The TweakUI Powertoy lets you customize certain key-bindings but Shift-Delete isn't one of them." />
  <row Id="10057" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5782" RevisionGUID="f004f424-5480-411c-8ca6-de4f0bf3631c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:11:42.167" UserId="48" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;recycle-bin&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="10058" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5791" RevisionGUID="5749b8bb-da48-43c1-9839-546f012aef5b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:14:02.490" UserId="357" Text="[Lifehacker][1] tends to have articles about all kinds of technology-related things that are useful in every day life.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They cover software, provide tips for using and customizing your technology, and information about new software and hardware releases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.lifehacker.com" />
  <row Id="10059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5792" RevisionGUID="861a732c-457f-4573-980e-f7ff9a52231e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:14:30.540" UserId="1466" Text="Something in your description doesn't seem to add up.  Are you **sure** it's not a server-side problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One way to test would be to set up a gmail account (or other), and use their settings for your outgoing server.  If it does, it's likely a problem on the server side (ie. perhaps your computer is in an rbl)  Are you using a public IP address, or private on your computer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would also be very helpful if you had access to the server-side logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, are there others on your domain that are having / are not having this same problem?" />
  <row Id="10062" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5794" RevisionGUID="0531cb2f-b93d-4c0b-af75-8bd096848033" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:17:57.550" UserId="601" Text="I'd like to add a me-too to Mike Arthur's answer.  I've used a Linux desktop since 1997 and have migrated my home directory along the way.  Most apps just work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only problems I've had was when I switched distributions.  Upgrading from RedHat to newer RedHat or RedHat to Fedora or Fedora to newer Fedora is usually really easy.  But when I switched from RedHat to Mandrake (now Mandriva) and Mandrake to Fedora it was not a pretty sight.  Mandrake and Fedora both used a customized KDE directory structure that was incompatible with each other.  As a consequence at that time I deleted most of my .kde directory to recreate the settings.  But since then I've not really had problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In any case, you can always just erase whatever's in your home directory that you don't want after a system update.  I find it extremely convenient that my data is separate from my programs.  Even if you have to blow away your whole home directory every two years, as a Fedora user that would save me about 2-3 backup-restore cycles (Fedora updates every 6 months).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also set up a directory for use with programs.  I typically have /usr/local as a separate partition.  I install anything I compile from scratch there.  This doesn't work as flawlessly as in the data case because many times the distros are not binary compatible with each other.  But at least your programs are all there and you can assess them as needed." />
  <row Id="10063" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5795" RevisionGUID="aa6926da-37af-4779-a637-705cb121139b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:18:23.947" UserId="471" Text="I have to agree with [jldugger][1], specially about Google Tech Talks, really great stuff there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also follow [Dave Jones blog][2]. He's a kernel developer for the Fedora project, and every now and then he posts something cool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2880/what-blogs-or-rss-sites-do-you-subscribe-to-to-keep-up-with-current-technology/2883#2883&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/" />
  <row Id="10064" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5796" RevisionGUID="ef0fe7c5-b911-4758-90dd-7b32d8451fa1" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:21:19.900" UserId="1797" Text="I agree with Brent. It seems to be a classical &quot;relay not allowed&quot; problem on server, or other server issue, and not a client problem." />
  <row Id="10067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5797" RevisionGUID="cd8827e3-00f5-4ffa-ac11-9117e527163e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:26:04.613" UserId="1463" Text="Citrix does this (seamless window) if you want to pay for it, or as already answered - this is possible as part of Terminal Services from Server 2008 and onwards.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can even package this as an msi and do a very simple policy deploy of it to user's start menus ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also a few hacks out there to do this with the old Terminal Services and some viewport cropping... I haven't tried them though." />
  <row Id="10068" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5798" RevisionGUID="8a90b254-025b-4713-8a39-85e24abcc657" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:26:54.910" UserId="2180" Text="If you're interested in Microsoft products, I would recommend you check out MSDN's [Channel9][1] video blog.  There is a lot of great content there on up-and-coming products and features a lot of influentials within the company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://channel9.msdn.com/" />
  <row Id="10069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5799" RevisionGUID="bd7ab8f9-45b6-4aae-856b-24db590fa888" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:29:10.863" UserId="2181" Text="We have a small peer-to-peer network with all Windows XP computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One computer is designated as a Server and has shared several folders. (And it's set to share again automatically on restart, which it does. Other computers on the network hvae a local drive  (s:\) mapped to that Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other computers on the network have programs which execute  from (i.e., the .exe is located on) those Server\ShraedFolders.  However, after a fresh restart those apps don't run.  If I manuall browse to the S: drive on the local computer then I can see the Server files. After that I can then start the program(s) that are located on the S:\drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These computers are all Windows XP SP2" />
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  <row Id="10071" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5799" RevisionGUID="bd7ab8f9-45b6-4aae-856b-24db590fa888" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:29:10.863" UserId="2181" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="10072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5800" RevisionGUID="1b8e84aa-e2d5-480a-8da6-6e50ae0da327" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:30:04.417" UserId="449" Text="I have three printers that I have to but on our internal network using the printers' internal NICs.  They are all currently attached to Windows XP machines and shared via the OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I need to submit details to the networking folks to get IP addresses for each printer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I find the MAC addresses of these printers (they are all HP LaserJets)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;Printers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - HP LaserJet 3050 &#xD;&#xA; - HP LaserJet 1600&#xD;&#xA; - HP LaserJet 2420&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All are attached via USB currently." />
  <row Id="10073" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5800" RevisionGUID="1b8e84aa-e2d5-480a-8da6-6e50ae0da327" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:30:04.417" UserId="449" Text="Printer Mac Addresses" />
  <row Id="10074" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5800" RevisionGUID="1b8e84aa-e2d5-480a-8da6-6e50ae0da327" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:30:04.417" UserId="449" Text="&lt;printers&gt;" />
  <row Id="10075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5801" RevisionGUID="d4c30f7b-178c-4311-9da4-355c7d34c64f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:30:47.257" UserId="340" Text="First thing I usually do is follow the email.  Can you telnet to the SMTP server on Port 25 (telnet my.smtpserver.com 25) and get a response?  Do you have the ability to look at SMTP logs on the server to see if the email is even getting to it, and if so, is it attempting to deliver?  If not, can your ISP see any activity?" />
  <row Id="10076" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5802" RevisionGUID="8c0063b6-de35-467f-893b-8e0ce6b99873" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:31:25.240" UserId="1797" Text="There should be a menu choice to print configuration (on the printer itself). If you know the printer IP address you could:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    arp -a&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The arp command should print what you need, on the IP address pinged." />
  <row Id="10077" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5803" RevisionGUID="474a6870-9850-48b7-8319-ed87ec70239c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:32:12.523" UserId="216" Text="This Microsoft KB article may be relevant:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10078" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5804" RevisionGUID="dd09a400-12e7-4239-bca0-af2916549b09" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:34:02.770" UserId="2180" Text="If you know words or phrases in a **non-english language**, you could use those as part of your password.  For example, I commonly use Japanese words as part of my passwords which fends off dictionary attacks yet allows me to remember them (as opposed to randomly generated passwords)." />
  <row Id="10079" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5805" RevisionGUID="826fb532-7c38-45a2-bbfd-bee5df7ad009" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:34:32.333" UserId="2116" Text="Did you have an account on both (client/server) that have the SAME name and also the SAME password?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a simple P2P network like yours, the easiest way to get things working is to have a commum account between the server and the client." />
  <row Id="10080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5806" RevisionGUID="439d4873-37c1-4ee3-971b-cf957d4c7942" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:35:57.647" UserId="436" Text="if you have a local login with one password and a network login with the same name but a different password you will see this behavior." />
  <row Id="10081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5807" RevisionGUID="735fb328-d8e6-44e7-b202-1239fa1c9416" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:37:49.673" UserId="2180" Text="I would recommend sticking with stsadm.exe unless you have a strong business need for using PowerShell." />
  <row Id="10085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5809" RevisionGUID="0d666051-dc36-4dea-91bf-5155d3a78a30" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:38:26.143" UserId="1054" Text="Print a test page with the network configuration from the printers.  If they have a NIC in them the test page should display the mac.  I believe LaserJets also have the mac printed on one of the physical labels on the case.  You might have to open a drawer or lift a lid somewhere to find it, depending on what model LJ." />
  <row Id="10086" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5802" RevisionGUID="dd9cf2df-1c60-4ba2-921c-7bb09ebfd209" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:38:31.357" UserId="1797" Comment="Edited content." Text="There should be a menu choice to print configuration (on the printer itself). Other than that (or using an application that might have come with the printer for configuration, that might report a MAC address), I do not know." />
  <row Id="10087" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5810" RevisionGUID="854fc968-cae6-4dfd-8a55-3b323a5b67f7" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:38:51.307" UserId="2169" Text="[This is a list for my computer][1], i recently blogged. It is divided in &quot;misc dev tools&quot;, &quot;specific dev tools&quot;, &quot;communication/support&quot; and &quot;music/media&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.logaholic.de/2009/05/03/my-very-own-lamp-development-tool-list-for-windows/" />
  <row Id="10088" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5810" RevisionGUID="854fc968-cae6-4dfd-8a55-3b323a5b67f7" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:38:51.307" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="10090" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5803" RevisionGUID="2ccd9354-7676-4bf7-8a63-cb84e4f887d4" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:39:21.120" UserId="216" Comment="added 207 characters in body" Text="This Microsoft KB article may be relevant:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although the article suggests that this would cause completely network failure, a colleague of mine saw a similar problem on his Vista machine _intermittently_ and changing the setting apparently cured it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10091" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5754" RevisionGUID="eb8c01f5-7208-408f-9a21-2efab3421698" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:40:38.933" UserId="2168" Comment="added 9 characters in body" Text="Quicktime alternative wouldn't work because it just uses the Apple Quicktime decoder but strips away the &quot;goodies&quot; installed with a regular install of Quicktime.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're looking for a 64bit directshow filter which can decode Quicktime video, because Apple hasn't written/compiled a 64bit version, you'll have to look at other filters which can decode Qt. Mplayer/ffmpeg could but hasn't got a 64bit version and can not be used as a filter. But ffdshow which is an awesome decoder package does have a [64bit version][1], depending on the version of Quicktime your trying to decode I think it would work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're trying to decode HD quicktimes you would have to wait for the [CoreCodec AVC 2.0][2] release which has a 64bit filter..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=173941&amp;package_id=199416&amp;release_id=569930&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://forum.corecodec.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&amp;t=1126&amp;st=0&amp;sk=t&amp;sd=a&amp;sid=a6672343063f72e0ae58194a01081bc6&amp;start=20" />
  <row Id="10093" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5800" RevisionGUID="bd53ea41-d799-4ca7-a793-98abccfac240" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:42:53.763" UserId="449" Comment="added 127 characters in body" Text="I have three printers that I have to put on our internal network using the printers' internal NICs.  They are all currently attached to Windows XP machines and shared via the OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I need to submit details to the networking folks to get IP addresses for each printer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I find the MAC addresses of these printers (they are all HP LaserJets)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Printers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - HP LaserJet 3050 &#xD;&#xA; - HP LaserJet 1600&#xD;&#xA; - HP LaserJet 2420&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All are attached via USB currently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;None of the printers currently have IP addresses.  They all have the capability but currently are not setup." />
  <row Id="10094" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="5800" RevisionGUID="bd53ea41-d799-4ca7-a793-98abccfac240" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:42:53.763" UserId="449" Comment="added 127 characters in body" Text="Printer MAC Addresses" />
  <row Id="10096" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5813" RevisionGUID="f57aeada-fdc0-4e2d-b8cf-707f37d149bb" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:44:24.507" UserId="570" Text="Several large corporations seem to have moved their servers to GMail and universities. Why would you trust them any less than RIM?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're probably best to try and sync your desktop applications with GMail/Google Calendar/etc. rather than your Android directly, that's just not how it's designed to be used." />
  <row Id="10097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5814" RevisionGUID="e2a3455b-64bd-4d9e-b039-58e04985de0c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:45:14.850" UserId="2174" Text="We have a worldwide **nonprofit** organization which receives a modest amount of traffic (or at least I figure it's modest but I have little to compare against -- enter SF) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I determine what scale of service I need from a hosting/VM provider? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* What hard metrics work?&#xD;&#xA; * Response time? &#xD;&#xA; * CPU utilization? &#xD;&#xA; * Requests being handled per hour? &#xD;&#xA; * What is reasonable for me to expect a service to handle at different cost levels?&#xD;&#xA;* Should there be limits to my expectations on uptime for a less expensive service? &#xD;&#xA;* Do I need to do a rough calculation of my expected bandwidth and match it with t&#xD;&#xA;* Should I inquire into the kind of internet connectivity is backing my service?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are reasonable expectations at each cost level for a hosting provider? At what cost level can I get these expectations written as part of an SLA?" />
  <row Id="10098" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5814" RevisionGUID="e2a3455b-64bd-4d9e-b039-58e04985de0c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:45:14.850" UserId="2174" Text="How to judge our scale as a metric for what kind of hosting service I need?" />
  <row Id="10099" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5814" RevisionGUID="e2a3455b-64bd-4d9e-b039-58e04985de0c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:45:14.850" UserId="2174" Text="&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;metrics&gt;" />
  <row Id="10100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5815" RevisionGUID="ca7680d2-d18b-4bfe-a38b-67a0293389dd" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:45:55.597" UserId="2186" Text="You could use something like [AutoHotKey][1] to map `Shift+Delete` to `Delete`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, you would need AutoHotKey running all the time for this to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.autohotkey.com/" />
  <row Id="10101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5816" RevisionGUID="954e2d23-86b6-4851-9b5a-cc92763e45b8" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:46:37.047" UserId="755" Text="So here's the situation.  An email was sent from a computer within our organization yesterday and we were subsequently marked as spam because of it.  We don't know who sent it.  We don't know when it was sent (but have an approximate time) and therefore don't have a copy of the e-mail. And we don't know how to track it back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm a programmer and so IT is not my domain, but the programmer in me screams that there's got to be a way to trace this back to the origin.  We're running on MS Exchange.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to trace this e-mail back to the sender? And how can we do it?!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10102" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5816" RevisionGUID="954e2d23-86b6-4851-9b5a-cc92763e45b8" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:46:37.047" UserId="755" Text="Is it possible to trace a sent outbound email back to the origin?" />
  <row Id="10103" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5816" RevisionGUID="954e2d23-86b6-4851-9b5a-cc92763e45b8" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:46:37.047" UserId="755" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;spam&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;" />
  <row Id="10104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5817" RevisionGUID="99a1d0bd-6c04-4869-880d-fa2b1105293b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:49:53.200" UserId="546" Text="Is ECC RAM recommended for use in workstations, or is it something that only gets used in servers? If non-ECC RAM works in PCs, why would we need ECC RAM at all?" />
  <row Id="10105" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5817" RevisionGUID="99a1d0bd-6c04-4869-880d-fa2b1105293b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:49:53.200" UserId="546" Text="Would you use ECC RAM in a workstation?" />
  <row Id="10106" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5817" RevisionGUID="99a1d0bd-6c04-4869-880d-fa2b1105293b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:49:53.200" UserId="546" Text="&lt;ecc&gt;&lt;ram&gt;&lt;memory&gt;" />
  <row Id="10107" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5818" RevisionGUID="8c82c3aa-335e-4377-887e-3ad52115f62b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:50:16.553" UserId="1440" Text="Permissions for work items are based on the areas/iterations where they occur, and are set through the dialogue that defines areas an iterations. See Team Explorer | *right click project* | Team Project Settings | Arreas and Iterations... | *Select node* | Security...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ms252587][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ms252587" />
  <row Id="10109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5820" RevisionGUID="2922456d-ed81-4437-b875-d37130d22eb2" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:51:49.403" UserId="2168" Text="You could write a script to check every Send items folders for each mailbox in exchange...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I'm not sure if that's ethical. " />
  <row Id="10110" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5815" RevisionGUID="e2cbf27f-2561-405c-a857-26345099fc1e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:52:26.610" UserId="2186" Text="You could use something like [AutoHotKey][1] to map `Shift+Delete` to `Delete`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, you would need AutoHotKey running all the time for this to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The AutoHotKey script to do this is as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    +Delete::&#xD;&#xA;    KeyWait Shift&#xD;&#xA;    Send {Delete}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.autohotkey.com/" />
  <row Id="10111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5821" RevisionGUID="ff09a84d-8de6-4109-9442-e37a95dae52f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:53:55.797" UserId="671" Text="Without a copy of the e-mail with the original headers, this will be nearly impossible to trace.  If you had the headers, you could see the &quot;Received&quot; headers and follow the path back to the origin pretty quickly.  Without the usual information, your best bet is to look at the Exchange Server logs for the approximate time in question to see who was sending mail.  If you have some sort of message audit logging then you could look there to see if any &quot;spammy&quot; messages came from a particular user.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10112" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5822" RevisionGUID="ecf8edb4-bc37-44e9-a65d-7d622608bd41" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:54:18.617" UserId="2049" Text="How can I manipulate the &quot;from&quot; field in an email and make the &quot;to&quot; user see something different then the actual.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;really from    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    From: TStamper@yahoo.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; but they see&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    From:JohnBaker@yahoo.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've heard its from manipulating SMTP, but really not sure how accurate that is or how it can be done" />
  <row Id="10113" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5822" RevisionGUID="ecf8edb4-bc37-44e9-a65d-7d622608bd41" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:54:18.617" UserId="2049" Text="fake &quot;from&quot; field in an email" />
  <row Id="10114" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5822" RevisionGUID="ecf8edb4-bc37-44e9-a65d-7d622608bd41" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:54:18.617" UserId="2049" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;smtp&gt;" />
  <row Id="10115" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5419" RevisionGUID="d0431faf-8b4c-4283-b4f3-be0b79f7215f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:57:06.130" UserId="602" Comment="added 107 characters in body" Text="How do you lock out the USB ports on the desktop PCs so we can prevent usage of USB drives on the desktops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should clarify that these are Windows XP desktops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We should also assume that like most of the new desktops, many are using USB for keyboards and/or mice." />
  <row Id="10116" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5823" RevisionGUID="2c8862c1-f048-4c70-a66c-4ba2f6463c4b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:58:04.037" UserId="2186" Text="According to [this article][1] you can skip UAC prompts using the Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/window-on-windows/?p=635" />
  <row Id="10117" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5824" RevisionGUID="a6cb2953-909a-4f2a-bb22-88cbec81f13f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:58:18.703" UserId="613" Text="You're going to have to judge based on what resources your site is currently using, with CPU and bandwidth being the easiest to measure.  Most providers talk about bandwidth in total data transfer per month - a small low traffic site might use only 30GB/mo where large sites will pull hundreds of GB/mo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Small slices run by good quality operations are cheap, so don't settle for anything less than 3-nines (8hrs/yr) of downtime.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most companies will offer an SLA of some sort even if it's just in their standard TOS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other thing that you're going to want to look at in a hosting provider is what kind of support response you need.  Do you need 24x7 instant response?  Or is a couple hours good enough (usually the time for an on-call sysadmin to drive to the datacenter)?  Or is next-business-day good enough? (unlikely, but possible)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wherever you go, try and get some good 3rd party references to help you with an idea of what you're getting into.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5825" RevisionGUID="1758f4c9-64c8-44b9-b409-8142cff14347" CreationDate="2009-05-07T14:58:43.723" UserId="1054" Text="Yes, it's my manually setting SMTP headers and is trivial to accomplish.  Google it.  But don't get caught spamming......" />
  <row Id="10119" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5826" RevisionGUID="8d686353-fb52-4771-bd2a-805f7c917b31" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:02:21.437" UserId="48" Text="ECC RAM is designed to aid in preventing and fixing memory based errors, usually using some sort of hamming code or modular redundancy. This is very useful in servers that contained important data, or need high availability, but it comes at a cost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whilst its probably worth paying the extra for your important servers, do you really want to do so for your desktop machine, does it matter if there is the occasionally memory error? Sure it matters if your SQL database drops some data during a transaction, but do you care if your word document is affected by a slight memory blip?" />
  <row Id="10120" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5825" RevisionGUID="bbc9fe82-7c0b-46d6-9e7e-2fb0ab8fa61e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:04:36.830" UserId="1054" Comment="edited body" Text="Yes, it's by manually setting SMTP headers and is trivial to accomplish.  Google it.  But don't get caught spamming......" />
  <row Id="10121" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5827" RevisionGUID="412cd15b-368b-4d07-a1c1-3a2cb7603fb6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:04:37.830" UserId="1993" Text="As stuff is stored into, left, and eventually pulled out of RAM, some corruption naturally occurs (theories vary, but the one with the most weight right now is EMI from the computer itself). ECC is a feature of RAM and motherboards that allows detection and correction of this corruption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The corruption is usually pretty minor (ECC can usually detect and fix 1-2 bits per 64 bit &quot;word&quot; - and that's waaaaay beyond the typical error rates), but increases in frequency with the density of the RAM. Your average workstation/PC will never notice it. On a server where you're running high density RAM 24/7 in a high-demand environment serving critical services, you take every step you possibly can to prevent stuff from breaking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also note that ECC RAM must be supported by your motherboard, and the average workstation/PC does not support it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ECC RAM is more expensive than non-ECC, is much more sensitive to clock speeds, and can incur a small (1-2%) performance hit. If it helps, an analogy that works is RAM to RAID controllers. On your PC, that hardware-assisted software RAID built into your chipset is great protection against single disk failures. On a server, that would never be enough. You need high-end, battery-backed fully hardware RAID with onboard RAM to ensure that you don't lose data due to a power outage, disk failure, or whatever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So no, you don't really need ECC RAM in your workstation. The benefit simply will not justify the price." />
  <row Id="10122" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5828" RevisionGUID="51495de0-0c5f-4490-be82-c0b6c3257caa" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:06:57.667" UserId="2188" Text="When attempting the initial backup of a new client, Atempo LiveBackup seems to require a very large cache.  For instance, a 20 GB cache is not enough to back up a computer that has 100 GB of data.  It appears that LiveBackup is adding new files to the cache at a faster rate than it can send them to the server.  When the cache fills up, the backup fails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Aside from removing most data from the computer and then add them back gradually after the initial backup, is there a good workaround?  Is it possible to make LiveBackup slow down its scan so as to not fill the cache?  Or is it possible to place the cache on an external drive?" />
  <row Id="10123" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5828" RevisionGUID="51495de0-0c5f-4490-be82-c0b6c3257caa" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:06:57.667" UserId="2188" Text="Avoid cache overflow in Atempo LiveBackup" />
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  <row Id="10125" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5829" RevisionGUID="8fada2a9-7518-4ecc-9f76-283653289a07" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:07:16.327" UserId="1539" Text="Being an open relay means that you are accepting mail from **unauthenticated** users for domains that are not **the domains you manage**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Postfix has some very simple config options to help:&#xD;&#xA;    *mynetworks* and *mynetworks_style* between them dictate from which network addresses messages to any destination will be accepted.&#xD;&#xA;    *mydestination* is used to specify which domains are domains that you manage (ie that you should accept messages for because they're yours).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the very simplest setup looks like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mydomain = yourexampledomain.com&#xD;&#xA;    mydestination = $myhostname, $mydomain&#xD;&#xA;    mynetworks = 127.0.0.1/32&#xD;&#xA;    smtpd_recipient_restrictions = &#xD;&#xA;        permit_mynetworks,&#xD;&#xA;        reject_unauth_destination&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will accept mail **only**:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. **for** myexampledomain.com and **for** the hostname of the host itself, **from** any machine that can reach your mail server&#xD;&#xA; 2. **from** any client on the mail server (127.0.0.1/32), **for** any host, anywhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and will reject anything else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That is the most basic setup I can come up with. You need to read the entries for mydomain, mydestination, mynetworks{_style} in postconf(5).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to be able to accept mail from clients by any other criterion than network, such as say username and password or kerberos ticket, you need to read about [SMTP_AUTH][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.postfix.org/SASL_README.html" />
  <row Id="10126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5830" RevisionGUID="201dad67-2f01-41bf-814e-983f54f38cb0" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:07:23.737" UserId="671" Text="This will depend on the type of application you're running.  The first thing to determine is how much infrastructure you need.  How many concurrent visitors are you expecting?  What sort of traffic spikes do you want to be able to handle?  Is this a static HTML web site or a dynamic application requiring a back-end application server (PHP, ASP, ColdFusion, etc.) and a database?  You should load-test your application in a development environment to determine how much load you can handle and whether or not it is above or below your anticipated traffic levels.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you know how much equipment you will need to handle your anticipated load, then look at various managed server providers such as [SoftLayer][1].  There are dozens of managed service providers who can give you various levels of service depending on what kind of hardware you need, how much of it, bandwidth requirements, etc.  Certainly ask them about their connectivity, facilities, battery backup, generators, failure response times, etc.  Many providers will not offer an SLA unless you ask for it and pay extra for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for uptime, you get what you pay for.  If you're at Joe's Managed Server Co. with a staff of three, don't expect much.  Go with a reputable managed server provider that owns and builds out their own network with 24/7 support staff on-site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, consider your future growth.  Will the provider be able to upgrade your equipment quickly if needed?  Can they provision additional bandwidth or servers within a few hours?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would recommend contacting several managed service providers and reviewing your needs with them and comparing costs.  They do this for a living and should be able to help you determine exactly what you need to meet your needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.softlayer.com/" />
  <row Id="10127" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5831" RevisionGUID="e5a8b43f-8d70-453c-8b06-b2c673b7b82f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:07:56.137" UserId="34" Text="I am working with an application that allows security to a hierarchy of folders to be set through Active Directory. I have run into an issue with the application where it seems that the default security mode for all users is full access, and only those users that are deliberately excluded will not be able to receive access. So I would thus like to set the permissions so that all users/groups in a domain are excluded, and then explicitly include the groups and users that should have access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my question: is there a way that I can refer to all groups and/or users within Active Directory? For domain ABC, and user XYZ, I would input ABC\XYZ. Same for a group. Is there a syntax like ABC\\* that would be a blanket reference to all users and groups for the domain? Or would I have to go in and exclude them all explicitly?" />
  <row Id="10128" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5831" RevisionGUID="e5a8b43f-8d70-453c-8b06-b2c673b7b82f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:07:56.137" UserId="34" Text="Reference to all users/groups in Active Directory" />
  <row Id="10129" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5831" RevisionGUID="e5a8b43f-8d70-453c-8b06-b2c673b7b82f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:07:56.137" UserId="34" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="10130" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5832" RevisionGUID="4665bb28-bf76-4657-a095-da60d75f1402" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:08:56.213" UserId="942" Text="    telnet some_smtp_server.com 25&#xD;&#xA;    ehlo whatsup&#xD;&#xA;    mail from: JohnBaker@yahoo.com&#xD;&#xA;    rcpt to: recipient@somewhere.com&#xD;&#xA;    data&#xD;&#xA;    your message here&#xD;&#xA;    end with a dot on a single line like this:&#xD;&#xA;    .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course you'll need an SMTP server that allows relaying, which is almost impossible to find... or roll your own (just don't use this knowledge to spam!)." />
  <row Id="10131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5833" RevisionGUID="3699771f-928a-4a8d-8b3b-2d66279516cc" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:09:57.300" UserId="533" Text="At it's base, SMTP is just a text based protocol with no real verification.  Here's an example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    === Trying g3.example.net:25...&#xD;&#xA;    === Connected to g3.example.net.&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;-  220 home.example.net ESMTP Exim 4.68 Thu, 07 May 2009 11:03:21 -0400&#xD;&#xA;     -&gt; EHLO g3.example.net&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;-  250-home.example.net Hello g3.example.net [192.168.0.4]&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;-  250-SIZE 52428800&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;-  250-PIPELINING&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;-  250-AUTH CRAM-SHA1 CRAM-MD5 MSN&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;-  250-STARTTLS&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;-  250 HELP&#xD;&#xA;     -&gt; MAIL FROM:&lt;jj33@g3.example.net&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;-  250 OK&#xD;&#xA;     -&gt; RCPT TO:&lt;jj33@g3.example.net&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;-  250 Accepted&#xD;&#xA;     -&gt; DATA&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;-  354 Enter message, ending with &quot;.&quot; on a line by itself&#xD;&#xA;     -&gt; Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 11:03:21 -0400&#xD;&#xA;     -&gt; To: jj33@g3.example.net&#xD;&#xA;     -&gt; From: jj33@g3.example.net&#xD;&#xA;     -&gt; Subject: test Thu, 07 May 2009 11:03:21 -0400&#xD;&#xA;     -&gt; X-Mailer: swaks v20070921.0-dev jetmore.org/john/code/#swaks&#xD;&#xA;     -&gt; &#xD;&#xA;     -&gt; This is a test mailing&#xD;&#xA;     -&gt; &#xD;&#xA;     -&gt; .&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;-  250 OK id=KJA4HL-0006M6-8T&#xD;&#xA;     -&gt; QUIT&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;-  221 home.example.net closing connection&#xD;&#xA;    === Connection closed with remote host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The &quot;MAIL FROM:&quot; line defines the SMTP envelope sender, and the From: is defined in the message DATA.  There are wasy to protect against this, but they are defined in the mail server logic, not in the protocol itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For instance, I, as a mail provide, may require a user to authenticate using a user@domain type username.  Then my mail server might require that any mail they send have an envelope-sender and a From: header that match the user I authenticated as.  Additional technologies like DKIM and SPF can help in this area also." />
  <row Id="10132" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5834" RevisionGUID="f07eedd9-ddea-443e-a4c5-6a97e8b4977b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:10:54.820" UserId="671" Text="Perhaps you can use the &quot;Authenticated Users&quot; system group?  If I remember correctly, Active Directory uses a &quot;deny by default&quot; rules where it will only allow access to those specifically granted access in the ACL for an object.  If you only want to allow certain users or groups, clear the list and add only those that you want to have access with the permissions desired.  If there is a specific user that you do not want to have access that is part of a group that otherwise would have access, add them to the list with a specific &quot;deny all&quot; rule which will override the group setting for that user." />
  <row Id="10133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5835" RevisionGUID="4b86c3dd-0ca9-4192-8b11-dd6c99c9a23b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:11:55.923" UserId="914" Text="&quot;Authenticated Users&quot; includes all domain users, not sure if this would be available within your application but it works for group policies." />
  <row Id="10134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5836" RevisionGUID="60812a14-2425-40e0-abbf-5594913e3fc9" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:11:56.673" UserId="1993" Text="The &quot;really from&quot; address comes from the &quot;from:&quot; dialog in the SMTP conversation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The &quot;fake from&quot; comes from exploiting the common practice in email clients of displaying the various header fields as laid out in the Data portion of the SMTP conversation. For instance:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # telnet mail.example.com 25&#xD;&#xA;    Connected to mail.example.com.&#xD;&#xA;    Escape character is '^]'.&#xD;&#xA;    220 mail.example.com ESMTP Postfix&#xD;&#xA;    helo fakeserver&#xD;&#xA;    250 mail.example.com&#xD;&#xA;    mail from: real@example.com&#xD;&#xA;    250 2.1.0 OK&#xD;&#xA;    rcpt to: real@example.com&#xD;&#xA;    250 2.1.5 Ok&#xD;&#xA;    data&#xD;&#xA;    354 End data with &lt;CR&gt;&lt;LF&gt;.&lt;CR&gt;&lt;LF&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    from: fake@example.com&#xD;&#xA;    to: you@example.com&#xD;&#xA;    subject: This is a subject&#xD;&#xA;    This is the body.&#xD;&#xA;    .&#xD;&#xA;    250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 90D0F95A06&#xD;&#xA;    quit&#xD;&#xA;    221 2.0.0 Bye&#xD;&#xA;    Connection closed by foreign host.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you had left out the &quot;from:&quot; and &quot;to:&quot; lines in the Data portion, it would have displayed the actual envelope sender and recipient.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that these sorts of tricks are often looked for by spam filters, and will certainly not make you any permanent friends. Also, this doesn't work on all mail clients (just the most common ones)." />
  <row Id="10135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5837" RevisionGUID="568812c8-19aa-4846-a3a1-c85a2b549062" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:12:07.717" UserId="1257" Text="I am setting up Nagios on some of my Linux servers and have run into a bit of an issue.  The `check_ide_smart` plugin requires root access to the system to run.  To run it, I use the `check_by_ssh` plugin to ssh into the nagios account on the remote host, then run `check_ide_smart` using sudo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I initially added the following lines to `/etc/sudoers` to allow the program to work:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    nagios  ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ide_smart&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While this worked just fine when run locally, I was getting an issue when it was run from Nagios: no TTY was being spawned, which prevented the plugin from working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I dug in the man page for sudo and found the -s option, which spawns a shell and executes the program in there.  When I tried using `sudo -s`, I ran into permission issues since the -s apparently changes the command into `/bin/bash -c /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ide_smart`, which is not allowed by the sudoers file.  I tried changing the sudoers file to use that command instead, but that didn't work, and using quotation marks is a syntax error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I eventually got it to work by using the following line in `/etc/sudoers`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    nagios ALL=/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This feels really wrong to me since I'm allowing the nagios user to spawn a root shell, with which they can do anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this point, I though that maybe, by putting the command in a shell script that the nagios user has read-only privileges on would work, so I created a shell script:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    /bin/bash -c /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ide_plugin $@&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, I could never get the passed parameters (`$@`) to correctly work with the plugin, so I don't know if this would work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way that I can get `sudo -s` to work while not allowing the spawning of a root shell?" />
  <row Id="10136" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5837" RevisionGUID="568812c8-19aa-4846-a3a1-c85a2b549062" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:12:07.717" UserId="1257" Text="Limiting the use of `sudo -s`" />
  <row Id="10137" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5837" RevisionGUID="568812c8-19aa-4846-a3a1-c85a2b549062" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:12:07.717" UserId="1257" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;sudo&gt;" />
  <row Id="10138" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5822" RevisionGUID="0f6cddbb-1f4f-43b0-a724-9feb044b6323" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:13:00.243" UserId="2049" Comment="added 8 characters in body" Text="How can I manipulate the &quot;from&quot; field in an email and make the &quot;to&quot; user see something different then the actual.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;really from    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    From: TStamper@yahoo.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; but they see&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    From: Tremayne &quot;Top Dog&quot; Stamper&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've heard its from manipulating SMTP, but really not sure how accurate that is or how it can be done" />
  <row Id="10139" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5838" RevisionGUID="53db0f98-d790-4355-abd5-22e7f082585e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:13:13.020" UserId="1797" Text="I don't have a full reply to you, but a lead. AD is LDAP. It is queried just like any other LDAP. You will have to find the LDAP &quot;recipe&quot; that suits your needs." />
  <row Id="10140" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5839" RevisionGUID="57620571-21b1-4505-ba9b-1cac503f1175" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:15:01.423" UserId="671" Text="There are a couple of different things to consider here.  If you just want to display a different name or e-mail address, set the &quot;From&quot; header of the message (the message from address) to the e-mail address with the display name in brackets as such:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From: joe@example.com &amp;lt;Joe Example&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember that the &quot;from&quot; line in the message header is only used for display purposes.  The actual routing is done by the SMTP envelope address.  This is what the SMTP servers actually use to transmit the message between servers.  This can be different from the message &quot;from&quot; header.  If you have a custom SMTP engine, just have it use one address in the SMTP envelope and a different one in the &quot;from&quot; header on the actual message.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a number of legitimate reasons that you might want to do this, but please refrain from nefarious purposes." />
  <row Id="10141" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5840" RevisionGUID="d346d3f8-cd1f-4603-b947-4fb61ae05ba2" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:15:18.583" UserId="570" Text="`nagios  ALL=NOPASSWD: /bin/bash -c /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ide_smar`t&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should work instead" />
  <row Id="10142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5841" RevisionGUID="3c2661f0-229d-4642-9688-d9ec8b9121c1" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:15:46.350" UserId="1834" Text="How should I decide what size to make my swap size on a new linux machine (Debian) with a reasonably large amount of Ram (2-4 GB)?  Do I really need swap space defined?" />
  <row Id="10143" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5841" RevisionGUID="3c2661f0-229d-4642-9688-d9ec8b9121c1" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:15:46.350" UserId="1834" Text="How much SWAP space on a high memory system?" />
  <row Id="10144" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5841" RevisionGUID="3c2661f0-229d-4642-9688-d9ec8b9121c1" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:15:46.350" UserId="1834" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;swap&gt;" />
  <row Id="10145" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5768" RevisionGUID="74935766-175c-49bc-864e-fdadfb617144" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:16:31.653" UserId="56" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="**Isolate the problem**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Check the network is ok&#xD;&#xA; 2. Check the server machine isn't being hammered&#xD;&#xA; 3. Check the event log&#xD;&#xA; 4. Check for locked sql server resources (`sp_lock` or `sys.dm_tran_locks`)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Having Isolated to a stored proc or view**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Check for obvious problems in code e.g. `@tables` should be `#tables`&#xD;&#xA; 2. Check the execution plan for `scans` that should be `seeks`&#xD;&#xA; 3. Isolate the SQL that runs slowest&#xD;&#xA; 4. Turn on IO and CPU statistics (`SET STATISTICS IO ON` etc) to get baseline performance numbers&#xD;&#xA; 5. Frig around with the SQL, indexes etc&#xD;&#xA; 6. Measure IO and CPU performance again&#xD;&#xA; 7. If not sufficiently improved goto 5 else goto pub&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10146" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5842" RevisionGUID="ea24b2cf-f3d7-4eaf-80ce-1982ea9fcbf3" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:22:03.823" UserId="1840" Text="When you did a 'test page', did you do it from the client machine or the printer?... if you did it from the client machine, I doubt you'll get good information about network settings of the printer (specially if you're connecting through USB).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Doing a quick google you can find the manual for your 3050, check for others:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Network configuration page**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;The Network configuration page lists the current settings and properties of the all-in-one. To print the Network configuration page from the all-in-one, complete the following steps:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. On the control panel, press Menu. &#xD;&#xA; 2. Use the &lt; or the &gt; button to select&#xD;&#xA;    Reports, and then press .   &#xD;&#xA; 3. Use the&#xD;&#xA;    &lt; or the &gt; button to select Network&#xD;&#xA;    report, and then press ." />
  <row Id="10147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5843" RevisionGUID="37bb50c5-9e16-4209-a77a-dcb715fcf1d4" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:24:22.180" UserId="1041" Text="I can't speak to Debian directly, but I know that when you get up above 2 GB of RAM, the original 2xRAM equation changes, usually down to 1xRAM.  I think once you hit 16 GB RAM the suggestion lowers again to .75xRAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, I found this true for Solaris, and is actually the metric used for Oracle installations, so YMMV depending on the apps you're going to be running on there." />
  <row Id="10148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5844" RevisionGUID="a207e830-4b5e-4cdb-bef1-7c1f59e69875" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:24:51.133" UserId="914" Text="I create 1GB swap and purchase more RAM the second its being used.  You don't really need swap on modern computers, RAM is so cheap." />
  <row Id="10149" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5845" RevisionGUID="6a005777-8044-4b70-ab3c-dbcf483db4a1" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:27:15.763" UserId="570" Text="What are you using the system for? Personally I don't use any swap. If anything use a token 512MB or something just so things can get put to disk if resident but inactive for long periods." />
  <row Id="10150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5846" RevisionGUID="ffbdc974-013d-4e6e-8f35-6a19a3ed92db" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:27:40.597" UserId="1565" Text="**HP LaserJet 3050**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;page 271&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://bizsupport2.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00495173/c00495173.pdf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**HP LaserJet 2420**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;page 85&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00224567/c00224567.pdf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5847" RevisionGUID="3b02bab6-6359-4b7c-bc7d-80c4356b22c8" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:29:11.733" UserId="2189" Text="Is anyone successfully using Firefox 3 in a Windows domain?  By &quot;successfully&quot; I mean deploying via AD, configuring via GPO (especially setting network.automatic-ntlm-auth.trusted-uris), default plugins, and somehow managing updates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm aware of [FrontMotion][1] and Firefox ADM. It looks like the FrontMotion MSI installer and administration templates would solve most of the problem.  I'm not sure how updates would work, however... without me having to update the MSI manually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm also a little bit leery of using a 3rd party package for this.  I'm not terribly worried that FrontMotion is packaging up anything naughty in their distribution, but I don't like having to rely on them for being timely with critical updates and such.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have any of you successfully replaced IE with Firefox in your organization?  Is the way your managing it on par with managing IE on your desktops?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://frontmotion.com/FMFirefoxCE/features.htm" />
  <row Id="10152" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5847" RevisionGUID="3b02bab6-6359-4b7c-bc7d-80c4356b22c8" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:29:11.733" UserId="2189" Text="Using Firefox in Windows Domain Environment?" />
  <row Id="10153" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5847" RevisionGUID="3b02bab6-6359-4b7c-bc7d-80c4356b22c8" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:29:11.733" UserId="2189" Text="&lt;firefox&gt;&lt;windows-domain&gt;" />
  <row Id="10154" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5848" RevisionGUID="e1cfbbd9-74f6-4644-8670-d2c9d0136323" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:30:00.937" UserId="942" Text="Well, it depends on what services and applications you plan to run. You can watch your memory usage with **free -m** and adjust your swap partition accordingly over time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's an [interesting discussion][1] on the subject. Personally (and after reading that discussion) I'd still leave about 1 GB for swap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Debian/2004-10/2409.html" />
  <row Id="10155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5849" RevisionGUID="be60d060-3002-4c5a-8bb5-5fac18d4a48a" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:30:03.383" UserId="2190" Text="I was having this issue as well.  I assigned an IP to my machine based off of MAC address so that it was always the same IP.  This fixed it and I have not had any issues since" />
  <row Id="10156" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5850" RevisionGUID="5d459883-11e3-41d7-97ad-a09d133b85d4" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:30:06.177" UserId="588" Text="This my 2c straight out of the code - written in C#&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        public static void SendSpam(string message, string to)&#xD;&#xA;        {&#xD;&#xA;            System.Net.Mail.MailMessage myMessage = new System.Net.Mail.MailMessage(&quot;Fake Name&quot;, to);&#xD;&#xA;            myMessage.Subject = &quot;SPAM&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;            myMessage.Body = message;&#xD;&#xA;            System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient client = new System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient(&quot;mail.mailserver.com&quot;, 25);&#xD;&#xA;            System.Net.NetworkCredential c = new System.Net.NetworkCredential(&quot;realusername@mailserver.com&quot;, &quot;realpassword&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;            client.Credentials = c;&#xD;&#xA;            client.Send(myMessage);&#xD;&#xA;        }" />
  <row Id="10157" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5851" RevisionGUID="298cf050-d2bf-4484-932e-e7dae1af9fe6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:31:19.247" UserId="671" Text="If only your own applications will be running on the server, start with locking down your web server of choice.  Milner's suggestions to put a site-wide error handler to catch any expections is a good one to prevent data exposure.  You can run debugging in a production environment as long as the output is restricted to specific IP addresses that you specify.  As for the CFIDE folder, the only part that really needs to be locked down is the &quot;administrator&quot; sub-folder.  There are a lot of things in the CFIDE folder which your application may need if you're using any of the ColdFusion form controls.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Outside of the ColdFusion Server itself, there are a lot of things you need to consider in your code such as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Use CFQUERYPARAM on your queries.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Do not trust user input from the COOKIE, URL or FORM scopes.  Always sanitize the input and do not take any chances with it.&#xD;&#xA; 3. For data that users have entered that will be displayed layer, ensure it's wrapped with the HTMLEditFormat() function to present cross-site scripting attacks.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5852" RevisionGUID="f1b330eb-ee57-48ea-a856-9ef5f19c4048" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:33:23.797" UserId="2149" Text="Simple: what do you do when they ask you the common question: &quot;Can you clean my pc? Its so slow.&quot;" />
  <row Id="10159" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5852" RevisionGUID="f1b330eb-ee57-48ea-a856-9ef5f19c4048" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:33:23.797" UserId="2149" Text="How do you deal with malware on Windows?" />
  <row Id="10160" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5852" RevisionGUID="f1b330eb-ee57-48ea-a856-9ef5f19c4048" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:33:23.797" UserId="2149" Text="&lt;malware&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="10161" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5852" RevisionGUID="f1b330eb-ee57-48ea-a856-9ef5f19c4048" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:33:46.043" UserId="2149" />
  <row Id="10162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5853" RevisionGUID="a4ff1531-e77a-4721-81af-0c741ae22402" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:34:04.543" UserId="859" Text="I guess I'm a &quot;classical UNIX variant&quot; (from Michael Stum's answer) kind of guy as I use tcsh although I run Scientific (rebranded RHEL like CentOs) and Ubuntu Linux.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This stems from the fact that some of the software I used when first getting into Linux (and still use) was designed to run under csh and didn't always play nicely with sh/bash.  So that's what I learned and I've just stuck with it.  The first thing I do when setting up a new account is switch my default shell to tcsh.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While I can use bash without a problem, the syntax isn't the same between the two shell types (contrary to i-moan's comment) and I actually prefer the tcsh syntax although I believe it is a bit more limited.  I don't do all that much shell scripting so I've never had an issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, I agree, like the other commenters, that bash is the most popular, possibly because it has been the default for a long time and people don't generally bother switching from the default as was mentioned by David in the [Comparison of Unix Shells][1] question&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/5635/comparison-of-unix-shells" />
  <row Id="10163" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5854" RevisionGUID="8d1fe9f0-b9dc-4d1d-8045-774530244a05" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:38:48.403" UserId="671" Text="We don't have it deployed over entire servers, but within specific applications we log any use of forms on the web site.  If the application sees several requests coming from the same IP address within a very short time period, we either automatically enable a CAPTCHA on the form as additional protection, or just redirect the form input to a holding area until someone has time to review the contents.  After some time passes with no requests, the protections drop back down to normal.  I don't suppose this would be too difficult to abstract and deploy over all the contact forms on a server if they are using the same technology platform." />
  <row Id="10164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5855" RevisionGUID="edd51d35-ec9f-460c-b7a2-55810eeeceb5" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:38:51.350" UserId="45" Text="I create my IIS application pools and separate apps under these aspects: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Mission-critical apps** get their own app pool: this way I can insulate them from problematic applications. It makes individual configuration possible and I can more easily monitor or troubleshoot, if there are problems. &#xD;&#xA;- **Isolating apps by type**: pooling by language/technology or .NET framework version. You could mix ASP.NET with classic ASP in the same pool, but if both ASP and ASP.NET were in the same pool, and if you have a problem with your ASP application which required that you restart the worker process, your ASP.NET applications would also be recycled.&#xD;&#xA;- **Problematic apps** (for example apps with memory leaks or high cpu usage, database connections leaking etc) are separated from normal apps. New apps go into an &quot;on probation&quot; pool which is monitored for uptime and performance. If the app proves to be stable over time, it is moved to a pool for normal apps; otherwise, it remains isolated. This helps group the more problem-free apps together.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10165" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5856" RevisionGUID="715bdc20-949c-4333-801c-c8340a639ab5" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:39:25.903" UserId="1797" Text="The answer to this will vary from person to person, company to company. I work at a University and when a slow, &quot;dirty&quot; PC comes across, a rebuilt is norm. I follow the same standard, coming from *NIX system administration: a compromised system doesn't get &quot;cleaned&quot;, it gets rebuild.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am sure others will use a myriad of tools available to try to accomplish this task." />
  <row Id="10166" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5856" RevisionGUID="715bdc20-949c-4333-801c-c8340a639ab5" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:39:25.903" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="10168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5858" RevisionGUID="f223226e-cc66-4c11-bcb8-fee8745c2475" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:46:18.103" UserId="2012" Text="Over the years I have followed the rule that for Windows machines you have as much swap as you have RAM...On Novell we would tune swap higher if we had more printers...For linux the rule and practice for me has been 1GB swap for every 2GB RAM you have.  And you place it at the front of the disk so it is accessed quicker.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- If it is a mail/spam gateway I use double the swap to RAM&#xD;&#xA;- If it is a * server I don't use swap at all&#xD;&#xA;- if it is a LAMP server the 1/2 rule is in effect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Mileage will vary depending on application and GUI usage." />
  <row Id="10169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5859" RevisionGUID="986d8fce-fe36-41bb-a1b8-7bc417e902c1" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:46:46.463" UserId="383" Text="Checkout Lifehacker (links not working on SF so here is url, http://lifehacker.com/) for their ever evolving list(s) of software for dealing with malware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AddAware won the last poll." />
  <row Id="10170" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5859" RevisionGUID="986d8fce-fe36-41bb-a1b8-7bc417e902c1" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:46:46.463" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="10171" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="672" RevisionGUID="88cafeee-f4bc-4a2e-a77d-02db0b6114c6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:47:01.020" UserId="273" Comment="Aded solution to my question." Text="Does anyone know how you TEST if your IIS6 server is sending zipped content?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a &quot;test your website&quot; site out there that can tell you??&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you use Firefox to tell you (firebug or some other plug in?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[UPDATE]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using YSlow with FireBug.  Click on the &quot;components&quot; tab and it shows raw and gzipped sizes.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5860" RevisionGUID="28c1f0d0-c66c-4ddf-9d11-440ef2e29d67" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:47:37.803" UserId="2016" Text="Don't forget the Slashdot Effect.  You're only &quot;low volume&quot; until a link to one of your sites ends up on Slashdot / reddit / digg / other link aggregator / high traffic site." />
  <row Id="10173" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5861" RevisionGUID="398efe78-8230-4c2a-a70c-6d2581d3bf12" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:48:14.917" UserId="671" Text="I generally start with the Task Manager to see what's running in the background.  If they have some misbehaving software or general garbage, I'll ask if it's really needed and disable or uninstall the offending program.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then I will clear out the Recycle Bin, Temporary Internet Files, and any other temp files hanging out on the system.  Occasionally they use enough space to cause problems on older systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I will also check to see if the disk needs to be defragmented once those extra files have been removed.  If the disk is fragmented badly enough, it can cause performance issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the task manager shows software I'm not expecting or familiar with, I run SpyBot Search &amp; Destroy or AdAware and work from there.  This is usually enough to clean up most run-of-the-mill malware, but sometimes you have to dig deeper and run a full virus scan as well, and research removal techniques for anything else that is identified.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Worst case, a rebuild might be needed if it would require less work to reinstall than it would to clean up any infestations that are identified." />
  <row Id="10174" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5861" RevisionGUID="398efe78-8230-4c2a-a70c-6d2581d3bf12" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:48:14.917" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="10175" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5862" RevisionGUID="a03ffb10-4981-4940-8a0b-59b249646c0b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:48:19.393" UserId="1074" Text="I have a machine running Windows Server 2003 using a wireless network (D-Link) card in my basement.  Even though it has a live connection to the Internet, sometimes it does not allow me to connect to its network shares or remote desktop into the machine.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I do not get about this is that the issue is intermittent.  The Internet connection does not get interrupted.  However, sometimes it will allow me to connect to it from other computers on the network and sometimes it will not.  Nothing changes on the machine, at least nothing that I am doing.  I don't log on to it physically unless I'm troubleshooting it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have any ideas about what might be occurring?  It should not be the firewall, because sometimes it works without changing anything." />
  <row Id="10176" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5862" RevisionGUID="a03ffb10-4981-4940-8a0b-59b249646c0b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:48:19.393" UserId="1074" Text="My machine has an internet connection but intermittently cannot be found on the network" />
  <row Id="10177" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5862" RevisionGUID="a03ffb10-4981-4940-8a0b-59b249646c0b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:48:19.393" UserId="1074" Text="&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;wireless-network&gt;" />
  <row Id="10178" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5837" RevisionGUID="ee06f7d3-326d-43d2-9bad-b4699909aaa4" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:51:07.530" UserId="1257" Comment="Added response to @Mike Arthur since comment formatting is non-exitent" Text="I am setting up Nagios on some of my Linux servers and have run into a bit of an issue.  The `check_ide_smart` plugin requires root access to the system to run.  To run it, I use the `check_by_ssh` plugin to ssh into the nagios account on the remote host, then run `check_ide_smart` using sudo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I initially added the following lines to `/etc/sudoers` to allow the program to work:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    nagios  ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ide_smart&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While this worked just fine when run locally, I was getting an issue when it was run from Nagios: no TTY was being spawned, which prevented the plugin from working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I dug in the man page for sudo and found the -s option, which spawns a shell and executes the program in there.  When I tried using `sudo -s`, I ran into permission issues since the -s apparently changes the command into `/bin/bash -c /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ide_smart`, which is not allowed by the sudoers file.  I tried changing the sudoers file to use that command instead, but that didn't work, and using quotation marks is a syntax error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I eventually got it to work by using the following line in `/etc/sudoers`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    nagios ALL=/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This feels really wrong to me since I'm allowing the nagios user to spawn a root shell, with which they can do anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this point, I though that maybe, by putting the command in a shell script that the nagios user has read-only privileges on would work, so I created a shell script:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    /bin/bash -c /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ide_plugin $@&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, I could never get the passed parameters (`$@`) to correctly work with the plugin, so I don't know if this would work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way that I can get `sudo -s` to work while not allowing the spawning of a root shell?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Edit:***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;@ Mike Arthur&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tried that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # sudo -s /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ide_smart -d /dev/sda&#xD;&#xA;    Sorry, user nagios is not allowed to execute '/bin/bash -c /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ide_smart -d /dev/sda' as root on machine." />
  <row Id="10179" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5839" RevisionGUID="1c47ebdf-7304-4b96-8a6c-ad5e34c72bec" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:51:41.803" UserId="671" Comment="edited body" Text="There are a couple of different things to consider here.  If you just want to display a different name or e-mail address, set the &quot;From&quot; header of the message (the message from address) to the e-mail address with the display name in brackets as such:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From: &amp;lt;Joe Example&amp;gt; joe@example.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember that the &quot;from&quot; line in the message header is only used for display purposes.  The actual routing is done by the SMTP envelope address.  This is what the SMTP servers actually use to transmit the message between servers.  This can be different from the message &quot;from&quot; header.  If you have a custom SMTP engine, just have it use one address in the SMTP envelope and a different one in the &quot;from&quot; header on the actual message.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a number of legitimate reasons that you might want to do this, but please refrain from nefarious purposes." />
  <row Id="10180" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5863" RevisionGUID="2a00ba8e-9645-4343-ab25-7b8ac62045ff" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:51:57.870" UserId="1787" Text="Look at the **`Recieved:`** headers in **reverse order**. Last one will identify the IP within your organization, and perhaps the offender. If that's not enough to identify offender, you can use offending IP and exact time mail was sent, to grep through other logs. " />
  <row Id="10181" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5864" RevisionGUID="ed7d8e86-1cf1-4780-a0ee-878d4ecbd4b2" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:54:30.550" UserId="2190" Text="I have a Windows Home Server with multiple PCs and Macs connected.  I also have about a dozen or so users and the list is growing.  I desire the ability to control user access to a finer detail then what the WHS console seems to provide.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, I have the Pictures share and under it hundreds of sub directories. I would like user 'Grandparents' to only be able to access the directory with my kids pictures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have searched through all the add-ins, googled till my eyes started to bleed and only came up with [cacls][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it even possible to achieve this level of permissions with WHS?  If so, is cacls my answer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any other info would be greatly appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ss64.com/nt/cacls.html" />
  <row Id="10182" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5864" RevisionGUID="ed7d8e86-1cf1-4780-a0ee-878d4ecbd4b2" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:54:30.550" UserId="2190" Text="WHS sub directories permissions, can they be managed?" />
  <row Id="10183" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5864" RevisionGUID="ed7d8e86-1cf1-4780-a0ee-878d4ecbd4b2" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:54:30.550" UserId="2190" Text="&lt;whs&gt;&lt;windows-home-server&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="10184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5865" RevisionGUID="977700f5-aa07-4ca3-86bc-69b6cc06f663" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:54:49.457" UserId="244" Text="I seems that it is due to the fact how the datetime is used by the SQLMembershipProvider.&#xD;&#xA;Basically all times (lastLoginTime, lastUserActivity etc. ) are stored as UTC - this is to avoid possible replication problems when servers are operating in different timezones. It is similar to the way IIS uses time in logs as pointed out by [UndertheFold][1] (Thanks for pointing me into the right direction)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some reference can be found in [Professional ASP.NET 2.0 security, membership, and role management By Stefan Schackow][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: #3446&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://books.google.ie/books?id=Qt3TeJJkG5oC&amp;pg=PA380&amp;lpg=PA380&amp;dq=sqlmembershipprovider+lastlogindate+&quot;time+zone&quot;&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=b_9N7RduWN&amp;sig=BwneECZPJhjgN-wONCqVHJJbMpI&amp;hl=en&amp;ei=9gEDSsWjOsOQjAf50KHRBA&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=1" />
  <row Id="10185" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5866" RevisionGUID="2d4904f5-95dd-4814-b123-0bb9c16cf91a" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:55:18.940" UserId="2187" Text="&#xD;&#xA;I have a test system that requires a lot of setup to install the product I am testing.  While testing it is possible degrade the system.  I am looking for a way to go back to a point on the system where I have verified that everything is configured correctly.  What is the best way to do something like this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a 2 sever setup with Ret Hat 5.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10186" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5866" RevisionGUID="2d4904f5-95dd-4814-b123-0bb9c16cf91a" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:55:18.940" UserId="2187" Text="Best way to back up a system state for product testing?" />
  <row Id="10187" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5866" RevisionGUID="2d4904f5-95dd-4814-b123-0bb9c16cf91a" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:55:18.940" UserId="2187" Text="&lt;redhat&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;testing&gt;" />
  <row Id="10188" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5867" RevisionGUID="3b84f29b-10cb-4b89-99a8-afb6a57c8f3d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T15:57:18.357" UserId="45" Text="From this blog post [&quot;Recommendations for SharePoint Application Pool Settings&quot;][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Focusing on physical I typically like&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to limit app pools around 800MB to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 1200 MB max on a 32 bit app with very&#xD;&#xA;&gt; few app pools depending on the number&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and amount of memory.  On a server&#xD;&#xA;&gt; with 2 GB RAM I'd set it at around&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 800MB max.  On a 4GB of RAM server&#xD;&#xA;&gt; around 1GB and more if more with a max&#xD;&#xA;&gt; around 1200.  On a 64 bit web front&#xD;&#xA;&gt; end with 8-16 GB memory I've heard of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; settings of 2GB of RAM or even&#xD;&#xA;&gt; allowing it to let it ride, rather&#xD;&#xA;&gt; than limiting it.  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; You really need to profile it since&#xD;&#xA;&gt; these can really grow to process and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; cache.  The greater the amount of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; memory and the greater the load the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; higher the worker process will grow. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; When people ask about configuring the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; app pool, this is where they are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; usually asking what the numbers should&#xD;&#xA;&gt; be.  What you are doing here is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; explicitly limiting the app pool from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; consuming more memory.  Notice this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; setting is on the recycle tab, there's&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a reason for that.  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; When an app pool reaches the max it&#xD;&#xA;&gt; isn't like the max processor setting. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; It will cycle the worker process which&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is like a tiny reboot or similar to an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; iisreset, but not since sometimes we&#xD;&#xA;&gt; want this to happen so we can release&#xD;&#xA;&gt; our memory.  You really don't want to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; cycle more than a couple of times per&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 24 hour period in an ideal world. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; I've heard of some trying to cycle&#xD;&#xA;&gt; right before the morning peak occurs&#xD;&#xA;&gt; so they have the most amount of memory&#xD;&#xA;&gt; available, then a cycle right at the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; end of the day before the backups or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; crawling begins.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From my experience **800 MB** is the treshold for 32bit machines (2-4 GB RAM). It recycles app pools before throwing &quot;out of memory&quot; exceptions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/joelo/archive/2007/10/29/sharepoint-app-pool-settings.aspx" />
  <row Id="10190" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5869" RevisionGUID="61b9b8dd-f741-47c8-ab66-d265397f97e9" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:00:16.650" UserId="1447" Text="ECC RAM gets more interesting as memory sizes grow.  The probability of a single bit error in a machine with 8GB of RAM is quite a lot higher than it was in the days of a 640K PC/XT, simply due to the larger number of bits.  On a database server where that RAM might be in a disk buffer, a bit error can corrupt disk storage as well.  Generally you would expect to use ECC memory on a server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some workstations (particularly those with Xeon or Opteron CPUs) take registered memory, which pretty much only comes in ECC flavours anyway.  On a desktop PC you may view it as overkill.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10191" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5870" RevisionGUID="467ef243-b911-4197-b1e3-056c6a1445f8" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:00:43.623" UserId="1787" Text="Run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- anti-rootkit&#xD;&#xA;- anti-virus&#xD;&#xA;- anti-spyware&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then clean up remaining stuff with [**c-cleaner**][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ccleaner.com/" />
  <row Id="10192" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5870" RevisionGUID="467ef243-b911-4197-b1e3-056c6a1445f8" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:00:43.623" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="10193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5871" RevisionGUID="d54c289c-6d20-4d90-b661-c69b77544403" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:01:12.373" UserId="1006" Text="It depends quite a bit on what you're doing with it. With the&#xD;&#xA;appropriate workload, you don't actually need any swap space, whether&#xD;&#xA;you have 16MB or 16384MB of RAM; indeed most embedded Linux devices run&#xD;&#xA;without any (what would they swap to?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Considering RAM prices, you're probably not going to use swap for active&#xD;&#xA;computation. So, what's left?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. On desktops, swap space is used for suspend-to-disk. This swap space&#xD;&#xA;   needs to be around 1 × RAM, depending on how well the memory contents&#xD;&#xA;   compress.&#xD;&#xA;2. Allowing inactive tasks to be removed from RAM to make more room for&#xD;&#xA;   disk cache&#xD;&#xA;3. Same, but to allow active processes to use it instead for heap/stack&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(2) and (3) heavily depend on workload. On my desktops, I can easily use&#xD;&#xA;4GB+ on (2), from leaving vims, xterms, etc. running on other&#xD;&#xA;desktops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On most of the servers I run, there is hardly ever anything swapped out&#xD;&#xA;and 1–2GB of swap (regardless of RAM amount) seems OK.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10194" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5865" RevisionGUID="f472a81c-fbd6-4fad-a3dd-84a5029ed861" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:01:19.877" UserId="244" Comment="added 46 characters in body" Text="I seems that it is due to the fact how the datetime is used by the SQLMembershipProvider.&#xD;&#xA;Basically all times (lastLoginTime, lastUserActivity etc. ) are stored as UTC - this is to avoid possible replication problems when servers are operating in different timezones. It is similar to the way IIS uses time in logs as pointed out by [UndertheFold][1] - Thanks for pointing me into the right direction&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some reference can be found in [Professional ASP.NET 2.0 security, membership, and role management By Stefan Schackow][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So basically that was not really a IIS issue&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: #3446&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://books.google.ie/books?id=Qt3TeJJkG5oC&amp;pg=PA380&amp;lpg=PA380&amp;dq=sqlmembershipprovider+lastlogindate+&quot;time+zone&quot;&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=b_9N7RduWN&amp;sig=BwneECZPJhjgN-wONCqVHJJbMpI&amp;hl=en&amp;ei=9gEDSsWjOsOQjAf50KHRBA&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=1" />
  <row Id="10195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5872" RevisionGUID="fb6196e5-0382-4995-a9ce-2af959cdd59b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:02:26.067" UserId="613" Text="Run the system as a xen image.  Save the image before you run the test and restore it afterward." />
  <row Id="10196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5873" RevisionGUID="d42c7fe8-4aea-44b9-959b-f8c50268ac37" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:06:02.267" UserId="613" Text="Try the script again but put doublequotes around your $@:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    /bin/bash -c /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ide_plugin &quot;$@&quot;" />
  <row Id="10197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5874" RevisionGUID="edd871c7-fcd8-4c6b-8913-be6db29aea68" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:06:35.170" UserId="1006" Text="FYI, you need to quote $@ in your shell script for it to work right:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    /bin/bash -c /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ide_plugin &quot;$@&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`$@` is magic. From the bash manpage,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **@** Expands  to  the positional parameters, starting from one.  When&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the  expansion  occurs  within  double  quotes,  each  parameter&#xD;&#xA;&gt; expands to a separate word.  That is, &quot;$@&quot; is equivalent to &quot;$1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;$2&quot; ...  If the double-quoted expansion occurs within  a  word,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the  expansion  of  the  first  parameter  is  joined  with  the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; beginning part of the original word, and the  expansion  of  the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; last  parameter  is  joined  with  the last part of the original&#xD;&#xA;&gt; word.  When there are no  positional  parameters,  &quot;$@&quot;  and  $@&#xD;&#xA;&gt; expand to nothing (i.e., they are removed).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, starting bash won't spawn a pty; though I'm perplexed as to why your nagios plugin needs a terminal to run. It shouldn't. Maybe the actual problem is sudo's environment sanitization?" />
  <row Id="10198" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5875" RevisionGUID="069163dc-bcaa-4368-8e72-4e8661771b04" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:07:45.040" UserId="1770" Text="There are lots of ways you can figure out how much swap use in a machine.  Common suggestions use formulas based on RAM such as 2 x RAM, 1.5 x RAM, 1 x RAM, .75 x RAM, and .5 x RAM.  Many times the formulas are varied depending on the amount of RAM (so a box with 1GB of RAM might use 2 x RAM swap (2GB), while a box with 16GB of ram might use .5 x RAM swap (8GB).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing to consider is what the box will be used for.  If you're going to have a huge number of concurrently running processes running on the box, but a significant number of them will be idle for periods of time, then adding extra swap makes sense.  If you're going to be running a small number of critical processes, then adding extra swap makes sense (this might seem counter-intuitive, but I'll explain in a minute).  If you're running a box as a desktop, then adding extra swap makes sense.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for whether you should include swap, yes, you should.  You should always include swap space unless you **really** know what you're doing, and you really have a good reason for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See, the way the Linux kernel works, swap isn't only used when you have exhausted all physical memory.  The Linux kernel will take applications that are not active (sleeping) and after a period of time, move the application to swap from real memory.  The result is that when you need that application, there will be a momentary delay (usually just a second or two) while the application's memory is read back from swap to RAM.  And this is usually a good thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This allows you to put inactive applications to &quot;sleep&quot;, giving your active applications access to additional RAM.  Additionally, Linux will use any available (unallocated) RAM on a machine as disk cache, making most (slow) disk activity faster and more responsive.  Swapping out inactive processes gives you more disk cache and makes your machine overall faster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lastly, let's face it, disk space is cheap.  Really cheap.  There's really no good reason at all not to swipe a (relatively) small chunk of space for swap.  If I were running with 2GB - 4GB of RAM in a machine, I'd probably setup my swap space to be at least equal to the RAM.  If it were less than 2GB of RAM, then I'd still go with at least 2GB of swap." />
  <row Id="10199" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5863" RevisionGUID="9ab8c269-1d9a-4027-bf30-fadf1147c3c8" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:09:17.657" UserId="1787" Comment="deleted 63 characters in body" Text="Knowing approximate time and exact destination of the mail you can filter Exchange's logs for potential suspects. If you can find him depends on the volume of traffic that goes through that Exchange.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10200" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5876" RevisionGUID="0813f112-a441-40ec-93f0-b6f84b398de7" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:10:18.903" UserId="2192" Text="I am not really a network administrator but my company has LAN which has around 1500 computers. The offices are located in various geographical locations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem we face is that the use of swap drive. People tend to use swap drive for storing confidential information because it is too easy to use. My question is, Is there any way to allow the usage of swap drive but restrict its usage somehow? What policy should be there regarding its usage (cleaning it every night etc)?" />
  <row Id="10201" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5876" RevisionGUID="0813f112-a441-40ec-93f0-b6f84b398de7" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:10:18.903" UserId="2192" Text="How to control the swap drive usage?" />
  <row Id="10202" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5876" RevisionGUID="0813f112-a441-40ec-93f0-b6f84b398de7" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:10:18.903" UserId="2192" Text="&lt;swap&gt;" />
  <row Id="10203" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="307" RevisionGUID="31cce8bb-291e-440c-875d-d90c67006aa0" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:10:31.057" UserId="244" Comment="added 125 characters in body" Text="How can I determine Time Zone setting for IIS. &#xD;&#xA;It seems that ever since the daylight savings were applied (+1 hour) the time returned by IIS is 1 hour behind as the +1 was ignored. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The time on the server itself is correct, but when the application code calls getDateTime it would return the incorrect time. Any thoughts?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The application code is in .net and this particular part is related to SQLMembershipProvider. Basically when a user is logged in the last login datetime is updated and stored in database. That is always 1 hour behind the actual time. The tome settings on both servers (the application server and the one hosting  SQL Server are correct), and it is independent on the client site settings&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT 2**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for the answers, it turns out the the source of the problem [was not IIS related][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: #5865" />
  <row Id="10204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5877" RevisionGUID="3c0840ac-8d00-4005-9762-1021e9205d70" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:10:38.293" UserId="1819" Text="Since you know about when it was sent you might be able to find some information in the Message Tracking Log. It would also be helpful to know what domain it was sent to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can find the location of the log in your Exchange server settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Exchange 2007, look under Server Configuration and get Properties on your Exchange server. Then check the Log Settings tab and see if your Message Tracking Log is enabled. If so this will tell you where it is stored.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Exchange 2003, You also get Properties on your Exchange server, but this time it should be under the General tab.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you find the logs, you should be able to open the log for the time you suspect and see what the activity on your server was at the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5878" RevisionGUID="917d9468-1b6b-4efc-8528-dad0dcc7ad13" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:12:03.330" UserId="2191" Text="I always make as much swap (at least) as RAM. Just in case I want to hibernate the machine some day. Can work with less, but could as well not. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HDD space is cheap this days, therefore I don't hesitate giving away swap space." />
  <row Id="10206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5879" RevisionGUID="3f345b13-be90-48f2-8dbe-948f9e1c3f9d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:12:42.160" UserId="1770" Text="I don't think it's possible to use -s without spawning a root shell (assuming you need root privileges).  The -s option is specifically there to spawn a shell.  That's what -s means.  From sudo(8):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -s [command]&#xD;&#xA;        The -s (shell) option runs the shell specified by the SHELL&#xD;&#xA;        environment variable if it is set or the shell as specified&#xD;&#xA;        in passwd(5).  If a command is specified, it is passed to&#xD;&#xA;        the shell for execution.  Otherwise, an interactive shell&#xD;&#xA;        is executed.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10207" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5840" RevisionGUID="af316a2a-e0fb-45a0-89cd-72c0b4fb982c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:13:17.680" UserId="570" Text="`nagios  ALL=NOPASSWD: /bin/bash -c /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ide_smart *`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should work and allow arguments." />
  <row Id="10208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5880" RevisionGUID="7193d374-ff33-422b-ab34-54ac526f4adf" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:15:49.950" UserId="2101" Text="The easiest way is to use some kind of snapshot that you can easily revert to. In order of ease those are probably:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Storage Array**: LUN snapshots that you can revert to&#xD;&#xA; - **Virtual Machine**: Template it, copy the image or if using Xen with an LVM backing store, use LVM snapshots.&#xD;&#xA; - **iSCSI &amp; LVM (or OpenFiler/NetApp)**: If your iSCSI-fu is strong, use OpenFiler or ietd as an iSCSI target and install onto that. Then you can easily manipulate the backend disk for your test server.&#xD;&#xA; - **Partions**: If you need a subset of partitions, back up those partitions on the system and then revert those when necessary. Otherwise, make a second install that you can boot into and blast an image on to the disk." />
  <row Id="10209" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5881" RevisionGUID="5dce6fd7-23db-4fb7-8e88-f0a5640735c0" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:19:30.067" UserId="2191" Text="I have been using Subversion on the servers I manage. Works fine. I have also set up a&#xD;&#xA;[Trac][1] instance, so we have a timeline view, ticketing system, browsing, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using symlinks, cron and subversion I have also setup automated configuration distribution based on the subversion repository, where every Linux server updates a repository using `svn update` with scripts (e.g. firewall scripts).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://trac.edgewall.org/" />
  <row Id="10210" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5820" RevisionGUID="110a98c9-b72b-4652-a7fd-73ace14f3dec" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:20:29.143" UserId="2168" Comment="Added information about the means to communicate with Exchange, and removed the ethical question." Text="You could write a script to check every Send items folders for each mailbox in exchange...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could use [CDOEX][1] [which][2] is a COM interface to exchange.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; CDOEX is used in applications that use&#xD;&#xA;&gt; messaging to send and process e-mail,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; calendar, and contact information, as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; well as allowing programmatic access&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to mailbox and public folders. Note&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that CDOEX can only be run from a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; computer on which Exchange has been&#xD;&#xA;&gt; installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using a VB script a system administrator could check all those folders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But the programmer in you might prefer C#, therefore you could use the OLE DB interface [ExOLEDB][3] to Exchange. Microsoft even has a [example][4] which uses ADO. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Applications that use ExOLEDB&#xD;&#xA;&gt; typically access information from the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Exchange store by using SQL queries.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ExOLEDB can be used to retrieve and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; manipulate all types of data in the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Exchange store that the user has&#xD;&#xA;&gt; permission to access. ExOLEDB also&#xD;&#xA;&gt; provides full-text search capability&#xD;&#xA;&gt; over items in the Exchange store.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So enough options I guess.&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa142605(EXCHG.65).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms877946(EXCHG.65).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa142634(EXCHG.65).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310206" />
  <row Id="10211" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5772" RevisionGUID="9b2175d0-2e47-4f87-b6b8-275babafe463" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:22:00.623" UserId="2172" Comment="deleted 4 characters in body" Text="I am having a problem with Internet.&#xD;&#xA;Internet is not working intermittently in my system, at those times, in one of my colleague's system it is working.&#xD;&#xA;If I disable and re-enable my network, it works again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea how to fix this?&#xD;&#xA;We are having static IPs assigned to our computer.&#xD;&#xA;This is the netsh setting for my system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Windows\system32&gt;netsh interface ipv4 show subinterface&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       MTU  MediaSenseState   Bytes In  Bytes Out  Interface&#xD;&#xA;    ------  ---------------  ---------  ---------  -------------&#xD;&#xA;    4294967295                1          0    7407023  Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1&#xD;&#xA;      1500                1    5631555    1441755  Local Area Connection&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10212" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5882" RevisionGUID="14007d37-602f-4236-b65e-36c969285f4c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:23:56.360" UserId="2193" Text="At times when you cannot access the computer by name, can you still access it by IP address?  I've seen something similar on my network, where DNS or the master browser gets borked and won't lookup by name but the IP still works.  This even occurs on PCs that are physically wired to the same router, which takes wireless out of the equation.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10213" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5872" RevisionGUID="90fee100-593c-48f3-a827-06d33ef685ae" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:23:56.953" UserId="613" Comment="edited body" Text="Your question isn't very specific about what state on the system can be 'degraded', so the only way to be sure you've got it all saved to be able to revert to is to store the whole things, so: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Run the system as a [xen][1] image.  Save the image before you run the test and restore it afterward.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Automate the complete build of a system from scratch.  Wipe and rebuild from scratch before every test, using tools like [Puppet][2] or [FAI][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://xen.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/" />
  <row Id="10214" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="5876" RevisionGUID="121f82c1-d681-4f2f-9d5e-6220f9d5b315" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:24:04.720" UserId="2192" Comment="Clarified the meaning of swap drive" Text="How to control the swap drive (X:\drive) usage?" />
  <row Id="10215" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5876" RevisionGUID="121f82c1-d681-4f2f-9d5e-6220f9d5b315" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:24:04.720" UserId="2192" Comment="Clarified the meaning of swap drive" Text="&lt;swap&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="10216" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5883" RevisionGUID="8f4c2e0d-85fa-4368-8aa9-e47c82cc18fd" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:26:26.447" UserId="2191" Text="I started using [Password Safe][1], which was originally designed by Bruce Schneier, for storing any web-passwords. I have a very strong passphrase on the password safe, and all other passwords are auto-generated and never re-used accross websites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The software also has features like expiring passwords and the like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I consider this (given the **strong** safe password) to be the best trade-off and most secure approach to website passwords.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="10217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5884" RevisionGUID="936cf56e-d478-4e01-8845-0264dd680fe8" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:26:43.747" UserId="1447" Text="Install antivirus software on the computer but give the devs permissions to activate and deactivate the scans, set up exclusion directories etc.  When they are doing things that the virus scanner doesn't play nicely with (e.g. working with large managed code apps like OWB or VS2005+) they can turn it off.  They then have the option of turning it on if they want to run a scan.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best of both worlds." />
  <row Id="10218" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5772" RevisionGUID="e0cc607e-4b8b-419b-8043-998dce845b86" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:29:40.323" UserId="2172" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="I am having a problem with Internet.&#xD;&#xA;Internet is not working intermittently in my system, at those times, in one of my colleague's system it is working.&#xD;&#xA;If I disable and re-enable my network, it works again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea how to fix this?&#xD;&#xA;We are having static IPs assigned to our systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the netsh setting for my system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Windows\system32&gt;netsh interface ipv4 show subinterface&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       MTU  MediaSenseState   Bytes In  Bytes Out  Interface&#xD;&#xA;    ------  ---------------  ---------  ---------  -------------&#xD;&#xA;    4294967295                1          0    7407023  Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1&#xD;&#xA;      1500                1    5631555    1441755  Local Area Connection&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5885" RevisionGUID="61eaa2db-fad9-4a25-9f4d-db3cba8722a2" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:30:04.567" UserId="2191" Text="I would try a broadcast ping to `255.255.255.255` from a linux box (Windows does not allow this) given they are on the same switch. Then have a look at the arp-cache for any responses using&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    arp -a&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The arp cache lookup will also work if you can somehow connect to the device using a configuration tool (even if does not show you the MAC address)." />
  <row Id="10220" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5488" RevisionGUID="ddd6e99a-1582-4c58-b0fc-45af540bfd12" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:31:32.270" UserId="613" Comment="added 46 characters in body" Text=" * Do you have a dedicated server room/colo?&#xD;&#xA; * Do you do backups?&#xD;&#xA; * Do you have a repeatable machine build?&#xD;&#xA; * Do you have a trouble ticket tracking system?&#xD;&#xA; * Do you have a firewall? How is its configuration tracked or backed up?&#xD;&#xA; * Am I expected to run cabling, or do you have a contractor/facilites mgr for that?&#xD;&#xA; * Who runs the phone system?&#xD;&#xA; * Where do you keep documentation on procedures?" />
  <row Id="10221" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5886" RevisionGUID="7744a6ce-292f-4aa3-8d3a-295e84b0791f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:31:47.137" UserId="533" Text="Your question is still vague, but I;m going to take a shot at it.  Your company has a system which mounts a drive on login for every user in the company.  You refer to it as the &quot;swap&quot; drive.  It's read/write by anyone, and it's expected usage is a quick and easy way for people to share files (userA drags a file to X:\, calls or IMs userB and tells them to &quot;check the swap drive for FileName&quot;).  This isn't really a product, it's just a set of login rules mounting a share automatically at boot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OK so far?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So your problem is that people have been storing inappropriate content (like, say, HR records) that shouldn't be viewable by everyone, and using the drive for longer term storage instead of treating it as ephemeral.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still on track?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If those assumptions are correct, run a job every four hours that deletes any file that is older than four hours.  Document this procedure in IT policy and distribute it to your users.  Also document the proper document type and punishment for using the drive inappropriately (which you'll probably never use, but you have to get it on paper).  As for monitoring for those files,   that's a harder problem.  There might be hueristics, but you'll probably see them or have them reported to you (you know about it now, right?).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, I've failed to read your mind and I'm entirely wrong =)." />
  <row Id="10222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5887" RevisionGUID="5deeafbd-bb58-47f4-8d49-cfc90720b555" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:34:06.973" UserId="2142" Text="I've seen a dicussion about ECC ram use on servers.  Why is it better?" />
  <row Id="10223" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5887" RevisionGUID="5deeafbd-bb58-47f4-8d49-cfc90720b555" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:34:06.973" UserId="2142" Text="What is ECC ram and why is it better?" />
  <row Id="10224" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5887" RevisionGUID="5deeafbd-bb58-47f4-8d49-cfc90720b555" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:34:06.973" UserId="2142" Text="&lt;ram&gt;&lt;ecc&gt;" />
  <row Id="10226" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5866" RevisionGUID="0d43499d-efb1-4e08-a99d-47221f293ef2" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:37:51.507" UserId="2187" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="I have a test system that requires a lot of setup to install the product I am testing.  While testing it is possible degrade the system.  I am looking for a way to go back to a point on the system where I have verified that everything is configured correctly.  What is the best way to do something like this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a 2 server setup with Red Hat 5.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10227" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5889" RevisionGUID="0bb96dd1-2f69-40a9-be60-408920f353de" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:38:37.963" UserId="279" Text="I have several servers running applications on debian. Each has the packages it requires for the application, and no more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently, none have mail sending capability. However, I would like the output of tools like cron to be mailed to me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The servers are hosted at an ISP site that provides a server I should use for all outbound mail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How should I configure my debian servers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - To permit local tools like cron to send mail, as something like automaton@example.com (I specifically do not want 'root@machinename')&#xD;&#xA; - Not provide any inbound mail services&#xD;&#xA; - Use the ISP's provided server for outbound mail&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What package is good for such a 'minimal' mail service?" />
  <row Id="10228" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5889" RevisionGUID="0bb96dd1-2f69-40a9-be60-408920f353de" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:38:37.963" UserId="279" Text="How do I add outbound mail service to a 'minimal' debian system?" />
  <row Id="10229" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5889" RevisionGUID="0bb96dd1-2f69-40a9-be60-408920f353de" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:38:37.963" UserId="279" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;emailserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="10230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5890" RevisionGUID="713de5e3-a762-45ec-a045-6d8f3c6e41d0" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:39:09.943" UserId="1233" Text="To make things simple, quoting from [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_random_access_memory#Errors_and_error_correction):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Electrical or magnetic interference inside a computer system can cause a single bit of DRAM to spontaneously flip to the opposite state. It was initially thought that this was mainly due to alpha particles emitted by contaminants in chip packaging material, but research [5] has shown that the majority of one-off (&quot;soft&quot;) errors in DRAM chips occur as a result of background radiation  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; ...  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; This problem can be mitigated by using DRAM modules that include extra memory bits and memory controllers that exploit these bits. These extra bits are used to record parity or to use an error-correcting code &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5891" RevisionGUID="05e1c4d9-2de4-40c2-9962-bead2a1fcebf" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:39:18.227" UserId="1155" Text="I've used this QuickTime DirectShow filter in the past and it allows Windows Media Player to playback all QuickTime fileformats natively.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.medialooks.com/products/directshow_filters/quicktime_filter.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.medialooks.com/products/directshow_filters/quicktime_filter.html" />
  <row Id="10235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5893" RevisionGUID="933d9b06-0d00-40f8-8831-704637a27996" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:40:12.157" UserId="2191" Text="I would also suggest it is a relay problem on the SMTP server. My best bet would be that you need to enable &quot;SMTP-Server requires authentication&quot; setting for the SMTP server." />
  <row Id="10236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5894" RevisionGUID="8fe1b8e0-ec69-4b78-881a-ec995694def7" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:40:34.277" UserId="147" Text="I haven't run courier for a long time but it might be worth looking at dovecot, which I find to be quite lightweight for a POP3 &amp; IMAP server." />
  <row Id="10237" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5895" RevisionGUID="689809f6-b319-4350-99b8-365721274dc9" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:41:37.317" UserId="1993" Text="At Fog Creek, we use ESET NOD32.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tested Symantec, Kaspersky, Norton, ZoneAlarm, Avast, and AVG. All of them have noticeable performance issues, and many were downright unusable for our devs (blocked debuggers, caused issues when hooking into system calls, etc). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NOD32 has been deployed for nearly a year now, and I've only had a single dev run into any trouble with it (and that was fixed by checking a configuration option). It causes no noticeable performance hit, doesn't interfere with any of our tools, and is unbelievably simple to setup - I deployed it across all of our workstations and servers in the middle of the day from the comfort of my desk. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only trouble we had with NOD32 was a big performance hit when running VMWare Workstation during our evaluation period. After exempting all VMWare files from realtime scanning, the problem disappeared." />
  <row Id="10238" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5589" RevisionGUID="6d94cbce-5fea-4322-93d2-bb3ea43dc14e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:42:00.903" UserId="658" Comment="added 125 characters in body" Text="Given the recent events with a ['hacker' learning and retrying passwords from website administrators][1], what can we suggest to everyone about best practices when it comes to passwords?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - use unique passwords between sites (i.e. never re-use a password)&#xD;&#xA; - words found in the dictionary are to be avoided&#xD;&#xA; - consider using words or phrases from a non-English language&#xD;&#xA; - use pass phrases&#xD;&#xA; - l33tifying doesn't help very much&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please suggest more!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001263.html" />
  <row Id="10239" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5896" RevisionGUID="f5003314-619f-4aa8-9055-58b10dd12b2d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:43:08.700" UserId="147" Text="I think you can run sendmail in some sort of submit-only mode, which means that all mail is forwarded to the smart relay (I think). Haven't done it myself as I've been using postfix for ages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could run a local instance of postfix and get it to relay all email to the other server you want to read the mail from." />
  <row Id="10240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5897" RevisionGUID="f3fe9f61-c988-48e0-b949-b68301c5a553" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:44:25.170" UserId="1787" Text="You could remove ListDirectory permission from everyone, thus only ppl having the exact path to the file will be able to access it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10241" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5898" RevisionGUID="117f7ac8-7a09-4665-9618-d173461cb57c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:44:40.833" UserId="1466" Text="I have **written a script** that scans all the relevent logs daily, makes a list of people that have had any activity that day, and maintains database (just a text file) of users and the last time they logged in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then I have a **second script** that examines the database for dates more than x days ago, an notifies the user and administrator 2 weeks prior to locking the account.  And if there are any dates more than x+y days ago, deletes the account altogether.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This seems to be working for me - but **I would like to use a non-proprietary solution** if one is available." />
  <row Id="10242" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5899" RevisionGUID="29bf9679-c3a7-48bc-865a-438c0e90c210" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:45:41.283" UserId="2049" Text="ECC has several advantages over parity. For one, it can detect and repair single-bit errors and do so without having to stop the whole system. Multiple-bit errors will still return a parity error, but the odds of this happening are astronomically low during the lifetime of a PC unless the memory itself is defective. ECC is like auto insurance: It covers you for the majority of things that can go wrong, but it can't prevent a multi-car pileup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;more detail here: [ECC memory: A must for servers, not for desktop PCs](http://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid68_gci1251848,00.html)" />
  <row Id="10243" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5900" RevisionGUID="5feb44ec-4544-41da-9ea1-3944f82d441b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:46:41.953" UserId="2036" Text="ECC RAM can recover from small errors in bits, by utilizing parity bits.  Since servers are a shared resource where up-time and reliability are important, ECC RAM is generally used with only a modest difference in price.  ECC RAM is also used in CAD/CAM workstations were small bit errors could cause calculation mistakes which become more significant problems when a design goes to manufacturing." />
  <row Id="10244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5901" RevisionGUID="4efb175c-f100-41f9-ba5a-bdb9d48ea21d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:47:02.233" UserId="2189" Text="Wireless connectivity is not known for being solid.  You don't notice it so much from the client because the connection can be restored behind the scenes when you make a request.  When your server, on the other hand, has connection issues, it's not necessarily going to be proactive about restoring the connection when a request comes in...because it won't receive it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you might try is to run a ping indefinitely from the server to your router (ping -t) and see if the problem disappears.  If the problem does reoccur, run down to the server and see if you notice any ping timeouts which would indicate intermittent connection issues.  If the problem goes away or gets considerably better, then it's because the constant pinging is forcing the server to keep the connection up as well as it can.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming the issue is the wireless connection, you can try a better NIC and/or a higher gain antenna.  If at all possible, run a hard line from the server to the router / switch." />
  <row Id="10245" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5889" RevisionGUID="1ed71e35-84f4-42b5-bc07-69009e43adb3" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:47:04.370" UserId="279" Comment="improve use of jargon" Text="I have several servers running applications on debian. Each has the packages it requires for the application, and no more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently, none have mail sending capability. However, I would like the output of tools like cron to be mailed to me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The servers are hosted at an ISP site that provides a 'smart relay' server I should use for all outbound mail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How should I configure my debian servers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - To permit local tools like cron to send mail, as something like automaton@example.com (I specifically do not want 'root@machinename')&#xD;&#xA; - Not provide any inbound mail services&#xD;&#xA; - Use the ISP's provided 'smart relay' for outbound mail&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What package is good for such a 'minimal' mail service?" />
  <row Id="10246" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5902" RevisionGUID="0f0b52c4-2722-42dc-9b89-688c9ced2e08" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:47:25.413" UserId="2101" Text="Such a configuration is called a 'nullclient' configuration. Some guides are available:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Postfix: http://www.postfix.org/STANDARD_CONFIGURATION_README.html#null_client&#xD;&#xA; - Sendmail: http://www.sendmail.org/m4/features.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For sendmail, all you should need it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    FEATURE(`nullclient', `mailhub.domain.notused')dnl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some distros (openSuSE) provide a separate 'nullclient.mc' configuration file for this purpose." />
  <row Id="10247" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5903" RevisionGUID="c2a00da4-4066-4529-bfcc-875bf6ca933b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:49:54.660" UserId="1851" Text="If I RDP to a Windows Server 2008 box without proving any username or password information I get to see a list of the users on the computer. In Windows Server 2003 this list was not broadcasted. How can I make WS2008 not advertise what users are on the system? Thanks." />
  <row Id="10248" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5903" RevisionGUID="c2a00da4-4066-4529-bfcc-875bf6ca933b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:49:54.660" UserId="1851" Text="Hide users when connecting to Windows Server 2008" />
  <row Id="10249" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5903" RevisionGUID="c2a00da4-4066-4529-bfcc-875bf6ca933b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:49:54.660" UserId="1851" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="10250" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5904" RevisionGUID="70cc7390-f37f-4bf6-a6f6-21b6e5d4bf01" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:50:29.230" UserId="2146" Text="LVM snapshot functionality could be really handy" />
  <row Id="10252" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="5889" RevisionGUID="2abf33da-a2ff-4099-8152-ef677ce044f1" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:52:20.520" UserId="279" Text="How do I add outbound only mail service for local tools to a 'minimal' debian system?" />
  <row Id="10254" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5889" RevisionGUID="2abf33da-a2ff-4099-8152-ef677ce044f1" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:52:20.520" UserId="279" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;emailserver&gt;&lt;smtp&gt;" />
  <row Id="10255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5907" RevisionGUID="bc5bd8b1-58e7-4170-8e09-f55bb8898297" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:56:27.827" UserId="1672" Text="I like to use exim, it's really easy to setup quickly on Debian. Run the following commands, when prompted with exim4-config select 'internet site' as the primary configuration. All other options should be left as defaults.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo aptitude install exim4&#xD;&#xA;    sudo dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, edit /etc/aliases to look like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    root: your.email@example.net&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally run `newaliases` to make mailing the root work (for cron etc)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    sudo newaliases&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now you should be able to do something like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $mail root&#xD;&#xA;    Subject: Hello&#xD;&#xA;    What a fine day!&#xD;&#xA;    .&#xD;&#xA;    Cc: " />
  <row Id="10256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5908" RevisionGUID="1e6a8848-8b17-49bc-8826-7db31256021a" CreationDate="2009-05-07T16:56:35.547" UserId="1466" Text="I definitely use a **virtual machine** for this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set the hardware up with a minimal linux install running the **free vmware server** or other virtualization platform., then use the web interface to create the base server to your liking, then **snapshot it**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Keep this snapshot as a pristine version** of the basic server, and just **undo the snapshot** when you are done" />
  <row Id="10257" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5381" RevisionGUID="136ead5d-3e49-4d64-a503-88d085e6abd0" CreationDate="2009-05-07T17:04:06.357" UserId="1047" Text="I had Windows Server 2003 installed on my primary hard drive. I then added a new hard drive and formatted/installed Windows Vista on the new hard drive. The old drive with Windows Server 2003 is still on my system as D: but I don't have the option to boot to it. Is there any way to set it up so that I can choose which OS at boot time?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It looks like the BCDEdit command will do what I want, but figuring out the command line options to give it was too hard so I used [EasyBCD][1] instead to add another entry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now the problem is I'm getting this error when I try to boot my Windows Server 2003 instance:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Invalid BOOT.INI file&#xD;&#xA;Booting from c:\Windows\ &#xD;&#xA;NTDETECT fail&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My d:\BOOT.INI file contained the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[boot loader]&#xD;&#xA;timeout=30&#xD;&#xA;default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS&#xD;&#xA;[operating systems]&#xD;&#xA;multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=&quot;Windows Server 2003, Enterprise&quot; /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My wild guess was to change disk(0) to disk(1) on both lines, but it resulted in the same error. I'm wondering if its even possible to boot Windows off the D: drive when it was originally installed on C: or if any of my programs will still work..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1" />
  <row Id="10260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5909" RevisionGUID="92a7d4f5-c9aa-4e30-bce9-769040108707" CreationDate="2009-05-07T17:12:39.237" UserId="1859" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am attempting to install Exchange Server 2003 on Windows Server 2003 R2. I have installed all of the prerequisites as far as I can tell. When I run the install program and try to tell it to do a typical install it comes up with an error message saying that the NNTP component of IIS is either not installed or disabled. I have installed the component and check in the IIS management console to make sure it is enabled, which it is. Any ideas?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--Kyle" />
  <row Id="10261" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5909" RevisionGUID="92a7d4f5-c9aa-4e30-bce9-769040108707" CreationDate="2009-05-07T17:12:39.237" UserId="1859" Text="Installing Exchange 2003 on Windows Server 2003" />
  <row Id="10262" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5909" RevisionGUID="92a7d4f5-c9aa-4e30-bce9-769040108707" CreationDate="2009-05-07T17:12:39.237" UserId="1859" Text="&lt;exchange-2003&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="10263" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5910" RevisionGUID="506374d7-f048-485b-9cfe-e41f6fed1d7d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T17:13:04.510" UserId="1047" Text="I'm trying to edit my BOOT.INI file but I'm unsure what ARC path I need to use to reference a particular drive letter. There is a kb article that almost seems like it tells you how to do this but instead is useless at [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/155222][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/155222" />
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  <row Id="10265" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5910" RevisionGUID="506374d7-f048-485b-9cfe-e41f6fed1d7d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T17:13:04.510" UserId="1047" Text="&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="10266" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5880" RevisionGUID="84e65029-f6d5-4e19-802f-064b0018709d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T17:14:07.847" UserId="2101" Comment="I can now spell 'Partitions'" Text="The easiest way is to use some kind of snapshot that you can easily revert to. In order of ease those are probably:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Storage Array**: LUN snapshots that you can revert to&#xD;&#xA; - **Virtual Machine**: Template it, copy the image or if using Xen with an LVM backing store, use LVM snapshots.&#xD;&#xA; - **iSCSI &amp; LVM (or OpenFiler/NetApp)**: If your iSCSI-fu is strong, use OpenFiler or ietd as an iSCSI target and install onto that. Then you can easily manipulate the backend disk for your test server.&#xD;&#xA; - **Partitions**: If you need a subset of partitions, back up those partitions on the system and then revert those when necessary. Otherwise, make a second install that you can boot into and blast an image on to the disk." />
  <row Id="10267" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5837" RevisionGUID="bd9ee251-5751-43bc-bd64-b7e79c3d32dc" CreationDate="2009-05-07T17:14:33.163" UserId="1257" Text="I am setting up Nagios on some of my Linux servers and have run into a bit of an issue.  The `check_ide_smart` plugin requires root access to the system to run.  To run it, I use the `check_by_ssh` plugin to ssh into the nagios account on the remote host, then run `check_ide_smart` using sudo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I initially added the following lines to `/etc/sudoers` to allow the program to work:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    nagios  ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ide_smart&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While this worked just fine when run locally, I was getting an issue when it was run from Nagios: no TTY was being spawned, which prevented the plugin from working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I dug in the man page for sudo and found the -s option, which spawns a shell and executes the program in there.  When I tried using `sudo -s`, I ran into permission issues since the -s apparently changes the command into `/bin/bash -c /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ide_smart`, which is not allowed by the sudoers file.  I tried changing the sudoers file to use that command instead, but that didn't work, and using quotation marks is a syntax error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I eventually got it to work by using the following line in `/etc/sudoers`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    nagios ALL=/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This feels really wrong to me since I'm allowing the nagios user to spawn a root shell, with which they can do anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this point, I though that maybe, by putting the command in a shell script that the nagios user has read-only privileges on would work, so I created a shell script:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    /bin/bash -c /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ide_plugin $@&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;strike&gt;Unfortunately, I could never get the passed parameters (`$@`) to correctly work with the plugin, so I don't know if this would work.&lt;/strike&gt; *Edit:* I needed to quote the `$@` for it to work.  Thanks @derobert and @pjz.  I still don't know if it would work since I got it to work using @Mike Arthur's solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way that I can get `sudo -s` to work while not allowing the spawning of a root shell?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Answer:***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Added the following line to `/etc/sudoers`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    nagios ALL=NOPASSWD: /bin/bash -c /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ide_smart *&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note the trailing asterisk; without it, this does not work.  Thanks @Mike Arthur for the answer." />
  <row Id="10268" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5895" RevisionGUID="2f2c8669-4638-42c4-9265-b6aa8f679a74" CreationDate="2009-05-07T17:18:56.477" UserId="1993" Comment="added explanation of need for AV software" Text="**You NEED antivirus software**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's been said a few times in these answers that developers should know better, or should only install software they need from known good sites, etc, so if you need antivirus you have a social issue, not a technical issues. A few points on that:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Prevention is only one of the functions of antivirus. Even if your vendor is slow about getting new definitions out, if your software detects a virus on your machine after the fact you're much better off than if you had no AV software at all.&#xD;&#xA; - Everyone, no matter how brilliant, makes mistakes. You cannot bet your infrastructure on the perfection of your employees' awareness.&#xD;&#xA; - Downloading software is only one vector of viral attack. What about software vulnerabilities? What if a &quot;known-good&quot; software site is hijacked? What if automatic update software (Java, Adobe, Apple, MS, whatever) is compromised? Your security is too valuable to leave in the hands of your employees and your vendors.&#xD;&#xA; - Unless you're a very small company, you have non-technical people working with you. Receptionists, office managers, sales people, etc. If your devs are perfect and your receptionist clicks a bad link his mom sent to him, your network is compromised.&#xD;&#xA; - Installing AV software on all machines except your developers' leaves the (arguably) most valuable workstations unprotected. &#xD;&#xA; - Your developers have software on their machines that is not &quot;necessary&quot; for their jobs. Guaranteed. iTunes, AIM, other apps they've discovered that they like. They're smart enough to get around policies/software that tries to prevent this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**My recommendations**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At Fog Creek, we use ESET NOD32.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tested Symantec, Kaspersky, Norton, ZoneAlarm, Avast, and AVG. All of them have noticeable performance issues, and many were downright unusable for our devs (blocked debuggers, caused issues when hooking into system calls, etc). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NOD32 has been deployed for nearly a year now, and I've only had a single dev run into any trouble with it (and that was fixed by checking a configuration option). It causes no noticeable performance hit, doesn't interfere with any of our tools, and is unbelievably simple to setup - I deployed it across all of our workstations and servers in the middle of the day from the comfort of my desk. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only trouble we had with NOD32 was a big performance hit when running VMWare Workstation during our evaluation period. After exempting all VMWare files from realtime scanning, the problem disappeared." />
  <row Id="10269" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5911" RevisionGUID="164927f7-729f-4dc3-9e23-78831990a4a2" CreationDate="2009-05-07T17:31:06.073" UserId="613" Text="You want [ssmtp][1], a super simple, really trivial to configure outbound mail relay.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linux.com/feature/132006" />
  <row Id="10270" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5912" RevisionGUID="0ca3f1aa-3f6f-4b5c-9d25-ba766e727c54" CreationDate="2009-05-07T17:32:00.173" UserId="7658" Text="I would like to shrink the size of a partition containing an Ubuntu distribution and files. Is it safe to assume that I will not lose or corrupt any of the files as long as I don't make the partition smaller than the amount of data that is currently on it? I am planning to use GParted from the Ubuntu LiveCD." />
  <row Id="10271" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5912" RevisionGUID="0ca3f1aa-3f6f-4b5c-9d25-ba766e727c54" CreationDate="2009-05-07T17:32:00.173" UserId="7658" Text="If I resize a Linux partition using GParted will my data be safe?" />
  <row Id="10272" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5912" RevisionGUID="0ca3f1aa-3f6f-4b5c-9d25-ba766e727c54" CreationDate="2009-05-07T17:32:00.173" UserId="7658" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;partitioning&gt;&lt;gparted&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="10273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5913" RevisionGUID="c81b02d6-7a06-4b85-8a09-73972b570fde" CreationDate="2009-05-07T17:34:13.930" UserId="1797" Text="As always, backup your data before. But, I have used GParted many, many times. When used correctly, and with care, you should not loose any data at all." />
  <row Id="10274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5914" RevisionGUID="4fba53de-be08-44e0-8a53-d35fc1ee4ca9" CreationDate="2009-05-07T17:35:00.853" UserId="48" Text="The first thing to check is that the NNTP service is installed and running in the services MMC. If its not there it may not have installed correctly. Go back into add windows components, untick NNTP and remove it, re-boot the server and then re-install it. Then confirm the service is started." />
  <row Id="10275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5915" RevisionGUID="72316109-efe1-4a13-a210-f27ae2eef758" CreationDate="2009-05-07T17:37:54.497" UserId="1834" Text="We have an Com+ DLL in IIS 6 supporting an ASP classic Application. We have successfully debugged to the point that we know that the DLL is causing hangs in the worker process (a call to the object is never returned).  What configuration options are there for fixing this issue?" />
  <row Id="10276" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5915" RevisionGUID="72316109-efe1-4a13-a210-f27ae2eef758" CreationDate="2009-05-07T17:37:54.497" UserId="1834" Text="Issue with Com+ Dll in IIS 6.0" />
  <row Id="10277" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5915" RevisionGUID="72316109-efe1-4a13-a210-f27ae2eef758" CreationDate="2009-05-07T17:37:54.497" UserId="1834" Text="&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;com+&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="10278" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5916" RevisionGUID="d6badc22-17b3-4c55-b734-3339fab20de6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T17:38:33.090" UserId="613" Text="As @David_Collantes said, make sure do backups beforehand, just in case.  That said, I've never lost data using it, but I would also recommend that you not try and shrink too close to the amount of data on the partition - leave at least 10% free if you can.  This will help the filesystem deal with fragmentation and also allow for the reserved 'system space' to not be immediately in use." />
  <row Id="10280" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5917" RevisionGUID="d92f3cea-6da3-41c1-a784-875c231643f3" CreationDate="2009-05-07T17:50:16.357" UserId="1463" Text="I think [this reghack][1] still works in 2008.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm curious as how to reproduce this, I cannot get the RDP client in Vista to connect to a Server 2008 at all without first providing the login credentials manually... the server's I've tried are all in a domain though. Perhaps the old RDP client does that though?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.expta.com/2009/03/how-to-hide-user-account-on-logon.html" />
  <row Id="10281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5918" RevisionGUID="8981602e-eff4-4e70-8777-6fb848b705e3" CreationDate="2009-05-07T17:53:05.617" UserId="1176" Text="Before I even do all the above suggestions, I would do this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SELECT &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;            @@total_read AS 'Total Read', &#xD;&#xA;            @@total_write AS 'Total Write', &#xD;&#xA;            @@total_errors AS 'Total Error',&#xD;&#xA;            @@io_busy AS 'IO Processing Time (ms)',&#xD;&#xA;            @@cpu_busy AS 'CPU Processing Time (ms)',&#xD;&#xA;            @@idle AS 'Idle Time (ms)'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[I am referencing my blog post: http://dbalink.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/monitoring-sql-server-performance-quickie-edition/ ]" />
  <row Id="10282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5919" RevisionGUID="e3feb8bb-e9b5-4156-bed3-04f4ccebfbe3" CreationDate="2009-05-07T17:59:49.670" UserId="1463" Text="Never attempt to modify partitions without a proper backup, unless you're doing it to try to recover from a disaster that already happened where there is no backup. But then you'd do a copy of the entire disk first anyway ^^" />
  <row Id="10283" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3607" RevisionGUID="eda0cfe4-ec24-4198-96bd-70f83ed833e3" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:00:42.477" UserId="768" Comment="added 295 characters in body" Text="I'm setting up a [Samba][samba] server on [Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition][ubuntu].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'm trying to do is have a share that is readable by everyone, and writable by a select few.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am able to login from my computer using [`smbclient //server/security -U brad`][smbclient],&#xD;&#xA;but I am unable to connect using \[`Places-&gt;Connect to Server...`\] with a username and password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thought I came up with is that I'm using lower case letters in the password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a portion of the [`/etc/samba/smb.conf`][smb.conf] file that was generated by [`swat`][swat].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### `/etch/samba/smbd.conf`&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[global]&#xD;&#xA;  preferred master = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  domain master    = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  wins support     = Yes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  security               = SHARE&#xD;&#xA;  usershare allow guests = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  guest ok               = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  null passwords         = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  guest account          = samba&#xD;&#xA;  map to guest           = Bad User&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  unix password sync     = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  lanman auth            = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  client plaintext auth  = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  lanman auth            = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  client NTLMv2 auth     = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  client lanman auth     = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  client plaintext auth  = Yes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Security]&#xD;&#xA;  comment = Security and Antivirus software&#xD;&#xA;  path                = /share/security&#xD;&#xA;  write list          = brad&#xD;&#xA;  inherit permissions = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  inherit owner       = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  hide special files  = Yes&#xD;&#xA;  hide unreadable     = Yes&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### `/var/log/samba/log.192.168.0.5`&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;# smbclient //server/security -U brad&#xD;&#xA;[2009/05/04 09:45:31,  1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(1111)&#xD;&#xA;  192.168.0.5 (192.168.0.5) connect to service Security initially as user brad (uid=1000, gid=1000) (pid 3129)&#xD;&#xA;[2009/05/04 09:48:49,  1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(1323)&#xD;&#xA;  192.168.0.5 (192.168.0.5) closed connection to service Security&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# smbclient //server/security -U brad&#xD;&#xA;[2009/05/04 09:48:53,  1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(1111)&#xD;&#xA;  192.168.0.5 (192.168.0.5) connect to service Security initially as user brad (uid=1000, gid=1000) (pid 3177)&#xD;&#xA;[2009/05/04 09:48:58,  1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(1323)&#xD;&#xA;  192.168.0.5 (192.168.0.5) closed connection to service Security&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# smbclient //server/security -U brad # giving null password at prompt&#xD;&#xA;[2009/05/04 09:49:45,  1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(1111)&#xD;&#xA;  192.168.0.5 (192.168.0.5) connect to service Security initially as user samba (uid=1024, gid=1024) (pid 3189)&#xD;&#xA;[2009/05/04 09:49:51,  1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(1323)&#xD;&#xA;  192.168.0.5 (192.168.0.5) closed connection to service Security&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# connect with [Places-&gt;Connect to Server...] # with username and password&#xD;&#xA;#&#xD;&#xA;#&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# connect with [Places-&gt;Connect to Server...] # without username&#xD;&#xA;[2009/05/04 09:50:29,  1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(1111)&#xD;&#xA;  192.168.0.5 (192.168.0.5) connect to service Security initially as user samba (uid=1024, gid=1024) (pid 3310)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I log in using [`smbclient //server/security -U brad`][smbclient], I can delete a file I put there by other means.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All files and folders are currently owned by the username `samba`, but I am willing to change the owner if it would help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would really prefer to keep it under share mode security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### This is what I ended up doing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [Security]&#xD;&#xA;      comment  = Security &amp; Antivirus software&#xD;&#xA;      path     = /share/security&#xD;&#xA;      readonly = Yes&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    [Security$]&#xD;&#xA;      comment   = Security &amp; Antivirus software +rw&#xD;&#xA;      path      = /share/security&#xD;&#xA;      browsable = No&#xD;&#xA;      administrative share = Yes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[samba]: http://www.samba.org/&#xD;&#xA;[smb.conf]: http://www.google.com/search?btnI=&amp;q=site%3Asamba.org+smb.conf&#xD;&#xA;[swat]: http://www.google.com/search?btnI=&amp;q=site%3Asamba.org+swat&#xD;&#xA;[smbclient]: http://www.google.com/search?btnI=&amp;q=site%3Asamba.org+smbclient&#xD;&#xA;[ubuntu]: http://www.ubuntu.com/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5920" RevisionGUID="a2222e8b-195a-4593-98df-a5395ac04dd3" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:01:00.277" UserId="1041" Text="Use the shell you're most comfortable with, but you should be familiar with the others and their basic operations.  I know that Oracle (or at least Oracle DBA's I've known) tends to do things using ksh, while a lot of other scripts (like installers) are run in sh.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The nice thing is that most distros (linux or other *nix variant) have many of the shells available, so you can still run scripts in shells other than your logged in shell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;True sh appears to be going away in favor of bash, as Linux has made bash a much more popular shell for working than sh (at least for those &quot;classical UNIX variants&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm currently forcing myself to run in zsh to learn more about it (have usually run bash or tcsh in the past).  Then I'll toy with ksh, though I tried that once and really didn't like it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5921" RevisionGUID="7b5df495-a398-468c-b032-75f63eca813e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:01:55.547" UserId="1797" Text="None that I know off. I search the last couple of days, trying to find a decent answer for you here. Found none." />
  <row Id="10287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5923" RevisionGUID="6624192f-9d26-4f70-b283-e120a5c71736" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:02:42.737" UserId="1736" Text="Mostly I get them to download and install [Avast][1].  's worked well so far.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.avast.com/" />
  <row Id="10288" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5923" RevisionGUID="6624192f-9d26-4f70-b283-e120a5c71736" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:02:42.737" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="10289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5924" RevisionGUID="de91d373-f01e-46ef-b016-3c9ac987d0f3" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:03:24.937" UserId="984" Text="Ideally backup media should have the following attributes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - large enough to store your data without lots of media swapping&#xD;&#xA; - a different technology from your primary storage&#xD;&#xA; - has a long shelf life&#xD;&#xA; - will be fine when moved around a lot&#xD;&#xA; - affordable&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a home users, where afford-ability is very important having a different media type like tapes isn't really affordable.  Using optical disks would require far too much media swapping.  Most people, including me, choose portable hard drives because it meets most of the requirements." />
  <row Id="10290" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4823" RevisionGUID="6aa3c1b5-1f4a-4086-b54b-2a0057d735f4" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:06:18.703" UserId="1694" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="I want to use SQL Server 2008, but I'd also like to maintain a fall back position of switching back to SQL Server 2005. I know I cannot backup 2008 to restore 2005 and detach/attach won't work - what are my options?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Update] To those asking why, two reasons -- one to develop from, where I can have access to 2008 features, but if a problem comes up or I don't find them useful enough, I can put my app back on 2005 and two, for run time so that if I find late in the game an unexpected [problem][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2008/11/sql-2008-full-text-search-problems/" />
  <row Id="10292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5926" RevisionGUID="f17317f5-475d-45ad-8dd7-f9e4ad45430c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:11:05.557" UserId="1848" Text="[This page][1] explains all about ARC paths, the info is old, but appears to still be relevent. This may guide you in the right direction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dewassoc.com/kbase/multiboot/boot_ini.htm" />
  <row Id="10293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5927" RevisionGUID="e6616662-560c-4cdf-971f-eaef9d85fda5" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:12:36.300" UserId="919" Text="I've been rethinking the &lt;a href=&quot;http://shootout.alioth.debian.org&quot;&gt;compiler shootout&lt;/a&gt; and I began to wonder: is &lt;a href=&quot;http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/&quot;&gt;Amazon EC&lt;/a&gt; suitable for benchmarking? The environment is totally virtual, so are there any guarantees that benchmarking results will be repeatable? Or should I assume that the virtual hosting environment time slicing interferes with timing approaches?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10294" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5927" RevisionGUID="e6616662-560c-4cdf-971f-eaef9d85fda5" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:12:36.300" UserId="919" Text="Is Amazon EC2 reliable for benchmarking?" />
  <row Id="10295" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5927" RevisionGUID="e6616662-560c-4cdf-971f-eaef9d85fda5" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:12:36.300" UserId="919" Text="&lt;cloud-computing&gt;&lt;benchmarks&gt;" />
  <row Id="10296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5928" RevisionGUID="808ca8fa-0b36-4796-ae43-4b920a8591e6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:12:47.363" UserId="1463" Text="I would like to just answer &quot;No&quot; but I felt it was a bit useless for an answer... ^^ Firefox ADM isn't the problem, as you say it's mostly the updates. It's easy if you already have a way to push and execute any files (like SMS/Configuration Manager or whatever management system you use) or if end-users manage their own machines for some reason - but if you only use WUS and patch other applications manually through group policy published MSIs, it certainly adds up to the amount of work you have to do...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...on the other hand, if you run Adobe Reader or Flash Player for example - there should already be a routine in place to handle this very problem - as they too are third party applications that needs to be updated rather frequently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each system/application adds up to the patch management workload - so one major goal in my opinion should be to minimize the amount of applications supported. Would you get rid of IE completely (probably not, right) - or would introducing Firefox mean you'd have two browsers to maintain? Where is the actual gain in this (sure, there're many reasons and many good reasons)?" />
  <row Id="10297" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5929" RevisionGUID="6193308f-4ced-4cde-8059-40d9ff244b06" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:13:15.083" UserId="1797" Text="I am researching this for you. In the mean time, I found the following reference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)        = &quot;Primary Channel, C:&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(0)        = &quot;Primary Channel, System Partition&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    multi(0)disk(0)cdrom(%u)                   = &quot;CD-ROM, Variable&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    ramdisk(0)                                 = &quot;RamDisk&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    net(0)                                     = &quot;Network&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    multi(0)disk(0)fdisk(0)                    = &quot;Diskette A:&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(0)        = &quot;Secondary Channel, Partition 0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(%d)       = &quot;Secondary Channel, Variable Partition&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)        = &quot;Secondary Channel, Partition 0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(%d)       = &quot;Primary Channel, Variable Partition&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    multi(0)disk(0)fdisk(1)partition(0)        = &quot;Diskette B:, Partition 0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    multi(0)disk(0)fdisk(0)partition(0)        = &quot;Diskette A:, Partition 0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    multi(0)video(0)monitor(0)                 = &quot;ConsoleOut, Monitor&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    multi(0)key(0)keyboard(0)                  = &quot;ConsoleIn, Keyboard&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    multi(0)disk(0)fdisk(1)                    = &quot;Diskette B:&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    eisa(0)disk(0)fdisk(0)                     = &quot;EISA Diskette A:&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    eisa(0)disk(0)fdisk(1)partition(0)         = &quot;EISA Diskette B:, Partition 0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    eisa(0)disk(0)fdisk(0)partition(0)         = &quot;EISA Diskette A:, Partition 0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will list the related links I find below:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Admin XP][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.adminxp.com/windows2000/index.php?aid=46" />
  <row Id="10299" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5928" RevisionGUID="afcff4b6-4324-4241-8b93-5be3dd2003b8" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:18:04.370" UserId="1463" Comment="deleted 19 characters in body" Text="I would like to just answer &quot;No&quot; but I felt it was a bit useless for an answer... ^^ Firefox ADM isn't the problem, as you say it's mostly the updates. It's easy if you already have a way to push and execute any files (like SMS/Configuration Manager or whatever management system you use) or if end-users manage their own machines for some reason - but if you only use WUS and patch other applications manually through group policy published MSIs, it certainly adds up to the amount of work you have to do...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...on the other hand, if you run Adobe Reader or Flash Player for example - there should already be a routine in place to handle this very problem - as they too are third party applications that needs to be updated rather frequently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each system/application adds up to the patch management workload - so one major goal in my opinion should be to minimize the amount of applications supported. Would you get rid of IE completely (probably not) - or would introducing Firefox mean you'd have two browsers to maintain or at least keep patched? Is there an actual gain with this in the specific environment - then go for it." />
  <row Id="10300" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5929" RevisionGUID="491e6706-f82e-42d8-90be-c12968ac831d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:18:32.310" UserId="1797" Text="I am researching this for you. In the mean time, I found the following reference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)        = &quot;Primary Channel, C:&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(0)        = &quot;Primary Channel, System Partition&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    multi(0)disk(0)cdrom(%u)                   = &quot;CD-ROM, Variable&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    ramdisk(0)                                 = &quot;RamDisk&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    net(0)                                     = &quot;Network&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    multi(0)disk(0)fdisk(0)                    = &quot;Diskette A:&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(0)        = &quot;Secondary Channel, Partition 0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(%d)       = &quot;Secondary Channel, Variable Partition&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)        = &quot;Secondary Channel, Partition 0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(%d)       = &quot;Primary Channel, Variable Partition&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    multi(0)disk(0)fdisk(1)partition(0)        = &quot;Diskette B:, Partition 0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    multi(0)disk(0)fdisk(0)partition(0)        = &quot;Diskette A:, Partition 0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    multi(0)video(0)monitor(0)                 = &quot;ConsoleOut, Monitor&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    multi(0)key(0)keyboard(0)                  = &quot;ConsoleIn, Keyboard&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    multi(0)disk(0)fdisk(1)                    = &quot;Diskette B:&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    eisa(0)disk(0)fdisk(0)                     = &quot;EISA Diskette A:&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    eisa(0)disk(0)fdisk(1)partition(0)         = &quot;EISA Diskette B:, Partition 0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    eisa(0)disk(0)fdisk(0)partition(0)         = &quot;EISA Diskette A:, Partition 0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will list the related links I find below:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Admin XP][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Windows XP ARC naming conventions][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [ARC boot path question SATA vs IDE boot order][3] -- interesting reading on a Microsoft group.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.adminxp.com/windows2000/index.php?aid=46&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.trcb.com/Computers-and-Technology/Windows-XP/Windows-XP-ARC-Naming-Conventions-1432.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_thread/thread/3fc59b4775c12364/cf95577844397b1f?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;q=ARC+boot.ini#cf95577844397b1f" />
  <row Id="10301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5930" RevisionGUID="caabf89b-b24f-46d4-8b95-cef077b7bd55" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:20:53.083" UserId="1224" Text="Back to the basic tools&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3298/3511067870_2f92e32584_o.png" />
  <row Id="10302" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5930" RevisionGUID="caabf89b-b24f-46d4-8b95-cef077b7bd55" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:20:53.083" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="10303" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5931" RevisionGUID="37818da9-529f-48c9-af2f-77e3048bf3e6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:22:34.170" UserId="1094" Text="&#xD;&#xA;When I am traveling I would like the ability to remote into my home computer from my laptop rather than transfer all of my tools/data to my laptop. However I don't want to leave my home computer on 24/7 while I am gone (also there is risk of a power failure turning it off). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any simple/cheap technology like wake-on-lan that will let me remotely power up my home computer and login ?" />
  <row Id="10304" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5931" RevisionGUID="37818da9-529f-48c9-af2f-77e3048bf3e6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:22:34.170" UserId="1094" Text="Turn on Home Computer Remotely" />
  <row Id="10305" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5931" RevisionGUID="37818da9-529f-48c9-af2f-77e3048bf3e6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:22:34.170" UserId="1094" Text="&lt;remote-access&gt;" />
  <row Id="10306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5932" RevisionGUID="7b6e2724-63aa-4b7e-80f7-c4d4e7d8c635" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:22:46.230" UserId="340" Text="We run into this daily.  Since we bill our clients based on time, there is a limit to how much time we put into removing malware and rebuilding.  In the past we could have spent a long time on removal and the time it took ended up being more than the cost of a new PC!  Since then, we have a 1 hour rule...if after 1 hour of effort (not elapsed time waiting for scanners to finish), if it isn't gone, the whole PC is reimaged.  It takes a lot less time and you know for sure that whatever it was is gone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In that one hour, we:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Check add/remove programs to see if anything snuck in there and remove it.&#xD;&#xA; - We generally run a malware scan with F-Secure first.&#xD;&#xA; - In our experience, one anti-malware program never catches all of it...so...&#xD;&#xA;   - MalwareBytes  &#xD;&#xA;   - Spybot S&amp;D  &#xD;&#xA;   - AVG&#xD;&#xA;   - Ad-Aware&#xD;&#xA;   - Sometimes Windows Defender finds things&#xD;&#xA;   - Sometimes Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool finds things as well&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After that, if there is still a problem that is clearly malware related, we revert back to a rebuild using a standardized Ghost image we have for each client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Prevention is of course the best approach.  In some situations we have deployed Deep Freeze which holds an image of your PC (Frozen).  No matter what you do to that PC, all changes get wiped out on the next reboot as the frozen image is automatically put back and booted.  There is an enterprise version which lets you manage your network PC's centrally if you like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition to technology mitigation, education is also a great preventer!  If you spend 10-15 minutes explaining to a user what to do and not to do, it can go a long way.  Most users don't know what to look for, especially in Phishing schemes.  15 minutes today could save you hours later on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps.  Good luck!&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="10307" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5932" RevisionGUID="7b6e2724-63aa-4b7e-80f7-c4d4e7d8c635" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:22:46.230" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="10308" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5933" RevisionGUID="401dc8e7-ef7c-428e-b3b0-c5aba960c01b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:23:31.643" UserId="1584" Text="We currently deploy the vast majority of the software in our university user labs via AD group policy.  Firefox is included.  The caveat is that we also repackage most of the vendors' installers using tools like InstallShield AdminStudio.  Regarding Firefox specifically, we don't technically **enforce** any settings.  But we do pre-configure a default profile with university specific stuff that gets added to user local profiles when they login for the first time.  We manage the updates by simply repackaging the new version and replacing what is deployed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main benefit to the FrontMotion version (at least the last time I tried it) was that they've modified the source so that some of the settings are enforceable via normal GP admin templates.  We briefly used their version, but ultimately decided the settings enforcement wasn't necessary for our situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I honestly don't think you're ever going to be able to completely replace IE in a Windows environment.  But it's not that hard to make alternatives easy to access." />
  <row Id="10309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5934" RevisionGUID="85884d22-5f79-40a8-9926-ec63709e6864" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:24:32.420" UserId="984" Text="Similar to this [answer][1], but I prefer to set exim to use a smarthost and have no local mail when the box isn't actually acting as a mail server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - apt-get install exim4&#xD;&#xA; - Run dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config&#xD;&#xA;  - Yes, split the configs&#xD;&#xA;  - verify the system name is correct&#xD;&#xA;  - The listen address should be '127.0.0.1'&#xD;&#xA;  - Other destinations should be the systems fqdn&#xD;&#xA;  - Domains to relay for should be left empty&#xD;&#xA;  - Machines to relay for should be left empty&#xD;&#xA;  - smarthost should be the hostname of your smtp server&#xD;&#xA; - Update the /etc/aliases and point root at the email address I want service messages to be delievered too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/5889/how-do-i-add-outbound-only-mail-service-for-local-tools-to-a-minimal-debian-sys/5907#5907" />
  <row Id="10310" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5930" RevisionGUID="7c91b935-1839-43d0-9450-31856f2a5f10" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:26:49.963" UserId="1224" Comment="added 7 characters in body" Text="Don't forget about basic tools&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3298/3511067870_2f92e32584_o.png" />
  <row Id="10312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5935" RevisionGUID="75a820ef-6a21-42ba-8b33-ca7630a8bdce" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:28:47.543" UserId="1797" Text="Something [like this][1], or similar will work. Coding Horror [has a post][2] on this same topic. :-) A [Google search][3] also renders plenty as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.remotepowerswitch.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000790.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://ur1.in/0/" />
  <row Id="10313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5936" RevisionGUID="24b80022-f759-4e1e-9989-9c8494aa8059" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:29:32.203" UserId="984" Text="With [DD-WRT][1] on your router you can send out a wake-on-lan message.  I suspect the same is true with tomato and several other of the open firmwares.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option is to forward a some port and then use a site like [http://www.wakeonlan.me/][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/WOL&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.wakeonlan.me/" />
  <row Id="10314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5937" RevisionGUID="ba256cde-d02c-4a2a-8fea-34a5f294e52d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:31:09.393" UserId="671" Text="[This web site][1] has excellent information.  Essentially you will want to leave your router on and enable Wake On LAN in your computer's BIOS or network card settings.  Put both the router and the computer on a battery backup to mitigate any minor power issues to keep them running.  Ensure the router is configured to forward packets to the internal IP of your computer through NAT routing so the WOL packets can find your computer.  Also be sure to forward the appropriate ports for remote desktop, ssh, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2007/10/21/how-to-remotely-turn-on-computer-from-lan-and-wan/" />
  <row Id="10315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5938" RevisionGUID="29dfdb39-01c2-4723-a71d-f4db5926ceaa" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:32:00.077" UserId="2105" Text="Sorry, but this question is already perfectly answered in [Favorite sysadmin cartoon][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ![Disaster recovery plan of Dilbert](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3595/3489384602_1fd9f9d2b3_m.jpg)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1737/favorite-sysadmin-cartoon/3553#3553" />
  <row Id="10316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5939" RevisionGUID="25f19a84-4efd-4667-be17-da8fab008579" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:33:21.570" UserId="671" Text="In benchmarking, you want to control all of the variables you can to ensure proper testing.  In a cloud computing environment, I would not trust that a given instance will be exactly the same from one moment to the next enough to perform proper benchmarking reliably." />
  <row Id="10317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5940" RevisionGUID="2b942184-e2f6-4bd6-956e-f17769381c22" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:35:38.337" UserId="1041" Text="[ReloadEvery][1] - so I can get SO refresh automagically while working!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[AdBlockPlus][2] - because so many sites have ads that I don't care about.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mentioned before, but super +1 for [Firebug][3] and [YSlow][4] because there's typically some good information that can be gleaned depending on what issue you might get roped in to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/115&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5369" />
  <row Id="10318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5941" RevisionGUID="44f69f1d-46e1-480f-8495-8e220051abd3" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:35:47.557" UserId="2049" Text="[Download Fusion WakeUp On LAN ](http://download.cnet.com/Wake-On-LAN/3000-2085_4-10486164.html)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For product info: [Fusion](http://www.fusion-online.com.ar/en/products/wol/)" />
  <row Id="10319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5942" RevisionGUID="edd06c5e-d23c-46d1-ac47-f55686f5244e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:38:46.800" UserId="555" Text="What are your checklist/routine when setting up a Linux web server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you recommend to achieve maximum security?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any preferred way to perform repeated maintenance?" />
  <row Id="10320" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5942" RevisionGUID="edd06c5e-d23c-46d1-ac47-f55686f5244e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:38:46.800" UserId="555" Text="Linux hardening - web servers" />
  <row Id="10321" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5942" RevisionGUID="edd06c5e-d23c-46d1-ac47-f55686f5244e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:38:46.800" UserId="555" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="10322" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5907" RevisionGUID="30a68d63-9731-4591-ba92-5ffab413acfc" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:41:03.190" UserId="1672" Text="I like to use exim, it's really easy to setup quickly on Debian. Run the following commands, when prompted with exim4-config select 'internet site' as the primary configuration. All other options are fairly self explanatory, make sure the domain names are setup properly to match forward and preferentially reverse dns.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo aptitude install exim4&#xD;&#xA;    sudo dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, edit /etc/aliases to look like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    root: your.email@example.net&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally run `newaliases` to make mailing the root work (for cron etc)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    sudo newaliases&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now you should be able to do something like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $mail root&#xD;&#xA;    Subject: Hello&#xD;&#xA;    What a fine day!&#xD;&#xA;    .&#xD;&#xA;    Cc: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Update: I tested this with etch, not lenny, on an already configured install, I've corrected the errors above. No idea on what lenny does. This also works on ubuntu 8.04. Also I updated this to reflect that you do need to set domains properly&lt;/strong&gt;" />
  <row Id="10323" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5936" RevisionGUID="76dacf67-efa2-413a-8799-3749414dacaf" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:42:19.287" UserId="984" Comment="added 264 characters in body" Text="With [DD-WRT][1] on your router you can send out a wake-on-lan message.  I suspect the same is true with tomato and several other of the open firmwares.  I find that it tends to be much more reliable then transmitting the WOL across the Internet.  NATs and Firewalls sometimes get in the way of a WOL sent from some random wifi hotspot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option is to forward some port and then use a site like [http://www.wakeonlan.me/][2].  You can be pretty sure that they have made sure that their WOL packets get out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/WOL&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.wakeonlan.me/" />
  <row Id="10324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5943" RevisionGUID="d7bae419-dad6-43a5-833f-fc4804ce19e8" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:42:28.693" UserId="1797" Text="[Greasemonkey][1] and the many [scripts available][2] for it is all I need. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.greasespot.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://userscripts.org/" />
  <row Id="10325" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5944" RevisionGUID="49b2d450-7372-44d9-8c4d-e34b337c3327" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:45:46.720" UserId="671" Text="We run a cluster of ColdFusion 8 servers on top of the Sun JVM, version 1.6.0_11.  Occasionally a server will simply stop responding to requests.  We've determined so far that the JVM is locking up and that neither ColdFusion nor IIS are the root of the problem.  I've included our JVM arguments below.  Any additional JVM settings we should be looking at?  Any tools to monitor, trace, or get metrics from inside the JVM so we can see what it's doing when the crashes occur?  Any other JVM troubleshooting tips?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -server&#xD;&#xA;    -Xms1024m&#xD;&#xA;    -Xmx1024m&#xD;&#xA;    -Dsun.io.useCanonCaches=false&#xD;&#xA;    -XX:MaxPermSize=256m&#xD;&#xA;    -XX:PermSize=256m&#xD;&#xA;    -XX:+UseParallelGC&#xD;&#xA;    -Dsun.rmi.dgc.client.gcInterval=300000&#xD;&#xA;    -Dsun.rmi.dgc.server.gcInterval=300000&#xD;&#xA;    -Djmx.invoke.getters=true&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10326" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5944" RevisionGUID="49b2d450-7372-44d9-8c4d-e34b337c3327" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:45:46.720" UserId="671" Text="Tools and Tips for Sun JVM Troubleshooting" />
  <row Id="10327" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5944" RevisionGUID="49b2d450-7372-44d9-8c4d-e34b337c3327" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:45:46.720" UserId="671" Text="&lt;jvm&gt;&lt;java&gt;&lt;coldfusion&gt;" />
  <row Id="10328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5945" RevisionGUID="9e5779c2-8115-4d58-84ef-00b019d30886" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:45:55.067" UserId="555" Text="I'm already familiar with the PowerToy tool called TweakUI, and also very satisfied with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for more complete softwares to have even more power over hidden registry settings." />
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  <row Id="10330" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5945" RevisionGUID="9e5779c2-8115-4d58-84ef-00b019d30886" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:45:55.067" UserId="555" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;registry&gt;" />
  <row Id="10331" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5459" RevisionGUID="37356071-4775-4869-b29c-fc7c9649c66c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:46:20.107" UserId="1463" Comment="added 149 characters in body" Text="[EasyBCD][1] will make handling this a tad easier (though nowhere near as cool as doing it manually with bcdedit ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a [Microsoft KB about various bootloader problems][2] with BCD and legacy/boot.ini systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919529" />
  <row Id="10332" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5946" RevisionGUID="199d2723-11c9-4075-be5b-6c96d6eeae6a" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:48:40.117" UserId="251" Text="No.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not that this is EC2's fault, but when benchmarking, when comparing A and B, one needs to keep in mind the phrase ***&quot;all things being equal&quot;***.  (There is a formal name for this, but I forget.)  With any visualized environment, especially one where you are not in control of anything *but* your instance, this is just not the case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you are benchmarking cloud enviroments ;)" />
  <row Id="10333" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5688" RevisionGUID="98d4c63a-6003-48ad-90d7-2327242ceba4" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:49:58.147" UserId="1447" Comment="added 150 characters in body" Text="Samba is the canonical system used to do this on Unix-like systems and did support VMS at one point.  However I'm not sure that it still does in the main trunk - you could try an older version.  Directories can be shared from the VMS server via the samba server or mounted off a Windows machine via smbmount.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't want to compile your own version, HP maintains a port of Samba for VMS, which can be downloaded [here.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, you could see if the Pathworks32 client will run in Win 2k3 server.  Lastly, you may be able to just upload/download files via FTP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://h71000.www7.hp.com/network/cifs_for_samba.html" />
  <row Id="10334" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5947" RevisionGUID="30860673-0b28-4372-8603-96dbfba3163f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:51:20.513" UserId="2124" Text="Heyas&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So we just recently moved to a host that is based on opensolaris rather than a variant of linux.  I've found that there are a bunch of commands that don't operate the way I'm used to on linux machines.  I'm just wondering what command equivalents others use in linux and opensolaris and vice versa.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some examples:&#xD;&#xA;(linux -&gt; opensolaris)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     ifconfig               -&gt; ifconfig -a&#xD;&#xA;     grep -r &quot;pattern&quot; dir/ -&gt; find dir/. | xargs grep &quot;pattern&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One in particular I'm still trying to figure out:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;netstat -tnlp -&gt; ??&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;(-lnpt shows the listening (-l) process (-p) name, pid and the numerical addresses (-n) of all tcp (-t) connections)" />
  <row Id="10335" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5947" RevisionGUID="30860673-0b28-4372-8603-96dbfba3163f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:51:20.513" UserId="2124" Text="Linux command equivalents in opensolaris (and vice versa)?" />
  <row Id="10336" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5947" RevisionGUID="30860673-0b28-4372-8603-96dbfba3163f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:51:20.513" UserId="2124" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;opensolaris&gt;&lt;unix&gt;" />
  <row Id="10337" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5947" RevisionGUID="30860673-0b28-4372-8603-96dbfba3163f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:51:20.513" UserId="2124" />
  <row Id="10338" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5948" RevisionGUID="6a716529-3ab1-4a8b-8e85-ae9c39b02b7a" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:52:36.003" UserId="984" Text="Regedit + Google tends to give me all the power I have ever needed." />
  <row Id="10339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5949" RevisionGUID="4c1a5370-0e0a-4230-a359-6b26bdf4c63e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:52:50.293" UserId="284" Text="Setup a file server (Windows Home Server is a good choice if you're a Windows home/shop). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, use a service like Carbonite to keep an off-site backup of your data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternately (or in conjunction with), have a portable hard drive/NAS to keep a mirrored copy on." />
  <row Id="10340" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5950" RevisionGUID="ab642864-21ad-4177-91b5-30476d1a51c9" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:53:03.350" UserId="1797" Text="I recommend the [Linux Security Checklist][1], from SAN. I use that, plus another in-house procedures. The checklist might be a bit out-dated, but many of the key points stand true.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sans.org/score/checklists/linuxchecklist.pdf" />
  <row Id="10341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5951" RevisionGUID="fa3459a5-f116-4227-b131-c73b7e4954d6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:56:13.840" UserId="2034" Text="[Tamper Data][1] this is handy when you have to examine HTTP headers.  This may be necessary if you have virtual hosts in a hosting environment.  We also insert a field in the header to identify web machines in some of our web farms to identify problem hosts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/966" />
  <row Id="10342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5952" RevisionGUID="e2c36a04-683c-41c5-9447-fea1a093a206" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:57:20.110" UserId="622" Text="I have recently gotten into quite a predicament with my MacBook: I'm not quite sure how many or what versions of the AMP stack I currently have installed. In addition to the default stack that comes installed in OS X 10.5, I've got copies floating around that have been installed using [Fink][1], [Darwin Ports][2] and compiled from source. My question is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Is there any way to salvage (find versions I don't want and uninstall them) the system without doing a fresh install of OSX?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. What are the best practices for installing and maintaining compiled-from-source software in the OSX environment?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.finkproject.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://darwinports.com/" />
  <row Id="10343" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5952" RevisionGUID="e2c36a04-683c-41c5-9447-fea1a093a206" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:57:20.110" UserId="622" Text="Installing and maintaining Apache, MySQL, PHP on OSX" />
  <row Id="10344" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5952" RevisionGUID="e2c36a04-683c-41c5-9447-fea1a093a206" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:57:20.110" UserId="622" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;oss&gt;&lt;lamp&gt;&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="10345" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5953" RevisionGUID="6b18a9ec-4076-41e2-85b1-acad25b639bf" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:58:46.177" UserId="1589" Text="Many good links to command translations (Linux -&gt; OpenSolaris) are listed on the Sun wiki.  (Check the bottom of the page for links)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Differences between OpenSolaris and Linux][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wikis.sun.com/display/OpenSolarisInfo/Differences+Between+OpenSolaris+and+Linux" />
  <row Id="10346" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5953" RevisionGUID="6b18a9ec-4076-41e2-85b1-acad25b639bf" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:58:46.177" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="10347" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5954" RevisionGUID="868015e0-1c02-4164-8ef4-7c5bf62f3120" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:58:54.910" UserId="959" Text="Start simple and work towards the absurd.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Power?&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Ethernet?&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Program running?&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;...&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Aliens?" />
  <row Id="10348" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5942" RevisionGUID="c156195f-35c2-42a0-b842-78d38770f505" CreationDate="2009-05-07T18:59:33.770" UserId="914" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="10349" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5955" RevisionGUID="b5c7be6f-2f06-4378-b817-c481f1e9b72f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:00:52.427" UserId="7658" Text="When compared to a 'real' server does a cloud-hosted virtual server of a similar specification (available RAM, processer, disk etc) have a noticable performance cost?" />
  <row Id="10350" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5955" RevisionGUID="b5c7be6f-2f06-4378-b817-c481f1e9b72f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:00:52.427" UserId="7658" Text="Is there a performance trade-off when using cloud servers?" />
  <row Id="10351" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5955" RevisionGUID="b5c7be6f-2f06-4378-b817-c481f1e9b72f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:00:52.427" UserId="7658" Text="&lt;cloud-computing&gt;&lt;cloud&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="10352" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5956" RevisionGUID="70c16a9c-65c3-4da6-89f1-cd4d78f6c20f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:01:46.357" UserId="914" Text="You might want to try [this][1] question for a list of registry edits without tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1597/what-registry-entries-should-be-changed-upon-a-fresh-installation-of-windows/3438#3438" />
  <row Id="10353" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5946" RevisionGUID="ba9f88ff-f0ca-4c94-a34e-c12698b5fded" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:02:44.963" UserId="251" Text="No.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not that this is EC2's fault, but when benchmarking, when comparing A and B, one needs to keep in mind the phrase ***&quot;all things being equal&quot;***.  (There is a formal name for this, but I forget.)  With the EC2 virtualized environment, where you are not in control of anything *but* your instance, this is just not the case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you are benchmarking cloud environments ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Edited to be specific to EC2, thanks to knowledgeable comments)" />
  <row Id="10354" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5957" RevisionGUID="14b73445-370d-43b6-8003-ad9f571bb075" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:03:04.557" UserId="914" Text="Cloud-hosted servers are virtual, so its likely you'll notice slower disk performance." />
  <row Id="10355" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5958" RevisionGUID="da07f023-5f6a-4218-b404-7e907b6938b7" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:03:43.980" UserId="2208" Text="With the development of log-structured filesystems and the introduction of (relatively) inexpensive SSDs, is there a best choice for a log-structured filesystem for use on Linux with SSD drives?" />
  <row Id="10356" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5958" RevisionGUID="da07f023-5f6a-4218-b404-7e907b6938b7" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:03:43.980" UserId="2208" Text="Most Appropriate log-structured file system to use with Linux / SSD?" />
  <row Id="10357" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5958" RevisionGUID="da07f023-5f6a-4218-b404-7e907b6938b7" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:03:43.980" UserId="2208" Text="&lt;ssd&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="10358" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5959" RevisionGUID="f6f5017f-7dce-48a7-bf19-90d32d1a96e1" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:04:11.153" UserId="1054" Text="What are good alternatives to the Windows builtin remote desktop client?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried [Terminals][1] and it is great but I've have run into numerous bugs with the latest release (currently 1.7e).  Can anyone recommend an alternative similar to Terminals?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codeplex.com/Terminals" />
  <row Id="10359" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5959" RevisionGUID="f6f5017f-7dce-48a7-bf19-90d32d1a96e1" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:04:11.153" UserId="1054" Text="Alternative Remote Desktop Software" />
  <row Id="10360" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5959" RevisionGUID="f6f5017f-7dce-48a7-bf19-90d32d1a96e1" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:04:11.153" UserId="1054" Text="&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="10361" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5960" RevisionGUID="af1538b3-f1eb-4e4c-8cf9-dd6d0151f7ee" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:06:08.263" UserId="622" Text="[Charles Proxy][1] with Firefox plugin is much better than Firebug network statistics.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.charlesproxy.com/" />
  <row Id="10362" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5961" RevisionGUID="74c0caea-44bc-4ee5-bd19-12293b326607" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:07:05.827" UserId="914" Text="The built in remote desktop client is one of the best available in terms of performance.&#xD;&#xA;If you're really looking for an alternative though, you may wish to try some form of VNC...although its not multi sessioned which could be a let down depending on your situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It might help if you could explain exactly what's missing in the existing remote desktop client?" />
  <row Id="10363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5962" RevisionGUID="0cbd5aa9-699a-4529-9cd8-68ec2a5b2e28" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:08:27.960" UserId="1616" Text="AFAIK cloud servers are virtual, so the processor, disk, and (possibly) even the RAM are basically made up equivalent specs.  So I suppose that the question is how honest is your cloud provider? ;)" />
  <row Id="10364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5963" RevisionGUID="a46b37b0-c3c9-436f-af85-5fd2a1a1aaa0" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:08:54.950" UserId="533" Text="I agree about the bugs in Terminals, I really hope they get them sorted out.  But to be honest, Terminals has so much potential I've been using it even with the bugs..." />
  <row Id="10365" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5959" RevisionGUID="d1e07cdf-4441-4534-8c33-a30d5b42cd8f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:10:23.637" UserId="1054" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="What are good alternatives to the Windows builtin remote desktop client?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried [Terminals][1] and it is great but I've have run into numerous bugs with the latest release (currently 1.7e).  Can anyone recommend an alternative similar to Terminals?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT** (in response to Adam Gibbins' answer):&#xD;&#xA;One of the biggest things I'm looking for is session management and a tabbed environment similar to the Terminals interface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codeplex.com/Terminals" />
  <row Id="10366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5964" RevisionGUID="e91893f3-aa84-4379-8d9e-1f037b30d8c7" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:10:26.193" UserId="2034" Text=" - What is your pager/on call procedure?  What does the current rotation look like?&#xD;&#xA; - What operating systems do you support for the desktop?&#xD;&#xA; - What is your work from home policy?&#xD;&#xA; - Do your system administrators also do network administration tasks?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5965" RevisionGUID="72abcaac-5b99-4a04-a08b-cd4ad79fcf0e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:11:17.317" UserId="1616" Text="[Draytek][1] routers have a WOL feature also, this allows you to send a WOL packet to your sleeping PC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.draytek.com" />
  <row Id="10368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5966" RevisionGUID="fbdca635-3c88-4a90-8f6a-c6b4bad3e29f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:14:34.933" UserId="251" Text="This is a standard option for my config:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've also have SNMP/RRD monitoring of basic JVM health characteristics (like heap size, thread count)...there are more.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, there is the entire world of tools like jconsole..." />
  <row Id="10369" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5967" RevisionGUID="96a9d23b-7fe0-4686-8997-64bdf7a36335" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:15:23.433" UserId="1101" Text="We just use the EC2 cloud to host our corporate infrastructure, which doesn't have any critical performance requirements, but I've never noticed any slowness with EC2 servers compared to our old physical hosted servers; I think that Amazon for one are fairly honest with their server specs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One cool thing about the Amazon cloud is that they have really good bandwidth, which you get for free rather than having to pay your hosting provider for the Mbps.  I've seen much faster down / upload speeds to and from EC2 than we used to get with Rackspace." />
  <row Id="10370" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5948" RevisionGUID="bda34083-9953-457f-a0dc-6b9f4ee49d1e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:16:45.287" UserId="984" Comment="expand on the answer" Text="My initial answer was:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Regedit + Google tends to give me all the power I have ever needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After thinking about this further I realize that while that is true that google and regedit gives me tons of power, it isn't the only think I have ever needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe it is important to go beyond having to use a tool like TweakUI, and instead learn how to work with the registry directly.  To accomplish that I think you need to do the following.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Learn to make backups regularly, both of the full registry and the bits you change.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Experiment with changing things within an application, and use your registry backups combined with a diff tool to learn where that application stores its settings.  I.E. take a backup, make a few changes in an application, take an new backup, and compare the two backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Read, or at least browse through a registry references, or guides to registry hacking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have a good idea of how most things work you can make educated guesses about how other things work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc778196.aspx" />
  <row Id="10371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5968" RevisionGUID="1b3f743f-47c1-4ab4-9132-7699eee36831" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:17:13.647" UserId="1041" Text="I'm a fan of [mRemote][1].  Can use RDP and PuTTY for all my connections, all within one window.  It's flaked out on me once, which is a small percentage of when my whole workstation flakes out, so it's good in my book!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mremote.org/wiki/" />
  <row Id="10372" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5969" RevisionGUID="6eab9c6e-ec3d-435d-9dc2-25cd45307cf1" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:17:22.290" UserId="1616" Text="There is [RoyalTS][1], I tried this years ago and gave up because of the bugs.  Maybe they have been ironed out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if you create .rdp file for all your connections and choose group related items on the taskbar you are almost there.  We now have all of these in a shared folder so all techs can use them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.code4ward.net/main/RoyalTS/Overview.aspx" />
  <row Id="10373" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2895" RevisionGUID="bc5cd624-0f73-4e83-afb8-0ebe661b15ed" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:20:08.583" UserId="641" Comment="added 78 characters in body" Text="Redundancy is great if one of your disks fails.  It's no so great if your computer gets a virus, or you mistakenly delete a file, or you need to restore the disk to a previous version for some other reason.  That's when you need a backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID helps you recover from failures, but backups let you go back in time." />
  <row Id="10375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5970" RevisionGUID="07b91204-f420-4ae9-a2dc-b6f7610affd7" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:23:36.033" UserId="2208" Text="The title says much of the question.  When repartitioning to a different size on an SSD, is the data in the partition rewritten to the SSD, or is an aggressive rereferencing method used?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically; when using gparted under Ubuntu to repartition an SSD, there is a step whereby it claims it is &quot;copying the partition&quot; to move it up or down, as per the partitioning request.  Is this an actual copy, or is the OS smart enough to simply rehome the blocks / sectors?  Or does the SSD controller understand the nature of the copy and simply rehome the blocks / sectors?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This question is relevant because it relates to the expected lifespan of the SSD, as well as the expected performance in systems that lack the TRIM directive..." />
  <row Id="10376" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5970" RevisionGUID="07b91204-f420-4ae9-a2dc-b6f7610affd7" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:23:36.033" UserId="2208" Text="Does repartitioning on an SSD effectively reduce the lifespan of the device?" />
  <row Id="10377" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5970" RevisionGUID="07b91204-f420-4ae9-a2dc-b6f7610affd7" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:23:36.033" UserId="2208" Text="&lt;partition&gt;&lt;ssd&gt;" />
  <row Id="10378" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5971" RevisionGUID="3cd375f0-6c78-44d9-bd9b-9fb855e81b21" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:26:36.837" UserId="613" Text="You need to look into [JMX monitoring][1] - it can give you good insight as to what's going on inside the JVM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To start, add&#xD;&#xA;  -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=portNun&#xD;&#xA;to the list above.  Then, on another machine, run jconsole and tell it to connect to the machine and port you specified above.  Poke around at will and see what threads are running and what's going on after it's stopped responding to requests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/management/agent.html" />
  <row Id="10379" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5972" RevisionGUID="e9e9ad5e-2750-457e-bdbf-eaedb041efb2" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:28:26.897" UserId="613" Text="I suspect the answer to this is going to depend on the SSD. The OS can't do anything because the block layer doesn't know anything about the media, really, so it's up to the SSD's controller and wear-levelling logic to recognize this kind of thing and optimize it." />
  <row Id="10380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5973" RevisionGUID="a19b4499-e235-456c-a336-ea011b6fec78" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:31:07.903" UserId="613" Text="In general, I think you're going to find that opensolaris doesn't have as many 'convenience' features as linux does; your two examples above are also both good examples of this." />
  <row Id="10381" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5973" RevisionGUID="a19b4499-e235-456c-a336-ea011b6fec78" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:31:07.903" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="10382" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5974" RevisionGUID="4cf73c00-bbb0-4d81-a631-d07f8f8f5029" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:35:05.053" UserId="2190" Text="Hands down the best one I have used to date is [crossloop][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is free, very simple to use (both for IT and non IT folks) and I use it with family and most of my remote clients.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.crossloop.com/" />
  <row Id="10383" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5975" RevisionGUID="ccf82e8a-81fd-4d2e-9273-0866a22003ec" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:36:43.647" UserId="914" Text="I use loads of machines daily, each uses different connection methods, either remote desktop, vnc or ssh.  My desktop is Linux, it would be nice if I had a tabbed interface for them all so I don't have to remember which is VNC, which is RDC etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know of any of the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - A tabbed vnc, remote desktop and SSH client OR&#xD;&#xA; - A tabbed vnc AND remote desktop client OR&#xD;&#xA; - A tabbed vnc client OR&#xD;&#xA; - A tabbed remote desktop client&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bullet points are in priority order, I'd prefer have a client that supports them all to prevent my taskbar becoming cluttered.  It's important that I'm able to detach tabs however, so I can move specific tabs to another monitor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="10384" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5975" RevisionGUID="ccf82e8a-81fd-4d2e-9273-0866a22003ec" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:36:43.647" UserId="914" Text="Linux RDC/VNC/SSH Client" />
  <row Id="10385" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5975" RevisionGUID="ccf82e8a-81fd-4d2e-9273-0866a22003ec" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:36:43.647" UserId="914" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;vnc&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;" />
  <row Id="10386" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5976" RevisionGUID="281170ab-b03b-42dd-9b97-1ec56e521a34" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:39:15.387" UserId="1054" Text="I'm not asking whether or not it's worth the money, as in [Question 2425][1].  I'm interested to see the level of acceptance in the production world up to now.  Money can certainly relate to the answer, but it would be why you do or do not use SSD at this time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2425/are-ssds-worth-the-money" />
  <row Id="10387" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5976" RevisionGUID="281170ab-b03b-42dd-9b97-1ec56e521a34" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:39:15.387" UserId="1054" Text="Do you use SSD in a production environment yet?" />
  <row Id="10388" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5976" RevisionGUID="281170ab-b03b-42dd-9b97-1ec56e521a34" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:39:15.387" UserId="1054" Text="&lt;storage&gt;&lt;ssd&gt;&lt;production-environment&gt;" />
  <row Id="10389" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5977" RevisionGUID="58e1f96f-3d37-4daf-bf48-487b62d9aee1" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:41:29.640" UserId="1645" Text="I start with Symantec Endpoint, their corporate anti-virus product. Full scan going 10 levels deep. I follow-up with an Ad-Aware scan. If anything is cleaned, restart the computer to make sure it's completely flushed out. If the malware persists, I'll run Spybot S&amp;D, Windows Defender, and Malicious Software Removal Tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If some malware is removed and keeps returning, it may be hiding in system restore. Disabling system restore usually fixes this, but then you lose the ability to restore back to before the machine was infected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I can't solve it in two hours, backup and reformat." />
  <row Id="10390" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5977" RevisionGUID="58e1f96f-3d37-4daf-bf48-487b62d9aee1" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:41:29.640" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="10391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5978" RevisionGUID="30980076-15fa-40b1-98de-e12143bdbd00" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:43:54.283" UserId="564" Text="Also consider with raid that you have multiple hard drives probably build at the same time and then exposed to the same conditions for years .... what are the chances that they will all fail about the same time .... pretty high&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10394" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5979" RevisionGUID="a2799029-b0d2-4b0e-ab7a-99e9f8231197" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:51:32.627" UserId="1433" Text="[Grdc][1] looks like one option, though I don't have any experience with it myself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It supports RDP (Remote Desktop), VNC, and SSH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/grdc/" />
  <row Id="10395" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2932" RevisionGUID="5ff863b2-2dff-4c4a-ac21-8139903606f0" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:53:37.570" UserId="808" Comment="edited title" />
  <row Id="10396" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="2932" RevisionGUID="5ff863b2-2dff-4c4a-ac21-8139903606f0" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:53:37.570" UserId="808" Comment="edited title" Text="As a system administrator, what Firefox plugin helps you do your job?" />
  <row Id="10397" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5588" RevisionGUID="ff8ee857-1a66-4b54-9ec2-a195a92d25f9" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:53:55.680" UserId="1433" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;delegation&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="10398" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5980" RevisionGUID="74d206a4-e568-4d47-ab38-af953d6c4d1d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:54:27.037" UserId="981" Text="* Multiple rotating copies&#xD;&#xA;* Geographic redundancy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Asked in a comment to the accepted question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Will a backup refuse to copy a corrupt&#xD;&#xA;&gt; file?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even if a backup copies corrupt or bad data, the point of a backup is that you can and should have multiple copies. For instance, last hour, yesterday, last week, etc. You can get a similar effect from using rotating snapshots on your storage device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But the other reason for backups is geographic redundancy. You should certainly keep copies of critical data in two different geographic locations. How separate those locations are depends on how critical the data is; keeping copies in two different buildings in the same city protects against fire or theft. Keeping copies in two different countries protects against bigger problems.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10399" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5981" RevisionGUID="3cf257fe-6e6b-489f-8bd2-84a83eb7ea92" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:54:41.403" UserId="1041" Text="[jvmstat][1] has been helpful to me in the past, though I don't think I used it with CF 8/JRE 1.6.  It's got nice displays of what's in each generation so you can see if some of your memory variables are causing the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://java.sun.com/performance/jvmstat/" />
  <row Id="10400" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="331" RevisionGUID="3f6baf4c-a4c3-470f-bc84-5b3f233ea466" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:55:15.317" UserId="45" Comment="forgot UPS" Text="What do I have to consider when I'm planning a new **server room for a small company** (30 PCs, 5 servers, a couple of switches, routers, UPS...)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the most important aspects in order to protect the hardware? What things do *not* belong in a server closet?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Thank you!*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*P.S.: Little hint - it's not [this one][1].* ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://carcino.gen.nz/images/index.php/04980e0b/1146f67f" />
  <row Id="10401" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5982" RevisionGUID="ca152a06-b29e-4ff9-b9d5-a5abc27a3853" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:58:51.690" UserId="371" Text="As an alternative to DD-WRT firmware, is the [Tomato][1] firmware.  [This guide][2] mentions the wake on LAN capabilities and how it compares with DD-WRT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/3775276" />
  <row Id="10402" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5983" RevisionGUID="c3255eab-f9b7-4ca0-899a-30030e8ad471" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:59:38.757" UserId="914" Text="[Delicious Bookmarks][1] to sync my bookmarks across machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3615" />
  <row Id="10403" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5983" RevisionGUID="c3255eab-f9b7-4ca0-899a-30030e8ad471" CreationDate="2009-05-07T19:59:38.757" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="10404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5984" RevisionGUID="37ac2bcf-e6ca-4ba5-b8e1-35948be3cb64" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:07:14.260" UserId="1993" Text="I don't. I'm not actually concerned about the rewrite issue since the write-life of modern SSD drives is long enough that it's sure to die from other causes before you hit it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't use them because they're the bleeding edge of technology, and I have no services that are so disk read-/write-speed bound that I can justify the additional risk of relatively untested hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My general policy is that if I have to install the piece of hardware myself and it's not necessary for a very particular case (e.g., installing a Digium PRI card for an Asterisk server), that hardware isn't mature enough for my needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll consider installing them on my routers, load balancers, and web servers when Dell ships servers with SSDs already installed by default. " />
  <row Id="10405" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5985" RevisionGUID="65ea2b89-8c29-4a30-979e-9a51aa3c2f91" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:08:06.380" UserId="1463" Text="Windows built-in MMC snap-in &quot;Remote Desktops&quot; perhaps? ^^ (note the plural form)" />
  <row Id="10406" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5986" RevisionGUID="84d07c8e-5a01-4c7f-9aa0-96b082990fbb" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:10:03.020" UserId="1433" Text="[Box.net][1] comes highly recommended. Webdav access is available through [https://www.box.net/dav][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Their free Lite account will give you 1 GB of storage, though individual files cannot be larger than 25 MB each.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.box.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://www.box.net/dav" />
  <row Id="10407" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5987" RevisionGUID="7d9074f9-add9-4a6e-aece-6e133d930e8d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:15:36.783" UserId="523" Text="I have an external drive that has had issues with corrupt data in the past. However, I'm not sure if this is a physical problem with the drive, or whether it was just a file problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Typically, I would take the drive out of the enclosure, install it in a computer, and use a bootable CD (such as the [Ultimate Boot CD][1]) to test a hard drive. However, I would also like to test the USB enclosure that this is in as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you suggest using to determine if this is a physical problem with the drive or USB enclosure?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com" />
  <row Id="10408" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5987" RevisionGUID="7d9074f9-add9-4a6e-aece-6e133d930e8d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:15:36.783" UserId="523" Text="How can you test an external (USB) hard drive?" />
  <row Id="10409" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5987" RevisionGUID="7d9074f9-add9-4a6e-aece-6e133d930e8d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:15:36.783" UserId="523" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;tools&gt;&lt;usb&gt;" />
  <row Id="10410" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5988" RevisionGUID="1bd54fc9-4d4b-4edc-9842-5a9819584fa5" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:17:16.170" UserId="604" Text="I had a similar problem with my router locking up when accessing certain streaming audio/video resources.  [Updating the WMP network settings] [1] resolved that particular issue; not sure if it might be relevant in your case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Streaming-Video-Locks-the-Router/forum/Fx3E2S8SQDLR4QP/Tx1NQUWMJA721GD/1?_encoding=UTF8&amp;asin=B00005ARK3" />
  <row Id="10411" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5989" RevisionGUID="45c475e9-321d-4c73-8265-1cf6abad8456" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:17:23.690" UserId="1435" Text="Any given cell on an SSD can be written to literally millions of times, often tens if not hundreds of millions of times - no basic disk management activity is likely to need to write that much to any single cell let alone a significant amount. Tehnically any write to any SSD will reduce its lifetime but you have to go out of your way to significantly 'damage' an SSD quickly, so my answer is that 'effectively' it won't reduce its lifetime no." />
  <row Id="10412" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5990" RevisionGUID="1f694baf-1cfe-42a2-87a5-256e42b12142" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:18:31.610" UserId="1435" Text="Yes, lots of the IBM X25-E/M's and a few lesser models - for a variety of roles but mostly for storing SQL logs on non-clustered servers." />
  <row Id="10413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5991" RevisionGUID="69e08029-0d1c-4a16-9a6e-36c31f20d37c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:20:54.803" UserId="1435" Text="Yes, there is almost always going to be a performance trade off between running code on 'bare-metal' and any form of virtualisation. That said the servers used in a cloud may be more powerful than the server you might choose to host your app yourself, so the overhead may be negated by this more powerful hardware. My advice would be to run many, many tests on any given cloud you're considering, including the same tests at different times of the day and month." />
  <row Id="10414" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5992" RevisionGUID="33022b39-3107-4709-af77-7e47e7c3a6e6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:23:10.320" UserId="1233" Text="#Part 1:  &#xD;&#xA;Yes you can - the hardest part will be to track down where you have items installed. They tend to have files (configuration and other files) in subfolders as well (eg. /usr/share, etc.) The versions I have listed here are current as of **May 7th, 2009**. Future security updates may change the versions. For example to remove the fink/MacPorts versions it's just a matter of removing the /opt directory. If you have items installed in /usr/local, or /usr - backup first and then remove and test.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;##Apache:&#xD;&#xA;  * Default Installation: Apache 2.2.9 is installed in `/usr`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Fink / MacPorts: Dependent on version but both install their representative ports into `/opt`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Source: If you configured a different prefix then who knows but by default it installs into `/usr/local ` &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;##MySQL:&#xD;&#xA;  * Default Installation: None - however on OS X Server 5.0.67 installed at `/usr`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Fink / MacPorts: `/opt`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * MySQL Package: `/usr/local/mysql-VERSION`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;##PHP:&#xD;&#xA;  * Default Installation: 5.2.6 at `/usr/bin`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Fink / MacPorts: `/opt`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Entropy: The most common pre-packaged PHP is available from http://www.entropy.ch and it installs PHP 5.2.9 into `/usr/local/php5`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Source: Depends on your prefix used when configuring but by default `/usr/local/php`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;#Part 2:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're planning to install the pieces from the source I'd recommend looking at sticking with Mac Ports or documenting where you install items if compiling from the source. The added advantage to Mac Ports is that you can ignore trying to workaround or &quot;fixing&quot; Apple's presets for the version that comes with the OS itself. (eg. GD support in PHP).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The biggest limitation with rolling your own is that Apple does update the software it provides occasionally and that may conflict with a modification you've done. (If you'd heard of Apple &quot;breaking&quot; Perl on Mac OS X Server - they updated Perl for security reasons and if you had modified the system installed Perl it broke - something that a sysadmin is supposed to test for)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively if you're looking for development I'd recommend looking at [MAMP](http://www.mamp.info) or [MAMP Pro](http://www.mamp.info) - you've got a setup with all the pieces that runs on it's own." />
  <row Id="10415" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5993" RevisionGUID="03cad35a-36ad-40ce-9281-8f7ed48df9e8" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:24:01.380" UserId="1004" Text="I wa reading [this][1] question when I thought. Some emergencies requires that you log on in e-mail or another sensitive sites in public internet computers. Remember that points:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) You cannot install nothing;&#xD;&#xA;2) You will use internet explorer 6+&#xD;&#xA;3) YOu will use Windows XP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think that maybe an on-line service will met that requirements...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/951/how-to-browse-safely" />
  <row Id="10416" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5993" RevisionGUID="03cad35a-36ad-40ce-9281-8f7ed48df9e8" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:24:01.380" UserId="1004" Text="How to browse safely from a public internet computer?" />
  <row Id="10417" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5993" RevisionGUID="03cad35a-36ad-40ce-9281-8f7ed48df9e8" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:24:01.380" UserId="1004" Text="&lt;internet&gt;&lt;browsing&gt;&lt;public-internet&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;internet-explorer&gt;" />
  <row Id="10418" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5994" RevisionGUID="d20de169-9bea-4efc-bebf-3d1c03d8d26d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:24:30.897" UserId="2208" Text="Have you ever had to alter your deployment plans because of thermal dissipation issues with your chosen hard drives?  Was your solution to increase the cooling solution, or to move to a cooler drive solution?" />
  <row Id="10419" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="5994" RevisionGUID="d20de169-9bea-4efc-bebf-3d1c03d8d26d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:24:30.897" UserId="2208" Text="Heat issues with Hard Drives" />
  <row Id="10420" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="5994" RevisionGUID="d20de169-9bea-4efc-bebf-3d1c03d8d26d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:24:30.897" UserId="2208" Text="&lt;thermal-dissipation&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;deployment&gt;" />
  <row Id="10421" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5995" RevisionGUID="6182a3e2-a588-492f-81f3-19471814ef0c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:27:07.427" UserId="665" Text="For family and friends, I only agree to help them out if they promise that the next computer they buy is a Mac.  So far this has worked out quite well; once they get the Mac I am rarely asked to help with this sort of stuff again." />
  <row Id="10422" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5995" RevisionGUID="6182a3e2-a588-492f-81f3-19471814ef0c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:27:07.427" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="10423" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5996" RevisionGUID="48b99857-ef25-4f8b-b224-10136b073039" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:27:26.113" UserId="984" Text="I would suggest booting off a linux livecd of some sort and use badblocks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example a command like **badblocks -n /dev/sda** will scan the drive and do a non-destructive write as well.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10424" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5997" RevisionGUID="4ef47ca6-ddae-4b5f-9625-a4482981ccdb" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:27:59.373" UserId="1054" Text="Probably not exactly what you're looking for, but I had a beefed up workstation that I used as a dev server about 7 years ago.  I put an Adaptec SCSI and 4 9GB ultrawides in it.  I tried adding about 3 different types of case fans that pulled in air from different places and that didn't even do it.  Eventually just took the cover off the case.  Made a great space heater under my desk." />
  <row Id="10425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5998" RevisionGUID="9ccec918-cbed-478e-9b34-80fc1a05d2ea" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:28:07.127" UserId="2210" Text="Have you tried running in IIS5 Compatability mode?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Right-click properties on the &quot;Web Sites&quot; node in the IIS Manager UI &#xD;&#xA;2. Select the &quot;Service&quot; tab in the property page &#xD;&#xA;3. There will be a checkbox controlling whether IIS6 runs &quot;WWW service in IIS5 isolation mode&quot; or not. Check it to have IIS6 run with IIS5 Worker Process Isolation Mode." />
  <row Id="10426" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="5999" RevisionGUID="00291b91-28c4-4a32-826b-ac81c040b257" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:29:46.653" UserId="1840" Text="Not really your best &quot;tabs&quot; solution (I guess), but you could just create a multi-session applet using MMC.  Just add the 'remote desktop' snap-in and add servers that way.  The sessions will stay open and you can go back and forth between them through that MMC applet, make sure you save it though and put it somewhere easily accessible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Launch mmc (run&gt;mmc) &#xD;&#xA; 2. File&gt;add/rem snap-in &#xD;&#xA; 3. Add the &quot;remote desktop&quot; snap-in&#xD;&#xA; 4. Add your terminal servers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good Luck!" />
  <row Id="10427" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6000" RevisionGUID="8182126b-52f3-467b-9687-f1b0943a49f3" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:29:54.673" UserId="706" Text="Most equipment is rated for a wide range of humidity (5 to 95% non-condensing, for instance).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, what is the ideal humidity?  Higher humidity carries heat away from equipment a little better, but may also be more corrosive, for instance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="10428" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6000" RevisionGUID="8182126b-52f3-467b-9687-f1b0943a49f3" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:29:54.673" UserId="706" Text="Ideal humidity for a server room?" />
  <row Id="10429" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6000" RevisionGUID="8182126b-52f3-467b-9687-f1b0943a49f3" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:29:54.673" UserId="706" Text="&lt;server-room&gt;&lt;data-center&gt;&lt;environment&gt;" />
  <row Id="10430" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6001" RevisionGUID="a7081c7a-bdb4-44f8-8a03-959add540fca" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:30:02.037" UserId="1435" Text="We had a problem with the first generation of 2.5 inch SAS SFF disks from HP, their first-month failure-rate was WAY above the expected bell-curve, turns out they were too hot and they had to be replaced (over 3600 of them too!) - that said they're rock solid now and great from what we need." />
  <row Id="10431" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6002" RevisionGUID="51441c54-6583-4804-8a07-2acc58080d8f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:31:01.177" UserId="671" Text="I doubt you can guarantee security from a public terminal.  If your sensitive services are available via HTTPS, that will give you some protection from line sniffing or proxy servers between the workstation and the server.  However, there is no guarantee that there will not be a recording application on the computer itself such as a key-logger or desktop recording software monitoring everything that you do.  If possible, boot your own micro-OS from a portable USB storage device and work with that and connect to the server through a secure VPN or other encrypted connection.  Even that isn't foolproof though, as a hardware key-logger could potentially be installed on the keyboard or connecting cable (thieves have even done this sort of thing with ATM machines to get your card's magnetic strip and your pin number)." />
  <row Id="10432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6003" RevisionGUID="ca29aeb1-5c45-47f4-9a10-6e279be2239f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:34:53.023" UserId="1435" Text="Whilst you're right about a small degree of humidity helping a little I'd still try to avoid any more than can be cheaply removed. Certainly I wouldn't plan a data center based on the assumption that my heat-scrubbing capacity was reliant on that humidity effect. Design for the lowest humidity and get some of those low/high/average/current alerter things in two corners of the room for environment tracking and look at them every few days to see if things are changing over time." />
  <row Id="10433" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6004" RevisionGUID="8d8ae3c4-3d27-468f-88f5-9265fda10ea6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:36:25.423" UserId="588" Text="You can't work without &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.foxytunes.com/&quot;&gt;something to give you rhythm&lt;/a&gt;" />
  <row Id="10434" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6004" RevisionGUID="8d8ae3c4-3d27-468f-88f5-9265fda10ea6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:36:25.423" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="10435" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6001" RevisionGUID="71ae1582-0528-4883-9340-77ac2dd99ee8" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:36:25.873" UserId="1435" Comment="edited body" Text="We had a problem with the first generation of 2.5 inch SAS SFF disks from HP, their first-month failure-rate was WAY above the expected bell-curve, turns out they were too hot and they had to be replaced (over 3,600 of them too!) - that said they're rock solid now and great for what we need." />
  <row Id="10436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6005" RevisionGUID="39842363-12da-4f3d-9538-e185f3577ac8" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:36:27.433" UserId="1463" Text="Two-factor authentication with one-time passwords (OTPs?) would be the first requirement, as your keystrokes and login procedure no doubt will be recorded. This would make it harder for an attacker to reuse anything another time...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...however even if you then establish an encrypted tunnel - there is of course nothing preventing all the information you pass through it to be dumped as you don't control your endpoint.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So as long as you're only protecting the access rights, sure, it can be done decently secure (though nothing is ever *secure*). But all the information available to you during that session should be thought of as public property as you can't control its distribution when the client is compromised." />
  <row Id="10437" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6006" RevisionGUID="8a80c65d-c300-4cee-b2ed-c6dbb0bd9a5b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:36:33.753" UserId="706" Text="More cooling.  Depending on the circumstances, I did one or more of the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Adding a hard drive cooler to the hard drive directly&#xD;&#xA; - Separate hard drives if there was room to do so when there was more than one drive in a case&#xD;&#xA; - Add case fans taking into account case airflow - same number of fans blowing in as blowing out, and placed so the airflow would be even through the case&#xD;&#xA; - Added ventilation to the cabinet/closet/rack/etc&#xD;&#xA; - RAID mirror to lower down time and risk&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's almost always cheaper to properly ventilate the enclosure(s) than it is to pay extra for the cooler drive (which, in general, has lower performance anyway).  Especially when you know that the drive may not last regardless, but the cooling solution will still be around for the next drive, so the overall cost is less.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="10438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6007" RevisionGUID="c9657ef2-92a3-47dd-ab8f-761ce921f2d8" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:36:45.327" UserId="2210" Text="A lot of this depends on how much you trust the public machine.  Who is running it?  If the machine or network is under the control of someone or an organization you do not trust to handle privacy issues competently, there aren't many options available to you to ENSURE your privacy.  The machine may have keyloggers (hardware or software) or other monitoring software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you must do this though, or if your primary concern is people who may use the public terminal after you and have similar access abilities, I'd go with the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Ensure you are accessing services securely via https&#xD;&#xA;- Clean cache, history and cookies when you're done&#xD;&#xA;  - Check to make sure you CAN delete the cache and cookies prior to browsing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10439" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6008" RevisionGUID="47b597e8-0229-47f0-87e4-0412fc7e3570" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:41:15.927" UserId="533" Text="I've always heard 40%, though I can't back that up.  I will say though that you need **some** humidity to reduce static electricity build up." />
  <row Id="10440" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="6002" RevisionGUID="a7b2ba73-44cf-4db0-b9ce-431223735773" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:44:08.930" UserId="671" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:671,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Justin Scott&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="10441" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6009" RevisionGUID="80c0165b-bda9-4002-a61c-ffc0b95ce823" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:44:47.163" UserId="2037" Text="Probably best to do a combination of both . . . you can beef up the HVAC of the room but just like with hard drives . . . it's going to fail eventually and you need the hard drives to work in hotter that normal conditions just for those times.  In data centers they are always tweaking the HVAC because as they add servers they increase the heat and at a certain threshold they'll add another AC unit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The conventional wisdom that it needs to be 60 F (or whatever) in a server room so the hard drives don't fail is false . . . studies (by Google and others) have shown that increased temps in server rooms didn't make a significant difference in hard drive failure rates (up to a ceiling of maybe 80 F or something like that).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would get the &quot;better&quot; hard drives that run cooler assuming the cost difference isn't too crazy but even then it could be too hot so you have to get the HVAC under control too." />
  <row Id="10442" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5992" RevisionGUID="2258f51e-a1f4-428b-915a-2758838e2e0e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:45:18.303" UserId="1233" Comment="Fix instructions on removing Fink/MacPorts folder" Text="#Part 1:  &#xD;&#xA;Yes you can - the hardest part will be to track down where you have items installed. They tend to have files (configuration and other files) in subfolders as well (eg. /usr/share, etc.) The versions I have listed here are current as of **May 7th, 2009**. Future security updates may change the versions. For example to remove everything installed by fink/MacPorts it's just a matter of removing the /opt directory or use the respective `fink` or `port` command to remove it. If you have items installed in /usr/local, or /usr - backup first and then remove and test.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;##Apache:&#xD;&#xA;  * Default Installation: Apache 2.2.9 is installed in `/usr`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Fink / MacPorts: Dependent on version but both install their representative ports into `/opt`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Source: If you configured a different prefix then who knows but by default it installs into `/usr/local ` &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;##MySQL:&#xD;&#xA;  * Default Installation: None - however on OS X Server 5.0.67 installed at `/usr`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Fink / MacPorts: `/opt`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * MySQL Package: `/usr/local/mysql-VERSION`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;##PHP:&#xD;&#xA;  * Default Installation: 5.2.6 at `/usr/bin`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Fink / MacPorts: `/opt`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Entropy: The most common pre-packaged PHP is available from http://www.entropy.ch and it installs PHP 5.2.9 into `/usr/local/php5`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Source: Depends on your prefix used when configuring but by default `/usr/local/php`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;#Part 2:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're planning to install the pieces from the source I'd recommend looking at sticking with Mac Ports or documenting where you install items if compiling from the source. The added advantage to Mac Ports is that you can ignore trying to workaround or &quot;fixing&quot; Apple's presets for the version that comes with the OS itself. (eg. GD support in PHP).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The biggest limitation with rolling your own is that Apple does update the software it provides occasionally and that may conflict with a modification you've done. (If you'd heard of Apple &quot;breaking&quot; Perl on Mac OS X Server - they updated Perl for security reasons and if you had modified the system installed Perl it broke - something that a sysadmin is supposed to test for)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively if you're looking for development I'd recommend looking at [MAMP](http://www.mamp.info) or [MAMP Pro](http://www.mamp.info) - you've got a setup with all the pieces that runs on it's own." />
  <row Id="10443" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5911" RevisionGUID="ed9036f3-bec8-42e9-a1f2-225e65e89e3c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:45:47.630" UserId="613" Comment="added 55 characters in body" Text="You want [ssmtp][1], a super simple, really trivial to configure outbound mail relay. It's also very tiny, so suitable for embedded systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linux.com/feature/132006" />
  <row Id="10444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6010" RevisionGUID="8bdef3da-6a0a-403b-95ae-19faffd487c6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:49:01.350" UserId="1417" Text="We use a commercial service, iPass. Main reason we chose them was availability with a nearly world wide. They do use a safe word password generating pendant (small fob for a key ring). While nothing is totally secure, this will discourage 99.99% of the people trying to steal passwords or login ins. " />
  <row Id="10445" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="6002" RevisionGUID="9f82d33c-fa09-4ef2-b331-5aa22b9ee454" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:49:32.473" UserId="-1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:671,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Justin Scott&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="10446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6011" RevisionGUID="1c50e52f-5d99-40d3-92ec-362e23e611ef" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:52:57.893" UserId="1135" Text="If you are on Linux you could use kill -3 to get a thread dump and look for deadlocks using using [Thread Dump Analyzer][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[VisualVM][2] now ships as part of the JDK and can be used monitor memory usage, threads and also includes a profiler.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[jmap][3] can be used to obtain heap histograms and heap dumps from Java processes. You could then use a tool like [Eclipse Memory Analyzer][4] to investigate it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As another answer mentioned you could look into JMX and JConsole. For each service in our application we have a MBean so we can view keys stats such as queue sizes to check if anything seems out of the ordinary. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://tda.dev.java.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://visualvm.dev.java.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/tools/share/jmap.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.eclipse.org/mat/" />
  <row Id="10447" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6012" RevisionGUID="1f21544d-3596-4801-bce1-8b001c47fc64" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:55:15.940" UserId="2101" Text="I use the [Rosetta Stone for Unix][1] as my resource for looking up commands on an OS when I know what I want to do but I only know the command on another OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's absolutely brilliant. Select the OSes that you're interested in and click 'Draw table'. It'll cut down the table so all you see is, say, Linux and Solaris.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bhami.com/rosetta.html" />
  <row Id="10448" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6012" RevisionGUID="1f21544d-3596-4801-bce1-8b001c47fc64" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:55:15.940" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="10449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6013" RevisionGUID="43f07062-41c2-4161-9290-8268b39d2ad6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:59:40.967" UserId="457" Text="Is it safe to backup data to a hard drive and then leave it for a number of years? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming the file system format can still be read, is this a safe thing to do. Or is it better to continually rewrite the data (every 6 months or so) to make sure it remains valid?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or is this a stupid question?" />
  <row Id="10450" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6013" RevisionGUID="43f07062-41c2-4161-9290-8268b39d2ad6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:59:40.967" UserId="457" Text="Is it safe to store data on a hard drive for a long time?" />
  <row Id="10451" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6013" RevisionGUID="43f07062-41c2-4161-9290-8268b39d2ad6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T20:59:40.967" UserId="457" Text="&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="10452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6014" RevisionGUID="df9f48e9-4f3c-4a90-9471-72fdad014920" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:02:17.763" UserId="2115" Text="I want to say probably (as long as you keep it away from magnets ;-), but I'm not sure.  For long-term storage I would transfer the data to some archival format like a DVD - I think that like CDs, they're supposed to last 100 years. You can still keep the HD around for easy access, of course, but the DVD gives you a reliable backup." />
  <row Id="10453" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6015" RevisionGUID="b527c915-2760-444b-9979-90105dc6ac89" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:02:30.180" UserId="984" Text="How do you even know this message came through your exchange server?  If there was malware installed on a workstation and you don't block outbound SMTP, then the malware could be making SMTP connections directly and not touching your Exchange server.  You could also have a mis-configured proxy or something else that is being used as a relay.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my opinion outgoing SMTP should be blocked at the perimeter from everything except your mail servers.  If you aren't already blocking SMTP and you don't have any logging setup, then you really can't prove anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are really worried about this happening again, then you could also setup logging on your perimeter device to log at least the first packet of any port 25 communication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Email is so easy to forge, it is also entirely possible that you got blocked as spam when the message didn't originate from your network because some naive system admin assumed that some of the SMTP headers where valid when in-fact they where forged." />
  <row Id="10454" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6016" RevisionGUID="bad500e5-4d8a-4c35-a1dd-ab5ba85372e7" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:04:52.297" UserId="1763" Text="I'm thinking about this as a substitute for cheap little embedded systems like soekrises, used for lightweight server tasks.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The major advantages that I see over current tiny systems:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- built in monitor + keyboard&#xD;&#xA;- built-in ups&#xD;&#xA;- more commoditization&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You also get the low power, low noise, smallness, etc advantages.  You lose the potential for multiple ethernet connections, but that's fine if you're not routing/firewalling or can use vlans or usb adapters.  I expect speed and reliability will improve over the next few years as flash drives continue to improve and get cheaper.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this a good/bad idea?  Has anyone else done this?" />
  <row Id="10455" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6016" RevisionGUID="bad500e5-4d8a-4c35-a1dd-ab5ba85372e7" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:04:52.297" UserId="1763" Text="Netbook as server?" />
  <row Id="10456" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6016" RevisionGUID="bad500e5-4d8a-4c35-a1dd-ab5ba85372e7" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:04:52.297" UserId="1763" Text="&lt;netbook&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="10457" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6008" RevisionGUID="41699d63-dc0f-44dd-b34e-f9a107c3bee6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:06:04.977" UserId="533" Comment="added 811 characters in body" Text="I've always heard 40%, though I can't back that up.  I will say though that you need **some** humidity to reduce static electricity build up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ah, I found my documentation, good old Sun Microsystems Part No. 805-5863-13, &quot;Sun Microsystems Data Center Site Planning Guide: Data Centers’ Best Practices&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Temperature and relative humidity&#xD;&#xA;&gt; conditions should be maintained at&#xD;&#xA;&gt; levels that allow for the greatest&#xD;&#xA;&gt; operational buffer in case of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; environmental support equipment&#xD;&#xA;&gt; down-time. The goal levels for the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; computer room should be determined in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a manner that will achieve the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; greatest operational buffer and the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; least possibility of negative&#xD;&#xA;&gt; influence. The specific hardware&#xD;&#xA;&gt; design, room configuration,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; environmental support equipment design&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and other influencing factors should&#xD;&#xA;&gt; be taken into consideration when&#xD;&#xA;&gt; determining the specific relative&#xD;&#xA;&gt; humidity control appropriate for a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; particular room. Psychrometrics can&#xD;&#xA;&gt; affect hardware through thermal&#xD;&#xA;&gt; influences, Electrostatic Discharge&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (ESD), and increases in environmental&#xD;&#xA;&gt; corrosivity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Under most circumstances, air&#xD;&#xA;&gt; conditioners should be set at 72º F&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (22º C) with a sensitivity range of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; +/- 2º F (+/-1º C). Humidifiers, in most cases, should be set at 48% RH&#xD;&#xA;&gt; with a sensitivity range of +/- 3% RH.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The set-points of the air conditioners&#xD;&#xA;&gt; should always be chosen in an effort&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to maintain the optimal recommended&#xD;&#xA;&gt; temperature and relative humidity&#xD;&#xA;&gt; levels for the room environment. These&#xD;&#xA;&gt; set points should maintain appropriate&#xD;&#xA;&gt; conditions, while allowing wide enough&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sensitivity ranges to help avoid&#xD;&#xA;&gt; frequent cycling of the units. While&#xD;&#xA;&gt; these tight ranges would be difficult&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to maintain in a loosely controlled&#xD;&#xA;&gt; office environment, they should be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; easily attained in a controlled data&#xD;&#xA;&gt; center.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Numerous factors, such as heat-load&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and vapor barrier integrity, will&#xD;&#xA;&gt; influence the actual set-points. If&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the room lacks adequate vapor barrier&#xD;&#xA;&gt; protection, for instance, it may be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; necessary to adjust humidifier set&#xD;&#xA;&gt; points to accommodate seasonal&#xD;&#xA;&gt; influences. Ideally, all inappropriate&#xD;&#xA;&gt; influences on the data center&#xD;&#xA;&gt; environment will be eliminated, but in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the event that they are not, minor&#xD;&#xA;&gt; adjustments, made by trained&#xD;&#xA;&gt; personnel, can help alleviate their&#xD;&#xA;&gt; effects on the environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And on Electrostatic Discharge:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The maintenance of appropriate relative humidity levels is probably the most&#xD;&#xA;&gt; universal and easiest means of addressing ESD concerns. Appropriate moisture&#xD;&#xA;&gt; levels will help ease the dissipation of charges, lessening the likelihood of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; catastrophic failures. The following chart illustrates the effect moisture levels can&#xD;&#xA;&gt; have on electrostatic charge generation.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Note – Source Simco, A Basic Guide to an ESD Control Program for Electronics&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Manufacturers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    TABLE 6-3 Electrostatic Voltage At Workstations&#xD;&#xA;                                Static Voltage &#xD;&#xA;    Means Of Static Generation  Relative Humidity 10-20% Relative Humidity 65-90%&#xD;&#xA;    Walking Across Carpet       35,000                   1,500&#xD;&#xA;    Walking over vinyl floor    12,000                   250&#xD;&#xA;    Worker at bench             6,000                    100&#xD;&#xA;    Vinyl envelopes for work instructions &#xD;&#xA;                                7,000                    600&#xD;&#xA;    Common polly bag picked up from bench&#xD;&#xA;                                20,000                   1,200&#xD;&#xA;    Work chair padded with urethane foam &#xD;&#xA;                                18,000                   1,500&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6017" RevisionGUID="8e49e9d2-17eb-4519-bfb1-0bd0d256f12c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:08:46.467" UserId="173" Text="I wouldn't trust important backups to any single device for any significant length of time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've had plenty of CDs that couldn't be read after a while. (Cheap ones, admittedly, but I'm leary of the longevity claims made.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've had hard disks silently corrupt data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I seem to remember I've even had SSD failures, although with a low number of writes I'd expect them to be pretty reliable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Aside from all of these things, using a single copy means you've got no protection against physical disasters: fire etc. If you have multiple copies, you can separate them physically. Ideally I'd take some number (e.g. 3) of copies and run a checksum (I usually use MD5) periodically over everything. If one of the copies becomes corrupt in some way, if you've got multiple other copies you should be able to trust the majority, and create a new backup to replace the corrupted one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, how much trouble you go to depends on the value of the data. My personal home data is only backed up on a RAIDed NAS. My work data is in Google datacenters, which I trust fairly strongly :)" />
  <row Id="10459" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6015" RevisionGUID="5186df48-3235-41fb-b204-3f020a3f1c69" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:08:58.933" UserId="984" Comment="added 90 characters in body" Text="How do you even know this message came through your exchange server?  If there was malware installed on a workstation and you don't block outbound SMTP, then the malware could be making SMTP connections directly and not touching your Exchange server.  You could also have a mis-configured proxy or something else that is being used as a relay.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my opinion outgoing SMTP should be blocked at the perimeter from everything except your mail servers.  If you aren't already blocking SMTP and you don't have any logging setup, then you really can't prove anything.  Any computer in the network could have made a SMTP connection to the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are really worried about this happening again, then you could also setup logging on your perimeter device to log at least the first packet of any port 25 communication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Email is so easy to forge. It is also entirely possible that you got blocked as spam and the the message didn't originate from your network at all.  Perhaps some naive system admin assumed that some of the SMTP headers where valid when in-fact they where forged." />
  <row Id="10460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6018" RevisionGUID="548e77dd-6673-48fb-8f75-9cd9e6694121" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:09:09.040" UserId="1463" Text="I would say you should recycle the media every other year or so - that is, replacing the drive, disc or tape with whatever there is to replace it with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Few things lasts forever, optical media can degrade rapidly depending on quality, method of writing to it and environment where it's stored. Mechanical parts can always fail or there could be bugs in the firmware that is related to time or to wear and tear.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've pondered over your question often, it would be convenient with something that is guaranteed to stay working for say 5 years. There's tapes and other form sof backup media rated for 10 or more years but I'd never trust that, at least not without a decent amount of redundancy (several copies on different batches).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keeping the data fresh and continually recycled seems to be the reliable way to go - that way you get to test it regularly as well." />
  <row Id="10461" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6019" RevisionGUID="fcd400c1-291c-4399-8ced-52a312b390ef" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:10:51.097" UserId="2210" Text="I've tried a number of UPS units for numerous small business installations, as well as my own home systems and have yet to find a reliable brand.  Some units last for years, other units of the same make/model end up burning out in 2 months.  Not looking for the high-end here, but what brands/models have others found that work well consistently for small scale applications?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Small scale being 1-3 servers, router and a couple of switches)" />
  <row Id="10462" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6019" RevisionGUID="fcd400c1-291c-4399-8ced-52a312b390ef" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:10:51.097" UserId="2210" Text="UPS suitable for small-business network and server infrastructure" />
  <row Id="10463" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6019" RevisionGUID="fcd400c1-291c-4399-8ced-52a312b390ef" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:10:51.097" UserId="2210" Text="&lt;ups&gt;&lt;small-business&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;servers&gt;" />
  <row Id="10464" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6020" RevisionGUID="f6a5a427-365e-4375-8403-6bc374eb610f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:11:58.817" UserId="2115" Text="Mike Arthur makes a good point that you can generally upgrade a system and let the files in `/home` directories take care of themselves (or rather, let their applications take care of them). But I personally like to wipe things and start clean every once in a while, since over time a lot of junk can accumulate in personal configuration files. In practice: I typically get a new computer every 3 years, and instead of copying over `/home/*` in its entirety, I handpick certain bits and pieces of the config files and my data to copy over, so that I'm mostly starting fresh with a new environment. It's like a fabric softener for the computer ;-) (might have some slight performance benefits too)" />
  <row Id="10465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6021" RevisionGUID="1665a9fc-a4b1-485e-923b-997cd1be8760" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:12:07.693" UserId="45" Text="From the article &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[What advice do you have for long-term storage of disk drives and other media?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Keep your hard drives in a climate&#xD;&#xA;&gt; controlled environment within an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; acceptable temperature and humidity&#xD;&#xA;&gt; range. Also, protect the drives from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; electrostatic discharge (ESD) and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; vibration -- this is normally done in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; their packaging, but it's important to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; prevent ESD, physical shock and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; excessive vibration when the drives&#xD;&#xA;&gt; are removed for storage.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; All magnetic storage media has a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; finite life because magnetic fields&#xD;&#xA;&gt; start to decay as soon as they are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; written. This means a tape or drive&#xD;&#xA;&gt; will not retain its data forever. In a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; proper storage environment, it's&#xD;&#xA;&gt; reasonable to expect that the drive&#xD;&#xA;&gt; should remain readable for up to 10&#xD;&#xA;&gt; years. &#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The concern is more about the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; drive's mechanical reliability; will&#xD;&#xA;&gt; it physically spin up? After a very&#xD;&#xA;&gt; long period of disuse, the spindle&#xD;&#xA;&gt; bearings or head actuator may be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; stiff, resulting in read/write errors.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; These considerations are particularly&#xD;&#xA;&gt; important for long-term archival&#xD;&#xA;&gt; storage systems, as well as the new&#xD;&#xA;&gt; class of removable hard-disk drives&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that are now appearing from ProStor&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Systems Inc., Imation Corp., Quantum&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Corp. and Iomega Corp.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid5_gci1254236,00.html" />
  <row Id="10466" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6022" RevisionGUID="a1f7d7cb-e332-44cc-9d16-7402e97b64d7" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:12:59.233" UserId="1878" Text="It may be the 'pat' answer, but I've had great experience with APC products. " />
  <row Id="10467" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6023" RevisionGUID="13498dba-594e-419c-b761-2b17bf8f2c5c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:14:14.567" UserId="984" Text="I suspect it may be usable in a few niches, but the few netbooks I have actually had an opportunity to play with don't look like they are a reliable/well-built device.  I am not sure it would be wise to put anything of importance on one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess if you keep good backups, and keep a spare around in case of a failure, and you can tolerate a short outage if there is a failure you could use one." />
  <row Id="10468" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6024" RevisionGUID="e92211bc-32ba-4b20-8f63-02bba4880aeb" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:14:50.230" UserId="2191" Text="HDDs have actually quite high life-expectations, at least from the magnetic side (setting external magnetic fields asside). The main problem with them is, they *could* eventually suffer mechanically, i.e. not spin up if they are not used regularely, as some oils and coplings could become a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The safest approaches to really long-time storage in my opinion are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* stream to one or more magnetic tapes&#xD;&#xA;* print to paper and/or micro-film&#xD;&#xA;* keep copies on operating (running) HDDs distributed over several physical machines and locations&#xD;&#xA;* use an additional external backup space like Amazon S3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Optical media, especially the ones available for consumer use have unexpected low life-expectancy. You should at least check the quality of the raw data read every two years. You could have lost data in the meantime, though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;An important aspect in this case is also that you should add checksums to the stored files (MD5, SHA1, etc.), so you'd be able to realize that some corruption occured (or not)." />
  <row Id="10469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6025" RevisionGUID="b64cca74-d60d-4e86-9697-2e5791999e41" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:15:02.210" UserId="1174" Text="I'm running Ubuntu 9.04 with [UNR][1] on an Acer AspireOne.  It works really nicely.  The AA1 isn't the fastest machine, but it's not bad.  It's hard to see downside in what you're suggesting.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess there is the question of longevity, but at the price, it's hard not to think it's worth a try.  No RAID.  If it's in a dusty area, you going to have to pull it apart to clean the fan once in a while.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download-netbook" />
  <row Id="10470" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6017" RevisionGUID="3bc8e469-8380-4f4e-bdda-a00be6747fb0" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:15:39.150" UserId="173" Comment="added 186 characters in body" Text="I wouldn't trust important backups to any single device for any significant length of time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've had plenty of CDs that couldn't be read after a while. (Cheap ones, admittedly, but I'm leary of the longevity claims made.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've had hard disks silently corrupt data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I seem to remember I've even had SSD failures, although with a low number of writes I'd expect them to be pretty reliable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Aside from all of these things, using a single copy means you've got no protection against physical disasters: fire etc. If you have multiple copies, you can separate them physically. Ideally I'd take some number (e.g. 3) of copies and run a checksum (I usually use MD5) periodically over everything. If one of the copies becomes corrupt in some way, if you've got multiple other copies you should be able to trust the majority, and create a new backup to replace the corrupted one. (Of course, if you keep the correct checksums in a separate place, you could trust even a single backup which still gives the right checksums, as the canonical source for replacements.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, how much trouble you go to depends on the value of the data. My personal home data is only backed up on a RAIDed NAS. My work data is in Google datacenters, which I trust fairly strongly :)" />
  <row Id="10471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6026" RevisionGUID="9c17cf83-5916-4913-a2a9-32ddc6dbfb04" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:15:48.947" UserId="2208" Text="This actually sounds like a reasonably good idea to me, at least for small tasks.  The fact of having the display and keyboard built in as well as integrated battery backup I think seals the deal." />
  <row Id="10472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6027" RevisionGUID="a291f5e0-fd80-44cd-9952-45189a6c02ef" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:16:32.580" UserId="1993" Text="The advantage of a Soekris or similar solution is that it is purpose-built. The hardware is usually very stable and oriented at its exact role. Your netbook could not perform any of the tasks for which Soekrises are generally intended:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Router&#xD;&#xA; - Firewall&#xD;&#xA; - Bridge&#xD;&#xA; - Wifi AP&#xD;&#xA; - PBX Server&#xD;&#xA; - Light-use file server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first three are not options because you only have a single NIC. The last three because you have no PCI expansion capabilities (for AP-capable wifi card, PRI/phone line termination, and RAID card, respectively). USB ethernet/wifi adapters are simply not feasible replacements for built-in capabilities.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A built-in monitor/keyboard is really not much of an advantage. Most embedded systems pump console ouptut out their serial port - you don't want to have to worry about a screen/keyboard/trackpad/etc in your rack or under the stack of hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The built-in UPS is an interesting idea, but not compelling enough to overcome the other glaring deficiencies in a netbook.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Netbooks and laptops are best used for their original intent - portable end-user computing. Possibly there are a few minor niches where this might be useful (hobbyists who just need something running a particular OS permanently connected to their network), but I can't think of any within the scope of this forum (IT Pro/Sysadmin).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10473" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6028" RevisionGUID="ac439cb9-fd38-4c4c-a57d-efa1cdbd6ed6" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:16:54.967" UserId="1463" Text="Clustering a few netbooks (over wifi!) seems like a great idea... eh, I mean, hobby project anyway... let's get to it I say ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Ahem, well yes, as you say, it got the major components; battery, flash drive and low noise and energy consumption. Wether the hardware itself is built to withstand 24/7 operation without ever entering sleep or being shut down is a different matter altogether)" />
  <row Id="10474" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6029" RevisionGUID="e845d7f3-5f95-43a0-b931-0a667e5f264c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:19:33.773" UserId="2208" Text="Given the physical characteristics of flash memory, are SSDs an appropriate long-term storage medium for backups, etc.?  Is their decay rate such that it is amenable to using them for rolling backups (thereby avoiding the wear issues)?" />
  <row Id="10475" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6029" RevisionGUID="e845d7f3-5f95-43a0-b931-0a667e5f264c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:19:33.773" UserId="2208" Text="SSDs for archival purposes?" />
  <row Id="10476" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6029" RevisionGUID="e845d7f3-5f95-43a0-b931-0a667e5f264c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:19:33.773" UserId="2208" Text="&lt;ssd&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;storage&gt;&lt;archive&gt;" />
  <row Id="10477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6030" RevisionGUID="628874e9-0b37-468f-a571-be35f372d20d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:21:25.937" UserId="1435" Text="They will store data safely for a few years but you would be better to copy them every two years or so yes." />
  <row Id="10478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6031" RevisionGUID="2674f219-e3c9-4a5b-9858-faa6c8b0295c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:22:00.507" UserId="2043" Text="Given your other options for backup, HDD is the safest way to go. Other options include Magnetic Tape, SSD and optical media.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's examine the pitfalls of each:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MT:&#xD;&#xA;More prone to erasure when exposed to a magnetic field than a HDD. Readers are also becoming harder and harder to find. You don't want to come back in 5 years and find that there's no way to remove the data from your medium.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SSD:&#xD;&#xA;Reliable in that there are no moving parts. They are prone to electrical degradation after several read/write cycles which is troublesome and potentially dangerous. The likelihood of losing data while the drive is not in use is slim, however.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Optical Media:&#xD;&#xA;The least reliable of the bunch. They're extremely prone to physical degradation (bending/warping) and it requires very little to throw them out of their deflection spec. Further, the encoding scheme used to write data to most optical media is rather complex, creating a greater likelihood of single element failure leading to unreadability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HDDs:&#xD;&#xA;Solid, sealed devices. Can be damaged by physical shock more easily than most of the above devices. Has precise mechanical parts that can lead to failed read/writes if damaged.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The benefit of HDDs, however, is that they ARE sealed. All of the moving parts are stored in an air-filtered enclosure. The magnetic stability of the bits on the disk is quite high and unlikely to change.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Further, if the mechanical parts fail, it is possible to have the platters removed and the data recovered from them directly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's no perfect option, but of the imperfect ones, HDD would probably be your best bet." />
  <row Id="10479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6032" RevisionGUID="f1c3ce69-b147-4a1a-b033-edee2e6520fa" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:24:43.497" UserId="1435" Text="Sorry to be negative but I can't think of a worse use for SSDs myself - just on price/performance alone, forget their retention capabilities. Again, sorry to be negative." />
  <row Id="10480" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6033" RevisionGUID="4eb042ec-ca61-4498-8069-190e40d0f055" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:26:17.393" UserId="984" Text="I have had good luck with [Tripplite][1], but APC is fine too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tripplite.com/" />
  <row Id="10481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6034" RevisionGUID="556f71ee-137b-47a8-b875-0ee0a686e58e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:27:24.987" UserId="1608" Text="I've had hdds fail while &quot;in storage&quot;, i.e. sitting in a climate-controlled room for a few years that, when called into duty again, refused to spin up or be booted from.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So no, I wouldn't say that this is a particularly good idea.  As others have said, as part of a &quot;divide and conquer&quot; strategy it is one way of keeping a copy of your data, but it probably shouldn't be your only one." />
  <row Id="10482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6035" RevisionGUID="2a24ea87-10b6-440b-9a01-e71b0040aacb" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:29:04.377" UserId="1435" Text="Here's a totally different way around this - a web-based virtual desktop where you get a bunch of virtualised desktop apps like email, browser etc but nothing is touched on the client machine, it's quite secure and often free'ish. The one I've played with is [g.ho.st][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://g.ho.st/" />
  <row Id="10483" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6036" RevisionGUID="8d5d7091-3415-4109-afdb-c2e41a43cf7a" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:30:49.863" UserId="2191" Text="I have installed a SSH Java applet on the Linux boxes I need to go to and have `skey` authentication (one time key) enabled for both login and `sudo` with a list of at least 50 valid keys in my pocket (without any indication that could help a thief identify to which box these keys are valid).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To access my e-mail I use [Emacs][1] with [Gnus][2] from this console.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This setup works for me as most installations of Windows have some sort of Java pre-installed and the SSH applet I works even on ancient versions of Java.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am aware that this way the communication I do while working is &#xD;&#xA;*not* safe. I primarily try to protect from login-attempts and replay-attacks using the one-time passowords offered by `skey`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gnus.org/" />
  <row Id="10484" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6037" RevisionGUID="8ce85557-35b6-4967-8686-cf4736c2a6c1" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:32:03.370" UserId="401" Text=" - I set up a firewall, and only poke holes to add each service individually&#xD;&#xA; - For any services, I read the application's help documents for their configuration file(s), and make sure I at least skim every setting.  &#xD;&#xA; - I subscribe to security mailing lists&#xD;&#xA; - I run rkhunter and lynis nightly on a cron job&#xD;&#xA; - I have all errors over a certain threshold mailed to me&#xD;&#xA; - I have all changes relating to logging (restarting the logging service, etc) emailed to me&#xD;&#xA; - I keep etc in subversion" />
  <row Id="10485" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6038" RevisionGUID="e25cbde8-db63-4825-addb-8c3165c448e3" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:33:01.247" UserId="1435" Text="Consider [YAFFS][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.yaffs.net/" />
  <row Id="10486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6039" RevisionGUID="81820149-7c35-4be9-8821-d032963423d2" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:36:34.730" UserId="2215" Text="An LCD HDTV like Samsung LN32A540 which has HDMI, a PC connection etc, can it be somehow connected via some kind of equipment to connect to a wireless network and watch internet video? I know there has to be like a intermediate hardware with some OS and software to achieve this. I was wondering if anyone has tried something.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using the PC connection to connect to a laptop/PC and use the TV as monitor - needs wire and a PC nearby. I was thinking if the TV can use the WiFi via some equipment?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Samsung LN32A540 Spec][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/detail/spec.do?group=televisions&amp;type=televisions&amp;subtype=lcdtv&amp;model_cd=LN32A540P2DXZA&amp;fullspec=F" />
  <row Id="10487" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6039" RevisionGUID="81820149-7c35-4be9-8821-d032963423d2" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:36:34.730" UserId="2215" Text="Is it possible to setup a modern LCD HDTV to connect to wi-fi and watch online video?" />
  <row Id="10488" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6039" RevisionGUID="81820149-7c35-4be9-8821-d032963423d2" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:36:34.730" UserId="2215" Text="&lt;wireless-network&gt;&lt;tv&gt;&lt;video&gt;" />
  <row Id="10489" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6040" RevisionGUID="91c365a0-a853-4795-92f7-d99fbbafa9f2" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:39:45.880" UserId="2217" Text="One additional suggestion is that you should also always move data to the current format technology as soon as the previous technology is nearing its end of life. For example, currently I'd suggest moving away from IDE drives, as computers are starting to ship without IDE connectors and controllers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Similarly in the audio/video archiving we have moved from Cassette (VHS) to CD (or LaserDisc) to DVD, and now to flash storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might keep a USB-to-IDE adapter around, but along with regularly recycling your data between storage devices and locations, you should also keep in mind moving the data to current technology so as not to wait 10 years to find out you can no longer access the data on that 5.25&quot; floppy disk." />
  <row Id="10490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6041" RevisionGUID="10cde9b5-d29c-4506-b278-92951e0ada75" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:47:36.297" UserId="457" Text="I use terminals for all remote desktop sessions - unless they require the additional authentication that Vista and WS2K8 ask for. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In fact, I would go as far as saying that terminals has made my life much easier. Having multiple sessions connected without lots of different windows has been great. I especially like the ability to resize the window contents!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried it for VNC and SSH, but it didn't work. If I had the time, terminals is a project I would love to help out with!" />
  <row Id="10491" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6042" RevisionGUID="4edcd496-fb72-4132-9b05-fe01dd4c1ea5" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:47:37.683" UserId="2190" Text="XBox360...and last years updates allow for the playing of DivX." />
  <row Id="10492" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6043" RevisionGUID="8c2c9c0b-8a74-4c79-9879-a3025c53fe6b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:52:38.220" UserId="2217" Text="You have to take into consideration the benefits outside of a straight spec comparison, and pure performance comparison to determine whether cloud hosting is right for you or not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In terms of pure performance and specifications, the dedicated server option will give you full disk throughput, cpu time, and you don't have to worry about the layer of virtualization as well as other virtual servers accessing the same hardware resources. It usually won't be noticeable unless you have two high resource intensive applications running on the same hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, the virtual server hosted in the cloud gives many more additional benefits than a dedicated server. Usually you get additional benefits such as easy scaling, load balancing, instant workload migration, and failover server migration. These are just a few of the features that a virtualization layer benefits hosting. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most cloud-hosting providers also can offer more efficient server specs for your needs, and you can easily scale up the performance quickly and easily.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you like full control of your system from software all the way down to the baremetal, then you would probably just get a dedicated server, usually with a 2nd less powerful server as a backup in case the first one fails, to give you time to fix and repurpose the master server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is more to think about, but this hopefully gives you a brief look into what questions you should be asking yourself." />
  <row Id="10493" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6044" RevisionGUID="3e204660-14e6-4791-b348-b1960dc4d423" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:53:08.110" UserId="273" Text="First thing?  Talk to the user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's changed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this poor performance a new thing, has it come on suddlenly or just building up?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do your historical reports show (SQLH2) over the last month?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check the server for disk space, ram usage, cpu usage (that order). Was the server setup correctly in the first place (ram settings) - taskmgr.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check performance yourself. Does it seem slow to you? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has the user got used to 'instant' performance from a new system (no data) and now it's starting to drag?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...Then you can start investigating possible problems. You have to establish a benchmark first otherwise you'll never know when your finished.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10494" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5851" RevisionGUID="9fe74f48-c1d6-4bae-80f0-6cd36c6bb934" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:53:25.300" UserId="671" Comment="added 48 characters in body" Text="If only your own applications will be running on the server, start with locking down your web server of choice.  Milner's suggestions to put a site-wide error handler to catch any expections is a good one to prevent data exposure.  You can run debugging in a production environment as long as the output is restricted to specific IP addresses that you specify.  As for the CFIDE folder, the only part that really needs to be locked down is the &quot;administrator&quot; sub-folder.  There are a lot of things in the CFIDE folder which your application may need if you're using any of the ColdFusion form controls.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Outside of the ColdFusion Server itself, there are a lot of things you need to consider in your code such as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Use CFQUERYPARAM on your queries.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Do not trust user input from the CGI, COOKIE, URL or FORM scopes.  Always sanitize the input and do not take any chances with it.&#xD;&#xA; 3. For data that users have entered that will be displayed layer, ensure it's wrapped with the HTMLEditFormat() or JSStringFormat() functions as the case calls for to present cross-site scripting attacks.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10495" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6045" RevisionGUID="e6ab5322-edc5-4fbe-8386-611bb78b02f5" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:56:05.637" UserId="768" Text="I would take it out of the enclosure an run [SpinRite][spinrite] on it, to do a full diagnostic on the inner workings of the hard-drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check the enclosure only after you have verified the drive is functioning properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[spinrite]: http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm" />
  <row Id="10496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6046" RevisionGUID="ee4abddf-c411-4708-8c04-0d92acd40bfd" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:56:08.507" UserId="2221" Text="I've just installed Win2008 in a server and I'm able to connect through remote desktop but can't ping. Do I need to open an special port on the firewall to be able to ping a server? " />
  <row Id="10497" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6046" RevisionGUID="ee4abddf-c411-4708-8c04-0d92acd40bfd" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:56:08.507" UserId="2221" Text="What port should I open in my firewall to enable me to ping my server?" />
  <row Id="10498" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6046" RevisionGUID="ee4abddf-c411-4708-8c04-0d92acd40bfd" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:56:08.507" UserId="2221" Text="&lt;ping&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="10499" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6047" RevisionGUID="6c0c0fc2-7421-44da-acb6-d4171ba6334f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T21:58:03.183" UserId="671" Text="You will want to allow ICMP packets through.  Ping doesn't use TCP, so there is no port to open." />
  <row Id="10502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6049" RevisionGUID="284e2979-0111-4bc7-bc4c-689e7307931d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T22:03:03.280" UserId="1993" Text="By default Windows 2008 does not respond to pings. To enable:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Administrative Tools&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows Firewall with Advanced Security&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Inbound Rules&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request - ICMPv4-IN)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Enable Rule&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should now be able to ping your server from the LAN." />
  <row Id="10503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6050" RevisionGUID="f44fa644-7afe-4555-89f2-b6b98efcb6c2" CreationDate="2009-05-07T22:03:08.210" UserId="2043" Text="I wouldn't try it. The floating charges that are used to store the bits can degrade within a few years. The more the flash memory has been used, the more likely this will happen. (The over-voltage used to erase the cells can be hard on the components.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Electrical storage media (these days) generally do not have as long a lifetime as their magnetic counterparts. Charge can seep away but magnetic spin is much more stable by comparison." />
  <row Id="10504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6051" RevisionGUID="e5208558-9a30-448b-aba7-a3908aff8e67" CreationDate="2009-05-07T22:07:34.797" UserId="2222" Text="You can't make a safe copy of a live system. The best bet is to make a boot disk, say a live CD, modified to run a script that does the back in one of the ways described above. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could use [these instructions][1] to do the clone with ddrescue. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linux.com/feature/152592" />
  <row Id="10505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6052" RevisionGUID="67f991e4-4b58-4ac3-9b5d-e30bccaccb6e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T22:10:31.017" UserId="2043" Text="When you shift the partition in gparted (i.e change the start/end block/cyl locations) the data will be physically moved on the drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general the layout of the SSD is abstracted away from the OS and what the OS is actually doing (moving a partition) is abstracted away from the SSD. All the OS generates is a series of read/write (move) commands and that's all the SSD sees or cares about.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that data in the overlapping area between the new and old location is probably kept where it is. The data that preceded it will likely be shunted to first available free space in the new partition by gparted and the filesystem table updated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sadly because of the way the partition table is laid out, the data actually has to move. While many SSDs will have their own wear leveling schemes and can actively remap locations within themselves, I doubt the SSD would implement a re-mapping scheme; it's much easier to just move the data." />
  <row Id="10506" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6053" RevisionGUID="228a1a4a-83fc-42d9-9204-89597e8c937d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T22:14:17.403" UserId="1435" Text="Yes, nt sure this is a serverfault post but yes anyway. Quite a few mid-to-high-end tv's will act as a media player. In particular I know that some of Sony's LCDs (40W4500 is one I think) that has an ethernet port and, if connected via an ethernet-to-wifi adapter, can play content directly from media players such as a PS3 (possibly even other DLNA-type hosts too). I'd suggest you download the manual for such a tv from the manufacturer's site and see what it has to say." />
  <row Id="10507" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6018" RevisionGUID="ecc3f996-6b2e-47bf-b742-e5dd81ecda2c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T22:20:14.020" UserId="1463" Comment="added 28 characters in body" Text="I would say you should recycle the media every other year or so - that is, replacing the drive, disc or tape with whatever there is to replace it with and keep more than one copy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Few things lasts forever, optical media can degrade rapidly depending on quality, method of writing to it and environment where it's stored. Mechanical parts can always fail or there could be bugs in the firmware that is related to time or to wear and tear.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've pondered over your question often, it would be convenient with something that is guaranteed to stay working for say 5 years. There's tapes and other form sof backup media rated for 10 or more years but I'd never trust that, at least not without a decent amount of redundancy (several copies on different batches).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keeping the data fresh and continually recycled seems to be the reliable way to go - that way you get to test it regularly as well." />
  <row Id="10508" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6054" RevisionGUID="1b46ca3d-b03b-417f-a312-0d148039163d" CreationDate="2009-05-07T22:22:22.687" UserId="2216" Text="Something that is not obvious but can cause a lot of problems are the &quot;ground fault circuit interrupter&quot; (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_fault_circuit_interrupter). I'm not sure how common these things are in the US but here in Sweden most &quot;newer&quot; houses have them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Every computer leaks some current to ground, I'm not exactly sure how much but its a couple of mA. If you have a GFCI that will trip at 30mA (which is most common here in sweden) you might run into problems before you overload the fuse. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10509" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6055" RevisionGUID="21b23775-cd09-4585-aebe-f90aad3263a0" CreationDate="2009-05-07T22:38:17.877" UserId="999" Text="I have found plenty of resources/tutorials on installing OpenLDAP on Ubuntu, and I have successfully configured my server (up and running and successfully authenticating). My question relates to how I should setup the schema as I can not seem to find any useful resources on this. I am also starting to think I am trying to make LDAP do more then it was intended to do so please feel free to point this out if that is the case. Here is my scenario:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3 Servers with various LDAP capable applications on each (mostly web based)&#xD;&#xA;3-5 classes of users (developers, interns, customers, managers, etc), each class of user requires access to a subset of all the applications&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I had thought to do is to assign each user to some 'role', and then grant application permission to the role rather then the user. That way when I add new users I only have to assign them a role rather then access to individual applications. Also that way if we added a new app or decided a class of users should have access to some existing application then it would only require updating the role rather then every user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this some I can/should do with LDAP, or should I be looking at an alternative such as samba?" />
  <row Id="10510" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6055" RevisionGUID="21b23775-cd09-4585-aebe-f90aad3263a0" CreationDate="2009-05-07T22:38:17.877" UserId="999" Text="LDAP Schema Layout" />
  <row Id="10511" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6055" RevisionGUID="21b23775-cd09-4585-aebe-f90aad3263a0" CreationDate="2009-05-07T22:38:17.877" UserId="999" Text="&lt;ldap&gt;&lt;openldap&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="10512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6056" RevisionGUID="04b0118e-8451-4471-a623-af88b5c48560" CreationDate="2009-05-07T22:42:00.753" UserId="712" Text="`XCOPY` is a powerful beast - merciless in it's execution and retarded by the fact that its command line args go in reverse from Window's `COPY` and UNIX's `cp`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A couple days ago I accidentally wrote:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    xcopy src \path\to\a\new\nonexistent\directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`XCOPY` was kind enough to overwrite my `src` directory with... nothing! And it didn't bother to put the old files in the Recycle bin either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and it turns out that `XCOPY` actually overwrites the same sectors on the disk instead of allocating new ones. I've tried 3 disk recovery programs, and the best one could only recover 3 of the 10 files lost. Of course those 3 files were only `vshost.exe` and its pals. Swell!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10513" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6057" RevisionGUID="4452b9a9-a0ae-49bb-a2f2-2f62310fa1e9" CreationDate="2009-05-07T22:42:31.983" UserId="2223" Text="Do to some changes in personel at my company I have inherited the responsability over administering our web server. Unfortunately there does not seem to have been a standard convention used for setting up website directories.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was thinking of organizing the website as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;D:\inet[CustomerName]\wwwroot\\[WebsiteDomainName]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I was curious if any of you had a better convention or could recomend a best practice for how website directories should be organized.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you" />
  <row Id="10514" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6057" RevisionGUID="4452b9a9-a0ae-49bb-a2f2-2f62310fa1e9" CreationDate="2009-05-07T22:42:31.983" UserId="2223" Text="What is a good convention for website directory structure?" />
  <row Id="10515" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6057" RevisionGUID="4452b9a9-a0ae-49bb-a2f2-2f62310fa1e9" CreationDate="2009-05-07T22:42:31.983" UserId="2223" Text="&lt;website&gt;&lt;directory&gt;&lt;folder&gt;&lt;organization&gt;" />
  <row Id="10516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6058" RevisionGUID="99e4461a-e41e-41de-9813-eb50d9b26d5c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T22:43:36.770" UserId="2115" Text="Just for reference, there is the KDE application Krdc but I believe it only supports VNC and RDP, not SSH.  (And actually to be honest, sometimes it hasn't worked for me... not sure what's up with that)" />
  <row Id="10517" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6059" RevisionGUID="d6880118-747e-4906-9e88-7e8675ef53ba" CreationDate="2009-05-07T22:53:06.390" UserId="1435" Text="Erm...how about Fogbugz? :)" />
  <row Id="10518" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6059" RevisionGUID="d6880118-747e-4906-9e88-7e8675ef53ba" CreationDate="2009-05-07T22:53:06.390" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="10519" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6060" RevisionGUID="117d2e2a-d9f4-4696-8437-afee60b3f163" CreationDate="2009-05-07T22:55:39.050" UserId="2203" Text="I have three PCI fax modems:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usr.com/products/modem/modem-oem.asp&quot;&gt;USR 56K PCI Faxmodem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=402917&quot;&gt;Hiro 56K V.92 Data PCI Fax Modem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.conexant.com/products/entry.jsp?id=105&quot;&gt;Conexant PCI Faxmodem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With any combination of of these modems ( two USR, one USR one Hiro ) Windows XP only allows me to open one modem at a time in hyper terminal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions of two PCI modem that I could at the same time?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10520" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6060" RevisionGUID="117d2e2a-d9f4-4696-8437-afee60b3f163" CreationDate="2009-05-07T22:55:39.050" UserId="2203" Text="What cheap PCI modems can be used to open two serial ports at the same time?" />
  <row Id="10521" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6060" RevisionGUID="117d2e2a-d9f4-4696-8437-afee60b3f163" CreationDate="2009-05-07T22:55:39.050" UserId="2203" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;modem&gt;&lt;pci&gt;" />
  <row Id="10522" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6061" RevisionGUID="135e06ca-791a-4bae-afcf-d1407cf668f2" CreationDate="2009-05-07T22:56:54.133" UserId="1050" Text="I used to manipulate the boot.ini manually in my XP days. Now, playing with Win 7, I managed to install it in a way that it created a boot file on a different drive than I usually boot from, so now I don't have dual-boot. To my surprise, I found out there is no boot.ini anymore :) and I have to use bcdedit which is a pretty complex tool. How can I move my boot file to another drive?" />
  <row Id="10523" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6061" RevisionGUID="135e06ca-791a-4bae-afcf-d1407cf668f2" CreationDate="2009-05-07T22:56:54.133" UserId="1050" Text="How do I create or repair or move my bcd boot file in Windows7?" />
  <row Id="10524" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6061" RevisionGUID="135e06ca-791a-4bae-afcf-d1407cf668f2" CreationDate="2009-05-07T22:56:54.133" UserId="1050" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;dual-boot&gt;" />
  <row Id="10525" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6062" RevisionGUID="c18cabd4-0a98-4265-ba4d-f89950fadd6a" CreationDate="2009-05-07T22:59:02.817" UserId="1050" Text="Scott Hanselman [saved me][1]. Windows 7 has yet another simpler tool called bcdboot to make such kind of tasks easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/SwitchingMyWindows7BootDiskFromDToCWithBCDBootRatherThanBCDEdit.aspx" />
  <row Id="10526" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="261" RevisionGUID="b242bcbe-44a4-439c-a750-c87dda45c855" CreationDate="2009-05-07T22:59:18.760" UserId="1435" Comment="Grammatical tidy." Text="I have been on the lookout lately for some good tools to fill up my flash drive and I thought I would ask the SF community for recomendations on good tools that will fit onto a thumb drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some i use are [Driver Packs][1], [CCleaner][2] and the [portable apps suite][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://driverpacks.net&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ccleaner.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://portableapps.com/" />
  <row Id="10527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6063" RevisionGUID="101a9434-ef09-4057-afa1-3538b78c674b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:03:08.813" UserId="880" Text="I'm purchasing a reasonably high-end server for our lab, and I'm wondering what parts I should simply leave as the default and upgrade after-sale.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At least in Desktop PCs, the conventional wisdom is that it's cheaper, for example, to buy RAM from &quot;the internet&quot; rather than Dell or HP." />
  <row Id="10528" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6063" RevisionGUID="101a9434-ef09-4057-afa1-3538b78c674b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:03:08.813" UserId="880" Text="Which parts to skimp on when buying a server?" />
  <row Id="10529" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6063" RevisionGUID="101a9434-ef09-4057-afa1-3538b78c674b" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:03:08.813" UserId="880" Text="&lt;purchase&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;os-agnostic&gt;" />
  <row Id="10530" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6064" RevisionGUID="86c66762-70e7-4364-aa34-5f80eac9fde2" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:09:19.050" UserId="914" Text="Certainly RAM.  Disks are often cheaper also.  The RAID controllers you get with servers are generally terrible, you might want to look into getting one separate." />
  <row Id="10531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6065" RevisionGUID="2792cf67-8d30-4788-982b-de8d7ebc05fe" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:09:38.143" UserId="1463" Text="Traditionally nothing, unless you enjoy trying to troubleshoot hardware ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Doing enthusiast PCs is one thing, and definitely fun and rewarding as well - upgrading with parts from all over the world getting it to work in unison.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A single server then, one could find that fun to mess around with as well or as a learning experience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But you pay the manufacturer for parts that are thoroughly tested with each other to be sure there's no hidden problems or compatibility problems lurking in the shadows - stealing from your valuable time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there's something I'd skimp on it would be hard disks for large, slow storage devices that will be used for archival purposes perhaps. Then it might make sense to get cheaper drives from a 3rd party just because you're getting a lot of them and there's a lot of redundancy. But even that could prove challenging, according to the SO server blog posts ^^" />
  <row Id="10532" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6057" RevisionGUID="912c69e6-7295-4bbc-bed9-0bf72e70d138" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:10:14.210" UserId="914" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;website&gt;&lt;directory&gt;&lt;folder&gt;&lt;organization&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="10533" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6066" RevisionGUID="8fea75db-df78-4e27-840b-e35d871dbdc1" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:11:37.467" UserId="914" Text="Generally I use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    \user&#xD;&#xA;    \user\domain&#xD;&#xA;    \user\domain\logs    # Location of the webserver logs&#xD;&#xA;    \user\domain\public  # Publicly accessible directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If using a dynamic website, I often put the majority of the files within subfolders under \user\domain\ outside of the public directory." />
  <row Id="10534" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6064" RevisionGUID="83749a40-4c3f-4c87-b68a-242f60c7af76" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:14:30.597" UserId="914" Comment="added 7 characters in body" Text="Certainly RAM.  Disks are often cheaper also.  The RAID controllers you get with servers are sometimes pretty terrible, you might want to look into getting one separate." />
  <row Id="10535" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6067" RevisionGUID="957b390a-7bd3-4fc4-b1b7-12edae142a1c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:14:43.093" UserId="2223" Text="I am looking for a way to configuire a development webserver. My main goal is to be able to provide internal personel with access to these development websites for review and testing? I'm not sure if its possible to configuire something that would allow for the existence of urls such as dev.someprojectname.com that could only be accessed interanlly. I'm not sure if I need to have entries put into a domain controller or if there is a simple way of implementing this." />
  <row Id="10536" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6067" RevisionGUID="957b390a-7bd3-4fc4-b1b7-12edae142a1c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:14:43.093" UserId="2223" Text="How to setup a IIS6 webserver for hosting development projects?" />
  <row Id="10537" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6067" RevisionGUID="957b390a-7bd3-4fc4-b1b7-12edae142a1c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:14:43.093" UserId="2223" Text="&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;intranet&gt;&lt;development&gt;" />
  <row Id="10538" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6068" RevisionGUID="39adb8b3-12c1-4c5e-9ff4-dca2a51ac419" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:16:12.573" UserId="530" Text="Once upon a time, I built my own SQL servers, and had control over drive configuration, RAID levels, etc. The traditional advice of separation of data, logs, tempdb, backups, (depending on budget!) was always a pretty important part of the SQL server design process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now with an enterprise-level SAN, I just request a specific *amount* of drive space for a new SQL server, divided into logical drives for data, backups, and fileshares. Certainly makes my job easier, but there is a part of me that doesn't feel completely comfortable that I can't really peek &quot;behind the curtain&quot; to see what is really going on back there. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My understanding is that the SAN team doesn't configure different &quot;types&quot; of drives any differently (optimizing data drives for random access vs log drives for streaming writes).   Some of this may depend on the SAN product itself (we have an HP XP12000 and an HP XP24000), but I've been assured that the HP software does all sorts of dynamic performance configuration (watching for IO hotspots and reconfiguring on the fly to optimize those LUNs), so that the app teams and DBAs don't need to worry about any of that stuff. Something about &quot;spreading the load of all the servers over a huge number of spindles&quot; or something like that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My questions/discussion:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Without making enemies on the SAN team, how can I reassure myself and the application developers that our SQL servers aren't suffering from poorly configured storage? Just use perfmon stats? Other benchmarks like sqlio? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. If I load test on these SAN drives, does that really give me a reliable, repeatable measure of what I will see when we go live? (assuming that the SAN software might &quot;dynamically configure&quot; differently at different points in time.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Does heavy IO in one part of the SAN (say the Exchange server) impact my SQL servers? (assuming they aren't giving dedicated disks to each server, which I've been told they are not)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. Would requesting separating logical drives for different functions logical drives (data vs log vs tempdb) help here? Would the SAN *see* the different IO activity on these and optimally configure them differently? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5. We're in a bit of a space crunch right now. Application teams being told to trim data archives, etc. Would space concerns cause the SAN team to make different decisions on how they configure internal storage (RAID levels, etc) that could impact my server's performance?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for your thoughts (similar topic briefly discussed [in this SF question] [1])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/767/sql-server-disk-design-on-an-iscsi-san" />
  <row Id="10539" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6068" RevisionGUID="39adb8b3-12c1-4c5e-9ff4-dca2a51ac419" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:16:12.573" UserId="530" Text="Pay no attention to that SAN behind the curtain" />
  <row Id="10540" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6068" RevisionGUID="39adb8b3-12c1-4c5e-9ff4-dca2a51ac419" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:16:12.573" UserId="530" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;san&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="10541" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6065" RevisionGUID="76516dd4-070b-41b6-bf61-f16461dabd23" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:17:09.607" UserId="1463" Comment="edited body" Text="Traditionally nothing, unless you enjoy trying to troubleshoot hardware ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Doing enthusiast PCs is one thing, and definitely fun and rewarding as well - upgrading with parts from all over the world getting it to work in unison.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A single server then, one could find that fun to mess around with as well or as a learning experience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But you pay the manufacturer for parts that are thoroughly tested with each other to be sure there's no hidden problems or compatibility problems lurking in the shadows - stealing from your valuable time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there's something I'd skimp on it would be hard disks for large, slow storage devices that will be used for archival purposes perhaps. Then it might make sense to get cheaper drives from a 3rd party just because you're getting a lot of them and there's a lot of redundancy. But even that could prove challenging, according to the SO server blog posts ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*(But as it's only a single server for a lab, which doesn't sound all that critical, it's more of a policy and/or philosophical question. I always went a bit custom the first years, only to realize it wasn't worth the time when things went wrong. I've tried skimping on all sorts of parts. Memory and disks are obvious, but these days I'd only buy original parts meant for the specific server revision. I've tried upgrading single-cpu dual-socket servers with the correct cpu bought from a local store and a fitting heat sink, only to miss out on the needed voltage regulators whose extra cost completely swallowed the savings of the cheaper cpu. I've tried adding big name raid cards when there were official options available which at times either clashed with the built-in mobo-controller or just had problems routing cables...)*" />
  <row Id="10542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6069" RevisionGUID="8151871d-ab03-4ceb-a520-674ada6b547f" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:21:55.447" UserId="808" Text="Before you skimp on RAM, check to make sure you know what memory is compatible with the server you are looking at.  Servers are more likely than desktops and laptops to have more stringent RAM requirements.  That is, servers are more likely to not work with commodity RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If, for example, the [Crucial memory advisor] says that you can purchase RAM more cheaply than at Dell, HP, etc, then by all means, skimp on RAM from the OEM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the OEM charges too much for hard disks, then (unless you are using a hardware RAID controller) feel free to purchase any aftermarket disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What else would an OEM overcharge for?  Servers often come with underpowered video cards. I've never heard of an aftermarket video card causing problems with a server, which doesn't mean it won't happen.  These days, much is integrated into the motherboard, such as video, audio, Ethernet, so there aren't as many add-ons as there used to be.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://www.crucial.com/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6070" RevisionGUID="7b6e4318-d7b5-4f78-8527-db7ddb19487e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:23:09.903" UserId="2224" Text="If you want your data to survive or any period of time:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Use tape if access is infrequent. Follow environmental guidelines and do the homework to determine how often you need to rotate the media.&#xD;&#xA; - Use disk if you need access to the data. The disks should be &quot;active&quot;. A disk in a closet is likely to either fail or get thrown out a few years down the road.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using a third party provider is another alternative. Something like Amazon S3, Mozzy or a similar service gives you an ultra-low cost way to store stuff." />
  <row Id="10544" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6065" RevisionGUID="6c647246-5233-44f8-bbfd-cd32f2cf2139" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:25:45.513" UserId="1463" Comment="added 30 characters in body" Text="Traditionally nothing, unless you enjoy trying to troubleshoot hardware ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Doing enthusiast PCs is one thing, and definitely fun and rewarding as well - upgrading with parts from all over the world getting it to work in unison.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A single server then, one could find that fun to mess around with as well or as a learning experience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a bunch of servers? No way. You pay the manufacturer for parts that are thoroughly tested with each other to be sure there's no hidden problems or compatibility problems lurking in the shadows - stealing from your valuable time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there's something I'd skimp on it would be hard disks for large, slow storage devices that will be used for archival purposes perhaps. Then it might make sense to get cheaper drives from a 3rd party just because you're getting a lot of them and there's a lot of redundancy. But even that could prove challenging, according to the SO server blog posts ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*(But as it's only a single server for a lab, which doesn't sound all that critical, it's more of a policy and/or philosophical question. I always went a bit custom the first years, only to realize it wasn't worth the time when things went wrong. I've tried skimping on all sorts of parts. Memory and disks are obvious, but these days I'd only buy original parts meant for the specific server revision. I've tried upgrading single-cpu dual-socket servers with the correct cpu bought from a local store and a fitting heat sink, only to miss out on the needed voltage regulators whose extra cost completely swallowed the savings of the cheaper cpu. I've tried adding big name raid cards which at times either clashed with the built-in mobo-controller or just had problems routing cables  when there were official options available for not much additional cost...)*" />
  <row Id="10545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6071" RevisionGUID="8b4fb944-4a11-4a40-8ac8-0f6d8bf02149" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:27:01.393" UserId="2223" Text="I've used many web site hosting services in the past and I've grown very comfortable with the web based site administration tools. Does anyone have a recomendation for a replacement for IIS Managment Console? Perhaps something that would provide a web based interface for administering web sites. " />
  <row Id="10546" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6071" RevisionGUID="8b4fb944-4a11-4a40-8ac8-0f6d8bf02149" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:27:01.393" UserId="2223" Text="Is there an alternative console for administering websites in IIS6?" />
  <row Id="10547" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6071" RevisionGUID="8b4fb944-4a11-4a40-8ac8-0f6d8bf02149" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:27:01.393" UserId="2223" Text="&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;administration&gt;&lt;console&gt;&lt;web-client&gt;" />
  <row Id="10548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6072" RevisionGUID="0ac410f4-4539-4e18-bc8a-a1cb77ca2257" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:27:25.107" UserId="2224" Text="Presuming that your &quot;lab&quot; isn't a quasi-data center, skimp on the lights out features (HP iLo, Dell DRAC, IBM RSA), don't buy redundant power supplies or SAS disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another way to save money is to buy promotional &quot;Express&quot; configurations that are ready to ship, buy refurbished or whatever your local reseller has lying about." />
  <row Id="10549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6073" RevisionGUID="a5369585-3b10-497b-b7d7-8a68dd2df004" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:28:15.633" UserId="850" Text="I work for the county government, where some departments have multiple applications, so our structure is as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;D:\wwwdata\[Dept Code]\[App Name]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IIS has virtual directories configured appropriately, which allows us to give more accessible application names (such as countynetapps\eaf). Each application has an &quot;Output&quot; folder which is the only writable folder for the application iteself, for security purposes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Naturally there are exceptions to various scenarios, but this setup works for nearly all of our apps." />
  <row Id="10550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6074" RevisionGUID="15ccfd2c-a250-4c02-90b8-995ef32fd77c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:32:45.250" UserId="671" Text="It can be configured just like any other IIS web server, except use a domain name local to your network (dev.mycompany.local) or some other DNS name that exists only for your local network.  If it needs to be accessible from the outside, use a standard domain name that will resolve externally, and disable anonymous access to the site in the IIS web site properties (use Integrated Windows authentication if possible).  Then, your developers can use their domain accounts and passwords to authenticate when they first access a dev site and use it normally from that point forward." />
  <row Id="10551" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6075" RevisionGUID="9370997c-f73d-468d-a083-065547fc18f3" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:36:47.063" UserId="671" Text="Honestly, use whatever works best for you.  Pick a system and stick with it, document it, and make sure that everyone who would ever need to make changes is aware of it and why it is important to stick with the standard." />
  <row Id="10552" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6073" RevisionGUID="08f5c465-41a6-4b05-874c-9ae2c53bbaad" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:37:36.110" UserId="850" Comment="deleted 6 characters in body" Text="I work for the county government, where some departments have multiple applications, so our structure is as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;D:\wwwdata\DEPTCODE\APPNAME&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IIS has virtual directories configured appropriately, which allows us to give more accessible application names (such as countynetapps\eaf). Each application has an &quot;Output&quot; folder which is the only writable folder for the application iteself, for security purposes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Naturally there are exceptions to various scenarios, but this setup works for nearly all of our apps." />
  <row Id="10553" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6076" RevisionGUID="4ea38e4e-7da4-49dc-bf03-72c0ec800413" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:37:39.323" UserId="710" Text="I'm about to install a Visual SVN server on a live windows 2008 server so I can get to my code base from anywhere.  I'm wondering if it would be better for me to install the server using Subversion authentication or if it would be better to install it with Windows authentication.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the pros and cons of each approach?" />
  <row Id="10554" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6076" RevisionGUID="4ea38e4e-7da4-49dc-bf03-72c0ec800413" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:37:39.323" UserId="710" Text="What is the pros and cons for each authentication scheme when installing Visual SVN on a server?" />
  <row Id="10555" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6076" RevisionGUID="4ea38e4e-7da4-49dc-bf03-72c0ec800413" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:37:39.323" UserId="710" Text="&lt;visualsvn&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;" />
  <row Id="10556" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6077" RevisionGUID="5680f3b2-8b8d-4035-8138-70361bef38c9" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:39:51.673" UserId="710" Text="In going with Windows authentication, the first pro I can think of would be that I would only have to enter my user base one time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, as a con, it would also mean that I would have to have my users be windows users in order to authenticate into Subversion.  If I only want them to use Subversion, that might present a security risk to me." />
  <row Id="10557" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6078" RevisionGUID="e2c55e3d-f420-464c-b967-be4be1e086f1" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:43:53.333" UserId="710" Text="In going with Subversion authentication, a pro would be that I will be able to have a strict list of users that will only be able to have access to Subversion and not to my windows system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, as a con, any user that I wish to have Subversion access AND Windows access I will have to duplicate." />
  <row Id="10558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6079" RevisionGUID="3c8c2ba8-8df4-4889-88ab-7e975b5521ec" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:46:32.487" UserId="51157" Text="I'd like to mount an FTP to a drive letter in windows, I've used Novell's NetDrive, but there are two main problems, 1) it tends to slow down computer **alot** 2) it doesn't seem to work at all under Vista.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any applications that will allow me to mount a remote FTP to a local Drive letter, or is there a method built into Vista for it?" />
  <row Id="10559" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6079" RevisionGUID="3c8c2ba8-8df4-4889-88ab-7e975b5521ec" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:46:32.487" UserId="51157" Text="How can I mount an FTP to a drive letter in windows?" />
  <row Id="10560" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6079" RevisionGUID="3c8c2ba8-8df4-4889-88ab-7e975b5521ec" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:46:32.487" UserId="51157" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;ftp&gt;&lt;mount&gt;" />
  <row Id="10561" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6080" RevisionGUID="818dabe0-1972-482b-bbeb-de9f98fca97e" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:47:58.003" UserId="816" Text="You can easily [create new users][1] for VisualSVN, without compromising security.  I would give people separate account details for Subversion and Windows if security is a priority.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.visualsvn.com/server/doc/server-config/" />
  <row Id="10562" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6081" RevisionGUID="70a983a2-680f-4fb5-8aa9-1598dfb7f58c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:48:42.760" UserId="1375" Text="You should be able to do what you want using regular groups.  Put all your users under `ou=People`, then map people to groups under `ou=Group` and teach your apps to look at the membership of the relevant group(s).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6083" RevisionGUID="7493ac40-1457-4887-8aec-74ac31c1665c" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:54:55.273" UserId="1122" Text="I keep Inetpub as the root, and end up with something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    D:\Inetpub\wwwroot (Default Web Site)&#xD;&#xA;    D:\Inetpub\exampleroot (www.example.com)&#xD;&#xA;    D:\Inetpub\sampleroot (www.sample.com)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I was worried about grouping multiple sites under a user or department, I'd just add it after Inetpub.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That keeps the D:\ available for other things without co-mingling the web stuff. Also, I never like sharing the root directory (no particular reason, it just annoys me)." />
  <row Id="10569" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6086" RevisionGUID="c3bb286e-5b4a-41f5-ae09-62aeaf3f0546" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:59:56.383" UserId="1301" Text="Is it possible to configure sharepoint server to handle both versioning and file overwrite at the same time?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have a link for that :P &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;:) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="10570" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6086" RevisionGUID="c3bb286e-5b4a-41f5-ae09-62aeaf3f0546" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:59:56.383" UserId="1301" Text="Sharepoint configuration to overwrite and versioning" />
  <row Id="10571" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6086" RevisionGUID="c3bb286e-5b4a-41f5-ae09-62aeaf3f0546" CreationDate="2009-05-07T23:59:56.383" UserId="1301" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;" />
  <row Id="10572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6087" RevisionGUID="ca54e6b6-751e-4ae6-ad4a-9cbcbd95e9aa" CreationDate="2009-05-08T00:01:51.840" UserId="671" Text="I have used [WebDrive][1] for several years without any trouble.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.webdrive.com/products/webdrive/index.html" />
  <row Id="10573" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6088" RevisionGUID="0c94d26b-23fd-427a-85ef-d0a4d39fc7f6" CreationDate="2009-05-08T00:05:37.103" UserId="1797" Text="I prefer [ExpanDrive][1]. Amazing. They have a version for Windows and Mac.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.expandrive.com/" />
  <row Id="10576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6090" RevisionGUID="dca204bc-c5ba-40da-b149-87bfb9f26aeb" CreationDate="2009-05-08T00:08:47.080" UserId="671" Text="You can use the Remote Administration (HTML) Tool that comes with Windows/IIS to accomplish this.  Microsoft has a couple of relevant articles that cover this topic:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324282][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/aae1d311-103e-4b06-8788-e6b0554d7230.mspx?mfr=true][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324282&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/aae1d311-103e-4b06-8788-e6b0554d7230.mspx?mfr=true" />
  <row Id="10577" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6091" RevisionGUID="47b56806-dbc5-46c7-9a04-7a875254f27c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T00:12:21.470" UserId="1122" Text="It's just like a production web server, only with different security. If you want it internal only (meaning, you must be on the internal LAN to access it) give it a private IP address that's not accessible from the outside (or block it at the firewall).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you'd like to expose it more than that, you can use IIS authentication - but I don't recommend it. Dev sites are likely misconfigured, with wide open security holes. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, if you're going to expose it outside of your trusted LAN, stick a reverse proxy server in front. The proxy is a *production* server, and handles authentication (with some combination of ip address, username/password, and/or client cert). The dev server still sits on a private IP address, and the firewall only lets the proxy server access it." />
  <row Id="10578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6092" RevisionGUID="4ae8a743-38c6-4650-8034-e27da6e33cf2" CreationDate="2009-05-08T00:12:47.057" UserId="2228" Text="* First do a quick scan of the hardware physically (look for keylogger hardware on the keyboard plug/cable). For the truly paranoid, bring your own keyboard. (as keylogging modifications may be present inside the keyboard.) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Boot into your own pre-prepared OS from [usb stick][1] or cd. (prevents any malware or spyware already present on the machine from affecting you). An OS on read-only media might be more secure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Even after all that, you still can't trust the machine as it [is still possible for rootkits to be present.][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* At that point you can start an ssh or vpn connection to your home machine/network, and work remotely. Just be aware that any key negotiation may be intercepted by a man in the middle attack. You can put your [ssh key][3] on the read-only media along with the os.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can never really truly trust interacting with a public machine in the end, no matter what measures you take. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Always be aware of the possibilities of the hardware logging your keystrokes, man in the middle attackers on the network, etc... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As is usually the case when it comes to security, you provide layer upon layer of protection, and hope that your layers are thicker than the determination and ingenuity of any potential attacker to compromise you. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can either go very far with all this, or decide that a simple ssh tunnel with your keys on a usb stick is sufficient. There will always be risk, and how far you are willing to go to diminish that risk is up to you in the end. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*(Personally I wouldn't touch a public computer to do anything important with a ten foot pole, no matter what measures I think I have in place.)*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.student.soc.napier.ac.uk/~05012779/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://techreport.com/discussions.x/16606&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.eos.ncsu.edu/remoteaccess/man/ssh-keygen.html" />
  <row Id="10579" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6075" RevisionGUID="f4cfc744-2fc9-4ac5-ba67-fe8f05c74d16" CreationDate="2009-05-08T00:15:08.237" UserId="671" Comment="added 288 characters in body" Text="Honestly, use whatever works best for you.  Pick a system and stick with it, document it, and make sure that everyone who would ever need to make changes is aware of it and why it is important to stick with the standard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edited to include our standard folder structure (for www.example.com):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [drive]:\Inetpub\wwwroot\example.com\docs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use a 'docs' folder for the web site as some clients also have separate FTP storage space which we put into a 'storage' folder under their domain name folder." />
  <row Id="10580" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6093" RevisionGUID="442ce4a0-1632-43a0-b34a-bff3bb184a41" CreationDate="2009-05-08T00:17:13.003" UserId="97" Text="The SAN team should have tools that can help you reveal if your app is hotspotting. Obviously, you should monitor and measure on your end too. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of my experience is with EMC so YMMV. But the following should apply to most SAN equipment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are only so many ports going into the array. Sometimes there is a SAN switch in between that you can define zones. Just because the array is a essentially a big pool of storage does not mean that you should not worry about IO performance. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So if you feel that you are having IO issues, you need to narrow down where the bottleneck is. If it is somewhere between the HBA and the array, you can then figure out if the HBA is maxed out or if the SAN port on the switch/array side is oversubscribed. Additionally, you should have the SAN team monitor access patterns for your app, both from a cold start and running hot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously, the underlying storage does make a difference say running slow big RAID5 vs speedy RAID10 as you will at some point have to hit the disk regardless of the different levels of cache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTH. You can ping me offline if you have a specific issue as this could take a while to dig through.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6094" RevisionGUID="5800ea63-eb0a-46b2-9a8c-8519ab4a3a30" CreationDate="2009-05-08T00:46:44.167" UserId="2228" Text="* First of all, be aware that any scripting ability on the server (php, cgi, ruby,...) is a potential shell account with privileges of the user running the script.&#xD;&#xA;* If the server is shared with multiple users, you might want to think about using suexec so not every script runs as the same apache user.&#xD;&#xA;* Chroot apache, so that any compromise is at least somewhat contained in an additional layer of security. Be aware that when you chroot apache, maintenance may become harder, as you end up moving libraries to the jail etc. If you're on FreeBSD you can use a jail instead, which is much easier to maintain, since you can just install apache from ports, and run portaudit from within it, without having to worry about any library dependencies and moving files manually, which always becomes an ugly mess. With BSD jails you can simply keep using the package management system (ports).&#xD;&#xA;* (obviously) Keep up with updates and patches, not only for Apache, but also PHP, ruby, perl, etc... don't just trust your OS to give you all the updates either. Some distro's are extremely slow with their patches. Limit exposure time to 0-day vulnerabilities as much as possible. Stick the [milw0rm][1] feed in your RSS reader, subscribe to the insecure.org mailing lists, etc... Not only will it help you learn about vulnerabilities before your OS gets around to releasing a patch, you will also learn about vulnerabilities in certain php cms applications for example, which may not even be managed or patched by your OS at all. &#xD;&#xA;* Use something like tripwire, audit, or mtree(on BSD) to [keep track of changes on your filesystem.][2] This one is really important. Have any changes mailed to you regularly, review them manually, every day. If any file changes that shouldn't change, investigate why. If some malicious javascript somehow gets inserted into your pages through whatever method, you WILL catch it this way. This not only saves your server, but also your users, as your own webpages can be abused to infect your visitors. (This is a very very common tactic, the attackers often don't even care about your server, they just want to infect as many of your visitors as possible until discovered. These attackers also don't even bother to hide their tracks usually. Catching a compromise like this as fast as possible is very important.)&#xD;&#xA;* Using stuff like suhosin to protect php helps. But also learn to understand it, tweak it's config to your application's expected parameters.&#xD;&#xA;* Using a kernel patch such as PaX may help protect you from some buffer overflow vulnerabilities. Even if your software is vulnerable. (This does not make you invulnerable, it's just yet another, minor, layer.)&#xD;&#xA;* Don't get over-confident when using some security tool. Understand the tools you use, and use common sense. Read, learn, keep up with as much as you can. &#xD;&#xA;* Consider using mandatory access control (eg: SELinux). It allows you to specify, for each applicaion, what it is allowed to do, in great detail. What files is it allowed to access. What kernel calls is it allowed to make, etc. This is a very involved process and requires lots of understanding. Some distro's provide pre-made SELinux policies for their packages (eg: Gentoo GNU/Linux). This suggestion is kind of a contradiction to the one below, but still valid, nevertheless. &#xD;&#xA;* Keep things simple. A complex security strategy may work against you.&#xD;&#xA;* Set up a very restrictive default rules (disallow indexes, no cgi exec, deny from all, etc...) and override as needed for specific VirtualHosts.&#xD;&#xA;* Deny access to all dotfiles (which also immediately covers .htaccess files)&#xD;&#xA;* Always use https anywhere there is any sort of password authentication.&#xD;&#xA;* Firewall should be a deny-by-default policy. Build some specific rules in your firewall to log specific traffic.&#xD;&#xA;* Set up log parsing scripts to scan your logs for anomalies. (the [prelude IDS][3] suite can do this, but honestly, I recommend you build up your own scripts over time, as it will help you understand your own tools and rules better.)&#xD;&#xA;* Have the server mail you daily reports on last logged in users, active connections, bandwidth used, etc...&#xD;&#xA;* Have a cron scan for suid binaries, world writeable files, and stuff like that, and have them mailed to you.&#xD;&#xA;* For any of the stuff you set up that gets mailed to you, you should build up a list of exceptions over time. (folders to ignore filesystem changes on, 777 files to allow, suid binaries to allow). It is important that you only get notified of things that shouldn't happen. If you get a mail every day with trivial stuff, you will start to ignore them, and they will become pointless.&#xD;&#xA;* Have a good solid layered redundant backup strategy. And don't just assume that making an image or copy of everything works. For example, if MySQL is in the middle of writing to a table during your backup, your MySQL binary files may be corrupted when you restore your backup. So you will need a cron that mysqldump's your databases on top of regular images or nightly tarballs or version control or whatever else you have setup. Think about your backup strategy. I mean, REALLY think about it. &#xD;&#xA;* Don't rely on lists like this for security :) Seriously :D You'll find lots of these all over the internet, go read them all, research every suggestion, and use common sense and experience to make up your own mind. In the end, experience and common sense are the only things that will save you. Not lists, nor tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://milw0rm.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ramblings.linkerror.com/?p=54&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.prelude-ids.com" />
  <row Id="10582" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6095" RevisionGUID="5e9f5908-9810-497d-85b2-b4ff2f10bcff" CreationDate="2009-05-08T00:49:32.553" UserId="1716" Text="We used to use RAdmin (http://www.radmin.com/) - it was (a few years ago) way faster than anything else on the market.  Could be it still is..." />
  <row Id="10586" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6097" RevisionGUID="1ece7f25-1c78-4210-8063-b444cd537728" CreationDate="2009-05-08T00:55:52.647" UserId="2228" Text="For config files:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some GNU/Linux distributions have a system in place that will show you diff's as it updates the configuration files. (eg: gentoo has etc-update which will show you a diff and ask you to keep the old config, use the new one, or interactively merge the two.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't have such luxery with the distro you are using, make backups of /etc and the relevant config files, and diff/merge them manually. &#xD;&#xA;Always read the docs and manpages of whatever you're editing the config files for." />
  <row Id="10587" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6098" RevisionGUID="a6bc580b-3ea3-4b48-9643-5eb48cd9b004" CreationDate="2009-05-08T01:08:26.470" UserId="667" Text="I've used [DameWare Mini Remote Client][1] before... no tabbed interface though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dameware.com/" />
  <row Id="10588" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6099" RevisionGUID="4ca21b0b-9602-4fc8-bf6b-642f0be2a632" CreationDate="2009-05-08T01:11:21.220" UserId="667" Text="I would skimp on the floppy drive :)" />
  <row Id="10589" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6100" RevisionGUID="b4047f70-cb56-45ab-9fa8-6adc32197efe" CreationDate="2009-05-08T01:18:02.420" UserId="1664" Text="I definitely agree with the notion that basic symptoms of this problem sounds like it is related to a PATH MTU problem. There are other possibilities, but that is the most likely place to start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given the prominence of the sites you mention and presumably the extended period of time that this has been occurring for, it seems kind of unlikely it is a problem within the ISP's network......although given the traceroute result shown in the question, the path depth and total latency doesn't shine very well on your ISP. Generally speaking, any decent ISP should get you to any major/prominent web property (within the USA) in something [well] under 120ms...but I digress.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using *traceroute* and *ping* to diagnose the problem as others have mentioned is very helpful, but it is far from a definite tool solution given the possibility/likelihood of ICMP blocking/filtering in various locations. And, because of this, except in the hands of a skilled analyst it is pretty hard to tell the difference between specific problems &amp; firewalls messing with ICMP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best way to rule out an MTU problem is to start by reducing the MTU of the Ethernet interface in one of the computers that is having the problem. See the procedure located [here for MAC systems][1] since you mentioned you have a MAC computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you start lowering your interface MTU as the process describes in steps of say 100 bytes at a time and checking functionality starting from from 1400 down to 500 bytes.....if the problem suddenly goes away at one of the steps, then you definitely have a path MTU problem for sure. If dropping down to 500 as a minimum doesn't solve it, then it is ***not*** a path MTU problem and you can move on to investigating other possibilities (after you switch your MTU back up to where it started...which was probably 1500 bytes).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2532" />
  <row Id="10590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6101" RevisionGUID="e13d398e-cea4-481f-958c-26dc0355ee73" CreationDate="2009-05-08T01:19:29.407" UserId="2181" Text="I've used Kavoom!, which is billed as a &quot;virtual&quot; KVM switch.  I've used Crossloop, copilot, and the built in Remote Desktop (Win XP) and Kavoom is the most productive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.kavoom.biz/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's *great* with a multi monitor setup. You get  a little window with a 2 buttons (Local, Remote, etc. you can name them). You click on it and viola, that montor is your remote computer. Mouse and keyboard work normally on it. It's pretty fast (about like Win Remote desktop). You can even copy and paste in/out of the &quot;remote window&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Costs about $40.00&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kavoom.biz/  http://www.kavoom.biz/" />
  <row Id="10591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6102" RevisionGUID="4847ebd8-f139-4ec7-8a8e-6b24ffe248eb" CreationDate="2009-05-08T01:43:18.383" UserId="640" Text="Hyper Terminal can only connect to one modem at a time, but you should be able to open as many instances of Hyper Terminal as you like and connect to each one." />
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  <row Id="10595" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6104" RevisionGUID="1b0d5164-ddcd-450d-8c1f-563f9bb20431" CreationDate="2009-05-08T01:57:19.393" UserId="2166" Text="&lt;navision&gt;" />
  <row Id="10596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6105" RevisionGUID="8d90a813-cffe-4b60-a259-d3843b5e66e7" CreationDate="2009-05-08T02:08:02.473" UserId="2232" Text="I am helping my sister's church by hosting their site and email on a virtual server (CentOS 5). I use Plesk 9.2.1 and have attempted to beat back Failure Notices, hundreds of Failure Notices every day. Their computers are protected with NOD32 and the pastor said they ran scans on all workstations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But the Failure Notices continue. Adjusting SpamAssassin hasn't worked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions on how to fix the problem, or at least track down the source?" />
  <row Id="10597" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6105" RevisionGUID="8d90a813-cffe-4b60-a259-d3843b5e66e7" CreationDate="2009-05-08T02:08:02.473" UserId="2232" Text="Plesk 9.2.1 and Failure Notices" />
  <row Id="10598" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6105" RevisionGUID="8d90a813-cffe-4b60-a259-d3843b5e66e7" CreationDate="2009-05-08T02:08:02.473" UserId="2232" Text="&lt;centos&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="10600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6107" RevisionGUID="a2b14767-7c97-41e2-b3ea-1868645cd149" CreationDate="2009-05-08T02:10:07.897" UserId="1900" Text="You did not mention whether you are going through a proxy server. It might be interesting to see if your ISP is potentially transparently proxying you, a practice I consider very evil but I think its quite common. Maybe you could try http://tracetcp.sourceforge.net/usage_proxy.html and do a tcp trace to the hosts that are not working, that could be interesting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the meantime going through a proxy server should allow you to access the sites so you at least have a workaround. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you tried contacting your ISP about this issue? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To me your traceroute and ping results are totally normal. The lack of reply at the end is normal, that is the last HOP that is sending ICMP max hop reached replies. tracepath is a utility which can be used to diagnose mtu problems which may help you. " />
  <row Id="10601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6108" RevisionGUID="b5455604-083c-4882-8e94-cf0e198e856b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T02:16:49.520" UserId="533" Text="Every part is worth checking the price on at the time you buy it.  We used to have a hard and fast rule of buying third party memory, but price fluctuations are such that we occasionally get cheaper memory directly from the server vendor.  If you're really interested in getting the best deals, you gotta get the current prices when you're preparing to buy the server" />
  <row Id="10602" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6105" RevisionGUID="b2d6e3a0-8e9f-4bd8-840b-8c71eb711483" CreationDate="2009-05-08T02:17:30.767" UserId="808" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;centos&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;plesk&gt;" />
  <row Id="10603" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6109" RevisionGUID="be3d6f4c-9588-477e-b35c-049f42db1965" CreationDate="2009-05-08T02:23:48.987" UserId="1900" Text="What is the purpose for the server? If it is for performance testing, or depending on the nature of the what you are using it for you may want to keep it the same as production. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming it is unimportant then RAM and hard drives are both much cheaper from 3rd party vendors. HP and others will make you pay through the nose to have a hard disk that comes with their proprietary hard disk case thing. Its ridiculous the markup really.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe you don't really want a server for your lab at all and could with consumer grade parts or go with a ultra cheap server vendor. You may be walking the path of most pain though remember its very easy to wipe out your cost savings if an engineer has to spend time fixing faulty hardware - human time is normally your biggest cost. " />
  <row Id="10604" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6110" RevisionGUID="9c2f91f7-29c9-4384-bedb-6cc3cffcb4a6" CreationDate="2009-05-08T02:26:29.963" UserId="1761" Text="I've been trying to find a &quot;good&quot; syslog server to provide centralized application login for a distributed system we've built.  Our application logging system can not only log to files but also to a syslog server and we would like to utilize this feature.  The following would be nice:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Runs as a Windows service&#xD;&#xA; - Has a reasonably good viewing/searching (via web display ideal)&#xD;&#xA; - Is open source, free, or low cost&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are numerous solutions available on Linux/Unix, but few for Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;Todd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="10606" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6110" RevisionGUID="9c2f91f7-29c9-4384-bedb-6cc3cffcb4a6" CreationDate="2009-05-08T02:26:29.963" UserId="1761" Text="&lt;syslog&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
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  <row Id="10610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6112" RevisionGUID="5db7e0b9-58ae-42de-a420-26d3ce41f48b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T02:37:00.283" UserId="1605" Text="I found that sometimes an image won't load fully on my browser, and when I press `F5`, instead of refetching the image from the server, the browser reloads it from the cache. Is there anyway to force the server to resend the image? " />
  <row Id="10611" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6112" RevisionGUID="5db7e0b9-58ae-42de-a420-26d3ce41f48b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T02:37:00.283" UserId="1605" Text="Force Reload Image in Web Browser" />
  <row Id="10612" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6112" RevisionGUID="5db7e0b9-58ae-42de-a420-26d3ce41f48b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T02:37:00.283" UserId="1605" Text="&lt;browsers&gt;" />
  <row Id="10613" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6060" RevisionGUID="86985827-4291-455f-a8cc-cc4f9a01ffda" CreationDate="2009-05-08T02:43:08.007" UserId="2203" Comment="clarification" Text="I have three PCI fax modems:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usr.com/products/modem/modem-oem.asp&quot;&gt;USR 56K PCI Faxmodem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=402917&quot;&gt;Hiro 56K V.92 Data PCI Fax Modem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.conexant.com/products/entry.jsp?id=105&quot;&gt;Conexant PCI Faxmodem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With any combination of of these modems ( two USR, one USR one Hiro ) Windows XP only allows me to open one modem at a time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions of two PCI modem's that I could open at the same time?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6113" RevisionGUID="72ff1115-f8c4-4ec9-ba8f-368ce7e63ed1" CreationDate="2009-05-08T02:46:40.850" UserId="1094" Text="&#xD;&#xA;I have to agree with Oskar skimping on server hardware just increases your chances of failure. If you can't afford proper server hardware because you are founding a startup or something I would look at cloud computing options like amazon aws, google app engine, or azure rather than buying your own hardware." />
  <row Id="10615" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6114" RevisionGUID="04bd39b7-00b6-4959-8931-75b2f6719bbd" CreationDate="2009-05-08T02:50:34.070" UserId="2224" Text="You'd be better off getting a sales job where you can make better money and learn how to talk to people.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll get a marginal level of technical experience working in a retail repair shop. If its anything like CompUSA used to be back in the 90's, the techs spent more time on the phone with vendors waiting for warranty parts than anything else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Working a retail sales job is one of the best jobs you can have as a college kid if you take it seriously. Being able to engage in a reasonably intelligent conversation with 100 people a day with no idea about what people will ask, need or want while selling stuff is a valuable experience." />
  <row Id="10616" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6115" RevisionGUID="8d52343a-9ee6-490c-a725-82aba694630b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T02:55:39.223" UserId="2224" Text="You need to test this. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are other scenarios where switching away from native mode and disabling legacy Windows authentication methods may present a problem. We did this several years ago, and several applications that users considered important had problems because they were using insecure NTLM hashes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That was 2004, hopefully apps are better today, but I'd still recommend testing everything you can." />
  <row Id="10617" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6116" RevisionGUID="357546b6-10e6-479f-807e-65c8170e0b43" CreationDate="2009-05-08T02:56:01.907" UserId="1504" Text="&#xD;&#xA;I'm engaged in a handful web-development projects running on a LAMP stack.&#xD;&#xA;My present tool-set for inspecting and bugfixing is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - the softwares built-in log-viewer and the like, and&#xD;&#xA; - running &quot;sudo tail -f /var/log/apache2/error.log&quot; from the command-line, and &#xD;&#xA; - &quot;sudo tail -f /var/log/apache2/access.log&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's pretty much what I've done on the server-side. I'm new to inspecting the server-side, so I'm quite happy with this minimal setup. Setting up scripts to automate things a bit is definitely a next action for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is: What tools (CLI/GUI) or command-line commands do you use to keep track, inspect and manage your log-files on your LAMP stack?" />
  <row Id="10618" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6116" RevisionGUID="357546b6-10e6-479f-807e-65c8170e0b43" CreationDate="2009-05-08T02:56:01.907" UserId="1504" Text="Log-file inspection and management on a LAMP stack" />
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  <row Id="10621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6118" RevisionGUID="a31dcb5f-6556-41f7-b86e-4f649de86ef5" CreationDate="2009-05-08T03:06:06.500" UserId="1650" Text="I want to make it hard for users on a domain to access things like System Properties. Is there a way I can disable things like Right Clicking the start menu, Accessing System Properties, and any other administrative task that regular users don't need access to?" />
  <row Id="10622" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6118" RevisionGUID="a31dcb5f-6556-41f7-b86e-4f649de86ef5" CreationDate="2009-05-08T03:06:06.500" UserId="1650" Text="Disableing right clicking My Computer -&gt; Properties in Windows XP" />
  <row Id="10623" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6118" RevisionGUID="a31dcb5f-6556-41f7-b86e-4f649de86ef5" CreationDate="2009-05-08T03:06:06.500" UserId="1650" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;privileges&gt;&lt;users&gt;" />
  <row Id="10624" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6119" RevisionGUID="e1f43d60-dfe5-4436-a645-1282c6fbd058" CreationDate="2009-05-08T03:07:13.860" UserId="1995" Text="Mixed Mode versus Native Mode is all about domain controller OS compatibility.  Mixed Mode allows NT4 domain controllers to co-exist in a Windows 2000 domain.  Native mode requires all Windows 2000 (or greater) domain controllers.  NTLM authentication is not lost when you convert to Native mode.  Here's a good primer on the subject circa 1999: [Mixed Mode versus Native Mode][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As Windows Server has evolved, the number of AD functional levels has increased with each new major release.  In addition to Mixed Mode and Native Mode, there are also Windows Server 2003 Compatibility Mode and Windows Server 2008 Compatibility Mode.  As the names imply, these modes enable newer AD functionality to be turned on when all DCs are at the corresponding OS level or higher and the domain and/or forest functional levels are upgraded.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/7156/mixed-mode-vs-native-mode.html" />
  <row Id="10625" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5539" RevisionGUID="22003519-3f15-45c8-95c6-0a253d263528" CreationDate="2009-05-08T03:08:07.947" UserId="1650" />
  <row Id="10626" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6120" RevisionGUID="d8ff06cb-10a9-4266-9161-745e26011377" CreationDate="2009-05-08T03:11:53.647" UserId="1585" Text="A local vendor is proposing a wireless bridge solution using [MikroTik][1].  I had never heard of MikroTik before but it seems they have a following.  My usual first choice is Cisco, however the price difference between the two is significant &gt; 8X.  Am I crazy to be considering MikroTik?  Anyone ever heard of it? How well do they compare?&#xD;&#xA;*MikroTik RB433 with wireless card vs Aironet 1410*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mikrotik.com/" />
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  <row Id="10628" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6120" RevisionGUID="d8ff06cb-10a9-4266-9161-745e26011377" CreationDate="2009-05-08T03:11:53.647" UserId="1585" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;wifi&gt;&lt;mikrotik&gt;&lt;routeros&gt;" />
  <row Id="10629" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6121" RevisionGUID="05ea5ba7-0074-4a94-a904-70526d2a85fd" CreationDate="2009-05-08T03:13:57.930" UserId="2116" Text="By setting GPO, you gonna be able to disable access to this feature.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's an excellent ressource for GPO : http://www.petri.co.il/download_gpo_reference.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is actually a reference electronic book about almost all settings available through GPO. The one you're actually searching for is called &quot;Context menu&quot; and he's locate whether in Internet Explorer settings of Windows Explorer settings ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this help!" />
  <row Id="10630" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6122" RevisionGUID="a3819a05-912f-4976-86b6-8a647e4bd701" CreationDate="2009-05-08T03:14:01.783" UserId="475" Text="**Rack rails**. Never ever ever buy rails from the server manufacturer. There is [an entire industry][1] devoted to third party rack rails, and their products are better and as much as 80% less expensive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://shop.ebay.com/?_nkw=rack+rails" />
  <row Id="10631" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6123" RevisionGUID="72671569-3f53-41c8-b17c-9fd2b1684852" CreationDate="2009-05-08T03:15:25.620" UserId="671" Text="On many browsers, pressing Control-F5 will reload the page and bypass the cache.  The Wikipedia &quot;[Bypass your cache][1]&quot; page has details for all modern web browsers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bypass_your_cache" />
  <row Id="10632" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6112" RevisionGUID="878224dc-b8dc-4c13-8bf4-9be5e07f55bb" CreationDate="2009-05-08T03:21:25.823" UserId="1605" Comment="added 39 characters in body" Text="I found that sometimes an image won't load fully on my browser, and when I press `F5`, instead of refetching the image from the server, the browser reloads it from the cache. Is there anyway to force the server to resend the image? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit: I am using Google Chrome.**" />
  <row Id="10633" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6124" RevisionGUID="f1904e32-b693-4e30-92e9-b8f073142d9c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T03:47:00.723" UserId="53971" Text="I have three 1TB drives in a software RAID-5 configuration with LVM running on top of it.  Each drive is partitioned into 2 500GB partitions.  So as far as mdadm knows, it has 6 devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently the raid array has 2.5TB of space; I'm assuming one of the 500GB partitions is being used for parity?  Or maybe 500GB is being used throughout the array, I'm not exactly sure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is: with this configuration, am I safe if any one of the drives fail?  Or, do I need to add a second drive with another 500GB partition as a spare?  Or do I need to add another 500GB partition and somehow specify it to be used for parity?" />
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  <row Id="10635" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6124" RevisionGUID="f1904e32-b693-4e30-92e9-b8f073142d9c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T03:47:00.723" UserId="53971" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;raid&gt;" />
  <row Id="10636" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5993" RevisionGUID="6fc99127-830a-454c-b610-3154cbf1edc3" CreationDate="2009-05-08T03:47:35.417" UserId="1004" Comment="fiz typos" Text="I was reading [this][1] question when I thought: Some emergencies requires that you log on in e-mail or another sensitive sites in public internet computers. Remember that points:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) You cannot install nothing;&#xD;&#xA;2) You will use internet explorer 6+&#xD;&#xA;3) YOu will use Windows XP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think that maybe an on-line service will met that requirements...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/951/how-to-browse-safely" />
  <row Id="10637" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5696" RevisionGUID="7628b408-b2fa-4d42-ac0c-5f2147ad41d1" CreationDate="2009-05-08T03:49:54.960" UserId="2136" Comment="edited after obvious error :)" Text="Learn **[sh][1]** as your primary shell&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a result your scripts will also work in [bash][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;there is also..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[zsh][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ksh][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[tcsh][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But to be honest most linux distros link sh to bash ( as its its most popular superset )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_shell&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zsh&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korn_shell&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tcsh" />
  <row Id="10638" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6125" RevisionGUID="0ad9fa86-2b31-4ad1-96e6-43dce548c23e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T03:50:01.650" UserId="1936" Text="Have you tried [Kiwi Syslog Server][1]? I used it for quite a while before I started sending everything to a CentOS box...  I'll confess to being a year out of date, but at the time the free version suited my needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kiwisyslog.com/kiwi-syslog-server-overview/" />
  <row Id="10639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6126" RevisionGUID="f25d8a27-f3f5-42ea-917f-61aa5bd9b9e4" CreationDate="2009-05-08T03:57:05.597" UserId="2242" Text="You can use a Unified Communications Certificate.  It allow you to add multiple Subject Alternative Names on the certificate.  You can install this certificate on multiple servers for multiple domain names.  You could have one certificate for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;server1.blah.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;server2.blah.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.blah.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.notblah.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They were originally introduced for use with Exchange 2007 and Communication Server, but can be used for other servers.  More info from a ssl cert vendor:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Digicert uc ssl cert page][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Entrust uc ssl cert page][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also wildcard certs, but I know less about those, they may work for your purposes also.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.digicert.com/unified-communications-ssl-tls.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.entrust.net/ssl-certificates/unified-communications.htm" />
  <row Id="10640" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6124" RevisionGUID="6962bc1a-2369-41cb-bf08-599633d442ee" CreationDate="2009-05-08T03:57:59.137" UserId="53971" Comment="added 20 characters in body" Text="I have three 1TB drives in a software RAID-5 configuration with LVM running on top of it.  Each drive is partitioned into 2 500GB partitions.  So as far as mdadm knows, it has 6 devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently the raid array has 2.5TB of space; I'm assuming one of the 500GB partitions is being used for parity?  Or maybe 500GB is being used throughout the array, I'm not exactly sure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is: with this configuration, am I safe if any one of the drives fail?  Or, do I need to add a fourth drive with another 500GB partition as a spare?  Or do I need to add another 500GB partition from a fourth drive and somehow specify it to be used for parity?" />
  <row Id="10641" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6127" RevisionGUID="9c6d32ef-7567-4ee9-9879-46c114e7d1b7" CreationDate="2009-05-08T04:02:30.700" UserId="2120" Text="No, you're not safe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The idea with RAID 5 is to have N+1 disks (providing total storage equivalent to N disks), with enough redundancy to recover if one disk fails.  (The parity is actually distributed over all the disks with RAID 5.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, by partitioning each of your 3 physical disks into 2 partitions, you've set up 5+1 500 GB partitions (providing 5\*500 GB space), with protection if one partition fails.  However if one *drive* fails completely, you will lose the *two* partitions that are on it, and you don't have enough redundancy to recover from that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The usual trick with RAID 5 is to leave your physical devices unpartitioned (or with only one partition each), create the RAID array, and then partition the resulting device if necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even if you add another 500 GB partition, you still won't be safe if you still use RAID 5, because the extra partition won't add more redundancy, only more capacity.  You would have to switch to something like RAID 6, which provides protection against losing two drives.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10642" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6128" RevisionGUID="e83d5b0f-128e-4ae6-87e6-3b0be1febb5a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T04:15:01.013" UserId="1241" Text="Hi everyone.  We have an Apache web site, with certain portions powered by JBoss.  The question is, how can we get Apache to force all HTTP requests to be re-directed to the HTTPS equivalent?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On our old server (CentOS 4, Apache 2.0, mod_jk), we have the following configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost 1.2.3.4:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    Redirect / https://www.foo.com/&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This works great -- any requests to a PHP, vanilla HTML, or JBoss-powered web page get re-directed.  However, on our new server (CentOS 5, Apache 2.2, mod\_proxy\_ajp), the same configuration __only__ works for vanilla pages -- not for anything being sent to JBoss using AJP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also tried the following, which I found at [http://www.webmasterworld.com/apache/3050511.htm][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Proxy *&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        RewriteEngine on&#xD;&#xA;        RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443$&#xD;&#xA;        RewriteRule ^.*$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R]&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Proxy&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But still no luck.  I feel like I'm missing something obvious.  Any help?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S.  I am not in any way an Apache expert.  I apologize if this turns out to be a beginner question :-P.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.webmasterworld.com/apache/3050511.htm" />
  <row Id="10643" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6128" RevisionGUID="e83d5b0f-128e-4ae6-87e6-3b0be1febb5a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T04:15:01.013" UserId="1241" Text="How do I force Apache to use HTTPS in conjunction with AJP?" />
  <row Id="10644" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6128" RevisionGUID="e83d5b0f-128e-4ae6-87e6-3b0be1febb5a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T04:15:01.013" UserId="1241" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;tomcat&gt;" />
  <row Id="10645" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6129" RevisionGUID="aa4ab0d6-8d30-48f6-97c2-8131e8282c5a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T04:15:18.160" UserId="843" Text="Navision offers extensive exporting to tab delimited files from within the program." />
  <row Id="10646" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4409" RevisionGUID="4d2ad9ad-f81b-4a2d-b3ad-61892b0cc2d8" CreationDate="2009-05-08T04:18:43.250" UserId="1248" Comment="Added summary of answers" Text="Are there registry settings or other settings available to tune Windows networking (SMB/CIFS) performance?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to get maximum throughput for large file copy operations but any settings would be interesting.  &#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So far:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;#TCP Settings&#xD;&#xA; - Adjust MTU&#xD;&#xA; - Enable TCP Window Scaling (RFC 1323). Details [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;#Other Factors&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - SMB2 has performance advantages over SMB. Details [here][2] and [here][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid7_gci1329590,00.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Message_Block#SMB2&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://blogs.technet.com/josebda/archive/2008/11/11/file-server-performance-improvements-with-the-smb2-protocol-in-windows-server-2008.aspx" />
  <row Id="10647" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6130" RevisionGUID="cf7ae94a-aa4a-4165-8e9e-506f7dda411d" CreationDate="2009-05-08T04:18:55.200" UserId="843" Text="Call your wife and ask her to turn on your computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10650" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6132" RevisionGUID="f7f3e136-fed5-4d50-87c8-4e2aa092e189" CreationDate="2009-05-08T04:29:31.137" UserId="1248" Text="From the [&quot;Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2008&quot;][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;### TreatHostAsStableStorage&#xD;&#xA;&gt;`HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters\(REG_DWORD)`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;The default is 0. This parameter disables the processing of write flush commands from clients. If the value of this entry is 1, the server performance and client latency for power-protected servers can improve. Workloads that resemble the NetBench file server benchmark benefit from this behavior.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ### AsynchronousCredits&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters\(REG_DWORD)`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The default is 512. This parameter limits the number of concurrent “asynchronous” SMB commands that are allowed on a single connection. Some file clients such as IIS servers require a large amount of concurrency, with file change notification requests in particular. The value of this entry can be increased to support these clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/sysperf/Perf_tun_srv.mspx" />
  <row Id="10651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6133" RevisionGUID="6d83cef3-4199-4748-bd53-8acc55e848de" CreationDate="2009-05-08T04:41:07.677" UserId="641" Text="My university is switching from a Novell based logon system to Active Directory.  One of the 'features' IT is advertising is the ability for any user to log onto any machine.  This is fine for computer labs and the like, but for computers in offices and graduate student labs we'd really rather not let any random undergrad walk in and log on.  Is there an easy way to limit who can log onto a particular machine using active directory?  Most computers are running XP, with a few on Vista." />
  <row Id="10652" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6133" RevisionGUID="6d83cef3-4199-4748-bd53-8acc55e848de" CreationDate="2009-05-08T04:41:07.677" UserId="641" Text="Limiting Active Directory logons on a particular machine" />
  <row Id="10653" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6133" RevisionGUID="6d83cef3-4199-4748-bd53-8acc55e848de" CreationDate="2009-05-08T04:41:07.677" UserId="641" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="10654" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6134" RevisionGUID="e4811e7b-1f5c-4fc1-af3a-dfde11da6852" CreationDate="2009-05-08T04:44:55.920" UserId="1897" Text="Is there a quick way to convert text file from Unix line breaks to Windows ones in Unix environment? I thought there could be a standard utility." />
  <row Id="10655" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6134" RevisionGUID="e4811e7b-1f5c-4fc1-af3a-dfde11da6852" CreationDate="2009-05-08T04:44:55.920" UserId="1897" Text="Hot to convert text file from Windows line breaks to Unix ones on Unix/Linux?" />
  <row Id="10656" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6134" RevisionGUID="e4811e7b-1f5c-4fc1-af3a-dfde11da6852" CreationDate="2009-05-08T04:44:55.920" UserId="1897" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;text&gt;&lt;utilities&gt;" />
  <row Id="10657" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6135" RevisionGUID="ea0fcd7e-9ab0-4b34-bd21-52a6cec67c78" CreationDate="2009-05-08T04:50:59.757" UserId="1248" Text="I've heard people suggest copying any passwords or other sensitive information one character at a time using the mouse. The aim is to fool key sniffers since the basic ones (probably most keysniffers) won't look for the mouse copy/paste. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And you can always try to copy/paste non-sensitive characters into another window or mix mouse copy/paste with keystrokes to confuse the picture even further.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having tried this while travelling overseas it gets frustrating pretty quickly! :)" />
  <row Id="10659" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6137" RevisionGUID="5f5db092-ecdb-4829-92ce-f7d368c75640" CreationDate="2009-05-08T04:55:51.370" UserId="1222" Text="You're probably looking for `dos2unix`, `unix2dos`, `todos` or `fromdos` depending on your distribution. Ubuntu/Debian package `todos`/`fromdos` as part of the **tofrodos** package from memory." />
  <row Id="10660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6138" RevisionGUID="07b03ee5-9371-4b6c-8565-67be8318517a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T04:56:43.487" UserId="1233" Text="One option is to use `unix2dos` (and `dos2unix` for going back) on the command line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another is to use a text editor:&#xD;&#xA;For vi: :set ff=dos to set the line endings to be dos line endings from then on&#xD;&#xA;For emacs: C-x [ENTER] f dos [ENTER]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For your favourite GUI based editor (eg. jedit) I recommend checking the manual or Google." />
  <row Id="10661" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6139" RevisionGUID="0f0c2651-b83e-4046-ae31-7bf863e31bc9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T04:59:03.250" UserId="750" Text="I have a fixed size virtual hard drive that is running out of space. What's a good way to go about increasing the size?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This VHD is created from Microsoft Virtual PC and/or Microsoft Virtual Server." />
  <row Id="10662" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6139" RevisionGUID="0f0c2651-b83e-4046-ae31-7bf863e31bc9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T04:59:03.250" UserId="750" Text="How do I change the size of a VHD?" />
  <row Id="10663" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6139" RevisionGUID="0f0c2651-b83e-4046-ae31-7bf863e31bc9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T04:59:03.250" UserId="750" Text="&lt;vhd&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;" />
  <row Id="10664" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6138" RevisionGUID="c4b1227b-56e6-47f1-82ab-a109d4509a14" CreationDate="2009-05-08T05:02:48.170" UserId="1233" Text="One option is to use `unix2dos` (and `dos2unix` for going back) on the command line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another is to use a text editor:  &#xD;&#xA;For vi: :set ff=dos to set the line endings to be dos line endings. &#xD;&#xA;For emacs: C-x [ENTER] f dos [ENTER]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For your favourite GUI based editor (eg. jedit) I recommend checking the manual or Google.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lastly if you don't want to deal with a text editor and just do it using more common utilities and such (or don't have unix2dos installed):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`tr -d '\r' &lt; infile &gt; outfile` to go from Windows -&gt; Unix  &#xD;&#xA;`awk 'sub(&quot;$&quot;, &quot;\r&quot;)' unixfile.txt &gt; winfile.txt` to go from Unix -&gt; Windows as `tr` can not go from Unix to Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10665" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6140" RevisionGUID="cad7f7d4-2dd9-4a9c-b5e1-b03399ac5b8b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T05:09:27.640" UserId="1860" Text="Not sure if it falls under your definition of low cost, but I think it does provide a lot of bang for the money.  Look into [Microsoft System Center Operations Manager][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/operationsmanager/en/us/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="10666" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6138" RevisionGUID="5dce6b44-4657-4996-92f4-e9df301f8ad8" CreationDate="2009-05-08T05:13:26.270" UserId="1233" Comment="Fracking spacing..." Text="One option is to use `unix2dos` (and `dos2unix` for going back) on the command line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another is to use a text editor:  &#xD;&#xA;For vi: :set ff=dos to set the line endings to be dos line endings.  &#xD;&#xA;For emacs: C-x [ENTER] f dos [ENTER]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For your favourite GUI based editor (eg. jedit) I recommend checking the manual or Google.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lastly if you don't want to deal with a text editor and just do it using more common utilities and such (or don't have unix2dos installed):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`tr -d '\r' &lt; infile &gt; outfile` to go from Windows -&gt; Unix  &#xD;&#xA;`awk 'sub(&quot;$&quot;, &quot;\r&quot;)' unixfile.txt &gt; winfile.txt` to go from Unix -&gt; Windows as `tr` can not go from Unix to Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10667" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6141" RevisionGUID="7c03e6cd-9fe3-443d-b94d-f1f105eb15e1" CreationDate="2009-05-08T05:18:27.227" UserId="2123" Text="Have you seen these guides?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://itadmin.creative.auckland.ac.nz/FAQ/Network/ActiveDirectory/restrictAccessPolicy/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://itadmin.creative.auckland.ac.nz/FAQ/Network/ActiveDirectory/noAccessGroupPolicy/" />
  <row Id="10668" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6142" RevisionGUID="b4889aa2-2b56-467c-951e-99963e5746dc" CreationDate="2009-05-08T05:34:17.157" UserId="1433" Text="There's a free utility you can download called [VHD Resizer][1] that should simplify this task.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also a [step-by-step walkthrough][2] of the entire process that might be of help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://vmtoolkit.com/files/folders/converters/entry87.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://kb.dutchalps.com/microsoftvirtualpc.htm" />
  <row Id="10669" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5424" RevisionGUID="9d80502c-2e78-4188-bfdb-545858a3237d" CreationDate="2009-05-08T05:44:28.507" UserId="1400" Comment="typos" Text="I have tested this at home (~ 3 hosts) for some time now, trying different&#xD;&#xA;scms (RCS, Subversion, git). The setup that works perfectly for me right now is git with&#xD;&#xA;the [`setgitperms`][1] hook.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things you need to consider:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Handling of file permissions and ownership&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - RCS: does this natively&#xD;&#xA; - Subversion: last I tried, you needed a wrapper around `svn` to do this&#xD;&#xA; - git: the `setgitperms` hook handles this transparently (needs a fairly&#xD;&#xA;   recent version of git with support for `post-checkout` hooks, though)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you don't want to all of your `/etc` under version control, but only&#xD;&#xA;the files that you actually modified (like me), you'll need an scm that&#xD;&#xA;supports this kind of use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - RCS: works only on single files anyway.&#xD;&#xA; - Subversion: I found this to be tricky.&#xD;&#xA; - git: no probem, put &quot;`*`&quot; in the top-level `.gitignore` file and add only those&#xD;&#xA;   files you want using `git add --force`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, there are some problematic directories under `/etc` where packages can drop&#xD;&#xA;config snippets that are then read by some program or daemon (`/etc/cron.d`,&#xD;&#xA;`/etc/modprobe.d`, etc.). Some of these programs are smart enough to ignore&#xD;&#xA;RCS files (e.g. cron), some are not (e.g. modprobe). Same thing with `.svn`&#xD;&#xA;directories. Again a big plus for git (only creates one top-level `.git`&#xD;&#xA;directory).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://repo.or.cz/w/git.git?a=tree;f=contrib/hooks;h=6424331a3a920429e610ac2494b857de7e520d8f;hb=HEAD&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10670" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6094" RevisionGUID="ee3d46d9-63ed-41cb-a3e6-88c30ad0af53" CreationDate="2009-05-08T05:48:00.167" UserId="2228" Text="* First of all, be aware that any scripting ability on the server (php, cgi, ruby,...) is the potential equivalent of a shell account with privileges of the user running the script.&#xD;&#xA;* If the server is shared with multiple users, you might want to think about using suexec so not every script runs as the same apache user.&#xD;&#xA;* Chroot apache, so that any compromise is at least somewhat contained in an additional layer of security. Be aware that when you chroot apache, maintenance may become harder, as you end up moving libraries to the jail etc. If you're on FreeBSD you can use a jail instead, which is much easier to maintain, since you can just install apache from ports, and run portaudit from within it, without having to worry about any library dependencies and moving files manually, which always becomes an ugly mess. With BSD jails you can simply keep using the package management system (ports).&#xD;&#xA;* (obviously) Keep up with updates and patches, not only for Apache, but also PHP, ruby, perl, etc... don't just trust your OS to give you all the updates either. Some distro's are extremely slow with their patches. Limit exposure time to 0-day vulnerabilities as much as possible. Stick the [milw0rm][1] feed in your RSS reader, subscribe to the insecure.org mailing lists, etc... Not only will it help you learn about vulnerabilities before your OS gets around to releasing a patch, you will also learn about vulnerabilities in certain php cms applications for example, which may not even be managed or patched by your OS at all. &#xD;&#xA;* Use something like tripwire, audit, or mtree(on BSD) to [keep track of changes on your filesystem.][2] This one is really important. Have any changes mailed to you regularly, review them manually, every day. If any file changes that shouldn't change, investigate why. If some malicious javascript somehow gets inserted into your pages through whatever method, you WILL catch it this way. This not only saves your server, but also your users, as your own webpages can be abused to infect your visitors. (This is a very very common tactic, the attackers often don't even care about your server, they just want to infect as many of your visitors as possible until discovered. These attackers also don't even bother to hide their tracks usually. Catching a compromise like this as fast as possible is very important.)&#xD;&#xA;* Using stuff like suhosin to protect php helps. But also learn to understand it, tweak it's config to your application's expected parameters.&#xD;&#xA;* Using a kernel patch such as PaX may help protect you from some buffer overflow vulnerabilities. Even if your software is vulnerable. (This does not make you invulnerable, it's just yet another, minor, layer.)&#xD;&#xA;* Don't get over-confident when using some security tool. Understand the tools you use, and use common sense. Read, learn, keep up with as much as you can. &#xD;&#xA;* Consider using mandatory access control (eg: SELinux). It allows you to specify, for each applicaion, what it is allowed to do, in great detail. What files is it allowed to access. What kernel calls is it allowed to make, etc. This is a very involved process and requires lots of understanding. Some distro's provide pre-made SELinux policies for their packages (eg: Gentoo GNU/Linux). This suggestion is kind of a contradiction to the one below, but still valid, nevertheless. &#xD;&#xA;* Keep things simple. A complex security strategy may work against you.&#xD;&#xA;* Set up a very restrictive default rules (disallow indexes, no cgi exec, deny from all, etc...) and override as needed for specific VirtualHosts.&#xD;&#xA;* Deny access to all dotfiles (which also immediately covers .htaccess files)&#xD;&#xA;* Always use https anywhere there is any sort of password authentication.&#xD;&#xA;* Firewall should be a deny-by-default policy. Build some specific rules in your firewall to log specific traffic.&#xD;&#xA;* Set up log parsing scripts to scan your logs for anomalies. (the [prelude IDS][3] suite can do this, but honestly, I recommend you build up your own scripts over time, as it will help you understand your own tools and rules better.)&#xD;&#xA;* Have the server mail you daily reports on last logged in users, active connections, bandwidth used, etc...&#xD;&#xA;* Have a cron scan for suid binaries, world writeable files, and stuff like that, and have them mailed to you.&#xD;&#xA;* For any of the stuff you set up that gets mailed to you, you should build up a list of exceptions over time. (folders to ignore filesystem changes on, 777 files to allow, suid binaries to allow). It is important that you only get notified of things that shouldn't happen. If you get a mail every day with trivial stuff, you will start to ignore them, and they will become pointless.&#xD;&#xA;* Have a good solid layered redundant backup strategy. And don't just assume that making an image or copy of everything works. For example, if MySQL is in the middle of writing to a table during your backup, your MySQL binary files may be corrupted when you restore your backup. So you will need a cron that mysqldump's your databases on top of regular images or nightly tarballs or version control or whatever else you have setup. Think about your backup strategy. I mean, REALLY think about it. &#xD;&#xA;* Don't rely on lists like this for security :) Seriously :D You'll find lots of these all over the internet, go read them all, research every suggestion, and use common sense and experience to make up your own mind. In the end, experience and common sense are the only things that will save you. Not lists, nor tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://milw0rm.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ramblings.linkerror.com/?p=54&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.prelude-ids.com" />
  <row Id="10671" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6094" RevisionGUID="a44325e2-4d4c-4865-8e15-0b3cdfd26d4d" CreationDate="2009-05-08T06:02:35.093" UserId="2228" Comment="added various links + some minor improvements here and there." Text="* First of all, be aware that any scripting ability in Apache (php, cgi, ruby,...) is the potential equivalent of a shell account with privileges of the user running the script.&#xD;&#xA;* If the server is shared with multiple users, you might want to think about using suexec so not every script runs as the same apache user.&#xD;&#xA;* Chroot apache, so that any compromise is at least somewhat contained in an additional layer of security. Be aware that when you chroot apache, maintenance may become harder, as you end up moving libraries to the jail etc. If you're on FreeBSD you can use a jail instead, which is much easier to maintain, since you can just install apache from ports, and run portaudit from within it, without having to worry about any library dependencies and moving files manually, which always becomes an ugly mess. With BSD jails you can simply keep using the package management system (ports).&#xD;&#xA;* (obviously) Keep up with updates and patches, not only for Apache, but also PHP, ruby, perl, etc... don't just trust your OS to give you all the updates either. Some distro's are extremely slow with their patches. Limit exposure time to 0-day vulnerabilities as much as possible. Stick the [milw0rm][1] feed in your RSS reader, subscribe to the [insecure.org][2] mailing lists, etc... Not only will it help you learn about vulnerabilities before your OS gets around to releasing a patch, you will also learn about vulnerabilities in certain php cms applications for example, which may not even be managed or patched by your OS at all. &#xD;&#xA;* Use something like tripwire, audit, or mtree(on BSD) to [keep track of changes on your filesystem.][3] This one is really important. Have any changes mailed to you regularly, review them manually, every day. If any file changes that shouldn't change, investigate why. If some malicious javascript somehow gets inserted into your pages through whatever method, you WILL catch it this way. This not only saves your server, but also your users, as your own webpages can be abused to infect your visitors. (This is a very very common tactic, the attackers often don't even care about your server, they just want to infect as many of your visitors as possible until discovered. These attackers also don't even bother to hide their tracks usually. Catching a compromise like this as fast as possible is very important.)&#xD;&#xA;* Using stuff like [suhosin][4] to protect php helps. But also learn to understand it, tweak it's config to your application's expected parameters.&#xD;&#xA;* Using a kernel patch such as [PaX][5] may help protect you from many buffer overflow vulnerabilities. Even if your software is vulnerable. (This does not make you invulnerable, it's just yet another, minor, layer.)&#xD;&#xA;* Don't get over-confident when using some security tool. Understand the tools you use, and use common sense. Read, learn, keep up with as much as you can. &#xD;&#xA;* Consider using mandatory access control (eg: [SELinux][6]). It allows you to specify, for each application, what it is allowed to do, in great detail. What files is it allowed to access. What kernel calls is it allowed to make, etc. This is a very involved process and requires lots of understanding. Some distro's provide pre-made SELinux policies for their packages (eg: [Gentoo][7] ). This suggestion is kind of a contradiction to the one below, but still valid, nevertheless. &#xD;&#xA;* Keep things simple. A complex security strategy may work against you.&#xD;&#xA;* In Apache, set up a very restrictive default rules (Options None, Deny from all, etc...) and override as needed for specific VirtualHosts.&#xD;&#xA;* Deny access to all dotfiles (which also immediately covers .htaccess files)&#xD;&#xA;* Always use https anywhere there is any sort of password authentication.&#xD;&#xA;* Firewall should be a deny-by-default policy. Build some specific rules in your firewall to log specific traffic.&#xD;&#xA;* Set up log parsing scripts to scan your logs for anomalies. (the [prelude IDS][8] suite can do this, but honestly, I recommend you build up your own scripts over time, as it will help you understand your own tools and rules better.)&#xD;&#xA;* Have the server mail you daily reports on last logged in users, active connections, bandwidth used, etc...&#xD;&#xA;* Have a cron scan for suid binaries, world writeable files, and stuff like that, and have them mailed to you.&#xD;&#xA;* For any of the stuff you set up that gets mailed to you, you should build up a list of exceptions over time. (folders to ignore filesystem changes on, 777 files to allow, suid binaries to allow). It is important that you only get notified of things that shouldn't happen. If you get a mail every day with trivial stuff, you will start to ignore them, and they will become pointless.&#xD;&#xA;* Have a good solid layered redundant backup strategy. And don't just assume that making an image or copy of everything works. For example, if MySQL is in the middle of writing to a table during your backup, your MySQL binary files may be corrupted when you restore your backup. So you will need a cron that mysqldump's your databases on top of regular images or nightly tarballs or version control or whatever else you have setup. Think about your backup strategy. I mean, REALLY think about it. &#xD;&#xA;* Don't rely on lists like this for security :) Seriously! You'll find lots of these all over the internet, go read them all, research every suggestion, and use common sense and experience to make up your own mind. In the end, experience and common sense are the only things that will save you. Not lists, nor tools. Do read, but don't just copy without understanding.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://milw0rm.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://seclists.org&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://ramblings.linkerror.com/?p=54&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.hardened-php.net/suhosin/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://pax.grsecurity.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selinux&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://gentoo.org&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.prelude-ids.com" />
  <row Id="10672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6143" RevisionGUID="5a43e637-4cbb-4381-9886-5e1867d9636a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T06:11:50.593" UserId="2217" Text="WebDrive is probably the best method for getting an FTP server mapped to a Drive Letter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if you really just want easy access, and don't mind having the FTP connection mapped to a pseudo-folder under &quot;My Network Drives&quot; in XP or under &quot;Computer&quot; in Vista, then you can follow the instructions from this [website][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://cybernetnews.com/2007/09/27/cybernotes-map-a-ftp-to-a-drive-in-windows/" />
  <row Id="10673" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6144" RevisionGUID="d3055a23-ff6e-4f20-aefe-b9d3c4ad8162" CreationDate="2009-05-08T06:16:11.847" UserId="2123" Text="Splunk is amazing for monitoring production environments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've never really attempted to use it for development however - seems a bit unwieldy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.splunk.com/" />
  <row Id="10674" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6139" RevisionGUID="7470ef2d-e644-485b-9ff5-23e381ac757c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T06:22:54.403" UserId="1433" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;vhd&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;storage&gt;" />
  <row Id="10675" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6145" RevisionGUID="384aa61f-8dbe-4f24-9234-a9c4866ced31" CreationDate="2009-05-08T06:24:16.740" UserId="45" Text="You could use the /extend switch of Microsoft's [VHD Tool][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; VHD tool is an unmanaged code&#xD;&#xA;&gt; command-line tool which provides&#xD;&#xA;&gt; useful VHD manipulation functions&#xD;&#xA;&gt; including instant creation of large&#xD;&#xA;&gt; fixed-size VHDs. The source code is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; included.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usage:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    VhdTool.exe /create &lt;FileName&gt; &lt;Size&gt; [/quiet]&#xD;&#xA;    VhdTool.exe /convert &lt;FileName&gt; [/quiet]&#xD;&#xA;    VhdTool.exe /extend &lt;FileName&gt; &lt;NewSize&gt; [/quiet]&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;    Create: Creates a new fixed format VHD of size &lt;Size&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;            WARNING - this function is admin only and bypasses&#xD;&#xA;            file system security.  The resulting VHD file will&#xD;&#xA;            contain data which currently exists on the physical disk.&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;    Convert: Converts an existing RAW disk image file to a fixed-format VHD.&#xD;&#xA;             The existing file length, rounded up, will contain block data&#xD;&#xA;             A VHD footer is appended to the current end of file.&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;    Extend: Extends an existing fixed format VHD to a larger size &lt;Size&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;             WARNING - this function is admin only and bypasses&#xD;&#xA;             file system security.  The resulting VHD file will&#xD;&#xA;             contain data which currently exists on the physical disk. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/vhdtool&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10676" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6146" RevisionGUID="bf5add28-6740-4aff-9bd4-8ea97758e8df" CreationDate="2009-05-08T06:25:41.620" UserId="2123" Text="If you're using eclipse there's a fully sick plugin called Log Watcher&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://graysky.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It supports multiple files, plus color highlighting." />
  <row Id="10677" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5993" RevisionGUID="08aaf19b-fb49-4511-82c9-d1b5382853d5" CreationDate="2009-05-08T06:28:57.137" UserId="1004" Comment="reorganized" Text="I was reading [this][1] question when I thought: Some emergencies requires that you log on in e-mail or another sensitive sites in public internet computers. Remember that points:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. You cannot install anything; &#xD;&#xA; 2. You will use probably internet explorer 6+ 3)&#xD;&#xA; 3. You will use probably Windows XP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think that maybe an on-line service will met that requirements...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/951/how-to-browse-safely" />
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  <row Id="10681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6148" RevisionGUID="b6850001-d575-4047-9ed5-dfe3c326d328" CreationDate="2009-05-08T06:35:24.717" UserId="2248" Text="Opera Mail (it is built into the browser) treated me very well and it didn't hang when polling seven or so large imap accounts, unlike Thunderbird.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have since moved to Zimbra for my email needs. It has a very nice web interface, calendaring, instant messaging, iphone/crackberry integration - it ticks a lot of 'enterprise groupware' buzzword boxes. " />
  <row Id="10683" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="6039" RevisionGUID="8bbc44e4-4b00-42c5-b668-ad4b28e69bdf" CreationDate="2009-05-08T06:44:09.907" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="10684" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3086" RevisionGUID="a943d3b3-6dbe-4bf0-bddd-cd870afc5b7e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T06:48:30.100" UserId="216" Comment="added 463 characters in body" Text="This sounds like an MTU problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's likely something between you and those sites that doesn't support the typical 1500 byte MTU, and on top of that probably a firewall blocking the ICMP packets that are used for &quot;Path MTU Discovery&quot;, so your end can't tell that the normal MTU can't be used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try a traceroute, and then for each hop in turn, try sending a large ping packet (1492 bytes) and see if any of those hops refuse to return the packet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT - your `tcpdump` output shows that your end is still trying to initiate TCP's &quot;three-way handshake&quot; because the `SYN` bit is sent in the packets from your end.  However the packets coming back from Adobe appear to be truncated or malformed.  That's pretty weird, because there shouldn't be any payload in the packets, just the far end's SYN response.   I'd need to see a full dump (including the -X option) of just those first 4 or so packets to know more." />
  <row Id="10685" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6112" RevisionGUID="47ab2a65-6463-4bbc-a698-160a751764dc" CreationDate="2009-05-08T06:48:47.743" UserId="1605" Comment="edited tags" Text="I found that sometimes an image won't load fully on my browser, and when I press `F5`, instead of refetching the image from the server, the browser reloads it from the cache. Is there anyway to force the server to resend the image? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit: I am using Google Chrome.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Note: But I am speaking here as an end Internet user, not as a developer. So the idea to modify the HTML to put in a random number doesn't work here.** " />
  <row Id="10686" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6112" RevisionGUID="47ab2a65-6463-4bbc-a698-160a751764dc" CreationDate="2009-05-08T06:48:47.743" UserId="1605" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;browsers&gt;&lt;google-chrome&gt;" />
  <row Id="10687" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6149" RevisionGUID="29eb5abd-863a-4cff-8645-de8ae0a8c9da" CreationDate="2009-05-08T07:02:43.467" UserId="2236" Text="A list of **rootkit detection and/or removal tools** from **publicly trusted sources**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **Name, Vendor, Latest release**&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; [RootkitRevealer][1], Sysinternals,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; November 1 2006&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Please add any trusted tools that you know of to the list.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/bb897445.aspx" />
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  <row Id="10689" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6149" RevisionGUID="29eb5abd-863a-4cff-8645-de8ae0a8c9da" CreationDate="2009-05-08T07:02:43.467" UserId="2236" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;rootkit&gt;&lt;antivirus&gt;" />
  <row Id="10690" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6149" RevisionGUID="29eb5abd-863a-4cff-8645-de8ae0a8c9da" CreationDate="2009-05-08T07:02:43.467" UserId="2236" />
  <row Id="10691" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6150" RevisionGUID="dd70b9a4-fcaf-450e-a0f3-1c205f84cf15" CreationDate="2009-05-08T07:03:13.200" UserId="2247" Text="Hi, &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;When starting samba on my FreeBSD machine, I get an error that says&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/libexec/ld-elf.so.1 : Shared object &quot;libgcrypt.so.15&quot; not found, required by &quot;smbd&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is essential to say that I somehow &quot;broke&quot; this while updating some other ports using port manager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Googling around hasn't helped much.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help is much appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10692" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6150" RevisionGUID="dd70b9a4-fcaf-450e-a0f3-1c205f84cf15" CreationDate="2009-05-08T07:03:13.200" UserId="2247" Text="Fix missing library on FreeBSD" />
  <row Id="10693" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6150" RevisionGUID="dd70b9a4-fcaf-450e-a0f3-1c205f84cf15" CreationDate="2009-05-08T07:03:13.200" UserId="2247" Text="&lt;missing&gt;&lt;library&gt;&lt;freebsd&gt;&lt;samba&gt;" />
  <row Id="10694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6151" RevisionGUID="1d8b8023-cdbf-405d-9a29-13ef9165f0a3" CreationDate="2009-05-08T07:05:01.760" UserId="2120" Text="[Logcheck][1] is a good way of monitoring production systems.  You configure it to ignore the &quot;normal&quot; log messages, and it emails you everything else every hour.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, because it doesn't alert you to messages as they appear, it may not be so useful in a development situation where you are in a code-run-debug loop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://logcheck.org/" />
  <row Id="10695" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6152" RevisionGUID="80d8a74a-3748-41a8-adb4-471849bd4931" CreationDate="2009-05-08T07:05:44.270" UserId="1496" Text="[Rootkit Unhooker](http://www.antirootkit.com/software/RootKit-Unhooker.htm), ep_x0ff (now working at Microsoft), December 2007" />
  <row Id="10696" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6152" RevisionGUID="80d8a74a-3748-41a8-adb4-471849bd4931" CreationDate="2009-05-08T07:05:44.270" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="10697" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6153" RevisionGUID="70676d03-7fe0-4861-81d8-d30d023ee3a2" CreationDate="2009-05-08T07:06:04.067" UserId="2169" Text="If you are using sqlite as backend (default setting), you could just hotcopy the file. The filesize (at least for us) is so small, that we never had problems with its consistency." />
  <row Id="10698" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6154" RevisionGUID="27496cf4-bbf1-4806-bd53-b624932bc41b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T07:10:49.827" UserId="1584" Text="With the way access control works in Windows, you generally want to think about this type of thing from the opposite direction.  Instead of by allowing everyone and then trying to lockout a subset of users, you want to instead allow no one by default and let in the subset of users who should be able to use those systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Explicit &quot;Deny&quot; ACLs always take precedence over &quot;Allow&quot; ACLs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's also a best practice to always target the various security settings at groups and not at specific users.  Even if there's only one user that needs access today, it may not always be that way or the user who needs access could also change." />
  <row Id="10699" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6155" RevisionGUID="d31ce37d-d6a3-4929-a36c-80dae6b6a82b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T07:13:35.297" UserId="1134" Text="You can use [MultiTail][1] as a way to inspect one or more log files, and use its highlighting/filtering with regular expressions features to make sure that what you are looking for will always pop up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vanheusden.com/multitail/features.html" />
  <row Id="10700" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6156" RevisionGUID="8eb19d46-479f-4f49-916d-442dcec33966" CreationDate="2009-05-08T07:19:29.527" UserId="1584" Text="Group Policy is definitely the way to go with this.  But when you're looking for the appropriate settings, don't try to think about disabling specific user actions like right-clicking My Computer.  Think about the actual target areas you want to be off-limits, like the System Properties dialog.  There are multiple ways to get places within Windows (mouse, keyboard shortcuts, cmd line, custom code, etc).  You want to lock out the sensitive areas, not worry about locking out all the ways to get there." />
  <row Id="10701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6157" RevisionGUID="38c73828-0dd5-44bc-8ea5-6c1079ae2231" CreationDate="2009-05-08T07:22:03.577" UserId="22" Text="**You might want to take a look at [TracBackup][1]:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Since Trac uses a database backend,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; some extra care is required to safely&#xD;&#xA;&gt; create a backup of a project&#xD;&#xA;&gt; environment. Luckily, trac-admin has a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; command to make backups easier:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hotcopy.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Note: Trac uses the hotcopy&#xD;&#xA;&gt; nomenclature to match that of &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Subversion, to make it easier to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; remember when managing both Trac and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Subversion servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracBackup" />
  <row Id="10702" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6158" RevisionGUID="5e4366d5-f938-4782-9e49-34fbcf8c30c7" CreationDate="2009-05-08T07:32:07.780" UserId="274" Text="I am not sure if i understand everything but I need to backup a few drives and i would like them encrypted on disc. I know if a sector is scratched/corrupted there is a crc error. If i have a large file would a scratch on one part take down the entire disc?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is a good program to encrypt files for DVD disc? (data disc, normal windows and linux files) The filenames must be encrypted as well. I prefer if no data was accessible or crackable until a password is used (i hear some bad databases keep the record amount and other data unencrypted...)" />
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  <row Id="10705" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6159" RevisionGUID="b388e81b-d97e-43d9-9c79-fb1166b572c5" CreationDate="2009-05-08T07:32:10.383" UserId="2247" Text="Hi, &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;We recently faced a full scale attack on one of our servers, where in the intruder deleted a lot of files necessary for day to day operation. Although the backups came in handy but for a initial few days we went completely bonkers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is how would you have handled that scenario? Also apart from stepping up the security what other things should I be looking for, as the server is &quot;behaving&quot; a bit weird after the hack and at this moment we are suspecting that there is a script running left behind by the attacker so that he can come back later but we can't seem to find it. Is formatting the server a good idea?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any other pointers and help is much appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many Thanks." />
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  <row Id="10707" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6159" RevisionGUID="b388e81b-d97e-43d9-9c79-fb1166b572c5" CreationDate="2009-05-08T07:32:10.383" UserId="2247" Text="&lt;handling&gt;&lt;a&gt;&lt;hack&gt;&lt;attack&gt;" />
  <row Id="10708" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6159" RevisionGUID="8f6781a3-f729-4a1b-8b55-819e649c9c40" CreationDate="2009-05-08T07:37:34.413" UserId="216" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;hacker&gt;&lt;system-recovery&gt;&lt;backups&gt;" />
  <row Id="10709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6160" RevisionGUID="0cbb6727-d069-439b-8d34-53ca3acb6ae0" CreationDate="2009-05-08T07:41:21.453" UserId="326" Text="From the information you give, I would guess that you're having the mod_proxy_ajp configuration enabled for you unprotected virtual host. Thus it interferes with redirection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is true, then the obvious solution would be to move the mod_proxy_ajp configuration to the protected virtual host where it should not interfere with redirection." />
  <row Id="10710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6161" RevisionGUID="1a371e63-9263-49b7-9fe0-020b86ab7afa" CreationDate="2009-05-08T07:42:06.337" UserId="2252" Text="I'm not sure I understand the problem but I have been using [TrueCrypt][1] to encrypt files and entire partitions&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.truecrypt.org/" />
  <row Id="10711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6162" RevisionGUID="764532b1-16c2-4627-bd00-feee6cc29988" CreationDate="2009-05-08T07:59:02.223" UserId="2168" Text="[GMER][1], GMER, March 2009&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the most complete and updated scanner/fixer, I found that it could find the most rootkits, and has a steady stream of updates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gmer.net/index.php" />
  <row Id="10712" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6162" RevisionGUID="764532b1-16c2-4627-bd00-feee6cc29988" CreationDate="2009-05-08T07:59:02.223" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="10714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6163" RevisionGUID="8407748d-2b96-46d2-a397-5806abbb7a4d" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:02:09.907" UserId="2076" Text="You need to re-install. Save what you really need. But keep in mind that all your runnable files might be infected and tampered with. I wrote the following in python: http://frw.se/monty.py which creates MD5-sumbs of all your files in a given directory and the next time you run it, it checks if anything has been changed and then output what files changed and what changed in the files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This could be handy for you, to see if weird files are changed regularly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But the only thing you should be doing now, is removing your computer from internet." />
  <row Id="10715" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6164" RevisionGUID="0ed4c11f-1f73-4e2c-ab9a-471f974993c7" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:02:17.893" UserId="2248" Text="[phplist][1] is an open source php based mailout manager. I have used it to send to around 4k addresses. Has a 'double opt-in' system that ensures people who unsubscribe stay unsubscribed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.phplist.com" />
  <row Id="10716" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6165" RevisionGUID="38594317-798b-45cf-947a-27e2e54bd5ef" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:05:10.850" UserId="2251" Text="It is very likely, assuming Samba worked before on the host, that updating another port or package replaced `libgcrypt.so.15` with a later version, while the `smbd` binary was linked with that specific version.  Check if you have a `libgcrypt.so` symbolic link pointing to a a different numbered version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In that case, assuming that the newer version is backward binary compatible, you should be able to to work around this by creating a symbolic link from `libgcrypt.so.15` to the newer version you have.  It is however recommended to rebuild Samba with the newer version instead, in case there are any differences in the include files of the library.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another possibility is that the package containing `libgcrypt.so` was uninstalled (due to a new conflict dependency or deprecation), but if Samba was installed from a FreeBSD port, this should have issued a warning." />
  <row Id="10717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6166" RevisionGUID="8a11a542-987d-420c-ba9e-6ab831b41b3b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:09:02.917" UserId="200" Text="I use virtualization with QEMU to test software on different OSs and processor architectures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was annoyed by the fact that a guest often clogs one host core completely and stalls, while the other cores are idle. My assumption is that this is because qemu will not start native threads for parallel tasks in the guest. If that's true, what virtualization software handles this smarter? I'm looking for a solution that does not require the guest to be modified (so Xen is not an option).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was looking at KVM, but have not yet found any definitive answer. I should say that I'm not sure if I have understood the SMP support correctly, does that do anything about how tasks are parallelized on the host?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have not yet looked into VMWare at all." />
  <row Id="10718" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6166" RevisionGUID="8a11a542-987d-420c-ba9e-6ab831b41b3b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:09:02.917" UserId="200" Text="How does virtualization software parallelize tasks on the host?" />
  <row Id="10719" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6166" RevisionGUID="8a11a542-987d-420c-ba9e-6ab831b41b3b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:09:02.917" UserId="200" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="10720" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3917" RevisionGUID="42c8de19-f69f-4b9d-bfef-8c6b46a95da2" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:18:11.383" UserId="1725" Comment="added 156 characters in body" Text="I want to connect to an FTP server from my local network, which is behind a NAT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The gateway is a Win 2008 server, configured with routing and remote services / Nat enabled. The problem exists from XP, Vista sp1, and Vista sp2 computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what I get (using the default DOS ftp client, but I get the same thing using FileZilla)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ftp&gt; open ftp.foo.com&#xD;&#xA;    Connected to ftp.foo.com.&#xD;&#xA;    220-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [here I wait for 30s before getting the following line]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Connection closed by remote host.&#xD;&#xA;    ftp&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you can see I'm disconnected before the login process, so I don't have the opportunity to use PASSV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what works :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- everything else (ie, every non-ftp related connection)&#xD;&#xA;- connection to this specific server from my NAT gateway&#xD;&#xA;- connection on other servers from my behind-nat computer&#xD;&#xA;- direct internet connection to this specific ftp server from my computer (ie, without using the NAT server)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The company providing the ftp says the problem is not on their end, since I can connect from my NAT server. The same reasoning leads to the problem not being on my side neither (I can connect on other ftp servers)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What should I check ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT : here's what I get when I sniff the connection on the gateway while attempting to connect from my behind-the-nat computer :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the Internet facing interface :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info&#xD;&#xA;       1312 320.576218  213.186.xx.xxx        192.168.1.1           FTP      Response: 220-&#xD;&#xA;       1313 320.576602  213.186.xx.xxx        192.168.1.1           FTP      Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;       1315 320.610911  213.186.xx.xxx        192.168.1.1           FTP      Response: 220-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And on my internal LAN interface :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info&#xD;&#xA;           9288 118.698920  213.186.xx.xx        192.168.0.100         FTP      Response: 220-&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;           9293 118.890406  213.186.xx.xx        192.168.0.100         FTP      Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;        Frame 9293 (166 bytes on wire, 166 bytes captured)&#xD;&#xA;        Ethernet II, Src: Tp-LinkT_c6:e2:3f (00:21:27:c6:e2:3f), Dst: Giga-Byt_22:b0:99 (00:1f:d0:22:b0:99)&#xD;&#xA;        Internet Protocol, Src: 213.186.xx.xx(213.186.xx.xx), Dst: 192.168.0.100 (192.168.0.100)&#xD;&#xA;        Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: ftp (21), Dst Port: jini-discovery (4160), Seq: 7, Ack: 1, Len: 112&#xD;&#xA;            Source port: ftp (21)&#xD;&#xA;            Destination port: jini-discovery (4160)&#xD;&#xA;            Sequence number: 7    (relative sequence number)&#xD;&#xA;            [Next sequence number: 119    (relative sequence number)]&#xD;&#xA;            Acknowledgement number: 1    (relative ack number)&#xD;&#xA;            Header length: 20 bytes&#xD;&#xA;            Flags: 0x18 (PSH, ACK)&#xD;&#xA;            Window size: 65536 (scaled)&#xD;&#xA;            Checksum: 0xa5bc [incorrect, should be 0x96cb (maybe caused by &quot;TCP checksum offload&quot;?)]&#xD;&#xA;            [SEQ/ACK analysis]&#xD;&#xA;        File Transfer Protocol (FTP)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       9306 119.187327  213.186.xx.xx        192.168.0.100         FTP      [TCP Retransmission] Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;       9326 119.787350  213.186.xx.xx        192.168.0.100         FTP      [TCP Retransmission] Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;    No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info&#xD;&#xA;       9373 120.987450  213.186.xx.xx        192.168.0.100         FTP      [TCP Retransmission] Response: 220-Bienvenue, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea of why this CRC problem might be happening ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;btw, here are my mtu settings (on the gateway)and they are identical on my computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Windows\system32&gt;netsh interface ipv4 show interfaces&#xD;&#xA;    Idx  Met   MTU   State        Name&#xD;&#xA;    ---  ---  -----  -----------  -------------------&#xD;&#xA;      1   50 4294967295  connected    Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1&#xD;&#xA;     10   30   1500  connected    Local Area Connection&#xD;&#xA;     13   20   1500  connected    Local Area Connection 2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And here's some MTU analysis on my computer :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 1472 bytes of data:&#xD;&#xA;    Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=1472 time&lt;1ms TTL=128&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 1473 bytes of data:&#xD;&#xA;    Packet needs to be fragmented but DF set.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what I get if I try to connect using telnet :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    220-&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Connection to host lost.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Press any key to continue..." />
  <row Id="10721" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6167" RevisionGUID="df324e72-c44d-4890-9492-f07d45874349" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:19:41.660" UserId="1787" Text="To fully recover trac environment you need following things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- backup DB;&#xD;&#xA;- backup configuration files;&#xD;&#xA;- backup wiki files (html and attachments);&#xD;&#xA;- backup password files if you're using htpasswd auth;&#xD;&#xA;- optional plugins (even though this are available for download, I'd backup them for quicker recovery);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In case of the standard setup (standalone with SQLite as BD backend), this means that all you have to backup are the contents of the trac install dir.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also it would be useful to create list of all Python packages you need to install with `easy_install`.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6168" RevisionGUID="2a346ec1-b91d-4d65-97f2-f20371558c64" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:22:51.293" UserId="813" Text="Typically, virtualization software permits you to set the number of CPUs the VM can access and allows you to set a min/max cpu usage used for all CPUs.  This is certainly true of Hyper-V and Virtual Server though I don't have experience with QEMU.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SMP support refers to the ability for the host to present a multiprocessor VM to the guest OS.  If you want to allocate more of your host CPU resources to a guest, that is likely the route you'll need to take." />
  <row Id="10723" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6167" RevisionGUID="246180a1-3ebd-48a1-a570-019edda56ccb" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:24:43.893" UserId="1787" Comment="deleted 11 characters in body" Text="To fully recover trac environment you need following things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- backup DB;&#xD;&#xA;- backup configuration files;&#xD;&#xA;- backup wiki files (html and attachments);&#xD;&#xA;- backup password files if you're using htpasswd auth;&#xD;&#xA;- optional plugins (even though this are available for download, I'd backup them for quicker recovery);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In case of the standard setup (with SQLite as BD backend), this means that all you have to backup are the contents of the trac install dir.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also it would be useful to create list of all Python packages you need to install with `easy_install`.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10728" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6147" RevisionGUID="6fd09a68-b7fd-4ac7-9a16-d448c32cffbb" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:27:43.950" UserId="22" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;issue-tracking&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;trac&gt;" />
  <row Id="10729" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6149" RevisionGUID="88a87db5-ca2e-4a0c-88e7-ed1769b040d8" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:28:44.897" UserId="2236" Comment="Added Rookkit Unhooker" Text="A list of **rootkit detection and/or removal tools** from **publicly trusted sources**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **Name, Vendor, Latest release**&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; [RootkitRevealer][1], Sysinternals,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; November 1 2006&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [Rootkit Unhooker][2], ep_x0ff (now working at Microsoft according to [Rootkit.com][3]), December 2007 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Please add any trusted tools that you know of to the list.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/bb897445.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.antirootkit.com/software/RootKit-Unhooker.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.rootkit.com/blog.php?user=EP_X0FF" />
  <row Id="10730" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4252" RevisionGUID="623fb8ca-3012-4178-adda-7ffd5bbb34db" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:29:24.100" UserId="1840" Comment="Added two suggested software (good things IMO)" Text="**Here's my list:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Firefox&#xD;&#xA; - Adium (IM Client | Multiprotocol)&#xD;&#xA; - JollysFastVNC (VNC Client)&#xD;&#xA; - X11&#xD;&#xA; - Xcode&#xD;&#xA; - Macports: &#xD;&#xA;- mtr  &#xD;&#xA;- wireshark&#xD;&#xA;- iperf&#xD;&#xA;- NMap &#xD;&#xA; - Cyberduck (FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Cloud Files &amp; Amazon S3 Browser)&#xD;&#xA; - iTerm&#xD;&#xA; - Growl (GUI Notification system)&#xD;&#xA; - HandBrake (Everyone loves to rip)&#xD;&#xA; - Remote Desktop Connection 2.0 &#xD;&#xA; - Bean (Powerful, yet tiny word processor)&#xD;&#xA; - Screenlock&#xD;&#xA; - SimplifyMedia (Share/Access your music - anywhere)&#xD;&#xA; - Xpad (Tab-based notepad solution)&#xD;&#xA; - VLC (Media Player)&#xD;&#xA; - Perian (Support for many video formats)&#xD;&#xA; - xterm&#xD;&#xA; - Gmail Notifr (Supports multiple account)&#xD;&#xA; - Geektool&#xD;&#xA; - Boxee&#xD;&#xA; - Remote Desktop Connection&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;... and last, but not least: The Mr. Sparkle screensaver (*LOL)... [and others][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://phillryu.com/2006/07/30/the-top-ten-os-x-screensavers/" />
  <row Id="10731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6171" RevisionGUID="cb1a8462-a4fc-4a75-abaf-dd27b4ac70f1" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:35:28.283" UserId="1999" Text="I have a mailserver:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Postfix for transfer&#xD;&#xA;- Dovecot/IMAP for reading&#xD;&#xA;- Maildir for storage&#xD;&#xA;- Thunderbird as main supported client (but of course, I want to be compatible with all)&#xD;&#xA;- Roundcube for webmail access&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't seem to find a correct way to organise my Maildirs. Currently, my personal one looks like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    drwx------ 5 bartvh bartvh   4096 May  5 19:42 .Drafts&#xD;&#xA;    drwx------ 5 bartvh bartvh   4096 May  7 16:55 .INBOX.Concepten // Dutch for drafts&#xD;&#xA;    drwx------ 5 bartvh bartvh   4096 May  7 12:14 .INBOX.Junk&#xD;&#xA;    drwx------ 5 bartvh bartvh   4096 May  7 12:14 .INBOX.Trash&#xD;&#xA;    drwx------ 5 bartvh bartvh   4096 May  7 16:54 .INBOX.Verzonden // Dutch for Sent&#xD;&#xA;    drwx------ 5 bartvh bartvh   4096 May  6 19:50 .Junk&#xD;&#xA;    drwx------ 5 bartvh bartvh   4096 Apr 27 14:41 .Ongewenste e-mail // Dutch for Junk&#xD;&#xA;    drwx------ 5 bartvh bartvh   4096 May  6 08:26 .Sent&#xD;&#xA;    drwx------ 5 bartvh bartvh   4096 May  6 12:09 .Trash&#xD;&#xA;    drwx------ 2 bartvh mail    45056 May  8 08:24 cur&#xD;&#xA;    -rw------- 1 bartvh bartvh     17 Feb 14 19:03 dovecot-keywords&#xD;&#xA;    -rw------- 1 bartvh bartvh  26778 May  8 08:24 dovecot-uidlist&#xD;&#xA;    -rw------- 1 bartvh bartvh   7264 May  8 08:24 dovecot.index&#xD;&#xA;    -rw------- 1 bartvh bartvh 411648 May  8 08:24 dovecot.index.cache&#xD;&#xA;    -rw------- 1 bartvh bartvh  19248 May  8 08:24 dovecot.index.log&#xD;&#xA;    drwx------ 2 bartvh mail    12288 May  8 08:24 new&#xD;&#xA;    -rw------- 1 bartvh bartvh    109 May  7 16:55 subscriptions&#xD;&#xA;    drwx------ 2 bartvh mail     4096 May  8 08:16 tmp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you can see, it's a mess and there's a lot of double stuff. The ones with .INBOX before them were created by Thunderbird, the other ones I made myself, I think. However, I can't really seem to get TB working with them. They don't appear there.&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, all of a sudden, TB won't see any of the folders anymore. If I click Inbox-&gt;Concepten it will yell at me saying &quot;.INBOX.INBOX.Concepten does not exist&quot; ??&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What can I do to organise this? What is the recommended way?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10732" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6171" RevisionGUID="cb1a8462-a4fc-4a75-abaf-dd27b4ac70f1" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:35:28.283" UserId="1999" Text="How to organise Maildir subdirectories" />
  <row Id="10733" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6171" RevisionGUID="cb1a8462-a4fc-4a75-abaf-dd27b4ac70f1" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:35:28.283" UserId="1999" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;maildir&gt;&lt;imap&gt;&lt;thunderbird&gt;" />
  <row Id="10734" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6172" RevisionGUID="e9b061ed-38f0-4a72-8ab8-1346e4e15ad8" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:43:45.517" UserId="1787" Text="External stuff. Don't buy the keyboard, mouse, screen, net switches, printers, USB memory etc. All that stuff they try to shove you in, when you're buying server. They'll re-branded stuff, that you can by in any store for half a price, and they don't really heave any  effect on performance nor stability of the server. If you need the server, buy **only** the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="10738" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6174" RevisionGUID="3ffd5932-a1cf-4856-a65d-6ff892a0717f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:44:35.483" UserId="1375" Text="Yeah, there's no real standard for how to organise mailboxes in a Maildir -- different programs have different ideas of how things should be laid out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In all honesty, it's best just to access everything via IMAP and let the IMAP server deal with the foldering." />
  <row Id="10739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6175" RevisionGUID="af7e442a-271b-47cd-853f-f2ad27fb3a93" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:46:35.777" UserId="2220" Text="On HDD media, scratches and other pallet based errors usually just effect the individual files/directories rather than the entire disk (actually for me, it was this way only on Linux; on Windows, the directories with affected files/directories were barely browsable).  Normally for backups I would store each file in several different places (either physical media and/or buildings) along with some kind of checksum to verify the validity of the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Software: I'm with Edoode in that I highly recommend [TrueCrypt][1] for secure encryption of data on any media.  In the case of DVDs, you can simply make a several Gig file which acts as the mountable encrypted Volume.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As to your last question, I personally would not trust DVDs as a long term backup solution.  However, if you must, then I would recommend that you write at least 2 copies (one with you, and one in another safe area) each of which contain the volume file(s) and volume checksum(s) in the root directory.  As the volume contains all your backup data in an encrypted form, the single checksum for the entire volume will suffice to ensure the validity of all data contained within.  One last note: I would highly recommend that you confirm that the burn was successful either via your burning software or verify the checksum.  And as with all encryptions, your data is only as secure as your password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.truecrypt.org" />
  <row Id="10741" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6177" RevisionGUID="ddb7c56b-6400-4ceb-bd6b-5845133cd946" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:48:49.390" UserId="200" Text="... like running a PPC or ARM system on x86 hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I know:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - VMWare can't&#xD;&#xA;  - QEMU can&#xD;&#xA;  - KVM can because it uses QEMU&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this correct?&#xD;&#xA;What other solutions are there?" />
  <row Id="10742" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6177" RevisionGUID="ddb7c56b-6400-4ceb-bd6b-5845133cd946" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:48:49.390" UserId="200" Text="What virtualization software can emulate different architectures?" />
  <row Id="10743" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6177" RevisionGUID="ddb7c56b-6400-4ceb-bd6b-5845133cd946" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:48:49.390" UserId="200" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="10744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6178" RevisionGUID="95a2193c-fbca-4d7e-a2fd-42cde8953657" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:50:48.747" UserId="1447" Text="Virtualisation software won't do this at all.  You need a hardware emulator to do this but these are quite slow.  Depending on what you are trying to emulate a suitable emulator may or may not be available.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, there is an IBM mainframe emulator called 'Hercules' that will let you boot up mainframe operating systems, and some older versions of these systems can be downloaded for free.  Other emulators may really only be suitable for debugging or system development work, as opposed to running legacy applications.  " />
  <row Id="10745" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6179" RevisionGUID="2685040d-83d7-45b9-96cd-32df1f5ff0af" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:52:31.190" UserId="984" Text="According to Steven Gibson author of [Spinrite][1] and Host of Security Now, [TrueCrypt is safe][2], he said he has done extensive testing, and a failure of a single sector would does not break the entire filesystem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Steve: And so you're going to love&#xD;&#xA;&gt; what I have done to test this. I've&#xD;&#xA;&gt; even created bad sectors and watched&#xD;&#xA;&gt; how it handles unreadable and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; uncorrectable damage on the drive. And&#xD;&#xA;&gt; bottom line is they've nailed this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; whole aspect. I will use this without&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hesitation anywhere it would be useful&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to encrypt the entire system drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.grc.com/sn/sn-133.htm" />
  <row Id="10746" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6180" RevisionGUID="7b8fa08e-019c-40cf-9b6e-3b6dfa420a0c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:53:03.543" UserId="1435" Text="[SIMICS][1]&#xD;&#xA;and [GXemul][2] can do quite a few&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.virtutech.com/products/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://gavare.se/gxemul/" />
  <row Id="10749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6182" RevisionGUID="4db15ee9-eb5d-4790-8471-0fe33b3b33e5" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:57:43.830" UserId="2105" Text="I have found several problems with passphrases:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Many sites have upper limit to password length - like 20 chars - it's silly, but what can you do.&#xD;&#xA;* Other sites don't allow spaces in passwords.&#xD;&#xA;* Typing long texts blindly is error-prone - especially when you're not good touch-typist.&#xD;&#xA;* Typing 50-char passphrase takes quite a bit longer than good 15-char password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My solution for this problem has been to use passphrases as a mnemonic to the actual password.  For example I could pick a few lines of great poem from William Henry Davies (76 chars):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; No time to see, when woods we pass,&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And I would pick the first letters of each word, creating the following pretty good 16-char password:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Nttswwwp,Wshtnig&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using poetry is especially good, because it's easier to remember and when you are asked to change the password, you can just pick next few lines of a poem." />
  <row Id="10750" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6065" RevisionGUID="7cb9a1f9-ac65-49ac-95f5-c3fcf162b8f0" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:57:50.257" UserId="1463" Comment="deleted 5 characters in body" Text="Traditionally nothing, unless you enjoy trying to troubleshoot hardware ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Doing enthusiast PCs is one thing, and definitely fun and rewarding as well - upgrading with parts from all over the world getting it to work in unison.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A single server then, one could find that fun to mess around with as well or as a learning experience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a bunch of servers? No way. You pay the manufacturer for parts that are thoroughly tested with each other to be sure there's no hidden problems or compatibility problems lurking in the shadows - stealing your valuable time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there's something I'd skimp on it would be hard disks for large, slow storage devices that will be used for archival purposes perhaps. Then it might make sense to get cheaper drives from a 3rd party just because you're getting a lot of them and there's a lot of redundancy. But even that could prove challenging, according to the SO server blog posts ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*(But as it's only a single server for a lab, which doesn't sound all that critical, it's more of a policy and/or philosophical question. I always went a bit custom the first years, only to realize it wasn't worth the time when things went wrong. I've tried skimping on all sorts of parts. Memory and disks are obvious, but these days I'd only buy original parts meant for the specific server revision. I've tried upgrading single-cpu dual-socket servers with the correct cpu bought from a local store and a fitting heat sink, only to miss out on the needed voltage regulators whose extra cost completely swallowed the savings of the cheaper cpu. I've tried adding big name raid cards which at times either clashed with the built-in mobo-controller or just had problems routing cables  when there were official options available for not much additional cost...)*" />
  <row Id="10751" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6178" RevisionGUID="390f3dcd-5e0d-4b83-b788-5336a9ca6c46" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:58:18.557" UserId="1447" Comment="added 135 characters in body" Text="Virtualisation software won't do this at all.  You need a hardware emulator to do this but these are quite slow.  You need to be a bit more explicit about virtualisation vs. hardware emulation because hypervisors and emulators work very differently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on what you are trying to emulate a suitable emulator may or may not be available.  For example, there is an IBM mainframe emulator called 'Hercules' that will let you boot up mainframe operating systems, and some older versions of these systems can be downloaded for free.  Other emulators may really only be suitable for debugging or system development work, as opposed to running legacy applications.  " />
  <row Id="10752" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6159" RevisionGUID="a70a0132-a3b5-43e3-8112-8d7af3ecb282" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:59:49.347" UserId="3" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We recently faced a full scale attack on one of our servers running Open SUSE 11.0; the intruder deleted a lot of files necessary for day to day operation. Although the backups came in handy but for a initial few days, we went completely bonkers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is how would you have handled that scenario? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also apart from stepping up the security what other things should I be looking for, as the server is &quot;behaving&quot; a bit weird after the hack and at this moment we are suspecting that there is a script running left behind by the attacker so that he can come back later but we can't seem to find it. Is formatting the server a good idea?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any other pointers and help are much appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many Thanks." />
  <row Id="10753" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="6159" RevisionGUID="a70a0132-a3b5-43e3-8112-8d7af3ecb282" CreationDate="2009-05-08T08:59:49.347" UserId="3" Text="Aftermath of Hack" />
  <row Id="10754" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6183" RevisionGUID="3912b00e-d88b-4bd6-9f78-8a08daca9e9b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:00:15.417" UserId="388" Text="On a Solaris 8 server, how do I find out what process is listening on a given port? The Windows implementation of 'netstat' offers the -o and -b switches, which show the owning process ID and name respectively. Is there an equivalent under Solaris?" />
  <row Id="10755" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6183" RevisionGUID="3912b00e-d88b-4bd6-9f78-8a08daca9e9b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:00:15.417" UserId="388" Text="How do I find out what process a listening socket is bound to under Solaris 8?" />
  <row Id="10756" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6183" RevisionGUID="3912b00e-d88b-4bd6-9f78-8a08daca9e9b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:00:15.417" UserId="388" Text="&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="10757" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6184" RevisionGUID="89d02026-25e3-46d9-a6a1-4e6d2442ebea" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:00:57.707" UserId="1956" Text="Depends.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this a sudden, out-of-the-blue performance is dead slow issue, or it is a long term case of general poor performance?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's the former, I'll start with the execution-related DMVs (sys.dm_exec_requests). Is there any blocking? Is there a query that's running excessively long or using massive resources. Basically I'll be looking for something abnormal (note, to be able to see that, I must know what's normal)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's the latter, I'll use the method that I wrote about in these articles.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/performance/finding-the-causes-of-poor-performance-in-sql-server,-part-1/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/performance/finding-the-causes-of-poor-performance-in-sql-server,-part-2/][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/performance/finding-the-causes-of-poor-performance-in-sql-server,-part-1/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/performance/finding-the-causes-of-poor-performance-in-sql-server,-part-2/" />
  <row Id="10758" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6185" RevisionGUID="daa394be-5200-4309-a671-f049e512629b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:02:22.727" UserId="984" Text="CERT has a document [Steps for Recovering from a UNIX or NT System Compromise][1] that is good.  The specific technical details of this document is somewhat out of date, but a lot of the general advice still directly applies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A quick summary of the basic steps is this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Consult your security policy or management.&#xD;&#xA; - Get control (take the computer offline&#xD;&#xA; - Analyze the intrusion, get logs, figure what went wrong&#xD;&#xA; - Repair stuff&#xD;&#xA;  -  Install a clean version of your operating system!!!   If the system has been compromised you cannot trust it, period.&#xD;&#xA; - Update systems so this can't happen again&#xD;&#xA; - Resume operations&#xD;&#xA; - Update your policy for the future and document&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to specifically point you to section E.1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; E.1.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Keep in mind that if a machine is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; compromised, anything on that system&#xD;&#xA;&gt; could have been modified, including&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the kernel, binaries, datafiles,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; running processes, and memory. In&#xD;&#xA;&gt; general, the only way to trust that a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; machine is free from backdoors and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; intruder modifications is to reinstall&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the operating&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't have a system already in place like tripwire there is no possible way for you to be 100% certain that you have cleaned up the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/win-UNIX-system_compromise.html" />
  <row Id="10759" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6186" RevisionGUID="99a608ea-ddde-4dc6-9e17-8e2452c67783" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:04:27.073" UserId="1787" Text="either netstat or lsof -i&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The later doesn't come installed by default, but you can get Solaris version from http://www.sunfreeware.com/" />
  <row Id="10760" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6187" RevisionGUID="ec45144e-0257-4289-b8a2-4ae198d24fa5" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:09:53.253" UserId="1435" Text="I tend not to buy any optical drives as I just don't use them." />
  <row Id="10761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6188" RevisionGUID="97c14b9e-771a-4554-8293-b7fe1ce53dc9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:11:32.953" UserId="457" Text="The question could also be rephrased. I've got a software application that requires a USB dongle. It works correctly when running at the console of the remote machine, but when connecting via remote desktop it does not seem to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've seen this behaviour before a few times and wondered whether or not it is possible to block access to the usb ports, and if so, it should be possible to allow access.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10762" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6188" RevisionGUID="97c14b9e-771a-4554-8293-b7fe1ce53dc9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:11:32.953" UserId="457" Text="Can you prevent a remote desktop session from accessing usb ports?" />
  <row Id="10763" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6188" RevisionGUID="97c14b9e-771a-4554-8293-b7fe1ce53dc9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:11:32.953" UserId="457" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;usb&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;" />
  <row Id="10764" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6186" RevisionGUID="d0eac8fd-b52e-4a67-bc22-323ddd8d45e9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:13:43.497" UserId="1787" Comment="added 12 characters in body" Text="Either **`netstat`** or **`lsof -i`**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The later doesn't come installed by default, but you can get Solaris version from http://www.sunfreeware.com/" />
  <row Id="10765" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6189" RevisionGUID="aa04b819-c8e9-4566-af38-fd6e77cc748e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:32:13.577" UserId="2064" Text="Hi everyone,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just wondering if anyone can let me know of a good procedure for setting up daily incremental and full backups to any location from a instance of MS SQL 2005.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bonus points for anyone for can describe how to do it without Server agent (for Express).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Chris" />
  <row Id="10766" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6189" RevisionGUID="aa04b819-c8e9-4566-af38-fd6e77cc748e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:32:13.577" UserId="2064" Text="How to setup daily backups with ms sql server agent 2005" />
  <row Id="10767" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6189" RevisionGUID="aa04b819-c8e9-4566-af38-fd6e77cc748e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:32:13.577" UserId="2064" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;agent&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="10768" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6190" RevisionGUID="fcb58fc8-4b52-4c70-8955-d2601284e188" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:32:30.877" UserId="984" Text="After reading question [6159][1], I started to wonder why people continue to seem to believe that they can recover a compromised system using detection/cleanup tools, or by just fixing the hole that was used to compromise the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given all the various root kit technologies and other things a hacker can do most experts suggest you should [reinstall the operating system][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am hoping to get a better idea why more people don't just take off and [nuke][3] the system from orbit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are a couple points, that I would like to see addressed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Are there conditions where a format/reinstall would not clean the system?&#xD;&#xA; - Under what types conditions do you think a system can be cleaned, and when must you do a full reinstall?&#xD;&#xA; - What reasoning do you have against doing a full reinstall?&#xD;&#xA; - If you choose not to reinstall, then what method do you use to be reasonably confident you have cleaned and prevented any further damage from happening again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6159/aftermath-of-hack&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/win-UNIX-system_compromise.html#E.1&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aliens_(1986_film)" />
  <row Id="10769" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6190" RevisionGUID="fcb58fc8-4b52-4c70-8955-d2601284e188" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:32:30.877" UserId="984" Text="Reinstall after a Root Compromise?" />
  <row Id="10770" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6190" RevisionGUID="fcb58fc8-4b52-4c70-8955-d2601284e188" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:32:30.877" UserId="984" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;hacking&gt;&lt;compromise&gt;" />
  <row Id="10772" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6159" RevisionGUID="83d8c56c-86cf-41da-91a5-1016222e819b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:34:23.447" UserId="984" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;compromise&gt;&lt;hacking&gt;&lt;system-recovery&gt;&lt;backups&gt;" />
  <row Id="10773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6191" RevisionGUID="fd31b242-2328-45e0-9061-885b26318cca" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:40:30.700" UserId="1375" Text="Practically speaking, most people don't do it because they think it'll take too long or be too disruptive.  I've advised countless clients of the likelihood of continuing problems, but a reinstall is often shot down by a decision maker for one of those reasons.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, on systems where I'm confident that I know the entry method and the full extent of the damage (solid off-machine logs, typically with an IDS, perhaps SELinux or something similar limiting the scope of the intrusion), I have done a cleanup without reinstall without feeling too guilty." />
  <row Id="10774" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2996" RevisionGUID="27b3f76d-afeb-4ac3-baba-868394855f4f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:40:49.810" UserId="1593" Comment="added tutorials to complete answer" Text="I have an externally hosted CentOS 5 server (external.host.com) that I want to use as a relay/proxy for my local web requests. So basically, if I load google.com on my local computer I'd like for the request to appear to Google as if it was coming from external.host.com instead of local.host.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe what I need is to setup the external server as a proxy and then configure my browser to use it as a such when browsing. Is this correct? If not what is the solution I should aim for?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been looking at applications like [Squid][1], [Tor][2] or [HAProxy][3]. Would any of these work for this task?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: I followed these tutorials to install [Squid][4] on CentOS 5:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Install Squid on CentOS/Redhat][5]&#xD;&#xA; - [Squid listen on other port][6]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.squid-cache.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.torproject.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://haproxy.1wt.eu/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.squid-cache.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-rhel-centos-fedora-squid-installation-configuration.html&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-squid-listen-on-other-port/" />
  <row Id="10775" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6186" RevisionGUID="638192b2-ec9e-4ca7-b32a-9b1728968982" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:42:00.417" UserId="1787" Comment="deleted 34 characters in body" Text="**`lsof -i`**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Doesn't come installed by default, but you can get Solaris version from http://www.sunfreeware.com/" />
  <row Id="10776" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6192" RevisionGUID="d6dc09cf-dd4f-4a2f-b7b6-df2bdd43962e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:45:40.283" UserId="2256" Text="I have an Exchange server behind an ISA 2004 server and from inside the network, it's possible to access Outlook Web Access.  I have published the server but from outside the network I'm not even getting to the login screen. The ISA log indicates that the HTTPS traffic on port 443 is being blocked by my default deny-all rule. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I go about resolving this problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10777" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6192" RevisionGUID="d6dc09cf-dd4f-4a2f-b7b6-df2bdd43962e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:45:40.283" UserId="2256" Text="OWA not working from outside the network" />
  <row Id="10778" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6192" RevisionGUID="d6dc09cf-dd4f-4a2f-b7b6-df2bdd43962e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:45:40.283" UserId="2256" Text="&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;sbs2003&gt;&lt;exchange-2003&gt;&lt;exchange2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="10779" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6193" RevisionGUID="cecaca43-172f-4255-87ca-781a2b3b40e9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:46:28.893" UserId="2031" Text="We are currently experiencing a growing temporary file problem.  Watching one of our sites we can see a growth of 100 - 200 MB a day at one site we are watching.  At this site a failure occured when the temp file reached 20Gb and a free space issue occured.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are currently suppressing timeouts.  -ti and -tl are set to zero.  What is the chance that temp tables are building up due to this configuration?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally.  To further my understanding of the -tl flag, is the following a true statement:  The connection will not be reset unless the client can not be reached via tcpip.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10780" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6193" RevisionGUID="cecaca43-172f-4255-87ca-781a2b3b40e9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:46:28.893" UserId="2031" Text="How do I control temporary file growth in SQL Anywhere?" />
  <row Id="10781" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6193" RevisionGUID="cecaca43-172f-4255-87ca-781a2b3b40e9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:46:28.893" UserId="2031" Text="&lt;sqlanywhere&gt;&lt;sql&gt;" />
  <row Id="10782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6194" RevisionGUID="74df10a6-ca6f-47a0-833c-85862f9829f6" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:46:50.997" UserId="2031" Text="It is unlikely that either -ti 0 or -tl 0 have anything to do with the temp space problem in SQL Anywhere. It is most likely the result of a runaway query. If you are using version 9 you can turn on limit checking as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   SET OPTION PUBLIC.temp_space_limit_check = 'ON';&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In versions 10 and 11 that option should already be on, but maybe it got turned off. The new max_temp_space option is also useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In earlier versions, you'll just have to find the runaway queries; Foxhound may help: http://www.risingroad.com/foxhound/index.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See also &quot;Danger! The Queries are Stampeding!&quot; at &#xD;&#xA;http://sqlanywhere.blogspot.com/2009/03/danger-queries-are-stampeding.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FYI the -ti 0 unlimited inactivity timeout setting is very common when you *expect* long periods of inactivity; e.g., overnight on a big web-based connection pool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, the -tl 0 unlimited liveness timeout setting is actually dangerous if it results in lots of zombie connections piling up (the clients are long dead but the server holds the connections open). Like the Help says, it's usually better to increase the timeout period if you are having premature liveness timeout problems; e.g., -tl 3600 for one hour.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AFAIK the statement &quot;The connection will not be reset unless the client can not be reached via tcpip&quot; appears to be an over-simplification: the checking of liveness packets seems to be rather more complex than a simple &quot;cannot be reached&quot; test.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Breck&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6195" RevisionGUID="a5a18461-86c3-40e7-a39f-f658155b40f4" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:48:14.067" UserId="2255" Text="I want to run some UNIX-like (I mean linux, but could be a bsd) servers that will do some grid computing with some mpi program I've made. What's a good solution for a beginner in all this server/networks stuff?? As it is an easy situation (I guess): only one person needs access, I want the safest thing possible that I could easily manage without becomig an expert in one day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By solutions I mean:&#xD;&#xA;Prepare a bunch of SELinux boxes for the grid&#xD;&#xA;OpenBSD&#xD;&#xA;Some practices&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...I don't know where to start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="10784" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6195" RevisionGUID="a5a18461-86c3-40e7-a39f-f658155b40f4" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:48:14.067" UserId="2255" Text="what's the best solution for running my own servers with only personal access?" />
  <row Id="10785" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6195" RevisionGUID="a5a18461-86c3-40e7-a39f-f658155b40f4" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:48:14.067" UserId="2255" Text="&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="10786" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6065" RevisionGUID="54716a5e-17df-402d-bb53-22c8e518cc94" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:50:58.133" UserId="1463" Comment="added 10 characters in body" Text="Traditionally nothing, unless you enjoy trying to troubleshoot hardware ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Doing enthusiast PCs is one thing, and definitely fun and rewarding as well - upgrading with parts from all over the world getting it to work in unison.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A single server then, one could find that fun to mess around with as well or as a learning experience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a bunch of servers? No way. You pay the manufacturer for parts that are thoroughly tested with each other to be sure there's no hidden problems or compatibility problems lurking in the shadows - stealing your valuable time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there's something I'd skimp on it would be hard disks for large, slow storage devices that will be used for archival purposes perhaps. Then it might make sense to get cheaper drives from a 3rd party just because you're getting a lot of them and there's a lot of redundancy. But even that could prove challenging, according to the SO server blog posts ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*(But as it's only a single server for a lab, which doesn't sound all that critical, it's more of a policy and/or philosophical question. I always went a bit custom the first years, only to realize it wasn't worth the time when things went wrong. I've tried skimping on all sorts of parts. Memory and disks are obvious, but these days I'd only buy original parts meant for the specific server revision. I've tried upgrading single-cpu dual-socket servers with the correct cpu bought from a local store and a fitting heat sink, only to miss out on the needed voltage regulators whose extra cost completely swallowed the savings of the cheaper cpu. I've tried adding big name raid cards which at times either clashed with the built-in mobo-controller or just had problems routing cables  when there were official options available for not much additional cost...)*" />
  <row Id="10787" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6195" RevisionGUID="5d74c05f-d63b-4abe-83c4-307aab06dd0d" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:55:01.790" UserId="2255" Comment="added 11 characters in body" Text="I want to run some UNIX-like (I mean linux, but could be a bsd) servers that will do some grid computing with some mpi program I've made. What's a good solution for a beginner in all this server/networks stuff?? As it is an easy situation (I guess): only one person needs access, I want the safest thing possible that I could easily manage without becomig an expert in one day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By solutions I mean:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Prepare a bunch of SELinux boxes for the grid&#xD;&#xA; - OpenBSD&#xD;&#xA; - Some practices&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...I don't know where to start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="10788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6196" RevisionGUID="2812a615-bd53-4000-a988-50e0d208ac2a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:56:40.647" UserId="137" Text="I have set up inbound e-mail in my SAP system and it works fine, however it will not allow me to bind port 25 to more than 1 application server at the same time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This means that there is 1 point of failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I bind port 25 to more than 1 application server? Or is there an alternative solution that I should be looking at?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="10789" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6196" RevisionGUID="2812a615-bd53-4000-a988-50e0d208ac2a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:56:40.647" UserId="137" Text="Binding Port 25 (SMTP) to all Servers in an SAP System (for inbound e-mail)" />
  <row Id="10790" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6196" RevisionGUID="2812a615-bd53-4000-a988-50e0d208ac2a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:56:40.647" UserId="137" Text="&lt;sap&gt;&lt;smtp&gt;&lt;e-mail&gt;&lt;port&gt;" />
  <row Id="10791" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6197" RevisionGUID="facb3932-d5f7-44f6-a1d9-159d7fc9f180" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:58:42.343" UserId="385" Text="A security decision is ultimately a business decision about risk, just as is a decision about what product to take to market. When you frame it in that context, the decision to not level and reinstall makes sense. When you consider it strictly from a technical perspective, it does not. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what typically goes into that business decision:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How much will our downtime cost us in measurable amount?&#xD;&#xA; - How much will it potentially cost us when we have to reveal to customers a bit about why we were down?&#xD;&#xA; - What other activities am I going to have to pull people away from to do the reinstall? What is the cost?&#xD;&#xA; - Do we have the right people who know how to bring up the system without error? If not, what's it going to cost me as they troubleshoot bugs?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And therefore, when you add up the costs like those, it may be deemed that continuing with a &quot;potentially&quot; still-compromised system is better than reinstalling the system. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6198" RevisionGUID="dad968d6-42c6-4746-b6fa-833f917bd9a0" CreationDate="2009-05-08T09:59:27.910" UserId="1463" Text="Most likely they don't have a disaster recovery routine that is tested enough for them to feel confident in doing a rebuild, or it's unclear how long it would take or what the impact would be... or backups are unreliable or their risk analysts don't understand the scope of a compromised system. I can think of many reasons.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd say it's mostly something amiss in the basic routines and policies and that is not something you'd want to admit openly - and instead you take a defensive stance. At least I can't see or defend not wiping a compromised system no matter what angle you look at it." />
  <row Id="10793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6199" RevisionGUID="1cf499a4-aae6-406d-97ef-cf009c1fd4c8" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:02:28.307" UserId="2258" Text="Is there any supported way besides using a SAN (with one VE on a LUN) to have migration and failover in an OpenVZ cluster? From what I've read, things like NFS will not work, but I haven't seen any definitive information in English." />
  <row Id="10794" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6199" RevisionGUID="1cf499a4-aae6-406d-97ef-cf009c1fd4c8" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:02:28.307" UserId="2258" Text="OpenVZ migrate and failover from NAS?" />
  <row Id="10795" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6199" RevisionGUID="1cf499a4-aae6-406d-97ef-cf009c1fd4c8" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:02:28.307" UserId="2258" Text="&lt;openvz&gt;" />
  <row Id="10796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6200" RevisionGUID="78515a75-dcd4-4bfb-a41f-03cd484f21e9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:04:16.870" UserId="2257" Text="When we started our company we have implemented Small Business Server 2003 on our (back then) only server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now we have grown, and the server is old and should be removed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to upgrade our network to a &quot;normal&quot; network. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main reason for choosing SBS was the Exchange POP3 connector. We do not use that anymore, so we don't have a need for SBS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the problems that I can expect? Or is this a normal, simple operation?" />
  <row Id="10797" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6200" RevisionGUID="78515a75-dcd4-4bfb-a41f-03cd484f21e9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:04:16.870" UserId="2257" Text="Upgrade Small Business Server 2003 to a &quot;normal&quot; server" />
  <row Id="10798" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6200" RevisionGUID="78515a75-dcd4-4bfb-a41f-03cd484f21e9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:04:16.870" UserId="2257" Text="&lt;sbs2003&gt;&lt;sbs&gt;" />
  <row Id="10799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6201" RevisionGUID="efa895b3-70ae-45ab-80be-211387878934" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:06:24.837" UserId="2258" Text="I have two SQL Server 2008 machines, SQL1 and SQL2, doing replication between each other. Their main interfaces are on VLAN1 (10.1.1.0/24) and that's where clients reach them. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For performance, I want the replication to go over their secondary NICs, which are on VLAN2 (10.1.2.0/24). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to configure this in SQL Server?" />
  <row Id="10800" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6201" RevisionGUID="efa895b3-70ae-45ab-80be-211387878934" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:06:24.837" UserId="2258" Text="Make SQL replicate over separate VLAN" />
  <row Id="10801" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6201" RevisionGUID="efa895b3-70ae-45ab-80be-211387878934" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:06:24.837" UserId="2258" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;vlan&gt;&lt;replication&gt;" />
  <row Id="10802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6202" RevisionGUID="936ae1c4-7787-494c-be38-85f10031d8b0" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:11:56.787" UserId="385" Text=" 1. Plan your recovery strategy. You need to think about how you want to recover the database. How long can you be down? How many backups do you want to have to cycle through to get the restore done. This will determine the right mix of full, differential, and even transaction log backups.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Once you've planned your recovery strategy, lay it out on a timeline to make sure it makes sense. This also allows you to check intervals when your going to take your backups.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Determine the basic T-SQL commands for each backup step. You should write to local disk (or SAN attached storage that appears as local disk) as this is the fastest way to take the backup and precludes a network issue from causing the backup itself to fail. You're looking at [BACKUP DATABASE and potentially BACKUP LOG][1] here.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Determine how you're going to get the backups off the system to another storage media. Are you going to copy to a network share? Or are you going to backup straight to tape? How long will these backups be retained in that location? These questions will determine your naming convention and what other mechanisms you might need to perform.&#xD;&#xA; 5. Script it out. If you're on an agentless system, you can use Task Scheduler, but you won't get email notification when it fails, meaning someone is going to need to check this regularly. But since we're talking SQL Server 2005, you can use [SQLCMD][2] to execute the T-SQL commands to create the backups.&#xD;&#xA; 6. If you're just doing a backup to tape from this system, then probably all that's left is to craft the batch file which calls SQLCMD and the T-SQL commands. If you need to copy off the files, you'll need to add the appropriate copy commands. If you need to do something fancier like naming the backup files in a particular manner, you may need to use a bit of scripting like VBScript to generate the proper commands. What I've done in this situation is use VBScript to create the batch file I'll execute next. You can make an ADO connection from VBScript and execute the backup commands that way, but I tend to like the batch file approach because then I see exactly what was executed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186865(SQL.90).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162773(SQL.90).aspx" />
  <row Id="10803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6203" RevisionGUID="de7656bc-a758-493a-bf9b-90ddd56faf15" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:12:11.483" UserId="1818" Text="NOTE: You can test everying but performance in the following setup. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you've got loads of hardware, consider using a virtualization solution. A quick route  may be to use [VirtualBox][1]. It has a mode of operating where all of the VMs are on a common network. You'd have to install an operating system once and then just clone the disk image for as many machines as you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.virtualbox.org/" />
  <row Id="10804" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6204" RevisionGUID="6df49200-342c-4486-b94d-5487521f6489" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:13:54.380" UserId="1463" Text="[PearPC][1] is a Power PC emulator for x86 platforms (Windows and *IX I think)... not sure if you can run AIX on it yet but I've heard plans on it - something I'd really want to do myself for testing purposes - but at least it runs some of the more common PPC operating systems ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/about.html" />
  <row Id="10805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6205" RevisionGUID="77739780-cf88-487b-b845-34bc5a408e3f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:14:56.420" UserId="1775" Text="For a quick fix, run remote desktop with the /console or /admin switch, that will connect to the console of the remote machine, and should then have access to the dongle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check the Local Security policies of the machine for device access policies." />
  <row Id="10806" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6206" RevisionGUID="dc1db2a0-0ee8-44a6-b778-abcf1bf5e208" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:16:02.550" UserId="45" Text="You have to activate SSL (checkbox) on the weblistener for the public IP address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a comprehensive tutorial here: [Publishing Exchange 2007 OWA, Exchange ActiveSync and RPC/HTTP using the 2006 ISA Firewall][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.isaserver.org/tutorials/Publishing-Exchange-2007-OWA-Exchange-ActiveSync-RPCHTTP-using-2006-ISA-Firewall-Part1.html" />
  <row Id="10807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6207" RevisionGUID="fdf62404-514c-42d8-b065-5e551885df12" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:16:22.830" UserId="385" Text="Make sure that both SQL machines are listening on that second VLAN. You can test this by logging on to one via the console or remote desktop and then connecting directly to the IP of the other using SSMS or SQLCMD. If that's the case, set up an alias on both systems using SQL Server Configuration Manager pointing to the IP of the other server on that second VLAN. Set up the replication to use that alias name.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10808" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6206" RevisionGUID="8c59e260-7653-40fb-8e38-e0374f67c693" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:21:08.967" UserId="45" Comment="added 183 characters in body" Text="You have to activate SSL (checkbox) on the weblistener for the public IP address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a good tutorial for ISA Server 2004 here: [Publishing Outlook Web Access (OWA) Sites using ISA Server 2004 Firewalls][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For ISA Server 2006, look here: [Using the 2006 ISA Firewall (RC) to Publish OWA Sites – Single Exchange Server Scenario][2] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.isaserver.org/articles/2004owapub.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.isaserver.org/tutorials/Using-2006-ISA-Firewall-RC-Publish-OWA-Sites-Part1.html" />
  <row Id="10809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6208" RevisionGUID="cf7ab39a-4245-419f-bb64-679899d58f71" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:21:19.667" UserId="1375" Text="I can't think of any reason why OpenVZ VMs over NFS wouldn't work, although I haven't tried it myself.  The problem with using NFS is that you're just moving your single point of failure from the OpenVZ server to the NFS server, so unless that's HA as well, you're not really any better off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My favourite file storage replication mechanism is DRBD, and that should work rather nicely with something like Heartbeat to manage the failover." />
  <row Id="10810" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6209" RevisionGUID="a83b4f27-d75f-4899-907a-b31d65a80595" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:23:47.507" UserId="1818" Text="If this &quot;...But I need access to the XP partition without having to reboot and hence the attempt...&quot; is your REAL problem, then you can mount ntfs partions directly from Ubuntu(linux) with no problem. A quick google for &quot;ubuntu ntfs&quot; will give more details&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10811" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6210" RevisionGUID="3c771e00-529b-4c25-9248-c39b2f4fddf0" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:24:56.507" UserId="2257" Text="I'm looking for a (cheap) Web hoster. Basically all the hosting providers that I can find, and match my requirements are located in the USA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But my target audience is in (Western-)Europe, I know for sure because the Site is in Dutch. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will hosting my site in the USA have a negative impact on the comfort of the user? What is the performance that I will loose?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10812" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6210" RevisionGUID="3c771e00-529b-4c25-9248-c39b2f4fddf0" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:24:56.507" UserId="2257" Text="Latency in Internet connections from Europe to USA" />
  <row Id="10813" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6210" RevisionGUID="3c771e00-529b-4c25-9248-c39b2f4fddf0" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:24:56.507" UserId="2257" Text="&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;web-hosting&gt;&lt;latency&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" />
  <row Id="10814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6211" RevisionGUID="9ff6c86f-026b-4391-b26e-d496e594d59e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:31:00.347" UserId="1797" Text="The one making the &quot;mess&quot; isn't the server, but your clients, when setting preferences on what name to give to directories, and while specifying the IMAP root path. With Dovecot, which is what you are using, you should leave the IMAP root empty on your clients settings, to automatically detect. On RoundCube, leave the following configuration settings as they come from default:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $rcmail_config['imap_root'] = null;&#xD;&#xA;    $rcmail_config['imap_delimiter'] = null;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So RoundCube will automatically determine the IMAP's root directory." />
  <row Id="10815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6212" RevisionGUID="fad16bfa-c989-447e-85dc-48c4732cb1bc" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:31:35.367" UserId="247" Text="I'm converting a MS Virtual Server 2005 SP1 virtual machine to ESXi using VMWare vCenter Converter Standalone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I keep getting FAILED:  agent.internal.fault.NfcConnectionFault.summary&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only information in the log is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Error: Failed to clone disk 0 on the virtual machine 'name of server being imported'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10816" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6212" RevisionGUID="fad16bfa-c989-447e-85dc-48c4732cb1bc" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:31:35.367" UserId="247" Text="vCenter Converter failing to convert Virtual Server 2005 VM" />
  <row Id="10817" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6212" RevisionGUID="fad16bfa-c989-447e-85dc-48c4732cb1bc" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:31:35.367" UserId="247" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;msvirtualserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="10818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6213" RevisionGUID="f1efcea7-5796-41a9-9256-71dd4b4f4893" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:32:24.023" UserId="1961" Text="To see the status of your subscriptions and when they last executed, you can perform a query: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sqlserverpedia/~3/O78C3knsUO0/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6214" RevisionGUID="3cc179bd-3de7-449f-bad8-e16b71a31403" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:34:58.917" UserId="1933" Text="It's not a great idea to go for third party parts for servers if you want the vendor to make problems go away when something goes bad.  At best, they'll ask you to prove the fault with the third party parts removed.  At worst, they will declare the warranty void.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I, as a matter of course, do not buy cable management arms and CD/DVD/Floppy drives.  These are ease, safe items to remove, assuming you have a method to netboot it, install from USB drive or use CD/floppy redirection via the server's remote management device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have to skimp, perhaps smaller servers are a better option (single CPU/PSU, slower drives - never go without some form of RAID though).  Make sure your management either signs off on the possibility of downtime if the server blows it's PSU and/or purchases a spare to cover multiple servers." />
  <row Id="10820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6215" RevisionGUID="d68d65c2-6906-4488-8ce4-533233ebe0ac" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:35:09.167" UserId="1787" Text="Good thing about the Netherlands, is that that [AMX-IX][1],  [world's largest &lt;small&gt;(by members)&lt;/small&gt; IPX][2] is located in Amsterdam. So that's less hops, your packets have to do. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for impact on the site, that depends how interactive it is. Latency has negative impact on gaming and such, but has no impact on classic HTTP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam_Internet_Exchange&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_Exchange_Points_by_size" />
  <row Id="10821" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6216" RevisionGUID="b9f034ce-d7fb-4f60-978b-3ad03e4523b9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:39:40.560" UserId="44255" Text="If you want your users to run an application on a server with the GUI on a client, then they can do this using Server 2008. Install Remote Applications. For the client side to work,  they need to be running XP service Pack 3 or Vista Service Pack 1. For printing over the internet, you'll need Vista Service Pack 1, or XP Service pack 3 with .NET Framework 3.5 installed. " />
  <row Id="10822" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6215" RevisionGUID="b3f0213a-c035-441e-b200-93b3ad761c3f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:40:35.987" UserId="1787" Comment="added 192 characters in body" Text="Good thing about the Netherlands, is that that [AMX-IX][1],  [world's largest IXP][2] is located in Amsterdam. So that's less hops, your packets have to do. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for impact on the site, that depends how interactive it is. Latency has negative impact on gaming and such, but has no impact on classic HTTP. For classic web what's important, is the bandwidth. ([On bandwidth vs latency (wiki)][3]) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam_Internet_Exchange&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_Exchange_Points_by_size&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relationship_between_latency_and_throughput#Optimized_systems" />
  <row Id="10823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6217" RevisionGUID="2e3df287-d43d-429a-a9db-ce485b0c1adb" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:40:53.613" UserId="1797" Text="Geographically speaking, it might have some impact, as your server will be far away from your audience. The major hurdle I see is on your choice of hosting. As you wrote &quot;I'm looking for a (**cheap**) Web hoster (...)&quot; (emphasis mine). Cheap comes often with high price to pay." />
  <row Id="10824" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6218" RevisionGUID="1107542c-9d57-4951-8be9-16f215094755" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:41:33.033" UserId="48" Text="It really depends how you want to do it. You can get the [transition pack][1] from Microsoft that will convert your licences from SBS to single components and remove the 75 user limit of SBS, you could then move this to a new server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively you can install a new DC and Exchange server and move your users and data across, usually quite a smooth process. However, there are some problems, as stated [here][2] the FSMO roles are restricted to running on the SBS server. If you were to use the transition pack I believe you could then move them, but if you are adding just a new DC to the domain, you won't be able to move them from the SBS server, quite a big issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm also not sure how SBS will function if you try to add another Exchange server to the Exchange organisation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My feeling is that the best bet is to get the transition pack, you will then have what is essentially the separate components of SBS, you can then look at adding new servers, transferring roles and turning of the SBS server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/techinfo/planning/transition.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/evaluation/faq/setup.mspx" />
  <row Id="10825" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6219" RevisionGUID="bf17fa67-ab98-489c-aa8d-14c67f2a2762" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:46:26.330" UserId="1435" Text="Depends what you're hosting - static pages will be fine with that latency, if you have lots of dynamic code you might see some difference." />
  <row Id="10826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6220" RevisionGUID="3396db2e-7fd3-4d32-a8ca-33a2991d5dba" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:48:54.093" UserId="44255" Text="We're running an Application as a remote App using Remote Desktop on Windows server 2008, and we're getting situations where (after we've got about 40 people logged in) the server can freeze for a number of seconds (e.g. 20 seconds). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It doesn't look like the issue is caused by a lack of processor, or a lack of memory. &#xD;&#xA;The Application is quite disk heavy, but we've changed the drives from Raided SATA to a faster SSD Disk, and there has been no improvement. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Application is a 32 bit App running in a 64 bit environment and 8GB of RAM. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Application ran fine on RDP in Windows Server 2000 (up to 100 users) (Although it started to slow down as the server ran out of memory)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking at the Various Monitors, there is a peak in processor and network usage at the time of the freezes, although this seems to be more associated with the server catching its breath after it unfreezes. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We think it may be something to do with unloading/loading Hives as users log on, but this is a guess. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My questions are...&#xD;&#xA; - How do I find out what could be causing this error?&#xD;&#xA; - Anyone else experienced an issue like this - And how did you fix it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10827" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6220" RevisionGUID="3396db2e-7fd3-4d32-a8ca-33a2991d5dba" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:48:54.093" UserId="44255" Text="Remote Desktop performance issues in Windows 2008 " />
  <row Id="10828" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6220" RevisionGUID="3396db2e-7fd3-4d32-a8ca-33a2991d5dba" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:48:54.093" UserId="44255" Text="&lt;rdp&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="10829" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6221" RevisionGUID="30119273-03aa-4f2f-b703-17fa59f7f508" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:49:32.610" UserId="1797" Text="Sam beat me to this, as his answer came whilst I was typing mine. As Sam recommended, I will point you to the [transition pack][1], from Microsoft. This [knowledge article][2] can also be very helpful, as well as [this post][3], from which I quote one entry:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 1. Install Windows 2003 on a new computer.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2. Setup TCP/IP using static IP and DNS pointing to the SBS DNS.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 3. Join it to the SBS domain.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 4. Install DNS and WINS (if you have Exchange and VPN connection, it is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; better to install WINS).&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 5. Run adprep /forestprerp to extend your Active Directory forest's schema.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 6. Promote the Windows 2003 to be a DC by running dcpromo. When the Domain&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Controller Type displays, select&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Additional domain controller for an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; existing domain. then follow the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; instruction to finish the process.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 7. After rebooting the new DC, change the DNS and WINS point to the new DC&#xD;&#xA;&gt; IP.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 8. Make the new DC as a Global Catalog Server. To do that, open Active&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Directory Sites and Services. Expand&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Sites, Expand Servers, then expand&#xD;&#xA;&gt; NTDS Settings. Right click NTDS&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Settings for the DC and Click&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Properties. Check Global Catalog.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 9. Transferring the FSMO roles to the new DC. 1) Open Active Directory Users&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and Computers. Right-click on the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; domain name and selectOperations&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Masters. In the RID tab, click the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; change button to change the RID Master&#xD;&#xA;&gt; role to the new DC. Repeat this for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; each of the other tabs (PDS and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Infrastructure). 2) To transfer the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Domain Naming Master, Open Active&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Directory Domains and Trusts.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Right-click on it and select&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Operations Master. Click the change&#xD;&#xA;&gt; button to change the Operations Master&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to the new DC. 3) to transfer the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Schema Master role, follow these&#xD;&#xA;&gt; steps: a) Go to command line and run&#xD;&#xA;&gt; regsvr32 schmmgmt.dll, and then click&#xD;&#xA;&gt; OK. b) Run mmc, and then add Active&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Directory Schema. c) Right-click&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Active Directory Schema, and then&#xD;&#xA;&gt; click Change Domain Controller.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Specify the new DC server name. d)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Right-click Active Directory Schema,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and then click Operations Master. In&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the Change Schema Master dialog box,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; click Change.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 10. Move the site licensing server from the SBS 2003 to the new DC. To do&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this, open Active Directory Sites and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Services. Expand Sites and then click&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Default-First-Site-Name. Right-click&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Licensing Site Settings, and then&#xD;&#xA;&gt; click Properties. Click Change, type&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the name of DC in the Enter the object&#xD;&#xA;&gt; name to select area, and then click&#xD;&#xA;&gt; OK.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 11. Reboot the DC. Check Event ID 1119 or 1869 on the DC to make sure the DC&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is a GC.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 12. To remove the GC from SBS, open Active Directory Sites and Services.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Expand Sites, Expand Servers, then&#xD;&#xA;&gt; expand SBS NTDS Settings. Right click&#xD;&#xA;&gt; NTDS Settings for Exchange01 and click&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Properties. Uncheck Global Catalog.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 13. Demote SBS. To do this, Click Start, Run, type dcpromo and click OK.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Following the instruction. After that,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the SBS will be a member server. To&#xD;&#xA;&gt; remove SBS from the domain, right&#xD;&#xA;&gt; click My Computer and select&#xD;&#xA;&gt; properties. Click the Computer Name&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tab and click the Workgroup radio&#xD;&#xA;&gt; button. Enter WORKGROUP for the new&#xD;&#xA;&gt; workgroup name and click OK. You will&#xD;&#xA;&gt; be prompted to reboot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bottom line, I do not see any major problems on a migration from SBS 2003 to 'regular' Windows Server 2003. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsServer2003/sbs/techinfo/planning/transition.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=555073&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?t=573" />
  <row Id="10831" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6215" RevisionGUID="12a02421-01a2-4f46-9cf5-a91455c2141b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T10:56:25.230" UserId="1787" Comment="added 3 characters in body" Text="Good thing about the Netherlands, is that that [AMX-IX][1],  [world's largest IXP][2] is located in Amsterdam. So that's less hops, your packets have to do. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for impact on the site, that depends how interactive it is. Latency has negative impact on gaming and such, but has no impact on classic HTTP. For classic web what's important, is the bandwidth. &lt;br/&gt;[On bandwidth vs latency (wiki)][3] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam_Internet_Exchange&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_Exchange_Points_by_size&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relationship_between_latency_and_throughput#Optimized_systems" />
  <row Id="10832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6223" RevisionGUID="58540e17-0fe2-4ff4-b4d3-57aa9d4c183e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:00:52.443" UserId="914" Text="A core Debian install (or possibly BSD) with nothing but the base applications and OpenSSH installed.  Ensure OpenSSH can only be logged into using authenticated keys, totally disable password access.  Use iptables to firewall all ports but your OpenSSH.&#xD;&#xA;Your machine should be pretty much secure then.  Debian is very easy to manage due to the excellent apt package manager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could use SSH tunnels for communication between machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might also consider setting up xen virtual machines depending on the performance needed in your cluster." />
  <row Id="10834" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6215" RevisionGUID="f3affdde-8989-4fcc-8ae2-b92174d4184b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:04:36.753" UserId="1787" Comment="added 184 characters in body" Text="Good thing about the Netherlands, is that that [AMX-IX][1],  [world's largest IXP][2] is located in Amsterdam. So that's less hops, your packets have to do. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for impact on the site, that depends how interactive it is. Latency has negative impact on gaming and such, but has no impact on classic HTTP. For classic web what's important, is the bandwidth. &lt;br/&gt;[On bandwidth vs latency (wiki)][3] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW. [OVH.nl][4] might be an option for you. But don't let .nl domain fool you. They are French company, have data centers in France (Roubaix and Paris).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam_Internet_Exchange&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_Exchange_Points_by_size&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relationship_between_latency_and_throughput#Optimized_systems&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.ovh.nl/" />
  <row Id="10835" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6224" RevisionGUID="aa4aa86a-2c2a-4715-af71-575f860c88dd" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:09:11.267" UserId="1797" Text="If `libgcrypt` was somehow updated you might need to update all the ports that depends on it (samba might be one of them). Try running:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    portupgrade -rf libgcrypt&#xD;&#xA;    portmaster -r libgcrypt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10836" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6225" RevisionGUID="277b35e5-e37e-44dd-ac36-c686111c73e9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:10:36.537" UserId="44255" Text="1&amp;1 host their servers in Germany, and they've got cheap Server Hosting, Web Hosting and Virtual Server Hosting. &#xD;&#xA;The support isn't great, but the service is good. " />
  <row Id="10837" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6226" RevisionGUID="0cb59715-b97a-466a-babb-d4df837f49c5" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:11:54.913" UserId="2064" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am having trouble with sql manager after install SQL 2005 SP3,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can any shed any light on this one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio&#xD;&#xA;------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cannot show requested dialog.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cannot show requested dialog. (SqlMgmt)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Method not found: 'Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Edition Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Information.get_EngineEdition()'. (SqlManagerUI)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;BUTTONS:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OK&#xD;&#xA;------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="10839" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6226" RevisionGUID="0cb59715-b97a-466a-babb-d4df837f49c5" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:11:54.913" UserId="2064" Text="&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;database&gt;&lt;managment&gt;&lt;sqlservermanagementstudio&gt;" />
  <row Id="10840" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3079" RevisionGUID="26a8ffee-4809-4a58-a68b-d0470400a9d8" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:15:51.533" UserId="1587" Comment="adding request/response headers for both requests" Text="I'm attempting to get the `MultiViews` option working in Apache to vary the content returned to the browser based on the `Accept-Language` provided in requests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've got the following configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Alias /multiviewstest &quot;C:/MultiViews Test&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Directory &quot;C:/MultiViews Test&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        Options MultiViews&#xD;&#xA;        AllowOverride None&#xD;&#xA;        Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;        Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my `C:\MultiViews Test` directory I have the following files:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* `spam.html`&#xD;&#xA;* `foo.html.en`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I request `http://localhost/multiviewstest/spam` the contents of `spam.html` is returned. Here are the request and response headers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Host: localhost&#xD;&#xA;    User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)&#xD;&#xA;    Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8&#xD;&#xA;    Accept-Language: en&#xD;&#xA;    Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate&#xD;&#xA;    Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7&#xD;&#xA;    Keep-Alive: 300&#xD;&#xA;    Connection: keep-alive&#xD;&#xA;    Pragma: no-cache&#xD;&#xA;    Cache-Control: no-cache&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 11:07:54 GMT&#xD;&#xA;    Server: Apache/2.2.10 (Win32)&#xD;&#xA;    Content-Location: spam.html&#xD;&#xA;    Vary: negotiate&#xD;&#xA;    TCN: choice&#xD;&#xA;    Last-Modified: Fri, 08 May 2009 10:48:34 GMT&#xD;&#xA;    Etag: &quot;0-4-469645ec81e70;469645ff5a5d8&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Accept-Ranges: bytes&#xD;&#xA;    Content-Length: 4&#xD;&#xA;    Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=100&#xD;&#xA;    Connection: Keep-Alive&#xD;&#xA;    Content-Type: text/html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The `Content-Location`, `Vary`, and `TCN` response headers indicates `MultiViews` have correctly kicked in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've configured English as the only preferred language for displaying languages in my browser; an `Accept-Language en` header is set on requests. When I request `http://localhost/multiviewstest/foo.html` a 404 response is returned. Based on my understanding of [Apache's file naming conventions for language negotiation][1] I'd expect the contents of the `foo.html.en` file to be returned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are the request and response headers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Host: localhost&#xD;&#xA;    User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)&#xD;&#xA;    Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8&#xD;&#xA;    Accept-Language: en&#xD;&#xA;    Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate&#xD;&#xA;    Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7&#xD;&#xA;    Keep-Alive: 300&#xD;&#xA;    Connection: keep-alive&#xD;&#xA;    Pragma: no-cache&#xD;&#xA;    Cache-Control: no-cache&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 11:08:39 GMT&#xD;&#xA;    Server: Apache/2.2.10 (Win32)&#xD;&#xA;    Content-Length: 221&#xD;&#xA;    Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=100&#xD;&#xA;    Connection: Keep-Alive&#xD;&#xA;    Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what appears in the access log for the request:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    127.0.0.1 - - [04/May/2009:10:28:24 +1200] &quot;GET /multiviewstest/foo.html HTTP/1.1&quot; 404 221&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And from the error log:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 04 10:28:24 2009] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Negotiation: discovered file(s) matching request: C:/MultiViews Test/foo.html (None could be negotiated).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Why isn't the content negotiation for the language correctly kicking in? Is there some configuration I have overlooked?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/content-negotiation.html#naming" />
  <row Id="10841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6227" RevisionGUID="04dbeee6-874f-4d8d-a122-1aef55e380f0" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:16:52.420" UserDisplayName="littlegeek" Text="I have previous not nuked the system so that I can do some analysis of the vector that they came in on and subsequent anaylysis of the use and to see where they got to inside. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have been rooted - you have a live honeypot and it can offer much more than just the hack. - especially for the police.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - that said I have been in previliged to be able to get a clean system on hot stand-by and to be able to offer fast enhanced network security to isolate the rooted box." />
  <row Id="10842" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6228" RevisionGUID="0b85f6b3-377a-4379-adf3-ce1a0ff7046e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:19:47.403" UserId="2168" Text="There are a few dutch sites which compare a lot of dutch webhosting company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://hosting.vergelijker.nl/&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.webhosters.nl/&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.hostingvergelijker.nl/&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.hostingbedrijven.nl/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using these websites you could find a local hosting provider which matches your requirements. Most of the providers have a nice uplink to AMS-IX.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Very cheap hosts in the Netherlands:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - https://www.webxtra.eu/&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.10eurohost.nl/index.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know about there service level though, I have heard good things about http://directwebhosting.nl/ which is also very cheap and has a nice service.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6229" RevisionGUID="9043967c-80db-4717-a610-9ac052d91fd8" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:20:55.343" UserId="273" Text="Where are you based.  In Europe?  (I am)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where is SO and SF located.  In the USA!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have any problems with this site (or any other USA site)? (I don't)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless your expecting 100's of concurrent connections with lot's of AJAX call backs to webservices then your unlikely to really notice much difference in hosting either side of the Atlantic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Concentrate on a good user usability experience, and test your site using YSlow." />
  <row Id="10844" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6228" RevisionGUID="b226e61d-11f3-401f-a830-a0b24f9877b5" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:25:22.460" UserId="2168" Comment="added 157 characters in body" Text="If the site is dutch, your target audience will probably be limited to the Netherlands and Belgium. So find a hosting provider in one of those companies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a few dutch sites which compare a lot of dutch webhosting company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://hosting.vergelijker.nl/&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.webhosters.nl/&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.hostingvergelijker.nl/&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.hostingbedrijven.nl/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using these websites you could find a local hosting provider which matches your requirements. Most of the providers have a nice uplink to AMS-IX.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Very cheap hosts in the Netherlands:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - https://www.webxtra.eu/&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.10eurohost.nl/index.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know about there service level though, I have heard good things about http://directwebhosting.nl/ which is also very cheap and has a nice service.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10845" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6230" RevisionGUID="be312e11-dee8-4173-a721-fd439bbbb0db" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:25:33.803" UserId="1219" Text="If it's hitting the default deny-all rule it means it's skipping your custom rule for some reason.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to figure out why that is, check the DNS, ports etc." />
  <row Id="10846" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6231" RevisionGUID="968ef899-f26a-4cc4-bb5f-30d67c79b830" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:30:15.570" UserId="1787" Text="Per GB prices of rapid SSD (like Intel X25-E) come close to prices of high-end RAM. &#xD;&#xA;So what extra advantages does SSD give you? What are particular reasons, why you buy SSD, instead of just putting more RAM in your machine, to have it used as HDD cache or even create RAM-disk?" />
  <row Id="10847" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6231" RevisionGUID="968ef899-f26a-4cc4-bb5f-30d67c79b830" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:30:15.570" UserId="1787" Text="Rapid SSD vs. RAM" />
  <row Id="10848" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6231" RevisionGUID="968ef899-f26a-4cc4-bb5f-30d67c79b830" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:30:15.570" UserId="1787" Text="&lt;ssd&gt;&lt;disk-cache&gt;&lt;ramdisk&gt;" />
  <row Id="10849" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6232" RevisionGUID="5bf29742-5874-4dcf-9d95-d89d4be73977" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:33:06.203" UserId="1435" Text="SSDs don't lose their data when you power them off - obvious but important." />
  <row Id="10850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6233" RevisionGUID="3bcd2579-f0d8-4eda-90ae-30d05653fb4f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:34:43.577" UserId="1249" Text="I have a Linux server that whenever I connect it shows me the message that changed the SSH host key:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; $ ssh root@host1&#xD;&#xA;&gt; @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@&#xD;&#xA;&gt; @    WARNING: REMOTE HOST&#xD;&#xA;&gt; IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!     @&#xD;&#xA;&gt; @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@&#xD;&#xA;&gt; IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SOMETHING NASTY! Someone could be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; eavesdropping on you right now&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (man-in-the-middle attack)! It is also&#xD;&#xA;&gt; possible that the RSA host key has&#xD;&#xA;&gt; just been changed. The fingerprint for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the RSA key sent by the remote host is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 93:a2:1b:1c:5f:3e:68:47:bf:79:56:52:f0:ec:03:6b.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Please contact your system&#xD;&#xA;&gt; administrator. Add correct host key in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /home/emerson/.ssh/known_hosts to get&#xD;&#xA;&gt; rid of this message. Offending key in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /home/emerson/.ssh/known_hosts:377&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; RSA host key for host1 has changed and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you have requested strict checking.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Host key verification failed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It keeps me for a very few seconds logged in and then it closes the connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; host1:~/.ssh # Read from remote host host1: Connection reset by peer&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Connection to host1 closed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know what's happening and what I could do to solve this problem?" />
  <row Id="10851" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6233" RevisionGUID="3bcd2579-f0d8-4eda-90ae-30d05653fb4f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:34:43.577" UserId="1249" Text="How to remove strict RSA key checking in SSH and what's the problem here?" />
  <row Id="10852" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6233" RevisionGUID="3bcd2579-f0d8-4eda-90ae-30d05653fb4f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:34:43.577" UserId="1249" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;rsa&gt;&lt;hostkey&gt;" />
  <row Id="10853" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6234" RevisionGUID="5a1f6f29-1890-4ee5-ad52-8728285d4670" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:39:02.833" UserId="1933" Text=" - Under what conditions would you continue using the equipment?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Older gear is fine for development, test or scratch boxes; basically, anything that will not (significantly) hurt the business when it goes boom.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's deemed production, mission critical, or the business requires you to maintain a SLA on it, then kit without support is not fit for the job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What factors do you consider when trying to determine the risks associated with continuing to use the equipment?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The biggest consideration is the availability of parts.  If you can't get a new power supply or disk when the server throws one, the business stops and starts losing money.  That's reason enough to not have it in production.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This can be mitigated if you are able to self-spare (acquire spare drives / power supplies / RAM) while parts are still available from the vendor.  If you need 'em, great; if not, you've just wasted a bunch of next year's hardware refresh budget.  Bear in mind that parts bought when the server has been end-of-life'd are significantly more expensive than current generation gear.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If you believe that the risk is to great, how do you convince management to loosen up on the purse strings in a difficult economy?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's two ways to attack this: how much it would cost the business if the kit failed, and how much you can save by replacing it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first is hard for you to define unless you can define the value of the work done by server.  If the server allows people to buy your product and you know the value of average sales per day, this is pretty easy.  If it's a development server, the cost of lost developer productivity while the server's dead should also be easy to work out.  If you don't have access to these numbers, you may need to get assistance from your finance department to work it out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The latter is significantly easier for you: prove you can do more with less new kit.  Look into virtualisation and consolidation to reduce the box count (big wins there - I've got ~100VM's on ~7 hosts worth of resources), define the reduction in effort required to support less boxes (and therefore, how much more time you will have for projects and improving the environment) and work out the standing datacenter cost savings for power, cooling and rackspace.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Moving forward, build planned obsolescence into your projects from day one, and start the refresh cycle six months before the switch off day you specified (and had management agree to) in the project documentation.  Revisiting the environment at ~2 1/2 years gives you plenty of time to jump through the necessary management and finance hoops for new kit to be ordered and to implement a smooth migration before you send the old kit to the big vendor in the sky.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having management buy in to the refresh cycle will help in the long run ... as long as you can sell the value of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck." />
  <row Id="10854" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6234" RevisionGUID="5a1f6f29-1890-4ee5-ad52-8728285d4670" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:39:02.833" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="10855" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6231" RevisionGUID="5de36337-e634-415f-bc07-73d4d6c09b0f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:40:18.290" UserId="1787" Comment="added 9 characters in body; edited title" Text="Per GB prices of rapid SSD (like Intel X25-E) come close to prices of high-end RAM. &#xD;&#xA;So what extra advantages does SSD give you? What are particular reasons, why you buy SSD, instead of just putting more RAM in your server machine, to have it used as HDD cache or even create RAM-disk?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: of course I'm aware, that SSD are persistent. But so is the data in disk cache. Reading from RAM has got to be a lot faster, then reading from SSD. Also, SSD have slow write times, so no advantage over HDD there. Especially for sequential writes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10856" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6235" RevisionGUID="1e4a8d41-8219-400a-a67e-d4cb38e21185" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:41:12.080" UserId="1797" Text="You are getting this because something has changed (like new NIC, new IP, etc). Usually happens when your IP changes due a DHCP refresh.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just remove the key (using SFTP or similar) from the server, by editing the `$HOME/.ssh/known_hosts` file, and accept the new one upon next connection." />
  <row Id="10857" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="6231" RevisionGUID="5de36337-e634-415f-bc07-73d4d6c09b0f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:40:18.290" UserId="1787" Comment="added 9 characters in body; edited title" Text="Rapid SSD vs. RAM in servers" />
  <row Id="10858" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6236" RevisionGUID="e1fd5f30-cf3c-4138-b471-55cf0a26e268" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:42:57.753" UserId="2252" Text="I have organized a few LAN parties also. We have 16A breakers here, and I have been putting 10 PC's on each breaker without any problem. We have 200V here in the Netherlands, so that's about 3500W for 10 PC's&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10859" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6206" RevisionGUID="59192055-288e-4358-b751-ea1b28a9f93b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:44:36.237" UserId="45" Comment="added 90 characters in body" Text="You have to activate SSL (checkbox) on the weblistener for the public IP address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you allow the https protocol (tcp port 443) in your *inbound* rules? Is it enabled?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a good tutorial for ISA Server 2004 here: [Publishing Outlook Web Access (OWA) Sites using ISA Server 2004 Firewalls][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For ISA Server 2006, look here: [Using the 2006 ISA Firewall (RC) to Publish OWA Sites – Single Exchange Server Scenario][2] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.isaserver.org/articles/2004owapub.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.isaserver.org/tutorials/Using-2006-ISA-Firewall-RC-Publish-OWA-Sites-Part1.html" />
  <row Id="10860" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6237" RevisionGUID="97251cd4-867a-4dba-a848-8bf8c7122431" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:47:52.173" UserId="914" Text="Please don't delete the entire known_hosts file as recommended by some people, this totally voids the point of the warning.  It's a security feature to warn you that a man in the middle attack may have happened.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suggest you identify why it thinks something has changed, most likely an SSH upgrade altered the encryption keys due to a possible security hole.  You can then purge that specific line from your known_hosts file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sed -i &quot;377 d&quot; ~/.known_hosts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This says remove line 377 as shown after the colon in the warning:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /home/emerson/.ssh/known_hosts:377&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please DO NOT purge the entire file and ensure this is actually the machine you want to be connecting to prior to purging the specific key." />
  <row Id="10861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6238" RevisionGUID="64c0f2fe-b9c3-483c-b42c-650953f2fb8b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:48:41.427" UserDisplayName="littlegeek" Text="cant for the life of me remember how to access a public folder on vista  from fedora &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;using SMB on Fedora.  It seems to connect to the Vista box but not the location..." />
  <row Id="10862" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6238" RevisionGUID="64c0f2fe-b9c3-483c-b42c-650953f2fb8b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:48:41.427" UserDisplayName="littlegeek" Text="Mount Vista Public Folder in Fedora" />
  <row Id="10863" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6238" RevisionGUID="64c0f2fe-b9c3-483c-b42c-650953f2fb8b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:48:41.427" UserDisplayName="littlegeek" Text="&lt;fedora&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;smb&gt;" />
  <row Id="10865" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6240" RevisionGUID="2ed59f8a-70e9-4270-a6aa-a5bb281f51e9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:49:06.000" UserId="457" Text="I've seen this and asked a related question ([how-do-you-diagnose-a-server-temporarily-freezing][1]).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have a look at the following article. [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934330][2], it may help, but I still don't know exactly what is going on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/531/how-do-you-diagnose-a-server-temporarily-freezing&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934330" />
  <row Id="10867" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6231" RevisionGUID="efb482d6-a369-4e96-9d44-bf99154fddef" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:52:13.137" UserId="1787" />
  <row Id="10868" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6241" RevisionGUID="a2906127-88af-4d74-bfd7-e158f65d1302" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:53:07.407" UserDisplayName="littlegeek" Text="brain rememberd the firewall - Fedora comes locked down - had to enable SAMBA in the firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10869" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6233" RevisionGUID="52943ee4-e03c-414f-a2cf-fa4254ca4380" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:53:11.697" UserId="914" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;rsa&gt;&lt;hostkey&gt;&lt;man-in-the-middle&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="10870" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6242" RevisionGUID="6ca690e2-5caa-4fdf-bc80-2c3917b03590" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:53:16.987" UserId="273" Text="You may want to read this document [CPU Resource Management][1] from vmware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Although it is from an ancient version of ESX1.5, the newer versions use the same technique, and even more so. Documentation for later versions is [available here][2] but doesn't seem to be googled*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/support/esx15/doc/esx15_res2.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vi_pages/vi_pubs_35.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **Abstract:** VMware ESX Server provides dynamic control over both the execution rate and the processor assignment of each scheduled virtual machine. The scheduler performs automatic load balancing on multiprocessor systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10871" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6243" RevisionGUID="b3cfdf65-e0ec-473b-9087-aaff8a7b6fcc" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:53:20.043" UserId="45" Text="There could be some missing SQL Server SMO assembly files. To solve this, just follow this procedure:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Look for an installation which works fine &#xD;&#xA;2. Copy all files from `C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\SDK\Assemblies` folder and paste it in `C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\SDK\Assemblies` of the machine with the corrupted installation.&#xD;&#xA;3. Don't overwrite any file. Just copy the missing files&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10872" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5425" RevisionGUID="d3809906-daed-4ee0-8117-31faeeda263e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:54:01.290" UserId="1803" Comment="Thanks, Mike." Text="If they're Windows desktops, you can use the local policy (or group policy, if it's Active Directory).  There isnt's a default setting for it, but the MS-provided template can be found under MSKB [555324][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555324" />
  <row Id="10873" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6244" RevisionGUID="d182e98f-ca82-4506-8dfd-61c80146d1ff" CreationDate="2009-05-08T11:58:49.127" UserId="2253" Text="On Debian, the Postfix package, when installed, ask you for the basic configuration. The &quot;satellite&quot; option is probably what you're after.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Please select the mail server configuration type that best meets your needs.  │ &#xD;&#xA;            │                                                                               │ &#xD;&#xA;            │  No configuration:                                                            │ &#xD;&#xA;            │   Should be chosen to leave the current configuration unchanged.              │ &#xD;&#xA;            │  Internet site:                                                               │ &#xD;&#xA;            │   Mail is sent and received directly using SMTP.                              │ &#xD;&#xA;            │  Internet with smarthost:                                                     │ &#xD;&#xA;            │   Mail is received directly using SMTP or by running a utility such           │ &#xD;&#xA;            │   as fetchmail. Outgoing mail is sent using a smarthost.                      │ &#xD;&#xA;            │  Satellite system:                                                            │ &#xD;&#xA;            │   All mail is sent to another machine, called a 'smarthost', for delivery.    │ &#xD;&#xA;            │  Local only:                                                                  │ &#xD;&#xA;            │   The only delivered mail is the mail for local users. There is no network.   │ &#xD;&#xA;            │                                                                               │ &#xD;&#xA;            │ General type of mail configuration:                                           │ &#xD;&#xA;            │                                                                               │ &#xD;&#xA;            │                            No configuration                                   │ &#xD;&#xA;            │                            Internet Site                                      │ &#xD;&#xA;            │                            Internet with smarthost                            │ &#xD;&#xA;            │                            Satellite system                                   │ &#xD;&#xA;            │                            Local only            &#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="10874" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5797" RevisionGUID="1827faf2-6b3b-42f8-a131-599197e0579e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:02:41.817" UserId="1463" Comment="deleted 32 characters in body" Text="Citrix does this (seamless window) if you want to pay for it, or as already answered - this is possible as part of the Server 2008 and onwards without Citrix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can even package this as an msi and do a very simple policy deploy of it to user's start menus ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also a few hacks out there to do this with the old Terminal Services and some viewport cropping... I haven't tried them though." />
  <row Id="10875" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6237" RevisionGUID="7bf45f3a-7819-48f0-b2da-266cdd75d775" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:02:54.373" UserId="914" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Please don't delete the entire known_hosts file as recommended by some people, this totally voids the point of the warning.  It's a security feature to warn you that a man in the middle attack may have happened.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suggest you identify why it thinks something has changed, most likely an SSH upgrade altered the encryption keys due to a possible security hole.  You can then purge that specific line from your known_hosts file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sed -i &quot;377 d&quot; ~/.known_hosts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This says remove line 377 as shown after the colon in the warning:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /home/emerson/.ssh/known_hosts:377&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively you can remove the relevant key by doing the following&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh-keygen -R 127.0.0.1 (Obviously replace with the servers IP)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please DO NOT purge the entire file and ensure this is actually the machine you want to be connecting to prior to purging the specific key." />
  <row Id="10876" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6245" RevisionGUID="7e9fae76-2281-4cad-bc3c-cbdfd2aa18d8" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:03:25.853" UserId="2064" Text="I'm not sure if this is the answer you are looking for, but could you use different mx records to point to different ip's? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These ips could then be used to route the information where you need it? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise to avoid the 1 point of failure, maybe you could setup another mail server, which could receive mail as well, and re direct it to the SAP system? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you not already have 1 point of failure by having a single server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sorry if this doesn't help at all, or I am stating the obvious.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Chris" />
  <row Id="10877" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6246" RevisionGUID="ad2ee692-c95f-477d-b687-1d2020949288" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:05:38.860" UserId="216" Text="Anywhere in north-western Europe (.nl, .de, .uk, etc) will give you perfectly good performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Moving traffic across the Atlantic and back will add ~90ms minimum latency to a link, and latency can affect absolutely maximum bandwidth because of the TCP window.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm in Amsterdam at the moment, though, and latency back to the UK is only 11ms.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6247" RevisionGUID="56a38cfd-249f-4461-9521-7f54cbe604df" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:07:21.913" UserId="588" Text="Note that you can attach 80GB to any server, but 80GB of RAM is problematic - you'd need rare and expensive 8GB sticks and board with more than 8 slots.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not to mention you can even install 160GB in a jiff..." />
  <row Id="10882" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6247" RevisionGUID="56a38cfd-249f-4461-9521-7f54cbe604df" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:07:21.913" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="10883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6248" RevisionGUID="33dc7650-be94-4eed-934d-7cf3d2402156" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:15:22.563" UserId="64" Text="Not only a technical view is important here. Also, SEO-wise, it has been shown that choosing an ISP in your own region can be important. Google takes this into account when providing search results.&#xD;&#xA;[http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1301680][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1301680" />
  <row Id="10884" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6235" RevisionGUID="6ff00f5e-6176-4901-8d6f-58527ffad9c8" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:17:27.507" UserId="1797" Comment="Clarified the possible reasons for the error." Text="You are getting this because something has changed (like new NIC, new IP, change on server software, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just remove the key (using SFTP or similar) from the server, by editing the `$HOME/.ssh/known_hosts` file, and accept the new one upon next connection." />
  <row Id="10885" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6249" RevisionGUID="51526daf-f5f9-4423-8da9-ea378aa4c8a4" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:19:48.623" UserId="588" Text="Don't skimp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, you heard right, just buy from a reliable store in your area SuperMicro/Tyan barebone with everything you need - your bill will be the same as if you bought it from the internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Say no to Dell/Lenovo/HP/etc extortionate upgrade fees. Almost &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001200.html&quot;&gt;everybody&lt;/a&gt; got burnt from it, and from what I've seen, there are no benefits from going in this route." />
  <row Id="10886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6250" RevisionGUID="b8a8ef3c-8e30-4317-be22-6a00097a5a23" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:24:55.787" UserId="976" Text="I need to disable SSL 2.0 support on a Windows Server 2003 server (running IIS 6.0). Specifically, I'd like to be able to disable on a single website. Is this possible or do I have to disable it globally by editing the registry?" />
  <row Id="10887" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6250" RevisionGUID="b8a8ef3c-8e30-4317-be22-6a00097a5a23" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:24:55.787" UserId="976" Text="How do I disable SSL 2.0 support on IIS?" />
  <row Id="10888" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6250" RevisionGUID="b8a8ef3c-8e30-4317-be22-6a00097a5a23" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:24:55.787" UserId="976" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;ssl&gt;" />
  <row Id="10890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6252" RevisionGUID="c158bf57-c5bd-45f4-93af-56fdbbade6a2" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:28:29.727" UserId="1797" Text="Microsoft has a [knowledge base][1] entry for this. It involves editing the registry and I believe it is a global change. I do not think it is possible to do this for a single website.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/187498" />
  <row Id="10891" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6253" RevisionGUID="8cb1e0e2-b636-4602-91ee-89602b3c4aca" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:35:54.653" UserId="1815" Text="What is the best way to find Conficker infected PCs in company networks?" />
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  <row Id="10893" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6253" RevisionGUID="8cb1e0e2-b636-4602-91ee-89602b3c4aca" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:35:54.653" UserId="1815" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;virus&gt;&lt;conficker&gt;" />
  <row Id="10894" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6254" RevisionGUID="9d704090-cf6d-4b3a-86a5-2d4b25a4f595" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:39:22.320" UserId="45" Text="Run Microsoft's **Malicious Software Removal tool**. It is a stand-alone binary that is useful in the removal of prevalent malicious software, and it can help remove the Win32/Conficker malware family. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can download the MSRT from either of the following Microsoft Web sites:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- http://www.update.microsoft.com&#xD;&#xA;- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890830&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Read this Micosoft support article: [Virus alert about the Win32/Conficker.B worm][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;962007" />
  <row Id="10895" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6255" RevisionGUID="dd223a52-41b2-4d51-8d3b-910f02bb2eb2" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:42:03.110" UserId="1054" Text="I've repeatedly gone through the language bar configuration unchecking everything that will let it appear on my taskbar and the thing keeps coming back.  I've just gone through the exercise again.  It's not even an option right now when I right-click on the taskbar and hover over the Toolbars menu item.  I've been here before, yet I know that shortly (maybe within 1-2 days) it will come back.  Anyone else run into this?  Can someone help stop the madness?  I wouldn't mind just deleting the thing altogether.  I never use it and it just takes up valuable space on my taskbar....." />
  <row Id="10896" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6255" RevisionGUID="dd223a52-41b2-4d51-8d3b-910f02bb2eb2" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:42:03.110" UserId="1054" Text="Remove the Language Bar from the taskbar (WinXP)" />
  <row Id="10897" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6255" RevisionGUID="dd223a52-41b2-4d51-8d3b-910f02bb2eb2" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:42:03.110" UserId="1054" Text="&lt;annoyance&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;taskbar&gt;" />
  <row Id="10898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6256" RevisionGUID="3ecc739a-6d35-427a-9d87-fbe7f2a316ed" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:42:34.887" UserId="914" Text="OpenDNS will warn of PCs it thinks are infected.  Although as splattne said, MSRT is most likely the best option." />
  <row Id="10899" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6235" RevisionGUID="b94c5d51-1450-4a75-aa85-27921bc1ce7e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:43:07.007" UserId="1797" Comment="Revised to add more links and information." Text="You are getting this because something has changed (like new NIC, new IP, change on server software, etc). Security focus has a nice article on [SSH host key protection][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just remove the key (using SFTP or similar) from the server, by editing the `$HOME/.ssh/known_hosts` file, and accept the new one upon next connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your connection might be getting dropped because of the StrictHostKeyChecking setting. See [this thread][2] for a similar issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1806&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1241786406984+28353475&amp;threadId=606117" />
  <row Id="10900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6257" RevisionGUID="68483f76-bfae-4a78-9ab1-1fc051cb03fa" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:47:06.077" UserId="1815" Text="Is there any working graphical tool to generate nagios user-supplied map coordinates to hosts? Or is there any simple way to do by script or manually?" />
  <row Id="10901" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6257" RevisionGUID="68483f76-bfae-4a78-9ab1-1fc051cb03fa" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:47:06.077" UserId="1815" Text="Is there any working graphical tool to generate nagios user-supplied map coordinates to hosts?" />
  <row Id="10902" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6257" RevisionGUID="68483f76-bfae-4a78-9ab1-1fc051cb03fa" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:47:06.077" UserId="1815" Text="&lt;network-map&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;nagios&gt;&lt;gui&gt;&lt;network-monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="10903" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6258" RevisionGUID="d0b978a7-c494-4067-9a2a-bef943b4d54a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:49:19.783" UserId="2174" Text="Predictability. As much as lumping more RAM into a existing system with 2-4 gigs helps a system, the benefits drop off quickly as you get into a space where the OS doesn't really utilize the extra RAM very efficiently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Enter predictability: If you want to make sure every single record in your database is reachable in a high speed fashion, putting the entire database on high speed media definitely accomplishes this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are other ways to achieve this (RAM drives, special databases), but doing things this ways opens you to other issues. (power failure, being less standard means less tested generally etc...)" />
  <row Id="10904" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6258" RevisionGUID="d0b978a7-c494-4067-9a2a-bef943b4d54a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:49:19.783" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="10905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6259" RevisionGUID="265b5f28-0caf-4152-9bb1-4713430dc739" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:52:19.590" UserId="2064" Text="Hi Everyone,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Considering that it would have been laughed at by the unix/linux people to suggest windows as a internet connected server until the 2000 era, is that argument now laid to rest?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Aside from nix admins who dont want to lose their lucrative admin positions(because certain jobs take ages compared to windows, and vice versa) is there any reason ASIDE FROM COST, that linux is more secure after a professional has setup windows?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Considering the performance of modern hardware, I believe now that the tools and ease of use of windows platform make it an equally viable server platform.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you require Open source technology that are ideally deployed on Linux, I see no reason for people to roll their eyes at windows, or ignore it as a viable platform.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you think?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10906" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6259" RevisionGUID="265b5f28-0caf-4152-9bb1-4713430dc739" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:52:19.590" UserId="2064" Text="With an expert Sys admin, are windows and linux equal for security" />
  <row Id="10907" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6259" RevisionGUID="265b5f28-0caf-4152-9bb1-4713430dc739" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:52:19.590" UserId="2064" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;multi-platform&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="10908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6260" RevisionGUID="134c0633-1c27-41ce-87bf-b4cd50616c8a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:53:12.723" UserId="45" Text="Yes, that's annoying. Even if you remove the toolbar off the taskbar, it will come back everytime you start an Office application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just follow these steps in order to eliminate this behaviour:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Click &quot;Start&quot;, then &quot;Control Panel&quot;&#xD;&#xA;2. Hit &quot;Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options&quot;, then &quot;Regional and Language Options&quot; &#xD;&#xA;3. Go to the &quot;Languages&quot; tab and push the &quot;Details&quot; button&#xD;&#xA;4. Choose the &quot;Langage Bar&quot; button at bottom, and then **uncheck &quot;Show the language bar on the desktop&quot;** and press OK." />
  <row Id="10909" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="6260" RevisionGUID="1de7629f-1ecc-4731-9cf7-c371b89e650f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:53:38.870" UserId="45" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:45,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;splattne&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="10910" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="6260" RevisionGUID="6c3346ec-d4f7-4aab-862b-2db9cc2b427f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:54:09.663" UserId="-1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:45,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;splattne&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="10911" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6261" RevisionGUID="9f1ca213-aeb5-4763-ae29-a28f8a4599d0" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:57:43.337" UserId="355" Text="You're right that the -ti and -tl switches are unrelated to temp space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding the liveness issue, both the client and server send liveness packets every `n/3` seconds, where `n` is the liveness timeout value. This only happens if no other packets have been sent in the meantime. If either side has not receive any packets from the other side after `n` seconds, the connection is dropped.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Liveness is not necessary in the case where the connection is actually dropped by the other side (eg. the application/server crashes or the machine reboots) since the TCP connection will be closed immediately. Liveness is useful, however, for detecting applications that are hung and network problems that prevent packets from getting through but do not cause the TCP connection to be dropped." />
  <row Id="10912" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6178" RevisionGUID="a6ea3e9e-2e42-4499-a9ae-8f0e7f579566" CreationDate="2009-05-08T12:58:47.953" UserId="1447" Comment="deleted 93 characters in body" Text="Virtualisation software (hypervisors) won't do this at all.  VMWare is a hypervisor and QEMU is an emulator - they are fundamentally different technologies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on what you are trying to emulate a suitable emulator may or may not be available.  For example, there is an IBM mainframe emulator called 'Hercules' that will let you boot up mainframe operating systems, and some older versions of these systems can be downloaded for free.  Other emulators may really only be suitable for debugging or system development work, as opposed to running legacy applications.  " />
  <row Id="10913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6262" RevisionGUID="752e6460-4234-4954-bb03-58ac7dea410d" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:02:49.237" UserId="48" Text="The major problem with security is not actually with the platforms themselves, but with the popularity of windows. There are security holes in any system, its impossible to prove that bugs don't exist in anything but the most trivial of software. Windows and Linux both contain security holes that haven't been uncovered yet, however because of Microsofts popularity as a desktop OS, people looking for holes are more focussed on looking for holes in windows, because often there is more for them to gain by hacking hundreds of windows desktops, and unfortunately these hacks usually apply to server OS's as well as desktops. If Linux had become the dominant desktop OS then I think the situation would be reversed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With the most skilled sysadmins, you can make any OS secure, however you cannot (without re-writing the OS yourself!) account for holes in the OS, not have not yet been discovered. WHen they are discovered its more down to the speed of the vendor providing a fix for the problem, than the sysadmins skill at securing the server. Most of the security breaches you hear of today are not due to lax system administration, but to a previously unknown security hole in the OS. Linux is as vulnerable to these as Windows, its just more people are looking for them in Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10914" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6263" RevisionGUID="c7f00c9d-eb09-4191-8110-6f8e33578a01" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:03:38.720" UserId="355" Text="Unix people may scoff, but as long as you're diligent in applying patches, I think it's getting pretty close. Windows seems more prone to attacks simply because it's a bigger target. There are way more Windows machines out there, so that's where the malware authors dedicate their time. Also, Unix users on the whole tend to be more knowledgeable than Windows users, so it's more likely that your average Windows machine on the net is insecure than your average Unix machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sure there are very few, if any, viruses that attack BeOS, but that doesn't mean that BeOS is the most secure OS ever. There's little point in virus authors writing BeOS viruses since extremely few people run it. That's an extreme example, but it's the same principle for Windows vs. Unix viruses. The more market share Unix / Linux / Mac OS X gains, the more malware you will start to see for those platforms." />
  <row Id="10915" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6264" RevisionGUID="ddcaf0fc-3661-4139-a7db-06bf314c4204" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:04:51.260" UserId="2267" Text="I guess there is a greater visibility of the system under Unix-like systems. The Windows compulsory GUI approach hides lots of details, sometimes important ones. For real security it is imperative that you possess the most information about what happens on the machine, and what measures are taken and to what extent. I dislike windows for hiding this all." />
  <row Id="10916" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3970" RevisionGUID="33c7a9e9-2b76-4113-a007-f57bfaa96456" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:04:54.473" UserId="1804" Comment="Summary list" Text="&lt;body&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Are you using a wiki format? If so, which product? (MediaWiki, Confluence, Sharepoint etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you create a knowledge base? (Problem/solution-oriented short documents.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What challenges do you find with creating documentation that works, so you don't get the call when you're off on holiday?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For me, I find there is often a certain amount of organisational &quot;inertia&quot; involved with getting documentation done. It seems to be a different kind of person who can do a task, then think about *how* they did the task and describe it so someone else can do it - kind of forces to you &quot;go meta&quot; and not everyone is comfortable doing that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;Update&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Answers so far include &#xD;&#xA;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; Confluence &lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; Flexwiki &lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; Fogbugz &lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; Mediawiki (with plugins such as fckeditor) &lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; Sharepoint &lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; TWiki &lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; Word/Excel/Visio Docs &lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; Documented Scripts &lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/body&gt;" />
  <row Id="10917" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6254" RevisionGUID="2c0d3e35-c7d9-4d5b-bc85-743b42961c29" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:07:54.310" UserId="45" Comment="added 596 characters in body" Text="Run Microsoft's **Malicious Software Removal tool**. It is a stand-alone binary that is useful in the removal of prevalent malicious software, and it can help remove the Win32/Conficker malware family. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can download the MSRT from either of the following Microsoft Web sites:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- http://www.update.microsoft.com&#xD;&#xA;- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890830&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Read this Micosoft support article: [Virus alert about the Win32/Conficker.B worm][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I almost forgot to mention this very nice &quot;visual&quot; approach: [Conficker Eye Chart][2] (I'm not sure if it will work in the future with modified version of the virus):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If you can see all six images in both&#xD;&#xA;&gt; rows of the top table, you are either&#xD;&#xA;&gt; not infected by Conficker, or you may&#xD;&#xA;&gt; be using a proxy server, in which case&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you will not be able to use this test&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to make an accurate determination,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; since Conficker will be unable to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; block you from viewing the AV/security&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;962007&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/infection_test/cfeyechart.html" />
  <row Id="10918" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4388" RevisionGUID="1d46c6a4-deeb-4ba9-aba6-7a914ada7fc5" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:08:40.067" UserId="1804" Comment="added 421 characters in body" Text="OK this is slightly ranting but:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a) When coding, assume that underlying infrastructure could fail, and does not come from happy-happy always-on land. Or Google. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;b) We probably don't have the resources to implement anything like the infrastructure you've read about, so take it easy on us when things go down. It's likely we know what needs to be done, but for whatever reason it just hasn't happened yet. We are your partners!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;c) Like jhs said above, it would really help if you had a passing familiarity with tools to troubleshoot the infrastructure, such as ping, traceroute (or combining both - mtr), dig, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise I think Avery pretty much nailed it. Devs who do a little sysadmin are worth their weight in gold! But equally, sysadmins who learn how to develop and understand how devs go about things (including versioning, etc.) are pretty much essential in this day and age.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This seems to be in the air at the moment, I've noticed more discussion about the dev/ops relationship in blogs - check out&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/05/velocity-preview---keeping-twi.html&quot;&gt;Keeping Twitter Twittering&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.agileweboperations.com/partitions-and-warfare/&quot;&gt;Partitions and Warfare&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.build-doctor.com/2009/05/07/test-first-in-operations&quot;&gt;Test First in Operations&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10919" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6265" RevisionGUID="ecb7c67d-0ad6-431f-9500-89e9c0f42f76" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:09:42.777" UserId="1218" Text="I know it's not exactly what you ask for but with [NagVis][1] you could easy create PowerPoint like network maps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nagvis.org/" />
  <row Id="10920" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6266" RevisionGUID="bfdba7f1-9be6-4b97-b57f-b301015c675f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:11:22.273" UserId="412" Text="This page has lots of useful resources, including a quick visual summary of whether you're infected...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/wiki/" />
  <row Id="10921" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6260" RevisionGUID="968f88af-1e97-4966-8f80-f6b7fad6ba26" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:12:38.823" UserId="45" Comment="edited body" Text="Yes, that's annoying. Even if you remove the toolbar off the taskbar, it will come back everytime you start an Office application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just follow these steps in order to eliminate this behaviour:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Click &quot;Start&quot;, then &quot;Control Panel&quot;&#xD;&#xA;2. Hit &quot;Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options&quot;, then &quot;Regional and Language Options&quot; &#xD;&#xA;3. Go to the &quot;Languages&quot; tab and push the &quot;Details&quot; button&#xD;&#xA;4. Choose the &quot;Langage Bar&quot; button at bottom, and then **uncheck &quot;Show the language bar on the desktop&quot;** and press OK.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this isn't enough, try this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Always in the &quot;Regional and Languages Option&quot;, select the &quot;Languages&quot; tab and click the &quot;Details&quot; button of the &quot;Text services and Input languages&quot; section. **Check the &quot;Turn off advanced text services&quot;**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Hope this helps!*" />
  <row Id="10922" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6258" RevisionGUID="a3334447-38ea-4305-b2b2-589dee5cfefb" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:13:15.467" UserId="2174" Comment="added 254 characters in body" Text="Predictability and flexibility. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, lumping more RAM into a existing system helps performance a lot in the lower ranges, but the benefits drop off quickly as you get into a space where the OS doesn't really utilize the extra RAM very efficiently, or it's simply unrealistic. At some point, the OS really will have difficulty predicting what sectors will be read off the disc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Enter predictability: If you want to make sure every single record in your database is reachable in a high speed fashion, putting the entire database on high speed media definitely accomplishes this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are other ways to achieve this (RAM drives, special databases), but doing things this ways opens you to other issues. (power failure, being less standard means less tested generally etc...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Flexibility of SSD is simple: Most motherboards don't support adding RAM on the fly. " />
  <row Id="10923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6267" RevisionGUID="5e0803b3-8ae4-4573-bd4a-57aa7ec4941f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:13:24.470" UserId="2156" Text="I have FTP access to a server and I'd like to have custom 404 pages. I don't have access to the management console or any admin rights on the server whatsoever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I understand that apache can use .htaccess files to set custom errorDocuments for directories. Is there a similar way to do this in IIS6?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers,&#xD;&#xA;Mat" />
  <row Id="10924" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6267" RevisionGUID="5e0803b3-8ae4-4573-bd4a-57aa7ec4941f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:13:24.470" UserId="2156" Text="Is it possible to configure IIS6 to use a custom 404 without the mmc snapin" />
  <row Id="10925" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6267" RevisionGUID="5e0803b3-8ae4-4573-bd4a-57aa7ec4941f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:13:24.470" UserId="2156" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;404&gt;" />
  <row Id="10926" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6265" RevisionGUID="5addfea6-4647-46d1-bdc6-b7c8b19f8b81" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:17:21.230" UserId="1218" Comment="added 114 characters in body" Text="I know it's not exactly what you ask for but with [NagVis][1] you could easy create PowerPoint like network maps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another way would be to set the parent of each host correctly. Afterwards the automatic status map should be ok.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nagvis.org/" />
  <row Id="10927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6268" RevisionGUID="486aecc1-d94d-48b6-885f-b16d4d5ffb70" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:18:35.893" UserId="2103" Text="Is there an easy way to rename all the files in a directory? Is PowerShell the way to go?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to go from this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    c:\family_pics\&#xD;&#xA;       img123.jpg&#xD;&#xA;       img124.jpg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    c:\family_pics\ &#xD;&#xA;       family_pics_1.jpg &#xD;&#xA;       family_pics_2.jpg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally, I'd like to run a script on a directory which would rename all the files based the current directory's name while preserving the extension and would walk the directory tree recursively.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10928" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6268" RevisionGUID="486aecc1-d94d-48b6-885f-b16d4d5ffb70" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:18:35.893" UserId="2103" Text="Easy way to rename all files in a directory in Windows" />
  <row Id="10929" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6268" RevisionGUID="486aecc1-d94d-48b6-885f-b16d4d5ffb70" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:18:35.893" UserId="2103" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;powershell&gt;" />
  <row Id="10930" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6269" RevisionGUID="f7f4a8a5-1d97-4c66-ad0b-e100eb29f01c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:19:41.740" UserId="2255" Text="As there is a [windows version][1] of this question, I decided to open a community wiki for the same question under linux. This question might seem a bit more naive for linux, but I think it could be useful for proposing more unknown programs or basic utilities forks that have proven to be very useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, recently I discovered:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - htop: interactive process viewer, similar to top&#xD;&#xA; - bash: exec 3&lt;&gt; /dev/tcp/localhost/80  # Redirect to port 80 of localhost&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows" />
  <row Id="10931" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6269" RevisionGUID="f7f4a8a5-1d97-4c66-ad0b-e100eb29f01c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:19:41.740" UserId="2255" Text="Useful Commandline Commands on Linux" />
  <row Id="10932" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6269" RevisionGUID="f7f4a8a5-1d97-4c66-ad0b-e100eb29f01c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:19:41.740" UserId="2255" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;commands&gt;&lt;commandline&gt;" />
  <row Id="10933" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6269" RevisionGUID="f7f4a8a5-1d97-4c66-ad0b-e100eb29f01c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:19:41.740" UserId="2255" />
  <row Id="10934" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6270" RevisionGUID="7a01a4f4-e5b1-4119-b70e-0e6398b7b3dd" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:21:46.523" UserId="1218" Text="Try [commandlinefu.com][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.commandlinefu.com/" />
  <row Id="10935" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6270" RevisionGUID="7a01a4f4-e5b1-4119-b70e-0e6398b7b3dd" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:21:46.523" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="10936" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6271" RevisionGUID="680003dd-6756-427b-acd7-cbbcd06139c3" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:21:50.207" UserId="1647" Text="`find`. Extremely useful in combination with `xargs`." />
  <row Id="10937" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6271" RevisionGUID="680003dd-6756-427b-acd7-cbbcd06139c3" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:21:50.207" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="10939" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6273" RevisionGUID="a29afab0-820d-4bb9-90b3-c8f142c3b4e7" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:23:48.237" UserId="1804" Text="I would like to try and move as much of our company DNS config into BIND, because I find it easier to work with, but having Active Directory means we have to have at least the domain's zone in Microsoft DNS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe I could have the domain's zone (e.g. company.local) in MSDNS, but have another zone in BIND (e.g. company.org) that has forward and reverse zones for the same computers. The DHCP server can assign BIND to be primary and secondary DNS, and we just use that zone for everyday use. We could also create slave zones for the domain zone in BIND, we just move all explicit DNS operation to BIND, but keep the domain zone available through BIND so that AD can function. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone done this and succeeded? Or is it an extraordinarily bad idea? :)" />
  <row Id="10940" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6273" RevisionGUID="a29afab0-820d-4bb9-90b3-c8f142c3b4e7" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:23:48.237" UserId="1804" Text="How can I get BIND and Microsoft DNS to work together well?" />
  <row Id="10941" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6273" RevisionGUID="a29afab0-820d-4bb9-90b3-c8f142c3b4e7" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:23:48.237" UserId="1804" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="10942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6274" RevisionGUID="d4af2a33-1759-41dc-b240-9f9a58942e47" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:25:17.733" UserId="1804" Text="Slight dupe:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/2817/hidden-features-of-linux&quot;&gt;Hidden Features of Linux&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://serverfault.com/questions/2817/hidden-features-of-linux&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10943" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6274" RevisionGUID="d4af2a33-1759-41dc-b240-9f9a58942e47" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:25:17.733" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="10944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6275" RevisionGUID="d6b10310-b4dc-4326-b0c6-9727049a8415" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:25:18.620" UserId="582" Text="My employer is currently in the process of &quot;greening&quot; and upgrading our data center by replacing old standalone servers with Virtual Machines running on some new, very-powerful hardware, the details of which aren't important.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was offered a dual processor (933Mhz) IBM eServer with hardware RAID (2 18Gb and 4 72Gb 10,000RPM SCSI drives) and 2.5 Gb of RAM. I took it, but how do I get started?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The drives are blank and the RAID is not configured. I won a copy of Win 2k3 at a Microsoft event last year, so an OS isn't a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I plan on using the box for version control (probably SVN), and ASP.NET/MS SQL development on personal projects." />
  <row Id="10945" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6275" RevisionGUID="d6b10310-b4dc-4326-b0c6-9727049a8415" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:25:18.620" UserId="582" Text="Using recycled hardware at home?" />
  <row Id="10946" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6275" RevisionGUID="d6b10310-b4dc-4326-b0c6-9727049a8415" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:25:18.620" UserId="582" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;setup&gt;&lt;recycle&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;raid&gt;" />
  <row Id="10947" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6269" RevisionGUID="6c16ab2a-a4d1-4308-b97d-b425a8cf4e65" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:25:31.040" UserId="2255" Comment="added 126 characters in body" Text="As there is a [windows version][1] of this question, I decided to open a community wiki for the same question under linux. This question might seem a bit more naive for linux, but I think it could be useful for proposing more unknown programs or basic utilities forks that have proven to be very useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll be updating this list with the answers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - bash: exec 3&lt;&gt; /dev/tcp/localhost/80  # Redirect to port 80 of localhost&#xD;&#xA; - find: search for files in a directory hierarchy&#xD;&#xA; - htop: interactive process viewer, similar to top&#xD;&#xA; - xargs: build and execute command lines from standard input&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows" />
  <row Id="10948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6276" RevisionGUID="80548a7e-c500-4b08-b26c-f4abdb9f78da" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:25:35.877" UserId="412" Text="Renamer:  http://www.den4b.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also see:  http://serverfault.com/questions/3266/how-to-rename-part-of-a-file-name-from-a-selection-of-files-in-windows" />
  <row Id="10949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6277" RevisionGUID="34091b00-c943-4b73-aead-2a959627af9d" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:28:33.823" UserId="475" Text="This is a bit hacky, but I've done this for like 12 years and I'm pretty fast at it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Open a command prompt in c:\family_pics and type `dir &gt;&gt; dir.xls`&#xD;&#xA; - Open the dir.xls file in Excel&#xD;&#xA; - Highlight the first column, select &quot;Text to Columns&quot;, and add column breaks on the space characters (ignoring duplicates)&#xD;&#xA; - You now have a nice table with your current filenames, file sizes, etc&#xD;&#xA; - Add a new column &quot;ren&quot; before the filename&#xD;&#xA; - Add a new column after the filename, and use whatever Excel functions you want to generate the new filename. In your case, if you type the first two filenames and then double-click the bottom right corner of the cell, Excel will automagically detect the pattern and generate the remaining names.&#xD;&#xA; - Save as `ren.bat`&#xD;&#xA; - Run the batch file you just created and it will rename all of your directories&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although it may not be immediately obvious, Excel is **very** well-suited to this kind of task, because you can use any kind of formula you want for generating the new files, using inputs from the existing files (timestamp, filename, size, etc).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6278" RevisionGUID="acb6c314-8976-445f-ab2c-4d338aa65c4b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:31:08.030" UserId="48" Text="The best thing to do is experiment, make this a learning experience. I have an old server at home that I use for this sort of thing and its always being formatted and upgraded (and broken), to aid my learning. Find out how to configure the RAID, find details about it on the net, find out how to get into the management interface, play about with configurations. When your done with that, get an OS on it, learn how to setup windows server, then look at software. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I feel you get the most enjoyment and satisfaction out of these sort of things when your learning and achieving things, especially things you had no idea how to do a day ago!" />
  <row Id="10951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6279" RevisionGUID="3f5f09c9-c1e3-48aa-9d50-ffff0c363cf1" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:31:49.057" UserId="1815" Text="To say the truth SSD vs RAM gives no advantages. Unless you can not upgrade your server to more RAM." />
  <row Id="10952" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6279" RevisionGUID="3f5f09c9-c1e3-48aa-9d50-ffff0c363cf1" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:31:49.057" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="10953" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6258" RevisionGUID="14d08ed2-7db2-445e-b774-bc5a1f46f17f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:34:59.223" UserId="2174" Comment="added 15 characters in body" Text="Predictability and flexibility. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, lumping more RAM into a existing system helps performance a lot in the lower ranges, but the benefits drop off quickly as you get into a space where the OS doesn't really utilize the extra RAM very efficiently. At some point, the OS really will have difficulty predicting what sectors will be reread off the disc. (it reached randomness for those sectors)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Enter predictability: If you want to make sure every single record in your database is reachable in a high speed fashion, putting the entire database on high speed media definitely accomplishes this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are other ways to achieve this (RAM drives, special databases), but doing things this ways opens you to other issues. (power failure, being less standard means less tested generally etc...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Flexibility of SSD is simple: Most motherboards don't support adding RAM on the fly. " />
  <row Id="10954" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6280" RevisionGUID="8116df65-524a-4b40-b045-9d1acfb1844b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:35:42.810" UserId="1896" Text="K. Brian Kelley did a great job explaining the whole process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here][1] is a great script for automating the process of backup a express database.&#xD;&#xA;[In Part 2][2] is also a Edition for 2008 and a executable so you have not use sqlcmd.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ExpressMaint can be downloaded at [Codeplex][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqldbatips.com/showarticle.asp?ID=27&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sqldbatips.com/showarticle.asp?ID=29&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.codeplex.com/ExpressMaint" />
  <row Id="10955" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6281" RevisionGUID="e066c98c-5ba4-4207-bc31-c6b666c8567f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:37:43.553" UserId="1376" Text="It's usually due to low memory conditions on the server. However it can sometimes just happen..." />
  <row Id="10956" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6282" RevisionGUID="6d1a0c90-7641-47d2-b68e-952cc1e8dbba" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:39:13.050" UserId="371" Text="You can access the IIS metabase through WMI or ADSI.&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/4b976f46-3751-4f6b-ab68-5e19fa73a7b1.mspx?mfr=true][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It looks like the [CustomErrorDescriptions][2] property contains the setting you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/4b976f46-3751-4f6b-ab68-5e19fa73a7b1.mspx?mfr=true&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/362dc750-8c67-4024-83c1-e9cbb8c39950.mspx?mfr=true" />
  <row Id="10957" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6283" RevisionGUID="de4757a3-d125-4310-90de-50042eb9aaa3" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:39:37.590" UserId="1878" Text="I've done this before, and I'll try to reconstruct from memory what I did.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The situation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; Win2K domain controller, various Windows desktops, AD environment. The DNS server would need restarting every few days because, well, it would just stop working. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The solution:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had a Linux box on the network running a small intranet site, so I dropped BIND on that box. I set BIND up as a slave on the zone, and configured the Win2K box to send domain transfers to it. Then I configured the DHCP server on the Win2K box to supply the BIND box as the primary DNS server, and the Win2K box as the secondary DNS server. Now all updates to the DNS table on the Win2K box (including client boxes, as they were all DHCP) would get published to the BIND server, and everything worked great. Never had to restart the Win2K DNS server again." />
  <row Id="10958" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6284" RevisionGUID="fb8d965e-ef75-4e70-89e9-77511e5e833a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:39:46.543" UserId="317" Text="We're running VisualSVN server on windows. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, what techniques are there to automatic deploy changed files to a staging server after committing?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know there's something like *SVN hooks*, and while there are lots of useful hook scripts or executables hooks out there, i have not found one able to copy the changed files after a commit to a certain directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my question is: what strategies can i use to automatically deploy my repository to a staging server, this especially for big websites with thousands of files, so updating a repo  on the or multiple staging server(s) is rather slow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="10959" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6284" RevisionGUID="fb8d965e-ef75-4e70-89e9-77511e5e833a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:39:46.543" UserId="317" Text="Automatic deployment with SVN on Windows?" />
  <row Id="10960" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6284" RevisionGUID="fb8d965e-ef75-4e70-89e9-77511e5e833a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:39:46.543" UserId="317" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;svn&gt;&lt;deployment&gt;" />
  <row Id="10961" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6285" RevisionGUID="7fa29aa8-0995-4182-80a5-3e38cd438f75" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:40:02.127" UserId="385" Text="They're about the same. The advantage Linux has is you can pull components out you don't want or need, more so than with Windows. So if a vulnerability pops up in one of those components, you're still golden. With that said, a properly hardened Windows Server OS and IIS should be just as resistant. For instance, look at [the interview with Charlie Miller][1]. He took out Safari in seconds at PWN2OWN. He had an exploit for Chrome, but the sandbox + the OS protection is too much. And that's a good point. There's an awful lot of security built into the OS now. So chances are if you're going to be gotten, it's going to be a weakness in the web application itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2941" />
  <row Id="10962" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6286" RevisionGUID="cce7fe32-3e39-41a7-a8b1-1b7c9b39920f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:40:45.933" UserId="533" Text="We do this.  I'm not sure I would recommend it, but we do it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Solaris server running BIND&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - runs authoritative for every forward domain except example.ad&#xD;&#xA; - runs authoritative for every in-addr.arpa zone except ones served by AD DHCP&#xD;&#xA; - pulls slave for example.ad and DHCP ranges from AD DNS servers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;linux server running BIND&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - pulls slave for example.ad and DHCP ranges from AD DNS servers&#xD;&#xA; - pulls slave for everything else from solaris primary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AD DNS Servers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - runs master for example.ad&#xD;&#xA; - runs master for any in-addr.arpa zone served by AD DHCP.&#xD;&#xA; - forwards all recursive requests to the solaris/linux BIND installs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows Clients&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Assigned the AD DNS servers by AD DHCP.  We experimented with this and found that &quot;the microsoft family of products&quot; we used did not like not having the AD DNS server.  We may have given up to early, but it didn't go well from what I remember.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UNIX/Linux/operational clients:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - hard coded BIND DNS servers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In practice, here are some policies we've enacted:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - any record that refers to IT-class services (exchange, etc) gets an A record in example.ad and gets a CNAME to record.example.ad in example.com&#xD;&#xA; - any record that refers to operational or network gear gets an A record in example.com and a CNAME in example.ad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our setup is actually even a little more complex than that because we purchased a company who uses Netware/AD for DNS/DHCP so we have a similar set of rules for them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure I would recommend doing this if your hand isn't forced.  Our install is an attempt to make the best of a bad set of circumstances.  However, I do have to admit that I like using BIND so much more than AD DNS, so, since we're clearly not going to get rid of AD, it's a nice way to have **some** use of BIND.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One problem we've had is caching in the AD DNS server.  We've tried to educate our operational customers that their laptops use AD DNS, but changes are made in BIND, so if they make a change and they want to verify it they have to manually look it up against the correct servers.  That's an annoyance, but it is an issue that comes up surprisingly often.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps." />
  <row Id="10964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6287" RevisionGUID="92b687f4-716d-47ae-b17f-76711d90104b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:45:55.420" UserId="1054" Text="I just got a similar hand-me-down machine (sans the extra processor and most of the memory you got...).  I pulled the RAID configuration tool ISO's off of IBM's web site to create my volumes and then went from there.  There are different ISO's based on what model RAID controller you have.  Burn it to CD and boot from the CD.  It'll take you right into the configuration where you can add drives to create your volumes, etc.  When that's done you're good to install the OS.  That box should be great for what you're planning.  If it's anything like mine, though, it sounds like a jet idling on the tarmac.  Should be getting my first electric bill in the next few days after setting it up.  Can't wait for that..." />
  <row Id="10965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6288" RevisionGUID="f9ed711e-cb71-4b68-a9c9-ad3b097cfb13" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:46:16.917" UserId="584" Text="I'm setting up nginx to serve a Drupal install, and I seem to find conflicting information on the nginx worker processes setting. One site says you need two, one says you need five, one says one per processor...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How should I pick the number of nginx worker processes? If it makes a difference, it's a guest VM on a VMWare cluster, and I've given it one virtual processor." />
  <row Id="10966" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6288" RevisionGUID="f9ed711e-cb71-4b68-a9c9-ad3b097cfb13" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:46:16.917" UserId="584" Text="number of nginx worker processes" />
  <row Id="10967" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6288" RevisionGUID="f9ed711e-cb71-4b68-a9c9-ad3b097cfb13" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:46:16.917" UserId="584" Text="&lt;nginx&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="10968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6289" RevisionGUID="e75397bb-ef90-4e72-8270-26e8fb6a1f50" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:47:06.323" UserId="1268" Text="I use terminal services to manage a vista machines on a domain-less lan. After I am done with that session I would like Vista to re-login to the previous account. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I pull this off? " />
  <row Id="10969" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6289" RevisionGUID="e75397bb-ef90-4e72-8270-26e8fb6a1f50" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:47:06.323" UserId="1268" Text="Automaticly logon on logoff" />
  <row Id="10970" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6289" RevisionGUID="e75397bb-ef90-4e72-8270-26e8fb6a1f50" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:47:06.323" UserId="1268" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;" />
  <row Id="10971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6290" RevisionGUID="805b3673-f7af-4ff8-be43-a2071b2de52b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:52:27.650" UserId="45" Text="As far as I know, there is no way to configure custom http responses only via FTP file changes (on a standard IIS 6.0 installation)." />
  <row Id="10972" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6291" RevisionGUID="c354d9cf-8c79-40b7-b650-3ddfda69ac1b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:55:32.573" UserId="1041" Text="You should be able to use a post-commit hook to run an svn export from the repository out to whatever location you want.  It might require the hook to do the export, then do the FTP, or have the export land in a folder watched by some other process that will push changes out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm starting to build this on our new VisualSVN server, but haven't gotten a solution put together yet.  Once I have the pieces figured out I'll update you." />
  <row Id="10973" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6254" RevisionGUID="5732260f-bad9-40da-a239-3650a03f2d05" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:58:28.230" UserId="45" Comment="added 698 characters in body" Text="Run Microsoft's **Malicious Software Removal tool**. It is a stand-alone binary that is useful in the removal of prevalent malicious software, and it can help remove the Win32/Conficker malware family. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can download the MSRT from either of the following Microsoft Web sites:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- http://www.update.microsoft.com&#xD;&#xA;- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890830&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Read this Micosoft support article: [Virus alert about the Win32/Conficker.B worm][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I almost forgot to mention this very nice &quot;visual&quot; approach: [Conficker Eye Chart][2] (I'm not sure if it will work in the future with modified version of the virus):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If you can see all six images in both&#xD;&#xA;&gt; rows of the top table, you are either&#xD;&#xA;&gt; not infected by Conficker, or you may&#xD;&#xA;&gt; be using a proxy server, in which case&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you will not be able to use this test&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to make an accurate determination,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; since Conficker will be unable to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; block you from viewing the AV/security&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Network Scanner**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;eEye's Free Conficker Worm Network Scanner:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The Conficker worm utilizes a variety&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of attack vectors to transmit and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; receive payloads, including: software&#xD;&#xA;&gt; vulnerabilities (e.g. MS08-067),&#xD;&#xA;&gt; portable media devices (e.g. USB thumb&#xD;&#xA;&gt; drives and hard drives), as well as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; leveraging endpoint weaknesses (e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; weak passwords on network-enabled&#xD;&#xA;&gt; systems). The Conficker worm will also&#xD;&#xA;&gt; spawn remote access backdoors on the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; system and attempt to download&#xD;&#xA;&gt; additional malware to further infect&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Download here: [http://www.eeye.com/html/downloads/other/ConfickerScanner.html][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look also at this resource (&quot;network scanner&quot;): [http://iv.cs.uni-bonn. de/wg/cs/applications/containing-conficker/][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;962007&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/infection_test/cfeyechart.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.eeye.com/html/downloads/other/ConfickerScanner.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://iv.cs.uni-bonn.de/wg/cs/applications/containing-conficker/" />
  <row Id="10974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6292" RevisionGUID="be5667e0-ce47-4302-8ddb-f7d7ee28881e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:58:56.090" UserId="371" Text="Without having access to run commands on the server, you can't change the IIS settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One way to hack it is you can enable Metabase changes in the IIS server properties.  This allows you to edit the Metabase.xml file.  It would be a considerable security risk, but you can make the directory containing Metabase.xml available so you can download, edit, then reupload.  Changes will take affect when IIS restarts.  If you made IIS restart nightly, your changes are made.  Like I said... a hack.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See: [http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/a0ea8e51-fb2a-4e80-9d5a-7fe3ae246570.mspx?mfr=true][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, IIS7 has .htaccess-like features that you are looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/a0ea8e51-fb2a-4e80-9d5a-7fe3ae246570.mspx?mfr=true" />
  <row Id="10975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6293" RevisionGUID="03c55c3d-e0ad-455c-a0ce-47be25dc4eda" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:00:15.823" UserId="1463" Text="Well you don't. I recall a similar question from SO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But as it's Vista it should always work in fast user switching mode and lock the current user's session while you log on - after you log off, that user can unlock/switch to his session again, right?" />
  <row Id="10976" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6294" RevisionGUID="3efed894-12d9-4546-9662-c1b201cac150" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:00:51.720" UserId="533" Text="I'm going to guess you're a programmer, and so I'm going to say that this question is the sysadmin equivalent to &quot;I want to learn a new language, where do I start?&quot;  So, I offer the same advice - pick a project and implement it.  It sounds like you already have (that is, you have a goal for the purpose of the server).  So, instead of asking a broad question, break it into steps, try to accomplish, and ask questions on that specific implementation problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, instead of this broad question, why not ask one that's just &quot;I have an IBM eServer with hardware RAID (2 18Gb and 4 72Gb 10,000RPM SCSI drives) and 2.5 Gb of RAM. I intend to put Win 2k3 on it.  The drives are blank and the RAID is not configured.  Does raid initialization happen during OS install, or do I have to prepare the RAID first?  What tools do I need to prepare the RAID if Windows doesn't handle it for me?&quot;" />
  <row Id="10977" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6295" RevisionGUID="2432b589-57de-43d1-b3f0-8fc29e98047b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:01:20.703" UserId="2012" Text="There are several different tools to use in this situation....but the best for eyes on troubleshooting is Perfmon...then you just need to set up counters for disk/processor/ram/network and watch for unexplained spikes..This would best be done from the console, but can be done over RDP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Start | Run | perfmon --- will fire up some basic counters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for long term monitoring I use two tools.  Http://www.spiceworks.com and Microsoft System Center 2007.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The MSCOM2007 will give you the ability to monitor down to the gnats eyeball what is going with a machine.  Spiceworks is higher level." />
  <row Id="10978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6296" RevisionGUID="ba92d371-b7a4-4fca-b4ba-5319fe22691d" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:01:34.947" UserId="1463" Text="Short answer, yes." />
  <row Id="10979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6297" RevisionGUID="83ff1743-7b35-4cb5-bf81-1d58078e5614" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:01:55.773" UserId="1439" Text="Sounds like you need VNC instead of Remote Desktop?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This logs you in as the currently logged on user (think screen-sharing)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you can use the &quot;runas&quot; command to get admin for specific operations if you need it." />
  <row Id="10980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6298" RevisionGUID="2c17f299-fa84-4c02-81c6-00a619e97893" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:04:08.933" UserId="310" Text="BACKGROUND&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're considering building a virtual machine host to use for QA testing. Our primary goal is to be able to easily configure a set of virtual machines in a self-contained environment, that will simulate the main machines in our enterprise. We'll likely have a database machine, an app server, a web server, and one or two client machines within each environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We'd like to have between two and four environments active at any one time (i.e. up to twenty VMs simultaneously) with disk space for perhaps another 4 environments to be offline.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is going to require a lot of horse power just for the basics. We're not going to be testing performance in these environments, it'll mostly be automated functional and integration testing, and possibly some manual testing performed by actual humans. The VMs don't need to behave like they have fast processors, but we would prefer to not have them bogged down by slow disk latency.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;QUESTION&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given these goals, what do you think we should consider from a hardware standpoint? Is it worth splitting this over several 'smaller' machines rather than one honking great big one?" />
  <row Id="10981" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6298" RevisionGUID="2c17f299-fa84-4c02-81c6-00a619e97893" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:04:08.933" UserId="310" Text="Specifying a virtual machine host: what things should we consider from a hardware standpoint?" />
  <row Id="10982" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6298" RevisionGUID="2c17f299-fa84-4c02-81c6-00a619e97893" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:04:08.933" UserId="310" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="10983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6299" RevisionGUID="f3ad0b6c-22f4-4939-8609-46f1bf11cdcf" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:04:44.953" UserId="216" Text="The latest version of [`nmap`][1] has the ability to detect all (current) variants of Conficker by detecting the otherwise almost invisible changes that the worm makes to the port 139 and port 445 services on infected machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is (AFAIK) the easiest way to do a network based scan of your whole network without visiting each machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nmap.org/" />
  <row Id="10984" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6300" RevisionGUID="a8a14aca-992a-4f8b-82b5-aa91279e4207" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:07:31.593" UserId="2277" Text="If you unregister the DLL it should be disabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the language bar is open / visible then close it (right click the taskbar, select toolbars, untick 'language bar')&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open a command prompt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;type:&#xD;&#xA;Regsvr32.exe /u msutb.dll&#xD;&#xA;hit return.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll get a message saying the DLL has been unregistered.&#xD;&#xA;If you right click the taskbar and then select toolbars the language bar should have disappeared from the list." />
  <row Id="10986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6302" RevisionGUID="4180c082-7ad8-4bcc-81d3-0e31d1d1de6e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:08:03.277" UserId="310" Text="Assuming I have some appropriately licensed virtual machines running in a Server 2008 Hyper-V host, do I need to purchase extra Client Access Licenses for the host? Is there a significant difference in the licensing between Hyper-V and Virtual Server 2005?" />
  <row Id="10987" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6302" RevisionGUID="4180c082-7ad8-4bcc-81d3-0e31d1d1de6e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:08:03.277" UserId="310" Text="Do I need extra CALs for VM host?" />
  <row Id="10988" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6302" RevisionGUID="4180c082-7ad8-4bcc-81d3-0e31d1d1de6e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:08:03.277" UserId="310" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;licensing&gt;" />
  <row Id="10989" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6296" RevisionGUID="747a7e28-a1f4-4411-98c1-515393eada12" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:08:13.463" UserId="1463" Comment="added 366 characters in body" Text="Short answer, yes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking at it the other way, both (or basically any) systems are easily made rather insecure - mostly by inexperienced administrators but there's a lot of other factors as well. Security is so much more than just technology.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And is this a server-use question? Because when it comes to Windows on the desktop - the sheer amount of client applications (many extremely good or best of their class) makes for a much bigger hole and easier target. The server-side I'd say is on a more equal footing, at least if you keep up with new releases and best practice configurations for both systems." />
  <row Id="10990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6303" RevisionGUID="d49932e7-e808-4f50-aa3c-6704b82d640c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:09:22.277" UserId="1904" Text="Coming from a developers perspective, and this may be stack/platform dependent, but there is usually an intermediate step between the source repository and deployment of code that is handled by a build server, unless you are talking about purely script or static files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A common scenario is that a build server would be notified of the code/file changes and would kick off a build. The build would handle things like compilation and configuration for various environments and from there you can tie your build revisions to subversion revisions and even kick off a deployment from there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="10992" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6304" RevisionGUID="48534ce9-2088-433d-a3f4-9441f7dcce5f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:12:28.133" UserId="1439" Text="Have you checked out [CruiseControl.NET][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This can do what you're asking, and much more besides...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://confluence.public.thoughtworks.org/display/CCNET/Welcome+to+CruiseControl.NET" />
  <row Id="10993" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6305" RevisionGUID="5c975736-8f2c-474e-a152-6749304a20f0" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:15:39.187" UserId="2264" Text="Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mrt" />
  <row Id="10994" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6305" RevisionGUID="5c975736-8f2c-474e-a152-6749304a20f0" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:15:39.187" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="10995" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6231" RevisionGUID="ee2aa41b-e679-4089-adcf-f0e7d43e30e8" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:16:12.557" UserId="1787" Comment="added 511 characters in body" Text="Per GB prices of rapid SSD (like Intel X25-E) come close to prices of high-end RAM. &#xD;&#xA;So what extra advantages does SSD give you? What are particular reasons, why you buy SSD, instead of just putting more RAM in your server machine, to have it used as HDD cache or even create RAM-disk?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: of course I'm aware, that SSD are persistent. But so is the data in disk cache. Reading from RAM has got to be a lot faster, then reading from SSD. Also, SSD have slow write times, so no advantage over HDD there. Especially for sequential writes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT2: amount of RAM you can put is not so limited. With introduction of DDR3, it's not multiple of 2 anymore, it's multiple of 3. Standard SOHO MoBos have 6 slots, while server boards have 12 or even [impressive 18 slots][1], supporting total of 144GB of RAM. Even if you use more cost effective 4GB memory sticks, you still can have 72GB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&amp;N=2000200302+1420247237&amp;Configurator=&amp;Subcategory=302&amp;description=&amp;Ntk=&amp;SpeTabStoreType=&amp;srchInDesc=" />
  <row Id="10996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6306" RevisionGUID="1bc97152-dd8c-46d0-a525-2282298e6080" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:18:11.460" UserId="48" Text="According to [this page][1], if your Guest OS's are server 2003 or 2000, and your Host is only running virtualisation services then you do not need Server 2008 CAL's for the host. If the guest OS's are server 2008, or the Host is running any other services, you will need server 2008 CAL's for the host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a bit of a confusing setup really. I would suggest you contact MS licencing for a more detailed respsonse (in writing if I were you!) there usually pretty good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-faq.aspx" />
  <row Id="10997" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6290" RevisionGUID="9554777c-8b00-450b-b754-03499c795758" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:18:18.043" UserId="45" Comment="added 289 characters in body" Text="As far as I know, there is no way to configure custom http responses only via FTP file changes (on a standard IIS 6.0 installation).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It should be possible using 3rd party tools like [IsapiRewrite][1], which is configured using a `httpd.ini` file in your web's root. We use it for filtering and URL redirecting, but I'm sure you could define rules for custom 404 pages too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.isapirewrite.com/docs/" />
  <row Id="10998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6307" RevisionGUID="bc7f76a8-3190-41ff-8b8a-a880ca8ea808" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:19:14.967" UserId="2174" Text="[The issue is that the Windows OS is closed, and no matter how many patches they release, they simply leave doors open for others to get in by design.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While I'll agree that Windows is **reasonably** secure, ***by definition***, it is by no means on par.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/5/5263/1.html" />
  <row Id="10999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6308" RevisionGUID="4181c080-b959-4bd7-832f-846cad2a630f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:21:05.367" UserId="371" Text="I want to be able to use a secured web page on my shared web host to make SSH connections out to any destination.  A shared web host is cheap and easy to maintain, and usually allows ssh to the web server.  There are times I'd like to ssh into my web server, but don't have direct ssh connectivity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm aware of [consoleFISH][1], [Ajaxterm][2], and [Anyterm][3].  The problem is consoleFISH is a man-in-the-middle by design, and Ajaxterm/Anyterm require running a daemon process on the hosting server.  Web hosts can usually support cron jobs, but not continuously running daemon processes.  Additional Apache modules are usually out, too, as they require reconfiguration of the server and affects all other customers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any software packages out there I can run on my shared web hosting account that provide a true ssh experience with these limitations?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.serfish.com/console/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://antony.lesuisse.org/software/ajaxterm/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://anyterm.org/" />
  <row Id="11000" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6308" RevisionGUID="4181c080-b959-4bd7-832f-846cad2a630f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:21:05.367" UserId="371" Text="Is there a software package that safely allows SSH via web on simple web host?" />
  <row Id="11001" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6308" RevisionGUID="4181c080-b959-4bd7-832f-846cad2a630f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:21:05.367" UserId="371" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;web-apps&gt;" />
  <row Id="11002" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6309" RevisionGUID="5c1070fe-9940-464a-a8e4-28dab429804c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:22:17.347" UserId="1683" Text="You may wanna look into [virtual box][1] as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.virtualbox.org/" />
  <row Id="11003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6310" RevisionGUID="19c54eed-a34b-4e8c-a703-d94e0c6ba580" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:22:18.673" UserId="1961" Text=" - How do you handle change &amp; release management in SharePoint?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you have a registry of installed solutions,form templates, etc?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you documentyour installations with a tool or by hand?&#xD;&#xA; - Where do you keep a backup of installed software?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you keep previous versions as part of your dev &gt; test &gt; prod cycles?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you use a source control tool to manage versions of installed binaries?" />
  <row Id="11004" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6310" RevisionGUID="19c54eed-a34b-4e8c-a703-d94e0c6ba580" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:22:18.673" UserId="1961" Text="Change &amp; release management in a SharePoint Environment" />
  <row Id="11005" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6310" RevisionGUID="19c54eed-a34b-4e8c-a703-d94e0c6ba580" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:22:18.673" UserId="1961" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;" />
  <row Id="11006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6311" RevisionGUID="04469dcd-65dc-4ecb-9d75-1c457c8bd9b4" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:23:41.570" UserId="2012" Text="In the past I have run large terminal servers on the edge of my environment to control access of the persons using our system.  We have had this issue from the time I was using Windows 2000 Terminal server.   What I found to be the issue to be is when persons were logging in and out it would &quot;freeze&quot; the server for all involved.  The &quot;freeze&quot; would get worse as more persons used the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I always blamed Novell's client 32 for the overhead, and eventually used the old zero administration kit to strip out functionality out of the users logon sessions till they were running as lean as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I later had a terminal server using 2003, and no Novell and had the same issues.  I found the roaming profiles to be the issue.  The &quot;freeze&quot; would happen as it tried to load the new users profile over the network..Now it happens as we sync offline files from the home drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do you fix it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Limit the &quot;pretty&quot; features of windows.&#xD;&#xA;- Use more cache on these types of servers.&#xD;&#xA;- Keep the server defragged, although on SSD this is not always recommended&#xD;&#xA;- Keep the server patched&#xD;&#xA;- Limit the Anti-virus activity&#xD;&#xA;- Don't allow users to store locally to the server" />
  <row Id="11007" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6312" RevisionGUID="5ff198af-4568-4a56-980c-aea434532196" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:23:44.720" UserId="1736" Text="The virtualization mechanisms that I've worked with required static allocation of memory for the virtual hosts, so you'll probably need pretty hefty RAM in the servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding fewer big honking machines vs. more not so honking machines, it's worth keeping in mind that in a virtualization context, the physical host is effectively a single point of failure for all the virtual hosts." />
  <row Id="11008" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6300" RevisionGUID="fbb41d47-2baf-4ff1-a785-ab6e1c276b70" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:23:52.740" UserId="2277" Comment="edited for clarity." Text="If you unregister the DLL it should be disabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the language bar is open / visible then close it (right click the taskbar, select toolbars, untick 'language bar')&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open a command prompt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;type:&#xD;&#xA;Regsvr32.exe /u msutb.dll&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;hit return.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll get a message saying the DLL has been unregistered.&#xD;&#xA;If you right click the taskbar and then select toolbars the language bar should have disappeared from the list." />
  <row Id="11009" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6307" RevisionGUID="a1d842d5-f220-4134-8845-976c56dc5b1f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:24:34.143" UserId="2174" Comment="added 254 characters in body" Text="[The issue is that the Windows OS is closed, and no matter how many patches they release, they simply leave doors open for others to get in by design.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While I'll agree that Windows is **reasonably** secure. But ***by definition*** it is by no means on par.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The argument that Linux is less popular and therefore less attractive as a target doesn't hold up for servers at all. Linux is typically targeted first because it is an easier platform to work with remotely. (because it was designed for such things)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/5/5263/1.html" />
  <row Id="11010" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6303" RevisionGUID="6a5b61bb-eea7-4dc0-8f0a-7128e550761f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:25:48.273" UserId="1904" Comment="added 20 characters in body" Text="Coming from a developers perspective, and this may be stack/platform dependent, but there is usually an intermediate step between the source repository and deployment of code that is handled by a build server, unless you are talking about purely script or static files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A common scenario is that a build server would be notified of the code/file changes and would kick off a build. The build would handle things like compilation, running unit tests and configuration for various environments and from there you can tie your build revisions to subversion revisions and even kick off a deployment from there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11011" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6313" RevisionGUID="99a5877f-e34c-4208-82a2-5bd54140f9b9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:26:23.140" UserId="2207" Text="I have the following two entries in my Crontab job that are set to start at 10:00am.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;#Job #1&#xD;&#xA;0,20 10 * * 1-5 ./run_program_A&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;#Job #2&#xD;&#xA;0,20 10 * * 1-5  ./run_program_B&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At 10:15, I checked my log file and only program B was run.  It seemed that program A never got fired off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I set the start time for program A to be 10:30, it will be fired off.  I am not very familiar with Crontab, so I hope you can shed some light on it.  Do I have to ensure all my jobs are not set at the same time?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you in advance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="11013" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6313" RevisionGUID="99a5877f-e34c-4208-82a2-5bd54140f9b9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:26:23.140" UserId="2207" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;crontab&gt;" />
  <row Id="11014" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6314" RevisionGUID="939b2db0-cc26-4a18-b0c9-388b7630de8e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:29:36.173" UserId="1433" Text="NFC errors result from networking issues. Your best approach is to simplify the networking environment for the purpose of your conversion. Referencing VMware [KB Article 1004615][1], here are several things to check and try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Verify that non of the NICs involved in the conversion have been statically configured to be at a different speed or duplex.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Ensure that the NICs and switches in the conversion environment have matching speed and duplex settings.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Connect the source and destination servers to different ports on the switch&#xD;&#xA; 4. Swap the network cables with known good ones&#xD;&#xA; 5. Use a crossover cable between the source and destination servers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that is not an option, or if it does not fix this issue, the ultimate workaround is to convert the source machine to a hosted virtual machine destination, such as VMware Workstation. You could then use scp, winscp, etc., to copy the converted virtual machine files to your ESXi server. You must use `vmkfstools -i` to import the virtual machine. ([source][2])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;externalId=1004615&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.vmware.com/support/converter/doc/releasenotes_conv40.html#knownissues" />
  <row Id="11015" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6315" RevisionGUID="66d14847-3873-48f8-b278-110f05a0c1b8" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:29:46.143" UserId="216" Text="No, you shouldn't have to avoid conflicts, `cron` should cope perfectly well with jobs that start at the same time, or otherwise overlap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any chance that both scripts are writing to the same log file, such that one script is over-writing the other script's output?" />
  <row Id="11016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6316" RevisionGUID="996688d1-727f-45ff-a7ea-22540acc1a72" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:31:06.013" UserId="2253" Text="cron certainly does not have such constraints. The problem lies somewhere else (for instance, a lock used by both programs)." />
  <row Id="11017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6317" RevisionGUID="6e8a38cd-dd94-4873-96b3-ed131b2d3a63" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:34:35.647" UserId="1787" Text="I really think, that this question rather then being real question is flame bait. But I'll give it a serious answer anyhow:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Consider for example services such as web server or MTA. In Windows they run with administrator privileges (eg. IIS runs as LocalSystem), while in Unices and Linux that's the way it was done… some 15 years ago. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to have secure Windows site? Well, this site is example of such. But on the other side, there are millions of secure sites running Linux. Google, Amazon, Facebook, YouTube, Digg, Flickr…&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11018" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6241" RevisionGUID="81ca2f60-d976-46d5-9840-c18bd83aae00" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:37:14.690" UserDisplayName="littlegeek" Comment="added 232 characters in body" Text="brain rememberd the firewall - Fedora comes locked down - had to enable SAMBA in the firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apprently its doesnt come locked down - as you can have the option of configing the Firewall during install - or not (locked).  I choose locked when I didnt mine then forgot I had done that, hence thinking that it was =&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11019" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6318" RevisionGUID="397081c7-dd67-4404-a5a0-06a18c45453e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:38:44.983" UserId="2278" Text="On the basis that *everything* can be done in one line of PowerShell (just as everything can also be done in 1 line of Perl), here's the PS code for a single directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $i=0; get-childitem $dirname | &#xD;&#xA;    foreach-object {&#xD;&#xA;       rename-item &quot;$dirname\$_&quot; $(&quot;{0}_{1}{2}&quot; -f $dirname, ++$i, $_.Extension)&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To do it recursively, you'd wrap the above in a function and then call it on every directory in your tree. You could also replace the format string with something a bit more sophisticated if you need to use regexes." />
  <row Id="11020" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6319" RevisionGUID="f7a25ad5-c9c4-4e10-b3e2-9cd6931c789b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:40:23.980" UserId="706" Text="Windows Server 2003 (VPS)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Trying to install MySQL, but the service isn't starting - suspect the port is being blocked by the firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of my Google searches lead me to http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1117967&amp;page=1 which seems to indicate I need to change my RRAS settings in order to access the firewall settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've set up the RRAS so I can VPN into another network, so I'm reluctant to change them without understanding what the impact will be.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Is there a way to access the windows firewall settings without modifying RRAS settings?&#xD;&#xA; - How do I check if the firewall is even running?&#xD;&#xA; - Is the RRAS change (disable NAT?) going to cause problems with my VPN connection?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="11021" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6319" RevisionGUID="f7a25ad5-c9c4-4e10-b3e2-9cd6931c789b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:40:23.980" UserId="706" Text="Accessing windows 2003 firewall settings with RRAS enabled" />
  <row Id="11022" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6319" RevisionGUID="f7a25ad5-c9c4-4e10-b3e2-9cd6931c789b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:40:23.980" UserId="706" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;rras&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="11023" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6259" RevisionGUID="c8372ced-6865-4c0f-bac1-360813953821" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:42:29.513" UserId="247" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;multi-platform&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="11024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6320" RevisionGUID="9717b982-23c3-4e8a-82d5-35be0d363263" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:42:51.180" UserId="706" Text="First time VPS user, and still a beginner at Windows Server 2003.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is the built in (simple) windows firewall considered sufficient if all I'm going to do is expose a few ports and block everything else, or do I need to consider another solution for an internet facing firewall?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="11025" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6320" RevisionGUID="9717b982-23c3-4e8a-82d5-35be0d363263" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:42:51.180" UserId="706" Text="Firewall on VPS - use windows built in, or 3rd party?" />
  <row Id="11026" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6320" RevisionGUID="9717b982-23c3-4e8a-82d5-35be0d363263" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:42:51.180" UserId="706" Text="&lt;vps&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="11027" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6321" RevisionGUID="ed11bbd0-ab11-4fd4-a52a-33df26633560" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:42:53.817" UserId="1831" Text="A few random things that might help track down the issue:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- check for a cron log in /var/log&#xD;&#xA;- make sure you're getting the mail from cron output somewhere (the owner of the cron file, likely), since that might have interesting clues&#xD;&#xA;- replace &quot;./run_program_A&quot; with 'echo ./run_program_A', just to see if it's getting kicked off at all&#xD;&#xA;- place &quot;echo 'program A ran' | mailx -s program_A you@yourdomain.com&quot; inside the run_program_A to verify that it's running&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11028" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6229" RevisionGUID="df02b9dd-d9d4-43a1-998e-cd2750c7d709" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:46:01.627" UserId="273" Comment="added 321 characters in body" Text="Where are you based.  In Europe?  (I am)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where is SO and SF located.  In the USA!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have any problems with this site (or any other USA site)? (I don't)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless your expecting 100's of concurrent connections with lot's of AJAX call backs to webservices then your unlikely to really notice much difference in hosting either side of the Atlantic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Concentrate on a good user usability experience, and test your site using YSlow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update from comments below**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I asked a similar question a few days ago on [&quot;the other&quot;][1] site...&#xD;&#xA;Using YSlow I see 900ms for the page build / receiving data, but I don't find SF/SO slow at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/833667/how-fast-should-a-dynamically-generated-web-page-be-created" />
  <row Id="11029" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6306" RevisionGUID="e0830506-7237-40a1-a00f-f5645ef76e4e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:49:19.917" UserId="48" Comment="edited body" Text="According to [this page][1], if your Guest OS's are server 2003 or 2000, and your Host is only running virtualisation services then you do not need Server 2008 CAL's for the host. If the guest OS's are server 2008, or the Host is running any other services, you will need server 2008 CAL's for the host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a bit of a confusing setup really. I would suggest you contact MS licencing for a more detailed respsonse (in writing if I were you!) their usually pretty good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-faq.aspx" />
  <row Id="11030" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6318" RevisionGUID="3a07e38d-1f03-43b7-b88b-b5c76386811c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:50:32.100" UserId="2278" Comment="fixed so c/p into a shell windows will actually work" Text="On the basis that *everything* can be done in one line of PowerShell (just as everything can also be done in 1 line of Perl), here's the PS code for a single directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $i=0; get-childitem $dirname | foreach-object {&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;           rename-item &quot;$dirname\$_&quot; $(&quot;{0}_{1}{2}&quot; -f $dirname, ++$i, $_.Extension)&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To do it recursively, you'd wrap the above in a function and then call it on every directory in your tree. You could also replace the format string with something a bit more sophisticated if you need to use regexes." />
  <row Id="11031" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6322" RevisionGUID="9cb5bdf1-d263-4ec3-a56a-d7613cf279b8" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:50:42.783" UserId="1787" Text="Check the /var/log/cron for error messages. There's surely something wrong with how's the &quot;program_B&quot; is called.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11032" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6323" RevisionGUID="c3b79e32-b523-420b-9044-d8e9460be410" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:52:01.470" UserId="756" Text="I'd start with one and add later if it appears to be a problem." />
  <row Id="11033" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6310" RevisionGUID="6ef01db6-7bfc-4902-ad9a-441c5ef8057f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:52:15.450" UserId="1961" Comment="added 100 characters in body" Text=" - How do you handle change &amp; release management in SharePoint?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you have a registry of installed solutions,form templates, etc?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you documentyour installations with a tool or by hand?&#xD;&#xA; - Where do you keep a backup of installed software?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you keep previous versions as part of your dev &gt; test &gt; prod cycles?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you use a source control tool to manage versions of installed binaries?&#xD;&#xA; - Any tips to make sure you can survive disaster when it strikes other than backing up your farm?" />
  <row Id="11034" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6324" RevisionGUID="c270c3c6-5f3e-460d-8330-bab09c61c48e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:52:43.327" UserId="1466" Text="Memory will likely be your greatest restriction.  Check out your virtual environment to see if it can share unused memory (ie. if you can allocate more than 100% of the available memory)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a hefty 8-core, 16Gbram host, and it will run about 20 VMs.  I would think it would be more cost-effective, versatile and redundant to have 2 hosts half this size.  With only 20 virtual machines however, anything beyond about 4 hosts would probably become difficult to manage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want even more versatilty, locate the VMs on a SAN or other shared storage so that they can be run on either/any host." />
  <row Id="11035" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6325" RevisionGUID="e5eb88f6-e4de-43d4-aa14-c1bcc239cf33" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:53:30.267" UserId="2277" Text="See this link:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc787104.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically the firewall has it's limitations, and even Microsoft only see it as a &quot;supplemental solution&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What size is the network that you want to keep behind the firewall, and what traffic do you want to let in or out?" />
  <row Id="11036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6326" RevisionGUID="4827cab5-97b9-42ae-8bd7-16d3882eb316" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:57:46.793" UserId="682" Text="I run a relatively simple server with a couple of web sites that I maintain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I set up a crontab to dump the mysql and zip up the php daily.  Rotating over a week I have 7 increments of whatever has been going on.  I then use the same crontab to copy them off the server onto another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using the mysql bit as an example I have  &#xD;&#xA;16 3 * * tue mysqldump filename &gt; /var/backups/b-Tuesday/filename.sql  &#xD;&#xA;16 3 * * wed mysqldump filename &gt; /var/backups/b-Wednesday/filename.sql&#xD;&#xA;etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This repeats for the php getting zipped up for each of the sites and again for the scp part of the process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to have a daily job for each site that knows to save it to the relevant day's backup folder rather than having 7 jobs for each thing I'm backing up?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11037" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6326" RevisionGUID="4827cab5-97b9-42ae-8bd7-16d3882eb316" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:57:46.793" UserId="682" Text="Making a crontab more efficient" />
  <row Id="11038" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6326" RevisionGUID="4827cab5-97b9-42ae-8bd7-16d3882eb316" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:57:46.793" UserId="682" Text="&lt;crontab&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="11039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6327" RevisionGUID="4fdd35c9-c9cd-4fc1-8b92-ae1018014fb6" CreationDate="2009-05-08T14:58:43.483" UserId="48" Text="Windows Firewall is a good, basic firewall. If all you want to do is block open access to the server and open individual ports for particular services, then its fine for that. Problems start to occur when you want to open a large range of ports, this can be done with scripts, but makes management much more complicated. Also if you want to restrict access to a port to only particular IP's or block rogue IP's from your server, windows firewall can't do that. So if you need any of these facilities you will need to look for a different solution." />
  <row Id="11041" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6329" RevisionGUID="268a2c15-a7d9-44fc-968b-2ce5939ff2cf" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:01:19.407" UserId="1466" Text="My understanding of the way our virtual environment (VMWare) works is this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You have the option of assigning dedicated CPUs to any VM.  Assigning 2 dedicated CPUs would be the equivalent of a physical 2-core box like you have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if you don't do that, then you assign a certain number of **processor shares** to each VM.  So if you assign 100 shares to one, and 200 shares to another, the second machine has a doubly powerful CPU.  But the actual cycles may be handled by **any** of the hosts cpus.  &#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;So building a machine with a single virtual CPU, and double the shares would increase your speed and power on the VM, without requiring your software to be configured for SMP." />
  <row Id="11042" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6327" RevisionGUID="06551d5f-5953-4a0d-9891-edaeefc4da2c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:04:41.253" UserId="48" Comment="added 375 characters in body" Text="Windows Firewall is a good, basic firewall. If all you want to do is block open access to the server and open individual ports for particular services, then its fine for that. Problems start to occur when you want to open a large range of ports, this can be done with scripts, but makes management much more complicated. Also if you want to restrict access to a port to only particular IP's or block rogue IP's from your server, windows firewall can't do that. So if you need any of these facilities you will need to look for a different solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As Windows Firewall is a software firewall, you also have the same problems experienced by all software firewalls. In the event of a DDOS attack the firewall can become overloaded by requests and cause your server to grind to a halt. Hardware firewalls are much more capable of handling this, and if they do have problems, its unlikely to cause an issue on your server.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11043" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6330" RevisionGUID="2e8d6c3f-7707-42c0-8d5c-d369c1d5ec72" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:06:48.190" UserId="1466" Text="How about by using the **date** function in the call?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    16 3 * * * mysqldump filename &gt; /var/backups/b-`date +%A`/filename.sql" />
  <row Id="11044" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6331" RevisionGUID="7c252247-53d4-4a03-a839-bdee9b3a71a9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:07:41.997" UserId="675" Text="What we do is install our solutions during a fixed window (monday mornings at 7am for us) each week. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The developer drops the TESTED solution (.wsp) into a folder that's named with the next planned install date on our app server. He then makes an entry into a sharepoint list we have setup that details what needs to be done (upgrade or install), what the new features or fixes are, and on which scheduled install date he would like it installed. The admin can then go in on monday morning and do the installs for that week. If there are problems, he backs it out and updates the list with details. If it's successful, he updates and &quot;closes&quot; the item.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So not only do we have a list showing what happened and when, we also have a folder structure with all of the previously installed and updated solutions. We also keep all solution source code in Visual Source Safe obviously.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So far this has worked ok, but we're pretty new at Sharepoint and are still learning. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dana&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6332" RevisionGUID="e651edef-5875-4a80-8b34-2a6b0096c47c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:09:35.157" UserId="706" Text="Hard disk latency is going to be an issue, because each server is going to have a different access pattern, and it may hide synchronization errors because the disk is forcing everyone to go in a certain order (based on time the request was received), and slowly things down generally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would go for a striped mirrored array of very fast drives to limit your exposure to this problem.  It'll still hide problems (notably certain race conditions) but not as much.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Load the server up with memory (16-32GB is not over-doing it), and go for an 8 core machine, or two four core machines with 8-16GB each.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="11047" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6333" RevisionGUID="72a1dd11-ecaa-4f05-b26e-6aed851632fe" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:09:35.470" UserId="1992" Text="A few more things to add:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - make sure you use the WITH CHECKSUM option on your backups. It tests data file page checksums as it reads them to make sure it's not backing up corruptionn. It also calculates a checksum on the entire backup, which you can use when you....&#xD;&#xA; - periodically restore your backups to make sure that they're valid. At least run RESTORE VERIFYONLY ... WITH CHECKSUM, which will basically do everything except laying down the bits back on disk, including retesting all the checksums. Best bet is to actually restore them on another system.&#xD;&#xA; - practice recovering from a disaster - which is why you're taking the backups in the first place. Ensure that the backups you're taking allow you to recover to your RTO and RPO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Couple of blog posts with a lot more info to expand on what everyone's said: http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/Importance-of-validating-backups.aspx and http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/Importance-of-having-the-right-backups.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers" />
  <row Id="11048" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6334" RevisionGUID="38fa7090-93fb-4c19-ae9e-b73fe0e0e6fe" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:09:47.607" UserId="247" Text="Under normal circumstances, you get one CAL per user or per device on your network; you really don't want to deal with the complexity of per-host CAL licensing.  Really.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have Windows 2008 CALs for all your users or devices then you don't need anything extra for your VM host, but you probably know that already.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A user/device accessing a non-2008 VM that is hosted on a 2008 server does not need a 2008 CAL.  If the guest OS is a Windows Server OS, then they need a CAL for that version of Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your situation is like ours - lots of 2003 CALs, no 2008 CALs, no SA, then yes, you can run 2003 servers virtually on top of 2008 Hyper-V; just get enough 2008 CALs for your admins. " />
  <row Id="11049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6335" RevisionGUID="cc8a8c4d-ccf4-4d99-9fd5-4c937ce13517" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:12:15.323" UserId="942" Text="There's a Java applet you can use to connect to any server you want:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[MindTerm][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's an [example on usage][2] (look at the source code).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.appgate.com/index/products/mindterm&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://www.netspace.org/ssh/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11050" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6336" RevisionGUID="22fd5da9-5047-463b-b2ff-b6f749053c3c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:14:36.550" UserId="1041" Text="For a quick and workable solution, Brent's spot on with the use of date.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on the need, and the desire for future flexibility, I might consider throwing the backups into a shell script.  That way you can use the same code base for daily, weekly, hourly, or whatever.  You also gain the benefit of error logging and reporting (if that's of value).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11051" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6337" RevisionGUID="08d63121-34d0-43bb-8df6-bcaba4ce5979" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:16:40.913" UserId="1727" Text="A contract employee added a domain server to our network. When it was caught he had already reformatted the server but did not remove it as a domain server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do we remove the server from Active Directory Sites and Services properly?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11052" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6337" RevisionGUID="08d63121-34d0-43bb-8df6-bcaba4ce5979" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:16:40.913" UserId="1727" Text="Remove Domain Server" />
  <row Id="11053" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6337" RevisionGUID="08d63121-34d0-43bb-8df6-bcaba4ce5979" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:16:40.913" UserId="1727" Text="&lt;windows-domain&gt;" />
  <row Id="11054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6338" RevisionGUID="018a0907-541a-4848-8cad-55dab984f1bc" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:19:52.933" UserId="385" Text="You need to do a metadata clean-up:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[How to remove data in Active Directory after an unsuccessful domain controller demotion][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216498" />
  <row Id="11055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6339" RevisionGUID="30a0f8c8-a44e-41d7-81b0-b61633654409" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:20:06.457" UserId="2280" Text="    firewall.cpl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Opens the Windows Firewall settings." />
  <row Id="11056" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6339" RevisionGUID="30a0f8c8-a44e-41d7-81b0-b61633654409" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:20:06.457" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11060" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6341" RevisionGUID="6974c957-1b19-487f-983a-2dcd21abda80" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:21:18.763" UserId="706" Text="**So what extra advantages does SSD give you?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Persistence (don't lose data in power outage)&#xD;&#xA; - Cost is still lower, and will drop very rapidly compared to RAM over time&#xD;&#xA; - No upper limit to size - you'll see 1TB SSDs before you see a COTS server that accepts 1TB of RAM&#xD;&#xA; - Common interface - you can move the SSD to _any_ other computer and connect it, or even a USB&lt;--&gt;SATA bridge.  Can't do that with RAM without checking the MB specs, removing existing memory if slots are full, etc.&#xD;&#xA; - Can add multiple SSDs to one computer, whereas RAM is ultimately limited.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Why buy and SSD instead of just putting more RAM in your server machine?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I need fast persistent storage, I use SSD.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I need fast volatile storage I use RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IF the UPS fails, or the motherboard fails, or the software crashes the OS, you lose everything in RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is simply no substitute for persistent storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Further, though you state the cost is similar, the cost of high performance SSDs is going to drop like a rock over the net two years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right now it might make sense if you have read only data, or indexes that you don't mind rebuilding, stored completely in RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In cases where the cost and risk are low, you might even perform more aggressive disk caching against a slower hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But at the end of the day, **if you want persistent storage AND performance, you either buy BOTH a slow hard drive and fast RAM, or you buy a high performance SSD.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**In general the SSD is going to be cheaper than both the hard drive and RAM together.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But at any rate, SSDs are still niche items.  You don't use an SSD unless you have specific needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="11061" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6341" RevisionGUID="6974c957-1b19-487f-983a-2dcd21abda80" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:21:18.763" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11062" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6342" RevisionGUID="84845ef3-f7ef-4f06-a86c-b38bdf55a248" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:23:27.107" UserId="536" Text="I am trying to import a large MySql dump file and am getting a consistent error on a certain line 149,351 (out of 4207442).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There must be an easy way to find out what is on this line. The best I can find is &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    head -149351 dump.sql | tail&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Their must be a quicker way than this. I tried vi but that was having none of it. I have am on win XP and have cygwin.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11063" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6342" RevisionGUID="84845ef3-f7ef-4f06-a86c-b38bdf55a248" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:23:27.107" UserId="536" Text="how to find out what is on line 149351 of a 1GB sql dump" />
  <row Id="11064" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6342" RevisionGUID="84845ef3-f7ef-4f06-a86c-b38bdf55a248" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:23:27.107" UserId="536" Text="&lt;dump-files&gt;" />
  <row Id="11065" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6343" RevisionGUID="f3ab19bf-20c6-4b1a-b5ed-a6d1ce1da227" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:27:32.680" UserId="1639" Text="You can't bind more then one process (icmp in this case) to tcp port on one IP address. Depending on you system landscape you have several options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Don't worry about single point of failure. The incoming smtp traffic will be retried by the sending server. The icmp process is watched over, and restarted, by the dispatcher. So if its down you probably have more serious problems then the incoming smtp problem.&#xD;&#xA; - If you have several application servers, then you can just use all of them as smtp hosts. This is done in the instance profile. Then, as optician has noted, you configure the dns with all those ip as mx records. Most of the time you don't want your sap server to be facing the internet directly so this option needs some dns trickery.&#xD;&#xA; - If you worry about single point of failure, then your central instance must be already clustered. If this is the case. Then the icmp is as robust as any other part in your sap installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6344" RevisionGUID="9861a772-4f8e-4bbc-b682-4482baaeb6fb" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:27:39.343" UserId="1928" Text="I am looking for some advice on how to troubleshoot a failing installation without any additional tools - this means I can't use Sysinternals software. All computers are running Windows Server 2003.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the situation: I am currently troubleshooting a remote installation in which a monitoring server (A) fails to remotely install a monitoring agent on the client system (B). Both A and B are members of the same domain, and A is attempting the install with a user that is a member of the admin group on B and A. The monitoring agent consists of two windows services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was able to get the install to work on B by running it under the local system account, which leads me to believe there is some sort of security issue. As I have several more systems for this installation, I would like to find what is failing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can use failure auditing on the HKLM registry hive to see if the install is failing because of some sort of registry security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I see if the install fails to &quot;grant log on as a service&quot; and if the new service is unable to &quot;log on as a service&quot;. I don't see any failure audits in the security log. Any other ideas would be appreciated." />
  <row Id="11067" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6344" RevisionGUID="9861a772-4f8e-4bbc-b682-4482baaeb6fb" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:27:39.343" UserId="1928" Text="How to monitor a failing install on Windows?" />
  <row Id="11068" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6344" RevisionGUID="9861a772-4f8e-4bbc-b682-4482baaeb6fb" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:27:39.343" UserId="1928" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="11069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6345" RevisionGUID="5d33461c-435b-4f6e-b365-70f1113c5f40" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:27:54.210" UserId="2287" Text="You could just highlight all the ones you want in explorer then right click on the first one and rename it and windows will then rename them all for you with the same naming convention." />
  <row Id="11070" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6346" RevisionGUID="8f3c8e4f-4d4b-4753-af13-f12e12cd2f19" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:29:04.020" UserId="2101" Text="I would recommend using the split command to break that huge dump into more manageable pieces:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    split -l20000 mysql.dump mysql.dump.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will create files with names mysql.dump.aa, mysql.dump.ab, .... Each file will contain 20000 lines - editing tools should be able to handle those small files easily!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you've fixed the problem, recombine them easily:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat mysql.dump.* &gt; mysql.dumptest&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat mysql.dump.* | mysqlimportcommand" />
  <row Id="11071" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6347" RevisionGUID="a53072bc-0635-4f27-a393-4efe56042ed6" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:29:14.550" UserId="2280" Text="sysinternals was already mentioned, but I wanted to point out [Desktops][1] explicitly. It's an awesome tool when it works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Desktops allows you to organize your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; applications on up to four virtual&#xD;&#xA;&gt; desktops. Read email on one, browse&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the web on the second, and do work in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; your productivity software on the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; third, without the clutter of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; windows you’re not using. After you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; configure hotkeys for switching&#xD;&#xA;&gt; desktops, you can create and switch&#xD;&#xA;&gt; desktops either by clicking on the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tray icon to open a desktop preview&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and switching window, or by using the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hotkeys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/cc817881.aspx" />
  <row Id="11072" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6347" RevisionGUID="a53072bc-0635-4f27-a393-4efe56042ed6" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:29:14.550" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6348" RevisionGUID="fae6258c-d945-4ecc-8267-62a08f41e5d4" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:29:23.003" UserId="1908" Text="Surely in vi you can set the line number using:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    :set number&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and then go to line 149351 using:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    :149351&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;alternatively you can start vi at a specific line number using:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    vi +36 blah&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;hope that helps..." />
  <row Id="11074" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6349" RevisionGUID="b6b5a04e-4113-46ee-9556-9633843d3783" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:30:53.407" UserId="2283" Text="I didn't see taskkill on the list yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; TASKKILL [/S system [/U username [/P&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [password]]]]&#xD;&#xA;&gt;          { [/FI filter] [/PID processid | /IM imagename] } [/F] [/T]&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Parameter List:&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     /S    system           Specifies the remote system to connect to.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     /U    [domain\]user    Specifies the user context under which&#xD;&#xA;&gt;                            the command should execute.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     /P    [password]       Specifies the password for the given&#xD;&#xA;&gt;                            user context. Prompts for input if omitted.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     /F                     Specifies to forcefully terminate&#xD;&#xA;&gt;                            process(es).&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     /FI   filter           Displays a set of tasks that match a&#xD;&#xA;&gt;                            given criteria specified by the filter.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     /PID  process id       Specifies the PID of the process that&#xD;&#xA;&gt;                            has to be terminated.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     /IM   image name       Specifies the image name of the process&#xD;&#xA;&gt;                            that has to be terminated. Wildcard '*'&#xD;&#xA;&gt;                            can be used to specify all image names.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     /T                     Tree kill: terminates the specified process&#xD;&#xA;&gt;                            and any child processes which were started by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Works great in conjunction with tasklist&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11075" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6349" RevisionGUID="b6b5a04e-4113-46ee-9556-9633843d3783" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:30:53.407" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11076" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6350" RevisionGUID="e42b9059-20b8-4a75-80fe-50483069cf09" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:31:54.387" UserId="1466" Text="You can see the individual line with the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tail -n+&lt;line number&gt; &lt;file&gt;|head -n1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in your case: **tail -n+149351 dump.sql|head -n1**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That command tails the file starting on line number 149351, and uses the **head** command to only display the first line of the tail results." />
  <row Id="11077" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6351" RevisionGUID="d2aec1ed-e54f-47a1-87e1-67db5e19433f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:32:47.957" UserId="2283" Text="SC - Manage anything you want to do with services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    DESCRIPTION:&#xD;&#xA;            SC is a command line program used for communicating with the&#xD;&#xA;            NT Service Controller and services. USAGE:&#xD;&#xA;            sc &lt;server&gt; [command] [service name] &lt;option1&gt; &lt;option2&gt;...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11078" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6351" RevisionGUID="d2aec1ed-e54f-47a1-87e1-67db5e19433f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:32:47.957" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11079" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6352" RevisionGUID="f1718ff5-4b8b-4098-9365-b7b5c9ec5f6c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:35:41.630" UserId="2288" Text="I have noticed this a few times when installing a Windows XP virtual machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a clean copy of Windows XP Microsoft Update installs the service packs for .NET, for example .NET 2.0 SP2 is installed. However this seems to only partially install .NET and has caused problems for me with IIS/ASP.NET in the past.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is an error when you try to install .NET manually so to resolve the problem I had to go to Add/Remove programs, uninstall the .NET service packs, install the real .NET framework, then reinstall the service packs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why are the service packs seemingly installed before .NET is even on the machine?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have the feeling it may relate to how the framework handles the side-by-side versions that are installed. I hope it is something that I am misunderstanding about .NET rather than the service pack installer not checking for dependencies by mistake." />
  <row Id="11080" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6352" RevisionGUID="f1718ff5-4b8b-4098-9365-b7b5c9ec5f6c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:35:41.630" UserId="2288" Text="Why are .NET service packs installed when .NET is not on the machine?" />
  <row Id="11081" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6352" RevisionGUID="f1718ff5-4b8b-4098-9365-b7b5c9ec5f6c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:35:41.630" UserId="2288" Text="&lt;.net&gt;" />
  <row Id="11082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6353" RevisionGUID="4d5c7129-28ff-4d9f-b750-42dbc487831c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:35:58.730" UserId="1247" Text="Does anyone know of any listing of the different parameters that can be used in the command when installing a unix/linux host via kickstart?  Specifically I'm look for ones in regards to ESX/Red Hat.  These are the ones I know of so far:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ks=          'Points to the .cfg install configuration file ftp/http/usb&#xD;&#xA;    ksdevice=    'indicates which ethernet adapter to use&#xD;&#xA;    ip=          'indicates what ip to use for install&#xD;&#xA;    netmask=     'indicates what netmask to use for install&#xD;&#xA;    gateway=     'indicates what gateway to use for install&#xD;&#xA;    nameserver=  'indicates what nameserver is in your enviornment&#xD;&#xA;    method=      'type of install i.e. cdrom (I don't know what other methods there are)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there one for hostname?, I thought there was, but after preforming the install, the name I gave fro the command &quot;hostname=svr01.local&quot; was not the resulted hostname.&#xD;&#xA;    " />
  <row Id="11083" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6353" RevisionGUID="4d5c7129-28ff-4d9f-b750-42dbc487831c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:35:58.730" UserId="1247" Text="kickstart installation command paramters" />
  <row Id="11084" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6353" RevisionGUID="4d5c7129-28ff-4d9f-b750-42dbc487831c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:35:58.730" UserId="1247" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;commandline&gt;&lt;vmware-esx&gt;" />
  <row Id="11085" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6344" RevisionGUID="772973a6-1f1f-499d-94a2-71d94bf61ca9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:36:15.560" UserId="1928" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="11086" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5908" RevisionGUID="65b5c21f-b865-4abd-a165-832546d504d9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:36:33.143" UserId="1466" Comment="fix grammar" Text="I would definitely use a **virtual machine** for this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set the hardware up with a minimal linux install running the **free vmware server** or other virtualization platform., then use the web interface to create the base server to your liking, then **snapshot it**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Keep this snapshot as a pristine version** of the basic server, and just **undo the snapshot** when you are done" />
  <row Id="11087" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6354" RevisionGUID="786af98e-1d8a-45c0-8436-da1f94311df4" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:36:39.320" UserId="536" Text="I am trying to import a Mysql dump file. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the file was created on a Linux server, I am trying to import on windows&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I logged into the command line and ran&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SOURCE c:/dump.sql&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but this seems to have thrown up some character set problems (specifically with smart quotes and other non standard punctuation)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It was suggested to me that I ran &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysql -u username -d dbase &lt; c:\dump.sql&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I try this I get the error&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ERROR 2006 (HY000) at line 149351: MySQL server has gone away&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A bit of googling suggested that this was to do with the max_allowed_packet switch but I have tried this and it hasn't worked. Has anyone any idea what this could be?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If anyone has a suggestion about the character set issue that would be helpful too.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11088" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6354" RevisionGUID="786af98e-1d8a-45c0-8436-da1f94311df4" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:36:39.320" UserId="536" Text="ERROR 2006 (HY000) at line 149351: MySQL server has gone away" />
  <row Id="11089" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6354" RevisionGUID="786af98e-1d8a-45c0-8436-da1f94311df4" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:36:39.320" UserId="536" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;" />
  <row Id="11090" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6355" RevisionGUID="38e0cc97-9ff5-4124-aa06-39338848111d" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:39:14.103" UserId="588" Text="I usually just fire up &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.textpad.com/&quot;&gt;TextPad&lt;/a&gt;, even in 1GB files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ctrl+G is the Go To menu in which you can choose line number." />
  <row Id="11091" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1196" RevisionGUID="e78b45c0-cd01-4055-afcc-316e8bc21ec5" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:40:09.670" UserId="857" Comment="added 60 characters in body" Text="Here are the basic steps. The specific details depend on what kind of router you have, but the concepts still apply:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Install IIS on the machine you want to be a web server. It is okay to leave it on the standard port 80 in most cases (we'll remap the port later through the firewall since most ISPs disallow incoming traffic on port 80).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Go to DynDns.org and create yourself a name which maps to your home IP address. This is important because your address will change from time to time (the &quot;D&quot; in DHCP) and you want to have a well-known external name to your home. Using DynDNS is pretty easy and they have good FAQs to help you. If your router supports DynDns automatically, then you will need to log onto your router and supply the dyndns.org username and password. If your router does *not* support DynDNS, they have a small utility that you should download and install on your IIS machine that runs all the time and detects when your public IP address changes and updates your dyndns host record.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Logon to your router (typically a website located at 192.168.0.1, or whatever the first IP address of your IP range is). Set a fixed IP address for your IIS machine. Typically this is accomplished by assigning a fixed DHCP address to the MAC address of your IIS machine. Once you do that, your IIS machine will always fetch the same IP address when it requests one via DHCP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. Logon to your router. Add a &quot;port mapping&quot; (or sometimes called a &quot;static route&quot;), mapping public TCP port 8080 incoming to the IP address of your local IIS computer on port 80 (the default port). Note that some routers don't allow you change ports (often time, that's the &quot;static route&quot; option). In that case, you're going to want to reconfigure IIS to listen on port 8080 (or whatever port you want to make public) and just create a route from public TCP port 8080 to port 8080 on your IIS computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously, there are several places where this can be misconfigured and troubleshooting is inevitable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Verify that IIS is working on your local network. Fire up your favorite browser and navigate to the local IP address and port of your IIS computer: http://192.168.0.5:80, or whatever is appropriate. Make sure it works. If not, fix it until it does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Verify that your DynDNS record is correctly mapping to your current public IP address. You can figure out your current public IP address by going to http://whatismyipaddress.com. Once you know that, open a command prompt and ping your public name (&quot;ping longhorn213.homeip.net&quot; or whatever name DynDNS gave you) and see if it works. The ping itself may be blocked (many routers block incoming pings), but you should still see the IP address that was looked-up. Make sure it matched your actual public address. If not, work with DynDNS org to get this working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. If troubleshooting steps 1 and 2 are both working, then the problem is likely to be in the port mapping of your router. That's the hardest to troubleshoot usually. Often times routers have internal logs that you can turn on. Look for incoming traffic logs for the designated port and see what the router is doing with it. You may need to find a forum or support site for your specific router to get this working if you have problems.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11092" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6356" RevisionGUID="a3416c7f-c441-439f-a628-fe46f53b462d" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:40:18.343" UserId="2285" Text="I bought my personal domain name at go-daddy.  I already have my home network set up with DynDns and port forwarding so that I can host my personal website on home PC from my DynDns FQDN (eg. `MYNAME.Dynalias.com`)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I take it the last step and forward all traffic from `www.PERSONALSITE.com` to `MYNAME.Dynalias.com`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;Peter" />
  <row Id="11093" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6356" RevisionGUID="a3416c7f-c441-439f-a628-fe46f53b462d" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:40:18.343" UserId="2285" Text="How Can I forward all requests from my GoDaddy domain name to my DynDns entry?" />
  <row Id="11094" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6356" RevisionGUID="a3416c7f-c441-439f-a628-fe46f53b462d" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:40:18.343" UserId="2285" Text="&lt;dyndns&gt;&lt;godaddy&gt;" />
  <row Id="11095" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6357" RevisionGUID="575a040a-75da-4170-9fda-c8ff59184a30" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:40:58.357" UserId="1466" Text="Did your account have a password?  Perhaps you need to add the -p switch:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysql -u username -p -d dbase &lt; c:\dump.sql" />
  <row Id="11096" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6358" RevisionGUID="2c792a24-76fe-43dd-89d4-cc5cd35ef81c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:41:31.430" UserId="1496" Text="I'm not familiar with the particulars of the GoDaddy DNS administration interface, but what you're looking for is a CNAME entry (AKA an alias.) You want the name www.PERSONALSITE.com to point to MYNAME.Dynalias.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also make sure that you've added the www.PERSONALSITE.com name in your webserver's configuration. How you do that depends on the web server you're using, but some way or the other you need to instruct it to feel responsible for that name." />
  <row Id="11097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6359" RevisionGUID="f8e986a2-62c2-4a6f-af8b-369bdd293a6d" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:41:45.720" UserId="1994" Text="Windows Firewall/ICS and RRAS often don't play nice with each other.  It has something to do with an IPNAT.sys conflict.  If you don't want Windows Firewall running on that box at all, your best bet will be to do the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disable RRAS (temporarily) by going to Administrative Tools -&gt; RRAS, right click on your server name, click 'Disable...'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Go to your server's network connections, open up the properties box, click on the 'Advanced' tab, click on the 'Settings...' button for Windows Firewall.  Turn Windows Firewall off.  Click ok, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Go back to the RRAS config window, right click on your server name again, click 'Enable...' and test things out." />
  <row Id="11098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6360" RevisionGUID="f74b0885-2494-4bf4-b892-157f4491d05f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:45:54.180" UserId="1466" Text="Are you able to access the mysql instance on the windows server from the linux box?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, can you run the command on the linux box, with **the -h switch** to connect to the server on the windows box?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysql -u username -d dbase -h &lt;windows host&gt; &lt; dump.sql&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This *might solve your character set issues*, since you are using the linux client on the original box to do the import.  (just a guess)" />
  <row Id="11099" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6361" RevisionGUID="339b404c-fc7d-47a3-8581-60ed61448772" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:46:06.660" UserId="1433" Text="You can [forward your domain to another URL][1] from within your GoDaddy account manager. You have the option to select either a 301 (Moved Permanently) or 302 (Temporarily Redirected) response. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Chose the 301 if you plan on keeping that domain forwarded to your DynDNS address and the 302 if you think you'll be changing it sometime in the near future.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://help.godaddy.com/article/422" />
  <row Id="11100" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2954" RevisionGUID="3c5921f0-261b-4011-a56e-02a1bd748bd1" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:47:46.203" UserId="1155" Comment="updated format from fat32 to ntfs" Text="I used this guide as a set of directions&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://kurtsh.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!DA410C7F7E038D!1665.entry][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The steps are really longer than necessary. You need to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**1. Get a fast 4GB or larger USB Thumbdrive. Corsair drives are fast and cheap.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**2. run cmd.exe and enter the following commands followed by enter**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. diskpart&#xD;&#xA; 2. select disk 1&#xD;&#xA; 3. clean&#xD;&#xA; 4. create partition primary&#xD;&#xA; 5. select partition 1&#xD;&#xA; 6. active&#xD;&#xA; 7. format fs=ntfs&#xD;&#xA; 8. assign&#xD;&#xA; 9. exit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**3. copy the Windows sources from the CD or other source using robocopy**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; robocopy.exe E:\ F:\ /MIR&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where E:\ is the source and F:\ is the destination (thumbdrive)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Configure your PC to boot from the USB drive**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the tricky part. For most of the machines I've tried the USB Thumbdrive will apppear to the BIOS as any other hard drive. You need to muck with the boot sequence to place the thumbdrive higher in the boot order that the local hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Note that after you do this you might&#xD;&#xA;&gt; want to reset the boot order in order&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to ensure that BitLocker doesn't&#xD;&#xA;&gt; detect boot changes based on the fact&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that the thumdrive is missing if it&#xD;&#xA;&gt; was there when you encrypted your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kurtsh.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!DA410C7F7E038D!1665.entry" />
  <row Id="11101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6362" RevisionGUID="81ae6f16-22f7-4e9d-ab45-09b9d24e9063" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:49:38.307" UserId="385" Text="Check the local security policy to make sure the appropriate logging is turned on. If it's not turned on, that's why you're not seeing the audit failure in the security event log. However, that would only occur if the installation completed. Is the installation failing as the install is running or is it failing after the install completes?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11102" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6195" RevisionGUID="10091900-5c10-428b-9d96-8abc2fad427d" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:50:55.947" UserId="808" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="11103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6363" RevisionGUID="4915da15-aa02-4c74-8985-0a360b56e38c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:51:31.623" UserId="1797" Text="Open it with `nano` (with -w), and once open hit `CTRL _` and enter the line number to go to." />
  <row Id="11104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6364" RevisionGUID="83487b8f-929a-4813-9fd2-b99a9628e963" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:51:31.687" UserId="1496" Text="My first instinct after reading the error message in the question title was to suggest increasing max_allowed_packet. You mentioned that you tried &quot;that switch&quot; it and it hasn't worked. Can you confirm that you have correctly modified the server's configuration file? Your phrasing makes it sound like you've tried to use that as a command line switch on the mysql.exe client command line, which wouldn't cause the server to alter behavior.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, in short, what you should try to do is locate and edit the my.cnf file your server is currently using. In the `[mysqld]` section alter the max_allowed_packet settings to something like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [mysqld]&#xD;&#xA;    max_allowed_packet=32M&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't forget to restart the server after altering the configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used 32M (a ridicuously large value) as an example. Since your query seems to be enourmous you should try this value (or perhaps even 64M if you've got enough RAM) to see whether it works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option is to leave the server as-is and alter the behavior of the client used to generate the SQL dump. Tell it to limit the size of the individual queries to under 1 MB - that should also do the trick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more details, see [B.1.2.10. Packet too large](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/packet-too-large.html) in the MySQL manual." />
  <row Id="11105" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6365" RevisionGUID="b3d1125e-2c5f-4474-8bd0-934466131ff9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:52:34.260" UserId="2291" Text="We have recently rolled out a web content filter.  I have noticed on many users www.gravatar.com even though these users are not going to this site, nor have any program loaded that would connect to this site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anybody know why this would be showing up.  Some google searching has mentioned possibly being attached to emails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, at this point, it isn't making sense." />
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  <row Id="11107" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6365" RevisionGUID="b3d1125e-2c5f-4474-8bd0-934466131ff9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:52:34.260" UserId="2291" Text="&lt;webfilter&gt;" />
  <row Id="11108" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6366" RevisionGUID="d6602691-a7dd-4f02-b9a8-74ecb96ed8f4" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:53:50.153" UserId="2280" Text="[RootkitRevealer][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; RootkitRevealer is an advanced rootkit&#xD;&#xA;&gt; detection utility. It runs on Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; NT 4 and higher and its output lists&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Registry and file system API&#xD;&#xA;&gt; discrepancies that may indicate the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; presence of a user-mode or kernel-mode&#xD;&#xA;&gt; rootkit. RootkitRevealer successfully&#xD;&#xA;&gt; detects many persistent rootkits&#xD;&#xA;&gt; including AFX, Vanquish and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; HackerDefender (note: RootkitRevealer&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is not intended to detect rootkits&#xD;&#xA;&gt; like Fu that don't attempt to hide&#xD;&#xA;&gt; their files or registry keys).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897445.aspx" />
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  <row Id="11110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6367" RevisionGUID="b8e6e9a5-c904-4bf3-b851-48b16f8a9ee1" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:54:29.760" UserId="2284" Text="I'm trying to set up rsync to copy the data from a server every day. In order to make the system as restricted as possible, I'm trying to use the mode described in the man page as:&#xD;&#xA;&quot;USING RSYNC-DAEMON FEATURES VIA A REMOTE-SHELL CONNECTION&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I've put a file called rsyncd.conf in roots home folder:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root]&#xD;&#xA;    path = /&#xD;&#xA;    read only = true&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and tried to copy /etc/passwd over as a test:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rsync -vv -e ssh myserver::root/etc/passwd .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I get the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    opening connection using: ssh myserver rsync --server --daemon . &#xD;&#xA;    rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [receiver]&#xD;&#xA;    rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(635) [receiver=3.0.3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason I am doing all this is that once I get it working, I plan to restrict access by specifying the command&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rsync --server --daemon .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11111" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6367" RevisionGUID="b8e6e9a5-c904-4bf3-b851-48b16f8a9ee1" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:54:29.760" UserId="2284" Text="Can't get rsync to work in daemon-over-ssh mode " />
  <row Id="11112" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6367" RevisionGUID="b8e6e9a5-c904-4bf3-b851-48b16f8a9ee1" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:54:29.760" UserId="2284" Text="&lt;rsync&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;" />
  <row Id="11113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6368" RevisionGUID="4e94ba39-3ff2-4f8c-ada3-ada29bd55463" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:54:38.607" UserId="2040" Text="Serverfault and Stackoverflow both use gravatar as their avatar providers." />
  <row Id="11114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6369" RevisionGUID="6fdc9221-46e0-41f4-9768-000deaa4baef" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:55:49.383" UserId="1797" Text="Weblogs and sites they are reading uses plugins or query with APIs the gravatar.com website. For example, serverfault.com does." />
  <row Id="11115" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6370" RevisionGUID="f9bae628-7d11-4e4b-b288-c37ff5ac7ed5" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:56:45.170" UserId="658" Text="If your users are frequenting OpenID enabled sites, like StackOverflow or ServerFault, you'll see a flurry of requests to gravatar.com. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each question and answer generates a hit for the user profile back to gravatar." />
  <row Id="11116" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6371" RevisionGUID="323bc3fb-6e3f-41ee-a4e0-d7e7b869dd68" CreationDate="2009-05-08T15:56:48.680" UserId="1589" Text="Here's a link to a sample ESX 3.5 Kickstart script.  It seems in later versions of ESX, they are designating the hostname on the network config line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ESX Kickstart Scripts][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.core-it.com.au/?p=39" />
  <row Id="11117" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6372" RevisionGUID="bf566e57-8155-4ca8-a853-b6a05696399c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:01:39.557" UserId="2281" Text="    net statistics workstation&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net statistics server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One way of finding out how long the box has been up for. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Note*: The times that these commands report are how long the _Workstation_ and _Server_ services have been running for. These are normally started with the rest of the OS, but I've seen secure builds that disable _Workstation_. " />
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  <row Id="11119" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6373" RevisionGUID="4f4e1dc8-d6ca-4e0f-8cd9-c31fb163a330" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:09:41.270" UserId="2282" Text="Although you can do stuff with a batch file I've found that more control, options etc. and a visual clue of what is about to take place is better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a free tool called CKRename.  The original author's site seems to have disapeared but the app is fully functional and quite popular (i've been using it for 8 years).&#xD;&#xA;[Download CKRename][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a screenshot of it in action&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/File-Management/CKRename.shtml&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.softpedia.com/screenshots/CKRename_1.png" />
  <row Id="11120" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6359" RevisionGUID="82abd33e-6b08-418b-81fe-05686e981895" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:10:54.277" UserId="1994" Comment="added 29 characters in body" Text="Windows Firewall/ICS and RRAS often don't play nice with each other.  It has something to do with an IPNAT.sys conflict as mentioned in that article.  If you don't want Windows Firewall running on that box at all, your best bet will be to do the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disable RRAS (temporarily) by going to Administrative Tools -&gt; RRAS, right click on your server name, click 'Disable...'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Go to your server's network connections, open up the properties box, click on the 'Advanced' tab, click on the 'Settings...' button for Windows Firewall.  Turn Windows Firewall off.  Click ok, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Go back to the RRAS config window, right click on your server name again, click 'Enable...' and test things out." />
  <row Id="11121" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6374" RevisionGUID="4e32c6dc-1d76-40bb-a233-b328bb29b867" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:12:25.740" UserId="48" Text="If you enable RRAS, you cannot use the windows firewall (not without considerable hacking anyway). Instead you can use the RRAS firewall - the basic firewall, which I suspect is enabled here. To open ports in that firewall, you need to follow the guide [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc779893(WS.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="11122" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6375" RevisionGUID="bec2e778-b961-46cc-bc2b-bdba06bd8fca" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:12:56.330" UserId="613" Text="I Agree with @David_Collantes: the one making the mess is your various clients which I suspect have different ideas about your Maildir namespace.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Thunderbird go to Server Setting -&gt; Advanced and set your 'Personal namespace' to &quot;.&quot;.  You might also have to uncheck the 'Allow server to override these namespaces' box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This setting controls where the client looks for folders. So you could make a subsection of your IMAP folders that's just for thunderbird." />
  <row Id="11123" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6376" RevisionGUID="541be989-914d-4e44-947c-2e735a1f6d3c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:15:09.883" UserId="2287" Text="Have you tried unplugging and plugging in the dongle while connected with Remote Dekstop? It may just need to install the drivers when connected as a different user." />
  <row Id="11124" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6377" RevisionGUID="196caa39-a8b5-472f-99e5-1a324b97ac98" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:15:19.913" UserId="1963" Text="Try a shell script something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/bin/mysqldump filename | /usr/bin/bzip2 -c &gt; /var/backups/b-`date +%A`/filename.sql.bup.bz2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's similar to what's in my /etc/cron.daily/ but with changes for your paths.  I keep meaning to do more with it, but it works and the backups are nicely compressed as well!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My date format is actually `date +%Y%m%d` to give me more info, but I keep the backups for longer than 7 days." />
  <row Id="11125" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6378" RevisionGUID="3f50766a-db68-4f56-b9b0-e45f5da9f666" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:19:16.050" UserId="1787" Text="If the lines are of variable lengths, there really is no quicker way, then scanning through first 149351 (which is exactly what you do with &quot;`head`&quot;)." />
  <row Id="11128" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6380" RevisionGUID="9827d696-561c-42ab-9a0b-25df1e807079" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:21:58.230" UserId="601" Text="I have 2 webapps deployed in the same JBoss/Jetty server. In Jetty 5.1.14 I had the following jetty-web.xml which configured one of the apps to run as a virtual host (on the same port):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Configure class=&quot;org.jboss.jetty.JBossWebApplicationContext&quot;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;      &lt;Call name=&quot;addVirtualHost&quot;&gt;&lt;Arg&gt;app2.localhost.com&lt;/Arg&gt;&lt;/Call&gt; &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Configure&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This worked perfectly fine. Unfortunately, it doesn't work with Jetty 6.1.17 at all. First of all, &quot;JBossWebApplicationContext&quot; seems to now be called &quot;JBossWebAppContext&quot;, and secondly the documentation I could find suggests that I should be using a jetty-web.xml that looks like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Configure class=&quot;org.jboss.jetty.JBossWebAppContext&quot;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;      &lt;Set name=&quot;VirtualHosts&quot;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Array type=&quot;java.lang.String&quot;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;          &lt;Item&gt;app2.localhost.com&lt;/Item&gt; &#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/Array&gt; &#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/Set&gt; &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Configure&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But this doesn't work either. The two webapps deploy without error, but when I try to access the 2nd app under the virtual hostname, it just accesses the first app instead.&#xD;&#xA;Both applications are in the root context (this is not negotiable).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I make this work?" />
  <row Id="11129" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6380" RevisionGUID="9827d696-561c-42ab-9a0b-25df1e807079" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:21:58.230" UserId="601" Text="How do I set up Jetty 6 &amp; Jboss 4.0.5 virtual hosting?" />
  <row Id="11130" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6380" RevisionGUID="9827d696-561c-42ab-9a0b-25df1e807079" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:21:58.230" UserId="601" Text="&lt;jetty&gt;&lt;jboss&gt;&lt;virtualhosts&gt;" />
  <row Id="11131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6381" RevisionGUID="601127e0-1684-4514-912a-28fc9111fe1e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:25:59.903" UserId="846" Text="A better long term solution is to have the dynamic DNS service actually host the DNS for your domain.  This will result in better performance for the users who access your site and a greatly reduced likelihood of caching problems, where a user gets a bad IP through DNS because of wrong entries still in the caches.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setting up DNS hosting on the the DynDNS provider and telling GoDaddy that the DynDNS servers are the DNS for this domain will accomplish this. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, the Dynamic DNS provider you reference is an ICANN registrar, so transferring the domain to them will accomplish this.  I can't speak to whether they are better or worse than GoDaddy, which has devotees and people who despise them.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11132" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6382" RevisionGUID="50f8f4b2-0926-403d-81f9-ed5d4caeed55" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:26:42.960" UserId="1219" Text="We're relatively new to this too.  &#xD;&#xA;We do our releases on Wednesday nights after 6pm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;•How do you handle change &amp; release management in SharePoint?  &#xD;&#xA;All changes need to be authorised through a process which includes all key stakeholders.  &#xD;&#xA;This includes relevant documentation, which is linked to source code.  &#xD;&#xA;This goes through a random audit once a year, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;•Do you have a registry of installed solutions,form templates, etc?    &#xD;&#xA;Yes, we use a wiki (On different servers to Sharepoint) which is kept up to date.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;•Do you document your installations with a tool or by hand?  &#xD;&#xA;By hand. (Although we build wsp files.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;•Where do you keep a backup of installed software?  &#xD;&#xA;On the farm, in a different site, and on a specialised backup platform.  &#xD;&#xA;(This is all automated.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;•Do you keep previous versions as part of your dev &gt; test &gt; prod cycles?  &#xD;&#xA;Yes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;•Do you use a source control tool to manage versions of installed binaries?  &#xD;&#xA;Yes, svn.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;•Any tips to make sure you can survive disaster when it strikes other than backing up your farm?  &#xD;&#xA;Try and build resilience and failover systems into your architecture from the beginning.  &#xD;&#xA;Back up the farm, back up site collections, try and document everything, and pray.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6383" RevisionGUID="5811108f-61f4-4514-9b85-dcb078653702" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:30:11.080" UserId="2294" Text="There are some utilites to change the ntfs behavior, instead of editing the registry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;fsutil behavior set disable8dot3 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;fsutil behavior set disablelastaccess 1" />
  <row Id="11134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6384" RevisionGUID="40c23b75-8a43-436d-860e-ded7ca09bc8e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:44:45.023" UserId="798" Text="Here is my situation.  I have an ASP.NET web app hosted in IIS inside of a large corporate network in the U.S.  The site uses the currently logged in user's windows name for security - so it looks at the user name and determines what they can and cannot do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, the South-American based operation of my client wants to use this application as well.  We do not want to have to set up a separate server for them, nor a separate codebase, and they are not worried about translation of the English site, as they all speak English.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They are all on a totally separate network, with their own logins and domains.  There are no hard links between the two corporate networks other than the internet itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the best way to give them access to this internal ASP.NET app?  Some users can get in via a VPN connection, but that is sort of a pain to set up for each user, plus it requires that they have a separate login for the U.S. domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could this be accomplished by a permanent VPN between the networks and a trust between the domains?" />
  <row Id="11135" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6384" RevisionGUID="40c23b75-8a43-436d-860e-ded7ca09bc8e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:44:45.023" UserId="798" Text="Security between separate corporate networks - sharing internal ASP.NET app?" />
  <row Id="11136" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6384" RevisionGUID="40c23b75-8a43-436d-860e-ded7ca09bc8e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:44:45.023" UserId="798" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;windows-domain&gt;&lt;corporate&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="11137" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6385" RevisionGUID="72c08173-8ba2-4018-8230-81b07eedcc5e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:47:40.367" UserId="1493" Text="Hi Ceejayoz,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Run your server for a little bit, and check using top or ps what the memory size is of the worker process (you're looking for RSS memory).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally you find a good average for your worker processes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then the formula becomes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    memory available for nginx / memory needed by worker = number of processes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11138" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6386" RevisionGUID="47c531a4-7b77-4e92-bc72-80e922bf9a10" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:48:50.567" UserId="798" Text="I'm using UltraVNC on my Vista machine, and it's giving me very poor performance, even over a 300 mbs network.  It seems to be doing screen polling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I looked, and it doesn't look like the video hook driver is working.  Does anyone know if you can use a video hook driver with Vista?" />
  <row Id="11139" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6386" RevisionGUID="47c531a4-7b77-4e92-bc72-80e922bf9a10" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:48:50.567" UserId="798" Text="VNC on Vista" />
  <row Id="11140" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6386" RevisionGUID="47c531a4-7b77-4e92-bc72-80e922bf9a10" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:48:50.567" UserId="798" Text="&lt;vnc&gt;&lt;video&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="11142" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6381" RevisionGUID="2b42840f-95d2-4c37-8d2d-eda38bca3986" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:51:45.880" UserId="846" Comment="Update &amp; address a question." Text="A better long term solution is to have the dynamic DNS service actually host the DNS for your domain.  This will result in better performance for the users who access your site and a greatly reduced likelihood of caching problems, where a user gets a bad IP through DNS because of wrong entries still in the caches.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setting up DNS hosting on the the DynDNS provider and telling GoDaddy that the DynDNS servers are the DNS for this domain will accomplish this. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, the Dynamic DNS provider you reference is an ICANN registrar, so transferring the domain to them will accomplish this.  I can't speak to whether they are better or worse than GoDaddy, which has devotees and people who despise them.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT in response to Peter's comment/question:  The DNS services are not free, but they do package deal with domain registration.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11143" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6086" RevisionGUID="fda26e9c-af6b-44b4-b128-fb89f180fa4e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:51:48.203" UserId="1301" Comment="added further details for my poorly written question" Text="Is it possible to configure sharepoint server to handle both versioning and file overwrite at the same time?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have a link for that :P &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;:) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;background.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; I saw a small demo, where , when a file is being uploaded, there is a checkbox that reads &quot;Use versioning&quot;. If checked, a new version of the file is created. If not, the server reject the upload saying the file already exists. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been told that Sharepoint can be configured to overwrite an existing file.  So, in this case what I would expect is if the &quot;versioning&quot; checkbox is selected, a new version of the file will be created. If checkbox is not selected, the file will be replaced ( overwritten ) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is, I don't know if this &quot;configuration&quot; is possible or not. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11144" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6388" RevisionGUID="412092d5-8b12-4039-af41-22f23b922ae4" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:52:10.230" UserId="2284" Text="That's not virtualisation, that's emulation. Virtualisation can be seen as a specific kind of emulation where you emulate the same machine on itself, accelerating the emulation by letting some of the instructions run for real.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your question should just be &quot;What emulation software exists?&quot;, which is probably too wide a question to be useful. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Emulation_software&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt; lists quite a lot.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11145" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6374" RevisionGUID="c7715aa0-30c9-4b29-98de-2a23f1499228" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:53:36.157" UserId="48" Comment="added 153 characters in body" Text="If you enable RRAS, you cannot use the windows firewall (not without considerable hacking anyway). Instead you can use the RRAS firewall - the basic firewall, which I suspect is enabled here. To open ports in that firewall:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Go to RRAS MMC, then browse to server name/IP Routing/NAT/Basic Firewall&#xD;&#xA; - On the services and ports tab click add.&#xD;&#xA; - Enter the required information for the MYSQL port (default 3306)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc779893(WS.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="11146" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6389" RevisionGUID="4f361a27-88a2-41d0-a3bd-4cc407fe07bd" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:53:37.107" UserId="1848" Text="I believe the only way to do it without changing how the authentication works on the website will be to do as you said, create a vpn tunnel between the networks and a trust between the domains." />
  <row Id="11147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6390" RevisionGUID="cb3bad55-6ede-4565-8a0a-8273f017c77a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:53:43.660" UserId="1806" Text="Some time ago my Windows XP workstations started to show &quot;Windows Genuine Advantage Notification Installer&quot; popup every time I login as an administrator. How to get rid of it using a script? I know that I have a genuine Windows." />
  <row Id="11148" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6390" RevisionGUID="cb3bad55-6ede-4565-8a0a-8273f017c77a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:53:43.660" UserId="1806" Text="How to disable &quot;Windows Genuine Advantage Notification Installer&quot; popup in a script?" />
  <row Id="11149" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6390" RevisionGUID="cb3bad55-6ede-4565-8a0a-8273f017c77a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:53:43.660" UserId="1806" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;unattended&gt;" />
  <row Id="11150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6391" RevisionGUID="cade096c-8b7a-417f-9ace-82ce4594535d" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:54:42.957" UserId="1806" Text="I've found the following solution. This popup was shown by Windows Scheduler in a job named WGASetup. I just needed to get rid of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would be easy to delete this job, but I think Windows Update, in its helpfulness would recreate it. I needed to disable this job. It is fairy easy to do using job properties window but not so easy using a script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've googled a bit and found this program:&#xD;&#xA;[ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/ResKit/win2000/jt.zip][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The batch file looks like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    jt.exe /lj %windir%\Tasks\WGASetup.job /sj Suspend=1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/ResKit/win2000/jt.zip" />
  <row Id="11151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6392" RevisionGUID="14e25ab8-079c-4549-9784-5e8618547726" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:55:26.323" UserId="582" Text="I really like [ZoneEdit][1] for my DNS record management. It was really easy to setup, and I was able to write a tiny script that runs and refreshes every day in case my IP Address changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: One caveat is that you can only manage the first five DNS records free, but it should be good enough to get you going.&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://zoneedit.com/" />
  <row Id="11152" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6393" RevisionGUID="d02ee67f-4f36-4b94-be69-fe11df18f62c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:58:17.970" UserId="768" Text="I am looking for a graphical interface to interogate a local server about the DNS entries it has. Basically I want a graphical [dig][dig] / [nslookup][nslookup] environment similar to [Zenmap][zenmap]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[dig]:      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Information_Groper&#xD;&#xA;[nslookup]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nslookup&#xD;&#xA;[zenmap]:   http://nmap.org/zenmap/" />
  <row Id="11153" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6393" RevisionGUID="d02ee67f-4f36-4b94-be69-fe11df18f62c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:58:17.970" UserId="768" Text="Is there a GUI for DNS lookups" />
  <row Id="11154" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6393" RevisionGUID="d02ee67f-4f36-4b94-be69-fe11df18f62c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T16:58:17.970" UserId="768" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;gui&gt;" />
  <row Id="11155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6394" RevisionGUID="567d06b9-3af1-4e1d-91dd-241d6eae8a79" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:01:21.737" UserId="2101" Text="rsync in daemon mode isn't quite what you want to use if you want to lock it down tight as possible. You want to restrict the command that an SSH key is allowed to run and invoke the copy command using that key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To find out what command to restrict the key to, run the appropriate rsync command line with a slight modification in the ssh command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rsync -avz -e 'ssh -v' stuff somewhere:/place&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will see a line in the debug output such as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Sending command: rsync --server -vlogDtprze.iLs . /place&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That exact command is what you want to restrict the key to be able to run in .ssh/authorized_keys:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    command=&quot;rsync --server -vlogDtprze.iLs . /place&quot; ssh-dss AAAASSHKEY=" />
  <row Id="11165" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6399" RevisionGUID="efa873f6-9f10-400a-a264-a31dc473b66b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:12:10.697" UserId="1087" Text="[GResolver][1] is a nice graphical tool for DNS queries for linux and windows. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://jodrell.net/projects/gresolver" />
  <row Id="11168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6400" RevisionGUID="1da247ca-2fa4-47ee-b351-7850af995566" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:20:41.987" UserId="1857" Text="As an alternative, the logrotate command will handle compressing, renaming (with dates), removal, etc. of files that are generated every day.  You could call your dump commands every day and call logrotate once a day as well.  The logrotate configuration file lets you specify which files to rotate and what to do will them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--  &#xD;&#xA;bmb " />
  <row Id="11173" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6403" RevisionGUID="757740c2-9e18-4dfe-860d-76ff5d407151" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:25:18.107" UserId="2174" Text="What do the three columns in tracert output mean?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The man page isn't helpful: http://www.ss64.com/bash/traceroute.html&#xD;&#xA;[This is better, but a little more verbose than I'm looking for.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    traceroute to library.airnews.net (206.66.12.202), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets&#xD;&#xA;     1  rbrt3 (208.225.64.50)  4.867 ms  4.893 ms  3.449 ms&#xD;&#xA;     2  519.Hssi2-0-0.GW1.EWR1.ALTER.NET (157.130.0.17)  6.918 ms  8.721 ms  16.476 ms&#xD;&#xA;     3  113.ATM3-0.XR2.EWR1.ALTER.NET (146.188.176.38)  6.323 ms  6.123 ms  7.011 ms&#xD;&#xA;     4  192.ATM2-0.TR2.EWR1.ALTER.NET (146.188.176.82)  6.955 ms  15.400 ms  6.684 ms&#xD;&#xA;     5  105.ATM6-0.TR2.DFW4.ALTER.NET (146.188.136.245)  49.105 ms  49.921 ms  47.371 ms&#xD;&#xA;     6  298.ATM7-0.XR2.DFW4.ALTER.NET (146.188.240.77)  48.162 ms  48.052 ms  47.565 ms&#xD;&#xA;     7  194.ATM9-0-0.GW1.DFW1.ALTER.NET (146.188.240.45)  47.886 ms  47.380 ms  50.690 ms&#xD;&#xA;     8  iadfw3-gw.customer.ALTER.NET (137.39.138.74)  69.827 ms  68.112 ms  66.859 ms&#xD;&#xA;     9  library.airnews.net (206.66.12.202)  174.853 ms  163.945 ms  147.501 ms&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.exit109.com/~jeremy/news/providers/traceroute.html" />
  <row Id="11174" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6403" RevisionGUID="757740c2-9e18-4dfe-860d-76ff5d407151" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:25:18.107" UserId="2174" Text="What do the three columns in tracert output mean?" />
  <row Id="11175" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6403" RevisionGUID="757740c2-9e18-4dfe-860d-76ff5d407151" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:25:18.107" UserId="2174" Text="&lt;tracert&gt;" />
  <row Id="11178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6405" RevisionGUID="7349bdcf-b676-4cfa-ad0c-babf4983622b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:29:37.007" UserId="671" Text="In Windows, the traceroute tool will give you the hop number, three columns showing the network latency between you and the hop (so you can average them if you like), as well as the IP address (or hostname if it has a reverse DNS entry) of the hop.  From what I remember the output from *nix systems is nearly the same." />
  <row Id="11179" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6406" RevisionGUID="779fb672-7f68-4e10-832c-dc9651281aeb" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:29:41.390" UserId="2101" Text="Traceroute sends out three packets per TTL increment. Each column corresponds to the time is took to get one packet back (round-trip-time).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This tries to account for situations such as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - A traceroute packet is routed along a different link that other attempts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    11  130.117.3.201 (130.117.3.201)  109.762 ms 130.117.49.197 (130.117.49.197)  118.191 ms   107.262 ms&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - A traceroute packet is dropped&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    9  154.54.26.142 (154.54.26.142)  104.153 ms * *&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11180" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6403" RevisionGUID="445ca7aa-3cfc-4b1e-812f-eba4178ecffb" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:31:11.463" UserId="2174" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="What do the three columns in tracert output mean?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The man page isn't helpful: http://www.ss64.com/bash/traceroute.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This is better, but a little more verbose than I'm looking for.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    traceroute to library.airnews.net (206.66.12.202), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets&#xD;&#xA;     1  rbrt3 (208.225.64.50)  4.867 ms  4.893 ms  3.449 ms&#xD;&#xA;     2  519.Hssi2-0-0.GW1.EWR1.ALTER.NET (157.130.0.17)  6.918 ms  8.721 ms  16.476 ms&#xD;&#xA;     3  113.ATM3-0.XR2.EWR1.ALTER.NET (146.188.176.38)  6.323 ms  6.123 ms  7.011 ms&#xD;&#xA;     4  192.ATM2-0.TR2.EWR1.ALTER.NET (146.188.176.82)  6.955 ms  15.400 ms  6.684 ms&#xD;&#xA;     5  105.ATM6-0.TR2.DFW4.ALTER.NET (146.188.136.245)  49.105 ms  49.921 ms  47.371 ms&#xD;&#xA;     6  298.ATM7-0.XR2.DFW4.ALTER.NET (146.188.240.77)  48.162 ms  48.052 ms  47.565 ms&#xD;&#xA;     7  194.ATM9-0-0.GW1.DFW1.ALTER.NET (146.188.240.45)  47.886 ms  47.380 ms  50.690 ms&#xD;&#xA;     8  iadfw3-gw.customer.ALTER.NET (137.39.138.74)  69.827 ms  68.112 ms  66.859 ms&#xD;&#xA;     9  library.airnews.net (206.66.12.202)  174.853 ms  163.945 ms  147.501 ms&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.exit109.com/~jeremy/news/providers/traceroute.html" />
  <row Id="11181" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6407" RevisionGUID="b12433fa-1ada-452f-8d33-26cd5ca96e0a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:31:24.350" UserId="1857" Text="&quot;... we have one line for each system or router in the path between me and the target system. Each line shows the name of the system (as determined from DNS), the system's IP address, and three round trip times in milliseconds. The round trip times (or RTTs) tell us how long it took a packet to get from me to that system and back again, called the latency between the two systems. By default, three packets are sent to each system along the route, so we get three RTTs.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Copied from [http://www.exit109.com/~jeremy/news/providers/traceroute.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--  &#xD;&#xA;bmb&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.exit109.com/~jeremy/news/providers/traceroute.html" />
  <row Id="11182" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6123" RevisionGUID="1b46a664-0464-4a26-93eb-7dd4e051bf6b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:32:13.130" UserId="671" Comment="added 405 characters in body" Text="On many browsers, pressing Control-F5 will reload the page and bypass the cache.  The Wikipedia &quot;[Bypass your cache][1]&quot; page has details for all modern web browsers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Chrome, it appears that as of this writing there is a confirmed bug where it will sometimes not bypass cache when reloading with Ctrl+F5 as it is documented. The only option for now is to clear the cache completely, then reload the page. Here's some discussion of the issue: [http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=603][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bypass_your_cache&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=603" />
  <row Id="11183" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6386" RevisionGUID="9a530e57-9f57-4fb7-be03-2c5f87cb5960" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:32:33.427" UserId="706" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;vnc&gt;&lt;video&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;kvm&gt;" />
  <row Id="11184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6408" RevisionGUID="f57aac15-76bc-431e-9c1a-a4023efa2ded" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:34:20.630" UserId="2116" Text="Actually, if you have a genuine windows, who care about the notifier. Just let him install himself, He'll do his job of checking your genuiness and then you problem will be solved... You'll never heard about him anymore after..." />
  <row Id="11185" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6409" RevisionGUID="39d62523-8068-440f-9b34-d7658721cc5f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:36:53.323" UserId="706" Text="Are you using the UltraVNC Video Driver?  The latest is 1.0.5:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://sc.uvnc.com/105/drivers.zip&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="11186" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6406" RevisionGUID="483fd56b-2ee3-4d8d-9d72-f9b4a1f3001f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:37:07.487" UserId="2101" Comment="edited body" Text="Traceroute sends out three packets per TTL increment. Each column corresponds to the time is took to get one packet back (round-trip-time).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This tries to account for situations such as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - A traceroute packet is routed along a different link than other attempts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    11  130.117.3.201 (130.117.3.201)  109.762 ms 130.117.49.197 (130.117.49.197)  118.191 ms   107.262 ms&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - A traceroute packet is dropped&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    9  154.54.26.142 (154.54.26.142)  104.153 ms * *&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11190" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6411" RevisionGUID="563334bb-9348-48e8-b445-326d208dc3c0" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:39:52.643" UserId="1968" Text="Hi, How can I make backup from iPhoto without time machine?" />
  <row Id="11191" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6411" RevisionGUID="563334bb-9348-48e8-b445-326d208dc3c0" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:39:52.643" UserId="1968" Text="iPhoto backup without time machine" />
  <row Id="11192" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6411" RevisionGUID="563334bb-9348-48e8-b445-326d208dc3c0" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:39:52.643" UserId="1968" Text="&lt;iphoto&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;time-machine&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="11193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6412" RevisionGUID="6d8ad623-7645-4a4a-8188-069423a5427b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:40:54.980" UserId="1403" Text="http://dnstools.com/" />
  <row Id="11195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6413" RevisionGUID="7faa631a-1bfb-4f71-a3a0-14d340152b6a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:44:53.490" UserId="816" Text="Yes you can install the [video hook driver][1] on Vista, but you have to do it manually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To improve speed, right click on the UltraVNC icon on the taskbar and select properties.  Then tick the following boxes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Poll Full Screen&#xD;&#xA; - Poll Foreground Window&#xD;&#xA; - Poll Window Under Cursor &#xD;&#xA; - System HookDll&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Properties][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then press **OK** to save the new settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sc.uvnc.com/drivers.zip&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2510/uvnc.jpg" />
  <row Id="11197" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6400" RevisionGUID="012e93f0-5384-4598-9c8e-ef90eeaa13e0" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:48:35.260" UserId="1857" Comment="fix typo" Text="As an alternative, the logrotate command will handle compressing, renaming (with dates), removal, etc. of files that are generated every day.  You could call your dump commands every day and call logrotate once a day as well.  The logrotate configuration file lets you specify which files to rotate and what to do with them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--  &#xD;&#xA;bmb " />
  <row Id="11198" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6414" RevisionGUID="0fc9f4e7-bd04-4c12-8c25-9d5917d752ea" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:49:34.243" UserId="2278" Text="Schtasks is your friend for this - AT is old and does not (SFAIK) comprehend tasks creates with schtasks. Unfortunately, the Win32_ScheduledTask WMI object is based on AT, otherwise it would be perfect for this. &#xD;&#xA;If you want to script it you would probably do something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $servers = 'server1','server2','server3'&#xD;&#xA;    $allTasks = @()&#xD;&#xA;    $servers | %{ &#xD;&#xA;        $data = schtasks /query /S $_ /fo list&#xD;&#xA;        # Data looks like this:&#xD;&#xA;        # &lt;blank line&gt; &#xD;&#xA;        # HostName:      [SERVER]&#xD;&#xA;        # TaskName:      [TASK NAME]&#xD;&#xA;        # Next Run Time: 12:00:00 PM, 5/9/2009&#xD;&#xA;        # Status:        [BLANK or SOME ERROR]&#xD;&#xA;        foreach ($line in $data){&#xD;&#xA;            $blob=&quot;&quot;|select Host, Task, Next, Status&#xD;&#xA;            [void]$foreach.MoveNext(); $l = $foreach.Current.length;&#xD;&#xA;            $blob.Host = $foreach.current.substring(15, $l-15)&#xD;&#xA;            [void]$foreach.MoveNext(); $l = $foreach.Current.length;&#xD;&#xA;            $blob.Task = $foreach.current.substring(15, $l-15)&#xD;&#xA;            [void]$foreach.MoveNext(); $l = $foreach.Current.length;&#xD;&#xA;            $blob.Next = $foreach.current.substring(15, $l-15)&#xD;&#xA;            [void]$foreach.MoveNext(); $l = $foreach.Current.length;&#xD;&#xA;            $blob.Status = $foreach.current.substring(15, $l-15)&#xD;&#xA;            $allTasks += $blob&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    $allTasks|format-table&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This has become an evil code essay - it would be easier to use the /FO csv option to dump to a text file the use import-csv to get the data back into PS, but that way you lose the server name. So instead you get to show off a bit and do custom object creation and hacking around with the foreach enumerator.&#xD;&#xA;Calling MoveNext moves you to the next item in the list, so you skip the first empty line of output and then take each of the next 4 lines and make them into something useful. " />
  <row Id="11199" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6415" RevisionGUID="13f9da85-ced7-42ba-a8bb-9baf37bc37fe" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:51:30.883" UserId="2302" Text="Likewise-Open makes integrating Linux clients and member servers into an existing Active Directory fairly simple.  We use it on a couple of Ubuntu servers for NAS -- just upgraded to Jaunty and it works great, though we stuck with the likewise-open (4.x) rather than likewise-open5 package, as there are some changes in the newest version which we haven't figured out completely.  In particular, Likewise takes some of the overhead and configuration out of the krb5/pam/winbind/samba setup.  Supposedly its authentication mechanism is more efficient too, but this isn't something that we've really noticed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, the long-awaited Samba 4 is supposed to be coming in the not-too-distant future, and promises a number of interoperability improvements such as Group Policy support, might be worth staying tuned." />
  <row Id="11200" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6356" RevisionGUID="a5ae8de1-3f39-48a1-bfe6-377ddc83acb6" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:55:33.887" UserId="2285" Comment="Added DNS tag" Text="&lt;dyndns&gt;&lt;godaddy&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="11201" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6414" RevisionGUID="3add420b-2340-4e60-84fd-a212176e45c8" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:56:39.657" UserId="2278" Text="Schtasks is your friend for this - AT is old and does not (SFAIK) comprehend tasks creates with schtasks. Unfortunately, the Win32_ScheduledTask WMI object is based on AT, otherwise it would be perfect for this. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, neither AT nor schtasks report on the user that the job runs as. There's probably a COM object somewhere that lets you get at that; maybe you could ask on stackoverflow?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to script it you would probably do something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $servers = 'server1','server2','server3'&#xD;&#xA;    $allTasks = @()&#xD;&#xA;    $servers | %{ &#xD;&#xA;        $data = schtasks /query /S $_ /fo list&#xD;&#xA;        # Data looks like this:&#xD;&#xA;        # &lt;blank line&gt; &#xD;&#xA;        # HostName:      [SERVER]&#xD;&#xA;        # TaskName:      [TASK NAME]&#xD;&#xA;        # Next Run Time: 12:00:00 PM, 5/9/2009&#xD;&#xA;        # Status:        [BLANK or SOME ERROR]&#xD;&#xA;        foreach ($line in $data){&#xD;&#xA;            $blob=&quot;&quot;|select Host, Task, Next, Status&#xD;&#xA;            [void]$foreach.MoveNext(); $l = $foreach.Current.length;&#xD;&#xA;            $blob.Host = $foreach.current.substring(15, $l-15)&#xD;&#xA;            [void]$foreach.MoveNext(); $l = $foreach.Current.length;&#xD;&#xA;            $blob.Task = $foreach.current.substring(15, $l-15)&#xD;&#xA;            [void]$foreach.MoveNext(); $l = $foreach.Current.length;&#xD;&#xA;            $blob.Next = $foreach.current.substring(15, $l-15)&#xD;&#xA;            [void]$foreach.MoveNext(); $l = $foreach.Current.length;&#xD;&#xA;            $blob.Status = $foreach.current.substring(15, $l-15)&#xD;&#xA;            $allTasks += $blob&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    $allTasks|format-table&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This has become an evil code essay - it would be easier to use the /FO csv option to dump to a text file the use import-csv to get the data back into PS, but that way you lose the server name. So instead you get to show off a bit and do custom object creation and hacking around with the foreach enumerator.&#xD;&#xA;Calling MoveNext moves you to the next item in the list, so you skip the first empty line of output and then take each of the next 4 lines and make them into something useful. " />
  <row Id="11202" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6416" RevisionGUID="0930d15a-a6ff-41f7-8361-62a7c54982bd" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:59:02.677" UserId="1859" Text="I saw that you tagged Cisco in our question, so I am guessing you are using Cisco phones, I have only used Cisco phones with Asterisk, so that is all I will be able to cover in my answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first thing you will need to do is add a directory entry to your SIPDefault.cnf file (inside the TFTP directory your phone points to. Here is the line you need to add:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    directory_url: &quot;http://yourWebsiteOrIp/directory.xml&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The url must be a web server that is accessible to the phone, not the server. That line can go anywhere in the SIPDefault.cnf file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The file on the server should follow this format:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;CiscoIPPhoneDirectory&gt;       &#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;       &lt;Title&gt;Directory name (will appear in menu)&lt;/Title&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;Prompt&gt;Select a person to call&lt;/Prompt&gt;                    &#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;       &lt;DirectoryEntry&gt;                                              &#xD;&#xA;         &lt;Name&gt;My Phone&lt;/Name&gt;         &#xD;&#xA;         &lt;Telephone&gt;101&lt;/Telephone&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;/DirectoryEntry&gt;                                      &#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/CiscoIPPhoneDirectory&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately I am not all that experienced with exchange or gmail. What I gan tell you is that you will need to create a cron job that will run a program every x amount of time that will generate this XML file and put it on the server. Every time the phone accesses the directory it will download the XML file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps some!" />
  <row Id="11203" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5993" RevisionGUID="97ce692c-4c59-4418-b763-549fe59f52d9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T17:59:52.080" UserId="1004" Comment="deleted 3 characters in body" Text="I was reading [this][1] question when I thought: Some emergencies requires that you log on in e-mail or another sensitive sites in public internet computers. Remember that points:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. You cannot install anything; &#xD;&#xA; 2. You will use probably internet explorer 6+&#xD;&#xA; 3. You will use probably Windows XP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think that maybe an on-line service will met that requirements...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/951/how-to-browse-safely" />
  <row Id="11204" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5903" RevisionGUID="fa9f7618-acac-4aeb-ab55-5309fd1be3c9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T18:02:20.360" UserId="1851" Comment="Specified exact OS version" Text="If I RDP to a Windows Server 2008 box without proving any username or password information I get to see a list of the users on the computer. In Windows Server 2003 this list was not broadcasted. How can I make WS2008 not advertise what users are on the system? Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE: More specifically, this is Windows Server 2008 Web Edition 64 bit." />
  <row Id="11205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6417" RevisionGUID="370dde9e-eba3-4e2a-af2a-3e18722dfa3b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T18:11:32.553" UserId="1247" Text="iPhoto puts all of your photos into a library similar to the way iTunes puts all of your music into a music in a library folder structure.  That being said you could easily just copy the library from your hard drive to another. I know you want to back it up, but here is some information on how to move the library and much of the info should be useful in your soluition: [http://basics4mac.com/article.php/move_iphoto_lib][1] and [http://www.hinkty.com/blogger/2006/02/how-to-move-your-iphoto-library-to.html][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also if you want to share a library between users/systems see here: [http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=158248][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And lastly there is a application manager which can handle much of this in a more simplier manner called [iPhoto Library Manager][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://basics4mac.com/article.php/move_iphoto_lib&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.hinkty.com/blogger/2006/02/how-to-move-your-iphoto-library-to.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=158248&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/" />
  <row Id="11206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6418" RevisionGUID="49e7e7c8-810d-44df-8890-e43961a391dc" CreationDate="2009-05-08T18:12:09.260" UserId="1797" Text="[This was written for Vista][1], but it works fine on my Server 2008 development server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;This is possible via the Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Local Security Policy Editor, or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; “secpol” tool. To launch the Local&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Security Policy Editor click start,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Control Panel, System Maintenance,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Administrative Tools, local Security&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Policy. Click “Continue” to the prompt&#xD;&#xA;&gt; presented by the User Account Control.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If you are not presented with one,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; it's fine, just move on.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; In the Local Security Policy editor&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you will see two panes, one on the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; left with tree-view navigation and one&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on the right which will have the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; actual definitions and items to edit.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; On the left hand side, expand (either&#xD;&#xA;&gt; by clicking on the arrow or double&#xD;&#xA;&gt; clicking) the &quot;Local Policies&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; section, and then click on &quot;Security&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Options&quot;. On the right hand side,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; scroll down until you see &quot;Interactive&#xD;&#xA;&gt; logon: Do not display last user name&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Double click on this entry and you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; will be presented with a dialog box&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that has two options - &quot;Enabled&quot; and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;Disabled&quot;, with Disabled being&#xD;&#xA;&gt; selected as default. Change this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; setting to &quot;Enabled&quot;, and then click&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on the OK button.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; After double clicking “Interactive&#xD;&#xA;&gt; logon: Do not require CTRL+ALT+DEL”&#xD;&#xA;&gt; select the Disable option and hit OK.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Next, close the Local Security Policy&#xD;&#xA;&gt; editor, as you are done. Log off. When&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you are prompted by a request to press&#xD;&#xA;&gt; CTRL-ALT-DEL do so, and you will get&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the classic style logon screen you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; have been labored so hard to achieve.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There also seems to be [another way][2]. I have not tested that one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://jsbi.blogspot.com/2006/12/how-to-change-default-vista-logon.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://stevepietrek.com/2009/02/26/hide-users-on-welcome-screen-in-windows-server-2008/" />
  <row Id="11207" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6413" RevisionGUID="3831a6cb-8e42-4bf5-9426-8e29a3b5bfb9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T18:13:05.823" UserId="816" Comment="added 5 characters in body" Text="Yes you can install the [video hook driver][1] on Vista, but you have to do it manually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To improve speed, right click on the UltraVNC icon on the taskbar and select properties.  Then tick the following boxes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Poll Full Screen&#xD;&#xA; - Poll Foreground Window&#xD;&#xA; - Poll Window Under Cursor &#xD;&#xA; - System HookDll&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Properties][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using the video hook driver, check if the **Video Hook Driver** option is ticked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then press **OK** to save the new settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sc.uvnc.com/drivers.zip&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2510/uvnc.jpg" />
  <row Id="11208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6419" RevisionGUID="8fa351d8-c713-4bab-a312-1e5c21978c54" CreationDate="2009-05-08T18:17:32.757" UserId="2303" Text="I am contemplating migrating to mosso to have several cheap app servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The goal is to have a dedicated database server, however, does it make sense to have one database server that hosts the database needs of many different website servers (each having different websites on them)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="11209" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6419" RevisionGUID="8fa351d8-c713-4bab-a312-1e5c21978c54" CreationDate="2009-05-08T18:17:32.757" UserId="2303" Text="Multiple web servers sharing a db server" />
  <row Id="11210" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6419" RevisionGUID="8fa351d8-c713-4bab-a312-1e5c21978c54" CreationDate="2009-05-08T18:17:32.757" UserId="2303" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;scaling&gt;" />
  <row Id="11211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6420" RevisionGUID="bc41c81b-dd58-4db7-a307-c88b8c1bb060" CreationDate="2009-05-08T18:24:26.953" UserId="1797" Text="It makes sense. That is the way we have it in our College, and that's the way many people/companies have it setup too. We have dedicated SQL servers, the same way we have dedicated web servers, etc. [Mosso][1] doesn't seem too cheap thought...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mosso.com/" />
  <row Id="11212" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6421" RevisionGUID="7a6fb742-e46d-4976-b9ba-ee94650863e2" CreationDate="2009-05-08T18:29:38.140" UserId="48" Text="Its a very common way of doing it. It makes sense in number of ways&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - All databases are on the same server so backup is easier&#xD;&#xA; - You can have a secure, back-end database server, not connected to the internet directly and only accessible by the the web servers&#xD;&#xA; - You can specify your database server so that it is big enough to handle your data processing, whilst leaving your front end servers light and just processing web tasks&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="11213" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6422" RevisionGUID="338b9171-1516-41f6-a9cf-4ab64d33920b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T18:31:59.353" UserId="1024" Text="Are you certain its not a browser issue? I've had pages not respond because they don't like my flavor of browser." />
  <row Id="11215" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5267" RevisionGUID="12e5dda5-1f2e-47cf-ab49-bd12b82c6763" CreationDate="2009-05-08T18:40:34.543" UserId="531" Comment="removed subjective tag (but if someone else re-adds it, I'll leave it)" Text="&lt;bsd&gt;&lt;comparison&gt;&lt;operating-system&gt;" />
  <row Id="11216" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6423" RevisionGUID="1e3015d6-3238-4bfb-81cd-4d473042952c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T18:41:27.130" UserId="1039" Text="I'm looking into research in multi-core processing and hardware to test it on. I would need at least 4 cores (but would prefer as many as I can get) on shared memory. I have to odd &quot;requirement&quot; that total performance is not really of interest as I'm more interested in comparing stuff rather than raw processing power.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a starting point [this beast][1] can be decked out with 24 cores for about $14K retail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=becwwk1&amp;c=us&amp;l=en&amp;s=bsd&amp;cs=04&amp;kc=category~rack_optimized" />
  <row Id="11217" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6423" RevisionGUID="1e3015d6-3238-4bfb-81cd-4d473042952c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T18:41:27.130" UserId="1039" Text="low cost multi-core testbed system" />
  <row Id="11218" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6423" RevisionGUID="1e3015d6-3238-4bfb-81cd-4d473042952c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T18:41:27.130" UserId="1039" Text="&lt;multi-core&gt;&lt;research&gt;&lt;hardware-selection&gt;" />
  <row Id="11219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6424" RevisionGUID="23d19360-506a-4a7b-8faa-398e96d01307" CreationDate="2009-05-08T18:44:08.887" UserId="1857" Text="    sed -n '149351p' dump.sql&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;might be slightly faster than head/tail combinations (but maybe not.)  Vartec is correct; there is no quicker way than reading at least the first 149351 lines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--  &#xD;&#xA;bmb" />
  <row Id="11220" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6425" RevisionGUID="8ed799b6-2864-4f20-a971-6bd360aaeb14" CreationDate="2009-05-08T18:46:06.213" UserId="371" Text="It's possible to browse semi-anonymously and over SSL using a proxy web service like the old [`nph-proxy.cgi` script][1].  Put this on a web host and accessible by HTTPS.  This will also help to bypass network-based content filters.  `nph-proxy.cgi` can be slow and it doesn't handle embedded stuff like flash, but it usually gets the job done when no other method is available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jmarshall.com/tools/cgiproxy/" />
  <row Id="11221" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5293" RevisionGUID="5ecff7c6-45fb-4dcf-941d-94a47c3fc281" CreationDate="2009-05-08T18:46:42.437" UserId="1800" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="I think that **communication skills** are very important if you want to move from: administrator to: *great* administrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the application developer side of the line, if the administrator cannot communicate why something is a problem or why things take longer than expected, I can only make guesses about the coming solution (if any).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The more the administrator is able to communicate (preferable in non-admin speak) what is going on or why things will have to wait till Monday, the better I can work with them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A *great* administrator is able to distil the essence of what is going on and can tell the  easy-to-understand version to his [users|other departments|customers] so that they understand the issue without knowing all the details." />
  <row Id="11222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6426" RevisionGUID="d752fb0b-8c11-48f9-bbb9-fec8c7d7e406" CreationDate="2009-05-08T18:49:36.207" UserId="1797" Text="I use [RD Tabs][1]. It does the job very well, and it is free. Both x86 and x64 versions are available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.avianwaves.com/Tech/Tools/RDTabs/" />
  <row Id="11223" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6427" RevisionGUID="ecb3ff75-93b0-40fe-a46e-f72353f79ca8" CreationDate="2009-05-08T18:51:40.367" UserId="1024" Text="When the cache fills up, the scan is paused. When it clears enough data, it'll resume. The question is, doe you really need it to record every change during the time its filled and when it resumes? The concept is that once its done, it'll keep everything up-to-date and backed up. The time during the initial scan should not be counted as &quot;live&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;The other question is, why is it taking so long to push the data to server? With 100BaseT ethernet we took days to fully offload a typical client, roughly 100GB. Now that we have Gigabit it only takes about a day. Also, the server specs seem to matter quite a bit as well. We have a 4core 4GB server running in a virtual machine with 8GB of memory with RAIDed drives." />
  <row Id="11224" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6428" RevisionGUID="4ec54f6e-49ed-440e-bcdf-b1057d45ddaa" CreationDate="2009-05-08T18:52:27.040" UserId="2064" Text="Sinple question,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is sata 2 II compatible with sata 1 I.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
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  <row Id="11226" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6428" RevisionGUID="4ec54f6e-49ed-440e-bcdf-b1057d45ddaa" CreationDate="2009-05-08T18:52:27.040" UserId="2064" Text="&lt;sata&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;diskdrive&gt;" />
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  <row Id="11228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6430" RevisionGUID="348f6587-2a8b-4401-b0cc-8a310405a242" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:04:36.217" UserId="2307" Text="I need to keep track of network, CPU and memory utilization of an application that sits on 5 machines (apache, mysql, memcached). I thought I'd install Munin for this. But I'm getting a little lost in the documentation. Is there a simple step by step guide to setting up a multi-machine setup?" />
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  <row Id="11231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6431" RevisionGUID="018f4d1d-32b9-47a8-a9fc-a53d9bc5f8ee" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:09:51.243" UserId="2307" Text="How do you deal with server time drift?" />
  <row Id="11232" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6431" RevisionGUID="018f4d1d-32b9-47a8-a9fc-a53d9bc5f8ee" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:09:51.243" UserId="2307" Text="Time drift" />
  <row Id="11233" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6431" RevisionGUID="018f4d1d-32b9-47a8-a9fc-a53d9bc5f8ee" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:09:51.243" UserId="2307" Text="&lt;timesync&gt;" />
  <row Id="11234" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6432" RevisionGUID="4fd402a0-d32a-4af8-b9aa-f0835324f831" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:11:07.697" UserId="756" Text="Use NTP daemon." />
  <row Id="11235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6433" RevisionGUID="de011345-e6b9-410a-a379-6a171d46f950" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:12:37.490" UserId="2308" Text="In my experience, freezes are caused by either one of the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - A high disk queue length (i.e. more I/O than a harddisk can handle)&#xD;&#xA; - Faulty drivers and firmware &#xD;&#xA; - A very high amount of network traffic&#xD;&#xA; - High memory or processor utilization&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Notice that this is a list from most likely to least likely. I/O is very frequently a bottleneck. You can diagnose this using the performance monitor. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6434" RevisionGUID="9e64cb50-9a41-44d8-834a-274ef493dcbb" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:14:19.907" UserId="671" Text="The Network Time Protocol, or NTP, can be used to synchronize the time on a server with an authoritative source.  Windows Servers, for example, will use one of the network domain controllers to get time information.  You can [configure][1] the domain controllers to get information from some known source, such as time.windows.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Configuring-Windows-Time-Service.html" />
  <row Id="11237" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6435" RevisionGUID="0a72fb8c-fbd4-4889-bfcd-0d35be4b0c3c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:14:59.467" UserId="706" Text="A good NTP server, mainly.  Set it up so that the clock hasn't drifted more than a few seconds since the last NTP sync and you shouldn't have any problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your server is drifting more than a 30 seconds per day, you might want to look at better alternatives, but the clocks inside most computers are generally much better than 30 seconds per day, so one sync per day is usually fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BE AWARE that you might skip minutes - if you are behind 3 seconds, and the NTP attempts an update at 10 minutes 58 seconds, it'll skip to 11 minutes 1 second, and depending on the scheduler you're using, it may not trigger the 11 minute tasks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="11238" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6436" RevisionGUID="ec237fa8-4c9d-4c61-8baa-c86c6a1f4010" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:15:51.197" UserId="514" Text="The designers of SATA intended for **backwards** and **forwards** compatibility, however, there are some SATA 1 controllers that don't support SATA 2 drives. For this reason, some HD manufacturers added a SATA1/2 mode jumper so that the drives would work with the affected controllers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See this section of the [Wikipedia article][1] for relevant chipset info. From that section, affected chipsets are motherboard host controllers using the VIA and SIS chipsets VT8237, VT8237R, VT6420, VT6421L, SIS760, SIS964 found on the ECS 755-A2 manufactured in 2003.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should be ok using SATA 1 drives with SATA 2 controllers. (At least, I didn't find any contradictory information).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA#SATA_1.5_Gbit.2Fs_and_SATA_3_Gbit.2Fs" />
  <row Id="11239" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6437" RevisionGUID="7330293b-94a5-4b2d-a883-b3b43ef28716" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:16:12.180" UserId="2308" Text="Use a common clock source for all your servers and make sure your time zones are setup correctly. A good Internet source is &quot;time.windows.com&quot;. If you are using Windows, you can use &quot;net time&quot; and &quot;w32tm&quot; for time related commands." />
  <row Id="11240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6438" RevisionGUID="83be8420-bb4c-43f0-b743-06341f1dc30f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:19:47.117" UserId="706" Text="If NTP runs at 10:59:55, and fixes the time to 11:00:13, does chron run the 11:00:00, and *:00:00 tasks, or are they skipped?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternately, if NTP runs at 11:00:00 and fixes the time to 10:59:48, do these tasks run twice?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they are skipped, what methods are used to fix this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What about other schedulers (windows, etc)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="11241" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6438" RevisionGUID="83be8420-bb4c-43f0-b743-06341f1dc30f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:19:47.117" UserId="706" Text="Time synchronization and scheduled tasks" />
  <row Id="11242" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6438" RevisionGUID="83be8420-bb4c-43f0-b743-06341f1dc30f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:19:47.117" UserId="706" Text="&lt;time&gt;&lt;ntp&gt;&lt;synchronization&gt;" />
  <row Id="11244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6439" RevisionGUID="fa53c5e1-29e8-4e71-9be1-459375629b9b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:21:14.193" UserId="2302" Text="We're a fairly small office and have had to manage on a small budget.  Our approach includes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Network Intrusion Detection: &#xD;&#xA;We use StrataGuard Free from StillSecure -- it's a hardened Linux with Snort configured and a very intuitive web interface, plus regular rule updates.  Installed the free version on an old box, tuned the rules a bit based on the alerts generated, and viola!  Works great, though you need a network switch capable of mirroring traffic to a single port.  Non-free versions of StrataGuard have support, a few more bells and whistles, and can deal with higher traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Host-Based Intrusion Detection:&#xD;&#xA;We wrote a small .NET app that runs as a service on our Windows boxes and forwards events from the event logs every couple of hours (filtered based on types, IDs, and times of day we choose - as mentioned elsewhere, Randy Franklins Smith's site at http://www.ultimatewindowssecurity.com/Default.aspx has been invaluable in deciding what events to scrutinize) to a central database where we review and retain them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Periodic in-house audit:&#xD;&#xA;Periodically, we once-over each box, make sure all unnecessary services are disabled and ports are closed, and run deep scans with rootkit and malware detection software that's different than the real-time anti-everything running daily.  We also use nmap to analyze the network and scan for for vulnerabilities, and wireshark to analyze specific traffic as necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Patch Updates:&#xD;&#xA;WSUS ensures and verifies that all our windows boxes are up-to-date on security fixes, and prevents  eating up bandwidth.  Cron-apt on Linux boxes, haven't figured out a good way to verify the process centrally though.  Also, centralized management of server and workstation anti-malware is highly recommended, and available for most business-class versions of these products.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Policy:&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps most importantly, even in a small organization you need to start with a document that describes a security program or set of procedures for your organization.  The document will outline the risks to your data and how you address them.  This is the big one that usually gets ignored, but should you face most any flavor of outside audit it's the first thing you'll need to refer to and wish you had or had updated.  Lots of samples on http://www.sans.org/resources/policies/.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The good news for organizations on a tight budget is that, other than the anti-malware suites, all this stuff is free, and -- with the exception of the in-house audits -- are very easy to review daily after the initial time investment to set up." />
  <row Id="11245" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6440" RevisionGUID="709d0624-c1d8-4911-85ee-e3d53abda4de" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:22:03.723" UserId="2174" Text="Is there some faster way than /dev/[u]random? Sometimes, I need to do things like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; cat /dev/urandom &gt; /dev/sdb&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The random devices are &quot;too&quot; secure und unfortunately too slow for that. I know that there are `wipe` and similar tools for secure deletion, but I suppose there are also some on-board means to that in Linux." />
  <row Id="11246" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6440" RevisionGUID="709d0624-c1d8-4911-85ee-e3d53abda4de" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:22:03.723" UserId="2174" Text="Is there an alternative to /dev/urandom?" />
  <row Id="11247" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6440" RevisionGUID="709d0624-c1d8-4911-85ee-e3d53abda4de" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:22:03.723" UserId="2174" Text="&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="11248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6441" RevisionGUID="1159d147-3384-4c2d-a0c3-54de064f86fd" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:22:51.087" UserId="2216" Text="if you run a NTP daemon you will not have this problem, it will speed up/slow down your clock so it gets synchronized over time rather then jumping." />
  <row Id="11249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6442" RevisionGUID="c27a77e5-c2d5-438a-9169-8891d6a41250" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:27:02.263" UserId="671" Text="System and network administrators are usually very busy people.  Juggling projects, meetings, support tickets, and verbal requests from people in the hallways can make a real mess.  We've discussed some [request tracking systems][1] here in the past, but what other methods or tools do you use to manage your time to be more effective?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thomas Limoncelli's book, *[Time Management for System Administrators][2]*, has some great ideas, but what works and doesn't work for you in the real world?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/947/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.amazon.com/Management-System-Administrators-Thomas-Limoncelli/dp/0596007833" />
  <row Id="11250" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6442" RevisionGUID="c27a77e5-c2d5-438a-9169-8891d6a41250" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:27:02.263" UserId="671" Text="What sort of time management system do you use?" />
  <row Id="11251" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6442" RevisionGUID="c27a77e5-c2d5-438a-9169-8891d6a41250" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:27:02.263" UserId="671" Text="&lt;time-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="11252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6443" RevisionGUID="7eddc238-4889-41a3-a0ec-2e6d5c732060" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:28:54.473" UserId="984" Text="The faster your tool the less secure the result will be.  Generating good randomness takes time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, you could use something like **dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb**, but obviously that isn't going to be random, it will just erase much faster.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11253" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6444" RevisionGUID="30047eb0-f65e-4ee5-9772-2c7c832eaeca" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:29:06.530" UserId="706" Text="`/dev/random` uses a lot of system entropy, and so produces only a slow data stream.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`/dev/urandom` is less secure, and faster, but it's still geared towards smaller chunks of data - it's not meant to provide a continuous stream of high speed random numbers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should make a PRNG of your own design, and seed it with something from `/dev/random` or `/dev/urandom`.  If you need it a bit more random, seed it periodically - every few MB (or whatever the length of your prng is).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="11254" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6445" RevisionGUID="6d1e3f2c-6611-4d5b-b0a3-76c1762fa7b5" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:30:25.407" UserId="2304" Text="To the best of my understanding, the scheduled jobs shouldn't be skipped or run twice.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cron uses an event list for it's scheduling, so if the time skips ahead, cron will simply see that job didn't run on time and run it during it's next wake cycle.  If the time jumps back, the job will have been removed from the event list and cron won't see it as needing to be run again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As Tjofras mentioned, ntpd will gradually adjust your clock using drift rather than a hard jump however, so you normally shouldn't see time jumps unless you manually change the system clock yourself." />
  <row Id="11255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6446" RevisionGUID="c8e61931-03db-4652-ae99-390aae2d3e0a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:32:13.793" UserId="706" Text="[Getting things done][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good use of a ticket system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good use of comprehensive documentation (wiki) on system configuration, network, etc that is always up to date (so I never have to research anything)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done" />
  <row Id="11256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6447" RevisionGUID="32345717-9755-44fa-ab1f-0f7e486a0d76" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:34:38.437" UserId="2101" Text="If you're looking to do a &quot;secure&quot; erase of a hard drive (or file), you ought to look at the shred utility.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As the previous posters point out, the /dev/*random devices are meant to be used as a source of small chunks of random data." />
  <row Id="11257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6448" RevisionGUID="4309f354-b884-41cd-9509-503c474d9692" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:37:49.177" UserId="388" Text="If you're not a one-man-band, having a support rota is a must. The benefits of being able to deflect support questions onto someone else for a week cannot be underestimated; it allows you to get your head down into the mid-to-long term things that otherwise keep getting delayed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In terms of time/task management, I have 3 lists:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* **@desk**: this is stuff that I need to action;&#xD;&#xA;* **@waiting**: stuff I'm waiting on someone else for;&#xD;&#xA;* **@somestage**: rainy day stuff that would be nice to fix/get to, whenever there's a free moment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The @desk list is further sorted by due date, with more urgent things at the top.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, the @somestage list is surprisingly cathartic; it's nice to have somewhere to write down the stuff that really, really bugs you but you can't justify spending the time to fix right now, as it's not service impacting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A couple of general tips in terms of working habits, which while not directly about time management will probably save you time in the long run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Never leave stuff half fixed. If something has broken and you've put in a temporary fix, get the permanent fix in at the first available window. Otherwise the hack will stay in long enough to make it onto your '@somestage' list.&#xD;&#xA;2. Whenever you make a change, always ensure that you reflect it on your documentation. As soon as a document doesn't reflect the production environment, it's worse than useless, and will cause you hassle later." />
  <row Id="11258" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6431" RevisionGUID="9712164b-e661-4d78-ae46-1ea44850fff6" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:42:09.557" UserId="388" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;timesync&gt;&lt;time&gt;&lt;ntp&gt;" />
  <row Id="11259" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6449" RevisionGUID="34b317d2-717a-4807-8893-d7b0e36b4170" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:43:24.813" UserId="2309" Text="You should take a look on [M0n0wall][1] and [pfSense][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe the traffic shaping features of pfSense are better and that's the one I'd suggest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The documentation is unfortunately very scarce but if you experiment with it a little bit it's not hard to figure things out.  &#xD;&#xA;Just run the wizard and learn from the rules it will create.&#xD;&#xA;Also, check this [Traffic Shaping Guide][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While this won't solve your social issues nor will it be a final solution in enforcing the rules, I believe it's a good middle ground.  &#xD;&#xA;You can allow them to use the bandwidth while making sure everything else that is more important doesn't get affected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://m0n0.ch/wall/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.pfsense.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Traffic_Shaping_Guide" />
  <row Id="11260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6450" RevisionGUID="b2e7d91f-fa5d-47ae-9685-4ef274e95627" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:46:01.280" UserId="2283" Text="I've seen Backup Exec jobs in Windows fire off if the time gets changed.  They especially don't like it when the time shifts back an hour." />
  <row Id="11261" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6451" RevisionGUID="f3ce5855-ec9b-4951-95cd-780b1046f16c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:46:36.833" UserId="1466" Text="And to represent the Virtual Machine crowd...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're running **virtual servers**, time drift seems to be a common problem - and so there's usually a way (other than NTP) to keep the VM's in sync with their host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my case, I am using VMWare.  I can turn this on from a linux Virtual Machine by using:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    vmware-guestd --cmd &quot;vmx.set_option synctime 0 1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And from a Windows Virtual machine you can open the **vmware-tools** icon from the system tray, and select **time synchronization between the virtual machine and the host OS** " />
  <row Id="11262" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6443" RevisionGUID="4f05f8b6-56fd-40f8-b949-7c9a23da6bd3" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:48:18.670" UserId="984" Comment="add badblocks hint" Text="The faster your tool the less secure the result will be.  Generating good randomness takes time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, you could use something like **dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb**, but obviously that isn't going to be random, it will just erase much faster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option might be to use this method **/sbin/badblocks -c 10240 -s -w -t random -v /dev/sdb** it is faster then urandom, but the badblocks PRNG is less random." />
  <row Id="11263" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6452" RevisionGUID="45700664-d5fe-4e76-942d-3b68e3c7633e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:50:42.440" UserId="2291" Text="We use a software called AdvenNet ManageEngine for the whole IT Dept.  It is a great tool for submitting and tracking tickets, assets and knowledge base.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When a user stops me in the hall, I honestly let them know I will forgot by the time I get back to my desk, so please submit a ticket.  These tickets can track progress, time, etc and the users can check in on them at anytime.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check it out, it is a great tool." />
  <row Id="11264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6453" RevisionGUID="f538870c-f4a8-474f-8575-96ed48a092e8" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:57:54.950" UserId="2298" Text="Trend Micro's Worry Free Business Security 5.1 (soon to be version 6) is a great replacement, in my opinion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is loaded on the server, licensed and administered centrally.  The administration console runs from Internet Explorer (ActiveX controls), so any computer able to access the server via TCP can be used to launch the console.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will use an existing mail server to drop reports and alarms, with a small amount of adjustability in threshold levels.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also have had to clean up after multiple Symantec explosions, and a few Trend Micro explosions, and Trend Micro is by FAR the easiest to tame.  Symantec can easily take an hour to clean out the registry.  I've even been able to recover a TM installation that crashed (thick dust bunny lodged in CPU fan creating thermal event), just by starting the install again, uninstalling, then reinstalling.  Symantec would have been a nightmare...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Trend Micro also offers hosted email solutions, in addition to their product that sits on an Exchange Box (WFBS Advanced), though my experience is all with the latter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Decent spam detection/removal, excellent virus detection/removal, and better prevention of trojans when the Reputation Service is used (browser URL monitor).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will work with an existing IIS installation or install Apache, if need be.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11265" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6394" RevisionGUID="f7358cb6-e6f2-447e-a337-48611c780824" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:58:21.720" UserId="2101" Comment="Minor wording change" Text="rsync in daemon mode isn't what I would suggest if you want to lock it down tight as possible. You want to restrict the command that an SSH key is allowed to run and invoke the copy command using that key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To find out what command to restrict the key to, run the appropriate rsync command line with a slight modification in the ssh command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rsync -avz -e 'ssh -v' stuff somewhere:/place&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will see a line in the debug output such as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Sending command: rsync --server -vlogDtprze.iLs . /place&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That exact command is what you want to restrict the key to be able to run in .ssh/authorized_keys:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    command=&quot;rsync --server -vlogDtprze.iLs . /place&quot; ssh-dss AAAASSHKEY=" />
  <row Id="11266" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6454" RevisionGUID="c62f0fa8-65ea-40cf-8a3e-3380a2ab7c57" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:58:40.110" UserId="2304" Text="This seemed to be reasonably easy to follow:&#xD;&#xA; http://www.unix-tutorials.com/go.php?id=3617&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If monitoring everything via SNMP w/ 5min updates is an acceptable option, Cacti might also be worth looking into." />
  <row Id="11267" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6455" RevisionGUID="72d6da99-d819-4f8b-ab22-b58660855aa4" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:01:05.457" UserId="2298" Text="For hardware solutions I rely on Netopia.  There Enterprise class routers are highly configurable, and are almost as easy to manage as Linksys (albeit via Telnet) and yet powerful enough to offer site-to-site connectors, multiple public ips, filter rules, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They offer wired and wireless, with DSL modem and without.  Check out the 3000 series...&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11268" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6456" RevisionGUID="d9e712d3-c0d1-4d22-a5f8-25d263ada868" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:04:18.757" UserId="2298" Text="I reply on APC.  They usually last years, the replaceable batteries (RBCs) come with prepaid shipping labels for old battery disposal, and they offer a trade-up discount, again shipping prepaid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I only use the Smart UPS in situations where I want the extra analysis, mostly relying on the BackUPS line, like the RS900, load needs-dependent.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11269" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6435" RevisionGUID="9f8934c3-d2e2-4b7e-ae84-f18662233242" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:07:48.280" UserId="706" Comment="added 17 characters in body" Text="A good NTP server, mainly.  Set it up so that the clock hasn't drifted more than a few seconds since the last NTP sync and you shouldn't have any problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your server is drifting more than a 30 seconds per day, you might want to look at better alternatives, but the clocks inside most computers are generally much better than 30 seconds per day, so one sync per day is usually fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BE AWARE that you might skip minutes if you set it up to synch periodically (ntpdate), and don't use the NTP daemon (ntpd) - if you are behind 3 seconds, and the NTP sync attempts an update at 10 minutes 58 seconds, it'll skip to 11 minutes 1 second, and depending on the scheduler you're using, it may not trigger the 11 minute tasks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The NTP daemon runs in the background and fixes the time slowly so programs and processes notice time may be going slightly more quickly or slowly than usual, but it won't skip second.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="11270" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6389" RevisionGUID="5a37947d-0d65-494f-a86b-915b42230f54" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:08:57.327" UserId="1848" Comment="added 179 characters in body" Text="I believe the only way to do it without changing how the authentication works on the website will be to do as you said, create a vpn tunnel between the networks and a trust between the domains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This page][1] contains a walkthrough for setting up a trust.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://thelazyadmin.com/blogs/thelazyadmin/archive/2005/10/04/Creating-an-Active-Directory-Trust.aspx" />
  <row Id="11271" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6457" RevisionGUID="1bea5469-f059-4b58-9761-c574dd133725" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:09:52.410" UserId="1858" Text="The download page for Boot Camp 2.1 says to install it before applying SP3, but my XP installation CD is already SP3. This is a scratch install on a formatted NTFS partition. How am I supposed to install Boot Camp 2.1 first?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I ask because the XP installation has been hanging at the 33 Minutes Left stage for two hours, and the Caps Lock light no longer toggles, the symptoms of It's Dead, Jim.)" />
  <row Id="11272" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6457" RevisionGUID="1bea5469-f059-4b58-9761-c574dd133725" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:09:52.410" UserId="1858" Text="Win XP SP3 &amp; Bootcamp" />
  <row Id="11273" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6457" RevisionGUID="1bea5469-f059-4b58-9761-c574dd133725" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:09:52.410" UserId="1858" Text="&lt;xp-sp3&gt;&lt;bootcamp&gt;" />
  <row Id="11274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6458" RevisionGUID="4b1050af-a68d-4fc1-ba79-866fee69d79e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:14:27.110" UserId="706" Text="Vista now appears to support automatic wireless key distribution through USB disks.  To see this in action, attempt to connect to a secure access point (that you don't have a key for) and when it asks for a key, insert a USB drive.  It reports that the drive doesn't have the required information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do you create this file?  It would be very handy for distribution of keys - in fact, one needn't ever give the key out - an administrator comes along, plugs in the drive, and then leaves.  The users never have access to the key as it goes straight into the windows wireless configuration (although I imagine it could be extracted from windows).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it a simple text format, or more complicated, and how does one create this inside windows?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it a well enough known format that it could be used for MAC and Linux configuration as well?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="11275" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6458" RevisionGUID="4b1050af-a68d-4fc1-ba79-866fee69d79e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:14:27.110" UserId="706" Text="Wireless configuration file " />
  <row Id="11276" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6458" RevisionGUID="4b1050af-a68d-4fc1-ba79-866fee69d79e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:14:27.110" UserId="706" Text="&lt;wifi&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;wpa&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="11277" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1584" RevisionGUID="b1c68518-da55-4697-a1c6-73b6e9504d37" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:15:10.993" UserId="706" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="**Sophos** is the one I used in a similar situation.  Very easy to use and work with, worked on the main server and pulled updates from Sophos to deploy to user workstations, etc, etc, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Relatively inexpensive, and very comprehensive central command, control, and monitoring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="11278" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6459" RevisionGUID="53058c12-66fc-4dc0-8bd8-8686950cdcd0" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:15:18.340" UserId="1039" Text="If all you want to do is overwrite the disk, then it doesn't matter what you use because anything at all will beat anything short of a forensics lab and I wouldn't trust anything short of slagging the drive to stop that level of resources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just use a non random source like all zeros or ones or a repeating pattern like (I think this will work)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    (head -c 4096 /dev/urandom; cat /dev/sdb/) &gt; /dev/sdb" />
  <row Id="11279" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6444" RevisionGUID="a6ec07c9-0fd2-402d-a05f-41afd2b44541" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:20:05.550" UserId="706" Comment="added 202 characters in body" Text="`/dev/random` uses a lot of system entropy, and so produces only a slow data stream.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`/dev/urandom` is less secure, and faster, but it's still geared towards smaller chunks of data - it's not meant to provide a continuous stream of high speed random numbers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should make a PRNG of your own design, and seed it with something from `/dev/random` or `/dev/urandom`.  If you need it a bit more random, seed it periodically - every few MB (or whatever the length of your prng is).  Getting 4 bytes (32 bit value) from urandom or random is fast enough that you can do this every 1k of data (reseed your prng every 1k) and get very random results, while going very, very, quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="11280" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6458" RevisionGUID="7f3d027c-4db0-4f83-8f91-cb869025893e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:21:00.573" UserId="706" Comment="edited tags" Text="Vista now appears to support automatic wireless key distribution through USB disks.  To see this in action, attempt to connect to a secure access point (that you don't have a key for) and when it asks for a key, insert a USB drive.  It reports that the drive doesn't have the required information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do you create this file?  It would be very handy for distribution of keys - in fact, one needn't ever give the key out - an administrator comes along, plugs in the drive, and then leaves.  The users never have access to the key as it goes straight into the windows wireless configuration (although I imagine it could be extracted from windows).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it a simple text format, or more complicated, and how does one create this inside windows?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it a well enough known format that it could be used for MAC and Linux configuration as well?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this the same format that is used by XP (but isn't as 'automatic' as Vista's new support)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="11281" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6458" RevisionGUID="7f3d027c-4db0-4f83-8f91-cb869025893e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:21:00.573" UserId="706" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;wifi&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;wpa&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="11282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6460" RevisionGUID="14771f12-b121-4872-ba75-b98fd4d186c2" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:23:30.333" UserId="2298" Text="Yes.  I use Trend Micro for most of my clients.  The Worry Free Business Security 5.1 standard for boxes without Exchange and WFBS Advanced for those with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The client gets installed automatically for the first server, and is an easy install for any others.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Real Time will hopefully not be needed very often, but the sweeps I select for weekly or daily, after hours, can find things that might have been missed previously (i.e. virus was not part of the previous definitions).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The performance hit is rare, and the alternative is a nightmare, especially for a shared resource like a server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although, I have met a few admins who think nothing of re-mastering a box from a backup image...  But I'd rather spend my time doing other things. :)" />
  <row Id="11283" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6370" RevisionGUID="3a461406-f43d-47c8-88b1-c2f996e8e312" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:26:15.457" UserId="658" Comment="mistake-associated OpenID with gravatar" Text="If your users are frequenting sites who use Gravatar as their avatar provider, like StackOverflow or ServerFault, you'll see a flurry of requests to gravatar.com. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each question and answer generates a hit for the user profile back to gravatar." />
  <row Id="11284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6461" RevisionGUID="7756eb5e-4379-49d5-8e0c-1b8e9f38c50b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:27:12.803" UserId="385" Text="Have you considered a web proxy like Squid? That may be one option. I know the big boys can filter at the packet level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another way of combatting this is to run period scans of each workstation/laptop as far as what's installed. You see a BitTorrent client, you flag the user. You can script for the easy stuff by querying the registry at:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6462" RevisionGUID="f70c08bb-f06a-4a19-92da-a3d100a1820d" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:29:50.083" UserId="1993" Text="I use ESET NOD32 for all our Windows machines in smallish dev shop. The central management is great: I can disseminate new configuration files with minimal fuss, schedule virus scans, push installations (I deployed across our entire network without leaving my desk), and do a number of other things I've never found necessary. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Performance and unobtrusive profile were our major requirements, and NOD32 meets both of those. (see [this conversation][1] for details). Pricing is also very reasonable - we paid between $20-$25 per seat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only disadvantage I see is lack of Mac support. I wasn't entirely clear from your question whether you were looking to get this software on the Macs as well, but if so, this isn't the product for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1217/what-antivirus-do-you-recommend-for-dev-boxes/5895#5895" />
  <row Id="11286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6463" RevisionGUID="f977e3d9-304a-4e9c-860d-cf5bddc9563f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:30:19.550" UserId="2308" Text="ForeFront Client Security is easy to use, easy to deploy and easy to manage via AD Group Policy. The server side is a bit heavy though, but updates are deployed via WSUS and Windows Update. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6464" RevisionGUID="94fe52bc-1102-4aca-98c0-58d745353700" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:33:17.330" UserId="2024" Text="The difference between good and great administrators is not often seen until it's too late.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A good administrator will get the software or system up and running and it'll run great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A great administrator will get the software or system up and running and again it'll run great. However the great administrator will also have taken the time to understand everything he possibly can about the system and put preventative measures in place to make sure things don't break at the most critical time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they do break the great administrator will be able to fix or find a workaround very quickly due to his knowledge of the platform. A good administrator will generally panic and start flapping at this point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, as stated, this is all often found out too late ." />
  <row Id="11288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6465" RevisionGUID="1047ad14-c10d-46ec-a1cb-af6b3ca7291a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:36:07.167" UserId="1797" Text="A NTP server it is what's needed to keep time synchronized on your DC, yes. Read this article for instructions on how to [synchronize your DC with an external source][1], and this knowledge base article on how to [configure an authoritative time server][2] with Windows 2003. You will need both to keep your domain time synchronized. Workstations joined to the domain, will automatically synchronize with the authoritative time server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc784553.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042" />
  <row Id="11289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6466" RevisionGUID="66ae3eba-93d7-4647-8e93-a86acfcb5dc7" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:38:29.127" UserId="216" Text="In practise there's probably no need to seed the whole disk from one continuously random stream.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could create a modest sized chunk of random data and then just repeat that over and over across the disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just make sure that that chunk of data is not a multiple of the disk's normal block size, to ensure that you don't end up overwriting correlated blocks of data with the exact same bit of random data.  A chunk size that's a prime number in the ~1MB range should do nicely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For additional security, just do it a few times more, using a different chunk size each time." />
  <row Id="11290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6467" RevisionGUID="030d2c4b-f815-433c-b157-01e33d4cb56d" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:38:29.250" UserId="2304" Text="Actually the Dell R900 sounds like it'd be a good fit for what you're looking for.  Personally, I like the HP DL580 G5 7400 (24 cores, ~$16k-$18k), but either one will probably get you the most bang for your buck out of the main server vendors...  An IBM x3850 M2 will run you about $20k for 24 cores.  After that, you're looking at smaller vendors &amp; any deals your local VARs might be offering.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Admittedly, it's more for the geek factor, but there's always the Cray CX1 (https://cx1.cray.com/Default.aspx) ~$28k for 24 cores using only 3 of the 8 available slots..." />
  <row Id="11291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6468" RevisionGUID="0c9703bc-e2ce-486e-8cfb-fccefefc3a3d" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:38:37.567" UserId="2083" Text="To change the title of the CMD window you have open, simply use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`title [your new title]`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've got a lot of CMD windows and other programs open at work. This command, combined with Taskbar Shuffle (allows you to drag taskbar items into new orders) has saved me from insanity." />
  <row Id="11292" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6468" RevisionGUID="0c9703bc-e2ce-486e-8cfb-fccefefc3a3d" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:38:37.567" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6469" RevisionGUID="8dc5dfa4-ede9-45e1-911f-d674a3122b16" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:42:30.567" UserId="2309" Text="I like [Prevx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.prevx.com/" />
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  <row Id="11295" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6470" RevisionGUID="83e4c27f-1c27-4a2a-818c-4186d1f3bb1b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:43:52.280" UserId="1736" Text="What is your favorite joke or cultural reference expressed as a Unix command line?" />
  <row Id="11296" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6470" RevisionGUID="83e4c27f-1c27-4a2a-818c-4186d1f3bb1b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:43:52.280" UserId="1736" Text="Favorite joke/cultural reference in Unix command line form?" />
  <row Id="11297" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6470" RevisionGUID="83e4c27f-1c27-4a2a-818c-4186d1f3bb1b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:43:52.280" UserId="1736" Text="&lt;fun&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
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  <row Id="11299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6471" RevisionGUID="7f318e7d-e1a8-4a1d-8220-93233a9baaae" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:44:21.873" UserId="1736" Text="    find / -user you -iname '*base*' -exec chown us:us {} \;" />
  <row Id="11300" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6471" RevisionGUID="7f318e7d-e1a8-4a1d-8220-93233a9baaae" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:44:21.873" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6472" RevisionGUID="bfac6ddb-5a76-44aa-966c-2d6ff40019e9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:45:18.563" UserId="1797" Text="I have said it before, on a different question. I wholeheartly [recommend Symantec AV Enterprise edition][1]. It is robust, constantly up-to-date, consumes very little resources, highly effective.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4070/do-i-need-to-deploy-antivirus-and-anti-spyware-software-to-all-the-pcs-on-my-netw/4074#4074" />
  <row Id="11302" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6423" RevisionGUID="937cdde4-d8b3-4dbf-aafb-baa67f10fb01" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:48:57.713" UserId="1039" Comment="added 68 characters in body" Text="I'm looking into research in multi-core processing and hardware to test it on. I would need at least 4 cores (but would prefer as many as I can get) on shared memory. I have to odd &quot;requirement&quot; that total performance is not really of interest as I'm more interested in comparing stuff rather than raw processing power.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a starting point [this beast][1] can be decked out with 24 cores for about $14K retail (Ouch! Way out of my [personal] price range.) comes in at $583/core.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=becwwk1&amp;c=us&amp;l=en&amp;s=bsd&amp;cs=04&amp;kc=category~rack_optimized" />
  <row Id="11303" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6473" RevisionGUID="94213b03-ff22-4c97-a9ef-7711dc998358" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:52:55.160" UserId="216" Text="A Sun^WOracle [T1000 Niagra][1] system has eight cores each running four threads giving a total of 32 threads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm unsure about US pricing, but the Sun web site says the base configuration (with six cores) starts at US$3400.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sun.com/servers/coolthreads/t1000/" />
  <row Id="11304" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6474" RevisionGUID="0cf2bd00-2059-47ff-b2d3-d678d29a5724" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:53:18.653" UserId="2004" Text="I'm surprised no one mentioned Novell's [eDirectory][1]. It has been around since 1993 (Of course if was called NDS back then). [http://www.novell.com/products/edirectory/whychoose.html][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.novell.com/products/edirectory/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.novell.com/products/edirectory/whychoose.html" />
  <row Id="11305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6475" RevisionGUID="58d0b7d5-a84c-4b5e-ac1c-0c48149eb7d1" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:54:05.907" UserId="1207" Text="I like a lot of the answers here already, but would suggest one more: Understand and believe your systems are there to support the business, not the other way round. " />
  <row Id="11306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6476" RevisionGUID="f37fc476-5263-41dc-9949-973b507c5b2c" CreationDate="2009-05-08T20:56:03.903" UserId="2302" Text="Edit it in vim, and use the set fileformat command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- MS-DOS/Windows (CR+LF breaks) to *nix (LF only breaks)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   :set fileformat=unix&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;   :wq&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- *nix to MS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   :set fileformat=dos&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   :wq" />
  <row Id="11307" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6477" RevisionGUID="a9df24cd-2b25-49ec-87b2-124ac8e501bd" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:00:18.653" UserId="2306" Text="Windows boot time is pretty good, but it takes forever to get to my desktop once I login.  Whats the best way to find out whats happening?  I only have 3 items in my Startup folder, but the admins at work seem to have installed like 30 things into my system tray somehow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One big annoyance is that I have a ~45 second pause after I login but before anything shows up on the screen.  During this pause, the hard disk light isn't flashing on my laptop so it feels like nothing is happening which drives me crazy.  Is some app trying to connect to the network and hanging?  How can I find out?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What would be really cool is some kind of tool that visually mapped out everything thats starting up and which resources its using.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions?" />
  <row Id="11308" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6477" RevisionGUID="a9df24cd-2b25-49ec-87b2-124ac8e501bd" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:00:18.653" UserId="2306" Text="How can I improve my Windows XP start up time?" />
  <row Id="11309" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6477" RevisionGUID="a9df24cd-2b25-49ec-87b2-124ac8e501bd" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:00:18.653" UserId="2306" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;startup&gt;" />
  <row Id="11310" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6478" RevisionGUID="270a0905-c0f4-4de5-8158-426ec0e09552" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:05:20.763" UserId="2302" Text="Agree with Mike that DVD isn't necessarily the best choice -- HD space gets cheaper and more reliable every day.  Having said that, regardless of the media, Truecrypt and GPG have both performed very well for me, are secure and reliable, and are both FOSS." />
  <row Id="11311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6479" RevisionGUID="0f8251c0-19d3-4a60-83d3-cc7fd28b86d1" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:05:47.000" UserId="1848" Text="Your admins probably have some startup scripts they are pushing through group policy and could be what is causing the delay.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To see exactly what runs on startup from your computer, take a look at [Autoruns][1] from SysInternals.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a lot of stuff trying to run at once, it may be worth it to look at using [Startup Delayer][2] to force your startup apps to run in a specific order rather than all at once.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.r2.com.au/software.php?page=2&amp;show=startdelay" />
  <row Id="11312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6480" RevisionGUID="645579a4-cd39-45a4-83b6-e43268c8d540" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:06:07.000" UserId="846" Text="Centrally managed may be overkill for this small a network.  The console requires some admin, so with only a dozen computers you won't save much time over a visit to each machine to click the update button.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use Symantec A/V here (150 PCs), and have the A/V console on the same server that we use for aggregating Windows Updates.  I wouldn't recommend it for any smaller networks, because it does require management.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6481" RevisionGUID="b0c72e1d-2828-4c7c-b4f2-dfbf598bcbee" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:09:18.037" UserId="640" Text="See here: http://serverfault.com/questions/3953/how-to-boot-quicker" />
  <row Id="11314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6482" RevisionGUID="c5c04112-7613-4f0e-b550-06f535fe7f3a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:10:48.597" UserId="48" Text="One of the most frequent requests I get from users with Exchange, is to be able to send from one of there alternative email addresses, that is one of the addreses there account is configured with in Exchange, but that is not there primary address. Unfortuantely as far as I am aware Microsoft have not yet come up with a solution to this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used a number of hacks to get round this, sepearate accounts with POP3 access, Using the from field in outlook, but each have there draw back. What have you used in these situations to allow the use of these alternative addresses?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11315" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6482" RevisionGUID="c5c04112-7613-4f0e-b550-06f535fe7f3a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:10:48.597" UserId="48" Text="Sending from alternative addresses in Exchange" />
  <row Id="11316" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6482" RevisionGUID="c5c04112-7613-4f0e-b550-06f535fe7f3a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:10:48.597" UserId="48" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;exchange-2003&gt;&lt;exchange-2007&gt;" />
  <row Id="11317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6483" RevisionGUID="0a7f4836-cf00-489c-b2a1-201d9d75befc" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:10:56.473" UserId="846" Text="Autoruns is good, as is msconfig.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might want do test it out in various environments ... network connected, network not connected, safe mode, standard mode, different users, some peripherals connected and not connected. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck!" />
  <row Id="11318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6484" RevisionGUID="fa74b71d-8e90-40f7-a52f-bdda97b47129" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:13:09.900" UserId="2306" Text="I had this problem too.  I spent many hours playing with my xorg.conf.  It appears to me that for my hardware anyway (Lenovo T60, ati video card), I can't use Mouse Integration or the vbvideo driver if I want to see reasonable performance.  Try using your normal video driver instead.  Another annoyance I have is that I can't do that neat dynamic window resize thing." />
  <row Id="11319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6485" RevisionGUID="3cbed8dd-5565-4004-86aa-550bdcb272c4" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:14:09.243" UserId="991" Text="Howdy,  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are looking to publish a ClickOnce application to a large Active Directory network which has to abide by the [FDCC](http://nvd.nist.gov/fdcc/fdcc_faq.cfm#1) (Federal Desktop Core Configuration) which is an OMB-mandated security configuration.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have experience with this security configuration and ClickOnce applications?  The application requires the ability to read a file the logged in user has access to.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are also concerned with extra security setting being placed in the future that may stop the ClickOnce application from working.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How robust is the ClickOnce method for deployment when you start to lock down the computer?  &#xD;&#xA;What settings *must* be in place for a ClickOnce to function?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you,  &#xD;&#xA;Keith&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit:&#xD;&#xA;I am also asking this on [stackoverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/841825/does-a-clickonce-application-deploy-to-a-fdcc-locked-down-computer) since it kind of rides both sides.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11320" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6485" RevisionGUID="3cbed8dd-5565-4004-86aa-550bdcb272c4" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:14:09.243" UserId="991" Text="Does a ClickOnce Application deploy to a FDCC locked down computer?" />
  <row Id="11321" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6485" RevisionGUID="3cbed8dd-5565-4004-86aa-550bdcb272c4" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:14:09.243" UserId="991" Text="&lt;clickonce&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="11322" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6486" RevisionGUID="f5481524-5883-4b07-b29f-01026785078d" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:14:33.173" UserId="86" Text="Windows XP has a built-in tool called the System Configuration Utility which can help with this.  Type `msconfig` from Run to open the tool, and look at the Services and Startup tabs.  From here you can disable unneeded services and startup items.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Services tab also has a Hide All Microsoft Services option to help filter out necessary services.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11323" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6487" RevisionGUID="cd48b063-5223-498e-893e-2d80312b74e6" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:15:24.903" UserId="1848" Text="The are only two ways I'm aware of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One, is to use multiple accounts and have the users change the from field (which makes it basically useless and a maintenance nightmare). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Two, there is a program called [Choose From][1] that promises to do it, unfortunately it is quite pricey ($239 for 1-2 users).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ivasoft.biz/" />
  <row Id="11324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6488" RevisionGUID="d7b15ccf-e951-49fd-9ad7-1d573c004cd4" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:18:07.470" UserId="1882" Text="     $ man woman&#xD;&#xA;     No manual entry for woman" />
  <row Id="11325" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6488" RevisionGUID="d7b15ccf-e951-49fd-9ad7-1d573c004cd4" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:18:07.470" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11326" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6489" RevisionGUID="d1821eff-3f16-47fe-a445-e3e231f9927a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:20:30.617" UserId="1176" Text="I sense that the need to &quot;install&quot; .NET &amp; SQL Server to a USB drive has something to do with the overhead of installing them to the hd (size, files, etc). Installing these to a USB is impractical, development-wise. Why not build a Virtual PC instead? " />
  <row Id="11327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6490" RevisionGUID="fc50f679-adaf-4c2e-b626-dd744c7068dd" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:21:03.767" UserId="2304" Text="Vista uses the same system as XP SP2, called [Windows Connect Now (WCN)][1].  The file itself is just an XML file on the USB drive named Wsetting.WFC, usually created with the Wireless Networking Setup Wizard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems to be fairly well known, however I've never run across it being used with Linux or Mac systems... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Rally#Windows_Connect_Now" />
  <row Id="11328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6491" RevisionGUID="3862ed9f-f4f2-43ca-9eb3-7fd6cb9704fe" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:23:23.293" UserId="1176" Text="This might have something that can resolve the issue: http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/7/1/5718A94A-3931-457B-8567-AA0995E34870/ReleaseNotesSQL2005SP3.htm " />
  <row Id="11329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6492" RevisionGUID="cd2466ef-1b51-477e-bca3-2431577fc522" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:23:54.103" UserId="1882" Text="    $ PATH=pretending! /usr/bin/which sense&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/bin/which: no sense in (pretending!)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11330" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6492" RevisionGUID="cd2466ef-1b51-477e-bca3-2431577fc522" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:23:54.103" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11331" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6482" RevisionGUID="48138bfc-9122-425c-8757-a01c166a7247" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:24:36.707" UserId="48" Comment="edited body" Text="One of the most frequent requests I get from users with Exchange, is to be able to send from one of their alternative email addresses, that is one of the addreses there account is configured with in Exchange, but that is not their primary address. Unfortuantely as far as I am aware Microsoft have not yet come up with a solution to this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used a number of hacks to get round this, sepearate accounts with POP3 access, Using the from field in outlook, but each have there draw back. What have you used in these situations to allow the use of these alternative addresses?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11334" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6494" RevisionGUID="2e7f197f-9adf-4a70-988f-bd89706788fe" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:30:07.880" UserId="2224" Text="[BootViz][1] is a Microsoft tool that optimizes your bootup sequence in Windows XP (only, not for Vista or 2000). It usually makes a substantial difference, and gives you the information you need to troubleshoot the boot process further.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other suggestions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - McAfee AV 8.7 has a few bugs that slow boot time.&#xD;&#xA; - Applications that preload (Acrobat, OpenOffice) will slow down login time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=664" />
  <row Id="11335" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6495" RevisionGUID="4e97a308-38cb-41ae-bd12-260eb0ab9678" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:31:22.087" UserId="340" Text="We have tried them all for all different clients at different stages.  We are now deploying F-Secure.  You get the control panel for free and it supports multiple platforms.  They have a [small business edition][1] which covers your servers as well.  The best thing about it is that it covers viruses, spyware, phishing, etc.  The footprint is reasonable and it can be deployed remotely from the command center.  Good Luck!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tinyurl.com/qfxj5v" />
  <row Id="11336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6496" RevisionGUID="91c5b5c8-bc76-4404-af63-86e2c61c3954" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:35:10.940" UserId="2077" Text="Personally I use a combination of ticketing system ([Request Tracker][1]) and my Outlook calendar.  I work from the ticketing system for fix-them-now type tickets, but for larger issues, those that will take multiple periods of work I schedule them into my outlook calendar.  I just drag the tab or address bar over and drop it into the calendar.  I leave the reminders set to remind me 0 minutes before due so I know when to switch tasks.  If something interrupts me (and it does frequently) or if a task needs more time I just drag and my tasks around on the calendar accordingly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I love the idea of one person handling interruptions while the other person has a &quot;fortress of solitude&quot; to concentrate on important, but not urgent matters.  Then switching positions later in the day. Unfortunately, I'm a one man show most of the time and I have no door on my office, so I get lots and lots of drop-bys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://bestpractical.com" />
  <row Id="11337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6497" RevisionGUID="0b8d815a-8808-4819-9bb7-0825bd879584" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:37:34.413" UserId="846" Text="I use my own hybrid of GTD (see Adam's [answer][1]) and Linenbergers &quot;Total Workday Control&quot; (*see below*).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IMHO, the keys are:  &#xD;&#xA;1- Recognize that you can't control time, you can only control tasks. The biggest value of any system is identifying the best thing to do next.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2- A single place to gather all tasks, projects, next actions.  I use Outlook tasks, with connectors to ToodleDo on my iPhone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3- Regular review of the tasks, projects, next actions, etc.  I do it weekly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4- Discipline.  Discipline to use the system to find the next task, discipline to put everything into the system, and discipline to minimize interruptions and distractions (like ServerFault!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Note about TWC.  I didn't link because the version I use is no longer current.  I read version 1 of his book &quot;Total Workday Control using Microsoft Outlook&quot;. He updated it (version 2) to &quot;Manage Your Now&quot;, which I haven't figured out.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6442/what-sort-of-time-management-system-do-you-use/6446#6446" />
  <row Id="11338" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6485" RevisionGUID="d685d0e8-795a-4d27-bc62-6249ce57e2b6" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:39:31.633" UserId="48" Comment="Removed greetings and sig" Text="&#xD;&#xA;We are looking to publish a ClickOnce application to a large Active Directory network which has to abide by the [FDCC](http://nvd.nist.gov/fdcc/fdcc_faq.cfm#1) (Federal Desktop Core Configuration) which is an OMB-mandated security configuration.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have experience with this security configuration and ClickOnce applications?  The application requires the ability to read a file the logged in user has access to.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are also concerned with extra security setting being placed in the future that may stop the ClickOnce application from working.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How robust is the ClickOnce method for deployment when you start to lock down the computer?  &#xD;&#xA;What settings *must* be in place for a ClickOnce to function?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit:&#xD;&#xA;I am also asking this on [stackoverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/841825/does-a-clickonce-application-deploy-to-a-fdcc-locked-down-computer) since it kind of rides both sides.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6498" RevisionGUID="e9ad208c-a490-41ea-99ea-41780be86594" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:41:12.423" UserId="1797" Text="The thing about the &quot;alternate&quot; email addresses on Exchange is that they are not such. They are just aliases to the same mailbox. Aliases main use is to accept incoming emails, but not to be used on outgoing. As far as I know, it is not possible to set identities on Exchange. You can create different profiles on Outlook, for different accounts, but that's pretty much it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Choose From program is not an Outlook plugin, it is server centric. By the looks of their webpage, I don't feel too assured as of to try it :-)" />
  <row Id="11340" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6499" RevisionGUID="11199b29-4c5d-4e36-a156-53d94579a356" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:43:52.010" UserId="1839" Text="&#xD;&#xA;We have a VB6 application that uses a com object to communicate with an email package.  The app runs autonomously and every once in a blue moon the Com DLL seems to become unregistered.  A quick call to RegSvr32 and the system is back to happy.&#xD;&#xA;We tried implemented a quick fix in the application that registers the DLL every time the application is going to need it, but that doesn’t seem to have worked.  &#xD;&#xA;This has become quite an annoyance. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In case you are wondering the app just calls a shell command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Shell &quot;regsvr32 /s &quot; &amp; &quot;&quot;&quot;&quot; &amp; pathName &amp; &quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have a idea of what can cause a COM DLL to become unregistered?    &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11341" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6499" RevisionGUID="11199b29-4c5d-4e36-a156-53d94579a356" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:43:52.010" UserId="1839" Text="Com DLL becomes unregistered at random." />
  <row Id="11342" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6499" RevisionGUID="11199b29-4c5d-4e36-a156-53d94579a356" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:43:52.010" UserId="1839" Text="&lt;vb6&gt;&lt;dll&gt;&lt;com&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="11343" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6499" RevisionGUID="8cba0b17-d894-4b8c-865e-4db69fbb15da" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:47:59.567" UserId="48" Comment="Fixed different capitialisations of COM" Text="We have a VB6 application that uses a COM object to communicate with an email package.  The app runs autonomously and every once in a blue moon the COM DLL seems to become unregistered. A quick call to RegSvr32 and the system is back to happy.&#xD;&#xA;We tried implementing a quick fix that registers the DLL every time the application is going to need it, but that doesn’t seem to have worked.  &#xD;&#xA;This has become quite an annoyance. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In case you are wondering the app just calls a shell command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Shell &quot;regsvr32 /s &quot; &amp; &quot;&quot;&quot;&quot; &amp; pathName &amp; &quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have a idea of what can cause a COM DLL to become unregistered?    &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11344" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6423" RevisionGUID="65f91e25-c659-4644-aa2e-4d1050780dae" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:48:08.537" UserId="1039" Comment="added 192 characters in body" Text="I'm looking into research in multi-core processing and hardware to test it on. I would need at least 4 cores (but would prefer as many as I can get) on shared memory. I have to odd &quot;requirement&quot; that total performance is not really of interest as I'm more interested in comparing stuff rather than raw processing power.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a starting point&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [This beast][1] can be decked out with 24 cores for about $14K retail (Ouch! Way out of my [personal] price range.) comes in at $583/core.&#xD;&#xA;- [This one][2] can get 8 cores for $1500 for ~$400/core&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=becwwk1&amp;c=us&amp;l=en&amp;s=bsd&amp;cs=04&amp;kc=category~rack_optimized&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=becwzk1&amp;c=us&amp;l=en&amp;s=bsd&amp;cs=04&amp;kc=productdetails~pedge_2900_3_tower" />
  <row Id="11345" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6500" RevisionGUID="f12a2096-cc92-48d9-ba3b-44b70ead272a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:50:53.960" UserId="1530" Text="I am currently using VMWare Workstation 6.5 to test the Windows 7 RC build 7100, and am particularly interested in evaluating the new &quot;XP Mode&quot; feature.  However, since one of the prerequisites is hardware virtualization support, I am afraid this might not be possible under the isolation of a guest OS.  Is there a configuration option in VMWare to allow this to work?" />
  <row Id="11346" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6500" RevisionGUID="f12a2096-cc92-48d9-ba3b-44b70ead272a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:50:53.960" UserId="1530" Text="Is it possible to test Windows 7 RC XP Mode under VMWare Workstation 6.5?" />
  <row Id="11347" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6500" RevisionGUID="f12a2096-cc92-48d9-ba3b-44b70ead272a" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:50:53.960" UserId="1530" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;xp-mode&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="11348" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6501" RevisionGUID="a67d079a-c55b-411a-a6bf-df3e238fff1f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:51:22.430" UserId="48" Text="That is a little difficult. The only thing I can really suggest is to try and get hold of some SP2 or older media for XP and install from that. Your licence key should still work with the older ones, so long as they are the same version (home or pro), and the same licence type (retai, OEM, volume licence)." />
  <row Id="11349" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6428" RevisionGUID="57311f38-c23b-40f5-9592-b9b02a480cc4" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:52:31.587" UserId="48" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="Simple question,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is SATA 2 compatible with SATA 1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11350" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6502" RevisionGUID="39e3f3d1-c1fd-4044-8b2a-b3921d1b4ca9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:54:25.683" UserId="588" Text="* Intel Q8200 - 170$&#xD;&#xA;* Asus G31 mobo - 60$&#xD;&#xA;* 2 X 2GB DDR2 800 RAM - 50$&#xD;&#xA;* 500GB drive - 70$&#xD;&#xA;* generic case  - 40$&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;100$ per core&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I reckon you can similarly get SuperMicro 2U 2-socket 8-core machine for about 1000$&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11351" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6503" RevisionGUID="26a5c11a-0abf-43a6-ab20-f16a0c587765" CreationDate="2009-05-08T21:58:18.857" UserId="914" Text="I'm using virtual box and it works fine combined with my hardware virtualisation.&#xD;&#xA;Not sure about VMWare, but I should think it works there also, VMWare are generally on top of the latest virtualisation stuff." />
  <row Id="11352" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6504" RevisionGUID="5f435b40-9a81-4719-85e6-2c751475afd0" CreationDate="2009-05-08T22:01:15.073" UserId="2304" Text="For Linux:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[chkrootkit][1], Pangeia Informatica (BSD Open Source) 12/17/2007&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[rkhunter][2],  Rootkit.nl (GPL Open Source project) 12/31/2008&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.chkrootkit.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.rootkit.nl/projects/rootkit_hunter.html" />
  <row Id="11353" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6504" RevisionGUID="5f435b40-9a81-4719-85e6-2c751475afd0" CreationDate="2009-05-08T22:01:15.073" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11354" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6393" RevisionGUID="8a04b622-84dd-4513-b523-c5339586e8f2" CreationDate="2009-05-08T22:10:10.997" UserId="768" Comment="added 62 characters in body" Text="I am looking for a graphical interface to interogate a local server about the DNS entries it has. Basically I want a graphical [dig][dig] / [nslookup][nslookup] environment similar to [Zenmap][zenmap].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would also prefer it to be runnable on an Ubuntu desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[dig]:      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Information_Groper&#xD;&#xA;[nslookup]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nslookup&#xD;&#xA;[zenmap]:   http://nmap.org/zenmap/" />
  <row Id="11355" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6505" RevisionGUID="ed57d1ef-ea08-437a-9b3c-f12d24f17ac6" CreationDate="2009-05-08T22:12:43.923" UserId="706" Text="[Windows Connect Now, USB Flash Drive (WCN-UFD)][1] is the name Microsoft uses for automatic wireless configuration as part of their [Windows Rally][2] suite of wireless configuration technologies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Windows Connect Now-UFD for Windows XP Specification][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Windows Connect Now-UFD and Windows Vista Specification][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sample Wsetting.wfc file for wireless AP with WPA, works with both XP and Vista:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot;?&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;wirelessProfile xmlns=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/provisioning/WirelessProfile/2004&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;config&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		&lt;configId&gt;000A013E-6740-439C-9935-EE58D85FA38A&lt;/configId&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		&lt;configAuthorId&gt;0B4E59B8-8317-46B2-B8C2-C46850162E6C&lt;/configAuthorId&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		&lt;configAuthor&gt;Microsoft Wireless Network Setup Wizard&lt;/configAuthor&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;/config&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;ssid xml:space=&quot;preserve&quot;&gt;FCTest324-2&lt;/ssid&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;connectionType&gt;ESS&lt;/connectionType&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;primaryProfile&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		&lt;authentication&gt;WPAPSK&lt;/authentication&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		&lt;encryption&gt;TKIP&lt;/encryption&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		&lt;networkKey xml:space=&quot;preserve&quot;&gt;adfafdgrhknakj fdankjnahiu rhyqa thnblajrtl985762987)&lt;/networkKey&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		&lt;keyProvidedAutomatically&gt;0&lt;/keyProvidedAutomatically&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		&lt;ieee802Dot1xEnabled&gt;0&lt;/ieee802Dot1xEnabled&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;/primaryProfile&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/wirelessProfile&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Samples from the specifications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Rally#Windows_Connect_Now&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Rally&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/connect/rally/wcn-ufd_xpspec.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/connect/rally/wcn-ufd_vistaspec.mspx&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6506" RevisionGUID="d0f9d407-c33f-4103-a296-676fb5b469db" CreationDate="2009-05-08T22:14:20.503" UserId="588" Text="I'm settling in a new office and except the obvious (PC, screen, mouse, keyboard) and the can't-work-without earphones, tissue box, Philips screwdriver and stack (overflow?) of papers my table looks poor, empty and not functional.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt; Which tools of the trade do you keep in your desk? What proves useful to keep within an arm's reach?&lt;/b&gt;" />
  <row Id="11357" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6506" RevisionGUID="d0f9d407-c33f-4103-a296-676fb5b469db" CreationDate="2009-05-08T22:14:20.503" UserId="588" Text="What do you have on your (physical) desk?" />
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  <row Id="11361" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6508" RevisionGUID="41e96115-98ea-40e5-a75a-fa5fd0615fea" CreationDate="2009-05-08T22:20:35.217" UserId="859" Text="Here's one I'm looking at:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Case - $100&#xD;&#xA;AMD Phenom 9950 CPU - $150&#xD;&#xA;GIGABYTE GA-MA790GP-UD4H mobo - $135&#xD;&#xA;2x2GB DDR2 800 RAM - $50&#xD;&#xA;500 GB HD - $70&#xD;&#xA;DVD+/-RW drive - $26&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Total cost: $533 = $133 per core&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, this has a top end CPU and a nice case and motherboard.  You could easily drop this down to $120 for an AMD Phenom 9650, a basic case for $40 and basic Mobo for $60 which drops the price to $360 or about $80 per core.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6509" RevisionGUID="034b0757-ace2-4461-8e35-ad1f419ff34e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T22:23:03.213" UserId="2318" Text="Using &quot;.local&quot; as your hostname breaks Kerberos (and other services) in Mac OS Server 10.5 Advanced because the server will only do Bonjour lookups instead of checking with the DNS Server(s). There is an old Apple knowledgebase article (from OS 10.3) that says adding the string &quot;local&quot; to the &quot;Search Domains&quot; section of the Network System Preference Pane will force your computer to lookup via a DNS server instead of just Bonjour...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...which sounds like it would also allow you to use &quot;server.local&quot; as your hostname - can anyone confirm this is the case, or is there some other drawback with this workaround?" />
  <row Id="11364" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6509" RevisionGUID="034b0757-ace2-4461-8e35-ad1f419ff34e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T22:23:03.213" UserId="2318" Text="Workaround for using &quot;.local&quot; as a Leopard Server's hostname?" />
  <row Id="11365" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6509" RevisionGUID="034b0757-ace2-4461-8e35-ad1f419ff34e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T22:23:03.213" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;leopard&gt;&lt;mac&gt;" />
  <row Id="11366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6510" RevisionGUID="7d193d59-a12a-412a-b43f-1d7cbcd01591" CreationDate="2009-05-08T22:25:59.773" UserId="2302" Text="Cron-apt does exactly this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/162&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11367" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6505" RevisionGUID="60a16977-2941-415b-a4d2-381a2ef488e6" CreationDate="2009-05-08T22:32:22.877" UserId="706" Comment="added 13 characters in body" Text="[Windows Connect Now, USB Flash Drive (WCN-UFD)][1] is the name Microsoft uses for automatic wireless configuration as part of their [Windows Rally][2] suite of wireless configuration technologies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Windows Connect Now-UFD for Windows XP Specification][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Windows Connect Now-UFD and Windows Vista Specification][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sample Wsetting.wfc file for wireless AP with WPA, works with both XP and Vista:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot;?&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;wirelessProfile xmlns=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/provisioning/WirelessProfile/2004&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;config&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		&lt;configId&gt;000A013E-6740-439C-9935-EE58D85FA38A&lt;/configId&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		&lt;configAuthorId&gt;0B4E59B8-8317-46B2-B8C2-C46850162E6C&lt;/configAuthorId&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		&lt;configAuthor&gt;Microsoft Wireless Network Setup Wizard&lt;/configAuthor&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;/config&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;ssid xml:space=&quot;preserve&quot;&gt;FCTest324-2&lt;/ssid&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;connectionType&gt;ESS&lt;/connectionType&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;primaryProfile&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		&lt;authentication&gt;WPAPSK&lt;/authentication&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		&lt;encryption&gt;TKIP&lt;/encryption&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		&lt;networkKey xml:space=&quot;preserve&quot;&gt;adfafdgrhknakj fdankjnahiu rhyqa thnblajrtl985762987)&lt;/networkKey&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		&lt;keyProvidedAutomatically&gt;0&lt;/keyProvidedAutomatically&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		&lt;ieee802Dot1xEnabled&gt;0&lt;/ieee802Dot1xEnabled&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;/primaryProfile&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/wirelessProfile&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The above sample is from both specifications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Rally#Windows_Connect_Now&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Rally&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/connect/rally/wcn-ufd_xpspec.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/connect/rally/wcn-ufd_vistaspec.mspx&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6511" RevisionGUID="8514bace-c157-453a-a795-e18c595ef953" CreationDate="2009-05-08T22:32:37.043" UserId="914" Text="An external hard drive dock always comes along handy.  Such as [this one][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/usb-gadgets/a7ea/" />
  <row Id="11369" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6506" RevisionGUID="eace533c-6d93-4afa-ab9b-905e1c914cd8" CreationDate="2009-05-08T22:33:35.887" UserId="706" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;desk&gt;&lt;workstation&gt;&lt;notitrelated&gt;" />
  <row Id="11371" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6423" RevisionGUID="cc996778-4b43-43ab-bdf2-b7f83ee2209d" CreationDate="2009-05-08T22:36:36.283" UserId="1039" Comment="added 61 characters in body" Text="I'm looking into research in multi-core processing and hardware to test it on. I would need at least 4 cores (but that's fairly minimal and I would prefer as many as I can get without upping the price to much) on shared memory. I have to odd &quot;requirement&quot; that total performance is not really of interest as I'm more interested in comparing stuff rather than raw processing power.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a starting point&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [This beast][1] can be decked out with 24 cores for about $14K retail (Ouch! Way out of my [personal] price range.) comes in at $583/core.&#xD;&#xA;- [This one][2] can get 8 cores for $1500 for ~$400/core&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=becwwk1&amp;c=us&amp;l=en&amp;s=bsd&amp;cs=04&amp;kc=category~rack_optimized&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=becwzk1&amp;c=us&amp;l=en&amp;s=bsd&amp;cs=04&amp;kc=productdetails~pedge_2900_3_tower" />
  <row Id="11372" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6512" RevisionGUID="9d5c7f23-7a30-40f6-ad12-5c95efc6836d" CreationDate="2009-05-08T22:41:49.487" UserId="2318" Text="If you've configured the Podcast Producer service on your OS X Server then the obvious answer would be: Podcast Capture! It comes with Mac OS." />
  <row Id="11373" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6513" RevisionGUID="ad43c634-2a1e-450e-b83b-71967214ffda" CreationDate="2009-05-08T22:42:03.713" UserId="1466" Text="I'm not sure how similar OS X is to linux, but I had a similar problem with an ubuntu install, and was able to solve it by **editing /etc/nsswitch.conf**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Under the **hosts** entry I had to re-order the services so that **dns** came before any of the **mdns4** entries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My modified line looks like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    hosts:     files dns mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] mdns4&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps someone!" />
  <row Id="11374" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6514" RevisionGUID="afd3e4f4-1764-47a0-8370-ecc42405ec6e" CreationDate="2009-05-08T22:45:14.390" UserId="1857" Text="I always keep one of my own business cards on my desk because I can never seem to remember my own work phone number when I'm on the phone with someone who needs it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--  &#xD;&#xA;bmb" />
  <row Id="11375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6515" RevisionGUID="71a54297-fef8-4f43-9666-a58689338891" CreationDate="2009-05-08T22:58:45.903" UserId="1135" Text="[Here][1] is a list of kickstart options from the RHEL/CentOS 5.2 documentation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.2/Installation_Guide/s1-kickstart2-startinginstall.html" />
  <row Id="11376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6516" RevisionGUID="034f93b3-fc65-4151-ac6b-3cc6edf26337" CreationDate="2009-05-08T23:00:25.323" UserId="2231" Text="    systeminfo&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Displays a ton of information about the system at hand.  The following are what it outputs on Vista:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Host Name, OS Name, OS Version, OS Manufacturer, OS Configuration, OS Build Type, Registered Owner, Registered Organization, Product ID, Original Install Date, System Boot Time, System Manufacturer, System Model, System Type, Processor(s), BIOS Version, Windows Directory, System Directory, Boot Device, System Locale, Input Locale, Time Zone, Total Physical Memory, Available  Physical Memory, Page File, Max Size, Page File, Available, Page File, In Use, Page File Location(s), Domain, Logon Server, Hotfix(s), Network Card(s)" />
  <row Id="11377" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6516" RevisionGUID="034f93b3-fc65-4151-ac6b-3cc6edf26337" CreationDate="2009-05-08T23:00:25.323" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11378" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6517" RevisionGUID="aa1d36e9-c0d7-40f6-9984-74a2319da07b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T23:04:11.583" UserId="2318" Text="Mail service is great. No problems on any client machines so far, but then IMAP is old enough now that you wouldn't expect huge compatibility issues. Exchange isn't supported yet, so if you need that feature set, you're out of luck. Webmail works fine, but is uninspiring:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mail service details here:&#xD;&#xA;http://images.apple.com/server/macosx/docs/L355775B_MailSvcs_tb.pdf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for calendering - it works great in Mac OS Mail.app. I haven't tried accessing calendaring from a Windows box but I understand it should work with Outlook 2007 - I suspect it won't be as smooth an experience with your Windows users compared to Exchange though. It uses CalDev protocol so it works with Mozilla Sunbird etc. You can create shared calendars but it does rely a fair amount on Directory service - some of the coolest features don't work for users who aren't bound to LDAP. " />
  <row Id="11379" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6505" RevisionGUID="8d6d1b5d-e00b-43ee-9cc3-9d234234410b" CreationDate="2009-05-08T23:07:30.017" UserId="706" Comment="added 164 characters in body" Text="Thanks to gharper who gave the information that led me to this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Windows Connect Now, USB Flash Drive (WCN-UFD)][1] is the name Microsoft uses for automatic wireless configuration as part of their [Windows Rally][2] suite of wireless configuration technologies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Windows Connect Now-UFD for Windows XP Specification][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Windows Connect Now-UFD and Windows Vista Specification][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sample Wsetting.wfc file for wireless AP with WPA, works with both XP and Vista:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot;?&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;wirelessProfile xmlns=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/provisioning/WirelessProfile/2004&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;config&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		&lt;configId&gt;000A013E-6740-439C-9935-EE58D85FA38A&lt;/configId&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		&lt;configAuthorId&gt;0B4E59B8-8317-46B2-B8C2-C46850162E6C&lt;/configAuthorId&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		&lt;configAuthor&gt;Microsoft Wireless Network Setup Wizard&lt;/configAuthor&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;/config&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;ssid xml:space=&quot;preserve&quot;&gt;FCTest324-2&lt;/ssid&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;connectionType&gt;ESS&lt;/connectionType&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;primaryProfile&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		&lt;authentication&gt;WPAPSK&lt;/authentication&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		&lt;encryption&gt;TKIP&lt;/encryption&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		&lt;networkKey xml:space=&quot;preserve&quot;&gt;adfafdgrhknakj fdankjnahiu rhyqa thnblajrtl985762987)&lt;/networkKey&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		&lt;keyProvidedAutomatically&gt;0&lt;/keyProvidedAutomatically&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		&lt;ieee802Dot1xEnabled&gt;0&lt;/ieee802Dot1xEnabled&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;/primaryProfile&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/wirelessProfile&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The above sample is from both specifications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you like this answer, please upvote gharper, I wouldn't have found it without his pointer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Rally#Windows_Connect_Now&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Rally&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/connect/rally/wcn-ufd_xpspec.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/connect/rally/wcn-ufd_vistaspec.mspx&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11380" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6506" RevisionGUID="09452100-8bbb-4ab9-acf0-2b3cf15d9bb2" CreationDate="2009-05-08T23:08:50.090" UserId="914" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;desk&gt;&lt;workstation&gt;&lt;not-it-related&gt;" />
  <row Id="11381" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="849" RevisionGUID="754f9266-4218-4476-a91b-3b1340b65886" CreationDate="2009-05-08T23:19:04.107" UserId="1232" Comment="Added link to slicehost." Text="I like [Slicehost][1] a lot.  Although their prices aren't the best for what you get, they aren't bad, and the service is wonderful.  There is nothing worse than going with a discount-bin host, and then having a problem, and finding their service staff is unresponsive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.slicehost.com/" />
  <row Id="11382" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2460" RevisionGUID="169d0147-2f1e-46e3-910d-bef55d0a6c96" CreationDate="2009-05-08T23:22:32.977" UserId="706" Comment="added 43 characters in body" Text="I've just started a VPS with [A2 Hosting][1].  Don't know how things will be long-term, but support has been great so far.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.a2hosting.com/" />
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  <row Id="11385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6520" RevisionGUID="ece68e8e-55f7-4cdc-9fb6-a19f8145ff94" CreationDate="2009-05-08T23:32:24.310" UserId="1232" Text="I'm looking at using [Linode][1] at a VPS host for a PHP Webapp. Linode offers a variety of Linux distros. I'm basically after a config that will absolutely minimize memory usage while still keeping the site performant. So how should I configure it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- I've heard [nginx][2] has a smaller footprint (and is often faster) than Apache;&#xD;&#xA;- I want some form of opcode cache, be it APC, eAccelerator, Zend, XCache or something else;&#xD;&#xA;- I'll be running MySQL 5;&#xD;&#xA;- Suggested distro? I've heard Arch Linux is fairly barebones (I'm used to Ubuntu);&#xD;&#xA;- I'm using GMail for the domain email so need nothing there;&#xD;&#xA;- Linode seems to offer a DNS service separately (for free) so I won't need to run DNS servers will I?&#xD;&#xA;- Anything else I can do to keep memory usage low?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linode.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://nginx.net/" />
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  <row Id="11387" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6520" RevisionGUID="ece68e8e-55f7-4cdc-9fb6-a19f8145ff94" CreationDate="2009-05-08T23:32:24.310" UserId="1232" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;vps&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;php&gt;&lt;optimization&gt;" />
  <row Id="11388" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6512" RevisionGUID="ca1d0922-0a74-4993-9c7f-14939b56ecda" CreationDate="2009-05-08T23:35:19.873" UserId="2318" Comment="added 66 characters in body" Text="If you've configured the Podcast Producer service on your OS X Server then the obvious answer would be: Podcast Capture! It comes with Mac OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See: http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/features/podcasts.html" />
  <row Id="11389" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6521" RevisionGUID="9d6ebd07-d27c-4d70-87db-a89610d2e585" CreationDate="2009-05-08T23:48:02.913" UserId="2318" Text="Is there a GUI tool out there to configure SFTP for Mac OS? I have SFTP running fine, but I have no idea if it's possible to restrict access to certain Shares etc. Server Admin just lets you configure options for FTP." />
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  <row Id="11393" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6522" RevisionGUID="e9fb2efc-e2fc-4490-bdcc-c04d597a8810" CreationDate="2009-05-08T23:52:22.063" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11394" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6523" RevisionGUID="0f7af555-4b26-41d8-aa53-bb9f442520ee" CreationDate="2009-05-08T23:55:35.597" UserId="710" Text="I just recently remoted into a dedicated server I recently got which is running windows server 2008.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I went into the Programs and Features and I don't see any .NET framework installed, but I know its running some version of .NET&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know what version of .NET windows server 2008 comes with?" />
  <row Id="11395" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6523" RevisionGUID="0f7af555-4b26-41d8-aa53-bb9f442520ee" CreationDate="2009-05-08T23:55:35.597" UserId="710" Text="What version of .net comes with Windows Server 2008?" />
  <row Id="11396" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6523" RevisionGUID="0f7af555-4b26-41d8-aa53-bb9f442520ee" CreationDate="2009-05-08T23:55:35.597" UserId="710" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;.net&gt;" />
  <row Id="11397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6524" RevisionGUID="91900076-bed9-4699-a885-4997d039d9f9" CreationDate="2009-05-08T23:56:59.430" UserId="2321" Text="I've been using http://tektonic.net/ for several years, and they have been extremely reliable. Inexpensive, responsive customer service, and a stable environment." />
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  <row Id="11399" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6525" RevisionGUID="7dede96b-727b-4506-8a65-74a27456d315" CreationDate="2009-05-08T23:57:32.533" UserId="2302" Text="You can configure via server/client network utilities:&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316898&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You still need certificates, and to specify encryption in the connection string.  We use an offline CA to generate our certificates using OpenSSL, and then install on the clients and server w/ MMC." />
  <row Id="11400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6526" RevisionGUID="09a25943-147e-4190-8164-5b9fbbdd2559" CreationDate="2009-05-08T23:58:06.057" UserId="710" Text="I just looked in the Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework folder and I'm seeing 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I'm guessing it comes with all versions up to 3.5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE** I just read on a forum that Server 2008 R2 comes with .NET 3.5 SP1 as an installable feature.  I'm assuming that's why my build has it already.  Otherwise previous versions only install with .NET 2.0" />
  <row Id="11401" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6526" RevisionGUID="3ba4363c-bbfa-4f31-940f-b05cdd33cdbd" CreationDate="2009-05-09T00:03:43.640" UserId="710" Comment="improved answer" Text="I just looked in the Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework folder and I'm seeing 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I'm guessing it comes with all versions up to 3.5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE** I just read on a forum that Server 2008 R2 comes with .NET 3.5 SP1 as an installable feature.  I'm assuming that's why my build has it already.  Otherwise previous versions only install with .NET 2.0 or .NET 3.0 SP1" />
  <row Id="11402" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6527" RevisionGUID="76268301-cef6-4c67-ba27-a45c800602f0" CreationDate="2009-05-09T00:03:52.127" UserId="2318" Text="I doubt very much the Install is hanging because of SP3. The drivers Apple is worried about are most likely not even discovered+installed until after the machine has rebooted&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm guessing the problem is that you are using a Win install CD that has been slipstreamed for a specific make of computer. See:&#xD;&#xA;http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=440215&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the Windows installer you didn't give you the chance to select+reformat your Windows install partition then the install will fail. Easiest solution is to install using a retail CD for the supported version of Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also ensure you have applied all available Mac OS firmware updates (via Mac OS Software Update)." />
  <row Id="11403" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="6523" RevisionGUID="16aee2f8-e9c7-4b58-9686-b5b781ae4bfb" CreationDate="2009-05-09T00:04:40.863" UserId="710" Comment="improved question" Text="What version of .NET comes with Windows Server 2008?" />
  <row Id="11404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6528" RevisionGUID="796d9010-f49a-48bc-980f-de8130c64a83" CreationDate="2009-05-09T00:05:45.680" UserId="333" Text="Both Vista and Server 2008 come with .Net 3.0. This includes the .NET 2.0 runtime (CLR) as well as the framework and library additions of 3.0 (WF, WCF, WPF, Linq)." />
  <row Id="11405" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6529" RevisionGUID="54eabf27-43d0-41ca-8779-18d535c3bbef" CreationDate="2009-05-09T00:10:25.700" UserId="2318" Text="two words: uninstall symantec ;-)" />
  <row Id="11406" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6530" RevisionGUID="32ed5b38-6b9c-49b1-95fd-147fe1bbe092" CreationDate="2009-05-09T00:22:58.290" UserId="1647" Text="Similar to [this question][1] on Stack Overflow, what should a sysadmin who is used to private, intranet-type situations know before being the administrator of a public site?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These could be security related things like &quot;don't leave leave `telnet` open,&quot; or practical things like how to do load-balancing for a high-traffic site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/72394/what-should-a-developer-know-before-building-a-public-web-site" />
  <row Id="11407" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6530" RevisionGUID="32ed5b38-6b9c-49b1-95fd-147fe1bbe092" CreationDate="2009-05-09T00:22:58.290" UserId="1647" Text="What should every sysadmin know before administrating a public server?" />
  <row Id="11408" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6530" RevisionGUID="32ed5b38-6b9c-49b1-95fd-147fe1bbe092" CreationDate="2009-05-09T00:22:58.290" UserId="1647" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;" />
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  <row Id="11410" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6416" RevisionGUID="7a488d84-4f05-44c6-8026-4217984525cd" CreationDate="2009-05-09T00:24:54.697" UserId="1859" Comment="Added Link" Text="I saw that you tagged Cisco in our question, so I am guessing you are using Cisco phones, I have only used Cisco phones with Asterisk, so that is all I will be able to cover in my answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first thing you will need to do is add a directory entry to your SIPDefault.cnf file (inside the TFTP directory your phone points to. Here is the line you need to add:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    directory_url: &quot;http://yourWebsiteOrIp/directory.xml&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The url must be a web server that is accessible to the phone, not the server. That line can go anywhere in the SIPDefault.cnf file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The file on the server should follow this format:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;CiscoIPPhoneDirectory&gt;       &#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;       &lt;Title&gt;Directory name (will appear in menu)&lt;/Title&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;Prompt&gt;Select a person to call&lt;/Prompt&gt;                    &#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;       &lt;DirectoryEntry&gt;                                              &#xD;&#xA;         &lt;Name&gt;My Phone&lt;/Name&gt;         &#xD;&#xA;         &lt;Telephone&gt;101&lt;/Telephone&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;/DirectoryEntry&gt;                                      &#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/CiscoIPPhoneDirectory&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately I am not all that experienced with exchange or gmail. What I gan tell you is that you will need to create a cron job that will run a program every x amount of time that will generate this XML file and put it on the server. Every time the phone accesses the directory it will download the XML file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Here is a link that provides a lot of useful information, including a section on creating the XML file with PHP: [http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+Cisco+79XX+XML+Services][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps some!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+Cisco+79XX+XML+Services" />
  <row Id="11411" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4354" RevisionGUID="b4914169-308a-4ae2-a226-91175b33dc2c" CreationDate="2009-05-09T00:36:05.250" UserId="1649" Comment="added 211 characters in body" Text="SPF (Sender Policy Framework) seems like a good way to combat spammers/spoofing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, despite reading the explanations several times, I'm not quite understanding how to configure it correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Let's say I have my server at `a.x.com` which hosts `www.x.com` and `b.x.com` and `c.x.com` and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also have `a.co.uk` `b.net` `c.info` and so on, each of these with an assortment of sub-domains, all hosted on `x.com`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;For all of these domains and sub-domains, I want to permit mail to be sent from `a.x.com`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would also like them all to permit mail sent from Gmail for all these domains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I set this up with SPF?&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can I set one SPF record for `x.com` (or `a.x.com`) and then for everything else just have a simple include/pointer to `x.com`'s record, or would it need to be done differently?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone provide some SPF records for the above example?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;i&gt;Note:&lt;/i&gt; The second part of my question has been answered (use &quot;`v=spf1 include:x.com -all`&quot; to include/point at `x.com`'s record), but the key part of what to set on `x.com` remains unanswered...&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11412" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6531" RevisionGUID="6bd19721-7b8e-4193-a96b-3c9aa6200391" CreationDate="2009-05-09T00:37:28.350" UserId="2318" Text="Since you can't &quot;Archive And Install&quot; on Leo Server the way you can on Leo Client - what's &quot;best practice&quot; for backing up/reinstalling without losing your data/ldap/service settings?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm aware of the Backup items in the Server Admin menu, Archive LDAP in Directory Service, mail store locations etc.. but haven't had to do the whole hog first-hand." />
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  <row Id="11417" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6532" RevisionGUID="5af92a40-3675-4329-8e9d-97a923102d09" CreationDate="2009-05-09T00:44:54.103" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;leopard&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;apple&gt;" />
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  <row Id="11419" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6533" RevisionGUID="3e246729-e85b-4e68-a9f6-fb456e7e1f47" CreationDate="2009-05-09T00:57:38.457" UserId="2318" Text="You might find the Finder replacement &quot;Path Finder&quot; interesting. It allows you to open a second pane with the click a button (they call it a &quot;Dual Pane File Browser&quot;). It also has a little clipboard area that you can temporarily pin files to while you navigate from window to window.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See http://cocoatech.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lots of other cool features - eg the ability to show invisible files, open a CLI at the current path... etc" />
  <row Id="11420" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6534" RevisionGUID="3789ce4b-d37c-4568-a447-21d289c1a85c" CreationDate="2009-05-09T01:05:49.000" UserId="1561" Text=" - [Renaming a user's home directory][1] [can result in &quot;missing files&quot;][2]&#xD;&#xA; - While this has since been fixed, [earlier versions][3] of OS X had some AD integration issues at times.&#xD;&#xA; - [Replacing a folder with a folder of the same name][4] can have semantical differences from what you're used to.&#xD;&#xA; - It is possible to blow away a directory (under certain circumstances) by writing out a [file with the same name][5].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20070719183238202&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.macintosh-data-recovery.com/blog/renaming-home-directory-in-mac-causes-serious-data-loss/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.macwindows.com/panther.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://daringfireball.net/2005/04/replace&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20070719183238202" />
  <row Id="11421" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6535" RevisionGUID="dcae0eea-e05c-44df-b53f-f665ea53f23d" CreationDate="2009-05-09T01:06:09.140" UserId="2263" Text="I also have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - mousepad&#xD;&#xA; - pen&#xD;&#xA; - PostITs&#xD;&#xA; - Thermoisolated tea cup&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11422" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6536" RevisionGUID="9f9e0302-39a9-44d4-b4f6-ccfb1aa40626" CreationDate="2009-05-09T01:06:28.437" UserId="533" Text="One sixth of my 3'x8' desk surface is occupied by a folded blanket that is usually occupied by a big, fat, white cat.  There's something incredibly calming about this animal who has no cares except eating and getting his ears scratched.  Very calming." />
  <row Id="11423" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6528" RevisionGUID="6f69db74-dd2a-4e4e-b593-656ac0dcaa15" CreationDate="2009-05-09T01:10:34.183" UserId="333" Comment="deleted 6 characters in body" Text="Both Vista and Server 2008 come with .Net 3.0. This includes the .NET 2.0 runtime (CLR) as well as the framework and library additions of 3.0 (WF, WCF, WPF)." />
  <row Id="11424" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6534" RevisionGUID="6f3558a3-7936-4e2b-81bd-4b113845ea90" CreationDate="2009-05-09T01:11:24.837" UserId="1561" Comment="added 64 characters in body" Text="I know of a few end-user support issues you might encounter:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Renaming a user's home directory][1] can result in [&quot;missing files&quot;][2]&#xD;&#xA; - While this has since been fixed, [earlier versions][3] of OS X had some AD integration issues at times.&#xD;&#xA; - [Replacing a folder with a folder of the same name][4] can have semantical differences from what you're used to.&#xD;&#xA; - It is possible to blow away a [directory][5] (under certain circumstances) by writing out a [file with the same name][6].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20070719183238202&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.macintosh-data-recovery.com/blog/renaming-home-directory-in-mac-causes-serious-data-loss/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.macwindows.com/panther.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://daringfireball.net/2005/04/replace&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-21482.html&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20070719183238202" />
  <row Id="11425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6537" RevisionGUID="7535d10a-66e8-4c91-8bff-27f298e44245" CreationDate="2009-05-09T01:12:21.697" UserId="2263" Text="Your switch can be hacked and someone can tamper with the data. If You don't own the switch, setup a vpn, as per-ip firewall access restriction might not be enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't leave any ports open but the ones You want users and hackers to access. Scan Your own servers from other site every month.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't leave ssh's default port open for hackers." />
  <row Id="11426" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6537" RevisionGUID="7535d10a-66e8-4c91-8bff-27f298e44245" CreationDate="2009-05-09T01:12:21.697" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11429" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6539" RevisionGUID="8a9a1800-491f-417a-a713-945a720dc3e9" CreationDate="2009-05-09T01:18:24.773" UserId="2263" Text="When You tell a moderate admin to do something, he'll do it and say &quot;done&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;He might even add &quot;test it please as I am not sure if it works like it should&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When You tell a good admin to do something, he'll do it and say &quot;done and tested, have fun using it&quot;. And You will.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11430" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6540" RevisionGUID="95d8a04d-c5db-4c9d-94bb-3475874fab58" CreationDate="2009-05-09T01:23:15.073" UserId="2116" Text="Those things should be easely reache :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- USB Port by an extension cable laying on the desk&#xD;&#xA;- ESata Port by an extension once again, this is more and more current these days&#xD;&#xA;- A good must pad with wrist rest padded&#xD;&#xA;- Monitor stand (allsop made good one) to elevate the monitor so you neck is straight&#xD;&#xA;- A coffe cup and a coffee brewer can also be a good ideas!" />
  <row Id="11431" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6541" RevisionGUID="b2b6b68c-99ae-4d04-a2af-f595a4742a11" CreationDate="2009-05-09T01:24:27.287" UserId="1797" Text="SFTP doesn't work with shares. It is part of the SSH server bundle, and allows access to whatever the user login in has access to, no more, no less. There is a GUI to enable SSH (Remote Login), the rest is editing configuration files, there is no GUI that I know of for this." />
  <row Id="11432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6542" RevisionGUID="24190a19-315f-41bf-8e9a-cc265e860b39" CreationDate="2009-05-09T01:29:23.157" UserId="984" Text="Books like the below.  Aside from my computer I find that nothing is as helpful has having books to be able grab and open.  My books of course have lots of the Post-It Flags marking important sections.  When the network is down, firing up Google or [Safari][1] isn't an option, and I am not able to remember everything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [TCP/IP Network Administration][2] &#xD;&#xA; - [Network Troubleshooting Tools][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [Learning the bash Shell][4]&#xD;&#xA; - And so on...  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://my.safaribooksonline.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781565923225/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596001865/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596009656/" />
  <row Id="11433" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6543" RevisionGUID="6ad14847-dbbd-417e-90fd-76e8109caf51" CreationDate="2009-05-09T01:30:00.267" UserId="640" Text="I've seen strange things happen with COM DLLs due to virus scanners and anti-spyware software. If you can, try disabling these apps if you have them." />
  <row Id="11434" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6544" RevisionGUID="cc131b38-61b8-4554-8647-0a57bbb2ae95" CreationDate="2009-05-09T01:32:41.510" UserId="2263" Text="I had a problem with unstalbe once and I will never run it again on production. proftpd after apt-get upgrade went crazy and was unkillable. It survived multiple kill -9's. We tried to kill it and one of my collegues reminded himself about killall5 - the most powerfull kill command on linux. He then invoked it without any parameters to see the help &quot;the proper syntax would be&quot;, but the help never came... The fun part is that everything has died, but proftpd port was still open.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can have half-stable half-unstable if You configure it well, but as it was already mentioned - backports solve most problems quite well. Production boxes are not worth the risk. It usually works fine, but sometimes You can have a bad luck." />
  <row Id="11435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6545" RevisionGUID="f6cbffe9-13c7-460e-8a40-5988e58e01b6" CreationDate="2009-05-09T01:35:16.213" UserId="984" Text="They should know how their backup and disaster recovery system is working and how they will recover the system when/if it becomes compromised." />
  <row Id="11436" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6545" RevisionGUID="f6cbffe9-13c7-460e-8a40-5988e58e01b6" CreationDate="2009-05-09T01:35:16.213" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6546" RevisionGUID="7ee07c0e-02ab-43a3-ad36-df328656c064" CreationDate="2009-05-09T01:43:19.020" UserId="2122" Text="I have an Linux server running Ubuntu Jaunty. I have successfully set up an FTP server for the user 'fileserver' using this configuration in proftpd.conf:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Global&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;Limit ALL&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        DenyAll &#xD;&#xA;        AllowUser fileserver&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/Limit&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Global&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I this allows only the 'fileserver' user to login, and nobody else. I am able to upload files fine. This is what I want so far. The problem is, I cannot edit, overwrite, delete or move any files. I would like to have full, unrestricted access when I log in. How can I do this? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've seen [this ProFTPD tutorial][1], but I still can't figure out how to allow a user to have all the permissions, to enable deletes and edits.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/doc/contrib/ProFTPD-mini-HOWTO-Limit.html" />
  <row Id="11439" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6546" RevisionGUID="7ee07c0e-02ab-43a3-ad36-df328656c064" CreationDate="2009-05-09T01:43:19.020" UserId="2122" Text="Cannot delete or edit files on ProFTPD server" />
  <row Id="11440" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6546" RevisionGUID="7ee07c0e-02ab-43a3-ad36-df328656c064" CreationDate="2009-05-09T01:43:19.020" UserId="2122" Text="&lt;ftp&gt;&lt;ftp-server&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="11441" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5302" RevisionGUID="139c73fb-2a7b-41e9-864d-3123bc203b80" CreationDate="2009-05-09T01:50:04.633" UserId="447" Comment="Corrected spelling" Text="I liked these two books:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - [Windows PowerShell in Action][1] by Bruce Payette&#xD;&#xA;  - [Windows PowerShell Pocket Reference][2] by Lee Holmes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, check out these sites:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - [MS Script Center][3]&#xD;&#xA;  - [Scripting with Windows PowerShell][4]&#xD;&#xA;  - [The PowerShell blog][5]&#xD;&#xA;  - [PowerGUI][6]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Windows-PowerShell-Action-Bruce-Payette/dp/1932394907/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1220791167&amp;sr=8-1&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.amazon.com/Windows-PowerShell-Pocket-Reference/dp/0596521782/ref=pd_bbs_sr_7?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1220791167&amp;sr=8-7&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/hubs/msh.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://powergui.org" />
  <row Id="11442" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6547" RevisionGUID="c32347ed-bbe5-4a5c-a084-3ada1726da10" CreationDate="2009-05-09T02:14:06.433" UserId="533" Text="This is a bit contrarian, but security-wise I don't differentiate between an internal server and an external server.  Sooner or later someone will make a mistake in a firewall, management will insist a server be exposed because of an important client, Betty in accounting will somehow get a vpn client on her infected home machine, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, layers are your friend, and you should blacklist by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Layers - you should have multiple layers of security.  For instance, a hardware firewall and a software firewall.  These theoretically serve the same purpose, but having multiple layers protects against mistakes and mitigates consequences of a single layer being exploited.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another aspect of layering is &quot;homeycombing&quot;, which is essentially multiple DMZs.  At some point you have to have some level of trust between your machines and of the people accessing your accounts.  If you can narrow those points of interaction, you can tightly control the kind of traffic you trust at any point.  For instance, if you separate you interface/app servers from your database servers, you narrow the level of trust.  If your app servers become compromised, those attackers gain a minimal foothold to your infrastructure (that is, in order to continue their attack and attempt to exploit your other servers, they only have those established trust points to use).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding blacklisting by default, you should basically shut everything down and demand (even if it's only of yourself) justification for every port you open, username you allow access, app you install, etc." />
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  <row Id="11444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6548" RevisionGUID="a60d53a3-448b-4545-b0cd-7351a94a1ccb" CreationDate="2009-05-09T02:14:48.630" UserId="1933" Text=" - Every app, every binary, every package that exists on the server is a liability. Subscribe to the 'least bit' principle; if it's not installed, it can't be compromised.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Implement intrusion detection, such as Tripwire or similar, and scan frequently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Invest in a hardware firewall and only open the ports you need for your application.  Do not allow your administration ports (ssh, rdp etc) to be publicly visible; restrict them to approved management IP addresses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Have backups of your firewall/switch/router configurations at the time of going into production.  If one of those devices is compromised, it is significantly faster to recover from by wiping the device's brain and reloading the config than to perform a line by line audit of the config when the clock's ticking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - nmap your environment from the outside frequently to ensure no new ports have opened.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Never trust the internet; make sure whatever it is that you're serving up to the net is a safe as it can be (perform server-side input validation and sanitisation to stop SQL-injection attacks, for example).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Keep on top of your patching.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If you are compromised, rebuild from scratch with freshly downloaded media.  You can no longer trust your backups are safe and haven't also become compromised (although tripwire can help with this) for anything other than inert, non-executable data." />
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  <row Id="11446" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="808" RevisionGUID="3da2451c-2a2c-4689-a5db-66f697e62139" CreationDate="2009-05-09T02:30:15.257" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;vps&gt;" />
  <row Id="11447" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6549" RevisionGUID="922c4627-d3ee-4e08-b118-f9329242d15e" CreationDate="2009-05-09T02:37:01.837" UserId="1246" Text="I vote for [RootBSD][1], a very reliable FreeBSD hosting provider.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rootbsd.net/" />
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  <row Id="11449" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3780" RevisionGUID="e76547b7-b1aa-4697-81b4-ecf1170992e5" CreationDate="2009-05-09T02:54:44.977" UserId="1224" Comment="deleted 16 characters in body" Text="The aim for this Wiki is to promote using a command to open up commonly used applications without having to go through many mouse clicks - thus saving times on monitoring, troubleshooting Windows machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Answer entries need to specify&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Application name&#xD;&#xA; - Commands&#xD;&#xA; - Screenshot (Optional)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shortcut to commands&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\rcimlby.exe -LaunchRA][1] - Remote Assistance (Windows XP)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl][2] - Programs and Features (Formerly Known as &quot;Add or Remove Programs&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl @,2][3] - Turn Windows Features On and Off (Add/Remove Windows Components pane)&#xD;&#xA;- [calc][4] - Calculator&#xD;&#xA;- [cleanmgr.exe][5] - Disk Cleanup&#xD;&#xA;- [cmd /k][6] - Run command with command extensions enabled&#xD;&#xA;- [compmgmt.msc][7] - Computer Management&#xD;&#xA;- [control.exe /name Microsoft.NetworkAndSharingCenter][8] - Network and Sharing Center&#xD;&#xA;- [control keyboard][9] - Keyboard Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control mouse(or main.cpl)][10] - Mouse Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control sysdm.cpl,@0,3][11] - Advanced Tab of the System Properties dialog&#xD;&#xA;- [control userpasswords2][12] - Opens the classic User Accounts dialog&#xD;&#xA;- [desk.cpl][13] - opens the display properties&#xD;&#xA;- [devmgmt.msc][14] - Device Manager&#xD;&#xA;- [diskmgmt.msc][15] - Disk Management&#xD;&#xA;- [dsquery][16] - Finds any objects in the directory according to criteria&#xD;&#xA;- [eventvwr][17] - Windows Event Log (Event Viewer)&#xD;&#xA;- [explorer .][18] - Open explorer with the current folder selected.&#xD;&#xA;- [explorer /e][19], . - Open explorer, with folder tree, with current folder selected.&#xD;&#xA;- [findstr][20] - Find a string in a file&#xD;&#xA;- [firewall.cpl][21] - Opens the Windows Firewall settings&#xD;&#xA;- [fsmgmt.msc][22] - Shared Folders&#xD;&#xA;- [fsutil][23] - Perform tasks related to FAT and NTFS file systems&#xD;&#xA;- [getmac][24] - Shows the mac address(es) of your network adapter(s)&#xD;&#xA;- [iisreset][25] - To restart IIS&#xD;&#xA;- [InetMgr.exe][26] - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 7&#xD;&#xA;- [InetMgr6.exe][27] - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 6&#xD;&#xA;- [intl.cpl][28] - Regional and Language Options&#xD;&#xA;- [lusrmgr.msc][29] - Local Users and Groups Administrator&#xD;&#xA;- [notepad][30] - Notepad? ;)&#xD;&#xA;- [mmsys.cpl][31] - Sound/Recording/Playback properties&#xD;&#xA;- [mrt][32] - Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool&#xD;&#xA;- [mstsc.exe][33] - Remote Desktop Connection&#xD;&#xA;- [ncpa.cpl][34] - Network Connections&#xD;&#xA;- [net statistics][35] - Check computer up time&#xD;&#xA;- [odbcad32.exe][36] - ODBC Data Source Administrator&#xD;&#xA;- [quser][37] - Display information about user sessions on a terminal server&#xD;&#xA;- [qwinsta][38] - See disconnected remote desktop sessions&#xD;&#xA;- [regedit][39] - Registry Editor&#xD;&#xA;- [rasdial][40] - Connects to a VPN or a dialup network&#xD;&#xA;- [robocopy][41] - Backup/Restore/Copy large amounts of files reliably&#xD;&#xA;- [SC][42] - Manage anything you want to do with services.&#xD;&#xA;- [secpol.msc][43] - Local Security Settings&#xD;&#xA;- [services.msc][44] - Services control panel&#xD;&#xA;- [start.][45] - opens the current directory in the Windows Explorer.&#xD;&#xA;- [shutdown.exe][46] - Shutdown or Reboot a local/remote machine&#xD;&#xA;- [systeminfo][47] -Displays a comprehensive information about the system&#xD;&#xA;- [taskkill][48] - terminate tasks by process id (PID) or image name&#xD;&#xA;- [tasklist.exe][49] - List Processes on local or a remote machine&#xD;&#xA;- [taskmgr.exe][50] - Task Manager&#xD;&#xA;- [telephon.cpl][51] - Telephone and Modem properties&#xD;&#xA;- [timedate.cpl][52] - Date and Time&#xD;&#xA;- [title][53] - Change the title of the CMD window you have open&#xD;&#xA;- [winver.exe][54] - Find Windows Version&#xD;&#xA;- [wscui.cpl][55] - Windows Security Center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 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  <row Id="11450" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6550" RevisionGUID="cfa039b7-8d9a-465d-a4ce-b32760745624" CreationDate="2009-05-09T03:10:48.123" UserId="1054" Text=" - My coffee mug&#xD;&#xA; - My laptop on a stand with 2nd monitor&#xD;&#xA; - Baseline desktop machine for testing&#xD;&#xA; - Half a library of IT &amp; programming language reference books&#xD;&#xA; - My coffee mug&#xD;&#xA; - Power strip so I don't have to crawl under my desk to plug all my crap in&#xD;&#xA; - Jug o' Purell hand-sanitizer for fighting off the crud from all of the keyboards in our building that have not been cleaned for a decade&#xD;&#xA; - My coffee mug&#xD;&#xA; - Compressed air.  Never know when you need to blow out a machine or play ping-pong ball soccer&#xD;&#xA; - A small whiteboard with those awesome smelling markers&#xD;&#xA; - Awesome smelling whiteboard cleaner&#xD;&#xA; - My coffee mug&#xD;&#xA; - Screen wipes for those SCHMOES that can't keep their stinkin' fingers off of my monitor when they're showing me something&#xD;&#xA; - Dust bunnies that would choke a cat (in stark contrast to the jug o' Purell)&#xD;&#xA; - Dilbert books&#xD;&#xA; - My coffee mug&#xD;&#xA; - Calvin and Hobbes books&#xD;&#xA; - Fox Trot books&#xD;&#xA; - A Bible&#xD;&#xA; - Oh yeah, and lots and lots of pictures of my wife and kids&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And my coffee mug" />
  <row Id="11451" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6551" RevisionGUID="9d52958a-108d-4d5d-abb1-52e268e33856" CreationDate="2009-05-09T03:17:08.700" UserId="48818" Text="I really like the monitoring function in screen c-M and c-_ but whenever an event happens (or doesn't happen if c-_) on a screen I am monitoring the message doesn't go to the hard status line I have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I really want, yet have no idea how to do, is set it so when a monitoring event happens, the color of that screen changes.  I think this is possible because my active screen is white and the inactive screens are green (on the hardstatusline).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To me, this would be really cool to implement...." />
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  <row Id="11453" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6551" RevisionGUID="9d52958a-108d-4d5d-abb1-52e268e33856" CreationDate="2009-05-09T03:17:08.700" UserId="48818" Text="&lt;screen&gt;" />
  <row Id="11454" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6552" RevisionGUID="f697b099-1410-4a8f-b2e7-013e075a2643" CreationDate="2009-05-09T03:17:13.693" UserId="1466" Text="You could check the directory/file permissions on the fileserver user's home directory (or FTP directory, if this is different)  " />
  <row Id="11455" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6550" RevisionGUID="52d7b015-281f-4811-b970-ccfea1a7e2ea" CreationDate="2009-05-09T03:19:29.787" UserId="1054" Comment="woops, wrong sport" Text=" - My coffee mug&#xD;&#xA; - My laptop on a stand with 2nd monitor&#xD;&#xA; - Baseline desktop machine for testing&#xD;&#xA; - Half a library of IT &amp; programming language reference books&#xD;&#xA; - My coffee mug&#xD;&#xA; - Power strip so I don't have to crawl under my desk to plug all my crap in&#xD;&#xA; - Jug o' Purell hand-sanitizer for fighting off the crud from all of the keyboards in our building that have not been cleaned for a decade&#xD;&#xA; - My coffee mug&#xD;&#xA; - Compressed air.  Never know when you need to blow out a machine or play ping-pong ball hockey&#xD;&#xA; - A small whiteboard with those awesome smelling markers&#xD;&#xA; - Awesome smelling whiteboard cleaner&#xD;&#xA; - My coffee mug&#xD;&#xA; - Screen wipes for those SCHMOES that can't keep their stinkin' fingers off of my monitor when they're showing me something&#xD;&#xA; - Dust bunnies that would choke a cat (in stark contrast to the jug o' Purell)&#xD;&#xA; - Dilbert books&#xD;&#xA; - My coffee mug&#xD;&#xA; - Calvin and Hobbes books&#xD;&#xA; - Fox Trot books&#xD;&#xA; - A Bible&#xD;&#xA; - Oh yeah, and lots and lots of pictures of my wife and kids&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And my coffee mug" />
  <row Id="11456" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6506" RevisionGUID="ade1977b-abbf-431d-9f33-5c6872c9798b" CreationDate="2009-05-09T03:20:11.593" UserId="1054" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;desk&gt;&lt;workstation&gt;" />
  <row Id="11457" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6457" RevisionGUID="147f6886-6438-4b5a-bc7e-565549cc6b66" CreationDate="2009-05-09T03:24:45.390" UserId="1858" Comment="It's a legit copy." Text="The download page for Boot Camp 2.1 says to install it before applying SP3, but my XP installation CD is already SP3. This is a scratch install on a formatted NTFS partition. How am I supposed to install Boot Camp 2.1 first?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I ask because the XP installation has been hanging at the 33 Minutes Left stage for two hours, and the Caps Lock light no longer toggles, the symptoms of It's Dead, Jim.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: I am using Windows XP Professional, OEM Software, with hologram, purchased for cash money from B&amp;H. " />
  <row Id="11458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6553" RevisionGUID="226836c7-2a61-4d6b-aa6c-15a0a4b84eb7" CreationDate="2009-05-09T03:25:39.787" UserId="1466" Text="One tool I've found handy for network hardening is **nessus**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, you set it up on an external server, and it tries to *attack* your network with a whole whack of known exploits.  You can set it for safe mode (where none of the attacks should crash your server), or if you're pretty confident you have everything patched, or can afford to reboot your servers if necessary, for *unsafe* mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then it will provide a **very complete graded report** for each machine it can see of what vulnerabilities/weaknesses it finds, and rate them as to severity - and even recommend actions to be taken to address the issues.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11459" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6553" RevisionGUID="226836c7-2a61-4d6b-aa6c-15a0a4b84eb7" CreationDate="2009-05-09T03:25:39.787" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6554" RevisionGUID="fac29fe7-a8fa-4bbd-b378-18633e6ecf7a" CreationDate="2009-05-09T03:29:48.763" UserId="2046" Text="What about using Hibernate (or possibly Stand-By)?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the end of the day when you leave you select Hibernate (or make it the default when you power off your computer).  A complete Snapshot of Windows will be saved to disk (in about 10-30 seconds), and your computer shuts down as normal.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then when you arrive next morning, turn on the computer and within 30 seconds Windows is running *exactly* as it was when you left.  All applications, windows etc are exactly as you left them.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't beleve the number of normally intelligent people I meet who say Hibernate/Stnad-by is &quot;only for Notebooks&quot;.  Hibernate is incredibly useful in improving productivity, you pick up immediately where you left off.  At the same time it lets you shut-down your computer overnight so you don't irresponsibly waste power.  What's not to like?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hibernate is probably better option at work, as it ensures that your data is saved to disk, whereas Stand-By is &quot;Suspend to RAM&quot; and will lose all data if you have a power outage over-night.  If you want still want ultimate start-up speed, however, Stand-By is an option, just be aware that your computer will still draw a small amount of power to keep the RAM refreshed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hibernate writes a snapshot of your system state to a large file on your primary disk, so as long as you have more hard disk space then your installed RAM you will be right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things to watch out for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Some motherboards support of ACPI&#xD;&#xA;   (Advanced Configuration Power Interface) is&#xD;&#xA;   *still* not so good, so things like USB&#xD;&#xA;   devices may not be properly&#xD;&#xA;   re-enabled  when you return from&#xD;&#xA;   hibernate.  But just unplug and plug-in&#xD;&#xA;   again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Some Admins may think you have not re-booted computer for weeks and so have not run their slow statup scripts.  However there is nothing to stop you doing a once weekly full re-boot while you're at lunch, if needed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Hibernate can be disabled by Group Policy I believe.  Why this would be the case in a company is beyond belief however.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11461" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6457" RevisionGUID="a0f951c5-6131-4ac6-953f-a82c5672fcfa" CreationDate="2009-05-09T03:31:28.900" UserId="1858" Comment="Struck out the part about hanging." Text="The download page for Boot Camp 2.1 says to install it before applying SP3, but my XP installation CD is already SP3. This is a scratch install on a formatted NTFS partition. How am I supposed to install Boot Camp 2.1 first?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;strike&gt;(I ask because the XP installation has been hanging at the 33 Minutes Left stage for two hours, and the Caps Lock light no longer toggles, the symptoms of It's Dead, Jim.)&lt;/strike&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - I am using Windows XP Professional, OEM Software, with hologram, purchased for cash money from B&amp;H this very morning.&#xD;&#xA; - The computer has had all firmware updates applied.&#xD;&#xA; - Installation stopped hanging after I unplugged the ethernet cable and every device except the keyboard and mouse.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The puzzle about how to install Boot Camp 2.1 before applying SP3 remains unsolved." />
  <row Id="11462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6555" RevisionGUID="e9f388a5-2db6-4b41-ac4d-35be6e72ddd7" CreationDate="2009-05-09T03:32:38.180" UserId="514" Text="From a quick read of the docs on limits, your limit configuration looks like it should do what you want. The problem is likely file system permissions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may want to read up on the mode and umask settings [here][1]. ProFTPD creates files with a base mode of 666 (read/write/no execute). The umask setting is used to further restrict the permissions specified by the mode. Check your .conf for a umask setting that may be restricting permissions and preventing you from overwriting, moving or deleting files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new dirs and files&#xD;&#xA;    # from being group and world writable.&#xD;&#xA;    Umask				022&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there is any umask setting in the .conf file, try commenting it out and upload a file, then verify the file system permissions on it and experiment from there. Good luck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.proftpd.org/docs/howto/Umask.html" />
  <row Id="11463" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6556" RevisionGUID="12106386-fa34-4aa2-9a8a-25ff7e1e134c" CreationDate="2009-05-09T03:37:00.663" UserId="617" Text="Vista and Windows 7 save bits of information to a central location in the background.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instances I know of are desktop search indexes, recent documents and thumbnails (saved to `\Users\[User Account Name]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer`).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I ensure no information is saved from, say, monuted TrueCrypt drives, or inserted USB drives? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to configure Widnows 7 so that so that only programs the user explicitly runs, and not background services, have access to data on a drive. Even better, is it possible do this so a whole whole category of drives is blocked (e.g. all removable drives, and then always mount TC drives as removable)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that I wouldn't want to disable desktop search and thumbnail caching entirely -- that would be too inconvenient." />
  <row Id="11464" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6556" RevisionGUID="12106386-fa34-4aa2-9a8a-25ff7e1e134c" CreationDate="2009-05-09T03:37:00.663" UserId="617" Text="Vista / Win7 indexing on TrueCrypt drives" />
  <row Id="11465" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6556" RevisionGUID="12106386-fa34-4aa2-9a8a-25ff7e1e134c" CreationDate="2009-05-09T03:37:00.663" UserId="617" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;privacy&gt;&lt;truecrypt&gt;&lt;indexing&gt;" />
  <row Id="11466" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6557" RevisionGUID="598ea8ba-30f7-46c1-89bf-e382494904d0" CreationDate="2009-05-09T03:37:10.320" UserId="1054" Text="Apparently also check to see that the fileserver login owns the folder(s).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This from an accepted answer to a similar question on another certain IT community site:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; supposing you used the standard user&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for proftpd you need to first make&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this user the owner of the folder&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (when your accessing the FTP the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; system will recognise the server as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this user regardless of who you login&#xD;&#xA;&gt; as)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; run code snippet 1) first&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; secondly you need to ensure this user&#xD;&#xA;&gt; has read/write access and presumably&#xD;&#xA;&gt; other users can only read from it. Use&#xD;&#xA;&gt; code snippet 2)&#xD;&#xA;	&#xD;&#xA;Code Snippets&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1) chown -R userftp /home/FTP-shared/read-write&#xD;&#xA;    2) chmod -R 0755 /home/FTP-shared/read-write" />
  <row Id="11467" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6554" RevisionGUID="e8e939a6-7c57-43be-bd5a-0e4c023acb21" CreationDate="2009-05-09T03:39:22.780" UserId="2046" Comment="added 318 characters in body" Text="What about using Hibernate (or possibly Stand-By)?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the end of the day when you leave you select Hibernate (or make it the default when you power off your computer).  A complete Snapshot of Windows will be saved to disk (in about 10-30 seconds), and your computer shuts down as normal.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then when you arrive next morning, turn on the computer and within 30 seconds Windows is running *exactly* as it was when you left.  All applications, windows etc are exactly as you left them.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't beleve the number of normally intelligent people I meet who say Hibernate/Stnad-by is &quot;only for Notebooks&quot;.  Hibernate is incredibly useful in improving productivity, you pick up immediately where you left off.  At the same time it lets you shut-down your computer overnight so you don't irresponsibly waste power.  What's not to like?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hibernate is probably better option at work, as it ensures that your data is saved to disk, whereas Stand-By is &quot;Suspend to RAM&quot; and will lose all data if you have a power outage over-night.  If you want still want ultimate start-up speed, however, Stand-By is an option, just be aware that your computer will still draw a small amount of power to keep the RAM refreshed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hibernate writes a snapshot of your system state to a large file on your primary disk, so as long as you have more hard disk space then your installed RAM you will be right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things to watch out for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Some motherboards support of ACPI&#xD;&#xA;   (Advanced Configuration Power Interface) is&#xD;&#xA;   *still* not so good, so things like USB&#xD;&#xA;   devices may not be properly&#xD;&#xA;   re-enabled  when you return from&#xD;&#xA;   hibernate.  But just unplug and plug-in&#xD;&#xA;   again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Some Admins may think you have not re-booted computer for weeks and so have not run their slow statup scripts.  However there is nothing to stop you doing a once weekly full re-boot while you're at lunch, if needed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Hibernate can be disabled by Group Policy I believe.  Why this would be the case in a company is beyond belief however.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On another point, be very careful if you decide use Autoruns/MSConfig to stop one or more of those startup items.  Remember, you don't actually own the computer and most companies, if they find out, will be very &quot;unhappy&quot; with you.  Unfortunately it doesn't even matter if you jusst stop seemingly pointless items.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11468" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6457" RevisionGUID="0e5bb7a0-983f-48bf-9446-3a6d2a71fbf0" CreationDate="2009-05-09T03:40:39.253" UserId="1858" Comment="Added how the partition was created" Text="The download page for Boot Camp 2.1 says to install it before applying SP3, but my XP installation CD is already SP3. This is a scratch install on a formatted NTFS partition. How am I supposed to install Boot Camp 2.1 first?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;strike&gt;(I ask because the XP installation has been hanging at the 33 Minutes Left stage for two hours, and the Caps Lock light no longer toggles, the symptoms of It's Dead, Jim.)&lt;/strike&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - I am using Windows XP Professional, OEM Software, with hologram, purchased for cash money from B&amp;H this very morning.&#xD;&#xA; - The computer has had all firmware updates applied.&#xD;&#xA; - Installation stopped hanging after I unplugged the ethernet cable and every device except the keyboard and mouse.&#xD;&#xA; - I created the (60 GB) partition with Boot Camp Assistant, which formatted it as FAT32, and then elected to convert it to NTFS during the installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The puzzle about how to install Boot Camp 2.1 before applying SP3 remains unsolved." />
  <row Id="11469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6558" RevisionGUID="61c9de12-005c-493a-98c6-a3e7e103ddf4" CreationDate="2009-05-09T03:44:29.943" UserId="2280" Text="[moleskine notebook][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Ball of whacks][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;pencils, keyboard and mouse&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...and sometimes m&amp;ms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.moleskineus.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.creativewhack.com/" />
  <row Id="11470" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6554" RevisionGUID="8db50549-8a40-4e98-a819-28b7e7f66d44" CreationDate="2009-05-09T03:50:11.833" UserId="2046" Comment="added 54 characters in body" Text="What about using Hibernate (or possibly Stand-By)?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the end of the day when you leave you select Hibernate (or make it the default when you power off your computer).  A complete Snapshot of Windows will be saved to disk (in about 10-30 seconds), and your computer shuts down as normal.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then when you arrive next morning, turn on the computer and within 30 seconds Windows is running *exactly* as it was when you left.  All applications, windows etc are exactly as you left them.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't beleve the number of normally intelligent people I meet who say Hibernate/Stnad-by is &quot;only for Notebooks&quot;.  Hibernate is incredibly useful in improving productivity, you pick up immediately where you left off.  At the same time it lets you shut-down your computer overnight so you don't irresponsibly waste power.  What's not to like?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hibernate is probably better option at work, as it ensures that your data is saved to disk, whereas Stand-By is &quot;Suspend to RAM&quot; and will lose all data if you have a power outage over-night.  If you want still want ultimate start-up speed, however, Stand-By is an option, just be aware that your computer will still draw a small amount of power to keep the RAM refreshed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hibernate writes a snapshot of your system state to a large file on your primary disk, so as long as you have more hard disk space then your installed RAM you will be right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things to watch out for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Some motherboards support of ACPI&#xD;&#xA;   (Advanced Configuration Power Interface) is&#xD;&#xA;   *still* not so good, so things like USB&#xD;&#xA;   devices may not be properly&#xD;&#xA;   re-enabled  when you return from&#xD;&#xA;   hibernate.  But just unplug and plug-in&#xD;&#xA;   again. (This is often incorrectly attributed to Windows XP.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Admins will probably think you have not re-booted computer for weeks and so have not run their slow statup scripts.  However there is nothing to stop you doing a once weekly full re-boot while you're at lunch, if needed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Hibernate can be disabled by Group Policy I believe.  Why this would be the case in a company is beyond belief however.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On another point, be very careful if you decide use Autoruns/MSConfig to stop one or more of those startup items.  Remember, you don't actually own the computer and most companies, if they find out, will be very &quot;unhappy&quot; with you.  Unfortunately it doesn't even matter if you just stop seemingly pointless items.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11471" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6554" RevisionGUID="0c3c5285-8630-40e6-bcfd-6a96a5e4e760" CreationDate="2009-05-09T04:00:28.393" UserId="2046" Comment="edited body" Text="What about using Hibernate (or possibly Stand-By)?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the end of the day when you leave you select Hibernate (or make it the default when you power off your computer).  A complete Snapshot of Windows will be saved to disk (in about 10-30 seconds), and your computer shuts down as normal.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then when you arrive next morning, turn on the computer and within 30 seconds Windows is running *exactly* as it was when you left.  All applications, windows etc are exactly as you left them.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't beleve the number of normally intelligent people I meet who say Hibernate/Stand-by is &quot;only for Notebooks&quot;.  Hibernate is incredibly useful in improving productivity, you pick up immediately where you left off.  At the same time it lets you shut-down your computer overnight so you don't irresponsibly waste power.  What's not to like?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hibernate is probably better option at work, as it ensures that your data is saved to disk, whereas Stand-By is &quot;Suspend to RAM&quot; and will lose all data if you have a power outage over-night.  If you want still want ultimate start-up speed, however, Stand-By is an option, just be aware that your computer will still draw a small amount of power to keep the RAM refreshed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hibernate writes a snapshot of your system state to a large file on your primary disk, so as long as you have more hard disk space then your installed RAM you will be right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things to watch out for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Some motherboards support of ACPI&#xD;&#xA;   (Advanced Configuration Power Interface) is&#xD;&#xA;   *still* not so good, so things like USB&#xD;&#xA;   devices may not be properly&#xD;&#xA;   re-enabled  when you return from&#xD;&#xA;   hibernate.  But just unplug and plug-in&#xD;&#xA;   again. (This is often incorrectly attributed to Windows XP.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Admins will probably think you have not re-booted computer for weeks and so have not run their slow statup scripts.  However there is nothing to stop you doing a once weekly full re-boot while you're at lunch, if needed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Hibernate can be disabled by Group Policy I believe.  Why this would be the case in a company is beyond belief however.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On another point, be very careful if you decide use Autoruns/MSConfig to stop one or more of those startup items.  Remember, you don't actually own the computer and most companies, if they find out, will be very &quot;unhappy&quot; with you.  Unfortunately it doesn't even matter if you just stop seemingly pointless items.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6559" RevisionGUID="c68e966d-85c3-498b-be98-cdece3d5d9e4" CreationDate="2009-05-09T04:04:13.937" UserId="1681" Text="Pumpkin seeds, peanuts, sunflower seeds, whichever, must have the the 1500 hour snack on hand to keep my head from diving into my keyboard" />
  <row Id="11473" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6560" RevisionGUID="6257ebb2-186e-4fb6-8b54-e8aeb773759d" CreationDate="2009-05-09T04:05:59.767" UserId="1159" Text="[VPS.NET][1] is a new cloud based VPS provider. It has been fantastic for us so far. Their staff are very helpful and competent. These are the guys behind the [uk2group][2] that owns many other service providers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And you get a bunch of perks: Free DNS management that hooks up with Softlayer's anycast system. Free SSL certs. Free ISPmanager Pro for those that want a simple control panel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://vps.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.uk2group.com/" />
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  <row Id="11475" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6531" RevisionGUID="dcb12c5b-9faf-49b9-8aa4-71333e05d2b8" CreationDate="2009-05-09T04:10:36.123" UserId="671" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;leopard&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;best-practice&gt;" />
  <row Id="11476" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6531" RevisionGUID="df04b328-5bea-4ecd-8133-dd30aa2e010c" CreationDate="2009-05-09T04:11:13.640" UserId="671" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;leopard&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="11477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6561" RevisionGUID="0a768cee-913d-4bef-bba5-9fd15c0d36b3" CreationDate="2009-05-09T04:15:44.737" UserId="942" Text="PHP is not very memory intensive, so I don't think you should worry too much about memory usage, unless your app needs it, in which case the memory footprint of PHP won't be too significant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps you could look more into optimizing MySQL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could you tell us what kind of web app you'll be running? In the meantime, if you really want to squeeze out as much performance as possible, here are some resources:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [A concise summary on how to optimize web servers][1]&#xD;&#xA;* [Optimizing PHP][2]&#xD;&#xA;* [A few tips on optimizing MySQL][3] and a [very extensive resource][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://soporte.ideasmultiples.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&amp;_a=viewarticle&amp;kbarticleid=51&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://phplens.com/lens/php-book/optimizing-debugging-php.php&#xD;&#xA;[3]:http://www.debuntu.org/2006/07/21/75-how-to-optimize-mysql-response-time&#xD;&#xA;[4]:http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/presentations/presentation-oscon2000-20000719/index.html" />
  <row Id="11478" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6556" RevisionGUID="92a2f4a1-4ed1-4ead-b788-97eb1e6c6956" CreationDate="2009-05-09T04:18:07.803" UserId="617" Comment="added a link" Text="Vista and Windows 7 save bits of information to a central location in the background.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instances I know of are desktop search indexes, recent documents and thumbnails (saved to `\Users\[User Account Name]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer`).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I ensure no information is saved from, say, monuted TrueCrypt drives, or inserted USB drives? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to configure Widnows 7 so that so that only programs the user explicitly runs, and not background services, have access to data on a drive. Even better, is it possible do this so a whole whole category of drives is blocked (e.g. all removable drives, and then always mount TC drives as removable)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that I wouldn't want to disable desktop search and thumbnail caching entirely -- that would be too inconvenient.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&#xD;&#xA; * [Paper][1] by Bruce Scheiner related to leakage of information from encrypted volumes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/supersat/paper-truecrypt-dfs.pdf" />
  <row Id="11479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6562" RevisionGUID="3823e06d-9f07-4fb7-a674-52a25db8d25a" CreationDate="2009-05-09T04:25:12.000" UserId="1054" Text="IMHO, so long as the server can handle the load I prefer to centralize as much as possible.  It tends to make my job easier and when that happens I can react faster and more efficiently when necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are downsides, especially in a shared environment.  Of special note, consolidated environment downfalls include&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - higher security risks&#xD;&#xA; - higher risk of failure&#xD;&#xA; - a single failure can mean an outage for a larger percent of your userbase&#xD;&#xA; - for a consolidated db server, disk IO quickly becomes of paramount importance (ok, not necessarily a downfall, just a point to keep in mind)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11480" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6563" RevisionGUID="bc864fff-c695-4ea9-88cf-5c39e1e8cb62" CreationDate="2009-05-09T04:50:16.340" UserId="12524" Text="You are wrong! Android itself does not sync with Google - the G1 and Magic contain Google proprietary software that syncs with Google. If you wanted to sync with something else, the API is there for you to program it yourself." />
  <row Id="11481" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6158" RevisionGUID="359f15be-886f-490b-b0a6-26e0d8c3ab3c" CreationDate="2009-05-09T04:51:23.793" UserId="274" Comment="added 78 characters in body" Text="I am not sure if i understand everything but I need to backup a few drives and i would like them encrypted on disc. I know if a sector is scratched/corrupted there is a crc error. If i have a large file would a scratch on one part take down the entire disc?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is a good program to encrypt files for DVD disc? (data disc, normal windows and linux files) The filenames must be encrypted as well. I prefer if no data was accessible or crackable until a password is used (i hear some bad databases keep the record amount and other data unencrypted...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-edit- All of you, thanks. Those are some great answers and information :)" />
  <row Id="11482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6564" RevisionGUID="61504b58-368d-4522-aab2-484d2ffa3e5b" CreationDate="2009-05-09T04:51:53.713" UserId="1054" Text="[This presentation][1] looks to say that VS2005 ClickOnce is not FIPS compliant.  It's a little hard to discern, but also maybe hints that VS2008 ClickOnce is.  See pages 3 and 4.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing in favor is that ClickOnce doesn't require local admin which is a no-no per FDCC.  This is an interesting question (+1) as I'm a .NET developer and deploy via ClickOnce quite often.  I'll keep looking and thinking on this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nvd.nist.gov/scap/workshop/06Microsoft-Dave-Dixon-NIST.pdf" />
  <row Id="11483" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6565" RevisionGUID="0ef740c7-f017-4bc3-8185-351515549148" CreationDate="2009-05-09T05:06:43.007" UserId="2326" Text="No one posted this yet?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    wine; talk; touch; unzip; touch; strip; gasp; finger; gasp; mount; fsck; more; yes; gasp; umount; make clean; sleep" />
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  <row Id="11485" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6552" RevisionGUID="63ae192f-dc0b-4c46-918e-c02467afb68b" CreationDate="2009-05-09T05:12:23.447" UserId="1466" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="You could check the ownership &amp; file permissions on the fileserver user's home directory (or FTP directory, if this is different)  " />
  <row Id="11486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6566" RevisionGUID="b2e22aac-7bea-432f-b1f6-44e16e474556" CreationDate="2009-05-09T05:23:12.483" UserId="1466" Text="On systems with ANY public interfaces, ensure your users have **secure passwords** by implementing a **secure password policy**, and by testing the password file with a password cracking utility like **john the ripper**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can further guard against brute-force password-guessing attacks by **blocking IP addresses** after several failed attempts.  A good tool for this (on linux) is **fail2ban** " />
  <row Id="11487" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6566" RevisionGUID="b2e22aac-7bea-432f-b1f6-44e16e474556" CreationDate="2009-05-09T05:23:12.483" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6567" RevisionGUID="71eff5ab-a6e1-4546-94cb-8c069747195a" CreationDate="2009-05-09T06:00:50.583" UserId="2329" Text="I know linux has been mentioned, but [DamnSmallLinux][1] has a VM version &gt; 50 Meg's it's pretty awesome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/" />
  <row Id="11489" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6567" RevisionGUID="71eff5ab-a6e1-4546-94cb-8c069747195a" CreationDate="2009-05-09T06:00:50.583" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6568" RevisionGUID="94783a02-cbd6-463b-b993-cc904243be08" CreationDate="2009-05-09T06:08:38.537" UserId="2329" Text="We've been using [XRDP][1] which was developed by one of the fellows who used to work at my company, but I'm pretty sure it's not being too actively developed any more and we're running out of people who care enough to administer Linux (except for me).  &#xD;&#xA;So I was wondering whether Terminal Server Gateway can do the same thing, XRDP can connect me via VNC or RDesktop to any machine inside the network it's running on.  It seems utterly insecure as a replacement for a VPN, but it works and is pretty cool.  Is a terminal server gateway pretty much the same thing?  and could someone show me where the stinking control panel is?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://xrdp.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="11491" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6568" RevisionGUID="94783a02-cbd6-463b-b993-cc904243be08" CreationDate="2009-05-09T06:08:38.537" UserId="2329" Text="When does it make sense to use Terminal Service Gateway?" />
  <row Id="11492" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6568" RevisionGUID="94783a02-cbd6-463b-b993-cc904243be08" CreationDate="2009-05-09T06:08:38.537" UserId="2329" Text="&lt;terminal-server&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;remote-access&gt;" />
  <row Id="11493" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6569" RevisionGUID="50c6df51-3fe2-4050-b6e5-83a1a50d6c36" CreationDate="2009-05-09T06:18:14.693" UserId="2329" Text="We got nailed two weeks ago by Conflicker, I ran through the 26 step [checklist][1] from Mircrosoft on my own computer, as well as on our domain server.  It says near the end to reverse all the changes, but I kinda like the changes (Disables Autorun and some other settings).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anything in that fix that'll come back to haunt me down the road?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, maybe the group policy never took effect, I couldn't quite tell.  Do your policies have to be placed on computers or users (or does it matter?) for this fix? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/security/dd452420.aspx" />
  <row Id="11494" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6569" RevisionGUID="50c6df51-3fe2-4050-b6e5-83a1a50d6c36" CreationDate="2009-05-09T06:18:14.693" UserId="2329" Text="Conflicker: Should steps taken in group policy to secure against virus remain?" />
  <row Id="11495" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6569" RevisionGUID="50c6df51-3fe2-4050-b6e5-83a1a50d6c36" CreationDate="2009-05-09T06:18:14.693" UserId="2329" Text="&lt;conflicker&gt;&lt;virus&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;virus-fix&gt;" />
  <row Id="11496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6570" RevisionGUID="790df549-0cc1-4322-82c3-60456b999fcf" CreationDate="2009-05-09T06:23:11.327" UserId="2329" Text="Check and see if you've got something running that's doing a lot of disk accesses all at once.  Had an issue with MySQL 5.0 completely decimating a 2008 Terminal Server for no apparent reason just last week, put MSSQL on there and it worked.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I'm Not an M$ troll, and I didn't do this personally, my sup did. I just overheard him beating his head against the wall for a few days and later he told me this is how he &quot;fixed&quot; it)" />
  <row Id="11497" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6571" RevisionGUID="61b36b83-91e4-4be1-a273-dce289e16211" CreationDate="2009-05-09T06:32:46.797" UserId="2329" Text="I think, I've got the same annoying problem at my office with IPtables, except we know it happens and don't want to fix it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It might help to check which ports you're blocking for incoming traffic.  I'm pretty sure FTP only uses 21 for incoming connections (i.e. you can connect to something, but you can't dir on it).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm pretty sure that the port you get in return is negotiable, so it might be a good idea to scrap FTP and use SFTP in this case if you can." />
  <row Id="11498" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6569" RevisionGUID="7f2cb005-cc8f-4ef4-bb0d-56eefa40029c" CreationDate="2009-05-09T06:33:37.947" UserId="45" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;conficker&gt;&lt;virus&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;virus-fix&gt;" />
  <row Id="11499" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6572" RevisionGUID="b1d2791d-ffdb-4acc-895b-08f5195e806e" CreationDate="2009-05-09T06:33:38.993" UserId="2253" Text="The standard, [RFC 4408][1], provides some examples that are very close from what you want. Here is an extract of x.com's zonefile:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;@     IN TXT  &quot;v=spf1 a:a.x.com -all&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      IN SPF  &quot;v=spf1 a:a.x.com -all&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www   IN TXT  &quot;v=spf1 a:a.x.com -all&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      IN SPF  &quot;v=spf1 a:a.x.com -all&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Notes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - I did not add Gmail email servers because I do not know them, ask Gmail people&#xD;&#xA; - 'a' is for 'address' (it is **not** a DNS A record, it includes IPv6)&#xD;&#xA; - I added SPF records, per the RFC, although almost all implementations use only the TXT record&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4408.txt&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11500" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6573" RevisionGUID="b4dc3bbe-41dd-44dd-a7d5-c7440ad4f74f" CreationDate="2009-05-09T06:35:05.650" UserId="2298" Text="One thing to keep in mind with bizarre problems in Outlook:  Quite a bit of information is stored in the MAPI/Mail profile that does not get deleted when it seems it should.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Creating a new profile is relatively painless, and a simple way to test Outlook's config without having to R &amp; R it...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Control Panel, Mail icon.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6574" RevisionGUID="5420984c-ec42-41dc-ba32-0cff9785a022" CreationDate="2009-05-09T06:37:29.577" UserId="2329" Text="[SED AWK][1]  saves you time and money!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/sed-awk-2nd-Dale-Dougherty/dp/1565922255/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1241850971&amp;sr=1-1" />
  <row Id="11502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6575" RevisionGUID="9522a0bf-643b-4604-94ac-602838247583" CreationDate="2009-05-09T06:40:17.167" UserId="216" Text="The FTP application proxy in your NAT gateway appears to be borking on the '220-' continuation style response code.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Originally FTP response codes were all single line.  The '-' after the number indicates that more lines of output are coming.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6576" RevisionGUID="08ceadd6-5c9d-4456-a7df-2ba72a8ae4a7" CreationDate="2009-05-09T06:40:43.470" UserId="2298" Text="I have had reasonable success with OnTrack.  I have probably had to resort to them maybe 5 times in the last 20 years?  They are not cheap, and not infallible, but they have managed to save the day 3 out of those 5 times...&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6577" RevisionGUID="2f924928-6fa0-44c3-ad27-75da8e0e2d42" CreationDate="2009-05-09T06:43:45.660" UserId="2298" Text="Microsoft offers UPHClean to help track down any memory leak issues in User Profiles.  I've had some success with the tool (other times it wasn't a help).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1B286E6D-8912-4E18-B570-42470E2F3582&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6578" RevisionGUID="3f5591f7-a275-4982-9a26-5e5ff33bc609" CreationDate="2009-05-09T06:49:34.117" UserId="2331" Text="Unless you now require more than 75 licenses (the maximum allowed for SBS) then upgrading away from SBS will simply cost you more money for less features and will be harder to manage. Your stated reason for using SBS was the POP3 connector, but in fact that is an awful reason to use SBS anyway, since email delivery is much more appropriately handled by SMTP directly to your exchange server (the POP3 connector has its issues and was intended as a temporary migration strategy).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My recommendation: staty with SBS. You can still add additional member servers to an SBS network if that is your only concern.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If, even after this advice, you still feel that you need to migrate away from SBS, then the transition pack is your best bet as that's the cheapest way to get your additional licenses. You'll need to DCPromo another server and transfer the 5 FSMO roles to the new server, the Small Business Server can then be DCPromo'd off the domain." />
  <row Id="11506" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6575" RevisionGUID="e45733aa-e3f8-4f48-ba6b-086dbf2ff47c" CreationDate="2009-05-09T06:50:08.750" UserId="216" Comment="edited body" Text="The FTP application proxy in your NAT gateway appears to be borking on the '220-' multi-line response code.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FTP response codes are normally all single line, but the '-' after the number indicates that more lines of output are coming.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I seem to recall that some FTP servers can be told not to send multi-line responses by prefixing the login password with a '-'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11507" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6579" RevisionGUID="707da711-b198-4e83-a3a0-402ab904eac1" CreationDate="2009-05-09T06:56:04.710" UserId="45" Text="Terminal Services Gateway makes sense when you want give secure, encrypted access to internal resources from the outside (internet) **without having to establish VPN connections**. TS Gateway uses Remote Desktop Protocol over HTTPS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Resources include terminal servers, terminal servers running RemoteApp programs, or computers with Remote Desktop enabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will **simplify your network administration** if your company is hosting Terminal Services–based applications or if you want to make PCs that run Remote Desktop available  from outside your network perimeter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using the snap-in console for the TS gateway you can define authorization policies like &#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA; - Which user groups who can connect&#xD;&#xA; - What computer groups users can connect to&#xD;&#xA; - Whether client computers must be members of Active Directory security groups&#xD;&#xA; - Whether device and disk redirection is allowed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Premise: you'll need Windows Server 2008." />
  <row Id="11508" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6580" RevisionGUID="86d38b19-0344-48ed-827c-2545b1a5afd8" CreationDate="2009-05-09T06:58:10.993" UserId="2331" Text="There are basically two reasons not to run SBS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. You need more than 75 licenses (total of user + device CALs).&#xD;&#xA; 2. You need to run a line-of-business application that explicitly doesn't support SBS (these are quite rare, so its unlikely to be a problem).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Aside from that, I cannot think of any compelling reason not to run SBS. There is a restriction of a single domain in a single forest, but there should really not be any need for more than that in a small business." />
  <row Id="11509" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6581" RevisionGUID="a6cd489f-8770-4488-8dcf-c2a95029ba33" CreationDate="2009-05-09T07:04:08.250" UserId="216" Text="The Win7 XP Mode only works if your CPU supports &quot;VT&quot; (or AMD's equivalent).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's unlikely that VMWare Workstation will emulate or otherwise expose the VT feature to guest O/Ses running under virtualisation, such that the guest O/S's own virtualisation host will work.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11510" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6582" RevisionGUID="9d744fd4-6c8c-4509-8a40-69cf310bbb73" CreationDate="2009-05-09T07:05:05.547" UserId="45" Text="Yes, there are some group policies which help stop Conficker from spreading. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a Microsoft support article: [Virus alert about the Win32/Conficker.B worm][1]. Look for the &quot;Prevention&quot; section.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This procedure does not remove the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Conficker malware from the system.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This procedure only stops the spread&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of the malware. You should use an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; antivirus product to remove the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Conficker malware from the system. Or,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; follow the steps in the &quot;Manual steps&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to remove the Conficker.b variant&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; section of this Knowledge Base article&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to manually remove the malware from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B962007" />
  <row Id="11511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6583" RevisionGUID="da33b117-e2b0-4a18-b96e-8608cc23ec15" CreationDate="2009-05-09T07:07:58.333" UserId="2331" Text="For this reason, I generally avoid third party firewalls and use the built-in Windows Firewall. It's a perfectly adequate implementation and is correctly configured by default using Group Policy in an SBS network. Unfortunately, third party security vendors don't do the necessary legwork to give you a working-by-default implementation on SBS and they leave it up to you to work everything out yourself - and some vendors' documentation leaves a lot to be desired." />
  <row Id="11512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6584" RevisionGUID="e50aa869-e96f-464d-8c9e-c5acc5cfa208" CreationDate="2009-05-09T07:10:48.343" UserId="179" Text="I remember a few from my unix days back at uni (nearly 20 years ago):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ got a light?&#xD;&#xA;    No match.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ^Where is Jimmy Hoffa&#xD;&#xA;    Missing ^" />
  <row Id="11513" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6584" RevisionGUID="e50aa869-e96f-464d-8c9e-c5acc5cfa208" CreationDate="2009-05-09T07:10:48.343" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11514" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6585" RevisionGUID="108f554d-dded-4bce-86c4-dbcbff9418f6" CreationDate="2009-05-09T07:26:36.260" UserId="984" Text="While searching around for additional options I came across the putty-tunnel-manager [project][1] which looks like another pretty good option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.google.com/p/putty-tunnel-manager/" />
  <row Id="11515" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3027" RevisionGUID="79d34d11-b39e-490d-b5cf-715aa669fd42" CreationDate="2009-05-09T07:44:06.000" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="11516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6586" RevisionGUID="c09f184a-7c7f-45af-a48b-c0909ca203b0" CreationDate="2009-05-09T07:53:56.273" UserId="2331" Text="I try to provide a clean install with no &quot;trialware&quot; or IE toolbars. Things like Google Desktop in particular are resource hogs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I create the user accounts as standard user asnd leave UAC enabled. There's no excuse for turning off UAC, it is an important security feature. After the first day or two, the user will hardly ever get a UAC prompt unless they're trying to do something they really shouldn't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other than that, I leave everything enabled. A small business with 20 users will typically be running on Small Business Server, which has some group policies already in place by default that take care of configuring most of the important stuff (e.g. Windows Firewall configuration, automatic updates and so on)." />
  <row Id="11517" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6584" RevisionGUID="59d900f0-7d99-4c4e-8ee7-194a800b2c71" CreationDate="2009-05-09T08:01:24.117" UserId="216" Comment="changed prompt char on first example" Text="I remember a few from my unix days back at uni (nearly 20 years ago):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    % got a light?&#xD;&#xA;    No match.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ^Where is Jimmy Hoffa&#xD;&#xA;    Missing ^" />
  <row Id="11518" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6540" RevisionGUID="e4922940-3414-4796-b9ce-9b0bcbcd3995" CreationDate="2009-05-09T08:15:55.487" UserId="48" Comment="added 3 characters in body" Text="Those things should be easely reache :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- USB Port by an extension cable laying on the desk&#xD;&#xA;- ESata Port by an extension once again, this is more and more current these days&#xD;&#xA;- A good mouse pad with wrist rest padded&#xD;&#xA;- Monitor stand (allsop make a good one) to elevate the monitor so you neck is straight&#xD;&#xA;- A coffe cup and a coffee brewer can also be a good ideas!" />
  <row Id="11519" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6587" RevisionGUID="acf13498-6433-4e5b-9f68-751e2a20c08e" CreationDate="2009-05-09T08:16:21.897" UserId="2337" Text="I've seen discussions go back and forth on this on several sites, so maybe we can come up with something definitive here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have 8 GB memory on my Vista x64 workstation. Do I need a page file (that is, System Properties &gt; Advanced &gt; Performance Settings &gt; Advanced Virtual Memory) and is it beneficial to have one or not have one? What is the impact on stability?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="11520" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6587" RevisionGUID="acf13498-6433-4e5b-9f68-751e2a20c08e" CreationDate="2009-05-09T08:16:21.897" UserId="2337" Text="Eliminating the Page File" />
  <row Id="11521" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6587" RevisionGUID="acf13498-6433-4e5b-9f68-751e2a20c08e" CreationDate="2009-05-09T08:16:21.897" UserId="2337" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;memory&gt;" />
  <row Id="11523" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6579" RevisionGUID="b8e82b5f-c60f-46b0-92d7-871533a9743a" CreationDate="2009-05-09T08:28:09.497" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 19 characters in body" Text="Terminal Services Gateway makes sense when you want give secure, encrypted access to internal resources from the outside (internet) **without having to establish VPN connections**. TS Gateway uses Remote Desktop Protocol over HTTPS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Resources include terminal servers, terminal servers running RemoteApp programs, or computers with Remote Desktop enabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will **simplify your network administration** if your company is hosting Terminal Services–based applications or if you want to make PCs that run Remote Desktop available  from outside your network perimeter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using the snap-in console for the TS gateway you can define authorization policies like &#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA; - which user groups and computer groups are allowed to connect&#xD;&#xA; - whether client computers must be members of Active Directory security groups&#xD;&#xA; - whether device and disk redirection is allowed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Premise: you'll need Windows Server 2008." />
  <row Id="11524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6588" RevisionGUID="bc814b82-0bb0-4be1-ae78-17c7a96cbaec" CreationDate="2009-05-09T08:32:33.963" UserId="48" Text="Personaly, I haven't run with one for quite some time now, i've never used enough memory that its become neccassery so its of, and its not caused me any problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, there are some applications that don't work well without a page file, photoshop for example, so if your running these you may need atleast some page file." />
  <row Id="11525" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6589" RevisionGUID="23cedf6c-402a-4b50-92d1-b8b605e21109" CreationDate="2009-05-09T08:34:48.483" UserId="1496" Text="You can't avoid having to alter the zone files for the domains other than x.com, but you can save yourself a lot of trouble by defining common policies hosted on one domain and using the `redirect` SPF keyword on the other domains. Example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* In the zonefile for the `x.com` domain:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;_policy1    IN    TXT     &quot;v=spf1 a:a.x.com -all&quot;&#xD;&#xA;_policy2    IN    TXT     &quot;v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com a:a.x.com -all&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`_spf.google.com` is the record holding the Gmail SPF record. Not sure whether it's documented. Theoretically you should `include:gmail.com` but that's a redirect to `_spf.google.com` and there has been at least one widely used SPF patch for qmail which didn't follow it properly (got fixed in August 2008 but might still be deployed.) The two policies are examples, of course - having more than one with various levels of strictness is extremely useful when debugging since you only have to alter a short name in the target domain instead of error-prone copypasting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* In the zonefiles for the other domains:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;@                       IN    TXT    &quot;v=spf1 redirect=_policy1.x.com&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;@                       IN    TXT    &quot;v=spf1 redirect=_policy2.x.com&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;etc. I'm using `redirect`, not `include`, to cause the SPF check to completely replace the currently evaluated record with the one I'm redirecting to. `include` does not do that - for example, an `-all` at the end of an `include` does not cause evaluation to stop (`include` is a big misnomer.) You should avoid using `include` when you want to &quot;alias&quot; a SPF record from another domain, since it's quite brittle - if you accidentally forget the trailing -all you might render your entire SPF on that domain ineffective." />
  <row Id="11526" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6590" RevisionGUID="540d7cb7-4d24-4f96-ae8d-bee948ac7715" CreationDate="2009-05-09T08:41:22.117" UserId="761" Text="I have multiple machines at home. All of them are running Windows 7 x64. Due to slow bandwidth, I want to make them download updates just once and apply to the rest of them. What's the easiest way to accomplish that without resorting to Windows Server specific solutions (WSUS)?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11527" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6590" RevisionGUID="540d7cb7-4d24-4f96-ae8d-bee948ac7715" CreationDate="2009-05-09T08:41:22.117" UserId="761" Text="Update multiple machines at home" />
  <row Id="11528" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6590" RevisionGUID="540d7cb7-4d24-4f96-ae8d-bee948ac7715" CreationDate="2009-05-09T08:41:22.117" UserId="761" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;updates&gt;&lt;windows-clients&gt;&lt;home-network&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="11529" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6590" RevisionGUID="fdcbf03a-0b63-4cd9-85e2-f6656f1cedb8" CreationDate="2009-05-09T08:46:36.740" UserId="761" Comment="added 23 characters in body" Text="I have multiple machines at home. All of them are running Windows 7 x64. Due to limited bandwidth and slow connection, I want to make them download updates just once and apply to the rest of them. What's the easiest way to accomplish that without resorting to Windows Server specific solutions (WSUS)?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11530" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6589" RevisionGUID="24a9978f-e4df-4af5-967e-10e4de5b224f" CreationDate="2009-05-09T08:48:02.447" UserId="1496" Comment="added 202 characters in body" Text="You can't avoid having to alter the zone files for the domains other than x.com, but you can save yourself a lot of trouble by defining common policies hosted on one domain and using the `redirect` SPF keyword on the other domains. Example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* In the zonefile for the `x.com` domain:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;_policy1    IN    TXT     &quot;v=spf1 a:a.x.com -all&quot;&#xD;&#xA;_policy2    IN    TXT     &quot;v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com a:a.x.com -all&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`_spf.google.com` is the record holding the Gmail SPF record. Not sure whether it's documented. Theoretically you should `include:gmail.com` but that's a redirect to `_spf.google.com` and there has been at least one widely used SPF patch for qmail which didn't follow it properly (got fixed in August 2008 but might still be deployed.) The two policies are examples, of course - having more than one with various levels of strictness is extremely useful when debugging since you only have to alter a short name in the target domain instead of error-prone copypasting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* In the zonefiles for the other domains:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;@                       IN    TXT    &quot;v=spf1 redirect=_policy1.x.com&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;@                       IN    TXT    &quot;v=spf1 redirect=_policy2.x.com&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;etc. I'm using `redirect`, not `include`, to cause the SPF check to completely replace the currently evaluated record with the one I'm redirecting to. `include` does not do that - for example, an `-all` at the end of an `include` does not cause evaluation to stop (`include` is a big misnomer.) You should avoid using `include` when you want to &quot;alias&quot; a SPF record from another domain, since it's quite brittle - if you accidentally forget the trailing -all you might render your entire SPF on that domain ineffective.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Please note, though, that you need to be on guard if you want to allow Gmail's servers as senders. The Gmail chaptcha has been cracked, which means that it's possible to automate account signups, which means Gmail can be (indirectly) used as an open relay (I'm getting tens of spambot signup requests per week for my company discussion forum, all from gmail.com domains - and those addresses are live, I've allowed a few to go through for checking purposes.) Additionally, anyone with a Gmail account can bypass SPF checking if familiar with the uwsername parts of the email addresses at your domains." />
  <row Id="11531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6591" RevisionGUID="14e4c5e6-1a85-4c7e-84d7-29bd048af51e" CreationDate="2009-05-09T08:53:32.527" UserId="45" Text="There is an interesting article on Tom's Hardware:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Does No Swap File Equal Better Performance?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [...] Again, we conducted this test with RAM&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sizes ranging from 8 GB to 512 MB.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; While working without a paging file&#xD;&#xA;&gt; was possible without any problems with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 8 GB, the situation quickly became&#xD;&#xA;&gt; critical with less memory installed.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; With 8 GB and no swap file, the system&#xD;&#xA;&gt; was fine. Even in some memory&#xD;&#xA;&gt; intensive scenarios such as opening&#xD;&#xA;&gt; files in Photoshop CS3 with a total&#xD;&#xA;&gt; file size of 3 GB, the system remained&#xD;&#xA;&gt; very responsive and even snappy, never&#xD;&#xA;&gt; writing to disk once.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: Microsoft does not recommend setting the paging file below 400 MB:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/vista-workshop,1775-6.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img.tomshardware.com/us/2008/02/15/vista_workshop/windows_vista_8gb___warning_message.png" />
  <row Id="11532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6592" RevisionGUID="f3f58605-b280-4ede-8f44-71c989c89457" CreationDate="2009-05-09T08:57:33.607" UserId="45" Text="I don't know if this the right tool for you, but heise security has a nice solution for packaging Windows Updates:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[DIY Service Pack - Installing Windows updates without an internet connection][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.h-online.com/security/Do-it-yourself-Service-Pack--/features/80682" />
  <row Id="11533" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6253" RevisionGUID="65ff7259-5a95-46f3-b6e3-9249a7317273" CreationDate="2009-05-09T08:58:37.227" UserId="1815" Comment="Explained that I need a remote solution." Text="What is the best way remotely to find Conficker infected PCs in company/ISP networks?" />
  <row Id="11534" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="6253" RevisionGUID="65ff7259-5a95-46f3-b6e3-9249a7317273" CreationDate="2009-05-09T08:58:37.227" UserId="1815" Comment="Explained that I need a remote solution." Text="What is the best way remotely to find Conficker infected PCs in company networks?" />
  <row Id="11535" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6593" RevisionGUID="5144d572-66de-45fe-81b4-49377f18f0bf" CreationDate="2009-05-09T09:12:42.527" UserId="97" Text="As many have answered, NTP is the way to go. Depending on your needs and requirements, there are several possible designs that you can use for syncing time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Sync individual machines to public host i.e. pool.ntp.org&#xD;&#xA; 2. Designate a local master (with upstream NTP) and sync everything else to it&#xD;&#xA; 3. Local master with your own GPS hw attached (could be $$$)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have many machines, options 2 and 3 are a lot friendlier to the network. For more details, read about NTP and [clock strata][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, I find that the Windows default interval for synchronization is too long (once a week) which leads to too much drift. You should check out the following if you want to set things to a shorter period (I use once a day).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/Internet-Time-Update.shtml][2]&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.tweakxp.com/article36948.aspx][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Time_Protocol#Clock_strata&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/Internet-Time-Update.shtml&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.tweakxp.com/article36948.aspx" />
  <row Id="11536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6594" RevisionGUID="909dd441-bfde-4ab8-9ce6-e68822f9fd2e" CreationDate="2009-05-09T09:15:47.997" UserId="984" Text="You may be able to simply install a caching proxy server on one machine and point both computers at it." />
  <row Id="11537" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6592" RevisionGUID="af8bcea5-2a0d-452f-a850-c1720250958d" CreationDate="2009-05-09T09:20:08.733" UserId="45" Comment="added 392 characters in body" Text="I don't know if this the right tool for you, but heise security has a nice solution for packaging Windows Updates:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[DIY Service Pack - Installing Windows updates without an internet connection][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Looking for manageable Windows updates&#xD;&#xA;&gt; even without an internet connection?&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Our offline update 3.0 script&#xD;&#xA;&gt; collection downloads the entire body&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of updates for Windows 2000, XP or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Server 2003 from Microsoft's servers&#xD;&#xA;&gt; in one fell swoop and then uses them&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to create patch packages on CD, DVD or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; USB stick. Those in turn allow you to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; update as many PCs as desired.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.h-online.com/security/Do-it-yourself-Service-Pack--/features/80682" />
  <row Id="11538" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6595" RevisionGUID="fb511a07-bed3-4aa9-8fff-5cd848208078" CreationDate="2009-05-09T09:29:25.827" UserId="448" Text="I vote for [UNIX hints and hacks][1]. A lot of the content is out of date now but it still helped me to think like a UNIX admin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/jsp/descFile.jsp?url=descAll/Unix_Hints_Hacks" />
  <row Id="11539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6596" RevisionGUID="b2142ad8-3c9f-4eb0-91c3-10d34d35a878" CreationDate="2009-05-09T09:51:45.023" UserId="1122" Text="If you don't run out of RAM, you'll be fine without a page file. With 8GB, it's unlikely that you'll run out of physical memory. If you do, however, things will quickly go down hill. Instead of your computer slowing down (as it's paging to disk), you'll get random app crashes (as malloc fails).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Without a page file, Windows will also be unable to eject program memory to disk in favor of things like file caches. Whether this makes a difference or not would depend on how you use your PC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All in all, I don't think you'd see *any* improvement in overall use - but the downside is pretty minimal as well (since you have 8GB)." />
  <row Id="11540" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6317" RevisionGUID="095062c7-8260-4814-bd3f-4f6f715e3892" CreationDate="2009-05-09T09:52:03.477" UserId="1787" Comment="added 55 characters in body" Text="I really think, that this question rather then being real question is flame bait. But I'll give it a serious answer anyhow:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Consider for example services such as web server or MTA. In Windows they run with administrator privileges (eg. IIS runs as LocalSystem), while in Unices and Linux that's the way it was done… some 15 years ago. Since then each service has it's own, limited account. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to have secure Windows site? Well, this site is example of such. But on the other side, there are millions of secure sites running Linux. Google, Amazon, Facebook, YouTube, Digg, Flickr…&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11541" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6589" RevisionGUID="3379b7c1-f78d-48d9-bc93-1470319b95ae" CreationDate="2009-05-09T10:36:18.097" UserId="1496" Comment="Too much thinking about domains :)" Text="You can't avoid having to alter the zone files for the domains other than x.com, but you can save yourself a lot of trouble by defining common policies hosted on one domain and using the `redirect` SPF keyword on the other domains. Example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* In the zonefile for the `x.com` domain:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;_policy1    IN    TXT     &quot;v=spf1 a:a.x.com -all&quot;&#xD;&#xA;_policy2    IN    TXT     &quot;v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com a:a.x.com -all&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`_spf.google.com` is the record holding the Gmail SPF record. Not sure whether it's documented. Theoretically you should `include:gmail.com` but that's a redirect to `_spf.google.com` and there has been at least one widely used SPF patch for qmail which didn't follow it properly (got fixed in August 2008 but might still be deployed.) The two policies are examples, of course - having more than one with various levels of strictness is extremely useful when debugging since you only have to alter a short name in the target domain instead of error-prone copypasting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* In the zonefiles for the other domains:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;@                       IN    TXT    &quot;v=spf1 redirect=_policy1.x.com&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;@                       IN    TXT    &quot;v=spf1 redirect=_policy2.x.com&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;etc. I'm using `redirect`, not `include`, to cause the SPF check to completely replace the currently evaluated record with the one I'm redirecting to. `include` does not do that - for example, an `-all` at the end of an `include` does not cause evaluation to stop (`include` is a big misnomer.) You should avoid using `include` when you want to &quot;alias&quot; a SPF record from another domain, since it's quite brittle - if you accidentally forget the trailing -all you might render your entire SPF on that domain ineffective.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Please note, though, that you need to be on guard if you want to allow Gmail's servers as senders. The Gmail chaptcha has been cracked, which means that it's possible to automate account signups, which means Gmail can be (indirectly) used as an open relay (I'm getting tens of spambot signup requests per week for my company discussion forum, all using gmail.com email addresses - and those addresses are live, I've allowed a few to go through for checking purposes.) Additionally, anyone with a Gmail account can bypass SPF checking if familiar with the uwsername parts of the email addresses at your domains." />
  <row Id="11542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6597" RevisionGUID="595d2f1e-46ad-46d7-9d49-3d60201f3c63" CreationDate="2009-05-09T10:42:29.597" UserId="1865" Text="I would comment on @username's comment to @Jared's answer, but I don't have enough rep...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just adding .local to Search Domains in Network Prefs doesn't work as expected, due to the way that all Macs (networked or not) employ their own OpenLDAP .local directory for local auth purposes. This results in all queries to .local domains being resolved through mDNS (to allow for local machines to resolve their own names even if they're not running a DNS server). Under many circumstances you won't notice the difference, but one major gotcha is that Kerberos will fail to work under these circumstances. Jared's trick is a good workaround." />
  <row Id="11543" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6597" RevisionGUID="ad22d47c-dc0b-479d-8be2-2854ac1edd65" CreationDate="2009-05-09T10:50:14.570" UserId="1865" Comment="deleted 38 characters in body" Text="I would comment on @username's comment to @Jared's answer, but I don't have enough rep...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just adding .local to Search Domains in Network Prefs doesn't work as expected, due to the way that all Macs (networked or not) employ their own OpenLDAP .local directory domain for local auth purposes. This results in all queries to .local domains being resolved through mDNS (to allow for local machines to resolve names even absent a DNS server). Often you won't notice the difference, but one major gotcha is that Kerberos will fail to work under these circumstances. Jared's trick is a good workaround." />
  <row Id="11544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6598" RevisionGUID="d2cc4f8a-67fc-46f7-b6ad-c8ef71d7f7c7" CreationDate="2009-05-09T11:00:56.447" UserDisplayName="Cody Hatch" Text="What's the concern here?  Security, performance, or user happiness?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UAC is one of the key reasons to upgrade to Vista.  I certainly wouldn't recommend disabling it, and especially not in an SME context.  It improves security, doesn't really hamper performance, and in a SME context should - if anything - increase user happiness.  (Explanation:  UAC is annoying when your running as an admin user because it keeps asking you if you *really* wanted to do something trivial like change your IP address.  In an SME environment you - of course - will have all your users as limited users, so they're already locked down.  In this context UAC is helpful, not annoying.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Turning off Superfetch and Readyboost...why?  I don't see any security issues, and depending on your exact usage and configuration, they might provide a minor performance boost.  As for user happiness...I don't see them even noticing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Aero...not a security risk, and if your machines are relatively modern not a performance issue.  It could well be a serious user happiness issue, but I'd be more inclined to distribute some simple instructions for toggling it on and off, and leave it at that." />
  <row Id="11545" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6569" RevisionGUID="e7896cc8-c72e-48dc-ab15-0b4062908e46" CreationDate="2009-05-09T11:01:07.460" UserId="48" Comment="changed to conficker" Text="We got nailed two weeks ago by Conficker, I ran through the 26 step [checklist][1] from Mircrosoft on my own computer, as well as on our domain server.  It says near the end to reverse all the changes, but I kinda like the changes (Disables Autorun and some other settings).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anything in that fix that'll come back to haunt me down the road?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, maybe the group policy never took effect, I couldn't quite tell.  Do your policies have to be placed on computers or users (or does it matter?) for this fix? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/security/dd452420.aspx" />
  <row Id="11546" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="6569" RevisionGUID="e7896cc8-c72e-48dc-ab15-0b4062908e46" CreationDate="2009-05-09T11:01:07.460" UserId="48" Comment="changed to conficker" Text="Conficker: Should steps taken in group policy to secure against virus remain?" />
  <row Id="11552" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6601" RevisionGUID="7ca16d0e-429f-46ff-98db-14f16728e815" CreationDate="2009-05-09T11:09:00.110" UserId="1435" Text="Not Unix but SQL;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SELECT * FROM MANAGEMENT WHERE CLUE&gt;0&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;0 ROWS RETURNED" />
  <row Id="11553" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6601" RevisionGUID="7ca16d0e-429f-46ff-98db-14f16728e815" CreationDate="2009-05-09T11:09:00.110" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6603" RevisionGUID="8adf810a-73a1-4c61-a859-31e27f359aad" CreationDate="2009-05-09T11:16:56.097" UserId="816" Text="Have a look at [AutoPatcher][1].  I have used it in the past to download updates and install on thirty computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; AutoPatcher could be described as an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; off-line Windows Update. AutoPatcher&#xD;&#xA;&gt; provides an interface to a large&#xD;&#xA;&gt; collection of updates, common&#xD;&#xA;&gt; applications and registry tweaks, that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can be easily and quickly applied to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; your computer system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.autopatcher.com/" />
  <row Id="11563" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6603" RevisionGUID="322a6418-d273-46d1-903b-9142ccd6bf0f" CreationDate="2009-05-09T11:27:19.083" UserId="816" Comment="added 79 characters in body" Text="Have a look at [AutoPatcher][1].  I have used it in the past to download updates and install on thirty computers.  I dont &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; AutoPatcher could be described as an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; off-line Windows Update. AutoPatcher&#xD;&#xA;&gt; provides an interface to a large&#xD;&#xA;&gt; collection of updates, common&#xD;&#xA;&gt; applications and registry tweaks, that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can be easily and quickly applied to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; your computer system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I doubt they will support Windows 7 before it is released. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.autopatcher.com/" />
  <row Id="11565" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6606" RevisionGUID="690510b7-5f15-4ff4-85a3-f7f2fff60aa2" CreationDate="2009-05-09T11:33:21.813" UserId="2318" Text="Is it possible for a rack designed to store servers on their side (blade style) to be EIA-310-D-compliant? I suspect not, but reading the spec I couldn't find any explicit statement about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know a design house who wanted to mount their Xserves from the ceiling, in a rack made by a boutique company (which has since gone out of business). I told them this would probably affect heat distribution adversely, but I wasn't able to find a definitive printed answer for them.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11566" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6606" RevisionGUID="690510b7-5f15-4ff4-85a3-f7f2fff60aa2" CreationDate="2009-05-09T11:33:21.813" UserId="2318" Text="Vertical vs horizontal rack mounting + EIA-310-D" />
  <row Id="11567" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6606" RevisionGUID="690510b7-5f15-4ff4-85a3-f7f2fff60aa2" CreationDate="2009-05-09T11:33:21.813" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;deployment&gt;&lt;rack&gt;" />
  <row Id="11568" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6607" RevisionGUID="3f880504-bac9-4c97-93c9-ce5dd41a20b0" CreationDate="2009-05-09T11:38:07.357" UserId="2318" Text="I'm trying to remove an ACL set for johndoe from all the folders recursively on one of my drives without hosing any other entries! Anyone know how to do this without affecting the ACLs that already exist for other groups/users?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for the Mac equivalent of &quot;setfacl -d u:johndoe&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know you can use chmod to remove a rule from multiple files, but the only way I have seen won't work because it removes the rule via its index (eg: the 5th entry of every folder) and the entry for my user won't always be the same index.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why would you want to do this? Say you inherit an insane file system that has a bunch of individual users instead of groups and you want to get rid of just the individuals since they already have access." />
  <row Id="11569" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6607" RevisionGUID="3f880504-bac9-4c97-93c9-ce5dd41a20b0" CreationDate="2009-05-09T11:38:07.357" UserId="2318" Text="remove an ACL entry for just ONE user in MacOS? oddly difficult" />
  <row Id="11570" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6607" RevisionGUID="3f880504-bac9-4c97-93c9-ce5dd41a20b0" CreationDate="2009-05-09T11:38:07.357" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;acl&gt;&lt;bash&gt;" />
  <row Id="11571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6608" RevisionGUID="55f06388-72c8-4f49-8d33-21e4bc0b5c2c" CreationDate="2009-05-09T11:42:40.247" UserId="2318" Text="How do you create a hardlink (as opposed to a symlink or a Mac OS alias) in OS X that points to a directory? There is the command &quot;ln target destination&quot; but that only works when the target is a file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that Mac OS, unlike other Unix environments, does allow hardlinking to folders (this is used for Time Machine, for example) but I don't know how to do it myself. I am also aware that using directory hardlinks is not &quot;best practice&quot; as it can cause some programs to recurse infinitely while scanning a tree." />
  <row Id="11572" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6608" RevisionGUID="55f06388-72c8-4f49-8d33-21e4bc0b5c2c" CreationDate="2009-05-09T11:42:40.247" UserId="2318" Text="What is the Bash command to create a hardlink to a directory in OS X?" />
  <row Id="11573" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6608" RevisionGUID="55f06388-72c8-4f49-8d33-21e4bc0b5c2c" CreationDate="2009-05-09T11:42:40.247" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;bash&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;" />
  <row Id="11574" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6609" RevisionGUID="c728c652-1667-42e8-a564-6979434153d6" CreationDate="2009-05-09T11:43:22.133" UserId="2318" Text="You can't do it directly in BASH then. However... I found an article here that discusses how to do it indirectly: http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.23/23.11/ExploringLeopardwithDTrace/index.html by compiling a simple little program:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #include &lt;unistd.h&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    #include &lt;stdio.h&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    int&#xD;&#xA;    main(int argc, char *argv[])&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;       if (argc != 3)&#xD;&#xA;          return 1;&#xD;&#xA;       int ret = link(argv[1], argv[2]);&#xD;&#xA;       if (ret != 0)&#xD;&#xA;          perror(&quot;link&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;       return ret;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    $ gcc -o hlink hlink.c -Wall&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6610" RevisionGUID="770a6c63-f8de-447d-a263-8cce410292b1" CreationDate="2009-05-09T11:47:10.237" UserId="1548" Text="I have now sent a similar TCP connection request packet to www.adobe.com from my local machine (the only difference being the source IP address) and compared the response packet I get with the one in your latest tcpdump.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have found 3 differences in the IP/TCP headers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the &quot;Differentiated Services&quot; field in the IP is set to 0x80 in your case and 0x00 in my case - I am pretty sure this is caused by PlusNet's &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.plus.net/support/broadband/quality_broadband/traffic_prioritisation.shtml&quot;&gt;traffic prioritisation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the 4 bytes at offset 0x20 are &quot;&lt;b&gt;0000 5012&lt;/b&gt;&quot; in your case and &quot;&lt;b&gt;5012 0000&lt;/b&gt;&quot; in my case - these are the data offset, flags and window size fields in the TCP header. It looks like something is swapping these 2-byte words in your case. And this is definitely what results in an invalid TCP packet&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the connection response request has a TCP MSS option (with value 1460) added in your case, but there are no TCP options in my case&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My guess would be that your router tries to be clever by adding a MSS TCP option, but in some cases messes up the TCP header. Does your router have any &quot;MSS clamping&quot; settings - if so, I would try disabling those settings. Otherwise I would suggest asking PlusNet support (showing them the tcpdump output)." />
  <row Id="11576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6611" RevisionGUID="7886212d-e829-4ff7-841f-8fbcfa920676" CreationDate="2009-05-09T11:47:28.040" UserId="45" Text="Here is the link to the  question on Stack Overflow:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[What is the Bash command to create a hardlink to a directory in OS X?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/80875/what-is-the-bash-command-to-create-a-hardlink-to-a-directory-in-os-x" />
  <row Id="11580" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3086" RevisionGUID="476fbba9-1e90-4ea6-a07c-88fcbe09204a" CreationDate="2009-05-09T12:10:51.010" UserId="216" Comment="added 183 characters in body" Text="This sounds like an MTU problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's likely something between you and those sites that doesn't support the typical 1500 byte MTU, and on top of that probably a firewall blocking the ICMP packets that are used for &quot;Path MTU Discovery&quot;, so your end can't tell that the normal MTU can't be used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try a traceroute, and then for each hop in turn, try sending a large ping packet (1492 bytes) and see if any of those hops refuse to return the packet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT - your `tcpdump` output shows that your end is still trying to initiate TCP's &quot;three-way handshake&quot; because the `SYN` bit is sent in the packets from your end.  However the packets coming back from Adobe appear to be truncated or malformed.  That's pretty weird, because there shouldn't be any payload in the packets, just the far end's SYN response.   I'd need to see a full dump (including the -X option) of just those first 4 or so packets to know more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT2 - based on your detailed tcpdumps I believe that your router is corrupting the TCP response from some sites.  The best way to test this is to borrow another brand of router." />
  <row Id="11581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6613" RevisionGUID="00c9cb7f-27bb-45c1-b06a-78d854c69dc1" CreationDate="2009-05-09T12:16:43.577" UserId="1548" Text="I would definitely use a single-process web server (&lt;a href=&quot;http://nginx.net/&quot;&gt;nginx&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lighttpd.net&quot;&gt;lighttpd&lt;/a&gt;) and use PHP via &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fastcgi.com&quot;&gt;FastCGI&lt;/a&gt;. At all costs avoid Apache + mod_php as this will result in all Apache worker processes carrying the PHP overhead (and consuming lots of memory even if they then mostly just service static content).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are used to Ubuntu, then keep using it (as it's based on Debian, it is very flexible and you can install only those packages you really need).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11582" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6614" RevisionGUID="bb90b8d4-cc8b-4400-aad3-16fb9506fe7f" CreationDate="2009-05-09T12:36:23.930" UserId="2341" Text="While your question description indicates you are leaning towards tools, nobody has suggested what I consider to be the obvious answer to the short version of the question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Throw some money at the problem! Buy and install a faster system drive.  One of the new fast SSDs such as the OCZ Vertex would go a *long* way to solving your problem... and it won't just be your boot times that improve :-)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11583" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6615" RevisionGUID="13736be5-6583-45c0-92c5-b260a8450a3f" CreationDate="2009-05-09T12:43:08.783" UserId="1293" Text="I believe you may want -x instead of -d. Be sure and test this. Add -R for recursive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    setfacl -xR u:johndoe dirname" />
  <row Id="11584" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6616" RevisionGUID="1c269b44-2d4f-450a-8490-ab864116b7ae" CreationDate="2009-05-09T12:45:34.413" UserId="2341" Text="We had some databases decommissioned recently, and my SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Manager still shows the server group I originally created containing those servers.  I tried deleting the entire server group, but Enterprise Manager won't let me do so because the group still contains server registrations.  When I right-click on individual server registrations to try and delete them one-by-one, Enterprise Manager tries to connect to the server and complains when it can't.  I don't get to see the option to delete the server registration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So ... how can I work around that and get these dead server registrations out of my Enterprise Manager configuration?  Thanks :-)" />
  <row Id="11585" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6616" RevisionGUID="1c269b44-2d4f-450a-8490-ab864116b7ae" CreationDate="2009-05-09T12:45:34.413" UserId="2341" Text="How to remove dead SQL Server registrations from SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Manager?" />
  <row Id="11586" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6616" RevisionGUID="1c269b44-2d4f-450a-8490-ab864116b7ae" CreationDate="2009-05-09T12:45:34.413" UserId="2341" Text="&lt;microsoft&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;dba&gt;&lt;database&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="11588" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6617" RevisionGUID="f56a69b8-966d-4990-941a-e7e6f8b87fdd" CreationDate="2009-05-09T13:01:12.990" UserId="45" Text="On Windows Server (2003/2008): is there a way to schedule Windows Updates (and reboots) exclusively on sundays, 1 a.m. (for example)?" />
  <row Id="11589" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6617" RevisionGUID="f56a69b8-966d-4990-941a-e7e6f8b87fdd" CreationDate="2009-05-09T13:01:12.990" UserId="45" Text="Schedule Windows Updates exclusively on a specific work day (and time)?" />
  <row Id="11590" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6617" RevisionGUID="f56a69b8-966d-4990-941a-e7e6f8b87fdd" CreationDate="2009-05-09T13:01:12.990" UserId="45" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-update&gt;" />
  <row Id="11592" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6619" RevisionGUID="1f75ce8f-bf8d-4508-ad43-0a9a3b7785eb" CreationDate="2009-05-09T13:13:43.257" UserId="1565" Text="This problem has been fixed in Cisco VPN Client 5.0.03.0530.  I would recommend using 5.0.04.0300 or the new version 5.0.05.0290." />
  <row Id="11593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6620" RevisionGUID="d07fda3f-c803-4bec-bb24-e98e15ec5d14" CreationDate="2009-05-09T13:14:25.660" UserId="2248" Text="Tangentially related, [rsnapshot][1] will manage hourly, daily, weekly, monthly backup rotations for you. It uses a clever combination of rsync and hard links to make backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rsnapshot.org/" />
  <row Id="11594" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6621" RevisionGUID="2346c810-01c9-4253-a1c8-c4e486331ef2" CreationDate="2009-05-09T13:17:57.870" UserId="292" Text="There is solution if you would use the WSUS. The WSUS works like a *proxy* between Microsoft Update Server and you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The WSUS is able to collect all needed updates (with or without downloading them). Any client computer (or a server machine) receive updates only when they get approved by you. So you could approve all updates on saturdays for the next update time, which is scheduled at 1 a.m." />
  <row Id="11595" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6622" RevisionGUID="3b6ea120-b3a5-4603-a557-d44f3efd9008" CreationDate="2009-05-09T13:19:59.017" UserId="216" Text="It's impossible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From `man 2 link`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   `int link(const char *path1, const&#xD;&#xA;&gt; char *path2);`&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;      ....&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;    In order for the system call to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; succeed, path1 must exist and both&#xD;&#xA;&gt; path1 and&#xD;&#xA;&gt;      path2 must be in the same file system.  As mandated by POSIX.1, path1&#xD;&#xA;&gt; may not be&#xD;&#xA;&gt;      a directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried the code in the other answer on MacOS X 10.5.6 - it didn't work." />
  <row Id="11599" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6622" RevisionGUID="2128fda3-fc3d-499d-a8c2-23b1fae93fa0" CreationDate="2009-05-09T13:28:12.177" UserId="216" Comment="added 61 characters in body" Text="It's supposed to be impossible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From `man 2 link`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   `int link(const char *path1, const&#xD;&#xA;&gt; char *path2);`&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;      ....&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;    In order for the system call to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; succeed, path1 must exist and both&#xD;&#xA;&gt; path1 and&#xD;&#xA;&gt;      path2 must be in the same file system.  As mandated by POSIX.1, path1&#xD;&#xA;&gt; may not be&#xD;&#xA;&gt;      a directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried the code in the other answer on MacOS X 10.5.6 - it didn't work when trying to create a link from a directory to the same name in the same directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However it _does_ work if the two resulting directories don't have the same parent.  It's necessary to read the linked article to find that out." />
  <row Id="11603" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6625" RevisionGUID="5d1f0f9f-fb68-4fc4-8317-44ffed58e62a" CreationDate="2009-05-09T13:49:00.213" UserId="137" Text="% cat &quot;food in cans&quot;&#xD;&#xA;cat: can't open food in cans" />
  <row Id="11604" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6625" RevisionGUID="5d1f0f9f-fb68-4fc4-8317-44ffed58e62a" CreationDate="2009-05-09T13:49:00.213" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11605" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6626" RevisionGUID="4806333d-1ff4-424c-9ef8-92fea87ae237" CreationDate="2009-05-09T13:54:30.327" UserId="248" Text="If you mean on an individual server, you can just set that up in Control Panel - Automatic Updates. It works the same way as on a Windows XP/Vista machine, where you set Automatic - Every Sunday at 1:00 AM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This works on my Windows Server 2003 machines&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Screen Grab][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3323/3515642862_de98a870ea_o.jpg" />
  <row Id="11606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6627" RevisionGUID="33b6c17a-7115-4dbc-8c7a-ac63a247f7ad" CreationDate="2009-05-09T13:55:17.897" UserId="137" Text="cls = clear the command line screen&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is very useful when you want to run a new command and clear the current screen" />
  <row Id="11607" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6627" RevisionGUID="33b6c17a-7115-4dbc-8c7a-ac63a247f7ad" CreationDate="2009-05-09T13:55:17.897" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11609" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6628" RevisionGUID="b640c0f9-7d8f-42c9-840b-6daa39e71e41" CreationDate="2009-05-09T14:05:59.557" UserId="1463" Text="Chaining commands in particular net stop and start to restart any service:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net stop w3svc &amp;&amp; net start w3svc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(silly example as iisreset will do that, but anyway ;)" />
  <row Id="11610" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6628" RevisionGUID="b640c0f9-7d8f-42c9-840b-6daa39e71e41" CreationDate="2009-05-09T14:05:59.557" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11611" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6629" RevisionGUID="872850a2-2a32-4204-8a63-6f2e00ff92ff" CreationDate="2009-05-09T14:18:34.600" UserId="1089" Text="Is it possible to use the Bootcamp Assistant to install Windows 7 RC on Mac OS X?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, how do I install/boot from usb after copying the iso to the usb harddrive??" />
  <row Id="11612" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6629" RevisionGUID="872850a2-2a32-4204-8a63-6f2e00ff92ff" CreationDate="2009-05-09T14:18:34.600" UserId="1089" Text="Installing Windows 7 RC on Mac OS X" />
  <row Id="11613" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6629" RevisionGUID="872850a2-2a32-4204-8a63-6f2e00ff92ff" CreationDate="2009-05-09T14:18:34.600" UserId="1089" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;usb&gt;" />
  <row Id="11614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6630" RevisionGUID="9ae8d3f9-921f-43a7-a5e6-549300b2286e" CreationDate="2009-05-09T14:21:41.853" UserId="1435" Text="Yes, works a treat, use the Vista drivers. Not sure you can boot from USB, someone will answer that one properly." />
  <row Id="11616" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6632" RevisionGUID="414a5a0b-4eee-4f1a-a79c-aa8b63574809" CreationDate="2009-05-09T14:23:03.960" UserId="301" Text="Try [gnome-network][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://projects.gnome.org/gnome-network/index.shtml&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://projects.gnome.org/gnome-network/screenshots/info_lookup.jpg" />
  <row Id="11617" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6633" RevisionGUID="91a0b07e-8a0a-47fd-a0e5-783e506e9517" CreationDate="2009-05-09T14:24:53.927" UserId="1286" Text="http://network-tools.com/nslook/" />
  <row Id="11618" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2095" RevisionGUID="fcef01b3-1d34-4a2e-ab71-d345af703477" CreationDate="2009-05-09T14:25:33.803" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="11619" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6569" RevisionGUID="4b6c004b-92b4-4873-a591-1ee4304718d4" CreationDate="2009-05-09T14:27:43.320" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;conficker&gt;&lt;virus&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="11620" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6634" RevisionGUID="691478b7-5361-4883-8bb2-6cd76636af49" CreationDate="2009-05-09T14:32:08.547" UserId="301" Text="The short answer is, you're probably looking at rebuilding the machine from scratch if you feel you need to reinstall it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've always preferred to do a clean install (that is reformatting the root volume). If you've followed good practice, specifically&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* all your configuration is in source control, or under automatic management, then it is only a question of getting the machine up to the point your automated tools can bootstrap the rest &#xD;&#xA;* your data is stored on a separate volume, or you have a current backup in another location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then the rebuild should be pretty straight forward, however probably time consuming." />
  <row Id="11621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6635" RevisionGUID="42ad18ed-9cdf-4c97-8321-7a92912a2c30" CreationDate="2009-05-09T14:34:40.947" UserId="301" Text="I'm not a kerberos expert, but I believe that it requires a function DNS infrastructure. The .local domain only exists inside the multicast resolver, and isn't a real zone. My advice would be to setup a separate internal domain, private.yourcompany.com." />
  <row Id="11622" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6440" RevisionGUID="84b0e322-a9d7-4d74-921f-556225d3ac57" CreationDate="2009-05-09T14:36:31.867" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;secure&gt;&lt;erase&gt;" />
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  <row Id="11624" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6337" RevisionGUID="b7fb7e77-b361-475e-8ec0-b901e863be2e" CreationDate="2009-05-09T14:42:28.417" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;domain&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="11625" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6636" RevisionGUID="8307aed8-7a27-4e78-afe5-2de2ddddf50a" CreationDate="2009-05-09T14:46:07.150" UserId="301" Text="Nginx unlike Apache and other process per connection webservers. It uses one master process to start and monitor a small number of worker processes that actually handle the connections. My recommendation is to start with the default number of workers, which is 1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    worker_processes  1;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will only need to increase this if you find that the nginx worker is spending too much time blocked on IO. This will not by until it is serving many hundreds of requests per second.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may also find these settings useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    worker_rlimit_nofile 8192;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    events {&#xD;&#xA;        worker_connections  2048;&#xD;&#xA;        use epoll;&#xD;&#xA;    }" />
  <row Id="11626" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6637" RevisionGUID="66dc3b49-3e5f-488c-a36e-977c77443056" CreationDate="2009-05-09T14:51:53.747" UserId="301" Text="First of all, is this your machine ? Did you knowingly change the host keys ? If not I would be very concerned that something has altered that data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly, turn up the ssh debuging,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh -vvv user@host&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and see what that tells you, also try looking in, /var/log/secure and /var/log/messages on the server you are trying to connect to for clues, sshd gives good error messages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thirdly, is this machine connected to the internet ? Should you really be allowing root logins ?" />
  <row Id="11627" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6638" RevisionGUID="8222f943-d7f3-4942-b293-0262db9e76d0" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:00:57.920" UserId="48" Text="Booting from USB, for non OSX os's does not work by default with Macbooks and Macbook Pros. It is possible to do however (I have done it). You have to install [rEFIt][1] in OSx, this gives you extra boot time options, including installing from USB. Once it is installed, reboot your mac and hold down option as usuall. You should then see rEFIt as a boot choice, select that and you should then have access to the USB stick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This said, you cannot just copy the ISO to a USB stick to install, you need to follow the instructions below to create a bootable USB drive:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. On windows Vista (XP does not contain Diskpart by default) type the following&#xD;&#xA; 2. diskpart&#xD;&#xA; 3. type “list disk” and you will see all connected disks and numbers&#xD;&#xA; 4. select disk X (X being the number of the usb disk )&#xD;&#xA; 5. clean&#xD;&#xA; 6. create partition primary&#xD;&#xA; 7. select partition 1&#xD;&#xA; 8. active&#xD;&#xA; 9. format fs=fat32&#xD;&#xA; 10. assign&#xD;&#xA; 11. exit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You now have a bootable USB drive. Now extract the files from the ISO to the USB drive, and boot as above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://refit.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="11629" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6640" RevisionGUID="149a9f4d-1550-4b46-8f78-a0630d051d04" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:01:52.320" UserId="301" Text="If I understand you correctly, you want to upgrade all http requests to https. If this is correct try this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost ip:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       ServerName www.company.com&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;       RedirectMatch permanent ^(.*)$ https://www.company.com$1&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost ip:443&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       ServerName www.company.com&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       # ssl config here ...&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       # assumes you want to proxy everything on this vhost to jboss:8009&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;Location / &gt;&#xD;&#xA;           ProxyPass ajp://jboss:8009/&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;" />
  <row Id="11630" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6641" RevisionGUID="3ec7eff6-03d4-4fd1-9260-f6fbf3b452f8" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:10:25.933" UserId="942" Text="What about a temporary proxy server? You can run [IPCop][1] from a USB or live CD, and it has a plugin specifically to cache software updates. You could run it just whenever you need to update your PCs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although given that it's a very small and efficient piece of software and you have a slow connection, it would benefit you to have it running all the time, IMHO (in a VM even, in case you don't have a spare machine).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.ipcop.org/" />
  <row Id="11631" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6642" RevisionGUID="b657c388-0318-4ad9-afa1-359d27568f25" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:12:34.183" UserId="301" Text="I use [puppet][1] for managing our production servers. Under rhel5 the standard way of enabling ldap is to use the authconfig tool. Which works successfully, but isn't really capable with the puppet way of doing things. If I were to have puppet make the relevant edits to the authentication config files, which ones should I change ? Off the top of my head the files I know that need editing to enable ldap authentication are&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/ldap.conf&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/nsswitch.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But there may also be pam config files which I am not suer about&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/" />
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  <row Id="11634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6643" RevisionGUID="e359ea40-08a1-45cd-a275-1dd462254911" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:14:08.283" UserId="491" Text="The pagefile is used for a few other things that may be handy. For example, it is used for crash dumps if Windows crashes. So troubleshooting errors may become a lot harder. Also, some applications depend on the existence of a pagefile.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The real question is why *wouldn't* you have a pagefile? Can't you afford the few GB of disk space it takes up? As long as you let Windows manage the pagefile size, performance will be the same. It simply won't use the pagefile during general use." />
  <row Id="11635" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6638" RevisionGUID="64295066-b6a7-43a5-9905-bd4a215722c1" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:14:14.150" UserId="48" Comment="deleted 13 characters in body" Text="Booting from USB, for non OSX os's does not work by default with Macbooks and Macbook Pros. It is possible to do however (I have done it). You have to install [rEFIt][1] in OSx, this gives you extra boot time options, including installing from USB. Once it is installed, reboot your mac and hold down option as usuall. You should then see rEFIt as a boot choice, select that and you should then have access to the USB stick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This said, you cannot just copy the ISO to a USB stick to install, you need to follow the instructions below to create a bootable USB drive:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. On windows Vista or XP type the following at the command prompt:&#xD;&#xA; 2. diskpart&#xD;&#xA; 3. type “list disk” and you will see all connected disks and numbers&#xD;&#xA; 4. select disk X (X being the number of the usb disk )&#xD;&#xA; 5. clean&#xD;&#xA; 6. create partition primary&#xD;&#xA; 7. select partition 1&#xD;&#xA; 8. active&#xD;&#xA; 9. format fs=fat32&#xD;&#xA; 10. assign&#xD;&#xA; 11. exit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You now have a bootable USB drive. Now extract the files from the ISO to the USB drive, and boot as above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://refit.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="11636" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6644" RevisionGUID="292c49a7-71cb-43ea-a433-a4c40918fa15" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:16:07.157" UserId="2122" Text="I have an SSH installed on my Ubuntu server. I can log into it from my Ubuntu desktop, using a user and a password. I can only access SSH from my LAN, since the SSH port is not forwarded on my router. Do I need to set up an RSA key for a setup like this? From what I understand the SSH is secure since it cannot be accessed from the Internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a side note, what other things should I double check for security? I have Apache, MySQL and ProFTPD running." />
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  <row Id="11638" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6644" RevisionGUID="292c49a7-71cb-43ea-a433-a4c40918fa15" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:16:07.157" UserId="2122" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;rsa&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;lan&gt;" />
  <row Id="11639" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6393" RevisionGUID="5ab5a7ea-0d4f-4173-ac51-fca478e02a95" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:18:04.940" UserId="768" Comment="added 74 characters in body" Text="I am looking for a graphical interface to interogate a local server about the DNS entries it has. Basically I want a graphical [dig][dig] / [nslookup][nslookup] environment similar to [Zenmap][zenmap].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would also prefer it to be runnable on an Ubuntu desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to use it for testing out a DNS server I have set up at home.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[dig]:      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Information_Groper&#xD;&#xA;[nslookup]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nslookup&#xD;&#xA;[zenmap]:   http://nmap.org/zenmap/" />
  <row Id="11640" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6645" RevisionGUID="c2487746-4cf0-4112-9491-ff98c4c2729a" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:24:48.910" UserId="48" Text="If your sure that only authorised users can get access to your LAN, then a username and password should suffice. Nothing is ever going to be completely secure, you need to ask yourself, is it good enough? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your server is only accesible via your LAN, and your not worried about people gaining access to it, by WiFi hacks, or physical network access, then username/password authentication is probabley good enough." />
  <row Id="11641" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6646" RevisionGUID="82643144-2d15-4078-a77e-c8c3c33e7faf" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:27:31.450" UserId="1527" Text="I'm looking for preferably free/open source solution for booting from network. What I need to do is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Have a boot manager check specified folder on a server.&#xD;&#xA;- If there's a file named f.e.: &quot;image.img&quot;, then the manager will boot from it. The image contains a disk cloning tool which will back-up/restore the hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;- If the file doesn't exist, boot from hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'm trying to achieve is that the only thing I need to do in order to run the disk cloning software is to put a file into a special folder on the server. I have to manage 50 computers in an internet cafe, and running the disk cloning tool from a thumb drive is a real pain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was thinking about a lightweight linux distribution, but my knowledge is very limited when it comes to linux." />
  <row Id="11642" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6646" RevisionGUID="82643144-2d15-4078-a77e-c8c3c33e7faf" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:27:31.450" UserId="1527" Text="Network booting solution" />
  <row Id="11643" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6646" RevisionGUID="82643144-2d15-4078-a77e-c8c3c33e7faf" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:27:31.450" UserId="1527" Text="&lt;booting&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;disk-cloning&gt;" />
  <row Id="11644" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6647" RevisionGUID="ef2f94c0-5ab1-42f2-834d-18f71f196509" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:30:02.867" UserId="942" Text="As a side note, it's very, very easy to setup passwordless logins with SSH, so you might want to try that:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ssh-keygen -t rsa # if you don't already have your key pair&#xD;&#xA;    $ ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub myuser@myserver&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then you wont be asked for a password each time you login to your server :)" />
  <row Id="11645" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6648" RevisionGUID="40773a08-7204-4119-949b-d26636137a18" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:32:50.257" UserId="1155" Text="My Dad's Outlook constantly asks him for Autodiscover settings. Since he is using 1and1 and I'm hosting the domain and doing email forwarding, I'd like to disable the Autodiscover process on his PC. How do I do that?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is specifically the Exchange HTTPS Autodiscover process for Cached Exchange on Outlook 2007." />
  <row Id="11646" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6648" RevisionGUID="40773a08-7204-4119-949b-d26636137a18" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:32:50.257" UserId="1155" Text="Disable Autodiscover in Outlook" />
  <row Id="11647" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6648" RevisionGUID="40773a08-7204-4119-949b-d26636137a18" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:32:50.257" UserId="1155" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;outlook-2007&gt;" />
  <row Id="11648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6649" RevisionGUID="15e57422-6cb0-437b-842d-a5d7136a9791" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:47:23.497" UserId="942" Text="I'm not sure about any RedHat specific configurations, but take a look at this [LDAP configuration guide][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, besides the files you mention, you should also configure PAM like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    auth       required     pam_env.so&#xD;&#xA;    auth       sufficient   pam_unix.so likeauth nullok&#xD;&#xA;    auth       sufficient   pam_ldap.so use_first_pass&#xD;&#xA;    auth       required     pam_deny.so&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    account    sufficient   pam_unix.so&#xD;&#xA;    account    sufficient   pam_ldap.so&#xD;&#xA;    account    required     pam_ldap.so&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    password   required     pam_cracklib.so difok=2 minlen=8 dcredit=2 ocredit=2 retry=3    &#xD;&#xA;    password   sufficient   pam_unix.so nullok md5 shadow use_authtok&#xD;&#xA;    password   sufficient   pam_ldap.so use_first_pass&#xD;&#xA;    password   required     pam_deny.so&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.howtoforge.com/linux_ldap_authentication" />
  <row Id="11649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6650" RevisionGUID="0a0a1b93-b6ef-4fdd-b49a-28eb0c923e6c" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:48:02.420" UserId="2347" Text="I'm not 100% sure, but I beleive the air flow through the server is somewhat designed to be mounted normally. Airflow is something often part of the design for rack-mount servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have some blade based telecom equipment at work that warns very loudly about not leaving any of the covers off since it will affect airflow and cause the unit to overheat. That is how specific some equipment is about affecting the airflow." />
  <row Id="11650" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6651" RevisionGUID="6a60eb21-0368-4dba-8ef3-db6549c3e9ca" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:53:10.010" UserId="942" Text="I tried something like this a long time ago, but my knowledge then was very limited and I couldn't get it to work. I think there are several network boot managers, but what I tried was PXELINUX.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a good guide on how to [configure PXELINUX for network booting][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And here's more information on several [tools for network booting][2] that you might find useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you make it work, it would be nice if you share it with us, as it's a very useful technique, IMHO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/PXELINUX&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://www.kegel.com/linux/pxe.html" />
  <row Id="11651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6652" RevisionGUID="ad6942b5-9653-4dc2-9c11-96d879445ad5" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:58:51.483" UserId="2347" Text="I'm assuming OSPF here, but I beleive it's part of the show ip ospf database commands. I think the tag in the following commands is the same one you're referrign to with you're route-map.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Router# show ip ospf summary-address&#xD;&#xA;    OSPF Process 2, Summary-address&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    10.2.0.0/255.255.0.0 Metric -1, Type 0, Tag 0&#xD;&#xA;    10.2.0.0/255.255.0.0 Metric -1, Type 0, Tag 10&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6653" RevisionGUID="916693ec-f739-4566-bea7-078b60460bb9" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:59:01.530" UserId="1450" Text="Hi All,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am having a very weird problem when browsing a HTTPS site we host with Firefox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have no problem with most of the pages (we are using PHP/FreeBSD), but a few of them, when accessed with latest versions of Firefox (3.0.x), are randomly (not always) throwing this SSL error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**An error occurred during a connection to myserver.mydomain.com.**&#xD;&#xA;**SSL received a record with an incorrect Message Authentication Code.**&#xD;&#xA;**(Error code: ssl_error_bad_mac_read)**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know if it has something to do with the problem but my server has two NICs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - EXTERNAL_IP_ADDRESS (public IP)&#xD;&#xA; - INTERNAL_IP_ADDRESS (lan IP)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And I am seeing the error when accessing the page through the INTERNAL NIC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't see the error with latest IE, Safari or Chrome. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My SSL certificate was issued by GoDaddy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The strangest part of all is that whenever the error occurr, I can see the right page for a fraction of a second before Firefox shows me the error on a complete new page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks a lot.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11653" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6653" RevisionGUID="916693ec-f739-4566-bea7-078b60460bb9" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:59:01.530" UserId="1450" Text="SSL Error: ssl_error_bad_mac_read" />
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  <row Id="11655" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6654" RevisionGUID="939f9362-11eb-4498-8cd0-5b4c1cfdb516" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:59:42.073" UserId="2350" Text="I've been having issued with yum for a while, then I disabled all the extra repositories and it started working fine. My problem is I'm trying to get dropbox installed and they don't have an rpm for fedora 8 so I have to go through the whole configure thing. This tells me I need libnautilus-extension. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But that's in the development repo which doesn't work for me. Every time I enable it I get checksum errors. Here's my fedora-development.repo :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [development]&#xD;&#xA;    name=Fedora - Development&#xD;&#xA;    failovermethod=priority&#xD;&#xA;    #baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/development/$basearc&#xD;&#xA;    h/os/&#xD;&#xA;    mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=rawhide&amp;arch=$basear&#xD;&#xA;    ch&#xD;&#xA;    enabled=1&#xD;&#xA;    gpgcheck=0&#xD;&#xA;    gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-test file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/R&#xD;&#xA;    PM-GPG-KEY-fedora&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11656" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6654" RevisionGUID="939f9362-11eb-4498-8cd0-5b4c1cfdb516" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:59:42.073" UserId="2350" Text="yum for fedora fails when I include the dev repo" />
  <row Id="11657" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6654" RevisionGUID="939f9362-11eb-4498-8cd0-5b4c1cfdb516" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:59:42.073" UserId="2350" Text="&lt;fedora&gt;&lt;fedora8&gt;&lt;yum&gt;" />
  <row Id="11658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6655" RevisionGUID="5497da91-551b-464c-90fb-2a9963c9e10f" CreationDate="2009-05-09T16:00:58.873" UserId="2221" Text="I have two rented dedicated servers and I would like to put them on load balaced cluster configured on Windows 2008 NLB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since the servers where purchased on different times, they have different network settings  and connect to different gateways.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the requirements to put them on a cluster? Put them on the same VLAN will be enough? And what about the network settings, do they need to be connecting to the same gateway?" />
  <row Id="11659" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6655" RevisionGUID="5497da91-551b-464c-90fb-2a9963c9e10f" CreationDate="2009-05-09T16:00:58.873" UserId="2221" Text="Which are the requirements of datacenter network for Network Load Balancing to work?" />
  <row Id="11660" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6655" RevisionGUID="5497da91-551b-464c-90fb-2a9963c9e10f" CreationDate="2009-05-09T16:00:58.873" UserId="2221" Text="&lt;load-balancing&gt;&lt;vlan&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="11661" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6656" RevisionGUID="54c1d124-3986-411d-ba47-347d4859754c" CreationDate="2009-05-09T16:04:47.853" UserId="1435" Text="Sounds like you're just after a standard PXE-boot system, see [HERE][1] for details&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://pxe.dev.aboveaverageurl.com/index.php/Main_Page" />
  <row Id="11662" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6657" RevisionGUID="8e0a6cba-c60d-4a77-a7e6-7bb8abb6890a" CreationDate="2009-05-09T16:07:20.407" UserId="942" Text="From [Mozilla][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;SSL received a record with an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; incorrect Message Authentication&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Code.&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; This usually indicates that the client&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and server have failed to come to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; agreement on the set of keys used to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; encrypt the application data and to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; check message integrity. If this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; occurs frequently on a server, an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; active attack (such as the &quot;million&#xD;&#xA;&gt; question&quot; attack) may be underway&#xD;&#xA;&gt; against the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another suggestion is to make sure the clock and timezone on the client and the server are correct. Maybe try synching to a time server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/ref/ssl/sslerr.html" />
  <row Id="11663" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3780" RevisionGUID="3fa1ec60-52e2-4fb3-a3a7-1a01870ca5de" CreationDate="2009-05-09T16:10:02.180" UserId="1224" Comment="added 268 characters in body" Text="The aim for this Wiki is to promote using a command to open up commonly used applications without having to go through many mouse clicks - thus saving times on monitoring, troubleshooting Windows machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Answer entries need to specify&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Application name&#xD;&#xA; - Commands&#xD;&#xA; - Screenshot (Optional)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shortcut to commands&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [&amp;&amp;][1] - Command Chaining&#xD;&#xA;- [%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\rcimlby.exe -LaunchRA][2] - Remote Assistance (Windows XP)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl][3] - Programs and Features (Formerly Known as &quot;Add or Remove Programs&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl @,2][4] - Turn Windows Features On and Off (Add/Remove Windows Components pane)&#xD;&#xA;- [calc][5] - Calculator&#xD;&#xA;- [cleanmgr.exe][6] - Disk Cleanup&#xD;&#xA;- [cls][7] - clear the command line screen&#xD;&#xA;- [cmd /k][8] - Run command with command extensions enabled&#xD;&#xA;- [compmgmt.msc][9] - Computer Management&#xD;&#xA;- [control.exe /name Microsoft.NetworkAndSharingCenter][10] - Network and Sharing Center&#xD;&#xA;- [control keyboard][11] - Keyboard Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control mouse(or main.cpl)][12] - Mouse Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control sysdm.cpl,@0,3][13] - Advanced Tab of the System Properties dialog&#xD;&#xA;- [control userpasswords2][14] - Opens the classic User Accounts dialog&#xD;&#xA;- [desk.cpl][15] - opens the display properties&#xD;&#xA;- [devmgmt.msc][16] - Device Manager&#xD;&#xA;- [diskmgmt.msc][17] - Disk Management&#xD;&#xA;- [dsquery][18] - Finds any objects in the directory according to criteria&#xD;&#xA;- [eventvwr][19] - Windows Event Log (Event Viewer)&#xD;&#xA;- [explorer .][20] - Open explorer with the current folder selected.&#xD;&#xA;- [explorer /e][21], . - Open explorer, with folder tree, with current folder selected.&#xD;&#xA;- [findstr][22] - Find a string in a file&#xD;&#xA;- [firewall.cpl][23] - Opens the Windows Firewall settings&#xD;&#xA;- [fsmgmt.msc][24] - Shared Folders&#xD;&#xA;- [fsutil][25] - Perform tasks related to FAT and NTFS file systems&#xD;&#xA;- [getmac][26] - Shows the mac address(es) of your network adapter(s)&#xD;&#xA;- [iisreset][27] - To restart IIS&#xD;&#xA;- [InetMgr.exe][28] - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 7&#xD;&#xA;- [InetMgr6.exe][29] - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 6&#xD;&#xA;- [intl.cpl][30] - Regional and Language Options&#xD;&#xA;- [lusrmgr.msc][31] - Local Users and Groups Administrator&#xD;&#xA;- [notepad][32] - Notepad? ;)&#xD;&#xA;- [mmsys.cpl][33] - Sound/Recording/Playback properties&#xD;&#xA;- [mrt][34] - Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool&#xD;&#xA;- [mstsc.exe][35] - Remote Desktop Connection&#xD;&#xA;- [ncpa.cpl][36] - Network Connections&#xD;&#xA;- [net statistics][37] - Check computer up time&#xD;&#xA;- [odbcad32.exe][38] - ODBC Data Source Administrator&#xD;&#xA;- [quser][39] - Display information about user sessions on a terminal server&#xD;&#xA;- [qwinsta][40] - See disconnected remote desktop sessions&#xD;&#xA;- [regedit][41] - Registry Editor&#xD;&#xA;- [rasdial][42] - Connects to a VPN or a dialup network&#xD;&#xA;- [robocopy][43] - Backup/Restore/Copy large amounts of files reliably&#xD;&#xA;- [SC][44] - Manage anything you want to do with services.&#xD;&#xA;- [secpol.msc][45] - Local Security Settings&#xD;&#xA;- [services.msc][46] - Services control panel&#xD;&#xA;- [start.][47] - opens the current directory in the Windows Explorer.&#xD;&#xA;- [shutdown.exe][48] - Shutdown or Reboot a local/remote machine&#xD;&#xA;- [systeminfo][49] -Displays a comprehensive information about the system&#xD;&#xA;- [taskkill][50] - terminate tasks by process id (PID) or image name&#xD;&#xA;- [tasklist.exe][51] - List Processes on local or a remote machine&#xD;&#xA;- [taskmgr.exe][52] - Task Manager&#xD;&#xA;- [telephon.cpl][53] - Telephone and Modem properties&#xD;&#xA;- [timedate.cpl][54] - Date and Time&#xD;&#xA;- [title][55] - Change the title of the CMD window you have open&#xD;&#xA;- [winver.exe][56] - Find Windows Version&#xD;&#xA;- [wscui.cpl][57] - Windows Security Center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 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  <row Id="11664" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6658" RevisionGUID="9dd5932a-2678-471a-8070-428d6e5cc42f" CreationDate="2009-05-09T16:12:05.127" UserId="792" Text="Looking for a fingerprint reader recommendation that meets the following requirements:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Can be used for logon with machines on domain (rules out MS Fingerprint Reader)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Stores passwords for logon for web sites with IE and Firefox&#xD;&#xA; 3. API support (for custom applications / reads)&#xD;&#xA; 4. USB" />
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  <row Id="11667" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6659" RevisionGUID="7748b7b7-b824-4178-85b9-f60258fb4846" CreationDate="2009-05-09T16:16:09.800" UserId="1797" Text="It can't be disabled that I know of. Will continue researching and post back findings." />
  <row Id="11668" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6660" RevisionGUID="0b697e04-e675-4777-8e95-0df808601502" CreationDate="2009-05-09T16:17:34.057" UserId="1998" Text="If the page is visible before the error appears it usually means that the bad SSL connection is coming from something referenced in the page (stylesheet, image, etc) so you may want to investigate that first." />
  <row Id="11669" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5778" RevisionGUID="dd220487-0b03-491f-94bd-ad9f2349da66" CreationDate="2009-05-09T16:27:00.127" UserDisplayName="dswatik" Comment="added 138 characters in body" Text="Okay, once again I’m baffled with an issue that I’m hoping one of you can help me solve.  Here’s the deal…&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Configuration: Microsoft Office XP (Outlook 2003) on a Windows XP (SP3) system connected to a POP3 email host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sympton: Sending an email to anyone@mydomain.com works as expected.  Sending email to another domain (MSN, HOTMAIL, GMAIL etc.) never arrives at its destination.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why I’m Stumped (workflow):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Email can be created with or without Word as my default email editor. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Clicking Send/Receive produces the familiar “1 of 1 email being sent” and the process completes 100% without any error message. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Prior to the Send/Receive process the email does sit in the outbound queue (Outbox).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. After a Send/Receive the email is moved to the “sent mail” folder. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5. Removing the Office installation, deleting all Office registry entries and reinstalling allows it to work temporarily. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6. Starting Outlook in safe mode seems to always work (at this point) but obviously not the solution i’m looking for. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;7. The only two addons listed in the Outlook settings dialog box are for Symantec Antivirus and Exchange.  I’ve disabled both with no effect. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;8. I’ve searched the “addons” key in the registry and it shows no addons installed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;9. Since “safe mode” seems to work, I suspect there’s a rogue executable at play here.  Virus/Adware scans have not turned up any results. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;10. Outlook Express can be configured with the users credentials and performs flawlessly.  This rules out any network / server / IP Block issues. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;11. User can send email to self or other users sharing the same domain name&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So…  I’m baffled!  I suspect a full reformat and reinstallation will solve the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** Note read the problem carefully, the email gets sent fine when in safe mode, or using the same account on another machine." />
  <row Id="11670" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6661" RevisionGUID="8e5c9a17-7288-46b7-bb3a-c60f849e5d82" CreationDate="2009-05-09T16:31:01.727" UserId="1968" Text="Try Fingersec and secugen. I don't know about IE and Firefox, about others 3 reqs, it does." />
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  <row Id="11672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6663" RevisionGUID="7b3f0c7a-3ffd-435c-859f-d21822a0aa12" CreationDate="2009-05-09T17:02:09.887" UserId="2331" Text="The tradeoff is really ease of administration and integration with your corporate security vs. the need for every user to have an Active Directory user account. AD accounts equals licenses, so cost might be a consideration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are a corporate user and tha majority of your users will already have AD accounts, then this might be the best choice for you. You can implement role-based permissions using AD security groups, rather than managing individual users within VisualSVN. If you have a lot of users, this can greatly ease your admin burden.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, if you don't want to pay for Client Access Licenses, if a significant proportion of your developers are outside your organisation, if you;re a hobbyist of if your development team is relatively small, then the lightweight Subversion authentication fits hand-in-glove.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have chosen the SVN authentication, even though I already have all the Active Directory infrastructure, because my development group is a collaborative voluntary venture and the SVN authentication is really easy to set up and use. The only down side I've found is that the users can't set their own passwords. It is a shame that SVN doesn;t support both in parallel - like SQL Server does." />
  <row Id="11673" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6664" RevisionGUID="86f788f6-8e24-4cd2-9c7d-02814c52872a" CreationDate="2009-05-09T17:03:15.047" UserId="942" Text="If you're willing to consider alternatives to fingerprint readers, there's the [YubiKey][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Paired with [Rohos Logon Key][2] and [LastPass][3], it fulfills all your needs; awesomely even, I'd say :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.yubico.com/&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://www.rohos.com/products/rohos-logon-key/&#xD;&#xA;[3]:http://lastpass.com/" />
  <row Id="11674" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6665" RevisionGUID="f6f08f6e-4fd7-4036-b531-a46c6d44db50" CreationDate="2009-05-09T17:09:32.507" UserId="1634" Text="I'm using a Mac OS X, and I'm trying to begin using VirtualHost functionality with Apache2.  I've created and loaded up a hosts file that looks like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    127.0.0.1	   localhost&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.0.71	name1&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.0.71	name2&#xD;&#xA;Right now, I can only use 192.168.0.71 because that's my computer's IP on my LAN.  How can I make a broad range of IPs all point to my same computer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I don't know much, if anything, about LANs.  I didn't even set up my LAN, I'm just using my wireless router as one... I haven't done any special networking.)&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="11683" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6668" RevisionGUID="10d3c471-e779-4597-9f79-342adeb4cdc1" CreationDate="2009-05-09T17:17:07.627" UserId="274" Text="&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="11684" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5862" RevisionGUID="99e2c4db-7902-460d-a367-c482afcc07e9" CreationDate="2009-05-09T17:18:56.140" UserId="1074" Comment="answer questions from comments" Text="I have a machine running Windows Server 2003 using a wireless network (D-Link) card in my basement.  Even though it has a live connection to the Internet, sometimes it does not allow me to connect to its network shares or remote desktop into the machine.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I do not get about this is that the issue is intermittent.  The Internet connection does not get interrupted.  However, sometimes it will allow me to connect to it from other computers on the network and sometimes it will not.  Nothing changes on the machine, at least nothing that I am doing.  I don't log on to it physically unless I'm troubleshooting it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have any ideas about what might be occurring?  It should not be the firewall, because sometimes it works without changing anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:  The wireless network card is not the only NIC.  It has multiple Ethernet NICs.  I use a Linksys home wireless router.  I also cannot access the machine via IP address." />
  <row Id="11685" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6669" RevisionGUID="3b949367-b2a3-4a11-966a-fe6fa95ad564" CreationDate="2009-05-09T17:19:29.650" UserId="942" Text="What you need are virtual NICs. I don't know exactly how to do it in MacOS X, but it seems something like this will do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ifconfig eth0 alias 192.168.1.1&#xD;&#xA;    ifconfig eth0 alias 192.168.1.2&#xD;&#xA;    ifconfig eth0 alias 192.168.1.3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;etc... or maybe:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ifconfig eth0:1 alias 192.168.1.1&#xD;&#xA;    ifconfig eth0:2 alias 192.168.1.2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another options is that if you're running a DNS server, just add CNAMEs (aliases) for your main A record. This is far more convenient and easier, IMHO. Let me know if you need any assistance with this." />
  <row Id="11686" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6670" RevisionGUID="abf08797-c30a-4b90-b631-34b2a913db86" CreationDate="2009-05-09T17:20:15.670" UserId="792" Text="You could set your network card to have 253 static IP addresses - but that's really not a good way to do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you just want to host multiple sites on one IP address, use name-based virtual host instead of IP virtual hosts (the apache equivalent of Host Headers in Windows/IIS).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More info... http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/vhosts/name-based.html" />
  <row Id="11687" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6671" RevisionGUID="cd688772-a7ba-414a-90c7-036c180e9365" CreationDate="2009-05-09T17:42:09.620" UserId="1153" Text="To summarize what others have said, setting up SSH keys is easy and invaluable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the machine that you will be SSHing *from* you need to generate your key pair:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    claudius:~$ ssh-keygen&#xD;&#xA;    Generating public/private rsa key pair.&#xD;&#xA;    Enter file in which to save the key (/home/dinomite/.ssh/id_rsa): &lt;ENTER&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): &lt;PASSPHRASE&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    Enter same passphrase again: &lt;PASSPHRASE&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    Your identification has been saved in /home/dinomite/.ssh/id_rsa.&#xD;&#xA;    Your public key has been saved in /home/dinomite/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.&#xD;&#xA;    The key fingerprint is:&#xD;&#xA;    a3:93:8c:27:15:67:fa:9f:5d:42:3a:bb:9d:db:93:db dinomite@claudius&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just hit enter where noted and enter a passphrase when prompted - ideally this is different from your regular login password on both the current host and the ones you will be SSHing to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next, you need to copy the key you just generated to the host that you want to SSH *to*.  Most Linux distributions have a tool `ssh-copy-id` for doing this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    claudius:~$ ssh-copy-id caligula.dinomite.net&#xD;&#xA;    Now try logging into the machine, with &quot;ssh 'caligula.dinomite.net'&quot;, and check in:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      .ssh/authorized_keys&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    to make sure we haven't added extra keys that you weren't expecting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your distribution doesn't have that, then you should copy the key to the destination host and add it to the (possibly existing) `.ssh/authorized_keys` file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    claudius:~$ scp .ssh/id_dsa.pub caligula.dinomite.net:&#xD;&#xA;    id_dsa.pub                                    100% 1119     1.1KB/s   00:00&#xD;&#xA;    claudius:~$ ssh caligula.dinomite.net&#xD;&#xA;    Last login: Sat May  9 10:32:30 2009 from claudius.csh.rit.edu&#xD;&#xA;    Caligula:~$ cat id_dsa.pub &gt;&gt; .ssh/authorized_keys&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, to gain the maximum benefit out of SSH keys, you will want to run an SSH agent.  If you use a desktop environment (Gnome, KDE, etc.) then just logging out and back in will start an SSH agent for you.  If not, you can add the following to your shell RC file (`.bashrc`, `.profile`, etc.):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SSHAGENT=/usr/bin/ssh-agent&#xD;&#xA;    SSHAGENTARGS=&quot;-s&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -z &quot;$SSH_AUTH_SOCK&quot; -a -x &quot;$SSHAGENT&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;        eval `$SSHAGENT $SSHAGENTARGS`&#xD;&#xA;	trap &quot;kill $SSH_AGENT_PID&quot; 0&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11689" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6673" RevisionGUID="a2b4fd5a-ef2c-4f27-9cbe-f6eb45ed04c2" CreationDate="2009-05-09T17:51:50.597" UserId="1022" Text="I'd say that kept in the right conditions (as you said, away from light and humidity, and excessive heat), they should last 7-10 years. I really don't think that plastic sleeves are bad - there's not that much difference between that and anything else - it's still touching something.  &#xD;&#xA;Here are some standard precautions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Don't put them data-side up (the data side is the side *without* the label)&#xD;&#xA; - Be extra careful with the inner ring of the data side&#xD;&#xA; - Store them away from dust&#xD;&#xA; - Pick up by the edges" />
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  <row Id="11693" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6675" RevisionGUID="7e837db2-7345-4c69-b3b8-4f6ab8f1f4e1" CreationDate="2009-05-09T17:56:25.127" UserId="48818" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;mutt&gt;" />
  <row Id="11697" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6677" RevisionGUID="24e2660a-722e-4435-b123-2a92d2de5192" CreationDate="2009-05-09T18:13:58.300" UserId="1589" Text="For backup storage, a [safe deposit box][1] at your local bank is always a good option.  An added benefit is being able to store personal files and valuables.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_deposit_box" />
  <row Id="11699" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6678" RevisionGUID="9a0404aa-6fcb-4bde-b945-4846f4f8a0be" CreationDate="2009-05-09T18:18:01.817" UserId="1851" Text="I misunderstood how the logon process works. Please read the question comments for details." />
  <row Id="11700" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6679" RevisionGUID="ffdf2d67-3740-494d-b474-ccb391fa6a58" CreationDate="2009-05-09T18:19:55.073" UserId="1851" Text="We ended up using hardware RAID" />
  <row Id="11701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6680" RevisionGUID="789f8e22-de92-4d43-ba4d-06306a6b455d" CreationDate="2009-05-09T18:36:22.833" UserId="1589" Text="I agree with the PXE-boot suggestion, but also check out [GPXE][1] if you have compatible NICs.  It will allow for additional config options such as HTTP or [iSCSI][2].  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://etherboot.org/wiki/index.php&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISCSI" />
  <row Id="11706" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6682" RevisionGUID="f0cec308-133c-43d0-9bed-92743d211a36" CreationDate="2009-05-09T18:58:17.103" UserId="1155" Text="You should check out this [PPT presentation][1] that explains how Windows 7 deals with SSD Partitioning&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The alignment of NTFS partition to SSD&#xD;&#xA;&gt; geometry is important for SSD&#xD;&#xA;&gt; performance in case of Windows XP and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows XP upgrade to Windows Vista&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and Windows 7&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; The first Windows XP partition starts&#xD;&#xA;&gt; at sector #63; the middle of a SSD&#xD;&#xA;&gt; page&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Misaligned partition can degrade&#xD;&#xA;&gt; device’s performance down to 50%&#xD;&#xA;&gt; caused by  read-modify-write The&#xD;&#xA;&gt; example with 4k page size Implementing&#xD;&#xA;&gt; correct alignment according to the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; latest ATA and SCSI spec.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While it doesn't say anything about degrading the performance I believe that in order to ensure performance doesn't degrade you'll also need a drive that supports TRIM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Microsoft implementation of “Trim” feature is supported in Windows 7 &#xD;&#xA;NTFS will send down delete notification to the device supporting “trim”&#xD;&#xA;File system operations:  Format, Delete, Truncate, Compression&#xD;&#xA;OS internal processes:  e.g., Snapshot, Volume Manager &#xD;&#xA;Three optimization opportunities for the device &#xD;&#xA;Enhancing device wear leveling by eliminating merge operation for all deleted data blocks&#xD;&#xA;Making early garbage collection possible for fast write &#xD;&#xA;Keeping device’s unused storage area as much as possible; more room for device wear leveling. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/E/6/5E66B27B-988B-4F50-AF3A-C2FF1E62180F/COR-T558_WH08.pptx" />
  <row Id="11707" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6683" RevisionGUID="373a45e9-880b-480b-8642-cb93e6443ec1" CreationDate="2009-05-09T19:04:45.480" UserId="942" Text="Did you start as a sysadmin and later turned a developer? Or viceversa?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What prompted the change? Which career do you like more? What advantages have you found from the transition?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tell us your story :-)" />
  <row Id="11708" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6683" RevisionGUID="373a45e9-880b-480b-8642-cb93e6443ec1" CreationDate="2009-05-09T19:04:45.480" UserId="942" Text="From developer to sysadmin vs. from sysadmin to developer" />
  <row Id="11709" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6683" RevisionGUID="373a45e9-880b-480b-8642-cb93e6443ec1" CreationDate="2009-05-09T19:04:45.480" UserId="942" Text="&lt;career&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;developer&gt;" />
  <row Id="11710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6684" RevisionGUID="5806110b-48c1-4618-89b4-727078ecf45f" CreationDate="2009-05-09T19:07:02.573" UserId="1787" Text="Using remote SMTP is described here: http://wiki.mutt.org/?MuttFaq/Sendmail &lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Using remote POP/IMAP here: http://wiki.mutt.org/?MuttFaq/RemoteFolder" />
  <row Id="11711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6685" RevisionGUID="65c5f561-4977-4087-9a5b-b994ae7a5307" CreationDate="2009-05-09T19:12:30.827" UserId="942" Text="Here's a concise version of my story:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I started strictly as a developer, but I had to learn a lot of sysadmin stuff because I started helping my father with his company. Currently I'm still a developer, but I do heavy sysadmin stuff too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both areas complement each other pretty well I'd say. For example, although I'm not an expert sysadmin, I know how to configure a secure web server for my applications, resolve several sysadmin issues, etc. And when I do need support, I'm better able to communicate with the right people.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a sysadmin, knowing software development has allowed me to better automate cumbersome tasks, and to understand pretty well how some underlying stuff works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe that's a common case? I'm guessing most sysadmins know at least a bit of programming, right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm very interested in hearing how you've applied either knowledge area to the other." />
  <row Id="11712" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6684" RevisionGUID="84947d1d-ebd6-43dd-bb13-71dbb5cc957e" CreationDate="2009-05-09T19:13:31.793" UserId="1787" Comment="added 295 characters in body" Text="Using remote SMTP is described here: http://wiki.mutt.org/?MuttFaq/Sendmail &lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;So with the tunnel you'd set up your SMTP to localhost, but with the tunnel port.&#xD;&#xA;Eg. you create tunnel 8025-&gt;25 on remote: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh -L8025:smtp.example.com:25 serv.example.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And in Mutt configuration (`.muttrc`) you put:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    set smtp_url=&quot;smtp://username@localhost:8025/&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW. Using remote POP/IMAP here: http://wiki.mutt.org/?MuttFaq/RemoteFolder" />
  <row Id="11713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6686" RevisionGUID="8223c75f-81c7-46a3-851c-0e3499018bcb" CreationDate="2009-05-09T19:18:25.043" UserId="1147" Text="I'm receiving a `PFN_LIST_CORRUPT` BSOD after a few minutes of using my Dell D600 laptop (running Windows XP).  Based on my searches, it seems this is typically related to bad RAM.  I haven't had other problems, and nothing has changed on this computer.  Could it be that one of the RAM chips has come unseated, or is it just corrupted and I should get a new one?" />
  <row Id="11714" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6686" RevisionGUID="8223c75f-81c7-46a3-851c-0e3499018bcb" CreationDate="2009-05-09T19:18:25.043" UserId="1147" Text="Does PFN_LIST_CORRUPT error always indicate bad RAM?" />
  <row Id="11715" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6686" RevisionGUID="8223c75f-81c7-46a3-851c-0e3499018bcb" CreationDate="2009-05-09T19:18:25.043" UserId="1147" Text="&lt;ram&gt;" />
  <row Id="11716" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6687" RevisionGUID="9b9a2002-9f90-4069-a669-8c7066322bb8" CreationDate="2009-05-09T19:20:51.433" UserId="1787" Text="While still at uni, I've got a job as webadmin, so it definitely closer to being sysadmin, then developer. Then I gradually did more and more development, also as company grew there was more IT task. It got to the point, when I've told my boss, that it's too much of a workload to do both things, we've hired guys that where strictly sysadmins, while I've dedicated myself 100% to development.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6688" RevisionGUID="79adb0f9-e303-48fd-bdd9-0e598d754482" CreationDate="2009-05-09T19:27:34.100" UserId="1787" Text="Servers generally do not depend on convection, it's almost 100% forced airflow. So if that could affect heat distribution, probably would be insignificant.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11718" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6689" RevisionGUID="7277d7b2-79d1-4cfb-8eaf-16cd2e288363" CreationDate="2009-05-09T19:41:07.157" UserId="1530" Text="Drive Snapshot disk imaging tool:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://drivesnapshot.de/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No installation necessary, so you can just run the EXE on any host (Windows) to create a disk image to an external drive or network location." />
  <row Id="11719" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6689" RevisionGUID="7277d7b2-79d1-4cfb-8eaf-16cd2e288363" CreationDate="2009-05-09T19:41:07.157" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11720" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6690" RevisionGUID="4e0b1161-4816-4745-87f4-e6b43164279f" CreationDate="2009-05-09T19:41:13.537" UserId="1963" Text="However you solve it, can I suggest putting the directive [SSLRequireSSL][1] in the locations you want to be SSL only.  That way if there's a config error later in the process, nothing is exposed over a non-SSL connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.modssl.org/docs/2.8/ssl_reference.html#ToC22" />
  <row Id="11721" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6691" RevisionGUID="bf426a3c-2431-46c8-aa94-8102547249d6" CreationDate="2009-05-09T19:50:33.903" UserId="1530" Text="Overall, I love the SuperFetch feature in Vista and believe it results in hugely noticeable gains in the launch time and overall &quot;snappiness&quot; of the system.  However, sometimes it apparently gets &quot;bored&quot; and attempts to cache huge files in the background that are much too large to fit in available RAM in the first place, such as virtual machine disk files and backup images.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have searched high and low to no avail for a way to do file exclusions for this reason.  Does anybody know if this is possible (or maybe on the wish list for Windows 7)?" />
  <row Id="11722" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6691" RevisionGUID="bf426a3c-2431-46c8-aa94-8102547249d6" CreationDate="2009-05-09T19:50:33.903" UserId="1530" Text="Is there any way to exclude specific files / directories from SuperFetch?" />
  <row Id="11723" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6691" RevisionGUID="bf426a3c-2431-46c8-aa94-8102547249d6" CreationDate="2009-05-09T19:50:33.903" UserId="1530" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;performance-tuning&gt;" />
  <row Id="11724" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6692" RevisionGUID="41f49f71-c954-4e97-a2a9-8415bef534c2" CreationDate="2009-05-09T19:53:31.277" UserId="1762" Text="I have some USB drives attached to my Ubuntu machine, I was looking for some commands to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Power-Off a drive after umounting&#xD;&#xA;    it.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Power-On and Re-Mount.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does it make sense to power-off and on a USB hard disk on a daily basis (Power-On, Mount, Backup, Umount, Power-Off)?" />
  <row Id="11725" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6692" RevisionGUID="41f49f71-c954-4e97-a2a9-8415bef534c2" CreationDate="2009-05-09T19:53:31.277" UserId="1762" Text="Manage USB hard disk on Ubuntu" />
  <row Id="11726" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6692" RevisionGUID="41f49f71-c954-4e97-a2a9-8415bef534c2" CreationDate="2009-05-09T19:53:31.277" UserId="1762" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;usb&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;mount&gt;&lt;power&gt;" />
  <row Id="11727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6693" RevisionGUID="e3ff870f-8a7e-466b-bf77-9f4831a3723a" CreationDate="2009-05-09T19:57:50.813" UserId="2224" Text="The technology is way too new to be used as a long-term storage medium of any kind. Every three months new, unexpected high-impact performance issues are being discovered. So clearly the technology isn't quite ready for prime time. If the data is valuable and needs to be saved, the solutions are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Disk-based archival systems (yours or someone else's)&#xD;&#xA; - Tape&#xD;&#xA; - Multiple permutations of the above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11728" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6694" RevisionGUID="813369f7-2b8d-4108-9521-1c186b6b323b" CreationDate="2009-05-09T20:08:52.020" UserId="1530" Text="I have had occasional success using the [Ultimate Boot CD for Windows][1] so that I can run an &quot;offline&quot; scan of the infected system.  The Achilles Heel of most well-known root kit scanners is that the root kits know about them as well. See: http://www.microsoft.com/emea/itsshowtime/sessionh.aspx?videoid=359&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ubcd4win.com/" />
  <row Id="11729" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6694" RevisionGUID="813369f7-2b8d-4108-9521-1c186b6b323b" CreationDate="2009-05-09T20:08:52.020" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6695" RevisionGUID="eee0481a-965c-436b-8e12-2ed1e9bb75b5" CreationDate="2009-05-09T20:23:54.340" UserId="2224" Text="I don't have a specific recommendation for a particular piece of hardware, because password storage for browsers is probably a software-based feature. Some vendors bundle software to perform this function, but I would make that a secondary consideration when you pick a reader.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you evaluate, you should only consider devices that have been FIPS 201 certified. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Further, depending on what your company does and the sensitivity of the data, I would consider making fingerprints a second authentication factor. There have been numerous incidences where people have been able to fool this devices." />
  <row Id="11731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6696" RevisionGUID="cb87b5bc-c9f5-4303-ba53-0d5caaf6faf7" CreationDate="2009-05-09T20:37:24.243" UserId="2224" Text="I started as a dev, ended up as a DBA, then a sysadmin and now a sysadmin manager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found system administration more interesting because I had an opportunity to work in a large distributed environment with lots of moving parts to integrate and maintain. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, IMO a high percentage of dev jobs are all about maintaining crappy applications or customizing commercial packages. Ugh. To me, sysadmin seemed to present more opportunities to be creative and have a visible impact on the systems that keep a business running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11732" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6697" RevisionGUID="dc4dcad1-b0d3-4fca-9850-faf2aae99c9c" CreationDate="2009-05-09T20:40:49.150" UserId="2302" Text="I don't mind entering a password for SSH.  For added security however, I'd recommend enabling the Ubuntu Firewall ufw, which is installed but disabled on Jaunty by default.  It's easy to enable and configure:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo ufw enable&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next, default block everything&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo ufw default deny&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Allow TCP on prt 22 for SSH:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo ufw allow 22/tcp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Delete this rule (if necessary down the road):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo ufw delete allow 22/tcp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition to port 22, you'll want to allow traffic to port 3306 for MySQL, 80 for Apache, and 20 &amp; 21 by default for ProFTPD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can check your rules easily too:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo ufw status&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lastly, you can create more fine-grained rules to specific hosts or subnets:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ufw allow proto tcp from 192.168.0.0/24 to 192.168.0.1 port 22&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After you configure, disable and re-enable ufw to apply." />
  <row Id="11733" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6698" RevisionGUID="ed3541a4-1ad0-4ff9-a6c0-d96d41a1ba90" CreationDate="2009-05-09T20:50:54.523" UserId="2224" Text="I'm afraid that free solutions are limited. I would recommend:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Spend $$$ and buy Websense (who has a virtual monopoly in this market)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Spend $$ and use something like Google/Postini's web security service&#xD;&#xA; 3. Spend lots of time doing stuff semi-manually using squid and other OSS tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11734" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6683" RevisionGUID="293dccd9-002c-4019-966f-aa7aa021d35d" CreationDate="2009-05-09T21:00:53.797" UserId="942" />
  <row Id="11735" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6699" RevisionGUID="4b8bcfd7-e327-4e1e-9865-129fa8a8aa0e" CreationDate="2009-05-09T21:11:07.533" UserId="2354" Text="I think this is not possible with USB drives because there are no commands provided for this in the communication protocol. It could work with eSATA drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could use a multiple socket outlet to power the USB drive.&#xD;&#xA;There are socket outlets which can be controlled via RS232, USB or Ethernet.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6700" RevisionGUID="194c0d85-3be4-4eee-b1d2-895e9c2ef170" CreationDate="2009-05-09T21:25:24.393" UserId="490" Text="Does anyone have experience using [Acunetix][1]?  Is it possible to . . .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - scan/probe all the web sites one has&#xD;&#xA;   open in tabs in a browser? (I know&#xD;&#xA;   there is a Firefox add-in, but I'm&#xD;&#xA;   not familiar with what it does.)&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA; - scan/probe web sites in your browser&#xD;&#xA;   history?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If either is the case, does it follow that one might **accidentally** scan/probe a site based on those or other reasons?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reading their FAQ and license terms, it seems to me like you need to specifically &quot;nominate&quot; or target a site for scanning/probing.  I certainly had to in the free trial version.  But I don't have the more powerful and perhaps more flexible paid versions, so I'm not sure.  Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.acunetix.com/" />
  <row Id="11737" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6700" RevisionGUID="194c0d85-3be4-4eee-b1d2-895e9c2ef170" CreationDate="2009-05-09T21:25:24.393" UserId="490" Text="Wondering about Acunetix " />
  <row Id="11738" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6700" RevisionGUID="194c0d85-3be4-4eee-b1d2-895e9c2ef170" CreationDate="2009-05-09T21:25:24.393" UserId="490" Text="&lt;web-application-security&gt;" />
  <row Id="11739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6701" RevisionGUID="d77abda4-9c49-4b57-be8b-f1086cd7a8c3" CreationDate="2009-05-09T21:26:39.867" UserId="2302" Text="Depending on where you live, [Iron Mountain][1] provides secure offsite storage, recovery, couriering, logging and delivery, as well as a bunch of other services in this realm -- from paper shredding to online backup.  No I don't work for them, and have no vested interest to disclose.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ironmountain.com/index.asp" />
  <row Id="11740" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6702" RevisionGUID="59d0697f-b070-459e-82af-ef6036ee34af" CreationDate="2009-05-09T21:30:33.867" UserId="2221" Text="My hosting is charging me a $50/month fee to put my servers on the same VLAN so that I create a cluster using the Network Load Balancing feature.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm really not needing split the load between the servers, I was looking for an easy way to create a failover scenario to protect against servers failures. However, I consider this fee is little expensive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way that I can create a cluster without using the NLB? Maybe something that monitors my primary server and changes the DNS for the domain when it goes down?" />
  <row Id="11741" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6702" RevisionGUID="59d0697f-b070-459e-82af-ef6036ee34af" CreationDate="2009-05-09T21:30:33.867" UserId="2221" Text="How can I automaticaly change the DNS A record to point my site to a secondary server in case of a failure?" />
  <row Id="11742" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6702" RevisionGUID="59d0697f-b070-459e-82af-ef6036ee34af" CreationDate="2009-05-09T21:30:33.867" UserId="2221" Text="&lt;load-balancing&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;failover&gt;" />
  <row Id="11743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6703" RevisionGUID="7aa01f55-c7e9-4108-96e7-81ad34b51433" CreationDate="2009-05-09T21:33:24.577" UserId="1076" Text="I am trying to come up with the standard configuration using wpa_supplicant for both Ethernet and wireless interfaces on a Debian system. I would like to do it in a way that when you plug in the Ethernet cable, the wireless interface is disabled, and enabled again when you unplug the cable (a reasonable configuration to get the best performance). How do I do it?" />
  <row Id="11744" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6703" RevisionGUID="7aa01f55-c7e9-4108-96e7-81ad34b51433" CreationDate="2009-05-09T21:33:24.577" UserId="1076" Text="How can I configure wpa_supplicant so that my wlan interface is disabled when I plug in ethernet cable?" />
  <row Id="11745" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6703" RevisionGUID="7aa01f55-c7e9-4108-96e7-81ad34b51433" CreationDate="2009-05-09T21:33:24.577" UserId="1076" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;wpa&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="11747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6705" RevisionGUID="6cea3cb1-9aeb-45ad-ae75-985749cf6fb5" CreationDate="2009-05-09T21:39:57.103" UserId="2302" Text="Ran into a problem on a fresh Jaunty server install on a NAS box with 2 SATA cards controlling 6 total disks.  The install runs fine, but once it completes and asks for reboot, I get Grub Error 2 on startup.  Doesn't seem to matter which disk I install to, or whether I opt for LVM or not.  A little research indicates that I need to edit files in /boot/grub, but I'm having trouble mounting /boot when booting from the CD in repair mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any Jaunty-specific tips out there for this?  Thanks." />
  <row Id="11748" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6705" RevisionGUID="6cea3cb1-9aeb-45ad-ae75-985749cf6fb5" CreationDate="2009-05-09T21:39:57.103" UserId="2302" Text="Grub Error 2 in Ubuntu Jaunty Server" />
  <row Id="11749" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6705" RevisionGUID="6cea3cb1-9aeb-45ad-ae75-985749cf6fb5" CreationDate="2009-05-09T21:39:57.103" UserId="2302" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;ubuntu-9.04&gt;" />
  <row Id="11751" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6706" RevisionGUID="2aaa9c1d-dbbc-4dfa-a6d2-5117d6b7a0ea" CreationDate="2009-05-09T21:41:39.377" UserId="914" Text="I don't believe this is possible unfortuantly.  You can however purchase drives that automatically power off once the computer powers off.  This is an additional implimentation into the drive chassis however, not part of the USB implimentation." />
  <row Id="11752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6707" RevisionGUID="88e9da4b-92a5-4252-9b1e-0f6f4a923ede" CreationDate="2009-05-09T22:03:19.903" UserId="671" Text="One way would be to have your site on two different servers, then have a site monitor at a third location that monitors the connection to the main server (where your DNS usually points).  If it detects that the site is down, have the monitor execute a script or hit the update URL of a dynamic dns provider (such as [DtDNS][1] [which I operate], or [DynDNS.com][2]) with the IP address of your backup server specified for your domain/hostname.  This will update the DNS record and direct traffic to your backup web server.  When the main site is back online, the monitoring can run another script or URL that will put the &quot;real&quot; IP back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One key here is to have DNS hosted at a provider that has an API into their system so that your domain can be updated quickly, and that keeps the TTL low enough so that visitors will be redirected relatively quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another is that the site has to be monitored from an outside, objective location.  You cannot run monitoring on the same web server as the site is on.  If the whole server goes down, the monitoring/update method will go right down with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dtdns.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.dyndns.com/" />
  <row Id="11753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6708" RevisionGUID="69fea3c2-1a10-48e8-b68b-10bc9c4c3611" CreationDate="2009-05-09T22:18:33.300" UserId="1174" Text="[SimpleFailover][1] does more or less what you want.  Remember DNS gets cached, so it's not a perfect solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With respect to multiple A records, I've seen discussion recently regarding Vista and Win Server 2008 implementing [RFC3484][2], meaning you can't rely on round-robin and are likely to get uneven server loading from these clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.simplefailover.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3484" />
  <row Id="11754" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6709" RevisionGUID="84e5ea22-7336-4654-a244-9c2ad8629493" CreationDate="2009-05-09T22:27:01.577" UserId="2357" Text="I'm using [SSHFS][1] mounts from my laptop to a central server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously, the SSHFS mount is broken after a longer disconnect (eg. during suspend), cause the underlying SSH connection timed out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to get a SSHFS mounts staying alive even after a (long) disconnect/re-dialin?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSHFS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11755" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6709" RevisionGUID="84e5ea22-7336-4654-a244-9c2ad8629493" CreationDate="2009-05-09T22:27:01.577" UserId="2357" Text="SSHFS mount that stays over disconnection" />
  <row Id="11756" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6709" RevisionGUID="84e5ea22-7336-4654-a244-9c2ad8629493" CreationDate="2009-05-09T22:27:01.577" UserId="2357" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;fuse&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="11757" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6710" RevisionGUID="dfdbf393-bccc-4c70-b4d4-84d0bc5491da" CreationDate="2009-05-09T22:30:17.483" UserId="331" Text="My company is building a server and we've already purchased an Asus Z8NR-D12 motherboard which we really like, but when we went to assemble our server, we found that the chassis we had bought came with a PSU that only provides one EPS12V connector while the motherboard needs two. We had some other problems with the chassis, so we're going to return it and get a new chassis and psu.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So can anyone recommend a PSU that will work well with this motherboard? I've been doing some searches, and I'm having trouble finding one that has 2 ESP12V connectors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess another option would be a moles to eps12v adapter cable. But I'm not sure how well this will work when the server is under load. My understanding is that the eps12v uses 4 pairs of wire for a reason, and pulling all that current down the single pair of a molex connector could cause problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="11758" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6710" RevisionGUID="dfdbf393-bccc-4c70-b4d4-84d0bc5491da" CreationDate="2009-05-09T22:30:17.483" UserId="331" Text="Good power supply for a Asus Z8NR-D12 motherboard? (Or: I can has dual ESP12V?)" />
  <row Id="11759" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6710" RevisionGUID="dfdbf393-bccc-4c70-b4d4-84d0bc5491da" CreationDate="2009-05-09T22:30:17.483" UserId="331" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;motherboard&gt;&lt;power-supply&gt;&lt;chassis&gt;" />
  <row Id="11760" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6709" RevisionGUID="6f7738f3-f5c8-4e1a-9221-701d50da5c24" CreationDate="2009-05-09T22:32:29.193" UserId="2357" Comment="added 16 characters in body; edited title" Text="I'm using [SSHFS][1] mounts from my laptop to a central server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously, the SSHFS mount is broken after a longer disconnect (eg. during suspend), cause the underlying SSH connection timed out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to get a SSHFS mounts surviving longer disconnection or even a re-dialin with a different IP?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSHFS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11761" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="6709" RevisionGUID="6f7738f3-f5c8-4e1a-9221-701d50da5c24" CreationDate="2009-05-09T22:32:29.193" UserId="2357" Comment="added 16 characters in body; edited title" Text="SSHFS mount that survives disconnect" />
  <row Id="11762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6711" RevisionGUID="9a702234-f76d-4c9f-9044-6f08ae95119c" CreationDate="2009-05-09T22:38:38.663" UserId="2357" Text="Which Linux filesystem would you choose for **best speed** in the following scenario:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - a hundred million files&#xD;&#xA;  - ~2k file size in average&#xD;&#xA;  - 99% read access&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How would you benchmark it?" />
  <row Id="11763" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6711" RevisionGUID="9a702234-f76d-4c9f-9044-6f08ae95119c" CreationDate="2009-05-09T22:38:38.663" UserId="2357" Text="filesystem for millions of small files" />
  <row Id="11764" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6711" RevisionGUID="9a702234-f76d-4c9f-9044-6f08ae95119c" CreationDate="2009-05-09T22:38:38.663" UserId="2357" Text="&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;benchmarks&gt;" />
  <row Id="11765" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6712" RevisionGUID="4b7df003-9f78-4b34-8622-18a1819be3a5" CreationDate="2009-05-09T22:40:27.553" UserId="1980" Text="Okay,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now admittedly this sounds like a silly question;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, I actually have a need for this. I use tiddlywiki alot, and it'd be really, really cool if I could save changes to a tiddlywiki in some mobile browser.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But it seems that with all the mobile browsers that I've tried, changes I make to my tiddlywiki cannot be saved to an SD Card;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However it seems that although some mobile browsers are quite capable of loading and saving changes that are hosted on a webserver (I've actually tried this on my blog on Tiddlyspot.com with opera-mini and successfully saved the changes.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, if I could just host a webserver that runs on my Windows Mobile device, and that webserver could be capable of running a simple dynamic page generation language and some-how writing and reading from a txt file or database of some sort, I could access/modifiy my tiddlywiki's without having to pay to host them somewhere (even if I have to write the backend myself it'd be worth it!)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11766" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6712" RevisionGUID="4b7df003-9f78-4b34-8622-18a1819be3a5" CreationDate="2009-05-09T22:40:27.553" UserId="1980" Text="Is there a webserver for Windows Mobile 6? That dynamically can generates pages/store data?" />
  <row Id="11767" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6712" RevisionGUID="4b7df003-9f78-4b34-8622-18a1819be3a5" CreationDate="2009-05-09T22:40:27.553" UserId="1980" Text="&lt;windows-mobile&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="11769" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="505" RevisionGUID="2502bd41-9468-44b9-8d71-7b80bc630137" CreationDate="2009-05-09T22:47:52.650" UserId="443" Comment="deleted 613 characters in body" Text="**HOW do you convince your managers that the solution you have in mind is a good/the best solution?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Addition/reflection:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to be able to explain in layman's terms (or maybe, in business terms) WHY the solution is, in fact, a good one. Of course, this makes the implementation of the solution more expensive by default.&#xD;&#xA;I have to take more time to research the options, to make sure that everything I say is true (backed by facts).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking back on what I just wrote, I don't think it's bad for my manager to be sceptical. This keeps me sharp, and it'll prevent me for going with a cookie cutter solution for the wrong problem, more or less.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I am looking for is actually the things I need to provide to make a business case. My biggest flaw is that I'm a techie at heart, so my solution is not from a commercial PoV, but from an elegance PoV, if you will. I know I can implement certain solutions, but maybe it's not always needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't get me wrong. We DO have a backup setup, and we can deal with server outages. We don't have a huge capacity, so we have to be careful on what we spend our hours on. We've got some time every week for random things (free initiative time), so I think I'll take my time there to pursue these issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*PS: please retag, can't find appropriate tags*" />
  <row Id="11770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6714" RevisionGUID="c9f5154e-adb1-4216-83d9-4105c231e0e6" CreationDate="2009-05-09T22:50:19.480" UserId="1682" Text="I have: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - windows 7 iso&#xD;&#xA; - 4+ gb usb flash drive&#xD;&#xA; - no dvd&#xD;&#xA; - linux installed" />
  <row Id="11771" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6714" RevisionGUID="c9f5154e-adb1-4216-83d9-4105c231e0e6" CreationDate="2009-05-09T22:50:19.480" UserId="1682" Text="How to make a windows 7 usb flash install media, from linux?" />
  <row Id="11772" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6714" RevisionGUID="c9f5154e-adb1-4216-83d9-4105c231e0e6" CreationDate="2009-05-09T22:50:19.480" UserId="1682" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;usb&gt;" />
  <row Id="11773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6715" RevisionGUID="a3768f74-8272-4591-899b-cd8974d3a03a" CreationDate="2009-05-09T23:16:13.380" UserId="2115" Text="I suspect there isn't, because even if you can configure your SSH client not to drop the connection, the server might be configured to do so after a specified period of inactivity, and you wouldn't be able to override that.  Even if you could, if you never resume the connection, the server would be left hanging, and over time that could lead to a significant waste of server resources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A better technique, I think, is to unmount the filesystem before suspending your computer and remount it when the computer wakes up again. The mechanism for doing so may depend on exactly how you suspend your computer - I use the tuxonice kernel and to do something like this I have a directive like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Unmount /mnt/sshfs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in `/etc/hibernate/common.conf`." />
  <row Id="11774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6716" RevisionGUID="da87a69d-aae5-407b-8a3e-d4d14d7e0321" CreationDate="2009-05-09T23:30:22.893" UserId="2248" Text="[Autossh][1] automatically reconnects ssh sessions when it notices ssh has died or stopped passing traffic. Since it is just automated ssh, it will work from different IP's and from suspend (even if the laptop wakes up on a different lan).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.harding.motd.ca/autossh/" />
  <row Id="11775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6717" RevisionGUID="a5d3101f-c5a0-41fa-8171-ca1f58fb77fa" CreationDate="2009-05-09T23:36:44.093" UserId="1565" Text="I think keeping CD/DVDs in plastic selves are bad if left in an extreme environment.  I had a plastic CD wallet in my car which is prone to experience very high temperatures and very low temperatures along with humidity changes and direct sunlight.  I took out a CD one day, and it came out, but the top layer was still stuck to the plastic.  It didn't work after that.  I have the same style case in my house, and I have never had this problem.  So if the discs are kept in a stable environment, there should be little concern to how they are stored.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and if the bottom layer gets scratches, it can usually be buffed to work again.  It is just clear plastic.  If the top layer gets scratched, your data is gone in that area of the disc." />
  <row Id="11776" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6718" RevisionGUID="546b33ec-3aff-4925-a5db-1fb78a13af69" CreationDate="2009-05-09T23:37:42.907" UserId="1672" Text="Here's some [results comparing all major linux FSes][1] with bonnie++ that you can use as a starting point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In terms of random seeks Reiser wins, followed by EXT4, followed by JFS. I'm not sure if this will correlate exactly to directory lookups, but it seems like it would be an indicator. You'll have to do your own tests for that specifically. EXT2 beats the pants off everything for file creation times, likely due to its lack of a journal, still EXT4 beats everything except Reiser which you may not want to use due to hans reiser's current status. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might want to look into drives that support NCQ, and make sure your install is setup to use it. Under heavy seeking it should provide a speed boost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lastly, make sure your machine has a ton of ram. Since the files aren't often updated, linux will end up caching most of them to ram if it's got free space. If your usage patterns are right, this will give you a massive speed boost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://home.comcast.net/~jpiszcz/benchmark/allfs.html" />
  <row Id="11777" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6719" RevisionGUID="291db270-ab7c-4914-8a02-0956fb7b6cad" CreationDate="2009-05-09T23:53:00.983" UserId="2248" Text="Encrypt your backups!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now any closet/garage is a 'secure off site location'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is for a work setting, this could be pretty fun. Just mail the monthly (encrypted) backups to your bosses house.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Dear Mr CEO,&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    I am this months backup dvd's.&#xD;&#xA;    Please place me in the box in your garage with all the other dvd's.&#xD;&#xA;    But remember, I am the sum total of your digital assets - I am worth &lt; insert large million dollar figure here &gt;.&#xD;&#xA;       So look after me.&#xD;&#xA;       Regards - dvd #1232&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11778" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6717" RevisionGUID="b751c9fe-28ea-4060-9d5b-90e7f13e1b33" CreationDate="2009-05-09T23:54:14.550" UserId="1565" Comment="deleted 36 characters in body" Text="I think keeping CD/DVDs in plastic selves are bad if left in an extreme environment.  I had a plastic CD wallet in my car which is prone to experience very high temperatures and very low temperatures along with humidity changes and direct sunlight.  I took out a CD one day, and it came out, but the top layer was still stuck to the plastic.  It didn't work after that.  I have the same style case in my house, and I have never had this problem.  So if the discs are kept in a stable environment, there should be little concern to how they are stored.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and if the bottom layer gets scratches, it can usually be buffed to work again.  It is just clear plastic.  If the top layer(the label) gets scratched, your data is gone in that area of the disc.  It is almost impossible to recover data from a scratch on the top layer.  If you hold your disc up to a light it should appear semi-transparent.  If you can see bright light coming through a pin hole or bigger, you will have problems." />
  <row Id="11779" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6720" RevisionGUID="46d7f316-c258-4c73-b3d0-e0263828a35a" CreationDate="2009-05-09T23:54:17.033" UserId="1293" Text="I have a user who has some of his temp files being created in the root directory of the C: drive on his Vista notebook.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;System Properties &gt; Advanced &gt; Environment Variables &gt; User Variables for USER NAME &gt; TEMP (and TMP) both show &quot;%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Under System Variables, they both point to &quot;c:\windows\temp&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I go to a cmd prompt and type &quot;echo %USERPROFILE%&quot; I get &quot;c:\Users\USER NAME&quot;. Typing &quot;echo %TEMP%&quot; gives &quot;c:\Users\USERNA~1\AppData\Local\Temp&quot; as does &quot;echo %TMP%&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't see any problems in other environment variables.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously, this user somehow set his root directory to be writeable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any explanation why these files are going there and what to do about it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11780" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6720" RevisionGUID="46d7f316-c258-4c73-b3d0-e0263828a35a" CreationDate="2009-05-09T23:54:17.033" UserId="1293" Text="Temp files are being created in root directory in Vista" />
  <row Id="11781" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6720" RevisionGUID="46d7f316-c258-4c73-b3d0-e0263828a35a" CreationDate="2009-05-09T23:54:17.033" UserId="1293" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;temp-files&gt;&lt;environment&gt;" />
  <row Id="11782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6721" RevisionGUID="1e6faeb2-596f-413d-bfb4-d67db7c7c699" CreationDate="2009-05-09T23:58:16.740" UserId="1375" Text="Are you sure that wpa_supplicant is what you want to be fiddling with to do this?  It's really just for authenticating WPA connections, not doing link status detection and the rest of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I wouldn't even bother disabling the wifi, I'd just have an up action on the wifi interface that gave it's route a higher metric, so that if the wired interface was up it would be preferred.  Something like this should do the trick (assuming that your LAN is 192.168.10.0/24):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iface home inet dhcp&#xD;&#xA;        [usual WPA guff here]&#xD;&#xA;        up route del -net 192.168.10.0 netmask 255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;        up route add -net 192.168.10.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 metric 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Doing the link-sense autodetection I have no idea about; I don't typically want my network interfaces doing stuff I don't know about, so I've never looked into it." />
  <row Id="11783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6722" RevisionGUID="8ab8a9d4-9b4d-498f-9b19-7f9d23266e99" CreationDate="2009-05-10T00:09:26.997" UserId="1466" Text="[DNS Made Easy][1] allows you to set up your DNS so that if the server is down, it points you somewhere else.  In our case, we have a static page that says **the site is down, try again later.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you use DNS in this way, you need to configure a relatively short TTL to get around the cacheing issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dnsmadeeasy.com &quot;DNS Made Easy&quot;" />
  <row Id="11784" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6723" RevisionGUID="0042810e-b859-41e7-8713-5a895dadb04d" CreationDate="2009-05-10T00:13:57.873" UserId="1466" Text="You could set up a separate load balancing box with **ldirectord**, which monitors your web servers, and load-balances between whichever ones are currently live (and by extension, keeps the site up when one server goes down).  We use this solution to allow us to re-boot either one of our two webservers without affecting the site's uptime.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In fact, if your webservers are linux boxes, you can run **ldirectord** on the webserver itself, and use **heartbeat** to keep **ldirectord** running on the live box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This solution allows you to share a common IP address (or more than one) between two or more boxes, and avoid the DNS issue altogether.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11785" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6724" RevisionGUID="139c43ac-0350-4e5e-881c-349ec4033bd2" CreationDate="2009-05-10T00:15:47.980" UserId="1153" Text="Prompted by the recent [vulnerability in SHA-1](http://www.debian-administration.org/users/dkg/weblog/48) and admonitions to begin the process of moving away from that hash function, I'm playing around with GnuPG again.  I was just wondering how other folks use the system.  Use these questions as prompts, but I'd really like to hear about stuff I haven't even thought of.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What size keys are you using?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What sort of things do you have in your gpg.conf?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have an expiration date on your keys?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have a revocation certificate somewhere safe - perhaps with a trusted friend?" />
  <row Id="11786" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6724" RevisionGUID="139c43ac-0350-4e5e-881c-349ec4033bd2" CreationDate="2009-05-10T00:15:47.980" UserId="1153" Text="General GnuPG tips" />
  <row Id="11787" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6724" RevisionGUID="139c43ac-0350-4e5e-881c-349ec4033bd2" CreationDate="2009-05-10T00:15:47.980" UserId="1153" Text="&lt;encryption&gt;&lt;gpg&gt;" />
  <row Id="11788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6725" RevisionGUID="3989bf63-77d4-488a-bf38-1fcdfe354d15" CreationDate="2009-05-10T00:17:15.010" UserId="658" Text="If you could manage to do all [these tasks][1] from within your linux desktop, you'll be rocking the house.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think the toughest part would be fiddling with all the operations that Windows' Diskpart does. Making the partition marked as 'active' and 'boot', 'primary', etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2952/boot-and-install-windows-from-a-usb-thumb-drive" />
  <row Id="11789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6726" RevisionGUID="8a9586f5-2a3d-4620-ab57-fc378d492496" CreationDate="2009-05-10T00:24:38.050" UserId="984" Text="One thing you could do is mount your filesystems via [autofs][1].  Autofs is a tool that will mount a filesystem when you to use something in the directory that the filesystem will be mounted to.  When it detects activity the filesystem is mounted.  When nothing is happening on the filesystem is it unmounted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a [howto][2] I found on google to accomplish this, there where several others.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.autofs.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.tjansson.dk/?p=84" />
  <row Id="11790" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6727" RevisionGUID="48952a92-91bc-4d36-8fae-372034ea3741" CreationDate="2009-05-10T00:25:47.907" UserId="2302" Text="We have used it for a long time, and it works tremendously well.  It's robust, relatively easy to learn to work with, and works across most any platform.  We regularly encrypt stuff on Linux boxes and decrypt on Windows, and vice-versa.  There are lots of options for encryption schemes and preferences in gpg.conf.  Overall,it's just a generally well-vetted, well thought out piece of software that has included new encryption algorithms and standards as they've appeared and has done well for us and many others for secure data storage and transfer over the years." />
  <row Id="11791" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6728" RevisionGUID="a38d6b15-2ec8-4ba8-84d5-8092fa6192e2" CreationDate="2009-05-10T00:32:00.013" UserId="984" Text="If you are looking for a tool that helps you easily build a boot environment you may want to look at the Linux terminal server project ([LTSP][1]).  While this tool is generally aimed at building a boot environment for allowing thin-clients to connect to terminal server of some sort, it is pretty easy to modify the environment to accomplish other things as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It may be easier to start here then trying to build a PXELINUX setup from scratch on your own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ltsp.org/" />
  <row Id="11792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6729" RevisionGUID="471d3bcc-afc7-4abe-92a8-540807731987" CreationDate="2009-05-10T00:34:13.097" UserId="2220" Text="I agree with most of what Andrew said, except that I would recommend [Reiser4][1] or the older (but better supported) [ReiserFS][2].  As those tests (and the documentation for ReiserFS) indicate, it is designed for precicesly the situation you are asking about (large numbers of small files or directories).  I have used ReiserFS in the past with Gentoo and Ubuntu without any problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As to the status of Hans Reiser, I do not see it as being a problem with the code or stability of the File System itself.  Reiser4 is even sponsored by both DARPA and Linspire so while I agree that the further development of the Reiser File System is undetermined, I do not thing that should be a deciding factor as to whether anyone should use it or not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiser4&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReiserFS" />
  <row Id="11793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6730" RevisionGUID="8a359f54-4cce-40f6-9b8e-74223986b30b" CreationDate="2009-05-10T00:35:26.747" UserId="984" Text="Do you need to use keys?  No.  But it sure becomes a lot more convenient to use them once you have more then one server, or if you ever have to script some kind task that will require ssh access." />
  <row Id="11794" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6727" RevisionGUID="abf2059e-d931-4ded-ac0e-07dbe5aca945" CreationDate="2009-05-10T00:35:35.730" UserId="2302" Comment="Answered specifics" Text="We have used it for a long time, and it works tremendously well.  It's robust, relatively easy to learn to work with, and works across most any platform.  We regularly encrypt stuff on Linux boxes and decrypt on Windows, and vice-versa.  There are lots of options for encryption schemes and preferences in gpg.conf.  Overall,it's just a generally well-vetted, well thought out piece of software that has included new encryption algorithms and standards as they've appeared and has done well for us and many others for secure data storage and transfer over the years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use 2048-bit keys and expire them after 2 years.  We use gpg.conf to specify encryption algorithms, and having seen the news about SHA-1 have just begun looking into shuffling these up as per http://www.debian-administration.org/users/dkg/weblog/48.  We don't maintain a revocation elsewhere, but also don't really use it in a PKI fashion either." />
  <row Id="11795" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6727" RevisionGUID="f9e95469-5520-444b-895b-c30e46f5025f" CreationDate="2009-05-10T00:41:42.987" UserId="2302" Comment="deleted 79 characters in body" Text="We have used it for a long time, and it works tremendously well.  It's robust, relatively easy to learn to work with, and works across most any platform.  We regularly encrypt stuff on Linux boxes and decrypt on Windows, and vice-versa.  Overall,it's just a generally well-vetted, well thought out piece of software that has included new encryption algorithms and standards as they've appeared and has done well for us and many others for secure data storage and transfer over the years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use 2048-bit keys and expire them after 2 years.  We use gpg.conf to specify encryption algorithms, and having seen the news about SHA-1 have just begun looking into shuffling these up as per http://www.debian-administration.org/users/dkg/weblog/48.  We don't maintain a revocation elsewhere, but also don't really use it in a PKI fashion either." />
  <row Id="11796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6731" RevisionGUID="ecfa706f-d6d2-4747-9879-51abe5d23408" CreationDate="2009-05-10T00:45:20.637" UserId="914" Text="I use 4096 bit keys, I see no reason to use anything different.  Modern computers are easily powerful enough to decrypt something that high in seconds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use an encryption key, which never expires and a signing key which expires yearly." />
  <row Id="11797" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6727" RevisionGUID="1cd283c6-f2e5-4575-a3a5-2570129c0b2a" CreationDate="2009-05-10T01:03:35.557" UserId="2302" Comment="deleted 66 characters in body" Text="We have used it for a long time, and in that time it has been robust, easy to work with, and has worked well across platforms.  We regularly encrypt stuff on Linux boxes and decrypt on Windows, and vice-versa.  It's a well-vetted, well thought out piece of software that has included new encryption algorithms and standards as they've appeared and has done well for us for secure data storage and transfer over the years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use 2048-bit keys and expire them after 2 years.  We use gpg.conf to specify encryption algorithms, and having seen the news about SHA-1 have just begun looking into shuffling these up as per http://www.debian-administration.org/users/dkg/weblog/48.  We don't maintain a revocation elsewhere, but also don't really use it in a PKI fashion either." />
  <row Id="11798" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6732" RevisionGUID="9db8ec98-bd03-402b-a85a-c1825e396503" CreationDate="2009-05-10T01:28:10.240" UserId="2224" Text="Express it in terms of time to restoration of services. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have good backups, a disk failure won't result in significant data loss, but it will disrupt your operation for hours (if you have spare parts) or days (if you're waiting for a vendor technician). If you have backups + redundancy, you theoretically have no service impact. I say theoretically because as [Mr. Atwood's story about RAID][1] with the StackOverflow servers illustrated, RAID isn't always what you think it is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ultimately, your boss may not care -- and that is his or her prerogative. Often as a sysadmins we have to live with business decisions that we don't care for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/03/tuesday-outage-its-raid-tastic/" />
  <row Id="11799" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5556" RevisionGUID="8a944a61-46f0-4814-807c-21a9c1213e56" CreationDate="2009-05-10T02:08:42.090" UserId="2116" Comment="added 136 characters in body" Text="Hi everyone,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I got a problem since a while with my XP client connected on a 2003 R2 Server Active Directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometime GPO doesn't load when a user log on. Some other time, It work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I search many time on google to find a solution about that problem but I never found one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I look for DNS but it doesn't seems to be the issue there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is anyone already encountered this problem before?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for you precious answer it's been several months I'm searching for a solution since this problem happen in a school environnement so this is really important that GPO apply correctly everytime!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT : Problem still not solved, did what all of you said but doesn't help... I'll check it out on monday when I'll go back to work." />
  <row Id="11800" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6494" RevisionGUID="02ab40e4-795f-4a52-bd15-a3c0c7a02561" CreationDate="2009-05-10T02:34:54.167" UserId="2224" Comment="clarified some points that were unclear." Text="[BootViz][1] is a Microsoft tool that quantifies what is happening in your bootup sequence for Windows XP (only, not for Vista or 2000). It usually makes a substantial difference in the troubleshooting process by giving you something to investigate other than &quot;the computer is slow!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other suggestions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - McAfee AV 8.7 has a few bugs that slow boot time with authenticating proxy servers.&#xD;&#xA; - Applications that preload (Acrobat, OpenOffice) will slow down login time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=664" />
  <row Id="11801" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6733" RevisionGUID="dc2d65d7-c2f6-4638-a9a1-c9dac5a71e51" CreationDate="2009-05-10T02:35:34.600" UserId="1232" Text="It was recently suggested to me that I use FastCGI with PHP. Now I went to the FastCGI page and read it but I don't really understand what the advantages are." />
  <row Id="11802" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6733" RevisionGUID="dc2d65d7-c2f6-4638-a9a1-c9dac5a71e51" CreationDate="2009-05-10T02:35:34.600" UserId="1232" Text="PHP: What are the advantages of FastCGI over mod_php?" />
  <row Id="11803" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6733" RevisionGUID="dc2d65d7-c2f6-4638-a9a1-c9dac5a71e51" CreationDate="2009-05-10T02:35:34.600" UserId="1232" Text="&lt;fastcgi&gt;&lt;php&gt;&lt;mod-php&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="11804" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6734" RevisionGUID="b3a9657c-501e-4dee-b053-1e10ec28b2a4" CreationDate="2009-05-10T02:43:35.610" UserId="613" Text="I second womble's assertion that wpa_supplicant is the wrong place to do this.  You want to set something up in the /etc/network/ subtree, perhaps as womble suggests by increasing the metric of the wifi route, or perhaps by some other means involving a custom script in /etc/network/if-up.d/ that would take the wifi interface down if the ethernet interface came up." />
  <row Id="11805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6735" RevisionGUID="3363a802-1ee6-4f05-895f-ef57df3b44f4" CreationDate="2009-05-10T02:50:23.363" UserId="613" Text="FastCGI means that the php bits aren't running in the same process as the apache bits, unlike with mod_php.  This separation can have some definite advantages when it comes to restarting the server or dealing with runaway applications - in the mod_php case that means that it's the apache process that's &quot;runaway&quot;, but under fastcgi it's just a process that apache is talking to, so the entire server doesn't have to be taken down." />
  <row Id="11806" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6705" RevisionGUID="4ca2e36b-b853-4f65-9c4f-a89f28bee20d" CreationDate="2009-05-10T03:10:28.900" UserId="914" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;ubuntu-9.04&gt;&lt;grub&gt;" />
  <row Id="11807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6736" RevisionGUID="16fc9cc0-6ed1-4eb0-a5be-51de53741b93" CreationDate="2009-05-10T03:13:50.173" UserId="1504" Text="Boot in Live-mode, no sweat. I just went through a disk resize and cloning session which got a bit hairy for me, but I was impressed with the power of Ubuntu Live-mode and got to fix the settings in /boot/grub/menu.lst." />
  <row Id="11808" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6737" RevisionGUID="aee38fd0-eddd-4b7d-aad4-f2490c5cd00b" CreationDate="2009-05-10T03:14:43.617" UserId="301" Text="Using mod_php each apache worker has the entire php interpreter loaded into it. Because apache needs one worker process per incoming request, you can quickly end up with hundreds of apache workers in use, consuming huge amounts of memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(note, this isn't exactly true, apache's worker_mpm allows you to serve many requests, however even in 2009, this is not the recommended way to deploy php because of suspected threading issues with the php libraries)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By using php in fast_cgi mode (using something like spawn_fgi from the lighttpd package) has the following benefits&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* tune the number of php workers separately from the number of incoming connections&#xD;&#xA;* allow you to put you php workers on a different server, or scale across many servers without changing you web tier&#xD;&#xA;* gives you flexability to choose a different web server, like nginx, or lighttpd" />
  <row Id="11809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6738" RevisionGUID="bac7f485-3554-4f2a-ac1b-509af1279156" CreationDate="2009-05-10T03:16:52.677" UserId="2224" Text="I suggest opening up a dialog with your SAN Team and vendor to address your concerns. One of the problems you're going to have with running your own benchmarks is that your tests may not have bearing on what happens in production, particularly at peak loads. Most SANs have tons of battery-backed cache, which in many cases (particularly when you run synthetic benchmarks) means that you're writing to RAM and getting kick-ass performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on your environment and the solution you're using, some vendor CE may have just flown in and setup the SAN to whatever standard he prefers. That happens more than you think. You're going to have to chip away at the &quot;the SAN team knows all&quot; shell until you have confidence that the solution is meeting your requirements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck." />
  <row Id="11810" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6665" RevisionGUID="d5ba8f24-8b0f-4ad1-8ea1-3916f18e96e0" CreationDate="2009-05-10T03:24:04.173" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;virtual&gt;&lt;hosts&gt;&lt;ip&gt;" />
  <row Id="11811" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5241" RevisionGUID="20e91380-bee2-4be3-b6a0-6a662ef97771" CreationDate="2009-05-10T03:24:40.723" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;http-compression&gt;&lt;compression&gt;" />
  <row Id="11812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6739" RevisionGUID="a5adbb91-b094-4686-9980-6ebeabdda829" CreationDate="2009-05-10T03:30:23.487" UserId="301" Text="Change&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to read&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should clear the error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Aside: you shouldn't ignore this error, apaches config, especially when globbin virtual hosts, ie Include /etc/httpd/vhosts.d/* is not stable. That means you don't control the order of loading the hosts explicitly so the default vhost for an ip, becomes the one that is loaded first, which can lead to unintended consequences.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One example of this is the default vhost for an ip will also be available on that ip, rather than its *name*. This can cause information to leak onto google referring with your sites ip rather than name, which can be confusing for customers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The NameVirtualHost error above can be a hint that apache has loaded things in a non optimal way, so you shouldn't ignore it." />
  <row Id="11813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6740" RevisionGUID="12b6955c-fe61-48c3-9bf2-7912eed3bb94" CreationDate="2009-05-10T03:40:12.713" UserId="1504" Text="Is there a website or a distribution package designed to let you improve your sysadmin skills in a game-like and still useful way?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had something like the programmers [Project Euler][1] in mind, that is a website with various puzzles. The puzzles should instead of math puzzles  be something like: (1) recovering a corrupted hard disk, (2) repel a DoS attack, (3) setup the DNS, (4) ... and so on. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://projecteuler.net/" />
  <row Id="11814" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6740" RevisionGUID="12b6955c-fe61-48c3-9bf2-7912eed3bb94" CreationDate="2009-05-10T03:40:12.713" UserId="1504" Text="Improving your sysadmin skills while having fun?" />
  <row Id="11815" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6740" RevisionGUID="12b6955c-fe61-48c3-9bf2-7912eed3bb94" CreationDate="2009-05-10T03:40:12.713" UserId="1504" Text="&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;learning&gt;&lt;games&gt;" />
  <row Id="11816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6741" RevisionGUID="07f972ac-126a-4e35-acaa-62c8b10fcdcd" CreationDate="2009-05-10T03:47:24.367" Text="The &lt;b&gt;set&lt;/b&gt; command with filtering to display contents of environment variables. Instead of typing &lt;pre&gt;C:\Users\Erlend&gt;echo %computername%&#xD;&#xA;ASUS-G1S&lt;/pre&gt;you can type &lt;pre&gt;C:\Users\Erlend&gt;set comp&#xD;&#xA;COMPUTERNAME=ASUS-G1S&lt;/pre&gt; to get the same effect. Using &lt;b&gt;set&lt;/b&gt; alone shows you all environment variables.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11817" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6741" RevisionGUID="07f972ac-126a-4e35-acaa-62c8b10fcdcd" CreationDate="2009-05-10T03:47:24.367" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6742" RevisionGUID="0f26380c-5dba-4e3e-923f-68c1dea3daac" CreationDate="2009-05-10T03:47:34.133" UserId="301" Text="DNS is a poor choice for simulating failover. The reasons are&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* DNS records a valid for a period of time, to achieve realtime failover you'd need to lower the TTL on a DNS entry to be so low that every request to your site would result in a DNS lookup. Which will seriously slow the experience for your visitors&#xD;&#xA;* There are some suspicions that even today DNS entires with very low TTL values are not respected by ISP's and older broken name servers.&#xD;&#xA;* Using Round Robin DNS will not provide failover because on average 50% of the requests will go to each IP listed. This actually would work if the higher level protocols of HTTP had retrying built in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My suggestions would be&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* If your second server is in the same hosting company, then look into renting a real load balancer, either for your own use, or most hosting companies can rent you part of their shared load balancing infrastructure&#xD;&#xA;* Use something like spread or linux HA servers to assign the service to a floating virtual IP which is passed between your physical servers. The servers in the cluster monitor each other and decide who is the current owner of the virtual IP. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I highly recommend reading [*Scalable Internet Architectures* by Theo Schlossnagle][1] as he covers this in great detail&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Scalable-Internet-Architectures-Developers-Library/dp/067232699X" />
  <row Id="11819" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6740" RevisionGUID="f771981a-6b65-470f-b869-d44fe9ac83ac" CreationDate="2009-05-10T03:48:24.253" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;learning&gt;" />
  <row Id="11820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6743" RevisionGUID="537854c7-0ec1-4879-9520-5f032efb7689" CreationDate="2009-05-10T03:49:40.210" UserId="2248" Text="Setup keys **with** passwords. Then use [keychain][1], the only time you will ever have to enter passwords will be after a reboot. All the security of passwords, all the convenience of keys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/keychain/" />
  <row Id="11821" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6744" RevisionGUID="d8551de9-5b76-4812-ab94-d0b7286c05a5" CreationDate="2009-05-10T03:52:51.250" UserId="2224" Text="The Microsoft Blogs are really great across the board. A few favorites:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Microsoft Enterprise Networking Team][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Directory Services Team][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [Configuration Manager Support Team][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I despise MS documentation as it's generally written in some oddball bureaucratese language with lots of circular references. I find the folks writing the blogs to be a breath of fresh air as they actually write in English.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While not a blog, I get a ton of useful info from the [Ars Technica Forums][4], [Ben Rockwood's blog][5] for Sun stuff and tons of others that aren't coming to mind. Google Reader is my friend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/networking/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.technet.com/askds/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://blogs.technet.com/configurationmgr/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.cuddletech.com/blog/" />
  <row Id="11824" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6746" RevisionGUID="74799e3c-42dd-400e-b18d-dea9ca04a261" CreationDate="2009-05-10T04:25:28.643" UserId="1233" Text="If you're looking for a GUI application you can use [Sandbox](http://www.mikey-san.net/sandbox/) - you can then change the ACLs and apply it recursively if necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said `setfacl` is not available on a Mac - the capability is available through `chmod` to use `chmod` eg. `chmod -R -a# [NumberOfACL] filename`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[See the man page for the full details](http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/Manpages/man1/chmod.1.html)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11825" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6737" RevisionGUID="33d74d1c-a423-4733-83f8-3384a302f64d" CreationDate="2009-05-10T04:36:12.953" UserId="301" Comment="Added links to spawn-fcgi" Text="Using mod_php each apache worker has the entire php interpreter loaded into it. Because apache needs one worker process per incoming request, you can quickly end up with hundreds of apache workers in use, consuming huge amounts of memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(note, this isn't exactly true, apache's worker_mpm allows you to serve many requests, however even in 2009, this is not the recommended way to deploy php because of suspected threading issues with the php libraries)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By using php in fast_cgi mode (using something like [spawn-fcgi][1] from the lighttpd package) has the following benefits&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* tune the number of php workers separately from the number of incoming connections&#xD;&#xA;* allow you to put you php workers on a different server, or scale across many servers without changing you web tier&#xD;&#xA;* gives you flexability to choose a different web server, like nginx, or lighttpd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/spawn-fcgi/news" />
  <row Id="11826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6747" RevisionGUID="cf7d3cad-c755-46c9-b301-f76bbc251209" CreationDate="2009-05-10T04:51:07.723" UserId="984" Text="If you are interested in security there are a couple sites like [HackThisSite][1], of course these are as related to programming as they are to IT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't really seen anything like that for IT, and I am not sure how useful such a site would be.  With programming it is usually pretty easy to build a test environment.  Just install a compiler, and a text editor on a computer and you can play around.  With common IT tasks you a fairly complex test network to get useful experience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my opinion one of the useful skills an IT person can have is the ability to troubleshoot and work with people.  Any person wanting to practice their ability to troubleshoot and communicate can logon to any support forum, IRC or [Q&amp;A site][2] and try and help solve problems.  Oh, and if you are doing it right it can be fun. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hackthissite.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/" />
  <row Id="11827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6748" RevisionGUID="cb9bb347-02df-408e-90b9-47f928dd410a" CreationDate="2009-05-10T05:07:13.910" UserId="1233" Text="While there isn't anything that will give you a GUI utilizing the built in SSH setup in OS X, there are programs such as [CrushFTP](http://www.crushftp.com/features.html) (shareware) or [MySecureShell](http://mysecureshell.sourceforge.net/) (OSS, but not exactly user friendly). With these programs you can set accounts and where they are restricted to." />
  <row Id="11828" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6749" RevisionGUID="354c9a45-dc05-4a22-90a6-a507c7a63e67" CreationDate="2009-05-10T06:22:26.520" UserId="48818" Text="Not a blog, but an excellent source of the same type of information&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Linux Journal][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Need more linux answers to this question too...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linuxjournal.com/" />
  <row Id="11829" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6750" RevisionGUID="08b0942b-b22a-44ae-9015-81d06d2a3b24" CreationDate="2009-05-10T06:25:54.970" UserId="48818" Text="figuring out how to trust sign keys.  if you don't gpg will always give you this annoying message &quot;are you sure you want to use this untrusted key??&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;do&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ gpg --edit-key NAME&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; tsign&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And follow the instructions from there." />
  <row Id="11830" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6751" RevisionGUID="1516ea83-df86-4f9b-8e7d-e4717604f4c8" CreationDate="2009-05-10T06:32:59.007" UserId="48818" Text="edit your ~/.ssh/config&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    permit_root_login no&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this makes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh root@server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;not respond but&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh user@server&#xD;&#xA;    user$ su&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will work if you want to login as root." />
  <row Id="11831" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6752" RevisionGUID="d2a33bad-c5c0-4423-93f0-0861d32c83e6" CreationDate="2009-05-10T06:45:56.793" UserId="2248" Text="There are plenty of [good reporting tools][1] that can be used with squid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Lightsquid][2] is pretty lightweight and will do what you want. It also has an online [demo][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.squid-cache.org/Scripts/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://lightsquid.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://lightsquid.sourceforge.net/demo17/index.cgi?year=2005&amp;month=04" />
  <row Id="11832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6753" RevisionGUID="981cc344-663d-48d6-9845-d690908e5654" CreationDate="2009-05-10T06:46:33.343" UserId="984" Text="When you create some Linux filesystems like ext3 a 'lost+found' directory is created.  According to [this][1] files will be placed there if files where damaged from some kind of system crash.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What happens if this directory is removed, and the system crashes. If the folder is removed can I just create a new directory with **mkdir lost+found** or are there attributes that can only be set when the filesystem is being created.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/lostfound.html" />
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  <row Id="11835" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6754" RevisionGUID="24b42611-b896-4fe7-bdcd-c460cafda9bf" CreationDate="2009-05-10T06:57:33.753" UserId="2152" Text="When attempting to start `rpmdrake`, I get an error message that the urpmi database is locked, supposedly because it's used by another program. As far as I can tell, this is not the case. How do I know which other program is using it? (I suspect none are...)" />
  <row Id="11836" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6754" RevisionGUID="24b42611-b896-4fe7-bdcd-c460cafda9bf" CreationDate="2009-05-10T06:57:33.753" UserId="2152" Text="urpmi database locked" />
  <row Id="11837" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6754" RevisionGUID="24b42611-b896-4fe7-bdcd-c460cafda9bf" CreationDate="2009-05-10T06:57:33.753" UserId="2152" Text="&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="11838" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6755" RevisionGUID="275f3ec6-b4b8-49eb-a8a5-165212a8da25" CreationDate="2009-05-10T06:58:09.027" UserId="722" Text="If you have no `lost+found`, or if it's too small, further dangling files (as found by `fsck`) will not be placed in this directory. I have no idea what happens when this is the case; I have not tried, not have I any wish to try. :-P&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can recreate your `lost+found` directory if you want. Just make sure to pre-expand the directory (by creating lots of files in it, then removing them) if you want it to behave the same as the `mkfs`-created `lost+found` directory; on my system, a directory is 4k big by default, and `lost+found` is 16k." />
  <row Id="11839" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6756" RevisionGUID="36f887e5-584c-455b-8757-b703863c8493" CreationDate="2009-05-10T06:59:22.207" UserId="3" Text="During our production builds, a file will sometimes be locked by IIS and cannot be deleted by the clean task.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The build process stops the website before cleaning via&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    c:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe stop site http://oursite.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, this **does not** release the file - we have to restart IIS to get the process to relinquish its lock.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;appcmd.exe&lt;/code&gt; allows you to take IIS down completely; we **do not** want to do this!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any other ways to get IIS to let go of a locked file?" />
  <row Id="11840" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6756" RevisionGUID="36f887e5-584c-455b-8757-b703863c8493" CreationDate="2009-05-10T06:59:22.207" UserId="3" Text="How to get IIS7 to release a locked file?" />
  <row Id="11841" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6756" RevisionGUID="36f887e5-584c-455b-8757-b703863c8493" CreationDate="2009-05-10T06:59:22.207" UserId="3" Text="&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;locked-file&gt;" />
  <row Id="11842" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6757" RevisionGUID="c1a727c7-c26a-429e-9975-c6bcbf87c494" CreationDate="2009-05-10T07:09:23.303" UserId="2308" Text="I know this is not a direct answer to your question, but in these cases I think a database might be more suitable to host this. Small files can be stored in binary format in a database table and retrieved at wil. The software that is using these files should be able to support this though... " />
  <row Id="11843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6758" RevisionGUID="2b905f51-d76d-443e-9ff7-6fc60e708d00" CreationDate="2009-05-10T07:09:27.533" UserId="45" Text="I'm not sure if you mean the compilation of aspx files in temporary assemblies. We are using [ASP.NET deployment projects][1], which precompile all aspx/ascx files beforehand. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/01/28/vs-2008-web-deployment-project-support-released.aspx" />
  <row Id="11844" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6756" RevisionGUID="bc22bfd9-5c9c-4b4e-8566-231533e64e40" CreationDate="2009-05-10T07:15:01.230" UserId="3" Comment="Clarified type of file being locked" Text="During our production builds, a static content file in the root directory will sometimes be locked by IIS and cannot be deleted by the clean task.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The build process stops the website before cleaning via&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    c:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe stop site http://oursite.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, this **does not** release the file - we have to restart IIS to get the process to relinquish its lock.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;appcmd.exe&lt;/code&gt; allows you to take IIS down completely; we **do not** want to do this!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any other ways to get IIS to let go of a locked file?" />
  <row Id="11845" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6758" RevisionGUID="b740e458-ddab-4054-84c5-de2be2ab301c" CreationDate="2009-05-10T07:17:07.390" UserId="45" Comment="added 228 characters in body" Text="I'm not sure if you mean the compilation of aspx files in temporary assemblies. We are using [ASP.NET deployment projects][1], which precompile all aspx/ascx files beforehand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While copying the binary files from the &quot;publish&quot; to the &quot;bin&quot; folder, we temporary enable a app_offline.htm file which is removed after all assemblies are copied (just a few seconds). This way I never experienced file locks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/01/28/vs-2008-web-deployment-project-support-released.aspx" />
  <row Id="11846" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6759" RevisionGUID="8865cc68-4e2f-4faa-8c21-104234a68c11" CreationDate="2009-05-10T07:20:01.673" UserId="2303" Text="[moveable python][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/movpy/" />
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  <row Id="11848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6760" RevisionGUID="33e8dfce-9c34-4dd0-8152-b6d932d0a997" CreationDate="2009-05-10T07:28:27.173" UserId="301" Text="fsck will recreate the lost+found directory if it is missing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On startup most distributions run fsck if the filesystem is detected as not being unmounted cleanly. As fsck creates the lost+found directory if it is missing, it will create it then and place anything that it finds into that directory." />
  <row Id="11849" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6737" RevisionGUID="f9039710-cd3b-47bd-a424-7a75b392643e" CreationDate="2009-05-10T07:30:58.603" UserId="301" Comment="clarified apache/php intergration" Text="Using mod_php each apache worker has the entire php interpreter loaded into it. Because apache needs one worker process per incoming request, you can quickly end up with hundreds of apache workers in use, each with their own php interpreter loaded, consuming huge amounts of memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(note, this isn't exactly true, apache's worker_mpm allows you to serve many requests with a single threaded apache worker, however even in 2009, this is not the recommended way to deploy php because of suspected threading issues with the php extensions)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By using php in fast_cgi mode (using something like [spawn-fcgi][1] from the lighttpd package) has the following benefits&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* tune the number of php workers separately from the number of incoming connections&#xD;&#xA;* allow you to put you php workers on a different server, or scale across many servers without changing you web tier&#xD;&#xA;* gives you flexability to choose a different web server, like nginx, or lighttpd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/spawn-fcgi/news" />
  <row Id="11850" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6758" RevisionGUID="2257838d-474b-4326-a51c-d568a0a93074" CreationDate="2009-05-10T07:39:08.070" UserId="45" Comment="added 189 characters in body" Text="I'm not sure if you mean the compilation of aspx files in temporary assemblies. We are using [ASP.NET deployment projects][1], which precompile all aspx/ascx files beforehand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While copying the binary files from the &quot;publish&quot; to the &quot;bin&quot; folder, we temporary enable a app_offline.htm file which is removed after all assemblies are copied (just a few seconds). This way I never experienced file locks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could try to recycle the app pool using appcmd.exe, instead of stopping the web site:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe recycle apppool &quot;My App Pool Name&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/01/28/vs-2008-web-deployment-project-support-released.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6761" RevisionGUID="2c4b8e93-df7d-4cd1-8c64-d4ce64d68b26" CreationDate="2009-05-10T07:43:37.183" UserId="2191" Text="Another advantage not yet mentioned is the fact that with `mod_fcgid` (which is a newer implementation for using FastCGI on Apache) and suexec you can realize setups where different vhosts use different Linux users for execution, which can be a real security benefit in a shared hosting szenario.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With mod_php, all vhosts share the same user, which is Apache's user. This can lead to security issues." />
  <row Id="11852" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6762" RevisionGUID="322ccdd5-6536-4bf1-8ca5-545f0bede6bb" CreationDate="2009-05-10T07:47:14.477" UserId="2033" Text="Sure, stop the IIS service. Maybe I'm not understanding something, sorry." />
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  <row Id="11854" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6763" RevisionGUID="31036d3a-2552-469a-b902-d02508c6ab0d" CreationDate="2009-05-10T07:49:12.553" UserId="2367" Text="We are using a rsync based backup for our Lonux servers which is fantastic. We rsync all our Linux server onto our large Linux base samba fileserver. Unfortunately that server is completely outdated and migrated over to Active Directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I'm stuck with the problem to make incremental backups from the Linux server. I especially liked how rsync can copy away modified or deleted files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I want to do Linux backups onto Windows server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I looked at backup solution, but almost all were based on rsync. I looked for rsync for Windows (Cygwin or Microsofts SFU (services for Unix)). But it seems like it won't do the trick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to correctly rsync owner and rights one really needs two integers and some flags in the filesystem. While NTFS theoretically provides that, SFU and Cygwin really try to map it to existng users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also rsync for SFU seems to be unreliable etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On our current servers we just don't care about any mapping: As you know Linux servers just store two integers in the filesystem (in simple cases), no machine specific long SIDs like Windows. What they mean is defined by /etc/passwd. And if that is missing, it's just integers. But if it gets back on the server, it works again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone found a good soluton for this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I even looked up UMSDOS, where Linux used to be able to be stored on FAT16!!! It used textfiles with long filename mappings and unix rights and attributes. Unfortunately it has been removed form the kernel. Otherwise I could have mounted a share on the new windows fileserver using CIFS-mount and layer umsdos on top of it. Unfortunately something like that does not exist.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why don't I want to use tar? Because I really like how our DPM-server would incementally backup our windows file server and I don't want to completely backup a whole tar-file of enverything!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11855" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6763" RevisionGUID="31036d3a-2552-469a-b902-d02508c6ab0d" CreationDate="2009-05-10T07:49:12.553" UserId="2367" Text="Backup Linux server onto windows server or DPM server/owner and rights in NTFS?" />
  <row Id="11856" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6763" RevisionGUID="31036d3a-2552-469a-b902-d02508c6ab0d" CreationDate="2009-05-10T07:49:12.553" UserId="2367" Text="&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;dpm&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;incremental-backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="11857" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6756" RevisionGUID="5a5ea269-d5e1-4fb5-8e52-efd1e29e182e" CreationDate="2009-05-10T07:55:32.820" UserId="1" Comment="added 244 characters in body" Text="During our production builds, a very large (10 megabyte) static content file in the root directory will sometimes be locked by IIS and cannot be deleted by the clean task. This is presumably because it is being actively served to one or more clients at the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The build process stops the website before cleaning via&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    c:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe stop site http://oursite.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, this **does not** release the file - we have to restart IIS to get the process to relinquish its lock.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;appcmd.exe&lt;/code&gt; allows you to take IIS down completely; we **do not** want to do this!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any other ways to get IIS to let go of a locked file, without restarting IIS? Simply stopping and starting the individual website is definitely not working to release the file lock." />
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  <row Id="11861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6764" RevisionGUID="b5c4c2ee-5f3f-41c0-8341-c4e3b366eab7" CreationDate="2009-05-10T08:45:44.993" UserId="2368" Text="You can try removing the lock files .LOCK and .RPMLOCK from the urpmi dir (probably, /var/lib/urpmi). But make sure it is NOT running while you do that." />
  <row Id="11862" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6683" RevisionGUID="e113b93f-5678-4e0a-8412-0df0bb937bf2" CreationDate="2009-05-10T08:52:08.940" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;career&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;developer&gt;" />
  <row Id="11863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6765" RevisionGUID="19e30ccf-514a-460e-8357-d49ac9defb09" CreationDate="2009-05-10T09:05:13.823" UserId="29" Text=" 1. Make an image of the disc (Alcohol120 etc)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Store image on an external drive / synced network share&#xD;&#xA; 3. Archive physical disc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, &quot;What is the best way to store DVDs?&quot; Archive them in a deep dark place." />
  <row Id="11864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6766" RevisionGUID="208f056b-e4df-489d-b49d-f9c6a588fdbb" CreationDate="2009-05-10T09:07:08.077" UserId="1762" Text="I have a bootable Ubuntu USB thumb drive(recently updated to 9.04), It has saved Data from many dead laptops and PCs." />
  <row Id="11865" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6766" RevisionGUID="208f056b-e4df-489d-b49d-f9c6a588fdbb" CreationDate="2009-05-10T09:07:08.077" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6767" RevisionGUID="e4123e9d-c4ad-4afc-b3ec-eed3a0d6c207" CreationDate="2009-05-10T09:33:53.143" UserId="1933" Text="The documentation on QEMU is not really clear; using the [&quot;-smp &amp;lt;num of cores&amp;gt;&quot; option][1] allows you to emulate more than one CPU, but it is not clear if this is real smp across multiple host cores, or effectively &quot;threads&quot; bound to a single core.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VMware products do spread the load across multiple cores, but be careful about scheduling issues with busy guests which will impact overall performance.  More info [here][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nongnu.org/qemu/qemu-doc.html#SEC10&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://lonesysadmin.net/2008/04/22/why-my-two-vcpu-vm-is-slow/" />
  <row Id="11867" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6768" RevisionGUID="b73200f2-5a95-4323-827a-d3b24ff4d4df" CreationDate="2009-05-10T09:42:11.893" UserId="1068" Text="You can read my story at:&#xD;&#xA;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/547155/from-admin-to-dev/547177#547177&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11868" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6768" RevisionGUID="b73200f2-5a95-4323-827a-d3b24ff4d4df" CreationDate="2009-05-10T09:42:11.893" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6769" RevisionGUID="e5b582b0-480f-4ce4-86ef-674303d2a4f4" CreationDate="2009-05-10T09:42:23.890" UserId="301" Text="*note:* not an expert on windows file locking semantics&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Jarrod, are you able to rename the file out of the way. You may also be able to create your new file with a temporary extension, and then rename it over the current file. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If windows file locking semantics work similar to POSIX ones the readers that hold a current read lock on the file, should still continue to serve the old file until they close their read streams, while new readers will open the new file." />
  <row Id="11870" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="6134" RevisionGUID="02ff51c8-7007-4f9a-a80d-529a69ffc6f7" CreationDate="2009-05-10T09:48:48.053" UserId="1897" Comment="edited title" Text="How to convert text file from Windows line breaks to Unix ones on Unix/Linux?" />
  <row Id="11871" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6770" RevisionGUID="31478ee8-c377-4b20-ac31-c2bc0ba6f247" CreationDate="2009-05-10T09:50:39.437" UserId="224" Text="I've fixed the problem now and in the end the fix was deliciously simple. I logged a support call with my ISP (PlusNet) and they sent me a link to a [forum post][1] explaining that this problem is a bug in my router's firmware. The fix was simply to set the router's Internet connection MTU to 1500 (the default is 1400) so that it matches the router's LAN side MTU.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks to everyone who offered help and advice. I'm going to accept Alnitak's answer simply because he/she stuck with me on this and kept coming back with more advice and things to try.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forum.kitz.co.uk/index.php?topic=4038.0" />
  <row Id="11872" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6771" RevisionGUID="18b714df-7163-496d-bd1b-7050e58e4a61" CreationDate="2009-05-10T10:00:05.967" UserId="794" Text="I need to change the the length of a column in a MySQL innodb table with 164M rows.  Here's the script I want to run:&#xD;&#xA;ALTER TABLE SESSION_DECISION CHANGE COLUMN NAME NAME VARCHAR(255);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I tried running the alter query, the database churned for an hour and didn't complete the task.  Users accessing the system (who needed to write to the table) were locked out.&#xD;&#xA;This is a live system so I ended up ctrl-c'ing the request to let users access the site.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(this was in the middle of the night-- usage was minimal but I was getting nervous).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm on MySQL 5.0.77.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions as to how I can change the column with a minimum of downtime?" />
  <row Id="11873" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6771" RevisionGUID="18b714df-7163-496d-bd1b-7050e58e4a61" CreationDate="2009-05-10T10:00:05.967" UserId="794" Text="Altering a column length on a large Innodb table with minimal downtime" />
  <row Id="11874" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6771" RevisionGUID="18b714df-7163-496d-bd1b-7050e58e4a61" CreationDate="2009-05-10T10:00:05.967" UserId="794" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;innodb&gt;" />
  <row Id="11875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6772" RevisionGUID="856e9931-0611-463c-909d-f9abdec6736c" CreationDate="2009-05-10T10:09:47.583" UserId="2368" Text="Of course, it takes long. You should understand, that changing the column datatype, you change the underlying data structure, so that the data has to be moved around physically, and it can take quite a long time. I don't know about the capacity of your hardware, but either way, it is going to take well over an hour (think, overnight).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the way to reduce downtime, - you can not do it directly. I suppose you don't have a backup instance of the database, do you?" />
  <row Id="11876" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6773" RevisionGUID="0f6e1235-2b88-4839-be9f-4d28d1f16905" CreationDate="2009-05-10T10:12:04.863" UserId="301" Text="Your best option is to setup a slave database using mysql replication. Assuming your schema change is additive, then you can issue the update on that replica, which will be blocked for the duration of the update. Once that is done, and check your slave has caught up with all the updates then declare a small downtime to promote your slave database to the master.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can find instructions on setting up [mysql replication here.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/replication-howto.html" />
  <row Id="11877" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6774" RevisionGUID="ca8e27a4-be1e-4ff9-b9dc-f7e92f5e3be6" CreationDate="2009-05-10T10:28:54.760" UserId="1439" Text="I'm in the middle of a &quot;swing&quot; migration from Windows SBS 2003 to Server 2003 Standard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's going okay so far but we're getting event 1058 on client machines:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows cannot access the file gpt.ini for GPO CN={31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9},CN=Policies,CN=System,DC=Edgebyte,DC=local. The file must be present at the location &lt;\\ourdomain.local\sysvol\ourdomain.local\Policies\{31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\gpt.ini&gt;. (The system cannot find the path specified. ). Group Policy processing aborted. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Logon works fine but no group policies are being applied anywhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking back at the original SBS box, if you go into Group Policy Management you get &quot;file not found&quot; messages whenever you try to right click on a GPO and click Edit. I suspect this has been broken for a long time (part of the point of the migration is to replace the hardware, which is suspect).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We don't care about keeping any of the group policies (there aren't that many anyway) - so I just need to know how to remove all the group policies from Server 2003 standard, and regenerate the contents of the Policies folder in sysvol, so we can start again with a clean slate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any takers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tom" />
  <row Id="11878" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6774" RevisionGUID="ca8e27a4-be1e-4ff9-b9dc-f7e92f5e3be6" CreationDate="2009-05-10T10:28:54.760" UserId="1439" Text="Windows cannot access the file gpt.ini for GPO CN={31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}" />
  <row Id="11879" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6774" RevisionGUID="ca8e27a4-be1e-4ff9-b9dc-f7e92f5e3be6" CreationDate="2009-05-10T10:28:54.760" UserId="1439" Text="&lt;sbs2003&gt;&lt;event-log&gt;&lt;migration&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;" />
  <row Id="11880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6775" RevisionGUID="0672cea0-72ca-4923-abb3-0fdcb21e8053" CreationDate="2009-05-10T10:29:59.547" UserId="301" Text="What does the mysql log say?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes this error is reported on the client if there is an uncorrectable error on the server. This can be an indicator of on disk corruption of the database tables." />
  <row Id="11881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6776" RevisionGUID="aabb6e8f-7c93-4114-8141-9cb0cf495e76" CreationDate="2009-05-10T10:35:26.163" UserId="1933" Text="There are tools, such as Sysinternal's Process Explorer, that can find and forcibly close file handles, however the state and behaviour of the application (both yours and, in this case, IIS) after doing this is undefined.  Some won't care, some will error and others will crash hard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The correct solution is to take the outage and allow IIS to cleanly release locks and clean up after itself to preserve server stability.  If this is not possible, you can either create another site on the same box, or set up a new box with the new content, and move the domain name/IP across to &quot;promote&quot; the new content to production." />
  <row Id="11882" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6777" RevisionGUID="6aff3d5b-069b-4b60-8e61-cc030146979f" CreationDate="2009-05-10T10:43:39.640" UserId="1933" Text="I can't speak for that error, but there's one way to easily rule it out - run a memory testing application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Memtest+][1] does the trick nicely.  Download and burn the ISO, boot off it and let it run for 24-48 hours - if it picks up errors, you definitely need new memory.  If not, then you can continue troubleshooting with some reasonable evidence that your memory is fine behind you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.memtest.org/" />
  <row Id="11883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6778" RevisionGUID="d5c45484-b789-49f5-948d-e90a51a7884e" CreationDate="2009-05-10T11:08:27.690" UserId="794" Text="mtop is great for monitoring current running queries and system variables.  " />
  <row Id="11884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6779" RevisionGUID="e5335935-721b-459f-a807-46c493b4e73e" CreationDate="2009-05-10T11:19:28.693" UserId="2331" Text="Problems with Swing Migration usually center around AD replication and the NTFRS service not working correctly. On a SBS server, which is typically stand-alone and doesn't replicate anything, these problems can go unnoticed for a long time with virtually no ill effect - until you add another domain controller into the network then the synchronization issues suddenly come into sharp relief. Check the event log for any problems with NTFRS, you need to hunt them down and eliminate them all, or you will never be able to swing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once NTFRS is working, I would try to use the Group Policy Management Console on the original SBS server to delete the policies. Then replicate AD with the policies already deleted to your new server. It's no good trying to just delete the files, the items need to be removed from Active Directory. Jeff Middleton at SBS Migration is a fellow SBS MVP and he is very good at sorting out these problems, he's seen most of them before. Use your included support incidents or buy some more, it'll be money well spent. " />
  <row Id="11885" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6780" RevisionGUID="41e0257d-1e76-49fd-bebb-bfdfe722898e" CreationDate="2009-05-10T11:31:26.530" UserId="2331" Text="Your question is really more about general programming then. Have a look at http://www.learnvisualstudio.net/ - there are some really excellent tutoruals on ASP.NET." />
  <row Id="11886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6781" RevisionGUID="e20c1656-950b-4e68-bd77-0543e8ef0a47" CreationDate="2009-05-10T11:45:32.397" UserId="2370" Text="I would like to be able to set up and access a NAS securely via an internet connection. I would like to use an existing linux server I own, so essentially I am looking for recommendations for which software would be ideal." />
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  <row Id="11888" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6781" RevisionGUID="e20c1656-950b-4e68-bd77-0543e8ef0a47" CreationDate="2009-05-10T11:45:32.397" UserId="2370" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;nas&gt;&lt;secure&gt;&lt;internet&gt;" />
  <row Id="11889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6782" RevisionGUID="06cc24e7-dfe4-43ad-85c8-03673349731c" CreationDate="2009-05-10T12:15:24.320" UserId="1134" Text="Are there any good tools to migrate existing firebird databases to PostgreSQL? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've looked at: [FBexport][1] which can be used to dump the data as insert statements, but it's mainly written to export/import from one firebird db to another, not as a migration tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any good tool to do this? Or should I just roll my own?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://fbexport.sourceforge.net/" />
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  <row Id="11891" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6782" RevisionGUID="06cc24e7-dfe4-43ad-85c8-03673349731c" CreationDate="2009-05-10T12:15:24.320" UserId="1134" Text="&lt;firebird&gt;&lt;postgres&gt;&lt;migration&gt;&lt;dba&gt;" />
  <row Id="11892" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6782" RevisionGUID="8d566add-2225-421f-8c8e-a1cda1c065bc" CreationDate="2009-05-10T12:21:19.360" UserId="1134" Comment="Clarified the question is linux specific" Text="Are there any good tools to migrate existing firebird databases to PostgreSQL for Linux systems? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've looked at: [FBexport][1] which can be used to dump the data as insert statements, but it's mainly written to export/import from one firebird db to another, not as a migration tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's also: [Firebird to PostgreSQL Win32 tool][2], but it's only for win32 systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any good tool to do this? Or should I just roll my own?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://fbexport.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://pgfoundry.org/projects/fb2pg/" />
  <row Id="11893" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="6782" RevisionGUID="8d566add-2225-421f-8c8e-a1cda1c065bc" CreationDate="2009-05-10T12:21:19.360" UserId="1134" Comment="Clarified the question is linux specific" Text="How to migrate a Firebird database to PostGreSQL on Linux" />
  <row Id="11894" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6782" RevisionGUID="8d566add-2225-421f-8c8e-a1cda1c065bc" CreationDate="2009-05-10T12:21:19.360" UserId="1134" Comment="Clarified the question is linux specific" Text="&lt;firebird&gt;&lt;postgres&gt;&lt;migration&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="11895" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6783" RevisionGUID="10b6e28a-8121-4cc2-b8f4-66622c7acb32" CreationDate="2009-05-10T12:32:21.203" UserId="1815" Text="Most secure would be an VPN connection (ssh, OpenVPN, poptop...) and tunneled NAS (NFS, samba, iscsi...) protocol. Anything goes here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But most easy and secure would be sshfs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell_Filesystem , but it is not very Windows friendly." />
  <row Id="11896" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6782" RevisionGUID="2e98a6cb-a473-4857-845f-62595068b37c" CreationDate="2009-05-10T12:33:17.010" UserId="1134" Comment="Changed tag from postgres to postgreSQL" Text="&lt;firebird&gt;&lt;postgresql&gt;&lt;migration&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="11897" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6784" RevisionGUID="db0ae321-21e4-4374-8942-8a8b25dc57d6" CreationDate="2009-05-10T12:36:20.240" UserId="386" Text="When I needed to move some complicated data from a MySQL database to a PostgreSQL database, I wrote a perl script that connected to the MySQL database, selected the data, did whatever conversions were needed (like tinyint(1) to boolean and autoincrement to sequence, etc) and inserted it into the PostgreSQL database.  For simpler conversions, I did a mysql_dump to a file of insert statements as your FBexport will do, then fixed up what needed to be fixed with a sed script.  It's not automated and perfect, but it was fast and good enough." />
  <row Id="11898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6785" RevisionGUID="87a1fd64-125b-4e34-902d-34fef0824c1c" CreationDate="2009-05-10T13:14:58.383" UserId="2359" Text="Just a crazy thought, but I wonder what would happen if you enabled Shadow Copies on this folder? " />
  <row Id="11899" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6786" RevisionGUID="aac8e1ba-63da-475e-83dc-7ac1d14029ce" CreationDate="2009-05-10T13:24:34.173" UserId="1696" Text="You could also use a web page based interface which connects over HTTPS. I know my NAS device from THUS has such a capability but dont know what Linux OS equivalents offer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, with IIS you can traverse directorys, if Apache does the same then slap a HTTPS on it and away you go though that would only aloow downloads not uploads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise a point to point VPN or VPN server would achieve a full 'network' experience. " />
  <row Id="11900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6787" RevisionGUID="24d3e432-d27d-4691-b5f9-576e4e530045" CreationDate="2009-05-10T13:41:00.777" UserId="1696" Text="Firstly are we talking about production CD / DVD's or recordable?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If its recordable then the first thing i would say is that you get what you pay for. In my humble opinion i have always found TDK CD's/DVD's to be the best. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly there is such a thing as Disc Rot which can be caused by oxidisation in the air and aggravated by scratches so try not to scratch the discs. Generally this only affects writable CD's / DVD's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When cleaning a disc always use a lint-free cloth and ensure you wipe from the center straight out to the edge and not in a circular fashion. Discs are designed to withstand some scratching as long as not too much data is destroyed. this is because each segment has error correcting code included in it. Destroy to many segments in a row and it can not reproduce the original data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise Jewel cases are generally accepted as the best method as its harder for the discs to get squashed or scratched during movement. Keep them in a dry place and away form direct sunlight (though if in a case should be ok) and away from excessive heat which could warm them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When using a CD / DVD ensure the disc has fully stopped spinning before removing. I have had some players where i have heard the disc spinning when its been dumped back on the trolley when ejecting.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Always pick up by the edges and dont place on any surface other than the disc holder or disc drive tray.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally keep away from pets and children. My dog once ate its way through 10 cd's each with 10 mp3 albums on them!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;p.s. Just found this online @ [Life Span of DVDs][1] &#xD;&#xA;&quot;MAM-A recommends that to improve data integrity and compatibility, burn your disks more slowly. My recommendation is to burn CDs at 16x speed and DVD's at 2x speed.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.larryjordan.biz/articles/lj_dvd_life.html" />
  <row Id="11901" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6788" RevisionGUID="7311a767-5feb-4b84-8e2c-087e6eb8f378" CreationDate="2009-05-10T13:53:11.987" UserId="921" Text="What software is out there that allows a mouse and keyboard to be shared between 2+ networked computers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know about [Synergy][1], but what are the alternatives? Which do you like the best?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm personally most interested in something compatible with both Mac OS X and Windows, but software that is limited to certain platforms is still of interest, so please mention it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ &quot;Synergy&quot;" />
  <row Id="11902" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6788" RevisionGUID="7311a767-5feb-4b84-8e2c-087e6eb8f378" CreationDate="2009-05-10T13:53:11.987" UserId="921" Text="Sharing a keyboard and mouse between networked computers" />
  <row Id="11903" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6788" RevisionGUID="7311a767-5feb-4b84-8e2c-087e6eb8f378" CreationDate="2009-05-10T13:53:11.987" UserId="921" Text="&lt;keyboard&gt;&lt;mouse&gt;&lt;sharing&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;software&gt;" />
  <row Id="11904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6789" RevisionGUID="70c00518-f444-41cd-9989-76661c9b26ea" CreationDate="2009-05-10T13:54:02.923" UserId="471" Text="I have a partition on my Hard Drive that I want users to be able to mount, but it shouldn't be automatic, so I've put this in my /etc/fstab:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;         /dev/sda5       /media/data    vfat    defaults,user,noauto    0   0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It works great for command line. The partition is mounted only when someone explicitly mounts it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But whenever a user starts gnome, it automounts the partition, even though fstab says it is not suposed to be mounted automatically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know this is almost certainly a gnome setting, but I just couldn't find it in gconf-editor (it looks too much like the Windows register editor for me).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone help me figure this out?" />
  <row Id="11905" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6789" RevisionGUID="70c00518-f444-41cd-9989-76661c9b26ea" CreationDate="2009-05-10T13:54:02.923" UserId="471" Text="How to prevent gnome from auto-mounting a partition?" />
  <row Id="11906" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6789" RevisionGUID="70c00518-f444-41cd-9989-76661c9b26ea" CreationDate="2009-05-10T13:54:02.923" UserId="471" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;partition&gt;&lt;gnome&gt;" />
  <row Id="11907" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6790" RevisionGUID="ff929213-b219-4aba-bc1e-e443b61c7ea1" CreationDate="2009-05-10T14:03:42.430" UserId="45" Text="**Teleport** is a free software for Mac OSX:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://abyssoft.com/software/teleport/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It isn't compatible with Windows though. It works only between Macs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://abyssoft.com/software/teleport/" />
  <row Id="11908" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6790" RevisionGUID="a3339550-1029-4300-b607-b97cdd61369b" CreationDate="2009-05-10T14:09:41.293" UserId="45" Comment="added 843 characters in body" Text="**Teleport** is a free software for Mac OSX:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://abyssoft.com/software/teleport/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It isn't compatible with Windows though. It works only between Macs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Multiplicity** for Windows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.stardock.com/products/multiplicity/][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the [Wikipedia article][3]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Multiplicity comes in two versions,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the standard Multiplicity and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Multiplicity Pro. The standard version&#xD;&#xA;&gt; has all the above features, including&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the ability to copy and paste images&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and text between computers. The Pro&#xD;&#xA;&gt; version also allows the user to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; control up to six client computers as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; well as the ability to copy and paste&#xD;&#xA;&gt; files, folders, and other data between&#xD;&#xA;&gt; machines.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; (...) A&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Mac OS X client is in development, due&#xD;&#xA;&gt; in part to the popularity of the Mac&#xD;&#xA;&gt; mini. A Linux client is reportedly&#xD;&#xA;&gt; planned, but has not yet been&#xD;&#xA;&gt; developed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://abyssoft.com/software/teleport/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.stardock.com/products/multiplicity/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplicity_(software)" />
  <row Id="11909" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6791" RevisionGUID="8cef40c0-d48e-4966-9a92-cb1c003a724d" CreationDate="2009-05-10T14:10:25.443" UserId="351" Text="Here's what I'd like to do:  I have a multi-monitor workstation (Vista) at home. I also have a work laptop (XP) with Cisco VPN client 4.8.01.0300.  I want to interact with the work laptop as a window as opposed to just giving it a whole monitor (and keyboard and mouse of its own).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to remote-desktop into the laptop and then connect the VPN to work, but of course when I connect the VPN the remote desktop session gets closed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I make this work?  Note the home workstation cannot connect to work over the VPN.  It can only be the laptop so that is not an option." />
  <row Id="11910" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6791" RevisionGUID="8cef40c0-d48e-4966-9a92-cb1c003a724d" CreationDate="2009-05-10T14:10:25.443" UserId="351" Text="VPN from a Remote Desktop Session" />
  <row Id="11911" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6791" RevisionGUID="8cef40c0-d48e-4966-9a92-cb1c003a724d" CreationDate="2009-05-10T14:10:25.443" UserId="351" Text="&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="11912" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6792" RevisionGUID="700c76d0-bfcb-4a36-82b4-67c2df609fc9" CreationDate="2009-05-10T14:20:36.333" UserId="1466" Text="Not sure if you're really wanting to stay with rsync, or just keep the benefits of incremental backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you just want the benefits, a multi-platform backup system (like bacula) might be a good solution.  It will only make incremental backups - if that is what you want - but it will store everything in one (or a few) big files (not a mirror of the original).  Again, not sure if that's what you want or not." />
  <row Id="11913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6793" RevisionGUID="e6457f5a-6141-47a8-ba81-7df950781cfb" CreationDate="2009-05-10T14:21:56.460" UserId="1831" Text="If your data is strictly inserted (and not updated), you could probably do something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- create a new table with the desired definition.&#xD;&#xA;- copy old data to the new table (being sure to specify nolock)&#xD;&#xA;- shut down access to the old table&#xD;&#xA;- do an incremental update from old to new, just to catch anything that was inserted while you did the copy.&#xD;&#xA;- rename the old table out of the way and the new table into place&#xD;&#xA;- restore access" />
  <row Id="11914" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6794" RevisionGUID="5ea605c5-52d8-4e0a-b4dd-0648166e213f" CreationDate="2009-05-10T14:23:53.230" UserId="2372" Text="http://kavoom.biz/ is highly recommended by those who use it, but it is Windows only.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11915" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6795" RevisionGUID="2f741c72-4ba1-40fa-9fe4-4151db7d505c" CreationDate="2009-05-10T14:27:33.370" UserId="45" Text="I'm not sure, but I think that you have to allow this **on the server side** (VPN server/concentrator.). There is an &quot;[allow local LAN access][1]&quot; option (split tunneling) you have to enable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2284/products_configuration_example09186a00806f34e6.shtml&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.cisco.com/image/gif/paws/70775/local-lan-3k-8.gif" />
  <row Id="11916" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6606" RevisionGUID="93fd6b0b-2bfe-4bc8-a248-5a112392c567" CreationDate="2009-05-10T14:28:27.613" UserId="2318" Comment="added 20 characters in body" Text="Is it possible for a rack designed to store servers on their side (blade style) to be EIA-310-D-compliant? I suspect not, but reading the spec I couldn't find any explicit statement about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know a design house who wanted to mount their Xserves from the ceiling, in a rack made by a boutique company (which has since gone out of business). I told them this would probably affect heat distribution adversely, but I wasn't able to find a definitive printed answer for them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Background information - one of the considerations here is that if the servers aren't stored in a EIA-310-D compliant rack, it could void their hardware warranty." />
  <row Id="11917" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6795" RevisionGUID="29654513-b6a0-485a-b2f9-1cb91f896dcf" CreationDate="2009-05-10T14:32:40.280" UserId="45" Comment="added 61 characters in body" Text="I'm not sure, but I think that you have to allow this **on the server side** (VPN server/concentrator.). There is an &quot;[allow local LAN access][1]&quot; option (split tunneling) you have to enable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a [related (closed) question on Stack Overflow][2]. The answer mentions an alternative VPN client in case your sysadmin doesn't want to enable split tunneling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2284/products_configuration_example09186a00806f34e6.shtml&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/124678/allowing-local-lan-access-when-connected-to-a-cisco-vpn" />
  <row Id="11918" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6795" RevisionGUID="949e7029-d2ca-4584-afa5-74e9b8bb2447" CreationDate="2009-05-10T14:40:47.500" UserId="45" Comment="added 17 characters in body" Text="You have to allow this **on the server side** (VPN server/concentrator.). There is an &quot;[allow local LAN access][1]&quot; option (split tunneling) you have to enable. This setting overwrites the VPN client setting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a [related (closed) question on Stack Overflow][2]. The answer mentions an alternative VPN client in case your sysadmin doesn't want to enable split tunneling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2284/products_configuration_example09186a00806f34e6.shtml&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/124678/allowing-local-lan-access-when-connected-to-a-cisco-vpn" />
  <row Id="11919" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6796" RevisionGUID="da40899e-15d0-4c9b-b819-a54992ce003c" CreationDate="2009-05-10T14:49:46.513" UserId="942" Text="Try [FreeNAS][1]. Don't use SAMBA, because it's a very chatty protocol, and it's not good for Internet access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can, put it behind a firewall ([IPCop][2] is a good choice), enabling only the protocols you need (I'd suggest FTP or SFTP over a non-standard port). If you can't here is an iptables sample config that you can use on the same box (save it to /etc/iptables.up.rules for example):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    *filter&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    #  Allows all loopback (lo0) traffic and drop all traffic to 127/8 that doesn't use lo0&#xD;&#xA;    -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;    -A INPUT -i ! lo -d 127.0.0.0/8 -j REJECT&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    #  Accepts all established inbound connections&#xD;&#xA;    -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    #  Allows all outbound traffic&#xD;&#xA;    #  You can modify this to only allow certain traffic&#xD;&#xA;    -A OUTPUT -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Allows FTP from anywhere (modify port as necessary, or add more services)&#xD;&#xA;    -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 21 -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    #  Allows SSH connections&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # THE -dport NUMBER IS THE SAME ONE YOU SET UP IN THE SSHD_CONFIG FILE&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW --dport 22 -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Allow ping (not necessary)&#xD;&#xA;    -A INPUT -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 8 -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Reject all other inbound - default deny unless explicitly allowed policy&#xD;&#xA;    -A INPUT -j REJECT&#xD;&#xA;    -A FORWARD -j REJECT&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    COMMIT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To use it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ iptables-restore &lt; /etc/iptables.up.rules&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To automatically load the rules on network up add the following to your network configuration file, after the loopback definition (/etc/network/interfaces on Debian/Ubuntu):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    pre-up iptables-restore &lt; /etc/iptables.up.rules&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.freenas.org/&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://www.ipcop.org/" />
  <row Id="11920" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6755" RevisionGUID="40f7cb4e-f775-49be-8e5b-5f758ece059f" CreationDate="2009-05-10T14:53:09.303" UserId="722" Comment="Thanks for all the comments clarifying that lost+found can be created by e2fsck on demand" Text="If you have no `lost+found`, `e2fsck` (I have not inspected the code to other `fsck` implementations) will offer to create it for you. But, you can recreate it yourself if you want, too; there's nothing particularly special about that directory (at least not from inspecting the code)." />
  <row Id="11921" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6711" RevisionGUID="67a3f481-5a39-4114-a8d8-77806a269508" CreationDate="2009-05-10T14:55:30.957" UserId="2357" Comment="added 27 characters in body" Text="Which Linux filesystem would you choose for **best speed** in the following scenario:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - a hundred million files&#xD;&#xA;  - ~2k file size in average&#xD;&#xA;  - &gt;95% read access&#xD;&#xA;  - pretty random access&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How would you benchmark it?" />
  <row Id="11922" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6797" RevisionGUID="c2a7adbd-2709-46ff-9d74-d16819139d5b" CreationDate="2009-05-10T15:01:00.970" UserId="1715" Text="[Process Monitor][1] should help you with your investigation, here's [an example][2] from Mark's blog (_the_ guy that wrote the tool)  on how to find the file handle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may want to try this [Unlocker tool][3] to automate your unlocking at a file handle level. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2005/04/24/the-case-of-the-mysterious-locked-file.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker" />
  <row Id="11923" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6795" RevisionGUID="7947c197-c989-4be2-a921-1a4ec814e248" CreationDate="2009-05-10T15:04:38.380" UserId="45" Comment="added 88 characters in body" Text="So your problem to solve is to enable LAN access while the VPN is up on your Laptop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You have to allow this **on the server side** (VPN server/concentrator.). There is an &quot;[allow local LAN access][1]&quot; option (split tunneling) you have to enable. This setting overwrites the VPN client setting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a [related (closed) question on Stack Overflow][2]. The answer mentions an alternative VPN client in case your sysadmin doesn't want to enable split tunneling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2284/products_configuration_example09186a00806f34e6.shtml&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/124678/allowing-local-lan-access-when-connected-to-a-cisco-vpn" />
  <row Id="11924" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6798" RevisionGUID="51535328-7e2c-471d-8158-35594a82a2c9" CreationDate="2009-05-10T15:14:09.730" UserId="1102" Text="There's a patch to get gnome to honor the noauto flag:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://patches.ubuntu.com/by-release/extracted/ubuntu/g/gnome-volume-manager/2.17.0-2ubuntu2/02_honour_automount_enabled_hint.patch&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the surrounding thread, it looks like it's been ignoring it for a couple of versions now:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=989666&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11925" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6799" RevisionGUID="720235f6-8a9f-487c-b1d6-1cb68008c3da" CreationDate="2009-05-10T15:17:26.933" UserId="1463" Text="Search for and watch any webcasts/seminars with Jesper Johansson like Anatomy of a hack and the updated 2008 version ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(not sure how to directly link a teched webcast but, [click here][1] and then enter his name as search terms)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've also attended a seminar by Kevin Mitnick which was actually surprisingly entertaining while still handing out some wisdom.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Security is always the most fun to learn, that's what I think anyway - and the seminar form will bring out the best in speakers who knows the topic and knows how to make it entertaining ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/emea/teched2008/itpro/tv/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="11926" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6800" RevisionGUID="0fe6c556-23af-4d64-a572-82cdfb8e17d2" CreationDate="2009-05-10T15:17:36.623" UserId="45" Text="Not the answer, but a workaround idea in case there is no way to &quot;unlock&quot; that file without restarting IIS server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What if you build/deploy to an new empty folder and change the website's home directory to that folder? You have to create an new folder name though or switch between two names.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know in which folder that file belongs. If it doesn't have to be in the root folder, you could put it in a newly created folder and create a virtual directory pointing to that folder. So you can keep your standard home directory for the application." />
  <row Id="11928" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6799" RevisionGUID="bce2fc99-f6a7-468a-8388-4cec28e595a8" CreationDate="2009-05-10T15:30:41.370" UserId="1463" Comment="added 143 characters in body" Text="Search for and watch any webcasts/seminars with Jesper Johansson like Anatomy of a hack and the updated 2008 version ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(not sure how to directly link a teched webcast but, [click here][1] and then enter his name as search terms)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've also attended a seminar by Kevin Mitnick which was actually surprisingly entertaining while still handing out some wisdom.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Security is always the most fun to learn, that's what I think anyway - and the seminar form will bring out the best in speakers who knows the topic and knows how to make it entertaining ^^ (sadly the best shows are usually not filmed, like when Jesper talks more indepth about building Windows Server 2003 and the problems with it)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/emea/teched2008/itpro/tv/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="11929" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6801" RevisionGUID="eed07928-d238-4dad-a87a-f2b855505e32" CreationDate="2009-05-10T16:29:01.090" UserId="1561" Text="So it sounds like your real issue is you want to preserve owner and group settings, yet have the data migrated to a system that wants to map the settings to its own.  You also want to keep the minimal-data-transfer setup that you get with rsync, but getting from &quot;here&quot; to &quot;there&quot; may take more time and effort than what you want to invest in.  Tar would solve this problem but it takes the entire image of each file instead of the deltas.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To summarize: You want something that makes deltas of changed data, but preserves the attributes like tar, ignoring the destination system's mappings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Commercial Solution***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first (and probably not viable) option is to see if there is a backup client for the system you are using in Windows.  For instance, [Retrospect][1] includes OS X and Linux clients that allow a Windows machine to back up the files with attributes attached.  My work has used this arrangement for a couple of years, and with the exception of some I/O spikes client-side, it has worked as advertised.  See if there is a client you can install on the Linux box that would allow you to &quot;bridge the gap&quot; between the two, and you won't have to worry about this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Open-Source Solution***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still working on it, sorry I don't have a better answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Homegrown Solution***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One solution would be to separate the metadata (ownership attributes) from the data, and transmit both to the server.  Do to this, store the settings in a separate dot file, then transmit the dot file along with the contents.  This would allow you to use rsync (if you so choose) while keeping the settings.  As an added bonus, rsync will apply the same delta-transfer mechanism to the dotfile as well.  During a restore, you would reverse the process by extracting the settings from your dot file and applying them to the directory contents.  This is just as time-consuming to deal with as your original approach, but simple and durable, and simplicity sometimes is the easiest way, even if it seems &quot;brute forced&quot;.  **I would choose this as your last option.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You would only need two scripts - one to regenerate the dotfiles in each directory for the settings, and another to restore them.  Store the dotfiles in each directory that it belongs to, and set the owner as root to keep mischief to a minimum.  On restore, the script would reset all dotfiles to correct ownership, then process the dotfiles in each directory, restoring your settings for each file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, it's an ugly hack.  If I can find a better answer soon, I'll re-edit.  Until then, it solves the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.retrospect.com/" />
  <row Id="11930" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6795" RevisionGUID="d643bbe9-b641-4650-98fa-b0dded93c6fb" CreationDate="2009-05-10T16:30:29.277" UserId="45" Comment="style" Text="So your problem to solve is how to enable LAN access while the VPN is up on your Laptop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You have to allow this **on the server side** (VPN server/concentrator.). There is an &quot;[allow local LAN access][1]&quot; option (split tunneling) you have to enable. This setting overwrites the VPN client setting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a [related (closed) question on Stack Overflow][2]. The answer mentions an alternative VPN client in case your sysadmin doesn't want to enable split tunneling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2284/products_configuration_example09186a00806f34e6.shtml&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/124678/allowing-local-lan-access-when-connected-to-a-cisco-vpn" />
  <row Id="11931" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6802" RevisionGUID="3dfd0ac0-2256-490c-bd7a-950b3a72caf9" CreationDate="2009-05-10T16:34:45.623" UserId="1981" Text="[Total Commander][1] has some [cool multi-file rename features][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course if you are into powershell [owenevans00 solution][3] looks great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ghisler.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://beerpla.net/2008/03/12/mass-renaming-directories-and-files-using-total-commander/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6268/easy-way-to-rename-all-files-in-a-directory-in-windows/6318#6318" />
  <row Id="11932" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6801" RevisionGUID="5541cefb-9acf-4aee-95d6-a47b377dabef" CreationDate="2009-05-10T16:36:13.967" UserId="1561" Comment="additional clarification, added 3rd script" Text="So it sounds like your real issue is you want to preserve owner and group settings, yet have the data migrated to a system that wants to map the settings to its own.  You also want to keep the minimal-data-transfer setup that you get with rsync, but getting from &quot;here&quot; to &quot;there&quot; may take more time and effort than what you want to invest in.  Tar would solve this problem but it takes the entire image of each file instead of the deltas.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To summarize: You want something that makes deltas of changed data, but preserves the attributes like tar, ignoring the destination system's mappings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Commercial Solution***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first (and probably not viable) option is to see if there is a backup client for the system you are using in Windows.  For instance, [Retrospect][1] includes OS X and Linux clients that allow a Windows machine to back up the files with attributes attached.  My work has used this arrangement for a couple of years, and with the exception of some I/O spikes client-side, it has worked as advertised.  See if there is a client you can install on the Linux box that would allow you to &quot;bridge the gap&quot; between the two, and you won't have to worry about this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Open-Source Solution***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still working on it, sorry I don't have a better answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Homegrown Solution***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One solution would be to separate the metadata (ownership attributes) from the data, and transmit both to the server.  Do to this, store the settings in a separate dot file, then transmit the dot file along with the contents.  This would allow you to use rsync (if you so choose) while keeping the settings.  As an added bonus, rsync will apply the same delta-transfer mechanism to the dotfile as well.  During a restore, you would reverse the process by extracting the settings from your dot file and applying them to the directory contents.  This is time-consuming, and wastes some disk space, yet it's *simple* and *durable*, and simplicity sometimes is the easiest way, even if it seems &quot;brute forced&quot;.  **I would choose this as your last option.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You would only need three scripts - one to regenerate the dotfiles in each directory for the settings, one to restore them, and one to clean out dotfiles when they are not wanted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On generate/create: Store a dotfile in each directory that it belongs to.  The dotfile essentially contains an `ls -la` so that the attributes are captured.  Set the owner as root to keep mischief to a minimum.  Run this script prior to the backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On restore: The restore script would reset all dotfiles to correct ownership (again to keep out mischief), then recursively process the dotfiles in each directory, restoring your settings for each file.  Each dotfile will require 3 passes, a pass for owner-group-world, a pass for naming the owner, and a pass for naming the group.  File ops are usually not too bad so this should be very quick, baring very large directories with waaay-to-many files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On cleanup: Simple, recurse each directory removing the dotfile.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, it's an ugly hack.  If I can find a better answer soon, I'll re-edit.  Until then, it solves the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.retrospect.com/" />
  <row Id="11933" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6801" RevisionGUID="549399db-b690-4301-8adf-37532746cb94" CreationDate="2009-05-10T16:47:33.483" UserId="1561" Comment="added 88 characters in body" Text="So it sounds like your real issue is you want to preserve owner and group settings, yet have the data migrated to a system that wants to map the settings to its own.  You also want to keep the minimal-data-transfer setup that you get with rsync, but getting from &quot;here&quot; to &quot;there&quot; may take more time and effort than what you want to invest in.  Tar would solve this problem but it takes the entire image of each file instead of the deltas.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To summarize: You want something that makes deltas of changed data, but preserves the attributes like tar, ignoring the destination system's mappings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Commercial Solution***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first (and probably not viable) option is to see if there is a backup client for the system you are using in Windows.  For instance, [Retrospect][1] includes OS X and Linux clients that allow a Windows machine to back up the files with attributes attached.  My work has used this arrangement for a couple of years, and with the exception of some I/O spikes client-side, it has worked as advertised.  See if there is a client you can install on the Linux box that would allow you to &quot;bridge the gap&quot; between the two, and you won't have to worry about this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Open-Source Solution***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's something completely crazy: start a Samba server on the Linux side, put out a share for administrative use (hidden, set up for admins only, etc), map the share or use a UNC path on the Windows backup server, and then do a backup from the share.  Yeah, your SIDs won't match, etc. (because there is no mapping between AD&lt;-&gt;passwd) but that won't matter because *Samba will do the translation for you*, both during backup and restore.  The downside is that you'll want to make regular backups of the Samba .tdb files to ensure you don't loose any settings, along with your user maps in /etc/passwd, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Homegrown Solution***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One solution would be to separate the metadata (ownership attributes) from the data, and transmit both to the server.  Do to this, store the settings in a separate dot file, then transmit the dot file along with the contents.  This would allow you to use rsync (if you so choose) while keeping the settings.  As an added bonus, rsync will apply the same delta-transfer mechanism to the dotfile as well.  During a restore, you would reverse the process by extracting the settings from your dot file and applying them to the directory contents.  This is time-consuming, and wastes some disk space, yet it's *simple* (you have visibility of what is happening) and *durable* (it's just text files, so it's easily fixed), and simplicity sometimes is the easiest way, even if it seems &quot;brute forced&quot;.  **I would choose this as your last option.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You would only need three scripts - one to regenerate the dotfiles in each directory for the settings, one to restore them, and one to clean out dotfiles when they are not wanted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On generate/create: Store a dotfile in each directory that it belongs to.  The dotfile essentially contains an `ls -la` so that the attributes are captured.  Set the owner as root to keep mischief to a minimum.  Run this script prior to the backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On restore: The restore script would reset all dotfiles to correct ownership (again to keep out mischief), then recursively process the dotfiles in each directory, restoring your settings for each file.  Each dotfile will require 3 passes, a pass for owner-group-world, a pass for naming the owner, and a pass for naming the group.  File ops are usually not too bad so this should be very quick, baring very large directories with waaay-to-many files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On cleanup: Simple, recurse each directory removing the dotfile.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, it's an ugly hack.  If I can find a better answer soon, I'll re-edit.  Until then, it solves the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.retrospect.com/" />
  <row Id="11934" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6801" RevisionGUID="ae8e3efd-7b30-4d86-859d-c4d83275ffff" CreationDate="2009-05-10T16:55:17.453" UserId="1561" Comment="added 131 characters in body" Text="So it sounds like your real issue is you want to preserve owner and group settings, yet have the data migrated to a system that wants to map the settings to its own.  You also want to keep the minimal-data-transfer setup that you get with rsync, but getting from &quot;here&quot; to &quot;there&quot; may take more time and effort than what you want to invest in.  Tar would solve this problem but it takes the entire image of each file instead of the deltas.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To summarize: You want something that makes deltas of changed data, but preserves the attributes like tar, ignoring the destination system's user mappings (because there are no shared accounts).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Commercial Solution***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first (and probably not viable) option is to see if there is a backup client for the system you are using in Windows.  For instance, [Retrospect][1] includes OS X and Linux clients that allow a Windows machine to back up the files with attributes attached.  My work has used this arrangement for a couple of years, and with the exception of some I/O spikes client-side, it has worked as advertised.  See if there is a client you can install on the Linux box that would allow you to &quot;bridge the gap&quot; between the two, and you won't have to worry about this.  Note: *I noticed you didn't post what kind of backup solution you're using, which means if you're using native Windows Backup (ick) you're out of luck.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Open-Source Solution***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's something completely crazy: start a Samba server on the Linux side, put out a share for administrative use (hidden, set up for admins only, etc), map the share or use a UNC path on the Windows backup server, and then do a backup from the share.  Yeah, your SIDs won't match, etc. (because there is no mapping between AD&lt;-&gt;passwd) but that won't matter because *Samba will do the translation for you*, both during backup and restore.  The downside is that you'll want to make regular backups of the Samba .tdb files to ensure you don't loose any settings, along with your user maps in /etc/passwd, etc.  You'll also want to set up this share *very carefully*, as the wrong settings will cause the files to re-map to different values.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Homegrown Solution***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One solution would be to separate the metadata (ownership attributes) from the data, and transmit both to the server.  Do to this, store the settings in a separate dot file, then transmit the dot file along with the contents.  This would allow you to use rsync (if you so choose) while keeping the settings.  As an added bonus, rsync will apply the same delta-transfer mechanism to the dotfile as well.  During a restore, you would reverse the process by extracting the settings from your dot file and applying them to the directory contents.  This is time-consuming, and wastes some disk space, yet it's *simple* (you have visibility of what is happening) and *durable* (it's just text files, so it's easily fixed), and simplicity sometimes is the easiest way, even if it seems &quot;brute forced&quot;.  **I would choose this as your last option.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You would only need three scripts - one to regenerate the dotfiles in each directory for the settings, one to restore them, and one to clean out dotfiles when they are not wanted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On generate/create: Store a dotfile in each directory that it belongs to.  The dotfile essentially contains an `ls -la` so that the attributes are captured.  Set the owner as root to keep mischief to a minimum.  Run this script prior to the backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On restore: The restore script would reset all dotfiles to correct ownership (again to keep out mischief), then recursively process the dotfiles in each directory, restoring your settings for each file.  Each dotfile will require 3 passes, a pass for owner-group-world, a pass for naming the owner, and a pass for naming the group.  File ops are usually not too bad so this should be very quick, baring very large directories with waaay-to-many files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On cleanup: Simple, recurse each directory removing the dotfile.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, it's an ugly hack.  If I can find a better answer soon, I'll re-edit.  Until then, it solves the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.retrospect.com/" />
  <row Id="11935" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6801" RevisionGUID="aa479fa2-9610-45a8-9a32-a67490cfb32a" CreationDate="2009-05-10T17:03:58.377" UserId="1561" Comment="added 201 characters in body" Text="So it sounds like your real issue is you want to preserve owner and group settings, yet have the data migrated to a system that wants to map the settings to its own.  You also want to keep the minimal-data-transfer setup that you get with rsync, but getting from &quot;here&quot; to &quot;there&quot; may take more time and effort than what you want to invest in.  Tar would solve this problem but it takes the entire image of each file instead of the deltas.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To summarize: You want something that makes deltas of changed data, but preserves the attributes like tar, ignoring the destination system's user mappings (because there are no shared accounts).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Commercial Solution***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first (and probably not viable) option is to see if there is a backup client for the system you are using in Windows.  For instance, [Retrospect][1] includes OS X and Linux clients that allow a Windows machine to back up the files with attributes attached.  My work has used this arrangement for a couple of years, and with the exception of some I/O spikes client-side, it has worked as advertised.  See if there is a client you can install on the Linux box that would allow you to &quot;bridge the gap&quot; between the two, and you won't have to worry about this.  Note: *I noticed you didn't post what kind of backup solution you're using, which means if you're using native Windows Backup (ick) you're out of luck.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Open-Source Solution***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's something completely crazy: start a Samba server on the Linux side, put out a share for administrative use (hidden, set up for admins only, etc), map the share or use a UNC path on the Windows backup server, and then do a backup from the share.  Yeah, your SIDs won't match, etc. (because there is no mapping between AD&lt;-&gt;passwd) but that won't matter because *Samba will do the translation for you*, both during backup and restore.  The downside is that you'll want to make regular backups of the Samba .tdb files to ensure you don't loose any settings, along with your user maps in /etc/passwd, etc.  You'll also want to set up this share *very carefully*, as the wrong settings will cause the files to re-map to different values.  The concept here is that we are turning Samba into a crude approximation of a &quot;backup client&quot; that can be accessed in a manner that is consistent with Windows.  It also assumes that your backup software will take care of any delta/compression features you want...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unlike the commercial solution, this has the added benefit of being able to work with the built-in Windows Backup, as the share appears to be just another Windows server UNC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The second solution has already been mentioned by @Brent, and is worth looking into.  This would be several steps up from the method I gave.  Rather than plagerize his post, go and read it instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Homegrown Solution***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One solution would be to separate the metadata (ownership attributes) from the data, and transmit both to the server.  Do to this, store the settings in a separate dot file, then transmit the dot file along with the contents.  This would allow you to use rsync (if you so choose) while keeping the settings.  As an added bonus, rsync will apply the same delta-transfer mechanism to the dotfile as well.  During a restore, you would reverse the process by extracting the settings from your dot file and applying them to the directory contents.  This is time-consuming, and wastes some disk space, yet it's *simple* (you have visibility of what is happening) and *durable* (it's just text files, so it's easily fixed), and simplicity sometimes is the easiest way, even if it seems &quot;brute forced&quot;.  **I would choose this as your last option.**  Not only will you have race conditions (if you attempt to start the backup while the script is running, will the dotfiles be updated in time before they are backed up?) but you also need to craft everything by hand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You would only need three scripts - one to regenerate the dotfiles in each directory for the settings, one to restore them, and one to clean out dotfiles when they are not wanted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On generate/create: Store a dotfile in each directory that the dotfile belongs to.  The dotfile essentially contains an `ls -la` so that the attributes are captured.  Set the owner of the dotfile as root to keep mischief to a minimum.  After processing that directory, have it go back and extract each directory from the dotfile (a simple grep will suffice) and then recursively go into each subdirectory by having the script call itself.  When completed, the entire branch of the directory you started in will have all of the dotfiles in place for each directory.  Run this script prior to the backup to &quot;regenerate&quot; and &quot;refresh&quot; your settings, or if possible, run it sequentially in-line with the backup script itself, to ensure that it completes before the backup starts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On restore: The restore script would reset all dotfiles to correct ownership (again to keep out mischief), then recursively process the dotfiles in each directory, restoring your settings for each file.  Each dotfile will require 3 passes, a pass for owner-group-world, a pass for naming the owner, and a pass for naming the group.  File ops are usually not too bad so this should be very quick, baring very large directories with waaay-to-many files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On cleanup: Simple, recurse each directory removing the dotfile.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, it's an ugly hack.  If I can find a better answer soon, I'll re-edit.  Until then, it solves the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.retrospect.com/" />
  <row Id="11936" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6803" RevisionGUID="3da1a6b6-1b17-4f62-8867-76bcd8b454ad" CreationDate="2009-05-10T17:10:58.197" UserId="1583" Text="I'm going to post this answer and accept it because Generic Error's answer got me most of the way there but this was the step that &quot;made things work&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1.  Open your MVC application in Visual Studio 2008&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. Configure Visual Studio 2008 to deploy the MVC dll&#xD;&#xA;    - Click &quot;Show All Files&quot; in Solution Explorer&#xD;&#xA;    - Expand the References folder&#xD;&#xA;    - Click System.Web.Mvc reference&#xD;&#xA;    - In the property windows, select True in the &quot;Copy Local&quot; property&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. Publish the application via Visual Studio 2008&#xD;&#xA;    - Click Build -&gt; Publish to publish your application to a server using FTP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is taken from the DiscountASP KB but I'm sure it applies to most sites. The end result was it placing the System.Web.MVC DLL in my bin folder but I like the fact it's a built in part of Visual Studio and not something I have to remember to do for each site.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11937" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6801" RevisionGUID="56315af4-b11c-4c28-b92f-9ba6402f46b2" CreationDate="2009-05-10T17:12:49.007" UserId="1561" Comment="added 141 characters in body" Text="So it sounds like your real issue is you want to preserve owner and group settings, yet have the data migrated to a system that wants to map the settings to its own.  You also want to keep the minimal-data-transfer setup that you get with rsync, but getting from &quot;here&quot; to &quot;there&quot; may take more time and effort than what you want to invest in.  Tar would solve this problem but it takes the entire image of each file instead of the deltas.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To summarize: You want something that makes deltas of changed data, but preserves the attributes like tar, ignoring the destination system's user mappings (because there are no shared accounts).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Commercial Solution***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first (and probably not viable) option is to see if there is a backup client for the system you are using in Windows.  For instance, [Retrospect][1] includes OS X and Linux clients that allow a Windows machine to back up the files with attributes attached.  My work has used this arrangement for a couple of years, and with the exception of some I/O spikes client-side, it has worked as advertised.  See if there is a client you can install on the Linux box that would allow you to &quot;bridge the gap&quot; between the two, and you won't have to worry about this.  Note: *I noticed you didn't post what kind of backup solution you're using, which means if you're using native Windows Backup (ick) you're out of luck.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Open-Source Solution***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's something completely crazy: start a Samba server on the Linux side, put out a share for administrative use (hidden, set up for admins only, etc), map the share or use a UNC path on the Windows backup server, and then do a backup from the share.  Yeah, your SIDs won't match, etc. (because there is no mapping between AD&lt;-&gt;passwd) but that won't matter because *Samba will do the translation for you*, both during backup and restore.  The downside is that you'll want to make regular backups of the Samba .tdb files to ensure you don't loose any settings, along with your user maps in /etc/passwd, etc.  You'll also want to set up this share *very carefully*, as the wrong settings will cause the files to re-map to different values.  The concept here is that we are turning Samba into a crude approximation of a &quot;backup client&quot; that can be accessed in a manner that is consistent with Windows.  It also assumes that your backup software will take care of any delta/compression features you want...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unlike the commercial solution, this has the added benefit of being able to work with the built-in Windows Backup, as the share appears to be just another Windows server UNC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The second solution has already been mentioned by @Brent, and is worth looking into.  This would be several steps up from the method I gave.  Rather than plagiarize his post, [go and read it][2] instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Homegrown Solution***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One solution would be to separate the metadata (ownership attributes) from the data, and transmit both to the server.  Do to this, store the settings in a separate dot file, then transmit the dot file along with the contents.  This would allow you to use rsync (if you so choose) while keeping the settings.  As an added bonus, rsync will apply the same delta-transfer mechanism to the dotfile as well.  During a restore, you would reverse the process by extracting the settings from your dot file and applying them to the directory contents.  This is time-consuming, and wastes some disk space, yet it's *simple* (you have visibility of what is happening) and *durable* (it's just text files, so it's easily fixed), and simplicity sometimes is the easiest way, even if it seems &quot;brute forced&quot;.  **I would choose this as your last option.**  Not only will you have race conditions (if you attempt to start the backup while the script is running, will the dotfiles be updated in time before they are backed up?) but you also need to craft everything by hand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You would only need three scripts - one to regenerate the dotfiles in each directory for the settings, one to restore them, and one to clean out dotfiles when they are not wanted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On generate/create: Store a dotfile in each directory that the dotfile belongs to.  The dotfile essentially contains an `ls -la` so that the attributes are captured.  Set the owner of the dotfile as root to keep mischief to a minimum.  After processing that directory, have it go back and extract each directory from the dotfile (a simple grep will suffice) and then recursively go into each subdirectory by having the script call itself.  When completed, the entire branch of the directory you started in will have all of the dotfiles in place for each directory.  Run this script prior to the backup to &quot;regenerate&quot; and &quot;refresh&quot; your settings, or if possible, run it sequentially in-line with the backup script itself, to ensure that it completes before the backup starts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On restore: The restore script would reset all dotfiles to correct ownership (again to keep out mischief), then recursively process the dotfiles in each directory, restoring your settings for each file.  Each dotfile will require 3 passes, a pass for owner-group-world, a pass for naming the owner, and a pass for naming the group.  File ops are usually not too bad so this should be very quick, baring very large directories with waaay-to-many files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On cleanup: Simple, recurse each directory removing the dotfile.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, it's an ugly hack.  If I can find a better answer soon, I'll re-edit.  Until then, it solves the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.retrospect.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6763/backup-linux-server-onto-windows-server-or-dpm-server-owner-and-rights-in-ntfs/6792#6792" />
  <row Id="11938" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6804" RevisionGUID="bb02d212-7f45-4928-bf7e-18c2b6c0eb41" CreationDate="2009-05-10T17:27:59.213" UserId="2376" Text="&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does this program atomically run if so when and how often ?&#xD;&#xA;Is it atomically updated ? &#xD;&#xA;How do you disable it ?&#xD;&#xA;How can you tell if it is running?&#xD;&#xA;What versions of windows is it installed on ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11939" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6804" RevisionGUID="bb02d212-7f45-4928-bf7e-18c2b6c0eb41" CreationDate="2009-05-10T17:27:59.213" UserId="2376" Text="Some questions about the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool -MRT" />
  <row Id="11940" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6804" RevisionGUID="bb02d212-7f45-4928-bf7e-18c2b6c0eb41" CreationDate="2009-05-10T17:27:59.213" UserId="2376" Text="&lt;mrt&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;anti-virus&gt;" />
  <row Id="11941" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6805" RevisionGUID="f6c51f29-ba1d-44ba-a302-0d99adb6d618" CreationDate="2009-05-10T17:34:54.460" UserId="1561" Text="My work revolves around something that is, ah, not as critical...so security isn't as tight as &quot;[Iron Mountain][1]&quot; or somesuch.  However...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The server room is on the second floor of a building that uses 6&quot; concrete slab walls.  The initial entry point outside requires a key (and getting past front-counter employees).  The second entry point requires a *different* key.  The third entry point requires a *third* key, and the door employs wire-mesh glass to prevent casual attacks, although I guess someone with a chainsaw, blowtorch, or other noisy/obtrusive/obvious means of attack would get through.  The entire facility is covered with cameras running on DVRs that record movement 24/7, and the DVRs themselves are secured in a similar manner.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Backups are stored in the server room in a media-rated fire safe insert, which is then placed inside an additional fire safe.  Offsite backups are taken directly by the IT Manager, who lives in an alarmed house (and I'm sure has an on-site safe as well).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*No, I did not design the physical security, nor do I determine the policy on physical security.  The place sells boxes of cabbage and oranges and whatnot, so it's not like we're in the business of handling military or state secrets...*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ironmountain.com/services/" />
  <row Id="11942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6806" RevisionGUID="29555e72-3919-4f90-9bd3-170901e56d03" CreationDate="2009-05-10T17:37:01.570" UserId="887" Text="It only runs after the Windows updates are receieved, right after it is updated I believe; you can always run it manually if you want. Any system that has automatic updates enabled has it." />
  <row Id="11943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6807" RevisionGUID="62c0f76b-6071-44f5-8789-1b162e8462a7" CreationDate="2009-05-10T17:38:01.493" UserId="1561" Text=" - Does this program atomically run if&#xD;&#xA;   so when and how often ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not normally, no. (EDIT: @sqlACID points out it runs after update, thanks.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Is it atomically updated ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you use Windows update, yes.  It will show up monthly as a download.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How do you disable it ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't run it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How can you tell if it is running?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will show an active window in the foreground.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What versions of windows is it&#xD;&#xA;   installed on ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows XP on up." />
  <row Id="11944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6808" RevisionGUID="5fa56126-ca0d-45bb-b498-3f152c649ee6" CreationDate="2009-05-10T17:38:53.423" UserId="2252" Text="I have a working Windows Server 2003 (Small Business Edition) and I'd like to create a virtual machine of this installation. I'm planning to use MS Virtual Server. How can I get this done?" />
  <row Id="11945" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6808" RevisionGUID="5fa56126-ca0d-45bb-b498-3f152c649ee6" CreationDate="2009-05-10T17:38:53.423" UserId="2252" Text="How can I create a Virtual Harddrive off an existing installation?" />
  <row Id="11946" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6808" RevisionGUID="5fa56126-ca0d-45bb-b498-3f152c649ee6" CreationDate="2009-05-10T17:38:53.423" UserId="2252" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;virtualpc&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="11947" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6809" RevisionGUID="ab2e151c-c771-45ed-b91e-aa47265e9e82" CreationDate="2009-05-10T17:46:04.257" UserId="48" Text="The [Virtual Server 2005 Migration Toolkit][1] should allow you to do this. It is designed to assist in moving from a physical to a virtual machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualserver/bb676674.aspx" />
  <row Id="11948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6810" RevisionGUID="0c34490c-740a-4e35-b6ca-8f848b55133a" CreationDate="2009-05-10T17:49:23.033" UserId="45" Text="Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool is a free tool for Windows XP and Vista (and probably Windows 7) which scans computers and removes specific malicious software from It is automatically updated on the second tuesday of every month via Windows Update. You can find it in the in the '`C:\Windows\System32`' folder, its name is `mrt.exe`. If you don't find this file there, it means that it is not installed on your Computer. But you can download it from the Microsoft Download Center.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After the installation or update, it **automatically runs in the background** and removes viruses if there are any creating the report file mrt.log in the `'C:\Windows\Debug'` folder. You can run it &quot;manually&quot; in interactive mode too, typing mrt.exe in the &quot;Run Window&quot; (or search field of Windows Vista.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some switches for running the mrt.exe manually:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - `/Q` or `/quiet` - *runs the tool in quiet mode. This option suppresses the user interface completely*&#xD;&#xA; - `/N` - *runs in detect-only mode. In this mode, any detected malicious software will be reported but it will not be removed*&#xD;&#xA; - `/F` - *performs a full scan of the computer without removing any infections that are found*&#xD;&#xA; - `/F:Y` - *performs a full scan of the computer and automatically cleans all the found infections*&#xD;&#xA; - `/?` or `/help` - displays usage information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The tool is not a replacement for a “real” antivirus program, because its virus list is limited and updated only once a month. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11949" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6810" RevisionGUID="88fa7df1-05f8-4919-ab49-209fe2cdc827" CreationDate="2009-05-10T17:55:33.850" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 3 characters in body" Text="Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool is a **free tool for Windows XP and Vista** (and probably Windows 7) which scans computers and removes specific malicious software.  It is automatically updated on the second tuesday of every month via Windows Update. You can find it in the in the '`C:\Windows\System32`' folder, its name is `mrt.exe`. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't find this file there, it's a sign that it is not installed on your computer. But you can download it from the Microsoft Download Center. There is a 32bit and 64bit version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After the installation or update, it **automatically runs in the background** and removes viruses if there are any creating the report file mrt.log in the `'C:\Windows\Debug'` folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can tell if it runs, searching the **Windows Task Manager for &quot;mrt.exe&quot;**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can run it &quot;manually&quot; in interactive mode too, typing mrt.exe in the &quot;Run Window&quot; (or search field of Windows Vista - Vista will UAC-prompt you.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some switches for running the mrt.exe manually:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - `/Q` or `/quiet` - *runs the tool in quiet mode. This option suppresses the user interface completely*&#xD;&#xA; - `/N` - *runs in detect-only mode. In this mode, any detected malicious software will be reported but it will not be removed*&#xD;&#xA; - `/F` - *performs a full scan of the computer without removing any infections that are found*&#xD;&#xA; - `/F:Y` - *performs a full scan of the computer and automatically cleans all the found infections*&#xD;&#xA; - `/?` or `/help` - displays usage information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The tool is not a replacement for a “real” antivirus program, because its virus list is limited and updated only once a month. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6811" RevisionGUID="665e037d-52b8-475c-8070-d2881ada3f36" CreationDate="2009-05-10T17:57:31.180" UserId="1815" Text="How to minimize memory usage on LAMP?" />
  <row Id="11951" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6811" RevisionGUID="665e037d-52b8-475c-8070-d2881ada3f36" CreationDate="2009-05-10T17:57:31.180" UserId="1815" Text="How to minimize memory usage on LAMP?" />
  <row Id="11952" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6811" RevisionGUID="665e037d-52b8-475c-8070-d2881ada3f36" CreationDate="2009-05-10T17:57:31.180" UserId="1815" Text="&lt;memory&gt;&lt;optimization&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;lamp&gt;" />
  <row Id="11953" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6812" RevisionGUID="92d183b1-5da0-4fae-87e7-e62b24fe7312" CreationDate="2009-05-10T18:06:10.183" UserId="2378" Text="These won't be entirely new to you, since you follow afp548.com and macenterprise.org, but Nigel Kersten, currently at Google, publishes very useful tips here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://explanatorygap.net][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Greg Neagle, currently of Disney, has maintained an excellent blog here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://managingosx.wordpress.com][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And an old favourite, [Mac OS X Hints][3], busy and eclectic as it is, is quite often useful for Mac OS X Server. The sites you've already mentioned provide an excellent start - we're lucky that, with Mac OS X Server, we have a community of experts willing to fill in the gaps in the documentation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://explanatorygap.net&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://managingosx.wordpress.com&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://macosxhints.com" />
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  <row Id="11958" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6814" RevisionGUID="bfc0dfed-6f19-4633-aed0-2d871f056890" CreationDate="2009-05-10T18:29:25.807" UserId="2376" Text="Why does windows - vista have two programs to remove virus &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Windows defender** and **Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal** Tool (MRT)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11959" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6814" RevisionGUID="bfc0dfed-6f19-4633-aed0-2d871f056890" CreationDate="2009-05-10T18:29:25.807" UserId="2376" Text="What is the difference between windows defender and Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool" />
  <row Id="11960" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6814" RevisionGUID="bfc0dfed-6f19-4633-aed0-2d871f056890" CreationDate="2009-05-10T18:29:25.807" UserId="2376" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-defender&gt;&lt;mrt&gt;&lt;antivirus&gt;" />
  <row Id="11961" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6815" RevisionGUID="9abdcad2-aa9b-438f-a622-04557f3b7ba9" CreationDate="2009-05-10T18:30:43.107" UserId="2379" Text="Commercially pressed dvd's are much less fragile - scratches can be buffed out, as the data is pressed into the media in a totally different way than recordable media.  Expect them to be readable long after any self burned media has become unusable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you burned the discs yourself - then make sure you don't use RW formats.  If you did, then you should reburn onto a write once format for longer term storage.  RW dye 'fades' over time - and in my opinion should never be used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have seen dvd players that cause lots of scratching - so if you are finding scratched discs you might want to take a look at your players - they are usually cheap to replace.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We store in binders with plastic sleeves - we find these simple to store large volumes, and are easy to keep organized. Typical office climate is absolutely fine." />
  <row Id="11963" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6816" RevisionGUID="fa7b639c-22e4-4bd8-81c7-60df28b4c241" CreationDate="2009-05-10T18:32:34.647" UserId="1561" Text="Windows Defender is an &quot;active&quot; running program.  It is designed to detect and block entry of malicious programs *before* you have a security issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Malicious Software Removal Tool is designed to run *after the fact*.  If your system is breached, you'll run this instead." />
  <row Id="11964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6817" RevisionGUID="ffe2db2b-09c8-47c5-ab34-3aa1167ffc45" CreationDate="2009-05-10T18:34:44.783" UserId="45" Text="[**Windows Defender**][1] runs in the background as real-time protection, looking for suspicious activities on your computer in order to prevent a break-out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows Defender is software that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; helps protect your computer against&#xD;&#xA;&gt; pop-ups, slow performance, and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; security threats caused by spyware and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; other unwanted software by detecting&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and removing known spyware from your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; computer. Windows Defender features&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Real-Time Protection, a monitoring&#xD;&#xA;&gt; system that recommends actions against&#xD;&#xA;&gt; spyware when it's detected, minimizes&#xD;&#xA;&gt; interruptions, and helps you stay&#xD;&#xA;&gt; productive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Main features:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Spyware detection and removal&#xD;&#xA;- Improved Internet browsing safety&#xD;&#xA;- Protection against the latest threats (MS researchers and a voluntary, worldwide network gather information ybout security threads&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use the [**Malicious Software Removal Tool**][2] (mrt.exe) to scan for malicous software which is already on your computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The Microsoft Windows Malicious&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Software Removal Tool checks computers&#xD;&#xA;&gt; running Windows Vista, Windows XP,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for infections by specific, prevalent&#xD;&#xA;&gt; malicious software—including Blaster,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Sasser, and Mydoom—and helps remove&#xD;&#xA;&gt; any infection found. When the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; detection and removal process is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; complete, the tool displays a report&#xD;&#xA;&gt; describing the outcome, including&#xD;&#xA;&gt; which, if any, malicious software was&#xD;&#xA;&gt; detected and removed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="11966" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6818" RevisionGUID="0c63624b-8887-4778-adeb-c86b4cb63672" CreationDate="2009-05-10T18:40:08.160" UserId="2372" Text="I'm looking at using Bitlocker on a new laptop.  I have been using Acronis for full image backups; it would take me way too much time to reinstall and configure from scratch in the event of a stolen laptop.   I would like to do periodic full system backups with daily incremental backups.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   Acronis True Image treats Bitlocker images as black boxes; a backup is equal in size to the entire hard drive volume.  An incremental backup of a Bitlocker image results again in a backup equal to the size of the entire hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   Vista's &quot;Complete PC Backup and Restore&quot; is a bit clumsy in that it is difficult to restore the system to new hardware for the case of a lost / stolen laptop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   Does Windows 7 support Bitlocker using Complete PC Backup and Restore, and restore to replacement hardware?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   How can incremental backups be performed with Bitlocker?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11967" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6818" RevisionGUID="0c63624b-8887-4778-adeb-c86b4cb63672" CreationDate="2009-05-10T18:40:08.160" UserId="2372" Text="What backup strategies to use with Bitlocker? " />
  <row Id="11968" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6818" RevisionGUID="0c63624b-8887-4778-adeb-c86b4cb63672" CreationDate="2009-05-10T18:40:08.160" UserId="2372" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;bitlocker&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="11969" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6819" RevisionGUID="5deac878-025f-4e14-8a18-dde78eba7c17" CreationDate="2009-05-10T18:42:37.987" UserId="2378" Text="Looks like you can use GUI scripting. (I'd have expected to be able to make new tabs, since Terminal's dictionary knows tabs as elements of windows. Apparently broken, though.) As with Chealion's answer, access for assistive devices must be turned on but Apple provides a script that allows you to check that it's on here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.apple.com/applescript/uiscripting/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Matthew Lambie provides an example of using AppleScript's GUI scripting to create tabs in Terminal.app here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://lambie.org/2007/11/03/tabs-in-terminal-using-applescript-on-leopard/][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apple.com/applescript/uiscripting/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://lambie.org/2007/11/03/tabs-in-terminal-using-applescript-on-leopard/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This answer would have been better as a comment to Chealion's answer but I don't have the rep to make comments yet." />
  <row Id="11970" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6820" RevisionGUID="79fcd8c9-d079-42dd-bf37-832f1f2084f2" CreationDate="2009-05-10T18:46:21.443" UserId="1561" Text="You'd be surprised at how many times RAM will become ever-so-slightly unseated.  Power off the unit, open it up, and reseat the RAM.  If the issue continues, you can at least rule that out, and if it doesn't, it's fixed. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for testing the ram, @Greg Work [has a good suggestion][1], although keep in mind that the test can occasionally fail to detect bad RAM; but overall, it's just Good Enough(tm).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6686/does-pfnlistcorrupt-error-always-indicate-bad-ram/6777#6777" />
  <row Id="11972" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6822" RevisionGUID="55cebf2a-9e8c-44db-9d65-da7663d34a5a" CreationDate="2009-05-10T18:48:42.780" UserId="2376" Text="System Configuration&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    msconfig&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is very useful to see what runs at startup&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="11973" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6822" RevisionGUID="55cebf2a-9e8c-44db-9d65-da7663d34a5a" CreationDate="2009-05-10T18:48:42.780" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11974" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6265" RevisionGUID="fb1e2e13-ac36-4494-b981-e39c1a4c1d72" CreationDate="2009-05-10T18:49:32.513" UserId="1218" Comment="added 149 characters in body" Text="I know it's not exactly what you ask for but with [NagVis][1] you could easy create PowerPoint like network maps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another way would be to set the parent of each host correctly. Afterwards the automatic status map should be ok.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you use Linux you could try [Nagios 2D Status Map Editor][2] too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nagvis.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.monitoringexchange.org/cgi-bin/page.cgi?g=2101.html;d=1" />
  <row Id="11975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6823" RevisionGUID="24f8a716-3d15-4a4d-a0b5-3ebb733ac0bc" CreationDate="2009-05-10T18:55:35.763" UserId="1561" Text="I didn't have the luxury of either/or.  I had to start out doing *both at once*.  Compound this with migrating a legacy of older 68k-based Macs to newer HP desktops, AND attempting to modernize industrial production (cutlist optimization) AND setting up internet access AND email AND learning a new language (Delphi) AND handle data issues AND learning Linux AND learning Windws NT 4 AND the basics of TCP/IP networking.... blah blah blah....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You get the idea.  Baptism by fire, and sometimes, brimstone served up on the side.  1997 was not the same as 2007, and many &quot;newcomers&quot; to admin work might not appreciate the difference.  You couldn't just &quot;google it&quot;, Google was still a startup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You quickly learn things under that kind of pressure, like how (un)important your work is to others.  To them, you're a necessary evil.  To you, you know in your heart the place will go to hell in a handbasket if you don't keep it running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I left, it was because I was burnt out and the owner had zero appreciation for the hard work I did.  Clocking 24 straight work hours without food, rest, or compensation is ludicrous.  Being expected to stay another 12 hours on top of that without food, rest, or compensation was pushing the limits of my physical endurance.  Let's see, 36 hours in two days, and he can't wonder why I want a single day off after all that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That was 10 years ago.  Needless to say, my new employer is much more reasonable.  I still do both SysAdmin *and* programming work, although it tends to be much easier.  Probably because *everything isn't on fire* and *there's more than one person to work on an issue*." />
  <row Id="11976" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6823" RevisionGUID="24f8a716-3d15-4a4d-a0b5-3ebb733ac0bc" CreationDate="2009-05-10T18:55:35.763" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="11977" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6824" RevisionGUID="fec012ef-6c33-4a30-b78f-2670c08816be" CreationDate="2009-05-10T19:00:49.203" UserId="201" Text="I have Apache configure with several IP addresses:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Listen 111.111.111.111:80&#xD;&#xA;    Listen 111.111.111.111:443&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Listen 222.222.222.222:80&#xD;&#xA;    Listen 222.222.222.222:443&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Listen 333.333.333.333:80&#xD;&#xA;    Listen 333.333.333.333:443&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(IPs are fake)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have several VirtualHosts, one of which is a wildcard subdomain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            ServerName *.example1.com&#xD;&#xA;            DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/example1-wc/docs&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            ServerName www.example1.com&#xD;&#xA;            DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/example1/docs&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            ServerName www.example2.com&#xD;&#xA;            DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/example2/docs&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This works fine. Requests to www.example1.com are served under the example1 docroot, requests for example.example1.com are served under the example1-wc docroot and www.example2.com for example2 docroot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can change www.example2.com to use a specific IP without any problems however if I change the wildcard vhost *.example1.com to a specific IP:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost 111.111.111.111:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            ServerName *.example1.com&#xD;&#xA;            DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/example1-wc/docs&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then requests to www.example1.com create an infinite redirect loop on itself. This happens regardless of whether I use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost 222.222.222.222:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            ServerName www.example1.com&#xD;&#xA;            DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/example1/docs&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            ServerName www.example1.com&#xD;&#xA;            DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/example1/docs&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why is this happening and how can I get each virtualhost on its own IP?" />
  <row Id="11978" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6824" RevisionGUID="fec012ef-6c33-4a30-b78f-2670c08816be" CreationDate="2009-05-10T19:00:49.203" UserId="201" Text="Why does creating Apache wildcard subdomain and IP create an infinite redirect?" />
  <row Id="11979" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6824" RevisionGUID="fec012ef-6c33-4a30-b78f-2670c08816be" CreationDate="2009-05-10T19:00:49.203" UserId="201" Text="&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="11980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6825" RevisionGUID="907a956c-2711-453d-801e-71330778cd0b" CreationDate="2009-05-10T19:03:19.997" UserId="2367" Text="It is definitively not &quot;open source&quot;, but maybe still good enough and has an API:&#xD;&#xA;Imagex / WIM files from the Windows Vista AIK toolkit. With that free download you get Windows PE and the imagex command line tool. It will make a file based image of your ntfs drive into a WIM-file which is single instance, compressed and stores everything you need (ACLs, owner, streams) and only skips pagefile if you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's very easy to use, e.g. over a mounted network share!" />
  <row Id="11981" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6817" RevisionGUID="2ade8980-19df-4077-beea-8a0469d78996" CreationDate="2009-05-10T19:07:58.880" UserId="45" Comment="added 15 characters in body" Text="[**Windows Defender**][1] runs in the background as real-time protection, looking for suspicious activities on your computer in order to **prevent** a break-out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows Defender is software that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; helps protect your computer against&#xD;&#xA;&gt; pop-ups, slow performance, and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; security threats caused by spyware and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; other unwanted software by detecting&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and removing known spyware from your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; computer. Windows Defender features&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Real-Time Protection, a monitoring&#xD;&#xA;&gt; system that recommends actions against&#xD;&#xA;&gt; spyware when it's detected, minimizes&#xD;&#xA;&gt; interruptions, and helps you stay&#xD;&#xA;&gt; productive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Main features:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Spyware detection and removal&#xD;&#xA;- Improved Internet browsing safety&#xD;&#xA;- Protection against the latest threats (MS researchers and a voluntary, worldwide network gather information ybout security threads&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use the [**Malicious Software Removal Tool**][2] (mrt.exe) to scan for malicous software which has **already infected** your computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The Microsoft Windows Malicious&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Software Removal Tool checks computers&#xD;&#xA;&gt; running Windows Vista, Windows XP,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for infections by specific, prevalent&#xD;&#xA;&gt; malicious software—including Blaster,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Sasser, and Mydoom—and helps remove&#xD;&#xA;&gt; any infection found. When the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; detection and removal process is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; complete, the tool displays a report&#xD;&#xA;&gt; describing the outcome, including&#xD;&#xA;&gt; which, if any, malicious software was&#xD;&#xA;&gt; detected and removed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="11982" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6826" RevisionGUID="3843e9c4-642d-43cb-8c42-76c8789744d1" CreationDate="2009-05-10T19:12:31.523" UserId="2367" Text="I currently use this simple batch-file to deploy an image to our workstations:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ECHO HALLO&#xD;&#xA;    y:&#xD;&#xA;    cd \&#xD;&#xA;    diskpart /s diskpartcmds.txt&#xD;&#xA;    imagex.exe /apply y:\image.wim 1 c:&#xD;&#xA;    bootsect /nt52 c:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Y: is a mounted network share, dispkatcmds.txt is &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    select disk 0&#xD;&#xA;    clean&#xD;&#xA;    create partition primary&#xD;&#xA;    select partition 1&#xD;&#xA;    active&#xD;&#xA;    format quick&#xD;&#xA;    assign letter=c&#xD;&#xA;    exit&#xD;&#xA;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This works absolutely well, it runs in a console window after WinPE booted via PXE and shows progress. I would only like to have a nice GUI that is shown instead of the console while the image is deployed with a progress bar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does someone have something already? Is there a complete .NET wrapper (I can use mono installed on Y:\!) for ImageX?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately there is only one article to be found about imagex.dll&#xD;&#xA;http://www.codeproject.com/KB/vista/wimgapi.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sorry for posting such a selfish lazy question about something purely cosmetic that I would probably be able to write if I had a lot of time), but I can try and maybe someone learns from this question about imagex?" />
  <row Id="11983" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6826" RevisionGUID="3843e9c4-642d-43cb-8c42-76c8789744d1" CreationDate="2009-05-10T19:12:31.523" UserId="2367" Text="Sample code for nice GUI for imageX? (to automatically deploy WIM-files using Windows PE)" />
  <row Id="11984" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6826" RevisionGUID="3843e9c4-642d-43cb-8c42-76c8789744d1" CreationDate="2009-05-10T19:12:31.523" UserId="2367" Text="&lt;deployment&gt;&lt;image&gt;&lt;gui&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;" />
  <row Id="11985" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6827" RevisionGUID="fe900b60-02d3-4882-97ea-55fdfd365726" CreationDate="2009-05-10T19:18:59.813" UserId="2115" Text="I'm not sure if this is the root of your problem, but you should probably have the directives&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    NameVirtualHost 111.111.111.111:80&#xD;&#xA;    NameVirtualHost 222.222.222.222:80&#xD;&#xA;    NameVirtualHost 333.333.333.333:80&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the full configuration would have these directives in it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Listen 111.111.111.111:80&#xD;&#xA;    NameVirtualHost 111.111.111.111:80&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost 111.111.111.111:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        ServerName *.example1.com&#xD;&#xA;        DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/example1-wc/docs&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Listen 222.222.222.222:80&#xD;&#xA;    NameVirtualHost 222.222.222.222:80&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost 222.222.222.222:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        ServerName www.example1.com&#xD;&#xA;        DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/example1/docs&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Listen 333.333.333.333:80&#xD;&#xA;    NameVirtualHost 333.333.333.333:80&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost 333.333.333.333:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        ServerName www.example2.com&#xD;&#xA;        DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/example2/docs&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but this should not appear anywhere:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    NameVirtualHost *:80&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's some further reading, if you're interested: &lt;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/details.html&gt; (good luck making sense of it ;-)" />
  <row Id="11986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6828" RevisionGUID="8e3b1a3e-d8d4-4b8c-82b9-2ce42353b7e8" CreationDate="2009-05-10T19:24:15.547" UserId="942" Text="Just a wild guess, but have you tried putting the definition for the wildcard subdomain **after** the www.example1.com definition?" />
  <row Id="11987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6829" RevisionGUID="813371de-ad8b-4f91-903f-d191071e754b" CreationDate="2009-05-10T19:29:07.987" UserId="1561" Text="Although RAM is the constraining factor, you can probably get away with beefing it up with swap, given the very low volume of traffic you are expecting.  I've done some work with low-memory servers, but that was a long time ago.  I'll try my best to remember.  Here it goes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The trick here is to minimize the amount of resident program usage.  Each program not only takes up RAM to store code, but it also consumes other resources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - I would first look at removing any unneeded ttys from /etc/inittab, by remarking them out with a hash (`#`).  That frees up a half-meg or so.  Two consoles should be enough (the spare is there in case your shell becomes unresponsive on the other one - be sure to log both in when doing work, that way an unresponsive system won't lock you out during heavy swapping/loading, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Find every single service you *won't* be using, and configure them to *not* start on reboot (unless it is required by something else).  This would be good practice anyway for a server that is public-facing, as it also reduces your attack surface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If possible, try to migrate services to inetd/xinetd, or some other superserver, which will in turn free up memory from being used by the &quot;resident in memory&quot; model mentioned above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Given a 20Gb drive, it's highly unlikely you'll have extensive data sets to publish out via your database backend.  Look at giving your database just enough RAM to answer 2 simultaneous queries, while handling 3 simultaneous interconnects.  At a maximum of 5k hits a day, that works out to just one query every 10 seconds.  Not a huge load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If you have GDM/KDM/XDM/whatever login manager starting on startup, *turn it off*!  The secondary resources it requires will just end up clogging your swapfile, and consuming precious RAM.  Do all of your work through SSH." />
  <row Id="11988" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6830" RevisionGUID="3446b923-60db-4007-836e-da118617a7c8" CreationDate="2009-05-10T19:32:23.177" UserId="2191" Text="If you have navision, you'll also have the `NODBC` driver on the install DVD, which should enable you to query it with a SQL syntax." />
  <row Id="11989" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6829" RevisionGUID="172bd550-8fca-496d-a5bd-9ced72a9b7ff" CreationDate="2009-05-10T19:35:42.283" UserId="1561" Comment="added VNC support, webpage admin support" Text="Although RAM is the constraining factor, you can probably get away with beefing it up with swap, given the very low volume of traffic you are expecting.  I've done some work with low-memory servers, but that was a long time ago.  I'll try my best to remember.  Here it goes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The trick here is to minimize the amount of resident program usage.  Each program not only takes up RAM to store code, but it also consumes other resources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - I would first look at removing any unneeded ttys from /etc/inittab, by remarking them out with a hash (`#`).  That frees up a half-meg or so.  Two consoles should be enough (the spare is there in case your shell becomes unresponsive on the other one - be sure to log both in when doing work, that way an unresponsive system won't lock you out during heavy swapping/loading, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Find every single service you *won't* be using, and configure them to *not* start on reboot (unless it is required by something else).  This would be good practice anyway for a server that is public-facing, as it also reduces your attack surface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If possible, try to migrate services to inetd/xinetd, or some other superserver, which will in turn free up memory from being used by the &quot;resident in memory&quot; model mentioned above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Given a 20Gb drive, it's highly unlikely you'll have extensive data sets to publish out via your database backend.  Look at giving your database just enough RAM to answer 2 simultaneous queries, while handling 3 simultaneous interconnects.  At a maximum of 5k hits a day, that works out to just one query every 10 seconds.  Not a huge load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If you have GDM/KDM/XDM/whatever login manager starting on startup, *turn it off*!  The secondary resources it requires will just end up clogging your swapfile, and consuming precious RAM.  Do all of your work through SSH, or though any administrative webpages that you can get to with a browser.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If you just have to have a graphical session, look into setting up VNC as a remote desktop service.  It will only allocate memory when there is an active session.  Do *not* expose the VNC service to the outside, you will be asking for trouble." />
  <row Id="11990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6831" RevisionGUID="4cd09674-a79f-4bfa-b37e-5c49f93eec60" CreationDate="2009-05-10T19:39:03.963" UserId="1920" Text="I have been running Ghost (not the &quot;real&quot; ghost, but the PowerQuest one - Norton Ghost 14) on three of my systems for over a year now and am very happy with it. Fast, easily configurable, schedulable, has compression and encryption..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to set up something similar on our servers at work. Full system images with incrementals added every few hours to pick up changes to Perforce, stored on a rotating set of 1TB USB drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, Ghost doesn't run on Server. We have very simple servers, just basic PowerEdge SATA rack servers. Nothing goofy. I'm certain that Ghost would be able to work on these fine, except for its little flag it checks to make sure it's not running on Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I have a few questions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Is there a way to make Ghost run on these?&#xD;&#xA; - I am also looking at the &quot;real&quot; Ghost, which is actually cheaper per-license (apparently), but does not seem oriented towards frequent incremental image backups. Seems really geared towards managing system images, which is not what we need. Not to mention very very complicated to manage. Am I wrong about this?&#xD;&#xA; - What competitors are there that I can use? I've looked at Acronis but their software is very expensive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not interested in weird command line only utilities or solutions where I have to set up scripts to automate backups. Ghost is absolutely perfect, except that it won't run on Server. What can I do?" />
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  <row Id="11992" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6831" RevisionGUID="4cd09674-a79f-4bfa-b37e-5c49f93eec60" CreationDate="2009-05-10T19:39:03.963" UserId="1920" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;ghost&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="11993" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3780" RevisionGUID="106f1ef3-de2e-4a96-9198-9318e32b71db" CreationDate="2009-05-10T19:39:45.100" UserId="1224" Comment="added 137 characters in body" Text="The aim for this Wiki is to promote using a command to open up commonly used applications without having to go through many mouse clicks - thus saving times on monitoring, troubleshooting Windows machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Answer entries need to specify&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Application name&#xD;&#xA; - Commands&#xD;&#xA; - Screenshot (Optional)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shortcut to commands&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [&amp;&amp;][1] - Command Chaining&#xD;&#xA;- [%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\rcimlby.exe -LaunchRA][2] - Remote Assistance (Windows XP)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl][3] - Programs and Features (Formerly Known as &quot;Add or Remove Programs&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl @,2][4] - Turn Windows Features On and Off (Add/Remove Windows Components pane)&#xD;&#xA;- [calc][5] - Calculator&#xD;&#xA;- [cleanmgr.exe][6] - Disk Cleanup&#xD;&#xA;- [cls][7] - clear the command line screen&#xD;&#xA;- [cmd /k][8] - Run command with command extensions enabled&#xD;&#xA;- [compmgmt.msc][9] - Computer Management&#xD;&#xA;- [control.exe /name Microsoft.NetworkAndSharingCenter][10] - Network and Sharing Center&#xD;&#xA;- [control keyboard][11] - Keyboard Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control mouse(or main.cpl)][12] - Mouse Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control sysdm.cpl,@0,3][13] - Advanced Tab of the System Properties dialog&#xD;&#xA;- [control userpasswords2][14] - Opens the classic User Accounts dialog&#xD;&#xA;- [desk.cpl][15] - opens the display properties&#xD;&#xA;- [devmgmt.msc][16] - Device Manager&#xD;&#xA;- [diskmgmt.msc][17] - Disk Management&#xD;&#xA;- [dsquery][18] - Finds any objects in the directory according to criteria&#xD;&#xA;- [eventvwr][19] - Windows Event Log (Event Viewer)&#xD;&#xA;- [explorer .][20] - Open explorer with the current folder selected.&#xD;&#xA;- [explorer /e][21], . - Open explorer, with folder tree, with current folder selected.&#xD;&#xA;- [findstr][22] - Find a string in a file&#xD;&#xA;- [firewall.cpl][23] - Opens the Windows Firewall settings&#xD;&#xA;- [fsmgmt.msc][24] - Shared Folders&#xD;&#xA;- [fsutil][25] - Perform tasks related to FAT and NTFS file systems&#xD;&#xA;- [getmac][26] - Shows the mac address(es) of your network adapter(s)&#xD;&#xA;- [iisreset][27] - To restart IIS&#xD;&#xA;- [InetMgr.exe][28] - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 7&#xD;&#xA;- [InetMgr6.exe][29] - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 6&#xD;&#xA;- [intl.cpl][30] - Regional and Language Options&#xD;&#xA;- [lusrmgr.msc][31] - Local Users and Groups Administrator&#xD;&#xA;- [msconfig][32] - System Configuration&#xD;&#xA;- [notepad][33] - Notepad? ;)&#xD;&#xA;- [mmsys.cpl][34] - Sound/Recording/Playback properties&#xD;&#xA;- [mrt][35] - Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool&#xD;&#xA;- [mstsc.exe][36] - Remote Desktop Connection&#xD;&#xA;- [ncpa.cpl][37] - Network Connections&#xD;&#xA;- [net statistics][38] - Check computer up time&#xD;&#xA;- [odbcad32.exe][39] - ODBC Data Source Administrator&#xD;&#xA;- [quser][40] - Display information about user sessions on a terminal server&#xD;&#xA;- [qwinsta][41] - See disconnected remote desktop sessions&#xD;&#xA;- [regedit][42] - Registry Editor&#xD;&#xA;- [rasdial][43] - Connects to a VPN or a dialup network&#xD;&#xA;- [robocopy][44] - Backup/Restore/Copy large amounts of files reliably&#xD;&#xA;- [SC][45] - Manage anything you want to do with services.&#xD;&#xA;- [secpol.msc][46] - Local Security Settings&#xD;&#xA;- [services.msc][47] - Services control panel&#xD;&#xA;- [set][48] - Displays, sets, or removes cmd.exe environment variables.&#xD;&#xA;- [start.][49] - opens the current directory in the Windows Explorer.&#xD;&#xA;- [shutdown.exe][50] - Shutdown or Reboot a local/remote machine&#xD;&#xA;- [systeminfo][51] -Displays a comprehensive information about the system&#xD;&#xA;- [taskkill][52] - terminate tasks by process id (PID) or image name&#xD;&#xA;- [tasklist.exe][53] - List Processes on local or a remote machine&#xD;&#xA;- [taskmgr.exe][54] - Task Manager&#xD;&#xA;- [telephon.cpl][55] - Telephone and Modem properties&#xD;&#xA;- [timedate.cpl][56] - Date and Time&#xD;&#xA;- [title][57] - Change the title of the CMD window you have open&#xD;&#xA;- [winver.exe][58] - Find Windows Version&#xD;&#xA;- [wscui.cpl][59] - Windows Security Center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 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  <row Id="11994" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6832" RevisionGUID="27ac0fdf-49a4-4d99-a8ad-5ee9ed3152c9" CreationDate="2009-05-10T19:49:46.283" UserId="1561" Text="Just so I'm understanding this, `%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp` expands into `C:\Users\USER NAME\AppData\Local\Temp`...which on my Windows 7 Beta install appears to be a valid directory, as well as `C:\windows\temp` being valid as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could it be that the culprit is attempting to write to `C:\windows\temp`, which (usually) requires administrative access?  (As I mentioned in the commentary) some programs will attempt to dump their files in the root of the C: drive if they can't reach the temp directory." />
  <row Id="11995" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6531" RevisionGUID="67efd62d-dffd-44b1-88df-e62aa6dd79d6" CreationDate="2009-05-10T19:54:42.173" UserId="2318" Comment="added 12 characters in body" Text="Since you can't &quot;Archive And Install&quot; on Leo Server the way you can on Leo Client - what's &quot;best practice&quot; for backing up/reinstalling without losing your data/ldap/service settings?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm aware of the Backup items in the Server Admin menu, Archive LDAP in Directory Service, mail store locations etc.. but haven't had to do the whole hog first-hand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'm after is your worksheet here :-) A list of steps like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. in Server Admin, archive LDAP || export users + groups in Workgroup Manager&#xD;&#xA; 2. in Server Admin, export SA preferences&#xD;&#xA; 3. copy /some/path/here to back up foo data&#xD;&#xA; 4. copy /some/path/here to back up other foo data&#xD;&#xA; 5. reinstall (NOTE: some warning about foo here)&#xD;&#xA; 6. ...etc" />
  <row Id="11996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6833" RevisionGUID="9b132221-d37c-4673-95b1-9b060a885e66" CreationDate="2009-05-10T19:55:33.873" UserId="1153" Text="I deal with a lot of different machines so one of my favorites is aliases for each machine that I need to frequently SSH to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias claudius=&quot;ssh dinomite@claudius&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is also useful to setup a good [`.ssh/config`](http://kimmo.suominen.com/docs/ssh/) and [ssh keys](http://pkeck.myweb.uga.edu/ssh/) to make hopping amongst machines even easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another one of my favorite aliases is for moving up directories:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias ..=&quot;cd ..&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias ...=&quot;cd ../..&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias ....=&quot;cd ../../..&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias .....=&quot;cd ../../../..&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And some for commonly used variations of `ls` (and typos):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias ll=&quot;ls -l&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias lo=&quot;ls -o&quot;alias lh=&quot;ls -lh&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias la=&quot;ls -la&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias sl=&quot;ls&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias l=&quot;ls&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias s=&quot;ls&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I almost always want `egrep`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias grep=&quot;egrep&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Get man pages from all sections&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias man=&quot;man -a&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I often found myself piping output through `awk` in order to get a certain column of the output, as in `df -h | awk '{print $2}'` to find the size of each of my disks.  To make this easier, I created a function `fawk` in my .bashrc:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    function fawk {&#xD;&#xA;        first=&quot;awk '{print &quot;&#xD;&#xA;        last=&quot;}'&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        cmd=&quot;${first}\$${1}${last}&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        eval $cmd&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can now run `df -h|fawk 2` which saves a good bit of typing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I work with a lot of Perl and need to know the versions of modules installed on a system:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    function perlmodver {&#xD;&#xA;        perl -M$1 -e 'print &quot;Version &quot; .&#xD;&#xA;            $ARGV[0]-&gt;VERSION . &quot; of &quot; . $ARGV[0] .&#xD;&#xA;            &quot; is installed.\n&quot;' $1&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="11999" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="6814" RevisionGUID="52429ef2-b559-4d55-b411-27e37b007a86" CreationDate="2009-05-10T20:02:16.403" UserId="45" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="What is the difference between Windows Defender and Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool?" />
  <row Id="12000" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6711" RevisionGUID="a02136c3-c940-4373-b48d-ac572f54b9f2" CreationDate="2009-05-10T20:10:11.680" UserId="2357" Comment="added 143 characters in body" Text="Which Linux filesystem would you choose for **best speed** in the following scenario:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - a hundred million files&#xD;&#xA;  - ~2k file size in average&#xD;&#xA;  - &gt;95% read access&#xD;&#xA;  - pretty random access&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Note:* The files are stored in a deep hierarchical tree to avoid large directories. Each leaf directory contains about one thousand files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How would you benchmark it?" />
  <row Id="12001" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6835" RevisionGUID="ecb231de-2fb1-4f00-a2c3-7767a111bfc7" CreationDate="2009-05-10T20:10:29.090" UserId="2072" Text="Really I have ambiguity for choose graphical display for My Linux. I have two questions in order to decide what I take.  &#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What is the difference between them?  &#xD;&#xA; - Can we say KDE better than GNOME or vise versa?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12002" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6835" RevisionGUID="ecb231de-2fb1-4f00-a2c3-7767a111bfc7" CreationDate="2009-05-10T20:10:29.090" UserId="2072" Text="KDE vs. GNOME: Is One Better?" />
  <row Id="12003" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6835" RevisionGUID="ecb231de-2fb1-4f00-a2c3-7767a111bfc7" CreationDate="2009-05-10T20:10:29.090" UserId="2072" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;graphical-interface&gt;&lt;kde&gt;&lt;gnome&gt;" />
  <row Id="12004" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6829" RevisionGUID="fa78a184-3bd8-4a90-ba46-90e56bd06d3f" CreationDate="2009-05-10T20:16:22.293" UserId="1561" Comment="added 72 characters in body" Text="At a maximum of 5k hits a day, that works out to just one query every 10 seconds.  Not a huge load.  Although RAM is the constraining factor, you can probably get away with beefing it up with swap, given the very low volume of traffic you are expecting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still, trimming out some fat will go a long ways towards your goals.  I've done some work with low-memory servers, but that was a long time ago.  I'll try my best to remember.  Here it goes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The trick here is to minimize the amount of resident program usage.  Each program not only takes up RAM to store code, but it also consumes other resources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - I would first look at removing any unneeded ttys from /etc/inittab, by remarking them out with a hash (`#`).  That frees up a half-meg or so.  Two consoles should be enough (the spare is there in case your shell becomes unresponsive on the other one - be sure to log both in when doing work, that way an unresponsive system won't lock you out during heavy swapping/loading, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Find every single service you *won't* be using, and configure them to *not* start on reboot (unless it is required by something else).  This would be good practice anyway for a server that is public-facing, as it also reduces your attack surface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If possible, try to migrate services to inetd/xinetd, or some other superserver, which will in turn free up memory from being used by the &quot;resident in memory&quot; model mentioned above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Given a 20Gb drive, it's highly unlikely you'll have extensive data sets to publish out via your database backend.  Look at giving your database just enough RAM to answer 2 simultaneous queries, while handling 3 simultaneous interconnects.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If you have GDM/KDM/XDM/whatever login manager starting on startup, *turn it off*!  The secondary resources it requires will just end up clogging your swapfile, and consuming precious RAM.  Do all of your work through SSH, or though any administrative webpages that you can get to with a browser.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If you just have to have a graphical session, look into setting up VNC as a remote desktop service.  It will only allocate memory when there is an active session.  Do *not* expose the VNC service to the outside, you will be asking for trouble." />
  <row Id="12005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6836" RevisionGUID="5e39fcc9-de32-4f7f-a63e-cc62db118d6f" CreationDate="2009-05-10T20:17:38.283" UserId="1647" Text="I have a feeling this is going to start a flamewar... but:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - KDE is for power users. It is extremely customizable&#xD;&#xA; - GNOME is people who don't ever change settings, and will be &quot;scared&quot; by too much choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pesonally, I use XFCE, but use mostly KDE 4 apps." />
  <row Id="12006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6837" RevisionGUID="99d21e1f-7415-4b8e-ad71-652200412f66" CreationDate="2009-05-10T20:17:43.133" UserId="471" Text="I usually like to type everything, because I'm afraid I'll forget all about the commands I'm using in no time. I know I may be wrong, but I don't think I'd know as much about the system if I had just pasted every command in [Commandlinefu][1] into my .bashrc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that I'm not saying that I'm the greatest and I know everything there is to know about Linux, far from that, I'm just saying I like to learn, and remember what I've learned by using.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's not to say I don't appreciate how time saving aliases are (specially for larger functions, but then you have to see if a script isn't better), but, personally, I don't like to use them (at least no always).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, Commandlinefu has a special [tag][2] for aliases. It's worth looking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also I think this is a good one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       alias less='less -FSRX'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/browse&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/tagged/126/alias" />
  <row Id="12007" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6835" RevisionGUID="32472cc2-1059-4eea-a906-97ec8e496acb" CreationDate="2009-05-10T20:20:27.203" UserId="86" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;graphical-interface&gt;&lt;kde&gt;&lt;gnome&gt;" />
  <row Id="12008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6838" RevisionGUID="2e6eef42-1f8f-4a79-bb47-6c419d862d1a" CreationDate="2009-05-10T20:28:32.120" UserId="2373" Text="One important difference is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a lot of applications depend on GNOME&#xD;&#xA;*(at least to look **good**)*, such as Firefox, Java Apps, ..." />
  <row Id="12009" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6839" RevisionGUID="d4b14580-4e6c-4657-a226-4121aef75fb7" CreationDate="2009-05-10T20:28:55.660" UserId="1494" Text="Have a look at GImageX. http://www.autoitscript.com/gimagex/" />
  <row Id="12010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6840" RevisionGUID="8861d157-b3f2-4f7e-a603-05fd9ee14b29" CreationDate="2009-05-10T20:29:40.853" UserId="1561" Text="Tread lightly here, as people have **strong** preferences when it comes to X11 desktops.  This can easily turn into flamebait.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The politically correct answer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use the one that suits you best, they both (generally) provide the tools you need for day-to-day use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The expedient answer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For all versions of KDE *prior* to 4, KDE generally is considered &quot;better&quot;, *when matched against a Gnome release from the same period*.  From KDE 4 and up, Gnome is considered to have a (very) slight edge, [as the desktop becomes &quot;busy&quot;][1] for some folks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The grey-bearded, [Unix][2]-[suspender][3]-wearing, silverbacked-admin answer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The question is not &quot;which is better?&quot;, but &quot;what suits me best?&quot;, as KDE and Gnome are but two of [nearly two-dozen environments][4].  If you limit your choice to two, you limit yourself to answers that may not fit.  Try them all, and find what works for you.  Remember, this is about choice, *your* choice, and you should only omit choices that do not have an obvious fit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even Windows users have [choices][5] to replace Explorer.exe with something else.  Why shouldn't you as well?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.opensuse.org/soapbox/393545-opensuse-11-0-kde-4-big-bucket-ugly.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ozguru.mu.nu/Photos/2005-11-11--Dilbert_Unix.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.perturb.org/display/entry/462/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://xwinman.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.bb4win.org/news.php" />
  <row Id="12011" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6841" RevisionGUID="103ef37c-3cba-46f2-a6ad-6385f1b6884e" CreationDate="2009-05-10T20:33:35.230" UserId="2318" Text="Does VPN Service on a &quot;Standard&quot; OS X Server use L2TP or PP2P?" />
  <row Id="12012" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6841" RevisionGUID="103ef37c-3cba-46f2-a6ad-6385f1b6884e" CreationDate="2009-05-10T20:33:35.230" UserId="2318" Text="Does VPN Service on a &quot;Standard&quot; OS X Server use L2TP or PP2P?" />
  <row Id="12013" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6841" RevisionGUID="103ef37c-3cba-46f2-a6ad-6385f1b6884e" CreationDate="2009-05-10T20:33:35.230" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;l2tp&gt;&lt;leopard&gt;" />
  <row Id="12014" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6842" RevisionGUID="54101c88-b038-4ca5-a2f0-7d3376c18844" CreationDate="2009-05-10T20:33:42.547" UserId="2318" Text="Mac OS X 10.5 Server, when configured as &quot;Standard&quot; will use &quot;L2TP over IPSec.&quot; After you have saved your VPN &quot;.internetconnect&quot; configuration file from Server Prefences, you can inspect its settings manually by opening it in a text editor." />
  <row Id="12015" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6840" RevisionGUID="0c022543-d851-4f15-a276-e45298bb428a" CreationDate="2009-05-10T20:36:28.113" UserId="1561" Comment="added 25 characters in body" Text="Tread lightly here, as people have **strong** preferences when it comes to X11 desktops.  This can easily turn into flamebait.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The politically correct answer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use the one that suits you best, they both (generally) provide the tools you need for day-to-day use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The expedient, not-politically-correct answer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For all versions of KDE *prior* to 4, KDE generally is considered &quot;better&quot;, *when matched against a Gnome release from the same period*.  From KDE 4 and up, Gnome is considered to have a (very) slight edge, [as the desktop becomes &quot;busy&quot;][1] for some folks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The grey-bearded, [Unix][2]-[suspender][3]-wearing, silverbacked-admin answer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The question is not &quot;which is better?&quot;, but &quot;what suits me best?&quot;, as KDE and Gnome are but two of [nearly two-dozen environments][4].  If you limit your choice to two, you limit yourself to answers that may not fit.  Try them all, and find what works for you.  Remember, this is about choice, *your* choice, and you should only omit choices that do not have an obvious fit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even Windows users have [choices][5] to replace Explorer.exe with something else.  Why shouldn't you as well?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.opensuse.org/soapbox/393545-opensuse-11-0-kde-4-big-bucket-ugly.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ozguru.mu.nu/Photos/2005-11-11--Dilbert_Unix.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.perturb.org/display/entry/462/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://xwinman.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.bb4win.org/news.php" />
  <row Id="12016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6843" RevisionGUID="f701201f-d745-4da3-9447-0f4c6a54a780" CreationDate="2009-05-10T20:36:58.970" UserId="2380" Text="I work for a small school that has two Windows 2003 servers. I'm trying to get a grip on cost-effective strategies to handle the failure of one or both servers.  I come from a UNIX background, so I understand the various strategies and trade-offs I might use in that world, but I have only about 8 months worth of experience in the Windows server world.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right we have Norton Backup Exec 12 doing backups to two separate low-end CIFS NAS boxes. Each NAS box has a full set of backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All this was set up before I started with this school. My real goal is to take an old server box and use the backups to do a restore, both to demonstrate that the backups work and so that I can document the process in the event of a real failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another goal I've been given is to get an off-site backup.  My idea was to setup a Linux box, take a local copy of all the files written by Norton Backup on one of of the CIFS NASes, then move that Linux box out of the building and keep it up to date with rsync. But the NAS boxes don't support rsync, and so far I haven't been able to get Norton Backup Exec to do a backup to a local Linux box running SAMBA.  (I'm assuming that it is best to do an rsync of the Norton Backup files because Norton Backup keeps track of NTFS permissions and any other Windows metadata that might be lost by trying to rsync directly from Windows Server to Linux.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other Requirements/Constraints:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The two servers each have 500 gig of RAID 1 storage.  A full backup of both servers using Backup Exec takes about 650 gig.&#xD;&#xA; - We can afford to be down for a day or so - long enough to do a full restore if needed.&#xD;&#xA; - We can't afford an off-site stand-by server.&#xD;&#xA; - We have some older server boxes that we can use to make this all work.&#xD;&#xA; - We have a business class cable internet connection with about 2mbits upload - fast enough to do some incremental backup out to an off-site server over night.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is Norton Backup Exec the reasonable way to go?  I don't know much about it, and it certainly isn't helping with the off-site incremental backup problem. Will Norton Backup handle a bare-metal restore? Our support contract with Norton has expired, so I can't get any help on this from them without more money.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given my constraints, is there a better way to handle this?  Is there a better backup package or strategy suited to our small shop needs?" />
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  <row Id="12020" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6844" RevisionGUID="d6eac6f0-476f-4376-825d-08b78ff69aa7" CreationDate="2009-05-10T20:43:55.197" UserId="2376" Text="What are some common mistakes made by System Administrators, and how can we avoid them? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Please justify your answer and give examples where applicable.**&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12021" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6844" RevisionGUID="d6eac6f0-476f-4376-825d-08b78ff69aa7" CreationDate="2009-05-10T20:43:55.197" UserId="2376" Text="Common mistakes made by System Administrators  and how can we avoid them?" />
  <row Id="12022" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6844" RevisionGUID="d6eac6f0-476f-4376-825d-08b78ff69aa7" CreationDate="2009-05-10T20:43:55.197" UserId="2376" Text="&lt;system-administration&gt;" />
  <row Id="12023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6845" RevisionGUID="504ecffa-9c15-4287-814b-2e1e5ee77f46" CreationDate="2009-05-10T20:45:48.987" UserId="1496" Text="Creating backups but not testing the restore procedure properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Justification: It's easy to lose oneself in backup strategies without considering restore strategies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Examples: I'm sure none are required :)" />
  <row Id="12024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6846" RevisionGUID="b7240157-7c0d-4562-88c1-ce64e5f4ecf5" CreationDate="2009-05-10T20:55:16.303" UserId="1804" Text="I've been on both sides of these in the past:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not letting people know when you're making changes that affect them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not realising that most people aren't aware of the same issues you are, and penalising them for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not knowing when to call in help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not researching a problem before disturbing someone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6847" RevisionGUID="ce44a1dc-07c3-42da-8fcb-e8312365a332" CreationDate="2009-05-10T20:56:40.480" UserId="1435" Text="That 'management' don't want to pay for anything, often they just need to see a good business-case or to understand the return on their investment. It's as much 'IT's responsibility to manage upwards as it is for management to manage downwards." />
  <row Id="12026" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6840" RevisionGUID="5426428e-ae18-4085-b164-813aa7b25aab" CreationDate="2009-05-10T21:00:25.843" UserId="1561" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="Tread lightly here, as people have **strong** preferences when it comes to X11 desktops.  This can easily turn into flamebait.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The politically correct answer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use the one that suits you best, they both (generally) provide the tools you need for day-to-day use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The expedient, not-politically-correct answer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For all versions of KDE *prior* to 4, KDE generally is considered &quot;better&quot;, *when matched against a Gnome release from the same period*.  From KDE 4 and up, Gnome is considered to have a (very) slight edge, [as the desktop becomes &quot;busy&quot;][1] for some folks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The grey-bearded, [Unix][2]-[suspender][3]-wearing, silverbacked-admin answer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The question is not &quot;which is better?&quot;, but &quot;**what suits me best?**&quot;, as KDE and Gnome are but two of [nearly two-dozen environments][4].  If you limit your choice to two, you limit yourself to answers that may not fit.  Try them all, and find what works for you.  Remember, this is about choice, *your* choice, and you should only omit choices that do not have an obvious fit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even Windows users have [choices][5] to replace Explorer.exe with something else.  Shouldn't you have a choice as well?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.opensuse.org/soapbox/393545-opensuse-11-0-kde-4-big-bucket-ugly.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ozguru.mu.nu/Photos/2005-11-11--Dilbert_Unix.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.perturb.org/display/entry/462/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://xwinman.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.bb4win.org/news.php" />
  <row Id="12027" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6848" RevisionGUID="787716c8-eefb-481c-a40f-65324863c330" CreationDate="2009-05-10T21:04:06.117" UserId="32988" Text="I started as a sysadmin who liked to code. I've found programming skills to be the #1 important skill for a sysadmin. If you don't know how to automate tasks you'll end up in a maintenance nightmare.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Mundane tasks will kill your brain&#xD;&#xA;2. Having automated tasks ensures consistency in your system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As the years passed, I've done less and less pure sysadmining. And now prefer to do the architecture of new solutions instead. If I do sysadmin-stuff its usually heavy 3rd line debugging, or code to integrate some crap solutions - on boxes some other admin installed for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12028" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6848" RevisionGUID="787716c8-eefb-481c-a40f-65324863c330" CreationDate="2009-05-10T21:04:06.117" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="12029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6849" RevisionGUID="95b6db65-caff-4269-abe2-d91bbb2d278b" CreationDate="2009-05-10T21:04:39.003" UserId="2357" Text="Thanks for the tips of autossh and autofs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, for my direct purpose I found a much simpler solution which wasn't documented so well:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;sshfs **-o reconnect** server:/path/to/mount" />
  <row Id="12030" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6850" RevisionGUID="64ff6dff-392e-4d59-b6c9-b5d2e59c019f" CreationDate="2009-05-10T21:05:41.870" UserId="1761" Text="I've been trying to find a good solution (that can run on Windows) for monitoring/trending/alarming a distributed system comprised of primarly Java technology (Tomcat, ActiveMQ, JBossCache, etc.), but also some .Net and MySQL/SQLServer.  [Hyperic HQ][1] ([open source version][2]) seems like a reasonable solution, although it doesn't support the latest version of Active MQ (5.2) or MySQL (5.1).  I was wondering what sort of experiences others have had.  Any advice, war stories, or alternative solutions would be greatly appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an aside, the company I work for has adopted for general perpose monitoring [ELM][3] from [TNT Software][4].  It has many nice features, especially when it comes to centralized logging and process monitoring.  However, it lacks specific detailed metrics and monitoring that Hyperic HQ can provide for many of the services that we use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hyperic.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/hyperic-hq/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.tntsoftware.com/products/ELMEnterpriseManager.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.tntsoftware.com/" />
  <row Id="12031" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6850" RevisionGUID="64ff6dff-392e-4d59-b6c9-b5d2e59c019f" CreationDate="2009-05-10T21:05:41.870" UserId="1761" Text="What is your experience using Hyperic HQ to monitor a distributed/clustered systems" />
  <row Id="12032" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6850" RevisionGUID="64ff6dff-392e-4d59-b6c9-b5d2e59c019f" CreationDate="2009-05-10T21:05:41.870" UserId="1761" Text="&lt;hyperic&gt;&lt;hyperichq&gt;&lt;tntsoftware&gt;&lt;java&gt;" />
  <row Id="12033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6851" RevisionGUID="fbdf2001-0554-4607-b86c-ebe4e3b16683" CreationDate="2009-05-10T21:08:19.200" UserId="1561" Text="Old phrase from carpentry: measure twice, cut once.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you're pounding out a command on a CLI of some kind, double-check your entry.  A single missing option, or a misplaced delimiter, can spell success or disaster.  **Re-read your command before pressing that Enter key.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rm -rf ./*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;vs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rm-rf /*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first one will remove files from a directory; the next one will remove all files from the / directory, which in turn, is *everything*." />
  <row Id="12034" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6852" RevisionGUID="0f5ee956-7f93-48d7-bf6c-a5bc7f334be0" CreationDate="2009-05-10T21:08:40.663" UserId="32988" Text="Believing that you're only making a small change. Nobody will notice. It'll be fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Avoid by having proper change management procedures." />
  <row Id="12035" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6851" RevisionGUID="6790b684-1829-4e18-b9e6-e985de31e347" CreationDate="2009-05-10T21:14:37.970" UserId="1561" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Old phrase from carpentry: measure twice, cut once.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you're pounding out a command on a CLI of some kind, double-check your entry.  A single missing option, or a misplaced delimiter, can spell success or disaster.  **Re-read your command before pressing that Enter key.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rm -rf ./*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;vs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rm -rf /*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first one will remove files from a directory; the next one will remove all files from the / directory, which in turn, is *everything*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Likewise, for those Windows admins out there:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    robocopy \\sourceserver\sourceshare \\destserver\destshare /e /zb /move&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;vs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    robocopy \\sourceserver\sourceshare \\destserver\destshare /e /zb /mov&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first moves files and directories, then deletes afterwards; the second moves files and directories, but only removes the *files*.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12036" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6851" RevisionGUID="de4653b3-ce0b-47dc-ba8d-6c6851d98f91" CreationDate="2009-05-10T21:23:26.710" UserId="1561" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="Old phrase from carpentry: measure twice, cut once.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you're pounding out a command on a CLI of some kind, double-check your entry.  A single missing option, typo, or misplaced delimiter, can spell success or disaster.  **Re-read your command before pressing that Enter key.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rm -rf ./*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;vs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rm -rf /*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first one will remove files from a directory; the next one will remove all files from the / directory, which in turn, is *everything*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Likewise, for those Windows admins out there:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    robocopy \\sourceserver\sourceshare \\destserver\destshare /e /zb /move&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;vs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    robocopy \\sourceserver\sourceshare \\destserver\destshare /e /zb /mov&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first moves files and directories, then deletes afterwards; the second moves files and directories, but only removes the *files*.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6853" RevisionGUID="3f1df6f6-8f40-423b-a66a-6f13450d8537" CreationDate="2009-05-10T21:37:18.903" UserId="1561" Text="NTP is your friend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RHEL/CentOS:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    yum install ntpd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Debian/Ubuntu:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    apt-get install ntpd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - For Windows 2000: Tardis 2000.&#xD;&#xA; - For Windows 2003/2008: Already mentioned in other answers in this question.&#xD;&#xA; - For any Windows workstation: net time /domain:your-domain-here&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For all NTP services:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Point your service at pool.ntp.org, although you'll want to at least narrow it down to the same continent.  For example, US servers would use 0.us.pool.ntp.org, 1.us.pool.ntp.org, 2.us.pool.ntp.org, etc." />
  <row Id="12038" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5069" RevisionGUID="938f19b1-3825-426c-826c-59a7b939f3a1" CreationDate="2009-05-10T21:50:32.517" UserId="1039" Comment="deleted 26 characters in body" Text="Not a software solution,.. but I'm kinda partial to energetic compounds in various forms: fire, explosives, thermite, corrosives and firearms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or for the more liability adverse, a set of screwdrivers (and an intern) will get you (or him/her) some cool round mirrors and a pair of really strong magnets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you heat the HDD patters to [770 °C (1418 °F)][1] they will lose all magnetic properties. (A charcoal grill might work for that.) Data errors start cropping up at lower temperatures so sticking it in your oven might also work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FWIW: Unless you are worried about major players (NSA, FBI, CIA, other countries equivalents or mega-corp industrial espionage) programs that overwrite the data once are enough as after that their is no way to recover the data without hardware modifications and special equipment. If you need more security than that, either you are doing something you shouldn't be (e.g. criminal) or you are a big enough player to afford going with one of the &quot;energetic compounds&quot; type solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allotropes_of_iron" />
  <row Id="12039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6854" RevisionGUID="1622c568-9641-4e3e-a03f-1a077dc49cd0" CreationDate="2009-05-10T21:53:32.587" UserId="1805" Text="I need a Rewrite Rule for apache to rewrite urls like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://saftsack.fs.uni-bayreuth.de/~dun3/archives/it/programming/fast-dynamic-property-access-using-reflection-emit/33.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://saftsack.fs.uni-bayreuth.de/~dun3/archives/fast-dynamic-property-access-using-reflection-emit/33.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I need to remove all / parts between the &quot;archives&quot; and the last /, preserving the part before the / and after the /." />
  <row Id="12040" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6854" RevisionGUID="1622c568-9641-4e3e-a03f-1a077dc49cd0" CreationDate="2009-05-10T21:53:32.587" UserId="1805" Text="Apache Rewrite rules - remove '/'s in URL" />
  <row Id="12041" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6854" RevisionGUID="1622c568-9641-4e3e-a03f-1a077dc49cd0" CreationDate="2009-05-10T21:53:32.587" UserId="1805" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;mod-rewrite&gt;" />
  <row Id="12042" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6855" RevisionGUID="75d93b98-8204-48c5-9b09-0597dd09ccd2" CreationDate="2009-05-10T21:58:15.140" UserId="2328" Text="The question is so subjective, it's a bit hard to respond.  Of course, I'll still post a reply =)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used both (along with CDE and XFCE) for varying lengths of time (6mos+ for each, at least), and I've settled on Gnome.  Thus said, both have good and bad things about them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - KDE is pretty flashy and modern looking.  It has a lot of eye candy and customization (as mentioned by Zifre).  The most recent versions (4.0+) make extensive use of widgets,&#xD;&#xA;   some of which provide interesting and valuable functionality.  Overall, the look and feel is pretty clean, though (IMHO) a bit Vista-esque.&#xD;&#xA; - Gnome is solid and consistent.  It has a simple, yet elegant interface which I believe keeps the overall usability very intuitive.  I haven't used widgets in Gnome, so I'm not sure how those work, but the clean look and feel is quite outstanding.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - KDE exhibited more memory growth issues than Gnome.  Because so many of the widgets (*plasmoids*) are community-based, I found a number of resource issues in a few popular ones.  The look and feel is quite Vista-esque (as I mentioned before), and I personally see this as a negative.  I'm not working on a Windows machine and I don't want it to look like I am.  I also experienced a number of issues with KDE, particularly with the new Plasma interface.  It's not a bad idea, but the execution left something to be desired.&#xD;&#xA; - Gnome does appear to be stuck where it's at.  Though the interface is (as I mentioned) clean and intuitive, I would appreciate more configuration options and more development on the general layout and usability features.  Let's face it, user interfaces are going through some amazing changes -- the desktop should at least experience *some* level of upgrade.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Though Gnome does feel a little more outdated, its stability and consistency was my greatest attraction to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In answer to your last question, no: I don't think you can say one is &quot;better&quot; than the other.  There are many desktops out there, and one may work better than another for a given user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="12043" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6856" RevisionGUID="ae8ff7d2-8bca-4892-b805-592c7f6a8d06" CreationDate="2009-05-10T21:58:52.610" UserId="2258" Text="We had a bunch of Windows 2008 servers configured by a tech, then racked with and hooked up to an IP KVM. Unforunately, the monitor used during configuration was a widescreen LCD, and now Windows is initialized to a resolution out of range for the KVM as well as the screen onsite.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We found that we can edit HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\... and then reboot the machines. But I'd prefer not to have to make all of them reboot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to restart the video driver or otherwise change the console resolution remotely, without a reboot? &#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="12045" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6856" RevisionGUID="ae8ff7d2-8bca-4892-b805-592c7f6a8d06" CreationDate="2009-05-10T21:58:52.610" UserId="2258" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;video&gt;&lt;kvm&gt;" />
  <row Id="12046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6857" RevisionGUID="4e4d1743-8753-4cd1-b1ba-6463fd1054f5" CreationDate="2009-05-10T22:03:24.273" UserId="1039" Text="I have a XP pro, SP2 system that is offline (as in TCP over [sneakernet][1]) and essentially un-patched. The printer works fine sometimes but as soon as anything goes &quot;wrong&quot;, like I get more than one item in the print queue, I (often as not) end up having to manually clean the print queue *and* reboot. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any updates out that address issue in the windows print spooler that might help? (If you can remember an update I'd guess it's not on this computer) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`&lt;soapbox&gt;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why is it that anything involving visual output drivers under windows sucks? Video drives crash more systems thatn anything else I've seen and printers never seem to work correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`&lt;/soapbox&gt;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet" />
  <row Id="12047" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6857" RevisionGUID="4e4d1743-8753-4cd1-b1ba-6463fd1054f5" CreationDate="2009-05-10T22:03:24.273" UserId="1039" Text="XP printer problems" />
  <row Id="12048" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6857" RevisionGUID="4e4d1743-8753-4cd1-b1ba-6463fd1054f5" CreationDate="2009-05-10T22:03:24.273" UserId="1039" Text="&lt;xp-pro-sp2&gt;&lt;printers&gt;&lt;updates&gt;" />
  <row Id="12049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6858" RevisionGUID="2d3e36b7-0edf-4c73-ada9-e5db280ee398" CreationDate="2009-05-10T22:06:26.467" UserId="1561" Text="**Is Norton Backup Exec the reasonable way to go?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The last time I used it, it was *Seagate* Backup Exec, so it's been awhile.  I can only assume it works pretty much the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Will Norton Backup handle a bare-metal restore?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Given this article][1], it sounds like it was introduced around 2006 as an optional package.  You might want to double-check your installation to see if it's included.  Most commercial backups have additional options that are a separate purchase, so if you don't see it listed, you probably don't have it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Given my constraints, is there a better way to handle this?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Certainly!  There are lots of solutions out there.  And you can roll your own as well (see below)...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Is there a better backup package or strategy suited to our small shop needs?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've used [Retrospect][2] for some time now, and while it's a bit simpler (and requires more pointy-clicky), it has worked for us on the occasions that it's been needed.  It comes with client software for Windows, OS X, and Linux, and has a reasonable license scheme.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option: use [robocopy][3] to move files and permissions to a share on a computer that supports NT ACLs, then make the backup from that.  Simplify it further: get an external eSATA case, a set of drive trays, and buy a set of drives, and rotate the drives like they were tapes.  When you do your robocopy, do it directly to the drive, so robocopy effectively becomes the backup solution.  To restore, attach the drive and use robocopy to reverse process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.crn.com/it-channel/190500332;jsessionid=B3AZ30YYRSQDSQSNDLPCKHSCJUNN2JVN&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.retrospect.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy" />
  <row Id="12050" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6859" RevisionGUID="e75bcb3b-1182-4531-b217-fa8086e3e9de" CreationDate="2009-05-10T22:13:56.503" UserId="2385" Text="For disk usage, I've seen utilities that use treemap visualization mentioned, but not the ancient, small, and unfortunately named [Scanner][1] (distributed as scn2.zip).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I find Scanner's sunburst chart much easier to read than treemaps, even if it lacks some of the features and speed of things like WinDirStat and SequoiaView.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.steffengerlach.de/freeware/" />
  <row Id="12051" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6859" RevisionGUID="e75bcb3b-1182-4531-b217-fa8086e3e9de" CreationDate="2009-05-10T22:13:56.503" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="12052" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6860" RevisionGUID="a4e6e459-7f9d-4172-b3f7-25ee344a63a5" CreationDate="2009-05-10T22:15:20.697" UserId="2258" Text="Are there any production-quality iSCSI SANs suitable for use with Windows Server 2008/SQL Server for failover clustering?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So far, I've only seen Dell's MD3000i, and HP's MSA 2000 (2012i), which both are around $6K with a minimal disk configuration. Buffalo (yea, I know), has a $1000 device with iSCSI support, but they say it will not work for 2008 failover clustering.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm interested in seeing something suitable for failover in a production environment, but with very low IO requirements. (Clustering, say, a 30GB DB.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for using software: On Windows, StarWind seems to have a great solution. But it's actually more money than buying a hardware SAN. (As I understand, only the enterprise edition supports having replicas, and that's $3000 a license.) &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;I was thinking I could use Linux, something like DRBD + an iSCSI target would be fine. However, I haven't seen any free or low-cost iSCSI software that supports SCSI-3 persistent reservations, which Windows 2008 needs for failover clustering.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know $6K isn't much at all, just curious to see if there are practical cheaper solutions out there. And finally, yes, the software is expensive, but many small business get MS BizSpark, so the Windows 2008 Enterprise / SQL 2008 licenses are completely free." />
  <row Id="12053" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6860" RevisionGUID="a4e6e459-7f9d-4172-b3f7-25ee344a63a5" CreationDate="2009-05-10T22:15:20.697" UserId="2258" Text="Cheapest iSCSI SAN for Windows 2008/SQL Server clustering?" />
  <row Id="12054" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6860" RevisionGUID="a4e6e459-7f9d-4172-b3f7-25ee344a63a5" CreationDate="2009-05-10T22:15:20.697" UserId="2258" Text="&lt;iscsi&gt;&lt;san&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;clustering&gt;&lt;failover&gt;" />
  <row Id="12055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6861" RevisionGUID="a97fb086-8c46-4664-ab35-307980cdfd1d" CreationDate="2009-05-10T22:18:57.430" UserId="1435" Text="Thecus's 5200pro (and some of their other models) is a 5-disk RAID NAS that can be configured to support iSCSI over one or two GigE ports. They might be quick enough for you but I will say that they only have a single power-supply so that might count against it's 'production quality'. By the way, the MSA2000i is a pretty good unit for the case." />
  <row Id="12056" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6862" RevisionGUID="511ed719-1357-4186-9580-b74ae61e87c3" CreationDate="2009-05-10T22:20:48.003" UserId="942" Text="Trying to resolve a problem with complicated approaches instead of taking a few steps back and try to see if there's a simple solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In other words, starting at the end instead of the beginning. I don't know if that makes sense :)" />
  <row Id="12057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6863" RevisionGUID="5dce6272-fb3f-4a02-b10a-a8c772d2e6df" CreationDate="2009-05-10T22:30:41.700" UserId="2387" Text="How can I set up an OS X install so that .csv files are viewed in quicklook just as if they were .txt (plain text) files?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the moment they just show up as a generic blank document unless you manually change the extension to .txt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did find [this][1] post which covers the same issues and offers some thoughts, but never really comes to any resolution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mail-archive.com/wamug@wamug.org.au/msg49036.html" />
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  <row Id="12059" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6863" RevisionGUID="5dce6272-fb3f-4a02-b10a-a8c772d2e6df" CreationDate="2009-05-10T22:30:41.700" UserId="2387" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="12060" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6864" RevisionGUID="eb70748c-9059-4738-a230-791b4c939330" CreationDate="2009-05-10T22:43:22.413" UserId="1920" Text="Biggest mistake? Not understanding that the network you're administering is used by real people who are trying to get real work done. Real people who do not understand what you do or why, and don't need to. And you are not their boss. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not understanding this leads to anger and resentment on both sides. It leads to sysadmins making assumptions about what they can and should do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, forcing reboots of systems overnight to apply patches will anger the users who didn't save their work before they left home. Bad sysadmin thinks &quot;this is for security, we must do it, people ignore the reboot reminders, they get what they deserve&quot;. Good sysadmin thinks &quot;people have weird workflows that work for them, they don't understand security, I have to find ways to help them out and still keep things safe&quot;. What that help may be is dependent on the culture.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Real people!" />
  <row Id="12061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6865" RevisionGUID="2889902d-6670-422c-a857-a4bf978fecf7" CreationDate="2009-05-10T22:45:20.833" UserId="1649" Text="Something like this should do what you want:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^(/~dun3/archives/).+?/([^/]+/[^/]+)$ $1$2 [L,R=301]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(The final R=301 part sends a HTTP 301 Permanent Redirect header, which I presume is what you want to do, but if not you can simply omit that part.)" />
  <row Id="12062" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6837" RevisionGUID="ec9dc37a-e4ff-4e04-91da-a24179fada23" CreationDate="2009-05-10T22:45:50.863" UserId="471" Comment="Forgot to mention what is the purpose of that alias" Text="I usually like to type everything, because I'm afraid I'll forget all about the commands I'm using in no time. I know I may be wrong, but I don't think I'd know as much about the system if I had just pasted every command in [Commandlinefu][1] into my .bashrc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that I'm not saying that I'm the greatest and I know everything there is to know about Linux, far from that, I'm just saying I like to learn, and remember what I've learned by using.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's not to say I don't appreciate how time saving aliases are (specially for larger functions, but then you have to see if a script isn't better), but, personally, I don't like to use them (at least no always).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, Commandlinefu has a special [tag][2] for aliases. It's worth looking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also I think this is a good one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       alias less='less -FSRX'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will only use less if the output is bigger than the screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/browse&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/tagged/126/alias" />
  <row Id="12063" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6865" RevisionGUID="38fc4abf-ce08-4d62-81ee-5f70a6bd5eb7" CreationDate="2009-05-10T22:52:56.843" UserId="1649" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Something like this should do what you want:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^(/~dun3/archives/).+?/([^/]+/[^/]+)$ $1$2 [L,R=301]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(The final R=301 part sends a HTTP `301 Moved Permanently` header, which I presume is what you want to do, but if not you can simply omit that part.)" />
  <row Id="12064" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5166" RevisionGUID="389edf7a-8f98-4a0b-a326-d3f4fb336425" CreationDate="2009-05-10T22:59:11.390" UserId="1930" Comment=":1s/so/say/" Text="As your Question says that this is for a testing configuration, I'd say Go for it!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not dealing with the vagaries of which partitioning scheme is optimal, can really save you time and disk space (e.g. that 5G you partitioned for /etc is wasted space when you've only got 10G or less to play with.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OpenBSD works just fine with a single slice for working with, and it will automatically create the directories /home, /var, et. al. within the / (root) partition/slice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;During Installation - Create the single root partition&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you select to use the *all* of 'driveX' during the installation, you can take a look at the partitions currently in use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the &quot;&gt;&quot; prompt you can type:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; p g &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to see existing partitions and their allocations (g for showing the output in Gigabit units)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a clean drive, it will only show the 'c' partition, or depending on the installer (4.6+) or used drive, there may allocated partitions for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can follow sh-beta's instructions above ('D' or 'd partition' to delete the partitions, and 'a partition' to manually create new partitions.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Create the 'a' partition for '/' (root), and create a 'b' partition for swap (depending on what you intend to do with your test system 'b' may or may not need to be of any real size.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Continue installation as normal and the OpenBSD install process will create directories as needed where in other cases it would be using partitions." />
  <row Id="12065" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6866" RevisionGUID="e5450dcd-179c-4e7d-b2df-e7cb14725535" CreationDate="2009-05-10T23:24:40.410" UserId="2120" Text="See also [What makes a “Good” or “Great” Administrator?][1].  In my experience, avoiding common mistakes is not achieved by having a list of common mistakes in your head the whole time.  I think it's one of the qualities that makes a good or great administrator; for example, a good administrator will devise appropriate policies, have them approved, and then follow them -- for example, a change management policy -- which will prevent the most common mistakes caused by changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's really about thinking about the bigger picture, and not being caught up in the technical details of whatever you're working on at the moment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I repeat my recommendation of [The Practice of System and Network Administration][2] by Tom Limoncelli, Christina Hogan and Strata Chalup; it's the 1000-page answer to your question, but it's absolutely worth it.  Plus it's got lots of good stories of common mistakes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/5132/what-makes-a-good-or-great-administrator&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.amazon.com/Practice-System-Network-Administration/dp/0201702711&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12066" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6857" RevisionGUID="d7920bc3-a393-4f63-8228-8db7705ab686" CreationDate="2009-05-10T23:30:36.907" UserId="1039" Comment="added 79 characters in body; edited title" Text="I have a XP pro, SP2 system that is offline (as in TCP over [sneakernet][1]) and essentially un-patched. The printer works fine sometimes but as soon as anything goes &quot;wrong&quot;, like I get more than one item in the print queue, I (often as not) end up having to manually clean the print queue *and* reboot. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because I'm offline, I can't simply run Windows update and so are there any specific updates out that address issue in the print spooler service that might help?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(If you can remember an update it's a good bet it's not on this computer)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`&lt;soapbox&gt;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why is it that anything involving visual output drivers under windows sucks? Video drives crash more systems thatn anything else I've seen and printers never seem to work correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`&lt;/soapbox&gt;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet" />
  <row Id="12067" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="6857" RevisionGUID="d7920bc3-a393-4f63-8228-8db7705ab686" CreationDate="2009-05-10T23:30:36.907" UserId="1039" Comment="added 79 characters in body; edited title" Text="What XP updates apply to the print spooler service?" />
  <row Id="12068" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6867" RevisionGUID="e7b99a45-e814-43e0-adaf-ff27430a7c65" CreationDate="2009-05-10T23:33:57.637" UserId="1736" Text="    RewriteRule ^(.*?)/(.*?)/.*/(.*?)/(.*?)$ $1/$2/$3/$4" />
  <row Id="12069" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6850" RevisionGUID="84e44aae-a911-4127-be11-c7100eee0295" CreationDate="2009-05-10T23:38:48.733" UserId="1761" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;hyperic&gt;&lt;hyperichq&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;java&gt;" />
  <row Id="12070" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6868" RevisionGUID="4f1ece69-ddd7-42cb-aabd-d33b892a8655" CreationDate="2009-05-10T23:49:41.230" UserId="1153" Text="I like to have the minimum of auto-updated packages and the important ones are the security updates.  For this reason, I add the following to the cron-apt config file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    OPTIONS=&quot;-o Dir::Etc::SourceList=/etc/apt/security.sources.list&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and then make `/etc/apt/security.sources.list` have just the Debian security repositories enabled.  That way, I get all the security updates automatically installed in a timely manner (each night) and I can do other, riskier upgrades that might break things by hand." />
  <row Id="12071" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6869" RevisionGUID="5bbec393-a75b-4cdc-b5ab-2548a8e95e8d" CreationDate="2009-05-11T00:09:08.170" UserId="887" Text="I've been able to do it using VNC if you can install that via an RDP session, it doesn't require a reboot and you can always uninstall it when done." />
  <row Id="12072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6870" RevisionGUID="9023f320-891b-4f86-bc5f-d5d39e70f1cb" CreationDate="2009-05-11T00:27:55.427" UserId="2318" Text="Since I can't find a CSV Quicklook plugin for you, my suggestion is to roll your own. There's a tutorial here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMNSU-PIoOo As far as coding projects go, it doesn't look too hard." />
  <row Id="12073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6871" RevisionGUID="d5154751-9687-4a52-90f0-7fc1120939bc" CreationDate="2009-05-11T00:31:18.853" UserId="1964" Text="I have a user with Outlook 2003 installed and an account on our internal Exchange server.  I do not want this computer to download email from the server until the user manually selects Send / Receive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;Tools&quot; &gt; &quot;Send/Receive&quot; &gt; &quot;Disable Scheduled Send/Receive&quot; is checked.&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;Schedule and automatic send/receive every X minutes&quot; is unchecked under Send/Receive groups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Outlook is still happily downloading new email every minute or so.  Have I missed or misunderstood some of the settings?" />
  <row Id="12074" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6871" RevisionGUID="d5154751-9687-4a52-90f0-7fc1120939bc" CreationDate="2009-05-11T00:31:18.853" UserId="1964" Text="How do I stop Outlook 2003 from checking email automatially?" />
  <row Id="12075" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6871" RevisionGUID="d5154751-9687-4a52-90f0-7fc1120939bc" CreationDate="2009-05-11T00:31:18.853" UserId="1964" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;" />
  <row Id="12076" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6872" RevisionGUID="b0b6b2b9-042e-4935-882d-62aedf7f7beb" CreationDate="2009-05-11T00:41:30.363" UserId="2224" Text="There are always bugs with the print spooler and drivers. Without more details, I'd suggest that you try applying Windows XP SP3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have any additional information? Event logs? Popups? Other error messages? " />
  <row Id="12077" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6857" RevisionGUID="773259fd-1a36-4921-aa9b-67bebe3d35d5" CreationDate="2009-05-11T00:59:06.577" UserId="1039" Comment="added 652 characters in body" Text="I have a XP pro, SP2 system that is offline (as in TCP over [sneakernet][1]) and essentially un-patched. The printer (HP LaserJet 5p) works fine sometimes but as soon as anything goes &quot;wrong&quot;, like I get more than one item in the print queue, I (often as not) end up having to manually clean the print queue *and* reboot. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The general mode of failure is that once things go bad the printer seems to lock up. The computer seems to be fine but trying to delete a print job just doesn't work, the job never disappears. Some times I can get result by power cycling the  printer, restarting the spooler and manually clearing the print queue directory. Sometime it seems to be in an invalid state where the printer spews over-sized text or gibberish.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because I'm offline, I can't simply run Windows update and so are there any specific updates out that address issue in the print spooler service that might help?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(If you can remember an update it's a good bet it's not on this computer)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`&lt;soapbox&gt;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why is it that anything involving visual output drivers under windows sucks? Video drives crash more systems thatn anything else I've seen and printers never seem to work correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh and any software I've used from HP sucked, even the drivers on there current offerings. (400MB for a minimum install!? No option to not install there image editing program that I'll never even touch!?)  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`&lt;/soapbox&gt;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet" />
  <row Id="12078" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6873" RevisionGUID="ee47db9e-0118-4e25-9516-ee12f2342229" CreationDate="2009-05-11T01:01:14.920" UserId="1748" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're attempting to deploy IE8 to finally upgrade our environment from IE6. However, we've hit a couple of issues and wondered if anyone else has had similar problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've downloaded IEAK for IE8 and created a custom .msi for WinXP with our own corporate settings. Of note here is that I've gone for a handsfree installation with forced reboots.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've then taken this msi and placed it into our software distribution share on our domain controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From here I've added the msi into the software installation section of our deployment group policy object, which is assigned to our domain computers group. So it's in the 'assigned' deployment state.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, it seems that only some PCs are installing the package. The others give the message 'Installing managed software Internet Explorer', however they don't actually install anything. Here's the last few lines of ie8_main.log from one of the failing machines:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    00:08.969: INFO:    |Finalize         &gt;&gt;&gt; &lt;[END]--------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    00:09.000: INFO:    |Finalize         &gt;&gt;&gt; CPageProgress::_ChangeState: Original Phase: 13&#xD;&#xA;    00:11.860: INFO:    REBOOT: required.&#xD;&#xA;    00:11.875: INFO:    REBOOT: User selected to reboot now.&#xD;&#xA;    00:11.922: INFO:    Installer return value: hr=0x0000f0f4&#xD;&#xA;    00:11.953: ERROR:   Setup exit code: 0x0000f0f4 (Setup has detected the system is missing one or more prerequisites required to install.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone come across this before? The machines are for the most part up to date - they certainly have XP SP3 installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help would be great, thanks in advance!" />
  <row Id="12079" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6873" RevisionGUID="ee47db9e-0118-4e25-9516-ee12f2342229" CreationDate="2009-05-11T01:01:14.920" UserId="1748" Text="IE8 Deployment Issues" />
  <row Id="12080" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6873" RevisionGUID="ee47db9e-0118-4e25-9516-ee12f2342229" CreationDate="2009-05-11T01:01:14.920" UserId="1748" Text="&lt;internet-explorer&gt;&lt;ie8&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;deployment&gt;" />
  <row Id="12081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6874" RevisionGUID="7f5ea23f-c25e-49e9-b990-3eb1ce639e69" CreationDate="2009-05-11T01:06:01.090" UserId="2159" Text=" - Transmit - probably the best GUI FTP/SFTP/SCP/WebDAV/.Mac/Amazon S3 client&#xD;&#xA; - Http Client - really simple but quite useful&#xD;&#xA; - Textmate - +1 for this awesome text editor&#xD;&#xA; - Versions - a nice svn GUI&#xD;&#xA; - AppZapper - &quot;The uninstaller Apple forgot&quot;&#xD;&#xA; - Colloquy - IRC client&#xD;&#xA; - Adium - multi network IM&#xD;&#xA; - Flip4Mac - windows media plugin for Quicktime&#xD;&#xA; - Quinn - Tetris (with multiplayer)&#xD;&#xA; - Superduper - bootable backups&#xD;&#xA; - VodooPad - personal wiki&#xD;&#xA; - Pixelmator - stunning image editor. not as featurefull as PS but way way faster&#xD;&#xA; - SequelPro - MySQL GUI&#xD;&#xA; - Firefox - of course&#xD;&#xA; - Chicken of the VNC&#xD;&#xA; - Tunnelblick - OpenVPN client as the built in one can be a bit flaky&#xD;&#xA; - Xcode - this is how you get all gcc and all that lovely unixy stuff&#xD;&#xA; - iStat - a hardware/network stats dashboard widget&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm a web developer so my list is probs biased that way and honestly I could do 98% of what I do with Textmate and Terminal (which is pre installed)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also do a BootCamp (Windows) install then do a VMWare install using BootCamp as the image. This will be a really sweet setup when the Windows HFS+ drivers are released. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12082" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6874" RevisionGUID="7f5ea23f-c25e-49e9-b990-3eb1ce639e69" CreationDate="2009-05-11T01:06:01.090" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="12083" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6873" RevisionGUID="4470a0f0-75c1-4d21-9758-307c64436efc" CreationDate="2009-05-11T01:07:05.860" UserId="1748" Comment="added 111 characters in body" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're attempting to deploy IE8 to finally upgrade our environment from IE6. However, we've hit a couple of issues and wondered if anyone else has had similar problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've downloaded IEAK for IE8 and created a custom .msi for WinXP with our own corporate settings. Of note here is that I've gone for a handsfree installation with forced reboots.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've then taken this msi and placed it into our software distribution share on our domain controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From here I've added the msi into the software installation section of our deployment group policy object, which is assigned to our domain computers group. So it's in the 'assigned' deployment state.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, it seems that only some PCs are installing the package. The others give the message 'Installing managed software Internet Explorer', however they don't actually install anything. Here's the last few lines of ie8_main.log from one of the failing machines:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    00:08.969: INFO:    |Finalize         &gt;&gt;&gt; &lt;[END]--------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    00:09.000: INFO:    |Finalize         &gt;&gt;&gt; CPageProgress::_ChangeState: Original Phase: 13&#xD;&#xA;    00:11.860: INFO:    REBOOT: required.&#xD;&#xA;    00:11.875: INFO:    REBOOT: User selected to reboot now.&#xD;&#xA;    00:11.922: INFO:    Installer return value: hr=0x0000f0f4&#xD;&#xA;    00:11.953: ERROR:   Setup exit code: 0x0000f0f4 (Setup has detected the system is missing one or more prerequisites required to install.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone come across this before? The machines are for the most part up to date - they certainly have XP SP3 installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Hrmm, I've gone and done a couple of checks, looks as though some of these machines potentially only have SP2. However, I was under the impression that IE8 should still install on SP2, is this correct?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should also add that we have not installed any betas - this is an upgrade directly from IE6 to IE8 final.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help would be great, thanks in advance!" />
  <row Id="12084" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6870" RevisionGUID="e9750f30-e721-4a68-80f7-924b803d3c35" CreationDate="2009-05-11T01:11:36.900" UserId="2318" Comment="added 6 characters in body" Text="&lt;s&gt;Since I can't find a CSV Quicklook plugin for you, my suggestion is to roll your own. There's a tutorial here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMNSU-PIoOo As far as coding projects go, it doesn't look too hard.&lt;/s&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Won't work. As you suspected, Firefox isn't adding the type/creator when you download the file. You will indeed need to change it manually. The Mozilla website suggests contacting the site owner when the &quot;wrong&quot; Mimetype is used :-( Additionally the only &quot;Mimetype&quot; FFox plugins I can see only give you control over whether the browser should download or open the file, (and what app to open it with). You're out of luck." />
  <row Id="12085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6875" RevisionGUID="865ee2d4-cb27-498a-b04b-aaa3cf3f76f9" CreationDate="2009-05-11T01:21:14.620" UserId="1797" Text="I do not think there is a way to disable it. I do not think it is the client checking email, but the server informing the client there is mail available (push)." />
  <row Id="12086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6876" RevisionGUID="4964ac84-11ec-4387-ae6d-dc8f7c27eddb" CreationDate="2009-05-11T01:22:12.810" UserId="2270" Text="    $ who mom likes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rich" />
  <row Id="12087" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6876" RevisionGUID="4964ac84-11ec-4387-ae6d-dc8f7c27eddb" CreationDate="2009-05-11T01:22:12.810" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="12088" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6875" RevisionGUID="88d66edb-f699-4e5d-b20c-7c709c113a46" CreationDate="2009-05-11T01:29:14.810" UserId="1797" Comment="Added last sentence." Text="I do not think there is a way to disable it. I do not think it is the client checking email, but the server informing the client there is mail available (push). Also, if you are not using Personal Folders, mail stays on the server at all times." />
  <row Id="12089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6877" RevisionGUID="bd592387-3d59-4472-9416-481c1c3dde28" CreationDate="2009-05-11T01:36:34.487" UserId="1650" Text="    fuser&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If only this was the way you removed users from the system. ;-)" />
  <row Id="12090" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6877" RevisionGUID="bd592387-3d59-4472-9416-481c1c3dde28" CreationDate="2009-05-11T01:36:34.487" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="12091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6878" RevisionGUID="e988310b-3e87-43ea-9f4a-7b90a41610a0" CreationDate="2009-05-11T01:51:57.830" UserId="1173" Text="You can use `ResSwitch` from this page: &lt;http://www.codeproject.com/KB/tips/resswitch.aspx&gt;." />
  <row Id="12092" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6879" RevisionGUID="6b8af699-0d00-4cb0-b1f6-ded0581ea4af" CreationDate="2009-05-11T02:08:11.703" UserId="1041" Text="Believing in unrealistic deadlines.  Deadlines, especially unrealistic ones, tend to make life worse, rarely better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For instance, I knew two guys who were responsible for encrypting entire laptop hard drives.  These were laptops belonging to sales reps in the field.  Their boss made the statement &quot;That'll be done next week.&quot;  Deadline rolls around, and it's not done.  CIO gets concerned and asks these two what the problem is.  They state &quot;If we get this remote encryption process wrong we'll turn those laptops into bricks, and require the sales reps to drive to home office to get the problem resolved.  We're still testing everything to make sure we know what's going to happen.&quot;  CIO turns to the manager and says &quot;Why didn't you tell me this last week?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should never sacrifice quality for quantity, especially if it's just to meet unrealistic deadlines." />
  <row Id="12093" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6880" RevisionGUID="70e66aaf-165f-4ee7-91ef-e4168580c4bc" CreationDate="2009-05-11T02:13:18.593" UserId="2318" Text="Download RenameFiles (freeware). It's one of the only programs I really miss since I moved from Windows to Apple.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It looks like it's available here http://it-falke.com/software/renamefiles/us_description.php but I don't have a PC to test that link. The last version I used was 2.1.4. It was really simple but versatile.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12094" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6881" RevisionGUID="be667ec5-da1f-4002-ae94-ad5edb2d6eed" CreationDate="2009-05-11T02:28:50.750" UserId="1576" Text="You should also look at running your own cron job if using aptitude:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AutoWeeklyUpdateHowTo&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;(bottom of the page)  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also look at the package &lt;a href=&quot;http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/etckeeper/&quot;&gt;Etckeeper&lt;/a&gt; for keeping backups of your /etc files in a repository (git, mercurial etc.)." />
  <row Id="12095" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6882" RevisionGUID="5a2bafab-5109-48c2-a6ed-74bcce7db458" CreationDate="2009-05-11T02:36:06.840" UserId="2331" Text="A point of history: Originally Seagate Backup Exec, then Veritas Backup Exec, now Symantec (not Norton) Backup exec, current version is Symantec Backup Exec 11.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Backup Exec 11 (BE) is actually a very capable product and, since you already have it, I wouldn't go looking for anything else. If you set up your media sensibly and let BE manage it, then you should be able to happily eject a drive occasionally and take it off site. I think that's probably the easiest way for you to get an offsite backup - carry the media offsite. Symantec does have a related product called Continuous Protection Server which could be used to stream small incremental backups to an offsite storage server, but it seems like overkill in your situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A simple file copy tool like RoboCopy is too simplistic for server backup and ignores the fact that at any given moment hundreds of files will be in use and need a technology like Volume Shadow Copy to ensure they are backed up successfully. Things like Active Directory, SQL databases, exchange mailbox stores, all need a better approach than simply trying to copy the files. BE handles these situations fairly well." />
  <row Id="12096" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6883" RevisionGUID="a742738a-642c-40ae-abe5-5e62a9ce350f" CreationDate="2009-05-11T02:38:00.987" UserId="1072" Text="For someone looking after a small 50 Windows PC network (Mainly XP - some Vista), (all genuine copies), what would be the effect of ignoring the constant &quot;Windows Genuine Advantage Install&quot; pop-up prompts?.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Often when someone runs &quot;Windows Update&quot;, they get this popup which results in confusion etc. etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What would be the effect if we simply ignored the popup?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12097" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6883" RevisionGUID="a742738a-642c-40ae-abe5-5e62a9ce350f" CreationDate="2009-05-11T02:38:00.987" UserId="1072" Text="Any side-effects to ignoring the Windows Genuine Advantage Install popup " />
  <row Id="12098" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6883" RevisionGUID="a742738a-642c-40ae-abe5-5e62a9ce350f" CreationDate="2009-05-11T02:38:00.987" UserId="1072" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="12099" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6884" RevisionGUID="e700899f-9543-4229-8754-1f7c7d5d0b6d" CreationDate="2009-05-11T02:40:15.227" UserId="1616" Text="You ***might*** be able to port cassini - [http://www.asp.net/downloads/archived/cassini/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.asp.net/downloads/archived/cassini/" />
  <row Id="12100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6885" RevisionGUID="92c16b1e-c068-45a8-a6a1-6b2a396c0db8" CreationDate="2009-05-11T02:49:40.903" UserId="1695" Text="I don't know how the PCs are managed where you work, but most groups of computers I've dealt with are running the [Deep Freeze][1] utility. When critical Windows security updates are released, I unfreeze the machines and selectively install the updates that should be installed, then disable windows updates and refreeze the computers. No nags for the users this way. If you are managing these across a domain (I hope) you could also try the same practices regarding windows updates, software such as [SMS][2] can automate updates for you and AFAIK has functionality to avoid certain ones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is more discussion on the matter [here][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Freeze_(software)&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/SMServer/default.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.techreviewcentral.com/?p=36" />
  <row Id="12101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6886" RevisionGUID="f40b7ec9-dab3-4624-b831-6bcc6fc179d6" CreationDate="2009-05-11T02:50:57.313" UserId="1616" Text="Just a guess but is the DLL, or more likely another version of the same DLL, being registered at different file location?  For a COM DLL if it were the same version and were being called normally (by GUID or name) it shouldn't matter, I don't think, but worth checking." />
  <row Id="12102" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6887" RevisionGUID="20bd15a5-4594-4de5-aaa4-d7ddb6106a71" CreationDate="2009-05-11T03:02:21.883" UserId="2331" Text="If you have 50 PCs then automatic updates are best managed using something like Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) or Shavlik. WSUS is a free download from Microsoft and runs on your server, it acts as an update proxy (which will save you a lot of bandwidth), a management console that allows you to control which updates are deployed and a reporting engine that helps you determine which PCs are non-compliant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have never experienced an auto-update that required the user to go throught the WGA process. Add-on tools (like Windows Defender for XP) - yes, updates, no. Even if that is the case, WSUS enables you to pre-accept any EULAs on behalf of your users, so there should never be any interaction required by the users to install updates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The effect of not going through the WGA process is that you don't get to install the product it is protecting." />
  <row Id="12103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6888" RevisionGUID="62811b10-8e30-4dd4-9132-5c53dcc5e103" CreationDate="2009-05-11T03:18:28.003" UserId="2033" Text="1. Acquire a command line tool, as above. &#xD;&#xA;2. Connect to the machine via RDP since KVM isn't working, put a batch file that will run the utility in the start up folder (assuming your machines log themselves in automatically)&#xD;&#xA;3. Reboot. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12104" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6872" RevisionGUID="f467d76c-b86e-4be4-8b24-2cb2e0b89b05" CreationDate="2009-05-11T03:26:39.923" UserId="2224" Comment="updated based on new info" Text="There are always bugs with the print spooler and drivers. If there's a general spooler error, I'd suggest that you try applying Windows XP SP3. The printer is like 15 years old at this point, so the drivers are going to be as stable as they can be.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I actually have users who are having similar issues with similar vintage printers and remote print queues. One workaround that seems to help is to use generic PCL drivers included with Windows. (I believe PCL 5 in the case of the LJ 5P) You may lose some features like putting multiple pages on one sheet or duplexing. (Which I doubt the 5P has anyway!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another possibility is that you have bad hardware or caked on dust that is overheating the boards in the printer. Unless you're convinced that its a software issue, also consider replacing the printer -- you can get a Brother printer with similar specs for ~$40." />
  <row Id="12105" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6149" RevisionGUID="0724ca95-befa-41fe-b4af-dff6050fd23b" CreationDate="2009-05-11T03:37:30.373" UserId="2236" Comment="added 179 characters in body" Text="A list of **rootkit detection and/or removal tools** from **publicly trusted sources**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **Name, Vendor, Latest release**&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; [RootkitRevealer][1], Sysinternals,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; November 1 2006&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [Rootkit Unhooker][2], ep_x0ff (now working at Microsoft according to [Rootkit.com][3]), December 2007&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [F-Secure Blacklight][4], F-Secure, Unknown&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [GMER][5], GMER, March 2009&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TODO: Add more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Please add any trusted tools that you know of to the list.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/bb897445.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.antirootkit.com/software/RootKit-Unhooker.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.rootkit.com/blog.php?user=EP_X0FF&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.f-secure.com/blacklight&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.gmer.net/index.php" />
  <row Id="12106" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6889" RevisionGUID="a2b25e1c-1a7d-410b-b977-9bb6d4d39f2c" CreationDate="2009-05-11T03:47:19.717" UserId="2331" Text="Patient: Doctor, Doctor! When I drink a cup of tea I get a stabbing pain in my eye.  &#xD;&#xA;Doctor: Try taking the spoon out of the cup!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The point being: why are you using your server as a NAT gateway? Doesn't your modem/router do that? Why not take the server out of the path?" />
  <row Id="12107" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6890" RevisionGUID="9554c806-fc4a-4246-b40f-ad650c634e4b" CreationDate="2009-05-11T04:27:21.960" UserId="1696" Text="If you set Outlook to be offline then it will only check when requested or as frequently as is set in the &quot;send receive&quot; settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To set outlook offline go &quot;File Menu&quot; -&gt; &quot;Work Offline&quot;&#xD;&#xA;To change the automatic scheduled &quot;send &amp; receive&quot; go to &quot;Tools&quot; -&gt; &quot;Send/Receive&quot; -&gt; &quot;Send/Receive Settings&quot; -&gt; &quot;Define send and receive groups&quot;" />
  <row Id="12108" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6891" RevisionGUID="309310d2-d07f-4cdc-8041-dd5efaee69e6" CreationDate="2009-05-11T04:29:19.290" UserId="500" Text="Maybe this article would help: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Synchronization of FoldersTurned Off][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=101&amp;threadID=206501&amp;messageID=2172715" />
  <row Id="12109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6892" RevisionGUID="1f66e1eb-5e7c-4dfb-9336-863a3492cb2d" CreationDate="2009-05-11T04:30:42.003" UserId="1696" Text="Shutting down a remote server when i meant to restart it. Easily done at 3am in the morning. To stop it i set the group policy to only let the administrator shut a server down and ensure everyone logs on using their own account. If you do then ever need to shut the server down you have to log in as the administrator which you should rarely have to do." />
  <row Id="12110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6893" RevisionGUID="0e32f276-9d98-4623-aa6b-8843a28762ef" CreationDate="2009-05-11T05:01:57.287" UserId="2393" Text="Since Wubi, as mentioned, is just a big file on your Windows partition, it might be impacted by fragmentation. It did with me once - I defragmented and it worked." />
  <row Id="12111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6894" RevisionGUID="8b9687ad-c5d2-4610-bf29-d717919776c3" CreationDate="2009-05-11T05:08:49.850" UserId="2123" Text="We currently have a MAXIMISER 4140 Call Server, a MAXIMISER 4315 Phone system and about 20 Slicecomm PCS100 (voip phones)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can we somehow run Asterisk using this hardware?" />
  <row Id="12112" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6894" RevisionGUID="8b9687ad-c5d2-4610-bf29-d717919776c3" CreationDate="2009-05-11T05:08:49.850" UserId="2123" Text="Can we run Asterisk on our MAXIMISER 4140 Call Server with Slicecomm PCS100s?" />
  <row Id="12113" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6894" RevisionGUID="8b9687ad-c5d2-4610-bf29-d717919776c3" CreationDate="2009-05-11T05:08:49.850" UserId="2123" Text="&lt;asterisk&gt;" />
  <row Id="12114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6895" RevisionGUID="deed6df7-5e41-4283-bcaf-32835c1d81c8" CreationDate="2009-05-11T05:13:03.290" UserId="1576" Text="Has anyone got a nice solution for handling files in /var/www/  ?  &#xD;&#xA;We're running Name Based Virtual Hosts and the apache2 user is 'www-data'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've got two regular users &amp; root. So when messing with files in /var/www ,rather than having to...  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chown -R www-data:www-data  &#xD;&#xA;...all the time, what's a good way of handling this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Supplementary question. How hardcore do you then go on permissions?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;This one has always been a problem in collaborative development environments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12115" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6895" RevisionGUID="deed6df7-5e41-4283-bcaf-32835c1d81c8" CreationDate="2009-05-11T05:13:03.290" UserId="1576" Text="What's the best way of handling permissions for apache2's user www-data in /var/www ?" />
  <row Id="12116" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6895" RevisionGUID="deed6df7-5e41-4283-bcaf-32835c1d81c8" CreationDate="2009-05-11T05:13:03.290" UserId="1576" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;www-data&gt;" />
  <row Id="12117" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6896" RevisionGUID="1d056a01-6d7d-4e0e-b091-d6abb0529906" CreationDate="2009-05-11T05:17:59.257" UserId="2231" Text="Getting sucked into solving non-technical problems with technical means.  For example, if people browsing the internet for personal use is a problem, the answer is not always to install a web filter, monitoring application, and check logs daily.  If you have supervisors doing their job and supervising, then people hanging out on Facebook all day won't be nearly as much of a problem.  Sometimes reminding people of the company policy is all it takes.  And it costs a hell of a lot less to write a policy saying &quot;no facebook, myspace, ebay, and other personal websites&quot; than it does to do the research on a web filter, get a quote, buy it, learn about it, install it, configure and deploy it, and finally provide continued support for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, don't get me wrong, there are certainly lots of great uses for hardware/software web filters, and other sorts of great stuff, but sometimes they are impractical for the situation.  For example, a small office of 10 people doesn't need a Websense filter.  It needs to have a manager or other kind of supervisor who makes sure to assert their presence in the office so that people know they can't get away with, not only personal browsing, but personal phone calls, and other kinds of slacking that don't involve a computer or other piece of technology (sudoku during work hours, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, don't ever underestimate the importance of making rounds.  Go around the office and ask around with everyone if everything's running swell on their machine.  If it isn't, either fix it right there, or schedule some time for it later in the day.  It might seem like you're creating work for yourself at first, but overall, if your users are open about the problems they are having, and tell you about it when making rounds, you can stop big problems early and save yourself a lot of time.  " />
  <row Id="12118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6897" RevisionGUID="90d99a7e-8a0c-49fc-b20a-c5fd91876c14" CreationDate="2009-05-11T05:40:55.727" UserId="2233" Text="The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 Update 1 does all this and more.  And it's free too!  MDT 2008 will also solve a number other problems you might have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Injecing new drivers&#xD;&#xA;2. Injecting new mass storage drivers&#xD;&#xA;3. Inputing a PC name and joining the machine to a domain.&#xD;&#xA;4. Running Windows update (including running it againast your own WSUS server&#xD;&#xA;5. Install additional programs." />
  <row Id="12119" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6898" RevisionGUID="95fe2fad-9fda-4149-ba2c-ba11cf7b3a25" CreationDate="2009-05-11T05:46:18.433" UserId="2181" Text="I was turning on the Server and Client PCs at the same time. When I booted up the Sever and waited 2 or 3 minutes before booting the client it works fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So... it seems that if the Client boots up and the Server isn't fully booted up then the Client diesn't &quot;see&quot; the shared drives until you manually browse to them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SOLUTION: **make sure the Server is fully booted up before starting the client.**" />
  <row Id="12120" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6897" RevisionGUID="5b470d1a-6e73-4a39-a4c2-1969192e0f6c" CreationDate="2009-05-11T05:49:19.347" UserId="2233" Comment="added 58 characters in body" Text="The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 Update 1 does all this and more.  And it's free too!  MDT 2008 will also solve a number other problems you might have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From it's 'imagex' wrapper gui it can (via lite touch or zero touch, smb share, pxe or media):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Injecing new drivers&#xD;&#xA;2. Change the HAL&#xD;&#xA;3. Inputing a PC name and joining the machine to a domain.&#xD;&#xA;4. Change the timezone and language details&#xD;&#xA;5. Change the local admin password&#xD;&#xA;6. Running Windows update (including running it against your own WSUS server)&#xD;&#xA;7. Install additional programs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MDT 2008 can also&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Inject new mass storage drivers&#xD;&#xA;2. Automate imagex build and captures&#xD;&#xA;3. Change Windows settings based on data inputted into database.&#xD;&#xA;4. Tons more that I'll get to listing.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12121" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6899" RevisionGUID="0a17324f-a524-4531-841d-38f9d5d56653" CreationDate="2009-05-11T05:49:40.860" UserId="984" Text="I am not entirely how you want the permissions, but this may give you a starting point.  There probably are better ways.  I am assuming you want both users to be able to change anything under /var/www/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Create a new group (www-pub) and add the users to that group.  &#xD;&#xA; - Change the ownership of everything under /var/www to root:www-pub.  &#xD;&#xA; - Change the permissions of all the folders to 2775&#xD;&#xA; - Change all the files to 0664.&#xD;&#xA; - Change the umask for your users to 0002&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This means any new file created by either of your users should be username:www-pub 0664 and any directory that gets created will be username:www-pub 2775.  Apache will get read access to everything via the 'other users' component.  The SETGID bit on the directories will force all files being created to be owned by the group that owns the folder.  Adjusting the umask is needed to make sure that write bit is set so that anyone in the group will be able to edit the files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for how hardcore I go on permissions.  It completely depends on the site/server.  If there is only 1-2 editors and I just need to keep them from breaking things too badly then I will go easy.  If the business required something more complex then I would set up something more complex." />
  <row Id="12122" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5141" RevisionGUID="f8f0985a-5d2c-492d-8534-b5ba01750cfd" CreationDate="2009-05-11T05:52:46.580" UserId="1576" Comment="clarified question. " Text="I just got this job today where we need to use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.postgresql.org/&quot;&gt;PostgreSQL&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The client has two hosts and they only use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phppgadmin.org/&quot;&gt;phpPgAdmin&lt;/a&gt; to access the database. There's no SSH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We need to the export the data and then import it to a local dev machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Being wise in the way of &lt;a href=&quot;http://mysql.com/&quot;&gt;MySQL&lt;/a&gt; I'm a little lost as to the correct process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's PostgreSQL &gt;&gt; database &gt;&gt; export  &#xD;&#xA;and from there one gets:  &#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been hitting up the documentation but to tell you the truth, I can't find a simple explanation and don't really care about the db or Postgres at the moment. All we need to do is tackle the sites PHP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Hit me up with a synopsis/cheatsheet/guide my sysadminy syblings.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edits:**  &#xD;&#xA;Changed the question to be include the PostgreSQL permissions on importing a db.  &#xD;&#xA;There really does seem to be more to setting up a new PostgreSQL server as far as permissions go. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ask specifically about phpPgAdmin because my server is not localhost &amp; has no GUI.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*I get a feeling that it's a permissions thing &lt;http://pgedit.com/public/sql/acl_admin/index.html&gt;*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Clarified no SSH on clients box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still can't find concise documentation on this whole process. Am really avoiding task till I've a clearer idea. Might look to convert into MySQL db for ease.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/7064/phppgadmin.png" />
  <row Id="12123" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6897" RevisionGUID="44328df8-6b0d-43db-a689-2318d0e90c4d" CreationDate="2009-05-11T05:54:42.240" UserId="2233" Comment="added 112 characters in body" Text="The [Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 Update 1](http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?familyid=3BD8561F-77AC-4400-A0C1-FE871C461A89&amp;displaylang=en) does all this and more.  And it's free too!  MDT 2008 will also solve a number other problems you might have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From it's 'imagex' wrapper gui it can (via lite touch or zero touch, smb share, pxeboot or media):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Inject new drivers&#xD;&#xA;2. Change the HAL&#xD;&#xA;3. Input a PC name and join the machine to a domain.&#xD;&#xA;4. Change the timezone and language details&#xD;&#xA;5. Change the local admin password&#xD;&#xA;6. Running Windows update (including running it against your own WSUS server)&#xD;&#xA;7. Install additional programs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MDT 2008 can also:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Inject new mass storage drivers&#xD;&#xA;2. Automate imagex build and captures&#xD;&#xA;3. Change customise deployments based on data inputted into database.&#xD;&#xA;4. Customise WinPE images&#xD;&#xA;5. Tons more that I'll get to listing.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12124" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6900" RevisionGUID="7b35a7b4-cdd4-4967-8839-98b08ef33f4e" CreationDate="2009-05-11T06:01:55.147" UserId="2378" Text="You can combine setatakahashi's answer above with OS X's fast user switching, since you mentioned that you were prepared to first log into the machine you would like to control.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Log in to the machine you want to control. Fire up a VNC server like [OSXVNC][1] and set the port to 5902 or something of your choice that isn't the default 5900 used by the VNC server included in all Leopard Macs. (And which can be enabled by any admin user: Sharing pref pane=&gt;Screen Sharing=&gt; Allow VNC client to connect.) Set a password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Enable fast user switching (Accounts pref pane=&gt; Login options) and then, from the FUS icon in the menubar, choose &quot;Login Window&quot;. The computer will then present Mac OS X's login window and allow others to log in and out normally without interrupting your session. (If the machine's preferences are set to display empty name and password fields, your active, hidden session will likely go unnoticed till someone logs in and clicks the FUS icon.) Your console session remains active, as does your VNC server. You can now control that session using a regular VNC client pointed at the right port on the remote machine. [JollysFastVNC][2] is a good, fast choice if your controller's also a Mac.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many security considerations, starting with a strong recommendation to use an SSH tunnel. Each account on the remote machine needs a password to stop users switching willy-nilly, users can kill your session by shutting down, sleeping, etc. Reliance on a wireless network might kill your connection, depending on how things are set up. The other stuff is probably outside the scope of this question. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/osxvnc/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.jinx.de/JollysFastVNC.html" />
  <row Id="12125" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6897" RevisionGUID="36aa7741-57e2-4ca0-9c93-01bdc0d5a42b" CreationDate="2009-05-11T06:02:25.957" UserId="2233" Comment="added 99 characters in body" Text="The [Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 Update 1](http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?familyid=3BD8561F-77AC-4400-A0C1-FE871C461A89&amp;displaylang=en) does all this and more.  And it's free too!  MDT 2008 will also solve a number other problems you might have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MDT 2008 includes a mmc console, a customised WinPE build environment and many very useful scripts.  From it's 'imagex' wrapper gui it can (via lite touch or zero touch, smb share, pxeboot or media):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Inject new drivers&#xD;&#xA;2. Change the HAL&#xD;&#xA;3. Input a PC name and join the machine to a domain.&#xD;&#xA;4. Change the timezone and language details&#xD;&#xA;5. Change the local admin password&#xD;&#xA;6. Running Windows update (including running it against your own WSUS server)&#xD;&#xA;7. Install additional programs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MDT 2008 can also:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Inject new mass storage drivers&#xD;&#xA;2. Automate imagex build and captures&#xD;&#xA;3. Change customise deployments based on data inputted into database.&#xD;&#xA;4. Customise WinPE images&#xD;&#xA;5. Tons more that I'll get to listing.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6901" RevisionGUID="4f4804a4-05ba-46b7-97ff-0b996856b5a1" CreationDate="2009-05-11T06:13:10.463" UserId="2236" Text="tracert&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Usage: tracert [-d] [-h maximum_hops]&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [-j host-list] [-w timeout]&#xD;&#xA;&gt; target_name&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Options:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     -d                 Do not resolve addresses to hostnames.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     -h maximum_hops    Maximum number of hops to search for target.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     -j host-list       Loose source route along host-list.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     -w timeout         Wait timeout milliseconds for each reply.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="12128" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6902" RevisionGUID="1d8818a9-1def-45c8-a0c2-4871f1ff9d9e" CreationDate="2009-05-11T06:17:09.147" UserId="2236" Text="ipconfig&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; USAGE:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     ipconfig [/? | /all | /renew [adapter] | /release [adapter] |&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;               /flushdns | /displaydns | /registerdns |&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;               /showclassid adapter |&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;               /setclassid adapter [classid] ]&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; where&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     adapter         Connection name &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;                    (wildcard characters * and ? allowed, see&#xD;&#xA;&gt; examples)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     Options:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;        /?           Display this help message&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;        /all         Display full configuration information.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;        /release     Release the IP address for the specified adapter.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;        /renew       Renew the IP address for the specified adapter.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;        /flushdns    Purges the DNS Resolver cache.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;        /registerdns Refreshes all DHCP leases and re-registers DNS names&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;        /displaydns  Display the contents of the DNS Resolver Cache.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;        /showclassid Displays all the dhcp class IDs allowed for adapter.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;        /setclassid  Modifies the dhcp class id.  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; The default is to display only the IP&#xD;&#xA;&gt; address, subnet mask and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; default gateway for each adapter bound&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to TCP/IP.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; For Release and Renew, if no adapter&#xD;&#xA;&gt; name is specified, then the IP address&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; leases for all adapters bound to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; TCP/IP will be released or renewed.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; For Setclassid, if no ClassId is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; specified, then the ClassId is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; removed.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Examples:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     &gt; ipconfig                   ... Show information.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     &gt; ipconfig /all              ... Show detailed information&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     &gt; ipconfig /renew            ... renew all adapters&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     &gt; ipconfig /renew EL*        ... renew any connection that has its &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;                                      name starting with EL&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     &gt; ipconfig /release *Con*    ... release all matching connections,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;                                      eg. &quot;Local Area Connection 1&quot; or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;                                          &quot;Local Area Connection 2&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="12133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6904" RevisionGUID="e166b159-1cbd-4e32-9037-14a11f0dd7b6" CreationDate="2009-05-11T06:30:42.837" UserId="2302" Text="One approach is to script a &quot;recovery&quot; job to run periodically, for instance one that grabs a specific text file from the most recent backup and emails you its contents.  If it's possible, this should -- at least sometimes -- be done using a different box than the one that created or backed up the data, just to ensure it will work if you should need to do so.   The advantage is that you can be sure your encryption/decryption, compression, and storage mechanisms are all working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a little more involved for specialized backups such as email and database servers, though performing some kind of small-scale recovery from a small DB or brick-level mailbox backup and verifying the contents is certainly possible, just a little more involved.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This approach also shouldn't replace a periodic full restore to ensure you can recover data in the event of an emergency -- it just allows you to be a little more confident about the integrity of your day-to-day backup job." />
  <row Id="12134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6905" RevisionGUID="b6f74498-887d-450c-ab17-3a4ecbb6e7e4" CreationDate="2009-05-11T06:51:23.613" UserId="1810" Text="I've found hyperic hq to be a very nice tool, though it is rather tough on hardware requirements. (The database backing HQ grows really fast, but then again, functionallity comes at a price).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've once monitored a wole lot of JBoss application servers (around 300 of them) using HQ. The nice thing was that we were able to customize the JBoss plugin to match the -rather special- deployments we had.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd say it is a good monitoring tool which allows you really to dig into details if you have sufficient resources to run it. Its auto-discovery is really nice as well... ." />
  <row Id="12139" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6907" RevisionGUID="7ddf7cf0-2c54-45ce-ac9c-598c8e69bef3" CreationDate="2009-05-11T07:20:30.947" UserId="536" Text="**Background**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; I am hoping to convert a shed in my garden into a home office. The shed has a concrete base and brese block walls. It already has Power and Ethernet and will soon be watertight. However I am now wondering about some of the practicalities.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Questions**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; How do computers cope in (cold -5 - 5 C) and damp (over 100% humidity) environments over an extended period of time? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; Are there ways to mitigate the problems?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; Are there components that you can buy which will work better in such an environment?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; Is it possible to use the head produced by the computer for heating, is this efficient?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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Use unlocker to solve this problem.&#xD;&#xA; - [Console²][9]: Change the DOS command for Console², with tabs, better UI...&#xD;&#xA; - [Taskbar shuffle][10]: Rearrange the programs on your Windows taskbar by dragging and dropping them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Tools**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Stroke It][11]: Execute commands, start programs only with a mouse gesture! Magic!&#xD;&#xA; - [7-zip][12]: A free file archiver.&#xD;&#xA; - [Ditto][13]: A copy-paster manager, to not be limited to one element in your clipboard.&#xD;&#xA; - [Dirkey][14]: Use Ctrl-0 to Ctrl-9 to access your preferred directories on your disks on Windows Explorer.&#xD;&#xA; - [Print screen][15]: A free tool to create screenshots, with a lot of options...&#xD;&#xA; - [Launchy][16]: Type Ctrl-Space, then write the first letters of the application, and it's launched!&#xD;&#xA; - [Keybreeze][17]: Almost the same thing as Launchy.&#xD;&#xA; - [PDF Creator][18]: To transform any document to the PDF format (a new printer is added in your configuration).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Development**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Tortoise CVS][19]: A CVS extension for Windows Explorer.&#xD;&#xA; - [Eclipse][20]: Java development IDE.&#xD;&#xA; - [Netbeans][21]: Another Java development IDE, much better as Eclipse when you need to create Java application with Swing (this is my opinion ;o) ).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Multimedia**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Foobar 2000][22]: A powerful media player. But needs a lot of configuration...&#xD;&#xA; - [XnView][23]: A powerful image viewer. Also offers lot of conversion controls.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Internet**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Mozilla Firefox][24]: THE browser.&#xD;&#xA; - [Mozilla Thunderbird][25]: A really good email reader.&#xD;&#xA; - [Trillian][26], [Koolim][27], [Pidgin][28] (ex Gaim), [Meebo][29] (online): Instant Messenger tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Firefox plugin**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Colorzilla][30]: A color picker, to find out the color code of any part of the current page.&#xD;&#xA; - [Download statusbar][31]: A download manager.&#xD;&#xA; - [Firebug][32]: An extension for Javascript or CSS debugging. 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  <row Id="12143" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6908" RevisionGUID="be7d3bae-c14f-4536-8c65-4a2aebfa2be1" CreationDate="2009-05-11T07:27:59.747" UserId="2302" Text="Scripted backup to disk is easy and operates very quickly:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  osql -S *[ip_of_server]* -Q &quot; BACKUP DATABASE *[database_name]* TO DISK = 'C:\\Backups\Backup.bak' &quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Doesn't work to back up to different location over the network (not that this is a good idea anyway) with a UNC path.  It's easier anyway to make backups locally and store them encrypted.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hard disk is cheap, and increasingly reliable.  We got rid of our tapes a while back and have never looked back." />
  <row Id="12144" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6909" RevisionGUID="536787c9-066b-4101-813e-d9994d2a004d" CreationDate="2009-05-11T07:28:04.803" UserId="2123" Text="This is a little cheeky, you could do it blindly :D&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's how you'd do it in windows XP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Login (type username, tab, password, enter)&#xD;&#xA; - windowskey+D to minimize all to desktop&#xD;&#xA; - Shift+F10 to raise the desktop context menu&#xD;&#xA; - R to select the display properties&#xD;&#xA; - Ctrl+Shift+Tab to switch to the Settings tab&#xD;&#xA; - Alt+S to select the resolution slider control&#xD;&#xA; - Left several times to change to the lowest resolution&#xD;&#xA; - Enter to apply settings&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure about server 2008 though....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12145" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6909" RevisionGUID="5fbb976c-979d-4acb-aadc-a68ba4b915ca" CreationDate="2009-05-11T07:35:09.970" UserId="2123" Comment="edited body" Text="This is a little cheeky, you could do it blindly :D&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's how you'd do it in windows XP:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - press escape to clear the login screen&#xD;&#xA; - ctrl+alt+del to start login&#xD;&#xA; - alt+u, type username&#xD;&#xA; - tab, type password, enter&#xD;&#xA; - wait a few seconds for login &#xD;&#xA; - windowskey+D to minimize all to desktop&#xD;&#xA; - Shift+F10 to raise the desktop context menu&#xD;&#xA; - R to select the display properties&#xD;&#xA; - Ctrl+Shift+Tab to switch to the Settings tab&#xD;&#xA; - Alt+S to select the resolution slider control&#xD;&#xA; - Left several times to change to the lowest resolution&#xD;&#xA; - Enter to apply settings&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure about server 2008 though....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12146" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6910" RevisionGUID="19c01183-32ca-4ebe-bc96-5befbf1fb80b" CreationDate="2009-05-11T07:37:50.730" UserDisplayName="dss_so" Text="Shed-computing, huh? Is it anything like boat-programming? :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's very humid, over time the internal components can rust and otherwise be negatively affected because of changes in electrical resistance or thermal conductivity. As for the temperature, I'm not sure about -5C, but I know LCDs have a minimum temperature beyond which the screen will not be functional.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd recommend reading the operating temperature/humidity levels on each component of your setup (if available) just to be sure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If possible, look for some type of air conditioner (with heating functionality) that you can use to reduce the humidity and keep yourself warm." />
  <row Id="12147" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6909" RevisionGUID="a96d857f-1e62-40d9-9e1e-e819d59f149a" CreationDate="2009-05-11T07:40:32.177" UserId="2123" Comment="deleted 7 characters in body" Text="This is a little cheeky, you could do it blindly :D&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's how you'd do it in windows XP:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - press escape to clear the login screen&#xD;&#xA; - ctrl+alt+del to start login&#xD;&#xA; - alt+u, type username&#xD;&#xA; - tab, type password, enter&#xD;&#xA; - wait a few seconds for login &#xD;&#xA; - windowskey+D to minimize all to desktop&#xD;&#xA; - Shift+F10 to raise the desktop context menu&#xD;&#xA; - R to select the display properties&#xD;&#xA; - Ctrl+Shift+Tab to switch to the Settings tab&#xD;&#xA; - Alt+S to select the resolution slider control&#xD;&#xA; - Left several times to change to the lowest resolution&#xD;&#xA; - Enter to apply settings&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh I should add - DON'T DO THIS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6911" RevisionGUID="b3dd2d63-e5c5-4fce-8d2d-6ce6df145533" CreationDate="2009-05-11T07:45:55.117" UserId="1956" Text="Not doing backups at all and relying on things like RAID or SAN mirroring to protect data." />
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  <row Id="12150" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6910" RevisionGUID="634c6c20-9534-4bf0-aea8-a46ef3ea8616" CreationDate="2009-05-11T07:46:10.950" UserDisplayName="dss_so" Comment="added 188 characters in body" Text="Shed-computing, huh? Is it anything like boat-programming? :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's very humid, over time the internal components can rust and otherwise be negatively affected because of changes in electrical resistance or thermal conductivity. As for the temperature, I'm not sure about -5C, but I know LCDs have a minimum temperature beyond which the screen will not be functional.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure you keep regular backups of your data as well, since spinning up cold hard drives may be an issue if the cold causes contraction of any of the numerous little parts inside.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd recommend reading the operating temperature/humidity levels on each component of your setup (if available) just to be sure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If possible, look for some type of air conditioner (with heating functionality) that you can use to reduce the humidity and keep yourself warm.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6912" RevisionGUID="02a4833d-b1fa-4eb2-b8cf-894d4d3e99d3" CreationDate="2009-05-11T07:50:17.840" UserDisplayName="dss_so" Text="    color 02&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This, my friends, is the only command you'll ever need. The rest is nonessential." />
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  <row Id="12153" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6909" RevisionGUID="86a96fdb-d3f0-47fa-b2cf-575deabdc9ff" CreationDate="2009-05-11T07:50:19.073" UserId="2123" Comment="added 11 characters in body" Text="This is a little cheeky but you could do it onsite blindly  :D&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's how you'd do it in windows XP:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - press escape to clear the login screen&#xD;&#xA; - ctrl+alt+del to start login&#xD;&#xA; - alt+u, type username&#xD;&#xA; - tab, type password, enter&#xD;&#xA; - wait a few seconds for login &#xD;&#xA; - windowskey+D to minimize all to desktop&#xD;&#xA; - Shift+F10 to raise the desktop context menu&#xD;&#xA; - R to select the display properties&#xD;&#xA; - Ctrl+Shift+Tab to switch to the Settings tab&#xD;&#xA; - Alt+S to select the resolution slider control&#xD;&#xA; - Left several times to change to the lowest resolution&#xD;&#xA; - Enter to apply settings&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh I should add - DON'T DO THIS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="12155" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6909" RevisionGUID="13ed9151-a722-4915-8e3a-b28afd88f8fa" CreationDate="2009-05-11T07:56:12.293" UserId="2123" Comment="added 10 characters in body" Text="This is a little cheeky but you could do it onsite blindly  :D&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's how you'd do it in windows XP:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - press escape to clear the login screen&#xD;&#xA; - ctrl+alt+del to start login&#xD;&#xA; - alt+u, type username&#xD;&#xA; - tab, type password, enter&#xD;&#xA; - wait a few seconds for login &#xD;&#xA; - windowskey+D to minimize all to desktop&#xD;&#xA; - Shift+F10 to raise the desktop context menu&#xD;&#xA; - R to select the display properties&#xD;&#xA; - Ctrl+Shift+Tab to switch to the Settings tab&#xD;&#xA; - Alt+S to select the resolution slider control&#xD;&#xA; - Left several times to change to the lowest resolution&#xD;&#xA; - Enter to apply settings&#xD;&#xA; - ZING!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh I should add - DON'T DO THIS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12156" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6913" RevisionGUID="b52c9d24-8d16-42fd-9a73-065f7387e0d9" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:01:37.133" UserId="1787" Text="It'll probably would be less of a problem, if you'd be planing to put 24/7 home &quot;server&quot;. If you're planing to use it as a office, then you're going to power-cycle that PC. With temperatures so low, it's going to go trough a lot cold-hot-cold cycles. That, over extended time will kill any electronics ([some faster then others][1]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for humidity, that's generally bad for any electric equipment. But humidity and subzero temperatures, that's really terrible combination. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1028703/nvidia-g84-g86-bad" />
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  <row Id="12158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6914" RevisionGUID="1603b336-8aea-481e-9c30-81634ffa22da" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:04:33.497" UserId="2381" Text="We tried Subversion in several projects with clients. It has worked out better than I hoped for, but there are some rough edges.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Background:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* The application will automatically register everything it needs so it it safe to just copy if from one computer to another.&#xD;&#xA;* It includes a lot of setting files both in text and binary (vector images).&#xD;&#xA;* The application is installed locally on every computer (so it can be used without network access).&#xD;&#xA;* The client updates files and we update files for them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The current solution is that work with a Subversion repository on one of our web servers. They install TortoiseSVN if they are need to update files, otherwise they use a bat-file with a call to the command line client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since we introduced Subversion we have had zero problems with an installation being out of sync. We have also been able to trace when some messed up the settings (and figure out why it happened).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The problem:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Occasionally you get a conflict. Mostly it is because a novice user changed one of the settings by mistake. Is there a svn-client that makes it easy to resolve conflicts for novice users?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(The current solution at one of the companies is to delete the whole installation and perform a new checkout)" />
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  <row Id="12161" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6915" RevisionGUID="051d27c2-c3aa-48ae-9643-5af22c910489" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:05:38.627" UserId="984" Text="I don't have any experience, but I wonder if one option would to simply setup a computer that is actually submerged in liquid.  Something like [this][1] perhaps.  The water isn't going to mix with the oil very much.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mineral oil has a freezing temperature that us at -30C instead of the 0C freezing temperature of water.  I am not sure what will happen at low temperatures though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pugetsystems.com/submerged.php" />
  <row Id="12162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6916" RevisionGUID="86fa23f6-5800-4846-b5a1-9db009b6a502" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:07:53.880" UserId="1787" Text="If you're really into memory saving, you'd probably be better of replacing LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) with LLSP (Linux, LigHTTPd, SQLite, PHP).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12163" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6917" RevisionGUID="11210e94-d4dc-4f6c-986d-535c2c94365a" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:08:07.327" UserId="2299" Text="I strongly recommend Drive Snapshot (www.drivesnapshot.de). I've used this for several years, and I have the current version installed on around 200 servers. I have done many test restores and a few real life restores under high stress conditions, and Drive Snapshot has never let me down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can run Drive Snapshot as a GUI app, or from the command line. I run it from the command line as part of the Backup script. Restores (of the system partition) can be done by booting from a WinPE (or BartPE) CD, or indeed from a DOS floppy disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6918" RevisionGUID="49469317-89ba-4ee4-9d88-5d99a5dfb16c" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:11:35.653" UserId="282" Text="Unfortunatly I have had experience of keeping computers in cold and damp churches, and it isn't a pleasant story. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of the problems I came across:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Humitidy + Dust** - any dust that gets into your computer will turn into mud and after a while the fans get gunked up, which seems to affect the power supply quite profoundly (3 PSUs in 2 years), the other fans will get louder and less effective. The soloution is to install filters on all of the fans, keep the surrounding area clear of dust as far as possible and clean out the inside more reguarly than a normal PC. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Humidity + Components** - as dss_so mentioned the components won't stand up to the cold and damp. I have used a small chemical de-humidifier placed in the bottom of a sufficently large case which seems to have had its effect, it does fill with water quickly so be careful moving the computer around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Cold** - repeatedly starting a PC from cold (-5) as mentioned is going to cause a lot of wear, my soloution was to keep the heating in the building on low when it was unoccupied installing insulation will save on your heating bill.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12165" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6915" RevisionGUID="8deb1220-d132-40a2-9805-d2548eb3c69a" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:13:33.323" UserId="984" Comment="deleted 54 characters in body" Text="I don't have any experience, but I wonder if one option would to simply setup a computer that is actually submerged in liquid.  Something like [this][1] perhaps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mineral oil has a freezing temperature that us at -30C instead of the 0C freezing temperature of water.  I am not sure what will happen at low temperatures though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pugetsystems.com/submerged.php" />
  <row Id="12166" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6149" RevisionGUID="c78b8c2f-c30e-4136-92bd-aea31dabb422" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:14:34.430" UserId="2236" Comment="added 163 characters in body" Text="A list of **rootkit detection and/or removal tools** from **publicly trusted sources**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **Name, Vendor, Latest release**&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; [RootkitRevealer][1], Sysinternals,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; November 1 2006&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [Rootkit Unhooker][2], ep_x0ff (now working at Microsoft according to [Rootkit.com][3]), December 2007&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [F-Secure Blacklight][4], F-Secure, Unknown&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [GMER][5], GMER, March 2009&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Microsoft Malicious Software Removal&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Tool, Microsoft, April 2009&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [IceSword][6], Unknown, September 2005&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Please add any trusted tools that you know of to the list.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/bb897445.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.antirootkit.com/software/RootKit-Unhooker.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.rootkit.com/blog.php?user=EP_X0FF&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.f-secure.com/blacklight&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.gmer.net/index.php&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.xfocus.net/tools/200509/IceSword_en1.12.rar" />
  <row Id="12167" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6916" RevisionGUID="2fb4e436-f309-46f9-b1d7-7cde95364ec7" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:15:12.683" UserId="1787" Comment="added 124 characters in body" Text="If you're really into memory saving, you'd probably be better of replacing LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) with LLMP (LigHTTPd instead of Apache) or even better LLSP (LigHTTPd and SQLite).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [Setting up LLMP][1]&#xD;&#xA;- [Setting up LLSP][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://chrisjohnston.org/2009/setting-up-a-llmp-stack-linux-lighttpd-mysql-php5-on-ubuntu-810&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.seiler.it/first-steps-with-alix-3d3-board/articles/lighttpd-with-php5-cgi-and-sqlite.html" />
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  <row Id="12170" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6919" RevisionGUID="df1a9960-c4a6-4235-ad50-cdc9f7bc1057" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:18:31.677" UserId="1134" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;sftp&gt;&lt;network-map&gt;" />
  <row Id="12171" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6916" RevisionGUID="194db17a-e0e1-47a1-90a1-80dd6cfb7fa3" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:20:40.537" UserId="1787" Comment="added 113 characters in body" Text="If you're really into memory saving, you'd probably be better of replacing LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) with LLMP ([LigHTTPd][1] instead of Apache) or even better LLSP (Linux, LigHTTPd, [SQLite][2] and PHP). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [Setting up LLMP][3]&#xD;&#xA;- [Setting up LLSP][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighttpd&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sqlite&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://chrisjohnston.org/2009/setting-up-a-llmp-stack-linux-lighttpd-mysql-php5-on-ubuntu-810&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.seiler.it/first-steps-with-alix-3d3-board/articles/lighttpd-with-php5-cgi-and-sqlite.html" />
  <row Id="12172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6920" RevisionGUID="47dc4324-486f-4ff9-a7ad-f97bdded62f5" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:21:12.377" UserId="1999" Text="Where I work (a webdev company) we have a testing server with a peculiar setup. Which is that requesting&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    foo.myusername.thisserver.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will automatically send you to the files located at&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /home/myusername/foo/web&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;on that server. Just creating a new dir in the homedir is enough. No need to edit Apache config or even reboot it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was wondering, how is this done?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if at all possible, I'd like it so that I can override the webroot by editing a file in the app's dir (/home/myusername/foo in this case), for example setting it to&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /home/myusername/foo/somedir/webroot&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I don't know how flexible Apache config is in this regard." />
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  <row Id="12174" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6920" RevisionGUID="47dc4324-486f-4ff9-a7ad-f97bdded62f5" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:21:12.377" UserId="1999" Text="&lt;apache2&gt;" />
  <row Id="12175" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6920" RevisionGUID="d1cf4a8e-ddeb-4746-9cd1-4550c5ca38f5" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:26:15.050" UserId="1999" Comment="added 128 characters in body" Text="Where I work (a webdev company) we have a testing server with a peculiar setup. Which is that requesting&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    foo.myusername.thisserver.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will automatically send you to the files located at&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /home/myusername/foo/web&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;on that server. Just creating a new dir in the homedir is enough. No need to edit Apache config or even reboot it. This is very convenient for developing. You just have to check a project out from SVN and you're good to go (most of the time).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was wondering, how is this done?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if at all possible, I'd like it so that I can override the webroot by editing a file in the app's dir (/home/myusername/foo in this case), for example setting it to&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /home/myusername/foo/somedir/webroot&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I don't know how flexible Apache config is in this regard." />
  <row Id="12176" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6919" RevisionGUID="62159306-3e95-4701-b2ba-35b7ea6377ea" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:27:24.830" UserId="1134" Comment="Added SSHFS link + more explainations" Text="I know there are many commercial product that accomplish this task, but I'm looking for something like [SSHFS][1] but for windows systems, which is opensource.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html" />
  <row Id="12177" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="6919" RevisionGUID="62159306-3e95-4701-b2ba-35b7ea6377ea" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:27:24.830" UserId="1134" Comment="Added SSHFS link + more explainations" Text="Is there an opensource tool to map SFTP connections as a windows mapped drive" />
  <row Id="12178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6921" RevisionGUID="0c80f1c0-71a3-4459-9d98-b11cf762ce05" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:28:17.433" UserId="282" Text="One of my fustrations of Subversion is it sees everything as a series of versions, other version control systems such as [Mercurial][1] look at changesets (as mentioned in the latest Stack Overflow Podcast). This facet of Subversion makes merging inherrently difficult as it dosn't really know what has changed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a solution, which isn't much better than your current solution I would suggest running [svn revert][2] to reset the install before updating.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/re25.html" />
  <row Id="12179" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6922" RevisionGUID="33873004-c7d5-48c7-81ef-c227accc8f21" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:33:03.293" UserId="2299" Text="The hard bit of a backup is the bare metal restore. Users files are, after all, just user files and can be easily backed up and restored in a wide variety of ways.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your C: partition is small enough then I recommend using one of the many partition snapshot apps. My own favorite is Drive Snapshot (www.drivesnapshot.de), which I've used for several years, but there are several similar products out there. Drive Snapshot takes a sector level copy of a partition and (this is the impressive bit) it can copy the system partition while the server is running. If you lose the server you simply boot off a WinPE (or BartPE) CD and use Drive Snapshot to copy the snapshot back onto the disk. Snapshot can even create the partitions for you from the info stored in the snapshot. I've done this in anger, and under considerable stress, and Drive Snapshot has never let me down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tend to use tape for Backups where I can, as you can take the tapes off site, but I do have some servers that backup to a NAS device. Whichever the case, I have the backup script run Snapshot, then either write the snapshot file to tape and/or copy it to a NAS box. If the snapshot isn't too big I keep the last week or so copies of the daily snapshot file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Re rsync, I use this a lot myself, but on Windows you'd be using the Cygwin rsync and this tends to hang when syncing folders with a lot (e.g. 100,000) of files. If you're syncing on a LAN there are more reliable alternatives. An app called &quot;reconcile&quot; is my own favourite, but then I wrote it :-) See http://www.ratsauce.co.uk/winsrc/ if you want a play. If you're syncing through a WAN link then rsync is the obvious way to do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some other fairly obvious points that you probably already considered. Is if possible to upgrade the disks in the two servers to provide enough space for the servers to sync to each other? Then you could lose one server and have the remaining one take up the slack. Also note that in general you can't restore a system partition from one server onto another with different hardware and expect it to work very well. If the disk controllers are identical it will probably boot, but you'll lose the network config.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One last point (possibly more for the future) for application servers like Exchange servers I tend to use virtualisation these days. VMWare works very well on Server 2003 or of course Hyper-V is built into Server 2008. Virtual servers are very easy to backup because you just copy the files from the host server." />
  <row Id="12180" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6923" RevisionGUID="66749182-c6d2-4fbc-b2a9-2b6513dbc62a" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:36:58.857" UserId="2060" Text="subst.exe - associates a path with a drive letter, including local drives.  Usage example (add then remove):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    subst M: C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Music\&#xD;&#xA;    subst M: /D&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(note: is not persistent and needs to be run on every logon)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12181" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6923" RevisionGUID="66749182-c6d2-4fbc-b2a9-2b6513dbc62a" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:36:58.857" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="12182" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6924" RevisionGUID="de302cac-9dd3-4b2e-901f-8eb7be5b2d41" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:39:38.087" UserId="1787" Text="The standard choice is [ExpanDrive][1] (formerly SftpDrive), which is neither OSS, nor free ($39 for full version). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't yet found mature OSS alternative.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.expandrive.com/windows" />
  <row Id="12183" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6925" RevisionGUID="5a7d13d9-28b0-42e3-9556-09b911a5f22a" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:40:26.837" UserId="1432" Text="The only opensource project I know of that does this [Dokan][1] SSHFS, whichs is basically FUSE for windows. My experiences with it aren't very positive, though (very unstable).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I now use [ExpanDrive][2], which, unfortunately, isn't free or open source. It does work though ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dokan-dev.net/en/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.expandrive.com/windows/" />
  <row Id="12184" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6919" RevisionGUID="596dd15f-030d-4ecd-a0ae-25f8b24e39ac" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:41:15.387" UserId="1134" Comment="Added WinSCP KeepUpToDate feature." Text="I know there are many commercial product that accomplish this task, but I'm looking for something like [SSHFS][1] but for windows systems, which is opensource.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WinSCP [FAQ][2] points to the the [KeepUpTODate][3] feature, which can be used as a workaround, but it's not exactly like a mapped drive, although it's close.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://winscp.net/eng/docs/faq_map_drive&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://winscp.net/eng/docs/script_commands#keepuptodate" />
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  <row Id="12186" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6927" RevisionGUID="59dc6624-2219-481b-b569-449e5a60d933" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:56:17.047" UserId="17928" Text="We are considering to selfhosting for a domain. How can we provide a page to visitors in case of lines out, serverfailure or powerfailure? " />
  <row Id="12187" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6927" RevisionGUID="59dc6624-2219-481b-b569-449e5a60d933" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:56:17.047" UserId="17928" Text="How do you redirect dns in case of line downtime?" />
  <row Id="12188" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6927" RevisionGUID="59dc6624-2219-481b-b569-449e5a60d933" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:56:17.047" UserId="17928" Text="&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="12189" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6928" RevisionGUID="6cfaecde-8ac6-4972-8c7a-84469a1aea8e" CreationDate="2009-05-11T09:05:00.510" UserId="2191" Text="You can't do this with DNS out of the box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could use an external DNS server which monitors the page and delivers other DNS information with a low TTL in case it cannot reach the site. **BUT** this will not work reliably *and* will also depend on the cache size of DNS servers of clients, *and* could cause your real site not to be reachable once it is back up due to existing DNS cache entries for the down-site." />
  <row Id="12190" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6929" RevisionGUID="6443527f-7c90-4e32-896f-2bf04437b9d0" CreationDate="2009-05-11T09:18:02.453" UserId="282" Text="I am copying a small number of large files between a Vista x64 SP1 workstation and a Windows 7 RC workstation. Windows says it will take 7 hour to copy 117GB of data from one computer to another over an uncongested 1GB switch. RoboCopy isn't doing much better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I seem to remeber from my Exchange days, there was several utilities that claimed to copy very large files between servers, are these utilities still available and if so which are most effective in the above situation." />
  <row Id="12191" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6929" RevisionGUID="6443527f-7c90-4e32-896f-2bf04437b9d0" CreationDate="2009-05-11T09:18:02.453" UserId="282" Text="how to copy a large file effectivly?" />
  <row Id="12192" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6929" RevisionGUID="6443527f-7c90-4e32-896f-2bf04437b9d0" CreationDate="2009-05-11T09:18:02.453" UserId="282" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;windows-vista-64&gt;" />
  <row Id="12193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6930" RevisionGUID="7075f5a4-70be-4de3-9385-bb3470084e9f" CreationDate="2009-05-11T09:22:14.337" UserId="616" Text="This was [asked and answered][1] over on Stackoverflow. Summary, you can't reliably do this with DNS, but there are approaches that mess with BGP routing to accomplish this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if you're just interested in handling local failures to your solution, and you are assuming your hosting company is still up and providing service, you can ask them - they may have the capability in their load balancers etc to be able to redirect to somewhere else in their environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/401444/cross-colo-fail-over-design-dns-level-fail-over" />
  <row Id="12194" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6931" RevisionGUID="b8ecc188-4276-4968-806a-5cc1228952eb" CreationDate="2009-05-11T09:24:57.233" UserId="536" Text="This is my take on a solution, but I don't know how practical it is. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was thinking that I could use liquid cooling for the components of the PC, this would stop hot air being blown around the case and condensing on any cold surfaces. I believe that you can attach this to most of the hot components in your system (not sure about the HDDs though).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was then thinking that I could take the hot water from this and put it into a radiator to try and keep the ambient temperature up. I could even try and get some high demand jobs to run when the temperature dips. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12195" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6919" RevisionGUID="4ecb0aa4-f402-4057-8f1b-d8734a97f3f8" CreationDate="2009-05-11T09:25:16.670" UserId="45" Text="I know there are many commercial products that accomplish this task, but I'm looking for something like [SSHFS][1] but for Windows systems, which is open source.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WinSCP [FAQ][2] points to the the [KeepUpTODate][3] feature, which can be used as a workaround, but it's not exactly like a mapped drive, although it's close.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://winscp.net/eng/docs/faq_map_drive&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://winscp.net/eng/docs/script_commands#keepuptodate" />
  <row Id="12196" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="6919" RevisionGUID="4ecb0aa4-f402-4057-8f1b-d8734a97f3f8" CreationDate="2009-05-11T09:25:16.670" UserId="45" Text="Is there an open source tool to map SFTP connections as a Windows mapped drive?" />
  <row Id="12197" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6929" RevisionGUID="6b5ec209-6bdf-4a13-a4ef-a4c735ecd02e" CreationDate="2009-05-11T09:28:10.333" UserId="45" Comment="added 14 characters in body; edited title" Text="I am copying a small number of large files between a Vista x64 SP1 workstation and a Windows 7 RC workstation. Windows says it will take 7 hours to copy 117GB of data from one computer to another over an uncongested 1 GBit/s switch. RoboCopy isn't doing much better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I seem to remember from my Exchange days, that there were several utilities that claimed to copy very large files between servers. Are these utilities still available and if so, which are most effective in the above situation?" />
  <row Id="12198" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="6929" RevisionGUID="6b5ec209-6bdf-4a13-a4ef-a4c735ecd02e" CreationDate="2009-05-11T09:28:10.333" UserId="45" Comment="added 14 characters in body; edited title" Text="How to copy a large file effectivly?" />
  <row Id="12199" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6932" RevisionGUID="2d09c2f5-64d1-41d7-9ba7-789fac136085" CreationDate="2009-05-11T09:36:02.190" Text="I would consider using SyncBack. We use it to move up to 30 GB files over WAN with reasonable throughput for off-site backups. There are different versions of it some of which allow throttling the use of bandwidth, using native versus Windows copy and FTP." />
  <row Id="12200" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6933" RevisionGUID="8be60cbd-5bb2-44c2-a0bc-f2c107348a59" CreationDate="2009-05-11T09:37:23.750" UserId="334" Text="Presumably, you won't be working in there when it is -5C, so can't you just take a laptop PC into the shed when you go there to work?  It solves any potential physical-security problems too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You shouldn't have any big problems leaving a larger LCD screen in there due to the temperature, but I couldn't comment on the humidity." />
  <row Id="12201" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6934" RevisionGUID="8e3f12e1-3ba7-432e-8f74-e65986ed8339" CreationDate="2009-05-11T09:38:04.480" UserId="1330" Text="The `&quot;http://&quot;` prefix to regular consumer websites is unnecessary and only complicates. Anyways 99% of the sites people visit use the HTTP protocol, so why do you have to tell the browser that? It should guess it!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anybody knows of an addon/way to hide the `&quot;http://&quot;` prefix in browsers? Any **Firefox** Add-on?" />
  <row Id="12202" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6934" RevisionGUID="8e3f12e1-3ba7-432e-8f74-e65986ed8339" CreationDate="2009-05-11T09:38:04.480" UserId="1330" Text="Hide the http:// in web browsers" />
  <row Id="12203" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6934" RevisionGUID="8e3f12e1-3ba7-432e-8f74-e65986ed8339" CreationDate="2009-05-11T09:38:04.480" UserId="1330" Text="&lt;url&gt;&lt;browsers&gt;&lt;firefox&gt;&lt;addon&gt;" />
  <row Id="12204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6935" RevisionGUID="f33e71d2-f4b6-4f4c-8983-10552cb1fb8a" CreationDate="2009-05-11T09:40:18.050" UserId="48" Text="Most browser do guess at it. If you enter an address without HTTP:// prefix it will add it on for you." />
  <row Id="12205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6936" RevisionGUID="d8581ed3-590c-4aa6-9e4f-672aceca435b" CreationDate="2009-05-11T09:40:51.420" UserId="247" Text="99% might use the HTTP protocol, but there's a lot more than 1% that use HTTP over TLS (ie HTTPS) and they're on different ports, so the browser needs to know which port to open.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, the browser **does** guess it." />
  <row Id="12206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6937" RevisionGUID="ed9caf4e-0ff7-43c0-93d6-e10cc605af35" CreationDate="2009-05-11T09:47:48.693" UserId="588" Text="    117GB/7H = 4.6MB/s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Something is wrong here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check for disk fragmentation, network misusage, another program grinding the drive or faulty hardware; Windows w/1Gb network can saturate the bandwidth that 7200 SATA drive can provide, i.e. 60-70 MB/s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I might also suggest that you create yourself a nice scheduled task to transfer the file(s) overnight." />
  <row Id="12207" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6938" RevisionGUID="53aa166e-6bb5-4d10-90ca-b7e55397cac7" CreationDate="2009-05-11T09:48:32.810" UserId="1232" Text="For something that large and considering it's a local copy I would either plug the hard drive of one of those PCs into the other and do a direct copy. Alternatively I would use an eSATA hard drive to do the transfer. That's going to be **way** faster than even GigE.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That all assumes this is a once off, which is how I read your post." />
  <row Id="12208" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6935" RevisionGUID="1a5d5b87-809a-4ea8-8f00-3739d2b2d71e" CreationDate="2009-05-11T09:55:42.893" UserId="48" Comment="added 93 characters in body" Text="Most browser do guess at it. If you enter an address without HTTP:// prefix it will add it on for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would be a browser feature to hide this, and as far as I know, no browsers offer this." />
  <row Id="12209" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6939" RevisionGUID="c38c2429-d75c-487c-b1ec-8d990cecf943" CreationDate="2009-05-11T10:02:35.300" UserId="1797" Text="There is no way to do this, that I know of, on any of the modern browsers." />
  <row Id="12210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6940" RevisionGUID="9a4e08cd-2d78-44db-83b4-dbfd31f6daf5" CreationDate="2009-05-11T10:02:46.453" UserId="2142" Text="I think humidity is going to be your biggest issue. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you leave your machines on most of the time the cold wont be an issue and possibly a benefit as it would prevent overheating and nighttime condensation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Damp and electronics dont mix though." />
  <row Id="12211" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6929" RevisionGUID="8626c9ad-681f-4e66-b395-ae0a9caa27eb" CreationDate="2009-05-11T10:11:03.397" UserId="282" Comment="Edit - using USB2 External Disk" Text="I am copying a small number of large files between a Vista x64 SP1 workstation and a Windows 7 RC workstation. Windows says it will take 7 hours to copy 117GB of data from one computer to another over an uncongested 1 GBit/s switch. RoboCopy isn't doing much better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I seem to remember from my Exchange days, that there were several utilities that claimed to copy very large files between servers. Are these utilities still available and if so, which are most effective in the above situation?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Edit:*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am trying a Robocopy to a USB 2.0 external HDD, as this is all I have available at the moment and it is faster, this is unusual seing as the two computers I am using are the only two computers connected to this particular 1GBit/s switch." />
  <row Id="12212" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6941" RevisionGUID="e919371d-e546-4099-b2df-e19419bbdcad" CreationDate="2009-05-11T10:13:34.330" UserId="1917" Text="When a users password changes that users scheduled tasks will fail unless you change the password associated with that task. This is a problem for me as I have a small script that gets run by a scheduled task every day on someone else's server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They have a policy in place where the users passwords need to be changed every month. This is causing a problem with the scheduled task as it then fails to run. Are there any good solutions to this issue that aren't going to require manual intervention every month or so?" />
  <row Id="12213" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6941" RevisionGUID="e919371d-e546-4099-b2df-e19419bbdcad" CreationDate="2009-05-11T10:13:34.330" UserId="1917" Text="Workaround for when windows scheduled tasks fails when user changes their password" />
  <row Id="12214" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6941" RevisionGUID="e919371d-e546-4099-b2df-e19419bbdcad" CreationDate="2009-05-11T10:13:34.330" UserId="1917" Text="&lt;scheduled-task&gt;&lt;password&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="12215" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6942" RevisionGUID="b56e4c26-5e20-45e1-91ed-e9db67727f63" CreationDate="2009-05-11T10:20:32.290" UserId="48" Text="As far as I know there is no way to synchronise scheduled task passwords. The common practice for this sort of thing is to create a service account for running the task and set the password not to expire. You can use a long and complex password for this as your only likely to use it once then forget about it." />
  <row Id="12216" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6934" RevisionGUID="fb660374-675a-4cba-a5f4-6422493e0e21" CreationDate="2009-05-11T10:22:24.567" UserId="1330" Comment="refined question" Text="The `&quot;http://&quot;` prefix to regular consumer websites is unnecessary and only complicates. Anyways 99% of the sites people visit use the HTTP protocol, so why do you have to tell the browser that? It should guess it!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to **hide** the `&quot;http://&quot;` prefix everywhere, in the address/location bar URL, on Hyperlink tips, in the status bar, basically everywhere in a browser.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any Firefox Add-on to do this? Any other way for another browser?" />
  <row Id="12217" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6907" RevisionGUID="85685c07-e19d-4356-b465-f662bcbd0d66" CreationDate="2009-05-11T10:27:09.283" UserId="536" Comment="try to add image" Text="**Background**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; I am hoping to convert a shed in my garden into a home office. The shed has a concrete base and brese block walls. It already has Power and Ethernet and will soon be watertight. However I am now wondering about some of the practicalities.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Questions**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; How do computers cope in (cold -5 - 5 C) and damp (over 100% humidity) environments over an extended period of time? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; Are there ways to mitigate the problems?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; Are there components that you can buy which will work better in such an environment?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; Is it possible to use the head produced by the computer for heating, is this efficient?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![shed][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3378/3521072431_fbf3238c8c.jpg" />
  <row Id="12218" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6943" RevisionGUID="186d258f-bff1-4575-b507-bd77675fcd0b" CreationDate="2009-05-11T10:30:37.687" UserId="137" Text="Actually it appears that transaction SMICM only shows the port as being active on the server that you are currently logged onto with the SAP GUI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I go to SM51 and log onto another application server, then go to SMICM, it shows port 25 as being active in that server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So in fact port 25 was bound on all servers, it's just that the screen in transaction SMICM did not reflect this." />
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  <row Id="12222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6945" RevisionGUID="cb58e098-b7a6-4f0e-a45b-de619353dbd2" CreationDate="2009-05-11T10:35:55.433" UserId="200" Text="I have Windows XP running in virtual machines connected to my local network for testing purposes. The tests are done remotely. When finished, I want to shut them down remotely, from a Linux box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the Linux systems in the same setup, I do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #&gt; ssh root@linux-vm123 'shutdown -h now';&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the Windows systems, I should be able to do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #&gt; net rpc SHUTDOWN -I xx.xx.xx.xx -f -U user%pwd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But that gives me the following error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Could not connect to server xx.xx.xx.xx&#xD;&#xA;    The username or password was not correct.&#xD;&#xA;    Connection failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The user is an administrator and the account has a password set. Do I need to set up anything on the Windows system?&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="12225" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6946" RevisionGUID="7cb6dc3e-9ccd-4c34-b0a7-b42a94ac08b6" CreationDate="2009-05-11T10:37:10.580" UserId="301" Text="I'm guessing you're thinking something like the iPhone css tricks which scroll the page down a dozen pixels to obscure the url header. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is not possible with any browser that is currently shipping, even if it was, you wouldn't be able to control that setting via the javascript DOM. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The closest I can think is with a javascript driven popup, which can *suggest* to the browser that it should hide the url bar. However popups are very much out of vogue." />
  <row Id="12227" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6947" RevisionGUID="723515f3-f481-4c2c-bf6e-1a813f09e761" CreationDate="2009-05-11T10:41:13.333" UserId="2191" Text="Remote Desktop and VPN are not related technologies. You can use one without the other." />
  <row Id="12229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6949" RevisionGUID="ddd0378e-ea10-4670-8554-dc5d48281c86" CreationDate="2009-05-11T10:44:35.653" UserId="2116" Text="For Windows Vista Home Premium that basicly doesn't support RPD, you can use Microsoft Live Mesh that'll allow you to remote desktop your computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Link : [https://www.mesh.com/welcome/default.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.mesh.com/welcome/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="12230" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6944" RevisionGUID="926fc99f-2f8d-40d5-90ce-711d2b1129d5" CreationDate="2009-05-11T10:44:50.270" UserId="2402" Comment="fix TLA" Text="Is there a way of connecting via Remote Desktop to a Vista Home Premium system, or do I need to use VNC instead?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: I'm having a bad day with TLA's. Sorry" />
  <row Id="12231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6950" RevisionGUID="b8c47836-9809-4ea1-8df9-5f34c6164be0" CreationDate="2009-05-11T10:45:07.990" UserId="1447" Text="Leave the computer on and get a dehumidifier for the shed.  You could also see if you can add some draught-proofing to the shed.  Also, consider getting a case that will let you put air filters over the fans.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12232" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6951" RevisionGUID="69afd934-e3a7-4b70-8e57-83d12f3d535a" CreationDate="2009-05-11T10:53:11.893" UserId="1447" Text="Consider whether you really need hot failover.  If you're worrying about price at the level of an entry level SAN then consider whether you really have a business case for that recovery model.  How expensive is your downtime for an outage?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the cost of an outage justifies the cost of a decent SAN, buy it and don't penny pinch.  Otherwise, consider other failover models.  If your downtime is not so valuable, you can probably tolerate a hot standby model where the database is replicated to another server with local disk.  This takes longer to recover but does not need shared disk storage.  If this works for you then you don't need a SAN and the local disk on the servers will probably be much cheaper.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12233" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="6945" RevisionGUID="61ea6fac-41ce-4717-9e5f-c4829b4acffb" CreationDate="2009-05-11T10:56:23.340" UserId="200" Comment="edited title" Text="How do I shut down a Windows XP box remotely from a Linux box?" />
  <row Id="12234" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6952" RevisionGUID="3c9c7ddf-db41-43e0-b1fc-bced55399b7e" CreationDate="2009-05-11T10:56:30.640" UserId="282" Text="Are you specifying the Domain or Machine name:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i.e. if the machine is on a domain&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #&gt; net rpc SHUTDOWN -I xx.xx.xx.xx -f -U DOMAIN\user%pwd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #&gt; net rpc SHUTDOWN -I xx.xx.xx.xx -f -U user@domain.com%pwd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or if the machine is in a workgroup&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #&gt; net rpc SHUTDOWN -I xx.xx.xx.xx -f -U MACHINENAME\user%pwd" />
  <row Id="12236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6953" RevisionGUID="a5af1ef4-94c4-4939-9772-b0a9476ba434" CreationDate="2009-05-11T11:00:51.180" UserId="2403" Text="I need to find out the &quot;Allocation Unit Size&quot; selected when a particular hard-disk was formatted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It doesn't appear in the properties information for the drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any easy way to get this information? " />
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  <row Id="12238" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6953" RevisionGUID="a5af1ef4-94c4-4939-9772-b0a9476ba434" CreationDate="2009-05-11T11:00:51.180" UserId="2403" Text="&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="12239" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6954" RevisionGUID="1f1f600c-81aa-475e-ab9a-564bb17312ba" CreationDate="2009-05-11T11:01:53.067" UserId="45" Text="From **&quot;[Remote Desktop Connection: frequently asked questions][1]&quot;**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You **cannot** use Remote Desktop Connection to connect to remote (host) computers running the following editions of Windows Vista:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Vista Starter&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Vista Home Basic&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Vista Home Basic N&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Vista Home Premium&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;However, any edition of Windows Vista can be running on your computer (the one you want to connect from).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, you'll have to run an alternative software like [TightVNC][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/f55326fa-e629-423b-abba-b30f76cc61e61033.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.tightvnc.com/" />
  <row Id="12240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6955" RevisionGUID="dd7161f7-3753-4784-8d1b-17eb75f57b66" CreationDate="2009-05-11T11:02:42.097" UserId="1787" Text="Well, it should take about half an hour to copy that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, how long did you wait before canceling it? Did you take a look at the details, to check actual copy speed? Vista's initial estimates are very often **way off**. After a while it recalculates the speed to give you better estimate. " />
  <row Id="12241" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6956" RevisionGUID="85142f9e-3444-4f16-a2f5-2fe3b7649ab5" CreationDate="2009-05-11T11:05:16.400" UserId="2405" Text="iptables, the standard Linux firewall, does not save rules between reboots. You have to take care of this yourself. There are many ways to do this. What is the canonical way to do this? What are best practices?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll answer with my own solution, but I'm interested in other / better solutions." />
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  <row Id="12243" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6956" RevisionGUID="85142f9e-3444-4f16-a2f5-2fe3b7649ab5" CreationDate="2009-05-11T11:05:16.400" UserId="2405" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;iptables&gt;" />
  <row Id="12244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6957" RevisionGUID="9328aca0-4639-406f-90fa-d0d5a1d47c53" CreationDate="2009-05-11T11:05:38.050" UserId="45" Text="Use the fsutil command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo [drive letter]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll have to run this command with administrator privileges." />
  <row Id="12245" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6958" RevisionGUID="023b65de-0a32-46b8-b4ac-d133cc5587fb" CreationDate="2009-05-11T11:08:07.207" UserId="2405" Text="Here are some example rules. Save them to /etc/iptables.rules&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Generated by iptables-save v1.3.6 on Wed Oct 24 17:07:29 2007&#xD;&#xA;    *filter&#xD;&#xA;    :INPUT ACCEPT [89458:132056082]&#xD;&#xA;    :FORWARD DROP [0:0]&#xD;&#xA;    :OUTPUT ACCEPT [263904:15667452]&#xD;&#xA;    -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT &#xD;&#xA;    -A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;    -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT &#xD;&#xA;    -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT &#xD;&#xA;    -A INPUT -m limit --limit 5/min -j LOG --log-prefix &quot;iptables denied: &quot; --log-level 7 &#xD;&#xA;    -A INPUT -j DROP &#xD;&#xA;    COMMIT&#xD;&#xA;    # Completed on Wed Oct 24 17:07:29 2007&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;add this line at the end of /etc/network/interfaces&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    pre-up iptables-restore &lt; /etc/iptables.rules&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12246" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6957" RevisionGUID="3e316478-e120-40b9-90c7-013cb8df3a6d" CreationDate="2009-05-11T11:10:49.697" UserId="45" Comment="added 77 characters in body" Text="Use the [fsutil][1] command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo [drive letter]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll have to run this command with administrator privileges.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc788080(WS.10).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/8845/fsinfo.png" />
  <row Id="12247" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6959" RevisionGUID="f9801c50-d893-4b7d-bf24-08552d6cb52f" CreationDate="2009-05-11T11:12:33.377" UserId="2405" Text="Use TiddlyWiki as a notebook: http://www.tiddlywiki.com/. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideal for carrying all your system-administration notes around on a stick. A full-featured wiki with wiki markup, links and tags in a single self-modifying html file." />
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  <row Id="12249" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6953" RevisionGUID="9848540c-a255-4466-8855-c6236da9dbc1" CreationDate="2009-05-11T11:20:46.887" UserId="45" Comment="ntfs tag" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;" />
  <row Id="12250" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6960" RevisionGUID="65d37b2e-81d8-43c1-876c-119b79c0f3db" CreationDate="2009-05-11T11:23:12.780" UserId="1974" Text="The installation checks wether it is running on a server-version of windows. It is possible, and not to hard, to edit the msi-file, to run on all versions of Windows. The easiest way is to use a msi-editor with a nice gui, but the free tool from MS, Orca, should work too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can download it [here][1], somewhere inside you can find orca.msi, which you need to install. Then open the msi from ghost with orca, and find the table: LaunchCondition. Edit or delete the values, save it under a different name (make a backup before saving!!) and try again. Should work with most programs which work under XP but won't install on 2003&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4377F86D-C913-4B5C-B87E-EF72E5B4E065&amp;displaylang=en" />
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  <row Id="12252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6961" RevisionGUID="56156658-78cf-4126-a706-60240e81b045" CreationDate="2009-05-11T11:31:45.387" UserId="1715" Text="I'd say investing in a false/raised floor would worth the benefit" />
  <row Id="12253" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6962" RevisionGUID="47e91971-671e-4ba5-b2e4-6045a54153c1" CreationDate="2009-05-11T11:32:18.553" UserId="273" Text="*This looks like a classic Brit garden shed so I assume cold, damp and windy UK!*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is going to be a home office, then take a laptop in to the shed.  Put your &quot;server&quot; (if you need one) in your house (loft or under the stairs).  Then your not storing sensitive equipment overnight.  If you need more CPU than a laptop then just RDP onto the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A laser printer / inkjet will be fine but your paper may get a bit damp so don't keep your stockpile in the shed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may want to insulate the walls better using some kind of foil-backed foam, and install a slightly raised floor (again, this foil-backed foam plasterboard with laminate over the top).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, I'd try to get a better door (like an old uPVC front door) and window.  First because it will keep the damp / drafts out and also to improve security.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't forget a few toys though.  At least a radio (too keep you company).  Depending on how disciplined you are, setup a small TV &amp; playstation etc. " />
  <row Id="12254" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6963" RevisionGUID="8845c78d-ad10-4b9c-981f-85f250cb0c14" CreationDate="2009-05-11T11:35:44.180" UserId="2405" Text="I understand the concepts of name-based virtual hosts (i.e. serving two domain names differently) and ip-based virtual hosts (i.e. a serving two ip's differently)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should I always specify an IP address, or is it OK to use *? Many examples of name-based virutal hosting still specify IP addresses.&#xD;&#xA;Why is VirtualHost a block and NameVirtualHost a directive?&#xD;&#xA;Why do I need NameVirtualHost for IP-based virtual hosts?" />
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  <row Id="12257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6964" RevisionGUID="e5a4a6cd-5ed4-4483-aa9f-c582551c34d8" CreationDate="2009-05-11T11:40:41.147" UserId="1787" Text="You can specify * in both directives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    NameVirtualHost *&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *&gt; ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="12259" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="366" RevisionGUID="7d31488e-0bf1-4f93-a553-7fdafe024ef2" CreationDate="2009-05-11T11:46:16.890" UserId="137" Comment="Added more items and made it a Community Wiki" Text=" - Enough space for expansion&#xD;&#xA; - Plenty of network ports&#xD;&#xA; - Sufficient network bandwidth&#xD;&#xA; - Plenty of dedicated power sockets&#xD;&#xA; - Should not be on the ground floor (risk of flooding + less secure)&#xD;&#xA; - Fire suppression facilities + smoke alarms&#xD;&#xA; - KVM for remote access&#xD;&#xA; - Telephone (so the operator can call a support line while looking at the hardware)&#xD;&#xA; - Pens + paper&#xD;&#xA; - A label printer - label everything!&#xD;&#xA; - A standard printer (nice to have)&#xD;&#xA; - Spare network and power cables&#xD;&#xA; - Air conditioning (also dehumidifies)&#xD;&#xA; - Good UPS (with automated/controlled shutdown functionality)&#xD;&#xA; - Sufficient power to run everything (and enough for expansion)&#xD;&#xA; - Entrance security (preferably also with logging)&#xD;&#xA; - Physical security (security on windows, entrance, etc.)&#xD;&#xA; - Whiteboard (nice to have)&#xD;&#xA; - Fireproof safe (for storing backup tapes, passwords and installation media)&#xD;&#xA; - Good server racks - well maintained (cabling)&#xD;&#xA; - Enough space to work comfortably behind the servers&#xD;&#xA; - A table large enough to build/dismantle a server on (plus monitor, keyboard and mouse)&#xD;&#xA; - At least 1 chair&#xD;&#xA; - Tidy patch panel (especially if you patch to PC's and telephones in the office)" />
  <row Id="12260" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6964" RevisionGUID="1d03fe2e-186e-48ac-b944-cca04610badb" CreationDate="2009-05-11T11:46:17.063" UserId="1787" Comment="added 114 characters in body" Text="&gt; Should I always specify an IP address,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; or is it OK to use *?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can specify * in both directives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    NameVirtualHost *    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *&gt; ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Why is VirtualHost a block and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; NameVirtualHost a directive?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NameVirtualHost only defines IP on which you'll use name virtual hosts. Doesn't contain other directives, so no reason why it should be block. On the other hand VirtualHost does contain other directives for particular virtual host, so it has to be a block.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Why do I need NameVirtualHost for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; IP-based virtual hosts?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You don't need it. See [example][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;Recommended reading: [**Apache Virtual Host documentation**][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/examples.html#ip&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/" />
  <row Id="12261" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6963" RevisionGUID="c40db679-8d4b-4f88-937f-6ae3529614cd" CreationDate="2009-05-11T11:52:31.063" UserId="1787" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;vhost&gt;" />
  <row Id="12262" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6965" RevisionGUID="dcf29e0e-c1c3-4b26-95fa-a19c2dbd4c1e" CreationDate="2009-05-11T11:52:32.700" UserId="711" Text="![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;from the [CNET News article][3] 'Google uncloaks once-secret server' about Google Data Centers :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/20090401/Google_data_centers-3.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/20090401/Google_data_centers-4.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10209580-92.html" />
  <row Id="12263" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6966" RevisionGUID="570f468f-de54-4e1c-bcf1-00b4239224ef" CreationDate="2009-05-11T11:53:30.870" UserId="1435" Text="I was just watching the film 'Eagle Eye' - apparently the perfect server room involves covering the walls with oddly-coloured fishbowls, which talk via infrared (???) to your main 'CPU', which itself moves around on a robotic arm with a glowing 'eye' set into the middle. Oh and build the whole thing over a large body of water too, this will help in some way ;)" />
  <row Id="12264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6967" RevisionGUID="cf40348a-0643-4728-bdf0-d3f874bbe484" CreationDate="2009-05-11T11:58:36.717" UserId="2064" Text="Hi everyone, when installing sql, I get this error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone tell me how to sort this out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Optician&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Performance Monitor Counter Requirement (Error)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Messages&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Performance Monitor Counter Requirement&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;The System Configuration Check for Performance Monitor counter registry value has failed. For details, see How to: Increment the Counter Registry Key for Setup in SQL Server 2005, in the readme file or in SQL Server Books Online.&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="12265" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6967" RevisionGUID="cf40348a-0643-4728-bdf0-d3f874bbe484" CreationDate="2009-05-11T11:58:36.717" UserId="2064" Text="Installing sql 2005 - Performance Monitor Counter Requirement (Error)" />
  <row Id="12266" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6967" RevisionGUID="cf40348a-0643-4728-bdf0-d3f874bbe484" CreationDate="2009-05-11T11:58:36.717" UserId="2064" Text="&lt;installing&gt;&lt;mssql&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="12267" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6968" RevisionGUID="fa787b55-f3a1-4e9e-b766-72064eaeebef" CreationDate="2009-05-11T12:00:29.067" UserId="1435" Text="Obviously there's an infinite variety of ways of carving up your raw SAN LUNs to provide VM boot and data vDisks - but what methods do you use, what are their pros/cons, and are there any good 'best-practice' docs you've come across (other then the very generic VMWare ones I mean). Thanks in advance." />
  <row Id="12268" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6968" RevisionGUID="fa787b55-f3a1-4e9e-b766-72064eaeebef" CreationDate="2009-05-11T12:00:29.067" UserId="1435" Text="What are your recommendations/best-practices for vDisk/datastore/LUN management with VMWare ESX" />
  <row Id="12269" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6968" RevisionGUID="fa787b55-f3a1-4e9e-b766-72064eaeebef" CreationDate="2009-05-11T12:00:29.067" UserId="1435" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;vmware-esx&gt;&lt;diskmanagement&gt;&lt;san&gt;&lt;lun&gt;" />
  <row Id="12270" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6969" RevisionGUID="216b40f2-cb60-418d-b661-240e53d85506" CreationDate="2009-05-11T12:01:19.407" UserId="891" Text="In addition to [`iptables-save`][1] (and `iptables-restore`), complicated firewall schemes are better handled with dedicated programs. For example, we've used [`shorewall`][2] (&quot;iptables made easy&quot;) to configure iptables. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simpler tools are also available, like [firestarter][3] and [kmyfirewall][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.die.net/man/8/iptables-save&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.shorewall.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.fs-security.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.kmyfirewall.org/" />
  <row Id="12271" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6970" RevisionGUID="6e8e92fa-25f1-4b36-b011-2db2b0b34ba3" CreationDate="2009-05-11T12:03:59.660" UserId="1605" Text="How to change the VMWare-related project file names to something else?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the below example, I want to change from `Windows XP Professional.*` to `Clean Stat.*` . Any idea how to do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/I7KuXNObXdPijpgnbwdC8w?feat=embedwebsite&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://lh3.ggpht.com/_SDci0Pf3tzU/SggTlK7O9EI/AAAAAAAAEv0/of-dIz6U110/s400/vmwarechangename.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;" />
  <row Id="12272" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6970" RevisionGUID="6e8e92fa-25f1-4b36-b011-2db2b0b34ba3" CreationDate="2009-05-11T12:03:59.660" UserId="1605" Text="Change the file name of VMWare-related project files" />
  <row Id="12273" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6970" RevisionGUID="6e8e92fa-25f1-4b36-b011-2db2b0b34ba3" CreationDate="2009-05-11T12:03:59.660" UserId="1605" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="12274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6971" RevisionGUID="b5613025-b865-42f1-b680-731b95ac6532" CreationDate="2009-05-11T12:05:09.920" UserId="1432" Text="Yes, but it's a hack and probably illegal. Which is why I won't explain the process here, and link to it instead (I hope that is okay here).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://digg.com/microsoft/Remote\_Desktop\_Hack\_for\_Vista\_Home\_Premium][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://digg.com/microsoft/Remote_Desktop_Hack_for_Vista_Home_Premium" />
  <row Id="12275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6972" RevisionGUID="d9e3796e-e40e-4eb8-8802-80783bc00da9" CreationDate="2009-05-11T12:08:56.430" UserId="2224" Text="As long as it is watertight, your PC should be ok. I'd worry more about your comfort. Humidity is a red herring, as you're house is going to be just as humid, just with less severe temperature swings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My friend operates a auto repair shop and has a desktop computer for state inspections in one of the repair bays. This is on top of a mountain upstate New York, so temperatures vary from -20F to 100F (and swampy humidity in the summer) with interior temperatures running from 20F to 100F. Not only is the temperature range awful, but it's a repair shop, so there is oil, grease and dirt everywhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, he's had no computer problems whatsoever. He does proactively open up the case every few months and vacuums out dust. Chips will overheat when covered with greasy dust.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The computer won't heat the room enough for your comfort -- invest in a good space heater. Id look at busting out another window and adding an air conditioner as well." />
  <row Id="12276" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6973" RevisionGUID="93dc079a-9315-4998-8c5e-cacd63e21a7d" CreationDate="2009-05-11T12:09:20.203" UserId="1995" Text="Looks like the [Gemalto .NET Smart Card][1] (combined with [.NET Bio][2]) is supported.  Found them via [a reference][3] in Shivaram Mysore's [SmartCard Infrastructure blog][4].  Their .NET card is specified to be fully AD &amp; EFS compatible, and [this recent press release][5] announces their support for Windows 7.  I doubt their specs will be updated until Windows 7 ships.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gemalto.com/products/dotnet_card/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gemalto.com/products/dotnet_bio/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://blogs.msdn.com/shivaram/archive/2008/05/27/buying-smart-cards-that-work-with-windows-xp-vista.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://blogs.msdn.com/shivaram/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.smartcardalliance.org/articles/2009/04/22/gemalto-extends-support-for-strong-authentication-with-biometrics-for-windows-7" />
  <row Id="12277" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6974" RevisionGUID="b7986695-6860-4208-b4c5-8c04cb0bff08" CreationDate="2009-05-11T12:11:22.707" UserId="1798" Text="Almost there. Please escape your backslashes on a bash command line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #&gt; net rpc SHUTDOWN -I xx.xx.xx.xx -f -U DOMAIN\\user%pwd&#xD;&#xA;    #&gt; net rpc SHUTDOWN -I xx.xx.xx.xx -f -U MACHINENAME\\user%pwd&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;This should work&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12278" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6975" RevisionGUID="e9c7dd89-4bae-4f65-9fb9-4c81ca964adb" CreationDate="2009-05-11T12:12:35.683" UserId="2029" Text="Add to existing lists:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Toolkits - one larger one (power screwdrivers always good) for server room work, one portable one for taking around to PCs. Never mix them and you will always have the tool you need at hand&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Filing cabinet - good for manuals, printouts of receipts, license agreements, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cable management and patch panels are a must - start your room out with everything going to patch panels and your life will be easier in the long run when you add to the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And lastly, take the time to set it up right the first time - what others have mentioned about spacing the racks, tables, shelves apart, cable management, etc. If you start out with a complete wreck of a room, it's probably going to just get worse over time." />
  <row Id="12279" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6976" RevisionGUID="575476f8-cb55-4983-bb45-2f5bef105488" CreationDate="2009-05-11T12:12:42.610" UserId="2408" Text="In my experience there are two things that could be going wrong. The first and most common is whether or remote shutdown is allowed. In the Local Security Policy (Start -&gt; Control Panel -&gt; Administrative Tools -&gt; Local Security Policy). Expand Local Policies and open up Security Options. &quot;Network Access: Sharing and security model for local accounts&quot; needs to be set to Classic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As another answer has said the machine name is required, even if you have already specified an IP address. Try using something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rpcclient --user='Administrator' -I x.x.x.x --command='shutdown' ComputerName" />
  <row Id="12280" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6977" RevisionGUID="c55b69ad-a26e-41d2-883b-104d9e3abf45" CreationDate="2009-05-11T12:22:45.353" UserId="1440" Text="Use `robocopy` from the command line (including with Vista/Win7). This will provide progress reports and the ability to filter what is copied (and not copy files that have not changed)." />
  <row Id="12281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6978" RevisionGUID="091743d6-e42e-4fd7-bd10-43b368a90213" CreationDate="2009-05-11T12:24:10.450" UserId="2359" Text="You will have to mannualy change the name. There is not a method within VMware that will change the files names.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I recall the file names are also stored within the .vmx file. This is just a plain text file you can edit in Notepad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After changing the file name references there you should be able to rename the files and the system should run under the new name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please make a backup of the .vmx file first :-)" />
  <row Id="12282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6979" RevisionGUID="840c1262-b0f7-4fca-ba1e-31c4d81d8257" CreationDate="2009-05-11T12:29:51.477" UserId="45" Text="As [Richard writes in his answer][1] you can rename files &quot;manually.&quot; If you make a mistake though, you could lose your file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A simple trick is, to shut down the and migrate the VM to a different datastore. All relevant files will be renamed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6970/change-the-file-name-of-vmware-related-project-files/6978#6978" />
  <row Id="12283" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6980" RevisionGUID="7a39b334-3a59-47ec-9be0-95e9b6c12855" CreationDate="2009-05-11T12:32:36.117" UserId="2029" Text="Have you checked a google search on this error? (The System Configuration Check for Performance Monitor counter registry value has failed.) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Article One][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Article Two][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/32007538/performance-monitor-count.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlexpress/thread/549f01cd-839e-4a71-ac5e-66412ae0172b&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I note that the articles specify having to use Regedt32 to allow the fixes to work." />
  <row Id="12284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6981" RevisionGUID="f5a8dae6-440e-4575-b71b-e2a0fd3e4c4b" CreationDate="2009-05-11T12:36:50.300" UserId="2029" Text="If you want to go with a good remote desktop program that's free, try&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Teamviewer][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.teamviewer.com/index.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used it for years. It's free for home use, very fast, and it's interface is very similar to a RDP connection (tab at the top of the window that auto-hides). Very easy to install and connect to also.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I might be wrong but I think it's performance may be faster than VNC" />
  <row Id="12285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6982" RevisionGUID="2d1d01ee-acd2-4220-8514-c9dbeebec724" CreationDate="2009-05-11T12:39:58.747" UserId="1432" Text="The HTTP:// string is not a _prefix_ of the URL, it's _part_ of the URL. Which is why you can't (and shouldn't) hide it, since the application is displaying the URL." />
  <row Id="12286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6983" RevisionGUID="0e628ad8-e1a7-4c22-9835-b03010dde4fa" CreationDate="2009-05-11T12:40:01.023" UserId="1995" Text="[Here's a tip][1] that says that disabling the network stack's receive-window-auto-tuning may fix your problem.  Run As Administrator:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; netsh int tcp set global&#xD;&#xA;&gt; autotuninglevel=disabled&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may also want to consider enabling jumbo frames (9000 bytes MTU) on each system to see if that helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/fix-problems-with-copying-large-files-in-windows-vista/" />
  <row Id="12287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6984" RevisionGUID="dfa20943-bf85-46e5-9333-e05fcce4c622" CreationDate="2009-05-11T12:48:07.680" UserId="2173" Text="If you right click the network icon in the system tray in Windows Server 2003, right next to &quot;Status&quot; is &quot;Disable&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you &quot;misclick&quot; this, the result can be catastrophic. Is there a way to disable it, or remove it from the list to avoid &quot;accidently&quot; clicking it?" />
  <row Id="12288" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6984" RevisionGUID="dfa20943-bf85-46e5-9333-e05fcce4c622" CreationDate="2009-05-11T12:48:07.680" UserId="2173" Text="Disable the &quot;disable&quot; option for Networking in Windows Server 2003." />
  <row Id="12289" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6984" RevisionGUID="dfa20943-bf85-46e5-9333-e05fcce4c622" CreationDate="2009-05-11T12:48:07.680" UserId="2173" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="12290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6985" RevisionGUID="521b48da-3ad9-4171-9e4d-277c732b1494" CreationDate="2009-05-11T12:56:09.093" UserId="2410" Text="Don't run X, shutdown all unneccesary services, and compile Apache, MySQL, and PHP with only essential functionality." />
  <row Id="12291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6986" RevisionGUID="e23291d3-3471-4cec-af50-5a4df4657e74" CreationDate="2009-05-11T12:59:01.770" UserId="588" Text="This might fix your problem: disable the &quot;show icon in cotification area&quot; option when right clicking the netwok connection in the control panel; instead, have a link to the network connection in the &quot;quick links&quot; area which single clicking gives you the status option." />
  <row Id="12292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6987" RevisionGUID="21327212-c2a7-4b44-8484-09575a8ae306" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:01:39.750" UserId="2029" Text="Have you tried:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open network connections. Right click and select 'properties' of your connection and on the general tab at the bottom there are two check boxes for 'show icon in notification area when connected' and 'notify me when this connection has limited or no connectivity'&#xD;&#xA;UNcheck these two boxes" />
  <row Id="12293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6988" RevisionGUID="2be1ca3c-70b7-4a7b-b045-928989f2cca5" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:09:31.727" UserId="929" Text="I understand that there are three kinds of SQL licenses: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2005/en/us/pricing-licensing-faq.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a a dialog in SSMS, a sproc, registry key, etc I can look at ona server to determine the type and number of licenses?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks   " />
  <row Id="12294" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6988" RevisionGUID="2be1ca3c-70b7-4a7b-b045-928989f2cca5" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:09:31.727" UserId="929" Text="How to view SQL Server licenses." />
  <row Id="12295" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6988" RevisionGUID="2be1ca3c-70b7-4a7b-b045-928989f2cca5" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:09:31.727" UserId="929" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;licensing&gt;" />
  <row Id="12296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6989" RevisionGUID="313b8f55-7d5b-41a8-b0f5-32b69e2581a3" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:09:45.457" UserId="829" Text="I'd like to create a single rule in iptables (if possible) that uses multiple source IP addresses.  Is this possible?" />
  <row Id="12297" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6989" RevisionGUID="313b8f55-7d5b-41a8-b0f5-32b69e2581a3" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:09:45.457" UserId="829" Text="iptables multiple source IPs" />
  <row Id="12298" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6989" RevisionGUID="313b8f55-7d5b-41a8-b0f5-32b69e2581a3" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:09:45.457" UserId="829" Text="&lt;iptables&gt;" />
  <row Id="12299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6990" RevisionGUID="5fe50dd1-40bf-4af3-98bc-0ab28c1ad7a4" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:14:31.747" UserId="2408" Text="This is dependent on the distribution you use. Some distributions especially those based off a Red Hat distribution keep the iptables rules automatically but in there own special directory. I'm most familiar with RHEL and the iptables rules can be found at /etc/sysconfig/iptables. Becoming familiar with iptables rules syntax can be tricky at first but is quite easy once you get the hang of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The netfilter website has a lot of documentation on iptables including some introductions. If your up for reading a bit you can find a lot of good information here: [http://www.netfilter.org/documentation/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.netfilter.org/documentation/" />
  <row Id="12300" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6991" RevisionGUID="73cd79d2-d1b7-4a26-a028-7335d82eabff" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:17:37.420" UserId="2403" Text="Forfiles:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    forfiles&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is great for running a given command on any file that matches a list of criteria. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, the following will delete all files with a last modified date earlier than seven days ago:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    forfiles -p . /D -7 /M *.* /S -c &quot;cmd /C del @File /Q&quot;" />
  <row Id="12301" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6991" RevisionGUID="73cd79d2-d1b7-4a26-a028-7335d82eabff" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:17:37.420" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="12302" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6927" RevisionGUID="e2d7149e-732f-43ec-80b2-283700a0adc5" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:21:34.803" UserId="671" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;failover&gt;" />
  <row Id="12303" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6992" RevisionGUID="28aaaaa7-5b0e-46f1-a047-d9373075110f" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:23:05.690" UserId="116" Text="There is a great add-on for Firefox called [Locationbar²][1] that does just what you want (and some!). One of its main features is to break the URL into breadcrumbs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the options dialog you can specify what protocols you'd like to hide:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Locationbar² Options][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is what mine looks like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![mine][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4014&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://i40.tinypic.com/2mrzkms.png&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://i43.tinypic.com/2wmfmkp.png" />
  <row Id="12304" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6993" RevisionGUID="a4c00117-7a2a-4433-89be-cc26f0792381" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:23:50.087" UserId="536" Text="There is a protocol for transferring files. It's called [FTP][1]. You may find that this works better for you than using network shares. (although other posters are right that you should get better throughput that you are doing over the network).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol" />
  <row Id="12305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6994" RevisionGUID="e61595d6-4086-49f5-b27d-e8dd14be7b49" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:26:29.317" UserId="301" Text="This is only possible if you can aggregate the source IP's you want into a contiguous range. eg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -s 192.168.0.0/24 -d 192.168.0.5 -p tcp -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you cannot find a common netmask that covers the IP's you want, you'll have to write several identical rules to do what you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are several iptables frameworks around which can deal with the low level of writing the iptables rules, allowing you to define your rules at a more symolic level. [Shorewall][1] is a common one that ships with most current linux distributions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.shorewall.net/" />
  <row Id="12306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6995" RevisionGUID="9bf6eaa2-e8f3-4fb1-90e8-51caf03cd010" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:29:24.037" UserId="1726" Text="I'm setting up a bunch of Ubuntu servers in a colocation center. They offer a shared firewall service, but suggested I install a firewall on the servers myself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm pretty sure a dedicated firewall would be more secure, so I've asked them to use the shared firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Am I right to assume that a dedicated firewall, managed by professionals, would be a better solution than whatever I can manage with software?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Should I set up a firewall on the servers in addition to the external one, or is that an overkill?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Does it matter if the shared firewall is a hardware device or just a linux box?" />
  <row Id="12307" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="6995" RevisionGUID="9bf6eaa2-e8f3-4fb1-90e8-51caf03cd010" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:29:24.037" UserId="1726" Text="Dedicated firewall vs. on-machine" />
  <row Id="12308" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6995" RevisionGUID="9bf6eaa2-e8f3-4fb1-90e8-51caf03cd010" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:29:24.037" UserId="1726" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;colocation&gt;" />
  <row Id="12309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6996" RevisionGUID="ec7b0b76-88ca-4b3f-a968-8d684ec4b9d9" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:30:23.830" UserId="1797" Text="Found [this entry][1], which recommends to run this, in Query Analyzer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    select serverproperty('LicenseType'),serverproperty('NumLicenses')&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;If the above query returns DISABLED&#xD;&#xA;&gt; then locate this &quot;sqlslic.cpl&quot; file in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SQL server folder(C:\Program&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Files\Microsoft SQL&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Server\80\Tools\Binn), Right Click-&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Open with Control Panel. this will&#xD;&#xA;&gt; show you the licensing type used&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.phwinfo.com/forum/ms-sqlserver-server/288183-determine-license-installed-ms-sql-2000-2005-a.html" />
  <row Id="12310" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6997" RevisionGUID="5abc738e-d81a-4521-9dde-cdedfc22368f" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:31:14.920" UserId="2403" Text="I use a little tool called [&quot;Handle&quot;][1] to do this. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You basically pass it the name of the file that's locked and it tells you what processes are using it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    handle c:\weird.file&#xD;&#xA;    Something.exe pid: 1000 100: C:\weird.file&#xD;&#xA;    Something.exe pid: 1000 101: C:\weird.file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you pass it the -c switch to make it close the handle:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    handle.exe -c 101 -p 1000 -y&#xD;&#xA;    handle.exe -c 100 -p 1000 -y&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might struggle to work that in to a build script without a wrapper program to parse the output but hopefully this will help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896655.aspx" />
  <row Id="12311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6998" RevisionGUID="37c206ef-7292-4528-8c32-9debd1797ee2" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:31:15.450" UserId="494" Text="We have a client who prints several pages from a web site. Most of the time it works fine. However, occasionally, Internet Explorer 8 only prints the first page, even when All Pages is selected. Again, most of the time it works fine--probably 90% or more of the time. Other browsers work fine. The HTML generated is the same. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We did occasionally experience this on our own machines too. In those cases, simply re-printing (pressing Ctrl+P to bring the print dialog back up) sometimes fixed it. Sometimes we would have to close the pop-up window (yes the page was called with window.open()) and re-open it, then re-print.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It happens on different printers and printer drivers of all kinds. Yes, IE8 is fully patched. We've only tried this on Windows XP--not sure if others have the problem but we only care about Windows XP right now. Not sure what version of WinXP client has, but we run SP3 here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've never really experienced this one before in all my years of IT. Suggestions?" />
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  <row Id="12313" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="6998" RevisionGUID="37c206ef-7292-4528-8c32-9debd1797ee2" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:31:15.450" UserId="494" Text="&lt;internet-explorer&gt;&lt;ie8&gt;&lt;printing&gt;&lt;microsoft&gt;&lt;browsers&gt;" />
  <row Id="12314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="6999" RevisionGUID="02e890c0-f5d3-41c9-a96c-ffd66d635940" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:33:48.753" UserId="1404" Text="I strongly recommend [Rackspace][1]. I've used them in the past, and they were cheaper and easier to use than any of the managed hosting providers I've used in the past. And their &quot;fanatical support&quot; is truly impressive, often closing service tickets in minutes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rackspace.com/" />
  <row Id="12315" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6996" RevisionGUID="2d0d4e43-9ada-4b85-8b7b-c1fa9140f0b9" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:37:34.093" UserId="1797" Comment="Added last paragraph." Text="Found [this entry][1], which recommends to run this, in Query Analyzer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    select serverproperty('LicenseType'),serverproperty('NumLicenses')&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;If the above query returns DISABLED&#xD;&#xA;&gt; then locate this &quot;sqlslic.cpl&quot; file in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SQL server folder(C:\Program&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Files\Microsoft SQL&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Server\80\Tools\Binn), Right Click-&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Open with Control Panel. this will&#xD;&#xA;&gt; show you the licensing type used&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;DISABLED usually means you are using&#xD;&#xA;&gt; an MSDN copy of SQL Server (so, not a &#xD;&#xA;&gt; production license - MSDN licenses are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; meant for development and testing).&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.phwinfo.com/forum/ms-sqlserver-server/288183-determine-license-installed-ms-sql-2000-2005-a.html" />
  <row Id="12316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7000" RevisionGUID="f3671f3f-bfab-4e30-924f-2a5fe9dd5a41" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:38:03.093" UserId="601" Text="Changing things and then not being able to repeat those changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, let's say you're trying to get a network service set up on Linux.  You read the man page and it says you should edit a certain file.  You edit the file, but the service doesn't work.  You read the manual again and see some mention of a second file.  Edit that file, still no luck.  Repeat until the service finally works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why does the service now work?  Is it the last change you made? The first and the last? All the changes together?  Do you even remember what files you changed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now you have to set up the same service again on a different computer (or on the same computer again, after having to restore something from a backup).  Can you get it working again?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This sort of problem occurs a lot when admins are not thoroughly familiar with a particular product.  And given the number of products out there there is no way for everyone to be familiar with everything they set up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This problem is worse on Windows if you're clicking stuff in a GUI becuase you have no idea what is changed and it's much harder to do version control." />
  <row Id="12317" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7000" RevisionGUID="f3671f3f-bfab-4e30-924f-2a5fe9dd5a41" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:38:03.093" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="12318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7001" RevisionGUID="fdfa8fd4-73ee-4673-abcc-7fb2621ff6d0" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:39:45.913" UserId="2356" Text="We are using VMWare Server 2 and it is working fine. However, it is true that the VMWare Server Web Access is slow and unreliable. I had trouble accessing it from Internet Explorer because of certificate issues. It's easier on Firefox because I was able to overcome the same certificate issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Firefox is crashing very often after many operations in the Server Web Access. The best is to create direct Desktop shorcuts to virtual machines so you can avoid the Web Access as much as you can.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you go the VMWare Infrastructure Client, be careful about compatibility issues, especially on Vista and newer systems." />
  <row Id="12319" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6999" RevisionGUID="436f7dc6-da38-4569-84a7-fcdc83632d86" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:39:53.980" UserId="1404" Comment="added 233 characters in body" Text="I strongly recommend [Rackspace][1]. I've used them in the past, and they were cheaper and easier to use than any of the managed hosting providers I've used in the past. And their &quot;fanatical support&quot; is truly impressive, often closing service tickets in minutes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For lower end solutions, I've been very happy with [Slicehost][2] (now Rackspace-owned). Virtual hosting, very low cost, and minimal management (they give you the VM, then you are on your own).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rackspace.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.slicehost.com/" />
  <row Id="12320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7002" RevisionGUID="27eab92b-e4f1-4997-9d26-248e935dcc75" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:42:32.087" UserId="533" Text="You can define multiple chains such that you can combine independent lists of requirements.  I doubt this is exactly what you want, but it's still pretty handy.  We use this to define lists of valid user-types by IP, and then apply port restrictions to the source networks.  So, for instance:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Allow SMTP from anywhere&#xD;&#xA;    -A tcp_inbound -p tcp -m tcp -s 0/0 --dport 25 -j allowed&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Define the set of IP ranges we'll send to the tcp_user_inbound chain&#xD;&#xA;    -A tcp_inbound -p tcp -m tcp -s 172.19.1.0/24 -j tcp_user_inbound&#xD;&#xA;    -A tcp_inbound -p tcp -m tcp -s 172.19.6.0/23 -j tcp_user_inbound&#xD;&#xA;    -A tcp_inbound -p tcp -m tcp -s 172.19.8.0/24 -j tcp_user_inbound&#xD;&#xA;    -A tcp_inbound -p tcp -m tcp -s 172.19.10.0/23 -j tcp_user_inbound&#xD;&#xA;    -A tcp_inbound -p tcp -m tcp -s 172.19.12.0/23 -j tcp_user_inbound&#xD;&#xA;    -A tcp_inbound -p tcp -m tcp -s 172.19.4.0/23 -j tcp_user_inbound&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Ports we allow access to based on a source-address prereq.&#xD;&#xA;    # SSH&#xD;&#xA;    -A tcp_user_inbound -p tcp -m tcp --dport 22 -j allowed&#xD;&#xA;    # VNC&#xD;&#xA;    -A tcp_user_inbound -p tcp -m tcp --dport 5950:5958 -j allowed&#xD;&#xA;    # https&#xD;&#xA;    -A tcp_user_inbound -p tcp -m tcp --dport 443 -j allowed&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7003" RevisionGUID="c22ee2a2-dcb0-4c9d-b5e9-135e0db4112b" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:46:50.373" UserId="2408" Text="For trimming apache itself, look at the modules that you are loading. There are some good other answers on here for general memory and load reductions so take those into account as well. It's hard to know exactly what would be good to turn off but a few recommendations I would make are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*auth_digest_module* - most browsers don't support this form of authentication so it is unlikely you would be using it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*ldap_module*, *authnz_ldap_module* - if your not authenticating against ldap or anything based off of ldap these aren't needed. Note: PHP might depend on this if your using it's ldap functions. I've never tried turning these off when I was using those functions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*userdir_module* - this might already be turned off and should be on any production website anyway&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*speling_module* - this one is tricky. If you turn this off your url's are case sensitive. Supposedly this also &quot;corrects misspelled urls&quot; though I've yet to see this actually happen. If your client-base types in the urls, I would leave this on otherwise it's probably safe to turn off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apache has a lot of documentation on their modules. I would recommend going through it and after reading the documentation on a modules decide if you need it *but* only if you *completely understand* the module. Some of them provide very important core functionality and can break other things by not being available." />
  <row Id="12322" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7004" RevisionGUID="06074fda-cb60-4342-830b-c9e658a78f14" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:49:09.263" UserId="1820" Text="Assuming we're talking about an Exchange Account, and not POP3:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Outlook doesn't &quot;download&quot; email from the server, as the email remains in the mailbox on Exchange. If you really want to disable automatic synchronization, set the Exchange account to be in Cached Exchange mode, and then in the bottom right of the Outlook window where it says &quot;Connected&quot;, click that and select &quot;Work Offline&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now to synchronize you'll have to manually send and receive. I would be interested to hear why exactly you want this set up this way though." />
  <row Id="12323" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6988" RevisionGUID="ccc9b141-a38a-441b-a10e-f38678555a6c" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:49:12.163" UserId="929" Comment="deleted 93 characters in body" Text="I understand that there are three kinds of SQL licenses: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2005/en/us/pricing-licensing-faq.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a a dialog in SSMS, a sproc, registry key, etc I can look at on a server to determine the type and number of licenses?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7005" RevisionGUID="3866ab0a-4de3-4850-81e7-539edaa815d0" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:50:54.407" UserId="2405" Text="I've been wondering. Since anybody can start an OpenID provider, and since there is no central authority that approves OpenID providers, why won't fake OpenID providers become a problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, a spammer could start an OpenID provider with a backdoor to let himself authenticate as any other user that was tricked into registering on his site. Is this possible? Is the provider's reputation the only thing that prevents this? Are we going to see OpenID provider blacklists and OpenID provider review sites in the future?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Probably I don't understand something about OpenID completely. Please enlighten me :)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12325" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7005" RevisionGUID="3866ab0a-4de3-4850-81e7-539edaa815d0" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:50:54.407" UserId="2405" Text="Is there a danger in fake OpenID providers?" />
  <row Id="12326" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7005" RevisionGUID="3866ab0a-4de3-4850-81e7-539edaa815d0" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:50:54.407" UserId="2405" Text="&lt;openid&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="12327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7006" RevisionGUID="95110e09-dd80-4284-afd1-03029870e8d6" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:51:33.623" UserId="2376" Text="Hi &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am looking for podcast or videos on  Windows System Administration&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally they should cover the basics &amp; the more advanced topics &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12328" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7006" RevisionGUID="95110e09-dd80-4284-afd1-03029870e8d6" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:51:33.623" UserId="2376" Text="Windows System Administration - videos or pod casts " />
  <row Id="12329" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7006" RevisionGUID="95110e09-dd80-4284-afd1-03029870e8d6" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:51:33.623" UserId="2376" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;system-administration&gt;&lt;podcast&gt;&lt;video&gt;" />
  <row Id="12330" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7007" RevisionGUID="fb1f74bb-24cf-4e45-86c0-d83c8b43b8d1" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:51:34.513" UserId="640" Text="Our VPN users experience very slow file transfers (50MB can take 20 minutes with a 20Mbps FiOS connection on each side). If the file is transferred over HTTP or FTP, it's just as fast as you expect. I suspect this has something to do with how Windows handles file transfers, as it probably doesn't expect any latency. Is there some way to tweak this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The VPN is SafeNet IPSec and the clients are XP." />
  <row Id="12331" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7007" RevisionGUID="fb1f74bb-24cf-4e45-86c0-d83c8b43b8d1" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:51:34.513" UserId="640" Text="How can I speed up file transfers over VPN?" />
  <row Id="12332" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7007" RevisionGUID="fb1f74bb-24cf-4e45-86c0-d83c8b43b8d1" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:51:34.513" UserId="640" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;ipsec&gt;" />
  <row Id="12333" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7008" RevisionGUID="5eddf6e6-27a8-4b0f-87b4-3e0e26fa1b6b" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:54:26.533" UserId="846" Text="I commented asking for clarification of the question .. depending on any edit I may change this answer!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Am I right to assume that a dedicated firewall, managed by professionals, would be a better solution than whatever I can manage with software?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes.  My take is that dedicated firewalls are better. Managed by professionals is generally much better, assuming that the professionals are competent and can be trusted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Should I set up a firewall on the servers in addition to the external one, or is that an overkill?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am ambivalent about local software firewalls, if there is a good (**trusted**) external firewall .  Others disagree, and the trend in the industry is to have local firewalls as a layer of internal protection if the external firewall is breached.  The question is whether the administrative effort and risk that the local firewall will cause trouble is worth the added protection or piece-of-mind.  In an environment without clients (i.e a colo) I would not think so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Does it matter if the shared firewall is a hardware device or just a linux box?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not sure I get the question .. many (if not most) firewall devices are basically PC hardware running the Linux OS. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A firewall is software, whether implemented on top of Linux, embedded in some hardware, or built on an special purpose OS.  Linux is a great solution for a firewall platform because it can be very finely tuned and otherwise secured.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12334" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7009" RevisionGUID="7f04cea9-9a90-41c8-8717-86afe3dacb9e" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:54:46.673" UserId="2408" Text="You can create that directory just using mkdir. It should be owned by root, with a group of either root or wheel. Other than that there isn't anything especially special about it. In the event of a power failure or improper shutdown when the system boots it should automatically launch fsck. fsck will go through the system and try to recover any corrupt files that it finds. Any files that it comes across that are potentially corrupted will get moved there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other case for files to be moved there is if fsck finds a file whose's parent inode is missing. This is usually the case if a block gets corrupted on the disk in the specific location where a folder's inode is being stored. It will reassign their parent inode to be the lost+found folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: I am unsure if the latter case will recreate the directory. I would leave it alone to be on the safe side. I can't think of any reason to delete it. Nothing bad will happen without it though." />
  <row Id="12335" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7010" RevisionGUID="642fc0e3-a59e-43f7-894f-1d5990ef05bd" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:55:26.533" UserId="1463" Text="You should use both. It doesn't matter if the shared firewall is &quot;a hardware device&quot; or a generic OS with firewall software (most &quot;hardware devices&quot; is still just a generic OS with software on so there's not much difference).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The local firewall on the machine will do its best (depending on how you configure it) to protect from both local and outside traffic. The shared firewall will help in addition against outside traffic - both should be considered mandatory in any system today as their scope is different. The local helps a bit against the egg shell problem with only a shared firewall - ie lots of evil stuff can originate from the local network, by chance or not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The shared firewall will most likely allow even less traffic - while the host local firewall will have to allow stuff like connections to database servers, cluster and load balancing - which shouldn't pass through the shared one." />
  <row Id="12336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7011" RevisionGUID="87c56c57-4dc9-4465-ac98-d51b9cf70361" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:55:51.897" UserId="1820" Text="This is most likely due to the SMB protocol being very &quot;chatty&quot;, and requring many requests/acknowledgements before and during transfer. Here a couple of things that may help:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Adjust TCP windowing to be optimal for your network. A google search will bring up many tutorials&#xD;&#xA;- Upgrade to Server 2008 and Vista machines, as they use SMB2.0 which specifically targets this issue.&#xD;&#xA;- Install a WAN accelerator on either end, be it a dedicated device like a Riverbed device, or the BranchCache feature in Server 2008 R2." />
  <row Id="12337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7012" RevisionGUID="c0d2f56a-fcb9-4c7d-8cca-a2d69925de73" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:56:02.567" UserId="2403" Text="We had problems in the past because the VPN system used UDP as its underlying protocol. The problem with that is the routers between the VPN user and the network would depriortize/drop UDP packets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Switching the underlying connection to TCP seemed to solve this issue for us. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12338" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7013" RevisionGUID="bdd3f027-9364-490f-8fb4-2def00eef6cc" CreationDate="2009-05-11T13:56:21.617" UserId="533" Text="I would recommend installing a software firewall like iptables on the servers whether or not you have a hardware firewall.  The more layers of protection you have, whether to provide more walls for an attacker or to provide more places that someone would have to do something silly to allow an attacker in, the better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, I would generally prefer to have both a software and a hardware firewall.  There's a real issue though, if it's a managed firewall, of the skill and responsiveness of the firewall provider.  If it takes them a week to open a port and you lose a customer because of it, was it worth it?  The vendor you are evaluating may be awesome, this is just a consideration I would have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - definitely both a hardware and software solution&#xD;&#xA; - the nature of the hardware firewall (installed by you or contracted) depends on your evaluation of price and ability of the vendor vs. the self-installed solution." />
  <row Id="12339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7014" RevisionGUID="a3cd7924-9f7a-42dc-9409-952e0f2405a6" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:07:46.957" UserId="1417" Text="Insulate the shed and make it weather tight. Invest in a small heater and AC. If you would not want to live there 24/7, then neither will your PC equipment. OK the last is a slight exaggeration. Your PC will be OK over a wider temperature range then you would, but you get the idea." />
  <row Id="12340" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7015" RevisionGUID="4f2d1bb2-da7b-4918-9da1-7b5c5a1dd1c5" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:08:17.410" UserId="1589" Text="A very informative guide that I've used quite a bit in the past, in case you are using NetApp storage, is [TR-3428][1].  It also contains some general ESX / SAN information that might be useful if you use another storage vendor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.netapp.com/us/library/technical-reports/tr-3428.html" />
  <row Id="12341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7016" RevisionGUID="0e1eabd5-8e19-4594-8150-b8e61fdc7010" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:09:44.053" UserId="48" Text="I don't know if your looking to pay for them, but the [CBT Nuggets][1] range are excellent videos on a range of windows system administration topics, helped me through my MCSE. They do offer a range of free videos as well as paid for ones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cbtnuggets.com/" />
  <row Id="12342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7017" RevisionGUID="58f88cb1-27f4-4f2b-b4a6-649050c8734c" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:10:01.883" UserId="2408" Text="This question is a very dangerous one, so I'm going to do my best to tread lightly. Neither one nor the other is better. They both do what they were designed to do very well, but they weren't designed to do the same thing. As another answer mentions, KDE is more for power users. People that enjoy tinkering and having every option available to them, because of this I feel more comfortable in the KDE environment and seem to be able to get things done quicker than I have previously in Gnome. The offset of this is that it took me quite some time to tweak all my settings, keyboard shortcuts, layouts to be just the way I like it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Gnome is more utilitarian in both looks and feel. Things are organized and you can still customize things but not quite to the extent of KDE. Gnome also tends to be quite a bit more popular due to the release of Ubuntu, which means it will probably be a bit easier to get support from the community than KDE (although KDE has a very impressive and well developed community as well don't count them out).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would recommend that you try and both out and get a feel for them yourself. Pick the one that makes you feel more comfortable and efficient and go for there." />
  <row Id="12343" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7018" RevisionGUID="56f14b20-a3d5-4497-b96b-7842046fcba4" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:10:30.133" UserId="1466" Text="OpenVPN also has the ability (may be default?) to redirect **all traffic** over the VPN while connected - not just traffic destined for your private network.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is the case, and you have many simultaneous users connected, the connection itself may be busy with other traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would recommend only using openVPN for traffic destined for your internal network, if possible." />
  <row Id="12344" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7019" RevisionGUID="91e94efd-4e9b-4cd1-8a1f-9096baaef192" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:12:04.313" UserId="436" Text="I have been tasked with getting analysis services running on a machine that has sql server 2005 on it. I should say that I'm primarily a developer not an admin so bear with me. Also, i am not the developer who wrote the analysis services code (not sure why i'm the one stuck with this:) ). Anyway, it seems that analysis services and sql server interfere with each other. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I first started analysis services everything was fine. The sql server app and analysis services app both worked ok. After a reboot, the sql server app didn't work right. It would connect to the database, but when i listed the databases (using query analyzer or the application) it would list out the analysis services databases, not the sql server databases. It was like the analysis services server had replaced the sql server. Sql management studio could see both servers just fine so I know the sql server was running. Then, I stopped analysis services, restarted sql server and started analysis services again and both apps worked again. What concept am I missing? Are analysis services and sql server waiting on the same port?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;tia,&#xD;&#xA;don&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="12346" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7019" RevisionGUID="91e94efd-4e9b-4cd1-8a1f-9096baaef192" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:12:04.313" UserId="436" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="12347" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7011" RevisionGUID="5fd7df54-5062-4d09-8dfd-1760c3ba72e9" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:13:45.230" UserId="1820" Comment="Clarified requirements for SMB2.0" Text="This is most likely due to the SMB protocol being very &quot;chatty&quot;, and requring many requests/acknowledgements before and during transfer. Here a couple of things that may help:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Adjust TCP windowing to be optimal for your network. A google search will bring up many tutorials&#xD;&#xA;- Upgrade to Server 2008 AND Vista machines (requires both to take advantage), as they use SMB2.0 which specifically targets this issue.&#xD;&#xA;- Install a WAN accelerator on either end, be it a dedicated device like a Riverbed device, or the BranchCache feature in Server 2008 R2." />
  <row Id="12348" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6967" RevisionGUID="07b2e19a-a864-4602-a1cb-6eb8679091cb" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:19:24.093" UserId="45" Comment="added 38 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="Hi everyone, when installing SQL Server 2005, I get this error. Can anyone tell me how to sort this out?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,  &#xD;&#xA;Optician&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; - Performance Monitor Counter&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Requirement (Error)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Messages&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Performance Monitor Counter&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Requirement   The System Configuration&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Check for Performance Monitor counter&#xD;&#xA;&gt; registry value has failed. For&#xD;&#xA;&gt; details, see How to: Increment the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Counter Registry Key for Setup in SQL&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Server 2005, in the readme file or in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SQL Server Books Online." />
  <row Id="12349" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="6967" RevisionGUID="07b2e19a-a864-4602-a1cb-6eb8679091cb" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:19:24.093" UserId="45" Comment="added 38 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="Installing SQL Server 2005 - Performance Monitor Counter Requirement (Error)" />
  <row Id="12350" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6967" RevisionGUID="07b2e19a-a864-4602-a1cb-6eb8679091cb" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:19:24.093" UserId="45" Comment="added 38 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;installation&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="12351" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7020" RevisionGUID="b1586150-7242-4a95-b546-9403ce20a471" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:23:22.417" UserId="1466" Text="We use alot of **iptables rules**, so in order to ease administration we do the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Rules are all called from scripts - scripts are called from /etc/init.d/firewall (custom script)&#xD;&#xA; - A file of server names / network names (ip address variables) is kept, and included in every iptables script for consistency.&#xD;&#xA; - separate scripts are kept for each subnet (ie. private / DMZ / VPN, etc) to make things easier to find.  Rules that belong in 2 scripts (such as those restricting communication b/w private and DMZ) are put in the more &quot;secure&quot; network's script&#xD;&#xA; - wherever possible, loops and nested loops are used to keep the scripts as short as possible.&#xD;&#xA; - every new rule or change is documented with comments preceding the appropriate section of the script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know if this is the **best** way to do this, but it has worked well for us." />
  <row Id="12352" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7021" RevisionGUID="28637712-7152-4200-b180-9b5c6290fd02" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:24:53.427" UserId="45" Text="This solution addresses (from [here][1]) your problem:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Follow these steps to manually set the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; increment for the counter registry key&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &amp; to overcome this error &amp; proceed&#xD;&#xA;&gt; further with the SQL Server&#xD;&#xA;&gt; installation.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 1. On the Microsoft Windows 2003 or Windows XP desktop, click Start, click&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Run, type regedit.exe in Open, and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; then click OK. On Windows 2000, use&#xD;&#xA;&gt; regedt32.exe The Registry Editor&#xD;&#xA;&gt; appliction launches.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2. Navigate to the following registry key: Quote: [HKEY _ LOCAL _&#xD;&#xA;&gt; MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib] &quot;Last&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Counter&quot;=dword:00000ed4 (5276)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;LastHelp&quot;=dword:00000ed5 (5277)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 3. The &quot;Last Counter&quot; value from the previous step (5276) must match the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; maximum value of the &quot;Counter&quot; key&#xD;&#xA;&gt; from &quot;Perflib\009&quot; in the following&#xD;&#xA;&gt; registry key, and the &quot;Last Help&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; value from the previous step (5277)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; must match the maximum value of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;Help&quot; key from &quot;Perflib\009&quot; in the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; following registry key: Quote:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib\009] Note :&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The &quot;Last Counter&quot; and &quot;Last Help&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; values are dynamically assigned by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows; they will vary from machine&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to machine...&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 4. If necessary, modify the value for the &quot;Last Counter&quot; and &quot;Last Help&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; values in the &quot;\Perflib&quot; key:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Right-click &quot;Last Counter&quot; or &quot;Last&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Help&quot; in the right-hand pane, click&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Modify, click Base = &quot;Decimal&quot; set the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; value in Value data, and then click&#xD;&#xA;&gt; OK. Repeat for the other key, if&#xD;&#xA;&gt; necessary, and then close the Registry&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Editor.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 5. Restart the machine for the changes to come into effect.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 6. Run SQL Server Setup again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This error seams to be related to the Setup Configuration Checker (SCC) in Microsoft SQL Server Setup which verifies the value of the counter registry key before SQL Server installation begins.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.eukhost.com/forums/f31/fix-error-performance-monitor-counter-requirement-when-installing-sql-2005-express-4512/" />
  <row Id="12353" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7022" RevisionGUID="c1af98c8-4848-4a14-a159-c268aa5ca9da" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:28:10.317" UserId="2408" Text="You can accomplish this with dd.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open up a terminal, your going to need to find what device is your pendrive. If you have the drive mounted you can find the name of the device by typing &quot;mount&quot; and looking at it's entry. Something like the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /dev/sdb1 on /media/USBDISK type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,uid=1000,utf8,shortname=mixed)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In this case the first partion of /dev/sdb is mounted at /media/USBDISK. Open a root shell and unmount the drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    umount /dev/sdb1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Go to the directory where your ISO is stored in a root shell and type in the following: (Replace windows7.iso with whatever the iso is called, and /dev/sdb with the device id of your usb stick).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=windows7.iso of=/dev/sdb&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your motherboard supports booting off of a pendrive it should be able to boot off it. This will get the installer on the pendrive not the OS itself." />
  <row Id="12354" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7023" RevisionGUID="2727814e-b036-44ba-8fab-eeaeda68a7cb" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:32:45.613" UserId="829" Text="Been using Pingdom to track the response time of some of my sites.  A couple are using Apache, and a couple are using lighttpd.  The response times for domains on lighttpd are hovering around 1300-1700ms.  The only configurations I have loaded are vhosts and fastcgi (for php).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The box is a 1.7GHz Celeron with 2GB of RAM (fairly maxed, unfortunately).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to lower the response time?" />
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  <row Id="12356" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7023" RevisionGUID="2727814e-b036-44ba-8fab-eeaeda68a7cb" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:32:45.613" UserId="829" Text="&lt;lighttpd&gt;&lt;response&gt;" />
  <row Id="12357" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7024" RevisionGUID="982d0336-ce62-46f9-be7e-9fb92980c632" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:33:08.247" UserId="1787" Text="It'd be pretty much the same as having &quot;fake&quot; email provider, that would hijack users confirmation emails etc. Only the reputation is preventing that. Ppl do register on gmail.com or hotmail.com, but do not register on joesixpack.org.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12358" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7025" RevisionGUID="8de475e6-8c00-4603-8d08-011e627d4d32" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:34:13.143" UserId="1797" Text="Jeff has a [very nice][1] (and lengthy) weblog post on this topic. If it doesn't answer your questions, it will certainly enlighten you. The [comments][2] also lead to [very][3] [illustrative][4] articles. Highly recommended.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001121.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2288395847791059857&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://my.opera.com/usability/blog/2009/03/16/openid-forging-the-ring&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://my.opera.com/usability/blog/2009/03/17/openid-the-ring-to-rule-them-all" />
  <row Id="12359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7026" RevisionGUID="2187e416-321e-4112-a682-844640cce2c1" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:35:02.893" UserId="2029" Text="Though it's not really a technical podcast, I like [Windows Weekly][1] for getting interesting information on upcoming developments on the Windows platform, and it's pretty entertaining IMHO. Have the balance out the dry stuff with some enjoyable shows too..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://twit.tv/ww" />
  <row Id="12360" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7027" RevisionGUID="24daf24d-7f69-41fe-a215-ff9cf7cbb152" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:39:05.910" UserId="1834" Text="What are the advantages of aliasing a directory (in my .profile) as opposed to setting a shell variable to it (and exporting of course).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias MY_DIR=/usr/local/data/test/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;vs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    MY_DIR=/usr/local/data/test/&#xD;&#xA;    export MY_DIR" />
  <row Id="12361" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7027" RevisionGUID="24daf24d-7f69-41fe-a215-ff9cf7cbb152" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:39:05.910" UserId="1834" Text="Directory alias vs variable in profile" />
  <row Id="12362" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7027" RevisionGUID="24daf24d-7f69-41fe-a215-ff9cf7cbb152" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:39:05.910" UserId="1834" Text="&lt;alias&gt;&lt;nix&gt;" />
  <row Id="12363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7028" RevisionGUID="da2ad1f8-e4e8-466e-84bd-d4bf10a4c21d" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:41:47.357" UserId="2358" Text="I did exactly what you said.  Each night, I shut down the VMs, then do an export and restart the VMs.  Then I copy the exports to some other physical location.  This is a powershell script that is scheduled with Windows scheduler.  The only drawback is that you have to shut down while exporting - which is not always acceptable.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7029" RevisionGUID="1af5a913-6e3b-4677-af57-5cb7bf529161" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:42:40.210" UserId="2390" Text="I have a problem with Win7 &amp; VirtualPC - every time I start up a virtual machine, it appears to start fine, and then about 10 seconds into the boot process, my laptop either BSOD's or just hangs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a Dell Inspiron 1721 notebook that i've been running the x86 version of Win7 on - and have had the issue with both build 7000 &amp; 7100.  I also have the issue with the Windows Virtual PC beta and with the Virtual PC 2007 product.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried to use WinDBG to get what I can out of the minidump files - but i'm not sure if I have that set up correctly.  Here's what I get from that...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT (101)&#xD;&#xA;An expected clock interrupt was not received on a secondary processor in an&#xD;&#xA;MP system within the allocated interval. This indicates that the specified&#xD;&#xA;processor is hung and not processing interrupts.&#xD;&#xA;Arguments:&#xD;&#xA;Arg1: 00000061, Clock interrupt time out interval in nominal clock ticks.&#xD;&#xA;Arg2: 00000000, 0.&#xD;&#xA;Arg3: 807c4120, The PRCB address of the hung processor.&#xD;&#xA;Arg4: 00000001, 0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--Anyone know what I can look at to correct this?  As a developer, i REALLY miss my virtual PC." />
  <row Id="12365" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7029" RevisionGUID="1af5a913-6e3b-4677-af57-5cb7bf529161" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:42:40.210" UserId="2390" Text="Windows 7 Virtual PC BSOD" />
  <row Id="12366" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7029" RevisionGUID="1af5a913-6e3b-4677-af57-5cb7bf529161" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:42:40.210" UserId="2390" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;crash&gt;&lt;virtual-pc&gt;" />
  <row Id="12367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7030" RevisionGUID="50eb013c-84a9-43b3-a96c-f3bcb94f62ed" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:43:08.650" UserId="2029" Text="I'm sure a DBA will provide a better answer, but I'm wondering if your issue has to do with having to connect to a specific SQL Instance (named vs. default) for Analysis services, or even a port #&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Possibly Helpful Article...][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms174906.aspx" />
  <row Id="12368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7031" RevisionGUID="a7dff87a-7ff0-4701-a44e-d0e6ca97e8ab" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:43:56.290" UserId="533" Text="The alias only works for commands.  That is, the shell will check argv[0] for aliases, it will check every part of argv for sigiled variables (like $MY_DIR).  A visual demonstration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    g3 0 /home/jj33 &gt; alias FOO=bar&#xD;&#xA;    g3 0 /home/jj33 &gt; FOO&#xD;&#xA;    -ksh: bar: not found&#xD;&#xA;    g3 127 /home/jj33 &gt; echo FOO&#xD;&#xA;    FOO&#xD;&#xA;    g3 0 /home/jj33 &gt; BAZ=bar&#xD;&#xA;    g3 0 /home/jj33 &gt; $BAZ&#xD;&#xA;    -ksh: bar: not found&#xD;&#xA;    g3 127 /home/jj33 &gt; echo $BAZ&#xD;&#xA;    bar&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12369" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7032" RevisionGUID="c27ce8d3-4d5c-4290-8e35-50530b717f6c" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:48:21.243" UserId="2283" Text="The [Mind of Root][1] Podcast is pretty good.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They've been around for awhile (now up to show 98).  I've been listening to past shows and usually come away with a couple of ideas or solutions/products I hadn't heard of.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mindofroot.com/" />
  <row Id="12370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7033" RevisionGUID="c3a368d2-763e-4bf1-bfed-220f5f8536e9" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:49:16.703" UserId="2287" Text="I have heard of this happening with a lot of people using vista to copy over the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did a quick [google][1] search to verify. There a lot of &quot;fixes&quot; listed here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This article][2] explains the Vista SP1 file copy improvements and why it works the way it does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/search?ie=utf-8&amp;q=vista+slow+network+copy&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2008/02/04/2826167.aspx" />
  <row Id="12371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7034" RevisionGUID="30924929-3fdb-42c6-b17c-a28afa65cc0c" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:54:53.773" UserId="942" Text="You can use a service like [DynDNS][1] to easily change the IP a domain points to. And, they have an API too, so you could use another cheap webhost to verify when the server is down and change the IP, maybe to that same webhost where you can show a maintenance page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, you can install one of the clients that automatically uses a downtime page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And you can set a low TTL so IP changes propagate more quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.dydns.com/" />
  <row Id="12372" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7035" RevisionGUID="5011dbf8-3b36-4ec0-a0b9-d55a6c21d8c6" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:59:12.487" UserId="2283" Text="Regarding performance on your VMs; I've heard one recommended practice is to have your VM's Pagefiles on separate physical disks/arrays.  That's one place you'll see a lot of I/O and will slow down the system as a whole." />
  <row Id="12373" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7036" RevisionGUID="7f3f0ed1-d226-4085-ae0f-ac4f6fc4e03a" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:09:25.633" UserId="1973" Text="I don't think there is simple answer to this, but there are several configuration changes you can try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Disabling the TCP options&#xD;&#xA; 2. Enable stat caching - server.stat-cache-engine&#xD;&#xA; 3. Recompile to disable support for large files&#xD;&#xA; 4. See if your box supports the sendfile() network handler, which serves files faster by pushing them directly to the network card&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I picked these as the most likely (IMHO) to boost response time from the tuning guide from lighttpd:&#xD;&#xA;[http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/wiki/Docs:Performance]" />
  <row Id="12374" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7037" RevisionGUID="887d20c2-5312-4906-8cf1-00440975106c" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:09:40.607" UserId="706" Text="**Is a dedicated firewall, managed by professionals, a better solution than whatever I can manage with software?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's a one-or-the-other choice, then generally yes.  Let the professionals who focus on this work take care of this for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Should I set up a firewall on the servers in addition to the external one, or is that an overkill?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes.  The ONLY downside is a little less performance on your machine.  The upside is that if someone manages to break into ANOTHER machine on the inside of the hardware firewall, then you still have some amount of protection from bad traffic inside the data center.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally the network is setup such that this cannot happen, but that's more expensive and difficult to maintain well, so you can't always depend on that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Does it matter if the shared firewall is a hardware device or just a linux box?** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most hardware firewalls are linux boxes.  It doesn't matter which is used - what matters is who implemented the linux build, and how good they are at it.  A dedicated hardware box probably has more time and effort spent on making the build secure, and it's probably flashed into the device so it's a bit harder to hack and change remotely, but beyond that there's no practical difference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="12375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7038" RevisionGUID="04a0d9be-cc62-4992-bb38-057de13aefe9" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:11:18.843" UserId="1466" Text="The way our FTP server (proftpd) works is that it **listens for connections** on port 21, and then *once connected, bumps the connection up to the 60000 range** (set in proftpd.conf as **PassivePorts**)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our NAT was originally set up to only forward port 21 to the FTP server, and we saw similar behavior to what you are seeing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By **restricting PassivePorts to a specific range**, and **forwarding that range** in the NAT configuration, it solved our problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, that is *from the server side point of view*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It could be easily tested however by temporarily NATting all ports, and seeing if it resolves the issue." />
  <row Id="12376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7039" RevisionGUID="96d0251f-bb7d-4e2b-9eff-f1ad94d7d958" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:12:40.057" UserId="2294" Text="I've seen slow copy performace over ipv6, especially over wireless, as a test did you try disabling ipv6 just as test?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you could be running into the vista performance problems, smb2 probs, differential network copy etc, I think there are bugs somewhere in those also&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;also try teracopy, it optimizes the transfer" />
  <row Id="12378" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7041" RevisionGUID="2dff38ce-67fb-4479-b245-7638e8b9744e" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:12:44.067" UserId="875" Text="The following free SQL Server Videos will also help give you an idea of concepts, best practices, and hands-on steps you'll need to implement (though they're targeted at non-SQL Express installations):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SQL Server Backups Demystified][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SQL Server Backup Options][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SQL Server Backup Best Practices][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Backups with SQL Server Management Studio][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Restoring Databases with SQL Server Management Studio][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, as Paul mentions, I HEARTILY recommend regularly practicing how to restore/recover your databases. Because learning how to do it after a crash is positively the WORST time to figure it out... and there's no guarantee your backups are even working correctly unless you're REGULARLY testing them out. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlservervideos.com/video/backups-demystified&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sqlservervideos.com/video/backup-options&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.sqlservervideos.com/video/sqlbackup-best-practices&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.sqlservervideos.com/video/backups-with-managementstudio&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.sqlservervideos.com/video/restoring-databases-with-ssms" />
  <row Id="12379" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7042" RevisionGUID="3528cf8e-366e-40d6-aa0f-2b31f2942dbc" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:13:42.363" UserId="942" Text="This was/is a known issue on Windows Server 2008 Beta, so it may be related.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try upgrading your BIOS, or just wait for a fix from Microsoft." />
  <row Id="12380" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5313" RevisionGUID="fc733910-5b6b-4a08-b065-33b4af2812e6" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:19:30.387" UserId="1054" Comment="added 237 characters in body" Text="Does anyone know of a free open source recovery tool?  Should include recovery of document protection password ideally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**&#xD;&#xA;I'll settle for just Free instead of free and open source :)  I'm looking for something that will handle not only passwords used to open the file but also passwords used to do Word's different forms of document protection." />
  <row Id="12381" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7043" RevisionGUID="2a2d1caf-c9e4-483c-a08f-c3577302a61b" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:30:39.537" UserId="1997" Text="In these cases, svn export is your friend as provides a 'clean' snapshot of the code. My suggestion is to stage your deployments this way for testing and production. This will help you find commit problems like missed check-ins or conflicts since you're only getting files at a particular revision.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To prevent some of these problems in the first place, especially if you're stuck with svn, try using a production branch. The production branch is maintained by an experienced dev, who can use a multi-way diff tool to pull changes from the branches of developers. As pointed out by others, svn merge (or even update) can be error prone, so this work flow allows changes to be selectively merged, which is how dscm's (as described by Richard) work." />
  <row Id="12382" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7044" RevisionGUID="fd9d26c1-4065-4ab4-9644-aa0d509fc832" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:33:08.410" UserId="231" Text="I have an Italian Version of Windows XP installed on a laptop. I need to change the language to English. Is there a way to do this?" />
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  <row Id="12384" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7044" RevisionGUID="fd9d26c1-4065-4ab4-9644-aa0d509fc832" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:33:08.410" UserId="231" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="12385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7045" RevisionGUID="6720d2b8-2ade-4961-86e2-47422ec7e72b" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:33:28.770" UserId="2423" Text="The best file copy utility by far is Teracopy, from codesector.com I've been using it for years with XP, and find it works just as well in Vista. I agree with the other posters that something else is probably wrong in this situation, but to answer the original question, teracopy FTW." />
  <row Id="12386" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7046" RevisionGUID="8bea9d88-0aec-4e01-aca8-5681f364b08c" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:36:50.777" UserId="2423" Text="With respect to the price of Acronis, it is worth what they charge. The latest versions are, in the experience of the businesses we service, extremely stable and very efficient. " />
  <row Id="12387" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7047" RevisionGUID="db4b5634-ed35-4047-ba6c-6477189f217f" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:37:01.430" UserId="2224" Text="My opinion on this depends on the situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In your case, I'd recommend using the colocation facility's firewall to protect you from the outside world, as it is presumably managed by professional networking people who know what they are doing. Also, you save your machines from dealing with DoS attacks, and other internet nuisances.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the same time, I don't trust the colo's network either. Use the software firewall to control who can ssh in and expose a minimum profile to other hosts in the colo provider's network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In an internal, &quot;trusted&quot; (your version of &quot;trusted&quot; may vary) network, I would avoid using software firewalls, and instead utilize your network infrastructure to implement communications controls." />
  <row Id="12388" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7048" RevisionGUID="a94051a9-2a79-44c7-b0c3-1428ceeac5d1" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:39:18.133" UserId="1164" Text="Richard Campbell and Greg Hughes host [RunAs Radio][1], a weekly Internet Audio Talk Show for IT Professionals working with Microsoft products.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.runasradio.com/" />
  <row Id="12389" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7049" RevisionGUID="a149bbdf-5332-4c37-b027-166d0a61a2c9" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:42:16.740" UserId="1851" Text="I would recommend [WebHostingTalk.com][1]. If you hang around that place for a little bit you'll get a feeling about what's good and what's not, what to look for and what to avoid. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The hardest part in finding a host is not so much finding one that meets your criteria, probably most do, but rather finding one that's reliable, can help you out if you hit a bump in the road, and within your budget. Of course that's very subjective if you don't have personal experience with the provider. This is why I recommended that site -- I hope SF doesn't mind -- because you'll find a lot of testimonials from the people in that part of the industry. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things to consider: location (you want the closest DC possible, with the lowest latency), the network they use (and how redundant is their network), years in business, reputation, and price.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/" />
  <row Id="12390" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7050" RevisionGUID="40d49024-3a47-4e33-8a4d-f1165645cf1e" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:42:50.530" UserId="640" Text="Unless this is a multi-language version of Windows, you'll have to reinstall with the English version." />
  <row Id="12391" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6575" RevisionGUID="aead7f00-7a91-44c8-8e5a-339f1106b039" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:43:08.673" UserId="216" Comment="added 384 characters in body" Text="The FTP application proxy in your NAT gateway appears to be borking on the '220-' multi-line response code.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FTP response codes are normally all single line, but the '-' after the number indicates that more lines of output are coming.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've seen this happen before - from memory in my case it was a PIX firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I seem to recall that some FTP servers can be told not to send multi-line responses by prefixing the login password with a '`-`',  **EDIT**, however in this case that's not the fix because the `220-` response is being sent before the user attempts to login.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are friendly with the administrator of the FTP server, ask them to temporarily disable their server's login banner and see whether your login proceeds any further.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12392" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7051" RevisionGUID="3214518b-9862-4883-9fce-a7c62767bcf1" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:45:55.207" UserId="2408" Text="Hmmm I really doubt this counts but I enjoy it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt; &gt; ! * ' ' #&#xD;&#xA;    ^ &quot; ` $ $ -&#xD;&#xA;    ! * = @ $ _&#xD;&#xA;    % * &lt; &gt; ~ # 4&#xD;&#xA;    &amp; [ ] . . /&#xD;&#xA;    | { , , SYSTEM HALTED&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The poem can only be appreciated by reading it aloud, to wit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;  &gt;  !   *  '  '  #&#xD;&#xA;    Waka waka bang splat tick tick hash,&#xD;&#xA;    ^  &quot;    `    $   $  -&#xD;&#xA;    Caret quote back-tick dollar dollar dash,&#xD;&#xA;    !  *  =  @  $    _&#xD;&#xA;    Bang splat equal at dollar under-score,&#xD;&#xA;    %   *   &lt;  &gt;  ~   #   4&#xD;&#xA;    Percent splat waka waka tilde number four,&#xD;&#xA;    &amp;     [    ]   . .  /&#xD;&#xA;    Ampersand bracket bracket dot dot slash,&#xD;&#xA;    |       {      ,    ,   SYSTEM HALTED&#xD;&#xA;    Vertical-bar curly-bracket comma comma CRASH." />
  <row Id="12393" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7051" RevisionGUID="3214518b-9862-4883-9fce-a7c62767bcf1" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:45:55.207" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="12394" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7052" RevisionGUID="7ed25312-554f-4b74-85e6-54b775279a59" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:45:56.237" UserId="715" Text="What about the read mail command, with the really fast option?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; rm -rf ~" />
  <row Id="12395" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7052" RevisionGUID="7ed25312-554f-4b74-85e6-54b775279a59" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:45:56.237" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="12396" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7018" RevisionGUID="b3cb3df4-a878-4f34-9dfb-5a4d1e24a7c0" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:45:56.690" UserId="1466" Comment="acknowledge security concern" Text="OpenVPN also has the ability (may be default?) to redirect **all traffic** over the VPN while connected - not just traffic destined for your private network.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is the case, and you have many simultaneous users connected, the connection itself may be busy with other traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would suggest only using openVPN for traffic destined for your internal network, if possible. (but read comment below re: security concerns.)" />
  <row Id="12397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7053" RevisionGUID="103846c7-47ce-414f-88ab-6a23b7668c16" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:50:00.177" UserId="1391" Text="You can use a [COM port redirector][1] software to create virtual COM ports on both servers and connecting them by a TCP port. The linked Wikipedia page also provides links for both commercial and open source solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COM_port_redirector" />
  <row Id="12398" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7054" RevisionGUID="a4db2af6-f80d-4d61-a042-3916a7555b70" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:51:51.063" UserId="2408" Text="The only way I can see a &quot;rogue&quot; OpenID server being a problem isn't a web application security problem so much. What you are doing though is providing one website with your Identity. They tell people you are who you are, but they also have access to it. If a malicious person sets up an OpenID server and people start to use it, the owner of the malicious service could impersonate anybody using their server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The question comes down to do you trust the owners of your OpenID server?" />
  <row Id="12399" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5187" RevisionGUID="a902474d-5336-47fa-b282-eab36cea5efb" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:52:14.417" UserId="388" Comment="provided more detail." Text="In Cisco IOS, if I have a route-map entry as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    route-map redistribute deny 10&#xD;&#xA;     match tag 65000 100&#xD;&#xA;    !&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a 'show' command that will give me a list of all routes that will match that stanza?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;To those thinking about using 'show ip route' and 'inc', the summary form of show ip route doesn't include tag information:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Router&gt;show ip route&#xD;&#xA;    Codes: C - connected, S - static, R - RIP, M - mobile, B - BGP&#xD;&#xA;           D - EIGRP, EX - EIGRP external, O - OSPF, IA - OSPF inter area&#xD;&#xA;           N1 - OSPF NSSA external type 1, N2 - OSPF NSSA external type 2&#xD;&#xA;           E1 - OSPF external type 1, E2 - OSPF external type 2&#xD;&#xA;           i - IS-IS, su - IS-IS summary, L1 - IS-IS level-1, L2 - IS-IS level-2&#xD;&#xA;           ia - IS-IS inter area, * - candidate default, U - per-user static route&#xD;&#xA;           o - ODR, P - periodic downloaded static route&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Gateway of last resort is x.x.x.x to network 0.0.0.0&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    B    216.221.5.0/24 [20/2948] via 208.51.134.254, 1d19h&#xD;&#xA;    B    216.187.99.0/24 [20/0] via 4.69.184.193, 1d19h&#xD;&#xA;    B    210.51.225.0/24 [20/0] via 157.130.10.233, 1d19h&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is only displayed when you provide a prefix as an argument:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    route-views.oregon-ix.net&gt;show ip route 216.221.5.0&#xD;&#xA;    Routing entry for 216.221.5.0/24&#xD;&#xA;      Known via &quot;bgp 6447&quot;, distance 20, metric 2948&#xD;&#xA;      Tag 3549, type external&#xD;&#xA;      Last update from 208.51.134.254 1d19h ago&#xD;&#xA;      Routing Descriptor Blocks:&#xD;&#xA;      * 208.51.134.254, from 208.51.134.254, 1d19h ago&#xD;&#xA;          Route metric is 2948, traffic share count is 1&#xD;&#xA;          AS Hops 2&#xD;&#xA;          **Route tag 3549**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So one 'show ip route' command doesn't let you get information about all routes tagged with a specific tag." />
  <row Id="12400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7055" RevisionGUID="1d0d6820-adb9-4d9a-a56c-a985100763a5" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:52:28.487" UserId="2116" Text="From an english version of Windows you can apply language pack over it, but only from an english version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In your case you'll have to reinstall it from scratch, sorry for you." />
  <row Id="12401" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7056" RevisionGUID="9f5267c4-0de7-4dcc-bc7d-964c91ade2cf" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:52:51.030" UserId="2329" Text="What's the command to find the name of a computer given its IP address?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I always forget what this command is, but I know it exists in Windows and I assume it exists on the *nix command-line. " />
  <row Id="12402" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7056" RevisionGUID="9f5267c4-0de7-4dcc-bc7d-964c91ade2cf" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:52:51.030" UserId="2329" Text="What's the reverse DNS command line utility?" />
  <row Id="12403" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7056" RevisionGUID="9f5267c4-0de7-4dcc-bc7d-964c91ade2cf" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:52:51.030" UserId="2329" Text="&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;commandline&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;reverse-dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="12404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7057" RevisionGUID="812650c5-11c9-4a2a-8780-38fa5201408b" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:53:23.727" UserId="2424" Text="Is there a trustworthy online backup service with client software that does backups without a user logged in?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been using Mozy combined with some custom python scripts for doing offsite backups of a Subversion repository on a Windows server.  This has been working fine, except that it stops working when a user is not logged in, which happens whenever the server is patched and rebooted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think this is because Mozy is designed for backup up user data, not server.  I haven't tried Carbonite yet but I'm guessing that is the same?" />
  <row Id="12405" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7057" RevisionGUID="812650c5-11c9-4a2a-8780-38fa5201408b" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:53:23.727" UserId="2424" Text="Online backup service for servers" />
  <row Id="12406" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7057" RevisionGUID="812650c5-11c9-4a2a-8780-38fa5201408b" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:53:23.727" UserId="2424" Text="&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="12407" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7058" RevisionGUID="d8800717-e93b-41ed-abf4-38862eb71595" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:54:34.117" UserId="2116" Text="**dig** and **host** should be what you're looking for ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.unix.com/unix-dummies-questions-answers/9866-nslookup-linux.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT : nslookup work too finally, I had a blank on that one and tought it wasn't available so I deleted my post lol :P&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.unix.com/unix-dummies-questions-answers/9866-nslookup-linux.html" />
  <row Id="12408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7059" RevisionGUID="e5eb5e99-d8e6-4bc3-b365-f8a2a31a4ad1" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:55:04.880" UserId="2390" Text="I've been using Live Mesh for this - seems to work well for getting to the PCs at my house.  You can check it out [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mesh.com" />
  <row Id="12409" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7060" RevisionGUID="8d747791-b5b2-44c2-a369-2c7776632cd5" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:55:06.657" UserId="2273" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a Dell PowerEdge 2950 running Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 with Service Pack 2 installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Recently, we've been experiencing multiple STOP errors occurring with that server.  Fortunately it is in place as a fail over machine so it is not currently affecting our production environment.  The error that shows up in the server log is this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Event Type:	Error&#xD;&#xA;    Event Source:	System Error&#xD;&#xA;    Event Category:	(102)&#xD;&#xA;    Event ID:	1003&#xD;&#xA;    Description:&#xD;&#xA;    Error code 000000000000009c, parameter1 0000000000000004, &#xD;&#xA;    parameter2 fffffadf90881240, parameter3 00000000f2000000, &#xD;&#xA;    parameter4 0000000000060151.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So far the best I've been able to track down is that the 9C error is some sort of generic hardware problem.  The other parameters have been no use in narrowing this one down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There have been no hardware changes since the machine was brought into service last year.  It has a twin box that is identical (the primary that this one acts as a fail over for) that is not experiencing the behavior.  The last software change was on 4/16/2009 when several security updates were applied.  The blue screens started happening on 5/9/2009.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any diagnostics that may help with tis problem?" />
  <row Id="12410" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7060" RevisionGUID="8d747791-b5b2-44c2-a369-2c7776632cd5" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:55:06.657" UserId="2273" Text="Troubleshooting the dreaded 0x9C BSOD" />
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  <row Id="12413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7061" RevisionGUID="69c18607-59d6-422b-a22f-5980e1f39931" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:55:45.080" UserId="1343" Text="I maintain 2 environments in my current project, 2 servers (1 Web Server &amp; 1 SQL Server) for both production and Test. Last month we installed/upgraded to the lated Microsoft patches/securities and the Report Manager from Reporting Services stopped working in the Test database server. After days of troubleshooting I found that the ASP.NET 2.0 Web Service Extension in ISIS was completely removed and everything was set to prohibited.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't say for sure but I think this was caused by the patch/updated that I'd done on that server a few day prior. What can one do to anticipate or prevent these types of impacts on SQL Server, Reporting Services, IIS, ASP.NET when a patch is installed?" />
  <row Id="12414" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7061" RevisionGUID="69c18607-59d6-422b-a22f-5980e1f39931" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:55:45.080" UserId="1343" Text="Anticipating/preventing patch or upgrade problems on database/web servers" />
  <row Id="12415" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7061" RevisionGUID="69c18607-59d6-422b-a22f-5980e1f39931" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:55:45.080" UserId="1343" Text="&lt;patch&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;reporting&gt;&lt;asp.net&gt;&lt;iis&gt;" />
  <row Id="12416" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7062" RevisionGUID="03db31e3-4dc6-47ed-b576-bf4eed9c6334" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:55:59.997" UserId="2273" Text="on *nix you can use dig -x [address]" />
  <row Id="12417" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7063" RevisionGUID="f8d0562e-6b5b-40cb-ab14-7cb5c28da9db" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:56:37.310" UserId="2329" Text="Well, some friendly person just wrote nslookup is the command, and he's right. It works on both Unix and Windows.  Not sure why you deleted your answer, but you are correct sir." />
  <row Id="12418" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="7058" RevisionGUID="a7b61ab3-ada7-4aeb-b567-75cc2721164b" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:56:44.690" UserId="-1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:2116,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Fox&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="12419" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7064" RevisionGUID="6bc3fa69-b02e-415a-a26c-691d68d691a3" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:57:22.160" UserId="1054" Text="If you're using nslookup it's this (assuming 192.168.0.1 as the IP in question)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; set type=ptr&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; 1.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**&#xD;&#xA;Remember a reverse lookup only works if there is a PTR record created for the IP, and it's not guaranteed to return the hostname you're looking for.  Completely depends on how DNS is configured and maintained in your situation." />
  <row Id="12420" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7065" RevisionGUID="1bb61340-4cf3-4f6f-8601-2081a047cd79" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:59:40.723" UserId="2359" Text="I've got a Windows 2003 server that's at my remote data center. This morning I tried to connect to it via RDP, but the connection fails with the following error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This computer can't connect to the remote computer.&#xD;&#xA;Try connecting again. If the problem continues, contact the owner of the remote computer or your network administrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have also trying issuing a remote shutdown/restart command using the &quot;shutdown -i&quot; command from my local system. No error is reported, however the system does not reboot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This server runs SQL Server 2005 and it is still fully operational and responsive to queries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can also remotely connect to the services control panel of the remote system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anything that I can try to regain control of the system, short of having an operator in the data center do a hard reboot on the server for me?" />
  <row Id="12421" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7065" RevisionGUID="1bb61340-4cf3-4f6f-8601-2081a047cd79" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:59:40.723" UserId="2359" Text="Can not RDP to Win 2003 box or initiate remote restart" />
  <row Id="12422" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7065" RevisionGUID="1bb61340-4cf3-4f6f-8601-2081a047cd79" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:59:40.723" UserId="2359" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;rdp&gt;&lt;shutdown&gt;" />
  <row Id="12423" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7058" RevisionGUID="8032ac9e-4404-4853-98bf-c536e979329a" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:59:46.073" UserId="2116" Comment="added 178 characters in body" Text="**dig** and **host** should be what you're looking for ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.unix.com/unix-dummies-questions-answers/9866-nslookup-linux.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT : nslookup work too finally, I had a blank on that one and tought it wasn't available so I deleted my post lol :P More infos on nslookup command whether it seems to have been replace since a while now : [http://linuxreviews.org/man/nslookup/][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.unix.com/unix-dummies-questions-answers/9866-nslookup-linux.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://linuxreviews.org/man/nslookup/" />
  <row Id="12424" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7066" RevisionGUID="c52220f9-af30-4cc1-a5e0-fd362c71a121" CreationDate="2009-05-11T15:59:57.023" UserId="1855" Text="We use [visionapp][1] here in my shop.  There is a free version that we used to use as well a paid that we made the boss buy us. Easy to setup profile if you many machines and has easy access to the console as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.visionapp.com/" />
  <row Id="12425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7067" RevisionGUID="014ec3db-ad71-4866-927c-966d4381e7e3" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:02:19.407" UserId="2116" Text="First check to always do whether you're sure of it, check if firewall let RDP go through ;) That's not stupid, It's just sometime happen out from nowhere ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also check that Terminal Service is on, and maybe try to reboot it if you have a chance to get physically on the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This kind of thing also happen to me on my 2003 R2 server." />
  <row Id="12426" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7068" RevisionGUID="b90b5c11-07c6-4aa3-a2b9-5b69aae5416b" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:02:48.657" UserId="2282" Text="This is hopefully a real easy one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Windows XP on some environments the File Properties dialog (that opens on right-click &gt; properties when viewing the file in windows explorer) sometimes shows a Security Tab and sometimes not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How does one enable it? (I need to allow &quot;run&quot; access on certain types)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Note 1:*** I'm logged in with Administrator privileges&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Note 2:*** I'm running NTFS on both machines&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS I found one source Googling that suggests this will work but I didn't have any luck;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Launch Windows Explorer or My Computer.&#xD;&#xA;2. Click on the Tools at the menu bar, then click on Folder Options.&#xD;&#xA;3. Click on View tab.&#xD;&#xA;4. In the Advanced Settings section at the bottom of the list, uncheck and unselect (clear the tick) on the “Use simple file sharing (Recommended)” check box.&#xD;&#xA;5. Click OK.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I've linked to two screenshots found on the web of the dialog I'm talking about)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Without Security Tab][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[With Security Tab][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogshare.members.winisp.net/images/FileProperties.png&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://static.asp.net/asp.net/images/whitepapers/whitepaper3-18.jpg" />
  <row Id="12427" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7068" RevisionGUID="b90b5c11-07c6-4aa3-a2b9-5b69aae5416b" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:02:48.657" UserId="2282" Text="Windows XP File Properties Security Tab" />
  <row Id="12428" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7068" RevisionGUID="b90b5c11-07c6-4aa3-a2b9-5b69aae5416b" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:02:48.657" UserId="2282" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;file-sharing&gt;" />
  <row Id="12429" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7069" RevisionGUID="5b5085da-ed7e-422c-80fe-15959e88b930" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:04:04.507" UserId="2427" Text="Is there a list of public NTP servers on the internet I can use." />
  <row Id="12430" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7069" RevisionGUID="5b5085da-ed7e-422c-80fe-15959e88b930" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:04:04.507" UserId="2427" Text="Public NTP servers" />
  <row Id="12431" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7069" RevisionGUID="5b5085da-ed7e-422c-80fe-15959e88b930" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:04:04.507" UserId="2427" Text="&lt;ntp&gt;" />
  <row Id="12432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7070" RevisionGUID="27d736e1-f5aa-412b-8ce2-968037ead591" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:05:52.320" UserId="2359" Text="http://www.pool.ntp.org/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are in the US:&#xD;&#xA;United States — us.pool.ntp.org&#xD;&#xA;To use this pool zone, add the following to your ntp.conf file: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	   server 0.us.pool.ntp.org&#xD;&#xA;	   server 1.us.pool.ntp.org&#xD;&#xA;	   server 2.us.pool.ntp.org&#xD;&#xA;	   server 3.us.pool.ntp.org&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other pools around the world are available and can be found at the http://www.pool.ntp.org/ site." />
  <row Id="12434" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7072" RevisionGUID="3d37adfe-55ba-41bb-b490-ef789c0104fd" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:08:09.680" UserId="1054" Text="You should continue to keep a test environment that mimics your production environment as closely as possible and to keep current documentation of your configurations.  Then when patch loads are released continue to test them in your test environment.  If something starts dying then verify the configuration after the patch update(s) with your current documented configuration to see if anything / what was changed.  Then try to replicate that change via the patch update again if necessary to pinpoint it as the culprit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as anticipating and preventing them, that's a hard one to come to grips with.  Err on the side of paranoia and don't install anything in production until you've fully tested it and are comfortable that it is working as advertised.  The majority of the time all will be well.  Make sure that your configuration is fully supported so that you can call support in the cases that something bombs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When applying to production, always have a tested rollback plan so that you can get back to original state when something whacks out. (that's a technical term)" />
  <row Id="12435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7073" RevisionGUID="9d1828fe-a8aa-4112-b3e2-7dee05a953a6" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:13:16.877" UserId="1054" Text="Try instead:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    shutdown -r -f -m \\hostname -c &quot;Comment goes here&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's a bit drastic, but I've had the need to do that in a very similar environment to what you describe.  I also open a cmd window and start a ping -t against the server to watch when the IP stack goes down and comes back up.  This is a very useful indicator of activity when you don't have physical access to the server (or are too lazy to get up and walk over to it)." />
  <row Id="12436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7074" RevisionGUID="6d98c388-83eb-4516-9cb9-c7f070dfef6a" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:15:02.897" UserDisplayName="Robert" Text="I've setup my VM to mimic my DevServer.  I've setup my Network Connections to read from my Loopback Adapter 1st, LAN 4th.  But for some reason, when I create my connection string: &quot;Provider=SQLOLEDB;Data Source=DevServer; Initial Catalog=myDB; User Id=xxx; Password=yyy&quot; inside an .ASPX file, it ALWAYS reads from the LAN Dev Server, instead of the VM Dev Server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't understand why that is?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's very frustrating because I have to constantly remove my cat5e cable from the back of the Host computer to break the LAN connection, and then it will read from my VM. And then inevitably, I want to search something on the net, and voila, my connection is unplugged, and I have to plug it back in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What can I do to change this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more information, see the picture below...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://twitpic.com/4zfmj/full&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://twitpic.com/4zfmj/full" />
  <row Id="12437" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7074" RevisionGUID="6d98c388-83eb-4516-9cb9-c7f070dfef6a" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:15:02.897" UserDisplayName="Robert" Text="Virtual PC (machine), loopback adapter, LAN, SQL Server" />
  <row Id="12438" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7074" RevisionGUID="6d98c388-83eb-4516-9cb9-c7f070dfef6a" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:15:02.897" UserDisplayName="Robert" Text="&lt;virtual&gt;&lt;pc&gt;&lt;loopback&gt;&lt;adapter&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="12439" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7075" RevisionGUID="57e0ff58-8704-4cd9-ada1-83cfdf6a339b" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:25:53.003" UserId="2224" Text="One approach is evaluate the patches and don't just install them right away. We have a group of people who specifically review patches for Microsoft and other common applications, rate the severity of a vulnerability and talk to the application owners about risks, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some patches are deemed critical and get applied within 48 hours (or less) of release. We began patching the RPC vulnerability last fall within 30 minutes of its release. Others we'll wait up to 6 weeks depending on the severity, the ability to mitigate the risk of exploitation, and test effort required.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That way you have time to let other people get burned, and you avoid applying the initial rev of a patch. It's not a perfect process, and may be a little to intense for many folks, but it works for us." />
  <row Id="12440" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7076" RevisionGUID="c59e25d9-41e1-4681-ad89-42ba835964e2" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:26:02.473" UserId="1544" Text="I think you may find POSIX ACL (access control lists) to be helpful.  They allow a finer-grained permission model compared to the user:group:other model.  I have found them to be easier to keep straight in my head since I can be more explicit and can also set the &quot;default&quot; behavior for a branch of the file system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, you can specify each user's permissions explicitly:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    setfacl -Rm d:u:userA:rwX,u:userA:rwX /var/www&#xD;&#xA;    setfacl -Rm d:u:userB:rwX,u:userB:rwX /var/www&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or you can do it based on some shared group:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    setfacl -Rm d:g:groupA:rwX,u:groupA:rwX /var/www&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And perhaps you want to keep your Apache user as read-only&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    setfacl -Rm d:u:www-data:rX,u:www-data:rX /var/www&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Man pages:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [setfacl][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [getfacl][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Tutorial][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.die.net/man/1/setfacl&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://linux.die.net/man/1/getfacl&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.cs.unc.edu/cgi-bin/howto?howto=linux-posix-acls" />
  <row Id="12441" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7077" RevisionGUID="14e45954-c6dd-4c80-aa67-a1daec5d577d" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:29:14.857" UserId="2273" Text="It may depend on the version of Windows XP you are running.  I believe only XP Professional uses the security tab.  I know for certain that Home does not have it.  There are hacks (you can search google for it) to make it appear on the Home edition." />
  <row Id="12442" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7078" RevisionGUID="a4a5b256-b7f7-489f-bd24-fa0602f342d5" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:31:24.413" UserId="2359" Text="Symantec has an online storage offering available at http://www.spn.com that's designed with servers in mind." />
  <row Id="12443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7079" RevisionGUID="8088a94f-c4be-485f-ad0b-c4be84b913c5" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:31:39.470" UserId="1101" Text="If you have some budget for this, you might want to take a look at [Axcient's][1] service - in the interests of full disclosure, I know the guys there and think they have a really good approach.  You need to have a hardware device in your workplace, which may be overkill for you, but you don't need to install any client software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.axcient.com/what-is-axcient.html" />
  <row Id="12444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7080" RevisionGUID="1c1eed5b-c1ae-479b-b3f1-9d919395d384" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:33:29.153" UserId="1812" Text="If they are both named &quot;devserver&quot; there is probably a hostname mix up. Try and add the virtual &quot;devserver&quot; to your host file. If it works then, then you have a DNS issue. It may be a result of the computer not being 'smart' enough to go where it should :)" />
  <row Id="12445" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7081" RevisionGUID="ffeb365a-aaa3-4d94-ba68-96110aa67733" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:34:05.580" UserId="984" Text="This question is very close to being a dup of [4934][1] and it is related to [397][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use [firehol][3] combined with a web interface that I developed to manage the configuration file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I really like firehol, it provides a simpler syntax then using iptables directly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You can use the firehol debug command to exactly what iptables commands are generated&#xD;&#xA; - If you have an error in your configuration and you start the firewall, firehol detects the error and reverts to the previous state.  &#xD;&#xA; - Firehol has a 'try' command which you can use to start the firewall remotely, if your changes kill your connection, firehol will revert to the previous state, if you didn't kill your connection then it will ask you to confirm the change.  &#xD;&#xA; - Firehol has a large set of services pre-defined so you don't have to remember exactly what ports you have to have what ports to open for some obscure protocol.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4934/how-do-you-manage-your-linux-iptables-configuration-on-a-machine-acting-as-a-rout/4942#4942&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/397/how-to-setup-simple-firewall-on-ubuntu&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://firehol.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="12446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7082" RevisionGUID="9007bec8-6106-4a2b-b837-337b21f60e62" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:35:01.587" UserId="1630" Text="We have a few databases that are stuck in legacy mode at SQL Server 2000.  I commonly use SQL Server Management Studio from SQL Server 2005 to query the data in these dbs from my desktop, but have been logging in to the server to use the SQL Server 2000 tools installed there to manage permissions and perform other admin tasks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would it be a problem to use SQL Server 2005 from my client machine for this purpose?" />
  <row Id="12447" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7082" RevisionGUID="9007bec8-6106-4a2b-b837-337b21f60e62" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:35:01.587" UserId="1630" Text="Is it destructive to use SQL Server Management Studio to modify properties on an MSSQL 2000 database?" />
  <row Id="12448" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7082" RevisionGUID="9007bec8-6106-4a2b-b837-337b21f60e62" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:35:01.587" UserId="1630" Text="&lt;sqlserver2000&gt;&lt;sqlservermanagementstudio&gt;" />
  <row Id="12450" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7084" RevisionGUID="5bf8ae30-828f-483a-b359-a459cd3be31b" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:36:08.650" UserId="2368" Text="Sadly, I still can't comment here so I have to post it as a separate answer. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am going to side with Adam Davis here and say, that the best solution would be the mixture of both - you should set up a box serving as a dedicated firewall and screen the connections  on the servers themselves, that is how we do it anyway. It takes next to none effort to restrict the exposure of the servers only to addresses, that you trust (takes a few entries in iptables). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the &quot;dedicated firewall box&quot; - for some reason people tend to think, that it should best be a &quot;hardware firewall&quot; (like the used-to-be-oh-so-popular PIX), which makes no sense to me, because it is not some &quot;magic box&quot;, it is for all intents and purposes a PC, running some specialized *software*. If you get your hands on such a device (PIX, ASA or whatever equivalent of those), good for you, but you still need a professional to set it up, it doesn't &quot;just work&quot;. Best thing to do will be to set up a dedicated linux (or bsd, its down to preference, really) box just for that. You will, of course, still need someone to help you with hardware and software - depending on the complexity of the firewall setup you are looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know, this is a bit off-topic, but I am going to tell you this: as for the security of your servers, do NOT be afraid of iptables. I don't know if ubuntu has some helper tool for dealing with iptables, but I would say, avoid it at all costs. Understanding how chain traversal works in iptables takes no time whatsoever, and closing down access to your server from certain addresses or setting up simple NAT takes as much as a few (extremely well defined) shell commands after that." />
  <row Id="12452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7085" RevisionGUID="3c735476-1436-4866-8815-aadc3e923ce5" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:37:16.027" UserId="1478" Text="Well, this is kind of crazy but you can enable xp_cmdshell on SQL Server then execute commands as the user that is running SQL Server, so you can do a shutdown -r if it won't listen to remote commands. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to try and re-start RDP w/o rebooting the box, you may try (this is untested; I'm not going to do this on any of my boxes :D):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Figure out what is listening on 3389 (RDP port) by asking for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    xp_cmdshell 'netstat -anO | findstr &quot;:3389&quot;'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Kill the pid with taskkill. Finally, issue a &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    NET START &quot;TERMINAL SERVICES&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; Hold your breath, then try RDP again." />
  <row Id="12453" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7086" RevisionGUID="6f8ec68c-fb33-467c-9efc-d6612671735c" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:38:29.833" UserId="2273" Text="In my experience, if the operation you are trying to do can't or should not be done with SQMS, it will not let you do it.  You will get an exception.  If it lets you perform the operation, it should be fine." />
  <row Id="12454" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7087" RevisionGUID="ecfe9403-292d-47d0-903c-5bcb5c8ed402" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:38:32.220" UserId="1054" Text="No, you should be good.  There are a couple of things you might not be able to do (such as playing with DTS) but by and large you're good.  I did the same thing until we upgraded our servers to 2005.  Now am doing the same thing using SSMS 2008 with SQL 2005 servers." />
  <row Id="12455" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7088" RevisionGUID="b5e2fd6f-38b5-43ae-a8d5-05f6fc10657a" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:41:55.613" UserId="533" Text="I'm well aware that dig/host/nslookup are the standard tools for these, but I keep these around for testing the OS's resolution (essentially, to test nsswitch.conf is working correctly):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**gethostbyname:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/usr/bin/perl&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    use Socket;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    my @t = gethostbyname($ARGV[0]);&#xD;&#xA;    print &quot;\$name     = $t[0]\n&quot;; shift(@t);&#xD;&#xA;    print &quot;\$aliases  = $t[0]\n&quot;; shift(@t);&#xD;&#xA;    print &quot;\$addrtype = $t[0]\n&quot;; shift(@t);&#xD;&#xA;    print &quot;\$length   = $t[0]\n&quot;; shift(@t);&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    foreach (@t) {&#xD;&#xA;      print &quot;          = &quot;, inet_ntoa($_), &quot;\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**gethostbyaddr:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/usr/bin/perl&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    use Socket;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    my @t = gethostbyaddr(inet_aton($ARGV[0]), AF_INET);&#xD;&#xA;    print &quot;\$name     = $t[0]\n&quot;; shift(@t);&#xD;&#xA;    print &quot;\$aliases  = $t[0]\n&quot;; shift(@t);&#xD;&#xA;    print &quot;\$addrtype = $t[0]\n&quot;; shift(@t);&#xD;&#xA;    print &quot;\$length   = $t[0]\n&quot;; shift(@t);&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    foreach (@t) {&#xD;&#xA;      print &quot;          = &quot;, inet_ntoa($_), &quot;\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    g3 0 /home/jj33/swap &gt; gethostbyname www.google.com&#xD;&#xA;    $name     = www.l.google.com&#xD;&#xA;    $aliases  = www.google.com&#xD;&#xA;    $addrtype = 2&#xD;&#xA;    $length   = 4&#xD;&#xA;              = 72.14.205.147&#xD;&#xA;              = 72.14.205.103&#xD;&#xA;              = 72.14.205.104&#xD;&#xA;              = 72.14.205.99&#xD;&#xA;    g3 0 /home/jj33/swap &gt; gethostbyaddr 72.14.205.147 &#xD;&#xA;    $name     = qb-in-f147.google.com&#xD;&#xA;    $aliases  = &#xD;&#xA;    $addrtype = 2&#xD;&#xA;    $length   = 4&#xD;&#xA;              = 72.14.205.147" />
  <row Id="12456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7089" RevisionGUID="d5631e06-be79-46d5-9978-e5037e3fce23" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:43:12.587" UserId="2101" Text="I believe the canonical response would be: [http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=public+NTP+servers][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=public+NTP+servers" />
  <row Id="12457" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7023" RevisionGUID="b4a951ff-726f-4b83-a553-c2bf424982ac" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:45:53.830" UserId="829" Comment="added 112 characters in body" Text="Been using Pingdom to track the response time of some of my sites.  A couple are using Apache, and a couple are using lighttpd.  The response times for domains on lighttpd are hovering around 1300-1700ms.  The only configurations I have loaded are vhosts and fastcgi (for php).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The box is a 1.7GHz Celeron with 2GB of RAM (fairly maxed, unfortunately).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to lower the response time?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**: Response time for Apache seems to be in the range of 2-3000ms.  Fairly consistently in that range." />
  <row Id="12458" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7073" RevisionGUID="43019a48-488d-467b-a989-584f30ecce00" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:51:07.643" UserId="1054" Comment="added 228 characters in body" Text="Try instead:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    shutdown -r -f -m \\hostname -c &quot;Comment goes here&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's a bit drastic, but I've had the need to do that in a very similar environment to what you describe.  I also open a cmd window and start a ping -t against the server to watch when the IP stack goes down and comes back up.  This is a very useful indicator of activity when you don't have physical access to the server (or are too lazy to get up and walk over to it).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** (based on your comment)&#xD;&#xA;Ok, do this first and then try the above again (or restart it as normal if this works).  See it that gets you farther.  The -a will abort a system shutdown.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    shutdown -a -m \\hostname" />
  <row Id="12459" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7090" RevisionGUID="060ec7bd-6f06-4ae1-9db0-4494cad85be3" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:51:11.963" UserId="1466" Text="(coming from a linux point of view - but pretty generic)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. **Don't let the OS automatically** install patches - just download them and notify you.  Then you can install them manually so that if something goes wrong you can address it right away&#xD;&#xA; 2. I configure all of my **critical servers** in **clusters**, so that they can be patched one at a time, and rebooted without any downtime - and if something goes wrong, it buys me some *grace time* to fix it, and plan better for the next one.&#xD;&#xA; 3. I always apply the patch first to a less-critical server so that if it ruins everything, nobody will notice :)&#xD;&#xA; 4. Our environment is **virtual**, which allows us to **snapshot** the server state before doing anything to it (such as patching).  Perhaps the equivalent would be taking a full backup of the host before patching.&#xD;&#xA; 5. **have a rollback plan** that will allow you to get back to the state the system was in before making any changes." />
  <row Id="12460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7091" RevisionGUID="b7020751-95a1-43ed-8c39-1c9a19683b81" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:52:02.027" UserId="2110" Text="phpPgAdmin export uses pg_dump.  You can read up on that if you want to know what it's doing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may also want to export it as SQL instead of COPY.  COPY is for Postgres and you'll need SQL if you want to try to use a different database.  It's also easier to understand if your used to different databases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you'll get with 'Structure and Data' is an sql file that will start with the database table structure, then all the data, then constraints and keys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As sascha has pointed out, you may be having issues with the permissions.  I've always found it easier to just delete the permission lines or comment them out since this is just for a development database.  Remove/comment/change the lines with 'OWNER' in them. Like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER TABLE schema.table OWNER TO pguser;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each CREATE TABLE statement will have one of these after it to set the table owner.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**IMPORTING**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have SQL errors (which I've seen quite often, depending on the data.  Strings with odd characters can be a pain) it might be easier to split up the file and just copy out the structure first and run that as a standard SQL query.  Then start with the data and import it one table at a time.  It makes it much easier to find the error when you cut it into parts.  Especially when dealing with the very unhelpful error messages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, it's a lot of copy and paste work but it gets the job done and will probably take less time then porting it into MySQL and then having to change the PHP to connect and get data from MySQL instead of Postgres.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PhpPgAdmin and pgadminIII both have the ability to run SQL statements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;pgAdminIII -&gt; select database -&gt; select 'Run arbitrary SQL Queries' button.&#xD;&#xA;PhpPgAdmin -&gt; select database -&gt; select the 'SQL' link.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Honestly this is the least irritating way of moving databases that I've found.  It takes longer, but only if you don't run into errors." />
  <row Id="12461" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7092" RevisionGUID="0599ebaa-f460-408b-8326-dfa90e2f36e8" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:53:07.343" UserId="2186" Text="On Windows I got in to the habit of using:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ping -a &lt;ip address&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;as this will also reflect data from your `hosts` file and WINS and so on." />
  <row Id="12462" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6518" RevisionGUID="a9d59533-5589-4b38-b8f5-6e10ab679804" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:55:30.490" UserId="1694" Comment="added 212 characters in body" Text="Gonna go out on a limb and say it is a subnet mask problem, either with your local LAN (should be 255.255.255.0) or with your WAN-side.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suggested this because if the subnet mask were incorrectly set to something like 255.254.255.0, you could end up with strange results - for big sites (with multiple A records) seemingly random reachability." />
  <row Id="12463" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7023" RevisionGUID="7b4f008d-7b46-49aa-96de-b0e9f71896d7" CreationDate="2009-05-11T16:55:34.673" UserId="829" Comment="added 166 characters in body" Text="Been using Pingdom to track the response time of some of my sites.  A couple are using Apache, and a couple are using lighttpd.  The response times for domains on lighttpd are hovering around 1300-1700ms.  The only configurations I have loaded are vhosts and fastcgi (for php).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The box is a 1.7GHz Celeron with 2GB of RAM (fairly maxed, unfortunately).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to lower the response time?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**: Response time for Apache seems to be in the range of 2-3000ms.  Fairly consistently in that range.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT 2**: After checking Pingdom again, the response times for Lighttpd over the past 7 days are 2957ms, and Apache is 1384ms.  This seems very backwards to me." />
  <row Id="12465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7093" RevisionGUID="a5679daa-8b9f-41cc-8b03-b7b9739fc64e" CreationDate="2009-05-11T17:05:30.227" UserId="2186" Text="[There are some similar questions on stackoverflow.com][1] that you might find interesting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged?tagnames=openid&amp;sort=votes&amp;pagesize=50" />
  <row Id="12466" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7052" RevisionGUID="4ff7429d-99ad-4b23-bd0f-949712ff8d3f" CreationDate="2009-05-11T17:15:21.240" UserId="715" Comment="added some clarifications" Text="What about the &quot;read mail&quot; command, with the &quot;really fast&quot; option?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; rm -rf ~&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: if you don't know what the `rm` command **really** does, check the man page:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; man rm" />
  <row Id="12467" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7094" RevisionGUID="3ad8274d-0113-4d92-a2ab-f3ed3fd36946" CreationDate="2009-05-11T17:16:47.680" UserId="2302" Text="There's an ACL bug in the 32-bit RC, [this might have something to do with it.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Hotfix is available through WU.][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=1003&amp;tag=nl.e019&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970789" />
  <row Id="12468" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6914" RevisionGUID="3fb3492c-aa92-4373-a280-0b434f210e05" CreationDate="2009-05-11T17:24:33.190" UserId="2381" Comment="added 141 characters in body" Text="We tried Subversion in several projects with clients. It has worked out better than I hoped for, but there are some rough edges.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Background:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* The application will automatically register everything it needs so it it safe to just copy if from one computer to another.&#xD;&#xA;* It includes a lot of setting files both in text and binary (vector images).&#xD;&#xA;* The application is installed locally on every computer (so it can be used without network access).&#xD;&#xA;* The client updates files and we update files for them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The current solution is that work with a Subversion repository on one of our web servers. They install TortoiseSVN if they are need to update files, otherwise they use a bat-file with a call to the command line client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since we introduced Subversion we have had zero problems with an installation being out of sync. We have also been able to trace when some messed up the settings (and figure out why it happened).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The problem:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Occasionally you get a conflict. Mostly it is because a novice user changed one of the settings by mistake. Is there a svn-client that makes it easy to resolve conflicts for novice users?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(The current solution at one of the companies is to delete the whole installation and perform a new checkout)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** The project is normally a customized version of our standard application. The number of users at the customer location is 2-10." />
  <row Id="12469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7095" RevisionGUID="2c9905df-2341-47ae-88e1-9241c241405b" CreationDate="2009-05-11T17:27:31.687" UserId="1803" Text="Is it possible that you applied the service pack to a different instance than the one to which you are attempting to connect? " />
  <row Id="12470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7096" RevisionGUID="229ee4dd-ec47-46b8-9f3b-5971b8fb7f75" CreationDate="2009-05-11T17:29:18.830" UserId="2318" Text="See Kazna3's answer at http://www.d-a-l.com/archive/index.php/t-49205.html He/she writes: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; But first, the BSOD is pretty old. The&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 0x9C BUGCHECK is hardware related,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; well known. The rest of it concerns&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the processor, it's a processor fault&#xD;&#xA;&gt; or just the processor driver. :(&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Have a look here for the explanation:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 0x9C: MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms795775.aspx)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Microsoft used to advise this when we&#xD;&#xA;&gt; got it with the P4s:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Step 1) Update your BIOS (hardware&#xD;&#xA;&gt; patches called microcode updates ride&#xD;&#xA;&gt; here, if your processor or AMLI has an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; errata, it would be fixed here).&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Step 2) Call hardware vendor immediately as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this is a strict hardware error.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Step 3) Replace hardware, starting with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; CPU." />
  <row Id="12471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7097" RevisionGUID="a0dd8b98-eaba-4e4d-b657-659689e0a75e" CreationDate="2009-05-11T17:32:09.323" UserId="706" Text="OpenID is NOT an intrinsically safe protocol - it doesn't have the power to force a rogue provider to provide security, nor does it 'vet' each provider to ensure they are secure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OpenID is a mechanism whereby you can store your credentials with a trusted provider, and they will then verify you to others.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you choose an untrustworthy provider, they can see and use everything you might use your credentials for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OpenID is not a replacement for trust.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="12472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7098" RevisionGUID="492785d9-5ce7-4204-85ae-47d4e5261c6f" CreationDate="2009-05-11T17:32:48.667" UserId="2430" Text="Has anyone out there ever tried to hack the Airport Extreme, specifically with regard to the USB port? There are many cellular routers available that provide WiFi sharing of a USB modem link. However, instead of buying yet another router, I'd like to use my expensive Airport Extreme with it. The AE has a USB port on the back, but it's been said that it only talks to printers. Is there a way to hack the USB driver on the AE to allow it to recognize a USB modem, then use that as the connectivity instead of the LAN?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would imagine that one could use OpenFirmware to boot something on the AE. If one can boot it, then one could provide access using SSH across the lan. Once access is granted, then let the hacking begin... but I don't know how to (a) get the mini-osx on to USB (is it the same as the ATV without a UI?) or (b) how to load up certain things once boot has begun.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12473" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7098" RevisionGUID="492785d9-5ce7-4204-85ae-47d4e5261c6f" CreationDate="2009-05-11T17:32:48.667" UserId="2430" Text="How to hack airport extreme to support USB 3G modem?" />
  <row Id="12474" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7098" RevisionGUID="492785d9-5ce7-4204-85ae-47d4e5261c6f" CreationDate="2009-05-11T17:32:48.667" UserId="2430" Text="&lt;osx&gt;&lt;3g&gt;&lt;wifi&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;mac&gt;" />
  <row Id="12475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7099" RevisionGUID="66d6d465-6e70-42a6-88a9-7aad09d10727" CreationDate="2009-05-11T17:33:54.517" UserId="1803" Text="If 2008 is an option, it's possible to create a VM of this server while it's up and running using Windows 2008 Server (the Hyper V role is the upgrade/replacement to MS Virtual Server) and System Center Virtual Machine Manager." />
  <row Id="12476" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7074" RevisionGUID="654517d9-4cd9-4b9a-8b72-2baebcd0075a" CreationDate="2009-05-11T17:38:59.953" UserDisplayName="Robert" Comment="added 266 characters in body; edited tags" Text="I've setup my VM to mimic my DevServer.  I've setup my Network Connections to read from my Loopback Adapter 1st, LAN 4th.  But for some reason, when I create my connection string: &quot;Provider=SQLOLEDB;Data Source=DevServer; Initial Catalog=myDB; User Id=xxx; Password=yyy&quot; inside an .ASPX file, it ALWAYS reads from the LAN Dev Server, instead of the VM Dev Server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't understand why that is?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's very frustrating because I have to constantly remove my cat5e cable from the back of the Host computer to break the LAN connection, and then it will read from my VM. And then inevitably, I want to search something on the net, and voila, my connection is unplugged, and I have to plug it back in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What can I do to change this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more information, see the picture below...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://twitpic.com/4zfmj/full&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE:**&#xD;&#xA;If I ping &quot;DevServer&quot; from my command prompt, it resolves to &quot;192.168.0.2&quot;, which is my VM loopback adapter.  So it should work, but then when it goes to through IIS and .aspx, it sees the LAN DevServer.  So, apparently something is causing IIS to not listen to the VM and listen to the LAN address instead." />
  <row Id="12477" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7074" RevisionGUID="654517d9-4cd9-4b9a-8b72-2baebcd0075a" CreationDate="2009-05-11T17:38:59.953" UserDisplayName="Robert" Comment="added 266 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;virtualpc&gt;&lt;loopback&gt;&lt;adapter&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;iis&gt;" />
  <row Id="12480" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7101" RevisionGUID="5775cfd9-9e99-4620-a873-9764a07b81a2" CreationDate="2009-05-11T17:42:58.730" UserId="2381" Text="Anyone that know of an on-line file storage that could be used to replace the functionality of a network file server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Background:**  &#xD;&#xA;We have a small decentralized company. We use version control (subversion) for all source code and for all support files that we need to ship our software. All the documentation is one the web as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The problem:**  &#xD;&#xA;We have not solved how to share other documents in a good way. We are currently using a lot of SFTP to our Linux server which is tedious.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think we are looking for a service that can be used mounted as a remote drive and accessed through a web browser (for use on temporary computers). We do have a Linux VPN server that could host this, but we are probably looking for a service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are located in Sweden - but just tip on what technique we are looking for is helpful." />
  <row Id="12481" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7101" RevisionGUID="5775cfd9-9e99-4620-a873-9764a07b81a2" CreationDate="2009-05-11T17:42:58.730" UserId="2381" Text="On-line file storage?" />
  <row Id="12482" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7101" RevisionGUID="5775cfd9-9e99-4620-a873-9764a07b81a2" CreationDate="2009-05-11T17:42:58.730" UserId="2381" Text="&lt;online&gt;&lt;file-sharing&gt;" />
  <row Id="12483" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7068" RevisionGUID="8d2e5342-6423-4d94-9961-01891a73cb11" CreationDate="2009-05-11T17:44:59.320" UserId="2282" Comment="added 58 characters in body" Text="This is hopefully a real easy one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Windows XP on some environments the File Properties dialog (that opens on right-click &gt; properties when viewing the file in windows explorer) sometimes shows a Security Tab and sometimes not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How does one enable it? (I need to allow &quot;run&quot; access on certain types)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Note 1:*** I'm logged in with Administrator privileges&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Note 2:*** I'm running NTFS on both machines&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Note 3:*** Running XP Professional on both machines&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS I found one source Googling that suggests this will work but I didn't have any luck;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Launch Windows Explorer or My Computer.&#xD;&#xA;2. Click on the Tools at the menu bar, then click on Folder Options.&#xD;&#xA;3. Click on View tab.&#xD;&#xA;4. In the Advanced Settings section at the bottom of the list, uncheck and unselect (clear the tick) on the “Use simple file sharing (Recommended)” check box.&#xD;&#xA;5. Click OK.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I've linked to two screenshots found on the web of the dialog I'm talking about)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Without Security Tab][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[With Security Tab][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linglom.com/images/Windows/Tips/Missing-Security-Tab/1.png&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://static.asp.net/asp.net/images/whitepapers/whitepaper3-18.jpg" />
  <row Id="12485" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7103" RevisionGUID="9b9fcf75-fc39-4a48-aab0-7e0d95f7109c" CreationDate="2009-05-11T17:52:26.263" UserId="887" Text="You have to have Simple File Sharing turned off for the tab to show." />
  <row Id="12486" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7098" RevisionGUID="dbdb8490-8b3d-4401-873c-8fd480a70517" CreationDate="2009-05-11T17:54:38.490" UserId="1233" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;3g&gt;&lt;wifi&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;apple&gt;&lt;routeros&gt;" />
  <row Id="12487" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7104" RevisionGUID="41d492fd-b2e9-46c9-a18f-180faeaff3da" CreationDate="2009-05-11T17:58:39.030" UserId="1054" Text="For anyone who is running the Win7 RC, are you running into any unexpected problems with regards to hardware incompatibility?  If so, have you been able to work through them in what you would call a reasonable fashion?  Any big name things out there that are breaking with Win7?" />
  <row Id="12488" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7104" RevisionGUID="41d492fd-b2e9-46c9-a18f-180faeaff3da" CreationDate="2009-05-11T17:58:39.030" UserId="1054" Text="Devices not working in Windows 7?" />
  <row Id="12489" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7104" RevisionGUID="41d492fd-b2e9-46c9-a18f-180faeaff3da" CreationDate="2009-05-11T17:58:39.030" UserId="1054" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;win7&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="12490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7105" RevisionGUID="68976b60-c40f-4faf-9bdb-53507cbb1252" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:00:29.090" UserId="2359" Text="Appriver.com is also a low cost choice for Exchange hosting. One of the nice features that seaperates Appriver from other Exchange hosting providers is that each mailbox has unlimited storage." />
  <row Id="12491" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7106" RevisionGUID="3cf54ccc-c96e-4bd8-845b-3937a36fe1fa" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:00:33.770" Text="Best practice is to use separate server names for your devserver and your vmdevserver. If only need a short-term redirect, then the hosts file solution may fit your need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Either way having multiple names on the network (domain?) will be problematic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;rbs" />
  <row Id="12492" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7107" RevisionGUID="1e5e3ed6-7c77-4f95-b9be-b7efda8e9c21" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:05:07.740" UserId="958" Text="I have a Windows XP SP2 machine with Hamachi service running. Usually I connect to it using Remote Desktop, and when I disconnect I can't connect to it again because the Hamachi VPN is down. How to prevent the Hamachi service to stop? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am sure that Hamachi is configured as an automatic service." />
  <row Id="12493" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7107" RevisionGUID="1e5e3ed6-7c77-4f95-b9be-b7efda8e9c21" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:05:07.740" UserId="958" Text="How to prevent Hamachi service stop when Remote Desktop disconnects on Windows XP?" />
  <row Id="12494" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7107" RevisionGUID="1e5e3ed6-7c77-4f95-b9be-b7efda8e9c21" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:05:07.740" UserId="958" Text="&lt;hamachi&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;windows-service&gt;" />
  <row Id="12495" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7108" RevisionGUID="ea343e89-932a-4b0a-8b98-147cf81c5945" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:05:41.703" UserId="1797" Text="Running Windows 7 on four machines. All four are DELL, so I can only give feedback on their hardware. So far, no problems at all with hardware incompatibility with DELL XPS 360, Optiplex 755, GX620, or Latitude D630.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As normal, drivers are a different story. I had had problems with NVIDIA video drivers (crashes here and there), although the latest beta has being quite stable for a couple of weeks now." />
  <row Id="12496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7109" RevisionGUID="118ab9ae-4a17-44c3-8f1a-472c660da59b" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:06:06.897" UserId="1532" Text="Windows Vista added the ability to create symbolic links to files and directories.  How do I create a symbolic link and what are the current consumer and server versions of Windows that support it?" />
  <row Id="12497" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7109" RevisionGUID="118ab9ae-4a17-44c3-8f1a-472c660da59b" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:06:06.897" UserId="1532" Text="How do I create a symbolic link in Windows?" />
  <row Id="12498" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7109" RevisionGUID="118ab9ae-4a17-44c3-8f1a-472c660da59b" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:06:06.897" UserId="1532" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;symbolic-link&gt;&lt;files&gt;" />
  <row Id="12499" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7106" RevisionGUID="6252b7c5-1aa6-47e5-8fc2-43b16151181e" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:06:25.930" Comment="changed wording to make statement more clear" Text="Best practice is to use separate server names for your devserver and your vmdevserver. If only need a short-term redirect, then the hosts file solution may fit your need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Either way having duplicate names on the network (domain?) will be problematic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;rbs" />
  <row Id="12501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7111" RevisionGUID="0b5f2a6f-2b16-42d7-84d0-ec2c8a8cfee9" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:08:44.320" UserId="1797" Text="See [TechNet][1] entry. I believe it is a Vista/Server 2008 and up feature.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753194.aspx" />
  <row Id="12502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7112" RevisionGUID="41543d51-e5f1-4dbe-94c5-f7521fbecd39" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:10:06.423" UserId="2408" Text="If you close the remote desktop session without logging off it shouldn't be an issue. If your using the microsoft rdp client just click the &quot;X&quot; at the top bar of the screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only other thing I could think of is maybe the hamachi client is set to auto-disconnect if idle for X minutes. I'm not even sure if hamachi has that option, I've never really looked." />
  <row Id="12503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7113" RevisionGUID="f9ca342a-00cc-4424-8f5c-18cbc62343b7" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:10:54.813" UserId="2287" Text="Use [mklink][1] or [Junction][2] from sysinternals (microsoft). I believe mklink will work in win2000 and above but cannot find any hard documentation on that. Junction is 2000 and above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753194.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx" />
  <row Id="12504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7114" RevisionGUID="31ac4ff6-9a6e-4cbc-8381-b5a18f644156" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:13:15.573" UserId="2423" Text="Just to comment on the Carbonite part of your question - yes, it suffers from the same failing. You must be logged in for it to work. Having used both extensively with different clients, I can say that mozy offers a superior product overall, with far better CS and a lot more control over how it operates." />
  <row Id="12505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7115" RevisionGUID="1f0ea067-3e6c-4bc0-9912-47b8324fc50b" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:13:30.597" UserId="1993" Text="Do you have physical access to the machine? Does the status LCD give an error code when this happens, or does it seem oblivious?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have OpenManage installed, you're a leg-up already. Check the OpenManage logs to see if it has logged any hardware errors. OpenManage alsoincludes a pretty full-featured diagnostic suite. Check out [http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/power/ps1q06-20050259-Thathireddy.pdf][1] for an explanation on using it. Dell's support usually has you run a couple CLI diagnostic tests, so it may be best to get in contact with them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a generic step (and to preclude Support asking you to do this), [update your BIOS and Embedded Server Management BMC firmware][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Replace your CPU if you have a spare.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, it may sound strange but if you have a DRAC installed, remove it. I had a 2850 that was giving CPU error codes (E07F0), freezing randomly, and occasionally failing to boot. Swapping out the DRAC corrected it and it's been in problem free ever since.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If none of this works, it's time to give Dell a call. This is 100% below the OS layer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/power/ps1q06-20050259-Thathireddy.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&amp;l=en&amp;s=gen&amp;ServiceTag=&amp;SystemID=PWE_2950&amp;os=WNET&amp;osl=en&amp;catid=&amp;impid=" />
  <row Id="12506" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7116" RevisionGUID="2f87e413-e338-4d4d-acd3-0d43fc98a51c" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:14:40.067" UserId="2408" Text="You could quite easily setup samba on your linux file server and share the directories that way. It would allow you to mount the shares, control permissioning, and not drastically change the way you are currently setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a link to the current official how to guide to setup Samba: [http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want a quick test to see how it would work linux.com has a quick &amp; dirty setup guide:&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.linux.com/articles/58593][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I might be able to point you in the right direction a bit better if I was aware of what distribution you use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.linux.com/articles/58593" />
  <row Id="12507" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7117" RevisionGUID="778bae78-5adb-4542-8c04-d33dd7be0ce2" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:14:52.903" UserId="829" Text="I need to have postfix store mail in a maildir in /var/mail/&lt;DOMAIN&gt;/&lt;USER&gt;.  I've got &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mail_spool_directory = /var/mail&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and I'm preparing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    home_mailbox = &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but I don't know where to go from there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assistance please?" />
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  <row Id="12509" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7117" RevisionGUID="778bae78-5adb-4542-8c04-d33dd7be0ce2" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:14:52.903" UserId="829" Text="&lt;postfix&gt;&lt;maildir&gt;" />
  <row Id="12510" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7104" RevisionGUID="109d755e-cc7c-417f-9b40-1274506745e9" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:15:03.823" UserId="1054" Comment="edited title" Text="For anyone who is running the Win7 RC, are you running into any unexpected problems with regards to hardware incompatibility?  If so, have you been able to work through them in what you would call a reasonable fashion?  Any big name things out there that are breaking with Win7?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**&#xD;&#xA;Make that devices AND drivers per David Collantes' answer." />
  <row Id="12511" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="7104" RevisionGUID="109d755e-cc7c-417f-9b40-1274506745e9" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:15:03.823" UserId="1054" Comment="edited title" Text="Devices / Drivers not working in Windows 7?" />
  <row Id="12512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7118" RevisionGUID="37020958-2c4f-4ee0-9302-713858023149" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:17:25.507" UserId="1797" Text="That would be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    home_mailbox = Maildir/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did it differently on my own box. I am setting system wide variables (on /etc/profile) to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    MAIL=&quot;$HOME/Maildir/&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    MAILDIR=&quot;$HOME/Maildir/&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And the above `home_mailbox` on main.cf, with the `mail_spool_directory` commented out." />
  <row Id="12513" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7119" RevisionGUID="b33b3423-0605-433f-aa33-c05cce2091c1" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:20:15.377" UserId="1532" Text="You can create a symbolic link with the command line utility `mklink`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    MKLINK [[/D] | [/H] | [/J]] Link Target&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;            /D      Creates a directory symbolic link.  Default is a file&#xD;&#xA;                    symbolic link.&#xD;&#xA;            /H      Creates a hard link instead of a symbolic link.&#xD;&#xA;            /J      Creates a Directory Junction.&#xD;&#xA;            Link    specifies the new symbolic link name.&#xD;&#xA;            Target  specifies the path (relative or absolute) that the new link&#xD;&#xA;                    refers to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Symbolic links are supported on NTFS file systems only and are available in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7.  Future Windows operating systems are likely to continue support for this command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can read further information about this new feature on [Junfeng Zhang's blog][1] or  [howtogeek.com][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://blogs.msdn.com/junfeng/archive/2006/04/15/576568.aspx&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/using-symlinks-in-windows-vista/" />
  <row Id="12514" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7120" RevisionGUID="297d28e6-0c64-40fb-b44f-a6bbcd4b1266" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:21:41.210" UserId="2287" Text="I just installed it on my HTPC and did not have any problems other than MKV playback locked the system up to the point of a hard boot. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ran the [Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Beta][1] first and it did not find any problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;FamilyID=1b544e90-7659-4bd9-9e51-2497c146af15" />
  <row Id="12515" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7117" RevisionGUID="99506658-d8c8-4097-ab8b-2cb413b15ee7" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:23:22.157" UserId="829" Comment="added 76 characters in body" Text="I need to have postfix store mail in a maildir in /var/mail/&amp;lt;DOMAIN&amp;gt;/&amp;lt;USER&amp;gt;.  I've got &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mail_spool_directory = /var/mail&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and I'm preparing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    home_mailbox = &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but I don't know where to go from there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assistance please?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**: SF ate my tag.  Please re-read to determine paths." />
  <row Id="12516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7121" RevisionGUID="54c5996e-d8fc-455b-a9d5-7dec9412b507" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:26:11.497" UserId="2423" Text="There are two parts to it:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) If you are running XP Pro - disable simple file sharing. This will make it appear.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) If you are running XP Home - log in through safe mode, and then the security tab will appear. There is no way in XP Home to get the security tab to appear booted into normal mode that I'm aware of." />
  <row Id="12517" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7121" RevisionGUID="54c5996e-d8fc-455b-a9d5-7dec9412b507" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:26:11.497" UserId="2423" />
  <row Id="12518" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7122" RevisionGUID="fb6b5c58-e443-451e-a5e2-87c95c44cd50" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:35:04.323" UserId="1565" Text="Openfiler will soon be testing this feature.  You can view a thread on it here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[https://forums.openfiler.com/viewtopic.php?id=2102&amp;p=1][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure to check out the 2nd page of the thread for a possible working solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://forums.openfiler.com/viewtopic.php?id=2102&amp;p=1" />
  <row Id="12519" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7123" RevisionGUID="d47fba61-3666-4a65-a8f2-188da7bd7c16" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:39:56.547" UserId="2343" Text="Joel Spolsky writes articles on Inc.com and regularly links to them from joelonsoftware.com. Whenever I try to read those articles from work (for example, [this one][1]), I see a blank page and the following in the title bar:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    why-circuit-city-failed-and-why-bh-thrives.html (GIF image, 1x1 pixels)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Interestingly:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) It doesn't matter which browser I use  &#xD;&#xA;2) I *am* able to read the articles from home.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, I have brought this to the attention of the folks at Inc.com and even provided a traceroute, but haven't gotten an answer yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I'm just curious: **what could cause a page to be &quot;seen&quot; as a 1x1 GIF?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.inc.com/magazine/20090501/why-circuit-city-failed-and-why-bh-thrives.html?partner=fogcreek" />
  <row Id="12520" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7123" RevisionGUID="d47fba61-3666-4a65-a8f2-188da7bd7c16" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:39:56.547" UserId="2343" Text="Why do I see Inc.com articles as 1x1 GIFs?" />
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  <row Id="12522" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="7118" RevisionGUID="58b5e16e-c075-440e-b1ed-56d6bb0dc4d6" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:41:06.573" UserId="1797" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1797,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;David Collantes&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="12523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7124" RevisionGUID="f4404c81-a408-4113-94df-294978b95f5b" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:47:32.243" UserId="942" Text="Probably a proxy server your company that blocks images that it regards as innapropriate or as ads?" />
  <row Id="12524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7125" RevisionGUID="1981f0a2-f6b1-4bc0-8940-55ef7c0e673e" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:52:28.257" UserId="914" Text="Looks like your company is blocking the site.  I'd suggest you ask your work sysadmins the reasoning behind this, doesn't look much to do with the domain itself." />
  <row Id="12525" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7126" RevisionGUID="fced223f-fe26-47eb-98d3-5f89029e16f1" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:53:49.190" UserId="1736" Text="When I see 1x1 GIF, I think 'tracking pixel'.  These are 1x1, normally transparent, images that people embed in web pages in order to get your browser to send a request to someplace, usually a third party analytics site, for behavioral analysis purposes.  Why your request would be *replaced* with one I don't know; possibly a brain-damaged implementation of a tracking pixel mechanism, possibly a confused way of doing a block." />
  <row Id="12526" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7118" RevisionGUID="70d60a83-de68-45d2-9dca-121005e385ef" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:54:00.720" UserId="1797" Comment="Hoping this helps..." Text="The only way I can think of to accomplish what you want is the using Procmail (or alike with similar capabilities) as the delivery agent. With procmail, something like this on the system wide procmailrc would work:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    :0&#xD;&#xA;    * RECIPIENT ?? .*@\/.*$&#xD;&#xA;    { DOMAIN = &quot;$MATCH&quot; }&#xD;&#xA;    MAILDIR=&quot;/var/mail/$DOMAIN/$USER&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    DEFAULT=&quot;$MAILDIR/&quot;" />
  <row Id="12527" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="7118" RevisionGUID="2e8c8898-5068-4b4b-9dd5-9793ef7fcfe6" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:54:07.397" UserId="-1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1797,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;David Collantes&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="12528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7127" RevisionGUID="4e7ccaa4-d2eb-49cb-8829-0b1f08b3588f" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:56:03.757" UserId="1736" Text="You might want to look at [Dropbox][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.getdropbox.com/" />
  <row Id="12529" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6380" RevisionGUID="83c58ec0-538a-4740-ab4a-7df00544d36d" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:56:21.933" UserId="601" Comment="added 9 characters in body" Text="I have 2 webapps deployed in the same JBoss/Jetty server. In Jetty 5.1.14 I had the following jetty-web.xml which configured one of the apps to run as a virtual host (on the same port):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Configure class=&quot;org.jboss.jetty.JBossWebApplicationContext&quot;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;      &lt;Call name=&quot;addVirtualHost&quot;&gt;&lt;Arg&gt;app2.localhost.com&lt;/Arg&gt;&lt;/Call&gt; &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Configure&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This worked perfectly fine. Unfortunately, it doesn't work with Jetty 6.1.17 at all. First of all, &quot;JBossWebApplicationContext&quot; seems to now be called &quot;JBossWebAppContext&quot;, and secondly the documentation I could find suggests that I should be using a jetty-web.xml that looks like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Configure class=&quot;org.jboss.jetty.JBossWebAppContext&quot;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;      &lt;Set name=&quot;VirtualHosts&quot;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Array type=&quot;java.lang.String&quot;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;          &lt;Item&gt;app2.localhost.com&lt;/Item&gt; &#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/Array&gt; &#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/Set&gt; &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Configure&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But this doesn't work either. The two webapps deploy without error, but when I try to access the 2nd app under the virtual hostname, it just accesses the first app instead.&#xD;&#xA;Both applications are in the root context (this is not negotiable).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I make virtual hosts work?" />
  <row Id="12530" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7119" RevisionGUID="60862d23-756a-47ce-bd76-7d7420228b61" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:56:23.210" UserId="1532" Comment="Added Microsoft TechNet link per Michael Pryor's suggestion." Text="You can create a symbolic link with the command line utility `mklink`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    MKLINK [[/D] | [/H] | [/J]] Link Target&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;            /D      Creates a directory symbolic link.  Default is a file&#xD;&#xA;                    symbolic link.&#xD;&#xA;            /H      Creates a hard link instead of a symbolic link.&#xD;&#xA;            /J      Creates a Directory Junction.&#xD;&#xA;            Link    specifies the new symbolic link name.&#xD;&#xA;            Target  specifies the path (relative or absolute) that the new link&#xD;&#xA;                    refers to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Symbolic links are supported on NTFS file systems only and are available in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7.  Future Windows operating systems are likely to continue support for this command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can read further information about this new feature on [Microsoft TechNet][1], [Junfeng Zhang's blog][2] or [howtogeek.com][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753194.aspx&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://blogs.msdn.com/junfeng/archive/2006/04/15/576568.aspx&#xD;&#xA;[3]:http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/using-symlinks-in-windows-vista/" />
  <row Id="12531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7128" RevisionGUID="c5a6a8a1-269f-44a1-b78f-63ee86d5386c" CreationDate="2009-05-11T18:58:39.697" UserId="1484" Text="Found this via google:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If you’re still having problem to reveal or display the Security tab on files or folder properties, check out the following registry hack and set the value to 0 or simply delete the key:&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;&gt;Hive: HKEY\_CURRENT\_USER  &#xD;&#xA;Key: Software\Microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer  &#xD;&#xA;Name: Nosecuritytab  &#xD;&#xA;Type: REG_DWORD  &#xD;&#xA;Value: 1&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12533" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7129" RevisionGUID="a9ac6afd-518d-43f6-9a9d-91f34754d247" CreationDate="2009-05-11T19:05:06.350" UserId="1830" Text="[Drop.IO][1] may be of interest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://drop.io/ &quot;Drop.io&quot;" />
  <row Id="12534" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7130" RevisionGUID="11ca456f-b683-42ef-b681-8a1448ad4157" CreationDate="2009-05-11T19:06:22.337" UserId="780" Text="Perhaps you have a proxy blocking `favicon.ico`" />
  <row Id="12536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7132" RevisionGUID="f709ce2c-a5cc-45a1-bb6c-ba73e6d9072a" CreationDate="2009-05-11T19:09:39.103" UserId="1830" Text="[This blog post][1] talks about how you may schedule these auto-updates. The Sophos website has more info; [Google][2] turned up plenty of pointers, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.myblog.bloggybloggy.com/tag/sophos-autoupdate/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS326US326&amp;q=schedule+sophos+autoupdate&amp;btnG=Search" />
  <row Id="12537" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7133" RevisionGUID="f650c040-e2cc-45a8-8fd4-66406fef90ce" CreationDate="2009-05-11T19:15:14.023" UserId="1830" Text="[Here is a freeware webserver.][1]&#xD;&#xA;[Here is another webserver.][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://windows-mobile-6.handster.com/software.php?id=2891&amp;for=Windows+Mobile+6&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/246234-A-web-server-for-the-mobile-phone/#251599" />
  <row Id="12538" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7134" RevisionGUID="92993c50-9d63-4552-aeb3-054a3b476d7f" CreationDate="2009-05-11T19:18:31.287" UserId="1561" Text="&#xD;&#xA; - Am I right to assume that a dedicated firewall, managed by professionals, would be a better solution than whatever I can manage with software?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have good experience with managing firewalls and network routing, then there's no reason to believe that a service would do better.   If you don't want to hassle with it, then let them deal with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally....I like the idea that I can mangle my packets anytime I like.  But that's just me...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Should I set up a firewall on the servers in addition to the external one, or is that an overkill?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not only is it overkill, but under certain circumstances, it can lead to other issues (packet loss, unidirectional pack transmits, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are safeguarding a lot of money, or something of equal value, then yeah, I would have some layers of defense, and a 2nd firewall might provide at least a cod-piece token offering in this regard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Does it matter if the shared firewall is a hardware device or just a linux box?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a function of the complexity of your firewall and routing.  The linux box can pretty much function as a dedicated low-end router, allowing you do to address rewrites, class-based queues, port rewrites, etc." />
  <row Id="12539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7135" RevisionGUID="cb78b182-b5ad-4e47-8d99-482e6af75e57" CreationDate="2009-05-11T19:19:26.560" UserId="798" Text="I'm having a problem where for some reason, Remote Desktop (RDP) continually gets disabled on a Win2003 server.  Our networking team is not doing this, so as far as I know it is not a security script that is running, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In any case, I am able however to access the remote registry, since I am an administrator on the site.  My question is, what registry key do I need to change in order to re-enable remote desktop?" />
  <row Id="12540" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7135" RevisionGUID="cb78b182-b5ad-4e47-8d99-482e6af75e57" CreationDate="2009-05-11T19:19:26.560" UserId="798" Text="Re-Enable RDP Via Remote Registry" />
  <row Id="12541" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7135" RevisionGUID="cb78b182-b5ad-4e47-8d99-482e6af75e57" CreationDate="2009-05-11T19:19:26.560" UserId="798" Text="&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;kvm&gt;&lt;registry&gt;" />
  <row Id="12542" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7124" RevisionGUID="49560975-3742-4b7c-8d52-b2d5ee9e4db5" CreationDate="2009-05-11T19:22:15.523" UserId="942" Comment="deleted 2 characters in body" Text="Probably a proxy server on your company that blocks images it regards as innapropriate or as ads?" />
  <row Id="12543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7136" RevisionGUID="0a498917-e539-4f8c-814f-e8b46663468c" CreationDate="2009-05-11T19:22:30.190" UserId="792" Text="I'm not sure which key it is, but you could use the following utility. Or use the following utility and run RegMon to find out which key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2006/06/remotely-enable-remote-desktop.html" />
  <row Id="12544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7137" RevisionGUID="7e9fd057-e935-4283-a01c-c0bb30c75b05" CreationDate="2009-05-11T19:25:22.370" UserId="1695" Text="Under Server 2003 the key is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Server\fDenyTSConnections&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;change it from 1 to 0. The system must be rebooted for the setting to take effect." />
  <row Id="12545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7138" RevisionGUID="48d0c796-82c6-4894-b167-c99ef2048ccf" CreationDate="2009-05-11T19:28:25.203" UserId="1695" Text="[Adrive][1] sounds like a good solution for you, maybe even the free version will suit your needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.adrive.com/" />
  <row Id="12546" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7137" RevisionGUID="bec679a5-2186-4b71-ae5e-7b397b739717" CreationDate="2009-05-11T19:31:22.343" UserId="1695" Comment="deleted 60 characters in body" Text="Under Server 2003 the key is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Server\fDenyTSConnections&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;change it from 1 to 0." />
  <row Id="12548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7140" RevisionGUID="3ce5b06f-9a7a-4c9e-b20d-850e022479e0" CreationDate="2009-05-11T19:33:25.210" UserId="2278" Text="I've found that a single-threaded file copy tops out at around 40Mb/sec - consider using [richcopy][1] to do a multithreaded transfer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.04.utilityspotlight.aspx?pr=blog " />
  <row Id="12549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7141" RevisionGUID="bc744b63-0112-4221-816a-450465db3caf" CreationDate="2009-05-11T19:33:29.657" UserId="1561" Text="It sounds like you want Vritual mailbox delivery.  [This is well-documented at the Postfix website, and will do *exactly* what you are asking][1].  Note that you will need to do some lookup tables for this, although the official docs do mention that you can use a SQL backend at some point, should it all become too unmanageable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.postfix.org/VIRTUAL_README.html#virtual_mailbox" />
  <row Id="12550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7142" RevisionGUID="63c3623b-3e1c-4cfc-9279-74af898c3daf" CreationDate="2009-05-11T19:35:49.620" UserId="77" Text="If you are still on old windows like xp, 2000, 2003 e.t.c try [http://elsdoerfer.name/=ntfslink][1] ntfslink&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use it a lot. You get a shell link right click menu option to create a junction point.  Excellent stuff.  Accept one of the other answers if you have a newer MS OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://elsdoerfer.name/=ntfslink" />
  <row Id="12551" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7143" RevisionGUID="9620bee4-5a61-4844-a58e-d016f9da029a" CreationDate="2009-05-11T19:37:41.443" UserId="2027" Text="FUSE (Filesystem in USEr Space) is a pretty simple solution here. You can mount the files on any ssh account as if they were a local drive. I'm not sure what kind of machines you're running so here's some solutions for the main systems:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux - sshfs : [http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mac OSX - expandrive : [http://www.expandrive.com/mac][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows - expandrive : [http://www.expandrive.com/windows][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've never used expandrive for windows, but the mac client is fantastic.&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.expandrive.com/mac&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.expandrive.com/windows" />
  <row Id="12552" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7144" RevisionGUID="108b61c5-7e22-49e5-bfc3-a7e31d4192d9" CreationDate="2009-05-11T19:41:09.893" UserId="1561" Text="I'm still running W7 Beta but will move to the RC soon.  It's a really old machine, with an nForce 2 chipset, which as all nForce 2 owners know, was tossed to the curb in Vista; there are no Vista drivers for nForce 2 chipsets, meaning it's a &quot;driver orphan&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a dirty little secret for you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*I've got it working using old drivers for Windows XP and 2000.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is hardly an optimal solution, and is of course **fraught with peril**.  However, I have not had a single crash in the entire time, and with the exception of some display artifacting (the video card is AGP FX5200, also a driver orphan) has worked like a champ.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft would really, really like it if you upgrade your hardware to something that has &quot;newer&quot; drivers.  However, the old drivers work just as well, and if those drivers were stable to begin with, you can get by with them in a pinch.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="12557" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6691" RevisionGUID="42a17836-b496-4156-b027-939bca4bece5" CreationDate="2009-05-11T19:58:12.300" UserId="640" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;performance-tuning&gt;" />
  <row Id="12558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7145" RevisionGUID="fa3c5821-4f1f-47c2-8c5f-345c978dd004" CreationDate="2009-05-11T19:58:18.117" UserId="117" Text="While updating my packages on a debian based system by a &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo apt-get update&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've got that error message :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Reading package lists... Done&#xD;&#xA;    W: GPG error: ftp://ftp.fr.debian.org stable/non-US Release: &#xD;&#xA;    The following signatures were invalid: KEYEXPIRED 1138684904&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What should I do to fix this ?" />
  <row Id="12559" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7145" RevisionGUID="fa3c5821-4f1f-47c2-8c5f-345c978dd004" CreationDate="2009-05-11T19:58:18.117" UserId="117" Text="What should I do when I got the KEYEXPIRED error message after an apt-get update ?" />
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  <row Id="12563" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5395" RevisionGUID="8b15567e-87b4-436d-9e8c-37c0595d4a05" CreationDate="2009-05-11T19:58:50.847" UserId="640" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;remote-access&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;" />
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  <row Id="12565" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5381" RevisionGUID="fb261fb6-88c5-4324-8ada-ece49e87b7df" CreationDate="2009-05-11T19:59:07.197" UserId="640" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;dual-boot&gt;" />
  <row Id="12566" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7147" RevisionGUID="b1220795-7ddc-4d4f-9e2d-12e6b41649fe" CreationDate="2009-05-11T20:01:30.500" UserId="2400" Text="A friend of mine is physician and shares his office with other physicians. They're looking for a not to pricey and secure way to share and store files on a server (preferentially running Ubuntu Linux) over the LAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They need to be able to dynamically set the permissions on certain files: Sometimes physician A needs to give read access on a certain file to physician B and remove it again. Or physician B and C need read/write access on a certain file that physician A has no access at all. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Besides that, it's very important that no other person can read those files even if this person would gain physical access to the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They're not into memorizing hundreds of passwords, so I'm also looking for some kind of OS-agnostic [SSO][1] solution maybe even using a hardware token.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the clientside, they all have different workstations (Windows XP, Linux and OSX).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was thinking of a solution using [TrueCrypt][2] in combination with [eTokens][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone of you have a better idea or could you point me to a similar setup/howto?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_sign-on&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.truecrypt.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.aladdin.com/etoken/devices/pro-usb.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12567" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7147" RevisionGUID="b1220795-7ddc-4d4f-9e2d-12e6b41649fe" CreationDate="2009-05-11T20:01:30.500" UserId="2400" Text="OS-agnostic way to set permissions and encrypt files" />
  <row Id="12568" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7147" RevisionGUID="b1220795-7ddc-4d4f-9e2d-12e6b41649fe" CreationDate="2009-05-11T20:01:30.500" UserId="2400" Text="&lt;authentication&gt;&lt;encryption&gt;&lt;opensource&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="12569" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7148" RevisionGUID="bcb36c71-17f1-4ade-a686-701a9cb2d8b0" CreationDate="2009-05-11T20:03:07.173" UserId="1561" Text="If you absolutely have to insist on iSCSI, then yes, [there are some in-the-middle solutions out there][1], although they do cost more than $1k.  Don't let the off-brand name fool you, we've been using a [variant in eSATA form][2] for over 2 years with no failures, no hiccups, and no downtime (that wasn't planned).  Performance has been good, 250Mb/sec sustained with 300Mb/sec peak, although our setup allows for some minimal (5 minute) downtime for failover.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, Linux would give you a cheap-o iSCSI solution as well, although I'm not sure about your other requirements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.promise.com/product/product_detail_eng.asp?product_id=184&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.promise.com/product/product_detail_eng.asp?segment=undefined&amp;product_id=190" />
  <row Id="12570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7149" RevisionGUID="27e5fc50-4645-4d07-8e1d-c1e4f9353d81" CreationDate="2009-05-11T20:06:52.380" UserId="2224" Text="My problem with OpenID in general is that it's new and there aren't any standards (that I've heard about anywhere anyway) that define what makes a &quot;good&quot; OpenID provider. For credit card data, there's PCI-DSS standards for managing credit card info -- but no equivalent for identity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Granted, it's a new technology that is generally used for applications with minimal &quot;trust&quot; requirements. But on sites like ServerFault, I think that you need a level of trust that's greater than that of a blog, but less than that of bank or online broker." />
  <row Id="12571" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7149" RevisionGUID="27e5fc50-4645-4d07-8e1d-c1e4f9353d81" CreationDate="2009-05-11T20:06:52.380" UserId="2224" />
  <row Id="12572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7150" RevisionGUID="2c4f238a-4488-4af5-babe-e3bcd26e3e63" CreationDate="2009-05-11T20:08:31.597" UserId="1845" Text="The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology maintains the official time for the US. It also has a list of public time servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/servers.cgi" />
  <row Id="12573" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6551" RevisionGUID="8b9def73-1620-4099-ba52-65c7a8ab5b5a" CreationDate="2009-05-11T20:09:09.893" UserId="48818" Comment="added 498 characters in body" Text="I really like the monitoring function in screen c-M and c-_ but whenever an event happens (or doesn't happen if c-_) on a screen I am monitoring the message doesn't go to the hard status line I have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I really want, yet have no idea how to do, is set it so when a monitoring event happens, the color of that screen changes.  I think this is possible because my active screen is white and the inactive screens are green (on the hardstatusline).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To me, this would be really cool to implement....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;OK, I'm sure I can do this somehow.  What I want is the color of the screen's name to change when activity stops for 30 seconds (or when activity starts, depending on what mode it's in.  By default, an @ get placed in the before the name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is my current hard status line (I copied this from a website, so I can't really interpret it exactly.)&#xD;&#xA;hardstatus string '%{= kG}[ %{G}%H %{g}][%= %{=kw}%?%-Lw%?%{r}(%{W}%n*%f%t%?(%u)%?%{r})%{w}%?%+Lw%?%?%= %{g}][%{B}%Y-%m-%d %{W}%c %{g}]'" />
  <row Id="12574" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7151" RevisionGUID="9232c583-6528-4523-bd71-ad7ee86f90cc" CreationDate="2009-05-11T20:09:46.570" UserId="1561" Text="You need to get the newer key and add it, at which point apt will detect it and not complain.  This shouldn't normally happen, but it sometimes does.  What you really need is to know the hex code of the key you need to add; once you have that, it's pretty much downhill from there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some examples:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [adding keys for backports][1]: the first few lines are what you're after, although you'll need to have the key it wants.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [adding keys ala Ubuntu][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nabble.com/Instructions-add-*all*-PGP-public-keys-to-APT-td22362844.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kubuntu-users/2007-March/015003.html" />
  <row Id="12575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7152" RevisionGUID="84f54d6f-4708-47bb-b382-23606068864a" CreationDate="2009-05-11T20:11:54.197" UserId="626" Text="If it was a databases's properties you were trying to look at, check the owner of the database you are trying to look at. It might be orphaned - you can use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    EXEC sp_changedbowner 'sa'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and see if that helps&#xD;&#xA;(doesn't have to be sa - whatever the appropriate account is)" />
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  <row Id="12578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7153" RevisionGUID="d0510a48-f017-4e85-8a8f-6b094ec740ce" CreationDate="2009-05-11T20:32:01.247" UserId="548" Text="I have a situation where I need to have PuTTY (or another SSH client for Windows) automatically log into another machine via SSH. I realize that this isn't a good idea security-wise, but unfortunately I'm constrained by the limitations both on the client and the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best solution would be to have a shortcut or script on the desktop that, when double clicked, will connect to the server and automatically log in. Can I do this with PuTTY?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am willing to explore public key authentication, but I'm not sure where the PuTTY key resides or how to copy it to the server, as the app starts automatically upon login." />
  <row Id="12579" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7153" RevisionGUID="d0510a48-f017-4e85-8a8f-6b094ec740ce" CreationDate="2009-05-11T20:32:01.247" UserId="548" Text="PuTTY automatically supply password" />
  <row Id="12580" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7153" RevisionGUID="d0510a48-f017-4e85-8a8f-6b094ec740ce" CreationDate="2009-05-11T20:32:01.247" UserId="548" Text="&lt;putty&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;login&gt;" />
  <row Id="12581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7154" RevisionGUID="d382f648-3b1b-4d20-a2d3-07b707ceb819" CreationDate="2009-05-11T20:36:43.983" UserId="32988" Text="You should use SSH keys instead.&#xD;&#xA;You can have those passwordless too. Its not a good idea either, but it's a hole lot better than saving passwords in scripts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You generate a key with putty-gen, and save it where ever you like. Then you create a profile in putty.exe and attach that key to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you want to start with that profile: &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    putty.exe -load &lt;profilename&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12582" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7155" RevisionGUID="b6d075a4-0596-4da4-9a67-4622b3c2c37d" CreationDate="2009-05-11T20:38:35.807" UserId="1797" Text="You will do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    putty user@host -pw:password&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Notice that using key authentication is safer and preferred." />
  <row Id="12583" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7154" RevisionGUID="8d33bc8b-3255-4a9e-a810-76c676eeb096" CreationDate="2009-05-11T20:43:04.393" UserId="32988" Comment="deleted 5 characters in body" Text="You should use SSH keys instead.&#xD;&#xA;You can have those passwordless too. Its not a good idea either, but it's a lot better than saving passwords in scripts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You generate a key with putty-gen, and save it where ever you like. Then you create a profile in putty.exe and attach that key to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you want to start with that profile: &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    putty.exe -load &lt;profilename&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12584" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7156" RevisionGUID="c9b083d0-2bf1-4f94-89e4-1bd0ec64614e" CreationDate="2009-05-11T20:43:46.407" UserId="2029" Text="Sounds like a very difficult situation to handle without using some integrated package that has document management features. My own company sells a product that we sell into medical organizations to create\scan, store, and manage images and text information, and there are a bunch of features just designed around securing the information. One the of the big concerns for such organizations, btw, is HIPAA regulations, which is why I assume your customer wants encryption of the files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW, HIPAA not only has strict requirements for protecting data but also requires logging access to it, so simply encrypting data may not be sufficient.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Outside of that comment, trying to give non-tech people &quot;full control&quot; over files and folders where they have to constantly manage and change permissions (and maybe encryption status for individual files) for other users is, IMHOO, a recipe for frustration. " />
  <row Id="12585" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6697" RevisionGUID="903d9083-ffd9-4906-8633-a2f5a637649e" CreationDate="2009-05-11T20:44:40.727" UserId="2302" Comment="Edited per comment" Text="I don't mind entering a password for SSH.  For added security however, I'd recommend enabling the Ubuntu Firewall ufw, which is installed but disabled on Jaunty by default.  It's easy to enable and configure:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo ufw enable&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: **Don't** do this first if you're connecting remotely or you'll lock yourself out!  It's safer to enable *last* once you're sure all your rules are in place. See Olaf's comment below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Default block everything&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo ufw default deny&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Allow TCP on prt 22 for SSH:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo ufw allow 22/tcp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Delete this rule (if necessary down the road):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo ufw delete allow 22/tcp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition to port 22, you'll want to allow traffic to port 3306 for MySQL, 80 for Apache, and 20 &amp; 21 by default for ProFTPD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can check your rules easily too:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo ufw status&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lastly, you can create more fine-grained rules to specific hosts or subnets:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ufw allow proto tcp from 192.168.0.0/24 to 192.168.0.1 port 22&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After you configure, disable and re-enable ufw to apply." />
  <row Id="12586" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7155" RevisionGUID="99fee03c-1e0e-4df3-bbd7-baa47e7ae5fd" CreationDate="2009-05-11T20:44:56.483" UserId="1797" Comment="Added link to public-key auth. setup." Text="You will do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    putty user@host -pw:password&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Notice that using [public-key authentication][1] is safer and preferred.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ualberta.ca/CNS/RESEARCH/LinuxClusters/pka-putty.html" />
  <row Id="12587" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7157" RevisionGUID="c4985b73-0876-4ba1-b69c-3bb07494864a" CreationDate="2009-05-11T20:48:14.120" UserId="1233" Text="Quick Look .csv files:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[CSVQL.qlgenerator](http://cloud.github.com/downloads/Chealion/chealion/CVSQL.qlgenerator.zip) ([Source Code](http://github.com/Chealion/chealion/tree/master))&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While far from ideal (there should be someway to just add .csv to be recognized as plain text somehow - and some generators already handle .csv but break when the file is not assigned to them) I put together a QuickLook generator. It's been tested on both Intel and PPC computers running 10.5.6.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A quick primer for how QuickLook works for those curious:  &#xD;&#xA;When choosing to quick look a file the quick look daemon (`qlmanage -p` from the command line) will look at the file and dependent on the application designed to open it look for a generator in one of 4 places. The application itself (`Application.app/Contents/Library/QuickLook`), `~/Library/QuickLook`, `/Library/QuickLook`, and lastly `/System/Library/QuickLook`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generators are identified by the UTI (Uniform Type Identifiers) of the file - the biggest issue is that comma separated values are not automatically defined as a known UTI in 10.5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the more fun details about creating QuickLook generators and how they work, check out [developer.apple.com](http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/Quicklook_Programming_Guide/Introduction/Introduction.html)" />
  <row Id="12588" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7158" RevisionGUID="cbe8a439-74d5-4b63-bb37-ea3ee5d172c2" CreationDate="2009-05-11T20:48:32.013" UserId="1172" Text="this strips the last four characters (usually the extension) off&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dir *.jpg | % { ren $_.Name $_.Name.Substring(0,$_.Name.Length-4) }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may need to adapt the above to handle spaces or your specific renaming requirements" />
  <row Id="12589" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7155" RevisionGUID="45919beb-2031-45a7-8330-7878e282c52f" CreationDate="2009-05-11T20:54:13.347" UserId="1797" Comment="Corrected syntax" Text="You will do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    putty user@host -pw password&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Notice that using [public-key authentication][1] is safer and preferred.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ualberta.ca/CNS/RESEARCH/LinuxClusters/pka-putty.html" />
  <row Id="12590" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7157" RevisionGUID="70ac22be-dafd-4513-9abe-bc3277105272" CreationDate="2009-05-11T21:08:15.540" UserId="1233" Comment="Add some missing details - namely the qlmanage workaround." Text="Force Quick Look .csv files:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[CSVQL.qlgenerator](http://cloud.github.com/downloads/Chealion/chealion/CVSQL.qlgenerator.zip) ([Source Code](http://github.com/Chealion/chealion/tree/master))&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While far from ideal I put together a QuickLook generator. It's been tested on both Intel and PPC computers running 10.5.6. There should be someway to just add .csv to be recognized as plain text somehow - as some generators already handle .csv but break when the file is not assigned to them. It's possible to have an application tell LaunchServices to treat said file as a plain text file but it needs to be defined in the Application's Info.plist - hence the issue you run into when the file is not assigned to open in any application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other alternative is manually running quick look from the command line *does* work:  &#xD;&#xA;`qlmanage -c public.plain-test PATH_TO_CSV_FILE`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A quick primer for how QuickLook works for those curious:  &#xD;&#xA;When choosing to quick look a file the quick look daemon (`qlmanage -p` from the command line) will look at the file and dependent on the application designed to open it look for a generator in one of 4 places. The application itself (`Application.app/Contents/Library/QuickLook`), `~/Library/QuickLook`, `/Library/QuickLook`, and lastly `/System/Library/QuickLook`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The system defaults can be found at `/System/Library/Frameworks/QuickLook.framework/Resources/Generators/`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generators are identified by the UTI (Uniform Type Identifiers) of the file - the biggest issue is that comma separated values are not automatically defined as a known UTI in 10.5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the more fun details about creating QuickLook generators and how they work, check out [developer.apple.com](http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/Quicklook_Programming_Guide/Introduction/Introduction.html)" />
  <row Id="12591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7159" RevisionGUID="0520cf8c-3e90-4ac5-8d7d-6ec481512132" CreationDate="2009-05-11T21:09:10.717" UserId="1094" Text="I've been using Jungle Disk to do daily offsite backups on windows server 2003, no major issues so far and their client software has been improved quite a bit over the last few months. It doesn't require a user to be logged in to run either." />
  <row Id="12592" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7160" RevisionGUID="02348776-7eff-4a24-af86-1206b6f981f9" CreationDate="2009-05-11T21:10:56.220" UserId="292" Text="Windows Vista has an application-level volume levels for sound devices. There is a *master volume* an &quot;application&quot; *System sounds* and further applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What makes the system to *forget* the volume level for *System sounds*." />
  <row Id="12593" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7160" RevisionGUID="02348776-7eff-4a24-af86-1206b6f981f9" CreationDate="2009-05-11T21:10:56.220" UserId="292" Text="Make Vista Volume Control to remember application-level volume level" />
  <row Id="12594" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7160" RevisionGUID="02348776-7eff-4a24-af86-1206b6f981f9" CreationDate="2009-05-11T21:10:56.220" UserId="292" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;sound&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;settings&gt;" />
  <row Id="12595" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7157" RevisionGUID="f800ca8c-cd88-4b77-b26f-30945928a847" CreationDate="2009-05-11T21:14:12.377" UserId="1233" Comment="UTTypeConformsTo note for people who run across the MacOSXHints hint" Text="Force Quick Look .csv files:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[CSVQL.qlgenerator](http://cloud.github.com/downloads/Chealion/chealion/CVSQL.qlgenerator.zip) ([Source Code](http://github.com/Chealion/chealion/tree/master))&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While far from ideal I put together a QuickLook generator. It's been tested on both Intel and PPC computers running 10.5.6. There should be someway to just add .csv to be recognized as plain text somehow - as some generators already handle .csv but break when the file is not assigned to them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's possible to have an application tell LaunchServices to treat said file as a plain text file (UTTypeConformsTo definitions) but it needs to be defined in the Application's Info.plist - hence the issue you run into when the file is not assigned to open in any application, or the incorrect application&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other alternative is manually running quick look from the command line *does* work:  &#xD;&#xA;`qlmanage -c public.plain-test PATH_TO_CSV_FILE`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A quick primer for how QuickLook works for those curious:  &#xD;&#xA;When choosing to quick look a file the quick look daemon (`qlmanage -p` from the command line) will look at the file and dependent on the application designed to open it look for a generator in one of 4 places. The application itself (`Application.app/Contents/Library/QuickLook`), `~/Library/QuickLook`, `/Library/QuickLook`, and lastly `/System/Library/QuickLook`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The system defaults can be found at `/System/Library/Frameworks/QuickLook.framework/Resources/Generators/`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generators are identified by the UTI (Uniform Type Identifiers) of the file - the biggest issue is that comma separated values are not automatically defined as a known UTI in 10.5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the more fun details about creating QuickLook generators and how they work, check out [developer.apple.com](http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/Quicklook_Programming_Guide/Introduction/Introduction.html)" />
  <row Id="12596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7161" RevisionGUID="da176a85-53b6-4df1-ad92-843a2e4ada21" CreationDate="2009-05-11T21:33:27.807" UserId="1039" Text="My company is building a system that will need to use user authentication and web services (WCF or ASMX whichever works, the differences are all confined to a tiny slice of code anyway) and our current hosting provider is somewhat &quot;flaky&quot;. They are a low cost provided that seems to do Windows hosting as a second line service and explicitly doesn't support WCF and I've never gotten ASMX working exactly right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have experience with any reasonably priced web hosts that support WCF (or even ASMX)? I'm particularly interested in the setup and configuration being nice, direct and using well known system." />
  <row Id="12597" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7161" RevisionGUID="da176a85-53b6-4df1-ad92-843a2e4ada21" CreationDate="2009-05-11T21:33:27.807" UserId="1039" Text="what are my options for hosting a WCF service" />
  <row Id="12598" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7161" RevisionGUID="da176a85-53b6-4df1-ad92-843a2e4ada21" CreationDate="2009-05-11T21:33:27.807" UserId="1039" Text="&lt;web-services&gt;&lt;web-hosting&gt;&lt;wcf&gt;&lt;asmx&gt;" />
  <row Id="12599" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7068" RevisionGUID="dc6026b3-0c22-4b6e-93d1-59b432e29c00" CreationDate="2009-05-11T21:52:17.760" UserId="2282" Comment="Windows gremlins caught me again! - problem solved" Text="This is hopefully a real easy one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Windows XP on some environments the File Properties dialog (that opens on right-click &gt; properties when viewing the file in windows explorer) sometimes shows a Security Tab and sometimes not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How does one enable it? (I need to allow &quot;run&quot; access on certain types)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Note 1:*** I'm logged in with Administrator privileges&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Note 2:*** I'm running NTFS on both machines&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Note 3:*** Running XP Professional on both machines&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS I found one source Googling that suggests this will work but I didn't have any luck;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ***UPDATE:*** [After 2 reboots][1]... based on the 5 steps below... the Security Tab **did** appear.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Launch Windows Explorer or My Computer.&#xD;&#xA;2. Click on the Tools at the menu bar, then click on Folder Options.&#xD;&#xA;3. Click on View tab.&#xD;&#xA;4. In the Advanced Settings section at the bottom of the list, uncheck and unselect (clear the tick) on the “Use simple file sharing (Recommended)” check box.&#xD;&#xA;5. Click OK.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I've linked to two screenshots found on the web of the dialog I'm talking about)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Without Security Tab][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[With Security Tab][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt9j80Jkc_A&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.linglom.com/images/Windows/Tips/Missing-Security-Tab/1.png&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://static.asp.net/asp.net/images/whitepapers/whitepaper3-18.jpg" />
  <row Id="12600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7162" RevisionGUID="ad188b2b-1601-4143-9c25-7213435e9bdc" CreationDate="2009-05-11T21:58:24.147" UserId="48" Text="If Hamachi is configure to run as a service, then it should not matter whether you just disconnect from the RDP sesssion, or log off, as it should be running in the background.&#xD;&#xA;You should check the services MMC to see that the service is there, and that it is running." />
  <row Id="12601" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7147" RevisionGUID="89f13f33-7e0e-4225-a78f-83184e2db9f3" CreationDate="2009-05-11T22:01:12.973" UserId="2400" Comment="improved problem description" Text="A friend of mine is physician (psychiatrist) and shares his office with other physicians. They're looking for a not to pricey and secure way to share and store files on a server (preferentially running Ubuntu Linux) over the LAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They need to be able to dynamically set the permissions on certain files: Sometimes physician A needs to give read access on a certain file to physician B and remove it again. Or physician B and C need read/write access on a certain file that physician A has no access at all. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Besides that, it's very important that no other person can read those files even if this person would gain physical access to the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They're not into memorizing hundreds of passwords, so I'm also looking for some kind of OS-agnostic [SSO][1] solution maybe even using a hardware token.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the clientside, they all have different workstations (Windows XP, Linux and OSX).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was thinking of a solution using [TrueCrypt][2] in combination with [eTokens][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone of you have a better idea or could you point me to a similar setup/howto?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_sign-on&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.truecrypt.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.aladdin.com/etoken/devices/pro-usb.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12602" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7163" RevisionGUID="76ef7d57-6bc8-4a46-af25-e3d61e0811df" CreationDate="2009-05-11T22:03:57.023" UserId="1678" Text="Can someone suggest some good online resources for getting up to speed on Hyper-V technology? I've worked with Virtual Server, and my understanding is that they're fairly different in some respects. What I'm looking for is information that will help me understand and administer Hyper-V systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A great answer would either include or point to documents that include the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- A bit of info on the main tools used for administering Hyper-V setups&#xD;&#xA;- Discussion of some of the basic concepts (e.g. partitions, snapshots)&#xD;&#xA;- Any interesting similarities to and differences from other virtualization technologies (Virtual Server, VMWare, etc)&#xD;&#xA;- Some of the more common gotchas&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've found [the Wikipedia article on Hyper-V][1], but it's short on practical discussion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-V" />
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  <row Id="12604" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7163" RevisionGUID="76ef7d57-6bc8-4a46-af25-e3d61e0811df" CreationDate="2009-05-11T22:03:57.023" UserId="1678" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;hyper-v&gt;" />
  <row Id="12605" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7147" RevisionGUID="aac32689-76c6-44e3-b490-e8c75ddd4e66" CreationDate="2009-05-11T22:06:48.033" UserId="2400" Comment="improved problem description" Text="A friend of mine is physician and shares his office with other physicians (they're all psychiatrists). They're looking for a not to pricey and secure way to share and store files (basically text-only notes and reports) on a server (preferentially running Ubuntu Linux) over the LAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They need to be able to dynamically set the permissions on certain files: Sometimes physician A needs to give read access on a certain file to physician B and remove it again. Or physician B and C need read/write access on a certain file that physician A has no access at all. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Besides that, it's very important that no other person can read those files even if this person would gain physical access to the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They're not into memorizing hundreds of passwords, so I'm also looking for some kind of OS-agnostic [SSO][1] solution maybe even using a hardware token.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the clientside, they all have different workstations (Windows XP, Linux and OSX).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was thinking of a solution using [TrueCrypt][2] in combination with [eTokens][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone of you have a better idea or could you point me to a similar setup/howto? Or would you just setup a smart intranet webapplication by yourself in this case?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_sign-on&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.truecrypt.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.aladdin.com/etoken/devices/pro-usb.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12606" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7157" RevisionGUID="70f8ee11-0d2b-413a-8c2e-955f2f7355da" CreationDate="2009-05-11T22:08:16.113" UserId="1233" Comment="Fix broken link" Text="Force Quick Look .csv files:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[CSVQL.qlgenerator](http://cloud.github.com/downloads/Chealion/chealion/CSVQL.zip) ([Source Code](http://github.com/Chealion/chealion/tree/master))&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While far from ideal I put together a QuickLook generator. It's been tested on both Intel and PPC computers running 10.5.6. There should be someway to just add .csv to be recognized as plain text somehow - as some generators already handle .csv but break when the file is not assigned to them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's possible to have an application tell LaunchServices to treat said file as a plain text file (UTTypeConformsTo definitions) but it needs to be defined in the Application's Info.plist - hence the issue you run into when the file is not assigned to open in any application, or the incorrect application&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other alternative is manually running quick look from the command line *does* work:  &#xD;&#xA;`qlmanage -c public.plain-test PATH_TO_CSV_FILE`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A quick primer for how QuickLook works for those curious:  &#xD;&#xA;When choosing to quick look a file the quick look daemon (`qlmanage -p` from the command line) will look at the file and dependent on the application designed to open it look for a generator in one of 4 places. The application itself (`Application.app/Contents/Library/QuickLook`), `~/Library/QuickLook`, `/Library/QuickLook`, and lastly `/System/Library/QuickLook`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The system defaults can be found at `/System/Library/Frameworks/QuickLook.framework/Resources/Generators/`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generators are identified by the UTI (Uniform Type Identifiers) of the file - the biggest issue is that comma separated values are not automatically defined as a known UTI in 10.5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the more fun details about creating QuickLook generators and how they work, check out [developer.apple.com](http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/Quicklook_Programming_Guide/Introduction/Introduction.html)" />
  <row Id="12608" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7164" RevisionGUID="45bcaefc-4e07-4bc6-ae05-8161ed070411" CreationDate="2009-05-11T22:13:18.757" UserId="2367" Text="You could host your main domain on a commercial provider and create a page that shows the error message with javascript after a timeout. Then you could include a &lt;script src=&quot;Http://your-real-in-house-server.com/load.js&quot; /&gt; in the HTML-code. This code would redirect (an frame?) to the real page. Otherweise (javascript-timer?), the error page would be displayed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, can I just downvote this answer many times? ;-)&#xD;&#xA;Technically it would be a solution given that not so much was cleraly defined in the question. The reason to host in house might be to hook up some internal database, while the main web presence would better be on a commercial hoster." />
  <row Id="12609" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7165" RevisionGUID="00b33b28-3cc4-4971-955d-d72328d1c4b1" CreationDate="2009-05-11T22:17:33.833" UserId="2367" Text="Is there a macro or little appliaction that allows our secretary to print a new phone list, but the data should come from active directory?" />
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  <row Id="12611" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7165" RevisionGUID="00b33b28-3cc4-4971-955d-d72328d1c4b1" CreationDate="2009-05-11T22:17:33.833" UserId="2367" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;msword&gt;" />
  <row Id="12612" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7166" RevisionGUID="4b46dd50-ef9a-4861-ae87-d34f4cacf369" CreationDate="2009-05-11T22:41:06.480" UserId="780" Text="This is fairly straightforward once you have the LDAP query you need to pull the information from Active Directory.  See a guide which will get you started [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996205(EXCHG.65).aspx" />
  <row Id="12613" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7167" RevisionGUID="750decea-540c-4843-b11b-e3bd2ee15766" CreationDate="2009-05-11T22:41:38.180" UserId="1848" Text="[hypervoria][1] is a good place to start, they mostly link to other places, but they have a pretty good collection of what you're looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[John Howard][2] mostly blogs about administering Hyper-V (including getting everything configured to administer it remotely)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're running Vista, I suggest getting the [Hyper-V gadget][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://hypervoria.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.technet.com/jhoward/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://mindre.net/post/Hyper-V-Monitor-Gadget-for-Windows-Sidebar.aspx" />
  <row Id="12614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7168" RevisionGUID="498ec484-8e9b-4377-8412-703dad307788" CreationDate="2009-05-11T22:44:03.900" UserId="48" Text="Theres a good article on how to do so with a batch file [here][1]. You can use this to output to a text file that could then be edited in word.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want something more advanced there are a number of perl scripts out there that will do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/79452/jsi-tip-7340-how-can-i-create-a-telephone-directory-from-my-active-directory-domain.html" />
  <row Id="12615" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6826" RevisionGUID="537e017e-ae7e-4c63-bcf5-dbf99642e7d7" CreationDate="2009-05-11T22:48:51.210" UserId="2367" Comment="added that the gui shall be non-interactive" Text="I currently use this simple batch-file to deploy an image to our workstations:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ECHO HALLO&#xD;&#xA;    y:&#xD;&#xA;    cd \&#xD;&#xA;    diskpart /s diskpartcmds.txt&#xD;&#xA;    imagex.exe /apply y:\image.wim 1 c:&#xD;&#xA;    bootsect /nt52 c:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Y: is a mounted network share, dispkatcmds.txt is &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    select disk 0&#xD;&#xA;    clean&#xD;&#xA;    create partition primary&#xD;&#xA;    select partition 1&#xD;&#xA;    active&#xD;&#xA;    format quick&#xD;&#xA;    assign letter=c&#xD;&#xA;    exit&#xD;&#xA;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This works absolutely well, it runs in a console window after WinPE booted via PXE and shows progress. I would only like to have a nice GUI (just showing tasks and progress, no interaction!) that is shown instead of the console while the image is deployed with a progress bar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does someone have something already? Is there a complete .NET wrapper (I can use mono installed on Y:\!) for ImageX?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately there is only one article to be found about imagex.dll&#xD;&#xA;http://www.codeproject.com/KB/vista/wimgapi.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sorry for posting such a selfish lazy question about something purely cosmetic that I would probably be able to write if I had a lot of time), but I can try and maybe someone learns from this question about imagex?" />
  <row Id="12616" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7169" RevisionGUID="29cd17f6-13f4-428e-80b7-bcca34a2362b" CreationDate="2009-05-11T23:03:32.760" UserId="626" Text="This looks to be a name resolution issue - You need to figure out whether the name is being resolved by netbios or  hostname - see [this][1] article&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you can add your servername to your hosts and or lmhost file.&#xD;&#xA;The side affect of this is that the name will always resolve to your local vm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So you either change your connection string or you have to change your host files&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Separate names would seem like the obvious thing to do - that's why everyone else is using them :-P&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/172218" />
  <row Id="12617" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7170" RevisionGUID="c5171e7f-e076-42c0-b861-3c3c302d1684" CreationDate="2009-05-11T23:03:40.343" UserId="1532" Text="In a case like yours where you do not want to provide Administrator credentials every time the application is launched, you can use [Elevate Me][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To answer the more broad question **On Windows Vista, is there a way to allow an application to always run with elevated permissions?** you can follow these steps:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Create a shortcut to the application.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Open the Properties for the shortcut.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Select the Compatability tab.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Turn on the checkbox labeled &quot;Run this program as an administrator.&quot;&#xD;&#xA; 5. Always use this new shortcut to launch the application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://msmvps.com/blogs/martinzugec/archive/2008/05/16/ignore-uac-for-specific-programs.aspx (Ignore UAC for Specific Programs)" />
  <row Id="12618" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7171" RevisionGUID="a27e02d1-346e-42a1-beee-6569b90b4566" CreationDate="2009-05-11T23:18:22.877" UserId="301" Text="A similar question was asked, and answered here&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://serverfault.com/questions/6702/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The short answer is, DNS is not a reliable mechanism for managing failover without significant hardware investment, or manual intervention.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6702/" />
  <row Id="12619" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7172" RevisionGUID="cce1fd4b-9b0b-4483-85ab-1a8533d2e057" CreationDate="2009-05-11T23:19:03.907" UserId="2433" Text="&quot;Everyone&quot;, &quot;Domain Users&quot; or &quot;Domain Admins&quot; etc. are other ways to reference your users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See this [article][1] with more info (I think it is still valid today)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Important text: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; However, if you've enabled the Guest account, you'll find that users who have logged on as **Guest are members of Everyone but not members of Users or Authenticated Users**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/23581/should-you-use-the-authenticated-users-group.html" />
  <row Id="12620" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7173" RevisionGUID="9f825855-558c-4f12-8748-b184318411b3" CreationDate="2009-05-11T23:23:40.233" UserId="2438" Text="I typically edit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/ldap.conf&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/nsswitch.conf&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/openldap/ldap.conf (check for certs if necessary)&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/pam.d/system-auth&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think that covers the necessary evils. Might need /etc/sudoers as well." />
  <row Id="12621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7174" RevisionGUID="068cfb87-db7d-4eb9-9821-48a1c488774a" CreationDate="2009-05-11T23:36:13.207" UserId="1043" Text="Dreamweaver CS4 uses the subversion 1.4.5 client libraries, and we are wanting to change our source control from some weird proprietary one to subversion.  The latest subversion is 1.6.x, will we have any issues doing simple checkin/checkouts and the occassional fork?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Servers are OpenSUSE 10, clients are Dreamweaver CS4 on windows XP" />
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  <row Id="12624" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7175" RevisionGUID="1dc0f9bb-c97c-4760-9a9e-c48fc0dde945" CreationDate="2009-05-11T23:48:47.040" UserId="1222" Text="On Windows XP you can use `fsutil` (built into the OS) to create a hardlink&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     fsutil hardlink create c:\foo.txt c:\bar.txt" />
  <row Id="12625" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7176" RevisionGUID="3692e5ae-9c74-443a-a8f5-6add0e379ccc" CreationDate="2009-05-12T00:01:35.913" UserId="471" Text="I don't have a great setup, mostly because of hardware/time limitations, but I've a few services running:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* CUPS&#xD;&#xA;* File sharing (with nfs)&#xD;&#xA;* Web server (mostly for testing)&#xD;&#xA;* BitTorrent (with [Deluge](http://deluge-torrent.org/))&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Deluge](http://deluge-torrent.org/) is a cross-plataform BitTorrent client that works great in a server. It has a daemon that runs in the background and various UIs that interface with it. A web ui (with https support) to use over the internet, a GUI that can connect to the daemon through the network, and even a CLI. It's really great." />
  <row Id="12626" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7176" RevisionGUID="3692e5ae-9c74-443a-a8f5-6add0e379ccc" CreationDate="2009-05-12T00:01:35.913" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="12630" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7178" RevisionGUID="5fa25046-d1bf-43fc-8271-0452413d9e3e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T00:10:58.987" UserId="2440" Text="We have a searchable DB, we limit the results to 15 per page and only 100 results and yet still get people trying to scrape the site. We ban sites that hit it fast enough but i was wondering if there is anything else that we can do. Flash render the results maybe?" />
  <row Id="12631" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7178" RevisionGUID="5fa25046-d1bf-43fc-8271-0452413d9e3e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T00:10:58.987" UserId="2440" Text="How to Aviod Being Scraped" />
  <row Id="12632" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7178" RevisionGUID="5fa25046-d1bf-43fc-8271-0452413d9e3e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T00:10:58.987" UserId="2440" Text="&lt;database&gt;&lt;scraping&gt;" />
  <row Id="12633" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7179" RevisionGUID="dba819ad-bc0a-414e-bb0a-bb9822b3be70" CreationDate="2009-05-12T00:15:59.303" UserId="942" Text="You could make it a bit more difficult by retrieving the records via AJAX, and using an authentication ID (like an API key) for the AJAX calls.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course you can get around this by reading the ID and then making the AJAX request using that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rndering with Flash is an alternative as you point out (not 100% un-scrappable do), as is rendering in PDF." />
  <row Id="12634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7180" RevisionGUID="e517b42f-7adf-4422-80d5-64850b5261eb" CreationDate="2009-05-12T00:20:59.610" UserId="2441" Text="Our script to set up ldap auth (which invokes authconfig) modifies these files:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables (rearrange the chkconfig priority)&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/gshadow&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/ssh/sshd_config&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/ldap.conf&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/pam.d/login&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/pam.d/sshd&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/group&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12635" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6720" RevisionGUID="8a0816cb-c395-408a-b8f4-b8e03088d634" CreationDate="2009-05-12T00:23:42.520" UserId="1293" Comment="added windows tag" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;temp-files&gt;&lt;environment&gt;" />
  <row Id="12636" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7181" RevisionGUID="6ef50776-e8af-4f22-9d62-4a88ef69f386" CreationDate="2009-05-12T00:26:03.220" UserId="2439" Text="First:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you looking for a stand-alone fax client, or for a fax client that will connect to a (local) fax server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - For stand-alone: I don't know any for Windows. For Linux, there's [efax][1], which is nice and easy to setup. Might have a Windows port. At any rate, for a stand-alone fax client your computer would need a fax modem (and consequently) a phone line, which might be inconvenient.&#xD;&#xA; - For a server-based solution:&#xD;&#xA;   -  If you only send faxes occasionally, I'd recommend a web-based solution. Many email providers offer a fax service; there are also some fax providers you can sign up with.&#xD;&#xA;   - If you have to fax a lot, your own fax server might make sense. Then Hylafax is a good choice, as describe above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cce.com/efax/" />
  <row Id="12637" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7182" RevisionGUID="54d7b59c-40c0-452f-adac-4ed867a810e5" CreationDate="2009-05-12T00:26:16.073" UserId="2331" Text="When I run the SBS Best Practices Analyzer on my SBS 2003 R2, it says I have a 'journal wrap condition'. What does that mean and how can it be repaired?" />
  <row Id="12638" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7182" RevisionGUID="54d7b59c-40c0-452f-adac-4ed867a810e5" CreationDate="2009-05-12T00:26:16.073" UserId="2331" Text="SBS Journal Wrap Condition" />
  <row Id="12639" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7182" RevisionGUID="54d7b59c-40c0-452f-adac-4ed867a810e5" CreationDate="2009-05-12T00:26:16.073" UserId="2331" Text="&lt;sbs2003&gt;&lt;sbs-bpa&gt;&lt;exchange-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="12640" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6734" RevisionGUID="666cd4eb-9b6f-4c5c-89b6-6d36889e0546" CreationDate="2009-05-12T00:26:59.880" UserId="613" Comment="added 173 characters in body" Text="I second womble's assertion that wpa_supplicant is the wrong place to do this.  You want to set something up in the /etc/network/ subtree, perhaps as womble suggests by increasing the metric of the wifi route, or perhaps by some other means involving a custom script in /etc/network/if-up.d/ that would take the wifi interface down if the ethernet interface came up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Info on making scripts for /etc/network/if-up.d/ is on the [interfaces man page][1], under the 'IFACE OPTIONS' section. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wlug.org.nz/interfaces(5)" />
  <row Id="12641" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7183" RevisionGUID="931f645c-1e3f-4e83-8515-26d4fd66370e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T00:27:03.810" UserId="2441" Text="The nice thing about a checkout vs. export is that you can see what changes were made by users working on the checked-out copy. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want an automated solution, you can have your deployment script save off a copy of the changes to some location (or email them to you) using svn diff and then do a revert before the update. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12642" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7184" RevisionGUID="1cf9f01e-47d6-41bc-adcf-eab0f96554e9" CreationDate="2009-05-12T00:30:24.290" UserId="1655" Text="It should work OK according to the compatibility charts at [http://subversion.tigris.org/svn_1.5_releasenotes.html][1] and [http://subversion.tigris.org/svn_1.6_releasenotes.html][2]. You shouldn't have problems with basic operations and branching.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://subversion.tigris.org/svn_1.5_releasenotes.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://subversion.tigris.org/svn_1.6_releasenotes.html" />
  <row Id="12643" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7185" RevisionGUID="0d5ae037-f733-4e23-a24b-9b7929190d2a" CreationDate="2009-05-12T00:36:07.523" UserId="1232" Text="There is some good info in [How do you stop scripters from slamming your website hundreds of times a second?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/450835/how-do-you-stop-scripters-from-slamming-your-website-hundreds-of-times-a-second" />
  <row Id="12644" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7186" RevisionGUID="a4731491-7b77-4a21-a7ae-3f75e7a19ea6" CreationDate="2009-05-12T00:38:23.713" UserId="1655" Text="You will probably find that the scrapers will improve their came as you apply different techniques. Perhaps there is a way to analyze the behavior of users who scrape and present a captcha or other disruption? Perhaps you could limit the results to a smaller number for a period of time to force the scrapers to wait for 10 days. If they don't log on in between then assume they are scapers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whatever you do, make sure to mix up your techniques to give them a little more longevity." />
  <row Id="12646" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7187" RevisionGUID="1bf93dbf-a18a-4010-b6c9-b823d449459e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T00:49:48.953" UserId="2373" Text="Hello!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use sshfs (fusermount) to connect remote mountpoints.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I forget to unmount them using...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    fusermount -u /REMOTE&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...all processes which used the mountpoints hang.  &#xD;&#xA;I try to kill them with **killall**, **kill**, **killproc**, nothing works!  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How is that possible?  &#xD;&#xA;Being unable to kill a userspace process is normally&#xD;&#xA;a Microsoft Windows *feature* ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rd@acid:/home/me &gt; pgrep mc&#xD;&#xA;    11749&#xD;&#xA;    11827&#xD;&#xA;    12068&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rd@acid:/home/me &gt; su&#xD;&#xA;    Password:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;netgod&gt;@acid:/home/me # kill 12068&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;netgod&gt;@acid:/home/me # killall mc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;netgod&gt;@acid:/home/me # pgrep mc&#xD;&#xA;    11749&#xD;&#xA;    11827&#xD;&#xA;    12068&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="12648" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7187" RevisionGUID="1bf93dbf-a18a-4010-b6c9-b823d449459e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T00:49:48.953" UserId="2373" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;kill&gt;&lt;processes&gt;" />
  <row Id="12649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7188" RevisionGUID="393ce7ac-3310-4b19-b626-4a3a2d8ac19e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T00:51:02.010" UserId="2442" Text="At my organization, we are loading up an instance of ([DocMgr][1]).  It's free, runs against Postgresql, keeps revisions of documents, OCR, indexing, relevance searching.  It can easily be tweaked to run against MySQL.  The project has been stagnant for a while, but development is picking back up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://docmgr.sf.net" />
  <row Id="12650" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1375" RevisionGUID="91630bbc-a3cd-4c21-b46a-43fc809def72" CreationDate="2009-05-12T01:05:39.193" UserId="332" Comment="added 214 characters in body" Text="I have 2 servers in my home. One is for my software development. The other one is for movies, pictures and music. We have 5 home PCs 2 desktops (wife and mine), 2 laptops (wife and mine) and a spare for visitors (read: for when nephew/niece comes to visit :D ).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Oh! I forgot about my former main PC! That is a Windows XP machine that now I use only for accounting software, MS SQL Server, VS.NET Development, Testing Web Pages in various Web Browsers and Google Earth." />
  <row Id="12651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7189" RevisionGUID="8ec47600-cd88-4550-9f2a-dc688d85dee9" CreationDate="2009-05-12T01:06:10.470" UserId="38" Text="I'm trying to start an IIS website &amp; I keep getting the error&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Unexpected error 0x8ffe2740 occurred&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Investigating in the system log displays this error&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The service could not bind instance 1.  The data is the error code. &#xD;&#xA;For additional information specific to this message please visit the Microsoft Online Support site located at: http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have had WAMP running on this machine, but I shut it down &amp; I can't see anything else that could be bound to port 80.  If I change the port to something else it works fine, so I am assuming it is because something else was bound to 80 and it hasn't been released, but I can't see what it is" />
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  <row Id="12653" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7189" RevisionGUID="8ec47600-cd88-4550-9f2a-dc688d85dee9" CreationDate="2009-05-12T01:06:10.470" UserId="38" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;http&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;" />
  <row Id="12654" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7190" RevisionGUID="7c43edc4-b876-4509-b502-d815b1e5b0a1" CreationDate="2009-05-12T01:08:11.013" UserDisplayName="Chaz Lever" Text="I have a Windows Server 2003 box setup as the Domain Controller for a Windows Domain Network.  It has 2 NICs one of which is currently unused.  I've followed the configuration instructions detailed by a number of sources:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [How to install and configure a Virtual Private Network server in Windows Server 2003][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Configure a Windows Server 2003 VPN on the server side][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, every time I add another role to the server to function as a VPN server, user logins take minutes to authenticate with the domain.  In addition,the VPN connection works but DNS lookups fail when connected over VPN an an IP address must be used to resolve to individual boxes.  I'm sure I must be doing something wrong, but I can't figure out what that is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323441&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5805260.html" />
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  <row Id="12656" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7190" RevisionGUID="7c43edc4-b876-4509-b502-d815b1e5b0a1" CreationDate="2009-05-12T01:08:11.013" UserDisplayName="Chaz Lever" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="12657" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7191" RevisionGUID="32138aec-23db-4b41-ada0-f93a954d7dd7" CreationDate="2009-05-12T01:09:54.083" UserId="2224" Text="If you're on a VPN, use WebDAV. It's supported by every OS out there, is simple and reasonably reliable." />
  <row Id="12658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7192" RevisionGUID="b137ff7e-0093-4684-956e-0c2c3cc90e8b" CreationDate="2009-05-12T01:11:26.483" UserId="2438" Text="kill -9 PID isn't working?" />
  <row Id="12659" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7193" RevisionGUID="4f2c61e4-3376-40f5-824c-3fe82fe70567" CreationDate="2009-05-12T01:11:49.573" UserId="1054" Text="[Use netsta][1]t or [ActivePorts][2] to find if something is still holding on to port 80.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.petri.co.il/quickly_find_local_open_ports.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://download.cnet.com/Active-Ports/3000-2651_4-29653.html?tag=mncol" />
  <row Id="12660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7194" RevisionGUID="c6c0723c-e3dd-404d-9888-005181a9245c" CreationDate="2009-05-12T01:17:00.093" UserId="1576" Text="It just occured to me that it would be good to do an 'aptitude search blah' and only have non-graphical applications shown. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know it's not a biggy but the docs don't seem to mention it and I would find it useful to know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="12669" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7197" RevisionGUID="6a970896-520e-4806-99c0-dfe7e3055de8" CreationDate="2009-05-12T01:20:09.060" UserId="2444" Text="&lt;win2k3&gt;&lt;terminal-server&gt;" />
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  <row Id="12673" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7201" RevisionGUID="d1531876-bad1-46d7-90c7-25acb5e0f12a" CreationDate="2009-05-12T01:26:06.553" UserId="1450" Text="What would be your suggestion if installing a FreeBSD 7 (7.2, actually) email server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am interested in:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- SMTP agent&#xD;&#xA;- Imap/Pop backend&#xD;&#xA;- Authentication (OS users, OpenLDAP)&#xD;&#xA;- Anti-Spam server side tools&#xD;&#xA;- WebMail frontend&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks a lot in advance." />
  <row Id="12674" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7201" RevisionGUID="d1531876-bad1-46d7-90c7-25acb5e0f12a" CreationDate="2009-05-12T01:26:06.553" UserId="1450" Text="What's your suggested mail server configuration for a FreeBSD server?" />
  <row Id="12675" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7201" RevisionGUID="d1531876-bad1-46d7-90c7-25acb5e0f12a" CreationDate="2009-05-12T01:26:06.553" UserId="1450" Text="&lt;freebsd&gt;&lt;emailserver&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;webmail&gt;" />
  <row Id="12676" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7202" RevisionGUID="d5ad713b-8bfc-4b8e-8ac5-2fb5120557ad" CreationDate="2009-05-12T01:30:23.817" UserId="1054" Text="Check [this][1] out in the MS newsgroups.  Looks like it's not that big of a deal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs&amp;tid=2079e229-4fbf-4d77-b98d-0d4e33c7948f&amp;cat=en_US_77750084-cabb-4056-9708-d9264353c1b3&amp;lang=en&amp;cr=US&amp;sloc=&amp;p=1" />
  <row Id="12677" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7195" RevisionGUID="74eba1a4-6e53-4d51-b079-f642115a39ee" CreationDate="2009-05-12T01:33:05.777" UserId="38" Comment="added 11 characters in body" Text="Seeing as Vista didn't have a really high uptake rate amongst businesses, are you planning to roll Windows 7 out to your Windows XP network and if so, how do you plan on doing it?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This question is mostly due to the fact that there isn't an upgrade path from XP to 7, so it would seem that the nuke &amp; pave approach is all that's available &amp; this seems like it's going to be a pain for larger (or even smaller) networks.   Is Microsoft releasing a way to install Windows 7 without wiping out the whole Windows XP install?" />
  <row Id="12678" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7203" RevisionGUID="b5b44c34-3939-4233-8539-d12a55a47fa9" CreationDate="2009-05-12T01:59:21.943" UserId="2293" Text="I have a [Cisco ASA 5505][1] firewall which I purchased as part of a [ASA5505-BUN-K9][2] bundle.  I now wish to expand the number of internal hosts supported from 10 to unlimited and add support for more than 3 VLANS.  I assume I can do the former with a [ASA5505-SW-10-UL=][3] license and the latter with a [ASA5505-SEC-PL=][4] license.  Are these licenses compatible?  Does the ASA5505-SEC-PL= license already included unlimited user accounts?  Is there a better / more cost effective way to do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6120/prod_models_comparison.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=1065037&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=1274680&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=1094659" />
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  <row Id="12680" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7203" RevisionGUID="b5b44c34-3939-4233-8539-d12a55a47fa9" CreationDate="2009-05-12T01:59:21.943" UserId="2293" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;asa&gt;&lt;licensing&gt;" />
  <row Id="12681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7204" RevisionGUID="5692e486-c130-4dab-8cb7-5c0ee6af9afd" CreationDate="2009-05-12T02:04:43.573" UserId="942" Text="    aptitude search \!~Dlibgtk2.0-0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That will search for all packages that **don't** depend on `libgtk2.0-0`, but probably you want to look for a way to recursively search for *non*-dependencies and look for an X library that all graphical programs depend on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope that gets you started. Here's more info on [aptitude's search terms][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://algebraicthunk.net/~dburrows/projects/aptitude/doc/en/ch02s03s05.html" />
  <row Id="12682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7205" RevisionGUID="b79cc341-0234-4d5c-ac4e-64361ef5dcdf" CreationDate="2009-05-12T02:08:07.343" UserId="846" Text="I agree with Schmitty23 .. I think it is a mistake to manually manage the permissions .. it is highly prone to errors and difficult to manage.  I suggest a simply configured document management system.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--&gt; http://www.knowledgetree.com/  &#xD;&#xA;--&gt; http://www.openkm.com/  &#xD;&#xA;--&gt; http://contineo.sourceforge.net/features.html  &#xD;&#xA;--&gt; http://www.alfresco.com/  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12683" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2824" RevisionGUID="ab7929d9-246a-4456-be78-2df728e395ad" CreationDate="2009-05-12T02:12:01.173" UserId="1561" Comment="added 264 characters in body" Text="First 3 years, Sendmail + Amavis (shell-script version).  I did a tiny mod to the script to trap attachments by extension.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Last 7 years, Postfix + Amavis, and in the last 3-4 years, Dovecot.  Tight, well-integrated.  Catches better than 90% spam on first pass, catches 100% of malware on first pass.  Dovecot provides speedy access to mailboxes via IMAP - largest box is low-5-digits and loads in less than 5 seconds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're adding a single in-house Exchange server this year, probably completing the transition in 2-3 months.  The Postfix setup will continue to function as a scanning gateway, and provide IMAP access to Exchange (via Dovecot's proxy features) from the outside." />
  <row Id="12684" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7206" RevisionGUID="b082e579-eca3-437c-b401-ed033f3805cf" CreationDate="2009-05-12T02:18:13.053" UserId="2447" Text="I have a couple of XServes running 10.5.6 and both of them have emond running at 100%. &#xD;&#xA;If the servers are rebooted emond will not immediately consume 100%, but it will eventually. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't seen anything unusual in the logs, does anyone have any suggestions ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
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  <row Id="12688" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7208" RevisionGUID="cf3d66b5-b707-4cfa-9cd7-9f602d980901" CreationDate="2009-05-12T02:21:47.523" UserId="1174" Text="Ubuntu 8.04 server + Postfix + Dovecot.  IMAP clients.  Reason is KISS.  Easy to set up and care+feeding is minimal.  Modest hardware requirements." />
  <row Id="12689" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7209" RevisionGUID="e0dfd711-f34e-465f-b3c7-4bf03f174a25" CreationDate="2009-05-12T02:24:38.457" UserId="1561" Text="There are so many different possibilities here.  What you're really talking about is an email &quot;stack&quot; (much like web-server/web-app &quot;stacks&quot;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - SMTP Agent a.k.a. MTA (Mail Transfer Agent)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are several, including Sendmail, Exim, Qmail, Postfix, and Courier.  Sendmail has had most of its &quot;issues&quot; resolved, Exim is small and stable, Qmail is fast, and Postfix is &quot;flexible&quot;, sturdy, and fairly easy to configure.  I guess it's a function of which one makes the most sense to you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - IMAP/POP Backend&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also several, including UW-IMAP (don't), and Dovecot (does POP3/IMAP, supports SSL).  Courier also has POP/IMAP services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Authentication&#xD;&#xA;Where to start?  OpenLDAP is possible, but you can also get away with Kerberos, or even SASL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Anti-Spam Tools&#xD;&#xA;Amavisd-new is a Perl script that hooks into SpamAssassin.  Be sure to get the newest version(s) of both (the newer SpamAssassin supports detecting image spam via OCR).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Web Mail&#xD;&#xA;SquirrelMail has made the rounds, but Courier I believe also provides this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...and...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Anti-Viral Tools&#xD;&#xA;Clam is free and has a very good detection rate.  If you use it with Amavis, it will act as a &quot;backup&quot; scanner.  I have seen Clam detect things that commercial scanners won't (probably because the signatures are updated frequently).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My personal preference:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Postfix MTA, Amavis spam/virus filter,  ClamAV scanner, Dovecot supplies IMAP over SSL, and SquirrelMail for a web interface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do have to admit that I don't run FreeBSD, sorry.  However, [I did take the time to check the BSD portage to see if all these package are available][1], and they are.  So choose what you like. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freebsd.org/ports/" />
  <row Id="12690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7210" RevisionGUID="645aa917-0fe8-456e-841d-16f7134ad97f" CreationDate="2009-05-12T02:28:12.147" UserId="1174" Text="Since there is obviously a demand for your database, have you thought about turning it around and providing what the scrapers want?   Form a business connection with the scrapers and encourage appropriate use with an API?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12691" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3780" RevisionGUID="b3469dcb-b2a7-4534-83b4-15c51c761f44" CreationDate="2009-05-12T02:31:00.443" UserId="1224" Comment="added 636 characters in body" Text="The aim for this Wiki is to promote using a command to open up commonly used applications without having to go through many mouse clicks - thus saving times on monitoring, troubleshooting Windows machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Answer entries need to specify&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Application name&#xD;&#xA; - Commands&#xD;&#xA; - Screenshot (Optional)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shortcut to commands&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [&amp;&amp;][1] - Command Chaining&#xD;&#xA;- [%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\rcimlby.exe -LaunchRA][2] - Remote Assistance (Windows XP)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl][3] - Programs and Features (Formerly Known as &quot;Add or Remove Programs&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl @,2][4] - Turn Windows Features On and Off (Add/Remove Windows Components pane)&#xD;&#xA;- [calc][5] - Calculator&#xD;&#xA;- [cleanmgr.exe][6] - Disk Cleanup&#xD;&#xA;- [cls][7] - clear the command line screen&#xD;&#xA;- [cmd /k][8] - Run command with command extensions enabled&#xD;&#xA;- [color][9] - Sets the default console foreground and background colors in console&#xD;&#xA;- [compmgmt.msc][10] - Computer Management&#xD;&#xA;- [control.exe /name Microsoft.NetworkAndSharingCenter][11] - Network and Sharing Center&#xD;&#xA;- [control keyboard][12] - Keyboard Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control mouse(or main.cpl)][13] - Mouse Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control sysdm.cpl,@0,3][14] - Advanced Tab of the System Properties dialog&#xD;&#xA;- [control userpasswords2][15] - Opens the classic User Accounts dialog&#xD;&#xA;- [desk.cpl][16] - opens the display properties&#xD;&#xA;- [devmgmt.msc][17] - Device Manager&#xD;&#xA;- [diskmgmt.msc][18] - Disk Management&#xD;&#xA;- [dsquery][19] - Finds any objects in the directory according to criteria&#xD;&#xA;- [eventvwr][20] - Windows Event Log (Event Viewer)&#xD;&#xA;- [explorer .][21] - Open explorer with the current folder selected.&#xD;&#xA;- [explorer /e][22], . - Open explorer, with folder tree, with current folder selected.&#xD;&#xA;- [findstr][23] - Find a string in a file&#xD;&#xA;- [firewall.cpl][24] - Opens the Windows Firewall settings&#xD;&#xA;- [fsmgmt.msc][25] - Shared Folders&#xD;&#xA;- [fsutil][26] - Perform tasks related to FAT and NTFS file systems&#xD;&#xA;- [getmac][27] - Shows the mac address(es) of your network adapter(s)&#xD;&#xA;- [iisreset][28] - To restart IIS&#xD;&#xA;- [InetMgr.exe][29] - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 7&#xD;&#xA;- [InetMgr6.exe][30] - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 6&#xD;&#xA;- [intl.cpl][31] - Regional and Language Options&#xD;&#xA;- [ipconfig][32] - Internet protocol configuration&#xD;&#xA;- [lusrmgr.msc][33] - Local Users and Groups Administrator&#xD;&#xA;- [msconfig][34] - System Configuration&#xD;&#xA;- [notepad][35] - Notepad? ;)&#xD;&#xA;- [mmsys.cpl][36] - Sound/Recording/Playback properties&#xD;&#xA;- [mrt][37] - Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool&#xD;&#xA;- [mstsc.exe][38] - Remote Desktop Connection&#xD;&#xA;- [ncpa.cpl][39] - Network Connections&#xD;&#xA;- [net statistics][40] - Check computer up time&#xD;&#xA;- [odbcad32.exe][41] - ODBC Data Source Administrator&#xD;&#xA;- [quser][42] - Display information about user sessions on a terminal server&#xD;&#xA;- [qwinsta][43] - See disconnected remote desktop sessions&#xD;&#xA;- [regedit][44] - Registry Editor&#xD;&#xA;- [rasdial][45] - Connects to a VPN or a dialup network&#xD;&#xA;- [robocopy][46] - Backup/Restore/Copy large amounts of files reliably&#xD;&#xA;- [SC][47] - Manage anything you want to do with services.&#xD;&#xA;- [secpol.msc][48] - Local Security Settings&#xD;&#xA;- [services.msc][49] - Services control panel&#xD;&#xA;- [set][50] - Displays, sets, or removes cmd.exe environment variables.&#xD;&#xA;- [start.][51] - opens the current directory in the Windows Explorer.&#xD;&#xA;- [shutdown.exe][52] - Shutdown or Reboot a local/remote machine&#xD;&#xA;- [subst.exe][53] - Associates a path with a drive letter, including local drives&#xD;&#xA;- [systeminfo][54] -Displays a comprehensive information about the system&#xD;&#xA;- [taskkill][55] - terminate tasks by process id (PID) or image name&#xD;&#xA;- [tasklist.exe][56] - List Processes on local or a remote machine&#xD;&#xA;- [taskmgr.exe][57] - Task Manager&#xD;&#xA;- [telephon.cpl][58] - Telephone and Modem properties&#xD;&#xA;- [timedate.cpl][59] - Date and Time&#xD;&#xA;- [title][60] - Change the title of the CMD window you have open&#xD;&#xA;- [tracert][61] - Trace route&#xD;&#xA;- [winver.exe][62] - Find Windows Version&#xD;&#xA;- [wscui.cpl][63] - Windows Security Center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 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  <row Id="12692" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7211" RevisionGUID="a5682ca7-5e0f-4c75-9a98-91f0b194c987" CreationDate="2009-05-12T02:33:34.993" UserId="1233" Text="I'd recommend looking at the configuration files to see what you have set up:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Check `/etc/emond.d/rules`, and `/etc/emond.d/emond.plist`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the plist you can turn the debug on, and then check the apropriate logs at `/Library/Logs/EventMonitor/EventMonitor.event.log`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Alternatively you can run `sudo fs_usage emond` to take a look at just what files emond is accessing in real time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) If you want to disable emond to see what breaks when you turn it off run `sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.emond.plist`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oddly the best documentation I've ever seen on emond is on a thread at [discussions.apple.com](http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1314366) from late 2007 to do with Leopard Server." />
  <row Id="12693" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7212" RevisionGUID="eef63251-541e-4c73-b495-1350e71e41d2" CreationDate="2009-05-12T02:36:34.707" UserId="1561" Text="First, admittedly, I have not done anything like your setup.  That being said, it sounds like you have some name resolver issues that are the root of the problem.  AD needs to have a healthy DNS setup to function properly, and the long delays may be attributed to attempts to contact a FSMO role - which requires a DNS lookup - and as a result, a DNS timeout occurs, which then rolls into another resolver address.  Eventually it figures out everything, although I just can't shake the suspicion that if you check the network adapter's DNS settings, they're pointing at something that won't answer DNS queries.  You might also want to check any DNS settings on the VPN adapter (if applicable - remember, I haven't tried anything like this, I use [OpenVPN][1] instead...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://openvpn.net/" />
  <row Id="12694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7213" RevisionGUID="9a3643e8-25f2-42ac-b967-ba627ae0f876" CreationDate="2009-05-12T02:37:27.653" UserId="846" Text="We purchase an OEM license for the OS with each PC, and don't generally upgrade it unless there is an obvious reason.  Recently we have purchased Vista with the XP downgrade and installed XP.  We are hoping to skip Vista, although a couple of us are testing it.  I am not sure how Windows 7 will be introduced .. it will most likely be OEM and so will depend on when we start buying again! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In any case, if **you** decide to upgrade a PC from XP to W7, I suggest a clean install rather than doing an in-place upgrade." />
  <row Id="12695" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4689" RevisionGUID="23c4e45b-1cdb-4484-bc46-ac64ae762a17" CreationDate="2009-05-12T02:44:54.430" UserId="475" Comment="typo" Text="After 18 years of hosts files on Windows, I was surprised to see this in Windows 7 build 7100:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.&#xD;&#xA;    #	127.0.0.1 localhost&#xD;&#xA;    #	::1 localhost&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know **why** this change was introduced? I'm sure there has to be some kind reasoning. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And, perhaps more relevantly, are there any **other** important DNS-related changes in Windows 7? It scares me a little bit to think that something as fundamental as localhost name resolution has changed... makes me think there are other subtle but important changes to the DNS stack in Win7." />
  <row Id="12696" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="4689" RevisionGUID="23c4e45b-1cdb-4484-bc46-ac64ae762a17" CreationDate="2009-05-12T02:44:54.430" UserId="475" Comment="typo" Text="Windows 7: &quot;localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself&quot;. Why?" />
  <row Id="12697" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7214" RevisionGUID="2885ac4c-6162-4e42-bd23-053deaeb26d5" CreationDate="2009-05-12T02:50:31.470" UserId="475" Text="There is no **technological** solution to prevent a motivated individual from scraping your publicly accessible content.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can, however, **legally** protect your intellectual property by:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Ensuring that your site has a clearly marked [copyright][1]&#xD;&#xA; - Posting a [Terms of Service][2] in the footer that clearly prohibits scraping&#xD;&#xA; - Consider embedding a [digital watermark][3] into all of your site's content. Don't forget that text can be watermarked as well!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Service&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_watermarking" />
  <row Id="12698" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7215" RevisionGUID="c6413070-16e5-4593-a0d5-9fb71db5a07a" CreationDate="2009-05-12T03:10:51.437" UserId="626" Text="IS this part of a vendor application? Some applications will create a couple of databases then abstract them into cubes in Analysis server on the same machine - SAP BPC does this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check how many instances of SQL you have installed&#xD;&#xA;Check if you are just seeing databases with the same names as the cubes in Analysis Services&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12699" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7216" RevisionGUID="4b78f720-7d85-4661-9794-987605b22061" CreationDate="2009-05-12T03:20:02.390" UserId="626" Text="This script pulls all the [users][1] into Excel with full information&#xD;&#xA;[This one][2] just pulls the basics but is a good starting point&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:  http://www.visualbasicscript.com/m_29830/tm.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/csc/scripts/ad/users/cscad057.mspx" />
  <row Id="12700" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4711" RevisionGUID="34cba381-f78a-4d0b-867d-871898241f00" CreationDate="2009-05-12T03:21:34.727" UserId="1561" Comment="added that volunteers get computers for free after service hours are up" Text="Here in [Portland][1], you can drop them off at [Free Geek][2], who then sends off the usuable bits and pieces to recyclers, and the stuff that works is reformatted and resold to the community as low-cost Ubuntu boxes.  The project is interesting because those folks that can't afford much can still get a computer by working in the recycling center for a period of time (I think it's 24 hours of service), after which they get a &quot;Geekbox&quot;, typically a P3 or P4 with the aforementioned-Ubuntu install on it, *for free*.  Generally speaking, it has to be really *really* old (Pentium-2 generation) or completely broken to end up as recycled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would put in a search term for *community computer recycling* for your area and see what comes up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,_Oregon&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.freegeek.org/" />
  <row Id="12701" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4405" RevisionGUID="05205b6b-4624-4666-be50-3a6479634a8a" CreationDate="2009-05-12T03:23:31.073" UserId="1561" Comment="added clarification on secondary admin accounts" Text="I would set up:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - the stock administration account that comes OOB.  Use this for things that no other account can do.  Keep it locked up and only haul it out when you don't have a choice.&#xD;&#xA; - a secondary admin account, one for each administrator.  Do *all* of your day-to-day admin work in this account, but omit the really dangerous stuff (DROP DATABASE, DROP SCHEMA, etc.), use the admin account above for that.&#xD;&#xA;(The idea is that forcing you to log in as another account should be a mental indicator that you're about to do something potentially damaging, also that the work-a-day admin accounts can have a built-in &quot;safety switch&quot; in the form of missing privs for actions that could cripple your database)&#xD;&#xA; - if you are getting machine-based connects (connection pooling, proxied connects, etc.) use an account for that.&#xD;&#xA; - if you have direct connects from end-users, one account for each end-user, UNLESS your end users are a broad catagory *and* you have no need to separate out privs for that catagory.  In that case, a single account for each user group." />
  <row Id="12702" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7217" RevisionGUID="d943aa98-b46e-4054-8930-e8aa3c963e65" CreationDate="2009-05-12T03:27:37.417" UserId="846" Text="How about setting up authentication (and perhaps captcha), tracking usage, and limiting access to some number of records or searches is a given time period?" />
  <row Id="12703" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7218" RevisionGUID="d404abaf-52c3-436a-b58b-45ece099eab3" CreationDate="2009-05-12T03:31:51.373" UserId="1382" Text="[SyncToy][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does it work?  Is it worth using?  Any gotchas I should be aware of?  Is it &quot;enterprise grade&quot;?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just stumbled across it today. If it works as advertised, this would solve quite a few issues for me.  Mostly, I need something like this to keep files synced between a mobile device and a desktop PC - the simplest case would be keeping a digital camera and c:\photos\ synced up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, is this worth using?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/prophoto/downloads/synctoybeta.aspx" />
  <row Id="12704" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7218" RevisionGUID="d404abaf-52c3-436a-b58b-45ece099eab3" CreationDate="2009-05-12T03:31:51.373" UserId="1382" Text="Does anyone have experience with Windows SyncToy?" />
  <row Id="12705" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7218" RevisionGUID="d404abaf-52c3-436a-b58b-45ece099eab3" CreationDate="2009-05-12T03:31:51.373" UserId="1382" Text="&lt;synchronization&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="12706" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7219" RevisionGUID="1eaeac25-3e2d-4102-91cc-14eb2e736ed2" CreationDate="2009-05-12T03:33:25.753" UserId="1172" Text="I can't believe no one has recommended sdelete.exe from sysinternals. Is it really not that good at clearing out certain bits of the drives or something?" />
  <row Id="12712" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7222" RevisionGUID="65d500d3-0c02-499f-a9bb-9676df981f38" CreationDate="2009-05-12T03:51:25.443" UserId="846" Text="IMHO ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, it works.  Not sure it is &quot;Enterprise Grade&quot;, in that I don't believe there is a standardized way to control it (i.e group policy). I believe the CLI will allow for automating and scheduling actions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use robocopy inside batch files, and it works quite well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7223" RevisionGUID="eed1f856-6d17-437e-8c90-d5655a2d5fff" CreationDate="2009-05-12T03:56:17.103" UserId="667" Text="[Apple's Boot Camp][1] allows you to run a Windows client OS on Apple hardware.  Has anyone had success in running a Windows Server OS natively on [Apple's Xserve][2] hardware?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/bootcamp.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.apple.com/xserve/" />
  <row Id="12714" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7223" RevisionGUID="eed1f856-6d17-437e-8c90-d5655a2d5fff" CreationDate="2009-05-12T03:56:17.103" UserId="667" Text="Is it possible to run Windows Server on Apple Xserve hardware?" />
  <row Id="12715" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7223" RevisionGUID="eed1f856-6d17-437e-8c90-d5655a2d5fff" CreationDate="2009-05-12T03:56:17.103" UserId="667" Text="&lt;apple&gt;&lt;xserve&gt;&lt;bootcamp&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="12716" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7224" RevisionGUID="3b03e337-c53e-437c-8fe5-0d7b6b443de9" CreationDate="2009-05-12T04:16:30.067" UserId="2359" Text="DBAN works great. However, one of the challenges that I run into in how to securely erase a hard drive that has failed, but is part of a RAID set. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I normally have to return the hard drive back to Dell, and they would not take kindly to receiving a drive with a hole drilled in it. Furthermore, it's hard to run DBAN on just a single drive within a RAID set prior to removing the drive from service. Assuming that the drive is still functional.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do others handle this situation?" />
  <row Id="12717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7225" RevisionGUID="2fa03fc1-4029-4f73-814d-6102a76611da" CreationDate="2009-05-12T04:27:20.737" UserId="1968" Text="Try Windows Live Sync.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[http://gofrom.us/14EA][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://gofrom.us/14EA" />
  <row Id="12718" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="7178" RevisionGUID="5e56d38e-38d9-466e-b7c7-4a2b6e47a18e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T04:49:00.187" UserId="4" Comment="spelling" Text="How to Avoid Being Scraped" />
  <row Id="12720" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7226" RevisionGUID="7bad87ed-62d2-445b-a15a-937f02c16941" CreationDate="2009-05-12T05:08:11.370" UserId="1515" Text="Folks - what naming conventions are used in your organization when creating DLs in the GAL?  Thanks." />
  <row Id="12721" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7226" RevisionGUID="7bad87ed-62d2-445b-a15a-937f02c16941" CreationDate="2009-05-12T05:08:11.370" UserId="1515" Text="Exchange Distribution Lists - How to name?" />
  <row Id="12722" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7226" RevisionGUID="7bad87ed-62d2-445b-a15a-937f02c16941" CreationDate="2009-05-12T05:08:11.370" UserId="1515" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;" />
  <row Id="12723" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6995" RevisionGUID="864db979-19d9-4d42-abaf-c357befe6770" CreationDate="2009-05-12T05:27:31.370" UserId="1726" Comment="added 251 characters in body" Text="I'm setting up a bunch of Ubuntu servers in a colocation center. They offer a shared firewall service, but suggested I install a firewall on the servers myself, i.e. configure iptables on each machine (they suggested [APF][1], but I'm leaning towards using [UFW][2]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm pretty sure a dedicated firewall would be more secure, so I've asked them to use the shared firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Am I right to assume that a dedicated firewall, managed by professionals, would be a better solution than whatever I can manage with software?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Should I set up a firewall on the servers in addition to the external one, or is that an overkill?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Does it matter if the shared firewall is a hardware device or just a linux box?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**: Clarified. Sorry it took me so long.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.webhostgear.com/61.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFirewall" />
  <row Id="12724" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7227" RevisionGUID="8b39e812-dc73-4693-aeb0-39dcae6d7094" CreationDate="2009-05-12T05:34:52.623" UserId="984" Text="I like to start with a prefix of some sort so they sort nicely in the GAL perhaps '\_GRP'.  Then I try and work from the least specific to the most specific.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - \_GRP\_Administration&#xD;&#xA; - \_GRP\_Fiscal&#xD;&#xA; - \_GRP\_IT&#xD;&#xA; - \_GRP\_IT\_Operations&#xD;&#xA; - \_GRP\_IT\_Web&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12725" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7228" RevisionGUID="92ce7987-ff77-4efb-85d1-5905b1ae28a8" CreationDate="2009-05-12T05:36:38.080" UserId="2318" Text="&#xD;&#xA;Boot Camp is not supported on Xserves:&#xD;&#xA;http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3307&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7229" RevisionGUID="6639a92b-30f9-458b-be7d-d15047c6b856" CreationDate="2009-05-12T05:46:37.127" UserId="2347" Text="I have used it in the past. I haven't used it as a two-way sync, but as a one way push all my files to a fileshare as a backup, and for this purpose it works quite well inside a scheduled task. I beleive their are options to do proper two-way sync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You just run it and setup the sync's you'd like to do, and then you can set up a scheduled task that references the syncs to run at specified times. However, you are limitted to what scheduled tasks can offer you, I always scheduled lunch time when my laptop was likely docked and I wasn't using it." />
  <row Id="12727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7230" RevisionGUID="a1ce290d-586a-41a4-a5df-3129afcc54c3" CreationDate="2009-05-12T05:52:40.643" UserId="891" Text="[Pathworks for OpenVMS][1] (if installed on VMS) provides integration with active directory. Security can be controlled with inter-domain trusts (`Windows` side) and ACLs with *HOSTMAPs* that map active directory names to `OpenVMS` accounts. You could limit the capabilities of the relevant `OpenVMS` accounts to match any security policy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`OpenVMS` files can have varying record formats, and not all of them can be easily translated to `Windows` files. `Pathworks` does a reasonable job translating record formats, but for some files the result is not usable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Care should be taken with *file version numbers*, as the `Windows` side can see only the file with the highest version. When a `Windows` client deletes a file from a shared directory, an older version can appear and confuse the client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://h71000.www7.hp.com/pathworks/pathworks.html" />
  <row Id="12728" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7231" RevisionGUID="60b22c17-8c35-4cba-9554-7d69cbe9c4e2" CreationDate="2009-05-12T05:56:29.123" UserId="2235" Text="I works ok, but it's not enterprise grade.  I have a couple of scheduled batch files that use robocopy, it works great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12729" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7232" RevisionGUID="449f41a6-83b8-4a22-84ff-4255ab755aae" CreationDate="2009-05-12T06:01:48.117" UserId="2229" Text="If you want to run windows on on xserve the recommended solution as far as I am aware is to run Parallels or VMWare and run a virtual windows server inside OS X server." />
  <row Id="12730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7233" RevisionGUID="198350d4-d5ca-4cb5-8d78-afb331b5ec60" CreationDate="2009-05-12T06:07:22.163" UserId="2229" Text="You need to consider that the scrapers may not be using your web pages and forms, they may just be calling your site at a http level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think that the best solution would be to throw up a catchpa after an ip address requests more than a certain request threshold.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to be VERY careful though to ensure that you do not affect the scalability of you applicaiton for real users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Limiting the amount of data per page as you describe in the question will only increase the number of requests that the clients will make against your server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7234" RevisionGUID="5334319f-dc2f-4901-bcd9-73301f74c06e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T06:12:09.410" UserId="813" Text="I've found Hyper-V to be quite intuitive to use.  But I've picked up several tips and an appreciation for what is going on &quot;under-the-hood&quot; from the [Virtual PC Guy's WebLog][1].  Lately, he has had several informative posts on how snapshots work and their performance implications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/" />
  <row Id="12732" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7235" RevisionGUID="b0288027-1a04-4855-9891-068e25a57709" CreationDate="2009-05-12T06:16:33.147" UserId="2229" Text="The default behaviour of windows is to lockout an account after a number of failed authentication attempts (usually three)..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This means that with the following&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net use \\targetmachine\c$ /user:targetaccount notthepassword&#xD;&#xA;    net use \\targetmachine\c$ /user:targetaccount notthepassword&#xD;&#xA;    net use \\targetmachine\c$ /user:targetaccount notthepassword&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can lock out a user and potentially even take down an entire company if none of the  accounts have the &quot;This account can never be locked out&quot; checked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this security &quot;feature&quot; really a denial of serice attack enabler ? And should this be disabled by default." />
  <row Id="12733" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7235" RevisionGUID="b0288027-1a04-4855-9891-068e25a57709" CreationDate="2009-05-12T06:16:33.147" UserId="2229" Text="Is account lockout a denial of service attack waiting to happen ?" />
  <row Id="12734" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7235" RevisionGUID="b0288027-1a04-4855-9891-068e25a57709" CreationDate="2009-05-12T06:16:33.147" UserId="2229" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;denial-of-service&gt;" />
  <row Id="12735" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6640" RevisionGUID="a10d0aca-4828-47ad-97c1-9166ab9cd3b7" CreationDate="2009-05-12T06:25:49.450" UserId="301" Comment="Added sample ssl config" Text="If I understand you correctly, you want to upgrade all http requests to https. If this is correct try this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost ip:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       ServerName www.company.com&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;       RedirectMatch permanent ^(.*)$ https://www.company.com$1&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost ip:443&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       ServerName www.company.com&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       Include vhosts.d/includes/ssl.conf&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       # assumes you want to proxy everything on this vhost to jboss:8009&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;Location / &gt;&#xD;&#xA;           ProxyPass ajp://jboss:8009/&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;" />
  <row Id="12736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7236" RevisionGUID="d8c93a77-840b-49c4-94a6-5b2c91b2b26d" CreationDate="2009-05-12T06:32:34.400" UserId="301" Text="Is it a denial of service attack, yes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should you disable it? No, you should look at the physical security problem that let untrusted hardware onto your network." />
  <row Id="12737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7237" RevisionGUID="961acacf-d922-4f17-a9a6-440df7d6e78a" CreationDate="2009-05-12T06:43:26.817" UserId="2455" Text="&#xD;&#xA;I use my macbook with an external monitor. When I disconnect the external monitor, some of the windows are displayed outside of the screen bounds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to retrieve these windows? The only solution I found was to reconnect the external display and drag every window onto the laptop's screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="12738" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7237" RevisionGUID="961acacf-d922-4f17-a9a6-440df7d6e78a" CreationDate="2009-05-12T06:43:26.817" UserId="2455" Text="retrieving windows stuck on external monitor (OSX)" />
  <row Id="12739" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7237" RevisionGUID="961acacf-d922-4f17-a9a6-440df7d6e78a" CreationDate="2009-05-12T06:43:26.817" UserId="2455" Text="&lt;osx&gt;" />
  <row Id="12740" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7160" RevisionGUID="7324b37d-50c2-4dac-8242-77ce95e66a7a" CreationDate="2009-05-12T06:50:24.170" UserId="292" Comment="corrected spelling" Text="Windows Vista has an application-level volume levels for sound devices. There is a *Speaker* (master volume), an &quot;application&quot; *Windows Sounds* and further applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What makes the system to *forget* the volume level for *Windows Sounds*." />
  <row Id="12741" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7238" RevisionGUID="3543499e-4975-4352-8cd4-e417754fb0b7" CreationDate="2009-05-12T07:00:50.860" UserId="816" Text="Have a look at this [similar question][1], where I posted the following answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a list of options for Windows, Mac and Unix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Windows][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [Macintosh][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [Unix][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/5024/wipedrive-utility&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.howtowipeyourdrive.com/HowToWipeYourHardDrive.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.howtowipeyourdrive.com/macintosh.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.howtowipeyourdrive.com/unix.aspx" />
  <row Id="12742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7239" RevisionGUID="359889ba-c621-46d9-8974-427b420048ac" CreationDate="2009-05-12T07:04:03.337" UserId="103" Text="When using Microsoft Outlook with Exchange (not the online only mode) a [Sync Issues][1] folder that appears in the local PST folder. From the link above I know why it exists - but often that information is not needed (sync issues caused by the fact you are not on the network, and haven't switched to offline mode). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For users besides the space consumption, the fact there is a folder called issues with a big number next to it worries them. So my question is, what are effective methods of managing this? Can be server side (such as settings) or client side (such as rules).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do have a suggestion that is specific to a version of Exchange or Outlook please indicate that version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HP010400421033.aspx" />
  <row Id="12743" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7239" RevisionGUID="359889ba-c621-46d9-8974-427b420048ac" CreationDate="2009-05-12T07:04:03.337" UserId="103" Text="Outlook + Exchange : Sync Issues Folder - How to manage it?" />
  <row Id="12744" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7239" RevisionGUID="359889ba-c621-46d9-8974-427b420048ac" CreationDate="2009-05-12T07:04:03.337" UserId="103" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;synchronization&gt;&lt;management&gt;" />
  <row Id="12745" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7240" RevisionGUID="3f615946-11fa-4755-a39b-c8d3048810ec" CreationDate="2009-05-12T07:04:36.953" UserId="2376" Text="What are your thoughts on the Microsoft courses – things like the MCSD, MCSE&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12746" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7240" RevisionGUID="3f615946-11fa-4755-a39b-c8d3048810ec" CreationDate="2009-05-12T07:04:36.953" UserId="2376" Text="Are the Microsoft courses worth while doing? " />
  <row Id="12747" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7240" RevisionGUID="3f615946-11fa-4755-a39b-c8d3048810ec" CreationDate="2009-05-12T07:04:36.953" UserId="2376" Text="&lt;mcsd&gt;&lt;mcse&gt;" />
  <row Id="12748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7241" RevisionGUID="927d5552-3ec5-48a4-b3bd-f62cc664cad8" CreationDate="2009-05-12T07:13:02.913" UserId="162" Text="I've created a project a few years ago to do exactly this: [Savon][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It uses subversion to store files, and has some additional features, like tracking ownership, permissions, and SELinux context.  It also allows you to logically split your file system changes in layers, so you can for example track changes that should go to all your web servers separately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://thomas.apestaart.org/thomas/trac/wiki/projects/savon" />
  <row Id="12749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7242" RevisionGUID="33791830-99d0-41f0-b296-08d6ac43c8a5" CreationDate="2009-05-12T07:17:30.443" UserId="47" Text="How can I get Bacula to move the tape to the IO slot after it has ran a specific job?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I run daily backups with Bacula since a couple of days and I was wondering if I can do this kind of thing.&#xD;&#xA;I've already specified the UseVolumeOnce = yes directive in the configuration files, but now I want to know if I can make Bacula move the tape to slot 24 (I/O slot) when the job finishes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can bacula do this or do I need to script it? If I need to script it, do you have experience with that?" />
  <row Id="12750" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7242" RevisionGUID="33791830-99d0-41f0-b296-08d6ac43c8a5" CreationDate="2009-05-12T07:17:30.443" UserId="47" Text="Bacula tape changing" />
  <row Id="12751" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7242" RevisionGUID="33791830-99d0-41f0-b296-08d6ac43c8a5" CreationDate="2009-05-12T07:17:30.443" UserId="47" Text="&lt;bacula&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;tape&gt;" />
  <row Id="12752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7243" RevisionGUID="23d4255a-07c2-4906-b478-1064dde6915b" CreationDate="2009-05-12T07:41:41.213" UserId="2302" Text="[Heidi.ie's Eraser][1] is the best windows tool I've used for this.  It provides a variety of overwrite/paranoia levels and integrates into the windows right-click context menu.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.heidi.ie/" />
  <row Id="12753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7244" RevisionGUID="b995810a-5c5c-47a3-af00-07a152521c43" CreationDate="2009-05-12T07:43:14.487" UserId="412" Text="&#xD;&#xA;As an employer I regard them as helpful but not necessarily essential.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a more junior person looking to get into (say) the sysadmin field I regard them as a good grounding in many of the essential skills and a very good place to start.  And of two similar candidates, I'd probably favour someone with a MCSE over someone without.  But there's also no substitute for a decent interview with a number of different technical questions to examine their knowledge and problem-solving skills.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you're looking for a more experienced sysadmin, experience and attitude become more important than qualifications IMHO." />
  <row Id="12754" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7243" RevisionGUID="2824de58-f761-4e0f-b30a-24173588e22e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T07:47:30.720" UserId="2302" Comment="added 173 characters in body" Text="[Heidi.ie's Eraser][1] is the best windows tool I've used for this with respect to a hard drive that's still in use.  You can wipe an individual file, an entire drive, the empty space on a drive, or securely move a file or directory.  It provides a variety of overwrite/paranoia levels and integrates seamlessly into the windows right-click context menu.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.heidi.ie/" />
  <row Id="12755" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6929" RevisionGUID="f473135b-d42c-4238-9b2d-ff2fbfe73258" CreationDate="2009-05-12T07:54:49.993" UserId="282" Comment="Conclusion" Text="I am copying a small number of large files between a Vista x64 SP1 workstation and a Windows 7 RC workstation. Windows says it will take 7 hours to copy 117GB of data from one computer to another over an uncongested 1 GBit/s switch. RoboCopy isn't doing much better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I seem to remember from my Exchange days, that there were several utilities that claimed to copy very large files between servers. Are these utilities still available and if so, which are most effective in the above situation?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Edit:*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am trying a Robocopy to a USB 2.0 external HDD, as this is all I have available at the moment and it is faster, this is unusual seing as the two computers I am using are the only two computers connected to this particular 1GBit/s switch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Edit 2:*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seems to be some problem with the NIC on the source, can't get the throughput above 3MB/sec after swapping everything else out. As this is the old machine I switched to using the external HDD which copied faster than the NIC, however it still took 3 and a half hours in total." />
  <row Id="12756" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6951" RevisionGUID="23e93d08-0d56-4834-8290-e1cd649cc2ed" CreationDate="2009-05-12T08:01:27.657" UserId="1447" Comment="added 400 characters in body" Text="Consider whether you really need hot failover.  If you're worrying about price at the level of an entry level SAN then consider whether you really have a business case for that recovery model.  How expensive is your downtime for an outage?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the cost of an outage justifies the cost of a decent SAN, buy it and don't penny pinch.  Otherwise, consider other failover models.  If your downtime is not so valuable, you can probably tolerate a hot standby model where the database is replicated to another server with local disk.  This takes longer to recover but does not need shared disk storage.  If this works for you then you don't need a SAN and the local disk on the servers will probably be much cheaper.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option would be the secondhand market.  You can get a re-certified second hand Clariion CX200 or CX300 (which would probably do what you're after) for just a few thousand dollars.  Re-certified hardware qualifies for vendor support and can be purchased through various outfits such as [www.berkcom.com][1] or [www.bltserv.com][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.berkcom.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.bltserv.com" />
  <row Id="12757" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7245" RevisionGUID="e22c3548-5443-4255-bbfd-60074dec0556" CreationDate="2009-05-12T08:03:26.653" UserId="1233" Text="When a monitor is unplugged (including the adapter as well if applicable - leaving the adapter leaves OS X thinking the monitor is still plugged in) all the Windows should move onto your main screen. Occasionally some windows (eg. Firefox) will keep their position on the very far right of the screen leaving you just enough room to grab the title bar and move it where you'd like to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One method is before you unplug the external monitor (or before you unplug the dongle) is to open up the Displays Preference Pane in System Preferences and click on the &quot;Gather Windows&quot; button. This is supposed to bring every window on the main screen and the option does not appear if you don't have a second monitor plugged in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A second method of arranging the Windows so you can see them (if for some reason they're staying off screen) is to change to the application that owns the window in question, hold the Option key down and choose &quot;Arrange in Front&quot; from the Window menu. It will then arrange all the windows of that application in a cascade from the top left of the screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lastly, there are several AppleScripts available (eg. [this one at Snipplr](http://snipplr.com/view/8645/gather-windows/)) that will also grab every window off screen and move it on screen for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12758" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7246" RevisionGUID="4f8c10ed-728a-47a1-8bc0-76d371d2532e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T08:06:09.020" UserId="2456" Text="The courses are a great starting point if you know nothing or to help validate that the knowledge you have is up to the minimum required standard to pass the certification exams.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However nothing beats experience and work ethic.  So get as much good experience as possible and learn the art of being a system administrator.  Some good skills to have would be to good communication and inter personal skills, problem solving and being able to work under pressure because no matter how good you are there will be times when this will be invaluable." />
  <row Id="12759" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7247" RevisionGUID="f17bc134-b5ee-41d4-b800-c9cd52e6458b" CreationDate="2009-05-12T08:07:22.077" UserId="2458" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just enabled [Failed Request Tracing][1] for a site and I get a URL_CHANGED event as the third item on the log.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1. GENERAL_REQUEST_START SiteId=&quot;1&quot;, AppPoolId=&quot;DefaultAppPool&quot;, ConnId=&quot;1610613013&quot;, RawConnId=&quot;0&quot;, RequestURL=&quot;http://example.com:80/test/wp-admin/&quot;, RequestVerb=&quot;GET&quot; 15:35:54.176 &#xD;&#xA;    2. GENERAL_SET_REQUEST_HEADER HeaderName=&quot;AspFilterSessionId&quot;, HeaderValue=&quot;&quot;, Replace=&quot;true&quot; 15:35:54.192 &#xD;&#xA;    3. URL_CHANGED OldUrl=&quot;/test/wp-admin/&quot;, NewUrl=&quot;/index.php/test/wp-admin/&quot; 15:35:54.192&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can someone tell me where the **URL_CHANGED** event comes from and how I can prevent it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/467/using-failed-request-tracing-to-trace-rewrite-rules/" />
  <row Id="12760" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7247" RevisionGUID="f17bc134-b5ee-41d4-b800-c9cd52e6458b" CreationDate="2009-05-12T08:07:22.077" UserId="2458" Text="What is the URL_CHANGED Event on IIS7 Request Tracing Log?" />
  <row Id="12761" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7247" RevisionGUID="f17bc134-b5ee-41d4-b800-c9cd52e6458b" CreationDate="2009-05-12T08:07:22.077" UserId="2458" Text="&lt;php&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;rewrite&gt;&lt;trace&gt;&lt;logging&gt;" />
  <row Id="12762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7248" RevisionGUID="16d544cf-b0b0-4d76-a694-01c8f1b4150d" CreationDate="2009-05-12T08:07:33.433" UserId="251" Text="Does any know (with authority) of a OSX 10.5 Finder-friendly WebDAV server? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I setup *lighttpd* with the *mod_webdav* on my Ubuntu 9.04 box, but PUTs are not working.  I'd rather not rotate through all the various options..." />
  <row Id="12763" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7248" RevisionGUID="16d544cf-b0b0-4d76-a694-01c8f1b4150d" CreationDate="2009-05-12T08:07:33.433" UserId="251" Text="OSX 10.5 Finder friendly WebDAV server for linux?" />
  <row Id="12764" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7248" RevisionGUID="16d544cf-b0b0-4d76-a694-01c8f1b4150d" CreationDate="2009-05-12T08:07:33.433" UserId="251" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;webdav&gt;" />
  <row Id="12765" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7249" RevisionGUID="1411f7c8-7439-4265-8d99-2aa68a2862d2" CreationDate="2009-05-12T08:08:08.690" UserId="191" Text="The only problem I have while running 7 is with my onboard sound chip. The drivers for the Realtek HD Audio (Realtek ALC889A codec) contain a management application that can only be installed under WinXP. Without this app you cannot set the levels for sound input (microphone, line in). The windows integrated mixer does not show the controls for these two, so I have to live without sound input." />
  <row Id="12766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7250" RevisionGUID="2618edf1-d390-4b42-b6c5-adb2f29439e3" CreationDate="2009-05-12T08:11:01.963" UserId="1584" Text="[Live Mesh][1] is the successor to Live Sync mentioned previously.  Though it's still in beta, it's definitely worth a look.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mesh.com" />
  <row Id="12767" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7251" RevisionGUID="d5c63a72-2dcb-4a1b-b199-c7b7a07332ed" CreationDate="2009-05-12T08:14:23.533" UserId="1436" Text="Is there an easy way to delete multiple tables in the database without dropping the database and recreating it? In this case we have over 100 to remove.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am happy enough to remove _all_ user tables and reimport the needed data but can't touch any of the database security settings." />
  <row Id="12768" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7251" RevisionGUID="d5c63a72-2dcb-4a1b-b199-c7b7a07332ed" CreationDate="2009-05-12T08:14:23.533" UserId="1436" Text="Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 2008 deleting multiple user tables" />
  <row Id="12769" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7251" RevisionGUID="d5c63a72-2dcb-4a1b-b199-c7b7a07332ed" CreationDate="2009-05-12T08:14:23.533" UserId="1436" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="12770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7252" RevisionGUID="2a8f2df9-344b-4dc1-ae90-1dbc2e09a706" CreationDate="2009-05-12T08:18:38.423" UserId="2456" Text="It has both L2TP over IPSEC and PPTP support.  Generally when connecting from Mac OS X the client would use the L2TP over IPSEC option and Windows clients would use PPTP.  You have to enable them seperately in the Server Admin interface by enabling them in the L2TP and PPTP tabs and assigning IP ranges etc. to each connection type.  So depending on the clients connecting would determine which of these you would enable or if you need to enable both." />
  <row Id="12772" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7253" RevisionGUID="dde1965f-bddd-4374-a23a-683c63afa9fe" CreationDate="2009-05-12T08:21:22.943" UserId="1584" Text="We will likely use the [Microsoft Deployment Toolkit][1] 2010 (aka MDT) when it comes out of beta.  The current MDT 2008 version supports Vista migrations nicely including migrating user state with the User State Migration Tool (USMT) 3.0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With MDT, you are basically creating a custom image of your target OS.  Part of the process includes creating a WinPE image that the target system boots into in order run the USMT and other prerequisites before formatting the drive and shoving down your new OS image.  Once the OS has been replaced, USMT takes care of putting the user settings back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To be honest, I'm still new to the product.  So I might be slightly off in a few places, but that's basically the gist of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/dd407791.aspx" />
  <row Id="12773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7254" RevisionGUID="8784e30e-8567-4304-b78f-59de5ad23c3a" CreationDate="2009-05-12T08:31:38.527" UserId="301" Text="The OS X finder uses a very large range of webdav features, including the only example of chunked PUTs. The only server i've found that works well is [Apache mod_dav][1]. We use it heavily against Leopard and Maven. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assid from lighttpd there is also a webdav module for nginx, but it doesn't work at all for properties, and can't do chunked PUTs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Apple have also released their calender server][2], which uses CalDAV extentions, so it should work against the finder. I haven't used that product, so can't vouch for it as a general webdav server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When looking for compatible options you should check out the following projects&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [litmus webdav compliance suite][3] which will need to pass for the OS X finder to work against it.&#xD;&#xA;* [Prestan webdav benchmark][4] is also a useful, but not a through test.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_dav.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://trac.calendarserver.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.webdav.org/neon/litmus/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://freshmeat.net/projects/prestan/" />
  <row Id="12774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7255" RevisionGUID="f2600737-0765-47af-babe-7c57fee27fea" CreationDate="2009-05-12T08:33:04.390" UserId="301" Text="System Preferences -&gt; Displays -&gt; Gather Windows&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Moves all open windows to the display&#xD;&#xA;&gt; showing this button. This button&#xD;&#xA;&gt; appears only if more than one display&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is connected to your computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12775" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7236" RevisionGUID="86ca662d-e75a-4ee0-891f-7f5562817f33" CreationDate="2009-05-12T08:33:56.340" UserId="301" Comment="_potential_ denial of service" Text="Is it a potential denial of service attack, yes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should you disable it? No, you should look at the physical security problem that let untrusted hardware onto your network." />
  <row Id="12776" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7256" RevisionGUID="160fee9a-6ea7-4623-a4e7-824dbd758c17" CreationDate="2009-05-12T08:35:12.563" UserId="173" Text="Any reason not to do it directly in T-SQL (with [`DROP TABLE`][1])? Then it's just a case of creating the appropriate SQL script (quite possibly autogenerating it if you've got a list of the tables you need to delete) and you're away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://doc.ddart.net/mssql/sql70/de-dz_14.htm" />
  <row Id="12777" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7257" RevisionGUID="042e72bd-1da2-45e0-ace1-9cf9471f46bc" CreationDate="2009-05-12T08:40:41.290" UserId="2367" Text="I don't use or have Siteminder, but have to support a customer of our product who wants to use it and therefore want to ask around here how Sitemidner works with IIS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a Linux system that is not to be changed. It can forward the user towards an IIS-page. The URL contains a nounce. That IIS-page then uses e.g. Kerberos based authentication with single sign on. It is very simple and just learns the name of the user (asp.net provides that) and then creates a ticket containing nonce and username and redirects back towards the closed Linux system that is not to be changed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This works fine using Kerberos or NTLM and Windows integrated authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How would this work with Siteminder? Would they also provide the username of the currently logged in user towards an asp.net application? Would they support redirects?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like them to just have written an ISAPI extension or so that parses their cookies and then lets my simple asp.net page run." />
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  <row Id="12779" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7257" RevisionGUID="042e72bd-1da2-45e0-ace1-9cf9471f46bc" CreationDate="2009-05-12T08:40:41.290" UserId="2367" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;" />
  <row Id="12780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7258" RevisionGUID="0c1967d2-87da-44f3-8fc5-60cf22474310" CreationDate="2009-05-12T08:49:05.613" UserId="48" Text="The URL_CHANGED message is usually an indicator that a URL re-write rule is being applied. You need to look at how you URL re-writing is configured in IIS to see why that is happening." />
  <row Id="12781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7259" RevisionGUID="7a05fea8-63f2-43b7-9791-cf9cd2be3a3f" CreationDate="2009-05-12T08:52:15.937" UserId="48" Text="There a starting point, and a good thing to have, but if an employer is worth their salt, they are not going to employ you based on these qualifications, at least for a non entry level position, they will want to see experience as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've know engineers who had reams of qualifications, but when it came to getting them to do real work, they didn't have a clue. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So by all means go for it, they look good on your CV, and might help you get your foot in the door and get an interview, but don't forget how much practical experience is worth. If you can get your MCSE while on the job, thats even better!" />
  <row Id="12782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7260" RevisionGUID="b204751d-685b-4d99-98d5-3e6eeaa3da1b" CreationDate="2009-05-12T08:57:34.633" UserId="2231" Text="I use Ubuntu 8.10 Server edition on an old Dell Dimension 4600 right now for some basic stuff:  SSH server as an entry point to my home LAN, web server for development/testing purposes, fileserver, and the one thing I'm actually really happy about is that I have Bip set up now, which is an IRC proxy.  I log into the Bip server from anywhere, and it joins me into the channels I have it connected to.  It enables you to connect from many computers under one nick, which is very nice.  I can be in Japan and fool people into thinking I'm at home." />
  <row Id="12783" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7260" RevisionGUID="b204751d-685b-4d99-98d5-3e6eeaa3da1b" CreationDate="2009-05-12T08:57:34.633" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="12784" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7261" RevisionGUID="ef756df2-e948-48db-a1bf-c443a95452d1" CreationDate="2009-05-12T09:08:12.523" UserId="322" Text="I recently upgraded my ASUS Laptop ([ASUS G2S][1]), with 4GB of ram and a new [WD 320GB 7200rpm hard drive][2]. I also went from Vista x86 Ultimate to Vista x64 Ultimate  (because ram and x86 OS's) This is my development laptop, that I run **Visual Studio SP1** and **SQL Server 2008 Developer SP1** (x64 bit version).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Visual Studio will randomly just lock/deletes project files, and it ask where to save the file again. Browsing through explorer the file disappears. (it happens 4-8 times a day). The only way to fix is top create a new file with the same name and copy and paste from visual studio.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQL server will just lock when running queries out of the blue. (Query Hits The Server Profiler But Nothing Returns. Restarting the SQL Server Service is not a fix.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The only fix is to give the laptop a restart**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SATA controller is a Intel ICH8M ver. 8.7.0.1007.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did see visual studio doing something similar with Vista x86.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would this sort of thing be caused by a driver problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cnet.com.au/asus-g2s-339284237.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=477" />
  <row Id="12785" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7261" RevisionGUID="ef756df2-e948-48db-a1bf-c443a95452d1" CreationDate="2009-05-12T09:08:12.523" UserId="322" Text="Laptop HDD Locks In Visual Studio &amp; SQL 2008" />
  <row Id="12786" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7261" RevisionGUID="ef756df2-e948-48db-a1bf-c443a95452d1" CreationDate="2009-05-12T09:08:12.523" UserId="322" Text="&lt;laptop&gt;&lt;locking&gt;&lt;windowsvista64&gt;" />
  <row Id="12787" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7262" RevisionGUID="08d60553-bae5-4d8c-b6be-4f779535fa69" CreationDate="2009-05-12T09:12:41.393" UserId="120" Text="I'm setting up a new server based on RHEL5 and wanted to install some python modules which don't come with it. I've seen that setuptools have an option to build RPM packages out of modules, but unfortunately this only works with ``setup.py``, not with ``easy_install``. However, I'd like to keep dependency resolving of ``easy_install`` so that manual ``setup.py`` is not an option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How would you solve this situation? I would like to avoid installing packages to ``/usr/local`` especially since stock python from RHEL5 doesn't define a python path underneath of ``/usr/local`` by default." />
  <row Id="12788" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7262" RevisionGUID="08d60553-bae5-4d8c-b6be-4f779535fa69" CreationDate="2009-05-12T09:12:41.393" UserId="120" Text="Installing using easy_install and bdist_rpm possible?" />
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  <row Id="12791" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7263" RevisionGUID="609c7654-f85e-4d16-9a17-4ca70b1626a0" CreationDate="2009-05-12T09:16:41.450" UserId="1232" Text="Is there some convenient alternative to this on Windows? I always miss this away from Linux. And no I don't consider Cygwin or some other bash port to be &quot;convenient&quot;. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Either a small app that'll do it from the command line or will have it open in a window. I need to be able to essentially pause it too, which won't affect the log file, but will allow me to scroll up through the buffer." />
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  <row Id="12795" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7264" RevisionGUID="a7204960-e867-4d50-82bf-c554deb6c77e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T09:17:47.750" UserId="1391" Text="I would like to set up a simple and inexpensive SMS to mail gateway. I have a Nokia cell phone which I can connect to a pc with a USB cable. I would like a software which monitors the phone and, when a SMS arrives, forwards it to a mail address.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone suggest something free or open source which can do this?&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="12797" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7264" RevisionGUID="a7204960-e867-4d50-82bf-c554deb6c77e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T09:17:47.750" UserId="1391" Text="&lt;sms&gt;&lt;gateway&gt;" />
  <row Id="12799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7266" RevisionGUID="d3bfc91e-f95e-4847-bab8-05adcbb31a18" CreationDate="2009-05-12T09:22:17.727" UserId="1390" Text="I wasn't aware that this is default behavior, and it is definitely a denial of service waiting to happen. Temporary lockout (or simple slow-down) is usually sufficient to fend off brute force attacks (There's a lot of discussion on this topic, I can remember a few StackOverflow questions dealing with this, more in the area of website logins though). Yes, they're also a potential denial of service, but only for the duration of the attack.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't agree completely with Dave Cheney, while you should be concerned with physical security, a disgruntled employee (more often an issue at larger companies than at smaller) and a borrowed (trusted hardware) login-screen is all it takes to lock down vital functions of the company, so I don't believe it to be sufficient." />
  <row Id="12800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7267" RevisionGUID="45d5703d-ca1d-4758-9a76-9721b11301bc" CreationDate="2009-05-12T09:22:29.770" UserId="1787" Text="mTail - http://ophilipp.free.fr/op_tail.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's an alternative to tail -f combined with grep.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12801" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7264" RevisionGUID="7451839a-9f09-4461-816f-42abde06a8af" CreationDate="2009-05-12T09:23:01.063" UserId="1391" Comment="added Windows" Text="I would like to set up a simple and inexpensive SMS to mail gateway. I have a Nokia cell phone which I can connect to a pc with a USB cable. I would like a software which monitors the phone and, when a SMS arrives, forwards it to a mail address.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone suggest something free or open source, in Windows, which can do this?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7268" RevisionGUID="f51e6449-9601-4a76-a486-a352a4686fcc" CreationDate="2009-05-12T09:24:18.707" UserId="2186" Text="I'd recommend [GnuWin32][1].  It's similar to Cygwin in that it's a Windows port of Unix tools but it is completely different in intent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instead of trying to turn your Windows system in to a Unix Workstation, each GnuWin32 binary is compiled so it can run as an independent tool.  There are separate downloads so you can just [download the tools you want][2].  (This makes GnuWin32 preferable to the MinGW ports as well, as the MinGW utilities require all the MinGW libraries to be in place.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages.html" />
  <row Id="12803" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7268" RevisionGUID="b59929be-5917-4a1f-b452-4375518a917e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T09:29:31.163" UserId="2186" Comment="added 68 characters in body" Text="I'd recommend the [GnuWin32][1] port of [`tail`][2].  GnuWin32 is similar to Cygwin in that it's a Windows port of Unix tools but it is completely different in intent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instead of trying to turn your Windows system in to a Unix Workstation, each GnuWin32 binary is compiled so it can run as an independent tool.  There are separate downloads so you can just [download the tools you want][3].  (This makes GnuWin32 preferable to the MinGW ports as well, as the MinGW utilities require all the MinGW libraries to be in place.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/coreutils.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages.html" />
  <row Id="12804" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7261" RevisionGUID="a3cb8001-de33-4cd3-9415-491cb4ecb0ec" CreationDate="2009-05-12T09:29:39.947" UserId="322" Comment="added words" Text="I recently upgraded my ASUS Laptop ([ASUS G2S][1]), with 4GB of ram and a new [WD 320GB 7200rpm hard drive][2]. I also went from Vista x86 Ultimate to Vista x64 Ultimate  (because ram and x86 OS's) This is my development laptop, that I run **Visual Studio 2008 SP1** and **SQL Server 2008 Developer SP1** (x64 bit version).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Visual Studio will randomly just lock/deletes project files, and it ask where to save the file again. Browsing through explorer the file disappears. (it happens 4-8 times a day). The only way to fix is top create a new file with the same name and copy and paste from visual studio.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQL server will just lock when running queries out of the blue. (Query Hits The Server Profiler But Nothing Returns. Restarting the SQL Server Service is not a fix.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The only fix is to give the laptop a restart**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SATA controller is a Intel ICH8M ver. 8.7.0.1007.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did see visual studio doing something similar with Vista x86.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would this sort of thing be caused by a driver problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cnet.com.au/asus-g2s-339284237.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=477" />
  <row Id="12805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7269" RevisionGUID="0b3e6c67-1026-4d67-aec7-5dd45d9daa31" CreationDate="2009-05-12T09:41:36.340" UserId="617" Text="One scheme I came up with (and have yet to try) is to **create a virtual machine and use it with encrypted hard drive images**. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - First hard drive image (VHD) file contains a minimal OS installation.&#xD;&#xA; - Other VHD files containing sensitive data can be mounted as a secondary hard drive inside the virtual machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A VHD file can then be placed within a TrueCrypt (TC) volume (a hidden volume if needed). Note that placing a TC container within VHD would not be secure. It's also possible to use full-disk encryption (but that could limit portability). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Advantages:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Most data leaks will be contained within the encrypted OS VHD file.&#xD;&#xA;  - Clear boundary towards the host system, which can be crossed if necessary (VM can mount a host drive and copy files to/from it if needed). &#xD;&#xA;  - Data is still portable, and can be opened on a machine without a VM (Win7 supports mounting VHD files). &#xD;&#xA;  - Since OS is in a separate file, overhead is fixed (~1 Gb). The OS file can be replaced with a clean original anytime if needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disadvantages:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Overhead of storing virtual OS and starting the VM each time. &#xD;&#xA;  - One-time overhead of setting up the OS / VM.&#xD;&#xA;  - Possible to compromise it by mounting VHD directly (a mixed blessing). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not a security expert, so comments pointing out the weaknesses are much appreciated." />
  <row Id="12808" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7270" RevisionGUID="e47e417a-2503-4a3c-9a5b-17058dfb97ce" CreationDate="2009-05-03T06:10:01.377" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi all,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because HOSTS file could only define static A records, is there a way &#xA;I could inject a MX record/create arbitrary name into a Windows workstation DNS Cache service? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TIA&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="12810" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7270" RevisionGUID="e47e417a-2503-4a3c-9a5b-17058dfb97ce" CreationDate="2009-05-03T06:10:01.377" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="12811" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7271" RevisionGUID="c4517f11-bfca-4049-b361-6cc11108e92d" CreationDate="2009-05-03T07:17:50.293" UserId="301" Text="&lt;p&gt;No, not without running your own resolver on the workstation itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7272" RevisionGUID="fc0d69f4-8f44-4f23-93b7-6b0b86fed45b" CreationDate="2009-05-03T07:40:08.540" UserId="2052" Text="&lt;p&gt;While you can't add mx records to a host file, you can &quot;override&quot; the address of the mail exchange. MX records point to host names so all you have to do is map the hostname of any MX record to an IP address in your HOSTS file.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7273" RevisionGUID="ad687a36-b0f6-4723-9007-f3024b4716be" CreationDate="2009-05-03T16:10:08.687" Text="&lt;p&gt;MX-records are used by e-mail servers to find out which host(s) to send e-mails to for a domain name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Windows DNS cache (the &quot;DNSClient&quot; service) is populated whenever a program uses the Windows API &quot;GetHostByName&quot; (and a few other API functions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there are no Windows API functions for retrieving MX-records - only for A/AAAA records and PTR-records (reverse).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore e-mail servers have to do their own DNS lookups directly (via IP sockets etc.) - bypassing the Windows DNS cache.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So even if you could inject MX-records into the Windows DNS cache somehow, they wouldn't be used by your e-mail server.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The solution probably is to run a real DNS server program on the same computer as the mail-server and configure Windows / the e-mail server to use this.&#xA;This allows you to configure MX-records (and other record types) directly for any domain name that you want.&#xA;A nice choice would be &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.simpledns.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Simple DNS Plus&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7274" RevisionGUID="af2e5b53-e115-40aa-8ed6-519aa9f46320" CreationDate="2009-05-11T14:30:04.673" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi all,&#xA;where can i get informations to build something like &lt;a href=&quot;http://linuxzoo.net&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://linuxzoo.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://linuxzoo.net/page/tech.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://linuxzoo.net/page/tech.html&lt;/a&gt; or at least resemble it &#xA;to instruct students on linux &#xA;thanks in advance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="12819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7276" RevisionGUID="7ca065bc-7ed7-4f1e-bb6a-1844e3198756" CreationDate="2009-04-23T20:24:46.663" Text="&lt;p&gt;Our Slave Server disk drive got full, replication stopped, so we cleared space off, and started replication again.  Well, all was good until we ran into a corrupt relay bin file on the slave (used mysqllogbin to insure).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do we do?  Can we remove the corrupt bin file, and restart, hoping it will rebuild that file?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Little lost on what to do, any help would be great.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are running 5.1, have a master, and a slave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I may be missing info, or not being clear enough, if so, let me know and I can fill you in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12820" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7276" RevisionGUID="7ca065bc-7ed7-4f1e-bb6a-1844e3198756" CreationDate="2009-04-23T20:24:46.663" Text="Our MySQL Slave is down- with a corrupted relay file on the slave..." />
  <row Id="12821" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7276" RevisionGUID="7ca065bc-7ed7-4f1e-bb6a-1844e3198756" CreationDate="2009-04-23T20:24:46.663" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="12822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7277" RevisionGUID="12518b8d-b504-40c7-9983-78c44dada3ce" CreationDate="2009-04-24T15:18:38.263" Text="&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;SHOW SLAVE STATUS\G&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Record the values shown for &lt;code&gt;Relay_Master_Log_File&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;Exec_Master_Log_Pos&lt;/code&gt;, which show the last position from the master's binary logs that executed successfully.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use CHANGE MASTER to cause the slave to copy the binary log from that point on again, replacing the relay logs with fresh ones:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;STOP SLAVE;&#xA;CHANGE MASTER TO &#xA;  master_log_file='&amp;lt;Relay_Master_Log_File&amp;gt;', &#xA;  master_log_pos=&amp;lt;Exec_Master_Log_Pos&amp;gt;;&#xA;  -- replace those two tags with the values you recorded earlier&#xA;START SLAVE;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7278" RevisionGUID="7f3e7e14-1ccd-4e89-bb17-02b55622273a" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:17:25.567" Text="&lt;p&gt;I've installed openfire before on fedora9 with no problem,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but now on a fedora10 machine,after I installed it,try to run &quot;service openfire start&quot;,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;it simply can't run,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I checked the log and it said:&#xA;nohup: cannot run command `/opt/openfire/jre/bin/java': No such file or directory&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone met the same problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Plz help,thnx&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12824" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7278" RevisionGUID="7f3e7e14-1ccd-4e89-bb17-02b55622273a" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:17:25.567" Text="install openfire on fedora10" />
  <row Id="12825" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7278" RevisionGUID="7f3e7e14-1ccd-4e89-bb17-02b55622273a" CreationDate="2009-05-11T08:17:25.567" Text="&lt;fedora10&gt;&lt;openfire&gt;&lt;installation&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="12826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7279" RevisionGUID="53e6a14a-94ce-4c2d-a5a7-f14956a2e193" CreationDate="2009-05-08T04:36:28.890" Text="&lt;p&gt;Can any body help me for this problem...?&#xA;I have created windows vista VMware from ISO Image.while creating i selected 16 GB as hard disk space. But now its saying space is not enough for installing service pack on that. How to increase the space of virtual machine now with out recreating that...?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;thanks,&#xA;sivaram&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12827" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7279" RevisionGUID="53e6a14a-94ce-4c2d-a5a7-f14956a2e193" CreationDate="2009-05-08T04:36:28.890" Text="how to increase the space of virtual machine...?" />
  <row Id="12828" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7279" RevisionGUID="53e6a14a-94ce-4c2d-a5a7-f14956a2e193" CreationDate="2009-05-08T04:36:28.890" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;&lt;not-programming-related&gt;" />
  <row Id="12829" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7280" RevisionGUID="2256985d-f896-405d-840e-250895a4dbce" CreationDate="2009-05-08T04:39:38.103" UserId="1823" Text="&lt;p&gt;This should do the trick:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.geekzilla.co.uk/View18A035DE-06FF-4EA6-BC77-57D431CD50DD.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.geekzilla.co.uk/View18A035DE-06FF-4EA6-BC77-57D431CD50DD.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12831" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7282" RevisionGUID="ebd4b90a-0b4f-4fed-9783-b5a548687bb2" CreationDate="2009-05-11T21:03:30.053" Text="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to install some package in cygwin's python, but I'm getting the following error: &quot;easy_install: command not found&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have tried to run &quot;easy_install.py&quot;, the result is also &quot;easy_install.py: command not found&quot;. I have tried to search the whole of cygwin's /usr tree for anything named with the prefix &quot;easy&quot;, none found.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I missing something? AFAIK, easy_install tool should be batteries included in python 2.5. Or is there a package that needs to be installed for that that I missed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12832" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7282" RevisionGUID="ebd4b90a-0b4f-4fed-9783-b5a548687bb2" CreationDate="2009-05-11T21:03:30.053" Text="How to run easy_install in cygwin?" />
  <row Id="12833" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7282" RevisionGUID="ebd4b90a-0b4f-4fed-9783-b5a548687bb2" CreationDate="2009-05-11T21:03:30.053" Text="&lt;python&gt;&lt;easy-install&gt;&lt;cygwin&gt;&lt;not-programming-related&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="12834" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7283" RevisionGUID="14e17a09-f28f-4cca-b6c0-db553f723b2a" CreationDate="2009-05-11T21:06:49.283" UserId="1723" Text="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Easy Install is a python module (easy_install) bundled with setuptools&lt;/a&gt;, which can be found here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools&lt;/a&gt; . You must install setuptools by yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you want to install it into windows python than use &lt;strong&gt;setuptools install script&lt;/strong&gt; from &lt;strong&gt;cmd&lt;/strong&gt; shell or use &lt;a href=&quot;http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;MS Windows installer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you need python with setuptools to work within cygwin than:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;use cygwin's own python (you can install one using cygwin's &lt;a href=&quot;http://cygwin.org/setup.exe&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;setup.exe&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;use setuptools &lt;a href=&quot;http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/setuptools/setuptools-0.6c9.tar.gz#md5=3864c01d9c719c8924c455714492295e&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12835" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7284" RevisionGUID="7a57b31f-d1f1-46fc-8fc0-98690ef02718" CreationDate="2009-05-12T05:40:32.033" UserId="1726" Text="&lt;p&gt;From cygwin prompt, do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ wget http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py&#xA;$ python ez_setup.py&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will install easy_install on your cygwin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Easy as py.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12836" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7285" RevisionGUID="468a503e-2008-4dfb-a767-69007d0357b8" CreationDate="2009-05-12T09:51:40.270" UserId="2384" Text="If you're near Texas, drop them off at [The Helios Initiative][1]. Kenneth Starks and his voluteers are doing excellent work in fixing them and donating them (with free internet access) to poor families who's children need computers for educational use but who cannot afford a computer, let alone internet access. And the computers really are for the children and not for their parents.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.heliosinitiative.org/news.php" />
  <row Id="12837" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7286" RevisionGUID="4ade8b6a-3aed-48c9-89da-655ba7ce7f8e" CreationDate="2009-05-09T16:09:59.190" Text="&lt;p&gt;I have connected to my work's VPN network from my home PC without problem.  Unfortunately, I can't seem to get much working beyond that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, at work there's a computer named &quot;Foo&quot;.  If try to ping &quot;Foo&quot;, the name resolves to the correct IP address, but I receive 100% packet loss.  Any attempt at establishing a remote desktop connection also fails.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've completely disabled my firewall at home in an attempt to resolve the problem with no success.  My home PC is running Windows Server 2003, and my work PC running Windows XP Professional.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do any VPN experts have any idea of what might be going on?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12838" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7286" RevisionGUID="4ade8b6a-3aed-48c9-89da-655ba7ce7f8e" CreationDate="2009-05-09T16:09:59.190" Text="Connected to VPN, can't access remote computer" />
  <row Id="12839" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7286" RevisionGUID="4ade8b6a-3aed-48c9-89da-655ba7ce7f8e" CreationDate="2009-05-09T16:09:59.190" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="12841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7288" RevisionGUID="634bf3bf-4dd0-4ed0-bf54-db80f10bfd73" CreationDate="2009-05-09T16:15:36.043" Text="&lt;p&gt;I would hazard that this is a routing problem.  Either your machine doesn't know how to route to 'Foo' or 'Foo' doesn't know how to route back to your machine. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Checking this would take you looking at the routing table on your local machine by using 'route print' if you are on a windows machine. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other side of the equation is to look at the routing table of your default router on the corporate network.  It should know how to route your machine's VPN IP to the VPN access server. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12842" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7289" RevisionGUID="840af3ab-de62-425f-bcd0-fbbdfb8ea5c8" CreationDate="2009-05-09T16:24:40.270" Text="&lt;p&gt;I agree with Mitch.  It's likely a routing problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the command prompt, try &quot;route print&quot;, and make sure that there's an entry for &quot;Foo&quot;, and that the interface associated with &quot;Foo&quot; is the virtual network interface corresponding to the VPN.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12843" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7264" RevisionGUID="c73122dc-e88d-4b7e-b9cd-5b8c47da5fd7" CreationDate="2009-05-12T09:52:28.927" UserId="1218" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sms&gt;&lt;gateway&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="12845" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7290" RevisionGUID="976b30aa-5227-44d7-a932-3726ab942c9b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T02:09:30.813" Text="&lt;p&gt;We have three dedicated servers:&#xA;One is a Windows web hosting server&#xA;One is a Redhat server, intended for mail&#xA;One is a MySQL database server&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the Windows web server, we do not have the SMTP services installed. However, we have the need to send transactional (registration, email verification) emails to members.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are my questions:&#xA;1) In order to relay mail to our dedicated mail server, do we need to set SMTP up on the Windows server. We do not want the Windows server to deliver ANY email to ISP's - it should only route messages to our dedicated mail server&#xA;2) How do you go about setting up postfix to be ready to receive messages like these from this Windows box? There are a lot of security concerns - obviously it will not be open relay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12846" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7290" RevisionGUID="976b30aa-5227-44d7-a932-3726ab942c9b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T02:09:30.813" Text="setting up a dedicated mail server" />
  <row Id="12847" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7290" RevisionGUID="976b30aa-5227-44d7-a932-3726ab942c9b" CreationDate="2009-05-05T02:09:30.813" Text="&lt;mail&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;postfix&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="12848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7291" RevisionGUID="1a0ffafd-6587-4321-9746-b935825076dc" CreationDate="2009-05-05T02:33:18.323" Text="&lt;p&gt;You shouldn't need any SMTP service running on the Windows box; you should connect to the SMTP server on the Linux box.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For Postfix, it's a simple config to open up the server to a host or a network segment and accept connections.  As long as the mail server isn't outwardly public-facing (you're not exposing open port 25 to the world), there's no worry about open relays and such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12849" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7292" RevisionGUID="d836793b-0dbb-4832-8512-8eec973f4e5a" CreationDate="2009-04-23T04:11:56.343" Text="&lt;p&gt;My .htaccess says the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;# -FrontPage-&#xA;IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*&#xA;&amp;lt;Limit GET POST&amp;gt;&#xA;order deny,allow&#xA;deny from all&#xA;allow from all&#xA;&amp;lt;/Limit&amp;gt;&#xA;&amp;lt;Limit PUT DELETE&amp;gt;&#xA;order deny,allow&#xA;deny from all&#xA;&amp;lt;/Limit&amp;gt;&#xA;AuthName eigos.co.nz&#xA;AuthUserFile /home/bob/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd&#xA;AuthGroupFile /home/bob/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;could someone please tell me what all this is doing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance,&#xA;Cory&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12850" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7292" RevisionGUID="d836793b-0dbb-4832-8512-8eec973f4e5a" CreationDate="2009-04-23T04:11:56.343" Text="Help me understand my .htaccess file?" />
  <row Id="12851" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7292" RevisionGUID="d836793b-0dbb-4832-8512-8eec973f4e5a" CreationDate="2009-04-23T04:11:56.343" Text="&lt;.htaccess&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="12852" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7293" RevisionGUID="89a3d35d-ffe9-4707-be2a-13967da64059" CreationDate="2009-04-23T04:52:54.730" UserId="1279" Text="&lt;p&gt;When you are looking for documentation on apache question the best thing to do is type &quot;apache ${command}&quot; i.e. &quot;apache IndexIgnore&quot; into google. The first result is usually the apache documentation. If you are doing any apache configuration you need use the docs. (Which are rather nice)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When displaying an auto-generated index, hide files in the following masks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Documentation: &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod%5Fautoindex.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;AutoIndex Module&lt;/a&gt;, &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod%5Fautoindex.html#indexignore&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;IndexIgnore&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;Limit GET POST&amp;gt;&#xA;order deny,allow&#xA;deny from all&#xA;allow from all&#xA;&amp;lt;/Limit&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For get and post request allow all traffic. With order deny, allow the server applies deny directives first (deny all) and then applies allow directives (allow all) on top of any denies. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Documentation: &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/core.html#limit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Limit&lt;/a&gt;, &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod%5Faccess.html#order&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Order&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;Limit PUT DELETE&amp;gt;&#xA;order deny,allow&#xA;deny from all&#xA;&amp;lt;/Limit&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For put and delete request deny access to all addresses (&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;AuthName eigos.co.nz&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This effectively sets the title on the username/password prompt the browser shows. I do not know any effect beyond that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Documentation: &lt;a href=&quot;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/core.html#authname&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;AuthName&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;AuthUserFile /home/bob/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;File containing usernames and password hashes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Documentation: &lt;a href=&quot;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod%5Fauth.html#authuserfile&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;AuthUserFile&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;AuthGroupFile /home/bob/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;List of groups of users &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Documentation: &lt;a href=&quot;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod%5Fauth.html#authgroupfile&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;AuthGroupFile&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12853" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7294" RevisionGUID="4ba8f78b-151f-416b-ada2-4a24b63a455e" CreationDate="2009-04-22T03:49:05.470" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi all,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a dedicated server running linux CentOS 5.3 with 2 IP addresses. I've installed a virtual machine using vmware server. The host and the guest have a host only network. Now I want to map the 2nd ip to the virtual machine so that it can run as a second dedicate server for me. Here is what I do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;modprobe iptable_nat&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;echo &quot;1&quot; &gt; /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;iptables -t filter -A FORWARD -s 192.168.78.128 -d 64.85.164.184 -j ACCEPT&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -d 64.85.164.184 -i eth0 -j DNAT --to-destination 192.168.78.128&#xA;iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.78.128 -o eth0 -j SNAT --to-source 64.85.164.184&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but it not working as intend, any suggestions ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12854" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7294" RevisionGUID="4ba8f78b-151f-416b-ada2-4a24b63a455e" CreationDate="2009-04-22T03:49:05.470" Text="help about NAT with virtual server" />
  <row Id="12855" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7294" RevisionGUID="4ba8f78b-151f-416b-ada2-4a24b63a455e" CreationDate="2009-04-22T03:49:05.470" Text="&lt;virtual&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="12856" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7295" RevisionGUID="67f0c0cc-9210-4665-9928-f46dd81967d9" CreationDate="2009-04-22T04:43:45.947" Text="&lt;p&gt;I would suggest to set up the #2 server on VMWare to use NAT Mode (example of how to setup is here &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.virtuatopia.com/index.php/VMware_Server_NAT_Configuration&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.virtuatopia.com/index.php/VMware_Server_NAT_Configuration&lt;/a&gt;).&#xA;After that setup the iptables with&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -i eth0 -p tcp -j DNAT --to-destination 192.168.78.128&#xA;iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -o eth0 -p tcp -j SNAT --to-source 64.85.164.184&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can test by pinging the gateway of 64.85.164.184 network from inside VMWare Server #2&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12857" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7296" RevisionGUID="f843cc58-e3bc-4491-a5d2-bca8148ed4bd" CreationDate="2009-04-15T21:08:09.043" Text="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible even as root one cannot remove directory?&#xA;What could be the scenarios for directory not getting deleted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well nothing wrong with the file system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are applications running on the system perfectly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Trying to delete directory with files and is not a mount/readonly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that something to do with someone has reference to it or is in use not sure?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am trying this from a shell script and cannot see the error message and need badly to get rid of this directory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12858" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7296" RevisionGUID="f843cc58-e3bc-4491-a5d2-bca8148ed4bd" CreationDate="2009-04-15T21:08:09.043" Text="Undeletable directory in Unix?" />
  <row Id="12859" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7296" RevisionGUID="f843cc58-e3bc-4491-a5d2-bca8148ed4bd" CreationDate="2009-04-15T21:08:09.043" Text="&lt;delete&gt;&lt;directory&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;root&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="12860" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7297" RevisionGUID="6202907a-1fbf-4a06-bbe2-31bfcbc7c63a" CreationDate="2009-04-15T21:08:49.370" UserId="1736" Text="&lt;p&gt;File system damage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7298" RevisionGUID="53da1200-2635-4192-ba11-0ad607649933" CreationDate="2009-04-15T21:10:14.983" UserId="623" Text="&lt;p&gt;Various possibilities:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;File system mounted read-only &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2005/11/make-your-files-immutable-which-even.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Immutable bit&lt;/a&gt; set (system specific)  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;From chaos pessimism: file system damage&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;From MarkR's good thinking: if it isn't empty, you can't delete it. Use &lt;code&gt;ls -A&lt;/code&gt; to check for hidden files...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12862" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7299" RevisionGUID="6a455155-e712-4b4c-86e1-c835eebbc1ee" CreationDate="2009-04-15T21:12:16.833" Text="&lt;p&gt;A non-empty directory cannot be removed with rmdir even if you're root. Also any other general problem such as readonly file system, io error etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7300" RevisionGUID="f553ca1a-c691-4680-b3b4-fe4c5956b12a" CreationDate="2009-04-15T21:17:53.137" Text="&lt;p&gt;To &lt;code&gt;rm&lt;/code&gt; a directory that contains something inside of it, you have to do a &lt;em&gt;recursive remove&lt;/em&gt;. On my ArchLinux machine it would be &lt;code&gt;$ rm -rf /path/to/dir&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Be careful, &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; careful.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ rm -rf /&lt;/code&gt; your system and bye bye hd without &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; warnings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7301" RevisionGUID="9b47960f-ed02-4fe9-9146-e9f88affa91d" CreationDate="2009-04-15T21:20:37.797" UserId="1223" Text="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%5FFile%5FSystem%5F%28protocol%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;NFS&lt;/a&gt; normally excludes all write access for root (can be enabled with the &lt;code&gt;no_root_squash&lt;/code&gt; mount option (but do &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; do this unless you absolutely trust absolutely all machines on your network; NFS is sometimes referred to as No File Security, and there is a reason for root being banned by default)).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12865" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7302" RevisionGUID="ad92d90e-aafc-4169-a52b-f8dd3381cfe4" CreationDate="2009-04-15T21:20:58.577" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hum... OK, a few basic cases, some of them having been mentioned (hence the community wiki flag):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;you are using rm without the -r arg&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;rm -r directory&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;you are trying to delete from a readonly filesystem&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;mount -o remount,rw /mount/point &lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;you are trying to delete from an NFS partition with root-squash&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(nothing you can do here, unless you are allowed to change the settings on the NFS server)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;you are trying to delete from a read-only media (e.g. disk with the read-only pin set, mmc with lock on, etc...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Change the physical protection (may need a reboot)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7303" RevisionGUID="bf1c3f4d-5cc0-4ad0-aaf3-5f91fe6df05e" CreationDate="2009-04-15T21:21:38.557" Text="&lt;p&gt;Removing the directory &lt;code&gt;.&lt;/code&gt; does not work:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ sudo rm -rf .&#xA;rm: cannot remove directory `.'&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/550922/how-to-delete-all-files-from-current-directory-including-current-directory&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here to see how to delete the current working directory&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12873" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7308" RevisionGUID="83ddefd3-fddf-4705-938a-f2ac2dad9ec4" CreationDate="2008-08-13T13:47:14.700" UserId="541" Text="&lt;p&gt;My httpd-vhosts.conf file looks like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;VirtualHost *:80&amp;gt;&#xA;DocumentRoot &quot;/www/foo/htdocs&quot;&#xA;ServerName foo&#xA;&amp;lt;/VirtualHost&amp;gt;&#xA;&#xA;&amp;lt;VirtualHost *:80&amp;gt;&#xA;DocumentRoot &quot;/www/bar/htdocs&quot;&#xA;ServerName bar&#xA;&amp;lt;/VirtualHost&amp;gt;&#xA;&#xA;&amp;lt;VirtualHost *:80&amp;gt;&#xA;DocumentRoot &quot;/www/baz/htdocs&quot;&#xA;ServerName baz&#xA;&amp;lt;/VirtualHost&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice the pattern? Is there any way to cut down on the duplication, or am I stuck with having a separate VirtualHost entry for each site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12874" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7308" RevisionGUID="83ddefd3-fddf-4705-938a-f2ac2dad9ec4" CreationDate="2008-08-13T13:47:14.700" UserId="541" Text="Dynamic Virtual Hosts In Apache" />
  <row Id="12875" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7308" RevisionGUID="83ddefd3-fddf-4705-938a-f2ac2dad9ec4" CreationDate="2008-08-13T13:47:14.700" UserId="541" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="12876" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7309" RevisionGUID="4dc42b93-7a19-482a-8f3d-6fe506251d52" CreationDate="2008-08-13T14:01:18.993" UserId="936" Text="&lt;p&gt;There are two very different answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Use the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.webmasterworld.com/apache/3671233.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; title=&quot;I/O management and disk scheduling&quot;&gt;&quot;subdomain-as-account-folder&quot;&lt;/a&gt;trick.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Write a short script and configuration file that together generate your httpd-vhosts.conf file(s) dynamically.  Then the script and configuration become your masters, and the .conf files are &quot;expendable.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recommend #2, and I think the Pragmatic Programmers might as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12877" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7310" RevisionGUID="18cfffee-835e-4ba9-bc21-e476aa0066e1" CreationDate="2008-08-13T14:03:27.943" UserId="13021" Text="&lt;p&gt;I agree with Gaius. this looks like quite a good method to solve this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12878" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7311" RevisionGUID="75291580-0cda-4c56-9633-e1f3c380ffe7" CreationDate="2008-12-30T19:06:49.547" Text="&lt;p&gt;I suggest you have a look at the Apache website for dynamic virtual hosts.  The other methods require a restart of the Apache server.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/vhosts/mass.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/vhosts/mass.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12879" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7312" RevisionGUID="bb7d4283-6cbc-46f5-a530-0fee92c7b75f" CreationDate="2009-01-08T15:06:57.143" UserId="541" Text="&lt;p&gt;I figured out how to do it after reading &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9825/dynamic-virtual-hosts-in-apache#401126&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Dark Ninja's answer&lt;/a&gt;. Here's what my httpd-vhosts.conf file looks like now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;# Dynamic virtual hosts.&#xA;# See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_vhost_alias.html&#xA;UseCanonicalName Off&#xA;VirtualDocumentRoot /www/%0/htdocs/&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7313" RevisionGUID="d4d83441-bd5c-4be5-a571-7c2c17b86d2a" CreationDate="2009-05-12T10:02:24.120" UserId="1436" Text="Tsql answer as suggested. I couldn't get the drop table to work in tsql but this did the trick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    declare @TABLE varchar(250)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    declare select_cursor cursor for&#xD;&#xA;    select name from sysobjects where type='U'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    open select_cursor&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    fetch next from select_cursor&#xD;&#xA;    into @TABLE&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    while @@FETCH_STATUS = 0&#xD;&#xA;    begin&#xD;&#xA;    	print 'DROP TABLE '+@TABLE&#xD;&#xA;	&#xD;&#xA;    	fetch next from select_cursor&#xD;&#xA;    	into @TABLE&#xD;&#xA;    end&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    close select_cursor&#xD;&#xA;    deallocate select_cursor" />
  <row Id="12881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7314" RevisionGUID="92d10441-2dca-431a-82c9-ad137b6740f6" CreationDate="2009-04-22T15:37:48.620" Text="&lt;p&gt;We have implemented a failover soultion on Linux using DRBD and Heartbeat and it works great, Now we have a change in requirement that states the Nodes replicating are in different subnets, we will not have a common virtual IP that we use when the machines are on the same subnet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When we have nodes in different subnets what would be the best way to failover?.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12882" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7314" RevisionGUID="92d10441-2dca-431a-82c9-ad137b6740f6" CreationDate="2009-04-22T15:37:48.620" Text="Failover across different subnets" />
  <row Id="12883" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7314" RevisionGUID="92d10441-2dca-431a-82c9-ad137b6740f6" CreationDate="2009-04-22T15:37:48.620" Text="&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="12884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7315" RevisionGUID="8b628663-b890-493a-aed3-966ed8230177" CreationDate="2009-05-03T07:10:59.403" Text="&lt;p&gt;This mailing list page talks about using RIP routing advertisements to allow servers to answer to a common IP address even though they are on different subnets.  You'll need some router magic to make it work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linuxha/users/31977#31977&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linuxha/users/31977#31977&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ALternatively if you don't mind a little downtime you could use DNS entries with short TTLs.  Just updater the DNS record to change servers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12885" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7316" RevisionGUID="77bde2b3-5fa1-4f12-a7c1-fa8e7c65d20d" CreationDate="2009-05-09T08:01:29.380" Text="&lt;p&gt;I know Apple's &lt;a href=&quot;http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/8783.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; about SSH. I know the &lt;a href=&quot;http://murphymac.com/slib/remote-login-with-ssh.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;video&lt;/a&gt; about how to log in to Mac by SSH.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have the following settings in MacBookA&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/175564/ssh.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am trying to connect to it by the command in the picture in MacBookB&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;ssh &amp;lt;username&amp;gt;@&amp;lt;address&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;where  and  are my appropriate username and address, respectively.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I get the following error message&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[1448]ssh &amp;lt;username&amp;gt;@&amp;lt;address&amp;gt; &#xA;ssh: connect to host &amp;lt;address&amp;gt; port 22: Operation timed out&#xA;[1448]&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have MacbookA on. I put the user of MacbookA online and offline by MacbookA, then tried to log in MacbookB's terminal with Operation timed out -error. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How can you connect to your remote Mac by SSH in terminal?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12886" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7316" RevisionGUID="77bde2b3-5fa1-4f12-a7c1-fa8e7c65d20d" CreationDate="2009-05-09T08:01:29.380" Text="Unable to connect to a remote MacBook by SSH" />
  <row Id="12887" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7316" RevisionGUID="77bde2b3-5fa1-4f12-a7c1-fa8e7c65d20d" CreationDate="2009-05-09T08:01:29.380" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="12888" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7317" RevisionGUID="11ed7fe3-22f6-4a58-9841-c48429f51668" CreationDate="2009-05-09T08:06:05.297" UserId="2067" Text="&lt;p&gt;You need to make sure that in both computers port 22 is open (firewalls anywhere?) and that there is a network route from A to B. (not behind NAT or behind NAT and forwarded/DMZ)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are you able to ping both computers from eachother? [answered: yes]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do either computers' IP addres fall in one of the following ranges?: 192.168.xxx.xxx, 10.xxx.xxx.xxx or 169.xxx.xxx.xxx&#xA;If so, they are behind a router of some sort and you will need to make sure the router knows to forward requests to the right computer through NAT/port forwarding, or setting up the DMZ in the routers configuration to the receiving computers' internal IP address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, My Macbook Pro is 10.0.0.1 and the router is 10.0.0.138. lets say my public IP is 96.1.2.3 (all are fictional but for the example this will do fine.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have setup my router (which is also my broadband modem) to forward every request to 10.0.0.1 by putting it into the routers configuration via the utility that came with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;now when i try to connect to 96.1.2.3 the router is the first responder but it knows to forward the request to my Macbook Pro so in the end my Macbook Pro responds through the router back to the requesting party. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't setup any kind of forwarding on your router, it is likely to deny any kind of request from the outside world, and even if it doesn't, it's not going to know where to send the request on the internal network. (these days there is pretty much always an internal network even if you only use one computer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the issue is not so much in the firewall but more likely to be in your router settings, you need to make sure that the receiving end actually gets to handle the request.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7318" RevisionGUID="f461c7dc-3f69-499e-8eef-cc77008713c4" CreationDate="2009-05-09T09:31:43.657" UserId="448" Text="&lt;p&gt;Are they both on the same local network? If so, can you connect using the Bonjour name?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;ssh sam@sams-py.local&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7319" RevisionGUID="b2185953-95fd-47ac-919a-8a9d4f9ea454" CreationDate="2009-05-09T09:38:20.333" Text="&lt;p&gt;What do you mean by &quot;appropriate username and address&quot;? Is the address an internet addres, a LAN address, or bonjour? Have you tried turning off all firewalls to see if it's possible then? You might want to play with Utilities/Network Utility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see from an answer that you are on two different internet connections. Are you sure that the individual routers/cable modems don't have firewalls built in?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12891" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7247" RevisionGUID="123afad3-528a-4fa7-91e9-b538f222392f" CreationDate="2009-05-12T10:04:37.423" UserId="2458" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just enabled [Failed Request Tracing][1] for a site and I get a URL_CHANGED event as the third item on the log.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1. GENERAL_REQUEST_START SiteId=&quot;1&quot;, AppPoolId=&quot;DefaultAppPool&quot;, ConnId=&quot;1610613013&quot;, RawConnId=&quot;0&quot;, RequestURL=&quot;http://example.com:80/test/wp-admin/&quot;, RequestVerb=&quot;GET&quot; 15:35:54.176 &#xD;&#xA;    2. GENERAL_SET_REQUEST_HEADER HeaderName=&quot;AspFilterSessionId&quot;, HeaderValue=&quot;&quot;, Replace=&quot;true&quot; 15:35:54.192 &#xD;&#xA;    3. URL_CHANGED OldUrl=&quot;/test/wp-admin/&quot;, NewUrl=&quot;/index.php/test/wp-admin/&quot; 15:35:54.192&#xD;&#xA;    4. GENERAL_REQUEST_HEADERS [...]&#xD;&#xA;    5. GENERAL_GET_URL_METADATA [...]&#xD;&#xA;    6. URL_REWRITE_START [...]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can someone tell me where the **URL_CHANGED** event comes from and how I can prevent it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update:&#xD;&#xA;The &quot;default document&quot; is set to &quot;index.php&quot; on our server. Could it be that the server automatically appends index.php to a path if the path does not specify a proper file or folder? I tried removing all &quot;default document&quot; entries but this didn't change the behavior...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/467/using-failed-request-tracing-to-trace-rewrite-rules/" />
  <row Id="12892" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7320" RevisionGUID="7aaddd77-df5c-4bb6-9469-848077f805ed" CreationDate="2009-05-03T05:03:56.417" Text="&lt;p&gt;Anyone know of a way to delete files from an NTFS filesystem when you get &quot;the file or directory is corrupted or unreadable&quot;.  This isn't a file which is in use, I think it is genuinely corrupted, and I can't seem to get rid of it.  BTW suggestions to reload my hard drive from scratch are not necessary, I'm looking for a utility or patch process which can do this in place.  Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12893" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7320" RevisionGUID="7aaddd77-df5c-4bb6-9469-848077f805ed" CreationDate="2009-05-03T05:03:56.417" Text="NTFS file or directory is corrupted or unreadable" />
  <row Id="12894" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7320" RevisionGUID="7aaddd77-df5c-4bb6-9469-848077f805ed" CreationDate="2009-05-03T05:03:56.417" Text="&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;corruption&gt;&lt;delete&gt;&lt;not-programming-related&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="12895" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7321" RevisionGUID="0c19120a-48a9-4811-a8ae-2d0883d37ae6" CreationDate="2009-05-03T05:12:56.677" Text="&lt;p&gt;If renaming/moving from the command line in Windows (to avoid Explorer filename restrictions) doesn't work, and if you don't want to fiddle with Linux trying to read it (not that a third-party implementation is necessarily going to manage a confused file system any better, but it's been known to help in other situations), then you'll need to do a surface scan of the disk, which is pretty much the same thing that a full format would do before it wiped it anyway. (In the volume properties, it's &quot;Error-checking&quot; in the Tools tab.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then you'll either have it magically fixed, the readable part of the file dumped somewhere, or confirmation that the disk is dying. In any case, make sure all your data's backed up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12896" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7322" RevisionGUID="704864fc-1a3e-4aed-a9b6-62cd201af6bb" CreationDate="2009-05-03T06:57:19.327" Text="&lt;p&gt;At the command prompt, try &lt;code&gt;chkdsk /f d:&lt;/code&gt; (change drive letter)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This should fix the NFTS structures and allow deletion later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the same as using the GUI error checking tool in &quot;properties&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12897" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7323" RevisionGUID="10d47d64-7ab8-43b6-bc4c-7ab26aa1d864" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:22:24.920" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am trying to set up an alias in my httpd.conf file so that i can look at my logs via my browser.&#xA;The following is the alias that i am trying to create&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Alias /logs &quot;/&amp;lt;servername&amp;gt;/log&quot;&#xA;&amp;lt;Directory /&amp;lt;servername&amp;gt;/log&amp;gt;&#xA;  Options Indexes FollowSymLinks&#xA;  AuthName &quot;Application Logs&quot;&#xA;  AuthType Basic&#xA;  AuthUserFile /&amp;lt;servername&amp;gt;/ihs/610/conf/.htpasswd&#xA;  &amp;lt;Limit GET POST&amp;gt;&#xA;     require valid-user&#xA;  &amp;lt;/Limit&amp;gt;&#xA;&amp;lt;/Directory&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This works ok on my dev box but not my prod box.&#xA;The differnce is that on my prod box, my application is installed with a context root of /&#xA;When i type in my url and add the alias (e.g. mysite.com/logs), instead of seeing the log directory, i am seeing my custom 404 error page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this is because i am not using a context root or just / for my application and all requests will be delat with by the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any workaround for this that anyone is aware of?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&#xA;Damien&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12898" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7323" RevisionGUID="10d47d64-7ab8-43b6-bc4c-7ab26aa1d864" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:22:24.920" Text="httpd.conf and setting up an alias" />
  <row Id="12899" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7323" RevisionGUID="10d47d64-7ab8-43b6-bc4c-7ab26aa1d864" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:22:24.920" Text="&lt;httpd.conf&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;not-programming-related&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
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  <row Id="12901" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7325" RevisionGUID="8c322fa0-0d0d-46cc-9db9-d17baf6303ca" CreationDate="2009-05-08T13:27:39.247" UserId="410" Text="&lt;p&gt;If I understand correctly, you're using a separate piece of httpd.conf or a .htaccess to route URLs to your applicaton... something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?route=$1&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should be able to either add a .htaccess file into your log directory and turn off the rewriting, or add&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/logs&#xA;RewriteRule ... as above...&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12902" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7326" RevisionGUID="f99f6b57-553f-4782-90eb-fd11ab483f71" CreationDate="2009-05-02T13:57:37.470" Text="&lt;p&gt;We have a SqlServer database that we run using Windows Authorization. I want to set up a server login for a particular user who is remoting in. In the management tool, I enter the user name, password, and confirm the password. Then save. The user is unable to log in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I re-open the login, the password appears to have been changed. It's a different number of characters. Since they are obscured, I can not see what they are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not a problem with the management tool. Same result with two different SQL Managers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's going on?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12903" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7326" RevisionGUID="f99f6b57-553f-4782-90eb-fd11ab483f71" CreationDate="2009-05-02T13:57:37.470" Text="Creating Sql Server Login: Password problem" />
  <row Id="12904" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7326" RevisionGUID="f99f6b57-553f-4782-90eb-fd11ab483f71" CreationDate="2009-05-02T13:57:37.470" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="12905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7327" RevisionGUID="bcba5204-9a50-4bb0-8752-387eda03414f" CreationDate="2009-05-02T14:15:49.547" UserId="58" Text="&lt;p&gt;Firstly, the password is hidden and the number of 'dots' does not represent the number of characters from the original password.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;secondly, when the user remoting in has to enter their username/password, this suggests that you are NOT using the windows authentication, but &lt;em&gt;Sql Server Authentication&lt;/em&gt;. This means you'll need to create Sql server users and set the server to allow MIXED authentication (both Windows auth and sql server auth).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If u need help with&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;creating a test sql server user account&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;setting the sql server to allow mixed authentication&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;please just ask away in the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Edit&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This information applies to all version of sql server, as far as i believe&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12906" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7326" RevisionGUID="e2ed4c32-1930-41d0-bcaf-9db9da2a093f" CreationDate="2009-05-12T10:11:40.750" UserId="2" Comment="added 7 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;We have a SqlServer database that we run using Windows Authorization. I want to set up a server login for a particular user who is remoting in. In the management tool, I enter the user name, password, and confirm the password. Then save. The user is unable to log in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I re-open the login, the password appears to have been changed. It's a different number of characters. Since they are obscured, I can not see what they are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not a problem with the management tool. Same result with two different SQL Managers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's going on?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12907" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7326" RevisionGUID="e2ed4c32-1930-41d0-bcaf-9db9da2a093f" CreationDate="2009-05-12T10:11:40.750" UserId="2" Comment="added 7 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
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  <row Id="12909" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7329" RevisionGUID="fabd2831-e800-4772-9372-ec0fa6bd1dfc" CreationDate="2009-05-12T10:36:57.090" UserId="1440" Text="Powershell:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [net.dns]::gethostentry(&quot;69.59.196.212&quot;).HostName" />
  <row Id="12910" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7320" RevisionGUID="0c2010a5-b3cf-4232-9c05-aa533513f6b1" CreationDate="2009-05-12T10:38:56.057" UserId="301" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;Anyone know of a way to delete files from an NTFS filesystem when you get &quot;the file or directory is corrupted or unreadable&quot;.  This isn't a file which is in use, I think it is genuinely corrupted, and I can't seem to get rid of it.  BTW suggestions to reload my hard drive from scratch are not necessary, I'm looking for a utility or patch process which can do this in place.  Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="12915" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7331" RevisionGUID="77e7f6f2-3fed-4627-a7c9-05764df426f8" CreationDate="2009-05-12T10:42:57.207" UserId="301" Text="If this is your c: drive then you won't be able to run chkdsk because the drive is mounted. You could try booting from your install disk, pressing F6 to enter the recovery console then following the instructions to run chkdsk on your c: drive from there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft have published an article about accessing the recovery console, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307654" />
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  <row Id="12917" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7276" RevisionGUID="aae28290-c1e0-4499-932e-d3998b46fa5c" CreationDate="2009-05-12T10:49:04.107" UserId="1787" Comment="added 9 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;Our Slave Server disk drive got full, replication stopped, so we cleared space off, and started replication again.  Well, all was good until we ran into a corrupt relay bin file on the slave (used mysqllogbin to insure).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do we do?  Can we remove the corrupt bin file, and restart, hoping it will rebuild that file?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Little lost on what to do, any help would be great.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are running 5.1, have a master, and a slave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I may be missing info, or not being clear enough, if so, let me know and I can fill you in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12918" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7276" RevisionGUID="aae28290-c1e0-4499-932e-d3998b46fa5c" CreationDate="2009-05-12T10:49:04.107" UserId="1787" Comment="added 9 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;" />
  <row Id="12921" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7323" RevisionGUID="c478aa38-3c45-4139-b653-842229a70dbe" CreationDate="2009-05-12T10:50:18.270" UserId="1787" Comment="added 27 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am trying to set up an alias in my httpd.conf file so that i can look at my logs via my browser.&#xD;&#xA;The following is the alias that i am trying to create&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Alias /logs &quot;/&amp;lt;servername&amp;gt;/log&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;Directory /&amp;lt;servername&amp;gt;/log&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;  Options Indexes FollowSymLinks&#xD;&#xA;  AuthName &quot;Application Logs&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  AuthType Basic&#xD;&#xA;  AuthUserFile /&amp;lt;servername&amp;gt;/ihs/610/conf/.htpasswd&#xD;&#xA;  &amp;lt;Limit GET POST&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;     require valid-user&#xD;&#xA;  &amp;lt;/Limit&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;/Directory&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This works ok on my dev box but not my prod box.&#xD;&#xA;The differnce is that on my prod box, my application is installed with a context root of /&#xD;&#xA;When i type in my url and add the alias (e.g. mysite.com/logs), instead of seeing the log directory, i am seeing my custom 404 error page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this is because i am not using a context root or just / for my application and all requests will be delat with by the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any workaround for this that anyone is aware of?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;Damien&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12922" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7323" RevisionGUID="c478aa38-3c45-4139-b653-842229a70dbe" CreationDate="2009-05-12T10:50:18.270" UserId="1787" Comment="added 27 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;httpd.conf&gt;&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="12923" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7308" RevisionGUID="8f05b3ad-9cef-4653-9ca1-324d6197943c" CreationDate="2009-05-12T10:50:50.517" UserId="1787" Comment="added 19 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;My httpd-vhosts.conf file looks like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;VirtualHost *:80&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;DocumentRoot &quot;/www/foo/htdocs&quot;&#xD;&#xA;ServerName foo&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;/VirtualHost&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;VirtualHost *:80&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;DocumentRoot &quot;/www/bar/htdocs&quot;&#xD;&#xA;ServerName bar&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;/VirtualHost&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;VirtualHost *:80&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;DocumentRoot &quot;/www/baz/htdocs&quot;&#xD;&#xA;ServerName baz&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;/VirtualHost&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice the pattern? Is there any way to cut down on the duplication, or am I stuck with having a separate VirtualHost entry for each site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12924" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7308" RevisionGUID="8f05b3ad-9cef-4653-9ca1-324d6197943c" CreationDate="2009-05-12T10:50:50.517" UserId="1787" Comment="added 19 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;vhost&gt;" />
  <row Id="12925" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7332" RevisionGUID="e257a528-3415-4246-9c80-05a8eb7b5391" CreationDate="2009-05-12T10:59:51.517" UserId="1787" Text="That's [**Used-mode Linux**][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[How to set it up on Ubuntu][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User-mode_Linux&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://eggdrop.ch/texts/uml/" />
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  <row Id="12930" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7334" RevisionGUID="10b0e88d-fbcc-4c9f-a6ec-1fda3c76ab88" CreationDate="2009-05-12T11:38:10.750" UserId="116" Text="Take a look at the excellent [TraceTool][1]. Amongst many other features, it supports tail with pause/resume.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/tracetool&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://i43.tinypic.com/34rbq76.jpg" />
  <row Id="12931" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7335" RevisionGUID="ac5c94b2-fc6e-4d44-ae2f-79d0c6bdf924" CreationDate="2009-05-12T11:40:21.323" UserId="1852" Text="I have a user with an external hard drive that is no longer recognised: the drive letter does not appear in My Computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The drive is a Western Digital *My Book Essential Edition* (WD2500C032)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With help from the [troubleshooting guide on the WD website][1], we have deduced that the most likely cause is a damaged or corrupt partition. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have looked at the drive in **Disk Management** and the full volume appears as **unallocated**. We have also run [SpinRite][2] in recovery mode and that didn't turn up any defects, so the drive seems otherwise unharmed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We would like to attempt to recover the data on the drive, and the WD site suggests &quot;With a damaged partition, there is data recovery software that may restore the data. You can research the various kinds on the internet.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not exactly the most helpful advice!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A quick search on Google yields a myriad of potential candidates, mostly commercial. The sheer number of offerings out there is bewildering. So can anyone offer any recommendations or experiences? Is it even worth trying? Have you ever successfully recovered a damaged partition on a drive, external or otherwise?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1164&amp;p_created=1076022780&amp;p_sid=fA_6qCxj&amp;p_accessibility=0&amp;p_redirect=&amp;p_lva=&amp;p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9NTksNTkmcF9wcm9kcz0yMjgsMjA5LDIxMSZwX2NhdHM9MTMwJnBfcHY9My4yMTEmcF9jdj0xLjEzMCZwX3BhZ2U9MQ!!&amp;p_li=&amp;p_topview=1&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm" />
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  <row Id="12933" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7335" RevisionGUID="ac5c94b2-fc6e-4d44-ae2f-79d0c6bdf924" CreationDate="2009-05-12T11:40:21.323" UserId="1852" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;hdd&gt;&lt;external-hdd&gt;&lt;partition&gt;&lt;recovery&gt;" />
  <row Id="12934" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7336" RevisionGUID="29de097b-07f5-4839-a548-02783dac3200" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:02:59.287" UserId="370" Text="[BareTail][1] has a great balance of features and light weight. The highlighting has saved me countless hours.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![screenshot][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.baremetalsoft.com/baretail/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.baremetalsoft.com/baretail/screenshot_main.gif" />
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  <row Id="12937" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7338" RevisionGUID="0db54d5d-70b5-493f-b86e-400708f449a8" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:04:43.197" UserId="2465" Text="I'm thinking of getting my own dedicated server with the following stats: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Processor:	 Celeron 440 2.0 GHz	&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Memory:	 1 GB		 &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Primary Hard Drive :	 160 GB SATA II&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will be running Windows. I have some experience with my local IIS and playing around with servers, but I have never set one up (at least a Windows one) and I've never dealt with DNS/backup/security issues. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question has two parts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Will this server be able to run Windows 2008, SQL Server, and possible Exchange on it without trouble. I'm worried about the processor and RAM. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Are there any guides/tutorials that talk about how to admin a windows server from start to finish. (I'm looking for something like the FAQs slicehost has for *nix based servers). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12938" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7338" RevisionGUID="0db54d5d-70b5-493f-b86e-400708f449a8" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:04:43.197" UserId="2465" Text="What do I need to know about running my own dedicated server (with windows 2008)" />
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  <row Id="12940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7339" RevisionGUID="668017ca-9705-4343-9aa2-95ca8f335492" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:05:21.883" UserId="1466" Text="Depending on how your VPN is set up, it may only push out **routing information** for one or two subnets on the internal network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there is no firewall in place behind this, you *may* be able to set up the routing manually and get it to work, but the best option would be to configure the VPN to support the required subnet." />
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  <row Id="12942" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7332" RevisionGUID="f74c298e-a43a-452e-bd88-d0a53f2856be" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:07:44.713" UserId="48" Comment="Change to user mode linux " Text="That's [**User-mode Linux**][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[How to set it up on Ubuntu][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User-mode_Linux&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://eggdrop.ch/texts/uml/" />
  <row Id="12943" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7316" RevisionGUID="338a90f1-4d6c-4a25-93ef-6f121201bb3d" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:08:38.967" UserId="48" Comment="added 22 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;I know Apple's &lt;a href=&quot;http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/8783.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; about SSH. I know the &lt;a href=&quot;http://murphymac.com/slib/remote-login-with-ssh.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;video&lt;/a&gt; about how to log in to Mac by SSH.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have the following settings in MacBookA&#xD;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/175564/ssh.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am trying to connect to it by the command in the picture in MacBookB&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;ssh &amp;lt;username&amp;gt;@&amp;lt;address&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;where  and  are my appropriate username and address, respectively.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I get the following error message&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[1448]ssh &amp;lt;username&amp;gt;@&amp;lt;address&amp;gt; &#xD;&#xA;ssh: connect to host &amp;lt;address&amp;gt; port 22: Operation timed out&#xD;&#xA;[1448]&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have MacbookA on. I put the user of MacbookA online and offline by MacbookA, then tried to log in MacbookB's terminal with Operation timed out -error. &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How can you connect to your remote Mac by SSH in terminal?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12944" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7316" RevisionGUID="338a90f1-4d6c-4a25-93ef-6f121201bb3d" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:08:38.967" UserId="48" Comment="added 22 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;mac&gt;" />
  <row Id="12945" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7296" RevisionGUID="bd9f5d25-3bbb-41b3-a9fb-32a7095c25b5" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:09:22.177" UserId="48" Comment="added 12 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible even as root one cannot remove directory?&#xD;&#xA;What could be the scenarios for directory not getting deleted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well nothing wrong with the file system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are applications running on the system perfectly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Trying to delete directory with files and is not a mount/readonly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that something to do with someone has reference to it or is in use not sure?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am trying this from a shell script and cannot see the error message and need badly to get rid of this directory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12946" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7296" RevisionGUID="bd9f5d25-3bbb-41b3-a9fb-32a7095c25b5" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:09:22.177" UserId="48" Comment="added 12 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;unix&gt;" />
  <row Id="12947" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7340" RevisionGUID="dbb1b2ca-b228-42b1-82c0-eb58b8832444" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:10:07.103" UserId="2029" Text="One more comment .. my experience tells me that doctor types like to feel like they have full control over their information, but also never want to have to understand why problems arise with poorly designed IT systems, especially when it's due to the way they decide to use it. So they might say they want to constantly monitor &quot;their&quot; files and manage access by other users, but in reality will probably never do it well, causing problems for them or the other users in the office.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they insist on going this route, you might want to manage access via shares; Give each provider a share of their own, private to them and only they have permissions. Have them store all files there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make a shared folder, perhaps with subdirectories for each user and one &quot;public&quot; subfolder. For each user, map a drive to the personal subfolder (shared\doctorX) and map one to the public folder (shared\public)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When a Doctor wants to give access to a doc, they can move or copy from their private directory - to either the shared\Doctorx folder if they want one user to see the file, or to the shared\public if they want all users to see it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Encryption would still have to be managed somehow. But this gives each provider an easy mapped drive to get them to their own docs, to docs that other providers are submitting to them, and to docs that other providers want all people to see." />
  <row Id="12948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7341" RevisionGUID="d1b8c4a8-8ac8-4fbc-a7c8-5ffa184113e3" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:11:10.297" UserId="1466" Text="Linux has regular permissions (read/write/execute) as well as **extended attributes**, which are less commonly known.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of these is the **immutable** attribute which prevents even root from modifying the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The immutable bit is set with **chattr +i *file*** and unset with **chattr -i *file***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another one of these is the **append** attribute which only allows you to append to the file (not sure how this works with directories)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The append bit is set with **chattr +a *file*** and unset with **chattr -i *file***" />
  <row Id="12949" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7341" RevisionGUID="d1b8c4a8-8ac8-4fbc-a7c8-5ffa184113e3" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:11:10.297" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="12950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7342" RevisionGUID="ff9475ae-2307-406d-b3b7-e859f1d696f4" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:11:53.930" UserId="1576" Text="Best software for partition recovery &lt;http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;Best software for file recovery &lt;http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've succesfully used both several times a year with clients who get nuked drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd personally do a block level clone using &lt;http://clonezilla.org/&gt; and attempt the recovery on the new drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or at the least run: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Seagate Seatools &lt;http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/seatools/&gt;  or the find the &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Western Digital &lt;http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?modelno=WD2500C032&amp;x=12&amp;y=3&gt; drive specific software before doing anything." />
  <row Id="12951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7343" RevisionGUID="b9614830-75f5-45bd-a5a2-dbd1d9cd0caf" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:12:03.337" UserId="48" Text="You should be able to run Server 2008 on this ok, and you may be ok with Exchange 2003, although you may be pushing it a bit if you have alot of users. However Exchange 2007 is not something I would run on this. Exchange 2007 needs alot of memory, it struggles with 2Gb, with minimal users, I would reccomend at least 4Gb if you have multiple users of Exchange.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12952" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6532" RevisionGUID="742a446a-2828-4aa9-aa12-0b9ca0ffd659" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:12:40.043" UserId="2318" Comment="deleted 17 characters in body" Text="I'll get the ball rolling:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://afp548.com&#xD;&#xA; - http://macenterprise.org&#xD;&#xA; - http://xsanity.com&#xD;&#xA; - http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=96&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="12953" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7344" RevisionGUID="1cef1057-e4b3-4007-b5cd-4cbf0a46e15c" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:12:45.797" UserId="2059" Text="Of all of the free offerings the one I've had most success with is [Recuva][1], if I recall correctly you can hone in on exactly what you want to recover by specifying all or part of the original filepath.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[BadCopy Pro][2] is a good paid alternative.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.recuva.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.jufsoft.com/badcopy/" />
  <row Id="12954" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7314" RevisionGUID="10079594-19a6-427d-9b14-8e783f71addf" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:13:06.937" UserId="48" Comment="added 3 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;We have implemented a failover soultion on Linux using DRBD and Heartbeat and it works great, Now we have a change in requirement that states the Nodes replicating are in different subnets, we will not have a common virtual IP that we use when the machines are on the same subnet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When we have nodes in different subnets what would be the best way to failover?.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12955" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7314" RevisionGUID="10079594-19a6-427d-9b14-8e783f71addf" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:13:06.937" UserId="48" Comment="added 3 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="12956" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7345" RevisionGUID="6cf380ca-f5a1-4598-ad1f-c167897f37ee" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:14:00.270" UserId="1787" Text="&gt; Memory: 1 GB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Upgrade that to 4GB. RAM is cheap.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12957" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7338" RevisionGUID="7b683c00-10ec-40db-8681-c4bcadffe0df" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:14:45.057" UserId="2465" Comment="added 5 characters in body" Text="I'm thinking of getting my own dedicated server with the following stats: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Processor:	 Celeron 440 2.0 GHz	&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Memory:	 1 GB		 &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Primary Hard Drive :	 160 GB SATA II&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will be running Windows. I have some experience with my local IIS and playing around with servers, but I have never set one up (at least a Windows one) and I've never dealt with DNS/backup/security issues. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question has two parts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Will this server be able to run Windows 2008, SQL Server 2008, and possible Exchange on it without trouble. I'm worried about the processor and RAM. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Are there any guides/tutorials that talk about how to admin a windows server from start to finish. (I'm looking for something like the FAQs slicehost has for *nix based servers). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12958" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7343" RevisionGUID="27100d1f-7ec4-4fb8-b431-2a5aa1cbcd67" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:21:06.513" UserId="48" Comment="edited body" Text="You should be able to run Server 2008 on this ok, and you may be ok with Exchange 2003, although you may be pushing it a bit if you have alot of users. However Exchange 2007 is not something I would run on this. Exchange 2007 needs alot of memory, it struggles with 2GB, with minimal users, I would reccomend at least 4GB if you have multiple users of Exchange.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for administration guides, theres lots of resources on the internet, you may find some useful videos in the free videos section at [CBT Nuggets][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cbtnuggets.com/" />
  <row Id="12959" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7342" RevisionGUID="4693d859-968d-41d5-aa85-f82682504a36" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:22:22.327" UserId="1576" Comment="editing with more options for downloads." Text="Best software for partition recovery &lt;http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;Best software for file recovery &lt;http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've succesfully used both several times a year with clients who get nuked drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd personally do a block level clone using &lt;http://clonezilla.org/&gt; and attempt the recovery on the new drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or if you just want to do it on the problem drive then run a Seatools test which is fine for any brand drive (they each have thier own progs but this is best): &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Seagate Seatools &lt;http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/seatools/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the programmes mentioned are available on livecd's. Below is a good list.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Livecd&gt;" />
  <row Id="12960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7346" RevisionGUID="a6851c5f-7510-40f1-9961-bf97358f76d6" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:23:10.437" UserId="2318" Text="The [Windows][1] and [Linux][2] threads on this subject are quite interesting, so I thought I'd starting a wiki of useful CLI commands for Mac.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6269/useful-commandline-commands-on-linux" />
  <row Id="12961" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7346" RevisionGUID="a6851c5f-7510-40f1-9961-bf97358f76d6" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:23:10.437" UserId="2318" Text="Useful Commandline Commands on Mac OS" />
  <row Id="12962" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7346" RevisionGUID="a6851c5f-7510-40f1-9961-bf97358f76d6" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:23:10.437" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;leopard&gt;&lt;macosxserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="12963" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7346" RevisionGUID="a6851c5f-7510-40f1-9961-bf97358f76d6" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:23:10.437" UserId="2318" />
  <row Id="12964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7347" RevisionGUID="07546995-3416-47e8-8d0e-372d2e180c8d" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:23:16.507" UserId="2467" Text="We use BMC Remedy Action Request system which comes with ITIL modules for incident management, problem management, change control etc. However, it's a bear of a product to configure and we've used up some serious consultancy fees trying to get it to do what we want. The interface is also...interesting (in a bad way). I'd be interested to hear what others use too." />
  <row Id="12965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7348" RevisionGUID="6a688fd6-68d0-473b-86d8-79347f9fb3ec" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:23:54.787" UserId="2224" Text="Remember that ITIL is a methodology, not something you just do. You'll also find it very vague in key areas, particularly the magical CMDB, which is essential to everything -- yet doesn't exist anywhere. The biggest problem with ITIL is that it is the IT equivalent of CMMI or the fad programming methodologies that come and go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our organization tried to &quot;implement ITIL&quot; across the board, and it was a dismal failure. The second iteration of ITIL here is focusing on incident and problem management, and narrowing that scope is working much better. We also transitioned to a new help desk and ticketing system at the same time which helped the ITIL stuff along.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as tools go, they have nothing to do with ITIL. You could implement ITIL Incident management with Remedy, ServiceCenter, Request Tracker, or any ticketing system and then do problem management with FogBugz or Bugzilla or with your ticketing tool. It all depends on your process, your budget and how people in your organization work." />
  <row Id="12966" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7349" RevisionGUID="0da227b4-170e-4a53-b4b6-affc9e158d0c" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:25:03.427" UserId="2029" Text="I would actually recommend 8GB and running 64 bit version of OS- both Exchange and SQL should be provided with a good amount of RAM. If you are only going to load them and never really use them, 4GB might work, but IMHO there is no reason to put less than 8GB on a server now with the price of RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as admin guides, IIS, Exchange, and SQL are really their own topics and you are probably going to have to get separate manuals for the latter two at least. Don't expect to learn how to administer them from a FAQ. " />
  <row Id="12967" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7350" RevisionGUID="59000e6d-ac20-44a8-ab27-a4a91366e11b" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:26:28.883" UserId="2467" Text="Haven't they scrapped MCSE? I think they have for new products...check out http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/newgen/default.mspx.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7351" RevisionGUID="af338fb2-6e59-41ff-aec4-b614d94f3c44" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:26:48.180" UserId="2318" Text="    sudo changeip -checkhostname&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Checks that forward and reverse DNS resolution are healthy, and often shows you the command you can use to fix the problem. If it says &quot;the names match, there is nothing to change&quot; you're in good shape. Vital if you ever change your server's network configuration. Also important to use this before you promote your server to an Open Directory Master." />
  <row Id="12969" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7351" RevisionGUID="af338fb2-6e59-41ff-aec4-b614d94f3c44" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:26:48.180" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="12970" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7279" RevisionGUID="b2883889-0fb0-45f1-81e8-98b4d61c7cc6" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:28:10.797" UserId="1496" Comment="added 5 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;Can any body help me for this problem...?&#xD;&#xA;I have created windows vista VMware from ISO Image.while creating i selected 16 GB as hard disk space. But now its saying space is not enough for installing service pack on that. How to increase the space of virtual machine now with out recreating that...?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;thanks,&#xD;&#xA;sivaram&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12971" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7279" RevisionGUID="b2883889-0fb0-45f1-81e8-98b4d61c7cc6" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:28:10.797" UserId="1496" Comment="added 5 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="12972" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7342" RevisionGUID="c6008fdc-a739-4b0b-a27e-aba7af476b9b" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:29:04.053" UserId="1576" Comment="checking that the drive is out of the enclosure" Text="**Do not attempt any recovery of a HDD while it's still in an enclosure.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cut that sucker out if you need to and plug it in directly via IDE or SATA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best software for partition recovery &lt;http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;Best software for file recovery &lt;http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've succesfully used both several times a year with clients who get nuked drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd personally do a block level clone using &lt;http://clonezilla.org/&gt; and attempt the recovery on the new drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or if you just want to do it on the problem drive then run a Seatools test which is fine for any brand drive (they each have thier own progs but this is best): &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Seagate Seatools &lt;http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/seatools/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the programmes mentioned are available on livecd's. Below is a good list.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Livecd&gt;" />
  <row Id="12973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7352" RevisionGUID="42d16874-2d3c-491a-965f-27138f0a16db" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:30:04.473" UserId="1041" Text="Here are a couple things that come to mind:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. The directory or files within it are in use - you can use lsof (or something similar) to see if anyone has an open handle to something you're trying to delete&#xD;&#xA; 2. The directory or files within it has special characters that need to be escaped to delete&#xD;&#xA; 3. The directory or files within it has spaces that need to be escaped to delete&#xD;&#xA; 4. The script is currently running in the directory you're trying to delete " />
  <row Id="12974" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7352" RevisionGUID="42d16874-2d3c-491a-965f-27138f0a16db" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:30:04.473" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="12975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7353" RevisionGUID="63f8f755-75be-4e54-8b42-f89f0651d4a9" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:30:10.323" UserId="2318" Text="    fs_usage&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lets you monitor file system activity. Handy if you want to see what files some app creates. See http://rentzsch.com/macosx/fs_usageIntro for more explanation." />
  <row Id="12976" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7353" RevisionGUID="63f8f755-75be-4e54-8b42-f89f0651d4a9" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:30:10.323" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="12977" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7343" RevisionGUID="8c003e6a-fbb0-437f-b9ee-751c0f08b712" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:31:17.620" UserId="48" Comment="added 72 characters in body" Text="You should be able to run Server 2008 on this ok, and you may be ok with Exchange 2003, although you may be pushing it a bit if you have alot of users. However Exchange 2007 is not something I would run on this. Exchange 2007 needs alot of memory, it struggles with 2GB, with minimal users, I would reccomend at least 4GB if you have multiple users of Exchange. Also Exchange 2007 requires a 64bit CPU and a 64bit version of Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for administration guides, theres lots of resources on the internet, you may find some useful videos in the free videos section at [CBT Nuggets][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cbtnuggets.com/" />
  <row Id="12978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7354" RevisionGUID="19c54e2c-2847-4779-93fe-267112081ba6" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:32:10.083" UserId="2466" Text="For a small group of users, you could use [Windows Live Sync][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically it would let each user set up a shared folder on their computer and automatically sync files when they are changed. Works great and they have versions for Windows and Mac. I have used it for years and love the functionality.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only caveat is that it would have issues if these are files that more than one person edits often. If a file gets edited simultaneously on two computers, you will end up with two versions. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sync.live.com/" />
  <row Id="12979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7355" RevisionGUID="ed4e6615-fc44-4fb7-b46c-b89d781902e7" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:37:08.303" UserId="161" Text="in my job i meet alot of users with similar probs what i do is after signing a release for no responsibility for any damages that may occur due to my meddling, i attach the drive to my laptop and use R-Studio. &#xD;&#xA;i also warn customers that this tool may unconver things they might not wish me to see such as all that porn they thought they had deleted. before you begin with R-Studio, make sure you have space propotionate to the biggest ammount of data you wish to recover. needless to say space should not be on the same device from which you are recovering.&#xD;&#xA;i think R-Studio gives a demo.&#xD;&#xA;All the best." />
  <row Id="12980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7356" RevisionGUID="74055701-bfd2-45fe-9552-4853e1eea646" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:37:15.153" UserId="2318" Text="    ipconfig getpacket en0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Displays network configuration for the primary Ethernet interface (en0).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're used to Windows and think &quot;ipconfig&quot; is broken - it's not ;-) You just need to add a couple arguments" />
  <row Id="12981" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7356" RevisionGUID="74055701-bfd2-45fe-9552-4853e1eea646" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:37:15.153" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="12982" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7357" RevisionGUID="6f43c8b2-b0da-465c-acc9-a4ae535cd54f" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:38:27.660" UserId="1248" Text="From [TechNet][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ###MaxUserPort&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\(REG_DWORD)`  &#xD;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Default: 5000  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Range: 5,000–65,534 (port number)  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Specifies the highest port number that TCP can assign when an application requests an available user port from the system. Typically, ephemeral ports (those used briefly) are allocated to port numbers 1024 through 5000.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc758002.aspx" />
  <row Id="12983" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7294" RevisionGUID="ed665937-4765-4fe9-967f-03291d4d6b85" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:38:42.933" UserId="48" Comment="added 14 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi all,&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a dedicated server running linux CentOS 5.3 with 2 IP addresses. I've installed a virtual machine using vmware server. The host and the guest have a host only network. Now I want to map the 2nd ip to the virtual machine so that it can run as a second dedicate server for me. Here is what I do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;modprobe iptable_nat&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;echo &quot;1&quot; &gt; /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;iptables -t filter -A FORWARD -s 192.168.78.128 -d 64.85.164.184 -j ACCEPT&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -d 64.85.164.184 -i eth0 -j DNAT --to-destination 192.168.78.128&#xD;&#xA;iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.78.128 -o eth0 -j SNAT --to-source 64.85.164.184&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but it not working as intend, any suggestions ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12984" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7294" RevisionGUID="ed665937-4765-4fe9-967f-03291d4d6b85" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:38:42.933" UserId="48" Comment="added 14 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;virtual&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="12985" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7292" RevisionGUID="ef404198-fb8c-4b85-9d62-07cd4cb2e7a6" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:39:14.070" UserId="48" Comment="added 22 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;My .htaccess says the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;# -FrontPage-&#xD;&#xA;IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;Limit GET POST&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;order deny,allow&#xD;&#xA;deny from all&#xD;&#xA;allow from all&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;/Limit&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;Limit PUT DELETE&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;order deny,allow&#xD;&#xA;deny from all&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;/Limit&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;AuthName eigos.co.nz&#xD;&#xA;AuthUserFile /home/bob/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd&#xD;&#xA;AuthGroupFile /home/bob/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;could someone please tell me what all this is doing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance,&#xD;&#xA;Cory&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12986" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7292" RevisionGUID="ef404198-fb8c-4b85-9d62-07cd4cb2e7a6" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:39:14.070" UserId="48" Comment="added 22 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;.htaccess&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="12987" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7290" RevisionGUID="3f7d861f-df13-42e2-ae84-588edb3a9373" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:39:34.520" UserId="48" Comment="added 12 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;We have three dedicated servers:&#xD;&#xA;One is a Windows web hosting server&#xD;&#xA;One is a Redhat server, intended for mail&#xD;&#xA;One is a MySQL database server&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the Windows web server, we do not have the SMTP services installed. However, we have the need to send transactional (registration, email verification) emails to members.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are my questions:&#xD;&#xA;1) In order to relay mail to our dedicated mail server, do we need to set SMTP up on the Windows server. We do not want the Windows server to deliver ANY email to ISP's - it should only route messages to our dedicated mail server&#xD;&#xA;2) How do you go about setting up postfix to be ready to receive messages like these from this Windows box? There are a lot of security concerns - obviously it will not be open relay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12988" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7290" RevisionGUID="3f7d861f-df13-42e2-ae84-588edb3a9373" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:39:34.520" UserId="48" Comment="added 12 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;mail&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;postfix&gt;" />
  <row Id="12989" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7358" RevisionGUID="ef5f79a9-6ff9-41d8-b564-d30e4951a0f2" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:41:19.803" UserId="2372" Text="For a good free solution, use the 'shred' command from [Knoppix][1] .   It allows you to run the command from a computer that you are discarding without needing to remove the drive first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Boot the knoppix CD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;sudo shred -n 2 -z -v /dev/hda1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where n is the number of randomized overwrite passes. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; I also have a USB to IDE/SATA adapter that lets me hang the drive as external off the PC for cases where I want to erase a drive removed from service.  Disconnect the internal PC drive for safety.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.knoppix.net/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7359" RevisionGUID="c801b3ba-f8da-49d8-b35c-889a1a6573b5" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:42:38.490" UserId="2224" Text="If they are truly obsolete, **don't**. Nobody wants your old junk, and groups that think they do have no clue in 98.5% of situations. *Especially* if you're disposing of CRT monitors. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Several reasons for this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - There is truly a glut of used electronics. Anyone who needs a 5 year old PC can get one. If a school or whatever is telling you differently, they are too lazy to look.&#xD;&#xA; - Windows licenses don't transfer with your equipment. Unless the recipient is using Linux or buying Windows (unlikely), you're in a questionable ethical place. &#xD;&#xA; - Computers are incredibly cheap to procure, and maintaining old junk is very expensive. If you want to help, buy a new PC for $300.&#xD;&#xA; - Organizations that cannot afford a $300 PC cannot afford proper disposal. Most of these machines will end up in the landfill (best case) or sold (through multiple parties) to unethical scrap dealers who do nasty things like send them to Africa and have kids burn wires and boards to recover copper and silver.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My advice - pay the $25-40 to dispose of the device properly, and factor that cost into the TCO of your server environment. Or lease equipment from major vendors and make it their problem. Help organizations you care about with cash, labor or durable goods.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="12991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7360" RevisionGUID="406ed57e-d4fc-47ee-84ab-40b40a11777b" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:46:30.550" UserId="2467" Text="I don't know which version of Windows you are talking about, but Windows 2003 has the default domain lockout threshold set to 0, which means lockouts are not enabled." />
  <row Id="12992" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7343" RevisionGUID="7415f0d6-91d2-4e98-931a-4eba2e90e46c" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:49:00.823" UserId="48" Comment="deleted 9 characters in body" Text="You should be able to run Server 2008 on this ok, and you may be ok with Exchange 2003, although you may be pushing it a bit if you have alot of users. Exchange 2007, however, is not something I would run on this. Exchange 2007 needs alot of memory, it struggles with 2GB, with minimal users, I would reccomend at least 4GB if you have multiple users of Exchange, it also requires a 64bit CPU and a 64bit version of Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for administration guides, theres lots of resources on the internet, you may find some useful videos in the free videos section at [CBT Nuggets][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cbtnuggets.com/" />
  <row Id="12993" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7361" RevisionGUID="8e1a5b1f-75e3-476b-9dec-ccce2f2a335e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:49:31.277" UserId="45" Text="I once had a problem with [Skype][1] listening to port 80, if it was started while IIS was not. If Skype *is* taking over port 80, you can solve this problem changing a Skype setting:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    File &gt; Options &gt; Connection&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Uncheck *&quot;Use Port 80 and 443 as alternatives for incoming connections.&quot;* You should be able to restart default website now. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.skype.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ngtech.gr/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/skype-advanced-network-connection-settings-port-80-problem.png" />
  <row Id="12994" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7362" RevisionGUID="deb316d0-1bdd-4f43-a310-fac612901435" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:52:57.067" UserId="147" Text="From memory, you'll set up the mynetworks parameter in the postfix config file to include your Windows box and exclude the rest of the world. This should stop the postfix server from acting as an open relay." />
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  <row Id="12996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7363" RevisionGUID="d6d20d61-4fa2-42b7-b9d9-68db5c8c3835" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:55:13.147" UserId="2318" Text="    defaults write com.apple.iTunes AppleDisplayScaleFactor .75&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shrink iTunes. It's off-topic, and not really useful (unless you're using a small display), but fun enough that I can't resist posting it." />
  <row Id="12997" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7363" RevisionGUID="d6d20d61-4fa2-42b7-b9d9-68db5c8c3835" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:55:13.147" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="12998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7364" RevisionGUID="1ed40b77-1af8-4c62-8d17-e93488559807" CreationDate="2009-05-12T12:59:16.007" UserId="161" Text="I personally use [SyncToy v2][1] from microsoft and it is great for keeping my laptop in sync with my home pc. i got it working on windows 7 but i am yet to test it on the RC version. Using my netbook i also managed to get it to push files instead of fetching which was weird.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I find it quite adequate but very narrow in cofiguration. i could do with a product that can give you finer control and automatic sync on connection or constant sync on changes. I think for my needs, i require something scriptable to give me finer control.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C26EFA36-98E0-4EE9-A7C5-98D0592D8C52&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="12999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7365" RevisionGUID="d06a0c58-3733-4876-9fd4-b24a7db1fc6c" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:00:12.633" UserId="1815" Text="Something like this should work:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you should put &lt;path to your directory from server root&gt;, not some kind of &lt;servername&gt; :) It should be like &quot;/home/httpd/www/logs/&quot; or &quot;/var/log/apache/log/&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And it is better to finish directories with &quot;/&quot;. It may be important in some configurations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Alias /logs/ &quot;/&lt;path to your directory&gt;/log/&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Directory /&lt;path to your directory&gt;/log/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      Options Indexes FollowSymLinks&#xD;&#xA;      AuthName &quot;Application Logs&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      AuthType Basic&#xD;&#xA;      AuthUserFile /&lt;path to your directory&gt;/ihs/610/conf/.htpasswd&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;Limit GET POST&gt;&#xD;&#xA;         require valid-user&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/Limit&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13000" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7365" RevisionGUID="d06a0c58-3733-4876-9fd4-b24a7db1fc6c" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:00:12.633" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13001" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7366" RevisionGUID="79ae3641-c656-4a60-ad62-4f293c096283" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:02:16.063" UserId="2473" Text="I can see from our ISP stats that a large amount of bandwidth is being used throughout the day, I suspect it's someone using our wireless router although I'm not definite. Our PC's all run various types of windows, are there utilities/sniffers that I can use to detect where the bandwidth is going?" />
  <row Id="13002" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7366" RevisionGUID="79ae3641-c656-4a60-ad62-4f293c096283" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:02:16.063" UserId="2473" Text="Who's using our bandwidth?" />
  <row Id="13003" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7366" RevisionGUID="79ae3641-c656-4a60-ad62-4f293c096283" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:02:16.063" UserId="2473" Text="&lt;bandwidth&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="13004" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7346" RevisionGUID="808fe772-9827-406a-a960-58d4621d09b7" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:07:01.590" UserId="2318" Comment="changed wording in response to getting &quot;dug down&quot; for some unknown reason" Text="Per the [Win][1] and [Linux][2] threads, what commands do find most useful in Mac OS X Server (or Client)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6269/useful-commandline-commands-on-linux" />
  <row Id="13005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7367" RevisionGUID="347caa77-e84a-48fa-ae71-a351910f7104" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:09:26.543" UserId="1404" Text="Your router likely has a way to show what clients are connected through it, possibly as DHCP clients. That would identify who is connecting to your wireless router, although it wouldn't necessarily tell you who was using your bandwidth." />
  <row Id="13006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7368" RevisionGUID="0f24b72d-accd-4a95-8b1e-5db34c761478" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:10:03.890" UserId="2467" Text="Currently we use PRTG from [Paessler][1]. It's excellent. No agents required, excellent Ajax web interface, historical logging, graphing, WMI, etc etc. There's a 10 sensor version available for free but we plonked down a couple of grand for the enterprise version. Money well spent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.paessler.com/" />
  <row Id="13007" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7368" RevisionGUID="0f24b72d-accd-4a95-8b1e-5db34c761478" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:10:03.890" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13008" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7147" RevisionGUID="7368a2fc-d947-4a0f-ab39-828a8c6ff16e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:15:16.110" UserId="2400" Comment="improved problem description" Text="A friend of mine is physician and shares his office with other physicians (they're all psychiatrists). They're looking for a not to pricey and secure way to share and store files (basically text-only notes and reports) on a server (preferentially running Ubuntu Linux) over the LAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They need to be able to dynamically set the permissions on certain files: Sometimes physician A needs to give read access on a certain file to physician B and remove it again. Or physician B and C need read/write access on a certain file that physician A has no access at all. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Besides that, it's very important that no other person can read those files even if this person would gain physical access to the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They're not into memorizing hundreds of passwords, so I'm also looking for some kind of OS-agnostic [SSO][1] solution maybe even using a hardware token.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the clientside, they all have different workstations (Windows XP, Linux and OSX).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was thinking of a solution using [TrueCrypt][2] in combination with [eTokens][3], so no matter where the files are saved, they're always encrypted and can only be read by people having the permission to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone of you have a better idea or could you point me to a similar setup/howto? Or would you just setup a smart intranet webapplication by yourself in this case?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_sign-on&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.truecrypt.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.aladdin.com/etoken/devices/pro-usb.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13009" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7369" RevisionGUID="317a90d1-11f1-4b78-9a60-bf5b6a396c03" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:15:40.883" UserId="640" Text="You can install a PC on a hub (or managed switch emulating a hub) with the router, and use Wireshark to capture all the traffic. From here you can get some useful metrics to point you to your bandwidth hogs." />
  <row Id="13010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7370" RevisionGUID="cc71922e-7980-4016-ab13-84473caba0f1" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:19:52.603" UserId="1956" Text="In object explorer, navigate to the database you're interested in. Expand it out and click on the Tables folder. Hit F7 to bring up the Object Explorer Details. Select the tables you want to delete and press the delete key." />
  <row Id="13011" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7371" RevisionGUID="17586608-390b-47c5-867e-14d257fb5df8" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:20:04.147" UserId="2273" Text="If you are using Windows Authenticate and the remote user is being prompted for login information, they may not be authenticated to your domain/server when they connect.  Make sure they enter the fully qualified username along with their password.  (e.g. MYDOMAIN\userx or userx@MYDOMAIN.local..)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13012" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7371" RevisionGUID="17586608-390b-47c5-867e-14d257fb5df8" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:20:04.147" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7372" RevisionGUID="7652a5e4-fa9c-424a-922d-44b623ffaf2e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:20:23.507" UserId="2441" Text="Can you give us more details about your network setup? I can propose two different approaches:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Depending on the type of wireless device you have, you may be able to use a network management application that uses SNMP to pull down stats from the AP. Most enterprise APs will have a MIB table that tracks the list of associated client, their signal quality, and the number of bytes used. Similarly, your router may have a MIB that tracks traffic by IP address. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. You can use a wired traffic sniffer (wireshark, etherpeek) to watch the traffic. Those tools can usually give you a breakdown of traffic by user. You'd have to sniff the traffic  before it hits your router (if your router does NAT). You can use a hub (though those are really hard to find these days) or turn on port mirroring on a managed switch. You can also use a wireless sniffer, but if the network is encrypted, you'll just get an idea of the volume of traffic from each user, not where the traffic is destined. " />
  <row Id="13014" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7373" RevisionGUID="da9f3d08-13c5-419f-9368-6ee67901ac9b" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:20:49.153" UserId="2278" Text="From the stats, this looks like a second hand box, so I'm guessing you don't plan on upgrading the hardware. The setup will run fine, but along with the rest of the commenters, it's only really a test box. If you're planning on using it in any kind of production capacity you need something a bit beefier.&#xD;&#xA;Another caveat - Windows 2008 will run, but I believe Windows 2008 R2 is 64-bit only so you will need a different machine if you want to run that." />
  <row Id="13015" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7374" RevisionGUID="628d3e0f-911a-49da-a2b3-fc07ee20362e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:21:54.097" UserId="2467" Text="What's the difference between redundancy and backup? Ok, configure a RAID 5 disk set. Store some business-critical stuff on it. Pull a disk out. Everything still works! That's redundancy. Now delete all the data (don't cheat with the recycle bin). Now restore it from the most recent backup. You don't have one? Oops. Well at least you can tell your boss your disks are using RAID 5 redundancy (as you get marched out of the building...)" />
  <row Id="13016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7375" RevisionGUID="f79bd5f2-f0c8-46f4-b477-71a9771baeb4" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:21:54.610" UserId="1565" Text="Adding to Jon B's answer, I have also used [ntop][1] to get a good idea of where traffic is going.  I downloaded a Virtual Appliance to make it easier to set up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ntop.org/overview.html" />
  <row Id="13017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7376" RevisionGUID="6d08c57d-59fa-4f0f-8895-3fce5de35e03" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:23:26.057" UserId="2474" Text="Is anyone familiar with a port mirroring or port translation tool for Windows (2k8 if it makes a difference)? I have an installation of Openfire that needs to run over 443, however, it doesn't support client connections on that port (currently is on port 5222). &#xD;&#xA;Currently the firewall is handling this port translation, however, this doesn't work for internal users as DNS is pointed to a local address and not the firewall. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13018" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7376" RevisionGUID="6d08c57d-59fa-4f0f-8895-3fce5de35e03" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:23:26.057" UserId="2474" Text="Port mirroring as a Windows service" />
  <row Id="13019" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7376" RevisionGUID="6d08c57d-59fa-4f0f-8895-3fce5de35e03" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:23:26.057" UserId="2474" Text="&lt;jabber&gt;&lt;port-forwarding&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="13020" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7377" RevisionGUID="c1576870-405e-4e61-b443-2c1bd35eed92" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:24:13.873" UserId="1956" Text="Is this a server for you to play with and test things out on, or is it going to be a production server? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the latter, I strongly suggest two servers. SQL and Exchange do not get along well together. They're both memory hogs, they can both use the disk heavily. " />
  <row Id="13021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7378" RevisionGUID="e6af1065-c612-4ebb-b1e3-f03d9d63b5ef" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:25:25.133" UserId="1576" Text="Wireshark (used to be called Ethereal) will tell you everything you want to know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- &lt;http://www.wireshark.org/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- &lt;a href=&quot;http://sysadminhell.blogspot.com/2008/04/using-wireshark-to-determine-bandwidth.html&quot;&gt;A useful guide I found on the internets :)&lt;/a&gt;" />
  <row Id="13022" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7379" RevisionGUID="31cab148-64ba-4130-ad29-da9dbdc7c768" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:25:43.167" UserId="2441" Text="The 'airport' CLI utility is my favorite. See http://osxdaily.com/2007/01/18/airport-the-little-known-command-line-wireless-utility/. It will show you details like the signal level, noise level, and the BSSID of the AP you're associated to.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="13024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7380" RevisionGUID="485666c1-b31b-46be-ad40-9f204bd0e9e6" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:27:01.480" UserId="2318" Text="    sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -restart -agent&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Start the Remote Desktop service (useful if you only have SSH access but want to do something on your client Mac). For more options, see: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2370" />
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  <row Id="13026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7381" RevisionGUID="ec3ecd2a-b3ad-4954-9ce3-474c4663fe69" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:27:29.417" UserId="1797" Text="Depending on the make and model of the wireless access point/switch you are using, [Tomato][1] might be just what you are after. It provides a nice [bandwidth monitor][2], among other things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, [a bit costly][3], but it seems it would do what you want as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.polarcloud.com/v/scbwm.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.tamos.com/products/commwifi/" />
  <row Id="13028" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7380" RevisionGUID="1776f324-9964-48e6-9089-41f82f393767" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:33:42.710" UserId="2318" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="    sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -restart -agent&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Starts the Remote Desktop service (useful if you only have SSH access but want to do something using the GUI on your client Mac). For more options, see: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2370" />
  <row Id="13029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7382" RevisionGUID="232d6073-d283-461d-bd6b-7c1ea8a8efa5" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:36:21.237" UserId="385" Text="Yes, it is a potential denial of service attack. That's why the Microsoft recommendations in the Windows Server 2003 Security Guide have password unlock set for 15 minutes. NSA was the first I saw to really propose using password unlock, and that was back in the Windows 2000 days. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if you have a password unlock, the problem is the attacker is still out there, meaning the attacker can still try and crack passwords (if that's the real intent). The key is to figure out where the attack is coming from and shut it down. Once you've done that, execute a script to automatically unlock all the accounts.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13030" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7383" RevisionGUID="fb809a21-4da6-450e-9f1c-b7c6d0dd60e0" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:38:01.547" UserId="1815" Text="Have you never used https or ftp in a browser?" />
  <row Id="13031" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7384" RevisionGUID="fa572b75-64bc-4508-8a76-98edd86b1e32" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:40:35.610" UserId="151" Text="I wonder what the common guidelines for large-scale Sharepoint 2007 Architecture is? Mostly, I'd like to plan how many Site Collections are needed, and why I should split my Intranet into multiple Site Collections instead of just having one to rule them all?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The question that derives from that is what the disadvantages of different Site collections are. From what I see, they can not talk to each other (i.e. the CQWP can not read data from another Site Collection) and I have to deploy my features on every Site Collection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any good resources and white papers on larger-scale Sharepoint Architecture? I found some stuff which tells me how many servers, but I'm looking for something one level higher, talking about Application Pools, Content Databases and Site Collections." />
  <row Id="13032" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7384" RevisionGUID="fa572b75-64bc-4508-8a76-98edd86b1e32" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:40:35.610" UserId="151" Text="Site Collections in Sharepoint 2007 - how many, and why?" />
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  <row Id="13034" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7366" RevisionGUID="7ef21088-d01c-4e9d-b111-86701146d68f" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:41:04.097" UserId="1797" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;bandwidth&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;wireless&gt;" />
  <row Id="13035" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7385" RevisionGUID="9462e1f0-8772-4d2c-9adc-5b4429fe96e0" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:41:23.253" UserId="1435" Text="Please consider that this processor is a single-core, 64-bit-capable chip that cannot hardware-enabled virtualisation and may be limited by the amount of memory that can be added. I'm sure you'll be able to get the code list you mention running on the box but I wouldn't expect it to be particularly fast." />
  <row Id="13036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7386" RevisionGUID="4f5965f2-873b-46e0-a722-6a071972d5be" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:42:23.580" UserId="2441" Text="In practice, I have found that ITIL has three pieces:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. A CMDB (or some database with all of your assets in it).&#xD;&#xA; 2. Tools that interoperate (NMS systems that can sync with your CMDB and each other).&#xD;&#xA; 3. Documented process for handling incidents and problems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that most people are starting at such a huge deficit in terms of their existing tools and processes that just getting a CMDB in place that is accurate is a monumental chore, and there's little value in it when you can't take advantage of it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is no such thing as an &quot;ITIL-compliant&quot; product, despite vendor claims. But tools that work with different CMDBs or at least have open APIs will help you improve your ITSM capabilities. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7387" RevisionGUID="74ff0251-5d22-4e8a-a1e8-551792db6eec" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:42:47.697" UserId="798" Text="I installed Win7 on my Compaq Presario 2145 laptop, which is pretty old, and it didn't work at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The laptop has: Athlon 2400, 768 MB RAM, 60 GB HDD, 512 MB video.  Bought it in 2003.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you start it up, it jams before it even gets to the windows loading screen.  Just sits at an eternal screen of blackness.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think the minimum requirements say 1 GB of RAM is needed, but I'm not sure that is the issue.  The laptop has some older hardware in it of course, so I'm sure that is part of the problem." />
  <row Id="13038" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7388" RevisionGUID="eb8443cb-d0d6-45f0-80a6-716d0745915e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:43:47.867" UserId="22" Text="We run a simple **Windows 2000 server** that hosts some of our shared files across the office.&#xD;&#xA;On my laptop I have run **Windows 7 Build 7057** for the past time with no issues whatsoever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recently upgraded to **Windows 7 RC1** and find that I can no longer connect to network shares on the Windows 2000 server. Doing so (supplying the right credentials) results in the following error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Facts:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - We do not run a domain server&#xD;&#xA; - Things worked fine using build 7057&#xD;&#xA; - Credentials are 100% fine&#xD;&#xA; - Connecting to another desktop's shared folders (without a password) works fine&#xD;&#xA; - Connecting via `net use` results in a **system error 1326**&#xD;&#xA; - I have already tried to supply the username in the form of `&lt;servername&gt;\&lt;username&gt;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there something else I am overlooking? Any help is greatly appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13039" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7388" RevisionGUID="eb8443cb-d0d6-45f0-80a6-716d0745915e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:43:47.867" UserId="22" Text="Windows 7 RC1 no longer connects to passworded network shares?" />
  <row Id="13040" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7388" RevisionGUID="eb8443cb-d0d6-45f0-80a6-716d0745915e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:43:47.867" UserId="22" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;network-share&gt;" />
  <row Id="13041" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7389" RevisionGUID="edcbdc46-1fde-45a7-8602-7900d147ae36" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:44:19.923" UserId="216" Text="If you don't mind having your XMPP sessions encrypted (and why would you?!) you should be able to use [`stunnel`][1] to proxy between the two ports.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are [Windows binaries][2] available, although I don't know if it can run as a service &quot;out of the box&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.stunnel.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.stunnel.org/download/binaries.html" />
  <row Id="13042" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7390" RevisionGUID="976a42dd-f5b0-42d9-817e-e462ac690262" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:45:00.547" UserId="2278" Text="We have a 'out-of-band' management network for our iLOs. Access to it is firewalled, and only the engineers get to go on it. It's extremely useful for troubleshooting, and also for server deployments." />
  <row Id="13043" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7231" RevisionGUID="cc37b3a0-92a4-4c8e-8313-0bf2e9c89d5d" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:47:56.513" UserId="2235" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="It works ok, but it's not enterprise grade.  I have a couple of scheduled batch files that use robocopy, it works great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13044" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7391" RevisionGUID="e6880476-e7af-447a-b5e6-b6842bdbd3d0" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:49:59.443" UserId="45" Text="I am not sure if this works using the same local IP address as remote adress, but you could try this free tool: [RelayTCP][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; RelayTCP allows to redirect TCP/IP&#xD;&#xA;&gt; connections from a local port to a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; remote IP and port.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; There is two versions of the software:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - RelayTCP command line: is a command line executable to make one&#xD;&#xA;&gt; socket redirection.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - RelayTCP service: is a NT service that allows make multiple&#xD;&#xA;&gt; redirections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dlcsistemas.com/html/relay_tcp.html" />
  <row Id="13045" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4692" RevisionGUID="0ad826aa-2c8b-45cd-85d7-b91e3e9b5fd6" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:51:19.500" UserId="975" Comment="Added 64 bit" Text="Our IT dept is going to use 7rc1**(7100)** 64 bit.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately we are having an issue with OfficeScan.  On install attempt it is saying we need to be member's of Administrators.  I double checked and we are.  Also, UAC is turned off.  We were able to use it under *build 7000* of the BETA but now, nadda.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An there site, [HERE][1], it states that they*(will??)* support Windows 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone else experienced this?  Thoughts on a fix?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## EDIT 1 ##&#xD;&#xA;I have gotten past the privledges issue but I am now getting an &quot;incompatible driver&quot; warning.  I triple checked and it is stated that TrendMicro supports 7 and I even found a few (unreachable) references to users who have it running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anything else I should check?  How do I verify that my components are all up to date?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://trendmicro.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&amp;item=710" />
  <row Id="13046" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="4692" RevisionGUID="0ad826aa-2c8b-45cd-85d7-b91e3e9b5fd6" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:51:19.500" UserId="975" Comment="Added 64 bit" Text="Windows 7 RC1 (x64) and Trend Micro OfficeScan" />
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  <row Id="13048" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7392" RevisionGUID="bbb25d0b-9efd-41a4-be73-a5190e9b09c5" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:53:00.653" UserId="151" Text="I just saw that TechNet has an [updated Book available for download][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262757.aspx" />
  <row Id="13049" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7388" RevisionGUID="182f13c2-0341-441f-b38d-8d0956144559" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:54:39.820" UserId="22" Comment="added 86 characters in body" Text="We run a simple **Windows 2000 server** that hosts some of our shared files across the office.&#xD;&#xA;On my laptop I have run **Windows 7 Build 7057** for the past time with no issues whatsoever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recently upgraded to **Windows 7 RC1** and find that I can no longer connect to network shares on the Windows 2000 server. Doing so (supplying the right credentials) results in the following error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Facts:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - We do not run a domain server&#xD;&#xA; - The network share works on every other system&#xD;&#xA; - My Windows Firewall is disabled&#xD;&#xA; - I am running a **64 bit** version of Windows 7 RC 1&#xD;&#xA; - Things worked fine using build 7057&#xD;&#xA; - Credentials are 100% fine&#xD;&#xA; - Connecting to another desktop's shared folders (without a password) works fine&#xD;&#xA; - Connecting via `net use` results in a **system error 1326**&#xD;&#xA; - I have already tried to supply the username in the form of `&lt;servername&gt;\&lt;username&gt;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there something else I am overlooking? Any help is greatly appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13050" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="7388" RevisionGUID="182f13c2-0341-441f-b38d-8d0956144559" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:54:39.820" UserId="22" Comment="added 86 characters in body" Text="Windows 7 RC1 x64 no longer connects to passworded network shares?" />
  <row Id="13051" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6737" RevisionGUID="7184666d-dd48-48e6-85bc-a731f4ec7e07" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:55:22.860" UserId="301" Comment="added security point" Text="Using mod_php each apache worker has the entire php interpreter loaded into it. Because apache needs one worker process per incoming request, you can quickly end up with hundreds of apache workers in use, each with their own php interpreter loaded, consuming huge amounts of memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(note, this isn't exactly true, apache's worker_mpm allows you to serve many requests with a single threaded apache worker, however even in 2009, this is not the recommended way to deploy php because of suspected threading issues with the php extensions)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By using php in fast_cgi mode (using something like [spawn-fcgi][1] from the lighttpd package) has the following benefits&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* tune the number of php workers separately from the number of incoming connections&#xD;&#xA;* allow you to put you php workers on a different server, or scale across many servers without changing you web tier&#xD;&#xA;* gives you flexability to choose a different web server, like nginx, or lighttpd&#xD;&#xA;* allows you to run your php application in a different security domain to your web server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/spawn-fcgi/news" />
  <row Id="13052" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7393" RevisionGUID="d7cd2995-c633-4a36-bf91-0cfa695c9c2d" CreationDate="2009-05-12T13:56:03.577" UserId="1797" Text="Try [this][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Disable the firewall&#xD;&#xA;- Ensure that the share works on another comptuer&#xD;&#xA;- Run 'secpol.msc' &gt; Local Policies &gt; Security Options &gt; Network&#xD;&#xA;Security: LAN Manager authentication level &gt; Send LM &amp; NTLM - use&#xD;&#xA;NTLMv2 if negotiated &#xD;&#xA;- Check the **date and time**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.ms-windows.networking.windows/browse_thread/thread/5a19a1e6a418ea37?pli=1" />
  <row Id="13053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7394" RevisionGUID="9d693cdd-7f65-4a4b-87d1-1ffb61ee4ca6" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:00:03.363" UserId="1815" Text="Does your company allows Skype in network? What are reasons to forbid it, and how it is enforced? Is it done for security concerns?" />
  <row Id="13054" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7394" RevisionGUID="9d693cdd-7f65-4a4b-87d1-1ffb61ee4ca6" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:00:03.363" UserId="1815" Text="Does your company allows skype in network?" />
  <row Id="13055" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7394" RevisionGUID="9d693cdd-7f65-4a4b-87d1-1ffb61ee4ca6" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:00:03.363" UserId="1815" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;skype&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="13056" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5049" RevisionGUID="4cb80c88-fecf-4480-a406-1128aaef8f0c" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:02:10.707" UserId="1815" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="It is a common situation, when administrator makes system for automatic backuping and forgets it. Only after a system fails administrator notices, that backup system has broken before or backups are unrestorable because of some fault and he has no current backup to restore from... So what are best practices to avoid such situations??" />
  <row Id="13057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7395" RevisionGUID="f45a532f-fed8-42e3-9637-a114190c5f1f" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:02:39.583" UserId="1995" Text="No.  It is actively removed from managed systems.  It is forbidden for bandwidth &amp; security reasons as well as the fact that voice services and other forms of IM are provided." />
  <row Id="13058" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7396" RevisionGUID="ccf2b8c8-80f2-499a-8608-9827c96196d4" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:02:39.677" UserId="2359" Text="We block it using a web filter product from Websense.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7397" RevisionGUID="48281655-e8b0-47fa-b124-b46cd1e34504" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:03:06.790" UserId="640" Text="For business or personal purposes? We used to use it for business, but dropped it for a proper voip system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wouldn't allow it for personal use, just like I wouldn't allow IM." />
  <row Id="13060" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7394" RevisionGUID="343798e3-bc4c-4737-a649-623296c563c6" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:03:27.397" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="Does your company allow Skype in network? What are reasons to forbid it, and how it is enforced? Is it done for security concerns?" />
  <row Id="13061" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="7394" RevisionGUID="343798e3-bc4c-4737-a649-623296c563c6" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:03:27.397" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="Does your company allow Skype in network?" />
  <row Id="13062" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7398" RevisionGUID="d425e632-1190-45f0-bcea-1be9b569a0e5" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:06:12.943" UserId="1933" Text="Consider an isolated VLAN with a heavily restricted [bastion host][1] facilitating access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Access to the devices not only requires knowledge of and access to the bastion host, but also access to the lights-out management device, most of which can be configured to have a separate authentication scheme.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can further restrict access by applying ACL's to restrict access to the bastion host so that connections can only come from authorised management stations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastion_host" />
  <row Id="13063" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7399" RevisionGUID="a7f08bc1-295f-4c24-b6bb-ff14adfaef29" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:07:24.893" UserId="588" Text="Skype is the voip solution for the office; when you have a small office (&lt;10 people) it suffices. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13064" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7400" RevisionGUID="c7283a7c-ed95-477f-8b59-67f3d66e2c85" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:08:14.017" UserId="1815" Text="Best voip solution for personal usage? Do you prefer jabber/google-talk, skype or any other service?" />
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  <row Id="13066" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7400" RevisionGUID="c7283a7c-ed95-477f-8b59-67f3d66e2c85" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:08:14.017" UserId="1815" Text="&lt;personal-use&gt;&lt;network&gt;&lt;voip&gt;&lt;skype&gt;&lt;jabber&gt;" />
  <row Id="13067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7401" RevisionGUID="c0e045df-f1ec-4111-b29f-360f1ea2b86b" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:13:59.867" UserId="995" Text="I once had a job offer from a company that wanted my workstation to be in the AC controlled, noisy server room with no natural light. I'm not sure what their motivation was. Possibly it made sense to them for me to be close to the servers, or possibly they wanted to save the desk space for other employees. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I turned down the job (for many reasons, including the working environment).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this a common practice? Do you work in your LAN room? How do you cope?" />
  <row Id="13068" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7401" RevisionGUID="c0e045df-f1ec-4111-b29f-360f1ea2b86b" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:13:59.867" UserId="995" Text="Do you work in your server room?" />
  <row Id="13069" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7401" RevisionGUID="c0e045df-f1ec-4111-b29f-360f1ea2b86b" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:13:59.867" UserId="995" Text="&lt;physical-environment&gt;" />
  <row Id="13070" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7402" RevisionGUID="3d24414d-19b9-4b1f-92b2-0238f0472444" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:16:01.393" UserId="1630" Text="We allow and use it, although less than we used to.  It used to be our main solution for inter-office communication internationally, but we now have a wider VoIP network that takes its place.  We still use it to communicate between folks working at home and folks in the office on occasion, but even that's falling away as Office Communicator takes its place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, we've seen no reason to block it (or external IM, for that matter)" />
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  <row Id="13072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7404" RevisionGUID="22f9e742-1270-4761-ac35-3cd5f4e16089" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:16:28.163" UserId="1494" Text="It was for us when I started, but then we moved a few summers ago. We are a university support area for a particular school. Hence, old building and new servers == sharing the space. I just developed a habit for wearing my coat everywhere." />
  <row Id="13073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7405" RevisionGUID="9a15de9f-e3a9-48b0-b0bd-03d0e73a2315" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:18:43.820" UserId="671" Text="We've discussed the tools used for [load][1] [testing][2] here on ServerFault, but what about training on how to use them properly?  Are there companies that specialize in IT training that cover load testing?  How do you properly come up with a simulated load?  How long should you run the test for?  What are the best metrics to be tracking on the server-side while the test is running?  And so on...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2107/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/917/" />
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  <row Id="13079" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7407" RevisionGUID="c03fa661-8209-4439-95d9-47bf3bc16eed" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:20:17.920" UserId="1494" Text="Skype is amazing." />
  <row Id="13080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7408" RevisionGUID="5f572969-c30c-4fb9-b350-22c72a957cf2" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:22:27.180" UserId="1820" Text="I think for very small operations it may be common, however once you get above 2 or 3 servers, it's not practical or advisable at all. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We only have a single cabinet and a rack of switches, yet the noise is too great to work comfortably, and the temperature is too cool for office work. However, we are right beside the server room, and the door has a 3x3 window to give a quick look at status lights.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't really see any advantage of being close to the servers, as everything should be monitored by software with automatic notification in the event of problems." />
  <row Id="13081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7409" RevisionGUID="6aca49b1-9fc1-4ff5-8d2c-c6c574ca38d9" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:23:04.013" UserId="798" Text="In college I had a job where I worked in the server room.  It was VERY loud as it was one of those huge old Compaq servers with like 10 old drives.  I don't think it is standard practice at all, though I have heard of other people (usually college intern types) in the same situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another company I worked at put like 6 consultants in the server area, in what came to be known as the &quot;Software Developer Overflow Area&quot;.  There were crammed in at one folding table-type desk that had servers stuffed underneath it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So basically, unless you're a consultant or a college student, probably not something you should have to put up with.  :)" />
  <row Id="13082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7410" RevisionGUID="e3c2c60b-8608-43f4-ae60-497d82127e99" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:23:22.840" UserId="495" Text="Among other things, site collections provide an administrative and security boundary. Site collection administrators for site collection A don't have any rights by default on site collection B. You can specify those administrators independently. Also, SharePoint groups exist at the site collection level. So every SharePoint group you create is available for use in all of the sites in a site collection. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For our main intranet that our IT group administers, we've found that one site collection works pretty well. IT controls the security and delegates control of the content. However, for department- or branch-level portals, we've found that creating a site collection with a quota allows our us to provide our users with a collaboration portal without requiring too much IT time investment or worrying that they're going to mess up another group's data. The downside of doing that is that users either have to be trained or just tossed in the deep end and told to figure it out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The flip side of separating the administration of the site collections that we've seen is that sometimes it would be more convenient to have one point of administration. However, we've been able to combat that with some PowerShell commands and scripts. [Gary LaPointe's][1] stsadm extensions and PowerShell cmdlets are very helpful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stsadm.blogspot.com/2007/08/stsadm-commands_09.html" />
  <row Id="13084" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7412" RevisionGUID="8614b812-d513-4e09-9279-312593d1a346" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:26:04.613" UserId="706" Text="**Do you work in your server room?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally no, although in some companies with only 2-3 servers, yes - my office was the server room.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Is this a common practice?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For small companies and technology startups, yes - space is an issue. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**How do you cope?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I make a business case against it, security, cost, etc.  If that doesn't work, I bring a sound level meter and the OSHA guidelines, and show them that they are providing an unsafe work environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="13085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7413" RevisionGUID="2945c378-4e55-4ea8-98ca-2190923df988" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:27:27.323" UserId="1812" Text="I work in my server room. We have 14 servers, plus a phone-switch, 2 barracudas and other equipment. The level of noise is too much. Every half-hour to hour I have to get out of the room for a good ten minutes. We are working towards virtualizing most of the servers, but still no one should have to work in the &quot;server room&quot;" />
  <row Id="13087" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7415" RevisionGUID="5fec1964-6cab-468e-94dd-15bc98728546" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:28:06.370" UserId="30" Text="I installed Windows 7 RC x86 on an old Dell Optiplex GX270 -- 2.6 GHz Pentium 4, 512MB RAM, 40GD Hard Drive with an older Intel chipset.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows 7 does install and run acceptably on this older machine with only 512MB of RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did have some issues getting the video card drivers installed.  It has an older Intel 865G which is not supported in Vista.  After the OS install, the video card came up as 'Standard VGA'.  I did get the older XP drivers from the Intel site and then ran the install under XP SP3 compatibility (the install program was checking windows versions...)  Since this driver works through XPDM and not WDDM, Glass is disabled.  However, rendering is much faster with the old Intel driver than with the Standard VGA driver." />
  <row Id="13089" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7412" RevisionGUID="d94f8e8d-1e6c-460a-921a-ec90dc7f63d2" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:34:52.860" UserId="706" Comment="added 142 characters in body" Text="**Do you work in your server room?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally no, although in some companies with only 2-3 servers, yes - my office was the server room.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Is this a common practice?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For small companies and technology startups, yes - space is an issue. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**How do you cope?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I make a business case against it, security, cost, etc.  If that doesn't work, I bring a sound level meter and the [OSHA guidelines][1], and show them that they are providing an unsafe work environment.  This would require them to perform monitoring and sound control, supply affected employees with proper equipment for such a working environment, hold occasional training on sound exposure, etc, etc, etc.  The cost would be much greater to support than providing a work area outside the server room.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't hold a conversation at a normal level in the server room (about 60db) then it's likely too loud to work in for 8 hours a day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=standards&amp;p_id=9735" />
  <row Id="13090" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7416" RevisionGUID="b6b35e15-ef43-43aa-b616-c9c472be5756" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:35:30.893" UserId="45" Text="I think the performance counter you're looking for is called **&quot;Memory: Pages/sec.&quot;**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From this TechNet article [Useful Performance Counters][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Pages/sec is the number of pages read&#xD;&#xA;&gt; from the disk or written to the disk&#xD;&#xA;&gt; because they were not in memory when&#xD;&#xA;&gt; needed (that is, the number of page&#xD;&#xA;&gt; faults that required disk access). The&#xD;&#xA;&gt; counter includes paging traffic&#xD;&#xA;&gt; generated when the cache accesses file&#xD;&#xA;&gt; data for applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa746253.aspx" />
  <row Id="13091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7417" RevisionGUID="12c550d5-6592-49ad-809c-30eea5f936f4" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:40:30.150" UserId="1696" Text="No for one of several reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Not SOX compliant&#xD;&#xA; 2. No Central logging&#xD;&#xA; 3. Resource and network bandwidth hogger&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="13092" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7412" RevisionGUID="ffb2a4eb-56a1-466c-b408-be3faec706b4" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:41:37.370" UserId="706" Comment="added 49 characters in body" Text="**Do you work in your server room?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally no, although in some companies with only 2-3 servers, yes - my office was the server room.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Is this a common practice?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For small companies and technology startups, yes - space is an issue. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**How do you cope?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I make a business case against it, security, cost, etc.  If that doesn't work, I bring a sound level meter and the [OSHA guidelines][1], and show them that they are providing an unsafe work environment.  This would require them to perform monitoring and sound control, supply affected employees with proper equipment for such a working environment, hold occasional training on sound exposure, etc, etc, etc.  The cost would be much greater to support than providing a work area outside the server room.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**At what point do you suffer hearing loss?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't hold a conversation at a normal level in the server room (about 60db) then it's likely too loud to work in for 8 hours a day.  Extended exposure to high sound levels leads to hearing loss, and the employer would be liable for this if they did not proactively follow the OSHA guidelines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, by that time you've already lost something valuable, so it's in your best interest to protect yourself by demanding an appropriate working environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=standards&amp;p_id=9735" />
  <row Id="13093" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="709" RevisionGUID="a672182e-f348-40bc-92f8-cddf75907dd5" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:41:47.900" UserId="-1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:367,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jedi Master Spooky&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="13094" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7418" RevisionGUID="5f10d59c-0bb8-4a51-b44c-45c3dd253682" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:43:24.637" UserId="1403" Text="I had to temporarily while new offices were being built.  That was back when our server count was much smaller and we had big servers with big quiet fan.  Even than it was very irritating and hard to work.  Nowadays with the insanely loud 1u servers, I can't imagine anyone doing it for more than a couple days!" />
  <row Id="13095" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7326" RevisionGUID="4ba1110a-ebb2-45a8-bf44-d8e41f39c31b" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:43:51.967" UserId="45" Comment="capital." Text="We have a SqlServer database that we run using Windows Authorization. I want to set up a server login for a particular user who is remoting in. In the management tool, I enter the user name, password, and confirm the password. Then save. The user is unable to log in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I re-open the login, the password appears to have been changed. It's a different number of characters. Since they are obscured, I can not see what they are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not a problem with the management tool. Same result with two different SQL Managers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's going on?&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="13097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7419" RevisionGUID="84906429-6158-4f51-beff-bc48b2e3eccf" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:44:23.357" UserId="2224" Text="Some SA types like to &quot;work&quot; in the server room because it keeps them out of sight. It's bad for the employee and usually bad for the company." />
  <row Id="13098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7420" RevisionGUID="684c23d6-0ed5-41bc-9c56-54aea37cb27f" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:45:04.523" UserId="1787" Text="In a startup I've worked in &quot;the server room&quot;, but it was actually a regular room in a regular office. And as it was start-up, servers where big-towers, not 19&quot; rack.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Friend of mine was working in a server room like you describe. Because of temperature changes between server room and the rest of the office, and air in server rooms is kept extremely dry, he had chronic sore throat, and he would get infected by flu very often&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13099" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7104" RevisionGUID="9a1c41b4-fe30-4330-af56-0ef2a614a0b8" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:49:29.163" UserId="1054" Comment="added 127 characters in body" Text="For anyone who is running the Win7 RC, are you running into any unexpected problems with regards to hardware incompatibility?  If so, have you been able to work through them in what you would call a reasonable fashion?  Any big name things out there that are breaking with Win7?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**&#xD;&#xA;Make that devices AND drivers per David Collantes' answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT 2:**&#xD;&#xA;Would like some special attention to items that worked great under Vista that now are not-so-great under Win7." />
  <row Id="13100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7421" RevisionGUID="fc57100a-2fdf-4f53-a1f0-7bcba8970b88" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:52:39.593" UserId="1982" Text="To quickly open the Exchange 2007 Management Shell:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;exshell.psc1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Active Directory Sites and Services:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dssite.msc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, anything in the start menu I try to grab the properties of the shortcuts and find out what they actually call.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and the &quot;elevated&quot; command-prompt in Vista:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Start -&gt; from the Search box &quot;cmd&quot; + Ctrl+Shift+Enter&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;:)" />
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  <row Id="13102" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="7335" RevisionGUID="3aabdb18-be82-4bd4-a077-864fd188e3eb" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:54:50.823" UserId="1852" Comment="grammar in title" Text="How do you repair a damaged or corrupt partition?" />
  <row Id="13103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7422" RevisionGUID="d88d48bd-6b10-4c0b-abf3-e16d124a9a69" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:55:43.393" UserId="1787" Text="Skype is P2P so it eats up bandwidth. Also nominates users with good connection to serve as hubs, forwarding connection between other users. That eats up lot more bandwidth and CPU. You have absolutely no control over it. Other problem with Skype, that being P2P it uses firewall punch-trough, which of course admins don't like.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7423" RevisionGUID="f8710936-3765-4e61-8172-d4a4b0b35c77" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:56:32.863" UserId="2480" Text="It depends on what you're planning to achieve. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're going to have a small farm with small quantity of users, then this is something you don't have to take in consideration. However, when you're deploying a really large farm you should pay attetion to software boundaries. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you can see in this Technet Article [Plan for Software Bounaries][1], SharePoint degrades performance exponentially when certain things are not taken into account. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would suggest you pay attetion to these performance issues, rather than site collections. Site Collections have their pro's and con's, however when you're working with large farms (100GB+), Microsoft suggests to use a single site collection and quotas for content databases. Hope this helps. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Máximo&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262787.aspx" />
  <row Id="13108" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7400" RevisionGUID="434b135a-b83a-4839-a538-cb231d98f5b9" CreationDate="2009-05-12T14:59:26.070" UserId="1787" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;personal-use&gt;&lt;voip&gt;&lt;skype&gt;&lt;jabber&gt;" />
  <row Id="13109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7425" RevisionGUID="c2fb881f-b90c-429c-8dbf-77255cf5e075" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:01:42.010" UserId="2466" Text="Yes we do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For small offices it is a great tool for communicating. It can use lots of bandwidth but if the company does lots of traveling, the cost savings from international long distance can be great. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We actually use it more for chat than voice, but since it does both we don't need another IM client on the desktop." />
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  <row Id="13111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7427" RevisionGUID="0d641c96-de3b-4cbe-b10c-93c8a914e5fd" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:09:47.593" UserId="2011" Text="You may want to consider a real Document Management system. These days there are hosted web-based ones available such as [DocuVantage][1] which are very cheap and take no time to setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With these systems you get more than just file storage. You get version control (can go back to last version), security so you can control access, custom metadata and searching on metadata, full content search of the documents, can tie approval processes to documents, can scan documents in the web interface into the system, can get notifications when documents are viewed or modified. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sure I'm missing some features.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.docuvantage.com/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13112" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7428" RevisionGUID="0c94aab4-c6a3-490c-a202-3a20abe6c1a8" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:11:40.367" UserId="571" Text="My company has a VPS with a webhost that serves a few websites. I would like to set up an automated backup that will cover as much of the system as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server Info:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Server 2003 Web Edition (32 bit)&#xD;&#xA; - Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Backup Sources: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Individual website web root folders&#xD;&#xA; - Databases for each site (if needed)&#xD;&#xA; - IIS settings&#xD;&#xA; - Other misc. files (not OS or website-related)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Preferably, I would be able to set up a backup scenario for each website that would include the site files and databases for that site and one backup scenario for the server-wide info. However, one global backup would be OK.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The preferred destination for the backups would be an FTP server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am currently doing most of this manually (exception of the IIS settings). " />
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  <row Id="13117" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7429" RevisionGUID="6fd89818-1239-4043-800c-f121d5869cdf" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:14:56.413" UserId="2029" Text="I agree with the above comments, and would be concerned that a possible employer was too short on funds to set up a proper server room, or they just don't care. If you are not already there and bring up OSHA, I think most employers would just not hire you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Working in a loud, noise filled room sucks - I've had to do it as a consultant and you take every chance to move outside the room.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now .. if you were being paid BIG bucks to do a job that required it - say working in a CoLo where you had to be servicing customer racks all day, it might be worth it. But I'd get a good pair of noise canceling headphones if possible.." />
  <row Id="13118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7430" RevisionGUID="5b26f56b-e249-4b31-9849-5237a7ca9681" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:16:30.373" UserId="2275" Text="No, it's in competition with our parent company products - we are owned by  a large telco. Their product is VOIP and allows logging and monitoring of calls not just by team leaders but also by Human Resources. Control of access is what it all boils down to really." />
  <row Id="13119" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7431" RevisionGUID="15047ef5-51ab-41b6-8cb8-57960a9107fb" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:17:56.393" UserId="846" Text="We do not allow Skype behind the firewall.  We provide a good phone system, with lots of good features and excellent rates.  The primary reason is to control network performance, secondary reasons are to control what gets through the firewall and to reduce opportunities for non-work activities.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We do allow the &quot;road warriors&quot; to have it on their laptops, but don't support it.  Several of them use it to communicate with the home front." />
  <row Id="13120" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7432" RevisionGUID="0558d64b-4989-450b-ba33-76daa0767a03" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:19:11.757" UserId="2280" Text="[Input director][1] is pretty good&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://rbytes.net/software/input-director-review/" />
  <row Id="13121" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7433" RevisionGUID="6e7a2515-6644-4b69-bcd5-7c9c1ee55369" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:21:50.613" UserId="1787" Text="Most wireless routers log MACs of the connecting WiFi cards, many also allow monitoring who is actually connected. As for sniffing WiFi, the standard tool is Kismet.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&quot;Someone&quot; refers to someone not actually authorized to use it, who's hijacking your signal?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To protect your WiFi you should take following steps:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. deter script-kiddies (won't work against experienced work-drivers):&#xD;&#xA;  - Turn of your SSID broadcasting&#xD;&#xA;  - Limit connection only to given list of MACs &#xD;&#xA;  - Limit DHCP only to static MAC -&gt; IP assigments&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. use WPA2 (with EAP-PSK, use random passphrase).&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;3. for real hardcore security, use WPA2 with 802.1X authentication server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13122" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7366" RevisionGUID="2d9f8de4-5da2-4404-9955-cf90b21daebf" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:23:01.297" UserId="1787" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;bandwidth&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;wireless&gt;&lt;wifi&gt;" />
  <row Id="13124" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7434" RevisionGUID="ccc258cc-b86a-4781-939b-d9e0786f87a6" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:26:59.727" UserId="2423" Text="I've never used this instructions before, but they strike me as a potentially legitimate solution. Unfortunately I don't have an appropriate machine to test out this problem on at the moment.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/96913/how-can-i-force-my-microsoft-outlook-2007-client-to-a-particular-autodiscovery-server.html" />
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  <row Id="13126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7436" RevisionGUID="0d27b8f4-9642-4c9b-8efb-037a8b0fec21" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:34:36.437" UserId="2270" Text="    sqlite3 foo.db&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Starts an interactive SQLite session.  If foo.db does not exist, it will be created." />
  <row Id="13127" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7436" RevisionGUID="0d27b8f4-9642-4c9b-8efb-037a8b0fec21" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:34:36.437" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13128" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7205" RevisionGUID="e70a4f17-91e4-4783-9b8b-3bb938ea8221" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:37:32.763" UserId="846" Comment="addressed comments" Text="I agree with Schmitty23 .. I think it is a mistake to manually manage the permissions .. it is highly prone to errors and difficult to manage.  I suggest a simply configured document management system.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--&gt; http://www.knowledgetree.com/  &#xD;&#xA;--&gt; http://www.openkm.com/  &#xD;&#xA;--&gt; http://contineo.sourceforge.net/features.html  &#xD;&#xA;--&gt; http://www.alfresco.com/  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Response to Javier's comments.  &#xD;&#xA;a- No DMS is as intuitive as &quot;File/Open/Save&quot;, but permissions are far easier to deal with than file system security. Set it up simply and the users will adjust.  &#xD;&#xA;   --&gt; THEY WILL LOVE VERSION CONTROL.  &#xD;&#xA;b- I have no idea about encryption, although I imagine the OS can encrypt the file system.   Some systems can store the docs themselves in the database, which could also be encrypted.  &#xD;&#xA;c- I have not used any of these ... they came up in a search of &quot;Ubuntu Document Management&quot;.  I have used Plone, which I did not include because it was a pain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13129" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7437" RevisionGUID="821fa193-4eaf-4113-87a6-c47cff20231b" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:37:42.407" UserId="1466" Text="Mail Logs on Debian systems do not use the regular /etc/logrotate.d scripts to rotate them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to force my mail logs to rotate daily (no matter how small), and compress the results, so that the numbering of the logfiles matches that of my other (busier) mail servers.  Essentially, I want to end up with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;mail.log mail.log.0 mail.log.1.gz mail.log.2.gz ... mail.log.6.gz&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can someone tell me how to accomplish this?" />
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  <row Id="13133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7438" RevisionGUID="2c3299e4-083e-4f23-9c06-4249ef0fc852" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:41:26.203" UserId="2480" Text="If you don't have enough privileges to see that dialog, SSME will throw that error. Check your users privileges." />
  <row Id="13134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7439" RevisionGUID="36151e33-945f-4f6d-8217-31c2ce146fa6" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:41:58.293" UserId="2466" Text="du -d 1 -h&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Displays disk usage statistics for the current directory in human readable form.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;man [command]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the most used commands. Tells you how to use everything else." />
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  <row Id="13136" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7440" RevisionGUID="76e319f3-2355-4ffb-a61a-26c236ca6489" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:43:26.543" UserId="1465" Text="This won't work if have or care about snapshots from the VM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use [vmware-vdiskmanager][1] to expand the image size.  You'll need to shutdown the virtual machine first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have the image resized, you can use your OS disk partition tool of choice to extend the partition on the disk to the new size.  If the disk you want to resize is the system partition in Windows, which it sounds like it is, you'll probably need to mount the disk in another virtual machine to resize the actual partition, or boot off of a rescue disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although the link to the vdiskmanager is from vmware server 1, I believe the same app comes with VMWare Workstation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://pubs.vmware.com/server1/vm/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=vm&amp;file=disks_server.7.33.html" />
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  <row Id="13138" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7441" RevisionGUID="cb962aba-f507-4d2f-9ae7-4a9da73ac63f" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:44:57.353" UserId="78" Text="So I have gotten a new job at a medium sized company as an IT-administrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have also inherited this monster (actually, there is 2 of them) from the previous administrator:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i40.tinypic.com/2w66q76.jpg&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like you guys expertise and experience on how to make sense of it. Someday, all hell will probably break loose and I'll need to fiddle with the cables and switches.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I'll need to have an overview of where which cable leads to etc.&#xD;&#xA;What approach should I take?" />
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SelfUpdate is NOT required.&#xD;&#xA;2009-05-12	16:12:29:531	1020	1450	PT	+++++++++++  PT: Synchronizing server updates  +++++++++++&#xD;&#xA;2009-05-12	16:12:29:541	1020	1450	PT	  + ServiceId = {3DA21691-E39D-4DA6-8A4B-B43877BCB1B7}, Server URL = http://SBS:8530/ClientWebService/client.asmx&#xD;&#xA;2009-05-12	16:12:31:827	1020	1450	PT	WARNING: Cached cookie has expired or new PID is available&#xD;&#xA;2009-05-12	16:12:31:827	1020	1450	PT	Initializing simple targeting cookie, clientId = 0efe255a-cb28-409f-9004-38dcd9790994, target group = , DNS name = copernicus.tigranetworks.local&#xD;&#xA;2009-05-12	16:12:31:827	1020	1450	PT	  Server URL = http://SBS:8530/SimpleAuthWebService/SimpleAuth.asmx&#xD;&#xA;2009-05-12	16:13:35:288	1020	1450	Misc	WARNING: SendRequest failed with hr = 80072ee2. 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  <row Id="13145" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7423" RevisionGUID="4fc851e8-2ad4-47e7-86a5-2f3d232fa487" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:46:34.010" UserId="2480" Comment="corrected spelling" Text="It depends on what you're planning to achieve. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're going to have a small farm with small quantity of users, then this is something you don't have to take in consideration. However, when you're deploying a really large farm you should pay attetion to software boundaries. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you can see in this Technet Article [Plan for Software Boundaries][1], SharePoint degrades performance exponentially when certain things are not taken into account. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would suggest you pay attetion to these performance issues, rather than site collections. Site Collections have their pro's and con's, however when you're working with large farms (100GB+), Microsoft suggests to use a single site collection and quotas for content databases. Hope this helps. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Máximo&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262787.aspx" />
  <row Id="13146" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="7437" RevisionGUID="b103b183-a298-4180-87a0-31ceaea57533" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:47:23.480" UserId="1466" Comment="edited title" Text="Rotating Mail Logs on Debian server" />
  <row Id="13147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7443" RevisionGUID="8ce2695b-33aa-453e-b4c5-ba9ec7198fab" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:47:53.853" UserId="1233" Text="    networksetup&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Configure everything you find in the Network Preference Pane in System Preferences on the command line. Makes writing scripts, or doing things remotely *much* easier." />
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  <row Id="13149" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7444" RevisionGUID="3325d7b2-a0fc-4a6b-a02b-dfc78400c2d5" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:49:13.850" UserId="1466" Text="Color coding, shorter cables, and zap straps help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Probably most important - **label both ends** of each cable as to where the other end goes." />
  <row Id="13150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7445" RevisionGUID="86388b40-cc12-47f6-81f2-3acfbc24a76d" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:51:04.130" UserId="640" Text="Trace each cable and make a list of what device and port # goes where. To clean this up, you can get some cable channels and organizers for the rack (from blackbox or any number of other places). I would come in late at night or on the weekend and just move plugs one at a time to get them better organized.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, you can get stickers with numbers (electricians, etc use these) to put on each end. So the cable becomes &quot;#114&quot;, and you maintain a list of what each number is for." />
  <row Id="13152" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7446" RevisionGUID="2883a2a6-f5cb-4d4c-b007-941906397859" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:53:38.307" UserId="45" Text="[You may encounter temporary connection-related errors when you use Windows Update or Microsoft Update to install updates][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Proposed resolutions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **Method A: Verify Internet connectivity**&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Make sure that you can successfully&#xD;&#xA;&gt; access other Web sites. If you can’t&#xD;&#xA;&gt; successfully access other Web sites,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; your Internet connection may not be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; working correctly, and you might want&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to contact your Internet service&#xD;&#xA;&gt; provider for help.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; If you can successfully access other&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Web sites, continue with Method B.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; **Method B: Make sure that Windows Firewall is turned on, and temporarily&#xD;&#xA;&gt; disable third-party firewalls**&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Warning This workaround may make a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; computer or a network more vulnerable&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to attack by malicious users or by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; malicious software such as viruses. We&#xD;&#xA;&gt; do not recommend this workaround but&#xD;&#xA;&gt; are providing this information so that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you can implement this workaround at&#xD;&#xA;&gt; your own discretion. Use this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; workaround at your own risk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=836941" />
  <row Id="13153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7447" RevisionGUID="c74fad0b-55cf-41af-81f9-85d5b7fb3346" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:53:43.283" UserId="1233" Text="If you aren't already I'd highly recommend a program such as [Cacti](http://cacti.net) (which can be used in conjunction with `ntop`) to grab the traffic stats from your switches (and hopefully your WAPs as well). This can help you pin down when and where the traffic is originating.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally it will also give you a good feel for the flow of traffic - and anomalies in traffic tend to stand out in the graphs a bit more than just browsing logs." />
  <row Id="13154" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7448" RevisionGUID="39db6bb4-afa1-4e76-bf99-a45b244e7fb2" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:54:09.613" UserId="2433" Text="We need to set permissions on users' directories on a Windows 2000 Server. This happens regularly enough and they must also be set in the order below or the backups crap out. This is the basic script:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    XCACLS foldername /g Administrators:OF /T /C /Y  &#xD;&#xA;    XCACLS foldername /E /g &quot;DOM\Enterprise Admins&quot;:OF /T /C /Y  &#xD;&#xA;    XCACLS foldername /E /g SYSTEM:OF /T /C /Y  &#xD;&#xA;    XCACLS foldername /E /g STAFF\username:ORWEDC /T /C /Y  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My problem is that this script doesn't work on all files in some directories. The files it seems to fail on are long filenames and deeply nested directories.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know of a script that doesn't mind long filenames and takes large paths in its stride? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have come across a XCACLS.vbs script from Microsoft, but it works differently and I'm not sure if it works with these large filenames also.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13155" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7448" RevisionGUID="39db6bb4-afa1-4e76-bf99-a45b244e7fb2" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:54:09.613" UserId="2433" Text="Using XCACLS to set permissions with long filenames" />
  <row Id="13156" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7448" RevisionGUID="39db6bb4-afa1-4e76-bf99-a45b244e7fb2" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:54:09.613" UserId="2433" Text="&lt;windows-server-2000&gt;&lt;batch-file&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="13157" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7449" RevisionGUID="aaee69be-58c2-4de6-b48b-42b86d7d89ee" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:57:25.303" UserId="1840" Text="I've actually seen worse!  I suggest you **start documenting** for rigth now, (per patch port &lt;-&gt; switch port).  Start planning the logical placement of your infrastructure and clients on your switch(es): &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Infrastructure (router/switches/servers) (switch A: ports 1-20)&#xD;&#xA;- Clients (Switch B: ports 20-40)... (Also, might want to keep VLAN memberships somewhat together)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you differentiate between clients and infrastructure (and VLAN associations), it will be much easier to just unplug and, re-wire everything.  I agree, shorter cables would be useful." />
  <row Id="13158" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7446" RevisionGUID="62dd4b8b-aaff-4d16-955d-e6e886fbc09f" CreationDate="2009-05-12T15:59:59.543" UserId="45" Comment="added 653 characters in body" Text="There is a Microsoft Support article which addresses this error number:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[You may encounter temporary connection-related errors when you use Windows Update or Microsoft Update to install updates][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; In most cases, these messages are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; temporary or short-lived issues that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; are caused by very slight&#xD;&#xA;&gt; interruptions in communications&#xD;&#xA;&gt; between the computer that is being&#xD;&#xA;&gt; updated and the Windows update&#xD;&#xA;&gt; servers. These issues are generally&#xD;&#xA;&gt; self-healing. So, before you try the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; troubleshooting methods in this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; article, please exit the Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Update site, wait 10 to 15 minutes,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; start Windows Update again, and then&#xD;&#xA;&gt; check for updates. You can also let&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows Automatic Update install the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; updates on its usual 24-hour cycle.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Note: These errors can occur even if no changes have been made to network settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Proposed resolutions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **Method A: Verify Internet connectivity**&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Make sure that you can successfully&#xD;&#xA;&gt; access other Web sites. If you can’t&#xD;&#xA;&gt; successfully access other Web sites,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; your Internet connection may not be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; working correctly, and you might want&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to contact your Internet service&#xD;&#xA;&gt; provider for help.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; If you can successfully access other&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Web sites, continue with Method B.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; **Method B:** Make sure that Windows Firewall is turned on, and temporarily&#xD;&#xA;&gt; disable third-party firewalls&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Warning This workaround may make a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; computer or a network more vulnerable&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to attack by malicious users or by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; malicious software such as viruses. We&#xD;&#xA;&gt; do not recommend this workaround but&#xD;&#xA;&gt; are providing this information so that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you can implement this workaround at&#xD;&#xA;&gt; your own discretion. Use this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; workaround at your own risk.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;**Method C:** Temporarily disable third-party antivirus software &#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;**Method D:** Disable software accelerator programs&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;**Method E:** Add the Windows Update Web site and the Microsoft Update Web site to the Trusted Sites list&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;**Method F:** Make sure that you have the latest Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) update installed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=836941" />
  <row Id="13159" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7450" RevisionGUID="1945eca3-8545-47cb-9b87-31699bcc0add" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:00:26.563" UserId="2101" Text="I'm presuming that at the moment you have the stock sysklogd installation and that your logfiles are rotated with the default /etc/cron.weekly/sysklogd script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would suggest that you edit /etc/cron.weekly/sysklogd script and modify:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    logs=$(syslogd-listfiles --weekly)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    logs=$(syslogd-listfiles --weekly -s mail\*)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will prevent the default scripts from handling the mail logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit /etc/logrotate.d/sendmail and add entries for the appropriate files. You probably want something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /var/log/mail.log /var/log/mail.info /var/log/mail.warn /var/log/mail.err {&#xD;&#xA;            rotate 7&#xD;&#xA;            daily&#xD;&#xA;            compress&#xD;&#xA;            delaycompress&#xD;&#xA;            missingok&#xD;&#xA;            create 640 root adm&#xD;&#xA;            sharedscripts&#xD;&#xA;            postrotate&#xD;&#xA;               /etc/init.d/sysklogd reload&#xD;&#xA;            endscript&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To check your configuration, run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    logrotate -d /etc/logrotate.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And verify that logrotate is doing what you want." />
  <row Id="13160" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7451" RevisionGUID="dc934412-c1c2-4a4e-bef5-bbfdb442b0e1" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:01:47.200" UserId="1233" Text="To answer the question title and since it's not tagged Windows I figured I'd throw in this for completeness:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**If** this was on a Mac, and the drive was formatted for HFS+ (standard for most Mac drives) or FAT32 I'd recommend the following steps:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  1. Open Disk Utility.app in `/Applications/Utilties`&#xD;&#xA;  2. See if the partition is simply unmounted or if Disk First Aid will fix the issue - use Verify Disk first.&#xD;&#xA;  3. Try [DiskWarrior](http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/index.html) - it's a mainly one trick pony that any sys admin who works with Macs should know about because it works.&#xD;&#xA;  4. If you need to do File Recovery try using [FileSalvage](http://subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;products_id=1) or [Data Rescue II](http://www.prosofteng.com/)" />
  <row Id="13161" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7444" RevisionGUID="96b7844c-d9fb-4db9-ac97-06fd24c52142" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:04:05.667" UserId="1466" Comment="added 13 characters in body" Text="Color coding, shorter cables, and zap straps help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Probably most important - **label both ends** of each cable as to where the other end goes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-*added*-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep a couple of long, brightly colored (ie. really ugly) cables handy somewhere, for when  you need a temporary cable.  They will look out of place and help you remember to replace them with properly labeled ones asap." />
  <row Id="13162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7452" RevisionGUID="07f3a542-188b-4603-949d-a4c1c68b8f48" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:05:02.607" UserId="931" Text="Is there any way to install or activate sshd in an Apple Time Capsule in the way you can download dd-wrt and install custom firmware on a netgear router?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to enable sshfs access to Time Capsule. And possibly install pyTivo to have it serve files to my Tivo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone done this?" />
  <row Id="13163" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7452" RevisionGUID="07f3a542-188b-4603-949d-a4c1c68b8f48" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:05:02.607" UserId="931" Text="SSH access to Apple Time Capsule" />
  <row Id="13164" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7452" RevisionGUID="07f3a542-188b-4603-949d-a4c1c68b8f48" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:05:02.607" UserId="931" Text="&lt;time-capsule&gt;&lt;apple&gt;&lt;nas&gt;&lt;sshd&gt;" />
  <row Id="13166" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7454" RevisionGUID="5ffc8df9-e002-4ef2-ac9c-f6df89ce358c" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:14:02.530" UserId="2101" Text="A good wire-wrap labeler (I personally own a Brady ID Pal) is worth its weight in gold. The things I've learned about cable management are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Self-documenting systems are great&#xD;&#xA; 1. Label *everything* at both ends&#xD;&#xA; 1. Color coded cables might make sense (I try and color code different VLANs, ISLs, VLANs, KVM, Side A/B)&#xD;&#xA; 1. Use the right length of cables&#xD;&#xA; 1. Use cable management brackets if you can&#xD;&#xA; 1. Velcro is great for Cat5/6 and Fiber (it's dirt cheap as well - get velcro plant tie from Home Depot or your local hardware store)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for that mess above, get some downtime, yank everything out and then do it right. Learning how to do it &quot;right&quot; takes a surprising amount of practice. You can even get classes on it." />
  <row Id="13167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7455" RevisionGUID="49d40fb9-d6ee-4e7f-a6bf-9e8143c67ee6" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:14:28.677" UserId="931" Text="    osascript -e 'tell application &quot;AppName&quot; to quit'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lets you quit an app from the shell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    osascript -e 'tell application &quot;Finder&quot; to sleep'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Useful last line of a long shell script, puts mac to sleep when script is done. I have it aliased to iSleep&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    pbpaste | script.sh |pbcopy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Takes contents of pasteboard (edit-&gt;copy) and pipes it to script.sh. The results are put onto the pasteboard for you to edit-&gt;paste into a document.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13168" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7455" RevisionGUID="49d40fb9-d6ee-4e7f-a6bf-9e8143c67ee6" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:14:28.677" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7456" RevisionGUID="32ae7576-652d-4d0f-98db-91132f14b794" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:14:33.763" UserId="211" Text="We have a few users who cannot plot from AutoCAD to any of our OCE TCS500s.&#xD;&#xA;The programs affected are AutoCAD 2008/9, LT 2008 and Trueview 2009.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When selecting the a TCS500 plotter in ACAD, on 2009 it resets to None without any alert, but on 2008 it throws up the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The plotter configuration cannot be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; used for one of these reasons: the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; driver cannot be found, or the driver&#xD;&#xA;&gt; has a problem. The None plot device&#xD;&#xA;&gt; has been substituted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've tried re-installing the plotters from the server, installing the plotters locally, updating the drivers, downgrading the drivers, repairing AutoCAD, all with brief or no success.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main thing I cannot work out is it an issue with the drivers or the software, as we have nearly 100+ users with no issues at all, using the same programs and as far as I know the same drivers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.&#xD;&#xA; " />
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  <row Id="13173" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6739" RevisionGUID="75df5e41-e4f7-498e-948a-9b3fefe8e273" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:24:33.887" UserId="301" Comment="i kan haz gramma ?" Text="Change&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to read&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should clear the error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Aside:* you shouldn't ignore this error. Apache's config, especially when globbing virtual hosts (eg Include /etc/httpd/vhosts.d/*) is not stable. That means you don't control the order of loading the hosts explicitly so the default vhost for an IP becomes the one that is loaded first, which can lead to unintended consequences.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One example of this is the default vhost for an IP will also be available on that IP, rather than its *name*. This can cause information to leak onto google referring to your sites IP rather than name, which can be confusing for customers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The NameVirtualHost error above can be a hint that apache has loaded things in a non optimal way, so you shouldn't ignore it." />
  <row Id="13174" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7457" RevisionGUID="3404156d-a4c7-4ab0-ae13-13ba670b1fd3" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:25:52.607" UserId="2485" Text="I am looking at setting up a hostname convention for our servers based on the service they provide, such as http, https, smtp, pop, dns, sql, etc. Each service is on its own virtual machines on a Xen host server (dom0), for which there are multiple Xen host servers (10+). I have read both the Datacenter Naming Scheme by Mark Garner of Sun and RFC 1178 as well as a few Google searchs but those seem to focus on having many servers that perform only a few services, such as a larger cluster (10+) of database servers, a large cluster of web servers, a large cluster of mail servers, etc. In my situation we are working with a small cluster (2-4) of virtual servers for a large number of services (12+). In this regard I do not like the idea of having a different hostname theme for each service, such as all mail servers being named after birds, all database servers after trees, and so on, because I think it will become confusing with very few hosts and very many different services. I am wondering if anyone has a good idea for defining hostnames in such an environment. Thank you." />
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  <row Id="13176" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7457" RevisionGUID="3404156d-a4c7-4ab0-ae13-13ba670b1fd3" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:25:52.607" UserId="2485" Text="&lt;hostname&gt;&lt;sql&gt;&lt;http&gt;" />
  <row Id="13177" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7441" RevisionGUID="b4af4fce-e788-46dc-a7aa-7b9f17d6b20c" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:26:52.150" UserId="78" Comment="I clarified myself some more" Text="So I have gotten a new job at a medium sized company as an IT-administrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have also inherited this monster (actually, there is 2 of them) from the previous administrator:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i40.tinypic.com/2w66q76.jpg&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like you guys expertise and experience on how to make sense of it. Someday, all hell will probably break loose and I'll need to fiddle with the cables and switches.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I'll need to have an overview of where which cable leads to etc.&#xD;&#xA;What approach should I take?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** I guess I did not clarify myself well enough :) I also mean that it a little more detailed. Such as, you say: **Color both ends.** Yes, but what is the easiest way to figure out which cable leads to where? :)" />
  <row Id="13178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7458" RevisionGUID="72538780-7f99-4a7b-aa1f-a259ee13afef" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:33:26.853" UserId="2434" Text="I have been trying to make Vista Backup app work with a Linux/Samba shared drive.  I have Samba configured and can access it fine from the Vista box, including reads, writes and deletes.  However Vista Backup always ends up failing.  So is this possible?  Has anybody gotten this to work?  And if you have gotten it to work, will you paste your smb.conf file (my guess this is the problem)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="13179" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7458" RevisionGUID="72538780-7f99-4a7b-aa1f-a259ee13afef" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:33:26.853" UserId="2434" Text="Vista Backup app with Linux/Samba" />
  <row Id="13180" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7458" RevisionGUID="72538780-7f99-4a7b-aa1f-a259ee13afef" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:33:26.853" UserId="2434" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;samba&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="13181" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7459" RevisionGUID="de28b31d-4f7c-4ee6-a310-36b52aab57c4" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:35:36.147" UserId="1820" Text="Splattne's answer should be marked as the correct one, but I would add:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Make sure the BITS service is started, not just updated&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This has caught me a few times." />
  <row Id="13185" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7461" RevisionGUID="eafafed0-2f3c-4bef-87ab-082bf5d34d5e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:37:01.933" UserId="2224" Text="Anti-Virus is a commodity product, and they all have the same capabilities -- it's a cost-based decision. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look at the top vendors (Symantec, McAfee, Sophos, Trend, Kapersky, Microsoft, etc), haggle aggressively, then do it again in a couple of years. McAfee will try to tell you that if you buy all McAfee stuff, ePO will lower your TCO. That may or may not be true for you. If you have an ELA, Microsoft will be very aggressive in pricing for their offerings." />
  <row Id="13186" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6819" RevisionGUID="27a450f8-fdde-476d-8696-269d1747391b" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:37:45.393" UserId="2378" Comment="Clarification re: the need to use *GUI* scripting" Text="Looks like you can use GUI scripting. (I'd have expected to be able to make new tabs without resorting to GUI scripting, since Terminal's dictionary knows tabs as elements of windows. Apparently broken, though.) As with Chealion's answer, access for assistive devices must be turned on but Apple provides a script that allows you to check that it's on here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.apple.com/applescript/uiscripting/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Matthew Lambie provides an example of using AppleScript's GUI scripting to create tabs in Terminal.app here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://lambie.org/2007/11/03/tabs-in-terminal-using-applescript-on-leopard/][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apple.com/applescript/uiscripting/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://lambie.org/2007/11/03/tabs-in-terminal-using-applescript-on-leopard/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This answer would have been better as a comment to Chealion's answer but I don't have the rep to make comments yet." />
  <row Id="13188" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7463" RevisionGUID="e9707f1a-720c-421d-a48c-34f6c223cc71" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:42:00.317" UserId="2029" Text="If the problem is that you don't know WHERE the cables lead, here would be how I might approach it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, make sure all drops on the front of the patch panel are labeled properly, with unique numbers or alpha-# labels.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next, you will probably need to get the assistance of someone after hours and get a walkie talkie and a labeler. Tell all users to leave all PCs and ethernet-connected equipment on when they leave.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have your helper walk around with the walkie talkie and labeler. Have them unplug one device at a time. You look at your hubs\switches and check which link light goes out. Trace from there to your patch panel, and radio you helper to label the drop with whatever number you already have on your patch panel. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will match up all drops in the office to each patch panel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now as far as cables going to and from stuff inside the computer room \ rack, you pretty much have to physically trace it or do the same thing as you outside drops and disconnect cables and look for link light drops to see what is being disconnected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use Sticky notes to temp label cables until you print out proper lables, and I agree, cables not going outside of the computer room should be labled at both ends.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also .. if you do need to trace your drops remote ethernet cable testers are pretty inexpensive, and you might as well plug one in to help you find out if any drops are bad..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't know if that helps at all&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13189" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7270" RevisionGUID="e7e57365-2107-4a2b-aefa-1325437ff3bd" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:43:47.333" UserId="1233" Comment="added 6 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi all,&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because HOSTS file could only define static A records, is there a way &#xD;&#xA;I could inject a MX record/create arbitrary name into a Windows workstation DNS Cache service? &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TIA&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13190" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7270" RevisionGUID="e7e57365-2107-4a2b-aefa-1325437ff3bd" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:43:47.333" UserId="1233" Comment="added 6 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="13191" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7464" RevisionGUID="0edd9f39-8032-4750-bed5-f08928f60bac" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:44:06.617" UserId="2331" Text="One way around this would be to encrypt the entire system volume, with BitLocker or similar full volume encryption technology. Any 'leakage' would therefore also be encrypted regardless of where stored. In Windows 7 you also have BitLocker To Go, which works on USB flash drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Admittedly, this only works if it's *your* computer and you can control the encryption - but personally if my data was sensitive enough to be encrypted, I wouldn't be using it on other people's computers." />
  <row Id="13192" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="7457" RevisionGUID="97ca667b-7eb8-4c48-a1cd-d1ddf44809d1" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:46:23.430" UserId="2485" Comment="edited title" Text="A good hostname convention for few servers with many different services?" />
  <row Id="13194" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7466" RevisionGUID="0e14d512-7a44-4a14-b9ab-01395734769f" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:46:50.917" UserId="1820" Text="Expanding upon Mitch's answer, it may be a routing problem because your home networking subnet is the same as your office subnet. For example,  if both networks are using 192.168.0.x, then your computer will have problems accessing network resources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The solution would be to change your home networking setup, to something uncommon like 192.168.52.x." />
  <row Id="13195" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7466" RevisionGUID="0e14d512-7a44-4a14-b9ab-01395734769f" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:46:50.917" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7468" RevisionGUID="beae1a19-9d72-4705-b7e2-21877637a94d" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:49:05.970" UserId="2270" Text="    open .&#xD;&#xA;Opens a finder window in the PWD." />
  <row Id="13198" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7468" RevisionGUID="beae1a19-9d72-4705-b7e2-21877637a94d" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:49:05.970" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13200" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7470" RevisionGUID="28712b59-ba67-43c6-87ac-7cc5bb76425c" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:58:27.810" UserId="1164" Text="What do you use for externally mounting 3.5&quot; SATA and IDE hard drives?  When I'm in the field and just have a laptop with me, I'd like to be able to mount a client's drive to my laptop for data recovery, etc.  Is a separate USB enclosure for SATA and IDE the best option?   Any other ideas?" />
  <row Id="13201" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7470" RevisionGUID="28712b59-ba67-43c6-87ac-7cc5bb76425c" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:58:27.810" UserId="1164" Text="External mounting of 3.5&quot; SATA/IDE drives." />
  <row Id="13202" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7470" RevisionGUID="28712b59-ba67-43c6-87ac-7cc5bb76425c" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:58:27.810" UserId="1164" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;sata&gt;&lt;ide&gt;&lt;usb&gt;" />
  <row Id="13203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7471" RevisionGUID="78894576-50f6-43a4-85a1-0dca836e71db" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:02:40.313" UserId="584" Text="What's wrong with http###, sql###, dns###, etc.?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Naming conventions are great when there's no easily described distinction between what the various virtual machines do, but if each one is running an individual service, it's going to be clearest to name them by that service." />
  <row Id="13204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7472" RevisionGUID="76f73b6c-fad8-442d-837f-04180155f506" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:02:53.933" UserId="1589" Text="The [ThermalTake BlacX][1], or something similar, is very handy for temporarily mounting drives.  No need to grab a screwdriver to open the external case, mess with power and SATA/IDE cables, etc.  Just plug it in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.aspx?S=1268&amp;ID=1642" />
  <row Id="13206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7473" RevisionGUID="4c7fd971-eb97-414c-98ae-d2e4d40b939f" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:05:48.563" UserId="2490" Text="When we were a small company with one rack, yes - but we knew it was temporary.  At some point, the noise grew to an annoying level, and we moved the admin team elsewhere and remodeled our server room properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I couldn't imagine being in there today.  Carrying on a phone conversation when I'm changing out hardware is nearly impossible due to the background noise." />
  <row Id="13208" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7282" RevisionGUID="48b49714-68ec-448f-99b7-7c62c695a047" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:07:35.207" UserId="2" Comment="added 5 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to install some package in cygwin's python, but I'm getting the following error: &quot;easy_install: command not found&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have tried to run &quot;easy_install.py&quot;, the result is also &quot;easy_install.py: command not found&quot;. I have tried to search the whole of cygwin's /usr tree for anything named with the prefix &quot;easy&quot;, none found.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I missing something? AFAIK, easy_install tool should be batteries included in python 2.5. Or is there a package that needs to be installed for that that I missed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13209" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7282" RevisionGUID="48b49714-68ec-448f-99b7-7c62c695a047" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:07:35.207" UserId="2" Comment="added 5 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;python&gt;&lt;easy-install&gt;&lt;cygwin&gt;" />
  <row Id="13211" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7286" RevisionGUID="aa22dd1f-303c-4544-99dc-8158ad8dbe91" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:08:25.750" UserId="2" Comment="added 7 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;I have connected to my work's VPN network from my home PC without problem.  Unfortunately, I can't seem to get much working beyond that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, at work there's a computer named &quot;Foo&quot;.  If try to ping &quot;Foo&quot;, the name resolves to the correct IP address, but I receive 100% packet loss.  Any attempt at establishing a remote desktop connection also fails.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've completely disabled my firewall at home in an attempt to resolve the problem with no success.  My home PC is running Windows Server 2003, and my work PC running Windows XP Professional.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do any VPN experts have any idea of what might be going on?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13212" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7286" RevisionGUID="aa22dd1f-303c-4544-99dc-8158ad8dbe91" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:08:25.750" UserId="2" Comment="added 7 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="13213" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7278" RevisionGUID="9f991358-4daa-4118-a38a-ba0def4b5254" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:09:26.917" UserId="2" Comment="added 12 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;I've installed openfire before on fedora9 with no problem,&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but now on a fedora10 machine,after I installed it,try to run &quot;service openfire start&quot;,&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;it simply can't run,&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I checked the log and it said:&#xD;&#xA;nohup: cannot run command `/opt/openfire/jre/bin/java': No such file or directory&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone met the same problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Plz help,thnx&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13214" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7278" RevisionGUID="9f991358-4daa-4118-a38a-ba0def4b5254" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:09:26.917" UserId="2" Comment="added 12 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;fedora10&gt;&lt;openfire&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="13216" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7474" RevisionGUID="c037dbf8-9387-48ad-a1df-1d53b6ebe19d" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:15:20.747" UserId="1995" Text="We still haven't made the jump to ESXi because we're not ready to move to CIM-based management yet.  We still use the COS-hosted WBEM agents.  We'll revisit this with the vSphere 4 implementation." />
  <row Id="13217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7475" RevisionGUID="02983f32-759b-47b9-8f84-f4532d351282" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:23:35.507" UserId="1054" Text="I bought one of my clients a [Drobo][1].  It is sweet.  Almost disappointingly easy to set up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.drobo.com/" />
  <row Id="13219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7477" RevisionGUID="d90ab386-099d-40fc-91b6-beb3ba097704" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:25:04.427" UserId="2307" Text="Some thing in top's output are pretty straightforward, like memory and swap usage. But load average numbers are a bit of a mystery: what do these three numbers mean? Also, what exactly is a zombie process and how is it different from a sleeper?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;top - 13:20:58 up 69 days,  7:07,  1 user,  load average: 0.03, 0.02, 0.00&#xD;&#xA;Tasks:  80 total,   1 running,  79 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie&#xD;&#xA;Cpu(s):  0.0% us,  0.2% sy,  0.0% ni, 99.8% id,  0.0% wa,  0.0% hi,  0.0% si&#xD;&#xA;Mem:   8054888k total,  7975100k used,    79788k free,   130240k buffers&#xD;&#xA;Swap:  1572856k total,       84k used,  1572772k free,  6393160k cached&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13220" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7477" RevisionGUID="d90ab386-099d-40fc-91b6-beb3ba097704" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:25:04.427" UserId="2307" Text="how do you interpret output of top?" />
  <row Id="13221" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7477" RevisionGUID="d90ab386-099d-40fc-91b6-beb3ba097704" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:25:04.427" UserId="2307" Text="&lt;top&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="13222" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7428" RevisionGUID="ecb4e566-c5f3-45db-80d0-80057aa29f48" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:25:14.833" UserId="571" Comment="added 66 characters in body" Text="My company has a VPS with a webhost that serves a few websites. I would like to set up an automated backup that will cover as much of the system as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server Info:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - VPS is running in Microsoft Virtual Server Enterprise Edition&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Server 2003 Web Edition (32 bit)&#xD;&#xA; - Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Backup Sources: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Individual website web root folders&#xD;&#xA; - Databases for each site (if needed)&#xD;&#xA; - IIS settings&#xD;&#xA; - Other misc. files (not OS or website-related)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Preferably, I would be able to set up a backup scenario for each website that would include the site files and databases for that site and one backup scenario for the server-wide info. However, one global backup would be OK.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The preferred destination for the backups would be an FTP server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am currently doing most of this manually (exception of the IIS settings). " />
  <row Id="13223" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7478" RevisionGUID="189163b5-666d-494c-8bb6-0ffac14e0043" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:26:17.950" UserId="2448" Text="I know it could be very different based on the situation, but for hosting a website with no plans to move the hosting server what is a good TTL to set on the DNS record?" />
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  <row Id="13225" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7478" RevisionGUID="189163b5-666d-494c-8bb6-0ffac14e0043" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:26:17.950" UserId="2448" Text="&lt;ttl&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;web-hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="13226" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7479" RevisionGUID="af4efd54-1b6d-4ea4-9167-eded8f2a8c41" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:27:13.817" UserId="2270" Text="I use the Newer Technology USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter.  It's inexpensive, small, and works on IDE or SATA drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/U2NV2SPATA/" />
  <row Id="13227" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7480" RevisionGUID="af502955-9cd1-4096-910d-4ad4aff47472" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:31:22.997" UserId="1054" Text="I'd just leave it at the default set by your host, unless it's ridiculously high or low for some reason.  Then if you ever do want to move bump it down to 20 minutes or so a couple of days before you plan to do the move." />
  <row Id="13228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7481" RevisionGUID="c79bca4b-0be4-438b-939a-ebe0e6e540d4" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:31:32.497" UserId="1496" Text="4 hours should be just fine, providing an acceptable balance. That's what I use on most zones." />
  <row Id="13229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7482" RevisionGUID="5ab450e9-9fd7-4528-aa5c-87265cea6a48" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:32:51.857" UserId="1995" Text="[Load average reference][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Zombie process reference][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_(computing)&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_process" />
  <row Id="13230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7483" RevisionGUID="46cdf312-7074-4df1-ab0e-2e466c54f9da" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:32:57.380" UserId="326" Text="I'm using Vista Business (SP1) as a client and a Samba Server (Debian) as a domain controller. I can login without troubles into the domain when I'm connected to the LAN, but when I'm offline, I get the error message&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; There are currently no logon servers available to service the logon request.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and cannot login.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other users on the same network/domain controller can login while offline with their respective laptops, so I guess the server is not the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the &quot;cached credentials&quot; registry key `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\Winlogon` was always set at the default `10`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I get this to work, so that I can login while NOT being connected to the LAN?" />
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  <row Id="13232" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7483" RevisionGUID="46cdf312-7074-4df1-ab0e-2e466c54f9da" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:32:57.380" UserId="326" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;windows-domain&gt;&lt;login&gt;" />
  <row Id="13233" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7475" RevisionGUID="eb753c5d-8842-4d2f-be4f-f689166261a1" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:33:20.030" UserId="1054" Comment="added 49 characters in body" Text="I bought one of my clients a [Drobo][1].  It is sweet.  Almost disappointingly easy to set up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**&#xD;&#xA;Note, Drobo is SATA only.  No IDE...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.drobo.com/" />
  <row Id="13234" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7484" RevisionGUID="b4d1b8cd-db85-4e2f-9971-4338086dfaaf" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:34:47.593" UserId="1466" Text="**Tracing the cables**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your best bet for tracing the short cables is just to follow them by hand.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For longer cables, or to sort out network drops, get a **tone generator** and hook it up to the remote end of the cable, and use the tone detector at this end to determine which cable is carrying the signal." />
  <row Id="13235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7485" RevisionGUID="ff726426-74e2-43f0-9c68-ab62d7ef11da" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:37:14.813" UserId="1466" Text="The 3 load average numbers is the load your system has been under for the past minute, 5 minutes, and 15 minutes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not exactly clear on how *load* is calculated - how many processes are demanding cpu time at once perhaps - but I know 12 is very high.  Most of the time my servers are running below 1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13236" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7449" RevisionGUID="49cf77d5-94d3-44e0-90ef-1c83ec909a5d" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:38:14.547" UserId="1840" Comment="Added more details for troubleshooting this problem" Text="I've actually seen worse!  I suggest you **start documenting** for rigth now, (per patch port &lt;-&gt; switch port).  Start planning the logical placement of your infrastructure and clients on your switch(es): &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Infrastructure (router/switches/servers) (switch A: ports 1-20)&#xD;&#xA;- Clients (Switch B: ports 20-40)... (Also, might want to keep VLAN memberships somewhat together)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you differentiate between clients and infrastructure (and VLAN associations), it will be much easier to just unplug and, re-wire everything.  I agree, shorter cables would be useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**ADDITIONAL INFO**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Per your added request for details, sounds like you need to know where to begin.  Obviously, try as hard as you can to get some kind of port documentation from the previous administrator (If you're lucky!).  If that's not available, you will need to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - See if the patch panels and room ports are labeled, if they are then, GREAT! start documenting!&#xD;&#xA; - If the patch panels and/or room ports aren't labeled, a cable tester might come in handy: [http://www.smarthome.com/89409/LAN-Cable-Check-Telephone-Test-Set/p.aspx][1].  &#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good Luck m8!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.smarthome.com/89409/LAN-Cable-Check-Telephone-Test-Set/p.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://cache1.smarthome.com/images/89409.jpg" />
  <row Id="13237" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7486" RevisionGUID="045d9658-5fd2-448e-a917-506fd86d0644" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:41:22.123" UserId="1833" Text="I'm helping to evaluate a couple of centralized log collection and reporting tools.   To help in testing the tools, I'd like to be able to generate large numbers of simulated log messages.  Preferably, I'd like to generate large quantities of logs that are formatted to appear to be valid logs for various devices like Unix servers, Windows servers, Cisco routers, etc.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Searching on Google, I found that there used to be a tool called [Snare Generator](http://www.intersectalliance.com/resources/index.html) that did this sort of thing, but it doesn't look like it's available anymore (the Snare website still has the documentation for Snare Generator, but I can't see where to download it).   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone out there know of a good tool for generating lots of simulated log data?  Or alternatively, do you know if it's still possible to get Snare Generator somewhere?" />
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  <row Id="13242" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7488" RevisionGUID="adaceac6-4a6d-4696-8290-29d7e1b404af" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:42:32.463" UserId="846" Text="Be aware that this is going to take **HOURS UPON HOURS** to get straightened out.  It is long, tedious work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My suggestion for the process in the server room ..   &#xD;&#xA;1- build a structure for how plugs are identified. Label as necessary to make it clear. &#xD;&#xA;2- install some cable management on the rack. If you can't get or find premade ones, use cable ties, make them into loops, and connect them to the sides of the racks.    &#xD;&#xA;3- buy a crimper and learn how to make patch cables.  &#xD;&#xA;4- One by one, replace each of the cables with one that is routed properly, made to length, and labeled at BOTH ends, each having BOTH ends identified.  &#xD;&#xA;5- Don't move/reuse cables.  If something moves, cut the ends, re-make and re-label the cable.  You can re-use a cut cable for a shorter one .. my point is to make sure that you don't have mis-labeled or over-length cables in the rack.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have found that color coded patch cables are over-rated, **except** for the very few (&lt; 5%) key cables that are only to be touched in an emergency.  Examples are the cable from the switch to the internet router, or from the switch to the mail server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The idea of having some odd colored temp cables is **excellent**, provided you have the discipline to swing back and replace them correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NOTE: Others will disagree with the idea of making your own patch cables.  My conclusion is that the added risk of cable failure is outweighed by the gain from properly routed cables for all but the critical cables I mention in the color coding note. " />
  <row Id="13243" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7489" RevisionGUID="537611e9-8563-4768-8500-1754691d4735" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:43:52.463" UserId="481" Text="Is there a free service for checking for common DNS errors on your domain?  I previously used [dnsstuff.com][1] for this, but they since moved to a paid model. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dnsstuff.com/" />
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  <row Id="13245" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7489" RevisionGUID="537611e9-8563-4768-8500-1754691d4735" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:43:52.463" UserId="481" Text="&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="13246" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7490" RevisionGUID="c46269c3-37f8-4ee1-b5bb-f64ac74bde45" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:44:17.080" UserId="1489" Text="[Original question][1] asked on Stack Overflow, I wanted to see what you guys had to say.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My end goal is to have a report showing all the top level domains that were visited the previous day from all the computers at my home. The report would also be able to show which pages were visited, which local IP address went there. I'd also like to track incoming and outgoing bandwidth used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't want to install an application on each computer: ideally I would have a proxy server or something that all the connections would go through. I can't have this slow down the network - it can't affect my XBox Live ping time! ;-) I also frequently VPN from home and it shouldn't interfere with this capability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The existing computers are Windows (XP &amp; Vista), but I have no problem installing a *nix box as a router/proxy whatever. I have spare hardware to commit to this. Recommendations? Squid? ISA Server? Something else?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The SO answer was to use Open DNS - that does a decent job of showing me the TLDs that were accessed or blocked, but I'm very interested in monitoring network usage.  I would really like to know which computers/destinations are using the most bandwidth, time of day, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/154155/home-proxy-server" />
  <row Id="13247" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7490" RevisionGUID="c46269c3-37f8-4ee1-b5bb-f64ac74bde45" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:44:17.080" UserId="1489" Text="home proxy server" />
  <row Id="13248" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7490" RevisionGUID="c46269c3-37f8-4ee1-b5bb-f64ac74bde45" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:44:17.080" UserId="1489" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;home-network&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;network-monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="13249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7491" RevisionGUID="c7df05e9-c8a9-4671-a7df-b2254815a018" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:44:45.940" UserId="1466" Text="I don't know if this is what you want or not, but the **logger** command allows you to send any messages you want to the syslog system" />
  <row Id="13250" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7492" RevisionGUID="e2eff6c5-6b74-479b-ac89-a0fe793ddbde" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:47:37.543" UserId="2101" Text="Since you have more than one service per server, I would suggest giving your machines some hostname based off whatever theme you like, then using 'service names'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, host **bart** might have service names **www1**, **imap1** and **ftp1**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add those service names to DNS and then (depending on your preferences and desire for complexity) either:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Create CNAMEs in DNS pointing the service names back to the appropriate hostname&#xD;&#xA; - Create A records for additional IP addresses and assign those IP addresses to your hosts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, make sure you reference services on that machine using the service name (**www1**), not the hostname." />
  <row Id="13251" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7493" RevisionGUID="99b6b905-ae72-4c72-b5ea-4c043709fc7e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:47:51.503" UserId="764" Text="How is the latest Ubuntu 9.04 ? I tried the desktop edition and am unable to make audio work in it. Any ideas/suggestions ? Is it advisable to do the upgrade from 8.10 ?" />
  <row Id="13252" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7493" RevisionGUID="99b6b905-ae72-4c72-b5ea-4c043709fc7e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:47:51.503" UserId="764" Text="Feedback on Ubuntu 9.04" />
  <row Id="13253" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7493" RevisionGUID="99b6b905-ae72-4c72-b5ea-4c043709fc7e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:47:51.503" UserId="764" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;audio&gt;" />
  <row Id="13254" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7494" RevisionGUID="7254e7d5-b89b-44a3-87a8-cd70266dc8e0" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:47:55.827" UserId="806" Text="Try this one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.squish.net/dnscheck/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.squish.net/dnscheck/" />
  <row Id="13255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7495" RevisionGUID="32a53c8f-a0b6-4039-b6c7-6b71f18f3b6c" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:48:36.370" UserId="1054" Text="Put something like Squid in and then run the logs against a decent traffic analyzer.  Your web clients will then be configured to use the Squid as the proxy.  The proxy will gather your data and the analyzer will give you the reports.  As this is a web proxy server your XBox won't be affected at all :)" />
  <row Id="13256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7496" RevisionGUID="5243b391-1499-435b-bcae-ac5ef58f8e71" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:49:19.117" UserId="1233" Text="Is it possible to use your router? Most consumer grade routers offer the ability to log what websites are visited, and for monitoring bandwidth usage if the router supports SNMP you can try running a service such as Cacti or if it can run alternative firmware such as [Tomato](http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other option that would be akin to taking a sledgehammer to a small nail would be to run wireshark using a hub between you router and your modem to collect all the info that passes across the wire." />
  <row Id="13258" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7485" RevisionGUID="59143c30-034d-4ffe-b65d-4fca45189a25" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:49:55.837" UserId="1466" Comment="added 77 characters in body" Text="The 3 load average numbers is the load your system has been under for the past minute, 5 minutes, and 15 minutes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not exactly clear on how *load* is calculated - but it has something to do with how many processes are demanding cpu time at once.  A server that is running consistently below 1.0 means it has no processes waiting for the cpu (ie. it is running at maximum speed)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13259" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7498" RevisionGUID="68e8fe5a-a25c-4670-bb16-4d1e042a12f5" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:49:56.540" UserId="1803" Text="This one falls under the &quot;custodial&quot; side of our job, like being called when the copier is broken, or to replace a projector bulb.  I can't imagine I'm the only one trying to re-evaluate this service, so I'll greatly appreciate some additional perspectives.  I'll even throw out a simplistic little list to get things started...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Do you host your own phone conferencing solution?&#xD;&#xA;    - Number of users&#xD;&#xA;    - Platform&#xD;&#xA; - Do you outsource?&#xD;&#xA;    - Vendor&#xD;&#xA;    - Terms (not rates, I realize these vary, but are charges by the minute, bundled, per account, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;    - Limitations, features&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I've intentionally keept this separate from video conferencing)" />
  <row Id="13260" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7498" RevisionGUID="68e8fe5a-a25c-4670-bb16-4d1e042a12f5" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:49:56.540" UserId="1803" Text="Audio Conferencing" />
  <row Id="13261" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7498" RevisionGUID="68e8fe5a-a25c-4670-bb16-4d1e042a12f5" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:49:56.540" UserId="1803" Text="&lt;telephony&gt;&lt;conferencing&gt;" />
  <row Id="13262" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7498" RevisionGUID="68e8fe5a-a25c-4670-bb16-4d1e042a12f5" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:49:56.540" UserId="1803" />
  <row Id="13263" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7499" RevisionGUID="00d2e92c-8604-44fb-ad28-5d83b1abacd3" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:50:31.110" UserId="1878" Text="I'd recommend [Smoothwall][1], which can handle reporting (through log files and/or its Web GUI) the sites visited and who visited them. Add on the bandwidthd plugin, and you can see what machine(s) is(are) using the most bandwidth, and what protocol they're using (HTTP, FTP, P2P, etc.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.smoothwall.org" />
  <row Id="13264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7500" RevisionGUID="e420af7b-2136-49b9-bff8-76ff39bc7d6a" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:50:50.703" UserId="1736" Text="    % How's my sexual technique?&#xD;&#xA;    Unmatched '.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13265" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7500" RevisionGUID="e420af7b-2136-49b9-bff8-76ff39bc7d6a" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:50:50.703" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13266" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7501" RevisionGUID="14c53d3e-fe1e-4cbd-b974-554a3065aa2d" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:52:10.873" UserId="4814" Text="[DD-WRT][1], [Open WRT][2] , [Tomato][3] or [Third-party firmware projects][4] ?    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the compelling reasons to choose between these?   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used to be a great DD-WRT fan until I realized that the author was deceiving users by publishing it as a OSS, but made it very cumbersome to download the source and change it (requires you to download GB’s of source files) .Also their bandwidth monitoring feature was part of the paid version, which IMHO is a killer. Having said that, DD-WRT just worked. And I think that’s great..  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DD-WRT&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenWrt&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato_Firmware&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54G#Third-party_firmware_projects&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13267" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7501" RevisionGUID="14c53d3e-fe1e-4cbd-b974-554a3065aa2d" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:52:10.873" UserId="4814" Text="OSS Router firmwares" />
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  <row Id="13269" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7502" RevisionGUID="e796d6bd-b097-4b32-8b30-fd285a1f4417" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:53:13.507" UserId="1736" Text="    % man: why did you get a divorce?&#xD;&#xA;    man:: Too many arguments.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="13271" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7503" RevisionGUID="f387511b-c521-4b5c-8bf4-5f749f5cc38d" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:54:48.950" UserId="1466" Text="What is the best way to determine if a variable in bash contains &quot;&quot;?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have heard it recommended that I do **if [ &quot;x$variable&quot; = &quot;x&quot; ]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is that the **correct** way?  (there must be something more straightforward)" />
  <row Id="13272" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7503" RevisionGUID="f387511b-c521-4b5c-8bf4-5f749f5cc38d" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:54:48.950" UserId="1466" Text="How to determine if a bash variable is empty?" />
  <row Id="13273" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7503" RevisionGUID="f387511b-c521-4b5c-8bf4-5f749f5cc38d" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:54:48.950" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;bash&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;" />
  <row Id="13274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7504" RevisionGUID="6552c891-5faf-47a8-bf18-68a74f2a800c" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:56:33.533" UserId="1995" Text="I was a DD-WRT user until I saw the interface of Tomato, and then I switched.  I made the decision based on management ease-of-use.  In particular, I thought Tomato's QoS setup was a lot easier than DD-WRT's.  Other reasons to choose might be the number of services/apps that have been ported to each distribution if you want to do more than just routing/wireless access." />
  <row Id="13276" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="6835" RevisionGUID="4d2fd419-4b22-4dde-9b43-05fc36fba2c4" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:00:05.790" UserId="2072" Comment="edit subject" Text="KDE or GNOME, What I Choose?" />
  <row Id="13277" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7506" RevisionGUID="605e87e0-5892-496d-9892-2cf81904cc0e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:00:20.157" UserId="1736" Text="    $ make love&#xD;&#xA;    make: Don't know how to make love. Stop&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Though this is sadly unsupported by GNU Make ('No rule to make target 'love'?  Weak!), you can overcome this limitation by installing a BSD make (`apt-get install pmake` works nicely where applicable) and using it." />
  <row Id="13278" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7506" RevisionGUID="605e87e0-5892-496d-9892-2cf81904cc0e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:00:20.157" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13279" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7507" RevisionGUID="e20ed3fb-2253-4007-a4e8-25701d78ea43" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:02:47.470" UserId="1736" Text="    % If I had a ( for every $ the Congress spent, what would I have?&#xD;&#xA;    Too many ('s.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13280" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7507" RevisionGUID="e20ed3fb-2253-4007-a4e8-25701d78ea43" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:02:47.470" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7508" RevisionGUID="23dbff19-fa68-4c5b-8b7a-de0972b45076" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:03:43.367" UserId="1840" Text="I use a combination of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **IntoDNS:** [http://www.intodns.com/serverfault.com][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **DNSsy:** [http://dnssy.com/report.php?q=serverfault.com][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...as well as manual querying using **dig**, **host**, **WHOIS**, etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.intodns.com/serverfault.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://dnssy.com/report.php?q=serverfault.com" />
  <row Id="13282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7509" RevisionGUID="1ef6bd9e-56a3-46ce-b0dd-55fdffedaa39" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:06:44.967" UserId="2224" Text="This will return true if a variable is unset.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -z &quot;$VAR&quot; ];" />
  <row Id="13283" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7510" RevisionGUID="6aab2c0c-80ad-436b-ae95-5a924ea6ed65" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:10:01.920" UserId="942" Text="Here's a review of Tomato (a bit dated do) to help you make your decision:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [Turn Your $60 Router into a User-Friendly Super-Router with Tomato][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a mention of DD-WRT at the end. Also make sure to read the comments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://lifehacker.com/344765/turn-your-60-router-into-a-user+friendly-super+router-with-tomato" />
  <row Id="13284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7511" RevisionGUID="33e09504-c1c0-4f3e-904d-3b941065897b" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:11:08.300" UserId="2072" Text="concpet that **everything in Linux is a file** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; All configurations are in text files, and everything in Linux is treated as a file. This is a much simpler approach which makes it very easy to change things in Linux. In Linux even your filesystem itself can be viewed as a file." />
  <row Id="13285" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7511" RevisionGUID="33e09504-c1c0-4f3e-904d-3b941065897b" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:11:08.300" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7512" RevisionGUID="9acb47ab-9454-4595-9cbb-fee94e5ba557" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:11:18.673" UserId="2284" Text="There seems to be a bug in the documentation or the implimentation of rsync. *man rsync* says:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Rsync supports connecting to  a  host  using  a  remote&#xD;&#xA;&gt; shell  and  then  spawning a single-use “daemon” server that expects to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; read its config file in the **home** dir of the remote user. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but when connecting to root, according to /var/log/messages, it was looking in /etc/rsyncd.conf for the config file (the standard location for an rsyncd.conf file when not used over SSH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had to force the ssh server to use the right config file by adding&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    command=&quot;rsync --config=/root/rsyncd.conf --server --daemon .&quot;&#xD;&#xA;to /root/.ssh/authorized_keys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason I didn't just put the config in the default location is that I didn't want someone to accidentally start a normal rsync daemon - I only want a daemon to have this much access when it has got the correct ssh key." />
  <row Id="13287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7513" RevisionGUID="335576d9-1654-4b5a-8682-4ca0319c5a89" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:12:27.970" UserId="273" Text="I'm just setting up a home wireless network with connection to the internet.  The router has settings to configure the firewall rules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently it's set to INBOUND ALL ANY and OUTBOUND ALL ANY.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What rules should I set (if any) to reduce the risk of compromises?  The laptops connecting are Vista and XP.  We only have simple browsing needs so can I just open up the following inbound ports?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    80 HTTP&#xD;&#xA;    21 FTP&#xD;&#xA;    443 HTTPS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this enough for just normal web browsing?  Should I set any outbound rules?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Not expecting to use POP or SMTP*" />
  <row Id="13288" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7513" RevisionGUID="335576d9-1654-4b5a-8682-4ca0319c5a89" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:12:27.970" UserId="273" Text="What firewall rules should be used for a home based system" />
  <row Id="13289" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7513" RevisionGUID="335576d9-1654-4b5a-8682-4ca0319c5a89" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:12:27.970" UserId="273" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;home&gt;&lt;port&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="13290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7514" RevisionGUID="6a8fe121-9201-40a7-b4e4-0c4d06d8525f" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:12:52.557" UserId="942" Text="In the past I upgraded as soon as a new version came out. I've learned **not** to do that, the hard way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nowadays I wait about 3 months, so it's a bit more stable, and compatibility issues are addressed (there is always something incompatible at first, trust me).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, I get one of my minions to try it out first :-D" />
  <row Id="13291" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7472" RevisionGUID="bd19e2ce-9bfc-4b09-ba8d-7d9a100ce57a" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:14:25.563" UserId="1589" Comment="added 7 characters in body" Text="The [ThermalTake BlacX][1], and other similar products, are very handy for temporarily mounting drives.  No need to grab a screwdriver to open the external case, mess with power and SATA/IDE cables, etc.  Just plug it in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.aspx?S=1268&amp;ID=1642" />
  <row Id="13292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7515" RevisionGUID="95999781-79f3-4d43-b012-3f4a839f41f1" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:16:20.147" UserId="1565" Text="For cabling inside a server room from rack to rack, I **HIGHLY** recommend the [AMP NETCONNECT MRJ21 System][1].  It's like an extension cord for your switch.  You only have to run 1 thick cable instead of 48 ethernet cables.  Or instead of having a switch in the rack that connects back to the backbone, you connect directly to the backbone thus not losing speed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I usually use 1-foot patch cables and put the patch panel right above the switch.  This allows me to only have to worry about cable management on uplinks.  It helps if the patch panel and switch are the same density like both are 48-ports and each 1U.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ampnetconnect.com/system_group_overview.asp?sys_id=80" />
  <row Id="13294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7516" RevisionGUID="b1c4ed55-4843-4e5a-8243-df4b2565f0c3" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:20:09.050" UserId="942" Text="We once did it ourselves with Asterisk. We're small, so eventually we decided to go with [Trixbox][1]. They have a very sucky billing department, but their support is good (sometimes very slow do) and it just works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as terms go, you pay for the licenses and support, since it's a whole PBX, not just a conferencing solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use either land lines or a VoIP account, so as far as cost goes it depends on that. They have a very nifty feature where if two companies have Trixbox installed, calls between them get routed over the Internet, and they're completely free (bandwidth issues aside).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.trixbox.com/" />
  <row Id="13295" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7516" RevisionGUID="b1c4ed55-4843-4e5a-8243-df4b2565f0c3" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:20:09.050" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7517" RevisionGUID="fb257787-7883-451b-9a02-b9f5ad2baf04" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:21:43.150" UserId="2101" Text="If you're interested in distinguishing the cases of set-empty versus unset status, look at the -u option for bash:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ set -u&#xD;&#xA;    $ echo $BAR&#xD;&#xA;    bash: BAR: unbound variable&#xD;&#xA;    $ [ -z &quot;$BAR&quot; ] &amp;&amp; echo true&#xD;&#xA;    bash: BAR: unbound variable&#xD;&#xA;    $ BAR=&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    $ echo $BAR&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    $ [ -z &quot;$BAR&quot; ] &amp;&amp; echo true&#xD;&#xA;    true&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13297" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7518" RevisionGUID="06bbc083-1fce-459a-bcae-55acbee7ac82" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:22:33.350" UserId="1589" Text="Some vendors use the service console (COS) to optimize storage attach options such as iSCSI Timeouts, NFS block size, etc., specific to certain storage controllers.  Check with the vendor you are using for more details." />
  <row Id="13298" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7519" RevisionGUID="1920cff6-1c4f-4fb6-89f9-cbf4ac33dd41" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:24:21.803" UserId="1054" Text="Lose the inbound allow any!  Only reason to have that is for active FTP but you can use passive instead.  I personally allow any outbound.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's only simple browing then you should be good with the ones you have.  The only difference is when applets or plugins in web pages want to talk directly to their home servers over something other than HTTP/HTTPS." />
  <row Id="13299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7520" RevisionGUID="543e9052-3389-413b-b6c5-67376e4f0ec1" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:24:48.760" UserId="942" Text="Let me throw in another suggestion: [IPCop][1]. It's a firewall with lots of bells and whistles, including a transparent proxy with logging and reporting, traffic shaping (for XBox Live and those pesky torrents), VPN tunneling, and more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://ipcop.org/" />
  <row Id="13300" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7521" RevisionGUID="fbe0bc5f-38ed-4df8-b89f-374fd847a28d" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:28:37.320" UserId="584" Text="I tend to leave it at Slicehost's default, 86,400 seconds (1 day). I drop it down to 10 minutes when I have a move pending and wait a day or two." />
  <row Id="13301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7522" RevisionGUID="ba01c6af-292e-495f-a114-0ead7fb287e4" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:29:50.953" UserId="942" Text="A couple more:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [http://www.checkdns.net/][1]&#xD;&#xA;* [http://www.howismydns.com/tools.php][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And a [quick guide on how to check your DNS yourself][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.checkdns.net/&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://www.howismydns.com/tools.php&#xD;&#xA;[3]:http://rscott.org/dns/" />
  <row Id="13302" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7523" RevisionGUID="5cd2d18e-1905-4d41-95be-9da8eda6c10b" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:31:01.420" UserId="1565" Text="You should take a look at [WiebeTech][1].  They offer many options for forensic recovery.  Not the cheapest option, but they will give you a good idea of the features you might want to look for in other products.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wiebetech.com/home.php" />
  <row Id="13303" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7524" RevisionGUID="d59e678a-f425-4205-aa3b-d64fd758ddab" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:33:35.517" UserId="942" Text="I swear by [IcyDock's enclosures][1]. Here's a [SATA/IDE one][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.icydock.com/usb.html&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://www.icydock.com/product/mb452uk.html" />
  <row Id="13304" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7525" RevisionGUID="cbbc774b-d6dc-4ece-81f6-6a05432bbc5f" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:35:51.660" UserId="2408" Text="Microsoft did announce that people running the RC1 candidate will receive a notice a month prior to the beginning of the bi-hourly shutdowns allowing the user to purchase or enter a legitimate key. I'm going to look for my source and if I'm able to find it I'll add it as a comment in a few minutes." />
  <row Id="13305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7526" RevisionGUID="a0f36cae-b8d5-4b73-81da-d6db5fc32680" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:38:23.653" UserId="48" Text="To get Vista backup to work with Samba you need:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Version 3.0.25 or above of Samba&#xD;&#xA; - Have ACL support enabled in your Samba file system - to do so, add 'acl' to your mount command  LABEL=/backup /backup ext3 acl 1 2" />
  <row Id="13306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7527" RevisionGUID="4239ba9a-ce35-4310-b820-6188a2c17f8e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:38:47.130" UserId="388" Text="As squillman said, remove the inbound any immediately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming that the firewall is stateful, all you should need is 'allow any outbound'; return traffic should be allowed through as they will be matched to existing connections in the connection table.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you know the model of the router? It would be interesting to see what its default routing/NAT/port forwarding config is." />
  <row Id="13307" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7528" RevisionGUID="6d3e7276-8f1e-43fd-a7a3-0ecd55c5e7ef" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:39:22.543" UserId="1840" Text="**[OUTBOUND-wise]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suggest you start practicing some good'ol internet neighbor etiquette by applying **egress filtering** rules on your firewall.  Pretty much, closing commonly unused ports (outgoing) that may be used by  your clients when they get compromised.  Here's a better explanation: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Egress filtering prevents you (and your clients) from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sending unwanted traffic out to the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Internet.  This could include leaking&#xD;&#xA;&gt; out private address space or stopping&#xD;&#xA;&gt; compromised systems attempting to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; communicate with remote hosts.  Egress&#xD;&#xA;&gt; filtering can also help prevent&#xD;&#xA;&gt; information leaks due to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; misconfiguration, as well as some&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network mapping attempts.  Finally,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; egress filtering can prevent internal&#xD;&#xA;&gt; systems from performing outbound IP&#xD;&#xA;&gt; spoofing attacks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Common ports that applies to this practice are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- SMTP (Prevent sending SPAM to the world)&#xD;&#xA;- DNS (Prevent DNS hijacking)&#xD;&#xA;- ICMP&#xD;&#xA;- TFTP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;.. you get the point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7530" RevisionGUID="1714f327-6aea-4fcc-a1fe-b2f21d5acc3b" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:40:01.530" UserId="846" Text="You should allow **NO** inbound traffic. You should allow the outbound traffic for the protocols that you will be using.  Your list is good, although you might want to add DNS and also NTP if you are want to sync time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be aware that (by definition) TCP/IP is bi-directional.  The directionality referred to here is the direction in which the connection is initiated.  Meaning .. if you browse to www.serverfault.com, your PC will send HTTP traffic out to the IP address for serverfault.com.  The firewall will recognize that a response is coming, and that response will be allowed in back to your PC.  But that is referred to as &quot;outbound&quot; traffic, and you don't need to account for the response in most firewalls.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Suggestion:  use Steve Gibson's [Shields Up][1] site to test what is allowed in on your firewall and for lots of info about what services are doing what.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2" />
  <row Id="13310" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7531" RevisionGUID="823fc800-db80-44a4-848e-94c98d24b2e7" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:40:30.280" UserId="1107" Text="The default allocation unit size recommended when formatting a drive in our current set-up is 4096 bytes. I understand the basics of the pros and cons of larger and smaller sizes (performance boost vs. space preservation) but it seems the benefits of a solid state drive (seek times massively lower than hard disks) may create a situation where a much smaller allocation size is not detrimental. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Were this the case it would at least partially help to overcome the disadvantage of SSD (massively higher prices per GB).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to determine the 'cost' of smaller allocation sizes specifically related to seek times? Or are there any studies or articles recommending a change from the default based on this newer tech?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Assume the most average scattering of sizes program files, OS files, data, mp3s, text files, etc.)" />
  <row Id="13311" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7531" RevisionGUID="823fc800-db80-44a4-848e-94c98d24b2e7" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:40:30.280" UserId="1107" Text="Would SSD drives benefit from a non-default allocation unit size?" />
  <row Id="13312" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7531" RevisionGUID="823fc800-db80-44a4-848e-94c98d24b2e7" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:40:30.280" UserId="1107" Text="&lt;ssd&gt;&lt;format&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;" />
  <row Id="13314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7532" RevisionGUID="8c27f0ad-9d06-404d-a828-24d4e8430f82" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:41:50.463" UserId="43936" Text="I've run server versions of Microsoft operating systems for years, starting with Windows 2000 Server.  My workstation's running Server 2008.  I've seen no issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Back in the bad old days, you were meant to have special, qualified hardware to run &quot;server&quot; OSs.  I remember jumping through some hoops to get NT 3.51 running in an office full of Windows 3.1.  Nowadays, there's not much difference between the server and &quot;Professional/Business&quot; editions of Windows.  Vista and Server 2008 use the same kernel, for instance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as performance, I think turning off Aero, if you're so inclined, will make more of a difference than Vista vs. Server 2008.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Raymond Chen has a perverse story about running Windows Server Datacenter Edition on a Barbie PC.  The links I find are broken, but Google's cache has it.)" />
  <row Id="13315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7533" RevisionGUID="c5ab6ecd-0157-4857-a1f3-85ae506340d1" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:43:21.647" UserId="48" Text="As has been stated, when you connect to Exchange using outlook,using RPC, not POP, you are not downloading mail, you are just viewing mail that is stored on the exchange server. Therefore when email arrives at the server, the view on the client is updated. The only way to prevent Oulook from updating when mail arrives at the Exchange server is to take outlook offline and use the cached mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, it seems this client would be more suited to using POP or IMAP to get at there mail, which fits in with the idiom of send/recieving mail from the server." />
  <row Id="13316" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7434" RevisionGUID="cfa005cd-6b5f-4b83-96ff-0afb7ae1b49f" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:49:05.290" UserId="2423" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="I've never used these instructions before, but they strike me as a potentially legitimate solution. Unfortunately I don't have an appropriate machine to test out this problem on at the moment.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/96913/how-can-i-force-my-microsoft-outlook-2007-client-to-a-particular-autodiscovery-server.html" />
  <row Id="13317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7534" RevisionGUID="8a191d6c-9d48-47e3-9038-a4613f81d966" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:52:01.133" UserId="2318" Text="If you have Apple servers then Harlekins [Server Admin Remote][1] is handy. It lets you check server status, and start/stop services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://harlekins.org/ServerAdminRemote/Server_Admin_Remote.html" />
  <row Id="13318" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7534" RevisionGUID="8a191d6c-9d48-47e3-9038-a4613f81d966" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:52:01.133" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13319" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6659" RevisionGUID="720d954e-262e-43ef-91c9-9d9b90093f3e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:56:28.287" UserId="1797" Comment="Added an extra link and information." Text="It can't be disabled that I know of. A Microsoft employee [wrote on TechNet][1] that disabling it was not possible (see Xiu Zhang answers). Will continue researching and post back findings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchangesvrclients/thread/2ccb0f7e-971b-4c71-88a4-360e94e275bb/" />
  <row Id="13323" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7536" RevisionGUID="1e00492d-1c17-4052-9b39-b31f863415c5" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:59:58.173" UserId="2376" Text="Hi &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am looking for podcast or videos on computer security&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally they should cover the basics &amp; the more advanced topics &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the best one I have found is [security now][1] by Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte other there any other good ones ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm" />
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  <row Id="13325" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7536" RevisionGUID="1e00492d-1c17-4052-9b39-b31f863415c5" CreationDate="2009-05-12T18:59:58.173" UserId="2376" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;podcast&gt;" />
  <row Id="13327" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7096" RevisionGUID="70be5865-2069-40a5-ac5c-642dfe3e4a2e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T19:01:05.503" UserId="2318" Comment="added 10 characters in body" Text="See Kazna3's answer at http://www.d-a-l.com/archive/index.php/t-49205.html He/she writes: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; But first, the BSOD is pretty old. The&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 0x9C BUGCHECK is hardware related,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; well known. The rest of it concerns&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the processor, it's a processor fault&#xD;&#xA;&gt; or just the processor driver. :(&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Have a look here for the explanation:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 0x9C: MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms795775.aspx)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Microsoft used to advise this when we&#xD;&#xA;&gt; got it with the P4s:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Step 1) Update your BIOS (hardware&#xD;&#xA;&gt; patches called microcode updates ride&#xD;&#xA;&gt; here, if your processor or AMLI has an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; errata, it would be fixed here).&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Step 2) Call hardware vendor immediately as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this is a strict hardware error.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Step 3) Replace hardware, starting with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; CPU.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In other words, your hardware is likely borked. Possibly a brown-out, or high heat. Just because a component is solid-state doesn't mean it can't fail. Eg: RAM fails all the time - there's a reason it ships in static-resistant bags." />
  <row Id="13328" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4209" RevisionGUID="bb878475-a5ce-4bcb-ac2e-d576d78aae93" CreationDate="2009-05-12T19:04:48.900" UserId="1581" Comment="deleted 26 characters in body" Text="The option for the *most* coverage is the **FAT32** file system. But you won't be able to create files larger than 4GB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you use **NTFS** (Windows format) then Mac systems will be able to read it but cannot write to it unless third party software is installed. **MacFuse** and **NTFS-3G** will let you have full access to NTFS volumes on a Mac system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[NTFS-3G Stable Read/Write Driver][1]** - Apparently, NTFS-3G also **supports Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, NetBSD, Solaris, Haiku**, and other operating systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Enjoy,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Robert C. Cartaino&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ntfs-3g.org/" />
  <row Id="13329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7537" RevisionGUID="071ce08a-b60b-4d1a-85e8-1459a77ea393" CreationDate="2009-05-12T19:05:07.540" UserId="1840" Text="There are two podcast questions in ServerFault: [http://serverfault.com/search?q=podcast][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know you specified 'Security', but I believe a bunch of the answers in those posts include this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/search?q=podcast" />
  <row Id="13330" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7538" RevisionGUID="1637156b-334a-4762-9c70-bc8c72dd3422" CreationDate="2009-05-12T19:07:22.077" UserId="984" Text="I have tried using both, and found that [WDS][1] seemed to be more reliable on my hardware with dd-wrt when I compared the two.  I didn't do any investigation to figure out why, at the time I just wanted something that worked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Distribution_System" />
  <row Id="13332" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7539" RevisionGUID="df8f1b1c-6122-4b1f-9f88-a3372e535073" CreationDate="2009-05-12T19:10:16.533" UserId="2049" Text="I have never purchased any linux OS before, have seen how they work and how the GUI looks, but never worked on one constantly so I always wondered this question, but I understand that their can be bias when you have people that have their favorites, which I hope people will try to eliminate out there answers. I have heard sys admins complain sometimes about how bad Windows is as an OS. I can understand why they would say that about Vista dealing with the issues I run into with it sometimes myself, but compared to a good OS like XP I don't know how. For example I heard that you can leave a linux machine on for years without it crashing, but can't for a Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A friend asked me the other day which computer should she purchase since I a computer person and she's not? She wanted an Apple, but since I have only heard things about how smooth they run; I don't know for sure as apple commercial says &quot;how a mac is better than a pc.&quot; So I could only tell her things that were opinions instead of facts. I understand Mac is not linux, but it is unix-like, so I assumed it shares the same advantages that people say Windows doesn't have, **so it kind of makes two questions**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have found this thread [Microsoft Windows OS Usage](http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum107/339.htm) that gives reasons but not actual facts, and also goes in detail of certain OSes, but my questions is for linux as a whole ex:( RedHat, Suse, etc..)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. I'm not speaking in security, because I understand how Windows is more of a target since its more widely used.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13333" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7539" RevisionGUID="df8f1b1c-6122-4b1f-9f88-a3372e535073" CreationDate="2009-05-12T19:10:16.533" UserId="2049" Text="popular linux vs windows: Is unix like systems really better?" />
  <row Id="13334" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7539" RevisionGUID="df8f1b1c-6122-4b1f-9f88-a3372e535073" CreationDate="2009-05-12T19:10:16.533" UserId="2049" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="13336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7541" RevisionGUID="8300a7f3-75f0-4359-8386-c0fa95369883" CreationDate="2009-05-12T10:10:29.957" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am frustated becoz when i try to install sqlserver2005 evaluation version it shows only books online check box in active mode only.i have installed visulastudio2003 first and installed .net framework 2.0 sp1.&#xA;so plz help me......&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13337" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7541" RevisionGUID="8300a7f3-75f0-4359-8386-c0fa95369883" CreationDate="2009-05-12T10:10:29.957" Text="how to install sqlserver2005 evaluation on xp" />
  <row Id="13338" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7541" RevisionGUID="8300a7f3-75f0-4359-8386-c0fa95369883" CreationDate="2009-05-12T10:10:29.957" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;not-programming-related&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="13339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7542" RevisionGUID="1049ff4f-9449-4fe8-a386-f21d6e6ea4eb" CreationDate="2009-05-12T10:13:26.520" UserId="345" Text="&lt;p&gt;Which version of SQL Server do you have? The standard and enterprise versions require a server operating system, even for the evaluation version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To install SQL Server on a workstation operating system, you need either the Developer Edition installation, which is basically enterprise version but with limits to production usage, you can use it for development.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the developer edition usually follows a license for one of the full versions, or an MSDN subscription, I'm unsure whether you can buy developer licenses separate. In either case, Developer is not free, in the sense that you won't get it without giving Microsoft some money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, you can use the Express edition, which is a version that doesn't have all the enterprise-y features. It is free, but as I said, doesn't have &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; the features that Enterprise/Standard/Developer have, so it depends on what you intend to use it for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you intend to develop software for it for distribution over the internet, then I would advice you to use the Express version and limit yourself to the features it support. That way, more people would be in your target group.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13340" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7543" RevisionGUID="f4e631d4-6802-4657-806c-35a44af4ce13" CreationDate="2009-05-12T19:13:18.777" UserId="1435" Text="Oh man, that's such an open question - we could start a whole board just to answer that question in fact - and we'd never come to an answer. Can you try to rewrite it to be a bit more specific please. Sorry to be negative." />
  <row Id="13341" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7539" RevisionGUID="647215b1-0c6c-4536-8bc6-c98b1b6ca1b2" CreationDate="2009-05-12T19:16:56.787" UserId="2049" Comment="added 139 characters in body" Text="I have never purchased any linux OS before, have seen how they work and how the GUI looks, but never worked on one constantly so I always wondered this question, but I understand that their can be bias when you have people that have their favorites, which I hope people will try to eliminate out there answers. I have heard sys admins complain sometimes about how bad Windows is as an OS. I can understand why they would say that about Vista dealing with the issues I run into with it sometimes myself, but compared to a good OS like XP I don't know how. For example I heard that you can leave a linux machine on for years without it crashing, but can't for a Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A friend asked me the other day which computer should she purchase since I a computer person and she's not? She wanted an Apple, but since I have only heard things about how smooth they run; I don't know for sure as apple commercial says &quot;how a mac is better than a pc.&quot; So I could only tell her things that were opinions instead of facts. I understand Mac is not linux, but it is unix-like, so I assumed it shares the same advantages that people say Windows doesn't have, **so it kind of makes two questions**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have found this thread [Microsoft Windows OS Usage](http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum107/339.htm) that gives reasons but not actual facts, and also goes in detail of certain OSes, but my questions is for linux as a whole ex:( RedHat, Suse, etc..)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. I'm not speaking in security, because I understand how Windows is more of a target since its more widely used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**- For a basic home or college computer that has the necessary uses for a person that's not a developer. Which is more reliable?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7544" RevisionGUID="d9faffad-a240-4492-b547-fa9cad360cbc" CreationDate="2009-05-12T19:17:36.523" UserId="1435" Text="About 12 years ago I employed four people to work inside our data center, they all left within a year. I simply hadn't considered their working environment and would never expect people to have to do that again. To me if an employer asked that I'd take that as an alarm that they don't value their staff and that you'd be likely to see other disrespectful policies if you worked there." />
  <row Id="13343" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7545" RevisionGUID="2a85f2dd-3230-4ed6-8836-f8d3a49776e0" CreationDate="2009-05-12T19:20:47.750" UserId="1820" Text="Not ideal, but you could add a POP3 account to the user's profile in Outlook, with the secondary email address. Then misconfigure the incoming mail server and remove the POP3 account from the Send/Receive group. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now when a new email is created, the &quot;Accounts&quot; button appears on the toolbar to choose which account to send from.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Re-reading your question, it appears you may already be doing this, but mentioned there are drawbacks...anything specific?" />
  <row Id="13344" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7546" RevisionGUID="e19d228b-b9e5-446d-84c8-0784e0e13636" CreationDate="2009-05-12T19:24:15.327" UserId="45" Text="If you are looking for an good article I recommend &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[The Hows and Whys of SSDs][1] by Robert Hallock&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I linked to page 2, which contains the part which discusses clustering and block size.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [...] The solution to the problem is to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; increase the cluster size, for which&#xD;&#xA;&gt; there are several advantages:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - Reduced file system complexity; less clusters means less to organize.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - Increased read and write speed as cluster size approaches parity with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; block size.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - Decreased slack space if the system is primarily composed of large&#xD;&#xA;&gt; files.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Yet increased cluster size is not a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; magic bullet for solid state disks, as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; most people have a mix of information.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Games often contain a myriad of small&#xD;&#xA;&gt; files and operating systems are the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sum of small files almost as a rule;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; yet movies, music, archives and MMOs&#xD;&#xA;&gt; are perfect candidates for enlarged&#xD;&#xA;&gt; cluster sizes. More frustrating than&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the anchor of small clusters is the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; complicated process to get larger&#xD;&#xA;&gt; clusters under modern Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; operating systems. Such a feat&#xD;&#xA;&gt; requires premeditated use of programs&#xD;&#xA;&gt; like Acronis Disk Director which can&#xD;&#xA;&gt; increase cluster sizes prior to the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; installation of Windows. It is also&#xD;&#xA;&gt; possible to resize existing clusters,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; but such a procedure is accomplished&#xD;&#xA;&gt; with a frighteningly varied degree of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; success.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://icrontic.com/articles/how_ssds_work/2 " />
  <row Id="13345" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7547" RevisionGUID="af9b88aa-7ee7-42d7-9501-9e0156351cdc" CreationDate="2009-05-12T19:29:34.803" UserId="2189" Text="Reliability on the desktop is really not an issue anymore.  I run Vista as my main machine at work, and while it's slower since I put Vista on it, it's not unreliable.  I never shut it down and it runs solid 24x7 between patch tuesdays.  Likewise I have an Ubuntu desktop machine sitting right next to me that also runs 24x7 and only restarts for updates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reliability hasn't been an issue since Win9x days.  Certainly there are many examples of and anecdotes about unreliable Windows systems, but one must really consider the underlying hardware and also the software configuration.  This also applies to Linux and even a little bit to Mac (with a Mac, your hardware is more controlled, so in theory you should have fewer issues).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At any rate, what you need to think about are the applications that you need to run.  You can't really make a good list without running some other OS for a while and seeing what you're missing...there's always something.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Did you know that you can download many Linux distributions, like Ubuntu, as &quot;Live CDs&quot; that boot directly from CD and don't affect your existing operating system at all?  This is really a great way to try Linux and see whether or not you can work on it.  You can also install Ubuntu from the CD into an image file in your Windows installation using Wubi...and you can choose which OS to boot into when you start the machine.  This can be done from the installation CD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember, be pragmatic.  Use what you need to use in order to get your work done.  The more time you spend finding alternative ways to work, the less time you spend actually working.  That's not to say that you shouldn't be curious and try different tools...just don't make that part of your &quot;work&quot; primary." />
  <row Id="13346" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7539" RevisionGUID="2c22caa0-7593-4ac7-ab27-6ec6978123ef" CreationDate="2009-05-12T19:31:14.503" UserId="2049" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="I have never purchased any linux OS before, have seen how they work and how the GUI looks, but never worked on one constantly so I always wondered this question, but I understand that their can be bias when you have people that have their favorites, which I hope people will try to eliminate out there answers. I have heard sys admins complain sometimes about how bad Windows is as an OS. I can understand why they would say that about Vista dealing with the issues I run into with it sometimes myself, but compared to a good OS like XP I don't know how. For example I heard that you can leave a linux machine on for years without it crashing, but can't for a Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A friend asked me the other day which computer should she purchase since I a computer person and she's not? She wanted an Apple, but since I have only heard things about how smooth they run; I don't know for sure as apple commercial says &quot;how a mac is better than a pc.&quot; So I could only tell her things that were opinions instead of facts. I understand Mac is not linux, but it is unix-like, so I assumed it shares the same advantages that people say Windows doesn't have, **so that kind of makes two questions**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have found this thread [Microsoft Windows OS Usage](http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum107/339.htm) that gives reasons but not actual facts, and also goes in detail of certain OSes, but my questions is for linux as a whole ex:( RedHat, Suse, etc..)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. I'm not speaking in security, because I understand how Windows is more of a target since its more widely used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**- For a basic home or college computer that has the necessary uses for a person that's not a developer. Which is more reliable?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13347" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7548" RevisionGUID="9e512608-5280-47fa-bc13-c778816b8d83" CreationDate="2009-05-12T19:32:10.820" UserId="942" Text="Who wants to start the flame war? I have my flamethrower ready just in case ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No, seriously, I moved to Linux about 3 years ago, because my development stack is much better supported there, and although I'll never go back to Windows, it's been a very bumpy road with lots of room for improvement.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try several distros out and make your own decision based on your own needs." />
  <row Id="13348" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7539" RevisionGUID="565a9420-a417-452b-aade-bd97828c1170" CreationDate="2009-05-12T19:37:46.457" UserId="2049" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="I have never purchased any linux OS before, have seen how they work and how the GUI looks, but never worked on one constantly so I always wondered this question, but I understand that their can be bias when you have people that have their favorites, which I hope people will try to eliminate out there answers. I have heard sys admins complain sometimes about how bad Windows is as an OS. I can understand why they would say that about Vista dealing with the issues I run into with it sometimes myself, but compared to a good OS like XP I don't know how. For example I heard that you can leave a linux machine on for years without it crashing, but can't for a Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A friend asked me the other day which computer should she purchase since I a computer person and she's not? She wanted an Apple, but since I have only heard things about how smooth they run; I don't know for sure as apple commercial says &quot;how a mac is better than a pc.&quot; So I could only tell her things that were opinions instead of facts. I understand Mac is not linux, but it is unix-like, so I assumed it shares the same advantages that people say Windows doesn't have, **so that kind of makes two questions**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have found this thread [Microsoft Windows OS Usage](http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum107/339.htm) that gives reasons but not actual facts, and also goes in detail of certain OSes, but my questions is for linux as a whole ex:( RedHat, Suse, etc..)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. I'm not speaking in security, because I understand how Windows is more of a target since its more widely used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**- For a basic home or college computer that has the necessary uses for a person that's not a developer. Which is more reliable?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit2** I guess people are not really getting the question here, which is when it comes to home personal use, lets say a family computer, that has to be available for all uses, does a linux OS would be something to recommend and why? reason being in my own case is in Vista the window explorer always gives me issues, " />
  <row Id="13349" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7549" RevisionGUID="c6d97f1d-654a-4b27-a5e7-6357a2d29dd4" CreationDate="2009-05-12T19:39:50.057" UserId="273" Text="Years ago, we used to have to spend several hours a day working in the &quot;machine room&quot; with the mainframes and mini's loading and unloading tapes and waging war with the line printers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When those line printers got cranking they were really deafening!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I don't remember it being unbearable and we retreated to the tape store for a cup-a-tea and read of the newspaper when we got tired of the noise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Being in the server room during the summer had it's advantages with the A/C!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nowadays I would not be happy to stay in one of our server rooms for more than 30 mins.  Servers are much noisier now, and more densely packed in." />
  <row Id="13350" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="7539" RevisionGUID="9426c225-0bec-4097-9c00-ce1fa954c0b0" CreationDate="2009-05-12T19:45:24.713" UserId="2049" Comment="edited title" Text="Would a linux OS be something to recommend to non computer person" />
  <row Id="13351" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7550" RevisionGUID="db1b22a4-74c9-4288-a3e1-f6eb89e74396" CreationDate="2009-05-12T19:46:26.490" UserId="2116" Text="I'm personnaly working in my server room. 3 HP Tower ML-Serie + 2 smalls server for VPN, routing and things like that. Worst, I'm working in a school and my Office/server room had a computer lab on one side and a student class in my back with not very sound isolated wall, so is very noisy and imposible to concentrate most of the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I must take a brake every hours to stay productive, and when student are noisy, that's even worst.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At least I got a window A/C...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I'm agree when you said that :&#xD;&#xA;- Constant heavy server sound doesn't help to the concentration and make people tired faster&#xD;&#xA;- The organization of the office is crucial&#xD;&#xA;- Day/natural light is very suitable (at least I got a big window in my desk...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope to have my own office away from server soon... I'm talking about it with my boss." />
  <row Id="13352" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7541" RevisionGUID="dde63b46-5eb7-4c8a-b2ee-78243ebc2e24" CreationDate="2009-05-12T19:46:50.810" UserId="48" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am frustated because when I try to install the evaluation edition of SQL Server 2005  it shows only the books online check box. I have installed Visual Studio 2003 first and the .net framework 2.0 sp1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13353" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7541" RevisionGUID="dde63b46-5eb7-4c8a-b2ee-78243ebc2e24" CreationDate="2009-05-12T19:46:50.810" UserId="48" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="13354" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7551" RevisionGUID="ac19a2aa-6286-4cc8-8f81-d43e6fba28b4" CreationDate="2009-05-12T19:49:07.437" UserId="2302" Text="Figured this out, but it wasn't pretty.  I'd install from the server cd, and on reboot it would fail right off the bat, saying only 'grub error 2' (changed eventually to 22). Repairing grub from the install cd didn't fix the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, it turns out that the order of the sata controllers got switched around on the new install.  All the disks were wiped but the hardware wasn't shuffled around, so I'm not sure why this would happen.  The problem with this is that only one of the sata cards (the one previously controlling sda-sdc, now sdd-sdf) is bootable.  Having figured this out I installed to sdd, but prior installation attempts on the non-bootable disks were visible by grub once it loaded, and deleting them left it loading grub from sdd and looking for a non-existent root on sda-sdc.  The solution was to wipe *everything* again, install to sdd, and run a terminal from the live cd:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo grub&#xD;&#xA;    grub&gt; find /boot/grub/stage1&#xD;&#xA;     (hd3,0)&#xD;&#xA;    grub&gt; root (hd3,0)&#xD;&#xA;    grub&gt; setup (hd3)&#xD;&#xA;    grub&gt; quit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Makes sense since in /boot/grub/device.map hd3 is mapped to /dev/sdd.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;I couldn't find a way in the bios to give the bootable controller any kind of priority for the device ordering, and rearranging the HD boot order in bios didn't seem to matter.  Last resort would be to open it up and switch the pci slots of the controller cards around, but since it boots fine now I'm not going to try this -- maybe next upgrade." />
  <row Id="13355" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7552" RevisionGUID="d22555aa-9edc-43d9-8d80-5ab69c56c75d" CreationDate="2009-05-12T19:52:57.430" UserId="355" Text="I like Security Now, and I used to listen another podcast called [PaulDotCom Security Weekly][1]. It's more geared to people who work in the computer security field than people who are simply interested in computer security, which is why I stopped listening to it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Security-wise, they really know their stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://pauldotcom.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13356" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6527" RevisionGUID="30e079e7-dd47-4021-8063-2013ef14d8fd" CreationDate="2009-05-12T19:57:17.813" UserId="2318" Comment="deleted 4 characters in body" Text="I doubt very much the Install is hanging because of SP3. The drivers Apple is worried about are most likely not even discovered+installed until after the machine has rebooted&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm guessing the problem is that you are using a Win install CD that has been slipstreamed for a specific make of computer. See:&#xD;&#xA;http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=440215&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the Windows installer didn't give you the chance to select+reformat your Windows install partition then the install will fail. Easiest solution is to install using a retail CD for the supported version of Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also ensure you have applied all available Mac OS firmware updates (via Mac OS Software Update)." />
  <row Id="13357" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7539" RevisionGUID="b89caf0a-be82-4d86-9323-0d06823bcd32" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:00:42.520" UserId="2049" Comment="deleted 2 characters in body" Text="I have never purchased any linux OS before, have seen how they work and how the GUI looks, but never worked on one constantly so I always wondered this question, but I understand that their can be bias when you have people that have their favorites, which I hope people will try to eliminate out there answers. I have heard sys admins complain sometimes about how bad Windows is as an OS. I can understand why they would say that about Vista dealing with the issues I run into with it sometimes myself, but compared to a good OS like XP I don't know how. For example I heard that you can leave a linux machine on for years without it crashing, but can't for a Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A friend asked me the other day which computer should she purchase since I a computer person and she's not? She wanted an Apple, but since I have only heard things about how smooth they run; I don't know for sure as apple commercial says &quot;how a mac is better than a pc.&quot; So I could only tell her things that were opinions instead of facts. I understand Mac is not linux, but it is unix-like, so I assumed it shares the same advantages that people say Windows doesn't have, **so that kind of makes two questions**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have found this thread [Microsoft Windows OS Usage](http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum107/339.htm) that gives reasons but not actual facts, and also goes in detail of certain OSes, but my questions is for linux as a whole ex:( RedHat, Suse, etc..)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. I'm not speaking in security, because I understand how Windows is more of a target since its more widely used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**- For a basic home or college computer that has the necessary uses for a person that's not a developer. Which is more reliable?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit2** I guess people are not really getting the question here, which is when it comes to home personal use, lets say a family computer, that has to be available for all uses, Is a linux OS would be something to recommend and why? reason being in my own case is in Vista the window explorer always gives me issues, " />
  <row Id="13358" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7553" RevisionGUID="2351918c-fc7b-4f94-a83f-858f83ff2d94" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:03:25.073" UserId="2302" Text="I like OpenDNS, but was wondering if anyone has experience deploying it for a location with an Exchange installation.  I'm concerned specifically about whether any filtering they do would cause problems with reverse DNS lookup that might interfere with the server or the anti-spam (GFI in our case) installation.  Thanks for any insights." />
  <row Id="13359" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7553" RevisionGUID="2351918c-fc7b-4f94-a83f-858f83ff2d94" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:03:25.073" UserId="2302" Text="Is OpenDNS safe to use in a location with Exchange/GFI?" />
  <row Id="13360" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7553" RevisionGUID="2351918c-fc7b-4f94-a83f-858f83ff2d94" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:03:25.073" UserId="2302" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;opendns&gt;&lt;anti-spam&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;reverse-dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="13361" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7554" RevisionGUID="f232eff8-c166-4f7a-a628-6f12131d8eec" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:09:53.427" UserId="385" Text="For a non-computer person, the difference between Mac and Windows ultimately boils down to a usability question. My wife has used Windows for years but is already more comfortable on a Mac. While I can use a Mac, there are things I need that are only available on PC. Proper builds of Linux are about the same. So here's what I did when considering my wife's laptop purchase:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What are her core needs application wise? Which platforms supported the software she needed?&#xD;&#xA; - When she had an opportunity to test the interfaces, which one scored &quot;better&quot; for her? (Yes, this did mean a trip to the Apple store for us).&#xD;&#xA; - What was the price range for the hardware/software? Was it within our budget?&#xD;&#xA; - What did others say whose opinion I trusted with regards to hardware reliability and vendor support?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We put these together and ended up getting her a Mac. For my sons, they will likely get a netbook. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13362" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7555" RevisionGUID="64304da3-79eb-48be-8800-ed3c310692d3" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:12:10.677" UserId="117" Text="On the [Debian Wiki about SecureAPT][1], I've found that I should remove the line containing `non-us` from /etc/apt/sources.list. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I actually did that and that worked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.debian.org/SecureApt#line-178" />
  <row Id="13363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7556" RevisionGUID="d93eebb1-4734-4f62-806a-f0879ec348e3" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:12:34.840" UserId="2043" Text="I definitely agree with Hollock when it comes to increased performance as cluster size approaches block size. In such a situation, you would have a minimal number of block reads and overhead per cluster request.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having a cluster size smaller than the block size is not necessarily a huge performance hit but it will typically entail more overhead (since the SSD will read the block and REMOVE the portion of the block that is not in the cluster requested. This is even worse if the drive is fragmented and adjacent clusters on the same block are not part of the same file.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general increasing the cluster size to (but not beyond) the block size of the SSD will be beneficial. The loss (of course) is that you will start to lose space and as you mention, the $/GB of SSDs is much higher.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on how much money you have, you can either:&#xD;&#xA;1) Set the cluster size to your drive's block size (which as Hollock mentions might be somewhat tedious) and reap the performance benefits while sacrificing space and having to spend more $$&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Set the cluster size to the size of the average file (or a little higher to make it a factor of the block size) on your drive to improve drive capacity while (potentially) sacrificing some performance. If the cluster size is significantly less than the block size, be sure to keep the drive defragmented.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helped :)" />
  <row Id="13364" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7536" RevisionGUID="39fcef8f-3847-4376-b232-5e3cc01d4646" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:17:48.967" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 2 characters in body; edited title" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am looking for podcasts or videos on computer security. Ideally they should cover the basics and the more advanced topics.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the best one I have found is [security now][1] by Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte other there any other good ones?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm" />
  <row Id="13365" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="7536" RevisionGUID="39fcef8f-3847-4376-b232-5e3cc01d4646" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:17:48.967" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 2 characters in body; edited title" Text="Computer security - videos or podcasts recommendations" />
  <row Id="13366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7557" RevisionGUID="fdf639bf-4f1d-4e99-b2f6-b0230df8f81a" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:20:00.447" UserId="282" Text="I agree, OpenDNS is great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I would only use OpenDNS for end users. Use your ISPs DNS services for the servers, other than the speed boost OpenDNS gives you I can't see what advantage it would be to use it on a server, and is only going to add one extra thing to debug when trying to resolve a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said I think OpenDNS have thought it through quite well, if you lookup 'google.com' you get 209.85.171.100, 74.125.67.100 and 74.125.45.100 all Google IP addresses. Whereas if you lookup 'www.google.com' you get 208.69.34.231 and 208.69.34.230 both OpenDNS IP addresses." />
  <row Id="13367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7558" RevisionGUID="3cb01fa7-7ca4-4bbe-ba33-e319d1993a48" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:20:24.890" UserId="1477" Text="I did for the first year at my current job.  At the time, there were ~4 servers, which doesn't seem like a lot, but because the room was so small it was incredibly noisy and hot.  There is absolutly no way I could work in that same room now, as we have ~12 servers, the room is half the size it was originally, and the heat unberable long-term (for humans)." />
  <row Id="13368" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7556" RevisionGUID="3925a7e2-09b4-44b7-ae67-cf1c4dea45d0" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:20:34.127" UserId="2043" Comment="Language fix" Text="I definitely agree with Hollock when it comes to increased performance as cluster size approaches block size. In such a situation, you would have a minimal number of block reads and overhead per cluster request.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having a cluster size smaller than the block size is not necessarily a huge performance hit but it will typically entail more overhead (since the SSD will read the block and REMOVE the portion of the block that is not in the cluster requested. This is even worse if the drive is fragmented and adjacent clusters on the same block are not part of the same file.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general increasing the cluster size to (but not beyond) the block size of the SSD will be beneficial. The loss (of course) is that you will start to lose space and as you mention, the $/GB of SSDs is much higher than magnetic media.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on how much money you have, you can either:&#xD;&#xA;1) Set the cluster size to your drive's block size (which as Hollock mentions might be somewhat tedious) and reap the performance benefits while sacrificing space and having to spend more $$&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Set the cluster size to the size of the average file (or a little higher to make it a factor of the block size) on your drive to improve drive capacity while (potentially) sacrificing some performance. If the cluster size is significantly less than the block size, be sure to keep the drive defragmented.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helped :)" />
  <row Id="13369" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7559" RevisionGUID="9edd59af-9e41-4249-b755-68290e4cf4b6" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:22:22.767" UserId="385" Text="Task scheduler to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Export IIS metabase][1] to file system&#xD;&#xA; - NTBackup web root folders and IIS metabase file&#xD;&#xA; - Run sqlcmd to backup databases to disk&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Write all of it to an folder you've served up using the FTP server (use a non-standard port and if you can, use an SFTP server). On your end, have a job login to the FTP server and retrieve the files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc787196(WS.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="13370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7560" RevisionGUID="d9adedb0-7284-42d0-8d71-5e2e3bd236b0" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:24:04.447" UserId="2498" Text="If you are looking strictly for a commercial software solution you might check out DoubleTake's ESX replication software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're looking to grow your own solution, the most important thing to keep in mind is that you need to take a VMware based snapshot of your VMs before each replication cycle. This will essentially quiesce your VMs to give you the greatest chance at having a consistent vmdk in your replica. For scripting this process, the VMware VI toolkit for Windows (http://www.vmware.com/sdk/vitk_win/index.html) is very handy. It is a set of PowerShell commandlets that give you access to many advanced vCenter operations, i.e. creating snapshots for all the VMs in a particular datastore." />
  <row Id="13371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7561" RevisionGUID="cec1470b-602e-4c9b-8360-06d1670ef4ee" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:24:39.970" UserId="1466" Text="We use OpenDNS on a corporate network with 2 Exchange servers, and 4 Postfix mail servers without problems in the following manner:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - We have our own internal DNS servers&#xD;&#xA;   that forward to OpenDNS (no root&#xD;&#xA;   servers) for outgoing DNS resolution&#xD;&#xA; - Our External DNS addresses are hosted&#xD;&#xA;   by a 3rd party DNS provider entirely&#xD;&#xA;   outside our system.&#xD;&#xA; - Our Reverse DNS is handled by our ISP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No problems with mail or reverse DNS." />
  <row Id="13372" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7541" RevisionGUID="470427cd-7d14-499b-aa75-85525c3164ed" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:27:43.990" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 14 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am frustated because when I try to install the evaluation edition of SQL Server 2005 it shows only the books online check box. I have installed Visual Studio 2003 first and the .NET framework 2.0 SP1.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13373" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="7541" RevisionGUID="470427cd-7d14-499b-aa75-85525c3164ed" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:27:43.990" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 14 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="How to install SQL Server 2005 evaluation on Windows XP" />
  <row Id="13374" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7541" RevisionGUID="470427cd-7d14-499b-aa75-85525c3164ed" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:27:43.990" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 14 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="13375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7562" RevisionGUID="e3835ce3-e19b-481d-a966-d361bd554c93" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:31:11.237" UserId="385" Text="When you check the Local Security Policy (secpol.msc), under Local Policies, Security Options, verify that the Interactive logon: Number of previous logons to cache (in case domain controller is not available) is set to 10 logons. This will ensure the right registry value is set (CachedLogonsCount, as mentioned in a comment).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7563" RevisionGUID="e32ae350-240c-4642-8dcf-636b94e03334" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:33:27.663" UserId="45" Text="Can your problem be that you've (or a program has) already installed a default instance of SQL Server 2005 on your machine and now you are trying to install another default instance, which is not allowed by design? You could check your Windows Services if there is a SQL Server service running. " />
  <row Id="13377" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7563" RevisionGUID="e32ae350-240c-4642-8dcf-636b94e03334" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:33:27.663" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13378" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7564" RevisionGUID="8c634d9a-b0e0-4a9f-b58e-402ab52edd34" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:34:22.013" UserId="2294" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone written a script to restore multiple files/directories at once using rdiff on windows?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Single files work fine--&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13379" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7564" RevisionGUID="8c634d9a-b0e0-4a9f-b58e-402ab52edd34" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:34:22.013" UserId="2294" Text="Restore multiple files with rdiff" />
  <row Id="13380" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7564" RevisionGUID="8c634d9a-b0e0-4a9f-b58e-402ab52edd34" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:34:22.013" UserId="2294" Text="&lt;backup-restoration&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="13381" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7498" RevisionGUID="3c763b22-0176-4dbb-90d3-9f559e3b50a3" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:35:12.277" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 2 characters in body; edited title" Text="This one falls under the &quot;custodial&quot; side of our job, like being called when the copier is broken, or to replace a projector bulb. I can't imagine I'm the only one trying to re-evaluate this service, so I'll greatly appreciate some additional perspectives.  I'll even throw out a simplistic little list to get things started...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Do you host your own phone conferencing solution?&#xD;&#xA;    - Number of users&#xD;&#xA;    - Platform&#xD;&#xA; - Do you outsource?&#xD;&#xA;    - Vendor&#xD;&#xA;    - Terms (not rates, I realize these vary, but are charges by the minute, bundled, per account, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;    - Limitations, features&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I've intentionally kept this separate from video conferencing)" />
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  <row Id="13383" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="7490" RevisionGUID="c3893a04-c6d9-43a4-b297-ce5baf62d77c" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:40:45.233" UserId="45" Comment="edited title" Text="Home proxy server" />
  <row Id="13384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7565" RevisionGUID="1eb8f313-199c-4da7-8ca1-12d1572b3f6a" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:40:54.483" UserId="2501" Text="It looks like there are two options for providing network time settings to a DHCP client; option 004 and option 042.  The description for 004 is &quot;Time Server&quot;, while 042 specifies NTP.  Is there a reason to use one or the other, or is it just vendor preference? If the client uses option 042, is the time offset in option 002 still used?" />
  <row Id="13385" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7565" RevisionGUID="1eb8f313-199c-4da7-8ca1-12d1572b3f6a" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:40:54.483" UserId="2501" Text="DHCP Options for Network Time Server" />
  <row Id="13386" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7565" RevisionGUID="1eb8f313-199c-4da7-8ca1-12d1572b3f6a" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:40:54.483" UserId="2501" Text="&lt;dhcp&gt;&lt;ntp&gt;&lt;time&gt;" />
  <row Id="13387" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7458" RevisionGUID="b35d10fc-20d7-4a02-bac0-aa7934dbbc15" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:48:44.203" UserId="2434" Comment="added 22 characters in body" Text="I have been trying to make Vista Backup app work with a Linux/Samba shared drive.  I have Samba configured and can access it fine from the Vista box, including reads, writes and deletes.  However Vista Backup always ends up failing with error 0x81000006.  So is this possible?  Has anybody gotten this to work?  And if you have gotten it to work, will you paste your smb.conf file (my guess this is the problem)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="13388" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7566" RevisionGUID="b1941405-d244-4374-83cb-1b2a37610f0c" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:55:24.787" UserId="984" Text=" - Option 042 refers to NTP (RFC [1769][1])&#xD;&#xA; - Option 004 refers to TIME/ITP (RFC [868][2])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Source][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1769.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc868.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.greyware.com/software/domaintime/technical/architecture/dhcp.asp" />
  <row Id="13389" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7567" RevisionGUID="a712edff-0de2-436b-8774-e79b90e4e9c5" CreationDate="2009-05-12T20:55:53.663" UserId="1797" Text="From [this web page][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Option 004 specifies servers that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; provide TIME/ITP (as per RFC 868).&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This is not a recommended&#xD;&#xA;&gt; protocol/service in a Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; environment.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Option 042 specifies servers that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; provide NTP/SNTP (RFC 1769).  This is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the preferred time service in a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows environment (assuming the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; absence of Active Directory which&#xD;&#xA;&gt; maintains the time on your behalf).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.experts-exchange.com/Networking/Protocols/DHCP/Q_23324069.html" />
  <row Id="13390" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7567" RevisionGUID="c0678795-aa45-4b82-89c0-afd4bdb7811d" CreationDate="2009-05-12T21:04:28.470" UserId="1797" Comment="Changed link." Text="From this [Google search][1], first result:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Option 004 specifies servers that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; provide TIME/ITP (as per RFC 868).&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This is not a recommended&#xD;&#xA;&gt; protocol/service in a Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; environment.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Option 042 specifies servers that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; provide NTP/SNTP (RFC 1769).  This is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the preferred time service in a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows environment (assuming the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; absence of Active Directory which&#xD;&#xA;&gt; maintains the time on your behalf).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en-us&amp;q=what+is+the+difference+between+DHCP+scope+options+004+and+042&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8" />
  <row Id="13391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7568" RevisionGUID="7835a448-6c14-45f5-964b-7d1ce04c3ae9" CreationDate="2009-05-12T21:14:17.720" UserId="2502" Text="We use netflows for &quot;troubleshooting&quot; purposes.  The main Use Case is tracking down people who decide to try streaming video over WAN links to one of the smaller remote locations destroying the user experience for other employees there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We also log this data to watch trends in usage.  It can be useful for the help desk to see as well so they can explain why there may be slowness somewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The tool we use for most of this is a product called ReporterAnalyzer by NetQoS.  Although I've also done similar things for free with zenoss/cacti." />
  <row Id="13392" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7569" RevisionGUID="b8a634f0-abb8-4193-be32-b254379796d4" CreationDate="2009-05-12T21:16:15.033" UserId="216" Text="The RFC 868 &quot;time&quot; service as specified by Option 4 is pretty much obsolete and only has 1s resolution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Modern networks should always use NTP (Option 42).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13393" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5875" RevisionGUID="cb719264-dd66-4dd5-a3f6-d0969c1ce47b" CreationDate="2009-05-12T21:16:45.673" UserId="1770" Comment="Add additional note." Text="There are lots of ways you can figure out how much swap use in a machine.  Common suggestions use formulas based on RAM such as 2 x RAM, 1.5 x RAM, 1 x RAM, .75 x RAM, and .5 x RAM.  Many times the formulas are varied depending on the amount of RAM (so a box with 1GB of RAM might use 2 x RAM swap (2GB), while a box with 16GB of ram might use .5 x RAM swap (8GB).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing to consider is what the box will be used for.  If you're going to have a huge number of concurrently running processes running on the box, but a significant number of them will be idle for periods of time, then adding extra swap makes sense.  If you're going to be running a small number of critical processes, then adding extra swap makes sense (this might seem counter-intuitive, but I'll explain in a minute).  If you're running a box as a desktop, then adding extra swap makes sense.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for whether you should include swap, yes, you should.  You should always include swap space unless you **really** know what you're doing, and you really have a good reason for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See, the way the Linux kernel works, swap isn't only used when you have exhausted all physical memory.  The Linux kernel will take applications that are not active (sleeping) and after a period of time, move the application to swap from real memory.  The result is that when you need that application, there will be a momentary delay (usually just a second or two) while the application's memory is read back from swap to RAM.  And this is usually a good thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This allows you to put inactive applications to &quot;sleep&quot;, giving your active applications access to additional RAM.  Additionally, Linux will use any available (unallocated) RAM on a machine as disk cache, making most (slow) disk activity faster and more responsive.  Swapping out inactive processes gives you more disk cache and makes your machine overall faster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lastly, let's face it, disk space is cheap.  Really cheap.  There's really no good reason at all not to swipe a (relatively) small chunk of space for swap.  If I were running with 2GB - 4GB of RAM in a machine, I'd probably setup my swap space to be at least equal to the RAM.  If it were less than 2GB of RAM, then I'd still go with at least 2GB of swap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE: As an excellent comment mentioned (and I forgot to include), if you're running a laptop or a desktop that you might want to put in 'hibernate' mode (Suspend to Disk), then you **always** want at least as much swap as you have memory.  The swap space will be used to store the contents of the RAM in the computer while it 'sleeps'." />
  <row Id="13394" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7567" RevisionGUID="a6fd2248-4e82-4bfb-8023-2ee8a77352bb" CreationDate="2009-05-12T21:19:31.113" UserId="1797" Comment="deleted 84 characters in body" Text="From this [Google search][1], first result:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Option 004 specifies servers that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; provide TIME/ITP (as per RFC 868).&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This is not a recommended&#xD;&#xA;&gt; protocol/service in a Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; environment.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Option 042 specifies servers that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; provide NTP/SNTP (RFC 1769).  This is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the preferred time service in a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows environment (assuming the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; absence of Active Directory which&#xD;&#xA;&gt; maintains the time on your behalf).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en-us&amp;q=what%2Bis%2Bthe%2Bdifference%2Bbetween%2BDHCP%2Bscope%2Boptions%2B004%2Band%2B042&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8" />
  <row Id="13395" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7570" RevisionGUID="34e46aa6-4d38-4660-8147-f44f4d2fa174" CreationDate="2009-05-12T21:30:54.043" UserId="914" Text="Does anyone know the difference between version of xen produced by [xen.org][1] and [Citrix XenServer][2]? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't seem to find any mention of the differences between the two?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.xen.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/feature.asp?contentID=1686939" />
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  <row Id="13397" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7570" RevisionGUID="34e46aa6-4d38-4660-8147-f44f4d2fa174" CreationDate="2009-05-12T21:30:54.043" UserId="914" Text="&lt;xen&gt;&lt;citrix&gt;" />
  <row Id="13398" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7571" RevisionGUID="b8329d2d-e9e4-46be-8064-32e1f8d32e9b" CreationDate="2009-05-12T21:33:14.193" UserId="2318" Text="Sounds like the issue is with your wireless router. If it has a proprietary &quot;speed boosting&quot; feature (generally protocols with juvenile names like Nitro- or Super-, or Turbo- ), you should disable it. Some protocols can affect network performance adversely, especially on non-Windows machines. I would log on to your router config page using a web browser and check it out. Those features only work when your network card also understands the &quot;enhanced&quot; protocol anyways (Eg: if Belkin makes the router and the card).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's all sorts of things that it *might* be however, so you need to tell us the make/model of your wireless router. Once we have that, I will guarantee you a quick google will show lots of other people with the same issue. In rare cases, there are even routers that just plain do not work with particular cards. Come to think of it, wireless routers are pretty cheap these days, so you might dispose of your current router and get a new one. Problem solved ;-)" />
  <row Id="13399" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6873" RevisionGUID="fb87b82d-9d40-427d-b4b7-b3fc569b4b68" CreationDate="2009-05-12T21:33:29.357" UserId="1748" Comment="Update on problem" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're attempting to deploy IE8 to finally upgrade our environment from IE6. However, we've hit a couple of issues and wondered if anyone else has had similar problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've downloaded IEAK for IE8 and created a custom .msi for WinXP with our own corporate settings. Of note here is that I've gone for a handsfree installation with forced reboots.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've then taken this msi and placed it into our software distribution share on our domain controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From here I've added the msi into the software installation section of our deployment group policy object, which is assigned to our domain computers group. So it's in the 'assigned' deployment state.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, it seems that only some PCs are installing the package. The others give the message 'Installing managed software Internet Explorer', however they don't actually install anything. Here's the last few lines of ie8_main.log from one of the failing machines:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    00:08.969: INFO:    |Finalize         &gt;&gt;&gt; &lt;[END]--------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    00:09.000: INFO:    |Finalize         &gt;&gt;&gt; CPageProgress::_ChangeState: Original Phase: 13&#xD;&#xA;    00:11.860: INFO:    REBOOT: required.&#xD;&#xA;    00:11.875: INFO:    REBOOT: User selected to reboot now.&#xD;&#xA;    00:11.922: INFO:    Installer return value: hr=0x0000f0f4&#xD;&#xA;    00:11.953: ERROR:   Setup exit code: 0x0000f0f4 (Setup has detected the system is missing one or more prerequisites required to install.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone come across this before? The machines are for the most part up to date - they certainly have XP SP3 installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Hrmm, I've gone and done a couple of checks, looks as though some of these machines potentially only have SP2. However, I was under the impression that IE8 should still install on SP2, is this correct?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT2: Well it seems after pushing out SP3 to all clients, things started looking better. I first had to uninstall IE8 via GPO (seems that IE8 gets into some partially installed state with the original problem, and therefore will not install if a second attempt is made.). Finally, once SP3 was installed and IE8 &quot;uninstalled&quot;, pushing out our install package via GPO once again resulted in a successful install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I still can't explain the original issue preventing the install on SP2 however.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[End edits]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should also add that we have not installed any betas - this is an upgrade directly from IE6 to IE8 final.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help would be great, thanks in advance!" />
  <row Id="13400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7572" RevisionGUID="9f0a4aa7-d7e6-4fe3-b02e-74c50fea416f" CreationDate="2009-05-12T21:35:00.743" UserId="1551" Text="You could always pull a Tim Taylor and REWIRE IT! :)" />
  <row Id="13401" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7573" RevisionGUID="8546a8ea-545c-422f-a2c8-7a08002fe51a" CreationDate="2009-05-12T21:38:49.957" UserId="2434" Text="I upgraded my server from Ubuntu 8.10 to 9.04 and now my default route is missing.  So every time I boot I have to manually add it back with the command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;sudo route add default gw 192.168.10.1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I make that permanent?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="13402" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7573" RevisionGUID="8546a8ea-545c-422f-a2c8-7a08002fe51a" CreationDate="2009-05-12T21:38:49.957" UserId="2434" Text="Default route is missing..." />
  <row Id="13403" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7573" RevisionGUID="8546a8ea-545c-422f-a2c8-7a08002fe51a" CreationDate="2009-05-12T21:38:49.957" UserId="2434" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;route&gt;" />
  <row Id="13404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7574" RevisionGUID="04d2289a-4dd6-49ba-a457-0830f7f38522" CreationDate="2009-05-12T21:39:37.537" UserId="584" Text="As far as I can tell, Citrix XenServer offers the following on top of Xen.org:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Technical support (free and additional paid)&#xD;&#xA; - XenMotion, for moving active VMs across hosts&#xD;&#xA; - Windows GUI&#xD;&#xA; - Windows drivers&#xD;&#xA; - It'll work with [Citrix Essentials for XenServer][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/feature.asp?contentID=1686940" />
  <row Id="13405" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7571" RevisionGUID="87f84b61-c86d-4bbc-94e3-25fc1baf41ae" CreationDate="2009-05-12T21:42:15.130" UserId="2318" Comment="added 263 characters in body" Text="Sounds like the issue is with your wireless router. If it has a proprietary &quot;speed boosting&quot; feature (generally protocols with juvenile names like Nitro- or Super-, or Turbo- ), you should disable it. Some protocols can affect network performance adversely, especially on non-Windows machines. I would log on to your router config page using a web browser and check it out. Those features only work when your network card also understands the &quot;enhanced&quot; protocol anyways (Eg: if Belkin makes the router and the card).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you using a single wireless router by the way? If you have a wireless router plugged into a wired router, your problem could be related to &quot;NAT over NAT&quot; which you can fix by setting one of the routers to &quot;modem mode&quot; (AKA &quot;bridge mode&quot; in Apple parlance)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's all sorts of things that it *might* be however, so you need to tell us the make/model of your wireless router. Once we have that, I will guarantee you a quick google will show lots of other people with the same issue. In rare cases, there are even routers that just plain do not work with particular cards. Come to think of it, wireless routers are pretty cheap these days, so you might dispose of your current router and get a new one. Problem solved ;-)" />
  <row Id="13406" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7575" RevisionGUID="49c679ba-139b-4eda-acf0-c503ad7481fd" CreationDate="2009-05-12T21:42:59.063" UserId="2502" Text="I believe the configuration file is in /etc/network/interfaces on ubuntu to add a gateway a.b.c.d, " />
  <row Id="13407" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7539" RevisionGUID="934da41b-d8d7-4cfa-991d-3c1bd79dbdb7" CreationDate="2009-05-12T21:45:25.127" UserId="388" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="13408" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1121" RevisionGUID="d88061ae-dac0-4147-b716-aea8329a28b2" CreationDate="2009-05-12T21:46:48.417" UserId="830" Comment="Copyedit - closed the parenthesis :-)" Text="Hobbit - it's a faster better version of Big Brother (which seems to be alarmingly commercial these days).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="13409" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7575" RevisionGUID="15cce571-9645-403c-91bb-432abb908fb3" CreationDate="2009-05-12T21:49:10.627" UserId="2502" Comment="added file example" Text="I believe the configuration file is in /etc/network/interfaces on ubuntu to add a gateway a.b.c.d, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The file would read something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iface eth0 inet static&#xD;&#xA;    address 172.16.0.8&#xD;&#xA;    netmask 255.240.0.0&#xD;&#xA;    gateway 172.16.0.1&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    auto lo&#xD;&#xA;    iface lo inet loopback" />
  <row Id="13410" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="110" RevisionGUID="ca2fbf5b-0e33-4819-aeff-0c2b0d922b53" CreationDate="2009-05-12T22:06:08.150" UserId="133" Comment="typo" Text="http://synergy2.sourceforge.net with some success.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is cross platform, lets you move your mouse off the edge of one screen and onto the next screen even across systems." />
  <row Id="13411" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7576" RevisionGUID="5a3ceff2-30fc-4c71-8243-de947df92a4a" CreationDate="2009-05-12T22:11:09.733" UserId="2506" Text="We are running a server right now and the MySQL database is crashing quite often.   We know that we need to find good settings for MAX CLIENTS and MAX REQUESTS PER CHILD as we are getting lots of traffic and when we get a spike the database goes down.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a good rule of thumb or formula that would help us figure this out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;Paul" />
  <row Id="13412" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7576" RevisionGUID="5a3ceff2-30fc-4c71-8243-de947df92a4a" CreationDate="2009-05-12T22:11:09.733" UserId="2506" Text="Determining MySQL Settings" />
  <row Id="13413" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7576" RevisionGUID="5a3ceff2-30fc-4c71-8243-de947df92a4a" CreationDate="2009-05-12T22:11:09.733" UserId="2506" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;" />
  <row Id="13414" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7483" RevisionGUID="2a9c50f1-9fcf-47a8-9dfc-a0120df1364c" CreationDate="2009-05-12T22:12:50.603" UserId="326" Comment="added 18 characters in body" Text="I'm using Vista Business (SP1) as a client and a Samba Server (Debian) as a domain controller. I can login without troubles into the domain when I'm connected to the LAN, but when I'm offline, I get the error message&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; There are currently no logon servers available to service the logon request.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and cannot login.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other users on the same network/domain controller can login while offline with their respective laptops, so I guess the server is not the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the &quot;cached credentials&quot; registry key `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\Winlogon\CachedLogonsCount` was always set at the default `10`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I get this to work, so that I can login while NOT being connected to the LAN?" />
  <row Id="13415" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7528" RevisionGUID="cc34844b-4457-4d39-a3f9-6f36046a225e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T22:13:53.443" UserId="1840" Text="**[OUTBOUND-wise]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suggest you start practicing some good'ol internet neighbor etiquette by applying **egress filtering** rules on your firewall.  Pretty much, closing commonly unused ports (outgoing) that may be used by  your clients when they get compromised.  Here's a better explanation: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Egress filtering prevents you (and your clients) from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sending unwanted traffic out to the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Internet.  This could include leaking&#xD;&#xA;&gt; out private address space or stopping&#xD;&#xA;&gt; compromised systems attempting to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; communicate with remote hosts.  Egress&#xD;&#xA;&gt; filtering can also help prevent&#xD;&#xA;&gt; information leaks due to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; misconfiguration, as well as some&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network mapping attempts.  Finally,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; egress filtering can prevent internal&#xD;&#xA;&gt; systems from performing outbound IP&#xD;&#xA;&gt; spoofing attacks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Common ports that applies to this practice are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- SMTP (Prevent sending SPAM to the world)&#xD;&#xA;- DNS (Prevent DNS hijacking)&#xD;&#xA;- &lt;strike&gt;ICMP&lt;/strike&gt; (Be sure not to block errors used by [PMTUD][1] [rfc792][2])&#xD;&#xA;- TFTP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;.. you get the point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1191.txt&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc792.txt" />
  <row Id="13416" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7577" RevisionGUID="3cd048e1-188a-4f45-882e-f71c70c5e8d5" CreationDate="2009-05-12T22:14:43.050" UserId="388" Text="There are several approaches to implementing failover between subnets; but there are a lot of variants depending on the exact requirements. Regardless of specifics, what you seem to be trying to achieve is **route health injection**; that is, advertising a route to a specific service (usually via a [VIP][1]) based on the health/availability of that service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some ways of implementing this include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3rd party appliances&#xD;&#xA;-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;e.g. [Citrix Netscaler][2] or [F5 BIGIP][3]. &#xD;&#xA;These appliances generally offer very rich feature sets. In addition to your high-availability requirement, they also provide load-balancing between multiple servers, as well as some advanced health check features for well-known applications protocols (e.g. HTTP, HTTPS, DNS etc). They are, however, very expensive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Host-based routing daemons&#xD;&#xA;-&#xD;&#xA;e.g. [Quagga][4] or [XORP][5]. With a little bit of scripting, these daemons can provide a subset of the functionality of the appliances above, without the associated costs. If you configure your network to accept routing dynamic routing updates from your hosts, and put in some scripts that periodically check the health of your services, this will allow you to conditionally advertise a route to a VIP from each of your real servers. Some considerations here: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* you will need to have adminisrative rights on your network hardware; &#xD;&#xA;* you will need controls in place to ensure that your host-based routing process does not any impact to your network infrastructure, e.g. through misconfiguration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some clarification of the requirements/constraints in your situation might be helpful. Some questions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Do you require active/active, or active/standby failover?&#xD;&#xA;* Are these applications internet facing, or for internal use only?&#xD;&#xA;* Do you require automatic failover?&#xD;&#xA;* Is load-balancing a requirement?&#xD;&#xA;* Would you prefer an [anycast][6] solution, where users connect to the 'closest' instance of a service?&#xD;&#xA;* Do your back-end servers need to see client connections originating from their actual source IP address, or will a [proxied][7] solution be acceptable?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_IP_address&#xD;&#xA;[2]: http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/product.asp?contentID=21679&#xD;&#xA;[3]: http://www.f5.com/products/big-ip/&#xD;&#xA;[4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quagga_(software)&#xD;&#xA;[5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XORP&#xD;&#xA;[6]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anycast&#xD;&#xA;[7]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server" />
  <row Id="13417" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7577" RevisionGUID="3cd048e1-188a-4f45-882e-f71c70c5e8d5" CreationDate="2009-05-12T22:14:43.050" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13419" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7528" RevisionGUID="650c9d80-d9e9-4bef-ac7d-594dc97350ab" CreationDate="2009-05-12T22:23:00.650" UserId="1840" Comment="added 7 characters in body" Text="**[OUTBOUND-wise]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suggest you start practicing some good'ol internet neighbor etiquette by applying **egress filtering** rules on your firewall.  Pretty much, closing commonly unused ports (outgoing) that may be used by  your clients when they get compromised.  Here's a better explanation: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Egress filtering prevents you (and your clients) from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sending unwanted traffic out to the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Internet.  This could include leaking&#xD;&#xA;&gt; out private address space or stopping&#xD;&#xA;&gt; compromised systems attempting to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; communicate with remote hosts.  Egress&#xD;&#xA;&gt; filtering can also help prevent&#xD;&#xA;&gt; information leaks due to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; misconfiguration, as well as some&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network mapping attempts.  Finally,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; egress filtering can prevent internal&#xD;&#xA;&gt; systems from performing outbound IP&#xD;&#xA;&gt; spoofing attacks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Common ports that applies to this practice are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- SMTP (Prevent sending SPAM to the world)&#xD;&#xA;- DNS (Prevent DNS hijacking)&#xD;&#xA;- &lt;strike&gt;ICMP&lt;/strike&gt; Be sure not to block messages used by [PMTUD][1] (ICMP:[rfc792][2])&#xD;&#xA;- TFTP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;.. you get the point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1191.txt&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc792.txt" />
  <row Id="13420" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7578" RevisionGUID="894f72fd-759e-4db4-a4db-235da86c0d7c" CreationDate="2009-05-12T22:24:36.700" UserId="830" Text="This may be a red herring, but try&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    unset TMOUT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;at your shell prompt. This has certainly worked for me in the past, but I can't remember if it's restricted to certain architectures (or shells)." />
  <row Id="13421" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7579" RevisionGUID="124f05ce-e4ab-417d-aaea-e7486aa22149" CreationDate="2009-05-12T22:27:41.970" UserId="2507" Text="I have a machine running 8.04 LTS that I would like to migrate to using Xen. There seems to be a dearth of information on how to do this without having to wipe the entire machine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do have another machine available to host things on if that helps. So the current state is &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;server001&#xD;&#xA;server002&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to get to &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;server001&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - virtual server001&#xD;&#xA; - virtual server002&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Leaving me free to decommission the physical server002.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13422" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7579" RevisionGUID="124f05ce-e4ab-417d-aaea-e7486aa22149" CreationDate="2009-05-12T22:27:41.970" UserId="2507" Text="Best way to migrate from physical to virtual using Xen on Ubuntu?" />
  <row Id="13423" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7579" RevisionGUID="124f05ce-e4ab-417d-aaea-e7486aa22149" CreationDate="2009-05-12T22:27:41.970" UserId="2507" Text="&lt;xen&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;migration&gt;" />
  <row Id="13424" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7571" RevisionGUID="cefe1d2f-14d5-4848-9aeb-cc2819c37a5e" CreationDate="2009-05-12T22:32:00.480" UserId="2318" Comment="added 14 characters in body" Text="Sounds like the issue is with your wireless router. If it has a proprietary &quot;speed boosting&quot; feature (generally protocols with juvenile names like Nitro- or Super-, or Turbo- ), you should disable it. Some protocols can affect network performance adversely, especially on non-Windows machines. I would log on to your router config page using a web browser and check it out. Those features only work when your network card also understands the &quot;enhanced&quot; protocol anyways (Eg: if Belkin makes both the router and the network card).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you using a single wireless router, by the way? If you have a wireless router plugged into a wired router, your problem could be related to &quot;NAT over NAT&quot; which you can fix by setting one of the routers to &quot;modem mode&quot; (AKA &quot;bridge mode&quot; in Apple parlance)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's all sorts of things that it *might* be however, so you need to tell us the make/model of your wireless router. Once we have that, I will guarantee you a quick google will show lots of other people with the same issue. In rare cases, there are even routers that just plain do not work with particular cards. Come to think of it, wireless routers are pretty cheap these days, so you might dispose of your current router and get a new one. Problem solved ;-)" />
  <row Id="13425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7580" RevisionGUID="5caef0e5-bd15-402c-96e5-129702179412" CreationDate="2009-05-12T22:34:34.907" UserId="2222" Text="You can configure Putty to send keep alive packets too. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Settings, Connection, Seconds between keepalives. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13426" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7581" RevisionGUID="20257570-9f5a-4544-aad5-bde6734c1c84" CreationDate="2009-05-12T22:41:18.500" UserId="942" Text="Directly from [XenSource][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; To P2V an existing Linux server&#xD;&#xA;&gt; directly to a XenServer Host&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;    1. Reboot the physical server that you want to convert and boot from the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; XenServer installation CD. If the boot&#xD;&#xA;&gt; fails, start again and use the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; p2v-legacy option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    2. After the initial boot messages, you will see the &quot;Welcome to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; XenServer&quot; screen. (In this and the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; screens that follow, use Tab or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Alt+Tab to move between elements,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Space to select, and F12 to move to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the next screen.)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;       Select OK to proceed.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    3. The installer does some hardware detection and initialization, then&#xD;&#xA;&gt; presents a screen with four choices.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;       Select Convert an existing OS on this machine to a VM (P2V) and choose&#xD;&#xA;&gt; OK to proceed.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    4. A &quot;Welcome to XenServer P2V&quot; screen with a descriptive message is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; displayed next. Click OK to proceed&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and follow the on-screen prompts.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; When the P2V process is complete and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the new VM is created, you will need&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to create and attach a VIF for it to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; have external network connectivity.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Similarly, extra disks may also be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; added to take advantage of additional&#xD;&#xA;&gt; storage capacity available to the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; XenServer host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://docs.xensource.com/XenServer/4.0.1/guest/ch02s04.html" />
  <row Id="13427" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7553" RevisionGUID="05c3018c-0a72-42d3-8f3d-86f8548080d1" CreationDate="2009-05-12T22:43:59.447" UserId="2302" Comment="include other email systems" Text="I like OpenDNS, but was wondering if anyone has experience deploying it for a location with an Exchange installation.  I'm concerned specifically about whether any filtering they do would cause problems with reverse DNS lookup that might interfere with the server or the anti-spam (GFI in our case) installation.  Thanks for any insights.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Experience with other email platforms and OpenDNS would also be welcome." />
  <row Id="13428" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7582" RevisionGUID="486c4a71-63c7-4c52-87a9-63f0c861f2f8" CreationDate="2009-05-12T23:08:20.903" UserId="1736" Text="I think there must be some confusion.  MaxClients and MaxRequestsPerChild are Apache settings, not MySQL.  MySQL has max_connections, which resembles MaxClients, but no equivalent to MaxRequestsPerChild.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you mean it 'goes down'?  If mysqld dies (what do you see in the mysql error log?), then you should turn something down (possibly the settings you're talking about, in Apache).  If mysqld is just refusing connections because it has too many, you can try turning up max_connections (it defaults to a mere 100; if you're at the default, maybe try 200)." />
  <row Id="13429" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7583" RevisionGUID="6de1e958-e1b3-40c5-b6ce-9bd613a8225d" CreationDate="2009-05-12T23:14:09.117" UserId="1176" Text="This list might be duplicates, but just want to add just in case (this is from a buddy's list) This might be more useful to an office worker than to a sysadmin though:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; devmgmt.msc = Device Manager msinfo32&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; = System Information cleanmgr = Disk Cleanup ntbackup = Backup or Restore&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; Wizard (Windows Backup Utility) mmc =&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; Microsoft Management Console excel =&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; Microsoft Excel (If Installed)&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; msaccess = Microsoft Access (If&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; Installed) powerpnt = Microsoft&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; PowerPoint (If Installed) winword =&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; Microsoft Word (If Installed) frontpg&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; = Microsoft FrontPage (If Installed) notepad = Notepad wordpad = WordPad&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; calc = Calculator msmsgs = Windows&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; Messenger mspaint = Microsoft Paint&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; wmplayer = Windows Media Player rstrui&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; = System Restore netscp6 = Netscape 6.x netscp = Netscape 7.x netscape = Netscape 4.x waol = America Online&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; control = Opens the Control Panel&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; control printers = Opens the Printers&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; Dialog&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13430" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7583" RevisionGUID="6de1e958-e1b3-40c5-b6ce-9bd613a8225d" CreationDate="2009-05-12T23:14:09.117" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13431" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7235" RevisionGUID="21fb5f3d-b1ab-4ca6-a01c-5f95f21ed29d" CreationDate="2009-05-12T23:15:01.300" UserId="2229" Comment="added 87 characters in body" Text="The default behaviour of windows is to lockout an account after a number of failed authentication attempts (usually three)..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This means that with the following&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net use \\targetmachine\c$ /user:targetaccount notthepassword&#xD;&#xA;    net use \\targetmachine\c$ /user:targetaccount notthepassword&#xD;&#xA;    net use \\targetmachine\c$ /user:targetaccount notthepassword&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can lock out a user and potentially even take down an entire company if none of the  accounts have the &quot;This account can never be locked out&quot; checked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this security &quot;feature&quot; really a denial of serice attack enabler ? And should this be disabled by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An organisation is particularly vunerable with this to the rogue employee scenario." />
  <row Id="13432" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7583" RevisionGUID="ea548163-d8f1-4f45-891a-8a874fb473a2" CreationDate="2009-05-12T23:19:27.093" UserId="1176" Comment="added 8 characters in body" Text="The items in list might be duplicates, but just want to add just in case (this is from a buddy's list) This might be more useful to an office worker than to a sysadmin though:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. devmgmt.msc = Device Manager&#xD;&#xA;2. msinfo32 = System Information&#xD;&#xA;3. cleanmgr = Disk Cleanup&#xD;&#xA;4. ntbackup = Backup or Restore Wizard (Windows Backup Utility)&#xD;&#xA;5. mmc = Microsoft Management Console&#xD;&#xA;6. excel = Microsoft Excel (If Installed)&#xD;&#xA;7. msaccess = Microsoft Access (If Installed)&#xD;&#xA;8. powerpnt = Microsoft PowerPoint (If Installed)&#xD;&#xA;9. winword = Microsoft Word (If Installed)&#xD;&#xA;10. frontpg = Microsoft FrontPage (If Installed)&#xD;&#xA;11. notepad = Notepad&#xD;&#xA;12. wordpad = WordPad&#xD;&#xA;13. calc = Calculator&#xD;&#xA;14. msmsgs = Windows Messenger&#xD;&#xA;15. mspaint = Microsoft Paint&#xD;&#xA;16. wmplayer = Windows Media Player&#xD;&#xA;17. rstrui = System Restore&#xD;&#xA;18. netscp6 = Netscape 6.x&#xD;&#xA;19. netscp = Netscape 7.x&#xD;&#xA;20. netscape = Netscape 4.x&#xD;&#xA;21. waol = America Online&#xD;&#xA;22. control = Opens the Control Panel&#xD;&#xA;23. control printers = Opens the Printers Dialog" />
  <row Id="13433" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7584" RevisionGUID="f77e57b7-e6ba-4359-b593-8f7be55e8bf7" CreationDate="2009-05-12T23:30:12.117" UserId="1176" Text="Find active sessions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     SELECT SID, Serial#, UserName, Status, SchemaName, Logon_Time &#xD;&#xA;        FROM V$Session &#xD;&#xA;        WHERE&#xD;&#xA;            Status=‘ACTIVE’ AND&#xD;&#xA;            UserName IS NOT NULL;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a RAC configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SELECT Inst_Id, SID, Serial#, UserName, Status, SchemaName, Logon_Time&#xD;&#xA;        FROM GV_$Session&#xD;&#xA;        WHERE &#xD;&#xA;           Status=’ACTIVE’ AND&#xD;&#xA;           UserName IS NOT NULL;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reference: http://dbalink.wordpress.com/2008/06/08/find-active-sessions-in-oracle-database/ &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13434" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7585" RevisionGUID="e8c6d19f-ee32-4c2a-99aa-c7e432e7b370" CreationDate="2009-05-12T23:31:27.263" UserId="25" Text="The problem I'm having is on a server (and other OSX boxes as well) we have 4GB of RAM, but we are finding that OSX only uses 40-60% of the available RAM while also having a 6-7GB swap. The server is running Apache and MySQL while the other machines are desktops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been comparing it's usage to similar Linux boxes (hardware and software) and finding that Linux is typically using 80-90% of the RAM and has a much smaller swap file (2-3GB). The Linux servers also typically run much faster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to force OSX to use more or most of the RAM before using a disk swap file?" />
  <row Id="13435" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7585" RevisionGUID="e8c6d19f-ee32-4c2a-99aa-c7e432e7b370" CreationDate="2009-05-12T23:31:27.263" UserId="25" Text="Is there a way to get OSX to use more RAM and lass swap?" />
  <row Id="13436" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7585" RevisionGUID="e8c6d19f-ee32-4c2a-99aa-c7e432e7b370" CreationDate="2009-05-12T23:31:27.263" UserId="25" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;macosxserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="13437" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7586" RevisionGUID="93e58373-a5b8-49e7-a828-24a5d2d7eafb" CreationDate="2009-05-12T23:38:12.883" UserId="1909" Text="If you have a busy site making lots of connections, you need to keep an eye on the number of threads and connections in MySQL. (They're almost the same, but not quite.) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If running `SHOW PROCESSLIST` shows lots and lots of 'sleeping' threads with times of many seconds, you need to lower variable `wait_timeout`, probably by quite a long way as it defaults to many minutes and most web pages are over in seconds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would be good to look at status `threads_created` and see if it is rising rapidly over time. If so, you need to raise the variable `thread_cache_size`. I'd also look at status `Opened_tables`. If it is rising constantly, you should raise variable `Table_cache`. Both of these are basic performance improvements in MySQL for a busy database. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also setup Munin or Cacti or some other performance monitoring tool on both Apache and MySQL. Apache also has an Extended Status monitoring page which will help you see how to adjust it's child/thread settings.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7587" RevisionGUID="fd9fd91e-e55f-427f-a462-289e144cce37" CreationDate="2009-05-12T23:40:11.507" UserId="2508" Text="I have an application that is getting blocked by a firewall but not logging failures to any type of log. I've since opened the hole in the firewall, but is there a good way to see what the actual request is so I can figured out why this happened in the first place?" />
  <row Id="13439" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7587" RevisionGUID="fd9fd91e-e55f-427f-a462-289e144cce37" CreationDate="2009-05-12T23:40:11.507" UserId="2508" Text="How do I detect tcp requests coming from my linux machine and getting stopped by a firewall?" />
  <row Id="13440" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7587" RevisionGUID="fd9fd91e-e55f-427f-a462-289e144cce37" CreationDate="2009-05-12T23:40:11.507" UserId="2508" Text="&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="13441" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7588" RevisionGUID="19390a1e-a709-4ae9-b9c6-fdb551ca8131" CreationDate="2009-05-12T23:42:39.817" UserId="2508" Text="I used the command &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; netstat -an | grep -i ack&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to determine that there were half open TCP requests coming from my server, but I need a good way to see the contents of the requests. The destination server is a machine that routes web service calls to the appropriate machine, so I need more information still to determine what web service was actually getting called." />
  <row Id="13442" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7585" RevisionGUID="be8be68f-0ef8-428a-b8dc-21487d3b70ad" CreationDate="2009-05-12T23:46:32.433" UserId="25" Comment="added 96 characters in body" Text="The problem I'm having is on a server (and other OSX boxes as well) we have 4GB of RAM, but we are finding that OSX only uses 40-60% of the available RAM while also having a 6-7GB swap. The server is running Apache and MySQL while the other machines are desktops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been comparing it's usage to similar Linux boxes (hardware and software) and finding that Linux is typically using 80-90% of the RAM and has a much smaller swap file (2-3GB). The Linux servers also typically run much faster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to force OSX to use more or most of the RAM before using a disk swap file?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Windows you can actually disable the swap altogether. Is there something similar for OSX?" />
  <row Id="13443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7589" RevisionGUID="b0aab47e-8e3c-4d79-9ccc-be93935533b1" CreationDate="2009-05-12T23:50:37.497" UserId="2511" Text="I'm sure there's a well-known answer for this, but I can't seem to find it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I make a user's PHP scripts (in ~user/public_html, for example), run as the owner rather than as www-data ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assume Apache, Linux, and PHP 5" />
  <row Id="13444" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7589" RevisionGUID="b0aab47e-8e3c-4d79-9ccc-be93935533b1" CreationDate="2009-05-12T23:50:37.497" UserId="2511" Text="How do you run a PHP script as the owner?" />
  <row Id="13445" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7589" RevisionGUID="b0aab47e-8e3c-4d79-9ccc-be93935533b1" CreationDate="2009-05-12T23:50:37.497" UserId="2511" Text="&lt;php&gt;&lt;setuid&gt;" />
  <row Id="13446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7590" RevisionGUID="fb38c040-ee0a-4917-8afd-38e95b03e9eb" CreationDate="2009-05-12T23:51:40.693" UserId="846" Text="**There should be no problem setting OpenDNS as the DNS provider for your network.**  I happen to like it.  I use it at home, and we will likely be switching to it at work when we switch ISPs later this month.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DNS can be very complicated, but the basics are straight-forward.  There are two separate (although related) things to worry about with respect to DNS. Many companies frequently use the same DNS provider (or servers) for both of them, that is not necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First is the DNS provider which will respond to requests on the internet for information about your domain.  This is the server(s) specified on the domain registration information.  If this is **not** done by your ISP, you may need to work with the provider to insure that reverse DNS works properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second is the DNS provider which will resolve requests from your network for other domains.  Typically this is provided by the ISP connecting a network to the internet.  This is what OpenDNS provides.  The outside world does not know (or care) how your network resolves DNS requests for other domains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope this makes sense .. if it doesn't please comment and I will update.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13447" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7528" RevisionGUID="5f7f2256-280b-4916-a127-efc03eeeb104" CreationDate="2009-05-13T00:04:06.977" UserId="1840" Comment="fixed idiocy" Text="**[OUTBOUND-wise]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suggest you start practicing some good'ol internet neighbor etiquette by applying **egress filtering** rules on your firewall.  Pretty much, closing commonly unused ports (outgoing) that may be used by  your clients when they get compromised.  Here's a better explanation: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Egress filtering prevents you (and your clients) from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sending unwanted traffic out to the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Internet.  This could include leaking&#xD;&#xA;&gt; out private address space or stopping&#xD;&#xA;&gt; compromised systems attempting to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; communicate with remote hosts.  Egress&#xD;&#xA;&gt; filtering can also help prevent&#xD;&#xA;&gt; information leaks due to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; misconfiguration, as well as some&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network mapping attempts.  Finally,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; egress filtering can prevent internal&#xD;&#xA;&gt; systems from performing outbound IP&#xD;&#xA;&gt; spoofing attacks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Common ports that applies to this practice are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- SMTP (Prevent sending SPAM to the world)&#xD;&#xA;- DNS (Prevent DNS hijacking)&#xD;&#xA;- SMB&#xD;&#xA;- &lt;strike&gt;ICMP&lt;/strike&gt;Oops.. forgot my post was about egress! [PMTUD][1] (ICMP:[rfc792][2])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;.. you get the point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1191.txt&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc792.txt" />
  <row Id="13448" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7590" RevisionGUID="326638d3-ec96-4272-ac22-b0048bb28b38" CreationDate="2009-05-13T00:04:47.193" UserId="846" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="**There should be no problem setting OpenDNS as the DNS provider for your network.**  I happen to like it.  I use it at home, and we will likely be switching to it at work when we switch ISPs later this month.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*EDIT: OpenDNS filters outgoing mail requests using the same filter settings as web requests. So, you will have trouble sending mail to an domain that you are blocking.  There are two choices if you have this problem .. use a different DNS for the mail server, or edit your whitelist for the mail sub-domains.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DNS can be very complicated, but the basics are straight-forward.  There are two separate (although related) things to worry about with respect to DNS. Many companies frequently use the same DNS provider (or servers) for both of them, that is not necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First is the DNS provider which will respond to requests on the internet for information about your domain.  This is the server(s) specified on the domain registration information.  If this is **not** done by your ISP, you may need to work with the provider to insure that reverse DNS works properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second is the DNS provider which will resolve requests from your network for other domains.  Typically this is provided by the ISP connecting a network to the internet.  This is what OpenDNS provides.  The outside world does not know (or care) how your network resolves DNS requests for other domains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope this makes sense .. if it doesn't please comment and I will update.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7591" RevisionGUID="de67ed1b-bb23-4195-bd3b-f09d6372661a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T00:05:18.097" UserId="1054" Text="If you opened the port on the firewall then close it again and enable logging for that filter / proxy.  You should be able to see why the firewall is dropping the packets." />
  <row Id="13450" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7592" RevisionGUID="d92cfeee-6897-4453-92d3-4cae25e53350" CreationDate="2009-05-13T00:05:57.860" UserId="984" Text="One option is to use [suPHP][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.suphp.org/DocumentationView.html?file=apache/INSTALL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The suPHP Apache module together with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; suPHP itself provides an easy way to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; run PHP scripts with different users&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on the same server.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; It provides security, because the PHP&#xD;&#xA;&gt; scripts are not run with the rights of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the webserver's user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.suphp.org/Home.html" />
  <row Id="13451" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7593" RevisionGUID="3ec02f6c-848c-4ce0-938a-348f76f9b629" CreationDate="2009-05-13T00:11:59.100" UserId="984" Text="One thing you can do is simply run two copies of tcpdump.  Set one to use the inside interface and one to use the outside interface.  Add filters for a specific host if needed.  Watch the traffic as it crosses the computer  If it comes in one side and doesn't go out the other when it should have you can pretty much assume the firewall blocked it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A variation of this should be able to work for any blackbox network device.  Simply run a network monitor on one side, and one another on the other side and compare the two." />
  <row Id="13452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7594" RevisionGUID="843eb92e-998e-481c-9f56-36b76d2d2442" CreationDate="2009-05-13T00:14:47.877" UserId="1438" Text="What is a good, general way to make a recursive/deep directory copy in Linux that works in most cases? I've used simple things like `cp -R` as well as fairly elaborate `cpio` incantations. Are there any significant strengths or weaknesses that cause you to prefer one over the other? Which one do you use most often?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13453" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7594" RevisionGUID="843eb92e-998e-481c-9f56-36b76d2d2442" CreationDate="2009-05-13T00:14:47.877" UserId="1438" Text="Command line recursive/deep directory copy in Linux?" />
  <row Id="13454" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7594" RevisionGUID="843eb92e-998e-481c-9f56-36b76d2d2442" CreationDate="2009-05-13T00:14:47.877" UserId="1438" Text="&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;shell&gt;" />
  <row Id="13455" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7593" RevisionGUID="e2d87e5d-6dc9-455b-aafa-4f77c62cea03" CreationDate="2009-05-13T00:18:22.660" UserId="984" Comment="added 181 characters in body" Text="&gt; Is there a good way to see what the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; actual request is?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Run a network sniffer like tcpdump, or wireshark.  You can capture the entire packet and see everything.  You can use tcpdump to build captures to be analyzed with wireshark with a command like this **tcpdump -qni eth0 -s 0 -w filename.dmp**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing you can do to make the troubleshooting easier in the future is simply run two copies of tcpdump.  Set one to use the inside interface and one to use the outside interface.  Add filters for a specific host if needed.  Watch the traffic as it crosses the computer  If it comes in one side and doesn't go out the other when it should have you can pretty much assume the firewall blocked it." />
  <row Id="13456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7595" RevisionGUID="7888d96d-4966-4efa-8216-f0ca3de3e1ac" CreationDate="2009-05-13T00:23:38.673" UserId="984" Text="I use a command like **&quot;cd $srcdir ; tar -c . | tar -C $destdir -x &quot;** most often.  But I also use rsync -a $src $dst.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The biggest strength of the tar solution is that it is what I had to use on a system many years ago that didn't have cpio, rsync or a cp that would copy recursively.  Tar is pretty much everywhere.  It is stuck on my head because I used it a lot, there probably are more elegant ways.  It always seems to get the job done correctly, so I have never really looked to hard to find a replacement.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13457" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7342" RevisionGUID="02fdc084-96fa-4dc3-a4d9-970da42c42fd" CreationDate="2009-05-13T00:24:58.843" UserId="1576" Comment="changed the cloning procedure. added links to programmes." Text="**Do not attempt any recovery of a HDD while it's still in an enclosure.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cut that sucker out if you need to and plug it in directly via IDE or SATA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best software for partition recovery &lt;http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;Best software for file recovery &lt;http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've succesfully used both several times a year with clients who get nuked drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a drive that may have 'bad' or 'damaged' sectors it is highly recommended to do a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_(data_storage)&quot;&gt;Block level&lt;/a&gt; clone of the problem drive onto a new drive using &lt;a href=&quot;http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/ddrescue/&quot;&gt;GNU ddrescue&lt;/a&gt;. There are a couple of 'dd' based programmes. That one is the best.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/Damaged_Hard_Disk#Disk_Duplication&quot;&gt;Cgsecurity article on Disk Duplication&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Duplicating the disk and working on the new one will improve your chances of success due to possible mechanical failure of the problem drive during recovery.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or if you just want to do it on the problem drive then run a Seatools test which is fine for any brand drive (they each have thier own progs but this is best): &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Seagate Seatools &lt;http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/seatools/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the programmes mentioned are available on livecd's. Below is a good list.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Livecd&gt;" />
  <row Id="13458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7596" RevisionGUID="9c0c389c-1c0c-4f18-8263-a000c191f750" CreationDate="2009-05-13T00:36:16.253" UserId="1576" Text="    NAME&#xD;&#xA;    cp - copy files and directories&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -a, --archive&#xD;&#xA;       same as -dpR&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    -d     same as --no-dereference --preserve=links&#xD;&#xA;    -p     same as --preserve=mode,ownership,timestamps&#xD;&#xA;    -R, -r, --recursive&#xD;&#xA;        copy directories recursively&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So in answer to your question:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cp -a /foo /bar&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Copy everything recursively from directory /foo to directory /bar while preserving symbolic links and file/directory 'mode' 'ownership' &amp; 'timestamps'.***" />
  <row Id="13459" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7597" RevisionGUID="e6fd240b-31af-4491-800e-75c6f6602a94" CreationDate="2009-05-13T00:39:39.943" UserId="2502" Text="Taking a wireshark(ethereal) or tcpdump on both your server and the remote server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A better option, in my opinion, is to enable logging on any firewall rules applying to the server making the request that you think could be blocking it, or to take a trace on the firewall itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is all on non-production equipment and you only have administrative access to your client you could use a hub connected to the far side of the firewall to mirror all of the traffic and take a wireshark/tcpdump trace from there." />
  <row Id="13460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7598" RevisionGUID="ac52d39e-0c60-4d69-bdf7-698dedba7e78" CreationDate="2009-05-13T00:44:20.467" UserId="1748" Text="One of my favourites is `rsop.msc`, 'Resultant Set of Policy'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RSoP shows the combined effect of all group policies active on the current system/login. So on a client machine if you're unsure about which particular policy settings are/aren't applied, simply check it out in RSoP!" />
  <row Id="13461" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7598" RevisionGUID="ac52d39e-0c60-4d69-bdf7-698dedba7e78" CreationDate="2009-05-13T00:44:20.467" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13462" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7597" RevisionGUID="ba534792-3923-4804-8b04-f9701277c156" CreationDate="2009-05-13T00:47:02.257" UserId="2502" Comment="added 51 characters in body" Text="Taking a wireshark(ethereal) or tcpdump on both your server and the remote server will give you a complete picture of the traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The easiest option, in my opinion, is to enable logging on any firewall rules applying to the server making the request that you think could be blocking it, or to take a trace on the firewall itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is all on non-production equipment and you only have administrative access to your client you could use a hub connected to the far side of the firewall to mirror all of the traffic and take a wireshark/tcpdump trace from there." />
  <row Id="13463" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7599" RevisionGUID="7a8e05db-c722-4524-92e4-57a68c5bef0b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T00:50:46.120" UserId="919" Text="It's great!" />
  <row Id="13464" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7600" RevisionGUID="543226c4-0ba6-42d4-9dee-ab02d1bce3ed" CreationDate="2009-05-13T00:57:27.637" UserId="1249" Text="Type in your shell profile&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; export TMOUT=0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; export TIMEOUT=0" />
  <row Id="13469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7603" RevisionGUID="a78d4af4-c87c-4ebc-bccc-b20353b31629" CreationDate="2009-05-10T18:21:19.253" Text="&lt;p&gt;I know this is not exactly a programming question but programmers know about routing so this is a good source to get answers to my problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am running a ventrilo server in my home network in Linux PC. It uses port 3784 and I have port forwarded port 3784 in my router (DIR-655) to that computer. Then, I have also a Vista PC which is connected to the same router, and which connects to the ventrilo server as a client (and others connect it too from Internet). The problem is that somehow after a while the router cannot deliver Vista PC's messages to other clients anymore in a resonable time.. Ping times start to be multiple minutes (!) making it totally unusable. It also keeps disconnecting from the ventrilo server. Other clients from Internet do not have any kind of problems (except that they hear the messages sent from Vista PC in multiple minute delay). The Vista PC is able to receive other's messages without any delay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, somehow my router gets messed up with the LAN connection. I have tried to set QoS to max priority for port 3784 but it did not help. I tried to put the Vista PC in DMZ but it did not help.. Basically I am clueless now. The router can be configured quite nicely so maybe there is still something I can try?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With my previous router (WRT54G) there were no such problems so this must be related to the router somehow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13470" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7603" RevisionGUID="a78d4af4-c87c-4ebc-bccc-b20353b31629" CreationDate="2009-05-10T18:21:19.253" Text="Local area network connection to server messes up a router somehow" />
  <row Id="13471" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7603" RevisionGUID="a78d4af4-c87c-4ebc-bccc-b20353b31629" CreationDate="2009-05-10T18:21:19.253" Text="&lt;routing&gt;&lt;router&gt;&lt;lan&gt;&lt;not-programming-related&gt;" />
  <row Id="13472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7604" RevisionGUID="8c290fcc-5f93-4455-881e-9638a0f064d0" CreationDate="2009-05-10T20:17:35.570" Text="&lt;p&gt;Do You use a default configuration on Your DIR-655? I'd suggest resetting to the factory settings (might help, support would usually says that).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also please consider connecting vista to linux by it's internal address. While using this approach, You will bypass the router. Switch will deliver the packets. All the routing problems should be gone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13473" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7605" RevisionGUID="0fbaf068-10d6-404a-9501-fce5abd31c4f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:37:23.647" Text="&lt;p&gt;Normally, a hard disk should take care of bad blocks by marking them unsuable. If that isn't any more the case with a hard disk, is it still possible to do keep track of those bad block with some kernel module or other daemon process in Linux?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13474" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7605" RevisionGUID="0fbaf068-10d6-404a-9501-fce5abd31c4f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:37:23.647" Text="Hard disk broken after having to rescue files with dd_rescue?" />
  <row Id="13475" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7605" RevisionGUID="0fbaf068-10d6-404a-9501-fce5abd31c4f" CreationDate="2009-05-08T19:37:23.647" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;harddrive&gt;" />
  <row Id="13476" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7606" RevisionGUID="9aa300c7-997c-4cd5-b345-ac13404d82ef" CreationDate="2009-05-08T22:53:30.227" Text="&lt;p&gt;If 'e2fsck -c' doesn't work you're out of luck.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;But if your hard disk is so bad that the list of bad blocks is full you should replace it immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7607" RevisionGUID="5699adb2-b626-4eb5-baf4-b0ba45776c36" CreationDate="2009-05-07T22:52:50.933" Text="&lt;p&gt;I would like to setup RAID 0 for my Dell 2900 server. Which one better, using hardware RAID (using installed Dell PERC 6 controller) or software RAID? The RAID 0 is for database.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13478" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7607" RevisionGUID="5699adb2-b626-4eb5-baf4-b0ba45776c36" CreationDate="2009-05-07T22:52:50.933" Text="Which One Better for My CentOS? Hardware RAID using Dell PERC 6 or Software RAID?" />
  <row Id="13479" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7607" RevisionGUID="5699adb2-b626-4eb5-baf4-b0ba45776c36" CreationDate="2009-05-07T22:52:50.933" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;not-programming-related&gt;" />
  <row Id="13480" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7603" RevisionGUID="f7cd00e5-16b7-4782-b668-fa03243db62b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T01:22:18.487" UserId="1" Comment="added 7 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;I know this is not exactly a programming question but programmers know about routing so this is a good source to get answers to my problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am running a ventrilo server in my home network in Linux PC. It uses port 3784 and I have port forwarded port 3784 in my router (DIR-655) to that computer. Then, I have also a Vista PC which is connected to the same router, and which connects to the ventrilo server as a client (and others connect it too from Internet). The problem is that somehow after a while the router cannot deliver Vista PC's messages to other clients anymore in a resonable time.. Ping times start to be multiple minutes (!) making it totally unusable. It also keeps disconnecting from the ventrilo server. Other clients from Internet do not have any kind of problems (except that they hear the messages sent from Vista PC in multiple minute delay). The Vista PC is able to receive other's messages without any delay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, somehow my router gets messed up with the LAN connection. I have tried to set QoS to max priority for port 3784 but it did not help. I tried to put the Vista PC in DMZ but it did not help.. Basically I am clueless now. The router can be configured quite nicely so maybe there is still something I can try?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With my previous router (WRT54G) there were no such problems so this must be related to the router somehow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13481" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7603" RevisionGUID="f7cd00e5-16b7-4782-b668-fa03243db62b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T01:22:18.487" UserId="1" Comment="added 7 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;routing&gt;&lt;router&gt;&lt;lan&gt;" />
  <row Id="13482" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7607" RevisionGUID="7e5b0c7c-1648-4874-b3ed-4088a3672696" CreationDate="2009-05-13T01:22:40.560" UserId="1" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;I would like to setup RAID 0 for my Dell 2900 server. Which one better, using hardware RAID (using installed Dell PERC 6 controller) or software RAID? The RAID 0 is for database.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13483" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7607" RevisionGUID="7e5b0c7c-1648-4874-b3ed-4088a3672696" CreationDate="2009-05-13T01:22:40.560" UserId="1" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;raid&gt;" />
  <row Id="13484" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7608" RevisionGUID="336266cf-3b8a-4a74-b300-1a321d86e6ff" CreationDate="2009-05-13T01:25:44.860" UserId="1797" Text="Hardware RAID is the only way to go, if your pockets allow." />
  <row Id="13485" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7608" RevisionGUID="336266cf-3b8a-4a74-b300-1a321d86e6ff" CreationDate="2009-05-13T01:25:44.860" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7609" RevisionGUID="fbaa3772-51f8-4bcc-9b68-b99004efdc8b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T01:27:51.317" UserId="1924" Text="Hi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is my first ServerFault post, so please let me know if this question violates any of the FAQ (IMHO, it doesn't).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am about to begin working at home, and live with 2 people that also like using the Internet. Being a web developer myself, I rely on a fast connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was wondering if there was anything I could do within my Router (some D-link) to throttle the speed for different IPs. This would allow me to limit their download speed, and be much less likely they could exceed our allocated bandwidth for the month.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank You" />
  <row Id="13487" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7609" RevisionGUID="fbaa3772-51f8-4bcc-9b68-b99004efdc8b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T01:27:51.317" UserId="1924" Text="Is there a way to throttle download/upload speeds through a router?" />
  <row Id="13488" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7609" RevisionGUID="fbaa3772-51f8-4bcc-9b68-b99004efdc8b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T01:27:51.317" UserId="1924" Text="&lt;router&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="13489" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7610" RevisionGUID="a653990c-374e-4a4e-807b-a68c422126e5" CreationDate="2009-05-13T01:28:53.233" UserId="2224" Text="I think the coolness of OpenDNS is fading in some cases. My objection to it is the increasing prevalence of high-bandwidth website such as YouTube, and even newspaper and cable news websites with lots of video.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In some cases, your ISP provides a higher speed connection to these resources via dark fiber or a CDN like Akami. They often point you to these resources via split-brain DNS. When I was stuck with Comcast, it didn't matter because their DNS servers suck. At work or at my current home, however, the upstream DNS is fine." />
  <row Id="13490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7611" RevisionGUID="b1d7c601-c7e6-4333-a519-e017c6a01d26" CreationDate="2009-05-13T01:30:35.180" UserId="2372" Text="The [kavoom][1] software switch is highly recommended by those who use it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kavoom.biz/" />
  <row Id="13491" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7612" RevisionGUID="8df900f7-45e7-42af-a7c0-7a6979ce9355" CreationDate="2009-05-13T01:35:28.043" UserId="2224" Text="It depends on what you know and what you buy. Back in the day, I managed FC arrays on Sun servers with Veritas Volume Manager and software RAID. Things worked great and performance was excellent. I had a similar experience with AIX 4 servers a few years later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hardware RAID *should* be faster; but in reality the trashy RAID controllers that you often find negate that, and you'd be better off with a maintainable software RAID and lvm. Mr. Atwood's experience with the IBM ServerRAID 8k isn't an isolated incident. We had an incident where a defective RAID controller firmware forced us to visit over 400 remote locations to perform a manual upgrade. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't know whether your RAID controller is junk or not, test, test, test. " />
  <row Id="13492" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7612" RevisionGUID="8df900f7-45e7-42af-a7c0-7a6979ce9355" CreationDate="2009-05-13T01:35:28.043" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13493" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7613" RevisionGUID="faa59eee-8525-48d2-9c6d-19b68d76aef1" CreationDate="2009-03-23T12:33:01.313" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am looking for some kind of personal firewall for linux, that will monitor all outgoing connections and show me a message asking for permission to open that connection. Like the popular personal firewalls for windows. Does something like this exist?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13494" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7613" RevisionGUID="faa59eee-8525-48d2-9c6d-19b68d76aef1" CreationDate="2009-03-23T12:33:01.313" Text="Is there a personal firewall for linux / ubuntu?" />
  <row Id="13495" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7613" RevisionGUID="faa59eee-8525-48d2-9c6d-19b68d76aef1" CreationDate="2009-03-23T12:33:01.313" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;not-programming-related&gt;" />
  <row Id="13496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7614" RevisionGUID="891dd5f4-2fb6-4d3a-98f8-cfeb7a2f1347" CreationDate="2009-03-23T12:38:32.703" Text="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/firewall.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/firewall.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13497" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7613" RevisionGUID="03d173d6-ef4e-40c4-942d-ce0cde58ccf5" CreationDate="2009-05-13T01:36:18.993" UserId="1" Comment="added 3 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am looking for some kind of personal firewall for linux, that will monitor all outgoing connections and show me a message asking for permission to open that connection. Like the popular personal firewalls for windows. Does something like this exist?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13498" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7613" RevisionGUID="03d173d6-ef4e-40c4-942d-ce0cde58ccf5" CreationDate="2009-05-13T01:36:18.993" UserId="1" Comment="added 3 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="13499" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7615" RevisionGUID="7a85edbb-7a0d-4ed0-a252-a73b906c9ece" CreationDate="2009-05-13T01:43:45.487" UserId="1174" Text="If your router has some QoS features, then yes.  Look in the admin settings.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not, you could use an old PC and [pfSense][1] or [m0n0wall][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pfsense.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://m0n0.ch/wall/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13500" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7616" RevisionGUID="3aae18f9-b0c4-45d2-82b1-0a3b6f123a7e" CreationDate="2009-05-13T01:45:52.737" UserId="1054" Text="You can use the router's QoS feature to give your machine priority over the others.  Otherwise you can install a third party firmware to do traffic shaping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**&#xD;&#xA;Third Party firmware - [DD-WRT][1].  You can check if your model is supported [here][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv3/index.php&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv3/dd-wrt/hardware.html" />
  <row Id="13501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7617" RevisionGUID="a19c3e75-a3e9-4f25-ab81-986215864225" CreationDate="2009-05-13T01:47:38.663" UserId="2438" Text="I've had fairly good luck with that PERC card. I always prefer hardware RAID for the piece of mind, and simplicity of it. I've seen too many tragic mistakes with software RAID with a shoddy mdadm command. I only recommend software RAID if you're really comfortable with the commands and such needed to rebuild, expand, and shrink the array." />
  <row Id="13502" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7617" RevisionGUID="a19c3e75-a3e9-4f25-ab81-986215864225" CreationDate="2009-05-13T01:47:38.663" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7618" RevisionGUID="e931c6ca-bc38-4755-a3a8-e3ddab72bf38" CreationDate="2009-05-13T01:49:13.793" UserId="2047" Text="    % scan for &lt;&lt;&quot;Arnold Schwarzenegger&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;Arnold Schwarzenegger&quot;: &lt;&lt; terminator not found" />
  <row Id="13504" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7618" RevisionGUID="e931c6ca-bc38-4755-a3a8-e3ddab72bf38" CreationDate="2009-05-13T01:49:13.793" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7619" RevisionGUID="2f03bb7f-0425-4620-a99e-0a4f0cf4a202" CreationDate="2009-05-13T01:53:02.117" UserId="2438" Text="I'm having an issue with mod_python and Apache, and I'm pretty certain I know what the problem is, but I'd like a bit of reassurance. I currently have a situation where I'm working with a *very* small VM with just 256M of RAM. Now MySQL and Apache run fairly well, and everything is fine and dandy, until I start hitting swap, which I obviously want to avoid as much as possible. With that little RAM though it's just about impossible. I've opted to cron up restart of MySQL and Apache a few times a day, however, I receive a no disk space left on device after about 4-5 days:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Mon May 11 06:00:14 2009] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down&#xD;&#xA;[Mon May 11 06:00:20 2009] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec)&#xD;&#xA;[Mon May 11 06:00:20 2009] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...&#xD;&#xA;[Mon May 11 06:00:20 2009] [notice] Digest: done&#xD;&#xA;[Mon May 11 06:00:21 2009] [notice] mod_python: Creating 4 session mutexes based on 256 max processes and 0 max threads.&#xD;&#xA;[Mon May 11 06:00:21 2009] [error] (28)No space left on device: mod_python: Failed to create global mutex 1 of 4 (/tmp/mpmtx265021).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My initial though was a lack of semaphores, but that didn't seem to be the case. At least the tricks I've used to circumvent that in the past hasn't worked thus far. I've seen similar issues with people using mod_python, but I haven't found much in the way of actual fixes. Are my restarts causing this, or is this just mod_python being buggy? Thanks!" />
  <row Id="13506" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7619" RevisionGUID="2f03bb7f-0425-4620-a99e-0a4f0cf4a202" CreationDate="2009-05-13T01:53:02.117" UserId="2438" Text="mod_python with Apache Failures" />
  <row Id="13507" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7619" RevisionGUID="2f03bb7f-0425-4620-a99e-0a4f0cf4a202" CreationDate="2009-05-13T01:53:02.117" UserId="2438" Text="&lt;python&gt;&lt;mod-python&gt;&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="13508" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7616" RevisionGUID="0499a573-ae5f-45df-b6d3-7f689bece2ca" CreationDate="2009-05-13T01:56:07.557" UserId="1054" Comment="added 7 characters in body" Text="You can use the router's QoS feature to give your machine priority over the others.  Otherwise you can install a third party firmware to do traffic shaping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**&#xD;&#xA;Third Party firmware - [DD-WRT][1].  You can check if your model d-link is supported [here][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv3/index.php&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv3/dd-wrt/hardware.html" />
  <row Id="13509" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7261" RevisionGUID="9990cb5f-85a9-449b-a662-81c68a4ba6c4" CreationDate="2009-05-13T02:10:32.260" UserId="322" Comment="added option" Text="I recently upgraded my ASUS Laptop ([ASUS G2S][1]), with 4GB of ram and a new [WD 320GB 7200rpm hard drive][2]. I also went from Vista x86 Ultimate to Vista x64 Ultimate  (because ram and x86 OS's) This is my development laptop, that I run **Visual Studio 2008 SP1** and **SQL Server 2008 Developer SP1** (x64 bit version).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Visual Studio will randomly just lock/deletes project files, and it ask where to save the file again. Browsing through explorer the file disappears. (it happens 4-8 times a day). The only way to fix is top create a new file with the same name and copy and paste from visual studio.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQL server will just lock when running queries out of the blue. (Query Hits The Server Profiler But Nothing Returns. Restarting the SQL Server Service is not a fix.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The only fix is to give the laptop a restart**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SATA controller is a Intel ICH8M ver. 8.7.0.1007.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did see visual studio doing something similar with Vista x86.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would this sort of thing be caused by a driver problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Possibly Could Be Source Control Software As Well** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cnet.com.au/asus-g2s-339284237.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=477" />
  <row Id="13510" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7620" RevisionGUID="8b4c1f88-edd3-4ca0-8165-b8de19683494" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:00:48.120" Text="&lt;p&gt;We're installing a digital media system at the college radio station I work at. We're trying to give programmers (read; DJs not coders) access to the music, without allowing them to copy any of it to their flash drives or transfer it across the internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're running on windows systems (XP for the client machines, and 2008 for the media server). My idea is this&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Create a user (ProgramUser) that has no access at all to the digital media&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Create a user (MediaUser) that has read only access to the digital media that programmers know nothing about and do not know the password to.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have users log in to windows as ProgramUser, giving them no access at all to the media.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Run our playback application (Traktor) as the media user, allowing the programmer to play back media but not copy or modify it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems like the perfect solution, but there's one gotcha. If the playback application or machine crashes, the programmer is the programmer is the only person who will be able to get it running again in a reasonable amount of time (we're an 15Kw FM radio station, so downtime is a big deal). Hence my delema...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I give the programmer the ability to start our playback application as a user they do not know the password to? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13511" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7620" RevisionGUID="8b4c1f88-edd3-4ca0-8165-b8de19683494" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:00:48.120" Text="Windows &quot;Run As&quot; Without Knowing the Password" />
  <row Id="13512" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7620" RevisionGUID="8b4c1f88-edd3-4ca0-8165-b8de19683494" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:00:48.120" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;runas&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="13513" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7621" RevisionGUID="b6c959c5-fa3c-4e3a-a45f-1742bdcc3177" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:09:35.593" Text="&lt;p&gt;There are a couple ways I can think of off hand to maybe get around this problem. First (and more difficult) would be to write a small windows service that launches Traktor. Thus, the ProgramUser can ask the service for a new Traktor instance, and the service is running as MediaUser so Traktor is launched as MediaUser.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another possibility, and much easier, is to have a startup shortcut set up that launches Traktor on every log in - Windows shortcuts allow you to set the credentials of the appropriate user in the shortcut properties. If the computer ever crashes, the programmers just need to log in, and they have a new Traktor running as MediaUser!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hopefully one of these solutions will work for you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13514" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7622" RevisionGUID="5f0545ec-2e0e-4b97-a6d1-15d592fd93a7" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:09:50.930" Text="&lt;p&gt;You can make a program that starts the MediaUser's process for the DJ.  This can be done so that it will run as ProgramUser.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The password/credentials for MediaUser would need to be compiled into the program, so that it knew the password, but the end user would never need to be aware of this.  They'd just have a button or program that says &quot;Restart Tracktor&quot;, and it can do all of the work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a &lt;a href=&quot;http://weblogs.asp.net/hernandl/archive/2005/12/02/startprocessasuser.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;C# example of the process&lt;/a&gt;.   The only change would be hard-coding the credentials so the DJ doesn't see them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7623" RevisionGUID="55f0c564-4a70-49d8-931c-dafa8b8823f5" CreationDate="2009-05-12T16:19:29.293" Text="&lt;p&gt;The ideal situation would be for you to modify Traktor to run as a service, with a separate GUI. This gives you the best security options - traktor would then be running as the user with the correct credentials, and no-one needs know what they are, or needs to type in the password to restart it. In fact, you can make it restart itself if it crashes in the services snapin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your gui to drive traktor than gets written as its own application that the user runs as himself, it sends messages to tracktor service (via tcp/ip, rpc, shared memory, or any other form of IPC) to make it do what the user wants. If you made the gui work using a cross-network protocol (eg tcp/ip) then the user can log into his workstation and the tracktor service can run on a more reliable server, possibly locked away to prevent &quot;accidental&quot; reboots. If you're good, you could write a webapp to drive traktor instead (ie the web server would send the messages to the service) and your user could run the station from home!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The traktor service would be started with the server, without needing to be logged in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7624" RevisionGUID="3823b643-d6fa-4c0b-8eee-351068187ae3" CreationDate="2009-05-12T17:22:07.550" Text="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;sudo.bat&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;@echo off&#xA;runas /user:Administrator /savecred %1&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/NT-Bugtraq/2003-07/0069.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;surprisingly&lt;/a&gt; it won't ask password again even after reboot or power failure&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13517" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7625" RevisionGUID="80d9d72a-a272-4b42-9077-afb5a47e2405" CreationDate="2009-05-13T02:13:56.420" UserId="1140" Text="You may be easily swayed towards dd-wrt after seeing tomato's [supported device list][1].&#xD;&#xA;Contrast that with [dd-wrt's list][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personnaly, for the above reason, I never tried or plan to try tomato and have been using dd-wrt for a while. Some negative points you should be aware with dd-wrt:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Its open source nature is questionable (as you said);&#xD;&#xA; * Tends to have a few quirks even on stable releases;&#xD;&#xA; * The options available may overwhelm you;&#xD;&#xA; * Where's IPv6? :(&#xD;&#xA; * There's no reliable way to save/restore settings that'll work across versions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the plus side, if you're a tinkerer (and you are if you're playing with firmware) there are very frequent updates posted on the forum that may fix glitches you're having, improve performance dramatically, or even **BRICK** your router without warning.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.polarcloud.com/tomatofaq#what_will_this_run_on&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices" />
  <row Id="13518" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7626" RevisionGUID="f80748b7-ebf8-450b-8d50-d5d90f3aefa2" CreationDate="2009-05-13T02:15:52.063" UserId="533" Text="If your router supports it, you could turn on netflow monitoring.  Flows would show you exactly what you are looking for." />
  <row Id="13519" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7627" RevisionGUID="788079d6-17f3-4502-98eb-c316170b9cc2" CreationDate="2009-05-13T02:17:36.273" UserId="1576" Text="Firestarter or Guarddog would be the friendliest GUI interface to iptables.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fs-security.com/&quot;&gt;Firestarter&lt;/a&gt;  &#xD;&#xA; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.simonzone.com/software/guarddog/&quot;&gt;Guarddog&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But the short of it is... No, there doesn't seem to be an all-in-one firewall programme with popup notification.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt; ubottu&gt; Ubuntu, like any other linux  distribution, has firewall capabilities built-in. The firewall is managed using the 'ufw' command (see &#xD;&#xA;                https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Uncomplicated_Firewall_ufw), or 'iptables' (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IptablesHowTo). GUI &#xD;&#xA;                applications such as Firestarter/Gufw (Gnome) or Guarddog (KDE) also exist" />
  <row Id="13520" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7627" RevisionGUID="788079d6-17f3-4502-98eb-c316170b9cc2" CreationDate="2009-05-13T02:17:36.273" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13521" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4290" RevisionGUID="55b99f2c-88e5-4d0e-805a-e2bdcf927770" CreationDate="2009-05-13T02:24:32.330" UserId="1883" Comment="new details on the new super-secret API" Text="I'm managing a small network with Small Business Server 2008 and 7 clients running a mix of Vista and XP. The server and clients are all running McAfee Total Protection Service for malware and spyware protection; the clients are also using the McAfee firewall and browser protection features as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The McAfee TPS product, which is managed from the cloud, is shown as functional in Windows Security Center on the clients, but the clients are not reporting their protection status to SBS. The SBS Console lists &quot;Critical&quot; status for all clients for both virus and spyware protection, and says that the clients &quot;cannot be queried.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs&amp;tid=d54e6ce6-fd59-47ab-af99-2faac79442e5&amp;cat=&amp;lang=&amp;cr=&amp;sloc=&amp;p=1&quot;&gt;This Usenet thread&lt;/a&gt; suggests that WMI traffic is being blocked, although WMI Provider Host has been granted access through the McAfee firewall on the client (the Windows firewall is off).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These clients formerly ran AVG antivirus and they didn't successfully report to SBS then either, which makes me doubt that it's a vendor-specific problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;Update:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.msdn.com/alejacma/default.aspx&quot;&gt;Alejandro Campos Magencio&lt;/a&gt;'s most recent comment on &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.msdn.com/alejacma/archive/2008/05/12/how-to-get-antivirus-information-with-wmi-vbscript.aspx&quot;&gt;this blog post&lt;/a&gt; suggests that McAfee may not be using Microsoft's new super-secret API to report security status to the server. I have a question in to McAfee support about this, though I'm not holding my breath." />
  <row Id="13522" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7628" RevisionGUID="c6d0eb92-24fb-47e2-849a-45104b83154e" CreationDate="2009-05-13T02:32:14.720" UserId="2115" Text="I've had similar issues when repeatedly restarting Apache on my laptop (for me it took about 40 restarts); the only solution I found was to restart the computer entirely.  Of course, my laptop has 2GB of RAM and a lot more disk space than your server probably does, so you might run into this problem more quickly... basically, I'd avoid restarting Apache too many times without rebooting the server entirely." />
  <row Id="13523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7629" RevisionGUID="45be53a9-67a8-44f0-a115-18b96d590cea" CreationDate="2009-05-13T02:38:25.913" UserId="2115" Text="I've looked for such a thing but haven't found one (yet)... in principle it might be possible to implement this using the nfnetlink_queue functionality in IPtables, but I think that's relatively new, so I wouldn't be entirely surprised that there's no program that takes advantage of it yet." />
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  <row Id="13525" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7630" RevisionGUID="fc5824fb-df8d-47b7-933f-eb8b4fb9fc2a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T02:47:23.603" UserId="25" Text="I'm wondering about actual configuration file improvements, table types, hardware setups, replication, etc. Anything other than the query structure and table structure (these are easy to find on the website and SO). Are things like query cache settings what gave you the most speed? How about drives--is it better to have it on an external RAID or internal? Did replication give you better performance, especially with read large queries?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What other settings/changes have you made to improve the performance of MySQL?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: I realize these are very usage dependent (ie, small website vs data warehouse), but as I think most of us probably work on a variety of sites/systems, it's good to know a variety of techniques that can apply to different situations. Also, I think some techniques can be transfered between situations." />
  <row Id="13526" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7630" RevisionGUID="fc5824fb-df8d-47b7-933f-eb8b4fb9fc2a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T02:47:23.603" UserId="25" Text="What configuration options for MySQL provide the biggest speed improvements?" />
  <row Id="13527" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7630" RevisionGUID="fc5824fb-df8d-47b7-933f-eb8b4fb9fc2a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T02:47:23.603" UserId="25" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;optimization&gt;" />
  <row Id="13528" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7630" RevisionGUID="fc5824fb-df8d-47b7-933f-eb8b4fb9fc2a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T02:49:28.640" UserId="25" />
  <row Id="13529" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6094" RevisionGUID="0081244b-af7b-4e75-8214-63f72920ca49" CreationDate="2009-05-13T03:06:54.913" UserId="2228" Comment="some new links+formatting" Text="* First of all, be aware that any scripting ability in Apache (php, cgi, ruby,...) is the potential equivalent of a shell account with privileges of the user running the script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* If the server is shared with multiple users, you might want to think about using suexec (- or [ITK MPM][1]  - *Suggested by [David Schmitt][2]*) so not every script runs as the same apache user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Virtualize or chroot apache, so that any compromise is at least somewhat contained in an additional layer of security. Be aware that when you chroot apache, maintenance may become harder, as you end up moving libraries to the jail etc. If you're on FreeBSD you can use a jail instead, which is much easier to maintain, since you can just install apache from ports, and run portaudit from within it, without having to worry about any library dependencies and moving files manually, which always becomes an ugly mess. With BSD jails you can simply keep using the package management system (ports). (On GNU/Linux you can also use [VServer][3] for virtualization. - *Suggested by [David Schmitt][4]* )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* (obviously) Keep up with updates and patches, not only for Apache, but also PHP, ruby, perl, etc... don't just trust your OS to give you all the updates either. Some distro's are extremely slow with their patches. Limit exposure time to 0-day vulnerabilities as much as possible. Stick the [milw0rm][5] feed in your RSS reader, subscribe to the [insecure.org][6] mailing lists, etc... Not only will it help you learn about vulnerabilities before your OS gets around to releasing a patch, you will also learn about vulnerabilities in certain php cms applications for example, which may not even be managed or patched by your OS at all. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Use something like tripwire/aide, audit, or mtree(on BSD) to [keep track of changes on your filesystem.][7] This one is really important. Have any changes mailed to you regularly, review them manually, every day. If any file changes that shouldn't change, investigate why. If some malicious javascript somehow gets inserted into your pages through whatever method, you WILL catch it this way. This not only saves your server, but also your users, as your own webpages can be abused to infect your visitors. (This is a very very common tactic, the attackers often don't even care about your server, they just want to infect as many of your visitors as possible until discovered. These attackers also don't even bother to hide their tracks usually. Catching a compromise like this as fast as possible is very important.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Using stuff like [suhosin][8] to protect php helps. But also learn to understand it, tweak it's config to your application's expected parameters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Using a kernel patch such as [PaX][9] may help protect you from many buffer overflow vulnerabilities. Even if your software is vulnerable. (This does not make you invulnerable, it's just yet another, minor, layer.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Don't get over-confident when using some security tool. Understand the tools you use, and use common sense. Read, learn, keep up with as much as you can. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Consider using mandatory access control (eg: [SELinux][10]). It allows you to specify, for each application, what it is allowed to do, in great detail. What files is it allowed to access. What kernel calls is it allowed to make, etc. This is a very involved process and requires lots of understanding. Some distro's provide pre-made SELinux policies for their packages (eg: [Gentoo][11] ). This suggestion is kind of a contradiction to the one below, but still valid, nevertheless. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Keep things simple. A complex security strategy may work against you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* In Apache, set up a very restrictive default rules (Options None, Deny from all, etc...) and override as needed for specific VirtualHosts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Deny access to all dotfiles (which also immediately covers .htaccess files)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Always use https anywhere there is any sort of password authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Firewall should be a deny-by-default policy. Build some specific rules in your firewall to log specific traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Set up log parsing scripts to scan your logs for anomalies. (the [prelude IDS][12] suite can do this, but honestly, I recommend you build up your own scripts over time, as it will help you understand your own tools and rules better.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Have the server mail you daily reports on last logged in users, active connections, bandwidth used, etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Have a cron scan for suid binaries, world writeable files, and stuff like that, and have them mailed to you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* For any of the stuff you set up that gets mailed to you, you should build up a list of exceptions over time. (folders to ignore filesystem changes on, 777 files to allow, suid binaries to allow). It is important that you only get notified of things that shouldn't happen. If you get a mail every day with trivial stuff, you will start to ignore them, and they will become pointless.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Have a good solid layered redundant backup strategy. And don't just assume that making an image or copy of everything works. For example, if MySQL is in the middle of writing to a table during your backup, your MySQL binary files may be corrupted when you restore your backup. So you will need a cron that mysqldump's your databases on top of regular images or nightly tarballs or version control or whatever else you have setup. Think about your backup strategy. I mean, REALLY think about it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Don't rely on lists like this for security :) Seriously! You'll find lots of these all over the internet, go read them all, research every suggestion, and use common sense and experience to make up your own mind. In the end, experience and common sense are the only things that will save you. Not lists, nor tools. Do read, but don't just copy without understanding.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mpm-itk.sesse.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/users/326/david-schmitt&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://linux-vserver.org&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://serverfault.com/users/326/david-schmitt&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://milw0rm.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://seclists.org&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://ramblings.linkerror.com/?p=54&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.hardened-php.net/suhosin/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://pax.grsecurity.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selinux&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://gentoo.org&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://www.prelude-ids.com" />
  <row Id="13530" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7631" RevisionGUID="ab4b6a46-5a55-4600-855f-0f5a9a20c88a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T03:30:55.117" Text="&lt;p&gt;If I have two NICs in my system and both are connected to different ISP with different IP addresses, can I distribute my network traffic on them to increase my Bandwidth. I have already looked at solutions like net-bonding, where we create a logical interface presented to the applications and the two NIC are bonded together. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also I have seen solutions which uses SCTP or SCPS-TP protocol instead of TCP. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My predicament is that I have to use a solution present in the application domain. Suppose I am writing a software for multiple client systems, I would not want them to change their tcp with sctp or go too deep with bonding (also with netbonding, it works only if the IPs are from the same network). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the critical issues in designing such a solution?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13531" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7631" RevisionGUID="ab4b6a46-5a55-4600-855f-0f5a9a20c88a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T03:30:55.117" Text="Increasing bandwidth with multiple NICs" />
  <row Id="13532" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7631" RevisionGUID="ab4b6a46-5a55-4600-855f-0f5a9a20c88a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T03:30:55.117" Text="&lt;tcp&gt;&lt;link&gt;&lt;aggregation&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;bandwidth&gt;" />
  <row Id="13533" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7632" RevisionGUID="2ff64ee5-ca7f-451a-a751-2dc5eff2dea3" CreationDate="2009-05-13T03:45:22.917" UserId="2224" Text="The naming scheme where I work today works like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;|server Role||Domain or Owner||site Code||Serial||Extra Modifier|&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This translates to names like this:&#xD;&#xA;  dnsenet0b1ab&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Server Role: A documentated server type. In the example, DNS (DNS=DNS, DC=Domain Controller, FNP=File and Print, etc)&#xD;&#xA; - Domain or Owner: Generally the domain name or owner in the case of Unix boxes. In this example enet = &quot;External Network&quot; domain.&#xD;&#xA; - Site Code: A three digit code corresponding to a location on our network. In this example, &quot;0b1&quot;&#xD;&#xA; - Serial: If you rollout 3 servers, the first one is aa, second one ab, third one ac, etc. If a large group of servers is replaced, sometimes they will alternate and use zz, zy, zx, etc to make it easy to spot the new servers&#xD;&#xA; - Extra Modifier: Used to denote dev/qa/testing environments usually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*The key to naming is consistency*. Whatever naming scheme you use, as long is it gets the information that you need across and is ruthlessly enforced, you'll find that consistent, informative naming will speed up projects and make management easier for large install bases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This system may look intimidating, but it is really great once you get used to it AND is reasonably easy to type and talk about. It's easy to determine the type of server, where it is, etc at a glance. You could easily expand it to include other information that means more to you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For things that have client exposure, I think that it's a great idea to supplement this with service descriptive CNAME records that aren't tied to a server. Make your mail server mail.example.com, http server intranet.example.com, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You mentioned that servers share roles. If you see an affinity among services, create a &quot;server class&quot;. Many places put SMS/SCCM, print queues and AV on file servers... call it a &quot;host management server (hms)&quot; or whatever." />
  <row Id="13534" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7633" RevisionGUID="b1847eba-88ec-4263-a8e6-ec08e4819854" CreationDate="2009-05-13T03:56:46.253" UserId="706" Text="Probably the cheapest way to do that is to use DNS in a round robin fashion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't bond the two interfaces - let them have different IP addresses, and set up the DNS servers to alternate between the two IP addresses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not in the application domain as you requested, but it might actually be easier to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="13535" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7633" RevisionGUID="b1847eba-88ec-4263-a8e6-ec08e4819854" CreationDate="2009-05-13T03:56:46.253" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7634" RevisionGUID="4ad6ca8b-1f37-42f1-9fd0-5b131a0a90ed" CreationDate="2009-05-13T03:57:53.753" UserId="942" Text="We use an Asterisk based solution as our PBX, and although we've found hardphones work flawlessly, we have yet to find a reliable softphone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The basic requirement is that it allows multiple calls and transfers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't have a comprehensive list, but most of what we've tried adds delay to the voice (echo), garbles the sound, doesn't allow more than one call at a time, or just plain won't work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Windows we're fine (SJPhone), and although I'd prefer to use the same softphone for both OSes, I will settle for a good Linux-only one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any recommendations?" />
  <row Id="13537" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7634" RevisionGUID="4ad6ca8b-1f37-42f1-9fd0-5b131a0a90ed" CreationDate="2009-05-13T03:57:53.753" UserId="942" Text="Is there a stable cross-platform softphone? Or a Linux-only one?" />
  <row Id="13538" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7634" RevisionGUID="4ad6ca8b-1f37-42f1-9fd0-5b131a0a90ed" CreationDate="2009-05-13T03:57:53.753" UserId="942" Text="&lt;voip&gt;&lt;softphone&gt;&lt;sip&gt;&lt;asterisk&gt;&lt;pbx&gt;" />
  <row Id="13539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7635" RevisionGUID="b1aa799b-c458-4069-99c2-ef158df7771c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T03:58:05.253" UserId="1222" Text="[Firestarter][1] will show you in real-time what applications are doing what, the closest thing I know of to a Linux equivalent of Zone Alarm (Windows) or Little Snitch (OSX) is this [proof of concept][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally tend to use [firehol][3], locking down everything to begin with, and then adding applications that require internet access one by one. If you locked down port 80 and only permitted firefox to send traffic to destination port 80 you'd have the equivalent of only permitting firefox to access the net.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's fairly straightforward with firehol to deny everything by default and only permit access on a per-application (or per-user) basis.You might want to allow the root user to access using any application, but individual users can only access the net using specified applications, or specified ports. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:** [FireFlier][4] looks like it will do the trick. But it's no longer in development so YMMV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.fs-security.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/bweber/entry/interactive_firewalls/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://firehol.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://fireflier.sourceforge.net/index.html" />
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  <row Id="13544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7637" RevisionGUID="76a1b892-d3e0-4b98-9bcd-d5657530c10c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T04:05:57.487" UserId="942" Text="Does anyone know how to configure Gizmo5 for use on an Asterisk PBX? Specifically [Trixbox][1] if possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the life of me I just can't get [this][2] to work...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.trixbox.com/&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://support.gizmo5.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&amp;_a=viewarticle&amp;kbarticleid=179" />
  <row Id="13545" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7637" RevisionGUID="76a1b892-d3e0-4b98-9bcd-d5657530c10c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T04:05:57.487" UserId="942" Text="How to configure Gizmo5 on Trixbox/Asterisk" />
  <row Id="13546" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7637" RevisionGUID="76a1b892-d3e0-4b98-9bcd-d5657530c10c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T04:05:57.487" UserId="942" Text="&lt;asterisk&gt;&lt;trixbox&gt;&lt;softphone&gt;&lt;sip&gt;" />
  <row Id="13548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7638" RevisionGUID="a0815ac3-5590-43a1-b302-cd2ea02166ac" CreationDate="2009-05-13T04:08:45.517" UserId="195" Text="I'm using Windows Server 2003 and have a scheduled task that fails to complete. The task is set to run a Windows Command Script (.cmd) at 3pm each day. The script runs a program that extracts some data from a SQL Server database and uploads that data to an FTP server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The error code displayed in the &quot;Last result&quot; column of the scheduled tasks folder is 0xc000013a. A quick Google search leads to [this Microsoft support page](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308558) that states: The most common &quot;C&quot; error code is &quot;0xC000013A: The application terminated as a result of a CTRL+C&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No-one is logged in at the time the task runs, so there's no-one around to press CTRL+C. I'm not sure I understand what is being said here in the Microsoft documentation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've checked the rudimentary things - the scheduled task is enabled, scheduled to run each day, and pointing to a file that does exist in a valid location. Interestingly, when I run this task manually (either by running the .cmd script from the command line, or by right-clicking the task and clicking &quot;Run&quot;) the task completes successfully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What does this error code mean, and how can I get this task to run when I'm not there to force it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13549" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7638" RevisionGUID="a0815ac3-5590-43a1-b302-cd2ea02166ac" CreationDate="2009-05-13T04:08:45.517" UserId="195" Text="Windows scheduled task fails to complete with error code 0xc000013a" />
  <row Id="13550" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7638" RevisionGUID="a0815ac3-5590-43a1-b302-cd2ea02166ac" CreationDate="2009-05-13T04:08:45.517" UserId="195" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;scheduled-task&gt;" />
  <row Id="13551" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7639" RevisionGUID="3d4135be-553f-4e07-b38a-98d2d3f16203" CreationDate="2009-05-13T04:13:28.317" UserId="2347" Text="Since they're on distinct networks, there isn't a way to aggregate or bond the two connections together, however you can load balance the outgoing connections so that the first TCP/IP request goes out Interface a, the second out Interface B, third out a... etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunatly you didn't state what OS you're using, as I don't know how to do this in Windows / MacOS / Solaris / etc, i'll only link to the linux solution. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here's a guide for settings up the routes on linux][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should be able to do similar on the outbound setting up the routing on whatever OS it is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, if you need to load balance the incomming connections, the suggest for round robin DNS is the proper solution that Adam Davis suggested. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Wikipedia on round-robin DNS][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.rpdb.multiple-links.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_robin_DNS" />
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  <row Id="13553" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7640" RevisionGUID="11a133b3-59ef-464c-b8a7-4bcd1ced567f" CreationDate="2009-05-13T04:14:06.443" UserId="1222" Text="**In software** you could try doing some stuff with routing, I'm not entirely sure how any OS would handle two routes with the same metric (cost). Assuming your system is set up with a default gateway of `192.168.0.1`, the following command (Windows) would configure a second default gateway of `192.168.0.2`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ROUTE ADD 0.0.0.0 MASK 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.2 METRIC 20&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Hardware** would be a more reliable solution as there's no need to reconfigure individual systems. Basically you'll want a [Twin WAN router][1] with load-balancing capabilities.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You question isn't very clear about if this is for incoming traffic (server) or outgoing traffic (application). If you're dealing with incoming traffic, then as Adam suggested [Round Robin DNS][2] is the easiest solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.xincom.com/twinwan.php&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_robin_DNS" />
  <row Id="13554" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7640" RevisionGUID="11a133b3-59ef-464c-b8a7-4bcd1ced567f" CreationDate="2009-05-13T04:14:06.443" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13555" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7641" RevisionGUID="362dee97-c085-4f99-a38c-9758f567b950" CreationDate="2009-05-13T04:15:21.353" UserId="158" Text="The only one I know of is [Ekiga][1].  Never used it so can't give a recommendation one way or the other.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ekiga.org/" />
  <row Id="13556" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7642" RevisionGUID="36228269-2947-41ea-90a3-42cbec24ad96" CreationDate="2009-05-13T04:25:07.907" UserId="564" Text="I have looked at quite a few of the soft phone clients one of my favorites is x-lite&#xD;&#xA;http://www.counterpath.net/x-lite-download.html I don't like that you can't transfer (with the free version) but it seems to be a very solid client. You should also check out this comparison http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_VoIP_software" />
  <row Id="13557" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7643" RevisionGUID="f4847d13-dab8-47d6-9ac4-8e3fe57dadc8" CreationDate="2009-05-13T04:34:38.763" UserId="942" Text="Does anyone know if you can setup a Skype-to-SIP gateway on your network?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried [Uplink][1], which works wonders, but only on Windows and with Skype on the same machine... It would be **awesome** if you could put that program on any machine and then use it as a gateway for Skype, from another machine. With port forwarding maybe?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically I'm trying to use Skype in Linux as a softphone for our Asterisk PBX. Are there any other solutions? Without going into Asterisk maybe?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.nch.com.au/skypetosip/" />
  <row Id="13558" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7643" RevisionGUID="f4847d13-dab8-47d6-9ac4-8e3fe57dadc8" CreationDate="2009-05-13T04:34:38.763" UserId="942" Text="Skype-SIP gateway" />
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  <row Id="13560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7644" RevisionGUID="45fb06af-44f8-4d9b-b8e3-3e1ac8f37793" CreationDate="2009-05-13T04:35:17.983" UserId="564" Text="Take a look a rsync ... I like it because you copy less data when keeping two directories up to date ... it can also work remotly.  In its simplest form rsync -a /src /dest" />
  <row Id="13561" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7645" RevisionGUID="2ba13556-be99-4961-8418-1c64434e9db4" CreationDate="2009-05-13T04:41:27.460" UserId="564" Text="Have you checked to see if you are running the latest firmware? [Dlink Firmware][1] Often times that will fix problems like this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dlink.com/products/support.asp?pid=530&amp;sec=0" />
  <row Id="13562" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7645" RevisionGUID="2ba13556-be99-4961-8418-1c64434e9db4" CreationDate="2009-05-13T04:41:27.460" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7647" RevisionGUID="bf5f698c-8495-4d2c-b3c0-c2cb22a5ca15" CreationDate="2009-05-13T04:53:11.310" UserId="1222" Text="I'll assume that the [Linux version of SJPhone][1] wasn't suitable then?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[X-Lite][2] is great for a free solution. If you're willing to part with some cash for a license then [eyeBeam][3] is reasonably priced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sjlabs.com/sjp.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.counterpath.com/x-lite.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.counterpath.net/eyebeam.html" />
  <row Id="13565" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7648" RevisionGUID="fe3893b6-a19d-439c-82c1-c47c62e639f2" CreationDate="2009-05-13T04:54:00.963" UserId="2514" Text="I'm running into a problem with the Redmine Bitnami stack intaller on Windows Server 2003. Setting up my project, I'm trying to add a remote subversion repo to the project, but it's erroring out. A little googling led me to some discussions on the Redmine site that leads me to believe the issue is caused by the fact that the repo I'm accessing is SSL enabled and the cert needs to be accepted before I can connect. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the solutions are geared toward Unix/Linux though (i.e. simply su to the redmine user ,run svn command line tool and accept the cert.) but I can't do that because I'm running Windows. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I store the SVN cert for the SYSTEM user on Windows?" />
  <row Id="13566" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7648" RevisionGUID="fe3893b6-a19d-439c-82c1-c47c62e639f2" CreationDate="2009-05-13T04:54:00.963" UserId="2514" Text="Setting up Redmine With the Bitnami stack installer on Windows Server 2003" />
  <row Id="13567" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7648" RevisionGUID="fe3893b6-a19d-439c-82c1-c47c62e639f2" CreationDate="2009-05-13T04:54:00.963" UserId="2514" Text="&lt;svn&gt;" />
  <row Id="13568" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7649" RevisionGUID="ca886765-3c4d-49ca-8cbd-200f1cbc37d4" CreationDate="2009-05-13T04:56:50.443" UserId="2423" Text="I don't know much about the software you're using, but from a computer repair guy perspective, when random files start to poof we look at bad RAM and bad hard drives as a possibility. Do you experience any freezing or file loss in any other situation? Any crashing or other bad behavior? If so, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; Have you run a full chkdsk /r on the drive?&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; Have you run memtest 86 on your new RAM?&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not, and it's just that program, then it's probably not related to anything I'm talking about =)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13569" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="2033" RevisionGUID="b5930470-946b-40ec-83b0-9bcd5db4c0b9" CreationDate="2009-05-13T04:58:52.157" UserId="38" />
  <row Id="13570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7650" RevisionGUID="97b2658a-cf9d-4a40-a468-a360f27084eb" CreationDate="2009-05-13T05:02:55.753" UserId="1630" Text="I can't answer the question directly as I don't know specifically what the error message means (nor, therefore, how to fix it), but if I were trying to troubleshoot it I would add a few writes to a log file at strategic points in the script and then after the scheduled time see what the last checkpoint to run is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My suspicion would be that there's something that's failing due to the credentials the script is running under or something in the script needs a logged-in user.  Narrowing down where in the script things fail might help you find the &quot;offending&quot; code." />
  <row Id="13571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7651" RevisionGUID="4cc90bf9-2341-4eb2-901c-e285c7979bd1" CreationDate="2009-05-13T05:04:49.667" UserId="38" Text="This happens on a number of PCs (WinXP SP3), where an application will simply lock up.  It may be the browser (usually Firefox in our case) or it may be Visual Studio, or something else, but every time it seems the same, the application locks up, sometimes for minutes.  There is no spike in CPU usage.  Usually the other applications that are open at the time continue to work fine, but other times it takes the `explorer.exe` process with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given the lack of CPU spike, or any other metric I can see, how can I diagnose what is causing this issue?" />
  <row Id="13572" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7651" RevisionGUID="4cc90bf9-2341-4eb2-901c-e285c7979bd1" CreationDate="2009-05-13T05:04:49.667" UserId="38" Text="Is there any way to tell what is causing an application to lock up?" />
  <row Id="13573" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7651" RevisionGUID="4cc90bf9-2341-4eb2-901c-e285c7979bd1" CreationDate="2009-05-13T05:04:49.667" UserId="38" Text="&lt;troubleshooting&gt;&lt;applications&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="13574" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7652" RevisionGUID="963ea672-7d6a-4623-86bd-9141cca342cf" CreationDate="2009-05-13T05:07:42.360" UserId="38" Text="Similar to cori's answer I would recommend that you check who the scheduled task is set to run as, as I have seen this error occur when the user account that is running the task doesn't have the same permissions as the logged in user" />
  <row Id="13575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7653" RevisionGUID="ae87c6cb-ad33-4f72-8779-68573e55fe7a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T05:09:56.350" UserId="58" Text="Hi folks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i'm using Remote Desktop on Windows 7 RC1, connecting to a Windows 2008 server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everytime i start a connection, i get the following popup window :-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The certificate problem makes sense -&gt; it was created from my own server, which is not an offical certificate authority. Sure. So I need to tell my machine that any certificate that comes from my server, can u please accept.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So i View the certificate and install it. I let it determine the best place to install it.&#xD;&#xA;eg&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, every time i connect, i still get that popup question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So i tried to manually tell where to install it. I said to install it at &#xD;&#xA;eg.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but still i get the warning question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So .. does anyone have any suggestions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/4153/certquestion.png &quot;Windows 7 Remote Desktop Certificate Question&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4895/certquestion2.png &quot;Steps to accept the certificate&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/5529/certquestion3.png" />
  <row Id="13576" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7653" RevisionGUID="ae87c6cb-ad33-4f72-8779-68573e55fe7a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T05:09:56.350" UserId="58" Text="Remote Desktop keeps asking me to accept a Certificate?" />
  <row Id="13577" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7653" RevisionGUID="ae87c6cb-ad33-4f72-8779-68573e55fe7a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T05:09:56.350" UserId="58" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="13578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7654" RevisionGUID="ad49c999-dd72-4d37-a21d-dd77eecadb4c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T05:13:27.733" UserId="2520" Text="I tried installing Vista last year on my late 2008 MacBook, but quickly removed it since multi-touch wasn't supported.  Has the situation changed at all for Windows 7?" />
  <row Id="13579" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7654" RevisionGUID="ad49c999-dd72-4d37-a21d-dd77eecadb4c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T05:13:27.733" UserId="2520" Text="Multi-touch support for Windows 7 on a MacBook" />
  <row Id="13580" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7654" RevisionGUID="ad49c999-dd72-4d37-a21d-dd77eecadb4c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T05:13:27.733" UserId="2520" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;macbook&gt;" />
  <row Id="13581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7655" RevisionGUID="a7c5704b-0f98-4263-a303-f42ebb081d45" CreationDate="2009-05-13T05:18:06.120" UserId="2520" Text="I've only had brief and painful experiences with certificates, but my suggestion would be to try the **Personal** store instead of Trusted Root Certification Authorities." />
  <row Id="13582" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7656" RevisionGUID="098ab637-59e7-41b1-945d-b76f3a533381" CreationDate="2009-05-13T05:20:31.107" UserId="2423" Text="What anti-virus are you running? I have seen this problem before with Norton, when it gets into its head that a process is a virus and grabs onto it for minutes at a time before deciding that it's not a virus." />
  <row Id="13583" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7657" RevisionGUID="64977588-84ee-49b5-b6ff-5cd0da550d53" CreationDate="2009-05-13T05:36:23.953" UserId="1592" Text="I think that what you might be seeing are those processes hung performing some type of I/O that cannot now be completed.  If you look at the the 'state' field given by the ps command, I'm pretty sure you'll see these processes in the 'D' state.  If a process is in this state, it cannot be killed in the normal means.  The processes will hang around until a reboot is performed." />
  <row Id="13584" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7658" RevisionGUID="74e768ec-5e75-4198-9c0a-ff6dfc4dbed5" CreationDate="2009-05-13T05:37:24.280" UserId="14678" UserDisplayName="Diago" Text="Since Windows 7 is not officially supported by Bootcamp yet and since Apple has not released any new drivers since 2.1 I would assume the answer is no.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However Windows 7 does have standard support for Multi-Touch devices, so there is a pretty could change it will support it. My experience with the multi touch Dell however was that the correct drivers first had to be loaded before it worked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, since Windows 7 is similar to Vista because of the codebase you can install it on a Mac happily, using the existing Vista drivers." />
  <row Id="13585" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7659" RevisionGUID="baf96bbc-fa94-4ba6-a8c3-5e852df07faa" CreationDate="2009-05-13T05:42:28.607" UserId="1592" Text="On most of the Linux systems that I am aware of you can use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     nslookup &lt;ip-number EX: 127.0.0.1&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will work on the command line.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Come to think of it, isn't nslookup available on Windows XP?" />
  <row Id="13586" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3780" RevisionGUID="e6dc8edb-fdf0-447b-9582-d237cf3e401a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T05:47:21.127" UserId="1224" Comment="added 225 characters in body" Text="The aim for this Wiki is to promote using a command to open up commonly used applications without having to go through many mouse clicks - thus saving times on monitoring, troubleshooting Windows machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Answer entries need to specify&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Application name&#xD;&#xA; - Commands&#xD;&#xA; - Screenshot (Optional)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shortcut to commands&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [&amp;&amp;][1] - Command Chaining&#xD;&#xA;- [%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\rcimlby.exe -LaunchRA][2] - Remote Assistance (Windows XP)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl][3] - Programs and Features (Formerly Known as &quot;Add or Remove Programs&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl @,2][4] - Turn Windows Features On and Off (Add/Remove Windows Components pane)&#xD;&#xA;- [calc][5] - Calculator&#xD;&#xA;- [cleanmgr.exe][6] - Disk Cleanup&#xD;&#xA;- [cls][7] - clear the command line screen&#xD;&#xA;- [cmd /k][8] - Run command with command extensions enabled&#xD;&#xA;- [color][9] - Sets the default console foreground and background colors in console&#xD;&#xA;- [compmgmt.msc][10] - Computer Management&#xD;&#xA;- [control.exe /name Microsoft.NetworkAndSharingCenter][11] - Network and Sharing Center&#xD;&#xA;- [control keyboard][12] - Keyboard Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control mouse(or main.cpl)][13] - Mouse Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control sysdm.cpl,@0,3][14] - Advanced Tab of the System Properties dialog&#xD;&#xA;- [control userpasswords2][15] - Opens the classic User Accounts dialog&#xD;&#xA;- [desk.cpl][16] - opens the display properties&#xD;&#xA;- [devmgmt.msc][17] - Device Manager&#xD;&#xA;- [diskmgmt.msc][18] - Disk Management&#xD;&#xA;- [dsquery][19] - Finds any objects in the directory according to criteria&#xD;&#xA;- [eventvwr][20] - Windows Event Log (Event Viewer)&#xD;&#xA;- [explorer .][21] - Open explorer with the current folder selected.&#xD;&#xA;- [explorer /e][22], . - Open explorer, with folder tree, with current folder selected.&#xD;&#xA;- [findstr][23] - Find a string in a file&#xD;&#xA;- [firewall.cpl][24] - Opens the Windows Firewall settings&#xD;&#xA;- [fsmgmt.msc][25] - Shared Folders&#xD;&#xA;- [fsutil][26] - Perform tasks related to FAT and NTFS file systems&#xD;&#xA;- [getmac][27] - Shows the mac address(es) of your network adapter(s)&#xD;&#xA;- [iisreset][28] - To restart IIS&#xD;&#xA;- [InetMgr.exe][29] - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 7&#xD;&#xA;- [InetMgr6.exe][30] - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 6&#xD;&#xA;- [intl.cpl][31] - Regional and Language Options&#xD;&#xA;- [ipconfig][32] - Internet protocol configuration&#xD;&#xA;- [lusrmgr.msc][33] - Local Users and Groups Administrator&#xD;&#xA;- [msconfig][34] - System Configuration&#xD;&#xA;- [notepad][35] - Notepad? ;)&#xD;&#xA;- [mmsys.cpl][36] - Sound/Recording/Playback properties&#xD;&#xA;- [mrt][37] - Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool&#xD;&#xA;- [mstsc.exe][38] - Remote Desktop Connection&#xD;&#xA;- [ncpa.cpl][39] - Network Connections&#xD;&#xA;- [net statistics][40] - Check computer up time&#xD;&#xA;- [odbcad32.exe][41] - ODBC Data Source Administrator&#xD;&#xA;- [quser][42] - Display information about user sessions on a terminal server&#xD;&#xA;- [qwinsta][43] - See disconnected remote desktop sessions&#xD;&#xA;- [regedit][44] - Registry Editor&#xD;&#xA;- [rasdial][45] - Connects to a VPN or a dialup network&#xD;&#xA;- [robocopy][46] - Backup/Restore/Copy large amounts of files reliably&#xD;&#xA;- [rsop.msc][47] - Resultant Set of Policy (shows the combined effect of all group policies active on the current system/login)&#xD;&#xA;- [sc][48] - Manage anything you want to do with services.&#xD;&#xA;- [secpol.msc][49] - Local Security Settings&#xD;&#xA;- [services.msc][50] - Services control panel&#xD;&#xA;- [set][51] - Displays, sets, or removes cmd.exe environment variables.&#xD;&#xA;- [start.][52] - opens the current directory in the Windows Explorer.&#xD;&#xA;- [shutdown.exe][53] - Shutdown or Reboot a local/remote machine&#xD;&#xA;- [subst.exe][54] - Associates a path with a drive letter, including local drives&#xD;&#xA;- [systeminfo][55] -Displays a comprehensive information about the system&#xD;&#xA;- [taskkill][56] - terminate tasks by process id (PID) or image name&#xD;&#xA;- [tasklist.exe][57] - List Processes on local or a remote machine&#xD;&#xA;- [taskmgr.exe][58] - Task Manager&#xD;&#xA;- [telephon.cpl][59] - Telephone and Modem properties&#xD;&#xA;- [timedate.cpl][60] - Date and Time&#xD;&#xA;- [title][61] - Change the title of the CMD window you have open&#xD;&#xA;- [tracert][62] - Trace route&#xD;&#xA;- [winver.exe][63] - Find Windows Version&#xD;&#xA;- [wscui.cpl][64] - Windows Security Center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 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 [51]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6741#6741&#xD;&#xA;  [52]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3962#3962&#xD;&#xA;  [53]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4987#4987&#xD;&#xA;  [54]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6923#6923&#xD;&#xA;  [55]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6516#6516&#xD;&#xA;  [56]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6349#6349&#xD;&#xA;  [57]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/5002#5002&#xD;&#xA;  [58]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3817#3817&#xD;&#xA;  [59]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4426#4426&#xD;&#xA;  [60]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4428#4428&#xD;&#xA;  [61]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6468#6468&#xD;&#xA;  [62]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6901#6901&#xD;&#xA;  [63]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4847#4847&#xD;&#xA;  [64]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4431#4431" />
  <row Id="13587" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7660" RevisionGUID="1aa5a79c-7337-4455-b94b-c7642ab2c123" CreationDate="2009-05-13T05:53:28.777" UserId="2302" Text="I also use Firestarter as a gui and ufw from the command line to frontend iptables.  But none of this does what the OP is asking for.  The only thing I know of that provides anything like this works only at the application level: [Firekeeper][1] is a Firefox extension that provides rule-based scanning and filtering for web traffic... sort of a cross between zonealarm and snort for browsers..  It's still in (perpetual?) alpha but seems like a good idea, and I've been running it since it was introduced with no problems -- it flags suspicious get requests, XSS, and other potential exploits and asks if you want to block/allow once or whitelist/blacklist a site.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://firekeeper.mozdev.org/" />
  <row Id="13588" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7660" RevisionGUID="1aa5a79c-7337-4455-b94b-c7642ab2c123" CreationDate="2009-05-13T05:53:28.777" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13589" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7661" RevisionGUID="1e097ac0-6d3a-4e75-876c-4874e714c9d5" CreationDate="2009-05-13T06:05:41.673" UserId="891" Text="If you can keep your *Asterisk PBX* in the game, it looks like *Skype* is interested.&#xD;&#xA;The [Skype for SIP Beta program][1] maybe what you're after. This way, any SIP or IAX2 client may have *Skype* incoming and outgoing access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.skype.com/business/form/sip-beta/" />
  <row Id="13590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7662" RevisionGUID="541331eb-683b-4761-9c09-4e8cf4f8288a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T06:23:01.613" UserId="1815" Text="I am still using 8.04 and see no improvements to justify all the time needed for migration. My plan is to upgrade when new LTS will show up or I have to change my computer.   " />
  <row Id="13591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7663" RevisionGUID="097ccb52-3fb8-4bbc-956e-ed065e50609c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T06:23:05.623" UserId="2302" Text="If you can map the drive using either name or ip and sharename, and can rwdx the share, I suspect this is a problem with the vista box, not samba.  [This link][1] has a few suggestions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forum.soft32.com/windows/Vista-backup-problem-error-code-0x81000006-ftopict347880.html" />
  <row Id="13592" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7664" RevisionGUID="4c245763-a27f-41c1-8b86-495dc6ea2167" CreationDate="2009-05-13T06:32:01.960" UserId="2515" Text="I have a bluetooth headphones that can be used in both A2DP and in SCO mode. Under Windows, I can activate both profiles simultaneously and I can listen to high quality music but when Skype rings, I can answer it right away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although I can use those headphones in Ubuntu, I have to connect them in either A2DP or SCO mode but not both and can't find a way to switch the mode on the fly which driving me insane. I can either listen to the music or I can use Skype and there's no procedure which will take under a minute to switch a profile.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Am I missing something there? Is there a way to use my headphones in Ubuntu like I do so in Windows or at least switch those profiles in the mid air without crashing music player and, more importantly, Skype?" />
  <row Id="13593" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7664" RevisionGUID="4c245763-a27f-41c1-8b86-495dc6ea2167" CreationDate="2009-05-13T06:32:01.960" UserId="2515" Text="Is there a way to use A2DP/SCO bluetooth headphones in Ubuntu reliably?" />
  <row Id="13594" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7664" RevisionGUID="4c245763-a27f-41c1-8b86-495dc6ea2167" CreationDate="2009-05-13T06:32:01.960" UserId="2515" Text="&lt;bluetooth&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="13595" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7665" RevisionGUID="31b65aa9-9ffd-48a5-92a2-4365ef712abc" CreationDate="2009-05-13T06:34:27.977" UserId="292" Text="The WSUS Management Console reports, that&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2 new products and 0 new classifications have been added in the past 30 days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How to determine which products (and classifications) exactly have been added?" />
  <row Id="13596" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7665" RevisionGUID="31b65aa9-9ffd-48a5-92a2-4365ef712abc" CreationDate="2009-05-13T06:34:27.977" UserId="292" Text="What new products and classifications have been added by WSUS" />
  <row Id="13597" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7665" RevisionGUID="31b65aa9-9ffd-48a5-92a2-4365ef712abc" CreationDate="2009-05-13T06:34:27.977" UserId="292" Text="&lt;wsus&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;updates&gt;" />
  <row Id="13598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7666" RevisionGUID="17e60775-2fd4-44cd-8cc3-77748e4d923a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T06:43:51.800" UserId="14678" UserDisplayName="Diago" Text="I find the easiest way is to keep an eye on the WSUS Product Team Blog [here](http://blogs.technet.com/wsus/default.aspx). The only other way I have found is to manually go through the list, but that can be painful at times." />
  <row Id="13599" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7667" RevisionGUID="d8b19ab8-627e-4620-b74d-db25826c89d9" CreationDate="2009-05-13T06:44:46.523" UserId="2253" Text="There are several. I recommend [Zonecheck][1], which is also available as free software that you can install on your own machine. The greatest thing about Zonecheck is that you can edit the configuration to change the policy (changing severity of tests from warning to fatal or the opposite, not running some tests, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[DNScheck][2] is nice, too, and the only tool able to check DNSSEC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.zonecheck.fr/demo/&#xD;&#xA;[2]: http://dnscheck.iis.se/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7668" RevisionGUID="8c2c557b-9a50-4d8a-ad8d-a5e6aa6685ee" CreationDate="2009-05-13T07:03:54.683" UserId="1548" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twinklephone.com/&quot;&gt;Twinkle&lt;/a&gt; works absolutely fine for me on Linux." />
  <row Id="13601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7669" RevisionGUID="316bbff7-25f9-4924-b6b7-43c6b0ca51fd" CreationDate="2009-05-13T07:06:29.860" UserId="1222" Text="Well [Apple have released a patch][1] for Multi-touch trackpads in XP/Vista with bootcamp.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're using VMware Fusion to run Windows 7 like I do, then it's already supported :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.apple.com/downloads/Multi_Touch_Trackpad_Update_for_Windows_XP___Vista" />
  <row Id="13602" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7670" RevisionGUID="48c0c7ad-120f-40f8-a48b-112046c33e74" CreationDate="2009-05-13T07:09:14.253" UserId="1350" Text="I need a program which can display all keys pressed on a keyboard (windows), basically an equivalent of the &quot;xev&quot; program for X11, in order to troubleshoot a problem I have which I'm not sure is hardware related or not. Googling for &quot;keyboard logging&quot; gives a whole bunch of various programs, all geared towards secretly figuring out if your spouse is doing something he or she shouldn't be doint, and several of them have warnings about &quot;this program has been reported to be malicious&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone recommend a good keyboard event logger, in the spirit of &quot;xev&quot;?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13603" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7670" RevisionGUID="48c0c7ad-120f-40f8-a48b-112046c33e74" CreationDate="2009-05-13T07:09:14.253" UserId="1350" Text="Windows equivalent of &quot;xev&quot;" />
  <row Id="13604" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7670" RevisionGUID="48c0c7ad-120f-40f8-a48b-112046c33e74" CreationDate="2009-05-13T07:09:14.253" UserId="1350" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;keyboard&gt;" />
  <row Id="13605" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7671" RevisionGUID="82fef279-4b14-4b6f-bee6-34a6d1bc98e5" CreationDate="2009-05-13T07:14:59.017" UserId="1233" Text="The most basic of answer? No. The OS handles memory management for the user - giving a process as much memory as it requires as it requests it and doesn't provide a whole lot in terms of being able to modify how the system performs. It doesn't help a lot with trying to figure out if memory utilization is part of the equation as to why the Linux servers are outperforming the Mac servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because of the lack of &quot;hackability&quot; in the virtual memory system your best options are to evaluate the performance of the virtual memory to see if it is truly the reason you're having performance issues - the most basic is to use `vm_stat` or use follow it live by using `vm_stat [number of seconds]` to see how many page outs are occuring. Moving unused pages from the RAM to the hard drive has a much lower cost than to retrieve the pages back from the hard drive to your RAM. A page in OS X terms refers to 4kb of data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, 32 bit processes (eg. Illustrator) can not access more than 4GB so it's theoretically possible to have 2GB free and have a process run out of memory if you had 6GB installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On both your desktop and the servers I would run `vm_stat 2` and check the last column - especially when you experience the multiple second delay when switching to say Illustrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To find out how large the swap actually is you can either check the swap size in Activity Monitor or run `du -sh /var/vm`. There is one caveat to the `du` option: on laptops that have the hibernate mode (anything for the past 4 years or newer) there may be a `sleepimage` roughly the size of how much memory you have installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mac OS X Memory Jargon:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Wired** : This refers to kernel code and such. Memory that should not ever be moved out of the RAM. Also know as resident memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Shared** : Memory that is shared between two or more processes. Both processes would show this amount of memory so it can be a bit misleading as to how much memory is actually in use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Real** : This is the &quot;real&quot; memory usage for an application as reported by task_info() - a rough count of the number of physical pages that the current process has.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Private** : This is memory that a process is using solely on it's own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Virtual** : This is where it seems confusing in that every process has at least 17.5 or MB of virtual memory or more devoted to it. (When you add those all up then you get to your very, very large virtual memory size). I've yet to find a good explanation on how this is calculated out other than the number reported at first glance has little to do with your actual swap file size and it may be a maximum value.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Active** : Memory currently labelled as active and is used RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Inactive** : &quot;Inactive memory is no longer being used and has been cached to disk. It will remain in RAM until another application needs the space. Leaving this information in RAM is to your advantage if you (or a client of your computer) come back to it later.&quot; - Mac OS X Help&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Free** : The amount of RAM actually available without any data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best documentation I know of (and have been able to find in followup research) is Apple's own [Managing Memory](http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Performance/Conceptual/ManagingMemory/Articles/AboutMemory.html) article on their developer website.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other worthwhile sources: Darwin-dev mailing list: [[1](http://lists.apple.com/archives/darwin-dev/2007/Nov/msg00124.html)], [[2](http://lists.apple.com/archives/darwin-dev/2007/Nov/msg00130.html)] and an old article on [MacOSXHints](http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20010613140025184)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It may be possible (I have not tried it out) to disable the virtual memory system by running `sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist` and then restarting so that dynamic_pager (the program that actually does the virtual memory allocation) doesn't start up. However because the OS assumes it has virtual memory you may find yourself running into issues very, very quickly. To load it back up run `sudo launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist` (if necessary from single user mode)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7672" RevisionGUID="1aaa8d47-1b7a-46c1-b5cc-6b132cbdbd34" CreationDate="2009-05-13T07:16:53.837" UserId="2507" Text="Looks like a simple question right? But Googling does not reveal any definitive answers. I've got an aging laptop that I'm trying to free some space on and am wondering if anyone can tell me safe directories to remove on Windows XP. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm a Unix guy so do not really know much about Windows..." />
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  <row Id="13608" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7672" RevisionGUID="1aaa8d47-1b7a-46c1-b5cc-6b132cbdbd34" CreationDate="2009-05-13T07:16:53.837" UserId="2507" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="13609" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7673" RevisionGUID="25459442-f335-48b6-b24a-a70aa985a77b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T07:25:58.843" UserId="2445" Text="Yup. Windows will copy them to where they're needed during installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Presumably this directory was created by some &quot;helpful&quot; third party installer." />
  <row Id="13610" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6532" RevisionGUID="1b98ef29-a71c-410f-a524-6857cc58b554" CreationDate="2009-05-13T07:29:11.477" UserId="2318" Comment="added 71 characters in body" Text="I'll get the ball rolling:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=96 Apple Dicussions&#xD;&#xA; - http://afp548.com&#xD;&#xA; - http://macenterprise.org&#xD;&#xA; - http://krypted.com/ Charles Edge's blog&#xD;&#xA; - http://xsanity.com for Xsan&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13611" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7564" RevisionGUID="2ae3eda5-f7ef-4f87-8266-6be9f7c12900" CreationDate="2009-05-13T07:32:07.367" UserId="1375" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;backup-restoration&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;rdiff-backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="13612" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7674" RevisionGUID="b205e991-f383-484b-b738-3f41058d3e14" CreationDate="2009-05-13T07:33:22.653" UserId="592" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a query that is generating further queries, things like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    select 'exec uspd_thing &quot;'||name||'&quot;'&#xD;&#xA;    from sometable&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which produces this :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    exec uspd_thing &quot;name1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    exec uspd_thing &quot;name2&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But isql requires a 'go' statement after each statement.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is an option to change the command terminator (-c) but the new terminator still needs to appear on the same line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions/tips on how to do this kind of thing... I guess I could post-process the results to add the 'go' lines...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;Chris" />
  <row Id="13613" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7674" RevisionGUID="b205e991-f383-484b-b738-3f41058d3e14" CreationDate="2009-05-13T07:33:22.653" UserId="592" Text="Sybase/isql/Transact-SQL - how to terminate sql on same line" />
  <row Id="13614" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7674" RevisionGUID="b205e991-f383-484b-b738-3f41058d3e14" CreationDate="2009-05-13T07:33:22.653" UserId="592" Text="&lt;sybase&gt;&lt;transact-sql&gt;" />
  <row Id="13615" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7433" RevisionGUID="d7f45db5-ec50-4138-860f-53d9bce13d15" CreationDate="2009-05-13T07:43:33.747" UserId="1787" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Most wireless routers log MACs of the connecting WiFi cards, many also allow monitoring who is actually connected. As for sniffing WiFi, the standard tool is Kismet.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&quot;Someone&quot; refers to someone not actually authorized to use it, who's hijacking your signal?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To protect your WiFi you should take following steps:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. deter script-kiddies (won't work against experienced work-drivers):&#xD;&#xA;  - Turn off your SSID broadcasting&#xD;&#xA;  - Limit connection only to given list of MACs &#xD;&#xA;  - Limit DHCP only to static MAC -&gt; IP assigments&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. use WPA2 (with EAP-PSK, use random passphrase).&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;3. for real hardcore security, use WPA2 with 802.1X authentication server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13616" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7675" RevisionGUID="2d45dc86-237d-498f-bc63-c382f1779a1e" CreationDate="2009-05-13T07:46:13.773" UserId="412" Text="&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I wouldn't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This folder almost certainly has various drivers that you'll need if you ever rebuild the system, and it's far easier to keep hold of them somewhere than to have to find them all again.  At the very least burn them onto a CD before deleting from the HDD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Plus I usually find that they're fairly small folders since drivers aren't usually that big... are you really going to save that much space?)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13617" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7676" RevisionGUID="27ffa9eb-1d18-410e-8a27-f22779a9224c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T07:47:35.050" UserId="592" Text="The post-process option via awk is as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    awk '{print $0}; /exec / {print &quot;go&quot;}' " />
  <row Id="13618" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7677" RevisionGUID="bc94eb66-62bd-4f6a-9be3-df134ed0df4d" CreationDate="2009-05-13T07:50:22.533" UserId="1815" Text="I would like to hear real stories, how your linux box/server was hacked and what you do not to fall in to the same hole again." />
  <row Id="13619" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7677" RevisionGUID="bc94eb66-62bd-4f6a-9be3-df134ed0df4d" CreationDate="2009-05-13T07:50:22.533" UserId="1815" Text="Real experience of being hacked on linux?" />
  <row Id="13620" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7677" RevisionGUID="bc94eb66-62bd-4f6a-9be3-df134ed0df4d" CreationDate="2009-05-13T07:50:22.533" UserId="1815" Text="&lt;hacking&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="13621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7678" RevisionGUID="65897f0b-6c4a-49df-a1df-b38540f92cd6" CreationDate="2009-05-13T07:56:29.903" UserId="1815" Text="Is it ethical to hack real systems owned by someone else? Not for profit, but to test your security knowledge and learn something new. I talk only about hacks, which does not make any damage to system, just proves there are some security holes." />
  <row Id="13622" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7678" RevisionGUID="65897f0b-6c4a-49df-a1df-b38540f92cd6" CreationDate="2009-05-13T07:56:29.903" UserId="1815" Text="Is it ethical to hack real systems?" />
  <row Id="13623" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7678" RevisionGUID="65897f0b-6c4a-49df-a1df-b38540f92cd6" CreationDate="2009-05-13T07:56:29.903" UserId="1815" Text="&lt;hacking&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;learning&gt;&lt;production-environment&gt;&lt;ethics&gt;" />
  <row Id="13624" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7679" RevisionGUID="0e79aebb-24a3-4742-980c-0ff1c6f3e1e8" CreationDate="2009-05-13T08:04:44.867" UserId="2168" Text="I'm note sure the level of logging you want but could [Keyboard Jedi][1] be a solution?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://weblogs.asp.net/rosherove/archive/2007/06/03/train-to-be-a-keyboard-master-with-keyboard-jedi.aspx" />
  <row Id="13625" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7680" RevisionGUID="72b27ee6-3597-46aa-ad11-39e7ebfc4630" CreationDate="2009-05-13T08:05:05.707" UserId="984" Text="The key flaw I see in your question is that you seem to believe it is possible to correctly assess from the outside what the damage hacking will do to a given system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do you know that flipping a given bit the wrong way isn't going to completely destroy something and cost your target thousands or millions of dollars.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since ethics are very subjective I will answer you this way.  It would be far more ethical to leave stuff alone that doesn't belong to you or you don't have explicit permission to touch.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13626" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7681" RevisionGUID="fee4b343-5308-4d30-bbdd-bdfeda9e8c32" CreationDate="2009-05-13T08:06:01.493" UserId="2264" Text="In a word, No.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you find something out in a routine way then it would be good to alert them and not exploit it. But deliberately going out to test someone else's security is not really ethical.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They ought to be paying security firms to do this for them and if they have contracted you to do this, then it is clearly not unethical. But if you have not been contracted to do this, and you unintentionally expose some problem, or cause a problem unwittingly through your hacking actions, I suspect most corporations would want you prosecuted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For your own safety, I would not go there. If you are really interested in this, try applying for jobs with the security firms contracted to do this." />
  <row Id="13628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7682" RevisionGUID="201dc541-0bea-4026-a3c2-d73f44aa57c8" CreationDate="2009-05-13T08:16:03.350" UserId="984" Text="Many years ago, I was somewhat responsible for a clients system.  The system was not being patched and it had somehow gotten removed from my list of systems to maintained.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A security flaw in bind allowed someone to get into the system and get root.  They used the system to send out spam and they setup a web server.  While bind was installed on the system it actually wasn't being used for anything&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The results of the intrusion&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - pulled the hd in-case the police wanted to see it&#xD;&#xA; - reinstalled the OS on a new hard drive&#xD;&#xA; - restored the data from an older backup&#xD;&#xA; - remove un-needed package (bind) which was the vector for the attack.&#xD;&#xA; - applied security patches, and setup a system to notify the system's owner when a patch needed to be installed&#xD;&#xA; - setup better activity logging for all our systems&#xD;&#xA; - tweaked our backup selections because a couple things where overlooked.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13629" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7683" RevisionGUID="fc905db1-0b36-4047-b656-b4cb195c3524" CreationDate="2009-05-13T08:16:54.313" UserId="2123" Text="If you've got Visual Studio installed, you could use spy++.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just start monitoring the Keyboard messages on a notepad instance." />
  <row Id="13630" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7684" RevisionGUID="36e112a7-7049-4df6-a4d7-f2805ff71fc6" CreationDate="2009-05-13T08:22:16.617" UserId="1740" Text="I am guessing you are using an IBM/ThinkPad/Lenovo computer? They create this folder with all the IBM drivers so that if you have problems with your display driver or something, you can re-install the &quot;factory default&quot; driver from that folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, when updates are downloaded, this is the default extraction folder.&#xD;&#xA;The folder will be re-created next time updates are downloaded and extracted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, yes you may delete it if you need more space." />
  <row Id="13631" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7685" RevisionGUID="c34453a9-b496-4682-b87e-6abe33856efe" CreationDate="2009-05-13T08:24:05.973" UserId="2060" Text="The hosting solution (unsupported dedicated server) was cheap and sounded cool, I didn't really know what I was doing, didn't keep the system up to date and I probably had done something bad with iptables/ipchains configuration.  One day when backpacking around Western Europe I fired up the site and nothing was there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My solution was to abandon everything and trust someone else until such a time that I'd gained more server admin experience; that was about 7 years ago and I still trust the other guy!" />
  <row Id="13632" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7683" RevisionGUID="684c4a60-33a2-46ab-9ffe-3342ce936e04" CreationDate="2009-05-13T08:24:50.543" UserId="2123" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="If you've got Visual Studio installed, you could use **spy++**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just start monitoring the Keyboard messages on a notepad instance." />
  <row Id="13633" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7686" RevisionGUID="fed512de-73ff-410d-8ea0-58305bc87c9c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T08:29:41.940" UserId="292" Text="How to rename a project in the Team Foundation Server 2008? What are khown issues?" />
  <row Id="13634" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7686" RevisionGUID="fed512de-73ff-410d-8ea0-58305bc87c9c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T08:29:41.940" UserId="292" Text="How to rename a project in the Team Foundation Server" />
  <row Id="13635" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7686" RevisionGUID="fed512de-73ff-410d-8ea0-58305bc87c9c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T08:29:41.940" UserId="292" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;tfs&gt;&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="13636" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="7665" RevisionGUID="003d8515-40f5-43f6-bd32-188ddd2e7ce4" CreationDate="2009-05-13T08:31:02.793" UserId="292" Comment="improved title" Text="How to determine what new products and classifications have been added by WSUS" />
  <row Id="13637" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7687" RevisionGUID="7c2c1968-389c-49d3-9b85-ab1ce42230a0" CreationDate="2009-05-13T08:34:11.260" UserId="2272" Text="The other two answers to this question (when I read it) are excellent, so I would just like to add a small suggestion. Don't take for granted that you can't gain the same amount of knowledge through completely legal means. Studying encryption, trying to find security holes in the source code of free open source software, setting up your own dummy systems that you can experiment on safely, reading articles on internet security, etc, can be just as educational." />
  <row Id="13638" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7688" RevisionGUID="5e03fa35-a254-4163-a218-734a7381a1c7" CreationDate="2009-05-13T08:35:53.240" UserId="1740" Text="The Team project cannot be renamed in TFS v1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may use the following workaround (sort of workaround, because you won't really end up with renamed project with identical contents):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Create new project with desired name&#xD;&#xA; 2. Copy work items from old project to a new one (one-by-one, as there is no bulk copy option). &#xD;&#xA; 3. Move all source control folders from under old project folder to a new project folder&#xD;&#xA;Sharepoint portal documents cannot be moved in bulk (as far as I know), so you do that manually&#xD;&#xA; 4. Move of source code will retain the files history, and work items will also have partial history, but overall I would say the workaround does not worth the labour (and Sharepoint docs will not have their history). At any rate, selecting right name in the beginning beats any workaround by far.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Source][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://teamfoundation.blogspot.com/2006/10/renaming-team-project.html" />
  <row Id="13639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7689" RevisionGUID="f2d3b40a-32c9-41ce-945e-0890326b895f" CreationDate="2009-05-13T08:40:14.853" UserId="47" Text="I have a port that is blocked by a process I needed to kill. (a little telnet daemon that crashed)&#xD;&#xA;The process was killed successfully but the port is still in a 'FIN_WAIT1' state. It doesn't come out of it, the timeout for that seems to be set to 'a decade'.&#xD;&#xA;The only way I've found to free the port is to reboot the entire machine, which is ofcourse something I do not want to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ netstat -tulnap | grep FIN_WAIT1 &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0  13937 10.0.0.153:4000         10.0.2.46:2572          FIN_WAIT1  -&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know how I can get this port unblocked without rebooting?" />
  <row Id="13640" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7689" RevisionGUID="f2d3b40a-32c9-41ce-945e-0890326b895f" CreationDate="2009-05-13T08:40:14.853" UserId="47" Text="How do I get rid of sockets in FIN_WAIT1 state?" />
  <row Id="13641" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7689" RevisionGUID="f2d3b40a-32c9-41ce-945e-0890326b895f" CreationDate="2009-05-13T08:40:14.853" UserId="47" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;port&gt;&lt;blocked&gt;&lt;netstat&gt;" />
  <row Id="13642" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7555" RevisionGUID="b2be1ca9-e6dc-42e5-8768-cc7cab0058b7" CreationDate="2009-05-13T08:42:55.270" UserId="117" Comment="spelling" Text="On the [Debian Wiki about SecureAPT][1], I've found that I should remove the line containing `non-us` from /etc/apt/sources.list. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I actually did that and it worked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.debian.org/SecureApt#line-178" />
  <row Id="13643" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7690" RevisionGUID="a95e50ed-f4b5-49b0-a586-ffa6db7fcddb" CreationDate="2009-05-13T08:43:57.360" UserId="1202" Text="A lot of recent virtualisation tools can either make use of, or demand, BIOS support (VT, etc). But in most of the BIOS screens I've seen, it has been disabled by default - sometimes even with fairly non-subtle (but vague) warnings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So: is there any issue I should be aware of in enabling VT? I assume it is only used when triggered deliberately by software such as VMware or Virtual PC. But what is the risk?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps it relates mainly to the early implementations where it was a bit experimental, but I'd love to know: is it generally safe?" />
  <row Id="13644" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7690" RevisionGUID="a95e50ed-f4b5-49b0-a586-ffa6db7fcddb" CreationDate="2009-05-13T08:43:57.360" UserId="1202" Text="Enabling hardware virtualisation BIOS; anything to beware?" />
  <row Id="13645" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7690" RevisionGUID="a95e50ed-f4b5-49b0-a586-ffa6db7fcddb" CreationDate="2009-05-13T08:43:57.360" UserId="1202" Text="&lt;bios&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;vt&gt;" />
  <row Id="13646" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7691" RevisionGUID="0a63f5f6-b72c-4b49-b9b9-2eb436269d54" CreationDate="2009-05-13T08:44:51.507" UserId="112" Text="No, that is not ethical.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they take you to court for illegally breaking and entering, the judge will not let you off because you were &quot;testing your security knowledge and learning something new&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you stumble upon a security vulnerability during normal use of their system, I would argue it is absolutely ethical to alert them of the problem, but to explicitly go searching for vulnerabilities when you are not contracted to do so is not only unethical, in many localities it is also illegal." />
  <row Id="13647" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7690" RevisionGUID="fd69657d-aa88-492d-accd-a8b359d6cceb" CreationDate="2009-05-13T08:54:44.800" UserId="1202" Comment="added 13 characters in body" Text="A lot of recent virtualisation tools can either make use of, or demand, BIOS support (Intel-VT, AMD-V, etc). But in most of the BIOS screens I've seen, it has been disabled by default - sometimes even with fairly non-subtle (but vague) warnings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So: is there any issue I should be aware of in enabling VT? I assume it is only used when triggered deliberately by software such as VMware or Virtual PC. But what is the risk?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps it relates mainly to the early implementations where it was a bit experimental, but I'd love to know: is it generally safe?" />
  <row Id="13648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7692" RevisionGUID="2a3101c0-a752-4fc3-a008-4b36c36a4b63" CreationDate="2009-05-13T08:57:52.890" UserId="1787" Text="[**The Blue Pill**][1] was a proof of concept, that this could be potentially used by malware, making that malware completely invisible to the OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Pill_(malware)" />
  <row Id="13649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7693" RevisionGUID="8a207a97-8b29-4dda-a015-1e93a35d86cc" CreationDate="2009-05-13T09:00:48.783" UserId="1447" Text="[This Stackoverflow posting][1] talks about RAID layout for database servers.  You should not use RAID-0 as it has no redundancy.  RAID-0 is interesting for performance at the expense of everything else; you might use it on a video editing system (for example) but it is not appropriate for databases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux has much better support for software RAID than Windows does.  I would almost never recommend software RAID on a windows server.  Linux is a different proposition.  The software RAID on Linux is quite good and is certainly worth considering.  On Linux, a fast CPU might result in better RAID performance than a slower RAID controller, but most SATA or SAS RAID controllers have fairly beefy RISC cores with hardware XOR units.  Some even have multi-core CPUs clocked at more than 1GHz.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most Dell PERCs are rebadged LSI or Adaptec controllers.  One point to note is that they can take a battery backed cache, which is a feature that is not supported on software RAID.  This gives you extra resilience to certain failure modes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My suggestion would be to run some benchmarks with bonnie++ or something similar on both H/W and S/W RAID.  If either configuration is noticeably faster go with that.  However, if the server is currently in use and not causing any problems you may want to stick with your current configuration.  The configuration is not likely to make enough of a difference to warrant rebuilding a server that is already in production.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/294408/sql-server-transaction-log-raid/294539#294539" />
  <row Id="13650" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7693" RevisionGUID="8a207a97-8b29-4dda-a015-1e93a35d86cc" CreationDate="2009-05-13T09:00:48.783" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7694" RevisionGUID="2d79e0d4-ca0b-4d6f-b7f1-766f4d27252a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T09:03:56.127" UserId="155" Text="Only if you tell them first and they give you permission to give it your best shot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...and how likely is that :)" />
  <row Id="13652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7695" RevisionGUID="8fa9bc00-e7d6-4551-a7b0-360ba356190f" CreationDate="2009-05-13T09:06:50.490" UserId="1435" Text="There are organisations/companies that charge for their 'black hat' services, they're usually paid by large companies to periodically test their system's security. Perhaps you could find one of these groups near you and offer your services (initally for free I would suggest), it'll be good training for you, possibly make you a bit of money eventually and importantly is inherently morally sound." />
  <row Id="13653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7696" RevisionGUID="d133c242-75d0-4fa3-a491-a53a240c8e55" CreationDate="2009-05-13T09:08:11.033" UserId="2060" Text="Is it possible to map a network drive but conceal this in Windows Explorer?  Currently users are all using different drive letters to access the same network resources, and I would like to standardise the drive letters to avoid problems with linked files etc.  As part of the transition period though it'd be nice if the old letters were still available for any direct access, but not visible to the user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, J:, E: and F: all point to the same resource on different machines, and we've agreed to only use F: in future.  Only drive F: would be visible, but J: and E: would still work on those machines." />
  <row Id="13654" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7696" RevisionGUID="d133c242-75d0-4fa3-a491-a53a240c8e55" CreationDate="2009-05-13T09:08:11.033" UserId="2060" Text="Hiding network mapped drives in Windows XP" />
  <row Id="13655" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7696" RevisionGUID="d133c242-75d0-4fa3-a491-a53a240c8e55" CreationDate="2009-05-13T09:08:11.033" UserId="2060" Text="&lt;windows-explorer&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="13656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7697" RevisionGUID="0cdc61bb-c8f6-4ab0-93b1-717ef446d321" CreationDate="2009-05-13T09:10:14.650" UserId="1916" Text="anyone know how to setup RBL in plesk ?&#xD;&#xA;I've plesk 8.3 with a centos 5 installed on a vps &#xD;&#xA;the plesk panel setup only few option but no rbl &#xD;&#xA;I already have plesk configured with spamassasin over qmail&#xD;&#xA;thanks" />
  <row Id="13657" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7697" RevisionGUID="0cdc61bb-c8f6-4ab0-93b1-717ef446d321" CreationDate="2009-05-13T09:10:14.650" UserId="1916" Text="how can I setup RBL on plesk ?" />
  <row Id="13658" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7697" RevisionGUID="0cdc61bb-c8f6-4ab0-93b1-717ef446d321" CreationDate="2009-05-13T09:10:14.650" UserId="1916" Text="&lt;plesk&gt;&lt;spam-filter&gt;&lt;setup&gt;" />
  <row Id="13659" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7698" RevisionGUID="b6b9667f-77d9-451e-95dc-d4d6ef34ad71" CreationDate="2009-05-13T09:15:10.243" UserId="241" Text="I've set-up a subversion server accessible with Apache/DAV and after screwing up the repositories file permissions a couple of days ago I started wondering if there's a better way to do this than the way I'm doing it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The repositories are owned by a dedicated user and group, and apache runs as the customary `www:www` user, hence it has no write permissions to the repositories. So far my solution has been to add the `www` user to the `svn` group and make sure that the files inside the repositories are group-writable... but six months from now I'll create a new repository, forget to fix file permissions and get some email as soon as someone tries to commit something.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any other way to do that? Maybe force svnadmin to create repositories group-writable in the first place? (In case you're wondering the server is FreeBSD 6.2)" />
  <row Id="13660" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7698" RevisionGUID="b6b9667f-77d9-451e-95dc-d4d6ef34ad71" CreationDate="2009-05-13T09:15:10.243" UserId="241" Text="How can I adjust subversion repository file permissions automatically for use w. Apache/DAV?" />
  <row Id="13661" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7698" RevisionGUID="b6b9667f-77d9-451e-95dc-d4d6ef34ad71" CreationDate="2009-05-13T09:15:10.243" UserId="241" Text="&lt;svn&gt;&lt;webdav&gt;&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;freebsd&gt;" />
  <row Id="13662" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7699" RevisionGUID="3c9ff624-8e06-49c8-b3a5-160d6c2e43ab" CreationDate="2009-05-13T09:27:13.780" UserId="2318" Text="    ping 224.0.0.1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ping *all* devices on your subnet" />
  <row Id="13663" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7699" RevisionGUID="3c9ff624-8e06-49c8-b3a5-160d6c2e43ab" CreationDate="2009-05-13T09:27:13.780" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13664" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7700" RevisionGUID="817d3f95-0857-4a9f-a3a8-fe8fb915335f" CreationDate="2009-05-13T09:32:07.640" UserId="1795" Text="You should be able to set the timeout with `/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_fin_timeout`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There really doesn't seem to be any way to clear the socket manually." />
  <row Id="13665" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7701" RevisionGUID="7b266794-e1a2-4728-8be8-45d7c370000c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T09:35:26.263" UserId="1463" Text="I think you need to check the path of the certificate and have your computer trust the actual root and/or intermediates and not the certificate itself. You can also see under the path tab where the actual problem lies... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the pictures the certificate you're installing doesn't seem to be invalid - the root of the problem is.. eh.. that was a stupid pun, sorry ^^" />
  <row Id="13666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7702" RevisionGUID="df9488f3-0f36-4c9e-a3b5-47154f0b7a3d" CreationDate="2009-05-13T09:35:34.607" UserId="45" Text="I didn't try this myself, but this seems to be the solution. You have to make some registry changes. So, **be careful!** - make a backup before you start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open the Registry Editor (regedit.exe) and navigate to&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     HKEY__CURRENT__USER &gt; Software&gt; Microsoft &gt; &#xD;&#xA;                 Windows &gt; CurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right-click the `Servers` key and select New DWORD value and name it &quot;NoDrives.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit the DWORD value:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using the list below, type a number that corresponds to the drive you want&#xD;&#xA;to hide in the value data text box:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     A: 1  B: 2  C: 4  D: 8  E: 16  F: 32  ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to  hide multiple drive letters, sum up the values. For example, to hide drives E: and F:, change the value to 48.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Click OK and exit regedit. You'll have to restart the PCs in order for the changes to take effect. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This [Microsoft support article][1] contains further details, if you want to create a .reg file or a .vbs script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;931626" />
  <row Id="13667" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7703" RevisionGUID="edf0c79d-7c0c-4b0d-8f53-88d7e87ee45a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T09:38:35.727" UserId="1463" Text="Apart from the security issues mentioned I guess as it enables a few new instructions, some new parts of the actual cpu is being activated which could actually be or have become broken and cause some malfunctions, local heat issues or whatnot - destabilizing some applications perhaps? Just a speculation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should be true of all features you can enable I guess - if you don't need it, turn it off to reduce the risk of unspecified problems ^^" />
  <row Id="13668" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7702" RevisionGUID="e3d23711-9cd5-497d-80d5-594a66618652" CreationDate="2009-05-13T09:40:51.323" UserId="45" Comment="added 157 characters in body" Text="I didn't try this myself, but this seems to be the solution. You have to make some registry changes. So, **be careful!** - make a backup before you start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open the Registry Editor (regedit.exe) and navigate to&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     HKEY__CURRENT__USER &gt; Software&gt; Microsoft &gt; &#xD;&#xA;                 Windows &gt; CurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right-click the `Servers` key and select New DWORD value and name it &quot;NoDrives.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit the DWORD value:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using the list below, type a number that corresponds to the drive you want&#xD;&#xA;to hide in the value data text box:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     A: 1  B: 2  C: 4  D: 8  E: 16  F: 32  ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to  hide multiple drive letters, sum up the values. For example, to hide drives E: and F:, change the value to 48.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Click OK and exit regedit. You'll have to restart the PCs in order for the changes to take effect. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can find the documentation of the `NoDrives` setting in the [TechNet documentation][1]. This [Microsoft support article][2] contains further details, if you want to create a .reg file or a .vbs script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc938267.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;931626" />
  <row Id="13669" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7704" RevisionGUID="a3d7391a-5fbd-4b48-9919-8e8a47d6ec98" CreationDate="2009-05-13T09:51:42.727" UserId="356" Text="We find that properly configured DNS/Realtime Black List ([DNSBL][1]/RBL) works wonders, part of the  **Intelligent Message Filter** in Exchange 2003. We use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* SpamHaus SBL+XBL+PBL: http://www.spamhaus.org/&#xD;&#xA;* SORBS Dynamic IP Address Block List: http://www.sorbs.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [this article][2] for how to configure it in Exchange 2003.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNSBL&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.petri.co.il/block_spam_with_exchange_2003.htm" />
  <row Id="13670" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7705" RevisionGUID="fd989a51-e79a-4d6c-ba46-0c79c3fe01f8" CreationDate="2009-05-13T09:52:04.083" UserId="1463" Text="I'd say, do not standardize on drive letters for linking to files. Use UNC paths instead and get rid of the problem once and for all - especially if you're already going to go through the hassle of changing stuff for the users, some re-education won't be so much more a trouble ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An arbitrary drive letter that may or may not be mapped is simply not a good idea in my humble opinion - it can fail for so many various reasons like disconnected networks, reconnected through vpn and whatnot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`\\fileserver\shared\dailyreport.xlsx` however is very clear and stable... and if you can, set up a dfs namespace or something to be even more futureproof so linking becomes `\\mydomain.com\shared\dailyreport.xlsx` and won't fail even if you switch out the file server naming scheme." />
  <row Id="13671" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7706" RevisionGUID="b6e9fd68-9e5a-4880-bce1-25f33376ad68" CreationDate="2009-05-13T09:59:25.113" UserId="2528" Text="~5 years ago I was working as a system administrator at our university and our workstations that ran an outdated version of suse (it wasn't my fault!) had been hacked with the ssh exploit that was also used in matrix btw.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As result our boss removed the route to the gateway to &quot;shield&quot; our workstations, because they couldn't connect to the outside world. There was only one server that was in both networks and was used as login server from the outside..." />
  <row Id="13672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7707" RevisionGUID="0851865a-6e02-43fd-ab70-38b4bbbae19f" CreationDate="2009-05-13T10:02:24.737" UserId="1463" Text="It could be a network problem, the clients may have trouble resolving names (netbios and dns) or simply trouble accessing network resources and hence anything that accesses files for instance may appear to freeze waiting for various timeouts to end.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simple things like having roaming user profiles on a file server with some folder redirection and a &quot;faulty&quot; network with a malfunctioning or misconfigured switch may cause delays and user interface response issues for several minutes in Windows if it's part of a domain. Since Explorer.exe is mentioned as a frequent casualty it's not too far-fetched I guess.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does it happen or gets resolved if you unplug the client from any network connections (so those connections actually gets closed on the client)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does it happen if you log on as a local user instead so no user-level group policies gets applied?" />
  <row Id="13673" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7708" RevisionGUID="77c44e0f-5f0d-449b-bf2e-78297c27fd40" CreationDate="2009-05-13T10:11:29.573" UserId="1815" Text="What are main steps doing forensic analysis of linux box after it was hacked?" />
  <row Id="13674" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7708" RevisionGUID="77c44e0f-5f0d-449b-bf2e-78297c27fd40" CreationDate="2009-05-13T10:11:29.573" UserId="1815" Text="What are main steps doing forensic analysis of linux box after it was hacked?" />
  <row Id="13675" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7708" RevisionGUID="77c44e0f-5f0d-449b-bf2e-78297c27fd40" CreationDate="2009-05-13T10:11:29.573" UserId="1815" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;compromise&gt;&lt;hacking&gt;&lt;forensic-analysis&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="13676" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7709" RevisionGUID="2037b55e-f1f2-406c-809b-419cda0829f1" CreationDate="2009-05-13T10:16:45.867" UserId="2405" Text="That totally depends on what was hacked, but in general,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check the timestamps of files that were modified inappropriately, and cross-reference those times with succesful ssh (in /var/log/auth*) and ftp (in /var/log/vsftp* if you're using vsftp as server) to find out which account was compromised and from which IP the attack came.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can probably find out if the account was brute-forced if there were a lot of unsuccessful login attempts on the same account. If there were no or only a few failed login attempts for that account, then probably the password was discovered in some other ways and the owner of that account needs a lecture on password safety.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the root account was compromised, of course you're in big trouble. Of course you should change all passwords anyway.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7710" RevisionGUID="e3ab3241-8cd2-482a-a2e3-be8bedfbdd51" CreationDate="2009-05-13T10:18:54.210" UserId="1815" Text="Maybe tcpkill would help? More here: http://www.cyberciti.biz/howto/question/linux/kill-tcp-connection-using-linux-netstat.php" />
  <row Id="13678" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7711" RevisionGUID="0bcbd09f-551e-4240-97a7-1c224fb29084" CreationDate="2009-05-13T10:20:58.840" UserId="2515" Text="Couple of years ago I've created a user with a name consisted of two symbols. I haven't thought though that well experienced hacker that this account is was for could use his login as a password. Of course that machine was hacked in a week and when I asked the guy, what he was thinking, he told me that he wasn't aware that someone can check every possible short user name on the server and he knew for sure no one could get the list of users so he thought he was safe enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hackers installed some kind of back door and probably used this machine to send spam. Luckily it wasn't such an important server so we just reinstalled OS on it." />
  <row Id="13679" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7709" RevisionGUID="a772514d-6122-4a4d-9a38-59e86df4be70" CreationDate="2009-05-13T10:22:15.140" UserId="2405" Comment="added 66 characters in body" Text="That totally depends on what was hacked, but in general,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check the timestamps of files that were modified inappropriately, and cross-reference those times with succesful ssh (in /var/log/auth*) and ftp (in /var/log/vsftp* if you're using vsftp as server) to find out which account was compromised and from which IP the attack came.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can probably find out if the account was brute-forced if there were a lot of unsuccessful login attempts on the same account. If there were no or only a few failed login attempts for that account, then probably the password was discovered in some other ways and the owner of that account needs a lecture on password safety.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the IP is from somewhere nearby it could be an &quot;inside job&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the root account was compromised, of course you're in big trouble. Of course you should change all passwords anyway.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13680" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7708" RevisionGUID="ac6353f2-3f49-4e22-807e-ea58cffc672c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T10:22:52.737" UserId="1815" Comment="added some explanations" Text="What are main steps doing forensic analysis of linux box after it was hacked?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lets say it is a generic linux server mail/web/database/ftp/ssh/samba. And it started sending spam, scanning other systems.. How to start searching for ways hack was done and who is responsible?" />
  <row Id="13681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7712" RevisionGUID="2bc65ad6-a117-417e-95a0-ae7a60ec646e" CreationDate="2009-05-13T10:23:45.480" UserId="243" Text="How can I connect to IMAP (for example imap.gmail.com) in Outlook from behind a HTTP proxy (no authentication needed) ?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13682" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7712" RevisionGUID="2bc65ad6-a117-417e-95a0-ae7a60ec646e" CreationDate="2009-05-13T10:23:45.480" UserId="243" Text="Outlook imap proxy" />
  <row Id="13683" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7712" RevisionGUID="2bc65ad6-a117-417e-95a0-ae7a60ec646e" CreationDate="2009-05-13T10:23:45.480" UserId="243" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;imap&gt;&lt;gmail&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;" />
  <row Id="13684" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7713" RevisionGUID="47f0c075-b5bd-4f33-b895-5e904f599c84" CreationDate="2009-05-13T10:28:03.460" UserId="45" Text="IMAP is a different protocol and uses different ports than HTTP. The standard ports for IMAP are 143 and 993 for secure IMAP." />
  <row Id="13685" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7697" RevisionGUID="77a771ed-4c1a-46d7-b516-a1799f3b3bdb" CreationDate="2009-05-13T10:37:34.663" UserId="45" Comment="added 2 characters in body; edited title" Text="Anyone know how to setup RBL in Plesk?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've Plesk 8.3 with a Centos 5 installed on a VPS. The Plesk panel setup only few option but no RBL. I already have Plesk configured with Spamassasin over Qmail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="13686" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="7697" RevisionGUID="77a771ed-4c1a-46d7-b516-a1799f3b3bdb" CreationDate="2009-05-13T10:37:34.663" UserId="45" Comment="added 2 characters in body; edited title" Text="How can I setup RBL on Plesk?" />
  <row Id="13687" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7713" RevisionGUID="acb631d0-cafa-42c2-b728-d30460818116" CreationDate="2009-05-13T10:41:57.730" UserId="45" Comment="added 102 characters in body" Text="IMAP is a different protocol and uses different ports than HTTP. The standard ports for IMAP are 143 and 993 for secure IMAP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have problems connecting, I suspect that your firewall/router is blocking the IMAP port(s)." />
  <row Id="13688" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7714" RevisionGUID="11bd9834-9e8f-48c1-b17a-1bc8bf4fa709" CreationDate="2009-05-13T10:50:18.933" UserId="352" Text="You may want to take a look at [AppArmor][1].&#xD;&#xA;It's somewhat similar to the windows idea of limiting idividual applications rather than setting system wide firewall rules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AppArmor can limit things like file accesses as well as network access. I'm not sure if it's still actively developped though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppArmor" />
  <row Id="13689" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7714" RevisionGUID="11bd9834-9e8f-48c1-b17a-1bc8bf4fa709" CreationDate="2009-05-13T10:50:18.933" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7715" RevisionGUID="12c9199c-0998-4c10-a030-8b16b5a1ec1b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T10:52:32.407" UserId="1605" Text="mod_rewrite statements can be hard to write and debug, therefore I need a lightweight online tool that enables me to test my `RewriteCond`, `RewriteRule` statements on the fly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any such tool?" />
  <row Id="13691" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7715" RevisionGUID="12c9199c-0998-4c10-a030-8b16b5a1ec1b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T10:52:32.407" UserId="1605" Text="Online mod_rewrite testing tool" />
  <row Id="13692" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7715" RevisionGUID="12c9199c-0998-4c10-a030-8b16b5a1ec1b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T10:52:32.407" UserId="1605" Text="&lt;mod-rewrite&gt;" />
  <row Id="13693" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7716" RevisionGUID="bea36cd5-f243-4ce2-baec-ef4cb7c5d7ca" CreationDate="2009-05-13T11:02:24.920" UserId="301" Text="Here are my recommendations (your millage may vary)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Use hardware RAID. This goes contrary to my recommendations to use software RAID in other posts, however this is a specific situation where you want the hardware RAID card. Specifically you want the battery backed NVRAM on the RAID card to reduce the time to takes the fsync the log file to disk.&#xD;&#xA;* Use ONLY RAID 1 or RAID 10 volumes. The cost of RAID5 or 6 writes is too high to tolerate in a mixed read/write workload.&#xD;&#xA;* Use separate LUNs for the data, log and tmp volumes. These should all be separate from the OS and swap volumes.&#xD;&#xA;* Use InnoDB. &#xD;&#xA;* Use innodb\_file\_per\_table&#xD;&#xA;* Use a 64bit OS&#xD;&#xA;* Set your InnoDB buffer pool to ~ 80% of your available ram&#xD;&#xA;* Set your log files to 1/4 of your buffer pool size, you between 2 to 4 log files. Larger log files mean slower shutdown and recovery times, but allow you to restore large db dumps faster.&#xD;&#xA;* log\_slow\_queries, log-queries-not-using-indexes, set-variable = long\_query\_time=1, investigate every query in that log, refactor your schema to avoid table scans and tmp tables whenever possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13694" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7716" RevisionGUID="bea36cd5-f243-4ce2-baec-ef4cb7c5d7ca" CreationDate="2009-05-13T11:02:24.920" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13695" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7717" RevisionGUID="956ca582-9b75-47d4-8e29-d9d1f29efb6d" CreationDate="2009-05-13T11:03:28.787" UserId="1787" Text="I haven't seen any such tool on-line. What you can do is to just set up development Apache and use [**`RewriteLog`**][1], and set [**`RewriteLogLevel`**][2] high (above 3).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html#RewriteLog&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html#RewriteLogLevel" />
  <row Id="13696" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7715" RevisionGUID="e960ee9e-5d2d-4bee-bc6e-3aeb7a0d12e5" CreationDate="2009-05-13T11:03:47.053" UserId="1787" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;mod-rewrite&gt;&lt;debugging&gt;" />
  <row Id="13697" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="489" RevisionGUID="f8f0d5ae-f090-402c-8434-d5a15b5b7b3f" CreationDate="2009-05-13T11:06:00.450" UserId="429" Comment="added 32 characters in body" Text="I got these from [crazeegeekchick.com][1] some time ago and I really love them. &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;   1.  [TrueCrypt][2] – encrypt your thumb drive to protect your information&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   2. [ToDoList][3] – A tak management tool that allows you to repeatedly sub-divide your tasks into more manageable pieces &#xD;&#xA;whilst still presenting a clean and intuitive user experience. (Windows Only)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   3. [Portable Firefox][4] – Leaves no personal information behind on the machine - you can take along your browser/extensions/bookmarks anywhere&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   4. [Pidgin Portable][5] – All-in-one instant messaging (supports AIM, ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo, G-Chat, etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   5. [WS FTP32][6] – ftp client&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   6. [FileZilla][7] – yet another ftp client&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   7. [Notepad2][8] – a fast light-weight advanced text editor with syntax highlighting&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   8. [Notepad++][9] - this is one of my favorite text editors – now made portable&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   9. [Color Cop][10] – this is one of my favorite freeware apps – includes an eyedropper you can drag over any window to grab the color value. It then offers a palette of 42 complimentary colors to the one you've picked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  10. [Ifranview][11] – a light little graphics viewer/editor that packs a big punch. You can use it to work with screen captures, create slideshows and more&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  11. [GIMP][12] – the popular open source image editor packaged as a portable app – very robust&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  12. [7-Zip Portable][13] – handles zip, gzip, tar, rar etc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  13. [Allway Sync][14] – syncs files between your thumb drive and PC&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  14. [Unknown Devices][15] – helps you find out what the unknown devices in the device manager are&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  15. [TestDisk][16] – data recovery software that can recover lost partitions or make drives bootable again&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  16. [UTorrent][17] – my preferred bit torrent client – I love having this with me wherever I go&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  17. [Roeder's .NET Reflector][18] – recently purchased by Red Gate, this still-free app can be used to explore .NET assemblies, understand relationships between classes and methods, find where types are instantiated and exposed or check that code has been correctly obfuscated before release. There are also over 30 add-ins available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  18. [Process Explorer][19] – formerly Filemon and Regmon, this is an invaluable sleuthing tool&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  19. [TightVNC][20] – based on the popular VNC remote control software, this version can live on a thumb drive&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  20. [WinMerge][21] – compares differences between files and merges changes. It has the same features as the desktop version&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  21. [Text2Html][22] – a text to HTML converter – converts text files into HTML format&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  22. [Portable Apps Suite][23] – this is the mac-daddy of them all – it includes Firefox, Thunderbird(email), Sunbird(calendar),ClamWin (antivirus), Pidgin(see above), Sumatra PDF Readable, KeePass Password Safe, OpenOffice, CoolPlayer (audio Player) and even a couple of games&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  23. [Restoration][24] – Recover accidentally deleted files – even after they were deleted from the recycle bin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  24. [Infra Recorder Portable][25] – cd and dvd burning&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  25. [RockXP][26] – allows you to recover windows passwords or keys, change keys, display system password, and more – sneaky!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://crazeegeekchick.com/blog/25-must-have-thumb-drive-apps-for-geeks/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.truecrypt.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/applications/todolist2.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/pidgin_portable&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.chicopee.com/pbbs/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/filezilla_portable&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://portableapps.com/apps/development/notepadpp_portable&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://colorcop.net/features/&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://www.irfanview.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_pictures/gimp_portable&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/7-zip_portable&#xD;&#xA;  [14]: http://allwaysync.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [15]: http://www.halfdone.com/Development/UnknownDevices/&#xD;&#xA;  [16]: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download&#xD;&#xA;  [17]: http://www.utorrent.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [18]: http://www.red-gate.com/products/reflector/index.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [19]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [20]: http://www.tightvnc.com/download.html&#xD;&#xA;  [21]: http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/winmerge_portable&#xD;&#xA;  [22]: http://www.cybermatrix.com/text2html.html&#xD;&#xA;  [23]: http://portableapps.com/suite&#xD;&#xA;  [24]: http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/Restoration/restoration.html&#xD;&#xA;  [25]: http://infrarecorder.sourceforge.net/?page_id=5&#xD;&#xA;  [26]: http://www.rockxp.org/" />
  <row Id="13698" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7709" RevisionGUID="7ee70aa7-350a-41dc-aa7c-db28005cf802" CreationDate="2009-05-13T11:08:43.503" UserId="2405" Comment="added 75 characters in body" Text="That totally depends on what was hacked, but in general,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check the timestamps of files that were modified inappropriately, and cross-reference those times with succesful ssh (in /var/log/auth*) and ftp (in /var/log/vsftp* if you're using vsftp as server) to find out which account was compromised and from which IP the attack came.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can probably find out if the account was brute-forced if there were a lot of unsuccessful login attempts on the same account. If there were no or only a few failed login attempts for that account, then probably the password was discovered in some other ways and the owner of that account needs a lecture on password safety.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the IP is from somewhere nearby it could be an &quot;inside job&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the root account was compromised, of course you're in big trouble, and I would, if possible, reformat and rebuild the box from the ground up. Of course you should change all passwords anyway.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13699" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7718" RevisionGUID="65872337-547b-45be-b2c1-74f6a40127d7" CreationDate="2009-05-13T11:13:38.910" UserId="2405" Text="If you just want to improve you security knowledge, there is a linux distribution called [Damn Vulnerable Linux][1] It is used as a teaching aid in university security classes and include many security vulnerabilities on purpose.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just install that on a spare computer, much more ethical and you can learn just as much.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=dvl" />
  <row Id="13700" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7719" RevisionGUID="7aa8c1df-9f31-4257-9675-fe4a57f0db6a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T11:15:08.627" UserId="301" Text="&gt; *FIN_WAIT1*&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; The application on local machine has&#xD;&#xA;&gt; closed the connection. Indication of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this has been sent to the remote&#xD;&#xA;&gt; machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You application has closed its side of the connection, the socket is now waiting for the remote side to confirm that close. If you have a problem with a lot of those sockets being held in *FIN_WAIT1* then you should follow Manni's advice above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7720" RevisionGUID="05d061e3-dc8b-4425-bf51-dcdd4772aa08" CreationDate="2009-05-13T11:17:50.853" UserId="2331" Text="If you created the certificate yourself, then you must have the Certification Authority installed on your server. You need to obtain the root certificate from your certification authority, and install _that_ into the Trusted Root Certification Authorites store - not the certificate that it issued to the RDP server." />
  <row Id="13702" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7721" RevisionGUID="e3e49971-9438-49ea-876b-6be1487124f3" CreationDate="2009-05-13T11:02:52.390" Text="&lt;p&gt;When I try to install the office 2003 SP 1 (or 2 or 3) on a Virtual PC (2007) instance (using XP as OS) I get the message that it cannot get installed because Office 2003 is not installed. But of course I have installed Office 2003!! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought this was a Virtual PC 2007 related problem but I got the exact same behavior when I used VM Server i.e. a totally different virtualization product. So it must have something to do with the SP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then I thought that I could solve it by installing office 2003 on the host of the virtual instance (as well) to &quot;trick&quot; the Office 2003 SP 1 installer. But of course that did not work either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I solve this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Kallis&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="13706" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7723" RevisionGUID="f6039a0a-5e93-4622-a3cf-a1afc551e96c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T11:40:13.797" UserId="2256" Text="Turns out that there was an issue with the SSL certificate. I resolved the issue by deleting the relevant certificates on both the ISA server and SBS server. I created a new certificate on my SBS Server and then exported the certificate (with it's private key) to the ISA server. I changed the OWA Listener to make use of the new certificate and voila!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for pointing me in the right direction " />
  <row Id="13707" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7724" RevisionGUID="46442ca6-b973-408c-97b1-95151fcaf119" CreationDate="2009-05-13T11:44:49.607" UserId="22" Text="How does your company make sure all coworkers have access to their required credentials for client applications, company systems and third party applications?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**For example:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Administrative credentials for a already deployed web application&#xD;&#xA; - Credentials for a third party website / application, such as a SSL provider&#xD;&#xA; - Credentials for inhouse applications" />
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  <row Id="13709" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7724" RevisionGUID="46442ca6-b973-408c-97b1-95151fcaf119" CreationDate="2009-05-13T11:44:49.607" UserId="22" Text="&lt;credential&gt;&lt;storage&gt;" />
  <row Id="13710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7725" RevisionGUID="961b4d30-8acb-4e5b-a0ed-f77bc7cc619a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T11:48:13.727" UserId="1361" Text="It looks (from the technical information available on their site) to be an asterisk based appliance already (just looking at the features and how the system is put together)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;so I guess the quick answer would be no, you probably can't download asterisk and install it on the appliance, but you can download it and install it on a normal server and probably make use of the phones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A quick way to test would be grab a [trixbox iso][1], which will give you an easy to install asterisk server to play with. you can then see if the phones can be registered as regular SIP phones and go from there...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.trixbox.org/downloads" />
  <row Id="13711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7726" RevisionGUID="4117f673-1f84-4caa-8624-0e9ba376998f" CreationDate="2009-05-13T11:52:50.180" UserId="1281" Text="I've used &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.passmark.com/products/keytest.htm&quot;&gt;PassMark KeyboardTest&lt;/a&gt; before and it was just what I needed. It shows what keys are being pressed on the keyboard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not exactly free, but there's a free 30-day trial download available. Of course, if you only need it once you can probably get away with the evaluation version." />
  <row Id="13712" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7727" RevisionGUID="452fe976-c41b-4c65-a93d-b9eca5672732" CreationDate="2009-05-13T11:54:45.117" UserId="1787" Text="Googling around, I've [found this solution][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; You actually need to increase the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; amount of SysV Semaphores on your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; system.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; I use (in /etc/sysctl.conf): &lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `kernel.sem = 512 32000 100 512` &lt;br/&gt; (set&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the options in this file by running&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sysctl -p).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW. `mod_python` is a bit obsolete, since introduction of WSGI. Most modern applications can be run using [`mod_wsgi`][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.modpython.org/pipermail/mod_python/2005-April/017857.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/" />
  <row Id="13713" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7724" RevisionGUID="6c46eace-05f0-4783-86f4-dded324d2741" CreationDate="2009-05-13T11:59:02.693" UserId="22" Comment="added 9 characters in body" Text="How does your company make sure all required employees have access to their (shared) credentials for client applications, company systems and third party applications?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**For example:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Administrative credentials for a already deployed web application&#xD;&#xA; - Credentials for a third party website / application, such as a SSL provider&#xD;&#xA; - Credentials for inhouse applications" />
  <row Id="13714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7728" RevisionGUID="b61527b2-27d8-4a87-9346-4e507ce035da" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:00:41.063" UserId="2359" Text="Running a software RAID seems kind of like asking a airline pilot to fly the plane and serve drinks and peanuts to all the passengers at the same time :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my opinion it's always better to use hardware that's dedicated to a specific task, thus I would choose the PERC RAID controller over the software RAID, regardless of the OS you are running." />
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  <row Id="13716" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7702" RevisionGUID="e1029c5c-a304-4bcf-aba7-744a4f40a55c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:13:28.443" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 3 characters in body" Text="Follow the instructions below, this should be the solution. You have to make some registry changes. So, **be careful!** Make a backup before you start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open the Registry Editor (regedit.exe) and navigate to&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     HKEY__CURRENT__USER &gt; Software&gt; Microsoft &gt; &#xD;&#xA;                 Windows &gt; CurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right-click the `Servers` key and select New DWORD value and name it &quot;NoDrives.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit the DWORD value:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using the list below, type a number that corresponds to the drive you want&#xD;&#xA;to hide in the value data text box:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     A: 1  B: 2  C: 4  D: 8  E: 16  F: 32  ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to  hide multiple drive letters, sum up the values. For example, to hide drives E: and F:, change the value to 48.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Click OK and exit regedit. You'll have to restart the PCs in order for the changes to take effect. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can find the documentation of the `NoDrives` setting in the [TechNet documentation][1]. This [Microsoft support article][2] contains further details, if you want to create a .reg file or a .vbs script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc938267.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;931626" />
  <row Id="13720" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7730" RevisionGUID="be7944d1-d4d1-494c-8412-ee49521c8dfc" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:17:46.147" UserId="1409" Text="Although it might be more time/money than you're looking for, the hardcore solution is to use BGP.  With BGP peering, you apply for and receive your own IP address range.  This IP range then applies only to you, and has nothing to do with your ISP.  Both your ISPs can then direct traffic to you at the same time, because they both know about your IP range.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Gateway_Protocol&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="13722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7731" RevisionGUID="c65f0a7c-6d43-4bad-a2e7-832b42645df1" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:24:00.460" UserId="2535" Text="I need to be able to restrict the amount of bandwidth used by SMTP port 25. Basically, we have a routine in our server software that will send out bulk faxes, not much data per fax but a lot of different faxes to send. This is done over SMTP to a fax relay. However, when a particularly large amount goes through, we notice a decrease in the performance on the server and the internet connection in general. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anybody know of any software that would allow me to set up restrictions on this process?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
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  <row Id="13724" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7731" RevisionGUID="c65f0a7c-6d43-4bad-a2e7-832b42645df1" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:24:00.460" UserId="2535" Text="&lt;smtp&gt;&lt;bandwidth&gt;" />
  <row Id="13725" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7732" RevisionGUID="7c30f0cd-722f-4bf0-b437-540595936770" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:27:23.177" UserId="1435" Text="Never use software RAID if your core/CPU 0 or 1 is even vaguely busy as it will add a lot of load to those cores. If you can always use hardware RAID, UNLESS you have one of those not-very-good semi-hardware/semi-software-based cards that are worse than having nothing. I partricularly like the HP/Compaq SmartArray cards, they're rock-solid, fast and I'm pretty sure they'll work in your Dell but you might have to route the cables in an odd way due to chassis difference." />
  <row Id="13726" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7732" RevisionGUID="7c30f0cd-722f-4bf0-b437-540595936770" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:27:23.177" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7733" RevisionGUID="772281f7-464a-4afb-ba8b-840663454b69" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:29:38.160" UserId="1847" Text="The short answer is that it's probably safe to delete, but unless it's using up lots of space or otherwise posing a direct problem you shouldn't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The long answer is that any c:\drivers folder created is proprietary (it is not a folder defined by Microsoft or any other convention) - something (a driver, a Lenovo disk image, etc) has created this folder, and there are no guarantees about whether it is just a temporary folder, or if it is actually being used. I came across a number of sound card drivers in the W2k era that created that folder instead of installing to Program Files - deleting the folder would nuke the drivers and force you start in safe mode to repair the damage." />
  <row Id="13729" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7721" RevisionGUID="d1da235d-814f-4c8f-ad7c-ab45a9ddc6ee" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:36:17.187" UserId="588" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;virtualpc&gt;&lt;ms-office&gt;&lt;virtual-machine&gt;" />
  <row Id="13730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7734" RevisionGUID="e35534af-12ba-4f6b-a0f4-ee35375e9c07" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:36:41.427" UserId="1222" Text="Not an issue related to virtualization. It's a messed up machine config for some reason or another, try to reproduce with a clean VM would be the first step in isolating the cause." />
  <row Id="13731" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7734" RevisionGUID="e35534af-12ba-4f6b-a0f4-ee35375e9c07" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:36:41.427" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13732" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7735" RevisionGUID="be068083-9bda-4069-add5-01ca59524059" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:37:00.180" UserId="1757" Text="**Is there a way to create something similar to an IPIP or GRE tunnel only over UDP or TCP?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a GRE tunnel between two servers and I noticed that sometimes it starts to drop packets. At the same time if I ping between servers over the internet I have no problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe this is a traffic shaping problem form my provider (It does not take into account the GRE protocol. I have also tried an IPIP tunnel with the same result.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13733" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7735" RevisionGUID="be068083-9bda-4069-add5-01ca59524059" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:37:00.180" UserId="1757" Text="Tunnel over UPD or TCP" />
  <row Id="13734" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7735" RevisionGUID="be068083-9bda-4069-add5-01ca59524059" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:37:00.180" UserId="1757" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;tcpip&gt;&lt;tunneling&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="13735" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7736" RevisionGUID="d91e8980-bee3-452e-b1e0-ab19247a2769" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:42:27.820" UserId="216" Text="I'm not sure what's causing your particular problem, but you should note that in general it's better for tunnels to use an _unreliable_ transport stream (i.e. UDP) than a reliable one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason for this is that if you do happen to get packet loss the _tunnelled_ TCP layer should be the one managing the retransmission, and not the real transport layer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If both layers have got retransmission built into them they can start to get in a retransmission war which ultimately kills throughput.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, don't forget that any tunneling protocol will reduce the effective MTU (and consequently the TCP MSS).  If the MTU and MSS aren't adjusted appropriately you'll see excessive fragmentation and/or dropped packets.&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="13736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7737" RevisionGUID="eac1b50f-34a5-4567-a780-871123b43393" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:42:50.923" UserId="1834" Text="What does the following shell script mean?&#xD;&#xA;This is ksh and npfile is also a variable that contains a file name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    fileName=${npFile##/*/}" />
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  <row Id="13743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7740" RevisionGUID="d13ae00d-9a1c-4b75-81a4-04f960a1c2c2" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:50:41.003" UserId="2273" Text="How large are the files being backed up?  I know that there use to be a limitation of 2GB file sizes, and I haven't heard that it's been resolved.  I ended up going to NFS for backing up windows machines to a Linux box (via Unix Services for Windows to mount the NFS volume).  I don't know if that's pertinent to your situation or not, but I thought I'd throw it out there." />
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  <row Id="13745" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7741" RevisionGUID="3e313029-5142-4fd2-9dc9-7cde7864f3ac" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:52:34.023" UserId="2223" Text="How to write a dos batch script to create a folder structure?" />
  <row Id="13746" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7741" RevisionGUID="3e313029-5142-4fd2-9dc9-7cde7864f3ac" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:52:34.023" UserId="2223" Text="&lt;dos&gt;&lt;batch-file&gt;&lt;create&gt;&lt;folders&gt;" />
  <row Id="13747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7742" RevisionGUID="030a2425-1edb-4ab3-9758-5127cd84a020" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:52:41.527" UserId="2176" Text="This caused flame war in my Mac Users group, but the recent advisory that Apple released and then pulled suggesting using Anti-virus products. My take is that it's worth being safe rather than sorry, what's the general feeling on serverfault? &#xD;&#xA;And if yes what do you recommend?" />
  <row Id="13748" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7742" RevisionGUID="030a2425-1edb-4ab3-9758-5127cd84a020" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:52:41.527" UserId="2176" Text="Do my macs need anti-virus/ malware products? " />
  <row Id="13749" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7742" RevisionGUID="030a2425-1edb-4ab3-9758-5127cd84a020" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:52:41.527" UserId="2176" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;malware&gt;" />
  <row Id="13750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7743" RevisionGUID="e99525db-994c-4d1e-b92b-5f4b8cfa06a1" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:54:28.947" UserId="533" Text="It strips the base off of the path to the file.  In variable expansion, ## means &quot;take the thing to my right, treat it as a pattern, and delete the longest match of it in the variable to my left.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In this case the pattern is /*/, so the longest match of that in a variable which included a path and filename would be the path.  Deleting it would leave only the filename.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It appears to be a variable-expansion-only way of writing this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    filename=`basename $npFile`" />
  <row Id="13752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7744" RevisionGUID="fee8904e-40f6-425c-981d-278fecf7cfc6" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:55:15.420" UserId="2101" Text="I have had good success using [ZoIPer][1] (formerly idefisk) under both Linux and Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One major advantage of that client is that it supports both IAX and SIP. The free version supports two line registration profiles and they have paid versions as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://www.zoiper.com" />
  <row Id="13753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7745" RevisionGUID="fea63e39-24b0-4f8f-927d-1884b09cde70" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:55:22.720" UserId="2253" Text="When you access the repository with Apache, the user Apache runs as must have write permission. So, the [simplest solution][1] is to give the repository to this user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is how it looks on my Debian machine where Apache runs as ` www-data`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    % ls -ald /home/Subversion-Repository &#xD;&#xA;    drwxr-xr-x 7 www-data www-data 4096 Nov 14 10:02 /home/Subversion-Repository&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is only a problem if you want the same repository to be accessible via Apache/DAV and via another mean. But this practice is [discouraged][2]. I quote:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Fortunately, most repository administrators will never need to have such a complex configuration. Users who wish to access repositories that live on the same machine are not limited to using file:// access URLs—they can typically contact the Apache HTTP server or svnserve using localhost for the server name in their http:// or svn:// URL. And maintaining multiple server processes for your Subversion repositories is likely to be more of a headache than necessary. We recommend that you choose a single server that best meets your needs and stick with it!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.serverconfig.choosing.html#svn.serverconfig.choosing.apache&#xD;&#xA;[2]: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.serverconfig.multimethod.html" />
  <row Id="13754" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7746" RevisionGUID="6a5d7161-826b-4c7e-8ca9-15d0ed032bd2" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:56:08.257" UserId="1865" Text="Permit me to paraphrase your question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Is it ethical to break into someone's house, just to prove that it can be done, even if you don't steal anything?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;@Marc Gravell's point about retaining a lawyer is well made..." />
  <row Id="13755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7747" RevisionGUID="96fcf782-0bbc-449a-983e-32f75dbdd467" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:56:18.037" UserId="1466" Text="That trims &quot;/*/&quot; (everything from the first slash to the last slash) from the beginning of the string.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So if npFile=&quot;/path/to/file&quot; - fineName would become &quot;file&quot;" />
  <row Id="13756" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7748" RevisionGUID="f18958c6-0c94-4ec0-b0de-9e2f54d08b5d" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:58:28.750" UserId="1435" Text="Erm...is this a trick question, it looks kinda straightforward? if not then perhaps try the following in a batchfile somewhere in your path;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;md _Documentation&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;md _ProjectManagement&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;md Releases&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;md Source&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;md Source\Trunk&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;md Source\Trunk\Library&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;md Source\Trunk\Projects&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;md Source\Trunk\Tests&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best of luck." />
  <row Id="13757" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7749" RevisionGUID="10cf1d46-9417-4eea-9645-52fd0351e489" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:59:26.610" UserId="75" Text="I'm after a list of the largest files on a windows box, i.e. Not just in one folder, but anywhere on the disk. Is there any easy way of getting this?" />
  <row Id="13758" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7749" RevisionGUID="10cf1d46-9417-4eea-9645-52fd0351e489" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:59:26.610" UserId="75" Text="Listing the largest files on disk in Windows" />
  <row Id="13759" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7749" RevisionGUID="10cf1d46-9417-4eea-9645-52fd0351e489" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:59:26.610" UserId="75" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;" />
  <row Id="13760" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7750" RevisionGUID="ab6b5a81-0c17-462d-b405-b967e1f64776" CreationDate="2009-05-13T12:59:50.227" UserId="1466" Text="One solution would be to set up an intermediate smtp server that only accepts 1 connection at a time, which then forwards into your main smtp relay.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13761" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="7735" RevisionGUID="6df2c0c4-595f-4be5-b9f4-cae87730e79d" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:00:28.290" UserId="1757" Comment="fixed title" Text="Tunnel over UDP or TCP" />
  <row Id="13762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7751" RevisionGUID="2c8848a5-108b-45a1-95b8-b5f9eea27aa9" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:00:50.287" UserId="1031" Text="Viruses are harder to get on macs, but that doesn't mean they can't get them.  It really depends on how you use your computer.  If you are smart and don't open links which you don't know where they come from, and visit sites which you shouldn't, and don't download things like warez, you'll probably be ok.  That being said, it's always easy to make a mistake.  It wouldn't hurt to run it, and it's always better to be safe than sorry. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7752" RevisionGUID="472f27bd-9ed0-46e8-9298-241eb25cf253" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:02:01.813" UserId="1409" Text="Using Exchange 2003, Outlook 2003.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The user’s mailbox is stored on the server, and everything appears to be working fine.  The inbox and all sub folders are accessible.  The problem presents itself when the user’s mailbox is exported to a PST.  Outlook gives the message ‘Operation failed’.  Loading exmerge on the exchange server, a PST file is created, but exmerge and outlook tell me the PST is corrupt.  ScanPST also reports the PST from exmerge is corrupt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I’m thinking about manually creating a PST in Outlook, and then manually copying the contents into the PST.  Before I do, does anyone know of a way to scan a Mailbox to find and remove the corrupted items which I assume is the issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Background: &#xD;&#xA;1.	I’d prefer not to do any low level eseutils commands on the store.&#xD;&#xA;2.	This is part of a DR scenario, which is why I’m trying export the data to a PST file.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13764" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7752" RevisionGUID="472f27bd-9ed0-46e8-9298-241eb25cf253" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:02:01.813" UserId="1409" Text="Exchange 2003 Corrupt Inbox" />
  <row Id="13765" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7752" RevisionGUID="472f27bd-9ed0-46e8-9298-241eb25cf253" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:02:01.813" UserId="1409" Text="&lt;exchange-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="13766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7753" RevisionGUID="447598af-19c3-4513-99c3-7928191151b2" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:03:19.330" UserId="2116" Text="Actually, the apple products are less affected by virus/spyware but that only because the market is much more smaller than the PC market.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;People say that MAC is much more secure than Windows. I'm not agree with this. MAC also have is flaws, that's only because hacker/virus creator (and the other) aren't interest to it because, as I said, the market is much smaller and they want to hit big, so they target PC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, it doesn't mean you don't need an AntiVirus or any other protection. YOU SHOULD have it, because there a tendency for more virus for mac as the mac market slowly grow." />
  <row Id="13767" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7754" RevisionGUID="8c36789f-22db-41ca-951e-a8ff0cc5c3b0" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:03:25.960" UserId="1801" Text="You have to check all the logs of running applications. For example, Apache logs may tell you how a hacker could execute arbitrary commands on your system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also check if you have running processes that scan servers or send spam. If it is the case, the Unix user they are running from can tell you how your box was hacked. If it's www-data then you know it's Apache, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be aware that sometimes some programs like `ps` are replaced..." />
  <row Id="13768" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7755" RevisionGUID="37e662e3-b3fa-44aa-be9b-82ad256afd94" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:03:41.963" UserId="2341" Text="Thanks!  I also since found the registry key where these server registrations are stored:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\SQLEW\Registered Servers X&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13769" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7756" RevisionGUID="0073c0f5-703f-473f-902d-c6cb2bbf704c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:04:33.740" UserId="1466" Text="If you share files with windows users at all, **I'm sure they would appreciate** you doing your part to sanitize any files you give them first.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thinking only about whether or not **you** and **your machine** will be affected could lead to you becoming a **carrier**, unknowingly bringing malware into your office network - especially if it is a laptop (or a machine that is used both inside and outside the network.)" />
  <row Id="13770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7757" RevisionGUID="e99ac3c0-6fce-4606-bdc9-5b508e803559" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:06:40.880" UserId="1202" Text="If you are doing this regularly, you might look at tools like [TreeSize Pro][1] or [SizeExplorer][2] (although the latter seems to nob be as recent)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.softpedia.com/developer/JAM-Software-12977.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sizeexplorer.com/ss.htm" />
  <row Id="13771" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7758" RevisionGUID="89f46a16-7160-4ca1-99af-bf17db3bb619" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:06:46.137" UserId="1847" Text="If it's a corporate environment, then yes you should be using anti-virus - it's a general liability and butt covering thing (if you operate a mixed network it's also prudent - no point in having your Mac users forwarding macro virus laden emails and the like to your Windows/Linux users)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's your home machine, then you might look at exactly the same question from the PC side:&#xD;&#xA;[Do you use an anti-virus application on your home computer?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general Macs are not heavily targeted, and much like a PC, common sense is one of the best anti-virus products available. The *vast, vast majority* of PC and Mac &quot;viruses&quot; are not clever hacks or attacks on operating system vulnerabilities, they are social engineering tricks. As a Mac user the single most common &quot;virus&quot; you will encounter is a &quot;pirated&quot; copy of Office/Photoshop/etc that is only 3MB in size and is asking for your admin password to install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1622/do-you-use-an-anti-virus-application-on-your-home-computer" />
  <row Id="13772" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7759" RevisionGUID="e6d7a149-2883-4cbf-8d0d-f4a16c968063" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:06:50.443" UserId="2116" Text="Do a windows search on you windows drive with &quot;*&quot; joker that mean all file, and specify a minimum size let's say of 40mb, than you'll have every file on you system drive that are larger than 40mb.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this help." />
  <row Id="13773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7760" RevisionGUID="5809241b-ee02-4080-9785-439b19e6925e" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:06:56.260" UserId="523" Text="Check out this app: [WinDirStat][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will show you graphically as well as a hierarchy/tree map. This software is free and open source (GPL) and works really well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://windirstat.info" />
  <row Id="13774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7761" RevisionGUID="9a6fdb26-6189-447e-b5d6-f42d0a6c15a5" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:07:07.663" UserId="2101" Text="Since you have control of the firewall...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to log packets that get dropped, configure logging rules. Something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp -m limit --limit 3/min -m tcp --tcp-flags FIN,SYN,RST,ACK SYN -j LOG --log-prefix &quot;eth0-DROP-DEFLT &quot; --log-tcp-options --log-ip-options &#xD;&#xA;    -A INPUT -i eth0 -p icmp -m limit --limit 3/min -j LOG --log-prefix &quot;eth0-DROP-DEFLT &quot; --log-tcp-options --log-ip-options &#xD;&#xA;    -A INPUT -i eth0 -p udp -m limit --limit 3/min -j LOG --log-prefix &quot;eth0-DROP-DEFLT &quot; --log-tcp-options --log-ip-options &#xD;&#xA;    -A INPUT -i eth0 -m limit --limit 3/min -m state --state INVALID -j LOG --log-prefix &quot;eth0-DROP-DEFLT-INV &quot; --log-tcp-options --log-ip-options &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will probably work for you. Modify as appropriate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(after writing this I realized... your firewall may not be Linux. Hope it is! :) )" />
  <row Id="13775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7762" RevisionGUID="f2d573a5-f620-4a37-a62f-7a4f8ce5de59" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:07:24.560" UserId="1887" Text="Maybe this can help you:  &#xD;&#xA;[http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/coding-dotnet/firehose-mode-in-sql-12150][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/coding-dotnet/firehose-mode-in-sql-12150" />
  <row Id="13776" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7763" RevisionGUID="d28ff2ee-c77a-44aa-ba68-9307bc5a5a71" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:07:44.153" UserId="45" Text="This is related to editing data in large tables using Enterprise Manager. The so called Firehose mode indicates that Enterprise Manager has not fetched all rows. When you right-click a table, and then click &quot;Return all rows,&quot; a firehose cursor is opened and only the rows that have been processed are displayed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See also this [Microsoft Support article][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;286199" />
  <row Id="13777" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7764" RevisionGUID="ab4eeca5-9556-42e7-8444-323731e66345" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:08:35.990" UserId="48" Text="There are a number of tools you can use to repair an individual mailbox, expecially if you can connect to the account with outlook and access the mailbox from there. [This article][1] documents a number of ways to do so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can connect with outlook you can always try exporting to a PST from inside outlook, and only exporting certain folders to try and locate the corrupt mail. It may be that its in the deleted item folder and can be ignored.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Troubleshooting_and_repairing_mailboxes_and_databases.html" />
  <row Id="13778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7765" RevisionGUID="85a54c10-7e07-41ab-b7e8-367f704d5148" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:11:02.943" UserId="45" Text="Is the PST larger than 2 GB? It is the limit using Exmerge, I'm afraid." />
  <row Id="13779" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7766" RevisionGUID="88ae2606-ff8d-4441-ad9a-d691580590c3" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:15:04.507" UserId="1466" Text="**Here are some things to try before rebooting:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First of all, if you think you might be compromised **unplug your network cable** so the machine can't do further damage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, if possible **refrain from rebooting**, as many traces of an intruder can be removed by re-booting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you thought ahead, and had **remote logging** in place, use your remote logs, not the ones on the machine, as it's all to easy for someone to tamper with the logs on the machine.  But if you don't have remote logs, examine the local ones thoroughly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check **dmesg**, as this will be replaced upon reboot as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In linux it is possible to have running programs - even after the running file has been deleted.  I forget exactly how to check for these, but will edit this later with details. (these disappear on reboot, of course)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have **known good copies** of who/ps/ls/netstat, use these tools to examine what is going on on the box.  Note that if a **rootkit** has been installed, these utilities are usually replaced with copies that won't give accurate information." />
  <row Id="13780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7767" RevisionGUID="65664cd6-b5d9-480f-a421-bf1f80c6ee75" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:16:59.557" UserId="1865" Text="I've been using Intego VirusBarrier X5 for about a year and in that time I've seen it catch something it didn't like on one occasion. So even though viruses on Macs are a rare occurrence, they do happen. Also points above (@David, @Brent) about multi-platform environments are well made. The Intego product also traps common Windows threats. I can heartily recommend it..." />
  <row Id="13781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7768" RevisionGUID="e861ecde-bb5b-401b-a946-175c40b7a3b9" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:17:01.037" UserId="1995" Text="Install [PowerShell][1].  Then run this: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; dir c:\ -recurse -erroraction&#xD;&#xA;&gt; silentlycontinue | sort length&#xD;&#xA;&gt; -descending | select -first 20&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That'll give you back the 20 largest files on C:.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/powershell/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="13782" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7765" RevisionGUID="2c91bdee-8d51-4f38-b906-c2e0d4baf6d1" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:17:17.153" UserId="45" Comment="edited body" Text="Is the PST larger than 2 GB? It is the limit using Exmerge, I'm afraid. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There a two things you could do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- export the mailbox to a .pst file by using Outlook instead of the ExMerge tool&#xD;&#xA;- use ExMerge to export individual folders or groups of folders from the mailbox into individual smaller .pst files instead of exporting the whole mailbox to a single large .pst file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;916085" />
  <row Id="13783" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7254" RevisionGUID="8d842860-6e50-4154-80b1-2c20d654b1b2" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:21:13.180" UserId="301" Comment="spelling" Text="The OS X finder uses a very large range of webdav features, including the only example of chunked PUTs. The only server i've found that works well is [Apache mod_dav][1]. We use it heavily against Leopard and Maven. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assid from lighttpd there is also a webdav module for nginx, but it doesn't work at all for properties, and can't do chunked PUTs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Apple have also released their calender server][2], which uses CalDAV extentions, so it should work against the finder. I haven't used that product, so can't vouch for it as a general webdav server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When looking for compatible options you should check out the following projects&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [litmus webdav compliance suite][3] which will need to pass for the OS X finder to work against it.&#xD;&#xA;* [Prestan webdav benchmark][4] is also a useful, but not a throughout test.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_dav.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://trac.calendarserver.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.webdav.org/neon/litmus/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://freshmeat.net/projects/prestan/" />
  <row Id="13785" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7769" RevisionGUID="d8432cb4-5a6a-461f-8515-9f86751900b7" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:23:22.813" UserId="2012" Text="Currently we use the following conventions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For system Alerts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- alert.xxx&#xD;&#xA;- alert.yyy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For inter department communcations&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- team.tech&#xD;&#xA;- team.delivery&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have the generics that are exposed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- netops&#xD;&#xA;- accounting&#xD;&#xA;- abuse&#xD;&#xA;- security&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For service accounts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- svc_sql_cluster&#xD;&#xA;- svc_ops_mgr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For locations or offices&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- CompanyHQ&#xD;&#xA;- CompanySFO&#xD;&#xA;- CompanyRemoties&#xD;&#xA;- CompanyDallas&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13786" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7770" RevisionGUID="92231af6-6bfe-4fa1-8374-797ac6b42d96" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:25:02.887" UserId="2502" Text="At small companies I've worked for we've usual created an encrypted file containing shared accounts with the program [Password Safe][1]. [Password Safe][1] will give you some added benefits like automatically clearing the password from the user's clipboard and relocking itself after a period of time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, at larger organizations that have to comply with various security standards (PCI, GLBA, HIPAA, etc.) shared credentials are one of the things the auditors will get fairly uppity about.  You're better off setting your applications up to authenticate against LDAP or RADIUS.  Having 1 shared login for administrative access can lead to an internal threat doing something stupid before quiting or other nefarious uses.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="13787" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7771" RevisionGUID="b85817d7-f099-40c6-b7b8-1cde81132ac7" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:29:04.937" UserId="2514" Text="The long term solution is to use ACLS to allow the www user write access to the directory tree and all future directories created in the tree.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try this URL to get started. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/09/22/FreeBSD_Basics.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Brian" />
  <row Id="13788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7772" RevisionGUID="417e5f1b-554d-4400-b7f2-adf691d14e87" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:31:55.647" UserId="1969" Text="From a disk space perspective, you could move these files anywhere.  But I would keep them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As everyone else has noted, they are simply some subset of the OS drivers to the various bits of hardware in your machine (printer, video, sound card, keyboard, mouse, power).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They are extremely useful when you need to rebuild your machine.  Although you can usually find them on the internet, it takes time slogging through the various vendor websites to do so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One last thing, I usually organize this directory in a way that makes sense to me.  The hardware vendors choose some pretty random structures.  I then move the whole structure to a place on the disk where it gets backed up with all my other documents.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7773" RevisionGUID="53b13e9d-8db8-4c14-af2f-5e33935d7a49" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:35:53.360" UserId="2494" Text="AV software isn't without it's performance costs as well as it's monetary costs. You have to balance the likelyhood of infection (or worse, you infecting someone else) against the performance hit that you'll take by running it. You might, for instance, decide to run AV software on a regular scan, but not run an 'on-the-fly' scanner that intercepts every file open.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are networked with a lot of other computers or regularly send/receive files from other users, you REALLY should have something (at the least, you don't want to accidentally be a vector for a windows virus). If you don't connect to other computers, and don't do much file transfer, you can probably afford to be more lax. " />
  <row Id="13790" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7774" RevisionGUID="cad9347b-0ed7-4bf5-80ac-26ad8950cbef" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:36:12.267" UserId="1865" Text="Another significant space hog is \Service Pack Files, which contains a combined i386\ folder from any Service Packs installed on the machine. It's handy to have around in case of a rebuild (for the same reason as the \drivers folder you mention, see @cagcowboy, @Rydell), but if you're really stuck for space you can get rid of it without any immediate problems. If possible I'd go along with @cagcowboy's advice about archiving to a CD first..." />
  <row Id="13791" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7775" RevisionGUID="3246e42c-1823-4d34-81c5-6e8511f6c1ca" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:36:19.067" UserId="2291" Text="Dell is a common computer to create a c:\drivers directory.  It always come from the factory like that.  If you reload a computer and use the dell drivers disk and extract the drivers, it creates this folder and extracts them there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the past when I needed to free up space on a computer that was a good directory to get rid of.  However, make sure you have the Dell driver disk, OR copy that folder and all contents to another computer, thumb drive, or burn to a CD/DVD so you have the drivers later." />
  <row Id="13792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7776" RevisionGUID="40460015-00dc-4fc2-9d67-df7129692a4c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:38:52.043" UserId="151" Text="I use LogParser on my IIS Log to get a graph of accesses per hour:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SELECT date,QUANTIZE(time,3600),COUNT(*) FROM ex*.log WHERE cs-uri-stem&#xD;&#xA;    LIKE '%SomePage.aspx' GROUP BY date,QUANTIZE(time,3600)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem: If there is no access to SomePage.aspx during an hour, that row is simply missing from the output. I just wonder, can I tell LogParser to insert a row for each hour, even if COUNT(*) is 0?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13793" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7776" RevisionGUID="40460015-00dc-4fc2-9d67-df7129692a4c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:38:52.043" UserId="151" Text="LogParser and Quantize: Add 0 for empty values" />
  <row Id="13794" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7776" RevisionGUID="40460015-00dc-4fc2-9d67-df7129692a4c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:38:52.043" UserId="151" Text="&lt;logparser&gt;&lt;iis&gt;" />
  <row Id="13795" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7777" RevisionGUID="ca1995b2-b035-48e6-a75f-c1ed7addbc61" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:39:02.993" UserId="1803" Text="I agree that it sounds like a ram/hdd issue, but I'd head to the event logs first, to see if an error there narrows things down very quickly." />
  <row Id="13796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7778" RevisionGUID="7d9853bf-f9c4-45cb-8ceb-e5c2a7284a97" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:10:03.383" Text="&lt;p&gt;My must list include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is able to serve &lt;em&gt;static&lt;/em&gt; HTML-pages and files (images, compressed archives, ASCII text files etc) over HTTP.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Resource conservative&lt;/strong&gt;. It uses what's needed to send data over the network in form of memory and CPU, and not much more. It's probably a quite small install.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It uses as much network bandwith as is necessary.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's &lt;strong&gt;mature&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Easy&lt;/strong&gt; to configure.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Compiled into native code, nothing in Python or Java etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I don't need:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Complex configuration options. If I need such later on I'll switch to Apache httpd.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Support for running CGI, Perl, PHP, Java, Server Side Includes or other &quot;extras&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13797" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7778" RevisionGUID="7d9853bf-f9c4-45cb-8ceb-e5c2a7284a97" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:10:03.383" Text="Name a lightning fast, low on features and secure web server for Linux to serve static content" />
  <row Id="13798" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7778" RevisionGUID="7d9853bf-f9c4-45cb-8ceb-e5c2a7284a97" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:10:03.383" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;web-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="13799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7779" RevisionGUID="95fe0b18-248b-4a96-8752-db5fe991712b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:12:18.090" Text="&lt;p&gt;nginx&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://nginx.net&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://nginx.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://wiki.nginx.org/Main&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://wiki.nginx.org/Main&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's hot, fast, small. A few % on netcraft survey.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7780" RevisionGUID="3ab84424-bf63-4bc0-947e-9c98656eb47e" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:12:48.137" Text="&lt;p&gt;You might want to have a look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lighttpd.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.lighttpd.net/&lt;/a&gt;. Am not sure if its an overkill for your requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13801" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7781" RevisionGUID="ccb44cea-434a-4841-b068-0a3bff9fe561" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:14:28.057" Text="&lt;p&gt;Lighttpd comes to mind:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lighttpd.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.lighttpd.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the doc, configuring a static server takes about 5 minutes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/wiki/TutorialConfiguration&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/wiki/TutorialConfiguration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7782" RevisionGUID="b619ae67-1ed0-4e3c-bc64-fee7b922caf7" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:14:49.193" Text="&lt;p&gt;There are lots but I personally like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cherokee-project.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Cherokee&lt;/a&gt;. It's relatively new but also very simple to configure with a built-in web-gui.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7783" RevisionGUID="33fa2144-e891-4d56-9017-86dc32b3b5d4" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:18:27.300" Text="&lt;p&gt;Several commenters have mentioned &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lighttpd.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;lighttpd&lt;/a&gt;.  Another option is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;thttpd&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13804" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7784" RevisionGUID="553d7ed0-4f8f-4b39-97e6-375a4f969240" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:22:06.983" Text="&lt;p&gt;or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fenrus.demon.nl/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;kHTTPd&lt;/a&gt; - the server built into the linux kernel ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7785" RevisionGUID="034e637e-517a-4e9f-a651-feb9695bfb9d" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:39:59.293" Text="&lt;p&gt;Fast, secure, efficient, low features: &lt;a href=&quot;http://cr.yp.to/publicfile.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;publicfile&lt;/a&gt; by Dan Bernstein.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13806" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7786" RevisionGUID="c5927309-5b15-4df3-9d25-caf7c1ae25e4" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:42:02.377" UserId="2291" Text="Is this in a domain environment?  Why not use a login script to designate which driver letter to use and where to point it?" />
  <row Id="13807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7787" RevisionGUID="e0e0974f-47a0-48cf-97a8-a36fe8334cb4" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:54:51.597" UserId="2376" Text="Which protocol should I use and why?" />
  <row Id="13808" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7787" RevisionGUID="e0e0974f-47a0-48cf-97a8-a36fe8334cb4" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:54:51.597" UserId="2376" Text="WEP or WPA what should I use for my WiFi networks connection" />
  <row Id="13809" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7787" RevisionGUID="e0e0974f-47a0-48cf-97a8-a36fe8334cb4" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:54:51.597" UserId="2376" Text="&lt;wep&gt;&lt;wpa&gt;&lt;wifi&gt;" />
  <row Id="13810" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7788" RevisionGUID="bc052f84-1829-4577-bde2-b8a06a4859de" CreationDate="2009-05-13T13:59:10.340" UserId="1232" Text="WEP if you want to get hacked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WPA if you don't.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13811" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7789" RevisionGUID="a6838dc5-cc10-46e3-a1cd-8634abc6c182" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:01:41.177" UserId="1054" Text="When I fire up powershell it takes ~10-15 seconds to init and give me a prompt.  Anyone know what it's doing when you first fire it up that might contribute to that?  This is XP Pro, 2 GB of memory, only Outlook and Firefox running interactively, fairly straight-up." />
  <row Id="13812" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7789" RevisionGUID="a6838dc5-cc10-46e3-a1cd-8634abc6c182" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:01:41.177" UserId="1054" Text="Why does Powershell take so long to init?" />
  <row Id="13813" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7789" RevisionGUID="a6838dc5-cc10-46e3-a1cd-8634abc6c182" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:01:41.177" UserId="1054" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;" />
  <row Id="13814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7790" RevisionGUID="b8a55131-d26d-4274-a61b-83dfa4cf8b52" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:01:47.633" UserId="2539" Text="I'd like to set up parental controls for a non-admin Vista user but still allow them to perform installations without requiring an admin password. How can I do this?" />
  <row Id="13815" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7790" RevisionGUID="b8a55131-d26d-4274-a61b-83dfa4cf8b52" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:01:47.633" UserId="2539" Text="Enforcing Vista parental controls while allowing some admin rights" />
  <row Id="13816" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7790" RevisionGUID="b8a55131-d26d-4274-a61b-83dfa4cf8b52" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:01:47.633" UserId="2539" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;parental-controls&gt;" />
  <row Id="13817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7791" RevisionGUID="b9fa744f-1f1f-4f08-b7c6-55481e41d8a5" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:07:04.597" UserId="2540" Text="At this point there is no good reason to use WEP outside lessons on hacking.  WPA is easier to use, safer, and standard on all clients that you'll encounter." />
  <row Id="13818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7792" RevisionGUID="1222fbf1-967f-4f85-9844-d5905835b1fa" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:08:51.313" UserId="45" Text="Do you have a flaky/missing internet connection? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could depend on Windows Security trying to contact certificate authority to the get the certificate revoke list. If there is no internet connection, you'll have to wait for the timeout.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7793" RevisionGUID="316c8564-d6f3-4f90-a17d-83f78267884e" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:10:55.037" UserId="1823" Text="It depends on the devices you want to connect to your computer and the standards that they support. If even one of the devices you need uses WEP, you'll need to either set up your router for WEP (and pray that no one preys on you) or buy a new device with the same functionality that supports WPA (which I personally recommend, if you can afford it)." />
  <row Id="13820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7794" RevisionGUID="deebf836-a2e9-43ca-9bad-ab6222ffeab7" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:11:31.557" UserId="1447" Text="There is a commercial web server called [Zeus][1] that is quite widely used in content industries characterised by high-volume static content.  IIRC it is based on async. I/O, which is very efficient on CPU.  It might do what you want, but it is not free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.zeus.com/products/zws/index.html" />
  <row Id="13821" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7794" RevisionGUID="deebf836-a2e9-43ca-9bad-ab6222ffeab7" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:11:31.557" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7795" RevisionGUID="ae488d71-afeb-47c0-a8c2-dd7d97637800" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:12:02.213" UserId="2541" Text="use WPA2 or WPA &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here][1] is furthere reading on this &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are a few reasons why use WPA over WEP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[WPA vs WEP][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.home-wlan.com/WEP-vs-WPA.html" />
  <row Id="13823" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7718" RevisionGUID="71b722c9-be4c-4d7c-831e-ce1725d7d957" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:12:52.037" UserId="2405" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="If you just want to improve you security knowledge, there is a linux distribution called [Damn Vulnerable Linux][1]. It is used as a teaching aid in university security classes and includes many security vulnerabilities on purpose.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just install that on a spare computer, much more ethical and you can learn just as much.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=dvl" />
  <row Id="13824" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7564" RevisionGUID="e1f2d088-e742-484f-9d3d-49f7e147c563" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:13:26.030" UserId="2294" Comment="added 7 characters in body; edited title" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone written a script to restore multiple files/directories at once using rdiff-backup on windows?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Single files work fine--&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13825" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="7564" RevisionGUID="e1f2d088-e742-484f-9d3d-49f7e147c563" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:13:26.030" UserId="2294" Comment="added 7 characters in body; edited title" Text="Restore multiple files with rdiff-backup" />
  <row Id="13826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7796" RevisionGUID="e2bb0ef4-6e25-4736-aa1f-5f2091c208ac" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:18:33.913" UserId="1995" Text="The Powershell team has a [fix for this on their blog][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2008/09/02/speeding-up-powershell-startup-updating-update-gac-ps1.aspx" />
  <row Id="13827" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7792" RevisionGUID="5e8a419b-63e6-40ce-9ad4-fdff74f11e0f" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:20:02.957" UserId="45" Comment="added 157 characters in body" Text="Do you have a flaky/missing internet connection? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could depend on Windows Security trying to contact certificate authority to the get the certificate revoke list. If there is no internet connection, you'll have to wait for the timeout.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could try to debug this using Sysinternal's(/Microsoft's) Process Explorer. Maybe you can see which resources are accessed by the process." />
  <row Id="13828" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7797" RevisionGUID="052f6991-4362-4071-8be1-1af6099030db" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:20:38.820" UserId="1440" Text="How long does it take to immediately start up another instance?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If much quicker, then you are seeing the time it takes to load .NET, PSH and Snapins. If not, then likely to be profile related (either PSH profile or something like contacting AD&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; I've see this with PSCX's AD provider when working remotely." />
  <row Id="13829" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7648" RevisionGUID="72588fc8-8e17-486d-83cb-6bf99bd8f285" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:24:59.653" UserId="2514" Comment="edited body" Text="I'm running into a problem with the Redmine Bitnami stack intaller on Windows Server 2003. Setting up my project, I'm trying to add a remote subversion repo to the project, but it's erroring out. A little googling led me to some discussions on the Redmine site that leads me to believe the issue is caused by the fact that the repo I'm accessing is SSL enabled and the cert needs to be accepted before I can connect. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the solutions are geared toward Unix/Linux though (i.e. simply su to the redmine user, run svn command line tool and accept the cert.) but I can't do that because I'm running Windows. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I store the SVN cert for the SYSTEM user on Windows?" />
  <row Id="13830" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7798" RevisionGUID="3922a986-d1d8-4e58-b717-a5a77ddcbddc" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:25:45.253" UserId="1194" Text="How do I enable remote connections on an SQL Server 2008 installation? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have created a rule in the windows firewall to allow traffic through port 1433, but that does not seem to be enough." />
  <row Id="13831" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7798" RevisionGUID="3922a986-d1d8-4e58-b717-a5a77ddcbddc" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:25:45.253" UserId="1194" Text="How to enable remote connections for SQL Server 2008?" />
  <row Id="13832" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7798" RevisionGUID="3922a986-d1d8-4e58-b717-a5a77ddcbddc" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:25:45.253" UserId="1194" Text="&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="13833" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7799" RevisionGUID="a556c0bd-43fe-44f0-ac80-0b864302d77b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:27:57.727" UserId="1440" Text="PowerShell (extending answer [7768](#7768)) across multiple drives:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;c&quot;,&quot;e&quot;,&quot;f&quot; | dir -path {$_} | sort -desc Length | select -first 20 | ft FullName" />
  <row Id="13834" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7800" RevisionGUID="352c1b56-5753-426e-b498-9c0594d32475" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:28:54.963" UserId="991" Text="Install [Sequoia View](http://w3.win.tue.nl/nl/onderzoek/onderzoek_informatica/visualization/sequoiaview//)  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will visually show you your large files and large directories.  It makes finding where all your space disappeared very easy.     &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Free and &lt; 1 Mb in size.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Sequoia View Screenshot][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://w3.win.tue.nl/typo3temp/pics/736444cb4d.jpg" />
  <row Id="13835" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7801" RevisionGUID="7d02be56-bd97-46fc-a1cf-890046469fc2" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:29:46.460" UserId="626" Text="Sql Server Configuration Managaer &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Sql Server Network Configuration&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Protocols for MSSQLServer &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    - Enable TCP/IP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13836" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7802" RevisionGUID="936634be-dc93-46a8-a8a4-c351f135d8fc" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:29:54.463" UserId="371" Text="My understanding of wireless security protocol strength, starting with most secure:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - WPA2-AES&#xD;&#xA; - WPA2-TKIP&#xD;&#xA; - WPA&#xD;&#xA; - WEP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Search for WEP cracking and you'll find plenty of tutorials on cracking it in 10 minutes on common PCs.  WPA is significantly more difficult to crack, but each version has its weak points.  WPA2-AES is considered top of the line last I heard and supported by pretty much all modern routers and OS's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See these [Security Now!][1] past episodes for in-depth explanations:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Episode 170, The TKIP Hack&#xD;&#xA; - Episode 89, Even More Badly Broken WEP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm" />
  <row Id="13837" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7801" RevisionGUID="2305ab7d-abb6-4e22-9ecb-e272500d0239" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:36:16.867" UserId="626" Comment="- " Text="Sql Server Configuration Managaer &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Sql Server Network Configuration&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Protocols for MSSQLServer &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    - Enable TCP/IP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also in SQL server Mgmt Studio on the server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Right click the server&#xD;&#xA; - Properties&#xD;&#xA; - Connections&#xD;&#xA; - Make sure &quot;Allow remote connections to this server&quot; is checked&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13838" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7803" RevisionGUID="812daa01-bc44-401f-8ada-e16c3abd4755" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:40:09.917" UserId="385" Text="It has been shown time and time again it's not ethical. And if you discover a flaw, then they'll likely nail you to the wall if they don't mind the publicity. When you do any sort of security testing, make sure you have permission in writing from someone with the authority to give it. Why?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [Randal L. Schwartz][1]. He fought the conviction for 12 years and finally had his record expunged. He was doing something most sysadmins at the time wouldn't have thought twice about. But convicted he was.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_L._Schwartz" />
  <row Id="13839" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7804" RevisionGUID="06e3f72d-062c-4948-9033-2e39f61b6480" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:41:08.133" UserId="385" Text="If it's a named instance, you'll also want to set the TCP/IP port to a static value and enable that in the firewall. Otherwise it's a dynamic port, meaning it could change over time." />
  <row Id="13840" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7805" RevisionGUID="5bb226f6-dcbd-4327-bb55-29d773ba88f5" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:45:02.497" UserId="2291" Text="We are using HP laptops, and on the HP laptops there is a software suite called HP Protect Tools.  Part of this package of tools is &quot;drive encryption&quot;  Since we are dealing with confidential information we enable drive encryption.  Takes about 2hrs to encrypt the drive and then it requires you to enter a password at first boot up to get past the drive encryption.  Then proceeds to the Windows Login screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our issue is once we encrypt the drive if we ever go back and try to re-image the laptop, it appears to image fine, but when reboot we immediately error out and cannot boot up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We then have to rebuild from scratch.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried to uncheck the drive encryption enabled box, but it uncheck's and that is it.  I don't think it actually un-encrypts the drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have tried to boot to win xp dvd and start the install to get to the point of deleting the partition and creating a new one.  However that doesn't work either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are out of thoughts at this point.  We want to be able to re-image the laptops when needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pleaze!  Any suggestions out there?" />
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  <row Id="13843" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7769" RevisionGUID="955a2d39-ccc1-42ce-8678-df7974afbc5c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:46:36.300" UserId="2012" Comment="added 55 characters in body" Text="Currently we use the following conventions.  They sort very nice in the GAL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For system Alerts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- alert.xxx&#xD;&#xA;- alert.yyy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For inter department communications&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- team.tech&#xD;&#xA;- team.delivery&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have the generics that are exposed to the outside world&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- netops&#xD;&#xA;- accounting&#xD;&#xA;- abuse&#xD;&#xA;- security&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For service accounts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- svc_sql_cluster&#xD;&#xA;- svc_ops_mgr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For locations or offices&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- CompanyHQ&#xD;&#xA;- CompanySFO&#xD;&#xA;- CompanyRemoties&#xD;&#xA;- CompanyDallas&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13844" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7806" RevisionGUID="6cb7775e-b6ad-4a7b-9536-b87b252b5694" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:47:18.823" UserId="1736" Text="Calling upon my advanced knowledge of what the question &quot;is it ethical to do X?&quot; means &lt;sup&gt;(1)&lt;/sup&gt;, the answer is &quot;no&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;sup&gt;(1)&lt;/sup&gt; It means &quot;should we do X?&quot;&lt;/sub&gt;" />
  <row Id="13845" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7807" RevisionGUID="bb05e4e3-66f0-452f-b780-154016e4c4e8" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:52:35.460" UserId="2543" Text="I've recently found the [Terminator][1] terminal emulator for Gnome. I really like this &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a [Terminator][2] written in Java.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For windows it is lightyears ahead of the installed rxvt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I have found that it suffers the same limitations as iConsole, namely with keybindings. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone suggestions for Terminal emulators on the Mac?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tenshu.net/terminator/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://software.jessies.org/terminator/" />
  <row Id="13846" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7807" RevisionGUID="bb05e4e3-66f0-452f-b780-154016e4c4e8" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:52:35.460" UserId="2543" Text="Suggestions for Terminal Emulators on Linux, Windows and Mac" />
  <row Id="13847" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7807" RevisionGUID="bb05e4e3-66f0-452f-b780-154016e4c4e8" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:52:35.460" UserId="2543" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;terminal&gt;&lt;emulator&gt;&lt;cross-platform&gt;" />
  <row Id="13848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7808" RevisionGUID="9a0e45e2-f8bb-44d5-b69f-39b1a8a06717" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:56:32.130" UserId="1454" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to install MySQL on Windows XP using the .msi installer. When the server has been installed, an instance configuration wizard starts which enables one to configure options. Once I've stepped through all the options, I get to this screens which hangs indefinitely:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![MySQL install][1]&#xD;&#xA;The only options I really need to configure are&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Innodb is default storage engine&#xD;&#xA; - UTF8 is default character encoding&#xD;&#xA; - Install as windows service&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If someone could indicate how to perform the tasks above manually, then I guess I could use the .zip version of the windows installer instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;Don&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/2505/mysql.png" />
  <row Id="13849" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7808" RevisionGUID="9a0e45e2-f8bb-44d5-b69f-39b1a8a06717" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:56:32.130" UserId="1454" Text="installing mysql on window" />
  <row Id="13850" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7808" RevisionGUID="9a0e45e2-f8bb-44d5-b69f-39b1a8a06717" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:56:32.130" UserId="1454" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="13851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7809" RevisionGUID="950b9981-d87b-4192-b4f4-d1fd9d1824d0" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:57:29.427" UserId="1797" Text="I want to add an AD security group to my MS SQL 2005, which will contain the personal allowed to fully manage all aspects of the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have created the group (DOMAIN\SQL Admins) and added it to the **Security -&gt; Logins** list, on the server. Yet, a user, member of that group, can't connected. It gets:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**`Error number 18456, Severity 14, State 1`**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have granted everything available on the Logins list. I have added the domain group to the local Administrators group on the server. No dice. If I add the user to the Logins list specifically (DOMAIN\user), it works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could anyone shed some light? I will update the questions if more information is needed." />
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  <row Id="13854" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7731" RevisionGUID="ace2b041-b484-432a-97d0-bc8bd6877318" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:59:40.983" UserId="2535" Comment="added 262 characters in body" Text="I need to be able to restrict the amount of bandwidth used by SMTP port 25. Basically, we have a routine in our server software that will send out bulk faxes, not much data per fax but a lot of different faxes to send. This is done over SMTP to a fax relay. However, when a particularly large amount goes through, we notice a decrease in the performance on the server and the internet connection in general. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anybody know of any software that would allow me to set up restrictions on this process?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SMTP server is VPOP3 running locally on Windows Server 2000. The OS on the live servers are Windows Server 2000 and Windows Server 2008. The relay is external (interfax.net). We want to restrict everybody sending faxes. Other emails can be restricted also.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13855" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7810" RevisionGUID="713943c1-6323-40a1-85d3-dbad4fd99cb4" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:00:31.420" UserId="1054" Text=" - Make sure they're not in another role that specifically denies access to something.&#xD;&#xA; - Make sure their account is not locked&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&#xD;&#xA;Yeah, scratch those.  Just noticed it works if adding them to logins.  What version of AD are you using?  It could be the [evil Kerberos Ticket Size][1] problem...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/surama/archive/2009/04/06/kerberos-authentication-problem-with-active-directory.aspx" />
  <row Id="13856" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7811" RevisionGUID="50858fa3-d8ad-490b-992e-5bef6d341f9c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:04:54.343" UserId="48" Text="This can all be done manually, however you may find its one of these that is cause setup to hang, particually installing as a service, check you have nothing else running on port 3306, or whatever other port you set MYSQL to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, to do it manuaylly:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To install MYSQL as a service on Windows run the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server x.x\bin\mysqld&quot; --install&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To set the default storage engine to innoDB, change the storage_engine line in your my.cnf file to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     storage_engine=InnoDB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To set the charector set to UTF-8 you need to change the following options in your my.cnf file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    character-set-server=utf8&#xD;&#xA;    default-collation=utf8_unicode_ci" />
  <row Id="13857" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7812" RevisionGUID="6b3f61da-0c35-440f-ad80-79e622f536d6" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:05:22.487" Text="My favorite is Disk Scanner by Steffen Gerlach:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.steffengerlach.de/freeware/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Standalone freeware, 157K.  Takes a little time to build the report, but the circular graphic is very intuitive and informative." />
  <row Id="13858" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7813" RevisionGUID="297fd883-d612-405f-9fd4-463c9b954fd4" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:05:49.910" UserId="2494" Text="I'm currently working with an embedded system that uses Postgresql for data storage. We currently have a problem where the boxes will sometimes get rebooted with no warning, and no proper shutdown. This obviously leaves us with database problems in some cases (invalid page header in certain high-traffic tables is the most common symptom).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I want to know is, what's the easiest way to clear the errors? I'm obviously going to lose data, but since the errors usually occur in tables that have ephemeral data in them, I don't really care, I just want to get the system back into operation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right now our procedure is to drop and re-create any afflicted tables. Is there anything else that we could do that would be faster? As I said, I'm OK with losing any data on the affected page, I just want the thing up and running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Platform is Ubuntu 7.04, Postgresql 8.2 (We can't force an upgrade onto the customer right now). Filesystem is ext3, on a 2 gig CF card.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously, fixing the unexpected reboots is my top priority, but progress on that is slow (it's hard to reproduce in the lab). In the meantime, I'm hoping for a simpler solution that will let our field people deal more quickly with the issues that do arise." />
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  <row Id="13861" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="7808" RevisionGUID="d0e9ec07-f3ab-4d68-88ab-c2d29a276547" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:06:20.253" UserId="45" Comment="edited title" Text="Installing MySQL on Windows" />
  <row Id="13862" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7814" RevisionGUID="95671916-4950-4ee2-9445-5c2d77f0b931" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:06:38.927" UserId="942" Text="You can also install a firewall/proxy that does traffic shaping if you don't have one already. [IPCop][1] comes to mind, although it doesn't have very fine-grained control over [traffic shaping][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.ipcop.org/&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://www.ipcop.org/1.4.0/en/admin/html/services.html#services_shaping" />
  <row Id="13863" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7810" RevisionGUID="2e4f8b48-5117-4bbf-9056-b0190cf5b132" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:07:33.900" UserId="1054" Comment="added 297 characters in body" Text=" - Make sure they're not in another role that specifically denies access to something.&#xD;&#xA; - Make sure their account is not locked&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&#xD;&#xA;Yeah, scratch those.  Just noticed it works if adding them to logins.  What version of AD are you using?  It could be the [evil Kerberos Ticket Size][1] problem...  [Here's more][2] on AD limits which talks about the Kerberos ticket size.  Basically being a member of many groups whacks Kerberos authentication.  As a test remove the user from a group (few groups) and see if the SQL auth works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/surama/archive/2009/04/06/kerberos-authentication-problem-with-active-directory.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc756101.aspx" />
  <row Id="13864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7815" RevisionGUID="6d666c40-4fae-410d-accf-71f7230a0a13" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:09:03.960" UserId="385" Text="Is the SQL Server and the user group in the same domain? If not, is that security group a domain local group?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13865" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7816" RevisionGUID="a182c67f-c804-4f0d-a7a8-577a729b5ce7" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:09:59.760" UserId="1349" Text="We've got a workstation with four monitors that is shared by multiple users. Depending on the user, the screen resolution of all four monitors needs to be changed. I'm looking for a way to simplify/automate the process of changing the resolutions, possibily with a script of some sort? Can this be done?" />
  <row Id="13866" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7816" RevisionGUID="a182c67f-c804-4f0d-a7a8-577a729b5ce7" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:09:59.760" UserId="1349" Text="Possible to Change Screen Resolution with Script?" />
  <row Id="13867" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7816" RevisionGUID="a182c67f-c804-4f0d-a7a8-577a729b5ce7" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:09:59.760" UserId="1349" Text="&lt;screen-resolution&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="13868" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7817" RevisionGUID="25f3ba65-72d7-4636-baa6-3d6ed300d003" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:13:26.103" UserId="942" Text="Here's [one][1]. You can also use a regex tester like [this one][2], or [this one][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://civilolydnad.se/projects/rewriterule/&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://www.gskinner.com/RegExr/&#xD;&#xA;[3]:http://www.regular-expressions.info/javascriptexample.html" />
  <row Id="13869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7818" RevisionGUID="8ae03ad0-ed36-47be-a9d7-7fbcb6dd71a7" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:17:00.620" UserId="1797" Text="It seems there was an AD propagation issue. The AD Group wasn't fully propagated yet, and hence the SQL server wasn't recognizing the user as an authorized one." />
  <row Id="13870" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5556" RevisionGUID="3052c1d6-ff0f-4e46-bbcf-d740c3b0853f" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:18:02.303" UserId="2116" Comment="added 143 characters in body" Text="Hi everyone,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I got a problem since a while with my XP client connected on a 2003 R2 Server Active Directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometime GPO doesn't load when a user log on. Some other time, It work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I search many time on google to find a solution about that problem but I never found one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I look for DNS but it doesn't seems to be the issue there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is anyone already encountered this problem before?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for you precious answer it's been several months I'm searching for a solution since this problem happen in a school environnement so this is really important that GPO apply correctly everytime!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT : Problem still not solved, did what all of you said but doesn't help... I'll check it out on monday when I'll go back to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT : I'm still searching for a solution on this, suggested solution up to now still not resolved the problem. Thanks however for those ;)" />
  <row Id="13871" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7819" RevisionGUID="16428454-6c58-4ce9-807b-ca8ae450c0f6" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:18:14.613" UserId="48" Text="[ResSwitch][1] is a utlity that will do what you want. Its a command line tool that you send the resolution, colour depth and refresh rate - e.g&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;resswitch.exe 800 600 32 60&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did have a batch file that did this as well, will try and dig it out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.naughter.com/qres.html" />
  <row Id="13872" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7820" RevisionGUID="ac100151-1308-448c-9d80-163a4a1f8d36" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:18:44.847" UserId="846" Text="Although I can't explain it exactly, it makes sense to me that drive imaging and encryption don't play well together.  I am looking forward to reading the thoughts of those who know more about this stuff!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My suggestion is to create the image **before** encrypting the drive.  When you need to re-image, turn off encryption, re-image, and turn on encryption.  I realize it adds a couple of hours to the re-build process, but it also creates a &quot;cleanly&quot; encrypted drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13873" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7811" RevisionGUID="385873d8-b804-498e-913c-4fee427a56da" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:19:07.840" UserId="48" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="This can all be done manually, however you may find its one of these that is causing setup to hang, particually installing as a service, check you have nothing else running on port 3306, or whatever other port you set MYSQL to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, to do it manually:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To install MYSQL as a service on Windows run the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server x.x\bin\mysqld&quot; --install&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To set the default storage engine to innoDB, change the storage_engine line in your my.cnf file to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     storage_engine=InnoDB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To set the charector set to UTF-8 you need to change the following options in your my.cnf file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    character-set-server=utf8&#xD;&#xA;    default-collation=utf8_unicode_ci" />
  <row Id="13874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7821" RevisionGUID="a090136e-cd7d-490e-a191-e1feb601892f" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:28:46.883" UserId="2513" Text="In the backup environment I manage we have two tape libraries.  One is an LTO-2 Library and the other is IBM TS1120's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On average we can store upwards of 1TB of data per tape, at a cost of about $50 per.  Our primary library has a rough capacity of 750TB and uses the space of about 12 floor tiles and very little power.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disk storage is definitely on the rise, but when using enterprise backup software, you can utilize disk technologies to store your active data, leverage de-duplication and snap-shotting, cross-site synchronization, and still put older versions of data away on tape.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tape is also very useful to satisfy many audit requirements which force you to store large amounts of data, such as email, for long periods of time (7 years).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The short answer is, yes, tape is still very much alive and has a place in the enterprise and it will for the foreseeable future.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can easily satisfy your speed requirements by storing active data on disk and long term data on tape, and you will have the flexibility of sending tapes off-site for disaster recovery purposes." />
  <row Id="13875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7822" RevisionGUID="309ab9b5-72f0-4618-8655-c0e7c562f2c1" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:31:18.313" UserId="1865" Text="I like iTerm (http://iterm.sourceforge.net/) as a free replacement for the standard Apple Terminal.app. Particularly for the bookmarks feature that the standard Apple offering lacks.&#xD;&#xA;Keybindings are also configurable..." />
  <row Id="13876" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7823" RevisionGUID="236417b6-f482-4049-bd2f-c22297e72a8a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:35:23.767" UserId="1736" Text="Well, since you asked, when I think 'tape storage' I think 'pain-in-the-ass write-only memory'.  I fully accept that this is probably very unfair of me, but that's my association, and I'd always rather have data on disk, given the option." />
  <row Id="13877" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7824" RevisionGUID="16c62eb7-d388-4c3a-b20e-9022f6512a2b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:37:57.070" UserId="48" Text="You cannot do this easily, applications need administrative rights to install usually, as they need to modify the file system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your application users an MSI installer to install (which most do), you can force the installer to always install with admin privilages. To do so you need to make a change in group policy, if the machine is on a domain, or the local security policy if it is not, to enabel the 'Always install with elevated privileges' option in both the machine and the user configurations." />
  <row Id="13878" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7825" RevisionGUID="b3d0dd5b-bb68-4f29-a425-4dfe3d0c631e" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:40:41.057" UserId="2531" Text="The new emacs23 gives me&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (&quot;Window width 0 too small (after splitting)&quot;))&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;whenever I load ECB or tabbar. Seems to be introduces after updating from Kubuntu intrepid to jaunty. Any hint how to solve this?" />
  <row Id="13879" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7825" RevisionGUID="b3d0dd5b-bb68-4f29-a425-4dfe3d0c631e" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:40:41.057" UserId="2531" Text="Emacs23 with &quot;window height too small&quot;" />
  <row Id="13880" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7825" RevisionGUID="b3d0dd5b-bb68-4f29-a425-4dfe3d0c631e" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:40:41.057" UserId="2531" />
  <row Id="13881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7826" RevisionGUID="2191cbd4-1144-4a65-9a1a-f566eca82d12" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:41:09.230" UserId="2186" Text="For Windows [PuTTY][1] is the obvious choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[There are ports to various Operating Systems][2] including various mobile phone versions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also a [Mac port of PuTTY][3] but I've never used it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/links.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://putty.darwinports.com/" />
  <row Id="13882" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7808" RevisionGUID="9884b2d3-3c76-4076-99e0-48cc61ba3dbd" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:41:15.720" UserId="1454" Comment="added 16 characters in body" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to install MySQL on Windows XP using the .msi installer. When the server has been installed, an instance configuration wizard starts which enables one to configure options. Once I've stepped through all the options, I get to this screens which hangs indefinitely:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![MySQL install][1]&#xD;&#xA;The only options I really need to configure are&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Innodb is default storage engine&#xD;&#xA; - UTF8 is default character encoding&#xD;&#xA; - Install as windows service&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If someone could indicate how to perform the tasks above manually, then I guess I could use the .zip version of the windows installer instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:** I've managed to install MySql as a service (thanks Sam), but I can't find the my.cnf file in order to change the other options. Do I need to create this file myself somewhere?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;Don&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/2505/mysql.png" />
  <row Id="13883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7827" RevisionGUID="d678f82d-7ffc-4e4b-a409-8ff8c24287de" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:41:19.340" UserId="30" Text="VPOP3 can limit its own bandwidth usage.  See this [knowledgebase article][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kbase.pscs.co.uk/index.php?article=305" />
  <row Id="13884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7828" RevisionGUID="4ea1539e-ad36-4388-9055-c5a5d2c86840" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:42:57.403" UserId="2423" Text="I'm not sure if this will help you, because you say you have tried multiple printers, but recently I had a client with this exact problem with an HP all-on-one. A search of HP's website found a specific patch dedicated to &quot;If your printer occasionally only prints the first page, or sometimes a blank page, apply this patch.&quot; We applied the patch, and all was well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, since you say it has happened on multiple printers, my thought would be to simply downgrade to IE 7. In my experience, IE8 frequently causes various random problems in windows XP, I have yet to see a situation where a downgrade to IE 7 did not repair the issue.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13885" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7774" RevisionGUID="0c7826d8-2e4f-4457-84c1-7a6955d22c44" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:44:41.703" UserId="1865" Comment="added 213 characters in body" Text="Another significant space hog is \WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles, which contains a combined i386\ folder from any Service Packs installed on the machine. It's handy to have around in case of a rebuild (for the same reason as the \drivers folder you mention, see @cagcowboy, @Rydell), but if you're really stuck for space you can get rid of it without any immediate problems. If possible I'd go along with @cagcowboy's advice about archiving to a CD first...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, anything in WINDOWS\ beginning $NtUninstall... (visible after turning on Show Hidden Files (Tools&gt;Folder Options&gt;View)) can go, if you don't need to uninstall the system updates that they refer to." />
  <row Id="13886" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7826" RevisionGUID="9ad5b1ca-7e9a-4560-81e3-53b3d0239dee" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:46:13.370" UserId="2186" Comment="added 66 characters in body" Text="For Windows [PuTTY][1] is the obvious choice.  It's lightweight but has all the functionality I've ever needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[There are ports of PuTTY to various Operating Systems][2] including various mobile phone versions.  There is a [Mac port of PuTTY][3] but I've never used it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/links.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://putty.darwinports.com/" />
  <row Id="13887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7829" RevisionGUID="b1c583e7-2b28-42ce-a376-20407ae6e3bf" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:46:58.003" UserId="1770" Text="Generally bad blocks on a disk are transparently remapped by the disk itself, and the OS usually has no way to see, access, or even recognize those bad blocks.  All modern OS's rely on the disk to handle bad blocks, and do not support any sort of block remapping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a disk that isn't remapping bad blocks, or is somehow exposing them to the OS, then you have a disk that is failing, and needs to be replaced.  Continuing to use it **will** result in data loss." />
  <row Id="13888" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7829" RevisionGUID="b1c583e7-2b28-42ce-a376-20407ae6e3bf" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:46:58.003" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13890" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7766" RevisionGUID="915ad778-0bdd-4dde-a570-e522c5c2aaef" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:50:45.703" UserId="1466" Comment="details for how to detect deleted but running programs" Text="**Here are some things to try before rebooting:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First of all, if you think you might be compromised **unplug your network cable** so the machine can't do further damage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, if possible **refrain from rebooting**, as many traces of an intruder can be removed by re-booting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you thought ahead, and had **remote logging** in place, use your remote logs, not the ones on the machine, as it's all to easy for someone to tamper with the logs on the machine.  But if you don't have remote logs, examine the local ones thoroughly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check **dmesg**, as this will be replaced upon reboot as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In linux it is possible to have running programs - even after the running file has been deleted.  Check for these with the command **file /proc/[0-9]\*/exe|grep &quot;(deleted)&quot;**. (these disappear on reboot, of course).  If you want to save a copy of the running program to disk, use **/bin/dd if=/proc/*filename*/exe of=*filename***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have **known good copies** of who/ps/ls/netstat, use these tools to examine what is going on on the box.  Note that if a **rootkit** has been installed, these utilities are usually replaced with copies that won't give accurate information." />
  <row Id="13891" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7831" RevisionGUID="9d7e1b00-d3ae-4d71-906f-4285944ccb26" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:51:13.597" UserId="1787" Text="Have you tried setting [WAL sync method][1] to `fsync_writethrough`?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/runtime-config-wal.html#GUC-WAL-SYNC-METHOD" />
  <row Id="13892" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7832" RevisionGUID="59a7452a-6d10-4dcf-b962-a6e2cda75926" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:52:46.043" UserId="2024" Text="Give openvpn a shot. You can create tunnels over UDP or TCP." />
  <row Id="13893" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7833" RevisionGUID="8e6cb158-7f60-4050-867e-4ec477872d3e" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:53:09.740" UserId="2513" Text="About 2 years ago one of my co-located web servers was hacked.  I tracked down the vulnerability to be in a php script I was running, an old version of PHPBB.  The hacker basically used a hole to place a script on my server and execute it, which gave him full access to the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Luckily, he didn't do any damage, he simply installed a new website to be served off my box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was going through the logs one day, as I had seen my bandwidth usage skyrocket, and I found that he had installed a spoofed copy of another website on my server.  Essentially it was an easy misspelling of an online store for watches, and I believe he was selling watches, collecting money, and obviously never sending anyone anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After I discovered this, I made a copy of everything he did - logs, scripts, the entire website, and archived it as well as sent it to my hosting provider.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I cleaned up his tracks, and began to secure my server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a result, I learned a lot about Linux security, and did several things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Tightened up my SSH security including running it on a non-standard port.&#xD;&#xA; - chrooted apache&#xD;&#xA; - Installed and configured apache mod_security (which is amazing)&#xD;&#xA; - Started running some log monitoring/intrusion detection scripts&#xD;&#xA; - Killed any processes running on ports which I was not actively using&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a result, I have not been hacked since, and whenever anyone tries, I am alerted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of the easiest ways your server can be hacked, if it is a standard web/email server are through common script vulnerabilities.  You also should take extra steps if you are running an email server to ensure you are not an open relay of any kind, the spammers will find you and suddenly all email coming from your server will get blacklisted." />
  <row Id="13894" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7834" RevisionGUID="fd675df1-f409-46ed-baee-1fa39aa6812b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T15:57:02.637" UserId="2513" Text="There is a pretty good writeup on a few alternatives [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I have never found much of a need to seek a replacement for the built-in terminal.app&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://muffinresearch.co.uk/archives/2006/05/23/alternatives-to-terminalapp-on-mac-osx/" />
  <row Id="13897" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7836" RevisionGUID="ab1e881b-cb59-43dd-a74d-dcf0623c2f91" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:00:21.227" UserId="371" Text="For as long as I've known, I and everyone I've encountered pronounces BIOS as bi-Ohs.  Since listening to the Stackoverflow podcast I'm still surprised to hear Jeff say bi-Ahs.  Just went I thought it was an Atwoodism, Michael Pryor made the same enunciation on [episode 51][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right or wrong, how is it more commonly pronounced?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/04/podcast-51/" />
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  <row Id="13901" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7717" RevisionGUID="64d8b49b-45a6-413c-a40a-c3373524e05b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:00:43.877" UserId="1787" Comment="deleted 38 characters in body" Text="What you can do is to just set up development Apache and use [**`RewriteLog`**][1], and set [**`RewriteLogLevel`**][2] high (above 3).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html#RewriteLog&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html#RewriteLogLevel" />
  <row Id="13902" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7837" RevisionGUID="0bd5dc8a-8efb-417e-bbf7-e42c5140db90" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:02:43.720" UserId="1565" Text="I pronounce it bi-Ohs (bī'ōs)" />
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  <row Id="13904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7838" RevisionGUID="576ad822-d746-4c9f-a872-d37951bd425e" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:03:37.460" UserId="2299" Text="There is a limit of around 260 characters on the length of filenames, however there is a massively cunning and sneaky way to get round this :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The limit is in the Win32 subsystem not in the kernel. If you prefix a file name with \\?\ this causes the Win32 subsystem to pass the name directly to the kernel without any preprocessing, and the limit doesn't apply. The kernel still has a limit, but it's somthing silly like 65,553 characters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So while:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  xcacls C:\verylongname.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;doesn't work you should find:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  xcacls \\?\C:\verylongname.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;does work. If you're using a UNC name the syntax is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  xcacls \\?\UNC\server\share\verylongname.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NB this only works with fully qualified names i.e. starting with a drive letter. It doesn't work with all of the command line apps in Windows, but it works with many.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7839" RevisionGUID="9a46e3be-9a9a-4d79-bc25-89da06ce51ac" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:06:20.123" UserId="1391" Text="In Italy we pronounce it be-ohs, and I believe that every language has it's own pronunciation of english acronyms.  &#xD;&#xA;:-)&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="13907" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7840" RevisionGUID="d2549621-d8a5-4c3e-96e4-f2badc027ed8" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:06:58.173" UserId="151" Text="In German (my native language) I pronounce it BEE-os, in English I pronounce it By-os.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In any case, with an O-sound." />
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  <row Id="13909" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7841" RevisionGUID="4c028de5-809f-40b2-80c8-225c48439f5b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:09:58.980" UserId="2224" Text="I always hated PuTTY. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used to buy SecureCRT, but now I use the Mac terminal client mostly. For linux, I generally use the default, but most of the work that I do is on my MacBook Pro." />
  <row Id="13910" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7842" RevisionGUID="4bc32673-f16c-4795-a445-5d52ac71bf09" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:10:10.570" UserId="2112" Text="Where I live, bi-Ahs is the common pronunciation." />
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  <row Id="13914" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7836" RevisionGUID="2f87c629-7286-4dfc-9166-947be2ac990e" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:10:37.123" UserId="371" Comment="edited body" Text="For as long as I've known, I and everyone I've encountered pronounces BIOS as bi-Ohs.  Since listening to the Stackoverflow podcast I'm still surprised to hear Jeff say bi-Ahs.  Just when I thought it was an Atwoodism, Michael Pryor made the same enunciation on [episode 51][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right or wrong, how is it more commonly pronounced?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/04/podcast-51/" />
  <row Id="13915" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7822" RevisionGUID="1e8f20bf-5be9-451d-a98c-e7dde7624ac1" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:11:16.543" UserId="1865" Comment="added 11 characters in body" Text="I like &lt;a href=&quot;http://iterm.sourceforge.net&quot;&gt;iTerm&lt;/a&gt; as a free replacement for the standard Apple Terminal.app. Particularly for the bookmarks feature that the standard Apple offering lacks.&#xD;&#xA;Keybindings are also configurable..." />
  <row Id="13916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7844" RevisionGUID="ba4ef1d5-6bbb-4897-a649-2ea2a9e627d3" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:11:23.673" UserId="2553" Text="With my laptop, when accessing a given domain on the local network, I need to use a local IP address (192.168.x.x).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When accessing the same domain from a remote location, I need to use the public IP address. Since I am accessing the domain via DNS, which always returns the public IP address, how can I make things work using the same domain name regardless of whether I am on the local network or not, without tweaking my hosts file whenever I change locations(which is what I currently do to fix this situation)." />
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  <row Id="13922" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7847" RevisionGUID="3a9cd49f-acb4-49fb-b9dd-856f5c60486b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:15:07.847" UserId="216" Text="You need to run an internal DNS server which has the correct internal IP addresses in it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That DNS server's address could then be picked up from DHCP settings on the LAN." />
  <row Id="13923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7848" RevisionGUID="73ed65a7-99e9-4195-a3cd-3b8a1e02570c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:15:52.073" UserId="2024" Text="Few other things (which haven't been mentioned in Dave Cheney's answer)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Try setting innodb\_flush\_method to O_DIRECT to avoid double buffering of data. Avoid this if your RAID card doesn't have a battery backed write cache or your data is on a SAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Also play with the innodb\_thread\_concurrency. I believe the default is 8 but it's worth tweaking this to see if it improves performance&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Make sure query cache is turned on and check the stats to see what the hit rate is. If it's good try increasing it to see if it improves the hit rate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Depending on the applications run you might be able to change the default isolation level. The default is REPEATABLE\_READ but READ\_COMMITTED might give you better performance&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* If your statements are mostly UPDATEs and DELETEs then you could try priming the cache on the slave by doing a SELECT query that returns the result set which is to be modified. Check out the [mk-slave-prefetch][1] tool which will do this for you&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Take a look at other storage engines apart from MyISAM and InnoDB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.maatkit.org/doc/mk-slave-prefetch.html &quot;mk-slave-prefetch&quot;" />
  <row Id="13924" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7848" RevisionGUID="73ed65a7-99e9-4195-a3cd-3b8a1e02570c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:15:52.073" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13925" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7849" RevisionGUID="574baa35-85f8-4fa8-9965-c9fe99f715f6" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:16:14.757" UserId="984" Text="I can see you having two possible solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One, setup a VPN of some sort so even while on the road you have direct connectivity to your internal network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Stop making changes to the hosts file, and instead setup [split horizon][1] so when a host is on the inside it gets the inside address, and when a host is on the outside it gets the outside address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split-horizon_DNS" />
  <row Id="13926" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7850" RevisionGUID="974f08ed-84a8-4124-a983-23a832f15629" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:20:27.200" UserId="2012" Text="For all size companies I have been a part of a team.  We work very hard to have individual login to everything.  We then used some single sign on technology to mange all of the logins for us.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Recently I have found a program that uses strong encryption, we have forced all our passwords into this program to the point where if I don't have PINs then I am not able to get anything done.  Some would say this is dangerous, but if a separation needs to take place then the heartburn of discovery is lessened.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/pins.html..this tool is awesome and would fit your needs easily." />
  <row Id="13927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7851" RevisionGUID="71118458-39b3-42cc-ad17-44a815e41352" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:21:01.957" UserId="808" Text="I've heard both regularly for decades.  Probably, regional dialects help select one of the two pronunciations, which may be why you haven't heard anything other than the way you say it.  (Which is how I say it.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Think of it like the word &quot;data&quot; which can be pronounced day-tuh or dah-tuh.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13928" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7851" RevisionGUID="71118458-39b3-42cc-ad17-44a815e41352" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:21:01.957" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13929" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7852" RevisionGUID="913099d0-254e-4fbd-8f74-a68a9332df46" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:21:22.580" UserId="2556" Text="In my travels around the USA I have always heard BĪŌS (BY-OHS). As far as pronunciation of acronyms go I generally follow the same rule that Zoredache described in his comment. " />
  <row Id="13930" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7852" RevisionGUID="913099d0-254e-4fbd-8f74-a68a9332df46" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:21:22.580" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13931" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7853" RevisionGUID="649caae2-46ee-4d96-9d3c-415cccef985f" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:21:47.510" UserId="2299" Text="Firstly I would suggest you use rsync to do the replication. rsync looks horrid at first glance, but it's easy to get working and it's very bandwidth efficient. See:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.ratsauce.co.uk/notablog/UsingRsync.asp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for a quick guide.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You don't say anything about your partition structure. Is it a single C: partition, a small C: with a D: partition for data or something else?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With a small C: plus a bigger D: I would snapshot C: (see www.drivesnapshot.de) to a file on D: then just backup the snapshot. With a single C: partition you can still snapshot C: to a file on C:, but the snapshot will be fairly large as it includes everything on C:.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQL databases can be dumped to a file using:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;osql /S servername /E /Q &quot;backup database fred to disk='D:\fred.bak' with init&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then the .bak files can be backed up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One last tweak is that in use files can be backed up by using the vshadow.exe applet to make a shadow copy of the C: partition, and replicate the shadow copy to the rsync server. Google for vshadow.exe to find lots of good articles on it, or I will get round to writing an article on it some time soon.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13932" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7854" RevisionGUID="a75e826f-23e8-4b95-8446-2e29731b59fc" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:23:18.660" UserId="2513" Text="**Without making enemies on the SAN team, how can I reassure myself and the application developers that our SQL servers aren't suffering from poorly configured storage? Just use perfmon stats? Other benchmarks like sqlio?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, there probably isn't a way to be truly sure.  What I would say (I am a SAN admin), is that if your applications are performing up to your expectations, don't worry about it.  If you start to see performance issues that you believe could be related to SAN/Disk IO performance, then it might be wise to inquire.  I do not use much HP storage like you do, but in the IBM/NetApp world I can say from experience that there aren't many options which would allow you to configure it &quot;poorly&quot;.  Most enterprise storage these days takes a lot of the guesswork out of building raid arrays, and doesn't really let you do it wrong.  Unless they are mixing drive speeds and capacities within the same raid groups you can rest-assured in most cases that your disk is performing fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**If I load test on these SAN drives, does that really give me a reliable, repeatable measure of what I will see when we go live? (assuming that the SAN software might &quot;dynamically configure&quot; differently at different points in time.)**&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;Load testing should be plenty reliable.  Just keep in mind that when you are load testing one box, that being on a shared SAN/Disk Array that its performance can (and will) be affected by other systems using the same storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Does heavy IO in one part of the SAN (say the Exchange server) impact my SQL servers? (assuming they aren't giving dedicated disks to each server, which I've been told they are not)**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It can.  It is not all about the disks, or which disks, the servers are on.  All of the data is being served up via a disk controller, and then a SAN switch.  The performance you will see greatly depends on how the disk controller is connected to is corresponding disk shelves, and the corresponding SAN.  If the entire array connects to the backbone SAN on one single strand of 4gbps fiber, then clearly the performance will be impacted.  If the array is connected across two redundant SAN's which are load balanced, using trunked links, then it would impossible for exchange alone to suck up too much bandwidth.  Another thing which needs to be considered is how many IO/sec the array is capable of.  As long as the array and the SAN it is connected to are scaled correctly, heavy IO in other parts of the SAN environment should not impact your SQL performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Would requesting separating logical drives for different functions logical drives (data vs log vs tempdb) help here? Would the SAN see the different IO activity on these and optimally configure them differently?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That is probably a matter of preference, and also greatly depends on how your storage admins configure it.  They could give you three LUNs in the same array or volume, in which case its all the same anyway.  If they gave you individual LUNs on different arrays, in different volumes (physically different disks), then it might be worth it for you to separate them.&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;**We're in a bit of a space crunch right now. Application teams being told to trim data archives, etc. Would space concerns cause the SAN team to make different decisions on how they configure internal storage (RAID levels, etc) that could impact my server's performance?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't imagine your storage admin would change the raid level in order to free up space.  If he would, then he should probably be fired.  Space concerns can lead things to be configured differently, but not normally in a performance-impacting way.  They might just become a little more tight about how much space they give you.  They might enable features such as data de-duplication (if the array supports it) which can hinder the performance of the array while the process runs, but not around the clock.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13933" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7855" RevisionGUID="ac058fb4-a283-4d39-a68c-cb864fcc0bc9" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:28:02.053" UserId="2513" Text="As answered above, a SAN is basically a backbone network for presenting storage to servers.  Generally it is a fiber optic network connecting storage arrays and tape drives to a server.  At the server side the storage appears local.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my opinion the best SAN equipment is made by [Brocade][1], even SAN equipment sold by IBM is just re-branded Brocade equipment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for companies used to by these, you will have to find a local vendor you are comfortable working with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep in mind that setting up a SAN involves much more than just buying SAN switches and cables.  Your servers will need to be equipped with HBA's, and of course, you will need some sort of SAN capable storage to attach it all to. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.brocade.com" />
  <row Id="13934" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7856" RevisionGUID="838fdc10-d94d-42f7-8425-f4356f056e10" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:28:47.250" UserId="2291" Text="Would DynaDNS.org be of any assistance?" />
  <row Id="13935" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7770" RevisionGUID="2e379052-42eb-4931-8e85-a1753951896b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:30:07.560" UserId="2502" Text="At small companies I've worked for we've usual created an encrypted file containing shared accounts with the program [Password Safe][1]. [Password Safe][2] will give you some added benefits like automatically clearing the password from the user's clipboard and relocking itself after a period of time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, at larger organizations that have to comply with various security standards (PCI, GLBA, HIPAA, etc.) shared credentials are one of the things the auditors will get fairly uppity about.  You're better off setting your applications up to authenticate against [LDAP][3] or [RADIUS][4].  Having 1 shared login for administrative access can lead to an internal threat doing something stupid before quiting or other nefarious uses.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ivan's comment mentions [KeePass][5] which I've known some organizations to use and like.  I personally havn't used it more than a few minutes, but people who like Password Safe's function but dislike its interface tend to like KeePass.  He also suggested [LastPass][6] which adds functionality like automating webforms, I haven't tried it personally but it looks like something I may try out and home and possibly work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_Directory_Access_Protocol&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RADIUS&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://keepass.info/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: https://lastpass.com/" />
  <row Id="13936" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7857" RevisionGUID="d4285363-2150-401f-b190-a47b5a8d3694" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:30:31.160" UserId="2112" Text="You could use [Windows Home Server][1] -- either by buying a HP MediaSmart etc or by getting a copy of the OS.  I believe that it is include in the TechNet subscriptions and available retail.  The P3 you mentioned above would easily run it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WHS has a drive mirroring technology -- not really RAID but similar.  This mirroring technology allow you to decide which data needs to be stored redundantly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It has a connector that is installed on Windows client machines to automatically backup the machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have at look at the [wikipedia][2] entry for more features.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/windowshomeserver/default.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Home_Server" />
  <row Id="13937" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7858" RevisionGUID="91afb0d9-e4f6-4a21-96e9-dedf1ec89e10" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:31:04.750" UserId="2513" Text="Where I work we have been presenting the ESX servers fiber attached LUN's which are 500GB in size.  Due to SCSI reservation issues it seems that 500GB is the optimal size to give FC attached storage to ESX.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A big trend coming up is using NFS mounted storage for your ESX datastores, especially now that that 10gbps Ethernet is becoming mainstream.  NFS presents many advantages to traditional fiber attached storage as well in an ESX environment.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would help to know what type of storage you are using as different storage has different features and options which can be leveraged toward VMware environments." />
  <row Id="13938" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7859" RevisionGUID="795ee19f-0fbb-4728-92eb-0745a35501e4" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:33:49.330" UserId="1787" Text="The server which is exactly what you described:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [**kHTTPd**][1] &amp;mdash; in kernel, very simple server. Only static files. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Blazing fast servers, that also **can** serve dynamic pages if needed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [**LigHTTPd**][2] &amp;mdash; the server made as proof of concept to solve [the C10K problem.][3]&#xD;&#xA;- [**nginx**][4] &amp;mdash; very popular, often used for streaming or as reverse proxy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.fenrus.demon.nl/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.lighttpd.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.kegel.com/c10k.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://nginx.net/" />
  <row Id="13939" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7859" RevisionGUID="795ee19f-0fbb-4728-92eb-0745a35501e4" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:33:49.330" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7860" RevisionGUID="80211945-d7f5-4237-9fea-0bee1e3c12d5" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:36:03.663" UserId="2291" Text="WPA is also easier to remember your shared secret.  What do you want to try to remember or look up when new people come onto your network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A key that is 0-9 and a-f or a WPA shared key that can be any phrase you want to create." />
  <row Id="13941" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7861" RevisionGUID="5ee27446-e2e4-4c91-af46-4d9e73ab9e1e" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:38:09.527" UserId="2291" Text="Here is what I want to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a 12 tape changer in use.  I created a media set called 7 day hold.  So it will start putting all our backup jobs on a tape until it fills up and then moves on.  Right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Well what I want to do is hold out a weekly tape.  So I have a weekly master and 3 other jobs that run on Friday night.  I would like to specify that all those jobs go to a specific slot on the tape changer.  As well as not allow any other jobs to go to that slot.  That way, I know every week I have all the masters on one tape, I pull that tape and take offsite into our rotation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does that make sense?  Now, how in the world do I do that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Notes:&#xD;&#xA;The jobs I have running on Friday night are seperate jobs that only run on Friday nights. I want them all to go to one tape which can hold up to 800gb.&#xD;&#xA;I want all the nightly jobs to proceed through the slots as normal.&#xD;&#xA;I am using backup exec 12.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That is all I can think of.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!" />
  <row Id="13942" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7861" RevisionGUID="5ee27446-e2e4-4c91-af46-4d9e73ab9e1e" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:38:09.527" UserId="2291" Text="Backup Exec Question with specifying which slot in the tape changer to use" />
  <row Id="13943" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7861" RevisionGUID="5ee27446-e2e4-4c91-af46-4d9e73ab9e1e" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:38:09.527" UserId="2291" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;tape&gt;" />
  <row Id="13944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7862" RevisionGUID="0821d29f-f652-44b7-8463-20f654f1934a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:39:20.150" UserId="2224" Text="You should ask yourself first: &quot;Why?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's are some reasons that make sense to me:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Assess the damage&#xD;&#xA; - Figure how they got in&#xD;&#xA; - Determine whether it was an inside job&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Going beyond that often doesn't make sense. The police often don't care, and if they did, they would impound your hardware and do their own forensic analysis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on what you find out, you may be able to make your life alot easier. If an SMTP relay gets compromised, and you determine that it was due to a missing patch exploited by an outside party, you're done. Reinstall the box, patch whatever needs patching and move on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Often when the word &quot;forensics&quot; is brought up, people have visions of CSI and think about figuring out all sorts of excruciating details about what happened. It can be that, but don't make it a huge lift if you don't have to." />
  <row Id="13945" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7863" RevisionGUID="710dee4a-91c5-4fa4-b2cb-38632afc99cd" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:43:16.787" UserId="2555" Text="Keep in mind that each vendor implements their hardware raid themselves and keeps the implementation details private, while linux software raid is completely open.  Hardware raid may in some cases be better than software raid but how do you determine the quality of a particular hardware raid implementation?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Software raid is also portable in that you can take a disk from one machine and move it to another.  That generally doesn't work with hardware raid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the issue of cpu overhead, modern cpus have cycles to burn so I don't worry about that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used both hardware and software raid over the years and have generally been more satisfied with software raid from a reliability and maintenance perspective." />
  <row Id="13946" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7863" RevisionGUID="710dee4a-91c5-4fa4-b2cb-38632afc99cd" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:43:16.787" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13947" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7864" RevisionGUID="f08eb417-9cd4-4c93-9bf2-1e6bfc6a7372" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:46:57.983" UserId="808" Text="Last December, my main Linux server got many complaints via selinux's tool `setroubleshooter`.  The two categories were&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-  SELinux is preventing the sh from using potentially mislabeled files (./x).&#xD;&#xA;-  SELinux is preventing the http daemon from connecting to the itself or the relay ports&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking in my HTTP access logs, I saw lines like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    74.247.251.227 - - [05/Dec/2008:04:32:11 -0600] &quot;POST /wordtrans/wordtrans.php HTTP/1.1&quot; 200 1348 &quot;-&quot; &quot;Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking in the HTTP error log, I also saw complaints.  I then used wordtrans myself to compare a true use vs what I had in my logs; I had wordtrans installed as a toy that I didn't truly need.  True use of wordtrans had many GETs along a few POSTs.  The attack only had POSTs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I Googled for &quot;http attack wordtrans&quot; and found the version I had installed was attackable, so I immediately uninstalled the `wordtrans-web` package.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Had I not been running selinux, the attack certainly would have been successful, and I wouldn't have known.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is yet another lesson to not run any service (that is exposed to the public internet) that you don't truly need.  Each service installed, however small, including PHP packages, web services, etc, is a potential attack vector.  Also, my decision to enable selinux with that install months earlier had been a good one.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7865" RevisionGUID="e1cfeda7-4d1c-4714-8222-9372c337fc7d" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:48:20.663" UserId="1820" Text="What you need to create are partitions within your library, on the device page of Backup Exec. You would right click on your library, and select &quot;Configure Partitions&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then when you are creating your jobs, you assign the &quot;Device&quot; to be the partition that you created.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This way that job MUST use a tape in that &quot;device&quot;, otherwise it will fail. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Media sets aren't used to select a tape, they just control the overwrite protection period and append status." />
  <row Id="13949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7866" RevisionGUID="671698d6-bec0-4a3d-ac2f-53f894d41372" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:48:57.183" UserId="2012" Text="Using Microsoft System Center I continually have the following errors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Alert: Network or Active Directory Required Resources Not Available&#xD;&#xA;    Source: DC-SMS01.hq.gratisinc.com&#xD;&#xA;    Path: &#xD;&#xA;    Last modified by: System&#xD;&#xA;    Last modified time: 5/13/2009 12:10:24 PM&#xD;&#xA;    Alert description: Windows cannot obtain the domain controller name for your computer network. (An unexpected network error occurred. ). Group Policy processing aborted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have Domain Controllers all over the place, they are happy and in sync.  FSMO roles are spread out, and the network links are all fast and not saturated. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have this issue? If so how did you solve it?" />
  <row Id="13950" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7866" RevisionGUID="671698d6-bec0-4a3d-ac2f-53f894d41372" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:48:57.183" UserId="2012" Text="Network or Active Directory Required Resources Not Available" />
  <row Id="13951" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7866" RevisionGUID="671698d6-bec0-4a3d-ac2f-53f894d41372" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:48:57.183" UserId="2012" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;monitors&gt;&lt;monitor&gt;&lt;microsoft&gt;" />
  <row Id="13952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7867" RevisionGUID="2f7ac5b1-d201-467e-a9cc-c6f337f97f75" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:53:07.583" UserId="2513" Text="Since you seem to be referring to the fact that the administrator doesn't notice that the backup job &quot;breaks&quot;, and not so much that a working backup did not work right, I would suggest building some sort of monitoring scripts around the backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When building a home-grown backup solution, I would do something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Build a script to back up your data.&#xD;&#xA; - Perform test restoration to ensure the script works correctly.&#xD;&#xA; - In the script, or via some other means, implement a way to track the status of the backups (success, failure, ran, did not run).&#xD;&#xA; - Have that tracking status monitored (email, database, something)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once all of that is done, you should be fine.  One extra thing to do would be perform regular test restores.  If you have extra hardware to donate to the cause that is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where I work we have a warm-site, once a month we randomly choose a system or database and go to our warm site and perform a test restoration exercise on bare-metal to ensure the ability to recover our data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Honestly, if you data is very important to you, it would be in your best interest to invest in some software to manage your backups for you.  There are hundreds of products out there for this, from the cheap and simple, to the enterprise class.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are relying on a set of hand-written scripts running in the crontab for your companies backups, sooner or later you will likely get burned." />
  <row Id="13953" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7868" RevisionGUID="139a4091-3038-4ba1-91ee-0d405b41f1f0" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:53:20.813" UserId="1813" Text="This little [guide on tunneling][1] may help you for choosing the right one. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * As Alnitak said anything TCP-backed is quite bad for latency (IP does not need the reliability that TCP offers, and it comes at a price.). Typically PPP over SSH or PPP over HTTP are mostly useful to be able to eventually pass firewalls.&#xD;&#xA; * *Pings* are done ususally via the ICMP protocol, and therefore are usually dropped the last by overloaded routers that implement early drops. It would be interesting to see if you experience drops with UDP or TCP &quot;pings&quot; also. Packets dropping are quite common on the internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.netheaven.com/TunnelTypes.html" />
  <row Id="13954" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7866" RevisionGUID="87a008f5-82b9-425d-a0d5-e2acfda9127e" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:54:26.240" UserId="1787" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="13955" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7869" RevisionGUID="81ac610c-9941-4333-87f1-3ae0f002fb96" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:56:32.553" UserId="2513" Text="Another thing to consider is the quality of the media you are using.  I have seen some of my hand burned DVD's corrode in a matter of months when they were the ultra-cheap bulk quality discs.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want them to last a long time, buy the highest quality media you can afford." />
  <row Id="13956" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7870" RevisionGUID="9b268807-9fc7-4dc4-a8d3-199d7d057e6d" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:58:46.903" UserId="1654" Text="I'm trying to move from NetRestore to DeployStudio for my dual-boot Apple deployments, but I'm not sure how to remove NetRestore from my NetBoot server.  When I NetBoot a client, it still launches NetRestore automatically and does not launch DeployStudio.  I believe I have DeployStudio installed correctly on the server and my repository is mountable from clients." />
  <row Id="13957" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7870" RevisionGUID="9b268807-9fc7-4dc4-a8d3-199d7d057e6d" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:58:46.903" UserId="1654" Text="How do you disable or uninstall NetRestore from a NetBoot server?" />
  <row Id="13958" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7870" RevisionGUID="9b268807-9fc7-4dc4-a8d3-199d7d057e6d" CreationDate="2009-05-13T16:58:46.903" UserId="1654" Text="&lt;xserve&gt;&lt;apple&gt;&lt;netrestore&gt;&lt;deploystudio&gt;" />
  <row Id="13959" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7871" RevisionGUID="632edea4-2445-455e-a5a4-529c5e4c6874" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:04:11.310" UserId="2513" Text="Would it not be easier to allow the software to simply select any blank tape it wanted, and then report back to you on which tape it used via the barcode/serial number of the tape?  Even if you could tell it a specific slot to use, I could see that being a bad idea.  The job would fail if there was no tape in that slot, or it could overwrite data on a tape which was wrongly in that slot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not sure of your libraries setup, but when I would want to do something like this using Tivoli Storage Manager, I would have TSM back up the data to a special storage pool, check the tape out for DR, and put it in the tape library IO door.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So after the backup job was done, I could simply walk down to my library, open the IO door, and there are all my tapes which need to go offsite." />
  <row Id="13960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7872" RevisionGUID="75084a66-68b8-410c-9239-ccc35d9f0f8b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:09:10.663" UserId="2513" Text="A simple Google search of SMS to Email yielded a few things, most of which I do not believe have any requirement for your cell phone to be attached to a computer.  Is there a reason why you want the phone to be attached to a computer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would [this][1] suit your needs?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It might be helpful to know more about what you are trying to accomplish when trying to suggest a solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wireless-labs.com/sms2email/" />
  <row Id="13961" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7873" RevisionGUID="8f61ab12-088f-4215-8460-7f722d9d9b04" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:10:57.040" UserId="2422" Text="How do I set up password expiration policies for user accounts in Linux? Is it vastly different on each distribution? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In particular I use some Debian/Ubuntu servers, but links to appropriate info for other distros is obviously welcome. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[couldn't find a duplicate Q, but let me know]" />
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  <row Id="13963" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7873" RevisionGUID="8f61ab12-088f-4215-8460-7f722d9d9b04" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:10:57.040" UserId="2422" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;password&gt;" />
  <row Id="13964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7874" RevisionGUID="b8087ba8-8db7-4987-a77e-5f21d2ac14b9" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:13:06.770" UserId="1561" Text="Sounds like your Java VM isn't installed.  OpenFire is Java-based, so no Java, no OpenFire.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is installed, then link your java executable via softlink to that location, i.e.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ln -s /path/to/binary/of/java /opt/openfire/jre/bin/java" />
  <row Id="13965" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7874" RevisionGUID="b8087ba8-8db7-4987-a77e-5f21d2ac14b9" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:13:06.770" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13966" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7766" RevisionGUID="a3a27980-8a06-48b2-828c-03db3d3cf363" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:13:19.533" UserId="1466" Comment="spelling" Text="**Here are some things to try before rebooting:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First of all, if you think you might be compromised **unplug your network cable** so the machine can't do further damage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, if possible **refrain from rebooting**, as many traces of an intruder can be removed by re-booting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you thought ahead, and had **remote logging** in place, use your remote logs, not the ones on the machine, as it's all too easy for someone to tamper with the logs on the machine.  But if you don't have remote logs, examine the local ones thoroughly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check **dmesg**, as this will be replaced upon reboot as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In linux it is possible to have running programs - even after the running file has been deleted.  Check for these with the command **file /proc/[0-9]\*/exe|grep &quot;(deleted)&quot;**. (these disappear on reboot, of course).  If you want to save a copy of the running program to disk, use **/bin/dd if=/proc/*filename*/exe of=*filename***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have **known good copies** of who/ps/ls/netstat, use these tools to examine what is going on on the box.  Note that if a **rootkit** has been installed, these utilities are usually replaced with copies that won't give accurate information." />
  <row Id="13967" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7875" RevisionGUID="7319d094-39a2-4db8-b22b-13a4604c1972" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:14:24.943" UserId="2502" Text="Looks like passwd -x will help you out.&#xD;&#xA;Output from command passwd --help - &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    passwd --help&#xD;&#xA;    Usage: passwd [options] [LOGIN]&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Options:&#xD;&#xA;      -a, --all                     report password status on all accounts&#xD;&#xA;      -d, --delete                  delete the password for the named account&#xD;&#xA;      -e, --expire                  force expire the password for the named account&#xD;&#xA;      -h, --help                    display this help message and exit&#xD;&#xA;      -k, --keep-tokens             change password only if expired&#xD;&#xA;      -i, --inactive INACTIVE       set password inactive after expiration&#xD;&#xA;                                    to INACTIVE&#xD;&#xA;      -l, --lock                    lock the named account&#xD;&#xA;      -n, --mindays MIN_DAYS        set minimum number of days before password&#xD;&#xA;                                    change to MIN_DAYS&#xD;&#xA;      -q, --quiet                   quiet mode&#xD;&#xA;      -r, --repository REPOSITORY   change password in REPOSITORY repository&#xD;&#xA;      -S, --status                  report password status on the named account&#xD;&#xA;      -u, --unlock                  unlock the named account&#xD;&#xA;      -w, --warndays WARN_DAYS      set expiration warning days to WARN_DAYS&#xD;&#xA;      -x, --maxdays MAX_DAYS        set maximim number of days before password&#xD;&#xA;                                    change to MAX_DAYS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13969" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7877" RevisionGUID="4d0147a2-d893-46ca-b21e-c6210aecf457" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:15:57.110" UserId="1868" Text="I am using putty via the command line to get (using mget) all of the txt files on a remote server.  I would like to only get the files for a specific date range or files that have not been previously downloaded.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13970" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7877" RevisionGUID="4d0147a2-d893-46ca-b21e-c6210aecf457" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:15:57.110" UserId="1868" Text="putty mget by date" />
  <row Id="13971" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7877" RevisionGUID="4d0147a2-d893-46ca-b21e-c6210aecf457" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:15:57.110" UserId="1868" Text="&lt;putty&gt;&lt;mget&gt;" />
  <row Id="13972" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6532" RevisionGUID="d3d180d4-aadc-40e6-84a7-d8277e0ab24f" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:17:26.733" UserId="2318" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="I'll get the ball rolling:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=96 Apple Discussions&#xD;&#xA; - http://afp548.com&#xD;&#xA; - http://macenterprise.org&#xD;&#xA; - http://krypted.com/ Charles Edge's blog&#xD;&#xA; - http://xsanity.com for Xsan&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.bombich.com/mactips Mike Bombich (re: deployment)&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.macwindows.com (re: Windows integration)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7878" RevisionGUID="6ce8eae4-39b4-454d-a33b-871de8329cc5" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:18:17.027" UserId="2342" Text="I just moved all my files to a Drobo (http://www.drobo.com). Drobo offers no-hassle redundancy for all your files. While I actually plug my Drobo into the Firewire 800 port of my Mac, there is also a hardware add-on called DroboShare that offers the NAS capabilities you are looking for. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you read about Jeff's experiences with traditional RAID arrays/controllers I think Drobo offers a good alternative. Joel apparently also had some issues with the RAID controllers in his company's developer PCs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the negative side I guess, the cost are obviously relatively high and it is a completely propietary solution that is not compatible with a non-Drobo RAID array. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having used my Drobo for a number of weeks now, I'm very pleased with it and would recommend, but I haven't had any disks die on me yet which I guess would be the only real test." />
  <row Id="13974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7879" RevisionGUID="20c34ac6-d27f-46d1-b85d-030d4acb9d55" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:18:37.603" UserId="2513" Text="Sounds like you are trying to synchronize data?  If that is the case, perhaps try [rsync][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.samba.org/rsync/" />
  <row Id="13976" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7877" RevisionGUID="d743ac36-4e48-4b54-a5df-7ce5d699728b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:22:37.630" UserId="1868" Comment="added 86 characters in body" Text="I am using putty via the command line to get (using mget) all of the txt files on a remote server.  I would like to only get the files for a specific date range or files that have not been previously downloaded.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**  should have been more specific. I need to do this over an sftp connection&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13977" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7875" RevisionGUID="3296e870-59d1-487e-8808-b8528c740526" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:23:57.283" UserId="2502" Text="I posted slightly quickly, it looks like both passwd and chage will work for what you would like to accomplish:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;sudo chage [username] will interactively allow you to set things.  Otherwise here is the help output of chage and passwd.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;chage --help output:&#xD;&#xA;     chage --help&#xD;&#xA;    Usage: chage [options] [LOGIN]&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Options:&#xD;&#xA;      -d, --lastday LAST_DAY        set last password change to LAST_DAY&#xD;&#xA;      -E, --expiredate EXPIRE_DATE  set account expiration date to EXPIRE_DATE&#xD;&#xA;      -h, --help                    display this help message and exit&#xD;&#xA;      -I, --inactive INACTIVE       set password inactive after expiration&#xD;&#xA;                                    to INACTIVE&#xD;&#xA;      -l, --list                    show account aging information&#xD;&#xA;      -m, --mindays MIN_DAYS        set minimum number of days before password&#xD;&#xA;                                    change to MIN_DAYS&#xD;&#xA;      -M, --maxdays MAX_DAYS        set maximim number of days before password&#xD;&#xA;                                    change to MAX_DAYS&#xD;&#xA;      -W, --warndays WARN_DAYS      set expiration warning days to WARN_DAYS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Output from command passwd --help - &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    passwd --help&#xD;&#xA;    Usage: passwd [options] [LOGIN]&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Options:&#xD;&#xA;      -a, --all                     report password status on all accounts&#xD;&#xA;      -d, --delete                  delete the password for the named account&#xD;&#xA;      -e, --expire                  force expire the password for the named account&#xD;&#xA;      -h, --help                    display this help message and exit&#xD;&#xA;      -k, --keep-tokens             change password only if expired&#xD;&#xA;      -i, --inactive INACTIVE       set password inactive after expiration&#xD;&#xA;                                    to INACTIVE&#xD;&#xA;      -l, --lock                    lock the named account&#xD;&#xA;      -n, --mindays MIN_DAYS        set minimum number of days before password&#xD;&#xA;                                    change to MIN_DAYS&#xD;&#xA;      -q, --quiet                   quiet mode&#xD;&#xA;      -r, --repository REPOSITORY   change password in REPOSITORY repository&#xD;&#xA;      -S, --status                  report password status on the named account&#xD;&#xA;      -u, --unlock                  unlock the named account&#xD;&#xA;      -w, --warndays WARN_DAYS      set expiration warning days to WARN_DAYS&#xD;&#xA;      -x, --maxdays MAX_DAYS        set maximim number of days before password&#xD;&#xA;                                    change to MAX_DAYS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7880" RevisionGUID="562bde3e-e5f4-4177-906b-e7196b54b7ea" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:25:41.353" UserId="1466" Text="You can set up expiration policies in **/etc/login.defs** - specifically PASS_MAX_DAYS=, PASS_MIN_DAYS= and PASS_WARN_AGE=&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also you need to edit **/etc/default/useradd** - INACTIVE= and EXPIRE=&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not exactly the same situation, but there is more info here: [http://serverfault.com/questions/3682/expiring-inactive-user-accounts][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3682/expiring-inactive-user-accounts" />
  <row Id="13979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7881" RevisionGUID="e6700928-57f8-496b-823b-a5b69c1be764" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:28:57.807" UserId="1654" Text="When we have similar problems it almost always seems to trace back to DNS.  Make sure your DNS records for all of the involved devices are ship-shape in both directions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7882" RevisionGUID="e9fcf512-ea14-4db6-ba2c-a04f4c8f6ed2" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:29:33.797" UserId="891" Text="Really sounds like you'll want to look at [rsync][1]. See [Backing up Windows machines using rsync and ssh][2] by Manu Garg.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; *Economical backup solution: rsync and ssh*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; As all other unix tricks this is also the result of laziness and the need. I wanted to backup data on my windows laptop to a central linux/unix server. I didn't want all the features of available expensive backup solutions. Just a simple updated copy of my data on a central machine which is backed up to the tape daily. rsync is known for fast incremental transfer and was an obvious choice for the purpose.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.samba.org/rsync/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://aplawrence.com/Unixart/backup_rsync.html" />
  <row Id="13981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7883" RevisionGUID="587a4369-c909-4656-81b3-6bef8433c674" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:31:14.917" UserId="1840" Text="How many bluetooth headsets can exist in a small space without there being interference or reliability issues?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're about to switch our phone infrastructure to IP.  New phones are on the way and we just realized 1) Headset support is expensive (Wired or Wireless), 2) The phones we HAVE TO get (for a completely different reason) supports bluetooth.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seven or more people will have Bluetooth capability on their new phones (Nortel 1140E).  Most are within 10 feet from each other ('next-to' cubicles in a semi-circle), and in the center we have an Aruba Access point (802.11a/b/g) serving clients within a 30-40' radius.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has any of you had experience with this?  Do you have good recommendation(s) for minimizing interference?  Do you have an opinion on the best bluetooth headset to support this kind of setup?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="13982" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7883" RevisionGUID="587a4369-c909-4656-81b3-6bef8433c674" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:31:14.917" UserId="1840" Text="Will we have interferance or reliability issues with many bluetooth devices in a small area." />
  <row Id="13983" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7883" RevisionGUID="587a4369-c909-4656-81b3-6bef8433c674" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:31:14.917" UserId="1840" Text="&lt;bluetooth&gt;&lt;wireless&gt;&lt;interference&gt;" />
  <row Id="13984" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7884" RevisionGUID="b2c00789-8b63-4ad3-9ddb-b38b3280baf3" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:36:34.347" UserId="2560" Text="Just today was I tracking down problem with Mac uploads. Turned out that Mac not only uses chunked encoding when doing PUT (all other clients I checked send Content-Length instead), but it also specifies &quot;Transfer-Encoding: Chunked&quot; with capital C, instead of &quot;chunked&quot;, and [mod_proxy doesn't like that](http://www.atnan.com/2008/10/16/memory-issues-with-nsmutableurlrequest-s-sethttpbody-method-in-iphoneos-2-1).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seems that lighthttpd also doesn't [like chunked transfer encodings](http://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/619) on PUTs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use Tomcat + Apache Jackrabbit Webdav library on server side, and Mac Finder works fine with it." />
  <row Id="13985" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7885" RevisionGUID="27163441-8c05-4714-a020-6e3d56e892bb" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:39:05.590" UserId="2513" Text="I have found that most black-box solutions for de-duplication are not as effective or as efficient as the ones built directly into the storage.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, a black-box de-dupe appliance will require all of your data pass through it in both directions before hitting whatever generic storage you are using, processing it all for de-dupe, whereas storage arrays such as NetApp, Data Domain, and many others, allow you to control de-dupe on a per volume basis, and all processing is done on the controller itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are set on using existing non-intelligent storage but employing a solution in front of it, I would recommend data domain, but honestly I would encourage you to upgrade to a different storage system which can de-dupe internally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would look into the [NetApp V-Series][1] of storage controllers.  These allow you to attach an intelligent disk controller to existing disk shelf hardware you already have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.netapp.com/us/products/storage-systems/v3100/" />
  <row Id="13986" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7665" RevisionGUID="4d994e4d-cbb1-42a8-acb5-1659e78c9eae" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:45:39.870" UserId="292" Comment="retagged" Text="&lt;wsus&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;updates&gt;&lt;synchronization&gt;" />
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  <row Id="13989" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="7686" RevisionGUID="3705d1b2-58f2-4c22-a8af-5af6d06f27aa" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:46:31.833" UserId="292" Comment="improved title" Text="How to rename a project in the Team Foundation Server (TFS)" />
  <row Id="13990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7887" RevisionGUID="5e3c9629-0cac-4f2d-b0ef-7f4b2c1fe075" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:54:00.027" UserId="2561" Text="I would recommend knowing bash well as it is one of the most common (generally the Linux default).  Personally, I love zsh as my interactive shell.  It has great completion features. For example, you can set a list of hosts and when you do something like ssh Ser[tab] it will know to try to tab auto complete one of those hosts. It also has recursive globing, so if you want to find all jpeg files in the current and subdirectory you can use `ls -ld **/*.jpg` .  There are lots of fun features with zsh (search for people's .zshrc files), and you can set it to 'bash compatible', so it is easy to switch between the two. If you combine this with GNU Screen you might find the command line becomes quite a pleasure to work with. " />
  <row Id="13991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7888" RevisionGUID="100a5161-6a11-4d96-8e01-7b9602271482" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:56:55.327" UserId="1625" Text="eheh we in Italy forget that &quot;I&quot; is pronounced  &quot;ay&quot; and thus say   bee-ohs.&#xD;&#xA;but I guess it's not so authoritative...:)" />
  <row Id="13992" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7888" RevisionGUID="100a5161-6a11-4d96-8e01-7b9602271482" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:56:55.327" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="13993" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7889" RevisionGUID="c509420e-e893-4a6f-9e60-8348e9b67a0e" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:57:15.543" UserId="2513" Text="In our environment we have a 3 node SQL 2005 Cluster which is on NetApp storage.  We are currently using SMSQL (NetApp SnapManager for SQL) to take Snapshot backups of the data.  This works great, but due to some audit requirements we are also forced to maintain some copies on tape.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have used NDMP in other places across the enterprise but we do not want to use it in this specific instance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically what I need to do is, get the most recent snapshot copy of the databases on tape, via Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I have done is, obtained a basic Windows Server 2003 VM with SnapDrive installed, which is SAN attached and zoned to the NetApp, and I have written a batch file to do the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Mount the latest __RECENT snapshot lun to the host, using a specific drive letter&#xD;&#xA; - Perform a TSM based incremental backup&#xD;&#xA; - Dis-mount the LUN&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This seems to work fine, except sometimes the LUN's do not mount due to some sort of timeout. Also, due to my limited knowledge of windows batch scripting, I have no way to monitor the success or failure of these backups since I do not know how to send a valid return code back to the TSM scheduling service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a more efficient/elegant way to accomplish this without NDMP?" />
  <row Id="13994" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7889" RevisionGUID="c509420e-e893-4a6f-9e60-8348e9b67a0e" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:57:15.543" UserId="2513" Text="Backing up SQL NetApp Snapshots using TSM" />
  <row Id="13995" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7889" RevisionGUID="c509420e-e893-4a6f-9e60-8348e9b67a0e" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:57:15.543" UserId="2513" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;sql&gt;" />
  <row Id="13996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7890" RevisionGUID="dc1bc3c8-a3f6-45d3-abad-590481a2b64d" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:57:24.047" UserId="2560" Text="I don't know gvfs, or whether it supports proxy or not. But simple way to &quot;force&quot; proxy is to setup Charles as reverse proxy, and let your webdav client connect to proxy instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, suppose that Charles runs on &quot;proxy&quot; host and webdav is at &quot;webdav&quot; host. Setup Charles to do reverse-proxy on port 80 and to forward traffic to webdav:80 (it is available in menus). Then instead of connecting your clients to &quot;webdav&quot;, let them connect to http://proxy/ instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are few caveats when doing reverse-proxy with WebDAV. You need to rewrite not only Host: header (which Charles do for you), but also Destination: and If: headers. Destination: is used when copying or moving files, while If: is used to verify that file is still locked. Fortunately, Charles supports rewriting any header ... look for  Tools &gt; Rewrite, you can put there quite general rules for rewriting. What you need to do is rewrite host part of absolute URLs in those headers from &quot;proxy&quot; to &quot;webdav&quot;. (Simple s/proxy/webdav/ will work for testing) There is [great summary by Julian Reschke about the webdav and reverse proxy](http://markmail.org/message/kxah5qg35x4mwb3l) issues if you're interested ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(If you can make gvfs use proxy by itself, then you can avoid troubles with header-rewriting ... but I was not able to make WebdavFS on Mac to use proxy, so this was useful for me)." />
  <row Id="13997" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7891" RevisionGUID="62566e97-1aff-485b-a8bc-8ad09e3235ba" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:02:55.193" UserId="2318" Text="System Preferences &gt; Security &gt; Firewall only gives you the option to &quot;Allow Incoming Connections&quot; to applications of your choice. My understanding is that Mac OS X does not have a *built-in* way to block &quot;Outgoing Connections&quot; on a per application basis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What software have you installed on clients to provide this functionality, and how well/poorly has it functioned?" />
  <row Id="13998" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7891" RevisionGUID="62566e97-1aff-485b-a8bc-8ad09e3235ba" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:02:55.193" UserId="2318" Text="&quot;Allow Outgoing Connections&quot; in Mac OS X Client?" />
  <row Id="13999" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7891" RevisionGUID="62566e97-1aff-485b-a8bc-8ad09e3235ba" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:02:55.193" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;leopard&gt;&lt;apple&gt;" />
  <row Id="14000" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7892" RevisionGUID="3ee656aa-7d76-4d96-a282-0e18a6aeea06" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:04:49.557" UserId="706" Text="**Bluetooth vs Bluetooth**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bluetooth should handle this reasonably well.  The [bluetooth radio layer][1] actually frequency hops over 79 different frequencies spread 1MHz apart.  Even with many people using them near each other, they shouldn't notice any degradation, and anything they do notice will be similar to the occasional packet drop over cellphones that doesn't impede communication at all.  They hop at close to the same rate, and back off when they sense interference, which means that multiple bluetooth devices near each other will seamlessly synchronize so they are on different frequencies all the time with few collisions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Bluetooth vs WiFi**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Read this [HP document][2] to learn the details regarding WiFi and Bluetooth coexistence.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Bluetooth interference from WiFi**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, a single Wifi channel will interfere with about 22 of bluetooth's 79 hopping channels.  In voice communications the packets will simply be dropped, but the modulation schemes are different, so this should only occur where the access point has a very strong signal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**WiFi intereference from Bluetooth**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The access point, in turn, will slow down communications as it sees the bluetooth interference.  Due to robust TCP/IP protocols most of your users won't notice anything other than slower access, however some realtime traffic (VOIP, video, etc) may suffer slightly greater packet loss since they won't be retried if lost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Testing will show whether this is a problem in your situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Alternative solution: 802.11 A 5.8GHz access point**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might consider using 802.11 A for your wireless network, which won't interfere with the bluetooth at all, being in the 5.8GHz band.  A/B/G/N all in one wifi cards are common and cheap now, so there's little extra cost in going this route.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.palowireless.com/infotooth/tutorial/radio.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.hp.com/rnd/library/pdf/WiFi_Bluetooth_coexistance.pdf" />
  <row Id="14001" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7893" RevisionGUID="45c96115-4276-48b6-b855-9dc50c51f689" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:07:50.130" UserId="1797" Text="For me, neither. BIOS is an acronym. I pronounce it as B I O S (as spelling it). It means &quot;Basic Input/Output System&quot;. Related, I also pronounce SQL as S Q L, for the same reason. Really, I kid you not :-)" />
  <row Id="14002" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7893" RevisionGUID="45c96115-4276-48b6-b855-9dc50c51f689" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:07:50.130" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7894" RevisionGUID="f4700348-a96f-43b2-a8c9-679fd2215d9f" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:08:33.933" UserId="2513" Text="It might not be elegant but you can try adding a &quot;voice&quot; and an &quot;audio&quot; profile in your ~/.asoundrc file, but I think switching between the two would require you to restart the bluetooth service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Might try to script it and put a shortcut somewhere convenient.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    pcm.voice {&#xD;&#xA;        type bluetooth&#xD;&#xA;        device xxx&#xD;&#xA;        profile &quot;voice&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    pcm.audio {&#xD;&#xA;        type bluetooth&#xD;&#xA;        device xxx&#xD;&#xA;        profile &quot;audio&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    }" />
  <row Id="14004" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7892" RevisionGUID="f98f51b6-c0da-4442-bcf7-1622f5399c75" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:10:12.153" UserId="706" Comment="added 15 characters in body" Text="**Bluetooth vs Bluetooth**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bluetooth should handle this reasonably well.  The [bluetooth radio layer][1] actually frequency hops over 79 different frequencies spread 1MHz apart.  Even with many people using them near each other, they shouldn't notice any degradation, and anything they do notice will be similar to the occasional packet drop over cellphones that doesn't impede communication at all.  They hop at close to the same rate, and back off when they sense interference, which means that multiple bluetooth devices near each other will seamlessly synchronize so they are on different frequencies all the time with few collisions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Bluetooth vs WiFi**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Read this [HP document][2] to learn the details regarding WiFi and Bluetooth coexistence.  To summarize:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Bluetooth interference from WiFi**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, a single Wifi channel will interfere with about 22 of bluetooth's 79 hopping channels.  In voice communications the packets will simply be dropped, but the modulation schemes are different, so this should only occur where the access point has a very strong signal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**WiFi intereference from Bluetooth**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The access point, in turn, will slow down communications as it sees the bluetooth interference.  Due to robust TCP/IP protocols most of your users won't notice anything other than slower access, however some realtime traffic (VOIP, video, etc) may suffer slightly greater packet loss since they won't be retried if lost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Testing will show whether this is a problem in your situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Alternative solution: 802.11 A 5.8GHz access point**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might consider using 802.11 A for your wireless network, which won't interfere with the bluetooth at all, being in the 5.8GHz band.  A/B/G/N all in one wifi cards are common and cheap now, so there's little extra cost in going this route.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.palowireless.com/infotooth/tutorial/radio.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.hp.com/rnd/library/pdf/WiFi_Bluetooth_coexistance.pdf" />
  <row Id="14005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7895" RevisionGUID="0f4ef511-c168-4d2f-9138-4d78bcb2dcf2" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:11:31.573" UserId="1797" Text="[Little Snitch][1], by far, the best.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/" />
  <row Id="14006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7896" RevisionGUID="986f64c7-b1f0-489a-9c0b-10ce1e4b5764" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:11:35.333" UserId="1233" Text="`ipfw` is installed by default and you can customize the rules if necessary to block outgoing connections. There are some GUIs available to customize `ipfw` available (eg. [WaterRoof](http://www.hanynet.com/waterroof/index.html) or [NoobProof](http://www.hanynet.com/noobproof/index.html) by the same developer for a simpler experience)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the most user friendly I use and recommend [Little Snitch](http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html) hands down. I've been using it for years and it's excellent. The Network Monitor feature can be very useful but is quite RAM hungry." />
  <row Id="14007" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2653" RevisionGUID="09786ead-02e8-48b9-b956-bd8aef08f649" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:12:19.343" UserId="1233" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;gnome&gt;&lt;webdav&gt;&lt;http&gt;&lt;debugging&gt;" />
  <row Id="14008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7897" RevisionGUID="c75c10fe-4b60-454d-b683-04413b93b546" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:12:47.063" UserId="2358" Text="I'm about to start full-time telecommuting.  I would like to save myself some trouble and learn from everyone's experience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm pretty much an IT generalist in a small office, but I focus more on SQL Server and the business intelligence side of things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm moving to a different city (5 hours away), with laptop and cell phone as my mobile office.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What tips do you have for me?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What pitfalls should I look out for?" />
  <row Id="14009" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7897" RevisionGUID="c75c10fe-4b60-454d-b683-04413b93b546" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:12:47.063" UserId="2358" Text="Tips for remote work?" />
  <row Id="14010" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7897" RevisionGUID="c75c10fe-4b60-454d-b683-04413b93b546" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:12:47.063" UserId="2358" Text="&lt;tips&gt;" />
  <row Id="14011" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7898" RevisionGUID="aafff255-200b-48ca-ba1a-50a51c1419a4" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:13:40.807" UserId="2513" Text="You can learn how to [configure the BSD &quot;ipfw&quot;][1] if you wanted to use only built-in software.  Or you could install something 3rd party such as [Little Snitch][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ibiblio.org/macsupport/ipfw/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html" />
  <row Id="14012" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7891" RevisionGUID="967e990b-0daf-4ace-a844-d4eb4a8e6237" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:15:57.760" UserId="1797" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;leopard&gt;&lt;software&gt;" />
  <row Id="14013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7899" RevisionGUID="d4b20825-3a87-4943-bdd8-e89be05128cc" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:16:37.010" UserId="1233" Text="Both DeployStudio and NetRestore have a NetBoot image that is created to launch the actual DeployStudio or NetRestore application to copy the image over. In the NetBoot section of Server Admin you want to disable the NetBoot image that has NetRestore installed on it (and once your migration is done you can remove it since it won't be needed) and make your DeployStudio NetBoot image the default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If necessary you can recreate the DeployStudio NetBoot image by running the DeployStudio assistant again." />
  <row Id="14014" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7890" RevisionGUID="d42d94ae-8116-4e4e-8155-6fce913d2982" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:16:51.363" UserId="2560" Comment="added 13 characters in body" Text="I don't know gvfs, or whether it supports proxy or not. But simple way to &quot;force&quot; proxy is to setup Charles as reverse proxy, and let your webdav client connect to proxy instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, suppose that Charles runs on &quot;proxy&quot; host and webdav is at &quot;webdav&quot; host. Setup Charles to do reverse-proxy on port 80 and to forward traffic to webdav:80 (&quot;reverse proxy&quot; is available in menus). Then instead of connecting your clients to &quot;webdav&quot;, let them connect to http://proxy/ instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are few caveats when doing reverse-proxy with WebDAV. You need to rewrite not only Host: header (which Charles do for you), but also Destination: and If: headers. Destination: is used when copying or moving files, while If: is used to verify that file is still locked. Fortunately, Charles supports rewriting any header ... look for  Tools &gt; Rewrite, you can put there quite general rules for rewriting. What you need to do is rewrite host part of absolute URLs in those headers from &quot;proxy&quot; to &quot;webdav&quot;. (Simple s/proxy/webdav/ will work for testing) There is [great summary by Julian Reschke about the webdav and reverse proxy](http://markmail.org/message/kxah5qg35x4mwb3l) issues if you're interested ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(If you can make gvfs use proxy by itself, then you can avoid troubles with header-rewriting ... but I was not able to make WebdavFS on Mac to use proxy, so this was useful for me)." />
  <row Id="14015" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7892" RevisionGUID="2950e951-d0fc-404b-ab63-630fe4a1ee0a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:19:31.687" UserId="706" Comment="added 1234 characters in body" Text="**Bluetooth vs Bluetooth**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bluetooth should handle this reasonably well.  The [bluetooth radio layer][1] actually frequency hops over 79 different frequencies spread 1MHz apart.  Even with many people using them near each other, they shouldn't notice any degradation, and anything they do notice will be similar to the occasional packet drop over cellphones that doesn't impede communication at all.  They hop at close to the same rate, and back off when they sense interference, which means that multiple bluetooth devices near each other will seamlessly synchronize so they are on different frequencies all the time with few collisions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Bluetooth vs WiFi**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Read this [HP document][2] to learn the details regarding WiFi and Bluetooth coexistence.  To summarize:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Bluetooth interference from WiFi**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, a single Wifi channel will interfere with about 22 of bluetooth's 79 hopping channels.  In voice communications the packets will simply be dropped, but the modulation schemes are different, so this should only occur where the access point has a very strong signal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**WiFi intereference from Bluetooth**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The access point, in turn, will slow down communications as it sees the bluetooth interference.  Due to robust TCP/IP protocols most of your users won't notice anything other than slower access, however some realtime traffic (VOIP, video, etc) may suffer slightly greater packet loss since they won't be retried if lost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bluetooth automatically adjusts radio power according to its needs, this means that if the user is very close (within a few feet) of their phone, then the bluetooth signal will be very low power, and therefore interfere with very little.  If they walk across the office, then the radio pumps out more power and interferes with many other radios nearby.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Testing will show whether this is a problem in your situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Alternative solution: 802.11 A 5.8GHz access point**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might consider using 802.11 A for your wireless network, which won't interfere with the bluetooth at all, being in the 5.8GHz band.  A/B/G/N all in one wifi cards are common and cheap now, so there's little extra cost in going this route.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**In summary**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, you *will* experience measurable interference.  *However* it may not noticeably impact your operation depending on many, many factors, such as the network utilization, bluetooth utilization, radio strength, cubicle material, building composition and materials, nearby microwaves, etc, etc, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In many cases this situation would work out fine, especially if you have few low bandwidth users on the wireless network, and only a few people chatting on the bluetooth at once.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In some cases regardless of other parameters you will find the situation unbearable - such as with the latest 802.11 N radios, which bond multiple channels and therefore saturate the 2.4GHz spectrum if users are using all 450mbps (or 600mbps if those radios are out yet...) and you've got 30+ people on bluetooth inside a single conference room with the AP in the middle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.palowireless.com/infotooth/tutorial/radio.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.hp.com/rnd/library/pdf/WiFi_Bluetooth_coexistance.pdf" />
  <row Id="14016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7900" RevisionGUID="e8cafc81-2e0a-4de5-afe9-f9990a7733b2" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:19:52.933" UserId="2513" Text="Well, first of all, I hope whatever company you will be working for is going to both provide you with VPN access, as well as pay for your home internet, since it is now a business requirement.  Once that stuff is out of the way...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ensure your workspace is both comfortable and void of too many distractions.  It is very easy to be either 10x more productive when working remotely, and also 100x less productive.  You will have to learn to manage your time very well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It can also be hard to get used to not working in collaborative environment, so make sure the proper communication mediums are present.  Invest in a quality phone with either a good speakerphone, a comfortable headset, or both.  One thing I hated when I worked remotely was long conference calls on a crappy phone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on how mobile you will be, since you mentioned a laptop and cell phone as your mobile office, I would suggest setting yourself up with some sort of semi-permanent home office with the above prescribed phone setup, which you can set your cell phone to forward to, as well as a proper keyboard-mouse-monitor and a quality laptop docking station.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The biggest pitfalls are avoiding the distractions, staying connected, and staying visible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When the boss is considering who to promote, since he doesn't see your face around the office every day, you might not be at the top of the list.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure your presence is known." />
  <row Id="14017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7901" RevisionGUID="4589e1cc-f4c5-4c20-bbc9-bf9e1ae2c492" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:20:29.470" UserId="2318" Text="Can someone explain very briefly the way Blackberry's email functions. I'm not looking for nuts and bolts, just answers to some very basic questions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Does a Blackberry check with an Exchange server directly, or does it always/ever use an intermediate server?&#xD;&#xA;- If it uses an intermediate server, is that server managed by Blackberry, or the customer's mobile network operator?&#xD;&#xA;- To configure Exchange email on a Blackberry, do you enter the settings on the phone itself, or via a web interface?&#xD;&#xA;- What other email protocols can Blackberry devices use, and do they (also?) use an intermediate server?" />
  <row Id="14018" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7901" RevisionGUID="4589e1cc-f4c5-4c20-bbc9-bf9e1ae2c492" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:20:29.470" UserId="2318" Text="Blackberry email service basics?" />
  <row Id="14019" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7901" RevisionGUID="4589e1cc-f4c5-4c20-bbc9-bf9e1ae2c492" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:20:29.470" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;blackberry&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;" />
  <row Id="14020" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7902" RevisionGUID="d4ee307b-1084-4067-b539-132cfc031473" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:21:18.750" UserId="2427" Text="I'm looking for amusing stories of sysadmin accidents you have done.  Deleting the CEO's mail, formatting the wrong hard drive, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll add my own story as an answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14021" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7902" RevisionGUID="d4ee307b-1084-4067-b539-132cfc031473" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:21:18.750" UserId="2427" Text="Best sysadmin accident" />
  <row Id="14022" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7902" RevisionGUID="d4ee307b-1084-4067-b539-132cfc031473" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:21:18.750" UserId="2427" Text="&lt;humor&gt;" />
  <row Id="14023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7903" RevisionGUID="ad173562-0ed0-42e3-afaa-d33bd06b86dc" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:22:21.650" UserId="2553" Text=" - Setup VPN access (e.g., using Hamachi or other) to the office&#xD;&#xA; - install a remote boot device on the server(s) if their admin is your responsibility&#xD;&#xA; - if using Terminal Server set it up so that you can disconnect from your session and it will keep running (e.g., set a very long, or no, timeout)&#xD;&#xA; - if doing development work, setup a local copy of SQL Server, etc., so that you can work for the most part without connection to the office for much better speed. Then, connect when you need to deploy.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7904" RevisionGUID="77364db3-1bda-435b-a0c0-ef4031900ce6" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:22:26.220" UserId="2427" Text="I would often use the &quot;sys-unconfig&quot; command on Solaris machines to reset the machine Name service, I.P. address, and root password.  I was on a users system and I logged into the building install server and looked something up (as root), then forgetting that i had logged into another machine (non descriptive &quot;#&quot; prompt) I ran the &quot;sys-unconfig&quot; command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # sys-unconfig     &#xD;&#xA;			WARNING&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    This program will unconfigure your system.  It will cause it&#xD;&#xA;    to revert to a &quot;blank&quot; system - it will not have a name or know&#xD;&#xA;    about other systems or networks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    This program will also halt the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Do you want to continue (y/n) ? y&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Connection closed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That &quot;connection closed&quot; message slowly turned to panic... what machine was I logged into when I ran that command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The worst part of this was not the hard time my co-workers gave me, it was that I did the same thing a month later." />
  <row Id="14025" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7889" RevisionGUID="23ac67a4-1d3f-43aa-8d66-2aaaa1c56071" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:25:32.393" UserId="2513" Comment="Added tags." Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;sql&gt;&lt;netapp&gt;&lt;tsm&gt;&lt;snapshot&gt;" />
  <row Id="14026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7905" RevisionGUID="10e5efea-626f-438e-85b4-8908fcb4f987" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:26:34.670" UserId="2291" Text="I worked from home a couple days a week for a year or so to help lower the amount of commuting days I had.  I agree with the first post, make sure to have a seperate comfortable room in the house to work out of to eliminate distractions.  Working at the kitchen table has to many distractions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found having my own designated office with a door was nice.  I used my laptop at home, but used a terminal services session to work off of a lot.  We had a terminal services server, so I loaded Microsoft Office and other software I needed on it.  Created my profile on it and mostly worked off of that for the speed.  It was like working in the office.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We also had VOIP in the office, so I had a cisco phone on my desk at home with my work extension on it.  Being I had a firewall in my home with a site to site tunnel the one phone worked great.  Users calling me had no idea I was in my home office.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Between those three items, I was in serious good shape.  However sometimes there were those occasions where I would have needed to be in front of the server, but then I just called one of my counterparts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, if your office uses citrix at all, that is a great tool for remote working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck, hope all goes well." />
  <row Id="14027" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7906" RevisionGUID="c2791c9b-b2d3-4670-96e7-34a91e7803d9" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:28:30.657" UserId="2502" Text="Everyone 'rm -rf /'s at some point accidentally.  Mine was trying to delete some of the extra files in my home directory 2 days before my last data structures assignment was due.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Professionally I've been capable enough to not have any catastrophic screw ups so far." />
  <row Id="14028" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7907" RevisionGUID="cd0902e6-b825-43a4-a31b-01133c6cdef5" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:29:05.617" UserId="1620" Text="What's your opinion on access to the Production or Live Systems by non sys-admins?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you think this access should be provided with nominal usernames?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you think access to the log files or the databases should be allowed?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14029" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7907" RevisionGUID="cd0902e6-b825-43a4-a31b-01133c6cdef5" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:29:05.617" UserId="1620" Text="Access to the Production Systems for non sys-admins" />
  <row Id="14030" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7907" RevisionGUID="cd0902e6-b825-43a4-a31b-01133c6cdef5" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:29:05.617" UserId="1620" Text="&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;user-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="14031" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7908" RevisionGUID="654842fa-1fcf-4bf0-821d-788ae12f5bec" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:31:55.567" UserId="2291" Text="Ahhh,mine was about 10 years ago, when I was still getting my feet wet.  I had the joy of installing battery backups on all the programmers computers.  They also wanted the software loaded to warn of power outage and shut down properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I set it up on my computer to test everything first of course and make sure it all worked.  So I disconnect the power cord and the message comes up on my screen. &quot;external power lost, beginning system shutdown&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I thought, Hey cool, it worked.  But for some weird reason, I don't even remember, it sent that message out as a network message so all 200+ computers in the company got that message, where 100+ users where programmers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yeah, talk about mass freak out!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I kept my head low in that place for awhile!" />
  <row Id="14032" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7909" RevisionGUID="60b1edfa-d5e9-4d40-bcea-6da7c38fc383" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:33:11.303" UserId="385" Text="Apply the **Principle of Least Privilege**. If they need access to do the job, you give them the access. But you only give the access they need. If they don't need access to do the job, you don't give it to them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This doesn't just protect the person (can't be accused of overstepping his/her bounds), but also protects the organization, should the user's account be compromised.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As to why they shouldn't be given such access...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[A sad tale of mis-steps and corruption (from today)][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/A-sad-tale-of-mis-steps-and-corruption-(from-today).aspx" />
  <row Id="14033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7910" RevisionGUID="1d930527-7498-44dc-abcd-56512db38589" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:35:00.180" UserId="2513" Text="At some point in my career a legal investigation at the company I was working for placed a requirement on us that all email be kept from &quot;this day&quot; forward, until told otherwise.  After about a year of storing daily full backups of our exchange environment (1TB nightly) we started to run out of space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The exchange admins suggested that we only keep every 8th copy of the email.  To do this, we had them restore a days worth of the exchange databases, extract the email they needed (specific people flagged for investigation) and re-archive it.  They did this for every 8th day of email for all of our backups.  The 8th day was chose because exchange had a parameter set where &quot;deleted items&quot; are kept in the database for 8 days.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After they would finish each archive, I would go back through and delete any backups which were older than what they had archived.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TSM does not have an easy way to do this, so you have to manually delete objects from the backup database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wrote a script which would delete all backups older than some date, by way of a date calculation using the difference between today, and the date in question.  On some day I had to delete about a months worth of backups, except when I made the date calculation I made a typo and entered the date as 7/10/2007 instead of 6/10/2007, and ran the script.  I deleted an entire extra month worth of data, accidentally which was part of a very important lawsuit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After that, I added some steps to the script to confirm that you wanted to delete the data, and show you what it was going to delete...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Luckily, they never even used any of the data we worked so hard to preserve, and I still have my job." />
  <row Id="14034" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7911" RevisionGUID="9357594a-8339-4ff1-9e6b-6d1e7ec57895" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:36:34.933" UserId="2513" Text="I agree with the above but I would like to add that shared user accounts are not a good idea at all.  You cannot track down who did what in the logs, and you cannot control who shares what passwords with who.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Configure a group with specific access control, and give each non-admin who needs access to the systems their own account, with only the access they need to do their jobs." />
  <row Id="14035" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7912" RevisionGUID="7da5cddf-0678-43a2-8bba-f8a2aaab03bf" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:50:03.103" UserId="1573" Text="What are the most useful resources for a DB2 DBA working on Unix or Linux?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Books &#xD;&#xA; - Web sites&#xD;&#xA; - Tools&#xD;&#xA; - etc." />
  <row Id="14036" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7912" RevisionGUID="7da5cddf-0678-43a2-8bba-f8a2aaab03bf" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:50:03.103" UserId="1573" Text="Things every DBA for DB2 on Unix, Linux should know" />
  <row Id="14037" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7912" RevisionGUID="7da5cddf-0678-43a2-8bba-f8a2aaab03bf" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:50:03.103" UserId="1573" Text="&lt;db2&gt;&lt;dba&gt;&lt;database&gt;&lt;database-adminstration&gt;" />
  <row Id="14038" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7912" RevisionGUID="7da5cddf-0678-43a2-8bba-f8a2aaab03bf" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:50:03.103" UserId="1573" />
  <row Id="14039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7913" RevisionGUID="5545945a-3ed6-41a2-a1f5-11da777d6f9a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:50:24.273" UserId="1425" Text="Two boxes with identical loads serving the same sites tend to slow down and stop responding to ping. The slow (or intermittent) ping causes our load balancer to think the servers are offline and disable them. There is a third server with identical content that does not have the issue, so I'm fairly confident it's not the sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OS is Windows Server 2008. Configuration is a little special: since we're using the Barracuda Networks load balancer in Direct Server Return mode, we've had to configure a number of loopback adapters which &quot;fake&quot; the IP as described [here][1]. The physical adapter has forwarding set to enabled as required by 2008 to get the loopback adapters functioning.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Symptoms:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - When it occurs, ping usually either times out, or drops packets. &#xD;&#xA; - Fixes  seem to be one or more of the following:&#xD;&#xA;  - Logging in via remote desktop.&#xD;&#xA;  - Clearing the dns cache or the arp cache (not sure which).&#xD;&#xA;  - Restarting.&#xD;&#xA; - After one or more of the above, the server seems fine for about 4 hours before acting up again.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;**Question:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What possible reasons are there for this? What should I try to diagnose this? I haven't ruled anything out. Switch configuration, domain/dns server, all ideas are welcome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sadly, I have very little knowledge of good network administration, so obvious answers are welcome too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.barracuda.com/kb?id=50160000000GNC9" />
  <row Id="14040" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7913" RevisionGUID="5545945a-3ed6-41a2-a1f5-11da777d6f9a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:50:24.273" UserId="1425" Text="Server with slow ping response " />
  <row Id="14041" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7913" RevisionGUID="5545945a-3ed6-41a2-a1f5-11da777d6f9a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:50:24.273" UserId="1425" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;loopback&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="14042" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7914" RevisionGUID="b24b2a86-4287-4268-b632-320c1d48d33a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:50:36.377" UserId="2513" Text="I am not an expert in this area but I do have some knowledge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I understand it, it will always need a piece of middleware, the Research In Motion software ties with exchange and pushes data to the phone.  In most cases, if you manage your exchange environment yourself, then you would also manage the server/software for blackberry connectivity yourself.  Blackberry and/or your mobile provider might offer some sort of managed services for this, but you would have to check with them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the settings, this is done remotely, you do not need to enter them onto each handset manually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Blackberries can use most common email protocols, not only exchange.  Such as POP and IMAP." />
  <row Id="14043" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7915" RevisionGUID="221c8cde-d462-4a07-bc3c-1fa9652dd158" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:53:11.943" UserId="2273" Text="One thing that I've found helps is to ensure the NIC on the server and the port on the switch it is connected to are both set to the same speed and duplex settings.  I've had trouble with &quot;auto negotiate&quot; not negotiating very well which starts causing a lot of errors on the port and the NIC." />
  <row Id="14044" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7916" RevisionGUID="373b2ee3-c51a-4e9b-9aef-95372163628c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:54:51.970" UserId="2513" Text="Try to set your interfaces to a speed manually, and avoid using auto-negotiate when possible." />
  <row Id="14045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7917" RevisionGUID="d81ca461-e194-462c-be5e-afdf407aaf45" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:54:54.467" UserId="959" Text="Test your VPN connection before you go.  Too many things are changing at once.  You want to have a baseline before you move 5 hours away." />
  <row Id="14046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7918" RevisionGUID="3bb4bce3-4755-4349-9463-9e4d2dad81c3" CreationDate="2009-05-13T18:59:50.123" UserId="2278" Text="Back in the day, when I was very green, I needed to install AV software on my users PC's, as no-one seemed to have it. So I spent a bit of time figuring out how to do a remote install, rather than poking around 40 or 50 desktops. The remote installation ran perfectly and everything seemed fine, until various managers dropped by my office to complain that they couldn't log in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It turned out that a few individuals had Symantec AV installed on their machines, and this did not coexist at all well with the McAfee software I was using and would lock up the machines after a login attempt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fortunately, it was possible to remotely disable the service if you got to the machine before they tried to log in, so I managed to get points for fixing it instead of having to rebuild all of senior managements PC's..." />
  <row Id="14047" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7919" RevisionGUID="94a66af4-351d-45a2-a819-409520f00527" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:00:47.453" UserId="1840" Text="This accident didn't happen... but it's worth mentioning:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was sent to a heavily-used data center to conduct bandwidth tests on a new circuit.  I got to the demarc room/IDF, found a spot on one of the racks for my test router, made my connections, and started the tests.  Unfortunately, I completely failed to notice the in-production border router not only being exactly on the next rack (almost at the same level), but that it was also the same make and model as my testing router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When the test was done, I began pressing the power switch to the off position (...imagine it in slow motion...) and, I swear, just as I was applying pressure it dawned on me that the router I was about to turn off was the one in production.   My heart stopped and I almost... well, use your imagination.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I left the data center's MDF looking spooked and pale, but at the same time glad I still had a job!" />
  <row Id="14048" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7920" RevisionGUID="59d7ad1a-8e0d-4369-95fe-46d900790801" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:02:53.113" UserId="2502" Text="At present no one has successfully done this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Two links I ran across of those trying:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/f133/36987.htm&#xD;&#xA;http://www.scherello.de/?id=181" />
  <row Id="14049" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5391" RevisionGUID="211fcb9f-12fe-4ea5-a74b-3403ef240574" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:04:53.467" UserId="1692" Comment="Removed temp drive per commenter suggestion." Text="I'm getting a new machine and will be installing Windows 7 RC1 on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to partition drive(s) to make OS re-installation as painless as possible.&#xD;&#xA;I'm going to try to figure this out for NT/XP/2k/Vista/W7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm going to update this question as I do more research.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently, I'm thinking:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  C: OS/registry apps&#xD;&#xA;   \WINDOWS (XP)&#xD;&#xA;   \WINNT (NT/2k)&#xD;&#xA;   \Program Files (NT/2k/XP)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  D: Data/non-registry apps&#xD;&#xA;   \Documents and Settings&#xD;&#xA;   \users (Vista/W7)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="14050" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7921" RevisionGUID="bdadfb75-d586-4f71-bcd4-45abac973728" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:06:08.363" UserId="2513" Text="Have you considered using a blade chassis for this?  All of our VMware systems at my company run in blade chassis which allows us a lot of flexibility and redundancy from a hardware standpoint.  You can even have &quot;hot-spare&quot; blades, as well as the ability to add additional blades, or swap in more powerful blades at your leisure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VMWare specifically, even has built in support for some advanced features in HP branded blade chassis." />
  <row Id="14051" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7901" RevisionGUID="c7b8f54c-e969-49d0-bf03-5b997d889495" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:06:44.637" UserId="2318" Comment="deleted 7 characters in body; edited tags" Text="Can someone explain very briefly the way Blackberry's email functions. I'm not looking for nuts and bolts, just answers to some very basic questions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Does a Blackberry check with an Exchange server directly, or does it always/ever use an intermediate server?&#xD;&#xA;- If it uses an intermediate server, is that server managed by RIM, or the customer's mobile network operator?&#xD;&#xA;- To configure Exchange email on a Blackberry, do you enter the settings on the phone itself, or via a web interface?&#xD;&#xA;- What other email protocols can Blackberry devices use, and do they (also?) use an intermediate server?" />
  <row Id="14052" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7901" RevisionGUID="c7b8f54c-e969-49d0-bf03-5b997d889495" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:06:44.637" UserId="2318" Comment="deleted 7 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;blackberry&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;" />
  <row Id="14053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7922" RevisionGUID="869b77f6-1428-4f16-b517-0bc5d2dbde08" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:06:49.253" UserId="924" Text="I need to install Microsoft Office 2003 for some reasons related to compatibility with Luddites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can buy an Office 2007 &quot;open license&quot; at the university where I am a faculty member, and I have seen the Microsoft [downgrade chart][1] which states that I have downgrade rights.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can find Office 2003 media.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But how do I get a legitimate license key or activation code for this downgraded version of Office?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/2/3/d23b9533-169d-4996-b198-7b9d3fe15611/downgrade_chart.doc" />
  <row Id="14054" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7922" RevisionGUID="869b77f6-1428-4f16-b517-0bc5d2dbde08" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:06:49.253" UserId="924" Text="Getting key for Microsoft Office downgrade" />
  <row Id="14055" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7922" RevisionGUID="869b77f6-1428-4f16-b517-0bc5d2dbde08" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:06:49.253" UserId="924" Text="&lt;microsoft&gt;&lt;downgrade&gt;&lt;license&gt;&lt;keys&gt;" />
  <row Id="14057" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7493" RevisionGUID="3f0df528-9c7c-4a09-945e-fb198183db8c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:09:23.087" UserId="764" Comment="deleted 67 characters in body; edited tags" Text="How is the latest Ubuntu 9.04 ? Are there any significant issues that anyone have experienced so far ?" />
  <row Id="14058" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7493" RevisionGUID="3f0df528-9c7c-4a09-945e-fb198183db8c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:09:23.087" UserId="764" Comment="deleted 67 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;jau&gt;" />
  <row Id="14063" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7925" RevisionGUID="b1c33540-80d9-4865-89b3-1e75eda60ed2" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:13:30.723" UserId="1812" Text="[Brent Ozar][1] had a few good blog posts about it. I read all of them, and I am never going to get to telecommute.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.brentozar.com/archive/tag/telecommuting/" />
  <row Id="14064" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7926" RevisionGUID="33dbc4ec-8e2f-4ab2-94b7-328b97ebf85a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:18:10.513" UserId="1565" Text="You will have to ask your university support.  Whoever administers the licenses will have to log into the Microsft eOpen site.  It's listed there." />
  <row Id="14066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7927" RevisionGUID="8a95a168-9dc0-43b2-bf89-96f1d5e18ab7" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:19:39.263" UserId="768" Text="## You could try [okws][okws].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.okws.org/&quot;&gt;OKWS&lt;/a&gt; is a Web server, specialized for building fast and secure Web services. It provides Web developers with a small set of tools that has proved powerful enough to build complex systems with limited effort. Despite its emphasis on security, OKWS shows performance advantages relative to popular competitors: when servicing fully dynamic, non-disk-bound database workloads, OKWS's throughput and responsiveness exceed that of &lt;a href=&quot;http://httpd.apache.org/&quot;&gt;Apache&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~vivek/flash/&quot;&gt;Flash&lt;/a&gt; (the reigning king of Web server performance) and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~mdw/proj/seda/&quot;&gt;Haboob&lt;/a&gt; (an academic system reputed to be the fastest Java Web server on the block). Commercial experience with OKWS suggests that the system can reduce hardware and system management costs, while providing security guarantees absent in current systems. &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xD;&#xA;*copied from [okws.org][okws]*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[okws]: http://www.okws.org/" />
  <row Id="14067" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7927" RevisionGUID="8a95a168-9dc0-43b2-bf89-96f1d5e18ab7" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:19:39.263" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14068" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7928" RevisionGUID="a2134ddc-4941-4c76-a69b-1417f8e28dc2" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:20:24.690" UserId="2513" Text="In my home, I have two Windows Vista desktops, and two laptops.  (One of each for me and fiance)  I also have a Windows Home Server running for backups and file sharing.  Right now whenever we update our music collections, or one of us downloads photos from the camera, we have to manually make sure each of our PC's is syncced up.  I have tried 3rd party sync tools such as Microsoft SyncToy, but I am not happy with the results.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, I am wondering two things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Is there a way to set the offline files to a specific location?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Meaning, if I set up //SERVER/Music up as available offline and having those offline files be stored locally in C:\Users\Me\Music?  The built in offline files capacity works really nicely from a sync standpoint, and I would rather use that than a 3rd party program.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Is it possible to have that central photo or music repository, if I managed to accomplish the above task, work with other software such as Windows Photo, or iTunes?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So that ideally when one of us opens up Windows Photo, we are working off of the same &quot;database&quot;, or when we open iTunes, we have the same Music library?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Long story short, I am trying to maintain one repository of music and photos (among other things) for my fiance and I; while maintaining a local copy of the data for redundancy and speed so that in the event the server crashes we not only are still able to view our photos and listen to music, but also to ensure nothing gets lost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14069" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7928" RevisionGUID="a2134ddc-4941-4c76-a69b-1417f8e28dc2" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:20:24.690" UserId="2513" Text="Syncronizing Photos and Music across several PC's" />
  <row Id="14070" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7928" RevisionGUID="a2134ddc-4941-4c76-a69b-1417f8e28dc2" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:20:24.690" UserId="2513" Text="&lt;whs&gt;&lt;photos&gt;&lt;music&gt;&lt;synchronization&gt;" />
  <row Id="14071" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7929" RevisionGUID="9640b3af-6398-4193-bc1c-3bd3915eb614" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:21:59.617" UserId="2452" Text="We are using Bluecoat's ProxySG device in our office. It is sending its logs to an instance of Bluecoat Reporter running on a Windows 2003 server. I've had a difficult time with the software. It seems to stop processing logs fairly often. Now it's complaining about not being able to find a handler process when you connect to the web GUI. Is anybody out there using something else for processing their Bluecoat logs?" />
  <row Id="14072" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7929" RevisionGUID="9640b3af-6398-4193-bc1c-3bd3915eb614" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:21:59.617" UserId="2452" Text="Bluecoat Reporter alternatives?" />
  <row Id="14073" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7929" RevisionGUID="9640b3af-6398-4193-bc1c-3bd3915eb614" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:21:59.617" UserId="2452" Text="&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;reporting&gt;" />
  <row Id="14076" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7931" RevisionGUID="a91066aa-d538-4a4f-b06b-36e08166f779" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:29:35.970" UserId="2566" Text="From a DBA standpoint, access to production systems for users should be strictly limited, and this includes developers.  Users should only be able to see the data they need and this would ideally be provided via views, not direct access to tables.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Developers, likewise, should be able to see the data in production, but not alter any tables.  Any changes should be done in test (or dev) first, then scripted and ran on production by the DBA." />
  <row Id="14077" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7932" RevisionGUID="720f99a8-b303-4601-b685-655521bf075b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:32:25.700" UserId="1565" Text="I would check with Barracuda Networks first.  This may be a known issue.  We had a similar problem that turned out to be our Cisco load balancer.   A firmware update fixed the issue." />
  <row Id="14078" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7933" RevisionGUID="fd7f89f4-c983-44a2-b756-7c80f8fa67f3" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:32:25.733" UserId="2567" Text="I'm trying to get a server set up that provides some file shares to Windows clients, and I'd like it to integrate with an existing authentication framework my school already has set up. There's a Windows LDAP server that holds info about all the students here - I'd like Samba to authenticate against that server and grant access to shares as appropriate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've looked around for guides, but all I've been able to find is documentation for setting up my own LDAP server for Samba to use. My situation is somewhat restricted: I don't have administrator rights on the LDAP server, and I need to use that server because I'd very much like to provide a unified login for my users (i.e. not have to have everyone maintain a separate account on this server).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've managed to get LDAP, Kerberos, PAM, and NSS set up so that users can log in via SSH with their LDAP usernames, but I can't figure out how to get Samba to do the same. I've heard that it's bad to have Samba use PAM, as that requires disabling password encryption. Is there a way to, without admin privileges on any remote machine, set up Samba to authenticate users against a separate LDAP (or Kerberos) server?" />
  <row Id="14079" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7933" RevisionGUID="fd7f89f4-c983-44a2-b756-7c80f8fa67f3" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:32:25.733" UserId="2567" Text="Provide Samba access based on LDAP info?" />
  <row Id="14080" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7933" RevisionGUID="fd7f89f4-c983-44a2-b756-7c80f8fa67f3" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:32:25.733" UserId="2567" Text="&lt;samba&gt;&lt;kerberos&gt;&lt;ldap&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;" />
  <row Id="14081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7934" RevisionGUID="9d4fdaf8-6704-4f10-a250-3af202bed092" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:35:55.633" UserId="2224" Text="This question is like asking a legal question on a message board -- a bad idea.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is no simple, concise description of Microsoft licensing because there is nothing simple about it. Even with the excellent Microsoft account team that I regularly work with, they consult licensing specialists about all but most trivial issues. Small business, startup, corporate, education, k-12 education, non-profit, public sector, public sector (military), public sector (local), etc all have different rules that you won't get in a forum like this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a specific question like &quot;What is the upside/downside to buying SA on Windows Vista?&quot; that's fine, but &quot;explain licensing&quot; is asking for trouble." />
  <row Id="14082" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7934" RevisionGUID="9d4fdaf8-6704-4f10-a250-3af202bed092" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:35:55.633" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7936" RevisionGUID="694f3ead-20ac-4048-a6dc-8aea57791834" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:39:24.427" UserId="2513" Text="I believe it will be necessary to at least have a domain admin on the LDAP server come over to type their password at least one time to accomplish what you want and join Samba to the domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given that, the steps should be relatively simple.  Taken from the [Samba Wiki][1], set the following in your samba config:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://&lt;your-hostname&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    * ldap suffix = &#xD;&#xA;    * ldap admin dn &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then run smbpasswd -w &lt;ldap-secret&gt; to let samba know the password for the admin dn.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also a nice writeup [here][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_&amp;_LDAP&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://aput.net/~jheiss/samba/ldap.shtml" />
  <row Id="14086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7937" RevisionGUID="2e882fdc-8af3-4ec8-a9d2-f109ff2f0d2c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:40:38.027" UserId="2442" Text="There are two ways of using a Blackberry.  You can use BIS (Blackberry Internet Service) which will talk to your email system via POP or IMAP.  Your handheld will talk to this service to grab email.  This is done on a phone-by-phone basis and cannot be centrally managed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other way is by installing BES (Blackberry Enterprise Server).  This is an intermediate service running on your network.  It attaches to Exchange and monitors the email accounts of whatever users are configured in it.  In the BES console, you key the PIN of the device you want to link, and the settings are sent down.  From this console, you can adjust folders that are available to each handheld, brick phones, change security settings, etc.  You do have to pay licensing on this software in addition to changes to your Blackberry plan.  BES integrates almost all the features found in Outlook into the Blackberry; contacts, tasks, calendar, email, notes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, if you have more than a few Blackberry devices and run your own Exchange server, I would opt for the BES system.  It's flexible and much easier to manage.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14087" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7899" RevisionGUID="a8f9e801-7e65-4835-9cec-9984b591a46e" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:42:04.047" UserId="1233" Comment="Add some details on how to workaround a possible grey NetBoot status issue." Text="Both DeployStudio and NetRestore have a NetBoot image that is created to launch the actual DeployStudio or NetRestore application to copy the image over. In the NetBoot section of Server Admin you want to disable the NetBoot image that has NetRestore installed on it (and once your migration is done you can remove it since it won't be needed) and make your DeployStudio NetBoot image the default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If necessary you can recreate the DeployStudio NetBoot image by running the DeployStudio assistant again. You can also use [netbootch.sh](http://yourmacguy.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/netbootch/) from Your Mac Guy which also continues to work even if NetBoot stops working until you can restart the server." />
  <row Id="14088" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7938" RevisionGUID="afd3bf95-a970-4c11-b6ba-c256df67d353" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:42:17.837" UserId="1654" Text="I don't have firsthand experience with it, but isn't that what MS Live Mesh/Live Sync is supposed to do?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Core&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7939" RevisionGUID="9abfe5aa-4275-4d99-9cb0-3527d15ed996" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:42:56.400" UserId="2502" Text="Doug Wilson has an article on authenticating a samba client with kerberos and Active Directory [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.interopsystems.com/LearningCenter/Using_Samba_and_Kerberos.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14090" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7940" RevisionGUID="990193f6-1dd4-4ecd-9590-858e5108c6af" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:43:17.820" UserId="626" Text="I have a similar need but have found synctoy works pretty well for me - I have 40Gb of Photos and 30Gb of mp3's that sync in minutes. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Offline files will be more painful I think.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you clarify the problem more- perhaps improving your network infrastructure may be more beneficial?.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14091" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7928" RevisionGUID="55bbb68c-c82d-4800-914a-eaf474c13b5a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:44:28.753" UserId="45" Comment="edited body; edited title" Text="In my home, I have two Windows Vista desktops, and two laptops.  (One of each for me and fiance)  I also have a Windows Home Server running for backups and file sharing.  Right now whenever we update our music collections, or one of us downloads photos from the camera, we have to manually make sure each of our PC's is synched up.  I have tried 3rd party sync tools such as Microsoft SyncToy, but I am not happy with the results.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, I am wondering two things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Is there a way to set the offline files to a specific location?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Meaning, if I set up //SERVER/Music up as available offline and having those offline files be stored locally in C:\Users\Me\Music?  The built in offline files capacity works really nicely from a sync standpoint, and I would rather use that than a 3rd party program.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Is it possible to have that central photo or music repository, if I managed to accomplish the above task, work with other software such as Windows Photo, or iTunes?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So that ideally when one of us opens up Windows Photo, we are working off of the same &quot;database&quot;, or when we open iTunes, we have the same Music library?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Long story short, I am trying to maintain one repository of music and photos (among other things) for my fiance and I; while maintaining a local copy of the data for redundancy and speed so that in the event the server crashes we not only are still able to view our photos and listen to music, but also to ensure nothing gets lost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14092" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="7928" RevisionGUID="55bbb68c-c82d-4800-914a-eaf474c13b5a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:44:28.753" UserId="45" Comment="edited body; edited title" Text="Synchronizing Photos and Music across several PC's" />
  <row Id="14093" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7941" RevisionGUID="993ff6f2-7f76-4daf-b09d-1d72230b8d59" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:45:17.863" UserId="2423" Text="We have a small business client who does a similar thing, although the sync only happens every hour.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The situation is this: the client has a small business server, and 10 work stations. All files are stored on the server, and accessed/edited from the server. Also, for redundancy, each workstation keeps a local copy of its own user files, updated hourly, so that, in the event of a server crash or other server-offline event, each worker still has access to his personal files . We accomplished this by:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Creating a folder on each workstation that the server could access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Installing Handy Backup (http://www.handybackup.com/) on the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) setting Handy Backup to push out each users files to their local machine once every hour.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This provides the redundancy you're discussing in regards to you and your fiancee both having complete access to the library in any offline situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, in regards to iTunes etc using a central server repository - that is done pretty easily. Just map a server drive to the local machine and tell iTunes that is where the music lies. All you have to do if you ever go offline is change that location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that Handybackup is a third party app, but it's one of the good ones. Lightweight, cheap, easy to set up, easy to use. It's like teracopy, windows should've simply been designed with similar functionality from the get-go =)" />
  <row Id="14094" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7942" RevisionGUID="aaf441b7-9c9c-4801-8b04-d5ff91cb8ca9" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:45:32.420" UserId="2101" Text="You have a few non-exclusive options for email on Blackberries:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **BIS**: This is the Blackberry Internet Service mail provider. It's what you are configuring when you go to http://bis.$REGION.blackberry.com/html?brand=$PROVIDER. The BIS servers act as an intermediary between the actual mail server and Blackberry devices.&#xD;&#xA;   BIS is able to:&#xD;&#xA;  - pick up mail from POP3 or IMAP mailstores and delivers them to your Blackberry device.  &#xD;&#xA;  - you can configure a username@$PROVIDER.blackberry.net email address that requires no external mail server to work&#xD;&#xA; - **BES**: This is the Blackberry Enterprise Server option. You are using Domino, Exchange or Groupwise and have purchased the BES software from RIM. You run a server at your office that acts as a gateway between your mail server and devices. (Or, you have someone hosting your BES). It also provides:&#xD;&#xA;  - Mailbox synchronization&#xD;&#xA;  - Calendar synchronization&#xD;&#xA;  - Access to the corporate network&#xD;&#xA;  - Lots of other Enterprisey features&#xD;&#xA; - **3rd party**: Third parties (such as GMail) can provide applications that run on your Blackberry - you then interact with them through that application, not the native Blackberry functionality." />
  <row Id="14095" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7933" RevisionGUID="1b250330-5132-483e-a230-c6128df3bf8d" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:46:53.807" UserId="2567" Comment="clarify: can't join machine to AD domain" Text="I'm trying to get a server set up that provides some file shares to Windows clients, and I'd like it to integrate with an existing authentication framework my school already has set up. There's a Windows LDAP server that holds info about all the students here - I'd like Samba to authenticate against that server and grant access to shares as appropriate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've looked around for guides, but all I've been able to find is documentation for setting up my own LDAP server for Samba to use. My situation is somewhat restricted: I don't have administrator rights on the LDAP server, and I need to use that server because I'd very much like to provide a unified login for my users (i.e. not have to have everyone maintain a separate account on this server).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've managed to get LDAP, Kerberos, PAM, and NSS set up so that users can log in via SSH with their LDAP usernames, but I can't figure out how to get Samba to do the same. I've heard that it's bad to have Samba use PAM, as that requires disabling password encryption. Is there a way to, without admin privileges on any remote machine, set up Samba to authenticate users against a separate LDAP (or Kerberos) server? (This also means it's mostly out of the question to join the server to the Active Directory domain.)" />
  <row Id="14096" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7943" RevisionGUID="8f9f9bbd-7aff-4bf8-bd72-77d8d9ca4c44" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:52:27.337" UserId="721" Text="I have managed a few small networks as a hybrid sysadmin/developer for small organizations (&lt;25 people) either as an employee or as an independent consultant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing that has always challenged me is to find a naming convention for workstations.  And, of course, I am very particular about names and naming.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One problem, from what I understand, somewhere on the NetBIOS level or something, I can't have a Windows machine name the same as a Windows user name...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I like to name the user with the first name of the person (e.g. &quot;james&quot; is my user name), but I can't name the machine the same thing, so the machine cannot be named &quot;james&quot; also.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For workstations, what do people use for naming conventions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to use the name of the person, perhaps their last name?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, at one organization, we had a bit of turnover, so I started naming the machines by role, e.g. &quot;sales1, sales2, sales3, marketing1, marketing2, etc. - but that seems so cold...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like it to be easy to identify which workstation goes with which employee, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone want to share their workstation naming conventions for *workstations*?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[reminder: this is *not* a server naming question]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;-james&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For servers, I use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**cc-ff[f[f]]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where cc is a 2-letter abbreviation for the name of the company (e.g. Acme Tacks would be at-) and then I name the ff as the function of the machine, fs for file server, db for database server, etc.  So, I might have at-fs, at-db, at-dev (development server) and so on.  I am totally happy with this naming convention (taught to me by a former co-worker, to whom I am much indebted...propers to you Gabe if you're reading this).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14097" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7943" RevisionGUID="8f9f9bbd-7aff-4bf8-bd72-77d8d9ca4c44" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:52:27.337" UserId="721" Text="Windows Workgroup Machine Naming vs. User Account Names" />
  <row Id="14098" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7943" RevisionGUID="8f9f9bbd-7aff-4bf8-bd72-77d8d9ca4c44" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:52:27.337" UserId="721" Text="&lt;workstation-managment&gt;&lt;naming&gt;" />
  <row Id="14099" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7944" RevisionGUID="fde07417-ad7f-4459-a330-f44b7bf39558" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:52:45.637" UserId="2480" Text="Here we've got many layers of issues that might be causing this. Sacha established common networking issues, if those don't work try checking the following: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Is your Sharepoint 2007 the x64 version? (If not IIS might be running the 32-Bit version of the application, use [Denis Bauer's  ASP.NET Version Switcher][1] or try running **cscript.exe adsutil.vbs set W3SVC/AppPools/Enable32BitAppOnWin64 true**)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Did you configure Alternate Access Mappings **(AAM)** to the new server name?&#xD;&#xA;3. Delete the application in the Central Administration, create a new one, delete the new content database and attach the old one using **stsadm -o addcontentdb -url http://url -databaseserver DBSERVER -databasename**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.denisbauer.com/NETTools.aspx" />
  <row Id="14100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7945" RevisionGUID="6ae6f626-815a-4b59-b773-851c20a5aa28" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:52:53.717" UserId="1454" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In an effort to set the default charset for a MySQL server to utf8, I've added the following options to `my.ini`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    character-set-server=utf8&#xD;&#xA;    default-collation=utf8_unicode_ci&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But when I start the mysql client, I get the following error message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; error: Found option without preceding&#xD;&#xA;&gt; group in config file:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\dev\tools\mysql\my.ini at line: 2&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Fatal error in defaults handling.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Program aborted&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know what the right way to set the default charset in this config file is?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;Don" />
  <row Id="14101" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7945" RevisionGUID="6ae6f626-815a-4b59-b773-851c20a5aa28" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:52:53.717" UserId="1454" Text="mysql: set default charset to utf8" />
  <row Id="14102" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7945" RevisionGUID="6ae6f626-815a-4b59-b773-851c20a5aa28" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:52:53.717" UserId="1454" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;charset&gt;" />
  <row Id="14103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7946" RevisionGUID="d0dedf4f-8f50-4b3d-a353-2f87ac943a0e" CreationDate="2009-05-13T19:54:53.450" UserId="1833" Text="Do you know if you're dropping GRE packets or packets tunneled withing the GRE tunnel?  With any sort of tunnel, it's not uncommon to run into MTU problems with just about any kind of tunneling. MTU problems can be hard to diagnose because smaller packets (like default pings) pass through the tunnel just fine.  You'll only see problems with larger packets and generally only if the application or system is setting the DF (Don't Fragment) bit.  Which unfortunately is pretty common.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can test end-to-end for what's the smallest MTU across the network path by using pings with a large packet size and the DF bit set. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Windows you can set the DF bit with the -f option and set the packet size with the -l option like this:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ping -f -l 1450&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Linux, you set the DF bit with the &quot;-M do&quot; option and set the packet size with the -s option, like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ping -M do -s 1450&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You didn't say what you're using for the GRE endpoints.. If they are Cisco routers, [this link](http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk827/tk369/technologies_tech_note09186a0080093f1f.shtml) is pretty good.  If not, search google for GRE MTU issues and you'll find a ton of information.  " />
  <row Id="14104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7947" RevisionGUID="e2c33435-7a4c-4408-bfa8-0bedc62f52d5" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:00:51.833" UserId="2101" Text="In a previous job, we had a great homegrown system that logged and archived every single piece of mail that entered, left or stayed within the company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Blew away your entire mailbox? No problem! Looking for a piece of mail that somebody sent you a week/month/year ago but you can't remember who sent it or what the subject was? No problem! We'll just redeliver everything from February for you to a special folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At some point, the need came for the CEO of the company to monitor mail going between a competitor and an internal salesperson under suspicion. So we setup a script than ran every night and delivered relevant mail from the previous day to the CEO. No problem!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Around a month later word of a double-plus urgent problem came down from on high. Seems that as the CEO was reading through the list of mails sent to $OTHERCOMPANY, he came across this one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    To: somebody@$OTHERCOMPANY&#xD;&#xA;    From: CEO&#xD;&#xA;    Subject: CEO has read your message (subject line here)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Naturally, the CEO being an important person and all, he was too busy to click on all those &quot;Send Read Receipt&quot; dialogs in Outlook and had configured his client to just send them all. One of the messages caught by the monitoring filter had a read-receipt request set. Guess what Outlook did? Certainly buggered up the 'clandestine' monitoring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our next task: adding rules to the mail filter to block outgoing read receipts from the CEO to that company. Yes, it was the easiest way. :)" />
  <row Id="14105" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7948" RevisionGUID="09301314-dcda-4207-895a-8c2ce18a49c8" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:02:44.700" UserId="2413" Text="i've been using [mathopd][1] for last 2 years for serving static content [ mix of images on some e-commerce site + couple of large downloads ]. no headaches - easy to configure, just works and leaves cpu next to idle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mathopd.org/" />
  <row Id="14106" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7948" RevisionGUID="09301314-dcda-4207-895a-8c2ce18a49c8" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:02:44.700" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14107" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7949" RevisionGUID="f50683be-ecbf-47ae-93b2-065d4d8438b4" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:03:06.650" UserId="1496" Text="The problem the server complains about is that it can't find the expected INI section (`[mysqld]`) to which these settings belong. Ensure you've added those settings to the `[mysqld]` section, like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [mysqld]&#xD;&#xA;    character-set-server=utf8&#xD;&#xA;    default-collation=utf8_unicode_ci&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there's already such a section there, add your settings to to that section, don't create a duplicate section.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After altering the configuration file, restart the MySQL server." />
  <row Id="14108" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7950" RevisionGUID="3b949a63-284f-40da-aa61-5b1edbbc0a01" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:03:59.020" UserId="1865" Text="WPA every time... in regards to WEP, in the words of the late, great Bill Hicks, &quot;There's harder sh*t on the streets of New York City!&quot;" />
  <row Id="14109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7951" RevisionGUID="7215f82f-bcb0-4948-b674-48ffdc609da4" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:08:36.703" UserId="1865" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html&quot;&gt;Little Snitch&lt;/a&gt; every time. Cost-effective, easy to set up and does exactly what you need it to." />
  <row Id="14110" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7648" RevisionGUID="c5af355e-f2e3-4b98-a5c6-5f0175ac99ed" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:13:23.043" UserId="1496" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;svn&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;redmine&gt;" />
  <row Id="14111" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7648" RevisionGUID="4d63df60-f96b-43f1-8c81-60b4ef33d645" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:14:00.673" UserId="1496" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;svn&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;redmine&gt;&lt;ssl&gt;" />
  <row Id="14112" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7952" RevisionGUID="60db2325-5fc7-4a92-b8b7-39c496e3d18f" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:14:26.193" UserId="2318" Text="Wiki for information on which storage manufacturer(s)'s drives have the longest life / lowest failure rate?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everyone has a favorite, but if you can refer to a (hopefully recent and somewhat impartial) study, that would help avoid subjectivity." />
  <row Id="14113" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7952" RevisionGUID="60db2325-5fc7-4a92-b8b7-39c496e3d18f" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:14:26.193" UserId="2318" Text="What brand(s) of hard disk has the lowest failure rates?" />
  <row Id="14114" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7952" RevisionGUID="60db2325-5fc7-4a92-b8b7-39c496e3d18f" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:14:26.193" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;storage&gt;&lt;hdd&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;" />
  <row Id="14115" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7952" RevisionGUID="60db2325-5fc7-4a92-b8b7-39c496e3d18f" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:14:26.193" UserId="2318" />
  <row Id="14116" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7942" RevisionGUID="9e2d4577-d205-42e0-8301-4715b4c48a61" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:15:32.153" UserId="2101" Comment="added: 'managed by RIM'" Text="You have a few non-exclusive options for email on Blackberries:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **BIS**: This is the Blackberry Internet Service mail provider. It's what you are configuring when you go to http://bis.$REGION.blackberry.com/html?brand=$PROVIDER. The BIS servers (managed by RIM) act as an intermediary between the actual mail server and Blackberry devices.&#xD;&#xA;   BIS is able to:&#xD;&#xA;  - pick up mail from POP3 or IMAP mailstores and delivers them to your Blackberry device.  &#xD;&#xA;  - you can configure a username@$PROVIDER.blackberry.net email address that requires no external mail server to work&#xD;&#xA; - **BES**: This is the Blackberry Enterprise Server option. You are using Domino, Exchange or Groupwise and have purchased the BES software from RIM. You run a server at your office that acts as a gateway between your mail server and devices. (Or, you have someone hosting your BES). It also provides:&#xD;&#xA;  - Mailbox synchronization&#xD;&#xA;  - Calendar synchronization&#xD;&#xA;  - Access to the corporate network&#xD;&#xA;  - Lots of other Enterprisey features&#xD;&#xA; - **3rd party**: Third parties (such as GMail) can provide applications that run on your Blackberry - you then interact with them through that application, not the native Blackberry functionality." />
  <row Id="14117" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7953" RevisionGUID="bb960725-b6e5-4b74-9e2c-c18bcc3994e6" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:16:26.690" UserId="1054" Text="I was in charge of our corporate web proxy which at the time was Netscape's product.  While playing around in the admin forms (it was a web based interface) there was a big (and I swear it was red) button that said **Delete User Database**.  No problem, I thought.  Let's see what the options it gives me are when I delete that.  Surely there will be a confirmation prompt if there are no options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yeah, no confirmation.  No options.  No more users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, went over to Mr. Solaris Sysadmin and said that I was in desperate need of a restore from tape to which he replied, &quot;I don't back that box up.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Uh, come again,&quot; I retorted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;I don't back that box up.  It's on my list of things to add to the backup rotation but I haven't around to it yet.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;This server's been in production for nearly 8 months!&quot; I screamed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*shrug*, he replied.  &quot;Sorry.&quot;" />
  <row Id="14118" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7953" RevisionGUID="ee810c1a-66fa-466e-be85-00b4dde3403a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:25:36.317" UserId="1054" Text="I was in charge of our corporate web proxy which at the time was Netscape's product.  While playing around in the admin forms (it was a web based interface) there was a big (and I swear it was red) button that said **Delete User Database**.  No problem, I thought.  Let's see what the options it gives me are when I hit that.  Surely there will be a confirmation prompt if there are no options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yeah, no confirmation.  No options.  No more users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, went over to Mr. Solaris Sysadmin and said that I was in desperate need of a restore from tape to which he replied, &quot;I don't back that box up.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Uh, come again,&quot; I retorted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;I don't back that box up.  It's on my list of things to add to the backup rotation but I haven't gotten around to it yet.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;This server's been in production for nearly 8 months!&quot; I screamed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*shrug*, he replied.  &quot;Sorry.&quot;" />
  <row Id="14119" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7954" RevisionGUID="1db3e7fc-767c-41e6-886d-d73561f9548d" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:28:31.007" UserId="2565" Text="I have worked in a Library system and a School District. In environments that I have worked in Ubuntu has dominated. Mainly because its free. and my bosses had a grudge again RHEL." />
  <row Id="14120" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7955" RevisionGUID="353aa714-66bb-4bb8-bf2e-cf8689436fb0" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:32:30.750" UserId="2101" Text="Before you can understand the answer, you must first understand the question (ooohh, I durn sound smart!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seriously, you have to define a &quot;failure&quot; before you can really ask the question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is a failure:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Failing to read the disk and returning bad data?&#xD;&#xA; - Failing to read the disk and returning a read failure code once?&#xD;&#xA; - Failing to read the disk and returning a read failure code X times?&#xD;&#xA; - Total loss of access to your data? (i.e. head crashing, electronics failing, spinup fail)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, in addition to the Google report that *username* has linked, [NetApp's whitepaper on data corruption][1] is IMO a must read for any storage or systems administrators.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.sagecertification.org/publications/login/2008-06/openpdfs/bairavasundaram.pdf" />
  <row Id="14121" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7955" RevisionGUID="353aa714-66bb-4bb8-bf2e-cf8689436fb0" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:32:30.750" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14122" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7956" RevisionGUID="522b2089-fc0a-4c9f-a5ee-63f224838925" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:33:05.993" UserId="1736" Text="All I know for sure is it ain't Western Digital." />
  <row Id="14123" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7956" RevisionGUID="522b2089-fc0a-4c9f-a5ee-63f224838925" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:33:05.993" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14124" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7957" RevisionGUID="78678487-0279-4a75-af6d-70ec1b424924" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:35:23.307" UserId="2466" Text="This is exactly what Microsoft Live Sync is for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use it to sync between 3 computers; mine, my wife's and our kids.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Photos - synced between all three.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Music - synced between mine and kids.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our main group of files - synced between all three. This includes homework, address lists etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our financial data - synced between my wife and me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then use mozy on my computer to back it all up. Plus, I have at least two local copies as well in the event of a hardware failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use iTunes, but each has been set to not organize files and not use the default location. The database needs to be updated but the set of music is identical.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It used to be called Foldershare but I have been using it for years and it is awesome. Works peer to peer on a Lan so moving files is fast. Usually syncs within a minute once a file is closed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Works great since our daughters may all be working on homework simultaneously on different computers and their files are on all three computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When we bought a new family computer, I just took the old one offline and set up the new one. Overnight, it had all the files from the other two. " />
  <row Id="14125" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7958" RevisionGUID="e6c1b94b-18f4-4d05-b937-6fb6ebf177a9" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:36:26.877" UserId="2513" Text="Simple answer: Support, Reputation, and Certification.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many enterprise class applications only &quot;officially&quot; run on RHEL, and they will not support you if you run it on a different distro, so the support angle is two fold.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Suse is coming up in a big way though." />
  <row Id="14126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7959" RevisionGUID="b74c6eac-beb4-44ca-807f-706939948341" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:38:03.630" UserId="2553" Text="I hear them [Winchester][1] drives are pretty good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_drive#1950s_-_1970s" />
  <row Id="14127" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7959" RevisionGUID="b74c6eac-beb4-44ca-807f-706939948341" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:38:03.630" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14128" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7960" RevisionGUID="9a5b635e-158f-4698-b83c-f30806f59313" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:43:36.927" UserId="2441" Text="For my home network, I have had good luck with the Apple AirPort Extreme 802.11n access points (both single and dual band models). It does a great job with 10 devices connected (ranging from 802.11b to 802.11n at 5GHz). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things to consider:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 802.11n isn't just about higher speeds. You get better coverage indoors even for non-802.11n clients thanks to the voodoo magic of MIMO.&#xD;&#xA; - Get an AP with two radios (2.4GHz and 5GHz). The 5GHz band is less crowded, so client devices that are capable of doing 5GHz will have a better experience. You'll always need 2.4GHz support on your network unless you control all of the devices that are going to connect. &#xD;&#xA; - There are different settings you can adjust on the AP that may improve performance (like turning off legacy data rates). You might also try a different channel on the AP you do have in case you have interference from neighbors. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14129" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7961" RevisionGUID="25ac8eb3-5c89-408c-8b90-d71305eba532" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:43:52.450" UserId="1031" Text="Actually, I wouldn't name a server starting with the name of the company.  it's too volatile and the minute that the company name changes you either have to rename all the servers, or you have to leave the server name as some archaic throw back to the old company which after a while will cease to be descriptive.  No joke, this actually happened, by the end we had two or three different companies' servers due to accounting running multiple corporations, and then we got bought out.  After about 6 mos, a lot of the people were let go or quit and new people came in who had no idea what the old company abbreviations stood for or what they contained.  It was a nightmare until those servers were retired. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here we name the computers the same name as the user login (we haven't had a problem with the netbios).  Frankly it sucks.  A user can't have two machines or more, and that especially starts to be a problem when you need to migrate a user's data on a machine to a new one.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At other companies we name every workstation just like we do a server.  Something like OS + machine type + Purpose + number in list.  So servers would be something like 2k03SvrDb1.  Workstations would be XPWkDev03.  It's a little cryptic at first, but if you follow standard naming conventions it makes sense pretty quickly. As far as linking them to users we have reports which we pull to show who is using what.  " />
  <row Id="14130" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7942" RevisionGUID="4a3408b3-8766-4fbb-a562-b7b9f7915256" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:45:25.677" UserId="2101" Comment="Added notes" Text="You have a few non-exclusive options for email on Blackberries:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **BIS**: This is the Blackberry Internet Service mail provider. It's what you are configuring when you go to http://bis.$REGION.blackberry.com/html?brand=$PROVIDER. The BIS servers (managed by RIM) act as an intermediary between the actual mail server and Blackberry devices.&#xD;&#xA;   BIS is able to:&#xD;&#xA;  - pick up mail from POP3 or IMAP mailstores and delivers them to your Blackberry device.  &#xD;&#xA;  - you can configure a username@$PROVIDER.blackberry.net email address that requires no external mail server to work&#xD;&#xA;  - BIS only provides one-way mail sync (if you delete a message on your Blackberry, it can also be deleted from the server)&#xD;&#xA; - **BES**: This is the Blackberry Enterprise Server option. You are using Domino, Exchange or Groupwise and have purchased the BES software from RIM. You run a server at your office that acts as a gateway between your mail server and devices. (Or, you have someone hosting your BES). It also provides:&#xD;&#xA;  - Mailbox synchronization&#xD;&#xA;  - Calendar synchronization&#xD;&#xA;  - Access to the corporate network&#xD;&#xA;  - Lots of other Enterprisey features&#xD;&#xA; - **3rd party**: Third parties (such as GMail) can provide applications that run on your Blackberry - you then interact with them through that application, not the native Blackberry functionality.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Notes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - To use BES over your carrier's network, you must have a 'corporate' (Read: more expensive) plan from your carrier.&#xD;&#xA; - It's possible to use BES over wifi with no carrier activation&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14131" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7952" RevisionGUID="f0d4b55c-6eac-48f1-893c-70a50c888aae" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:46:37.343" UserId="2318" Comment="added 181 characters in body" Text="Wiki for information on which storage manufacturer(s)'s drives have the longest life / lowest failure rate?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everyone has a favorite, but if you can refer to a (hopefully recent and somewhat impartial) study, that would help avoid subjectivity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Any information is useful, so rather than limit the question to server-grade drives, or a particular size etc I'd just ask that you mention any particulars in the answer. " />
  <row Id="14132" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7962" RevisionGUID="cc348ba4-8e1c-43b6-a6ed-4936e419a3ac" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:48:08.323" UserId="2502" Text="I don't have access to a Server 2008 or Vista machine to try [this][1] myself and get the variable for you but this article should be of use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you create a basic task and then view the XML of the task you should see all the values available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://blogs.technet.com/otto/archive/2007/11/09/find-the-event-that-triggered-your-task.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/otto/archive/2007/11/09/find-the-event-that-triggered-your-task.aspx" />
  <row Id="14133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7963" RevisionGUID="6c3bc704-9ae1-4145-8a9f-34cb1f847861" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:49:25.437" UserId="1565" Text="We have a Network Operations Center with a dozen large, widescreen displays showing us various performance graphs, server and network equipment alarms, and status pages.  I lot of the pages were obviously not designed for viewing on a static display.  Does anyone have a similar setup where they have found a particular tool or package that excels at displaying data?  I'm thinking that a bit of custom programming and maybe something that can scroll text, show dials, flashing lights, and whatnot would produce what I'm looking for, but I don't know where to start.  If anyone has any dos or don'ts or success with particular products, that would be a big help." />
  <row Id="14134" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7963" RevisionGUID="6c3bc704-9ae1-4145-8a9f-34cb1f847861" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:49:25.437" UserId="1565" Text="Server and Network Visualization" />
  <row Id="14135" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7963" RevisionGUID="6c3bc704-9ae1-4145-8a9f-34cb1f847861" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:49:25.437" UserId="1565" Text="&lt;visualization&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;noc&gt;" />
  <row Id="14136" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7964" RevisionGUID="a6ee6e80-a9a4-4b92-8c76-efa38bd9bc7d" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:54:19.453" UserId="2569" Text="I'm not the system administrator for this server but I'm trying to help the group who are sys admins to find a fix quickly.  For this reason, I don't have access to all of the server configuration files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With that out of the way, here's my question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is regarding a Java EE application on a Solaris machine with Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 and Sun Java System Application Server 8.1.  The web server is acting as a proxy for requests going to the application server.  My understanding is that it's also set up as a load balancer, though it only points to one application instance so it seems there's nothing to balance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When making requests through the proxy to the application, we're intermittently seeing a purple/blue page that says the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Due to a temporary error the request could not be serviced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    The problem could be because:&#xD;&#xA;        - The server is busy.&#xD;&#xA;        - The server is temporarily unavailable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     You may choose to resubmit the request, but be aware that the request might &#xD;&#xA;     have already been processed.  Depending on the type of request, you may not&#xD;&#xA;     want it to be processed twice.  Please click here to re-submit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few things to note:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  As I mentioned, we see this screen intermittently maybe one request out of every 100-500.&#xD;&#xA;2.  When we do see the screen, it is returned without delay.  In other words, it doesn't seem to be timeout related.&#xD;&#xA;3.  Refreshing the page will cause the actual application page being requested to display.  In other words, it doesn't seem that there was a temporary server outage in that 1-2 seconds between the error page loading, the refresh, and the real page loading.&#xD;&#xA;4.  I don't think the network is an issue since the web and application servers are on the same host.&#xD;&#xA;5.  The web server logs have the following error when this error page appears:&#xD;&#xA;    [02/Feb/2009:15:37:32] warning (19614): reports: lb.runtime: ROUT1014: Non-idempotent request /applicationContext cannot be retried. &#xD;&#xA;    [02/Feb/2009:15:37:32] info (19614): reports: lb.runtime: RNTM3003 : Error servicing the request : selected server could not service &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What could be causing this error page to come up?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;Jeff" />
  <row Id="14137" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7964" RevisionGUID="a6ee6e80-a9a4-4b92-8c76-efa38bd9bc7d" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:54:19.453" UserId="2569" Text="What Sun Web or App Server config can cause &quot;Due to a temporary error the request could not be serviced&quot;" />
  <row Id="14138" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7964" RevisionGUID="a6ee6e80-a9a4-4b92-8c76-efa38bd9bc7d" CreationDate="2009-05-13T20:54:19.453" UserId="2569" Text="&lt;sun&gt;&lt;java&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;application-server&gt;&lt;solaris&gt;" />
  <row Id="14139" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7965" RevisionGUID="5f540697-7e7e-453a-bef0-ad47db040d51" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:00:21.033" UserId="413" Text="I had fun discovering the difference between the linux &quot;killall&quot; command (kills all processes matching the specified name, useful for stopping zombies) and the solaris &quot;killall&quot; command (kills all processes and halts the system, useful for stopping the production server in the middle of peak hours and getting all your co-workers to lauhh at you for a week)." />
  <row Id="14140" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7966" RevisionGUID="bf557f82-dd57-4884-8300-b6d44da687f9" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:01:11.470" UserId="1993" Text="Is the IP you're pinging assigned to a physical interface on the server itself? If not, where does that IP live? Or is it shared between the servers? Are you pinging it from the same subnet or across a router?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is the third server under load, or is it unique from the other two in another way?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Without knowing more, I'd suggest getting [Wireshark][1] onto these servers while pinging them and taking a look at the ICMP activity. My (possibly unfounded) suspicion is these servers are having ARP trouble and sending response packets back, you're just never getting them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With Wireshark, set your filter to &quot;arp or icmp&quot; and see what it brings up. You should also take a quick look at your System event logs - there might be something obvious in there that short-cuts any further guesswork.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're not familiar with arp, it's the protocol for translating layer 3 (IP) addresses to layer 2 (MAC) addresses. This has to happen correctly or the layer 2 frame containing the layer 3 packet will either never be sent, or will arrive at the wrong destination.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, the other posters' duplexing/speed recommendations are solid best practice, though I doubt they're the root cause here. Note that in gigabit ethernet, you no longer need to worry about autonegotiation sucking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wireshark.org/" />
  <row Id="14141" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7967" RevisionGUID="75cac04a-8bf7-4cff-a844-781c194a1d52" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:02:41.420" UserId="413" Text="The heuristic is pretty simple:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do they get fired if the screw up the system?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the answers are &quot;no&quot; and &quot;yes&quot;, the way they are in most organizations, then the answer is clear.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7968" RevisionGUID="349ac976-a355-4d3a-8482-089bdb66d090" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:07:22.783" UserId="1737" Text="Will I benefit from the 32-bit PAE-enabled Linux kernel over the 32-bit non-PAE kernel in a server that has exactly 4GB of ram (and 'pae' in the cpuid flags)? Will the system be able to use all 4GB of ram without a PAE kernel, or will some of the memory go idle?" />
  <row Id="14143" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7968" RevisionGUID="349ac976-a355-4d3a-8482-089bdb66d090" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:07:22.783" UserId="1737" Text="Can 32-bit Linux use all 4 GB of RAM without a PAE kernel?" />
  <row Id="14144" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7968" RevisionGUID="349ac976-a355-4d3a-8482-089bdb66d090" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:07:22.783" UserId="1737" Text="&lt;pae&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="14145" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7969" RevisionGUID="929bbf6a-d29c-4b5d-889a-3882141e29d7" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:12:27.333" UserId="1737" Text="It takes forever to back up. Before we can trust btrfs or ZFS to backup incremental snapshots, wouldn't it be nice if there was a daemon that used inotify to keep track of which files had actually changed so backups would run more quickly? Where is this program?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I backup my Linux box without having to crawl the whole filesystem every time?" />
  <row Id="14146" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7969" RevisionGUID="929bbf6a-d29c-4b5d-889a-3882141e29d7" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:12:27.333" UserId="1737" Text="Is there a working Linux backup solution that uses inotify?" />
  <row Id="14147" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7969" RevisionGUID="929bbf6a-d29c-4b5d-889a-3882141e29d7" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:12:27.333" UserId="1737" Text="&lt;inotify&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="14148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7970" RevisionGUID="bf6c8fea-6dfd-4910-b2d2-6ebe9b1ddb8d" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:12:48.987" UserId="48" Text="Small companies often favour naming after users, which can cause problems when people leave as you either end up having to rename the machine, or having names that no longer make sense. A small comapany I worked for, which had a number of branch offices, like to name there machines with a prefix for location, then the first name of the user. If 2 users had the same name, they got an initial at the end. Not a great solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another company I found just liked to assign random strings of digits to the name, which was no help at all when trying to find the machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I prefer names that give me some idea about the machine, the OS, its location, its purpose are all good things. Naming them all after Lord of the Rings charectors, however, is not helpful." />
  <row Id="14149" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7971" RevisionGUID="6b252f9b-23d0-4d03-81b9-03273ef85f56" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:14:31.137" UserId="2513" Text="You would need the PAE enabled kernel to see the 4gb of RAM, yes.  Although there is a lot of debate as to seeing the additional memory through hacks like PAE provides any advantage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actually Jeff Atwood made a great post about this very issue: [Dude where's my RAM][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000811.html" />
  <row Id="14150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7972" RevisionGUID="5a390d9b-b7fe-4956-af6b-5f13e4e8fb9d" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:15:20.137" UserId="289" Text="I don't know of any existing packages, but if you're happy coding stuff and your NOC is Windows-based, you might be interested in the PowerShellToys that /n software have announced.  There's [a post on the PowerShell blog][1] providing more information and links to each PowerShellToy.  My first thought on hearing about these was that they would be ideal for creating a dashboard for monitoring servers and whatnot.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2009/05/05/powershelltoys-wow.aspx" />
  <row Id="14151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7973" RevisionGUID="66aee983-befb-4486-83d7-05e6d35114bb" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:16:44.923" UserId="2329" Text="This question is asked out of total ignorance and no access to a 64 bit windows machine, but I would like to know whether there is anything special that needs to be taken into account regarding a 64-bit registry and whether there is a regedit64 the way there was a regedit32." />
  <row Id="14152" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7973" RevisionGUID="66aee983-befb-4486-83d7-05e6d35114bb" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:16:44.923" UserId="2329" Text="Is there a distinction between 64 bit and 32 bit regedit?" />
  <row Id="14153" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7973" RevisionGUID="66aee983-befb-4486-83d7-05e6d35114bb" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:16:44.923" UserId="2329" Text="&lt;regedit&gt;&lt;64-bit&gt;&lt;32-bit&gt;" />
  <row Id="14154" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7556" RevisionGUID="c28c4883-7e36-45e7-b6a2-a6da9f42efab" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:18:01.130" UserId="2043" Comment="Linked to reference" Text="I definitely agree with Hollock (&quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://icrontic.com/articles/how_ssds_work/&quot;&gt;The How's and Why's of SSDs&lt;/a&gt;&quot;) when it comes to increased performance as cluster size approaches block size. In such a situation, you would have a minimal number of block reads and overhead per cluster request.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having a cluster size smaller than the block size is not necessarily a huge performance hit but it will typically entail more overhead (since the SSD will read the block and REMOVE the portion of the block that is not in the cluster requested. This is even worse if the drive is fragmented and adjacent clusters on the same block are not part of the same file.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general increasing the cluster size to (but not beyond) the block size of the SSD will be beneficial. The loss (of course) is that you will start to lose space and as you mention, the $/GB of SSDs is much higher than magnetic media.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on how much money you have, you can either:&#xD;&#xA;1) Set the cluster size to your drive's block size (which as Hollock mentions might be somewhat tedious) and reap the performance benefits while sacrificing space and having to spend more $$&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Set the cluster size to the size of the average file (or a little higher to make it a factor of the block size) on your drive to improve drive capacity while (potentially) sacrificing some performance. If the cluster size is significantly less than the block size, be sure to keep the drive defragmented.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helped :)" />
  <row Id="14157" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7975" RevisionGUID="c2a8b405-51d0-4c15-a1a0-89759688ebe5" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:19:12.610" UserId="2329" Text="my.ini = my.cnf I've seen the comments at the top of the file in some distros say that they're interchangable, one for unix and one for windows. " />
  <row Id="14158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7976" RevisionGUID="937d5c7f-5466-4ff1-b428-1a261e2b3e16" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:21:06.693" UserId="48" Text="Yes, you will need to enable PAE to see all 4GB of RAM. Whilst a 32Bit CPU should in theory be able to use up to 4GB of RAM without PAE, the problem with this is that it requires all 32bits of the address bus to use the 4GB, leaving nothing left for things like graphics cards. So with Non PAE systems, you will not get less than 4GB. &#xD;&#xA;Enabling PAE will get round this." />
  <row Id="14159" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7977" RevisionGUID="5ccc0eaf-534c-4634-ae55-d01d10665e78" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:24:34.270" UserId="48" Text="Yes, there is a distinction between 64bit and 32bit regedit. There are both 32bit and 64bit keys in the registry. The default 64bit registry editor will show both of these, the 32bit one only the 32bit keys. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You can only edit 64bit registry keys using the 64bit version.&#xD;&#xA; - You can edit 32bit registry keys in either version&#xD;&#xA; - You cannot have both versions open at the same time. &#xD;&#xA; - WOW64 presents a different view of the registry to 32bit applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [this MS KB article][1] for more details.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305097" />
  <row Id="14160" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7978" RevisionGUID="08f36095-c24b-4063-abe1-1d604ba8ecff" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:25:43.317" UserId="1544" Text="We do a pretty good job of keeping our corporate Windows devices clean from malware. Most of our Intranet applications are browser-based and our users do a fine job of following our rules of the road on the corporate network regarding what they can and can't do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The same can not be said for our users' personal systems, however.  We are a pretty small company, so we often don't mind a little 'extracurricular' PC maintenance. We'll usually accommodate a few requests here or there to help our staff with their personal computing issues.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lately we seem to be getting a flood of these requests.  Even outside of work, I've had four people ask me to help them with performance issues on their Windows machine in the last two months. I'm to the point where I no longer bother troubleshooting and just offer to re-install the OS to save my time/sanity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'm looking for is a set of good resources, videos, tutorials, strategies--whatever--that will provide some basic training to our staff/friends/family/(their kids) to help them avoid common pitfalls in running Windows.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally such resources would be entertaining or highly interactive.  I'm afraid if I hand out a bunch of links to blogs or lengthy articles that it would be ignored.  Trying hard not to make a commentary here, but I think the reality is that the material has to be dumbed-down for it to be digested.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I realize this topic is subjective so I'm going to submit it as a wiki, but I do feel that it is highly relevant to IT professionals regardless. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="14161" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7978" RevisionGUID="08f36095-c24b-4063-abe1-1d604ba8ecff" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:25:43.317" UserId="1544" Text="Are there any quality resources for training users how to keep their Windows system finely tuned?" />
  <row Id="14162" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7978" RevisionGUID="08f36095-c24b-4063-abe1-1d604ba8ecff" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:25:43.317" UserId="1544" Text="&lt;pc&gt;&lt;maintenance&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;training&gt;" />
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  <row Id="14164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7979" RevisionGUID="91039f95-2549-4b3c-985b-5f68fb8c660c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:30:25.650" UserId="1635" Text="What is the best way to allow a domain user to start and stop services on the machine? The domains user cannot be made admin." />
  <row Id="14165" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7979" RevisionGUID="91039f95-2549-4b3c-985b-5f68fb8c660c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:30:25.650" UserId="1635" Text="Starting and stopping services" />
  <row Id="14166" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7979" RevisionGUID="91039f95-2549-4b3c-985b-5f68fb8c660c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:30:25.650" UserId="1635" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="14167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7980" RevisionGUID="6a9284c3-070b-4df3-ab7d-b2d11bddf76b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:33:51.010" UserId="1882" Text="I'm going to be deploying an Linux machine as a sort of public terminal at a remote location. I'd like to be able to access it remotely via SSH for maintenance but I don't want to keep a port open on the remote firewall for the rare occasions I need to access this machine. I've though about a simple script to create a reverse SSH tunnel to a machine on the outside, but I'd rather not have to have a user have to do anything when I need to access it. Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="14168" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7980" RevisionGUID="6a9284c3-070b-4df3-ab7d-b2d11bddf76b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:33:51.010" UserId="1882" Text="Remote access to a Linux machine behind a firewall" />
  <row Id="14169" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7980" RevisionGUID="6a9284c3-070b-4df3-ab7d-b2d11bddf76b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:33:51.010" UserId="1882" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;remote-access&gt;" />
  <row Id="14170" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7963" RevisionGUID="e52eede1-d377-45c0-91c3-d339c6d6bfc4" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:33:56.877" UserId="1565" Comment="added 76 characters in body; edited tags" Text="We have a Network Operations Center with a dozen large, widescreen displays showing us various performance graphs, server and network equipment alarms, and status pages.  I lot of the pages were obviously not designed for viewing on a static display.  Does anyone have a similar setup where they have found a particular tool or package that excels at displaying data?  I'm thinking that a bit of custom programming and maybe something that can scroll text, show dials, flashing lights, and whatnot would produce what I'm looking for, but I don't know where to start.  If anyone has any dos or don'ts or success with particular products, that would be a big help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE**: It seems what I am looking for is a dashboard creation tool." />
  <row Id="14171" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7963" RevisionGUID="e52eede1-d377-45c0-91c3-d339c6d6bfc4" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:33:56.877" UserId="1565" Comment="added 76 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;visualization&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;noc&gt;&lt;dashboard&gt;" />
  <row Id="14172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7981" RevisionGUID="a209bd3c-f484-4217-bddc-17fe75f55f0a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:37:47.837" UserId="715" Text="Can you get away with making them &quot;Power Users&quot;?" />
  <row Id="14173" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7982" RevisionGUID="473a0435-ec87-4b3a-a776-1c229bd93c03" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:38:11.813" UserId="1616" Text="It's all here - [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325349][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325349" />
  <row Id="14174" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7983" RevisionGUID="0f6650c8-8098-468e-9f29-7644463d56d0" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:39:02.843" UserId="2502" Text="Scheduled task the script for your reverse ssh tunnel, or open the firewall port.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're worried about SSH being open to the world you could scheduled task when your maintenance period with iptables scripts and only have the port available then." />
  <row Id="14175" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="7963" RevisionGUID="f7a5cf50-0e5f-446e-b66f-88f78f9eb71d" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:45:50.257" UserId="1565" Comment="edited title" Text="Server and Network Dashboard" />
  <row Id="14176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7984" RevisionGUID="ff5a51c9-c152-4f6f-91ee-28223d20ca78" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:46:26.497" UserId="984" Text="On solution you might want to investigate if you firewall supports it, is [port knocking][1].  With some firewalls it should be possible to send out a special set of packets that the firewall notices and then temporarily opens hole through the firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many implementations some better then others.  Some use strong cryptography to make it nearly impossible for a person without the right keys to send the correct knock.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_knocking" />
  <row Id="14178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7986" RevisionGUID="69b996f6-7986-4c3f-bb03-32648f472996" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:49:50.673" UserId="413" Text="We had too many displays and not enough useful info, so we totally cheated. We found an interesting LCARS-based screen saver (looks like the displays from Star Trek) and ran it on one of the idle displays. That was the one the bosses watched most." />
  <row Id="14179" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7987" RevisionGUID="06d49ecc-3535-4e18-949e-65312ae9622d" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:51:13.477" UserId="1435" Text="We use Mercury (now HP)'s BAC tools for our dashboards. I can take counters, alerts, etc from SO many sources, crunch their stats and dashboard those stats in a variety of ways. I'll warn you know though, this is a high-end solution - very spendy." />
  <row Id="14180" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7988" RevisionGUID="18de3242-6d9c-434e-aa0a-91b870d9e829" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:53:31.353" UserId="301" Text="I wouldn't be that worried about leaving port 22 accessible to the internet, but I would take some steps to secure it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Firstly, disable keyboard interactive authentication and move to ssh keys. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly, install something like [fail2ban][1] on your remote server to blackball IP addresses that repeatably probe your machine. Because you have setup ssh keys, there should be no authentication failures for authorized users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively if you are able, take WerkkreWs advice and configure the firewall in front of the machine to terminate a vpn connection, then only allow the ssh daemon on the remote server to accept connections coming across that vpn.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively if your firewall can't terminate the vpn connection, you can probably forward the GRE or IPSEC packets to your linux machine, and terminate it there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.fail2ban.org/" />
  <row Id="14181" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7973" RevisionGUID="a6f38ab9-a522-4aa7-91b6-d7bcc0a930bd" CreationDate="2009-05-13T21:57:01.550" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;regedit&gt;&lt;64-bit&gt;&lt;32-bit&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="14182" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7989" RevisionGUID="a3f10732-ccbf-429b-bf71-1d8eaaa03fad" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:04:07.577" UserId="413" Text="The answer is: it depends.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is, generally speaking, not &lt;b&gt;legal&lt;/b&gt; to hack into systems that you do not own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, there are some very limited and very hypothetical situations where it may in fact be &lt;b&gt;ethical&lt;/b&gt; to do so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hacking into an enemy government's computer systems during a time of war&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Identifying the perpetrator of a crime in a &quot;smoking gun&quot; situation&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Providing evidence of corporate misbehavior that affects the health and safety of others&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These scenarios are extremely rare in real life (but happen in hollywood all the time), and are just as likely to get your ass thrown in jail as anything else. But the difference between legal and ethical is important.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14183" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7990" RevisionGUID="1e0419fa-a42a-4dde-b38b-1bd414213f86" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:06:25.327" UserId="413" Text="Look into &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.portknocking.org/&quot;&gt;port-knocking&lt;/a&gt; to open up your SSH tunnel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, run denyhosts to lock out people after too many bad requests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both packages are available in the standard Ubuntu, Fedora, and RHEL repositories.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7991" RevisionGUID="bd9284da-ab54-46c2-b172-c48fc9117481" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:07:01.847" UserId="289" Text="@ceejayoz's answer is correct on the technical points.  Note, however, that both xen.org *and XenServer* are available for free (see http://www.citrix.com/freexenserver).  The value-add features Citrix offers may or may not be required in your environment, but I've found from personal experience that the full XenServer works very well for small-scale deployments.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;XenServer will support Windows up to and including Windows 2008.  Official Windows 7/2008 R2 support should be introduced soon; it does currently work, albeit with a command-line tweak, and it's not officially supported." />
  <row Id="14185" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7992" RevisionGUID="86c5ae4b-e558-48f2-8794-c4d7da4d17bd" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:10:27.517" UserId="413" Text="&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Laptops die easily- make sure you have a really really robust backup system running, preferably with your backups going offsite. Drobo, Carbonite, Mozy, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Buy a really good quality phone headset.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Spend money on a good chair if you'll be in the home office for any length of time.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Buy a subscription to O'reilly's &lt;a href=&quot;http://safari.oreilly.com&quot;&gt;Safari&lt;/a&gt; service to act as the technical library that you can't get to at work any more.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14186" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6711" RevisionGUID="791d51e5-3019-49b8-8234-d44979b0f132" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:10:57.080" UserId="2357" Comment="added 39 characters in body" Text="Which Linux filesystem would you choose for **best speed** in the following scenario:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - a hundred million files&#xD;&#xA;  - ~2k file size in average&#xD;&#xA;  - &gt;95% read access&#xD;&#xA;  - pretty random access&#xD;&#xA;  - high concurrency (&gt;100 processes)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Note:* The files are stored in a deep hierarchical tree to avoid large directories. Each leaf directory contains about one thousand files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How would you benchmark it?" />
  <row Id="14187" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7993" RevisionGUID="cd9cc7ea-2c55-4c9c-b69e-c076542b8327" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:18:07.333" UserId="1616" Text="This is not much of an answer, basically a negative opinion on the question - but this is a community wiki.  I would definitely shy away from supporting, or trying to support, staff with their home PCs.  The more you do it, the worse it will get.  Sooner or later you will be blamed for the situation a home user has got themselves into, you are allowing them to abidicate their responsiblity for looking after their own home IT systems.  Even providing advice is too much IMHO.  If you recommend an anti-virus solution, and a user elects to install it on their home PC and gets a virus, you may get the blame.  By some estimates 50% of home PCs are compromised.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Small company or no you should be seeking to add value to the bottom line, not fixing staff home PCs.  I'm afraid I have to say, show me the money!!!" />
  <row Id="14188" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="7993" RevisionGUID="cd9cc7ea-2c55-4c9c-b69e-c076542b8327" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:18:07.333" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14189" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7994" RevisionGUID="b65adc73-24e5-4830-bd8e-7c313c72a8a2" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:19:29.470" UserId="2318" Text="I've been looking through the Apple documentation on configuring Exchange accounts on iPhone 2.0 but I'm a dummy when it comes to Windows Server. Could someone tell me, if I were logged into the Server, which fields one would need to doublecheck to get the sufficient information for the iPhone Exchange setup fields? E.g.: where can I check that the server is configured as a front-end server, which window do I open to check the User's Domain, etc.?" />
  <row Id="14190" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="7994" RevisionGUID="b65adc73-24e5-4830-bd8e-7c313c72a8a2" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:19:29.470" UserId="2318" Text="Which iPhone 2.0 Exchange settings correspond to which settings in Win Server 2003?" />
  <row Id="14191" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="7994" RevisionGUID="b65adc73-24e5-4830-bd8e-7c313c72a8a2" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:19:29.470" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;iphone&gt;&lt;windowsserver2003&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;" />
  <row Id="14192" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7995" RevisionGUID="a2c270ca-315c-4427-8ace-ebc8d9a8ae8b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:23:38.213" UserId="1797" Text="To setup an Exchange account on iPhone, all you need to know is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Server name&#xD;&#xA; - Domain\Username&#xD;&#xA; - Password" />
  <row Id="14193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7996" RevisionGUID="aaed7598-38b6-4113-a681-9325155c5d7f" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:24:13.750" UserId="1654" Text="We go back and forth on this all the time, but our naming convention looks like it's settling down around the format &quot;dds-[location or room number]-[sequential number]&quot; for PCs and &quot;dds-mac-[location]&quot; for Apple devices (&quot;dds&quot; because we're the School of Dentistry).  Usernames prove to be problematic because users leave and move more often than computers do.  I tend to think that location is the most useful piece of information in a device name, at least for us.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14194" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7995" RevisionGUID="fc7ea1ab-cf54-44d5-a0c5-b42744e448ba" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:28:42.607" UserId="1797" Text="To setup an Exchange account on iPhone, all you need to know is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Server name (FQDN)&#xD;&#xA; - Domain\Username&#xD;&#xA; - Password&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The iPhone doesn't care about anything else." />
  <row Id="14195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7997" RevisionGUID="8944ea22-3cb7-4718-9608-2e254e29026a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:30:52.523" UserId="2514" Text="It's not clear what you're asking here. Rdiff backup should be as simple as&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rdiff-backup /sourcedir /backupdir.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To restore all backed up files &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rdiff-backup -r now /backupdir /restoredirectory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe if you elaborate a bit on what exactly you're trying to do?" />
  <row Id="14196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7998" RevisionGUID="0dff8b55-cdfb-4455-9b48-b7bc14dfe35d" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:34:02.847" UserId="2574" Text="For development, if possible supply them with a copy of the live system and provide a way to push database changes back to the development copy at will.  You will find that many of your developers will be more productive with access to &quot;real&quot; data, and you will feel safe knowing that they don't have access to the live system.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am also of the belief that there is no real reason to store certain sensitive data beyond the transaction.  For example, credit card transactions... grab the data and send it to the merchant processing system... but don't save it in the database, instead just store the last 4 digits of the card and the transaction id from the merchant system.  This way when an exploit is found and a fix generated (I know, like that never happens), you have the confidence that no one could have stolen any of this data from your database." />
  <row Id="14197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="7999" RevisionGUID="177eea1f-c80a-44cc-84e4-22629e5f3d25" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:39:14.803" UserId="1466" Text="It sounds like you are looking for **knockd**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can install that on the linux server itself, with **iptables** so that it's kind of like a 2nd level firewall.  Even with port 22 open on the frontend firewall, it wouldn't be open on the server, so portscans wouldn't see any open ports.  Then when you send the &quot;secret knock&quot;, all of a sudden you have an open path to port 22.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does that make sense?" />
  <row Id="14198" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8000" RevisionGUID="06f78e61-11c3-4834-a6cf-171a48738be2" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:42:23.923" UserId="2567" Text="Interestingly, Google published [a study][1] that looked at a pretty large population of drives and their failure rates. One section says, and I quote:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;In contrast to age-related results, we note that all results shown in the rest of the paper are not affected significantly by the population mix.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The authors found that drives tended to fail (1) very soon after their first reported SMART scan error and (2) based more on the drive model number and vintage rather than manufacturer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://labs.google.com/papers/disk_failures.pdf" />
  <row Id="14199" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8000" RevisionGUID="06f78e61-11c3-4834-a6cf-171a48738be2" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:42:23.923" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14200" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8001" RevisionGUID="e77c1a29-fc01-4363-88b2-10c992e679e6" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:47:05.947" UserId="2514" Text="No reason not to poke the hole in the firewall if you need access to the machine remotely, however infrequently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if you'd still rather not (or  can't) open the port, a simple shell script could monitor some Internet available resource that you control and listen for the command to launch the reverse tunnel. Email accounts,IRC channels,and web pages come immediately to mind as trigger devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, this is a lot more brittle and less secure than just opening the port. But I'm sure you have your reasons. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14201" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8002" RevisionGUID="348f4061-7127-43fc-abe2-fae15654e584" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:47:57.817" UserId="2220" Text="Ok, this may be a bit of a complicated problem, but I'll try to simplify it as much as possible.  We are on a University Campus network, and I am working for a professor who wants to setup at least 3 new computers to 4 which are already existing.  So I'd like to know what you all think the best way to setup these computers to work together is.  Below are the requirements:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * One computer will share the data (it has 1TB HDD)&#xD;&#xA; * The other computers will regularly be accessing and editing the data directly, so a mounted file system (NFS, SSHFS, etc) may be needed (SVN or CVS is not an option as it needs to be easy for the users and professor).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The issues I am wondering specifically about is making the shared files private enough so that only the authorized people can access it, while not having to manually make sure that all UIDs, GIDs, etc are the same across all computers (which is the current setup using NFS).  Ideally any user should be able to use any computer and have the same environment, but this is not a requirement.  Currently, the computers are running Fedora (not sure which version) and Ubuntu, one 8.04 and the other 9.04.  If you have a recommendation of a specif OS which makes this task easy, then I would like to hear it, otherwise I am thinking of converting all of them into Ubuntu 9.04 as it is what I am the most familiar with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="14202" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8002" RevisionGUID="348f4061-7127-43fc-abe2-fae15654e584" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:47:57.817" UserId="2220" Text="What is a good for networked Linux computers?" />
  <row Id="14203" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8002" RevisionGUID="348f4061-7127-43fc-abe2-fae15654e584" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:47:57.817" UserId="2220" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;user-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="14204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8003" RevisionGUID="8cbd9cd1-1668-44e4-b9a5-983c2c6b9b26" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:48:15.583" UserId="2441" Text="As long as all of your wireless client devices (phones, laptops, PDAs, etc.) support it, use WPA2 with AES encryption instead of WEP. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have users with old driver software, operating systems, and wireless cards, you may be limited in what you can do. Most devices that originally supported only WEP can be upgraded via software to support WPA with TKIP, but they may not be able to support WPA with AES or WPA2 with AES. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are lots of old special-purpose devices out there that may only support WEP. For those legacy devices, you may want to create a separate SSID and VLAN along with super-strict firewall policies. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For personal use, WEP with a &quot;closed network&quot; (where the SSID is not broadcast in beacon frame) is enough to say &quot;this isn't a public network&quot; to keep your honest neighbors from hopping onto your network. It won't keep hackers out, but you are probably more vulnerable to the latest worm/virus than someone trying to hack into your home computer from within a few hundred feet of your house. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For office use, you should use WPA2-PSK+AES (pre-shared key) with a **strong passphrase** at the least. Ideally, you will be able to use &quot;WPA2 Enterprise&quot;, which means that you use something more secure and manageable than a shared secret (your domain credentials, a smart card, one-time password, or client certificate) to get onto the network. This will require a RADIUS server and some kind of centralized authentication system. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8004" RevisionGUID="f79152d1-1459-429f-828e-e38eaa501054" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:50:55.703" UserId="2553" Text="A more serious answer from me is, perhaps you're asking the wrong question :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Google figured out a long time ago that you must design for failure. For the single user, I would recommend something like a [Drobo][1] combined with a good backup regimen. Server-side, it is not that much different, except that rather than a Drobo you probably want to look at RAID solutions. For applications, you can also consider something like cloud-storage, e.g., [Amazon S3][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.drobo.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://aws.amazon.com/s3/" />
  <row Id="14206" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8004" RevisionGUID="f79152d1-1459-429f-828e-e38eaa501054" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:50:55.703" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14207" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8005" RevisionGUID="6449a514-c7bf-4772-a2ac-9e384a690fb3" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:51:48.433" UserId="1925" Text="Other people have talked about the need to manage time, setup a separate area and so forth, but the one thing that I generally missed / needed off site is what I call &quot;office culture&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can have all the phone conversations, email theads or IM'ing as you want, but for some things you just can't beat physical face-to-face contact, even if it is to talk up your football team's exploits on the weekend. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Aim to have some office time reasonably regularly to maintain physical contact. One negative aspect of you not being in the office (unless everyone else does it too) is that when you're not seen in the office, you might not be seen to be doing work by your co-workers." />
  <row Id="14208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8006" RevisionGUID="d59b7833-bcb8-49a9-911c-2634fc90b05c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:56:06.337" UserId="2576" Text="I've gone into the Directory Utility on the mac, clicked on the services tab, entered the Active Directory Domain and Computer ID, clicked the Bind button and it showed a little status label which flickered through 5 of 5 steps and then said &quot;An unknown error occurred&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I ignore the error and just click the OK button further down the screen and make sure the Active Directory service is ticked in the list of services, then go to the Directory Servers tab and try to add an Active Directory by entering my ad domain, computer id, admin username and password I get an error &quot;Unable to add the domain. An unexpected error of type -14090 (eDSAuthFailed) occurred.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="14209" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8006" RevisionGUID="d59b7833-bcb8-49a9-911c-2634fc90b05c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:56:06.337" UserId="2576" Text="How to add a mac to windows Active Directory" />
  <row Id="14210" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8006" RevisionGUID="d59b7833-bcb8-49a9-911c-2634fc90b05c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T22:56:06.337" UserId="2576" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;mac&gt;" />
  <row Id="14211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8007" RevisionGUID="4d65ead4-7fda-4fde-a687-aeb0dba7c21b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:00:08.543" UserId="2575" Text="Here's my scenario:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a need to push out a set of files (a 'workspace') from a source server to multiple destination servers. The files are kept under version control (SVN) so the first step is to export the latest version of the repository to the source server. I then need to ensure that several regional servers, each on a different continent, have the latest version of that workspace.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a script that works using ROBOCOPY, but it's sending the **entire** workspace to each destination server. Copy times are very long and the transfer can clog up the network to some of the sites that aren't as well wired up..... I've already had complaints!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In most cases, the changes will only apply to a small percentage of all the files, so some sort of *differential copy* would be ideal. I'm reluctant to go the synchronization/mirror route because the files on the remote servers will be used and modified quite often and it's likely that the files on the regional servers will be deemed to be newer by the synchronization tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any scripts/tools that you can recommend to make publishing this workspace more efficient? I don't mind if there is a reasonably-priced too that can help do the job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OS: Windows Server 2003&#xD;&#xA;Network bandwith: it's a private company network and connection speeds can vary greatly&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="14212" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8007" RevisionGUID="4d65ead4-7fda-4fde-a687-aeb0dba7c21b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:00:08.543" UserId="2575" Text="What is the most efficient way to push out/publish large sets files over a network?" />
  <row Id="14213" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8007" RevisionGUID="4d65ead4-7fda-4fde-a687-aeb0dba7c21b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:00:08.543" UserId="2575" Text="&lt;copy&gt;&lt;synchronization&gt;&lt;push&gt;&lt;file-transfer&gt;" />
  <row Id="14214" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8008" RevisionGUID="211ba634-41a7-49df-a9da-547868c5527c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:01:46.310" UserId="564" Text="Look at [Freenas][1] it should do what you need it to.  Just run freenas on the the computer that needs to share the data&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://freenas.org/" />
  <row Id="14215" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8009" RevisionGUID="b9a415d6-a081-4ac6-8e82-fce68764822a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:05:20.893" UserId="2513" Text="Either the credentials you provided were incorrect to join the computer to the domain or the AD server is not set up to allow that machine to join it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming your credentials are correct, and you see nothing else preventing that computer from joining the domain, try to follow this guide over again from scratch:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Guide to joining a Mac to AD][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.smallbizserver.net/Articles/tabid/266/articleType/ArticleView/ArticleID/234/PageID/359/Default.aspx" />
  <row Id="14216" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8010" RevisionGUID="3e4d1cad-7ac3-40f2-a05f-55ac4a8e79f0" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:05:28.020" UserId="1382" Text="[This question][1] nicely covers getting python scripts running under CMD.EXE without having to type a bunch of extra stuff - that is &quot;&gt; script&quot; rather than &quot;&gt; python script.py&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I can't seem to get the same behavior under PowerShell.  Entering &quot;PS &gt; script.py&quot; there just gets me the &quot;is not recognized as a cmdlet, function, operable program, or script file&quot; error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I get PowerShell to recognize the same file associations that CMD does?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4284/can-i-register-python-scripts-to-execute-on-windows" />
  <row Id="14217" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8010" RevisionGUID="3e4d1cad-7ac3-40f2-a05f-55ac4a8e79f0" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:05:28.020" UserId="1382" Text="Is there a way to register python scripts to run &quot;by themselves&quot; under PowerShell?" />
  <row Id="14218" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8010" RevisionGUID="3e4d1cad-7ac3-40f2-a05f-55ac4a8e79f0" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:05:28.020" UserId="1382" Text="&lt;python&gt;&lt;powershell&gt;" />
  <row Id="14219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8011" RevisionGUID="28e9439e-bbf2-4b15-9ae6-ee55dc6b1cf0" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:10:54.533" UserId="1435" Text="There aren't that many disk manufacturers these days, I'm sure we could all name 90% of them right away - I honestly don't think there is a true answer to this question - not across the board and not one that we can all agree on.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ultimately this comes down to the fact that no one company is generally perceived as being of significantly lower quality than the others. I'm sure there have been single-model/batch issues with all of the main players but overall they're all pretty competitive with each other on speed, capacity, reliably etc.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the bad news is that I'm not sure there's an answer to your question but the good news is it's this lack of quality tiers that means we can get very fast and reliable disks for comparatively very little :)" />
  <row Id="14220" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8011" RevisionGUID="28e9439e-bbf2-4b15-9ae6-ee55dc6b1cf0" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:10:54.533" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14221" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8012" RevisionGUID="19f5b828-d932-4b69-92b0-41b578bf5788" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:12:55.607" UserId="2513" Text="It would seem that if the proxy is set up to load balance as you say, and there is only one server it can point to, that sometimes the load balance deems the target application server too busy, and gives you that error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you correspond the error you are seeing to any sort of load on the server?  Is there a way to take the load balancing out of the equation and test?  Can you configure the load balancer settings/view them to see if it has very conservative thresholds?" />
  <row Id="14222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8013" RevisionGUID="dcb7974d-93b9-4357-8368-4b430601b8aa" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:15:40.343" UserId="301" Text="You mentioned that the source is in SVN. Can you just do svn up ?" />
  <row Id="14223" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8014" RevisionGUID="573afe72-ecb9-4369-9bdf-d95db285e51b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:17:13.867" UserId="2513" Text="Another similar solution would be using [OpenFiler][1] instead of Freenas.  It might be a little bit much depending on exactly what you are trying to accomplish though.  It would allow you to set up a datastore and control access to it however you would like.  You could present it as an NFS or CIFS/Samba share.  It would even allow you flexibility to later expand your storage, or even present disk to the remote systems over iSCSI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.openfiler.com/" />
  <row Id="14224" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8015" RevisionGUID="634ad997-9c42-4de6-8c1d-7af58a905cc1" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:17:33.773" UserId="2441" Text="[I'm assuming that by &quot;wireless internet from a local isp&quot; you mean that your LAN's connection to the Internet will be going over 802.11b to a base station some distance away that's owned by your ISP.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many people seem happy deploying 802.11bg APs using 1, 6, and 11 as the channels. The theory is that the center frequency for each channel is 5MHz apart, but the communication channel needs 22Mhz, so you have to be 5 channels away to avoid most interference. It will probably work fine as long as the ISP connection and your 1310 are operating on different channels. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If all of your the devices have highly directional antennas that are aimed properly, that will reduce the chance of interference. I assume that the local device from your ISP will have a directional antenna pointed to their base station. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also replace your bridge with one that uses 802.11a (5GHz) instead of 11b. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regardless of what you do, your neighbors may have a WiFi network already that could cause interference, so that's something to keep in mind if you're thinking of relying on a wireless ISP that uses 802.11b. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14225" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8002" RevisionGUID="3619ceea-6af7-480f-9f93-1d7628cb3f01" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:17:55.067" UserId="2220" Comment="Freenas doesn't work, I added 3rd point." Text="Ok, this may be a bit of a complicated problem, but I'll try to simplify it as much as possible.  We are on a University Campus network, and I am working for a professor who wants to setup at least 3 new computers to 4 which are already existing.  So I'd like to know what you all think the best way to setup these computers to work together is.  Below are the requirements:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * One computer will share the data (it has 1TB HDD)&#xD;&#xA; * The other computers will regularly be accessing and editing the data directly, so a mounted file system (NFS, SSHFS, etc) may be needed (SVN or CVS is not an option as it needs to be easy for the users and professor).&#xD;&#xA; * All computers should be capable of being used to do calculations (full use of processor/ram).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The issues I am wondering specifically about is making the shared files private enough so that only the authorized people can access it, while not having to manually make sure that all UIDs, GIDs, etc are the same across all computers (which is the current setup using NFS).  Ideally any user should be able to use any computer and have the same environment, but this is not a requirement.  Currently, the computers are running Fedora (not sure which version) and Ubuntu, one 8.04 and the other 9.04.  If you have a recommendation of a specif OS which makes this task easy, then I would like to hear it, otherwise I am thinking of converting all of them into Ubuntu 9.04 as it is what I am the most familiar with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="14226" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7957" RevisionGUID="e27f459b-236f-4687-bfad-1cf91aced9fa" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:19:14.833" UserId="2466" Comment="added 212 characters in body" Text="This is exactly what Microsoft Live Sync is for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use it to sync between 3 computers; mine, my wife's and our kids.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Photos - synced between all three.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Music - synced between mine and kids.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our main group of files - synced between all three. This includes homework, address lists etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our financial data - synced between my wife and me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then use mozy on my computer to back it all up. Plus, I have at least two local copies as well in the event of a hardware failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use iTunes, but each has been set to not organize files and not use the default location. The database needs to be updated but the set of music is identical.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It used to be called Foldershare but I have been using it for years and it is awesome. Works peer to peer on a Lan so moving files is fast. Usually syncs within a minute once a file is closed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the computers need to access the internet to make the connection but no storage is done online. The sync can also be performed using a peer to peer connection over the internet but it is obviously slower.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Works great since our daughters may all be working on homework simultaneously on different computers and their files are on all three computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When we bought a new family computer, I just took the old one offline and set up the new one. Overnight, it had all the files from the other two. " />
  <row Id="14228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8017" RevisionGUID="4735cbd0-0dd8-4e69-8312-51db2a0cee1c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:20:07.233" UserId="2444" Text="Many years ago the company I worked for had a client which ran a nightly backup of their NT 4.0 Server to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaz_drive&quot;&gt;Jaz drive&lt;/a&gt; (like a high capacity zip disk).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We set up a batch file, which ran as a scheduled job overnight.  Every morning they'd collect last nights disk from the drive, and before they left in the evening they'd insert the next disk in the sequence.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, the batch file looked something like this (the Jaz drive was drive F:)...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    @echo off&#xD;&#xA;    F:&#xD;&#xA;    deltree /y *.*&#xD;&#xA;    xcopy &lt;important files&gt; F:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, one night they forgot to put the disk in.  The change to drive F: failed (no disk in drive), and the batch file continued to run.  The default working directory for the batch file?  C:\.  First time I've ever seen a backup routine _destroy_ the server it was backing up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I learned a little something about sysadminning (and exception handling) that day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Jim.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS:  The fix?  &quot;deltree /y F:\\\*.\*&quot;." />
  <row Id="14229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8018" RevisionGUID="8c1c91fe-d327-44c9-98f6-bb465d99c2a5" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:21:09.853" UserId="488" Text="This is under version 10.4.11 on a G4 PowerBook.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The user's main account on the machine will appear to load OK, but no applications will actually launch, instead only giving the spinning beachball.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another account on the system can be used to log in without any trouble at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not being someone who normally works on Macs, I'm at a loss as to how I can diagnose or repair the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where to begin?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did find some information on enabling the root account and I was going to use that to tar the contents of the user dir and attempt to populate a fresh user account with those materials, but the HD isn't large enough for that.  I could transfer the files remotely but that will take quite a long time (the system is used for video production--there are gigs and gigs of files).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Help?" />
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  <row Id="14231" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8018" RevisionGUID="8c1c91fe-d327-44c9-98f6-bb465d99c2a5" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:21:09.853" UserId="488" Text="&lt;apple&gt;&lt;mac&gt;" />
  <row Id="14233" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7984" RevisionGUID="377e6aed-8b34-472c-986c-d8611d69677f" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:25:22.107" UserId="984" Comment="updated to assume didnt have router access" Text="&gt; It has less to do with being concerned&#xD;&#xA;&gt; with a port being open and more to do&#xD;&#xA;&gt; with not wanting to walk a user though&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the process of opening up a port. I&#xD;&#xA;&gt; don't have any access to this router&#xD;&#xA;&gt; at all unfortunately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If changing the router is completely out of the question, you may need to look at a P2P or VPN solution like [Hamachi][2].  If you setup the system to automatically establish the VPN connection at startup, then you should be able to connect in whenever you need to.  Hamachi does all the firewall negotiation for you. The one drawback is you have to rely on the Hamachi servers being up and functional when you need to connect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a server that is always up, you could setup [autossh][3] so that the remote system always keeps a tunnel open and connected to your server.  The one drawback is the remote system is compromised they attacker will get the keys that where used to establish the ssh session.  It would be very important to keep your system that accept the ssh connection really locked down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;Below is my original answer, I had assumed that updating the router was an option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One solution you might want to investigate if you firewall supports it, is [port knocking][1].  With some firewalls it should be possible to send out a special set of packets that the firewall notices and then temporarily opens hole through the firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many implementations some better then others.  Some use strong cryptography to make it nearly impossible for a person without the right keys to send the correct knock.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_knocking&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamachi&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.harding.motd.ca/autossh/&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14234" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8019" RevisionGUID="b915a890-5a34-4aa9-96cb-3f90e102c0d2" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:28:52.210" UserId="2513" Text="Might be something corrupt that it is trying to start as/for that user upon login.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can try to run &quot;Verify Disk Permissions&quot;, and see if that reports anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also check /var/log/system.log to see if anything shows up there indicating what specific thing is the problem for that user." />
  <row Id="14235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8020" RevisionGUID="e3822768-6b8f-4c42-8f4c-db0ed284beea" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:32:50.893" UserId="2578" Text="I'm looking for a VPN server solution that allows clients to use the native Windows Vista VPN client.  Main reason is cost, since I am in a startup with little funds and not having to spend $50 per client for software, as well as not having to install any more software, is very appealing to me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only thing this will function is the VPN server.  I already have a firewall solution, so this is of no importance to me.  From what I understand, Vista's client will not connect on an IPSec VPN connection, which is what my firewall provides." />
  <row Id="14236" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8020" RevisionGUID="e3822768-6b8f-4c42-8f4c-db0ed284beea" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:32:50.893" UserId="2578" Text="VPN server that allows NATIVE Vista VPN client to connect...?" />
  <row Id="14237" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8020" RevisionGUID="e3822768-6b8f-4c42-8f4c-db0ed284beea" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:32:50.893" UserId="2578" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="14238" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8021" RevisionGUID="802641a1-3d84-4211-919f-d5a35e6956b2" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:33:24.917" UserId="1680" Text="So, I have an interesting problem. The root password on one of our Sun x4500 machines was changed and never communicated. Now, nobody knows what it is. The suggestion that was given to me was to mount the box's filesystem onto the LOM and chroot into it to change the password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Google has failed me, so I'm wondering if you guys know if there's a way to do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="14239" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8021" RevisionGUID="802641a1-3d84-4211-919f-d5a35e6956b2" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:33:24.917" UserId="1680" Text="Mount Solaris 10 Filesystem onto Lights Out Manager" />
  <row Id="14240" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8021" RevisionGUID="802641a1-3d84-4211-919f-d5a35e6956b2" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:33:24.917" UserId="1680" Text="&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;lights-out-manager&gt;&lt;x4500&gt;" />
  <row Id="14241" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8022" RevisionGUID="a401d9e9-b754-4122-b6af-8f0645de3192" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:38:09.590" UserId="2513" Text="Here is a [step-by-step guide][1] to resetting the root password on Solaris 10, it requires you have the Solaris 10 installation disc, and physical access to the machine though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.stsolutions.com/newsletter/ask_al_issue04.html" />
  <row Id="14242" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8021" RevisionGUID="e7bdae6e-3184-4892-b54f-660d9b8b4135" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:39:41.867" UserId="1680" Comment="added 314 characters in body" Text="So, I have an interesting problem. The root password on one of our Sun x4500 machines was changed and never communicated. Now, nobody knows what it is. The suggestion that was given to me was to mount the box's filesystem onto the LOM and chroot into it to change the password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Google has failed me, so I'm wondering if you guys know if there's a way to do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**: It appears as though when SSH'd into the LOM itself, there's a very limited set of commands, most of which revolving around the management of the server. I don't even see how a chroot would be possible, if I could even mount the x4500's filesystem onto the LOM. This is starting to not look possible." />
  <row Id="14243" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8023" RevisionGUID="acf961aa-c54f-44ea-909c-7059504f5a6b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:41:10.273" UserId="2579" Text="The issue with this question is that there are ***good drive models*** for a manufacturer and ***bad drive models***.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, there seems to be a high failure rate for the Seagate 1tb &amp; 1.5tb drives, but their 250gb &amp; 320gb drives are solid*.  Yet the Western Digital 1tb, 1.5tb, &amp; 2tb drives seem more stable, but there have been issues with their 500gb drives*.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The answers to this question should address more of the ***good drive models***, not the actual manufacturers themselves.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;JFV&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Information for this data was obtained from ratings on websites like NewEgg.com, TigerDirect.com, etc*" />
  <row Id="14244" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8023" RevisionGUID="acf961aa-c54f-44ea-909c-7059504f5a6b" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:41:10.273" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14245" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8024" RevisionGUID="243233f8-5567-4415-9a59-1a1551b43a8e" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:41:46.793" UserId="2187" Text="I have a system in which I test the releases of a software suit.  This system includes multiple Red Hat 5 servers and Windows clients on a closed internal network.  I need to monitor every aspect of the system for memory, network, and CPU usage.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently I use the **[nmon][1]** for monitoring the Red Hat servers and the built in Performance Monitor for Windows.  There must be some better tools than these that have report generation capabilities.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What tools does the community use for performance monitoring?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/WikiPtype/nmon" />
  <row Id="14246" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8024" RevisionGUID="243233f8-5567-4415-9a59-1a1551b43a8e" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:41:46.793" UserId="2187" Text="Monitoring the performance of a system for testing purposes?" />
  <row Id="14247" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8024" RevisionGUID="243233f8-5567-4415-9a59-1a1551b43a8e" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:41:46.793" UserId="2187" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;testing&gt;" />
  <row Id="14248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8025" RevisionGUID="93ce2b4f-f183-47e4-9a7c-106f65719ee4" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:42:59.693" UserId="2441" Text="There are many lesser-known vendors who make long-distance wireless bridge solutions, and many of them have been around for a long time. Because one vendor is providing both ends of the bridge, interoperability isn't as much of a concern as it is for a traditional 802.11 wireless LAN. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not sure it's still the case, but many vendors used to do things that aren't necessarily Wi-Fi- or 802.11-compliant to make long-distance links work better (like extending certain timeout thresholds or not acknowledging certain packets). The main downside I can see to this is that it'll be more difficult to use standard 802.11 packet analyzers to troubleshoot problems. But it looks like this MikroTik router uses vanilla 802.11abg anyway. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are already using Cisco wireless devices throughout your network, and you have a network management system that supports them, then maybe there's some benefit to sticking with what you know. The bridge devices either need to have a good management interface built-in or you have to have good external monitoring software so that you can tell what's going on when the link misbehaves or goes down. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And how could you not like a company whose software is called &quot;The Dude&quot;? " />
  <row Id="14249" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8021" RevisionGUID="8bbf1184-4b6a-47aa-9ed2-0c581a721966" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:44:42.793" UserId="1680" Comment="deleted 416 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="So, I have an interesting problem. The root password on one of our Sun x4500 machines was changed and never communicated. Now, nobody knows what it is. I have physical access to the machine, but no Solaris installation disc. Is there any way to reset the password, this way?" />
  <row Id="14250" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="8021" RevisionGUID="8bbf1184-4b6a-47aa-9ed2-0c581a721966" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:44:42.793" UserId="1680" Comment="deleted 416 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="Reset Root Password on Solaris 10" />
  <row Id="14251" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8021" RevisionGUID="8bbf1184-4b6a-47aa-9ed2-0c581a721966" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:44:42.793" UserId="1680" Comment="deleted 416 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;solaris&gt;" />
  <row Id="14252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8026" RevisionGUID="fdbaefca-385b-4325-b4ba-c4d430921134" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:45:11.310" UserId="2331" Text="Seems to me like you need a Windows Server. Microsoft recently introduced something called [Windows Server 2008 Foundation][1] which might suit you. WSF is purchased pre-installed by an OEM and requires no CALs, but is limited to 15 users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, what do you need the VPN for? Might a Small Business Server be a better solution with it's Remote Web Workplace?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/nking/archive/2009/04/01/enter-windows-server-2008-foundation.aspx" />
  <row Id="14253" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8027" RevisionGUID="b127ca7f-5cff-4dbe-8e03-6f8cc5d601cd" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:46:26.863" UserId="1909" Text="I once had a fight with the APC UPS monitoring software. Being a small company, we had a couple of small-ish UPSes and various servers were setup to monitor them. Most of the servers were Linux, but where a few running Windows and so they were the ones used because the APC software is Windows only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, the APC software at the time was hard-coded to assume the UPS it is talking to is also powering the PC its running on! This was not the case for this server, but I discovered that too late to tell it to halt. Also unfortunately, the lead programmer was demonstrating the company product to a partner - it was a web-based app, running on the same server I didn't want the APC software to shut down...&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14254" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8020" RevisionGUID="3ab0c69c-4417-4b78-968a-e70ef35de22d" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:47:02.773" UserId="2578" Comment="added 241 characters in body" Text="I'm looking for a VPN server solution that allows clients to use the native Windows Vista VPN client.  Main reason is cost, since I am in a startup with little funds and not having to spend $50 per client for software, as well as not having to install any more software, is very appealing to me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only thing this will function is the VPN server.  I already have a firewall solution, so this is of no importance to me.  From what I understand, Vista's client will not connect on an IPSec VPN connection, which is what my firewall provides.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do not want to expose SQL Server externally, this is the main reason I want VPN.  Is this something Windows Server 2003 could handle?  Regardless, it would be cheaper finding a smaller hardware firewall solution I would think." />
  <row Id="14255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8028" RevisionGUID="7abbda80-d71b-4e0e-b865-a29ec0cd7daa" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:48:58.277" UserId="2579" Text="Early on when I was a young'un, I was trying to be 'helpful' and tried to copy 250mb of data over a 128kb line to 86 different sites at the same time... *during business hours*. While I was doing this, I overheard people asking why everything was taking so long...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Needless to say, I killed the transfers and (luckily) no one knew it was me!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JFV" />
  <row Id="14256" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8011" RevisionGUID="6a7ba9f6-bd31-4593-9f78-05251fca2d1c" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:51:16.713" UserId="1435" Comment="added 31 characters in body" Text="There aren't that many disk manufacturers these days, I'm sure we could all name 90% of them right away - I honestly don't think there is a true answer to this question - not across the board and not one that we can all agree on.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ultimately this comes down to the fact that no one company is generally perceived as being of significantly lower quality than the others. I'm sure there have been single-model/batch issues with all of the main players but overall they're all pretty competitive with each other on speed, capacity, reliably etc.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the bad news is that I'm not sure there's an answer to your question but the good news is it's this lack of quality tiers means that these days we can all get very fast and reliable disks for comparatively very little - which is nice :)" />
  <row Id="14257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8029" RevisionGUID="b9f64b8f-be37-4c0a-afbe-7320b6793d6a" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:51:17.573" UserId="2513" Text="I would suggest trying out [Cacti][1] and/or [Nagios][2], in conjunction with SNMP and the correct sets of MIB's you should be able to get what you want.  There are other solutions but most of them are commercial offerings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cacti.net&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.nagios.org" />
  <row Id="14258" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8030" RevisionGUID="d3e78198-c8a2-4951-8ceb-282458383dbf" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:53:11.423" UserId="2579" Text="Another of my favorites:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When setting up a computer and a local laser printer on a system, I had the bright idea to plug them both into the computer's UPS.  Ever try to print to a local laser printer when it's plugged into a desktop UPS?  Well, if you don't know, it tends to pull all the amps...  Which restarts the computer...  And the print job never finishes...!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ever get the call: '*Whenever I print, it restarts my computer and doesn't print!!!*'?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ooops!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JFV" />
  <row Id="14259" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8031" RevisionGUID="4cd8d76b-535b-4723-a146-48d9566712a0" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:53:47.663" UserId="2331" Text="This exact scenario is addressed by Microsoft's [Distributed File System][1] (DFS). Windows Server 2003 R2 added support for Remote Differential Compression, which only synchronizes the differences. Exactly what you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc787066.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/storage/dfs/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="14260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8032" RevisionGUID="081c9a02-bdb0-426f-8110-302ab1eabc88" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:54:32.997" UserId="1909" Text="The first general thing you should do is look at the memory parameters. The default settings for MySQL are very very conservative. Whatever engine you use, you will probably need to raise a number of the memory parameters by ten or even a hundred-fold.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The next thing you should do is look at the table cache. The default value is 64, which is only useful if you have no more than about 60 tables. You will want to raise that a long way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The third thing you should do is look at the thread and connection parameters. The default wait_timeout is hugely long for most web-based applications and can be reduced to something like 30 seconds. This will improve memory usage as well, as MySQL will reap connections sooner, leaving much less lying around in a 'sleep' state. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14261" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8032" RevisionGUID="081c9a02-bdb0-426f-8110-302ab1eabc88" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:54:32.997" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14262" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7965" RevisionGUID="98677d9c-df97-423d-a735-09f29fd3aa42" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:58:50.367" UserId="413" Comment="typo" Text="I had fun discovering the difference between the linux &quot;killall&quot; command (kills all processes matching the specified name, useful for stopping zombies) and the solaris &quot;killall&quot; command (kills all processes and halts the system, useful for stopping the production server in the middle of peak hours and getting all your co-workers to laugh at you for a week)." />
  <row Id="14263" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8033" RevisionGUID="58ba2c63-b195-41e1-9fc6-eefdc6f44091" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:59:26.593" UserId="2444" Text="Given that the files are under version control, how about creating a branch in svn for the &quot;production ready&quot; version of your files.  THen instead of doing an scn export on your master server, do a checkout on _ALL_ of the servers, and use &quot;svn update&quot; to update them all from the &quot;Production Ready&quot; branch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The idea of having a production ready branch is that you can continue working on the files and at the point you're ready to &quot;publish&quot; them to all servers move copy the files into the branch.  This way you won't have &quot;unfinished&quot; stuff showing up on your productiuon servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Jim.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS: THis is essentially the same as Dave Cheney's answer, just more detailed." />
  <row Id="14264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8034" RevisionGUID="4d0a0266-bbf3-46d3-a52b-dc1870404af7" CreationDate="2009-05-13T23:59:40.070" UserId="2579" Text="If you use an Asset Tag, then I would suggest you use the dept abreviation and the asset tag information.  For example:  I work in MIS at the Home Office in Delaware, OH - DELMIS000123, or I work in Marketing in Atlanta, GA - ATLMKTG000124, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let me know what you think!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JFV" />
  <row Id="14265" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8018" RevisionGUID="6acf05f3-163f-4831-84c1-098dee8e4484" CreationDate="2009-05-14T00:05:55.973" UserId="488" Comment="ongoing saga..." Text="This is under version 10.4.11 on a G4 PowerBook.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The user's main account on the machine will appear to load OK, but no applications will actually launch, instead only giving the spinning beachball.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another account on the system can be used to log in without any trouble at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not being someone who normally works on Macs, I'm at a loss as to how I can diagnose or repair the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where to begin?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did find some information on enabling the root account and I was going to use that to tar the contents of the user dir and attempt to populate a fresh user account with those materials, but the HD isn't large enough for that.  I could transfer the files remotely but that will take quite a long time (the system is used for video production--there are gigs and gigs of files).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Help?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**edit**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Attempting to verify permissions turned up a few bad permissions, mostly on Firefox plugins for some reason, but no smoking gun.  However it did stop responding at about 60%.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In system.log I found something similar to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    nfs server automount [111] not responding ns1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14266" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8035" RevisionGUID="16c7af6f-ba40-429e-b5d6-4351f5ac0169" CreationDate="2009-05-14T00:07:33.210" UserId="1848" Text="The native VPN client in Vista can connect to any VPN server that supports PPTP, L2TP, or SSTP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So yes, VPN in Server 2003 will work as long as you enable one of the protocols listed above. [This guide][1] can get you started.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5805260.html" />
  <row Id="14267" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8036" RevisionGUID="4eadb4d0-1238-4aaf-86ad-ee0c479c616a" CreationDate="2009-05-14T00:12:23.730" UserId="2519" Text="We have Exchange 2007 set up with Outlook Web Access. ASP.NET forms authentication is enabled for the OWA directory and all other authentication methods are disabled. When browsing to the OWA site I get the login form, as expected, however when trying to log in I always get &quot;The username or password that you entered is not valid. Try entering it again.&quot; I'm sure that the username and password are correct. I've already tried it both with and without the domain name, ie. &quot;DOMAIN\username&quot; and just &quot;username&quot;. How do I troubleshoot this?" />
  <row Id="14268" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8036" RevisionGUID="4eadb4d0-1238-4aaf-86ad-ee0c479c616a" CreationDate="2009-05-14T00:12:23.730" UserId="2519" Text="Exchange 2007 OWA authentication failing" />
  <row Id="14269" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8036" RevisionGUID="4eadb4d0-1238-4aaf-86ad-ee0c479c616a" CreationDate="2009-05-14T00:12:23.730" UserId="2519" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;owa&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;" />
  <row Id="14270" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8037" RevisionGUID="6273be98-048b-4c5d-8090-eb11899940b9" CreationDate="2009-05-14T00:13:33.620" UserId="2043" Text="Any linux/bsd distribution which can mount your drive filesystem should have the same capability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A &lt;a href=&quot;http://livecd.sourceforge.net/download.php&quot;&gt;FreeBSD liveCD&lt;/a&gt; would likely be your best candidate in the absence of the Solaris media. (BSDs support UFS.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck!" />
  <row Id="14271" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8038" RevisionGUID="0f1ec826-2f00-43e4-bb60-a7c835180ee4" CreationDate="2009-05-14T00:17:29.730" UserId="1122" Text="&gt; In most cases, the changes will only apply to a small percentage of all the files, so some sort of differential copy would be ideal&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Rsync][1]. Yes, for [Windows too][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As mentioned, `svn up` would work too, but since&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the files on the remote servers will be used and modified quite often&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you'll need to `svn revert` first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.aboutmyip.com/AboutMyXApp/DeltaCopy.jsp" />
  <row Id="14272" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1697" RevisionGUID="d8647a8a-3523-4c03-a839-1a49d6708afa" CreationDate="2009-05-14T00:24:23.260" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;defrag&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="14273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8039" RevisionGUID="92d9797d-6dc0-40a1-9442-6931ecb9074e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T00:31:13.827" UserId="413" Text="Do you need to use ICMP ping for your server testing? HTTP requests are supported by most load balancers, and are usually a better idea, as your web server can be down while your network card is still up." />
  <row Id="14274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8040" RevisionGUID="5919951f-094c-4465-9c49-24826ad9e8fd" CreationDate="2009-05-14T00:45:12.150" UserId="2519" Text="Figured it out. We had to go to Exchange Management, Server Configuration, Client Access, Outlook Web Access tab, open the owa web site, Authentication tab and select &quot;Use forms-based authentication&quot;. After that OWA still logged an error, saying that the authentication type in Web.config should be set to &quot;Windows&quot;. We had it as &quot;Forms&quot;, which seems correct, since we *are* logging in through a web form. Nevertheless, changing it to &quot;Windows&quot; in Web.config file did the trick." />
  <row Id="14275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8041" RevisionGUID="2c800bd0-7b21-48ad-a9c2-ffa370a57aae" CreationDate="2009-05-14T00:49:56.120" UserId="2417" Text="You can hack something with [incron](http://inotify.aiken.cz/?section=incron&amp;page=about&amp;lang=en). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   &lt;pre&gt; /path1    IN_CLOSE_WRITE     rsync  -au $@/$#  backuphhost:/path&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="14276" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8042" RevisionGUID="df9e26e0-d942-40ef-b843-7df2cc6f3733" CreationDate="2009-05-14T00:59:38.303" UserId="1654" Text="The same solution should work under Powershell: add .py to the PATHEXT environment variable?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Under XP, right-click My Computer, select Properties, Advanced, Environment Variables.  Then add ;.PY to the list of extensions in PATHEXT." />
  <row Id="14277" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="8042" RevisionGUID="fdb61973-55f1-49da-97b4-d55559622f82" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:02:45.147" UserId="1654" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1654,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Doug Chase&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="14278" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7683" RevisionGUID="26df08bf-be6e-425c-aef7-836746c0f62d" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:13:32.117" UserId="2123" Comment="added 63 characters in body" Text="If you've got Visual Studio installed, you could use **spy++**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To log all keyboard messages make sure you enable  *all windows in the system* checkbox, and filter for Keyboard message types.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14279" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8043" RevisionGUID="525252d3-b83c-4d31-a066-309ba37f2775" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:14:46.343" UserId="2526" Text="I agree with Kevin that you shouldn't be naming the machines after staff or company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would also go further and say that you shouldn't be naming the machines after 'staff roles' either as having once managed machines for a small company you would often end up with a situation where your newly hired accounts assistant would be running on the &quot;SALES3&quot; machine because one of your sales staff left and that's the only spare machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This generally leaves you with the even 'colder' alternative of naming the machine with in a more generic pattern, in which case take your pick of the suggestions by Kevin, Sam &amp; JFV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However personally if i was only running a small number of machines in an office environment I would go with a something VERY simple like PC{Number} eg. PC001 or if you wish OS{Number} eg. XP001... and then to easily know which machine is where just maintain a small list/spreadsheet of which machine is allocated to who (and also for ease of network maintenance use the machine number as the last digit of the IP).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IMO that is a lot 'nicer' than having machine names that in the end won't match the users name/role/location anyway as small companies often move machines around, and if you don't have many machines the list/spreadsheet should be very small (1 page) and easily maintainable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;N.B: The more complex the environment the more you complexity you may want to introduce into the names (eg. if you have different sort of 'builds' for each machine eg. a dev machine with visual studio, vs a sales machine with just office then it would be worth sticking with Kevin suggestion of including machine purpose eg. XPDEV001, XPWRK001)." />
  <row Id="14280" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7969" RevisionGUID="46d353fb-581b-4f67-9db0-cfe898d39801" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:14:56.033" UserId="1737" Comment="clarify" Text="It takes forever to back up. Before we can trust btrfs or ZFS to backup incremental snapshots, wouldn't it be nice if there was a daemon that used inotify to keep track of which files had actually changed so backups would run more quickly? Where is this program?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I backup my Linux box without having to crawl the whole filesystem every time? I would like a program that would detect the new or changed photos, source code, etc. and queue them to be copied over to my NAS." />
  <row Id="14281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8044" RevisionGUID="1c570e0f-b67f-4cd1-9eb0-5c316da482c0" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:15:48.790" UserId="2583" Text="What's the best way to back up a MySQL server?  I would like a method that doesn't require bringing down the server.  Is something like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.innodb.com/products/hot-backup/&quot;&gt;InnoDB hot backup&lt;/a&gt; necessary, or can I just use the backup tools provided in the MySQL Administrator tools.  What advantages does one offer over the other?" />
  <row Id="14282" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8044" RevisionGUID="1c570e0f-b67f-4cd1-9eb0-5c316da482c0" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:15:48.790" UserId="2583" Text="Backup Mysql Server" />
  <row Id="14283" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8044" RevisionGUID="1c570e0f-b67f-4cd1-9eb0-5c316da482c0" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:15:48.790" UserId="2583" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="14284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8045" RevisionGUID="d750ffb9-b196-440f-85df-30ed80b01aaa" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:25:53.237" UserId="2120" Text="We use mysqldump, which works while MySQL is running.  We started using mysqldump because it was the easiest to set up when our needs were small, and it seemed to meet those needs.  Our databases have grown since then, but we haven't yet outgrown mysqldump.  Whether it suits you will depend on the size of your databases, their usual operating load, and probably a bunch of other things." />
  <row Id="14285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8046" RevisionGUID="682037b7-6fbd-41b9-8c03-ff996e12de4d" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:26:56.807" UserId="2513" Text="The easiest way is to simply use the [mysqldump][1] command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysqldump.html" />
  <row Id="14286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8047" RevisionGUID="34e1185f-a9e6-4401-8188-1326e4b515de" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:28:48.507" UserId="1748" Text="We use a very simple naming scheme for PCs, just pc001, pc002 etc. Then to make the connection to the user who is currently at that machine, we use the 'description' field. In here we generally put the name of the user at that machine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The description can be very easily changed - much more so than the actual name of the pc itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to see who is using which machine, a simple 'net view' command will generate a list of pc names and matching descriptions. For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    \\PC001               John Smith&#xD;&#xA;    \\PC002               John Doe&#xD;&#xA;    \\PC003               Long John Silver&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This perhaps doesn't scale that well when you get thousands of users, but we have approximately 250 and have no trouble at all with this method - it works very well for us." />
  <row Id="14287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8048" RevisionGUID="140f8a6d-1353-4374-94db-fd6bba40e330" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:32:44.880" UserId="1900" Text="I have some sqlite version3 db3 files I copied off a live running production system (I know bad sysadmin bad sysadmin) for various reasons. Is there some sqlite command I can run that will verify that all the data can be read out of these files (I don't mind if it takes a while).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was considering hacking up some perl which dumps out all data and then re-imports it into new files. I think sqlite will throw an exception if it encounters corrupt data. Is there a better way? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm CentOS 5.3 and sqlite-3.3.6-2" />
  <row Id="14288" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8048" RevisionGUID="140f8a6d-1353-4374-94db-fd6bba40e330" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:32:44.880" UserId="1900" Text="How can I verify that a SQLite db3 file is valid/consistent" />
  <row Id="14289" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8048" RevisionGUID="140f8a6d-1353-4374-94db-fd6bba40e330" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:32:44.880" UserId="1900" Text="&lt;sql&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;database&gt;" />
  <row Id="14290" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8019" RevisionGUID="82454fa5-773e-4141-a144-0d9a2a930f71" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:33:19.467" UserId="2513" Comment="Added comments based on OP's edit." Text="Might be something corrupt that it is trying to start as/for that user upon login.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can try to run &quot;Verify Disk Permissions&quot;, and see if that reports anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also check /var/log/system.log to see if anything shows up there indicating what specific thing is the problem for that user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**edit**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Based on your edits, if the verify permissions job hangs, you might have a disk issue.  Try to boot into single user mode (Apple+S) during startup, and run fsck, you could also try to verify the disk inside the OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that comes back clean, I would try to verify the permissions again after a fresh reboot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, in the log, is the user in question the only one who has an NFS mount set up?  Can you try to remove that from the users startup?" />
  <row Id="14291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8049" RevisionGUID="8faad364-fa1e-42a0-8b2b-fb232388a71b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:34:02.757" UserId="1576" Text="    NAME&#xD;&#xA;     units -- conversion program&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    DESCRIPTION&#xD;&#xA;     The units program converts quantities expressed in various scales to their &#xD;&#xA;    equivalents in other scales.  The units program can only handle multiplicative&#xD;&#xA;    scale changes.  It cannot convert Celsius to Fahrenheit, for example.&#xD;&#xA;    It works interactively by prompting the user for input:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;         You have: meters&#xD;&#xA;         You want: feet&#xD;&#xA;                 * 3.2808399&#xD;&#xA;                 / 0.3048&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;         You have: cm^3&#xD;&#xA;         You want: gallons&#xD;&#xA;                 * 0.00026417205&#xD;&#xA;                 / 3785.4118&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;         You have: meters/s&#xD;&#xA;         You want: furlongs/fortnight&#xD;&#xA;                 * 6012.8848&#xD;&#xA;                 / 0.00016630952&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;         You have: 1|2 inch&#xD;&#xA;         You want: cm&#xD;&#xA;                 * 1.27&#xD;&#xA;                 / 0.78740157&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14292" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8049" RevisionGUID="8faad364-fa1e-42a0-8b2b-fb232388a71b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:34:02.757" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8050" RevisionGUID="5f6546de-bb1c-4b95-89d9-6765b1ef1ffe" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:35:13.347" UserId="2502" Text="Completely different direction but you could use IronPython to make .net executables and call those.  " />
  <row Id="14294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8051" RevisionGUID="e431db6d-8d99-4d75-bd22-dda9e81d9583" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:41:02.247" UserId="1872" Text="I think you want to try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;pragma integrity_check;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe that will scan the DB and check it for errors and whatnot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More info(and more commands) can be found here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html" />
  <row Id="14295" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8052" RevisionGUID="db96c0b9-1263-4d69-88b9-0a7502aadf8e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:41:12.620" UserId="2551" Text="Similar to these questions:  &#xD;&#xA;[What Firewall Rules Should Be Used For A Home-Based System][1] and   &#xD;&#xA;[Firewall on VPS Use Windows Built In][2]   &#xD;&#xA;But more specifically I'm guessing that using both the Windows Firewall and a router's built in firewall are redundant?  Which is generally considered the better option for general computer/internet use?(For an example, I personally have a [D-Link Router][3])  What would you recommend to non-tech savvy folk?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7513/what-firewall-rules-should-be-used-for-a-home-based-system&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6320/firewall-on-vps-use-windows-built-in-or-3rd-party&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://games.dlink.com/products/?pid=370" />
  <row Id="14296" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8052" RevisionGUID="db96c0b9-1263-4d69-88b9-0a7502aadf8e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:41:12.620" UserId="2551" Text="Home Network, router firewall vs Windows firewall" />
  <row Id="14297" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8052" RevisionGUID="db96c0b9-1263-4d69-88b9-0a7502aadf8e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:41:12.620" UserId="2551" Text="&lt;firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="14298" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7913" RevisionGUID="7fa8fb1b-55dc-4bb7-a2ac-4ea00718cdca" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:41:42.027" UserId="1425" Comment="added 968 characters in body" Text="Two boxes with identical loads serving the same sites tend to slow down and stop responding to ping. The slow (or intermittent) ping causes our load balancer to think the servers are offline and disable them. There is a third server with identical content that does not have the issue, so I'm fairly confident it's not the sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OS is Windows Server 2008. Configuration is a little special: since we're using the Barracuda Networks load balancer in Direct Server Return mode, we've had to configure a number of loopback adapters which &quot;fake&quot; the IP as described [here][1]. The physical adapter has forwarding set to enabled as required by 2008 to get the loopback adapters functioning.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Symptoms:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - When it occurs, ping usually either times out, or drops packets. &#xD;&#xA; - Fixes  seem to be one or more of the following:&#xD;&#xA;  - Logging in via remote desktop.&#xD;&#xA;  - Clearing the dns cache or the arp cache (not sure which).&#xD;&#xA;  - Restarting.&#xD;&#xA; - After one or more of the above, the server seems fine for about 4 hours before acting up again.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;**Question:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What possible reasons are there for this? What should I try to diagnose this? I haven't ruled anything out. Switch configuration, domain/dns server, all ideas are welcome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sadly, I have very little knowledge of good network administration, so obvious answers are welcome too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In answer to some of the questions posed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have contacted Barracuda and they seem to be of the opinion that the problem is related to the network. I think I agree at this point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The IP is assigned to a physical interface, not shared between servers. Pinging is done from within the same subnet. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The third box handles all the site load when the other two go down and hasn't had much problem with it, but occassionally it too has trouble. I haven't found a pattern with that one yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This evening I sat down with another (more experienced) network guy to look through some of the domain and server configurations. One of the things he found was a bad dns setup on the domain controllers. They were configured with external dns servers as their alternates rather than the other DC. We switched them to reference each other for dns, and added forwarding to the dns service. We also removed external dns references from all the web servers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.barracuda.com/kb?id=50160000000GNC9" />
  <row Id="14299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8053" RevisionGUID="daea152b-37e2-4275-a61f-76680a0973af" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:45:46.573" UserId="2390" Text="getting to know the DMV's well is tops on my list.  You'd be surprised by how many people overlook those when looking for answers to questions about their servers." />
  <row Id="14300" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8053" RevisionGUID="daea152b-37e2-4275-a61f-76680a0973af" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:45:46.573" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14301" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7683" RevisionGUID="7cee1dda-3ec6-4e54-8a48-379531831c13" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:47:23.873" UserId="2123" Comment="added 75 characters in body" Text="There's a utility in the [windows SDK][1], called **spy++** that can do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To log all keyboard messages make sure you enable  *all windows in the system* checkbox, and filter for Keyboard message types.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows_SDK" />
  <row Id="14302" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8054" RevisionGUID="b6364155-e4d1-4706-97f9-2cf3b732edc8" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:48:53.870" UserId="1872" Text="I have always heard that a router/hardware firewall is better than a software firewall. And yes they are redundant. But one thing you will hear a lot from security people is the phrase &quot;defense in depth&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So even though they are redundant, you may find that doubling up on a firewall probably won't hurt and it is nice to have a backup just in case. " />
  <row Id="14303" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8055" RevisionGUID="92c75910-5392-45df-a00c-c66e5ad7ffe9" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:49:08.237" UserId="2372" Text="They are redundant, but the Windows Firewall can still be useful - for example if your child's computer gets infected and attacks other systems on the LAN, it won't be able to get past the Windows firewall.   If you have a docked laptop, it is often convenient to leave the firewall enabled even while on the LAN so that you won't forget to re-enable it when the laptop travels." />
  <row Id="14304" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8056" RevisionGUID="52776a79-0213-4f07-a284-1f0ced49668e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:51:29.747" UserId="2513" Text="In most cases at home, whatever router you are behind is perfectly acceptable to protect you and your PC's from any sort of intrusion, especially if remote management is turned off.  What you need to look out for is applications which might open ports in your router using UPnP.  This is not generally bad, depending on how paranoid you are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows Firewall, on the other hand, is not exactly redundant.  All your router does is put your computer on a private network, with a different IP address than your publicly facing one, and when desired, forwards connections on specific ports to your machine on the private network.  Windows firewall can protect and notify you about outgoing connections your machine attempts to initiate, as well as provide an additional layer of protection against incoming connections you did not explicitly allow." />
  <row Id="14306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8058" RevisionGUID="1843c3a1-62e1-4c9f-9a31-f880ca6becef" CreationDate="2009-05-14T01:53:52.990" UserId="2502" Text="You should really also consider looking at vendors like Aruba and Motorola when looking into wireless/wireless bridges." />
  <row Id="14307" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8059" RevisionGUID="f6341c53-ebea-425f-990e-c5fc30a0f15e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T02:02:48.403" UserId="1466" Text="**mysqldump** can be used, but it will not guarantee a *consistent* dataset, unless you lock all of the tables for the duration of the dump.  This will put the database in a **read-only** mode, but will ensure the dump is consistent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can lock the tables with the command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And when you are finished you can release the lock with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    UNLOCK TABLES;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14308" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8060" RevisionGUID="f777ec64-57cf-401e-8f7c-c62083133608" CreationDate="2009-05-14T02:05:20.630" UserId="1466" Text="There is also a tool called **mysqlhotcopy** which I looked at once, and thought it held alot of promise - never used it though." />
  <row Id="14309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8061" RevisionGUID="5a6f00af-d6cc-4c6d-b6dd-34775df763f6" CreationDate="2009-05-14T02:06:44.713" UserId="2530" Text="While I understand the purpose of applying permissions to roles and then adding a user to a role, I'm wondering if there is any value in doing this if it is known there is a one-to-one relationship between each role and each user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ie. If you know there will never be more than one user in a role, does that make roles redundant and you're just better off applying permissions directly to the user." />
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  <row Id="14311" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8061" RevisionGUID="5a6f00af-d6cc-4c6d-b6dd-34775df763f6" CreationDate="2009-05-14T02:06:44.713" UserId="2530" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="14312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8062" RevisionGUID="dd2464d7-4fa6-4473-a9df-a6c4c50d5065" CreationDate="2009-05-14T02:07:21.140" UserId="2513" Text="You could use [rinet][1]d which is a similar solution to that of the other answers, or you could run Openfire as an administrator which will allow it to listen on ports &lt;1024, such as 443, without any port mirroring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.boutell.com/rinetd/" />
  <row Id="14313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8063" RevisionGUID="47dd89bf-7c90-40a6-8b01-7cba3971b686" CreationDate="2009-05-14T02:11:22.990" UserId="342" Text="If your user accounts are really role accounts (meaning they have generic names like &quot;manager&quot; or &quot;updater&quot; and aren't attached to real people), then you might be able to do this. However, in any organisation there will always be people moving around for one reason or another, either temporarily or permanently, and it will be much easier to manage the permissions using roles." />
  <row Id="14314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8064" RevisionGUID="7a1fab5d-1a08-48d5-a711-0608ce1793b7" CreationDate="2009-05-14T02:15:36.620" UserId="385" Text="What if that user changes (retirement, getting fired, etc.)? What if times change and you do have to give the same permissions to another user?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's why the recommendation is: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows user -&gt; Windows security group -&gt; SQL Server Login -&gt; Database User -&gt; Database Role -&gt; Permission.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8065" RevisionGUID="27109b36-e88a-4ab5-b808-31974407e43f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T02:18:35.820" UserId="2328" Text="Here are a few I've used on a regular basis:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* `sar` - shows system activity&#xD;&#xA;* `vmstat` - virtual memory stats&#xD;&#xA;* `iostat` - io stats&#xD;&#xA;* `pkill` - like `pgrep` but allows you to kill the returned process ID&#xD;&#xA;* `xargs -I&lt;string&gt;` - allows for replacing strings with piped data&#xD;&#xA;* `at` - schedule a task&#xD;&#xA;* `tkdiff` - graphical `diff` utility&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are probably not &quot;hidden&quot;, but I find them extremely useful:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* `df -hk` - show disk usage in human readable format&#xD;&#xA;* `ls -ltr` - list files sorted by date&#xD;&#xA;* `while [ 1 ] ; do...done` - (Bash) replacement for `watch` if unavailable&#xD;&#xA;* `perl -e` - run a `Perl` snippet on the command-line&#xD;&#xA;* `free -kt` - show memory information (kilobytes w/total)" />
  <row Id="14316" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8065" RevisionGUID="27109b36-e88a-4ab5-b808-31974407e43f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T02:18:35.820" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8066" RevisionGUID="3de3c184-b004-43cd-ac14-e00211644b85" CreationDate="2009-05-14T02:24:53.047" UserId="2046" Text="Be aware that in Windows XP the built-in firewall (Windows Firewall) provides inbound protection only.  A program running on your computer that attempts to access the internet will not be stopped or checked by the built-in Windows Firewall.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Vista I believe the built-in firewall does do outbound checking, but it is disabled by default.  Why this is, I can only guess. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The key security benefit my router provides is Network Address Translation (NAT).  As others have said, this translates my external (ISP assigned) ip address to an internal private IP address. I could be wrong but this is what I mean when I talk about a hardware firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, on XP, I use the router (hardware) firewall and run another software firewall to provide an extra level of inbound protection, as well as much needed outbound protection.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also turn the built-in Windows firewall off.  This is actually recommended by Microsoft and other vendors, ie. run only one software Firewall at a time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8067" RevisionGUID="6ebe34f2-f158-4a6d-8406-39974bf89ad8" CreationDate="2009-05-14T02:25:49.083" UserId="2513" Text="You would need to be running Exchange ActiveSync somewhere to allow the iPhone to connect to exchange, much in the same way that the RIM software integrates with Blackberry.  Installing the Client Access server role on your exchange server effectively enables ActiveSync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can read more about it on [Microsoft's site][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once that is up and running, David's answer is effectively correct.  You point the device at the server, and use a username and password which exists, and has a mailbox on, your domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will allow the iPhone to sync email, calendars, contacts, etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A walkthrough of the iPhone side of things can be found [here][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998357.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2008/07/13/walkthrough-exchange-activesync-on-your-iphone-20/" />
  <row Id="14319" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8066" RevisionGUID="f465ad36-38a0-4c73-b2d9-9c6cc50ceba2" CreationDate="2009-05-14T02:30:16.253" UserId="2046" Comment="added 290 characters in body" Text="Be aware that in Windows XP the built-in firewall (Windows Firewall) provides inbound protection only.  A program running on your computer that attempts to access the internet will not be stopped or checked by the built-in Windows Firewall.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Vista I believe the built-in firewall does do outbound checking, but it is disabled by default.  Why this is, I can only guess. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The key security benefit my router provides is Network Address Translation (NAT).  As others have said, this translates my external (ISP assigned) ip address to an internal private IP address. I could be wrong but this is what I mean when I talk about a hardware firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, on XP, I use the router (hardware) firewall and run another software firewall to provide an extra level of inbound protection, as well as much needed outbound protection.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I'm sure you  know, a router can be configured to open various ports.  The software firewall will also watch for inbound access through any opened ports.  So, for example, if you open a temporary port but then forget to close it, its useful to have the software firewall as a backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also turn the built-in Windows firewall off.  This is actually recommended by Microsoft and other vendors, ie. run only one software Firewall at a time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14320" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8062" RevisionGUID="12fc3af0-4849-4a50-9802-3a06c5da6193" CreationDate="2009-05-14T02:30:37.407" UserId="2513" Comment="spelling" Text="You could use [rinetd][1] which is a similar solution to that of the other answers, or you could run Openfire as an administrator which will allow it to listen on ports &lt;1024, such as 443, without any port mirroring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.boutell.com/rinetd/" />
  <row Id="14321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8068" RevisionGUID="c636bcba-cdbc-436b-8ae1-1817da071da0" CreationDate="2009-05-14T02:40:22.337" UserId="2513" Text="A great &quot;feature&quot; I use every day at work:  The ability to have SSH listen on port 443 so I can create a tunnel which bypasses my work firewall, allowing me to run a local SOCKS proxy tunneled through SSH to my internet facing Linux server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can completely ignore my corporate firewall." />
  <row Id="14322" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8068" RevisionGUID="c636bcba-cdbc-436b-8ae1-1817da071da0" CreationDate="2009-05-14T02:40:22.337" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14323" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8069" RevisionGUID="0fb9ad16-e884-4966-b27c-4241b0fba06f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T02:40:52.757" UserId="471" Text="It's not really that hidden, but may be so for those with no experience, but I really like being able to give lists and let bash expand them like in:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cp arq{,.bak}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which is the same as typing &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cp arq arq.bak&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also use the history shortcuts (I don't think that's the right term, but...) like &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    !! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to repeat the last command, or&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ^foo^bar &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to replace foo by bar in the last command" />
  <row Id="14324" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8069" RevisionGUID="0fb9ad16-e884-4966-b27c-4241b0fba06f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T02:40:52.757" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14325" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8070" RevisionGUID="bea2cc85-4089-4a08-84b5-68a09e60cba4" CreationDate="2009-05-14T02:43:36.730" UserId="1831" Text="The one time I've had to do this without physical or console access, I managed to find a privilege escalation exploit that applied to my OS and patchlevel and got a root shell that way.  Might be a long-shot, but otherwise I'd take a look at http://www.sysresccd.org/, since it appears to support ufs. " />
  <row Id="14326" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8071" RevisionGUID="8f582f3a-65cd-4d50-9efb-b3e3e769bfa0" CreationDate="2009-05-14T02:52:38.273" UserId="2513" Text="Do the proper language/extension relationships exist in your configuration?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    AddLanguage en .en&#xD;&#xA;    LanguagePriority en fr de&#xD;&#xA;    ForceLanguagePriority Fallback" />
  <row Id="14327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8072" RevisionGUID="ca4a6c84-d812-482a-ba6b-fd7f987dbb9b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T02:58:17.033" UserId="2513" Text="You probably need to install it.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using the Plesk Update Manager, look to install &quot;psa-qmail-rblsmtpd&quot;, it might also be referred to as some variant of &quot;Spam Blocker for QMail&quot; or &quot;Real-time Blackhole List client for qmail&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After you have installed it, enable it and configure it - should be good to go." />
  <row Id="14328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8073" RevisionGUID="dc7de1f3-2de3-4b64-b630-02baee3e9aeb" CreationDate="2009-05-14T03:02:11.940" UserId="792" Text="Just set up a Windows 2003 server. In the Routing and Remote Access component, you can enable it as a PPTP VPN endpoint.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In your firewall, you will need to open ports TCP 1723, and GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation) protocol.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do not enable GRE, you will get to the &quot;Verifying username and password...&quot; step but never the &quot;Registering your computer on the network&quot; step - that's how you know. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps... works great once set up." />
  <row Id="14329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8074" RevisionGUID="09039d38-9c4e-4973-848d-c0fc839c5b3f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T03:16:53.837" UserId="768" Text="Go ahead and open a port, just make it one outside of the normal range. I would make it some random port over 1024. That way hackers would be unlikely to even look for it." />
  <row Id="14330" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8075" RevisionGUID="5815e27b-c9e4-4539-9aca-5729013dfb7e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T03:32:16.633" UserId="1997" Text="I find the whereis and which commands handy. Use these when you have alternative versions of the same application with the same name and want to use a specific one of them." />
  <row Id="14331" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8075" RevisionGUID="5815e27b-c9e4-4539-9aca-5729013dfb7e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T03:32:16.633" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14332" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8076" RevisionGUID="e6bfd0cf-2245-480f-b274-c96a7ad7cbec" CreationDate="2009-05-14T03:37:34.130" UserId="1671" Text="I have recently added a Windows Home Server (WHS) to my network. One of the PC's on my network has directories called Photos, Music, Video etc. This PC is backed up to the WHS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now my question is: Can I somehow mark those backed up directories as shared directories and make them available as network shares to other PC's on the network? Or do I have to copy or move the media folders to the WHS?" />
  <row Id="14333" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8076" RevisionGUID="e6bfd0cf-2245-480f-b274-c96a7ad7cbec" CreationDate="2009-05-14T03:37:34.130" UserId="1671" Text="File sharing on Windows Home Server" />
  <row Id="14334" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8076" RevisionGUID="e6bfd0cf-2245-480f-b274-c96a7ad7cbec" CreationDate="2009-05-14T03:37:34.130" UserId="1671" Text="&lt;windows-home-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="14335" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8042" RevisionGUID="9eb07b09-1d28-4924-b8f4-d6cd8811590c" CreationDate="2009-05-14T03:42:36.913" UserId="1654" Comment="deleted 126 characters in body" Text="The same solution should work under Powershell: did you try adding .py to the PATHEXT environment variable?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14336" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="8042" RevisionGUID="a6174f32-cd1c-4de0-a168-8d975cbd1948" CreationDate="2009-05-14T03:42:41.983" UserId="-1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1654,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Doug Chase&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="14337" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7966" RevisionGUID="ec7ffb8d-c368-4e47-8e26-edcd2655bdc3" CreationDate="2009-05-14T03:46:35.143" UserId="1993" Comment="updated based on OP's replies" Text="Is the third server under load, or is it unique from the other two in another way?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Without knowing more, I'd suggest getting [Wireshark][1] onto these servers while pinging them and taking a look at the ICMP activity. My (possibly unfounded) suspicion is these servers are having ARP trouble and sending response packets back, you're just never getting them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With Wireshark, set your filter to &quot;arp or icmp&quot; and see what it brings up. You should also take a quick look at your System event logs - there might be something obvious in there that short-cuts any further guesswork.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're not familiar with arp, it's the protocol for translating layer 3 (IP) addresses to layer 2 (MAC) addresses. This has to happen correctly or the layer 2 frame containing the layer 3 packet will either never be sent, or will arrive at the wrong destination.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, the other posters' duplexing/speed recommendations are solid best practice, though I doubt they're the root cause here. Note that in gigabit ethernet, you no longer need to worry about autonegotiation sucking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The DNS changes you made are a good idea for sure, but I have a hard time imagining a scenario where that would lead to ICMP timeouts. Possibly the app is blocking on thousands of DNS queries and eating up its resources so much that it can't respond to ICMP? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, if this doesn't resolve the issue the packet traces should show more of what's going on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wireshark.org/" />
  <row Id="14338" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8014" RevisionGUID="1c975b74-130b-44f2-af22-1bb80a25617c" CreationDate="2009-05-14T03:49:16.733" UserId="2513" Comment="edited to further address OP's question" Text="Another similar solution would be using [OpenFiler][1] instead of Freenas.  It might be a little bit much depending on exactly what you are trying to accomplish though.  It would allow you to set up a datastore and control access to it however you would like.  You could present it as an NFS or CIFS/Samba share.  It would even allow you flexibility to later expand your storage, or even present disk to the remote systems over iSCSI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**edit**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Based on your edits and comments, I would suggest simply creating a specific mount point for your shared storage, and sharing it out using Samba.  The other machines can mount the share and you would not need a corresponding set of UID's and GID's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although, if you wanted to restrict access to specific files/directories in any way, those users would need to exist on both/all systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for having the same environment for each user no matter where they logged in, you could replicate their user profiles across all of the PC's either manually or through some sort of mundane scheduled task.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would suggest something like LDAP, but that might be a bit overcomplicated given what you want to accomplish.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try mounting your 1TB hard drive on the machine it belongs to, and playing with Samba.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.openfiler.com/" />
  <row Id="14339" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7678" RevisionGUID="6a11e386-c3bf-4da9-a48d-f6328573fe4b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T03:53:54.570" UserId="1993" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;hacking&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;learning&gt;&lt;subjective&gt;&lt;ethics&gt;" />
  <row Id="14340" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8077" RevisionGUID="9da03441-800e-4a2e-9561-0ab99ce34000" CreationDate="2009-05-14T03:58:38.183" UserId="1671" Text="If you configure your multi-disk Windows Home Server (WHS) as maximum storage capacity will it duplicate your network's backups across multiple disks?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Say I have 4 disks on my WHS and one of the WHS disks goes bad. Is there any chance that I will lose data or does it automatically duplicate backups across multiple disks?" />
  <row Id="14341" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8077" RevisionGUID="9da03441-800e-4a2e-9561-0ab99ce34000" CreationDate="2009-05-14T03:58:38.183" UserId="1671" Text="Are backups on WHS duplicated across multiple drives?" />
  <row Id="14342" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8077" RevisionGUID="9da03441-800e-4a2e-9561-0ab99ce34000" CreationDate="2009-05-14T03:58:38.183" UserId="1671" Text="&lt;windows-home-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="14343" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8078" RevisionGUID="fb416b64-85e6-427c-ab06-c7cab44d7d7f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T04:01:37.897" UserId="626" Text="You have to copy the data to the shared folders if you want to access them from other computers in your house. One of the benefits of this is you can VPN to your home server and access or even stream anything from those folders should you choose.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I sync the my musinc and photos etc using [synctoy][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C26EFA36-98E0-4EE9-A7C5-98D0592D8C52&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="14344" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8079" RevisionGUID="1b3946db-da4d-4093-ac7c-538ee49fbc28" CreationDate="2009-05-14T04:05:06.893" UserId="626" Text="The Windows Home Server is using a kind of Raid although they won't call it that. This is not an effective backup strategy it just provides some fault tolerance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use [keepvault][1] to back this data up to the internet. I wouldn't reccomend them right now as they just jacked there prices through the roof but you get the idea &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.keepvault.com/" />
  <row Id="14345" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7913" RevisionGUID="938d6969-fdcb-44cc-8b7b-381bfb125dd6" CreationDate="2009-05-14T04:05:36.237" UserId="1993" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;loopback&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;icmp&gt;" />
  <row Id="14346" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7979" RevisionGUID="e09e8f53-f97f-45ab-933b-1d622ba4df1a" CreationDate="2009-05-14T04:07:09.527" UserId="1993" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="14347" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8080" RevisionGUID="9fcabd1a-b3b4-4e22-bbd5-7f948aa7ad6b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T04:13:27.877" UserId="2513" Text="If you are setting it up for &quot;Maximum Capacity&quot; you are basically setting it up as a software spanned raid, jbod, or windows dynamic disk, whatever WHS does under the curtains I am not sure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to get any sort of &quot;real&quot; redundancy out of your disks, at least for backups, you would be getting at least one less disk worth of space out of it, for example, if you had 4x100gb disks, the most you would be able to USE, if there was any sort of actual redundancy involved would be 300gb.  If you wanted to do this though, I highly recommend using hardware raid, most of todays motherboards have this built in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even if you were not using the maximum capacity layout in WHS itself, though, it would only duplicate share data, not backup data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From a &quot;home server&quot; perspective though, you really shouldn't need redundancy in your backups.  If you lose a backup, you take another one, if you lose the computer you backed up, you restore it.  If you want more redundancy than that, you'll need to look beyond WHS." />
  <row Id="14348" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8081" RevisionGUID="e530cd32-eee6-4160-be11-8fb30934fb20" CreationDate="2009-05-14T04:15:11.837" UserId="2513" Text="The backups are not really just browseable copies of your PC, as such, you cannot back up a server and then share the backed up data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will have to copy the data you want shared into shares on the WHS and use other methods of synching that data up such as offline files, SyncToy, Windows Live Mesh, etc." />
  <row Id="14349" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8082" RevisionGUID="58a6e0e4-a016-4cdc-b185-dcc8e0f05fe4" CreationDate="2009-05-14T04:15:31.727" UserId="626" Text="If you understand SHARE and NTFS permissions then yes it is possible. Home server basically creates local accounts and then a whole bunch of groups for each user and folder with different rights.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SO you could create the user account for your grandparents as you would normally in Home server. &#xD;&#xA;Log onto the Home server and figure out what home server named the group ( they are commented pretty well) Then assign that group an entry share at the folder level that works and modify the ntfs permissions allowing them to inherit down. Removing the group from any folders that you don't want them to see.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if you don't understand any of this them don't even try, its pretty easy to really dig yourself into a hole&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14350" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8079" RevisionGUID="f23aa0b0-8896-421d-844c-f6673fb5ec8b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T04:19:30.067" UserId="626" Comment="added 306 characters in body" Text="The Windows Home Server is using a kind of Raid although they won't call it that. This is not an effective backup strategy it just provides some fault tolerance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use [keepvault][1] to back this data up to the internet. I wouldn't reccomend them right now as they just jacked there prices through the roof but you get the idea &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes it can suffer a single disk failure as long as it is not the system disk - With the system disk you down you don't necessarily lose your data but the rebuild has to see everything when it comes back up&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically your data is protected against a single drive failure but the home server OS is not&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.keepvault.com/" />
  <row Id="14351" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8083" RevisionGUID="7641d09c-8e0c-430c-be76-1613559044a5" CreationDate="2009-05-14T04:55:34.330" UserId="1382" Text="Aha, I've found the answer myself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In PowerShell, scripts to be executed need to be proceeded by &quot;.\&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, &quot;PS &gt; script.py&quot; doesn't work, but &quot;PS &gt; .\script.py&quot; does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, Using this syntax adding &quot;.py&quot; to PATHEXT works fine under PowerShell." />
  <row Id="14353" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8085" RevisionGUID="4e35cb95-1072-452a-80be-ffc570944658" CreationDate="2009-05-14T05:20:19.093" UserId="1605" Text="I schedule a scan disk operation before Windows XP OS is launched. After the operation finishes I want examine the log file of the scan disk operation. Where it is located?" />
  <row Id="14354" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8085" RevisionGUID="4e35cb95-1072-452a-80be-ffc570944658" CreationDate="2009-05-14T05:20:19.093" UserId="1605" Text="The location of scan disk log file" />
  <row Id="14355" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8085" RevisionGUID="4e35cb95-1072-452a-80be-ffc570944658" CreationDate="2009-05-14T05:20:19.093" UserId="1605" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="14356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8086" RevisionGUID="a08cfe2b-1431-4f90-b509-27f89061318b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T05:22:21.603" UserId="2513" Text="It will be in the event viewer, Event id 1001." />
  <row Id="14357" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8087" RevisionGUID="d728873f-96ca-4ae6-a2d8-9abf82fda8ad" CreationDate="2009-05-14T05:33:35.033" UserId="2376" Text="have a look at this question on stackoverflow &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Best practice for backing up a production MySQL database?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;it covers this topic well&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/407124/best-practice-for-backing-up-a-production-mysql-database/407146#407146" />
  <row Id="14359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8088" RevisionGUID="33128da3-edb8-4046-8916-dab029b4b4cd" CreationDate="2009-05-14T05:52:21.210" UserId="301" Text="Setup [MySQL Replication][1]. As a bonus you get a server to run heavy reporting jobs and mysqldump without affecting your main production db. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/replication.html" />
  <row Id="14360" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7684" RevisionGUID="0134a18e-e677-41c8-afa5-6526f4d12bc5" CreationDate="2009-05-14T06:11:56.360" UserId="1740" Comment="added 29 characters in body" Text="As you are using an ThinkPad/Lenovo Thinkpad T23 computer, this folder is safe to delete. They create this folder with all the IBM drivers so that if you have problems with your display driver or something, you can re-install the &quot;factory default&quot; driver from that folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, when updates are downloaded, this is the default extraction folder.&#xD;&#xA;The folder will be re-created next time updates are downloaded and extracted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, yes you may delete it if you need more space." />
  <row Id="14361" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8089" RevisionGUID="c4979902-da93-42c7-988e-3dcb4c311785" CreationDate="2009-05-14T06:14:54.777" UserId="2302" Text="Windows Server 2003 can certainly handle it, just install RRAS.  PPTP is easy to implement, and a good choice if there's low security risk/compliance threshold.  However, L2TP is more secure and a better choice if security is any kind of an issue.  You'll need to open UDP ports 500, 4500 (for NAT traversal), and 1701 on your firewall to allow access, and port forward these to the 2003 box.  SQL will still be available only to the internal network and those connected via VPN.  Certificates can be a pain, but if you have a relatively small number of clients you can create an offline CA to produce certificates for the server and each client.  We used OpenSSL ([Shining Light's Windows implementation is great][1]) and installed [ActivePerl][2] just because the CA.pl syntax in OpenSSL is muuuuuuuuuch more friendly.  You'll be generating pkcs12 certificates, and you can import these in each windows server/client the certificates snap-in in mmc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/" />
  <row Id="14362" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8089" RevisionGUID="3bbc4dc8-1c98-4ea3-bd50-695024de1d95" CreationDate="2009-05-14T06:20:38.653" UserId="2302" Comment="deleted 30 characters in body" Text="Windows Server 2003 can certainly handle it, just install RRAS.  PPTP is easy to implement, and a good choice if there's low security risk/compliance threshold.  However, L2TP is more secure and a better choice if security is any kind of an issue.  You'll need to open UDP ports 500, 4500 (for NAT traversal), and 1701 on your firewall to allow access, and port forward these to the 2003 box.  SQL will still be available only to the internal network and those connected via VPN.  Certificates can be a pain, but if you have a relatively small number of clients you can create an offline CA to produce certificates for the server and each client.  We used OpenSSL ([Shining Light's Windows implementation is great][1]) and installed [ActivePerl][2] just because the CA.pl syntax in OpenSSL is muuuuuuuuuch more friendly (both free downloads).  You can import the certificates in each windows server/client with the certificates snap-in in mmc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/" />
  <row Id="14363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8090" RevisionGUID="af318bd8-c6fa-462f-8ab9-7a19ec8b94ae" CreationDate="2009-05-14T06:22:53.470" UserId="2247" Text="HI, &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;What tools or techniques are available for *nix and Windows that help in finding if someone else on the LAN is using a sniffer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said that and strongly considering that there are tools out there to discover such &quot;phenomena&quot; what would be the work around to not getting sniffed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many Thanks." />
  <row Id="14364" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8090" RevisionGUID="af318bd8-c6fa-462f-8ab9-7a19ec8b94ae" CreationDate="2009-05-14T06:22:53.470" UserId="2247" Text="Find Sniffer on LAN" />
  <row Id="14365" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8090" RevisionGUID="af318bd8-c6fa-462f-8ab9-7a19ec8b94ae" CreationDate="2009-05-14T06:22:53.470" UserId="2247" Text="&lt;find&gt;&lt;sniffer&gt;&lt;lan&gt;&lt;tools&gt;&lt;techniques&gt;" />
  <row Id="14366" PostHistoryTypeId="9" PostId="7678" RevisionGUID="da50546a-5999-4318-aeb3-ea4715bbd649" CreationDate="2009-05-14T06:30:37.827" UserId="1815" Comment="Rollback to [65897f0b-6c4a-49df-a1df-b38540f92cd6]" Text="&lt;hacking&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;learning&gt;&lt;production-environment&gt;&lt;ethics&gt;" />
  <row Id="14367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8091" RevisionGUID="8c3057f8-ef9a-4eeb-af2c-c732a15e423c" CreationDate="2009-05-14T06:31:14.003" UserId="2302" Text="Packet sniffing is a passive activity, it's generally not possible to tell if someone is sniffing your network.  However, in order for someone on an wired, switched LAN to see traffic that's not destined just to or from their IP (or broadcast to the network/subnet) they need to either have access to a monitored/mirrored port that duplicates all traffic, or install a 'tap' on the gateway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best defense against sniffing is decent end-to-end encryption, and physical controls on sensitive hardware." />
  <row Id="14368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8092" RevisionGUID="084725ca-7e83-4d64-a64f-f39fcd5adb96" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:10:56.107" Text="&lt;p&gt;How do I extract multiple archives in contained in subdirectories in a folder, outputting the results back into the folders where the archives are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14369" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8092" RevisionGUID="084725ca-7e83-4d64-a64f-f39fcd5adb96" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:10:56.107" Text="How do I extract all archives in the subdirectories of this folder?" />
  <row Id="14370" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8092" RevisionGUID="084725ca-7e83-4d64-a64f-f39fcd5adb96" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:10:56.107" Text="&lt;bat&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;extract&gt;&lt;folders&gt;&lt;files&gt;" />
  <row Id="14371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8093" RevisionGUID="47730906-fa4e-4911-a30c-7311fd6ffaa9" CreationDate="2009-05-13T14:52:40.097" Text="&lt;p&gt;Install 7-zip.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Create a bat file in the root of the directory containing many subdirectories with archives inside. Then paste the following in:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;FOR /D /r %%F in (&quot;*&quot;) DO (&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;      pushd %CD%&#xA;     cd %%F&#xA;        FOR %%X in (*.rar *.zip) DO (&#xA;        	&quot;C:\Program Files\7-zip\7z.exe&quot; x %%X&#xA;        )&#xA;     popd&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Launch the bat, and all rar's/zips will be extracted into the folder they are contained in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How this works?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;FOR /D /r %%F in (&quot;*&quot;) DO (&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For loop to loop through all folders in the current directory, and put the path into a variable %%F.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;pushd %CD%&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Put the current directory that we are in into memory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;cd %%F&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Set the folder from variable %%F as the current directory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;FOR %%X in (*.rar *.zip) DO (&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For all the rar and zip files in the current folder, do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&quot;C:\Program Files\7-zip\7z.exe&quot; x %%X&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Run 7-zip on the files...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;popd&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Return to the previous directory that we previously stored in the memory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this is useful to someone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14372" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8094" RevisionGUID="c2294f95-e0c5-4762-b297-e4ec46d703f5" CreationDate="2009-05-14T06:38:45.893" UserId="47" Text="The (I believe) only way you can sniff all traffic on a switched LAN is with a 'man in the middle' attack.&#xD;&#xA;You basicly do ARP poisoning, stealing everyone's packets, reading them and sending them to the right computer afterwards.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are probably multiple tools that can do this, I only know of one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Ettercap][1] can both perform the Mitm attack and detect one when someone else is doing it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ettercap.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="14373" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8095" RevisionGUID="c47b9168-8dc6-4aa5-861f-4caadb70be73" CreationDate="2009-05-14T07:00:03.550" UserId="835" Text="Wireshark is a great tool for monitoring network traffic.  And it will look up names to match IP addresses, find the manufacturer from a MAC address, etc.  Naturally, you can watch it doing these queries and then you know it's running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, you can turn these things off and then not be detected.  And there are other programs designed to intentionally go undetected.  So it's just something to consider while trying to answer this question." />
  <row Id="14374" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8096" RevisionGUID="d4a07efc-561b-4683-b503-fbdf8b561a36" CreationDate="2009-05-14T07:00:32.660" UserId="246" Text="I guess the title of the question speaks for itself, but ideally we'd like to set registry keys rather than run some kind of tool. That way we can make a script for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know the registry settings that need to change to set IE as the default browser" />
  <row Id="14375" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8096" RevisionGUID="d4a07efc-561b-4683-b503-fbdf8b561a36" CreationDate="2009-05-14T07:00:32.660" UserId="246" Text="What is the registry setting required to set Internet Explorer as the default browser?" />
  <row Id="14376" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8096" RevisionGUID="d4a07efc-561b-4683-b503-fbdf8b561a36" CreationDate="2009-05-14T07:00:32.660" UserId="246" Text="&lt;browsers&gt;&lt;internet-explorer&gt;&lt;registry&gt;" />
  <row Id="14377" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7678" RevisionGUID="6b7b6996-f28b-4ff0-9528-644502e5b366" CreationDate="2009-05-14T07:05:06.083" UserId="1815" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;hacking&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;learning&gt;&lt;ethics&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="14378" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8097" RevisionGUID="0c465a22-2912-4736-b1ec-9392ac4dd63b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T07:08:29.263" UserId="51157" Text="**In Windows XP**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For HTTP: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\http\shell\open\command&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The format is like this: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\[prot]\shell\open\command&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; where [prot] is the protocol (HTTP, FTP..)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**In Windows Vista**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For HTTP:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\http&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The format is like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\[prot]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; where [prot] is the protocol (HTTP, FTP..)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more in depth info see this [link][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://newoldthing.wordpress.com/2007/03/23/how-does-your-browsers-know-that-its-not-the-default-browser/" />
  <row Id="14379" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8098" RevisionGUID="d45b7f56-55c7-4abe-bd50-a8ce9d9a0c9b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T07:09:33.300" UserId="45" Text="It is very difficult to detect sniffers, because they work **passively**. Sniffers do generate some small amount of traffic though, so there are some techniques for detecting them. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Machines cache ARPs (Address Resolution Protocol). Sending a non-broadcast ARP, a machine in promiscuous mode (a network card that makes the card pass all traffic) will cache your ARP address. Then, sending a broadcast ping packet with our IP, but a different MAC address. Only a machine which has our correct MAC address from the sniffed ARP frame will be able to respond to our broadcast ping request. So, if the machine is responding, it must be sniffing.&#xD;&#xA;- Most sniffers do some parsing. Sending huge amount of data and pinging the suspect machine *before* and *during* the data flooding. If the network card of the suspected machine is in promiscuous mode, it will parse the data and increase the load on it. This way it take some extra time to respond to the ping. This little delay can be used as an indicator of whether a machine is sniffing or not. It could provoce some false psoitive, if there were some &quot;normal&quot; delays on the network because of high traffic.&#xD;&#xA;- The following method is old and not reliable any longer: sending a ping request with the IP address of the suspect machine but not its MAC address. Ideally nobody should see this packet as each network card will reject the ping because it doesn't match its MAC address. If the suspect machine is sniffing it will respond as it does not bother rejecting packets with a different Destination MAC address. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some tools which implment these techniques, for example open source tools like [Neped][1] and [ARP Watch][2] or [AntiSniff][3] for Windows, which is a commercial tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to prevent sniffing, the best way is to use **encryption** for any network activity (SSH, https etc.). This way sniffers can read the traffic, but the data won’t make no sense to them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.securiteam.com/tools/2GUQ8QAQOU.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www-nrg.ee.lbl.gov/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/sniffers/antisniff/" />
  <row Id="14380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8099" RevisionGUID="03dbd9e1-62c5-4446-8452-a76fe4029c11" CreationDate="2009-05-14T07:16:09.110" UserId="1174" Text="The only sure way to do this is to examine each of the devices on the sub-net.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are tools, e.g. [nmap][1], but they're are not guaranteed to work and passive taps wont betray their presence.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best approach is to assume that your network is more or less public and use encryption.  Either on an application basis - SSH, HTTPS IMAPS etc, or tunnel all your traffic through a VPN&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nmap.org/nsedoc/scripts/sniffer-detect.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14381" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8044" RevisionGUID="86cf68b0-c086-458b-a205-9a95659a7000" CreationDate="2009-05-14T07:23:19.033" UserId="45" Comment="added 2 characters in body; edited title" Text="What's the best way to back up a MySQL server?  I would like a method that doesn't require bringing down the server.  Is something like [InnoDB hot backup][1] necessary, or can I just use the backup tools provided in the MySQL Administrator tools. What advantages does one offer over the other?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.innodb.com/products/hot-backup/" />
  <row Id="14382" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="8044" RevisionGUID="86cf68b0-c086-458b-a205-9a95659a7000" CreationDate="2009-05-14T07:23:19.033" UserId="45" Comment="added 2 characters in body; edited title" Text="Backup MySQL Server" />
  <row Id="14383" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8100" RevisionGUID="6e1b2e6a-29cf-4500-8e78-2866bf49fb04" CreationDate="2009-05-14T07:25:47.610" UserId="45" Text="An advantage of using roles on SQL Server databases is, that they are preserved in the database. If you had to restore database backups on other server which lack some users, you'll have trouble with permissions. Roles can be assigned to existing user on the new server." />
  <row Id="14384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8101" RevisionGUID="29e8278a-5c84-4068-a9e5-61e6f3fabc57" CreationDate="2009-05-14T07:31:44.590" UserId="2302" Text="We've got an MS SQL 2000 database server running internal applications (&lt; 50 concurrent users, tables up to a few 100K rows, some web, some .NET clients).  We have no intention of shelling out $$ to upgrade the server, and are trying to decide whether to leave it on SQL 2000 or migrate to MySQL 5.1.  I've used MySQL for smaller installations, and have always liked it.  The pros of migration from my standpoint are that I like writing queries in MySQL more than MS SQL, and we can afford to run the most up-to-date version of MySQL.  The pros of remaining on MS are better integration with our active directory environment and better .NET interoperability.  I'd be interested in hearing others' advice on this, and further pros (and cons) about going either way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**No flames please**, I like both MS SQL and MySQL and believe they both have their place.  " />
  <row Id="14385" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8101" RevisionGUID="29e8278a-5c84-4068-a9e5-61e6f3fabc57" CreationDate="2009-05-14T07:31:44.590" UserId="2302" Text="MySQL 5.1 vs. MS SQL 2000 for small office" />
  <row Id="14386" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8101" RevisionGUID="29e8278a-5c84-4068-a9e5-61e6f3fabc57" CreationDate="2009-05-14T07:31:44.590" UserId="2302" Text="&lt;sqlserver2000&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;" />
  <row Id="14387" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8102" RevisionGUID="f753c958-4997-477e-ac90-99c94ee4e085" CreationDate="2009-05-14T07:33:01.780" UserId="1815" Text="To sum up all answers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;use ssh, but make it more obscure and secure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For security:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Make sure root login is not allowed (PermitRootLogin no).&#xD;&#xA; - Limit users, which can log in by config option AllowUsers or AllowGroups.&#xD;&#xA; - Ensure it uses only 2 version ssh protocol (Protocol 2).&#xD;&#xA; - It is advisable to use only authentication keys, but password is more convenient, when there can be a need to connect to server from holiday where you have no access to authentication keys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For obscurity:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Change ssh port to some random high port you would remember, like 20486. This would get rid of most automatic bruteforcers, but it would not hide it from all port scan on server.  &#xD;&#xA; - Hide ability to connect to port. One way is port knocking mentioned in other answers, but you need special software, which can not be accessible everywhere. Another simple option is to use iptables firewall with recent module to create rule, which would allow to connect only on second or third try. So you know you have to try several times to connect successfully, but simple all port scan would not reveal ssh port. Rules would be similar to those:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;iptables -A INPUT -m tcp -p tcp --dport 20486 -m state --state NEW -m recent --set&#xD;&#xA;iptables -A INPUT -m tcp -p tcp --dport 20486 -m state --state NEW  -m recent --rcheck --seconds 60 --hitcount 2 -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;iptables -A INPUT -m tcp -p tcp --dport 20486 -j DROP&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14388" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8103" RevisionGUID="b1cb984c-c8c7-47da-8d3b-4f7e8a338470" CreationDate="2009-05-14T07:36:03.320" UserId="173" Text="From what I've heard, there are a fair number of places you need to change in order to cover all the various ways of launching a browser.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suggest you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Make a different browser the default (possibly several, one after another, to try to cover all bases - they may well get it wrong)&#xD;&#xA;- Start [RegMon][1]&#xD;&#xA;- Make Internet Explorer the default (e.g. in Default Programs, or just by launching it if it offers)&#xD;&#xA;- Stop RegMon and find out all the &quot;writes&quot; that have been logged. They probably won't *all* be relevant, but it should be easy to work out which ones are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That way you know you'll be covering the registry changes that IE itself would make. Repeat on different platforms to cover differences there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896652.aspx" />
  <row Id="14392" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8105" RevisionGUID="7ff73890-3374-4b99-aa9a-90938ae8ba5b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T07:41:16.587" UserId="1981" Text="I am running Windows Vista Business Edition and I am trying to connect to Windows Server 2003 Web Edition using Remote Desktop Connection (mstsc.exe). When remote computer ask for user name and password clipboard doesn't work (i both directions). After logging clipboard work fine. Since we are using long passwords this is really annoying. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have any idea how may I tweak the settings to allow copying user name and password to remote console during logging process?" />
  <row Id="14393" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8105" RevisionGUID="7ff73890-3374-4b99-aa9a-90938ae8ba5b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T07:41:16.587" UserId="1981" Text="Cannot copy password to remote console using mstsc.exe" />
  <row Id="14394" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8105" RevisionGUID="7ff73890-3374-4b99-aa9a-90938ae8ba5b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T07:41:16.587" UserId="1981" Text="&lt;remote-desktop&gt;" />
  <row Id="14395" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8106" RevisionGUID="cfa31bfb-45a5-4fed-8683-a8990877be35" CreationDate="2009-05-14T07:41:40.673" UserId="2376" Text="Where possible use free and open source software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MySql cost nothing and works very well - Why waste the money on MsSql.&#xD;&#xA;MySql has a large user base and is fast and reliable what more do you need?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14396" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8107" RevisionGUID="fafa3036-b915-4522-beab-3f349c6a9d1c" CreationDate="2009-05-14T07:46:17.017" UserId="45" Text="A workaround is to let Remote Desktop Connection save your password. Flag that checkbox in &quot;Options.&quot;" />
  <row Id="14397" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6945" RevisionGUID="af27f2b0-de5e-4882-b72d-c1e5b06ea4c4" CreationDate="2009-05-14T07:53:35.193" UserId="200" Comment="added 85 characters in body" Text="I have Windows XP running in virtual machines connected to my local network for testing purposes. The tests are done remotely. When finished, I want to shut them down remotely, from a Linux box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not that the Windows box runs XP Home, so there are no security / group policies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the Linux systems in the same setup, I do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #&gt; ssh root@linux-vm123 'shutdown -h now';&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the Windows systems, I should be able to do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #&gt; net rpc SHUTDOWN -I xx.xx.xx.xx -f -U user%pwd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But that gives me the following error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Could not connect to server xx.xx.xx.xx&#xD;&#xA;    The username or password was not correct.&#xD;&#xA;    Connection failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The user is an administrator and the account has a password set. Do I need to set up anything on the Windows system?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14398" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8105" RevisionGUID="be79f45c-6b83-41e0-82e9-3f8fa1f55528" CreationDate="2009-05-14T07:59:02.860" UserId="1981" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;mstsc&gt;" />
  <row Id="14399" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6945" RevisionGUID="5d380e9f-19fb-4187-835b-b6577ec52255" CreationDate="2009-05-14T07:59:55.120" UserId="200" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="I have Windows XP running in virtual machines connected to my local network for testing purposes. The tests are done remotely. When finished, I want to shut them down remotely, from a Linux box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*ETA:* Note that the Windows box runs XP Home, so there are no security / group policies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the Linux systems in the same setup, I do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #&gt; ssh root@linux-vm123 'shutdown -h now';&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the Windows systems, I should be able to do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #&gt; net rpc SHUTDOWN -I xx.xx.xx.xx -f -U user%pwd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But that gives me the following error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Could not connect to server xx.xx.xx.xx&#xD;&#xA;    The username or password was not correct.&#xD;&#xA;    Connection failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The user is an administrator and the account has a password set. Do I need to set up anything on the Windows system?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*ETA:* Is there a way I can test just the login, i. e. without sending a shutdown command that might need other privileges or settings?" />
  <row Id="14400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8108" RevisionGUID="412c406d-f4d1-4833-b584-fcf543e86b20" CreationDate="2009-05-14T08:08:21.910" UserId="1726" Text="I'm looking for a single linux command that allows me to do the equivalent of this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cp /some/path/file /another/path/ &amp;&amp; ln -sf /another/path/file /some/path/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there isn't one, what's the best way to do this for a bunch of files?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="14402" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8108" RevisionGUID="412c406d-f4d1-4833-b584-fcf543e86b20" CreationDate="2009-05-14T08:08:21.910" UserId="1726" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;symlink&gt;" />
  <row Id="14403" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8109" RevisionGUID="13ea0391-813b-4e39-8b35-24541aa64b1f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T08:22:02.840" UserId="412" Text="&#xD;&#xA;I was surprised to learn (from this question:  http://serverfault.com/questions/8006/how-to-add-a-mac-to-windows-active-directory)  that you could add a Mac to AD&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the advantages of doing so?" />
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  <row Id="14405" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8109" RevisionGUID="13ea0391-813b-4e39-8b35-24541aa64b1f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T08:22:02.840" UserId="412" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;mac&gt;" />
  <row Id="14406" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8110" RevisionGUID="52f077ef-e28c-49d8-ad0e-722dd81cfcf3" CreationDate="2009-05-14T08:24:42.460" UserId="2299" Text="Upgrade to SQL Server 2005 Express, or even SQL 2008 Express. These are both free and are much more powerful than MySQL (not that there's anything wrong with MySQL!). SQL 2005 will even restore backups from SQL 2000, so it's trivially easy to port the database (2k8 may do this too but I've never tred it).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Contrary to popular myths SQL 2005 and 2008 have no limit on the number of users, but there is a 4GB limit on database size and they will only use up to 1GB of memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You won't be able to manage SQL 2005/8 using the SQL 2000 Enterprise Manager, but both have a free management too (Management Studio Express) that is very good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John Rennie&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14408" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7819" RevisionGUID="37e90c8b-c1be-4046-9a14-4101a188a0af" CreationDate="2009-05-14T08:44:33.643" UserId="48" Comment="Multiple Monitors" Text="[ResSwitch][1] is a utlity that will do what you want. Its a command line tool that you send the resolution, colour depth and refresh rate - e.g&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;resswitch.exe 800 600 32 60&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use the device switch to specify which device the command applies to, specifying the name of the device. So for 4 monitors you'd probably be best creating a batch file with 4 commands in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get the names of the devices you can use ResCopy, also included in that zip file to display them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.naughter.com/qres.html" />
  <row Id="14410" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8112" RevisionGUID="ca791f85-92b6-4012-832f-afe9393e3d52" CreationDate="2009-05-14T08:50:01.827" UserId="48" Text="One of the main reasons you would do it is to authenticate users against Active Directory. By authenticating against AD it also makes access to file shares and printers much easier, as you are already authenticated." />
  <row Id="14411" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8113" RevisionGUID="7fd3f24c-235b-47cc-a26c-680cbfbf16d2" CreationDate="2009-05-14T08:52:26.347" UserId="2413" Text="take a look at xtrabackup from percona - it's interesting open source alternative to mysqlhotcopy for innodb databases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you can read more about it [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2009/03/13/xtrabackup-03-binaries-and-stream-backup/" />
  <row Id="14412" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8114" RevisionGUID="eaefaf31-1faf-4b62-b551-fef2fed086aa" CreationDate="2009-05-14T08:54:30.510" UserId="1447" Text="[NIS][1] is very simple to set up and integrates identities across unix or linux machines.  Conceptually, it works by 'exporting' various files such as `/etc/passwd` or `/etc/shadow` (and various others).  You set up the other computers to do their authentication through NIS.  This means that identity and permissions are shared across any computer using NIS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NIS is viewed as having security issues, so you wouldn't want it running on (for example) a public web server.  However for a small network within a university it is probably OK.  Note that many, many universities have had or still have large NIS/NFS implementations dating back to the days of Sun workstations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/NIS-HOWTO/" />
  <row Id="14414" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8115" RevisionGUID="72bc06c2-77d4-4400-a17e-cbc458aae097" CreationDate="2009-05-14T08:57:22.983" UserId="1134" Text="From the reponses I got here, I understand there are no specific migration tool for Firebird -&gt; PostgreSQL on Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess I'll have to write this myself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The major issue here is optimizing the performance of such a migration. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did find [a great resource in chapter 14 of the the postgreSQL documentation][1], which explains what are the best ways to insert large amounts of data to postgreSQL, like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - disabling auto commits.&#xD;&#xA; - using COPY instead of a series of INSERT statements.&#xD;&#xA; - Removing indexes (or more importantly, only create them at the end of the data inserts).&#xD;&#xA; - Various memory configuration tunings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/populate.html" />
  <row Id="14415" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8116" RevisionGUID="f7f20c13-18b1-4082-956b-26a0280cdfb5" CreationDate="2009-05-14T08:57:57.540" UserId="1447" Text="Yes, you will be able to use most if not all of the 4GB of RAM.  See [this Stackoverflow posting][1] for a more in-depth discussion of PAE (amongst other things)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/181050/can-you-allocate-a-very-large-single-chunk-of-memory-4gb-in-c-or-c/188564#188564" />
  <row Id="14418" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8115" RevisionGUID="ed015c3b-3fee-4bbc-b467-59f5bf656874" CreationDate="2009-05-14T09:02:58.590" UserId="1134" Comment="Fixed 2 typos" Text="From the reponses I got here, I understand there are no specific migration tool for Firebird -&gt; PostgreSQL on Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess I'll have to write this myself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The major issue here is optimizing the performance of such a migration. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did find [a great resource in chapter 14 of the the postgreSQL documentation][1], which explains what are the best ways to insert large amounts of data to postgreSQL, like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Disabling auto commits.&#xD;&#xA; - Using COPY instead of a series of INSERT statements.&#xD;&#xA; - Removing indexes (or more importantly, only create them at the end of the data inserts).&#xD;&#xA; - Various memory configuration tunings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/populate.html" />
  <row Id="14419" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8117" RevisionGUID="3aca4eee-eb45-442f-a4ce-8f8cd470fef5" CreationDate="2009-05-14T09:03:19.450" UserId="1463" Text="We had a security specialist check some legacy AIX applications and server configurations, he did a very friendly and narrow scan of an IBM blade chassis with PPC blades and when it tried to connect to the management card - that instantly rebooted!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No one would ever have thought that, and it was clearly a bug in the card. But the possible damages of even a friendly ping are simply astounding. You can't say you &quot;do no damage&quot; - that's simply not a statement you can guarantee.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*(in this case, rebooting the management card had little impact except the fans loosing management, going into full speed, which if you've ever had an IBM Bladecenter know means the visitors in the reception area two floors down from the server room can't hear eachother for a few minutes ;)*" />
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  <row Id="14422" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8109" RevisionGUID="165eeadb-0acf-419a-93e7-fc2add4eb0d3" CreationDate="2009-05-14T09:08:40.127" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="I was surprised to learn (from this question:  http://serverfault.com/questions/8006/how-to-add-a-mac-to-windows-active-directory)  that you could add a Mac to AD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the advantages of doing so?" />
  <row Id="14423" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8118" RevisionGUID="e4299aa0-0d3a-474b-ae27-91ba5bcc794c" CreationDate="2009-05-14T09:24:21.630" UserId="66" Text="Currently we have a Vigor 3300 router that acts as our VPN server.  At the moment we set up connections for home workers manually in the device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I would like to do is remove this extra step and instead allow them to use their Active Directory credentials to login to the VPN.  I understand RADIUS is the way to do this.  Unfortunately the manual for the Vigor is quite cryptic, although it give details on how to set up the unit itself I am unsure about how I set up the actual RADIUS server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can any one offer some generic advice on how to do this, or point to a resource on the internet that is idiot proof.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Much appreciated." />
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  <row Id="14429" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8121" RevisionGUID="a7118cc9-b65e-4487-a8f5-c39174f20842" CreationDate="2009-05-14T09:51:02.180" UserId="1352" Text="I have a number of virtual machines that have not been switched on for over a month, and some others which have been rolled back to an older state. They are members of a domain, and have expired their machine secrets; thus unable to authenticate with the domain any longer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Event Type:             Warning&#xD;&#xA;    Event Source:          LSASRV&#xD;&#xA;    Event Category:      SPNEGO (Negotiator) &#xD;&#xA;    Event ID:  40960&#xD;&#xA;    Date:                       14/05/2009&#xD;&#xA;    Time:                       10:24:54 AM&#xD;&#xA;    User:                        N/A&#xD;&#xA;    Computer:              TFS2008WDATA&#xD;&#xA;    Description:&#xD;&#xA;    The Security System detected an authentication error for the server ldap/iceland.icelava.home.&#xD;&#xA;    The failure code from authentication protocol Kerberos was &quot;The attempted logon is invalid.&#xD;&#xA;    This is either due to a bad username or authentication information.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;     (0xc000006d)&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.&#xD;&#xA;    Data:&#xD;&#xA;    0000: c000006d  &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Event Type:             Warning&#xD;&#xA;    Event Source:          LSASRV&#xD;&#xA;    Event Category:      SPNEGO (Negotiator) &#xD;&#xA;    Event ID:  40960&#xD;&#xA;    Date:                       14/05/2009&#xD;&#xA;    Time:                       10:24:54 AM&#xD;&#xA;    User:                        N/A&#xD;&#xA;    Computer:              TFS2008WDATA&#xD;&#xA;    Description:&#xD;&#xA;    The Security System detected an authentication error for the server cifs/iceland.icelava.home.&#xD;&#xA;    The failure code from authentication protocol Kerberos was &quot;The attempted logon is invalid.&#xD;&#xA;    This is either due to a bad username or authentication information.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;     (0xc000006d)&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.&#xD;&#xA;    Data:&#xD;&#xA;    0000: c000006d&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Event Type:             Error&#xD;&#xA;    Event Source:          NETLOGON&#xD;&#xA;    Event Category:      None&#xD;&#xA;    Event ID:  3210&#xD;&#xA;    Date:                       14/05/2009&#xD;&#xA;    Time:                       10:24:54 AM&#xD;&#xA;    User:                        N/A&#xD;&#xA;    Computer:              TFS2008WDATA&#xD;&#xA;    Description:&#xD;&#xA;    This computer could not authenticate with \\iceland.icelava.home,&#xD;&#xA;    a Windows domain controller for domain ICELAVA, and therefore this computer might deny logon requests. This inability to authenticate&#xD;&#xA;    might be caused by another computer on the same network using the same name or the password for this computer account is not recognized.&#xD;&#xA;    If this message appears again, contact your system administrator.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.&#xD;&#xA;    Data:&#xD;&#xA;    0000: c0000022&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I try to use netdom to re-register the machine back to the domain &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator&gt;netdom reset tfs2008wdata&#xD;&#xA;    /domain:icelava /UserO:enterpriseadmin /PasswordO:mypassword&#xD;&#xA;    Logon Failure: The target account name is incorrect.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    The command failed to complete successfully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But have not been successful. I wonder what else needs to be done?&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="14432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8122" RevisionGUID="e4259ece-b89e-4fa3-a441-13a04c9394ff" CreationDate="2009-05-14T09:53:52.610" UserId="200" Text="Windows XP Home does not allow network logon other than via the Guest account. So you have to enable it first of all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This gave me a new error telling me that the &quot;logon type&quot; wasn't permitted. Logon type was &quot;code 3&quot;, which I found out to mean &quot;network logon&quot;. Activating file sharing fixed this, but I have no idea why.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, Guest is not allowed to shutdown the computer, so the account has to be added to the Administrators group (which is of course a massive violation of any security guidelines, but remember this is completely local, all under my desk and staying there) by issuing the following command in the shell:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net localgroup Administrators Guest /ADD&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It should also be noted that XP Home just isn't meant to work in a managed, professional network, but I'm choosing the systems to test on for what I'm expecting on the target machines, not what I want to use." />
  <row Id="14433" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8123" RevisionGUID="52ff38f5-2ca6-4622-ab0a-2014a61eadea" CreationDate="2009-05-14T10:09:09.903" UserId="2318" Text="    sudo slapconfig -destroyldapserver&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Force Demote an LDAP Replica to Standalone. If your Open Directory Master is misconfigured, sometimes trying to demote an Open Directory Replica using Server Admin will fail (eg: you might find your Replica server refuses to demote). You can use slapconfig to force it to demote on these occasions." />
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  <row Id="14435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8124" RevisionGUID="b53c033a-e693-41d9-a072-dcac18b7db01" CreationDate="2009-05-14T10:09:36.470" UserId="228" Text="Another story that didn't happen (phew):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We were doing incremental backups religiously every day to a tape drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We happened to write a tape containing data to ship to someone else. They said 'we can't read your tape'. In fact, neither could we. Or any tape in fact.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We bought another tape drive and held our breath until we installed it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Moral of the story. Always make sure you test your backups.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="14443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8127" RevisionGUID="e1290021-f09a-4a09-ac77-1c94b48b0e92" CreationDate="2009-05-14T10:33:45.213" UserId="45" Text="The Spanning Tree Protocol addresses the problem of packet collisions/network loops in a bridget network with redundant network paths.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a nice article which explains the problem and the mechanism behind STP: [Understanding Spanning Tree Protocol -- the Fundamental Bridging Algorithm][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [...] Redundancy eliminates a single point&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of hardware failure in a network.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Whenever switch redundancy is present&#xD;&#xA;&gt; in a network, there is a loop. The&#xD;&#xA;&gt; trick here is to allow for multiple&#xD;&#xA;&gt; bridges and only allow for a singular&#xD;&#xA;&gt; path. The Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; algorithm provides the missing&#xD;&#xA;&gt; component the Sprocket network needs&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to implement a redundant network&#xD;&#xA;&gt; without the redundant traffic paths.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2001/03/30/net_2nd_lang.html" />
  <row Id="14444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8128" RevisionGUID="e314e311-b2f5-400a-92d0-6b82f63a4e35" CreationDate="2009-05-14T10:45:18.223" UserId="891" Text="Quoting Wikipedia [Spanning tree protocol][1] - &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; *Spanning tree protocol* is a link layer network protocol that ensures a loop-free topology for any bridged LAN. It is based on an algorithm invented by Radia Perlman while working for Digital Equipment Corporation.[1][2] In the OSI model for computer networking, STP falls under the OSI layer-2. Spanning tree allows a network design to **include spare (redundant) links to provide automatic backup paths if an active link fails, without the danger of bridge loops, or the need for manual enabling/disabling of these backup links**. Bridge loops must be avoided because they result in flooding the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), is defined in the IEEE Standard 802.1D. As the name suggests, it creates a spanning tree within a mesh network of connected layer-2 bridges (typically Ethernet switches), and disables those links that are not part of the tree, leaving a single active path between any two network nodes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;STP short summary:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Prevents network loops which cause network crashes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Provides automatic link redundancy for continuous operation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanning_tree_protocol" />
  <row Id="14445" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8129" RevisionGUID="e67c1dfb-1cd9-4ef1-96d2-008be326e518" CreationDate="2009-05-14T10:50:57.027" UserId="1995" Text="I usually don't use Netdom for this type of recovery.  Assuming the computer account is still present in the domain, I just temporarily move the computer to a workgroup and then, before a restart, move it back into the domain.  This is always quicker than figuring out the proper Netdom commands and syntax." />
  <row Id="14446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8130" RevisionGUID="baa0eb3e-9ce5-4a92-a04f-eccb63297f9c" CreationDate="2009-05-14T10:52:15.840" UserId="1814" Text="Is there any way to configure an USB port on Windows to only act as a charger? I want to charge my MP3 player while I'm listening to music, but playback is not available when the device is connected as a removable disk. I would like to disable the &quot;USB&quot; part of the connection and only use it as a power source. Is this possible?" />
  <row Id="14447" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8130" RevisionGUID="baa0eb3e-9ce5-4a92-a04f-eccb63297f9c" CreationDate="2009-05-14T10:52:15.840" UserId="1814" Text="Configure USB port to only act as power source/charger?" />
  <row Id="14448" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8130" RevisionGUID="baa0eb3e-9ce5-4a92-a04f-eccb63297f9c" CreationDate="2009-05-14T10:52:15.840" UserId="1814" Text="&lt;usb&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="14449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8131" RevisionGUID="f07fd2bb-f197-48ce-b1c6-3536a945dbff" CreationDate="2009-05-14T10:53:35.010" UserId="1815" Text="It disables dynamically all links except one connecting two any switches. So it prevents network loops. And allows to have automatically enabled backup link in case the main one stops working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But under bad configuration it can leave more then one link connecting two switches, then broadcast traffic starts multiplying and kills all network." />
  <row Id="14450" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8132" RevisionGUID="476a5871-5bbb-40ae-9aa1-2ab49ef7d538" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:00:13.657" UserId="247" Text="I have users using Windows Mobile 6 phones synchronising via Exchange ActiveSync with Exchange 2003.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're planning to make it mandatory for them to have a PIN on the phones, but what do we do if they forget it?  Is there a way to reset the password from the server end?" />
  <row Id="14451" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8132" RevisionGUID="476a5871-5bbb-40ae-9aa1-2ab49ef7d538" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:00:13.657" UserId="247" Text="Reset password on Windows Mobile" />
  <row Id="14452" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8132" RevisionGUID="476a5871-5bbb-40ae-9aa1-2ab49ef7d538" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:00:13.657" UserId="247" Text="&lt;windows-mobile&gt;&lt;exchange-2003&gt;&lt;password&gt;" />
  <row Id="14453" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8133" RevisionGUID="3892f1fc-bab1-4d1e-b06f-c8c4ad3c0243" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:01:35.467" UserId="1815" Text="Is it useful for unix admin to use linux on work computer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Situation is that, a new young unix admin with little to no experience is accepted to work. Is it useful for his supervisor to force him to use linux on work computer instead of windows? Young admin itself prefers windows. Will linux usage will give him more experience or cause more trouble which will not be useful for his day to day server administration? " />
  <row Id="14454" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8133" RevisionGUID="3892f1fc-bab1-4d1e-b06f-c8c4ad3c0243" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:01:35.467" UserId="1815" Text="Is it useful for unix admin to use linux on work computer?" />
  <row Id="14455" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8133" RevisionGUID="3892f1fc-bab1-4d1e-b06f-c8c4ad3c0243" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:01:35.467" UserId="1815" Text="&lt;learning&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;" />
  <row Id="14456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8134" RevisionGUID="f098b68a-84e6-43a7-92fa-a535ae615835" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:04:30.467" UserId="1740" Text="[KB823732][1] explains how you can disable an USB device by changing the **Start** value of `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor` to **4**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That should disable the storage part of the USB connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: After doing this, you will not be able to use you USB-ports as normal. After charging has completed you should change the value back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also try disabling the specific port you use to connect your device, by going to Device Manager, but I'm not sure this will work for you. (If it works, great, then it's easier than the registry editing)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;823732" />
  <row Id="14457" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8133" RevisionGUID="365b53c0-3f2e-47a1-bfc4-ece1d089c949" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:05:44.227" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;learning&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;" />
  <row Id="14458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8135" RevisionGUID="ca6fb36f-e20e-46e7-a927-70ff003b4d5c" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:06:31.573" UserId="2168" Text="Because this limitation is probably on the player hardware site I doubt a software solution would work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could create/buy a custom cable which only connects the power wires in the USB connector.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or create [VGA-USB power only connector][1], this will leave your USB ports available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.instructables.com/id/VGA_to_USB_power/" />
  <row Id="14459" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8136" RevisionGUID="bed2cbd3-54ec-4e40-b7ac-c69a5a964451" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:08:43.863" UserId="1963" Text="Part of me is amazed that there's a Unix sysadmin choosing to use Windows.  Not in an anti-Windows sense, but more in a 'eat your own dog food' sense.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would have thought that using an *ix variant on his/her work computer would be a learning experience, and part of moving from being a new admin to an experienced admin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let me ask the question the other way:  What would you say to a new Windows Server admin who wanted to use Linux on their work computer, rather than Windows?" />
  <row Id="14460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8137" RevisionGUID="97a5eb79-1a55-4b6f-8240-ba28adab8493" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:09:20.617" UserId="28" Text="I wouldn't advise forcing someone, unless there's no other way for them to do their job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I assume there's something else here. Anyone employed as a Unix admin should certainly feel comfortable in the command line... if the new admin didn't like that (or even the occasional need to open a terminal in Linux despite the GUI config tools), I'd worry about his (or her) suitability for the position. If, however, he just wanted to be able to play Windows games during downtime, I wouldn't worry about it." />
  <row Id="14461" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8134" RevisionGUID="fe5c8fe9-e6f2-491b-b8ae-d7a551fc2932" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:09:44.017" UserId="1740" Text="[KB823732][1] explains how you can disable USB device support by changing the **Start** value of `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor` to **4**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That should disable the storage part of the USB connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: After doing this, you will not be able to use you USB-ports as normal. After charging has completed you should change the value back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also try disabling the specific port you use to connect your device, by going to Device Manager, but I'm not sure this will work for you. (If it works, great, then it's easier than the registry editing)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another way would be to disconnect the data-pins from an existing cable. Instructions [here][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;823732&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.meizume.com/miniplayer-m6-sl/1584-using-m6-m3-while-charging-usb.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/6946/14905qf1.jpg" />
  <row Id="14462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8138" RevisionGUID="7caa61fa-d543-4ac9-a5c8-a565737afda5" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:10:17.073" UserId="2372" Text="Windows Server supports RADIUS authentication against Active Directory.  In Server 2008, this service is called Network Policy Server (NPS).  Prior Windows named this service  Internet Authentication Service (IAS).  [Server 2008 NPS RADIUS diagram][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb891985(VS.85).aspx" />
  <row Id="14463" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8139" RevisionGUID="f4421770-9039-4f60-8e1e-1904d67ea152" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:10:29.787" UserId="1463" Text="Yes a user can [reset the password][1] using the OWA/web interface. It's a bit tricky because it's a generated string of numbers to confirm the &quot;recover password&quot; option available on the Windows Mobile's password screen in the &quot;menu&quot; menu.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, you can also just do a factory reset / remote wipe of the device and configure it again - as all data should be in Exchange (contacts, calendar and so on), this shouldn't be a problem in a controlled environment - it's just like re-imaging a computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/05/30/439568.aspx" />
  <row Id="14464" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8133" RevisionGUID="40dbea3d-69f4-40c1-8d45-2c5992c037e9" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:18:32.113" UserId="48" Comment="added 16 characters in body" Text="Is it useful for a Unix admin to use Linux on their work computer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The situation is that, a new young Unix admin with little to no experience is accepted to work. Is it useful for his supervisor to force him to use Linux on his work computer instead of Windows? The young admin himself prefers Windows. Will Linux usage give him more experience or cause more trouble which will not be useful for his day to day server administration? " />
  <row Id="14465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8140" RevisionGUID="84cd00ef-cd58-44dc-af4a-6185184561b0" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:23:25.290" UserId="1496" Text="There is no way to do what you want using RDP. Clipboard support is handled through a side channel in the RDP stream and requires support from the remote end. In Microsoft's RDP implementation, that support is provided by the usermode rdpclip.exe process, which is started by winlogon.exe - obviously only once you're already logged in. splattne's answer is the only way to do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could try to find (or write :D) an alternative RDP client which does what you want, but AFAIK there is none available at the moment." />
  <row Id="14466" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7264" RevisionGUID="7b73073e-0fcb-4677-b663-c8c8204e89d3" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:26:27.420" UserId="1391" Comment="added clarification" Text="I would like to set up a simple and inexpensive SMS to mail gateway. I have a Nokia cell phone which I can connect to a pc with a USB cable. I would like a software which monitors the phone and, when a SMS arrives, forwards it to a mail address.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone suggest something free or open source, in Windows, which can do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:  &#xD;&#xA;I would prefer a solution which doesn't require me to send e-mail directly from the phone, because this would require outgoing traffic from the phone, which would be billed by the phone company. However this could be an acceptable solution, since I don't think I will receive many SMS messages. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I work in my city's local government, and I have to set up a way for the citizens who don't have a PC, but have a cell phone, to open trouble-tickets. I would like to set up a number where they can send an SMS which is then converted to a mail for our support team. Since this is experimental, I would prefer a solution which doesn't require a paid service or a contract with a phone company.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14467" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8141" RevisionGUID="00da86b3-4117-482c-b54d-adb5b20ce3eb" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:28:04.517" UserId="1726" Text="Seriously, I thought this was a really easy question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what I can do in perl:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/perl&#xD;&#xA;    # Usage: cpln TARGETDIR SOURCE...&#xD;&#xA;    # Example: find tree/ -type f | xargs cpln commands/&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    $target = shift;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    foreach(@ARGV) {&#xD;&#xA;        m[(.*)/([^/]+)];&#xD;&#xA;        system(&quot;cp $_ $target&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;        system(&quot;ln -sf $target/$2 $1/&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was hoping for something more elegant, but I guess I'll use that." />
  <row Id="14468" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8142" RevisionGUID="7a0d27e7-f0cf-4c29-9680-a2f8cceb20f5" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:29:55.170" UserId="1815" Text="Theres my script you could use (takes two parameters /some/path/file and /another/path/ ):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    cp $1 $2&#xD;&#xA;    if [ &quot;$?&quot; -ne &quot;0&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;        echo &quot;Some error&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        exit 1&#xD;&#xA;        fi&#xD;&#xA;    ln -sf $2/${1##*/} ${1%/*}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/code&gt;" />
  <row Id="14469" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8133" RevisionGUID="62c32b5d-c4fb-4d82-9770-24db8ef0311f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:37:37.170" UserId="1815" Comment="deleted 2 characters in body; edited title" Text="Is it useful for a Unix admin to use Linux on his work computer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The situation is that, a new young Unix admin with little to no experience is accepted to work. Is it useful for his supervisor to force him to use Linux on his work computer instead of Windows? The young admin himself prefers Windows. Will Linux usage give him more experience or cause more trouble which will not be useful for his day to day server administration? " />
  <row Id="14470" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="8133" RevisionGUID="62c32b5d-c4fb-4d82-9770-24db8ef0311f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:37:37.170" UserId="1815" Comment="deleted 2 characters in body; edited title" Text="Is it useful for unix admin to use linux on his work computer?" />
  <row Id="14471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8143" RevisionGUID="80daca09-2c00-44c1-bbad-a5f45add8716" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:40:24.030" UserId="2567" Text="&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;say &quot;some text&quot;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Famously used for [getting people back into their apartments][1], `say` takes your arguments and reads them aloud through the audio output device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://xkcd.com/530/" />
  <row Id="14472" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8143" RevisionGUID="80daca09-2c00-44c1-bbad-a5f45add8716" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:40:24.030" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14473" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8144" RevisionGUID="d4fb4a97-2937-4672-aafc-c3b1d6edba31" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:41:29.863" UserId="2592" Text="A small note, is that you could use ln both was to make the command not actually moving the data (assuming both paths are on the same filesystem).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ln /some/path/file /another/path/ &amp;&amp; ln -sf /another/path/file /some/path/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I assume that you want to move the content of /some/path/ to an other disk, and then create links to the new files so &quot;no one&quot; notices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for f in `ls /some/path/`; do ln /some/path/$f /another/path/ &amp;&amp; ln -sf /another/path/$f /some/path; done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wrapping it in a bash function:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    function cpln {&#xD;&#xA;        for f in `ls $1`&#xD;&#xA;        do&#xD;&#xA;            ln $1/$f $2 &amp;&amp; ln -sf $2/$f $1&#xD;&#xA;        done&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14474" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8105" RevisionGUID="3febfe67-3a58-4875-9913-5193f253f529" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:43:38.610" UserId="48" Comment="added 25 characters in body" Text="I am running Windows Vista Business Edition and I am trying to connect to Windows Server 2003 Web Edition using Remote Desktop Connection (mstsc.exe). When the remote computer asks for the user name and password the clipboard doesn't work (in both directions). After logging in the clipboard works fine. Since we are using long passwords this is really annoying. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have any idea how I may tweak the settings to allow copying user name and password to remote console during logging in process?" />
  <row Id="14475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8145" RevisionGUID="e1686c7c-0696-443b-ae73-67c55bc041b1" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:45:35.983" UserId="1447" Text="I think that a preference for a windows desktop is not necessarily an indicator of unsuitability for the position.  If he's really displaying a lack of engagement with the unix-isms underlying Linux and this is affecting his job then you might have a problem.  Otherwise let him use Windows on his desktop if he wants to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are plenty of reasons why one might use a Windows desktop in this role; most of them boil down to a requirement to use some piece of windows based software (e.g. Office or TOAD if you're working with Oracle).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See how well he does on the job.  " />
  <row Id="14476" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8146" RevisionGUID="d2cefb71-1e72-4b7d-95d9-19a2073d185f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:49:57.723" UserId="1249" Text="You can boot selecting the single user mode in GRUB and then proceding to reset the root password." />
  <row Id="14477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8147" RevisionGUID="0f76a27f-b820-4d4b-96f9-861d0f186344" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:55:56.960" UserId="2592" Text="soapbox mode: ON&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would say that its as simple that backups that isn't tested regularly is worthless.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A my previous job we had a policy that every system (production, test, development monitoring etc.) should be test restored every 6 months. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This was also the job of the most junior admin so that documentation was up to date. Junior being defined by how much work he/she had don on the specific system, sometime (quite often actually) it was the &quot;group manager&quot; that did it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We had special hardware dedicated to this (one Intel and one IBM/AIX box) that whas low spec for everything but diskspace, since we did not need to run anything real on the restored host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Quite a lot of work the first couple of rounds but it led us to stream line the restore process which is the important part of backup." />
  <row Id="14478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8148" RevisionGUID="8e0871fc-3225-483f-b36f-81ae611f2947" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:56:16.147" UserId="273" Text="You can buy from Amazon and several other retailers a USB charger electrical socket.  Usually used for MP3 players or phones etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The plug has a USB slot in it and just delivers power." />
  <row Id="14479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8149" RevisionGUID="49ab1448-8f1f-4f3f-8763-4137ef68942f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:56:59.170" UserId="663" Text="Not going into specifics on the specs since I know there is no real answer for this. But I've been doing load testing today with the `ab` command in apache. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And got to the number of 70 requests per second (1000 requests with 100 concurrent users), on a page that is loading from 4 different DB tables, and doing some manipulation with the data. So it's a fairly heavy page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The server isn't used for anything else for now and the load on it is just me, since it's in development. But the application will be used daily by many users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But is this enough? Or should I even worry (just as long as it's over X requests a second)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm thinking that I shouldn't worry but I'd like some tips on this." />
  <row Id="14480" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8149" RevisionGUID="49ab1448-8f1f-4f3f-8763-4137ef68942f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:56:59.170" UserId="663" Text="How many requests should my webserver be able to handle?" />
  <row Id="14481" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8149" RevisionGUID="49ab1448-8f1f-4f3f-8763-4137ef68942f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:56:59.170" UserId="663" Text="&lt;scaling&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;load-testing&gt;" />
  <row Id="14482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8150" RevisionGUID="700a1639-d08e-48ce-a46d-34e259ab5239" CreationDate="2009-05-14T11:57:22.943" UserId="2061" Text="Naaah!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should shut down, connect the hard disk to a read only interface (it's a special IDE or SATA, or USB, etc... interface that doesn't allow any writes, something like this: http://www.forensic-computers.com/handBridges.php ) and do an exact dupe with DD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may do it to another hard drive, or you may do it to a disk image.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, store in a profer and totally safe place that hard disk, is the original proof without any tampering!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Later, you can plug that cloned disk, or image in your forensic computer. If it's a disk, you should plug it through a read only interface, and if you are going to work with an image, mount it 'read only'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you can work on it, again and again without changing any data...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FYI, there are &quot;hacked&quot; systems images on the internet for practice, so you can do forensics &quot;at home&quot;...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS: What about the hacked system bringed down? if I think that system is compromised, I wouldnt leave it connected, I would put a new hard disk there, and restore a backup or put a new server in production until the forensics finish..." />
  <row Id="14483" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8151" RevisionGUID="1ec501ff-58a7-4437-a681-fc156e5118c9" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:03:27.810" UserId="2061" Text="About every other advice given...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think he's asking about ethicals, not legal, if he want's to know if it's legal, he should ask a lawyer on his state/country...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;About the ethical thing... I think its on himself. Maybe it's ethical for me, or for him (or not), maybe for some of you it is, maybe not... but would be nice to know your reasons for this..." />
  <row Id="14484" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8152" RevisionGUID="9e9f3d64-74fe-42c9-b73b-1ddbc25d4eae" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:11:45.633" UserId="1249" Text="It really doesn't matter if your administering Linux/Unix servers. You can always use the command line remotely opening a terminal in your desktop or using PuTTY in Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here at work I use Windows because I need Microsoft Office, access Sharepoint sites and Microsoft Office Communicator." />
  <row Id="14485" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8153" RevisionGUID="dc9bd2f3-7d3e-4597-97b9-a18413d66bab" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:12:51.540" UserId="2500" Text="Hello everyone,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I listed open file for a process (a daemon) on my box which runs Mac OS X 10.5 :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;lsof  -p 89&#xD;&#xA;    COMMAND PID     USER   FD   TYPE    DEVICE  SIZE/OFF     NODE NAME&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;    xxxxx   89 xxxxxxxx    9u  unix 0x34f8990       0t0          -&gt;0x34f8880&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I 'd like to find a way to open this socket and write in it. (that's my obsession this time ..)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How to find the i-node/name of the underlying file in order to reach that socket? Is there a way to address programatically this adress 0x34f888 from a shell script? If not so, how to do programatically ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a comment, I've launched the netstat command and get this result:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; netstat -u&#xD;&#xA;    Active LOCAL (UNIX) domain sockets&#xD;&#xA;    Address  Type   Recv-Q Send-Q    Inode     Conn     Refs  Nextref Addr&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;     34f8990 stream      0      0        0  34f8880        0        0&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;     34f8880 stream      0      0        0  34f8990        0        0&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not a network/socket guru. Hope this could give more information&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS: to be honest I've posted this question on StackOverflow first (sorry, I don't think to ServerFault a first sight for now) but no one seems to give answer . :/&#xD;&#xA;[same question on SO][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/862782/how-to-find-the-other-point-of-a-unix-domain-socket-on-mac-os-x-to-write-read-it" />
  <row Id="14486" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8153" RevisionGUID="dc9bd2f3-7d3e-4597-97b9-a18413d66bab" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:12:51.540" UserId="2500" Text="How to find the other point of a Unix domain socket on Mac OS X to write/read it?" />
  <row Id="14487" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8153" RevisionGUID="dc9bd2f3-7d3e-4597-97b9-a18413d66bab" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:12:51.540" UserId="2500" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;lsof&gt;&lt;netstat&gt;&lt;sockets&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="14488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8154" RevisionGUID="b77400bc-fd70-444e-81b9-b4a8ff995877" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:17:18.647" UserId="1447" Text="Unix domain sockets have inodes and can therefore be linked.  You would normally expect the mto manifest themselves as a special file somewhere in the file system." />
  <row Id="14489" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8155" RevisionGUID="cc086aa5-b90e-4d6d-88a7-d3e2d0f53b10" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:17:28.160" UserId="2540" Text="I'd suggest you worry only if you think your app will be very busy when it hits the ground.  Is the page in question likely to be hit that hard?  Harder?  Less?  If you have no idea, I would suspect that it's unlikely to be a problem earlier on.  If it's your slowest page you'll know one place to look if you have to optimize the system later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also lots of things you can do to tune most web servers and database engines to squeeze more performance out." />
  <row Id="14490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8156" RevisionGUID="65413c7b-3255-47b1-b9e0-7a83e6264db4" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:21:40.530" UserId="2060" Text="I'm not sure whether you can convince ActiveSync to work with the K770i (it runs OK with newer phones) but if you can, pairing it up with [BirdieSync][1] (at cost) or [FinchSync][2] would do the job. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, potentially easier but untested, is [MyPhoneExplorer][3] which appears to do what you're looking for.  [Mobile Master][4] also looks like a possibility, but at a cost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.birdiesync.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.finchsync.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.fjsoft.at/en/highlight.php&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.mobile-master.com/" />
  <row Id="14491" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8157" RevisionGUID="135fc244-f484-48c9-b6d5-b9aadc4c6732" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:22:20.107" UserId="339" Text="Check this out:  &#xD;&#xA;[http://www.sqlmanager.net/en/products/postgresql/datapump][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've never used it so I can't say whether it's good or not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlmanager.net/en/products/postgresql/datapump" />
  <row Id="14492" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8158" RevisionGUID="e5ee6cda-32b3-404d-ac92-9c63a594a3df" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:24:26.167" UserId="2540" Text="Default settings are different in MySQL between the two platforms, particularly around case sensitivity of table names.  Make sure you are perfect about either using all lower case table names, or always getting the case just right in the queries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PHP's mail() function is quite a bit different under Windows from Linux.  If you make heavy use of its features you should read the manual carefully. Many of the file system functions are also different because of system behaviors (like rename()).  In general any function that interacts with the OS itself you will probably want to review the manual page for comments about behavior under Windows.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14493" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8159" RevisionGUID="5349b67b-fe6f-4490-9422-76c8cca38a62" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:24:31.893" UserId="77" Text="I had this problem with the Blackberry 8800.  I fixed this simply by installing the correct drivers into XP and using the eject icon in the system tray.  After ejecting the device it happily charged." />
  <row Id="14494" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8160" RevisionGUID="d71a2b32-90e4-4111-a184-a1a846499efb" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:26:15.443" UserId="2181" Text="I've got a Win XP Pro machine that we're using as a Server. It's mostly used during the day (and early evening for backups) but can be on for days at a time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To reduce power consumption and extend the HD life, I'm setting the HD to automatically turn off after X hours. I've read that there is a &quot;cost&quot; (in power and wear &amp; tear on the HD) of spinning up the HD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I'm wondering how long I should set that pause for .  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess one way to look at it is Return on Investment (ROI) : If I turn off the disk how long does it need to be off to break even on the spin up cost (in wear and tear and power)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14495" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8160" RevisionGUID="d71a2b32-90e4-4111-a184-a1a846499efb" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:26:15.443" UserId="2181" Text="How long should the delay be before automatically &quot;Turn off Hard disks&quot;" />
  <row Id="14496" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8160" RevisionGUID="d71a2b32-90e4-4111-a184-a1a846499efb" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:26:15.443" UserId="2181" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;hdd&gt;" />
  <row Id="14497" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8161" RevisionGUID="6256fbf9-d71b-409b-a53a-adf5d7194c0f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:26:56.737" UserId="2467" Text="I love the way everyone qualifies their story with &quot;when I was young/green&quot; as if they would never do it again. Accidents can happen to even the most seasoned pros. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My own worst moment is so bad I still get palpitations thinking about it...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We had a SAN with production data on it. Critical to the company. My &quot;mentor&quot; decided to extend a partition to free up some disk space. Can you see where this is heading? He said that the SAN software could do this live, in production hours and no-one would notice. Alarm bells should have started ringing, but were conspicuously silent. He said he'd done it &quot;loads of times before&quot; with no problems. But here's the thing - he got ME to click the button that said &quot;are you sure?&quot;! As I was new to the company I assumed this guy knew what he was talking about. Big mistake. The good news was that the LUN got extended. The bad news was...well I knew there was bad news when I started seeing disk write errors on the Windows box. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm glad I was wearing brown pants.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We had to explain why 1TB of data had disappeared at lunchtime. That was a really, really bad day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a good principle actually - before you do something that you have doubts about, imagine having to explain to management if something goes wrong. If you can't think of a good answer to explain your actions then don't do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14498" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8154" RevisionGUID="5778862f-4753-4409-8b24-444c5f66ba84" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:28:15.623" UserId="1447" Comment="edited body" Text="Unix domain sockets have inodes and can therefore be linked.  You would normally expect them to manifest themselves as a special file somewhere in the file system." />
  <row Id="14499" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8162" RevisionGUID="f049508f-27fa-4367-bfa9-f4bd8f938c2a" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:35:17.643" UserId="1635" Text="Is it secure for a firewall to allow NetBIOS connections from the internal network to the DMZ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* If not secure, what are the risks?&#xD;&#xA;* If secure, what is the FUD about and what are the counterarguments?" />
  <row Id="14500" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8162" RevisionGUID="f049508f-27fa-4367-bfa9-f4bd8f938c2a" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:35:17.643" UserId="1635" Text="Will you allow NetBIOS into your DMZ?" />
  <row Id="14501" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8162" RevisionGUID="f049508f-27fa-4367-bfa9-f4bd8f938c2a" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:35:17.643" UserId="1635" Text="&lt;netbios&gt;&lt;shares&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;dmz&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="14502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8163" RevisionGUID="6a98ec1f-f729-42a3-b92a-76094946d93c" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:36:59.320" UserId="2061" Text="There is a Python tool called SCS that you can launch from your workstation, and you can find it here: http://iv.cs.uni-bonn.de/wg/cs/applications/containing-conficker/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It goes this way on my workstation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Usage:&#xD;&#xA;    scs.py &lt;start-ip&gt; &lt;end-ip&gt; | &lt;ip-list-file&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    andor@alvaroportatil:~/Escritorio/scs$ python scs.py 10.180.124.50 10.180.124.80&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ----------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;       Simple Conficker Scanner&#xD;&#xA;    ----------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    scans selected network ranges for&#xD;&#xA;    conficker infections&#xD;&#xA;    ----------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    Felix Leder, Tillmann Werner 2009&#xD;&#xA;    {leder, werner}@cs.uni-bonn.de&#xD;&#xA;    ----------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    No resp.: 10.180.124.68:445/tcp.&#xD;&#xA;    10.180.124.72 seems to be clean.&#xD;&#xA;    10.180.124.51 seems to be clean.&#xD;&#xA;    10.180.124.70 seems to be clean.&#xD;&#xA;     10.180.124.53 seems to be clean.&#xD;&#xA;    10.180.124.71 seems to be clean.&#xD;&#xA;     10.180.124.69 seems to be clean.&#xD;&#xA;    10.180.124.52 seems to be clean.&#xD;&#xA;    No resp.: 10.180.124.54:445/tcp.&#xD;&#xA;    No resp.: 10.180.124.55:445/tcp.&#xD;&#xA;    No resp.: 10.180.124.61:445/tcp.&#xD;&#xA;    No resp.: 10.180.124.56:445/tcp.&#xD;&#xA;    No resp.: 10.180.124.57:445/tcp.&#xD;&#xA;    No resp.: 10.180.124.58:445/tcp.&#xD;&#xA;    No resp.: 10.180.124.60:445/tcp.&#xD;&#xA;    No resp.: 10.180.124.67:445/tcp.&#xD;&#xA;    No resp.: 10.180.124.62:445/tcp.&#xD;&#xA;    No resp.: 10.180.124.63:445/tcp.&#xD;&#xA;    No resp.: 10.180.124.64:445/tcp.&#xD;&#xA;    No resp.: 10.180.124.65:445/tcp.&#xD;&#xA;    No resp.: 10.180.124.66:445/tcp.&#xD;&#xA;    No resp.: 10.180.124.76:445/tcp.&#xD;&#xA;    No resp.: 10.180.124.74:445/tcp.&#xD;&#xA;    No resp.: 10.180.124.75:445/tcp.&#xD;&#xA;    No resp.: 10.180.124.79:445/tcp.&#xD;&#xA;    No resp.: 10.180.124.77:445/tcp.&#xD;&#xA;    No resp.: 10.180.124.78:445/tcp.&#xD;&#xA;    No resp.: 10.180.124.80:445/tcp." />
  <row Id="14503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8164" RevisionGUID="26f6e96f-febf-4e99-a11d-8c9c836bb98b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:44:56.890" UserId="1330" Text="My company has created a charting component designed to work with &quot;technical specs&quot; pages on websites, so we would like to contact *Website Administrators*, so we can propose our component for integration into their websites. It has to be someone who has enough *technical know-how* to understand our component, its usefulness and applicability, and who has access to the site *via FTP*. Any idea how we can contact such people? *System Administrators?* or *IT Admins?* Whom and How?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was thinking of these business communities such as LinkedIn and FaceBook but I don't know whether the people there would be in charge of their company's website or whether they would be willing to listen to my proposal. Our component is very straight forward to integrate so its shouldn't be a problem *convincing* them, after we get in touch. This is a long-term marketing strategy so *any* help would be appreciated. Thank you." />
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  <row Id="14505" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8164" RevisionGUID="26f6e96f-febf-4e99-a11d-8c9c836bb98b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:44:56.890" UserId="1330" Text="&lt;marketing&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;administration&gt;&lt;contacts&gt;" />
  <row Id="14506" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8165" RevisionGUID="34a8575b-322d-45b2-894b-ec45f256caf1" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:46:09.990" UserId="45" Text="Just my two cents: reducing power-consumption: okay, but extending the life-time? I guess that spinning up and slowing down the HD will burn it out much faster." />
  <row Id="14507" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8166" RevisionGUID="fa0777f4-3d13-4837-bc2a-03769a874b6d" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:48:30.933" UserId="1737" Text="The outer power pins are slightly longer than the inner data pins. You can charge your player by carefully plugging in your device just far enough to connect the power pins." />
  <row Id="14508" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8167" RevisionGUID="ed9dddd9-3d12-4a8c-a199-8cd4579fb628" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:51:13.437" UserId="2535" Text="Constantly stopping and starting your disk in this way can take it's toll. I agree with the power reduction but you may well cause your disk to fail prematurely with the constant fluctuation in temperature. If you want them to shut off over night then it might be an idea to set the shut-off to about 1 hour. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've recently moved a lot of our data from SATA drives onto SSD which is proving quite useful with the amount of traffic on the drives. Less power hungry and with no moving parts you're less likely to have the same kinds of problems. Still new tech at the minute but I thought it might be worth looking at. So far, so good." />
  <row Id="14509" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8168" RevisionGUID="f011fc25-45d3-4ea9-9656-f27c8a6bcf48" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:53:13.833" UserId="1815" Text="This link has more information, than all received answers together:)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://wiki.vpslink.com/Low_memory_MySQL_/_Apache_configurations" />
  <row Id="14510" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8122" RevisionGUID="fdcba9b4-1b2f-475e-9f54-bf63f46e8748" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:53:47.610" UserId="200" Comment="added 318 characters in body" Text="Windows XP Home does not allow network logon other than via the Guest account. So you have to enable it first of all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This gave me a new error telling me that the &quot;logon type&quot; wasn't permitted. Logon type was &quot;code 3&quot;, which I found out to mean &quot;network logon&quot;. Activating file sharing fixed this, but I have no idea why.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, Guest is not allowed to shutdown the computer, so the account has to be added to the Administrators group (which is of course a massive violation of any security guidelines, but remember this is completely local, all under my desk and staying there) by issuing the following command in the shell:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net localgroup Administrators Guest /ADD&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And *then*, you'll find out that the RPC shutdown command seems to require the winreg named pipe on the target which seems to be provided by the Remote Registry service, which is not available in XP Home. So, for now, no remote shutdown for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It should be noted that XP Home just isn't meant to work in a managed, professional network, but I'm choosing the systems to test on for what I'm expecting on the target machines, not what I want to use. However, a note in the net/rpcclient manpages would have been very kind..." />
  <row Id="14511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8169" RevisionGUID="439c3dc3-4960-4073-93c2-efb03beae978" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:54:40.553" UserId="2405" Text="How do I profile an Linux + Apache + Mysql + Php server for speed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a server with a heavily modified MediaWiki instance running on Ubuntu 8.04. It's a bit sluggish - I haven't done anything to optimize it yet so I'm sure there is plenty of low-hanging fruit to make it quite a bit faster. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But in order to optimize you need to measure first. How do I find out which of the components (Apache, Php, Mysql) take up the biggest chunk of time to serve a page?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14512" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8169" RevisionGUID="439c3dc3-4960-4073-93c2-efb03beae978" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:54:40.553" UserId="2405" Text="Profiling Apache+Mysql+Php server - which is the bottleneck?" />
  <row Id="14513" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8169" RevisionGUID="439c3dc3-4960-4073-93c2-efb03beae978" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:54:40.553" UserId="2405" Text="&lt;profiling&gt;&lt;optimization&gt;&lt;php&gt;&lt;lamp&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="14514" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8170" RevisionGUID="b53ad7c2-7ad9-4341-b5d8-92e3ce283fd3" CreationDate="2009-05-14T12:54:43.893" UserId="1797" Text="On servers we never turn the hard drives off. If you insist on doing it, the mileage would vary based on your specific scenario and needs. Bottom line, I wouldn't do it, nor recommend it, but if you still want to do it, you will be the one better suited to figure it out." />
  <row Id="14515" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8107" RevisionGUID="94d8b217-8ceb-4bba-aed6-fb5af92c4bcf" CreationDate="2009-05-14T13:01:31.033" UserId="45" Comment="added 273 characters in body" Text="There seems to be no way to do that. A workaround is to let Remote Desktop Connection save your password. Flag that checkbox in &quot;Options.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As alternative you could use [Royal TS][1]. It's free until [version 1.5.1][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.code4ward.net/main/RoyalTS/Overview.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.code4ward.net/main/RoyalTS/Download/StatisticandpreviousVersions.aspx" />
  <row Id="14516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8171" RevisionGUID="9f703b79-48e7-4171-954d-11732e5d45d9" CreationDate="2009-05-14T13:01:52.547" UserId="385" Text="No. Typically you don't want your servers where they trust any other systems because that means they could compromise the DMZ server and tunnel using that trusted relationship. That means no domains, etc. Therefore, NetBIOS is not exactly useful since there are no trusts. Also, by the very nature of a system being in a DMZ the recommendation is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Uninstall what you don't need&#xD;&#xA; - Disable it if you can't uninstall it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This goes for services, users, protocols, etc. Therefore, NetBIOS usually gets struck pretty quick.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14517" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6956" RevisionGUID="a275d913-77a1-41eb-8560-bc36b26b90cb" CreationDate="2009-05-14T13:02:05.883" UserId="2405" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;iptables&gt;" />
  <row Id="14519" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8173" RevisionGUID="2db37554-833e-405e-891f-0ab1bbeab374" CreationDate="2009-05-14T13:09:15.537" UserId="2390" Text="I'm running Windows Home Server as a Hyper-V guest.  Yes, I know, its quite the odd setup...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'm seeing is that every week or 2, the WHS guest locks up, and when I try to reboot it from the Hyper-V console, nothing happens.  I can't reset it, turn it off, shut it down - nothing works.  My only solution when this happens is to reboot the host.  I'm running a mix of other VM's on the host as well - all are either win2008 x64 or win2008 x86 - and I don't have this same problem with any of those guest machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions as to where i should start in solving my problem?  My first inclination is to reinstall the Hyper-V integration components in the WHS guest.  After that, i'm not sure what to try." />
  <row Id="14520" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8173" RevisionGUID="2db37554-833e-405e-891f-0ab1bbeab374" CreationDate="2009-05-14T13:09:15.537" UserId="2390" Text="Windows Home Server + Hyper-V = lockup" />
  <row Id="14521" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8173" RevisionGUID="2db37554-833e-405e-891f-0ab1bbeab374" CreationDate="2009-05-14T13:09:15.537" UserId="2390" Text="&lt;whs&gt;&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="14522" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8174" RevisionGUID="99220451-2b47-41b3-9e71-1aff8b0194ed" CreationDate="2009-05-14T13:10:12.320" UserId="385" Text="It helps with asset management. Most asset management pieces that plug into AD can query for a list of computer objects. As long as those are kept up-to-date, you can use that to help track systems in the organization.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8175" RevisionGUID="c8be26fa-797a-458d-be8f-b2d559c12127" CreationDate="2009-05-14T13:15:00.827" UserId="1102" Text="[Zombat][1] and [Frank Farmer][2] have a couple of nice suggestions (I like the slow query suggestion, myself) at [Stack Overflow 697802][3]. [ab][4] for apache is also quite useful for testing the changes you make.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/users/81205/zombat&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://stackoverflow.com/users/82769/frank-farmer&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/697802/best-practices-for-optimizing-lamp-sites-for-speed&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/programs/ab.html" />
  <row Id="14524" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8139" RevisionGUID="56bf5827-dd28-4eff-b4e8-99553db4677c" CreationDate="2009-05-14T13:15:53.553" UserId="1463" Comment="added 161 characters in body" Text="If using Exchange 2007 a user can [reset the password][1] using the OWA/web interface. It's a bit tricky because it's a generated string of numbers to confirm the &quot;recover password&quot; option available on the Windows Mobile's password screen in the &quot;menu&quot; menu.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With an older version of Exchange this is sadly not supported but you can do a factory reset / remote wipe of the device and configure it again. As all data should be in Exchange (contacts, calendar and so on), this shouldn't be a problem in a controlled environment - it's just like re-imaging a computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Mobile device support difference between Exchange 2003 and 2007][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/05/30/439568.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.petri.co.il/differences_exchange2003_exchange2007_mobile_features.htm" />
  <row Id="14525" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8176" RevisionGUID="377a4df3-40a2-418b-b1e1-12d9e4dc73f7" CreationDate="2009-05-14T13:20:21.623" UserId="221" Text="I've checked this and it seems that **the configuration you described is not possible**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Versioning disabled** - the *Overwrite existing files* checkbox is visible&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Versioning enabled** - the *Overwrite existing files* checkbox disappears&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/8346/versioning0.png&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/451/versioning1.png" />
  <row Id="14526" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8139" RevisionGUID="979a6646-a0aa-405a-9914-3597f7c7903e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T13:21:08.140" UserId="1463" Comment="added 386 characters in body" Text="If using Exchange 2007 a user can [reset the password][1] using the OWA/web interface. It's a bit tricky because it's a generated string of numbers to confirm the &quot;recover password&quot; option available on the Windows Mobile's password screen in the &quot;menu&quot; menu.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With an older version of Exchange this is sadly not supported but you can do a factory reset / remote wipe of the device and configure it again. As all data should be in Exchange (contacts, calendar and so on), this shouldn't be a problem in a controlled environment - it's just like re-imaging a computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Mobile device support difference between Exchange 2003 and 2007][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're using [System Center Mobile Device Manager][3] there's an [addon][4] that will enable a user to reset their windows mobile 6.1+ device passwords.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/05/30/439568.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.petri.co.il/differences_exchange2003_exchange2007_mobile_features.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/business/solutions/enterprise/mobile-device-manager.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=53799354-e949-47e6-8f2d-8395fc213d60&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="14529" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8179" RevisionGUID="ecf73212-e078-4ec9-a1b2-f6b1f4aa5c48" CreationDate="2009-05-14T13:37:30.860" UserId="584" Text="You state in a comment that your server can handle 2,900 requests per second on an empty page. That indicates pretty strongly that it's not the webserver itself - it's the processing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're using PHP, consider an opcode cacher like [APC][1]. If the DB is a bottleneck, [memcached][2] will help you as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://php.net/apc/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.danga.com/memcached/" />
  <row Id="14530" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8180" RevisionGUID="1b561dde-4917-49f5-a906-b2f4760404c6" CreationDate="2009-05-14T13:38:42.310" UserId="1107" Text="Following that alert you should get a specific ID for the managed object. Run this query in SQL server against the OperationsManager database:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;select * from basemanagedentity &#xD;&#xA;where basemanagedentityid = 'IDGOESHERE'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and then check the Path column. It will list one of your servers. Make sure Agent Proxying is enabled for that specific health service/server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. In the SCE console, click 'Administration'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. Click 'Agent Managed'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. Double-click the above listed server. (Or right-click and select properties.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. In security tab, choose &quot;Allow this agent to act as a proxy and discover managed objects on other computers&quot;" />
  <row Id="14531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8181" RevisionGUID="5a9fccdd-dd8a-4521-8f1d-14a4dc56f90a" CreationDate="2009-05-14T13:39:42.400" UserId="45" Text="Why don't you advertise on sites like Server Fault oder Stack Overflow? Seems to be the perfect place to get in touch with IT administrators.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since your potential customers are a global community, a good alterntaive would be to pay for [Google Adwords][1]. You'll have to [choose some good keywords][2] to reach the right people.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://adwords.google.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.google.com/sktool/" />
  <row Id="14532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8182" RevisionGUID="ac5d0984-2d22-47e2-ba51-5aed0f881f38" CreationDate="2009-05-14T13:42:10.083" UserId="2408" Text="Well when your profiling anything like this to find the bottleneck you need to rule things out one by one. You'll need a baseline to get comparisons against. If you have the &quot;ab&quot; tool installed (it comes with apache) you can use this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get your baseline I recommend getting the average of at least a couple of hundred requests. Here's an example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ab -n 400 http://yousite/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look through the results for the line of &quot;Time per request&quot;, it'll look something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Time per request:       96.031 [ms] (mean)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make note of that time as this is the baseline.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To rule out apache as the culprit make a static page on your server (just save the html of a page that you consider slow/sluggish) and run ab against it again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Throw some PHP into the static page. It doesn't have to be a large amount of it but it should be actually doing some work. MediaWiki is pretty good code so if there is a PHP bottleneck on your system my money would be on the actual loading of the PHP stack into memory and perform the test again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look at the three numbers and see where the biggest jump is between the next step up. My bet would be on MySQL being the slowest of the three but it could very well be that you are loading up a lot of images on a page that is slowing down the total request time in which case you might want to rethink the design of the page." />
  <row Id="14533" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8183" RevisionGUID="13199692-c277-41fe-b7a3-520739efde10" CreationDate="2009-05-14T13:44:57.393" UserId="2502" Text="Off the top of my head I'd watch switch SNMP interface data for interfaces that a host is receiving more data and/or sending less data than average.  Look for anything outside of a standard deviation on either and you'll probably find the people most likely to be doing something they shouldn't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It might not just be sniffers though, might find avid hulu/netflix watchers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your switches/router may also have features to watch for and catch people attempting to poison arp tables, that would be a pretty big givaway as well." />
  <row Id="14534" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8184" RevisionGUID="5d50a61e-40b3-4846-af27-7150d06c5b1c" CreationDate="2009-05-14T13:49:12.453" UserId="706" Text="I have a VPS which is limited to 2 concurrent TS sessions.  At one point I was locked out from signing in, even though all my previous sessions were closed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The provider indicated that the other sessions were still running, and they believe that I didn't actually &quot;log off&quot;, so even if I exited the remote desktop client the server would still believe the connection was live.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've never had this issue with a regular computer, when I kill the connection in any manner it always disconnects gracefully and doesn't lock me out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Does Windows 2003 have an issue with logging off properly when remote desktopping into it?&#xD;&#xA; - How would I clear this error, or in other words if I need to can I kick off any current connections given that I have admin access?&#xD;&#xA; - How do I check how many sessions are being used (assuming I can log in on a session)&#xD;&#xA; - Can I load VNC as a 'backup' tool, or what other tools can I use to more fully protect myself from this issue?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="14535" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8184" RevisionGUID="5d50a61e-40b3-4846-af27-7150d06c5b1c" CreationDate="2009-05-14T13:49:12.453" UserId="706" Text="Windows Server 2003 - checking TS sessions (remote desktop client)" />
  <row Id="14536" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8184" RevisionGUID="5d50a61e-40b3-4846-af27-7150d06c5b1c" CreationDate="2009-05-14T13:49:12.453" UserId="706" Text="&lt;server2003&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;terminal-server&gt;&lt;sessions&gt;&lt;vps&gt;" />
  <row Id="14537" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8185" RevisionGUID="7923e362-af6f-4365-b03e-ce1d3f8ff508" CreationDate="2009-05-14T13:56:18.570" UserId="2278" Text="It's easier to go from sysadmin -&gt; sysadmin that codes -&gt; developer. Unless you're lucky, you face a pay cut going the other way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If nothing else, when you work in an environment where you need to speak to developers, some familiarity with coding is invaluable - it really helps to have a *lingua franca*, especially when you have to explain why instrumenting for operability is a Good Thing..." />
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  <row Id="14539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8186" RevisionGUID="b5cfcc0c-5a48-498b-b4cb-34f05046a854" CreationDate="2009-05-14T13:57:01.330" UserId="241" Text="Like every self respecting geek out there I wanted to give the Windows 7RC a try, so here am I with a dual boot system...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Good old XP for everyday use&#xD;&#xA; * Windows 7Rc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Booting into the RC I thought of copying some files from my user profile folder on the XP side right into RC side, but it looks like this is not possible because the files are owned by an unknown user-id (my alter ego on the XP side, I'd say). Not even running Windows Explorer in administrator mode works. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to &quot;mount&quot; the XP partition in some kind of &quot;ignore permissions&quot; mode?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14540" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8186" RevisionGUID="b5cfcc0c-5a48-498b-b4cb-34f05046a854" CreationDate="2009-05-14T13:57:01.330" UserId="241" Text="Accessing files on the XP partition from Windows 7RC" />
  <row Id="14541" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8186" RevisionGUID="b5cfcc0c-5a48-498b-b4cb-34f05046a854" CreationDate="2009-05-14T13:57:01.330" UserId="241" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
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  <row Id="14543" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8187" RevisionGUID="9ebf74d6-8fd5-4fb7-8fb5-de98ccb44332" CreationDate="2009-05-14T13:57:10.190" UserId="1692" Text="What's the best way to move c:\users to d:\users under vista/W7" />
  <row Id="14544" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8187" RevisionGUID="9ebf74d6-8fd5-4fb7-8fb5-de98ccb44332" CreationDate="2009-05-14T13:57:10.190" UserId="1692" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-7&gt;" />
  <row Id="14545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8188" RevisionGUID="4ab2aa83-8185-490c-92c4-3ca16369710e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T13:57:24.917" UserId="1054" Text="Use Terminal Services Manager (in Administrative Tools) to connect to the server and see which sessions are still used.  You can reset and logoff existing sessions from there.  Remember that just closing the terminal session window does not log the session off.  There are times, also, when network hiccups will kick someone out of a session resulting in a dangling session.  I've seen it frequently where a VPN user gets booted off the VPN connection while connected to a terminal session.  This nearly always results in a dangling terminal session in my environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**&#xD;&#xA;If you don't have TS Manager installed, install the additional admin tools from AdminPak.msi which is located in \Windows\System32 on the server." />
  <row Id="14546" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8189" RevisionGUID="424fc20e-c3b8-4052-91a8-c766170b9998" CreationDate="2009-05-14T13:57:57.207" UserId="48" Text="If you do not log of properly from an RDP session, but instead just close the window it will leave the session open, which is likely what is happening here. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are unabe to connect because there are too many sessions there are 2 options you can use to discconect these sessions: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - you can connect directly to the console of the server using RDP, you can then use the Terminal Services Manager mmc to disconnect the other sessions. To connect to the console, run the following command from start-&gt;run. This will connect you directly to the console, and will log off anyone who is using it at the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mstsc /v:serverIP /admin&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - If you are on the same local network as the server and have the Server 2003 admin tools installed you can connect the Terminal Services Manager console to that server and disconnect the users from your desktop.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14547" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8190" RevisionGUID="bc84491a-d414-4f5b-9b3d-47acb3213320" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:03:48.440" UserId="2543" Text="[puppet][1] the configuration management tool, may be of interest to you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It may be a little overkill here, functionality wise, but it's comparably lightweight compared to the solutions you're considering.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/" />
  <row Id="14548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8191" RevisionGUID="3e0fea8f-abd1-4b8c-85f9-1ea5d9978348" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:03:59.907" UserId="385" Text="Started as developer. Went through system administration, DBA, back to developer, back to DBA, back to system administration. Now back as DBA. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think it's fairly straight forward to go from dev to the other fields. I don't think it is as easy to go from system administration to development. There's a certain mindset to development and enjoying the practice of writing code and building applications. I have found a lot of great system administrators who have had trouble embracing it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14549" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8191" RevisionGUID="3e0fea8f-abd1-4b8c-85f9-1ea5d9978348" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:03:59.907" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8192" RevisionGUID="b9282d1d-cb94-435a-8a12-28f85dbf00c5" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:09:06.883" UserId="798" Text="My client recently changed their network policy so now all WIFI routers are disallowed from the network.  They said they would be running some scans and that they would be able to find &quot;rogue&quot; WIFI routers on the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How would they be able to detect these WIFI routers and access points?  They are located remotely to the 100+ branches/corporate offices, so it's definitely a network tool and they're not walking around with WIFI detectors or anything like that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just curious, as I thought it was interesting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="14552" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8192" RevisionGUID="b9282d1d-cb94-435a-8a12-28f85dbf00c5" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:09:06.883" UserId="798" Text="&lt;wifi&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="14553" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8193" RevisionGUID="084582f2-22dc-45c6-90f2-13a388b7dad7" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:09:12.203" UserId="1247" Text="I started out as a Sysadmin, and found myself turning into a lazy admin which hated to do the same thing twice, so I learned how to do scripting.  The scripting not only made   mundane tasks easier to do, it also help streamline things my ensuring that all the proper steps were accounted for in a task.  The scripting also got me to the point where I am today where I don't like GUI's, because I don't know what code there executing on the backend and so I don't trust them.  I also followed the natural evolution from scripting into developer work, but because I am a sysadmin at heart and have never had any formal development training any day of my life, I still find myself falling back to sysadmin work.  Honestly in some ways I wish I was laid off, or maybe more appropriately a long vacation (3-4 weeks), so that I could focus more on developing and possibly make the switch from admin to dev." />
  <row Id="14554" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8193" RevisionGUID="084582f2-22dc-45c6-90f2-13a388b7dad7" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:09:12.203" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14555" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8098" RevisionGUID="7c21069b-5d1e-4d9f-967c-c0fe5bf176b3" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:12:36.393" UserId="45" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="It is very difficult to detect sniffers, because they work **passively**. Some sniffers do generate small amounts of traffic and though, so there are some techniques for detecting them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Machines cache ARPs (Address Resolution Protocol). Sending a non-broadcast ARP, a machine in promiscuous mode (a network card that makes the card pass all traffic) will cache your ARP address. Then, sending a broadcast ping packet with our IP, but a different MAC address. Only a machine which has our correct MAC address from the sniffed ARP frame will be able to respond to our broadcast ping request. So, if the machine is responding, it must be sniffing.&#xD;&#xA;- Most sniffers do some parsing. Sending huge amount of data and pinging the suspect machine *before* and *during* the data flooding. If the network card of the suspected machine is in promiscuous mode, it will parse the data and increase the load on it. This way it take some extra time to respond to the ping. This little delay can be used as an indicator of whether a machine is sniffing or not. It could provoce some false psoitive, if there were some &quot;normal&quot; delays on the network because of high traffic.&#xD;&#xA;- The following method is old and not reliable any longer: sending a ping request with the IP address of the suspect machine but not its MAC address. Ideally nobody should see this packet as each network card will reject the ping because it doesn't match its MAC address. If the suspect machine is sniffing it will respond as it does not bother rejecting packets with a different Destination MAC address. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some tools which implment these techniques, for example open source tools like [Neped][1] and [ARP Watch][2] or [AntiSniff][3] for Windows, which is a commercial tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to prevent sniffing, the best way is to use **encryption** for any network activity (SSH, https etc.). This way sniffers can read the traffic, but the data won’t make no sense to them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.securiteam.com/tools/2GUQ8QAQOU.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www-nrg.ee.lbl.gov/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/sniffers/antisniff/" />
  <row Id="14556" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8194" RevisionGUID="8694b8aa-5027-4afc-a8ed-c75f24a0891f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:17:28.220" UserId="2579" Text="I started as a sysadmin/dba and then made my way into programming.  I went into the sysadmin/dba arena because I had the misconception that programmers were locked in a back room and never spoke with anyone.  When I started dabbling with programming (VBA --&gt; VB6 --&gt; .NET), I found that I needed to know how the processes worked from the people that did them (imagine that!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I worked my way into development and now am a programmer.  Apparently, I was always a programmer at heart because I never feel like I'm working anymore! :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My knowledge of the sysadmin/dba side of things helped me immensely when I started coding because I knew how everything worked and how it *should* work.  That gave me a huge leg-up on programming solutions for the sysadmin folks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV" />
  <row Id="14557" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8194" RevisionGUID="8694b8aa-5027-4afc-a8ed-c75f24a0891f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:17:28.220" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8195" RevisionGUID="75245c8c-e9f1-4439-9453-f76d240c935b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:19:28.950" UserId="1409" Text="My guess is that they're checking the MAC addresses associated with wireless access points as described in this guys's blog post.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://barnson.org/node/611&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14559" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8196" RevisionGUID="6420a0b6-2816-4443-9593-1e15871ff4c8" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:19:48.823" UserId="2502" Text="They could check ARP tables and look at the vendors, or enable 1x on all their switch ports.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Doesn't necessarily stop the access point from being there but it would stop people from using the wireless.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cisco also has rogue access point detection built into their latest wireless solutions.&#xD;&#xA;(I'd assume Aruba does as well)." />
  <row Id="14560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8197" RevisionGUID="f631170a-1925-4348-9fcd-2e07d2d01a92" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:24:08.127" UserId="1054" Text="If they're *just now* implementing that policy then my gut says that their threat of a scan is just scare tactics.  But that's just me being cynical...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few methods would be&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If the device is a router and not just an access point then they'll be able to see it in the routing paths&#xD;&#xA; - Network infrastructure device manufacturers have mass blocks of MAC addresses assigned to them to use for their products making it fairly reliable to determine a manufacturer by the MAC address of the device.  If, all of a sudden, a few LinkSys or D-Links start popping up and the admins know they don't use those devices....&#xD;&#xA; - They can look in DHCP.  This is especially easy if the network is using reserved DHCP addresses for clients.  Anything not in the reserved pool is suspect." />
  <row Id="14561" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8198" RevisionGUID="cca09c37-29ba-4379-b23f-99b216f1d139" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:25:39.590" UserId="1463" Text="Many professional accesspoints like the ones Cisco provide can not only [detect rogue accesspoints][1] through the management engines they're connected to - they can actually prevent anyone from using them by attacking them with disassociation packets and whatnot. And of course, report found rogue access points immediately and depending on the number of valid access points in the area - do a somewhat useful location detection as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they're already using a supported wireless solution, which by your mention of the amount of offices, I'd guess they do - it would just be a matter of turning the option on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*The radio monitoring feature uses the radio measurement capabilities on Cisco IOS APs and Cisco Client Adapters to discover any new 802.11 APs that are transmitting beacons. Both clients and APs periodically scan for other 802.11 beacon frames on all channels. Reports of detected beacons are returned to the Radio Manager, which validates these beacons against a list of APs known to be authorized to provide wireless access. A newly discovered AP that cannot be identified as a known authorized AP generates an administrator alert.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[source][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://supportwiki.cisco.com/ViewWiki/index.php/How_does_CiscoWorks_WAN_Solution_Engine_(WLSE)_rogue_AP_detection_work%3F" />
  <row Id="14562" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8199" RevisionGUID="a565ad16-6f4c-42eb-b980-a6300142b2ee" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:26:25.937" UserId="1797" Text="I researched the same thing for a long time. It can't be done. You can move the &quot;special&quot; folders (Documents, My Music, etc), but can't relocate the **Users** directory." />
  <row Id="14563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8200" RevisionGUID="84b2da03-b58a-445e-989c-7562b7252931" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:26:55.813" UserId="1247" Text="`&quot;C:\users&quot;` is a system folder which is equivalent to `&quot;C:\Documents and Settings&quot;` on Windows XP/2000/NT, and because of this it was really hard if not impossible to move the folder.  There were several ways to work around this issue by moving the subfolders via the TweakUI or some similar hacks instead of the parent folder and there are many posts about this see here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1409/move-your-documents-and-settings-username-profile-off-of-the-c-drive/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/236621][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314843][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q310147&amp;ID=KB;EN-US;q310147][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But in regards to Vista/Windows 7, it appears as though this process may have gotten simpler.  Here are some posts which tell you how to do it on Vista, which at its heart what Windows 7 is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.ehow.com/how_2064387_relocate-user-files-windows-vista.html][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.technospot.net/blogs/how-to-move-users-folder-to-different-location-in-windows-vista/][6]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/moving-your-personal-data-folders-in-windows-vista-the-easy-way/][7]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1409/move-your-documents-and-settings-username-profile-off-of-the-c-drive/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/236621&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314843&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q310147&amp;ID=KB;EN-US;q310147&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.ehow.com/how_2064387_relocate-user-files-windows-vista.html&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.technospot.net/blogs/how-to-move-users-folder-to-different-location-in-windows-vista/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/moving-your-personal-data-folders-in-windows-vista-the-easy-way/" />
  <row Id="14564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8201" RevisionGUID="1da5952a-295c-4cfd-88b7-ce61f827aa3a" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:33:15.423" UserId="22" Text="**The *easiest* way** is too move the individual special folders inside a user directory, such as Documents, Music, Video's, etc. You can do this with the following steps:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. **Right click --&gt; properties**&#xD;&#xA; 2. **Location tab**&#xD;&#xA; 3. **Fill in the desired location and click 'move'**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Downside to this is that this still leaves the main 'Users' folder inplace.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The *hard* way is a lot more complicated and risky:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; In my search for a solution, the only&#xD;&#xA;&gt; two easy ways I found to move the user&#xD;&#xA;&gt; profile directory locations from the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; system drive is to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;    1. Set the User Profile folder during setup using an unattended&#xD;&#xA;&gt; install file.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    2. Move the individual folders inside your user profile, which can be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; done using explorer (which will update&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the registry keys&#xD;&#xA;&gt; HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Folders and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Shell Folders).&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; However, this was not good enough for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; me, I wanted my actual user profile&#xD;&#xA;&gt; folder to be moved to a seperate&#xD;&#xA;&gt; partition/volume, including registry&#xD;&#xA;&gt; settings.  I discovered that it is not&#xD;&#xA;&gt; actually that hard, provided you’re&#xD;&#xA;&gt; comfortable with mass replacing&#xD;&#xA;&gt; registry keys and values.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Here is how I moved my user profile&#xD;&#xA;&gt; location.  Please note that I wanted&#xD;&#xA;&gt; all of the profiles moved, included&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Public and Default, so some of these&#xD;&#xA;&gt; steps can be skipped if you do not&#xD;&#xA;&gt; want that:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;    1. Make sure you have a complete backup of your system!&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    2. Copy the original Default Profile directory to the new location&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (e.g. from C:\Users\Default to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; D:\Users\Default).&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    3. Copy the original Public Profile directory to the new location (e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; from C:\Users\Public to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; D:\Users\Public).&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    4. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    5. Change the value of the Default key to the new user profile location&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (e.g. D:\Users\Default).&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    6. Change the value of the Public key to the new user profile location&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (e.g. D:\Users\Public).&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    7. Change the value of the ProfilesDirectory to the new user&#xD;&#xA;&gt; profile location (e.g. D:\Users).&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    8. At this point, you need to restart and log back in as a different&#xD;&#xA;&gt; user that has never logged in before&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and therefore does not have a profile&#xD;&#xA;&gt; created.  In my case, the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Administrator user had never logged in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; before so I enabled it so that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Administrator could log in and used&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that.  You can enable Administrator&#xD;&#xA;&gt; login by loading Computer Management&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and then go to User Accounts, edit the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; properties for Administrator, and then&#xD;&#xA;&gt; uncheck Disable Login.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    9. After logging in for the first time with the new user account, you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; will see “Creating Desktop” and other&#xD;&#xA;&gt; things like that while Windows is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; creating your profile.  Note that the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; new profile should be created in the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; new location.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   10. After logging in, try to close as many applications as possible. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; This will prevent most files from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; being locked so that you cannot copy&#xD;&#xA;&gt; them.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   11. Copy the entire original user profiles folder from the original&#xD;&#xA;&gt; location to the new location (e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\Users\* to D:\Users\).  (See next&#xD;&#xA;&gt; step after copy starts).&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   12. There are a few things to note during this copy.  There were&#xD;&#xA;&gt; thousands of .TMP files that were&#xD;&#xA;&gt; locked and would not copy.  I just&#xD;&#xA;&gt; skipped these files.  I held down&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Alt-S so that I could see all of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; skipped files and make sure that there&#xD;&#xA;&gt; were only .TMP files being skipped. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Yes, this took a little while, but at&#xD;&#xA;&gt; least I was confident that I got all&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of my files copied.  This process&#xD;&#xA;&gt; could probably be made easier using&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the command prompt or powershell.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   13. If, in your case, there are some files that will not copy, you can run&#xD;&#xA;&gt; procexp.exe, which is file provided by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sysinternals.  Then do a Find Handle&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and search for part of the filename. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; procexp will tell you which programs&#xD;&#xA;&gt; are locking the file.  As long as you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; closed as many programs as you could,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; though, this should not happen.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   14. Find and download a program that will do a Search &amp; Replace on the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; registry.  I will not suggest one&#xD;&#xA;&gt; because I did not find one single&#xD;&#xA;&gt; program that worked perfectly.  I&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ended up downloading a few different&#xD;&#xA;&gt; freeware applications and using all of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; them.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   15. Using the Registry Search &amp; Replace program, do a search for the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; original user profile folder and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; replace it with the new user profile&#xD;&#xA;&gt; folder (e.g. search for “C:\Users” and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; replace with “D:\Users”.  Note that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; some of the applications I used would&#xD;&#xA;&gt; only change values and not key names. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; However, the keys that needed to be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; chagned were all related to MuiCache. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; I do not know if these actually need&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to be updated.  I did just to make&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sure.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   16. Log out.  Log back in with the same user.  Repeat step 14 until there&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is nothing left to replace.  The&#xD;&#xA;&gt; reason for this step is that on&#xD;&#xA;&gt; logout, some programs seem to update&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the registry using the old user&#xD;&#xA;&gt; profile path.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   17. Run regedit.exe and do a search for the original user profile path and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; make sure it does not exist.  The&#xD;&#xA;&gt; reason for this step is because (as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; noted in step 13), I did not trust any&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of the Registry Search &amp; Replace&#xD;&#xA;&gt; programs I used.  I ended up needing&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to update about a dozen of the keys&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and values manually, since the search&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &amp; replace missed them.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   18. So that you can easily find programs that do not use the registry&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and hard-coded profile paths, rename&#xD;&#xA;&gt; your original profile folder (e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; rename C:\Users to C:\~Users).&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   19. Log out. Log back in as your usual user.  Everything should be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; working correctly except for programs&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that use a “hardcoded” user profile&#xD;&#xA;&gt; location.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   20. There are two easy methods that can be used to find programs that use&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a “hardcoded” profile location and are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; still looking for the original user&#xD;&#xA;&gt; profile path.  You can use the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; procexp.exe trick mentioned above and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; search for handles in the original&#xD;&#xA;&gt; profile location.  You can also&#xD;&#xA;&gt; monitor the oringal profile location&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to see if any new folders or files&#xD;&#xA;&gt; were created.  For example, in my&#xD;&#xA;&gt; case, FolderShare created some folders&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and files in the directory&#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\Users\MyUsername\AppData\Local\FolderShare\.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; So, I updated the FolderShare settings&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to point to the different path and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; then deleted the C:\Users directory&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (note that C:\~Users still existed as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a backup).&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   21. Since you are now confident that all of your data has been moved&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (right??????), you can deleted the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; backup of the original user profile&#xD;&#xA;&gt; location (e.g. C:\~Users).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Source: Change User Profile Folder Location in Vista ][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seeing the fact Microsoft made it so easy to change the location of the special folders, and so hard to change the location of the entire user folders structure, I would ***strongly advise* you to take the easy approach**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://joshmouch.wordpress.com/2007/04/07/change-user-profile-folder-location-in-vista/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14565" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8202" RevisionGUID="b9dd3690-55ac-4e84-906d-b679d67d6bae" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:37:36.940" UserId="2579" Text="The 2 I use the most are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PathPing - Traces the route and pings the site at the same time (ie: pathping www.zdnet.com)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and an easy way to lock your workstation/server: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV" />
  <row Id="14566" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8202" RevisionGUID="b9dd3690-55ac-4e84-906d-b679d67d6bae" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:37:36.940" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14567" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8201" RevisionGUID="6cc4a0dd-b924-4f20-9399-8c5ef60165d2" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:38:17.517" UserId="22" Text="**The *easiest* and *recommended* way** is to move the individual special folders inside a user directory, such as Documents, Music, Video's, etc. You can do this with the following steps:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. **Right click --&gt; properties**&#xD;&#xA; 2. **Location tab**&#xD;&#xA; 3. **Fill in the desired location and click 'move'**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Downside to this is that this still leaves the main 'Users' folder inplace.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The *hard* way is a lot more complicated and risky:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; In my search for a solution, the only&#xD;&#xA;&gt; two easy ways I found to move the user&#xD;&#xA;&gt; profile directory locations from the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; system drive is to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;    1. Set the User Profile folder during setup using an unattended&#xD;&#xA;&gt; install file.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    2. Move the individual folders inside your user profile, which can be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; done using explorer (which will update&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the registry keys&#xD;&#xA;&gt; HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Folders and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Shell Folders).&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; However, this was not good enough for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; me, I wanted my actual user profile&#xD;&#xA;&gt; folder to be moved to a seperate&#xD;&#xA;&gt; partition/volume, including registry&#xD;&#xA;&gt; settings.  I discovered that it is not&#xD;&#xA;&gt; actually that hard, provided you’re&#xD;&#xA;&gt; comfortable with mass replacing&#xD;&#xA;&gt; registry keys and values.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Here is how I moved my user profile&#xD;&#xA;&gt; location.  Please note that I wanted&#xD;&#xA;&gt; all of the profiles moved, included&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Public and Default, so some of these&#xD;&#xA;&gt; steps can be skipped if you do not&#xD;&#xA;&gt; want that:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;    1. Make sure you have a complete backup of your system!&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    2. Copy the original Default Profile directory to the new location&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (e.g. from C:\Users\Default to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; D:\Users\Default).&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    3. Copy the original Public Profile directory to the new location (e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; from C:\Users\Public to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; D:\Users\Public).&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    4. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    5. Change the value of the Default key to the new user profile location&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (e.g. D:\Users\Default).&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    6. Change the value of the Public key to the new user profile location&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (e.g. D:\Users\Public).&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    7. Change the value of the ProfilesDirectory to the new user&#xD;&#xA;&gt; profile location (e.g. D:\Users).&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    8. At this point, you need to restart and log back in as a different&#xD;&#xA;&gt; user that has never logged in before&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and therefore does not have a profile&#xD;&#xA;&gt; created.  In my case, the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Administrator user had never logged in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; before so I enabled it so that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Administrator could log in and used&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that.  You can enable Administrator&#xD;&#xA;&gt; login by loading Computer Management&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and then go to User Accounts, edit the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; properties for Administrator, and then&#xD;&#xA;&gt; uncheck Disable Login.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    9. After logging in for the first time with the new user account, you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; will see “Creating Desktop” and other&#xD;&#xA;&gt; things like that while Windows is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; creating your profile.  Note that the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; new profile should be created in the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; new location.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   10. After logging in, try to close as many applications as possible. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; This will prevent most files from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; being locked so that you cannot copy&#xD;&#xA;&gt; them.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   11. Copy the entire original user profiles folder from the original&#xD;&#xA;&gt; location to the new location (e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\Users\* to D:\Users\).  (See next&#xD;&#xA;&gt; step after copy starts).&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   12. There are a few things to note during this copy.  There were&#xD;&#xA;&gt; thousands of .TMP files that were&#xD;&#xA;&gt; locked and would not copy.  I just&#xD;&#xA;&gt; skipped these files.  I held down&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Alt-S so that I could see all of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; skipped files and make sure that there&#xD;&#xA;&gt; were only .TMP files being skipped. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Yes, this took a little while, but at&#xD;&#xA;&gt; least I was confident that I got all&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of my files copied.  This process&#xD;&#xA;&gt; could probably be made easier using&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the command prompt or powershell.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   13. If, in your case, there are some files that will not copy, you can run&#xD;&#xA;&gt; procexp.exe, which is file provided by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sysinternals.  Then do a Find Handle&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and search for part of the filename. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; procexp will tell you which programs&#xD;&#xA;&gt; are locking the file.  As long as you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; closed as many programs as you could,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; though, this should not happen.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   14. Find and download a program that will do a Search &amp; Replace on the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; registry.  I will not suggest one&#xD;&#xA;&gt; because I did not find one single&#xD;&#xA;&gt; program that worked perfectly.  I&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ended up downloading a few different&#xD;&#xA;&gt; freeware applications and using all of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; them.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   15. Using the Registry Search &amp; Replace program, do a search for the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; original user profile folder and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; replace it with the new user profile&#xD;&#xA;&gt; folder (e.g. search for “C:\Users” and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; replace with “D:\Users”.  Note that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; some of the applications I used would&#xD;&#xA;&gt; only change values and not key names. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; However, the keys that needed to be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; chagned were all related to MuiCache. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; I do not know if these actually need&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to be updated.  I did just to make&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sure.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   16. Log out.  Log back in with the same user.  Repeat step 14 until there&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is nothing left to replace.  The&#xD;&#xA;&gt; reason for this step is that on&#xD;&#xA;&gt; logout, some programs seem to update&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the registry using the old user&#xD;&#xA;&gt; profile path.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   17. Run regedit.exe and do a search for the original user profile path and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; make sure it does not exist.  The&#xD;&#xA;&gt; reason for this step is because (as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; noted in step 13), I did not trust any&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of the Registry Search &amp; Replace&#xD;&#xA;&gt; programs I used.  I ended up needing&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to update about a dozen of the keys&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and values manually, since the search&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &amp; replace missed them.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   18. So that you can easily find programs that do not use the registry&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and hard-coded profile paths, rename&#xD;&#xA;&gt; your original profile folder (e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; rename C:\Users to C:\~Users).&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   19. Log out. Log back in as your usual user.  Everything should be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; working correctly except for programs&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that use a “hardcoded” user profile&#xD;&#xA;&gt; location.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   20. There are two easy methods that can be used to find programs that use&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a “hardcoded” profile location and are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; still looking for the original user&#xD;&#xA;&gt; profile path.  You can use the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; procexp.exe trick mentioned above and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; search for handles in the original&#xD;&#xA;&gt; profile location.  You can also&#xD;&#xA;&gt; monitor the oringal profile location&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to see if any new folders or files&#xD;&#xA;&gt; were created.  For example, in my&#xD;&#xA;&gt; case, FolderShare created some folders&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and files in the directory&#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\Users\MyUsername\AppData\Local\FolderShare\.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; So, I updated the FolderShare settings&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to point to the different path and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; then deleted the C:\Users directory&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (note that C:\~Users still existed as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a backup).&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   21. Since you are now confident that all of your data has been moved&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (right??????), you can deleted the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; backup of the original user profile&#xD;&#xA;&gt; location (e.g. C:\~Users).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Source: Change User Profile Folder Location in Vista ][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seeing the fact Microsoft made it so easy to change the location of the special folders, and so hard to change the location of the entire user folders structure, I would ***strongly advise* you to take the easy approach**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://joshmouch.wordpress.com/2007/04/07/change-user-profile-folder-location-in-vista/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14568" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8203" RevisionGUID="3e3aed65-62c9-4662-8d56-f2fded6f8526" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:40:19.930" UserId="2561" Text="I don't think this is possible.  When it comes to the listing of windows  I see three ways to display them:  Just %w , %-w %t %+w, and %W .  The one that gives you the most control is %-w and %+w , which mean 'all windows before current' and 'all windows after current' -- respectively.  I can't find anyway to customize them other to make it %-Lw and %+Lw which enable flags to be displayed. Although the status string does support conditionals with %? , that doesn't help in this case since the tab bar is mostly automatically generated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can however changed the formatting of the notification message with the activity command." />
  <row Id="14569" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8204" RevisionGUID="8017ed10-426e-4aa5-8a49-4fdef302af27" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:41:52.970" UserId="1463" Text="You need to take ownership of the files/folder and then give your w7 account permission to read them as well - they're currently exclusively accessable by the XP user as it's a user profile... or, under XP, change the current permissions that only gives your XP user access - to allow &quot;Users&quot; read rights as well." />
  <row Id="14570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8205" RevisionGUID="5b038475-4480-43d4-b0d7-69335829f962" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:43:17.163" UserId="48" Text="As you stated, the problem you have is because permissions that have been set are from the XP partition, and Windows 7 does not recognise the SID's for these users. To get around this on 7 you could take ownership of the folder and add your windows 7 account into the permissions list, this should then give you access. The next time you boot into XP, you could take backup ownership of the folder." />
  <row Id="14571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8206" RevisionGUID="c7339b5f-cb05-4400-9592-e9f7fdbd8a4b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:44:41.640" UserId="2567" Text="A less destructive way to do it is to reboot into XP and grant &quot;Everyone&quot; or &quot;Users&quot; the permissions to read, but not to write, the files. Then reboot into W7 and copy over the files. This avoids having to take ownership of any files from any OS, and leaves the original permissions (largely) untouched." />
  <row Id="14572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8207" RevisionGUID="2165b8ef-4e0b-4571-8be8-c96d9e46de40" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:45:24.757" UserId="413" Text="70 requests per second works out to an hourly rate of 252,000 page renders / hour.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you assume that the average browsing session for your site is 10 pages deep, then you can support 25,000 uniques / hour. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should probably check these numbers against your expected visitor count, which should be available from the folks on the business side.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many of the sites I work on see about 50% of their daily traffic in a roughly 3 hour peak period on each day. If this is the case with your site (it depends on the kind of content you provide, and the audience), then you should be able to support a daily unique visit count of around 150,000.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are pretty good numbers; I think you should be fine. It's wise to look into opcode caching and database tuning now, but remember- premature optimization is the root of all evil. Monitor the site, look for hotspots, and wait for traffic to grow before you go through an expensive optimization effort for a problem you may not have." />
  <row Id="14573" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8078" RevisionGUID="cfb68839-b0dc-40eb-a669-6d624aea1c06" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:49:33.687" UserId="626" Comment="deleted 5 characters in body" Text="You have to copy the data to the shared folders if you want to access them from other computers in your house. One of the benefits of this is you can VPN to your home server and access or even stream anything from those folders should you choose.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I sync my music and photos etc using [synctoy][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C26EFA36-98E0-4EE9-A7C5-98D0592D8C52&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="14574" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8208" RevisionGUID="ca02a844-f4cc-4e09-855e-c5b7a2e9103d" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:49:40.897" UserId="1865" Text="It's kind of a sysadmin accident.. in so far as sysadmins occasionally have to physically haul large numbers of machines from point A to point B (where A and B are seemingly always separated by several flights of stairs in a building with no lift). On the n'th trip of the day, I stopped for a breather three flights up from the basement loading level to chat with someone coming down, propped the full-size tower w/station I was schlepping on the inside handrail of the open stairwell and... well, you guessed... slightly lost my grip on it. It plunged unerringly straight down the well and when it reached the bottom, er... not so much with the functionality for that one! Total salvageable parts: two sticks of RAM, one floppy drive and one ISDN card (God bless the Hermstedt engineering folks!). Everything else either cracked, rattling or smashed into tiny pieces. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the grace of God, nobody was walking underneath, which, thankfully for me, was my boss' first though, so I got to keep my job. Felt very sick for an hour or so though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Moral: gravity always wins!" />
  <row Id="14575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8209" RevisionGUID="9d9028f3-22ff-4456-8c89-345798fb2b48" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:49:45.763" UserId="1054" Text="As @renniej has mentioned, MSSQL has free Express versions now (with some limitations) so there's no need to waste money.  I'm also in the free / open source camp when it makes sense.  My say is that you use what you are most comfortable with and what works best for you, especially in a small office environment where you probably wear many hats.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A big pro of MSSQL (2005+) in my mind is the .NET interop, especially being able to create CLR objects within MSSQL.  This is hugely powerful (also at times fraught with peril :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another pro in my book of MSSQL is DTS (in 2000) and SSIS in 2005/2008 and the SQL Job Agent for automation tasks." />
  <row Id="14576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8210" RevisionGUID="881c46b2-0bb6-4536-ae35-4087f6fa9034" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:50:24.000" UserId="1466" Text="I have used 2 tools to **watch the performance** of my apache servers in the past.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One is **munin**, which graphs all sorts of things including number of apache instances, number of connections, available memory, processor usage, etc - and helps me determine when I am approaching a **danger zone**, and why.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The second one is simply the **apache server-status page** ( http://your server/server-status?refresh=10 ) which lets me see the state of each connection, along with how many free connections are available at any given moment. " />
  <row Id="14577" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8211" RevisionGUID="c938b7c6-bef0-4d5b-a53b-9c94e4be7cf6" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:51:49.627" UserId="1848" Text="You can move the entire C:\Users folder to a different drive pretty easily after windows is installed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Boot to the installation media, and get to the command prompt (I believe you need to click repair first)&#xD;&#xA;2. Use Robocopy to copy C:\Users to D:\Users: robocopy c:\Users d:\Users /mir /xj  &#xD;&#xA;   a. /mir tells robocopy to mirror the directories, this will copy all files and permissions  &#xD;&#xA;   b. /xj is very important, this tells robocopy not to follow junction points. If you forget this, you will have a lot of trouble.&#xD;&#xA;3. Verify that the files successfully copied&#xD;&#xA;4. Delete c:\Users&#xD;&#xA;5. Create junction that points to d:\Users: mklink c:\Users d:\Users /j&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's it. I've been using this process since Vista went RTM with not problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is an [article][1] that explains it as well. Just use robocopy instead of xcopy as he does in the article to avoid possible ntfs permissions problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://caskater4.blogspot.com/2007/09/moving-your-data-where-you-want-in.html" />
  <row Id="14578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8212" RevisionGUID="0e28fcf6-c4a3-44cc-91e3-cb3d4a167b58" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:52:47.130" UserId="2164" Text="Hopefully this isn't too broad of a question but I seem to recall that a couple years ago it tended to be slightly more affordable to build your own computer than to buy one and I'm curious as to if this is still true. Also, does it matter what you are building for (e.g. basic web browsing, gaming, workstation)?" />
  <row Id="14579" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8212" RevisionGUID="0e28fcf6-c4a3-44cc-91e3-cb3d4a167b58" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:52:47.130" UserId="2164" Text="Is building your own computer still cost effective?" />
  <row Id="14580" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8212" RevisionGUID="0e28fcf6-c4a3-44cc-91e3-cb3d4a167b58" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:52:47.130" UserId="2164" Text="&lt;oem&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="14581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8213" RevisionGUID="4368d03a-124b-42b4-bf99-bc43025020fb" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:52:50.077" UserId="1330" Text="I have a site I want to backup online, and I have FTP access. Is there a faster way instead of downloading it to my PC and the reuploading it to the backup server?" />
  <row Id="14582" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8213" RevisionGUID="4368d03a-124b-42b4-bf99-bc43025020fb" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:52:50.077" UserId="1330" Text="Copy from server to server" />
  <row Id="14583" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8213" RevisionGUID="4368d03a-124b-42b4-bf99-bc43025020fb" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:52:50.077" UserId="1330" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;ftp&gt;" />
  <row Id="14584" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8214" RevisionGUID="1bd2ed8f-ddb1-471e-a485-51637bb7b3af" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:55:09.637" UserId="2513" Text="You could [FXP][1] it through your PC if both systems supported it, a good tool to use on Windows to try this is [FlashFXP][2] (which is actually a nice FTP client also).  If you do not have any sort of other access such as shell or RDP though, you cannot initiate a direct transfer from one server to the other, and in that case, yes you would have to download it, and then re-upload it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have RDP/SSH access to either server, you can push/pull the data directly using a variety of methods.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://geekswithblogs.net/Lance/archive/2008/05/15/fxp---ftp-transfers-from-server-to-server.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.flashfxp.com/" />
  <row Id="14585" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8215" RevisionGUID="6b4b07d0-eae0-4c47-844d-023be7a3ac06" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:56:02.317" UserId="1376" Text="I'm researching the implementation of a new blade server setup at my company to run Windows servers (including virtualisation).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've heard anecdotes of bad hardware and vendors but would like to know from a broader audience some facts. Once we go with a particular vendor we don't want to change unless there are really good reasons.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The most important factors for us are **reliability** and **support**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any *first-hand experiences* that you can share?" />
  <row Id="14586" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8215" RevisionGUID="6b4b07d0-eae0-4c47-844d-023be7a3ac06" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:56:02.317" UserId="1376" Text="What are the most reliable blade server manufacturers?" />
  <row Id="14587" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8215" RevisionGUID="6b4b07d0-eae0-4c47-844d-023be7a3ac06" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:56:02.317" UserId="1376" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;reliability&gt;&lt;support&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;blade&gt;" />
  <row Id="14588" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8216" RevisionGUID="62f81695-cf58-42f0-970a-d5807975fa45" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:56:33.550" UserId="706" Text="Thanks Sam and squillman.  Poking around a bit more I found the following helpful information:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To make this a bit easier and more foolproof:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Never log in to your server as administrator unless absolutely necessary&#xD;&#xA; - Create a secondary administrator user in the administrator group - use this when runas is not sufficient&#xD;&#xA; - Create user accounts for everyone that will be accessing the server&#xD;&#xA; - Don't give them administrator access - tell them to use runas when they need admin rights&#xD;&#xA; - Configure terminal services to allow each user only one login (ie, users can't login twice) this will force them to login to their currently connected account if they have a dangling login&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="14589" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8217" RevisionGUID="5b41e8b9-0b7f-48e9-a1d6-19a9c1e83682" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:56:42.130" UserId="1919" Text="We have 100+ hard drives we need to dispose of, the CEO had requested they be pulled from all decommissioned PCs before giving away.  What is the best environmentally safe way to dispose of these that will prevent someone potentially getting files/data off of them?" />
  <row Id="14590" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8217" RevisionGUID="5b41e8b9-0b7f-48e9-a1d6-19a9c1e83682" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:56:42.130" UserId="1919" Text="Hard Drive Disposal" />
  <row Id="14591" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8217" RevisionGUID="5b41e8b9-0b7f-48e9-a1d6-19a9c1e83682" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:56:42.130" UserId="1919" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;green-it&gt;" />
  <row Id="14592" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8218" RevisionGUID="5a6e924e-25ff-45bd-9688-bcf990df0a53" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:57:42.627" UserId="1131" Text="Building your own may be stupid if you are creating a hardcore gaming machine since you may do some bad cableing and get the air flow messed up.&#xD;&#xA;If your time is either not worth anything or like me you just find it fun to actually do some hardware stuff too then building your own is the way to go. &#xD;&#xA;If you need it to be exchangable and need support f.e. a company then you should probably go with some manufacturer. I wanted to get my hands dirty and built really quiet machines for our office and got them to be sub 600€ if I would have bought them online I would have probably paid double.. up to 5 pcs I think I will always do it myself but in the future the servers will be bought not built on my own any more ;)" />
  <row Id="14593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8219" RevisionGUID="fac13104-0518-41bc-b89c-892cb157245c" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:58:32.377" UserId="2513" Text="We chose to use HP where I work for Intel based systems, and IBM chassis for Unix.  It is really all a matter of what you need, what your budget is, and how your relationship with various vendors is.  Often times vendors you work with often can give you very aggresive pricing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Support also plays a huge role, how good is it and how much does it cost?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Windows, we did a very heavy analysis on the various blade offerings, and for VMWare specifically I would say HP is your best bet right now." />
  <row Id="14594" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8220" RevisionGUID="1223c0f1-87ea-439a-99ef-46fdb3275c59" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:59:06.383" UserId="2502" Text="Dell/HP/IBM and you'll get good support as long as you pay for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;People may(and probably will argue) that one of the vendors is better/worse than another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I like Dell/HP's remote access options." />
  <row Id="14595" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8221" RevisionGUID="54ad5959-f0c7-4aa8-ba17-de88624375bd" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:59:34.260" UserId="1812" Text="I still build my own. I take a look at the spec of an HP or Dell then see if I can get the same &quot;stuff&quot; for less. Which more often than not I can. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is only talking about the cost of the hardware, this does not take into account the cost of the hour or two I spend putting it together and running everything up. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other factor in building your own, is that you know what parts are going into it, so you don't get stuck with Joe's branded RAM. " />
  <row Id="14596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8222" RevisionGUID="df91417d-6485-4313-9479-1ff65220730f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T14:59:37.723" UserId="1447" Text="On a mainstream PC this is probably more trouble than it's worth unless you have some specific requirements like (say) an ultra-quiet design or O/S compatibility restrictions on the hardware.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to save money consider buying a secondhand PC off ebay.  You can get ex-lease machines for £50-100 and can upgrade to adequate RAM configuration for a few tens more.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to build a really high spec machine you might get a return on DIY, but workstatsion machines of the sort discussed [here on Stackoverflow][1] can be puchased off Ebay for fairly reasonable prices.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/403084/optimal-off-the-shelf-development-machine/403558#403558" />
  <row Id="14597" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8223" RevisionGUID="38001e34-4051-4c5f-8339-4bba31f6f135" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:00:46.160" UserId="1247" Text="If all your worried about is wiping the data off the drives then please see this previous post:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://serverfault.com/questions/959/how-should-i-securely-wipe-data-from-a-hard-drive][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/959/how-should-i-securely-wipe-data-from-a-hard-drive" />
  <row Id="14598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8224" RevisionGUID="4efa3954-e945-441b-9ad7-12d53f9fa8bf" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:01:56.220" UserId="1463" Text="As there's hardly many vendors to choose from (IBM, Dell and HP basically with good penetration and many options) I'd say pick whoever you feel more comfortable with today - your local partner is probably more important than which vendor it is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I like IBM because their chassis are completely backwards-compatible with blades, while HP seems to have a plethora of different form factors and series. Also, IBM provides PowerPC blades (for VIOS and AIX) and I think possibly cell-processorbased blades as well? Could be fun, who knows... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...Dell I haven't tried but they seem to market their solutions on &quot;less packaging, more hardware&quot; which - if you don't have a good unboxing deal, is worth a lot ;) (I hate packaging, hardware I order should arrive on a cart, unpacked, charged and with all waste already removed ;)" />
  <row Id="14599" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8225" RevisionGUID="da86457a-a1ad-4965-ac32-3c099856d996" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:02:32.990" UserId="2513" Text="You can degauss them yourself, and then send them off to a professional for disposal where they will be mechanically crushed and the materials recycled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do not have the ability to deguass them, and the data is very sensitive, you could at least sanitize/zero all of the disks prior to sending them for disposal since most companies cannot 100% guarantee the data will not be intercepted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are willing to process the data on every hard drive prior to sending them off, you would have many options, but I am assuming you would just like to be rid of them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look into On-Site disposal solutions such as the ones [Nexcut][1] offers, they will come to your facility and crush/shred/drill holes into tape media, hard drives, disks, anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nexcut.com/hard_drive_destruction.asp?_kk=hard%20drive%20disposal&amp;_kt=c7837a49-093d-41fe-b877-bc6d24b093c0&amp;gclid=CNqh_8qJvJoCFQhUkwod-TqzcQ" />
  <row Id="14600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8226" RevisionGUID="8eb3efb3-fd13-4ecf-880b-6833bdd75b23" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:02:36.500" UserId="1865" Text="In my experience (I used to have a nice little sideline building systems for friends/family etc), these days, for a light-duty home-type email/browsing/admin machine, there are almost always retail deals available (for example, here in the UK at PC World) that make it almost impossible to make a worthwhile saving (or margin if you're selling) on a one-off build. But, if you (or someone) wants a hardcore graphics/video workstation, heavy duty custom server or insanely powerful gaming box, i.e. the sort of thing that can't really be bought 'off the peg' anyway, there is still money/savings to be made.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recommend [eBuyer][1] for parts...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ebuyer.com" />
  <row Id="14601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8227" RevisionGUID="978f6407-276f-4bbd-a0d6-56509365003d" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:04:06.653" UserId="588" Text="Of course it is more affordable (in case you don't include your time's worth)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can get exactly what you want (no Dell/HP crap included; no dodgy RAM from the lowest bidder)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The downside is the time lost building it, which is approx. one hour if you're modestly familiar with it, and the damaged hardware and nerves when you're doing something wrong" />
  <row Id="14602" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8228" RevisionGUID="490ac9a3-5663-4243-83b6-d20b81f10390" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:07:52.310" UserId="1330" Text="Is there a script (PHP?) that I can install (via FTP) and run that will give me a listing of the files that are modified AFTER a particular date on the entire domain?" />
  <row Id="14603" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8228" RevisionGUID="490ac9a3-5663-4243-83b6-d20b81f10390" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:07:52.310" UserId="1330" Text="Script that can generate a listing of recently modified files" />
  <row Id="14604" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8228" RevisionGUID="490ac9a3-5663-4243-83b6-d20b81f10390" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:07:52.310" UserId="1330" Text="&lt;script&gt;&lt;automation&gt;&lt;automated-reports&gt;&lt;file-system&gt;" />
  <row Id="14605" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8226" RevisionGUID="b638429f-dc4e-4b71-84c4-d4e018a3ac0e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:13:41.690" UserId="1865" Comment="updated info" Text="In my experience (I used to have a nice little sideline building systems for friends/family etc), these days, for a light-duty home-type email/browsing/admin machine, there are almost always retail deals available (for example, here in the UK at PC World) that make it almost impossible to make a worthwhile saving (or margin if you're selling) on a one-off build. But, if you (or someone) wants a hardcore graphics/video workstation, heavy duty custom server or insanely powerful gaming box, i.e. the sort of thing that can't really be bought 'off the peg' anyway, there is still money/savings to be made.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recommend [eBuyer][1] for parts... [EDIT: Though that won't help @Rob, cos his profile says he's in the USA and I don't think they operate there anymore.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ebuyer.com" />
  <row Id="14606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8229" RevisionGUID="fb7d1a52-259f-4dbb-a342-98a541a8de55" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:14:10.270" UserId="1330" Text="Use **[Beyond Compare][1]** to [visually compare files][2] on a folder from your FTP server vs a folder on your PC or simply to compare 2 local folders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It can even [compare the contents][3] of many file types and visually show you the differences, for files such as text, pictures, MP3, and binary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its [merging][4] feature can help you consolidate scripts and text files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.scootersoftware.com/moreinfo.php?zz=moreinfo_compare&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.scootersoftware.com/moreinfo.php?zz=screenshot&amp;shot=FolderCompare&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.scootersoftware.com/moreinfo.php?zz=moreinfo_viewers&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.scootersoftware.com/moreinfo.php?zz=moreinfo_merge" />
  <row Id="14607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8230" RevisionGUID="a9a0220b-9b81-4617-b140-46b4d06404cc" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:15:12.140" UserId="1770" Text="It's been **years** since I've last touched PHP, but if I recall correctly you can call an external (shell) command from it, and suck in the results.  Under that assumption, if the server you're dealing with is a Unix/Linux box, you could call out to the 'find' command and let it do the work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The basic syntax would be: `find /your/web/root/here/ -mtime -5 -print` if you wanted a list of all files modified in the last 5 days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just write a PHP wrapper around that command (modified as needed) to run it and display the results on a page for you.  I think that should do the trick." />
  <row Id="14608" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8231" RevisionGUID="54a99223-f4b5-4f52-9f1a-a55778083ccc" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:16:17.723" UserId="1330" Text="Use the free **[Eraser][1]** software to securely remove sensitive data from your hard drive. You can even choose the data wiping algorithm and the strength of the erase making it almost impossible to recover your data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tolvanen.com/eraser/" />
  <row Id="14609" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8222" RevisionGUID="053ff420-c5a5-4730-8df4-4807b97fba41" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:16:36.850" UserId="1447" Comment="added 245 characters in body" Text="On a mainstream PC this is probably more trouble than it's worth unless you have some specific requirements like (say) an ultra-quiet design or O/S compatibility restrictions on the hardware.  There are also plenty of white-box outfits selling prebuilt gaming PC's.  On professional workstation applications such as CAD or animation the software is usually the dominant cost so penny pinching on the hardware may not make much difference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to save money consider buying a secondhand PC off ebay.  You can get ex-lease machines for £50-100 and can upgrade to adequate RAM configuration for a few tens more.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to build a really high spec machine you might get a return on DIY, but workstatsion systems of the sort discussed [here on Stackoverflow][1] can be puchased off Ebay for fairly reasonable prices.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/403084/optimal-off-the-shelf-development-machine/403558#403558" />
  <row Id="14610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8232" RevisionGUID="b911bdfb-44c1-4b47-bd06-115b8b763a52" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:18:42.993" UserId="1478" Text="On one (or more) of our Windows Server 2003 R2 servers the Server and Workstation services keep stopping. There's nothing in the event viewer that would indicate why (no errors). I recall seeing it once on one server but after I started the services it hasn't had any problems since. However, on one of the other servers they stop all the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They are in a remote data center (with a 2008 DC on-site) that is a replication site (the primary DCs are over here). The server has quad NIC's with 2 disabled, one plugged into the switch (static IP, Windows Networking enabled) and one plugged into another server (static IP, windows networking enabled, no DNS, etc.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What sort of troubleshooting can I do to diagnose this? Any other ideas why these services would keep stopping?" />
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  <row Id="14612" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8232" RevisionGUID="b911bdfb-44c1-4b47-bd06-115b8b763a52" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:18:42.993" UserId="1478" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;services&gt;&lt;workstation&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="14613" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8233" RevisionGUID="8a9ce8c2-06e5-4630-bb78-41eb341cbd37" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:19:01.637" UserId="1995" Text="The HP c3000/c7000 stuff had some issues early on but with the current firmwares and wide variety of available servers and modules is probably the best x86 blade solution on the market." />
  <row Id="14614" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8229" RevisionGUID="365595f5-961b-4d67-a7aa-3da4ee129bdc" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:22:08.480" UserId="1330" Comment="vs" Text="Use **[Beyond Compare][1]** to [visually compare files][2] on your FTP server vs. a folder on your PC or simply to compare 2 local folders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It can even [compare the contents][3] of many file types and visually show you the differences, for files such as text, pictures, MP3, and binary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its [merging][4] feature can help you consolidate scripts and text files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.scootersoftware.com/moreinfo.php?zz=moreinfo_compare&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.scootersoftware.com/moreinfo.php?zz=screenshot&amp;shot=FolderCompare&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.scootersoftware.com/moreinfo.php?zz=moreinfo_viewers&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.scootersoftware.com/moreinfo.php?zz=moreinfo_merge" />
  <row Id="14615" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8181" RevisionGUID="12daaf23-bae4-4ad3-9f4f-5676be9a8116" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:22:36.857" UserId="45" Comment="edited body" Text="Why don't you advertise on sites like Server Fault oder Stack Overflow? Seems to be the perfect place to get in touch with IT administrators.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since your potential customers are a global community, a good alternative would be to pay for [Google Adwords][1]. You'll have to [choose some good keywords][2] to reach the right people.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://adwords.google.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.google.com/sktool/" />
  <row Id="14616" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8234" RevisionGUID="eb1746b6-8241-428c-b88e-9d59c6f30ba8" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:22:55.000" UserId="2538" Text="What is the best practice for measuring SQLServer database fragmentation/performance rolloff and determining when to defrag a SQLServer database table?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm most interested in learning what the useful metrics are and what level of performance degradation should trigger the defrag." />
  <row Id="14617" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8234" RevisionGUID="eb1746b6-8241-428c-b88e-9d59c6f30ba8" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:22:55.000" UserId="2538" Text="How can I tell when it is time to defrag my SQLServer database?" />
  <row Id="14618" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8234" RevisionGUID="eb1746b6-8241-428c-b88e-9d59c6f30ba8" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:22:55.000" UserId="2538" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;defrag&gt;&lt;optimization&gt;" />
  <row Id="14619" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8235" RevisionGUID="f5005f9c-08f8-4395-bb73-cc1e9c666498" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:29:56.563" Text="&lt;p&gt;I have a switch (SRW2024) which supports both jumbo frames and link aggregation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've got 2 servers (each of them has 2x Gbit nic, working under kernel) that I want to connect to a filestorage backend (iSCSI, openfiler).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've setup bonding on each server (eth0+eth1) as bond0 and configured the subnet for it.&#xA;File server has also the same network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bonding mode is 4 (802.3ad Dynamic link aggregation) on every node on the network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, unable to ping any host.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using tcpdump on the bond0, i'm getting an arp request 'who has x.x.3.1 tell x.x.3.2' but the target machine is unable to answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No firewall, no special policies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've spent hours trying different configurations ... no success.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for someone to get me started, i'm just lost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help would be really appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14620" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8235" RevisionGUID="f5005f9c-08f8-4395-bb73-cc1e9c666498" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:29:56.563" Text="Help on configuring a switch to make 802.3ad link aggregation work" />
  <row Id="14621" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8235" RevisionGUID="f5005f9c-08f8-4395-bb73-cc1e9c666498" CreationDate="2009-05-13T17:29:56.563" Text="&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="14622" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8236" RevisionGUID="df252ad1-182c-4464-88ce-050a6e113fb2" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:23:46.933" UserId="706" Text=" - Add user accounts for each person that will be administering the computer&#xD;&#xA; - Configure terminal services to allow each user only one concurrent sign on&#xD;&#xA; - Add alternate administration accounts that are only used if runas doesn't serve the purpose for a given user&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="14623" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8236" RevisionGUID="df252ad1-182c-4464-88ce-050a6e113fb2" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:23:46.933" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14624" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8237" RevisionGUID="b639bbff-c9aa-4e9c-a632-a49ca16b7e6e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:24:23.530" UserId="2578" Text="For the initial cost, you cannot beat building your own system.  Only thing that can cost more is software and any warranty stuff." />
  <row Id="14625" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8238" RevisionGUID="d9dd3f40-3f75-454c-840f-3e93c5b1f5e4" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:27:34.007" UserId="706" Text="If I allow multiple logins (ie, user &quot;test&quot; can login more than once) and a user doesn't log off, but leaves the sessions open, eventually the server will not allow any new logins (once the max is reached) - even for the user &quot;test&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How do I re-connect to a &quot;dangling&quot; session?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It appears that under some circumstances the remote desktop will only attempt to start new sessions, rather than reconnecting to the old sessions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="14626" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8238" RevisionGUID="d9dd3f40-3f75-454c-840f-3e93c5b1f5e4" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:27:34.007" UserId="706" Text="Windows Server 2003 - reconnecting to existing session" />
  <row Id="14627" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8238" RevisionGUID="d9dd3f40-3f75-454c-840f-3e93c5b1f5e4" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:27:34.007" UserId="706" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;sessions&gt;" />
  <row Id="14628" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8233" RevisionGUID="ad629121-9efd-4051-85e8-bc8d0a6ecdcb" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:27:34.057" UserId="1995" Comment="added detail" Text="The HP c3000/c7000 stuff had some issues early on but with the current firmwares and wide variety of available servers, interconnect modules, and compatibility is probably the best x86 blade solution on the market." />
  <row Id="14629" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8239" RevisionGUID="53e2ca49-d011-4822-b687-1edb87238346" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:28:05.927" UserId="810" Text="As ever, it depends. Not sure I agree that you can always beat the retail systems in price. If you're making a Windows machine, that $175 OS cost is going to make it hard to beat the entry-level systems prices you'll find from OEMs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know some people hate buying from retail shops, but I see some of the specs, and we're talking dual-core CPUs and 3GB of RAM for sometimes less than $400. That beats the crap out of my home-built system from 2005, and costs about a third less. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, as others have said, if you want full control over the component brands or want to emphasize one feature over another (memory vs. hard drive space vs. CPU vs. video card) then you have a lot more control doing it yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if you want to learn about building PCs...well, there's nothing better than doing it yourself. It's a lot easier these days too, as BIOS and motherboard setup utilities are much more robust. " />
  <row Id="14630" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8240" RevisionGUID="761ae1ed-a247-4789-b32a-7a07cebfa7bf" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:28:40.933" UserId="2110" Text="Low end machines just for web browsing, word processing, email, anything that isn't graphics intensive and doesn't require a fast cpu will be cheaper to buy from a manufacturer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Building your own is much cheaper when you get into the mid range machines.  Once you get into the territory of video editing, gaming, high quality video playback, basically anything that requires a better video card and some additional cpu power, building your own is cheaper.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This, of course, always depends on the current deals available from manufacturers vs. component deals.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, the more powerful the machine the cheaper it is to build your own." />
  <row Id="14632" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8242" RevisionGUID="1a49da07-2c33-4f44-94d2-858d13928929" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:30:04.737" UserId="2101" Text="Can't do this exactly (well, read on, perhaps you can), but how about having something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    caption always&#xD;&#xA;    caption string &quot;%-Lw%{= BW}%50&gt;%n%f* %t%{-}%+Lw%&lt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in your screenrc, then inside each screen you are running your monitoring program that based on its activity level sets its screen title using the string:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    '\033kTITLE\033\\'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will allow you to see the activity status in the caption line (perhaps used a fixed-width string such as '.....', 'X....', 'XXXXX'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps somebody has enough .screenrc mojo to configure a caption line that is something like: 'show the window list, but display any windows with the title 'X' in a certain color (and perhaps 'XX' in another color). Or, only set a title on activity and only highlight a window when it has any title. I don't have quite enough mojo for that." />
  <row Id="14634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8243" RevisionGUID="0a0576e6-3123-43f8-a755-7f9228953df7" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:36:45.523" UserId="211" Text="I have found a work around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Océ Windows Printer Driver][1] just don't work, cannot fix them so I replaced them with [Océ Adobe® PostScript 3 Drivers][1] and it has stopped it resetting, still need to do some testing, but fingers crossed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://global.oce.com/products/tcs500/downloads.aspx&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14635" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8244" RevisionGUID="ddaa1191-db05-4e19-93e0-860fd10cc47f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:36:51.810" UserId="2561" Text="If you are locked out because of too many sessions, I think you might still be able to connect to the 'console' session. I am not sure of the syntax to do this windows, but if using remote desktop from Linux you can use `rdesktop -o serverName`. You can then kill sessions by going to 'Terminal Services Manager' in administrative tools, right click the session and select disconnect." />
  <row Id="14636" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8245" RevisionGUID="6c02d803-3458-422e-a58a-d64b83927a7e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:37:53.133" UserId="936" Text="I'm trying to debug an ActiveDirectory binding problem, but I can't seem to find the log files for Directory Utility.  Anyone know where they are?" />
  <row Id="14637" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8245" RevisionGUID="6c02d803-3458-422e-a58a-d64b83927a7e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:37:53.133" UserId="936" Text="Where are Directory Utility's logs on OSX?" />
  <row Id="14638" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8245" RevisionGUID="6c02d803-3458-422e-a58a-d64b83927a7e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:37:53.133" UserId="936" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="14639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8246" RevisionGUID="abe2fdf7-fab2-46be-9f40-fed3070db591" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:40:23.847" UserId="942" Text="Sometimes when the power goes out and the UPS dies before it goes back on, some services on our servers don't come back up. Namely some VMware virtual machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was thinking of setting up a monitoring service that will attempt to start the VMs each five minutes if they aren't running, but since the *vmrun* command from VMware requires a username and a password, how can I make this secure?" />
  <row Id="14640" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8246" RevisionGUID="abe2fdf7-fab2-46be-9f40-fed3070db591" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:40:23.847" UserId="942" Text="Secure way to monitor and restart services that require password" />
  <row Id="14641" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8246" RevisionGUID="abe2fdf7-fab2-46be-9f40-fed3070db591" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:40:23.847" UserId="942" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="14642" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8247" RevisionGUID="34a7468d-01c9-4981-b6fd-1d9b933be658" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:43:47.023" UserId="2278" Text="Our Windows and linux servers run pretty much exclusively on HP. We were badly burned by IBM a while back because we couldn't keep up with the flood of patches to their buggy firmware, and never went back.&#xD;&#xA;Also, working at $VERYLARGECORP means they bend over backwards with support." />
  <row Id="14643" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8248" RevisionGUID="edb55c10-ff05-4f6e-9bbd-322534546197" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:47:24.163" UserId="2561" Text="Vmware Server on Linux supports setting virtual machines to power on at boot.  From server console, Go VM properties :: Options Tab :: Startup/Shutdown , and the On Host Startup to Power on the Virtual Machine.  I would imagine this can be done with other vmware software as well." />
  <row Id="14644" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8249" RevisionGUID="cdc6e25b-3bd5-4662-a7e8-5bda665f0733" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:47:37.937" UserId="2411" Text="We've got a centralised file cache which a cluster of web servers use to store &quot;heavyweight&quot; pages. Each webserver uses Samba to mount this shared area. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're getting a lot of iowait on the server, and I wondered what steps we could take to make a more efficient centralised cache? We're already using memcache as first line cache for some objects, and may simply throw more memory at that, but I'm interesting in finding out what techniques we could use to speed up a file based cache. All the servers run recent release of Ubuntu.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The server uses an ext3 filesystem with LVM. Maybe other filesystems would be more performant for this sort of activity? We used Samba for many years simply because everyone is comfortable with it and we had maintenance headaches with NFS (refusal to unmount, for example). Maybe there's better technologies..." />
  <row Id="14645" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8249" RevisionGUID="cdc6e25b-3bd5-4662-a7e8-5bda665f0733" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:47:37.937" UserId="2411" Text="Resolving high iowait on Samba server" />
  <row Id="14646" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8249" RevisionGUID="cdc6e25b-3bd5-4662-a7e8-5bda665f0733" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:47:37.937" UserId="2411" Text="&lt;samba&gt;&lt;iowait&gt;&lt;caching&gt;" />
  <row Id="14647" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8250" RevisionGUID="cb84636c-ece1-49a5-b00e-ebdce9faf84f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:49:23.520" UserId="2513" Text="All of the logs for the system should be in /var/log" />
  <row Id="14648" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8211" RevisionGUID="8348aee3-5587-4306-95dd-c47818fb66c3" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:49:26.437" UserId="1848" Comment="added 318 characters in body" Text="You can move the entire C:\Users folder to a different drive pretty easily after windows is installed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Boot to the installation media, and get to the command prompt (I believe you need to click repair first)&#xD;&#xA;2. Use Robocopy to copy C:\Users to D:\Users: robocopy c:\Users d:\Users /mir /xj  &#xD;&#xA;   a. /mir tells robocopy to mirror the directories, this will copy all files and permissions  &#xD;&#xA;   b. /xj is very important, this tells robocopy not to follow junction points. If you forget this, you will have a lot of trouble.&#xD;&#xA;3. Verify that the files successfully copied&#xD;&#xA;4. Delete c:\Users&#xD;&#xA;5. Create junction that points to d:\Users: mklink c:\Users d:\Users /j&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's it. I've been using this process since Vista went RTM with not problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is an [article][1] that explains it as well. Just use robocopy instead of xcopy as he does in the article to avoid possible ntfs permissions problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: Because I found out the hard way, I thought I'd also mention that if you are planning on moving &quot;Program Data&quot;, or &quot;Program Files&quot; with this method, you will be disapointed to find out that everything works as expected, but windows updates will no longer install. I'm not sure if this has been fixed Win 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://caskater4.blogspot.com/2007/09/moving-your-data-where-you-want-in.html" />
  <row Id="14649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8251" RevisionGUID="a27ba8b9-f228-4dcc-a8c1-f317f8d6fc6f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:49:31.600" UserId="584" Text="[rsync][1] is the gold standard for this sort of thing, if you have shell/remote desktop access to either server. Lots of options, including the very useful option to only transfer changed files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.samba.org/rsync/" />
  <row Id="14650" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8252" RevisionGUID="510c938f-9549-482d-adec-52065b508a52" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:50:04.190" UserId="942" Text="I regret building my own Media Center PC a while back... PC builders know a lot more about compatibility between components, and also test them very thoroughly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'd do is just purchase a bare-bones CPU with a very powerful processor, with the minimal amount of RAM, and the cheapest hard disk and graphics card (integrated if possible). Then I'd upgrade those myself, because specially with RAM, you can get far cheaper prices that way." />
  <row Id="14651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8253" RevisionGUID="29e8b4d9-1d8e-4f91-b5d1-c56205e53d71" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:51:48.603" UserId="2278" Text="Where I feel I save money on buildng my own is that I can do it incrementally - I can upgrade my motherboard without shelling out for a new case, or buy a second video card as the cost goes down. It's often harder to do that with a retail case because of the way the big vendors customize the layout.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also find it more emotionally satisfying - having a custom box and being able to say &quot;I did that&quot; is much more fun than an off-the shelf setup that everyone and their granny has under their desk." />
  <row Id="14653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8255" RevisionGUID="aa10c2b7-ab97-420b-a529-7c206c04831a" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:52:05.777" UserId="798" Text="I've had a good experience so far with reliablesite.net (http://www.reliablesite.net/v3/index.asp).  Their support is snappy, and since you're talking a business here, you could use one of their semi dedicated accounts for pretty cheap and have a more reliable system." />
  <row Id="14654" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8256" RevisionGUID="498ef2a2-588d-4140-9dcb-4dea0735aae9" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:53:22.953" UserId="2494" Text="To answer this, you need to know some things: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you counting your time in the cost? Dell does charge you for the time their employees spend building your system. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you counting the ability (necessity) of installing the OS as a plus or a minus? The box you get from Dell is pre-installed, but tends to have a lot of garbage along with your OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you like shopping for parts? Because that's what you are signing up to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have a special need that isn't fulfilled by a retail system?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The thing is that for the stuff they sell at retail, the retailers have generally worked VERY hard to cost-reduce those systems and bring them to you pretty cheaply. If they have what you want, then it's probably hard to beat their prices, even when you add in the time needed to uninstall the crap that came with them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On th other hand, if you have a need or desire for special configurations (extra memory, bigger HD, performance video), then the retail configurations would have to be upgraded. If the retailer even supports doing so, they will charge an arm and a leg, and you are better off just buying the thing piecewise on your own." />
  <row Id="14655" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8257" RevisionGUID="8eade7e9-fc84-4007-8b85-af794a8bec65" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:55:02.187" UserId="2513" Text="Being that Samba is accessed over the network, I would consider that your network is the bottleneck first.  Are the links optimized around the types and sizes of files/packets coming across the network?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you monitor the links to see how utilized they are?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the network does not seem to be the bottleneck, than you can look at some of the tips in [this guide][1] to optimize your Samba configuration a little bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tldp.org/LDP/solrhe/Securing-Optimizing-Linux-RH-Edition-v1.3/chap29sec287.html" />
  <row Id="14656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8258" RevisionGUID="36bc9d9b-ac30-47e8-b93c-2b4864763e52" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:57:49.357" UserId="2467" Text="I suspect you have to reconnect from the same PC that you originally connected from. Not sure though. I've seen the same behavior. As regards the mstsc syntax Microsoft in their wisdom decided to change the switch from /console to /admin from Vista onwards for console sessions." />
  <row Id="14657" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8259" RevisionGUID="521a5262-8b27-4ad1-b666-02e3fed41537" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:58:25.563" UserId="2554" Text="We run a good size MediaWiki installation and we quickly noticed that MediaWiki benefits greatly from having a memcached instance. Otherwise it has to load up a lot of language files and user data on every request." />
  <row Id="14658" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7964" RevisionGUID="2410b8e9-dcb9-432c-8441-83604f59bdff" CreationDate="2009-05-14T15:59:48.963" UserId="2569" Comment="Added load balancer config." Text="I'm not the system administrator for this server but I'm trying to help the group who are sys admins to find a fix quickly.  For this reason, I don't have access to all of the server configuration files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With that out of the way, here's my question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is regarding a Java EE application on a Solaris machine with Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 and Sun Java System Application Server 8.1.  The web server is acting as a proxy for requests going to the application server.  My understanding is that it's also set up as a load balancer, though it only points to one application instance so it seems there's nothing to balance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When making requests through the proxy to the application, we're intermittently seeing a purple/blue page that says the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Due to a temporary error the request could not be serviced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    The problem could be because:&#xD;&#xA;        - The server is busy.&#xD;&#xA;        - The server is temporarily unavailable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     You may choose to resubmit the request, but be aware that the request might &#xD;&#xA;     have already been processed.  Depending on the type of request, you may not&#xD;&#xA;     want it to be processed twice.  Please click here to re-submit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few things to note:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  As I mentioned, we see this screen intermittently maybe one request out of every 100-500.&#xD;&#xA;2.  When we do see the screen, it is returned without delay.  In other words, it doesn't seem to be timeout related.&#xD;&#xA;3.  Refreshing the page will cause the actual application page being requested to display.  In other words, it doesn't seem that there was a temporary server outage in that 1-2 seconds between the error page loading, the refresh, and the real page loading.&#xD;&#xA;4.  I don't think the network is an issue since the web and application servers are on the same host.&#xD;&#xA;5.  The web server logs have the following error when this error page appears:&#xD;&#xA;    [02/Feb/2009:15:37:32] warning (19614): reports: lb.runtime: ROUT1014: Non-idempotent request /applicationContext cannot be retried. &#xD;&#xA;    [02/Feb/2009:15:37:32] info (19614): reports: lb.runtime: RNTM3003 : Error servicing the request : selected server could not service &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What could be causing this error page to come up?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;Jeff&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the load balancer configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;!DOCTYPE loadbalancer PUBLIC &quot;-//Sun Microsystems Inc.//DTD Sun ONE Application Server 7.1//EN&quot; &quot;sun-loadbalancer&#xD;&#xA;_1_1.dtd&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;loadbalancer&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &amp;lt;cluster name=&quot;cluster1&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &amp;lt;instance  name=&quot;instance1&quot; enabled=&quot;true&quot; disable-timeout-in-minutes=&quot;60&quot; listeners=&quot;http://host.domain.com:32000&quot;/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &amp;lt;web-module context-root=&quot;/applicationContext&quot; enabled=&quot;true&quot; disable-timeout-in-minutes=&quot;60&quot; error-url=&quot;sun-http-lberror.html&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &amp;lt;health-checker url=&quot;/applicationContext&quot; interval-in-seconds=&quot;30&quot; timeout-in-seconds=&quot;10&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &amp;lt;/cluster&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &amp;lt;cluster name=&quot;other_cluster&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;         &amp;lt;instance  name=&quot;other_host&quot; enabled=&quot;true&quot; disable-timeout-in-minutes=&quot;60&quot; listeners=&quot;http://host2.domain.com:80000&quot;/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;         &amp;lt;web-module context-root=&quot;/otherContext&quot; enabled=&quot;true&quot; disable-timeout-in-minutes=&quot;60&quot; error-url=&quot;./sun-http-lberror.html&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;         &amp;lt;health-checker url=&quot;/otherContext&quot; interval-in-seconds=&quot;30&quot; timeout-in-seconds=&quot;10&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &amp;lt;/cluster&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &amp;lt;property name=&quot;reload-poll-interval-in-seconds&quot; value=&quot;60&quot;/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &amp;lt;property name=&quot;response-timeout-in-seconds&quot; value=&quot;600&quot;/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &amp;lt;property name=&quot;https-routing&quot; value=&quot;false&quot;/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &amp;lt;property name=&quot;require-monitor-data&quot; value=&quot;false&quot;/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;/loadbalancer&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="14659" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8260" RevisionGUID="c3c114c1-b9ed-41cb-b744-69094defb790" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:03:09.630" UserId="1435" Text="I swear by HP C-Class blades for 98% of what I do, I'm sure the Dell are cheaper, the IBM as fast and reliable but the HP blades are fast, very reliable (and I find their service very good), HUGELY configuarable (as far as I know there are far more options available than even for the very configurable IBM blades) and the price is very good in the quantity we buy (2000-5000 per year).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In particular the combination of the BL460c/490c with Flex-10 Virtual Connect and VMWare 3.5U4 is very hard to beat - theoretically you could support 80 servers (with 640 cores, 11.5TB ram) in a single rack with six Cat5 cables and two 10GigE fibres! " />
  <row Id="14660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8261" RevisionGUID="051b43a5-482b-4389-a174-e07722d12bf3" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:05:11.280" UserId="2502" Text="Web Configuraton Guide for Linksys Switches:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/csbms/srw2048/administration/guide/SRW-US_v10_UG_A-Web.pdf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Page 25-26 describe where to go to setup LACP on the switch side.  Make sure you have your admin keys set on the two ports going to the switch. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sorry I can't be of more help, I've only dealt with Catalyst, ProCurve, and Juniper EX switches for things like this.  " />
  <row Id="14661" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8261" RevisionGUID="051b43a5-482b-4389-a174-e07722d12bf3" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:05:11.280" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14662" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8262" RevisionGUID="8db57368-a99d-4eaa-823c-f5c4a134a2ee" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:05:30.110" UserId="2467" Text="The biggest &quot;common&quot; mistake is when sysadmins don't document anything. " />
  <row Id="14663" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8262" RevisionGUID="8db57368-a99d-4eaa-823c-f5c4a134a2ee" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:05:30.110" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14664" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8263" RevisionGUID="5b177119-862f-4119-8a95-b4c81441bc04" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:06:35.443" UserId="2579" Text="The nice thing about buying from Dell, HP, etc is that you get a fairly inexpensive system.  The flip-side of this is that you also get inexpensive (or cheaper) parts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Building your own system ensures that you are using quality parts because you won't just spend your money on no-name brands (would you?).  DIY and you can spend more or less, but at least you know that the parts you purchased are quality parts and will last longer than the no-name brands in most off-the-shelf or online systems you can buy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JFV" />
  <row Id="14665" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8264" RevisionGUID="b7ba32f5-4df1-4cef-bc3c-a4f3e8ab2d61" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:10:01.630" UserId="1645" Text="In addition to the things already mentioned, I disable weak SSL ciphers." />
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  <row Id="14667" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8265" RevisionGUID="5eb3b9a5-735f-4c35-a480-193541800788" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:11:38.163" UserId="2546" Text="Social engineering is the other  way to do it. Set up a honeypot root/admin account or some other tempting target, broadcast its password in the clear and watch your logs." />
  <row Id="14668" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8266" RevisionGUID="523e776b-5833-4194-8f28-bbd003f2ec7e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:15:11.357" UserId="2495" Text="Stsadm is still alive and well, but judging by the developments in Exchange and SQL server powershell skills might soon (2-3 years) be nessisary in the SharePoint world.&#xD;&#xA;PowerShell skills makes updates to existing sites soooo easy especially once the tools catch up with visual studio intellisense-wise :-)" />
  <row Id="14669" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8267" RevisionGUID="f5348940-d2d4-41a6-a93d-a9430f4989eb" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:15:25.427" UserId="942" Text="We have an IPCop firewall/proxy installed in our network, and although I can use iftop to somewhat take a look at how the clients are using the Internet, is it possible to monitor it from outside the proxy with something like ntop?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that I'm not interested in LAN traffic, only traffic that goes to/from the Internet." />
  <row Id="14670" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8267" RevisionGUID="f5348940-d2d4-41a6-a93d-a9430f4989eb" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:15:25.427" UserId="942" Text="Monitor Internet bandwidth" />
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  <row Id="14672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8268" RevisionGUID="88391f42-10f8-48f9-9c65-aaabac26314f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:15:52.713" UserId="1645" Text="I started as a web developer writing ASP, which I was more familiar with at the time than PHP. I was somewhat happy because I had written a lot of ASP in high school and post-secondary for my projects courses, but had to do a lot of working around the limitations to do things like encryption and file uploading/downloading. I eventually took on the sysadmin role, and when I got downsized I became a mobile sysadmin (not Geek Squad, but similar idea).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I preferred being a sysadmin, but prefer my current job even more which is being an analyst. I get to do a little bit of everything without the burden of enormous projects." />
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  <row Id="14674" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8269" RevisionGUID="9f216b53-3451-41cf-be8f-f62f54506572" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:16:45.567" UserId="1349" Text="When building a new PC, I sometimes struggle to determine what capacity (watts) power supply to use. Is there some sort of online calculator that exists that allows you to choose your various components and will calculate the power consumption?" />
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  <row Id="14676" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8269" RevisionGUID="9f216b53-3451-41cf-be8f-f62f54506572" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:16:45.567" UserId="1349" Text="&lt;system-building&gt;&lt;power-consumption&gt;" />
  <row Id="14677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8270" RevisionGUID="933f2c9d-f2a9-4f85-855f-296f419a78e2" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:21:41.300" UserId="409" Text="In a two-node Windows Server 2008 failover cluster, is it required that the machines be identical?  We're looking to utilize existing hardware to reduce downtime using one very fast server and one only moderately fast server, both Dell PowerEdges but of different generations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've found the following suggestions that you **should** use matching hardware, but will we be able to achieve our goals of increased availability using different servers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From MS TechNet: [Appendix A: Failover Cluster Requirements][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;We recommend that you use a set of matching computers that contain&#xD;&#xA;&gt;the same or similar components.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From [Windows Server 2008: Inside Out][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;You should use identical hardware in all clustered servers. Using identical&#xD;&#xA;&gt;hardware components makes the configuration easier to manage and can eliminate&#xD;&#xA;&gt;potential compatibility issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd197454(WS.10).aspx#BKMK_Hardware_Requirements&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Books/11448.aspx" />
  <row Id="14678" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8270" RevisionGUID="933f2c9d-f2a9-4f85-855f-296f419a78e2" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:21:41.300" UserId="409" Text="Are identical machines required in Windows Server 2008 failover clustering?" />
  <row Id="14679" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8270" RevisionGUID="933f2c9d-f2a9-4f85-855f-296f419a78e2" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:21:41.300" UserId="409" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;clustering&gt;" />
  <row Id="14680" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8271" RevisionGUID="b066986e-5143-4ec7-8f67-1e3fc17dcfe8" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:23:22.967" UserId="2546" Text="Try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /Library/Logs/DirectoryService/DirectoryService.error.log&#xD;&#xA;    /Library/Logs/DirectoryService.server.log&#xD;&#xA;    /var/log/system.log&#xD;&#xA;    /var/log/kdc.log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use Console or Server Admin to browse these.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8272" RevisionGUID="1bc82b62-418e-4ef8-a5b7-95906766e714" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:24:28.363" UserId="1821" Text="We are trying to use DynDNS with ISA 2000 but of course we have no idea what ports it rests on. We are not married to DynDns and our DSL modem does not support Dynamic DNS. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Online there are books related to the pairing but no other such information. All we want is an easy way to get the IP address since it changes constantly. " />
  <row Id="14682" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8272" RevisionGUID="1bc82b62-418e-4ef8-a5b7-95906766e714" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:24:28.363" UserId="1821" Text="DynDns with ISA" />
  <row Id="14683" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8272" RevisionGUID="1bc82b62-418e-4ef8-a5b7-95906766e714" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:24:28.363" UserId="1821" Text="&lt;dyndns&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;isa&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="14684" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7994" RevisionGUID="00dff582-5024-44e9-952a-be1b60ca1a10" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:25:55.817" UserId="2318" Comment="added 262 characters in body; edited title" Text="&lt;s&gt;I've been looking through the Apple documentation on configuring Exchange accounts on iPhone 2.0 but I'm a dummy when it comes to Windows Server. Could someone tell me, if I were logged into the Server, which fields one would need to doublecheck to get the sufficient information for the iPhone Exchange setup fields? E.g.: where can I check that the server is configured as a front-end server, which window do I open to check the User's Domain, etc.?&lt;/s&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you inherited an already configured server which is running Exchange Server 2003, where would you locate the settings you need to configure Exchange on iPhone 2.0?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disclaimer: I have no clue when it comes to Microsoft server products.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14685" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="7994" RevisionGUID="00dff582-5024-44e9-952a-be1b60ca1a10" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:25:55.817" UserId="2318" Comment="added 262 characters in body; edited title" Text="How to setup iPhone Exchange ActiveSync?" />
  <row Id="14686" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8273" RevisionGUID="0866059b-6887-4f62-8cb8-44d4f54c61c8" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:26:54.690" UserId="942" Text="If I understand correctly, you want to let the DynDNS client update your public IP? For that you just need port 80." />
  <row Id="14687" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8274" RevisionGUID="72a493cb-2b65-4675-a1a9-dc3bc58610a9" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:27:15.330" UserId="2101" Text="A high IOWait% on the server means that you need faster disk / more memory for the disk cache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take a look at your 'iostat -x 5' statistics - are you saturating the disk? Depending on your application semantics, perhaps more memory on the file server will do you well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there's a long delay between storage &amp; retrieval of pages by the server, then you need faster disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check the output of free to see how much memory you have and what it's being used for." />
  <row Id="14689" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8276" RevisionGUID="1caf76ac-81df-43fe-ba88-9a51d9df34f6" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:27:34.237" UserId="2546" Text="Here you are!&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Lite v2.5&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But it does say it's for non-commercial use only." />
  <row Id="14691" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8277" RevisionGUID="10376a38-2fc4-4cce-a28e-7a2d41b75ed4" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:30:31.737" UserId="942" Text="I'm no electricity expert, but don't you just sum up the watts of each component?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also use the fabulous [Kill-A-Watt][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.p3international.com/products/p4460.html" />
  <row Id="14692" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7994" RevisionGUID="6ca6e62e-2fa9-4266-95d0-d25fe70a679e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:31:24.747" UserId="2318" Comment="added 25 characters in body" Text="&lt;iphone&gt;&lt;exchange-2003&gt;&lt;exchange2003&gt;&lt;activesync&gt;" />
  <row Id="14693" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8278" RevisionGUID="4d3a7422-3872-4ed8-93dd-f83a07821b2a" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:32:10.237" UserId="1992" Text="I'm sure there will be some interesting answers to this, as there is a lot of disagreement on what metrics to look at. I wrote DBCC INDEXDEFRAG, SHOWCONTIG and designed their replacements for 2005, plus wrote the Books Online content, so I'll give you my view, and explain the numbers in Books Online and the maintenance plan wizard for 2005, which I chose.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The two best metrics to look at for index fragmentation are:&#xD;&#xA;1) (2005) average fragmentation in percent / (2000) logical scan fragmentation&#xD;&#xA;2) (2005) average page density / (2000) average bytes free per page&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These apply equally to clustered and nonclustered indexes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1 is measuring how much logical fragmentation there is. This is when the logical order of pages at the leaf level of an index does not match the physical order. This prevents the Storage Engine from doing efficient readahead during range scans. So #1 affects range scan performance, not singleton lookup performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2 is measuring how much wasted space there is on each page at the leaf level of an index. Wasted space means that you're using more pages to store the records, which means more disk space to store the index, more IOs to read the index, and more memory to hold the pages in memory in the buffer pool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thresholds? My general rule of thumb is less than 10% fragmentation, do nothing. 10-30%, do an ALTER INDEX ... REORGANIZE (2005) / DBCC INDEXDEFRAG (2000). More than 30%, do an ALTER INDEX ... REBUILD (2005) / DBCC DBREINDEX (2000). These are complete generalizations and the thresholds for *you* will vary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To find your thresholds, do some tracking of workload performance against fragmentation levels and decide when the performance degradation is too much. At that point you'll need at address the fragmentation. There's a balancing act between living with fragmentation and taking the resource hit of removing it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't touched here on the trade-offs between the two methods of removing fragmentation, things like FILLFACTOR/PADINDEX to try to mitigate fragmentation and do less defragging, changes to schema/access patterns to alleviate fragmentation, or different kinds of maintenance plans.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, btw, I always recommend not bothering about fragmentation in indexes with less than 1000 pages. This is because the index is probably mostly memory resident (and because people asked for a number and I had to come up with one).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can read more on this in my TechNet Magazine article on database maintenance at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc671165.aspx, in the 2000-based whitepaper on index defrag best practices I helped write at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc966523.aspx, and on my blog under the Fragmentation category at http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/category/Fragmentation.aspx.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I kind of over-answered this I think, but it's one of my hot-buttons. Hope this helps :-)&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="14694" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7994" RevisionGUID="6ca6e62e-2fa9-4266-95d0-d25fe70a679e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:31:24.747" UserId="2318" Comment="added 25 characters in body" Text="&lt;s&gt;I've been looking through the Apple documentation on configuring Exchange accounts on iPhone 2.0 but I'm a dummy when it comes to Windows Server. Could someone tell me, if I were logged into the Server, which fields one would need to doublecheck to get the sufficient information for the iPhone Exchange setup fields? E.g.: where can I check that the server is configured as a front-end server, which window do I open to check the User's Domain, etc.?&lt;/s&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you inherited an already configured server which is running Exchange Server 2003: where would you locate the settings on the server that you would need to configure Exchange on iPhone 2.0?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disclaimer: I have no clue when it comes to Microsoft server products.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14695" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7995" RevisionGUID="2f365c2b-fbaa-40c1-be35-025189bcb425" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:34:42.697" UserId="1797" Comment="Specified, not only the iPhone." Text="To setup an Exchange account on iPhone, all you need to know is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Server name (FQDN)&#xD;&#xA; - Domain\Username&#xD;&#xA; - Password&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The iPhone (or any other ActiveSynch capable device) doesn't care about anything else." />
  <row Id="14701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8281" RevisionGUID="1a78a7c0-f717-4032-97f7-0b74e57736b9" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:46:53.427" UserId="1736" Text="If his professional responsibilities include administering Linux desktops, then yes, he needs the experience and it will be useful to him.  If his job is administering GUIless servers, then I'd say no, let him use Windows; not enough of the experience he'd get would translate usefully to make it worth the aggravation." />
  <row Id="14703" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8283" RevisionGUID="9a8925f4-dde2-4a29-a3ab-30448b599690" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:47:51.693" UserId="1176" Text="&quot;Role&quot; is there for convenience. Apply rules once, then add/remove users will become an easier task. The 1:1 Role-User scenario *does not* exist in the real world.  " />
  <row Id="14704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8284" RevisionGUID="1aaab29a-6c85-4095-babb-9bc1f2e1f08f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:48:33.627" UserId="2513" Text="They are not *required*, but as you have quoted, they are recommended.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have seen clusters where one half is a physical machine and the other is a VM." />
  <row Id="14705" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8285" RevisionGUID="0f1f5e86-83dc-4879-8608-b8f8eab9cbe5" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:48:55.997" UserId="2600" Text="As a follow on as to why you need STP: bridging and switching operates at layer 2 of the OSI model and is commonly associated with MAC addresses in Ethernet networks. Unlike TCP/IP, which operates at layer 3, at layer 2 there is no concept of a hop count which cause packets to expire after a period of time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bridges and switches, operating at layer 2, will forward (if the destination mac address is known) or flood (if it is not) traffic out ports except the one it is received on. If there is a loop in the network this would prevent packets from ever expiring and quickly consume all available bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The spanning-tree protocol prevents this from happening, while permitting redundant links to be 'standing by'. If a link fails, the previously blocked connection is enabled and in a matter of seconds restors connectivity." />
  <row Id="14706" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7994" RevisionGUID="25b1c6cb-3ce2-4d37-8277-d0bde1475519" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:51:33.903" UserId="2318" Comment="deleted 547 characters in body" Text="If you inherited an already configured server which is running Exchange Server 2003: where would you locate the settings on the server that you would need to configure Exchange on iPhone 2.0?" />
  <row Id="14708" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8270" RevisionGUID="015be391-b99b-4677-8bd4-6e93233d4558" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:53:47.503" UserId="409" Comment="edited title" Text="In a two-node Windows Server 2008 failover cluster, is it required that the machines be identical?  We're looking to utilize existing hardware to reduce downtime using one very fast server and one only moderately fast server, both Dell PowerEdges but of different generations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've found the following suggestions that you **should** use matching hardware, but will we be able to achieve our goals of increased availability using different servers?  And if so, what types of issues should we look out for with this type of configuration?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From MS TechNet: [Appendix A: Failover Cluster Requirements][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;We recommend that you use a set of matching computers that contain&#xD;&#xA;&gt;the same or similar components.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From [Windows Server 2008: Inside Out][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;You should use identical hardware in all clustered servers. Using identical&#xD;&#xA;&gt;hardware components makes the configuration easier to manage and can eliminate&#xD;&#xA;&gt;potential compatibility issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd197454(WS.10).aspx#BKMK_Hardware_Requirements&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Books/11448.aspx" />
  <row Id="14709" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="8270" RevisionGUID="015be391-b99b-4677-8bd4-6e93233d4558" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:53:47.503" UserId="409" Comment="edited title" Text="Problems with using non-identical machines in Windows Server 2008 failover clustering?" />
  <row Id="14710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8287" RevisionGUID="c37d282f-7d1b-4a42-a7f9-9c66c9a1fce6" CreationDate="2009-05-14T16:56:59.713" UserId="2513" Text="DynDNS and no-ip allow you to install a very lightweight [client application][1] on any machine on your network and it will update DNS for you as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The feature does *not* need to be built into the router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dyndns.com/support/clients/" />
  <row Id="14711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8288" RevisionGUID="36abc01b-aad7-47e2-b305-d89193c7903d" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:01:05.103" UserId="2602" Text="time = money so in my opinion no, unless your time is worthless of course" />
  <row Id="14712" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8284" RevisionGUID="fc9619e5-6d02-4f8a-9794-04999b3d14b0" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:02:20.610" UserId="2513" Comment="edited to match edits to OP" Text="They are not *required*, but as you have quoted, they are recommended.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have seen clusters where one half is a physical machine and the other is a VM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**edit**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For support reasons in most cases you should not, but during a failover, as long as both sides of the cluster are able to handle the resource shift, you should be fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If all sides of the cluster have the necessary hardware, and resources, to handle a failover, it would be perfectly acceptable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also run [cluster validation][1] to ensure everything will be fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might want to make sure that the configuration you are running is supported though, since your server vendor and/or Microsoft might refuse support if it is not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732035.aspx" />
  <row Id="14713" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8257" RevisionGUID="39d19076-d6e7-4e27-b7b3-e348a48aefef" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:04:50.870" UserId="2513" Comment="added 254 characters in body" Text="Being that Samba is accessed over the network, I would consider that your network is the bottleneck first.  Are the links optimized around the types and sizes of files/packets coming across the network?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you monitor the links to see how utilized they are?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the network does not seem to be the bottleneck, than you can look at some of the tips in [this guide][1] to optimize your Samba configuration a little bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*edit*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You mention LVM, what type of disks are they?  Regular off the shelf 7200RPM IDE drives?  If it is truly IO wait, then yes, you would need faster disk.  This could be as simple as a SATA 10k drive, or even going into a high performing raid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tldp.org/LDP/solrhe/Securing-Optimizing-Linux-RH-Edition-v1.3/chap29sec287.html" />
  <row Id="14714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8289" RevisionGUID="2551b0d8-2a81-4f21-9668-cc4d357ed5b5" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:07:12.253" UserId="2513" Text="Personally, I wouldn't bother calculating it.  I would look at the Motherboard/CPU power requirements, look at the recommended PSU wattage for the video card I was going to run, and almost double it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;High-quality 1000W PSU's are cheap now, so there is no real reason to skimp out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only case I could see myself actually calculating it would be if I was running some sort of multi-cpu/multi-gpu setup, or a home-grown raid array with 30 hard drives." />
  <row Id="14715" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8290" RevisionGUID="f660435c-dc48-45b8-8c92-0ae5ac7a8d9d" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:09:30.940" UserId="2502" Text="Have ntop kick out netflow data and you can get all sorts of fun reports.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.ntop.org/netflow.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.networkuptime.com/tools/netflow/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some people do just write their own flow parsers as well if you're into that sort of thing." />
  <row Id="14716" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8291" RevisionGUID="e92606fd-dce9-4c05-ac12-5dec6533e322" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:10:06.430" UserId="2599" Text="Never had a chance to actually try it, but people managed to get [APC][1] and [eAccelerator][2] working on dreamhost shared hosting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You've got to get your hands dirty and install/compile your own PHP, but wiki entries and dreamhost community are great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other good reasons to choose Dreamhost:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - real transparency; you know what, why and when servers are down. RSS feeds ad blog entries tell you what is actually going on. Even if a [fat finger is to blame][3] :-)&#xD;&#xA; - tech support is just great&#xD;&#xA; - green hosting&#xD;&#xA; - the administration panel is nice and you get stuff done quickly&#xD;&#xA; - lots of services available (SSH, linux users, SVN repository, cron jobs...) **and** cheap &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you ever want to subscribe, look for promo codes (to get a better deal) or just ask!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Pecl_APC&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://wiki.dreamhost.com/EAccelerator&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/01/15/um-whoops/" />
  <row Id="14717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8292" RevisionGUID="4ae9c1a8-71b7-4433-a1e1-bf43d575cc1c" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:13:52.290" UserId="292" Text="What is the general check list for every Windows client (Professional, Business, etc.) and Windows Server installation?" />
  <row Id="14718" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8292" RevisionGUID="4ae9c1a8-71b7-4433-a1e1-bf43d575cc1c" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:13:52.290" UserId="292" Text="Windows installation check list" />
  <row Id="14719" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8292" RevisionGUID="4ae9c1a8-71b7-4433-a1e1-bf43d575cc1c" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:13:52.290" UserId="292" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;checklist&gt;&lt;setup&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="14720" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8293" RevisionGUID="662a347b-f7e6-4da6-9bf4-37d9b34525cc" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:16:11.647" UserId="1655" Text="I have 2 Windows 2003 servers. One is running IIS with Microsoft's FastCGI extension and PHP. The other server is running MySQL 5.1. I want to setup some PHP applications on the IIS Server and have them use databases on the second sever. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* What do I need to do to encrypt the network channel/protocol between the servers at the MySQL level? &#xD;&#xA;* Is this a builtin feature with the free edition of MySQL, or do I need a paid version?&#xD;&#xA;* Is the configuration the same if I migrated from a Windows server running MySQL to a Linux server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know I can use some other type of encryption and measures at lower levels in the network stack, but wanted to know what MySQL offers." />
  <row Id="14721" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8293" RevisionGUID="662a347b-f7e6-4da6-9bf4-37d9b34525cc" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:16:11.647" UserId="1655" Text="MySQL connection security" />
  <row Id="14722" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8293" RevisionGUID="662a347b-f7e6-4da6-9bf4-37d9b34525cc" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:16:11.647" UserId="1655" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;server-security&gt;" />
  <row Id="14724" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8290" RevisionGUID="c66d3ca9-17c6-475a-b45a-71ebdf9f115a" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:17:53.157" UserId="2502" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="Have ntop kick out netflow data and you can get all sorts of fun reports.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.ntop.org/netflow.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.networkuptime.com/tools/netflow/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some people do just write their own flow parsers as well if you're into that sort of thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More information about netflow data:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.manageengine.com/products/netflow/cisco-netflow.html&#xD;&#xA;http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/HealthCheck/netflow_monitoring.htm" />
  <row Id="14725" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8295" RevisionGUID="663b3f58-a525-4d83-9f7f-7d8bc8370f73" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:18:00.647" UserId="385" Text="Yes, you can achieve your goal of HA with the provisos you've already specified about support. Potential issues that I've seen personally:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Different hardware leading to different drivers causing an application conflict, memory leak, etc. on one side and not the other.&#xD;&#xA; - Different performance characteristics, the slower one which may be considered unacceptable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8296" RevisionGUID="5534dd47-8e71-464b-882f-d21efdb8c587" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:21:29.453" UserId="2567" Text="In what environment? Production server? Home use? The &quot;checklist&quot; for a given setup will vary pretty widely depending on what you want to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general, though, you should:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Secure the installation as soon as you can&#xD;&#xA;   - Get all security patches&#xD;&#xA;   - Install reasonable antivirus/firewall software&#xD;&#xA; - Get drivers installed for the hardware in the system&#xD;&#xA; - Get network access working, if applicable&#xD;&#xA; - Focus on other specific needs for the system (for servers, network services and (optionally) routing; for home use, whatever the user requires it to do)" />
  <row Id="14728" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8235" RevisionGUID="e5c673f7-58bd-40af-acf6-263768f3268e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:22:32.200" UserId="2101" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="14729" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8297" RevisionGUID="b7e62154-d0ee-42a8-b195-e0bc647d8363" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:28:05.887" UserId="1737" Text="I answered my own question with &quot;yum search inotify&quot;. It's called [lsyncd][1] and it's hosted on google code.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Lsyncd uses rsync to synchronize local&#xD;&#xA;&gt; directories with a remote machine&#xD;&#xA;&gt; running rsyncd. Lsyncd watches&#xD;&#xA;&gt; multiple directories trees through&#xD;&#xA;&gt; inotify. The first step after adding&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the watches is to rsync all&#xD;&#xA;&gt; directories with the remote host, and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; then sync single file by collecting&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the inotify events. So lsyncd is a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; light-weight live mirror solution that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; should be easy to install and use&#xD;&#xA;&gt; while blending well with your system.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; See lsyncd --help for detailed command&#xD;&#xA;&gt; line options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.google.com/p/lsyncd" />
  <row Id="14730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8298" RevisionGUID="bac90398-547a-4ef4-933a-79f9257821f2" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:28:12.657" UserId="2101" Text="Just because the switch supports LACP doesn't mean that it's expecting it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure that you configure LACP groups on the switch sides for the appropriate ports.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, check the LACP status both the switch and the server. Make sure that the 802.3ad link is up." />
  <row Id="14731" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8298" RevisionGUID="bac90398-547a-4ef4-933a-79f9257821f2" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:28:12.657" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14732" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8299" RevisionGUID="203a4768-c992-4cd3-8fdc-52944947fe3b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:30:42.870" UserId="1840" Text="We've used IPAudit [http://ipaudit.sourceforge.net/][1].  It could give you pretty granular info about outgoing/incoming bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some screenshots:&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ipaudit.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ipaudit.sourceforge.net/images/ipaudit-web/ipaudit-home.png&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://ipaudit.sourceforge.net/images/ipaudit-web/ipaudit-30min.png" />
  <row Id="14733" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8300" RevisionGUID="a3c1d691-bd2a-4acf-9216-2c98ecccbf7e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:32:36.317" UserId="1246" Text="Hi Brian, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MySQL (the standard, Open Source edition) offers SSL encryption.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, you want to see if it is enabled.  You can do so by running the following from the mysql client:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'have_ssl';&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the value is 'YES', then you know that your version has it compiled in.  If it says 'DISABLED', then you have it compiled in, but need to add the certificate info detailed below.  If it says anything else, well, you need to get a version with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To enable it, you need to modify your my.cnf file so that it includes the following in the [mysqld] section:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssl-ca=ca-cert.pem&#xD;&#xA;    ssl-cert=my_cert.pem&#xD;&#xA;    ssl-key=my_key.pem&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously, you'll need to change the values to whatever is appropriate.  All of the certificates should be in the standard PEM format.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not much of a PHP developer, but there should be a way to enable this in your connection call.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14734" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8301" RevisionGUID="22ff587a-a799-48c4-8449-b9ceb6ed4b70" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:32:37.487" UserId="984" Text="Mysql natively supports SSL here is the [reference][1] from the documentation.  The tricky bit may be getting a version of PHP with a mysql driver that supports ssl.  I am not sure, but the code may need to use [mysqli][2]_* instead of mysql_* or PDO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/secure-connections.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://us2.php.net/mysqli" />
  <row Id="14735" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8302" RevisionGUID="3e59dc5e-89f1-4409-9abb-49dab9bda295" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:33:27.330" UserId="2278" Text="For Windows, you could use a quick powershell script to wrap up WMI, something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    function Get-Inventory([string] $computer = '.')&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;        $data = &quot;&quot;|select name, vendor, model, serial&#xD;&#xA;        $bios = get-wmiobject 'win32_BIOS' -computername $computer&#xD;&#xA;        $comp = get-wmiobject 'win32_computersystem' -computername $computer&#xD;&#xA;        $data.name = $comp.Name&#xD;&#xA;        $data.vendor = $comp.manufacturer&#xD;&#xA;        $data.model = $comp.Model&#xD;&#xA;        $data.serial = $bios.SerialNumber&#xD;&#xA;        return $data&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;If you feed that a text file listing all your computers, like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    get-content 'mycomputers.txt' | foreach-object{Get-Inventory}&#xD;&#xA;you will end up with a nice table of computers and hardware details. If you need to archive the data, use the export-csv cmdlet to dump the output straight to a file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   " />
  <row Id="14736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8303" RevisionGUID="6c8fc854-f2ff-4221-bac7-81cde9841038" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:45:57.637" UserId="2505" Text="I am the ashamed author of the aforementioned SharePoint Provider - the current source will build a 2007 compatible provider that can even be used from a non-sharepoint box but it is a bit primitive still. I hope to get back onto this soon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I already am a bit overstretched over several powershell projects, so apologies again." />
  <row Id="14737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8304" RevisionGUID="da83526f-fae8-43ee-9533-2142b0aeb976" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:46:57.197" UserId="715" Text="Using WindowsXP-Pro, I'm trying to copy a largish file (~28 MB) on to an SD Card.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The copy gets almost completed, when it fails and returns with this error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Cannot copy &lt;filename&gt; file: Invalid MS-DOS function&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's lots of room on the card 120+ MB.&#xD;&#xA;I can copy lots of other smaller files onto the card, so I don't think the media has failed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there something else I've missed?&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="14741" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8306" RevisionGUID="4a5637c7-3ca6-4b5e-bcc2-87da83832b9e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:48:04.857" UserId="1403" Text="Programmer to sysadmin to programmer to sysadmin to programmer (who also assists with sysadmin stuff occasionally) again.  :-)  I end up doing whatever the job I can find requires (and those sysadmin positions were all combined with netadmin as well)!" />
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  <row Id="14743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8307" RevisionGUID="e52d517a-8691-41f0-ba2d-8d873bdcba8a" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:48:48.833" UserId="2528" Text="DB2 Handbook&#xD;&#xA;serverfault url&#xD;&#xA;stackoverflow url&#xD;&#xA;DB2 Management tools&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="14745" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8308" RevisionGUID="31942bc5-948a-4ee2-94ac-02245414f51e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:49:57.910" UserId="823" Text="I have been asked to find a way of preventing IIS from making conditional GETS (So the web server will always return 200 OK or an error if there is one).  Is there a way to do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am using IIS 6 in Windows Sever 2003." />
  <row Id="14746" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8308" RevisionGUID="31942bc5-948a-4ee2-94ac-02245414f51e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:49:57.910" UserId="823" Text="How to prevent conditional GET in IIS?" />
  <row Id="14747" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8308" RevisionGUID="31942bc5-948a-4ee2-94ac-02245414f51e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:49:57.910" UserId="823" Text="&lt;iis&gt;" />
  <row Id="14748" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8272" RevisionGUID="acd81543-8324-428f-867f-8edc5f1e0a49" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:50:13.463" UserId="1821" Comment="added 88 characters in body" Text="We are trying to use DynDNS with ISA 2000 but of course we have no idea what ports it rests on. We are not married to DynDns and our DSL modem does not support Dynamic DNS. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Online there are books related to the pairing but no other such information. All we want is an easy way to get the IP address since it changes constantly. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**NOTE:** According to TCP/View, DynDNS opens a random number of ports numbered 47xx" />
  <row Id="14749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8309" RevisionGUID="38dfb917-2df3-4e8e-95bc-ec4234aaa6de" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:50:52.137" UserId="2546" Text="It's possible either the card or your hard disk have problems which the smaller files aren't finding. Have you run ScanDisk on them? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  Right-Click | Properties | Tools | Error Checking" />
  <row Id="14750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8310" RevisionGUID="6d9890d8-d4ab-44b3-b29e-444c47bb6126" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:54:24.533" UserId="2099" Text="Is there a linux command that allows you to see a processes IO wait time vs. CPU time?  I'm trying to see whether some processes are IO-bound or CPU-bound." />
  <row Id="14751" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8310" RevisionGUID="6d9890d8-d4ab-44b3-b29e-444c47bb6126" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:54:24.533" UserId="2099" Text="How do you find out how much time a system spends waiting for IO?" />
  <row Id="14752" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8310" RevisionGUID="6d9890d8-d4ab-44b3-b29e-444c47bb6126" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:54:24.533" UserId="2099" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="14753" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8309" RevisionGUID="f79be929-792f-4c43-bfe4-2b129542bb6c" CreationDate="2009-05-14T17:56:02.423" UserId="2546" Comment="Had another idea!" Text="It's possible either the card or your hard disk have problems which the smaller files aren't finding. Have you run ScanDisk on them? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  Right-Click | Properties | Tools | Error Checking&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, is it possible the filename has reserved or otherwise unusual characters in it? Try renaming it to a.dat or something innocuous and see if that helps." />
  <row Id="14754" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8311" RevisionGUID="eea9d98b-033b-4cad-8067-361c8cf9c5e5" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:00:43.180" UserId="984" Text="If you install the [atsar][1] package you can look at the system's CPU and I/O stats.  Simply using top should give let you know if the a particular process is CPU or memory bound.  I am not sure how you see the I/O stats for a particular process.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://packages.debian.org/stable/admin/atsar" />
  <row Id="14755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8312" RevisionGUID="99bb5edb-5f86-4373-a5ae-9bd82eff8917" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:01:03.460" UserId="1345" Text="Relying on rebooting a machine to fix a problem.  Stop providing band-aid fixes to problems because it's quick and has worked in the past.  Don't just fix it, *fix* it!" />
  <row Id="14756" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8312" RevisionGUID="99bb5edb-5f86-4373-a5ae-9bd82eff8917" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:01:03.460" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14757" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8313" RevisionGUID="021f2f16-6a8a-45b3-90a8-f421d8f60e90" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:01:40.887" UserId="371" Text="Conditional GET is a part of the [HTTP 1.1 standard][1].  IIS can't disable it specifically, but it's possible you could write an ISAPI filter that strips out the conditional request headers: If-Modified-Since, If-Unmodified-Since,&#xD;&#xA;   If-Match, If-None-Match, If-Range&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know of a readily available package to do this, so you may have to roll your own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt" />
  <row Id="14758" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8314" RevisionGUID="4c953353-4bb2-4cb1-80f4-abef44ad2256" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:02:14.553" UserId="1447" Text="[top (1)][1] will show this information.  You can specify a particular process ID with `-p`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.die.net/man/1/top" />
  <row Id="14759" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8315" RevisionGUID="524ea946-d796-4111-89bc-c35ef6127cd5" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:02:27.657" UserId="1548" Text="Have a look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://guichaz.free.fr/iotop/&quot;&gt;iotop&lt;/a&gt;." />
  <row Id="14760" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8316" RevisionGUID="17338e86-fa72-440d-af35-eddcbe072e8f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:04:13.347" UserId="1194" Text="I have a shared hosted SQL Server 2005 at an ISP, that I can connect to from SQL Server 2005 Management Studio. However, I cannot connect from SQL Server 2008 Management Studio.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I log on with SQL Server authentication (username+password).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I connect, I get the error:  &#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;The server principal &quot;MyUserName&quot; is not able to access the database [name of first database on server - 00_something - not mine] under the current security context.&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I get around this, and just get straight to the one database I do have access to on this server? I tried setting the &quot;Default database&quot; for the connection to the name of my database, but it does not change anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would really like to not have to install SQL Server 2005 Management studio to connect to this one database... " />
  <row Id="14761" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8316" RevisionGUID="17338e86-fa72-440d-af35-eddcbe072e8f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:04:13.347" UserId="1194" Text="Using SQL Server 2008 Management studio to connect to SQL Server 2005 databases" />
  <row Id="14762" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8316" RevisionGUID="17338e86-fa72-440d-af35-eddcbe072e8f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:04:13.347" UserId="1194" Text="&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;sqlservermanagementstudio&gt;" />
  <row Id="14763" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8248" RevisionGUID="c317c787-eb16-4c5a-a1d6-72f5e8b0e6fe" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:07:55.870" UserId="2561" Comment="added 5 characters in body" Text="Vmware Server on Linux supports setting virtual machines to power on at boot.  From server console, Go VM properties :: Options Tab :: Startup/Shutdown , and the On Host Startup to Power on the Virtual Machine.  I would imagine this can be done with other vmware software as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Ah well to try to actually answer your question then:-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I run vmrun on my own box it doesn't ask me for a password. Maybe it only asks you for a password if you are using vmrun with the host argument (or if you need root privileges?) If this is the case, what about setting up password-less ssh using keys? Then you could just do something like `ssh fooUser@myServer 'vmrun start /foo/bar/baz.vm'`  and that might work.  If it does require higher privileges, you can give specific users permission to run specific commands with sudo and the /etc/sudoers file. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With Nagios monitoring, you can set up event handlers that will run a script (such as the command I posted) if it detects that the host in question is in fact down." />
  <row Id="14764" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8317" RevisionGUID="afa865d5-3ff0-424a-81b2-179b69aa3c10" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:08:36.320" UserId="1041" Text="I started out a web developer on a virtual university project.  Over time as I became responsible for app servers (like Adobe ColdFusion) I became more and more involved in web server admin.  Branched out in Unix and Windows servers over the years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, since I also know Oracle (was once defined as a database programmer for a time) I've been called in to assist with DBA tasks as needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I've migrated to being a Solaris admin due to staffing challenges, so I'm becoming a more full-fledged sysadmin (while still programming and maintaining web servers).  I'm also slated to become a multimedia developer if one of my projects gets off the ground to generate streaming content for my current employer.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="14766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8318" RevisionGUID="c455f3ef-79aa-42d0-888e-15500c6db920" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:08:52.763" UserId="645" Text="I have had my Outlook 2007 open additional mailboxes via the advanced account settings.  After updating to Office SP2, the list of emails in the additional account still displays, but I get a message for each mailbox item:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     This item cannot be displayed in the Reading Pane. &#xD;&#xA;     Open the item to read its contents.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After double clicking the message, I get a small error box which displays just&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     Cannot open this item. Unknown Error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if I try to re-add the mailbox in the Advanced tab of my account settings, I get an error message&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    The name cannot be resolved.  The connection to Microsoft Exchange is unavailable. &#xD;&#xA;    Outlook must be online or connected to complete this action.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, the status bar indicates `Online with Microsoft Exchange`, and I can both send and receive emails from my primary account.  What could be going wrong?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="14768" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8318" RevisionGUID="c455f3ef-79aa-42d0-888e-15500c6db920" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:08:52.763" UserId="645" Text="&lt;outlook-2007&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;" />
  <row Id="14769" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8319" RevisionGUID="a47c21d8-91bc-4144-9869-b4087473e8bb" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:14:27.463" UserId="356" Text="Doctor Fun's (David Farley) &quot;long flight&quot;:&#xD;&#xA;![The beginning of a very long flight][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/Dr-Fun/df9612/df961220.jpg" />
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  <row Id="14771" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8320" RevisionGUID="98531fbf-d8a9-4373-a065-ebdadb937dc1" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:18:28.533" UserId="48" Text="The error you recieved is usually a problem with locating the mailbox in the global address list. When you add the accounts into Outlook, try doing so with their UPN name, the name@domain.com, and using the pre 2000 login name. " />
  <row Id="14772" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8321" RevisionGUID="5708f2c1-118d-4e5d-9a1c-24c61fcf522b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:18:36.350" UserId="942" Text="Try zipping up the file and then copy it. To see if the filesystem or card is somehow corrupt, backup your data, re-format the card, and try again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the way, can you copy that file elsewhere on your hard disk? Because if you can't, then the file is corrupt (or less likely, a part of the filesystem)." />
  <row Id="14773" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8309" RevisionGUID="2e302363-44a1-4b22-be93-992befa25d95" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:21:06.457" UserId="2546" Comment="And another..." Text="It's possible either the card or your hard disk have problems which the smaller files aren't finding. Have you run ScanDisk on them? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  Right-Click | Properties | Tools | Error Checking&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, is it possible the filename has reserved or otherwise unusual characters in it? Try renaming it to a.dat or something innocuous and see if that helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Edit] OK, now you've tried that, there are a few other possibilities:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - It's probably FAT16 and can only have 512 files in the root directory (less if you use longer than 8.3 filenames).&#xD;&#xA; - An obvious point, but can you copy this file somewhere else? e.g. a USB flash drive&#xD;&#xA; - The next step is to copy everything else off the SD card and try to copy the big file over again.&#xD;&#xA; - If that fails, reformat the card and start again." />
  <row Id="14774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8322" RevisionGUID="50501511-5405-4e2d-9a5d-25acd8cfcd61" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:23:11.833" UserId="2372" Text="In addition to the possible suggested file system problems, I've seen this when the SD card file system is compressed.  Copying a file that is not compressible can cause the copy to fail, despite the reported free space being larger than the file being copied.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8323" RevisionGUID="25eb82bd-4c73-40e6-ac5e-a85762d5f924" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:29:03.603" UserId="1803" Text="We've got an old home-grown site in production and I'm trying to convince it to love its new virtual home.  Though I've got a passing familiarity with IIS, I'm hoping some gotcha may jump out at more experienced ASP/.Net folks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Old server is windows 2000, and the original setup guy's answer to pretty much everything was C:\ --&gt; Everyone --&gt; Full Control.  However, there WAS a setup doc, that seemed to work up to a point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Created a local admin user&#xD;&#xA;* Created COM+ applications referencing that user and some dll's supplied with the site&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Got through the last error by adding &quot;Provider=sqloledb;&quot; to the connection .asp, and have landed myself here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Server object error 'ASP 0178 :&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 80070005'  Server.CreateObject Access&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Error  /Include/fnLookups.asp, line 10&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The call to Server.CreateObject failed&#xD;&#xA;&gt; while checking permissions. Access is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; denied to this object.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Line 10 appears to be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; set objClient = Server.CreateObject(&quot;fooUser.CfooUser&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I trundle off to the System log and I have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID &#xD;&#xA;{280D5CF7-80A4-40AC-844C-FE3653F02FF1}&#xD;&#xA; to the user domainname\username SID (mySID).  This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is good news in a way, it's picking up the COM app and my ID just fine.  I added myself to the &quot;Access Permissions&quot; and &quot;Launch &amp; Activation Permissions&quot; of the My Computer object in dcomdnfg - but my barking seems to be directed at the wrong tree.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ran through [mskb198432][1] as well as I could, though it seems directed at an earlier version, but no joy there, either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas are welcome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/198432" />
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  <row Id="14777" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8323" RevisionGUID="25eb82bd-4c73-40e6-ac5e-a85762d5f924" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:29:03.603" UserId="1803" Text="&lt;asp.net&gt;&lt;windows2003&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;" />
  <row Id="14782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8325" RevisionGUID="43476bcc-1043-46f8-b79c-c79da8e012d3" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:33:58.913" UserId="356" Text="We use a script (JScript, Windows Script Host) that drives Dmitry Streblechenko's superb [Redemption Data Objects][1] MAPI library. Here's the guts of it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;    var session = new ActiveXObject(&quot;Redemption.RDOSession&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    session.LogonExchangeMailbox(&quot;FredB&quot;, &quot;EXCH01&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    var mailbox  = session.Stores.DefaultStore;&#xD;&#xA;    var pstStore = session.Stores.AddPSTStore(&quot;c:\\backups\\fredb.pst&quot;, 1, &quot;FredB backup&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    foreach(mailbox.IPMRootFolder.Folders, function(folder)&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;       folder.CopyTo(pstStore.IPMRootFolder);&#xD;&#xA;    });&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    pstStore.Remove();&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    // Utility to allow enumeration of COM collections&#xD;&#xA;    function foreach(collection, fn)&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;      for(var e = new Enumerator(collection); !e.atEnd(); e.moveNext())&#xD;&#xA;      {&#xD;&#xA;        if(fn(e.item()) === false)&#xD;&#xA;          break;&#xD;&#xA;      }&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wouldn't take much to add logic to iterate into the items in the folders and grab messages with attachments, older than a certain date, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More info on my blog:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://blog.dotsmart.net/2008/02/20/backing-up-an-exchange-mailbox-to-a-pst-file/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/" />
  <row Id="14783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8326" RevisionGUID="5053df05-8c1d-4bc3-9af3-b368818aca87" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:34:36.870" UserId="2012" Text="What I have done is I get as much of it into a web browser as I can.  Then I use Firefox, IE-TAB, and Tab mix plus to display the data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tab mix plus allows you to auto update and rotate the tabs on a schedule.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IE-Tab allows you to display IE windows inside the tabs so that TMP can do the auto rotate and update.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you can display all of the MRTG, CATI, NAGIOS, What'sUp Gold, wireless monitors you want and it auto-rotates, auto-updates and is shiny...:)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a developer that builds WPF apps for fun so when I want shiny he builds those for me." />
  <row Id="14786" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8327" RevisionGUID="eb9b48c2-ba57-40a5-a903-7c0468355178" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:39:33.553" UserId="2220" Text="Because I do a lot of cloning in my work, I have created a checklist that I can give ya.  Its more of the same that Tim suggested, but also includes some specifics that are nice to have on a client's computer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Basics**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Windows XP (with latest SP and updates)&#xD;&#xA; * Antivirus&#xD;&#xA; * MS Office (latest available)&#xD;&#xA; * Firefox&#xD;&#xA; * Chrome (optional)&#xD;&#xA; * IE (latest)&#xD;&#xA; * PDF Reader&#xD;&#xA;  * Foxit (my personal preference)&#xD;&#xA;  * Adobe Reader (not recommended by some Antivirus companies)&#xD;&#xA; * Adobe Flash (This needs to be installed once in each browser)&#xD;&#xA; * Java (latest)&#xD;&#xA; * .Net (latest)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Drivers**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Audio&#xD;&#xA; * Video&#xD;&#xA; * Misc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Misc Software**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Direct X (latest for your operating system)&#xD;&#xA; * CutePDF (print directly to pdf instead of printer)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Organization Specific Software**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * &amp;lt;Your own list here&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Optional**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Latest Window Media Player&#xD;&#xA; * Quicktime" />
  <row Id="14787" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8328" RevisionGUID="5890b2ef-ce44-40f3-8d5b-8f8cbc069588" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:41:53.083" UserId="267" Text="I have been using [Analog][1] to analyze the logs of our Apache web server. While analog is quite powerful, I find it quite tedious to set it up correctly to get the information that you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is: Do you know any (perhaps more &quot;modern&quot;) tools to analyze web server log files? Preferably these would be tools running on the web server machine itself, which in my case is a Debian Linux system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.analog.cx/" />
  <row Id="14788" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8328" RevisionGUID="5890b2ef-ce44-40f3-8d5b-8f8cbc069588" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:41:53.083" UserId="267" Text="Is there a good alternative to analog for web server log analysis?" />
  <row Id="14789" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8328" RevisionGUID="5890b2ef-ce44-40f3-8d5b-8f8cbc069588" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:41:53.083" UserId="267" Text="&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;log-files&gt;&lt;analysis&gt;" />
  <row Id="14790" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8329" RevisionGUID="46288de3-7460-4083-a54b-e5e80e35cdcf" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:42:09.697" UserId="1803" Text="I'm all about narrowing the problem down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is the problem with the file?  Find another file of the same size or larger &amp; see if that copies.  If you can copy the file after zipping it, that also points to a problem with your original file (as mentioned above).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is the problem with the source computer/driver/port?  Email/copy the file to another computer and attempt the copy." />
  <row Id="14795" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8327" RevisionGUID="d09a1162-448b-4f8e-b4a8-a402b3b95e55" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:44:52.313" UserId="2220" Comment="deleted 3 characters in body" Text="Because I do a lot of cloning in my work, I have created a checklist that I can give ya.  Its more of the same that Tim suggested, but also includes some specifics that are nice to have on a client's computer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Basics**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Windows (with latest SP and updates)&#xD;&#xA; * Antivirus&#xD;&#xA; * MS Office (latest available)&#xD;&#xA; * Firefox&#xD;&#xA; * Chrome (optional)&#xD;&#xA; * IE (latest)&#xD;&#xA; * PDF Reader&#xD;&#xA;  * Foxit (my personal preference)&#xD;&#xA;  * Adobe Reader (not recommended by some Antivirus companies)&#xD;&#xA; * Adobe Flash (This needs to be installed once in each browser)&#xD;&#xA; * Java (latest)&#xD;&#xA; * .Net (latest)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Drivers**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Audio&#xD;&#xA; * Video&#xD;&#xA; * Misc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Misc Software**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Direct X (latest for your operating system)&#xD;&#xA; * CutePDF (print directly to pdf instead of printer)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Organization Specific Software**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * &amp;lt;Your own list here&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Optional**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Latest Window Media Player&#xD;&#xA; * Quicktime" />
  <row Id="14799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8330" RevisionGUID="d9080285-f080-478f-820f-a31418e85136" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:46:02.157" UserId="2304" Text="[This][1] sounds like the same issue you're running into...  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that for a database that is offline or has been auto-closed, collation comes back as NULL, and SSMS assumes it's because you don't have permission.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The fix is to go to Object Explorer Details, right-click the column header list, uncheck Collation, and refresh the Databases node.  You should see all of the databases on the server at this point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More detail can be found in [Microsoft Connect #354291][2] and [Microsoft Connect #354322][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sqlblog.com/blogs/aaron_bertrand/archive/2008/07/07/a-little-management-studio-oops.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=354291&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=354322" />
  <row Id="14802" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1504" RevisionGUID="ee0a1aed-5b38-4029-bec5-3464e84b784c" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:46:55.367" UserId="48" Comment="added 124 characters in body" Text="Thank you for your confidence in our abilities&#xD;&#xA;----------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But have you read this? &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We get a lot of interesting technical questions on here, but Server Fault is meant to be first and foremost a resource for system administrators and IT professionals.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, someone here might be able to help you, but you'll find that other forums more focused on your topic can give you a much better answer than a bunch of IT professionals.  It's likely that your question will be downvoted, closed, and in some cases marked &quot;offensive.&quot;  It's not that we hate you, it's just that we like to keep our corn pops separate from our cocoa puffs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In that vein, here are a bunch of other forums where you can get help:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(This list contains the top two forums for each category as voted for below.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - **Programming**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Stackoverflow][1]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Consumer Level Computer Hardware**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Ars Technica OpenForum][2]&#xD;&#xA;   - [Tom's Hardware Forums][3]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Computer Software**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Anandtech Forum][4]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Web Design/Hosting/CMS**&#xD;&#xA;   - [SitePoint Forums][5]&#xD;&#xA;   - [Web Hosting Talk][6]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Math, Science, Engineering**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Physics Forums][7]&#xD;&#xA;   - [PlanetMath][8]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Other/General**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Ask Metafilter][10]&#xD;&#xA;   - [Google Search][11]&#xD;&#xA;   - [Mahalo Answers][9]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out the answers below for even more suggestions!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;What forums can people go to to ask the questions that are off topic here?  Please list only ONE forum per answer so votes can bring the best forums to the top.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;[Return to FAQ Index][13]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://forums.anandtech.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.sitepoint.com/forums&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.physicsforums.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://planetmath.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.mahalo.com/answers/&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://ask.metafilter.com&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://www.google.com&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://answers.yahoo.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8324/how-does-serverfault-work-the-community-faq&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8331" RevisionGUID="6f3c29d7-3656-4ca2-8dcc-89be9de33542" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:47:17.007" UserId="2012" Text="I am not sure how to solve your current problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I would suggest WSUS as soon as you have this issue solved." />
  <row Id="14807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8333" RevisionGUID="8b8a69a8-aa46-42cc-9a69-609d4c2618a1" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:50:09.090" UserId="2304" Text="I've been fairly happy with [AWStats][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They've got a demo page set up [here][2] for a quick example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://awstats.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.nltechno.com/awstats/awstats.pl?config=destailleur.fr" />
  <row Id="14808" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8334" RevisionGUID="047b3aee-fcca-4223-9a98-c221ad6e8f45" CreationDate="2009-05-14T18:50:22.040" UserId="626" Text="There is a [connect][1] item about this - the workaround is &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Connect to another sql server and &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- highlight databases&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Hit F7 to bring up object explorer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Right click the column names - ex &quot;name&quot;, - you should see a drop down list of available columns&#xD;&#xA;- make sure collation is unchecked&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Try connecting to the probelmatic server again&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=354322" />
  <row Id="14809" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7866" RevisionGUID="fefa5976-524a-4413-9195-e424888eeed7" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:01:06.093" UserId="2012" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;system-center&gt;&lt;mom&gt;" />
  <row Id="14810" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4970" RevisionGUID="a14d380b-ac5a-49dd-8c4a-21f5c6a90704" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:02:52.330" UserId="2012" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;operating-system&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;system-center&gt;&lt;mom&gt;" />
  <row Id="14811" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8335" RevisionGUID="2344ccb1-ac27-4704-a014-acb20709f206" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:03:30.880" UserId="1466" Text="I think **[iostat][1]** is the basic tool you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/linuxcommand.org/man_pages/iostat1.html" />
  <row Id="14812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8336" RevisionGUID="c9ff8586-677b-4fa8-b093-088fd25c7938" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:08:29.793" UserId="2600" Text="I haven't fully tried this, but it occurs to me that you could create a dummy route process with a route-map that redistributes matches into it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;router ospf 99&#xD;&#xA;  redistribute bgp 6447 subnets route-map tagtest&#xD;&#xA;!&#xD;&#xA;route-map tagtest permit 10&#xD;&#xA; match tag 3549&#xD;&#xA;!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This then should show you all of the tagged routes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;router# sh ip ospf 99 database" />
  <row Id="14813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8337" RevisionGUID="7c179dad-0064-4769-99e9-c8fa1a16a572" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:09:14.007" UserId="2606" Text="I'm working on a web app that will have a large-ish chunk of users in China. The bad news is that most of them are university students, and access has been blocked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setting up a proxy server inside China seems like the best (potential?) solution, but it's the first time I'll have done anything along those lines. Are there any pitfalls or issues that I should be aware of before I start down this path?" />
  <row Id="14814" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8337" RevisionGUID="7c179dad-0064-4769-99e9-c8fa1a16a572" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:09:14.007" UserId="2606" Text="Proxied access for chinese users?" />
  <row Id="14815" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8337" RevisionGUID="7c179dad-0064-4769-99e9-c8fa1a16a572" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:09:14.007" UserId="2606" Text="&lt;china&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;" />
  <row Id="14816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8338" RevisionGUID="b8d98e38-f22b-4d08-86d4-537ed784cf4a" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:10:42.333" UserId="2604" Text="I am redirecting several folders using Group Policy.  Everything works as expected on Windows XP clients, but on a Windows Vista client, some of the folders redirect, and some of them fail to redirect.  For the ones that fail, the following event (with identifying information altered) is logged:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Log Name:      Application&#xD;&#xA;Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Folder Redirection&#xD;&#xA;Date:          5/14/2009 2:34:38 PM&#xD;&#xA;Event ID:      502&#xD;&#xA;Task Category: None&#xD;&#xA;Level:         Error&#xD;&#xA;Keywords:      Classic&#xD;&#xA;User:          CORP\username&#xD;&#xA;Computer:      machinename.corp.mycompany.com&#xD;&#xA;Description:&#xD;&#xA;Failed to apply policy and redirect folder &quot;Desktop&quot; to &quot;\\corp.mycompany.com\net\users\desktop\username&quot;.&#xD;&#xA; Redirection options=1001.&#xD;&#xA; The following error occurred: &quot;Can not create folder &quot;\\corp.mycompany.com\net\users\desktop\username&quot;&quot;.&#xD;&#xA; Error details: &quot;This file is currently not available for use on this computer.&#xD;&#xA;&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have made sure that there is no pre-existing folder with the name in question, so that I can be sure that Windows creates the folder with the permissions that it wants.  I set up my permissions on the parent folder using TechNet's guidance, and I can manually create the folder in question using the command prompt while logged on as the user in question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why is this failing?  What possible causes should I look for?" />
  <row Id="14817" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8338" RevisionGUID="b8d98e38-f22b-4d08-86d4-537ed784cf4a" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:10:42.333" UserId="2604" Text="Why is folder redirection failing on Windows Vista with event ID 502?" />
  <row Id="14818" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8338" RevisionGUID="b8d98e38-f22b-4d08-86d4-537ed784cf4a" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:10:42.333" UserId="2604" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="14819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8339" RevisionGUID="a6e1d559-2d9d-4ee9-9427-ff25e0b916e9" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:11:01.710" UserId="2539" Text="Do I need a third party tool for this?" />
  <row Id="14820" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8339" RevisionGUID="a6e1d559-2d9d-4ee9-9427-ff25e0b916e9" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:11:01.710" UserId="2539" Text="How can I remove specific events from the event log in Windows Server 2008?" />
  <row Id="14821" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8339" RevisionGUID="a6e1d559-2d9d-4ee9-9427-ff25e0b916e9" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:11:01.710" UserId="2539" Text="&lt;event-log&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="14822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8340" RevisionGUID="be48bd8b-2092-4192-a164-be7d262e9650" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:15:14.870" UserId="28" Text="I'm trying to force one PC to use a remote transparent squid proxy by re-routing all outgoing packets headed for port 80 to the squid proxy, although I'm having some difficulty with the exact iptables command line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The mini-HOWTO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/TransparentProxy-6.html has some good links for the two &quot;extreme&quot; cases: a three (or more) machine setup which has a client, router, and proxy, and a single machine setup where all three on the same machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my setup, I have a machine (called foo), with an IP of 192.168.1.100. Normally, it connects to the internet through a router at 192.168.1.1, which does NAT and has a public IP. In this case, foo also is connected via an OpenVPN tunnel (foo's tunnel address is 10.8.0.5/6) to a machine called bar (remote address 10.8.0.1), which runs squid. I want to use iptables to route all outgoing packets from foo headed for port 80 to bar's squid proxy, on port 3128.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't been able to figure out which chain and which targets to use; all my attempts have either been illegal (-A OUTPUT without -t nat and --to-destination) or just not done any good (various combinations of -A PREROUTING, OUTPUT, POSTROUTING, etc)." />
  <row Id="14823" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8340" RevisionGUID="be48bd8b-2092-4192-a164-be7d262e9650" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:15:14.870" UserId="28" Text="Transparent Proxy with Squid / iptables" />
  <row Id="14824" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8340" RevisionGUID="be48bd8b-2092-4192-a164-be7d262e9650" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:15:14.870" UserId="28" Text="&lt;iptables&gt;&lt;squid&gt;" />
  <row Id="14825" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8341" RevisionGUID="327586fd-aad6-4232-b923-7b7151b3688a" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:16:27.707" UserId="48" Text="The only thing you can do in Windows is clear the whole log.&#xD;&#xA;I only found one third party app that claims to do this -[Winzapper][1], however I have never used it and it states it is for NT and 2000 so I do not know if it will work for server 2003/2008. Be aware that there is potential for corruption of the Event log when using these, so tread carfeully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ntsecurity.nu/toolbox/winzapper/" />
  <row Id="14826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8342" RevisionGUID="c9948894-4b29-4a20-a5c3-d936a22f46e7" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:19:06.907" UserId="1787" Text="There already is a question addressing both wiping and disposal:&#xD;&#xA; http://serverfault.com/questions/3854/how-do-i-destroy-a-hard-disk" />
  <row Id="14827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8343" RevisionGUID="c2d31ce6-e800-434e-9a04-3d09826c3c73" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:20:20.587" UserId="2367" Text="I want to use Data Protection Manager 2007 to backup two servers with SQL-server that have several mirrored databases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On&#xD;&#xA;http://serverfault.com/questions/3756/maintenance-plan-for-sql-server-database-mirroring&#xD;&#xA;someone helpfully describes that for e.g. a maintenance plan one has to roll custom scripts to enable or disable these plans.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now if I use the DPM 2007 GUI to select what to protect I won't see the databases on the second server that are in recovering state.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What should I do?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can I somehow make SQL server (2005) to prefer one instance over the other so that the mirrored database always switches back to the main node after e.g. automatic windows updates?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or should I &quot;trick&quot; DPM by first planning a backup of all database on the first node, then do manual failover and then reselect them?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have not tried it, will it tolerate the failures? Or stop working? In any case I think it will nag regularly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, have the data backuped twice is redundant. " />
  <row Id="14828" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8343" RevisionGUID="c2d31ce6-e800-434e-9a04-3d09826c3c73" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:20:20.587" UserId="2367" Text="DPM server and mirrored SQL-server cluster" />
  <row Id="14829" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8343" RevisionGUID="c2d31ce6-e800-434e-9a04-3d09826c3c73" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:20:20.587" UserId="2367" Text="&lt;dpm&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;mirror&gt;" />
  <row Id="14830" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8344" RevisionGUID="93718c5e-ea74-4b13-ab0d-5b2d87488431" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:20:57.857" UserId="2012" Text="The only way to I know of is to watch for message you have above. (I check WSUS once every a week as a matter of routine)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then go to the update services mmc | options | Product and Classifications&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once I have that open I have used my favorite note taking app to write down what I have checked previous.  Then I do a stare and compare to determine which ones have changed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14831" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8345" RevisionGUID="03f0b5a4-641c-4e34-925a-ee1f466e7f5b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:23:13.843" UserId="984" Text="You mention that you can create the folder manually.  Have you also tried changing the permissions manually.  Does the user have the ability to change the permissions of the folder?   Did you check the share permissions aren't blocking access that they would have gotten based on the acls?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't figure it out, I would setup a test folder/gpu give the test users  full control to see if redirection works.  Then start locking things down based on the technet advice and see where it breaks." />
  <row Id="14833" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8347" RevisionGUID="7c3ba80d-196f-423b-9d0d-db2b09f73165" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:27:35.490" UserId="1156" Text="Try [mpstat][1] and look at %iowait.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [pdurbin@beamish ~]$ mpstat 1 5&#xD;&#xA;    Linux 2.6.18-128.1.10.el5 (beamish)    05/14/2009&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    03:25:27 PM  CPU   %user   %nice    %sys %iowait    %irq   %soft  %steal   %idle    intr/s&#xD;&#xA;    03:25:28 PM  all    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00  100.00   1073.00&#xD;&#xA;    03:25:29 PM  all    0.25    0.00    0.50    0.00    0.00    0.25    0.00   99.00   1202.00&#xD;&#xA;    03:25:30 PM  all    1.50    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   98.50   1071.00&#xD;&#xA;    03:25:31 PM  all    0.25    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   99.75   1150.00&#xD;&#xA;    03:25:32 PM  all    0.25    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   99.75   1086.00&#xD;&#xA;    Average:     all    0.45    0.00    0.10    0.00    0.00    0.05    0.00   99.40   1116.40&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpstat" />
  <row Id="14834" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8348" RevisionGUID="087dc186-861f-4760-8bca-aed4d469e82b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:28:27.907" UserId="2541" Text="This is the fella to look at&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;Setup has detected the system is missing one or more prerequisites required to install&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems that a prerequisite for IE8 is missing from those machines, perhaps the correct .NET framework or a service pack.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="14835" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8349" RevisionGUID="5e21090a-ed59-440e-a79e-1854b3fdcabc" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:28:57.360" UserId="2359" Text="Back in the Windows 2000 I remember being able to reset and change the local administrator password on remote workstations with the following command from [MS KB 272530][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    The following .bat file will change the local administrator password to newpass &#xD;&#xA;    on the \\pc1, \\pc2, and \\pc3 computers: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cusrmgr.exe -u Administrator -m \\pc1 -P newpass&#xD;&#xA;    cusrmgr.exe -u Administrator -m \\pc2 -P newpass&#xD;&#xA;    cusrmgr.exe -u Administrator -m \\pc3 -P newpass &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, this command does not seem to work in Windows 2003 or 2008.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a new method that will allow me to change the local administrator password on my remote workstations similar to the cusrmgr command?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/272530" />
  <row Id="14836" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8349" RevisionGUID="5e21090a-ed59-440e-a79e-1854b3fdcabc" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:28:57.360" UserId="2359" Text="Reset Local Administrator Password remotely" />
  <row Id="14837" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8349" RevisionGUID="5e21090a-ed59-440e-a79e-1854b3fdcabc" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:28:57.360" UserId="2359" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;password&gt;" />
  <row Id="14838" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8350" RevisionGUID="4b7e6a63-b5eb-4e2c-8332-db580b3211fe" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:29:33.800" UserId="1787" Text="There's no obvious answer to this. I was trying to figure out how much would I have to pay for DIY gaming PC, comparable with Dell Studio XPS. Basically it resulted, that DIY computer with exactly same configuration would cost some 10-20% more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now difference comes from upgrade options, like adding second HDD or more memory. This is a lot cheaper in case of DIY. So really pimped-up DIY PC will cost lot less then pimped-up Dell. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other thing is, I'd like to use nVidia, but Dell Studio XPS comes with Radeons. No option to change it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, if you're considering one of Acer's brands (eMachines, Gateway), there is absolutely no way of making decent DIY for their price. But then again, these aren't exactly top quality.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14840" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8336" RevisionGUID="c3a3d729-9e24-4dc5-9f27-6cc3aca43a9c" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:30:52.567" UserId="2600" Comment="corrected formatting" Text="I haven't fully tried this, but it occurs to me that you could create a dummy route process with a route-map that redistributes matches into it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;router ospf 99&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  redistribute bgp 6447 subnets route-map tagtest&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;route-map tagtest permit 10&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; match tag 3549&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This then should show you all of the tagged routes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;router# sh ip ospf 99 database" />
  <row Id="14841" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2661" RevisionGUID="9ad80d89-48a0-4802-8a8b-535626f52223" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:34:08.817" UserId="1225" Comment="edited body" Text="There are a couple of really good shows on RunAs Radio about performancing monitor. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.runasradio.com/default.aspx?showNum=81][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.runasradio.com/default.aspx?showNum=77][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first show gives good details on what you should be monitoring and why. The second is about a tool called PAL (Performance Analysis of Logs), [http://www.codeplex.com/pal][3], which will give you reporting on the Performance Monitor data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.runasradio.com/default.aspx?showNum=81&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.runasradio.com/default.aspx?showNum=77&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.codeplex.com/pal" />
  <row Id="14842" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8351" RevisionGUID="975631a4-12a6-4c10-9094-79ac37a40181" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:35:47.817" UserId="1533" Text="I wonder if its possible to install a HP UX server from network, but using a &quot;installation server (or depot)&quot; that is not a HP UX machine." />
  <row Id="14843" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8351" RevisionGUID="975631a4-12a6-4c10-9094-79ac37a40181" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:35:47.817" UserId="1533" Text="Install from Network in HP UX" />
  <row Id="14844" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8351" RevisionGUID="975631a4-12a6-4c10-9094-79ac37a40181" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:35:47.817" UserId="1533" Text="&lt;hp-ux&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;install&gt;" />
  <row Id="14845" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8352" RevisionGUID="d78273ed-d0f5-422a-8337-40865023d258" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:36:21.137" UserId="1247" Text="Microsoft purposely prevents you from doing this.  The whole concept of the Event Viewer is to present to you certain events that may require your attention.  If one could go in and delete any old random event, then the system could in a sense be compromised without you knowing, therefor making it unsafe.  If you are having an event logged that is and error....find out what is causing the problem and fix it.  You don't want to patch a whole in a dam by sticking a wad gum in the hole.  If something is logging informational or caution events too much, then many times the event log source (either Microsoft or a third-party) has some setting that indicates how often or to what level of logging to configure for an application. And that is where you go to minimize the logging, not by doing surgery on the event log." />
  <row Id="14846" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8353" RevisionGUID="b0114e16-8ddd-45a2-af6b-6fabc323b48d" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:37:58.747" UserId="2367" Text="You could try socat under cygwin, it is a &quot;swiss army knife&quot; like netcat, but works for bidrectional connections:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;one example from the man-page:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    socat -d -d -lmlocal2 \&#xD;&#xA;    TCP4-LISTEN:80,bind=myaddr1,su=nobody,fork,range=10.0.0.0/8,reuseaddr \&#xD;&#xA;    TCP4:www.domain.org:80,bind=myaddr2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TCP port forwarder, each side bound to another local IP address (bind). This example handles an almost arbitrary number of parallel or consecutive connections by fork'ing a new process after each accept() . It provides a little security by su'ing to user nobody after forking; it only permits connections from the private 10 network (range); due to reuseaddr, it allows immediate restart after master process's termination, even if some child sockets are not completely shut down. With -lmlocal2, socat logs to stderr until successfully reaching the accept loop. Further logging is directed to syslog with facility local2." />
  <row Id="14847" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5474" RevisionGUID="3d2041f9-bfb4-4a4d-88cf-6f3b7f1a010e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:38:48.497" UserId="1820" Comment="added 143 characters in body" Text="One of the new features of Server 2008 is the ability to attach a task to a specific event in the event logs. One of the actions available is to send an email through a SMTP server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is working great, however it would be ideal if in the message body, the Event contents could be placed. I have tried using $eventdescription and %eventdescription%, but those are just shots in the dark. Any amount of googling produces no results. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know if this is possible?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**: Sparks' suggestion below is a step in the right direction I believe, however that method doesn't seem to work for all values. For example, I can pull the RecordID, Severity and Channel as shown, but I can't use the same method to retreive the EventID, or most importantly the description.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the raw XML from one event:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [Event xmlns=&quot;http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event&quot;]&#xD;&#xA;      [System]&#xD;&#xA;        [Provider Name=&quot;DFSR&quot; /] &#xD;&#xA;        [EventID Qualifiers=&quot;16384&quot;]4412[/EventID] &#xD;&#xA;        [Level]4[/Level] &#xD;&#xA;        [Task]0[/Task] &#xD;&#xA;        [Keywords]0x80000000000000[/Keywords] &#xD;&#xA;        [TimeCreated SystemTime=&quot;2009-05-14T18:18:09.000Z&quot; /] &#xD;&#xA;        [EventRecordID]45692[/EventRecordID] &#xD;&#xA;        [Channel]DFS Replication[/Channel] &#xD;&#xA;        [Computer]servername.domain.com[/Computer] &#xD;&#xA;        [Security /] &#xD;&#xA;        [/System]&#xD;&#xA;      [EventData]&#xD;&#xA;        [Data]9046C3F4-843E-4A53-B941-4B20764072E5[/Data] &#xD;&#xA;        [Data]D:\departments\Geomatics\Plan Quality\Data Processing\CG3533017 2009-05-13 KT FIXED[/Data] &#xD;&#xA;        [Data]D:\departments[/Data] &#xD;&#xA;        [Data]{26D5F604-E603-4F87-8EC3-DE9A945DA8FD}-v927199[/Data] &#xD;&#xA;        [Data]Departments[/Data] &#xD;&#xA;        [Data]swg.ca\files\departments[/Data] &#xD;&#xA;        [Data]B8242CE2-F5EB-47DA-BA5B-1DD2F7EE3AB9[/Data] &#xD;&#xA;        [Data]DFAA7A54-66CB-4C31-81A0-0F861382C32C[/Data] &#xD;&#xA;        [Data]CG3533017 2009-05-13-{26D5F604-E603-4F87-8EC3-DE9A945DA8FD}-v927199[/Data] &#xD;&#xA;      [/EventData]&#xD;&#xA;     [/Event]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried using a ValueQuery for EventData, but it returns no data." />
  <row Id="14848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8354" RevisionGUID="78b80c3e-a868-49d0-ad41-c5e18084b3e0" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:44:03.840" UserId="2304" Text="Setting up a proxy server inside China could turn out to be much trickier than you think... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ISP's are required to register all internet connected devices with the government and implement the government sanctioned block list.  If you do manage to set up a proxy inside China that can bypass the block list, then it will technically be illegal.  Setting up a proxy *outside* China that isn't blocked is a possibility, however there's no guarantee that it'll remain unblocked in the future.  [More info at Human Rights Watch][1]...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The most legal / safe route would be to request your webapp be granted an exemption by the government, however I couldn't find an easy link to do this... you might try contacting the Chinese [Ministry of Information Industry][2] to see if they can point you in the right direction.  &#xD;&#xA;(I wish you luck though - the company I work for recently looked into doing business inside China, and it turned out to be horrendously complicated, even for a basic retail company)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The [wikipedia page on PRC internet censorship][3] also has a lot of good info and links.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hrw.org/reports/2006/china0806/3.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.cnii.com.cn/ecnii/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" />
  <row Id="14849" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8232" RevisionGUID="ee057ac1-7f17-4ac8-befd-c7c8ea33a036" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:47:06.673" UserId="1478" Comment="added 4 characters in body; edited title" Text="On one (or more) of our Windows Server 2003 R2 servers the &quot;Server&quot; and &quot;Workstation&quot; services keep stopping. There's nothing in the event viewer that would indicate why (no errors). I recall seeing it once on one server but after I started the services it hasn't had any problems since. However, on one of the other servers they stop all the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They are in a remote data center (with a 2008 DC on-site) that is a replication site (the primary DCs are over here). The server has quad NIC's with 2 disabled, one plugged into the switch (static IP, Windows Networking enabled) and one plugged into another server (static IP, windows networking enabled, no DNS, etc.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What sort of troubleshooting can I do to diagnose this? Any other ideas why these services would keep stopping?" />
  <row Id="14850" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="8232" RevisionGUID="ee057ac1-7f17-4ac8-befd-c7c8ea33a036" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:47:06.673" UserId="1478" Comment="added 4 characters in body; edited title" Text="&quot;Workstation&quot; and &quot;Server&quot; Services Keep Stopping" />
  <row Id="14851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8355" RevisionGUID="210ae744-e4d2-4bb4-b066-ea388d6f562b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:48:06.657" UserId="2359" Text="Found the answer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PsPasswrd.exe in the PsTools download.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Works great :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897543.aspx" />
  <row Id="14852" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8356" RevisionGUID="0fa4424f-c965-4b28-9fc3-d09db8123fb5" CreationDate="2009-05-14T19:54:13.433" UserId="984" Text="If I understand you correctly, what you want to do isn't going to be handled simply by configuring iptables.  The REDIR target can only be used to target processes running on the local system.  I believe attempting to use a DNAT target to forward the to the remote squid box would remove some of the information the remote squid box needs to properly  handle the request&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you allow me to guess a bit.  I think you are trying to leave the default gateway as 192.168.1.1 on your host and then send your port 80 traffic across the vpn right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The remote squid needs some configuration so that it can actually act as a transparent proxy.  If you can setup the correct iptables redirection on the squid host, and the remote host is in the network path, then it is possible to do use some advanced routing to forward all port 80 requests across the vpn.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. If I am understanding your needs correctly add a comment, I can update my answer with more details about how to setup routing." />
  <row Id="14853" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8357" RevisionGUID="44b31ec8-d9b0-4814-881a-a75173c0ff39" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:04:13.387" UserId="1840" Text="Wow, I would scan the system right away.  There are some attacks to windows servers/clients that cause this kind of behavior.  Of course, this would be less of a problem if:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You have AV running on the box&#xD;&#xA; - The server/client is well patched (windows updates)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Might want to specifically look for good'ol [conflicker][1]! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good Luck!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflicker" />
  <row Id="14854" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8358" RevisionGUID="d021a88f-fb0b-4fc7-8192-ae4cb5904319" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:07:14.973" UserId="564" Text="In my experience I no longer build my own PC's.  For a couple of reasons&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. I don't want to spend the time to research every component and make sure they are 100 % compatible with one another&#xD;&#xA; 2. I don't want to spend the time talking to 5 vendors/suppliers when something breaks .. I want 1 point of contact and I want them to fix it&#xD;&#xA; 3. I don't want to deal with trying to keep track of the warranty for every part I purchased.  Again I want one point of contact.&#xD;&#xA; 4. If the machine isn't for me directly I don't want to be responsible for it ... I don't want my mom/grandma/neighbor calling me every weekend asking me how to fix XYZ ... let them call Dell or HP or (Insert your favorite vendor here)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Over all I find the time and hassle that goes into building my own isn't worth it.  As some have said if you need a machine for a very specific reason then it may merit building your own.  But 99% of the time it is cheaper in the long run to buy something on the market.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14855" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8323" RevisionGUID="83fbe4af-9078-4124-9595-68311143c60b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:13:06.757" UserId="1803" Comment="added 97 characters in body" Text="We've got an old home-grown site in production and I'm trying to convince it to love its new virtual home.  Though I've got a passing familiarity with IIS, I'm hoping some gotcha may jump out at more experienced ASP/.Net folks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Old server is windows 2000, and the original setup guy's answer to pretty much everything was C:\ --&gt; Everyone --&gt; Full Control.  However, there WAS a setup doc, that seemed to work up to a point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Created a local admin user&#xD;&#xA;* Created COM+ applications referencing that user and some dll's supplied with the site&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Got through the last error by adding &quot;Provider=sqloledb;&quot; to the connection .asp, and have landed myself here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Server object error 'ASP 0178 :&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 80070005'  Server.CreateObject Access&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Error  /Include/fnLookups.asp, line 10&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The call to Server.CreateObject failed&#xD;&#xA;&gt; while checking permissions. Access is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; denied to this object.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Line 10 appears to be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; set objClient = Server.CreateObject(&quot;fooUser.CfooUser&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I trundle off to the System log and I have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID &#xD;&#xA;{280D5CF7-80A4-40AC-844C-FE3653F02FF1}&#xD;&#xA; to the user domainname\username SID (mySID).  This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is good news in a way, it's picking up the COM app and my ID just fine.  I added myself to the &quot;Access Permissions&quot; and &quot;Launch &amp; Activation Permissions&quot; of the My Computer object in dcomdnfg - but my barking seems to be directed at the wrong tree.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ran through [mskb198432][1] as well as I could, though it seems directed at an earlier version, but no joy there, either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas are welcome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit - Old server is 32 bit, new is x64 - possibly this is a horrible idea and I'll recreate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/198432" />
  <row Id="14856" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8359" RevisionGUID="957290e3-fca0-41ca-b4ef-35762d478d31" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:14:02.183" UserId="2494" Text="A few years back we put a system on a college campus (connected to the college network). It was rooted in approximately 2 days. Since we could easily replace it, we just over-wrote the drive and ran Nmap on the system before reconnecting to the campus network." />
  <row Id="14857" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8232" RevisionGUID="060923e8-2aaa-4079-a0e3-00f145040a95" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:14:52.277" UserId="1478" Comment="added 237 characters in body" Text="On one (or more) of our Windows Server 2003 R2 servers the &quot;Server&quot; and &quot;Workstation&quot; services keep stopping. There's nothing in the event viewer that would indicate why (no errors). I recall seeing it once on one server but after I started the services it hasn't had any problems since. However, on one of the other servers they stop all the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They are in a remote data center (with a 2008 DC on-site) that is a replication site (the primary DCs are over here). The server has quad NIC's with 2 disabled, one plugged into the switch (static IP, Windows Networking enabled) and one plugged into another server (static IP, windows networking enabled, no DNS, etc.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What sort of troubleshooting can I do to diagnose this? Any other ideas why these services would keep stopping?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&#xD;&#xA;All the servers are completely patched (Autoupdate is turned ON) and two separate on-demand virus scanners reported no issues. They are servers and firewalled off from the general internet so generally not much is run on them." />
  <row Id="14858" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8352" RevisionGUID="b550bb29-e337-43c5-9a8f-15c999a12503" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:19:13.003" UserId="1247" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="Microsoft purposely prevents you from doing this.  The whole concept of the Event Viewer is to present to you certain events that may require your attention.  If one could go in and delete any old random event, then the system could in a sense be compromised without you knowing, therefor making it unsafe.  If you are having an event logged that is and error....find out what is causing the problem and fix it.  You don't want to patch a hole in a dam by sticking a wad gum in the hole.  If something is logging informational or caution events too much, then many times the event log source (either Microsoft or a third-party) has some setting that indicates how often or to what level of logging to configure for an application. And that is where you go to minimize the logging, not by doing surgery on the event log." />
  <row Id="14859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8360" RevisionGUID="2d5e5397-80e4-4ef5-bfdb-aa9a132384af" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:20:26.480" UserId="1466" Text="On our network we give each user a network share at **\\\fileserver\users\username**.  These are intentionally NOT set up as their *home directory*, and are instead mapped by a login script every time the user logs on.  For new users, this drive mapping fails, since the folder does not exist yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way that when we create a new user in Active Directory, it can automatically create the folder at \\\fileserver\users\username?  Or alternatively, that the folder can be created the first time it is accessed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not, can somebody show me how to manually create a folder with vbscript?" />
  <row Id="14860" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8360" RevisionGUID="2d5e5397-80e4-4ef5-bfdb-aa9a132384af" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:20:26.480" UserId="1466" Text="Auto create new directory for new user on Windows File Server" />
  <row Id="14861" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8360" RevisionGUID="2d5e5397-80e4-4ef5-bfdb-aa9a132384af" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:20:26.480" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;fileserver&gt;&lt;user-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="14862" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8361" RevisionGUID="5fc3bf36-655d-443f-8b0d-b076e750f1f6" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:23:23.433" UserId="2304" Text="You might want to run through [KB 899965][1], it has some fairly detailed steps and seems like it might be a bit more specific to your issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899965" />
  <row Id="14863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8362" RevisionGUID="72e7f888-137d-4c07-82f2-1e8816a4f70c" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:25:14.957" UserId="1247" Text="    On Error Resume Next&#xD;&#xA;    set objFSO  = CreateObject(&quot;Scripting.FileSystem&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    If Not objFSO.FolderExists(&quot;\\fileserver\users\username&quot;) Then&#xD;&#xA;        result = objFSO.CreateFolder(&quot;\\fileserver\users\username&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        If result = 0 AND Err.number = 0 Then Wscript.Echo Chr(34) &amp; &quot;\\fileserver\users\username&quot; &amp; Chr(34) &quot; -created&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    End If" />
  <row Id="14864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8363" RevisionGUID="62be653e-a6e2-417d-a1a3-5769ad3e587c" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:26:03.770" UserId="1463" Text="![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;[xkcd.com][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/cnr.png&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.xkcd.com/583/" />
  <row Id="14865" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8363" RevisionGUID="62be653e-a6e2-417d-a1a3-5769ad3e587c" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:26:03.770" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14866" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8360" RevisionGUID="b7e61ef7-6584-4f1d-b342-8814307cb3d0" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:26:58.277" UserId="1466" Comment="added 6 characters in body" Text="On our network we give each user a network share at **\\\fileserver\users\username**.  These are intentionally NOT set up as their *home directory*, and are instead mapped by a login script every time the user logs on.  For new users, this drive mapping fails, since the folder does not exist yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way that when we create a new user in Active Directory, it can automatically create the folder at \\\fileserver\users\username?  Or alternatively, that the folder can be created the first time it is accessed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Failing that, can somebody show me how to manually create a folder with vbscript?" />
  <row Id="14867" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8364" RevisionGUID="10c42de3-5c54-42b5-b317-4fb9cd180be0" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:30:25.263" UserId="1803" Text="What might solve your problem is to change the audit policies in group policy.  Without knowing what specifically you want to not show up, I'm not sure if there's a setting for it, but here's an example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In GPMC, drill down through Computer Configuration - Windows Settings - Security Settings - Local Policies - Audit Policy.  There's not a TON of granularity here, but maybe you can get rid of what's filling up your logs.  (My DCs aren't 2008, so this is what I've got from a 2003 AD perspective, hopefully it's not completely different)" />
  <row Id="14868" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8365" RevisionGUID="2dbd3d86-b26e-4d72-a58f-f672db4bbebe" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:33:05.397" UserId="715" Text="Ok, I think I've got it sorted out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think the card was fragmented enough that windows wasn't able to copy file to it without breaking it up in to far to many pieces.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1.  Disk Defragmenter's analysis didn't show a &quot;need&quot; to defragment, but there were lots of little gaps, and not very many bigger gaps. I know defragging SD cards and USB drives is considered harmful, so...&#xD;&#xA; 2.  I moved another big file off, and then moved my original file on and that worked. But moving the first big file back on again didn't. So...&#xD;&#xA; 3.  I moved the contents of the whole card off onto the C drive, and then back on (effectively a defrag without all the writes that Disk Defragmenter would do). This allowed me to move all the files onto the SD card. I was even able to fill up the rest of the disk without that error occurring again." />
  <row Id="14869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8366" RevisionGUID="0956ab65-161b-41d4-895a-475e5f7df9b0" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:36:28.327" UserId="1840" Text="![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://pcproblems.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/dilbert2007029326511.gif" />
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  <row Id="14871" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7470" RevisionGUID="fe38133d-522b-49d3-a5cf-ea95550e07c0" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:39:22.843" UserId="1164" Comment="clarification of quesiton" Text="What do you use for temporarily externally mounting 3.5&quot; SATA and IDE hard drives?  When I'm in the field and just have a laptop with me, I'd like to be able to mount a client's drive to my laptop for data recovery, etc.  Is a separate USB enclosure for SATA and IDE the best option?   Any other ideas?" />
  <row Id="14872" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="7470" RevisionGUID="fe38133d-522b-49d3-a5cf-ea95550e07c0" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:39:22.843" UserId="1164" Comment="clarification of quesiton" Text="Temporary external mounting of 3.5&quot; SATA/IDE drives." />
  <row Id="14873" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8367" RevisionGUID="d11ac51f-caa8-4c1f-bb0d-5510a6f553c8" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:44:14.007" UserId="1968" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need a new server for exchange 2007, it'll have about 70 mailbox. We prefer DELL (all our servers are DELL).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you appoint me some specs?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regards" />
  <row Id="14874" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8367" RevisionGUID="d11ac51f-caa8-4c1f-bb0d-5510a6f553c8" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:44:14.007" UserId="1968" Text="Server for Exchange 2007" />
  <row Id="14875" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8367" RevisionGUID="d11ac51f-caa8-4c1f-bb0d-5510a6f553c8" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:44:14.007" UserId="1968" Text="&lt;dell&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;exchange-2007&gt;" />
  <row Id="14876" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8368" RevisionGUID="f0ae6574-d699-46a0-9ee5-5624bef61c1b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:44:42.070" UserId="975" Text="Updating to the latest components(*as of 5/13/2009*) from [TrendMicro][1] fixed this issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks to all who gave there time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://us.trendmicro.com/us/home/" />
  <row Id="14877" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8369" RevisionGUID="624fc817-68c0-4433-a55c-13079be3130f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:45:02.990" UserId="2541" Text="Like some users complained, you weren't clear if this is classic asp or asp.net. That said, going with your subject line and error message, here is my 2 cents&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this is a .NET application&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Make usre ASP.NET is installed correctly.&#xD;&#xA;2. Make sure the site is configured for ASP.NET 2.0 in IIS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It looks like your application is accesing a COM object so make sure the IIS worker process has access to that component. You can try running FILEMON and REGMON to find out exactly which component is the culprit. If the component is in the Program Files/Common folder, then make sure the correct permissions is set on that folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Accessing COM components in ASP.NET or even Classis ASP is usually a B.... to troubleshoot." />
  <row Id="14878" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8370" RevisionGUID="339e8383-b888-4035-b885-6139384e004b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:48:40.410" UserId="2550" Text="For completenesss, I'll also throw in a suggestion of [Webalizer][1], although it's been a while since I used it last. (My more recent experience has been with the already-mentioned [AWStats][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mrunix.net/webalizer/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://awstats.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="14879" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8371" RevisionGUID="77eb7d79-0d05-4800-ba88-66e84e349e6b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:58:09.023" UserId="2304" Text="That's a huge question without a simple answer... best advice is to [start reading][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [Planning Processor Configurations][2]&#xD;&#xA;* [Planning Memory Configurations][3]&#xD;&#xA;* [Planning Server Role Ratios][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/01/16/432222.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998874.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb738124.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb738159.aspx" />
  <row Id="14880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8372" RevisionGUID="70fac70f-3aef-4105-b88a-db69a7af6897" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:58:33.623" UserId="2345" Text="To cut a long story short, my Dad was making space on his external hard drive, and in his haste to delete things he accidentally deleted a folder of family holiday pictures. I've used several downloadable file recovery tools and whilst a sizeable portion of the photos have been recovered there are photos in one folder that cannot be recovered.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After playing around with these tools I've discovered that these *unrecoverable* photos have been replaced by ones from an entirely different folder. Some tools have recovered images from the wrong folder whilst the rest won't recover but claim to be &quot;wrongly linked&quot; with this other folder (a folder containing the classic Virtual Pool game).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems unlikely as none of these popular tools have worked thus far, but is there a way for these photos to be recovered? " />
  <row Id="14881" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8372" RevisionGUID="70fac70f-3aef-4105-b88a-db69a7af6897" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:58:33.623" UserId="2345" Text="Can I recover my files?" />
  <row Id="14882" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8372" RevisionGUID="70fac70f-3aef-4105-b88a-db69a7af6897" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:58:33.623" UserId="2345" Text="&lt;file-recovery&gt;" />
  <row Id="14883" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6383" RevisionGUID="56993912-6064-439b-8812-9cbd16ad750a" CreationDate="2009-05-14T20:59:01.113" UserId="2294" Comment="added 60 characters in body" Text="There are some utilites to change the ntfs behavior, instead of editing the registry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;fsutil behavior set disable8dot3 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;fsutil behavior set disablelastaccess 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;put a second disk in the machine, to avoid thrashing" />
  <row Id="14884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8373" RevisionGUID="76625003-d31c-48bc-b547-12142d86654c" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:02:05.663" UserId="1883" Text="If you plan on upgrading components over the life of the system, you may find it worthwhile to build your own. Apart from the fun of voiding the warranty, systems from Dell/HP/other manufacturers often have odd configurations inside that make it difficult or impossible to perform upgrades beyond simple RAM upgrades. You may crack open your case to install a second hard drive and find there's no bracket for one and no obvious way to install one, for example. Building your own system makes it a lot easier to plan and execute future upgrades." />
  <row Id="14885" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8374" RevisionGUID="679719d1-b9c4-4e93-9c9c-0a4aeac2fd01" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:04:08.840" UserId="1054" Text="Most likely no, short of sending the drive to a data recovery service and shelling out some cash." />
  <row Id="14886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8375" RevisionGUID="d55e4228-15f8-42a4-81dd-80ee071f4c99" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:04:43.753" UserId="340" Text="I have a production server running vmware server 2.0.  I want one of the VM's (company intranet) to power on automatically if the host server is rebooted.  I searched online and found references to an autostart setting for the global configuration file and/or the local VMX files.  However in all cases, the advice was given 4 years ago, so I am not sure if this even applies anymore.  Should I just put a shortcut to the .vmx file in the startup group?  Is there a better/different way?  Thanks all!" />
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  <row Id="14888" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8375" RevisionGUID="d55e4228-15f8-42a4-81dd-80ee071f4c99" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:04:43.753" UserId="340" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;" />
  <row Id="14889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8376" RevisionGUID="f043cf93-3c7c-4555-a16c-4a51063f93b0" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:05:20.523" UserId="1450" Text="I administer one mail server that hosts several domains in it. I.E.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Mail Server: supermailserver.mydomain.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hosting mail for domains:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- domain1.com&#xD;&#xA;- domain2.com&#xD;&#xA;- domain3.com&#xD;&#xA;- domain4.com&#xD;&#xA;- domain5.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have my user database with OpenLDAP. The server works just fine. There is only one thing I  would like to tweak which is the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right now, if I add a user &quot;username&quot; to OpenLDAP and the CyrusMail backend, then &quot;username&quot; gets mail through the following addresses:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- username@domain1.com&#xD;&#xA;- username@domain2.com&#xD;&#xA;- username@domain3.com&#xD;&#xA;- username@domain4.com&#xD;&#xA;- username@domain5.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The tweak I would like to make is to allow &quot;username&quot; to get emails only from selected domains. What's the best (and easiest) way to do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks a lot in advance." />
  <row Id="14890" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8376" RevisionGUID="f043cf93-3c7c-4555-a16c-4a51063f93b0" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:05:20.523" UserId="1450" Text="Filter domains by user with SENDMAIL" />
  <row Id="14891" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8376" RevisionGUID="f043cf93-3c7c-4555-a16c-4a51063f93b0" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:05:20.523" UserId="1450" Text="&lt;sendmail&gt;&lt;domain&gt;" />
  <row Id="14892" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8377" RevisionGUID="ef53e6ac-44d8-40b9-b30f-475419ecb027" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:15:48.743" UserId="1039" Text="What I want is a pile of tiny UPS devices. They would only have to run my stuff for about 30 seconds as the bulk of power outages on't seem to even last that long.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Heck, from the same logic, I'd LOVE to see someone star making supercapacitor based replacements for laptop batteries so I can avoid baking the real thin while plugged in at work." />
  <row Id="14893" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8378" RevisionGUID="167cbf51-a3ee-4ade-8ed8-5b4aba5f7410" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:16:39.257" UserId="2304" Text="In the VMWare Server GUI, select host in the &quot;Inventory&quot; panel (root node of the tree), to the right &quot;Commands&quot; panel should appear with &quot;Edit Virtual Machine Startup/Shutdown Settings&quot;.  There will be an option to autostart the guest VM." />
  <row Id="14894" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8379" RevisionGUID="f0b5f000-ee26-45b3-b3fa-b1e3cfc1322e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:16:57.807" UserId="14678" UserDisplayName="Diago" Text="I unfortunately do not have a running VMWare console nearby, but there is a Startup and Shutdown either under the Virtual Machine menu or the virtual machine configuration. There is a simple tick box that specifies whether you want the machine to auto start, and you can also specify a delay. You can also control in which order the machines start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is standard functionality in VMWare Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(gsharper posts is more accurate regarding finding the option)" />
  <row Id="14895" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8360" RevisionGUID="20495862-deda-4584-bfc8-485e023ccfaf" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:18:25.777" UserId="1466" Comment="added 49 characters in body" Text="On our network we give each user a network share at **\\\fileserver\users\username**.  These are intentionally NOT set up as their *home directory*, and are instead mapped by a login script every time the user logs on.  For new users, this drive mapping fails, since the folder does not exist yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way that when we create a new user in Active Directory, it can automatically create the folder at \\\fileserver\users\username?  Or alternatively, that the folder can be created the first time it is accessed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Failing that, can somebody show me how to manually create a folder with vbscript?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*edit*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So it appears that the **logon script** solution is not going to work for me, because the user doesn't have permission to create folders in \\\fileserver\users. (and the script runs with the user's privileges)  **Any other ideas?**" />
  <row Id="14896" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8380" RevisionGUID="d8bbd423-27ea-4fda-ad6b-c098ebdb37b6" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:20:21.157" UserId="2318" Text="After reading article upon article on the Inquirer about the way **Nvidia** dealt with their defective GPUs (it seems very much like the dealt with it by repeatedly lying and snowing the public with hostile PR)... you don't exactly have a lot of choices when it comes to graphics card manufacturers, but if you *did*, it would sure feel nice never to buy Nvidia again:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1050162/nvidia-recomends-not-buying-its-defective-chips" />
  <row Id="14897" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8381" RevisionGUID="af2ca0e1-72c2-4d51-bec1-1706c9a04180" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:20:56.660" UserId="2101" Text="We setup explicit entries in virtusertable for domains that we accept mail for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    @domain1.com         error: 5.1.1:550 User %1@domain1.com unknown&#xD;&#xA;    user1@domain1.com    %1+%2&#xD;&#xA;    user2@domain1.com    %1+%2&#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;    @domain2.com         error: 5.1.1:550 User %1@domain2.com unknown&#xD;&#xA;    user3@domain2.com    %1+%2&#xD;&#xA;    user4@domain2.com    %1+%2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This forces you to list out every mail address that you accept (which can be interpreted as either bad or good)" />
  <row Id="14898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8382" RevisionGUID="046115ef-63a6-445b-bb7b-622ce205a026" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:23:12.273" UserId="14678" UserDisplayName="Diago" Text="For completeness sake, there is a difference between running a site as ASP.Net 1.0 and ASP.Net 2.0. Although the framework is backwards compatible, I would suggest trying to run the site as a Framework 1.1 site. This may require the loading of Framework 1.1. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However the code sample suggest that this is classic ASP. Therefore the problem is related to security on the COM Object. Ensure that the DLL has been registered, and there is also a possibility that the object you gave permission to is dependent on another DLL that you haven't given access to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, restart IIS and also the Component itself in component server when changing security, or any changes for that matter. It often needs to be kick started, due to memory caching and other extended reasons." />
  <row Id="14899" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8383" RevisionGUID="971c0541-0a18-4657-b520-dc3583523aec" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:28:46.103" UserId="1694" Text="Is there a service that will identify where a site is hosted (presumably by IP)?" />
  <row Id="14900" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8383" RevisionGUID="971c0541-0a18-4657-b520-dc3583523aec" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:28:46.103" UserId="1694" Text="How can I determine what hosting provider hosts a site?" />
  <row Id="14901" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8383" RevisionGUID="971c0541-0a18-4657-b520-dc3583523aec" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:28:46.103" UserId="1694" Text="&lt;web-hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="14902" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8384" RevisionGUID="85534697-763a-4410-bf71-a6c85539ee39" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:29:19.113" UserId="1435" Text="Warning: this is purely opinion - as far as I'm aware there's only one reason to go for Dell servers - price. I'm happy to be proven wrong however." />
  <row Id="14903" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8385" RevisionGUID="1a03bb09-5292-44dd-ad6b-26cabaa5e14a" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:32:47.860" UserId="1054" Text="This is a classic ASP application, not an ASP.NET app.  Make sure your IIS app pool hosting that app is running in the context of the user you created.  Also, make sure that app is not in any other app pools that host ASP.NET apps." />
  <row Id="14904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8386" RevisionGUID="287e2bfe-3026-4396-a55d-6665ebd77a5a" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:35:29.430" UserId="2550" Text="A good place to start is whois:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ARIN IP Address whois lookup][1]: this allows you to see who &quot;owns&quot; (ie. who is the registered operator for) a given IP address block.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Internic whois lookup][2]: this looks up the registered operator of a given domain name, along with their DNS servers (which *may* be operated by their hosting provider, but which could also easily be hosted elsewhere).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That will get you started. For more detailed information, use the traceroute command (or &quot;tracert&quot; on Windows) to see the path between your point on the network, and theirs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ws.arin.net/whois/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.internic.net/whois.html" />
  <row Id="14905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8387" RevisionGUID="d642ee8c-9d96-44ea-b5f8-a014244ad081" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:38:42.123" UserId="14678" UserDisplayName="Diago" Text="This will also depend on whether the domain is owned and registered by the hosting provider or not. The best clue normally is the DNS records, however I used to roll my own DNS for a while using zone edit for example, and non of the domain queries would show who is hosting the domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However it should give you fairly accurate information as to who owns the domain." />
  <row Id="14906" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8388" RevisionGUID="75b05b18-8914-451a-8205-c21f1fcc8ffb" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:45:01.007" UserId="2423" Text="Oh boy, this is a fun answer. My company does desktop/laptop computer repair, and we also do a lot of computer assembly. I keep very good records about what goes bad in our shop, and here is what my spreadsheet say:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Stay away from the HP Pavilion line of laptops that start with &quot;DV&quot; nearly half our laptop repair business (that is, physical repair, bad motherboards etc) is done in DV5000/DV6000/DV9000 computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Statistic - So far this year we have replaced 19 laptop motherboards. Of those, 10 were DV5000, DV6000 or DV900 models. Almost all had bad graphics chips. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Stay away from EMS motherboard, we frequently find them bad, even in relatively young (2-3 year old) desktops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) Stay away from Foxconn motherboards for the same reason, we frequently find them going bad even in very young machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Statistic - We have replaced 35 desktop motherboards so far this year. Of those, 28 were EMS or Foxconn. Two were Asus, 5 were MSI. I think I may have a dead MSI coming in later today, but we'll see.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) Dell Inspirons last forever. We see huge numbers of 4-6 year old Inspirons (600, 600,. 6000, 1505, 1705, etc) that have bad hard drives, but are in otherwise good condition. We see very few similar HPs (the ZE series, early Pavilions) that have lasted that long.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Statistic - We stock the most common Dell and HP power adapaters. In as far as the purchase of power adapters gives us a sense of the popularity and longevity of a machine, I have so far this year sold 15 adapters for older dells, and only 3 for older HPs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those are the most amusing/immediately apparently statistics I have for you, enjoy!" />
  <row Id="14907" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8389" RevisionGUID="ff5cb711-8d8b-4b48-bb42-7cddf88203ec" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:45:29.587" UserId="2502" Text="I have a VPN connection to a remote site and whenever nothing is plugged into the remote sites LAN bgroup the interface IP isn't managable or pingable.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone know what command I skipped on CLI for setting this up?  Or if there is a checkbox on the web interface I should go hit?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14908" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8389" RevisionGUID="ff5cb711-8d8b-4b48-bb42-7cddf88203ec" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:45:29.587" UserId="2502" Text="How do I keep a Juniper ScreenOS interface IP up when no one is plugged into it?" />
  <row Id="14909" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8389" RevisionGUID="ff5cb711-8d8b-4b48-bb42-7cddf88203ec" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:45:29.587" UserId="2502" Text="&lt;juniper&gt;&lt;screenos&gt;&lt;netscreen&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="14910" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8390" RevisionGUID="c93bfa1f-76e0-4688-a5d9-6a57a377352e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:52:54.643" UserId="2024" Text="Here are my experiences:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Dell : awful customer service, take ages to deliver kit. We ended up canceling a huge desktop order to them after they failed to deliver after 2 months. (We now buy HP workstations and have had no problems)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* HP : Our preferred choice. Servers have some nice features although can be a bit buggy at times (like the Blade Online Administrator for instance). In general they have proved by far the best in terms of reliability vs price&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* IBM : Awful reliability for servers, avoid!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Sun : Expensive but very reliable&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now for some networking stuff (this may offend some people ;) )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Cisco : More than anything what puts me off is their licensing, mainly because their customer services team don't have a clue about it either. It's also very expensive for the features it offers in many cases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Foundry : Amazing kit, amazing price and top notch customer service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* HP : Avoid Avoid Avoid - it does strange things and the CLI interface is unlike anything else around. We've also found things like the web interface completely lying about the VLAN setup and STP settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All that said no matter what kit you go for find a good reseller. If you have any problems you can always get the reseller to deal with it. We've been through a number of resellers and finally found some good ones. (We use separate ones for servers, desktops and networking equipment).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everyone will have different experiences thou so don't take my word as gospel ;)" />
  <row Id="14911" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8391" RevisionGUID="356b591b-c89a-49de-9f5f-79bad65bf972" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:53:15.003" UserId="1298" Text="&#xD;&#xA;I'm interested in deploying a django application with its database. So I would like to know what do you think what can be better in terms of performance: Three linodes 540 (720) or one linode 1440 (2880).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to have one to serve static content, another serving as application server, and the last as database server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is your advice?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14912" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8391" RevisionGUID="356b591b-c89a-49de-9f5f-79bad65bf972" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:53:15.003" UserId="1298" Text="what is better: three small VPS or a bigger one VPS" />
  <row Id="14913" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8391" RevisionGUID="356b591b-c89a-49de-9f5f-79bad65bf972" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:53:15.003" UserId="1298" Text="&lt;vps&gt;&lt;deployment&gt;" />
  <row Id="14914" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8392" RevisionGUID="a8cec36e-85fd-4deb-8703-987b95ce5d21" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:57:25.057" UserId="333" Text="It can be. More so the more you want out of a computer and the more tech savvy you are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Always keep in mind, cost effectiveness has two terms:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Cost Effectiveness = Value / Cost**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the low end, you're unlikely to be able to reduce system cost beyond what the big pre-fab companies are able to do (you can't save money by buying parts at wholesale, for example). You can reduce cost a little by taking advantage of some lower cost parts, especially if you need to customize from a standard baseline system. Often, larger hard drives and more RAM is cheaper through retail than through the customization fees on pre-fab systems, for example. An even more important aspect of lowering cost is the ability to get ONLY the parts that you want and NONE of the parts you don't want. Don't need an optical drive because you can scavenge one from another system? Don't need Vista because you plan on putting XP or Win7 RC or Ubuntu on it? Dell won't give you these options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Building Your Own System is About Increasing Value**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the reason you build your own systems. Not to save money, but to get exactly what you want. No PC vendor out there will give you as much control over the components of your system as you have when you build it yourself. Want a monster system with an overclocked Core-i7 proc, 12gb ram, 3-way nVidia gtx 280 SLI, your OS on 2 Velociraptors in a raid stripe and everything else on a 5-drive array of 2TB drives in RAID-5? You can get exactly that. Want a tiny home theater PC in a case that looks like your other AV equipment, uses onboard video with HDMI output, has eSATA and USB 2.0 ports for additional storage, and can be controlled via an IR remote? You can get exactly that too." />
  <row Id="14915" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8393" RevisionGUID="71214be1-0ec1-4c0e-83f0-7ee7b23c657e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:58:42.933" UserId="1382" Text="In my experience, it's still cost effective.  Even taking into account my time, I can still beat Dell or any other OEM by a significant margin.  Also you get the satisfaction of knowing what parts are in there." />
  <row Id="14916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8394" RevisionGUID="ee3b04b4-f68f-414e-80a0-367ec70d9fab" CreationDate="2009-05-14T21:59:22.933" UserId="2600" Text="Try creating a loopback interface and connecting the tunnel to that." />
  <row Id="14917" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8395" RevisionGUID="6ffe9858-1244-4d72-987f-652605360e80" CreationDate="2009-05-14T22:02:43.037" UserId="1736" Text="I'd go with the three.  If they wound up deployed to the same box, you'd be losing a little performance relative to a single VPS, but 1) they probably won't be, 2) it'll be easier to tune them for their roles than to tune a single VPS for all their roles, and 3) it means your application will be designed for distributed roles from day 1, so that if you need to get beefier later, maybe deploy a real server for each role, you're ready for it." />
  <row Id="14918" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8396" RevisionGUID="5b4c47c3-15fc-47ea-b7fb-f52d1a84f9b4" CreationDate="2009-05-14T22:04:39.710" UserId="2318" Text="Mac firmware has a special boot mode that allows you to offer its internal hdd to another computer as an external disk (you just connect the two machines via an IEEE 1394 cable). Only the second machine needs a functioning OS installed.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Any good suggestions for something similar on the PC side of things? Block level access isn't important to me, I'd just like to be able to copy files off it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any single-purpose Linux distro specially built to do this? It'd be nice to have something super simple, quickbooting, and small that I could install on a USB drive. I used to use Knoppix, but it's overkill as a Target Mode replacement.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14919" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8396" RevisionGUID="5b4c47c3-15fc-47ea-b7fb-f52d1a84f9b4" CreationDate="2009-05-14T22:04:39.710" UserId="2318" Text="PC equivalent to Mac Target Disk Mode?" />
  <row Id="14920" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8396" RevisionGUID="5b4c47c3-15fc-47ea-b7fb-f52d1a84f9b4" CreationDate="2009-05-14T22:04:39.710" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="14921" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8397" RevisionGUID="08b759d7-a320-4e7c-9b8d-d0a7749e648f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T22:08:40.950" UserId="301" Text="Target disk mode is a feature of the Mac BIOS firmware. I've never heard of this being implemented in a PC manufacturers BIOS." />
  <row Id="14922" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8396" RevisionGUID="869ae53e-a5fa-460d-bdb7-bf4d17a9679b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T22:11:34.597" UserId="2318" Comment="added 132 characters in body" Text="Mac firmware has a special boot mode that allows you to offer its internal hdd to another computer as an external disk (you just connect the two machines via an IEEE 1394 cable). Only the second machine needs a functioning OS installed.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Any good suggestions for something similar on the PC side of things? Block level access isn't important to me, I'd just like to be able to copy files off it. It doesn't matter to me if it uses Ethernet, IEEE 1394, or wifi - I just like having a quick way to access files on a client PC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any single-purpose Linux distro specially designed to do this? It'd be nice to have something super simple, quickbooting, and small that I could install on a USB drive. I used to use Knoppix, but it's overkill as a Target Mode replacement.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8398" RevisionGUID="bb110cb1-8422-450c-8e1c-5eb97c9fd46d" CreationDate="2009-05-14T22:12:07.310" UserId="1382" Text="Powershell 2 has some super-snazzy remoting features.  However, I'm unclear if they can be made to work with / between XP machines, or if you need Vista / Win7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what I have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A pair of XP MCE machines with SP3 installed, along with .Net 3.5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PowerShell 2.0 CTP3 installed on both.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WS-Management v1.1 installed on both (as 2.0 doesn't seem to work on XP?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With all that in place, the &quot;Enable-PSRemoting&quot; still nets me this error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Enable-PSSessionConfiguration :&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows PowerShell remoting features&#xD;&#xA;&gt; are not enabled or not supported on&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this machine.    This may be because&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you do not have the correct version of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; WS-Management installed or this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; version of Windows does not    support&#xD;&#xA;&gt; remoting currently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ordinarily, my response at this point would be to say &quot;well, I guess it's time to download the Win7RC,&quot; but I've seen enough vague comments about people remoting in and out of XP to make me think this is possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone made this work?" />
  <row Id="14924" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8398" RevisionGUID="bb110cb1-8422-450c-8e1c-5eb97c9fd46d" CreationDate="2009-05-14T22:12:07.310" UserId="1382" Text="Is there a way to get PowerShell 2's remoting features to work between XP machines?" />
  <row Id="14925" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8398" RevisionGUID="bb110cb1-8422-450c-8e1c-5eb97c9fd46d" CreationDate="2009-05-14T22:12:07.310" UserId="1382" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;remoting&gt;" />
  <row Id="14926" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8399" RevisionGUID="2104db3c-eb6c-4caf-bc3d-a93ceb05d0a4" CreationDate="2009-05-14T22:16:21.843" UserId="942" Text="I respectfully disagree with chaos' suggestion. Having several VPS won't distribute the load equally, and the VPS that serves static files will be probably vastly under used. Also it increases the complexity of your application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd go with a big fat server, increase its capacity as needed, and only consider partitioning when it's no longer feasible to upgrade it." />
  <row Id="14927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8400" RevisionGUID="84fa21f6-85da-4814-8365-18023e609432" CreationDate="2009-05-14T22:19:49.343" UserId="984" Text="A long time ago you could use a special parallel cable or null modem cable to connect two computers.  That is completely worthless though given the speed and ammount of data you probably need to transfer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use a special [usb cable][1] to connect to computers.  Several vendors sell a cable that allow you to connect two computers via usb.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If both computers have ethernet then of course you can setup a network between the two.  You may need a cross-over cable.  I don't know of any off the top of my head, but it sure seems like it would be really easy to build a live cd/usb that simply boots, mounts every possible device and shares it all out via smb, nfs, ssh and starts a dhcp server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linkusb.com/" />
  <row Id="14928" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="7994" RevisionGUID="fddea028-b379-4c5b-9c8b-9a8285dfce30" CreationDate="2009-05-14T22:27:33.167" UserId="2318" Comment="edited title" Text="How to set up iPhone Exchange ActiveSync?" />
  <row Id="14930" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8402" RevisionGUID="5354d06d-b41e-4219-bc48-3e61c552781b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T22:29:31.120" UserId="767" Text="On Microsoft IIS5, I right click on &quot;Websites&quot; and select New -&gt; Web Site and it creates a green globe with a hand underneath it under the &quot;web Sites&quot; root folder in IIS.  I set it up and point it to a directory on C:\.  I also assigned the port number to 8181.  I run http://localhost:8181/test.html and it works. &#xD;&#xA;I run http://localhost:8181/test.php and it gives me the page cannot be found. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've also taken steps to download the php5isapi.dll, added it to the ISAPI Filters tab of the properties section of the new &quot;Web Site&quot;.  Then enabled it in the &quot;Web Service Extension&quot; folder and enabled it only to be greeted with an error message in the Application folder of the Events Log saying &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Could not load all ISAPI filterse for site/service.  Therefore startup aborted.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas on this?  I'm stumped.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks in advance." />
  <row Id="14931" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8402" RevisionGUID="5354d06d-b41e-4219-bc48-3e61c552781b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T22:29:31.120" UserId="767" Text="iis5 php installation on new &quot;Web Site&quot;:  recommend a good setup tutorial?" />
  <row Id="14932" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8402" RevisionGUID="5354d06d-b41e-4219-bc48-3e61c552781b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T22:29:31.120" UserId="767" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;php&gt;" />
  <row Id="14933" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8403" RevisionGUID="a2aced80-ced6-4a3a-8357-13abf4f62cc8" CreationDate="2009-05-14T22:30:59.433" UserId="1435" Text="I'm just about to build out a new dual data centre platform, we know what we're doing for servers, storage, DWDM, backup, apps, DB etc. and we're firmly a Cisco house for 98% of our networking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of our other platforms use Ciscoworks but we've questioned every other component in the new environment so why not question this one. So my question is - what other management/support platform can support lots of Cisco boxes (Nexus 7k/5k, 6513, 9513, ACE etc.) and is genuinely 'enterprise ready'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not that I don't like CW but I think it's important to question these things periodically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="14934" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8403" RevisionGUID="a2aced80-ced6-4a3a-8357-13abf4f62cc8" CreationDate="2009-05-14T22:30:59.433" UserId="1435" Text="Is Ciscoworks still the best platform to manage Cisco devices?" />
  <row Id="14935" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8403" RevisionGUID="a2aced80-ced6-4a3a-8357-13abf4f62cc8" CreationDate="2009-05-14T22:30:59.433" UserId="1435" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;ciscoworks&gt;&lt;management&gt;&lt;newbuild&gt;" />
  <row Id="14936" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8402" RevisionGUID="48725c10-f578-4bcb-90b1-6a87614e5e22" CreationDate="2009-05-14T22:34:49.113" UserId="767" Comment="added 214 characters in body" Text="On Microsoft IIS5, I right click on &quot;Websites&quot; and select New -&gt; Web Site and it creates a green globe with a hand underneath it under the &quot;web Sites&quot; root folder in IIS.  I set it up and point it to a directory on C:\.  I also assigned the port number to 8181.  I run http://localhost:8181/test.html and it works. &#xD;&#xA;I run http://localhost:8181/test.php and it gives me the page cannot be found. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've also taken steps to download the php5isapi.dll, added it to the ISAPI Filters tab of the properties section of the new &quot;Web Site&quot;.  Then enabled it in the &quot;Web Service Extension&quot; folder and enabled it only to be greeted with an error message in the Application folder of the Events Log saying &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should also mention I installed php on this windows 2003 server machine using the 5.1 msi file.  the installer seems to have already created the php.ini mods I need including the mysql.dll extension enable.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Could not load all ISAPI filterse for site/service.  Therefore startup aborted.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas on this?  I'm stumped.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks in advance." />
  <row Id="14937" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8404" RevisionGUID="be3e3359-87bf-4976-84b1-4b14de0a5ed7" CreationDate="2009-05-14T22:35:01.033" UserId="2318" Text="One thing it took me a while to figure out: if you set an &quot;inherit&quot; ACL on a folder, it will only affect newly created files - the &quot;gotcha&quot; being that if a user &quot;drags and drops&quot; a file into the folder in question, the permissions for the folder won't change in any way (unless it's dragged from a different volume, where it will, in essence, be copied and pasted). For the files to assume the inherited ACL you set, they will have to &quot;copy and paste&quot;, or manually set the permissions... maybe (since ACL behavior should in theory be the same) this happens on Windows too, I don't know, but it's worth repeating." />
  <row Id="14938" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8405" RevisionGUID="08dedf70-6b44-477f-997e-cd8dfedeb403" CreationDate="2009-05-14T22:40:34.770" UserId="942" Text="Here are a couple of tutorials:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [PHP on Windows server 2003][1]&#xD;&#xA;* [PHP &amp; MySQL on IIS][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Questions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Can you run PHP manually using the CLI?&#xD;&#xA;* On what folder did you install PHP?&#xD;&#xA;* Is there any more information in the website logs?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.visualwin.com/PHP/&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://www.ozzu.com/programming-forum/tutorial-how-install-php-and-mysql-iis-t56303.html" />
  <row Id="14939" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8406" RevisionGUID="2c77c129-bbc3-46de-97b5-17822400d8ed" CreationDate="2009-05-14T22:42:43.627" UserId="2572" Text="What does 'all the time' mean? &#xD;&#xA;If it happens once a day or so I would write I small script to test the services for their running state to find out whether they stop at a specific time. Then try to find out what else is happening at the same time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it happens every few minutes, I would monitor the processes with SysInternal's 'Process Monitor' to find out which files/threads are accessed last before they crashed." />
  <row Id="14940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8407" RevisionGUID="9388bb85-f25a-444e-8e34-51e1f502c141" CreationDate="2009-05-14T22:47:01.730" UserId="2433" Text="Quick answer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you checked that PHP.ini is available from the environment path? As far as I remember, PHP.ini must be in a folder that can be seen from anywhere, such as System32" />
  <row Id="14941" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8380" RevisionGUID="2533ae24-4426-41de-bacf-579a08b1082b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T22:48:26.363" UserId="2318" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="After reading article upon article on the Inquirer about the way **Nvidia** dealt with their defective GPUs (it seems very much like they dealt with it by repeatedly lying and snowing the public with hostile PR)... you don't exactly have a lot of choices when it comes to graphics card manufacturers, but if you *did*, it would sure feel nice never to buy Nvidia again:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1050162/nvidia-recomends-not-buying-its-defective-chips" />
  <row Id="14942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8408" RevisionGUID="7be8f568-b9af-4bfe-b869-191915ceb9d4" CreationDate="2009-05-14T22:58:58.077" UserId="2367" Text="Go to foo and do this:&#xD;&#xA;telnet 10.8.0.1 3128&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does it work?&#xD;&#xA;In that case your vpn works!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you do a &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    GET / HTTP/1.1&#xD;&#xA;    Host: www.heise.de&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will it show a page?&#xD;&#xA;Then squid is configured to work as transparent proxy!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In that case the simple rules from your link should work:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to 10.8.0.1:3128&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -s local-network -d 10.8.0.1 -j SNAT --to iptables-box&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(foo is the iptables-box you are working on)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does this work?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="14943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8409" RevisionGUID="351d4d49-90c9-4206-93df-53e107962fe2" CreationDate="2009-05-14T23:07:12.370" UserId="2012" Text="The way I explain it is this.  If your boss will sign off on the purchase.  I will put a sign on the wal-mart drive that states..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;the Sys Ad was instructed to put this here against his will and gut.&quot;  And when the drive dies then I will hand the drive and note to the dev and ask them how to do my job this time..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I agree with Portman...trust the team, or leave." />
  <row Id="14944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8410" RevisionGUID="2aa783c7-a29f-4c17-9a1a-0e1bf1aaf41d" CreationDate="2009-05-14T23:11:40.850" UserId="2012" Text="I have not been able to make PowerShell work between Vista and XP or XP and XP.  Looks like it is a Vista and up kind of program at this point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have put 10 or 15 hours into this...so maybe someone else as succeeded..but I have not bee able to achieve the needful on this one." />
  <row Id="14945" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8411" RevisionGUID="2f087498-cb3a-4c50-8493-b0e9fe810c0f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T23:13:24.327" UserId="2229" Text="In my spare time I remotley support my wife's office via VPN into a Windows Server. I am about to purchase a wireless broadband service which doesn't support VPN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't want to open up the remote desktop ports directly, and I would like to set up an SSH tunnel into the network, and if necessary then VPN over the top of that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the best windows SSH **sever** implementation to use on a Windows 2003 Server, or should I just be using [sshwindows][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="14946" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8411" RevisionGUID="2f087498-cb3a-4c50-8493-b0e9fe810c0f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T23:13:24.327" UserId="2229" Text="What is a good SSH server to use on windows?" />
  <row Id="14947" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8411" RevisionGUID="2f087498-cb3a-4c50-8493-b0e9fe810c0f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T23:13:24.327" UserId="2229" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="14948" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8397" RevisionGUID="99a25517-9ee9-46bf-8e08-4c84113f14cf" CreationDate="2009-05-14T23:16:51.137" UserId="301" Comment="fixed nitpicking error" Text="Target disk mode is a feature of the Mac firmware. I've never heard of this being implemented in a PC manufacturers BIOS." />
  <row Id="14949" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="7994" RevisionGUID="875d1981-d654-4490-838c-a1e54b4ac55c" CreationDate="2009-05-14T23:18:50.103" UserId="2318" Comment="edited title" Text="How to set up Exchange ActiveSync + iPhone?" />
  <row Id="14950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8412" RevisionGUID="5350611a-f8c0-454c-8367-7d3cf36f051e" CreationDate="2009-05-14T23:18:50.120" UserId="1589" Text="I've been using [FreeSSHd][1] on my home Windows box, and have not run into any limitations.  Highly recommended.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freesshd.com/" />
  <row Id="14951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8413" RevisionGUID="622c77f9-464c-48a9-b121-1db50353bd82" CreationDate="2009-05-14T23:19:43.893" UserId="2579" Text="You might want to look into 'Process Explorer'.  This free app will allow you to see all the in's and out's of what is happening on the system.  It should give you a good look at what is hanging up while the program is running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Download Process Explorer [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx &quot;here&quot;" />
  <row Id="14952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8414" RevisionGUID="5d390784-ac9b-48d8-8306-dac2d18a616b" CreationDate="2009-05-14T23:22:43.110" UserId="2367" Text="I would use the one from cygwin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is not directly answering your question, but I think that SSL is as secure as SSH and you could also use stunnel or socat ( http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/ ) to open a certifacte-authenticated ssl-encrypted port for remote desktop. Socat would authenticate using ssl client certificates and forward the traffice towards the rdp port. On your machine you would do the same in reverse. The man page has samples for this and socat is available for windows" />
  <row Id="14953" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8415" RevisionGUID="c1f1a623-1a33-4f98-b187-44b5f04e2d85" CreationDate="2009-05-14T23:32:47.663" UserId="1561" Text="Title says it all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are moving ~60 user mailboxes from a Postfix/Dovecot setup into Exchange 2007.  I am aware of [Microsoft's Transporter Suite][1], which will allow for an IMAP-to-Exchange conversion of mailboxes in bulk.  However, there is a concern about how to clean up any botched process.  Apparently, attempting to remove a mailbox for a user also results in a rather scary-sounding dialog that implies the *user account will be removed as well*.  As the migration process has to be 90% transparent and *recoverable*, This is Not an Option(tm).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I have begun to look into other tools, both open-source and commercial.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first one I tried was [OfflineIMAP][2], which as it turns out, is [not very Exchange-friendly][3]; a subtle effect of the migration process results in exhaustion of Exchange's stored properties due to a unique header being generated for each email moved.  [A patch is available][4] for this that changes the unique header into a single, generic header that has a unique identifier after it, avoiding the exhaustion issue.  Yet, after applying the patch, there are still some issues.  A pity, really, as it would have been nice to keep them in sync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the commercial side, I took a brief look at Transend Migrator in a trial mode.  The results were mixed and there appears to be little documentation delivered with the binary.  This is hardly encouraging, especially for something that end-users will readily notice if it goes horribly wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have grave concerns at this point about affecting a transition without massive manual intervention.  We are trying to avoid visiting 50+ desktops and manually moving email by using Outlook or Thunderbird as a &quot;pivot&quot; agent; while this is 100% guaranteed to work, it is not an option, as it will take weeks or months to move over 2.5 million messages one account at a time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Someone, somewhere surely has *something* that works...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=35FC4205-792B-4306-8E4B-0DE9CCE72172&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://software.complete.org/software/projects/show/offlineimap&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://software.complete.org/software/search/index/offlineimap?q=exchange&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://software.complete.org/software/issues/show/114" />
  <row Id="14954" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8415" RevisionGUID="c1f1a623-1a33-4f98-b187-44b5f04e2d85" CreationDate="2009-05-14T23:32:47.663" UserId="1561" Text="Recommended non-Microsoft IMAP-to-Exchange Migration Tool/Strategy" />
  <row Id="14955" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8415" RevisionGUID="c1f1a623-1a33-4f98-b187-44b5f04e2d85" CreationDate="2009-05-14T23:32:47.663" UserId="1561" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;imap&gt;&lt;migration&gt;&lt;offlineimap&gt;&lt;dovecot&gt;" />
  <row Id="14956" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8416" RevisionGUID="497867b8-cafb-4967-be5b-f003c852ce33" CreationDate="2009-05-14T23:35:17.330" UserId="1589" Text="[Opsware][1] seems to be a popular option for management, although I don't have any first hand experience with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know you mentioned having a Cat6k, but if you decide to go with only NX-OS devices (Nexus, MDS), check out Cisco's [DCNM][2] product.  Obviously, it has very good integration for both MDS and Nexus, and has been a better solution for us in the data center bringing both the SAN and Ethernet Fabric under one management suite.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.opsware.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9369/index.html" />
  <row Id="14957" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7980" RevisionGUID="88291686-3198-49b3-a59d-cc6e49b5d16f" CreationDate="2009-05-14T23:37:17.577" UserId="1882" Comment="Provided an update" Text="I'm going to be deploying an Linux machine as a sort of public terminal at a remote location. I'd like to be able to access it remotely via SSH for maintenance but I don't want to keep a port open on the remote firewall for the rare occasions I need to access this machine. I've though about a simple script to create a reverse SSH tunnel to a machine on the outside, but I'd rather not have to have a user have to do anything when I need to access it. Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: I've decided to go with my original plan of a script to create a reverse ssh tunnel. While other suggested solutions, such as port knocking would be more along the lines of what I really want to do, in this case, I don't have any access to configure the router other than walking a user through a config. *shudder*" />
  <row Id="14958" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8415" RevisionGUID="ebc310c1-e2a0-484b-9e3b-c7e173538089" CreationDate="2009-05-14T23:38:00.963" UserId="1561" Text="Title says it all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are moving ~60 user mailboxes from a Postfix/Dovecot/Maildir setup into Exchange 2007.  I am aware of [Microsoft's Transporter Suite][1], which will allow for an IMAP-to-Exchange conversion of mailboxes in bulk.  However, there is a concern about how to clean up a botched process, should there be an unforeseen issue.  Apparently, attempting to remove an Exchange mailbox for a user also results in a rather scary-sounding dialog that implies the *user account will be removed as well*, not just the corrupted box itself.  As the migration process has to be transparent, *recoverable*, and *repeatable*, This is Not an Option(tm).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I have begun to look into other tools and methods, both open-source and commercial.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first one I tried was [OfflineIMAP][2], which as it turns out, is [not very Exchange-friendly][3]; a subtle effect of the migration process results in exhaustion of Exchange's stored properties due to a unique header being generated for each email moved.  [A patch is available][4] for this that changes the unique header into a single, generic header that has a unique identifier after it, avoiding the exhaustion issue.  Yet, after applying the patch, there are still some issues.  A pity, really, as it would have been nice to keep them in sync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the commercial side, I took a brief look at [Transend Migrator][5] in a trial mode.  The results were mixed and there appears to be little documentation delivered with the binary.  This is hardly encouraging, especially for something that end-users will readily notice if it goes horribly wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have grave concerns at this point about affecting a transition without massive manual intervention.  We are trying to avoid visiting 50+ desktops and manually moving email by using Outlook or Thunderbird as a &quot;pivot&quot; agent; while this is 100% guaranteed to work, it is not an option, as it will take weeks or months to move over 2.5 million messages one account at a time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Someone, somewhere surely has *something* that works...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=35FC4205-792B-4306-8E4B-0DE9CCE72172&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://software.complete.org/software/projects/show/offlineimap&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://software.complete.org/software/search/index/offlineimap?q=exchange&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://software.complete.org/software/issues/show/114&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.transend.com/products_transend_migrator.asp" />
  <row Id="14959" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8415" RevisionGUID="15c9998a-9886-42e2-9eca-ae09718fc825" CreationDate="2009-05-14T23:43:10.890" UserId="1561" Comment="added 62 characters in body" Text="We are moving ~60 user mailboxes from a Postfix/Dovecot/Maildir setup into Exchange 2007.  I am aware of [Microsoft's Transporter Suite][1], which will allow for an IMAP-to-Exchange conversion of mailboxes in bulk.  However, there is a concern about how to clean up a botched process, should there be an unforeseen issue.  Apparently, attempting to remove a corrupted Exchange mailbox for a user also results in a rather scary-sounding dialog that implies the *user account will be removed as well*, not just the corrupted box itself.  While the original email store (in Maildir format) is available, we would need the ability to remove the bad box(es) in question and repeat the process, so this method is not a viable option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I have begun to look into other tools and methods, both open-source and commercial.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first one I tried was [OfflineIMAP][2], which as it turns out, is [not very Exchange-friendly][3]; a subtle effect of the migration process results in exhaustion of [Exchange's named properties][4] due to a unique header being generated for each email moved.  [A patch is available][5] for this that changes the unique header into a single, generic header that has a unique identifier after it, avoiding the exhaustion issue.  Yet, after applying the patch, there are still some issues.  A pity, really, as it would have been nice to keep them in sync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the commercial side, I took a brief look at [Transend Migrator][6] in a trial mode.  The results were mixed and there appears to be little documentation delivered with the binary.  This is hardly encouraging, especially for something that end-users will readily notice if it goes horribly wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have grave concerns at this point about affecting a transition without massive manual intervention.  We are trying to avoid visiting 50+ desktops and manually moving email by using Outlook or Thunderbird as a &quot;pivot&quot; agent; while this is 100% guaranteed to work, it is not an option, as it will take weeks or months to move over 2.5 million messages one account at a time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Someone, somewhere surely has *something* that works...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=35FC4205-792B-4306-8E4B-0DE9CCE72172&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://software.complete.org/software/projects/show/offlineimap&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://software.complete.org/software/search/index/offlineimap?q=exchange&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb851492.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://software.complete.org/software/issues/show/114&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.transend.com/products_transend_migrator.asp" />
  <row Id="14960" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8296" RevisionGUID="43c583e6-96fb-4857-a5f3-5624337628fe" CreationDate="2009-05-14T23:44:06.600" UserId="2567" Comment="be more specific" Text="In what environment? Production server? Home use? The &quot;checklist&quot; for a given setup will vary pretty widely depending on what you want to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general, though, you should:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Secure the installation as soon as you can&#xD;&#xA;   - Get all security patches&#xD;&#xA;   - Install reasonable antivirus/firewall software&#xD;&#xA; - Get drivers installed for the hardware in the system&#xD;&#xA; - Get network access working, if applicable&#xD;&#xA; - Focus on other specific needs for the system (for servers, network services and (optionally) routing; for home use, whatever the user requires it to do)&#xD;&#xA;   - Most systems: Java, Flash (with appropriate security restrictions)&#xD;&#xA;   - For home use: Firefox/Opera/Chrome, MS Office/OpenOffice&#xD;&#xA;   - For servers / production systems: routing (if it's a router), SSH/VPN/HTTP/FTP servers" />
  <row Id="14961" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8417" RevisionGUID="1bb34133-4e64-48bc-8614-fe8006da1ed9" CreationDate="2009-05-14T23:49:00.303" UserId="2608" Text="http://www.simple-talk.com is good for the occasional read as well." />
  <row Id="14962" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8417" RevisionGUID="1bb34133-4e64-48bc-8614-fe8006da1ed9" CreationDate="2009-05-14T23:49:00.303" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14963" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8418" RevisionGUID="d729ef48-2927-45b2-b536-eab7eff63c65" CreationDate="2009-05-14T23:50:32.080" UserId="2609" Text="That error shows up in function `ichiic_i2c_exec()` of [ichiic.c][1] and indicates a timeout waiting for the transfer to complete. If it's very rare then I wouldn't worry about it. But I would keep an eye on it in the logs (log checker?). If it starts happening more often I'd suspect the hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/pci/ichiic.c?rev=1.22;content-type=text%2Fx-cvsweb-markup" />
  <row Id="14964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8419" RevisionGUID="4b5650ec-e0fa-4bb3-b59e-fb7d77ba6c92" CreationDate="2009-05-14T23:52:44.447" UserId="2302" Text="Exchange 2007 needs some fairly heavy-duty hardware.  It also requires a 64-bit OS, so keep that in mind when selecting -- means if buying new you'll need a 64-bit version of Win 2008 Server.  I can't really speak to Dell hardware specifically, but for a single-server instance you'll want to hit it with at least 3-4 GB of RAM, and you'll probably want at least 2 way (probably 2 x 2 way or 1 x quad core) CPU at 3 GHz.  If you split up the store and the MTA/routing between boxes, you may be able to get away with a little less heavy-duty hardware.  HD space itself is fairly cheap, but you'll also want some kind of raid on the hard disks, preferably a hardware controller that's capable of raid 5 or raid 6 but you'll have to pay for it.  How much disk space depends on your mailboxes and what else you want the box to do (best answer: nothing)." />
  <row Id="14965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8420" RevisionGUID="f3c01c05-7afd-4e64-8d49-60084a6bb8d6" CreationDate="2009-05-14T23:56:26.300" UserId="2367" Text="The best way to go is using imap!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You COULD let each user move the messages himself by giving him both accounts in Outlook.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did a migration from Cyrus to Exchange 2003 using a separate linux box with the Debian package &quot;uw-mailutils&quot; and this command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;mailutil transfer -verbose {imap.xxx.org:143/imap/user=m_xxx}INBOX {exchange.xxxx.org:143/imap/user=m_xxx@exchange.xxxx.org} INBOX&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;mailutil is from the UW-IMAP project. Every Linux distro should contain it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When it failed (which it didn't) I would just go into the exchange account and delete &quot;INBOX&quot;" />
  <row Id="14966" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8421" RevisionGUID="9ba90229-e80e-4457-b8d8-2e5d1aaaedec" CreationDate="2009-05-14T23:57:49.540" UserDisplayName="dF" Text="In addition to installing setuptools (as described in other answers), you also need to make sure `C:\Python25\Scripts` is in your `PATH`." />
  <row Id="14967" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8421" RevisionGUID="9ba90229-e80e-4457-b8d8-2e5d1aaaedec" CreationDate="2009-05-14T23:57:49.540" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="14969" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8423" RevisionGUID="904443bb-c3bc-4a3f-80cf-fe642a39b8e9" CreationDate="2009-05-15T00:06:45.673" UserId="1584" Text="We've been using [Bitvise WinSSHD][1] for a few years now and have been very happy with it.  It's free for &quot;Non-Commercial/Personal&quot; use, but even the for-pay version is not terribly expensive.  It's nice because it's designed specifically for Windows and supports just about any type of authentication you would throw at it (AD, Kerberos, self-contained user db, etc).  Installation and Upgrades are a breeze.  Initial config has a nice GUI and I believe most of the config is also scriptable as well.  Their site gives a more complete feature list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bitvise.com/winsshd" />
  <row Id="14971" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8415" RevisionGUID="0dd07324-fd7d-43e7-ac46-96116b0ae09f" CreationDate="2009-05-15T00:09:06.090" UserId="1561" Comment="edited body" Text="We are moving ~60 user mailboxes from a Postfix/Dovecot/Maildir setup into Exchange 2007.  I am aware of [Microsoft's Transporter Suite][1], which will allow for an IMAP-to-Exchange conversion of mailboxes in bulk.  However, there is a concern about how to clean up a botched process, should there be an unforeseen issue.  Apparently, attempting to remove a corrupted Exchange mailbox for a user also results in a rather scary-sounding dialog that implies the *user account will be removed as well*, not just the corrupted box itself.  While the original email store (in Maildir format) is available, we would need the ability to remove the bad box(es) in question and repeat the process, so this method is not a viable option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have grave concerns at this point about affecting a batch- or bulk-style transition without massive manual intervention.  We are trying to avoid visiting 50+ desktops and manually moving email by using Outlook or Thunderbird as a &quot;pivot&quot; agent; while this is 100% guaranteed to work, it  will take weeks or months to move over 2.5 million messages one account at a time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I have begun to look into other tools and methods, both open-source and commercial.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first one I tried was [OfflineIMAP][2], which as it turns out, is [not very Exchange-friendly][3]; a subtle effect of the migration process results in exhaustion of [Exchange's named properties][4] due to a unique header being generated for each email moved.  [A patch is available][5] for this that changes the unique header into a single, generic header that has a unique identifier after it, avoiding the exhaustion issue.  Yet, after applying the patch, there are still some issues.  A pity, really, as it would have been nice to keep them in sync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the commercial side, I took a brief look at [Transend Migrator][6] in a trial mode.  The results were mixed and there appears to be little documentation delivered with the binary.  This is hardly encouraging, especially for something that end-users will readily notice if it goes horribly wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are other issues as well.  The mailboxes are stored as Maildir, but the box names conform to Thunderbird's expectations (we've been on TBird for several years).  Many box names do not match and will need to be translated effectively as they are ported.  Yes, we pamper our end-users that much - a successful migration will consist of informing them we are switching to Outlook and giving everyone a small 30 minute class, followed by people openning their new Exchange-based mailboxes for the first time.  To put it in perspective, we've run IMAP for several years and the end-users have never noticed when we've transitioned to a new server, other than we send out an announcement that there will be a small downtime on the weekend when almost everyone is gone.  These transitions have occured for a decade, spanning 4 hardware upgrades, and now we are starting the 5th (Exchange).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Someone, somewhere surely has *something* that works...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=35FC4205-792B-4306-8E4B-0DE9CCE72172&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://software.complete.org/software/projects/show/offlineimap&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://software.complete.org/software/search/index/offlineimap?q=exchange&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb851492.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://software.complete.org/software/issues/show/114&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.transend.com/products_transend_migrator.asp" />
  <row Id="14972" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8392" RevisionGUID="0e8809f2-384a-416a-b189-0f9452d5b16d" CreationDate="2009-05-15T00:13:30.203" UserId="333" Comment="deleted 19 characters in body" Text="It can be. More so the more you want out of a computer and the more tech savvy you are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Always keep in mind, cost effectiveness has two terms:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Cost Effectiveness = Value / Cost**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the low end, you're unlikely to be able to reduce system cost beyond what the big pre-fab companies are able to do (you can't save money by buying parts at wholesale, for example). You can reduce cost a little by taking advantage of some lower cost parts, especially if you need to customize from a standard baseline system. Often, larger hard drives and more RAM are cheaper through retail than through the customization fees on pre-fab systems, for example. An even more important aspect of lowering cost is the ability to get ONLY the parts that you want and NONE of the parts you don't want. Don't need an optical drive because you can scavenge one from another system? Don't need Vista because you plan on putting XP or Win7 RC or Ubuntu on it? Dell won't give you these options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Building Your Own System is About Increasing Value**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the reason you build your own systems. Not to save money, but to get exactly what you want. No PC vendor out there will give you as much control over the components of your system as you have when you build it yourself. Want a monster system with an overclocked Core-i7 proc, 12GB ram, 3-way nVidia gtx 280 SLI, your OS on 2 Velociraptors in a raid stripe and everything else on an 8TB RAID-5 array? You can get exactly that. Want a tiny home theater PC in a case that looks like your other AV equipment, uses onboard video with HDMI output, has eSATA and USB 2.0 ports for additional storage, and can be controlled via an IR remote? You can get exactly that too." />
  <row Id="14973" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8415" RevisionGUID="8f851a66-1bee-4691-916a-0e3b1e57a08f" CreationDate="2009-05-15T00:15:35.097" UserId="1561" Comment="deleted 325 characters in body" Text="We are moving ~60 user mailboxes from a Postfix/Dovecot/Maildir setup into Exchange 2007.  I am aware of [Microsoft's Transporter Suite][1], which will allow for an IMAP-to-Exchange conversion of mailboxes in bulk.  However, there is a concern about how to clean up a botched process, should there be an unforeseen issue.  Apparently, attempting to remove a corrupted Exchange mailbox for a user also results in a rather scary-sounding dialog that implies the *user account will be removed as well*, not just the corrupted box itself.  While the original email store (in Maildir format) is available, we would need the ability to remove the bad box(es) in question and repeat the process, so this method is not a viable option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have grave concerns at this point about affecting a batch- or bulk-style transition without massive manual intervention.  We are trying to avoid visiting 50+ desktops and manually moving email by using Outlook or Thunderbird as a &quot;pivot&quot; agent; while this is 100% guaranteed to work, it  will take weeks or months to move over 2.5 million messages one account at a time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I have begun to look into other tools and methods, both open-source and commercial.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first one I tried was [OfflineIMAP][2], which as it turns out, is [not very Exchange-friendly][3]; a subtle effect of the migration process results in exhaustion of [Exchange's named properties][4] due to a unique header being generated for each email moved.  [A patch is available][5] for this that changes the unique header into a single, generic header that has a unique identifier after it, avoiding the exhaustion issue.  Yet, after applying the patch, there are still some issues.  A pity, really, as it would have been nice to keep them in sync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the commercial side, I took a brief look at [Transend Migrator][6] in a trial mode.  The results were mixed and there appears to be little documentation delivered with the binary.  This is hardly encouraging, especially for something that end-users will readily notice if it goes horribly wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are other issues as well.  The mailboxes are stored as Maildir, but the box names conform to Thunderbird's expectations (we've been on TBird for several years).  Many box names do not match (Sent vs. Sent Items, Trash vs. Deleted Items, etc.) and will need to be translated effectively as they are ported.  Yes, we pamper our end-users that much - a successful migration will consist of informing them we are switching to Outlook and giving everyone a small 30 minute class, followed by people openning their new Exchange-based mailboxes for the first time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Someone, somewhere surely has *something* that works...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=35FC4205-792B-4306-8E4B-0DE9CCE72172&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://software.complete.org/software/projects/show/offlineimap&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://software.complete.org/software/search/index/offlineimap?q=exchange&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb851492.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://software.complete.org/software/issues/show/114&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.transend.com/products_transend_migrator.asp" />
  <row Id="14974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8424" RevisionGUID="aa9ec4c4-86a8-4383-9720-aa50c13025e9" CreationDate="2009-05-15T00:20:38.520" UserId="2444" Text="I've used the &lt;a href=&quot;http://freshmeat.net/projects/imapsync/&quot;&gt;&quot;imapsync&quot;&lt;/a&gt; program before to mmigrate from an IMAP server to Scalix (an Exchange-like system).  Think rsync for IMAP mailboxes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Jim." />
  <row Id="14975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8425" RevisionGUID="34f886b4-8b8f-4769-8fab-0cd4d4e72f76" CreationDate="2009-05-15T00:22:50.467" UserId="2367" Text="To archive a copy of every message, create a journaling mailbox on the server" />
  <row Id="14976" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8426" RevisionGUID="50c7a968-df5c-4cb2-a486-5390262a9e78" CreationDate="2009-05-15T00:43:20.717" UserId="2367" Text="The HTTP-Proxy can support the CONNECT method to allow ssl. Using it you can connect to port 443 anywhere. The question is whether your proxy allows other ports. 25 is usually blocked because of spammers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think &#xD;&#xA;telnet proxy port&#xD;&#xA;CONNECT imap.gmail.com:993&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is rejected, bad luck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise download socat and point your client to 127.0.0.1:993 and let socat forward that local port towards gmail using the PROXY function. socat can do what you need. I can give a command line if you need it." />
  <row Id="14977" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8394" RevisionGUID="032e9b99-adc8-4386-aec7-a535a8394a36" CreationDate="2009-05-15T00:44:53.287" UserId="2600" Comment="added 245 characters in body" Text="Try creating a loopback interface and connecting the tunnel to that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is a policy based VPN tunnel and all of the client are down, then there may not be enough 'interesting' traffic to keep the tunnel up.  There may be a timer to extend (perhaps to infinity) this timeout to prevent this from happening." />
  <row Id="14978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8427" RevisionGUID="7e419256-89cd-4d19-8205-bfa6da9281bf" CreationDate="2009-05-15T01:02:54.317" UserId="1592" Text="Based on what you all see out there what is a recommended configuration of /tmp on a server system and why. I've had discussions on these points over the years sometimes with basic disagreements.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The following are basically the questions I see.  Some might suggest that these questeions be asked with several questions, however, I think it might be easier for administrators if this information was under one heading.  I'm sure this will be informative.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically for /tmp:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Should ln -s /var/tmp /tmp?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Should /tmp be preserved between reboots or not?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Should /tmp be on a real disk area or allowed to be implemented basically on the SWAP area (or tmpfs)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. Should /tmp be on a different disk from the / (root) disk?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5. Would you place /tmp on a different disk controller from the / (root) disk?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6. Any rules of thumb for the size of /tmp?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;7. How would you manage /tmp space while the system is up?  Delete all files &gt; certain age?  Leave area alone until it reaches a %age of max?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;8. Should any procedural items be placed into effect to govern this area?" />
  <row Id="14979" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8427" RevisionGUID="7e419256-89cd-4d19-8205-bfa6da9281bf" CreationDate="2009-05-15T01:02:54.317" UserId="1592" Text="Linux/UNIX Server Setup Practices for /tmp" />
  <row Id="14980" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8427" RevisionGUID="7e419256-89cd-4d19-8205-bfa6da9281bf" CreationDate="2009-05-15T01:02:54.317" UserId="1592" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;server-configuration&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;" />
  <row Id="14981" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8394" RevisionGUID="2fa04541-bf29-4269-b214-93c3bc62840e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T01:10:04.697" UserId="2600" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Try creating a loopback interface and connecting the tunnel to that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is a policy based VPN tunnel and all of the clients are down, then there may not be enough 'interesting' traffic to keep the tunnel up.  There may be a timer to extend (perhaps to infinity) this timeout to prevent this from happening." />
  <row Id="14982" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8428" RevisionGUID="437c4725-8482-4f72-b953-527c03f57a91" CreationDate="2009-05-15T01:10:45.897" UserId="413" Text="An awful lot depends on the particular application load you're using. Some application servers (SunONE, old netscape stuff) write a few hundred to a few thousand files to /tmp - in that situation, you really don't want it to be a mounted ramdisk, and there's no reason to preserve it between reboots.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Servers are becoming less general and more special purpose- this type of question (and the similar &quot;how do I partition my system&quot; question) really depends on your loadout.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did recently have one server that was rebooted for the first time after 4 years or so- it got stuck halfway through the boot deleting all the files in /tmp - there was so much cruft there that it took a good hour to clean it up. Definitely a good idea to clean it periodically if your box doesn't reboot very often." />
  <row Id="14983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8429" RevisionGUID="2d4f7829-b5c9-4910-baf9-84be424efa63" CreationDate="2009-05-15T01:13:10.463" UserId="448" Text="Only answering some points...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would put /tmp on a different partition than /, just so that I could mount / ro during normal operation. Separate disk? That depends on how much use /tmp and / get and whether they get in each other's way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for parts 1 and 2, on my box (Mac OS X) the /var/tmp is not cleaned out daily but /tmp is, so they have different policies and therefore should not be symlinked together. I'm not sure that cleaning /var/tmp daily wouldn't break anything and would want to investigate that before becoming more vociferous - it's only 172k at the moment." />
  <row Id="14984" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="8415" RevisionGUID="45d3252d-e2dc-4e58-ace4-53bedd0c8215" CreationDate="2009-05-15T01:14:00.430" UserId="1561" Comment="Changed title summary" Text="Recommended Dovecot/Thunderbird-to-Exchange Migration Tool/Strategy" />
  <row Id="14985" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8430" RevisionGUID="63ff2ffc-9163-4d8c-8d3d-cfab2f12dd44" CreationDate="2009-05-15T01:17:13.797" UserId="976" Text="Specifically, I'm on a Dell Inspiron 1525. I'd like to disable the touchpad so that I can re-enable if my mouse were to run out of batteries (so physically breaking the connection to the motherboard or uninstalling the driver will not be the best options). In Control Panel when I go to &quot;Mouse&quot; and find the touch pad there is no disable option. Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="14986" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8430" RevisionGUID="63ff2ffc-9163-4d8c-8d3d-cfab2f12dd44" CreationDate="2009-05-15T01:17:13.797" UserId="976" Text="Is there an easy way to disable laptop touchpad?" />
  <row Id="14987" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8430" RevisionGUID="63ff2ffc-9163-4d8c-8d3d-cfab2f12dd44" CreationDate="2009-05-15T01:17:13.797" UserId="976" Text="&lt;laptop&gt;&lt;touchpad&gt;" />
  <row Id="14988" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8431" RevisionGUID="f764f473-245a-4a0e-8d45-90b85bac7e24" CreationDate="2009-05-15T01:20:41.793" UserId="626" Text="Right click touchpad icon in system tray(looks like monitor with flash green dot)&gt;pointing device properties&gt;devices tab,touchpad- click disable&gt;touchpad buttons-click disable&gt;click the &quot;disable Touchpad/Stick when a USB pointing device is present&quot;.Click apply&gt;click O.K." />
  <row Id="14989" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8432" RevisionGUID="26ac8f3e-fa69-4069-9201-507bc2d38383" CreationDate="2009-05-15T01:22:04.223" UserId="413" Text="I was able to build an 8 core box with 8 gigs of ram for a little more than 2 grand. This machine is absolutely worthless for 99% of the people out there- there's no reason for Dell, HP, or Apple to build a box like this. But for my particular niche and the development I'm doing, I couldn't find any other way to get a box like this commercially for less than 4K.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're buying a box for the marketing weasels, get them a cheap HP or Dell; almost every user (and most sysadmins) doesn't need anything special. But if you need an unusual rig, there's really no other cost-effective way to go." />
  <row Id="14990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8433" RevisionGUID="41601f1a-c5bb-439b-b85f-9d83ab9743b7" CreationDate="2009-05-15T01:26:53.203" UserId="2224" Text="We have a huge large mail system, and routinely ingest users from other mailsystems (typically Notes or Groupwise). One common thread in all of these migrations is that the data migration piece is always a disaster. There are always intractable problems, VIP issues end up taking priority and the normal user population suffers. Migration tools have bugs that never get fixed because nobody does a Notes-&gt;Exchange migration twice!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What we're looking at for a future strategy is a mostly greenfield mailbox, with users identifying email that *must* be retained. For you its easy -- keep the dovecot servers running for 6 months, setup Outlook profiles pointing to the old imap system (I believe this is scriptable with Outlook 2007) and let users migrate in their own time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll find that most folks really don't need what they say they need, and after 6 months, any legit need to move data to the new system will be done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option is to use a mail archiving solution. We have to archive all email due to litigation, and oftentimes you can &quot;ingest&quot; messages from an old system into a hosted archiving solution. Check out Postini and Microsoft Hosted services." />
  <row Id="14991" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8430" RevisionGUID="9993da41-32cc-4b09-8ced-f14d9fdbb45f" CreationDate="2009-05-15T01:30:07.720" UserId="976" Comment="added info" Text="Specifically, I'm on a Dell Inspiron 1525. I'd like to disable the touchpad so that I can re-enable if my mouse were to run out of batteries (so physically breaking the connection to the motherboard or uninstalling the driver will not be the best options). In Control Panel when I go to &quot;Mouse&quot; and find the touch pad there is no disable option. Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: I am on Windows 7. There is a driver on the Dell site that might allow an option to disable but I cannot install it on Win7." />
  <row Id="14992" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8434" RevisionGUID="8b09f420-689e-4cb3-bffe-e57184b0126e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T01:37:32.297" UserId="1561" Text="*Specifically for /tmp:*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Should ln -s /var/tmp /tmp?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you are pressed for space, no.  /var has its own peculiarities and mixing /tmp with /var/tmp may have unintended consequences when performing systems maintenance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Should /tmp be preserved between reboots or not?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No.  If you are relying on this as a consistent behavior then you will, sooner or later, encounter issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Should /tmp be on a real disk area or allowed to be implemented basically on the SWAP area (or tmpfs)?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are thinking of implementing temp space as a RAM disk that will be swapped, then I would consider the ramifications of your system's swap space usage by other programs.  If swap is there as a form of &quot;emergency overflow&quot; for when the system is in dire straights and needs it, the last thing you need is to have swap space consumed by a runaway process filling /tmp, consuming memory, causing pressure on the VM subsystem to swap to disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Should /tmp be on a different disk from the / (root) disk?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Preferably, yes, although it's not necessary.  If you make heavy use of it, or have a constant workload that requires it, then definitely yes.  Hypothetical example: a database that dumps temp files to /tmp would gain a slight speedup by introducing /tmp to a separate spindle (ie. drive).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Would you place /tmp on a different disk controller from the / (root) disk?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a requirements for recoverability or speed, then it should be considered.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Any rules of thumb for the size of /tmp?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It should accomodate 2x your expected workload.  By this, I mean that if you have local users regularly using this space, sooner or later someone will do something silly and attempt to fill it up.  Having a slight overage will allow you to avoid strange &quot;issues&quot; with programs that stop because their temp files have filled up what space is left.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *How would you manage /tmp space while the system is up? Delete all files &gt; certain age? Leave area alone until it reaches a %age of max?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look into the [tmpwatch][1] command, I think you'll find it suits this part of your question(s) nicely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Should any procedural items be placed into effect to govern this area?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would recommend the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. All files are transitory, and are not guaranteed to survive a reboot.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Stale files past %age will be removed nightly at midnight local time via a cron job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The rest is a matter of your specific needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.die.net/man/8/tmpwatch" />
  <row Id="14993" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8435" RevisionGUID="46252395-1bf3-473a-ac8d-657ed3cc6ef1" CreationDate="2009-05-15T01:39:24.540" UserId="1352" Text="You can try downloading the Windows Vista drivers for your mouse/touchpad&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.ap.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?os=WLH&amp;osl=EN&amp;catid=17&amp;impid=-1&amp;servicetag=&amp;SystemID=INS_PNT_PM_1525&amp;hidos=WLH&amp;hidlang=en&amp;TabIndex=&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It ought to work for Windows 7. When I upgrade my Windows Vista to Windows 7 Beta or RC, it retained the Vista drivers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The touchpad driver should then provide a Dell Touchpad systray icon that allows you to **Disable Touchpad / Pointing Stick when external USB mouse is present**." />
  <row Id="14994" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2255" RevisionGUID="90c5c51c-1d4a-44c6-8d22-eff4c6d3991b" CreationDate="2009-05-15T01:42:25.003" UserId="1374" Comment="Improved question flow, added more details from answers and own investigation." Text="**I'm exploring options for making more efficient use of our primary storage.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our current NAS is an HP ProLiant DL380 G5 with an HP Storageworks MSA20, and one other disk shelf which I'm not sure what it is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The vast majority of our files are PDF files (hundreds of millions of them), with a high degree of similarity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In an [expert opinion from George Crump][1] (referenced from **Data Domain**'s [Dedupe Central][2]), in the section on granularity, he says: &quot;To be effective data de-duplication needs to be done at a sub file level using variable length segments.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is hard to find, yet exactly what I need. Most dedupe options seems to be block based, which works really well for minimizing how much space backups take up, since only the changed blocks get stored, but the block-based techniques do not find identical segments located at different offsets within the blocks of our PDFs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I came across **[Ocarina Networks][3]** the other day, which looks like exactly what we need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Storage Switzerland's Lab Report Overview - The Deduplication of Primary Storage][4] compares Ocarina Networks and **NetApp** as being &quot;two of the leaders in primary storage deduplication&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally we'd like to continue using our current NAS, but much more efficiently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other solution I've come upon is **[Storwize][5]**, who seem to perform inline compression of single files, integrating with deduping solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What other solutions and informational resources are there?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://web.mac.com/georgeacrump/Site/Articles/Entries/2007/10/9_Buyers_Beware_-_All_Data_De-duplication_is_NOT_created_equal.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.datadomain.com/dedupe/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.ocarinanetworks.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.storage-switzerland.com/Articles/Entries/2009/5/11_Lab_Report_Overview_-_The_Deduplication_of_Primary_Storage.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.storwize.com/" />
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  <row Id="14996" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2255" RevisionGUID="90c5c51c-1d4a-44c6-8d22-eff4c6d3991b" CreationDate="2009-05-15T01:42:25.003" UserId="1374" Comment="Improved question flow, added more details from answers and own investigation." Text="&lt;optimization&gt;&lt;storage&gt;&lt;nas&gt;&lt;pdf&gt;&lt;deduplication&gt;" />
  <row Id="14997" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8436" RevisionGUID="e7de60f7-830e-4c0d-81b7-227962900611" CreationDate="2009-05-15T01:57:31.047" UserId="2610" Text="I was giving a new sysadmin a tour of a Service Manager app. I said &quot;if you ever needed to stop this service you would click this button, but you should never do it during the day.&quot; You would never believe how sensitive her mouse button was!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Two minutes later the service had started up again, and no-one seemed to notice." />
  <row Id="14998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8437" RevisionGUID="3ce2dcbd-f844-42e6-927f-0d46ed8488b2" CreationDate="2009-05-15T02:13:00.053" UserId="543" Text="My organization (2 locations, one with ~100 employees and one with ~30) has been considering switching from an analog PBX phone system to a VOIP solution, but it's looking like the cost may be too high for us.  A big motivation for this switch was to enhance our phone system's usability, so I'm wondering if we might be able to get some bang for our limited, nonprofit buck by deploying Exchange Unified Messaging in combination with our existing Exchange 2007 installation and existing analog PBX.  So the questions I have are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Does this even seem like a reasonable approach?  The main goal would be to enable receiving voicemail and faxes within Outlook.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Can you recommend some good reference material?  I've found a few things on TechNet but I'm not even sure what to search for at this point.  High-level all the way down to super detailed would be welcome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What hardware would be required?  Based on my research so far, I'm thinking we'd definitely need a SIP gateway and we'd probably need another server.  Can you recommend a SIP gateway for use with a Merlin Legend PBX at one location and a Definity PBX at the other?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Could this deployment be handled by a competent Exchange admin (not me), or should we figure on contracting this out?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="14999" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8437" RevisionGUID="3ce2dcbd-f844-42e6-927f-0d46ed8488b2" CreationDate="2009-05-15T02:13:00.053" UserId="543" Text="Exchange Unified Messaging with legacy PBX" />
  <row Id="15000" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8437" RevisionGUID="3ce2dcbd-f844-42e6-927f-0d46ed8488b2" CreationDate="2009-05-15T02:13:00.053" UserId="543" Text="&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;unified-messaging&gt;&lt;telephony&gt;" />
  <row Id="15001" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8438" RevisionGUID="4538acf7-0f88-4ec0-b883-fdf068d17b86" CreationDate="2009-05-15T02:26:42.043" UserId="2513" Text="You might be able to craft something using linux and NFS but as far as I know, the perferred method of using Ignite, is only supported on the HP-UX platform." />
  <row Id="15002" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8439" RevisionGUID="a645c17e-bada-4646-b807-18208f4c0446" CreationDate="2009-05-15T02:31:13.720" UserId="2567" Text="I'm running a Linux server accessible to a wide range of users, and (due to some policies in place by my upstream Internet provider) I need to limit the total amount of data a user can transfer to some given amount. Is there a way to do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a working `iptables` setup already in place on the box, if that helps, and I have some experience configuring things like HTB. The problem with the setups I've done in the past is they limit users to a particular bitrate (e.g. 20kbps), rather than total transfer amount over a larger period of time (e.g. 100MB/day)." />
  <row Id="15003" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8439" RevisionGUID="a645c17e-bada-4646-b807-18208f4c0446" CreationDate="2009-05-15T02:31:13.720" UserId="2567" Text="Limit total bandwidth use per user" />
  <row Id="15004" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8439" RevisionGUID="a645c17e-bada-4646-b807-18208f4c0446" CreationDate="2009-05-15T02:31:13.720" UserId="2567" Text="&lt;iptables&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;bandwidth&gt;" />
  <row Id="15005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8440" RevisionGUID="f7c6198a-df3e-451f-843f-ba55c5e49fad" CreationDate="2009-05-15T02:32:36.870" UserId="2513" Text="I like AWStats a lot also, but if you are looking for another suggestion there is also a very modern log analyzer called [Mint][1].  It is not free, but the cost is very nominal, $30.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The interface is very sleek, similar to google analytics, but it runs locally and provides real-time statistics.  Also, it has a huge list of [plugins][2] available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://haveamint.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://haveamint.com/peppermill/official_pepper/" />
  <row Id="15006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8441" RevisionGUID="890cc91f-7a39-4ed6-b19b-144139d64080" CreationDate="2009-05-15T02:45:48.720" UserId="1592" Text="I believe that you could use the M4 macro FEATURE(`virtusertable',`dbtype') where dbtype can be ldap or dbm as an example to use a database instead of a file.  " />
  <row Id="15007" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8442" RevisionGUID="93c54b97-618a-4f04-9018-ba4f6b4b6e1e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T02:47:42.603" UserId="2513" Text="I cannot speak for Windows 7, but I am sure some Googling would off you some answers about that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for how to backup your current situation, you have a couple of options - Use Acronis as you have been, but do [sector-by-sector][1] image backups, which will work in the event of a restore, but as you mentioned will be large.  You can deal with the built-in Vista features, or, buy/build a [Windows Home Server][2], which supports backing up Bitlocker encrypted drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Short answer, I think for your purposes (no access to enterprise class backup solutions), unless you are willing to set up a server at home, or deal with the large size of the acrnois images, you are pretty much limited to the built in tools Vista has.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kb.acronis.com/content/1543&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/windowshomeserver/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="15008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8443" RevisionGUID="36c726a6-a8b5-4a2b-a783-17e32788d71d" CreationDate="2009-05-15T02:56:01.887" UserId="2611" Text="From experience I recommend not mixing your /var/tmp and /tmp directories.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason being /var is (hopefully) where all your log, cache and service data (e.g. databases) will reside. It is generally a good idea to place /var on a separate partition so if a significant data event (e.g. lots of logging or database writes) occurs your root and /tmp partitions will still have free space to reliably operate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example I have literally just returned from a site where this practice was not followed (i.e. everything was on one partition) and as a result of log build up the entire system was brought to its knees. If a sane partitioning layout had been followed, the /var partition would have run out of space, but the server would have stayed responsive.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15009" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8444" RevisionGUID="26b15170-1b16-4002-b261-d9e411c6e8ea" CreationDate="2009-05-15T02:59:01.087" UserId="1585" Text="CD/DVD oddness...&#xD;&#xA;I put in a dvd or cd and vista thinks it is a blank dvd/cd and asks me to label it.  Oddly enough if I right click on the drive and select eject then reinsert the disk vista recognizes the content.  This happens to me on 3 different vista machines (all dells).  " />
  <row Id="15010" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8444" RevisionGUID="26b15170-1b16-4002-b261-d9e411c6e8ea" CreationDate="2009-05-15T02:59:01.087" UserId="1585" Text="Vista dvd/cd doesn't see disk content and thinks it is a blank cdr/dvdr" />
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  <row Id="15012" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8445" RevisionGUID="c13741e6-3ffd-4947-bd1b-c87c5678ed1b" CreationDate="2009-05-15T03:03:13.343" UserId="1054" Text="Many laptop models have options in the BIOS for you to disable pointing devices.  Not sure if the 1525 does or not (I hate Dell's web site...)" />
  <row Id="15013" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8187" RevisionGUID="9ccf5286-8adc-4baa-b8d6-af4ca5f46f38" CreationDate="2009-05-15T03:10:15.607" UserId="1692" Comment="Added W7 specific instructions." Text="I just installed Windows 7 RC1 and want to move c:\users to d:\users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's the best way to do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Due to the fact that Windows 7 creates a reserved partition that is mounted as C:&#xD;&#xA;in the recovery console, I had to use the following commands&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    robocopy /mir /xj D:\Users E:\Users&#xD;&#xA;    mklink D:\Users D:\Users /j&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both D's in the mklink command are correct.&#xD;&#xA;When the system reboots, the drive that was D in the recovery console becomes the C drive." />
  <row Id="15014" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8446" RevisionGUID="548a902a-256a-4610-9a27-21f551afc71d" CreationDate="2009-05-15T03:12:28.037" UserId="2513" Text="I believe you could do what you want using iptables and, more appropriately, [squid][1] (delay-cache?), but it might be complicated to configure and manage.  It is definitely possible though, with squid to limit transfer on a per-user basis.  I have never done it personally though, so I can't really offer any advice as to the specifics of setting it up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some other tools you might look at, but most of them do a lot of other filtering, and are very full featured, you might consider them a bit bloated if all you want to do is limit transfer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Squidguard][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [Dansguardian][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [IPCop][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.squid-cache.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.squidguard.org/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://dansguardian.org/?page=introduction&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.ipcop.org" />
  <row Id="15015" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8447" RevisionGUID="415ece34-3fe4-4b70-a940-d27488632906" CreationDate="2009-05-15T03:15:57.783" UserId="2611" Text="If you have any experience with Linux you will find VMWare Server 2.0 on Ubuntu Server 8.04 (64bit) runs very well. With Ubuntu Server, unlike Windows, you run without a full GUI environment which frees a lot of resources for your virtual machines. This is exactly what ESXi does, but as Sascha points out ESXi has a very limited list of supported hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also keep in mind that the area where ESXi support is very limited is RAID controllers. I have had many &quot;unsupported&quot; computers (desktops &amp; servers) run ESXi fine sans RAID support. In a development/testing environment this maybe for your needs. If this is the case download ESXi and give it a try on hardware you already own before splashing out some pricy HP or Dell gear.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15016" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8439" RevisionGUID="9d1c5ed8-81a1-467a-8112-0083b7e55d16" CreationDate="2009-05-15T03:20:54.763" UserId="2567" Comment="clarify as per comment" Text="I'm running a Linux server accessible to a wide range of users, and (due to some policies in place by my upstream Internet provider) I need to limit the total amount of data a user can transfer to some given amount. The Linux box is the gateway to my provider. Is there a way to do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a working `iptables` setup already in place on the box, if that helps, and I have some experience configuring things like HTB. The problem with the setups I've done in the past is they limit users to a particular bitrate (e.g. 20kbps), rather than total transfer amount over a larger period of time (e.g. 100MB/day)." />
  <row Id="15017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8448" RevisionGUID="608e4576-615c-4808-b658-2c6f7b17f5b0" CreationDate="2009-05-15T03:22:20.783" UserId="2224" Text="I don't think there is anything on the market to do it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're really devoted to making it happen and have time &amp; programming skill, you could probably take a look at one of the Firewire DMA exploits and figure out how they work. There was one written in Python last year whose code was very readable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Firewire gives you direct memory access, so you can bootstrap a minimalist kernel and do whatever you want via the connection. If you're worried about full-disk encryption, it's a major risk that you need to account for, as someone could plug a Firewire device into a laptop that's asleep (vs. hibernated or powered down) and compromise the encryption key." />
  <row Id="15018" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8449" RevisionGUID="9d06707c-4c8c-43a6-b713-b908d0518689" CreationDate="2009-05-15T03:25:47.953" UserId="401" Text="Can anyone help me find out what is going on here?  I have some rules set up tracking packet counts.  When I run the following script as root:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t mangle -xnvL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I get the output I expect:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    //snip&#xD;&#xA;    233203 199929802 MARK       all  --  *      *       0.0.0.0/0            10.0.13.50          MARK xset 0xd101/0xffffffff&#xD;&#xA;    //snip&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I want to run this as part of cacti, which runs as apache.  Now apache can't run iptables, which is why I have the script.  I set it up as SUID root:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -rwsr-sr-x 1 root root   37 May 14 23:06 iptables_packet_report.sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But then I get this output:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    server # sudo -u apache ./iptables_packet_report.sh&#xD;&#xA;    iptables v1.4.2: can't initialize iptables table `mangle': Table does not exist (do you need to insmod?)&#xD;&#xA;    Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously my kernel is fine, and the fact that I'm running it as non-root is messing something up, but I don't understand why.  I did double check the SUID with [the demonstration](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setuid#Demonstration and confirmed it was working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    server # sudo -u apache ./printid&#xD;&#xA;    Real UID  = 81&#xD;&#xA;    Effective UID = 0&#xD;&#xA;    Real GID  = 81&#xD;&#xA;    Effective GID = 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My end goal is to get the output of iptables -t mangle -xnvL while running as apache so I can use cacti to graph it all nicely." />
  <row Id="15019" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8449" RevisionGUID="9d06707c-4c8c-43a6-b713-b908d0518689" CreationDate="2009-05-15T03:25:47.953" UserId="401" Text="iptables Changes Output based on Real UID?" />
  <row Id="15020" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8449" RevisionGUID="9d06707c-4c8c-43a6-b713-b908d0518689" CreationDate="2009-05-15T03:25:47.953" UserId="401" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;iptables&gt;&lt;suid&gt;" />
  <row Id="15021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8450" RevisionGUID="32eadc69-29c4-4278-bc33-86219952becd" CreationDate="2009-05-15T03:25:59.153" UserId="1054" Text="You could do things in a bit of a different fashion and use a script to create everything, including the user account.  This way you could also include the home share as part of the new user script.  There are a ton of examples out there on how to modify AD via script." />
  <row Id="15022" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8451" RevisionGUID="be4e0f66-9529-495d-bd04-d5345f33b162" CreationDate="2009-05-15T03:41:54.183" UserId="2567" Text="@WerkkreW got me on the right track. The solution I'll be going with is to use squid and its delay_pools feature.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The basic concept is to set up per-host (class 3) delay pools in `squid.conf`, then set each of them to the maximum amount of bandwidth I want to allow per user per day. Then, set the &quot;fill&quot; rate to be that maximum amount of bandwidth divided by one day's worth of time, so each delay pool will fill completely in one day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, using `iptables` I'll transparently redirect incoming requests on port 80 from my LAN to squid rather than DNATing them directly, so that users on the internal network are subjected to the bandwidth restrictions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks again, WerkkreW, for pointing me in the right direction." />
  <row Id="15023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8452" RevisionGUID="d3edc62b-a255-42e3-a1e5-a71673f97cad" CreationDate="2009-05-15T03:45:51.667" UserId="1331" Text="I got a laptop, which I brought a year ago, which has a battery that can last for 3 hours.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6 months ago, the battery's life dropped down to roughly 15 minutes (Windows says its supposed to last for 30 minutes).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I tested it this week, its down to 5 minutes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a feeling that my battery has lost its charge but surfing the net gives varying (and most of the times, conflicting) tips on getting the charge back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't afford new batteries but I would buy one if its necessary. Right now, my laptop is always connected to the power supply.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to recover the strength of my battery?" />
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  <row Id="15025" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8452" RevisionGUID="d3edc62b-a255-42e3-a1e5-a71673f97cad" CreationDate="2009-05-15T03:45:51.667" UserId="1331" Text="&lt;laptop&gt;&lt;battery&gt;&lt;tips&gt;&lt;maintenance&gt;" />
  <row Id="15026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8453" RevisionGUID="bc2f8661-2fe3-4841-b4a0-ae0b2cb8bbae" CreationDate="2009-05-15T03:48:03.597" UserId="1437" Text="It sounds like you're having an issue with the FastCGI http module not registering the PHP module. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would recommend you try installing PHP with the Microsoft Web Platform Installer (http://www.microsoft.com/web).  The Beta 2 has PHP Support, and I installed it on IIS and it worked with ease.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you google for links on WebPI and PHP you'll find some cool tutorials.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, once you get it up and running be sure to use this very helpful page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;info.php&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;?&#xD;&#xA;    phpinfo()&#xD;&#xA;    ?&gt;" />
  <row Id="15027" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8454" RevisionGUID="319b7963-429c-4369-adcc-4dfd2df6ed4a" CreationDate="2009-05-15T03:52:33.840" UserId="2423" Text="A few things here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Batteries last 2 years under the absolutely ideal conditions (a user who never leaves the computer plugged in for days on end, and who regularly fully discharges and recharges the battery).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) No user has ever used a battery under ideal conditions. In my experience doing laptop repair and working with laptops, the batteries last 18 months in good cases, and as little as a year in bad ones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; There are a few &quot;tricks&quot; you can use. For example, there are &quot;battery recalibration&quot; programs from both dell and HP for certain models of laptop. Google your model + battery calibration to see if one has been released for yours. Sometimes they help, often they don't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise, the only thing you can do is a standard battery recalibration yourself. Charge the computer fully, then discharge fully 2-3 times, this will recalibrate your battery to its maximum available life. However, at the age yours is, I imagine the battery is simply old and dead. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know you say you can't afford a new one, so the trick there is to hit up ebay and get yourself a nice cheap Chinese battery. They are not as good as those you get from the manufacturer, but they work well for awhile, and if you're looking to save money, it's the best way to go." />
  <row Id="15028" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8455" RevisionGUID="e320ebba-3753-4fb8-b9c4-a616065b31ae" CreationDate="2009-05-15T03:56:27.077" UserId="2423" Text="Try Zero Assumption Recovery &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.z-a-recovery.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have frequently had it find/recover data and files that other programs couldn't locate or recover. " />
  <row Id="15029" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8340" RevisionGUID="30bb9785-665a-4ba4-a110-48c15d38ccc7" CreationDate="2009-05-15T03:57:22.630" UserId="28" Comment="added 323 characters in body" Text="I'm trying to force one PC to use a remote transparent squid proxy by re-routing all outgoing packets headed for port 80 to the squid proxy, although I'm having some difficulty with the exact iptables command line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The mini-HOWTO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/TransparentProxy-6.html has some good links for the two &quot;extreme&quot; cases: a three (or more) machine setup which has a client, router, and proxy, and a single machine setup where all three on the same machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my setup, I have a machine (called foo), with an IP of 192.168.1.100. Normally, it connects to the internet through a router at 192.168.1.1, which does NAT and has a public IP. In this case, foo also is connected via an OpenVPN tunnel (foo's tunnel address is 10.8.0.5/6) to a machine called bar (remote address 10.8.0.1), which runs squid. I want to use iptables to route all outgoing packets from foo headed for port 80 to bar's squid proxy, on port 3128.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't been able to figure out which chain and which targets to use; all my attempts have either been illegal (-A OUTPUT without -t nat and --to-destination) or just not done any good (various combinations of -A PREROUTING, OUTPUT, POSTROUTING, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;The closest I think I got was this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to 10.8.0.1:3128&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, no port 80 traffic gets anywhere, but at least it's getting processed. Using -A PREROUTING fails... maybe because the packets originate locally instead of being routed through the machine?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15030" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8456" RevisionGUID="aefec75d-0e9a-4f90-adc2-b3c0c7e3842a" CreationDate="2009-05-15T03:59:11.237" UserId="1072" Text="We always have at least one contractor on site and because they are involved in different products / technologies, different software needs to be installed on their PC's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This takes up a lot of support time and is basically a never-ending stream.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Giving them admin rights would allow them to do this work themselves.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The downside is that they now have rights to do anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How have other people handled this?&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="15033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8457" RevisionGUID="88f6506d-73ea-48e5-a83a-e7165728086c" CreationDate="2009-05-15T03:59:26.230" UserId="2033" Text="Oh wow there are so many things to check. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Same model of Dell? (Could be the specific model of reader/burner.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Are the three machines in close proximity? (I've had an entire row of machines lose their DVD readers... the top row... because of the heat, over time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) What does it say in the event log on those machines? Anything regarding the CD?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) Does it do it to Audio CDs too? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5) If you upgraded to Vista, it could be [this][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929461" />
  <row Id="15034" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8458" RevisionGUID="856f57dc-66c9-4dc4-aec0-a2e73d2f00b6" CreationDate="2009-05-15T04:06:23.240" UserId="1437" Text="[DiskView][1] is a great application that has Windows Explorer integration&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.diskview.com/" />
  <row Id="15035" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8459" RevisionGUID="a0c2395a-032a-49a9-b3a3-f0b677cf9c6f" CreationDate="2009-05-15T04:07:13.690" UserId="1054" Text="We have a scorched earth policy with regards to granting local admin.  You get local admin if you agree to not waste the desktop support techs' time.  Basically, you hork something and you get your machine regenned.  If the tech's nice they'll spend UP TO 30 minutes looking at your problem.  This really is a win-win for us because people that get local admin *typically* are people who have half a clue about PC's and end up hardly ever needing to call desktop support because of something they've done (it's usually hardware related instead)." />
  <row Id="15036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8460" RevisionGUID="478be014-0c10-49fd-85ae-dc3519c638bf" CreationDate="2009-05-15T04:08:19.477" UserId="2229" Text="A lot of organisations recognise that there is a need for users to have local admin rights and let all users have local admin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It sounds like that is appropriate in this case, but you might want to follow up with getting them to sign some documentaion that they won't install any software other than what is on a agreed list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You also will probably NOT want to give them Domain admin rights.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15038" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8462" RevisionGUID="e8e8e409-f407-4c9e-9d39-7084f5015c0e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T04:09:46.633" UserId="1331" Text="In the company I'm working for, we need to get system administrators. However, we are a programming development company and it turns out that we have no idea how to tell a good system administrator from a bad one*. We just needed someone to set up the server, plan the layout of the LAN cables and to set up policies on the security of the Wi-Fi.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We didn't realize that we have a problem with our hiring until we We found out that the two administrators we hired didn't do the job properly. We found out we have problems two months later when:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- we started getting static on the phone and we traced it to the cabling.&#xD;&#xA;- a visitor told us that the network security is ineffective and demonstrated this.&#xD;&#xA;- we have to replace the server they recommended since the old one was inefficient for our company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any standard way of recognizing a good system administrator?&#xD;&#xA;Are there any interview tests that we can give to weed out the poorly skilled ones?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*\* You think computer programmers would tell the good technical staff from the bad ones but programming and system administration are two different fields.*" />
  <row Id="15039" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8462" RevisionGUID="e8e8e409-f407-4c9e-9d39-7084f5015c0e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T04:09:46.633" UserId="1331" Text="How do you recognize a good system administrator?" />
  <row Id="15040" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8462" RevisionGUID="e8e8e409-f407-4c9e-9d39-7084f5015c0e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T04:09:46.633" UserId="1331" Text="&lt;interview&gt;&lt;skill-set&gt;" />
  <row Id="15041" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8463" RevisionGUID="6672a912-9c43-4f47-9491-64121d018337" CreationDate="2009-05-15T04:12:45.880" UserId="1118" Text="I've got two computers at home, a Mac (OS X Leopard) and a PC (XP).  Each have an external hard drive (USB).  They're both on the same network - through a Netgear router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to know how to set up the drives (on each machine) such that they're visible on both machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, what security settings should be set?" />
  <row Id="15042" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8463" RevisionGUID="6672a912-9c43-4f47-9491-64121d018337" CreationDate="2009-05-15T04:12:45.880" UserId="1118" Text="How do you share a hard drive between a Mac and a PC?" />
  <row Id="15043" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8463" RevisionGUID="6672a912-9c43-4f47-9491-64121d018337" CreationDate="2009-05-15T04:12:45.880" UserId="1118" Text="&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;pc&gt;&lt;home-network&gt;" />
  <row Id="15044" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8464" RevisionGUID="840110ca-9e65-44b7-ba28-df127ad02313" CreationDate="2009-05-15T04:22:16.427" UserDisplayName="Annath" Text="This one is a bit more internet-humor-related, but I always loved&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chown -R us ./base&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a reference to the &quot;All your base&quot; phenomenon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15045" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8464" RevisionGUID="840110ca-9e65-44b7-ba28-df127ad02313" CreationDate="2009-05-15T04:22:16.427" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8465" RevisionGUID="8b1d7424-80b5-4c5f-b1b4-70de7373ac69" CreationDate="2009-05-15T04:23:00.310" UserId="2612" Text="Kia ora. Your options are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Make the user local admin&#xD;&#xA; 2. Employ some kind of packaging &amp; deployment solution, like MSI installers and group policy - i.e. some agent service is running as admin&#xD;&#xA; 3. Provide the password to the local Administrator account, and show the contractors how to switch user from their personal (domain?) accounts when installing software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(3) is my personal choice - I don't even run as admin on my own machines. There's a learning curve, but it's much easier on Windows 7 (and probably Vista) with UAC. A good place to start is Aaron Margolis' Non-Admin blog.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The primary benefit for not running as local admin is resistance to malware and browser exploits. This may be possible to explain to your users - &quot;If you do it this way you won't &amp;%#¤! up your PC&quot; - most normal users are afraid of breaking something anyway." />
  <row Id="15047" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8466" RevisionGUID="1a9816a6-36a0-43d9-84d5-059c7e2ce3c8" CreationDate="2009-05-15T04:32:13.820" UserId="2612" Text="This is just a possibility, but you might be able to roll your own using the open source project Gammu [(see Wikipedia)][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It looks like Gammu can run as a service on Windows, it can store received SMSs in the file system, you just need to figure out how to trigger a script to send these as email, using BLAT for example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have used Gammu to send SMS (from HP SIM alerts) and it works well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gammu_(software) &quot;(see Wikipedia)&quot;" />
  <row Id="15048" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8467" RevisionGUID="f04e7304-dd8b-46f8-bfdd-800995656623" CreationDate="2009-05-15T04:39:51.077" UserId="1453" Text="I know this isn't exactly what you're looking for but a possible alternative, which will almost certainly work across XP to Vista, is running your Powershell script remotely via either:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[psexec][1] - Microsoft (made by Mark Russinovich, enough said!)  &#xD;&#xA;[rctrlx][2] (my tool) - More powerful that psexec in certain situations  &#xD;&#xA;[Remcom ][3] - Open source&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That way you don't need to install anything on either machine apart from Powershell&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.geocities.com/gtalon51/projects.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/rce/" />
  <row Id="15049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8468" RevisionGUID="6115797b-4869-4cad-80da-7584ef4877e2" CreationDate="2009-05-15T04:41:37.893" UserId="2554" Text="The real issue is deciding on a disk format that both OSes are friendly with. E.g. OS X cannot natively write to NTFS, but it can read it. A solution for this is MacFUSE (google it) and its ntfs-3g driver. On the PC side, if you share its attached drive than you should be able to mount it over Samba on OS X. If the drive that is attached to OS X is formatted as Mac OS Extended than Windows will definitely not be able to read it - so you will want to convert it to a format that both OSes can access, either Fat32 or NTFS (which again, you can only access via MacFUSE).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ultimately its down to getting a disk format that both OSes can handle. When this has been accomplished than you can share both drives and access them via Samba on OS X and Windows. " />
  <row Id="15052" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8470" RevisionGUID="a14282f7-cd2a-48dd-9d4a-eae59cef0d14" CreationDate="2009-05-15T04:43:37.733" UserId="1565" Text="[Wammu][1] is a GUI running [Gammu][2].  The info page says it supports &quot;**export messages to mail (IMAP4, maildir and mailbox storages are supported)**&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have money, [Ozeki Message Server 6 - SMS gateway][3] might be what you are looking for.  They have a free trial download.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wammu.eu/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gammu.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.ozeki.hu/" />
  <row Id="15053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8471" RevisionGUID="503f4c13-28a0-4633-81c2-265e6c22a96e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T04:51:39.453" UserId="2612" Text="You can examine the &quot;Synchronizations&quot; tab, and see where the column &quot;New updates&quot; is non-zero. Right-click and choose &quot;Sychronization report&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8472" RevisionGUID="1705fe4c-463c-413f-b984-609aa7bcf6da" CreationDate="2009-05-15T04:52:55.940" UserId="1682" Text="You can't. End of story." />
  <row Id="15055" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8462" RevisionGUID="2bf36700-8335-4c9b-807a-a79e6c4ca568" CreationDate="2009-05-15T04:54:59.010" UserId="1331" Comment="fixed gramar, added and removed tags" Text="In the company I'm working for, we need to get system administrators. However, we are a programming development company and it turns out that we have no idea how to tell a good system administrator from a bad one*. We just needed someone to set up the server, plan the layout of the LAN cables and to set up policies on the security of the Wi-Fi.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We didn't realize that we have a problem with our hiring until we found out that the two administrators we hired didn't do the job properly. We found out we have problems two months later when:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- we started getting static on the phone and we traced it to the cabling.&#xD;&#xA;- a visitor told us that the network security is ineffective and demonstrated this.&#xD;&#xA;- we have to replace the server they recommended since the old one was inefficient for our company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any standard way of recognizing a good system administrator?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any interview tests that we can give to weed out the poorly skilled ones?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*\* You would think computer programmers would tell the good technical staff from the bad ones but programming and system administration are two different fields.*" />
  <row Id="15056" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8462" RevisionGUID="2bf36700-8335-4c9b-807a-a79e6c4ca568" CreationDate="2009-05-15T04:54:59.010" UserId="1331" Comment="fixed gramar, added and removed tags" Text="&lt;interview&gt;&lt;recruitment&gt;&lt;industry&gt;" />
  <row Id="15057" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8470" RevisionGUID="5ab119bb-197e-4d78-aa4f-dafe9498e8d8" CreationDate="2009-05-15T04:57:34.450" UserId="1565" Comment="added 371 characters in body" Text="[Wammu][1] is a GUI running [Gammu][2].  The info page says it supports &quot;**export messages to mail (IMAP4, maildir and mailbox storages are supported)**&quot;.  There is also [gnokii][3].  There is no GUI for the Windows binaries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are trying to automate this, nray has the better idea.  It might not be as simple, but it will probably work.  Something like [FileWatcher][4] would do the trick if you can get the SMS messages to a folder. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have money, [Ozeki Message Server 6 - SMS gateway][5] might be what you are looking for.  They have a free trial download.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wammu.eu/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gammu.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.gnokii.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.datamystic.com/filewatcher.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.ozeki.hu/" />
  <row Id="15058" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8473" RevisionGUID="c9956b1d-b1ca-4fd5-8fd4-e5efae897d96" CreationDate="2009-05-15T04:58:17.257" UserId="1233" Text="The simplest way is to share them just like you would share a folder on your computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Sharing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To turn on File Sharing in Windows, right click on the drive in My Computer and choose Sharing and Security... and then choose to enable it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To turn on File Sharing in Mac OS X, go to System Preferences and click on the Sharing Preference Pane. Then check off the check box beside &quot;File Sharing&quot;. Lastly, click the Options... button and check off &quot;Share files and folders using SMB&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Connecting&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To connect to the Mac from the PC, if set correctly the Mac will show up in the Network section. You then just need to give it your username and password you use to log into the Mac. If it does not show up automatically you can manually enter \\IP_ADDRESS_OF_MAC\ in the Address Bar in Explorer and then enter the Username and Password - on some setups you may need to prefix the username with &quot;\\IP_ADDRESS_MAC\&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To connect to the PC from the Mac, by default in 10.5 the PC computer name will show up in the Sidebar in the Finder under the Shared section. You can click on the PC and then press the Connect... button. If it fails to show up, in the Finder from the Go menu choose &quot;Connect to Server...&quot; (Command-K) then simply enter `smb://IP_ADDRESS_OF_PC` and then enter the username and password that you use to log on to your PC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Permissions&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Permissions for various accounts can be set in the Sharing and Security window on the PC, and in the Sharing Preference Pane on the Mac.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Caveats&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since you're using file sharing - obviously you'll need to make sure the other computer is on. You will also want to check out another couple of questions here on ServerFault: [4599](http://serverfault.com/questions/4599/file-shares-for-mac-users/4910#4910) and [5564](http://serverfault.com/questions/5564/what-are-dsstore-files-and-why-does-osx-leave-them-on-windows-shares/5618#5618)" />
  <row Id="15059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8474" RevisionGUID="03af6b55-8c08-447f-b370-fce15e4578d9" CreationDate="2009-05-15T05:04:42.957" UserId="2347" Text="I work for a wireless provider in North America, and had done some training for a person in my group to run through work orders. I had stayed up the first couple of nights (we do everything during the maintenance window), but he was doing fine and said he's got to learn it on his own, so I let him and left my cell phone and pager on. I logged in and checked the config when I got up at 8am the following morning.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The change was that we were adding a new pool of IP addresses for blackberries, the pool we were adding was about 10000 addresses. To do this, we add routes on the router that point to the processor address on a blade that does all the call processing (essentially it works like a proxy). Also, we log into the processor and configure the IP pool, and link the ip pool to be used for our wireless users. However for testing, what we normally do is configure this on one processor (actually boot up a phone and test all the features), and then just move the config to the actuall processor we want it on. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fast forward two weeks, and I get a call from our control center that there's been alot of call in's about some intermittent blackberry problems, and the few blackberries they've looked at seem to be cycling through a common pool, but weren't really sure what was happening. It only took me about 5 minutes to realize that this was the new pool my colleage had just added two weeks before. It also didn't take long to see that the router had two routes in it, one going to the test processor, and one going to the proper call processor. This being what it was, he forgot to delete the route to the test processor, and it superceded the proper route. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Essentially what was happening, a blackberry would connect to the network, connect to the proxy to get it's IP address, the proxy would give it an address from the pool with the incorrect route, and the blackberry would try and talk to the rim relay, and the response would be routed to the test proxy and never make it back to the user, essentially meaning no connectivity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We got lucky though since blackberries have a behaviour that if they can't contact the relay, they will disconnect / reconnect to the network, but none the less some rim's were without service for up to several hours until they were able to cycle onto a working pool. I thought back, and when I double checked the work, I had only check the proxy config which was new to this guy, I never checked the routing config since this guy was previously with the backbone team and routing was his thing. Oops!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I fixed it and called him up that afternoon, his day was going well, but I started with i'm sorry, but I'm about to ruin you're entire week. A year later the story still comes up around beers." />
  <row Id="15060" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8474" RevisionGUID="03af6b55-8c08-447f-b370-fce15e4578d9" CreationDate="2009-05-15T05:04:42.957" UserId="2347" />
  <row Id="15061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8475" RevisionGUID="fa6bd259-4f74-40e6-a8a6-10767d293f3c" CreationDate="2009-05-15T03:39:14.823" Text="&lt;p&gt;i have never built a server before, so need some suggestions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;what should i consider when choosing hardware for a web server?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;i have a budget of 10k&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15062" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8475" RevisionGUID="fa6bd259-4f74-40e6-a8a6-10767d293f3c" CreationDate="2009-05-15T03:39:14.823" Text="best hardware for server running web sites" />
  <row Id="15063" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8475" RevisionGUID="fa6bd259-4f74-40e6-a8a6-10767d293f3c" CreationDate="2009-05-15T03:39:14.823" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="15064" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8476" RevisionGUID="b48ad7e5-c6f7-4c84-9e0f-524a7ebd6897" CreationDate="2009-05-15T03:42:25.707" Text="&lt;p&gt;You want lots of RAM.  If you're doing this for your first time, buy something off the shelf from Dell.  It's the quickest way to get up and running in a decent manor. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope you know software, because it's the major portion of this game.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15065" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8477" RevisionGUID="2702d977-5841-4c02-9006-341d2ac0e85f" CreationDate="2009-05-15T03:45:36.150" Text="&lt;p&gt;Consider getting a dual-core or even quad-core processor. And lots of RAM. $10k is a lot of money, so you could afford a great server with that. But also, as @BobbyShaftoe said, if you use a database, you should consider putting the database on its own server.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8478" RevisionGUID="76f226d2-0655-48a8-be1c-a0496aa2205f" CreationDate="2009-05-15T03:51:29.740" Text="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Backup, Backup, Backup!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No Really, its no use having the worlds greatest server if you cannot restore from a major disaster in as short a time frame as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hardware&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Server based case with plenty of airflow and HDD space&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Dual/Quad core CPU&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;4-8Gb RAM&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Good quality Power Supply&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fast drives in a RAID array&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Backup Options&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;NAS&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tape&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;External HDD (USB/Firewire/eSata)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;List&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Create a list of objectives and purposes to help you identify your real needs:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How many simultaneous connections?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Database Access required?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Public or Private facing?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Shared or for single purpose?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have some basic answers you can then decide if you need 1 server or need several servers to ensure uptime.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, a server is only as good as the system administrators maintaining it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8479" RevisionGUID="730a6f76-3180-4504-a9d4-57b4072f1bc5" CreationDate="2009-05-15T05:03:37.133" UserId="2186" Text="&lt;p&gt;In addition to &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/866876/best-hardware-for-server-running-web-sites/866907#866907&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Wayne's excellent point about backup&lt;/a&gt; make sure you include a decent service agreement in your budget.  Work out what engineer callout time you'll need - 4 hours, 24 hours etc - and how long you'll need it for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No point having the best server in the world if you have to courier it off to the manufacturer if you get a hardware failure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15068" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8480" RevisionGUID="8d5b9b71-9385-47de-b113-048c2c08dc45" CreationDate="2009-05-15T05:05:35.140" UserId="1565" Text="I consider myself a good system administrator, and one of the reasons I am **now** is because I have made all the mistakes you've listed.  I won't ever make them again because I learned from every one of them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want a good system administrator, find one that has already made all the mistakes and learned from them.  If they don't like learning from their mistakes, they aren't good sysadmins.  If they say they've never made a mistake, they are either lying or not a good sysadmin." />
  <row Id="15069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8481" RevisionGUID="4df388e1-c2e8-4bd3-9848-28e1a9161b19" CreationDate="2009-05-15T05:09:44.523" UserId="123" Text="I am going through a setup of [thinstation][1] and i am in a situation where i need to add a custom DHCP record so when i computer starts up it knows where the TFTPD server when it gets DHCP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've had a snoop around and i cant seem to see the ability to add a custom record, is there a way to do this on windows?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://thinstation.org" />
  <row Id="15070" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8481" RevisionGUID="4df388e1-c2e8-4bd3-9848-28e1a9161b19" CreationDate="2009-05-15T05:09:44.523" UserId="123" Text="custom dhcp records windows server 2003" />
  <row Id="15071" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8481" RevisionGUID="4df388e1-c2e8-4bd3-9848-28e1a9161b19" CreationDate="2009-05-15T05:09:44.523" UserId="123" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;dhcp&gt;" />
  <row Id="15072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8482" RevisionGUID="92739459-bb85-4024-9f86-d66f0a5abca5" CreationDate="2009-05-15T05:13:34.237" UserId="1054" Text="Have you tried using DHCP option 150 (tftp-server)?  It looks to be a tentative assignment so not entirely sure what the support for this option is.  Have a shot, anyway." />
  <row Id="15073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8483" RevisionGUID="fa5d462c-4bd9-4995-9501-694269936e58" CreationDate="2009-05-15T05:15:37.433" UserId="1331" Text="Most **devious**?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I set the default login picture for all users to a picture of Pedobear. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the guest picture, I have set up Pedobear with a thumbs up with the words Pedobear Seal of Approval&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Nobody* in the company knows who is Pedobear and they just assumed that the bear is a cute cartoon character.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its been two months since I did this. Many have already changed their user picture but the guest picture is still there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...and no, I'm not a system administrator but that's what happens when I have to spend one weekend installing Vista on all the laptops and computers at the company." />
  <row Id="15074" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8483" RevisionGUID="fa5d462c-4bd9-4995-9501-694269936e58" CreationDate="2009-05-15T05:15:37.433" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8484" RevisionGUID="fd1e6ed8-f154-4c2a-ad85-92db9e3d6bde" CreationDate="2009-05-15T05:15:42.300" UserId="2347" Text="What I'd question is what you use Ciscoworks currently to achieve. I think if in you're current deployment, if for configuration, logs, troubleshooting, etc you always turn to ciscoworks first and foremost, it's a good option since it's something you're already familiar with, and is actually usefull. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I'm fine without it, we have it deployed in our network, but I've only ever logged in maybe 3 or 4 times, and just find generally doing stuff takes longer then my ad-hoc stuff. We're a fairly big shop, so we have HP Openview for SNMP alarming, fed to our Control Center, Openview Performance Insight for SNMP polling stats and generating statistics. For my equipment, we have all logs sent to a solaris box, and I basically just have a tail that follows the logs on one of my screens all day. We do nightly backups in a script, with a script to grab all current configs, so finding differences in config is easy using unix diff tools. And we do all configuration directly by logging into the box. So for me it's ultimatly a useless tool that I've never had an enticing reason to get into.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, some of our backbone team love the thing, but that was mainly because they could deploy a config change such as a new vlan to be trunked to every switch in one go. That was never my responsibility so I could care less. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This brings me back, if it's a tool you use every day, and everyone is already familiar with it, it's a good thing to get. If it's there and you use it once a month, and everything you use it for at that time can easily be done using simple scripts, then don't bother." />
  <row Id="15076" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8485" RevisionGUID="4078f952-6e33-48eb-8eb4-4e5d5bcfdbb1" CreationDate="2009-05-15T05:20:44.413" UserId="2498" Text="Current battery technology requires regular &quot;exercise&quot; to maintain full functionality for the life of the battery (2-3 years tops). I have found that if you fully discharge (run on battery until the laptop shuts itself off) then recharge about once every week or two that will do the trick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option is to remove the battery and run off AC only if you're laptop is being utilized more like a desktop. However, you still need to exercise the battery at least once a month. Also, some laptops don't run properly without the battery installed, so do some homework on your model before trying this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your current situation sounds like the battery will need to be replaced. There are several options for purchasing a replacement battery besides the manufacturer. I have had good luck with batteries from [Kahlon][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kahlon.com" />
  <row Id="15077" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8486" RevisionGUID="f915ea73-51e2-4b68-a992-1a3f451cd179" CreationDate="2009-05-15T05:23:21.820" UserId="1331" Text="My aunt asked me to fix their computer. They said it wouldn't boot up and its been like that for 2 weeks. I suspected it was either the BIOS or the OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I sat down in front of their computer. I crouched down to push the power button. I look up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The BIOS passed. That's good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The OS booted. That's good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I moved the mouse around thinking maybe there's a problem with the input devices. There was no problem with the input devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I opened up her word processor. It ran.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I print test the printer. It printed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By this point, I stood up and told my aunt (who was watching me) that there is nothing wrong with the computer. She claimed that it wasn't like that before I sat down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can now claim to my family that I am so *good*, that I can fix any computer just by sitting in front of it." />
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  <row Id="15082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8489" RevisionGUID="4bd92ade-7298-4cea-be7d-64694798d70c" CreationDate="2009-05-15T05:38:49.937" UserId="1331" Text="I'm a programmer not a system administrator. But people are confusing me as one just because I sit in front of the computer all day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And they are **so friendly** about it, too." />
  <row Id="15083" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8489" RevisionGUID="4bd92ade-7298-4cea-be7d-64694798d70c" CreationDate="2009-05-15T05:38:49.937" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8491" RevisionGUID="a98115b0-5f66-457e-9033-3c9d293601cc" CreationDate="2009-05-15T05:42:43.987" UserId="1592" Text="I'll assume this is done on a linux system.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm just wondering if you might be seeing some shared memory issue as well as the semaphores?  I've had that happen to me when apache is killed via kill -9.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When this happens have you checked out the status of the shared memory area using the command:&#xD;&#xA;     ipcs-a&#xD;&#xA;This will show the current use of semaphores, message queues, and shared memory. This may provide you with more information on the problem. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You actually can if you want to remove old semaphores or shared memory regions using the ipcrm command (see man page for specific options you need).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't recall at the moment, but I remember it is relatively easy in Linux to modify the semaphore and shared memory parameters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Well just some thoughts on your issue.  Hope it helps." />
  <row Id="15087" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8492" RevisionGUID="150202b1-5c8b-41fb-889a-a4c9aead8345" CreationDate="2009-05-15T05:46:01.017" UserId="1331" Text="[Wikipedia says][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Sneakernet is a tongue-in-cheek term used to describe the transfer of electronic information, especially computer files, by physically carrying removable media such as magnetic tape, floppy disks, compact discs, USB flash drives, or external hard drives from one computer to another&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone actually used Snekaernet in their professional job? Is it a common practice or is this done rarely?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet" />
  <row Id="15088" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8492" RevisionGUID="150202b1-5c8b-41fb-889a-a4c9aead8345" CreationDate="2009-05-15T05:46:01.017" UserId="1331" Text="Have you ever used Sneakernet?" />
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  <row Id="15091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8493" RevisionGUID="591c7f85-05b3-4608-bb4f-6206ae7fe6f1" CreationDate="2009-05-15T05:52:31.910" UserId="251" Text="Characteristics that I look for in a System Administrator, although a bit *nix in nature&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Obsessively organized&#xD;&#xA;   - Lists of things to do&#xD;&#xA;   - P-Touch labels everything&#xD;&#xA;   - Everything has it's place and it upset if said thing is out of place&#xD;&#xA;   - Very, very punctual&#xD;&#xA; - Minimal coding abilities&#xD;&#xA;   - Can whip up a simple bash script (variables, if/then/else)&#xD;&#xA;   - Can modify a complex bash script &#xD;&#xA;   - Can compile httpd from source&#xD;&#xA; - Certifications&#xD;&#xA;   - They mean more for System Administrators (than for us coders)&#xD;&#xA; - Attitudes towards programmers&#xD;&#xA;   - Cautious, if not downright suspicious &#xD;&#xA;   - Intrigued by new requirements, willing to negotiate&#xD;&#xA;   - Will not give coders root, no matter what&#xD;&#xA; - Comfortable with CLI, if not preferred over a GUI&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="15096" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8493" RevisionGUID="1252662d-d4b0-4f83-9e3f-8164f684d6c8" CreationDate="2009-05-15T05:57:57.473" UserId="251" Comment="added 228 characters in body" Text="Characteristics that I look for in a System Administrator, although a bit *nix in nature&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Obsessively organized&#xD;&#xA;   - Lists of things to do&#xD;&#xA;   - P-Touch labels everything&#xD;&#xA;   - Everything has it's place and it upset if said thing is out of place&#xD;&#xA;   - Very, very punctual&#xD;&#xA; - Minimal coding abilities&#xD;&#xA;   - Can whip up a simple bash script (variables, if/then/else)&#xD;&#xA;   - Can modify a complex bash script &#xD;&#xA;   - Can compile httpd from source&#xD;&#xA; - Certifications&#xD;&#xA;   - They mean more for System Administrators (than for us coders)&#xD;&#xA; - Attitudes towards programmers&#xD;&#xA;   - Cautious, if not downright suspicious &#xD;&#xA;   - Intrigued by new requirements, willing to negotiate&#xD;&#xA;   - Will not give coders root, no matter what&#xD;&#xA; - Has strong opions about monitoring systems&#xD;&#xA;   - Prefers something SNMP-based.  (And it is not &quot;What's Up? Gold&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;   - Needs access from home and mobile phone/PDA/netbook/etc so the system can be monitored while on holiday&#xD;&#xA; - Comfortable with CLI, if not preferred over a GUI&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="15097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8495" RevisionGUID="3a24270d-f9de-422b-b09b-b96ab8822842" CreationDate="2009-05-15T06:02:59.460" UserId="2347" Text="I think it's just like any other field, you have to get someone who is deeply interested and deeply cares about what they do. You can ask questions like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What sites, forums, blogs, etc do you enjoy reading to hear about the newest technologies&#xD;&#xA; - What is a recent technology that you've heard about that you'd like to get you're hands on and play with&#xD;&#xA; - What's one example of something neat or interesting or simpyl that you're proud of that you've been able to setup at a previous employer (or academic role) that's saved everyone time or frustration&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should be able to easily get good detailed respones to these questions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are just examples, but just like hiring a programmer, if you can't get the person to be adament about the technology or interests in the field, they won't be worth anything to you." />
  <row Id="15098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8496" RevisionGUID="933fb688-fb8a-4f9e-9003-c63322542e20" CreationDate="2009-05-15T06:06:29.190" UserId="51157" Text="I am in the process of building a website that will distribute a large amount (&gt;150GB) of small files (~25Mb Avg.) to a large number of people, since both bandwidth and disk space are expensive with my server company, and we are on a low budget, I'm thinking that we should go with [Amazon's S3][1] service to host our content, are there any potential gotchas or specail precautions that should be taken when building a high demand website around Amazon's S3?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://aws.amazon.com/s3/" />
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  <row Id="15100" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8496" RevisionGUID="933fb688-fb8a-4f9e-9003-c63322542e20" CreationDate="2009-05-15T06:06:29.190" UserId="51157" Text="&lt;amazon-s3&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="15101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8497" RevisionGUID="446c77a7-170f-4ed0-b4ed-cc0fcc3d5342" CreationDate="2009-05-15T06:08:37.767" UserId="51157" Text="I'm waiting for my &quot;sneaker&quot; to arrive as we speak, there simply was no better way to get &gt;150GB from Ohio to California." />
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  <row Id="15103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8498" RevisionGUID="ba1a4635-eb69-40ab-bde4-35adb4de9b1b" CreationDate="2009-05-15T06:12:53.720" UserId="1092" Text="I have Dell Optiplex 960 with Vista Business 64-bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everyday after work I'm clicking &quot;shut down&quot; button which puts my machine into hybrid-sleep mode.&#xD;&#xA;It works great, but once a week just before saving whole memory to the disk, the computer restarts and I see a screen with options how to run my windows because of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have similiar machine at home - DIY with Gigabyte motherboard, Vista Home Premium 64-bit - and had never saw such behaviour.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found somwhere on the internet that disabling &quot;Allow this device to wake up computer&quot; checkbox for keyboard and mouse may help, but not in my case :-(&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is almost no information about those crashes in Event Viewer. For example yesterday I can find in System Log error at 18:03 that last shutdown from 18:01 was unexpected, but I have a hole in logs beetwen 14:58 and 18:02.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should I search for some newer drivers or bios updates ?" />
  <row Id="15104" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8498" RevisionGUID="ba1a4635-eb69-40ab-bde4-35adb4de9b1b" CreationDate="2009-05-15T06:12:53.720" UserId="1092" Text="Dell optiplex 960 reboots but should sleep" />
  <row Id="15105" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8498" RevisionGUID="ba1a4635-eb69-40ab-bde4-35adb4de9b1b" CreationDate="2009-05-15T06:12:53.720" UserId="1092" Text="&lt;dell&gt;&lt;optiplex&gt;&lt;hybrid-sleep&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="15106" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8499" RevisionGUID="1c9cec91-9da6-4e10-98fc-315633cea395" CreationDate="2009-05-15T06:14:03.997" UserId="2546" Text="Consider allocating some of your 10k budget to pay for advice from someone who **has** built a server before. 10k assumes a reasonably high-traffic site and there are a lot of things you can get wrong at that level." />
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  <row Id="15108" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7684" RevisionGUID="82a9fdf9-dba1-4ab5-9694-0d6853ca8a5a" CreationDate="2009-05-15T06:14:44.620" UserId="1740" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="As you are using a ThinkPad/Lenovo T23 computer, this folder is safe to delete. They create this folder with all the IBM drivers so that if you have problems with your display driver or something, you can re-install the &quot;factory default&quot; driver from that folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, when updates are downloaded, this is the default extraction folder.&#xD;&#xA;The folder will be re-created next time updates are downloaded and extracted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, yes you may delete it if you need more space." />
  <row Id="15109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8500" RevisionGUID="2dce1e91-013d-4d29-9b1d-56a68533c250" CreationDate="2009-05-15T06:18:09.123" UserId="2546" Text="[Google does it][1]. (or at least used to)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did it this week, burning three DVDs to get a bunch of user data across town, since one of the offices can only access the internet via a slow vpn conection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/03/73007" />
  <row Id="15110" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8500" RevisionGUID="2dce1e91-013d-4d29-9b1d-56a68533c250" CreationDate="2009-05-15T06:18:09.123" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8501" RevisionGUID="a3a0e4f6-da0c-4b3d-a364-9b1592d6c299" CreationDate="2009-05-15T06:19:10.340" UserId="1233" Text="I do it whenever it makes sense based on how long a transfer over the network will take. Which is a day or two a week from just transferring via an external hard drive to FedEx'ing overnight a couple terabytes of info to another company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out Jeff Atwood's post on [The Ecnonomics of Bandwidth](http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000783.html) for an example of when it really makes sense." />
  <row Id="15112" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8501" RevisionGUID="a3a0e4f6-da0c-4b3d-a364-9b1592d6c299" CreationDate="2009-05-15T06:19:10.340" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8502" RevisionGUID="6958f551-39a5-4916-9ac1-483ad065ef15" CreationDate="2009-05-15T06:19:21.430" UserId="2229" Text="I use it all the time. Sneakernet is very necesary when you are a consultant who works on their own machine which is not connected to a customers network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am currently carring on me: a 1 TB external drive, an 80GB smaller drive, a 4GB and a 2GB USB key all for sneakering.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;High speed usb is heaps quicker than a slow network for large ISO images for example.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15114" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8502" RevisionGUID="6958f551-39a5-4916-9ac1-483ad065ef15" CreationDate="2009-05-15T06:19:21.430" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15115" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8503" RevisionGUID="9ccb8fd1-d7c4-4e25-8483-1a6033dbbae6" CreationDate="2009-05-15T06:19:36.873" UserId="617" Text="Nothing beats sneakernet when it comes to bandwidth -- I've achieved blazing speeds of 1.7 Gbps when carrying a 500 Gb hard drive to a machine 10 min away. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, latency sucks -- from 5 min in the same building up to 40h worldwide. " />
  <row Id="15116" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8503" RevisionGUID="9ccb8fd1-d7c4-4e25-8483-1a6033dbbae6" CreationDate="2009-05-15T06:19:36.873" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15117" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8504" RevisionGUID="04431eb2-3161-4f3b-84e0-725cf1e7be74" CreationDate="2009-05-15T06:27:51.853" UserId="251" Text="S3 is not technically a hosting service.  Yes, you can put content up there but seemingly simple things that you may depend upon are not present.  E.g.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - no index file functionality&#xD;&#xA; - no byte-range requests&#xD;&#xA; - no logic behind anything&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another catch is that, no matter the bandwidth on the client side, the per-file transfer rate will be limited.  (E.g.: Here in Europe, I measured 1-2mpbs from the US Amazon S3 service.  We had some connection as bad as low 100s of kbps.)  That said, cumulative bandwidth is effectively unlimited.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have a look at [CloudFront][1], which is Amazon's CDN that works with S3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/" />
  <row Id="15118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8505" RevisionGUID="d480c51b-a13c-4a72-9917-26ab7919ce5f" CreationDate="2009-05-15T06:32:26.340" UserId="2367" Text="You cannot use SUID root for shell scripts. Only real programs can be SUID root, shell scripts start with &quot;#!&quot; and the interpreter&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take a look at sudo and install it! Edit /etc/sudoerrs, add a line like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www-data        ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/local/sbin/iptables_packet_report.sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then just run &#xD;&#xA;sudo /usr/local/sbin/iptables_packet_report.sh&#xD;&#xA;from your code.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It should then not ask for the password, but evaluate the process automatically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm quite sure that your error messages would also happen if you manually su into www-data and run it manually" />
  <row Id="15119" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8506" RevisionGUID="6ca274d3-1023-4063-a683-b6b62b2a1789" CreationDate="2009-05-15T06:34:42.233" UserId="2120" Text="It's hard for programmers to recognize good programmers; e.g. it takes companies like Microsoft and Google a day's worth of interviews to satisfy themselves, even after initial screening.  Similarly, it's hard for system administrators to recognize good system administrators.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On that basis, I claim that it's extremely hard for programmers to recognize good system administrators.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That doesn't mean you should give up, however.  But why not enlist the help of a system administrator to help you in the interviews?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It may sound like this creates a circular dependency (because how do you know who to ask to help you?), but I think it should be relatively easy to find a friendly sysadmin from among your professional contacts who might be willing to help out with something like this.  You probably wouldn't want them to make the choice for you, but they should be able to give an informed assessment of their technical and other relevant abilities." />
  <row Id="15120" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8507" RevisionGUID="44d593b3-7749-457e-9f5a-e22940d37344" CreationDate="2009-05-15T06:37:28.173" UserId="1815" Text="What would be http/ftp proxy failover solutions using open source tools?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have one squid proxy server on virtual Linux server and need to make a failover server on another one. Proxy must be configurable by end users by manually entering DNS name and port." />
  <row Id="15121" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8507" RevisionGUID="44d593b3-7749-457e-9f5a-e22940d37344" CreationDate="2009-05-15T06:37:28.173" UserId="1815" Text="Proxy failover solution?" />
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  <row Id="15123" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8508" RevisionGUID="70992c46-04d6-413f-b2d7-58c34cb875ea" CreationDate="2009-05-15T06:38:33.520" UserId="1248" Text="Sneakernet is common for anyone who runs a network that can't be connected to the Internet or even their own intranet. Some of my current employer's customers use this setup to help keep data that they are processing safe from hackers or butter finger slip-ups." />
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  <row Id="15125" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8504" RevisionGUID="427300e6-a24e-48fd-a027-01b492f3ccff" CreationDate="2009-05-15T06:40:37.510" UserId="251" Comment="added 38 characters in body" Text="S3 is not technically a hosting service.  Yes, you can put content up there but seemingly simple things that you may depend upon are not present.  E.g.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - no index file functionality&#xD;&#xA; - no byte-range requests&#xD;&#xA; - no logic behind anything (although there are some ACL options)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another catch is that, no matter the bandwidth on the client side, the per-file transfer rate will be limited.  (E.g.: Here in Europe, I measured 1-2mpbs from the US Amazon S3 service.  We had some connection as bad as low 100s of kbps.)  That said, cumulative bandwidth is effectively unlimited.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have a look at [CloudFront][1], which is Amazon's CDN that works with S3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: I'd not call 150GB of data 'large', especially in the scope of Amazon's platform.  It is peanuts for them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/" />
  <row Id="15126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8509" RevisionGUID="014f04e7-92b3-48c5-86c1-a6985bd6d9e6" CreationDate="2009-05-15T06:50:27.153" UserId="2546" Text="Here are some ways to recognise a good system administrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - They are able to talk about previous systems they have administered in a way that makes sense to you, a technically-capable non-sysadmin. A good sysadmin needs to be able to communicate with other network users and see the big picture at the same time as being fully aware of all the details. If they can't explain in a structured and clear way what they did and why in a previous job, then they won't be able to explain to you their decision-making rationale when working for you. Basically, they should be able to talk all day about a specific system without ever losing their audience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - They are obsessed with avoiding single points of failure. At any point when they are describing a system they administer(ed), stop them and ask &quot;*What could have gone wrong with this part of the system and how did you mitigate that risk?*&quot; Their answer should be detailed and show that they had thought it through carefully already. They should also be **enthusiastic** about answering that question, because good sysadmins love thinking about ways to avoid catastrophic failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - They have a healthy scepticism of the new, the cool and the untested. They are also hugely keen to trial new solutions and are always doing so. However, their standard toolbox is staid, safe and involves plenty of testing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - They can remember times their systems have failed and answer *[five whys][1]* without having to think. Every sysadmin has made mistakes that led to downtime; the good ones have thought about both technical and systemic reasons why it happened.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - They document their systems with the same level of obsessiveness that a teenage diary writer documents her crushes. If possible, ask to look at their documentation for previous systems they have administered.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - I've no idea how to test this at interview, but they are calm in a crisis. Perhaps you could wait till they visit the men's room, then jam the door and set off the fire alarm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/01/22.html" />
  <row Id="15127" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8510" RevisionGUID="c62ae237-ac8e-4044-9bb1-86af7a921911" CreationDate="2009-05-15T07:17:41.243" UserId="984" Text=" - Open up the DHCP management console under administrative tools&#xD;&#xA; - If your DHCP server isn't listed then add it&#xD;&#xA; - If the server was listed you may need to double click on it to get windows to establish the connection to the DHCP server&#xD;&#xA; - Right-click on the server name&#xD;&#xA; - If you need to add a vendor/user class then:&#xD;&#xA;  - Choose 'Define Vendor Class' or 'Define User Class'&#xD;&#xA; - Else Choose 'Predefined Options and Values'&#xD;&#xA;  - Add any options/values you need.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15128" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8511" RevisionGUID="e9a34fbd-cb79-41bb-af21-e3cdd3b8b5f9" CreationDate="2009-05-15T07:19:07.840" UserId="2592" Text="I have started to use &quot;build your own kits&quot; where someone have put to gather a set of hardware that you get to put together your self, perhaps exchanging some parts or adding something.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This kits are usually prized somewhat cheaper then the individual components and you have a single contact if something don't work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Concerning the time spent on building the box I think its dwarfed by the time spent installing OS and other software which you need to do anyway (especially if your running Linux like me)." />
  <row Id="15129" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8512" RevisionGUID="4d9fd32d-c227-4afa-a5ef-8741cf1f14e3" CreationDate="2009-05-15T07:19:51.130" UserId="251" Text="Is it possible to [multiplex][1] two (or more) 1Gbps Ethernet into a single logical connection?  Is it common place?  Advisable?  Stupid?  Other considerations?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ask because my hosting partner's network infrastructure is 1Gbps, but I have the need for more.  10Gbps networking kit is still on the pricey side, especially in the context of a high-availability Internet-facing data center.  So, I'm exploring other options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplexing" />
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  <row Id="15132" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="8456" RevisionGUID="7815999f-9303-4db6-ba1b-ee3844bcbb15" CreationDate="2009-05-15T07:21:47.600" UserId="984" Comment="corrected spelling" Text="When to grant admin rights" />
  <row Id="15133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8513" RevisionGUID="e81cde11-52ff-4cd1-af1d-50e13c48bd68" CreationDate="2009-05-15T07:22:09.550" UserId="161" Text="Dude,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;twas the night after win7 7100 release all was quiet in the mancave and not a mouse was stirring i was trying to get my winxp laptop into the *win7 homegroup* after failing to do that, went oldschool for workgroups but still couldn't print out of the printer attached to the win7 pc!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;like a bolt of lightening it hit me, *SNEAKERNET!!* trusty flashdisk in hand, i said fdisk! and just transfered the files from laptop to win7 and printed my docs. sneakernet saved the night. will figure out why win7 wont let me print from winxp workgrouppc later this weekend when i have time." />
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  <row Id="15135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8514" RevisionGUID="e7eec220-0fe7-4260-8996-d7f79c27bd47" CreationDate="2009-05-15T07:29:00.023" UserId="2367" Text="I need to generate a few thousand mails in Lotus Notes (with attachment) in order to test an extension to the Domino router I wrote.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I do that? It may not be mails that are send into Domino via SMTP because I need to test Notes routing and real notes mails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does someone have a guide or macro or agent etc. that goes in a Lotus Notes intallation and autoamtes the process of creating tons of mails?" />
  <row Id="15136" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8514" RevisionGUID="e7eec220-0fe7-4260-8996-d7f79c27bd47" CreationDate="2009-05-15T07:29:00.023" UserId="2367" Text="mass mail/load test/newsletter from Domino/Lotus Notes system" />
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  <row Id="15138" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8456" RevisionGUID="728d6e3b-3810-4e7f-8b59-a6b5eaccfe87" CreationDate="2009-05-15T07:32:02.873" UserId="914" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;admin&gt;&lt;rights&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;contractors&gt;" />
  <row Id="15139" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="6606" RevisionGUID="ff22c4f8-c828-41b5-88d9-88e01223a620" CreationDate="2009-05-15T07:32:19.610" UserId="2318" Comment="edited title" Text="Does the EIA-310-D Spec discuss Vertical vs Horizontal rack mounting" />
  <row Id="15140" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8515" RevisionGUID="5a8a56f1-fb1b-4c39-8460-dd420dc7eef7" CreationDate="2009-05-15T07:36:31.773" UserId="1435" Text="Yes, it's called a variety of things such as 'teaming', 'etherchannel', 'DMP', 'MIO', 'bonding' etc. but it happens all the time and is supported by most modern operating systems straight out of the box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a very advisable thing to do if you have the spare ports on the server/pc and the switch - firstly because it allows you machine to carry on if a port or cable breaks and secondly because they can in many circumstances aggregate your traffic down both links to effectively give you 2Gbps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Feel free to ask any more detailed questions around this area." />
  <row Id="15141" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8512" RevisionGUID="06be4441-41b0-4066-98c7-07d92aaf64d5" CreationDate="2009-05-15T07:36:41.960" UserId="1435" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;multiplexing&gt;&lt;ethernet&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;bonding&gt;" />
  <row Id="15142" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5043" RevisionGUID="c513421a-e422-4c08-990d-d3e10096ebed" CreationDate="2009-05-15T07:37:29.230" UserId="1435" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="I know the MSA range well and I think you'll struggle to dedupe with what you have, for a start deduping is a reasonably slow and IO-intensive job that's best done by the actual SAN/NAS controllers. It's slightly different in a backup scenario as the backup media server can dedupe as it goes but with live data it's important to maintain data integrity and overall performance and I'm not sure there's anything available as an 'after market add-on' that'll really give you what you need." />
  <row Id="15143" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8515" RevisionGUID="d25883b8-08de-483f-991c-d2bc971b9fa6" CreationDate="2009-05-15T07:41:55.400" UserId="1435" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Yes, it's called a variety of things such as 'teaming', 'etherchannel', 'DMP', 'MPIO', 'bonding' etc. but it happens all the time and is supported by most modern operating systems straight out of the box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a very advisable thing to do if you have the spare ports on the server/pc and the switch - firstly because it allows you machine to carry on if a port or cable breaks and secondly because they can in many circumstances aggregate your traffic down both links to effectively give you 2Gbps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Feel free to ask any more detailed questions around this area." />
  <row Id="15144" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8235" RevisionGUID="d2fc87e6-5e99-4ce9-803a-96fa38f58a0e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T07:42:23.200" UserId="984" Comment="added 20 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;I have a switch (SRW2024) which supports both jumbo frames and link aggregation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've got 2 servers (each of them has 2x Gbit nic, working under kernel) that I want to connect to a filestorage backend (iSCSI, openfiler).&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've setup bonding on each server (eth0+eth1) as bond0 and configured the subnet for it.&#xD;&#xA;File server has also the same network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bonding mode is 4 (802.3ad Dynamic link aggregation) on every node on the network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, unable to ping any host.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using tcpdump on the bond0, i'm getting an arp request 'who has x.x.3.1 tell x.x.3.2' but the target machine is unable to answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No firewall, no special policies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've spent hours trying different configurations ... no success.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for someone to get me started, i'm just lost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help would be really appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15145" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8235" RevisionGUID="d2fc87e6-5e99-4ce9-803a-96fa38f58a0e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T07:42:23.200" UserId="984" Comment="added 20 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;bonding&gt;&lt;multiplexing&gt;" />
  <row Id="15146" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8516" RevisionGUID="26cbc313-bd7c-49cf-a9eb-3a426488e0b6" CreationDate="2009-05-15T07:46:04.130" UserId="2619" Text="I've got an Ubuntu server. I installed Samba to share files with Windows clients and it started off fine. I recently added some shares that are based on UnionFS and now the samba server will not start at boot and I have to launch it manually (`/etc/init.d/samba start` works without error)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's annoying and it's going to cause problems when the server gets restarted when I'm not there. Can anybody suggest an idea why it's not booting and/or give me a way to make sure it does." />
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  <row Id="15149" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8517" RevisionGUID="16272d6c-0be5-4736-a998-83af6b098908" CreationDate="2009-05-15T07:47:32.427" UserId="1792" Text="Right now you can't use PowerShell remoting feature on windows XP because it depends on WinRM 2.0 CTP3 that's not available for it. Support for remoting on Windows XP will be available after final build of PowerShell V2 (and WinRM  2.0). " />
  <row Id="15150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8518" RevisionGUID="a8d40a01-2863-441f-8a6b-08a091e52a46" CreationDate="2009-05-15T07:49:46.073" UserId="216" Text="It sounds like you need [Linux-HA][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ## Project Goal ##&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Provide a high availability (clustering) solution for Linux which promotes reliability,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; availability, and serviceability (RAS) through a community development effort.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linux-ha.org/" />
  <row Id="15151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8519" RevisionGUID="cfe9feb3-1421-4982-b410-7715b6d41f92" CreationDate="2009-05-15T07:51:16.383" UserId="2405" Text="If you have just FTP access - no shell access - no rsync - then it is not possible to make the servers talk directly to each other. You will need to use your own computer as an intermediate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to do this regularly then you *can* script this - for example using the perl Net::FTP module, see this article for an example http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6686" />
  <row Id="15152" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4107" RevisionGUID="0d5aa7e4-86e2-4ee4-a57a-ce2f8c94b9cc" CreationDate="2009-05-15T07:54:32.210" UserId="1435" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="I used to do system-wide 'blackhat' consultancy for one of those big IT companies. We always found that the client companies were very good at hardening their routers/firewalls/servers etc but terrible about sorting out their human processes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One such demo we gave to a client had me using their conference room speakerphone to call directory enquiries, ask for the client's main reception number, call that, ask for their tech support number, call reception again ask for their Financial Director's name, then call their tech support claiming to be the FD, had to be a bit loud and 'boss-like' but they very quickly reset his password and gave it to me, I dialled (they used MS RAS) into their system, logged in and sent myself an email saying 'You got the job!' - all in front of the FD concerned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically people are always the weak point and you don't have to be that sneaky to get around them. That said I do know of competitors who dressed as Police to gain access to our offices, luckily someone called 'their branch' to check up on them and they literally ran away once confronted. " />
  <row Id="15153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8520" RevisionGUID="ad96ee75-eeea-4da8-85a6-caeb1d78475d" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:01:03.620" UserId="2587" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am looking at setting up a backup solution... well including in my backup solution actually... an external harddrive on my main file server. I then use something like Microsoft SyncToy to 'sync' data onto the external hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I currently have a Symantec Backup Exec solution that backs up file server (as well as other servers). This backups to external hard drives also, but of course it relies on Backup Exec. In my experience restoring from a backup is one of the most problem ridden tasks. Therefore my thinking is that the 'synced' files would be a second line backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any thoughts from anyone, or better solutions? I do have a backup domain controller but do not currently know how to configure file replication on it. (I understand this is possible also)" />
  <row Id="15154" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8520" RevisionGUID="ad96ee75-eeea-4da8-85a6-caeb1d78475d" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:01:03.620" UserId="2587" Text="Data Backup redundancy/backups" />
  <row Id="15155" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8520" RevisionGUID="ad96ee75-eeea-4da8-85a6-caeb1d78475d" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:01:03.620" UserId="2587" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;synchronization&gt;&lt;redundancy&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="15156" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8521" RevisionGUID="60215bf9-7bc3-4448-a942-2c2b3156cd03" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:01:47.783" UserId="2545" Text="Have you checked to see that you have all these links ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/rc5.d/S20samba&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/rc4.d/S20samba&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/rc3.d/S20samba&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/rc2.d/S20samba&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not, then samba is not set to autostart, and you should set it up to do so with something like :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`update-rc.d samba defaults`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15157" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8522" RevisionGUID="a23a9702-ec9c-4d92-bfe0-dd28459b6bcc" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:03:11.167" UserId="2405" Text="    &gt; apt-get moo&#xD;&#xA;             (__) &#xD;&#xA;             (oo) &#xD;&#xA;       /------\/ &#xD;&#xA;      / |    ||   &#xD;&#xA;     *  /\---/\ &#xD;&#xA;        ~~   ~~   &#xD;&#xA;    ....&quot;Have you mooed today?&quot;...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15158" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8522" RevisionGUID="a23a9702-ec9c-4d92-bfe0-dd28459b6bcc" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:03:11.167" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15159" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8523" RevisionGUID="bc30c41b-5a24-44ec-bae1-1fc07296c39b" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:03:29.530" UserId="1966" Text="Our site is connect to the internet by a pair of lines which currently have a significant difference in latency.  We have a suspicion that when we enable 'downstream bonding' on these lines (i.e. our ISP distributes incoming packets across both lines) we're suffering a major loss of TCP/IP performance because of packet-reordering problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're going to get the latency imbalance fixed, but in the meantime, is there any way on Windows (7RC on this machine, but general advice for XP/2003/Vista is fine) to either A. increase the number of packets which can be reordered and/or B. determine whether or not the TCP layer of the stack is actually discarding lots of out of order segments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems that this is something the TCP layer could easily count, but I can't see anything on perfmon/netstat which looks useful." />
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  <row Id="15161" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8523" RevisionGUID="bc30c41b-5a24-44ec-bae1-1fc07296c39b" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:03:29.530" UserId="1966" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;tcpip&gt;" />
  <row Id="15162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8524" RevisionGUID="640db134-f0af-4c46-a1ca-5df17b1ccd61" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:05:00.447" UserId="984" Text="What do you call the main component off your computer system. I am talking about the case plus all the guts (motherboard, cpu, hard drive, video, etc) minus the peripherals (video, mouse, keyboard).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Frequently I hear people call use words to describe the main box like case, hard drive, CPU, tower, desktop, motherboard, box, workstation, server, etc.  It annoys me to no end when the use most of the those terms since they each refer to a specific component that part up the main box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I personally do not think the word 'computer' is right.  I believe the common usage of the word computer generally means the entire system including all the peripherals, but maybe I am wrong about this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since this is more of a poll then a question I have set it as community wiki.  Please tell us what word(s) you use, provide some reasoning if you have any.  I am hoping people will vote up the term that has the most common usage." />
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  <row Id="15166" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8508" RevisionGUID="ba75cec0-2cb1-4237-aef9-924890303f21" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:06:39.057" UserId="1248" Comment="Added wikipedia link and more detail." Text="**Air gapped networks**: sneakernet is common for anyone who runs a network that can't be connected to the Internet or even their own intranet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of my current employer's customers use this setup to help keep data that they are processing safe from hackers or butter finger slip-ups. It typically archives of another firm's email that is being searched in relation to a lawsuit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Wikipedia][1] also has some more examples of air gapped networks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_gap_(networking)" />
  <row Id="15167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8525" RevisionGUID="c32a176e-b354-49da-9695-e0fdab3d4d3a" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:08:53.513" UserId="2546" Text="[Base unit][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://images.google.com/images?q=base+unit&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sa=N&amp;hl=en&amp;tab=wi" />
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  <row Id="15169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8526" RevisionGUID="d6533db8-69da-4584-a548-8fd33fb25461" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:12:28.780" UserId="1840" Text="What's the best approach towards determining if I have a rogue DHCP server inside my network?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm wondering how most admins approach these kinds of problems.  I found &quot;DHCP Probe&quot; ([http://www.net.princeton.edu/software/dhcp_probe/][1]) through searching, and thought about trying it out.  Has anyone had experience with it? (would like to know before taking the time to compile it and install).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you know any useful tools or best-practices towards finding rogue DHCP servers?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.net.princeton.edu/software/dhcp_probe/" />
  <row Id="15170" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8526" RevisionGUID="d6533db8-69da-4584-a548-8fd33fb25461" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:12:28.780" UserId="1840" Text="How do I find if there is a rogue DHCP server on my Network?" />
  <row Id="15171" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8526" RevisionGUID="d6533db8-69da-4584-a548-8fd33fb25461" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:12:28.780" UserId="1840" Text="&lt;dhcp&gt;&lt;rogue&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="15172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8527" RevisionGUID="4722d627-7ec5-4d5a-953a-20c3baf963fe" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:13:05.380" UserId="333" Text="Obligatory [Data Transfer By Snail][1] story link.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[&lt;img src=&quot;http://blog.makezine.com/snail.jpg&quot; /&gt;][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/02/data_transfer_via_snail.html" />
  <row Id="15173" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8527" RevisionGUID="4722d627-7ec5-4d5a-953a-20c3baf963fe" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:13:05.380" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15174" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8528" RevisionGUID="a1ad2733-bd0c-43fa-883d-b43ecd13213b" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:16:45.030" UserId="2367" Text="We use a custom init-script, of course.&#xD;&#xA;I can use for-loops to iterate over a list of ports, parse other config files like the vpn-users, etc.&#xD;&#xA;Excellent!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And iptables-restore is surely the most &quot;canonical&quot; way of saving it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I want to add:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please note that current version of iptables will for every single invokation ask the kernel to give it back the full list of chains. Then it will make the one change you ask it to do. Then it will upload the list again. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is slow (O(n^2)), for us it needs 5 seconds which is too long ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you use iptables-restore, it all goes through in one quick operation. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15175" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8529" RevisionGUID="4191e55c-f105-42f2-a9e0-259eec4b9601" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:16:47.637" UserId="1435" Text="for some reason I always call them a 'machine' - don't know why but it's the engine of the whole thing right, seems to fit. You might want to consider making this a community wiki." />
  <row Id="15176" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8529" RevisionGUID="4191e55c-f105-42f2-a9e0-259eec4b9601" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:16:47.637" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15177" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8530" RevisionGUID="feded0d9-c096-4309-bab1-a9d6ea284806" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:17:49.833" UserId="333" Text="Box, System, or Machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;CPU&quot; seems like a silly term to refer to the whole system. &quot;Computer&quot; is usually good enough but sometimes lacks sufficient specificity to exclude the monitor, keyboard, etc." />
  <row Id="15178" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8530" RevisionGUID="feded0d9-c096-4309-bab1-a9d6ea284806" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:17:49.833" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15179" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8531" RevisionGUID="e3ffee79-2a66-4ae1-a0c9-094f874b9468" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:19:53.043" UserId="984" Text="I generally use the word [system unit][1] which is at least somewhat common, but I don't really like that word.  It isn't common enough that I can tell one of my users to power cycle their *system unit* and expect them to understand what I mean.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_unit" />
  <row Id="15180" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8531" RevisionGUID="e3ffee79-2a66-4ae1-a0c9-094f874b9468" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:19:53.043" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15181" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8532" RevisionGUID="a01005ff-b0bf-4082-9363-ac61bb3061ec" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:25:14.190" UserId="1619" Text="Have you tried [Wireshark][1] to actually monitor the traffic?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In particular:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://wiki.wireshark.org/TCP_Analyze_Sequence_Numbers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wireshark.org/ " />
  <row Id="15182" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8533" RevisionGUID="ccacc3d9-842e-4ec5-b527-8765757b5cd4" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:28:18.333" UserId="1619" Text="Disable the main DHCP server and (re)configure a connection. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you get an IP address, you've got a rogue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a Linux handy, the standard dhcpclient tells you the IP address of the DHCP server (else you can sniff the traffic to see where the DHCP response came from)." />
  <row Id="15183" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8534" RevisionGUID="c6324dcf-8fc0-4ec1-af02-b888632db17f" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:31:57.580" UserId="984" Text="One simple method is to simply run a sniffer like tcpdump/wireshark on a computer and send out a DHCP request.  If you see any offers other then from your real DHCP server then you know you have a problem." />
  <row Id="15184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8535" RevisionGUID="a491c0f5-a73d-4bb4-81f3-6aea3f68329e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:39:05.273" UserId="1840" Text="I usually call it 'my box' or **'My System'**.  I prefer the latter as it implies it's own definition:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;a group of related hardware units&quot; or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;a set of connected things or parts of a mechanism&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The term 'cpu' for referring to a computer system bothers me, but I CAN believe I've used it before.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="15186" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8521" RevisionGUID="6cb50c03-3e2c-48fd-a7a2-91e7f61a9906" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:40:38.923" UserId="2545" Comment="Amended with more things to check in the system logs." Text="Have you checked to see that you have all these links ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/rc5.d/S20samba&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/rc4.d/S20samba&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/rc3.d/S20samba&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/rc2.d/S20samba&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not, then samba is not set to autostart, and you should set it up to do so with something like :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`update-rc.d samba defaults`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ok, so what is reported in the log files around system start up time ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /var/log/samba/log.smbd&#xD;&#xA;    /var/log/samba/log.nmbd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;check those two and see if there's anything suspicious in there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15187" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8536" RevisionGUID="f04dcd98-0810-49a8-96aa-5eb8258dcfba" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:42:33.583" UserId="984" Text="&gt; I do have a backup domain controller&#xD;&#xA;&gt; but do not currently know how to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; configure file replication on it. (I&#xD;&#xA;&gt; understand this is possible also)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally file-replication doesn't really give you a very useful backup.  Yes it will help if all your drives die in the main server, but if someone deletes something that shouldn't have been deleted that deletion will be quickly replicated from your main system to your backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should have at least one backup, and preferably more, at any given point in time that is completely offline and separate for your production system.  That way if something catastrophic happens you will still have a copy of your data that is safe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I am looking at setting up a backup&#xD;&#xA;&gt; solution... well including in my&#xD;&#xA;&gt; backup solution actually... an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; external harddrive on my main file&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server. I then use something like&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Microsoft SyncToy to 'sync' data onto&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the external hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Copying your files to a portable drive seems like a useful solution.  I suspect I would script a backup with robocopy instead of trying to use SyncToy.  SyncToy doesn't really seem something I would want to trust my backup too.  You really shouldn't even need a full sync, since during normal backups your data should only be going one direction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15188" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8537" RevisionGUID="0d5554d3-cd51-4e71-b93d-ec61ed4fe07d" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:45:53.173" UserId="984" Text="&gt; I recently added some shares that are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; based on UnionFS and now the samba&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server will not start at boot and I&#xD;&#xA;&gt; have to launch it manually&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When and how do these UnionFS things get mounted?  Are they all done in the /etc/fstab, or do you have some script that mounts them.  The important question is are they mounted before the system attempts to start Samba?" />
  <row Id="15192" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8539" RevisionGUID="86965b43-720e-4606-bec6-dce8182b8674" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:57:30.533" UserId="1447" Text="In theory, logs and data drives have different data access patterns that are in conflict with each other when they share a drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Log Writes**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Log access consists of a very large number of small sequential writes.  Somewhat simplistically, DB logs are ring buffers containing a list of instructions to write data items out to particular locations on the disk.  The access pattern consists of a large number of small sequential writes that must be guaranteed to complete so they are written out to disk.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally, logs should be on a quiet (i.e. not shared with anything else) RAID-1 or RAID-10 volume.  The main DBMS writes out log entries and one or more log reader threads consume the logs and write the changes out to the data disks.  If there is other traffic on the disks, the heads are moved around by these other accesses and the sequential log writes become random log writes.  These are much slower, so busy log disks can create a hotspot which acts as a bottleneck on the whole system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Data Writes**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Data items are written to the data disks by the log reader.  This consumes log entries and writes the data items out to disk.  This is a heavily random access pattern, so sharing the same physical disks can create an artificial bottleneck on system performance.  The same applies to temporary areas.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The role of caching**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SAN controllers tend to have large RAM caches, which can absorb the random access traffic to a certain extent.  However, for transactional integrity it is desirable to have disk writes from a DBMS guaranteed to complete.  When a controller is set to use write-back caching, the dirty blocks are cached and the I/O call is reported as complete to the host.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This can smooth out a lot of contention problems as the cache can absorb a lot of I/O that would otherwise go out to the physical disk.  It can also optimise the parity reads and writes for RAID-5, which lessens the effect on performance that RAID-5 volumes have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the characteristics that drive the 'Let the SAN deal with it' school of thought, althoug this view has some limitations:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Write-back caching still has failure modes that can lose data, and the controller has fibbed to the DBMS, saying blocks have been written out to disk where in fact they haven't.  For this reason, you may not want to use write-back caching for a transactional application, particlarly something holding mission-critical or financial data where data integrity problems could have serious consequences for the business.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - SQL Server (in particular) uses I/O in a mode where a flag forces physical writes to the disk before the call returns.  Microsoft has a certification program, and many SAN vendors produce hardware that honours these semantics.  In this case no amount of cache will optimise disk writes, which means that log traffic ***will*** thrash if it is sitting on a busy shared volume.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If the application generates a lot of disk traffic its working set may overrun the cache, which will also cause the write contention issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If the SAN is shared with other applications (particularly on the same disk volume), traffic from other applications can generate log bottlenecks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Some applications (e.g. data warehouses) generate large transient load spikes that make them quite anti-social on SANs.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even on a large SAN separate log volumes are still recommended practice.  You may get away with not worring about layout on a lightly used application.  On really large applications, you may even get a benefit from multiple SAN controllers.  Oracle publish a series of data warehouse layout case studies where some of the larger configurations involve multiple controllers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Put responsibility for performance where it belongs**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On something with large volumes or where performance could be an issue, make the SAN team accountable for the performance of the application.  If they are going to ignore your recommendations for configuration, then make sure that management are aware of this and that responsibility for system performance lies in the appropriate place.  In particular, establish acceptable guidelines for key DB performance statistics like I/O waits or page latch waits or acceptable application I/O SLA's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that having responsibility for performance split across multiple teams creates an incentive to finger-point and pass the buck to the other team.  This is a known management anti-pattern and a formula for issues that drag out for months or years without ever being resolved.  Ideally, there should be a single architect with authority to specify application, database and SAN configuration changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, benchmark the system under load.  If you can arrange it, secondhand servers and direct-attach arrays can be purchased quite cheaply on Ebay.  If you set up a box like this with one or two disk arrays you can frig with the physical disk configuration and measure the effect on performance.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an example, I have done a comparison between an application running on a large SAN (an IBM Shark) and a two-socket box with a direct attach U320 array.  In this case, £3,000 worth of hardware purchased off ebay outperformed a £1M high-end SAN by a factor of two - on a host with roughly equivalent CPU and memory configuration.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From this particular incident, it might be argued that having something like this lying around is a very good way to keep SAN administrators honest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8540" RevisionGUID="c644a90b-99b9-4436-b565-6f13dddd503e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:57:45.230" UserId="2153" Text="I have a computer which was unexpectedly shut down during a distribution upgrade (Ubuntu 8.10 -&gt; 9.04).  It now won't finish booting - various X errors, then it goes to the login screen but won't allow logins.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a backup of it and the /home data is all still OK on the drive so it's no emergancy, but a complete rebuild is still an annoying and time consuming process.  Is there any way to recover from this?  I have a 9.04 CD, I was debating trying installing over the top - is that a good idea?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Failing that, is there any good way of inspecting the drive and generating a list of software installed, and preferably even the setttings from outside /home (like /etc)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I've got to start again from scratch, any recommendations for dealing with the person responsible for the unexpected shutdown? :)" />
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  <row Id="15195" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8540" RevisionGUID="c644a90b-99b9-4436-b565-6f13dddd503e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T08:57:45.230" UserId="2153" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;dist-upgrade&gt;" />
  <row Id="15196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8541" RevisionGUID="af15c827-bf6c-42ad-b449-9625b31df88f" CreationDate="2009-05-15T09:06:57.663" UserId="984" Text="Try pressing CTRL-ALT-F1 and see if you get a command prompt.  See if you can login, then try running **sudo apt-get dist-upgrade**.  This should allow you too finish the upgrade.  You may get errors so you might also need to try using **sudo dpkg --configure -a**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get a list of the installed software you can run the command **dpkg --get-selections**.  If you save they output of that command to a file you can use the command **cat selections | sudo dpkg --set-selections** and then use the command **sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade** to actually get all the packages installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do go that route you probably should backup your /etc and /home folders to another device." />
  <row Id="15197" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8516" RevisionGUID="01e41c90-4571-42b0-ae8c-0cc92bdbc1a8" CreationDate="2009-05-15T09:10:26.753" UserId="2619" Comment="added 1200 characters in body" Text="I've got an Ubuntu server. I installed Samba to share files with Windows clients and it started off fine. I recently added some shares that are based on UnionFS and now the samba server will not start at boot and I have to launch it manually (`/etc/init.d/samba start` works without error)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's annoying and it's going to cause problems when the server gets restarted when I'm not there. Can anybody suggest an idea why it's not booting and/or give me a way to make sure it does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Just restarted. Here's the log for the boot-up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [2009/05/15 10:04:21,  0] smbd/server.c:main(1260)&#xD;&#xA;      smbd version 3.3.2 started.&#xD;&#xA;      Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2009&#xD;&#xA;    [2009/05/15 10:04:21,  0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_connect(103)&#xD;&#xA;      Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost:631 - Connection refused&#xD;&#xA;    [2009/05/15 10:04:21,  0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_connect(103)&#xD;&#xA;      Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost:631 - Connection refused&#xD;&#xA;    [2009/05/15 10:04:21,  0] lib/interface.c:load_interfaces(546)&#xD;&#xA;      WARNING: no network interfaces found&#xD;&#xA;    [2009/05/15 10:04:22,  0] smbd/server.c:open_sockets_smbd(554)&#xD;&#xA;      open_sockets_smbd: No sockets available to bind to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I realise I need to clean out some CUPS nonsense.. The &quot;no network interfaces&quot; part is really odd because it will start up (albeit manually).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the log when I run `/etc/init.d/samba start`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [2009/05/15 10:09:03,  0] smbd/server.c:main(1260)&#xD;&#xA;      smbd version 3.3.2 started.&#xD;&#xA;      Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2009&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No grief about CUPS. No moaning about network interfaces. No nagging about sockets. How I like it." />
  <row Id="15198" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8542" RevisionGUID="05118e87-5064-4898-b5c2-5a13c1df4ea3" CreationDate="2009-05-15T09:12:07.513" UserId="1865" Text="It's a &quot;box&quot;... if it's under the desk, in a rack, or somewhere out there on the network... to me, it's just a box!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sample usage:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Has that box got a console, or will I have to remote in?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Damn DNS box dropped its guts again!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Second rack from the left, third box down, the one with no lights on...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Just flick the box...&quot; (tr: simply restart the system)." />
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  <row Id="15202" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8543" RevisionGUID="c6468bd8-100f-4dfb-a403-3346fa2f2941" CreationDate="2009-05-15T09:15:55.933" UserId="1840" Text="We base support costs per client device category:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- thin-client&#xD;&#xA;- desktop&#xD;&#xA;- laptop&#xD;&#xA;- frozen desktop/laptop&#xD;&#xA;- ...and many others&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Laptop users pay premium as they gain local admin rights to their machines.  They understand they have a greater risk of rendering their machines unusable by their own doing, thus support for these kinds of devices cost way more than a frozen machine would, since it would require greater support time.  " />
  <row Id="15203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8544" RevisionGUID="7a265542-1462-409d-83a9-2cc508b253ac" CreationDate="2009-05-15T09:17:14.807" UserId="2264" Text="**Box**, the plural of which is **Boxen**." />
  <row Id="15204" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8544" RevisionGUID="7a265542-1462-409d-83a9-2cc508b253ac" CreationDate="2009-05-15T09:17:14.807" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8545" RevisionGUID="5fa328e9-4d49-4d98-800c-75aac4850810" CreationDate="2009-05-15T09:18:45.850" UserId="1787" Text="[dhcpdump][1], which takes input form [tcpdump][2] and shows only DHCP related packets. Helped me find rootkited Windows, posing as fake DHCP in our LAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mavetju.org/unix/dhcpdump-man.php&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.tcpdump.org/" />
  <row Id="15206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8546" RevisionGUID="b542d4c1-ff7a-434c-8541-0f8fbea9bcbf" CreationDate="2009-05-15T09:21:57.437" UserId="1865" Text="So-called 'smart switches' employ a thing called &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_aggregation&quot;&gt;Link Aggregation Control Protocol&lt;/a&gt; which allows you to bundle multiple ports together and use them as if they were one wide link... I'm not completely clear as to your precise need, but this maybe another term worth researching." />
  <row Id="15207" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8547" RevisionGUID="3a8e1cb1-6a81-44ce-890c-b20c15abf340" CreationDate="2009-05-15T09:22:14.313" UserId="2619" Text="If you can get to a place where you can use dpkg as root, you can run `dpkg --configure -a`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, you might find that explodes for a borked dist-upgrade, so you might need:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dpkg --configure -a --abort-after=99999" />
  <row Id="15208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8548" RevisionGUID="6141e7bc-9ef6-443e-a6a5-b01079d362e0" CreationDate="2009-05-15T09:23:57.947" UserId="2619" Text="It's the CPU isn't it?" />
  <row Id="15209" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8548" RevisionGUID="6141e7bc-9ef6-443e-a6a5-b01079d362e0" CreationDate="2009-05-15T09:23:57.947" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8549" RevisionGUID="4ae9cd61-7d28-4e34-be8a-c3f7cf77a78d" CreationDate="2009-05-15T09:26:13.887" UserId="457" Text="How can you run a 32 bit version of explorer on 64 bit windows 7 x64?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is to allow tortoisehg to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried running &quot;c:\windows\syswow64\explorer /separate&quot; and it just starts another version of the 64 bit explorer." />
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  <row Id="15213" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8550" RevisionGUID="148b1734-b37f-4521-a8c8-665535b5ea40" CreationDate="2009-05-15T09:29:29.670" UserId="1865" Text="I used to run a video company back in the 90's when everyone had 56k modems and ISDN was, like, *really cool!!* Sneakernet (or Taxinet we used to call it) was the only way to get many things done..." />
  <row Id="15214" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8550" RevisionGUID="148b1734-b37f-4521-a8c8-665535b5ea40" CreationDate="2009-05-15T09:29:29.670" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15215" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8551" RevisionGUID="6e3d648e-eec3-4e60-81e3-89849fa58e91" CreationDate="2009-05-15T09:33:29.587" UserId="2619" Text="Well... Bother.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I turned out that the whole problem was caused by me binding to an interface that (apparently) isn't set up until after Samba starts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sorry for all the red herrings and thank you both for your answers." />
  <row Id="15216" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8380" RevisionGUID="b6916054-e4e2-4c90-bbe2-e327f7c7a702" CreationDate="2009-05-15T09:34:08.010" UserId="2318" Comment="added 12 characters in body" Text="After reading article upon article on the Inquirer about the way **Nvidia** dealt with their defective G84 and G86 GPUs (it seems very much like they dealt with it by repeatedly lying and snowing the public with hostile PR)... you don't exactly have a lot of choices when it comes to graphics card manufacturers, but if you *did*, it would sure feel nice never to buy Nvidia again:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1050162/nvidia-recomends-not-buying-its-defective-chips" />
  <row Id="15217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8552" RevisionGUID="a9ee4206-d3b7-4f4c-ad1a-83be9c62786b" CreationDate="2009-05-15T09:56:17.100" UserId="2546" Text="I agree with Michael Stum. However, I remember that HP Laserjets manufactured in the late 90s were all but indestructable and they will forever have a place in my heart because of that." />
  <row Id="15218" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8539" RevisionGUID="3de61789-17cb-42bd-a2da-6156ff4a3636" CreationDate="2009-05-15T10:14:09.067" UserId="1447" Comment="added 10 characters in body" Text="Logs and data drives have different data access patterns that are in conflict with each other (at least in theory) when they share a drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Log Writes**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Log access consists of a very large number of small sequential writes.  Somewhat simplistically, DB logs are ring buffers containing a list of instructions to write data items out to particular locations on the disk.  The access pattern consists of a large number of small sequential writes that must be guaranteed to complete so they are written out to disk.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally, logs should be on a quiet (i.e. not shared with anything else) RAID-1 or RAID-10 volume.  The main DBMS writes out log entries and one or more log reader threads consume the logs and write the changes out to the data disks.  If there is other traffic on the disks, the heads are moved around by these other accesses and the sequential log writes become random log writes.  These are much slower, so busy log disks can create a hotspot which acts as a bottleneck on the whole system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Data Writes**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Data items are written to the data disks by the log reader.  This consumes log entries and writes the data items out to disk.  This is a heavily random access pattern, so sharing the same physical disks can create an artificial bottleneck on system performance.  The same applies to temporary areas.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The role of caching**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SAN controllers tend to have large RAM caches, which can absorb the random access traffic to a certain extent.  However, for transactional integrity it is desirable to have disk writes from a DBMS guaranteed to complete.  When a controller is set to use write-back caching, the dirty blocks are cached and the I/O call is reported as complete to the host.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This can smooth out a lot of contention problems as the cache can absorb a lot of I/O that would otherwise go out to the physical disk.  It can also optimise the parity reads and writes for RAID-5, which lessens the effect on performance that RAID-5 volumes have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the characteristics that drive the 'Let the SAN deal with it' school of thought, althoug this view has some limitations:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Write-back caching still has failure modes that can lose data, and the controller has fibbed to the DBMS, saying blocks have been written out to disk where in fact they haven't.  For this reason, you may not want to use write-back caching for a transactional application, particlarly something holding mission-critical or financial data where data integrity problems could have serious consequences for the business.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - SQL Server (in particular) uses I/O in a mode where a flag forces physical writes to the disk before the call returns.  Microsoft has a certification program, and many SAN vendors produce hardware that honours these semantics.  In this case no amount of cache will optimise disk writes, which means that log traffic ***will*** thrash if it is sitting on a busy shared volume.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If the application generates a lot of disk traffic its working set may overrun the cache, which will also cause the write contention issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If the SAN is shared with other applications (particularly on the same disk volume), traffic from other applications can generate log bottlenecks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Some applications (e.g. data warehouses) generate large transient load spikes that make them quite anti-social on SANs.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even on a large SAN separate log volumes are still recommended practice.  You may get away with not worring about layout on a lightly used application.  On really large applications, you may even get a benefit from multiple SAN controllers.  Oracle publish a series of data warehouse layout case studies where some of the larger configurations involve multiple controllers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Put responsibility for performance where it belongs**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On something with large volumes or where performance could be an issue, make the SAN team accountable for the performance of the application.  If they are going to ignore your recommendations for configuration, then make sure that management are aware of this and that responsibility for system performance lies in the appropriate place.  In particular, establish acceptable guidelines for key DB performance statistics like I/O waits or page latch waits or acceptable application I/O SLA's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that having responsibility for performance split across multiple teams creates an incentive to finger-point and pass the buck to the other team.  This is a known management anti-pattern and a formula for issues that drag out for months or years without ever being resolved.  Ideally, there should be a single architect with authority to specify application, database and SAN configuration changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, benchmark the system under load.  If you can arrange it, secondhand servers and direct-attach arrays can be purchased quite cheaply on Ebay.  If you set up a box like this with one or two disk arrays you can frig with the physical disk configuration and measure the effect on performance.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an example, I have done a comparison between an application running on a large SAN (an IBM Shark) and a two-socket box with a direct attach U320 array.  In this case, £3,000 worth of hardware purchased off ebay outperformed a £1M high-end SAN by a factor of two - on a host with roughly equivalent CPU and memory configuration.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From this particular incident, it might be argued that having something like this lying around is a very good way to keep SAN administrators honest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8553" RevisionGUID="818771a2-b454-49f5-b4a4-248964e7c7be" CreationDate="2009-05-15T10:16:28.687" UserId="2228" Text="Use virtualization.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Give then their own system within a system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This way all development sandboxes are independent of each other, and cannot interfere with one another or with the Host OS.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15221" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8502" RevisionGUID="fb8436f0-6454-4274-a4f9-1f139970cddd" CreationDate="2009-05-15T10:23:26.477" UserId="2229" Comment="added 183 characters in body" Text="I use it all the time. Sneakernet is very necesary when you are a consultant who works on their own machine which is not connected to a customers network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am currently carring on me: a 1 TB external drive, an 80GB smaller drive, a 4GB and a 2GB USB key all for sneakering.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;High speed usb is heaps quicker than a slow network for large ISO images for example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I remember a television story from a few years ago where in country NSW someone transferred a ~500gb file quicker using a carrier pigeon with a SD card than using Telstra broadband." />
  <row Id="15222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8555" RevisionGUID="f030a728-7227-42e5-97d7-a9498a4c4e50" CreationDate="2009-05-15T10:31:45.667" UserId="2561" Text="Scapy is a python based packet crafting tool that is good for these sort tasks.  There is an example of how to do exactly this [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://trac.secdev.org/scapy/wiki/IdentifyingRogueDHCPServers" />
  <row Id="15223" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8556" RevisionGUID="c6f7f5f9-935b-4e37-9aa6-db46802ac31b" CreationDate="2009-05-15T10:32:10.597" UserId="1447" Text="Don't bother to build a server from components.  You can get new or secondhand servers from the usual suspects (HP, Dell etc.) and from white box vendors building systems based on chassis from Supermicro, Intel or various other vendors.  Get an off-the-shelf one - buy secondhand from a reputable dealer if you want to save money.  Some hints and tips:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Buy your backup system new.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You can reasonably consider buying generic RAM.  Make sure you get the right type but generic memory will sell for street prices much cheaper than the retail price charged by the server vendor.  Most memory is made by a handful of companies - Infineon, Samsung, Micron. Qimoda etc.  Often the generic memory is exactly the same component that the vendor was using anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If you get a secondhand server consider replacing the fans.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You may need to get drives with the vendor's custom BIOS if your server has a proprietary controller such as a HP Smartarray, IBM Serverraid or Dell PERC.  Even though the branded RAID controllers are often rebadged parts from Adaptec or LSI they tend to have custom firmware.  However, there tends to be a reasonable street market for branded hard drives, so you can often save money by shopping around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You can buy commodity hard drives resonably safely if you have a generic disk controller.  Drive and controller vendors will often have documents that list the configurations that they have tested, so you can validate that the drives work with the controller.  Get the vendor to flash the drives with the appropriate firmware if the tested configurations involve specific firmware revisions.  If the server is a white-box type you need to make sure that you can get the hot-swap trays for the drives at a reasonable price.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Fibre channel systems (in particular) are notable for being pernickety about drive firmware, but this issue still crops up with SCSI and SAS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Buying top-of-the-range CPUs tends to get expensive very quickly for marginal returns.  Unless your process is CPU bound buy at the bottom of the curve before they start getting radically more expensive." />
  <row Id="15224" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8556" RevisionGUID="c6f7f5f9-935b-4e37-9aa6-db46802ac31b" CreationDate="2009-05-15T10:32:10.597" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15225" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8557" RevisionGUID="b7c55b70-bc48-4cd2-84b0-8eb437b69f66" CreationDate="2009-05-15T10:33:58.440" UserId="1435" Text="We store our DBs on single SAN boxes but with separate data, log and backup LUNs, each on different disk groups tiered for speed - with have out logs on RAID 10 15Krpm LUNs, data on RAID 1 10/15krpm LUNs and back on RAID 5 7.2krpm LUNs. We also present logs and data through different controllers on the same SAN." />
  <row Id="15226" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8558" RevisionGUID="49b82bec-78e2-40c5-9b27-3e8b700709c7" CreationDate="2009-05-15T10:41:16.697" UserId="1463" Text="Seems like there's currently no known way of getting this to work in Windows 7 (does in Vista though) according to the answers further down here: [Stackoverflow question 39746][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/39746/hgtortoise-in-vista-64-bit-not-showing-the-context-menu" />
  <row Id="15227" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8559" RevisionGUID="8bc72b85-1ba9-421d-8cd9-99e81526503c" CreationDate="2009-05-15T10:43:40.517" UserId="1435" Text="Just buy a HP DL360/380 G6, it's what about 40% of people worldwide do. Of course I'm only being semi-serious here but it depends how much fun you have wringing your hands over detailed specs, I love it so can spend ages picking the right part, lots of people can't be bothered and that particular model/family is just a 'no-brainer' for lots of different uses. " />
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  <row Id="15229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8560" RevisionGUID="e1107c98-bacd-44e2-b5bc-c3ad6d5f3359" CreationDate="2009-05-15T10:44:56.630" UserId="457" Text="I've got a corrupt ntbackup file that won't open in ntbackup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are various utilities that a google search turns up that say they can repair the files. Do I need to use one or is there a simple way of using ntbackup to do this?&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="15231" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8560" RevisionGUID="e1107c98-bacd-44e2-b5bc-c3ad6d5f3359" CreationDate="2009-05-15T10:44:56.630" UserId="457" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="15232" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8561" RevisionGUID="40985097-2ebc-4231-9ea1-b606ad807bd0" CreationDate="2009-05-15T10:45:52.243" UserId="2620" Text="There is no 32bit explored executable bundled with 64bit win7, so you cant." />
  <row Id="15233" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8475" RevisionGUID="776bd671-b888-4ea2-abb9-3e7e498629c0" CreationDate="2009-05-15T10:51:16.807" UserId="1787" Comment="added 5 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;i have never built a server before, so need some suggestions&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;what should i consider when choosing hardware for a web server?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;i have a budget of 10k&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15234" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8475" RevisionGUID="776bd671-b888-4ea2-abb9-3e7e498629c0" CreationDate="2009-05-15T10:51:16.807" UserId="1787" Comment="added 5 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="15235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8562" RevisionGUID="b0a0b4e2-7ddb-48c7-b9dc-6eb14551e0d9" CreationDate="2009-05-15T10:55:26.877" UserId="45" Text="You could try this commercial software for [BKF recovery][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Good luck!*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.recoverybkf.com/" />
  <row Id="15236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8563" RevisionGUID="5c0c5640-2ebe-4f9d-be76-5f71dadb2f59" CreationDate="2009-05-15T10:58:36.513" UserId="2622" Text="One possible problem with greylisting is that users will not get mails immediatly. This is most frustrating for password reset mails. These mails usually get caught in greylist because the sender/receipient/ip will be new.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;raj" />
  <row Id="15237" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8562" RevisionGUID="2adbc1fc-a106-4797-80f9-d081f5e8a8a9" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:00:32.500" UserId="45" Comment="added 15 characters in body" Text="**Update**: This [forum thread on tek-tips][1] has some very useful information, like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Many thanks to Michael (aka mpears)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for referring me to the free NTBkup&#xD;&#xA;&gt; software at&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [http://www.fpns.net/willy/msbackup.htm][2].&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Using this software, I was able to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; recover thousands of files from a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; corrupted, 20-GB BKF file, saving&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hundreds of dollars and an untold&#xD;&#xA;&gt; number of hours in re-creating various&#xD;&#xA;&gt; documents.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As alternative you could try this **commercial software** for [BKF recovery][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Kernel BKF File Repair - Recovers and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; repairs the files from damaged bkf&#xD;&#xA;&gt; archives corrupted due to backup&#xD;&#xA;&gt; interruption, virus attacks, crc&#xD;&#xA;&gt; errors or backup software corruption.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; It allows access to corrupt bkf files&#xD;&#xA;&gt; which can not be restored using the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; original backup software due to any&#xD;&#xA;&gt; kind of corruption.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;There is also an **open souce project** on SourceForge: [JMTF][4] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Good luck!*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=739600&amp;page=1&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.fpns.net/willy/msbackup.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.recoverybkf.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/jmtf/" />
  <row Id="15238" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8564" RevisionGUID="3f6fdada-11e2-40cd-a871-f5fb2a88b9f6" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:02:05.463" UserId="1787" Text="With budget of 10K€ you could for example buy three PowerEdge SC1435 uped to 2x quadcore Opteron 2.6GHz, 32GB RAM and 2x500GB HDD in RAID. You could put then 2 to load balance, 3rd as backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your web is BD intensive, then better option would be to buy one DB optimized server (SDD drives, lot of memory) and 2 frontend webservers.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15239" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8564" RevisionGUID="3f6fdada-11e2-40cd-a871-f5fb2a88b9f6" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:02:05.463" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15240" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8514" RevisionGUID="356f3f2d-a25a-4edf-a1ea-a31c956be3fc" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:09:45.403" UserId="45" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;load-testing&gt;&lt;domino&gt;&lt;lotus-notes&gt;" />
  <row Id="15241" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8565" RevisionGUID="ffcdf44b-7b5d-40c4-8b55-2702a9b5959d" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:10:51.110" UserId="1787" Text="Linux distributions on DVDs sent by regular mail, would be a form of sneakernet.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15242" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8565" RevisionGUID="ffcdf44b-7b5d-40c4-8b55-2702a9b5959d" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:10:51.110" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15243" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7567" RevisionGUID="b7a8fc51-e9d4-4fdf-aff0-b4ba45458696" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:17:24.550" UserId="1797" Text="From a Google search, [first result][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Option 004 specifies servers that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; provide TIME/ITP (as per RFC 868).&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This is not a recommended&#xD;&#xA;&gt; protocol/service in a Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; environment.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Option 042 specifies servers that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; provide NTP/SNTP (RFC 1769).  This is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the preferred time service in a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows environment (assuming the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; absence of Active Directory which&#xD;&#xA;&gt; maintains the time on your behalf).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ur1.in/9/" />
  <row Id="15244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8566" RevisionGUID="746110e6-a635-4322-8168-57b8a96a1d3a" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:17:48.743" UserId="45" Text="This article on the DominoPower.com site could be helpful: [Different ways to programmatically create an email message][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically the author describes how to use `ShellExecute` in order to open &quot;mailto:&quot; links.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dominopower.com/issues/issue200411/00001419001.html" />
  <row Id="15245" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8567" RevisionGUID="a0f2a4f5-7c8f-4426-8d3f-41a478da494b" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:18:04.343" UserId="2531" Text="Is there something for Linux that comes near to the MS Word grammer checker?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wishlist:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Emacs support&#xD;&#xA; - Ignores Latex markup" />
  <row Id="15246" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8567" RevisionGUID="a0f2a4f5-7c8f-4426-8d3f-41a478da494b" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:18:04.343" UserId="2531" Text="Grammer checker for Linux?" />
  <row Id="15247" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8567" RevisionGUID="a0f2a4f5-7c8f-4426-8d3f-41a478da494b" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:18:04.343" UserId="2531" Text="&lt;spellcheck&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="15248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8568" RevisionGUID="f50099b1-fc61-4a6a-9057-ee04a76803f0" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:24:33.960" UserId="2620" Text="My bet is on CD burning Software.&#xD;&#xA;[this][1] link can help you to digg in, as Mark Allen pointed out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929461" />
  <row Id="15249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8569" RevisionGUID="f9df1a3d-9fb7-4532-9d15-d19d9495da2a" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:27:58.277" UserId="2623" Text="I think the correct term industry standard term is &quot;base unit&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However a lot of people and not just end-users do refer to them as CPUs which obviously stands for Central Processing Unit, which usually means the actual microprocessor chip but it does also make some sense to mean the larger box as it does do the processing!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many people do also refer to them as boxes however this term tends to mean a server rather than a general user's desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="15251" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8567" RevisionGUID="60cc90fa-f84a-4bba-a90d-eb44105262aa" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:30:14.027" UserId="45" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="Is there something for Linux that comes near to the MS Word grammar checker?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wish list:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Emacs support&#xD;&#xA; - Ignores Latex markup" />
  <row Id="15252" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="8567" RevisionGUID="60cc90fa-f84a-4bba-a90d-eb44105262aa" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:30:14.027" UserId="45" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="Grammar checker for Linux?" />
  <row Id="15253" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8570" RevisionGUID="dabc573a-e83e-4998-8f7c-f00b229f758e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:30:52.093" UserId="2318" Text="    sw_vers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Displays the currently installed version and build of Mac OS." />
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  <row Id="15255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8571" RevisionGUID="6ca89d7e-d6c5-41d1-9bc8-04c45e849e45" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:35:31.057" UserId="891" Text="Did you try [GNU Aspell][1] ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; GNU Aspell is a Free and Open Source spell checker designed to eventually replace Ispell. It can either be used as a library or as an independent spell checker. Its main feature is that it does a superior job of suggesting possible replacements for a misspelled word than just about any other spell checker out there for the English language. Unlike Ispell, Aspell can also easily check documents in UTF-8 without having to use a special dictionary. Aspell will also do its best to respect the current locale setting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://aspell.net/" />
  <row Id="15256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8572" RevisionGUID="47d0659c-9245-469f-a138-81b87aa832f6" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:36:15.860" UserId="45" Text="You could use [Ispell][1], a **spell-checking** program available for many Unix implementations. To use it, at your Unix shell prompt, enter:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ispell filename&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a description [how to use it in Emacs][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For **grammar** checks, you could use [diction][3]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    diction mytextfile | more&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It finds wordy or badly written sentences. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kb.iu.edu/data/abap.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://kb.iu.edu/data/abap.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://kb.iu.edu/data/actd.html" />
  <row Id="15257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8573" RevisionGUID="48688eb1-8f82-4e20-851f-2d4b27dfb26d" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:38:00.130" UserId="1104" Text="There are certain database maintenance tasks, like re-organizing indexes, moving files, changing schema, etc, that require disabling any applications that are using the database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are some good strategies for working around this, aside from just posting a message on your site like &quot;we will be down from midnight to 4 AM EST for server maintenance&quot;?" />
  <row Id="15258" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8573" RevisionGUID="48688eb1-8f82-4e20-851f-2d4b27dfb26d" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:38:00.130" UserId="1104" Text="How do you maintain your database without taking your site down?" />
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  <row Id="15260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8574" RevisionGUID="7d63ae2b-89c0-47c4-82b2-f2d57bd529ef" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:40:08.397" UserId="1104" Text="How to read a query optimization plan and tune queries by re-writing them and/or creating the correct indexes." />
  <row Id="15261" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8574" RevisionGUID="7d63ae2b-89c0-47c4-82b2-f2d57bd529ef" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:40:08.397" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15262" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8575" RevisionGUID="c4d2e2b5-862c-47f3-835a-75832f8ecf01" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:41:27.410" UserId="2600" Text="You could do a ping sweep of your networks and then compare that to the number of DHCP leases handed out by your DHCP server.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to have a general idea of the number of static devices (router interfaces and printers perhaps) which will skew this number slightly, but this should be a quick and accurate way of identifying them across multiple networks. " />
  <row Id="15263" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8576" RevisionGUID="d27e0e4b-2f75-45e4-8081-638fe5d88b2f" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:46:39.627" UserId="2579" Text="I would start with the BIOS updates, then go to drivers.  I just updated my BIOS and it fixed a long-standing issue with my USB ports.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JFV" />
  <row Id="15264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8577" RevisionGUID="63a32760-3aab-473a-9c17-12f0b5fec5e5" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:48:52.533" UserId="1737" Text="I'm trying to back up 66 gigabytes to a NAS by making a tarball, but &quot;tar -cSf ...&quot; quits with a &quot;memory exhausted&quot; error after gigabyte 62. My Linux machine has a gigabyte of RAM and a gigabyte of swap space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This data is surprisingly resistant to being backed up. rsync is 4 times slower than tar because the NAS isn't very fast and it quits in the middle with 'connection reset by peer'; 'cp' doesn't work well on the cifs share because it can't create the special files. Is there a better way?" />
  <row Id="15265" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8577" RevisionGUID="63a32760-3aab-473a-9c17-12f0b5fec5e5" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:48:52.533" UserId="1737" Text="Why does &quot;tar -cSf file.tar source&quot; run out of memory?" />
  <row Id="15266" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8577" RevisionGUID="63a32760-3aab-473a-9c17-12f0b5fec5e5" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:48:52.533" UserId="1737" Text="&lt;tar&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="15267" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8578" RevisionGUID="648a3201-52bf-4251-ba16-83beba1fec11" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:53:32.713" UserId="1619" Text="If you have a replication / high availability solution then using it to avoid downtime is the obvious choice, have one server upgraded while the other is working and then switch and upgrade the next one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't have such a structure in place, you can do a mini replication setup in the same server, where you have two copies of each database and upgrade one while the other is working and then synch the old one back. This will still require some downtime, but less than 4 hours.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15268" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8579" RevisionGUID="788b788c-d95e-4325-a029-491d7456e05c" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:53:51.823" UserId="2623" Text="Could try&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    yum clean all&#xD;&#xA;other wise try explicitly defining the development repo see:&#xD;&#xA;[https://fedorahosted.org/packagedb/browser/fedora-packagedb-stable/yum.repos.d/fedora-development.repo][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://fedorahosted.org/packagedb/browser/fedora-packagedb-stable/yum.repos.d/fedora-development.repo" />
  <row Id="15269" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8580" RevisionGUID="49708f87-6e58-40cb-8d21-b645398149bc" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:59:37.317" UserId="2620" Text="Or you can modify User Profiles folder permitions on XP drive to add Win7 Administrators access to it. User folders should inherit it from upper level" />
  <row Id="15270" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8581" RevisionGUID="98a69d05-1efc-4284-91ec-b1b9f29d9d22" CreationDate="2009-05-15T12:02:36.503" UserId="1417" Text="Given the size modern portable HD and other media such as SD cards or USB memory sticks. It is a very cost effective way to transfer data. Also not every device has network connection. There also can be a security aspect. It is easier to verify the physical security of an object that to ensure a message was not intercepted. The military used to prefer physically sending tapes or disk with classified data. This was a few years ago so things may have changed. If nothing else I doubt there are too many devices still using tape drives or paper punch tapes." />
  <row Id="15271" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8581" RevisionGUID="98a69d05-1efc-4284-91ec-b1b9f29d9d22" CreationDate="2009-05-15T12:02:36.503" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15272" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8582" RevisionGUID="efde3c83-3be1-4dcd-9289-25e5c40247f7" CreationDate="2009-05-15T12:05:06.833" UserId="2623" Text="There are several ways, if your running a small network the simplest way is to turn off / disable / un-plug your dhcp server and then run &#xD;&#xA;ipconfig /renew&#xD;&#xA;or similar on a client and if you obtain and IP you have something rougue on your network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another way would be to use [Wireshark][1] packet capturer/analyser to look at your network traffic and find DHCP connections, there is a lab worksheet on how do do this avaliable from [here][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also a number of utilies avaliable which proport to do this one is [DHCP explorer][3] another is DHCP probe which you mentioned in your original post.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wireshark.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://bmb.cu.edu.tr/fakay/Wireshark_DHCP_July_22_2007.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.networksecurityhome.com/network_tools/dhcp_discovery/dhcp_discovery.html" />
  <row Id="15273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8583" RevisionGUID="38a28313-1906-4d64-869c-7ccd7615d55a" CreationDate="2009-05-15T12:11:23.933" UserId="2624" Text="My employer provides us with the ability to work from home using the Citrix MetaFrame remote desktop software. For the most part, I have no complaints; however, **I was wondering if anyone knew if it is possible to do seamless remote desktop connections**?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By that, I mean is it possible to utilize this client (or another compatible client) to connect remotely to my machine at work and have the remote applications run side-by-side with my local applications as opposed to working within the confinement of a remote desktop window?" />
  <row Id="15274" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8583" RevisionGUID="38a28313-1906-4d64-869c-7ccd7615d55a" CreationDate="2009-05-15T12:11:23.933" UserId="2624" Text="Seamless Remote Desktop Connection" />
  <row Id="15275" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8583" RevisionGUID="38a28313-1906-4d64-869c-7ccd7615d55a" CreationDate="2009-05-15T12:11:23.933" UserId="2624" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;remote-access&gt;" />
  <row Id="15276" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8584" RevisionGUID="0844bef5-eb51-4e80-8b22-3cfe1de5e1b9" CreationDate="2009-05-15T12:12:44.377" UserId="1654" Text="*Also see question http://serverfault.com/questions/7870.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've successfully removed NetRestore from my NetBoot server and am trying to install DeployStudio.  It's my understanding that the bootable NBI should be automatically generated by running the DeployStudio Assistant, but the documentation isn't very clear on this.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do I need to run the separate &quot;Create a DeployStudio NetBoot Set&quot; function in the Assistant? The Assistant dialogs are confusing here because they specify that you must create the NBI on &quot;the latest Mac OS X system you have.&quot;  Do I create the NBI on a Mac client and then move it to the Xserve, or create it on the Xserve even though it's not the newest OS X device we own?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I anticipate that I'll be back here for more assistance with this.  Once I get it all working I'll post a walkthrough in this space." />
  <row Id="15277" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8584" RevisionGUID="0844bef5-eb51-4e80-8b22-3cfe1de5e1b9" CreationDate="2009-05-15T12:12:44.377" UserId="1654" Text="Deploying DeployStudio" />
  <row Id="15278" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8584" RevisionGUID="0844bef5-eb51-4e80-8b22-3cfe1de5e1b9" CreationDate="2009-05-15T12:12:44.377" UserId="1654" Text="&lt;xserve&gt;&lt;netboot&gt;&lt;deploystudio&gt;&lt;deployment&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="15279" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8585" RevisionGUID="9fef5038-8e10-4c27-a5ef-cfd57e1c4d5e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T12:17:13.607" UserId="1786" Text="I recently purchased 4 GB of RAM (2 x 2 GB modules) for a Mac Pro (8-core, early 2008), that runs 3 or 4 OS (Win, Linux and OS X) in out dev environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***NB:** I used the base OS X install to verify memory.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I initially installed the 2 new modules in Riser A/DIMM 2 and Riser B/DIMM 2, then new memory did not show up, total system memory 2 GB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, I swapped the original 2 x 1 GB modules with the 2 GB modules, giving:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Riser A/DIMM 1: 2 GB&#xD;&#xA;    Riser B/DIMM 1: 2 GB&#xD;&#xA;    Riser A/DIMM 2: 1 GB&#xD;&#xA;    Riser B/DIMM 2: 1 GB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This gave me, 4 GB RAM in total.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I moved the 1 GB modules to DIMM 3, like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Riser A/DIMM 1: 2 GB&#xD;&#xA;    Riser B/DIMM 1: 2 GB&#xD;&#xA;    Riser A/DIMM 3: 1 GB&#xD;&#xA;    Riser B/DIMM 3: 1 GB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bingo, 6 GB RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are the DIMM 2 sockets bad? Or am I missing something?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Below is the current System Profiler output, showing 6 GB of RAM:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Memory Slots:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      ECC:	Enabled&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    DIMM Riser B/DIMM 1:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      Size:	2 GB&#xD;&#xA;      Type:	DDR2 FB-DIMM&#xD;&#xA;      Speed:	800 MHz&#xD;&#xA;      Status:	OK&#xD;&#xA;      Manufacturer:	0x802C&#xD;&#xA;      Part Number:	0x3138484632353637324A4438304545314434&#xD;&#xA;      Serial Number:	0xE04920F9&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    DIMM Riser B/DIMM 2:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      Size:	Empty&#xD;&#xA;      Type:	Empty&#xD;&#xA;      Speed:	Empty&#xD;&#xA;      Status:	Empty&#xD;&#xA;      Manufacturer:	Empty&#xD;&#xA;      Part Number:	Empty&#xD;&#xA;      Serial Number:	Empty&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    DIMM Riser A/DIMM 1:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      Size:	2 GB&#xD;&#xA;      Type:	DDR2 FB-DIMM&#xD;&#xA;      Speed:	800 MHz&#xD;&#xA;      Status:	OK&#xD;&#xA;      Manufacturer:	0x802C&#xD;&#xA;      Part Number:	0x3138484632353637324A4438304545314434&#xD;&#xA;      Serial Number:	0xE04921EE&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    DIMM Riser A/DIMM 2:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      Size:	Empty&#xD;&#xA;      Type:	Empty&#xD;&#xA;      Speed:	Empty&#xD;&#xA;      Status:	Empty&#xD;&#xA;      Manufacturer:	Empty&#xD;&#xA;      Part Number:	Empty&#xD;&#xA;      Serial Number:	Empty&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    DIMM Riser B/DIMM 3:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      Size:	1 GB&#xD;&#xA;      Type:	DDR2 FB-DIMM&#xD;&#xA;      Speed:	800 MHz&#xD;&#xA;      Status:	OK&#xD;&#xA;      Manufacturer:	0x80AD&#xD;&#xA;      Part Number:	0x48594D5035313241373243503844332D5335&#xD;&#xA;      Serial Number:	0x05049101&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    DIMM Riser B/DIMM 4:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      Size:	Empty&#xD;&#xA;      Type:	Empty&#xD;&#xA;      Speed:	Empty&#xD;&#xA;      Status:	Empty&#xD;&#xA;      Manufacturer:	Empty&#xD;&#xA;      Part Number:	Empty&#xD;&#xA;      Serial Number:	Empty&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    DIMM Riser A/DIMM 3:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      Size:	1 GB&#xD;&#xA;      Type:	DDR2 FB-DIMM&#xD;&#xA;      Speed:	800 MHz&#xD;&#xA;      Status:	OK&#xD;&#xA;      Manufacturer:	0x80AD&#xD;&#xA;      Part Number:	0x48594D5035313241373243503844332D5335&#xD;&#xA;      Serial Number:	0x05049201&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    DIMM Riser A/DIMM 4:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      Size:	Empty&#xD;&#xA;      Type:	Empty&#xD;&#xA;      Speed:	Empty&#xD;&#xA;      Status:	Empty&#xD;&#xA;      Manufacturer:	Empty&#xD;&#xA;      Part Number:	Empty&#xD;&#xA;      Serial Number:	Empty" />
  <row Id="15280" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8585" RevisionGUID="9fef5038-8e10-4c27-a5ef-cfd57e1c4d5e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T12:17:13.607" UserId="1786" Text="Mac Pro Memory Installation Problem: Missing RAM in certain slots" />
  <row Id="15281" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8585" RevisionGUID="9fef5038-8e10-4c27-a5ef-cfd57e1c4d5e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T12:17:13.607" UserId="1786" Text="&lt;memory&gt;&lt;mac&gt;" />
  <row Id="15282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8586" RevisionGUID="4675f05c-520f-4a39-b2ee-80e875ea6c95" CreationDate="2009-05-15T12:20:27.227" UserId="301" Text="You need to follow the memory layout suggested on the side door, and the instructions in the manual that shipped with your Mac Pro. The memory layouts have changed significantly from the older 2007 model Mac Pros." />
  <row Id="15286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8588" RevisionGUID="ed95b1b2-79a1-4e27-becd-8be38574df0e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T12:22:41.010" UserId="301" Text="I call mine [Arthur][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles'_influence_on_popular_culture#The_mop-top_haircut" />
  <row Id="15287" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8588" RevisionGUID="ed95b1b2-79a1-4e27-becd-8be38574df0e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T12:22:41.010" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8589" RevisionGUID="72de49f6-137b-45a5-ad02-130a71e1ba72" CreationDate="2009-05-15T12:22:52.570" UserId="1654" Text="I think this would be possible with [App-V][1], but I think that's probably too much overhead for what you want to do.  Are there many other people that need to do the same thing, or is this just for you?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/appv/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="15289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8590" RevisionGUID="04008d63-c009-486e-b0b8-b8231fddc775" CreationDate="2009-05-15T12:26:24.833" UserId="1619" Text="I don't know why, but I can suggest you try something like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tar -L 32212254720 -f piece1.tar -f piece2.tar -f piece3.tar &lt;path&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which will create one file per every 30 GB. If you ever reach the 120 GB mark, you'd need to add a fourth file (-f piece4.tar)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this still fails you could try with smaller pieces and writing a script to generate the command line (because a commandline with 80 -f arguments would be a pain to write :-) )" />
  <row Id="15291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8592" RevisionGUID="704986dc-3fe7-47c3-97dd-83f286fd0b2c" CreationDate="2009-05-15T12:27:50.600" UserId="2621" Text="This wont resolve the problem but could save the host reboot. Save all VM states so that the only one running is your WHS. Use taskman and close the process vmwp (virtual machine worker process). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should cause the WHS VM to restart. You can also restart your other VM's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have used this a couple of times on hung linux vm's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is not an advised best practice and your WHS event log should show further information on what is causing this issue. You could also try an upgrade to W2k R2 RC and see if that still causes the same issues (updated HyperV and VM Integration Drivers)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15293" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8572" RevisionGUID="148ec6ae-5a65-4644-b945-f523e955d739" CreationDate="2009-05-15T12:32:45.030" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 14 characters in body" Text="You could use [Ispell][1], a **spell-checking** program available for many Unix implementations. For shell prompt usage, enter:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ispell filename&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a description [how to use it in Emacs][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For **grammar** checks, you could use [diction][3]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    diction mytextfile | more&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It finds wordy or badly written sentences. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kb.iu.edu/data/abap.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://kb.iu.edu/data/abap.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://kb.iu.edu/data/actd.html" />
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  <row Id="15295" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8594" RevisionGUID="d6d48ef1-66aa-47d0-a0f7-4b2a36b9adbd" CreationDate="2009-05-15T12:34:52.307" UserId="2626" Text="I have seen similar issues and it can be sometimes attributed to corrupt or missing upper and lower filters (installed by Burning Software, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A quick warning, modifying your registry can cause undesired results...so take what I put below with caution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. Click Start&#xD;&#xA;      Collapse this imageExpand this image&#xD;&#xA;      Start button&#xD;&#xA;      , and then click All Programs.&#xD;&#xA;   2. Click Accessories, and then click Run.&#xD;&#xA;   3. Type regedit, and then click OK.&#xD;&#xA;      Collapse this imageExpand this image&#xD;&#xA;      User Access Control permission&#xD;&#xA;      If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Allow.&#xD;&#xA;   4. In the navigation pane, locate and then click the following registry subkey:&#xD;&#xA;      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}&#xD;&#xA;   5. In the right pane, click UpperFilters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      Note You may also see an UpperFilters.bak registry entry. You do not have to remove that entry. Click UpperFilters only. If you do not see the UpperFilters registry entry, you still might have to remove the LowerFilters registry entry. To do this, go to step 8.&#xD;&#xA;   6. On the Edit menu, click Delete.&#xD;&#xA;   7. When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes.&#xD;&#xA;   8. In the right pane, click LowerFilters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      Note If you do not see the LowerFilters registry entry, unfortunately this content cannot help you any further. Go to the &quot;Next Steps&quot; section for information about how you can find more solutions or more help on the Microsoft Web site.&#xD;&#xA;   9. On the Edit menu, click Delete.&#xD;&#xA;  10. When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes.&#xD;&#xA;  11. Exit Registry Editor.&#xD;&#xA;  12. Restart the computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, you can take a look at the MS KB. Q314060.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060/EN-US/" />
  <row Id="15296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8595" RevisionGUID="17d17613-aa9e-441f-accb-27a5c7845f71" CreationDate="2009-05-15T12:41:53.407" UserId="326" Text="Samba needs custom attributes and objects in the LDAP tree to store the windows password hashes and additional data like password expiry. There is a `samba.schema` file in the samba source distribution. Debian ships it in `samba-doc`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As tooling on the samba server I would recommend [smbldap-tools][1]. They provide extensive example config files, which can be easily adapted to local setups. Using them you can even enable password changing via Windows for your users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The real problem will be the way how you create the needed password hashes. They can only be generated from the original clear-text password and have to be maintained when changing passwords.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://freshmeat.net/projects/smbldap-tools/" />
  <row Id="15297" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8594" RevisionGUID="9b0f9a27-abcc-4ec6-9375-dd23ed7e68a5" CreationDate="2009-05-15T12:44:11.527" UserId="2626" Comment="Give credit to Mark Allen as his KB is a similar treatement, different cause" Text="I have seen similar issues and it can be sometimes attributed to corrupt or missing upper and lower filters (installed by Burning Software, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Please note the below is very similar to Mark Allens link...unfortunately NoScript was causing me not to see his link...while it is a different KB I linked, it is for the same issue (which can effect even non-upgraded PC's)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A quick warning, modifying your registry can cause undesired results...so take what I put below with caution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. Click Start&#xD;&#xA;      Collapse this imageExpand this image&#xD;&#xA;      Start button&#xD;&#xA;      , and then click All Programs.&#xD;&#xA;   2. Click Accessories, and then click Run.&#xD;&#xA;   3. Type regedit, and then click OK.&#xD;&#xA;      Collapse this imageExpand this image&#xD;&#xA;      User Access Control permission&#xD;&#xA;      If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Allow.&#xD;&#xA;   4. In the navigation pane, locate and then click the following registry subkey:&#xD;&#xA;      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}&#xD;&#xA;   5. In the right pane, click UpperFilters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      Note You may also see an UpperFilters.bak registry entry. You do not have to remove that entry. Click UpperFilters only. If you do not see the UpperFilters registry entry, you still might have to remove the LowerFilters registry entry. To do this, go to step 8.&#xD;&#xA;   6. On the Edit menu, click Delete.&#xD;&#xA;   7. When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes.&#xD;&#xA;   8. In the right pane, click LowerFilters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      Note If you do not see the LowerFilters registry entry, unfortunately this content cannot help you any further. Go to the &quot;Next Steps&quot; section for information about how you can find more solutions or more help on the Microsoft Web site.&#xD;&#xA;   9. On the Edit menu, click Delete.&#xD;&#xA;  10. When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes.&#xD;&#xA;  11. Exit Registry Editor.&#xD;&#xA;  12. Restart the computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, you can take a look at the MS KB. Q314060.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060/EN-US/" />
  <row Id="15300" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8597" RevisionGUID="22435c08-ccba-4bdf-a510-88b912707695" CreationDate="2009-05-15T12:52:12.900" UserId="2059" Text="I've been using TS Gateway to permit remote access for our staff for a few months now, and all has been well. Users either connect to a traditional terminal server desktop or hit our website and start an TS RemoteApp application- in both cases the connection is routed through a TS Gateway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However I came into work this morning to find that has stopped authenticating users through TS Gateway, each time returning &quot;The logon attempt failed&quot; as seen in the image even though the credentials are correct.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://i42.tinypic.com/2movznc.jpg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It should be noted that everything works fine if the Gateway is taken out of the equation, it's the TS Gateway component that is causing these problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Users experience this problem whether they connect through XP SP3, Vista or 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the server a total of 4 entries appear in the Windows security log at exactly the same time for each failed logon attempt: two 4624 &quot;An account was successfully logged on&quot; messages for the user, immediately followed by two 4634 &quot;An account was logged off&quot;s. This suggests that the server is accepting the credentials as correct, then booting the user off. Nothing at all is recorded in the NPS and Terminal Server logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A reboot doesn't change things. Neither does completely removing and reinstalling the NPS and Terminal Server roles. I'm baffled as to how this can happen suddenly without warning. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15301" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8597" RevisionGUID="22435c08-ccba-4bdf-a510-88b912707695" CreationDate="2009-05-15T12:52:12.900" UserId="2059" Text="TS (RD) Gateway Authentication Problem &quot;The logon attempt failed&quot;" />
  <row Id="15302" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8597" RevisionGUID="22435c08-ccba-4bdf-a510-88b912707695" CreationDate="2009-05-15T12:52:12.900" UserId="2059" Text="&lt;terminal-server&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;remote-access&gt;" />
  <row Id="15304" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8589" RevisionGUID="fd11aa22-d9e5-4fc4-aa09-e6f6465ea8e9" CreationDate="2009-05-15T13:01:56.540" UserId="1654" Comment="added 319 characters in body" Text="The real answer here is probably to just give you the right search terms so you can do some product comparison.  I think what you're talking about is &quot;application virtualization,&quot; &quot;application streaming,&quot; or &quot;application sequencing&quot; depending on the product.  Some options include XenApp, App-V, SVS, and ThinApp.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only one I know anything about is [App-V][1], but I think that's probably too much overhead for what you want to do.  Are there many other people that need to do the same thing, or is this just for you?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/appv/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="15305" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="8449" RevisionGUID="8505060c-0dad-4eb6-a8c5-33ea71484ccd" CreationDate="2009-05-15T13:05:58.353" UserId="401" Text="Cannot Set UID on Shell Scripts..." />
  <row Id="15307" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8599" RevisionGUID="b2802623-9427-493a-9f37-d57ce7bc7aad" CreationDate="2009-05-15T13:07:48.007" UserId="401" Text="As Christian indicated my problem was that I was trying to SUID on a shell script.  [As explained here](http://ns2.deware.com:8000/info/oreilly/networking/puis/ch05_05.htm) setting SUID on a shell script is a very bad idea:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; executing a shell script under UNIX involves a two-step process: when the kernel determines that a shell script is about to be run, it first starts up a SUID copy of the shell interpreter, then the shell interpreter begins executing the shell script. Because these two operations are performed in two discrete steps, you can interrupt the kernel after the first step and switch the file that the shell interpreter is about to execute. In this fashion, an attacker could get the computer to execute any shell script of his or her choosing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because of this, many modern linux distros ignore SUID shell scripts, including gentoo which I was using.  I was able to edit the sudoers file and got it working." />
  <row Id="15309" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8449" RevisionGUID="8505060c-0dad-4eb6-a8c5-33ea71484ccd" CreationDate="2009-05-15T13:05:58.353" UserId="401" Text="Can anyone help me find out what is going on here?  I have some rules set up tracking packet counts.  When I run the following script as root:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t mangle -xnvL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I get the output I expect:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    //snip&#xD;&#xA;    233203 199929802 MARK  //blah blah blah&#xD;&#xA;    //snip&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I want to run this as part of cacti, which runs as apache.  Now apache can't run iptables, **which is why I have the script.  I set it up as SUID root**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -rwsr-sr-x 1 root root   37 May 14 23:06 iptables_packet_report.sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But then I get this output:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    server # sudo -u apache ./iptables_packet_report.sh&#xD;&#xA;    iptables v1.4.2: can't initialize iptables table `mangle': Table does not exist (do you need to insmod?)&#xD;&#xA;    Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously my kernel is fine, and the fact that I'm running it as non-root is messing something up, but I don't understand why.  I did double check the SUID with [the demonstration](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setuid#Demonstration and confirmed it was working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    server # sudo -u apache ./printid&#xD;&#xA;    Real UID  = 81&#xD;&#xA;    Effective UID = 0&#xD;&#xA;    Real GID  = 81&#xD;&#xA;    Effective GID = 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My end goal is to get the output of iptables -t mangle -xnvL while running as apache so I can use cacti to graph it all nicely." />
  <row Id="15310" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8601" RevisionGUID="6254dad2-23ea-4094-bdb6-e690954d83f4" CreationDate="2009-05-15T13:10:01.773" UserId="2579" Text="I'm coming from left field here because I don't know much about this, but maybe it's a credential issue with the Windows Service that is running the TS Gateway?  Is it possible that the account for the Windows Service changed it's password or has been locked out?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JFV" />
  <row Id="15312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8603" RevisionGUID="45b1f9e7-d9e3-4c26-97d0-0622647fab8b" CreationDate="2009-05-15T13:12:33.453" UserId="584" Text="[Here's the Mac Pro manual on installing RAM][1]. It's more than just installing in pairs, so read carefully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Mac_Pro_Early2009_Memory_DIMM_DIY.pdf" />
  <row Id="15313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8604" RevisionGUID="974a6ee7-5495-4281-9f56-f215d199d469" CreationDate="2009-05-15T13:13:16.383" UserId="2278" Text="This is more of a technique than a particular cmdlet or function, but my favorite PS thing is object construction:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $foo=&quot;&quot;|select bar, baz, gronk|ft&#xD;&#xA;gives you&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    bar   baz   gronk&#xD;&#xA;    ----- ----- ------&#xD;&#xA;which is handy for turning unstructured data into a set of objects for further processing.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15314" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8567" RevisionGUID="3d7524c3-7604-4c54-b90e-73609e75ce23" CreationDate="2009-05-15T13:13:37.613" UserId="1787" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;spellcheck&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;not-it-related&gt;" />
  <row Id="15315" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8586" RevisionGUID="2b1dc482-60bd-4e5d-b45d-ed31b16e1258" CreationDate="2009-05-15T13:14:06.897" UserId="301" Comment="added 160 characters in body" Text="You need to follow the memory layout suggested on the side door, and the instructions in the manual that shipped with your Mac Pro. The memory layouts have changed significantly from the older 2007 model Mac Pros.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit: [link to the memory replacement manual for early 2008 Mac Pros][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/MacPro_Early2008_MemoryDIMM_DIY.pdf" />
  <row Id="15318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8606" RevisionGUID="86553ed1-8568-40d2-aec6-c47fb34c18ee" CreationDate="2009-05-15T13:16:06.157" UserId="2164" Text="&gt; This is my laptop! There are many&#xD;&#xA;&gt; other's like it, but this one is mine!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In all seriousness though, it depends upon who I am talking to as more often than not I will just use what they refer to it as. When talking to another IT professionally it is usually just referred to as the desktop/laptop/server depending upon what system is being discussed." />
  <row Id="15319" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8606" RevisionGUID="86553ed1-8568-40d2-aec6-c47fb34c18ee" CreationDate="2009-05-15T13:16:06.157" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15320" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8434" RevisionGUID="e8f271d7-52da-49ae-98ed-cb696e20e41f" CreationDate="2009-05-15T13:19:29.173" UserId="1561" Comment="added 163 characters in body" Text="*Specifically for /tmp:*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Should ln -s /var/tmp /tmp?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the case of a complete in-memory disk image (think &quot;live boot CD&quot;) this might be acceptable, as every byte of RAM needs to be squeezed.  Otherwise, unless you are hard-pressed for disk space, no.  /var has its own peculiarities and mixing /tmp with /var/tmp may have unintended consequences when performing systems maintenance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Should /tmp be preserved between reboots or not?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No.  If you are relying on this as a consistent behavior then you will, sooner or later, encounter issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Should /tmp be on a real disk area or allowed to be implemented basically on the SWAP area (or tmpfs)?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When it's heavily used, this is a temptation - &quot;we'll put /tmp into a RAM disk, it'll speed up access, and when the system reboots/shuts down, there's nothing to clean up&quot;.  However, if you are thinking of implementing temp space as a RAM disk that will be swapped, then I would consider the ramifications of your system's swap space usage by other programs.  If swap is there as a form of &quot;emergency overflow&quot; for when the system is in dire straights and needs it, the last thing you need is to have swap space consumed by a runaway process filling /tmp, consuming memory, causing pressure on the VM subsystem to swap to disk.  Between swap activity, and the additional I/O streaming into the RAM disk (which in turn may cause additional page-ins to satisfy a seek() )  your system will quickly become I/O bound.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Should /tmp be on a different disk from the / (root) disk?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Preferably, yes, although it's not necessary.  If you make heavy use of it, or have a constant workload that requires it, then definitely yes.  Hypothetical example: a database that dumps temp files to /tmp would gain a slight speedup by introducing /tmp to a separate spindle (ie. drive).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Would you place /tmp on a different disk controller from the / (root) disk?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a requirements for recoverability or speed, then it should be considered.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Any rules of thumb for the size of /tmp?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It should accomodate 2x your expected workload.  By this, I mean that if you have local users regularly using this space, sooner or later someone will do something silly and attempt to fill it up.  Having a slight overage will allow you to avoid strange &quot;issues&quot; with programs that stop because their temp files have filled up what space is left.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is a &quot;common services&quot; installation, where the server provides one or more network services, but does not host users, then this will probably be on the low side.  If this is a multi-user installation, this will be on the high side (yes, [there are still places that host actual users][1] and not just their network services).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *How would you manage /tmp space while the system is up? Delete all files &gt; certain age? Leave area alone until it reaches a %age of max?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look into the [tmpwatch][2] command, I think you'll find it suits this part of your question(s) nicely.  The command simply deletes any files past a certain age in hours.  Depending on how fast it fills up, you could do 30 days, 45 days, 90 days, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Should any procedural items be placed into effect to govern this area?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would recommend the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. All files are transitory, and are not guaranteed to survive a reboot.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Stale files past %age will be removed nightly at midnight local time via a cron job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The rest is a matter of your specific needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://davelargo.blogspot.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://linux.die.net/man/8/tmpwatch" />
  <row Id="15322" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8434" RevisionGUID="2b62243e-c039-4c46-9e4d-9bafe84b9f01" CreationDate="2009-05-15T13:26:02.493" UserId="1561" Comment="added 31 characters in body" Text="*Specifically for /tmp:*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Should ln -s /var/tmp /tmp?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the case of a complete in-memory disk image (think &quot;live boot CD&quot;) this might be acceptable, as every byte of RAM needs to be squeezed.  Otherwise, unless you are hard-pressed for disk space, no.  /var has its own peculiarities and mixing /tmp with /var/tmp may have unintended consequences when performing systems maintenance.  It also adds an extra dependency in that /tmp must be mounted for /var/tmp to function properly; not everything needs /tmp and you may have a situation where you want to migrate it to a different partition or drive, but can't, because you don't want to unmount /var.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Should /tmp be preserved between reboots or not?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No.  If you are relying on this as a consistent behavior then you will, sooner or later, encounter issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Should /tmp be on a real disk area or allowed to be implemented basically on the SWAP area (or tmpfs)?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When it's heavily used, this is a temptation - &quot;we'll put /tmp into a RAM disk, it'll speed up access, and when the system reboots/shuts down, there's nothing to clean up&quot;.  However, if you are thinking of implementing temp space as a RAM disk that will be swapped, then I would consider the ramifications of your system's swap space usage by other programs.  If swap is there as a form of &quot;emergency overflow&quot; for when the system is in dire straights and needs it, the last thing you need is to have swap space consumed by a runaway process filling /tmp, consuming memory, causing pressure on the VM subsystem to swap to disk.  Between swap activity, and the additional I/O streaming into the RAM disk (which in turn may cause additional page-ins to satisfy a seek() )  your system will quickly become I/O bound.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Should /tmp be on a different disk from the / (root) disk?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Preferably, yes, although it's not necessary.  If you make heavy use of it, or have a constant workload that requires it, then definitely yes.  Hypothetical example: a database that dumps temp files to /tmp would gain a slight speedup by introducing /tmp to a separate spindle (ie. drive).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Would you place /tmp on a different disk controller from the / (root) disk?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a requirements for recoverability or speed, then it should be considered.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Any rules of thumb for the size of /tmp?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It should accomodate 2x your expected workload.  By this, I mean that if you have local users regularly using this space, sooner or later someone will do something silly and attempt to fill it up.  Having a slight overage will allow you to avoid strange &quot;issues&quot; with programs that stop because their temp files have filled up what space is left.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is a &quot;common services&quot; installation, where the server provides one or more network services, but does not host users, then this will probably be on the low side.  If this is a multi-user installation, this will be on the high side (yes, [there are still places that host actual users][1] and not just their network services).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *How would you manage /tmp space while the system is up? Delete all files &gt; certain age? Leave area alone until it reaches a %age of max?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look into the [tmpwatch][2] command, I think you'll find it suits this part of your question(s) nicely.  The command simply deletes any files past a certain age in hours.  Depending on how fast it fills up, you could do 30 days, 45 days, 90 days, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Should any procedural items be placed into effect to govern this area?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would recommend the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. All files are transitory, and are not guaranteed to survive a reboot.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Stale files past %age will be removed nightly at midnight local time via a cron job that runs the tmpwatch command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The rest is a matter of your specific needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://davelargo.blogspot.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://linux.die.net/man/8/tmpwatch" />
  <row Id="15323" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8607" RevisionGUID="1ae00be3-bd0b-4329-9f8e-c255efa26468" CreationDate="2009-05-15T13:28:24.627" UserId="1417" Text="I have always referred to it as the computer. I don't consider peripherals like keyboards and monitors to be part of the computer. Very often I will be more specific as to the type of computer, desktop, tower, laptop, and so on. The only usage that bugs me is that a number of people I work with have started referring to their desktop or towers as hard drives.  " />
  <row Id="15324" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8607" RevisionGUID="1ae00be3-bd0b-4329-9f8e-c255efa26468" CreationDate="2009-05-15T13:28:24.627" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15325" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8608" RevisionGUID="5c0772c8-fdba-422a-aff8-5e5a03736c61" CreationDate="2009-05-15T13:33:25.783" UserId="301" Text="Check the io scheduler (called the io elevator in the kernel documentation) assigned to that volume.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ cat /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler &#xD;&#xA;    noop anticipatory [deadline] cfq &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For most RedHat and Fedora distros the default is the CFQ scheduler. IMHO this is not the best for an iobound server process. I recommend the deadline scheduler&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ echo &quot;deadline&quot; &gt; /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to change this, or add&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    elevator=deadline&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to your boot arguments to make this permanent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;High iowait times can also be caused by aggressive readahead, which may be unnecessary for your workload. The default for RedHat and Fedora systems is 128k&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ cat /sys/block/sda/queue/read_ahead_kb &#xD;&#xA;    128&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Experiment with echo'ing lower values to that file and see if that decreases your iowait times.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, check the underlying disk or array. If it is degraded, or rebuilding, your iowait times will skyrocket as the underlying disk subsystem steals io bandwidth while rebuilding itself&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15326" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8609" RevisionGUID="b14290c4-0846-4809-817d-9641f95166d0" CreationDate="2009-05-15T13:40:34.377" UserId="1803" Text="A more effective question might be: how do you hire someone without possessing superior skills with which to evaluate them?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can either groom an IT leader by getting someone with some business savvy to manage the department in the interim (one of my most successful mentors in this respect had zero IT background), or you can seek out someone with strong skills in managing an IT department (this will cost).  If they're coming from a larger organization, they're going to tend to be more specialized, with big gaps in general knowledge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition to the skills mentioned by others, you need someone who can:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - Stand up to management in making IT calls they don't want to hear (was the cabling shoddy because they weren't allowed to bring in cabling professionals?  was the server inadequate because the budget was too small and they didn't fight for what was necessary?)&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - Manage vendors, e.g  knowledge of typical SLAs and expected stages (was the cabling shoddy because they didn't demand 100% testing, or do their own testing?)  This is an underrated skill, and has a huge effect in terms of initial costs and lengthy contracts.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - Unapologetically make unpopular decisions - and know when to dig in so that security and performance aren't compromised.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Ideally, enough diplomacy to pull all of the above off without alienating the rest of the company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ubergeek hermit is great for getting things done from a technological standpoint.  But IT needs a leader, just like every other critical business function." />
  <row Id="15330" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8611" RevisionGUID="a278a20b-7220-4ad1-8488-463fe5eaa0f9" CreationDate="2009-05-15T13:46:57.687" UserId="905" Text="I found it is possible to backup a DPM server with a secondary DPM server.  Our solution may be to have a second DPM server at an offsite location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb795680.aspx&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15331" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8612" RevisionGUID="684af23b-c6fe-4c62-81db-e30b66e1f56d" CreationDate="2009-05-15T13:47:09.103" UserId="2448" Text="I'm using AWStats and I want to ignore everything in a subdirectory except for a particular directory, here is the directory layout:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; Webroot&#xD;&#xA; -dir_1&#xD;&#xA; -dir_2&#xD;&#xA; --subdir_a&#xD;&#xA; --subdir_b&#xD;&#xA; --subdir_c&#xD;&#xA; ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to run statistics for everything in the web root excluding dir2 and all its subdirectories except subdir b.  I've tried using the SkipFiles directive with :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SkipFiles=&quot;REGEX[^\/dir_2(!\/subdir_b)]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But that is including everything under dir_2." />
  <row Id="15332" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8612" RevisionGUID="684af23b-c6fe-4c62-81db-e30b66e1f56d" CreationDate="2009-05-15T13:47:09.103" UserId="2448" Text="AWStats ignore all but one sub directory" />
  <row Id="15333" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8612" RevisionGUID="684af23b-c6fe-4c62-81db-e30b66e1f56d" CreationDate="2009-05-15T13:47:09.103" UserId="2448" Text="&lt;awstats&gt;&lt;regex&gt;&lt;webstats&gt;&lt;stats&gt;" />
  <row Id="15336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8615" RevisionGUID="9c15f87b-e121-4aa2-9283-55099674523b" CreationDate="2009-05-15T13:53:55.970" UserId="1439" Text="The Terminal Services Gateway windows service kept failing for us.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the absence of anything useful in the event logs, I just get task scheduler to &quot;net start tsgateway&quot; a few times every hour. Horrible, but zero complaints ever since." />
  <row Id="15337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8616" RevisionGUID="8c42a56e-324b-4782-b768-cce6914fb0af" CreationDate="2009-05-15T13:55:18.570" UserId="1156" Text="Maybe I'll get downvoted because these solution are not compiled into native code per the question's &quot;must have&quot; list, but for static content it doesn't get much easier than sharing up the current directory with a Python one liner:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    python -m SimpleHTTPServer 9914&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that port 9914 is arbitrary and simply the example used where I found this solution: http://linux.byexamples.com/archives/506/python-simple-http-server-for-file-sharing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Naturally, you can also do this with Perl:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    perl -MIO::All -e 'io(&quot;:8080&quot;)-&gt;fork-&gt;accept-&gt;(sub { $_[0] &lt; io(-x $1 ? &quot;./$1 |&quot; : $1) if /^GET \/(.*) / })'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;. . . as described at http://search.cpan.org/~ingy/IO-All-0.39/lib/IO/All.pod#A_Tiny_Web_Server" />
  <row Id="15338" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8616" RevisionGUID="8c42a56e-324b-4782-b768-cce6914fb0af" CreationDate="2009-05-15T13:55:18.570" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8619" RevisionGUID="b4271357-2d84-443a-bbe4-29abc296a011" CreationDate="2009-05-15T07:27:28.410" Text="&lt;p&gt;I built and installed &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sphinxsearch.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;sphinx search&lt;/a&gt; on my ubuntu 9.04 server.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I make the sphinx daemon start automatically when I reboot?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15343" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8619" RevisionGUID="b4271357-2d84-443a-bbe4-29abc296a011" CreationDate="2009-05-15T07:27:28.410" Text="How do I make sphinx restart when I reboot my Ubuntu server? " />
  <row Id="15344" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8619" RevisionGUID="b4271357-2d84-443a-bbe4-29abc296a011" CreationDate="2009-05-15T07:27:28.410" Text="&lt;sphinx&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;&lt;not-programming-related&gt;" />
  <row Id="15345" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8620" RevisionGUID="841afed9-11df-4d3c-b147-87caa7f46274" CreationDate="2009-05-15T07:50:44.593" Text="&lt;p&gt;Add a restart script to /etc/init.d directory. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. This should really belong in serverfault.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15346" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8621" RevisionGUID="c28be609-ce2d-43f1-87bb-31c690056880" CreationDate="2009-05-15T07:51:41.737" UserId="1777" Text="&lt;p&gt;I don't really know sphinx, but judging by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sphinxsearch.com/docs/current.html#installing&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;online manual&lt;/a&gt;, you need to have a startup script to run the daemon.  Typically this is done by creating an entry in /etc/init.d and linking it into the appropriate /etc/rcX.d directory.  Check the README file in /etc/init.d for details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If nothing else, something like this is the quick and dirty answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ cat &amp;gt; /etc/init.d/sphinx&#xA;cd /usr/local/sphinx/etc&#xA;/usr/local/sphinx/bin/searchd&#xA;^D&#xA;$ ln -s /etc/init.d/sphinx /etc/init.d/rc3.d/S99sphinx&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15347" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8622" RevisionGUID="fe35f5f4-40ee-46d7-8f5f-731bd3341662" CreationDate="2009-05-15T07:55:20.760" Text="&lt;p&gt;Create a short script file (bash, perhaps) that has the equivalent of the following line in it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;/path/to/sphinx/installation/searchd --config /path/to/sphinx/config/sphinx.conf &amp;amp;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then move the script to /etc/init.d as root, and chmod the script (&quot;chmod +x myscript.sh&quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15349" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8623" RevisionGUID="875420cc-ebcb-471e-bc0e-5aa149a3759f" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:11:57.847" UserId="1435" Text="I need to recruit a proper linux guru, not someone who can just about spell it, a real big hitter to go off and recruit their own team.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're currently a big Windows house so I know the questions I need to ask to sort the wheat from the chaff in that area but I have no idea what questions to ask of a linux techie, nor what would be good answers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have any questions I could ask - or should I just pay someone from an external consultancy to sit in on the interviews?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance." />
  <row Id="15350" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8623" RevisionGUID="875420cc-ebcb-471e-bc0e-5aa149a3759f" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:11:57.847" UserId="1435" Text="How to recruit a linux guru" />
  <row Id="15351" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8623" RevisionGUID="875420cc-ebcb-471e-bc0e-5aa149a3759f" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:11:57.847" UserId="1435" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;recruitment&gt;&lt;interview&gt;&lt;questions&gt;" />
  <row Id="15352" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8620" RevisionGUID="7c7f7482-9e0c-4786-a9c5-2efa45b91a28" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:12:19.250" UserId="48" Comment="deleted 52 characters in body" Text="&lt;p&gt;Add a restart script to /etc/init.d directory. &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15353" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8619" RevisionGUID="d821ed3b-8ff9-4084-a1c4-517466511398" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:12:37.067" UserId="48" Comment="added 3 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;I built and installed &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sphinxsearch.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;sphinx search&lt;/a&gt; on my ubuntu 9.04 server.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I make the sphinx daemon start automatically when I reboot?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15354" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8619" RevisionGUID="d821ed3b-8ff9-4084-a1c4-517466511398" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:12:37.067" UserId="48" Comment="added 3 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;sphinx&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="15355" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8624" RevisionGUID="92a3e8e9-8548-4df0-aa99-4a306ec76e64" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:13:53.477" UserId="2291" Text="We have DNS server running on our domain at our main site.  We have 4 remote sites connected via a vpn.  So we have a domain controller at each location.  DNS server is setup on each of those servers as a secondary zone to the main DNS server at our main location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Weird thing going on, on our main DNS server, it shows all the computers and IP's of the main site and only two of the remote sites.  However, the two remote sites that are not showing up, it at least shows the server for each site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now if you go to the remote site server and look at that DNS server, it shows all 5 sites and their computers and IP's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why would our primary DNS server be missing the two sites?" />
  <row Id="15356" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8624" RevisionGUID="92a3e8e9-8548-4df0-aa99-4a306ec76e64" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:13:53.477" UserId="2291" Text="Sites in DNS Server not replicating" />
  <row Id="15357" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8624" RevisionGUID="92a3e8e9-8548-4df0-aa99-4a306ec76e64" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:13:53.477" UserId="2291" Text="&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="15358" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8625" RevisionGUID="36c0637d-5485-463d-9133-08225fb40afa" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:15:17.047" UserId="1156" Text="Try PhotoRec:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photorec&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's free and open source (GPL).  PhotoRec got all my photos back from a memory card I erased accidentally and it's supposed to work with hard drives too." />
  <row Id="15359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8626" RevisionGUID="66a49d37-3670-4581-b9af-fab1b85631d1" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:15:57.043" UserId="1654" Text="I created the NBI on the server and it is booting my clients successfully so far.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, the issue I reported in the previous question, where the NetBoot service appears to be crashing, does not seem to be affecting the performance of the service.  The bug looks like it's only affecting the Server Admin GUI.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15360" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8627" RevisionGUID="5d5987d1-a358-4018-8f04-476849c088cd" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:16:23.097" UserId="1466" Text="I would suggest an even simpler solution:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just add */usr/bin/searchd* to **/etc/rc.local** before the line that says *exit 0*" />
  <row Id="15361" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8627" RevisionGUID="5d5987d1-a358-4018-8f04-476849c088cd" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:16:23.097" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15362" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8603" RevisionGUID="136a0095-da78-4082-977a-1df05fc64edf" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:16:24.157" UserId="584" Comment="added 13 characters in body" Text="[Here's the Mac Pro (early 2009) manual on installing RAM][1]. It's more than just installing in pairs, so read carefully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Mac_Pro_Early2009_Memory_DIMM_DIY.pdf" />
  <row Id="15363" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8584" RevisionGUID="fd140091-9a8b-4f5c-9d93-7adbd1146845" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:16:50.240" UserId="1654" Comment="deleted 136 characters in body" Text="*Also see question http://serverfault.com/questions/7870.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've successfully removed NetRestore from my NetBoot server and am trying to install DeployStudio.  It's my understanding that the bootable NBI should be automatically generated by running the DeployStudio Assistant, but the documentation isn't very clear on this.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do I need to run the separate &quot;Create a DeployStudio NetBoot Set&quot; function in the Assistant? The Assistant dialogs are confusing here because they specify that you must create the NBI on &quot;the latest Mac OS X system you have.&quot;  Do I create the NBI on a Mac client and then move it to the Xserve, or create it on the Xserve even though it's not the newest OS X device we own?" />
  <row Id="15364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8628" RevisionGUID="8c8caf0a-4979-4eb6-9ce4-c9dd62ac6f87" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:16:55.000" UserId="1589" Text="The Wireshark / DHCP explorer / DHCP Probe approaches are good for a one time or periodic check.  However, I'd recommend looking into [DHCP Snooping][1] support on your network.  This feature will provide constant protection from rogue DHCP servers on the network, and is supported by many different hardware vendors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the feature set as indicated in the [Cisco docs][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; • Validates DHCP messages received from untrusted sources and filters out invalid messages.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; • Rate-limits DHCP traffic from trusted and untrusted sources.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; • Builds and maintains the DHCP snooping binding database, which contains information about untrusted hosts with leased IP addresses.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; • Utilizes the DHCP snooping binding database to validate subsequent requests from untrusted hosts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHCP_snooping&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/12.2SX/configuration/guide/snoodhcp.html" />
  <row Id="15365" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8629" RevisionGUID="6039c346-80dc-40d7-90f5-0cfb8f7e0505" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:20:26.410" UserId="2164" Text="One of the first rules of file recovery is to always recover to a different disk in order to prevent things from getting over written. In fact, someone actually just [posted on this topic][1] over on [Slashdot.org][2] about this topic and the bad news is that if something was overwritten, there is an extremely good chance that you aren't going to be able to get it back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, if you have been recovering the files to another disk you might be able to get some of the files back using the tools that other suggested. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1233829&amp;cid=27962791&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://slashdot.org/index2.pl" />
  <row Id="15368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8631" RevisionGUID="3405e2d2-a2bc-49b2-a7f0-a9d58f42a706" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:29:01.387" UserId="2004" Text="Is it possible to enable shadow copy for a single folder, not an entire volume? I know this is possible in server 2008, but I cannot locate similar options in 2003. If this is possible how do I go about enabling it and restoring previous versions of files." />
  <row Id="15369" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8631" RevisionGUID="3405e2d2-a2bc-49b2-a7f0-a9d58f42a706" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:29:01.387" UserId="2004" Text="Windows 2003 Shadow copy" />
  <row Id="15370" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8631" RevisionGUID="3405e2d2-a2bc-49b2-a7f0-a9d58f42a706" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:29:01.387" UserId="2004" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;shadow-copy&gt;" />
  <row Id="15371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8632" RevisionGUID="b244c0e1-8e82-4662-a351-b336054b2bef" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:31:12.303" UserId="2629" Text="    ifconfig | grep cast&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;is great for getting your IP address, and&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ifconfig en1 | grep eth&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;works well for getting a MAC address.  Using en1 will (almost always) get the Airport's MAC address, which is handy if only known devices are allowed onto your wireless network.  Conversely, if you use en0 -- the built-in ethernet port -- you can then look the machine up in your Open Directory, like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ldapsearch -x -h odm -b &quot;cn=computers,dc=odm,dc=pretendoco,dc=com&quot; &quot;macAddress=00:0d:93:b5:82:88&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Assuming your server was 'odm' and the realm is ODM.PRETENDCO.COM).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15372" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8632" RevisionGUID="b244c0e1-8e82-4662-a351-b336054b2bef" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:31:12.303" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15373" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8633" RevisionGUID="645911d6-b409-494b-b4ba-d9e6247af568" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:31:23.690" UserId="1227" Text="What would be required to create a web host? Servers? Nameservers? Software? Cpanel? DNS? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you were to start a web host from the ground up, what would you do? What technologies would you use? Security?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="15374" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8633" RevisionGUID="645911d6-b409-494b-b4ba-d9e6247af568" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:31:23.690" UserId="1227" Text="How would you create a web host?" />
  <row Id="15375" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8633" RevisionGUID="645911d6-b409-494b-b4ba-d9e6247af568" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:31:23.690" UserId="1227" Text="&lt;web-hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="15376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8634" RevisionGUID="6436e950-6f6e-4255-b7c8-058f86553499" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:32:12.020" UserId="2224" Text="We support a bunch of different user populations with different needs, so customers have delegated rights and can assign workstation or local server admin rights to as many (or as few) people as they need to. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They can *only* do this within the system we've setup, however. For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Admin users are not allowed to access the internet from their admin accounts.&#xD;&#xA; - Email cannot be accessed from admin accounts&#xD;&#xA; - Domain admin rights are tightly controlled and limited to about two dozen people (out of about 40k users.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15377" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8635" RevisionGUID="a6ab0527-c932-4ef3-bc39-0075a540c93d" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:34:53.607" UserId="1848" Text="Unfotunately, it seems that your battery has reached the end of it's life. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [this article][1] for guidelines on how to maintain lithium based batteries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Four main points from the article:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Avoid frequent full discharges because this puts additional strain on the battery. Several partial discharges with frequent recharges are better for lithium-ion than one deep one. Recharging a partially charged lithium-ion does not cause harm because there is no memory. (In this respect, lithium-ion differs from nickel-based batteries.) Short battery life in a laptop is mainly cause by heat rather than charge / discharge patterns.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Batteries with fuel gauge (laptops) should be calibrated by applying a deliberate full discharge once every 30 charges. Running the pack down in the equipment does this. If ignored, the fuel gauge will become increasingly less accurate and in some cases cut off the device prematurely. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Keep the lithium-ion battery cool. Avoid a hot car. For prolonged storage, keep the battery at a 40% charge level. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. Consider removing the battery from a laptop when running on fixed power. (Some laptop manufacturers are concerned about dust and moisture accumulating inside the battery casing.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm" />
  <row Id="15378" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8636" RevisionGUID="b880cb26-5f95-46d8-b55f-8cb4a111e554" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:35:48.550" UserId="48" Text="In a word no. With server 2003 shadow copy is on a per volume only basis." />
  <row Id="15379" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8637" RevisionGUID="0c345817-c607-4ac1-bf06-fffda79c242e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:38:15.673" UserId="1218" Text="What exactly is a &quot;web host&quot; for you? It depends what you want to do. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. you should start with the operation system you want to use linux/bsd/windows etc. &#xD;&#xA; 2. next step would be to choose a webserver apache/lighttpd/iis&#xD;&#xA; 3. after this you could add extensions like php/asp/perl/ruby" />
  <row Id="15380" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8584" RevisionGUID="f92e8db8-c60e-4c0b-80c8-9ef708b2725e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:38:45.983" UserId="1654" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="*Also see question http://serverfault.com/questions/7870.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Edited to add this link to [a great document][1] that I should have been using all along but didn't find until it was too late.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've successfully removed NetRestore from my NetBoot server and am trying to install DeployStudio.  It's my understanding that the bootable NBI should be automatically generated by running the DeployStudio Assistant, but the documentation isn't very clear on this.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do I need to run the separate &quot;Create a DeployStudio NetBoot Set&quot; function in the Assistant? The Assistant dialogs are confusing here because they specify that you must create the NBI on &quot;the latest Mac OS X system you have.&quot;  Do I create the NBI on a Mac client and then move it to the Xserve, or create it on the Xserve even though it's not the newest OS X device we own?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://web.me.com/driley/iWeb/Dual-boot_Lab_files/DeployStudio_Guide.pdf" />
  <row Id="15381" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8638" RevisionGUID="2a8ee75d-87e8-4509-a927-23d3835905b1" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:38:52.380" UserId="2538" Text="I have set up an ISPConfig server to host email for several domains and I am having a problem with mail sent from this server not being delivered to some, but not all, valid domains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When mail is rejected, it contains an error message similar to the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;recipient@comcast.net&gt;: Host or domain name not found for name=comcast.net Type=A: Host found but no data record of requested type&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I thought that my domain may have gotten blacklisted, but I didn't find any listings when checked the domain against several BLs.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AFAIK, Type A records are IPv4 addresses and should always exist if a DNS record exists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm at a loss. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone shed some light on what this message is telling me?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15382" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8638" RevisionGUID="2a8ee75d-87e8-4509-a927-23d3835905b1" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:38:52.380" UserId="2538" Text="postfix: Host or domain name not found for name=comcast.net Type=A: Host found but no data record of requested type" />
  <row Id="15383" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8638" RevisionGUID="2a8ee75d-87e8-4509-a927-23d3835905b1" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:38:52.380" UserId="2538" Text="&lt;postfix&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="15384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8639" RevisionGUID="b2b16b12-ac12-4015-95a7-cc96811d6825" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:39:50.617" UserId="48" Text="It's a very subjective question. For starters you would need to decide what OS you are going to offer, will you offer Windows and ASP.net, or Linux, will you offer PHP, Rails, Java hosting. Before you make any decisions about hardware you need to decide what market you will be aiming at." />
  <row Id="15385" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8633" RevisionGUID="c9741219-8168-413f-8c14-d2912ed5c1a1" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:41:30.097" UserId="1227" Comment="clarification" Text="What would be required to create a web host? Servers? Nameservers? Software? Cpanel? DNS? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you were to start a web host from the ground up, what would you do? What technologies would you use? Security?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit to clarify: Be a web-host provider. I'm interested in knowing how these operate, what is entailed in creating one. What kinds of software is needed, what kinds of concerns there are, etc. (What to look for when choosing a host...)" />
  <row Id="15386" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="8633" RevisionGUID="c9741219-8168-413f-8c14-d2912ed5c1a1" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:41:30.097" UserId="1227" Comment="clarification" Text="How would you create a web host provider?" />
  <row Id="15387" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8640" RevisionGUID="54eef3f4-64f0-44fe-be6e-a8310cdc2b99" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:46:42.443" UserId="1993" Text="Our QA team requires Vista VMs for testing (installers, features, performance general compatibility, etc.). Physical PCs with Vista installed don't cut it since they make it difficult to roll back to specific points in the process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that Vista's activation model is completely incompatible with this model. I haven't traced down exactly what causes Vista to deactivate itself, but it seems related to moving VMs between workstations. This happens a lot for us. It also seems to deactivate if we upgrade VMWare Workstation (unconfirmed).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are an MSDN partner so we have plenty of product keys for Vista, but it's a huge pain to keep reactivating it. Even moreso since we make heavy use of snapshots (ie, reactivate it in one snapshot, then roll back to a different one and you have to reactivate again).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone found a way around this, or does VMWare have some tool I'm overlooking to keep Vista from panicking every time the desktop machine changes?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, has anyone had this issue in ESX 3+?" />
  <row Id="15388" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8640" RevisionGUID="54eef3f4-64f0-44fe-be6e-a8310cdc2b99" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:46:42.443" UserId="1993" Text="Windows Vista activation in VMWare" />
  <row Id="15389" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8640" RevisionGUID="54eef3f4-64f0-44fe-be6e-a8310cdc2b99" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:46:42.443" UserId="1993" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;activation&gt;" />
  <row Id="15390" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="767" RevisionGUID="e861b277-c2d3-48d6-8f35-1f210beef16e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:48:43.390" UserId="626" Text="Its standard practice to separate log and data files to separate disks away from the OS&#xD;&#xA;(tempdb, backups and swap file also)&#xD;&#xA;Does this logic still make sense when your drives are all SAN based and your LUNS are not carved of specific disk or raid sets -they are just part of the x number of drives on the SAN and the LUN is just space allocation&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8641" RevisionGUID="bea32935-53d5-4130-9590-554e86250039" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:48:57.820" UserId="2441" Text="To recap and add to some of the other answers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Temporarily disable your production DHCP server and see if other servers respond.** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can get the IP address of the server by running `ipconfig /all` on a windows machine, and then you can get the MAC address by looking for that IP address using `arp -a`. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a Mac, run `ipconfig getpacket en0` (or en1). See http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060124152826491. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The DHCP server information is usually in /var/log/messages. `sudo grep -i dhcp /var/log/messages*`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disabling your production DHCP server might not be a good option, of course. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Use a tool that specifically looks for rogue DHCP servers** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_DHCP for a list of tools (many of which were listed in other responses). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Configure switches to block DHCP offers**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most managed switches can be configured to prevent rogue DHCP servers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/12.2SX/configuration/guide/snoodhcp.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/junos9.2/topics/concept/port-security-dhcp-snooping.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * http://h40060.www4.hp.com/procurve/uk/en/pdfs/application-notes/AN-S12_ProCurve-DHCP-snooping-final.pdf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15392" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8641" RevisionGUID="bea32935-53d5-4130-9590-554e86250039" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:48:57.820" UserId="2441" />
  <row Id="15393" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8642" RevisionGUID="8e03ff63-a5cb-4c82-9889-3e0f78bcb0d2" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:50:30.563" UserId="371" Text="Web hosting is so cheap nowadays.  People buy domains and hosting accounts just for fun anymore.  Once you've decided on your platform and specialties, you need to automate, automate, automate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When someone signs up for an account, they want to use it right away, not wait for someone to pick it from the queue and manually create all the directories and config.  It's industry standard to have a control panel UI that gives you all your site config, billing info, and administrative functions available.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15394" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8643" RevisionGUID="1c91ac30-7e98-4dcf-86b0-d13909eaa608" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:50:55.897" UserId="1435" Text="Your mileage may vary based on country, company you work for, time of day and mood of the person you speak to but when I had this issue I used the 'call microsoft' option, told the lady on the phone that it was running in a VM and she fixed it all up for me. Gotta be worth a try right? Best of luck." />
  <row Id="15395" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8644" RevisionGUID="c7fd4026-5cf6-494a-8d3e-aa866b511933" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:51:30.437" UserId="2579" Text="I'm running a Windows Server 2008 box and would like to have users login via RDP, but only be able to run 1 program and if they close the program, to log off the session.  Is this possible?  The clients will be connecting from WinXP SP3 computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;JFV" />
  <row Id="15396" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8644" RevisionGUID="c7fd4026-5cf6-494a-8d3e-aa866b511933" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:51:30.437" UserId="2579" Text="Run RDP Session with only 1 Program" />
  <row Id="15397" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8644" RevisionGUID="c7fd4026-5cf6-494a-8d3e-aa866b511933" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:51:30.437" UserId="2579" Text="&lt;rdp&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="15398" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8645" RevisionGUID="d80f15cb-de1b-45e4-80a4-52477e4d8143" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:52:37.843" UserId="1466" Text="I have a MediaWiki server that hosts 4 instances of MediaWiki, and figure I should have a separate instance of **sphinx** search running for each.  I did this by creating separate sphinx.conf files for each, and configuring them to run on **separate ports**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The setup of sphinx was pretty straightforward, and allowed me to specify a **custom port** for each instance, all the way up until **SphinxSearch.php**, which appears to re-define the port using **wgSphinxSearch_port**. I commented out this line, and the search appears to work fine for all instances.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem I have is that php throws an error at the top of the page:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Warning: assert() [function.assert]: Assertion failed in /var/lib/mediawiki-1.11.0/extensions/SphinxSearch/sphinxapi.php on line 251&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know I can turn **display_errors** off in **php.ini**, but that's not a real solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone else run into this problem?  Am I the only one running multiple instances of *searchd*? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Why is this error being thrown, and how can I fix it?**" />
  <row Id="15399" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8645" RevisionGUID="d80f15cb-de1b-45e4-80a4-52477e4d8143" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:52:37.843" UserId="1466" Text="Error running multiple instances of sphinx (searchd) on the same box" />
  <row Id="15400" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8645" RevisionGUID="d80f15cb-de1b-45e4-80a4-52477e4d8143" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:52:37.843" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;sphinx&gt;&lt;mediawiki&gt;&lt;php&gt;" />
  <row Id="15401" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8367" RevisionGUID="048c1b56-486b-4dab-a9b7-ba4648368f5b" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:52:44.770" UserId="1" Comment="added 9 characters in body; edited title" Text="I need a new server for exchange 2007, it'll have about 70 mailboxes. We prefer Dell (all our servers are Dell). How can I tell what kind of specs the server will require?" />
  <row Id="15402" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="8367" RevisionGUID="048c1b56-486b-4dab-a9b7-ba4648368f5b" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:52:44.770" UserId="1" Comment="added 9 characters in body; edited title" Text="Estimating server capacity for Exchange 2007?" />
  <row Id="15404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8646" RevisionGUID="af3e6205-30a3-4b7f-83fc-c46e9e989a75" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:54:21.773" UserId="1439" Text="I have a client who gets a TON of spam to their public IP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have put a Linux box running exim and spamassassin in front of it, and a bunch of Outlook rules to move mail into the Junk Email folder when spamassassin thought it saw spam. This worked well enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I've migrated them to Exchange 2007, is there a better way to &quot;enforce&quot; these Outlook rules for everyone, at the server side?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Spamassassin works by inserting headers into incoming email. [Here's some details][1].)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks  &#xD;&#xA;Tom&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.outlook.unh.edu/spam/intro.html" />
  <row Id="15405" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8646" RevisionGUID="af3e6205-30a3-4b7f-83fc-c46e9e989a75" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:54:21.773" UserId="1439" Text="Spamassassin / exim in front of Exchange 2007" />
  <row Id="15406" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8646" RevisionGUID="af3e6205-30a3-4b7f-83fc-c46e9e989a75" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:54:21.773" UserId="1439" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;spamassassin&gt;&lt;spam&gt;&lt;exim&gt;" />
  <row Id="15407" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8647" RevisionGUID="10d4dd06-eb6b-49c6-8d20-225664b8a517" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:54:43.580" UserId="2629" Text="    system_profiler&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Give you the same results as you get when you choose About This Mac -&gt; More Info, only on the command line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    system_profiler -usage&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or looking at the man page will give you tips on how to use it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A couple of examples:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    system_profiler -xml &gt; MySystem.spx&#xD;&#xA;    # and later,&#xD;&#xA;    open MySystem.spx  # or just double click on it in the Finder&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this will dump the system profile to a file which can be looked at later on a different machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    system_profiler SPUSBDataType&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tells you about all your USB devices (including their Vendor and Product IDs, which can aid in tracking down drivers). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    system_profiler SPUSBDataType | grep &quot;Product ID&quot; -c&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will tell you how many USB devices are plugged in (including internal USB devices), which is useful to see if the computer sees a device (or, if, say, Parallel's grabbed it or it is dead.)  [Do note that in the System Profiler GUI App, you can choose View -&gt; Refresh from the menu to update the list; that may just be easier.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    system_profiler SPHardwareDataType&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will get you basic hardware info (useful for asset tracking), and&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep Serial&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will give you the machine's serial number.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15408" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8647" RevisionGUID="10d4dd06-eb6b-49c6-8d20-225664b8a517" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:54:43.580" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15409" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8648" RevisionGUID="8b69503c-5560-4142-96b3-f670fee82d97" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:55:12.300" UserId="2502" Text="There is a new feature in Server 2008s terminal services called remoteapp that does what you're looking for I believe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Description:&#xD;&#xA;http://4sysops.com/archives/windows-server-2008-terminal-services-new-features-part-2/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MS Guide: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730673(WS.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="15410" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8649" RevisionGUID="e6b0c4cc-56e7-462f-9590-46421a5b238e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:56:19.367" UserId="2513" Text="I do not know how to offer you specific advice for VMware, but I can tell you that I believe Vista Activation is tied to things like MAC address and the UUID.  If these things change, Vista will ask you to re-activate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Vista gathers a &quot;Hardware ID&quot; as part of the activation process, and due to the dynamic nature of virtualized hardware, there are sure to be extra hoops to jump through.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would start by setting your virtual machines to keep the same MAC address, and make sure they always run on the same type of CPU." />
  <row Id="15411" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6811" RevisionGUID="5a8c3bbe-40d9-40ef-811f-1e53b41394e4" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:56:26.137" UserId="1" Comment="edited title" Text="How to minimize memory usage on LAMP? Virtual dedicated server, max 512 RAM, 20 GB drive space, it should run a Wordpress blog. Not sure for load, but lets say 2-5k visitors per day." />
  <row Id="15412" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="6811" RevisionGUID="5a8c3bbe-40d9-40ef-811f-1e53b41394e4" CreationDate="2009-05-15T14:56:26.137" UserId="1" Comment="edited title" Text="Optimizing resources for a low-RAM LAMP server running WordPress?" />
  <row Id="15413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8650" RevisionGUID="667ec1cd-6202-4658-a599-0b5fe19b3666" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:02:16.420" UserId="2513" Text="I am not sure if it is related to the specific error you are having, but I had a similar issue with Postfix and Comcast related to Reverse DNS lookup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ensure your domains are set up for [reverse lookup][1], and give it another shot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.saas.nsw.edu.au/solutions/dns.html" />
  <row Id="15414" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8651" RevisionGUID="43819aa2-75fa-42e9-98db-c42f53a21e58" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:04:03.517" UserId="2278" Text="Are you worried about giving folks admin rights more because a) they may screw up their own PC's, or b) they may screw up everyone else's by poor internet hygiene? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If a) then I support the scorched-earth policy. If they're good enough consultants for you to hire them, they should be good enough to take care of their own work environments. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If b), then you probably need to look into some sort of quarantine for them. Hopefully that's a one-time thing where the lower support costs will eventually pay for it..." />
  <row Id="15415" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8652" RevisionGUID="3d7974ff-f6f5-4ed0-afb4-d8f1371903cc" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:07:48.093" UserId="2629" Text="The **Command-Line Administration** guide put out by Apple is invaluable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Googling for [&quot;command line administration mac&quot;][4] gives good results.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Command-Line Administration for OS X [10.5][1], [10.4][2], and [10.3][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other useful guides are at [http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/resources/][5] .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://images.apple.com/server/macosx/docs/Command_Line_Admin_v10.5.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/Command_Line_v10.4.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/MacOSXSrvr10.3_CommandLineAdminGuide.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.google.com/search?q=command+line+administration+mac&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/resources/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15416" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8652" RevisionGUID="3d7974ff-f6f5-4ed0-afb4-d8f1371903cc" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:07:48.093" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15417" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8653" RevisionGUID="022bc951-0cf6-4cd3-9436-ca34990e5c51" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:08:42.507" UserId="48" Text="Exchange 2007 offers Message Transport rules to filter messages based on a number of conditions. One of these conditions is the **HeaderContains** which should do what you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Details of what filtering Message Transport Rules support is available [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Details of how to enable Message Transport Rules can be found [here][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.exchangeninjas.com/Transportrules&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Transport-Rules-Exchange-Server-2007.html" />
  <row Id="15418" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8654" RevisionGUID="2ff63858-e828-4cf2-9939-cd918ae830bb" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:11:11.537" UserId="590" Text="I know what a proxy is, but I'm not sure what a reverse proxy is.  It seems to me that it's probably akin to a load balancer.  Is that correct?" />
  <row Id="15419" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8654" RevisionGUID="2ff63858-e828-4cf2-9939-cd918ae830bb" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:11:11.537" UserId="590" Text="What is a Reverse Proxy?" />
  <row Id="15420" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8654" RevisionGUID="2ff63858-e828-4cf2-9939-cd918ae830bb" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:11:11.537" UserId="590" Text="&lt;reverse-proxy&gt;" />
  <row Id="15421" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8655" RevisionGUID="bb30df86-496b-48d7-882b-5b977d7b0324" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:12:01.393" UserId="2620" Text="I have to  mention that windows 7 supports shrinking volumes on  fly." />
  <row Id="15422" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8656" RevisionGUID="68e6ba4d-3387-4bde-bac1-7fe9f75fff0c" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:13:35.757" UserId="48" Text="Yes correct, a reverse proxy is very often used for load balancing. A reverse proxy presents a single interface for multiples servers and distributes requests between those servers. Its most common uses are load balancing and caching." />
  <row Id="15423" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8653" RevisionGUID="516b707f-17d7-4651-bd59-7b7606023641" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:14:31.997" UserId="48" Comment="added 10 characters in body" Text="Exchange 2007 offers Message Transport rules to filter messages based on a number of conditions. One of these conditions is the **HeaderContains** condition which should do what you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Details of what filtering Message Transport Rules support is available [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Details of how to enable Message Transport Rules can be found [here][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.exchangeninjas.com/Transportrules&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Transport-Rules-Exchange-Server-2007.html" />
  <row Id="15424" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8657" RevisionGUID="d06402dd-a8c3-4aa0-84d0-ae4ba818bf8f" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:14:51.497" UserId="846" Text="At it's most basic, all you need is a server and a place to plug it in.  And you can even rent those from someone else!  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an end user, when looking at a web host the lowest level requirements are:&#xD;&#xA;- the ability to host the platform I am using&#xD;&#xA;- the ability to host DNS for the domain&#xD;&#xA;- easy startup (as [spoulson][1] noted).&#xD;&#xA;- the ability to manage the site and account myself&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having never been on the other side I can only speculate, however I imagine you need:&#xD;&#xA;- a big server and a big internet pipe.&#xD;&#xA;- the ability to setup the site account **very** quickly.&#xD;&#xA;- the ability to accept payment electronically.&#xD;&#xA;- a management console application for the end user.&#xD;&#xA;- a whole bunch of technical chops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The fact that you can't create a bare bones answer up front should worry you.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be aware .. hosting is an **extremely** competitive business; you are competing with 1on1.com, RackSpace and Google.  Google &quot;cheap hosting&quot; and you get over 15 million results returned.  You might want to pick a specific platform (WordPress and SharePoint are &quot;hot&quot; right now) and start in that niche. Even if you offer some kind of value add or specific skill, it will take a long time and a lot of customers to become viable.  It takes a lot of customers at $10/month (or less!) to pay for everything and have something left over for yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8633/how-would-you-create-a-web-host-provider/8642#8642" />
  <row Id="15425" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8646" RevisionGUID="4a1507aa-3fac-417c-b6ce-891e62676fef" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:19:13.687" UserId="1439" Comment="added 102 characters in body; edited title" Text="I have a client who gets a TON of spam to their public IP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have put a Linux box running exim and spamassassin in front of it, and a bunch of Outlook rules to move mail into the Junk Email folder when spamassassin thought it saw spam. This worked well enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I've migrated them to Exchange 2007, is there a better way to &quot;enforce&quot; these Outlook rules for everyone, at the server side?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Spamassassin works by inserting headers into incoming email. [Here's some details][1].)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks  &#xD;&#xA;Tom&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.outlook.unh.edu/spam/intro.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Title changed (as sensibly suggested) from &quot;Spamassassin / exim in front of Exchange 2007&quot;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15426" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="8646" RevisionGUID="4a1507aa-3fac-417c-b6ce-891e62676fef" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:19:13.687" UserId="1439" Comment="added 102 characters in body; edited title" Text="Can I enforce mail rules server-side in Exchange 2007?" />
  <row Id="15427" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8658" RevisionGUID="1121e178-3143-4f83-9063-b76f81748e06" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:20:51.670" UserId="2629" Text="[http://www.commandlinefu.com][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While not specifically a Mac resource, it is using the icon for the Terminal, and most of the list of really useful commands will work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.commandlinefu.com" />
  <row Id="15428" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8658" RevisionGUID="1121e178-3143-4f83-9063-b76f81748e06" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:20:51.670" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15429" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8659" RevisionGUID="0b3c472c-c9cd-4e97-8b1e-a7c09ac77ba5" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:21:11.313" UserId="1820" Text="A reverse proxy can be used to provide security for internal resources. Two common ones are Microsoft ISA server, and Apache with mod_proxy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an example, if you have a Microsoft Exchange server in your internal LAN, but want to give access to internet users for Outlook Web Access (OWA), you could place your server in the DMZ (NOT RECOMMENDED), or open ports in the firewall to your internal network. With a reverse proxy, you would put the reverse proxy in your DMZ, and all OWA requests are directed to the reverse proxy. It then takes that request and forwards it to the Exchange server, acting as a middle-man.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With Apache mod_proxy and named virtual hosts, you can reverse proxy for multiple sites with a single IP address, depending on whether SSL is involved.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This way your servers and data are protected, while still allowing secure access." />
  <row Id="15430" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8660" RevisionGUID="9ec3e00d-42e4-429f-bad5-3e47c79d3204" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:21:28.363" UserId="1803" Text="Start -&gt; Run -&gt; msconfig -&gt; startup tab&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Uncheck everything.  Restart and try to duplicate the problem (some apps/services will not function).  If the problem is resolved, go back into msconfig and re-check half the startup items.  Restart &amp; duplicate the problem.  Narrow the services down by 1/2 each time." />
  <row Id="15431" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8661" RevisionGUID="c20eb620-a10c-4068-bcc8-cbc5fde9b21b" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:22:44.477" UserId="2519" Text="A reverse proxy, also known as an &quot;inbound&quot; proxy is a server that receives requests from the Internet and forwards (proxies) them to a small set of servers, usually located on an internal network and not directly accessible from outside. It's &quot;reverse&quot;, because a traditional (&quot;outbound&quot;) proxy receives requests from a small set of clients on an internal network and forwards them to the Internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A reverse proxy can be used to allow authenticated users access to an intranet even when they are located outside. Users on the internal network can access intranet servers directly (their IP address is their authentication), but users outside it must authenticate themselves to the proxy server (usually with a username and password) in order to be allowed in." />
  <row Id="15432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8662" RevisionGUID="0c8b6e1a-2b84-432b-b5c6-a6acfd412bfe" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:24:30.010" UserId="1803" Text="Though it's not completely fleshed out yet, [this question][1] has a good starter list.  You're going to need to find a smoking gun in the event logs or through eliminating startup items, unless you can find a trend in similar apps/hardware to narrow it down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/298/how-to-troubleshoot-windows-post-your-checklist" />
  <row Id="15433" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8663" RevisionGUID="4cbd332a-fd76-4a1f-9f6b-bff1333ac4cf" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:24:55.423" UserId="1447" Text="A reverse proxy is so called because it acts as a proxy for *incoming* requests from outside the LAN.  A normal proxy (e.g. Squid or MS ISA) acts as a proxy for *outgoing* requests from within the LAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Normally you would use a reverse proxy for load balancing or security.  In the former case it accepts incoming requests (this is a relatively lightweight process) and forwards the requests to one or more web servers which do the actual work.  In the latter case it can be used to filter requests from unauthorised sources." />
  <row Id="15434" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8664" RevisionGUID="ec5ea0d5-37ad-4021-b6d2-d7f7ba412fa3" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:25:04.003" UserId="1565" Text="Have you thought of installing Vista in demo mode without a key?  Normally, you would have 30 days before having to activate, but with the instructions at this link from Jeff Atwood, you could use Vista in demo mode for 120 days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000778.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should reduce the number of activations you have to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000778.html" />
  <row Id="15435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8665" RevisionGUID="fb59f300-ff14-410d-a00f-0508f07292fe" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:28:26.163" UserId="413" Text="Reverse Proxies will also often be used for caching expensive-to-compute resources; this lets you generate a given page one time per minute (for instance) instead of once per request. For high-traffic sites, this can be an important benefit, particularly for the home page; many sites see 70% of their traffic go to the home page and no further. A caching reverse proxy can serve up a static version of this page transparently to the end user without the need for an application rewrite." />
  <row Id="15436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8666" RevisionGUID="696de768-d296-46ca-abcb-82a510dc40de" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:28:31.203" UserId="1820" Text="This is easily done using the Remote Desktop Connection program that is installed on every computer Windows XP SP2 and higher.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you start the program, click the &quot;Options&quot; button to display all options, and then click the &quot;Programs&quot; tab. Enter the local path of the program you wish to start (ie: c:\windows\notepad.exe).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then save the connection as an RDP file and distribute it to your users." />
  <row Id="15437" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8667" RevisionGUID="80cc3e84-c9f2-4825-8ad3-2b542c106f52" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:28:47.957" UserId="1466" Text="We have gone with a similar solution to you - configuring a box as a **dedicated spam/virus filter** between our Exchange box and the internet.  This works wonderfully, and spares the exchange server a-lot of work, allowing it to be **more responsive** and handle more users than if it were doing all this work itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just to give you some idea: our mail scanners see about 100,000 emails per day - but 80% of that is dropped right away, without making it to the Exchange server.  Of the 20,000 that make it to Exchange, about 2,000 of those are marked as **SPAM**, and usually 2-5 are quarantined with viruses/malware.  Our mail scanners are some of the busiest servers on our network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is an absolutely EXCELLENT guide for setting this up at: [http://www200.pair.com/mecham/spam/spamfilter20090215.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www200.pair.com/mecham/spam/spamfilter20090215.html" />
  <row Id="15438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8668" RevisionGUID="5f339467-aa0f-4794-a447-ae7b2e964a22" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:29:11.157" UserId="2636" Text="On a machine that is running IIS 6.0 and SQL Server 2005, where are the different locations that can limit the max number of database connections?" />
  <row Id="15439" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8668" RevisionGUID="5f339467-aa0f-4794-a447-ae7b2e964a22" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:29:11.157" UserId="2636" Text="SQL Server max connection settings" />
  <row Id="15440" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8668" RevisionGUID="5f339467-aa0f-4794-a447-ae7b2e964a22" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:29:11.157" UserId="2636" Text="&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="15441" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8669" RevisionGUID="2cc2ab33-1f59-48da-9d4f-c23d460dd797" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:30:29.657" UserId="413" Text="This was making the rounds in the NYC nerd community in Oct of 2001:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rm -rf /bin/laden" />
  <row Id="15442" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8669" RevisionGUID="2cc2ab33-1f59-48da-9d4f-c23d460dd797" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:30:29.657" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8670" RevisionGUID="d3ce2725-124b-4a47-892a-0efa5f4df42f" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:32:31.353" UserId="2004" Text="There is a Exchange 2007 Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator spreadsheet available [here][1]. A blog post that explains how to use it and everything that is factored in is available [here][2]. The calculator uses all the recommendations outlined in the following articles:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Planning Storage Configurations - [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124518.aspx][3]&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Planning Memory Configurations - [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb738124.aspx][4]&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Understanding Exchange Server 2007 I/O improvements from 64 bit - [http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2006/09/08/428860.aspx][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msexchangeteam.com/files/12/attachments/entry438481.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/01/15/432207.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124518.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb738124.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2006/09/08/428860.aspx" />
  <row Id="15444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8671" RevisionGUID="ce67b0b8-b248-4517-b512-44bf48aa5c4a" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:32:51.507" UserId="1803" Text="You may want to become familiar with ntbackup, particularly to get a system state of your domain controller.  I think having a second backup method is a great idea.  In your place, I'd approach this 2nd backup method as a &quot;manually recreate&quot; option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* NTbackup/systemstate will grab all AD information (this restore method merits some reading up on before you have to do it)&#xD;&#xA;* SyncToy to back up file shares&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this point, you can think about what else might be missing &amp; look into what you'll need to know to restore with these methods." />
  <row Id="15445" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8672" RevisionGUID="8d4160d1-51fa-456c-bba1-a5fba88e8378" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:34:37.773" UserId="846" Text="A proxy is (essentially) an intermediate for a transaction or request.  Standard network usage of &quot;proxy&quot; is for an intermediate which protects the identity/location/etc. of the request *creator*.  A &quot;reverse proxy&quot; is an intermediate which protects the request *target*. A &quot;transparent proxy&quot; does not protect either side.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other technology (such as load balancing, packet filtering, caching, etc.) can be combined with proxy technology to (as noted by others) **dramatically** improve security and performance.  " />
  <row Id="15446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8673" RevisionGUID="05ab7657-aae4-4f42-9130-e7604c13b39a" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:35:19.460" UserId="1447" Text="Get a 'known' linux expert to consult on the interviews, preferably someone who has reported linux-skilled technical staff before.  Be most ruthless about filtering this person - get a charlatan in the position of signing off candidates and you will end up hiring the wrong people.  Remember:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; A's hire A's&lt;br&gt; B's hire C's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to get an 'A' involved in the first round of hiring to get your recruitment process on track - *at all costs*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15447" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8674" RevisionGUID="61122e81-83f1-4c54-a7d3-f87fea9bd6e9" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:35:52.500" UserId="1565" Text="[2X ApplicationServer for Windows Terminal Services][1] does exactly what you are asking for and has a free version available with some limits.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't used RemoteApp for 2008, so you might want to try that first, but I know the 2X software works and can also work with 2003.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.2x.com/applicationserver/" />
  <row Id="15448" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8675" RevisionGUID="3b59bc31-7265-44be-b1d8-c1fc8d564a98" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:36:06.290" UserId="2566" Text="If you go to the server properties in Management studio, on the connections page, there is a Maximum number of concurrent connections setting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right click on the server in object explorer and select properties.&#xD;&#xA;Click Connections in the left-hand pane." />
  <row Id="15449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8676" RevisionGUID="f25c3e0e-cab6-4a92-ba5e-442af955e1e0" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:37:38.800" UserId="1054" Text="Properties on the SQL server instance.  Right-click on the instance in Mgmt Studio and get properties the click on Connections.  Are you having a specific problem with connections?" />
  <row Id="15450" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8670" RevisionGUID="09ed8a39-04c2-47a5-8f6c-15fdb7c68d4f" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:37:51.153" UserId="2004" Comment="Added a link." Text="There is a Exchange 2007 Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator spreadsheet available [here][1]. A blog post that explains how to use it and everything that is factored in is available [here][2]. The calculator uses all the recommendations outlined in the following articles:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Planning Storage Configurations - [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124518.aspx][3]&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Planning Memory Configurations - [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb738124.aspx][4]&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Understanding Exchange Server 2007 I/O improvements from 64 bit - [http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2006/09/08/428860.aspx][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also [here][6] are the general system requirements. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msexchangeteam.com/files/12/attachments/entry438481.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/01/15/432207.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124518.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb738124.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2006/09/08/428860.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996719.aspx" />
  <row Id="15451" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8644" RevisionGUID="7b9bbd21-ec32-4abd-811a-fe633c636e0e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:39:15.830" UserId="846" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;rdp&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;terminal-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="15452" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8673" RevisionGUID="e8e0f50c-b700-48d5-9887-048c109ccf1a" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:40:23.457" UserId="1447" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Get a 'known' linux expert to consult on the interviews, preferably someone who has recruited linux-skilled technical staff before.  Be most ruthless about filtering this person - get a charlatan in the position of signing off candidates and you will end up hiring the wrong people.  Remember:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; A's hire A's&lt;br&gt; B's hire C's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to get an 'A' involved in the first round of hiring to get your recruitment process on track - *at all costs*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15453" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8677" RevisionGUID="bf9d85b5-f952-4e26-ad90-4522d3bcaf99" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:43:44.747" UserId="45" Text="If by &quot;number of connections&quot; you mean the size of the connection pool, then this applies:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; A connection pool is created for each&#xD;&#xA;&gt; unique connection string. When a pool&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is created, multiple connection&#xD;&#xA;&gt; objects are created and added to the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; pool so that the minimum pool size&#xD;&#xA;&gt; requirement is satisfied. Connections&#xD;&#xA;&gt; are added to the pool as needed, up to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the maximum pool size specified (100&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is the default). Connections are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; released back into the pool when they&#xD;&#xA;&gt; are closed or disposed.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; When a SqlConnection object is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; requested, it is obtained from the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; pool if a usable connection is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; available. To be usable, a connection&#xD;&#xA;&gt; must be unused, have a matching&#xD;&#xA;&gt; transaction context or be unassociated&#xD;&#xA;&gt; with any transaction context, and have&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a valid link to the server.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; The connection pooler satisfies&#xD;&#xA;&gt; requests for connections by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; reallocating connections as they are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; released back into the pool. If the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; maximum pool size has been reached and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; no usable connection is available, the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; request is queued. The pooler then&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tries to reclaim any connections until&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the time-out is reached (the default&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is 15 seconds). If the pooler cannot&#xD;&#xA;&gt; satisfy the request before the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; connection times out, an exception is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; thrown.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Source: [SQL Server Connection Pooling (ADO.NET)][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The default size of connection pools is 100. You can change that size in in the connectionstring itself, but you should have a good reason to do that. In most cases where you run out of connections, they are leaking (=not properly closed) in the application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8xx3tyca.aspx" />
  <row Id="15454" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8653" RevisionGUID="0173b5d8-ff9f-4a5e-831b-cb945f4ae900" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:46:06.473" UserId="48" Comment="Updated to add SCL detail" Text="Exchange 2007 offers Message Transport rules to filter messages based on a number of conditions. One of these conditions is the **HeaderContains** condition which should do what you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get it to send the mail to your Junk folder, you could set-up SCL to send messages over a certain threshold to the junk folder, then get the message transport rule to stamp an SCL value on the message, higher than that threshold, should that header exist.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Details of what filtering Message Transport Rules support is available [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Details of how to enable Message Transport Rules can be found [here][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.exchangeninjas.com/Transportrules&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Transport-Rules-Exchange-Server-2007.html" />
  <row Id="15455" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8678" RevisionGUID="b7dee8e4-e953-4e35-bbae-78cecc69fdae" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:46:55.490" UserId="1403" Text="I've got a computer spewing messages from RUNDLL about errors loading &quot;c:\windows\ajavuviy.dll&quot;.  Seems to happen mostly when idle and can generate probably 40-50 error windows pretty quick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Google came up completely empty on this.  Thinking it's probably malware related, but am unsure.  Anyone run across it before?" />
  <row Id="15456" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8678" RevisionGUID="b7dee8e4-e953-4e35-bbae-78cecc69fdae" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:46:55.490" UserId="1403" Text="What's &quot;c:\windows\ajavuviy.dll&quot;?" />
  <row Id="15457" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8678" RevisionGUID="b7dee8e4-e953-4e35-bbae-78cecc69fdae" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:46:55.490" UserId="1403" Text="&lt;dll&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="15458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8679" RevisionGUID="bae65db2-8d6c-4438-a154-728a894d6067" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:49:49.527" UserId="2541" Text="Check the following&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. If you have 'Roaming Profile&quot; check the server hosting the profiles. Look at the event logs on that server (System Node) for hardware errors. Check the network cable etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Check DNS. This will lead you to Domain Controller(s). Check event logs on that server as well. Verify proper network connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Check your switches. Sometimes this can cause periodic hicups (if it's a managed switch) and you have some misconfiguration, like storm control setting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this happens once in a while, I've often seen DNS as the issue. Sometimes running a &quot;dcdiag&quot; on the domain controller fixes the issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One last quirk I've seen is if the clients are mapped to a printer which is no-longer in service, Ive seen the apps take a while to load. By just removing that printer from the &quot;printers&quot; section has also fixed this problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15459" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8680" RevisionGUID="c6eaf16a-22cc-46d6-97db-439b010d2061" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:50:51.287" UserId="1054" Text="Right-click on it and get properties and look at the info in the Version tab.  If it's empty then I'd place it under high suspicion.  If there is info in there including the author / company, version #, date, etc. then it's more likely ok.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**&#xD;&#xA;PS - Make a copy of it and bang it against your favorite (up-to-date) virus/malware scanner." />
  <row Id="15460" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8505" RevisionGUID="a7d8f18e-071f-4075-b83f-c54ba3187698" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:51:11.817" UserId="2367" Comment="completed sentence" Text="You cannot use SUID root for shell scripts. Only real programs can be SUID root, shell scripts start with &quot;#!&quot; and the interpreter would have to run SUID and that does not work for some reason I didn't know&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take a look at sudo and install it! Edit /etc/sudoerrs, add a line like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    www-data        ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/local/sbin/iptables_packet_report.sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then just run &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo /usr/local/sbin/iptables_packet_report.sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;from your code.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It should then not ask for the password, but evaluate the process automatically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm quite sure that your error messages would also happen if you manually su into www-data and run it manually" />
  <row Id="15461" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8681" RevisionGUID="b7a4341d-1df4-4c32-a282-2c228957762f" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:51:27.713" UserId="1565" Text="Viruses like to create DLLs with randomized names.  This is most likely a virus.  Do a scan immediately." />
  <row Id="15463" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8683" RevisionGUID="d0546e2d-e888-46b8-a243-7f5c2d35337a" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:52:17.383" UserId="2513" Text="If a Google search did not come up with anything (and it doesn't, I checked), it would be a relatively safe assumption that it is some sort of malware/spyware as many of them dynamically generate unique filenames.  I would not think it is a &quot;virus&quot; though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First thing I would do is run &quot;msconfig&quot; from start-&gt;run and look through your startup section to disable anything fishy and reboot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also try to rename that dll to something like ajavuviy.dll.bak to see if anything breaks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Run a good adware/malware scan such as Ad-Aware." />
  <row Id="15464" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8684" RevisionGUID="c09dd2a8-957f-4f5d-82df-3f507ab7b887" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:52:18.820" UserId="45" Text="To be sure it's not malware, run the **Microsoft Malware Removal tool**, just by typing &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     mrt.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in your search box / run box." />
  <row Id="15465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8685" RevisionGUID="42a6df74-7173-48b2-b1d5-643f98932c95" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:52:30.003" UserId="1589" Text="If &quot;subdir_b&quot; is unique, perhaps you can try matching at the end of string.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SkipFiles=&quot;REGEX[subdir_b$]&quot;" />
  <row Id="15466" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8686" RevisionGUID="38b50e29-2960-415c-8200-08e63ce934af" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:52:48.693" UserId="2546" Text="Try running the registry cleaner part of  [ccleaner][1] - that will at least remove the possibility that it's just an artefact of something you've uninstalled. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ccleaner.com" />
  <row Id="15468" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8687" RevisionGUID="1b983886-7ee4-4cd1-9fa6-e4e2983b88b2" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:59:29.243" UserId="7658" Text="Is it possible to dual boot from a USB flash drive? Also is it possible to boot the operating system from an ISO image (like the Ubuntu Live CD)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How would you go about doing this and what software would be needed?" />
  <row Id="15469" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8687" RevisionGUID="1b983886-7ee4-4cd1-9fa6-e4e2983b88b2" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:59:29.243" UserId="7658" Text="Dual boot from USB flash drive?" />
  <row Id="15470" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8687" RevisionGUID="1b983886-7ee4-4cd1-9fa6-e4e2983b88b2" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:59:29.243" UserId="7658" Text="&lt;dual-boot&gt;&lt;iso&gt;&lt;usb-flash-drive&gt;" />
  <row Id="15471" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8539" RevisionGUID="176110cc-5e47-4ab2-bf62-93b98a90cbfb" CreationDate="2009-05-15T15:59:32.957" UserId="1447" Comment="Added reference to MS always on program" Text="Logs and data drives have different data access patterns that are in conflict with each other (at least in theory) when they share a drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Log Writes**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Log access consists of a very large number of small sequential writes.  Somewhat simplistically, DB logs are ring buffers containing a list of instructions to write data items out to particular locations on the disk.  The access pattern consists of a large number of small sequential writes that must be guaranteed to complete so they are written out to disk.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally, logs should be on a quiet (i.e. not shared with anything else) RAID-1 or RAID-10 volume.  The main DBMS writes out log entries and one or more log reader threads consume the logs and write the changes out to the data disks.  If there is other traffic on the disks, the heads are moved around by these other accesses and the sequential log writes become random log writes.  These are much slower, so busy log disks can create a hotspot which acts as a bottleneck on the whole system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Data Writes**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Data items are written to the data disks by the log reader.  This consumes log entries and writes the data items out to disk.  This is a heavily random access pattern, so sharing the same physical disks can create an artificial bottleneck on system performance.  The same applies to temporary areas.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The role of caching**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SAN controllers tend to have large RAM caches, which can absorb the random access traffic to a certain extent.  However, for transactional integrity it is desirable to have disk writes from a DBMS guaranteed to complete.  When a controller is set to use write-back caching, the dirty blocks are cached and the I/O call is reported as complete to the host.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This can smooth out a lot of contention problems as the cache can absorb a lot of I/O that would otherwise go out to the physical disk.  It can also optimise the parity reads and writes for RAID-5, which lessens the effect on performance that RAID-5 volumes have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the characteristics that drive the 'Let the SAN deal with it' school of thought, althoug this view has some limitations:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Write-back caching still has failure modes that can lose data, and the controller has fibbed to the DBMS, saying blocks have been written out to disk where in fact they haven't.  For this reason, you may not want to use write-back caching for a transactional application, particlarly something holding mission-critical or financial data where data integrity problems could have serious consequences for the business.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - SQL Server (in particular) uses I/O in a mode where a flag (called FUA or Forced Update Access) forces physical writes to the disk before the call returns.  Microsoft has a [certification program][1] and many SAN vendors produce hardware that honours these semantics.  In this case no amount of cache will optimise disk writes, which means that log traffic ***will*** thrash if it is sitting on a busy shared volume.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If the application generates a lot of disk traffic its working set may overrun the cache, which will also cause the write contention issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If the SAN is shared with other applications (particularly on the same disk volume), traffic from other applications can generate log bottlenecks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Some applications (e.g. data warehouses) generate large transient load spikes that make them quite anti-social on SANs.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even on a large SAN separate log volumes are still recommended practice.  You may get away with not worring about layout on a lightly used application.  On really large applications, you may even get a benefit from multiple SAN controllers.  Oracle publish a series of data warehouse layout case studies where some of the larger configurations involve multiple controllers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Put responsibility for performance where it belongs**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On something with large volumes or where performance could be an issue, make the SAN team accountable for the performance of the application.  If they are going to ignore your recommendations for configuration, then make sure that management are aware of this and that responsibility for system performance lies in the appropriate place.  In particular, establish acceptable guidelines for key DB performance statistics like I/O waits or page latch waits or acceptable application I/O SLA's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that having responsibility for performance split across multiple teams creates an incentive to finger-point and pass the buck to the other team.  This is a known management anti-pattern and a formula for issues that drag out for months or years without ever being resolved.  Ideally, there should be a single architect with authority to specify application, database and SAN configuration changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, benchmark the system under load.  If you can arrange it, secondhand servers and direct-attach arrays can be purchased quite cheaply on Ebay.  If you set up a box like this with one or two disk arrays you can frig with the physical disk configuration and measure the effect on performance.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an example, I have done a comparison between an application running on a large SAN (an IBM Shark) and a two-socket box with a direct attach U320 array.  In this case, £3,000 worth of hardware purchased off ebay outperformed a £1M high-end SAN by a factor of two - on a host with roughly equivalent CPU and memory configuration.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From this particular incident, it might be argued that having something like this lying around is a very good way to keep SAN administrators honest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/australia/servers/sql/alwayson/storage-requirements.mspx" />
  <row Id="15472" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="8396" RevisionGUID="84e231a7-7b70-45f7-b809-09f0fcc649e7" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:01:00.380" UserId="2318" Comment="edited title" Text="Nearest PC equivalent to Mac Target Disk Mode?" />
  <row Id="15473" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8589" RevisionGUID="f97569b9-17bb-459e-96db-f12ac143b0cc" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:01:48.600" UserId="1654" Comment="added 87 characters in body" Text="The real answer here is probably to just give you the right search terms so you can do some product comparison.  I think what you're talking about is &quot;application virtualization,&quot; &quot;application streaming,&quot; or &quot;application sequencing&quot; depending on the product.  Some options include XenApp, App-V, SVS, and ThinApp.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only one I know anything about is [App-V][1], but I think that's probably too much overhead for what you want to do.  Are there many other people that need to do the same thing, or is this just for you?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Just found [this][2] in [another similar ServerFault question][3] - looks intriguing!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/appv/default.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://4sysops.com/archives/windows-server-2008-terminal-services-new-features-part-2/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8644/run-rdp-session-with-only-1-program" />
  <row Id="15474" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8688" RevisionGUID="778de39c-7a9c-46f4-9719-540f9c3017e9" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:01:52.923" UserId="1403" Text="I've found information on how to keep squid from caching domains/IPs, however, that's not quite what I want.  I'd like to prevent it from caching .jnlp and .jar files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The core problem being that when I push updates out to our server, our users that are behind a squid proxy may not get the updated version for several days (apparently it takes that long for squid to figure out that the files have changed).  Perhaps I've missed an even easier solution?" />
  <row Id="15475" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8688" RevisionGUID="778de39c-7a9c-46f4-9719-540f9c3017e9" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:01:52.923" UserId="1403" Text="How to get Squid to not cache files with certain extensions?" />
  <row Id="15476" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8688" RevisionGUID="778de39c-7a9c-46f4-9719-540f9c3017e9" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:01:52.923" UserId="1403" Text="&lt;squid&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;cache&gt;&lt;exception&gt;" />
  <row Id="15477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8689" RevisionGUID="318056cc-6e88-478c-b409-65b2746a3b97" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:04:59.203" UserId="2505" Text="I have done this only recently - works really well. I have an 8GB usb key with several ISO images on it. When I boot from the key, I get to choose which ISO to boot from. Pretty damn cool. This is all courtesy of GRUB. Instructions here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://themudcrab.com/acronis_grub4dos.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the example it is showing how to boot a single Acronis recovery ISO, but you can add as many as your key will fit into the menu.lst txt file. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A word of warning though, the ISO images MUST be contiguous on disk (not fragmented) so copy them all at once, and if you have to delete one and/or replace it, you may have to delete all of the ISOs and re-copy them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can check to see if the ISO is contiguous by running:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;c:\&gt; chkdsk z:\myiso.iso&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where Z: = your flash key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have fun!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8691" RevisionGUID="8a06c012-fa5d-4fae-85e3-013b0258a264" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:08:19.823" UserId="1054" Text="Maybe something like this in your conf:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    acl DENYZIP urlpath_regex *.zip&#xD;&#xA;    no_cache deny DENYZIP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could, of course, make a much more sophisticated regex that would handle multiple files (and change the acl name accordingly)." />
  <row Id="15480" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8589" RevisionGUID="50b8c834-aeed-4c26-a57f-f192b9e5f372" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:08:59.477" UserId="1654" Comment="deleted 19 characters in body" Text="The real answer here is probably to just give you the right search terms so you can do some product comparison.  I think what you're talking about is &quot;application virtualization,&quot; &quot;application streaming,&quot; or &quot;application sequencing&quot; depending on the product.  Some options include XenApp, App-V, SVS, and ThinApp.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only one I know anything about is [App-V][1], but I think that's probably too much overhead for what you want to do.  Are there many other people that need to do the same thing, or is this just for you?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Just found [this][2] in [another similar ServerFault question][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/appv/default.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://4sysops.com/archives/windows-server-2008-terminal-services-new-features-part-2/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8644/run-rdp-session-with-only-1-program" />
  <row Id="15481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8692" RevisionGUID="856c3cb0-f715-4a0a-89fc-0153d8f61771" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:12:13.577" UserDisplayName="Marc" Text="When I'm looking for something different than a low-end desktop from Dell or HP, I turn to a knowledgeable local builder (mine is http://www.sigmawave.com/sdxl.aspx?lang=en) and I can call him and discuss everything, from component compatibility to the kind of cables I prefer.&#xD;&#xA;Best of both worlds; keep control and keep my free time!" />
  <row Id="15482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8693" RevisionGUID="c58ec40f-264a-40fe-a3b3-618309183968" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:15:03.353" UserId="1447" Text="IIRC you do this by setting up `refresh_pattern` rules in your `squid.conf` file.  This matches URL's by regex and sets caching policies for the matches.  The reference manual describes it [here.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.visolve.com/squid/squid30/tuning.php#refresh_pattern" />
  <row Id="15483" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8694" RevisionGUID="f16fe7cb-96ae-47fb-bd4e-16682f5bd89e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:18:24.597" UserId="1562" Text="In a corporate environment most machines will be domain joined and therefore get their time from the DCs. However, sometimes you get a machine that isn't in the domain. By default these machines will use time.windows.com as their time source. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone see a down side to adding a DNS entry for time.windows.com that points to the internal time source? This would result in all non-domain-joined machines still syncing their time to the domain time source. " />
  <row Id="15484" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8694" RevisionGUID="f16fe7cb-96ae-47fb-bd4e-16682f5bd89e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:18:24.597" UserId="1562" Text="Redirecting time.windows.com to internal server" />
  <row Id="15485" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8694" RevisionGUID="f16fe7cb-96ae-47fb-bd4e-16682f5bd89e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:18:24.597" UserId="1562" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;time&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;domain&gt;" />
  <row Id="15486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8695" RevisionGUID="5f895ca6-1104-4076-b6b3-99320343afe8" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:19:13.160" UserId="2498" Text="Since you are already using Citrix, I would recommend you install and publish your frequently utilized applications so you can get to them from home via your ICA client. This may not work for everything, but should eliminate needing to run most of your applications from a remote desktop window which, I agree, is a pretty big pain. " />
  <row Id="15488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8696" RevisionGUID="33b83a8e-e559-48ef-b991-9c19e73b5ab2" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:21:11.720" UserId="1433" Text="What tools do you use and recommend for automating administration tasks for Windows-based computers? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Examples of such tasks include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Installing/upgrading software&#xD;&#xA; - Stanadarizing application settings&#xD;&#xA; - Remove blacklisted applications&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A standardized disk image will be used to initially roll out a fully patched and configured Windows installation, so I'm looking specifically for tools and resources that will aid in administering the machines after they are deployed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that some of this can be allowed or prevented using group policies deployed via Active Directory, and that many Microsoft products can be updated and managed through Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you use for other tasks? [AutoIT][1] scripting? PowerShell? Another scripting language? A 3rd party application? Or, is there a better approach to this ongoing task?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/" />
  <row Id="15489" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8696" RevisionGUID="33b83a8e-e559-48ef-b991-9c19e73b5ab2" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:21:11.720" UserId="1433" Text="Automating Administration Tasks on Windows" />
  <row Id="15490" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8696" RevisionGUID="33b83a8e-e559-48ef-b991-9c19e73b5ab2" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:21:11.720" UserId="1433" Text="&lt;automation&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;autoit&gt;" />
  <row Id="15491" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8697" RevisionGUID="9cba19b5-7bf2-4f38-aac1-68fd5886e905" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:22:55.400" UserId="2629" Text="Often if a given user can not log in, it is because some of their preferences are bad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They will have a folder called ~/Library/Preferences.  If you rename the folder, and then they are able to log in, you know one of the preference files was bad.  [If they can't, then it isn't a bad preference file that is causing them grief, and you'll want to restore the folder.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they are happy resetting their preferences, you are done.  Tracking down which preference file is bad is usually not worth the effort.  You could try [Preferential Treatment][1], but, on the whole, you need to try out different files and see which ones prevent the login from occuring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Occassionally looking at the system logs will give you some idea of what is going on.  In the /Applications/Utilities folder is &quot;Console&quot; which helps you look at the logs.  system.log is probably the most useful one to look at. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jonn8.com/html/pt.html" />
  <row Id="15493" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8699" RevisionGUID="b7735980-641c-4e46-b10b-176d302c09dc" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:25:12.760" UserId="2423" Text="Assuming this is the Vundo I think it is (or at least, the Vundo we've been seeing by the metric fuckton around the office the last 2-3 weeks) it's a virus thats a pain to remove. It creates random DLL names, but deleting the DLL's just creates error message on startup, and it simply creates more random DLL's to load. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you have to do to get rid of it completely:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Download  Microsoft process explorer (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Expand the rundll process. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) Delete the giberish DLL's attached to rundll (this will delete the part of the virus that keeps replicating)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) Go into MSConfig and delete the startup entries for all DLL's of strange names.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5) reboot and the virus will no longer be able to replicate, since you delete its parents.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15494" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8700" RevisionGUID="b3a4141e-6f76-4d9a-aa3b-54d1cab962e5" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:26:21.103" UserId="2101" Text="Shouldn't be a problem. Just create a zone on your DNS server called 'time.windows.com'. We do it all the time for various things we want to override.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also try handing out the NTP server parameter (option ntp-servers) on your DHCP server. Windows may not pick it up, but it couldn't hurt." />
  <row Id="15496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8701" RevisionGUID="0cf0509e-6822-4a9f-84a2-c974ca0a228b" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:26:30.870" UserId="2513" Text="We use [Windows Systems Management Server][1] for a lot of what you describe.  Also another application called [Softricity SoftGrid][2] does some things you might be interested in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/SMServer/default.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.infoworld.com/t/applications/softgrid-opens-stream-toward-application-manageability-181" />
  <row Id="15498" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8702" RevisionGUID="66d172e6-05bd-4683-bd80-65a850d4d52c" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:31:09.007" UserId="825" Text="I compiled mod_proxy from scratch, added it to httpd.conf, yet when I start up apache I get this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/init.d/httpd restart; su - xamine; /etc/init.d/httpd restart&#xD;&#xA;    Stopping httpd:                                           [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;    Starting httpd: httpd: Syntax error on line 60 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: Cannot load /etc/httpd/modules/mod_proxy.so into server: /etc/httpd/modules/mod_proxy.so: undefined symbol: proxy_lb_workers&#xD;&#xA;                                                              [FAILED]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've been racking our brains trying to figure out what causes this, without any luck. Any advice?" />
  <row Id="15499" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8702" RevisionGUID="66d172e6-05bd-4683-bd80-65a850d4d52c" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:31:09.007" UserId="825" Text="mod_proxy loading error when starting httpd" />
  <row Id="15500" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8702" RevisionGUID="66d172e6-05bd-4683-bd80-65a850d4d52c" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:31:09.007" UserId="825" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;mod-proxy&gt;" />
  <row Id="15501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8703" RevisionGUID="0b5b02eb-545e-4d4a-b5c0-7e2d013848f8" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:34:48.437" UserId="1654" Text="We use Group Policy for almost everything these days, and we use a single Windows disk image that we deploy to all of our computers.  We also have System Center Configuration Manager installed (the newest version of SMS).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our image contains all of the commonly-used apps in our facility, but we use Group Policy to expose only the apps that the particular user or group of users need to see.  This keeps the Start menu and desktop tidy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SCCM allows one to install and patch software.  This can also be done through Group Policy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For automation tasks, we use PowerShell heavily.  It's well worth the effort you'll put into learning it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We don't allow users to install apps, so we don't need to remove blacklisted applications much, but if we did it could be done through SCCM as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a pretty general question.  Is there anything in particular you need to know more about?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8704" RevisionGUID="66ff0a55-31d9-4660-a3c1-89d21a219fe2" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:35:28.903" UserId="2513" Text="I have done exactly what you speak of before.  I found the industry has a very strong barrier to entry, but here is what I did.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Rented a [dedicated server][1] with a control panel, in my case Plesk (linux or windows)&#xD;&#xA; - Bought a domain name to be the &quot;home&quot; of my hosting business&#xD;&#xA; - The server you buy will likely come with 4-7 IP addresses, you can use these to establish nameservers.&#xD;&#xA; - Got a Billing platform that integrated directly with plesk for instant setup, in my case [ModernBill][2]&#xD;&#xA; - Get yourself well versed in Linux/Windows security, because as Plesk will handle most of the setup for you of your hosting environment (email, apache, application, dns, etc), it will not do much to really secure the box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Among many many other little things along the way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, you can do it all from one server, and if it is beefy enough, you can probably host 100 or so very modest websites on it, but you will find a lot of trouble competing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my personal experience, I wound up with about 20 customers, and I was at the break-even point dollars wise, but I was unable to really support the customers and servers as I wanted, being a solo operation.  I was not making enough money or growing enough customers fast enough to expand the business so I wound up closing it down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing you really need to consider is the commitment you are making.  Once people have a site hosted with you, you are not only dedicated to keep the business going for them, but to maintain uptime and stability.  You can't just log into the server at your whim and do things that might affect your uses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If things start going south, and you decide not to purse the business anymore, it is a real headache assisting your customers with finding a new host, and migrating them to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't mean to discourage you, but as others have said, it will be near impossible for you to compete with some of the other hosting providers out there, especially in terms of bandwidth/disk storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.layeredtech.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.modernbill.com/" />
  <row Id="15503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8705" RevisionGUID="be592560-3401-4ae0-8766-b0b352f92f0e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:39:36.307" UserId="2513" Text="I believe mod_proxy is actually built in several parts. mod_proxy.c and proxy_util.c.  I am assuming you used axps to build the modules?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try following some of the advice in this guild: [Running a reverse proxy with apache][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would start by trying to build proxy_util using axps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apachetutor.org/admin/reverseproxies" />
  <row Id="15504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8706" RevisionGUID="baba33a8-582e-43ad-a93e-6120e11aec2e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:41:36.977" UserId="1852" Text="Do you use an [**antistatic wrist strap**][1] when working on hardware?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Do they really work?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you ever fried some hardware that would have been saved if you had been wearing one?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know some people who wear them religiously and others who say they are a waste of time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the view of the community?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antistatic_wrist_strap" />
  <row Id="15505" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8706" RevisionGUID="baba33a8-582e-43ad-a93e-6120e11aec2e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:41:36.977" UserId="1852" Text="Anti-static wrist straps: are they worth it?" />
  <row Id="15506" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8706" RevisionGUID="baba33a8-582e-43ad-a93e-6120e11aec2e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:41:36.977" UserId="1852" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;maintenance&gt;" />
  <row Id="15507" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8707" RevisionGUID="63034153-1fa2-490c-872d-d9fcb2c15128" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:44:58.607" UserId="413" Text="I've never worn one and never fried anything that I'm aware of.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I always make sure I touch the power supply and ground myself (relative to the computer) prior to touching any of the static sensitive components.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I were working in a very staticky environment- lots of rugs, cold dry air, etc, I'd potentially reconsider (or ground my bench), but I'd probably avoid that kind of location for my workspace anyway." />
  <row Id="15508" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8708" RevisionGUID="113c5280-41a4-4d6b-aaa7-8f37ce06bc1f" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:45:24.020" UserId="48" Text="I can't say whether or not they have saved any hardware I've been working on, but I have a suspicion they did me some good when (in my trainee days) I managed to electrocute myself on an old AT power supply. I think the antistatic band provided a good earth for the charge rather than it crossing my chest. So, if your a young idiot who unplugs the wrong power supply, you should definitely wear one!" />
  <row Id="15509" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8709" RevisionGUID="cb946ea1-682f-4531-8ac1-69b0be26daac" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:45:37.703" UserId="2513" Text="When working on my own hardware, I never bother to wear one, nor have I ever had an issue.  But when I am at work and I am toying around in enterprise class servers and storage that cost upwards of $00k, I generally wear one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In fact, many replacement parts I receive now (namely from Network Appliance), include a crappy disposable static strap.  When they do that, it shows you that not only do they value the use of one, but also gives you no excuse not to use it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would say, it would be in your best interest to use one when working on someone else's hardware, but use your own discretion when working on your own." />
  <row Id="15510" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8710" RevisionGUID="84e1d805-8ee8-4bc6-99fc-f00a66b99475" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:45:42.490" UserId="1054" Text="I personally don't wear them, but just make sure I ground myself prior.  I've never fried any hardware from static (shock, completely different story...).  HOWEVER, I have seen MANY microcontrollers toasted in our electronics lab.  If you enter that lab without an anti-static strap on you get written up." />
  <row Id="15511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8711" RevisionGUID="047d25f1-51ba-45e6-889a-5736c65ec504" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:51:57.630" UserId="2513" Text="I like a small startup called [LayeredTech][1].  I have been with them for over 3 years since they first got rolling and they have been superior in every way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For VPS they call their solutions &quot;The Grid Layer&quot;, and have very aggresive pricing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.layeredtech.com" />
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  <row Id="15513" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8712" RevisionGUID="ccfaf3a7-2d72-46da-b67f-1008b6fddbe9" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:53:15.850" UserId="1075" Text="Techical aspects aside, telecommuting requires a lot of trust, especially in the begining. Make sure you're reachable by phone, email at all time during work hours. If you're to take a short break from the computer, send a reminder to your manager. " />
  <row Id="15514" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8577" RevisionGUID="fb614df9-41a0-4678-8f1b-48292e34f345" CreationDate="2009-05-15T16:57:19.743" UserId="1737" Comment="62 gigabytes not necessary" Text="I'm trying to back up 66 gigabytes to a NAS by making a tarball, but &quot;tar -cSf ...&quot; quits with a &quot;memory exhausted&quot; error after gigabyte 62. My Linux machine has a gigabyte of RAM and a gigabyte of swap space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(edit) I tried it again about where tar gave up and tar quickly gave up again, so it looks like it may be having trouble dealing with a special file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This data is surprisingly resistant to being backed up. rsync is 4 times slower than tar because the NAS isn't very fast and it quits in the middle with 'connection reset by peer'; 'cp' doesn't work well on the cifs share because it can't create the special files. Is there a better way?" />
  <row Id="15517" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8714" RevisionGUID="2803cc92-e661-4214-b1e1-91f9b37cbb79" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:01:33.980" UserId="2489" Text="We have a primary file server for our Windows 2003 domain.  We're running active directory in a plain vanilla type environment.  When we recently migrated from an old server to a new one, I set up a DNS entry as Files.OurDomain.local as an Alias (CNAME) to the real server name.  I disabled Strict Name Checking (see MSDN [link text][1]).  All client machines now refer to \\\Files or \\\Files.OurDomain.local to get to their files.  No one ever uses RealServer.OurDomain.local. Printers also use an alias to get to their server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I plan to use this setup in the event of a significant server problem to switch the dns alias to another server as a poor man's warm standby.  Also it should make server migrations in the future very easy.  I tried DFS but it didn't give me the comfort that I had exact control over where files were going.  The default TTL (Time to Live) for the DNS entries is 1 hour.  That's probably what it would take the tech staff to determine that the server had been lost and we would really need to switch to the backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any concerns or problems (or even accolades) with this approach?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;281308#appliesto &quot;Strict Name Checking&quot;" />
  <row Id="15518" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8714" RevisionGUID="2803cc92-e661-4214-b1e1-91f9b37cbb79" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:01:33.980" UserId="2489" Text="Warm Standby with windows 2003" />
  <row Id="15519" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8714" RevisionGUID="2803cc92-e661-4214-b1e1-91f9b37cbb79" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:01:33.980" UserId="2489" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;standby&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="15520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8715" RevisionGUID="4259e3ee-c39f-4c66-a43e-eb19584ec127" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:05:45.533" UserId="2629" Text="Using Microsoft Office 2008 with network and mobile accounts this year was very painful (with the software being unbearably slow or crashing).  Aside from redirecting the cache, what should be done so that office can be used successfully on Leopard and Tiger?" />
  <row Id="15521" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8715" RevisionGUID="4259e3ee-c39f-4c66-a43e-eb19584ec127" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:05:45.533" UserId="2629" Text="Office 2008 with Network/Mobile Accounts" />
  <row Id="15522" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8715" RevisionGUID="4259e3ee-c39f-4c66-a43e-eb19584ec127" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:05:45.533" UserId="2629" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;ms-office&gt;" />
  <row Id="15523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8716" RevisionGUID="8063498f-2a23-49cd-b2a0-45b31d262bbd" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:05:58.073" UserId="2642" Text="So I'm currently running the Windows 7 Release Candidate, and I have a fairly new Windows Home Server machine. I'm trying to add the &quot;Video&quot; share to the Video Library. First try gives me an error indicating that it needs to be indexed to be added.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I install Windows Search 4.0 on the WHS machine. Unfortunately that also failed to work, even though the shares are being indexed by Windows Search on the WHS machine. Any ideas as to what is necessary?" />
  <row Id="15524" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8716" RevisionGUID="8063498f-2a23-49cd-b2a0-45b31d262bbd" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:05:58.073" UserId="2642" Text="Windows 7 Libraries and Windows Home Server" />
  <row Id="15525" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8716" RevisionGUID="8063498f-2a23-49cd-b2a0-45b31d262bbd" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:05:58.073" UserId="2642" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;windows-home-server&gt;&lt;windowssearch&gt;" />
  <row Id="15526" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8717" RevisionGUID="e08eb730-89ef-4470-b115-51562c3669f8" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:07:27.073" UserId="2004" Text="I have had really good luck with Media Temple's VPS solution called [(dv) Dedicated-Virtual][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mediatemple.net/webhosting/dv/" />
  <row Id="15527" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8717" RevisionGUID="e08eb730-89ef-4470-b115-51562c3669f8" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:07:27.073" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8718" RevisionGUID="cdff1e71-5e5c-4c66-9010-de4a5e86792b" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:07:34.453" UserId="2498" Text="This isn't the free option, but if you have two macs running Leopard and a MobileMe account you can use Back To My Mac to connect to the other mac's desktop. [Here][1] is a quick screencast of this feature.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apple.com/mobileme/features/mac.html#btmm-quicktour" />
  <row Id="15529" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8719" RevisionGUID="ce080355-4c7a-47c4-ae66-a39a57ece07d" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:11:21.263" UserId="2220" Text="A couple of quick questions to narrow down the field:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Ask which distributions he/she has used or which are the most popular.  The most popular at the moment according to [DistroWatch][1] are Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, Mint, Fedora, and Debian (which is what Ubuntu is based off of).  While there are many others, the interviewee will likely cite at least one of these.  Also, while its not nearly as popular (number 22 on that list), Gentoo is considered to be the one of the most &quot;hardcore&quot; of the distributions, but don't just rely on &quot;he/she mentioned Gentoo so he/she must be awesome&quot; as the only true way to know if he/she really uses it is to ask how he/she installed it or setup the kernel which is a very complicated topic.  At any rate, the main point of this question is to see if he/she is familiar with several different distributions.  I have found that most linux people prefer one to three, have used at least 5, and know about more.&#xD;&#xA; * Ask him/her which desktop environment he/she prefers to use (or maybe to explain the difference between a few of them).  The three most popular are Gnome, KDE, and XFCE.  There are many others, but they are not highly used. &#xD;&#xA; * Give him/her a laptop with a Linux cd (any one of the top 5 should be good), and as him/her to walk you through the installation and possibly setup.  As you want someone to hire his/her own team, I also would assume that person should have great communication skills and be able to explain things to you or someone else in your company in a way that makes sense and is easyto understand.  Basically check for confidence and the ability to answer questions quickly and easily.&#xD;&#xA; * Also what might be good to go along with the previous point is to ask him/her to connect the newly installed laptop to a Windows shared folder and/or vice-versa.  I assume this is one of the things that person will be expected to do on the job, so it is good to check that he/she knows how to do it.  Again, ask how he/she is doing it to see if he/she feels confident with the system.  Likely, he/she will open up the Terminal and install and use a program called Samba.&#xD;&#xA; * You can also ask the person to print a document.  If this printer happens to be shared on a windows computer, the challenge will be a bit harder and he/she will more likely install Samba and CUPS.  Again, the only purpose is to make sure they know how to do it, are confident in their skills, and would be able to explain things easily to another member of your work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope this helps a bit.  While the last three are not really quick, they can be very effective.  My main thought with the last ones was to casually talk to the person and get a feel for his/her confidence in linux as well as his/her communication skills.  Ultimately, I do agree with ConcernedOfTunbridgeW that the best way for you may be to get a known linux expert consultant to assist with your interviews.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No matter what you do, I wish you the best of luck!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.distrowatch.com" />
  <row Id="15530" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8720" RevisionGUID="1272811a-3d00-4160-a62c-60affabf9134" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:13:00.590" UserId="2489" Text="Here's where experience may lead you astray.  Static discharges can create partial burn-throughs in those nanometer lines inside a chip.  So the part may not fail immediately.  But it can certainly cause premature failure down the line.  So if your experience tells you that you've never &quot;fried&quot; any parts while working on them - what you don't know is how many will prematurely fail in the future.  I always use the straps in a professional environment, but for low value home stuff I generally just ground myself." />
  <row Id="15531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8721" RevisionGUID="48d8b8bd-3ad9-4533-87f6-a5215570a578" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:14:19.903" UserId="942" Text="I don't know Sphinx, but here's the basic approach. Create a file */etc/init.d/searchd* with the following contents (there's also [this script][1], but you'll probably need to adjust it a bit):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    case &quot;${1:-''}&quot; in&#xD;&#xA;      'start')&#xD;&#xA;            # put the command to start sphinx&#xD;&#xA;            # i.e., /usr/bin/searchd start or /usr/bin/searchd --daemon or whatever the command is&#xD;&#xA;            ;;&#xD;&#xA;      'stop')&#xD;&#xA;            # stop command here&#xD;&#xA;            ;;&#xD;&#xA;      'restart')&#xD;&#xA;            # restart command here&#xD;&#xA;            ;;&#xD;&#xA;      *)&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;Usage: $SELF start|stop|restart&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            exit 1&#xD;&#xA;            ;;&#xD;&#xA;    esac&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then execute the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo update-rc.d searchd defaults&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To control the service manually:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo /etc/init.d/searchd &lt;start|stop|restart&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.thesocialopac.net/sites/thesocialopac.net/files/sphinx" />
  <row Id="15532" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8721" RevisionGUID="48d8b8bd-3ad9-4533-87f6-a5215570a578" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:14:19.903" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15535" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8723" RevisionGUID="e31bfecc-acc6-417f-b2a5-aef98047c1b1" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:18:44.030" UserId="2642" Text="You can't force folder redirection from the domain level, but you can do it on the local computer to redirect user subfolders (documents, pictures, music, etc) to the server. There should be a &quot;Location&quot; tab if you right click on redirectable folders, so that you can change where they are stored.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows should ask if you want to move everything to the new location when you change it, so that you don't end up with a split between stuff that's still on the local computer, and stuff that's remote." />
  <row Id="15536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8724" RevisionGUID="9be77c8e-b05e-45bc-bbea-2d4a10e0da4f" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:22:21.527" UserId="2513" Text="I had this problem on Windows 7 RC when trying to add a generic share hosted on Linux to my libraries, but I have since uninstalled Windows 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From what I understand, WHS shares are fully indexed, and your additional work of installing desktop search should definitely ensure that (even though they already were).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is the share empty?  Maybe it is not indexed because there is nothing in it yet?" />
  <row Id="15537" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8725" RevisionGUID="d7a73c29-2f51-4588-9c39-9413752700f0" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:22:53.477" UserId="1584" Text="This really is the type of situation that the Trial mode was made for. These aren't permanent workstations that need to be up for months/years at a time. They're throw away VMs that are constantly being rolled back for testing purposes. You just need to tweak your procedures a bit so that the QA people can revert back to sysprep'd base images where the Trial timer hasn't actually started yet. I'm not sure how many extra licenses you're paying for, but this would end up saving you money on those as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your other option is to actually increase your license count to the point where you become a Volume license customer and have a KMS license.  KMS is essentially an in-house activation server.  Instead of your VM's all having individual keys that need activating by Microsoft, they have no key and use slmgr.vbs to point the activation requests at your internal server.  Then it doesn't matter when Vista panics because it'll just re-activate from your server." />
  <row Id="15538" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8726" RevisionGUID="dac9c8bc-14b3-40e6-bb28-2b059f262bf5" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:25:27.420" UserId="2541" Text="Becoming a web hosting provider is becoming very competitive these days. There are so many of them out there. Basically you need a few servers to start with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Roll your own servers but rent the facility, this falls under co-location. This is too much overhead for a small hosting company as you would need expert technician(s) and a qualified network engineer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. You can rent a &quot;lot of&quot; (set) of dedicated servers. There may vendors out there. This is fra cheaper since they would take care of the DNS, NAMESERVERS, NETWORK AND HARDWARE&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Then you need your &quot;Hosting Application&quot;...PLESK is pretty popular.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. You would also need a CRM Application to track details on your customers. There are many Vendors out there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5. You would need your company's web portal which would integrate your e-shop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just saw your edit ~ &quot;What to look for when choosing one&quot; - well that a whole new ball game. That process entails&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Your component needs lile ASP, ASP.NET, PHP, AJAX, SQL SERVER, MYSQL etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Cost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Hosting Type like SHARED or DEDICATED vs COST&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. Reliablilty&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look at cost and experience and not just a quick startup." />
  <row Id="15539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8727" RevisionGUID="72f1b3f1-5b2a-403b-ba6f-4142886acd08" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:30:39.970" UserId="1787" Text="IMHO, it's better to prevent static buildup in the first place. If you wear cotton clothes, then you shouldn't have any buildup at all.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15540" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8728" RevisionGUID="74d3905d-a09d-4d83-bbb1-765bebca71cd" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:35:06.530" UserId="2561" Text="I think christian's solution is best, but if you really wanted to, you can compile the script using [shc][1] and then setuid root on the compiled program.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.datsi.fi.upm.es/~frosal/" />
  <row Id="15541" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8729" RevisionGUID="1f1e90af-5f9f-43c7-a589-a8efda7e555f" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:35:47.043" UserId="2304" Text="My advice would be to borrow a few questions from the [Red Hat certification exams][1].  These are technically Red Hat specific certs, but the knowledge applies to virtually all Linux distro's, and any competent admin should be able to answer them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pick a few questions from the RHCT (basic level questions), a few from the RHCE (mid level), a few from the RHCDS and RHCSS (upper level, specific knowledge), and a few from the RHCA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should be able to find sample questions on the internet or from training guides.  You can also pull them from the [pre-qualification assessment questionnaires][2] (They can be found on the certification pages - registration might be required)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.redhat.com/certification/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://www.redhat.com/certification/rhce/" />
  <row Id="15542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8730" RevisionGUID="7a6fe3b8-e547-4583-a6cc-db05a57f992f" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:37:12.267" UserId="1543" Text="In order to get an identical setup between machines with identical hardware, I cloned the drive from one onto the other, then did the ip and hostname configuration to differentiate the two Linux machines.  Everything seems to work fine except for scp.  (NFS and even ssh between the machines work fine)  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking at the results of scp -v, it seems to authenticates correctly, but then it copies 0 bytes.  Is there any way to fix this?  Would generating new ssh keys for the machine work?  If so, how do I do that?  (Machine level keys, not user level keys)" />
  <row Id="15543" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8730" RevisionGUID="7a6fe3b8-e547-4583-a6cc-db05a57f992f" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:37:12.267" UserId="1543" Text="How do I fix scp file transfers between cloned Linux machines?" />
  <row Id="15544" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8730" RevisionGUID="7a6fe3b8-e547-4583-a6cc-db05a57f992f" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:37:12.267" UserId="1543" Text="&lt;scp&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;clone&gt;" />
  <row Id="15548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8732" RevisionGUID="34795876-90f3-4521-90bd-0a56003df216" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:41:31.323" UserId="14678" UserDisplayName="Diago" Text="You first need to add the Video share to the indexing service on Windows 7 RC. The library indexing everything in it by default, and you can index a network location. Although there is an index on the WHS server, Windows 7 won't make use of it. The use of indexing on servers only work with Windows 2008 Servers and higher. Even with Desktop Search 4.0 this is still not accessible by Vista/Windows 7 machines." />
  <row Id="15550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8733" RevisionGUID="5f662a12-5ac5-4f12-9d41-e9f8670fa1c1" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:49:36.070" UserDisplayName="dss_so" Text="I have worked for a large hardware company (as a programmer) at which all new employees had to take an ESD tutorial and pass a quiz in their first couple of days before starting on real work. Despite all this caution and the warnings posted about the dangers of static, I don't think I ever saw anyone wearing the bands or using anti-ESD mats or anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even when working on my own machines at home, I just touch the chassis before working on anything, and I've never destroyed any hardware. Of course, you should use common sense and pay attention to what you touch, but for the most part, fears concerning ESD tend to be blown out of proportion." />
  <row Id="15551" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8734" RevisionGUID="4eb97cdd-4da3-49bc-aa18-3cc851a18b25" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:49:55.007" UserId="1945" Text="Try passing the --hard-dereference option. This will disable hard link tracking, which requires memory proportional to the number of inodes being backed up. It might also be interesting to try stracing the tar process while it's attempting to back up the problem file." />
  <row Id="15552" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8735" RevisionGUID="5b8b37da-e0d7-4b09-9cd5-3d04d711e550" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:53:26.140" UserId="1561" Text="A Beginniner:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has less than 4 years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Has never seen an old kernel (i.e. only knows 2.6.x series)&#xD;&#xA; - Hasn't figured out that the commands and directory locations are different in each distro; often, they only know of one.&#xD;&#xA; - Can't script common commands and often do everything manually&#xD;&#xA; - Is still learning from others&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the admins that start out in junior level positions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Seasoned Admin:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has 5+ years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Has seen older kernels (2.2 and 2.4 series)&#xD;&#xA; - Can adapt to a different distro, or has experience in 2 or more distros.&#xD;&#xA; - Can do simple scripting to automate tasks.&#xD;&#xA; - Can function on their own, but has no management experience&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the admins the Guru will initially hire.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Guru:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has 7+ years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Has seen very old kernels (2.0 or 1.3 series)&#xD;&#xA; - Has experience with very difficult-to-install installations (Slackware, Gentoo, Linux From Scratch)&#xD;&#xA; - Can do complex scripting, sometimes writing complete tools for other staffers.&#xD;&#xA; - Has functioned in a supervisory or management capacity&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the person you want." />
  <row Id="15553" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8612" RevisionGUID="90985601-3dfa-40a4-9faa-4b0a5bde5956" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:54:52.987" UserId="2448" Comment="reformatteed" Text="I'm using AWStats and I want to ignore everything in a subdirectory except for a particular directory, here is the directory layout:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Webroot&#xD;&#xA;     -dir_1&#xD;&#xA;     -dir_2&#xD;&#xA;     --subdir_a&#xD;&#xA;     --subdir_b&#xD;&#xA;     --subdir_c&#xD;&#xA;     ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to run statistics for everything in the web root excluding dir2 and all its subdirectories except subdir b.  I've tried using the SkipFiles directive with :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SkipFiles=&quot;REGEX[^\/dir_2(!\/subdir_b)]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But that is including everything under dir_2." />
  <row Id="15554" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8736" RevisionGUID="6284aea5-70cb-4724-8dc4-b6b93e850ae9" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:58:51.827" UserId="1993" Text="After contacting MS Support and getting no help I've decided to just go the ESX route. I have some extra hardware coming in a couple of weeks that I'll build out as a dedicated QA ESXi server. We don't need the extra features of ESX/Infrastructure/vSphere so we can avoid their licensing cost and stick with the free one. I guess I'll find out whether activation still freaks out when the VM is sitting peacefully on a single server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ryan's answer is probably the right one in cases where you don't have extensive lists of test cases that require specific versions of preinstalled software." />
  <row Id="15555" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8737" RevisionGUID="e30974bd-666d-4bf0-aa33-71769569cb34" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:59:49.033" UserId="1447" Text="`-S` is doing some checking for sparse files (those where not all file extents are actually physically allocated on disk).  This could possibly be running out of memory.  Try running it without the -S (compress it if you really want) and see if this fixes the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tar cf foo.tar *&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tar czf foo.tar.gz *" />
  <row Id="15556" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8738" RevisionGUID="757f60ef-f659-4b17-9364-cde3aca7e544" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:00:21.807" UserId="2079" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to make my network Active Directory controlled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to enable internet connectivity in my client computers through some kind of startup/logon script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I achieve this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="15557" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8738" RevisionGUID="757f60ef-f659-4b17-9364-cde3aca7e544" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:00:21.807" UserId="2079" Text="Enabling internet connectivity through software" />
  <row Id="15558" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8738" RevisionGUID="757f60ef-f659-4b17-9364-cde3aca7e544" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:00:21.807" UserId="2079" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;internet&gt;" />
  <row Id="15559" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8735" RevisionGUID="6d8db0f2-5de1-41c3-9e6b-531c578ca8c5" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:01:16.893" UserId="1561" Comment="added 778 characters in body" Text="A Beginniner:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has less than 4 years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Has never seen an old kernel (i.e. only knows 2.6.x series)&#xD;&#xA; - Hasn't figured out that the commands and directory locations are different in each distro; often, they only know of one.&#xD;&#xA; - Can't script common commands and often do everything manually&#xD;&#xA; - Is still learning from others&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that is still &quot;green' - they are self-assured but appear cocky.  This can lead to friction with end-users, developers, and management.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the admins that start out in junior level positions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Seasoned Admin:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has 5+ years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Has seen older kernels (2.2 and 2.4 series)&#xD;&#xA; - Can adapt to a different distro, or has experience in 2 or more distros.&#xD;&#xA; - Can do simple scripting to automate tasks.&#xD;&#xA; - Can function on their own, but has no management experience&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that is &quot;seasoned&quot; - they are observant and reserved, but will always be pleasant without being technical.  This leads to confidence when dealing with end-users, developers, and management, and ultimately, a deep-seated sense of trust that this person will &quot;get the job done&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the admins the Guru will initially hire.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Guru:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has 7+ years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Has seen very old kernels (2.0 or 1.3 series)&#xD;&#xA; - Has experience with very difficult-to-install installations (Slackware, Gentoo, Linux From Scratch)&#xD;&#xA; - Can do complex scripting, sometimes writing complete tools for other staffers.&#xD;&#xA; - Has functioned in a supervisory or management capacity&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that borders on &quot;zen-like'.  They are quiet, focused, and have an uncanny means of knowing what to say and when.  End-users often do not notice this person because they function well at what they do; developers will consult with this person; and management trusts them with staffing and employment decisions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the person you want." />
  <row Id="15560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8739" RevisionGUID="905082d8-67c2-487b-93d3-7ffad412afd6" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:05:46.323" UserId="1589" Text="You can regenerate new host ssh keys using the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh-keygen -t dsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are on OSX, the location is actually at /etc/ssh_host_dsa_key.  Also, you can substitute rsa for dsa if you prefer." />
  <row Id="15561" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8735" RevisionGUID="67ffe498-8985-4f79-8283-d41eb52965e8" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:06:37.883" UserId="1561" Comment="edited body" Text="A Beginniner:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has less than 4 years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Has to rely on binary packages for everything&#xD;&#xA; - Has never seen an old kernel (i.e. only knows 2.6.x series)&#xD;&#xA; - Hasn't figured out that the commands and directory locations are different in each distro; often, they only know of one.&#xD;&#xA; - Can't script common commands and often do everything manually&#xD;&#xA; - Is still learning from others&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that is still &quot;green' - they are self-assured but appear cocky.  This can lead to friction with end-users, developers, and management.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the admins that start out in junior level positions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Seasoned Admin:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has 5+ years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Can download and compile tools/utilities/services, and can recompile a kernel&#xD;&#xA; - Has seen older kernels (2.2 and 2.4 series)&#xD;&#xA; - Can adapt to a different distro, or has experience in 2 or more distros.&#xD;&#xA; - Can do simple scripting to automate tasks.&#xD;&#xA; - Can function on their own, but has no management experience&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that is &quot;seasoned&quot; - they are observant and reserved, but will always be pleasant without being technical.  This leads to confidence when dealing with end-users, developers, and management, and ultimately, a deep-seated sense of trust that this person will &quot;get the job done&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the admins the Guru will initially hire.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Guru:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has 9+ years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Can perform code-level customization of a kernel before recompile, either by reconfiguration or by writing new code&#xD;&#xA; - Has seen very old kernels (2.0 or 1.3 series)&#xD;&#xA; - Has experience with very difficult-to-install installations (Slackware *prior to version 9*, Gentoo, Linux From Scratch)&#xD;&#xA; - Can do complex scripting, sometimes writing complete tools for other staffers.&#xD;&#xA; - Has functioned in a supervisory or management capacity&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that borders on &quot;zen-like'.  They are quiet, focused, and have an uncanny means of knowing what to say and when.  End-users often do not notice this person because they function well at what they do; developers will consult with this person; and management trusts them with staffing and employment decisions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the person you want." />
  <row Id="15562" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8735" RevisionGUID="5227c0e3-b837-46ae-badc-70ae450eed06" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:11:45.237" UserId="1561" Comment="added 35 characters in body" Text="A Beginniner:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has less than 4 years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Has to rely on binary packages for everything&#xD;&#xA; - Has never seen an old kernel (i.e. only knows 2.6.x series)&#xD;&#xA; - Hasn't figured out that the commands and directory locations are different in each distro; often, they only know of one.&#xD;&#xA; - Can't script common commands and often do everything manually&#xD;&#xA; - Needs assistance in performing diagnostics on a troubled system&#xD;&#xA; - Is still learning from others&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that is still &quot;green' - they are self-assured but appear cocky.  This can lead to friction with end-users, developers, and management.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the admins that start out in junior level positions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Seasoned Admin:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has 5+ years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Can download and compile tools/utilities/services, and can recompile a kernel&#xD;&#xA; - Has seen older kernels (2.2 and 2.4 series)&#xD;&#xA; - Can adapt to a different distro, or has experience in 2 or more distros.&#xD;&#xA; - Can do simple scripting to automate tasks.&#xD;&#xA; - Can perform diagnostics on their own, but require time to pinpoint the issue&#xD;&#xA; - Can function on their own, but has no management experience, or limited supervisory experience&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that is &quot;seasoned&quot; - they are observant and reserved, but will always be pleasant without being technical.  This leads to confidence when dealing with end-users, developers, and management, and ultimately, a deep-seated sense of trust that this person will &quot;get the job done&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the admins the Guru will initially hire.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Guru:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has 9+ years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Can perform code-level customization of a kernel before recompile, either by reconfiguration or by writing new code&#xD;&#xA; - Has seen very old kernels (2.0 or 1.3 series)&#xD;&#xA; - Has experience with very difficult-to-install installations (Slackware *prior to version 9*, Gentoo, Linux From Scratch)&#xD;&#xA; - Can do complex scripting, sometimes writing complete tools for other staffers.&#xD;&#xA; - Immediately knows all potential causes of a problem and can look at each solution without additional diagnostics&#xD;&#xA; - Has functioned in a supervisory or management capacity&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that borders on &quot;zen-like'.  They are quiet, focused, and have an uncanny means of knowing what to say and when.  End-users often do not notice this person because they function well at what they do; developers will consult with this person; and management trusts them with staffing and employment decisions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the person you want." />
  <row Id="15563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8740" RevisionGUID="cac40ec9-6421-4de1-b777-81145e99fa6d" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:13:21.320" UserId="371" Text="I don't know for sure if grounding your wrist is adequate protection.  But, I can say I've fried an MFM hard drive controller with my curiosity.  Touching parts of the board while it was on made the drive light flicker... until it flickered no more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally, I handle all electronics with respect.  Before touching anything sensitive, I touch a grounded surface first, like the chassis.  I only hold boards, memory sticks, etc. by the outer edges to avoid touching metal contacts.  I avoid being near anything that is statically charged, like certain types of furniture, blankets, etc." />
  <row Id="15564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8741" RevisionGUID="630b79a6-fe41-417b-9610-b69b3c4ab2ca" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:13:30.820" UserId="1466" Text="You probably have an entry in **/etc/hosts** that makes the cloned machine think it is the original one.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if these are **virtual machines**, ensure that their virtual network cards have different MAC addresses." />
  <row Id="15565" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8742" RevisionGUID="35d0606b-beee-46f8-920d-21dda33a74d4" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:15:58.193" UserId="2502" Text="Proxy Server that requires AD authentication and have Active Directory set the proxy settings of user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You also should have the users on a LAN that has no route to the internet when doing this." />
  <row Id="15566" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8735" RevisionGUID="7be80ced-20a9-40e8-a9b5-be7d71c85c4c" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:18:21.263" UserId="1561" Comment="added 45 characters in body" Text="A Beginniner:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has less than 4 years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Has to rely on binary packages for everything&#xD;&#xA; - Has never seen an old kernel (i.e. only knows 2.6.x series)&#xD;&#xA; - Hasn't figured out that the commands and directory locations are different in each distro; often, they only know of one.&#xD;&#xA; - Can't script common commands and often do everything manually&#xD;&#xA; - Needs assistance in performing diagnostics on a troubled system&#xD;&#xA; - Is still learning from others&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that is still &quot;green' - they are self-assured but appear cocky.  This can lead to friction with end-users, developers, and management.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the admins that start out in junior level positions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Seasoned Admin:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has 5+ years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Can download and compile tools/utilities/services, and can recompile a kernel&#xD;&#xA; - Has seen older kernels (2.2 and 2.4 series)&#xD;&#xA; - Can adapt to a different distro, or has experience in 2 or more distros.&#xD;&#xA; - Can do simple scripting to automate tasks.&#xD;&#xA; - Can perform diagnostics on their own, but require time to pinpoint the issue&#xD;&#xA; - Can function on their own, but has no management experience, or limited supervisory experience&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that is &quot;seasoned&quot; - they are observant and reserved, but will always be pleasant without being technical.  This leads to confidence when dealing with end-users, developers, and management, and ultimately, a deep-seated sense of trust that this person will &quot;get the job done&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the admins the Guru will initially hire.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Guru:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has 9+ years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Can perform code-level customization of a kernel before recompile, either by reconfiguration or by writing new code&#xD;&#xA; - Has seen very old kernels (2.0 or 1.3 series)&#xD;&#xA; - Has experience with very difficult-to-install installations (Slackware *prior to version 9*, Gentoo, Linux From Scratch)&#xD;&#xA; - Can do complex scripting, sometimes writing complete tools for other staffers.&#xD;&#xA; - Immediately knows all potential causes of a problem and can look at each solution without additional diagnostics&#xD;&#xA; - Has functioned in a supervisory or management capacity&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that borders on &quot;happy but zen-like'.  They are quiet, focused, and have an uncanny means of knowing what to say and when, while putting everyone they talk to at ease.  End-users often do not notice this person because they function well at what they do; developers will consult with this person; and management trusts them with staffing and employment decisions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the person you want." />
  <row Id="15567" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8743" RevisionGUID="154637ba-c335-41a9-bc7e-a3272dc88de3" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:20:38.530" UserId="2502" Text="&#xD;&#xA;It seems like you're handicapping yourself by not just using DFS or [Clustered File Sharing][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/284838&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/284838" />
  <row Id="15568" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8744" RevisionGUID="af296af9-afd6-44d7-be7a-9b8bad81cc05" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:23:13.020" UserId="1834" Text="I'm planning to setup a small network (&lt; 10 computers) and intend to set up a server to serve as my gateway / firewall.  What Operating System (I'd prefer something *nix) and distribution should I use? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things to consider:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Security&#xD;&#xA; - Low Maintenance&#xD;&#xA; - Ease of updating&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you suggest?" />
  <row Id="15569" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8744" RevisionGUID="af296af9-afd6-44d7-be7a-9b8bad81cc05" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:23:13.020" UserId="1834" Text="OS / Distribution for a small network firewall / gateway" />
  <row Id="15570" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8744" RevisionGUID="af296af9-afd6-44d7-be7a-9b8bad81cc05" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:23:13.020" UserId="1834" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;operating-system&gt;" />
  <row Id="15571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8745" RevisionGUID="e3614b3c-d330-4dd7-a4f9-c731749261f7" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:26:09.783" UserId="2513" Text="Sounds like you might be interested in [Smoothwall][1].  I have not used it myself but I knew some people who worked on the project years back, and it has matured quite a bit.  I have heard good things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.smoothwall.org/" />
  <row Id="15572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8746" RevisionGUID="fedff618-6301-4bfa-a361-5afa63ac64b5" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:26:34.527" UserId="2502" Text="[m0nowall][1] and [Smoothwall][2] are the two biggest I know of for turning an old PC into a firewall/router.  I'd suggest digging through features and screen shots then playing with each a little bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://m0n0.ch/wall/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.smoothwall.org/" />
  <row Id="15573" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8735" RevisionGUID="afec627f-f20a-4493-b89e-51a67482a152" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:29:24.973" UserId="1561" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="A Beginniner:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has less than 4 years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Has to rely on binary packages for everything&#xD;&#xA; - Has never seen an old kernel (i.e. only knows 2.6.x series)&#xD;&#xA; - Hasn't figured out that the commands and directory locations are different in each distro; often, they only know of one.&#xD;&#xA; - Can't script common commands and often do everything manually&#xD;&#xA; - Needs assistance in performing diagnostics on a troubled system&#xD;&#xA; - Is still learning from others&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that is still &quot;green' - they are self-assured but appear cocky.  This can lead to friction with end-users, developers, and management.  Troublesome end-users can often get them to do something that a seasoned admin would immediately deny.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the admins that start out in junior level positions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Seasoned Admin:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has 5+ years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Can download and compile tools/utilities/services, and can recompile a kernel&#xD;&#xA; - Has seen older kernels (2.2 and 2.4 series)&#xD;&#xA; - Can adapt to a different distro, or has experience in 2 or more distros.&#xD;&#xA; - Can do simple scripting to automate tasks.&#xD;&#xA; - Can perform diagnostics on their own, but require time to pinpoint the issue&#xD;&#xA; - Can function on their own, but have no management experience, or limited supervisory experience; they often tutor and instruct junior-level admins.&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that is &quot;seasoned&quot; - they are observant and reserved, but will always be pleasant without being technical.  This leads to confidence when dealing with end-users, developers, and management, and ultimately, a deep-seated sense of trust that this person will &quot;get the job done&quot;.  End-users will usually consult these folks first, but troublemakers will sometimes attempt to &quot;game the system&quot; and get them to do something they wouldn't (although the admin will know better)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the admins the Guru will initially hire.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Guru:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has 9+ years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Can perform code-level customization of a kernel before recompile, either by reconfiguration or by writing new code&#xD;&#xA; - Has seen very old kernels (2.0 or 1.3 series)&#xD;&#xA; - Has experience with very difficult-to-install installations (Slackware *prior to version 9*, Gentoo, Linux From Scratch)&#xD;&#xA; - Can do complex scripting, sometimes writing complete tools for other staffers.&#xD;&#xA; - Immediately knows all potential causes of a problem and can look at each solution without additional diagnostics&#xD;&#xA; - Has functioned in a supervisory or management capacity with at least one other person&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that borders on &quot;happy but zen-like'.  They are quiet, focused, and have an uncanny means of knowing what to say and when, while putting everyone they talk to at ease.  End-users often do not notice this person because they function well at what they do, yet troublemakers are quick to fear their presence; developers will consult with this person; and management trusts them with staffing and employment decisions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the person you want." />
  <row Id="15575" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8735" RevisionGUID="379be8f8-d025-4295-bcf3-8b2957ef0248" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:34:45.323" UserId="1561" Comment="added 22 characters in body" Text="A Beginniner:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has less than 4 years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Has to rely on binary packages for everything&#xD;&#xA; - Has never seen an old kernel (i.e. only knows 2.6.x series)&#xD;&#xA; - Hasn't figured out that the commands and directory locations are different in each distro; often, they only know of one.&#xD;&#xA; - Can't script common commands and often do everything manually&#xD;&#xA; - Needs assistance in performing diagnostics on a troubled system&#xD;&#xA; - Is still learning from others&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that is still &quot;green' - they are self-assured but appear cocky.  This can lead to friction with end-users, developers, and management.  Troublesome end-users can often get them to do something that a seasoned admin would immediately deny.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the admins that start out in junior level positions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Seasoned Admin:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has 5+ years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Can download and compile tools/utilities/services, and can recompile a kernel&#xD;&#xA; - Has seen older kernels (2.2 and 2.4 series)&#xD;&#xA; - Can adapt to a different distro, or has experience in 2 or more distros.&#xD;&#xA; - Can do simple scripting to automate tasks.&#xD;&#xA; - Can perform diagnostics on their own, but require time to pinpoint the issue&#xD;&#xA; - Can function on their own, but have no management experience, or limited supervisory experience; they often tutor and instruct junior-level admins.&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that is &quot;seasoned&quot; - they are observant and reserved, but will always be pleasant without being technical.  This leads to confidence when dealing with end-users, developers, and management, and ultimately, a deep-seated sense of trust that this person will &quot;get the job done&quot;.  End-users will usually consult these folks first, but troublemakers will sometimes attempt to &quot;game the system&quot; and get them to do something they wouldn't (although the admin will know better)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the admins the Guru will initially hire.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Guru:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has 9+ years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Can perform code-level customization of a kernel before recompile, either by reconfiguration or by writing new code&#xD;&#xA; - Has seen very old kernels (2.0 or 1.3 series)&#xD;&#xA; - Has experience with very difficult-to-install installations (Slackware *prior to version 9*, Gentoo, Linux From Scratch)&#xD;&#xA; - Can do complex scripting, sometimes writing complete tools for other staffers.&#xD;&#xA; - Immediately knows all potential causes of a problem and can look at each solution without additional diagnostics&#xD;&#xA; - Has functioned in a supervisory or management capacity with at least one other person for at least 3 years.&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that borders on &quot;happy but zen-like'.  They are quiet, focused, and have an uncanny means of knowing what to say and when, while putting everyone they talk to at ease.  End-users often do not notice this person because they function well at what they do, yet troublemakers are quick to fear their presence; developers will consult with this person; and management trusts them with staffing and employment decisions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the person you want." />
  <row Id="15576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8747" RevisionGUID="980dbda7-7161-4b95-9706-fa04a2c22131" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:36:12.123" UserId="1736" Text="I've been lucky; the only hardware I've ever fried was when I spilled a drink on the keyboard and the keyboard controller chip on the motherboard burned out.  My attitude toward anti-static straps is smoke 'em if you got 'em." />
  <row Id="15582" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8714" RevisionGUID="d7fc50fa-35b6-4001-8b06-213e6f4edf3c" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:40:17.157" UserId="2489" Comment="Added exact version of server" Text="We have a primary file server for our Windows Server 2003 (Standard Edition) domain.  We're running active directory in a plain vanilla type environment.  When we recently migrated from an old server to a new one, I set up a DNS entry as Files.OurDomain.local as an Alias (CNAME) to the real server name.  I disabled Strict Name Checking (see MSDN [link text][1]).  All client machines now refer to \\\Files or \\\Files.OurDomain.local to get to their files.  No one ever uses RealServer.OurDomain.local. Printers also use an alias to get to their server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I plan to use this setup in the event of a significant server problem to switch the dns alias to another server as a poor man's warm standby.  Also it should make server migrations in the future very easy.  I tried DFS but it didn't give me the comfort that I had exact control over where files were going.  The default TTL (Time to Live) for the DNS entries is 1 hour.  That's probably what it would take the tech staff to determine that the server had been lost and we would really need to switch to the backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any concerns or problems (or even accolades) with this approach?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;281308#appliesto &quot;Strict Name Checking&quot;" />
  <row Id="15583" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8750" RevisionGUID="5f898e8f-c68a-45fb-9c4e-fbf11d1e0306" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:41:27.717" UserId="942" Text="[IPCop][1]. Some [screenshots][2], and from the [FAQ][3]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; IPCop can run on obsolete hardware&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that many companies are literally&#xD;&#xA;&gt; throwing away as &quot;useless&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Updates are pretty easy. You can see them and install them directly from the web interface. For added security out of the box, install the [BOT][4] plugin and open things up as needed. There are also [several other plugins][5] that [add features][6] or [make things easier][7].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maintenance: Zero after initial config.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.ipcop.org/&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://ipcop.org/index.php?module=pnWikka&amp;tag=IPCopScreenshots&#xD;&#xA;[3]:http://ipcop.org/index.php?name=FAQ&amp;id_cat=2#q8&#xD;&#xA;[4]:http://www.blockouttraffic.de/&#xD;&#xA;[5]:http://ipcop.org/index.php?module=pnWikka&amp;tag=IPCopAddons&#xD;&#xA;[6]:http://update-accelerator.advproxy.net/&#xD;&#xA;[7]:http://firewalladdons.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="15584" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8751" RevisionGUID="4d6a64e0-8302-49d3-a19a-9235b32c92c6" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:45:03.483" UserId="1465" Text="What is the $hf_mig$ directory for in WindowsServer2003 and can I delete it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15585" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8751" RevisionGUID="4d6a64e0-8302-49d3-a19a-9235b32c92c6" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:45:03.483" UserId="1465" Text="What is the $hf_mig$ directory for in WindowsServer2003?" />
  <row Id="15586" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8751" RevisionGUID="4d6a64e0-8302-49d3-a19a-9235b32c92c6" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:45:03.483" UserId="1465" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;cruft&gt;&lt;cleanup&gt;" />
  <row Id="15587" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8240" RevisionGUID="da55a806-3263-4d03-bc68-d602ffe0943b" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:46:34.573" UserId="2110" Comment="expanded the answer" Text="Low end machines just for web browsing, word processing, email, anything that isn't graphics intensive and doesn't require a fast cpu will be cheaper to buy from a manufacturer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Building your own is much cheaper when you get into the mid range machines.  Once you get into the territory of video editing, gaming, high quality video playback, basically anything that requires a better video card and some additional cpu power, building your own is cheaper.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This, of course, always depends on the current deals available from manufacturers vs. component deals.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, the more powerful the machine the cheaper it is to build your own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**  &#xD;&#xA;*I focused too much on 'cheaper' instead of 'cost effective' in the above answer.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Only YOU, the consumer, can determine whether it is cost effective.  Is it worth YOUR time to build your own?  Do you have the technical knowledge and desire to build your own?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`...does it matter what you are building for...`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, very much so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Low end hardware is cheaper from manufacturers like Dell/HP/Asus.  It is appropriate for the basics - email, web, text, basic spreadsheets.  Barebones systems and the cheap hardware you might find to build a cheaper machine then these will more than likely fail sooner and have short and very limited warranties.  Not cost effective to build your own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mid - High end hardware will be cheaper and the quality will be better if you build your own.  Parts will generally be under warranty if they die.  Usually easy to carry parts on from your old machine to a new build (video card, media drive and HD especially) which can lower the cost of that machine even more.  To determine cost effectiveness you would need to put a price on your or your tech department/guys time and add that on top of the parts price tag.  &#xD;&#xA;When you get into very high end parts it can be cheaper to get the parts and have someone else put it together for you then it is to buy a high end, off the shelf (or custom order) machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whether you go low, mid or high end depends on **what** and **who** the machine is being built for.  **Who** is usually more important than what.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a home machine whether you build or buy one of these is greatly determined by desire and knowledge.  If you don't have the time or the desire then you probably won't want to fix your DIY machine if it breaks anyway, which makes those manufacturer parts and labor warranties look really nice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a business the parts and labor warranties (on site or otherwise) is a big concern.  Do you pay extra for someone else to fix/replace your hardware or do you pay your tech department overtime in addition to emergency parts purchases.  Do you even have a tech department?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`Building your own machine gets cheaper as the computing power increases.  Whether it's cost effective is determined by personal and/or business situation.`" />
  <row Id="15588" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8752" RevisionGUID="610162f6-e253-4256-a60d-e4fa3c418b23" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:48:37.207" UserId="1736" Text="Its name means &quot;hotfix migration&quot;.  It's for tracking versioning information about hotfixes to keep from accidentally breaking or downgrading your system.  No, you definitely should not delete it." />
  <row Id="15589" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8753" RevisionGUID="9886134c-169d-485e-acab-091019ea5523" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:48:51.200" UserId="2302" Text="If your intent is to restrict internet access, you could set up a group policy in AD that points internet explorer to a non-existent proxy.  [Here's a link with some instructions for setting proxy on GPO.][1]  If you're trying to enable only to some sites, you could put these in the ignore list for the proxy server using the same GPO.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The drawback is that this works only if IE is the browser, if a user installs firefox, they can set/remove the proxy themselves.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Filtering is usually best done at a gateway or proxy (in one place).  Is there a specific objection to a proxy?  There are [some][2] [good][3] and easy to install/configure free ones out there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.stbernard.com/ip4kb/iPrism/Networking/Sessions-Clients/Browsers/IP0346.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.advproxy.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.squid-cache.org/" />
  <row Id="15590" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="8714" RevisionGUID="b7d45989-c4c2-4b72-9645-736a922f6121" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:54:00.347" UserId="45" Comment="edited title" Text="Warm Standby with Windows Server 2003" />
  <row Id="15591" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8753" RevisionGUID="7fb90f8b-e723-4905-b4d4-14af580e7441" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:54:37.523" UserId="2302" Comment="added 104 characters in body" Text="If your intent is to restrict internet access, you could set up a group policy in AD that points internet explorer to a non-existent proxy.  [Here's a link with some instructions for setting proxy on GPO.][1]  If you're trying to enable only to some sites, you could put these in the ignore list for the proxy server using the same GPO -- requests for these sites would then go to the gateway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The drawback is that this works only if IE is the browser, if a user installs Firefox -- or any other browser or network application -- they can set/remove the proxy themselves.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Filtering is usually best done at a gateway or proxy (in one place).  Is there a specific objection to a proxy?  There are [some][2] [good][3] and easy to install/configure free ones out there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.stbernard.com/ip4kb/iPrism/Networking/Sessions-Clients/Browsers/IP0346.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.advproxy.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.squid-cache.org/" />
  <row Id="15592" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8696" RevisionGUID="1e287fd3-3f10-45a1-8653-9c28e3e88f1e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:55:06.993" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="What tools do you use and recommend for automating administration tasks for Windows-based computers? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Examples of such tasks include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Installing/upgrading software&#xD;&#xA; - Standarizing application settings&#xD;&#xA; - Remove blacklisted applications&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A standardized disk image will be used to initially roll out a fully patched and configured Windows installation, so I'm looking specifically for tools and resources that will aid in administering the machines after they are deployed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that some of this can be allowed or prevented using group policies deployed via Active Directory, and that many Microsoft products can be updated and managed through Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you use for other tasks? [AutoIT][1] scripting? PowerShell? Another scripting language? A 3rd party application? Or, is there a better approach to this ongoing task?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/" />
  <row Id="15593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8754" RevisionGUID="60675432-c4e4-4042-b930-11d3a4369920" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:56:03.683" UserId="706" Text="You can buy cheap routers with linux installations that you can customize.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One option, therefore, is to configure the router to gateway clients that have signed in correctly, and drop everyone else's packets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="15595" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8756" RevisionGUID="fb752d63-7b8b-4210-b73e-01b46174880a" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:58:52.023" UserId="984" Text="I know I am going against the flow when I suggest this, but I usually prefer to use a general purpose distribution like [Debian][1].  A custom build distribution like the others that have been suggested will work well if what you needs never really goes beyond the features offered.  A general purpose distribution is usually a lot more flexible and is easier to adapt to server other functions.  Also, with a general purpose distribution the skills you learn maintaining it are more reusable and directly applicable to other situations where you use that distribution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.debian.org/" />
  <row Id="15597" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8758" RevisionGUID="1608a5c4-29a0-4ae7-b54d-ac3ae1c5276a" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:07:05.257" UserId="2567" Text="I've had considerable success using a combination of [Gentoo][1], [iptables][2], and the excellent documentation (especially the [Home Router Guide][3]) that Gentoo supplies. Security's at least as good as any other Linux distro (and often better due to the [GLSA][4] project), and updating is as easy as `emerge -u world`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general, I find it's more customizable and flexible to use a general-purpose distribution and build your own firewall solution than it is to install a dedicated firewall distro. In the future, you can expand that box to also handle web proxying or mail delivery, among other things. And if you do, you know how to alter your firewall to make exceptions for those services, and you can secure them more easily.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gentoo.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.netfilter.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/home-router-howto.xml&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/" />
  <row Id="15598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8759" RevisionGUID="d472debf-313a-4ec4-8044-6e822a1d167e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:11:25.343" UserId="2620" Text="pathping  - a traceroute that collects  detailed packet loss stats " />
  <row Id="15599" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8759" RevisionGUID="d472debf-313a-4ec4-8044-6e822a1d167e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:11:25.343" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8760" RevisionGUID="00eac1cf-271d-46d7-aedc-60dc941cd2bd" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:12:42.970" UserId="385" Text="SMS became SCCM, in case there is any confusion. We use Altiris, which is a competitor product, for software deployment and tracking. However, those solutions tend to be a bit expensive. if you're talking about a small business. In cases where I've supported that type of situation, I built standard images using a tool like Symantec Ghost which had the common software installed (like Office). Then I figured out how to automate installs of the other software packages using batch scripts. When a new system came in or one had to be re-imaged, then I could run those scripts to ensure the right software was installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the best solutions, if you can enforce it, is to take local administrator rights away from end users. In most cases this is doable and is a political fight. This helps reduce work due to application settings and almost completely eliminates cases where users install blacklisted software. It also tends to reduce support calls due to malware.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8761" RevisionGUID="bbc83436-8489-49df-918b-385af990a7cf" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:14:25.027" UserId="517" Text="I run Outlook in vmware. It works pretty well. " />
  <row Id="15602" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8762" RevisionGUID="1980f56b-1887-469a-bbdb-fd83f82817f2" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:14:42.047" UserId="2304" Text="You might see if this works for you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;New class=&quot;org.jboss.jetty.JBossWebAppContext&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;Arg&gt;&lt;Ref id=&quot;Contexts&quot;/&gt;&lt;/Arg&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;Arg&gt;&lt;SystemProperty name=&quot;jetty.home&quot;/&gt;/webapps/app1.war&lt;/Arg&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;Arg&gt;/&lt;/Arg&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;Set name=&quot;defaultsDescriptor&quot;&gt;&lt;SystemProperty name=&quot;jetty.home&quot; default=&quot;.&quot;/&gt;/etc/webdefault.xml&lt;/Set&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;Set name=&quot;VirtualHosts&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;Array type=&quot;java.lang.String&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;              &lt;Item&gt;app1.localhost.com&lt;/Item&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;/Array&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;/Set&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/New&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;        &lt;New class=&quot;org.jboss.jetty.JBossWebAppContext&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;Arg&gt;&lt;Ref id=&quot;Contexts&quot;/&gt;&lt;/Arg&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;Arg&gt;&lt;SystemProperty name=&quot;jetty.home&quot;/&gt;/webapps/app2.war&lt;/Arg&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;Arg&gt;/&lt;/Arg&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;Set name=&quot;defaultsDescriptor&quot;&gt;&lt;SystemProperty name=&quot;jetty.home&quot; default=&quot;.&quot;/&gt;/etc/webdefault.xml&lt;/Set&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;Set name=&quot;VirtualHosts&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;Array type=&quot;java.lang.String&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;              &lt;Item&gt;app2.localhost.com&lt;/Item&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;/Array&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;/Set&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/New&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Adjust the file names &amp; paths as needed, of course)" />
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  <row Id="15605" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8763" RevisionGUID="46f74560-4159-4195-bc88-2f47408af392" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:17:51.993" UserId="1054" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;x64&gt;&lt;64-bit&gt;" />
  <row Id="15606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8764" RevisionGUID="e260ccfd-3259-4cc2-b584-9702ce014705" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:21:04.220" UserId="1421" Text="I run a GlassFish server on a Win2k3 machine. If I do a remote desktop login to the console (&quot;mstsc /console&quot;) and I log out, the application exits (the server does not shut down, the JVM is simply killed). The wrapper still runs however.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried adding the &quot;-Xrs&quot; flag to my &quot;domain.xml&quot; file as described [here][1] to no success.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ryandelaplante.com/rdelaplante/entry/creating_a_windows_service_for" />
  <row Id="15607" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8764" RevisionGUID="e260ccfd-3259-4cc2-b584-9702ce014705" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:21:04.220" UserId="1421" Text="GlassFish service stop when the console is logged out" />
  <row Id="15608" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8764" RevisionGUID="e260ccfd-3259-4cc2-b584-9702ce014705" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:21:04.220" UserId="1421" Text="&lt;glassfish&gt;&lt;java&gt;&lt;win2k3&gt;&lt;service&gt;" />
  <row Id="15609" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8732" RevisionGUID="dcf1e957-a757-4d0b-895f-aad125cc4bf4" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:22:25.933" UserId="14678" UserDisplayName="Diago" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="You first need to add the Video share to the indexing service on Windows 7 RC. The library indexes everything in it by default, and you can index a network location. Although there is an index on the WHS server, Windows 7 won't make use of it. The use of indexing on servers only work with Windows 2008 Servers and higher. Even with Desktop Search 4.0 this is still not accessible by Vista/Windows 7 machines." />
  <row Id="15610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8765" RevisionGUID="0dca8f9f-9e3b-4310-ba94-53b22585b017" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:29:24.847" UserId="825" Text="After compiling mod_proxy like so:&#xD;&#xA;/wm/httpd/bin/apxs -i -a -c mod_proxy.c proxy_util.c&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;I get this error when attempting to start apache:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    su -c &quot;/etc/init.d/httpd restart&quot; &#xD;&#xA;    Password: &#xD;&#xA;    Stopping httpd:              [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;    Starting httpd: httpd: Syntax error on line 60 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: Cannot load  /etc/httpd/modules/mod_proxy.so into server: /etc/httpd/modules/mod_proxy.so: undefined symbol: ap_timeout_parameter_parse&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any advice?" />
  <row Id="15611" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8765" RevisionGUID="0dca8f9f-9e3b-4310-ba94-53b22585b017" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:29:24.847" UserId="825" Text="mod_proxy apache loading error - ap_timeout_parameter_parse" />
  <row Id="15612" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8765" RevisionGUID="0dca8f9f-9e3b-4310-ba94-53b22585b017" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:29:24.847" UserId="825" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;mod-proxy&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="15614" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8763" RevisionGUID="8e4cadc1-451c-4bfa-aae8-11dd7a1c51a8" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:36:05.177" UserId="45" Comment="edited body" Text="What are reasons to have separate folders besides to easily distinguish 32 bit images from 64 bit images?" />
  <row Id="15615" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8767" RevisionGUID="0164b5e9-5d02-46e5-bee2-62fa8750fd86" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:37:16.207" UserId="2643" Text="Here is the scenario: installing an update to ActivCard (6.1) to a Windows XP laptop.  After the required reboot, Windows XP brings up the default blue background, waits for quite a long time and then brings up the following dialog:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; User Interface Failure&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The Logon User Interface DLL acmsgina.dll failed to load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Contact your system administrator to replace the DLL or restore the original DLL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Serverfault seemed like a much better bet than trying to get a hold of our system administrators on a nice Friday afternoon...." />
  <row Id="15616" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8767" RevisionGUID="0164b5e9-5d02-46e5-bee2-62fa8750fd86" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:37:16.207" UserId="2643" Text="Is it possible to fix &quot;Logon User Interface DLL acmsgina.dll failed to load&quot;?" />
  <row Id="15617" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8767" RevisionGUID="0164b5e9-5d02-46e5-bee2-62fa8750fd86" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:37:16.207" UserId="2643" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;dll&gt;&lt;login&gt;" />
  <row Id="15620" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8770" RevisionGUID="2226c23d-f716-4955-a8fb-f03a860f1139" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:45:37.003" UserId="1435" Text="I'm looking to buy some CNAs to trial with, probably the Emulex board. Just wondering if anyone's using these cards or any competing cards and if so have you have any problems with them yet? In particular with stability, timeouts or high host CPU utilisation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh this will be a mixed test of W2K8, RHEL 5U3 and ESX 3.5U4 via a Cisco Nexus 7K/5K.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance." />
  <row Id="15621" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8770" RevisionGUID="2226c23d-f716-4955-a8fb-f03a860f1139" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:45:37.003" UserId="1435" Text="Has anyone had any problems with CNAs (Converged Network Adapters)?" />
  <row Id="15622" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8770" RevisionGUID="2226c23d-f716-4955-a8fb-f03a860f1139" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:45:37.003" UserId="1435" Text="&lt;10gbethernet&gt;&lt;nexus&gt;" />
  <row Id="15624" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8771" RevisionGUID="671e6ecc-0f2f-49e5-a6a6-48a537965a2a" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:46:46.330" UserId="45" Text="I can't find any other reason than providing distinguished default setup directories for 32bit and 64bit applications. " />
  <row Id="15625" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8772" RevisionGUID="1477e19c-53be-4242-a428-eef5036f8520" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:49:07.077" UserId="1879" Text="If the machine is up and running on the network, you should be able to use Regedit from another machine, do a &quot;Connect Network Registry&quot; to the failing machine and delete the following registry value:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HKEY\_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\GinaDLL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After that, reboot the failing machine and it should revert to using Microsoft's GINA instead of the ActivCard GINA and you should be able to log on successfully (though not using ActivCard, of course).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I don't have experience with ActivCard, but I see this all the time with another third-party software that we use that has its own GINA. After rebooting and logging in, we have to reinstall the software. Whether that will also be the case with ActivCard, I'm not sure.)" />
  <row Id="15626" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8773" RevisionGUID="60401da1-7309-469c-867c-f9594bddc687" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:49:16.623" UserId="1496" Text="Here's a good explanation of the topic: [What is the “$hf_mig$” Folder for And Can I Delete It?](http://blog.ryantadams.com/2008/02/21/what-is-hf_mig-and-can-i-delete-it/)" />
  <row Id="15627" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8735" RevisionGUID="916a9df5-0cb9-4fd8-8010-255d5bd461ab" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:49:36.093" UserId="1561" Comment="added 144 characters in body" Text="A Beginniner:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has less than 4 years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Has to rely on binary packages for everything&#xD;&#xA; - Has never seen an old kernel (i.e. only knows 2.6.x series)&#xD;&#xA; - Hasn't figured out that the commands and directory locations are different in each distro; often, they only know of one they are starting out on, and can become confused when their environment has switched.&#xD;&#xA; - Can't script common commands and often do everything manually.&#xD;&#xA; - Needs assistance in performing diagnostics on a troubled system, although they function independently on lighter issues.&#xD;&#xA; - Is still learning from others&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that is still &quot;green' - they are self-assured but appear cocky.  This can lead to friction with end-users, developers, and management.  Troublesome end-users can often get them to do something that a seasoned admin would immediately deny.  Developers don't have much to talk about with them, but may teach them a thing or two about scripting.  Management usually wants someone more seasoned and will not bother them unless there are limited choices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the admins that start out in junior level positions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Seasoned Admin:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has 5+ years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Can download and compile tools/utilities/services, and can recompile a kernel&#xD;&#xA; - Has seen older kernels (2.2 and 2.4 series)&#xD;&#xA; - Can adapt to a different distro, or has experience in 2 or more distros.&#xD;&#xA; - Can do simple scripting to automate tasks.&#xD;&#xA; - Can perform diagnostics on their own, but require time to pinpoint the issue&#xD;&#xA; - Can function on their own, but have no management experience, or limited supervisory experience; they often tutor and instruct junior-level admins.&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that is &quot;seasoned&quot; - they are observant and reserved, but will always be pleasant without being technical.  This leads to confidence when dealing with end-users, developers, and management, and ultimately, a deep-seated sense of trust that this person will &quot;get the job done&quot;.  End-users will usually consult these folks first, but troublemakers will sometimes attempt to &quot;game the system&quot; and get them to do something they wouldn't (although the admin will know better and deny it).  Developers will consult with this person about common issues.  Management will sometimes ask for special tasks to be performed (vetted, of course, through the Guru) and they will accomplish this to their satisfaction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the admins the Guru will initially hire.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Guru:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has 9+ years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Can perform code-level customization of a kernel before recompile, either by reconfiguration or by writing new code&#xD;&#xA; - Has seen very old kernels (2.0 or 1.3 series)&#xD;&#xA; - Has experience with very difficult-to-install installations (Slackware *prior to version 9*, Gentoo, Linux From Scratch)&#xD;&#xA; - Can do complex scripting, sometimes writing complete tools for other staffers.&#xD;&#xA; - Immediately knows all potential causes of a problem and can look at each solution without additional diagnostics&#xD;&#xA; - Has functioned in a supervisory or management capacity with at least one other person for at least 3 years.&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that borders on &quot;happy but zen-like'.  They are quiet, focused, and have an uncanny means of knowing what to say and when, while putting everyone they talk to at ease.  End-users often do not notice this person because they function well at what they do, yet troublemakers are quick to fear their presence; developers will consult with this person about difficult issues; and management trusts them with staffing and employment decisions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the person you want." />
  <row Id="15628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8774" RevisionGUID="f0bd70f8-fdcb-4068-b150-7a379a843798" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:49:46.933" UserId="1993" Text="It's not just for human readability, there are many programmatic reasons to separate 32-bit apps from 64-bit. Consider the &quot;Common Files&quot; folder. If you have a 32-bit app and 64-bit app that use the Common Files folder for a file with the same name, you're going to hose whichever one was installed first. There are also differences in how Windows presents these folders to the apps themselves, though I'm not familiar enough with them to explain them well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, this is the first of many steps in the move to universally native 64-bit apps. Presenting the folders differently keeps the distinction visible to developers and users alike, and 32-bit &quot;Program Files (x86)&quot; is the odd man out." />
  <row Id="15629" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8775" RevisionGUID="93706ed8-5a25-4db8-9349-b9d8ab5b34ed" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:51:31.597" UserId="1349" Text="When printing from Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition to a network printer (HP Color LaserJet 3600) this error message is printed out rather than the photographs. Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PCL XL error&#xD;&#xA;        Subsystem: KERNEL&#xD;&#xA;        Error:     IllegalTag&#xD;&#xA;        Operator:  0xa2&#xD;&#xA;        Position:  3" />
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  <row Id="15632" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8735" RevisionGUID="916a9df5-0cb9-4fd8-8010-255d5bd461ab" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:52:03.373" UserId="1561" />
  <row Id="15633" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8735" RevisionGUID="a98a30be-23e2-43fc-8b69-54107ca29f0d" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:55:59.060" UserId="1561" Comment="added 152 characters in body" Text="A Beginniner:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has less than 4 years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Has to rely on binary packages for everything&#xD;&#xA; - Has never seen an old kernel (i.e. only knows 2.6.x series)&#xD;&#xA; - Hasn't figured out that the commands and directory locations are different in each distro; often, they only know of one they are starting out on, and can become confused when their environment has switched.&#xD;&#xA; - Can't script common commands and often do everything manually.&#xD;&#xA; - Needs assistance in performing diagnostics on a troubled system, although they function independently on lighter issues.&#xD;&#xA; - Is still learning from others&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that is still &quot;green' - they are self-assured but appear cocky.  This can lead to friction with end-users, developers, and management.  Troublesome end-users can often get them to do something that a seasoned admin would immediately deny.  Developers don't have much to talk about with them, but may teach them a thing or two about scripting.  Management usually wants someone more seasoned and will not bother them unless there are limited choices.&#xD;&#xA; - They often do not have a complete picture of your core business and how it generates revenue, although they do understand procedural-level positions in the company.  As such, they can identify the needs of regular staff throughout the company, but do not necessarily understand the interactions of all company units.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the admins that start out in junior level positions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Seasoned Admin:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has 5+ years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Can download and compile tools/utilities/services, and can recompile a kernel&#xD;&#xA; - Has seen older kernels (2.2 and 2.4 series)&#xD;&#xA; - Can adapt to a different distro, or has experience in 2 or more distros.&#xD;&#xA; - Can do simple scripting to automate tasks.&#xD;&#xA; - Can perform diagnostics on their own, but require time to pinpoint the issue&#xD;&#xA; - Can function on their own, but have no management experience, or limited supervisory experience; they often tutor and instruct junior-level admins.&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that is &quot;seasoned&quot; - they are observant and reserved, but will always be pleasant without being technical.  This leads to confidence when dealing with end-users, developers, and management, and ultimately, a deep-seated sense of trust that this person will &quot;get the job done&quot;.  End-users will usually consult these folks first, but troublemakers will sometimes attempt to &quot;game the system&quot; and get them to do something they wouldn't (although the admin will know better and deny it).  Developers will consult with this person about common issues.  Management will sometimes ask for special tasks to be performed (vetted, of course, through the Guru) and they will accomplish this to their satisfaction.&#xD;&#xA; - They understand the core revenue model of your business, and how this inter-relates with other positions and procedures.  They can design custom solutions around this knowledge, and can find ways to decrease operational expenses.  They cannot, however, create new revenue sources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the admins the Guru will initially hire.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Guru:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has 9+ years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Can perform code-level customization of a kernel before recompile, either by reconfiguration or by writing new code&#xD;&#xA; - Has seen very old kernels (2.0 or 1.3 series)&#xD;&#xA; - Has experience with very difficult-to-install installations (Slackware *prior to version 9*, Gentoo, Linux From Scratch)&#xD;&#xA; - Can do complex scripting, sometimes writing complete tools for other staffers.&#xD;&#xA; - Immediately knows all potential causes of a problem and can look at each solution without additional diagnostics&#xD;&#xA; - Has functioned in a supervisory or management capacity with at least one other person for at least 3 years.&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that borders on &quot;happy but zen-like'.  They are quiet, focused, and have an uncanny means of knowing what to say and when, while putting everyone they talk to at ease.  End-users often do not notice this person because they function well at what they do, yet troublemakers are quick to fear their presence; developers will consult with this person about difficult issues; and management trusts them with staffing and employment decisions.&#xD;&#xA; - They have intricate knowledge of your business process, and how your company's cash flow interacts with capital outlays, staffing, and on-going maintenance.  They can find creative ways to create new revenue sources within your business model.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the person you want." />
  <row Id="15634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8776" RevisionGUID="c198d900-b574-490f-b9cd-f44173f347db" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:56:11.057" UserId="1465" Text="How is booting in to Windows in safe mode different from a normal boot?" />
  <row Id="15635" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8776" RevisionGUID="c198d900-b574-490f-b9cd-f44173f347db" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:56:11.057" UserId="1465" Text="What does booting in to Windows in safe mode do?" />
  <row Id="15636" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8776" RevisionGUID="c198d900-b574-490f-b9cd-f44173f347db" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:56:11.057" UserId="1465" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;boot-process&gt;" />
  <row Id="15637" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8771" RevisionGUID="d59e0a9e-40ff-4e29-9780-c0bd642f7c06" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:56:35.550" UserId="45" Comment="added 3 characters in body" Text="As you wrote in your question these folders are distinguished default setup directories for 32bit and 64bit applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An interesting hybrid setup is SQL Server 2005: if you install install the 64bit version, the main SQL engine files will be copied under the Program Files folder, the tools, which are 32bit-only will be installed in the &quot;Program Files (x86)&quot;" />
  <row Id="15638" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8777" RevisionGUID="5b48be9d-7e53-4897-9126-db599b56d77a" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:57:26.517" UserId="2012" Text="Just a stab in the dark..could it be IRQ's...I have not had to deal with them in so long that I don't remember when they went out of style..but if they are on the same IRQ then maybe that is the conflict.." />
  <row Id="15639" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8767" RevisionGUID="58da2b20-55e6-4412-a1ec-8f4ed613cf3b" CreationDate="2009-05-15T19:59:31.257" UserId="2643" Comment="added 66 characters in body" Text="Here is the scenario: installing an update to ActivCard (6.1) to a Windows XP laptop.  After the required reboot, Windows XP brings up the default blue background, waits for quite a long time and then brings up the following dialog:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; User Interface Failure&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The Logon User Interface DLL acmsgina.dll failed to load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Contact your system administrator to replace the DLL or restore the original DLL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Serverfault seemed like a much better bet than trying to get a hold of our system administrators on a nice Friday afternoon....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: the machine cannot Safe Mode boot.  It hangs at Mup.sys." />
  <row Id="15640" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8778" RevisionGUID="95b0348c-1c55-4d09-a04a-ae07cbbb5d18" CreationDate="2009-05-15T20:01:35.057" UserId="1840" Text="My understanding is that it loads only the minimum drivers/settings needed for a very basic windows boot.  There are other options though such as starting with networking support (adding more drivers and settings to the boot), or the command prompt as as shell instead of Explorer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Safe mode helps you troubleshoot a windows installation with bad driver and/or configuration settings." />
  <row Id="15641" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8779" RevisionGUID="de14eab6-ebe1-49f7-a3cd-aad60be1a36b" CreationDate="2009-05-15T20:03:13.620" UserId="942" Text="L0C0B0X is correct. Here's more info:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[In Windows, what is Safe Mode used for and why?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question575.htm" />
  <row Id="15642" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7671" RevisionGUID="59b7e3d8-cdb7-48d5-99f0-a62255e484f1" CreationDate="2009-05-15T20:04:09.390" UserId="1233" Comment="Forgot missing -c to only get the grand total of the swap files." Text="The most basic of answer? No. The OS handles memory management for the user - giving a process as much memory as it requires as it requests it and doesn't provide a whole lot in terms of being able to modify how the system performs. It doesn't help a lot with trying to figure out if memory utilization is part of the equation as to why the Linux servers are outperforming the Mac servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because of the lack of &quot;hackability&quot; in the virtual memory system your best options are to evaluate the performance of the virtual memory to see if it is truly the reason you're having performance issues - the most basic is to use `vm_stat` or use follow it live by using `vm_stat [number of seconds]` to see how many page outs are occuring. Moving unused pages from the RAM to the hard drive has a much lower cost than to retrieve the pages back from the hard drive to your RAM. A page in OS X terms refers to 4kb of data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, 32 bit processes (eg. Illustrator) can not access more than 4GB so it's theoretically possible to have 2GB free and have a process run out of memory if you had 6GB installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On both your desktop and the servers I would run `vm_stat 2` and check the last column - especially when you experience the multiple second delay when switching to say Illustrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To find out how large the swap actually is you can either check the swap size in Activity Monitor or run `du -shc /var/vm/swap* | tail -n 1`. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using `du -sh /var/vm` has one caveat: on laptops that have the hibernate mode (anything for the past 4 years or newer) there may be a `sleepimage` roughly the size of how much memory you have installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mac OS X Memory Jargon:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Wired** : This refers to kernel code and such. Memory that should not ever be moved out of the RAM. Also know as resident memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Shared** : Memory that is shared between two or more processes. Both processes would show this amount of memory so it can be a bit misleading as to how much memory is actually in use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Real** : This is the &quot;real&quot; memory usage for an application as reported by task_info() - a rough count of the number of physical pages that the current process has.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Private** : This is memory that a process is using solely on it's own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Virtual** : This is where it seems confusing in that every process has at least 17.5 or MB of virtual memory or more devoted to it. (When you add those all up then you get to your very, very large virtual memory size). I've yet to find a good explanation on how this is calculated out other than the number reported at first glance has little to do with your actual swap file size and it may be a maximum value.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Active** : Memory currently labelled as active and is used RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Inactive** : &quot;Inactive memory is no longer being used and has been cached to disk. It will remain in RAM until another application needs the space. Leaving this information in RAM is to your advantage if you (or a client of your computer) come back to it later.&quot; - Mac OS X Help&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Free** : The amount of RAM actually available without any data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best documentation I know of (and have been able to find in followup research) is Apple's own [Managing Memory](http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Performance/Conceptual/ManagingMemory/Articles/AboutMemory.html) article on their developer website.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other worthwhile sources: Darwin-dev mailing list: [[1](http://lists.apple.com/archives/darwin-dev/2007/Nov/msg00124.html)], [[2](http://lists.apple.com/archives/darwin-dev/2007/Nov/msg00130.html)] and an old article on [MacOSXHints](http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20010613140025184)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It may be possible (I have not tried it out) to disable the virtual memory system by running `sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist` and then restarting so that dynamic_pager (the program that actually does the virtual memory allocation) doesn't start up. However because the OS assumes it has virtual memory you may find yourself running into issues very, very quickly. To load it back up run `sudo launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist` (if necessary from single user mode)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15643" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8780" RevisionGUID="2c7486f9-1dfe-4af4-b1c6-f24a5f7b4f22" CreationDate="2009-05-15T20:06:23.553" UserId="45" Text="The basic idea is to allow starting Windows with a minimal configuration of driver software and advanced settings in order to troubleshoot problems which make a Windows installation unusable (unstable drivers, problems with auto-starting software ...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In &quot;safe mode&quot; just basic graphics drivers are loaded, enough to display the user interface in a low resolution, access to drives and Windows configuration, and very little else." />
  <row Id="15644" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8735" RevisionGUID="21e044c2-07b8-49ad-a8f7-40c025072192" CreationDate="2009-05-15T20:07:07.500" UserId="1561" Comment="added 459 characters in body" Text="A Beginniner:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has less than 4 years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Has to rely on binary packages for everything&#xD;&#xA; - Has never seen an old kernel (i.e. only knows 2.6.x series)&#xD;&#xA; - Hasn't figured out that the commands and directory locations are different in each distro; often, they only know of one they are starting out on, and can become confused when their environment has switched.&#xD;&#xA; - Can't script common commands and often do everything manually.&#xD;&#xA; - Needs assistance in performing diagnostics on a troubled system, although they function independently on lighter issues.&#xD;&#xA; - Is still learning from others&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that is still &quot;green' - they are self-assured but appear cocky.  This can lead to friction with end-users, developers, and management.  Troublesome end-users can often get them to do something that a seasoned admin would immediately deny.  Developers don't have much to talk about with them, but may teach them a thing or two about scripting.  Management usually wants someone more seasoned and will not bother them unless there are limited choices.&#xD;&#xA; - They often do not have a complete picture of your core business and how it generates revenue, although they do understand procedural-level positions in the company.  As such, they can identify the needs of regular staff throughout the company, but do not necessarily understand the interactions of all company units.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the admins that start out in junior level positions.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A (stereotypical) impression: &quot;This person's got potential, they just need time to make it shine.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Seasoned Admin:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has 5+ years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Can download and compile tools/utilities/services, and can recompile a kernel&#xD;&#xA; - Has seen older kernels (2.2 and 2.4 series)&#xD;&#xA; - Can adapt to a different distro, or has experience in 2 or more distros.&#xD;&#xA; - Can do simple scripting to automate tasks.&#xD;&#xA; - Can perform diagnostics on their own, but require time to pinpoint the issue&#xD;&#xA; - Can function on their own, but have no management experience, or limited supervisory experience; they often tutor and instruct junior-level admins.&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that is &quot;seasoned&quot; - they are observant and reserved, but will always be pleasant without being technical.  This leads to confidence when dealing with end-users, developers, and management, and ultimately, a deep-seated sense of trust that this person will &quot;get the job done&quot;.  End-users will usually consult these folks first, but troublemakers will sometimes attempt to &quot;game the system&quot; and get them to do something they wouldn't (although the admin will know better and deny it).  Developers will consult with this person about common issues.  Management will sometimes ask for special tasks to be performed (vetted, of course, through the Guru) and they will accomplish this to their satisfaction.&#xD;&#xA; - They understand the core revenue model of your business, and how this inter-relates with other positions and procedures.  They can design custom solutions around this knowledge, and can find ways to decrease operational expenses.  They cannot, however, create new revenue sources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the admins the Guru will initially hire.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another stereotypical impression: &quot;This person has been around the block, and has the war wounds to prove it.  If my back was against the wall, I'd put my trust in them.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Guru:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has 9+ years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Can perform code-level customization of a kernel before recompile, either by reconfiguration or by writing new code&#xD;&#xA; - Has seen very old kernels (2.0 or 1.3 series)&#xD;&#xA; - Has experience with very difficult-to-install installations (Slackware *prior to version 9*, Gentoo, Linux From Scratch)&#xD;&#xA; - Can do complex scripting, sometimes writing complete tools for other staffers.&#xD;&#xA; - Immediately knows all potential causes of a problem and can look at each solution without additional diagnostics&#xD;&#xA; - Has functioned in a supervisory or management capacity with at least one other person for at least 3 years.&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that borders on &quot;happy but zen-like'.  They are quiet, focused, and have an uncanny means of knowing what to say and when, while putting everyone they talk to at ease.  End-users often do not notice this person because they function well at what they do, yet troublemakers are quick to fear their presence; developers will consult with this person about difficult issues; and management trusts them with staffing and employment decisions.&#xD;&#xA; - They have intricate knowledge of your business process, and how your company's cash flow interacts with capital outlays, staffing, and on-going maintenance.  They can find creative ways to create new revenue sources within your business model.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the person you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another (really bad) stereotype: &quot;[Grey beard, suspenders...they must be one of those all-knowning Unix admins!][1]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tomayko.com/writings/that-dilbert-cartoon" />
  <row Id="15645" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8781" RevisionGUID="a111882f-dd66-4e4f-a5ba-695aff1af259" CreationDate="2009-05-15T20:09:03.207" UserId="1565" Text="If you are using the PCL6 driver, try the PCL5 driver or PS driver." />
  <row Id="15646" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8782" RevisionGUID="6a9bcbc4-d20d-484b-b151-c6ac2908ae31" CreationDate="2009-05-15T20:12:33.450" UserId="2302" Text="Sounds like a problem with the driver -- [see these] [1] [links.][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have an option to use a postscript driver rather than PCL you might get better results, seems true for a lot of Adobe products.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.planet-winner.com/web2/KB/Front_Office/PCL_XL_Error_when_printing_to_HP_Laserjet_printers.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?admit=109447626+1242418126095+28353475&amp;threadId=1062280" />
  <row Id="15648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8784" RevisionGUID="b7f6ec7f-8870-4059-9deb-a4d9b5615925" CreationDate="2009-05-15T20:17:53.767" UserId="1561" Text=" - *Do you use an antistatic wrist strap when working on hardware?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Do they really work?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Have you ever fried some hardware that would have been saved if you had been wearing one?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes.  *Once, a long time ago.*  That &quot;proved&quot; the issue to me very quickly in a very painful fashion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *I know some people who wear them religiously and others who say they are a waste of time.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't care about the dollar amount of the hardware you're attempting to protect, then yes, it's a waste of time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Frying an $800 high-end RAID controller card because someone didn't take anti-static precautions, well...let's just say that was a bad choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It takes only a few hundred volts to fry a circuit.  To feel a static discharge, you need to have thousands of volts.  In other words, you can kill chips easily without knowing it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8785" RevisionGUID="1c45e282-16d3-4c39-8ee1-64ea5e98e374" CreationDate="2009-05-15T20:21:52.060" UserId="1156" Text="MC0, row 2, and channel 0 are significant.  MC stand for memory controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't have a real answer for you, but take a look at **/usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-2.6*/Documentation/drivers/edac/edac.txt** from the **kernel-doc** RPM in this area:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;                Channel 0       Channel 1&#xD;&#xA;        ===================================&#xD;&#xA;        csrow0  | DIMM_A0       | DIMM_B0 |&#xD;&#xA;        csrow1  | DIMM_A0       | DIMM_B0 |&#xD;&#xA;        ===================================&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        ===================================&#xD;&#xA;        csrow2  | DIMM_A1       | DIMM_B1 |&#xD;&#xA;        csrow3  | DIMM_A1       | DIMM_B1 |&#xD;&#xA;        ===================================&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    In the above example table there are 4 physical slots on the motherboard&#xD;&#xA;    for memory DIMMs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        DIMM_A0&#xD;&#xA;        DIMM_B0&#xD;&#xA;        DIMM_A1&#xD;&#xA;        DIMM_B1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Poke around in **/sys/devices/system/edac**.  Also, **edac-ctl** from the **edac-utils** RPM might be helpful." />
  <row Id="15650" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8786" RevisionGUID="46fc680e-0347-4a1b-bddd-0ae9a321270f" CreationDate="2009-05-15T20:23:52.277" UserId="1417" Text="Grounding yourself on the power supply works, but only if the power supply is still plugged in! A wrist strap is good, if it is properly connected to ground. Also this is not a dead short, but instead is a high resistance path to gradually dissipate any existing charge and to keep any new charge from building up. I like the kind that come with a plug to connect to an outlet. They have an LED that verifies the outlet ground is OK, a clip to attach to the computer case, and a wrist strap. People are correct to point out that ESD is not a single bright spark that kills a chip, but is gradual damage that shortens the life of a component. " />
  <row Id="15651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8787" RevisionGUID="5b65a31b-1eac-4384-917e-3aba230f24cc" CreationDate="2009-05-15T20:24:06.520" UserId="816" Text="The [Perform Update][1] section of the [DNS Update API][2] says that updates can be performed over HTTP or SSL-encrypted HTTPS (preferred).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ports used are as follows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HTTP ports: 80, 8245 &#xD;&#xA;    HTTPS port: 443&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The update interface listens on ports&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 80 and 8245 for HTTP, and 443 for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; HTTPS. Port 8245 may be used to bypass&#xD;&#xA;&gt; transparent HTTP proxies. It is not&#xD;&#xA;&gt; necessary to open any incoming ports&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (or allow incoming ICMP) for updating.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dyndns.com/developers/specs/syntax.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.dyndns.com/developers/specs/" />
  <row Id="15652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8788" RevisionGUID="65fa616d-59e1-4227-ba73-9fb7d2e1c014" CreationDate="2009-05-15T20:24:25.037" UserId="1233" Text="At my workplace we use Office without any pain after redirecting the cache (as should be done if network accounts are being used) and ensuring a folder called `.TemporaryItems` is saved at the root of every share. If that folder does not exist you'll run into issues with Office being unable to save.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you been able to see via the crash logs or other logs as to possible reasons for the Office apps to be crashing (beyond a possible corrupted preference file)? The reason I mention a corrupted preference file is that I did have one user's whose copy of Word was unbearably slow and would crash once an hour or so until we deleted the preferences file." />
  <row Id="15653" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8715" RevisionGUID="f3090c8d-d81b-46ed-a4e7-e2bd44a78c0c" CreationDate="2009-05-15T20:24:48.140" UserId="1233" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;ms-office&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;network-account&gt;" />
  <row Id="15654" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8789" RevisionGUID="40eee224-84b3-409f-abd8-a279683f8148" CreationDate="2009-05-15T20:27:24.813" UserId="1561" Text="You're trying to resolve an address as a domain.  While you can do that, there is no guarantee that you'll get what you're after.  What you really want is for your MTA to pick up the MX record for comcast.net, and not just resolve to comcast.net.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, it sounds like you're attempting delivery to the MTA at a server named &quot;comcast.net&quot;, but I suspect [you really want to attempt delivery to **smtp.comcast.net** instead][1].  I'm sure you'll have a bit more luck with that address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.doublemule.com/comcast-blocks-email-smtp-port-25/" />
  <row Id="15655" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8790" RevisionGUID="ef8b125e-11bb-4fbb-af73-0677c743e0b3" CreationDate="2009-05-15T20:28:51.550" UserId="45" Text="Using PCL 6 XL (Enhanced) printer drivers, PCL XL error pages usually indicate a communication problem. The error can also be caused by an incompatibility between the Enhanced XL language and the software application that is associated with the file being printed, Adobe Photoshop Album in your case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The procedure in this [HP support document][1] for a different Laserjet model should help determining the source of the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&amp;cc=us&amp;objectID=c00064499" />
  <row Id="15656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8791" RevisionGUID="32f6d0a3-3abe-46fe-bc52-e8dab611b3e6" CreationDate="2009-05-15T20:34:03.570" UserId="2253" Text="There are A (and MX, too) records for comcast.net. Therefore, I strongly suspect a DNS issue. You should debug your DNS resolver first. For instance, what do `dig A comcast.net` or ` dig MX comcast.net` yield? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the problem is temporary, then you'll have to perform the dig when the problem occurs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And, no, it is perfectly legal to **not** have A records. " />
  <row Id="15657" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8792" RevisionGUID="c7737ece-1a1f-4130-85dc-cded355330a5" CreationDate="2009-05-15T20:35:07.860" UserId="2567" Text="That error occurs when a chunk of code (in this case, the `mod_proxy` module) looks for the symbol `ap_timeout_parameter_parse` and can't find it in either the apache core or any loaded modules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should try restarting apache by hand; if that doesn't work, recompile apache and all its modules (including `mod_proxy`), then restart it again. `ap_timeout_parameter_parse` exists in the core, so you should get `mod_proxy` working again by just recompiling apache; however, it's better to recompile everything so your modules and core are consistent with each other." />
  <row Id="15658" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7448" RevisionGUID="51a8f25c-2b68-4dca-9517-27ebb50dec45" CreationDate="2009-05-15T20:37:21.880" UserId="2433" Comment="Added tag" Text="&lt;windows-server-2000&gt;&lt;batch-file&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="15659" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8793" RevisionGUID="84b23480-23e3-4fb6-9fdc-c36f395e51b3" CreationDate="2009-05-15T20:47:59.973" UserId="1054" Text="I use &quot;box&quot; and &quot;machine&quot; when just talking in everyday speech.  If I'm presenting or talking to a group or management then I'll use more appropriate terms &quot;PC&quot;, &quot;Server&quot;, &quot;Workstation&quot;, &quot;Client&quot;, etc. based on the scenario of the discussion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If *any* of them are acting up then they immediately get termed demon spawn." />
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  <row Id="15662" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8767" RevisionGUID="70c22fbe-79a9-4265-a25f-f6d7605fabf0" CreationDate="2009-05-15T20:59:09.300" UserId="2643" Comment="Added registry tag" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;dll&gt;&lt;login&gt;&lt;registry&gt;" />
  <row Id="15665" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8794" RevisionGUID="1ebd0cf6-f90c-4515-bfd7-946dcf32b7ef" CreationDate="2009-05-15T21:22:17.220" UserId="1054" Text="We all have them, let's share some stories about them.  What kind of support person are you?  Kudos to explanations of how you [un]civilly dealt with them!" />
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  <row Id="15667" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8794" RevisionGUID="1ebd0cf6-f90c-4515-bfd7-946dcf32b7ef" CreationDate="2009-05-15T21:22:17.220" UserId="1054" Text="&lt;users&gt;&lt;support&gt;&lt;experience&gt;" />
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  <row Id="15669" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8795" RevisionGUID="0a06a031-35ec-4150-b2a0-20a5bc9d3f39" CreationDate="2009-05-15T21:28:43.387" UserId="1054" Text="I'd like to compile an extensive list of folders to look through in Windows where user data might be hiding, specifically when migrating to a new machine or backing up your data to reload your existing machine with a reformat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Existing tools to perform said task would also be helpful!" />
  <row Id="15670" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8795" RevisionGUID="0a06a031-35ec-4150-b2a0-20a5bc9d3f39" CreationDate="2009-05-15T21:28:43.387" UserId="1054" Text="Data folders to check in Windows when migrating data" />
  <row Id="15671" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8795" RevisionGUID="0a06a031-35ec-4150-b2a0-20a5bc9d3f39" CreationDate="2009-05-15T21:28:43.387" UserId="1054" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="15672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8796" RevisionGUID="3f185f5c-289f-4132-81b2-68a993e9911b" CreationDate="2009-05-15T21:30:28.657" UserId="2498" Text="For physical computers typically it's a server, machine, box, laptop, or desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For virtual computers I think the term VM or vitrual machine is the defacto standard." />
  <row Id="15673" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8796" RevisionGUID="3f185f5c-289f-4132-81b2-68a993e9911b" CreationDate="2009-05-15T21:30:28.657" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15674" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8794" RevisionGUID="c5b5afda-6c95-46ff-a535-053875d4502d" CreationDate="2009-05-15T21:30:55.647" UserId="942" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;users&gt;&lt;support&gt;&lt;experience&gt;" />
  <row Id="15675" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8797" RevisionGUID="0c31df0d-cbd3-46a0-98a6-967068a37d9f" CreationDate="2009-05-15T21:36:22.970" UserId="2646" Text="I am currently investigating for a new web application stack for my web server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;C# looks great because it is a compiled language which seems to run quite well without too much CPU and does not consume too much memory. And StackOverflow and ServerFault are good examples of an MVC/.Net/C# stack that scales.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;C# is also interesting because despite being compiled, it still has a lot of advanced features as a language only found on slower interpreted language.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My server being Linux only (Ubuntu 8.04 LTS), I am wondering if installing Mono in place of the .Net framework is a good idea for production use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I currently do not have any existing applications using .Net but I am interested in using existing frameworks (like MS MVC)." />
  <row Id="15676" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8797" RevisionGUID="0c31df0d-cbd3-46a0-98a6-967068a37d9f" CreationDate="2009-05-15T21:36:22.970" UserId="2646" Text="Is Mono stable and fast enough for web production ?" />
  <row Id="15677" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8797" RevisionGUID="0c31df0d-cbd3-46a0-98a6-967068a37d9f" CreationDate="2009-05-15T21:36:22.970" UserId="2646" Text="&lt;c#&gt;&lt;mono&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;.net&gt;&lt;stack&gt;" />
  <row Id="15678" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8798" RevisionGUID="b0de5bf9-6a9d-4883-980b-d0e1a2f48ef3" CreationDate="2009-05-15T21:37:57.413" UserId="2302" Text="*Most* user date should end up in the appropriate \Documents and Settings\ folder (\Users\ and \ProgramData on Vista).  I usually do a quick search for any folders containing the user's login name as well." />
  <row Id="15679" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8799" RevisionGUID="a309ab58-3dc8-4f08-9615-7704e3f4598e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T21:41:22.633" UserId="2502" Text="Friend of mine working for a MS Consulting place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;He gets sent to a company to remove their spyware and set them up on a domain with ISA as a proxy, windows XP Desktops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;He goes through and uninstalls everything people weren't supposed to have according to the business owner, installs and runs all the AV stuff, and then joins them all to a domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Comes back the next day and a lady is violently angry and crying about her &quot;Coacoa&quot; is gone.  Demands that he lets her reinstall Bonzai buddy.  He says no, she rages, the boss says &quot;no&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The next day he is still there as support and the lady has brought in a sony vaio she apparently bought at best buy to get her bonzai buddy back.  She was equally irate when she could not put this laptop online due to the proxy server only allowing computers on the domain." />
  <row Id="15680" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8799" RevisionGUID="a309ab58-3dc8-4f08-9615-7704e3f4598e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T21:41:22.633" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8800" RevisionGUID="b6e4c7aa-511d-46cc-9fe1-bdeb45251329" CreationDate="2009-05-15T21:45:47.947" UserId="2302" Text="ASP MVC is new enough that it [might take a little while][1] for things to be ironed out on the Mono implementation.  However for plain old ASP .NET Mono works great for C# or [precompiled][2] sites in other languages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/202430/asp-net-mvc-preview-5-on-mono&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mono-project.com/Release_Notes_Mono_2.4" />
  <row Id="15682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8801" RevisionGUID="cfaf7400-d8a0-4694-99fd-14f4b022ae87" CreationDate="2009-05-15T21:51:01.633" UserId="1054" Text="My favorite was when I first started out in desktop support.  I had an admin who was constantly hollering about how crappy her PC was, regardless of how good a mood she was in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One day, though, she was in a particularly foul mood at the end of the day and something one her machine was fanning the flames when I got there.  She again used the opportunity to &quot;eplain to me&quot; how the &quot;temp at the end of the aisle gets _state of the art_ equipment and she, who has been working here for years, gets this POS sitting in front of her.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That did it for me.  Since it was the end of the day, anyway, I stayed a few minutes longer to inspect this &quot;state of the art&quot; equipment, which turned out to be a 486 33mhz (compared to her 486 100mhz) with half the RAM and disk space and no CD Rom drive.  The temp's monitor was a year older, as well.  The thing that made it state of the art was the new shiny white case it came in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I sent her an email detailing this and, oddly enough, after that I was her best friend..." />
  <row Id="15683" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8801" RevisionGUID="cfaf7400-d8a0-4694-99fd-14f4b022ae87" CreationDate="2009-05-15T21:51:01.633" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15684" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8801" RevisionGUID="2e59ac99-11a1-4a5c-bd2a-3667820b0b7d" CreationDate="2009-05-15T21:57:37.240" UserId="1054" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="My favorite was when I first started out in desktop support.  I had an admin who was constantly hollering about how crappy her PC was, regardless of how good a mood she was in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One day, though, she was in a particularly foul mood at the end of the day and something one her machine was fanning the flames when I got there.  She again used the opportunity to &quot;explain to me&quot; how the &quot;temp at the end of the aisle gets _state of the art_ equipment and she, who has been working here for years, gets this POS sitting in front of her.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That did it for me.  Since it was the end of the day, anyway, I stayed a few minutes longer to inspect this &quot;state of the art&quot; equipment, which turned out to be a 486 33mhz (compared to her 486 100mhz) with half the RAM and disk space and no CD Rom drive.  The temp's monitor was a year older, as well.  The thing that made it state of the art was the new shiny white case it came in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I sent her an email detailing this and, oddly enough, after that I was her best friend..." />
  <row Id="15685" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8735" RevisionGUID="40fd69ab-19b0-4d20-ab04-05094d7f0727" CreationDate="2009-05-15T21:59:32.637" UserId="1561" Comment="added 48 characters in body" Text="A Beginniner:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has less than 4 years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Has to rely on binary packages for everything&#xD;&#xA; - Has never seen an old kernel (i.e. only knows 2.6.x series)&#xD;&#xA; - Hasn't figured out that the commands and directory locations are different in each distro; often, they only know of one they are starting out on, and can become confused when their environment has switched.&#xD;&#xA; - Can't script common commands and often do everything manually.&#xD;&#xA; - Needs assistance in performing diagnostics on a troubled system, although they function independently on lighter issues.&#xD;&#xA; - Is still learning from others things that the &quot;Seasoned&quot; admins already know.&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that is still &quot;green' - they are self-assured but appear cocky.  This can lead to friction with end-users, developers, and management.  Troublesome end-users can often get them to do something that a seasoned admin would immediately deny.  Developers don't have much to talk about with them, but may teach them a thing or two about scripting.  Management usually wants someone more seasoned and will not bother them unless there are limited choices.&#xD;&#xA; - They often do not have a complete picture of your core business and how it generates revenue, although they do understand procedural-level positions in the company.  As such, they can identify the needs of regular staff throughout the company, but do not necessarily understand the interactions of all company units.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the admins that start out in junior level positions.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A (stereotypical) impression: &quot;This person's got potential, they just need time to make it shine.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Seasoned Admin:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has 5+ years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Can download and compile tools/utilities/services, and can recompile a kernel&#xD;&#xA; - Has seen older kernels (2.2 and 2.4 series)&#xD;&#xA; - Can adapt to a different distro, or has experience in 2 or more distros.&#xD;&#xA; - Can do simple scripting to automate tasks.&#xD;&#xA; - Can perform diagnostics on their own, but require time to pinpoint the issue&#xD;&#xA; - Can function on their own, but have no management experience, or limited supervisory experience; they often tutor and instruct junior-level admins.&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that is &quot;seasoned&quot; - they are observant and reserved, but will always be pleasant without being technical.  This leads to confidence when dealing with end-users, developers, and management, and ultimately, a deep-seated sense of trust that this person will &quot;get the job done&quot;.  End-users will usually consult these folks first, but troublemakers will sometimes attempt to &quot;game the system&quot; and get them to do something they wouldn't (although the admin will know better and deny it).  Developers will consult with this person about common issues.  Management will sometimes ask for special tasks to be performed (vetted, of course, through the Guru) and they will accomplish this to their satisfaction.&#xD;&#xA; - They understand the core revenue model of your business, and how this inter-relates with other positions and procedures.  They can design custom solutions around this knowledge, and can find ways to decrease operational expenses.  They cannot, however, create new revenue sources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the admins the Guru will initially hire.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another stereotypical impression: &quot;This person has been around the block, and has the war wounds to prove it.  If my back was against the wall, I'd put my trust in them.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Guru:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has 9+ years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Can perform code-level customization of a kernel before recompile, either by reconfiguration or by writing new code&#xD;&#xA; - Has seen very old kernels (2.0 or 1.3 series)&#xD;&#xA; - Has experience with very difficult-to-install installations (Slackware *prior to version 9*, Gentoo, Linux From Scratch)&#xD;&#xA; - Can do complex scripting, sometimes writing complete tools for other staffers.&#xD;&#xA; - Immediately knows all potential causes of a problem and can look at each solution without additional diagnostics&#xD;&#xA; - Has functioned in a supervisory or management capacity with at least one other person for at least 3 years.&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that borders on &quot;happy but zen-like'.  They are quiet, focused, and have an uncanny means of knowing what to say and when, while putting everyone they talk to at ease.  End-users often do not notice this person because they function well at what they do, yet troublemakers are quick to fear their presence; developers will consult with this person about difficult issues; and management trusts them with staffing and employment decisions.&#xD;&#xA; - They have intricate knowledge of your business process, and how your company's cash flow interacts with capital outlays, staffing, and on-going maintenance.  They can find creative ways to create new revenue sources within your business model.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the person you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another (really bad) stereotype: &quot;[Grey beard, suspenders...they must be one of those all-knowning Unix admins!][1]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tomayko.com/writings/that-dilbert-cartoon" />
  <row Id="15686" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8795" RevisionGUID="b7bcb939-ad11-489f-bd5a-848cf0558fa4" CreationDate="2009-05-15T22:02:40.320" UserId="1054" Comment="added 90 characters in body" Text="I'd like to compile an extensive list of folders to look through in Windows where user data might be hiding, specifically when migrating to a new machine or backing up your data to reload your existing machine with a reformat.  Should include system settings folders &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Existing tools to perform said task would also be helpful!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**&#xD;&#xA;Let's also make it XP and later..." />
  <row Id="15687" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8735" RevisionGUID="a90f0dd0-e54b-45e9-9507-9258ec87f96e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T22:05:39.427" UserId="1561" Comment="added 22 characters in body" Text="A Beginniner:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has less than 4 years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Has to rely on binary packages for everything&#xD;&#xA; - Has never seen an old kernel (i.e. only knows 2.6.x series)&#xD;&#xA; - Hasn't figured out that the commands and directory locations are different in each distro; often, they only know of one they are starting out on, and can become confused when their environment has switched.&#xD;&#xA; - Can't script common commands and often do everything manually.&#xD;&#xA; - Needs assistance in performing diagnostics on a troubled system, although they function independently on lighter issues.&#xD;&#xA; - Is still learning from others things that the &quot;Seasoned&quot; admins already know.&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that is still &quot;green' - they are self-assured (rightly so), but appear cocky to some.  This can lead to friction with end-users, developers, and management.  Troublesome end-users can often get them to do something that a seasoned admin would immediately deny.  Developers don't have much to talk about with them, but may teach them a thing or two about scripting.  Management usually wants someone more seasoned and will not bother them unless there are limited choices.&#xD;&#xA; - They often do not have a complete picture of your core business and how it generates revenue, although they do understand procedural-level positions in the company.  As such, they can identify the needs of regular staff throughout the company, but do not necessarily understand the interactions of all company units.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the admins that start out in junior level positions.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A (stereotypical) impression: &quot;This person's got potential, they just need time to make it shine.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Seasoned Admin:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has 5+ years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Can download and compile tools/utilities/services, and can recompile a kernel&#xD;&#xA; - Has seen older kernels (2.2 and 2.4 series)&#xD;&#xA; - Can adapt to a different distro, or has experience in 2 or more distros.&#xD;&#xA; - Can do simple scripting to automate tasks.&#xD;&#xA; - Can perform diagnostics on their own, but require time to pinpoint the issue&#xD;&#xA; - Can function on their own, but have no management experience, or limited supervisory experience; they often tutor and instruct junior-level admins.&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that is &quot;seasoned&quot; - they are observant and reserved, but will always be pleasant without being technical.  This leads to confidence when dealing with end-users, developers, and management, and ultimately, a deep-seated sense of trust that this person will &quot;get the job done&quot;.  End-users will usually consult these folks first, but troublemakers will sometimes attempt to &quot;game the system&quot; and get them to do something they wouldn't (although the admin will know better and deny it).  Developers will consult with this person about common issues.  Management will sometimes ask for special tasks to be performed (vetted, of course, through the Guru) and they will accomplish this to their satisfaction.&#xD;&#xA; - They understand the core revenue model of your business, and how this inter-relates with other positions and procedures.  They can design custom solutions around this knowledge, and can find ways to decrease operational expenses.  They cannot, however, create new revenue sources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the admins the Guru will initially hire.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another stereotypical impression: &quot;This person has been around the block, and has the war wounds to prove it.  If my back was against the wall, I'd put my trust in them.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Guru:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has 9+ years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Can perform code-level customization of a kernel before recompile, either by reconfiguration or by writing new code&#xD;&#xA; - Has seen very old kernels (2.0 or 1.3 series)&#xD;&#xA; - Has experience with very difficult-to-install installations (Slackware *prior to version 9*, Gentoo, Linux From Scratch)&#xD;&#xA; - Can do complex scripting, sometimes writing complete tools for other staffers.&#xD;&#xA; - Immediately knows all potential causes of a problem and can look at each solution without additional diagnostics&#xD;&#xA; - Has functioned in a supervisory or management capacity with at least one other person for at least 3 years.&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that borders on &quot;happy but zen-like'.  They are quiet, focused, and have an uncanny means of knowing what to say and when, while putting everyone they talk to at ease.  End-users often do not notice this person because they function well at what they do, yet troublemakers are quick to fear their presence; developers will consult with this person about difficult issues; and management trusts them with staffing and employment decisions.&#xD;&#xA; - They have intricate knowledge of your business process, and how your company's cash flow interacts with capital outlays, staffing, and on-going maintenance.  They can find creative ways to create new revenue sources within your business model.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the person you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another (really bad) stereotype: &quot;[Grey beard, suspenders...they must be one of those all-knowning Unix admins!][1]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tomayko.com/writings/that-dilbert-cartoon" />
  <row Id="15688" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8802" RevisionGUID="90f14537-56a5-43e8-a040-2dab2d712741" CreationDate="2009-05-15T22:10:45.673" UserId="2646" Text="I like [Gandi][1] (but they are in France which may not be the best option for you).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I really like their flexible architecture that let's you add server parts hourly to increase your processing power.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://gandi.net" />
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  <row Id="15690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8803" RevisionGUID="8d9ea333-be41-4f86-a2ba-3f0521a2660d" CreationDate="2009-05-15T22:11:40.760" UserId="2567" Text="You should always check all user home directories (&quot;Documents and Settings&quot; on XP; &quot;Users&quot; and &quot;ProgramData&quot; on Vista). Make sure you don't leave out hidden folders like Local Settings or Application Data - many a user has gotten angry with me because I forgot to grab their IE bookmarks when migrating or recovering data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also look for other folders the user might be using - if an application creates user profiles in its installation directory rather than in the user's home directory, get that as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, I always check in the root of drives - lots of users sometimes create extra folders or store files in `C:\`, just because it's fairly easily accessible from My Computer. Once I found a user who stored a 10GB+ music library entirely in the root of the C drive, and would have been very unhappy to have lost while getting a new system." />
  <row Id="15691" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8784" RevisionGUID="911dc4e2-c63e-4457-91c2-7621bc3f20d4" CreationDate="2009-05-15T22:12:58.323" UserId="1561" Comment="added 48 characters in body" Text=" - *Do you use an antistatic wrist strap when working on hardware?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Do they really work?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Have you ever fried some hardware that would have been saved if you had been wearing one?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes.  *Once, a long time ago.*  That &quot;proved&quot; the issue to me very quickly in a very painful fashion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *I know some people who wear them religiously and others who say they are a waste of time.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't care about the dollar amount of the hardware you're attempting to protect, then yes, it's a waste of time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Frying an $800 high-end RAID controller card because someone didn't take anti-static precautions, well...let's just say that was a bad choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I now wear one whenever I work on equipment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It takes only a few hundred volts to fry a circuit.  To feel a static discharge, you need to have thousands of volts.  In other words, you can kill chips easily without knowing it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15692" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8804" RevisionGUID="11de3784-a0cb-43ac-8311-cd3fb29cbd69" CreationDate="2009-05-15T22:43:36.277" UserId="1435" Text="I once got to rollout some software we'd developed to 110 of my company's offices, literally all around the world. Everyone we met was wonderful except this one woman in Frankfurt. After the initial deployment she would stamp her feet and complain about the smallest of details, she'd never do anything over the phone, so we had to keep revisiting. I had to return back to that city five further times in the space of a month just to change the odd thing here and there!" />
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  <row Id="15694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8805" RevisionGUID="2f454844-f638-4046-b3f3-8f42497f75fa" CreationDate="2009-05-15T22:46:33.743" UserId="1382" Text="Inspired by my previous question [here][1], I've been experimenting with PSExec.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The goal is to trip off some fairly simple scripts / programs on one WindowsXP machine from another, and as PowerShell 2 doesn't yet do remoting on XP, PSexec seems like it'll solve my problems nicely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I can't get anything but the &quot;Access is Denied&quot; error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what I've tried so far:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've got a pair of WindowsXP MCE machines, networked together in a workgroup without a server or domain controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've turned off &quot;simple file sharing&quot; on both machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Under the security policy, Network Access: Sharing and Security model for local accounts is set to Classic, not Guest for both machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is an Administrative user for each computer that I know the passwords to. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With all that, a command like &quot;**&gt; psexec \\otherComputer -u adminUser cmd**&quot; prompts for the password (like it should) and then exits with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Couldn't access otherComputer:&#xD;&#xA;    Access is denied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, at this point I turn to the community.  What step am I missing here?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8398/is-there-a-way-to-get-powershell-2s-remoting-features-to-work-between-xp-machine" />
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  <row Id="15700" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8807" RevisionGUID="bac95724-e918-4bfa-b0b4-c311ed763415" CreationDate="2009-05-15T23:00:07.357" UserId="1561" Text="    sudo apt-get update&#xD;&#xA;    sudo dpkg --configure -a&#xD;&#xA;    sudo apt-get update&#xD;&#xA;    sudo apt-get dist-upgrade&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1st line refreshes the current level of the repo you're downloading against&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2nd line reconfigures any packages that are in a &quot;bad&quot; state&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3rd line is in there just in case the repository &quot;moves&quot; to the new version during the &#xD;&#xA;2nd line's process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4th line should finish the job." />
  <row Id="15701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8808" RevisionGUID="86f9328e-ee93-4758-8817-52fb82a87c5a" CreationDate="2009-05-15T23:02:53.030" UserId="2367" Text="This is not for hacking!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We recently migrated away from a old and rusty Linux/Samba domain to an active directory. We had a custom little interface to manage accounts there. It always stored the passwords of all users and all service accounts in cleartext in a secure location (Of course, many of you will certainly not think of this a being secure, but without real exploits nobody could read that) and disabled password changing on the samba domain controller.&#xD;&#xA;In addition, no user can ever select his own passwords, we create them using pwgen. We don't change them every 40 days or so, but only every 2 years to reward employees for really learning them and NOT writing them down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We need the passwords to e.g. go into user accounts and modify settings that are too complicated for group policies or to help users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These might certainly be controversial policies, but I want to continue them on AD.&#xD;&#xA;Now I save new accounts and their PWGEN-generated (pwgen creates nice sounding random words with nice amounts of vowels, consonants and numbers) manually into the old text-file that the old scripts used to maintain automatically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I get this functionality back in AD?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I see that there is &quot;reversible encryption&quot; in AD accounts, probably for challenge response authentication systems that need the cleartext password stored on the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a script that displays all these passwords? That would be great. &#xD;&#xA;(Again: I trust my DC not to be compromised.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or can I have a plugin into AD users&amp;computers that gets a notification of every new password and stores it into a file?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On clients that is possible with GINA-dlls, they can get notified about passwords and get the cleartext." />
  <row Id="15702" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8808" RevisionGUID="86f9328e-ee93-4758-8817-52fb82a87c5a" CreationDate="2009-05-15T23:02:53.030" UserId="2367" Text="Can I get all active directory passwords in clear text using reversible encryption?" />
  <row Id="15703" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8808" RevisionGUID="86f9328e-ee93-4758-8817-52fb82a87c5a" CreationDate="2009-05-15T23:02:53.030" UserId="2367" Text="&lt;password&gt;&lt;password-recovery&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;helpdesk&gt;" />
  <row Id="15707" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8811" RevisionGUID="d2a28fcc-b5aa-4b1b-968b-9e09125a4ccc" CreationDate="2009-05-15T23:09:52.880" UserId="2623" Text="If you type &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; \\\computername&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;into my computer and authenticated as adminUser does it work? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I assume you did use a double slash and the system stripped it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You do need the standard windows file sharing turned on and allowed through the firewall for this to work." />
  <row Id="15709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8812" RevisionGUID="788f25ec-ad35-4c16-9614-a4d8a9dd869d" CreationDate="2009-05-15T23:11:27.043" UserId="2318" Text="**Do you have any general rules that you fall back on when you troubleshoot a difficult network/hardware/software problem?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Eg: &quot;i isolate the source of the problem by testing a peripheral with a second computer&quot; or &quot;i remove as much hardware as is possible to power up the device, and then add devices one by one until i can reproduce the problem&quot; etc*" />
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  <row Id="15712" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8813" RevisionGUID="3be1c2ef-e934-4539-b6c7-26547fb1dd29" CreationDate="2009-05-15T23:13:53.480" UserId="2623" Text="I reccomend both [ClarkConnect][1] and smoothwall (already mentioned), both have very easy to use front-ends. Easy of update and low maintenance would be a big plus point to both of these, however they may not be *as* secure as a full linux distribution acting as a firewall / gateway as they present a management web page to the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.clarkconnect.com/" />
  <row Id="15713" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8812" RevisionGUID="788f25ec-ad35-4c16-9614-a4d8a9dd869d" CreationDate="2009-05-15T23:14:24.947" UserId="2318" />
  <row Id="15714" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8805" RevisionGUID="59d8a053-c815-4c5a-9660-d59f6760ea8c" CreationDate="2009-05-15T23:17:03.007" UserId="1382" Comment="fixed command formatting" Text="Inspired by my previous question [here][1], I've been experimenting with PSExec.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The goal is to trip off some fairly simple scripts / programs on one WindowsXP machine from another, and as PowerShell 2 doesn't yet do remoting on XP, PSexec seems like it'll solve my problems nicely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I can't get anything but the &quot;Access is Denied&quot; error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what I've tried so far:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've got a pair of WindowsXP MCE machines, networked together in a workgroup without a server or domain controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've turned off &quot;simple file sharing&quot; on both machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Under the security policy, Network Access: Sharing and Security model for local accounts is set to Classic, not Guest for both machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is an Administrative user for each computer that I know the passwords to. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With all that, a command like &quot;`&gt; psexec \\otherComputer -u adminUser cmd`&quot; prompts for the password (like it should) and then exits with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Couldn't access otherComputer:&#xD;&#xA;    Access is denied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, at this point I turn to the community.  What step am I missing here?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8398/is-there-a-way-to-get-powershell-2s-remoting-features-to-work-between-xp-machine" />
  <row Id="15715" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8814" RevisionGUID="d1452e8d-2db4-469a-9805-6b4b24a80d25" CreationDate="2009-05-15T23:17:13.663" UserId="984" Text="I like to fall back to the [scientific method][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    1. Define the question&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    2. Gather information and resources (observe)&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    3. Form hypothesis&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    4. Perform experiment and collect data&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    5. Analyze data&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    6. Interpret data and draw conclusions that serve as a starting&#xD;&#xA;&gt; point for new hypothesis&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    7. Document Results&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a general rule I always like to try and double check my basic assumptions.  Does it have power, is it plugged in, is the wiring good.  It is very annoying to spend hours on trying to look at a software issue when you have a loose cable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method" />
  <row Id="15716" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8814" RevisionGUID="d1452e8d-2db4-469a-9805-6b4b24a80d25" CreationDate="2009-05-15T23:17:13.663" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15717" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8814" RevisionGUID="6a727972-36c8-4a57-bbc5-5575c8638d34" CreationDate="2009-05-15T23:22:14.840" UserId="984" Comment="added 515 characters in body" Text="I like to fall back to the [scientific method][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    1. Define the question&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    2. Gather information and resources (observe)&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    3. Form hypothesis&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    4. Perform experiment and collect data&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    5. Analyze data&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    6. Interpret data and draw conclusions that serve as a starting&#xD;&#xA;&gt; point for new hypothesis&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    7. Document Results&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a general rule I always like to try and double check my basic assumptions.  Does it have power, is it plugged in, is the wiring good.  It is very annoying to spend hours on trying to look at a software issue when you have a loose cable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I find it very important during the hypothesis creation phase to actually come up with as many possible causes of the problem as I can.  Then I try and choose ideas to test first based on how easy it is to test, and how probable the idea is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is also important to get help.  Consult your coworkers, vendor, or whoever is the most knowledgeable about systems in question if you can.  Don't spend lots of time spinning your wheels on a problem if there is someone available that can help you solve the issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method" />
  <row Id="15718" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8815" RevisionGUID="af3cfbf1-3ee5-430e-8ff8-de06d3656b07" CreationDate="2009-05-15T23:22:44.013" UserId="1645" Text="I start by checking the obvious. Is there an error message explaining what the problem is? Is everything connected properly? I don't like wasting several hours troubleshooting something that could have been solved in a few minutes. I think it's possible to be too methodical. I've seen people waste an entire day reproducing a problem despite the fact I told them precisely what the problem was. That's not what I pay them for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the answer isn't obvious, line up some suspects and test those first. Only after you test the likely suspects should you test the unlikely suspects. Then you can be as scientific as you want." />
  <row Id="15719" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8815" RevisionGUID="af3cfbf1-3ee5-430e-8ff8-de06d3656b07" CreationDate="2009-05-15T23:22:44.013" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15720" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8812" RevisionGUID="d5196217-c3ce-41ba-a40e-28b361ff060e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T23:25:13.680" UserId="2318" Comment="added 8 characters in body" Text="**Do you have any general rules that you fall back on when you troubleshoot a difficult network/hardware/software problem?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Eg: &quot;i isolate the source of the problem by testing a peripheral with a second computer&quot; or &quot;i remove as much hardware as is possible to power up the device, and then add back components one by one until i can reproduce the problem&quot; etc*" />
  <row Id="15721" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8814" RevisionGUID="472ad203-98ac-4a24-ba35-933816bd2125" CreationDate="2009-05-15T23:35:01.933" UserId="984" Comment="added 93 characters in body" Text="I like to fall back to the [scientific method][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    1. Define the question&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    2. Gather information and resources (observe)&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    3. Form hypothesis&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    4. Perform experiment and collect data&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    5. Analyze data&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    6. Interpret data and draw conclusions that serve as a starting&#xD;&#xA;&gt; point for new hypothesis&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    7. Document Results&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a general rule I always like to try and double check my basic assumptions.  Does it have power, is it plugged in, is the wiring good.  It is very annoying to spend hours on trying to look at a software issue when you have a loose cable.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I find it very important during the hypothesis creation phase to actually come up with as many possible causes of the problem as I can.  Then I try and choose ideas to test first based on how easy it is to test, and how probable the idea is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is also important to get help.  Consult your coworkers, vendor, or whoever is the most knowledgeable about systems in question if you can.  Don't spend lots of time spinning your wheels on a problem if there is someone available that can help you solve the issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;O'Reilly has a good book [Network Troubleshooting Tools][2] that has a good set of steps to follow that is very similar to scientific method.  I found the book very useful and strongly recommend it.  The book goes into a lot more detail and suggests many useful tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From [Network Troubleshooting Tools][3]&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    1. State your goal&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    2. Define the system&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    3. Identify possible outcomes&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    4. Identify and select what you will measure&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    5. If appropriate identify test paramaters and factors&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    6. Select tools&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    7. Establish measurement constraints&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    8. Review experimental design&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    9. Collect data&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    10. Analyze data&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See Also: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 3COM has a [troubleshooting guide][4]&#xD;&#xA; - [Murphy's law][5] - Anything that can possibly go wrong, does.&#xD;&#xA; - [Occam's_razor][6] - All other things being equal, the simplest solution is the best.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596001865/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596001865/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/netmgt/tncsunix/product/091500/c1ovrvw.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy%27s_law&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor" />
  <row Id="15725" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8816" RevisionGUID="4fe56b18-89e9-41a4-bec8-32f71b7640c3" CreationDate="2009-05-15T23:42:18.113" UserId="2423" Text="I once had a client go on a rampage when his internet failed. He grabbed me by the arm, pulled me into the server, and started hollering about how he was going to tear everything out and throw it away and how we were the worst technical services people on the planet  etc etc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Believe it or not, this ranting went on for the better part of a full hour. The man got a full head of steam.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I itemized it on the invoice we sent him, &quot;1 hour of insane uncontrollable ranting&quot; at our highest rate ($90/hr).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remarkably he actually paid the bill..." />
  <row Id="15726" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8816" RevisionGUID="4fe56b18-89e9-41a4-bec8-32f71b7640c3" CreationDate="2009-05-15T23:42:18.113" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8817" RevisionGUID="2a93eb6c-eba4-4c2a-88fa-3a8537ef79bd" CreationDate="2009-05-15T23:50:51.207" UserId="942" Text="For example, how does *mount* decide if the current user has permissions to mount a filesystem? From what I know, it checks the *fstab* file and the group the user belongs to (I think plugdev, at least on Ubuntu).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are those settings hard-coded into the program, or where does it get them? For example, say I wanted to give users in another group the ability to mount a filesystem, how does one do that?" />
  <row Id="15728" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8817" RevisionGUID="2a93eb6c-eba4-4c2a-88fa-3a8537ef79bd" CreationDate="2009-05-15T23:50:51.207" UserId="942" Text="How does user/group security work on Linux?" />
  <row Id="15729" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8817" RevisionGUID="2a93eb6c-eba4-4c2a-88fa-3a8537ef79bd" CreationDate="2009-05-15T23:50:51.207" UserId="942" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;user-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="15732" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8818" RevisionGUID="05688170-0496-4992-8672-2443ef4ba734" CreationDate="2009-05-15T23:58:53.547" UserId="2467" Text="You would have to get the hashes (either LM or NTLM) and do a dictionary attack on them. Anyone with a moderately complex password would be nearly impossible to discover. Don't enable &quot;reversible encryption&quot; - you need to change the way you manage passwords. " />
  <row Id="15733" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8819" RevisionGUID="ecbbe18b-f922-4719-b172-11a5c54cc1b8" CreationDate="2009-05-16T00:00:17.023" UserId="942" Text="In a Linux network, is it possible to manage permissions granulary from a central location?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Say I have an LDAP server where users can authenticate, can I manage permissions from there?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm talking about permissions to servers (like SAMBA), but also inside their own machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What other ways to manage them?" />
  <row Id="15734" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8819" RevisionGUID="ecbbe18b-f922-4719-b172-11a5c54cc1b8" CreationDate="2009-05-16T00:00:17.023" UserId="942" Text="Managing Linux users remotely" />
  <row Id="15735" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8819" RevisionGUID="ecbbe18b-f922-4719-b172-11a5c54cc1b8" CreationDate="2009-05-16T00:00:17.023" UserId="942" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;user-management&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="15736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8820" RevisionGUID="164a5199-52ea-4b85-afeb-220d956aa27d" CreationDate="2009-05-16T00:02:31.577" UserId="942" Text="Is it possible to prevent users from running certain programs on their Linux computers? Is there a whitelist method? A blacklist?" />
  <row Id="15737" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8820" RevisionGUID="164a5199-52ea-4b85-afeb-220d956aa27d" CreationDate="2009-05-16T00:02:31.577" UserId="942" Text="Preventing users from running certain programs" />
  <row Id="15738" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8820" RevisionGUID="164a5199-52ea-4b85-afeb-220d956aa27d" CreationDate="2009-05-16T00:02:31.577" UserId="942" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="15739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8821" RevisionGUID="baafe976-021b-4f65-aa81-809f0b43e63a" CreationDate="2009-05-16T00:03:07.300" UserId="2467" Text="Generally I ask &quot;What has changed that might have caused this problem&quot;?&#xD;&#xA;Most issues are caused by changes to known good configurations. If you can isolate who did the change then you usually get your answer." />
  <row Id="15740" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8821" RevisionGUID="baafe976-021b-4f65-aa81-809f0b43e63a" CreationDate="2009-05-16T00:03:07.300" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15741" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8822" RevisionGUID="b2d8f885-324d-4cd6-8a8e-b503a3bf2b27" CreationDate="2009-05-16T00:09:10.990" UserId="471" Text="A long time ago, I decided to change the mount point of my data partition. So I created a new directory, changed the mount point in /etc/fstab, and deleted the directory it was previously mounted on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The thing is I only realized that the partitions was still mounted on the old directory when nautilus showed me a progress bar (for what should be a 4Kb deletion). Thankfully I was able to cancel it before a great damage was done, but I did lose some files." />
  <row Id="15742" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8822" RevisionGUID="b2d8f885-324d-4cd6-8a8e-b503a3bf2b27" CreationDate="2009-05-16T00:09:10.990" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8823" RevisionGUID="6961ab3c-7fdc-4db2-a2e0-4b163a65b9f5" CreationDate="2009-05-16T00:18:21.800" UserId="984" Text="I haven't used it but something like [Puppet][1] should set [permissions][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have used [rdist][3] to push and run a script scripts on a few hosts I manage.  It would be easy enough to add the commands needed to set permissions to the script you push.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/Recipes/FilePermissionCheck&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.magnicomp.com/rdist/" />
  <row Id="15744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8824" RevisionGUID="9842b535-d8e0-4a9d-88e3-826ba49508ef" CreationDate="2009-05-16T00:24:02.040" UserId="1054" Text="Use groups and deny execute on the programs.  Or are you looking for more than that?" />
  <row Id="15746" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8826" RevisionGUID="4feab968-088c-4f4f-95b9-3c52899c76c4" CreationDate="2009-05-16T00:27:23.563" UserId="984" Text="The simple solution may be to simply remove execute permissions.  But I suspect there are ways to bypass this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe another way to accomplish this you would need to use something like [AppArmor][1] or [SELinux][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/Apparmor_FAQ&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selinux" />
  <row Id="15747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8827" RevisionGUID="7d79c2df-c40b-4674-b2b1-96454cde2d12" CreationDate="2009-05-16T00:30:55.167" UserId="1054" Text="I started as desktop tech and moved into sysadmin after a few months.  Spent the next 8 years doing sysadmin and found that much of my time was spent writing applets and scripts to accomplish my admin tasks.  I liked coding a lot more than my sysadmin tasks and was fortunate to fall into a developer position within the same company.  Now I do both, actually.  I'm in a small, highly specialized application group and wear both hats.  Best of both worlds!  I get to keep up with sysadmin and also get to focus on development as part of my job description." />
  <row Id="15748" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8827" RevisionGUID="7d79c2df-c40b-4674-b2b1-96454cde2d12" CreationDate="2009-05-16T00:30:55.167" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8829" RevisionGUID="7b910bfe-b87d-4f84-9299-40868197174e" CreationDate="2009-05-16T00:40:18.037" UserId="1770" Text="You can probably hack something together with standard *nix permissions and groups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if you need something more than that, you probably want to google POSIX ACLs.  Most (all?) major Linux filesystems support them, and they give you a lot of additional control and granularity." />
  <row Id="15751" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8830" RevisionGUID="48e00f1c-6aa7-402b-9f2a-15ecc2c0b0b4" CreationDate="2009-05-16T01:18:20.453" UserId="385" Text="I would not be so certain that my DC is safe. If I was an attacker or a pen-tester, I'm not going after your DC first, anyway. I'm going after your workstations and servers. Basic attack vector:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Discover weak username/password either domain or some service (say sa account on SQL Server) or vulnerability I can exploit that lets me get admin rights (patch your systems, folks).&#xD;&#xA; 2. Find system where that account has admin rights.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Dump LSA Secrets to find username/password of all service accounts.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Use CacheDump to dump cached username/passwords.&#xD;&#xA; 5. See if any of those have admin rights anywhere.&#xD;&#xA; 6. Repeat 1-5 until I get a domain admin account. &#xD;&#xA; 7. Use domain admin account to access domain controller.&#xD;&#xA; 8. Dump SAM of domain controller.&#xD;&#xA; 9. Use rainbow tables to crack more passwords, or brute force if necessary off-line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you're all Vista / Windows Server 2008 / Windows 7, this is the basic attack pattern used by most pentesters. The reason those 3 OSes break the pattern is because the DLL injection attack against LSA Secrets hasn't been made to work against those OSes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With all that said, you should not use reversible encryption and you should disable LM hashes. You want NTLM hashes. And you don't want to store those passwords in plaintext." />
  <row Id="15752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8831" RevisionGUID="2d6be1d9-8dfe-4102-848e-d3e45b6af03f" CreationDate="2009-05-16T01:19:35.100" UserId="385" Text="Is Windows Defender or other malware protection running? Is it blocking? I know Windows Defender is capable of doing so.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8832" RevisionGUID="f074846e-4ece-40e0-8db5-93381bb1421e" CreationDate="2009-05-16T01:30:42.447" UserId="2181" Text="&#xD;&#xA;I have an external USB hard drive (for backups) on our server. I's shared as &quot;T&quot;. Other computer backup to \\server\T.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to also refer to that drive locally as \\server\T rather than (say D:\) because the drive letter changes when I rotate USB drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a performance penalty to referring to it by it's UNC name? (I.e., as if Windows XP were actually going out on the network to get to the drive.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15754" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8832" RevisionGUID="f074846e-4ece-40e0-8db5-93381bb1421e" CreationDate="2009-05-16T01:30:42.447" UserId="2181" Text="If I refer to a local external USB drive by it's network UNC name (\\mycomputer name\SharedAsName) is there a performance penalty vs. referring to the local name (d:\)" />
  <row Id="15755" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8832" RevisionGUID="f074846e-4ece-40e0-8db5-93381bb1421e" CreationDate="2009-05-16T01:30:42.447" UserId="2181" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="15756" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8833" RevisionGUID="ff7c9590-29f9-4f5d-aa2e-aca8ae80c27a" CreationDate="2009-05-16T01:31:46.330" UserId="1565" Text="[Unlock Administrator][1] might solve part of your problem without requiring knowing the password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.e-motional.com/ULAdmin.htm" />
  <row Id="15757" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8834" RevisionGUID="8aeb5beb-53a3-4a33-80aa-c9aec5e900d0" CreationDate="2009-05-16T01:49:55.737" UserId="1232" Text="The answer to this depends on if you want a blacklist or whitelist solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whitelist is actually fairly easy. Use the same approach that Ubuntu and many other distros use. Create a group for a particular program or group of programs, set the group of the executable to that and then add users to that group if you want them to be able to access it. This is how access to sudo, printers and a whole host of other things are done on Ubuntu (and other distros).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Blacklist is actually harder but that's not such a bad thing imho. Blacklist I think is inherently less secure. In fact I can't really think of a way of doing it that doesn't treat is like a pseudo-whitelist ie everyone is a member of the relevant group and you just remove those you don't want.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15758" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8835" RevisionGUID="a70908f2-f5c6-41d4-9ab5-8d63a57ffd7e" CreationDate="2009-05-16T02:03:28.820" UserId="385" Text="You will go through the redirector, and I have seen a case when a large file was being referenced in that manner an issue occurred where all network access to the share suddenly failed. In our case we were restoring a SQL Server backup on a fairly large database using the UNC path. This was on Windows 2000. When we changed it to refer to the local drive, the problem went away. There are still some issues with 2003. For instance:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[All network share access through the SMB protocol (client-side redirector) may fail on a Windows Server 2003-based computer][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969289" />
  <row Id="15759" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8836" RevisionGUID="60180f0c-1318-4cb5-92d7-d2178a1a94f7" CreationDate="2009-05-16T02:17:32.823" UserId="2181" Text="Apparently Google did a study that showed that if a HD doesn't fail in the first year it'll have a long life, but they were runnng their HD's 24/7. That suggests that running them constantly is a good thing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://ask-leo.com/should_i_turn_off_my_external_hard_drive_when_not_in_use.html" />
  <row Id="15760" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8837" RevisionGUID="b52a9e9e-2486-4faa-96f1-944f688b1963" CreationDate="2009-05-16T02:29:56.327" UserId="2224" Text="What you're doing is a really, really bad idea. If you don't want users to have to manage passwords, you can invest in a challenge/response token system for AD that will cost you minimal money." />
  <row Id="15761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8838" RevisionGUID="fb0c36eb-5418-4b51-9629-5d68014de56f" CreationDate="2009-05-16T02:32:05.000" UserId="1929" Text="I occasionally look at sites like [netcraft][1] and am curious if there is an unobtrusive way to ping a server and see what publicly facing software it is running?  Are sites like netcraft using some sophisticated heuristics to infer their data or can certain kinds of (non-abusive) requests lead to straightforward answers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.netcraft.com" />
  <row Id="15762" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8838" RevisionGUID="fb0c36eb-5418-4b51-9629-5d68014de56f" CreationDate="2009-05-16T02:32:05.000" UserId="1929" Text="How to ping a server to discover what OS or other software it is running?" />
  <row Id="15763" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8838" RevisionGUID="fb0c36eb-5418-4b51-9629-5d68014de56f" CreationDate="2009-05-16T02:32:05.000" UserId="1929" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;os&gt;" />
  <row Id="15764" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8839" RevisionGUID="93cee510-4896-418c-96ae-50da873476f6" CreationDate="2009-05-16T02:32:05.717" UserId="2224" Text="Power management on Windows XP is a waste of time unless you buy 3rd party products to take care of all of the things that don't work. Buggy drivers, open network files, etc will all stop most XP power management features." />
  <row Id="15765" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8840" RevisionGUID="b462b573-f227-40a4-aa54-517475d5db0d" CreationDate="2009-05-16T02:37:25.223" UserId="301" Text="I think NetCraft use the Server: header returned by the webserver. No special tools are needed to do this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ curl -I http://www.microsoft.com | grep &quot;Server:&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0&#xD;&#xA;    $ curl -I http://www.apache.org | grep &quot;Server:&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Server: Apache/2.2.9 (Unix)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8841" RevisionGUID="732ddd2e-47cf-44ec-a780-5c40f3e2a419" CreationDate="2009-05-16T02:38:54.333" UserId="517" Text="We have servers in two different locations in our town. We connect to them through ssh to do almost everything that we need. But whenever we need to re install a server, we need to drive to the hosting location to do it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This works well for now, but we are planning on getting a third location in a different city. Driving there won't be an option anymore, so we are looking for ways to remotely manage the servers. We need something that would allow us to reinstall the servers, make hard reboot if the server ever crashes and we can't ssh to it and see the actual booting remotely so we can see what's happening if a server is not coming back up. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So what are you guys using? Can you give me pros and cons about different tools. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the way, we are currently using Dell servers. But the we are thinking of going with blades for the new location and we don't mind changing to a new vendor. " />
  <row Id="15767" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8841" RevisionGUID="732ddd2e-47cf-44ec-a780-5c40f3e2a419" CreationDate="2009-05-16T02:38:54.333" UserId="517" Text="How do you manage servers in a different town" />
  <row Id="15768" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8841" RevisionGUID="732ddd2e-47cf-44ec-a780-5c40f3e2a419" CreationDate="2009-05-16T02:38:54.333" UserId="517" Text="&lt;remote-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="15769" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8842" RevisionGUID="ad58e217-86b6-4387-b498-ed1d0a8414c7" CreationDate="2009-05-16T02:39:23.020" UserId="1054" Text="It's based on the ICMP fingerprint in the packets that you get back (if you get them back).  Different IP stacks reply different to echo's and that gives you a hint to what is on the inside.  Check [this][1] out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ofirarkin.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/icmp_scanning_v30.pdf" />
  <row Id="15770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8843" RevisionGUID="e36737a1-f989-4ac2-92fb-9c5c24449b67" CreationDate="2009-05-16T02:40:02.520" UserId="811" Text="[NMAP][1] allows you to do OS detection and service identification.  I don't know how netcraft does it -- and using nmap could very quickly move out of the 'unobtrusive' category.  But you can test it in-house for sure...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nmap.org/book/man-os-detection.html" />
  <row Id="15771" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8844" RevisionGUID="2b0395e5-3153-4c9f-8bfb-0bccc9bf05d5" CreationDate="2009-05-16T02:45:57.380" UserId="626" Text="I managed a web farm on the east coat. I used HP proliants with ILO2 which allowed me to rebuild a server remotely  - For eveyday work i had a vpn connection and RDP'd like i would if the servers where local- Instead of ILO you could use KVM's&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It pays to have some &quot;hands on&quot; time at your remote data center for doing hardware upgrades or coordinating with vendors - trouble tickets and routine stuff like offsite storage of backup tapes (iron mountain)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a bit of latency involved so you need to take some extra care but as long as you have tools like SIM, SCOM etc its pretty easy to centrally manage your servers remotely" />
  <row Id="15772" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8845" RevisionGUID="9e93271e-fe80-4f19-8550-e313a0a287e9" CreationDate="2009-05-16T02:48:35.410" UserId="1054" Text="Depending on what exactly you are doing you can also run into authentication issues.  Using UNC paths in application level services forces the service into impersonation situations which can frequently be show stoppers if the proper trusts are not set up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, something we run into a lot in our SQL Server environment is when accessing the file system via SQL Agent jobs.  Using physical drive letter paths works (single hop authentication) but using UNC paths to the same file fails because we don't have trusts set up to allow the impersonation to work." />
  <row Id="15773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8846" RevisionGUID="70d2d481-7632-4960-8541-54265c622a6a" CreationDate="2009-05-16T02:50:34.033" UserId="2604" Text="&lt;h3&gt;Explanation of the Folder&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;The location C:\drivers is very probably the path to which the original equipment manufacturer (OEM), such as Dell, HP, etc., copied all of the hardware drivers for your computer as installed at the factory.  If this is the case, each subfolder of C:\drivers that contains a relevant *.inf file will be listed in the following location in the registry:  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DevicePath.  When Plug-and-Play detects new hardware, it searches this list of locations for drivers.  The selected driver is copied somewhere under the Windows folder, but it is recopied from the original location if you reinstall a driver.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a computer from a large vendor that keeps drivers available on its website for years, then you may delete this folder tree and just know that you will have to download any necessary drivers from the web in the future if needed.  This could be problematic if you decide to reinstall Windows and Windows does not have a driver included that is compatible with your network card.  (You need a network connection to get drivers from the Internet, but you need the drivers before your network card will work.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Recommendation&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I recommend that you do not delete this folder tree.  These drivers usually do not take up very much space.  Instead, start by running the Disk Cleanup Tool.  This tool checks for unnecessary temporary files, and it will suggest to you ways that you may free more disk space, such as uninstalling unused programs.  On Windows XP, it is located at Start|All Programs|Accessories|System Tools|Disk Cleanup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you still need more space, check the following locations; they usually have numerous files (some of them large) that can be deleted.  The Disk Cleanup Tool may have already emptied some of these folders.  (Note:  Text enclosed in percent signs refers to an environment variable.  To get a list of what these mean on your system, type the &lt;b&gt;set&lt;/b&gt; command at a command prompt.  Alternatively, type the environment variable with percent signs into Windows Explorer's address bar and press Enter to find the value of a particular variable.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - %TEMP% - Usually C:\Documents and Settings\&lt;i&gt;username&lt;/i&gt;\Local Settings\Temp on Windows XP&#xD;&#xA; - %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files - %USERPROFILE% is usually C:\Documents and Settings\&lt;i&gt;username&lt;/i&gt;.  I just checked mine, and it has 15,113 files taking up 439 MB of disk space!&#xD;&#xA; - %SystemRoot%\$NtUninstall* - WARNING:  Deleting these folders removes your ability to uninstall the Windows Updates to which they refer.  Because each update bases its uninstall formula (stored in one of these folders) on the state of the system when it is installed, you should delete all of these or leave all of them.  Don't just delete some and leave others.  I just checked mine, and it has 4,639 files taking up 577 MB of disk space!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be sure to check the first two locations for each &lt;i&gt;username&lt;/i&gt;'s profile that is present on the machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8847" RevisionGUID="f60bc480-2692-4d32-a517-59c45312ee8f" CreationDate="2009-05-16T02:53:31.127" UserId="626" Text="I think its a skill not a science - there are times when you go down the wrong path but for the most part&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Have a good basic understanding of all the technologies associated- Network, hardware, OS, software, development etc - will help you eliminate some of those &quot;wrong paths&quot;&#xD;&#xA;- think basic - don't jump to the most complicated scenraio becasue its in your head, perform your basic troubleshooting and let it lead you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I once had my boss call me with a &quot;senior&quot; engineer on the phone - he was telling me that he had **one** server that could not connect and he had tried switching the cable but still no joy. I could hear beeping in the background like a UPS on batteries. I asked him if he could see activity on the switch, he said no. I asked him if the beeping was coming from the UPS, he said yes, i asked him if he could see any lights on at all in the rack he said no...&#xD;&#xA;Look beyond your nose - it helps!" />
  <row Id="15775" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8847" RevisionGUID="f60bc480-2692-4d32-a517-59c45312ee8f" CreationDate="2009-05-16T02:53:31.127" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15776" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8826" RevisionGUID="33252c77-e439-443b-b55e-165b778115ce" CreationDate="2009-05-16T02:58:53.520" UserId="984" Comment="added noexec option" Text="The simple solution may be to simply remove execute permissions on system binaries.  If you want to prevent users from compiling things or running things from directories they have write access you can create a separate partition and mount those file-systems with the noexec option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;man mount (noexec option)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Do not allow direct execution of any&#xD;&#xA;&gt; binaries on the mounted file system.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (Until recently it was possible to run&#xD;&#xA;&gt; binaries anyway using a command like&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /lib/ld*.so /mnt/binary. This trick&#xD;&#xA;&gt; fails since Linux 2.4.25 / 2.6.0.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe another way to accomplish this you would need to use something like [AppArmor][1] or [SELinux][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/Apparmor_FAQ&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selinux" />
  <row Id="15777" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8846" RevisionGUID="3a3cfe41-e26d-4355-bda8-d36b81a84d2b" CreationDate="2009-05-16T02:59:22.583" UserId="2604" Comment="Added double-quotes around folder paths; added the usual value of %SystemRoot%." Text="&lt;h3&gt;Explanation of the Folder&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;The location C:\drivers is very probably the path to which the original equipment manufacturer (OEM), such as Dell, HP, etc., copied all of the hardware drivers for your computer as installed at the factory.  If this is the case, each subfolder of C:\drivers that contains a relevant *.inf file will be listed in the following location in the registry:  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DevicePath.  When Plug-and-Play detects new hardware, it searches this list of locations for drivers.  The selected driver is copied somewhere under the Windows folder, but it is recopied from the original location if you reinstall a driver.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a computer from a large vendor that keeps drivers available on its website for years, then you may delete this folder tree and just know that you will have to download any necessary drivers from the web in the future if needed.  This could be problematic if you decide to reinstall Windows and Windows does not have a driver included that is compatible with your network card.  (You need a network connection to get drivers from the Internet, but you need the drivers before your network card will work.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Recommendation&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I recommend that you do not delete this folder tree.  These drivers usually do not take up very much space.  Instead, start by running the Disk Cleanup Tool.  This tool checks for unnecessary temporary files, and it will suggest to you ways that you may free more disk space, such as uninstalling unused programs.  On Windows XP, it is located at Start|All Programs|Accessories|System Tools|Disk Cleanup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you still need more space, check the following locations; they usually have numerous files (some of them large) that can be deleted.  The Disk Cleanup Tool may have already emptied some of these folders.  (Note:  Text enclosed in percent signs refers to an environment variable.  To get a list of what these mean on your system, type the &lt;b&gt;set&lt;/b&gt; command at a command prompt.  Alternatively, type the environment variable with percent signs into Windows Explorer's address bar and press Enter to find the value of a particular variable.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - %TEMP% - Usually &quot;C:\Documents and Settings\&lt;i&gt;username&lt;/i&gt;\Local Settings\Temp&quot; on Windows XP&#xD;&#xA; - %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files - %USERPROFILE% is usually &quot;C:\Documents and Settings\&lt;i&gt;username&lt;/i&gt;&quot; on Windows XP.  I just checked mine, and it has 15,113 files taking up 439 MB of disk space!&#xD;&#xA; - %SystemRoot%\$NtUninstall* - %SystemRoot% is usually &quot;C:\Windows&quot; on Windows XP.  WARNING:  Deleting these folders removes your ability to uninstall the Windows Updates to which they refer.  Because each update bases its uninstall formula (stored in one of these folders) on the state of the system when it is installed, you should delete all of these or leave all of them.  Don't just delete some and leave others.  I just checked mine, and it has 4,639 files taking up 577 MB of disk space!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be sure to check the first two locations for each &lt;i&gt;username&lt;/i&gt;'s profile that is present on the machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8848" RevisionGUID="522c954f-e9cb-49aa-801b-09bf43306ffb" CreationDate="2009-05-16T03:09:41.990" UserId="984" Text="You mention you use Dell servers.  Dell offers an option in some servers to add a [module][1] to the system that you can basically remotely connect too and see the console.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway if the you already have equipment that doesn't support this you should look at getting an IP-based KVM, and manageable power strip.  This way you'll be able to remotely access the console and power cycle your equipment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect I would also be tempted to leave a partition on the disk with a livecd or perhaps you could leave a USB device plugged into each server liveos.  The idea being that if you can't do anything remotely you'll be able to connect to the system remotely using whatever OBM method you choose.  Once you get connected you'll be able to change the boot order and get to your rescue environment.  Another option might be to setup a PXE boot environment so you can netboot your diagnostic tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_DRAC" />
  <row Id="15779" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8849" RevisionGUID="f90b90ba-e065-4c28-a898-b89260f096f6" CreationDate="2009-05-16T03:12:41.530" UserId="2604" Text="In Windows XP, Safe Mode &quot;uses a minimal set of device drivers and services to start Windows&quot; (KB315222).  Importantly, no network drivers are loaded, and Microsoft's own vga.sys display adapter driver is used instead of the one that is designed for your hardware by its manufacturer.  This can get you out of a situation where you set display properties incorrectly causing your display adapter not to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See the following Microsoft Help and Support web page for more information about Windows XP's Safe Mode and its variations:  &lt;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315222&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This Microsoft TechNet article has more detail about boot options as implemented in Windows 2000:  &lt;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc976736.aspx&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Raymond Chen wrote an column in the July 2007 issue of TechNet Magazine describing the behavior of Safe Mode in Windows 95:  &lt;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc138008.aspx&gt;.  &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15780" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8509" RevisionGUID="53d989f3-c296-4e62-9d6e-3d21af5ec3f8" CreationDate="2009-05-16T03:15:35.520" UserId="2546" Comment="removed sexism - bad me" Text="Here are some ways to recognise a good system administrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - They are able to talk about previous systems they have administered in a way that makes sense to you, a technically-capable non-sysadmin. A good sysadmin needs to be able to communicate with other network users and see the big picture at the same time as being fully aware of all the details. If they can't explain in a structured and clear way what they did and why in a previous job, then they won't be able to explain to you their decision-making rationale when working for you. Basically, they should be able to talk all day about a specific system without ever losing their audience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - They are obsessed with avoiding single points of failure. At any point when they are describing a system they administer(ed), stop them and ask &quot;*What could have gone wrong with this part of the system and how did you mitigate that risk?*&quot; Their answer should be detailed and show that they had thought it through carefully already. They should also be **enthusiastic** about answering that question, because good sysadmins love thinking about ways to avoid catastrophic failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - They have a healthy scepticism of the new, the cool and the untested. They are also hugely keen to trial new solutions and are always doing so. However, their standard toolbox is staid, safe and involves plenty of testing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - They can remember times their systems have failed and answer *[five whys][1]* without having to think. Every sysadmin has made mistakes that led to downtime; the good ones have thought about both technical and systemic reasons why it happened.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - They document their systems with the same level of obsessiveness that a teenage diary writer documents her crushes. If possible, ask to look at their documentation for previous systems they have administered.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - I've no idea how to test this at interview, but they are calm in a crisis. Perhaps you could wait till they visit the lavatory, then jam the door and set off the fire alarm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/01/22.html" />
  <row Id="15781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8850" RevisionGUID="6ab55802-b9e9-418e-a877-8ac0b49b9131" CreationDate="2009-05-16T03:23:56.117" UserId="2604" Text="You mentioned the reason:  to distinguish 32-bit program files from 64-bit program files.  When you run a 32-bit program on a 64-bit Windows installation, Windows redirects folder requests from that program for %ProgramFiles% [C:\Program Files in the English language version] to the x86 alternative [C:\Program Files (x86)].  Because of this silent redirection, 64-bit and 32-bit programs can coexist without interfering with each other.  (For example, 64-bit Windows includes both 64-bit and 32-bit versions of Internet Explorer.)  Windows also performs similar redirections for its own files and for registry keys." />
  <row Id="15782" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8846" RevisionGUID="72f9f8aa-a41e-436e-88f9-cd0a424248ee" CreationDate="2009-05-16T03:37:08.077" UserId="2604" Comment="Removed hyphens from &quot;Plug and Play&quot;." Text="&lt;h3&gt;Explanation of the Folder&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;The location C:\drivers is very probably the path to which the original equipment manufacturer (OEM), such as Dell, HP, etc., copied all of the hardware drivers for your computer as installed at the factory.  If this is the case, each subfolder of C:\drivers that contains a relevant *.inf file will be listed in the following location in the registry:  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DevicePath.  When Plug and Play detects new hardware, it searches this list of locations for drivers.  The selected driver is copied somewhere under the Windows folder, but it is recopied from the original location if you reinstall a driver.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a computer from a large vendor that keeps drivers available on its website for years, then you may delete this folder tree and just know that you will have to download any necessary drivers from the web in the future if needed.  This could be problematic if you decide to reinstall Windows and Windows does not have a driver included that is compatible with your network card.  (You need a network connection to get drivers from the Internet, but you need the drivers before your network card will work.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Recommendation&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I recommend that you do not delete this folder tree.  These drivers usually do not take up very much space.  Instead, start by running the Disk Cleanup Tool.  This tool checks for unnecessary temporary files, and it will suggest to you ways that you may free more disk space, such as uninstalling unused programs.  On Windows XP, it is located at Start|All Programs|Accessories|System Tools|Disk Cleanup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you still need more space, check the following locations; they usually have numerous files (some of them large) that can be deleted.  The Disk Cleanup Tool may have already emptied some of these folders.  (Note:  Text enclosed in percent signs refers to an environment variable.  To get a list of what these mean on your system, type the &lt;b&gt;set&lt;/b&gt; command at a command prompt.  Alternatively, type the environment variable with percent signs into Windows Explorer's address bar and press Enter to find the value of a particular variable.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - %TEMP% - Usually &quot;C:\Documents and Settings\&lt;i&gt;username&lt;/i&gt;\Local Settings\Temp&quot; on Windows XP&#xD;&#xA; - %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files - %USERPROFILE% is usually &quot;C:\Documents and Settings\&lt;i&gt;username&lt;/i&gt;&quot; on Windows XP.  I just checked mine, and it has 15,113 files taking up 439 MB of disk space!&#xD;&#xA; - %SystemRoot%\$NtUninstall* - %SystemRoot% is usually &quot;C:\Windows&quot; on Windows XP.  WARNING:  Deleting these folders removes your ability to uninstall the Windows Updates to which they refer.  Because each update bases its uninstall formula (stored in one of these folders) on the state of the system when it is installed, you should delete all of these or leave all of them.  Don't just delete some and leave others.  I just checked mine, and it has 4,639 files taking up 577 MB of disk space!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be sure to check the first two locations for each &lt;i&gt;username&lt;/i&gt;'s profile that is present on the machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15784" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8851" RevisionGUID="493bc2eb-6675-4604-bb6b-048d057e22d8" CreationDate="2009-05-16T03:40:19.583" UserId="2519" Text="Is it possible for the root user in Linux to have a real-time (or close to real-time) view of the shell commands being run by another user logged in via a terminal or SSH? Obviously they're stored in .bash_history, but that's only saved when the user logs off and can be disabled, too." />
  <row Id="15785" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8851" RevisionGUID="493bc2eb-6675-4604-bb6b-048d057e22d8" CreationDate="2009-05-16T03:40:19.583" UserId="2519" Text="Live view of Linux shell commands executed by another user?" />
  <row Id="15786" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8851" RevisionGUID="493bc2eb-6675-4604-bb6b-048d057e22d8" CreationDate="2009-05-16T03:40:19.583" UserId="2519" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;shell&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="15787" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8852" RevisionGUID="62f6450a-3ba2-43fb-b533-f662893549cb" CreationDate="2009-05-16T03:56:35.953" UserId="2567" Text="If you're being cooperative, you can use [GNU screen][1] between two users - have one establish the screen session, then have the other join using `screen -x`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want root to &quot;spy&quot; on other users without their knowledge, the best and most efficient solution might be keylogger software/hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/" />
  <row Id="15788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8853" RevisionGUID="24880d3a-00ee-4df1-a31e-37591914dad6" CreationDate="2009-05-16T04:01:39.253" UserId="413" Text="as root, you could replace their shell with a simple wrapper script that logged their commands before passing them to the real shell. This would only work prior to them logging in." />
  <row Id="15789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8854" RevisionGUID="406c4caa-3144-455f-8587-a9e3bfa0c596" CreationDate="2009-05-16T04:02:33.057" UserId="1054" Text="You could try the bash-BOFH patch.  Search around for the patch.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15790" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8855" RevisionGUID="07c0e220-09c8-4a04-a3f1-ca57feda5cab" CreationDate="2009-05-16T04:09:31.033" UserId="47003" Text="This is probably an easy answer, but I have never been able to find it by googling. I simply would like to add an Environment variable to a Windows machine (desktop or server) and be able to use it without rebooting that machine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Say you have a production server which hosts a variety of apps and a new app needs a particular Environment variable to run. You do not want to reboot it while users are connected to your other apps. What choices do you have? I don't like the wait-until-a-good-time-to-reboot option. There must be a better way. What am I missing?" />
  <row Id="15791" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8855" RevisionGUID="07c0e220-09c8-4a04-a3f1-ca57feda5cab" CreationDate="2009-05-16T04:09:31.033" UserId="47003" Text="How do you add a windows environment variable without rebooting?" />
  <row Id="15792" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8855" RevisionGUID="07c0e220-09c8-4a04-a3f1-ca57feda5cab" CreationDate="2009-05-16T04:09:31.033" UserId="47003" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;environment&gt;" />
  <row Id="15793" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8851" RevisionGUID="8de32f6e-6b82-46d4-8b4e-f1c56ebb7381" CreationDate="2009-05-16T04:16:32.770" UserId="2519" Comment="added 67 characters in body" Text="Is it possible for the root user in Linux to have a real-time (or close to real-time) view of the shell commands being run by another user logged in via a terminal or SSH? Obviously they're stored in .bash_history, but that's only saved when the user logs off and can be disabled, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: ideally something that can easily be switched on and off." />
  <row Id="15794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8856" RevisionGUID="2b9c3709-fa4c-4d46-9da3-2bd6d06910ee" CreationDate="2009-05-16T04:16:34.127" UserId="1678" Text="Changes to environment variables should take effect immediately, if you make the change via the main Properties dialog for the computer in question (go to My Computer | Properties | Advanced | Environment Variables). After the changes are saved, Explorer broadcasts a `WM_SETTINGCHANGE` message to all windows to inform them of the change. Any programs spawned via Explorer after this should get the updated environment, although already-running programs will not, unless they handle the setting change message.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not able to tell from your problem description what specific problem you're having with this. Can you tell us more about the specific scenario that isn't working?" />
  <row Id="15795" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8857" RevisionGUID="e72fd103-db05-4489-b6ea-3186b47e6867" CreationDate="2009-05-16T04:28:28.320" UserId="2546" Text="If the problem is internet-related, it's probably the DNS.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;If the problem is hard to diagnose, it's probably the RAM.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;If the problem is with a Windows workstation, it's probably quickest to reimage it.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;If the problem is on a Friday, it's probably something serious.&lt;br&gt;" />
  <row Id="15796" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8857" RevisionGUID="e72fd103-db05-4489-b6ea-3186b47e6867" CreationDate="2009-05-16T04:28:28.320" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15797" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8858" RevisionGUID="bdcbed53-7946-4ef7-b4fc-f3dda4fd30a7" CreationDate="2009-05-16T04:47:52.873" UserId="2585" Text="The one I keep forgetting is Windows\Fonts." />
  <row Id="15798" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8859" RevisionGUID="3cad0bd9-0605-4f0e-addd-03c277f5cd80" CreationDate="2009-05-16T04:53:42.257" UserId="2115" Text="According to the [man page](http://linux.die.net/man/8/mount), there are some options you can put in `fstab` to control who gets to mount filesystems: &quot;`owner`&quot; to let only the owner of the block device mount it, &quot;`group`&quot; to let anyone in the device's group mount it, or &quot;`user`&quot; or &quot;`users`&quot; to let any ordinary user do it. The default if none of these are specified is that only `root` can mount the filesystem. Of course, whichever user performs the mount will need to have execute permission to the `mount` program itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In your case, I suppose you could change the group of the block device to whatever group you wanted to be able to mount it and add &quot;`group`&quot; into the mount options in `fstab`. This only lets you specify one group that is able to mount the filesystem, though, so if you do this, people in `plugdev` will probably lose the ability to perform the mount (unless they are also in the other group).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, I'm not sure all those options exist on all systems. You should check `man mount(8)` on your own system before doing any of this." />
  <row Id="15799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8860" RevisionGUID="3afd6d37-cf28-4009-8973-de780e4b15c7" CreationDate="2009-05-16T06:08:46.657" UserId="1576" Text="I know how to export/import the databases using mysqldump &amp; that's fine but how do I get the privileges into the new server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For extra points, there are a couple of existing databases on the new one already, how do I import the old servers privileges without nuking the couple existing of ones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Old server: 5.0.67-community&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;New server: 5.0.51a-24+lenny1" />
  <row Id="15800" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8860" RevisionGUID="3afd6d37-cf28-4009-8973-de780e4b15c7" CreationDate="2009-05-16T06:08:46.657" UserId="1576" Text="How can I export the privileges from MySQL and then import to a new server?" />
  <row Id="15801" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8860" RevisionGUID="3afd6d37-cf28-4009-8973-de780e4b15c7" CreationDate="2009-05-16T06:08:46.657" UserId="1576" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;mysql-replication&gt;" />
  <row Id="15802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8861" RevisionGUID="daf1794b-e436-4b55-81b5-d950a2f303b2" CreationDate="2009-05-16T06:11:58.587" UserId="2302" Text="One thing to keep in mind is that many programs obtain the environmental variables when they're first started, so while windows may not need a restart, some programs might before they'll be able to use the new variables.  Good example of this is having to open a new  command prompt window after adding a PATH (yes, I've been tripped up by this). " />
  <row Id="15803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8862" RevisionGUID="ab87d219-b85b-4527-b395-622333838ec1" CreationDate="2009-05-16T06:14:14.747" UserId="2099" Text="Anybody have a link to the page where centos source rpms are located?  I'm looking for the python source rpm to build a debug python binary." />
  <row Id="15804" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8862" RevisionGUID="ab87d219-b85b-4527-b395-622333838ec1" CreationDate="2009-05-16T06:14:14.747" UserId="2099" Text="Python source RPMS for centos?" />
  <row Id="15805" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8862" RevisionGUID="ab87d219-b85b-4527-b395-622333838ec1" CreationDate="2009-05-16T06:14:14.747" UserId="2099" Text="&lt;centos&gt;&lt;rpm&gt;&lt;python&gt;" />
  <row Id="15806" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="8855" RevisionGUID="273e0a46-2608-4063-9983-931fd022c9c1" CreationDate="2009-05-16T06:18:22.570" UserId="45" Comment="edited title" Text="How do you add a Windows environment variable without rebooting?" />
  <row Id="15807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8863" RevisionGUID="213c33a9-7022-47d8-95c9-1ef42e678a83" CreationDate="2009-05-16T06:24:48.083" UserId="2302" Text="You can mysqldump the 'mysql' database and import to the new one; you may need to run something like mysql_upgrade, though I don't know if this is the case given that the versions are very similar.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd definitely save a dump of the current privileges first, especially if you have existing databases.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15808" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8864" RevisionGUID="8f80dd6e-586a-4c53-a838-9441d27dd0da" CreationDate="2009-05-16T06:29:37.887" UserId="2099" Text="Found the rpms here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/SRPMS/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15809" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8863" RevisionGUID="dad544d3-8e2f-4693-b5e2-367e6dab18fa" CreationDate="2009-05-16T06:41:43.343" UserId="2302" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="You can mysqldump the 'mysql' database and import to the new one; a flush_privileges or restart will be required and you'll definitely want to back up the existing mysq db first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To avoid removing your existing privileges, make sure to append rather than replace rows in the privilege tables (db, columns_priv, host, func, etc.)." />
  <row Id="15810" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8865" RevisionGUID="3c11da27-7a92-46ea-9d66-a533dbd07b61" CreationDate="2009-05-16T06:44:17.940" UserId="2612" Text="I think PSEXEC relies on being able to open the ADMIN$ share, so check that with the same credentials, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net use \\otherComputer\ADMIN$ /user:otherComputer\adminUser *&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8867" RevisionGUID="ab4711e8-10bd-4f3b-8ece-8d0315ce906e" CreationDate="2009-05-16T07:05:26.877" UserId="2299" Text="If you are using Dells then fit a DRAC card. The DRAC card is a controller with it's own network card (though it can share the server's NIC) and you connect to it just using HTTPS (and Java).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you're connected the DRAC gives you a remote console. This is hardware not software, so unlike VNC etc you can see the POST screen and even press F2 and go into the BIOS if you want. Better still, the DRAC will allow you to create a virtual CD using an ISO image and then boot the server off this virtual CD. This isn't usually feasible over a WAN as the link is too slow, but works very well over a LAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively just leave your install CD in the CD drive, and use the DRAC to reboot and install from the CD just as you would in the office.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8871" RevisionGUID="c1c1ec77-0003-43d1-8271-3ee7b012f3e5" CreationDate="2009-05-16T07:39:59.847" UserId="2612" Text="An alternative solution is to mount that USB drive under an empty folder on an NTFS volume (using junction points), so the drive can be referred to as **C:&amp;#92;Mounted&amp;#92;USB** or something similar. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Create the folder, then go into Computer Management &gt; Storage &gt; Disk Management, right-click on the partition and &quot;mount under this folder&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will not change even if the driveletter assignment does. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15824" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8872" RevisionGUID="e9489a1a-f8d7-4353-b2ff-1c414d9d6562" CreationDate="2009-05-16T07:54:16.843" UserId="1792" Text="I would recommend the following eBooks and eBooklets:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Mastering PowerShell][1], a&#xD;&#xA;   20-chapter eBook by Dr. Tobias&#xD;&#xA;   Weltner (PowerShell MVP). This is an&#xD;&#xA;   English version of [Scripting mit&#xD;&#xA;   Windows PowerShell - Der&#xD;&#xA;   Einsteiger-Workshop][2] (656 pages)&#xD;&#xA; - [Effective Windows PowerShell][3],&#xD;&#xA;   free 50-page eBook by Keith Hill&#xD;&#xA;   (PowerShell MVP)&#xD;&#xA; - Two [Windows PowerShell Workbooks][4]&#xD;&#xA;   including demo files and script&#xD;&#xA;   examples (Introduction to Windows&#xD;&#xA;   PowerShell (44 pages) and&#xD;&#xA;   Administrative tasks with Windows&#xD;&#xA;   PowerShell (78 pages) by Frank Koch&#xD;&#xA; - [PowerShell Day 1][5], a 10-page&#xD;&#xA;   eBooklet by John D. Cook&#xD;&#xA; - [An Introduction to Microsoft&#xD;&#xA;   PowerShell][6], a 28-page eBooklet by&#xD;&#xA;   Don Jones (PowerShell MVP)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/ebook/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.amazon.com/Scripting-mit-Windows-PowerShell-Einsteiger-Work/dp/3866456204/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1242458440&amp;sr=8-4&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://keithhill.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!5A8D2641E0963A97!6930.entry&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-de/archive/2008/02/28/free-windows-powershell-workbook-server-administration.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.johndcook.com/powershellbooklet.html&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://nexus.realtimepublishers.com/ebmps.php" />
  <row Id="15825" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8873" RevisionGUID="56c97eed-1852-4c8f-bea0-17d8ddc1b687" CreationDate="2009-05-16T08:03:11.057" UserId="2467" Text="Currently we use HP servers with ILO boards to give out of band remote access and cold boots. IBMs have the same functionality with RSA boards. APC powerstrips are excellent for remote manageablilty. Throw in an IP KVM and you've got all the remote access you need." />
  <row Id="15826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8874" RevisionGUID="a21e1c58-89ad-431c-9eb9-498b9b801833" CreationDate="2009-05-16T08:05:13.630" UserId="984" Text="I know many people spend lots of time tweaking their admin workstation based on the idea that it will make them more productive.  I believe that a lot of this time is wasted.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They do thinks like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Optimize for speed/memory.  Spending tons of time disabling services to save that extra 1-2MB of memory or make their computer boot up 3-10 seconds faster.&#xD;&#xA; - Tweak hotkeys, shortcuts, and aliases.  Perhaps to save a few keystrokes, or so avoid having to remember how to do something on a standard system.&#xD;&#xA; - Setup a completely different OS or environment from what their users work on.&#xD;&#xA; - (Linux) Recompile all their software from source because the compiler may be able to make slightly better decisions about optimization for specific hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems to me that there is a lot of value in keeping your system in a pretty standard state.  By that I mean either close to they way it comes with a default OS install, or close to how you configure the rest of your systems on your network.  With a standard system you can be more certain that the problem that arise are not simply because you have lots of unusual customizations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How much money/time have you saved or wasted when you spend a couple hours on tweaking performance when you could have simply spent your time on something more useful and spend a few bucks on some more RAM?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will you be able to still be productive on a system that doesn't have your aliases, macros, hotkey configuration setup?  What will you do if lightning strikes and your heavily customized admin workstation becomes unusable?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**I think it would be interesting and helpful if people shared how much they customize, and their reasoning for that level of customization.**" />
  <row Id="15827" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8874" RevisionGUID="a21e1c58-89ad-431c-9eb9-498b9b801833" CreationDate="2009-05-16T08:05:13.630" UserId="984" Text="What is the right ammount of customization on your admin workstation?" />
  <row Id="15828" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8874" RevisionGUID="a21e1c58-89ad-431c-9eb9-498b9b801833" CreationDate="2009-05-16T08:05:13.630" UserId="984" Text="&lt;desktop&gt;&lt;customization&gt;" />
  <row Id="15829" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8874" RevisionGUID="a21e1c58-89ad-431c-9eb9-498b9b801833" CreationDate="2009-05-16T08:05:13.630" UserId="984" />
  <row Id="15830" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8875" RevisionGUID="c5d56b22-2706-423f-befe-b321c5ff2359" CreationDate="2009-05-16T08:05:34.860" UserId="2302" Text="There's no exclusion list.   AFAIK, the only way to refine what going on is this registry key: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HKEY\_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Modify the EnablePrefetcher key to one of the following settings:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Disable Caching: 0&#xD;&#xA; - Cache Applications Only: 1&#xD;&#xA; - Cache Boot Files Only: 2&#xD;&#xA; - Cache Everything (default): 3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Experiment with this key to see if caching applications or boot files rather than everything still provides enough of a performance boost without getting bogged down." />
  <row Id="15831" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8874" RevisionGUID="e9cef862-53ba-4f89-a186-38e58f7ae3b5" CreationDate="2009-05-16T08:18:03.997" UserId="45" Comment="typos" Text="I know many people spend lots of time tweaking their admin workstation based on the idea that it will make them more productive.  I believe that a lot of this time is wasted.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They do think like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Optimize for speed/memory.  Spending tons of time disabling services to save that extra 1-2MB of memory or make their computer boot up 3-10 seconds faster.&#xD;&#xA; - Tweak hotkeys, shortcuts, and aliases.  Perhaps to save a few keystrokes, or so avoid having to remember how to do something on a standard system.&#xD;&#xA; - Setup a completely different OS or environment from what their users work on.&#xD;&#xA; - (Linux) Recompile all their software from source because the compiler may be able to make slightly better decisions about optimization for specific hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems to me that there is a lot of value in keeping your system in a pretty standard state.  By that I mean either close to they way it comes with a default OS install, or close to how you configure the rest of your systems on your network.  With a standard system you can be more certain that the problem that arise are not simply because you have lots of unusual customizations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How much money/time have you saved or wasted when you spend a couple hours on tweaking performance when you could have simply spent your time on something more useful and spend a few bucks on some more RAM?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will you be able to still be productive on a system that doesn't have your aliases, macros, hotkey configuration setup?  What will you do if lightning strikes and your heavily customized admin workstation becomes unusable?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**I think it would be interesting and helpful if people shared how much they customize, and their reasoning for that level of customization.**" />
  <row Id="15832" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="8874" RevisionGUID="e9cef862-53ba-4f89-a186-38e58f7ae3b5" CreationDate="2009-05-16T08:18:03.997" UserId="45" Comment="typos" Text="What is the right amount of customization on your admin workstation?" />
  <row Id="15833" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8876" RevisionGUID="bf649613-35ca-41fb-a676-c683bfecf092" CreationDate="2009-05-16T08:18:37.383" UserId="2546" Text="Your arguments against heavy customisation are all valid and I don't do it myself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only serious argument I can think of in favour is that it's part of learning and experimentation." />
  <row Id="15834" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8876" RevisionGUID="bf649613-35ca-41fb-a676-c683bfecf092" CreationDate="2009-05-16T08:18:37.383" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15835" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8877" RevisionGUID="7358a4d5-d96b-4dd7-bc70-f74dcd1b9b34" CreationDate="2009-05-16T08:29:19.940" UserId="206" Text="I was reading about the useful UrlScan tool [here][1] and came across &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; IIS 6.0 does not include the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; RemoveServerHeader feature because&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this feature offers no real security&#xD;&#xA;&gt; benefit. Most server attacks are not&#xD;&#xA;&gt; operating system?specific. **Also, it is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; possible to detect the identity of a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server and information about the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; operating system by mechanisms that do&#xD;&#xA;&gt; not depend on the server header.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course this stirred my curiosity since I don't understand how you can detect the OS and/or the web server without using the server header. However extensions (.php, .asp, .aspx, .do, .py etc. etc.) cannot be the answer to this question nor looking for &quot;__VIEWSTATE&quot; or similar hidden input fields in the response content.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there some secret way that I don't really know about?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc242650.aspx" />
  <row Id="15836" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8877" RevisionGUID="7358a4d5-d96b-4dd7-bc70-f74dcd1b9b34" CreationDate="2009-05-16T08:29:19.940" UserId="206" Text="How to detect a web server without the server header" />
  <row Id="15837" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8877" RevisionGUID="7358a4d5-d96b-4dd7-bc70-f74dcd1b9b34" CreationDate="2009-05-16T08:29:19.940" UserId="206" Text="&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="15838" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8878" RevisionGUID="85f7739e-a79e-4ac6-bb4f-7e46e494639f" CreationDate="2009-05-16T08:29:32.793" UserId="2467" Text="Good point about getting too used to macros and customisation etc. I stay fairly close to default settings. Mind you, I run VM Workstation for running the SOE. The only &quot;essential&quot; things I use are Notepad++, Putty for ssh and VisionApp for managing servers via RDP. I've been burned by macros before, some things can be *too* automatic! Also in my experience most desktop &quot;productivity enhancements&quot; such as expanded desktops, windowblinds and taskbar replacements are too flaky to use in a critical environment." />
  <row Id="15839" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8878" RevisionGUID="85f7739e-a79e-4ac6-bb4f-7e46e494639f" CreationDate="2009-05-16T08:29:32.793" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15840" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8879" RevisionGUID="bb1a201a-529e-4d9b-bd8b-0d5f638f0599" CreationDate="2009-05-16T08:29:56.770" UserId="1620" Text="Don't know how &quot;hidden&quot; this is, but since version 9i, the [Flashback Query][1] mechanism was introduced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With the Flashback Query, you can see contents and structure of Oracle objects at a certain point in the past (as long as those informations are still stored in the undo tablespaces), for example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    select * from &#xD;&#xA;    mytable &#xD;&#xA;    AS OF TIMESTAMP TO_TIMESTAMP ('2009-05-16 10:20:20', 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS'));&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;retrieves the records from &quot;mytable&quot; as they were 5 minutes ago.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.orafaq.com/node/50&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8880" RevisionGUID="ae45dba3-9442-4fb5-95a9-380f6c02806f" CreationDate="2009-05-16T08:36:07.603" UserId="984" Text="I currently rsync on a Linux host to copy things from Windows.  But I can't copy files with long names.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried [DeltaCopy][1], [cwrsync][2], and [cygwin][3].  From what I have found there all of these tools refuse to copy files when the length of the file becomes long, this seems to be somewhere around 255 characters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This issue is addressed on the cwrsync forums [here][4] and it supposedly it may be fixed sometime in the future whenever cygwin 1.7 comes out and UTF8 is supported.  There is even a test build [here][5].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not particular comfortable using the test build on a production system.  I am hoping someone knows of another rsync option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an alternative to rsync do you know of another tool that I can copy a directory structure on Linux from a windows host that will not have problems with long or unusually named files?  The important bit is that I need a tool that can easily work across an SSH tunnel.  Some of the systems are beyond firewalls, and I believe SSH is the tunnel I will be allowed to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.aboutmyip.com/AboutMyXApp/DeltaCopy.jsp&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.itefix.no/i2/node/10650&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.cygwin.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.itefix.no/i2/node/11064&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=69227&amp;package_id=68081&amp;release_id=615606" />
  <row Id="15842" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8880" RevisionGUID="ae45dba3-9442-4fb5-95a9-380f6c02806f" CreationDate="2009-05-16T08:36:07.603" UserId="984" Text="Windows rsync that supports long file names, or an good alternative?" />
  <row Id="15843" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8880" RevisionGUID="ae45dba3-9442-4fb5-95a9-380f6c02806f" CreationDate="2009-05-16T08:36:07.603" UserId="984" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;rsync&gt;&lt;file-transfer&gt;" />
  <row Id="15844" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8874" RevisionGUID="99e0737d-451c-4254-a74a-2aa14d037824" CreationDate="2009-05-16T08:38:35.617" UserId="984" Comment="corrected the typo correction to be say what I meant." Text="I know many people spend lots of time tweaking their admin workstation based on the idea that it will make them more productive.  I believe that a lot of this time is wasted.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They do things like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Optimize for speed/memory.  Spending tons of time disabling services to save that extra 1-2MB of memory or make their computer boot up 3-10 seconds faster.&#xD;&#xA; - Tweak hotkeys, shortcuts, and aliases.  Perhaps to save a few keystrokes, or so avoid having to remember how to do something on a standard system.&#xD;&#xA; - Setup a completely different OS or environment from what their users work on.&#xD;&#xA; - (Linux) Recompile all their software from source because the compiler may be able to make slightly better decisions about optimization for specific hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems to me that there is a lot of value in keeping your system in a pretty standard state.  By that I mean either close to they way it comes with a default OS install, or close to how you configure the rest of your systems on your network.  With a standard system you can be more certain that the problem that arise are not simply because you have lots of unusual customizations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How much money/time have you saved or wasted when you spend a couple hours on tweaking performance when you could have simply spent your time on something more useful and spend a few bucks on some more RAM?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will you be able to still be productive on a system that doesn't have your aliases, macros, hotkey configuration setup?  What will you do if lightning strikes and your heavily customized admin workstation becomes unusable?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**I think it would be interesting and helpful if people shared how much they customize, and their reasoning for that level of customization.**" />
  <row Id="15845" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8881" RevisionGUID="4e487bdd-ba27-42e1-9e3e-a9fc160f72e3" CreationDate="2009-05-16T08:49:03.323" UserId="984" Text="Similar to [OS detection][1], each web server has slight quirks and different behaviors under some conditions that can be detected.  I don't know the precise methods of the top of my head.  This is frequently done by sending invalid or unusual requests and seeing what the error message or the response is.  Apache might handle a particular invalid request slightly differently from IIS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of this will be masked if you have a reverse proxy or load balancer in the path.  Instead of learning about your web server the curious person would learn what proxy your using.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8838/" />
  <row Id="15846" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8882" RevisionGUID="7e9873af-2ba0-477f-8659-89f7d82f6773" CreationDate="2009-05-16T09:14:06.417" UserId="1576" Text="&gt; Startup scripts&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; When Bash starts, it executes the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; commands in a variety of different&#xD;&#xA;&gt; scripts.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; When Bash is invoked as an interactive&#xD;&#xA;&gt; login shell, it first reads and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; executes commands from the file&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /etc/profile, if that file exists.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; After reading that file, it looks for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login, and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ~/.profile, in that order, and reads&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and executes commands from the first&#xD;&#xA;&gt; one that exists and is readable.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; When a login shell exits, Bash reads&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and executes commands from the file&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ~/.bash_logout, if it exists.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; When an interactive shell that is not&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a login shell is started, Bash reads&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and executes commands from ~/.bashrc,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; if that file exists. This may be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; inhibited by using the --norc option.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The --rcfile file option will force&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Bash to read and execute commands from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; file instead of ~/.bashrc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   - &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash#Startup_scripts&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;" />
  <row Id="15847" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8882" RevisionGUID="7e9873af-2ba0-477f-8659-89f7d82f6773" CreationDate="2009-05-16T09:14:06.417" UserId="1576" Text="The difference between a 'Login' and an 'Interactive' bash shell." />
  <row Id="15848" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8882" RevisionGUID="7e9873af-2ba0-477f-8659-89f7d82f6773" CreationDate="2009-05-16T09:14:06.417" UserId="1576" Text="&lt;shell&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;bash&gt;&lt;bashrc&gt;" />
  <row Id="15849" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8882" RevisionGUID="7e9873af-2ba0-477f-8659-89f7d82f6773" CreationDate="2009-05-16T09:14:06.417" UserId="1576" />
  <row Id="15852" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8884" RevisionGUID="6f542c4a-ef7f-4878-8f80-2606d386d565" CreationDate="2009-05-16T09:32:50.833" UserId="326" Text="## Windows&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The one thing I do customize does increase my productivity really and is easy to do: Visual Studio's default Ctrl+W key binding starts a browser tab instead of closing the current tab. Coming from a Linux background I always hit the &quot;wrong&quot; key, which annoys the heck out of me and often breaks the flow. So I'm better off making that small adjustment (who needs a browser in VS anyways) than interrupting myself again and again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## Linux&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I customize all of my servers heavily so that the working environment fits my needs. This includes installing a ton of packages and configuring the shell, vim and so on. I use [puppet][1] for this and my [David's Best Practices][2] module. Automating it I can rely on proven configurations and basic functionality (like munin, vim, bash, ntp, etc) without having to wast a second thought about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://git.black.co.at/?p=module-dbp;a=summary" />
  <row Id="15853" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8884" RevisionGUID="6f542c4a-ef7f-4878-8f80-2606d386d565" CreationDate="2009-05-16T09:32:50.833" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15854" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8885" RevisionGUID="a4e73221-f008-4cdc-9033-5180e22ca05a" CreationDate="2009-05-16T09:35:43.513" UserId="1496" Text="I assume that by &quot;getting checksum errors&quot; you mean having yum complain that the checksum of some downloaded files doesn't match. You're probably hitting a mirror with corrupted files. Have you tried commenting out the `mirrorlist` line and uncommenting the `baseurl` line?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, please be aware that you run a good chance of borking your system completely if you pull in packages from rawhide if you're three major versions away (you're 8, rawhide is 11). The dependency tree pulled in will be massive, and even *if* depedency resolution won't fail complaining about missing dependencies you will have most likely a malfunctioning desktop environment." />
  <row Id="15855" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8886" RevisionGUID="efcd8a15-7e4a-4441-a0fb-60c273dfb30d" CreationDate="2009-05-16T09:40:40.727" UserId="2435" Text="Given that hidden features might be the ones you don't expect, I'd vote for things you don't want exploited against yourself (just because you didn't know you had to disable them). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I remember a horror szenario from a talk about Oracle hacks (I believe it was [this one][1] - also as [video][2]). The most impressive feature was full database encryption, that seems to be available but not licensed. Thus, if you are under attack and somebody exploits SQL-injection with the required privileges, they might trigger the encryption of the database which you'll recognize with the next restart when it asks for the passphrase. As the encryption is &quot;industry standard&quot; you better have a nonencrypted backup or prepare to pay ransom if the attacker asks for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This isn't handy to *use* as developer or DBA, but worth *knowing* as security conscious DBA. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I misquoted the talk and got the wrong one, let me know and I'll dig deeper.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://chaosradio.ccc.de/24c3_mp3_2354.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://chaosradio.ccc.de/24c3_m4v_2354.html" />
  <row Id="15856" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8877" RevisionGUID="b9e346f6-af8b-4765-a724-536bc96faef8" CreationDate="2009-05-16T09:43:54.497" UserId="206" Comment="added notice about customized errors" Text="I was reading about the useful UrlScan tool [here][1] and came across &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; IIS 6.0 does not include the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; RemoveServerHeader feature because&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this feature offers no real security&#xD;&#xA;&gt; benefit. Most server attacks are not&#xD;&#xA;&gt; operating system?specific. **Also, it is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; possible to detect the identity of a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server and information about the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; operating system by mechanisms that do&#xD;&#xA;&gt; not depend on the server header.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course this stirred my curiosity since I don't understand how you can detect the OS and/or the web server without using the server header. However extensions (.php, .asp, .aspx, .do, .py etc. etc.) cannot be the answer to this question nor looking for &quot;__VIEWSTATE&quot; or similar hidden input fields in the response content.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there some secret way that I don't really know about?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT 1 : I assume customized error pages (not the default ones which clearly show the web server; knowing the web server gives you a strong clue about the OS too)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc242650.aspx" />
  <row Id="15857" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8877" RevisionGUID="b9e346f6-af8b-4765-a724-536bc96faef8" CreationDate="2009-05-16T09:43:54.497" UserId="206" Comment="added notice about customized errors" Text="&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="15858" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8887" RevisionGUID="7418f0f4-054a-4336-b856-f600adb5cc06" CreationDate="2009-05-16T09:44:49.003" UserId="1804" Text="A foolproof way to do this is to create a gzip'd tar archive on the Linux side that your Windows host simply downloads with scp. The tar.gz file can then be untarred if you need to access the directories and files on the Windows side. If it's just for archiving, just send the tar.gz file to tape.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The pattern here is rather than try to wrestle with differences between Windows and Linux, use as much of the available tools on either side and then a low-risk method of communication between them. " />
  <row Id="15859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8888" RevisionGUID="d2f1b5b7-66bb-4cd1-b69c-7e02e39d7b6a" CreationDate="2009-05-16T09:45:48.987" UserId="326" Text="Use [sniffy][1] if you want to break into the user's session or `screen -x` if you have cooperation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be aware though, that spying on your users might be subject to regulations or even outright illegal depending on your local legislation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sniffy.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="15860" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8889" RevisionGUID="8df49221-2a87-4107-811a-22ada2dd8ad4" CreationDate="2009-05-16T09:49:26.423" UserId="326" Text="If you have enough machines that the effort pays off, using a central database and [NSS][1] is a great way to share users between hosts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/hello/manual/libc/Name-Service-Switch.html" />
  <row Id="15863" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8880" RevisionGUID="25ff7971-1bbc-4b2c-a789-fa5b1c3cbd28" CreationDate="2009-05-16T09:54:33.903" UserId="984" Comment="added 16 characters in body; edited tags" Text="I currently rsync on a Linux host to copy things from Windows to my Linux box.  But I can't copy files with long names.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried [DeltaCopy][1], [cwrsync][2], and [cygwin][3].  From what I have found there all of these tools refuse to copy files when the length of the file becomes long, this seems to be somewhere around 255 characters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This issue is addressed on the cwrsync forums [here][4] and it supposedly it may be fixed sometime in the future whenever cygwin 1.7 comes out and UTF8 is supported.  There is even a test build [here][5].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not particular comfortable using the test build on a production system.  I am hoping someone knows of another rsync option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an alternative to rsync do you know of another tool that I can copy a directory structure on Linux from a windows host that will not have problems with long or unusually named files?  The important bit is that I need a tool that can easily work across an SSH tunnel.  Some of the systems are beyond firewalls, and I believe SSH is the tunnel I will be allowed to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.aboutmyip.com/AboutMyXApp/DeltaCopy.jsp&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.itefix.no/i2/node/10650&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.cygwin.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.itefix.no/i2/node/11064&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=69227&amp;package_id=68081&amp;release_id=615606" />
  <row Id="15864" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8880" RevisionGUID="25ff7971-1bbc-4b2c-a789-fa5b1c3cbd28" CreationDate="2009-05-16T09:54:33.903" UserId="984" Comment="added 16 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;rsync&gt;&lt;file-transfer&gt;" />
  <row Id="15865" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8891" RevisionGUID="eb4b68e2-f1d1-47f5-9e98-585a63e5300c" CreationDate="2009-05-16T09:55:12.670" UserId="1804" Text="&lt;b&gt;Windows:&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First thing is definitely set the sound scheme to &quot;No Sounds&quot;. The Windows sounds really grate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make certain fonts smaller (title bar especially, switch off bold and reduce to 8 or 9 point) to fit better on my 1440x900 laptop screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any geek should consider imaging their laptop or PC once they've completed certain customisations to save time in the future. In a work context it might include setting up a dedicated image for their automated deployment system. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15866" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8891" RevisionGUID="eb4b68e2-f1d1-47f5-9e98-585a63e5300c" CreationDate="2009-05-16T09:55:12.670" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15867" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8892" RevisionGUID="713e3fa0-c44d-40fc-a364-51962161f5fb" CreationDate="2009-05-16T09:56:10.890" UserId="1804" Text="I thought the same thing but then I noticed &quot;community wiki&quot;...not sure if it's the done thing to just post documentation to SF :)" />
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  <row Id="15869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8893" RevisionGUID="dfb71447-04f6-4dbe-9315-686ab49ada1c" CreationDate="2009-05-16T10:26:23.430" UserId="2568" Text="Using an external USB drive under Windows XP, how to encrypt/decrypt files on the fly, but without too much slow-down from the overhead. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of the obvious solutions like  Truecrypt won't work because with these the host system needs to have first had some drivers installed by a system administrator. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How to have an encrypted USB drive, so the data will still be accessible on any XP system?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15870" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8893" RevisionGUID="dfb71447-04f6-4dbe-9315-686ab49ada1c" CreationDate="2009-05-16T10:26:23.430" UserId="2568" Text="How to protect against against data access if USB drive gets lost?" />
  <row Id="15871" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8893" RevisionGUID="dfb71447-04f6-4dbe-9315-686ab49ada1c" CreationDate="2009-05-16T10:26:23.430" UserId="2568" Text="&lt;usb-flash-drive&gt;&lt;encryption&gt;&lt;portable-apps&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="15872" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8894" RevisionGUID="ed1e3e56-8119-4244-89bb-1725d888f1d1" CreationDate="2009-05-16T10:35:55.723" UserId="2507" Text="Prompted by Adam..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like your suggestions as to freeing up space on a Windows machine. Yes, yes, I know disk space is cheap but sometimes, you have older machines that just need more space and it's easier to free up space than to have to go through the pain of migrating to a new disk. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So what do you recommend?" />
  <row Id="15873" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8894" RevisionGUID="ed1e3e56-8119-4244-89bb-1725d888f1d1" CreationDate="2009-05-16T10:35:55.723" UserId="2507" Text="Best places to free space on Windows?" />
  <row Id="15874" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8894" RevisionGUID="ed1e3e56-8119-4244-89bb-1725d888f1d1" CreationDate="2009-05-16T10:35:55.723" UserId="2507" Text="&lt;diskspace&gt;&lt;storage&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="15875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8895" RevisionGUID="ad4c410c-2ca2-4a5d-9c64-f51d01ca3a50" CreationDate="2009-05-16T10:37:45.253" UserId="45" Text="Users' temp folders often contain large amounts of unnecessary data, for example&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Temp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are running Windows Vista and installed Service Pack 1, there is a good chance you can free some GB by running the Windows Vista SP 1 cleanup utility:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    vsp1cln.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15876" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8896" RevisionGUID="3dc3f628-445f-49fd-a548-0fa173f50de5" CreationDate="2009-05-16T10:41:54.823" UserId="2211" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This seems weired to me:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After I installed Windows7 (7000) I've set IPv4 properties of my NIC to a static IP and DNS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But when I'm looking into the IPv4 properties of the NIC now, both IP and DNS are set to &quot;Obtain automatically&quot; while the NIC sill has the static IP I've set earlier (As I can verify with ipconfig or in the &quot;Network connection details&quot; for the adapter).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anybody explain why can this be happening?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15877" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8896" RevisionGUID="3dc3f628-445f-49fd-a548-0fa173f50de5" CreationDate="2009-05-16T10:41:54.823" UserId="2211" Text="Local area connection properties -&gt; IPv4 displaying DHCP on while using static IP" />
  <row Id="15878" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8896" RevisionGUID="3dc3f628-445f-49fd-a548-0fa173f50de5" CreationDate="2009-05-16T10:41:54.823" UserId="2211" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;" />
  <row Id="15879" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8897" RevisionGUID="c381340a-35c9-4eb8-aa64-60118404abfe" CreationDate="2009-05-16T10:45:10.730" UserId="891" Text="Using [Windirstat][1] you *see* where the wasted space is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; WinDirStat is a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for Microsoft Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(The view you look for is)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; - The treemap, which shows the whole contents of the directory tree straight away&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://windirstat.info/" />
  <row Id="15880" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8895" RevisionGUID="0f6b51c2-3691-4cac-9dec-f3f2b4f1bb80" CreationDate="2009-05-16T10:45:17.160" UserId="45" Comment="added 88 characters in body" Text="Users' **temp folders** often contain large amounts of unnecessary data, for example&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Temp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A simple way for a general cleanup is to run the **Disk Space Cleanup Manager** in Windows Vista (Search for &quot;Disk Cleanup&quot; in Vista's search box and run it.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are running Windows Vista and installed Service Pack 1, there is a good chance you can free some GB by running the **Windows Vista SP 1 cleanup** utility ([documentation][1]):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    vsp1cln.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(run it in an elevated CMD session.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766219.aspx" />
  <row Id="15881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8898" RevisionGUID="7fa13763-4708-4fe8-851b-755f1d378f81" CreationDate="2009-05-16T10:48:01.227" UserId="2546" Text="First, use [Scanner][1] by Steffen Gerlach to find out where the space is going - I find it easier to read than Windirstat and it requires no installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another program that might help is [XP_Remove_Hotfix_Backup][2] by Doug Knox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.steffengerlach.de/freeware/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm" />
  <row Id="15882" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8895" RevisionGUID="8ec6cb27-18f9-4bad-9cc9-85fea2497aca" CreationDate="2009-05-16T10:51:06.383" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 68 characters in body" Text="Users' **temp folders** often contain large amounts of unnecessary data, for example&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Temp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Temp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A simple way for a general cleanup is to run the **Disk Space Cleanup Manager** in Windows Vista (Search for &quot;Disk Cleanup&quot; in Vista's search box and run it.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are running Windows Vista and installed Service Pack 1, there is a good chance you can free some GB by running the **Windows Vista SP 1 cleanup** utility ([documentation][1]):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    vsp1cln.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(run it in an elevated CMD session.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766219.aspx" />
  <row Id="15883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8899" RevisionGUID="cb8595d9-5c38-4492-887f-42a8357cbe0e" CreationDate="2009-05-16T10:53:42.730" UserId="517" Text="We use [Lexar JumpDrive Secure][1] for our USB keys. The key have 2 partitions, one that is accessible by anyone, and one that is encrypted. The public partition contains the software to access the private part, so make sure you use a strong pass phrase. It works well with windows xp, but not on linux. The old versions we have doesn't work on vista, but the new ones are suppose to work fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.lexar.com/jumpdrive/jd_secureII_plus.html" />
  <row Id="15884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8900" RevisionGUID="8763cbe6-797d-4b28-8d97-e1e87af66181" CreationDate="2009-05-16T10:54:42.587" UserId="891" Text="Beware a [common mistake][1], reported by [*Schneier on Security*][2]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **Lessons in Key Management**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Encrypting your USB drive is smart. Writing the encryption key on a piece of paper and attaching it to the USB drive is not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/04/lessons_in_key.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.schneier.com/blog/" />
  <row Id="15885" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8896" RevisionGUID="91a71d78-07a0-46ea-829f-df4e9909cb74" CreationDate="2009-05-16T11:08:10.490" UserId="2211" Comment="added 53 characters in body" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This seems weired to me:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After I installed Windows7 (7000) I've set IPv4 properties of my NIC to a static IP and DNS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But when I'm looking into the IPv4 properties of the NIC now, both IP and DNS are set to &quot;Obtain automatically&quot; while the NIC sill has the static IP I've set earlier (As I can verify with ipconfig or in the &quot;Network connection details&quot; for the adapter).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anybody explain why can this be happening?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: we don't have a DHCP server in our network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15886" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8790" RevisionGUID="e9d9dd8f-1252-47e7-84d2-f1df5d4d7bf6" CreationDate="2009-05-16T11:16:38.167" UserId="45" Comment="added 263 characters in body" Text="Using PCL 6 XL (Enhanced) printer drivers, PCL XL error pages usually indicate a communication problem. The error can also be caused by an incompatibility between the Enhanced XL language and the software application that is associated with the file being printed, Adobe Photoshop Album in your case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The procedure in this [HP support document][1] for a different Laserjet model should help determining the source of the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In most cases the PCL5e drivers are recommended over PCL6 drivers. They work just as well and won't throw such errors. PCL 6 XL is less forgiving of slight glitches in the printer driver or software. PCL5e has been around longer and is considered more stable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&amp;cc=us&amp;objectID=c00064499" />
  <row Id="15887" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="6607" RevisionGUID="30bbfcc8-a306-4e7f-a773-5a7697ee3b75" CreationDate="2009-05-16T11:18:36.277" UserId="2318" Comment="edited tags; edited title" Text="propagate removal of an ACL entry for just one user in Mac OS?" />
  <row Id="15888" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6607" RevisionGUID="30bbfcc8-a306-4e7f-a773-5a7697ee3b75" CreationDate="2009-05-16T11:18:36.277" UserId="2318" Comment="edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;acl&gt;&lt;bash&gt;" />
  <row Id="15889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8901" RevisionGUID="1af21d40-9b2d-46c5-ae98-bee3e45e74a9" CreationDate="2009-05-16T11:34:17.127" UserId="1409" Text="Here is an article you might want to read up on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc137737.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The version 4.0 of Merlin Messaging for the Magix/Definity claims to have Unified messaging support through the use of a WAV file.  We have this version of VM at one of our sites, but I was leery of putting in the Unified Messaging because the technology seems outdated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd look at one of the 3rd party products that claim to take older PBX systems and bring their VM  up to date.  Here is one such company.  http://www.voice-mail.org/" />
  <row Id="15890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8902" RevisionGUID="86d87f14-e4be-4179-9360-bd99cc2e4e20" CreationDate="2009-05-16T11:46:11.843" UserId="45" Text="This could be an issue with the network driver. What is the model of your NIC? Maybe there is already an updated version from the manufacturer." />
  <row Id="15891" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8903" RevisionGUID="b8c401fe-7b24-42a9-ba1e-733b1545ca64" CreationDate="2009-05-16T12:03:09.107" UserId="816" Text="Try [CCleaner][1] by Piriform. It can remove unused files from Widows, Internet Explorer, FireFox, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari and many other third party applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ccleaner.com/" />
  <row Id="15892" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8904" RevisionGUID="a441e704-c2ae-4620-8f2e-bb71d6437a63" CreationDate="2009-05-16T12:07:13.767" UserId="773" Text="I like to have [FolderSize][1] installed. It gives you another column called Folder Size that you can use instead of the regular Size column. And it shows how much space that folder use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Much better than using a separate tool or right-clicking and waiting for it to count in my opinion. First time you &quot;open a disk&quot; in explorer it works like crazy for a while, just so you are prepared, but that only happens once every boot. So I don't mind it at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and its tiny and all free =)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://foldersize.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="15893" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8905" RevisionGUID="7fe2c4c1-ba24-45fd-8b5b-95b44a7490b3" CreationDate="2009-05-16T12:09:08.810" UserId="773" Text="I am trying out Windows 7 RC, and one thing annoys me a bit. In windows XP (Can't remember how it was in Vista...) when browsing folders I could see how much free space I had on the disk in the status bar. On Windows 7, all I see is how many items are in the folder I am browsing. Can this be changed some how? Or is it just the way Windows 7 is?" />
  <row Id="15894" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8905" RevisionGUID="7fe2c4c1-ba24-45fd-8b5b-95b44a7490b3" CreationDate="2009-05-16T12:09:08.810" UserId="773" Text="Windows7: No disk usage in status bar?" />
  <row Id="15895" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8905" RevisionGUID="7fe2c4c1-ba24-45fd-8b5b-95b44a7490b3" CreationDate="2009-05-16T12:09:08.810" UserId="773" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;windows-explorer&gt;&lt;diskspace&gt;" />
  <row Id="15896" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8732" RevisionGUID="99d42b1a-0999-4abb-8a27-10b39ff84e77" CreationDate="2009-05-16T12:12:15.177" UserId="14678" UserDisplayName="Diago" Comment="deleted 38 characters in body" Text="You first need to add the Video share to the indexing service on Windows 7 RC. The library indexes everything in it by default. Although there is an index on the WHS server, Windows 7 won't make use of it. The use of indexing on servers only work with Windows 2008 Servers and higher. Even with Desktop Search 4.0 this is still not accessible by Vista/Windows 7 machines." />
  <row Id="15897" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8906" RevisionGUID="881a8430-67f8-4a51-b38c-f6fc43f4606d" CreationDate="2009-05-16T12:16:31.283" UserId="14678" UserDisplayName="Diago" Text="I decided to add a second answer to ensure that this is seen. I happened to try the same thing today using Windows Server 2003 and ended up reading the help in Windows 7. Something usefull we always ignore because google is so much quicker.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To add a location to the library it needs to be indexed. According to the help if the file is on a network location already indexed, it should be added without a hassle, however it does not define what would make the location appear as indexed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The alternative method is to make the folder available offline. This can be done by right-clicking on the folder and then selecting Always available offline. The drawback is that the files will be stored on the local computer. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The latter defeats the object.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your running 32Bit Vista or Windows XP and Win 7 you can install [this](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f7e981d9-5a3b-4872-a07e-220761e27283&amp;displaylang=en&amp;Hash=JTm30aLPjk8x6t3Iwvuw5fB4oT4UZwCHlFCp91/n8tt/boVeoV5DX44yzu8Kc0nwblWBgezWUaA/rnMU9FWNYg%3d%3d) add-in which allow the indexer to index network and UNC locations, however it is not available for 64Bit." />
  <row Id="15898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8907" RevisionGUID="83926e17-2b1b-452a-b3b7-ff3f50df3322" CreationDate="2009-05-16T12:16:46.213" UserId="385" Text="It's pretty trivial, actually, even with a proxy in between. For instance, this tool gives you a pretty good idea:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Net-Square's httprint][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.net-square.com/httprint/" />
  <row Id="15899" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8908" RevisionGUID="f91cba66-e298-472a-9725-7e4305291f79" CreationDate="2009-05-16T12:17:27.753" UserId="2211" Text="[Ftpdrive](http://www.killprog.com/fdrve.html).&lt;br&gt; &#xD;&#xA;Not an open source, but a free tool, so you may want to check it out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Works perfectly for plain FTP.&#xD;&#xA;I have not used it for SFTP but on the homepage the developer claims&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Both unsecured and secured by SSL/TLS FTP connections supported&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8909" RevisionGUID="7f5a2008-8c49-44fa-b8c3-dc95f55f7e76" CreationDate="2009-05-16T12:23:53.243" UserId="385" Text="Here are the customizations I typically practice:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Configure security and other features to maximize protection while still allowing me to do my job. Admin workstations are often targeted by auditors/pen-testers and this cuts the nonsense.&#xD;&#xA;- Maximize the tools. I use a wide assortment of tools, so I get 'em all installed as quickly as possible.&#xD;&#xA;- Setup those tools to load as quickly as possible without the splash screens and such. For instance, appending -nosplash to SQL Server Management Studio and Visual Studio. Those are real time wasters for me.&#xD;&#xA;- Setup links in the browser for my most commonly visited admin sites and help resources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used to be one of those OS tweakers that looked for every single little change I could make, but I realized over time that it wasn't worth my time. The little things like eliminating splash screens save me more time than those tweaks ever did. Also, once you start getting into that sort of thing, it almost becomes a religion to keep up with it, which is a huge time waster in and of itself.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15901" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8909" RevisionGUID="7f5a2008-8c49-44fa-b8c3-dc95f55f7e76" CreationDate="2009-05-16T12:23:53.243" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15902" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8906" RevisionGUID="c8fbd610-8c77-4916-8209-f0d91dcceaa8" CreationDate="2009-05-16T12:25:33.937" UserId="14678" UserDisplayName="Diago" Comment="added 188 characters in body" Text="I decided to add a second answer to ensure that this is seen. I happened to try the same thing today using Windows Server 2003 and ended up reading the help in Windows 7. Something usefull we always ignore because google is so much quicker.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To add a location to the library it needs to be indexed. According to the help if the file is on a network location already indexed, it should be added without a hassle, however it does not define what would make the location appear as indexed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The alternative method is to make the folder available offline. This can be done by right-clicking on the folder and then selecting Always available offline. The drawback is that the files will be stored on the local computer. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The latter defeats the object.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your running 32Bit Vista or Windows XP and Win 7 you can install [this](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f7e981d9-5a3b-4872-a07e-220761e27283&amp;displaylang=en&amp;Hash=JTm30aLPjk8x6t3Iwvuw5fB4oT4UZwCHlFCp91/n8tt/boVeoV5DX44yzu8Kc0nwblWBgezWUaA/rnMU9FWNYg%3d%3d) add-in which allow the indexer to index network and UNC locations, however it is not available for 64Bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option according to [this](http://www.sevenforums.com/network-internet/4616-indexing-network-share-locations.html) forum post is to create a symbolic link to the network share." />
  <row Id="15903" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8910" RevisionGUID="a9a8ac0e-a587-4345-ac37-f827a66a7f22" CreationDate="2009-05-16T12:27:04.367" UserId="2211" Text="Just a list of points I wrote down for myself after fighting with a problem for a while:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. What is your **primary goal** ?&#xD;&#xA;    Should be stated clearly and as&#xD;&#xA;    concisely. The goal should be very&#xD;&#xA;    particular. It should not be&#xD;&#xA;    general. Preferably **one&#xD;&#xA;    sentence**.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 2. What is your problem ?&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 3. Is there just **one problem or&#xD;&#xA;    many** ? If there are many, solve&#xD;&#xA;    them one at a time.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 4. Try to reproduce the problem with&#xD;&#xA;    **different conditions**. Can it be reproduced in all possible&#xD;&#xA;    conditions or not ? Does it say&#xD;&#xA;    anything about the nature of the&#xD;&#xA;    problem ?&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 5. If it is an urgent problem is there&#xD;&#xA;    a **workaround** ? Try to find as&#xD;&#xA;    many workarounds as possible.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 6. Try to make as **many guesses** as&#xD;&#xA;    possible on what is the cause of&#xD;&#xA;    your problem.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 7. Try to prove your guesses,&#xD;&#xA;    experiment with the system.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 8. Be conisitent in what you're trying&#xD;&#xA;    to do. Do one thing at a time.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 9. **Keep track** of what you're doing, what you've already tried.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 10. Do **not deviate** from your&#xD;&#xA;     primary goal. Constantly check if&#xD;&#xA;     you're still solving your main&#xD;&#xA;     problem, not a differenet one.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 11. Do **not fixate** either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15904" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8910" RevisionGUID="a9a8ac0e-a587-4345-ac37-f827a66a7f22" CreationDate="2009-05-16T12:27:04.367" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8912" RevisionGUID="3cdb33be-22ed-4b17-9875-df3c13b4cf18" CreationDate="2009-05-16T12:36:40.683" UserId="783" Text="I do not think you can change that with W7 alone.  &#xD;&#xA;That is the [same with Vista][1], by the way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.techtalkz.com/windows-vista-all/23347-windows-explorer-status-bar.html" />
  <row Id="15909" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8910" RevisionGUID="71d6db81-6466-41c2-b4a3-78671ce07bf7" CreationDate="2009-05-16T12:39:49.420" UserId="2211" Comment="added 8 characters in body" Text="Just a list of points I wrote down for myself after fighting with a problem for a while:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. What is your **primary goal** ?&#xD;&#xA;    Should be stated clearly and as&#xD;&#xA;    concisely. The goal should be very&#xD;&#xA;    particular. It should not be&#xD;&#xA;    general. Preferably **one&#xD;&#xA;    sentence**.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 2. What is your problem ?&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 3. Is there just **one problem or&#xD;&#xA;    many** ? If there are many, solve&#xD;&#xA;    them one at a time.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 4. Try to reproduce the problem with&#xD;&#xA;    **different conditions**. Can it be reproduced in all possible&#xD;&#xA;    conditions or not ? Does it say&#xD;&#xA;    anything about the nature of the&#xD;&#xA;    problem ?&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 5. If it is an urgent problem is there&#xD;&#xA;    a **workaround** ? Try to find as&#xD;&#xA;    many workarounds as possible.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 6. Try to make as **many guesses** as&#xD;&#xA;    possible on what is the cause of&#xD;&#xA;    your problem.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 7. Try to prove your guesses,&#xD;&#xA;    **experiment** with the system.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 8. **Be conisitent** in what you're trying&#xD;&#xA;    to do. Do one thing at a time.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 9. **Keep track** of what you're doing, what you've already tried.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 10. Do **not deviate** from your&#xD;&#xA;     primary goal. Constantly check if&#xD;&#xA;     you're still solving your main&#xD;&#xA;     problem, not a differenet one.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 11. Do **not fixate** either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15910" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8913" RevisionGUID="47418658-95ca-4c04-9e57-54eb4fb3e41f" CreationDate="2009-05-16T12:43:36.933" UserId="385" Text="General practices I remember during the whole process:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Write everything I do down.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Make only one change at a time.&#xD;&#xA; 3. If possible, reverse the change before trying another unless definite progress is being made.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;During the troubleshooting here defines my basic methodology:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - When the system is up and running well, before there's a problem, I try to learn to see what it's doing. [Joe Richards explains why a lot better than I could in this short space][1].&#xD;&#xA; - I start with the simplest solution. For instance, no network connectivity? Check the physical layer. I can't tell you how many times intermittent connection problems weren't a server issue but a network cable that was half-in or one that had gone bad.&#xD;&#xA; - I try to capture all of the symptoms I can see from all the likely sources before I start making changes. &#xD;&#xA; - I run preliminary diagnostic tests. For instance, when I get told a server is down, the first thing I do is use ping and nbtstat (Windows) to verify that. The problem could be at the distant end (to borrow an old Air Force tech control saying).&#xD;&#xA; - I am not afraid to do the research. Google, support.microsoft.com, eventid.net and sites like that are your friend.&#xD;&#xA; - I am not afraid to ask for help from the community. Not just sites like serverfault.com, but I have a good assortment of folks I trust and respect on Twitter I keep in contact with. &#xD;&#xA; - I evaluate the answers I'm finding with what I'm seeing. I don't assume that any one solution is the right one until I can do enough considerations of the evidence I'm seeing with what is reported in the solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.joeware.net/2006/07/15/448/" />
  <row Id="15911" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8913" RevisionGUID="47418658-95ca-4c04-9e57-54eb4fb3e41f" CreationDate="2009-05-16T12:43:36.933" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15913" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8912" RevisionGUID="939fe3e3-3d5f-43c3-ba5a-0e3cad9eeeb1" CreationDate="2009-05-16T12:44:25.230" UserId="783" Comment="add hover option" Text="I do not think you can change that with W7 alone.  &#xD;&#xA;That is the [same with Vista][1], by the way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At best you can show the [disk space of a folder on hover][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or you can click on &quot;Computer&quot; in an explorer: the right panel does display all drives with their respective free space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.techtalkz.com/windows-vista-all/23347-windows-explorer-status-bar.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://malektips.com/vista-explorer-folder-size-hover.html" />
  <row Id="15915" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8914" RevisionGUID="509c7fb5-66e7-4430-b190-1219f6d9659f" CreationDate="2009-05-16T12:49:54.637" UserId="1463" Text="I just sort the folders in Directory Opus by size and hunt around the top contestants, deleting useless stuff when I find it (like old temp files in windir and appdata, application or installer data for things no longer used like the sql bootstrapper files)... but sure, that's the *hardcore* way I guess ^^" />
  <row Id="15917" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8915" RevisionGUID="cd1fd772-2bb1-4039-b5e6-493cf0fbad64" CreationDate="2009-05-16T12:57:58.317" UserId="1463" Text="It sounds to me like you're giving user support by logging on with their accounts - knowing their passwords? As you said, that's a very bad idea for many reasons.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know some oldschool users tend to like that, they just shrug their shoulders and ask you to fix it remotely and give you their password. But just say no. Noone should know their password but themselves - basic principle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most things can be fixed from another user context, your own. Those who really can't, and need to be done with the user interactively logged in, require the user to do that and stay and watch as the staff fixes stuff through that user's account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remotely there is RDP Shadow, Remote Help and similar interactive solutions where the user is in control and noone needs to know his or her password to help with some desktop-related problem. With Group Policies there's basically no need for this behaviour anyway, since most things are easily configured by an administrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you give other people access to other people's user accounts - you completely loose the audit trail and accountability for actions made by users in the system. If one of them breaks into NASA or alters some of your financial databases and you can't figure out who because there's 10 people who can impersonate that user..." />
  <row Id="15919" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8910" RevisionGUID="95abe465-114b-452c-ae4c-790e07fe7b4f" CreationDate="2009-05-16T12:58:39.547" UserId="2211" Comment="added 5 characters in body" Text="Just a list of points I wrote down for myself after fighting with a problem for a while:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. What is your **primary goal** ?&#xD;&#xA;    Should be stated clearly and as&#xD;&#xA;    concisely. The goal should be very&#xD;&#xA;    particular. It should not be&#xD;&#xA;    general. Preferably **one&#xD;&#xA;    sentence**.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 2. What is your problem ?&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 3. Is there just **one problem or&#xD;&#xA;    many** ? If there are many, solve&#xD;&#xA;    them one at a time.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 4. Try to reproduce the problem with&#xD;&#xA;    **different conditions**. Can it be reproduced in all possible&#xD;&#xA;    conditions or not ? Does it say&#xD;&#xA;    anything about the nature of the&#xD;&#xA;    problem ?&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 5. If it is an urgent problem is there&#xD;&#xA;    a **workaround** ? Try to find as&#xD;&#xA;    many workarounds as possible.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 6. Try to make as **many guesses** as&#xD;&#xA;    possible on what is the cause of&#xD;&#xA;    your problem.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 7. Try to prove your guesses,&#xD;&#xA;    **experiment** with the system.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 8. **Be conisitent** in what you're trying&#xD;&#xA;    to do. Do one thing at a time.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 9. **Keep track** of what you're doing, what you've already tried.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 10. Do **not deviate** from your&#xD;&#xA;     primary goal. Constantly check if&#xD;&#xA;     you're still solving your main&#xD;&#xA;     problem, not a differenet one.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 11. Do **not fixate** either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There also was a great list of debugging rules, it was in a PDF form with exaples and explanation for each of the rules. I couldn't quickly find the PDF, but I think this is a poster of the list:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/5677/debuggingrules.jpg" />
  <row Id="15920" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8915" RevisionGUID="11f35dc4-763c-4a85-aaf5-6381b634b9a4" CreationDate="2009-05-16T13:03:53.747" UserId="1463" Comment="deleted 102 characters in body" Text="It sounds to me like you're giving user support by logging on with their accounts - knowing their passwords? As you said, that's a very bad idea for many reasons.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know some oldschool users tend to like that, they just shrug their shoulders and ask you to fix it remotely and give you their password. But just say no. Noone should know their password but themselves - basic principle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most things can be fixed from another user context, your own. Those who really can't, and need to be done with the user interactively logged in, require the user to do that and stay and watch as the staff fixes stuff through that user's account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remotely there is RDP Shadow, Remote Help and similar interactive solutions where the user is in control and noone needs to know his or her password to help with some desktop-related problem. With Group Policies there's basically no need for this behaviour anyway, since most things are easily configured by an administrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you give other people access to other people's user accounts - you also loose the audit trail and accountability for actions made by users in the system - which could easily go outside the authorized administrator group." />
  <row Id="15927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8917" RevisionGUID="9ca9eb97-4805-42a1-8ce1-27c746aeb2d4" CreationDate="2009-05-16T13:18:03.540" UserId="2657" Text="At my work, backups have a surprisingly low priority. The backup strategy was implemented a while ago, and since then it's just assumed the backups are fine.  If you ask the sysadmins, they'll say everything is backed up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But then, when you ask for a SPECIFIC backup, half the time they are not there:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The disk got full&#xD;&#xA; - The tape failed&#xD;&#xA; - Looks like someone disabled the backup job&#xD;&#xA; - The network connection had downtime&#xD;&#xA; - We ordered that disk years ago, but finance hasn't approved the purchase order&#xD;&#xA; - The files are corrupt&#xD;&#xA; - File contains wrong database&#xD;&#xA; - Only transaction log backups (useless without a full one)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few weeks ago, disaster came real close as one of the servers lost one too many raid disks. Luckily one disk was still kind enough to copy the data, if you tried a lot of times. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But even after that near-disaster, I can't seem to convince the sysadmins to improve the situation. So I'm wondering, any tips for opening people's eyes? It seems to me we're walking along the edge of a cliff." />
  <row Id="15928" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8917" RevisionGUID="9ca9eb97-4805-42a1-8ce1-27c746aeb2d4" CreationDate="2009-05-16T13:18:03.540" UserId="2657" Text="Cliffhanger: The backups are right... here... right?" />
  <row Id="15929" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8917" RevisionGUID="9ca9eb97-4805-42a1-8ce1-27c746aeb2d4" CreationDate="2009-05-16T13:18:03.540" UserId="2657" Text="&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="15930" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8918" RevisionGUID="435efd95-2038-45c1-a11c-b50107597e1d" CreationDate="2009-05-16T13:23:42.857" UserId="2211" Text="There's a [similar question](http://serverfault.com/questions/4623/windows-can-i-map-a-network-drive-for-a-service-account), but it was about whether it is possible or not.&#xD;&#xA;I want to put it in a different way:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I create a UNC mapped drive which will be mounted at startup without anybody logging in?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an aside&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I need this for a sharepoint application. I cannot just use UNC access because the web site uses impersonation and I would need delegation set up to allow for UNC access. Enabling delegation is risky and needs domain-wide configuration changes. A network mapped drive helps to avoid delegation in this scenario.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15931" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8918" RevisionGUID="435efd95-2038-45c1-a11c-b50107597e1d" CreationDate="2009-05-16T13:23:42.857" UserId="2211" Text="UNC mapped drive without user sessions" />
  <row Id="15932" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8918" RevisionGUID="435efd95-2038-45c1-a11c-b50107597e1d" CreationDate="2009-05-16T13:23:42.857" UserId="2211" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;network-share&gt;&lt;mappeddrive&gt;" />
  <row Id="15933" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8919" RevisionGUID="fbdcb68c-1de2-40e4-ad66-f733e5455707" CreationDate="2009-05-16T13:32:33.803" UserId="1463" Text="You always have to get these things fixed from the top.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is the current backup strategy backed by and understood by management? If not, it's useless.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The executive management needs to know about the problems and what risks are involved (loosing financial data that you need to bring out legally to survive, or customer data that has taken years to collect?) and weigh that in deciding on actions, or deciding on letting someone (like you) take action.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't get to management, try business controllers or other financial positions where data retrieval and its integrity is of high importance to the company's reports. They in turn can &quot;start the storm&quot; if needed..." />
  <row Id="15934" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8920" RevisionGUID="3d95012e-700f-44cb-a9b9-11a30731607d" CreationDate="2009-05-16T13:32:57.763" UserId="2657" Text="This site contains countless tips that have a proven track record:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SSW Rules to Better SQL Server Databases][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ssw.com.au/ssw/Standards/Rules/RulesToBetterSQLServerDatabases.aspx" />
  <row Id="15935" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8920" RevisionGUID="3d95012e-700f-44cb-a9b9-11a30731607d" CreationDate="2009-05-16T13:32:57.763" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15936" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8921" RevisionGUID="f3a025e9-128a-4524-8ea6-b3d4d5a160ac" CreationDate="2009-05-16T13:39:45.377" UserId="471" Text="[Nmap][1] has a feature that discovers the OS running on a server. It's probably not fail proof, but I guess it should work in a reasonable number of servers around the 'net.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here][2] is the complete reference for that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://nmap.org/&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://nmap.org/book/osdetect.html" />
  <row Id="15937" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8922" RevisionGUID="7ab170a2-cbd0-45cc-914c-88d7b5c50365" CreationDate="2009-05-16T13:42:40.987" UserId="2540" Text="We have a network admin who is a Windows expert.  Which is good, since we have a largely Windows network.  However, there are 2 Linux servers on the network that need to be backed up.  In the past we used a home-grown solution for backing up the Linux machines to their own drive, but we'd like to move to a more standard solution (so it passes the &quot;if I get hit by a bus&quot; test).  Ideally the solution would integrate into the Windows backup, would be easy for a Windows admin to monitor and manage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finding an open source solution is NOT a priority.  Finding an easy to use (for a Windows admin, not a Linux admin), reliable solution is.  Linux distribution can be flexible (the servers are basically just LAMP servers) if that matters to finding a good backup tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have actual experience setting up a backup routine like this?  What tools would you recommend?" />
  <row Id="15938" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8922" RevisionGUID="7ab170a2-cbd0-45cc-914c-88d7b5c50365" CreationDate="2009-05-16T13:42:40.987" UserId="2540" Text="Windows centric backup solutions for Linux servers" />
  <row Id="15939" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8922" RevisionGUID="7ab170a2-cbd0-45cc-914c-88d7b5c50365" CreationDate="2009-05-16T13:42:40.987" UserId="2540" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="15943" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="8905" RevisionGUID="677f6e56-470f-45c9-b021-db994406eac8" CreationDate="2009-05-16T13:51:54.940" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="15945" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8924" RevisionGUID="2c91442a-6865-4d64-816f-d609f3024c98" CreationDate="2009-05-16T13:54:07.340" UserId="2467" Text="What Windows backup software do you use? Most have Linux agents (Backup Exec, Arcserve etc). If you are using NTBackup then there is no Linux integration. We have a similar situation. We just have a cron job that runs on the Linux box and copies files to a Windows server using Samba. From there the Windows backup software backs it up. Yes it's not very &quot;Windows-ey&quot;. For that you really need a Linux agent which will have the smarts and integrate into the main backup console." />
  <row Id="15948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8926" RevisionGUID="36ee63cc-e98d-4ce6-a157-96ce7e6cc8a0" CreationDate="2009-05-16T13:59:06.657" UserId="1331" Text="I'm a developer. This is what I really am.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My non-technical friends and family confuses me as a system administrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm a developer in front of my technical-savvy friends and a system administrator to everyone else. I lead a dual life. " />
  <row Id="15949" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8926" RevisionGUID="36ee63cc-e98d-4ce6-a157-96ce7e6cc8a0" CreationDate="2009-05-16T13:59:06.657" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8927" RevisionGUID="ca9e83d1-b707-446f-bb96-e98d290f1a2a" CreationDate="2009-05-16T14:09:14.703" UserId="2467" Text="Where to begin? This is a disaster waiting to happen. **A Sysadmins primary job function is to ensure data is backed up and recoverable.** Everything else is secondary. No if's no but's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are a few things you can do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Track KPIs for restores. It should be possible to produce a report showing how many requests for restores have been successful. Anything less than 100% should be investigated thoroughly. Management love reports and this is hard evidence.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. There should be documented procedures for all backup and restore operations, including all systems and their backup strategy, tape rotations, schedules, escalation paths, test restores etc. Ask to see them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Speak to the manager of the sys admins and voice your concerns. Go armed with proof that restores aren't working. If no joy go higher.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seriously - kick up a fuss. Stuff like this can destroy a company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8928" RevisionGUID="7f55623d-a5ff-4c6b-a2bf-591e8e937950" CreationDate="2009-05-16T14:13:35.507" UserId="385" Text="You should be able to do so by using autoexnt from the [Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit][1]. It allows you to run a batch file without logging in. There are articles on the Internet about how to do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="15955" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8929" RevisionGUID="ede57f16-decc-4a30-8ded-2f1b0143fc6e" CreationDate="2009-05-16T14:18:14.543" UserId="151" Text="Graduated as a Sysadmin, then changed into the field of development.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just had this moment of enlightenment, realizing that PCs are crap. No really. You have hardware specifications that are so unclear, everyone implements it slightly different, causing tiny compatibility issues. If PCs weren't crap, then there would be no incompatibilities when using certain RAM types (As long as their standard match the one on the mainboard - there is absolutely _no_ excuse why DDR3-1066 RAM should be incompatible to DDR3-1066 Mainboards), or with certain USB Devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So you have Hardware that is broken _by design_ because the specifications are useless, and on top of that you have bugged Software. I just realized then, that SysAdmin is a job with nothing to win. You can not &quot;fix&quot; issues - you can just use duct tape to temporarily resolve some symptoms, but you're always on the losing side because you don't have a good foundation to start with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For those of you who don't want to work with x86/x64 crap, YMMV, but I've learned enough in my 7 years of SysAdmin to know that it's not my job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So instead of always taking the crap when broken hardware breaks, I've switched into the field of actually creating value. Selfish? Maybe. Yes, my software is buggy at times, and in the end build on top of the same flawed foundation, but as a developer, I feel like I'm actually doing something of worth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said: Respect to everyone who does the SysAdmin job with a passion. It's an ungrateful and often unsatisfactory job, but everyone who keeps servers up and running is a hero in my book." />
  <row Id="15956" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8929" RevisionGUID="ede57f16-decc-4a30-8ded-2f1b0143fc6e" CreationDate="2009-05-16T14:18:14.543" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15957" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8930" RevisionGUID="88737886-c162-4333-874d-d1e52f0cc3ab" CreationDate="2009-05-16T14:18:50.363" UserId="2467" Text="We have some old servers with 8GB C: drive. I end up deleting stuff like the $NTServicePackUninstall$ folder from c:\windows\system32 which frees up a few hundred meg. Also a server can end up with a lot of admin profiles on it, these can go too (of course they might come back again). What else? Move pagefile.sys to another drive if you can. Move the spool folder to another drive if there is heavy printer use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use [TreeSize Pro][1] because it has a handy &quot;File Ages&quot; bar chart where you can quickly see if any files in a folder are over 6 months old for example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jam-software.com/treesize/" />
  <row Id="15958" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8882" RevisionGUID="e1f01e1b-4116-463f-80e3-d467e0578e2d" CreationDate="2009-05-16T14:29:31.307" UserId="1576" Text="I qute Wikipedia below but can anybody give a better answer?&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Startup scripts&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; When Bash starts, it executes the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; commands in a variety of different&#xD;&#xA;&gt; scripts.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; When Bash is invoked as an interactive&#xD;&#xA;&gt; login shell, it first reads and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; executes commands from the file&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /etc/profile, if that file exists.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; After reading that file, it looks for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login, and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ~/.profile, in that order, and reads&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and executes commands from the first&#xD;&#xA;&gt; one that exists and is readable.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; When a login shell exits, Bash reads&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and executes commands from the file&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ~/.bash_logout, if it exists.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; When an interactive shell that is not&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a login shell is started, Bash reads&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and executes commands from ~/.bashrc,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; if that file exists. This may be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; inhibited by using the --norc option.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The --rcfile file option will force&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Bash to read and execute commands from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; file instead of ~/.bashrc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   - &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash#Startup_scripts&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;" />
  <row Id="15959" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="8882" RevisionGUID="e1f01e1b-4116-463f-80e3-d467e0578e2d" CreationDate="2009-05-16T14:29:31.307" UserId="1576" Text="What is the difference between a 'Login' and an 'Interactive' bash shell." />
  <row Id="15960" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8882" RevisionGUID="d0a8e432-fbac-49c7-8641-875694954015" CreationDate="2009-05-16T14:38:56.500" UserId="1576" Comment="added encouragement for people to add justification for type of shell" Text="I qute Wikipedia below but can anybody give a better answer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: This is a community wiki so maybe rather than voting to close you could provide examples of which situations call for which type of $SHELL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Startup scripts&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; When Bash starts, it executes the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; commands in a variety of different&#xD;&#xA;&gt; scripts.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; When Bash is invoked as an interactive&#xD;&#xA;&gt; login shell, it first reads and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; executes commands from the file&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /etc/profile, if that file exists.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; After reading that file, it looks for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login, and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ~/.profile, in that order, and reads&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and executes commands from the first&#xD;&#xA;&gt; one that exists and is readable.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; When a login shell exits, Bash reads&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and executes commands from the file&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ~/.bash_logout, if it exists.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; When an interactive shell that is not&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a login shell is started, Bash reads&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and executes commands from ~/.bashrc,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; if that file exists. This may be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; inhibited by using the --norc option.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The --rcfile file option will force&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Bash to read and execute commands from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; file instead of ~/.bashrc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   - &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash#Startup_scripts&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;" />
  <row Id="15961" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8931" RevisionGUID="edcec816-dab2-4ccf-8e08-e81a8ff2b6a2" CreationDate="2009-05-16T14:48:18.197" UserId="2579" Text="I believe that customizing my workstation is critical to providing the best service to my customers.  By completing the default installs and tweaking them to automate time-consuming tasks, I can provide faster service if there is an issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't go overboard, but I do tweak my installations and tasks so I don't get 'bogged down' with minutia when providing support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV" />
  <row Id="15962" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8931" RevisionGUID="edcec816-dab2-4ccf-8e08-e81a8ff2b6a2" CreationDate="2009-05-16T14:48:18.197" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="15963" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8467" RevisionGUID="979daf9a-5609-4020-8c3b-ed9813271254" CreationDate="2009-05-16T15:00:53.740" UserId="1453" Comment="edited body" Text="I know this isn't exactly what you're looking for but a possible alternative, which will almost certainly work across XP to Vista, is running your Powershell script remotely via either:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[psexec][1] - Microsoft (made by Mark Russinovich, enough said!)  &#xD;&#xA;[rctrlx][2] (my tool) - More powerful than psexec in certain situations  &#xD;&#xA;[Remcom ][3] - Open source&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That way you don't need to install anything on either machine apart from Powershell&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.geocities.com/gtalon51/projects.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/rce/" />
  <row Id="15964" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8882" RevisionGUID="9cb23f8b-eba2-47fe-b777-cf415a7a1572" CreationDate="2009-05-16T15:04:52.767" UserId="48" Comment="added 82 characters in body" Text="What is the difference between a ‘Login’ and an ‘Interactive’ bash shell?&#xD;&#xA;I have quoted Wikipedia below but can anybody give a better answer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: This is a community wiki so maybe rather than voting to close you could provide examples of which situations call for which type of $SHELL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Startup scripts&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; When Bash starts, it executes the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; commands in a variety of different&#xD;&#xA;&gt; scripts.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; When Bash is invoked as an interactive&#xD;&#xA;&gt; login shell, it first reads and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; executes commands from the file&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /etc/profile, if that file exists.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; After reading that file, it looks for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login, and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ~/.profile, in that order, and reads&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and executes commands from the first&#xD;&#xA;&gt; one that exists and is readable.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; When a login shell exits, Bash reads&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and executes commands from the file&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ~/.bash_logout, if it exists.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; When an interactive shell that is not&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a login shell is started, Bash reads&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and executes commands from ~/.bashrc,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; if that file exists. This may be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; inhibited by using the --norc option.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The --rcfile file option will force&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Bash to read and execute commands from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; file instead of ~/.bashrc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   - &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash#Startup_scripts&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;" />
  <row Id="15965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8932" RevisionGUID="6d81d5c6-9ea6-4770-a345-f51c07b1b861" CreationDate="2009-05-16T15:16:23.183" UserId="1054" Text="While this is still a HTTP header inspection technique, there are many other headers other than the server header that different application servers will add to the HTTP response that are indicative of what server they're running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some examples from IIS/ASP.NET/Sharepoint:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - X-Powered-By: ASP.NET&#xD;&#xA; - X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727&#xD;&#xA; - MicrosoftOfficeWebServer: 5.0_Pub&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This isn't a guaranteed method but works in many cases." />
  <row Id="15966" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4803" RevisionGUID="bba475a2-d293-45df-bbcc-ecba680ce3eb" CreationDate="2009-05-16T15:17:52.510" UserId="1997" Comment="clarity" Text="Wubi uses the Windows boot loader, so you may want to double check the settings, which you can find in System I believe. Also, Wubi Ubuntu installs live in a large file within your windows partition, so make sure that that file hasn't been moved or damaged." />
  <row Id="15967" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8933" RevisionGUID="12058b3c-5dc6-4ebf-9254-424f399a7627" CreationDate="2009-05-16T15:24:47.650" UserId="1453" Text="Capturing traffic using [Wireshark][1] can often help track down the issue in these situations. You can look at the SMB traffic and see how Windows is trying to authenticate or if it even gets that far in the first place in the case of firewalls blocking traffic etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wireshark.org" />
  <row Id="15968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8934" RevisionGUID="403bfef2-c261-4385-b5ca-cb5e8a674b56" CreationDate="2009-05-16T15:34:44.433" UserId="2318" Text="Probably not the most useful question, but I'm curious:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I understand (in theory) that if a reverse lookup for a private IP makes it makes it past your own DNS servers you should get back &quot;prisoner.iana.org&quot; &quot;blackhole-1.iana.org&quot; or &quot;blackhole-2.iana.org&quot; I don't understand why there's more than one however. Can anyone explain?" />
  <row Id="15969" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8934" RevisionGUID="403bfef2-c261-4385-b5ca-cb5e8a674b56" CreationDate="2009-05-16T15:34:44.433" UserId="2318" Text="Is there any difference between prisoner.iana.org, blackhole-1.iana.org, and blackhole-2.iana.org ?" />
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  <row Id="15972" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8935" RevisionGUID="fa3f7d27-174a-4b2c-a7cd-23cd9de05a43" CreationDate="2009-05-16T15:42:25.073" UserId="942" Text="I also don't do heavy customization. What I do is have a central location ([Dropbox][1]) where I save some basic configuration files, which then I either link or copy with a script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things like bash configurations, aliases, and the like, so each time I get a new workstation, I get up and running very quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As others, I prefer not to get too used to heavy customizations because that makes it painfull when I go to a machine that doesn't have them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://getdropbox.com/" />
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  <row Id="15974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8936" RevisionGUID="23f3f4a6-93be-4d84-9003-4d24b2de8eb2" CreationDate="2009-05-16T15:44:09.607" UserId="386" Text="Ever since I started using Postfix virtual_alias_maps to forward all my email to gmail, I'm getting a ton more spam than when I delivered the mail locally and used SpamAssassin/spamd to filter it.  I'm already using `smtpd_recipient_restrictions` to do the standard spam filtering.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    smtpd_recipient_restrictions =&#xD;&#xA;                    reject_invalid_hostname,&#xD;&#xA;                    reject_non_fqdn_hostname,&#xD;&#xA;                    reject_non_fqdn_sender,&#xD;&#xA;                    reject_non_fqdn_recipient,&#xD;&#xA;                    reject_unknown_sender_domain,&#xD;&#xA;                    reject_unauth_pipelining,&#xD;&#xA;                    permit_mynetworks,&#xD;&#xA;                    reject_unauth_destination,&#xD;&#xA;                    reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.org,&#xD;&#xA;                    reject_rbl_client list.dsbl.org,&#xD;&#xA;                    reject_rbl_client korea.services.net,&#xD;&#xA;                    permit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anyway to run the mail through SpamAssassin before `virtual_alias_maps` forwarding?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15975" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8936" RevisionGUID="23f3f4a6-93be-4d84-9003-4d24b2de8eb2" CreationDate="2009-05-16T15:44:09.607" UserId="386" Text="Run SpamAssassin on virtual_alias in Postfix" />
  <row Id="15976" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8936" RevisionGUID="23f3f4a6-93be-4d84-9003-4d24b2de8eb2" CreationDate="2009-05-16T15:44:09.607" UserId="386" Text="&lt;postfix&gt;&lt;spamassassin&gt;" />
  <row Id="15977" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8937" RevisionGUID="750471a0-0a04-401c-acc8-761c142757d8" CreationDate="2009-05-16T15:44:33.257" UserId="2012" Text="The PSTOOL suite can also be helpful in this situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896649.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8938" RevisionGUID="942f48f8-2b53-4512-a4fb-6c1766de276c" CreationDate="2009-05-16T15:57:43.490" UserId="48" Text="The blackhole servers contain DNS zones for the 10.in-addr.arpa, 16.172.in-addr.arpa, and&#xD;&#xA;168.192.in-addr.arpa ranges, so cover all private IP addresses. prisoner.iana.org is the primary DNS server for those zones, the other 2 are secondary servers, used for backup and for when the primary server is to busy." />
  <row Id="15979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8939" RevisionGUID="330b338f-4e97-4a0c-9329-af36a2e68152" CreationDate="2009-05-16T16:07:42.077" UserId="2012" Text="Some of the bigger ISP's will look for a PTR record...they will not allow email..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;further they will have a second line of spam filters that will check for an A record.  It might be legal to not have an A record, but is a good idea too have an A record for the relay.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On my brightmail servers I have made the decision to not accept mail if an A record is not found.  I have not had any reports from the business that they are not able to transact email for any reason.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Verizon and Comcast have the tightest rules that I have found.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also use optus looking glass (that is my google term I search for) to check to see what I look like DNS wise from the outside world.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lastly...you might get past some very tight servers if you use a proper SPF record." />
  <row Id="15981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8940" RevisionGUID="4a0f64fa-5079-41ef-8cbf-6fe7e2532cb6" CreationDate="2009-05-16T16:22:08.440" UserId="2659" Text="I want the 32-bit version so I can run 8 gb of ram.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15982" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8940" RevisionGUID="4a0f64fa-5079-41ef-8cbf-6fe7e2532cb6" CreationDate="2009-05-16T16:22:08.440" UserId="2659" Text="Is windows XP 32-bit still available to purchase?" />
  <row Id="15983" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8940" RevisionGUID="4a0f64fa-5079-41ef-8cbf-6fe7e2532cb6" CreationDate="2009-05-16T16:22:08.440" UserId="2659" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="15986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8942" RevisionGUID="5a4b0d27-680d-455d-8ba1-d4ce46a589af" CreationDate="2009-05-16T16:27:49.893" UserId="1496" Text="Yes, sort of. You can run XP Professional by buying Vista Business or Vista Ultimate and exercising your downgrade rights (you have to find an original XP installation medium then call Microsoft to obtain a product key.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You *might* be able to find Windows XP Home (OEM version, which you cannot legally install on a pre-existing computer) if one of the shops in your area still carries it, but that's a pot shot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, you cannot use 8 GB of RAM with a 32-bit operating system (except through the cumbersome PAE mechanism, through which any one app can use up to 4 GB of RAM if it supports the special AWE API.) Actually, you will only be able to use about 3.5 GB. You need a 64-bit operating system for more than that." />
  <row Id="15987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8943" RevisionGUID="5511a2ea-fb3d-4a63-b00c-fb41996eff6b" CreationDate="2009-05-16T16:28:44.150" UserId="2012" Text="Netbackup from Veritas had good linux backup support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tivoli(sp?) from IBM has good Linux backup support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have used both in the last few years, the best way to do it is to script copies to samba shares, let backupexec slurp the files and then educate your windows dude how to troubleshoot the basics. This is how I have been doing linux backup for the last 2 years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the are LAMP servers you could take a day and build a wiki article on how to create a LAMP server and then how to restore it.  This is a great exercise for business continuity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15988" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8944" RevisionGUID="c37a8e2f-cb30-4e55-9f73-afbcf783d782" CreationDate="2009-05-16T16:29:23.757" UserId="1233" Text="The 32-bit version can not access more than 4GB of RAM. The 64-bit version has a 128GB limit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Vista 32-bit has the same limitations. Except 64-bit Home editions have a lower maximum (16GB and 8GB respectively for Premium and Basic)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778.aspx](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778.aspx) for all the different limits." />
  <row Id="15989" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8940" RevisionGUID="876aad0d-1d0c-4cfb-ae7d-90b61e0c374d" CreationDate="2009-05-16T16:29:42.773" UserId="48" Comment="added 51 characters in body" Text="Is windows XP 32-bit still available to purchase?&#xD;&#xA;I want the 32-bit version so I can use 8 GB of RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="15990" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8808" RevisionGUID="9acccec7-3bab-43e5-b625-5c9807bba56f" CreationDate="2009-05-16T16:30:33.473" UserId="2367" Comment="Please answer the question" Text="EDIT: Can anybody actually answer the question? Thanks, I don't need no audit trail, I WILL know all the passwords and users can't change them and I will continue to do so. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is not for hacking!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We recently migrated away from a old and rusty Linux/Samba domain to an active directory. We had a custom little interface to manage accounts there. It always stored the passwords of all users and all service accounts in cleartext in a secure location (Of course, many of you will certainly not think of this a being secure, but without real exploits nobody could read that) and disabled password changing on the samba domain controller.&#xD;&#xA;In addition, no user can ever select his own passwords, we create them using pwgen. We don't change them every 40 days or so, but only every 2 years to reward employees for really learning them and NOT writing them down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We need the passwords to e.g. go into user accounts and modify settings that are too complicated for group policies or to help users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These might certainly be controversial policies, but I want to continue them on AD.&#xD;&#xA;Now I save new accounts and their PWGEN-generated (pwgen creates nice sounding random words with nice amounts of vowels, consonants and numbers) manually into the old text-file that the old scripts used to maintain automatically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I get this functionality back in AD?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I see that there is &quot;reversible encryption&quot; in AD accounts, probably for challenge response authentication systems that need the cleartext password stored on the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a script that displays all these passwords? That would be great. &#xD;&#xA;(Again: I trust my DC not to be compromised.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or can I have a plugin into AD users&amp;computers that gets a notification of every new password and stores it into a file?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On clients that is possible with GINA-dlls, they can get notified about passwords and get the cleartext." />
  <row Id="15991" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8808" RevisionGUID="9acccec7-3bab-43e5-b625-5c9807bba56f" CreationDate="2009-05-16T16:30:33.473" UserId="2367" Comment="Please answer the question" Text="&lt;password&gt;&lt;password-recovery&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;helpdesk&gt;" />
  <row Id="15993" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8942" RevisionGUID="2459f941-e965-4804-be11-c7c12355e2fc" CreationDate="2009-05-16T16:33:22.860" UserId="1496" Comment="Noted that XP does not support &gt;4GB RAM, as per Michaek's post" Text="Yes, sort of. You can run XP Professional by buying Vista Business or Vista Ultimate and exercising your downgrade rights (you have to find an original XP installation medium then call Microsoft to obtain a product key.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You *might* be able to find Windows XP Home (OEM version, which you cannot legally install on a pre-existing computer) if one of the shops in your area still carries it, but that's a pot shot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, you cannot use 8 GB of RAM with a 32-bit operating system (except on Windows Server 2003 through the cumbersome PAE mechanism, through which any one app can use up to 4 GB of RAM if it supports the special AWE API.) Actually, you will only be able to use about 3.5 GB. You need a 64-bit operating system for more than that." />
  <row Id="15995" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8945" RevisionGUID="1c60d095-e5b4-41c4-9c6e-49ac2cf3eb31" CreationDate="2009-05-16T16:35:35.053" UserId="2367" Text="Maybe you can open the share to the computer account (machinename$) and then the system can access network ressources?" />
  <row Id="15996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8946" RevisionGUID="94a1e51e-a6d0-46f8-9fca-83c3073d891b" CreationDate="2009-05-16T16:37:22.070" UserId="2367" Text="Truecrypt has an traveler mode, maybe it helps?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will be difficult to do full disk encryption or even on-the-fly-encryption without drivers! The only thing that woudln't decrypt to the harddrive would be some programm that injects itself in userspace in every process and touches open calls etc." />
  <row Id="15997" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8947" RevisionGUID="adf7c5fc-76db-4e0a-828d-229d1957ec84" CreationDate="2009-05-16T16:46:14.450" UserId="2318" Text=" - [http://arstechnica.com/apple/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://arstechnica.com/apple/" />
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  <row Id="15999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8948" RevisionGUID="52b0d370-a0fa-4551-9f94-07b047e1f563" CreationDate="2009-05-16T16:48:05.350" UserId="2318" Text=" - [http://apple.slashdot.org][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://apple.slashdot.org" />
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  <row Id="16001" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8940" RevisionGUID="737d0feb-696a-4e63-924b-f1a45a5a318d" CreationDate="2009-05-16T16:55:52.213" UserId="2659" Comment="added 40 characters in body; edited title" Text="Is windows XP 32-bit still available to purchase?&#xD;&#xA;I want the 32-bit version so I can use 8 GB of RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;Update&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I meant to say 64-bit XP." />
  <row Id="16002" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="8940" RevisionGUID="737d0feb-696a-4e63-924b-f1a45a5a318d" CreationDate="2009-05-16T16:55:52.213" UserId="2659" Comment="added 40 characters in body; edited title" Text="Is windows XP 64-bit still available to purchase?" />
  <row Id="16003" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6746" RevisionGUID="a726e488-d84b-473a-81c2-7dc0a402036e" CreationDate="2009-05-16T17:02:07.580" UserId="1233" Comment="Add details on -a, so it's possible but not pretty." Text="If you're looking for a GUI application you can use [Sandbox](http://www.mikey-san.net/sandbox/) - you can then change the ACLs and apply it recursively if necessary but is a bit limited in terms of what you want to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said `setfacl` is not available on a Mac - the capability is available through `chmod` to use `chmod` eg. `chmod -R -a# [NumberOfACL] PATH` or by specifying `chmod -R -a [ACL to delete] PATH`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you specify `username allow [ACL]` as the ACL it is possible to remove the privileges one by one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;eg. `chmod -R -a &quot;username allow read&quot; /` will remove any read priveleges from any ACL available on any folder or file on the root hard drive. You can then rinse and repeat with the rest of the ACLs available, if you know that some are always together you can string them together eg. read,write (they must be comma delimited with no spaces).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The list of ACLs can be taken from the chmod man page (for brevity of the post) but by then placing each command (`chmod -R -a &quot;username [ACL whether it's allow or deny]&quot;`) in a script you can remove all the ACLs by a single user from a folder and any subdirectories.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[See the man page for the full details](http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/Manpages/man1/chmod.1.html)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16004" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8944" RevisionGUID="eee8d4c5-0736-4aa4-b22c-8c83870191b1" CreationDate="2009-05-16T17:06:08.617" UserId="1233" Comment="Add details on whether the product is still available" Text="The 32-bit version can not access more than 4GB of RAM. The 64-bit version has a 128GB limit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Vista 32-bit has the same limitations. Except 64-bit Home editions have a lower maximum (16GB and 8GB respectively for Premium and Basic)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778.aspx](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778.aspx) for all the different limits.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The 64-bit version of Windows XP is still listed as for sale on sites such as NewEgg.com, Amazon, there's always eBay and other sources. So yes it's still [available for sale](http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Purchase+Windows+XP+64-bit) and the downgrade rights which both Vista and Windows 7 provide allow you to obtain a license key from Microsoft if you can provide the install media." />
  <row Id="16005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8949" RevisionGUID="5bbf164b-e6ee-43c4-a64a-f99d2e920e96" CreationDate="2009-05-16T17:07:45.803" UserId="151" Text="You updated your question to say XP 64-Bit. It escapes me why anyone would want this (It's not really WinXP, it's an XP/Win2003 Hybrid with really bad drivers and application support, or as I'd like to call it, it's the Windows ME of 64-Bit Operating Systems), but it still seems to be available, [at least in Germany][1] and [other European countries][2] I still see the SystemBuilder Version normally available with no sign of End-Of-Life.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.alternate.de/html/product/Software_SystemBuilder_Betriebssysteme/Microsoft/Windows_XP_Professional_64-Bit_SP2/204337/?tn=SOFTWARE&amp;l1=Betriebssysteme&amp;l2=System+Builder&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://geizhals.at/eu/a149031.html" />
  <row Id="16006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8950" RevisionGUID="9e2602b0-08f4-44a3-99ea-951f109138df" CreationDate="2009-05-16T17:16:23.550" UserId="2660" Text="You can [cheat][1] using some trickery with WinRS to get it working with V1. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    function Invoke-RemoteCommand &#xD;&#xA;    { &#xD;&#xA;    param( &#xD;&#xA;    $ComputerName, &#xD;&#xA;    [SCRIPTBLOCK]$script &#xD;&#xA;    ) &#xD;&#xA;        $encodedScript = [System.Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::UNICODE.GetBytes($script)) &#xD;&#xA;        $objects = Winrs &quot;-r:$ComputerName&quot; PowerShell -OutputFormat XML -NoProfile -NonInteractive -EncodedCommand $encodedScript &#xD;&#xA;        Write-Output $objects &#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Invoke-RemoteCommand localhost {gps} |where {$_.handles -ge 500} |sort handles&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The -encodedScript is an undocumented switch for PowerShell.exe in V1. It just tells PowerShell to take a base64 encoded string as a command. It makes life a little easier for parsing etc if your scriptblock gets kind of long and ugly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2008/02/29/remoting-using-powershell-v1.aspx" />
  <row Id="16007" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8951" RevisionGUID="c72bdca0-b86c-4380-8d59-67a1e5b26c8e" CreationDate="2009-05-16T17:22:23.023" UserId="2660" Text="In addition to Get-Member, I  would have to say Add-Member and New-Object which give you the ability to use the Extensible Type System. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Being able to add members to any object at any time allows you to get the exact information you need with the ability to sort it, group it, slice it, dice it, export it, or whatever you want to do with it. " />
  <row Id="16008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8952" RevisionGUID="856d2ab2-dfdb-4c3b-a819-e9dc432a8c8c" CreationDate="2009-05-16T17:24:55.573" UserId="1592" Text="I ran into this situation on a project I was working for. Basically what I did was to make a special service that gets activated at startup.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is my solution for a Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 system:&#xD;&#xA;NOTE: HKEY-LOCAL-MACHINE really uses underlines however it kept getting reformatted here.&#xD;&#xA;NOTE: I applogize in advance for any typos.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Install Windows 2003 Server Resource Kit.  For reference e:\windows resource kits\tools&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. c:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. cd \&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. In a CMD window execute the following commands&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\vbscript.dll&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     copy e:\&quot;windows resource kits&quot;\tools\srvany.exe c:\&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     e:\&quot;windows resource kits&quot;\tools\instsrv aaaaxx c:\srvany.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5. Using regedit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     Select HKEY-LOCAL-MACHINE-&gt;SYSTEM-&gt;CurrentControlSet-&gt;Services-&gt;aaaaxx&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;     While pointing on aaaaxx (Right Click)-&gt;New-&gt;Key and enter Parameters&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     Select Parameters&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;          (Right Click)-&gt;New-&gt;String Value-&gt;Application&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     Select Application&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;          (Right Click)-&gt;Modify and enter c:\aaaaxx.bat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6. In the CMD window enter notepad c:\aaaaxx.bat.  Remember to save the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   Enter something similar to the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        rem&#xD;&#xA;        rem This is a batch file&#xD;&#xA;        rem&#xD;&#xA;        C:\windows\system32\net.exe use w: \\server\mountpoint PASSWORD /user:domain\user /persistent:yes &gt;c:\xxx.out&#xD;&#xA;        rem&#xD;&#xA;        rem This is the end of the batch file&#xD;&#xA;        rem&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;7. To test use: net start aaaaxx.  If there is a failure some information might be in c:\xxx.out&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;8. Check for the mount in the CMD window using:&#xD;&#xA;     w:&#xD;&#xA;     dir&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NOTE: Its interesting the disk mounted in this way DO NOT appear in net use but are really mounted there. " />
  <row Id="16009" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8953" RevisionGUID="de3c4cb1-6c4a-4f18-aadc-06ce5b0fc360" CreationDate="2009-05-16T17:27:45.350" UserId="1995" Text="Propose (at minimum) yearly disaster recovery tests.  The work required to successfully execute the test should reveal shortcomings." />
  <row Id="16010" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8942" RevisionGUID="f89b6e00-f3ac-4308-b5e5-b77a0d355489" CreationDate="2009-05-16T17:30:51.630" UserId="1496" Comment="added 5 characters in body" Text="Yes, sort of. You can run XP Professional by buying Vista Business or Vista Ultimate and exercising your downgrade rights (you have to find an original XP installation medium then call Microsoft to obtain a product key.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You *might* be able to find Windows XP Home (OEM version, which you cannot legally install on a pre-existing computer) if one of the shops in your area still carries it, but that's a pot shot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, you cannot use 8 GB of RAM with a 32-bit operating system (except on Windows Server 2003 through the cumbersome PAE mechanism, through which any one app can use up to 4 GB of RAM if it supports the special AWE API.) Actually, you will only be able to use about 3.5 GB. You need a 64-bit operating system for more than that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: You updated the question to mention 64-bit. Like Michael Stum pointed out, 64-bit XP is a nightmare to maintain due to very poor driver support. There's only the Professional family, there never was a 64-bit XP Home. However 64-bit XP is subject to the exact same life cycle policy as the 32-bit client operating system (see [Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 life cycle](http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=8599) on the [Lifecycle Information for Windows Client Products](http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselectwin) site for details). In other words, it is no longer available through retail channels, and though I've heard rumors of OEM versions I've never actually seen one offered on sale, only bundled with systems through big OEMs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;According to [Microsoft's downgrade rights chart](http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/2/3/d23b9533-169d-4996-b198-7b9d3fe15611/downgrade_chart.doc) (**Warning**: Link to a Microsoft Word document!) says you can downgrade to 64-bit XP if you find an original installation medium somewhere:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Can I downgrade my OEM version of Windows Vista Business to Windows XP Professional?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Yes. OEM downgrade rights for desktop PC operating systems apply to Windows Vista Business and Windows Vista Ultimate as stated in the License Terms. Please note, OEM downgrade versions of Windows Vista Business and Windows Vista Ultimate are limited to Windows XP Professional (including Windows XP Tablet PC Edition and **Windows XP x64 Edition**).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(*emphasis mine*)" />
  <row Id="16013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8955" RevisionGUID="403910d8-625a-4786-95c4-a72751485c1e" CreationDate="2009-05-16T18:08:01.307" UserId="2318" Text="Is it possible to specify how many minutes of inactivity Mac OS should wait before it sleeps hard disks? Is there a plist I can manually specify &quot;60 minutes&quot; or something?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The GUI gives you the option to &quot;Put the Hard disk(s) to sleep when possible&quot; in the Energy Saver preference pane, but I'd like to have it wait longer.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16014" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8955" RevisionGUID="403910d8-625a-4786-95c4-a72751485c1e" CreationDate="2009-05-16T18:08:01.307" UserId="2318" Text="How to set finer-grain HDD Sleep settings in Mac OS 10.5?" />
  <row Id="16015" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8955" RevisionGUID="403910d8-625a-4786-95c4-a72751485c1e" CreationDate="2009-05-16T18:08:01.307" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;leopard&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;mcx&gt;&lt;power-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="16016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8956" RevisionGUID="16ee462a-c2ac-4f2b-8440-85110278bad8" CreationDate="2009-05-16T18:16:39.337" UserId="45" Text="You could try [SleepWatcher][1], an open source utility written by Bernhard Baehr, mentioned in this article:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SleepWatcher - A utility to run tasks on sleep/wake][2] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bernhard-baehr.de/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060908113605812" />
  <row Id="16017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8957" RevisionGUID="02308ca9-f4bf-458d-b322-e98e12ded16d" CreationDate="2009-05-16T18:19:33.743" UserId="2546" Text="[CHUD tools][1] contains [SpindownHD][2] which does what you want - look in:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /Developer/Applications/Performance Tools/CHUD/Hardware Tools&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14358&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://lowendmac.com/musings/06/0217.html" />
  <row Id="16018" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8958" RevisionGUID="0247ce2f-7b21-4eae-a1cb-968e9b8549e1" CreationDate="2009-05-16T18:19:45.303" UserId="1233" Text="To do it from the command line (and doesn't require the Developer Tools installed - available on any 10.4 or 10.5 system) you're looking for a utility called `pmset` (power management set).&#xD;&#xA;&gt; disksleep - disk spindown timer; replaces 'spindown' argument in 10.4&#xD;&#xA;     (value in minutes, or 0 to disable)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;eg. `sudo pmset -a disksleep 60`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As always for more check out the [man page](http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/pmset.1.html)" />
  <row Id="16019" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8959" RevisionGUID="4627a317-f97a-41b4-8579-6a68f3f06b07" CreationDate="2009-05-16T18:28:53.517" UserId="1805" Text="Acronis TrueImage 11 Home is advertised to be able to exclude Files _and Folders_ from the backup. But when creating a scheduled backup task it seems to only allow to exclude Files (by extension or name). How and where do I specify to exclude whole folders + subfolders?" />
  <row Id="16020" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8959" RevisionGUID="4627a317-f97a-41b4-8579-6a68f3f06b07" CreationDate="2009-05-16T18:28:53.517" UserId="1805" Text="[TrueImage] Exclude folders from backup" />
  <row Id="16021" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8959" RevisionGUID="4627a317-f97a-41b4-8579-6a68f3f06b07" CreationDate="2009-05-16T18:28:53.517" UserId="1805" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;acronis&gt;&lt;trueimage&gt;" />
  <row Id="16022" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8960" RevisionGUID="4e34641a-1c7c-4d8b-96e7-f1ebe6283413" CreationDate="2009-05-16T18:28:57.403" UserId="2302" Text="Just a thought, the other posters have mentioned the perils of 64-bit XP, particularly from the drivers standpoint -- if you're just looking for XP rather than a server OS, why not download and install the Windows 7 RC?  It will be good until June 2010, though nagging will start in March.  It's likely pretty close to what the final release will look like, and there's a virtualized XP compatability mode.  Obviously, it's still beta software, so YMMV as they say, but it's already a clear improvement over Vista with respect to drivers and UAC in particular, and again it should be pretty close to what the final Win 7 release looks like later this year." />
  <row Id="16023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8961" RevisionGUID="5458a4a5-1cfe-4ce9-b888-1666333d1c29" CreationDate="2009-05-16T18:32:47.253" UserId="1840" Text="What's your strategy towards traffic prioritization/management.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not really to just get a list of [packet shaping solutions][1]. Instead, I would like to get recommendations about traffic management strategies that include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What software/hardware products you use, or have used&#xD;&#xA; - How this solution is/was implemented&#xD;&#xA; - Why would you recommend (or not) this solution/strategy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;**Some notes:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *I'm debating myself whether or not to include pricing information*&#xD;&#xA; - *This is assuming you have the NEED for traffic management*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.processor.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles%2Fp2816%2F07p16%2F07p16.asp" />
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  <row Id="16025" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8961" RevisionGUID="5458a4a5-1cfe-4ce9-b888-1666333d1c29" CreationDate="2009-05-16T18:32:47.253" UserId="1840" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;traffic&gt;&lt;packet-shaping&gt;&lt;traffic-management&gt;" />
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  <row Id="16027" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8893" RevisionGUID="fce154fc-ae76-4154-83af-22b5c54ce0eb" CreationDate="2009-05-16T18:44:38.707" UserId="2568" Comment="added 9 characters in body" Text="Using **any** external USB drive under Windows XP, how to encrypt/decrypt files on the fly, but without too much slow-down from the overhead. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of the obvious solutions like  Truecrypt won't work because with these the host system needs to have first had some drivers installed by a system administrator. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How to have an encrypted USB drive, so the data will still be accessible on **any** XP system?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16028" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8962" RevisionGUID="56ab7c46-1f2d-4bfd-98de-5ab6134b9afa" CreationDate="2009-05-16T18:44:57.427" UserId="2659" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a SMC router that my ISP provides for my home cable modem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any software/hardware products that I can use to monitor what websites are being viewed by the household?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(with the ability to block urls).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have 2 computers that wirelessly connect to the router.  I want to monitor the other computer that my kids use." />
  <row Id="16029" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8962" RevisionGUID="56ab7c46-1f2d-4bfd-98de-5ab6134b9afa" CreationDate="2009-05-16T18:44:57.427" UserId="2659" Text="Monitor web site visits via my router?" />
  <row Id="16030" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8962" RevisionGUID="56ab7c46-1f2d-4bfd-98de-5ab6134b9afa" CreationDate="2009-05-16T18:44:57.427" UserId="2659" Text="&lt;internet&gt;&lt;blocked&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="16031" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8963" RevisionGUID="8e2aa2be-cc77-4a78-83a5-abefbccd635e" CreationDate="2009-05-16T18:45:44.007" UserId="1054" Text="Looks like you want to make sure to include the tailing &quot;\&quot; when you're defining your exlude list (in the Files to Exclude screen) in order for it to recognize the entry as a folder and not just a file.  Page 34-35 in the [TrueImage Manual][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://download.acronis.com/pdf/TrueImage2009_ug.en.pdf" />
  <row Id="16032" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8964" RevisionGUID="6e9c645d-8fd0-4582-bb48-9898e926d7ce" CreationDate="2009-05-16T18:50:08.723" UserId="2612" Text="Desktop-grade: Avoid D-Link routers&#xD;&#xA;Based on this [Slashdot post][1] D-Link home routers are to be avoided, it's hard to trust a vendor that would break DNS for marketing to their customers via a firmware update, and technically the hardware could be seen as a trojan. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tech.slashdot.org/tech/08/11/05/2220213.shtml" />
  <row Id="16033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8965" RevisionGUID="20a95b02-3e25-454a-9905-9d094f5c9c99" CreationDate="2009-05-16T19:22:41.563" UserId="2657" Text="To allow user to log on without pressing ctrl-alt-delete, or log on without entering a password:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    control userpasswords2&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16034" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8965" RevisionGUID="20a95b02-3e25-454a-9905-9d094f5c9c99" CreationDate="2009-05-16T19:22:41.563" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16035" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8966" RevisionGUID="9a7a48c7-97bc-4d77-a9aa-8c3a652bf40c" CreationDate="2009-05-16T19:23:47.193" UserId="2318" Text="**Is there any solution out there to turn a Mac into a true multi-user thin client server?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to set up a few cheap PCs with access to a couple accounts using something like VNC, but it isn't economical to buy a new server for each user or a new license for virtualized OS X Server for each user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*I'm fully aware that OS X Server lets you set up users with &quot;network home folders,&quot; and I know there's also VNC built into Mac OS X. Neither of these fit the bill (the former requires a thick client, and the latter is single-user only)*" />
  <row Id="16036" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8966" RevisionGUID="9a7a48c7-97bc-4d77-a9aa-8c3a652bf40c" CreationDate="2009-05-16T19:23:47.193" UserId="2318" Text="Mac OS X multi-user thin client server?" />
  <row Id="16037" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8966" RevisionGUID="9a7a48c7-97bc-4d77-a9aa-8c3a652bf40c" CreationDate="2009-05-16T19:23:47.193" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;thin-client&gt;&lt;vnc&gt;&lt;macosxserver&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="16038" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8967" RevisionGUID="d532874d-f068-433c-85c6-babf3e037d8d" CreationDate="2009-05-16T19:28:29.333" UserId="584" Text="Take a peek at [Aqua Connect Terminal Server][1]. It provides multi-user OSX to clients via RDP, VNC, and X11.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.aquaconnect.net/?page_id=26" />
  <row Id="16039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8968" RevisionGUID="46eac694-4c8f-4782-988a-0bc9b3dbb7c7" CreationDate="2009-05-16T19:28:39.567" UserId="2663" Text="&#xD;&#xA;I know this is a loaded question but:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I write software for a living (i own an LLC) and I also own an NPO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been an Apple fan and used one since 1996. I have for many years used Windows to feed my family because all mac jobs were hard.I used Linux off and on when I was working for a university.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now that I am self employed and on my own I dont have a lot of equipment nor money.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recently bought a Lenovo S10 netbook and upgraded the RAM to 2.5gb and the hard drive to 320gb. I bought it because it was ultra portable for me and very light.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It came loaded with Windows XP but when I upgraded the hard drive to 320, I could never get it loaded back as I always got error after error and Lenovo Support never had answers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I loaded Vista Business Edition and that worked fine and the notebook was pretty functional but Vista is so bloated I turned off everything that I could and still seemed just not what i was looking for. Even with UAC turned off, Vista is annoying.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I loaded OS X and most everything works, I just cant update because things break and I have to re-apply the patches to make it work. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have not tried Linux on it because these days I am simply confused by all of the distros and the bloat and some are better for x,y,z, etc, etc. I like Slackware because it seems minimal, but I dont have a lot of under the hood experience for making mods myself, upgrading the kernel, etc. I tried Ubuntu a while back, seemed OK. I tried CentOS a few days ago and it seems good too. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is what I am looking for:&#xD;&#xA;1. I write software using Qt in C++&#xD;&#xA;2. I do cold fusion web development (so CF, MySQL, apache, some PHP)&#xD;&#xA;3. I also write a lot of documents in Quarkxpress, Word&#xD;&#xA;4. I listen to MP3's when needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just want to be productive with this netbook and I can't seem to find a good path to do that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things that concern me.&#xD;&#xA;1. Wireless support&#xD;&#xA;2. Sleeping the netbook so I am not always shutting down and re-starting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know this question is loaded, but if anyone has thoughts, I would appreciate it. i can clarify anything that may be useful." />
  <row Id="16040" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8968" RevisionGUID="46eac694-4c8f-4782-988a-0bc9b3dbb7c7" CreationDate="2009-05-16T19:28:39.567" UserId="2663" Text="Operating System for a netbook" />
  <row Id="16041" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8968" RevisionGUID="46eac694-4c8f-4782-988a-0bc9b3dbb7c7" CreationDate="2009-05-16T19:28:39.567" UserId="2663" Text="&lt;operating-system&gt;" />
  <row Id="16042" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8969" RevisionGUID="93976055-d623-4979-b70e-af0c82558c45" CreationDate="2009-05-16T19:35:50.690" UserId="2318" Text="You must already know everyone's going to tell you Ubuntu? ;-)" />
  <row Id="16045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8971" RevisionGUID="13a157c8-a27c-46a2-98ba-b5748ec1b487" CreationDate="2009-05-16T19:43:13.120" UserId="2579" Text="I'm not sure about the SMC routers, but I know that some of the D-Link Routers allow you to see a listing of websites and you can whitelist certain websites for a specific computer (or all computers) can use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you think that it's going to be a major problem, I'd go with the Net Nanny software to restrict usage by categories.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JFV" />
  <row Id="16046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8972" RevisionGUID="ff07fbf5-c320-4f1e-ac86-2d26f4795f7b" CreationDate="2009-05-16T19:46:31.070" UserId="984" Text="I like using squid with the [delay pools][1] option as a really simple starting point.  The weakness of this solution is that it will only help with types of traffic that can be forced through the proxy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To set it up you just put squid on your edge device configure as needed.  The configure the clients for protocols that cannot be transparently intercepted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://quark.humbug.org.au/publications/squid/aclsquid.html" />
  <row Id="16047" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8972" RevisionGUID="ff07fbf5-c320-4f1e-ac86-2d26f4795f7b" CreationDate="2009-05-16T19:46:31.070" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16048" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="8966" RevisionGUID="63b1d772-3407-453a-b3c2-af6e924fa534" CreationDate="2009-05-16T19:47:38.850" UserId="2318" Comment="edited tags; edited title" Text="Mac OS X multi-user thin client server (terminal server)?" />
  <row Id="16049" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8966" RevisionGUID="63b1d772-3407-453a-b3c2-af6e924fa534" CreationDate="2009-05-16T19:47:38.850" UserId="2318" Comment="edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;thin-client&gt;&lt;vnc&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;terminal-server&gt;&lt;macosxserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="16050" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8973" RevisionGUID="062f09ba-ed02-49b2-97fc-f7326b4d8f94" CreationDate="2009-05-16T19:51:35.707" UserId="942" Text="I feel your pain. I have a laptop with a very slow Celeron that I use for development too, so between having Apache, MySQL, Firefox (pig) and an IDE running, it can get pretty sluggish.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been using Ubuntu (not the netbook version of course) on this machine since 8.04, and it runs pretty well most of the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A friend of mine has an Asus netbook, and he loaded the Ubuntu netbook edition on it with discouraging results. He couldn't get the wireless to work, ran slower than the &quot;normal&quot; version of Ubuntu, and had a few other quirks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I guess Ubuntu for netbooks isn't ready for prime time. Do try the normal Ubuntu, as being on one of the most popular distros will make it easier for you to find information and troubleshoot any issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the way, since you're developing with Qt, you might want to prefer getting the Kubuntu flavor to avoid having to download lots of libraries." />
  <row Id="16051" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8974" RevisionGUID="e6f6cee0-01db-432e-80b7-7c1d4d1b0f25" CreationDate="2009-05-16T19:53:57.807" UserId="1671" Text="On my home network, connected by means of a LinkSYS WCG200 Wireless-G Cable Gateway and a Unicom switch I have several computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of these is an XP Home machine that I can ping by IP but not by name. Also from this machine I can ping other computers on the network by IP but not by name. This is the problem that I'm trying to fix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All other computers on the network can ping each other by both name and IP. I've compared the settings on the TCP/IP connection for the problem machine to that of other similar XP machines and it all seems to be good and configured the same way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideas?" />
  <row Id="16052" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8974" RevisionGUID="e6f6cee0-01db-432e-80b7-7c1d4d1b0f25" CreationDate="2009-05-16T19:53:57.807" UserId="1671" Text="Can ping machine by IP but not by name" />
  <row Id="16053" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8974" RevisionGUID="e6f6cee0-01db-432e-80b7-7c1d4d1b0f25" CreationDate="2009-05-16T19:53:57.807" UserId="1671" Text="&lt;troubleshooting&gt;&lt;ping&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;ip&gt;" />
  <row Id="16054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8975" RevisionGUID="857fcf02-b441-4d83-b668-4c3c30f06b2d" CreationDate="2009-05-16T19:57:42.837" UserId="2579" Text="Sounds like you don't have the DNS Client Service running...?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JFV" />
  <row Id="16055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8976" RevisionGUID="81c32f42-c318-48cc-bc04-debd98655c17" CreationDate="2009-05-16T20:05:06.563" UserId="385" Text="Sounds like the firewall on that XP machine is blocking the ability to use NetBIOS based computer browsing or the Computer Browser service is stopped. " />
  <row Id="16056" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8977" RevisionGUID="eefc9ab7-f306-456f-b65b-e48a20f7361a" CreationDate="2009-05-16T20:05:40.430" UserId="2302" Text="Check the workgroup name on the XP box in question -- make sure it's the same as the other machines.  Also, in the advanced network configuration, make sure netbios over TCP is enabled on the WINS tab." />
  <row Id="16057" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4252" RevisionGUID="6e3cbb22-58a2-4d3d-a88a-09b99d8eb26b" CreationDate="2009-05-16T20:11:39.853" UserId="1840" Text="**Here's my list:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Firefox*&#xD;&#xA; - Adium (IM Client | Multiprotocol)*&#xD;&#xA; - JollysFastVNC (VNC Client)*&#xD;&#xA; - X11*&#xD;&#xA; - Xcode*&#xD;&#xA; - Macports:* &#xD;&#xA;- mtr*  &#xD;&#xA;- wireshark*&#xD;&#xA;- iperf*&#xD;&#xA;- NMap*&#xD;&#xA;- Screen* &#xD;&#xA; - Cyberduck (FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Cloud Files &amp; Amazon S3 Browser)&#xD;&#xA; - iTerm&#xD;&#xA; - Growl (GUI Notification system)&#xD;&#xA; - HandBrake (Everyone loves to rip)&#xD;&#xA; - Remote Desktop Connection 2.0* &#xD;&#xA; - Bean (Powerful, yet tiny word processor)&#xD;&#xA; - Screenlock&#xD;&#xA; - SimplifyMedia (Share/Access your music - anywhere)&#xD;&#xA; - Xpad (Tab-based notepad solution)&#xD;&#xA; - VLC (Media Player)&#xD;&#xA; - Perian (Support for many video formats)&#xD;&#xA; - xterm&#xD;&#xA; - Gmail Notifr (Supports multiple account)*&#xD;&#xA; - Geektool&#xD;&#xA; - Boxee&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;... and last, but not least: The Mr. Sparkle screensaver (*LOL)... [and others][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**MUST HAVE ITEMS FOR ME*&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://phillryu.com/2006/07/30/the-top-ten-os-x-screensavers/" />
  <row Id="16058" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8978" RevisionGUID="30e63d1a-249f-4f10-bddb-666f892e2d73" CreationDate="2009-05-16T20:16:33.400" UserId="2302" Text="I got turned on to the [Exteneded Task Manager][1] a while ago by Jeremy Zawodny's blog, and it's great for tracking down further info on processes too.  +1 for Process Explorer as above, too, especially for killing processes that the standard Task Manager won't end.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.extensoft.com/?p=free_task_manager" />
  <row Id="16059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8979" RevisionGUID="6d1664e6-0ca3-4b91-b221-87c7829aca36" CreationDate="2009-05-16T20:17:51.540" UserId="1840" Text="I love the fact that my OS X Client System has a terminal with ssh capabilities.  Here are my custumizations: [http://serverfault.com/questions/1285/what-is-your-list-of-programs-to-install-to-os-x-after-a-fresh-install/4252#4252][1] that are pretty much a list of applications that are not included in the default OS X install **(I have put an asterisk on the ones I rely on for everyday tasks, the rest are just niceties).**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as hot-key customizations and shortcuts, I USED to do a bunch of that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1285/what-is-your-list-of-programs-to-install-to-os-x-after-a-fresh-install/4252#4252" />
  <row Id="16060" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8979" RevisionGUID="6d1664e6-0ca3-4b91-b221-87c7829aca36" CreationDate="2009-05-16T20:17:51.540" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8980" RevisionGUID="48830994-7735-4336-bc27-9178c662f416" CreationDate="2009-05-16T20:22:26.833" UserId="2503" Text="Yes, you can use LDAP. If you're happy to let users use passwords, you can store passwords in LDAP, and use nss ldap and pam ldap to identify and authenticate users from your directory respectively.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll need to put some custom attributes on to your users in LDAP to give them unix user IDs and passwords.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want ssh keys, you'll need to install a patch to sshd which takes its keys from LDAP, this is not normally an option. That's what we use, it works really well (a few dozen authorised engineers, 650+ servers)." />
  <row Id="16062" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8981" RevisionGUID="5d1b9da3-256c-42bc-856c-8b09c091100a" CreationDate="2009-05-16T20:25:51.257" UserId="1671" Text="My router has two protocols (and a &quot;both&quot; option) that I can select when setting up port forwarding: UDP and TCP. What is the difference between these two protocols and when would you select one over the other in port forwarding?" />
  <row Id="16063" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8981" RevisionGUID="5d1b9da3-256c-42bc-856c-8b09c091100a" CreationDate="2009-05-16T20:25:51.257" UserId="1671" Text="What is the difference between UDP and TCP?" />
  <row Id="16064" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8981" RevisionGUID="5d1b9da3-256c-42bc-856c-8b09c091100a" CreationDate="2009-05-16T20:25:51.257" UserId="1671" Text="&lt;tcp&gt;&lt;udp&gt;&lt;router&gt;" />
  <row Id="16065" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8982" RevisionGUID="7a8dc628-e377-4003-bed4-218e9a51ac9d" CreationDate="2009-05-16T20:28:05.477" UserId="45" Text="I suppose your LinkSys router works as your DNS server and DHCP server? It means that it translates names into IP addresses and provides IP addresses to client machine which you connect to your network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check your router web interface for connected devices. See, if the PC is in the list with its name or if an unknown device with the IP address of that PC is listed (Status / 'Local Network' / 'DHCP Client Table'). Is the name somehow &quot;special&quot;, so it can't be registered on the LinkSys router? Just a guess." />
  <row Id="16066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8983" RevisionGUID="79c475f9-b30f-45f8-9305-0146fb2669f5" CreationDate="2009-05-16T20:29:25.507" UserId="2302" Text="Most of my customizations are focused on locking things down security-wise, and most of these are set through group policy so I don't need to reapply everything on install.  Installing all the individual programs can be enough headache, though, so I've been thinking about imaging for a while now." />
  <row Id="16067" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8983" RevisionGUID="79c475f9-b30f-45f8-9305-0146fb2669f5" CreationDate="2009-05-16T20:29:25.507" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16068" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8984" RevisionGUID="666430df-4f11-48ed-b1a6-ec0bb19f0d72" CreationDate="2009-05-16T20:30:42.837" UserId="640" Text="[TCP][1] is backed by acks and retries to make sure you data gets where it's going. [UDP][2] is connectionless and &quot;fire and forget&quot;. UDP is mostly used for streaming type applications, where if you lose some data you don't need to try to send it again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which one you use depends on the application. For example, a web server uses TCP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tcp/ip&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UDP/IP" />
  <row Id="16069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8985" RevisionGUID="e3bd51f1-59d5-4b03-b77e-cd16e09f65d0" CreationDate="2009-05-16T20:34:38.817" UserId="2514" Text="TCP and UDP are both protocols that run on top of IP. TCP has guaranteed delivery and UDP does not. You would select one or the other for port forwarding depending on what service you're trying to forward. HTTP, for instance is TCP. If you don't know what protocol the service you're trying to forward is, it's almost certainly TCP. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16070" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8986" RevisionGUID="51596107-909e-4358-8d25-07e94c0cba90" CreationDate="2009-05-16T20:38:54.953" UserId="45" Text="You can find a good summary here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[What is the difference between UDP and TCP internet protocols?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Both TCP and UDP work at transport&#xD;&#xA;&gt; layer TCP/IP model and both have very&#xD;&#xA;&gt; different usage. [...]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/key-differences-between-tcp-and-udp-protocols/" />
  <row Id="16071" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8968" RevisionGUID="fbeae5f7-a1b0-44c7-bbe2-b1fe3ebc406c" CreationDate="2009-05-16T20:41:30.297" UserId="1993" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;operating-system&gt;" />
  <row Id="16072" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8986" RevisionGUID="0920fb21-4618-4645-b51b-9db1ef2355df" CreationDate="2009-05-16T20:46:46.417" UserId="45" Comment="added 574 characters in body" Text="You can find a good summary here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[What is the difference between UDP and TCP internet protocols?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both TCP and UDP work at transport layer TCP/IP model, but have very different usage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The most important differences are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Reliability**:  &#xD;&#xA;   TCP: connection-oriented  &#xD;&#xA;   UDP: connectionless&#xD;&#xA; - **Ordered**:  &#xD;&#xA;   TCP: order of message transmission is guaranteed  &#xD;&#xA;   UDP: order is not guaranteed&#xD;&#xA; - **Protocol weight**:  &#xD;&#xA;   TCP: heavyweight, because of the connection/ordering overhead  &#xD;&#xA;   UDP: lightweight, very few overhead&#xD;&#xA; - **Packets**:  &#xD;&#xA;   TCP: streaming, data is read as a &quot;stream,&quot; with nothing distinguishing where one packet ends and another begins. There may be multiple packets per read call.  &#xD;&#xA;   UDP: datagrams, one packet per one read call.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/key-differences-between-tcp-and-udp-protocols/" />
  <row Id="16073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8987" RevisionGUID="43f76ca5-1cd8-4510-b25c-87cfa56903f6" CreationDate="2009-05-16T20:53:47.320" UserId="45" Text="Just another idea: in order to &quot;hide&quot; PCs in the network, there is registry setting&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters&#xD;&#xA;            &quot;Hidden&quot;=&quot;1&quot;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps this option is set on that specific machine?" />
  <row Id="16074" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8987" RevisionGUID="e02e5ef0-81e5-408a-897a-b9c2e42f8cd6" CreationDate="2009-05-16T21:12:28.820" UserId="45" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="Just another idea: in order to &quot;hide&quot; PCs in the network, there is a registry setting&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters&#xD;&#xA;            &quot;Hidden&quot;=&quot;1&quot;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps this option is set on that specific machine?" />
  <row Id="16075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8988" RevisionGUID="45405d9b-d6ae-4679-8490-adb64d849507" CreationDate="2009-05-16T21:12:57.757" UserId="2417" Text="To answer other part of your question, you have to forward what your application uses. To forward http traffic, select tcp. To forward dns traffic, select udp. p2p programs mostly use both tcp and udp, so forward them both.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It all depends on the protocol and the program you are using." />
  <row Id="16076" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8989" RevisionGUID="33ee9d38-f6b8-45fb-8cd5-69c0dfa4e068" CreationDate="2009-05-16T21:21:53.010" UserId="2514" Text="You could create a samba share of the Linux server's root directory. Read only of course, with access restricted to your backup server and secured by Backup Exec's role account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now your Windows-only admin just needs to add this share to his backup job." />
  <row Id="16077" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8990" RevisionGUID="610b8560-3785-45b9-9815-9c21cdf95777" CreationDate="2009-05-16T21:23:55.920" UserId="846" Text="I suggest [OpenDNS][1].  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can block specific sites, block by category, and you can log what addresses are requested.  It will do what you are asking in roughly 15 minutes of reading and setup time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.opendns.com/" />
  <row Id="16078" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8991" RevisionGUID="5fb4c189-d8ab-4d54-8950-4591a9f732a6" CreationDate="2009-05-16T21:24:28.620" UserId="2417" Text="In your login shell's profile files you can set up some things that you will use during your session, and which are needed to be done only once. Some ideas:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - create a temporary file containing the ip you connected, later on you can include it in some scripts setting firewall rules.&#xD;&#xA; - run ssh-agent, ask for your ssh keys, and store the ssh agent environment variables in a file.&#xD;&#xA; -  if that is a limited machine, and your coworkers want to be aware of each others logins, write(1) messages informing your login &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a non-login shell's files (.bashrc) you should set up your normal environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Prompt&#xD;&#xA; - aliases&#xD;&#xA; - custom shell functions&#xD;&#xA; - history options&#xD;&#xA; - environment variables, (maybe PAGER, EDITOR if system-wide settings suck)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usually, you would include bashrc from .bash_profile with the following. Then login shell gets all your customizations, and .bash_profile file does not have to duplicate things that are already in .bashrc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [[ -f ~/.bashrc ]] &amp;&amp; . ~/.bashrc" />
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  <row Id="16080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8992" RevisionGUID="f53e4564-1394-421d-a485-a42e1a932ea1" CreationDate="2009-05-16T21:28:19.267" UserId="1174" Text="Replaced XP on my Acer AspireOne with Ubuntu 9.04 and Netbook Remix version of the UI. Ran the installer and installed a couple of other items, and it &quot;just worked&quot;.  Sleep works every time.  Network is stable.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I find the UNR UI makes the small keyboard and trackpad much more manageable.   UNR maximises all the windows and task and status icons live on a thin bar at the top, making the best use of the limited screen real-estate.  It's very stable - never had a crash.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I went from using the netbook occasionally with XP to using it all the time with Ubuntu UNR. If you decide you don't want to use UNR you can switch it off.  Definitely worth a try.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8993" RevisionGUID="7f46c9a6-b25d-433b-9cd7-90b12c751216" CreationDate="2009-05-16T21:42:08.000" UserId="2417" Text="Changing the shell is very trivial to circumvent, patching the shell itself is better, but you have to patch all shells. Our favourite cracker uses this, as a bonus he doesn't bother himself with disabling bash_history.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh host /bin/sh -i  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Snoopy](http://sourceforge.net/projects/snoopylogger/) is a wrapper around exec functions, and logs any  **external binary** that is executed(not shell builtins)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;@David Schmitt's suggestion [sniffy](http://sniffy.sourceforge.net/) uses a better method, it taps the pseudoterminal. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ttysnoop](http://freshmeat.net/projects/ttysnoop/) uses the same method, but it is unmaintained. (I probably had issues making it log ssh connections, can't rememeber)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[You can try patching ssh](http://www.kdvelectronics.eu/ssh-logging/ssh-logging.html) to log a session, but that patch is *old*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[pseudopod](http://software.mutant.net/ppod.html) and [rootsh](http://sourceforge.net/projects/rootsh/) can be used for logging legitimate sudos. And [shwatcr](http://freshmeat.net/projects/shwatchr/) is another thing to monitor logins.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8994" RevisionGUID="7b75f4d5-db96-4c4d-94c3-8078af9141dd" CreationDate="2009-05-16T21:45:05.747" UserId="1589" Text=" - [Google QSB][1], or alternatively [Quicksilver][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [TextMate][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [Dropbox][4]&#xD;&#xA; - [Handbrake][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.google.com/p/qsb-mac/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://docs.blacktree.com/quicksilver/what_is_quicksilver&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://macromates.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.getdropbox.com&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://handbrake.fr/" />
  <row Id="16083" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8994" RevisionGUID="7b75f4d5-db96-4c4d-94c3-8078af9141dd" CreationDate="2009-05-16T21:45:05.747" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16084" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8995" RevisionGUID="dbf8a04c-52ed-4150-8a81-b81aa8309ed1" CreationDate="2009-05-16T21:45:38.850" UserId="1032" Text="As already mentioned Truecrypt is not an option that would run on **any** Windows XP installation. This is due to the fact that creating a &quot;virtual&quot; drive requires administrator privileges.&#xD;&#xA;Without such a virtual drive you cannot:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * use files on the usb drive from any software&#xD;&#xA; * run programs from it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Afaik the is no solution to overcome this limitation in a easy and secure way. &#xD;&#xA;The simplest solution that would work everywhere is an encrypted archive file. 7Zip for example can use AES256 which is, combined with a sufficient long pass phrase, a good layer of privacy. 7zip is also available as es plain exe, so you could put it one the stick and take it with you.One thing you have to keep in mind: If you access an file from inside the archive it will be copied to the host temporary directory and possible not deleted securely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also I recently saw (on the Cebit, which is an Internationale IT fair in Germany) some AES encrypted usb drives which were explicitly advertised as being true AES combined with a host software which fed the encryption key. Sadly I haven't the name of the manufacturer in mind. But I'm convinced that there are some *real* solution if you are willing to pay the price (both: money and transfer rates).&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="16085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8996" RevisionGUID="294a886b-338f-4731-bee8-b1435ccd66fe" CreationDate="2009-05-16T21:49:02.757" UserId="1993" Text="My environment is roughly 50/50 *nix/Windows, so YMMV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I moved away from Backup Exec because it was inflexible, did not support my *nix OSes of choice, and cost more than it was worth. I'm now using Bacula and it works beautifully. The server-end of things (Storage Daemon and Director) are best suited to a *nix environment (so this may not be the solution for you) but the client (File Daemon) works flawlessly on Windows 2003, XP, Vista, and their 64-bit counterparts. I've also got it installed on FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Ubuntu, and Mac OS X platforms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's Open Source, has brilliant documentation, supports VSS, and is actively growing. With the recently released 3.0 they have a native Exchange plugin and support for most of the tape drives you can think to throw at it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, it integrates very nicely with any glue scripts you want to throw at it. On all my Windows boxes, I have it do an &quot;ntbackup /systemstate&quot; with every backup so I'm sure to get the registry and such in a usable format.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't speak to its GUI capabilities as I've never used them. I believe there's some native ones in SD and Director, and there's Web-Bacula (exactly what it sounds like), so it's worth a shot. The CLI tool for managing it is a pseudo-shell tool so it has its own syntax. I've found it very intuitive since it doesn't require memorizing a bunch of CLI args and flags, but I come from a Unix background.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Definitely worth a shot, though, especially considering the price point." />
  <row Id="16086" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8991" RevisionGUID="49316591-f0d7-4c50-aa21-1d198f9f8e6d" CreationDate="2009-05-16T21:50:34.080" UserId="2417" Comment="added 79 characters in body" Text="In your login shell's profile files you can set up some things that you will use during your session, and which are needed to be done only once. Some ideas:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - create a temporary file containing the ip you connected, later on you can include it in some scripts setting firewall rules.&#xD;&#xA; - run ssh-agent, ask for your ssh keys, and store the ssh agent environment variables in a file.&#xD;&#xA; -  if that is a limited machine, and your coworkers want to be aware of each others logins, write(1) messages informing your login &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a non-login shell's files (.bashrc) you should set up your normal environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Fancy prompt&#xD;&#xA; - set aliases&#xD;&#xA; - set history options&#xD;&#xA; - define custom shell functions&#xD;&#xA; - export environment variables, (maybe PAGER, EDITOR if system-wide settings suck)&#xD;&#xA; - load ssh-agent varibles saved in .bash_profile&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usually, you would include bashrc from .bash_profile with the following. Then login shell gets all your customizations, and .bash_profile file does not have to duplicate things that are already in .bashrc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [[ -f ~/.bashrc ]] &amp;&amp; . ~/.bashrc" />
  <row Id="16087" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8398" RevisionGUID="7843201e-db68-4196-b111-1d504fbc1ec0" CreationDate="2009-05-16T21:50:36.887" UserId="1382" Comment="minor clean-up" Text="Powershell 2 has some super-snazzy remoting features.  However, I'm unclear if they can be made to work with / between XP machines, or if you need Vista / Win7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what I have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A pair of XP MCE machines with SP3 installed, along with .Net 3.5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PowerShell 2.0 CTP3 installed on both.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WS-Management v1.1 installed on both (as 2.0 doesn't seem to work on XP?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With all that in place, the &quot;Enable-PSRemoting&quot; still nets me this error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Enable-PSSessionConfiguration :&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows PowerShell remoting features&#xD;&#xA;&gt; are not enabled or not supported on&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this machine.    This may be because&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you do not have the correct version of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; WS-Management installed or this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; version of Windows does not    support&#xD;&#xA;&gt; remoting currently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ordinarily, my response at this point would be to say &quot;well, I guess it's time to download the Win7 RC,&quot; but I've seen enough vague comments about people remoting in and out of XP to make me think this is possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone made this work?" />
  <row Id="16088" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8398" RevisionGUID="7843201e-db68-4196-b111-1d504fbc1ec0" CreationDate="2009-05-16T21:50:36.887" UserId="1382" Comment="minor clean-up" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;remoting&gt;" />
  <row Id="16089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8997" RevisionGUID="41467747-245f-494a-8788-3ba28fef8fe1" CreationDate="2009-05-16T22:02:07.607" UserId="2318" Text="What are the merits of buying SAS drives over SATA drives, or vice versa?" />
  <row Id="16090" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8997" RevisionGUID="41467747-245f-494a-8788-3ba28fef8fe1" CreationDate="2009-05-16T22:02:07.607" UserId="2318" Text="What are the merits of SAS vs SATA drives?" />
  <row Id="16091" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8997" RevisionGUID="41467747-245f-494a-8788-3ba28fef8fe1" CreationDate="2009-05-16T22:02:07.607" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;bus&gt;&lt;storage-interface&gt;&lt;hdd&gt;" />
  <row Id="16092" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8998" RevisionGUID="2ee25533-c67f-4b0b-824e-3f30466c81e1" CreationDate="2009-05-16T22:05:47.770" UserId="1310" Text="There's a wonderful HowTo for Linux on [advanced routing and traffic control][1]. It includes a very nice section on [bandwidth management by classifying traffic][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://lartc.org/howto/&#xD;&#xA;[2]: http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.qdisc.html" />
  <row Id="16093" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8998" RevisionGUID="2ee25533-c67f-4b0b-824e-3f30466c81e1" CreationDate="2009-05-16T22:05:47.770" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16094" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="8999" RevisionGUID="9b261432-a5ff-4630-a2e6-e9c60733bc21" CreationDate="2009-05-16T22:08:40.993" UserId="1606" Text="I just built a new system and I'm getting very frequent STOP errors.  The STOP errors I've hard are 0x00000101 and 0x00000124, which are both Machine Check Exceptions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that I have a hardware error, but I'm not sure if it's the CPU or the motherboard that's the problem.  I don't have another CPU of the same socket handy to swap and test.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason I suspect the CPU is because in the event log I see a log of these:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     A corrected hardware error has occurred.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     Reported by component: Processor Core&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     Error Source: Corrected Machine Check&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     Error Type: Cache Hierarchy Error&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     Processor ID: 1&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     The details view of this entry contains further information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From what I've read, that could be a BIOS issue, but it certainly sounds like a CPU issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The motherboard is a GIGABYTE with AMD SB700 southbridge.  The CPU is an Athlon X2 7750.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My understanding is that the CPU is a re-branded X4 with two cores disabled, probably because they are faultly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to RMA the faulty part, but I'm not sure which it is.  Anyone care to guess?" />
  <row Id="16095" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="8999" RevisionGUID="9b261432-a5ff-4630-a2e6-e9c60733bc21" CreationDate="2009-05-16T22:08:40.993" UserId="1606" Text="Do I have a bad motherboard or a bad CPU? (STOP 0x00000101 and 0x00000124)" />
  <row Id="16096" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="8999" RevisionGUID="9b261432-a5ff-4630-a2e6-e9c60733bc21" CreationDate="2009-05-16T22:08:40.993" UserId="1606" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;stoperror&gt;&lt;cpu&gt;&lt;motherboard&gt;" />
  <row Id="16097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9000" RevisionGUID="8df7cc33-3012-46e9-a94a-20132576a5c6" CreationDate="2009-05-16T22:09:32.613" UserId="1310" Text="NTFS (one option for file systems in XP, which you can choose when you format the drive) has [transparent encryption support][1] built in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS#Encrypting_File_System_.28EFS.29" />
  <row Id="16098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9001" RevisionGUID="09d2c379-b55e-466f-b411-3bee755f4586" CreationDate="2009-05-16T22:12:54.260" UserId="2423" Text="Two ways to look at it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) The CPU almost never goes bad. We've replaced 36 desktop motherboards this year. We've only replaced 1 bad CPU. The CPU failing is very, very rare.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) In my career/experience, I have never had a bad CPU that allowed the computer to get as far as a blue screen. When bad CPU's happen, the machine does not boot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't site anything specific on those two pieces of advice beyond general experience, as I have not seen that specific error message before, but my career says bad motherboard.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16099" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9002" RevisionGUID="2f565e2e-d5e7-46e5-9dac-b74209dbfec9" CreationDate="2009-05-16T22:16:53.330" UserId="1435" Text="SAS=SCSI=manageability, especially under load and also better prefailure diagnostics and tuning capability. Spendy and low capacity/£$€.&#xD;&#xA;SATA=value, capacity and adequate performance for many loads but be aware that 99%+ of SATA drives aren't designed to work 24/7/365 under duress. Also putting them under busy server workloads can dramatically affect their MTBF.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd recommend SATA for everything but server and top-end workstation work. You really can't beat SAS for DB work overall." />
  <row Id="16100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9003" RevisionGUID="df248db7-625f-4211-8656-9ec94dc8d41d" CreationDate="2009-05-16T22:17:11.363" UserId="1606" Text="Here are some notes from Wikipedia on the topic:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SAS vs SATA Systems identify SATA&#xD;&#xA;&gt; devices by their port number connected&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to the host bus adapter, while SAS&#xD;&#xA;&gt; devices are uniquely identified by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; their World Wide Name (WWN).&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; SAS protocol supports multiple&#xD;&#xA;&gt; initiators in a SAS domain, while SATA&#xD;&#xA;&gt; has no analogous provision.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Most SAS drives provide tagged command&#xD;&#xA;&gt; queuing, while most newer SATA drives&#xD;&#xA;&gt; provide native command queuing, each&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of which has its pros and cons.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; SATA follows the ATA command set and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; thus only supports hard drives and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; CD/DVD drives. In theory, SAS also&#xD;&#xA;&gt; supports numerous other devices&#xD;&#xA;&gt; including scanners and printers.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; However, this advantage could also be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; moot, as most such devices have also&#xD;&#xA;&gt; found alternative paths via such buses&#xD;&#xA;&gt; as USB, IEEE 1394 (FireWire), and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Ethernet.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; SAS hardware allows multipath I/O to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; devices while SATA (prior to SATA II)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; does not. Per specification, SATA II&#xD;&#xA;&gt; makes use of port multipliers to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; achieve port expansion. Some port&#xD;&#xA;&gt; multiplier manufacturers have&#xD;&#xA;&gt; implemented multipath I/O using port&#xD;&#xA;&gt; multiplier hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; SATA is marketed as a general-purpose&#xD;&#xA;&gt; successor to parallel ATA and has&#xD;&#xA;&gt; become[update] common in the consumer&#xD;&#xA;&gt; market, whereas the more-expensive SAS&#xD;&#xA;&gt; targets critical server applications.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; SAS error-recovery and -reporting use&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SCSI commands which have more&#xD;&#xA;&gt; functionality than the ATA SMART&#xD;&#xA;&gt; commands used by SATA drives.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; SAS uses higher signaling voltages&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (800-1600 mV TX, 275-1600 mV RX) than&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SATA (400-600 mV TX, 325-600 mV RX).&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The higher voltage offers (among other&#xD;&#xA;&gt; features) the ability to use SAS in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server backplanes.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Because of its higher signaling&#xD;&#xA;&gt; voltages, SAS can use cables up to 8 m&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (26 ft) long, SATA has a cable-length&#xD;&#xA;&gt; limit of 1 m (3 ft)." />
  <row Id="16101" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8997" RevisionGUID="31a9629a-9ad6-46eb-9f23-249b1a6f89e6" CreationDate="2009-05-16T22:22:38.887" UserId="1435" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;bus&gt;&lt;storage-interface&gt;&lt;hdd&gt;&lt;sas&gt;&lt;sata&gt;" />
  <row Id="16102" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9002" RevisionGUID="86da6737-78df-4da7-a356-bc5ddbf2c572" CreationDate="2009-05-16T22:28:39.587" UserId="1435" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="SAS=SCSI=manageability, especially under load and also better prefailure diagnostics and tuning capability. Spendy and low capacity/£$€.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SATA=value, capacity and adequate performance for many loads but be aware that 99%+ of SATA drives aren't designed to work 24/7/365 under duress. Also putting them under busy server workloads can dramatically affect their MTBF.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd recommend SATA for everything but server and top-end workstation work. You really can't beat SAS for DB work overall." />
  <row Id="16103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9004" RevisionGUID="2be130d0-bb5f-4e14-8949-20c69a544eeb" CreationDate="2009-05-16T22:31:27.820" UserId="1426" Text="I don't have experience with this but you may want to try [iron key](https://www.ironkey.com/)&#xD;&#xA;Having a secure flash drive doesn't give complete protection, what if someone copys the files from the drive to there personal computer and that computer gets stolen, a trogen horse gets installed on a computer they access the drive from, etc." />
  <row Id="16104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9005" RevisionGUID="215d7b7f-b086-4214-b95f-048b0440efb3" CreationDate="2009-05-16T22:33:13.227" UserId="46" Text="[Wikipedia][1] has a section on interpreting MCEs, which has a link to a tool from AMD called [mcat][2], which apparently will help you figure out exactly what the numbers mean.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Check_Exception&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.techspot.com/downloads/3117-amd-machine-check-analysis-tool.html" />
  <row Id="16105" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9006" RevisionGUID="6431d169-0e8b-471a-977c-7ed3dd43db3a" CreationDate="2009-05-16T22:36:46.293" UserId="1435" Text="How hard would it be to return/replace the CPU, could you afford the 'downtime'? If you replace it you'll know very quickly if it's a CPU or MB issue." />
  <row Id="16107" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9007" RevisionGUID="6f0d0307-d198-49f5-8abf-6dcf73d7568c" CreationDate="2009-05-16T22:59:02.153" UserId="2318" Text="It's a bit long, but you can do something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find . -exec chmod -a &quot;johndoe allow delete,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity,writesecurity,chown,read,write,append,execute,list,search,add_file,add_subdirectory,delete_child&quot; {} \;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'd also have to run the same command with &quot;deny&quot; to remove any prohibitive rules for the user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many thanks to [Jesse Rusak][1] on [StackOverflow][2] - this was cribbed from his answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/users/3737/jesse-rusak&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/637871/remove-an-acl-entry-for-just-one-user-in-macos-oddly-difficult" />
  <row Id="16108" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8952" RevisionGUID="11946008-60c5-4ffc-afc7-83d3819a34a6" CreationDate="2009-05-16T23:30:09.660" UserId="1592" Comment="Broke Step 8 so that w: and dir did not occur on same line.  Formatting issue." Text="I ran into this situation on a project I was working for. Basically what I did was to make a special service that gets activated at startup.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is my solution for a Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 system:&#xD;&#xA;NOTE: HKEY-LOCAL-MACHINE really uses underlines however it kept getting reformatted here.&#xD;&#xA;NOTE: I applogize in advance for any typos.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Install Windows 2003 Server Resource Kit.  For reference e:\windows resource kits\tools&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. c:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. cd \&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. In a CMD window execute the following commands&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\vbscript.dll&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     copy e:\&quot;windows resource kits&quot;\tools\srvany.exe c:\&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     e:\&quot;windows resource kits&quot;\tools\instsrv aaaaxx c:\srvany.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5. Using regedit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     Select HKEY-LOCAL-MACHINE-&gt;SYSTEM-&gt;CurrentControlSet-&gt;Services-&gt;aaaaxx&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;     While pointing on aaaaxx (Right Click)-&gt;New-&gt;Key and enter Parameters&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     Select Parameters&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;          (Right Click)-&gt;New-&gt;String Value-&gt;Application&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     Select Application&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;          (Right Click)-&gt;Modify and enter c:\aaaaxx.bat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6. In the CMD window enter notepad c:\aaaaxx.bat.  Remember to save the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   Enter something similar to the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        rem&#xD;&#xA;        rem This is a batch file&#xD;&#xA;        rem&#xD;&#xA;        C:\windows\system32\net.exe use w: \\server\mountpoint PASSWORD /user:domain\user /persistent:yes &gt;c:\xxx.out&#xD;&#xA;        rem&#xD;&#xA;        rem This is the end of the batch file&#xD;&#xA;        rem&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;7. To test use: net start aaaaxx.  If there is a failure some information might be in c:\xxx.out&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;8. Check for the mount in the CMD window using:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     w:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     dir&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NOTE: Its interesting the disk mounted in this way DO NOT appear in net use but are really mounted there. " />
  <row Id="16112" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9009" RevisionGUID="e35994fc-7a79-462c-ba8b-2ffb75b202ba" CreationDate="2009-05-16T23:41:37.727" UserId="2666" Text="BACKGROUND&#xD;&#xA;-------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have an existing CMD script that works fine. It launches an app from PROGRAM FILES like so&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;%PROGRAMFILES%\MyApp\app.exe&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PROBLEM&#xD;&#xA;-------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* it works fine on 32-bit versions of Windows (Vista, Windows 7)&#xD;&#xA;* but on 64-bit versions of Windows the app will be installed into &quot;Program Files (x86)&quot; and not &quot;Program Files&quot; (which is what happens on the 32bit OS)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR&#xD;&#xA;-------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* A script that robustly handles both cases (i.e. it &quot;does the right thing&quot; depending on the OS it is on)&#xD;&#xA;* a method that doesn't uses only those features found in CMD.EXE (Am curious about solutions that user Powershell, etc, but those don't help me - Powershell will not be on the &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="16115" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8981" RevisionGUID="e1075d2b-abe3-4f32-88d6-ec7a36786b55" CreationDate="2009-05-16T23:47:42.227" UserId="388" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;tcp&gt;&lt;udp&gt;&lt;router&gt;&lt;tcpip&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="16118" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="9009" RevisionGUID="69f4ef61-52cf-41c0-8d0a-df1aef22a7ec" CreationDate="2009-05-16T23:48:48.013" UserId="2666" Comment="edited title" Text="Correct technique to find application in 32 and 64 bit versions of Vista/Windows 7 from CMD.EXE" />
  <row Id="16120" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9011" RevisionGUID="7ffa06bd-a7dd-40e5-bb0d-4232fff02c97" CreationDate="2009-05-16T23:54:25.997" UserId="2666" Text="Using Powershell how can I create a share and set access permissions. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example as follows&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Create share called &quot;public&quot; that maps to the &quot;path c:\shares\foo&quot;&#xD;&#xA; - Allow DOMAIN1\Users to have read-only access to the share (this does not mean setting acls on the files, rather on the share)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16121" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9011" RevisionGUID="7ffa06bd-a7dd-40e5-bb0d-4232fff02c97" CreationDate="2009-05-16T23:54:25.997" UserId="2666" Text="Creating a Share with Permissions with Windows Powershell" />
  <row Id="16122" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9011" RevisionGUID="7ffa06bd-a7dd-40e5-bb0d-4232fff02c97" CreationDate="2009-05-16T23:54:25.997" UserId="2666" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;network-share&gt;" />
  <row Id="16123" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9012" RevisionGUID="7c962f72-8a2f-4127-9721-66dd97b91c64" CreationDate="2009-05-17T00:03:53.210" UserId="984" Text="One of the functions of GNU Screen is to lock the screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The man page says this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; lockscreen&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Lock this display. Call a screenlock&#xD;&#xA;&gt; program (/local/bin/lck or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /usr/bin/lock or a builtin if no other&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is available). Screen does not accept&#xD;&#xA;&gt; any command keys until this program&#xD;&#xA;&gt; terminates. Meanwhile processes in the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; windows may continue, as the windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; are in the `detached' state. The&#xD;&#xA;&gt; screenlock program may be changed&#xD;&#xA;&gt; through the environment variable&#xD;&#xA;&gt; $LOCKPRG (which must be set in the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; shell from which screen is started)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and is executed with the user's uid&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and gid. Warning: When you leave other&#xD;&#xA;&gt; shells unlocked and you have no&#xD;&#xA;&gt; password set on screen, the lock is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; void: One could easily re-attach from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; an unlocked shell. This feature should&#xD;&#xA;&gt; rather be called 'lockterminal'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I login to a Linux console start screen and then lock the session and then walk away is there any way a person will be able to quit out of screen and use the system under my credentials.  The above section from the man page isn't entirely clear to me.  Assume that attacker has no other access to the system and they won't reboot the system.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16124" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9012" RevisionGUID="7c962f72-8a2f-4127-9721-66dd97b91c64" CreationDate="2009-05-17T00:03:53.210" UserId="984" Text="Can a locked gnu screen session terminal be accessed?" />
  <row Id="16125" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9012" RevisionGUID="7c962f72-8a2f-4127-9721-66dd97b91c64" CreationDate="2009-05-17T00:03:53.210" UserId="984" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;screen&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="16126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9013" RevisionGUID="63820427-f0c8-4494-a07a-fe7bf36d6365" CreationDate="2009-05-17T00:18:59.760" UserId="1375" Text="You don't describe how you're doing your SA filtering at the moment, but if you're not putting virtual mail through it at the moment, I'm assuming that you're not using content_filter, which is the way it's usually hooked up.  The SpamAssassin wiki seems to cover this setup pretty well, from a quick glance: http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/IntegratedSpamdInPostfix&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16127" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9014" RevisionGUID="6bbde896-0424-40a6-be63-b280d74c1ae8" CreationDate="2009-05-17T00:24:50.487" UserId="2643" Text="I started as a combination of both on my TRS-80.  Admittedly, there wasn't a lot of admin to *do* but still.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My next major computer encounter was a VAX 11/780.  We were all combinations of admins and developers then, as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In college and a chunk of graduate school, I was using whatever computing resources were available in the labs (developer only).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After the middle of graduate school, I was paid to be a combination of both developer and admin for our SGI lab.  Anybody else in the beta test for IRIX 5 on the original Onyx machines?  Oh, MIPS R4400, how do I love thee...?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since then, I always find myself doing both jobs.  The fact is that I know exactly how I want the computer(s) to work to support me in my other full-time job, writing software." />
  <row Id="16128" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9014" RevisionGUID="6bbde896-0424-40a6-be63-b280d74c1ae8" CreationDate="2009-05-17T00:24:50.487" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16129" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8992" RevisionGUID="14cd3bd0-f66b-4f5d-8893-8a517221cb01" CreationDate="2009-05-17T00:30:43.347" UserId="1174" Comment="added 40 characters in body" Text="Replaced XP on my Acer AspireOne with Ubuntu 9.04 and Netbook Remix version of the UI. Ran the installer and installed a couple of other items, and it &quot;just worked&quot;.  Sleep works every time.  Network is stable.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I find the UNR UI makes the small keyboard and trackpad much more manageable.   UNR maximises all the windows, strips off the usual window chrome and the task and status icons live on a thin bar at the top, making the best use of the limited screen real-estate.  It's very stable - never had a crash.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I went from using the netbook occasionally with XP to using it all the time with Ubuntu UNR. If you decide you don't want to use UNR you can switch it off.  Definitely worth a try.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16130" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9015" RevisionGUID="19d4a37c-eb79-4c30-b16b-2adc236f7922" CreationDate="2009-05-17T00:33:06.513" UserId="729" Text="Basically, you need to test for for the ProgramFiles(x86) environment variable to determine if you're in 64bit Windows or not.  Here's a sample batch file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if &quot;%programfiles(x86)%zzz&quot;==&quot;zzz&quot; goto 32BIT&#xD;&#xA;    echo 64-bit Windows installed&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\MyApp\app.exe&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    goto END&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    :32BIT&#xD;&#xA;    echo 32-bit Windows installed&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;%PROGRAMFILES%\MyApp\app.exe&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    :END&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure of a better way than this using pure batch file commands." />
  <row Id="16131" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9009" RevisionGUID="0e0e13bd-b26e-4722-b433-3b07f7d7270f" CreationDate="2009-05-17T00:36:09.143" UserId="2666" Comment="added 21 characters in body" Text="BACKGROUND&#xD;&#xA;-------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have an existing CMD script that works fine. It launches an app from PROGRAM FILES like so&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;%PROGRAMFILES%\MyApp\app.exe&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PROBLEM&#xD;&#xA;-------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* it works fine on 32-bit versions of Windows (Vista, Windows 7)&#xD;&#xA;* but on 64-bit versions of Windows the app will be installed into &quot;Program Files (x86)&quot; and not &quot;Program Files&quot; (which is what happens on the 32bit OS)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR&#xD;&#xA;-------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* A script that robustly handles both cases (i.e. it &quot;does the right thing&quot; depending on the OS it is on)&#xD;&#xA;* a method that uses only those features found in CMD.EXE. I *Am* curious about solutions that use Powershell, etc, but those don't help me - Powershell will not be on the machines this script will run." />
  <row Id="16132" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9016" RevisionGUID="2dbc3104-f4be-4d15-a8a4-086d29987cc2" CreationDate="2009-05-17T00:40:04.957" UserId="1606" Text="The first thing I do when I use Task Manager is turn on &quot;Show Kernel Times.&quot; Very often you will find that the kernel is a big user of CPU cycles.  So, while all running applications are only using say 30% together, the kernel may be using 10% or even 50%.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you see that, you can use [Process Monitor][1] (as someone else pointed out) to see which kernel modules are using the CPU.  Vista and Win7 also have an option in Task Manager to see which service is using the CPU (right-click, Go To Services).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as monitoring it, I recommend [Rainmeter][2].  It's a skinnable application that supports a lot of monitoring information, including CPU and memory.  There are a lot of skins available at [customize.org][3]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://rainmeter.net&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://customize.org" />
  <row Id="16133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9017" RevisionGUID="7b012c73-d315-43f1-894e-495c26928765" CreationDate="2009-05-17T00:49:17.267" UserId="1606" Text="I've never had a shared hosting package that supports any time of customization to the server, such as APC or eAccelerator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only way I've managed to do that is to purchase a virtual private server where I have full access.  The cheapest VPS I've had is $30/month." />
  <row Id="16134" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8805" RevisionGUID="4aa4726a-1a50-4049-980c-971e8df038cc" CreationDate="2009-05-17T01:00:16.063" UserId="1382" Comment="retag" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;psexec&gt;&lt;remoting&gt;" />
  <row Id="16135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9018" RevisionGUID="d6ddae67-8fce-44fb-aae7-5a922b744771" CreationDate="2009-05-17T01:00:36.703" UserId="2219" Text="Microsoft have a troubleshooting guide that might help. The other related pages contain a lot of information that might help diagnose the problem.&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc940110.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Something else you could try is the browstat.exe utility from Microsoft. That'll tell you which machines your PCs consider to be the master browser. I'm guessing the problem PC will have a different master browser to the rest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You mentioned above that your machines are all set to static IP addresses. Another idea might be trying setting them to dynamic, that way it should eliminate the chance that there is one setting that is slightly off on the problem PC." />
  <row Id="16136" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9019" RevisionGUID="8c8326bd-1206-473e-bf66-4e061b62f06f" CreationDate="2009-05-17T01:03:27.930" UserId="2302" Text="[This thread][1], starting with the second answer, has some script examples to accomplish this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.scriptinganswers.com/forum2/forum_posts.asp?TID=2663" />
  <row Id="16137" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9020" RevisionGUID="7db90b57-0161-4a77-aa09-e3fa1c48a471" CreationDate="2009-05-17T01:19:23.300" UserId="2318" Text="Out of curiosity, is anyone here using Google Mini or Google Search Appliance to provide intranet search? Was it easy to set up? What kind of prices do they charge (ball park figure, I'm sure it depends on the customer)?" />
  <row Id="16138" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9020" RevisionGUID="7db90b57-0161-4a77-aa09-e3fa1c48a471" CreationDate="2009-05-17T01:19:23.300" UserId="2318" Text="How easy/expensive is it to adopt Google Mini/Google Appliance for intranet search?" />
  <row Id="16139" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9020" RevisionGUID="7db90b57-0161-4a77-aa09-e3fa1c48a471" CreationDate="2009-05-17T01:19:23.300" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;intranet&gt;&lt;search-server&gt;&lt;scraping&gt;" />
  <row Id="16140" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9020" RevisionGUID="87af7631-292e-4b30-8b00-3983817a15cb" CreationDate="2009-05-17T01:40:59.120" UserId="2318" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;intranet&gt;&lt;search-server&gt;&lt;scraping&gt;&lt;google-search-appliance&gt;" />
  <row Id="16141" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9021" RevisionGUID="f3ea9310-62e0-4751-a5d0-1cd90e4c4b8a" CreationDate="2009-05-17T02:07:45.917" UserId="931" Text="When I ping ping system a from system b; I get an avg of 1.494ms. When I ping system b from system a; I get an avg of .896ms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ran a test my pinging once every 10 second for 1.5 hours. I ran this on both machines. I then re-ran the test several times over 6 days at different times and for different lengths of time. In all cases, pings from b-&gt;a out performed pings from a-&gt;b by 20% to 50%&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then tried file transfers from a-&gt;b and b-&gt;a. They varied by less than 5%.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are identical Linux RedHat servers. Same hardware, same software. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I fully understand that if I were a normal well adjusted person that wasn't obsessive and  anal retentive I would have shrugged my shoulders and moved on after noticing the first discrepancy. But I am totally maddened by this. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What on earth could be causing this and how would I check if that is the case?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="16142" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9021" RevisionGUID="f3ea9310-62e0-4751-a5d0-1cd90e4c4b8a" CreationDate="2009-05-17T02:07:45.917" UserId="931" Text="asynchronous ping times but constant file xfer times?" />
  <row Id="16143" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9021" RevisionGUID="f3ea9310-62e0-4751-a5d0-1cd90e4c4b8a" CreationDate="2009-05-17T02:07:45.917" UserId="931" Text="&lt;ping&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;wtf&gt;" />
  <row Id="16144" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8992" RevisionGUID="d60c71f3-a8a0-40e1-adcb-bb9de11f3a73" CreationDate="2009-05-17T02:27:00.883" UserId="1174" Comment="added 488 characters in body" Text="Replaced XP on my Acer AspireOne with Ubuntu 9.04 and Netbook Remix version of the UI. Ran the installer and installed a couple of other items, and it &quot;just worked&quot;.  Sleep works every time.  Network is stable.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I find the UNR UI makes the small keyboard and trackpad much more manageable.   UNR maximises all the windows, strips off the usual window chrome and the task and status icons live on a thin bar at the top, making the best use of the limited screen real-estate.  It's very stable - never had a crash.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I went from using the netbook occasionally with XP to using it all the time with Ubuntu UNR. If you decide you don't want to use UNR you can switch it off.  Definitely worth a try.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Get the Ubuntu ISO [from here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Install UNR like this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     sudo apt-get install go-home-applet human-netbook-theme \&#xD;&#xA;      maximus netbook-launcher window-picker-appletsudo apt-get \&#xD;&#xA;      install go-home-applet human-netbook-theme maximus \&#xD;&#xA;      netbook-launcher window-picker-applet&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Only the internal microphone is [listed as an issue][2] with the S10&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport/Machines/Netbooks" />
  <row Id="16145" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9022" RevisionGUID="67acebc5-cf6b-4038-9f54-bb5299c1e5a2" CreationDate="2009-05-17T02:41:16.690" UserId="28" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to set up an OpenVPN VPN, which will carry some (but not all) traffic from the clients to the internet via the OpenVPN server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My OpenVPN server has a public IP on eth0, and is using tap0 to create a local network, 192.168.2.x. I have a client which connects from local IP 192.168.1.101 and gets VPN IP 192.168.2.3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the server, I ran:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -i tap+ -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A FORWARD -i tap+ -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.2.0/24 -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the client, the default remains to route via 192.168.1.1. In order to point it to 192.168.2.1 for HTTP, I ran&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ip rule add fwmark 0x50 table 200&#xD;&#xA;    ip route add table 200 default via 192.168.2.1&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t mangle -A OUTPUT -j MARK -p tcp --dport 80 --set-mark 80&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, if I try accessing a website on the client (say, wget google.com), it just hangs there. On the server, I can see&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo tcpdump -n -i tap0&#xD;&#xA;    tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode&#xD;&#xA;    listening on tap0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 96 bytes&#xD;&#xA;    05:39:07.928358 IP 192.168.1.101.34941 &gt; 74.125.67.100.80: S 4254520618:4254520618(0) win 5840 &lt;mss 1334,sackOK,timestamp 558838 0,nop,wscale 5&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    05:39:10.751921 IP 192.168.1.101.34941 &gt; 74.125.67.100.80: S 4254520618:4254520618(0) win 5840 &lt;mss 1334,sackOK,timestamp 559588 0,nop,wscale 5&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where 74.125.67.100 is the IP it gets for google.com .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why isn't the MASQUERADE working? More precisely, I see that the source showing up as 192.168.1.101 -- shouldn't there be something to indicate that it came from the VPN?" />
  <row Id="16146" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9022" RevisionGUID="67acebc5-cf6b-4038-9f54-bb5299c1e5a2" CreationDate="2009-05-17T02:41:16.690" UserId="28" Text="OpenVPN + iptables / NAT routing" />
  <row Id="16147" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9022" RevisionGUID="67acebc5-cf6b-4038-9f54-bb5299c1e5a2" CreationDate="2009-05-17T02:41:16.690" UserId="28" Text="&lt;openvpn&gt;&lt;tables&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="16148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9023" RevisionGUID="9c5cb319-9cb4-45da-9840-29ba785a1988" CreationDate="2009-05-17T03:06:26.723" UserId="984" Text="Can you post the output of **ip route show table main** and **ip route show table 200**?  I suspect you are missing a couple routes in your '200' table.  Your '200' route table should have pretty much the same routes as the 'main' table the only difference being the default route." />
  <row Id="16149" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9024" RevisionGUID="68bb6a6d-0933-404b-8445-13f1ffc03fa2" CreationDate="2009-05-17T03:20:42.757" UserId="2012" Text="I had many issues until my exchange servers got the latest roll up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was reading microsoft site..I can't find the article...that the fonts, and the latest roll up on exchange would lesson errors in sync, thus lowering time outs." />
  <row Id="16150" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9022" RevisionGUID="e06eec10-cfe6-47b0-8559-46b87130cec4" CreationDate="2009-05-17T03:24:19.143" UserId="28" Comment="added routing info" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to set up an OpenVPN VPN, which will carry some (but not all) traffic from the clients to the internet via the OpenVPN server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My OpenVPN server has a public IP on eth0, and is using tap0 to create a local network, 192.168.2.x. I have a client which connects from local IP 192.168.1.101 and gets VPN IP 192.168.2.3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the server, I ran:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -i tap+ -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A FORWARD -i tap+ -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.2.0/24 -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the client, the default remains to route via 192.168.1.1. In order to point it to 192.168.2.1 for HTTP, I ran&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ip rule add fwmark 0x50 table 200&#xD;&#xA;    ip route add table 200 default via 192.168.2.1&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t mangle -A OUTPUT -j MARK -p tcp --dport 80 --set-mark 80&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, if I try accessing a website on the client (say, wget google.com), it just hangs there. On the server, I can see&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo tcpdump -n -i tap0&#xD;&#xA;    tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode&#xD;&#xA;    listening on tap0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 96 bytes&#xD;&#xA;    05:39:07.928358 IP 192.168.1.101.34941 &gt; 74.125.67.100.80: S 4254520618:4254520618(0) win 5840 &lt;mss 1334,sackOK,timestamp 558838 0,nop,wscale 5&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    05:39:10.751921 IP 192.168.1.101.34941 &gt; 74.125.67.100.80: S 4254520618:4254520618(0) win 5840 &lt;mss 1334,sackOK,timestamp 559588 0,nop,wscale 5&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where 74.125.67.100 is the IP it gets for google.com .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why isn't the MASQUERADE working? More precisely, I see that the source showing up as 192.168.1.101 -- shouldn't there be something to indicate that it came from the VPN?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Some routes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ip route show table main&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.2.0/24 dev tap0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.2.4&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.1.101  metric 2&#xD;&#xA;    169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0  scope link  metric 1000&#xD;&#xA;    default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0  proto static&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ip route show table 200&#xD;&#xA;    default via 192.168.2.1 dev tap0&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16151" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9022" RevisionGUID="27c76793-3395-4d47-93ff-32f23075536b" CreationDate="2009-05-17T03:30:36.227" UserId="28" Comment="clarification" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to set up an OpenVPN VPN, which will carry some (but not all) traffic from the clients to the internet via the OpenVPN server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My OpenVPN server has a public IP on eth0, and is using tap0 to create a local network, 192.168.2.x. I have a client which connects from local IP 192.168.1.101 and gets VPN IP 192.168.2.3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the server, I ran:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -i tap+ -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A FORWARD -i tap+ -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.2.0/24 -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the client, the default remains to route via 192.168.1.1. In order to point it to 192.168.2.1 for HTTP, I ran&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ip rule add fwmark 0x50 table 200&#xD;&#xA;    ip route add table 200 default via 192.168.2.1&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t mangle -A OUTPUT -j MARK -p tcp --dport 80 --set-mark 80&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, if I try accessing a website on the client (say, wget google.com), it just hangs there. On the server, I can see&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo tcpdump -n -i tap0&#xD;&#xA;    tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode&#xD;&#xA;    listening on tap0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 96 bytes&#xD;&#xA;    05:39:07.928358 IP 192.168.1.101.34941 &gt; 74.125.67.100.80: S 4254520618:4254520618(0) win 5840 &lt;mss 1334,sackOK,timestamp 558838 0,nop,wscale 5&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    05:39:10.751921 IP 192.168.1.101.34941 &gt; 74.125.67.100.80: S 4254520618:4254520618(0) win 5840 &lt;mss 1334,sackOK,timestamp 559588 0,nop,wscale 5&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where 74.125.67.100 is the IP it gets for google.com .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why isn't the MASQUERADE working? More precisely, I see that the source showing up as 192.168.1.101 -- shouldn't there be something to indicate that it came from the VPN?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Some routes [from the client]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ip route show table main&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.2.0/24 dev tap0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.2.4&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.1.101  metric 2&#xD;&#xA;    169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0  scope link  metric 1000&#xD;&#xA;    default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0  proto static&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ip route show table 200&#xD;&#xA;    default via 192.168.2.1 dev tap0&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16152" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9023" RevisionGUID="cd9b12f6-b311-48c3-b268-86797087381f" CreationDate="2009-05-17T03:36:54.153" UserId="984" Comment="deleted 4 characters in body" Text="Can you post the output of **ip route show table main** and **ip route show table 200**?  I suspect you are missing a couple routes in your '200' table.  Your '200' route table should have pretty much the same routes as the 'main' table the only difference being the default route.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-----&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I see that you updated, and I believe my original suggestion was correct.  Notice how your main table has the 'scope link' route for both your local network and the vpn link?  Those routes have to be added to the '200' table as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try running these commands in addition to the other commands you use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ip route add 192.168.2.0/24 dev tap0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.2.4 table 200&#xD;&#xA;    ip route add 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.1.101  metric 2 table 200&#xD;&#xA;    ip route flush cache&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to script the creation of these routes you can use this. It will copy all the 'scope link' routes from the main route table into your other table.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    IFACE=wlan0&#xD;&#xA;    RT=200&#xD;&#xA;    /sbin/ip route list scope link table main proto kernel dev ${IFACE} \&#xD;&#xA;    | while read ROUTE ; do&#xD;&#xA;        # and add that route to all the tables mentioned in the rrtables option&#xD;&#xA;        # in the interfaces file&#xD;&#xA;        /sbin/ip route add table ${RT} scope link proto kernel dev ${IFACE} ${ROUTE}&#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9025" RevisionGUID="84bf12a0-8136-484a-9df5-835b8bf818e8" CreationDate="2009-05-17T03:59:31.150" UserId="1310" Text="Have you tried using PulseAudio? If you use the 'module-bluetooth-device' module, it allows switching modes on the fly either with pactl (a command line utility) or pavucontrol (a volume control/mixer app). The line to put in your config or to pass to pactl (for A2DP) is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    load-module module-bluetooth-device profile=a2dp channels=2 address=YO:UR:BT:AD:DR:ES name=&lt;your_headphones_name&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you can use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    pactl set-card-profile bluez_card.&lt;your_headphones_name&gt; hsp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to set them to SCO mode. However, pavucontrol has a much nicer interface, where you use a pulldown menu. It works wonderfully for me, and you can use the 'module-combine' module to make sound output go to both your speakers and your headphones. Also, it might be possible to load the module-bluetooth-device module twice, once with each profile, but I haven't tried that." />
  <row Id="16154" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9026" RevisionGUID="e501afc6-8c49-49ed-8e42-eaa8fe85d412" CreationDate="2009-05-17T04:01:26.417" UserId="2012" Text="To my knowledge they cannot use your creds to get into the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They could use ALT-F2, ALT-F3 and so on to get command shells but would have to authenticate...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they don't reboot the machine then I don't know anyway to compromise the system though the GNU or Lock screen....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they reboot they can put the machine into single user mode and compromise the system..but AFAIK based on your senerio above you should be ok." />
  <row Id="16155" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6746" RevisionGUID="d28afd77-c4a6-47c3-841d-23727911419e" CreationDate="2009-05-17T05:07:22.233" UserId="1233" Comment="Note that the accepted answer has a *much* simpler (and better) method of what I recommended." Text="If you're looking for a GUI application you can use [Sandbox](http://www.mikey-san.net/sandbox/) - you can then change the ACLs and apply it recursively if necessary but is a bit limited in terms of what you want to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said `setfacl` is not available on a Mac - the capability is available through `chmod` to use `chmod` eg. `chmod -R -a# [NumberOfACL] PATH` or by specifying `chmod -R -a [ACL to delete] PATH`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you specify `username allow [ACL]` as the ACL it is possible to remove the privileges one by one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;eg. `chmod -R -a &quot;username allow read&quot; /` will remove any read priveleges from any ACL available on any folder or file on the root hard drive. You can then rinse and repeat with the rest of the ACLs available, if you know that some are always together you can string them together eg. read,write (they must be comma delimited with no spaces).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The list of ACLs can be taken from the chmod man page (for brevity of the post) but by then placing each command (`chmod -R -a &quot;username [ACL whether it's allow or deny]&quot;`) in a script you can remove all the ACLs by a single user from a folder and any subdirectories. Which you've got in the OP's answer now. (And a simpler way at that)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[See the man page for the full details](http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/Manpages/man1/chmod.1.html)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16156" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9027" RevisionGUID="8a3bad81-8c20-49c9-b69e-fba3b7f3f0eb" CreationDate="2009-05-17T06:00:00.143" UserId="32988" Text="Nope, you're safe. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I had to guess about what you found confusing about the man-page, I'd say it was the warning-part. What they are trying to say is that it isn't the screen-session itself that is locked, but that instance on that specific terminal.   If you have left shells where the attacker can start screen as your user, they can get access to what you have running in the locked screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure why this is a scenario though. If it's a server, why don't you just login using SSH? If it's a desktop machine - why don't you run xlock instead?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16157" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9028" RevisionGUID="dbed772f-febb-4670-8e2d-20773d4ec4dd" CreationDate="2009-05-17T06:23:45.857" UserId="1349" Text="This is the best that I could come up with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    set strProgramFiles=%ProgramFiles%&#xD;&#xA;    if exist &quot;%ProgramFiles(x86)%&quot; set strProgramFiles=%ProgramFiles(x86)%&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;%strProgramFiles%\MyApp\app.exe&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    " />
  <row Id="16158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9029" RevisionGUID="12f5019e-62b1-4843-a56e-2dad3f6d4215" CreationDate="2009-05-17T06:30:10.150" UserId="1349" Text="Using this simple test batch script:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    @echo off&#xD;&#xA;    echo %ProgramFiles%&#xD;&#xA;    echo %ProgramFiles(x86)%&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;is my output:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;C:\Program Files&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Program Files (x86)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One variable is enclosed in quotes while the other isn't? Is this a bug of some sort, or a simple oversight on my behalf?" />
  <row Id="16159" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9029" RevisionGUID="12f5019e-62b1-4843-a56e-2dad3f6d4215" CreationDate="2009-05-17T06:30:10.150" UserId="1349" Text="Why is %ProgramFiles(x86)% returned without quotes?" />
  <row Id="16160" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9029" RevisionGUID="12f5019e-62b1-4843-a56e-2dad3f6d4215" CreationDate="2009-05-17T06:30:10.150" UserId="1349" Text="&lt;environment-variables&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="16161" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9030" RevisionGUID="05e6ea33-666d-4416-8c90-49e0eeefbe93" CreationDate="2009-05-17T07:00:06.957" UserId="45" Text="Strange, I can't reproduce this on my machine (Windows Vista 64-bit SP 1). My output is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Program Files&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Program Files (x86)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you sure you didn't insert quotes in your echo statement?" />
  <row Id="16162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9031" RevisionGUID="8d8d1658-65a2-4d3b-a94a-f8b6a892227f" CreationDate="2009-05-17T07:06:58.967" UserId="1349" Text="This should do the trick:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net share &quot;Public=c:\shares\foo&quot; &quot;/GRANT:Users,READ&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, you'll need to launch PowerShell with administrative rights, depending where/how you're doing this." />
  <row Id="16163" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9032" RevisionGUID="8aab908d-d963-49fb-a11c-6bff056ec1c7" CreationDate="2009-05-17T07:08:14.737" UserId="301" Text="I'm guessing that `a` and `b` are in separate data centers? Possibly with different upstream carriers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Ping is implemented over ICMP][1], which is an entirely separate traffic type to TCP, and as such carriers are free (and commonly do) de-prioritize ping traffic. You may be seeing this effect in your testing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may be able to confirm this using tools like [mtr][2], or tcpping, which use alternative methods to simulate a ping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit: Have you checked the duplex settings on each interface between `a` and `b`? If something has failed auto detection and defaulted to half duplex this may explain the results you are seeing (although its less likely that you would get an acceptable transfer rate in the face of duplex mispmatch)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping#ICMP_packet&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.BitWizard.nl/mtr" />
  <row Id="16164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9033" RevisionGUID="7c8b9cce-770b-43c4-b8dc-0216e3388ed3" CreationDate="2009-05-17T07:15:36.873" UserId="2299" Text="On W2k8 x64 I get:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    c:\temp&gt;echo %ProgramFiles% &amp; echo %ProgramFiles(x86)%&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Program Files&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Program Files (x86)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you type &quot;set&quot; you can see what the environment variables are. I get:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    c:\temp&gt;set&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;    ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files&#xD;&#xA;    ProgramFiles(x86)=C:\Program Files (x86)&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16165" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8986" RevisionGUID="4d236804-2ea6-4d04-b0b8-d181012f4352" CreationDate="2009-05-17T07:20:53.397" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 5 characters in body" Text="You can find a good summary here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[What is the difference between UDP and TCP internet protocols?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both TCP and UDP work at transport layer TCP/IP model, but have very different usage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The most important differences are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Reliability**:  &#xD;&#xA;   TCP: connection-oriented  &#xD;&#xA;   UDP: connectionless&#xD;&#xA; - **Ordered**:  &#xD;&#xA;   TCP: order of message receipt is guaranteed  &#xD;&#xA;   UDP: order is not guaranteed&#xD;&#xA; - **Protocol weight**:  &#xD;&#xA;   TCP: heavyweight, because of the connection/ordering overhead  &#xD;&#xA;   UDP: lightweight, very few overhead&#xD;&#xA; - **Packets**:  &#xD;&#xA;   TCP: streaming, data is read as a &quot;stream,&quot; with nothing distinguishing where one packet ends and another begins. There may be multiple packets per read call.  &#xD;&#xA;   UDP: datagrams, one packet per one read call.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/key-differences-between-tcp-and-udp-protocols/" />
  <row Id="16166" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9034" RevisionGUID="547f3a1c-9e56-4c0b-9a4a-d990e03e0688" CreationDate="2009-05-17T07:34:44.970" UserId="2299" Text="There are two separate parts to your question. Simplifying a bit, a disk consists of the hardware and the controller. Usually when people say &quot;SAS&quot; or &quot;SATA&quot; they are referring to the controller. In principle SAS is a more sophisticated protocol, though in practice for servers with up to say 8 disks there probably isn't much difference between them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Re the hardware: disk hardware tends to come in two classes based on the seek time. Fast disks have a seek time of 3 to 4 milliseconds while the slower disks have a seek time of 7 to 9 milliseconds. (I say &quot;slower&quot;, but 7-9ms is still pretty fast!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general SAS controllers are fitted to fast disks while SATA controllers are fitted to slower disks, though there are exceptions. For example the Western Digital Velociraptor disks have a SATA controller but a 3ms seek time. So when people say &quot;SAS disks&quot; this is usually taken to mean &quot;fast disks with a SAS controller&quot; while &quot;SATA&quot; means &quot;slower disks with a SATA controller&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All very well, but to actually answer your question, the seek time is very important when the disks have to do lots of random access. Good examples of this are SQL Server and Exchange. If the disks are a bottleneck then SAS disks will be a lot faster than SATA. However there are two points to make.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Firstly a good controller will make a lot of difference. I use Dells and I particularly like the Perc5/i and 6/i controllers. I have several 2950s with 6 SATA disks on a Perc5/i as a RAID 5, and these are pretty damn fast. Maybe they're not as fast as 6 SAS disks would be, but they're faster than say a 4 SCSI 320 disk RAID 5 on a Perc 4/e that I used to use in the older 2850 servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly even though SATA disks are slower than SAS, in many small businesses disk speed won't be a bottleneck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One last consideration is that traditionally SCSI disks have been (much) more reliable that SATA, not becuase of the controller, but simply because the disk hardware was built to a higher (and more expensive!) standard. Now that you have brands like the Western Digital RE3 SATA disks designed specifically for servers I'm not sure if this is still that much of an issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9035" RevisionGUID="28e41900-255e-46b7-9e15-e58748d622a9" CreationDate="2009-05-17T07:51:09.453" UserId="2299" Text="I am responsible for about 200 servers spread across the North West of the UK, and this is obviously far too many to check manually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I configure the backup so that on completion it runs a (VBScript) script that looks through the backup log, works out whether the backup worked or not and writes a record into a central database with the backup result. Then at head office I run a script that queries this database and presents me with a list of sites where either the backup reported an error or there was no report from the site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The end result is that when I sit down at my desk I have a list of all the sites where I need to check the backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The point of all this is that the default assumption is that the backup failed, and the backup is considered to have worked only if my VBScript detected no errors *and* wrote this conclusion I to my database. This makes sure backup failures don't go unnoticed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of the servers use Backup Exec, some NTBackup and some just copy their files to another server across the network. It doesn't matter what type of backup the servers do as it's easy to tweak my VBScript to check for errors. My script is actually pretty basic, it just opens the backup report as a text file and greps for phrases like &quot;failed to mount&quot;, &quot;tape full&quot;, &quot;CRC error&quot; etc, etc. I'm sure a professional programmer would do a slicker job. However the whole thing is simple and robust, and it's proactive in the sense that I see the backup failure report whether I want to or not and I'd only fail to notice an error if I consciously decided to ignore the report.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS 99% of the backup failures are because the users forgot to change the backup tape. Don't you just love lusers :-)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9036" RevisionGUID="25921106-853e-431f-a84a-963f840a687f" CreationDate="2009-05-17T07:57:37.770" UserId="45" Text="Similar to [Matt's correct answer][1]. Basically in this version the complete path is verified.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SET AppExePath=&quot;%ProgramFiles(x86)%\MyApp\app.exe&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    IF NOT EXIST %AppExePath% SET AppExePath=&quot;%ProgramFiles%\MyApp\app.exe&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    %AppExePath%&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/9009/correct-technique-to-find-application-in-32-and-64-bit-versions-of-vista-windows/9028#9028" />
  <row Id="16169" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9023" RevisionGUID="effece18-ab3e-4bff-b181-c8644a1a5424" CreationDate="2009-05-17T08:02:45.543" UserId="984" Comment="added 423 characters in body" Text="Can you post the output of **ip route show table main** and **ip route show table 200**?  I suspect you are missing a couple routes in your '200' table.  Your '200' route table should have pretty much the same routes as the 'main' table the only difference being the default route.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-----&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I see that you updated, and I believe my original suggestion was correct.  Notice how your main table has the 'scope link' route for both your local network and the vpn link?  Those routes have to be added to the '200' table as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try running these commands in addition to the other commands you use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ip route add 192.168.2.0/24 dev tap0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.2.4 table 200&#xD;&#xA;    ip route add 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.1.101  metric 2 table 200&#xD;&#xA;    ip route flush cache&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to script the creation of these routes you can use this. It will copy all the 'scope link' routes from the main route table into your other table.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    IFACE=wlan0&#xD;&#xA;    RT=200&#xD;&#xA;    /sbin/ip route list scope link table main proto kernel dev ${IFACE} \&#xD;&#xA;    | while read ROUTE ; do&#xD;&#xA;        # and add that route to all the tables mentioned in the rrtables option&#xD;&#xA;        # in the interfaces file&#xD;&#xA;        /sbin/ip route add table ${RT} scope link proto kernel dev ${IFACE} ${ROUTE}&#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another update.  I just noticed I missed something rather obvious earlier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your MASQ statement seems to be working on eth0.  From the route tables you posted, your output device isn't eth0.  Instead of this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.2.0/24 -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You probably should just use a statement like this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o tap0 -j MASQUERADE&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16170" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9037" RevisionGUID="3e8f7757-1230-413d-b03c-76562f8e6b3f" CreationDate="2009-05-17T08:12:19.980" UserId="301" Text="A backup that isn't tested is no backup whatsoever." />
  <row Id="16171" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="9021" RevisionGUID="faf8e7fb-5dee-423f-aff3-2aa8125a1400" CreationDate="2009-05-17T08:21:11.927" UserId="45" Comment="edited title" Text="Asynchronous ping times but constant file xfer times?" />
  <row Id="16172" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8291" RevisionGUID="bd947ec2-d4d5-4c8f-8f72-a26089e21c86" CreationDate="2009-05-17T08:41:58.180" UserId="2599" Comment="adding info on VPS hosting" Text="Never had a chance to actually try it, but people managed to get [APC][1] and [eAccelerator][2] working on dreamhost shared hosting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You've got to get your hands dirty and install/compile your own PHP, but wiki entries and dreamhost community are great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other good reasons to choose Dreamhost:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - real transparency; you know what, why and when servers are down. RSS feeds ad blog entries tell you what is actually going on. Even if a [fat finger is to blame][3] :-)&#xD;&#xA; - tech support is just great&#xD;&#xA; - green hosting&#xD;&#xA; - the administration panel is nice and you get stuff done quickly&#xD;&#xA; - lots of services available (SSH, linux users, SVN repository, cron jobs...) **and** cheap &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you ever want to subscribe, look for promo codes (to get a better deal) or just ask!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** If you want to try VPS hosting, [Dreamhost's VPS hosting plan][4] works fine and is based on the server memory added (you can change it on the fly to save money). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Pecl_APC&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://wiki.dreamhost.com/EAccelerator&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/01/15/um-whoops/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://dreamhost.com/hosting-vps.html" />
  <row Id="16173" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9038" RevisionGUID="e0619537-b545-4d4c-972e-2b1253481ac9" CreationDate="2009-05-17T09:00:51.863" UserId="2281" Text="I have a batch script that runs `robocopy` every hour, every time it runs a window pops up  on the desktop with robocopy's output, and I don't really want to see it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I managed to make the window appear minimized by making the scheduled job run &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cmd /c start /min mybat.bat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but that gives me a new command window every hour. I was surprised by this, given `cmd /c` &quot;Carries out the command specified by string and then terminates&quot; - I must have misunderstood the docs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to run a batch script without it popping up a cmd window?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16174" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9038" RevisionGUID="e0619537-b545-4d4c-972e-2b1253481ac9" CreationDate="2009-05-17T09:00:51.863" UserId="2281" Text="Run a .bat file in a scheduled task without a window" />
  <row Id="16175" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9038" RevisionGUID="e0619537-b545-4d4c-972e-2b1253481ac9" CreationDate="2009-05-17T09:00:51.863" UserId="2281" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;cmd.exe&gt;&lt;scheduled-task&gt;" />
  <row Id="16176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9039" RevisionGUID="17195882-cef8-4ba2-b463-bce4b72395d8" CreationDate="2009-05-17T09:08:16.413" UserId="45" Text="You could run it silently using a Windows Script file instead. The Run Method allows you running a script in invisible mode. Create a `.vbs` file like this one&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Set WinScriptHost = CreateObject(&quot;WScript.Shell&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    WinScriptHost.Run Chr(34) &amp; &quot;C:\Scheduled Jobs\mybat.bat&quot; &amp; Chr(34), 0&#xD;&#xA;    Set WinScriptHost = Nothing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and schedule it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9041" RevisionGUID="ebffd9e7-0123-4554-b054-f27728433aca" CreationDate="2009-05-17T09:09:49.780" UserId="2299" Text="See http://www.ratsauce.co.uk/notablog/LongFilenames.asp for my ramblings on long filenames.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know of any way to get the \\\\?\\ prefix to Cygwin, and obviously the current version of Cygwin doesn't use the prefix internally. Presumably they are addressing this in the new version and that's why it will support names longer than 260 characters. I use the Cygwin rsync all over the place so like you I eagerly await the release.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some other issues with the Cygwin rsync. It makes a mess of ACLs unless you specify cygwin=nontsec, and it tends to hang on very big directories. On my list of things to do before I die is to write a native Windows version of rsync that won't have these problems. I believe this has been done, but only as commercial versions not public domain ones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16180" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9042" RevisionGUID="1f75d4cd-de5c-4b32-9029-a2e47076db94" CreationDate="2009-05-17T09:13:51.253" UserId="2299" Text="Are you running this as a scheduled task? If so set it to run as a different user account then it won't be visible to the logged on user. If the script needs no network access (probably not applicable if you're using robocopy) you can run it as &quot;nt authority\system&quot; and leave the password blank.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16181" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8942" RevisionGUID="6280d690-b6c5-4407-9289-d9ec0209ad62" CreationDate="2009-05-17T09:41:45.367" UserId="1496" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Yes, sort of. You can run XP Professional by buying Vista Business or Vista Ultimate and exercising your downgrade rights (you have to find an original XP installation medium then call Microsoft to obtain a product key.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You *might* be able to find Windows XP Home (OEM version, which you cannot legally install on a pre-existing computer) if one of the shops in your area still carries it, but that's a pot shot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, you cannot use 8 GB of RAM with a 32-bit operating system (except on Windows Server 2003 through the cumbersome PAE mechanism, through which any one app can use up to 4 GB of RAM if it supports the special AWE API.) Actually, you will only be able to use about 3.5 GB. You need a 64-bit operating system for more than that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: You updated the question to mention 64-bit. Like Michael Stum pointed out, 64-bit XP is a nightmare to maintain due to very poor driver support. There's only the Professional family, there never was a 64-bit XP Home. However 64-bit XP is subject to the exact same life cycle policy as the 32-bit client operating system (see [Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 life cycle](http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=8599) on the [Lifecycle Information for Windows Client Products](http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselectwin) site for details). In other words, it is no longer available through retail channels, and though I've heard rumors of OEM versions I've never actually seen one offered on sale, only bundled with systems through big OEMs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;According to [Microsoft's downgrade rights chart](http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/2/3/d23b9533-169d-4996-b198-7b9d3fe15611/downgrade_chart.doc) (**Warning**: Link to a Microsoft Word document!) says you can downgrade to 64-bit XP if you find an original installation medium somewhere:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Can I downgrade my OEM version of Windows Vista Business to Windows XP Professional?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Yes. OEM downgrade rights for desktop PC operating systems apply to Windows Vista Business and Windows Vista Ultimate as stated in the License Terms. Please note, OEM downgrade versions of Windows Vista Business and Windows Vista Ultimate are limited to Windows XP Professional (including Windows XP Tablet PC Edition and **Windows XP x64 Edition**).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(*emphasis mine*)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Further edit: Funny how the world works. Just came across (via reddit) this very interesting page regarding 32-bit and &gt;4GB in Microsoft operating systems: [Licensed Memory in Windows Vista](http://www.geoffchappell.com/viewer.htm?doc=notes/windows/license/memory.htm)" />
  <row Id="16182" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9043" RevisionGUID="74aa8513-69ca-4fe1-93b7-a3f9dd85a670" CreationDate="2009-05-17T09:45:22.520" UserId="45" Text="Use the Win32_Share Create method. Example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    (Get-WmiObject -List -ComputerName . | Where-Object -FilterScript &#xD;&#xA;    {$_.Name -eq &quot;Win32_Share&quot;}).InvokeMethod(&quot;Create&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;       (&quot;C:\FolderToShare&quot;,&quot;ShareName&quot;,0,100,&quot;Share description&quot;))&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can find the documentation of this method [here on MSDN][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    uint32 Create(&#xD;&#xA;      [in]  string Path,&#xD;&#xA;      [in]  string Name,&#xD;&#xA;      [in]  uint32 Type,&#xD;&#xA;      [in]  uint32 MaximumAllowed,&#xD;&#xA;      [in]  string Description,&#xD;&#xA;      [in]  string Password,&#xD;&#xA;      [in]  Win32_SecurityDescriptor Access&#xD;&#xA;    );&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Parameters:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Path - Local path of the Windows share. For example, &quot;C:\FolderToShare&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;- Name - Passes the alias to a path set up as a share on a Windows system. Example, &quot;ShareName&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;- Type - Passes the type of resource being shared. Types includes disk drives, print queues, interprocess communications (IPC), and general devices. Can be one of the following values.&#xD;&#xA; - 0 - Disk Drive&#xD;&#xA; - 1 - Print Queue&#xD;&#xA; - 2 - Device&#xD;&#xA; - 3 - IPC&#xD;&#xA; - 2147483648 - Disk Drive Admin&#xD;&#xA; - 2147483649 - Print Queue Admin&#xD;&#xA; - 2147483650 - Device Admin&#xD;&#xA; - 2147483651 - IPC Admin&#xD;&#xA;- MaximumAllowed - Limit on the maximum number of users allowed to concurrently use this resource. Example: 100. This parameter is optional.&#xD;&#xA;- Description - Optional comment to describe the resource being shared. This parameter is optional. Example: &quot;Share description&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;- Password - Password (when the server is running with share-level security) for the shared resource. If the server is running with user-level security, this parameter is ignored. This parameter is optional.&#xD;&#xA;- Access - Security descriptor for user level permissions. A security descriptor contains information about the permissions, owner, and access capabilities of the resource.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See this page on MSDN for details how to set access permissions: [Win32_SecurityDescriptor Class][2]. This article is also a good starting point: [WMI Tasks: Files and Folders][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa389393(VS.85).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394402(VS.85).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394594(VS.85).aspx" />
  <row Id="16184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9044" RevisionGUID="f6747df6-5ceb-4bcf-9a96-441ec168ac8d" CreationDate="2009-05-17T09:59:13.110" UserId="2467" Text="How big is your intranet? As an alternative you could try the free MS Search Server Express which we use on our intranet (2000 employees). There are some docs on the web comparing the two. " />
  <row Id="16185" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="6835" RevisionGUID="74bbe135-866f-4b05-aa4d-b06b80a39839" CreationDate="2009-05-17T09:59:33.467" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="3" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:48,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Sam Cogan&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="16186" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2493" RevisionGUID="c4e2bd93-3e14-4572-bbb4-c4a6ae6be7dc" CreationDate="2009-05-17T10:06:34.560" UserId="1447" Comment="added 2181 characters in body" Text="Some home truths about storage, or why is enterprise storage so f-ing expensive?&#xD;&#xA;--------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Consumer hard drives offer large volumes of space so that even the most discerning user of \*cough\* streaming media \*cough\* can buy enough to store a collection of several terabytes.  In fact, disk capacity has been growing faster than the transistor counts on silicon for a couple of decades now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;'Enterprise' storage is a somewhat more complex issue as the data has performance and integrity requirements that dictate a somewhat more heavyweight approach.  The data must have some guarantee of availability in the event of hardware failures and it may have to be shared with a large number of users, which will generate many more read/write requests than a single user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The technical solutions to this problem can be many, many times more expensive per gigabyte than consumer storage solutions.  They also require physical maintenance; backups must be taken and often stored off-site so that a fire does not destroy the data.  This process adds ongoing costs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Performance**  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On your 1TB consumer or even enterprise near-line drive you have just one head.  The disk rotates at 7200 RPM, or 120 revolutions per second.  This means that you can get at most 120 random-access I/O operations per second in theory* and somewhat less in practice.  Thus, copying a large file on a single 1TB volume is relatively slow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a disk array with 14x 72GB disks, you have 14 heads over disks going at (say) 15,000 RPM or approximately 250 revolutions per second.  This gives you a theoretical maximum of 3,500 random I/O operations per second* (again, somewhat less in practice).  All other things being equal a file copy will be many, many times faster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`*` You could get more than one random access per revolution of the disk if the geometry of the reads allowed the drive to move the heads and read a sector that happened to be available within one revolution of the disk.  If the disk accesses were widely dispersed you will probably average less than one.  Where a disk array formatted in a striped (see below) layout you will get a maximum of one stripe read per revolution of the disk in most circumstances and (depending on the RAID controller) possibly less than one on average.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The 7200 RPM 1TB drive will probably be reasonably quick on sequential I/O.  Disk arrays formatted in a striped scheme (RAID-0, RAID-5, RAID-10 etc.) can typically read at most one stripe per revolution of the disk.  With a 64K stripe we can read 64Kx250 = 16MB or so of data per second off a 15,000 RPM disk.  This gives a sequential throughput of around 220MB per second on an array of 14 disks, which is not that much faster on paper than the 150MB/sec or so quoted for a modern 1TB SATA disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For video streaming (for example), an array of 4 SATA disks in a RAID-0 with a large stripe size (some RAID controllers will support stripe sizes up to 1MB) have quite a lot of sequential throughput.  This example could theoretically stream about 480MB/sec, which is comfortably enough to do real-time uncompressed HD video editing.  Thus, owners of Mac Pros and similar hardware can do HD video compositing tasks that would have required a machine with a direct-attach fibre array just a few years ago.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The real benefit of a disk array is on database work which is characterised by large numbers of small, scattered I/O requests.  On this type of workload performance is constrained by the physical latency of bits of metal in the disk going round-and-round and back-and-forth.  This metric is known as IOPS (I/O operations per second).  The more physical disks you have - regardless of capacity - the more IOPS you can theoretically do.  More IOPS means more transactions per second.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Data integrity**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally most RAID configurations give you some data redundancy - which requires more than one physical disk by definition.  The combination of a storage scheme with such redundancy and a larger number of drives gives a system the ability to reliably serve a large transactional workload.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The infrastructure for disk arrays (and SANs in the more extreme case) is not exactly a mass-market item.  In addition it is one of the bits that *really, really* cannot fail.  This combination of standard of build and smaller market volumes doesn't come cheap.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Total storage cost including backup**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In practice, the largest cost for maintaining 1TB of data is likely to be backup and recovery.  A tape drive and 34 sets of SDLT or ultrium tapes for a full grandfather cycle of backup and recovery will probably cost more than a 1TB disk array did.  Add the costs of off-site storage and the salary of even a single tape-monkey and suddenly your 1TB of data isn't quite so cheap.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The cost of the disks is often a fair way down the hierarchy of dominant storage costs.  At one bank I had occasion to work for SAN storage was costed at £900/GB for a development system and £5,000/GB for a disk on a production server.  Even at enterprise vendor prices the physical cost of the disks was only a tiny fraction of that.  Another example that I am aware of has a (relatively) modestly configured IBM Shark SAN that cost them somewhere in excess of £1 million.  Just the physical storage on this is charged out at around £9/gigabyte, or about £9,000 for space equivalent to your 1TB consumer HDD." />
  <row Id="16187" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9045" RevisionGUID="99941581-baac-45f0-b2bf-f64f8e05fd86" CreationDate="2009-05-17T10:42:21.617" UserId="2332" Text="If you are living in an enterprise IT environment you often find yourself in what I call the 3rd-party-vendor-support-matrix-hell. Meaning for every decision you make you have to make sure that whatever OS/software/hardware you are using is &quot;supported&quot; or &quot;certified&quot;.&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;RedHat Enterprise Linux is simply found on almost every support matrix from commercial software and hardware vendors. You might also find Novell/SuSE SLES on the matrix. But then that's it. End of supported Linux distributions. And even then these vendors often only list RHEL releases which are at least one generation behind the current major release. That's where the long term support offers from RedHat become important.&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;It is also very important to many managers that there is a company you can point your fingers at and open support tickets in case of problems." />
  <row Id="16188" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9046" RevisionGUID="947267ad-80cf-474b-930c-1f925e264a3f" CreationDate="2009-05-17T11:01:50.590" UserId="2332" Text="A little tip for Bash if you are a sysadmin and work with root privileges a lot:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    shopt -o noclobber&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will prevent you from accidentally destroying the content of an already existing file if you redirect output (&gt;filename). You can always force overwriting with &gt;|filename.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16189" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9046" RevisionGUID="947267ad-80cf-474b-930c-1f925e264a3f" CreationDate="2009-05-17T11:01:50.590" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16190" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9047" RevisionGUID="bea00731-ae23-472e-8edd-aab584a4aacc" CreationDate="2009-05-17T11:08:46.657" UserId="388" Text="It's worth doing a traceroute from A-&gt;B and B-&gt;A. Unless you know otherwise, it's entirely possible that traffic in the forward direction is taking a different path to that in the reverse direction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You would expect this to be allowed for given that ICMP measures round trip time, but I have seen similar asymmetric pnig times in networks where traffic in a given direction is biased over specific links." />
  <row Id="16191" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9048" RevisionGUID="a28c4354-bd50-4545-9a3c-e5d195a68399" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:40:43.830" Text="&lt;p&gt;I recently looked at my router log and wonder why a lot of requests that I don't send are originated from a computer in my home network. They do not look like 3rd-party ads / images embedded in a page. The request have patterns, such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;top-visitor.com/look.php&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;www.dottip.com/search/result.php?aff=8755&amp;amp;req=nickelodeon+games&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;www.placeca.com/search/result.php?aff=3778&amp;amp;req=wireless+cell+phone&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;www.bb5a.com/search.php?username=3348&amp;amp;keywords=flights&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;www.blazerbox.com/search.php?username=2341&amp;amp;keywords=colorado+springs+real+estate&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;www.freeautosource.com/search.php?username=sun100&amp;amp;keywords=vehicle&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;www.1sp2.com/search.php?username=20190&amp;amp;keywords=las+the+hotel+vegas&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;www.loadgeo.com/search/result.php?aff=10357&amp;amp;req=winamp&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;www.exalt123.com/portal.php?ref=seo2007&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;www.7catalogs.com/search.php?username=la24&amp;amp;keywords=shutter&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;www.theloaninstitute.com/search.php?username=kevin&amp;amp;keywords=webcam&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;www.grammt.com/search.php?username=2530&amp;amp;keywords=bob  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And there are hundreds of these requests send within a second.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what's happening?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16192" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9048" RevisionGUID="a28c4354-bd50-4545-9a3c-e5d195a68399" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:40:43.830" Text="why are there unknown urls in router log?" />
  <row Id="16193" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9048" RevisionGUID="a28c4354-bd50-4545-9a3c-e5d195a68399" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:40:43.830" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;router&gt;&lt;logging&gt;&lt;virus&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="16194" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9049" RevisionGUID="6e4a37b6-e4cb-4d59-8780-f7c95b97bfd5" CreationDate="2009-05-09T15:50:08.590" Text="&lt;p&gt;There are many possibilities, there could be someone connected to your wifi network, or a virus, worm, trojan or other malicious code running. I'd try eliminating devices by disconnecting one by one and comparing logs. Change wifi auth keys, passwords one by one until you discover the source..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's one of your own computers, I'd reformat and reinstall, if at all possible, as it's next to impossible to be sure that you get everything out of there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9050" RevisionGUID="6d62747f-69d1-4140-be6e-ab462e27e6f7" CreationDate="2008-09-16T19:45:31.123" Text="&lt;p&gt;On Windows, how do you refresh the hosts file without rebooting?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16196" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9050" RevisionGUID="6d62747f-69d1-4140-be6e-ab462e27e6f7" CreationDate="2008-09-16T19:45:31.123" Text="How to refresh hosts file without rebooting" />
  <row Id="16197" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9050" RevisionGUID="6d62747f-69d1-4140-be6e-ab462e27e6f7" CreationDate="2008-09-16T19:45:31.123" Text="&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="16198" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9051" RevisionGUID="a3b4d71c-6e9d-41d8-82ab-7588e301cf43" CreationDate="2008-09-16T19:46:12.947" UserId="2214" Text="&lt;p&gt;You don't need to reboot. Any changes you make to the hosts file are immediate. You used to need to reboot for changes to take effect in Windows 9x. That is no longer the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16199" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9052" RevisionGUID="130c4326-6114-4f09-b47e-494081b30bc9" CreationDate="2008-09-16T19:46:35.253" Text="&lt;p&gt;It doesn't need to be refreshed.  As soon as you add something to it and save the file, it will immediately be available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16200" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9053" RevisionGUID="ff76bdfe-bbb5-49b5-a299-387f4a8b1e88" CreationDate="2008-09-16T19:46:39.623" Text="&lt;p&gt;Have you tried ipconfig /flushdns ? I haven't found the need to reboot, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16201" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9054" RevisionGUID="50c7f0fd-5670-43e7-aad3-042935b1be24" CreationDate="2008-09-16T19:48:25.920" Text="&lt;p&gt;Because changes are seen immediately, you might be seeing another DNS cache in your application.  Firefox has a DNS cache with a TTL of around 60 seconds, I believe: I usually just restart firefox if I've made a change and can't wait a minute.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16202" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9055" RevisionGUID="49feb270-7e7c-4846-9880-f2bf635cb205" CreationDate="2008-09-16T19:58:29.780" Text="&lt;p&gt;As @Ferruccio said, Hosts changes should be immediate in Windows. However, if you're using something like Microsoft Firewall Client Management software, that could be doing the DNS queries for you. Try disabling any proxy software and see if that works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9056" RevisionGUID="45e4fe1f-fa3a-4553-9f5a-da1f37cee5b3" CreationDate="2009-04-23T20:57:47.053" Text="&lt;p&gt;Just a warning, NSLOOKUP will still retrieve results from DNS Server will never look at hosts file; To check if your new name works try the ping command.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9057" RevisionGUID="9174d915-68d3-459e-a2b5-b863527d94ef" CreationDate="2009-04-24T14:26:46.110" Text="&lt;p&gt;I have had problems in the past with reloading the hosts file.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This command will purge your dns name table cache and reload everything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;nbtstat -R&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9058" RevisionGUID="2962ed6f-1344-4267-bc37-42674c9ee748" CreationDate="2009-05-12T02:31:03.140" Text="&lt;p&gt;IE caches DNS entries. You need to start a new IE instance in order to see host file changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9059" RevisionGUID="2e5bbb05-399a-4069-8b76-3159590d6a1f" CreationDate="2009-05-10T01:18:34.160" Text="&lt;p&gt;We're on a 50mb/s comcast connection and our connection right now is coming in under 1.5mb. Our roommate left for a week with bittorrent running(Azureus client, we think). Our latency is approaching 300ms. His door is locked up tight, and both his machine and the router for the house are located inside.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've even flipped the power breaker in the house and that barely works for 2 minutes. His laptop keeps on running, and once the cable modem and router come back up and the machine reconnects, the torrents resume in earnest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been running nmap and identified his IP on our lan. Is there anything I can do over the lan to make his torrents start to fail or slow down?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16207" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9059" RevisionGUID="2e5bbb05-399a-4069-8b76-3159590d6a1f" CreationDate="2009-05-10T01:18:34.160" Text="How can I disrupt my roommate's bittorrent?" />
  <row Id="16208" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9059" RevisionGUID="2e5bbb05-399a-4069-8b76-3159590d6a1f" CreationDate="2009-05-10T01:18:34.160" Text="&lt;not-programming-related&gt;" />
  <row Id="16209" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9060" RevisionGUID="e14de5d5-00ae-47af-bc20-fbc1837cef75" CreationDate="2009-05-10T01:21:20.393" Text="&lt;p&gt;How devious do you want to be?  You can start issuing fake tcp-ip packets destined to his MAC address.  You can unplug his machine.  :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9061" RevisionGUID="6aa826e1-a093-4b5a-bef9-56da56aada4e" CreationDate="2009-05-17T11:25:07.523" UserId="45" Text="I don't have first-hand experience, but there are some reviews which I try to summarize.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Pros**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Very simple installation. It takes about 15 minutes to set up. It comes with a dedicated network configuration port and an administrative Web interface.&#xD;&#xA;- Good security architecture; LDAP configuration, SSL settings, certificate authorities, SNMP configuration, etc.; it does not cache security credentials and instead checks credentials before committing to a search (if you require integration with other security systems / single sign-on systems, consider the Google Search Appliance.)&#xD;&#xA;- Up to 220 different file types can be inspected, including Microsoft Office documents and PDF files as well as ordinary HTML pages.&#xD;&#xA;- Content groups for multiple types of users with access to their data collections &#xD;&#xA;- Good (relevant) search results&#xD;&#xA;- Configuration of suggested synonyms&#xD;&#xA;- Comes with Google Analytics&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Cons**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Configuring Windows network shares is not as easy as it should be&#xD;&#xA;- Limited integration options for enterprise requirements&#xD;&#xA;- Price: *(This is arguable, since you get the hardware plus support)* starting from 2,990 US$ for 50,000 documents up to 9,990 US$ for 300,000 documents&#xD;&#xA;- The server is extraordinarily loud, so it is only suited if you have a dedicated (server) room&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a complete feature list: [http://www.google.com/enterprise/search/mini_features.html][1]. And here a good [review on campustechnology.com][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/enterprise/search/mini_features.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://campustechnology.com/articles/2007/03/review-google-mini-22.aspx" />
  <row Id="16211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9062" RevisionGUID="9acf05f6-ecde-401f-bea6-9f7c088f974e" CreationDate="2009-05-17T11:30:26.870" UserId="1726" Text="[CMDOW][1] is an awsome tool that allows you to do many, many things to windows from the command line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the simplest things to do is hide the current window (usually as a first line in the bat file) with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cmdow @ /hid&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or start a new hidden process with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cmdow /run /hid mybat.bat &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.commandline.co.uk/cmdow/" />
  <row Id="16212" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9063" RevisionGUID="a14d6481-ddd3-4860-9401-4238caa13dcc" CreationDate="2009-05-17T11:36:44.500" UserId="2228" Text=" - Set up QoS on your home router and throttle his bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Install a firewall between him and the router, and set up iptables to limit the number of active connections to/from his IP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Have his machine send [SYN ACK][1] responses to a non-existing IP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Unplug his network cable from the router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Stick a needle trough his cat5, shorting the wires inside, and cut off the ends so he'll never find it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SYN_flood" />
  <row Id="16213" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9063" RevisionGUID="a14d6481-ddd3-4860-9401-4238caa13dcc" CreationDate="2009-05-17T11:36:44.500" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16214" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9064" RevisionGUID="5d7a1da7-59b6-4672-8443-b80038d087fb" CreationDate="2009-05-17T11:38:19.987" UserId="1435" Text="His Azureus HTTP server plug-in might be running, if you it you could try HTTP'ing to his address with :6886 at the end - if it comes up with a GUI interface you should be able to reconfigure his download speeds or pause it altogether. There are other similar ports available that other SFers might be able to add via comments that you could try." />
  <row Id="16215" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9064" RevisionGUID="5d7a1da7-59b6-4672-8443-b80038d087fb" CreationDate="2009-05-17T11:38:19.987" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16216" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9064" RevisionGUID="56e4e1b9-23ad-4a4c-aa56-2b78c23a921e" CreationDate="2009-05-17T11:45:22.187" UserId="1435" Comment="added 8 characters in body" Text="His Azureus HTTP server plug-in might be running, if you know it you could try HTTP'ing to his IP address with :6886 at the end - if it comes up with a GUI interface you should be able to reconfigure his download speeds or pause it altogether. There are other similar ports available that other SFers might be able to add via comments that you could try." />
  <row Id="16217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9065" RevisionGUID="5b544327-bb57-4837-b527-84a7ac8119c8" CreationDate="2009-05-17T11:45:39.973" UserId="1787" Text="Block his MAC in the router." />
  <row Id="16218" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9065" RevisionGUID="5b544327-bb57-4837-b527-84a7ac8119c8" CreationDate="2009-05-17T11:45:39.973" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9066" RevisionGUID="68c53864-0b82-4af3-a7ec-e577c534bb85" CreationDate="2009-05-17T11:48:14.347" UserId="1900" Text="Do you have your housemates permission to disable his bittorrent? I am guessing no because otherwise he would have told you the router password and you could simply block the laptop. It seems then this question is asking that we help you commit what could be a crime or at very least is probably bad housemate ettiquette. The correct answer to your question, though I doubt you will give me points for it, is to ask your housemate whether he is comfortable with you taking action and can you have the password. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming you have permission to do this and cannot access the router then I would say the best way is using arp-spoofing to steal his IP and then issue TCP resets to all the connections (I think this will happen anyway when you steal his IP since the OS knows nothing of the connections). This requires that you are faster with the arp replies of cause than his laptop, and to you can cause that by DOS'ing the laptop. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I mean you basically have three options: hack the laptop, hack the router, hack the network. The fourth and one you seem to be overlooking is hack the door - he has a locked room sure but can't that lock be easily picked or isn't there another way into the room? We have locked doors for privacy but they are easily broken into. " />
  <row Id="16220" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9066" RevisionGUID="68c53864-0b82-4af3-a7ec-e577c534bb85" CreationDate="2009-05-17T11:48:14.347" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16221" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9047" RevisionGUID="4a12502b-a9fd-4b46-b42c-a2d77de43b0a" CreationDate="2009-05-17T11:49:02.803" UserId="388" Comment="corrected typo" Text="It's worth doing a traceroute from A-&gt;B and B-&gt;A. Unless you know otherwise, it's entirely possible that traffic in the forward direction is taking a different path to that in the reverse direction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You would expect this to be allowed for given that ICMP measures round trip time, but I have seen similar asymmetric ping times in networks where traffic in a given direction is biased over specific links." />
  <row Id="16222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9067" RevisionGUID="42187713-208a-4acd-ac87-5a3b3655f6ae" CreationDate="2009-05-17T11:50:35.850" UserId="2228" Text="Highly depending on your OS and/or distro, and whatever user you want&#xD;&#xA;to run SA as, etc etc....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In master.cf put something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # aa.bb.cc.dd == your IP&#xD;&#xA;    # example.com == your hostname&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    aa.bb.cc.dd:smtp      inet    n       -       n       -       -       smtpd&#xD;&#xA;        -o content_filter=spamassassin&#xD;&#xA;        -o myhostname=example.com&#xD;&#xA;        -o smtp_bind_address=aa.bb.cc.dd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # (note content_filter)&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # -snip-&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    spamassassin unix -     n       n       -       -       pipe&#xD;&#xA;      user=sa argv=/usr/bin/spamc -e /etc/alternatives/mta -oi -f ${sender} ${recipient}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # change 'user=sa' to whatever user you have setup.&#xD;&#xA;    # change '/etc/alternatives/mta' to whatever you're using to put&#xD;&#xA;    # mail back into the queue. (eg: /usr/local/sbin/sendmail )&#xD;&#xA;    # change /usr/bin/spamc to the location of your spamc binary, obviously. :)" />
  <row Id="16223" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9068" RevisionGUID="6e2a1b65-2536-4d01-a757-219ce6a7a90e" CreationDate="2009-05-17T12:04:35.153" UserId="2228" Text="Does any one know of an equivalent of the GNU/Linux utility [cpulimit][1] for FreeBSD?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not talking about process niceness or setting limits on a user account, but actually limiting the percentage of cpu used by a specific process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://cpulimit.sourceforge.net/" />
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  <row Id="16225" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9068" RevisionGUID="6e2a1b65-2536-4d01-a757-219ce6a7a90e" CreationDate="2009-05-17T12:04:35.153" UserId="2228" Text="&lt;freebsd&gt;" />
  <row Id="16226" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9032" RevisionGUID="51431bad-6417-4670-9611-b0f9607cc5bb" CreationDate="2009-05-17T12:27:02.253" UserId="301" Comment="added link to tcpping" Text="I'm guessing that `a` and `b` are in separate data centers? Possibly with different upstream carriers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Ping is implemented over ICMP][1], which is an entirely separate traffic type to TCP, and as such carriers are free (and commonly do) de-prioritize ping traffic. You may be seeing this effect in your testing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may be able to confirm this using tools like [mtr][2], or [tcpping][3], which use alternative methods to simulate a ping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit: Have you checked the duplex settings on each interface between `a` and `b`? If something has failed auto detection and defaulted to half duplex this may explain the results you are seeing (although its less likely that you would get an acceptable transfer rate in the face of duplex mispmatch)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping#ICMP_packet&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.BitWizard.nl/mtr&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.vdberg.org/~richard/tcpping.html" />
  <row Id="16227" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="2026" RevisionGUID="14670f1a-6b2b-4fe1-968c-2045ed546d24" CreationDate="2009-05-17T12:36:26.303" UserId="1" Comment="edited tags; edited title" Text="What does a good Sys Admin resume look like?" />
  <row Id="16228" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2026" RevisionGUID="14670f1a-6b2b-4fe1-968c-2045ed546d24" CreationDate="2009-05-17T12:36:26.303" UserId="1" Comment="edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;resume&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;interview&gt;&lt;recruitment&gt;" />
  <row Id="16229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9069" RevisionGUID="858cac6a-8be0-4842-b951-ff373cb9449a" CreationDate="2009-05-17T12:41:00.080" UserId="543" Text="Another free alternative is [IBM OmniFind Yahoo! Edition][1].  It works reasonably well on our intranet for I'd guess about 100,000 documents.  Fairly easy to set up and get going, but we had a few issues with network shares; web crawling was fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://omnifind.ibm.yahoo.net/" />
  <row Id="16230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9070" RevisionGUID="50f54d86-bbbe-4c81-af22-15cc092749d8" CreationDate="2009-05-17T12:42:10.940" UserId="301" Text="So, you've traced the source of the traffic to a single machine. I would crack our your spyware diagnostic tools and nuke that machine from orbit. It looks like it has been infected with some spyware that is using your bandwidth to clickjack &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you follow those sample urls above they eventually lead to sites like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    http://www.advpoints.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Who look like some low rent ad market (reprinted without permission from their site)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * Our Features&#xD;&#xA;    - Accept International Members&#xD;&#xA;    - Accept all kinds of traffic from United States, Canada, West Europe&#xD;&#xA;    - We Count Per IP Every 24 Hours !&#xD;&#xA;    - Earn Up To $2.50 Per 1000 Valid Impression" />
  <row Id="16231" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9070" RevisionGUID="50f54d86-bbbe-4c81-af22-15cc092749d8" CreationDate="2009-05-17T12:42:10.940" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16232" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9071" RevisionGUID="5eed1687-b04a-48d2-928a-96c15d3e5ed1" CreationDate="2009-05-17T12:46:06.307" UserId="2318" Text="The next easiest way, as Vartec says, is to block his MAC address on the router. There is a good probability that he has not changed its admin password. If that's the case, try this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Check the Router/Gateway address&#xD;&#xA;    that appear in your own computers&#xD;&#xA;    network settings. ( usually 192.168.0.1 or, if wifi, 192.168.1.1 )&#xD;&#xA; 2. go to the address in a web browser (eg: http://192.168.0.1 )&#xD;&#xA; 3. when asked for a password, look up the default for his brand of router from here [http://www.pcwintech.com/default-router-modem-passwords][1]&#xD;&#xA; 4. in the router config pages, find the list of recently/currently connected clients - it generally lists by MAC address&#xD;&#xA; 5. add his MAC address to the list of ban devices &#xD;&#xA; 6. Alternately, you could block all ports higher than 1023. This won't kick him off the network, but BT usually uses a higher port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If he's changed the router admin pass, the best you can do is &quot;ping 224.0.0.1&quot; (pings all devices on your subnet) to figure our which IP address he's using, and then attempt to hack his computer - but I'm not &quot;leet&quot; enough able to help you with that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pcwintech.com/default-router-modem-passwords" />
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  <row Id="16234" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9059" RevisionGUID="6206faf1-4061-42ac-acdf-11d27c728a9b" CreationDate="2009-05-17T12:49:54.327" UserId="2318" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;not-programming-related&gt;&lt;hacking&gt;" />
  <row Id="16235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9072" RevisionGUID="7438ff6d-695e-405b-94ad-19e81ef4b60d" CreationDate="2009-05-17T12:52:17.650" UserId="93" Text="[We][1] use [Cobbler][2] and [Puppet][3] for build and configuration automation of both real and virtual machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cobbler ties together DHCP, PXE boot and Kickstart to make deployment nothing more than adding a machine profile and hitting the power button. For VMs, the `koan`&#xD;&#xA;command does the (in our case) Xen magic to get the installation started -- on the `dom0` I just type:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    koan --system vps.fqdn --server cobbler --no-gfx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then `virsh console` to watch a VPS building without any interaction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use RHEL and have a bunch of profile set up to partition disks, configure networking and install base packages for different server classes. Cobbler supports Debian and Ubuntu breeds but I've never tried it. An aside: other interesting uses for Cobbler include running [memtest][4] ISOs and [HP firmware][5] updates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once our systems are built with Cobbler Puppet takes over to configure the applications, system daemons, register the box with RHN, etc. Puppet runs as a daemon which periodically checks that the systems's configuration matches the defined manifests -- you know your updates have gone to all servers. It's also a great way to be certain that a box that's been down for maintenance has the correct configuration before you return it to live service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Puppet really is awesome. You don't need to get every aspect of your configuration under its control -- start off by having it manage something simple that you need to configure on every box (`sudoers` is the canonical example) and take it from there. Make sure your Puppet manifests are versioned, too; nothing's better than being easily able to roll back to a known-good configuration without having to remember what to adjust.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/journalismlabs/2009/01/what_you_dont_see.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.fedorahosted.org/cobbler&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/wiki/MemTest&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/wiki/HewlettPackardFirmware" />
  <row Id="16236" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9071" RevisionGUID="009579d4-ecbe-440b-ad8d-c99499cb72d6" CreationDate="2009-05-17T12:52:42.470" UserId="2318" Comment="added 18 characters in body" Text="The easiest way, as Vartec says, is to block his MAC address on the router. There is a good probability that he has not changed its admin password. If that's the case, try this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Check the Router/Gateway address&#xD;&#xA;    that appear in your own computers&#xD;&#xA;    network settings. ( usually 192.168.0.1 or, if wifi, 192.168.1.1 )&#xD;&#xA; 2. go to the address in a web browser (eg: http://192.168.0.1 )&#xD;&#xA; 3. when asked for a password, look up the default for his brand of router from here [http://www.pcwintech.com/default-router-modem-passwords][1]&#xD;&#xA; 4. in the router config pages, find the list of recently/currently connected clients - it generally lists by MAC address&#xD;&#xA; 5. add his MAC address to the list of ban devices &#xD;&#xA; 6. Alternately, you could block all ports higher than 1023. This won't kick him off the network, but BT usually uses a higher port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If he's changed the router admin pass, the best you can do is &quot;ping 224.0.0.1&quot; (pings all devices on your subnet) to figure our which IP address he's using, and then attempt to hack his computer - but I don't have enough experience at being evil to help you with that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pcwintech.com/default-router-modem-passwords" />
  <row Id="16237" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9038" RevisionGUID="a670d5ba-8b75-45ed-8753-4f5186211869" CreationDate="2009-05-17T13:05:16.823" UserId="2281" Comment="Made it clear that I'm running a scheduled task" Text="I have a scheduled task that starts a batch script that runs `robocopy` every hour. Every time it runs a window pops up  on the desktop with robocopy's output, which I don't really want to see. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I managed to make the window appear minimized by making the scheduled job run &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cmd /c start /min mybat.bat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but that gives me a new command window every hour. I was surprised by this, given `cmd /c` &quot;Carries out the command specified by string and then terminates&quot; - I must have misunderstood the docs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to run a batch script without it popping up a cmd window?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16238" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9071" RevisionGUID="0acc977f-a9ed-46c4-a199-02240023e344" CreationDate="2009-05-17T13:25:59.530" UserId="2318" Comment="added 123 characters in body" Text="Actually, the easiest way is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**hire a locksmith**! Walk into his room and switch off his PC! Not everything needs to be done via the network&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The next easiest way, as Vartec says, is to block his MAC address on the router. There is a good probability that he has not changed its admin password. If that's the case, try this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Check the Router/Gateway address&#xD;&#xA;    that appear in your own computers&#xD;&#xA;    network settings. ( usually 192.168.0.1 or, if wifi, 192.168.1.1 )&#xD;&#xA; 2. go to the address in a web browser (eg: http://192.168.0.1 )&#xD;&#xA; 3. when asked for a password, look up the default for his brand of router from here [http://www.pcwintech.com/default-router-modem-passwords][1]&#xD;&#xA; 4. in the router config pages, find the list of recently/currently connected clients - it generally lists by MAC address&#xD;&#xA; 5. add his MAC address to the list of ban devices &#xD;&#xA; 6. Alternately, you could block all ports higher than 1023. This won't kick him off the network, but BT usually uses a higher port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If he's changed the router admin pass, the best you can do is &quot;ping 224.0.0.1&quot; (pings all devices on your subnet) to figure our which IP address he's using, and then actually hack his computer - I wouldn't know how to help you with that. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pcwintech.com/default-router-modem-passwords" />
  <row Id="16239" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9071" RevisionGUID="5593d0e4-e955-446c-8157-2abe91b37637" CreationDate="2009-05-17T13:34:05.283" UserId="2318" Comment="deleted 58 characters in body" Text="&#xD;&#xA;**Pick his lock, or hire a locksmith** Walk into his room and shut down his PC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise, as Vartec says, you can try to block his MAC address on the router. There is a good probability that he has not changed its router admin password. If that's the case, try this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Check the Router/Gateway address&#xD;&#xA;    that appear in your own computers&#xD;&#xA;    network settings. ( usually 192.168.0.1 or, if wifi, 192.168.1.1 )&#xD;&#xA; 2. go to the address in a web browser (eg: http://192.168.0.1 )&#xD;&#xA; 3. when asked for a password, look up the default for his brand of router from here [http://www.pcwintech.com/default-router-modem-passwords][1]&#xD;&#xA; 4. in the router config pages, find the list of recently/currently connected clients - it generally lists by MAC address&#xD;&#xA; 5. add his MAC address to the list of ban devices &#xD;&#xA; 6. Alternately, you could block all ports higher than 1023. This won't kick him off the network, but BT usually uses a higher port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If he's changed the router admin pass, the best you can do is &quot;ping 224.0.0.1&quot; (pings all devices on your subnet) to figure our which IP address he's using, and then actually hack his computer - I wouldn't know how to help you with that. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pcwintech.com/default-router-modem-passwords" />
  <row Id="16240" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9059" RevisionGUID="04b3c065-65d2-4275-a77b-568ed854f889" CreationDate="2009-05-17T13:50:55.473" UserId="1" Comment="added 5 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;We're on a 50mb/s comcast connection and our connection right now is coming in under 1.5mb. Our roommate left for a week with bittorrent running(Azureus client, we think). Our latency is approaching 300ms. His door is locked up tight, and both his machine and the router for the house are located inside.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've even flipped the power breaker in the house and that barely works for 2 minutes. His laptop keeps on running, and once the cable modem and router come back up and the machine reconnects, the torrents resume in earnest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been running nmap and identified his IP on our lan. Is there anything I can do over the lan to make his torrents start to fail or slow down?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16241" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9059" RevisionGUID="04b3c065-65d2-4275-a77b-568ed854f889" CreationDate="2009-05-17T13:50:55.473" UserId="1" Comment="added 5 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;hacking&gt;&lt;bittorrent&gt;" />
  <row Id="16242" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9048" RevisionGUID="1e90c84a-eb5f-4121-b8d3-82bd4e0e6b07" CreationDate="2009-05-17T13:51:33.680" UserId="1" Comment="added 18 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;I recently looked at my router log and wonder why a lot of requests that I don't send are originated from a computer in my home network. They do not look like 3rd-party ads / images embedded in a page. The request have patterns, such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;top-visitor.com/look.php&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;www.dottip.com/search/result.php?aff=8755&amp;amp;req=nickelodeon+games&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;www.placeca.com/search/result.php?aff=3778&amp;amp;req=wireless+cell+phone&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;www.bb5a.com/search.php?username=3348&amp;amp;keywords=flights&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;www.blazerbox.com/search.php?username=2341&amp;amp;keywords=colorado+springs+real+estate&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;www.freeautosource.com/search.php?username=sun100&amp;amp;keywords=vehicle&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;www.1sp2.com/search.php?username=20190&amp;amp;keywords=las+the+hotel+vegas&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;www.loadgeo.com/search/result.php?aff=10357&amp;amp;req=winamp&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;www.exalt123.com/portal.php?ref=seo2007&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;www.7catalogs.com/search.php?username=la24&amp;amp;keywords=shutter&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;www.theloaninstitute.com/search.php?username=kevin&amp;amp;keywords=webcam&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;www.grammt.com/search.php?username=2530&amp;amp;keywords=bob  &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And there are hundreds of these requests send within a second.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what's happening?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16243" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9048" RevisionGUID="1e90c84a-eb5f-4121-b8d3-82bd4e0e6b07" CreationDate="2009-05-17T13:51:33.680" UserId="1" Comment="added 18 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;router&gt;&lt;logging&gt;&lt;virus&gt;" />
  <row Id="16244" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9071" RevisionGUID="2ca3a16d-0ca4-4985-a878-bae6245db4f5" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:09:29.997" UserId="2318" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="**Pick his lock, or hire a locksmith** Walk into his room and shut down his PC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise, as Vartec says, you can try to block his MAC address on the router. There is a good probability that he has not changed its router admin password. If that's the case, try this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Check the Router/Gateway address&#xD;&#xA;    that appear in your own computers&#xD;&#xA;    network settings. ( usually 192.168.0.1 or, if wifi, 192.168.1.1 )&#xD;&#xA; 2. go to the address in a web browser (eg: http://192.168.0.1 )&#xD;&#xA; 3. when asked for a password, look up the default for his brand of router from here [http://www.pcwintech.com/default-router-modem-passwords][1]&#xD;&#xA; 4. in the router config pages, find the list of recently/currently connected clients - it generally lists by MAC address&#xD;&#xA; 5. add his MAC address to the list of banned devices &#xD;&#xA; 6. Alternately, you could block all ports higher than 1023. This won't kick him off the network, but BT usually uses a higher port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If he's changed the router admin pass, the best you can do is &quot;ping 224.0.0.1&quot; (pings all devices on your subnet) to figure our which IP address he's using, and then actually hack his computer - I wouldn't know how to help you with that. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pcwintech.com/default-router-modem-passwords" />
  <row Id="16245" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9071" RevisionGUID="c126cfc6-0116-4f5c-b79b-4d35e78a8930" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:25:31.037" UserId="2318" Comment="added 11 characters in body" Text="**Pick his lock, or hire a locksmith** Walk into his room and shut down his PC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise, as Vartec says, you can try to block his MAC address on the router. There is a good probability that he has not changed its router admin password. If that's the case, try this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Check the Router/Gateway address&#xD;&#xA;    that appear in your own computers&#xD;&#xA;    network settings. ( usually 192.168.0.1 or, if wifi, 192.168.1.1 )&#xD;&#xA; 2. go to the address in a web browser (eg: http://192.168.0.1 )&#xD;&#xA; 3. when asked for a password, look up the default for his brand of router from here [http://www.pcwintech.com/default-router-modem-passwords][1]&#xD;&#xA; 4. in the router config pages, find the list of recently/currently connected clients - it generally lists by MAC address&#xD;&#xA; 5. add his MAC address to the list of banned devices &#xD;&#xA; 6. Alternately, you could block all ports higher than 1023. This won't kick him off the network, but BT usually uses a higher port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If he's changed the router admin pass, the best I would know how to do is &quot;ping 224.0.0.1&quot; (pings all devices on your subnet) to figure our which IP address he's using. From there you would actually need hack his computer - I wouldn't know how to help you with that. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: As listed by other posters here, you might be able to inject network traffic to kill his torrents. See the Comcast scandal over their injecting RST packets. I have no exprience with this. You also might be able to set up a second (ie: rogue) DHCP server to offer his computer a bad IP. My hunch is that it would be quicker, and more effective, to gain physical access to his room&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pcwintech.com/default-router-modem-passwords" />
  <row Id="16246" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3595" RevisionGUID="609b52fe-b8c6-4283-bfc1-e9ba15d4d1d9" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:26:18.460" UserId="1723" Comment="added 48 characters in body" Text="Forget about any syncronization tools (of course you can use rsync in cron but it can lead to missycronized user passwords and corrupted during power failure passwd &amp; shadow files) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just use [OpenLDAP][1] just bacause it's standard solution that everybody use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Read:&#xD;&#xA;[http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LDAP-HOWTO/][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For home directories you can use SAMBA or NFS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://openldap.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LDAP-HOWTO/" />
  <row Id="16247" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9073" RevisionGUID="ca89b44b-18c0-4413-a2c3-b63bea3b4d50" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:27:44.887" UserId="2681" Text="I just purchased this box for home backups for my pc's and mac's. Everything works great accept for the remote access part. I can RD into the machine locally but I can't get to it from outside of my network. I've enabled port forwarding on my router but it doesn't seem to matter. I checked with Qwest and they don't block these ports so I'm at a loss.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do have Vonage in front of my router but I've taken it out and it didn't make a difference. I suspect I've made an error with my router setup. I'm a programmer and I'm playing in the world of the unknown here. I'm lost. Any suggestions?" />
  <row Id="16248" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9073" RevisionGUID="ca89b44b-18c0-4413-a2c3-b63bea3b4d50" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:27:44.887" UserId="2681" Text="HP Media Smart remote access" />
  <row Id="16249" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9073" RevisionGUID="ca89b44b-18c0-4413-a2c3-b63bea3b4d50" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:27:44.887" UserId="2681" Text="&lt;hp&gt;&lt;windows-home-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="16250" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9074" RevisionGUID="27864a6b-46c5-4c3b-bac9-24c9da154b93" CreationDate="2009-05-16T04:38:27.387" Text="&lt;p&gt;Right now I am able to do the backup using mysqldump. But I have to take down the web server AND it takes around 5 minutes to do the backup. If I don't take down the web server, it takes forever and never finishes + the website becomes inaccessible during the backup.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a quicker/better way to backup my 22gb and growing db?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All the tables are MyISAM.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16251" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9074" RevisionGUID="27864a6b-46c5-4c3b-bac9-24c9da154b93" CreationDate="2009-05-16T04:38:27.387" Text="Backing up 22gb MySQL DB daily" />
  <row Id="16252" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9074" RevisionGUID="27864a6b-46c5-4c3b-bac9-24c9da154b93" CreationDate="2009-05-16T04:38:27.387" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;not-programming-related&gt;" />
  <row Id="16253" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9075" RevisionGUID="23cd74df-cc64-4891-9f50-96baff172824" CreationDate="2009-05-16T04:46:42.097" Text="&lt;p&gt;You could do a gradual backup. Backup 1/24th of the records every hour. The only problem with this approach is if it crashes during the first few hours of the day, you'll lose anything from that time to the time of the crash. Either way, it's less than 24 hours of records lost (I don't know how important that is to you).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16254" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9076" RevisionGUID="050152d6-f049-468e-b7a4-7b8eff9746d5" CreationDate="2009-05-16T04:49:33.803" Text="&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Setup replication to a second machine. When you need to do a backup, you can lock the secondary machine, perform mysqlhotcopy or mysqldump, and then unlock it. It will catch back up with your master, and you never have to take the master offline.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could even do this on the same machine, if you don't mind doubling the write I/O, but ideally you should back it up in real-time to a second physical server, and take your snapshot backups as often as you need without disturbing your production server.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's also theoretically possible to restore a database using a known state and binlogs. I've never done it, so please investigate first, but you could backup a known state of your database, then just backup all new binlogs and replay them if you ever needed to restore. Since binlogs are written linearly, rsyncing new binlogs to a remote computer would be very fast.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; Indeed, it looks like using &lt;a href=&quot;http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/recovery-from-backups.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;binlogs for backup&lt;/a&gt; is documented.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/136269/best-way-to-backup-mysql-data-on-linux-server&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; is highly related&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9077" RevisionGUID="2b1dae39-153e-4fdd-b0ad-fbef3855bb3e" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:32:12.977" UserId="48" Text="Assuming you can remote desktop from the local machine, then Remote Desktop is working. Are you able to remote desktop to it from machines on the network?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RDP uses TCP port 3389, so make sure that is the port you have forwarded on the router, and that it is open on any firewall that is on the HP machine itself. Also, can you connect to any other services on that machine from outside the network? May be worth doing a [portscan][1] to make sure that everything is open&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that does not work it could be that something is blocking the RDP port somewhere. You can try chaning the port RDP listens on to see if this is the case, [this][2] article explains how to do so. When connecting, you then add :portnumber to the end of the IP in the remote desktop client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306759" />
  <row Id="16256" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9074" RevisionGUID="8c4eadc4-8f95-42f6-a2df-d84d5a9e7de7" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:32:29.030" UserId="1496" Comment="added 7 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;Right now I am able to do the backup using mysqldump. But I have to take down the web server AND it takes around 5 minutes to do the backup. If I don't take down the web server, it takes forever and never finishes + the website becomes inaccessible during the backup.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a quicker/better way to backup my 22gb and growing db?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All the tables are MyISAM.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16257" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9074" RevisionGUID="8c4eadc4-8f95-42f6-a2df-d84d5a9e7de7" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:32:29.030" UserId="1496" Comment="added 7 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;" />
  <row Id="16258" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9078" RevisionGUID="bf94796c-9b2e-4054-8c68-e41ba2f7a16d" CreationDate="2009-05-17T04:56:03.830" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi, Sorry if this problem has been brought up here, I'am new to linux.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've just installed the STAF, I can run STAF with my account, but when I try to run use root account, I got:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;sudo: STAF: command not found&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is some of my machine information:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which sudo&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;/usr/bin/sudo&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;echo $PATH&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;/usr/local/staf/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/home/eric/eclipse&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could any one explain this? Why sudo can't find the command?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16259" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9078" RevisionGUID="bf94796c-9b2e-4054-8c68-e41ba2f7a16d" CreationDate="2009-05-17T04:56:03.830" Text="sudo problem" />
  <row Id="16260" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9078" RevisionGUID="bf94796c-9b2e-4054-8c68-e41ba2f7a16d" CreationDate="2009-05-17T04:56:03.830" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;sudo&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="16261" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9079" RevisionGUID="62d1683f-22e8-48ca-ace1-ad351df79a0e" CreationDate="2009-05-17T05:00:42.617" UserId="1763" Text="&lt;p&gt;Assuming the binary is in /usr/local/staf/bin, does &quot;&lt;code&gt;sudo /usr/local/staf/bin/STAF&lt;/code&gt;&quot; work?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, to rule out the obvious: the binary name is actually all uppercase?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What operating system is this?  Do you know if anyone has tweaked your sudoers.conf?  I assume it is changing your environment variables.  In all default setups that I've seen though, $PATH isn't changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16262" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9080" RevisionGUID="fc2af221-f4f0-4ecc-8f76-19db37850cbe" CreationDate="2009-05-17T05:04:13.873" Text="&lt;p&gt;the proper PATH is obviously not set for the root user&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16263" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9081" RevisionGUID="f1893d09-8392-4730-9153-abfbd7e8f88c" CreationDate="2009-05-17T05:19:13.133" Text="&lt;p&gt;Your answer is on this (duplicate) question,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/257616/sudo-changes-path-why&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/257616/sudo-changes-path-why&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16264" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="7901" RevisionGUID="aaf8f0fa-6a2a-4ab0-8eec-46c5fd49f291" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:33:15.550" UserId="2318" Comment="edited title to &quot;mail service&quot;... &quot;email service&quot; just sounds wrong" Text="Blackberry mail service basics?" />
  <row Id="16265" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7901" RevisionGUID="aaf8f0fa-6a2a-4ab0-8eec-46c5fd49f291" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:33:15.550" UserId="2318" Comment="edited title to &quot;mail service&quot;... &quot;email service&quot; just sounds wrong" Text="&lt;blackberry&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;" />
  <row Id="16266" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9082" RevisionGUID="edbcd7ca-4b20-4138-8164-047390fb616c" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:33:39.777" UserId="45" Text="Maybe your router has built-in firewall rules and you have to explicitly allow a certain protocol? RDP is TCP 3389.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could it be the case that you're looking for the problem on the wrong end? Could it be that you aren't allowed to RD from your remote location?" />
  <row Id="16267" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6532" RevisionGUID="eaad06de-0517-43c6-833d-7d6bfe68dd7b" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:34:21.213" UserId="2318" Comment="deleted 32 characters in body; edited tags" Text="I'll get the ball rolling:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=96 Apple Discussions&#xD;&#xA; - http://afp548.com&#xD;&#xA; - http://macenterprise.org&#xD;&#xA; - http://krypted.com/ Charles Edge's blog&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.bombich.com/mactips Mike Bombich (re: deployment)&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.macwindows.com (re: Windows integration)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16268" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6532" RevisionGUID="eaad06de-0517-43c6-833d-7d6bfe68dd7b" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:34:21.213" UserId="2318" Comment="deleted 32 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;leopard&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;apple&gt;" />
  <row Id="16269" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9083" RevisionGUID="5554630f-89fd-4140-abb4-ba6eae4ec134" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:35:12.507" UserId="2318" Text=" - http://xsanity.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; All things Xsan" />
  <row Id="16270" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9083" RevisionGUID="5554630f-89fd-4140-abb4-ba6eae4ec134" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:35:12.507" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16271" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9084" RevisionGUID="9962ed64-268f-412f-82ed-eb76bdcbef88" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:40:41.377" UserId="626" Text="The way to remote to your home server is through a web interface over ssl &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Home server configures itself to only allow RDP connections from its own subnet.&#xD;&#xA;It does however create a proxy to allow rdp over SSL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the home server console under settings - remote access&#xD;&#xA;you can have the home server configure your router and set the domainname - You can use a free subdomain of homeserver.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then check that the DNS name you use is resolving to the IP that your cable/dsl modem has&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This has greater benefits over just being able to rdp - you can access the shares directly without rdp - you can even stream your own music/video with plugins&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16272" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9073" RevisionGUID="1e618a11-0824-41db-9150-a5908c44b1af" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:41:28.503" UserId="626" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;hp&gt;&lt;windows-home-server&gt;&lt;rdp&gt;" />
  <row Id="16274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9086" RevisionGUID="2577761c-837c-4a96-a155-4109e02c4a1d" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:42:58.940" UserId="2701" Text="Hello&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to drop all access to 8180 (TCP) port except for one IP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The drop:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 8180 -j DROP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The exception:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -s 1.2.3.4 -p tcp --dport 8180 -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where 1.2.3.4 is the IP that is allowed to access the specific port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's wrong?" />
  <row Id="16275" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9086" RevisionGUID="2577761c-837c-4a96-a155-4109e02c4a1d" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:42:58.940" UserId="2701" Text="iptables problem" />
  <row Id="16276" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9086" RevisionGUID="2577761c-837c-4a96-a155-4109e02c4a1d" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:42:58.940" UserId="2701" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;iptables&gt;" />
  <row Id="16278" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9082" RevisionGUID="19253091-beaf-40b3-97c9-faa6bda606ae" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:44:07.457" UserId="45" Comment="added 205 characters in body" Text="Maybe your router has built-in firewall rules and you have to explicitly allow a certain protocol? RDP is TCP 3389.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could it be the case that you're looking for the problem on the wrong end? Could it be that you aren't allowed to RD from your remote location?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your router model is a UPnP-certified device and if the router UPnP setting is enabled, Windows Home Server can automatically configure it. See this Microsoft support article: [Information about the automatic router configuration feature in Windows Home Server][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the latter method doesn't work with your router model, try forwarding following ports that in order to enable remote access: TCP 80, 443 and 4125 to the local IP address of your Windows Home Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B944993" />
  <row Id="16279" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9087" RevisionGUID="6b896059-d0c9-4a22-bd6a-43a50a2106bd" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:45:30.513" UserId="201" Text="[Server Density][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Aimed between Pingdom (simple up = yes/no alerts) and Hyperic/Nagios (extremely elaborate, but complicated monitoring. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Provides statistics such as CPU load, memory usage, etc, with a good interface and alerts. Only takes a minute or two to set up and get going. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(This is a product from my startup)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.serverdensity.com" />
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  <row Id="16283" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9089" RevisionGUID="89009324-53d5-45a7-9e35-cc70bb810416" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:48:04.220" UserId="1207" Text="I have a problem in our network where our Mac's occasionally get given the wrong machine name while, I guess, getting a new DHCP lease. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The DHCP servers are Windows based - the bulk of our network is Windows, but we have some Linux machines and an increasing number of Macs. The problem specifics is that occasionally a Mac will take on the name of another machine in the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, I have a new Macbook Pro. In the OSX setup is gets called &quot;gomez&quot;, and initially starts up on the network with that name without any problems. But after a few days when the machine was restarted (it had several restarts in the meantime), it ended up being called &quot;florrie&quot;, which is actually the name of another machine in another part of the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All network ops work fine, and indeed you don't notice most of the time - it's only when you run apps like Perforce that require the hostname that you get problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sorry I don't have more info than that, but if I know what to look for I can dig out some more facts. Or any hints on checking the network setup would be useful." />
  <row Id="16284" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9089" RevisionGUID="89009324-53d5-45a7-9e35-cc70bb810416" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:48:04.220" UserId="1207" Text="Ensure Mac's get correct machine name from DHCP?" />
  <row Id="16285" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9089" RevisionGUID="89009324-53d5-45a7-9e35-cc70bb810416" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:48:04.220" UserId="1207" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;dhcp&gt;" />
  <row Id="16286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9090" RevisionGUID="12be0b91-6914-4b59-8ddf-c744d27a9ab7" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:48:06.967" UserId="2304" Text="I notice no one has mentioned [HP SiteScope][1] yet&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://h10078.www1.hp.com/cda/hpms/display/main/hpms_content.jsp?zn=bto&amp;cp=1-11-15-25^849_4000_100__" />
  <row Id="16287" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9090" RevisionGUID="12be0b91-6914-4b59-8ddf-c744d27a9ab7" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:48:06.967" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16288" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9086" RevisionGUID="f64c99c2-1cdf-4428-bb3d-77194f85a882" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:49:21.147" UserId="2701" Comment="deleted 9 characters in body" Text="I'm trying to drop all access to 8180 (TCP) port except for one IP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The drop:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 8180 -j DROP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The exception:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -s 1.2.3.4 -p tcp --dport 8180 -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where 1.2.3.4 is the IP that is allowed to access the specific port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's wrong?" />
  <row Id="16289" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9082" RevisionGUID="17c29ead-00e5-4091-88ae-c1a3b1874ad4" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:54:18.130" UserId="45" Comment="added 933 characters in body" Text="Update:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This link explains how to troubleshoot Remote Access for your MediaSmart or Windows Home Server][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ***IMPORTANT - MUST READ:** If you have any&#xD;&#xA;&gt; other routers on your network. This&#xD;&#xA;&gt; includes DSL or Cable modems with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; built-in routers, Vonage or other IP&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Phone devices this could be the cause&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of your trouble. You can try to set&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the DMZ from the Vonage or VOIP, DSL&#xD;&#xA;&gt; or Cable device to your router and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; then try the MS Router config again.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This could solve your issue.*&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; *If you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; have a vonage router that is in FRONT&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of your normal router, you can try to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; move the vonage device behind the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; router. Make sure you reboot your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; cable modem, router and vonage device&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (in that order pausing 1 min before&#xD;&#xA;&gt; powering up each device). Make sure&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the MediaSmart server is connected to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the normal router and not the vonage&#xD;&#xA;&gt; device (unless that’s your setup)*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could it be the case that you're looking for the problem on the wrong end? Could it be that you aren't allowed to connect from your remote location?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your router model is a UPnP-certified device and if the router UPnP setting is enabled, Windows Home Server can automatically configure it. See this Microsoft support article: [Information about the automatic router configuration feature in Windows Home Server][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the latter method doesn't work with your router model, try forwarding following ports that in order to enable remote access: TCP 80, 443 and 4125 to the local IP address of your Windows Home Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mediasmarthome.com/article/10516/Troubleshooting-Remote-Access-for-your-MediaSmart-or-Windows-Home-Server/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B944993" />
  <row Id="16290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9091" RevisionGUID="671493c0-4b38-445f-935a-0f07639bfb10" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:54:29.797" UserDisplayName="rashfeather" Text="Try invoking the script with &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    start /b &lt;command&gt;" />
  <row Id="16291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9092" RevisionGUID="686d070f-7f3c-449a-817a-af46fae092ee" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:55:26.647" UserId="2318" Text="What can you use for theft-proofing portables aside from a Kensington lock, or a secure computer cabinet? Or have you had good results from using the former?" />
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  <row Id="16293" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9092" RevisionGUID="686d070f-7f3c-449a-817a-af46fae092ee" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:55:26.647" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;physical-security&gt;" />
  <row Id="16294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9093" RevisionGUID="be63b616-287a-4a66-bf48-cafe32fe812b" CreationDate="2009-05-17T14:58:17.717" UserId="588" Text="I cought similar issues with CPU overheating; check the fan or install one if it's passivly cooled. Try also hardware monitoring tools (such as PC Probe for Asus desktop motherboards) that can indicate CPU overheat" />
  <row Id="16295" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9082" RevisionGUID="60611002-e238-4c1d-b1cd-6e771fed330e" CreationDate="2009-05-17T15:01:28.507" UserId="45" Comment="added 503 characters in body" Text="Update:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This link explains how to troubleshoot Remote Access for your MediaSmart or Windows Home Server][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ***IMPORTANT - MUST READ:** If you have any&#xD;&#xA;&gt; other routers on your network. This&#xD;&#xA;&gt; includes DSL or Cable modems with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; built-in routers, Vonage or other IP&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Phone devices this could be the cause&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of your trouble. You can try to set&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the DMZ from the Vonage or VOIP, DSL&#xD;&#xA;&gt; or Cable device to your router and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; then try the MS Router config again.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This could solve your issue.*&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; *If you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; have a vonage router that is in FRONT&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of your normal router, you can try to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; move the vonage device behind the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; router. Make sure you reboot your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; cable modem, router and vonage device&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (in that order pausing 1 min before&#xD;&#xA;&gt; powering up each device). Make sure&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the MediaSmart server is connected to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the normal router and not the vonage&#xD;&#xA;&gt; device (unless that’s your setup)*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you'll get an &quot;Verifying that your remote web site is available from the internet&quot; error on configuring your router, read this [Microsoft forums thread][2]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; *I had the same problem which had kept me busy for two days. Just found the solution on the internet. First unconfigure both the router and domain. Then configure the domain first end the router afterwards.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could it be the case that you're looking for the problem on the wrong end? Could it be that you aren't allowed to connect from your remote location?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your router model is a UPnP-certified device and if the router UPnP setting is enabled, Windows Home Server can automatically configure it. See this Microsoft support article: [Information about the automatic router configuration feature in Windows Home Server][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the latter method doesn't work with your router model, try forwarding following ports that in order to enable remote access: TCP 80, 443 and 4125 to the local IP address of your Windows Home Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mediasmarthome.com/article/10516/Troubleshooting-Remote-Access-for-your-MediaSmart-or-Windows-Home-Server/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/whshardware/thread/a4cf9556-ac93-480d-a465-4adaa4bedf05&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B944993" />
  <row Id="16296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9094" RevisionGUID="25fda860-001b-4655-a8ac-1d9277b85894" CreationDate="2009-05-17T15:05:07.190" UserId="1787" Text="Any decent anti-theft has to be integrated in the laptop, otherwise it'd be to heavy and impractical to use. The only anti-theft integrated by default in laptops is Kensington lock. There are some more advanced version of these, like for example ones, that have alarm. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some business laptops have remote drive encryption, that could be activated in case of theft. But that's for the case, where you're worried about physical security of data, not the hardware itself.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16297" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9073" RevisionGUID="c118f2ca-4595-47cf-a4ae-6608010e66f5" CreationDate="2009-05-17T15:07:52.460" UserId="626" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;hp&gt;&lt;windows-home-server&gt;&lt;rdp&gt;&lt;mediasmart&gt;" />
  <row Id="16298" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8817" RevisionGUID="0ebc88c4-d36a-49cd-a338-d089a6218a57" CreationDate="2009-05-17T15:07:54.020" UserId="942" Comment="clarification" Text="For example, how does *mount* decide if the current user has permissions to mount a filesystem? From what I know, it checks the *fstab* file and the group the user belongs to (I think plugdev, at least on Ubuntu).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are those settings hard-coded into the program, or where does it get them? For example, say I wanted to give users in another group the ability to mount a filesystem, how does one do that?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**: I'm looking for a general description of how security works. *mount* is just an example. I know more or less how filesystem permissions work, but clearly there's something else going on. I'm specially interested in knowing if there's a standard way in which programs implement security or if each does it differently." />
  <row Id="16299" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8817" RevisionGUID="0ebc88c4-d36a-49cd-a338-d089a6218a57" CreationDate="2009-05-17T15:07:54.020" UserId="942" Comment="clarification" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;user-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="16300" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9095" RevisionGUID="a16d4372-8210-4e00-a737-dafd73e45210" CreationDate="2009-05-17T15:08:46.577" UserId="2304" Text="Using the /etc/login.conf file, you can set a limit on max CPU time a process is allowed to consume, but it's not currently possible to limit the percentage of the CPU an individual process uses.&#xD;&#xA;(Reference [here][1])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might be able to accomplish a similar effect by running the process in a jail and [limiting the resources for the jail][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/users-limiting.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://wiki.freebsd.org/JailResourceLimits" />
  <row Id="16301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9096" RevisionGUID="d72dde2c-b284-4c24-a6f3-ceb6201e0fbe" CreationDate="2009-05-17T15:08:49.867" UserId="2711" Text="Make sure your ACCEPT rule is *above* your DROP rule in your rules file, otherwise the packet will be dropped before it has the chance to be accepted." />
  <row Id="16302" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9097" RevisionGUID="88b2f065-64c9-45e6-b270-7a5f87523a8a" CreationDate="2009-05-17T15:13:12.483" UserId="2712" Text="Also, if you are running Apache locally, you would need to restart the server as well. " />
  <row Id="16303" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9097" RevisionGUID="88b2f065-64c9-45e6-b270-7a5f87523a8a" CreationDate="2009-05-17T15:13:12.483" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16304" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9098" RevisionGUID="07b40b89-6d46-4e7b-9668-22ffaa99afef" CreationDate="2009-05-17T15:16:39.310" UserId="48" Text="The problem here is not that the name of your machine is changing, DHCP does not give out machine names, it only distributes IP addresses. However when DHCP allocates an IP, it will record what the name of the machine is that leased the IP. Most DHCP servers will then register that machine in DNS, with that IP.&#xD;&#xA;So somewhere along the line, DNS is get the IP and machine name mixed up, or DHCP is registering the wrong details with DNS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take a look at your DHCP server and your DNS server and check if the records they have for your machine match up, if they don't, then we need to try and find out why." />
  <row Id="16305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9099" RevisionGUID="53248014-594e-486a-8644-51d799753aae" CreationDate="2009-05-17T15:21:07.010" UserId="2711" Text="Try on the server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo 1 &gt; /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That, I think, will enable it temporarily. If it works add:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net.ipv4.conf.default.forwarding=1 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to your /etc/sysctl.conf to make it permanent." />
  <row Id="16306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9100" RevisionGUID="2244dcad-2253-4bd5-bb8d-ffbd0d976b13" CreationDate="2009-05-17T15:21:59.287" Text="If you are sure that the password the remote user is entering matches the one that was created, then two things are possible: (1) when creating the login the DBA selected to *Enforce password expiration* and/or (2) selected *User must change password at next login*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Resolution = Drop and recreate the login w/o selecting either option above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other issue may be that the login does not have rights associated with the default database it's been assigned.  Check to see if there is a user in that database that maps to the login in question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Resolution = map a user in the db back to the server login.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16307" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9100" RevisionGUID="2244dcad-2253-4bd5-bb8d-ffbd0d976b13" CreationDate="2009-05-17T15:21:59.287" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16308" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9101" RevisionGUID="6fc338e4-3ad1-42ae-970e-147ff6c0933b" CreationDate="2009-05-17T15:30:48.553" UserId="2546" Text="Alternatives / supplements to a Kensington lock:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - locks that go into another slot, such as the [Targus Video Port Lock][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [physical plates][2] to attach it to a table&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - a conspicuous laptop [asset tag][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - or you could try this [cunning product][4]!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.targus.com/us/product_details.asp?sku=PA496U&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.securitykit.com/laptop-plate40010.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.idtagit.co.uk/security_tags.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.yankodesign.com/2008/10/14/this-cheese-is-not-for-you/" />
  <row Id="16309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9102" RevisionGUID="69dbd2e5-bdb3-4705-9b2f-b7987b88ef7e" CreationDate="2009-05-17T15:32:18.630" UserId="2719" Text="Hello.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to setup publicly available computer to perform automatic log on using domain credentials when powering on. When it was not a domain member this option was available on **control userpasswords2** panel, but after domain join this setting have gone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to accomplish this?" />
  <row Id="16310" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9102" RevisionGUID="69dbd2e5-bdb3-4705-9b2f-b7987b88ef7e" CreationDate="2009-05-17T15:32:18.630" UserId="2719" Text="How to enable Automatic Logon for a computer in Windows Domain?" />
  <row Id="16311" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9102" RevisionGUID="69dbd2e5-bdb3-4705-9b2f-b7987b88ef7e" CreationDate="2009-05-17T15:32:18.630" UserId="2719" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-domain&gt;" />
  <row Id="16312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9103" RevisionGUID="ccf6d1ce-7bc1-4f7c-88f0-580cb6677dbc" CreationDate="2009-05-17T15:32:46.817" UserId="2711" Text="Add the internal IP of your router as a WINS server in your workstation TCP/IP settings." />
  <row Id="16313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9104" RevisionGUID="6b7479de-1623-44e8-967c-ad0a9e46680a" CreationDate="2009-05-17T15:33:27.660" UserId="431" Text="**1. Can I somehow make SQL server (2005) to prefer one instance over the other so that the mirrored database always switches back to the main node after e.g. automatic windows updates?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No.  Database mirroring will never automatically fail back over if it's currently running on a server that isn't broken.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**2. Or should I &quot;trick&quot; DPM by first planning a backup of all database on the first node, then do manual failover and then reselect them?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set up DPM on both servers.  It'll back up the databases that are online on this server.  You should do this anyway just because if the primary server dies, you still need to do backups on the secondary server until the primary one comes back up." />
  <row Id="16314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9105" RevisionGUID="26c8deae-864a-4f39-852b-bb4d5fde48dc" CreationDate="2009-05-17T15:36:01.820" UserId="2304" Text="Set the following settings in the registry, and it should work:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    AutoAdminLogon = 1&#xD;&#xA;    ForceAutoLogon = 1&#xD;&#xA;    DefaultUserName = username&#xD;&#xA;    DefaultPassword = password" />
  <row Id="16315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9106" RevisionGUID="b65e0020-ea09-40ee-a168-91111557b17f" CreationDate="2009-05-17T15:36:08.623" UserId="2711" Text="Full instructions here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315231&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to edit the registry direct." />
  <row Id="16317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9107" RevisionGUID="f13b4b5d-0f73-427e-87af-a6833a585718" CreationDate="2009-05-17T15:56:06.327" UserId="2710" Text="I've got a Mac OS X 10.4 box with MySQL installed as part of MAMP, and I want to edit its configuration file. I've tried searching the filesystem for a my.cnf, and all I can find is the example configs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It all runs fine, so is there something I can run against the MySQL server instance to find out where it loaded its config file from?" />
  <row Id="16318" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9107" RevisionGUID="f13b4b5d-0f73-427e-87af-a6833a585718" CreationDate="2009-05-17T15:56:06.327" UserId="2710" Text="How do I find where MySQL is loading its config from?" />
  <row Id="16319" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9107" RevisionGUID="f13b4b5d-0f73-427e-87af-a6833a585718" CreationDate="2009-05-17T15:56:06.327" UserId="2710" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="16320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9108" RevisionGUID="269536c6-a890-469c-9d5a-048d84e54f14" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:08:10.443" UserId="2304" Text="It looks like MySQL runs with a default config until a my.cnf file is created... You can create a my.cnf file using the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo cp /Applications/MAMP/Library/share/mysql/my-medium.cnf /Applications/MAMP/Library/my.cnf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You now have a my.cnf file where you can adjust the settings. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MAMP ships with 5 configuration files for some typical settings. The filenames should be self explanatory:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ./Library/share/mysql/my-huge.cnf&#xD;&#xA;    ./Library/share/mysql/my-innodb-heavy-4G.cnf&#xD;&#xA;    ./Library/share/mysql/my-large.cnf&#xD;&#xA;    ./Library/share/mysql/my-medium.cnf&#xD;&#xA;    ./Library/share/mysql/my-small.cnf" />
  <row Id="16321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9109" RevisionGUID="4d7f0193-6774-4740-b1e3-3975674c5963" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:08:19.320" UserId="2733" Text="The Mac is doing a reverse lookup on the DHCP IP it gets to set the hostname. You can either configure the DNS servers to answer correctly as Sam suggests, or you can fix the machine names per-computer. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are plenty of ways to do this, but the two simplest are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. You can edit /etc/hostconfig and add the line HOSTNAME=[desired hostname] and reboot. This file is deprecated since 10.5, so don't count on it working into Snow Leopard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. In System Preferences -&gt; Sharing you can set the &quot;computer name&quot;. If you click the &quot;Edit...&quot; button, you'll see a setting for &quot;Use dynamic global hostname&quot;. Untick this to stop the DNS lookup and retain whatever setting you put in there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both these ways require setting per-machine, however, so you might prefer to look into sorting the DNS if the number of Macs is going to grow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16322" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="9021" RevisionGUID="5c45ee96-a5ea-4916-a0bf-82f17e9b3edb" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:09:33.607" UserId="931" Comment="edited title" Text="asymmetric ping times but constant file xfer times?" />
  <row Id="16323" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9110" RevisionGUID="32ef1719-11ac-435c-8e95-302a85dc5386" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:11:32.997" UserId="2671" Text="We've got a number of web services running through Tomcat which use hibernate/mysql.  I suspect that some of them have incorrectly configured connection pools, as after several hours some of the individual apps run out of connections and stop responding.  We have been making changes to the connection pool service (in this case, C3P0), but we still need to leave the old versions of the applications on the server for backwards compatibility.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At any rate, I suspect that these applications are also hurting tomcat's overall stability.  About once a week, our server stops responding entirely and is unable to serve even static pages.  After restarting the service, everything works again for another few days or so.  Looking through the logs reveals hardly any uncaught exceptions, so I'm not sure what would be causing tomcat to crash.  Nothing remarkable is listed in the error logs before the server quits responding, sadly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are also considering switching to JBoss, as it is a bit more &quot;enterprisey&quot;, but I'm not convinced it will solve these problems.  Is there any compelling reason to switch web platforms, or should I debug further within our own webapps?  Also, is it possible for the webapp to crash the application server by doing something bad?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server config: Windows 2003 Server, Tomcat 6.0.18 + blazeDS 3.0, Hibernate 3.2." />
  <row Id="16324" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9110" RevisionGUID="32ef1719-11ac-435c-8e95-302a85dc5386" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:11:32.997" UserId="2671" Text="Can a naughty database app crash tomcat?" />
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  <row Id="16328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9111" RevisionGUID="6e7d244b-b129-4c6f-adb6-e7867574d8ee" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:22:39.513" UserId="1426" Text="This assumes your roomate is gone and you arn't able to contact him since talking with him is the best option. Keep the power off for three or four hours so his laptop battary dies or at least goes to sleep, then when you turn the power back on his laptop shouldn't start." />
  <row Id="16329" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9111" RevisionGUID="6e7d244b-b129-4c6f-adb6-e7867574d8ee" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:22:39.513" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16330" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9112" RevisionGUID="225fc45b-44f0-44bd-837a-66f150325881" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:24:22.287" UserId="1565" Text="I've used [Wink][1] to create Flash tutorials for employees on setting up and using various programs.  It's a nice tool, but sometimes I wish I had more options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you used a tool or tools to do this type of work that you've found indispensable?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.debugmode.com/wink/" />
  <row Id="16331" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9112" RevisionGUID="225fc45b-44f0-44bd-837a-66f150325881" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:24:22.287" UserId="1565" Text="tutorial/training creation tools" />
  <row Id="16332" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9112" RevisionGUID="225fc45b-44f0-44bd-837a-66f150325881" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:24:22.287" UserId="1565" Text="&lt;tutorial&gt;&lt;training&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;" />
  <row Id="16333" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9113" RevisionGUID="4e680ada-fb3a-4994-894d-ccd632879400" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:24:37.183" UserId="2718" Text="Your biggest goal in hiring a sysadmin should be to avoid a charlatan. A sysadmin's work product is a set of interacting systems that isn't falling apart, which can be accomplished by never touching it, or by being good at your job, so a charlatan can skate without ever really having to touch anything for some months if they try hard to avoid having to actually do anything. When pushed, however, they will fail, and you're stuck with broken shit to fix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Think of a developer who fails to check in their code for the first couple months on the job: is it a simple case of bad/anti-social coding practices, or are they hiding the fact that they suck? Sysadmins are in a similar position, except there's rarely ever the degree of change control there is for coding. Systems programming tools like puppet are good for fixing this because (if they are used as the only means of systems administration) they can treat the system configuration as a software project, and you use all the same auditing tools you would with coders (e.g. commits mails).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my experience, certs are irrelevant at best, and misleading at worst. **Never, ever, ever hire someone based on the strengths of their certifications.** Of all the resumes I've seen, the best technical people do not stick cert logos, when they have them, on a resume---it's a big dangling sign that someone is depending more on their pedigree than their actual skills. Written-test certs are multiple-guess questions based on specific verbiage from the textbook they are based off of. I'm confident that I understand RFC4601, have designed and implemented a secure, global, interdomain multicast system, and got a 67% the last time I took a CCNA practice exam. Meanwhile, my second-level-certified subordinate can't grok that there's no *functional* difference between RFC1918 and public addresses...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Contrary to what others have said, longer resumes are better than shorter ones: they give you more specific questions to research and ask in the attempt to dodge charlatans. Do multi-level phone interviews if you have to: use the first one to tease out what they were actually doing, and the second one after you've figured out what the right questions to ask for the given technologies are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your second biggest goal should be to find someone who's got experience on systems you're using already. Find someone who has dealt with the issues that you are experiencing now or can forsee experiencing in the future (build systems and deployment methods, monitoring systems, security, scaling). Look to hire someone who has worked in similar business situations to what you have now, and is prepared to deal with the problems inherent in your situation. An engineer with an MS in networking who's used to having an unlimited budget, purchasing department, and year-long project cycles is not going to work out in a startup. Conversely, the Linux anarchist isn't going to fare well when he's asked to suffer the ActiveDirectory change-control procedure in your Fortune 50.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to build a department as you grow, don't hire someone who hasn't hired anyone before; if you need to deal with 20TB of highly available data, don't hire someone who hasn't used a SAN before, etc." />
  <row Id="16334" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9114" RevisionGUID="96347136-1455-4a7e-a8ac-983f4819ea40" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:24:39.507" UserId="978" Text="I have a shared hosting from godaddy and running there some website:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[igurr.com][1] community server website located in the root of the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[actocity.com][2] wordpress blog located inside a folder called actocity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[amrelgarhy.com][3] wordpress blog located inside a folder called amrelgarhy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and some others.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My problem is when you go to home page for any website not in the root, such as amrelgarhy.com i see the url like that: http://amrelgarhy.com/amrelgarhy/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How to arrange my websites folders on the server so they all appear as they are on the root of the server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://igurr.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://actocity.com&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://amrelgarhy.com" />
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  <row Id="16336" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9114" RevisionGUID="96347136-1455-4a7e-a8ac-983f4819ea40" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:24:39.507" UserId="978" Text="&lt;web-hosting&gt;&lt;iis7&gt;" />
  <row Id="16337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9115" RevisionGUID="e1acb8cb-ed63-4712-9aeb-6462371e289b" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:25:34.530" UserId="6472" Text="(These highlights are paraphrased from the &quot;Debugging&quot; chapter of [&quot;The Practice of System and Network Administration&quot;][1])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Two things to know:***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  **Know what the &quot;fixed&quot; version looks like.**  Preferably a command you can run that gives a certain output when things work.  For example: I'm trying to figure out why SSH asks for a password when I've set up the keys properly (or so I thought).  So my test is:  &quot;ssh servername uptime&quot; and it should work without asking a password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.  **Describe the problem at the right level.**  A user complaining that they can't ping a server should not send you off to run and fix the server.  The person's job isn't to sit around and ping a machine all day.  They want to get some kind of task done like use the machine as their DNS server.  Example: Once a user complained that they couldn't ping a machine half way around the world.  I spend the day tracking down sysadmins in that part of the company to find out what was wrong with that machine.  It was decommissioned and they were in a panic because they thought maybe they had powered off the wrong machine.  I contacted the user and said &quot;besides needing to ping this machine, what would you like to be doing with it?&quot;.  It turned out that he wanted to run a certain job on it and if he had been following the proper procedure his tasks would have been automatically redirected to the replacement machine.  I had wasted my entire day and the time of the local sysadmins.  Another reason &quot;I can't ping&quot; isn't the right thing to be testing: Often firewalls are configured to drop ping packets but permit other packets through.  Test what you want to go through.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Two strategies:***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. **Additive:**  Keep adding components until the problem starts.  The last thing you added is the problem.  Example: Web browsers can't talk to a server.  Between the server and the user is a load balancer, a firewall, a cache, and the user's local web proxy.  First try sending queries directly to the server, then through the LB to the server, then through the firewall to the LB to the server, etc. etc. each time adding one component.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. **Subtractive:** Keep removing components until the problem goes away. The last thing you removed was the problem:  Example: A machine with dozens of cards won't boot.  Keep removing cards until the machine boots.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Two bits of dumb luck:***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  Forget everything I said.  **The problem is being caused by the last change made to the system.**  (this works 99% of the time... the problem is that 99% of the time you don't know what the last change actually was)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.  When all else fails, **check for stupid things.**  [http://whatexit.org/tal/mywritings/dumb-things-to-check.html][2]  Example: A crazy problem just couldn't be explained. Then we checked the configuration file: a user had edited it by copying it to a Windows box, editing it, then copying it back.  It now had a ^M at the end of every line.  We never noticed because our text editor silently hid this fact.  Sadly, the software that read the configuration file turned those ^Ms into a non-break space which screwed up tons of other procedures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://everythingsysadmin.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://whatexit.org/tal/mywritings/dumb-things-to-check.html" />
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  <row Id="16339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9116" RevisionGUID="38448722-74ea-48b9-94d1-a87646b680f7" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:31:10.463" UserId="2759" Text="I've always done this by creating virtual hosts for each domain and pointing them to a new folder in a directory such as c:\webroot\sitename.com\&#xD;&#xA;This way, you can prevent anyone who tries just your IP Address from hitting any websites, or you can have better control and keep Google from indexing you twice (it can happen)" />
  <row Id="16340" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9112" RevisionGUID="ad362834-1948-4298-8581-efde4af29fcd" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:31:23.770" UserId="1565" Comment="added 110 characters in body" Text="I've used [Wink][1] to create Flash tutorials for employees on setting up and using various programs.  It's a nice tool, but sometimes I wish I had more options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you used a tool or tools to do this type of work that you've found indispensable?  I doesn't have to be Flash, but something that is easy to distribute without capability issues is preferred.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.debugmode.com/wink/" />
  <row Id="16341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9117" RevisionGUID="011734cb-491c-42d5-b57e-ed4f9f7a5f05" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:31:45.390" UserId="1447" Text="The security mechanism is completely down to permissions on files and programs such as nfsd that run as root (overriding file permissions) and maintain their own security mechanisms.  Permissions on the block device files determine whether a user can mount that device.  Every file has three sets of permissions (read, write, execute) for three classes of users (owner, group, world), plus a handful of special bits discussed below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the 'everything is a file` unix tradition the raw devices and exported volumes appear as special files with file system permissions.  Remote mounting remote volumes is a little more complex and is discussed below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the user is logged in as the same uid as the owner of the file, then `owner` permissions can be used.  Each user has a default group, and can be added to group entries in the `/etc/group` file.  When a user has access to a group the file permissions for the group are used.  Otherwise the user has 'world` permissions.  ACL's (Access Control Lists) can be used to grant permissions to specific users where they are available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Programs can override user level security by having the `setuid` bit set on their inode entry.  This runs the program with the privileges of the owner of the binary rather than the privileges of the logged in user.  Examples of such programs are `nfsd`, `mount` and `sudo`.  These programs have their own security mechanisms; for example `sudo` has `/etc/sudoers` that is used to govern permissions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`mount` and `nfsd` work based on uid and gid, which must be in sync on both machines (often traditionally done via NIS).  nfsd has a file called `/etc/exports` which has the exported file systems and some permissions data.  mount and its nfs drivers present credentials which nfsd uses to authenticate the user's right to mount the volume.  On a local volume mount uses the file permissions of the block device." />
  <row Id="16342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9118" RevisionGUID="f6bbe728-b41f-40da-bc55-d4e7339aced8" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:35:36.850" UserId="135" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was handed an old .pst file, and as you can guess, inside that file there is supposed to be an important Email.    &#xD;&#xA;I have no access to a computer with microsoft outlook installed.  &#xD;&#xA;does anyone knows of a good tool to locate this Email inside the .pst file and/or export all mails from there?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Amir." />
  <row Id="16343" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9118" RevisionGUID="f6bbe728-b41f-40da-bc55-d4e7339aced8" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:35:36.850" UserId="135" Text="a tool to export / search inside a /pst file?" />
  <row Id="16344" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9118" RevisionGUID="f6bbe728-b41f-40da-bc55-d4e7339aced8" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:35:36.850" UserId="135" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;data-recovery&gt;" />
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  <row Id="16346" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9120" RevisionGUID="16d38bab-cc05-4310-b289-4a156cbba7ee" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:35:55.460" UserId="2759" Text="You can run a SysInternals tool from live.sysinternals.com\Tools called Autologon.exe to do the registry change a bit more easily." />
  <row Id="16347" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9121" RevisionGUID="6b36710c-df77-40a2-b8a3-b021c4d5c0f3" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:37:56.377" UserId="393" Text="For reasons beyond my control, our website is hosted with a hosting provider that uses IIS for their servers. They currently offer PHP and ASP, and also Python and Perl through cgi-scripts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to do a re-design, re-write of our website, and want to change from PHP to a Python/Django setup. The hosting provider is open for suggestions, but are clear that &quot;We don't really know what Python is, or how it works, but if you can explain it to us, we'll try to set you up with whatever you need&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I might know how to set up Django in a shared hosting environment on apache/mod_python, but I have no clue how it would be set up on IIS, and certainly not how it would be set up for a shared hosting environment. I've googled a bit, but most of the resources I find assume that the sysadmin 1) knows Python/Django and 2) is using dedicated IIS hosting for his site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could someone explain how I can explain the process to my hosting provider, or give me pointers to good, detailed resources I can forward to my hosting provider? Keep in mind that the people running the hosting might know &quot;everything&quot; about IIS, but have no idea how to deal with Python." />
  <row Id="16348" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9121" RevisionGUID="6b36710c-df77-40a2-b8a3-b021c4d5c0f3" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:37:56.377" UserId="393" Text="How to explain Django/Python installation to Python-newbie running a shared IIS server" />
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  <row Id="16351" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9122" RevisionGUID="1ffe48a8-c439-44bf-aa32-c6ba400e93e0" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:38:46.000" UserId="2760" Text="How does a blade server differ from a normal rackmount server?" />
  <row Id="16352" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9122" RevisionGUID="1ffe48a8-c439-44bf-aa32-c6ba400e93e0" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:38:46.000" UserId="2760" Text="&lt;blade&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;rack&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="16353" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9123" RevisionGUID="3e452b97-2c8e-4e41-9265-338759c53886" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:43:32.200" UserId="2224" Text="Outlook. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's also a program called MailStore that will extract PST data and export to PDF or .eml, but I think that it requires Outlook to run. That was about 18 months ago when I made the Windows-&gt;Mac transition.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16355" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9125" RevisionGUID="47121555-5fa4-4987-823c-1edf28d5f2bf" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:44:39.263" UserId="2743" Text="A remote MTA sends mail to Postfix via SMTP. The recipient list is a series of RCPT commands. Each RCPT command adds one recipient address. When Postfix gets a recipient address in virtual\_alias\_maps, it replaces the address by the result of the virtual\_alias\_maps lookup. This happens in your smtpd(8) process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You have some choices about how to hook up the spam filtering mechanism(s) of your choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could use SpamAssassin on the expanded list of recipients. The recommended mechanism for this is to use a content\_filter. See [http://www.postfix.org/FILTER_README.html] [1] for details. The most commonly recommended filter is [http://www.ijs.si/software/amavisd/][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mailscanner has issues because it looks directly at the queue file instead of using standard mechanisms. It can and does break when you upgrade Postfix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The second, less recommended option is to use a pre-queue filtering mechanism via a SMTP proxy ([http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_PROXY_README.html] [3]) or via a milter ([http://www.postfix.org/MILTER_README.html] [4]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you only want to filter messages going to certain recipients, use the FILTER target via check\_recipient\_access. See [http://www.postfix.org/access.5.html] [5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to run SpamAssassin on the original address, I would go with the content\_filter approach using amavisd-new. Put your virtual\_alias\_maps in the re-injection smtpd using -ovirtual\_alias\_maps in the master.cf entry. You may need to add a check\_recipient\_access map in smtpd\_recipient\_restrictions returning OK for your valid addresses in main.cf.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.postfix.org/FILTER_README.html &quot;FILTER_README&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ijs.si/software/amavisd/ &quot;Amavisd-new&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_PROXY_README.html &quot;SMTPD_RPOXY_README&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.postfix.org/MILTER_README.html &quot;MILTER_README&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.postfix.org/access.5.html &quot;access(5)&quot;" />
  <row Id="16356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9126" RevisionGUID="839b833d-b921-4561-a13d-fe1970101779" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:49:16.633" UserId="2761" Text="My goal is to use mod_userdir to individually allow users to put java webapps in their user's public_html folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have Apache, mod_userdir, and Tomcat installed and working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have mod_jk installed, but don't think it's working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right now, if I go to the url it takes me to the apache success page, if I go to [url]/~[username] it loads whatever is in the user's directory, and if I go to [url]:8080 it give's tomcat page, and will execute java.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can someone outline the steps I need to take in order to get this working? Give likely pitfalls? Or offer alternative ideas that let me accomplish my goal?" />
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  <row Id="16358" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9126" RevisionGUID="839b833d-b921-4561-a13d-fe1970101779" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:49:16.633" UserId="2761" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;tomcat&gt;" />
  <row Id="16359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9127" RevisionGUID="d1024f65-0252-4d7e-b614-654e59a1aa4a" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:50:33.263" UserId="2546" Text="You can download a [60 day trial of Office][1] from Microsoft. Install it in a VM if you don't want to mess up your main computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://office.microsoft.com/suites" />
  <row Id="16360" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9126" RevisionGUID="3bbf6f51-522a-4595-9aaf-5be5d551c471" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:56:02.550" UserId="2761" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;tomcat&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="16361" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9127" RevisionGUID="1249413b-50a0-4a94-a8a0-a2a03ab8de71" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:56:17.650" UserId="2546" Text="You can download Outlook as part of  a [60 day free trial of Office][1] from Microsoft. Install it in a VM if you don't want to mess up your main computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't want to do that for whatever reason, there are some standalone programs that claim to be able to handle PSTs without Outlook installed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [http://www.recoverytoolbox.com/pst_viewer.html][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [http://pstwalker.com/pstwalker.html][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or if you're using something Unixy, have a look at readpst:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [http://alioth.debian.org/projects/libpst/][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://office.microsoft.com/suites&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.recoverytoolbox.com/pst_viewer.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://pstwalker.com/pstwalker.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://alioth.debian.org/projects/libpst/" />
  <row Id="16362" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9128" RevisionGUID="e2efabbb-2485-47f5-a556-2b214b05da87" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:58:51.513" UserId="2770" Text="Blade servers are high density boxes. In addition to typical rack servers, they may contain additional management tools. Also, blade servers are highly modular allowing for the substitution of individual blades (CPU, memory, controlers, etc). Additionally, some blade servers run with disks on back-end SANS." />
  <row Id="16363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9129" RevisionGUID="b0472b95-4639-4baf-94fa-af997c901a04" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:59:26.257" UserId="2378" Text="It's more likely to be a dynamic update DNS issue; Windows clients, beginning with Windows 2000, automatically update Windows DNS servers directly with their new details once they've been leased an IP address by the DHCP server. This way, the DNS and DHCP servers are kept in sync. Macs don't. Previous posters are correct when they say that the Macs are getting these incorrect hostnames from the DNS server. The problem, then, is with the DNS server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't used the current Microsoft DHCP server but previous versions provided an option specifically for this situation. Instead of the client machine talking directly to the Windows DNS server, as happens automatically with Windows 2000 client and later, the Windows DHCP server can update the Windows DNS server once it has successfully leased an IP address to a client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to enable the option yourself in your Windows DHCP server. The wording for this option will usually be something like &quot;Always Update DNS and Enable Updates To DNS Clients That Do Not Support Dynamic Update&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might still find [this article][1] useful, though it's for Windows 2000 Server DHCP. (I'm not having a good Google day.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6178852.html" />
  <row Id="16364" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7477" RevisionGUID="4aedb6d3-6c8c-4af8-8ab0-8f2d13294b26" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:59:36.817" UserId="2307" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited tags" Text="Some things in top's output are pretty straightforward, like memory and swap usage. But load average numbers are a bit of a mystery: what do these three numbers mean? Also, what exactly is a zombie process and how is it different from a sleeper?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;top - 13:20:58 up 69 days,  7:07,  1 user,  load average: 0.03, 0.02, 0.00&#xD;&#xA;Tasks:  80 total,   1 running,  79 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie&#xD;&#xA;Cpu(s):  0.0% us,  0.2% sy,  0.0% ni, 99.8% id,  0.0% wa,  0.0% hi,  0.0% si&#xD;&#xA;Mem:   8054888k total,  7975100k used,    79788k free,   130240k buffers&#xD;&#xA;Swap:  1572856k total,       84k used,  1572772k free,  6393160k cached&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16365" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7477" RevisionGUID="4aedb6d3-6c8c-4af8-8ab0-8f2d13294b26" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:59:36.817" UserId="2307" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;top&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="16366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9130" RevisionGUID="dcbd4629-226b-499a-b51b-3144a53b1072" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:02:07.030" UserId="2768" Text="[tahiti.oracle.com][1] should always be the starting point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Blogs to follow:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Tanel Poder][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Jonathan Lewis][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Doug Burns][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Kevin Closson][6]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Richard Foote][7]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Thomas Kyte][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tahiti.oracle.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://tkyte.blogspot.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://blog.tanelpoder.com&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://oracledoug.com/serendipity/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://kevinclosson.wordpress.com&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://richardfoote.wordpress.com" />
  <row Id="16367" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9130" RevisionGUID="dcbd4629-226b-499a-b51b-3144a53b1072" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:02:07.030" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9131" RevisionGUID="6bf4a959-d76a-407a-aef6-4b9834587614" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:04:56.323" UserId="808" Text="A blade server can be considered a rack-mount server that has a variable number of actual servers within it.  When you buy a rack-mount server, you are buying a single server.  A blade can be expanded as you get more money, buying additional blades without requiring more rack space.  For some uses, this gives you flexibility.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A blade takes several &quot;U&quot; of rack space.  One blade server we have can host up to eight blades, and I believe it's a 4-U rack-mount box.  Thus, blade servers are often higher density than traditional rack-mount servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Before you install a *bunch* of blade servers, ensure that you have the cooling and electrical ability to handle them.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16369" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9132" RevisionGUID="dd158aa7-a20c-4049-9dcc-7ef980446445" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:06:45.103" UserId="2699" Text="I would like to run an IRC server for users of my LAN, and my best option would be to do so on a Windows XP box.  Is there a decent Windows/Cygwin IRC server that you have used and would recommend?  If so, any configuration pointers would also be greatly appreciated." />
  <row Id="16370" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9132" RevisionGUID="dd158aa7-a20c-4049-9dcc-7ef980446445" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:06:45.103" UserId="2699" Text="IRC server for Windows?" />
  <row Id="16371" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9132" RevisionGUID="dd158aa7-a20c-4049-9dcc-7ef980446445" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:06:45.103" UserId="2699" Text="&lt;irc&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;cygwin&gt;&lt;setup&gt;" />
  <row Id="16372" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9133" RevisionGUID="5b261b5a-bfe6-4048-b437-06c4f53aab93" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:07:47.953" UserId="1435" Text="With blade you'll generally find as many management functions as possible are centralised so that multiple blades can be dealt with via a single interface (see HP's Onboard Administrators/iLO) for this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, generally, a blade server will offer better power/heat characteristics than a pizza-box servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also of very great importance is the lack of traditional internal PCI/PCIe adapter although many blades have their own proprietary adapter mechanism to allow for lightly-modified PCIe adapters to be created to fit inside. For instance Emulex and QLogic both make manufacturer-specific FC HBAs that fit inside IBM, HP and Dell's blades.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm more than happy to help you with any other questions, just ask." />
  <row Id="16373" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9134" RevisionGUID="8d0ced3d-eab9-4bb9-81d7-d0c8f1218dff" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:17:34.860" UserId="1496" Text="I've played around with the Windows build of [Unreal IRCd](http://www.unrealircd.com/). It's annoying to configure if you've never configured a Unixy IRC server before, but there's always the website to help you out, and on the plus side you get portable knowledge (all the concepts as well as most config files can be ported straight to a Unix machine.)" />
  <row Id="16374" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9135" RevisionGUID="cc0c3a72-eaeb-4bfa-9abf-dc7186bf76f9" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:18:42.003" UserId="2787" Text="Blade servers are small, high-density, low form-factor computers, designed for maximum power in a small space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A blade server is mounted within a chassis, and the chassis typically takes on a lot of functions and parts that were previously done by the individual host. The chassis itself will hold the power supplies (resulting in less wasted power from conversion), the fibre-channel cards, the network controllers, SCSI interfaces, and so on. The servers themselves contain only the non-unique parts – CPU, RAM, and hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The benefits are that you can pack far more computing power into a rack, you have homogenous hardware, and your management is simpler. Instead of monitoring two power supplies, NICs, etc. per server, you only have to watch one set of hardware. Because your hardware is homogenous, you can keep spare parts around without worrying about which model of power supply you need, and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The downsides are the up-front costs. Because you need to buy the (very expensive) chassis, it's cost-ineffective to start with one blade and work your way up. You would typically buy blade servers if you plan on buying a large number of servers at once. Otherwise, the initial up-front cost is excessive." />
  <row Id="16375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9136" RevisionGUID="ae913705-0b6a-4ee6-ac53-8f7f4ea2d9bf" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:41:48.440" Text="&lt;p&gt;When I boot my Arch Linux computer, it loads up Linux, and then comes up with &quot;crc error&quot;, and the system halts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have replaced the hard-drive, loaded with a clone of the old hard-drive, but I still get the error.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could faulty memory, a problem with Linux itself, or some other factor be causing this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16376" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9136" RevisionGUID="ae913705-0b6a-4ee6-ac53-8f7f4ea2d9bf" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:41:48.440" Text="Possible causes of a crc error in Linux?" />
  <row Id="16377" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9136" RevisionGUID="ae913705-0b6a-4ee6-ac53-8f7f4ea2d9bf" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:41:48.440" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;error&gt;&lt;help&gt;" />
  <row Id="16378" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9137" RevisionGUID="d4b93dd8-bfa4-42c1-940c-02a9db6ee4cd" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:50:43.507" Text="&lt;p&gt;faulty memory sounds like a very good candidate indeed. Try switching some ram sticks or removing 1 of 2 ( if you have 2 ) to see if it gets any better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also try to check your BIOS settings, you may have some stuff there that may be causing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would recommend to install windows on the second drive and try running it to rule out that it's not a linux prob.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh, and if you happened to overclock your machine lately make sure you revert the changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16379" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9138" RevisionGUID="25546bc9-cc46-4bd4-a3ac-b91bd36c5514" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:54:21.070" Text="&lt;p&gt;Please download and run &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.memtest.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Memtest86+&lt;/a&gt; to rule out memory errors. If there are any, replace your RAM. If there aren't, get a LiveCD containing smartmontools package from &lt;a href=&quot;http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/download.html#live-cd&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, boot from it and check your disks' SMART status (as well as run self-tests to detect bad sectors). If everything passes, the issue is elsewhere - however, it's likely that one of the above tests will fail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9139" RevisionGUID="7282b9dc-e927-4ae6-9751-346fc6c3e3d2" CreationDate="2009-05-17T16:59:11.940" UserId="1752" Text="&lt;p&gt;Similar issue discussed &lt;a href=&quot;http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=36512&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, also this could be due a CRC checksum failure that is detected at the time the kernel is decompressed.  If the new hard drive has a copy of the corrupted file, it makes sense that you would see the same result.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could you post more of the text around the error message?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16381" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9136" RevisionGUID="942692fb-de8c-4e9e-8ba9-2ef7ebe55888" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:21:06.883" UserId="1" Comment="added 5 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;When I boot my Arch Linux computer, it loads up Linux, and then comes up with &quot;crc error&quot;, and the system halts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have replaced the hard-drive, loaded with a clone of the old hard-drive, but I still get the error.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could faulty memory, a problem with Linux itself, or some other factor be causing this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16382" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9136" RevisionGUID="942692fb-de8c-4e9e-8ba9-2ef7ebe55888" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:21:06.883" UserId="1" Comment="added 5 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="16383" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9140" RevisionGUID="00bb54dc-ae79-4e47-ac3d-db5ce82edcd4" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:22:47.660" UserId="2786" Text="We Have a web site that employees must check into at a specific time each day. How can I make the site automatically open on each users computer at a certain time each day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
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  <row Id="16385" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9140" RevisionGUID="00bb54dc-ae79-4e47-ac3d-db5ce82edcd4" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:22:47.660" UserId="2786" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;website&gt;" />
  <row Id="16386" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9141" RevisionGUID="1ad4f61c-36f2-478c-8f5b-0f9eb619fb7a" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:25:24.800" UserId="2546" Text="I'd agree with Mihai that the Unreal IRCd has a lot of advantages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't like it for any reason, there's also [ignitionServer][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ignition-project.com/pages/projects/" />
  <row Id="16387" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9142" RevisionGUID="2d300c45-a924-45c7-8a05-2f340a954ebc" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:26:20.693" UserId="1876" Text="If you want to give people limited shell access, take a look at rbash. It offers various limitations to the user. Also take a look at PAM's limits.conf (/etc/securit/limits.conf on Ubuntu). The third option is creating a jail/chroot environment for your users where you decide exactly what binaries and libraries they have access to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Others have also pointed out using permissions, noexec and ACL to achieve this. Really depends on your needs, what solution is the best." />
  <row Id="16388" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9143" RevisionGUID="fe89a40f-bb3a-4e1b-978c-82e67c5de08f" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:27:38.943" UserId="1604" Text="You could set Windows Scedule task that opens a the link to the website. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And push the task trough your windows server with a GPO for each of your computer on the network." />
  <row Id="16389" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9144" RevisionGUID="2cf7d166-3ca6-4a88-8fea-c750466810b4" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:28:12.250" UserId="1164" Text="I have a 40 GB USB hard drive formatted with NTFS.  I am trying to free as much space as possible.  Windows Explorer tells me that I have about 200 MB of files on the drive (showing hidden and system files).  When I show drive properties however it shows 73% free, around 10 GB used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ran CHKDSK and it found all kinds of problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now running defrag and it is behaving as if there were 10 GB of files, but I can't access them anywhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How to find and remove this extra 10GB?" />
  <row Id="16390" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9144" RevisionGUID="2cf7d166-3ca6-4a88-8fea-c750466810b4" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:28:12.250" UserId="1164" Text="How to find missing files - NTFS" />
  <row Id="16391" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9144" RevisionGUID="2cf7d166-3ca6-4a88-8fea-c750466810b4" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:28:12.250" UserId="1164" Text="&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;chkdsk&gt;" />
  <row Id="16392" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9145" RevisionGUID="55167d30-0a2b-40f7-aad9-fba5d563bee5" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:29:56.490" UserId="2546" Text="You could keep it simple with [Windows Task Scheduler][1]. Just create a shortcut to IE and add the URL to the shortcut. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308569" />
  <row Id="16393" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9129" RevisionGUID="633dad21-0d17-4450-827b-ec0cba2ff39e" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:31:13.133" UserId="2378" Comment="Corrected name of Windows Server 2000" Text="It's more likely to be a dynamic update DNS issue; Windows clients, beginning with Windows 2000, automatically update Windows DNS servers directly with their new details once they've been leased an IP address by the DHCP server. This way, the DNS and DHCP servers are kept in sync. Macs don't. Previous posters are correct when they say that the Macs are getting these incorrect hostnames from the DNS server. The problem, then, is with the DNS server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't used the current Microsoft DHCP server but previous versions provided an option specifically for this situation. Instead of the client machine talking directly to the Windows DNS server, as happens automatically with Windows 2000 client and later, the Windows DHCP server can update the Windows DNS server once it has successfully leased an IP address to a client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to enable the option yourself in your Windows DHCP server. The wording for this option will usually be something like &quot;Always Update DNS and Enable Updates To DNS Clients That Do Not Support Dynamic Update&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might still find [this article][1] useful, though it's for Windows Server 2000 DHCP. (I'm not having a good Google day.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6178852.html" />
  <row Id="16394" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9146" RevisionGUID="92013ca1-ae1f-49a7-a832-1a58d1dda93e" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:32:19.030" UserId="1054" Text="I haven't tried this with Python, but it worked great as a CGI with Perl.  [ActiveState's][1] products integrate seemlessly with IIS.  I had great success with ActivePerl.  They also have [ActivePython][2] which might (probably) would also do the trick there.  Then I think you would just download Django [install it][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the provider, I would doubt they need to know more than it is a web development platform akin to ASP / ASP.NET and that Python is the language used to develop with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as the installation I mention above, I'm going to try that and see how it fares.  I'll post notes on it if I get it working ok!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.activestate.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.activestate.com/activepython/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/install/" />
  <row Id="16395" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9147" RevisionGUID="1c3ad570-a7b0-4514-aa1f-840072f56d0a" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:37:22.310" UserId="1876" Text="Accidentally installed a tar.gz file on my Gentoo Linux box in the wrong place and it left files all over the place. This was around 1998, 18 at the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Being the geek that I am, I decided to try to script myself out of the work of going manually through each file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I tried:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tar --list evilevilpackage.tar.gz | xargs rm -rf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It didn't take me very long to notice that tar also listed all the directories the program was using, those included were ''/usr, /var, /etc'' and a few others that I didn't really want gone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CTRL-C! CTRL-C! CTRL-C! Too late! Everything gone, reinstall time. Fortunately the box didn't contain anything important. " />
  <row Id="16396" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9147" RevisionGUID="1c3ad570-a7b0-4514-aa1f-840072f56d0a" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:37:22.310" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9148" RevisionGUID="88c5cea0-f71f-40ec-b416-edbcbce0864c" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:40:36.937" UserId="2787" Text="The solution here is twofold, as described above:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Set up replication of your server to a slave which you can take offline. The best way to do this is to take a dump of the database using mysqldump and the --master-data parameter.&#xD;&#xA;2. Set up nightly backups on the slave. You can either user mysqldump with the --master-data --flush-logs and --single-transaction flags, or you can stop the mysql server, copy the data files on-disk, and restart it (replication will pick up where it left off).&#xD;&#xA;3. Run a script on the slave every &lt;timeframe&gt; (e.g 5, 10, 20 minutes) to check and make sure that mysql is still replicating. I wrote a [simple python script][1] to do it, which you're welcome to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that if you are using InnoDB for your tables, you can use the --single-transaction flag to avoid having to do any table locks and still get a consistent dump of the database, even on the master, and thus do your backups without taking down the server. The above solution, however, is a better one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you are using LVM on Linux, you can take an LVM snapshot of the partition, then back that up. LVM snapshots are atomic, so if you do 'flush tables with read lock' and then take your snapshot and unlock, you'll get a consistent snapshot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're concerned about I/O contention making the dump take too long, you can add a third machine and run mysqldump on that over the network to avoid thrashing your disks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://github.com/danudey/miscellany/tree/master/mysql-hacks" />
  <row Id="16398" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9148" RevisionGUID="88c5cea0-f71f-40ec-b416-edbcbce0864c" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:40:36.937" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16399" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9149" RevisionGUID="c3a2dcce-a8ec-4b1e-ac7b-a819837aaac2" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:43:49.927" UserId="2787" Text="You can find where MySQL is looking for its config files (so you know where to look, or where to put one) by asking the tools. For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dan@Penzance:~/Source/miscellany$ mysql --help | grep cnf&#xD;&#xA;                      order of preference, my.cnf, $MYSQL_TCP_PORT,&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/my.cnf /opt/local/etc/mysql5/my.cnf ~/.my.cnf &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will show the locations in which it's searching for config files (in order). The server should use the same configs. The example above is from the installation from Macports; yours may be different." />
  <row Id="16400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9150" RevisionGUID="83ac81fe-c962-443c-9a67-8ad26c0a764c" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:45:07.130" UserId="2797" Text="Is it worth buying a replacement battery for a UPS or better to buy a completely new UPS? My question is specifically about the APC XS 800 (a small business/home UPS) but I'm interested in your thoughts about UPSs in general." />
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  <row Id="16403" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9151" RevisionGUID="302dd178-1872-439d-8a8d-c521a2186eeb" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:52:53.090" UserId="891" Text="There is a slight chance the missing space is in [*NTFS alternate data Streams*][1] - use the [sysinternals streams utility][2] to find out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; *Alternate data streams* allows files to be associated with more than one data stream. For example, a file such as text.txt can have an ADS with the name of text.txt:secret (of form filename:streamname) that can only be accessed by knowing the ADS name or by specialized directory browsing programs. Alternate streams are not detectable in the original file's size...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS#Alternate_data_streams_.28ADS.29&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897440.aspx" />
  <row Id="16404" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9146" RevisionGUID="827b9cbf-64a5-41e9-9256-022a8127af06" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:53:12.573" UserId="1054" Comment="ok, &quot;akin&quot; to ASP/ASP.NET is probably heresy..." Text="I haven't tried this with Python, but it worked great as a CGI with Perl.  [ActiveState's][1] products integrate seemlessly with IIS.  I had great success with ActivePerl.  They also have [ActivePython][2] which might (probably) would also do the trick there.  Then I think you would just download Django [install it][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the provider, I would doubt they need to know more than it is a web development platform like ASP / ASP.NET and that Python is the language used to develop with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as the installation I mention above, I'm going to try that and see how it fares.  I'll post notes on it if I get it working ok!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.activestate.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.activestate.com/activepython/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/install/" />
  <row Id="16405" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9152" RevisionGUID="ee0fbfd2-c227-4840-b9ad-e0344a7ba959" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:53:38.067" UserId="2802" Text="In my past experience we found networking limitations in using blades in high availability database configurations such as with Oracle RAC. While blades work great in many situations you need to verify if they are best for all with your database and system architects. Not doing so caused major issues with a former employeer where the assumption for a new secondary data center would only use blades. " />
  <row Id="16406" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9153" RevisionGUID="87ebbdd2-a4db-4a60-b711-edcf54ab74a5" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:55:41.523" UserId="1437" Text="I would say that it's definately worth buying a replacement battery.  Not to mention is probably better on our environment if you're only changing the battery and not the entire unit.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="16409" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9154" RevisionGUID="4ff83e47-6404-4e47-9905-6b0c30cab790" CreationDate="2009-05-17T17:55:46.767" UserId="2800" Text="&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="16410" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9155" RevisionGUID="59de8934-c2a6-471c-8f8e-9e5bc98d7f08" CreationDate="2009-05-17T18:01:04.807" UserId="1054" Text="A lot of times this is caused by the user having a roaming profile and tons of files saved in their profile somewhere, especially compounded with a slow network connection." />
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  <row Id="16413" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9156" RevisionGUID="84b02915-0197-4540-9a04-f5aed43d484a" CreationDate="2009-05-17T18:01:57.377" UserId="2781" Text="&lt;wake-on-lan&gt;" />
  <row Id="16414" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9157" RevisionGUID="7e5759fb-622f-4802-bc0a-719874656940" CreationDate="2009-05-17T18:03:56.780" UserId="2787" Text="This didn't happen to me, but…&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was working at a company that made software that ran on Linux machines provided by the client. We would essentially 'take over' the machines, completely configure them to our specs, and do all of the management and monitoring. Essentially, we were a team of 10-15 sysadmins, managing thousands of servers for hundreds of customers. Mistakes are bound to happen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of our team found some issues on a server (a backup, I believe), and decided that he should run fsck on it. He stopped all relevant services, made sure that the system had had backups taken recently, and then ran the fsck, but it complained that the filesystem was mounted. Since we were remote and had no remote access (DRAC, ILO, etc.), he couldn't do the fsck, but he was pretty sure that it was safe to do it with the filesystem mounted, if you were careful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;He decided to try it himself by running fsck on his root partition, with predictable results – he corrupted his root partition and couldn't boot anymore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Confused, he went over and talked to our team lead. The lead said he was pretty sure that you couldn't do that, and the team member said 'Sure you can!', took the lead's keyboard, and showed him that you could – by running fsck on the lead's root partition. Which completely corrupted HIS root partition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;End result? No customer data lost, thanks to the team member's testing. Two days of employee productivity were lost, but that was worth far, far less than the data on the customer's machine. And for the record? You can run fsck on a mounted drive, but only to verify data. Not to repair it. That was the team member's mistake.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To add my own story, I was working at the same company, and was trying to reset a user password. Our system refused to let me set it to the password he needed, because it tracked old password hashes and refused to let you duplicate the password. The mechanism was simple: it validated your password against the most recent hash in the database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(And for the record, it needed to be the old password because it was a shared account, and making sure everyone knew the new password was impractical)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I decided to just go into the users database and delete the new records so that it would use the older one. It's all just SQL (running an ancient version of Sybase), so it's easy. First, I had to find the records:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SELECT * FROM users_passwords WHERE username='someuser';&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found the old record he wanted to keep; there were two more in front of it. I decided to be clever and just delete anything newer than the old record. Looking at the result set, I saw that the old password was ID #28 in the database, and the new ones were ID #several thousand (very busy system). That's simple, all the old rows were &gt; 28, so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    DELETE FROM users_passwords WHERE id &gt; 28;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's nothing worse than doing some simple row pruning and seeing '212,500 rows affected'. Fortunately, we had two master database servers (with the user ID), but Sybase (at least, our version) didn't support automatic replication, so it didn't automatically wipe out the old records. It was a trivial matter to get a dump of the users_passwords table and re-import it. Still, a pretty big 'oh f**k!' moment." />
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  <row Id="16416" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9158" RevisionGUID="36074e2b-a17b-4c59-931a-1a6d876e39ec" CreationDate="2009-05-17T18:04:25.563" UserId="2795" Text="Often, this occurs when you have persistent network shares (especially connections that don't exist any longer) or other application configuration that relies on network acess that is either slow or non-existant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Probably other answers as well." />
  <row Id="16417" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9159" RevisionGUID="730f97d9-4094-4ce3-891f-41efeafd7b50" CreationDate="2009-05-17T18:06:31.627" UserId="2224" Text="If you're behind an authenticating proxy, McAfee AV 8.7 will increase boot time by 5-10 *minutes*. Patch is due in early June." />
  <row Id="16418" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9150" RevisionGUID="f62a9857-780d-41e4-a1b4-b3a8062e73fa" CreationDate="2009-05-17T18:13:46.557" UserId="2797" Comment="added 233 characters in body" Text="Is it worth buying a replacement battery for a UPS or better to buy a completely new UPS? I have heard a UPS is never the same after the original battery dies and is replaced. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it OK to use a third party after-market replacement battery or should you always go with the original manufacture's replacement battery?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is specifically about the APC XS 800 (a small business/home UPS) but I'm interested in your thoughts about UPSs in general." />
  <row Id="16419" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9160" RevisionGUID="0c9cc29a-b76f-4cde-a66d-af64d664d582" CreationDate="2009-05-17T18:17:21.713" UserId="2787" Text="Have bash check to see if the window size has changed (prevents line-editing from going weird if you resize your terminal window)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    shopt -s checkwinsize&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is my favourite. Causes bash to *append* to history instead of *overwriting* it. Typically when you launch bash, it loads history into memory, and when you close it it writes it out. This means that if you load two shells, use both, then close both, the one you closed last overwrites all changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This snippet causes it to first of all only append changes (instead of overwriting with the whole buffer), and then to cause it to, after every command, write out changes. In effect, you get a live updating .bash_history, so if you start a new terminal, you have all the commands from your other running sessions' history.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    shopt -s histappend&#xD;&#xA;    PROMPT_COMMAND='history -a'" />
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  <row Id="16421" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9161" RevisionGUID="cd2b5d97-de8f-413d-9a38-3b61f18d14d2" CreationDate="2009-05-17T18:21:00.180" UserId="2809" Text="I know there is a sort of standard series of commands to compile and install packages that come only as source. What is it?" />
  <row Id="16422" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9161" RevisionGUID="cd2b5d97-de8f-413d-9a38-3b61f18d14d2" CreationDate="2009-05-17T18:21:00.180" UserId="2809" Text="What is the &quot;standard&quot; compile from code and install incantation?" />
  <row Id="16423" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9161" RevisionGUID="cd2b5d97-de8f-413d-9a38-3b61f18d14d2" CreationDate="2009-05-17T18:21:00.180" UserId="2809" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;installation&gt;&lt;compile&gt;&lt;make&gt;" />
  <row Id="16424" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9162" RevisionGUID="5b44f8dc-282f-4633-a1ef-64e996429025" CreationDate="2009-05-17T18:22:52.280" UserId="2659" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using windows servers, how would a SaaS web application allow for customers to use their own domains?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From what I have read, they would enter a CNAME record for example.com/myapp/ to redirect to my server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anything I would have to do on my end DNS/etc. wise? (My application will lookup the URL, and find their data obviously).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am more converned with hardware/dns/routing settings etc." />
  <row Id="16425" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9162" RevisionGUID="5b44f8dc-282f-4633-a1ef-64e996429025" CreationDate="2009-05-17T18:22:52.280" UserId="2659" Text="For a SaaS application, how to allow customers to use their own domain names?" />
  <row Id="16426" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9162" RevisionGUID="5b44f8dc-282f-4633-a1ef-64e996429025" CreationDate="2009-05-17T18:22:52.280" UserId="2659" Text="&lt;cname&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;iis7&gt;" />
  <row Id="16427" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9163" RevisionGUID="c8c28644-c5bd-4575-9a5e-b136b8d83611" CreationDate="2009-05-17T18:23:21.187" UserId="471" Text="Usually it is something like that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`./configure`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`make`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`make install`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The last one being as root" />
  <row Id="16429" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9165" RevisionGUID="c1cf8ad7-c91b-4d52-a281-855b0bde010b" CreationDate="2009-05-17T18:25:00.763" UserId="2718" Text="I'm hiring Linux admins for a startup, so my questions are ones that should tease out experience from inexperience. Phone screen:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Name as many top-level directories in a modern linux system (FHS) as you can (there are about 20, nobody gets more than 75%, even those who deal with it everyday)?&#xD;&#xA; 2. What is the PATH environment variable used for?&#xD;&#xA; 3. Name a person famous for their involvement with open-source/free software (other than Linus Torvalds) (most frequent response: Richard Stallman)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the phone interview, I try to get them to talk about their previous projects, home network, how many computers they have and what they do with them, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In-person, I like to give them a real problem I'm facing, and ask them to solve it for me. I'll compare their answer with whatever solution I'm already mulling over. If their answer is better, my project moves along. If their answer is worse, the interviewing process has moved along. Either way, I can keep engaged with my own projects and refine or discard candidates or ideas.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise it's talking more in-depth about what they expect out of a work environment, trying to find out if they're a 9-5er or if they actually care about what their doing---absent other factors, Linux types tend to care (though they may suck) and network engineers tend to be 9-5ers (who also may suck)... Just my experience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming they pass all that, I also like to set them up with a new Linux box on an isolated network who's network config is wrong, with weird equipment attached and a loose cable for the final &quot;fuck you&quot;, and have them get it back online. I leave them alone and periodically come back to check on them, although I could just as easily hover if I wanted to be a hardass about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It typically takes about 30 minutes for someone who has made it past the rest of the interview to walk into this totally unfamiliar environment and get it working again. It's an awesome real-world test of exactly how long it takes them to troubleshoot a totally new, totally broken environment." />
  <row Id="16430" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9166" RevisionGUID="fa63ebe4-951c-48c4-ab97-fe3283599a90" CreationDate="2009-05-17T04:17:20.867" Text="&lt;p&gt;After some trial and error I got Windows Server 2008 installed on my machine on a separate partition. Now I don't know where would I install Biztalk, Sharepoint etc. Would the installation be on my Vista partition or the Windows Server 2008 partition. I should have posted this question elsewhere, but I know there are a lot of smart people around here. someone can point me in the right direction as to articles/sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16431" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9166" RevisionGUID="fa63ebe4-951c-48c4-ab97-fe3283599a90" CreationDate="2009-05-17T04:17:20.867" Text="Help me set up my Windows 2008 server..." />
  <row Id="16432" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9166" RevisionGUID="fa63ebe4-951c-48c4-ab97-fe3283599a90" CreationDate="2009-05-17T04:17:20.867" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="16433" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9167" RevisionGUID="584e1701-10db-442b-acab-9e70f735aef1" CreationDate="2009-05-17T18:29:27.867" UserId="11899" Text="Just going to add, you *probably* want to have a default-deny rule in place.  In that case you won't need the drop for that port and can simply specify what you do want to allow, i.e. access to port 8180 from 1.2.3.4." />
  <row Id="16434" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9163" RevisionGUID="1d146296-f543-4177-ae1f-21941c77cba8" CreationDate="2009-05-17T18:29:35.123" UserId="471" Comment="More details" Text="Usually it is something like that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`./configure`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This (when executed in the directory your source code is), creates a Makefile with the rules that will be used to build the program. This is where you can change the behavior of the compilation (that is, compile the program with options that are not default).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`make`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This builds the program with the rules specified in the Makefile.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`make install`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is usually executed as root, and installs the compiled program in your system." />
  <row Id="16436" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9166" RevisionGUID="3f0a5503-d1ae-49c0-a0ba-13c77ef61cad" CreationDate="2009-05-17T18:34:28.857" UserId="1496" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;After some trial and error I got Windows Server 2008 installed on my machine on a separate partition. Now I don't know where would I install Biztalk, Sharepoint etc. Would the installation be on my Vista partition or the Windows Server 2008 partition. I should have posted this question elsewhere, but I know there are a lot of smart people around here. someone can point me in the right direction as to articles/sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16437" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9166" RevisionGUID="3f0a5503-d1ae-49c0-a0ba-13c77ef61cad" CreationDate="2009-05-17T18:34:28.857" UserId="1496" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="16438" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9078" RevisionGUID="fc6f6164-bb3e-4426-b69a-573e1816246b" CreationDate="2009-05-17T18:34:48.717" UserId="1496" Comment="added 17 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi, Sorry if this problem has been brought up here, I'am new to linux.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've just installed the STAF, I can run STAF with my account, but when I try to run use root account, I got:&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;sudo: STAF: command not found&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is some of my machine information:&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which sudo&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;/usr/bin/sudo&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;echo $PATH&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;/usr/local/staf/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/home/eric/eclipse&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could any one explain this? Why sudo can't find the command?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16439" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9078" RevisionGUID="fc6f6164-bb3e-4426-b69a-573e1816246b" CreationDate="2009-05-17T18:34:48.717" UserId="1496" Comment="added 17 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;sudo&gt;" />
  <row Id="16440" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7620" RevisionGUID="de45466a-99dd-494c-b448-5858bf743022" CreationDate="2009-05-17T18:35:07.310" UserId="1496" Comment="added 14 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;We're installing a digital media system at the college radio station I work at. We're trying to give programmers (read; DJs not coders) access to the music, without allowing them to copy any of it to their flash drives or transfer it across the internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're running on windows systems (XP for the client machines, and 2008 for the media server). My idea is this&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Create a user (ProgramUser) that has no access at all to the digital media&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Create a user (MediaUser) that has read only access to the digital media that programmers know nothing about and do not know the password to.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have users log in to windows as ProgramUser, giving them no access at all to the media.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Run our playback application (Traktor) as the media user, allowing the programmer to play back media but not copy or modify it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems like the perfect solution, but there's one gotcha. If the playback application or machine crashes, the programmer is the programmer is the only person who will be able to get it running again in a reasonable amount of time (we're an 15Kw FM radio station, so downtime is a big deal). Hence my delema...&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I give the programmer the ability to start our playback application as a user they do not know the password to? &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16441" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7620" RevisionGUID="de45466a-99dd-494c-b448-5858bf743022" CreationDate="2009-05-17T18:35:07.310" UserId="1496" Comment="added 14 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;runas&gt;" />
  <row Id="16442" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9146" RevisionGUID="0fae5c97-84ad-413c-af8d-0fe90b8b2503" CreationDate="2009-05-17T18:46:14.417" UserId="1054" Comment="added 353 characters in body" Text="I haven't tried this with Python, but it worked great as a CGI with Perl.  [ActiveState's][1] products integrate seemlessly with IIS.  I had great success with ActivePerl.  They also have [ActivePython][2] which might (probably) would also do the trick there.  Then I think you would just download Django [install it][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**&#xD;&#xA;Ok, so scratch the seemless integration with IIS...  HOWEVER, here's an article on [how to integrate into IIS][4].  You might also consider [Iron Python][5] as your distro for a Windows box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the provider, I would doubt they need to know more than it is a web development platform like ASP / ASP.NET and that Python is the language used to develop with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as the installation I mention above, I'm going to try that and see how it fares.  I'll post notes on it if I get it working ok!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.activestate.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.activestate.com/activepython/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/install/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/DjangoOnWindowsWithIISAndSQLServer&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?ProjectName=IronPython" />
  <row Id="16443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9168" RevisionGUID="ca35e178-d75a-44f1-96c9-0319293da3cb" CreationDate="2009-05-17T18:55:31.373" UserId="2814" Text="I've never heard about replacing a battery causing the UPS to never be the same.  The only UPS units that I've ever seen are just sealed lead acid batteries that wouldn't cause issues with the UPS electronics unless they weren't specced right (proper voltage and amperage rating).  I've used APC and third party batteries and had luck with both.  The third party batteries are generally cheaper so that is the way I would go.  You don't need to replace the UPS unless there is something inherently wrong with the UPS electronics." />
  <row Id="16444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9169" RevisionGUID="e80570cb-92da-4c77-84fe-e5cbaa8948a5" CreationDate="2009-05-17T18:58:01.930" UserId="2824" Text="Depending on your environment, snapshots are usually an excellent way to go. Particularly if you have to backup the master for some reason. We run master and slave pairs, and use snapshot backups on both.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. `FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK;`&#xD;&#xA; 2. Pull a snapshot on the database and log filesystems.&#xD;&#xA; 3. `UNLOCK TABLES;`&#xD;&#xA; 4. Copy your data files off the snapshot at your leisure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With InnoDB tables, you'll want to run `SET AUTOCOMMIT=0;` before you execute the read lock." />
  <row Id="16445" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9169" RevisionGUID="e80570cb-92da-4c77-84fe-e5cbaa8948a5" CreationDate="2009-05-17T18:58:01.930" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16448" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9171" RevisionGUID="294ffbb2-f4c2-44e3-b817-c2f6f6458c07" CreationDate="2009-02-19T06:41:08.100" Text="&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to recover from accidental deletions of an Amazon S3 Bucket?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've got critical info in our bucktes and I need to mitigate the risk of accidental or malicious deletions of the bucket itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know I can sync the entire bucket locally, but this isn't too practical if my bucket size is 100GB. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any ideas on backup strategies?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16449" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9171" RevisionGUID="294ffbb2-f4c2-44e3-b817-c2f6f6458c07" CreationDate="2009-02-19T06:41:08.100" Text="AWS S3 Bucket Backups" />
  <row Id="16450" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9171" RevisionGUID="294ffbb2-f4c2-44e3-b817-c2f6f6458c07" CreationDate="2009-02-19T06:41:08.100" Text="&lt;amazon&gt;&lt;s3&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="16451" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9172" RevisionGUID="559ea5b0-3eca-4d89-9226-368641cc73d8" CreationDate="2009-02-23T17:56:55.497" UserId="271" Text="&lt;p&gt;One possible solution could be to just create a &quot;backup bucket&quot; and duplicate your sensitive info there. In theory your data is safer in S3 than in your hard drive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I'm not sure if accidental deletions are a real problem because you'll need to &lt;em&gt;accidentally&lt;/em&gt; delete all your bucket keys before you could delete the bucket.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9173" RevisionGUID="164fa912-9f7d-4dd9-b177-b42f55042e84" CreationDate="2009-02-23T20:51:32.097" Text="&lt;p&gt;Another possible solution is to replicate your bucket to the Europe zone in S3.   This may persist the bucket after your accidental deletion long enough to recover.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16453" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9174" RevisionGUID="e9e587d8-9ec2-44b2-8b7a-c02d26c417c9" CreationDate="2009-05-17T19:08:40.800" UserId="658" Text="The goal is to install Windows (7 in this case) and OSX on a netbook in a dual-boot configuration. The details of the netbook isn't important in this case, I don't think, as the compatibility details have been worked out OK. (it's a Lenovo s10e).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have purchased Mac OSX separately for this installation to ensure continued good karma.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The question is around which to install first - Windows or Mac OSX? Does one not know how to recognize the other, thereby necessitating which needs to go first?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, are there any bootloaders which will help with a non-text based user interface; [hopefully something prettier than this][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://windows7forums.com/attachments/windows-7-discussion/130d1232724107-dual-boot-two-hard-drives-dual-boot-screen_png.jpg&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16454" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9174" RevisionGUID="e9e587d8-9ec2-44b2-8b7a-c02d26c417c9" CreationDate="2009-05-17T19:08:40.800" UserId="658" Text="dual boot: Windows 7 and OSX - which to install first?" />
  <row Id="16455" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9174" RevisionGUID="e9e587d8-9ec2-44b2-8b7a-c02d26c417c9" CreationDate="2009-05-17T19:08:40.800" UserId="658" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;installation&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="16456" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9163" RevisionGUID="95e72808-906e-4667-811b-171e88a23278" CreationDate="2009-05-17T19:10:14.307" UserId="471" Comment="Edited to include Mihai Limbasan's suggestions. Thank you!" Text="Usually it is something like that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`./configure`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This (when executed in the directory your source code is), creates a Makefile with the rules that will be used to build the program. This is where you can change the behavior of the compilation (that is, compile the program with options that are not default).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`make`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This builds the program with the rules specified in the Makefile.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`make install`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is usually executed as root (or using `sudo make install` to avoid logging in as root), and installs the compiled program in your system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[EDIT]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As [Mihai Limbasan][1] noted, you can usually pass the --prefix option to ./configure to determine where the program will be installed. If you have the necessary permissions in the target directory you won't even need to run make install using sudo (or as root).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, if you do&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`--prefix=/home/username/whatever/directory/here`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you should be able to install this program without root privileges. I should point out that this will restrict the program's usage to those with execute privileges on the directory you specified. So if you need a system wide install, you should probably use the default solution (running make install with root privileges).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mihai also reminded that you can remove the installed program by running &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`make uninstall`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(again, as root or using sudo if you used the default options in configure), but that requires that you keep the build directory in place after you install the program. That is, it's not best practice to remove the source directory of a program you've compiled, so that you can remove it later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://serverfault.com/users/1496/mihai-limbasan" />
  <row Id="16457" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9175" RevisionGUID="d34a2b29-dd25-4c2d-adb2-82244683d413" CreationDate="2009-05-17T19:15:47.447" UserId="1349" Text="I've seen a case where all workstations used Symantec Endpoint Protection and its Network Thread Protection module was preventing access to newly updated files after Patch Tuesday. These files that were being restricted were required to complete the log on. Simply enough, yanking the ethernet cable, then logging in, plugging the cable back in and then telling SEP that the updated files were okay to run did the trick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;May not be your exact same problem, but may spark an idea or two when you're troubleshooting." />
  <row Id="16458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9176" RevisionGUID="e657bfb4-a0a8-4c77-bdc7-aa9ad2d99a63" CreationDate="2009-05-17T19:16:46.353" UserId="1463" Text="I'm using GRUB on my laptop as the primary bootloader to triple-boot between Windows, OS X and Linux (final goal is having KX Light as the fourth OS basically booting right into an Amiga emulator ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get OS X86 (patched version of OS X mind you) GRUB just chain-calls the OS X Darwin bootloader copied over to the Linux grub configuration folder - works just fine after some tweaking (removing ugly delays, pointing to the right partition and stuff).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Order of install was Windows Vista (or 7 in your case), OS X86 and finally Ubuntu and GRUB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And no, it's just text... but it's just a boot selector screen, it's not like I mind that anyway ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's [some guide][1] to doing it in a more easy way I think. There're lots of dual-booting guides for Windows and OS X86 - easy to find.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://atechkid.blogspot.com/2008/10/dual-boot-vista-and-osx86-easy-way.html" />
  <row Id="16459" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9177" RevisionGUID="55e600b8-3d62-49c6-8ceb-28fbf7256693" CreationDate="2009-05-17T19:18:27.770" UserId="942" Text="The CNAME they would add is just the domain name, you cannot also use pathnames. And it wouldn't be a redirection per se, as your web server will respond directly to their domains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On your end, you'd need to tell your web server to respond to that domain (or better yet, respond to any domain, and let it be handled by your app).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're using Apache, it's pretty easy, as by default it will respond with the default Virtual Host you have defined.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For IIS unfortunately I don't know how it would work." />
  <row Id="16460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9178" RevisionGUID="1c6eedfe-60e8-47f7-8f6c-8a1ddc6f2ac4" CreationDate="2009-05-17T19:20:12.400" UserId="984" Text="What I get the source for an application the first thing I do is to read the pretty standard README/INSTALL file.  They usually tell me exactly what I need to do. They tell me what dependencies I will to install before I compile to get all the functionality I want.  They tell me what I need to do to secure the install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    less INSTALL&#xD;&#xA;    less README&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take 3-5 minutes and read those docs they can save you a lot of time." />
  <row Id="16461" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9179" RevisionGUID="23b3e691-d3d1-4db4-b9ba-836b0c7cd9f4" CreationDate="2009-05-17T19:21:22.147" UserId="658" Text="Yes, you'd boot into your Windows 2008 installation and install it from there. Pop in or ISO mount your Biztalk discs, and off you go. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Same goes with Sharepoint. You'll have to configure your server for Sharepoint; [bharry has some good advice.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/bharry/archive/2007/12/13/installing-sharepoint-on-windows-server-2008.aspx" />
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  <row Id="16463" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9180" RevisionGUID="cf2bbf81-e378-4bb7-83f5-31d164a66649" CreationDate="2009-05-17T19:30:34.157" UserId="942" Text="Ah, I think I know what's happening. You have installed a CMS on each domain, and you've installed it on a subdirectory in each domain (Community Server, WordPress), that's what they are shown like that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, you'd need to modify the *.htaccess* file in each domain and edit the *RewriteRule* lines you see there. If you post the content of that file, maybe I can help you get it working." />
  <row Id="16464" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9181" RevisionGUID="a531bc79-1e5c-477f-b7bf-403bb2c606d3" CreationDate="2009-05-17T19:32:43.217" UserId="658" Text="Given a machine configured with :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows 7 64 bit&#xD;&#xA; - a CPU that DOESN'T support the [Intel hardware virtualization][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any free, non-time-sensitive virtual machine hosts that can host either 32 or 64 bit guest machines?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The candidates:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - VMWare Server (doesn't work well with 64 bit Windows 7... some driver signing problems that I don't want to muck around with)&#xD;&#xA; - VMWare Workstation (is time limited at 30 days)&#xD;&#xA; - Sun VirtualBox ?&#xD;&#xA; - Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The goal is to host a wide array of guest machines; Windows, OSX, and *nix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=946&amp;page=2" />
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Calculator&#xD;&#xA;- [cleanmgr.exe][6] - Disk Cleanup&#xD;&#xA;- [cls][7] - clear the command line screen&#xD;&#xA;- [cmd /k][8] - Run command with command extensions enabled&#xD;&#xA;- [color][9] - Sets the default console foreground and background colors in console&#xD;&#xA;- [compmgmt.msc][10] - Computer Management&#xD;&#xA;- [control.exe /name Microsoft.NetworkAndSharingCenter][11] - Network and Sharing Center&#xD;&#xA;- [control keyboard][12] - Keyboard Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control mouse(or main.cpl)][13] - Mouse Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control sysdm.cpl,@0,3][14] - Advanced Tab of the System Properties dialog&#xD;&#xA;- [control userpasswords2][15] - Opens the classic User Accounts dialog&#xD;&#xA;- [desk.cpl][16] - opens the display properties&#xD;&#xA;- [devmgmt.msc][17] - Device Manager&#xD;&#xA;- [diskmgmt.msc][18] - Disk Management&#xD;&#xA;- [dsquery][19] - Finds any objects in the directory according to criteria&#xD;&#xA;- [eventvwr][20] - Windows Event Log (Event 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[mmsys.cpl][36] - Sound/Recording/Playback properties&#xD;&#xA;- [mrt][37] - Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool&#xD;&#xA;- [mstsc.exe][38] - Remote Desktop Connection&#xD;&#xA;- [ncpa.cpl][39] - Network Connections&#xD;&#xA;- [net statistics][40] - Check computer up time&#xD;&#xA;- [odbcad32.exe][41] - ODBC Data Source Administrator&#xD;&#xA;- [pathping][42] - A traceroute that collects detailed packet loss stats&#xD;&#xA;- [quser][43] - Display information about user sessions on a terminal server&#xD;&#xA;- [qwinsta][44] - See disconnected remote desktop sessions&#xD;&#xA;- [regedit][45] - Registry Editor&#xD;&#xA;- [rasdial][46] - Connects to a VPN or a dialup network&#xD;&#xA;- [robocopy][47] - Backup/Restore/Copy large amounts of files reliably&#xD;&#xA;- [rsop.msc][48] - Resultant Set of Policy (shows the combined effect of all group policies active on the current system/login)&#xD;&#xA;- [sc][49] - Manage anything you want to do with services.&#xD;&#xA;- 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[10]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3791#3791&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3803#3803&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3800#3800&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3799#3799&#xD;&#xA;  [14]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/5104#5104&#xD;&#xA;  [15]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3891#3891&#xD;&#xA;  [16]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3874#3874&#xD;&#xA;  [17]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3793#3793&#xD;&#xA;  [18]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3795#3795&#xD;&#xA;  [19]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4582#4582&#xD;&#xA;  [20]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/4083#4083&#xD;&#xA;  [21]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3898#3898&#xD;&#xA;  [22]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3898#3898&#xD;&#xA;  [23]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4861#4861&#xD;&#xA;  [24]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6339#6339&#xD;&#xA;  [25]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/4031#4031&#xD;&#xA;  [26]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4997#4997&#xD;&#xA;  [27]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3864#3864&#xD;&#xA;  [28]: 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http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4847#4847&#xD;&#xA;  [65]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4431#4431" />
  <row Id="16468" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3780" RevisionGUID="3fa56b0f-ce27-40e2-b3ad-3dd9813ba89a" CreationDate="2009-05-17T19:38:05.187" UserId="1224" Comment="added 170 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;commands&gt;&lt;commandline&gt;&lt;management&gt;" />
  <row Id="16469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9182" RevisionGUID="16c34890-ac1f-4353-be92-d0f56572dce2" CreationDate="2009-05-17T19:41:29.190" UserId="942" Text="[Acrobat Connect Pro][1] and [Captivate][2] look awesome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many people swear by [Camtasia][3]. I used it in the past, and indeed, it's a great product. Here's an open source alternative: [CamStudio][5].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And here's a round-up of [several screencasting tools][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatconnectpro/elearning/rapidtraining.html&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://www.adobe.com/products/captivate/&#xD;&#xA;[3]:http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp&#xD;&#xA;[4]:http://mashable.com/2008/02/21/screencasting-video-tutorials/&#xD;&#xA;[5]:http://camstudio.org/" />
  <row Id="16470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9183" RevisionGUID="aacb78e5-9387-49d8-9860-eac3d578140e" CreationDate="2009-05-17T19:58:36.160" UserId="356" Text="&gt;...without allowing them to copy any of it to their flash drives or transfer it across the internet&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How about disabling USB flash drives, etc and internet access on these machines?" />
  <row Id="16471" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9183" RevisionGUID="aacb78e5-9387-49d8-9860-eac3d578140e" CreationDate="2009-05-17T19:58:36.160" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9184" RevisionGUID="f63138e6-e0ec-4f0e-b3c2-34aa144799ee" CreationDate="2009-05-17T20:01:11.910" UserId="1435" Text="Well I think you're on your way to answering your own question to be honest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Certainly VirtualBox seems closest to your requirements - it supports non-VT-processors and Windows/Linux VMs - not so sure any product officially supports OSX as that is effectively advocating software piracy or similar - but I'm sure it'll work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HERE][1] is Wikipedia's very good comparisons of various VM host code.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_platform_virtual_machines" />
  <row Id="16473" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9185" RevisionGUID="a50e6a66-d7eb-4de8-8ad0-93f07ef2b2ee" CreationDate="2009-05-17T20:04:19.020" UserId="1876" Text="I have a 500G SATA hard drive in my machine that all the sudden started giving me I/O errors, until Linux simply disconnects the drive. Reboot, and then it works for a random period before failing again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The drive is within warranty, but I've had bad experience with shops that are unable to reproduce a problem, as the drive doesn't fail all the time. Then they simply send me a bill and the drive back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What is my best course of action to make sure they can reproduce the problem?**&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16474" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9185" RevisionGUID="a50e6a66-d7eb-4de8-8ad0-93f07ef2b2ee" CreationDate="2009-05-17T20:04:19.020" UserId="1876" Text="A way to finish off a dying hard drive so it can be sent in for &quot;repair&quot;" />
  <row Id="16475" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9185" RevisionGUID="a50e6a66-d7eb-4de8-8ad0-93f07ef2b2ee" CreationDate="2009-05-17T20:04:19.020" UserId="1876" Text="&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="16476" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9186" RevisionGUID="f04453a1-e453-4fe2-aaa9-3c647c7acc8c" CreationDate="2009-05-17T20:05:57.750" UserId="431" Text="You picked just about the worst possible combination to host virtual machines: a desktop operating system that isn't even out yet and a CPU that doesn't support virtualization.  Toss in the ability to host OSX, something that's also completely unsupported, and you're asking for something that just doesn't exist.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you truly do need OSX, then your only answer is to buy an Apple machine like a Mac Mini, run VMware Fusion on it, and then you can host a wide array of guest machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't change your hardware, you can at least switch to Windows 2008 R2 (obviously licensing isn't an issue for you, since you're using an unreleased OS and talking about virtualizing OSX) which would give you Hyper-V." />
  <row Id="16477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9187" RevisionGUID="93715360-f35c-4cd7-9c80-03b25189fe6b" CreationDate="2009-05-17T20:06:59.840" UserId="626" Text="Things to check:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Scheduled Tasks&#xD;&#xA;- Backup Jobs - (For example Windows Home server for home Other backup solutions for business)&#xD;&#xA;- Automatic Updates set at default (3am)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9188" RevisionGUID="a8635d4f-2236-4f90-ac63-62f26d4d88a2" CreationDate="2009-05-17T20:08:42.473" UserId="626" Text="Does the drive manufacturer have a utility to check the drive?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Often they will provide a utility that you can boot with that will run some diagnostics - this should probably be your first step. Check there website and download if available" />
  <row Id="16479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9189" RevisionGUID="a4cd0733-7016-4e7a-bb8f-0ca745cdf850" CreationDate="2009-05-17T20:09:28.057" UserId="2847" Text="I would also recommend ensuring the controller on the bottom side of the drive isn't getting too hot. This sounds like a heat issue to me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're able to eliminate heat as a cause, then I would call the manufacturer. I've never had a problem when talking with the manufacturer and getting an RMA first. When sending it in, I would also recommend including a detailed description of exactly what you've seen." />
  <row Id="16480" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9015" RevisionGUID="14ce260f-f5fb-4797-9308-81e4ae3f071a" CreationDate="2009-05-17T20:09:34.373" UserId="729" Comment="deleted 72 characters in body" Text="Basically, you need to test for for the ProgramFiles(x86) environment variable to determine if you're in 64bit Windows or not.  Here's a sample batch file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if &quot;%programfiles(x86)%zzz&quot;==&quot;zzz&quot; goto 32BIT&#xD;&#xA;    echo 64-bit Windows installed&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\MyApp\app.exe&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    goto END&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    :32BIT&#xD;&#xA;    echo 32-bit Windows installed&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;%PROGRAMFILES%\MyApp\app.exe&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    :END&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9190" RevisionGUID="f6a96e98-3f79-4226-9af8-489a9b5ee22e" CreationDate="2009-05-17T20:10:04.983" UserId="2627" Text="Drive manufacturers usually provide diagnostic utilities that you can run before sending in the drive. Once you get I/O errors out of their utility, you can include the log and they'll be less likely to contest your problem." />
  <row Id="16482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9191" RevisionGUID="3cf9a110-b2ab-4474-a763-9188aeba54c8" CreationDate="2009-05-17T20:10:16.573" UserId="1435" Text="I think the best thing to do is to call them and discuss this situation - any form of 'gaming' them is likely to be pointless and very possibly counterproductive. These people are used to dealing with a range of customer's problems and I would imagine they'll be happy to help you if you ask." />
  <row Id="16483" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9156" RevisionGUID="8e1456e4-856a-4b3f-b60d-141a3e585dda" CreationDate="2009-05-17T20:11:57.053" UserId="626" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;wake-on-lan&gt;&lt;power&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="16484" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9181" RevisionGUID="640e830f-8dab-4700-b850-4ef21afe81c4" CreationDate="2009-05-17T20:18:55.090" UserId="658" Comment="added 11 characters in body" Text="Given a machine configured with :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows 7 64 bit&#xD;&#xA; - a CPU that DOESN'T support the [Intel hardware virtualization][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any free, non-time-sensitive virtual machine hosts that can host either 32 or 64 bit guest machines?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The candidates:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - VMWare Server (doesn't work well with 64 bit Windows 7... some driver signing problems that I don't want to muck around with)&#xD;&#xA; - VMWare Workstation (is time limited at 30 days)&#xD;&#xA; - Sun VirtualBox ?&#xD;&#xA; - Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The goal is to host a wide array of guest machines; Windows, OSX (longshot), and *nix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=946&amp;page=2" />
  <row Id="16485" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9192" RevisionGUID="744314ce-df40-4424-a8e9-1a7bf533c544" CreationDate="2009-05-17T20:20:28.470" UserId="2270" Text=" 1. tar -xzvf package.tar.gz&#xD;&#xA; 2. cd package/&#xD;&#xA; 3. less INSTALL&#xD;&#xA; 4. ./configure --with-options&#xD;&#xA; 5. make&#xD;&#xA; 6. make check&#xD;&#xA; 7. sudo make install&#xD;&#xA; 8. make clean&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These steps assume package compiles properly, all dependencies are met, and &quot;check&quot; target exists and passes." />
  <row Id="16486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9193" RevisionGUID="9f30fcaf-1f7e-4b09-ba04-e4e8a4292243" CreationDate="2009-05-17T20:23:16.297" UserId="2847" Text="mod_jk requires a minimal set of directives to signal Apache to send a request to a worker.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In particular, you should have a JkMount &lt;URL pattern&gt; directive. This tells Apache requests that match the URL defined in &lt;URL pattern&gt; to a particular worker configured at JkWorkersFile&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recommend the following for a simple example to get you started:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/generic_howto/quick.html" />
  <row Id="16487" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9194" RevisionGUID="2dba97e1-5dcf-461e-863c-15d61a4c7eba" CreationDate="2009-05-17T20:29:24.490" UserId="2843" Text="If serving the static pages does not require any database access, then it seems unlikely that it is a database resource issue as such. It may be that all of the pooled threads are stuck somewhere, such as waiting for the database drive or in a deadlock. The first thing I'd do is get a snapshot of the stack traces with `jstack`. You can further look at the process with `visualvm` or `jconsole`." />
  <row Id="16488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9195" RevisionGUID="0d3a6faa-ec5e-4a50-9f8d-097d960aef62" CreationDate="2009-05-17T20:36:26.113" UserId="2847" Text="Just wanted to add that it's quite common for table locking issues with MyISAM tables can easily cause DB connections to pile up and cause the application waiting for those results to sit and sit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may want to check out the MySQL process list to see if there are a lot of queries sitting in a locked state.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`# mysqladmin processlist`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-- or --&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`mysql&gt; show processlist;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If locking is the problem, you will want to see if changing the storage engine on the problem tables from MyISAM to InnoDB is feasible." />
  <row Id="16489" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9196" RevisionGUID="acbf8b0f-305c-4a0b-9126-76e5d888c257" CreationDate="2009-05-17T20:39:02.380" UserId="2599" Text="I don't think anybody will have **the answer** to your problem, but only leads &amp; ideas. Here are some:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - you need **robots that will check the health of each part of your service**. (testing a single connection to your database, getting a static web page, getting a dynamic web page...). This way, you'll see what breaks first or response time increase.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - do you have a **monitoring/stats service**? You need to keep track of the &quot;number of active database connections&quot;, &quot;number of active web sessions&quot;, &quot;number of tomcat threads&quot;, &quot;memory available&quot;, CPU...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My advice, there is no tomcat process left because they're all stuck waiting for a resource (maybe a database connection, or they're just an infinite loop!). The tools I listed before will definitely help you understand why your server is dying slowly every week.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. run `netstat` on your server and look at the number of connections to the database server (and check it against your pool size and database server capacity).&#xD;&#xA; 2. run jstack on your app server and cut/grep/sort them to see what your threads are doing.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16494" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9198" RevisionGUID="e4aa8ccf-931b-4875-81ca-f1a06a7fedb6" CreationDate="2009-05-17T21:03:35.903" UserId="1076" Text="I am trying to configure my network interfaces in a way that when I plug in the ethernet cable, wireless will be disabled, and when I plug it back in it will be enabled. So I created /etc/network/if-up.d/wlan-down:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    [ &quot;$IFACE&quot; != &quot;eth1&quot; ] || exit 0&#xD;&#xA;    ifdown wlan0&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    exit 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and /etc/network/if-down.d/wlan-up:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [ &quot;$IFACE&quot; != &quot;eth1&quot; ] || exit 0&#xD;&#xA;    ifup wlan0&#xD;&#xA;    wpa_cli -i wlan0 reassociate&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    exit 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but it just doesn't seem to work at all. WPA still tries to connect all the time, so I can see wlan0 appears and dissapears all the time. So my questions are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. How can I debug these scrips, e.g. what happened and what was executed?&#xD;&#xA; 2. What is the correct way to implement what I am after?&#xD;&#xA; 3. Also, it seems that nothing happens when I disconnect the ethernet cable. The interface is up and the IP address is assigned. I would like to get it down in such a case, so that I could use wireless instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am using Debian unstable" />
  <row Id="16495" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9198" RevisionGUID="e4aa8ccf-931b-4875-81ca-f1a06a7fedb6" CreationDate="2009-05-17T21:03:35.903" UserId="1076" Text="Using if-up and if-down scripts to disable wireless when eth1 is plugged in" />
  <row Id="16496" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9198" RevisionGUID="e4aa8ccf-931b-4875-81ca-f1a06a7fedb6" CreationDate="2009-05-17T21:03:35.903" UserId="1076" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;wireless-network&gt;" />
  <row Id="16497" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9199" RevisionGUID="1eb4c71c-658c-49e0-8ece-2e0b3568b4d2" CreationDate="2009-05-17T21:11:03.987" UserId="2503" Text="FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK is not something you want to do on a regular (or even semi-regular) basis on a production system. It should be a last resort only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set up at least two replication slaves (This will require a FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK, of course). Once they are set up, you can take a backup off one while the other stays in sync as a spare master.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if one of your slaves fails, you can then use a snapshot from that to rebuild a second (or third) slave. If all your slaves fail, you're back to FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember to always have a process which regularly checks the data are in sync - use something like mk-table-checksum to do this (this is nontrivial to set up, consult the maatkit documentation for details).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As 22G is relatively small, you will have no problems doing this. Doing it with a large database could be more problematic." />
  <row Id="16498" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9199" RevisionGUID="1eb4c71c-658c-49e0-8ece-2e0b3568b4d2" CreationDate="2009-05-17T21:11:03.987" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16499" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9200" RevisionGUID="e9eacca7-3580-4469-bac8-afd543b1a705" CreationDate="2009-05-17T21:11:58.133" UserId="2657" Text="You can use the [PowerCfg][1] utility to find out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    powercfg -lastwake&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will tell you what woke up your laptop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To see all devices that can wake your computer, try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    powercfg -devicequery wake_armed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can turn all these devices off with Device Manager, on the Power Management tab. Unselect &quot;Allow this device to wake up the computer&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc748940.aspx&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16500" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9156" RevisionGUID="55ca2d8b-4a17-4702-ae00-d7f6dfb5d4b8" CreationDate="2009-05-17T21:16:27.470" UserId="942" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;wake-on-lan&gt;&lt;power&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="16501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9201" RevisionGUID="3f36b4ba-5968-4bd6-a2f9-e262822bce5d" CreationDate="2009-05-17T21:18:11.817" UserId="2503" Text="We use LVS in production. It is managed by our operations team with a set of complex and evil scripts. A rather clever bespoke system announces health and performance data from our realservers to allow the load balancer to set weights accordingly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;LVS of course gives you a single point of failure - the load balancer (there are ways to set them up redundantly).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I thought this was too complicated to set up so I wrote [Fluffy Linux Cluster](http://code.google.com/p/fluffy-linux-cluster/) which was based loosely on how Windows NLB works (I think... I'm not sure how that works though) and also inspired by CLUSTERIP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We don't use it in production but Fluffy can load-balance a reasonable (5 at least) number of servers with no single point of failure and no central management node etc." />
  <row Id="16502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9202" RevisionGUID="8df02b6a-b8df-48fb-9197-1bc9be145550" CreationDate="2009-05-17T21:26:10.880" UserId="1094" Text="&#xD;&#xA;I built a new workstation with an Asus P5Q Pro motherboard, using the onboard sound for a soundcard. It is running Windows XP-64bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It works fine except when I try to open this WMV stream: [http://www.bloomberg.com/streams/video/LiveBTV200.asxx][1] (SFW: Its a business news stream)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The sound is very distorted (kind of pixelated with an echo).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**I have taken the following steps to fix/debug this problem:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Tried various media players: VLC,&#xD;&#xA;   windows media player etc... they all play it with the same distorted sound.&#xD;&#xA; - Tried upgrading to the newest driver and downgrading to older driver.&#xD;&#xA; - Tried opening other wmv streams and media files... they all play fine.&#xD;&#xA; - Ruled out a network issue by using my laptop on the same network to open the stream.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; Any ideas what could be causing this problem ? &#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bloomberg.com/streams/video/LiveBTV200.asxx" />
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  <row Id="16504" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9202" RevisionGUID="8df02b6a-b8df-48fb-9197-1bc9be145550" CreationDate="2009-05-17T21:26:10.880" UserId="1094" Text="&lt;audio&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="16505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9203" RevisionGUID="5a7c46ef-3f2c-449b-ad49-09454c468a6f" CreationDate="2009-05-17T21:31:36.660" UserId="2657" Text="Check the end user's profile size.  Computer properties -&gt; advanced -&gt; User Profiles.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try to log on with the virus scanner disabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check other software that runs, especially auto-updaters and rollout utilities.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Read the Windows event log.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16506" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9204" RevisionGUID="0305cce9-4ecb-421f-ab6e-e5bddd3549d1" CreationDate="2009-05-17T21:45:54.820" UserId="1233" Text="Is the user in question connected to a domain (or not anymore?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does disabling the network connection (eg. pulling the cord) improve times?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As said in other answers, check the event log, double check your DNS is set up correctly (if connected to a domain), use Wireshark to see what network traffic is happening, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Roaming Profiles can take an obscenely long time depending on their size - I've had one user's profile take 3 hours to log in (~1GB in size due to Thunderbird). After moving her Thunderbird folder to an automounted share it now takes ~25 seconds to load her profile." />
  <row Id="16507" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9205" RevisionGUID="b02519bc-53b4-43c4-96e5-c78dc78cd584" CreationDate="2009-05-17T21:48:01.850" UserId="48" Text="As Ivan States you would setup a CNAME for the domain you want to redirect to point to your server. You cannot re-direct using a path as, so you would just create a CName for example.com to point to myserver.com, then you can go to example.com/myapp if you wish.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get IIS to handle this, you can do 1 of 2 things. If all requests will be going to the same place, not dependant on the URL, then you can just have one site that listens for all requests on port 80 (or 443 if its https), and your done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If however each domain, will need a different site, then you can create multiple sites in IIS, set them to listen on port 80 or 443, but for a specific Host Header, that way that site will only respond to requests for that particualr URL." />
  <row Id="16509" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9207" RevisionGUID="4efaec26-d541-4bdf-96a3-18172abdf513" CreationDate="2009-05-17T21:53:04.493" UserId="2503" Text="There are features that you will find very useful, for operational reasons, even if your application doesn't absolutely require them:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* InnoDB has MVCC which means you can take non-blocking consistent backups&#xD;&#xA;* InnoDB has automatic recovery which means no lengthy REPAIR TABLE operations after an unclean shutdown&#xD;&#xA;* With InnoDB, readers never block writers and vice versa, meaning (generally speaking) greater concurrency (this need not mean better performance in the general case though)&#xD;&#xA;* InnoDB clusters its rows on the primary key, which MAY mean fewer IO operations for read operations IF the primary key was chosen sufficiently well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So notwithstanding foreign key constraints, you probably want to use InnoDB anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;of course this is ServerFault, not Stack Overflow, so the proper answer is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* You must always use the engine that the application developers have chosen&#xD;&#xA;* If they haven't chosen a specific engine, they aren't very serious about using MySQL, and probably don't know how to use it properly.&#xD;&#xA;* You can't switch to a different engine to the one which your application was tested on, it may introduce bugs." />
  <row Id="16510" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9208" RevisionGUID="45a2e0b5-3744-444b-8b66-cbaf6fc20f5e" CreationDate="2009-05-17T21:53:42.200" UserId="48" Text="My thoughts on this would be a problem between the codec, and the driver for the sound card. Unfortuantely windows XP 64bit is renowed for bad driver support. I would suspect that that particular stream uses a codec thats different to anything else you use, for streams that are working, and its having a problem when working with your sound card driver.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any particular reason your using Windows XP 64bit? I know Vista takes alot of bashing, but when it comes to 64bit support its miles ahead of XP. Its a bit drastic for one audio stream I know, but my suggestion would be to change OS's either to Vista x64, or down to xp 32 bit. If it is a driver issue, your unlikely to see any improvement as I doubt there is any further development on most 64bit XP drivers." />
  <row Id="16511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9209" RevisionGUID="2cacdfec-381f-4d6d-b52f-b8411267c957" CreationDate="2009-05-17T21:53:59.250" UserId="345" Text="What specifically do you need the users to do?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Open the page?&#xD;&#xA;* Read the page?&#xD;&#xA;* Read and submit a response?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the first, a simple scheduled task should suffice, as suggested by the accepted answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But if the second or third? Then you're a bit longer off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately there is no way to force someone to read the page, since for all you know, the person you expect to read it might not even be near the computer at that time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if you don't require anyone to read it, or can't guarantee that anyone will read it, why exactly do you need *everyone* to open that page then?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sounds like a process with a flaw to me, to be honest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Questions to ponder:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* What if the user has his machine on, but isn't around at that time? (gone for coffee, or even gone for the day, forgot to log off and turn off his computer)&#xD;&#xA;* What if the machine is off at that time? What was the user expected to do on the website that he won't be doing that day&#xD;&#xA;  * He could have just left&#xD;&#xA;  * or he could arrive at work after the fact&#xD;&#xA;* What if the user initiated a shutdown just as the page pops open? (race condition)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9210" RevisionGUID="f178bfb0-e8ad-4b76-9ac5-b7726f07d796" CreationDate="2009-05-17T21:54:21.823" UserId="2867" Text="I have a SQL Server 2008 database, with a VARCHAR(MAX) FILESTREAM column. I can load a record into it using this syntax:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    `INSERT INTO DocumentRepository(DocumentExtension, DocumentName, Document) &#xD;&#xA;     SELECT&#xD;&#xA;     'doc' AS DocumentExtension&#xD;&#xA;     , 'Hamlet.doc' AS DocumentName&#xD;&#xA;     , * FROM OPENROWSET(BULK 'D:\Docs\Hamlet.doc', SINGLE_BLOB) &#xD;&#xA;       AS Document;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This loads my word document just fine. What I'd like to know is how to extract the data back to disk using SQL Server supplied tools. Might be T-SQL, bcp, etc, don't really care I would just like to know a way to do this without resorting to having to write a .NET application. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've experimented with bcp, using the -c, -n, -N, and -w switches and it will extract the document but it's not formatted correctly. When I open it in Word there is a lot of binary gibberish at the beginning, and while the text is there all formatting is gone. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="16513" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9210" RevisionGUID="f178bfb0-e8ad-4b76-9ac5-b7726f07d796" CreationDate="2009-05-17T21:54:21.823" UserId="2867" Text="How to extract data from a SQL Server 2008 FILESTREAM field without using .NET" />
  <row Id="16514" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9210" RevisionGUID="f178bfb0-e8ad-4b76-9ac5-b7726f07d796" CreationDate="2009-05-17T21:54:21.823" UserId="2867" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="16515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9211" RevisionGUID="0dcd30ce-be06-47a5-bd70-879b51eb4d40" CreationDate="2009-05-17T21:58:09.320" UserId="626" Text="Its pretty much the same for me - As like you I don't have problems with other streams - Its them - Perhaps they have poor encoding or are you using a non standard codec" />
  <row Id="16516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9212" RevisionGUID="0d6b66c0-7c03-4f17-ac28-2b26d83a77ce" CreationDate="2009-05-17T21:58:12.097" UserId="1435" Text="I'm a massive fan on Zeus's ZXTM multi-layer LBs - click [HERE][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://zeus.com" />
  <row Id="16517" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9213" RevisionGUID="092807d4-6100-4cd7-b439-45bbd773884d" CreationDate="2009-05-17T21:58:48.100" UserId="1233" Text="For what it's worth to add some details:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. The audio codec is [Windows Media 9 Voice](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Media_Audio#Windows_Media_Audio_Voice). On a complete aside it doesn't play with Macs and sounded okay (but a bit like what you explained - not unbearable but noticeable) when played in a Virtual Machine running Windows XP" />
  <row Id="16518" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9214" RevisionGUID="21547e25-ceda-4274-9bfd-e3034ad098a5" CreationDate="2009-05-17T21:59:31.720" UserId="1671" Text="Is there a way for Windows Home Server to keep one of its share folders sync'd with a folder on one of the computers on the network?" />
  <row Id="16519" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9214" RevisionGUID="21547e25-ceda-4274-9bfd-e3034ad098a5" CreationDate="2009-05-17T21:59:31.720" UserId="1671" Text="Automatic folder syncing on Windows Home Server" />
  <row Id="16520" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9214" RevisionGUID="21547e25-ceda-4274-9bfd-e3034ad098a5" CreationDate="2009-05-17T21:59:31.720" UserId="1671" Text="&lt;windows-home-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="16521" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9215" RevisionGUID="1966d6d8-7cd1-46ae-88e8-48ad314ec389" CreationDate="2009-05-17T22:04:32.927" UserId="626" Text="I use [synctoy][1] - there is another question regarding this here &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c26efa36-98e0-4ee9-a7c5-98d0592d8c52&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="16522" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9216" RevisionGUID="de21a700-450c-45d8-a7fe-f9e252b2e9af" CreationDate="2009-05-17T22:04:59.133" UserId="345" Text="According to this page: [Windows Live Sync as a Service on Windows Home Server][1], [Windows Live Sync][2] should run fine, and would do what you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll need a Live account, and then you just set up a private folder and share it on the two machines, and they'll be kept in sync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mswhs.freeforums.org/windows-live-sync-as-a-service-on-whs-t623.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://sync.live.com/" />
  <row Id="16523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9217" RevisionGUID="db88e5ac-c899-4655-9f99-e424fcc59263" CreationDate="2009-05-17T22:05:23.907" UserId="2869" Text="I have a Windows 2000 Standard Edition server (that's right, standard) on a _home_ network  with three systems doing basic file/print sharing (and a few other services).  Until recently the systems were running XP Home, but I know have them updated to either XP Pro or Vista Ultimate.  I also have a Server 2000 Professional product key + license that I acquired at the same time as the Standard license.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now that every machine on the network will support being joined to a domain I would like to update the server to Professional with Active Directory.  Can I do this in place, or do I need to re-install from scratch?  What do I need to know to get Active Directory set up?" />
  <row Id="16524" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9217" RevisionGUID="db88e5ac-c899-4655-9f99-e424fcc59263" CreationDate="2009-05-17T22:05:23.907" UserId="2869" Text="Update Windows 2000 server standard to Windows 2000 server professional with AD" />
  <row Id="16525" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9217" RevisionGUID="db88e5ac-c899-4655-9f99-e424fcc59263" CreationDate="2009-05-17T22:05:23.907" UserId="2869" Text="&lt;upgrade&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;windows-server-2000&gt;" />
  <row Id="16526" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9213" RevisionGUID="bb34adad-f049-45b1-bbc3-eb7db0500694" CreationDate="2009-05-17T22:06:57.820" UserId="1233" Comment="Windows Media Player from 2003 blows monkey balls. Period. But it plays WM9V" Text="For what it's worth to add some details:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. The audio codec is [Windows Media 9 Voice](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Media_Audio#Windows_Media_Audio_Voice). On a complete aside it doesn't play with Macs (without an ancient version of Windows Media Player) and sounded okay (but a bit like what you explained - not unbearable but noticeable) when played in a Virtual Machine running Windows XP" />
  <row Id="16527" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="9144" RevisionGUID="1b1a4603-f959-4124-ba06-cea56b471b9e" CreationDate="2009-05-17T22:10:32.663" UserId="1164" Comment="edited title" Text="How to find missing files - NTFS, Windows XP Pro" />
  <row Id="16528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9218" RevisionGUID="d0e50086-ca32-4269-a018-8377096ed3f2" CreationDate="2009-05-17T22:10:37.173" UserId="2120" Text="I look after an old Debian linux box (running etch) with only 512 MB of RAM, but a lot of external storage attached.  One ext3 filesystem is 2.7 TB in size, and fsck can't check it, because it runs out of memory, with an error such as this one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;   Error allocating directory block array: Memory allocation failed&#xD;&#xA;   e2fsck: aborted&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've added a 4 GB swap partition and it still doesn't complete, but this is a 32-bit kernel, so I don't expect adding any more will help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apart from booting into a 64-bit kernel, are there any other ways of getting fsck to complete its check?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16529" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9218" RevisionGUID="d0e50086-ca32-4269-a018-8377096ed3f2" CreationDate="2009-05-17T22:10:37.173" UserId="2120" Text="Running out of memory running fsck on large filesystems" />
  <row Id="16530" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9218" RevisionGUID="d0e50086-ca32-4269-a018-8377096ed3f2" CreationDate="2009-05-17T22:10:37.173" UserId="2120" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;fsck&gt;&lt;ext3&gt;&lt;memory&gt;" />
  <row Id="16531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9219" RevisionGUID="26b77eb3-9798-40b5-bb76-39a8de49f557" CreationDate="2009-05-17T22:13:18.307" UserId="808" Text="At least in Fedora-related distributions, if you look at the `ifup` script and its relatives, you'll see that if `/sbin/ifup-local` and `/sbin/ifdown-local` exist, they'll be executed.  This gives you a safe place to plug in machine-local scripts.  The one argument passed to these scripts will be the device going up or down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could create these scripts and have them start and stop eth0 if the device being started or stopped is your wireless device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know if the networking scripts are configured to work in the same way under Debian and related distributions, but it's worth a look.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9220" RevisionGUID="7f30be8b-38d2-486a-952f-bf2cc204ccd8" CreationDate="2009-05-17T19:34:55.397" Text="&lt;p&gt;I have been trying to install a training pack for Microsoft BizTalk course 2934a. I have downloaded multiple VHDs and followed the instructions (I think!) for installation. However, on attempting to start one of the VHDs from the Virtual PC 2007 console I get the message &quot;The parent virtual hard disk has been deleted or has been moved from its previous location. Please select the new location of the parent virtual hard disk&quot;. At this point it's telling me that it's looking for Base05D.vhd. I already have a activated copy of this huge base disk so I browse to the location and select it. The I get the message &quot;The virtual hard disk's parent appears to have been modified without using the differencing virtual hard disk&quot; (does anyone know what this means?). I click ok then the I get the shutdown dialog with the &quot;What do you want to do with your virtual hard disks?&quot; and an option of &quot;Commit changes to the virtual hard disk&quot; etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have checked the vmc files in notepad and all the paths seem to be ok. I've also used the virtual disk editor to check the parent disk references, all looks to be in order. The VM I'm trying to start uses a base disk which uses another base disk which uses another base disk. All of the base disk are present in the expected location.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for reading, any help gratefully received.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16533" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9220" RevisionGUID="7f30be8b-38d2-486a-952f-bf2cc204ccd8" CreationDate="2009-05-17T19:34:55.397" Text="Virtual PC - parent appears to have been modified" />
  <row Id="16534" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9220" RevisionGUID="7f30be8b-38d2-486a-952f-bf2cc204ccd8" CreationDate="2009-05-17T19:34:55.397" Text="&lt;virtualpc&gt;&lt;virtualserver&gt;&lt;vhdl&gt;&lt;not-programming-related&gt;" />
  <row Id="16535" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9221" RevisionGUID="b5b94973-3f19-47b5-ad27-2526d546734a" CreationDate="2009-05-17T19:38:39.120" UserId="27" Text="&lt;p&gt;Differencing disks are a way to &quot;branch&quot; multiple VMs starting at the same place. You set up a disk exactly how you want it, and then start moving forward with a &quot;difference&quot; disk, which literally keeps the differences between the base disk and your changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is, you have to &quot;freeze&quot; the parent disk. If you make any changes to the parent, then the difference disk is toast. Most people will at least mark a parent difference disk as read only (or, even better, use security to prevent anybody from writing to the disk).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you've messed this up, there's no going back. All children are unusable. Unless you have a backup that can restore the parent disk to its original state, you're out of luck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9222" RevisionGUID="9706deae-81f0-4a73-a902-3ae7a5107399" CreationDate="2009-05-17T22:20:25.717" UserId="1054" Text="Windows 2000 Professional is the desktop edition, not server.  Are you talking about Windows 2000 Advanced Server?  You can run dcpromo on the server to install AD and make it a domain controller." />
  <row Id="16537" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9223" RevisionGUID="4256dd69-7484-4aac-9613-c11282210b71" CreationDate="2009-05-17T22:22:25.777" UserId="2503" Text="I'm just guessing here, but are you running a 32-bit OS with far too many connections?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MySQL is multi-threaded and uses one thread per connection. Each thread uses some memory for its stack and various other buffers (which are numerous and mostly tunable).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running out of address space will crash MySQL in your 32-bit box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Solutions are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Set the maximum connections to a sensible level so you won't run out of address space&#xD;&#xA;2. Run a 64-bit server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The 2nd one is what I'd recommend if possible for anything except a mickey-mouse situation. Do not deploy any new application on a 32-bit OS if you can help it." />
  <row Id="16538" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9224" RevisionGUID="6f6b5445-74ad-403d-93a8-481cbd99fa77" CreationDate="2009-05-17T22:25:05.770" UserId="626" Text="Great question - Basically you can't - you could select the path and access the file directly from the file system&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But from [Books online][1] you will notice the operations are&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- insert&#xD;&#xA;- update&#xD;&#xA;- query&#xD;&#xA;- back up&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FILESTREAM integrates the SQL Server Database Engine with an NTFS file system by storing varbinary(max) binary large object (BLOB) data as files on the file system. Transact-SQL statements can insert, update, query, search, and back up FILESTREAM data. Win32 file system interfaces provide streaming access to the data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb933993.aspx" />
  <row Id="16539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9225" RevisionGUID="459cf8a6-d670-4bcb-8f1c-8a4ba848a721" CreationDate="2009-05-17T22:25:07.830" UserId="1576" Text="I've got two 600GB drives in a software RAID1 setup on a physical Debian server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to be able to upgrade the capacity of the server by cloning the drives to a matching pair of 2TB drives. I can then wipe the 600GB drives and use them as storage or whatever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's the best way to go about this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    slave:~# mount&#xD;&#xA;    /dev/md0 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)&#xD;&#xA;    tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)&#xD;&#xA;    proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)&#xD;&#xA;    sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)&#xD;&#xA;    procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)&#xD;&#xA;    udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)&#xD;&#xA;    tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)&#xD;&#xA;    devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16540" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9225" RevisionGUID="459cf8a6-d670-4bcb-8f1c-8a4ba848a721" CreationDate="2009-05-17T22:25:07.830" UserId="1576" Text="How can I uprade my software RAID1 set of drives?" />
  <row Id="16541" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9225" RevisionGUID="459cf8a6-d670-4bcb-8f1c-8a4ba848a721" CreationDate="2009-05-17T22:25:07.830" UserId="1576" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;cloning&gt;" />
  <row Id="16542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9226" RevisionGUID="3338dcf1-c08c-4321-99f3-c9e26a5bde92" CreationDate="2009-05-17T22:38:32.047" UserId="984" Text="You should be able to replace the first drive, let the raid resync, replace the second drive, allow it to resync, and then expand the raid and filesystem to take up the entire space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16546" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9228" RevisionGUID="3ab62f94-6a39-4328-b46f-69fcfe9896be" CreationDate="2009-05-17T22:43:21.770" UserId="658" Text="I would recommend using [SpinRite][1] as well as the manufacturer's tools. I have previously used it to recover data on a dead drive. The great thing about SpinRite is that it can detect the rate of errors (errs per MB).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usually when RMA'ing a drive, they make you include a status code of some kind from their diagnostic tools.&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm" />
  <row Id="16547" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9226" RevisionGUID="57bff4a4-91eb-4272-b537-5e575f9c7cc6" CreationDate="2009-05-17T22:46:51.453" UserId="984" Comment="added 169 characters in body" Text="You should be able to replace the first drive, partition add to the array and let the raid resync.  Then replace the second drive, allow it to resync, and then expand the raid and filesystem to take up the entire space.  When you partition your new drives make it so they take up the all the space that you want want for the new layout.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;man [mdadm][1], [resize2fs][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;remove a device from the array&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mdadm /dev/md0 --remove /dev/olddevice&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;add a device to the array&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mdadm /dev/md0 --add /dev/newdevice&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;grow the array to take up the entire space allowed by the partitions&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mdadm /dev/md0 --grow --size=max&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Grow the filesystem to take up the enitre space of the array&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    resize2fs /dev/md0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should still make a backup.  Just to be sure.  If you want to practice and test, you might want to try this in a virtual machine first so you can feel confident.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.die.net/man/8/mdadm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://linux.die.net/man/8/resize2fs" />
  <row Id="16548" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9166" RevisionGUID="43b167a2-7699-40fc-84e8-dfc5ec022521" CreationDate="2009-05-17T22:48:04.087" UserId="658" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;sharepoint&gt;" />
  <row Id="16549" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9166" RevisionGUID="9d393bef-3254-4da8-aa1a-82a3fe9ba914" CreationDate="2009-05-17T22:48:37.783" UserId="658" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;setup&gt;" />
  <row Id="16551" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9230" RevisionGUID="9714edf2-9b5f-4f3c-84a5-5fd5d498d30a" CreationDate="2009-05-17T22:57:12.540" UserId="2875" Text="I've set up a server backup for my Windows Home Server in the WHS console, but don't see a way to automate the backup to have it run on a scheduled basis in a similar manner to client backups. How can I accomplish this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to use the existing server backup system if possible, as opposed to putting together some custom backup setup." />
  <row Id="16552" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9230" RevisionGUID="9714edf2-9b5f-4f3c-84a5-5fd5d498d30a" CreationDate="2009-05-17T22:57:12.540" UserId="2875" Text="How to automate server backups in Windows Home Server?" />
  <row Id="16553" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9230" RevisionGUID="9714edf2-9b5f-4f3c-84a5-5fd5d498d30a" CreationDate="2009-05-17T22:57:12.540" UserId="2875" Text="&lt;whs&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;incremental-backup&gt;&lt;automation&gt;" />
  <row Id="16554" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9217" RevisionGUID="564d23d0-58a9-45bb-8f75-0bfa51563d56" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:00:02.033" UserId="2869" Comment="deleted 8 characters in body" Text="I have a Windows 2000 Standard Edition server (that's right, standard) on a _home_ network  with three systems doing basic file/print sharing (and a few other services).  Until recently the systems were running XP Home, but I know have them updated to either XP Pro or Vista Ultimate.  I also have a Server 2000 Advanced product key + license that I acquired at the same time as the Standard license.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now that every machine on the network will support being joined to a domain I would like to update the server to Advanced with Active Directory.  Can I do this in place, or do I need to re-install from scratch?  What do I need to know to get Active Directory set up?" />
  <row Id="16555" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9231" RevisionGUID="1fb89020-fae0-463e-8460-94e7b8625271" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:02:16.290" UserId="984" Text="Is this for a desktop system?  Have you considered using [network manager][1] or [wicd][2].  These tools take care a lot of this for you automatically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; How can I debug these scrips, e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; what happened and what was executed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might want to use something like [logger][3] to submit debug information to syslog.  Or you could simply put in a few echo commands here and there to write things to a file somewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://packages.debian.org/lenny/network-manager&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://packages.debian.org/lenny-backports/wicd&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://linux.die.net/man/1/logger" />
  <row Id="16556" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9232" RevisionGUID="aea172d2-e742-40ca-9339-2e2bba6beea1" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:04:54.193" UserId="1992" Text="I feel a bit embarrassed to admit this, given that I wrote the FILESTREAM whitepaper for Microsoft - but I don't know the answer. My feeling is the same as UndertheFold's - you can't do it. I had a poke about to see if I could find any way of doing it with SSIS but I couldn't." />
  <row Id="16557" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9233" RevisionGUID="ed69561a-ca3f-4ba2-a417-d43a4568fd35" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:05:49.730" UserId="1375" Text="A 64 bit kernel and large quantities of RAM will allow the fsck to finish nice and fast.  Alternately, there's now an option in e2fsck that'll tell it to store all of it's intermediate results in a directory instead of in RAM, which helps immensely.  Create `/etc/e2fsck.conf` with the following contents:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [scratch_files]&#xD;&#xA;    directory = /var/cache/e2fsck&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(And, obviously, make sure that directory exists, and is on a partition with a good few GB of free space).  e2fsck will run SLLOOOOWWWWWWW, but at least it'll complete.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, this won't work with the root FS, but if you've got swap then you're past mounting the root FS anyway." />
  <row Id="16558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9234" RevisionGUID="c99bdd54-cfc1-4171-ae3e-5a541d76aad0" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:08:54.607" UserId="626" Text="You need to add or dedicate a drive for the server itself then you will see the option to configure the backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use an internal or external USB drive to accomplish this then the server will show up in the &quot;Computers and backups&quot; section.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is asfaik no way to do it without dedicating a drive&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16559" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9235" RevisionGUID="c803ae34-a039-4598-80aa-a75ed28aae3b" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:09:59.033" UserId="1375" Text="I still think that adjusting the metric on the wireless interface is the way to go, as I described in http://serverfault.com/questions/6703/how-can-i-configure-wpasupplicant-so-that-my-wlan-interface-is-disabled-when-i-p/6721#6721" />
  <row Id="16560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9236" RevisionGUID="25f47f28-f800-43a1-b10f-4e694712489d" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:12:40.323" UserId="2874" Text="The question doesn't provide specific information about load, features needed etc, so as such any answer is at best a guess.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Pound][1] is a good choice for smaller / midsized sites. It offers HTTPS support and easy setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HAproxy][2] can scale to saturate 10G Ethernet pipes, and offers connection limiting, i.e. sending only the number of simultaneous requests to each backend server as you have Apache children / Ruby on Rails instances to handle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[nginx][3] is great as a allround load balancer and static file server. It can perform HTTP compression, URL rewriting and static file serving while doing load balancing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Apache ][4] is in the 2.2 series a pretty good load balancer as well. Can do much the same as nginx, but places a higher load on the server than nginx. Very worth looking into if you're already familiar with Apache, and very mature.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Perlbal][5] offers easy connection limiting to backend hosts, and easy setup if you're already using Perl.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Varnish cache][6] is a reverse HTTP proxy, with basic load balancing support. It's not a great load balancer, but in some situations its in-memory caching of most requested objects can remove a high percentage of the backend server hits, and it has great performance. ESI includes are potentially interesting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not 100% sure, but off the top of my head Perlbal and nginx offer some support for changing the config without re-starting the load balancer. For larger sites this is critical, and it's one of the things that good commercial load balancer appliances do well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apsis.ch/pound/ &quot;Pound&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://haproxy.1wt.eu&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://wiki.nginx.org&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://httpd.apache.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.danga.com/perlbal/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://varnish.projects.linpro.no/" />
  <row Id="16561" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9237" RevisionGUID="4504151f-a040-4eca-bdb4-125bd68b65f0" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:12:57.610" UserId="942" Text="Currently you have to login to the VMware Infrastructure Web Access GUI, select the VM, and then open the console.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to open a console with one click or one command?" />
  <row Id="16562" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9237" RevisionGUID="4504151f-a040-4eca-bdb4-125bd68b65f0" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:12:57.610" UserId="942" Text="Open a VMware Server 2.0 console with just one click" />
  <row Id="16563" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9237" RevisionGUID="4504151f-a040-4eca-bdb4-125bd68b65f0" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:12:57.610" UserId="942" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="16564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9238" RevisionGUID="d6e2d0f6-bca9-4bae-b340-4f0ebf73f5e6" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:13:40.633" UserId="431" Text="After you install the [Windows Home Server Power Pack][1] and plug in an external drive, you can back up the server manually - but you can't schedule a backup.  You have to click the link to run it on demand.  You're right, that blows, but it's the way it is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/homeserver/archive/2009/03/23/windows-home-server-announcing-power-pack-2.aspx" />
  <row Id="16566" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9240" RevisionGUID="3d72ca7e-30fe-4cda-9394-323c90796830" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:18:46.893" UserId="2348" Text="I presume you just want to install these to play with? In such case I would suggest running both as virtual machines. [Microsoft already has preconfigured VM with SharePoint][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In case you still want to install SharePoint from scratch here is guide on how to do that:&#xD;&#xA;[How to Create a MOSS 2007 VPC Image: The Whole 9 Yards][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In any case I would recommend using Virtual Machines instead of parallel installations. Here are some recommendations:&#xD;&#xA;[VM Performance Checklist - Before you Complain that your Virtual Machine is Slow][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/bb738372.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.pptspaces.com/sharepointreporterblog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=28&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/VMPerformanceChecklistBeforeYouComplainThatYourVirtualMachineIsSlow.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When it comes to BizTalk I would not run it on same server as SharePoint." />
  <row Id="16567" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9240" RevisionGUID="3d72ca7e-30fe-4cda-9394-323c90796830" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:18:46.893" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16568" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9241" RevisionGUID="634e50f0-7975-4f6c-aae9-4e5ad15fe559" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:21:37.747" UserId="984" Text="There is one interesting trick you can use if you just want to see the console.  If you have vmware player installed you can run a command like this.  Vmware player will attach to the console.  If you have a specific server that you frequently access build a shortcut/alias/script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    vmplayer -h vmwareserver.example.tld -u &quot;username&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also see this [page][1] for some more tips.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-8840" />
  <row Id="16569" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9236" RevisionGUID="7c24912c-04a6-4c31-85a2-8805dd8026fe" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:22:45.937" UserId="2874" Comment="added 662 characters in body" Text="The question doesn't provide specific information about load, features needed etc, so as such any answer is at best a guess.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Pound][1] is a good choice for smaller / midsized sites. It offers HTTPS support and easy setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HAproxy][2] can scale to saturate 10G Ethernet pipes, and offers connection limiting, i.e. sending only the number of simultaneous requests to each backend server as you have Apache children / Ruby on Rails instances to handle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[nginx][3] is great as a allround load balancer and static file server. It can perform HTTP compression, URL rewriting and static file serving while doing load balancing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Apache ][4] is in the 2.2 series a pretty good load balancer as well. Can do much the same as nginx, but places a higher load on the server than nginx. Very worth looking into if you're already familiar with Apache, and very mature.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Perlbal][5] offers easy connection limiting to backend hosts, multiplexing requests across persistent HTTP connections, and easy setup if you're already using Perl.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Varnish cache][6] is a reverse HTTP proxy, with basic load balancing support. It's not a great load balancer, but in some situations its in-memory caching of most requested objects can remove a high percentage of the backend server hits, and it has great performance. ESI includes are potentially interesting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not 100% sure, but off the top of my head Perlbal and nginx offer some support for changing the config without re-starting the load balancer. For larger sites this is critical, and it's one of the things that good commercial load balancer appliances do well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of the above are HTTP level (layer 7) load balancers. TCP/IP level load balancers have the potential to reach higher throughput, but are limited in other ways. The HAProxy author has written a good, readable overview of load balancing methods and issues:&#xD;&#xA;http://1wt.eu/articles/2006_lb/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[LVS][7] is a widely used TCP/IP level load balancer. Most firewalls can also do basic load balancing on IP level, by hashing the incoming request out over a range of backend IP addresses -- at least OpenBSD's PF and Cisco ASA and Juniper Netscreens can do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apsis.ch/pound/ &quot;Pound&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://haproxy.1wt.eu&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://wiki.nginx.org&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://httpd.apache.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.danga.com/perlbal/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://varnish.projects.linpro.no/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/" />
  <row Id="16570" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9237" RevisionGUID="0228e00d-30f6-4143-9ea3-3644372a1a53" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:23:43.203" UserId="626" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;console&gt;&lt;remote&gt;" />
  <row Id="16571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9242" RevisionGUID="40461158-fe0e-4940-8446-f28ee4346f92" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:25:17.303" UserId="1944" Text="I installed the Microsoft's Keyboard drivers for my Natural Ergonomic 4000.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My customized keyboard is now broken.&#xD;&#xA;I want to uninstall the drivers. I removed the buttons for MS keyboard at Preferences, but this did not remove the drivers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**How can you uninstall the keyboard drivers?**" />
  <row Id="16572" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9242" RevisionGUID="40461158-fe0e-4940-8446-f28ee4346f92" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:25:17.303" UserId="1944" Text="Unable to uninstall Microsoft's Keyboard Drivers in Mac" />
  <row Id="16573" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9242" RevisionGUID="40461158-fe0e-4940-8446-f28ee4346f92" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:25:17.303" UserId="1944" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;microsoft&gt;&lt;keyboard&gt;" />
  <row Id="16575" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9217" RevisionGUID="41da0532-eaf0-4c1c-960f-eb35c8dd6702" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:31:17.120" UserId="2869" Comment="added 7 characters in body" Text="I have a Windows 2000 Server Standard Edition server (that's right, standard) on a _home_ network  with three systems doing basic file/print sharing (and a few other services).  Until recently the systems were running XP Home, but I know have them updated to either XP Pro or Vista Ultimate.  I also have a Server 2000 Advanced product key + license that I acquired at the same time as the Standard license.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now that every machine on the network will support being joined to a domain I would like to update the server to Advanced with Active Directory.  Can I do this in place, or do I need to re-install from scratch?  What do I need to know to get Active Directory set up?" />
  <row Id="16576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9243" RevisionGUID="5ac323ba-d9d7-41aa-81e5-1e13ecbf8580" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:37:56.310" UserId="1233" Text="There should be an uninstaller application in your Utilities folder (/Applications/Utilities/) called either `IntelliPoint UnInstaller.app` or `IntelliType UnInstaller.app`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If those are not available, the extensions are saved in `/System/Library/Extensions` - namely `MicrosoftMouse.kext` and `MicrosoftKeyboard.kext`. In order to safely remove these you will want to run the commands:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`sudo kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/MicrosoftMouse.kext`  &#xD;&#xA;`sudo kextunload /System/Library/Extenstions/MicrosoftKeyboard.kext`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;before dragging the files to your trash. If you don't it *may* not allow you to delete them until you restart.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lastly, under `/Library/Keyboard Layouts` there may be a file called `Microsoft Keyboards.bundle` you can drag to the trash and delete as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`kextunload` stands for kernel extension unload.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Credit to [Suspicious Package](http://www.mothersruin.com/software/SuspiciousPackage/) for the details on the installer." />
  <row Id="16577" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9244" RevisionGUID="0b7d2659-2864-483e-a3b3-87496182fa09" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:38:03.813" UserId="100" Text="The [Ubuntu wiki page on FakeRaid][1] says the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [A] number of hardware products ...&#xD;&#xA;&gt; claim to be IDE or SATA RAID&#xD;&#xA;&gt; controllers... Virtually none of these&#xD;&#xA;&gt; are true hardware RAID controllers.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Instead, they are simply multi-channel&#xD;&#xA;&gt; disk controllers combined with special&#xD;&#xA;&gt; BIOS configuration options...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a typical way to identify (from a product specification) whether a motherboard has &quot;real&quot; RAID, or are &quot;real&quot; RAID products generally unavailable to consumers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FakeRaidHowto" />
  <row Id="16578" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9244" RevisionGUID="0b7d2659-2864-483e-a3b3-87496182fa09" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:38:03.813" UserId="100" Text="How do I differentiate &quot;fake RAID&quot; from real RAID?" />
  <row Id="16579" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9244" RevisionGUID="0b7d2659-2864-483e-a3b3-87496182fa09" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:38:03.813" UserId="100" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;fakeraid&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="16580" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9234" RevisionGUID="d171e1f5-779a-45e1-8315-d9cfa666674b" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:42:56.813" UserId="626" Comment="changed answer after fully understanding" Text="When the server is backed up - All it does is backup up the profile drives and shares. There is no real OS backup as far as i can tell. Personally i use [Keepvault][1] to back these folders up. Fortunately i was able to get the service while it was still 99 dollars for unlimited GB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.keepvault.com/" />
  <row Id="16581" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5739" RevisionGUID="d879e01c-bf72-4597-8fb8-f6f6a0bbbb81" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:51:11.567" UserId="371" Comment="Added code snippet" Text="All these answers were very good clues to get me going.  Thank you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I happened across [this VBScript example][1] that does exactly what I was looking for and works nicely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the code snippet from that post:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    'Define variables, constants and objects&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    strComputer=&quot;REMOTE MACHINE HERE&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Const HKEY_USERS = &amp;H80000003&#xD;&#xA;    Set objWbem = GetObject(&quot;winmgmts:&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    Set objRegistry = GetObject(&quot;winmgmts://&quot; &amp; strComputer &amp; &quot;/root/default:StdRegProv&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    Set objWMIService = GetObject(&quot;winmgmts:&quot;  &amp; &quot;{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\&quot; &amp; strComputer &amp; &quot;\root\cimv2&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    'Go and get the currently logged on user by checking the owner of the Explorer.exe process.  &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Set colProc = objWmiService.ExecQuery(&quot;Select Name from Win32_Process&quot; &amp; &quot; Where Name='explorer.exe' and SessionID=0&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    If colProc.Count &gt; 0 Then&#xD;&#xA;       For Each oProcess In colProc&#xD;&#xA;           oProcess.GetOwner sUser, sDomain&#xD;&#xA;       Next&#xD;&#xA;    End If&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    'Loop through the HKEY_USERS hive until (ignoring the .DEFAULT and _CLASSES trees) until we find the tree that &#xD;&#xA;    'corresponds to the currently logged on user.&#xD;&#xA;    lngRtn = objRegistry.EnumKey(HKEY_USERS, &quot;&quot;, arrRegKeys)    &#xD;&#xA;       &#xD;&#xA;    For Each strKey In arrRegKeys&#xD;&#xA;       If UCase(strKey) = &quot;.DEFAULT&quot; Or UCase(Right(strKey, 8)) = &quot;_CLASSES&quot; Then&#xD;&#xA;       Else&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;           Set objSID = objWbem.Get(&quot;Win32_SID.SID='&quot; &amp; strKey &amp; &quot;'&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    'If the account name of the current sid we're checking matches the accountname we're looking for Then&#xD;&#xA;    'enumerate the Network subtree&#xD;&#xA;           If objSID.accountname = sUser Then &#xD;&#xA;               regpath2enumerate = strkey &amp; &quot;\Network&quot; 'strkey is the SID&#xD;&#xA;               objRegistry.enumkey hkey_users, regpath2enumerate, arrkeynames&#xD;&#xA;                   &#xD;&#xA;    'If the array has elements, go and get the drives info from the registry&#xD;&#xA;               If Not (IsEmpty(arrkeynames)) Then&#xD;&#xA;                   For Each subkey In arrkeynames&#xD;&#xA;                       regpath = strkey &amp; &quot;\Network\&quot; &amp; subkey&#xD;&#xA;                       regentry = &quot;RemotePath&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                       objRegistry.getstringvalue hkey_users, regpath, regentry, dapath&#xD;&#xA;                       wscript.echo subkey &amp; &quot;:&quot; &amp; vbTab &amp; dapath&#xD;&#xA;                   Next&#xD;&#xA;               End If&#xD;&#xA;           End If&#xD;&#xA;       End If&#xD;&#xA;    Next&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.visualbasicscript.com/m_28529/tm.htm&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16582" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9245" RevisionGUID="25b50d72-70aa-4f4e-9b94-8a94038aff6d" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:55:53.390" UserId="623" Text="Using sneaker net (with a multi GB thumb drive for the physical layer) for interim solution for a low speed DAQ system right now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should have internet into the experimental hall in a couple of months. In the mean time, someone will carry the updated DB out on once or twice a week...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No worries." />
  <row Id="16583" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9245" RevisionGUID="25b50d72-70aa-4f4e-9b94-8a94038aff6d" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:55:53.390" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16584" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9063" RevisionGUID="dbddfe45-d53d-486f-8bf8-e51d17005b87" CreationDate="2009-05-17T23:57:45.977" UserId="2228" Comment="deleted 287 characters in body" Text=" - Set up QoS on your home router and throttle his bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Install a firewall between him and the router, and set up iptables to limit the number of active connections to/from his IP.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16585" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9246" RevisionGUID="9f556a61-952f-4cb6-9492-4290984fa30f" CreationDate="2009-05-18T00:12:38.093" UserId="1375" Text="Look for mentions of &quot;Host RAID&quot; or &quot;software RAID&quot;.  Not all fake RAIDs are labelled with one of those, but it'll catch probably 90% of them.  There are very few motherboards with (decent) RAID controllers built-in, though.  Your best bet is to buy a decent add-on RAID card, or just use software RAID.  It's not much slower (except compared to battery-backed RAID cards, which are a whole other world) and it's a million times easier to manage, and more flexible." />
  <row Id="16586" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9247" RevisionGUID="562b30ae-3b11-4145-9964-e703283b70ed" CreationDate="2009-05-18T00:20:33.207" UserId="1447" Text="The market for RAID controllers is fairly much consolidated these days.  Three broad brush heuristics can be applied:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Price.  Take a look at the pricing for genuine RAID cards from Areca, 3Ware, Adaptec and LSI.  Anything that is much, much cheaper than these controllers is a 'fake RAID'.  Remember, if it's too good to be true it probably isn't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. There are a fairly limited number of manufacturers these days who actually make pukka RAID controllers.  Chances are that something not made by one of the main manufacturers of such kit is a 'fake RAID'.  The main outfits that make RAID controllers are: [Adaptec][1], [LSI][2], [3Ware][3], [Areca][4], [Intel][5], [Highpoint][6] and [ICP Vortex][7] (possibly one or two others that I can't recall off the top of my head).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. The main outfits that produce these cards will also document the specifications in some detail on their web sites.  If you can't find a detailed specification for the card get something you can get such a spec for.  Note that not all cards produced by these outfits are necessarily RAID controllers, but the specs on the web site should make this clear.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that IBM, Dell, HP and other server manufacturers also sell RAID controllers.  In many cases these are rebadged components made by Adaptec or LSI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/products/controllers/hardware?channel=tab1&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/internal_raid/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.3ware.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.areca.com.tw/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.intel.com/products/server/raid/index.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.highpoint-tech.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.icp-vortex.com/icp-vortex/en-us/index.html" />
  <row Id="16587" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9248" RevisionGUID="f9032de8-10a8-4e74-bb79-32ae370edaae" CreationDate="2009-05-18T00:22:44.920" UserId="86" Text="I'm putting together a package to deploy across multiple desktops, and I am trying to find out what process is calling a little taskbar add-in that attaches itself under Windows XP (Think language toolbar, or Windows Media Player under Vista).  This is part of a desktop search utility and consists of a little text input box which sits just to the left of the system tray.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are taskbar attachments not treated as a separate process?  I just hope they are not loaded dynamically using the Explorer process.  I ask because there is nothing obvious to me in Task Manager that is loading this little thing.  I need to be able to dynamically kill it.  Assume that the application provides no mechanism to disable it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16588" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9248" RevisionGUID="f9032de8-10a8-4e74-bb79-32ae370edaae" CreationDate="2009-05-18T00:22:44.920" UserId="86" Text="Taskbar add-in on Windows XP - which process?" />
  <row Id="16589" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9248" RevisionGUID="f9032de8-10a8-4e74-bb79-32ae370edaae" CreationDate="2009-05-18T00:22:44.920" UserId="86" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;taskbar&gt;&lt;processes&gt;&lt;task-manager&gt;" />
  <row Id="16590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9249" RevisionGUID="8ca8d797-a0a9-4681-9a64-831c88e18b93" CreationDate="2009-05-18T00:24:22.157" UserId="2423" Text="Two points -&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) I have often seen on client (and my own) computers that when free space gets very low (less than 1%) when files are deleted, they do not free up the appropriate amount of space (delete a 1 gig file, only get 500 MB back). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) I have never found a way to recover ALL of this space, but I have found a way to recover some, which I will outline below:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Steps to clear out the page file area - &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Right click on &quot;My Computer&quot; and select properties&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Click the advanced tab&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) click &quot;settings&quot; under &quot;performance&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) Click the advanced tab again&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5) Under virtual memory, click &quot;change&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6) Set the page file to 0 MB, then &quot;okay&quot; out of all the screens and restart the computere&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;7) Reset the page file to the appropriate size &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That should help clear out some of the missing space." />
  <row Id="16591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9250" RevisionGUID="55f52d13-d736-435a-8c9d-25c3b59acde2" CreationDate="2009-05-18T00:32:17.890" UserDisplayName="Edmundo" Text="You could configure a computer with the same IP address as the computer you wan to block and ethernet will make the rest." />
  <row Id="16592" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9250" RevisionGUID="55f52d13-d736-435a-8c9d-25c3b59acde2" CreationDate="2009-05-18T00:32:17.890" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9251" RevisionGUID="2fa810e8-17e4-407e-a00b-ad6e6e03f2cf" CreationDate="2009-05-18T00:33:19.917" UserId="2887" Text="Offline Files?" />
  <row Id="16594" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9251" RevisionGUID="2fa810e8-17e4-407e-a00b-ad6e6e03f2cf" CreationDate="2009-05-18T00:33:19.917" UserId="2887" />
  <row Id="16595" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9252" RevisionGUID="58575ddc-d119-498e-b1fc-9b689e598a0b" CreationDate="2009-05-18T00:36:54.157" UserId="2887" Text="Format? That's pretty much the smoothest way of cleaning out a filesystem.. replacing it. :D&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are storing large files selecting a larger allocation unit will reduce overheads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I went from about 300MB in the MFT to less than 10MB after formating and copying back the data. This was on a 250GB NTFS volume.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd also look at system restore. Try running [WinDirStat][1] as SYSTEM using [PsExec][2] and see if there is a large amount of files under System Volume Information named Restore{GUID}.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://windirstat.info&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx" />
  <row Id="16596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9253" RevisionGUID="ddc5c613-63bf-41f5-8fbd-6b7026931da9" CreationDate="2009-05-18T00:39:48.100" UserId="2800" Text="What are its components?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do you create/inspect/modify/delete/copy/move a user profile?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do you get a list of user profiles on a machine? In a workgroup? In a domain?" />
  <row Id="16597" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9253" RevisionGUID="ddc5c613-63bf-41f5-8fbd-6b7026931da9" CreationDate="2009-05-18T00:39:48.100" UserId="2800" Text="In Windows, what is a &quot;user profile&quot;?" />
  <row Id="16598" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9253" RevisionGUID="ddc5c613-63bf-41f5-8fbd-6b7026931da9" CreationDate="2009-05-18T00:39:48.100" UserId="2800" Text="&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="16599" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9254" RevisionGUID="0fc3beab-bdca-479b-99ad-6a755b91726d" CreationDate="2009-05-18T00:43:57.783" UserId="2123" Text="YEP!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- First open the web console&#xD;&#xA;- Select the VM you wish to create a shortcut for&#xD;&#xA;- In the commands list, select **Generate Virtual Machine Shortcut**&#xD;&#xA;- ZING!" />
  <row Id="16600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9255" RevisionGUID="d2e66e80-fd1b-432f-a06e-fe937ee7ec8e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T00:48:55.860" UserId="1496" Text="While it might be possible to create a &quot;taskbar attachment&quot; by subclassing some of Explorer's windows, it's orders of magnitude easier to just write a shell extensions, so unfortunately it's safe to assume it's a shell extension hosted in `explorer.exe`." />
  <row Id="16601" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9254" RevisionGUID="09e142a6-43b0-4a02-a395-69f5d5a53214" CreationDate="2009-05-18T00:50:04.173" UserId="2123" Comment="added 22 characters in body" Text="YEP!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- First open the web console&#xD;&#xA;- In the *Inventory*, select the VM you wish to create a shortcut for&#xD;&#xA;- In the *commands* list, select **Generate Virtual Machine Shortcut**&#xD;&#xA;- ZING!" />
  <row Id="16602" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9256" RevisionGUID="3c638b45-0c42-4786-92b9-5cece30ac862" CreationDate="2009-05-18T00:50:35.920" UserId="2889" Text="Is there a free netflow collector that I can throw on a windows box?" />
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  <row Id="16607" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9202" RevisionGUID="3dcf8484-58f8-4476-b792-0c9816d5e403" CreationDate="2009-05-18T00:56:30.203" UserId="2318" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;audio&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;offtopic&gt;" />
  <row Id="16608" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9258" RevisionGUID="e6ed02db-482f-440f-b6e3-064703fbfd8a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T01:00:11.553" UserId="413" Text="If you install the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lambdaprobe.org/d/index.htm&quot;&gt;lambda probe&lt;/a&gt; webapp (get the 1.7 beta) you can get thread-level monitoring; keeping an eye on this will tell you when threads are stuck waiting for the database, as well as a host of other useful diagnostics.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a little old but still works fine in recent tomcat releases." />
  <row Id="16610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9259" RevisionGUID="7b26f57d-582a-4b50-8b64-7b1fd749551a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T01:11:01.713" UserId="1245" Text="I have encountered the following problem with a Vista x64 machine where Remote Desktop just stopped working (probably after a windows update) – was working one day, not the next.  On investigation found:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Services manager reports Terminal Services service as Automatic and Started&#xD;&#xA;- netstat –a –n shows port 3389 _not_ open&#xD;&#xA;-Event log shows the error “Terminal Service start failed. The relevant status code was No such interface supported”&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best suggest fix I can find is to add the Network Services account to the administrator group:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net localgroup &quot;Administrators&quot; &quot;NT Authority\Network Service&quot; /add&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This works, but can’t be very secure and I’d like to find a proper explanation and fix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16611" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9259" RevisionGUID="7b26f57d-582a-4b50-8b64-7b1fd749551a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T01:11:01.713" UserId="1245" Text="Cause for Remote Desktop Connection Failure?" />
  <row Id="16612" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9259" RevisionGUID="7b26f57d-582a-4b50-8b64-7b1fd749551a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T01:11:01.713" UserId="1245" Text="&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;system-administration&gt;" />
  <row Id="16613" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9260" RevisionGUID="79d552c3-c61a-4ea9-8783-315c9640ce75" CreationDate="2009-05-18T01:12:50.103" UserId="1496" Text="[ntop](http://www.ntop.org/) can act as a NetFlow collector and is available for Win32. You will have to recompile it by yourself though, or find pre-made builds (shouldn't be too hard, it's GPLv3 open source) since the provided build is limited to capturing 1000 packets per session." />
  <row Id="16614" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9256" RevisionGUID="84c7bd83-51c7-4ccf-ad2a-cf57ed60a35a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T01:13:12.367" UserId="1496" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;netflows&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
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  <row Id="16616" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9256" RevisionGUID="b5e3deae-5fc5-4d2d-a7b9-57994d10f3b9" CreationDate="2009-05-18T01:17:00.770" UserId="1" Comment="added 40 characters in body" Text="Is there a free [netflow](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflow) collector that I can throw on a windows box?" />
  <row Id="16617" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="9202" RevisionGUID="2ec330b2-56f2-41c3-816d-b9bf594d3b6f" CreationDate="2009-05-18T01:17:25.073" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="16618" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="9174" RevisionGUID="12354a83-86dc-44f3-ad9b-ad6ae119ce8f" CreationDate="2009-05-18T01:17:49.397" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="16620" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9261" RevisionGUID="13b6b32a-d076-42dc-9738-133ba9417c01" CreationDate="2009-05-18T01:18:59.050" UserId="2318" Text="How do you check that the software at your site is licensed? Have you come up with any tips to minimize effort?" />
  <row Id="16621" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9261" RevisionGUID="13b6b32a-d076-42dc-9738-133ba9417c01" CreationDate="2009-05-18T01:18:59.050" UserId="2318" Text="Any tips for planning a (self-inflicted) software audit?" />
  <row Id="16622" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9261" RevisionGUID="13b6b32a-d076-42dc-9738-133ba9417c01" CreationDate="2009-05-18T01:18:59.050" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;audit&gt;&lt;legal&gt;" />
  <row Id="16623" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9261" RevisionGUID="13b6b32a-d076-42dc-9738-133ba9417c01" CreationDate="2009-05-18T01:18:59.050" UserId="2318" />
  <row Id="16625" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9217" RevisionGUID="3e128a35-c995-4d7d-bc7b-11544833a716" CreationDate="2009-05-18T01:20:00.127" UserId="2869" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="I have a Windows 2000 Server Standard Edition server (that's right, standard) on a _home_ network  with three systems doing basic file/print sharing (and a few other services).  Until recently the systems were running XP Home, but I now have them updated to either XP Pro or Vista Ultimate.  I also have a Server 2000 Advanced product key + license that I acquired at the same time as the Standard license.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now that every machine on the network will support being joined to a domain I would like to update the server to Advanced with Active Directory.  Can I do this in place, or do I need to re-install from scratch?  What do I need to know to get Active Directory set up?" />
  <row Id="16626" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9262" RevisionGUID="e8898a0c-a293-46e1-a87b-067852315ac6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T01:30:44.527" UserId="1848" Text="As UndertheFold states, you can't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, it is important to realize that renaming or deleting files directly in the filesystem will corrupt your db ([Source][1]). I'm not sure about editing the files, but personally I wouldn't risk it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc949109.aspx" />
  <row Id="16627" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9263" RevisionGUID="68c17428-8664-451a-b096-1085190b5442" CreationDate="2009-05-18T01:31:35.353" UserId="942" Text="I couldn't find something that wouldn't also mix LAN traffic, so I settled for [IPTraf][1]. I do have to use it from the firewall machine, but since it's a text program it's no big deal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By using filters and named MACs, I can quickly take a look at Internet traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also found an interesting program called [EtherApe][2]. It graphs local network connections, [check it out][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another simple monitoring tool, [BandwidthD][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Cacti][5] looks interesting too, but too bloated for what I want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://iptraf.seul.org/&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://etherape.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;[3]:http://etherape.sourceforge.net/images/v0.9.3.png&#xD;&#xA;[4]:http://bandwidthd.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;[5]:http://cacti.net/screenshots.php" />
  <row Id="16628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9264" RevisionGUID="ea151cba-6cff-42ef-8c6e-e1f9cdfcd583" CreationDate="2009-05-18T01:41:20.080" UserId="1375" Text="Don't run software that has per-seat or per-installation licences.  Simplifies life immensely." />
  <row Id="16629" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9264" RevisionGUID="ea151cba-6cff-42ef-8c6e-e1f9cdfcd583" CreationDate="2009-05-18T01:41:20.080" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16630" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9265" RevisionGUID="c07e08be-31b9-4b13-b789-81771cc30416" CreationDate="2009-05-18T01:41:54.400" UserId="2318" Text="I'm curious about &quot;CreateGroupFolder&quot; - I know when to run it, but what does it do - if anything - beyond creating folders and setting correct permissions for them?" />
  <row Id="16631" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9265" RevisionGUID="c07e08be-31b9-4b13-b789-81771cc30416" CreationDate="2009-05-18T01:41:54.400" UserId="2318" Text="So what exactly does /usr/sbin/CreateGroupFolder do?" />
  <row Id="16632" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9265" RevisionGUID="c07e08be-31b9-4b13-b789-81771cc30416" CreationDate="2009-05-18T01:41:54.400" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;macosxserver&gt;&lt;leopard&gt;&lt;sharedfolders&gt;" />
  <row Id="16633" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9266" RevisionGUID="a2b358f8-cdb4-45c9-a02f-93fc661a7e2e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T01:57:53.233" UserDisplayName="Edmundo" Text="Did you configure the main DNS to allow zone transfers to the secondary servers?&#xD;&#xA;As a security issue you should limit those only to the hosts you know." />
  <row Id="16634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9267" RevisionGUID="2e1044ca-f78d-40c8-ae29-a209a15ed57d" CreationDate="2009-05-18T02:01:30.233" UserId="2718" Text="If mysqld is actually dying, then you may be running into the 1024 file descriptor limit... &quot;Too Many Open Files&quot; is the typical message for that errno. You should configure ulimit and/or pam\_limits to bump up the hard and soft limits for open files for your daemon's role account to something higher, set the max_connections variable for the database user that is opening so many connections, and fix your app to throw a whale when that happens..." />
  <row Id="16635" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9268" RevisionGUID="395b2357-caab-432c-a668-fd38172027df" CreationDate="2009-05-18T02:01:42.323" UserId="2899" Text="A user profile is a collection of application settings and data associated with a specific security principal (user). For example, if you log in as &quot;henry&quot; to an XP box &quot;MYBOX&quot; that is not part of a domain, you will have a profile associated with the principal &quot;MYBOX\henry&quot;. If you had that same username on the domain &quot;MYCORP&quot;, that principal would be &quot;MYCORP\henry&quot;. There could be both a local &quot;henry&quot; and a domain &quot;henry&quot; that are two completely separate principals and thus have completely separate profiles.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the filesystem you'd have a hierarchy of directories under C:\Documents and Settings\henry, like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - C:\Documents and Settings\henry\My Documents&#xD;&#xA; - C:\Documents and Settings\henry\Application Data&#xD;&#xA; - C:\Documents and Settings\henry\Local Settings&#xD;&#xA; - C:\Documents and Settings\henry\Start Menu&#xD;&#xA; - C:\Documents and Settings\henry\Desktop&#xD;&#xA; - ...etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An applications will usually write its temporary files and other user-specific files to its folder under Application Data or Local Settings, for example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's also a registry folder associated with each profile on a computer, under the hive `HKEY_USERS`. They are named by the SID (security identifier), a long string of numbers and characters used internally by Windows to uniquely identify each security principal.  If you use **regedit** you can browse through `HKEY_USERS` and see this. Applications will store user-specific settings here as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Logging into a box for the first time as a specific user automatically creates a profile if none is present. If you log in using a domain account and your account is set to use a roaming profile, it will download your profile from the server and write it to the local system drive. If you make any changes during your session that cause the timestamp on your profile's NTUSER.DAT file to become newer than that of the server's copy, when you log off the box will copy the updated profile up to the server so that it will &quot;roam&quot; with you if you log into a different workstation later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A quick way to see which profiles are on a box is to get a directory listing of C:\Documents and Settings, where there is a folder for each user, e.g.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator&#xD;&#xA; - C:\Documents and Settings\henry *(this is the local &quot;henry&quot; account)*&#xD;&#xA; - C:\Documents and Settings\henry.MYCORP *(this is the domain &quot;henry&quot; account)*&#xD;&#xA; - C:\Documents and Settings\domainadmin&#xD;&#xA; - C:\Documents and Settings\betty&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There isn't necessarily a single place to look for &quot;profiles on a domain,&quot; since whether a profile exists anywhere but a local hard drive is set on a per-user basis in Active Directory. It's a common practice for admins to configure a specific set of folders on a server to hold roaming profiles, such as D:\Profiles. In that case, there might be D:\Profiles\henry, D:\Profiles\betty, etc. But that's not enforced by Windows. They could be all over the place for all it cares, as long as the roaming profile folder for each user corresponds to an actual, readable/writable location on disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's really no such thing as a &quot;profile in a workgroup.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't done much work with copying profiles. I think it would involve copying both the entire file structure under C:\Documents and Settings\henry as well as exporting the appropriate registry key under `HKEY_USERS` that corresponds to henry's SID, and then importing it on the destination machine. Setting a user account in a domain to use a roaming proflie is the easiest way I've seen to copy/move a profile from one machine to another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16636" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9269" RevisionGUID="f5af69b4-bafe-4c34-b84b-e6e6e29f03f7" CreationDate="2009-05-18T02:04:29.153" UserId="1054" Text="In a nutshell...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A user's profile is where files and settings relative to a specific user of that particular system are stored.  It can be stored locally on the PC or, in a domain setting, centrally on a server as a &quot;roaming&quot; profile.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main 2 components of a user profile are the files stored on the file system and the keys in the registry related to that user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Files are stored in:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - %system root%\Documents and Settings\&lt;username&gt; for Windows XP and earlier&#xD;&#xA; - %system root%\Users\&lt;username&gt; for Windows Vista and later&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(%system root% is usually C:\)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best / safest way to manipulate profiles is through System Properties (right-click on My Computer and choose Properties, click the Advanced tab, click the Settings button in the User Profiles pane.)  From here you can list, delete, copy, move profiles.  It's pretty much the same in a workgroup as in a domain.  The only difference in a domain setting is with roaming profiles.  The location of the stored profile is listed on the user's account in Active Directory (view with Active Directory Users and Computers).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Types of settings that are stored in a user's profile include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - UI settings (preferences like your wallpaper, screen saver, colors, etc)&#xD;&#xA; - Application settings specific to a user&#xD;&#xA; - IE favorites, cookies and such&#xD;&#xA; - Contents of My Documents (which can be relocated)&#xD;&#xA; - Start Menu items particular to that user&#xD;&#xA; - etc (if it's specific to a user, chances are it's stored in that user's profile)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Upon inspection of the \Documents and Settings folder you will notice a subfolder called All Users.  This is where items common to all users of the computer are stored and are merged with a user's individual profile during login.  You'll need local administrator rights to modify things under All Users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will also notice a file called NTUSER.dat in each login's individual folder.  This is where the HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry hive is stored.  This becomes editable when the user is logged in and can be modified by registry manipulation tools (eg- regedit / regedt32).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16637" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9270" RevisionGUID="b1bff387-38e6-4808-9fa3-dcea694bdfde" CreationDate="2009-05-18T02:04:49.213" UserId="2899" Text="I use [WinDirStat][1] to see what's taking up space in a user profile folder. In the case of roaming profiles on a domain, I usually see this happen when a user has set a large bitmap (.BMP) as their desktop background image, or some application such as a CD/DVD ripper has written an enormous file to their Application Settings or My Documents folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://windirstat.info/" />
  <row Id="16639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9272" RevisionGUID="a14b4f1d-5764-4c5f-b709-32c00b712d7f" CreationDate="2009-05-18T02:16:50.677" UserId="1054" Text="Start by expecting the worst (ugh)...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You obviously need to have a full inventory of everything you SHOULD have in order to (in)validate what you actually DO have.  This means having copies of all license certificates / agreements / etc. on hand.  Good license management is soooo worth the time in order to maintain your business integrity in this area!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on how anal you want to get, a good software inventory package will help you immensely.  Something like what [Altiris (now owned by Symantec)][1] offers.  CONFIGURE IT WELL before running your inventory or your inventory will be garbage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Know what you're going to do with any violations that you find during the audit and communicate that clearly to the organization PRIOR to starting the audit.  Many violations will magically disappear when this happens and you won't have to inventory them :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be prepared to shell out some cash to come into compliance when you find violations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.symantec.com/business/theme.jsp?themeid=altiris" />
  <row Id="16640" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9272" RevisionGUID="a14b4f1d-5764-4c5f-b709-32c00b712d7f" CreationDate="2009-05-18T02:16:50.677" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16641" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9273" RevisionGUID="5ffae6ad-48c4-44c9-8cd9-32ec7dc5cd0e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T02:36:29.800" UserId="1998" Text="I would suspect the health check feature is running and deciding that the backend server is unavailable.  Maybe try increasing the timeout values in the health-checker configuration or disable it completely.  Since there's only one application server to proxy to, this won't really cause any lost functionality." />
  <row Id="16642" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9274" RevisionGUID="09b9c2af-a506-4875-a65b-fbf5e1a733c4" CreationDate="2009-05-18T02:46:05.357" UserId="2904" Text="I'm running the new Windows 7 RC x64.  I would like to set up a couple of virtual servers running on the same box as my desktop OS.  I know that I can do this with some of the other virtualization pacakges (Windows Virtual PC, VirtualBox, etc.) but there a couple features of Hyper-V that I would like to take advantage of.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to install Hyper-V on Windows 7 x64?  If so, how?" />
  <row Id="16643" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9274" RevisionGUID="09b9c2af-a506-4875-a65b-fbf5e1a733c4" CreationDate="2009-05-18T02:46:05.357" UserId="2904" Text="Hyper-V on Windows 7?" />
  <row Id="16644" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9274" RevisionGUID="09b9c2af-a506-4875-a65b-fbf5e1a733c4" CreationDate="2009-05-18T02:46:05.357" UserId="2904" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="16645" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9275" RevisionGUID="46cc4c9d-009d-49d8-9749-05f7aacbcccd" CreationDate="2009-05-18T02:49:50.887" UserId="2514" Text="CreateGroupFolder(1)      BSD General Commands Manual     CreateGroupFolder(1)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NAME&#xD;&#xA;     CreateGroupFolder -- Create and populate group directories.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SYNOPSIS&#xD;&#xA;     CreateGroupFolder [-q] [-v] [-f]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DESCRIPTION&#xD;&#xA;     Provides several options for creating and populating group directories.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     A list of flags and their descriptions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     -q       Sets Quiet mode - suppress ouput to console Creates a set of default folders for use by groups&#xD;&#xA;              on the local server with little console messages&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     -v       Sets Verbose mode - More ouput to console Creates group directories for groups defined in the&#xD;&#xA;              local server with more console messages&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     -f       Force all missing folders to be re-created.  Creates group directories for groups defined in a&#xD;&#xA;              specific server even if they already exist All permissions and ownerships to be returned to&#xD;&#xA;              defaults This option will also change the ownership and permissions on all files within the&#xD;&#xA;              each group's folder hierarchy.  Use this option with care&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FILES&#xD;&#xA;     /usr/sbin/CreateGroupFolder                   location of tool&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16646" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9276" RevisionGUID="2ad8b290-bbac-4ce6-ab11-3613ef0af36f" CreationDate="2009-05-18T02:50:02.197" UserId="2711" Text="Sounds like a replication issue. Go into &quot;Active Directory Sites and Services&quot; and verify that your main site is configured with links to pull info from your remote sites. Sounds like you have AD-integrated DNS so I believe replication happens through AD." />
  <row Id="16647" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9269" RevisionGUID="39bbdb5e-defc-4e8b-b1a5-fdb4c8e088fb" CreationDate="2009-05-18T02:54:05.683" UserId="1054" Comment="added 76 characters in body" Text="In a nutshell...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A user's profile is where files and settings relative to a specific user of that particular system are stored.  It can be stored locally on the PC / server or, in a domain setting, centrally on a server (via network share) as a &quot;roaming&quot; profile.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main 2 components of a user profile are the files stored on the file system and the keys in the registry related to that user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Files are stored in:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - %system root%\Documents and Settings\&lt;username&gt; for Windows XP and earlier&#xD;&#xA; - %system root%\Users\&lt;username&gt; for Windows Vista and later&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(%system root% is usually C:\)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best / safest way to manipulate profiles is through System Properties (right-click on My Computer and choose Properties, click the Advanced tab, click the Settings button in the User Profiles pane.)  From here you can list, delete, copy, move profiles.  It's pretty much the same in a workgroup as in a domain.  The only difference in a domain setting is with roaming profiles.  The location of the stored profile is listed on the user's account in Active Directory (view with Active Directory Users and Computers).  System Properties will tell you what type a profile is (local or roaming).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Types of settings that are stored in a user's profile include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - UI settings (preferences like your wallpaper, screen saver, colors, etc)&#xD;&#xA; - Application settings specific to a user&#xD;&#xA; - IE favorites, cookies and such&#xD;&#xA; - Contents of My Documents (which can be relocated)&#xD;&#xA; - Start Menu items particular to that user&#xD;&#xA; - etc (if it's specific to a user, chances are it's stored in that user's profile)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Upon inspection of the \Documents and Settings folder you will notice a subfolder called All Users.  This is where items common to all users of the computer are stored and are merged with a user's individual profile during login.  You'll need local administrator rights to modify things under All Users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will also notice a file called NTUSER.dat in each login's individual folder.  This is where the HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry hive is stored.  This becomes editable when the user is logged in and can be modified by registry manipulation tools (eg- regedit / regedt32).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9277" RevisionGUID="2f59f31e-5d73-460f-8ad2-f21ea885b410" CreationDate="2009-05-18T03:03:10.503" UserId="2906" Text="I would say it isn't possible to use Hyper-V on Windows 7. You could put Server 2008 with Hyper-V as the host and use Windows 7 as a guest machine. Your best bet is to either use the new Windows Virtual PC or VirtualBox and the like." />
  <row Id="16649" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3852" RevisionGUID="78fcfdde-0dfc-41d1-9435-d2a1c52dba9b" CreationDate="2009-05-18T03:05:32.557" UserId="984" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;change-management&gt;&lt;version-control&gt;" />
  <row Id="16650" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9278" RevisionGUID="7d2605c5-c2ca-40a4-b330-24c129049091" CreationDate="2009-05-18T03:15:37.263" UserId="2906" Text="You could try turning on the Userenv debugging and reading the logs on what is happening behind the scenes. I had an issue with a program that had hooked into the logon event but was timing out during its run. This was causing Windows to wait for the dll to finish up before timing out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can find information on turning on the userenv debug logging and how to read it at the Microsoft Directory Services team blog (&lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.technet.com/askds/archive/2008/11/11/understanding-how-to-read-a-userenv-log-part-1.aspx&quot;&gt;Understanding how to read a userenv log - Part 1&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.technet.com/askds/archive/2008/11/11/understanding-how-to-read-a-userenv-log-part-2.aspx&quot;&gt;Understanding how to read a userenv log - Part 2&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: I found another helpful article on Technet: &lt;a href=&quot;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc786775.aspx&quot;&gt;Interpreting Userenv log files&lt;/a&gt;" />
  <row Id="16651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9279" RevisionGUID="33e978e6-4684-45ea-aee2-1477234880df" CreationDate="2009-05-18T03:19:22.607" UserId="2034" Text="I've used [Pound][1] in the past.  It's fast, simple and requires minimal attention.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apsis.ch/pound/" />
  <row Id="16652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9280" RevisionGUID="6ece1c48-8fac-4bea-8ea3-28e9303d67b6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T03:29:43.773" UserId="584" Text="Threaten the employees with termination if they don't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simply opening a website at a certain time every day will accomplish nothing. I'd treat it just like I treat a popup ad that gets past Firefox's adblock plugin - closing it before it ever gets a chance to load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's truly vital to your business that people check this page every so often, it should be noticeable if no one checks it, and there should be a consequence for not doing it." />
  <row Id="16653" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9259" RevisionGUID="7409c865-c907-40d4-8dce-940b6621c406" CreationDate="2009-05-18T03:32:22.440" UserId="1245" Comment="Clarify " Text="I have encountered the following problem with a Vista x64 machine. Connecting to the machine via Remote Desktop just stopped working (probably after a windows update) – was working one day, not the next.  On investigation found:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Services manager reports Terminal Services service as Automatic and Started&#xD;&#xA;- netstat –a –n shows port 3389 _not_ open&#xD;&#xA;-Event log shows the error “Terminal Service start failed. The relevant status code was No such interface supported”&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best suggest fix I can find is to add the Network Services account to the administrator group:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net localgroup &quot;Administrators&quot; &quot;NT Authority\Network Service&quot; /add&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This works, but can’t be very secure and I’d like to find a proper explanation and fix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16654" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9281" RevisionGUID="0b7d67e4-7615-47d4-aaac-f7be756abac9" CreationDate="2009-05-18T03:32:43.733" UserId="58" Text="Hi folks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;we're using the Squid cache in our company. Is there any way we can cache YouTube video's?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;cheers :)" />
  <row Id="16655" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9281" RevisionGUID="0b7d67e4-7615-47d4-aaac-f7be756abac9" CreationDate="2009-05-18T03:32:43.733" UserId="58" Text="How can i cache YouTube video's with Squid Cache" />
  <row Id="16656" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9281" RevisionGUID="0b7d67e4-7615-47d4-aaac-f7be756abac9" CreationDate="2009-05-18T03:32:43.733" UserId="58" Text="&lt;squid&gt;&lt;cache&gt;&lt;youtube&gt;" />
  <row Id="16657" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8633" RevisionGUID="1a3bc69e-b192-45bf-b517-18d452c7eed7" CreationDate="2009-05-18T03:35:00.737" UserId="626" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;web&gt;&lt;host&gt;&lt;startup&gt;" />
  <row Id="16658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9282" RevisionGUID="cc6d9000-3bcd-4f96-9a6c-cb6401135c8a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T03:36:20.607" UserId="2847" Text="You'll need to determine why the database is hitting max connections. Generally, the issue isn't that the MySQL is hitting max connections, but a symptom of other problems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's easy to overcommit the memory resources with Apache and MySQL settings. Check out [mysqltuner][1] and [apachebuddy][2] to get an idea of whether or not you're possibly running out of memory. If your server is having to go into swap, it's a sign that you need to speed up the execution of the database queries and your application, add more memory, or split up MySQL and Apache on separate servers (if you haven't already).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You probably have sar logs available to give you some information about the resource utilization of the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To show processor utilization:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`# sar`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To show memory utilization:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`# sar -r`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also use the `-f /var/log/sa/sa##` flag to specify a sar log from a previous day. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, when the database connections get maxed out, you should log in to MySQL and see what's going on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`mysql&gt; SHOW FULL PROCESSLIST;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That will give you a listing of all of the processes MySQL is handling at a given time. In particular, you want to see if there are a bunch of &quot;sleeping&quot; connections. If you do, then your application is likely not closing connections properly. If you're using persistent connections, stop it. If you see a lot of queries that say &quot;locked&quot; or &quot;waiting for table&quot;, you need to see if converting the table from MyISAM to InnoDB is an option. Finally, if you just have some queries that are running for more than a few seconds, you need to look into optimizing those (a whole different question) and ensure you have adequate indexes for your queries. A good way to spot where you need an index is to look at your WHERE conditions and run `SELECT` queries with `EXPLAIN`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mysqltuner.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://quicksnips.org/remote/apachebuddy.pl" />
  <row Id="16659" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9283" RevisionGUID="320bb0eb-cfdd-4ad6-846b-cf6f34fbfef4" CreationDate="2009-05-18T03:36:57.797" UserId="1375" Text="First hit for &quot;Squid youtube&quot; on a popular search engine: http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples/DynamicContent/YouTube" />
  <row Id="16660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9284" RevisionGUID="1b54fc24-8454-4966-9451-b02e1a68b9a6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T03:42:30.220" UserId="1469" Text="It's a Lenovo Thinkpad R61, Core 2 Duo, with Vista Home Premium.  Every few days it will freeze, but the mouse cursor can still be moved, always with a &quot;waiting&quot; cursor.  Ctrl+Alt+Del does nothing, clicks do nothing, you just have to hard shut-down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't see anything consistent in the Event Viewer.  Any thoughts on what I might look for, or other logging I could do?" />
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  <row Id="16662" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9284" RevisionGUID="1b54fc24-8454-4966-9451-b02e1a68b9a6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T03:42:30.220" UserId="1469" Text="&lt;freezing&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="16663" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9285" RevisionGUID="b58e07f8-8e28-41c5-b417-f4e73c62b702" CreationDate="2009-05-18T03:58:45.087" UserId="2917" Text="On my SBS 2003 Server, I've been trying to access OMA unsuccessfully all day.  When I first checked, the OMA mapping was missing, so I recreated the Vdirs per http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883380.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this point, OMA was returning &quot;A System error has occurred while processing your request. Please try again. If the problem persists, contact your administrator.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then took the following steps, all to no avail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried creating entries for the server's NetBIOS name on all of its IP addresses per http://support.microsoft.com/kb/898131&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried adding an SMTPProxy entry per http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319681.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Someone mentioned that modifying the homeMTA information was incorrect and recommended updating it manually per http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319886&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also reinstalled ASP.NET 1.1, and when all else failed, I rebooted the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Attempts to access /OMA via the NetBIOS name, the FQDN, and localhost all generate Event ID 1503 (MSExchangeOMA) with a (501) Not Implemented error.  Attempts to connect a mobile device (I've tried a WinMo phone and an iPhone) have generated Event ID 3005.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any insight would be greatly appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="16664" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9285" RevisionGUID="b58e07f8-8e28-41c5-b417-f4e73c62b702" CreationDate="2009-05-18T03:58:45.087" UserId="2917" Text="On SBS2003: Unable to access OMA, receiving 1503 and 3005 Events" />
  <row Id="16665" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9285" RevisionGUID="b58e07f8-8e28-41c5-b417-f4e73c62b702" CreationDate="2009-05-18T03:58:45.087" UserId="2917" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;sbs2003&gt;&lt;iphone&gt;" />
  <row Id="16666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9286" RevisionGUID="e43803d7-7704-4918-b810-b530ed594d03" CreationDate="2009-05-18T04:02:49.977" UserId="2621" Text="Hyper-V only available on Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V or the freely available [Hyper-V Server][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could install one of these as the base OS and then install Win7 into a Hyper-V VM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/hyper-v-server/" />
  <row Id="16667" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9287" RevisionGUID="76463f22-5cb8-4d55-983b-4b5597d7ea94" CreationDate="2009-05-18T04:36:16.807" UserId="2318" Text="- power cycle your wifi router. if it's plugged into an ethernet modem, power cycle both - starting with the ethernet modem (wait till you see its &quot;connection&quot; light come on) &#xD;&#xA;- do you think all your hardware is 802.11n (or all 802.11g?) set the router to N only (or G only), and find out for sure&#xD;&#xA;- google the &quot;+[router make/model] +[computer/wifi card]&quot; just a brief glance at the results. Some hardware combinations will just never work, or have quirks&#xD;&#xA;- logon to your router's config page and update its firmware, it only takes a few minutes &#xD;&#xA;- download a wifi scanning utility (war-driving utility) and look for a channel that as few as possible of your neighbors are using&#xD;&#xA;- Unless ***all*** your hardware was purchased in ***the same*** country, check that your wifi router is broadcasting on a channel between 1 and 11&#xD;&#xA;- try different channels and see how they affect your reception, there's not much point switching channels that are less than 3 apart (try 1,4,7 and 10)&#xD;&#xA;- turn off any proprietary &quot;speed boosting&quot; protocols (with names like nitro+ or turbo+), unless both your card and router support them. they can mess with connectivity&#xD;&#xA;- avoid using a cordless phone, cordless phone base station, baby monitor, wireless camera, etc - they can interfere with your network&#xD;&#xA;- check that antennas are properly installed (both the finicky ones on your 802.11 card, and the bulky one that ships with some routers)&#xD;&#xA;- troubleshoot the physical environment. thick walls, panes of thick glass, metal posts in walls: all bad&#xD;&#xA;- there's always Tomato" />
  <row Id="16668" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9288" RevisionGUID="eddbd86b-3e7e-42b2-9477-5bb02206d340" CreationDate="2009-05-18T04:39:22.807" UserId="1281" Text="It could be a problem with the hard disk.  If it is trying to write to or read from a bad sector, for example, the system could freeze while retrying. Try a scandisk and see if anything turns up." />
  <row Id="16669" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9287" RevisionGUID="1a06ccf4-53aa-42b5-9bcb-5c581d97d1f7" CreationDate="2009-05-18T04:42:33.127" UserId="2318" Comment="added 51 characters in body" Text="- power cycle your wifi router. if it's plugged into an ethernet modem, power cycle both - starting with the ethernet modem (wait till you see its &quot;connection&quot; light come on) &#xD;&#xA;- if you're using combined 802.11g/n on the route, are you sure all your hardware is 802.11n (or all 802.11g?) set the router to N only (or G only), and find out for sure&#xD;&#xA;- google the &quot;+[router make/model] +[computer/wifi card]&quot; just a brief glance at the results. Some hardware combinations will just never work, or have quirks&#xD;&#xA;- logon to your router's config page and update its firmware, it only takes a few minutes &#xD;&#xA;- download a wifi scanning utility (war-driving utility) and look for a channel that as few as possible of your neighbors are using&#xD;&#xA;- Unless ***all*** your hardware was purchased in ***the same*** country, check that your wifi router is broadcasting on a channel between 1 and 11&#xD;&#xA;- try different channels and see how they affect your reception, there's not much point switching channels that are less than 3 apart (try 1,4,7 and 10)&#xD;&#xA;- turn off any proprietary &quot;speed boosting&quot; protocols (with names like nitro+ or turbo+), unless both your card and router support them. they can mess with connectivity&#xD;&#xA;- avoid using a cordless phone, cordless phone base station, baby monitor, wireless camera, etc - they can interfere with your network&#xD;&#xA;- check that antennas are properly installed (both the finicky ones on your 802.11 card, and the bulky one that ships with some routers) If one of the three cables on your notebook's 802.11n wifi card wasn't affixed, you'll still be able to connect - ***kinda***.&#xD;&#xA;- troubleshoot the physical environment. Is there anything iffy between you and the router? thick walls, panes of thick glass, metal posts in walls: all bad&#xD;&#xA;- there's always Tomato" />
  <row Id="16670" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9289" RevisionGUID="9a684c62-2e67-491e-959c-758da5e5058e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T04:50:37.510" UserId="843" Text="I have seen many times where the mouse will move and redraw but everything else is dead. It is usually a driver issue. Unfortunately the only thing to do is to disable things one at a time until you find the culprit. And since it takes a few days to freeze, that could take forever. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe try to make sure every driver it up to date, or look at comments for your driver versions for major systems (ie network, harddisk, motherboard, and video) to see if anyone is experiencing problems with them. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16671" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9287" RevisionGUID="972f01b2-2881-49f5-b3f0-17f1580afab7" CreationDate="2009-05-18T04:53:15.710" UserId="2318" Comment="added 22 characters in body" Text="In slightly random order:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- power cycle your wifi router. if it's plugged into an ethernet modem, power cycle both - starting with the ethernet modem (wait till you see its &quot;connection&quot; light come on) &#xD;&#xA;- if you're using combined 802.11g/n on the router, are you sure all your hardware is 802.11n (or all 802.11g?) set the router to N only (or G only), and find out for sure&#xD;&#xA;- google the &quot;+[router make/model] +[computer/wifi card]&quot; just a brief glance at the results. Some hardware combinations will just never work, or have quirks&#xD;&#xA;- logon to your router's config page and update its firmware, it only takes a few minutes &#xD;&#xA;- download a wifi scanning utility (war-driving utility) and look for a channel that as few as possible of your neighbors are using&#xD;&#xA;- Unless ***all*** your hardware was purchased in ***the same*** country, check that your wifi router is broadcasting on a channel between 1 and 11&#xD;&#xA;- try different channels and see how they affect your reception, there's not much point switching channels that are less than 3 apart (try 1,4,7 and 10)&#xD;&#xA;- turn off any proprietary &quot;speed boosting&quot; protocols (with names like nitro+ or turbo+), unless both your card and router support them. they can mess with connectivity&#xD;&#xA;- avoid using a cordless phone (or cordless phone base station, baby monitor, wireless camera, etc) near the computer - they can interfere with your network&#xD;&#xA;- check that antennas are properly installed (both the finicky ones on your 802.11 card, and the bulky one that ships with some routers) If one of the three cables on your notebook's 802.11n wifi card wasn't affixed, you'll still be able to connect - ***kinda***.&#xD;&#xA;- troubleshoot the physical environment. Is there anything iffy between you and the router? thick walls, panes of thick glass, metal posts in walls: all bad&#xD;&#xA;- check that you're really connected to the network you thought you were. Eg: if your SSID is the default (&quot;NETGEAR&quot; anyone?) than your computer might have joined your neighbor's weak open wifi network&#xD;&#xA;- try switching from WPA to WEP (yuck, WEP) - some hardware combinations work better using one type of encryption than the other (but if you already googled, as i suggested, then you would likely already have seen other people posting this for your brand of router)&#xD;&#xA;- there's always Tomato" />
  <row Id="16672" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9287" RevisionGUID="b92d1a35-7086-45c4-810c-1d87663190d2" CreationDate="2009-05-18T04:59:21.640" UserId="2318" Comment="added 50 characters in body" Text="In slightly random order:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- power cycle your wifi router. if it's plugged into an ethernet modem, power cycle both - starting with the ethernet modem (wait till you see its &quot;connection&quot; light come on) &#xD;&#xA;- if you're using combined 802.11g/n (or 802.11b/g) on the router, are you sure all your hardware is 802.11n (or all 802.11g?) set the router to N only (or G only), and find out for sure&#xD;&#xA;- google the &quot;+[router make/model] +[computer/wifi card]&quot; just a brief glance at the results. Some hardware combinations will just never work, or have quirks&#xD;&#xA;- logon to your router's config page and update its firmware, it only takes a few minutes &#xD;&#xA;- download a wifi scanning utility (war-driving utility) and look for a channel that as few as possible of your neighbors are using&#xD;&#xA;- Unless ***all*** your hardware was purchased in ***the same*** country, check that your wifi router is broadcasting on a channel between 1 and 11&#xD;&#xA;- try different channels and see how they affect your reception, there's not much point switching channels that are less than 3 apart (try 1,4,7 and 10)&#xD;&#xA;- turn off any proprietary &quot;speed boosting&quot; protocols (with names like nitro+ or turbo+), unless both your card and router support them. they can mess with connectivity&#xD;&#xA;- avoid using a cordless phone (or cordless phone base station, baby monitor, wireless camera, etc) near the computer - they can interfere with your network&#xD;&#xA;- check that antennas are properly installed (both the finicky ones on your 802.11 card, and the bulky one that ships with some routers) If one of the three cables on your notebook's 802.11n wifi card wasn't affixed, you'll still be able to connect - ***kinda***.&#xD;&#xA;- troubleshoot the physical environment. Is there anything iffy between you and the router? thick walls, panes of thick glass, metal posts in walls: all bad&#xD;&#xA;- check that you're really connected to the network you thought you were. Eg: if your SSID is the default (&quot;NETGEAR&quot; anyone?) than your computer might have joined your neighbor's weak open wifi network&#xD;&#xA;- try switching from WPA to WEP (yuck, WEP) - some hardware combinations work better using one type of encryption than the other (but if you already googled, as i suggested, then you would likely already have seen other people posting this for your brand of router)&#xD;&#xA;- if you have a wifi router plugged into an ethernet modem make sure only one of them is doing NAT and the other is in bridge mode (i doubt you would miss this, splattne, but for anyone else reading this). NAT over NAT can cause quirky behavior&#xD;&#xA;- there's always [Tomato][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato" />
  <row Id="16673" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9290" RevisionGUID="0838d236-9e80-439a-86b9-53ea28880bad" CreationDate="2009-05-18T05:05:23.453" UserId="14678" UserDisplayName="Diago" Text="Windows 7 has a new version of Virtual PC available currently in Beta. This is available [here](http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/). There is also the new Virtual Windows XP Mode for Windows 7 available." />
  <row Id="16675" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9287" RevisionGUID="f4162b53-42ad-42c1-8ee9-1ed08a6d8648" CreationDate="2009-05-18T05:08:03.963" UserId="2318" Comment="added 212 characters in body" Text="In slightly random order:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- power cycle your wifi router. if it's plugged into an ethernet modem, power cycle both - starting with the ethernet modem (wait till you see its &quot;connection&quot; light come on) &#xD;&#xA;- if you're using combined 802.11g/n (or 802.11b/g) on the router, are you sure all your hardware is 802.11n (or all 802.11g?) set the router to N only (or G only), and find out for sure&#xD;&#xA;- google the &quot;+[router make/model] +[computer/wifi card]&quot; just a brief glance at the results. Some hardware combinations will just never work, or have quirks&#xD;&#xA;- logon to your router's config page and update its firmware, it only takes a few minutes &#xD;&#xA;- download a wifi scanning utility (war-driving utility) and look for a channel that as few as possible of your neighbors are using&#xD;&#xA;- Unless ***all*** your hardware was purchased in ***the same*** country, check that your wifi router is broadcasting on a channel between 1 and 11&#xD;&#xA;- try different channels and see how they affect your reception, there's not much point switching channels that are less than 3 apart (try 1,4,7 and 10)&#xD;&#xA;- turn off any proprietary &quot;speed boosting&quot; protocols (with names like nitro+ or turbo+), unless both your card and router support them. they can mess with connectivity&#xD;&#xA;- avoid using a cordless phone (or cordless phone base station, baby monitor, wireless camera, etc) near the computer - they can interfere with your network&#xD;&#xA;- check that antennas are properly installed (both the finicky ones on your 802.11 card, and the bulky one that ships with some routers) If one of the three cables on your notebook's 802.11n wifi card wasn't affixed, you'll still be able to connect - ***kinda***.&#xD;&#xA;- troubleshoot the physical environment. Is there anything iffy between you and the router? thick walls, panes of thick glass, metal posts in walls: all bad&#xD;&#xA;- check that you're really connected to the network you thought you were. Eg: if your SSID is the default (&quot;NETGEAR&quot; anyone?) than your computer might have joined your neighbor's weak open wifi network&#xD;&#xA;- try switching from WPA to WEP (yuck, WEP) - some hardware combinations work better using one type of encryption than the other (but if you already googled, as i suggested, then you would likely already have seen other people posting this for your brand of router)&#xD;&#xA;- if you have a wifi router plugged into an ethernet modem make sure only one of them is doing NAT and the other is in bridge mode (i doubt you would miss this, splattne, but for anyone else reading this). NAT over NAT can cause quirky behavior&#xD;&#xA;- if you're using WDS, check your configuration to make sure all the roles are configured appropriately - if you have a repeater that thinks it should be talking to the wrong router, you'll have network issues &#xD;&#xA;- there's always [Tomato][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato" />
  <row Id="16676" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="9284" RevisionGUID="04e9dd10-b095-4197-a3bc-76476bc32e34" CreationDate="2009-05-18T05:13:17.823" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="16677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9291" RevisionGUID="39758f62-02ed-449f-8060-cfc8deda1747" CreationDate="2009-05-18T05:21:15.217" UserId="843" Text="In my research for this question it looks like everything has to do with the Network Service Account suddenly not having enough permissions to access the network or becoming corrupt in someway.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe you can try [This link][1] which will reset your VISTA security settings. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also try restoring an old registry copy if you have one, you would need to boot into the recovery console to replace the files in c:\windows\system32\config&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;313222" />
  <row Id="16678" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9292" RevisionGUID="3d47f5df-f8e9-4e55-bf85-4dce9aa0c8f5" CreationDate="2009-05-18T05:27:50.647" UserId="843" Text="There is no advantage to running Windows 2000 Server Advanced unless you have a lot of cpus / cores or a lot of ram. Windows 2000 Server Standard will run Active Directory. My guess is your current install utilizes all your hardware fine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Run dcpromo to install Active Directory. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would also say that Active Directory is probably overkill on a 4 computer network. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16680" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9293" RevisionGUID="4cf3853e-af84-44dc-8a17-acf69a465923" CreationDate="2009-05-18T05:31:31.607" UserId="843" Text="Well, you could always take a bulk tape eraser and run it across the hard drive. That will make sure it never works again, ever. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As long as you don't have moral issues about it. " />
  <row Id="16681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9294" RevisionGUID="5c1989e8-daff-4b94-b965-e116a2cd9b6f" CreationDate="2009-05-18T05:37:21.330" UserId="2621" Text="Well, 3.5SP1 is the full .NET runtime for 3.5 with SP1 bits included and I will assume the same for 2.0 of the framework. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for your IIS/ASP.NET features not being enabled, you may just need to run aspnet_regiis -iru in C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727 with a Windows Update (WU) .NET framework install (if you are enabling *after* you have the .NET bits installed that is)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The default-behind-the-scenes-WU-install may not auto-magically register with IIS." />
  <row Id="16685" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9296" RevisionGUID="cbe5d319-c142-4f3e-9eff-e6477eb25fcf" CreationDate="2009-05-18T06:01:09.490" UserId="2620" Text="HP recomends it's partners solution [megatrack][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.capellatech.com/pages/2.2.2.megatrack.html" />
  <row Id="16686" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9297" RevisionGUID="ab812ff7-915b-47a5-a795-8cb2ac6aaae0" CreationDate="2009-05-18T06:02:12.873" UserId="2302" Text="I agree, AD is overkill for a home network, especially if you need to linger on Windows 2000 to do it.  If you don't want to shell out, why not try out a Gnu/Linux distro?  One with lots of users (eg Ubuntu or Fedora) is likely to have more documentation or help available out there for setting up any given use case." />
  <row Id="16687" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9298" RevisionGUID="5edaed99-4e43-43a1-8d12-8057a5282ccd" CreationDate="2009-05-18T06:05:21.463" UserId="2620" Text="Xperf utility are the keywords you are looking for.&#xD;&#xA;[msdn link][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc305221.aspx" />
  <row Id="16689" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9299" RevisionGUID="aa791931-f424-43bf-a44e-46e8aeb4c336" CreationDate="2009-05-18T06:07:20.973" UserId="843" Text="This [kb article][1] describes how conditional gets are constructed (or not) in iis 5 and iis 6. You might setup two web servers and force their ETag values to be different, then make sure each request is bounced back and forth between the two servers. That way you should always get a 200 OK response, and the browser will not use the cache. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apparently this is bad for performance, because it makes it so the web server is always serving the resource even when it doesn't have to. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=922733" />
  <row Id="16692" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9300" RevisionGUID="451595b8-ae19-405b-b35d-9706fb2ef474" CreationDate="2009-05-18T06:30:01.723" UserId="2299" Text="With SBS 2003 and issues like this your first action should be to run the Internet Connection Wizard from the management console. There's a tick box on one of the screens to allow mobile access. If and only if this fails should you try and manually modify the IIS config. SBS is quite a complex beast and attempts to make changes manually frequently cause pain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John Rennie&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16693" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9185" RevisionGUID="f590e09c-4f84-4e9d-8ae4-53423c9f14f2" CreationDate="2009-05-18T06:38:29.913" UserId="1876" Comment="added 362 characters in body" Text="I have a 500G SATA hard drive in my machine that all the sudden started giving me I/O errors, until Linux simply disconnects the drive. Reboot, and then it works for a random period before failing again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The drive is within warranty, but I've had bad experience with shops that are unable to reproduce a problem, as the drive doesn't fail all the time. Then they simply send me a bill and the drive back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What is my best course of action to make sure they can reproduce the problem?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:** Those of you who have recommended the diagnosis tools, it's a good valid answer, expect as stated in my question, I'm running Linux and these tools do not exist for it. As for 'gaming' the store, it's not about that. The drive is well on its way of being completely unusable without any help from me. I'm just talking about speeding up the process." />
  <row Id="16694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9301" RevisionGUID="f60c97f2-094f-4b0a-9b86-d7a093ca55a9" CreationDate="2009-05-18T06:49:44.930" UserId="2253" Text="The standard for the DNS, [RFC 1034][1] says (section 4.1) that, for reliability reasons, **every** DNS zone must have at least two name servers. This apply also to the &quot;reverse&quot; zones such as 10.in-addr.arpa and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1034.txt" />
  <row Id="16695" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9265" RevisionGUID="67e00430-8e77-4399-ae2f-ae036a557daa" CreationDate="2009-05-18T07:06:14.850" UserId="2318" Comment="added 976 characters in body" Text="I'm curious about &quot;CreateGroupFolder&quot; - I know when to run it, but what does it do - if anything - beyond creating folders and setting correct permissions for them?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Yep, nothing more, nothing less. As Chealion suggested, I ran it with the verbose flag (doh!) and got:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo CreateGroupFolder -v&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Attempting to create group home directory for group 1026 at &quot;/Groups/FooGroup&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;    Created directory &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Documents&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Created directory &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Library&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Created directory &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Public&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Created directory &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Public/Drop Box&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set ownership to user 1000, group 1026: &quot;/Groups/FooGroup&quot; and all sub-directories and files.&#xD;&#xA;    Set permissions to rwxr-xr-x (755): &quot;/Groups/FooGroup&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set permissions to rwxrwxr-x (775): &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Public&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set permissions to rwxr-x--- (750): &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Documents&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set permissions to rwxr-x--- (750): &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Library&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set permissions to rwx-w---- (730): &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Public/Drop Box&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Successfully created group home directory for group 1026 at &quot;/Groups/FooGroup&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16696" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9265" RevisionGUID="1b7fabf4-0c53-4106-b090-1411402605e2" CreationDate="2009-05-18T07:18:17.507" UserId="2318" Comment="deleted 7 characters in body" Text="I'm curious about &quot;[CreateGroupFolder][1]&quot; - I know when to run it, but what does it do - if anything - beyond creating folders and setting correct permissions for them?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Yep, nothing more, nothing less. As Chealion suggested, I ran it with the verbose flag (doh!) and got:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo CreateGroupFolder -v&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Attempting to create group home directory for group 1026 at &quot;/Groups/FooGroup&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;    Created directory &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Documents&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Created directory &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Library&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Created directory &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Public&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Created directory &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Public/Drop Box&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set ownership to user 1000, group 1026: &quot;/Groups/FooGroup&quot; and all sub-directories and files.&#xD;&#xA;    Set permissions to rwxr-xr-x (755): &quot;/Groups/FooGroup&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set permissions to rwxrwxr-x (775): &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Public&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set permissions to rwxr-x--- (750): &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Documents&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set permissions to rwxr-x--- (750): &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Library&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set permissions to rwx-w---- (730): &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Public/Drop Box&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Successfully created group home directory for group 1026 at &quot;/Groups/FooGroup&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: x-man-page://CreateGroupFolder" />
  <row Id="16697" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9302" RevisionGUID="d0a59c5b-0b61-45ea-a75d-71462fec29b5" CreationDate="2009-05-18T07:18:29.800" UserId="1190" Text="I have a user with local administrative rights on their Windows 7 64-bit box.  They extracted a file from a zip file they downloaded with the Zip shell extension to their desktop on a non-encrypted or compressed NTFS volume.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately they cannot open it.  I tried to take ownership of it and it just reports &quot;Access is Denied&quot; and for the current owner it reports &quot;Unable to display current owner.&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this point the file cannot be deleted, executed or modified.  I have actually seen this exact same happen in Vista before, but I can't for the life of me remember how to fix it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas how it happened or how to fix it?  I'd be happy just to delete it without a format at this point." />
  <row Id="16698" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9302" RevisionGUID="d0a59c5b-0b61-45ea-a75d-71462fec29b5" CreationDate="2009-05-18T07:18:29.800" UserId="1190" Text="Security: Unable to display current owner" />
  <row Id="16699" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9302" RevisionGUID="d0a59c5b-0b61-45ea-a75d-71462fec29b5" CreationDate="2009-05-18T07:18:29.800" UserId="1190" Text="&lt;ownership&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;" />
  <row Id="16700" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9303" RevisionGUID="e8f01231-fb5c-41d1-83ad-78587dea5c85" CreationDate="2009-05-18T07:21:20.920" UserId="2033" Text="You'd need to run the server version of Windows 7, AKA Server 2008 R2 or whatever it ends up being called." />
  <row Id="16703" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9305" RevisionGUID="5410633e-54f9-440f-9a75-d190b022b497" CreationDate="2009-05-18T07:34:46.587" UserId="2033" Text="If it's Windows 7 Beta, the latest free version of Microsoft Virtual Server works great on it. (I use it daily.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, and this is important: In Windows 7 RC, Virtual Server (etc) is blocked. I think they might undo that for RTM, but I don't know for sure, I guess they're working on issues around it, or something. " />
  <row Id="16704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9306" RevisionGUID="3a8eb69c-1fc3-494a-b294-f1f62a776061" CreationDate="2009-05-18T07:56:54.357" UserId="149" Text="So you have this neatly setup unix server and it's super fast and works swell and everything is great for months, and suddenly all kinds of weird errors start showing up for a variety of different services and none of them make a lot of sense on their own, much less together.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are cheap things you should check as soon as you get your ssh session to the machine?" />
  <row Id="16705" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9306" RevisionGUID="3a8eb69c-1fc3-494a-b294-f1f62a776061" CreationDate="2009-05-18T07:56:54.357" UserId="149" Text="What's the first thing you check when an untouched unix server starts going berserk?" />
  <row Id="16706" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9306" RevisionGUID="3a8eb69c-1fc3-494a-b294-f1f62a776061" CreationDate="2009-05-18T07:56:54.357" UserId="149" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;disaster-recovery&gt;&lt;debugging&gt;" />
  <row Id="16707" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9307" RevisionGUID="3c8c48e2-b8d6-4ea5-8d40-611ad1ed2076" CreationDate="2009-05-18T07:57:08.710" UserId="2612" Text="If  &quot;*DNS server is setup on each of those servers as a secondary zone*&quot;  then this zone is not Active Directory-integrated. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to check this but I thought secondary zones were read-only even in Windows DNS server. Assuming dynamic DNS updates, clients attempt to register their records with their primary servers, which is probably the DC at each site, depending on how you have configured your DHCP. If you really have those servers configured as secondary servers then they won't accept updates (?) and no zone transfers will be pulled by the master DNS server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Something doesn't make sense here - can you add detail to the question? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="16708" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9308" RevisionGUID="30c10ac9-d5f2-4ac4-9934-4fc683f37f4d" CreationDate="2009-05-18T07:58:21.343" UserId="103" Text="Windows 7 is a client OS and thus does not support the bare metal (level 1) Hyper Visor technology that Win2k8 server does. &#xD;&#xA;However Windows 7 does have a new Virtual PC client - which is NOT the same as the old one (which used emulation), this basically uses a level 2 hyper visor. Mark Wilson covers it in detail [in his blog post][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So it is much faster than the old one, but not as fast as native Hyper-V. The trade off is that with this you get more hardware support (USB devices are fully supported) and some of nicer features like drag/drop support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally an important note (since you already have VM) is that Hyper-V machines do not natively run on the new virtual PC due to HAL issues (I have yet to try uninstalling the Hyper-V components first, but I suspect it won't work because the HAL is a driver update). Old Virtual PC to new Virtual PC is fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.markwilson.co.uk/blog/2009/05/windows-7-xp-mode-and-windows-virtual-pc-how-it-works.htm" />
  <row Id="16709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9309" RevisionGUID="1c0976bb-7122-4fde-84de-51aa407b1565" CreationDate="2009-05-18T08:00:28.797" UserId="149" Text="Well, I'll start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This one bit me once, I spent hours trying thousands of different things, disabling services here and there, rebooting, etc. What was the problem? Totally out of disk space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, here's the first thing I type when debugging a suddenly troubled server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    df -h&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I never forget that now. It just saved me lots of wasted effort. Thought I'd share." />
  <row Id="16710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9310" RevisionGUID="17f2d1ec-ce26-488c-9aad-59dad5615b1e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T08:01:52.037" UserId="2925" Text="Rootkits modify your operating system to hide themselves which makes them hard to find from within the infected operating system.  Its easier to start your removal process offline, i.e. by using a live CD with Antivirus software included,like Ultimate Boot CD, or taking the hard drive out and scanning it using another hopefully uninfected computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also don't trust one Antivirus or AntiMalware program to catch everything.  At the tech shop I work at, we take the hard drive out and do an offline scan with ESET NOD32, AVIRA AntiVir and AVG Free.  Then we put the drive back into the computer, boot into safe mode and run Spybot Search and Destroy, SUPERAntiSpyware and ComboFix.  The we finish with CCleaner to clean up the left over registry entries.  Sometimes we will add an additional scan or two with other Antivirus (Norton) or AntiMalware (Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, AdAware or HiJack This) software if we think it is necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But as someone else posted, the best way to clean an infected system is to reinstall from scratch.  Just make sure that you scan the data you keep before copying it back onto your freshly set up computer." />
  <row Id="16711" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9310" RevisionGUID="17f2d1ec-ce26-488c-9aad-59dad5615b1e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T08:01:52.037" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16712" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9311" RevisionGUID="e560200d-ce9f-481f-8c9d-456379fc895b" CreationDate="2009-05-18T08:01:54.813" UserId="2619" Text="top (or htop)" />
  <row Id="16713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9312" RevisionGUID="c4846bc7-1a1b-49aa-b19d-35570faae792" CreationDate="2009-05-18T08:02:18.450" UserId="2545" Text="Certainly bash is pretty popular amongst Linux distros - but if you're aiming to be a cross UNIX admin, I think KSH is the one to go with. Wherever I've worked that runs multiple flavours of UNIX, it's the default. It's slightly less broken than the original Bourne Shell, but it hasn't introduced its own features which aren't POSIX compliant (like bash, csh or tcsh did). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Indeed, this is the reason that the debian based distros now tend to link /bin/sh to dash now - as that *is* POSIX compliant, and also a lot less memory hungry than bash. Unfortunately a lot shell scripts written for linux distros over the years which say #!/bin/sh on the shebang line actually assume bash is the shell, and use features which are only available in bash - not good practise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bash is good end user shell, but I would argue its large memory footprint makes it less than ideal for shell scripts. " />
  <row Id="16714" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9306" RevisionGUID="1a9abb12-68f5-4a4e-9c6c-0c2cf3bf5f38" CreationDate="2009-05-18T08:05:30.067" UserId="149" Comment="added 197 characters in body" Text="So you have this neatly setup unix server and it's super fast and works swell and everything is great for months, and suddenly all kinds of weird errors start showing up for a variety of different services and none of them make a lot of sense on their own, much less together.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are cheap things you should check as soon as you get your ssh session to the machine?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm specially interested in trauma stories that highlight non-obvious commands and rare situations, but I guess what's obvious varies from person to person, so we can just list them all freely." />
  <row Id="16715" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9313" RevisionGUID="1519942f-03c2-4974-ba1e-082669a18da2" CreationDate="2009-05-18T08:08:36.877" UserId="1813" Text="In VMWare you can use multiple CPU, but only as much as present on the host. Is there a way to use more CPU than physically available ? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would be to : &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * test software designed to run on an expensive 16-way box on commodity 2-way boxes.&#xD;&#xA; * Use an image designed for 2-way on a 1-way host&#xD;&#xA; * test software on *not-power-of-2*-way (think 3) (*Although this could eventually be done on a 4-way box*)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16716" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9313" RevisionGUID="1519942f-03c2-4974-ba1e-082669a18da2" CreationDate="2009-05-18T08:08:36.877" UserId="1813" Text="How can I emulate more virtual CPU than physically available ?" />
  <row Id="16717" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9313" RevisionGUID="1519942f-03c2-4974-ba1e-082669a18da2" CreationDate="2009-05-18T08:08:36.877" UserId="1813" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;smp&gt;&lt;emulation&gt;" />
  <row Id="16718" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9314" RevisionGUID="9e4de728-a07c-48ec-9127-0177312a9713" CreationDate="2009-05-18T08:17:44.470" UserId="2925" Text="ESET NOD32 is the lightest (in terms of cpu usage) Antivirus program that I have found.  It is also ranked as one of the better programs by [AV-Comparatives][1]. Just make sure to exclude the development or VM directories and you shouldn't have a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.av-comparatives.org/" />
  <row Id="16719" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9315" RevisionGUID="3c2caca3-fefc-4276-b454-ded49300a3df" CreationDate="2009-05-18T08:35:50.817" UserId="1561" Text="**First Order: Is it responsive?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't log in, there's bigger problems afoot.  This generally comes in two flavors: hardware failure, and software failure.  Both are potentially catastrophic.  To prevent DFA errors, check the general hardware health first - a simple glance-over usually will suffice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Second Order: Are the system's underlying structures in good health and order?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check the &quot;Golden Triad&quot; of systems:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Enough CPU time is free for processing&#xD;&#xA; - Enough disk space is free for storage&#xD;&#xA; - Enough memory is free for workloads&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the last few decades, the triad has expanded into a &quot;quad&quot; which includes communications (networking):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Connectivity is functional, responsive, and has capacity&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Third Order: What is the severity of the issue?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What programs or services are affected?  In decreasing order of severity, is it systemic (system-wide), clustered (a group of programs), or isolated (a specific program)?  Clusters of programs typically are tripping up because a specific underlying service has failed or gone unresponsive.  Systemic issues are sometimes related to this (think DNS or IP conflicts) but knowing where to look is usually the key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Fourth Order: Are diagnostic tools providing useful data relevant to the issue?**&#xD;&#xA;Now that you have info about the health of the system (second order) and what parts of it are experiencing issues (third order) this should make it easy to narrow down where the problem is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Error messages or log files should be a common waypoint on this journey.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CPU issues:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - loadav&#xD;&#xA; - top&#xD;&#xA; - strace&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disk space issues:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - df&#xD;&#xA; - du&#xD;&#xA; - lsof&#xD;&#xA; - iostat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Memory issues:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - free&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Connectivity issues:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - ping&#xD;&#xA; - route (and arp and rarp and friends)&#xD;&#xA; - iptables, ipchains, ipfw (for those BSD folks out there)&#xD;&#xA; - traceroute or mtr&#xD;&#xA; - hosts, nslookup, or dig&#xD;&#xA; - netstat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most common complaint:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Email is not delivering fast enough (more than a minute from send to receipt by recipient) or, email is rejecting my attempt to send.  This usually comes down to the rate limiter in Postfix kicking in during a spam-storm, which impacts the ability to accept internal delivery.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, this is not always the case.  One time the scanner wedged, resulting in a backlog of undelivered mail.  The mail queue showed some 150+ undelivered messages, over 80% of which were spam.  A quick adjustment and a service restart resolved the issue, and the system was able to complete deliveries of the backlog in a short time." />
  <row Id="16720" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9316" RevisionGUID="d65a9841-d05c-4d41-881e-10a7afd23a57" CreationDate="2009-05-18T08:38:23.087" UserId="2620" Text="there is the &quot;Unblock&quot; button in file properties, check if pushing that one helps." />
  <row Id="16724" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9315" RevisionGUID="822094f8-76f3-4ca3-99a9-cbc6240f3073" CreationDate="2009-05-18T08:42:26.323" UserId="1561" Text="**First Order: Is it responsive?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't log in, there's bigger problems afoot.  This generally comes in two flavors: hardware failure, and software failure.  Both are potentially catastrophic.  To prevent DFA errors, check the general hardware health first - a simple glance-over usually will suffice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Second Order: Are the system's underlying structures in good health and order?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check the &quot;Golden Triad&quot; of systems:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Enough CPU time is free for processing&#xD;&#xA; - Enough disk space is free for storage&#xD;&#xA; - Enough memory is free for workloads&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the last few decades, the triad has expanded into a &quot;quad&quot; which includes communications (networking):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Connectivity is functional, responsive, and has capacity&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Third Order: What is the severity of the issue?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What programs or services are affected?  In decreasing order of severity, is it systemic (system-wide), clustered (a group of programs), or isolated (a specific program)?  Clusters of programs typically are tripping up because a specific underlying service has failed or gone unresponsive.  Systemic issues are sometimes related to this (think DNS or IP conflicts) but knowing where to look is usually the key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Fourth Order: Are diagnostic tools providing useful data relevant to the issue?**&#xD;&#xA;Now that you have info about the health of the system (second order) and what parts of it are experiencing issues (third order) this should make it easy to narrow down where the problem is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Error messages or log files should be a common waypoint on this journey.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CPU issues:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - loadav&#xD;&#xA; - top&#xD;&#xA; - strace&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disk space issues:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - df&#xD;&#xA; - du&#xD;&#xA; - lsof&#xD;&#xA; - iostat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Memory issues:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - free&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Connectivity issues:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - ping&#xD;&#xA; - route (and arp and rarp and friends)&#xD;&#xA; - iptables, ipchains, ipfw (for those BSD folks out there)&#xD;&#xA; - traceroute or mtr&#xD;&#xA; - hosts, nslookup, or dig&#xD;&#xA; - netstat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Most common complaint:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Email is not delivering fast enough (more than a minute from send to receipt by recipient) or, email is rejecting my attempt to send.  This usually comes down to the rate limiter in Postfix kicking in during a spam-storm, which impacts the ability to accept internal delivery.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**A real-life example:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, this is not always the case.  One time, the issue persisted regardless of service restarts; so after 3 minutes it was time to start looking around.  CPU was busy but under 100%, yet the load had soared to 15 on a box of just 2 cores, and was threatening to go higher.  The top command revealed that the mail system was in overdrive, along with the mail scanner, but there were no amavis child processes to be seen.  That was the clue - the mail queue command (mailq) showed some 150+ undelivered messages, *over 80% of which were spam*, in the last 20 minutes.  A quick adjustment to lower the rate limiter (which reduced the intake rate of the spam storm) while increasing the number of child email scanner processes (to help process the backlog), followed by a service restart, resolved the issue and the system was able to complete deliveries in a short time." />
  <row Id="16725" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8735" RevisionGUID="24791ff1-4386-4f96-a89f-8b75f0c872ec" CreationDate="2009-05-18T08:59:12.173" UserId="1561" Comment="clarification of management experience" Text="A Beginniner:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has less than 4 years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Has to rely on binary packages for everything&#xD;&#xA; - Has never seen an old kernel (i.e. only knows 2.6.x series)&#xD;&#xA; - Hasn't figured out that the commands and directory locations are different in each distro; often, they only know of one they are starting out on, and can become confused when their environment has switched.&#xD;&#xA; - Can't script common commands and often do everything manually.&#xD;&#xA; - Needs assistance in performing diagnostics on a troubled system, although they function independently on lighter issues.&#xD;&#xA; - Is still learning from others things that the &quot;Seasoned&quot; admins already know.&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that is still &quot;green' - they are self-assured (rightly so), but appear cocky to some.  This can lead to friction with end-users, developers, and management.  Troublesome end-users can often get them to do something that a seasoned admin would immediately deny.  Developers don't have much to talk about with them, but may teach them a thing or two about scripting.  Management usually wants someone more seasoned and will not bother them unless there are limited choices.&#xD;&#xA; - They often do not have a complete picture of your core business and how it generates revenue, although they do understand procedural-level positions in the company.  As such, they can identify the needs of regular staff throughout the company, but do not necessarily understand the interactions of all company units.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the admins that start out in junior level positions.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A (stereotypical) impression: &quot;This person's got potential, they just need time to make it shine.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Seasoned Admin:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has 5+ years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Can download and compile tools/utilities/services, and can recompile a kernel&#xD;&#xA; - Has seen older kernels (2.2 and 2.4 series)&#xD;&#xA; - Can adapt to a different distro, or has experience in 2 or more distros.&#xD;&#xA; - Can do simple scripting to automate tasks.&#xD;&#xA; - Can perform diagnostics on their own, but require time to pinpoint the issue&#xD;&#xA; - Can function on their own, but have no management experience, or limited supervisory experience; they often tutor and instruct junior-level admins.&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that is &quot;seasoned&quot; - they are observant and reserved, but will always be pleasant without being technical.  This leads to confidence when dealing with end-users, developers, and management, and ultimately, a deep-seated sense of trust that this person will &quot;get the job done&quot;.  End-users will usually consult these folks first, but troublemakers will sometimes attempt to &quot;game the system&quot; and get them to do something they wouldn't (although the admin will know better and deny it).  Developers will consult with this person about common issues.  Management will sometimes ask for special tasks to be performed (vetted, of course, through the Guru) and they will accomplish this to their satisfaction.&#xD;&#xA; - They understand the core revenue model of your business, and how this inter-relates with other positions and procedures.  They can design custom solutions around this knowledge, and can find ways to decrease operational expenses.  They cannot, however, create new revenue sources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the admins the Guru will initially hire.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another stereotypical impression: &quot;This person has been around the block, and has the war wounds to prove it.  If my back was against the wall, I'd put my trust in them.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Guru:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Has 9+ years experience.&#xD;&#xA; - Can perform code-level customization of a kernel before recompile, either by reconfiguration or by writing new code&#xD;&#xA; - Has seen very old kernels (2.0 or 1.3 series)&#xD;&#xA; - Has experience with very difficult-to-install installations (Slackware *prior to version 9*, Gentoo, Linux From Scratch)&#xD;&#xA; - Can do complex scripting, sometimes writing complete tools for other staffers.&#xD;&#xA; - Immediately knows all potential causes of a problem and can look at each solution without additional diagnostics&#xD;&#xA; - Has functioned in a supervisory or management capacity with at least one other person for at least 3 years.  This means the person was *hired* and *managed* directly by them.&#xD;&#xA; - Has a demeanor that borders on &quot;happy but zen-like'.  They are quiet, focused, and have an uncanny means of knowing what to say and when, while putting everyone they talk to at ease.  End-users often do not notice this person because they function well at what they do, yet troublemakers are quick to fear their presence; developers will consult with this person about difficult issues; and management trusts them with staffing and employment decisions.&#xD;&#xA; - They have intricate knowledge of your business process, and how your company's cash flow interacts with capital outlays, staffing, and on-going maintenance.  They can find creative ways to create new revenue sources within your business model.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the person you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another (really bad) stereotype: &quot;[Grey beard, suspenders...they must be one of those all-knowning Unix admins!][1]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tomayko.com/writings/that-dilbert-cartoon" />
  <row Id="16726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9318" RevisionGUID="850e04f3-6c78-4f32-8e06-8eae2776079a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T08:59:27.337" UserId="1435" Text="If you can I would always try shutting down all NICs bar the management one." />
  <row Id="16727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9319" RevisionGUID="64e4e1fb-28f3-4110-b4db-730634746ea3" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:01:19.203" UserId="2043" Text="First thing I check is 'top' (are there any strange processes; ones that hog memory or CPU time.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If nothing turns up there, I'll check 'who' to see if anyone else is on my machine for some reason.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe a filesystem got dismounted; check with a call to 'cat /etc/mtab' and then 'fstab' to make sure everything will come up right on boot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check uptime to make sure the # of users on the box is reasonable (should only be you) and then skim through var/log/auth.log to see if anything is awry there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are catch-alls. Depending on the errors your box is throwing, you may need to examine specific processes that are causing the trouble." />
  <row Id="16728" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9320" RevisionGUID="cb8205d5-1564-4a4b-8aec-4540def96fba" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:03:04.473" UserId="1435" Text="VMWare DOES let you oversubscribe CPUs though, i.e. if you have dual quad-core Xeons (i.e. 8 cores total) you can have 6 x dual vCPU VMs. Obviously if all 6 VMs 'go white' at 100% CPU you're going to run into performance issues but that is, hopefully, unlikely to happen. Same goes for memory too by the way. Hope this answers your question." />
  <row Id="16730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9322" RevisionGUID="69de14a3-9e36-4b96-88d6-6b203e3aa6e8" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:06:02.830" UserId="45" Text="Microsoft provides a freeware tool written by a [third-party][1] in the download section:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[**FILEACL v3.0.1.6**][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a NTFS Permissions command line tool. It allows to manipulate ACLs on NTFS volumes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- change permissions masks &#xD;&#xA;- take ownership&#xD;&#xA;- manipulate inheritance&#xD;&#xA;- report permissions and apply them elsewhere&#xD;&#xA;- view raw or SDDL version of security information&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; *FILEACL is *not* a Microsoft tool, therefore Microsoft cannot provide any&#xD;&#xA;&gt; kind of support regarding this tool,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; please refer to the third party web&#xD;&#xA;&gt; site below for any support request.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here you can find how to use this tool (command line switches etc.): [documentation][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gbordier.com/gbtools/fileacl.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=723f64ea-34f0-4e6d-9a72-004d35de4e64&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.gbordier.com/gbtools/fileacl.asp" />
  <row Id="16732" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9324" RevisionGUID="1ac74375-e6a0-405a-a637-e586120270fa" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:07:30.207" UserId="234" Text="I'd like to prevent / restrict the amount of times an applications flashes in my task bar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, messenger chat windows. If I ignore them, they keep flashing. Ideally, what I'd like to do is only allow any given application to flash in the task bar 3 times and then stop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How might I do this?" />
  <row Id="16733" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9324" RevisionGUID="1ac74375-e6a0-405a-a637-e586120270fa" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:07:30.207" UserId="234" Text="Preventing applications flashing in my taskbar - is this possible?" />
  <row Id="16734" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9324" RevisionGUID="1ac74375-e6a0-405a-a637-e586120270fa" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:07:30.207" UserId="234" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="16735" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7209" RevisionGUID="dc403f60-dead-4625-8f6e-0380494c702f" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:11:28.153" UserId="1561" Comment="deleted 2 characters in body" Text="There are so many different possibilities here.  What you're really talking about is an email &quot;stack&quot; (much like web-server/web-app &quot;stacks&quot;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - SMTP Agent a.k.a. MTA (Mail Transfer Agent)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are several, including Sendmail, Exim, Qmail, Postfix, and Courier.  Sendmail has had most of its &quot;issues&quot; resolved, Exim is small and stable, Qmail is fast, and Postfix is &quot;flexible&quot;, sturdy, and fairly easy to configure.  I guess it's a function of which one makes the most sense to you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - IMAP/POP Backend&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also several, including UW-IMAP (don't), and Dovecot (does POP3/IMAP, supports SSL).  Courier also has POP/IMAP services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Authentication&#xD;&#xA;Where to start?  OpenLDAP is possible, but you can also get away with Kerberos, or even SASL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Anti-Spam Tools&#xD;&#xA;Amavisd-new is a Perl script that hooks into SpamAssassin.  Be sure to get the newest version(s) of both (the newer SpamAssassin supports detecting image spam via OCR).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Web Mail&#xD;&#xA;SquirrelMail has made the rounds, but Courier I believe also provides this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...and...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Anti-Viral Tools&#xD;&#xA;Clam is free and has a very good detection rate.  If you use it with Amavis, it will act as a &quot;backup&quot; scanner.  I have seen Clam detect things that commercial scanners won't (probably because the signatures are updated frequently).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My personal preference:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Postfix MTA, Amavis spam/virus filter,  ClamAV scanner, Dovecot supplies IMAP over SSL, and SquirrelMail for a web interface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do have to admit that I don't run FreeBSD, sorry.  However, [I did take the time to check the BSD ports to see if all these package are available][1], and they are.  So choose what you like. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freebsd.org/ports/" />
  <row Id="16736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9325" RevisionGUID="d12717cc-6bce-4453-b15d-bf4ae31b6e07" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:13:08.617" UserId="117" Text="I'm using a service which stores data on disk.&#xD;&#xA;The service is running as &quot;local system account&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where are stored data for that system user ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm thinking about `C:\Documents and Settings\Default User` but I'm not sure about that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can someone confirm that ?" />
  <row Id="16737" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9325" RevisionGUID="d12717cc-6bce-4453-b15d-bf4ae31b6e07" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:13:08.617" UserId="117" Text="Where can I found data stored by a Windows Service running as &quot;local system account&quot; ?" />
  <row Id="16738" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9325" RevisionGUID="d12717cc-6bce-4453-b15d-bf4ae31b6e07" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:13:08.617" UserId="117" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;services&gt;&lt;users&gt;" />
  <row Id="16739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9326" RevisionGUID="b26e3992-7806-444b-b7b8-efeae33ddfca" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:13:32.300" UserId="45" Text="There is a [registry setting][1] in:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop&#xD;&#xA;         ForegroundFlashCount (DWORD)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try to set it to 0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Warning:** be careful when you edit the Windows Registry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc957205.aspx" />
  <row Id="16740" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9327" RevisionGUID="b8e52476-a844-4315-ad00-e971c19f0885" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:14:19.600" UserId="1509" Text="I can strongly recommend to NOT fool them with the &quot;tricks&quot; one may have heard about (high voltage, microwave oven, bulk tape eraser). They are used to handle such things much more often than you or I." />
  <row Id="16741" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9315" RevisionGUID="a2e3a827-8cd0-4a50-ad6e-736731263a48" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:14:38.850" UserId="1561" Comment="added 268 characters in body" Text="**First Order: Is it responsive?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't log in, there's bigger problems afoot.  This generally comes in two flavors: hardware failure, and software failure.  Both are potentially catastrophic.  To prevent DFA errors, check the general hardware health first - a simple glance-over usually will suffice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Second Order: Are the system's underlying structures in good health and order?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check the &quot;Golden Triad&quot; of systems:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Enough CPU time is free for processing&#xD;&#xA; - Enough disk space is free for storage&#xD;&#xA; - Enough memory is free for workloads&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the last few decades, the triad has expanded into a &quot;quad&quot; which includes communications (networking):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Connectivity is functional, responsive, and has capacity&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Third Order: What is the severity of the issue?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What programs or services are affected?  In decreasing order of severity, is it systemic (system-wide), clustered (a group of programs), or isolated (a specific program)?  Clusters of programs typically are tripping up because a specific underlying service has failed or gone unresponsive.  Systemic issues are sometimes related to this (think DNS or IP conflicts) but knowing where to look is usually the key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Fourth Order: Are diagnostic tools providing useful data relevant to the issue?**&#xD;&#xA;Now that you have info about the health of the system (second order) and what parts of it are experiencing issues (third order) this should make it easy to narrow down where the problem is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Error messages or log files should be a common waypoint on this journey.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CPU issues:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - loadav&#xD;&#xA; - top&#xD;&#xA; - strace&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disk space issues:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - df&#xD;&#xA; - du&#xD;&#xA; - lsof&#xD;&#xA; - iostat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Memory issues:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - free&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Connectivity issues:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - ping&#xD;&#xA; - route (and arp and rarp and friends)&#xD;&#xA; - iptables, ipchains, ipfw (for those BSD folks out there)&#xD;&#xA; - traceroute or mtr&#xD;&#xA; - hosts, nslookup, or dig&#xD;&#xA; - netstat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Most common complaint** (that I hear):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Email is not delivering fast enough (more than a minute from send to receipt by recipient) or, email is rejecting my attempt to send.  This usually comes down to the rate limiter in Postfix kicking in during a spam-storm, which impacts the ability to accept internal delivery.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**A real-life example:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, this is not always the case.  One time, the issue persisted regardless of service restarts; so after 3 minutes it was time to start looking around.  CPU was busy but under 100%, yet the load had soared to 15 on a box of just 2 cores, and was threatening to go higher.  The top command revealed that the mail system was in overdrive, along with the mail scanner, but there were no amavis child processes to be seen.  That was the clue - the mail queue command (mailq) showed some 150+ undelivered messages, *over 80% of which were spam*, in the last 20 minutes.  A quick adjustment to lower the rate limiter (which reduced the intake rate of the spam storm) while increasing the number of child email scanner processes (to help process the backlog), followed by a service restart, resolved the issue and the system was able to complete deliveries in a short time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The cause of the problem was that the amavis parent process had keeled over dead, and the child processes had eventually all run their course (they self-terminate after so many scans to prevent memory leaks).  So there were SMTP processes in postfix attempting to contact...thin air...to do the spam/virus scanning that was needed.  The distro I was using had out-of-date packages that would never be updated; as the installation was due to be replaced in a year or so, I manually &quot;overrode&quot; the install to the latest version, which included several bug fixes.  I haven't had the same problem since." />
  <row Id="16743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9329" RevisionGUID="5a650078-f128-431c-a078-3f7702346f7a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:20:12.490" UserId="1561" Text="Default User is the &quot;template&quot; that is used for creating new account &quot;homes&quot; in Windows.  Local System Account does *not* live there.  I may be mistaken, but as I understand it, &quot;LSA&quot; has no &quot;home&quot; to speak of, it's strictly an authentication-based account." />
  <row Id="16744" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9326" RevisionGUID="a3e5c97f-03e4-47d0-b40c-1554b5da58ed" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:22:38.833" UserId="45" Comment="added 154 characters in body" Text="EDIT: my &quot;solution&quot; is not correct. It does the opposite:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 0 = taskbar button flashes until you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; click it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could set it to &quot;1&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a [registry setting][1] in:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop&#xD;&#xA;         ForegroundFlashCount (DWORD)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try to set it to 0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Warning:** be careful when you edit the Windows Registry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc957205.aspx" />
  <row Id="16748" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9326" RevisionGUID="43860af3-3a86-400a-9bbf-d23e468c0e58" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:29:41.753" UserId="45" Comment="added 1165 characters in body" Text="EDIT: my &quot;solution&quot; below is not correct. It does the opposite:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 0 = taskbar button flashes until you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; click it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This [sample chapter][1] from the book &quot;Microsoft® Windows® XP Registry Guide&quot; contains some information related to focus:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The settings in the Focus category prevent that scenario by causing applications to flash &#xD;&#xA;&gt; their taskbar buttons to get your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; attention rather than stealing focus&#xD;&#xA;&gt; from the application in the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; foreground.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; The default value for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ForegroundLockTimeout is 0x00030D40,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; or 200000. This value is the time in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; milliseconds before Windows XP allows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; an application to steal the focus from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the foreground application. To convert&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 200000 to seconds, divide it by 1000&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (200 seconds). You see the value&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ForegroundFlashCount in the table&#xD;&#xA;&gt; twice, because setting it to 0 causes&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the taskbar button to flash until you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; click it; otherwise, the taskbar&#xD;&#xA;&gt; button flashes the number of times you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; set in ForegroundFlashCount.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Prevent applications from stealing focus: `ForegroundLockTimeout`&#xD;&#xA;- Flash taskbar button until I click on it: `ForegroundFlashCount`&#xD;&#xA;- Flash taskbar button N times: `ForegroundFlashCount`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/sampchap/6232.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a [registry setting][1] in:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop&#xD;&#xA;         ForegroundFlashCount (DWORD)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try to set it to 0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Warning:** be careful when you edit the Windows Registry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc957205.aspx" />
  <row Id="16749" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9325" RevisionGUID="15b890e8-c50c-46c7-9687-96cd8634b32f" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:30:32.327" UserId="45" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="I'm using a service which stores data on disk.&#xD;&#xA;The service is running as &quot;local system account&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where is the stored data for that system user?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm thinking about `C:\Documents and Settings\Default User` but I'm not sure about that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can someone confirm that?" />
  <row Id="16750" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="9325" RevisionGUID="15b890e8-c50c-46c7-9687-96cd8634b32f" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:30:32.327" UserId="45" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="Where can I find data stored by a Windows Service running as &quot;local system account&quot; ?" />
  <row Id="16752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9330" RevisionGUID="06c1bddb-c370-4951-a1ba-249320a10767" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:35:58.137" UserId="45" Text="If you're programming using standard APIs for getting the user's default directories (configuration and application data), the files  will be saved in the `Default User`'s folder, for example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Local Settings\&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I would confirm your assumption. I checked that on a service I wrote which runs as Local System Account." />
  <row Id="16753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9331" RevisionGUID="721d71e8-3b73-4a9c-b96f-26bcb1d4f19f" CreationDate="2009-03-25T02:48:24.413" Text="&lt;p&gt;Like many of you I am &quot;the guy who takes care of backup&quot; in the company. Luckily we are a software shop and most of the mission critical data are kept in a bunch of mercurial repositories. This makes it extremely easy for backup - all you need a script to update a remote copies and clone new repos. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are things that aren't simply version controlled however - like a large parts of our server(s) configuration, email, web data etc. For that we use a combination of rsnapshot and plain rsync to a zfs snapshotted box. No matter what we use - the end result is a bunch of files on a filesystem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given the amount of data these can't simply be copied over the internet to our off-site backup store (which is simply a white box sitting at my home) I am toying with the idea of moving hard drives between the office and my home as an insurance against corruption to the on-site copies - whatever the cause will be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Doing that is also very simple - for our rsnapshot backup all I need to do is to clone the MD devices which the filesystem resides on while for the backup on ZFS we can simple do a zfs send and recv on a new disk/zpool..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is really simply - what was the term used by Jeff/Joe to describe this idea in the show? It could be useful to quickly explain the whole idea to my fellow workmates. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;p.s. English is not my first language so don't be alarmed if you see broken grammar above :)  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="16755" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9331" RevisionGUID="721d71e8-3b73-4a9c-b96f-26bcb1d4f19f" CreationDate="2009-03-25T02:48:24.413" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;zfs&gt;&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="16757" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9333" RevisionGUID="b7207d19-2fc0-42e9-bbbd-35a1103a448c" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:39:06.833" UserId="588" Text="w/o messing with the registry, and providing wealth of other useful enhancements &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.mspx&quot;&gt;TweakUI&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: I've noticed the tag; this is for Windows XP only." />
  <row Id="16758" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="9325" RevisionGUID="a64da3a7-f7e4-42b6-931f-136bbedc6c06" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:39:58.017" UserId="45" Comment="edited title" Text="Where can I find data stored by a Windows Service running as &quot;Local System Account&quot;?" />
  <row Id="16759" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9331" RevisionGUID="b0ae705e-80ed-42cc-8a3b-b5322358b6a0" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:40:20.280" UserId="1" Comment="edited title" Text="&lt;p&gt;Like many of you I am &quot;the guy who takes care of backup&quot; in the company. Luckily we are a software shop and most of the mission critical data are kept in a bunch of mercurial repositories. This makes it extremely easy for backup - all you need a script to update a remote copies and clone new repos. &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are things that aren't simply version controlled however - like a large parts of our server(s) configuration, email, web data etc. For that we use a combination of rsnapshot and plain rsync to a zfs snapshotted box. No matter what we use - the end result is a bunch of files on a filesystem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given the amount of data these can't simply be copied over the internet to our off-site backup store (which is simply a white box sitting at my home) I am toying with the idea of moving hard drives between the office and my home as an insurance against corruption to the on-site copies - whatever the cause will be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Doing that is also very simple - for our rsnapshot backup all I need to do is to clone the MD devices which the filesystem resides on while for the backup on ZFS we can simple do a zfs send and recv on a new disk/zpool..&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet&quot;&gt;Sneakernet&lt;/a&gt; approach make sense for us? It's also useful to quickly explain the whole idea to my fellow workmates. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;p.s. English is not my first language so don't be alarmed if you see broken grammar above :)  &lt;/p&gt;" />
  <row Id="16760" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="9331" RevisionGUID="b0ae705e-80ed-42cc-8a3b-b5322358b6a0" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:40:20.280" UserId="1" Comment="edited title" Text="Does a Sneakernet make sense as a backup strategy?" />
  <row Id="16761" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9331" RevisionGUID="b0ae705e-80ed-42cc-8a3b-b5322358b6a0" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:40:20.280" UserId="1" Comment="edited title" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;zfs&gt;&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;sneakernet&gt;" />
  <row Id="16763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9334" RevisionGUID="adbe356d-069c-4cbb-b10c-7a378abbbec7" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:40:48.563" UserId="181" Text="One problem that I've seen is with a busy site, not checking, and updating the memory-allocation available to the server for its use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have anything other than a trivial database (literally, a few megabytes), you will want to update the `innodb_buffer_pool_size` from the default value of as little as 8MB to 70-80% of memory on a dedicated database server. 12G on 16GB box is one reasonable suggestion, though if your database is only at a few GB on disk, then this would be overkill unless you think it likely the amount of data will grow significantly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a similar setting for Myisam tables, though many people have mostly innodb tables (but the mysql-internal database is usually only myisam, so it does need some myisam `key_buffer` set).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Adding some more details about how big your database is, and the spec of the server that the database is running on (and if it's dedicated to that task) will be able to elicit more help." />
  <row Id="16764" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9335" RevisionGUID="cffa2116-37b3-4f1d-9250-f042b465d08a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:41:08.437" UserId="1331" Text="More about sneakernet here in [serverfault.com][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://serverfault.com/questions/8492/have-you-ever-used-sneakernet" />
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  <row Id="16766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9336" RevisionGUID="2be4156b-f26d-4484-b09b-a98742c5dae5" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:41:12.447" UserId="1509" Text="I've tried some, but was never more satisfied as with [Synergy][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="16770" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9335" RevisionGUID="475b3884-79be-42eb-8447-41845112c1df" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:46:57.100" UserId="1331" Comment="deleted 4 characters in body" Text="[People in ServerFault who used sneakernet][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://serverfault.com/questions/8492/have-you-ever-used-sneakernet" />
  <row Id="16771" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9324" RevisionGUID="117933de-9b90-4d9c-abbe-4cc4e3c5ed9d" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:48:42.960" UserId="234" Comment="added extra info." Text="I'd like to prevent / restrict the amount of times an applications flashes in my task bar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, messenger chat windows. If I ignore them, they keep flashing. Ideally, what I'd like to do is only allow any given application to flash in the task bar 3 times and then stop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How might I do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To clarify I do need a Vista solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ForegroundFlashCount is already set to 3, so is this setting is ignored in Vista?" />
  <row Id="16772" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9338" RevisionGUID="d8eddf67-8f48-40bc-bbd2-728a5b4538b4" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:53:52.903" UserId="1509" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;I am in charge to furnish a class with keyboards that have colored keys for special functions. It's for kids in their free time to learn video cutting and editing (mainly on [Final Cut Pro][1]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, these [Logic Keyboards][2] or [Overlays][3] already exist, but are fairly expensive, and as you can imagine, there is not much money in such free time projects.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know of cheaper/simpler solutions ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are quite a handful of helpers with different handcraft skills, so we are going to try this on our own if we do not find a buyable solution. The results will of course be on display here, if not considered off-topic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No, the [Optimus Maximus][4] is not a solution :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apple.com/de/finalcutstudio/finalcutpro/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.logickeyboard.com/shop/Euro/apple-final-cut-1629p.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.kbcovers.com/servlet/Categories?category=Final+Cut&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/9836/" />
  <row Id="16773" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9338" RevisionGUID="d8eddf67-8f48-40bc-bbd2-728a5b4538b4" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:53:52.903" UserId="1509" Text="Cheap or DIY Keyboard Overlays ?" />
  <row Id="16774" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9338" RevisionGUID="d8eddf67-8f48-40bc-bbd2-728a5b4538b4" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:53:52.903" UserId="1509" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;keyboard&gt;&lt;diy&gt;" />
  <row Id="16775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9339" RevisionGUID="b54c7452-41b0-4eb1-b6d4-01f91c41219e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:57:28.107" UserId="181" Text="You can find out which process is holding open a file with `lsof` (literally, list open file).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `lsof | grep /var/lib/urpmi`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Change the grep search, as required." />
  <row Id="16776" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9340" RevisionGUID="c642acc0-4151-45d1-8746-c145937b2aab" CreationDate="2009-05-18T09:58:22.240" UserId="1435" Text="Ultimately, after all the various electronic methods, most major corporations have their backup tapes/disks taken by hand off-site for long-term storage. I myself rotate a bunch of firewire-connected hard disks that I backup my various machines to into and out of a safety deposit box every few weeks. So yes, 'sneakernet' is a good way of dealing with backup in my opinion." />
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  <row Id="16778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9341" RevisionGUID="ca1008b2-27a4-419c-bfa2-be1023334c0a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:00:38.820" UserId="32988" Text="You might find something useful in this one: &#xD;&#xA;http://www.sage.org/field/jobs-descriptions.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Especially the parts about required skills.)" />
  <row Id="16779" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9330" RevisionGUID="b5d79f5b-14c8-4206-a2b8-e4c8a897358a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:01:46.023" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 8 characters in body" Text="If your service uses standard APIs for getting the user's default directories (configuration and application data), the files will be saved in the `Default User`'s folder, for example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Local Settings\&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I would confirm your assumption. I checked that on a service I wrote which runs as Local System Account." />
  <row Id="16780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9342" RevisionGUID="2bb5bfdb-7750-4dd9-9867-09524473f2e4" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:01:49.567" UserId="32988" Text="Please consider the physical security of the offsite backup-site. All the effort you've put into making your servers secure is wasted if the backups get stolen.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16781" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9342" RevisionGUID="2bb5bfdb-7750-4dd9-9867-09524473f2e4" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:01:49.567" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9343" RevisionGUID="8e1c0516-46e5-48e7-abb8-f914d0991a73" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:03:00.560" UserId="2863" Text="I have had success using Remote desktop for windows machines, any VNC client can be used quite easily for linux / unix machines however if you want distinct sessions for users [XManager][1] works really well (although is not OSS)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.netsarang.com/products/xmg_detail.html" />
  <row Id="16783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9344" RevisionGUID="dd1a39a7-6977-464b-801c-4632d247551d" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:05:29.293" UserId="2943" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're planing to have two SQL servers updated by synchronous database mirroring.  This will include a third environment configured as a witness server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For standard windows patching - what order should we patch / reboot the servers?" />
  <row Id="16784" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9344" RevisionGUID="dd1a39a7-6977-464b-801c-4632d247551d" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:05:29.293" UserId="2943" Text="SQL Server Patching a Mirror configuration" />
  <row Id="16785" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9344" RevisionGUID="dd1a39a7-6977-464b-801c-4632d247551d" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:05:29.293" UserId="2943" Text="&lt;mirror&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="16786" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9345" RevisionGUID="95741353-028f-4ec4-b4b0-b80964056b67" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:08:08.507" UserId="1331" Text="Post images of wiring/cabling you've seen that horrifies you or makes you say WTF.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please do not hotlink any images without permission." />
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  <row Id="16788" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9345" RevisionGUID="95741353-028f-4ec4-b4b0-b80964056b67" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:08:08.507" UserId="1331" Text="&lt;humor&gt;&lt;fun&gt;&lt;culture&gt;" />
  <row Id="16789" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9345" RevisionGUID="95741353-028f-4ec4-b4b0-b80964056b67" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:08:08.507" UserId="1331" />
  <row Id="16790" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9346" RevisionGUID="adae9fce-f768-4273-8c93-26dba1d2bdd3" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:08:25.310" UserId="1331" Text="Anything at [sysadminday.com's horror gallery][1] is scary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Especially, [this image.][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://sysadminday.com/horrors.html&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://sysadminday.com/images/horror/pDont_Touch.jpg" />
  <row Id="16791" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9346" RevisionGUID="adae9fce-f768-4273-8c93-26dba1d2bdd3" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:08:25.310" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9347" RevisionGUID="cafe56c5-d301-4f4c-b8b4-bb82776ef0bb" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:08:46.213" UserId="2946" Text="Hi everyone,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to implement off-site backups and would really appreciate any advice on this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Current Setup:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2 Racks with internal 100MB network.&#xD;&#xA;15 servers each backing up approx 100GB of data each day over the network to a backup server in the rack.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My thoughts were to upgrade the internal network to 1GB to speed up the backing up to the backup server and then purchase a rack mounted tape backup drive  for the backup server to then backup to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does this sound a reasonable way of going about it? Also ideally we'd only want to retrieve/replace tapes once a week, will an automated tape drive be able to do this and could it cope with a nightly tape backup with this amound of data?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many Thanks&#xD;&#xA;Nick" />
  <row Id="16793" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9347" RevisionGUID="cafe56c5-d301-4f4c-b8b4-bb82776ef0bb" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:08:46.213" UserId="2946" Text="Off-Site Backups" />
  <row Id="16794" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9347" RevisionGUID="cafe56c5-d301-4f4c-b8b4-bb82776ef0bb" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:08:46.213" UserId="2946" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;backups&gt;" />
  <row Id="16795" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9338" RevisionGUID="cf5b55ac-1c8f-40b1-9404-81f141d37a7b" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:12:31.057" UserId="45" Comment="added 2 characters in body; edited title" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am in charge to furnish a class with keyboards that have colored keys for special functions. It's for kids in their free time to learn video cutting and editing (mainly on [Final Cut Pro][1]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, these [Logic Keyboards][2] or [Overlays][3] already exist, but are fairly expensive, and as you can imagine, there is not much money in such free time projects.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know of cheaper/simpler solutions ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are quite a handful of helpers with different handcraft skills, so we are going to try this on our own if we do not find a buyable solution. The results will of course be on display here, if not considered off-topic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No, the [Optimus Maximus][4] is not a solution :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apple.com/de/finalcutstudio/finalcutpro/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.logickeyboard.com/shop/Euro/apple-final-cut-1629p.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.kbcovers.com/servlet/Categories?category=Final+Cut&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/9836/" />
  <row Id="16796" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="9338" RevisionGUID="cf5b55ac-1c8f-40b1-9404-81f141d37a7b" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:12:31.057" UserId="45" Comment="added 2 characters in body; edited title" Text="Cheap or DIY Keyboard Overlays?" />
  <row Id="16797" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9348" RevisionGUID="9723f448-497d-4557-9bcb-d631cc43078e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:12:43.617" UserId="2944" Text="I would like to setup a central Mecurial repository on a Windows 2008 server which only allows both push and pull access to certain users.  This is to allow developers working remotely to push/pull changes through the central repository while working remotely.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16798" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9348" RevisionGUID="9723f448-497d-4557-9bcb-d631cc43078e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:12:43.617" UserId="2944" Text="How to setup a Mercurial central repository on a windows 2008 server" />
  <row Id="16799" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9348" RevisionGUID="9723f448-497d-4557-9bcb-d631cc43078e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:12:43.617" UserId="2944" Text="&lt;mercurial&gt;" />
  <row Id="16800" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9335" RevisionGUID="6a433adf-367b-409a-b715-7583bb12ae97" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:12:51.477" UserId="1331" Comment="fixed grammar" Text="[People on ServerFault who used sneakernet][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://serverfault.com/questions/8492/have-you-ever-used-sneakernet" />
  <row Id="16801" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9349" RevisionGUID="7db5eccf-8aad-4932-bdf6-06fbee5949a4" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:13:41.587" UserId="1435" Text="Sounds like a good plan but also consider using some form of cheap'ish disk-based backup such as a 2/3/4/5-disk Thecus NAS or similar, then back up the data from that onto tape. That way you can restore more quickly if needed and also get the backup done and dusted more quickly to allow your servers to get on with their own work while allowing for off-site tapes to be made at leisure." />
  <row Id="16802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9350" RevisionGUID="e0f9cd1a-d7ea-40df-b6d8-0ac185d309f0" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:22:18.807" UserId="1435" Text="I once saw a small data centre that we seriously considered burning down as rebuilding from scratch would have been quicker - no photos though sorry but there were fibres running across the room at various heights - you had to walk through it like you were trying to break into a bank vault protected by lasers." />
  <row Id="16803" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9350" RevisionGUID="e0f9cd1a-d7ea-40df-b6d8-0ac185d309f0" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:22:18.807" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16804" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9351" RevisionGUID="2fc85168-595a-4a5a-86ad-f90e2633460e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:00:09.990" Text="&lt;p&gt;Can i use the RBAC feature on Aix 6.1 to do the following.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;file - myfile.txt &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have users - root , aixuser(non-root).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want only aixuser to have access to file 'myfile.txt' and NOT the root user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can this be done with RBAC on aix 6.1?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16805" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9351" RevisionGUID="2fc85168-595a-4a5a-86ad-f90e2633460e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:00:09.990" Text="Can RBAC secure non-root owners files on aix 6.1?" />
  <row Id="16806" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9351" RevisionGUID="2fc85168-595a-4a5a-86ad-f90e2633460e" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:00:09.990" Text="&lt;aix&gt;" />
  <row Id="16807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9352" RevisionGUID="a7ff6ddd-ace8-4ace-9990-881d64bdaadb" CreationDate="2009-05-15T11:57:42.800" Text="&lt;p&gt;No, you can not secure anything from the root user, even with RBAC. RBAC allows you to farm out some administrative tasks normally reserved for root to regular users. It does &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; restrict root users in any way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is by design. The root user is not allowed to have their access restricted otherwise they cannot do their job properly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All RBAC allows you to do is create a sub-class of root users, not limit root itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16808" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9353" RevisionGUID="514a1920-5467-47a0-8831-b6a022a03d6f" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:22:51.020" Text="&lt;p&gt;@Pax,&#xA;but we can disable the root user on Aix 6.1 as per the RBAC , there is a special section on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How about i disable root user , then the 'root' user behaves like  a normal user and then i can disable him from accessing myfile.txt using RBAC commands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9354" RevisionGUID="2fdef040-298e-4370-897c-1278f72b1422" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:35:42.133" UserId="48354" Text="We generate cache files for combined site assets such as javascript and css. We currently store these files in /tmp but with everything else in there it is making the cleanup routines awkward to setup. are we safe to switch to using /home/USER/tmp instead ? Does  this area have an automated cleanup routine that i need to be aware of? I've noticed there are currently files in there for Awstats / webalizer / cpbandwidth&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this is using CentOS btw.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16810" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9354" RevisionGUID="2fdef040-298e-4370-897c-1278f72b1422" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:35:42.133" UserId="48354" Text="store cache files in /tmp or /home/USER/tmp" />
  <row Id="16811" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9354" RevisionGUID="2fdef040-298e-4370-897c-1278f72b1422" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:35:42.133" UserId="48354" Text="&lt;storage&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;centos&gt;" />
  <row Id="16812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9355" RevisionGUID="5592994b-4e21-4da2-9ce8-ebd52660f413" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:45:42.143" UserId="1463" Text="Yes, use a disk backup system as well as the tape. Store atleast a few revisions back on the disk system and when you do the tape backups as you say, you do them from the disk backup system and not from the production servers themselves.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Storing several revisions on the disk system makes it very easy to rerun a tape job should the robot or tape fail (which they tend to do more often than you think).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And of course, restoring data from the disk system is much faster and easier - it could have a user tool/portal so users can restore files themselves..." />
  <row Id="16813" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9354" RevisionGUID="7c40ebd4-309f-4897-9bdd-84d3fde13493" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:48:20.360" UserId="45" Comment="edited body; edited title" Text="We generate cache files for combined site assets such as javascript and css. We currently store these files in /tmp but with everything else in there it is making the cleanup routines awkward to setup. Are we safe to switch to using /home/USER/tmp instead? Does  this area have an automated cleanup routine that I need to be aware of? I've noticed there are currently files in there for Awstats / webalizer / cpbandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is using CentOS btw.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16814" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="9354" RevisionGUID="7c40ebd4-309f-4897-9bdd-84d3fde13493" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:48:20.360" UserId="45" Comment="edited body; edited title" Text="Store cache files in /tmp or /home/USER/tmp" />
  <row Id="16815" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9281" RevisionGUID="a82377d0-f298-46bc-9657-ab28d859a032" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:48:58.737" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="Hi folks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;we're using the Squid cache in our company. Is there any way we can cache YouTube videos?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;cheers :)" />
  <row Id="16816" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="9281" RevisionGUID="a82377d0-f298-46bc-9657-ab28d859a032" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:48:58.737" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="How can I cache YouTube videos with Squid Cache?" />
  <row Id="16817" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9118" RevisionGUID="eb76b5db-eb86-48df-9323-63009101ef7b" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:50:57.080" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was handed an old .pst file, and as you can guess, inside that file there is supposed to be an important email.    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have no access to a computer with Microsoft Outlook installed. Does anyone know of a good tool to locate this email inside the .pst file and/or export all emails from there?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,  &#xD;&#xA;Amir." />
  <row Id="16818" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="9118" RevisionGUID="eb76b5db-eb86-48df-9323-63009101ef7b" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:50:57.080" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="A tool to export / search inside a .pst file?" />
  <row Id="16819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9356" RevisionGUID="1994084d-aee3-4b22-aa67-1193dd56ca3f" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:52:44.127" UserId="2950" Text="I would say that using sneakernet as a part of you backupstrategy is sound logic.&#xD;&#xA;If people with malicius intent got access of your network, they could easily wipe offsite backups aswell. But, if you do some sneakernetting to an offline system / location you would have the backup secured in a better way. Ofcourse rollbacks of that backup will take longer time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would use sneakernet for backup say, once a week or something like that, depending on the content of the system you are running backup from.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add:&#xD;&#xA;Many companies use a tapestreamer in this regard. Just having one backuptape at the location at all times. And then rotate tape acording to a towers of hanoi scheme." />
  <row Id="16820" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9356" RevisionGUID="1994084d-aee3-4b22-aa67-1193dd56ca3f" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:52:44.127" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16821" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9357" RevisionGUID="441eddee-d843-4d0a-954d-d793c9c0779f" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:57:06.117" UserId="2503" Text="This is caused by a futex lock that can't easily be unlocked without a reboot. Reboot the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's essentially a problem with the Linux threading libraries and kernel 2.6, if a process is killed while holding a certain type of lock, it is never freed. I believe it will be fixed in later C libraries / kernels (or already has been)." />
  <row Id="16822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9358" RevisionGUID="3a473c72-1211-48fc-9513-c774e19e8ba2" CreationDate="2009-05-18T10:57:22.807" UserId="2621" Text="Go to [Sysinternals][1] and download procmon. You will need to know the name of the exe that the service runs as. Then you can use the filter in procmon to only list those activities generated by that application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should now be able to run through the list and determine which file this application is using (NOTE: After several minutes of logging, you can use the file menu to stop monitoring)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The entire Sysinternal suite can be downloaded as a single zip file and you may find other utils in the kit that can be helpfull.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="16824" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9360" RevisionGUID="1ae48881-e2e5-46d2-afb5-ce89eff21799" CreationDate="2009-05-18T11:01:36.230" UserId="48354" Text="What methods do people use for viewing sites during periods of DNS propagation. We use WHM/cPanel for all sites so the sites on those servers can be accessed by http://IP.ADDRESS/~username/ but this is often not suitable for client access and also doesnt work for certain site configurations. Internally we often use some free proxy sites but these are full of malware and porn ads so certainly not suitable for client access and have other problems because of frame usage. i know we could probably do this by going down the purer proxy route using one of the main Firefox extensions but again this is beyond most clients scope. what do other people do?" />
  <row Id="16825" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9360" RevisionGUID="1ae48881-e2e5-46d2-afb5-ce89eff21799" CreationDate="2009-05-18T11:01:36.230" UserId="48354" Text="previewing site during DNS propagation" />
  <row Id="16826" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9360" RevisionGUID="1ae48881-e2e5-46d2-afb5-ce89eff21799" CreationDate="2009-05-18T11:01:36.230" UserId="48354" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;website&gt;" />
  <row Id="16827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9361" RevisionGUID="24bf32ed-1b7e-4e4d-8afa-4f805fc428c9" CreationDate="2009-05-18T11:03:46.740" UserId="1787" Text="For developer preview I use [**`/etc/hosts`**][1] entry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file" />
  <row Id="16828" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9360" RevisionGUID="de4e2f9f-977e-4578-9f62-b5a7dd641c3b" CreationDate="2009-05-18T11:08:24.860" UserId="45" Comment="edited body; edited title" Text="What methods do people use for viewing sites during periods of DNS propagation? We use WHM/cPanel for all sites so the sites on those servers can be accessed by http://IP.ADDRESS/~username/ but this is often not suitable for client access and also doesnt work for certain site configurations. Internally we often use some free proxy sites but these are full of malware and porn ads so certainly not suitable for client access and have other problems because of frame usage. I know we could probably do this by going down the purer proxy route using one of the main Firefox extensions but again this is beyond most clients scope. What do other people do?" />
  <row Id="16829" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="9360" RevisionGUID="de4e2f9f-977e-4578-9f62-b5a7dd641c3b" CreationDate="2009-05-18T11:08:24.860" UserId="45" Comment="edited body; edited title" Text="Previewing site during DNS propagation" />
  <row Id="16830" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9362" RevisionGUID="fdc36085-0ecf-4930-8054-07bfd96f2fd9" CreationDate="2009-05-18T11:08:59.133" UserId="167" Text="I have used a service running as the 'Local System' account and user data is stored in:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    c:\Documents and Settings\LocalService&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a hidden folder and took me a while to find it. Hope this helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16831" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9363" RevisionGUID="25132bf7-f7c5-4468-86c9-26e41cf933e6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T11:11:03.340" UserId="1463" Text="I think you need some serious simulation to do that, like [Simics][1] or similar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When it comes to simple testing just using more threads than there are cores would provide at least some useful data, right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It sounds like it would be ludicrously cpu-demanding to emulate more cores - at least in any meaningful way. But I could be wrong ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.virtutech.com/solutions/technology/multicore" />
  <row Id="16832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9364" RevisionGUID="a20369c2-a42d-4988-a59c-546939ad8aad" CreationDate="2009-05-18T11:11:33.870" UserId="1509" Text="[Synergy][1] is a [well known tool][2] to have only one keyboard and mouse for two networked (TCP/IP) computers with a screen each. I loved to use it at my former job. Now, at my new job, I've still got two PC, but they are in completely different and isolated networks: Administrative and development, windows and linux, accordingly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seeing a &quot;serial&quot; feature of [putty (windows)][3], which usually is able to do all sorts of tunneling, I wonder whether it would allow me to use Synergy through a TCP-over-Serial connection. I reckon I'd need to use [SLIP][4] on the linux side.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone got experience with this, or with parts of this ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6788/sharing-a-keyboard-and-mouse-between-networked-computers&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.putty.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_Line_Internet_Protocol" />
  <row Id="16833" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9364" RevisionGUID="a20369c2-a42d-4988-a59c-546939ad8aad" CreationDate="2009-05-18T11:11:33.870" UserId="1509" Text="Synergy over serial ?" />
  <row Id="16834" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9364" RevisionGUID="a20369c2-a42d-4988-a59c-546939ad8aad" CreationDate="2009-05-18T11:11:33.870" UserId="1509" Text="&lt;serial&gt;&lt;putty&gt;&lt;slip&gt;" />
  <row Id="16835" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9365" RevisionGUID="2682e418-b342-409f-9f02-6d1f8a7e14f5" CreationDate="2009-05-18T11:12:13.090" UserId="66" Text="As I understand it, and feel free to correct me if I am wrong, every copy of Server 2003 or Server 2008 comes with 5 CALS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, a User CAL means that the named user can connect to any server I may have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does this mean that if I buy two copies of Server 2003 I in effect am fully licensed for 10 users to access both servers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Much appreciated." />
  <row Id="16836" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9365" RevisionGUID="2682e418-b342-409f-9f02-6d1f8a7e14f5" CreationDate="2009-05-18T11:12:13.090" UserId="66" Text="Microsoft Server Client Access Licensing" />
  <row Id="16837" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9365" RevisionGUID="2682e418-b342-409f-9f02-6d1f8a7e14f5" CreationDate="2009-05-18T11:12:13.090" UserId="66" Text="&lt;microsoft&gt;&lt;licensing&gt;&lt;cals&gt;" />
  <row Id="16838" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9366" RevisionGUID="80b5342f-3b13-4614-be5a-1cd480f58ada" CreationDate="2009-05-18T11:20:31.200" UserId="2621" Text="Well, this is a very sticky subject, as sometimes Microsoft does not even know their licensing! A CAL is either per device or per user, so I would assume the same as yourself for a single server: 5 CAL's == 4 simultaneous users || 4 simultaneous devices (reserve 1 CAL for an administrator to login to the console)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now with 2 servers, that is still only 4 users per server, not 8 per server like your question suggests (minus the 2 administrator CAL's)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Only Microsoft Licensing would be able to fully answer your question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16839" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9367" RevisionGUID="4d579798-a4fc-4a84-99ec-b8ea798a6585" CreationDate="2009-05-18T11:25:36.247" UserId="45" Text="I think the image below on [Microsoft's Windows Server Licensing page][1] should explain it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You basically have to options: &quot;per server&quot; and &quot;per user/device&quot;. Running your site in n &quot;per user/device&quot;, you should be allowed to access all servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Disclaimer: To be sure, I would contact Microsoft Sales or your software dealer.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/licensing/caloverview.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img.microsoft.com/library/media/1033/windowsserver/windowsserver2003/graphics/cal_infographic.gif" />
  <row Id="16840" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9368" RevisionGUID="7ba73e37-1264-493b-ba3c-970878f7cfa3" CreationDate="2009-05-18T11:28:08.127" UserId="1797" Text="Unless you set your own clean up script for /home/USER/tmp, there is nothing, that I know of, setup as a default for that directory on CentOS. You might want to ask your host, as they might have done custom configurations that might apply to you (having Awstats/webalizer, etc files on /home/USER/tmp is not the norm)." />
  <row Id="16841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9369" RevisionGUID="b174169e-e382-4308-816f-f53f0b71ff7a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T11:30:28.887" UserId="2671" Text="I would say that it's probably better to store the files in /tmp/USER, rather than under the user's home directories.  First of all, the permissions on /tmp are generally more accessible, which may come into play if your server config changes in the future, or if you need to write some type of cleanup script.  Second, why expose the users to these tmp files?  Is there any reason that they would need to modify them directly?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not, better to keep them out of sight -- which is the purpose of the /tmp directory." />
  <row Id="16842" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9370" RevisionGUID="3c83b787-50d4-46b4-bab9-9fe6eddd01e8" CreationDate="2009-05-18T11:32:48.167" UserId="431" Text="The order would go like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Update the secondary server (the one that is not currently serving connections)&#xD;&#xA; 2. After it reboots, do a controlled mirroring failover to it&#xD;&#xA; 3. Update the primary server (which at this point is no longer serving connections)&#xD;&#xA; 4. After it reboots, you can do a controlled failover back to it if you want, but you don't have to.  You can leave the connections running on the secondary box." />
  <row Id="16843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9371" RevisionGUID="366c6cb6-0fc5-426b-b836-3dbdf72ceab1" CreationDate="2009-05-18T11:35:45.820" UserId="216" Text="DNS propagation will take as long as it takes.  If you can't use the site's &quot;official&quot; DNS name then the only choice is another domain or the site IP.  The latter is far from ideal, &#xD;&#xA;though, particularly if you're using name based virtual hosting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At my previous employer we used _customer_.`development.example.com` while the site was being developed, and _customer_.`servername.example.com` when it was live.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Who is supposed to be viewing the site?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16846" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9367" RevisionGUID="af140432-51df-4809-9d25-b479376d29a4" CreationDate="2009-05-18T11:38:16.343" UserId="45" Comment="added 695 characters in body" Text="I think the image below on [Microsoft's Windows Server Licensing page][1] should explain it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You basically have to options when you're licensing your server: **&quot;per server&quot;** and &quot;per **user/device&quot;**. Running your site in &quot;per user/device&quot;, you should be allowed to access all servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **Per User or Per Device Mode:**  &#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; A separate Windows CAL (of either type) is required for each user or device that accesses or uses the server software on **any of your servers**. &#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [...] If you choose this licensing mode,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; your choice is permanent. You can,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; however, reassign a Windows CAL from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; one device to another device or from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; one user to another user, provided the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; reassignment is made either (a)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; permanently away from the one device&#xD;&#xA;&gt; or user or (b) temporarily to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; accommodate the use of the Windows CAL&#xD;&#xA;&gt; either by a loaner device, while a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; permanent device is out of service, or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; by a temporary worker, while a regular&#xD;&#xA;&gt; employee is absent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Disclaimer: To be sure, I would contact Microsoft Sales or your software dealer.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/licensing/caloverview.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img.microsoft.com/library/media/1033/windowsserver/windowsserver2003/graphics/cal_infographic.gif" />
  <row Id="16850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9374" RevisionGUID="b3d87a70-b0b7-4e93-ac97-089417abd9a6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T11:53:56.107" UserId="431" Text="If you don't like Alnitak's answer about a DNS entry, the second best thing is to put a dedicated &quot;preview&quot; page on the web design company's site that links to your various previewing works-in-progress.  For example, tell the client to go to http://www.MyWebDesignCo.com/clients/AcmeInc and then on that page, use a redirect to go to the IP address or wherever the real preview location is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One advantage of this method is that you can edit the page fast to change the location without waiting on DNS setup or DNS TTL problems." />
  <row Id="16851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9375" RevisionGUID="fca6e544-8b85-4598-92e3-e1677e9f6c46" CreationDate="2009-05-18T11:55:29.493" UserId="1249" Text="Does anybody know the problem described below?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a Red Hat Enterprise Linux running Computer Associates XCOM Data Transport.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     #/usr/sbin/xcomd&#xD;&#xA;    2009/05/18 08:46:48  PRG=xcomd PID=7618&#xD;&#xA;        XCOMU0474E xcomd is already running. Multiple instances not supported.&#xD;&#xA;     # ps aux | grep xcom&#xD;&#xA;        root     10038  0.0  0.0 51084  716 pts/1    S+   08:53   0:00 grep xcom&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="16855" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9376" RevisionGUID="88cd784d-c148-430c-b8c1-4f84a87319c1" CreationDate="2009-05-18T11:55:44.687" UserId="2300" Text="I have a problem with Windows 7 RC (7100).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I frequently use a **crossover network cable** on WinXP with static IP addresses to connect to various industrial devices (e.g. robots, pumps, valves or even other Windows PCs) that have Ethernet network ports.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I do this on Windows 7, the network connection is classed as an &quot;Unidentified Network&quot; in `Networks and Sharing Center` and the public firewall profile is enforced by Windows.  I do not want to change the public profile and would prefer to use the Home or Work profile instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For other networks like Home and Work I'm able to click on them and change the classification.  This is not available for unidentified networks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My questions are these:-  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Is there a way to manual override the &quot;Unidentified Network&quot; classification?  &#xD;&#xA; 2. What tests are performed on the network that fail, therefore classifying it as an &quot;Unidentified Network&quot;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By googling (hitting mainly vista issues) it seems that you need to ensure that the default gateway is not `0.0.0.0`.  I've done this. I've also tried to remove IPv6 but this does not seem possible on Windows 7." />
  <row Id="16856" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9376" RevisionGUID="88cd784d-c148-430c-b8c1-4f84a87319c1" CreationDate="2009-05-18T11:55:44.687" UserId="2300" Text="Is it possible to change an &quot;Unidentified Network&quot; into a &quot;Home&quot; or &quot;Work&quot; network on Windows 7" />
  <row Id="16857" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9376" RevisionGUID="88cd784d-c148-430c-b8c1-4f84a87319c1" CreationDate="2009-05-18T11:55:44.687" UserId="2300" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="16858" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9366" RevisionGUID="c57b782a-0928-4793-8c34-a6f7b4d22bc6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T11:56:00.180" UserId="2621" Comment="Added QuarkIT link" Text="Well, this is a very sticky subject, as sometimes Microsoft does not even know their licensing! A CAL is either per device or per user, so I would assume the same as yourself for a single server: 5 CAL's == 4 simultaneous users || 4 simultaneous devices (reserve 1 CAL for an administrator to login to the console)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now with 2 servers, that is still only 4 users per server, not 8 per server like your question suggests (minus the 2 administrator CAL's)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Only Microsoft Licensing would be able to fully answer your question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: [QuarkIT.com.au][1] tries to explain this in simple terms&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.quarkit.com.au/content/view/47/49/1/1/" />
  <row Id="16860" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9378" RevisionGUID="8a884a70-e0ca-4cbe-9ea4-f4d687182c33" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:00:20.597" UserId="2958" Text="We have a large network using a standard XP centrally managed configuration. We have a small number of users who need a 64 bit desktop OS for memory reasons. If we give them Windows Vista machines is there anything we need to especially watch out for when moving our standard profile?" />
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  <row Id="16862" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9378" RevisionGUID="8a884a70-e0ca-4cbe-9ea4-f4d687182c33" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:00:20.597" UserId="2958" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;profile&gt;" />
  <row Id="16863" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9351" RevisionGUID="0bb1906b-4bb9-4610-bfa9-eaebdea1560a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:01:35.463" UserId="942" Comment="added 9 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;Can i use the RBAC feature on Aix 6.1 to do the following.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;file - myfile.txt &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have users - root , aixuser(non-root).&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want only aixuser to have access to file 'myfile.txt' and NOT the root user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can this be done with RBAC on aix 6.1?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16864" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9351" RevisionGUID="0bb1906b-4bb9-4610-bfa9-eaebdea1560a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:01:35.463" UserId="942" Comment="added 9 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;aix&gt;&lt;rbac&gt;" />
  <row Id="16865" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9364" RevisionGUID="bdb03021-a37a-428d-a60d-c5f1850be8a6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:02:07.010" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="[Synergy][1] is a [well known tool][2] to have only one keyboard and mouse for two networked (TCP/IP) computers with a screen each. I loved to use it at my former job. Now, at my new job, I've still got two PC, but they are in completely different and isolated networks: Administrative and development, Windows and Linux, accordingly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seeing a &quot;serial&quot; feature of [putty (Windows)][3], which usually is able to do all sorts of tunneling, I wonder whether it would allow me to use Synergy through a TCP-over-Serial connection. I reckon I'd need to use [SLIP][4] on the Linux side.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone got experience with this, or with parts of this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6788/sharing-a-keyboard-and-mouse-between-networked-computers&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.putty.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_Line_Internet_Protocol" />
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  <row Id="16867" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9348" RevisionGUID="d53b2639-4ec1-4e14-bed8-e9f5700086de" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:02:17.757" UserId="942" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;mercurial&gt;&lt;version-control&gt;" />
  <row Id="16869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9380" RevisionGUID="5cf04e0f-1eb6-4b62-90c0-777ee127b334" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:03:46.523" UserId="2953" Text="I'm looking for a backup strategy for a Windows 2008 Webserver. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What folders/files need to be backed up to easily restore all IIS 7 settings?" />
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  <row Id="16872" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9381" RevisionGUID="2b7f7696-40ae-4b0e-910a-9e748fe7f0cb" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:05:26.057" UserId="2623" Text="Hi All,&#xD;&#xA;   Quite a specific question. I have an luser who is getting a mis-configured proxy error which is served by the proxy server if the user dosn't have the proxy settings. Before I drive over there was wondering if anyone knows if mac proxy settings are specific to an individual user or global. E.g. if she's logged in as a different user to the one I setup last week will she have lost these settings?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe it's the most recent or 1 version back of OS X.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for any help." />
  <row Id="16873" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9381" RevisionGUID="2b7f7696-40ae-4b0e-910a-9e748fe7f0cb" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:05:26.057" UserId="2623" Text="Are Proxy settings on a MAC profile specific" />
  <row Id="16874" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9381" RevisionGUID="2b7f7696-40ae-4b0e-910a-9e748fe7f0cb" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:05:26.057" UserId="2623" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="16875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9382" RevisionGUID="bc7cbd61-fbd6-4268-9b13-6d71c46e16a4" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:09:24.183" UserId="45" Text="In order to backup IIS configuration data, you can use the command line utility `AppCmd.exe`. For example, to backup configuration, run the follow command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe add backup &quot;Backup Name&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Restoring a backup is very simple too:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe restore backup &quot;Backup Name&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the way: IIS 7 has a feature called [&quot;IIS 7.0 Configuration History&quot;][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/129/using-iis-70-configuration-history/" />
  <row Id="16876" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9383" RevisionGUID="f4a12061-3cee-4097-9b97-11d6f845d3c8" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:12:04.540" UserId="431" Text="This isn't a cheap solution, but if your buckets really are critical, here's how you do it: boot an [Amazon EC2 instance][1] and sync the content there periodically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Amazon EC2 is their virtualization hosting provider.  You can spin up instances of Linux, Windows, etc and run anything you want.  You pay by the hour, and you get a pretty big storage space locally for that server.  For example, I use the &quot;large&quot; size instance, which comes with 850GB of local disk space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The cool part is that it's on the same network as S3, and you get unlimited transfers between S3 and EC2.  I use the $20 [Jungle Disk][2] software on a Windows EC2 instance, which lets me access my S3 buckets as if they were local disk folders.  Then I can do scheduled batch files to copy stuff out of S3 and onto my local EC2 disk space.  You can automate it to keep hourly backups if you want, or if you want to gamble, set up JungleDisk (or its Linux equivalents) to sync once an hour or so.  If someone deletes a file, you've got at least a few minutes to get it back from EC2.  I'd recommend the regular scripted backups though - it's easy to keep a few days of backups if you're compressing them onto an 850GB volume.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is really useful for SQL Server log shipping, but I can see how it'd accomplish your objective too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.jungledisk.com/" />
  <row Id="16877" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9383" RevisionGUID="f4a12061-3cee-4097-9b97-11d6f845d3c8" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:12:04.540" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="16878" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9382" RevisionGUID="6f581051-a6e6-4762-9522-caad31c4d888" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:15:40.013" UserId="45" Comment="added 420 characters in body" Text="In order to backup IIS configuration data, you can use the command line utility `AppCmd.exe`. For example, to backup configuration, run the follow command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe add backup &quot;Backup Name&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This command creates a directory under `%windir%\system32\inetsrv\backup`. It copies the current configuration files into the backup directory, including applicationHost.config (IIS global configuration), administration.config (Admin Tool's configuration), metabase.xml and mbschema.xml.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, you'll have to transfer these files to a secure place (tape, backup-to-disk, ...) and you'll have to backup the content of your web.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Restoring a backup is very simple too. List the backups this way:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe list backups&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and restore it using this command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe restore backup &quot;Backup Name&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a UI for IIS 7 Manager you can download [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------------&#xD;&#xA;By the way: IIS 7 has a feature called [&quot;IIS 7.0 Configuration History&quot;][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=34&amp;g=6&amp;i=1552&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/129/using-iis-70-configuration-history/" />
  <row Id="16879" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9384" RevisionGUID="b9853569-dc1a-4487-8f18-b16165510013" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:18:39.793" UserId="1395" Text="One of the sites I work at uses VMWare virtual servers. For the most part they work very well, but copying large files onto them from other places on the network is very slow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By large files I mean around 4GB in size (which isn't actually that big these days)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been watching my 4GB file copy for 90 minutes so far, and it still says about 2 hours to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there some VMWare trick for speeding up network file copies?" />
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  <row Id="16881" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9384" RevisionGUID="b9853569-dc1a-4487-8f18-b16165510013" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:18:39.793" UserId="1395" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;file-transfer&gt;" />
  <row Id="16882" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9385" RevisionGUID="197b903a-a685-4a3c-8601-eef4b9510ed4" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:20:40.043" UserId="2963" Text="I have developed a batch script that will remotley shutdown all of our PC's (using the shutdown \\\\machinename command)  in the office outwith working hours, but would like to give the users the ability to cancel this shutdown, say for example if they are working late.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My inital thought was to provide a batch file that the users could run (that executes the shutdown -a command), however when users run this is says they do not have the nessisarry permissions to run this command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I could modify the group policy setting &quot;Force shutdown from a remote system&quot;, to add provide users with this privalage, but im not sure if this the the only/best way of doing it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also - I have tried using other remote shutdown utilitys, however these will not run on our machines due to our antivirus software blocking remote execution of applications, i dont have any control over the AV software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="16884" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9385" RevisionGUID="197b903a-a685-4a3c-8601-eef4b9510ed4" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:20:40.043" UserId="2963" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;remote&gt;&lt;shutdown&gt;" />
  <row Id="16885" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9185" RevisionGUID="23edb63d-2998-4df7-b28c-c14770caaeba" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:21:26.937" UserId="1876" Comment="added 493 characters in body" Text="I have a 500G SATA hard drive in my machine that all the sudden started giving me I/O errors, until Linux simply disconnects the drive. Reboot, and then it works for a random period before failing again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The drive is within warranty, but I've had bad experience with shops that are unable to reproduce a problem, as the drive doesn't fail all the time. Then they simply send me a bill and the drive back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What is my best course of action to make sure they can reproduce the problem?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:** Those of you who have recommended the diagnosis tools, it's a good valid answer, expect as stated in my question, I'm running Linux and these tools do not exist for it. As for 'gaming' the store, it's not about that. The drive is well on its way of being completely unusable without any help from me. I'm just talking about speeding up the process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update 2:** I don't really know why I decided to ask this here. I was hoping for suggestions like 'do a badsector test', 'try to stress the drive with copying random data to it with dd'. I will say this again, so stop suggesting it or suggesting me not to... I will not in any way terminate my warranty by messing with the hardware itself, that includes; bulk erasers, huge magnets, too much power or anything that will show up when the drive is eventually sent back to the manufacturer." />
  <row Id="16886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9386" RevisionGUID="7467c276-79fa-4746-b49e-ce065d0d9046" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:23:09.977" UserId="1834" Text="The solution we found was to limit the amount of time COM+ will let a call run, and then  terminate it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We found this event in the event log that gave it away:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The average call duration has exceeded 10 minutes. If this is not the expected behavior, please see article 910904 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com for details on how to use the COM+ AutoDump feature to automatically generate dump files and/or terminate the process if the problem occurs again.&#xD;&#xA;Server Application ID: {20D49551-DF30-4A60-B553-CAD7B97F2153}&#xD;&#xA;Server Application Instance ID:&#xD;&#xA;{45DB1F97-8995-481C-94EE-CA891E446202}&#xD;&#xA;Server Application Name: &lt;-REDACTED-&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which lead us to this [kb][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We then modified the settings at **HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\COM3\AutoDump** &#xD;&#xA;according to the kb.  The issue still occurs, but now it doesn't hang up the whole server, only one user gets hung.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910904/" />
  <row Id="16887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9387" RevisionGUID="e69b24f6-9dce-4e63-aa72-c9b38315b2aa" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:26:44.343" UserId="1876" Text="I'm not known for my huge amount of patience, so I'll just answer this myself. Maybe this will help someone later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Badblock check**&#xD;&#xA;&gt; badblocks -v /dev/sdx1 (replace sdx1 with drive partition)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Write stress test**&#xD;&#xA;&gt; dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sdx (this will of course **wipe the entire disk**)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Read stress test**&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&gt; dd if=/dev/sdx of=/dev/null (reads every sector and sends it to the null device)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**SATA disconnects**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a USB-to-(S)ATA adapter that is capable of reseting the USB device if the disk stops responding at any point. This serves as a work-around when Linux disconnects the drive for too many i/o errors." />
  <row Id="16888" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9382" RevisionGUID="7470d2a2-ce7e-4292-a860-baa0cc4f13a4" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:27:38.693" UserId="45" Comment="added 57 characters in body" Text="In order to backup IIS configuration data, you can use the command line utility `AppCmd.exe`. For example, to backup configuration, run the follow command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe add backup &quot;Backup Name&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This command creates a directory under `%windir%\system32\inetsrv\backup`. It copies the current configuration files into the backup directory, including applicationHost.config (IIS global configuration), administration.config (Admin Tool's configuration), metabase.xml and mbschema.xml.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, you'll have to transfer these files to a secure place (tape, backup-to-disk, ...) and you'll have to backup the content of your web sites: html, script-files (asp, aspx, ...), images etc.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Restoring a backup is very simple too. List the backups this way:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe list backups&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and restore it using this command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe restore backup &quot;Backup Name&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a UI for IIS 7 Manager you can download [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------------&#xD;&#xA;By the way: IIS 7 has a feature called [&quot;IIS 7.0 Configuration History&quot;][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=34&amp;g=6&amp;i=1552&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/129/using-iis-70-configuration-history/" />
  <row Id="16889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9388" RevisionGUID="13029c15-2169-4708-ac37-c82efa3c5fd7" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:28:16.930" UserId="2467" Text="Do you mean ESX or Vmware Server (the freebie that runs on Windows)?&#xD;&#xA;I assume you mean ESX...in which case there are various options. How are you doing it now? Also what speed is the link? LAN or WAN? 100Mbps or 1Gbps etc?&#xD;&#xA;If you are copying from Windows using WinSCP or similar then that will be slow. SCP does encryption on the fly and WinSCP is particularly slow I find. Another alternative is to enable FTP server on the ESX host. Then you can just ftp from Windows, which will be hugely quicker. If you are going from ESX to ESX you can use command line scp which isn't too bad (compared to the Windows version). &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9389" RevisionGUID="39e2d978-b123-4f54-bccd-b3daaecfef5a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:31:16.117" UserId="431" Text="One way to do it would be to copy a batch file to each system and spawn it under your own credentials remotely.  The batch file would display a message &quot;Hit Control-C to abort&quot;, wait for 60 seconds, then issue the reboot command locally (as opposed to a remote shutdown).  Here's how to [do waits in batch files][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The black DOS window will pop up on their screen while they're working.  I'd go with 60 seconds, maybe even 120 because not everybody's staring at their screen while they work - they might be running to the bathroom or reading a printout.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://malektips.com/dos0017.html" />
  <row Id="16891" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9384" RevisionGUID="d1360139-f6a1-4c8a-9fe7-6d825565c306" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:36:11.480" UserId="1395" Comment="added 26 characters in body" Text="One of the sites I work at uses VMWare virtual servers. For the most part they work very well, but copying large files onto them from other places on the network is very slow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By large files I mean around 4GB in size (which isn't actually that big these days)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been watching my 4GB file copy for 90 minutes so far, and it still says about 2 hours to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there some VMWare trick for speeding up network file copies?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Technical details: Its VMWare ESX running on Linux. The network is a 1GB Lan. So far I've been trying to copy just using Windows Explorer, by remote desktopping into the virtual server and then connecting out to the network and copy/pasting the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For comparison, if I copied between two real machines on the same network, I would expect 4GB to copy in roughly 5 minutes." />
  <row Id="16892" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9384" RevisionGUID="5adb2959-d939-437a-bb5e-35ba8caadc54" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:42:29.447" UserId="1395" Comment="added 102 characters in body" Text="One of the sites I work at uses VMWare virtual servers. For the most part they work very well, but copying large files onto them from other places on the network is very slow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By large files I mean around 4GB in size (which isn't actually that big these days)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been watching my 4GB file copy for 90 minutes so far, and it still says about 2 hours to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there some VMWare trick for speeding up network file copies?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Technical details: Its VMWare ESX running on Linux. The network is a 1GB Lan. So far I've been trying to copy just using Windows Explorer, by remote desktopping into the virtual server and then connecting out to the network and copy/pasting the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For comparison, if I copied between two real machines on the same network, I would expect 4GB to copy in roughly 5 minutes. Going from 5 minutes to 240 minutes makes me think there is something going very wrong somewhere ...." />
  <row Id="16893" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9390" RevisionGUID="6e71a8bc-649b-4602-8d24-436abfa275bd" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:44:05.483" UserId="1426" Text="I've looked at [this question](http://serverfault.com/questions/527/best-way-to-build-home-nas-with-redundancy) and gotten some ideas from it. Assume I want something that runs quietly with raid support. I see the choices as being buy a home NAS solution most of which appear to be $400 or more, or build my own low powered PC and install a Linux or BSD distro on it with software raid. Any comparisons of the price I can expect to pay for hardware in the buy verses build choice would be appreciated. I have some Linux and BSD experience and to much free time  since I’m a student so setup difficulty isn't an issue. all other things being equal I'd like to build my own for the experience assuming reliability won't suffer." />
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  <row Id="16895" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9390" RevisionGUID="6e71a8bc-649b-4602-8d24-436abfa275bd" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:44:05.483" UserId="1426" Text="&lt;nas&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;bsd&gt;&lt;home-backup&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="16896" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9391" RevisionGUID="54e9bf86-024b-4ec3-bdbb-af4d23c751e8" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:45:02.593" UserId="103" Text="I asked previously if [there are good reasons to partition disks on Windows][1], and one of the big ones was for splitting data and OS. So that should you reinstall, you do not need to worry about the data (i.e. the partition with the OS gets wiped, while the data one remains).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows 7 allows you to have a VHD (virtual hard drive) file as a drive in the OS natively. My thinking is that you now have one partition and you create a VHD with the data on it. That way moving from machine to machine or reinstalling you just need a copy of the VHD. You could have two partitions still and dedicate one for the VHD, which gives a best of both scenario.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any pitfalls or issues that could occur in this scenario?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/86/are-there-good-reasons-to-partition-disks-on-windows" />
  <row Id="16897" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9391" RevisionGUID="54e9bf86-024b-4ec3-bdbb-af4d23c751e8" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:45:02.593" UserId="103" Text="Using a VHD as a data storage location?" />
  <row Id="16898" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9391" RevisionGUID="54e9bf86-024b-4ec3-bdbb-af4d23c751e8" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:45:02.593" UserId="103" Text="&lt;vhd&gt;&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;diskmanagement&gt;&lt;partition&gt;" />
  <row Id="16899" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9313" RevisionGUID="bbfbda96-a01d-4bba-9e54-f0ee579fe318" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:45:49.973" UserId="1813" Comment="clarification" Text="In VMWare you can use multiple CPU, but only as much as present on the host. Is there a way to use more CPU than physically available ? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would be to : &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * test software designed to run on an expensive 16-way box on commodity 2-way boxes.&#xD;&#xA; * Use an image designed for 2-way on a 1-way host&#xD;&#xA; * test software on *not-power-of-2*-way (think 3) (*Although this could eventually be done on a 4-way box*)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In VMWare you can use multiple CPU, but only as much as present on the host. Is there a way to use more CPU than physically available ? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would be to : &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * test software designed to run on an expensive 16-way box on commodity 2-way boxes.&#xD;&#xA; * Use an image designed for 2-way on a 1-way host&#xD;&#xA; * test software on *not-power-of-2*-way (think 3) (*Although this could eventually be done on a 4-way box*)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I specifically want be able to run a 16-way configured OS on a 2-way hardware, not basic over-subscribing (like 16 2-way on a 4-way hardware) that is effectively handled by almost every virtualization software currently available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also don't really want to invest in a very specific solution if I don't have to since the idea is to limit the investements required.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And I cannot just increase the number of the threads as it has been cleverly suggested since :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * In one application, I would like to be able to test the self-regulation of process numbers.&#xD;&#xA; * I want also to be able to see the impact of having a few number of big SMP (16+ way) hosts over a big number of small hosts (1 or 2 way).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9392" RevisionGUID="119ff8dd-7ad9-4d97-a55f-cc4d1165997c" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:46:04.483" UserId="32988" Text="Global. Stored in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist" />
  <row Id="16901" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9393" RevisionGUID="7a6cdf89-d939-4718-839b-bc8157095945" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:50:35.727" UserId="431" Text="The only question you have that isn't answered in the question you linked to is the cost difference.  You can build your own home server with any hardware you'd like to pick up.  Generally with NAS distros of Linux, older hardware is better because it's more likely to have drivers built in already.  You can pick up something like an HP D530 off Ebay for under $100 and get started pretty easily.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One other advantage to rolling your own is that it's easier to get iSCSI support.  Generally in the off-the-shelf NAS devices, you have to spend over $400 to get iSCSI support." />
  <row Id="16902" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9393" RevisionGUID="7a6cdf89-d939-4718-839b-bc8157095945" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:50:35.727" UserId="431" />
  <row Id="16903" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9394" RevisionGUID="f90b39ab-08ce-4fc6-8ef7-46f7c006afcb" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:55:07.860" UserId="431" Text="First pitfall/issue - there's no support for VHD files in most third party products.  For example, if you get a virus and you need to boot from an antivirus CD, the antivirus software won't scan inside the VHD.  You'll scan, clean up the hard drive, and then when you reboot into Windows you'll still have the virus.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next - backup images are going to be more complicated.  If you use something like Acronis TrueImage for backups, you have to make sure to back up the contents of the VHD, not the VHD itself.  The VHD's timestamp will change every time you use it, and so to backup software, it'll look like a huge file that has to be recopied to the backup every single time the backup runs.  In reality, only a few files have changed inside the VHD, and you only need to back those up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next - you said &quot;when reinstalling you just need a copy of the VHD&quot; - imagine that your next OS isn't compatible with the disk partition style you chose.  You have to copy the VHD off to another drive (like a USB drive) and then copy it back.  Why hassle with that when you could just partition and keep it separate and stable?  If you have to copy it off the drive anyway, you can use any partition imaging software like TrueImage or its open source clones to copy the partition to an external disk." />
  <row Id="16904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9395" RevisionGUID="eebccabc-8055-45ba-bdae-1b32aaebd761" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:56:03.753" UserId="2968" Text="We have 3 of these that are rotated on a daily basis (1 on site, 1 in transit, 1 off site)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/external/freeagent/freeagent_go/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The data is copied onto the disks using Robocopy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy) and encrypted using TruCrypt. The encryption ensures that even if the person responsible for the disks looses one, we can be sure that the data is safe." />
  <row Id="16906" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9397" RevisionGUID="6c1631b4-36a8-4d33-98d2-534e16a8b5f8" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:58:29.710" UserId="1803" Text="I'd say that building your own is worth its weight in learning value - but for something that runs **quietly**, you may have to do some research on gaming/overclocking sites to find the best options in quiet fans and power supplies.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;pricewatch.com is a great way to tally up costs once you know which parts you're picking up." />
  <row Id="16907" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9398" RevisionGUID="2ee0d675-a35c-4fce-a751-be4a1311c4e4" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:01:35.527" UserId="431" Text="The first thing to understand is that you're sharing the 1GB connection with other virtual machines.  You're not the only person using the network.  Ask how many other virtual servers are on that same host.  If you're really nice, the sysadmins might let you look at the VMware Virtual Center Performance tab, which will show you the network use overall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next, windows drag &amp; drop file copies aren't very efficient.  One trick for speeding up file copies (if you really have to do this often) is to do it with the hosts via SCP/FTP instead.  This isn't a quick setup, but here's how it works:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Set up an FTP server on the VMware host (the same one the guest is running on)&#xD;&#xA; - FTP (or SCP, if your sysadmins don't allow FTP) from the Windows guest to that VMware host (will run blazing fast since it doesn't actually go over the network - all file transfer is in the same host)&#xD;&#xA; - From your physical boxes running Windows, connect to the VMware host's FTP/SCP server and grab the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Like I said, not easy, but once you do it it's blazing fast.  It will still be constrained by the network that you're sharing with other virtual machines, though.  For best practices, VMware recommends using multiple network connections, and you might be able to sweet-talk your sysadmins into using a separate network adapter for the FTP/SCP server." />
  <row Id="16908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9399" RevisionGUID="99b17d57-6059-4db7-ba16-bb6d9ed4d18b" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:01:40.173" UserId="2881" Text="Rolling your own NAS device has it's pros and it's cons. When I built my server, it came down to having the ability to add features that you need easier than an off-the-shelf box, and I liked the ability of modifying some of the things myself. Kara also mentioned a big plus for me, learning the functionality and construction of this box is a great thing to have later on rather than just having another black box in the corner." />
  <row Id="16909" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9400" RevisionGUID="45ad3869-412a-47b3-a5c2-bfb9a8a58511" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:01:51.627" UserId="1589" Text="This situation is fairly well documented.  Check out the &quot;Collaborating with other people&quot; section of the very useful [HG Book][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, you can configure ssh access to the Mercurial repository, and limit access to specific users. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some more reference guides:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Multiple Committers Guide][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [TortoiseHg][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://hgbook.red-bean.com/read/collaborating-with-other-people.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/MultipleCommitters&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/TortoiseHg" />
  <row Id="16911" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9401" RevisionGUID="60dff612-3a04-419a-84f7-dd6198f6972e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:02:35.213" UserId="2973" Text="How would your determine a max value to set an alarm on the I/O activity of a ubuntu/linux server hosting upto 4 sites running apache, mysql and upto 4 tomcats? Or in general (if there is one such) what is a suitable operational range for I/O read/write per second in a production server with a 7.2K SATA HDD?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'm trying to understand is the impact on the disks if read/writes per second peaks. What should I look for in the specification of the disks/drives to determine this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you can see, I'm &quot;clearly&quot; confused. Any help/direction would be appreciated...&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16912" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9401" RevisionGUID="60dff612-3a04-419a-84f7-dd6198f6972e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:02:35.213" UserId="2973" Text="Normal disk read/write value for a ubuntu server." />
  <row Id="16913" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9401" RevisionGUID="60dff612-3a04-419a-84f7-dd6198f6972e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:02:35.213" UserId="2973" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="16915" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9402" RevisionGUID="2954eda1-e3a4-4620-b2cf-b27d311f2e75" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:07:37.670" UserId="2968" Text="Using a remote terminal server like a Moxa (http://www.moxa.com/product/NPort_6450.htm) is a common approach.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The serial devices all connect into the Moxa terminal server, then a windows Virtual COM port driver is installed on the VMWare Guest OS. The Virtual COM port driver is configured with the IP address of the Terminal server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The advantage of this approach is that your virtual server becomes completely hardware independent, you can move the image around to any physical server, and as long as there's IP connectivity to your terminal server, nothing breaks." />
  <row Id="16916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9403" RevisionGUID="c20d01cf-b266-44a0-914e-360a33f9123d" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:08:03.787" UserId="2224" Text="It depends on what you want to do. I tend to like building versus buying because with building I get:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Better disks and better warranties on the disks. (Usually 5 years vs. 1 year)&#xD;&#xA; - More features. (Whatever Linux/Windows can do)&#xD;&#xA; - To tinker in the basement with new hardware, which I still get a kick out of.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The downside of building is that you're probably going to have a bigger case, more noise and probably more power consumption, unless you're really take those issues into account and are willing to spend money to address them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The biggest question IMO is &quot;what do you need?&quot;. If you're just looking to backup a computer or dump a bunch of big files, a home NAS or consumer product is probably fine. For the shared home iMac and my wife's MacBook, I bought an Apple time capsule because it just works." />
  <row Id="16917" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9404" RevisionGUID="5bdfc5a7-035e-45d8-a4ac-9e60beff71c4" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:08:46.280" UserId="326" Text="**First** you need something like [munin][1] or [collectd][2] to measure. **Then** you need experience to get sensible values for your setup/workload. **Then** you can define thresholds for &quot;normal&quot; and &quot;excessive&quot; loads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://munin.projects.linpro.no/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://collectd.org/" />
  <row Id="16918" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9405" RevisionGUID="8403a96c-64dd-4784-bcee-37a8c147249a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:08:50.120" UserId="1847" Text="Some differences between using a full PC and a dedicated NAS:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The full PC is going to use a lot more electricity (it's on 24/7), and have a lot more points of failure. This goes double if you try using some old desktop - you'll get a large, power hungry (100-200w, compared to 15-25w) box that probably isn't well designed to operate for long stretches of time without a lot of heat build up (bad for harddrives).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A full PC is much more noisy then a dedicated NAS, especially when the NAS goes idle (many dedicated NAS have near silent cooling even when active, it's the harddrive you'll hear).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Further, with a NAS you have a choice between a consumer grade NAS, of which a descent one (like the DLink DNS-323) starts at about $150, or server solution, which is your $400+. The server solution provides faster speeds (even over a gigabyte network a consumer NAS won't give you full transfer speed, though if you are on 10/100 it doesn't matter) and can often provide more harddrive options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However this really comes down to what you want to use it for. The tags say you want to use this for home backup - what about just buying a SATA harddrive case (do some research and get one that doesn't require you to format the device inside the device) for about $50, and then drop in a harddrive of your choice. You'll have a full speed solution without any of the drawbacks." />
  <row Id="16919" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8297" RevisionGUID="4811fbdb-0e21-4b40-a589-34385bbb7b47" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:11:23.923" UserId="1737" Comment="added 162 characters in body" Text="I answered my own question with &quot;yum search inotify&quot;. It's called [lsyncd][1] and it's hosted on google code.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately it looks like it always runs a full rsync first, so it still wouldn't help me if my computer was not turned on for more than 14 hours at a time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Lsyncd uses rsync to synchronize local&#xD;&#xA;&gt; directories with a remote machine&#xD;&#xA;&gt; running rsyncd. Lsyncd watches&#xD;&#xA;&gt; multiple directories trees through&#xD;&#xA;&gt; inotify. The first step after adding&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the watches is to rsync all&#xD;&#xA;&gt; directories with the remote host, and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; then sync single file by collecting&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the inotify events. So lsyncd is a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; light-weight live mirror solution that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; should be easy to install and use&#xD;&#xA;&gt; while blending well with your system.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; See lsyncd --help for detailed command&#xD;&#xA;&gt; line options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.google.com/p/lsyncd" />
  <row Id="16920" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9406" RevisionGUID="7a6a7a1b-8a5e-4cfc-ae80-ffeb47c28435" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:13:09.660" UserId="2968" Text="Does anyone know the settings I need to get a Nokia E71 to connect to a Sonicwall GroupVPN connection?" />
  <row Id="16921" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9406" RevisionGUID="7a6a7a1b-8a5e-4cfc-ae80-ffeb47c28435" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:13:09.660" UserId="2968" Text="Nokia E71 to Sonicwall GroupVPN" />
  <row Id="16922" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9406" RevisionGUID="7a6a7a1b-8a5e-4cfc-ae80-ffeb47c28435" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:13:09.660" UserId="2968" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="16923" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9356" RevisionGUID="f1fe7569-6dc1-40e6-a310-10d87745359c" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:13:23.047" UserId="2950" Comment="deleted 179 characters in body" Text="I would say that using sneakernet as a part of you backupstrategy is sound logic.&#xD;&#xA;If people with malicius intent got access of your network, they could easily wipe offsite backups aswell. But, if you do some sneakernetting to an offline system / location you would have the backup secured in a better way. Ofcourse rollbacks of that backup will take longer time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would use sneakernet for backup say, once a week or something like that, depending on the content of the system you are running backup from.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16924" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9407" RevisionGUID="920875de-70eb-45c8-8805-5262fa462711" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:14:24.183" UserId="1589" Text="The main advantages I see in building your own server / NAS:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Speed**  --  The benchmark results of most the cheaper NAS boxes will show one common trait; they are slow.  By building your own server with a fast CPU and a ton of memory, both very cheap these days, you can get much more predictable performance results.&#xD;&#xA; - **Flexibility** --  Like other posters have said, you'll gain the ability to add features without being limited by the NAS vendor.  (iSCSI, ATAoE, etc.).  Also, you'll have an extra PC to run many different programs.  (PVR/DVR, VPN/SSH gateway, version control repository, web/mail server, etc.)&#xD;&#xA; - **Expansion** -- A standard PC case can provide much greater expansion room for additional drives.  &#xD;&#xA; - **Reliability** -- By using software RAID on your server, you are not limited to a particular hardware controller to access/recover your data.  If the controller dies a few years down the road, there are no guarantees that the hardware manufacturer is still making that NAS device, or that they haven't changed the RAID / FW implementation of their new devices that make it impossible to recover your data.  Software RAID will let you plug your drives into any Windows/Linux box (depending on which you choose) and easily give access to your data.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16925" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9408" RevisionGUID="55fbc01f-8639-4e7f-a5a3-33a0fbe67db0" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:15:37.350" UserId="2972" Text="In the good old days, PC gaming magazines would print a double A4 card printed sheet designed to fold out &amp; fit over standard keyboards for popular games. Not so much an overlay as a keyboard attached cheat sheet. Kind of like the old TI-99 overlays.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not an ideal solution but both cheap and simple! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck with this, hope you find something!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/994.jpg/300px-994.jpg" />
  <row Id="16926" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9393" RevisionGUID="ebad51d7-5474-4500-9515-edbe0f456a78" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:15:52.717" UserId="431" Comment="Adding noise notes" Text="The only question you have that isn't answered in the question you linked to is the cost difference.  You can build your own home server with any hardware you'd like to pick up.  Generally with NAS distros of Linux, older hardware is better because it's more likely to have drivers built in already.  You can pick up something like an HP D530 off Ebay for under $100 and get started pretty easily.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One other advantage to rolling your own is that it's easier to get iSCSI support.  Generally in the off-the-shelf NAS devices, you have to spend over $400 to get iSCSI support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update - the other posters are talking about noise of a PC, which is why I suggested the HP D530.  They're really quiet - just about as quiet as anything you'd build yourself.  Use silicone isolation grommets to mount the hard drives and get yourself a cheap, quiet fan, and it can be silent." />
  <row Id="16927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9409" RevisionGUID="f8ada751-d044-4ef8-aeca-17447bb9be17" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:17:35.677" UserId="1463" Text="Pretty much the same as virtualizing servers I'd say.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A lot of things get faster, better and easier like disaster recovery and re-installation as you say.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The things that get annoying of course is that you lock yourself into the format. If you dual-boot Linux or some older Windows you might have trouble mounting the vhd (though the format specification is pretty open I think and manual mounting tools exist for other OSes).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing that hit me is, you want to mount a vhd as a data partition - for this you actually don't need Windows 7 - as the new feature is actually *booting* off a vhd. Just mounting and using them as disks shouldn't be a problem with earlier operating systems either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I remember having a Ghost image mounted for a while which was pretty useful albeit slow. Vhds should have about the same speed as a native partition." />
  <row Id="16928" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9410" RevisionGUID="053fbe9f-a4e6-4f84-9fca-02ac6f41d524" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:18:57.563" UserId="1409" Text="&#xD;&#xA;I have a desktop that does the same thing.  I can't be sure, but I swear it is related to keeping the browser open on certain websites.  Maybe I'm correlating the wrong information, but it appears that certain websites will cause the desktop into thinking there is user action when it is really just push content from the website.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16929" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9411" RevisionGUID="66ee5e1e-9b42-49be-adb2-b1acbf8b3af7" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:19:02.010" UserId="2966" Text="Is there an undocumented way to reinitialize a subscription via transact-sql in SQL Server 2000, or do you have to use Enterprise Manager or SQL-DMO as mentioned in SQL Server Books Online?" />
  <row Id="16930" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9411" RevisionGUID="66ee5e1e-9b42-49be-adb2-b1acbf8b3af7" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:19:02.010" UserId="2966" Text="Is there an undocumented way to reinitialize a subscription via transact-sql in SQL Server 2000" />
  <row Id="16931" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9411" RevisionGUID="66ee5e1e-9b42-49be-adb2-b1acbf8b3af7" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:19:02.010" UserId="2966" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sqlserver2000&gt;" />
  <row Id="16932" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9412" RevisionGUID="6a36f541-6f39-4e7b-9975-d81ddf027f06" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:23:28.010" UserId="2863" Text="for your ./configure you may want to use ./configure --help first as this will show the configuration options that can be passed to configure. This will be particularly useful if you are getting problems with your compilation or do not want some support provided by the package.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;make check is sometimes replaced with make test as well. I would recommend trying these on any software you are compiling prior to installation." />
  <row Id="16933" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9413" RevisionGUID="ec791747-eaf4-435a-90a3-8a049e81a1e9" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:27:48.707" UserId="2224" Text="I think it has something to do with Microsoft implementing RFC 3484 for destination IP address selection. This is an IPv6 feature back-ported to IPv4 and affects Vista/Server 2008 and above. This change breaks round robin DNS, so even if this doesn't answer your question, it's definitely a major DNS change to know about.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More info at the [Microsoft Enterprise Networking][1] blog.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/networking/archive/2009/04/17/dns-round-robin-and-destination-ip-address-selection.aspx" />
  <row Id="16934" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9414" RevisionGUID="990041bb-605e-4f63-b849-d9da73a463c9" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:30:22.493" UserId="431" Text="No, you can't run a 16-way image on a 2-way box.  If you don't mind spending a little money, get a few used IBM 440's off Ebay.  You can daisy-chain them together to build one 16-way box, and they're absurdly cheap, like sub-$200.  They weigh a ton, and they're loud, and they use a lot of power, and they're not particularly fast (all single-core) but they will achieve what you're after.  Plus they run VMware ESX - I've used them since v2.5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The daisy-chaining cable isn't usually included, so you'll need to find a source for those.  And you have to make sure that all of the 440's have the same CPU speed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're in the South Florida area, let me know and I can hook you up with a shop that might sell theirs." />
  <row Id="16935" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9415" RevisionGUID="b046cdd1-7004-40e8-9908-aae085a5f896" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:33:04.033" UserId="2502" Text="I would suggest the HP Media Smart Windows Home Server if you want minimal time investment, or building your own Windows Home Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Drive Extender][1] &gt; Raid as far as home use concerns go in my opinion at any rate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows Home Server allows for automating backups and restores of your windows based machines.  You can ensure that the files that you really want redundant are stored on multiple disks with drive extender.  Also if you'd like it provides a nice easy web interface to access your files remotely if the need arises.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was hesitant to buy it, but its probably my favorite software purchase I've personally made.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Home_Server#Drive_Extender" />
  <row Id="16936" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9416" RevisionGUID="ad94f019-95a5-413d-ac8c-b8c77ecbccf4" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:38:51.653" UserId="526" Text="How do I put a computer into an Active Directory machine group?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have server INTRANET1 and it needs to be in the intranet.gpo.mg machine group." />
  <row Id="16937" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9416" RevisionGUID="ad94f019-95a5-413d-ac8c-b8c77ecbccf4" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:38:51.653" UserId="526" Text="How do I put a computer into an Active Directory machine group?" />
  <row Id="16938" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9416" RevisionGUID="ad94f019-95a5-413d-ac8c-b8c77ecbccf4" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:38:51.653" UserId="526" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="16939" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9415" RevisionGUID="c0f40cd9-84db-4489-b0a1-fadc2cf33440" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:40:42.413" UserId="2502" Comment="removed silly extra words on a sentence" Text="I would suggest the HP Media Smart Windows Home Server if you want minimal time investment, or building your own Windows Home Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Drive Extender][1] &gt; Raid as far as home use concerns go in my opinion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows Home Server allows for automating backups and restores of your windows based machines.  You can ensure that the files that you really want redundant are stored on multiple disks with drive extender.  Also if you'd like it provides a nice easy web interface to access your files remotely if the need arises.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was hesitant to buy it, but its probably my favorite software purchase I've personally made.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Home_Server#Drive_Extender" />
  <row Id="16940" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9411" RevisionGUID="699f98d2-80f3-46ef-b064-0e40fc5e2249" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:42:56.483" UserId="2966" Comment="clarify meaning" Text="Is there an undocumented way to reinitialize a replication subscription via transact-sql in SQL Server 2000, or do you have to use Enterprise Manager or SQL-DMO as mentioned in SQL Server Books Online?" />
  <row Id="16941" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="9411" RevisionGUID="699f98d2-80f3-46ef-b064-0e40fc5e2249" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:42:56.483" UserId="2966" Comment="clarify meaning" Text="Is there an undocumented way to reinitialize a replication subscription via transact-sql in SQL Server 2000" />
  <row Id="16942" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9411" RevisionGUID="699f98d2-80f3-46ef-b064-0e40fc5e2249" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:42:56.483" UserId="2966" Comment="clarify meaning" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sqlserver2000&gt;&lt;replication&gt;" />
  <row Id="16943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9417" RevisionGUID="b866fda3-8049-47ae-852d-71c407bb1c12" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:44:58.507" UserId="1067" Text="In the Active Directory Users and Computers SnapIn you can add Users or Computers to groups.  These are the groups you are referring to, right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rob" />
  <row Id="16944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9418" RevisionGUID="bdd43cc7-174a-485d-a47e-51dd9d3a2f30" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:45:46.853" UserId="1463" Text="Yes. 10 specific users or devices. It's pretty simple really (well I think anyway but call your Microsoft Licensing Partner beforehand - they should be very helpful with any questions on the topic).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you buy two Server licenses which both includes 5 CALs, you've then got 10 CALs. So far so good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You now have to decide which licensing scheme to use, there are several:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Server-side&#xD;&#xA; * Per seat or per server&#xD;&#xA;* Seat-side (if you chose per seat)&#xD;&#xA; * Per device or per user&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A seat is a device or a user - meaning that each user OR client pc needs to have one CAL each. With this CAL, they can connect to any number of servers in the domain. The actual Access License resides with the user or the client pc when in &quot;per seat&quot; mode - giving them licensed access to anything in the domain. This license follows the user/device around but is unique to that user/device and a tad complicated to reallocate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A per server license is defined for a single server, which then serves a number of concurrent connections instead. As you'll need one CAL per server AND connection - this mode is rarely used because it will require rather specific circumstances to be cheaper (requiring less CALs overall).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You are also always allowed to have up to 2 administrators accessing a server without any CALs at all - as long as those users/devices/connections are only for administration and not actual user scenarios.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are rules on how you can mix and change the licensing schemes which are rather restrictive at times but not something I'd dive into here without an expert - but just so you know ^^" />
  <row Id="16952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9422" RevisionGUID="9a8e877e-3dfb-4b69-ae28-9c5a83d5e3c3" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:48:43.307" UserId="1108" Text="Sometimes OS X tells me that it's &quot;Preparing backup...&quot; for an enormous amount of time. The time it takes seems to have no correlation to the amount of data to be backed up. Same for the &quot;Finishing backup...&quot; stage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The question: what is OS X doing when it's &quot;Preparing backup...&quot; and &quot;Finishing backup...&quot;?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know it's figuring out what to backup and then recording the changes, but surely the time this takes should be proportional to the amount of data that changed. There's plenty of space disk space (so I assume it's not deleting old backups). I'm using a TimeCapsule if that makes any difference. Nothing is going wrong with it, I'm just curious." />
  <row Id="16953" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9422" RevisionGUID="9a8e877e-3dfb-4b69-ae28-9c5a83d5e3c3" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:48:43.307" UserId="1108" Text="What is Time Machine doing?" />
  <row Id="16954" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9422" RevisionGUID="9a8e877e-3dfb-4b69-ae28-9c5a83d5e3c3" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:48:43.307" UserId="1108" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;time-machine&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
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  <row Id="16956" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9423" RevisionGUID="6b8b6d40-65f8-47b3-b1c6-4aeff3edb7ed" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:48:49.063" UserId="2349" Text="How does one go about monitoring memcached stats in OpenNMS?" />
  <row Id="16957" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9423" RevisionGUID="6b8b6d40-65f8-47b3-b1c6-4aeff3edb7ed" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:48:49.063" UserId="2349" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="16958" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9247" RevisionGUID="bae6d629-d35e-4bfa-abd0-6fc6b8fddf06" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:49:07.020" UserId="1447" Comment="added 257 characters in body" Text="The market for RAID controllers is fairly much consolidated these days.  Three broad brush heuristics can be applied:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Price.  Take a look at the pricing for genuine RAID cards from Areca, 3Ware, Adaptec and LSI.  Anything that is much, much cheaper than these controllers is a 'fake RAID'.  Remember, if it's too good to be true it probably isn't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. There are a fairly limited number of manufacturers these days who actually make pukka RAID controllers.  Chances are that something not made by one of the main manufacturers of such kit is a 'fake RAID'.  The main outfits that make RAID controllers are: [Adaptec][1], [LSI][2], [3Ware][3], [Areca][4], [Intel][5], [Highpoint][6] and [ICP Vortex][7] (possibly one or two others that I can't recall off the top of my head).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. The main outfits that produce these cards will also document the specifications in some detail on their web sites.  If you can't find a detailed specification for the card get something you can get such a spec for.  Note that not all cards produced by these outfits are necessarily RAID controllers, but the specs on the web site should make this clear.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that IBM, Dell, HP and other server manufacturers also sell RAID controllers.  In many cases these are rebadged components made by Adaptec or LSI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to buy a RAID controller on the cheap, identify some specific models of appropriate specification from various manufacturers' current and immediately previous generations.  Then search for that particular model on ebay and get it secondhand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/products/controllers/hardware?channel=tab1&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/internal_raid/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.3ware.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.areca.com.tw/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.intel.com/products/server/raid/index.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.highpoint-tech.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.icp-vortex.com/icp-vortex/en-us/index.html" />
  <row Id="16959" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9424" RevisionGUID="dc1e72ff-71e2-4de3-bc58-41950c353a76" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:51:19.230" UserId="1067" Text="On XP there is a &quot;System Profile&quot; located at C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I thought that was where the Local System acct was located.  The Network Service and Local Service accounts both have hidden profiles in the Documents and Settings folder.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Default User folder is typically used as the base folder that new user accounts are created from.  So if a new user were to log on to a system for the first time.  Their settings would be copied from the Default User profile initially." />
  <row Id="16960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9425" RevisionGUID="a9161d91-95e0-4bb7-b73f-9a7da0d9ac1e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:51:56.717" UserId="45" Text="There is this system stored procedure `sp_reinitsubscription`, which marks the subscription for reinitialization. Here is the [Transact-SQL Reference for SQL Server 2000][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Syntax:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sp_reinitsubscription [ [ @publication = ] 'publication' ]&#xD;&#xA;        [ , [ @article = ] 'article' ]&#xD;&#xA;        , [ @subscriber = ] 'subscriber'&#xD;&#xA;        [ , [ @destination_db = ] 'destination_db']&#xD;&#xA;        [ , [ @for_schema_change = ] 'for_schema_change']&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Only members of the sysadmin fixed server role, members of the db_owner fixed database role, or the creator of the subscription can execute it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa239377(SQL.80).aspx" />
  <row Id="16961" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9426" RevisionGUID="2ed3a9ac-c646-4bd5-a087-bfd98e6b31f0" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:53:15.500" UserId="1435" Text="Generally if your RAID system NEEDs software to work then it's not a proper RAID controller, at least in my mind. The good ones do everything they need in BIOS/pre-boot.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16962" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9416" RevisionGUID="ff89fc3e-55ed-4142-b851-26a87502346f" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:53:31.083" UserId="526" Comment="described my solution" Text="How do I put a computer into an Active Directory machine group?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have server INTRANET1 and it needs to be in the intranet.gpo.mg machine group.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;** EDIT **&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I used the dsa.msc tool to search for my computer name. I right-clicked on the computer, and chose Properties. There is a tab called &quot;Member of.&quot; I went to the &quot;Member of&quot; tab and searched for the intranet.gpo.mg group and added it to the server." />
  <row Id="16963" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9427" RevisionGUID="d0c2be4b-4138-4cc2-9632-ce60c0846c32" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:54:03.093" UserId="32988" Text="Here is an answer from another forum (original poster unknown to me):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The &quot;preparing&quot; stage in Time Machine&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is usually fast, because Time Machine&#xD;&#xA;&gt; uses a log of file system activities&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to know where to find changes that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; need to be backed up.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; But there are things you can do to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; make that log untrustworthy. When Time&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Machine discovers the log MIGHT not be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; valid, it does a full scan of your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; file system to determine what really&#xD;&#xA;&gt; needs to be backed up. This can take a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; while. On my Powerbook (and with a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; firewire external Time Machine drive)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; it can result in a &quot;preparing&quot; stage&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that lasts 20 minutes. If you let Time&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Machine continue, it will eventually&#xD;&#xA;&gt; figure out what really needs to be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; added to the backup disk and will&#xD;&#xA;&gt; continue. This, of course, is better&#xD;&#xA;&gt; than just gambling the log is correct&#xD;&#xA;&gt; or just backing up EVERYTHING again&#xD;&#xA;&gt; even though only a few files might&#xD;&#xA;&gt; actually have changed (which would&#xD;&#xA;&gt; take much longer and consume more Time&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Machine disk space).&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; In these early days of Leopard&#xD;&#xA;&gt; installs, one of the most common&#xD;&#xA;&gt; things you can do that will make the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; log untrustworthy is booting from the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Leopard install DVD. Each time you do&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that, the next time Time Machine runs&#xD;&#xA;&gt; it will discover that your hard drive&#xD;&#xA;&gt; MIGHT have been modified without the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; changes being reflected in the log. So&#xD;&#xA;&gt; it does the full scan -- a long&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;preparing&quot; stage -- to insure it gets&#xD;&#xA;&gt; things right." />
  <row Id="16964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9428" RevisionGUID="b36b259f-1c67-407b-a75a-fe51da66bfa8" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:56:00.300" UserId="44392" Text="Is there a good command line utility to monitor hard disk load on linux? Something like `top` but then monitoring disk activity i.s.o. cpu usage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More specifically, I suspect that for some (heavy load) servers after several optimizations on various parts of the program(s) that run on it, right now the bottleneck is simply the logging to files on the disk. But I find it very difficult to assess how much traffic the servers can handle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My ideal tool would be something that prints &quot;You're using 35% of your disk bandwidth right now&quot;. Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16965" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9428" RevisionGUID="b36b259f-1c67-407b-a75a-fe51da66bfa8" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:56:00.300" UserId="44392" Text="Monitor hard disk load on linux" />
  <row Id="16966" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9428" RevisionGUID="b36b259f-1c67-407b-a75a-fe51da66bfa8" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:56:00.300" UserId="44392" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;load-testing&gt;" />
  <row Id="16967" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9429" RevisionGUID="ca1e3937-0142-49d5-8d13-f063b455d6c6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:02:02.193" UserId="216" Text="The standard tool for showing hard disk load is `iostat`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It won't tell you how much %age disk bandwidth you're using, since it doesn't know how much bandwidth your disk has.  In any case, your disk only has the manufacturer's quoted figure for large transfers of contiguous data.  " />
  <row Id="16968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9430" RevisionGUID="ae3c1b00-983b-4810-92de-ffbad71ba4e2" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:03:46.463" UserId="2863" Text="I think RRDtool should do what you want [here][1] it uses a daemon to dump system data and then allows you to process it however you like. I have often used it to produce graphs etc. to measure system load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/" />
  <row Id="16970" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9431" RevisionGUID="6d17d512-30fa-4bb0-890f-f4444ccb51fc" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:09:43.117" UserId="1463" Text="Many &quot;fake&quot; RAID controllers work without any special software as their BIOS masks this, in practice impersonating a dedicated RAID controller cpu, so software alone is probably not going to give you enough hints.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, and this is a bit interesting - &quot;fake&quot; (host-based) RAID controllers can easily be much faster than many &quot;true&quot; RAID controllers due to today's cpu speeds being what they are. Of course, the price for this is that you're loosing valuable cpu time you could've used for something else - and this is mostly what a &quot;real&quot; RAID controller will fix for you - but be prepared to pay a lot if you want anywhere decent performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are other things than performance to look for though, like stability, working hot swap, rebuild-speeds that doesn't slow everything to a halt, on-line raid level migration and a battery-backed write-cache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On consumer/enthusiast-oriented motherboards, built-in RAID are common as both types but... The normal host-based stuff like Intel ICH10 and so on are pretty damn fast, depending on the host speed of course - but it's not like it's doing anything you couldn't do with the OS alone (except booting off something more advanced than a mirror).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The cheap &quot;real&quot; RAID controllers on these motherboards are often some truly sad pieces of shit meant for simple and trouble-free mirroring. These mostly perform badly and lacks any of the normal features like a decent cache or battery. Stay away from them and never use them for performance-means. They're often wierdly labelled like &quot;SuperDrive&quot; or &quot;EasyRaid&quot; or whatnot and use slow, simple chips for the RAID processing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As other answers already indicates, a non-fake RAID controller in the context meant does cost a bit - but should be easily identified on this alone. But almost all controllers do atleast some host-based processing as well - it's just a matter of how much (or little) and how fast their dedicated cpu/s is/are." />
  <row Id="16971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9432" RevisionGUID="66d3a349-50da-4c1b-a844-528bf745e873" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:13:00.037" UserId="1067" Text="Similar to the other post, if you can execute a VBScript under your creds you can use the [WScript Shell Popup][1] Method.  That allows for a timeout in seconds to be set.  You can have the popup appear for several seconds and if the user doesn't abort, carry out the reboot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also remove the wait timeout and the message box will sit indefinitely waiting for user input.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x83z1d9f(VS.85).aspx" />
  <row Id="16972" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9433" RevisionGUID="ac300a39-2231-4521-b202-0396924caca3" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:14:10.707" UserId="413" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://guichaz.free.fr/iotop/&quot;&gt;iotop&lt;/a&gt; is a version of top that looks at how much IO each process is using. It's in the standard ubuntu repositories; I don't know if it's in RHEL or Fedora, but it should be." />
  <row Id="16973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9434" RevisionGUID="c6aa5de4-3be0-44b6-845f-1c5cc1f0da61" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:15:58.177" UserId="301" Text="    # iostat -dx /dev/sda 5&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Device:         rrqm/s   wrqm/s     r/s     w/s   rsec/s   wsec/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz   await  svctm  %util&#xD;&#xA;    sda               0.78    11.03    1.19    2.82    72.98   111.07    45.80     0.13   32.78   1.60   0.64&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The disk utilisation is listed in the last column. This is defined as&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Percentage of CPU time during which I/O requests were issued to the device&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (band-width utilization for the device). Device saturation&#xD;&#xA;&gt; occurs when  this  value  is  close to 100%.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9435" RevisionGUID="4fcd0973-b1b7-499a-a401-18130e914ee2" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:18:34.037" UserId="2600" Text="Check out the Scrutinizer free version:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.plixer.com/products/free-netflow.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Free Version:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * Supports an unlimited amount of flow sending devices!!!&#xD;&#xA;    * Network Mapping: Click Here for more details&#xD;&#xA;    * Top Conversations&#xD;&#xA;    * Top Hosts&#xD;&#xA;    * Top Protocols&#xD;&#xA;    * Application Groups: Viewing Application Groups and Define Application Groups&#xD;&#xA;    * Quality of Service link to display the top ToS and DiffServ priority tags.&#xD;&#xA;    * Displays the Autonomous Systems.&#xD;&#xA;    * Drag and Drill Technology to drill in on time frames&#xD;&#xA;    * Status Tab&#xD;&#xA;    * Displays the volume of traffic for the selected host or port on the selected interface(s).&#xD;&#xA;    * Displays the volume of unique conversations to (green) and from (blue) for the selected host or port on the selected interface(s).&#xD;&#xA;    * Vitals Tab&#xD;&#xA;    * SNMPv3 Support&#xD;&#xA;    * Integration with 3rd party products&#xD;&#xA;    * All flow data dropped at midnight (NOTE: One year trends of total in / out traffic are provided)&#xD;&#xA;    * Denika free plugin to discover &amp; display the SNMP statistics for a device. Includes Cisco's IP SLA and NBAR technologies.&#xD;&#xA;    * Search for a specific host or application.&#xD;&#xA;    * Google Maps&#xD;&#xA;    * Free Initial Setup via Telephone Support&#xD;&#xA;    * Support from the Email Forum&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16976" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9436" RevisionGUID="95063f3b-329c-4dc2-965f-1d9a3d93644c" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:22:04.280" UserId="1787" Text="memcache protocol defines **`stat`** command using which you can get all of that info. Whichever API you're using, it should have binding for this command.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16977" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9437" RevisionGUID="ccabd53d-ff3a-4772-bbcd-e8562c670bfc" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:22:15.343" UserId="706" Text="Even if you do find an emulator that will do this, the reality is that you won't be able to fully test in this scenario - race conditions, locks, and such can't be fully tested to work in a parallel environment if you are still running everything essentially sequentially.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="16979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9439" RevisionGUID="19ee2843-9a70-49e4-87b9-d0af3cc48945" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:28:34.600" UserId="966" Text="I've got a Windows 2003 terminal server and my users often search though remote text files for order numbers. We previously had a windows 2000 terminal server and the normal windows find dialog worked fine. Now with windows 2003 we always get zero results returned. Is there anything I need to tweak to get this working again?" />
  <row Id="16980" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9439" RevisionGUID="19ee2843-9a70-49e4-87b9-d0af3cc48945" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:28:34.600" UserId="966" Text="Windows 2003 server failing to search on a network share when looking for &quot;A word or phrase in the file&quot;" />
  <row Id="16981" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9439" RevisionGUID="19ee2843-9a70-49e4-87b9-d0af3cc48945" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:28:34.600" UserId="966" Text="&lt;windowssearch&gt;&lt;windows2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="16982" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9440" RevisionGUID="4b88db1f-caee-430e-bc96-466770a06249" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:29:01.227" UserId="2600" Text="Another option is offered by SolarWinds:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.solarwinds.com/products/freetools/netflow_analyzer.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;+ has an add-on product to help you configure your Cisco router interfaces correctly&#xD;&#xA;- only supports NetFlow v5&#xD;&#xA;- limited to 60 minutes of data" />
  <row Id="16983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9441" RevisionGUID="56be9c24-514b-4d9c-8653-738d657b9521" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:31:08.790" UserId="2987" Text="have you looked at openfiler?  it's an appliance based server that offers NFS, CIFS (samba), FTP, and iSCSI support.  I use it to Vmotion VMs between ESX machines.  Also I boot Linux and windows guests over iSCSI (any iSCSI storage server supports that of course).  Look at drobo HW appliance, SVsan (free), and obviously ZFS is the best because it supports thin provisioning...just like the Virtual Windows XP.  ESXi mmemory overcommit and ZFS storage overcommit a natural fit?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But really, if you were just going to backup some windows boxes, the HP solution is amazing because it's a 4 drive NAS and a (partially limited) windows server in the size of a very large book.  You can have 8TB in the box and use it as an iTunes and media server...not so bad for a ~$500 box.  How much value is there in the knowledge gained by making your own storage server?  (huge, i'd say) A $99 silent low-power KPC-K45 shuttle box makes a great platform or an SG31G2 and both have integrated gigE lan.  Don't forget a gigE jumbo frame ethernet switch! 8 ports only $50 from SMC.  I'm not affiliated with VMware, Sun, SVSAN, Openfiler, Linux, Apple, HP, Microsoft, Shuttle, or SMC." />
  <row Id="16984" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9442" RevisionGUID="e5c34955-925f-4e61-9a8a-5ca295bb4009" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:33:40.550" UserId="2664" Text="I have a relatively small home Red Hat Linux server (about 8 GB RAM). I don't use it for much other than running some home grown apps to keep track of various things. The only real things running on the box are a database and a web server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've noticed that when checking system counters using tools like NMON and TOP that the total system free memory is relatively low (on the order of a few hundred MB), while the active memory for the database and web server is still low (only consuming a combined 3 GB). Even when including all other running processes the total consumed memory is less than 4 GB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why does Red Hat Linux report less free memory than the total memory minus the sum total of used memory of running processes?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16985" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9442" RevisionGUID="e5c34955-925f-4e61-9a8a-5ca295bb4009" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:33:40.550" UserId="2664" Text="Why does Red Hat Linux report less free memory on the system than is actually available?" />
  <row Id="16986" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9442" RevisionGUID="e5c34955-925f-4e61-9a8a-5ca295bb4009" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:33:40.550" UserId="2664" Text="&lt;memory&gt;&lt;low-memory&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;redhat&gt;" />
  <row Id="16987" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9439" RevisionGUID="176efc38-5042-4579-82c2-af9aca2ecd37" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:35:04.400" UserId="966" Comment="added 77 characters in body" Text="I've got a Windows 2003 terminal server and my users often search though remote text files for order numbers. We previously had a windows 2000 terminal server and the normal windows find dialog worked fine. Now with windows 2003 we always get zero results returned. Is there anything I need to tweak to get this working again?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Indexing services is enabled, everything else is on the default settings." />
  <row Id="16988" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9443" RevisionGUID="046dc3b0-acff-4e61-ba59-f39c588a6da1" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:37:13.587" UserId="706" Text="Similar to building software, tools should be used to deploy production server updates (whether DB, website, router configurations, etc).  The use of tools reduces certain types of human error (missed steps for example).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What tools are available for software/configuration/etc deployment (whether free or commercial)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - List a single tool per post&#xD;&#xA; - What part of the deployment process it performs&#xD;&#xA; - Particular advantages or disadvantages to using this tool (ie, .NET only, supports all LAMP/WAMP platforms, etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't add a tool that already exists - add comments if you have something particular to say about a given answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="16989" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9443" RevisionGUID="046dc3b0-acff-4e61-ba59-f39c588a6da1" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:37:13.587" UserId="706" Text="Production deployment tools" />
  <row Id="16990" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9443" RevisionGUID="046dc3b0-acff-4e61-ba59-f39c588a6da1" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:37:13.587" UserId="706" Text="&lt;production&gt;&lt;development&gt;&lt;deployment&gt;&lt;process&gt;" />
  <row Id="16991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9444" RevisionGUID="208dd2d5-6fa0-4467-a151-818402f601d6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:38:10.243" UserId="620" Text="Was wondering if there were any issues with running the newest Windows 7 iso on VMWare server?" />
  <row Id="16992" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9444" RevisionGUID="208dd2d5-6fa0-4467-a151-818402f601d6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:38:10.243" UserId="620" Text="Running Windows 7 on VMWare" />
  <row Id="16993" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9444" RevisionGUID="208dd2d5-6fa0-4467-a151-818402f601d6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:38:10.243" UserId="620" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="16994" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9445" RevisionGUID="051f4b3a-ff73-4575-ba4a-801b7a72a6cd" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:38:16.343" UserId="1995" Text="I think you need to adjust the file types that are being indexed on the server.  Here's a [MS KB article][1] that references the issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309173" />
  <row Id="16995" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9446" RevisionGUID="d5eb884c-93c4-4e0d-93bc-b4ef6e997121" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:38:23.787" UserId="1436" Text="Linux will actively cache file system accesses into memory to give faster disk access times. It is nothing to worry about.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running free -m on the box will give you a better idea of where memory is being used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Below is the output pulled from one of my boxes. Free memory is 147Meg with almost 4G cached for file system access requests. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    free -m&#xD;&#xA;                 total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached&#xD;&#xA;    Mem:          6035       5888        147          0         77       4116&#xD;&#xA;    -/+ buffers/cache:       1693       4341&#xD;&#xA;    Swap:         4722          0       4722" />
  <row Id="16996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9447" RevisionGUID="59e9811e-27e9-4f9b-b131-ec231fda6642" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:38:43.677" UserId="66" Text="Thanks to all for the help.  As suggested I contacted Microsoft Licensing and they confirmed the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Thank you for contacting us about&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Yes that is correct if you had 2&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows Server 2003 and 10 Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Server 2003 User CALs. Then all 10&#xD;&#xA;&gt; users will be able to access both the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows Server 2003.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; It doesn’t matter if you obtained the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; CALs separately (i.e. 5 CALs each) for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; both the servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've accepted Oskar Duvenborns answer because it most closely matches the Microsoft response - but thanks to everyone else who answered - it was most helpful." />
  <row Id="16997" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9448" RevisionGUID="1a3dcba4-8a5c-403c-83c6-606f8d801e85" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:39:35.500" UserId="533" Text="Are you also including the &quot;buffered&quot; and &quot;cached&quot; fields?" />
  <row Id="16998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9449" RevisionGUID="3843cfad-9dd3-4ac2-91ba-5bed35d3e776" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:39:49.803" UserId="2410" Text="I have been thinking about deploying completely linux based networks, both servers and desktops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm familiar with linux servers and linux desktops but not with giving linux desktops to standard users. So the problems I'm expecting to hit are centralized configuration and user management, centralized software management, security policies etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I would like are any must-read docs or books, or suggestions from the community on software being used or recommended distributions, or other information to get me started.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="16999" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9449" RevisionGUID="3843cfad-9dd3-4ac2-91ba-5bed35d3e776" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:39:49.803" UserId="2410" Text="Getting started with deploying full linux networks" />
  <row Id="17000" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9449" RevisionGUID="3843cfad-9dd3-4ac2-91ba-5bed35d3e776" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:39:49.803" UserId="2410" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;desktop-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="17001" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9450" RevisionGUID="b62562de-f98b-4660-90c0-d8280f9e46db" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:41:35.683" UserId="301" Text="Don't confuse free memory with unused memory. Free memory, in the unix world is a page of physical memory that has no logical data mapped to it. Unused memory does have some data mapped to it, but it is currently not in _active_ use by a running process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    % free -m&#xD;&#xA;                 total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached&#xD;&#xA;    Mem:           997        942         55          0         71        366&#xD;&#xA;    -/+ buffers/cache:        504        492&#xD;&#xA;    Swap:         2015        618       1397&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux (and all Unix OS'es) try to have as little free memory as possibly. Instead they use memory which is not actively mapped to processes in the running OS for things like file cache and buffers for various IO transfer operations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Something else that may be confusing you is you cannot simply add up the memory in use by all running processes to get a total memory in use figure. If you attempted this you would quickly discover that you applications appear to be using more memory than actually exists on the machine. This is for two reasons&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Memory can be shared between various processes, through [Copy-On-Write][1] memory allocation, [memory mapped IO][2] and [shared dynamic libraries][3].&#xD;&#xA;2. The operating system is at liberty to promise more memory to the application than it has actually supplied. The theory being that most application writers prefer to ask for large amounts of memory in one go, to avoid overhead, and may not actually use all that memory. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a recent article on [lwn.net discussing this issue][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy-on-write&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mmap&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_libraries&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://lwn.net/Articles/329458/" />
  <row Id="17002" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9451" RevisionGUID="9402ce7f-129e-43bd-a5c6-6a2e8855c4e5" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:41:43.093" UserId="613" Text="[cfengine][1] is the canonical example in the unix world. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://cfengine.org" />
  <row Id="17003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9452" RevisionGUID="f12c4945-2dc4-4610-9bf3-1c49f4a16fc1" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:42:29.627" UserId="2943" Text="Hello Matt,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why are the database objects flushed from the cache in the first place?  Are you restarting the SQL services or taking the database off/online? Or are they being pushed out by caching from other databases?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regards,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SCM. " />
  <row Id="17004" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9453" RevisionGUID="546ea04d-4552-4200-982f-43c1549a1435" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:43:03.823" UserId="613" Text="[Puppet][1] is gaining ground against cfengine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/" />
  <row Id="17005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9454" RevisionGUID="b9039c4a-48b6-4089-add8-6a60d35faa2d" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:43:05.353" UserId="1031" Text="We use [Setup Factory][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.indigorose.com/" />
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  <row Id="17007" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9455" RevisionGUID="00dd72c1-079d-422c-b833-0fe7cada7ac4" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:43:29.923" UserId="274" Text="I want to archive several folders and delete them from my HD. What are good software to archive those files, to test the dvds every few months for corruption. Track other dvds that have a copy of said corrupted file(s), etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some folders require encryption, i can provide encryption via truecrypt or other software. There are folders i would like to backup but not delete (it is NOT need to be a diff). What is a good piece of software to use? I am using windows. It would be nice to have a cross platform solution but i am looking for the best solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Searching is a plus. Finding dupes and ignoring them is a plus. (we have files hundreds of MB and enough to be a few gigs)" />
  <row Id="17008" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9455" RevisionGUID="00dd72c1-079d-422c-b833-0fe7cada7ac4" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:43:29.923" UserId="274" Text="Good backup/archiving software?" />
  <row Id="17009" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9455" RevisionGUID="00dd72c1-079d-422c-b833-0fe7cada7ac4" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:43:29.923" UserId="274" Text="&lt;dvd&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;archiving&gt;" />
  <row Id="17010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9456" RevisionGUID="b2035358-72d1-46d2-8f99-2823acd2ba48" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:44:53.477" UserId="966" Text="I found my solution, even with indexing disabled I had to go to &quot;indexing service&quot; and enable &quot;Index files with unknown extensions&quot; and the files started showing up in the searches.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used [Microsoft KB Article 209173: Using the &quot;A word or phrase in the file&quot; search criterion may not work][1] for reference. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309173" />
  <row Id="17011" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9457" RevisionGUID="d9f0325b-3016-4da5-8afb-077f2d3f9754" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:45:18.843" UserId="1803" Text="We're currently using a provider with a $.06/min rate on conference calls with a fairly large limit on call-ins (150, I believe).  It seems like a reasonable rate to me, and I can't find anything lower outside of free services (at which point you give up guaranteed scheduling - not something I would think we should use with customers or prospects).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, there are some who think I should be able to find something cheaper/better.  Looks like there's not a whole lot of interest or new information in this area?" />
  <row Id="17012" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9457" RevisionGUID="d9f0325b-3016-4da5-8afb-077f2d3f9754" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:45:18.843" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="17013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9458" RevisionGUID="b5b26b10-6ee7-4e16-acca-cbe0bc312118" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:45:20.060" UserId="613" Text="You want to set something up in the /etc/network/ subtree, perhaps as womble suggests by increasing the metric of the wifi route, or perhaps by some other means involving a custom script in /etc/network/if-up.d/ that would take the wifi interface down if the ethernet interface came up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Info on making scripts for /etc/network/if-up.d/ is on the interfaces man page, under the 'IFACE OPTIONS' section. " />
  <row Id="17014" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9423" RevisionGUID="e9c0719d-53fc-4eb1-8985-f8c00e335516" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:45:30.900" UserId="1787" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;memcache&gt;&lt;stats&gt;&lt;opennms&gt;" />
  <row Id="17016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9459" RevisionGUID="9d032f0c-e1d7-42ad-a17e-02f6d9df7093" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:47:20.507" UserId="2513" Text="I ran it successfully on ESX 3i just last week.  There were no apparent issues other than not being able to realize the full capabilities of the new Aero interface since the VMware ESX Server I have is not designed for a lot of 3D acceleration." />
  <row Id="17017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9460" RevisionGUID="f3c9805d-3254-4574-9c23-50571a66445f" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:47:50.477" UserId="2986" Text="What antivirus solutions would you recommend for OS X and Linux desktops?  Is antivirus software even necessary?" />
  <row Id="17018" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9460" RevisionGUID="f3c9805d-3254-4574-9c23-50571a66445f" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:47:50.477" UserId="2986" Text="Antivirus for OS X and/or Linux?" />
  <row Id="17019" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9460" RevisionGUID="f3c9805d-3254-4574-9c23-50571a66445f" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:47:50.477" UserId="2986" Text="&lt;antivirus&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="17020" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9461" RevisionGUID="3f741f0a-d81c-4293-b2d6-01e814094921" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:50:43.963" UserId="584" Text="I'm running it without issues (thus far) on VMWare Fusion on my Mac." />
  <row Id="17021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9462" RevisionGUID="71ea0793-6fc0-4260-80a7-8e7a3945269d" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:51:37.050" UserId="2408" Text="Well I'm going to try and take a quick and dirty stab at this. Depending on the resources that are available to you it might be beneficial to look at the [Linux Terminal Server Project][1]. This would take care of the centralized configuration and user management by itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this isn't an option (for example if you are using a lot of old hardware and don't have one beefy server) I would look into the [Fedora Directory Project][2]. It won't provide you with centralized configuration but it will provide you with everything you could want in user management.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ltsp.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://directory.fedoraproject.org/" />
  <row Id="17022" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9463" RevisionGUID="f24851e2-176b-4493-a21c-0ad054cffd51" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:53:16.157" UserId="2561" Text="The iostat command ( I think provided by the apt package sysstat) will show you a percentage of disk utilization with the -x switch. If this is consistently high (over 85%) you might be disk bound over a long period. The first line of iostat is pretty useless, so you want to provide iostat with an interval, something like `iostat -x 5`.  You can just watch this for a while if you are not prepared to set up monitoring software. Don't worry about spikes of utilization, only if stays high over time. " />
  <row Id="17023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9464" RevisionGUID="fb09763c-92fe-4667-9176-be90ca725d7b" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:53:41.463" UserId="2863" Text="I haven't run any AV on either OS X or Linux boxes. ever. I think the only thing to be careful with is read messages and keep an eye on what is happening. Also enable extensions like noscript in firefox to ensure that you know what is being run." />
  <row Id="17024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9465" RevisionGUID="10130650-6cde-4b59-86d8-7102a03e2244" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:54:13.207" UserId="1661" Text="With linux, look at Committed_AS in /proc/meminfo, this is the amount of memory (real + swap) that the kernel has actually promised to running processes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux uses memory very efficiently, any blocks _not_ promised to some process is used to cache recently/frequently accessed files. So, it is typical for Linux to use 90% of all available physical memory not long after boot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look at what the kernel has committed itself to providing .. and dirty (swap) usage, this gives you a better overall picture.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to adjust this behavior, please update your question :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the standard MO for Linux.. some distros tweak memory management to suit their needs via sysctl. However, what you report is pretty typical amongst all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9466" RevisionGUID="35055eab-8fea-49e9-b735-f95768d6949a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:54:26.047" UserId="942" Text="I'm also interested in what others have to say. Meanwhile, be aware that one of the very big obstacles you're going to find are your users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They will be very reluctanct, and support will be swamped with very simple requests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Start with the servers. Make the server-side transition transparent for your users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, make sure to test all your hardware and applications first (in case you need Wine or VMware or similar), so any compatibility issues and quirks are resolved before deployment." />
  <row Id="17026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9467" RevisionGUID="207f789e-6bdd-4494-90e1-59f9372078a6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:54:30.867" UserId="216" Text="The `blackhole-[12].iana.org` servers are part of a DNS Anycast cloud operated by  [AS112][1] designed to soak up `PTR` record queries for the RFC 1918 private network address space and the `169.254/16` autoconfiguration block.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This was done to mitigate the traffic that these useless queries were inflicting on the DNS root name servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All such `PTR` queries to the name servers return `NXDOMAIN`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://public.as112.net/" />
  <row Id="17027" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9468" RevisionGUID="0ca41f4c-3842-41cb-a9b3-30f259bd4fd3" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:54:34.393" UserId="2513" Text="[ClamAV][1] is a pretty nice open source antivirus solution for unix based operating systems.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for &quot;is it necessaray&quot;?  I personally do not even run AV software on my windows machines, I use other security methods along with good old safe browsing habits to avoid viruses.  That being said, it is probably not a bad idea.  While only a fraction of viruses target linux/osx, they do exist.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would especially consider it on an internet facing server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.clamav.net/" />
  <row Id="17028" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9469" RevisionGUID="42d1b57c-4b20-4804-95ae-9f6f7eb64b88" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:56:26.480" UserId="942" Text="Even though it's a developer's tool mainly, [Capistrano][1] is a good choice too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure how well it's supported for Windows platforms other than it appears to work. Linux/OSX are fully supported.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use it to perform pretty much any operation on your deployment servers, from file updates to database backups, and user management.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Paired with a git repository, you get change management and quick and easy deployments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.capify.org/" />
  <row Id="17029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9470" RevisionGUID="dd7cb7b9-a4d9-4532-a07e-4eefeb716b03" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:58:37.397" UserId="2994" Text="I need to configure the Apache Tomcat 5.5 as a Solaris 10 service or as an alternative - any other way to run it on startup. " />
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  <row Id="17031" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9470" RevisionGUID="dd7cb7b9-a4d9-4532-a07e-4eefeb716b03" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:58:37.397" UserId="2994" Text="&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;tomcat&gt;" />
  <row Id="17032" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9471" RevisionGUID="feef82ad-0d3e-4d4f-b0ac-4d7bad6a6332" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:59:15.070" UserId="2513" Text="For home use, there are tons, [Cobian Backup][1] is okay, and then there are always the online based ones such as [Mozy][2] and [Carbonite][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you just want to &quot;archive&quot; them to DVD's or something, then any good old burning software would suffice, as for testing them, I would just pop the DVD in and try to read a few files off of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might consider external hard drives as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mozy.com&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.carbonite.com/" />
  <row Id="17033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9472" RevisionGUID="6ca1b53e-0864-4494-ac01-21508d74b719" CreationDate="2009-05-18T14:59:40.950" UserId="2600" Text="I also use the already mentioned ClamAV ( http://www.clamxav.com/ ).  Not so much because I am worried about a Mac virus, but as bit of paranoid preventive precaution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have had it detect and clean an infected windows .exe file that I was transferring from one machine to another while using my mac as the middle man.  So if only to prevent your machine from acting as a transmitter of infection, it probably doesn't hurt." />
  <row Id="17034" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9473" RevisionGUID="e70e0e8e-2b88-4c09-b444-9b30456938f3" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:01:03.460" UserId="2863" Text="I recommend you take a look at this VMWare produced document it gives a run down on a huge number of OSs and points out any potential problems. [Guest OS guide][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/GuestOS_guide.pdf" />
  <row Id="17035" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9200" RevisionGUID="ea140974-754d-411e-b3b3-a4c632f88439" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:01:54.033" UserId="2657" Comment="added 45 characters in body" Text="You can use the [PowerCfg][1] utility to find out.  It's part of Vista, no need to download it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    powercfg -lastwake&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will tell you what woke up your laptop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To see all devices that can wake your computer, try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    powercfg -devicequery wake_armed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can turn all these devices off with Device Manager, on the Power Management tab. Unselect &quot;Allow this device to wake up the computer&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc748940.aspx&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9474" RevisionGUID="337a6945-d18d-4a76-9810-ae49431d6705" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:02:34.953" UserId="2623" Text="The obvious answer here is [clamAV][1], which has a unix and [mac version (clamxav)][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Avast!][3] and [Norton][4] are both now offering anti-virus for macs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Panda anti-virus][5] is also avaliable on Linux and [AVG][6] are offering a &quot;Linux server version&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your handling windows files a virus checker might well be a good idea. However if you obey the unix security model (e.g. don't run as root) you should be protected from a lot of stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the machine is a server it might be worth running a [root kit checker][7] on a cron job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.clamav.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.clamxav.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-antivirus-mac-edition.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.symantec.com/norton/macintosh/antivirus&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/linux/linux.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://free.avg.com/download&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.chkrootkit.org/" />
  <row Id="17037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9475" RevisionGUID="3652088f-2bbe-4953-87ff-21b82a7ba367" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:02:57.713" UserId="1068" Text="On certain builds of VMWare Workstation 6.5.1, A blue screen is received on install. 6.5.2 Fixes this issue.&#xD;&#xA;Other than that, Windows 7 isn't much different than Vista, so if you can get Vista to run under VMWare, so you could get 7." />
  <row Id="17038" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9476" RevisionGUID="83a18409-5ca3-43e6-ae8b-14d68b5cd431" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:08:21.137" UserId="2991" Text="To check for large roaming profiles, go to the location where they are stored and do a &quot;properties&quot; on the folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the problem is large roaming profiles some of the following may help :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Use GPOs to redirect Home Folder, Application Data, Desk Tops and Start Menus to network locations - this should stop large files being downloaded when logging on (especially the desktop!).  Redirect anything you can away from &quot;documents &amp; settings&quot;, cookies** and Internet Explorer cache are two big offenders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Use a mandatory profile - this would probably be completely unpopular, but it makes support far easier and stop NTUSER.dat from growing in size.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) Regularily purge all NTUSER.DAT files - these files can become huge. In fact just delete all the profiles, only a temporary measure but it'll speed up in the short term.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;** How long does it take to download 20,000 cookies from a remote location to a local computer?" />
  <row Id="17039" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8813" RevisionGUID="775e6644-b9e8-4486-a48d-ec9652a2c3ee" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:08:43.117" UserId="2623" Comment="Changed to fuller answer about clark connect" Text="I have previous used [ClarkConnect][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Quote:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ClarkConnect is a powerful and affordable Internet server and gateway solution.  The software solution will give your organization enterprise-level server features at an affordable price. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is built on the redhat [CentOS][2] distribution which makes it easy to modify. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is very feature heavy including webservers, mail servers, etc so may not be dedicated enough for what your trying to achieve.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.clarkconnect.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.centos.org/" />
  <row Id="17040" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9477" RevisionGUID="76daaa8c-30a8-4a0f-b5f9-2919bbea2afd" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:10:04.610" UserId="2304" Text="A list of supported AV scanners from my MailScanner.conf file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sophos    from [www.sophos.com][1]&#xD;&#xA;    mcafee    from [www.mcafee.com][2]&#xD;&#xA;    command   from [www.command.co.uk][3]&#xD;&#xA;    bitdefender from [www.bitdefender.com][4]&#xD;&#xA;    drweb     from [www.dials.ru/english/dsav_toolkit/drwebunix.htm][5]&#xD;&#xA;    kaspersky from [www.kaspersky.com][6]&#xD;&#xA;    etrust    from [www3.ca.com/Solutions/Product.asp?ID=156][7]&#xD;&#xA;    inoculate from [www.cai.com/products/inoculateit.htm][8]&#xD;&#xA;    inoculan  from ftp.ca.com/pub/getbbs/linux.eng/inoctar.LINUX.Z&#xD;&#xA;    nod32     from [www.nod32.com][9]&#xD;&#xA;    f-secure  from [link text][10]www.f-secure.com&#xD;&#xA;    f-prot    from [www.f-prot.com][11]&#xD;&#xA;    panda     from [www.pandasoftware.com][12]&#xD;&#xA;    rav       from [www.ravantivirus.com][13]&#xD;&#xA;    antivir   from [www.antivir.de][14]&#xD;&#xA;    clamav    from [www.clamav.net][15]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sophos.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mcafee.com&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.command.co.uk&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.bitdefender.com&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.dials.ru/english/dsav_toolkit/drwebunix.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.kaspersky.com&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www3.ca.com/Solutions/Product.asp?ID=156&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.cai.com/products/inoculateit.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.nod32.com&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.f-secure.com&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://www.f-prot.com&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://www.pandasoftware.com&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://www.ravantivirus.com&#xD;&#xA;  [14]: http://www.antivir.de&#xD;&#xA;  [15]: http://www.clamav.net" />
  <row Id="17041" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9477" RevisionGUID="76daaa8c-30a8-4a0f-b5f9-2919bbea2afd" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:10:04.610" UserId="2304" />
  <row Id="17042" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9434" RevisionGUID="16ad84f9-3377-45c6-b92a-b398cb9c8b9a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:11:04.203" UserId="301" Comment="added 70 characters in body" Text="You can get a pretty good measure of this using the `iostat` tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    % iostat -dx /dev/sda 5&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Device:         rrqm/s   wrqm/s     r/s     w/s   rsec/s   wsec/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz   await  svctm  %util&#xD;&#xA;    sda               0.78    11.03    1.19    2.82    72.98   111.07    45.80     0.13   32.78   1.60   0.64&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The disk utilisation is listed in the last column. This is defined as&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Percentage of CPU time during which I/O requests were issued to the device&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (band-width utilization for the device). Device saturation&#xD;&#xA;&gt; occurs when  this  value  is  close to 100%.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17043" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9478" RevisionGUID="fb41879c-f4c4-41f0-85fd-cd78cae3acdc" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:12:00.910" UserId="2998" Text="Well, without knowing much about your setup (it would be good to know if it is route vs. policy based, etc) you need to keep in mind that ScreenOS usually requires traffic routed or forwarded by policy into the tunnel to initiate the tunnel or keep the tunnel up. So, if you have no traffic going into the tunnel the tunnel will not stay up. This sounds like your issue. However, there are several command line options to tweak the way your tunnels behave. Try Chapter 10 in the Oreilly ScreenOS Cookbook or downloading the ScreenOS &quot;Concepts &amp; Examples Guide&quot;. This is a pretty hefty PDF available from the Juniper website, but it is also broken up into multiple volumes. Try looking at volume 5: Virtual Private Networks, Advanced Virtual Private Network Features. Pay specific attention to an option called &quot;VPN Monitoring&quot;, using &quot;set vpn &lt;vpn_name&gt; monitor rekey&quot; should help to keep the tunnel active in different cases, but be sure to read up. Also, if you want to go a little farther you could examine DPD (Dead-peer Detection) on newer versions of code." />
  <row Id="17044" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9479" RevisionGUID="11e09c7d-8685-43ff-9732-05e13e48a676" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:14:40.937" UserId="2546" Text="Since you say the users are untrusted, then I would suggest you should consider some sort of AV. Your OSX users might try to [install cracked software][1] or there might be another [vulnerability found in Safari][2] or [Adobe Flash][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The fact that the sort of people who read serverfault are unlikely to get infected doesn't imply that security is unnecessary for naive users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/01/mac-attack-anot/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2917&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9954408-7.html" />
  <row Id="17045" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9477" RevisionGUID="d01519c4-924c-4005-9649-a2aad68ff552" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:16:31.633" UserId="2304" Comment="deleted 395 characters in body" Text="A list of supported AV scanners from my MailScanner.conf file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sophos    from www.sophos.com&#xD;&#xA;    mcafee    from www.mcafee.com&#xD;&#xA;    command   from www.command.co.uk&#xD;&#xA;    bitdefender from www.bitdefender.com&#xD;&#xA;    drweb     from www.dials.ru/english/dsav_toolkit/drwebunix.htm&#xD;&#xA;    kaspersky from www.kaspersky.com&#xD;&#xA;    etrust    from www3.ca.com/Solutions/Product.asp?ID=156&#xD;&#xA;    inoculate from www.cai.com/products/inoculateit.htm&#xD;&#xA;    inoculan  from www.ca.com&#xD;&#xA;    nod32     from www.nod32.com&#xD;&#xA;    f-secure  from www.f-secure.com&#xD;&#xA;    f-prot    from www.f-prot.com&#xD;&#xA;    panda     from www.pandasoftware.com&#xD;&#xA;    rav       from www.ravantivirus.com&#xD;&#xA;    antivir   from www.antivir.de&#xD;&#xA;    clamav    from www.clamav.net&#xD;&#xA;    trend     from www.trendmicro.com&#xD;&#xA;    norman    from www.norman.de&#xD;&#xA;    css       from www.symantec.com&#xD;&#xA;    avg       from www.grisoft.com&#xD;&#xA;    vexira    from www.centralcommand.com&#xD;&#xA;    avast     from www.avast.com&#xD;&#xA;    esets     from www.eset.com&#xD;&#xA;    vba32     from www.anti-virus.by/en/" />
  <row Id="17046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9480" RevisionGUID="1871d0fc-057f-4a09-89ab-951acc316356" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:19:21.910" UserId="2991" Text="Another option may be to create a null session share, instructions are available from [http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q289655][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, as microsoft so succintly put it &quot;If you configure a shared resource in this manner, the resource is not secure. Microsoft does not recommend that you use this configuration if you are considering null session security&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q289655" />
  <row Id="17047" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9481" RevisionGUID="9d7e6e38-7a5b-4446-ba6e-02502a7ed9ab" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:21:08.567" UserId="645" Text="The error on adding additional mailboxes was fixed by the hotfix http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968858/, however the &quot;Unknown Error&quot; when opening messages remains." />
  <row Id="17048" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9482" RevisionGUID="123cd49d-49de-4ff9-ab92-8000e325eb10" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:22:24.540" UserId="1839" Text="I do have a solution to this problem now.  The email package is Outlook and that is key to the issue.  The COM object was not actually becoming unregistered in the system it was failing to load in Outlook which seems to be a more common occurance, though still rare.  Apparently there are some odd situations where outlook will just stop loading COM add ins all together.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a link to a KB article [KB945743][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The solution is to unload the COM object from Outlook and reload it.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945743/" />
  <row Id="17049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9483" RevisionGUID="c437730d-ae00-4d50-972d-845934f64686" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:23:27.330" UserId="1447" Text="The simplest configuration for this goes something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Servers** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Build one or more servers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - a 'Level 0' server that has a DNS server such as BIND and NIS on it.  NIS is by far the simplest identity management solution for Unix/Linux and has been in use since the days of Sun workstations.  Read about NIS security and decide if this is acceptable.  In most cases it is acceptable for use behind a firewall but not for a publically facing web server.  The advantage of NIS is that it's dead simple and you can reasonably expect to figure out how to set it up in a few hours.  Administration is also fairly straightforward; take a look at the [NIS howto.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Another server running NFS for a file server plus any other services such as mail that you need.  In addition, you can use this as a backup for your DNS and NIS servers.  Unless you have a heavy load you probably don't need more than one machine for this.  The individual apps play together much more nicely than their windows counterparts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tune the NFS server as necessary.  There are several options for SMTP servers (e.g. postfix) and various IMAP servers and other bits of infrastructure kit.  Select ones that you are comfortable with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have application and database servers you can install lightly loaded ones on this server.  On a larger 'general' server you could mount multiple volumes and put the database volumes on their own disks.  This is particularly attractive if you are using a SAN.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In most cases you do not need servers at the rate of one per application.  Linux apps tend to play nicely in their own space and do not usually trip each other up.  Save admin and hardware costs by avoiding unnecessary proliferation of server hardware.  You are probably better off going for fewer large servers than more small ones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VMs are less of a win for this than they are for Windows apps where people tend to deploy each on their own server.  There is probably no benefit to running the infrastructure on a VM.  This also keeps it simple.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have an application with a heavy load you might be better off putting it on its own server so it doesn't affect other apps.  This also lets you tune the server specifically for that application. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Workstations**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set up your workstations with the system installed on a local disk and /home mounted off the file server.  Users' home directories are mounted off the NFS server and secured through standard system security.  This configuration was historically called 'dataless' and gives you a single system image that can follow a user to any workstation with no local state.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Leave a scratch partition on the local disks if you have anyone who needs a large amount of local data storage but make it clear that anything they want backed up should be copied to the file server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Create a one or more NFS shared volumes.  When your users need shared directories make them on these and set up permissions appropriately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Voila: instant network infrastructure.  This is about as simple as linux network infrastructure gets and this type of architecture has historically been scaled to entire university campuses.  If you need more secure authentication you can do something with kerberos/LDAP but this is much, much more complex than NIS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/NIS-HOWTO/" />
  <row Id="17050" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9484" RevisionGUID="1e7f79f7-0993-43c0-a6b3-94f48227fe9d" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:25:14.300" UserId="2519" Text="I'm looking to do online backups of some data from a Linux server. The amount of data is pretty small right now and it's unlikely to ever exceed 10 GB or so. I've already got a cron job set up that compresses and encrypts the data and uploads it to an FTP server - all I need is the FTP server. I'm looking for something reliable, secure and not-ridiculously-expensive. Ideally I don't want to install any third-party software, but just use FTP or scp. If the server is in Europe that would be a plus.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've read a few similar questions that suggest, Mozy, Dropbox, Backblaze, etc., but these all require their own software, which does fancy stuff that I don't need. I just need the FTP space. What do you recommend, preferably from experience?" />
  <row Id="17051" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9484" RevisionGUID="1e7f79f7-0993-43c0-a6b3-94f48227fe9d" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:25:14.300" UserId="2519" Text="Best online backup provider with simple and secure FTP server" />
  <row Id="17052" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9484" RevisionGUID="1e7f79f7-0993-43c0-a6b3-94f48227fe9d" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:25:14.300" UserId="2519" Text="&lt;ftp&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;rsync&gt;" />
  <row Id="17053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9485" RevisionGUID="b3b91f5c-e19a-4051-90fa-faa82c6f7cc5" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:26:33.500" UserId="2882" Text="Our mail server was originally setup using self-created certificates, however when those expired and I tried to recreate them, the whole thing just blew up. Since I know it will be important, we are running a Debian server and Postfix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I see these errors generated in the mail logs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    May 15 08:06:34 letterpress postfix/smtpd[22901]: warning: cannot get certificate from file /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.cert&#xD;&#xA;    May 15 08:06:34 letterpress postfix/smtpd[22901]: warning: TLS library problem: 22901:error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or directory:bss_file.c:352:fopen('/etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.cert','r'):&#xD;&#xA;    May 15 08:06:34 letterpress postfix/smtpd[22901]: warning: TLS library problem: 22901:error:20074002:BIO routines:FILE_CTRL:system lib:bss_file.c:354:&#xD;&#xA;    May 15 08:06:34 letterpress postfix/smtpd[22901]: warning: TLS library problem: 22901:error:140DC002:SSL routines:SSL_CTX_use_certificate_chain_file:system lib:ssl_rsa.c:720:&#xD;&#xA;    May 15 08:06:34 letterpress postfix/smtpd[22901]: cannot load RSA certificate and key data&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And when trying to access email from a client like Thunderbird from outside our local network, you receive &quot;Unable to connect to smtp server&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I fix this?" />
  <row Id="17054" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9485" RevisionGUID="b3b91f5c-e19a-4051-90fa-faa82c6f7cc5" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:26:33.500" UserId="2882" Text="How to Fix Mail Server SSL?" />
  <row Id="17055" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9485" RevisionGUID="b3b91f5c-e19a-4051-90fa-faa82c6f7cc5" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:26:33.500" UserId="2882" Text="&lt;mail-server&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;postfix&gt;&lt;ssl&gt;&lt;tsl&gt;" />
  <row Id="17056" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9486" RevisionGUID="306e4e7f-d1c9-4a7e-bdb3-701dc07ba11c" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:27:29.677" UserId="1654" Text="My gut reaction would be to buy a hosted domain and just use it for an FTP repository." />
  <row Id="17057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9487" RevisionGUID="9e79378b-7c17-4135-a90d-4f102e35fd17" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:30:28.547" UserId="1006" Text="If you're running SLIP (or, better, PPP), then you've built an IP network over your serial cable. You assign IP addresses (RFC 1918 private addresses most likely) on both sides, and use Synergy with those addresses. There wouldn't be any reason to use PuTTY's port forwarding.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, your two networks are no longer isolated. Especially if you keep routing/forwarding turned off on both machines this may be OK or may not be, depending on your security policies and needs." />
  <row Id="17058" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9483" RevisionGUID="a7749729-b829-4ea9-82e7-65ebd0066042" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:31:25.113" UserId="1447" Comment="added 145 characters in body" Text="The simplest configuration for this goes something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Servers** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Build one or more servers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - a 'Level 0' server that has a DNS server such as BIND and NIS on it.  NIS is by far the simplest identity management solution for Unix/Linux and has been in use since the days of Sun workstations.  Read about NIS security and decide if this is acceptable.  In most cases it is acceptable for use behind a firewall but not for a publically facing web server.  The advantage of NIS is that it's dead simple and you can reasonably expect to figure out how to set it up in a few hours.  Administration is also fairly straightforward; take a look at the [NIS howto.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Another server running NFS for a file server plus any other services such as mail that you need.  In addition, you can use this as a backup for your DNS and NIS servers.  Unless you have a heavy load you probably don't need more than one machine for this.  The individual apps play together much more nicely than their windows counterparts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tune the NFS server as necessary.  There are several options for SMTP servers (e.g. postfix) and various IMAP servers and other bits of infrastructure kit.  Select ones that you are comfortable with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have application and database servers you can install lightly loaded ones on this server.  On a larger 'general' server you could mount multiple volumes and put the database volumes on their own disks.  This is particularly attractive if you are using a SAN.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In most cases you do not need servers at the rate of one per application.  Linux apps tend to play nicely in their own space and do not usually trip each other up.  Save admin and hardware costs by avoiding unnecessary proliferation of server hardware.  You are probably better off going for fewer large servers than more small ones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VMs are less of a win for this than they are for Windows apps where people tend to deploy each on their own server.  There is probably no benefit to running the infrastructure on a VM.  This also keeps it simple.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have an application with a heavy load you might be better off putting it on its own server so it doesn't affect other apps.  This also lets you tune the server specifically for that application. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Workstations**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set up your workstations with the system installed on a local disk and /home mounted off the file server.  Users' home directories are mounted off the NFS server and secured through standard system security.  This configuration was historically called 'dataless' and gives you a single system image that can follow a user to any workstation with no local state.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Leave a scratch partition on the local disks if you have anyone who needs a large amount of local data storage but make it clear that anything they want backed up should be copied to the file server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Create a one or more NFS shared volumes.  When your users need shared directories make them on these and set up permissions appropriately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Voila: instant network infrastructure.  This is about as simple as linux network infrastructure gets and this type of architecture has historically been scaled to entire university campuses.  If you need more secure authentication you can do something with kerberos/LDAP but this is much, much more complex than NIS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Legacy windows interoperability**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where your users are stuck on windows, you have several basic solutions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Terminal services:  TS or citrix clients such as rdesktop or the Linux citrix client can be used to publish apps from a terminal server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Emulation: WINE/Crossover or a VM can be used to run windows applications on a Linux desktop&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Substitution: Find a substitute (e.g. OpenOffice for MS Office) and use that.  In many cases you can do this with 95% of your users and let the 5% that absolutely must have Excel use it on a windows desktop.  If possible, find substitutes that will run on Windows as well so they can be deployed to windows desktops where you need a mixed architecture.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Desktops: Using Samba, you can publish the users' home directories so that they can be mounted on a windows machine.  If you have a class of users with a legacy app (this could be as simple as a complex excel spreadsheet) they can run Windows locally and use an X server (xming or Starnet are the best options) to get at the linux apps.  Be ruthless about this - make the user prove their dependency and make a business case to keep the windows desktop.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The key here is to treat Windows as a legacy system.  Users get to keep their windows desktop if and only if there is no credible substitute for the application.  Getting your network interoperability right allows you to migrate users in a phased manner, which avoids the need for a 'big bang' deployment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/NIS-HOWTO/" />
  <row Id="17059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9488" RevisionGUID="c5d86e76-5275-4ab0-94bf-e6cf9b69f425" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:31:44.257" UserId="2786" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to limit the amount of connections per IP in IIS 6. This does not seem to be possible in IIS. Does anyone know of any solutions that would allow such a setting?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="17060" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9488" RevisionGUID="c5d86e76-5275-4ab0-94bf-e6cf9b69f425" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:31:44.257" UserId="2786" Text="Limiting Connections Per IP in IIS 6" />
  <row Id="17061" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9488" RevisionGUID="c5d86e76-5275-4ab0-94bf-e6cf9b69f425" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:31:44.257" UserId="2786" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;" />
  <row Id="17062" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9489" RevisionGUID="9c3e81b0-6d24-4cdb-8287-fbe654d0460d" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:31:58.500" UserId="3000" Text="I would recommend clamAV as others here, with the mention that it is mainly for email scanning on a server. I have also heard good things about Panda. I know others are getting into the Unix-like AV arena as well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep in mind why you are using AV. Are you using it on a file server to ensure your users don't share virus-ridden files? Or are you using it to protect your email users from sending or receiving viruses? Or are you interested in ensuring users don't load a Unix-based virus on the system?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each usage would probably recommend a different product as &quot;best&quot; for that situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, it sounds like you just want to be sure you do not get any viruses. In that case, from what I have read, Panda would be your best bet. Like others, I don't feel it is necessarily vital to have, but when on a mixed network with untrusted others, it's always a good idea." />
  <row Id="17063" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9490" RevisionGUID="abee501a-0acb-46a6-bab9-040e954f201e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:33:40.990" UserId="2882" Text="I am responsible for managing both our production server (mail, web, database are all on one server) and our test server. Both are built on Debian. However as I am very new to system administration, I have only been installing updates as I come across things that have to be updated so that I can have newer features and get bug fixes. Its a pretty ad hoc process right now, and I'd like to make it less so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I am wondering how people who know what they're doing handle this? How often do you perform upgrades on your servers? Is the upgrade process different between test and production? Do you always upgrade any test servers first? And do you do a full update of all software, or do you just install selected updates?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17064" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9490" RevisionGUID="abee501a-0acb-46a6-bab9-040e954f201e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:33:40.990" UserId="2882" Text="How Often Should I Update our Linux Server?" />
  <row Id="17065" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9490" RevisionGUID="abee501a-0acb-46a6-bab9-040e954f201e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:33:40.990" UserId="2882" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;updates&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;apt&gt;" />
  <row Id="17066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9491" RevisionGUID="e8202664-88d6-4fd2-8da9-6843243893b0" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:36:35.493" UserId="2623" Text="Worth noting that FTP is inherently insecure due to it's habit of passing passwords across the network in plain text. You may not be able to avoid using it but if can do so!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If possible use [SCP/SFTP][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Provider wise, I have used [BqBackup][2] for a number of years without issue, they provide you with a Unix shell on one of their BSD servers so you can transfer via FTP,SCP,RSYNC, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_copy&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.bqbackup.com/" />
  <row Id="17068" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9492" RevisionGUID="9b81230c-da5a-48f1-a73c-a1cec291a274" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:40:12.897" UserId="2513" Text="Where I work we have a pretty extensive process that involves using software called PatchLink to notify us of the most important security related updates, and we apply them after testing, on a package by package basis.  We have thousands of servers though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you only have two servers the process should be much simpler.  Although I do not think doing an &quot;apt-get update/upgrade&quot; is your best bet.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would monitor patches for the software you are running, and make decisions based on the fixes in those releases on when to upgrade.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since you have a test server, obviously, always test the update before applying them." />
  <row Id="17069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9493" RevisionGUID="57393008-61e2-4acb-bca5-0d3b46aa8226" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:14:41.740" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't entirely a programming question but, how would one make a computer run at an inputted temperature? The machines will be running Linux for a heatsink design project.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17070" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9493" RevisionGUID="57393008-61e2-4acb-bca5-0d3b46aa8226" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:14:41.740" Text="Forcing machine to run at a certain temperature" />
  <row Id="17071" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9493" RevisionGUID="57393008-61e2-4acb-bca5-0d3b46aa8226" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:14:41.740" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;temperature&gt;" />
  <row Id="17072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9494" RevisionGUID="413c4428-1d7f-4276-a4b3-d5882734a9d8" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:17:38.553" Text="&lt;p&gt;Write a program that uses all your CPU, making it hot. Once in a while in the loop, check the CPU temperature sensor (of course you must have one then) and if the target temperature is reached, pause the &quot;hot&quot; operation until the temperature has fallen below the target temperature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9495" RevisionGUID="d9a6ec35-858b-418a-85c5-8157caf9fbca" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:26:25.273" UserId="2958" Text="&lt;p&gt;If you want to measure CPU temperature the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lm-sensors.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;lm-sensors&lt;/a&gt; is a library you might want to look at.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then use the CPU aggressively to heat it up until the desired target is reached. You'll probably want to make sure this program is multithreaded to really push the CPU, and then do something mathematical in each thread. Something like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oxixares.com/glucas/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Glucas&lt;/a&gt; will work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then when the desired temperature is reached stop stretching the CPU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An even more sophisticated design would reduce or increase the load (rather than just on or off) as the temperature was different distances from the target temperature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17074" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9496" RevisionGUID="376302f8-ff1a-467f-9518-921ca4778059" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:30:46.497" Text="&lt;p&gt;Why risk a computer? Get a temperature controlled hotplate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some CPUs have their own internal thermal limiting and some don't. Over-temperature on the latter can cause permanent damage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9497" RevisionGUID="dc306bda-f91e-45dc-bcfc-6f4bb76ed872" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:36:53.007" Text="&lt;p&gt;There is a program called cpuburn, it can be found at: &lt;a href=&quot;http://pages.sbcglobal.net/redelm/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://pages.sbcglobal.net/redelm/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This program is designed to heavily load a cpu (creating heat), there are different versions for each cpu, as there are more effective ways to do it on each cpu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The source code is included, take a look at that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17076" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9498" RevisionGUID="f348deb9-4001-4e11-b353-37059f291ea4" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:42:36.340" UserId="2513" Text="IIS6 cannot do this natively, but you could set something up which would allow you to do this such as a proxy, firewall, or some software such as [SafeSquid][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just be careful because if there are browsers behind any sort of proxy, they will all appear to have the same IP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.safesquid.com/" />
  <row Id="17077" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9499" RevisionGUID="4a3d5e43-5cbc-4bb8-9624-1d56ce3f97a5" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:43:01.410" UserId="2664" Text="This question may vary between distros but, in general, what are the advantages/disadvantages of using a hard or soft mount in the UNIX world?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there certain situations where one is more beneficial or are the uses fairly universal?" />
  <row Id="17078" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9499" RevisionGUID="4a3d5e43-5cbc-4bb8-9624-1d56ce3f97a5" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:43:01.410" UserId="2664" Text="What are the advantages/disadvantages of hard versus soft mounts in UNIX?" />
  <row Id="17079" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9499" RevisionGUID="4a3d5e43-5cbc-4bb8-9624-1d56ce3f97a5" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:43:01.410" UserId="2664" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;mount&gt;" />
  <row Id="17080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9500" RevisionGUID="c3c2820a-a28a-4904-aa0e-f9e699677b6f" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:43:45.807" UserId="2513" Text="It would appear as though you have an issue in &quot;/etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.cert&quot;, either the file is missing, the permissions on it are wrong, or the formatting of the certificate inside it is invalid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9501" RevisionGUID="a59ae066-fc50-41b0-bcd4-40036aba1188" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:44:14.107" UserId="1895" Text="Hi all,  &#xD;&#xA;I have an extension for Thunderbird that I'd like to install automatically from a script - since I have to do it on all our workstations - is there a way to do that?  &#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Ubuntu 9.04)" />
  <row Id="17082" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9501" RevisionGUID="a59ae066-fc50-41b0-bcd4-40036aba1188" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:44:14.107" UserId="1895" Text="Installing Mozilla extension from command line" />
  <row Id="17083" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9501" RevisionGUID="a59ae066-fc50-41b0-bcd4-40036aba1188" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:44:14.107" UserId="1895" Text="&lt;mozilla&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="17084" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9483" RevisionGUID="ff93770d-8d73-4b29-9bb2-49bb8f1e9293" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:44:45.743" UserId="1447" Comment="added 225 characters in body" Text="The simplest configuration for this goes something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Servers** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Build one or more servers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - a 'Level 0' server that has a DNS server such as BIND and NIS on it.  NIS is by far the simplest identity management solution for Unix/Linux and has been in use since the days of Sun workstations.  Read about NIS security and decide if this is acceptable.  In most cases it is acceptable for use behind a firewall but not for a publically facing web server.  The advantage of NIS is that it's dead simple and you can reasonably expect to figure out how to set it up in a few hours.  Administration is also fairly straightforward; take a look at the [NIS howto.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Another server running NFS for a file server plus any other services such as mail that you need.  In addition, you can use this as a backup for your DNS and NIS servers.  Unless you have a heavy load you probably don't need more than one machine for this.  The individual apps play together much more nicely than their windows counterparts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tune the NFS server as necessary.  There are several options for SMTP servers (e.g. postfix) and various IMAP servers and other bits of infrastructure kit.  Select ones that you are comfortable with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have application and database servers you can install lightly loaded ones on this server.  On a larger 'general' server you could mount multiple volumes and put the database volumes on their own disks.  This is particularly attractive if you are using a SAN.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In most cases you do not need servers at the rate of one per application.  Linux apps tend to play nicely in their own space and do not usually trip each other up.  Save admin and hardware costs by avoiding unnecessary proliferation of server hardware.  You are probably better off going for fewer large servers than more small ones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VMs are less of a win for this than they are for Windows apps where people tend to deploy each on their own server.  There is probably no benefit to running the infrastructure on a VM.  This also keeps it simple.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have an application with a heavy load you might be better off putting it on its own server so it doesn't affect other apps.  This also lets you tune the server specifically for that application. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Workstations**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set up your workstations with the system installed on a local disk and /home mounted off the file server.  Users' home directories are mounted off the NFS server and secured through standard system security.  This configuration was historically called 'dataless' and gives you a single system image that can follow a user to any workstation with no local state.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Leave a scratch partition on the local disks if you have anyone who needs a large amount of local data storage but make it clear that anything they want backed up should be copied to the file server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Create a one or more NFS shared volumes.  When your users need shared directories make them on these and set up permissions appropriately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Voila: instant network infrastructure.  This is about as simple as linux network infrastructure gets and this type of architecture has historically been scaled to entire university campuses.  If you need more secure authentication you can do something with kerberos/LDAP but this is much, much more complex than NIS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Legacy windows interoperability**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where your users are stuck on windows, you have several basic solutions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Terminal services:  TS or citrix clients such as rdesktop or the Linux citrix client can be used to publish apps from a terminal server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Emulation: WINE/Crossover or a VM can be used to run windows applications on a Linux desktop&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Substitution: Find a substitute (e.g. OpenOffice for MS Office) and use that.  In many cases you can do this with 95% of your users and let the 5% that absolutely must have Excel use it on a windows desktop.  If possible, find substitutes that will run on Windows as well so they can be deployed to windows desktops where you need a mixed architecture.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Desktops: Using Samba, you can publish the users' home directories so that they can be mounted on a windows machine.  If you have a class of users with a legacy app (this could be as simple as a complex excel spreadsheet) they can run Windows locally and use an X server (xming or Starnet are the best options) to get at the linux apps.  Be ruthless about this - make the user prove their dependency and make a business case to keep the windows desktop.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The key here is to treat Windows as a legacy system.  Users get to keep their windows desktop if and only if there is no credible substitute for the application.  Getting your network interoperability right allows you to migrate users in a phased manner, which avoids the need for a 'big bang' deployment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Network Security**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add a firewall for the network and a DMZ as necessary.  Public SMTP servers can be outsourced to your ISP or placed in the DMZ.  However, servers in this zone should not use NIS for authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/NIS-HOWTO/" />
  <row Id="17085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9502" RevisionGUID="b568777b-0eee-45d5-929f-e23607f7743a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:46:06.053" UserId="1466" Text="Your /etc/postfix/main.cf will contain the following 3 directives&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     smtpd_tls_cert_file=&#xD;&#xA;     smtpd_tls_key_file=&#xD;&#xA;     smtpd_use_tls=yes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This tells postfix to use TLS.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can get it working again by disabling tls by disabling tls, or creating new certificates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**disabling TLS**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. change **smtpd_use_tls** from yes to no&#xD;&#xA; 2. /etc/init.d/postfix restart&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**creating new certificates**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Find the key file (according to **smtpd_tls_key_file**).  If it is missing, you will have to create a new one. (**openssl genrsa -out filename.key 1024; chmod 600 filename.key**)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Create a CSR (**openssl req -new -key filename.key -out filename.csr**)&#xD;&#xA; 3. Create the Certificate (**openssl x509 -req -days 730 -in filename.csr -signkey filename.key -out filename.crt**)&#xD;&#xA; 4. Make it into .pem format (**cat filename.key filename.crt &gt; filename.pem;chmod 600 filename.pem; chown postfix filename.pem**)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then ensure it is where it needs to be according to **/etc/postfix/main.cf**, and restart postfix.  You should be good to go.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9503" RevisionGUID="20cbbd55-5b1d-415e-bad5-b575c0fed0d6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:46:15.147" UserId="1661" Text="I do a dry run (first) to see what is going to be updated. Sometimes, libraries (lets call it libfoo for this example) change their API, which breaks programs that we wrote / installed ourselves. If some critical library is updated, I grab the source and try rebuilding our stuff against it prior to updating.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also check to see that we're not jumping to an intermediate version of some public service, ie apache, etc. I'd rather stay a year behind and not encounter random breakage, unless the update is critical.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are a system administrator, you should be pulling RSS feeds from sites like [Secunia][1], which should let  you know way ahead of time if your distro is going to be pushing some patches.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do not ever, ever just blindly upgrade / update. Unfortunately, the task of knowing what is broken falls on you, not your distro package manager, especially if your systems support programmers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://secunia.com/" />
  <row Id="17087" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9504" RevisionGUID="5a4bd853-8a28-4599-8d41-cb04eec4c4ff" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:48:32.990" UserId="2604" Text="The data you are looking should not, by default, be located in &quot;C:\Documents and Settings\Default User&quot;.  That is the location of the default user profile, which is the template for new user profiles.  Its only function is to be copied to a new folder for use as a user profile when a user logs onto the computer for the first time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the service is following Microsoft's guidelines, it will be storing data in &#xD;&#xA;the application data folder (%APPDATA%) or the local application data folder (%LOCALAPPDATA% on Windows Vista and later).  It should not use the My Documents or Documents folders, but you might want to check there as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a typical installation of Windows XP, check the following locations for application data for programs running as Local System (NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\Application Data\*Vendor*\*Program*&#xD;&#xA; - C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\Local Settings\Application    Data\*Vendor*\*Program*&#xD;&#xA; - C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\My Documents&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a typical installation of Windows Vista, check the following locations for application data for programs running as Local System (NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\*Vendor*\*Program*&#xD;&#xA; - C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\*Vendor*\*Program*&#xD;&#xA; - C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\*Vendor*\*Program*&#xD;&#xA; - C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\Documents&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17088" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9505" RevisionGUID="d032b7ae-0b0d-4783-bfaa-e1a57e1e04ed" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:49:18.340" UserId="2881" Text="I've used [Cobian Backup][1] to pretty good success on my 3 Windows machines. It has a ton of built-in features, including encryption, compression, and remote/FTP backups. The scheduler is pretty detailed as well, and can start jobs that were missed if the computer or network was down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm" />
  <row Id="17089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9506" RevisionGUID="3d75b827-ac53-4f6e-ab5a-7aa0bd17ae46" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:51:22.360" UserId="2224" Text="A hard mount is generally used for block resources like a local disk or SAN. A soft mount is usually used for network file protocols like NFS or CIFS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The advantage of a soft mount is that if your NFS server is unavailable, the kernel will time out the I/O operation after a pre-configured period of time. The disadvantage is that if your NFS driver caches data and the soft mount times out, your application may not know which writes to the NFS volumes were actually committed to disk." />
  <row Id="17090" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9507" RevisionGUID="4baa6539-38f8-4094-ae7e-2c84b4752acd" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:52:15.743" UserId="2101" Text="I would recommend taking a look at the nmon tool. It will show you live load on a number of system parameters as well as recording data to a file for later perusal. It's a free tool available [here][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-analyze_aix/" />
  <row Id="17091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9508" RevisionGUID="5536db22-30a7-427c-88aa-04ecc455861e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:52:42.530" UserId="3008" Text="I'd like to point user test1.domain.com test2.domain.com etc without manually adding the header binding in IIS7.&#xD;&#xA;Is this possible?&#xD;&#xA;If not automatically can I add the host header programmatically?" />
  <row Id="17092" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9508" RevisionGUID="5536db22-30a7-427c-88aa-04ecc455861e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:52:42.530" UserId="3008" Text="Is it possible to use wildcard mapping in IIS7" />
  <row Id="17093" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9508" RevisionGUID="5536db22-30a7-427c-88aa-04ecc455861e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:52:42.530" UserId="3008" Text="&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;iis&gt;" />
  <row Id="17094" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9509" RevisionGUID="6bb3b5c7-3115-457a-ad23-615c11a5f2d7" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:53:59.407" UserId="1054" Text="Check [this post][1] out, might help you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=1241506" />
  <row Id="17095" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9504" RevisionGUID="12bd7017-f076-4270-bb63-a47c3b2022bb" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:55:08.687" UserId="2604" Comment="Changed from using markdown to HTML for italics in path names; they weren't rendering properly." Text="The data you are looking should not, by default, be located in &quot;C:\Documents and Settings\Default User&quot;.  That is the location of the default user profile, which is the template for new user profiles.  Its only function is to be copied to a new folder for use as a user profile when a user logs onto the computer for the first time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the service is following Microsoft's guidelines, it will be storing data in &#xD;&#xA;the application data folder (%APPDATA%) or the local application data folder (%LOCALAPPDATA% on Windows Vista and later).  It should not use the My Documents or Documents folders, but you might want to check there as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a typical installation of Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, check the following locations for application data for programs running as Local System (NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\Application Data\&lt;i&gt;Vendor&lt;/i&gt;\&lt;i&gt;Program&lt;/i&gt;&#xD;&#xA; - C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\Local Settings\Application    Data\&lt;i&gt;Vendor&lt;/i&gt;\&lt;i&gt;Program&lt;/i&gt;&#xD;&#xA; - C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\My Documents&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a typical installation of Windows Vista and later versions, check the following locations for application data for programs running as Local System (NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\&lt;i&gt;Vendor&lt;/i&gt;\&lt;i&gt;Program&lt;/i&gt;&#xD;&#xA; - C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\&lt;i&gt;Vendor&lt;/i&gt;\&lt;i&gt;Program&lt;/i&gt;&#xD;&#xA; - C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\&lt;i&gt;Vendor&lt;/i&gt;\&lt;i&gt;Program&lt;/i&gt;&#xD;&#xA; - C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\Documents&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, substitute the appropriate vendor name and program name for &lt;i&gt;Vendor&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Program&lt;/i&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17096" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9510" RevisionGUID="cf6e2115-3324-43c6-9df5-a0dee6ac0158" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:56:27.233" UserId="2513" Text="Taken from [Mozillazine][1]...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generic Install&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    firefox.exe -install-global-extension extension.xpi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specific Profile&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    firefox.exe -profile &quot;path to profile folder&quot; -install-global-extension extension.xpi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Batch Install&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for %%e in (&quot;path to extensions\*.xpi&quot;) do &quot;firefox.exe&quot; -install-global-extension &quot;%%e&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    for %%e in (&quot;path to themes\*.jar&quot;) do &quot;firefox.exe&quot; -install-global-theme &quot;%%e&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Someone in the thread asserts they work for Thunderbird in the same manner.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=1241506&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://    for %%e in (&quot;path to extensions\*.xpi&quot;) do &quot;firefox.exe&quot; -install-global-extension &quot;%%e&quot;     for %%e in (&quot;path to themes\*.jar&quot;) do &quot;firefox.exe&quot; -install-global-theme &quot;%%e&quot;" />
  <row Id="17097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9511" RevisionGUID="16ccb4a5-005d-4c57-9d66-8d7964ca91cc" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:57:39.493" UserId="1661" Text="A hard mount using some kind of network file system (nfs or fuse) can (sometimes) block forever while trying to re-establish a broken connection. This means, every process trying to access that mount goes into disk sleep (D) until the device is available again or the system is rebooted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disk sleep can not be interrupted or killed. Its like the zombie of zombie processes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, do not use hard mounts for network file systems, ever. You want the file system to fail (immediately, to processes using syscalls) if I/O is not possible. Otherwise, the memory that they claim may as well be leaked if the FS fails.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9512" RevisionGUID="551638f1-30fb-4904-ad57-1d035f2f8ea5" CreationDate="2009-05-18T15:58:12.860" UserId="2987" Text="to find out what your total bandwidth is you might use &#xD;&#xA;hdparm -T /dev/sda to test the buffer cache (fileio) performance&#xD;&#xA;hdparm -t /dev/sda to test the device read performance&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;examples: my laptop gets 82MB/sec from the SATA disk and 2GB/sec from the cache.&#xD;&#xA;My dekstop gets 12GB/sec from the cache and 500MB/sec from the HW RAID array.&#xD;&#xA;I suspect those last numbers could be double on server class hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;set readahead higher than 256, 4096 works best for me&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for i in 128 256 512 1024 2048 4096 8192 16384 32768  &#xD;&#xA;do  &#xD;&#xA;hdparm --setra $i  &#xD;&#xA;  for j in 1 2 4 8 16 32  &#xD;&#xA;  do  &#xD;&#xA;  time dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/null bs=&quot;$j&quot;k  count=&lt;fixthis&gt; 1GB / blocksize  &#xD;&#xA;  done  &#xD;&#xA;done  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;times reading 1GB at different block sizes and different read-aheads" />
  <row Id="17101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9514" RevisionGUID="a71f8670-6cd2-4ccc-b52e-193ca78b8580" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:01:18.610" UserId="1466" Text="I run **apt-get update -qq; apt-get upgrade -duyq** daily.  This will check for updates, but not do them automatically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then I can run the upgrades manually while I am watching, and can correct anything that might go wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Besides the security concerns of maintaining a patched system, I find that if I leave it too long between patches, **I end up with a whole bunch of packages** that want to be upgraded, and that scares me a-lot more than just upgrading one or two every week or so.  Therefore I tend to run my upgrades weekly, or if they are high priority, daily.  This has the added advantage of knowing which package broke your system (ie. if you're only upgrading a couple at a time)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I always upgrade less critical systems first.  I also have a &quot;rollback plan&quot; in place in case I can't fix the system.  (since most of our servers are virtual, this rollback plan usually consists of taking a **snapshot** before the upgrade that I can revert to if necessary)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, I think an upgrade has broken something only once or twice in the past 4 years, and that was on a highly customized system - so you don't have to be TOO paranoid :)" />
  <row Id="17102" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9515" RevisionGUID="82c3d3cf-015f-41a0-870e-f0f4efbbb6fc" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:04:28.403" UserId="2604" Text="No.  If you buy a full packaged product (FPP) of Windows Server (that is, an off-the-shelf box version), it may include some number of user or device CALs (probably 5, 10, or 25).  If, however, you purchase Windows Server under a volume licensing program, no CALs are included." />
  <row Id="17103" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9441" RevisionGUID="c01aa75c-a573-41b9-9c54-c36f84a3ec7b" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:04:51.240" UserId="2987" Comment="added SAN /NAS" Text="have you looked at openfiler?  it's an appliance based server that offers NFS, CIFS (samba), FTP, and iSCSI support so it's both SAN and NAS.  I use it to Vmotion VMs between ESX machines.  Also I boot Linux and windows guests over iSCSI (any iSCSI storage server supports that of course).  Look at drobo HW appliance, SVsan (free), and obviously ZFS is the best because it supports thin provisioning...just like the Virtual Windows XP.  ESXi mmemory overcommit and ZFS storage overcommit a natural fit?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But really, if you were just going to backup some windows boxes, the HP solution is amazing because it's a 4 drive NAS and a (partially limited) windows server in the size of a very large book.  You can have 8TB in the box and use it as an iTunes and media server...not so bad for a ~$500 box.  How much value is there in the knowledge gained by making your own storage server?  (huge, i'd say) A $99 silent low-power KPC-K45 shuttle box makes a great platform or an SG31G2 and both have integrated gigE lan.  Don't forget a gigE jumbo frame ethernet switch! 8 ports only $50 from SMC.  I'm not affiliated with VMware, Sun, SVSAN, Openfiler, Linux, Apple, HP, Microsoft, Shuttle, or SMC." />
  <row Id="17106" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9517" RevisionGUID="348610c9-9226-4d91-b4a8-02e42754e1e3" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:09:36.677" UserId="2318" Text="When you go through your logs, what criteria do you use to determine if it's you (ie: you need to beef up your server/s) or them (ie: they're verging on a DoS)? How many connections/second would you consider reasonable, and why? Do you have some other rule (eg: weighted toward IPs who also referral spam?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17107" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9517" RevisionGUID="348610c9-9226-4d91-b4a8-02e42754e1e3" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:09:36.677" UserId="2318" Text="What criteria do you use to determine if someone is hammering your server?" />
  <row Id="17108" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9517" RevisionGUID="348610c9-9226-4d91-b4a8-02e42754e1e3" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:09:36.677" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;denial-of-service&gt;&lt;standards&gt;&lt;hacking&gt;&lt;log-files&gt;" />
  <row Id="17109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9518" RevisionGUID="97b530ec-37a7-48d1-a4a5-fe55ae4ff5ca" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:10:12.650" UserId="2906" Text="As far as I know there are only two options when it comes to host headers in IIS7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. You set up a host header/type/port/ip for each domain you want it to handle.&#xD;&#xA; 2. You set up no host header but include a type/port/ip on the site you want to handle the multiple domains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The catch with option #2 is it'll respond to any request on that port and you will be unable to use that same port on another site without a host header.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There may be an ISAPI filter you can load at the server level to intercept the request before it gets to the host header part of the processing but it may be easier to set up a script to handle option #1." />
  <row Id="17110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9519" RevisionGUID="632ea4f1-61a7-41b8-8433-aab2c9315f16" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:11:19.357" UserId="2863" Text="Assuming you are running the stable release of Debian, most patches will be security or bug related which should mean that there won't be too many major changes between versions of any given package. According to the debian patch policy patches should also have been in testing for some time before being moved to the stable branch by the maintainer. Obviously This won't stop breakages when patching but should prevent them in most cases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would be prudent to ensure that your testing sever is kept upto date and any packages that have bugs affecting you and your servers should be kept up to date. All packages that have security advisories against them should be updated as soon as you know the patch is stable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Debian is usually a very stable OS and not one you should be overly concerned with breakages on however always read what is going to be updated before it get updated and keep an eye out for anything that seems strange. I use VCS on my /etc/ dir as well to ensure that any config file changes can be seen with a 'git diff' command. " />
  <row Id="17111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9520" RevisionGUID="c0a876d5-3bff-4cb0-adf6-7cad5aabbed1" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:12:07.513" UserId="2937" Text="On top of previous answers - a couple more specifically Debian things: you should Subscribe to [debian-security-announce][1] and [debian-announce][2] and / or check out the [Debian Security page][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.debian.org/security/" />
  <row Id="17112" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9521" RevisionGUID="41b9f84d-395a-48a9-a7fa-18751410c1a7" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:13:13.767" UserId="2783" Text="Wolfgame-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John is right... you are setting yourself up for a world of pain by trying to manually setup OMA on SBS, and his suggestion to re-run the Internet Connection Wizard is a good one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first question I would have for you however is &quot;Did this ever work&quot;?  I can't tell from your post if it used to work and just stopped, or if you are trying to set it up for the first time and are hitting the problems that you are.  If it used to work, what changed between then and now?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Sean" />
  <row Id="17113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9522" RevisionGUID="98e7903c-0142-4675-a753-827dc4f2d3d6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:13:25.560" UserId="1435" Text="Ideally you shouldn't have to manually look at logs for these signs, they should be set as alert thresholds that generate automated SNMP/Mail traps, and in some circumstances initiate preemptive measures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for specific rules, connections/sec or similar will vary based on hardware but consistent high CPU utilisation (80%+) is usually cause for concern, same for memory and disk queue length." />
  <row Id="17114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9523" RevisionGUID="744f9dc9-d212-47a2-989d-0be78925f459" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:17:10.717" UserId="2783" Text="Arathorn-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As Brent mentioned, there is not built-in way to automate the server backups, but following the steps in the following article, you can make it happen (in a nutshell it uses AutoHotKey to record a macro that simulates clicking on the Server backup button).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.mediasmartserver.net/wiki/index.php?title=Automating_the_Windows_Home_Server_Shared_Folder_Backup&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Sean" />
  <row Id="17115" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9524" RevisionGUID="c2fb79ea-6f52-4357-aba2-09053fead2fd" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:18:52.680" UserId="3009" Text="I'm currently experimenting with using [Amazon S3][1] for backups. You can pay by the GB, there are servers in Europe and the USA, and you can use various ways of accessing your 'buckets', including REST and SOAP protocols. I'm not sure exactly what you need for uploading, but I am planning on using a tool called [jets3t][2] which includes an rsync-alike with encryption. Does need Java though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://aws.amazon.com/s3/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://jets3t.dev.java.net/" />
  <row Id="17117" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9526" RevisionGUID="c29652cc-6863-4697-b6ba-851cc510328c" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:21:51.923" UserId="2302" Text="I like cron-apt to automate this process, but [as @dinomite pointed out on another question regarding updates,][1] configuring it specifically to automate security-related updates is a very smart idea -- you can then manually update what you need.  I had been using cron-apt for all updates but actually changed this based on his answer.  If you like it, you should probably [vote his answer up] [1] rather than this one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4267/how-do-you-handle-updates-on-a-server/6868#6868" />
  <row Id="17118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9527" RevisionGUID="13d05061-5264-4cc9-aeba-16bfa697a19f" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:26:23.677" UserId="2604" Text="The structure of user profiles changed between Windows 5.x (XP, Server 2003) and Windows 6.x (Vista, Server 2008, 7).  The 64-bitness does not affect the user profile structure.  Under Windows 5.x, only one folder inside the user profile was clearly made visible to users:  &quot;My Documents&quot;.  All user data was supposed to be stored underneath &quot;My Documents&quot; in subfolders, if necessary.  Windows 6.x made the profile folder itself the visible entry point for user data.  &quot;My Pictures&quot;, &quot;My Videos&quot;, and &quot;My Music&quot; were taken out of &quot;My Documents&quot;, renamed without the word &quot;My&quot;, and made peers of &quot;Documents&quot; under the user profile folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your &quot;My Documents&quot; folder can still function as the catch-all user data storage location, and it probably needs to if you are redirecting this folder.  The Vista users will just have a bunch of empty folders in their profile, and programs that are written correctly to save to the new locations will save locally instead of under the redirected &quot;Documents&quot; folder.  (This may be overridable with Group Policy.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as the user profile as a whole is concerned, Microsoft has changed other parts of the profile structure as well, and my assumption has been that Windows 5.x profiles are not compatible with Windows 6.x profiles.  I chose not to even try to make this work, and my advice to you is to keep Vista and pre-Vista user profiles completely separate.  In my company, when a user gets a new machine with Windows Vista, I rename their roaming profile and manually move all of the documents where they need to be.  (You could use Vista's &quot;Windows Easy Transfer&quot; program to migrate settings, but I've never tried it.)  Users with Vista on their primary machine may only use XP machines if those machines have Group Policies that are disallowing roaming profiles and offline files.  My environment is small, however, and you may not have the luxury of these kinds of restrictions.  Best wishes!" />
  <row Id="17119" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9528" RevisionGUID="2a11e30d-c19b-483d-9ac4-1b97697b4206" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:26:28.653" UserId="32988" Text="At a previous employer we used a script to monitor growth in logfiles and alerted the sysadmin-team if the growth was unusual for that time of day. It gave a few false alarms until we managed to tune it (that is - found out what was usual for certain times of day/season), but after a while it ran smooth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17120" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9529" RevisionGUID="ff382764-18b6-4854-98f0-3ffd116493da" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:27:41.570" UserId="2284" Text="Have you considered other open source databases, such as [PostGres][1] or [Firebird][2]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They are both more historically standards compliant than MySQL, and therefore more likely to be compatible with MS-SQL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.postgresql.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.firebirdsql.org/" />
  <row Id="17121" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9530" RevisionGUID="e9448a07-d2a3-4022-a9d2-687add8a1ad8" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:27:44.907" UserId="3005" Text="I have a couple of **Site5** accounts just for backup.  They are really cheap and offer ssh access, which means you can use things like rsync over ssh as well and the standard protocols.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've found their service to be good enough.  I would rely on them 100% for my business, but as an easy offsite backup, they've worked well.  Of course, any hosted provider would work just as well and they are currently offering lots of space for cheap." />
  <row Id="17122" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9531" RevisionGUID="6aa0688a-13b5-47cd-af12-464c9fea9380" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:36:12.207" UserId="1565" Text="Here are a few skin/overlay options ranging from $30 to $50 depending on your keyboard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [http://www.zcover.com/zCover_index_for_Keyboards.htm][1]&#xD;&#xA;- [http://www.logickeyboard.com/shop/mac-skins-802c1.html][2]&#xD;&#xA;- [http://photojojo.com/store/awesomeness/photo-app-keyboards][3] &#xD;&#xA;- [http://www.kbcovers.com/servlet/Categories?category=Final+Cut][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.zcover.com/zCover_index_for_Keyboards.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.logickeyboard.com/shop/mac-skins-802c1.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://photojojo.com/store/awesomeness/photo-app-keyboards&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.kbcovers.com/servlet/Categories?category=Final+Cut" />
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  <row Id="17124" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="9531" RevisionGUID="d0384668-ef86-430f-b8fe-e45d574f2072" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:37:34.670" UserId="1565" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1565,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Joseph&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="17125" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9532" RevisionGUID="d7ca08e9-1b39-4231-bcc6-5dabc45959ee" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:45:37.133" UserId="1803" Text="It looks like [this guy][1] may have put together something that'll do in a pinch.  It looks like people have added schemes for non-game-related overlays, so I'd imagine you'd be able to use it for your purpose.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I haven't used them, but it looks promising.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Quadrant/3864/keyboard/keydiagram.htm" />
  <row Id="17126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9533" RevisionGUID="5812897c-0434-468d-9889-80f724764166" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:47:00.173" UserId="1292" Text="Everything I've read and heard tells me that I should be able to perform an upgrade from Windows 2000 Pro to Windows XP Pro instead of a clean install.  One blogger went as far as to say that there are only a few files that are different between the two OS's, although I highly doubt that.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So why when I put in my Win XP Pro install CD did it tell me that it cannot upgrade from Win 2K pro to Win XP pro?  I also tried booting from the XP pro install CD and it didn't even have any options for upgrading.  " />
  <row Id="17127" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9533" RevisionGUID="5812897c-0434-468d-9889-80f724764166" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:47:00.173" UserId="1292" Text="Win XP Pro install CD says it can't upgrade from Win 2K Pro" />
  <row Id="17128" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9533" RevisionGUID="5812897c-0434-468d-9889-80f724764166" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:47:00.173" UserId="1292" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;windows2k&gt;&lt;upgrade&gt;" />
  <row Id="17129" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9510" RevisionGUID="4aa46dcf-8d94-4e3c-a21e-96adad84390c" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:47:44.930" UserId="2513" Comment="Removed bad link" Text="Taken from [Mozillazine][1]...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generic Install&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    firefox.exe -install-global-extension extension.xpi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specific Profile&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    firefox.exe -profile &quot;path to profile folder&quot; -install-global-extension extension.xpi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Batch Install&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for %%e in (&quot;path to extensions\*.xpi&quot;) do &quot;firefox.exe&quot; -install-global-extension &quot;%%e&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    for %%e in (&quot;path to themes\*.jar&quot;) do &quot;firefox.exe&quot; -install-global-theme &quot;%%e&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Someone in the thread asserts they work for Thunderbird in the same manner.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=1241506&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="17130" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8887" RevisionGUID="28a41714-4dc7-45a0-8493-fd3ccd51604c" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:48:25.787" UserId="1804" Comment="Incorrect reading of question." Text="Is it possible for you to avoid having to pipe everything down SSH? Because it would be great to be able to mount the Windows server with SMB and use the Linux rsync against it, purely as a client." />
  <row Id="17131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9534" RevisionGUID="ee872516-528b-432b-8fa1-3f72415e7a3d" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:49:34.833" UserId="2600" Text="Is it an OEM disk?  I believe they are handicapped and cannot be used for upgrades." />
  <row Id="17132" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9531" RevisionGUID="6287c8cd-2c9a-4a36-8b93-6761f1a3db93" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:49:44.300" UserId="1565" Comment="deleted 416 characters in body" Text="This is the cheapest thing I could find:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.4keyboard.com/apple-final-cut-keyboard-stickers-p-176.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.4keyboard.com/apple-final-cut-keyboard-stickers-p-176.html" />
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  <row Id="17134" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5011" RevisionGUID="da49fedd-f77b-4389-a7ff-413b3bf6c191" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:54:19.860" UserId="1758" Comment="added the RAM qualification" Text="I have Windows 2008 Server set up as a workstation, and found that Readyboost made a noticeable improvement in my old Vista box, so I have been wondering if there is a way that ReadyBoost can be used with Windows 2008 Server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Edit* Lets pretend I have plenty of RAM , but I also have a large pagefile.sys which I presume means the OS perf still is bound to HD performance" />
  <row Id="17135" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5011" RevisionGUID="da49fedd-f77b-4389-a7ff-413b3bf6c191" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:54:19.860" UserId="1758" Comment="added the RAM qualification" Text="&lt;readyboost&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="17136" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8887" RevisionGUID="95f98d5b-51a9-47bb-bf8a-766b05aac9de" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:57:22.990" UserId="1804" Comment="rewrite" Text="So, if the tools are bad on Windows is there a way to use the Linux tool?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With ssh - &lt;a href=&quot;http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html&quot;&gt;sshfs&lt;/a&gt;?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Without ssh - use a VPN and mount as SMB?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Either way would allow you to use the more capable Linux rsync client against a filesystem. I haven't done this with 10GB of data so YMMV. :)" />
  <row Id="17137" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9535" RevisionGUID="cb0a4979-4601-4ff0-b2a7-a64422da0820" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:57:27.327" UserId="2722" Text="Running OpenBSD 4.4-stable with the built-in httpd daemon and PHP5 which has been moved from an Ubuntu 8.04-server box. Since the movement phpMyAdmin seems to generate the following error every so often (and sometimes all the time, like logging in):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Bad Request&#xD;&#xA;    Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Reason: You're speaking plain HTTP to an SSL-enabled server port.&#xD;&#xA;    Instead use the HTTPS scheme to access this URL, please.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The address for phpMyAdmin is under an https:// URL, and when this error occurs phpMyAdmin is trying to use http://domain.com:443/ which obviously won't work. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also have a mod_rewrite rule to always force HTTPS but since the browser is forcing the 443 port it never gets fired.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas how to remedy this?" />
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  <row Id="17140" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9536" RevisionGUID="b810617a-1514-474d-8d02-558fbbff654d" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:44:32.183" Text="&lt;p&gt;How fast a disk can perform?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does 700k writing operations per second a reasonable upper bound?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each operation is a random write with 1024 Bytes as block size .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17141" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9536" RevisionGUID="b810617a-1514-474d-8d02-558fbbff654d" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:44:32.183" Text="What's the normal ops of a normal disk?" />
  <row Id="17142" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9536" RevisionGUID="b810617a-1514-474d-8d02-558fbbff654d" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:44:32.183" Text="&lt;performance&gt;&lt;disk&gt;" />
  <row Id="17143" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9537" RevisionGUID="65390fb8-0f03-4148-bc8b-45e3d455e312" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:46:48.107" Text="&lt;p&gt;The actual value depends on a number of things, buffer size, sequential read/write speeds, random read/write speeds, just depends on what type of operations you're running. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;700k should be an acceptable upper bound for most applications (I would say most hard drives can do more than 10MB/s for both random and sequential read/writes).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17144" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9538" RevisionGUID="31ba3d5f-9f40-4da5-8fd1-ff39300146a8" CreationDate="2009-05-18T16:50:17.477" Text="&lt;p&gt;After doing some quick googling and checking &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOPS&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;, seems like a typical 7200RPM SATA drive is capable of somewhere between 50-100 I/O operations per second.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So 700k seems very, very high.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17145" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9539" RevisionGUID="41b6afc0-34d3-47a8-9098-43380c9d1ec6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:03:38.343" UserId="3011" Text="Hi.&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to use ssh to start applications remotely? I have a linux machine for a mediacenter and I want to be able to connect through ssh and start for example XBMC or Boxee on it and then use my iphone as a remote.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17146" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9539" RevisionGUID="41b6afc0-34d3-47a8-9098-43380c9d1ec6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:03:38.343" UserId="3011" Text="Running applications remotely" />
  <row Id="17147" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9539" RevisionGUID="41b6afc0-34d3-47a8-9098-43380c9d1ec6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:03:38.343" UserId="3011" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="17148" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8377" RevisionGUID="5bff4a96-ac8b-4807-a6a6-4b27613fae08" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:04:01.183" UserId="1039" Comment="sp" Text="What I want is a pile of tiny UPS devices. They would only have to run my stuff for about 30 seconds as the bulk of power outages don't seem to even last that long.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Heck, from the same logic, I'd LOVE to see someone start making supercapacitor based replacements for laptop batteries so I can avoid cooking the real thing while plugged in at work." />
  <row Id="17149" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9540" RevisionGUID="d93a14a2-a512-4a5e-84ff-637437217358" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:05:48.653" UserId="2513" Text="In my setup of PHPMyAdmin I have an apache config that looks like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost 72.233.89.20:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        ServerName mysql&#xD;&#xA;        ServerAlias mysql.*&#xD;&#xA;        UseCanonicalName Off&#xD;&#xA;        DocumentRoot /var/www/phpmyadmin/html/&#xD;&#xA;        DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php&#xD;&#xA;        AddType application/x-httpd-php .php&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;        php_admin_value open_basedir /var/www/phpmyadmin/&#xD;&#xA;        php_admin_value file_uploads 1&#xD;&#xA;        php_admin_value upload_tmp_dir /var/www/phpmyadmin/phptmp/&#xD;&#xA;        php_admin_value session.save_path /var/www/phpmyadmin/phptmp/&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    ######&#xD;&#xA;    # Interface for https (openssl)&#xD;&#xA;    ######&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;IfModule mod_ssl.c&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost 72.233.89.20:443&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            ServerName mysql&#xD;&#xA;            ServerAlias mysql.*&#xD;&#xA;            UseCanonicalName Off&#xD;&#xA;            DocumentRoot /var/www/phpmyadmin/ssl&#xD;&#xA;            SSLEngine on&#xD;&#xA;            SSLCertificateFile    /etc/httpd/conf/ssl/server.crt&#xD;&#xA;            SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/httpd/conf/ssl/server.key&#xD;&#xA;            DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php&#xD;&#xA;            AddType application/x-httpd-php .php&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;            php_admin_value open_basedir /var/www/phpmyadmin/&#xD;&#xA;            php_admin_value file_uploads 1&#xD;&#xA;            php_admin_value upload_tmp_dir /var/www/phpmyadmin/phptmp/&#xD;&#xA;            php_admin_value session.save_path /var/www/phpmyadmin/phptmp/&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/IfModule&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note how it is set up on port 80 and port 443.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the webroot of http (port 80) I just have a .htaccess file that looks like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine On&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To redirect it all to SSL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of the PHPMyAdmin files live in the SSL directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suggest setting up your vhost to serve on both port 80 and port 443.  PHPMyAdmin itself is just a php script, it does not force any port.  It is all about how your webserver/vhosts are configured.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9541" RevisionGUID="1dd1e269-a5d5-4373-8484-35b7dccd6182" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:06:31.770" UserId="942" Text="Sure:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`$ DISPLAY=:0 /usr/bin/xbmc`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(after you ssh into the machine of course)" />
  <row Id="17151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9542" RevisionGUID="4e7418b6-db59-4305-ab61-5e1b143e7ad9" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:11:28.703" UserId="1855" Text="Some users are complaining of poor performance on a brand new server.  The only running on this machine is Oracle 10.2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At first glance everything looks ok: load is minimal, nothing in logs. The only thing i can find is that vmstat is complaining of lots of swapping in and blocked processes.  Where should I begin troubleshooting this one?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # vmstat -S 5 5&#xD;&#xA;     kthr      memory            page            disk          faults      cpu&#xD;&#xA;     r b w   swap  free  si  so pi po fr de sr rm s0 s1 s2   in   sy   cs us sy id&#xD;&#xA;     0 0 0 12420128 16679384 0 0 672 809 809 0 0 -0 2 2 -0  875  572  652  0  0 100&#xD;&#xA;     0 7 0 1926560 5871472 0  0 4396 11463 11463 0 0 0 0 0 0 1796 662 1731 0  0 100&#xD;&#xA;     0 2 0 1925984 5934624 0  0 19058 13657 13657 0 0 0 0 0 0 4877 1336 6145 0 1 99&#xD;&#xA;     0 3 0 1925984 6126144 0  0 12691 13821 13821 0 0 0 0 0 0 3708 1055 4537 0 1 99&#xD;&#xA;     0 5 0 1925984 6093776 0  0 6033 15628 15628 0 0 0 0 0 0 2215 745 2386 0  0 100" />
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  <row Id="17153" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9542" RevisionGUID="4e7418b6-db59-4305-ab61-5e1b143e7ad9" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:11:28.703" UserId="1855" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;swap&gt;&lt;memory&gt;" />
  <row Id="17154" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9543" RevisionGUID="659a521f-64df-416b-a992-2af4a900400c" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:12:00.620" UserId="2101" Text="Presumably you are talking about bandwidth when you say 700k per second, not IOPS (I/O per second)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Either way, when you're doing 1K-size random writes across the entire disk you are probably being buffered by the operating system. Random writes like that will get cached and written out to the disk in a more sensible manner.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's also important to note - when you say disk, are you talking about:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- A block device? (i.e. RAID, SAN disk, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;- A SATA drive?&#xD;&#xA;- A SAS drive?&#xD;&#xA;- A Fiber Channel drive?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each of these options will get you a different answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to *really* test your disk in a sensible manner, I recommend checking out [bonnie++][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/bonnie/" />
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  <row Id="17156" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9544" RevisionGUID="1bea29b4-e6da-42a2-999d-81ddc51eeb93" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:15:15.093" UserId="1435" Text="Depends how random/sequential the writes are, if they're sequential any you can increase your block size you shouldn't have a problem at all. If they're random/reasonably-random and  you stick with 1K blocks you'll need an array." />
  <row Id="17157" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9544" RevisionGUID="1bea29b4-e6da-42a2-999d-81ddc51eeb93" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:15:15.093" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="17158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9545" RevisionGUID="ab3f8cf1-3ea6-45d2-8699-6628945d4e54" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:16:36.713" UserId="1353" Text="So I have Postfix + saslauthd + Courier-IMAP deployed on a Linode 1080 VPS. We are a small company, we have around 30 accounts (I use physical *nix users for the sake of convenience + Maildirs, see later), but we make extensive use of Courier's shared folders (for several accounts) feature with a custom script I wrote in Ruby. It filters emails through Spamassassin, reads a YAML file with some rules, then performs several checks to see where to file the email in our complex structure. Maildirs and phyiscal users gives me the flexibility I need for this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mail gets received, then gets passed to my script which is defined in the user's .forward file in its home directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All in all, that script takes about 2 seconds to finish. Now, we don't have an relatively high email volume (I estimate about 30-50 emails per hour) but I am looking for ways to speed this up, also ensure if our email load gets higher, our server doesn't get suddenly hammered out of memory etc. My questions are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. What is the way to filter emails thru the spamassassin _daemon_ (instead of launching the app every every time mail is received) before it is passed to my script? Guess it is bad practice to do it the way I do now.&#xD;&#xA;2. Is there a way to limit how many emails postfix passes to my script at the same time? I don't want to end up having 10 instances of my script running at the same time.&#xD;&#xA;3. How could I make my script into a daemon? Would that makes things faster?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S.: Emails (well, /home) are stored on a separate XFS partition mounted with noatime." />
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  <row Id="17161" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9546" RevisionGUID="1520a9de-c50c-4c01-934f-0f1fea7eb355" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:27:09.157" UserId="2099" Text="Are there any filename or path length limits on Linux?   " />
  <row Id="17162" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9546" RevisionGUID="1520a9de-c50c-4c01-934f-0f1fea7eb355" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:27:09.157" UserId="2099" Text="Filename length limits on linux?" />
  <row Id="17163" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9546" RevisionGUID="1520a9de-c50c-4c01-934f-0f1fea7eb355" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:27:09.157" UserId="2099" Text="&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="17164" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5069" RevisionGUID="d43856ce-4224-43e6-a3aa-a5851278c977" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:27:10.653" UserId="1039" Comment="added 141 characters in body" Text="Not a software solution,.. but I'm kinda partial to energetic compounds in various forms: fire, explosives, thermite, corrosives and firearms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or for the more liability adverse, a set of screwdrivers (and an intern) will get you (or him/her) some cool round mirrors and a pair of really strong magnets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you heat the HDD patters to [770 °C (1418 °F)][1] they will lose all magnetic properties. (A charcoal grill might work for that.) Data errors start cropping up at lower temperatures so sticking it in your oven might also work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Found a link to someone actually doing this!][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FWIW: Unless you are worried about major players (NSA, FBI, CIA, other countries equivalents or mega-corp industrial espionage) programs that overwrite the data once are enough as after that their is no way to recover the data without hardware modifications and special equipment. If you need more security than that, either you are doing something you shouldn't be (e.g. criminal) or you are a big enough player to afford going with one of the &quot;energetic compounds&quot; type solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allotropes_of_iron&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://lifehacker.com/5154818/hard-drive-disposal-with-extreme-prejudice" />
  <row Id="17165" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9547" RevisionGUID="21848c44-4a02-4eb4-93cd-c0066938b15e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:27:16.177" UserId="3018" Text="As a DBA in a rather large environment, my opinion is YES. We have built an entire MS SQL Server monitor and maintenance framework using nothing but PowerShell 1.0. This system automates daily capacity monitoring as well as automating backup index maintenance etc.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17166" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9548" RevisionGUID="d1fc84f2-66cd-4a4e-b3f2-68749723950d" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:29:14.860" UserId="2513" Text="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See the section called &quot;limits&quot;" />
  <row Id="17167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9549" RevisionGUID="240d70c6-77c6-401a-907f-1dc119c96cc1" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:29:54.500" UserId="2278" Text="The &quot;blank whiteboard&quot; questions are the ones that really separate the sheep from the goats. &quot;This is the network boundary; this is a web app that runs on IIS, this is your SQL backend; this is a UNIX box with another black-box service on it. How do you make this fault-tolerant, secure, etc?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only response I got to this from one candidate was a poleaxed &quot;you're joking, right?&quot;" />
  <row Id="17168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9550" RevisionGUID="cf966d4d-e51b-4b5b-9fb2-cfdf73000a64" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:32:48.350" UserId="1233" Text="To compliment Commander Keen's answer I recommend reading an in depth look at [Time Machine](http://earthlingsoft.net/ssp/blog/2008/03/x5_time_machine) by Earthling Soft. Additionally more information is logged to system.log by backupd (which will say why the preparing status is so long and such)" />
  <row Id="17169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9551" RevisionGUID="09b99bb5-33c1-4e16-a7d3-6103d0565575" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:37:55.297" UserId="2538" Text="Are there still reliability problems with high capacity magnetic disk drives? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When 500GB and 1TB drives first appeared on the market, they had significantly lower reliability than their smaller (250GB and less) brethren.  I have first hand anecdotal experience, as I bought several 500GB and 1TB drives (&lt; 10 total) over a span of about 2 years (2006-2008) and have had 2 of them fail within 12 months of purchase.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In early 2007, Google released a study of drive failure statistics (http://labs.google.com/papers/disk_failures.pdf) collected from their data centers.  This study indicated, during the period of the study, that the high capacity drives had a significantly higher failure rate than the lower capacity drives.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17170" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9551" RevisionGUID="09b99bb5-33c1-4e16-a7d3-6103d0565575" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:37:55.297" UserId="2538" Text="Is there still a reliability problem with &gt;250GB drives versus &lt; 250GB drives?" />
  <row Id="17171" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9551" RevisionGUID="09b99bb5-33c1-4e16-a7d3-6103d0565575" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:37:55.297" UserId="2538" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;" />
  <row Id="17172" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9041" RevisionGUID="022819ba-158c-4280-adcc-aca95fc58347" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:39:54.263" UserId="2299" Comment="added 532 characters in body" Text="Aha! You can use subst with rsync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a deep directory tree d:\\very\\long\\file\n\ame\\etc\\etc then experiment reveals that you can subst X: to d:\\very\\long\\file\\name\\etc and then rsync to and from /cygdrive/x/whatever. This works both at the client end and at the server end.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now while you can use strategic substs to reduce the length of the filenames I don't know if this allows you to bypass the 260 character limit. It may also not be very convenient. Worth a try though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John Rennie.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----8&lt;----&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See http://www.ratsauce.co.uk/notablog/LongFilenames.asp for my ramblings on long filenames.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know of any way to get the \\\\?\\ prefix to Cygwin, and obviously the current version of Cygwin doesn't use the prefix internally. Presumably they are addressing this in the new version and that's why it will support names longer than 260 characters. I use the Cygwin rsync all over the place so like you I eagerly await the release.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some other issues with the Cygwin rsync. It makes a mess of ACLs unless you specify cygwin=nontsec, and it tends to hang on very big directories. On my list of things to do before I die is to write a native Windows version of rsync that won't have these problems. I believe this has been done, but only as commercial versions not public domain ones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17173" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9552" RevisionGUID="e6d620f0-6400-46dd-a910-cd06fe4b583e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:40:19.533" UserId="2948" Text="Trying to do a test with development virtuals and need to move the databases to a dedicated DB server (they are currently located on the development virtuals).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As part of the move I need to rename the databases.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there an easy way to rename the SharePoint databases." />
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  <row Id="17176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9553" RevisionGUID="ce85a11a-6287-4d2b-bf0e-5fffa16640e1" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:43:27.140" UserId="942" Text="And for the sake of saving time (and anchoring it to memory):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ext2, ext3, ext4, zfs: no pathname limits; 255 bytes filename limit." />
  <row Id="17177" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9553" RevisionGUID="ce85a11a-6287-4d2b-bf0e-5fffa16640e1" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:43:27.140" UserId="942" />
  <row Id="17178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9554" RevisionGUID="042d04c5-29de-4503-acd1-9a90d4786e41" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:43:55.923" UserId="2937" Text="In my spare time, I help administer a hosted Debian Linux server that serves a variety of websites and hosts email for a few people. It doesn't see huge volumes of traffic, but of course we want to do things properly. However, when we first got this server, someone rolled a custom kernel for us which allowed us to do various things that we wanted to do (like LVM, RAID etc). That's now a few years ago and of course there's various security bugs been fixed etc and we'd rather just be operating from a stock kernel that is kept up-to-date.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that we don't have a list of the features we enabled when we rolled the custom kernel and a couple of attempts to use a new one have resulted in a kernal that won't boot. So the question is - how do we go about using the stock Debian kernels whilst still being able to have all the functionality we depend on? What information do I need to gather first, and then what are the steps to make it happen?" />
  <row Id="17179" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9554" RevisionGUID="042d04c5-29de-4503-acd1-9a90d4786e41" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:43:55.923" UserId="2937" Text="How to switch from a custom Linux kernel to a distribution kernel" />
  <row Id="17180" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9554" RevisionGUID="042d04c5-29de-4503-acd1-9a90d4786e41" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:43:55.923" UserId="2937" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;kernel&gt;&lt;lvm&gt;" />
  <row Id="17181" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9535" RevisionGUID="1d2d84bc-021e-4d23-847d-ba9c646fca25" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:44:36.250" UserId="2722" Comment="added vhost config" Text="Running OpenBSD 4.4-stable with the built-in httpd daemon and PHP5 which has been moved from an Ubuntu 8.04-server box. Since the movement phpMyAdmin seems to generate the following error every so often (and sometimes all the time, like logging in):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Bad Request&#xD;&#xA;    Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Reason: You're speaking plain HTTP to an SSL-enabled server port.&#xD;&#xA;    Instead use the HTTPS scheme to access this URL, please.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The address for phpMyAdmin is under an https:// URL, and when this error occurs phpMyAdmin is trying to use http://domain.com:443/ which obviously won't work. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also have a mod_rewrite rule to always force HTTPS but since the browser is forcing the 443 port it never gets fired.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas how to remedy this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### [EDIT] ###&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is my vhost directives since those were requested:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        DocumentRoot    /var/www/htdocs&#xD;&#xA;        RewriteEngine   On&#xD;&#xA;        RewriteCond     %{HTTPS} off&#xD;&#xA;        RewriteRule     (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:443&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        DocumentRoot    /var/www/htdocs&#xD;&#xA;        ErrorLog        logs/error_log&#xD;&#xA;        TransferLog     logs/access_log&#xD;&#xA;        RewriteCond     %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(TRACE|TRACK)&#xD;&#xA;        RewriteRule     .* - [F]&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;" />
  <row Id="17182" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9433" RevisionGUID="3feb82e7-4cc7-4756-9712-13320f322821" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:47:53.873" UserId="413" Comment="added screencap" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://guichaz.free.fr/iotop/&quot;&gt;iotop&lt;/a&gt; is a version of top that looks at how much IO each process is using. It's in the standard ubuntu repositories; I don't know if it's in RHEL or Fedora, but it should be.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;http://guichaz.free.fr/iotop/iotop_big.png&quot;/&gt;" />
  <row Id="17183" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9555" RevisionGUID="278abe26-70b8-4079-a3b6-6e1639df099e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:48:29.533" UserId="2565" Text="After editing the default virtual host in OSX server whenever I attempt to access the site I get a message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Access forbidden!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You don't have permission to access the requested directory. There is either no index document or the directory is read-protected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I didnt change any permissions. Any Idea on how to fix this?" />
  <row Id="17184" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9555" RevisionGUID="278abe26-70b8-4079-a3b6-6e1639df099e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:48:29.533" UserId="2565" Text="Mac os 10.5 Server Virtual Hosts" />
  <row Id="17185" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9555" RevisionGUID="278abe26-70b8-4079-a3b6-6e1639df099e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:48:29.533" UserId="2565" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="17186" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9556" RevisionGUID="fafd249a-1442-48ac-9a9b-3993577c5d3a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:49:44.353" UserId="2299" Text="If reliability is an issue I recommend the Western Digital RE3 disks. You pay about a third more than entry level disks, but they are designed for 24 x 7 running. The RE3 range has only been out for a few months, but I have several of the previous RE2 and RE disks in servers and so far none have failed. They're also pretty fast, and they work very well on the Dell Perc5/i controllers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John Rennie&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17187" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9557" RevisionGUID="6ac0f576-70fe-4028-be28-aa02f6805fa8" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:55:07.320" UserId="1361" Text="usually &quot;who&quot; followed by &quot;last&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a heap of issues on machines I've managed over times have been because of a very loose definition of &quot;untouched&quot; - often someone has done something :)" />
  <row Id="17188" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9558" RevisionGUID="ccc47294-ffa8-45ed-9643-54f8d7ea285c" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:59:58.153" UserId="43589" Text="I currently run Remote Desktop on my home computer (Vista Ultimate). It is always on so I can access things from my home computer when I am not there. I have a linksys firewall and use port forwarding to allow access to the correct ports.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How secure is the RDP protocol? It seems to be as secure as the username/password combination you use but I am not sure. Is there a more secure alternative that still has the  same functionality?" />
  <row Id="17189" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9558" RevisionGUID="ccc47294-ffa8-45ed-9643-54f8d7ea285c" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:59:58.153" UserId="43589" Text="Remote Desktop Security" />
  <row Id="17190" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9558" RevisionGUID="ccc47294-ffa8-45ed-9643-54f8d7ea285c" CreationDate="2009-05-18T17:59:58.153" UserId="43589" Text="&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;rdp&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="17191" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9559" RevisionGUID="bc896792-b506-48cb-a58f-e1c9eed34387" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:00:21.833" UserId="2513" Text="It looks like the webroot for that vhost is an empty folder and indexes are not on." />
  <row Id="17192" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9560" RevisionGUID="b528503f-1c8c-4f71-ba1d-c1c9bd275d3e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:01:49.583" UserId="984" Text="If the person that built your custom kernel did it the *debian way* they there may be a file in the directory /boot named config-2.?.? that will tell you what options where used when building the kernel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since you aren't sure, I guess I would start by just grabbing a Debian [livecd][1] and see if a stock kernel on a livecd allows you to boot access all your hardware, and disks.  If you can get everything working from a livecd, then you just need to get that kernel installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You mention you tried a stock kernel and it won't boot.  What exactly is the error, perhaps if you post the messages we may be able to provide more help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/" />
  <row Id="17193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9561" RevisionGUID="6b51ba40-61c8-4231-8681-81ffc27772ad" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:02:28.867" UserId="2513" Text="You could use one of the various distributions of VNC and configure them to use secure protocols and/or encryption but I do not believe the standard windows implementation of RDP has those sort of features." />
  <row Id="17194" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9562" RevisionGUID="de5ae15e-cddf-4032-97d9-51cb8ec67c7e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:02:41.393" UserId="907" Text="Just curious if anyone has any experience with Surgemail. I've set it up a couple times and never had an issue but my latest install keeps leaving outgoing messages in the queue with the error &quot;DNS Lookup Failed&quot;. I double checked that the local DNS server is running and even tried switching the IPs to my ISP's DNS servers but still no go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [DNS]                Ok(avge)    Bad(avge)&#xD;&#xA;      76.227.63.137:      0(0.0s)      5(31.0s)&#xD;&#xA;      76.227.63.254:      0(0.0s)      1(0.0s)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have any ideas why this might be happening??&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="17195" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9562" RevisionGUID="de5ae15e-cddf-4032-97d9-51cb8ec67c7e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:02:41.393" UserId="907" Text="Surgemail DNS lookup failure" />
  <row Id="17196" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9562" RevisionGUID="de5ae15e-cddf-4032-97d9-51cb8ec67c7e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:02:41.393" UserId="907" Text="&lt;smtp&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="17197" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7913" RevisionGUID="62f89c8f-c15e-4b66-818d-f8ff463ef2d6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:03:04.323" UserId="1425" Comment="added 956 characters in body; edited tags" Text="Two boxes with identical loads serving the same sites tend to slow down and stop responding to ping. The slow (or intermittent) ping causes our load balancer to think the servers are offline and disable them. There is a third server with identical content that does not have the issue, so I'm fairly confident it's not the sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OS is Windows Server 2008. Configuration is a little special: since we're using the Barracuda Networks load balancer in Direct Server Return mode, we've had to configure a number of loopback adapters which &quot;fake&quot; the IP as described [here][1]. The physical adapter has forwarding set to enabled as required by 2008 to get the loopback adapters functioning.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Symptoms:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - When it occurs, ping usually either times out, or drops packets. &#xD;&#xA; - Fixes  seem to be one or more of the following:&#xD;&#xA;  - Logging in via remote desktop.&#xD;&#xA;  - Clearing the dns cache or the arp cache (not sure which).&#xD;&#xA;  - Restarting.&#xD;&#xA; - After one or more of the above, the server seems fine for about 4 hours before acting up again.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;**Question:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What possible reasons are there for this? What should I try to diagnose this? I haven't ruled anything out. Switch configuration, domain/dns server, all ideas are welcome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sadly, I have very little knowledge of good network administration, so obvious answers are welcome too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In answer to some of the questions posed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have contacted Barracuda and they seem to be of the opinion that the problem is related to the network. I think I agree at this point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The IP is assigned to a physical interface, not shared between servers. Pinging is done from within the same subnet. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The third box handles all the site load when the other two go down and hasn't had much problem with it, but occassionally it too has trouble. I haven't found a pattern with that one yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This evening I sat down with another (more experienced) network guy to look through some of the domain and server configurations. One of the things he found was a bad dns setup on the domain controllers. They were configured with external dns servers as their alternates rather than the other DC. We switched them to reference each other for dns, and added forwarding to the dns service. We also removed external dns references from all the web servers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT 2:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With Wireshark I was able to examine the ICMP traffic during one period of down time. I began this test because I could not reach a shared folder on box 2 from box 1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Test:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  1. Start capturing traffic on box 2.&#xD;&#xA;  2. Observed that box 2 was seeing and replying to pings from the Barracuda Load Balancer.&#xD;&#xA;  3. Logged into box 1 and pinged box 2.&#xD;&#xA;  4. Observed that box 2 saw but DID NOT reply to pings from box 1.&#xD;&#xA;  5. Observed that box 2 saw but DID NOT reply to pings from the LB for a period of 100 seconds after the first ping from box 1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So somehow traffic between the two boxes is causing box 2 to crap out on ICMP for a period of time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should note that box 1 was working fine throughout this test, but did not see any requests from box 2. While pinging box 1 from box 2, Wireshark on box 2 showed a message &quot;Destination unreachable (Communication administratively filtered)&quot; from a source IP I did not recognize.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.barracuda.com/kb?id=50160000000GNC9" />
  <row Id="17198" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7913" RevisionGUID="62f89c8f-c15e-4b66-818d-f8ff463ef2d6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:03:04.323" UserId="1425" Comment="added 956 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;loopback&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;icmp&gt;" />
  <row Id="17199" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9563" RevisionGUID="bd1ff35d-9a61-44f2-aed2-6bbe2881efe0" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:03:24.870" UserId="1247" Text="Does anyone know why a system would not execute the script code within rc.local on bootup?  I have a post configuration bash script that I want to run after the initial install of VMware ESX (Red Hat), and for some reason it doesn't seem to execute.  I have the setup to log its start of execution and even its progress so that I can see how far it gets in case it fails at some point, but even when I look at that log, I am finding that didn't even started the execution of the script code.  I already checked to see that script has execution permissions (755), what else should I be looking at?" />
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  <row Id="17201" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9563" RevisionGUID="bd1ff35d-9a61-44f2-aed2-6bbe2881efe0" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:03:24.870" UserId="1247" Text="&lt;bash&gt;&lt;vmware-esx&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="17202" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9564" RevisionGUID="3deb05f3-35c3-4734-8456-f3972f343ae6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:04:12.747" UserId="2567" Text="First, you need to assess what exactly you require your kernel to do. This means building a list of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Every piece of hardware in your system&#xD;&#xA; - Hardware-related functions, like LVM and RAID&#xD;&#xA; - Networking functions, like routing, VPNs, wireless support, etc.&#xD;&#xA; - Filesystems, *especially* your root filesystem&#xD;&#xA; - Other special kernel-level needs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next, you should try to figure out how your current kernel is handling them, and then try translating that to a newer kernel. For this, you can look at:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The outputs of `lspci` and `dmesg` - this will help you catalog hardware and what the current kernel does on boot&#xD;&#xA; - What modules are loaded - look at `lsmod`&#xD;&#xA; - The kernel configuration, if available - sometimes this exists at `/proc/config.gz` or in `/boot`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you know your hardware, and how the current kernel is dealing with it, you can roll a new kernel from the Debian sources. Focus on getting a kernel that boots first. Once you can get into a shell with your new kernel, you can take an incremental approach to the rest of your features. Recompile, adding features or drivers as necessary (perhaps as modules  to speed up this process), then test each new kernel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One last word about RAID. You should be careful about your current RAID setup, if it's software RAID - newer kernels and systems will use [mdadm][1] for managing that kind of thing, whereas older systems tend to use the [raidtab][2] approach. Your approach will change how you deal with RAID in-kernel, especially the autodetection bits. Take a look at the excellent [Software RAID Howto][3] for more info.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://neil.brown.name/blog/mdadm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO-5.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.html" />
  <row Id="17203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9565" RevisionGUID="35981af6-5387-431a-b1f8-74023e80d29a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:04:48.907" UserId="1054" Text="You could use VNC instead but if you want to stick with RDP here's a good article on [Windows TS security][1].  An added thing you can do is [change the port your TS is listening on][2] (and make sure you change your forwarder!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**NOTE: I am not advocating security by obscurity!!  No flames there, please.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**&#xD;&#xA;Here's a good article on the basics of [securing MS Terminal Svcs][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Windows_Terminal_Services.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/187623&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.msterminalservices.org/articles/Securing-Windows-Terminal-Services.html" />
  <row Id="17204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9566" RevisionGUID="91574159-69ce-4f4f-b7b5-c0c569aada22" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:06:45.393" UserId="431" Text="That's not officially supported.  There's a [KB article about the supported database changes][1].  You can [use PSConfig][2] to do it, but it's not what I would call easy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841057/en-us&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263093.aspx" />
  <row Id="17205" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9566" RevisionGUID="91574159-69ce-4f4f-b7b5-c0c569aada22" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:06:45.393" UserId="431" />
  <row Id="17206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9567" RevisionGUID="691a2329-4fda-42a0-986c-ad2de24ce293" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:06:49.450" UserId="2302" Text="It depends on the manufacturer and specs of the drives, but on the whole they are getting more reliable.  You will have to spend more for higher MTBF.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, the increasing size of the disks does pose a challenge for things like raid, since statistically speaking even on reliable drives there's a higher and higher chance for a bad sector that could trash a rebuild.  This makes it increasingly important to use something like raid 6 that can tolerate 2 disk failures rather than just 1." />
  <row Id="17207" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9568" RevisionGUID="09689ebc-478b-442f-bbc7-9d47f069185c" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:07:07.390" UserId="2502" Text="I run a linux virtual machine for playing around with ruby as well as running an SSH server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then I use putty and I tunnel my RDP session through the SSH tunnel to ensure its security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Information on doing this available here:http://www.engr.wisc.edu/computing/best/rdesktop-putty.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A bonus: you can just add a tunnel to putty and access another PC at home if you have one, or you can make web requests, etc straight to services at home without exposing them to the internet." />
  <row Id="17208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9569" RevisionGUID="3f4cd842-4f21-49cb-9eb4-879abbc37b34" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:08:33.237" UserId="1589" Text="Perhaps there is a syntax error in the rc.local script.  If you try to manually run it from the command line after the system has booted, does it execute correctly?" />
  <row Id="17209" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9570" RevisionGUID="02dfb5f7-28a1-49fa-9a54-0b3d1efccc43" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:09:58.977" UserId="2671" Text="Have you checked the permissions on the directory which contains the rc.local file?" />
  <row Id="17213" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9572" RevisionGUID="5cc6c412-09c9-4910-b992-dded41bc1e78" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:11:32.047" UserId="1589" Text="I'd suggest tunneling RDP over SSH, for added security benefits.  Take a look at the following guide for more details.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Tunneling RDP over SSH][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.engr.wisc.edu/computing/best/rdesktop-putty.html" />
  <row Id="17214" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9573" RevisionGUID="f37cf32e-f1be-4404-acca-c5cd20c6f71e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:12:05.960" UserId="984" Text="Remote desktop in Vista can be pretty secure.  It can use SSL for transport encryption and does [network level authentication][1] to verify that the host is the one you where expecting.  Getting your traffic is snooped on is unlikely.  But that doesn't prevent someone from trying to login.  I believe you can setup your system to do account lockout, so if an attacker does start to try lots of passwords they will lock the account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a good [article][2] on getting it secure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/oshria/archive/2009/01/14/network-level-authentication.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6166676.html" />
  <row Id="17215" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9545" RevisionGUID="3bcc0e38-9772-4db5-a19a-ec94489776b1" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:12:18.423" UserId="1353" Comment="added 29 characters in body" Text="So I have Postfix + saslauthd + Courier-IMAP deployed on a Linode 1080 VPS. We are a small company, we have around 30 accounts (I use physical *nix users for the sake of convenience + Maildirs, see later), but we make extensive use of Courier's shared folders (for several accounts) feature with a custom script I wrote in Ruby. It filters emails through Spamassassin, reads a YAML file with some rules, then performs several checks to see where to file the email in our complex structure. Maildirs and phyiscal users gives me the flexibility I need for this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mail gets received, then gets passed to my script which is defined in the user's .forward file in its home directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All in all, that script takes about 2 seconds to finish. Now, we don't have an relatively high email volume (I estimate about 30-50 emails per hour) but I am looking for ways to speed this up, also ensure if our email load gets higher (or we catch a 'spam storm'), our server doesn't get suddenly hammered out of memory etc. My questions are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. What is the way to filter emails thru the spamassassin _daemon_ (instead of launching the app every every time mail is received) before it is passed to my script? Guess it is bad practice to do it the way I do now.&#xD;&#xA;2. Is there a way to limit how many emails postfix passes to my script at the same time? I don't want to end up having 10 instances of my script running at the same time.&#xD;&#xA;3. How could I make my script into a daemon? Would that makes things faster?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S.: Emails (well, /home) are stored on a separate XFS partition mounted with noatime." />
  <row Id="17218" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9575" RevisionGUID="46d9bdff-92ee-44cc-85c3-530666b2e010" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:15:26.033" UserId="2937" Text="I took a different slant on what the OP asked and now realise I might have gone in the wrong direction. Had written the full answer below before I realised this, and think some people might find this looking for the other interpretation. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The advice below is if you want to start the application _remotely_ but view it _locally_** (i.e. run on mediacenter, view on another PC).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could use:&#xD;&#xA; &gt; `ssh -X` user@server&#xD;&#xA; &gt; &#xD;&#xA; &gt;  `/usr/bin/xmbc`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The `-X` just means &quot;use X11 Forwarding&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get it all in one line you could just do:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `ssh -X user@server &quot;/user/bin/xmbc&quot;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will only work if the server (in this case your mediacenter) has the X11 forwarding option enabled (normally in `/etc/ssh/sshd_config` and the option is `X11Forwarding yes` - restart ssh after you change this - `/etc/init.d/ssh restart`)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, if you're really wanting ease of use, you could key share between the two computers and then make an icon on your desktop that ran the above command and you'd have passwordless access to it!" />
  <row Id="17219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9576" RevisionGUID="76d2ab9d-e341-4f43-aa01-fbe0655214ae" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:15:49.777" UserId="533" Text="Those are file system name lengths.  &quot;linux&quot; itself has some too.  For instance, from bits/stdio_lim.h:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # define FILENAME_MAX 4096" />
  <row Id="17220" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9577" RevisionGUID="2780cfa0-285c-47e5-b879-5ea85851a461" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:16:38.463" UserId="1840" Text="Does your linksys have any VPN capabilities you can play around with?   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you need is an encrypted tunnel through your firewall to connect to your windows host.  I use SSH port forwarding to my Linux firewall to tunnel all communication to and from my Remote Desktop client through SSH.  " />
  <row Id="17221" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9578" RevisionGUID="b01abcd8-9e29-4bd1-b7b1-6d89293f11d8" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:17:54.980" UserId="1054" Text="Are any messages getting through?  Maybe an error looking up MX records for the recipient's domain?" />
  <row Id="17224" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9580" RevisionGUID="94172193-cc07-440c-b486-df705a446899" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:19:23.933" UserId="2600" Text="There are generally two types of changes to traffic patters.  The gradual increase as you (hopefully) gain popularity and the sudden surge caused by some event.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The sudden surge is the one that normally keeps people up at night.  This could be caused by your marketing department putting out some new promotion; getting picked up on Dig.com or similar site; getting hit by some kind of general internet attack i.e. SQL Slammer [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL_slammer_(computer_worm) ] ; or most scary of all a directed attack against you, your sites and servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good internal communication will help with the first one, logging of referrers the second, keeping an ear to the ground the third and a comprehensive action plan the fourth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do log trending and anomaly detection. Graph your traffic patterns with a tool like MRTG, Cacti or Nagios (among others) -- preferably including port numbers and not just in/out bits.  Look for 'under the radar' hack attempts that won't set off the normal set of alarm bells (read Extrusion Detection: http://www.amazon.com/Extrusion-Detection-Security-Monitoring-Intrusions/dp/0321349962 and similar books).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of all start looking now while things are normal and start getting a feel for what 'normal' looks like.  Knowr you business -- when is your busy time of the day/week/month/year?  Start graphing and trending so you have a history to refer to - the longer the better." />
  <row Id="17225" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9558" RevisionGUID="388e2f7c-8f1b-4a22-a0d6-d602c0b2840e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:20:36.410" UserId="43589" Comment="added update" Text="I currently run Remote Desktop on my home computer (Vista Ultimate). It is always on so I can access things from my home computer when I am not there. I have a linksys firewall and use port forwarding to allow access to the correct ports.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How secure is the RDP protocol? It seems to be as secure as the username/password combination you use but I am not sure. Is there a more secure alternative that still has the  same functionality?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE: Lots of great answers. I am going to try SSH tunneling first. I will post with an update when complete." />
  <row Id="17226" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9581" RevisionGUID="dab39177-d80e-46d3-b790-032b15650f92" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:20:49.623" UserId="2417" Text="hard mounts and &quot;intr&quot; (interruptible) is a good compromise. The application is not fooled about successful writes, yet you can kill them if something clogs up the tubes." />
  <row Id="17227" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9582" RevisionGUID="662e932a-ec7f-4f74-b7e7-ff51d577d6aa" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:21:50.560" UserId="1054" Text="For MS SQL Server migrations, [sp_help_revlogin][1] is invaluable for migrating users in order to carry users / SIDs / pwds over to the new box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/246133/" />
  <row Id="17228" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9563" RevisionGUID="c31b0ca0-9792-4f89-b6f0-a4fe7ef28b6b" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:22:31.103" UserId="1247" Comment="added 149 characters in body" Text="Does anyone know why a system would not execute the script code within rc.local on bootup?  I have a post configuration bash script that I want to run after the initial install of VMware ESX (Red Hat), and for some reason it doesn't seem to execute.  I have the setup to log its start of execution and even its progress so that I can see how far it gets in case it fails at some point, but even when I look at that log, I am finding that didn't even started the execution of the script code.  I already checked to see that script has execution permissions (755), what else should I be looking at?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the first few lines of my code:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/hash&#xD;&#xA;    echo &gt;&gt; /tmp/configLog &quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    echo &gt;&gt; /tmp/configLog &quot;Entering maintenance mode&quot;" />
  <row Id="17229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9583" RevisionGUID="f7e531ae-3455-4372-909c-7c781351b840" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:23:46.297" UserId="846" Text="I don't particularly care for RDP, but I don't believe it is any more or less secure than the alternatives.  I prefer VNC or [DameWare][1].  I presume someone more knowledgeable in the specifics will fill us in on the relevant security concerns.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However .. I do know enough that I would **not** do remote access unsecured, nor would I open the RDP ports on the firewall.  I would do one of the following:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1- Use a commercial service like [GoToMyPC][2].  It costs money, but it is *very* secure, easy to use, and performs well.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2- Use [Hamachi][3] or another free/equivalent VPN/remote access service.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3- Use a VPN through your existing firewall (or an inexpensive replacement). Many consumer models support basic VPN for this kind of thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4- A number of folks have answered with the SSH tunnel, which I have never done but which sounds very cool!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: I no longer use any of these, as I store most of my data online (I use [DropBox][4]).  In addition to remote access my data is backed up automatically!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dameware.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://www.gotomypc.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/licensing.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.getdropbox.com/" />
  <row Id="17230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9584" RevisionGUID="3b5f8788-c095-4de2-8e2a-9d6be316529c" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:26:59.237" UserId="1682" Text="Shouldn't your code look more like this? 3 changes here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;&quot; &gt;&gt; /tmp/configLog&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Entering maintenance mode&quot; &gt;&gt; /tmp/configLog&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9585" RevisionGUID="8e664f85-74ff-42d7-bacb-e0fb0e535e47" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:27:01.360" UserId="1188" Text="How does one do the following things with IIS 5.1/6.0 using PowerShell:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Enable HTTP Compression&#xD;&#xA;* Set GZIP and DEFLATE file extensions&#xD;&#xA;* Enable Dynamic and Static compression for GZIP and DEFLATE&#xD;&#xA;* Set the compression lvl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any pointers to tutorials on this would be appreciated as I have yet to come across any that explain how to do this programmatically." />
  <row Id="17232" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9585" RevisionGUID="8e664f85-74ff-42d7-bacb-e0fb0e535e47" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:27:01.360" UserId="1188" Text="IIS Compression: Enable GZIP and DEFLATE using Powershell" />
  <row Id="17233" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9585" RevisionGUID="8e664f85-74ff-42d7-bacb-e0fb0e535e47" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:27:01.360" UserId="1188" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;iis5&gt;&lt;compression&gt;&lt;gzip&gt;" />
  <row Id="17234" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9555" RevisionGUID="bca7b923-908e-4fc8-b6d9-38a46cbab403" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:27:14.527" UserId="45" Comment="added 6 characters in body; edited title" Text="After editing the default virtual host in OSX server, whenever I attempt to access the site I get a message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Access forbidden!  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; You don't have permission to access the requested directory. There is either no index document or the directory is read-protected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I didn't change any permissions. Any idea on how to fix this?" />
  <row Id="17235" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="9555" RevisionGUID="bca7b923-908e-4fc8-b6d9-38a46cbab403" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:27:14.527" UserId="45" Comment="added 6 characters in body; edited title" Text="Mac OS 10.5 Server Virtual Hosts" />
  <row Id="17236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9586" RevisionGUID="c3525a0b-8bff-4e4e-ad85-7252728ec45b" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:28:58.750" UserId="1047" Text="Interested in the information presented for this question: http://serverfault.com/questions/5931/turn-on-home-computer-remotely but I'm wondering if I absolutely need to use a motherboard integrated adapter in order to accomplish it. Have you had success employing WOL using a PCI adapter?" />
  <row Id="17237" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9586" RevisionGUID="c3525a0b-8bff-4e4e-ad85-7252728ec45b" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:28:58.750" UserId="1047" Text="Does Wake-on-LAN work with non-integrated ethernet adapters?" />
  <row Id="17238" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9586" RevisionGUID="c3525a0b-8bff-4e4e-ad85-7252728ec45b" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:28:58.750" UserId="1047" Text="&lt;wake-on-lan&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;ethernet&gt;" />
  <row Id="17239" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9587" RevisionGUID="33290058-1588-45cd-95a6-bef7e988d7f1" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:30:26.547" UserId="942" Text="Another option would be to use a &quot;cloud&quot; provider. Leverage Amazon's [EC2][1] and [S3][2] to provide hosting services for your clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, create an EC2 image for each service you'll provide. For starters, Apache, FTP, SSH, etc. Also another for databases and another for mail servers. You get the picture.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then use S3 to actually host the files for the webserver, database, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And you can even let Amazon handle the billing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would be a very complex endeavour, integrating everything and such, but you'd get a pretty sweet deal if you can pull this off, IMHO, because you'll charge your clients a fixed monthly fee, but you'll only pay Amazon what they actually use (which most of the time is a very limited amount of resources).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the downside, you depend on Amazon services's uptime. On the upside, you depend on Amazon service's uptime :D&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://aws.amazon.com/s3/" />
  <row Id="17240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9588" RevisionGUID="5d74a871-ea21-4097-a09d-670d747e4862" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:31:33.097" UserId="1435" Text="As far as I'm aware you need to run a cable from the WoL NIC to the motherboard." />
  <row Id="17241" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9589" RevisionGUID="65f5c05c-5849-487f-a330-9a61c4818885" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:32:10.333" UserId="984" Text="I find that it depends a lot more on the motherboard then the network adapter when using addon cards.  I have seen it work with Intel and 3Com cards." />
  <row Id="17242" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9590" RevisionGUID="7905cede-1db0-45a9-9a50-fae656f2a765" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:32:26.357" UserId="1054" Text="If it's a card it needs to have a WoL connector cable that connects it to the motherboard." />
  <row Id="17243" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9591" RevisionGUID="d9e9149d-1f3a-4ecb-9772-f284c43897ef" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:36:26.053" UserId="2417" Text="You should definitely, set up a central configuration management (like [puppet](http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/) or [cfengine](http://www.cfengine.org))&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you make all your configuration through them, you'll have following benefits:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * all (most) of the settings and operations are centralized. &#xD;&#xA;  * Put the configurations into version control and you have all machines' history as a bonus.&#xD;&#xA; * Servers having the same role will be guaranteed to have the same configurations. You will not encounter surprise missing one-off setting in a fresh install.&#xD;&#xA; * Makes all of your configuration reproducible (and documented).&#xD;&#xA; * If a server explodes, install on new hardware from scratch, and let the server run relevant configuration directives. &#xD;&#xA;   * Then restore your backups.&#xD;&#xA;   * You should have a well tought backup solution as a first item." />
  <row Id="17244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9592" RevisionGUID="fcfee6b5-dc70-45cb-8d93-d7add4f14a44" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:38:43.397" UserId="2224" Text="For windows: SCCM" />
  <row Id="17245" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9593" RevisionGUID="9d986d4f-feb3-4553-80e0-fcfcadcb8347" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:46:03.520" UserId="401" Text="I run a linux router, and I don't leave the RDP ports open - I SSH in, uncomment them in my firewall config, do my deeds, then close them back up.  Call me old fashioned, but I trust SSH more than RDP." />
  <row Id="17246" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9594" RevisionGUID="a602d6be-3a51-4288-ad33-e3121c9f6210" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:52:34.240" UserId="2040" Text="I am running into a problem at work where end users are unable to email Hotmail or MSN email addresses.  We are running an Exchange 2007 server and the message itself is in HTML and contains no attachments.  If messages are sent to a distribution list, those recipients who use other email providers are able to receive and view the message.  Now the kicker is that *sometimes* we are able to reach the addresses, though not with any regularity.  For instance, a user may not be able to send a message in the morning, but will be able to in the afternoon or perhaps a couple of days later.  Other times, we are unable to reach the addresses at all no matter how many times we try.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's some of the information that will get sent back during an unsuccessful attempt:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Delivery has failed to these recipients or distribution lists:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;An error occurred while trying to deliver this message to the recipient's e-mail address. Microsoft Exchange will not try to redeliver this message for you. Please try resending this message, or provide the following diagnostic text to your system administrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;The following organization rejected your message: snt0-mc1-f7.Snt0.hotmail.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, our mail server generates diagnostic information that the Hotmail (or MSN) server returned a &quot;#500 Unrecognized command ##&quot;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone encountered anything like this or know what the problem may be?" />
  <row Id="17247" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9594" RevisionGUID="a602d6be-3a51-4288-ad33-e3121c9f6210" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:52:34.240" UserId="2040" Text="Cannot send email to Hotmail or MSN addresses." />
  <row Id="17248" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9594" RevisionGUID="a602d6be-3a51-4288-ad33-e3121c9f6210" CreationDate="2009-05-18T18:52:34.240" UserId="2040" Text="&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="17249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9595" RevisionGUID="9ec1a049-861e-47fc-aed8-59a67d785d6c" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:02:23.003" UserId="564" Text="Make sure your reverse lookup on the MX record is there.  They often times reject traffic without a reverse MX record to prevent spam" />
  <row Id="17250" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9596" RevisionGUID="f0662f11-dc0a-4970-b75b-ba617301c19e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:04:37.383" UserId="1561" Text="*What is the way to filter emails thru the spamassassin daemon (instead of launching the app every every time mail is received) before it is passed to my script? Guess it is bad practice to do it the way I do now.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look at [amavisd-new][1], which is written in perl.  It will do what you're looking for, integrates at a network-level (should you desire) and provides antivirus scanning as well.  Most of the major linux distros provide it as a pre-built package.  The only thing you have to worry about is that some of the distros will use a stale version that has the occasional bug.  Most of these bugs will cause amavis to wedge or terminate; so if it's, say, 3 versions older than what's at the offical site, I would seriously contemplate managing that one package by hand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Is there a way to limit how many emails postfix passes to my script at the same time? I don't want to end up having 10 instances of my script running at the same time.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're talking about rate limiting.  Given the &quot;small&quot; size of the server, I would set the postfix rate limiter itself to something like 3-6 emails an hour, rather than set it on the scanning side.  If you try to accept delivery on everything, a spam storm will simply clog your queues, and you'll end up with a backlog anyways.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*How could I make my script into a daemon? Would that makes things faster?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tons!  I can't help you in this regard, but having your script pre-launched would cut out significant overhead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ijs.si/software/amavisd/" />
  <row Id="17253" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9598" RevisionGUID="26fc0e78-4f8e-4c11-a4d5-69c385b858c6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:07:17.223" UserId="919" Text="Is there a difference in duties, wages or qualifications needed?" />
  <row Id="17254" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9598" RevisionGUID="26fc0e78-4f8e-4c11-a4d5-69c385b858c6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:07:17.223" UserId="919" Text="What's the difference between a system adminstrator and a systems analyst?" />
  <row Id="17255" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9598" RevisionGUID="26fc0e78-4f8e-4c11-a4d5-69c385b858c6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:07:17.223" UserId="919" Text="&lt;hiring&gt;&lt;job-market&gt;&lt;human-resources&gt;" />
  <row Id="17256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9599" RevisionGUID="f8438137-de4d-43cf-8548-e7ef816be442" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:07:37.563" UserId="1403" Text="If you don't have an SPF record in DNS, consider adding it.  I've found that to help.  Apparently major players are starting to put some level of trust in domains that use it." />
  <row Id="17257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9600" RevisionGUID="26295867-ea1b-4d25-b979-0ff0a511bd37" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:10:09.883" UserId="1435" Text="One (analysts) designs and builds systems, the other (admins) run and develop systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally analysts tend to be more senior, needing more qualifications and are paid more - but there are always exceptions." />
  <row Id="17258" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9601" RevisionGUID="dc23e964-4d17-495d-9360-eedc5b8b7bc2" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:10:39.570" UserId="371" Text="They're ambigious as far as I can tell." />
  <row Id="17259" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9602" RevisionGUID="b1e17bc6-1144-44e9-9ff5-146d335bbdb2" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:11:08.027" UserId="2783" Text="You may be getting caught in their anti-spam checks.  According to the FAQ here: http://postmaster.msn.com/, you should publish your &quot;Sender Policy Framework (SPF) records to help pass any Sender ID authentication checks.&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Learn more about Sender ID and how to publish your SPF records here: http://www.microsoft.com/senderid" />
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  <row Id="17261" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9483" RevisionGUID="5e4ee2da-a7b5-47e2-b0a9-1d283f485e55" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:16:01.463" UserId="1447" Comment="added 536 characters in body" Text="The simplest configuration for this goes something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Servers** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Build one or more servers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - a 'Level 0' server that has a DNS server such as BIND and NIS on it.  NIS is by far the simplest identity management solution for Unix/Linux and has been in use since the days of Sun workstations.  Read about NIS security and decide if this is acceptable.  In most cases it is acceptable for use behind a firewall but not for a publically facing web server.  The advantage of NIS is that it's dead simple and you can reasonably expect to figure out how to set it up in a few hours.  Administration is also fairly straightforward; take a look at the [NIS howto.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Another server running NFS for a file server plus any other services such as mail that you need.  In addition, you can use this as a backup for your DNS and NIS servers.  Unless you have a heavy load you probably don't need more than one machine for this.  The individual apps play together much more nicely than their windows counterparts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tune the NFS server as necessary.  There are several options for SMTP servers (e.g. postfix) and various IMAP servers and other bits of infrastructure kit.  Select ones that you are comfortable with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have application and database servers you can install lightly loaded ones on this server.  On a larger 'general' server you could mount multiple volumes and put the database volumes on their own disks.  This is particularly attractive if you are using a SAN.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In most cases you do not need servers at the rate of one per application.  Linux apps tend to play nicely in their own space and do not usually trip each other up.  Save admin and hardware costs by avoiding unnecessary proliferation of server hardware.  You are probably better off going for fewer large servers than more small ones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VMs are less of a win for this than they are for Windows apps where people tend to deploy each on their own server.  There is probably no benefit to running the infrastructure on a VM.  This also keeps it simple.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have an application with a heavy load you might be better off putting it on its own server so it doesn't affect other apps.  This also lets you tune the server specifically for that application. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Workstations**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set up your workstations with the system installed on a local disk and /home mounted off the file server.  Users' home directories are mounted off the NFS server and secured through standard system security.  This configuration was historically called 'dataless' and gives you a single system image that can follow a user to any workstation with no local state.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Leave a scratch partition on the local disks if you have anyone who needs a large amount of local data storage but make it clear that anything they want backed up should be copied to the file server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Create a one or more NFS shared volumes.  When your users need shared directories make them on these and set up permissions appropriately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Voila: instant network infrastructure.  This is about as simple as linux network infrastructure gets and this type of architecture has historically been scaled to entire university campuses.  If you need more secure authentication you can do something with kerberos/LDAP but this is much, much more complex than NIS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Legacy windows interoperability**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where your users are stuck on windows, you have several basic solutions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Terminal services:  TS or citrix clients such as rdesktop or the Linux citrix client can be used to publish apps from a terminal server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Emulation: WINE/Crossover or a VM can be used to run windows applications on a Linux desktop&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Substitution: Find a substitute (e.g. OpenOffice for MS Office) and use that.  In many cases you can do this with 95% of your users and let the 5% that absolutely must have Excel use it on a windows desktop.  If possible, find substitutes that will run on Windows as well so they can be deployed to windows desktops where you need a mixed architecture.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Desktops: Using Samba, you can publish the users' home directories so that they can be mounted on a windows machine.  If you have a class of users with a legacy app (this could be as simple as a complex excel spreadsheet) they can run Windows locally and use an X server (xming or Starnet are the best options) to get at the linux apps.  Be ruthless about this - make the user prove their dependency and make a business case to keep the windows desktop.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The key here is to treat Windows as a legacy system.  Users get to keep their windows desktop if and only if there is no credible substitute for the application.  Getting your network interoperability right allows you to migrate users in a phased manner, which avoids the need for a 'big bang' deployment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Network Security**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add a firewall for the network and a DMZ as necessary.  Public SMTP servers can be outsourced to your ISP or placed in the DMZ.  However, servers in this zone should not use NIS for authentication.  'Group Policy' has no direct equivalent in Linux as the concept is not relevant when you have centrally mounted user directories.  All per-user config is stored in their home directory and a simple script will restore the config to a known default.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a variety of ways to push updates out to workstations, from a central repository where systems automatically download updates from a central server (i.e. the default way that desktop distros do this now) to more elaborate enterprise configuration management systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/NIS-HOWTO/" />
  <row Id="17262" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9604" RevisionGUID="91d2491c-6c1b-4686-8645-0c072616b34e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:22:27.830" UserId="1803" Text="[Infra Recorder][1] - create/manipulate CD, DVD, ISO&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://infrarecorder.org" />
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  <row Id="17264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9605" RevisionGUID="4b9f7f46-861b-44de-83f1-6c8c32732054" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:23:48.780" UserId="919" Text="Using a NAS box as 24/7 file server, I'd like to use sshfs to connect to it from an Ubuntu 9.04 desktop. Currently, I have this line in the desktop's &lt;tt&gt;fstab&lt;/tt&gt;:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sshfs#jldugger@storage:/mnt/HD_a2/    /mnt/storage    fuse   comment=sshfs,auto,users,exec,uid=1000,gid=1000,allow_other,reconnect,transform_symlinks,BatchMode=yes,fsname=sshfs#jldugger@storage/mnt/HD_a2/ 0 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can confirm it works with mount `/mnt/storage`. What I need is some method of mounting it at startup, but after the network connection is established. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17265" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9605" RevisionGUID="4b9f7f46-861b-44de-83f1-6c8c32732054" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:23:48.780" UserId="919" Text="How do I mount sshfs at boot?" />
  <row Id="17266" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9605" RevisionGUID="4b9f7f46-861b-44de-83f1-6c8c32732054" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:23:48.780" UserId="919" Text="&lt;init&gt;&lt;boot&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;sshfs&gt;&lt;file-sharing&gt;" />
  <row Id="17267" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9606" RevisionGUID="4b9315c1-b6cc-493f-88a8-088ee74495c6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:24:38.153" UserId="2609" Text="**Systems Analyst** in the only sense I've seen it used is a person who interacts with domain experts, extracts requirements, and makes high level plans. This often meant mostly software, though selecting appropriate hardware and networking falls into this as well. This term was in wide use during they heyday of the waterfall software development model. See the [Systems Analyst][1] Wikipedia entry for a brief intro. I've heard many terms that might be the sysadmin equivalent, but I've never heard this term used directly in that way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Contrast with [System Administrator][2] (which is what everyone here is into) and the difference is apparent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_analyst&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_Administrator" />
  <row Id="17268" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9607" RevisionGUID="07c147e7-9a49-4dbe-9b27-6374f17c6055" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:25:19.587" UserId="2783" Text="Brent's right in that you don't want to go mucking about with the SharePoint databases, especially on a production system.  If you do want to rename the databases on a non-production system (knowing that you may not be able to get support directly from Microsoft if you do so), I have put up a step-by-step here: http://blogs.technet.com/seanearp/archive/2009/03/14/renaming-crazy-sharepoint-database-names.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your real question is how to move the databases to a separate SQL server, the steps are documented on TechNet here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Move All Databases: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc512725.aspx&#xD;&#xA;Move Content Databases: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263037.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Sean" />
  <row Id="17269" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9598" RevisionGUID="d90dfbfa-e3ac-46a1-9dfc-5a3f6615e600" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:25:59.680" UserId="919" Comment="solicit examples" Text="How does your specific organization draw the line? Is there a difference in duties, wages or qualifications needed?" />
  <row Id="17270" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9608" RevisionGUID="4f3f5711-a70d-457e-b46a-d58beb9095e2" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:29:07.600" UserId="1361" Text="It shows you have a minimum set of skills at a point in time, and if you are entering the job market I think it does have some value (assuming you are applying for junior or trainee sysadmin positions)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have a few years experience in your chosen field (in this case Linux system administration), it has practically zero value. I see jobs looking for product specific certification (RHEL, Cisco certs etc.) but these are usually only valuable coupled with experience and most companies worth working for will rely on far more than a certification to prove your worth..." />
  <row Id="17271" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9609" RevisionGUID="82297013-0730-40c7-90c3-2e9bae360223" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:30:07.847" UserId="2600" Text="Does anyone have a simple example of a Cisco ACE (6500 blade or 4710) configuration for one-armed load balancing with SNAT?  I have a load balancer in one data center that I want to LB for servers/services in another.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found the following link: http://snippets101.blogspot.com/2007/12/source-nat-on-cisco-ace.html , but this is a little more complicated than my situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ACE: 10.1.1.1  &amp; ACE VIP: 10.1.1.2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server1: 10.2.1.1 &amp; Server2: 10.2.1.2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Client: 10.3.1.1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example:  Client goes to 10.1.1.2, gets SNAT'd as 10.1.1.1 and the request then load-balanced to Servers 1 &amp; 2.  The servers replies would then return to the ACE before being forwarded to the client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I realize this could result, at times, in inefficient routing so if there are better ways of doing this I would appreciate any suggestions." />
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  <row Id="17273" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9609" RevisionGUID="82297013-0730-40c7-90c3-2e9bae360223" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:30:07.847" UserId="2600" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;ace&gt;&lt;load-balancer&gt;" />
  <row Id="17274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9610" RevisionGUID="bdd8d064-1a87-4b8a-8190-b8e0a0532b24" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:34:05.077" UserId="1561" Text="A *Systems Analyst* works with design, integration, and programming requirements of one or more systems.  They act as architects for non-technical people, gathering their requirements and turning them into working programs or automation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A *Systems Administrator* oversees the day-to-day operations of those systems, ensures they are 'healthy', provides contingency services, and provides corrective action to systems issues when they occur.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first one creates and implements; the second one follows through and ensures that it stays implemented." />
  <row Id="17275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9611" RevisionGUID="eff77ad5-9723-4224-a52b-5a7f6a3bb39d" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:34:36.513" UserId="32988" Text="Our sysadmin/operations team does both development and normal operations today. But development tasks always suffer when there is any operations tasks that needs to be done. To remedy this, we're considering to split in two groups - development and operations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We'll be very careful not to drain the ops department for anyone who can code, as we think its very important that sysadmins are competent programmers too. But we need to dedicate some people first, and then start hiring dedicated programmers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I need some advice on how we should structure this. Any tips/best practice on how we should do the split, and especially on how the interface between ops and development should be?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks =)" />
  <row Id="17276" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9611" RevisionGUID="eff77ad5-9723-4224-a52b-5a7f6a3bb39d" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:34:36.513" UserId="32988" Text="Interface with development department - any best practices?" />
  <row Id="17277" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9611" RevisionGUID="eff77ad5-9723-4224-a52b-5a7f6a3bb39d" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:34:36.513" UserId="32988" Text="&lt;management&gt;&lt;development&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;" />
  <row Id="17279" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9613" RevisionGUID="5d9a4abd-7d1f-4c3d-b8a1-40b05bac266c" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:39:03.430" UserId="32988" Text="I guess it would be ok for a novice sysadmin position. But with intermediate/seniors, I'd be more interested in their work experience and mindset.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I'm using definitions from http://www.sage.org/field/jobs-descriptions.html)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I always thought that training courses, diplomas, and certifications where for people who didn't do the job, but only read about it. I never had time to do any in any of my jobs - the training schedules never matched when I needed the particular skills anyway. " />
  <row Id="17280" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9418" RevisionGUID="38d9e179-a7e1-48cb-b7b9-e9ffb133755a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:48:55.390" UserId="1463" Comment="added 31 characters in body" Text="Yes, though not all Windows Server copies include any CALs - it depends on the type. But let's say it's one that explicitly does include 5 CALs - then it's pretty simple really (but always call your Microsoft Licensing Partner beforehand - they should be very helpful with any questions on this topic).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you buy two Server licenses which both includes 5 CALs, you've then got 10 CALs. So far so good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You now have to decide which licensing scheme to use, there are several:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Server-side&#xD;&#xA; * Per seat or per server&#xD;&#xA;* Seat-side (if you chose per seat)&#xD;&#xA; * Per device or per user&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A seat is a device or a user - meaning that each user OR client pc needs to have one CAL each. With this CAL, they can connect to any number of servers in the domain. The actual Access License resides with the user or the client pc when in &quot;per seat&quot; mode - giving them licensed access to anything in the domain. This license follows the user/device around but is unique to that user/device and a tad complicated to reallocate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A per server license is defined for a single server, which then serves a number of concurrent connections instead. As you'll need one CAL per server AND connection - this mode is rarely used because it will require rather specific circumstances to be cheaper (requiring less CALs overall).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You are also always allowed to have up to 2 administrators accessing a server without any CALs at all - as long as those users/devices/connections are only for administration and not actual user scenarios.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are rules on how you can mix and change the licensing schemes which are rather restrictive at times but not something I'd dive into here without an expert - but just so you know ^^" />
  <row Id="17281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9614" RevisionGUID="0f0503ec-c878-4faa-b8f1-9965b3c606dc" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:52:22.420" UserId="2783" Text="If you are looking for a step-by-step install guide for SharePoint on Windows Server 2008, the following articles on TechNet should help:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perform a stand-alone installation of Office SharePoint Server 2007 on Windows Server 2008&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262177.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Deploy a simple farm on the Windows Server 2008 operating system (Office SharePoint Server)&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263408.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Sean" />
  <row Id="17282" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9614" RevisionGUID="0f0503ec-c878-4faa-b8f1-9965b3c606dc" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:52:22.420" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="17283" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9615" RevisionGUID="dd53dc55-df89-4bfc-82bf-af4ffabb560a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:52:45.430" UserId="3040" Text="I am responsible for managing a few domains SS instances across our enterprise.  New rule is to have domain specific logins with rights associated for each.  No big deal there.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wanted to put some folders on my desktop for each domain that would have the &quot;run as&quot; pre set.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SSMS or SSBPA each come back with an error telling me that the directory doesn't exist pointing to my &lt;path&gt;\SqlWb.exe or &lt;best practices exe&gt; either flavor.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can this not be saved off into a folder on the desktop?  Or is that a security issue leving the creds?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TIA&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;__Stephen " />
  <row Id="17284" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9615" RevisionGUID="dd53dc55-df89-4bfc-82bf-af4ffabb560a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:52:45.430" UserId="3040" Text="SSMS run as " />
  <row Id="17285" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9615" RevisionGUID="dd53dc55-df89-4bfc-82bf-af4ffabb560a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:52:45.430" UserId="3040" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="17286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9616" RevisionGUID="b1a39d21-b641-4a86-912e-24f2abc76f0e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:57:55.933" UserId="3038" Text="In my opinion they're different layers of the stack. It doesn't help that different companies treat the titles in non-uniform ways. I've seen Analysts doing the Admin task, and Admins doing the job role best described as, &quot;anything that touches a server.&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Admins are responsible for at minimum the servers involved, and most of the time are also responsible for the underlaying operating system. This makes the Admin the human proxy for system-root, which probably won't also be given to the Analyst. This makes the Admin function deeply involved when building batch-mode systems (overnight data extracts anyone?) supporting applications running on operating systems that don't make that easy for non-admin users (Windows, others).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Analysts are responsible for at minimum the life cycle of specific applications or systems, which may span multiple servers, operating-system domains (a common division of labor on the Admin side), or even functional stacks on the bureaucratic side. In this sense an analyst represents a layer of abstraction over what the Admin does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In many organizations these two roles conflate, where specific systems analysts are responsible for everything from OS installation &amp; patching, application install &amp; config, and day to day maintenance tasks. Even in larger organizations that have the admin/analyst roles broken out centrally, departmental staff may do both roles under one person. This is why when friends ask me about sysadmin jobs, I hunt under both keywords. " />
  <row Id="17287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9617" RevisionGUID="4f48590c-3859-4172-84d3-93f17f4caae0" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:58:00.177" UserId="1361" Text="I was at an oracle conference once with a talk on this topic - sane SAN for databases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Gist of the talk is available in [this PDF file][1] or at the authors site [here][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.oaktable.net/getFile/34&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.scaleabilities.co.uk/index.php/Whitepapers/" />
  <row Id="17288" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9418" RevisionGUID="59283202-d183-460d-ab85-0ac57e810f4d" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:58:26.713" UserId="1463" Comment="added 56 characters in body" Text="Yes, though not all kinds of Windows Server licenses include CALs. But let's say these ones does and 5 per copy at that (I think that can vary as well?) - then it's pretty simple really (but always call your Microsoft Licensing Partner beforehand - they should be very helpful with any questions on this topic).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**: Added clarification from Jay Michaud about not all server licenses actually including CALs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you buy two Server licenses which both explicitly includes 5 CALs, you've then got 10 CALs. So far so good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You now have to decide which licensing scheme to use, there are several:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Server-side&#xD;&#xA; * Per seat or per server&#xD;&#xA;* Seat-side (if you chose per seat)&#xD;&#xA; * Per device or per user&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A seat is a device or a user - meaning that each user OR client pc needs to have one CAL each. With this CAL, they can connect to any number of servers in the domain. The actual Access License resides with the user or the client pc when in &quot;per seat&quot; mode - giving them licensed access to anything in the domain. This license follows the user/device around but is unique to that user/device and a tad complicated to reallocate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A per server license is defined for a single server, which then serves a number of concurrent connections instead. As you'll need one CAL per server AND connection - this mode is rarely used because it will require rather specific circumstances to be cheaper (requiring less CALs overall).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You are also always allowed to have up to 2 administrators accessing a server without any CALs at all - as long as those users/devices/connections are only for administration and not actual user scenarios.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are rules on how you can mix and change the licensing schemes which are rather restrictive at times but not something I'd dive into here without an expert - but just so you know ^^" />
  <row Id="17290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9618" RevisionGUID="be26f5fa-fc1b-45e2-b27e-829b0a22c3b6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:01:22.200" UserId="3038" Text="I've seen Wake-on-LAN advertised on PCI NIC cards way back when 100MB Ethernet was fairly new at the desktop. Back then, integrated network cards were not yet standard (but becoming so). That said, WoL for non-integrated components is a function of BIOS support. It needs to keep enough power on the peripheral bus, whatever you're using, and needs to allow devices on that bus to issue wake-up events. It can be done, but I'm not sure how common BIOS support is these days." />
  <row Id="17291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9619" RevisionGUID="d16fce32-2ca4-41b6-bbca-7e41f42d6ef6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:01:36.677" UserId="1671" Text="I have an XP Home laptop that has 2 NTFS partitions on it that I want to convert to a single NTFS partition. I haven't done this for a while but from what I recall this is as simple as running something like FDISK and deleting the 2 partitions and creating a new single partition. The obvious problem is that you have to reinstall the OS and all applications again - a real painful and time consuming exercise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, to the question: I have Windows Home Server backing everything up. I have never tried to do a restore from WHS so don't know how easy or hard it is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to restore the C: drive to the newly partitioned C: drive and then also restore the D: drive to the new partition? Are there any gotchas that I should consider before attempting this?" />
  <row Id="17292" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9619" RevisionGUID="d16fce32-2ca4-41b6-bbca-7e41f42d6ef6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:01:36.677" UserId="1671" Text="How do you converting a double partitioned hard disk to a single partion?" />
  <row Id="17293" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9619" RevisionGUID="d16fce32-2ca4-41b6-bbca-7e41f42d6ef6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:01:36.677" UserId="1671" Text="&lt;system-restore&gt;&lt;windows-home-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="17298" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9621" RevisionGUID="b76ea779-fbb5-4009-b0a2-7522b1921b93" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:03:25.190" UserId="2567" Text="The best solution would be, if WHS supports it, to restore the C: partition to your new single partition, then extract just the files from the D: partition and place them where you want on the new, restored system." />
  <row Id="17301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9623" RevisionGUID="97fa532a-afa0-4d25-a4de-787ce8e9e859" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:07:10.143" UserId="919" Text="Nagios is great for self-hosted service monitoring in an intranet, but what about offsite monitoring? Does anyone sell a network service availability service that goes beyond ping and HTTP?" />
  <row Id="17302" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9623" RevisionGUID="97fa532a-afa0-4d25-a4de-787ce8e9e859" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:07:10.143" UserId="919" Text="Offsite nagios?" />
  <row Id="17303" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9623" RevisionGUID="97fa532a-afa0-4d25-a4de-787ce8e9e859" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:07:10.143" UserId="919" Text="&lt;nagios&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;offsite&gt;&lt;sla&gt;" />
  <row Id="17308" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9626" RevisionGUID="9dc452f1-5cd3-401c-b6f5-c23272c5ffa8" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:07:59.067" UserId="2948" Text="Do your best to keep the synergy between these teams flowing.  Make sure you plan some good team building activities outside of work.  Watch out for behavior that will cause the teams to go into silos (such as &quot;Those dam developers&quot;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would create a good communication plan for the teams that defines roles and responsiblities for the two groups.  It would also define how the groups should communicate (i.e. team meeatings, deployments, documentation, ...).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try to identify all of the interefaces between these teams and make sure there are good processes in place." />
  <row Id="17311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9628" RevisionGUID="55d0f9cf-5808-4303-8810-43377daf059b" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:09:13.370" UserId="1463" Text="Actually, RDP is not secure at all by default - but you can [have it use TLS-enhanced SSL][1] without any third party tools to fix that. [This guide][2] says it's supported since RDP 5.2 (we're at like 6.1+ now?) and this would be &quot;the Microsoft way&quot; of doing it I guess ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(it might not be trivial for a home environment though but see Zoredache's answer and linked guide)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc784450(WS.10).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.petri.co.il/securing_rdp_communications.htm" />
  <row Id="17312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9629" RevisionGUID="1203c5c7-ae5b-4f8a-8c99-f528674449bd" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:11:09.417" UserId="2948" Text="Systems Analyst typically gathers requirements and works with a solution architect / develolpment team to make sure the requirements make sense and all questions are answered.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;System Administrator is responsible for operations of some specific component in the infrastructure (Network, OS, ...)." />
  <row Id="17313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9630" RevisionGUID="a2cb5aa7-fe6e-407a-8326-e899e88a781f" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:12:36.683" UserId="2579" Text="It sounds to me that the run-as credential doesn't have access to your current desktop.  You may have better luck putting the folders in a neutral location on your C: drive where the run-as credential and your credential has access to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JFV" />
  <row Id="17314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9631" RevisionGUID="1f98febd-6083-442a-b407-5876a6ae9d60" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:15:16.897" UserId="2502" Text="Plenty of places will do off-site monitoring.  Typically you will see [Solarwinds Orion][1], [NetQoS Netvoyant][2], and [Zenoss][3] offered before Nagios though(at least from what I've seen offered).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.solarwinds.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.netqos.com&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.zenoss.com/" />
  <row Id="17315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9632" RevisionGUID="ffcf52a8-c8bc-476b-affe-67155dcd8ec9" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:15:23.263" UserId="3039" Text="We see the same behaviour. Hotmail/MSN check for SPF records (all ISPs these days are checking email reputation of the domain and IP Address of the sender before accepting delivery).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Create an SPF record on the domain that you're sending emails from (use the wizard at http://www.openspf.org/ ). Once it's set up test the SPF record by sending a mail to a gmail account and view the message headers of the email and you'll find Google reports on the SPF result:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of edited@hotmail.co.uk designates 65.55.111.150 as permitted sender)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check that you have reverse DNS entries for each of your MX records - http://www.dnsstuff.com is good for checking these are setup. While you're there check you're not on any blacklists (but I think you'd see a different error message if you were).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure if the server's name makes a difference (needs to be set to the same as the reverse DNS entry?)" />
  <row Id="17316" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9527" RevisionGUID="b852f6b5-1924-4a2e-bf7a-05cda7abea89" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:16:11.233" UserId="2604" Comment="Added a link to a TechNet article." Text="The structure of user profiles changed between Windows 5.x (XP, Server 2003) and Windows 6.x (Vista, Server 2008, 7).  The 64-bitness does not affect the user profile structure.  Under Windows 5.x, only one folder inside the user profile was clearly made visible to users:  &quot;My Documents&quot;.  All user data was supposed to be stored underneath &quot;My Documents&quot; in subfolders, if necessary.  Windows 6.x made the profile folder itself the visible entry point for user data.  &quot;My Pictures&quot;, &quot;My Videos&quot;, and &quot;My Music&quot; were taken out of &quot;My Documents&quot;, renamed without the word &quot;My&quot;, and made peers of &quot;Documents&quot; under the user profile folder.  See the following Microsoft TechNet article for a great description of user profiles, redirected folders, and the differences in structure between Windows XP and Windows Vista:  &lt;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766489.aspx&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your &quot;My Documents&quot; folder can still function as the catch-all user data storage location, and it probably needs to if you are redirecting this folder.  The Vista users will just have a bunch of empty folders in their profile, and programs that are written correctly to save to the new locations will save locally instead of under the redirected &quot;Documents&quot; folder.  (This may be overridable with Group Policy.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as the user profile as a whole is concerned, Microsoft has changed other parts of the profile structure as well, and my assumption has been that Windows 5.x profiles are not compatible with Windows 6.x profiles.  I chose not to even try to make this work, and my advice to you is to keep Vista and pre-Vista user profiles completely separate.  In my company, when a user gets a new machine with Windows Vista, I rename their roaming profile and manually move all of the documents where they need to be.  (You could use Vista's &quot;Windows Easy Transfer&quot; program to migrate settings, but I've never tried it.)  Users with Vista on their primary machine may only use XP machines if those machines have Group Policies that are disallowing roaming profiles and offline files.  My environment is small, however, and you may not have the luxury of these kinds of restrictions.  Best wishes!" />
  <row Id="17317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9633" RevisionGUID="053b914f-a572-4133-aa8b-e9d31d526f18" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:16:25.553" UserId="1803" Text="The admin is concerned with the actual process of implementation and technical issues.  The analyst's work is done before that begins - she's talking to the customer/manager to find out their needs, finding a good technology fit, and architecting something that'll fit the bill.  Making it happen is for admins.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're looking at this from a career perspective, the real question is:  do you prefer meetings/powerpoint/visio or the kinds of things described on this site?" />
  <row Id="17318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9634" RevisionGUID="7b44fe93-89b2-45a6-bd68-8bb256654d17" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:17:20.747" UserId="1737" Text="I was looking into disks and one interesting tidbit is that by the time you get to a terabyte, consumer drives will spend a few minutes trying to recover sectors that start to go bad (too much error correction needed). So if your big drive can't read a particular sector it might start crunching away on that sector for 2-3 minutes until it can (hopefully) get a good read and relocate the data. Yikes!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Terabyte+ drives designed for RAID have a different firmware that won't try as hard to recover bad sectors to avoid timing out the RAID controller." />
  <row Id="17319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9635" RevisionGUID="27d710a9-4ff9-4a3f-bce2-150e155b4180" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:23:28.503" UserId="1653" Text="I've created a virtual PC and installed Server 2003 R2 on it. I have added the application server role. I can get to the default site using http://localhost on the VPC.&#xD;&#xA;The VPC can access the internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't however ping the VPC from my physical desktop (host machine).&#xD;&#xA;I've tried adding a second network adaptor in the VPC console and giving this a static IP but to no avail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17320" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9635" RevisionGUID="27d710a9-4ff9-4a3f-bce2-150e155b4180" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:23:28.503" UserId="1653" Text="Setting up networking on a virtual server with virtual PC 2007" />
  <row Id="17321" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9635" RevisionGUID="27d710a9-4ff9-4a3f-bce2-150e155b4180" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:23:28.503" UserId="1653" Text="&lt;virtualpc&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="17322" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5069" RevisionGUID="586ab1b1-b38b-44cd-8602-4ebcb471aa78" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:25:51.823" UserId="1039" Comment="added 9 characters in body" Text="Not a software solution,.. but I'm kinda partial to (although have never tried :{ ) energetic compounds in various forms: fire, explosives, thermite, corrosives and firearms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or for the more liability adverse, a set of screwdrivers (and an intern) will get you (or him/her) some cool round mirrors and a pair of really strong magnets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you heat the HDD patters to [770 °C (1418 °F)][1] they will lose all magnetic properties. (A charcoal grill might work for that.) Data errors start cropping up at lower temperatures so sticking it in your oven might also work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Found a link to someone actually doing some of these!][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FWIW: Unless you are worried about major players (NSA, FBI, CIA, other countries equivalents or mega-corp industrial espionage) programs that overwrite the data once are enough as after that their is no way to recover the data without hardware modifications and special equipment. If you need more security than that, either you are doing something you shouldn't be (e.g. criminal) or you are a big enough player to afford going with one of the &quot;energetic compounds&quot; type solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allotropes_of_iron&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://lifehacker.com/5154818/hard-drive-disposal-with-extreme-prejudice" />
  <row Id="17323" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9636" RevisionGUID="bfd825ca-82ab-4f4b-8ac9-b29714aa6857" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:27:50.337" UserId="846" Text="**BE CAREFUL!**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to be *very* clear what you are trying to accomplish.  If this is about trying to get more development work done with the same number of staff, changing titles won't do the trick. To do that, you need to reduce the operations work and/or increase the development productivity.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would avoid restructuring or changing roles at this point. I would instead make changes around reducing operations work and increasing development productivity. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;May I suggest ...  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1- Measure where time is going. There are typically three &quot;flavors&quot; of work in this kind of environment: urgent support, minor development (i.e. small enhancements), and pure development.  You need to know how much time is being spent on these.  Do not trust your own estimates .. they are probably way off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2- Designate a primary support role, and have that role rotate among the staff.  The current &quot;primary&quot; is tasked to catch support issues and deal with them, leaving the rest of the staff free to work on projects.  The idea is to give the staff more uninterrupted time for development, which should help productivity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3- Implement a ticketing (i.e. [issue tracking][1]) system if you don't already have one.  Press users and your team into using it, and make the team keep it updated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4- Be open and clear with the groups you are support about what you are doing and why you are doing it.  Push back on them about needless requests things and overblown urgency.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have more data and have made some changes, then you can make better decisions about &quot;structural&quot; changes.  If you do decide to split your team, you will likely have more data about which person belongs on which side of the wall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/search?q=issue-tracking" />
  <row Id="17324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9637" RevisionGUID="335e05ef-3489-4eb6-bc9d-22da46a4f4b0" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:28:11.600" UserId="3038" Text="**Without making enemies on the SAN team, how can I reassure myself and the application developers that our SQL servers aren't suffering from poorly configured storage? Just use perfmon stats? Other benchmarks like sqlio?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first thing you need to know before doing any sort of benchmarking is to what tolerance your own workload needs to run in. So benchmark your own stuff before checking out the new system. That way if you find you're pushing a max of, say, 56MB/s during peak loads (backups?), finding out that the SAN-attached disk array 'only' pushes 110MB/s under simulated peak loads, you can be assured that the limit isn't going to be the I/O channel. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When checking out a new disk array I've done this kind of performance testing. The new array used SATA drives instead of fibre-channel (SCSI) drives, and I needed to assure myself that it would work in our environment. I was deeply dubious. But after characterization, I found out that the new system had enough I/O overhead under peak to keep up with measured peak on the more reliable disks. It surprised me. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**If I load test on these SAN drives, does that really give me a reliable, repeatable measure of what I will see when we go live? (assuming that the SAN software might &quot;dynamically configure&quot; differently at different points in time.)**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Due to the shared nature of SAN attached disk arrays, performance is variable across the week. If you already know when your peak I/O load is, do a series of load-tests during the time of day when your peak I/O load is. That way you can better characterize what kind of I/O overhead is available during the periods you're most interested in. Load tests during non-peak times will give you a feel for how 'snappy' things will get, but peak testing will give you true bounds checking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Does heavy IO in one part of the SAN (say the Exchange server) impact my SQL servers? (assuming they aren't giving dedicated disks to each server, which I've been told they are not)**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the Exchange LUNs share disks with your SQL LUNs, they absolutely will. We use HP EVAs, not XPs, but I think they use the same &quot;disk group&quot; terminology. LUNs in the same disk-group share disks, and therefore contend for I/O on those physical devices. The more disks you put into a disk group, the more wiggle-room the array has to juggle I/O. The arrays (at least the EVA's do this, and I presume the more expensive XP's do the same) distribute logical LUN blocks across the physical disks in a non-sequential way. This allows it to do what you suggest, which is dynamically distribute groups of frequently accessed blocks to different physical devices to increase parallelism and reduce I/O contention at the disk level. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The question to ask is how much I/O budget does that disk group have, and whether or not the applications using those LUNs are oversubscribed for I/O. That's a question that the storage admins will have to keep track of. It could be that peak I/O for Exchange (probably during the backups) may not coincide with the SQL loads, and both systems can coexist happily.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Would requesting separating logical drives for different functions logical drives (data vs log vs tempdb) help here? Would the SAN see the different IO activity on these and optimally configure them differently?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the HP arrays, you'd need to put the different I/O patterns into different disk **groups** not LUNs. Database I/O patterns shouldn't coexist with web-serving access patterns, for instance. Different LUNs don't markedly improve your performance unless they're in different disk-groups. If they're in the same disk-group the only real advantage is to the operating system, where it can do I/O scheduling in the kernel to improve parallelism to the disk subsystem. That said...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The HP arrays, to my understanding anyway, are aware of different access patterns on LUNs, but pay close attention to actual logical blocks. Putting the logs on a different LUN puts a bound on the logical blocks that'll get that kind of I/O traffic, and that'll ease the task of correctly sorting logical blocks on the physical disks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**We're in a bit of a space crunch right now. Application teams being told to trim data archives, etc. Would space concerns cause the SAN team to make different decisions on how they configure internal storage (RAID levels, etc) that could impact my server's performance?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Definitely. If space is tight, you're not going to get dedicated disk-groups for your I/O (unless your storage environment is large enough to justify dedicating 7TB of physical disk for your exclusive use, at which point that just may be the case). The Raid5/Raid10 debate depends in large part on the policies of the organization, and asking is your best bet." />
  <row Id="17325" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9638" RevisionGUID="64f9052d-ce8d-4bd9-bc19-0be05b793722" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:28:27.777" UserId="2734" Text="I've tried the SRVANY trick documented [here][1] but I'm not having much luck.  I also saw a reference to [Ophcrack][2], but it from the website it doesn't look like that supports Windows 2003.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.petri.co.il/reset_domain_admin_password_in_windows_server_2003_ad.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="17326" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9638" RevisionGUID="64f9052d-ce8d-4bd9-bc19-0be05b793722" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:28:27.777" UserId="2734" Text="How do I change a forgotten domain admin password on Windows 2003?" />
  <row Id="17327" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9638" RevisionGUID="64f9052d-ce8d-4bd9-bc19-0be05b793722" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:28:27.777" UserId="2734" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;password-recovery&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="17328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9639" RevisionGUID="7a982157-8ef7-4017-a11a-2623a8564fe9" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:30:35.447" UserId="2783" Text="You have another domain admin reset the password... ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this the only domain admin account in the domain?" />
  <row Id="17329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9640" RevisionGUID="5facd0f0-ebbc-4390-b30c-f18fa546fea1" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:31:10.360" UserId="1463" Text="Actually, just a few hours ago I tried exactly that trick - on a Windows 2008 (Core) domain controller. It worked perfectly. Did you use the script linked at the bottom of that guide? Exactly what does &quot;not having much luck&quot; mean?" />
  <row Id="17330" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9641" RevisionGUID="823f532b-5e81-4f5d-bd9d-24b5d61ba262" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:32:28.860" UserId="1589" Text="[Upstart][1] is the preferred method of issuing startup scripts or services in Ubuntu now, although editing `/etc/rc.local` still works.  Upstart allows you to control when the service is run, making sure it happens after initiating your network connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's also possible to edit the symlinks in /etc/rc.X.d directly, (substitute X for the run-level you are using) and add a name such as S99mount to ensure that it's run after the network setup.  This will need to point to a script file that mounts the sshfs you are requesting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://upstart.ubuntu.com/" />
  <row Id="17331" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9638" RevisionGUID="48f629a5-f87b-46cc-8fa5-b07d1a7953df" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:35:03.503" UserId="2734" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="I've tried the SRVANY trick documented [here][1].  After rebooting 3 times into Directory Service Restore mode and tweaking the settings, I have not been able to log-in successfully.  So, I'm not having much luck.  I also saw a reference to [Ophcrack][2], but it from the website it doesn't look like that tool supports Windows 2003.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is an isolated dev system, and it only has one domain administrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.petri.co.il/reset_domain_admin_password_in_windows_server_2003_ad.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="17336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9644" RevisionGUID="2ba0cd7e-d150-40e5-a0ed-e49f80c519ca" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:44:14.437" UserId="993" Text="I have a database in full recovery model. This database's transaction log backups (scheduled via a Maintenance Plan) fail nightly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the database's CREATE statement, etc:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    USE [master]&#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    /****** Object:  Database [Gatekeeper]    Script Date: 05/18/2009 15:31:26 ******/&#xD;&#xA;    CREATE DATABASE [Gatekeeper] ON  PRIMARY &#xD;&#xA;    ( NAME = N'Gatekeeper_dat', FILENAME = N'F:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\DATA\Gatekeeper.mdf' , SIZE = 20480KB , MAXSIZE = UNLIMITED, FILEGROWTH = 1024KB )&#xD;&#xA;     LOG ON &#xD;&#xA;    ( NAME = N'Gatekeeper_log', FILENAME = N'E:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\DATA\Gatekeeper.ldf' , SIZE = 10240KB , MAXSIZE = 2048GB , FILEGROWTH = 10%)&#xD;&#xA;     COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS&#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    EXEC dbo.sp_dbcmptlevel @dbname=N'Gatekeeper', @new_cmptlevel=90&#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    IF (1 = FULLTEXTSERVICEPROPERTY('IsFullTextInstalled'))&#xD;&#xA;    begin&#xD;&#xA;    EXEC [Gatekeeper].[dbo].[sp_fulltext_database] @action = 'enable'&#xD;&#xA;    end&#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET ANSI_NULL_DEFAULT OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET ANSI_NULLS OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET ANSI_PADDING OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET ANSI_WARNINGS OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET ARITHABORT OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET AUTO_CLOSE OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET AUTO_CREATE_STATISTICS ON &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET AUTO_SHRINK OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET AUTO_UPDATE_STATISTICS ON &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET CURSOR_CLOSE_ON_COMMIT OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET CURSOR_DEFAULT  GLOBAL &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET NUMERIC_ROUNDABORT OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET RECURSIVE_TRIGGERS OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET  DISABLE_BROKER &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET AUTO_UPDATE_STATISTICS_ASYNC OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET DATE_CORRELATION_OPTIMIZATION OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET TRUSTWORTHY OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET ALLOW_SNAPSHOT_ISOLATION OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET PARAMETERIZATION SIMPLE &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET  READ_WRITE &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET RECOVERY FULL &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET  MULTI_USER &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET PAGE_VERIFY CHECKSUM  &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET DB_CHAINING OFF &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the error message from the maintenace plan:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Executing the query &quot;BACKUP LOG [Gatekeeper] TO  DISK = N'C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft SQL Server\\MSSQL.1\\MSSQL\\Backup\\Gatekeeper\\Gatekeeper_backup_200905180100.trn' WITH NOFORMAT, NOINIT,  NAME = N'Gatekeeper_backup_20090518010003', SKIP, REWIND, NOUNLOAD,  STATS = 10&#xD;&#xA;    &quot; failed with the following error: &quot;BACKUP LOG cannot be performed because there is no current database backup.&#xD;&#xA;    BACKUP LOG is terminating abnormally.&quot;. Possible failure reasons: Problems with the query, &quot;ResultSet&quot; property not set correctly, parameters not set correctly, or connection not established correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can run a BACKUP LOG statement " />
  <row Id="17337" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9644" RevisionGUID="2ba0cd7e-d150-40e5-a0ed-e49f80c519ca" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:44:14.437" UserId="993" Text="SQL Server 2005 Backup Failing" />
  <row Id="17338" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9644" RevisionGUID="2ba0cd7e-d150-40e5-a0ed-e49f80c519ca" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:44:14.437" UserId="993" Text="&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;maintenance&gt;" />
  <row Id="17340" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9646" RevisionGUID="de16c3a5-8c34-49a1-bb83-f0ddd30dc7a2" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:46:49.563" UserId="3021" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;I want to map www.example.com to a specific virtual host and then I want all other subdomains of example.com to go to another virtual host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To do this I created these hosts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      ServerName www.example.com&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      ServerName example.com&#xD;&#xA;      ServerAlias *.example.com&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now the selection of which host is served seems rather random. If I restart apache sometimes I will get one host and other times another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What am I doing wrong?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17341" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9646" RevisionGUID="de16c3a5-8c34-49a1-bb83-f0ddd30dc7a2" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:46:49.563" UserId="3021" Text="Apache Named VirtualHosts with wildcards" />
  <row Id="17342" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9646" RevisionGUID="de16c3a5-8c34-49a1-bb83-f0ddd30dc7a2" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:46:49.563" UserId="3021" Text="&lt;virtualhosts&gt;&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="17343" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9638" RevisionGUID="e9dd4f3b-b6dd-4e64-8fe9-d2cd822a4178" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:48:16.130" UserId="45" Comment="added 4 characters in body; edited title" Text="I've tried the SRVANY trick documented [here][1].  After rebooting 3 times into Directory Service Restore mode and tweaking the settings, I have not been able to log-in successfully.  So, I'm not having much luck.  I also saw a reference to [Ophcrack][2], but from the website it doesn't look like that tool supports Windows Server 2003.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is an isolated dev system, and it only has one domain administrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.petri.co.il/reset_domain_admin_password_in_windows_server_2003_ad.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="17344" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="9638" RevisionGUID="e9dd4f3b-b6dd-4e64-8fe9-d2cd822a4178" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:48:16.130" UserId="45" Comment="added 4 characters in body; edited title" Text="How do I change a forgotten domain admin password on Windows Server 2003?" />
  <row Id="17345" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9647" RevisionGUID="0da4fea4-d144-4ac0-b5fa-c3009ef02ffc" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:50:38.230" UserId="2783" Text="It depends on how you have networking setup.  I you have it setup with NAT, then Virtual PC is assigning a private IP to the VPC (likely on a different subnet than your host PC).  If you have it setup to use the same network adapter as your host OS is using, then (if I recall correctly) it should get another IP from your router, and you can try pinging it via that IP, although (if I recall) that is tricky in that it has two IP addresses using the same MAC address, and your NIC would not know where to route packets.  If you have a second network card in the host, you could assign it to the Virtual machine and try connecting to it that way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could you perhaps post information on what the TCP/IP settings are for the host and guest, as well as information on the type of networking you have setup in Virtual PC?" />
  <row Id="17346" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9648" RevisionGUID="341a3eb8-570f-44d8-8cd1-38f4ecd03e82" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:53:47.833" UserId="2783" Text="According to the log you posted, the transaction logs cannot be backed up because the actual database itself is not backed up.  Is the main database being backed up before you try to backup the transaction logs?" />
  <row Id="17347" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9649" RevisionGUID="58b2b2de-a309-44a3-9f22-05d220080051" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:54:19.253" UserId="846" Text="**Systems Analyst** is a catch-all title, and typically has different meanings depending on the size and type of organization.  However, &quot;Systems Analyst&quot; is *not* typically an operator or administrator, but instead is concerned with the &quot;business system&quot; (rather than the network or infrastructure).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a development organization (particularly in corporate IT) Systems Analyst is a (somewhat) meaningless step in the programming title/salary ladder.  It is a way for corporate IT groups to game the compensation structures and get people better salaries.  &#xD;&#xA;--&gt; Jr. Programmer, Programmer, Sr. Programmer, Analyst, Senior Analyst, Systems Analyst, etc.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Small-Medium companies, &quot;System Analysts&quot; are typically concerned with the business application, process improvement and functional enhancements.  Often in this realm they are highly technical and wear other hats.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In governmental and other rigid,compartmentalized organizations, &quot;Systems Analysts&quot; have specific responsibilities in the application development process.  Typically, they are responsible for developing and managing requirements, communicating between departments and functions, and for making sure that different parts of the business process work properly together.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17348" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9650" RevisionGUID="94d31db7-0108-415a-9380-fd19c386e653" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:54:24.027" UserId="2004" Text="You must perform a full backup before backing up the log. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928317" />
  <row Id="17349" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9330" RevisionGUID="b3198011-b0d3-452e-9ef9-4980aecc6f28" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:54:43.963" UserId="45" Comment="added 11 characters in body" Text="If your service uses standard APIs for getting the user's default directories (configuration and application data), the files will be saved in the `Default User`'s folder, for example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Local Settings\&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I would confirm your assumption. I checked that on a service I wrote which runs as Local System Account." />
  <row Id="17350" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9651" RevisionGUID="01f69f92-9423-4470-bc11-ed73f8cd1d27" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:56:54.257" UserId="2783" Text="I posted in your duplicate post, but the error in the log you posted indicates that the database is not being backed up before the transaction logs are.  Does the maintenance plan include a task to backup the database itself?" />
  <row Id="17351" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6159" RevisionGUID="29eef10b-3730-419b-905d-48ab1842bfda" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:58:22.363" UserId="919" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;compromise&gt;&lt;hacking&gt;&lt;system-recovery&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="17352" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9652" RevisionGUID="60e9a14f-cf4c-4722-b777-81978ba48389" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:58:54.173" UserId="3047" Text="We have a working connection to our ASA from our ISP, and we have it configured with an address range of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Public LAN: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/28&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.240&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;on the outside interface.  We asked our ISP for another block of IPs, and they gave us another range of IPs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Public LAN: yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy/28&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.240&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I add this new set of IPs to the outside interface on the Cisco ASA 5505?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17353" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9652" RevisionGUID="60e9a14f-cf4c-4722-b777-81978ba48389" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:58:54.173" UserId="3047" Text="Configuring Cisco ASA 5505 for another IP address range" />
  <row Id="17354" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9652" RevisionGUID="60e9a14f-cf4c-4722-b777-81978ba48389" CreationDate="2009-05-18T20:58:54.173" UserId="3047" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;asa&gt;" />
  <row Id="17355" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9247" RevisionGUID="4beb5999-1623-4df4-97aa-55fba68bedf6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T21:01:38.770" UserId="1447" Comment="Added point from sh-beta's comment." Text="The market for RAID controllers is fairly much consolidated these days.  Three broad brush heuristics can be applied:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Price.  Take a look at the pricing for genuine RAID cards from Areca, 3Ware, Adaptec and LSI.  Anything that is much, much cheaper than these controllers is a 'fake RAID'.  Remember, if it's too good to be true it probably isn't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. There are a fairly limited number of manufacturers these days who actually make pukka RAID controllers.  Chances are that something not made by one of the main manufacturers of such kit is a 'fake RAID'.  The main outfits that make RAID controllers are: [Adaptec][1], [LSI][2], [3Ware][3], [Areca][4], [Intel][5], [Highpoint][6] and [ICP Vortex][7] (possibly one or two others that I can't recall off the top of my head).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. The main outfits that produce these cards will also document the specifications in some detail on their web sites.  If you can't find a detailed specification for the card get something you can get such a spec for.  Note that not all cards produced by these outfits are necessarily RAID controllers, but the specs on the web site should make this clear.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. Thanks to sh-beta for pointing this out: Hardware RAID controllers will also have the option of a battery backed cache.  'Fake RAID' controllers have no cache RAM, using the machine's main RAM as a cache. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that IBM, Dell, HP and other server manufacturers also sell RAID controllers.  In many cases these are rebadged components made by Adaptec or LSI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to buy a RAID controller on the cheap, identify some specific models of appropriate specification from various manufacturers' current and immediately previous generations.  Then search for that particular model on ebay and get it secondhand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/products/controllers/hardware?channel=tab1&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/internal_raid/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.3ware.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.areca.com.tw/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.intel.com/products/server/raid/index.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.highpoint-tech.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.icp-vortex.com/icp-vortex/en-us/index.html" />
  <row Id="17356" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9555" RevisionGUID="4f8cdc5a-6513-433e-813b-14674ab06324" CreationDate="2009-05-18T21:05:55.343" UserId="1233" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;apache2&gt;" />
  <row Id="17357" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7488" RevisionGUID="98479401-8761-4365-ad07-56644b221197" CreationDate="2009-05-18T21:06:03.363" UserId="846" Comment="clean up the list" Text="Be aware that this is going to take **HOURS UPON HOURS** to get straightened out.  It is long, tedious work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My suggestion for the process in the server room ..   &#xD;&#xA;1- build a structure for how plugs are identified. Label as necessary to make it clear.  &#xD;&#xA;2- install some cable management on the rack. If you can't get or find premade ones, use cable ties, make them into loops, and connect them to the sides of the racks.    &#xD;&#xA;3- buy a crimper and learn how to make patch cables.  &#xD;&#xA;4- One by one, replace each cable with one that is routed properly, made to length, and labeled at BOTH ends, each having BOTH ends identified.  &#xD;&#xA;5- Don't move/reuse cables.  If something moves, cut the ends, re-make and re-label the cable.  You can re-use a cut cable for a shorter one .. my point is to make sure that you don't have mis-labeled or over-length cables in the rack.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have found that color coded patch cables are over-rated, **except** for the very few (&lt; 5%) key cables that are only to be touched in an emergency.  Examples are the cable from the switch to the internet router, or from the switch to the mail server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The idea of having some odd colored temp cables is **excellent**, provided you have the discipline to swing back and replace them correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NOTE: Others will disagree with the idea of making your own patch cables.  My conclusion is that the added risk of cable failure is outweighed by the gain from properly routed cables for all but the critical cables I mention in the color coding note. " />
  <row Id="17359" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9596" RevisionGUID="f67d8286-ac98-41ff-bedc-15c90839d246" CreationDate="2009-05-18T21:07:00.320" UserId="1561" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="*What is the way to filter emails thru the spamassassin daemon (instead of launching the app every every time mail is received) before it is passed to my script? Guess it is bad practice to do it the way I do now.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look at [amavisd-new][1], which is written in perl.  It will do what you're looking for, integrates at a network-level (should you desire) and provides antivirus scanning as well.  Most of the major linux distros provide it as a pre-built package.  The only thing you have to worry about is that some of the distros will use a stale version that has the occasional bug.  Most of these bugs will cause amavis to wedge or terminate; so if it's, say, 3 versions older than what's at the offical site, I would seriously contemplate managing that one package by hand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Is there a way to limit how many emails postfix passes to my script at the same time? I don't want to end up having 10 instances of my script running at the same time.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're talking about rate limiting.  Given the &quot;small&quot; size of the server, I would set the postfix rate limiter itself to something like 3-6 emails a minute, rather than set it on the scanning side.  If you try to accept delivery on everything, a spam storm will simply clog your queues, and you'll end up with a backlog anyways.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*How could I make my script into a daemon? Would that makes things faster?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tons!  I can't help you in this regard, but having your script pre-launched would cut out significant overhead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ijs.si/software/amavisd/" />
  <row Id="17360" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9653" RevisionGUID="6daf3ed8-d367-46b9-886c-c505e5a2d4a5" CreationDate="2009-05-18T21:07:05.780" UserId="966" Text="I don't think the * is valid syntax.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will work though. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       ServerName example.com&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        ServerName www.example.com&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first directive will match everything that is not explicitly defined elsewhere." />
  <row Id="17361" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9654" RevisionGUID="6e01a735-2e74-4606-850b-16cce6ad51b8" CreationDate="2009-05-18T21:07:26.620" UserId="564" Text="You just need to add them with the secondary switch i.e.&#xD;&#xA;from inside of the interface config&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    (config-if)#ip address yyyy.yyyy.yyyy.yyyy 255.255.255.240 secondary&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9655" RevisionGUID="f0694cef-e68e-464a-a1a9-245a33c2a369" CreationDate="2009-05-18T21:09:24.340" UserId="2115" Text="Are you sure that the `www.example.com` vhost appears before the other vhost in the configuration file? Apache is supposed to go through the virtual hosts in order and pick the first one with a `ServerName` or `ServerAlias` that matches the value sent in the `Host` HTTP header. It seems very odd that it would randomly pick sometimes one virtual host and sometimes the other.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It might help to edit your question to include the output of&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    apache2ctl -S&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which shows the defined virtual hosts as Apache sees them." />
  <row Id="17365" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9657" RevisionGUID="8e0a1506-1ce2-4090-9002-98b2a1a8b734" CreationDate="2009-05-18T21:10:05.883" UserId="3000" Text="You need the DocumentRoot added to the configuration. It should be something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Ensure that Apache listens on port 80&#xD;&#xA;    Listen 80&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Listen for virtual host requests on all IP addresses&#xD;&#xA;    NameVirtualHost *:80&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    DocumentRoot /www/example1&#xD;&#xA;    ServerName www.example1.com&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Other directives here&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    DocumentRoot /www/example2&#xD;&#xA;    ServerName www.example2.org&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Other directives here&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9658" RevisionGUID="d28e35df-d554-4f9d-88b7-8f7676812183" CreationDate="2009-05-18T21:12:39.293" UserId="564" Text="I just rent a VPS for ~$30/month and run nagios on it as well.  Seems to work great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9659" RevisionGUID="e8a85565-e1bf-4007-9da9-f323cf06abe6" CreationDate="2009-05-18T21:18:47.237" UserId="626" Text="This could be related to extra steps being performed that are not mentioned here like  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - backing up the Log with truncate_only&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - or you have switched  from FULL or BULK-LOGGED recovery mode to SIMPLE" />
  <row Id="17369" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9646" RevisionGUID="eb57b250-3389-4cec-bf93-7b899743d090" CreationDate="2009-05-18T21:23:42.063" UserId="3021" Comment="Added apache2ctl -s output" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;I want to map www.example.com to a specific virtual host and then I want all other subdomains of example.com to go to another virtual host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To do this I created these hosts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      ServerName www.example.com&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      ServerName example.com&#xD;&#xA;      ServerAlias *.example.com&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now the selection of which host is served seems rather random. If I restart apache sometimes I will get one host and other times another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What am I doing wrong?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update:&#xD;&#xA;If I run apache2ctl -S on this configuration I get this outpu:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;VirtualHost configuration:&#xD;&#xA;wildcard NameVirtualHosts and _default_ servers:&#xD;&#xA;*:80                   is a NameVirtualHost&#xD;&#xA;         default server www.example.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/dev:3)&#xD;&#xA;         port 80 namevhost www.example.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/dev:3)&#xD;&#xA;         port 80 namevhost example.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/dev:22)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="17371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9661" RevisionGUID="9ce5b1cc-7527-4aa7-a711-6254670bb015" CreationDate="2009-05-18T21:25:05.930" UserId="3050" Text="The quickest way would be to delete the second partition then use something like GParted (Boot CD) to resize the first partition to occupy all the free space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively delete both partitions (using GParted, WinPE, XP Setup Disk) then boot from the WHS restore disk and restore your most recent backup." />
  <row Id="17372" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9662" RevisionGUID="21506a33-1c01-46e2-85e9-cdafddb32c46" CreationDate="2009-05-18T21:26:40.623" UserId="2514" Text="I'm new to SharePoint administration, and so is my organization. We're struggling with this issue right now, so take this answer with a grain of salt. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The chief concern with keeping everything in a single site collection is that you can't break the collection across multiple databases. Once a single content database gets too large, you'll begin to see performance issues, not to mention all the headache that comes along with backing up and restoring big databases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Various resources will tell you different stories about how big you can grow a particular database before this becomes a problem, but the largest guideline I've heard is 100GB. That's SharePoint guru Joel Oleson's recommendation. So as a rule, if you think your content may one day grow above 100GB, break into seperate site collections *now*. Moving content into a new site collection after the fact is by all accounts very painful. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This [slide deck][1] from Joel Oleson hits the high point of capacity planning and farm architecture. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.slideshare.net/joeloleson/back-to-the-basics-sharepoint-fundamentals-by-joel-oleson" />
  <row Id="17373" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9663" RevisionGUID="530188be-e1ea-4cc9-861c-08732b40a0ed" CreationDate="2009-05-18T21:32:50.377" UserId="993" Text="Have you tried using [FastSCP from Veeam][1]? It uses a less resource intensive encryption for SCP. It's free and fast. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.veeam.com/vmware-esxi-fastscp.html" />
  <row Id="17374" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9646" RevisionGUID="b72e868c-fa39-40ec-8440-f9f86c9dcd33" CreationDate="2009-05-18T21:40:32.560" UserId="3021" Comment="added platform info" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;I want to map www.example.com to a specific virtual host and then I want all other subdomains of example.com to go to another virtual host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To do this I created these hosts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      ServerName www.example.com&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      ServerName example.com&#xD;&#xA;      ServerAlias *.example.com&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now the selection of which host is served seems rather random. If I restart apache sometimes I will get one host and other times another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What am I doing wrong?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update:&#xD;&#xA;If I run apache2ctl -S on this configuration I get this outpu:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;VirtualHost configuration:&#xD;&#xA;wildcard NameVirtualHosts and _default_ servers:&#xD;&#xA;*:80                   is a NameVirtualHost&#xD;&#xA;         default server www.example.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/dev:3)&#xD;&#xA;         port 80 namevhost www.example.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/dev:3)&#xD;&#xA;         port 80 namevhost example.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/dev:22)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also am using Ubuntu 9.04 and apache 2.2 with mod_mono.&#xD;&#xA;Not sure if that will make a difference.." />
  <row Id="17375" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3174" RevisionGUID="bd846e86-b235-4ad4-9009-a36e47ade97f" CreationDate="2009-05-18T21:40:47.100" UserId="1561" Text="Centralizing your logging to a hardened server might provide what you need.  Better yet, if you can capture the logging into a database on a hardened server, you open up all kinds of possibilities.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hate to bug you about this, but what kind of logging are you talking about?  NT Event log?  Unix(y) Syslog (and friends)?  Logging from a minicomputer?   A little more info might lead you to a known solution for what you're looking for...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2009-05-18 Re-Edit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can get all of your data to show up as a syslog-style entry, then this will work for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Unix(y)-style machines, use whatever syslog facility is in the box.  You will want to ship off all data that is recorded to the central log server, but also, leave the stock settings for recording logs locally.  (more on that in a bit)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Windows-style machines, use [NTSyslog][1], which is a free service that will shunt event log entries to a network syslog server.  [A quick how-to is available][2] that covers setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once all machines are &quot;logging&quot;, you'll need to designate a central logging server.  Go to the [Splunk][3] website and read up on it a bit; when you're ready, [download it to your central logging server][4], and install it on this machine.  The free version handles up to 500Mbyte per *day*, which, unless you have a bat-crazy amount of logging to contend with, should more than suffice.  The splunk service will accept all of your syslog input, catagorize it, and store it in a local database.  From a webpage, you can filter, select, see events by time, etc.  Very handy for seeing a composite picture across systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A helpful side-effect of this setup is that all of the local logging data is still there - nothing is lost, so even if your central log server goes down, the logs are valid elsewhere.  And if the machine is lost (hdd blows up, security breach, whatever) you still have a history of the data on the central server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once all your machines are syslog'ing and your service is splunk'ing, point all of the syslog machines at the splunk server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ntsyslog.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://codeidol.com/security/network-security/Logging/56-Integrate-Windows-into-Your-Syslog-Infrastructure/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.splunk.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAADFV" />
  <row Id="17376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9664" RevisionGUID="8fa9d73d-3a26-487f-b85c-5fc76a750c5b" CreationDate="2009-05-18T21:40:59.550" UserId="2503" Text="Don't bother adding a SPF record, but do remove an invalid one if you have one (or correct it). We find that more spammers have correct SPF records than non-spammers do (or rather, having a correct SPF record makes you more likely, statistically, to be a spammer)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DO make sure that your relay IP addresses resolve to something sane.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DO monitor IP address blacklists (RBLs) and get yourselves de-listed if you suddenly become listed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DO monitor your volumes of outgoing mail in case you have spam-bots or open relays internally. Most antispam services will only store your IP address reputation for a finite time and give you a chance to improve it - the only way of remaining persona non grata is to continue trying to send them spam.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It might be worthwhile routing outbound traffic from internal staff machines and non-critical mail servers etc, so that it is NAT'd through a different address from your own mail server(s) - this ensures that if your other machines suddenly start sending spam, it doesn't impact your users. You should of course monitor all your public IPs anyway for blacklisting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know if anyone actually uses SPF for spam-prevention - but if they do, I don't know why - it's absolutely useless (in fact, you can use it the opposite way - having a correct SPF record makes mail more likely to be spam).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I work for an antispam company)." />
  <row Id="17377" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3174" RevisionGUID="0ecac48b-e145-4ba4-96b1-73422f868db0" CreationDate="2009-05-18T21:46:22.627" UserId="1561" Comment="added 720 characters in body" Text="Centralizing your logging to a hardened server might provide what you need.  Better yet, if you can capture the logging into a database on a hardened server, you open up all kinds of possibilities.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hate to bug you about this, but what kind of logging are you talking about?  NT Event log?  Unix(y) Syslog (and friends)?  Logging from a minicomputer?   A little more info might lead you to a known solution for what you're looking for...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2009-05-18 Re-Edit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can get all of your data to show up as a syslog-style entry, then this will work for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Unix(y)-style machines, use whatever syslog facility is in the box.  You will want to ship off all data that is recorded to the central log server, but also, leave the stock settings for recording logs locally.  (more on that in a bit)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For those Unix-style services that do not produce &quot;true syslog&quot; output, there are usually reparsers that can regenerate the data into something useful.  Prime examples: [apache][1] and [squid][2] have log formats that, for most installations, are not formatted for syslog.  Regenerate that data on a half-hour basis (or whatever works for you).  The central log server then runs out and picks the data up for its digest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Windows-style machines, use [NTSyslog][3], which is a free service that will shunt event log entries to a network syslog server.  [A quick how-to is available][4] that covers setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once all machines are &quot;logging&quot;, you'll need to designate a central logging server.  Go to the [Splunk][5] website and read up on it a bit; when you're ready, [download it to your central logging server][6], and install it on this machine.  The free version handles up to 500Mbyte per *day*, which, unless you have a bat-crazy amount of logging to contend with, should more than suffice.  The splunk service will accept all of your syslog input, catagorize it, and store it in a local database.  From a webpage, you can filter, select, see events by time, etc.  Very handy for seeing a composite picture across systems.  It can also hook up to a variety of different data &quot;sources&quot;, including flat files, which means those apache and squid logs can be transformed into entries by splunk (provided you hook it up to each machine that requires it).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A helpful side-effect of this setup is that all of the local logging data is still there - nothing is lost, so even if your central log server goes down, the logs are valid elsewhere.  And if the machine is lost (hdd blows up, security breach, whatever) you still have a history of the data on the central server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once all your machines are syslog'ing and your service is splunk'ing, point all of the syslog machines at the splunk server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apache.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.squid-cache.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://ntsyslog.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://codeidol.com/security/network-security/Logging/56-Integrate-Windows-into-Your-Syslog-Infrastructure/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.splunk.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAADFV" />
  <row Id="17378" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9665" RevisionGUID="6d6f0221-1640-4597-8588-caedea3b5493" CreationDate="2009-05-18T21:51:20.527" UserId="2783" Text="The actual answer is much more innocuous than the other answers to this post :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At some point in the future, as the world transitions from IPV4 to IPV6, IPV4 will be eventually be disabled/uninstalled by companies that want to simplfy network management in their environments.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With Windows Vista, when IPv4 was uninstalled and IPv6 was enabled, a DNS query for an A (IPv4) address resulted in the IPv4 loopback (which came from the hosts file).  This of course caused problems when IPv4 was not installed.  The fix was to move the always present IPv4 and IPv6 loopback entries from the host into the DNS resolver, where they could be independently disabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Sean" />
  <row Id="17379" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9666" RevisionGUID="ddfd2611-d37b-4748-b96c-b293b77e204f" CreationDate="2009-05-18T21:53:58.290" UserId="2514" Text="Just a thought, but if you're using this as a file server, maybe NFS or Samba would be a better solution than ssh." />
  <row Id="17380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9667" RevisionGUID="3d153d36-4a2e-41b1-8b18-fbdbedcec54a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T21:54:38.133" UserId="477" Text="In what circumstances would you choose each of the following deployment options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Hyper-V installed as the bare bones [Windows Hyper-V Server 2008 R2][1]&#xD;&#xA;2. Hyper-V role installed on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core installation&#xD;&#xA;3. Hyper-V role installed on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Full Installation&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, I know there are licensing considerations for each option:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* With Hyper-V on top of a full installation of Enterprise or Data Center edition, you can use Windows Server as a guest OS without needing additional licenses (4 for Enterprise, unlimited for Data Center)&#xD;&#xA;* With &quot;Windows Hyper-V Server&quot; you have to obtain licenses for each guest OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But my real question is, are there technical considerations as well?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I understand that the Full Installation doesn't perform as well as the other two options, but is there a significant difference between Server Core and &quot;Windows Hyper-V Server&quot;?  What are the pros and cons of Hyper-V on Server Core vs &quot;Windows Hyper-V Server&quot; and when would you choose each?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/hyper-v-server/en/us/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="17381" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9667" RevisionGUID="3d153d36-4a2e-41b1-8b18-fbdbedcec54a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T21:54:38.133" UserId="477" Text="Hyper-V Deployment Options Best Practices" />
  <row Id="17382" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9667" RevisionGUID="3d153d36-4a2e-41b1-8b18-fbdbedcec54a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T21:54:38.133" UserId="477" Text="&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="17383" PostHistoryTypeId="18" PostId="9644" RevisionGUID="4483ea6d-acb7-4190-8c33-70c9ba905a14" CreationDate="2009-05-18T21:55:41.920" UserId="1" Comment="Merged question 'SQL Server 2005 Maintenance Plan Transaction Log Backup Failing' by bofe" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="17385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9668" RevisionGUID="4e71b1af-18b1-47cd-9626-2593599b60b0" CreationDate="2009-05-18T21:57:10.593" UserId="123" Text="I was recently assigned to deploying a sharepoint 3 site to allow people to manage their workflow through sharepoint. One of the things that need to be done is tasks need to synced with the exchange server so that if somone asigns a task via sharepoint it will apear in their tasks folder." />
  <row Id="17386" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9668" RevisionGUID="4e71b1af-18b1-47cd-9626-2593599b60b0" CreationDate="2009-05-18T21:57:10.593" UserId="123" Text="Syncing Exchange with sharepoint" />
  <row Id="17387" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9668" RevisionGUID="4e71b1af-18b1-47cd-9626-2593599b60b0" CreationDate="2009-05-18T21:57:10.593" UserId="123" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;exchange-2007&gt;" />
  <row Id="17388" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9669" RevisionGUID="b91bfbc4-190c-4135-97b1-dcb16a81f43a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T22:06:35.237" UserId="3012" Text="I know Symantec's Partition Magic is supposed to be able to do this. Maybe you can grab a free trial and give it a go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: In case its unclear, I've never tried this myself and therefore cannot vouch for that software." />
  <row Id="17389" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9670" RevisionGUID="15bcdea4-9388-4698-9927-032a89970b1e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T22:08:56.107" UserId="3038" Text="As others have mentioned, LDAP is a pretty simple way of doing it. The Linux docs can be found &lt;a href=&quot;http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LDAP-HOWTO/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. When setting up the pam configs you can specify that users have to be members of a specific group to log in, which allows you to use the LDAP tools to add/remove users from groups in order to allow/deny them access to specific servers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're just using SAMBA and have an Active Directory domain you can join machines to, Samba can join domains. This and Winbind will allow you to manage which shares users can have access to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for end user workstation management by policy, I'm not so sure. Novell has some things for that if you're willing to spend money (under their Zen line). " />
  <row Id="17390" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9671" RevisionGUID="da69f73a-9665-4432-ac22-60eeaa019fd2" CreationDate="2009-05-18T22:10:28.897" UserId="2340" Text="I'm doing a compare of my development server with production and find one has this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    EXEC sp_grantdbaccess N'guest'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How would anyone take advantage of the guest user in a connection string?  It doesn't seem to be mapped to a logon.  In pubs I see guest is a member of public.  Guest doesn't seem to be deletable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this some sort of anonymous access account or what?  If this is a security problem, what do I do to fix it?" />
  <row Id="17391" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9671" RevisionGUID="da69f73a-9665-4432-ac22-60eeaa019fd2" CreationDate="2009-05-18T22:10:28.897" UserId="2340" Text="Security effects of granting guest access to a database" />
  <row Id="17392" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9671" RevisionGUID="da69f73a-9665-4432-ac22-60eeaa019fd2" CreationDate="2009-05-18T22:10:28.897" UserId="2340" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql2000&gt;&lt;guest&gt;" />
  <row Id="17393" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9672" RevisionGUID="35dc0ecc-6d8d-491e-922c-a6578c98103c" CreationDate="2009-05-18T22:13:53.913" UserId="2875" Text="How do I setup Windows Server 2003 to default newly created domain users to be configured with a roaming profile path?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's say I have roaming profiles stored at the path \\server\profiles\. Is there some key or policy that I can set the default profile path to something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;\\server\profiles\$username&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;without me having to remember to configure the profile path for each newly created user manually?" />
  <row Id="17394" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9672" RevisionGUID="35dc0ecc-6d8d-491e-922c-a6578c98103c" CreationDate="2009-05-18T22:13:53.913" UserId="2875" Text="How to automate configuration of roaming profile paths for newly created domain users in Windows Server 2003?" />
  <row Id="17395" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9672" RevisionGUID="35dc0ecc-6d8d-491e-922c-a6578c98103c" CreationDate="2009-05-18T22:13:53.913" UserId="2875" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;roaming&gt;&lt;profile&gt;&lt;windows-domain&gt;" />
  <row Id="17396" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9673" RevisionGUID="4fb6724a-aa52-47f8-b6aa-7169ffea2157" CreationDate="2009-05-18T22:18:10.363" UserId="3054" Text="There is one more source of errors:&#xD;&#xA;Log shipping can interfere with log backup process if you put files for log shipping into another folder. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Full sequence of log backups starting from the last full database backup must be in the same place (folder).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9674" RevisionGUID="21105da3-1245-4a81-86b0-822a417a7419" CreationDate="2009-05-18T22:19:35.400" UserId="1102" Text="As far as I know, SharePoint doesn't really sync tasks with Exchange. It does so with Outlook, which then communicates with Exchange.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're running Outlook 2007, From the task list in SharePoint, there's a &quot;Connect to Outlook&quot; option in the Actions menu. Once connected, you get a new header in your task list called &quot;Other tasks&quot; with your task list as an item.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're running Outlook 2003, you're pretty much out of luck as tasks don't sync (from what I've gathered). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll want to be sure and give the Settings-&gt;List Settings-&gt;Advanced Permissions for the task list a look, specifically &quot;Item-level Permissions&quot;. No sense in showing everyone connected all tasks. Unless that's what you're looking for, of course." />
  <row Id="17398" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9675" RevisionGUID="e5499342-af5a-4e8b-abfa-fbdbc2863cbe" CreationDate="2009-05-18T22:19:42.387" UserId="2783" Text="Off the top of my head, Hyper-V Server does not allow for high availability (so if you want to do clustering, you need the full version of Windows, either core or full install).  It also does not do quick migration or support more than 4 processors and 32 GB of RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hyper-V Server and Server core have command-line GUIs, which can make administration of some tasks tricky, although you can do most of the administration through Hyper-V Manager or Virtual Machine Manager once the server is setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For reliability, you would want to use the Server Core installation instead of the full install in the parent partition.  The fewer services there are running in the parent partition, the less components there are to patch or that could cause reliability issues (and the attack surface of the server is reduced as well).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you note, there are also licencing benefits to using the full version of Windows Server... Enterprise Edition includes a license for 4 virtualized versions of Windows, and Datacenter provides licenses for unlimited virtualized guests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a useful table here to help with the decision: http://www.microsoft.com/hyper-v-server/en/us/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="17399" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9676" RevisionGUID="2ad343a7-13e3-423b-b805-96d11e9b8feb" CreationDate="2009-05-18T22:24:37.887" UserId="984" Text="If the computers you that profiles will be roaming on are in a OU or group that you can apply a Group Policy too then you can set the Roaming Profile Path per computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open up your group policy editor and go to here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Computer Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ System/User Profiles \ Set roaming profile path for all users on this computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9677" RevisionGUID="f10ce159-f744-4306-834a-d58b74cec21a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T22:25:02.160" UserId="1561" Text="More than data deletion or other malicious activity, the first thing that comes to mind is accessability of your data by unauthorized users.  For some attackers, sometimes it's not about what you can destroy, but what you can copy onto their system(s).  If they can replicate any sensitive data you have, then it doesn't matter if they try to come back - after all, they have their own copy!  The horse will pretty much be out the barn door in this case, and sealing the breach after the fact only stops other attempts, not the replication of data already taken." />
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  <row Id="17404" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="9672" RevisionGUID="0ab5b8e7-2d5b-4b8c-a89a-e5df97bb3105" CreationDate="2009-05-18T22:28:07.143" UserId="2875" Comment="edited title" Text="How to automate configuration of roaming profile paths for newly-created domain users in Windows Server 2003?" />
  <row Id="17405" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="9676" RevisionGUID="af8483f8-2fb5-440e-9228-b15eaa5f4303" CreationDate="2009-05-18T22:30:30.883" UserId="984" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:984,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Zoredache&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="17406" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9678" RevisionGUID="1a781993-0cb4-456f-bb77-eac121f1140a" CreationDate="2009-05-18T22:31:53.410" UserId="385" Text="If a login to SQL Server has no other way into a database, the guest user permits that access. You must first have a valid login to SQL Server. Whatever permission is granted to guest, that login will have the rights to do. There are a couple of things to look at:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What permissions does guest have?&#xD;&#xA; - What permissions does the public role have (all users, including guest, are a member of this role)?&#xD;&#xA; - What roles is guest a member of and what permissions do those roles have?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The general advice is not to enable the guest user. If a login should have access to a database, it is better to grant explicit access. That makes it easier to audit. With that said, you will notice that the system databases master and msdb have the guest user enabled if you take a look. This is a requirement. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17407" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9679" RevisionGUID="359105bc-7bf0-48f0-a564-6608ae3e570b" CreationDate="2009-05-18T22:32:57.930" UserId="3004" Text="What about adding a checksum ([sha1][1] for example) of the log entry for every log entry. Of course, if somebody has access to this database (or wherever you are going to store the logging data) will be still able to add a fake entry, with a valid checksum. But if you add some [salt][2] before generating the checksum, I think it will be impossible to generate the valid checksum and it will be very easy to check for the authenticity of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA_hash_functions&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_(cryptography)" />
  <row Id="17408" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9676" RevisionGUID="72fa6e97-ab89-4ee6-9627-a03fae3246fa" CreationDate="2009-05-18T22:33:45.793" UserId="984" Comment="added 311 characters in body" Text="For Vista/Windows 2008 computers.  If the computers you that profiles will be roaming on are in a OU or group that you can apply a Group Policy too then you can set the Roaming Profile Path per computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open up your group policy editor and go to here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Computer Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ System/User Profiles \ Set roaming profile path for all users on this computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For older systems XP windows 2003 you can create a couple Template accounts and simply copy the accounts.  When you copy the accounts many of the fields will start with the copied values.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One other  alternative is to script account creation with Powershell or vbscript.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17409" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9680" RevisionGUID="df156d02-96b7-44f6-af4f-b703c4ed38b9" CreationDate="2009-05-18T22:36:14.133" UserId="3038" Text="In my limited experience, system compromises on Linux tend to be more 'comprehensive' than they are on Windows. The root kits are much more likely to include replacing system binaries with customized code to hide the malware, and the barrier to hot-patching the kernel is a bit lower. Plus, it's the home OS for a lot of malware authors. The general guidance is always to rebuild the affected server from scratch, and it is the general guidance for a reason. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Format that puppy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*But, if you can't rebuild (or the-powers-that-be won't let you rebuild it against your strenuous insistence that it needs it), what do you look for?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since it sounds like it has been a while since the intrusion was discovered, and a system restore has been done, it is very probable that the traces of how they got in have been stomped over in the stampede to restore service. Unfortunate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unusual network traffic is probably the easiest to find, as that doesn't involve running anything on the box and can be done while the server is up and doing whatever. Presuming, of course, your networking gear allows port-spanning. What you find may or may not be diagnostic, but at least it is information. Getting unusual traffic will be strong evidence that the system is still compromised and needs flattening. It might be good enough to convince TPTB that a reformat really, truly, is worth the downtime.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Failing that, take a dd-copy of your system partitions and mount 'em on another box. Start comparing contents with a server at the same patch-level as the compromised one. It should help you identify what looks different (those md5sums again) and may point to overlooked areas on the compromised server. This is a LOT of sifting through directories and binaries, and will be rather labor intensive. It may even be more labor intensive than a reformat/rebuild would be, and may be another thing to hit up TPTB about actually doing the reformat it really needs." />
  <row Id="17410" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9665" RevisionGUID="95f0a2d8-5956-40d4-933a-acab1493b150" CreationDate="2009-05-18T22:39:38.573" UserId="2783" Comment="Added my information source at the beginning as I did not make up the answer ;)" Text="I checked with a developer on the Windows team, and the actual answer is much more innocuous than the other answers to this post :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At some point in the future, as the world transitions from IPV4 to IPV6, IPV4 will be eventually be disabled/uninstalled by companies that want to simplfy network management in their environments.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With Windows Vista, when IPv4 was uninstalled and IPv6 was enabled, a DNS query for an A (IPv4) address resulted in the IPv4 loopback (which came from the hosts file).  This of course caused problems when IPv4 was not installed.  The fix was to move the always present IPv4 and IPv6 loopback entries from the host into the DNS resolver, where they could be independently disabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Sean" />
  <row Id="17411" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9676" RevisionGUID="93186183-173a-4a40-935f-05cc0b67b8cb" CreationDate="2009-05-18T22:41:52.890" UserId="984" Comment="reformated a bit and added some more details" Text="For older systems **Windows XP/2003** you can create a couple [Template accounts][1] and simply copy the templates.  When you copy the accounts many of the fields will start with the copied values.  In your templates use variables like **%USERNAME%** instead of the username.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option is to script account creation with Powershell or vbscript.  Look around there are many good examples of scripts that will add accounts to the directory and set most options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For **Vista/Windows 2008** computers.  If the computers that profiles will be roaming on are in a OU or group that you can apply a Group Policy too then you can set the Roaming Profile Path per computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open up your group policy editor and go to here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Computer Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ System/User Profiles \ Set roaming profile path for all users on this computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/search?q=template+accounts+windows&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&amp;client=firefox-a" />
  <row Id="17412" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9668" RevisionGUID="51762418-3327-44e5-b5c2-a0d77f38f9c3" CreationDate="2009-05-18T22:42:52.823" UserId="123" Comment="added 42 characters in body" Text="I was recently assigned to deploying a sharepoint 3 site to allow people to manage their workflow through sharepoint. One of the things that need to be done is tasks need to synced with the exchange server so that if somone asigns a task via sharepoint it will apear in their tasks folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: I am using Sharepoint Services 3" />
  <row Id="17413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9681" RevisionGUID="c2c2460a-e039-4355-b0f1-df2375b38650" CreationDate="2009-05-18T22:50:46.693" UserId="2875" Text="I'm wanting to be able to login in to the OS X GUI remotely, in the background, i.e. without interrupting anyone that is currently sitting in front of the machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apple Remote Desktop or VNC don't cut it -- they only permite management of the machine from the console session. I realize I can get a remote ssh login, but I need to be able to get a full, standard GUI login.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this possible?" />
  <row Id="17414" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9681" RevisionGUID="c2c2460a-e039-4355-b0f1-df2375b38650" CreationDate="2009-05-18T22:50:46.693" UserId="2875" Text="Remote *background* GUI login to OSX workstation?" />
  <row Id="17415" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9681" RevisionGUID="c2c2460a-e039-4355-b0f1-df2375b38650" CreationDate="2009-05-18T22:50:46.693" UserId="2875" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;remote-access&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;" />
  <row Id="17416" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9682" RevisionGUID="b6daac70-877e-4947-bc04-72c236b8096c" CreationDate="2009-05-18T22:52:55.737" UserId="1305" Text="We have a brand new Dell 28-something-or-other that is running bare metal VMWare ESXi 3.  I'm getting conflicting information on whether there's a command line console for things lke creating new VMs, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to be able to automate (preferably with Ruby) creation, deletion, configuration, booting, etc of Linux (Ubuntu) guests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I already have the deployment process automated, once the machine is up, I just need to tie the VM provisioning into it, ideally as a [poolparty][1] remoter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://github.com/auser/poolparty/tree/master" />
  <row Id="17417" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9682" RevisionGUID="b6daac70-877e-4947-bc04-72c236b8096c" CreationDate="2009-05-18T22:52:55.737" UserId="1305" Text="What are my automation options with VMWare ESXi 3?" />
  <row Id="17418" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9682" RevisionGUID="b6daac70-877e-4947-bc04-72c236b8096c" CreationDate="2009-05-18T22:52:55.737" UserId="1305" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;ruby&gt;&lt;automation&gt;" />
  <row Id="17419" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9683" RevisionGUID="5a0fffe4-cdba-482e-bbe8-75468602679e" CreationDate="2009-05-18T23:08:56.593" UserId="1375" Text="It's not trivial.  Yes, there is a command line console.  There's also some sort of web interface.  Neither of them are particularly wonderful to automate against.  Given that you're obviously tech-savvy, why run VMWare at all?  Use one of the open source virtualisation systems out there, they're all easier to automate against, don't have VMWare's staggering licencing costs, and in my experience, don't perform any worse." />
  <row Id="17420" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9684" RevisionGUID="d0edd647-b77e-4b1e-a4c3-9c3ff10ccc99" CreationDate="2009-05-18T23:12:57.460" UserId="984" Text="The tool Vmware offers for this is the **VMware Infrastructure Remote Command Line**. ([Download &amp; Docs][1])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/drivers_tools.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17421" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9685" RevisionGUID="79b72e1e-2065-4853-9973-47a4c1a3fb3f" CreationDate="2009-05-18T23:16:10.480" UserId="2832" Text="Do you have any specific I/O requirements, i.e. does your application put a significant load on your database, even if only sporadically?  If you're doing the equivalent of running SQL*Loader (a bulk loading utility for Oracle) and doing a big write to a DB hosted on a cloud (or any virtual machine) you will likely see a hit on write performance. The performance hit will vary greatly based on the underlying storage architecture.  If you you have very specific I/O requirements, you probably don't want to go solely based on their cloud/VM specs as virtual disk performance can vary a great deal." />
  <row Id="17422" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9686" RevisionGUID="8ad0a7fa-15bb-47b8-87ef-eadf5220e3d2" CreationDate="2009-05-18T23:21:29.470" UserId="2831" Text="Multiple simultaneous GUI sessions are possible using a third-party VNC server.  This page describes the procedure for [Vine Server (OSXvnc)][1].  Although it mentions Tiger, these steps work on Leopard as well.  As for the clients, Leopard's built in &quot;Screen Sharing&quot; is based on VNC, but it cannot connect to third-party servers. You will need separate client software as well (e.g. [Chicken of the VNC][2])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using this method, new secondary sessions cannot be *created* in the background.  You have to create them using the Finder's normal &quot;fast user switching&quot;.  This just allows you to access the GUI sessions that you've switched away from, without interfering with the foreground GUI session.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.testplant.com/products/vine_viewer/multidesktop&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/cotvnc/" />
  <row Id="17423" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9687" RevisionGUID="50443032-c561-4631-8889-282e2ab6e373" CreationDate="2009-05-18T23:34:12.690" UserId="2032" Text="It is possible that you don't have the service starting in automatic. Take a look at the Surface Area Configuration for Features tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See this [document][1] for more information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188980(SQL.90).aspx" />
  <row Id="17424" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4753" RevisionGUID="02c75960-6c26-4073-9095-f289141ae07c" CreationDate="2009-05-18T23:34:24.953" UserId="216" Comment="added 147 characters in body" Text="Windows 7 introduces (optional) support for [DNSSEC][1] validation.  The controls can be found under &quot;Name Resolution Policy&quot; in the &quot;Local Group Policy&quot; plugin (`c:\windows\system32\gpedit.msc`)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, it doesn't (AFAIK) support [RFC 5155][2] `NSEC3` records, which many large zone operators (including `.com`) will be using when they go live with DNSSEC over the next couple of years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dnssec-deployment.org/AboutDNSSEC.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5155" />
  <row Id="17425" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9682" RevisionGUID="4ccaa336-5f05-4903-826f-8755707a6ff2" CreationDate="2009-05-18T23:35:13.077" UserId="1305" Comment="added 237 characters in body" Text="We have a brand new Dell 28-something-or-other that is running bare metal VMWare ESXi 3.  I'm getting conflicting information on whether there's a command line console for things lke creating new VMs, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to be able to automate (preferably with Ruby) creation, deletion, configuration, booting, etc of Linux (Ubuntu) guests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I already have the deployment process automated, once the machine is up, I just need to tie the VM provisioning into it, ideally as a [poolparty][1] remoter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Options I think I have but am not entirely sure about:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Enable SSH][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [Write Ruby code against the VIX API][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://github.com/auser/poolparty/tree/master&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3i/ESXi_enable_SSH.php&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://github.com/rhythmx/vixr/tree/master" />
  <row Id="17426" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9688" RevisionGUID="9661141a-6279-4b89-9ffc-a48721f70645" CreationDate="2009-05-18T23:35:38.490" UserId="1840" Text="It wouldn't be such a bad idea to have the three devices synchronize it's time with one source.   Try setting up a time server on one of your boxes and have the rest sync to it... or have the three sync to a known good external [time server][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/ntp.html" />
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  <row Id="17428" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9689" RevisionGUID="b8c602c5-dbe0-4c8a-8a88-e2e27d046e3f" CreationDate="2009-05-18T23:36:07.867" UserId="2831" Text="Another reason to hold off on investing in a screen recording tool right now, OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) has one built-in: [ Screen Recording in Snow Leopard's Quicktime X][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/04/24/snow_leopard_to_offer_screen_recording_via_quicktime_x_player.html" />
  <row Id="17429" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9690" RevisionGUID="c6d50559-d3dd-4cd2-9bd9-7dc71396f7df" CreationDate="2009-05-18T23:38:23.930" UserId="1250" Text="I'm working with a company whose infrastructure team could use some guidance for deploying a .Net application. I've seen some incredible guides for programming best practices with .net. Are there any similar guides or resources for configuring IIS and windows that I could pass along?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any assistance appreciated." />
  <row Id="17430" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9690" RevisionGUID="c6d50559-d3dd-4cd2-9bd9-7dc71396f7df" CreationDate="2009-05-18T23:38:23.930" UserId="1250" Text="Are there any best practice guides for IIS and .net applications?" />
  <row Id="17431" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9690" RevisionGUID="c6d50559-d3dd-4cd2-9bd9-7dc71396f7df" CreationDate="2009-05-18T23:38:23.930" UserId="1250" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;.net&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="17432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9691" RevisionGUID="36ed7bce-7545-4d9a-ad6a-0bce5f4331a0" CreationDate="2009-05-18T23:39:44.410" UserId="2099" Text="Are there any nice tools for doing a 'tail -f' on a remote (linux) server?  It would be nice to be able to do something like &quot;taillog server_host /var/log/syslog&quot; to view logs on various servers without having to ssh in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How about an app that shows multiple logs side-by-side?" />
  <row Id="17433" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9691" RevisionGUID="36ed7bce-7545-4d9a-ad6a-0bce5f4331a0" CreationDate="2009-05-18T23:39:44.410" UserId="2099" Text="Viewing logs on a remote linux server" />
  <row Id="17434" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9691" RevisionGUID="36ed7bce-7545-4d9a-ad6a-0bce5f4331a0" CreationDate="2009-05-18T23:39:44.410" UserId="2099" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;log-files&gt;" />
  <row Id="17435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9692" RevisionGUID="a4064e2d-9201-4fb7-b3e9-1e84a1f2dc43" CreationDate="2009-05-18T23:41:53.767" UserId="2831" Text="There is a database of these hidden settings at [secrets.blacktree.com][1].  They also offer a free PrefPane you can install to twiddle these (instead of cutting and pasting from the website into Terminal).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://secrets.blacktree.com/" />
  <row Id="17436" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9692" RevisionGUID="a4064e2d-9201-4fb7-b3e9-1e84a1f2dc43" CreationDate="2009-05-18T23:41:53.767" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="17437" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9693" RevisionGUID="d6489a8e-971b-4654-b513-6e954aafea49" CreationDate="2009-05-18T23:42:56.557" UserId="3038" Text="The code should probably be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost _default_:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       ServerName example.com&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        ServerName www.example.com&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See: &lt;a href=&quot;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/examples.html#default&quot;&gt;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/examples.html#default&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This explicitly defines the &quot;example.com&quot; vhost as the host to use if nothing else matches." />
  <row Id="17438" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8192" RevisionGUID="853aeb8e-bb13-41b9-9d8a-eb5a0fc61b43" CreationDate="2009-05-18T23:43:51.830" UserId="1840" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;wifi&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;rogue&gt;" />
  <row Id="17439" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9694" RevisionGUID="49005faa-7e58-47db-9055-1412dc817aaa" CreationDate="2009-05-18T23:47:18.067" UserId="1561" Text="[Multitail][1] will do what you're after on the local machine.  It does not specifically mention if it will work across a network, although there are several ways to work around that (NFS mounts, SMB mounts, etc.)  It also says it will work as a syslog server, which implies that it might be able to receive active data from another machine's syslog, although I have never used that feature and don't know if that's the case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vanheusden.com/multitail/features.html" />
  <row Id="17440" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9695" RevisionGUID="f066c46d-be17-4499-9c69-0034f3f5af90" CreationDate="2009-05-18T23:56:56.330" UserId="984" Text="If you setup key-based ssh authentication and sudo on the remote hosts on the remote hosts to allow running tail against the log files without password prompting.  It would be pretty easy to build a taillog script that does what you want like below.  This doesn't really avoid ssh, but it does save you a couple steps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    ssh $1 sudo tail -f $2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, you could setup syslog to forward all the log messages to a central system and then run your tail command on the syslog server.  Just watch the log files on the central system." />
  <row Id="17441" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9696" RevisionGUID="528d5917-72c7-4823-a49e-4ab55088d770" CreationDate="2009-05-19T00:03:20.553" UserId="859" Text="Is there a way to limit the total amount of time a single user can be logged into an account on Windows XP Pro?  I'm looking for some way to specify that user X can be logged in for N hours a week and possibly warn them when they are running out of time.  I've poked around a bit but haven't been able to turn anything up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not particularly interested in limiting the amount of time for a single session (unless of course they use up their entire allotment in one go) although that is a possibility if I could limit the number of logins per day as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can this be done natively or does there exist a third party app that enables this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As the tag indicates this is a home use question as I'm trying to find a solution to ration my kids computer time this summer when they are out of school but I can see the solution being of interest in other shared resource environments as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="17443" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9696" RevisionGUID="528d5917-72c7-4823-a49e-4ab55088d770" CreationDate="2009-05-19T00:03:20.553" UserId="859" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;home-use&gt;" />
  <row Id="17444" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9684" RevisionGUID="5a9524e9-d128-4f8c-bb4c-51ccc1b31bc5" CreationDate="2009-05-19T00:06:05.123" UserId="984" Comment="added 107 characters in body" Text="The tool Vmware offers for this is the **VMware Infrastructure Remote Command Line**. ([Download &amp; Docs][1])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [Importing the RCLI Appliance][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/drivers_tools.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3i/Import_RCLI_Appliance.html" />
  <row Id="17445" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9697" RevisionGUID="806c88ea-42bc-435e-ab57-f52f986d9d9c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T00:08:15.560" UserId="2423" Text="several of my users in this situation have had good luck with this program:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.pchomesoft.com/kta/index.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It provides for a fairly insane amount of customization, including limiting the number of hours per day the computer will function." />
  <row Id="17446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9698" RevisionGUID="c2d13a45-1fdc-4faf-9de4-1f59ddbaffc5" CreationDate="2009-05-19T00:21:18.827" UserId="2917" Text="If you use the soon command from the Windows 2000 Resource Kit, you could have it schedule a logout after a set number of minutes by creating a scheduled task that runs at logon with the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    soon.exe shutdown.exe /l&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, if you just want them out at a certain time, you can also set the times that they're allowed to login via the properties of the AD objects.  Unfortunately, I'm not aware of a way to apply this via group policy, so you'll have to do a mass edit by crtl/shift-clicking in Active Directory Users &amp; Computers to make the change.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17447" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9699" RevisionGUID="acc714c2-717b-4dfd-a089-402e9ea2932a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T00:35:39.550" UserId="2917" Text="By setting up a wildcard DNS entry, you can have as many names as you want go to your default website.  Once the user hits that website, if you need it to redirect to another site, have your default.asp file look for the HOST header to determine if it needs to redirect, otherwise, go ahead and load the rest of the site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;References:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Wildcard Host Headers with IIS7][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[List of HTTP headers][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msmvps.com/blogs/bernard/archive/2005/03/22/39218.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_headers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not very good with web development, but this should at least get you started." />
  <row Id="17448" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9700" RevisionGUID="f55f1286-db0d-4845-9820-3d9bac93aef1" CreationDate="2009-05-19T00:38:46.270" UserId="2948" Text="Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but checkout the IIS 6 Operations Guide on MS TechNet.  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc785089(WS.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="17449" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9690" RevisionGUID="e817cbed-b114-4bc9-be2b-8d7a4ecf4558" CreationDate="2009-05-19T00:55:29.577" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;.net&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="17450" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9527" RevisionGUID="e79080eb-391f-4256-bd48-d7471af2db3d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T01:08:06.317" UserId="2604" Comment="Added note (marked by &quot;EDIT&quot;) to explain that the TechNet article can help Vista and pre-Vista roaming profiles coexist." Text="The structure of user profiles changed between Windows 5.x (XP, Server 2003) and Windows 6.x (Vista, Server 2008, 7).  The 64-bitness does not affect the user profile structure.  Under Windows 5.x, only one folder inside the user profile was clearly made visible to users:  &quot;My Documents&quot;.  All user data was supposed to be stored underneath &quot;My Documents&quot; in subfolders, if necessary.  Windows 6.x made the profile folder itself the visible entry point for user data.  &quot;My Pictures&quot;, &quot;My Videos&quot;, and &quot;My Music&quot; were taken out of &quot;My Documents&quot;, renamed without the word &quot;My&quot;, and made peers of &quot;Documents&quot; under the user profile folder.  See the following Microsoft TechNet article for a great description of user profiles, redirected folders, and the differences in structure between Windows XP and Windows Vista:  &lt;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766489.aspx&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your &quot;My Documents&quot; folder can still function as the catch-all user data storage location, and it probably needs to if you are redirecting this folder.  The Vista users will just have a bunch of empty folders in their profile, and programs that are written correctly to save to the new locations will save locally instead of under the redirected &quot;Documents&quot; folder.  (This may be overridable with Group Policy.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as the user profile as a whole is concerned, Microsoft has changed other parts of the profile structure as well, and my assumption has been that Windows 5.x profiles are not compatible with Windows 6.x profiles.  &lt;i&gt;(EDIT:  They aren't compatible, but if you follow the instructions in the TechNet article linked above, Vista will apparently keep its roaming profile separate from XP's with a .V2 extension on the profile folder.)&lt;/i&gt;  I chose not to even try to make this work, and my advice to you is to keep Vista and pre-Vista user profiles completely separate.  In my company, when a user gets a new machine with Windows Vista, I rename their roaming profile and manually move all of the documents where they need to be.  (You could use Vista's &quot;Windows Easy Transfer&quot; program to migrate settings, but I've never tried it.)  Users with Vista on their primary machine may only use XP machines if those machines have Group Policies that are disallowing roaming profiles and offline files.  My environment is small, however, and you may not have the luxury of these kinds of restrictions.  Best wishes!" />
  <row Id="17451" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9701" RevisionGUID="0ac659b8-2352-491c-8db0-5b7842d5d72b" CreationDate="2009-05-19T01:08:38.563" UserId="2546" Text="Document form protection is a lot easier to break than document opening protection. Simply open Microsoft Script Editor and replace the contents of the UnprotectPassword value with nothing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm on a Linux box at the moment, so I can't write you a step-by-step, but [this page][1] looks pretty clear. If you have any problems, leave me a comment and I'll help you out next time I'm using a Windows machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gmayor.com/Remove_Password.htm" />
  <row Id="17452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9702" RevisionGUID="a1631b72-2f27-4c2f-bb54-3348e0e354e4" CreationDate="2009-05-19T01:10:57.047" UserId="2258" Text="I am running Windows 2008, and have an Enterprise CA installed. How can I make all servers auto-enlist to get a certificate for RDP? I don't want to have to do this manually on each machine." />
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  <row Id="17456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9703" RevisionGUID="e4ef260b-3114-44cb-98f3-3c3ba08bc3e6" CreationDate="2009-05-19T01:30:45.587" UserId="2906" Text="In this case, which chat program are you using? If you are using Digsby, it ignores the flag and will flash the window forever. I use Digsby myself and that is the most annoying &quot;feature&quot; of the program! If it is Digsby that has the problem, you can find some information on controlling on their forums at http://forum.digsby.com/viewtopic.php?id=3361.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it isn't Digsby, the best thing to do is contact the developer of the application and ask them to follow the Windows settings rather than forcing Windows to flash constantly." />
  <row Id="17457" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9704" RevisionGUID="591189fa-3f8d-48d7-82f8-22b328b6dc63" CreationDate="2009-05-19T01:56:42.983" UserId="301" Text="If the log files are being generated on the client server via the `syslog` facility then the best way is to setup the clients syslog daemon to forward those logs to a seperate host. For example, if I have an internal name `syslog.private` which points to the remote server that I want to receive the log entries. I can add the following line to the `/etc/syslog.conf` on the client server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    *.*          @syslog.private&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and then restart the syslog daemon on the client&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    service syslog reload&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will cause every entry that passes through the clients syslog to be sent across the wire to `syslog.private` and if that machine is configured correctly, the entries will be available there as well. In RedHat systems this is controlled by the `/etc/sysconfig/syslog` file. Make sure the `-r` option is present &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    % grep &quot;SYSLOGD&quot; /etc/sysconfig/syslog &#xD;&#xA;    SYSLOGD_OPTIONS=&quot;-m 0 -r&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and then restart the syslog daemon on the receiving server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also control what is forwarded to the remote server by adding exclusions, see the example below&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    *.*;mail.none	@syslog.private&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which says forward everything to `syslog.private` with the exception of anything sent to the `mail` facility.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this solution works out for you, you may consider one of the alternate syslog implementations like [rsyslog][1], or [syslog-ng][2], which provide extra logging and storage options. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rsyslog.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/" />
  <row Id="17458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9705" RevisionGUID="cd0a74e7-ce6e-456d-addd-7d926c6c8443" CreationDate="2009-05-19T02:03:49.947" UserId="1619" Text="This is clearly not answering your question, but if you have more than a few logs to watch, and less than the free edition limit, you can try [Splunk][1] for free to have a nice interface and useful to all your logging data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;tail -f does support more than one log, but not side by side, only downwards.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.splunk.com" />
  <row Id="17459" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9706" RevisionGUID="602a9472-24ad-4175-8cc7-9c4f319f0a80" CreationDate="2009-05-19T02:04:46.263" UserId="3066" Text="You might want to check out this site:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Internet Explorer 8 Installation Prerequisites&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd433079.aspx" />
  <row Id="17460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9707" RevisionGUID="2774ea0a-0631-49e1-9b6d-19fcc0f73398" CreationDate="2009-05-19T02:12:23.830" UserId="3066" Text="If you are routing email from your LAN via a WAN (external) IP address that is not listed in your domain's MX records, then a majority of spam solutions will flag your email as spam.  Adjusting your SPF records to include these WAN IPs would defintely help the situation.   " />
  <row Id="17461" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9485" RevisionGUID="0289e823-ec68-4a35-908f-8feb8449060f" CreationDate="2009-05-19T02:17:34.410" UserId="2882" Comment="added an update" Text="Our mail server was originally setup using self-created certificates, however when those expired and I tried to recreate them, the whole thing just blew up. Since I know it will be important, we are running a Debian server and Postfix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I see these errors generated in the mail logs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    May 15 08:06:34 letterpress postfix/smtpd[22901]: warning: cannot get certificate from file /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.cert&#xD;&#xA;    May 15 08:06:34 letterpress postfix/smtpd[22901]: warning: TLS library problem: 22901:error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or directory:bss_file.c:352:fopen('/etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.cert','r'):&#xD;&#xA;    May 15 08:06:34 letterpress postfix/smtpd[22901]: warning: TLS library problem: 22901:error:20074002:BIO routines:FILE_CTRL:system lib:bss_file.c:354:&#xD;&#xA;    May 15 08:06:34 letterpress postfix/smtpd[22901]: warning: TLS library problem: 22901:error:140DC002:SSL routines:SSL_CTX_use_certificate_chain_file:system lib:ssl_rsa.c:720:&#xD;&#xA;    May 15 08:06:34 letterpress postfix/smtpd[22901]: cannot load RSA certificate and key data&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And when trying to access email from a client like Thunderbird from outside our local network, you receive &quot;Unable to connect to smtp server&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;Update:&lt;/b&gt; I have verified that the file does exist. The current owner of the file is root:root. Does this need to be changed?" />
  <row Id="17462" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6512" RevisionGUID="f3133f53-d759-4745-9fd2-f18cd65ea2fe" CreationDate="2009-05-19T02:20:35.233" UserId="2318" Comment="added 114 characters in body" Text="If you've configured the Podcast Producer service on your OS X Server then the obvious answer would be to use Podcast Capture on the client since ***it already comes with Mac OS***.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See: [http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/features/podcasts.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/features/podcasts.html" />
  <row Id="17463" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9708" RevisionGUID="227864e2-649f-40e7-ad0d-08f86ea153d2" CreationDate="2009-05-19T02:24:42.103" UserId="2882" Text="I'm pretty much a n00b at system administration and I am responsible for maintaining two Debian servers. Every time I have to do anything with security certificates, I google for tutorials and beat away until it finally works. However, in my searchings I often come across different file formats (.key, .csr, .key, .pem) but I've never been able to find a good explanation of what each file format's purpose is, etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was wondering if the good folks here at serverfault could provide some clarification on this matter?" />
  <row Id="17464" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9708" RevisionGUID="227864e2-649f-40e7-ad0d-08f86ea153d2" CreationDate="2009-05-19T02:24:42.103" UserId="2882" Text="What is a Pem file and how does it differ from other OpenSSL Generated Key File Formats?" />
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  <row Id="17468" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9710" RevisionGUID="3897114e-3e09-4f95-a7e8-740b13f00b5f" CreationDate="2009-05-19T02:26:12.413" UserId="3066" Text="Have the customer add an A Record for the IP addresses of your hosted application in their DNS zone.  Then in IIS 7 Mananger, create a binding (host header / IP address pairing) for each domain host record they have assigned to your application.  Example: myapp.mydomain.com, coolapp.anotherdomain.net, etc." />
  <row Id="17469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9711" RevisionGUID="2c0d2035-e5d4-41d1-923f-1d0006244992" CreationDate="2009-05-19T02:29:32.670" UserId="2318" Text="    ifconfig en0 ether 00:00:00:00:00:00&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Changes (spoofs) MAC address until next reboot" />
  <row Id="17470" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9711" RevisionGUID="2c0d2035-e5d4-41d1-923f-1d0006244992" CreationDate="2009-05-19T02:29:32.670" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="17471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9712" RevisionGUID="f6a499f0-4d99-4861-b2fa-2eb83dc4f7e4" CreationDate="2009-05-19T02:34:14.720" UserId="3066" Text="Looks as if there is a time-out feature you can enable.  Don't know if it will be useful to you.  This MS blog seems pretty informative:  http://blogs.msdn.com/rds/archive/2007/09/28/terminal-services-remoteapp-session-termination-logic.aspx" />
  <row Id="17472" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8943" RevisionGUID="62dee0b0-adf9-4334-b2e9-57141180fdc4" CreationDate="2009-05-19T02:34:54.017" UserId="2012" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Netbackup from Veritas had good linux backup support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tivoli(sp?) from IBM has good Linux backup support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have used both in the last few years, the best way to do it is to script copies to samba shares, let backupexec slurp the files and then educate your windows dude how to troubleshoot the basics. This is how I have been doing linux backup for the last 2 years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they are LAMP servers you could take a day and build a wiki article on how to create a LAMP server and then how to restore it.  This is a great exercise for business continuity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17473" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9713" RevisionGUID="87b90ec3-1cc7-4c32-8f28-07e03b538342" CreationDate="2009-05-19T02:38:03.077" UserId="2604" Text="Set the permissions of \\\fileserver\users as described in the Microsoft TechNet article entitled &quot;Security Considerations when Configuring Folder Redirection&quot; &lt;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc775853(WS.10).aspx&gt;.  The situation you are describing is exactly the situation in which folder redirection operates.  The permissions described will allow regular user accounts to create their own folders and then to access them, but they will not allow users to access folders belonging to others.  Thus, a logon script will operate as you desire once these permissions are set.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For what it's worth, your next step along the road to best practices is to actually *use* folder redirection and get rid of drive mapping altogether.  Windows surfaces redirected folders throughout the user interface, and so it is easier for users to find a redirected folder than a mapped drive.  Also, folder redirection requires no scripting, and folder creation is automatic, which is what you want." />
  <row Id="17474" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9714" RevisionGUID="2d4d37f2-9bf1-4c42-96a2-712f3568b59e" CreationDate="2009-05-19T02:38:12.717" UserId="3062" Text="Our small company is planning on setting up a web server.  The website will have a SQL Server Express back end, and will probably be used a few times daily by about 10 employees logging in from the field.  It will run 24x7, but occasional interruptions of a couple of hours or a whole weekend will not be a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've been happy with the Dell desktops and laptops we've used, so were thinking of going with Dell again.  When I checked out their website, I found a Small Office desktop Vostro with a dual core CPU and 2gb RAM for $399 (Canadian).  An equivalently configured Poweredge 100 server was nearly double the price.  I know that the Vostro will run Windows Server 2003, having already installed it on another Vostro.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I realize it's not a huge amount of money, but why the big price difference?  What would you recommend we purchase?" />
  <row Id="17475" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9714" RevisionGUID="2d4d37f2-9bf1-4c42-96a2-712f3568b59e" CreationDate="2009-05-19T02:38:12.717" UserId="3062" Text="Small web server hardware." />
  <row Id="17476" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9714" RevisionGUID="2d4d37f2-9bf1-4c42-96a2-712f3568b59e" CreationDate="2009-05-19T02:38:12.717" UserId="3062" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="17477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9715" RevisionGUID="ef0b02da-a9c5-40c6-9ac3-035e48e48a75" CreationDate="2009-05-19T02:42:59.930" UserId="584" Text="The Poweredge is going to be put together with server-grade hardware, generally meaning a higher [MTBF][1]. Often, it'll have faster drives and RAM as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're going to have good backups and a day or two of downtime is acceptable, go with the desktop (or buy two and mirror the data across).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If being down more than an hour or two is not acceptable, go with the Poweredge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTBF" />
  <row Id="17479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9717" RevisionGUID="3ca84b70-2b98-491f-a4af-268e5ca0c61e" CreationDate="2009-05-19T02:49:43.910" UserId="3038" Text="SSL has been around for long enough you'd think that there would be standards for how these things would work. And you're right, there are. Too many standards as it happens. So this is what I know, and I'm sure others will chime in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **.csr** This is a Certificate Signing Request. Some applications can generate these for submission to certificate-authorities. It includes some/all of the key details of the requested certificate such as subject, organization, state, whatnot. These get signed by the CA and a certificate is returned. The returned certificate is the public certificate, which itself can be in a couple of formats.&#xD;&#xA; - **.pem** This is the public-key of a specific certificate. In apache installs, this frequently resides in /etc/ssl/servercerts. This is also the format used for Certificate Authority certificates (/etc/ssl/certs)&#xD;&#xA; - **.key** This is the private-key of a specific certificate. In apache installs, this frequently resides in /etc/ssl/private. The rights on this directory and the certificates is very important, and some programs will refuse to load these certificates if they are set wrong.&#xD;&#xA; - **.pkcs12 .pfx** A passworded container format that contains both public and private certificate pairs. Every time I get one I have to google to remember the openssl-fu required to break it into .key and .pem files. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope this helps." />
  <row Id="17480" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9718" RevisionGUID="3fae55a7-3d0c-4671-9d6d-aa03a0481498" CreationDate="2009-05-19T02:50:08.510" UserId="1054" Text="Does the Poweredge model you're researching include a RAID controller?  That plus the disks could be contributing to the price difference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't need the protection of RAID and have a way of protecting your data go with the desktop and save the $$$." />
  <row Id="17481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9719" RevisionGUID="9475f6b8-9ec6-4f3e-8cd3-5287bae389ca" CreationDate="2009-05-19T02:52:25.947" UserId="758" Text="If you have a lab of servers and a staff to manage it, ask the staff what they like the best. Pay more for reliable hardware, to reduce the cost of management (salaries cost more than hardware).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're a very small shop and you don't already have a lab full of servers, consider a laptop. For example, my Windows Home Server is a Dell D600 laptop that I got on ebay for $300. Laptops are physically small, low power, and low heat.  The built-in keyboard/mouse/monitor makes it easy to manage. The built-in battery makes it hard to unplug by accident." />
  <row Id="17482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9720" RevisionGUID="bfc1dd51-c6c7-4c9c-8ab4-3a5a057d8202" CreationDate="2009-05-19T02:56:14.490" UserId="2012" Text="In the past I have handled this issue three different ways.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One, Microsoft ISA server.  This solves a couple of issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - you can limit the time the youth are on the internet&#xD;&#xA; - track what they are viewing and course correct behavior&#xD;&#xA; - throttle the speed that hey are able to surf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Two, Router that has login and filters&#xD;&#xA;  This is almost like internet cafe software but done at a hardware level&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Three,&#xD;&#xA;  when the above three attempts at a technological solution failed I reverted to a good old fashion power timer under the desk.  I put it all in a lock box and when it was time for them to be off the computer it went &quot;Click&quot; and there was no computer to be using.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The last was the most satisfying as a parent, the cheapest, and was full proof." />
  <row Id="17483" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9721" RevisionGUID="46142599-0ef7-42d3-83ca-65e8076eb8c1" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:00:13.780" UserId="1619" Text="Another thing to consider is the amount and quality of guarantee each buy offers. Typically servers have by default a better type of guarantee than a desktop. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can get a full day of downtime then the Vostro is fine (DELL default's desktop guarantee). If not, check if you can boost up the Vostro's guarantee and compare the cost again (the server will still be more expensive, but probably not the double by now)." />
  <row Id="17484" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9722" RevisionGUID="07ff0455-c15c-4014-a672-9aa0cc16b760" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:03:56.893" UserId="123" Text="I am in a situation where our portable hard drive has taken a turn for the worst and now our only alternative is to push images to a network share.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunaly norton ghost does not support networks (as far as i can see) so we are out of luck with what we currently got.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open source/free software would be great but paid versions will do." />
  <row Id="17485" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9722" RevisionGUID="07ff0455-c15c-4014-a672-9aa0cc16b760" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:03:56.893" UserId="123" Text="Image software that can push to a network share" />
  <row Id="17486" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9722" RevisionGUID="07ff0455-c15c-4014-a672-9aa0cc16b760" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:03:56.893" UserId="123" Text="&lt;image&gt;&lt;tools&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;network-share&gt;" />
  <row Id="17487" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9723" RevisionGUID="38e6426f-7d75-4d4f-b208-a327a27cd4aa" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:04:15.237" UserId="3066" Text="Update the network drivers on your servers to the latest version provided by your hardware vendor.  I find this sometimes fixes weird network issues." />
  <row Id="17488" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9721" RevisionGUID="512ae336-855e-430d-ab89-f5fbd8eec4e5" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:05:34.423" UserId="1619" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="Another thing to consider is the amount and quality of guarantee each buy offers. Typically servers have by default a better type of guarantee than a desktop. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can get a full day of downtime then the Vostro is fine (DELL default's desktop guarantee). If not, check if you can boost up the Vostro's guarantee and compare the cost again (the server will still be more expensive, but probably not the double by now).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or better, get a quote for the poweredge with the cheaper guarantee. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The differences in favor of a server quality machine that makes it more expensive are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Better manageability&#xD;&#xA;- Better hardware (fails less)&#xD;&#xA;- More hardware (RAID, Redundant Power Supply, ...)&#xD;&#xA;- Better guarantee&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But you may not need all that in your case, which you can measure by the amount of downtime you can withstand. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't forget to buy some external drives or something to do regular backups in each case." />
  <row Id="17489" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9724" RevisionGUID="eadf2709-e056-4aa2-8c12-d239b5e90700" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:06:04.330" UserId="248" Text="We have HP notebooks here at work, and it is policy to have HP's hard drive encryption turned on to protect client databases and IP in the case of loss/theft.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was wondering if there was any evidence of a performance hit in this situation? The machines are primarily used as development workstations. Anecdotal evidence here suggests that the machines are slower.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should we be using another approach (i.e. only encrypting the sensitive data as opposed to the entire disk)?" />
  <row Id="17490" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9724" RevisionGUID="eadf2709-e056-4aa2-8c12-d239b5e90700" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:06:04.330" UserId="248" Text="What impact does full hard drive encryption have on performance?" />
  <row Id="17491" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9724" RevisionGUID="eadf2709-e056-4aa2-8c12-d239b5e90700" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:06:04.330" UserId="248" Text="&lt;encryption&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="17495" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9726" RevisionGUID="cd5ed9d5-f3b8-433d-b2d0-dab4fd75ed60" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:07:52.750" UserId="1619" Text="[Acronis][1] True Image family of backup/image creation software does support network shares. It works pretty well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.acronis.com/" />
  <row Id="17496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9727" RevisionGUID="5537cdab-c485-47df-bf7f-9c4268184de7" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:08:32.810" UserId="2567" Text="I use [partimage][1], a Linux-based solution that takes full-partition or full-disk images and saves them as files. It can run across the network (by using `partimaged` on the server being used as storage) or by simply mounting a network share at some local folder, then saving at that folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page" />
  <row Id="17498" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9728" RevisionGUID="9ff2c7ed-c2dd-4ab8-9074-3f368fad103c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:20:51.350" UserId="3072" Text="I run a small (tiny for now) business, and I find I need a sysadmin for a couple of hours a month. I'm not good enough at it, and I don't enjoy it so I'm unlikely to ever be so. I'd like to hire outside help. Does anybody have any tips on where to look for, and how to evaluate, sysadmins? If it makes a difference my platform is Java on Linux." />
  <row Id="17499" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9728" RevisionGUID="9ff2c7ed-c2dd-4ab8-9074-3f368fad103c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:20:51.350" UserId="3072" Text="How and where can I find a good part-time sysadmin?" />
  <row Id="17500" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9728" RevisionGUID="9ff2c7ed-c2dd-4ab8-9074-3f368fad103c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:20:51.350" UserId="3072" Text="&lt;outsourcing&gt;" />
  <row Id="17501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9729" RevisionGUID="3831d7cd-ab1a-40c8-8910-01b312ed5ac0" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:24:00.813" UserId="2467" Text="The only proof is to measure. Take timings on a laptop with no encryption and compare with one that does. Of course there will be overhead in the encryption, but don't rely on a subjective &quot;feels slower&quot;. What encryption are you using? Bitlocker? 3rd party app?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As to the final question, it is too easy to accidentally miss (or even define) what is sensitive data. So I would keep the whole disk encryption if possible." />
  <row Id="17502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9730" RevisionGUID="a96b9071-b242-4dfc-ba35-6e2708ded044" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:26:22.773" UserId="1190" Text="Interestingly a reboot fixed it.  The file disappeared.  I am guessing the file didn't actually exist which is why I was unable to change anything on it.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is frustrating how often I forget the basics, but they continue to remain useful!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for the great suggestions though.  " />
  <row Id="17503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9731" RevisionGUID="c5d78bf6-763b-40f4-8a61-805ab5d498ed" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:30:28.740" UserId="768" Text="You could set up a spare computer for a pfSense firewall. I set up one where both the WAN and LAN adapters were connected to the same network switch, and any new DHCP requests were intercepted by the firewall, until it was disconnected. This would require somehow getting his computer to reacquire its DHCP lease. After that just disable bittorent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I would try to jimmy his door open, or pick his lock." />
  <row Id="17504" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9731" RevisionGUID="c5d78bf6-763b-40f4-8a61-805ab5d498ed" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:30:28.740" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="17506" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9733" RevisionGUID="965532ea-b640-4679-96d8-cabc0bf12bc6" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:40:29.750" UserId="2224" Text="The &quot;HP Protect Tools&quot; is a rebadged McAfee/Safeboot FDE product. The performance impact shouldn't be too bad -- I'm assuming that you're using AES.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We encrypted about 5,000 laptops three years ago, and our folks didn't report any significant performance issues. A few older boxes blue-screened, that's about it. You may be experiencing slowdowns immediately after enabling encryption... encrypting the disk can take 8-20 hours depending on the vintage of the equipment and size of the disk." />
  <row Id="17507" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9734" RevisionGUID="5a8d4bd8-108f-4008-88c8-b09fcc8da3aa" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:41:02.777" UserId="1661" Text="I have used various freelance web sites like [Scriptlance][1] and [Get A Freelancer][2] with good success. While those sites mostly focus on programming projects, there are categories for system administration and related tasks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've hired several part time junior admins from both of those sites with good results.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://scriptlance.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://getafreelancer.com" />
  <row Id="17508" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9735" RevisionGUID="5fd7cb7a-85fb-4e08-93dc-b2a527875fed" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:41:40.543" UserId="919" Text="Given a partition intended solely for storing music, video and so-on, is it possible to hide the lost+found directory?" />
  <row Id="17509" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9735" RevisionGUID="5fd7cb7a-85fb-4e08-93dc-b2a527875fed" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:41:40.543" UserId="919" Text="Is it possible to hide lost+found?" />
  <row Id="17510" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9735" RevisionGUID="5fd7cb7a-85fb-4e08-93dc-b2a527875fed" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:41:40.543" UserId="919" Text="&lt;file-sharing&gt;&lt;hidden-files&gt;&lt;storage&gt;" />
  <row Id="17511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9736" RevisionGUID="111b3131-ad08-4442-a62b-647260bfed6b" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:46:14.483" UserId="1661" Text="Lost+Found is where FSCK is going to deposit bits of files that it was able to recover if your file system is damaged. If the directory is currently empty, you are safe to just delete it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FSCK (I believe) will re-create it if it has anything that needs to be put there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not sure why the presence of that directory is problematic for you, though?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9737" RevisionGUID="045e9172-f235-4417-a507-22bc742b089e" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:46:27.867" UserId="1496" Text="No. But you can delete it (it'll be recreated at the next fsck), or you can use a different file system which doesn't need a lost+found. ext2/3 does." />
  <row Id="17513" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9738" RevisionGUID="efce8e7f-ec0a-4933-9472-6f5bc576b3d0" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:51:10.243" UserId="1682" Text="    rmdir lost+found" />
  <row Id="17514" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9739" RevisionGUID="719d43be-3ed8-4077-97fe-64a147b3484d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:53:54.543" UserId="1054" Text="If you are near to a college / university I might also suggest that you contact the CS department and see if there is a student that they might be willing to recommend.  The cost is less and you will frequently get as good or better attention than a freelancer.  Explain to the head of the department exactly what you're looking for and give the student a good interview.  It's good for you to make sure you have a picture of exactly what you need and can also help to jump start the career of a young person.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course you will not necessarily get the experience you would from a freelancer or consulting firm, so do with this what you will.  But I am a strong advocate of giving young people a chance to get going!" />
  <row Id="17515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9740" RevisionGUID="fbb584b5-74ce-4a7d-8cd7-037c8eae4e38" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:57:55.113" UserId="919" Text="To answer this question, we need to know: is your app disk bound, CPU bound, or something else? Traditionally disk encryption involves a minor hit to performance; disk is usually slow that the decryption overhead is miniscule. However, if CPU is a concern, this can get hairy. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Development workstations are usually CPU powerful, to improve productivity. Faster build times, autocompletion/intellisense, automated unit tests, etc. Normally a laptop's compromises in the name of portability hinder the idea; giving developers a laptop suggests you've already run out of ideas for spare CPU cycles and might be able to afford disk encryption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you need to do as an IT professional is build a model of what developers need computational power for, and benchmark how those tasks fare under proposed conditions: no encryption, full disk encryption, and partial encryption. " />
  <row Id="17516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9741" RevisionGUID="83f455b5-4913-4ee3-ac81-e38c2d0003ad" CreationDate="2009-05-19T03:59:18.777" UserId="2579" Text="Norton Ghost can save to a network share by one of two ways:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. You can create a boot disk/USB device to boot and map a drive to save the image to, or&#xD;&#xA;2. You can use GhostCast Server to save the image to a network share&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV" />
  <row Id="17517" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7363" RevisionGUID="c2ae3ff5-e6ea-4fe8-902a-3876b3c26226" CreationDate="2009-05-19T04:02:56.693" UserId="2318" Comment="deleted 3 characters in body" Text="    defaults write com.apple.iTunes AppleDisplayScaleFactor .75&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shrink iTunes to 75% normal size. It's off-topic, and not really that useful (unless you're using a small display), but fun enough that I can't resist posting it. It works for other apps too, e.g. To shrink Calculator.app by 50%: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    defaults write com.apple.Calculator AppleDisplayScaleFactor .5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17518" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9742" RevisionGUID="1ea6e11b-ebb4-43b1-b0e6-10dd1c68f5bf" CreationDate="2009-05-19T04:17:18.257" UserId="3075" Text="I soon will have a folder with thousands of files, each file on the order of a few KB.  I will need to transfer these across a Windows network from one UNC share to another.  In general, is it faster to simply copy the files over en masse, or would it be faster to zip them up (e.g., using 7zip in fastest mode) and send one or a few large files?  Or is there no difference in practice?" />
  <row Id="17519" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9742" RevisionGUID="1ea6e11b-ebb4-43b1-b0e6-10dd1c68f5bf" CreationDate="2009-05-19T04:17:18.257" UserId="3075" Text="Which is faster, and why: transferring several small files or few large files?" />
  <row Id="17520" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9742" RevisionGUID="1ea6e11b-ebb4-43b1-b0e6-10dd1c68f5bf" CreationDate="2009-05-19T04:17:18.257" UserId="3075" Text="&lt;copy&gt;&lt;copying&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;" />
  <row Id="17521" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9743" RevisionGUID="d5f61ec7-95a4-4ce6-bf90-d61869663fa9" CreationDate="2009-05-19T04:27:35.943" UserId="2944" Text="It is faster to transfer a single large file instead of lots of little files because of the overhead of negotiating the transfer.  The negotiation is done for each file, so transferring a single file it needs to be done once, transferring n files means it needs to be done n times.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will save yourself a lot of time if you zip first before the transfer." />
  <row Id="17522" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9744" RevisionGUID="20c41c06-d8f2-480d-b4a1-d5dd137d7e18" CreationDate="2009-05-19T04:36:41.090" UserId="2681" Text="We send notifications to our clients when we are scheduling system maintenance, or if the system is down or running slow. We use several methods of communication (email, web site status message, twitter, blog entries, phones). The problem with this approach is that these services are either hosted by us, our requires our internet connection to be useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We had a significant failure last week. I don't have all the details but in a nut shell a T1 went down and the fail-over failed. Email, phones, internet, ftp were down.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm a programmer and I suggested that I build a utility that automates most of these notification tasks from a simple web interface. This does no good if we host it internally and we are down. We need to move the notification services off-site somewhere. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My fear in doing this is that if the system notifications start coming from another domain, people are going to be scratching their heads; some may even disregard the alerts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions? " />
  <row Id="17523" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9744" RevisionGUID="20c41c06-d8f2-480d-b4a1-d5dd137d7e18" CreationDate="2009-05-19T04:36:41.090" UserId="2681" Text="System downtime notification services" />
  <row Id="17524" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9744" RevisionGUID="20c41c06-d8f2-480d-b4a1-d5dd137d7e18" CreationDate="2009-05-19T04:36:41.090" UserId="2681" Text="&lt;notification&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="17528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9746" RevisionGUID="b504ec11-9d2e-4ce3-91fc-8091ed51965b" CreationDate="2009-05-19T04:42:09.517" UserId="1433" Text="The also-somewhat-misnamed [VMware Infrastructure Toolkit][1] is another _excellent_ way to script and automate VMware administration tasks. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The one catch is that VI Toolkit is based on Windows PowerShell, so you'll likely need a Windows machine (or VM) around to work with it, as it's probably not supported on the Linux/Unix port of PowerShell ([Pash][2]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, it might be worth your time to install the free Windows 7 Release Candidate in a virtual machine and experiment with it. The PowerShell interface for VMware ESXi is extremely powerful, and has quickly become the preferred method for VM automation for Windows-based admins.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.vmware.com/vipowershell/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2008/04/08/powershell-on-linux-solaris-mac-etc.aspx" />
  <row Id="17530" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9748" RevisionGUID="8beb62cb-b90c-4bd5-95fb-ae9a38fa0344" CreationDate="2009-05-19T04:45:32.537" UserId="1840" Text="Try checking the event viewer, if you don't see anything obvious there (wouldn't surprise me) try giving the **MS debugging tools** a try: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/DevTools/Debugging/default.mspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/DevTools/Debugging/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="17531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9749" RevisionGUID="43a0837b-3d2f-42b2-82bb-1d39817eedd3" CreationDate="2009-05-19T04:50:01.763" UserId="626" Text="You could try craigslist" />
  <row Id="17532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9750" RevisionGUID="09362acf-e279-4d7e-93ed-001cd827db42" CreationDate="2009-05-19T05:02:29.413" UserId="2229" Text="Ok here is how I would approach this challenge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am assuming that he is using a static IP on the lan and running a microsoft OS on the lan.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Power off the hub that the computer is connected to.&#xD;&#xA;1. With a non-microsoft OS bring up a machine with the same IP address.&#xD;&#xA;2. Re-connect the roommates machine to the network, It should detect a duplicate IP and then shut down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The trick is that Microsoft OS's shut themselves down if they detect that their IP is in use, so you just need to make sure that his shuts down and not yours.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More details are here ... [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/120599][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If he is using DHCP then his machine will probably just grab another IP and then use UPNP to punch the correct hole in the firewall and you are back to square one again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/120599" />
  <row Id="17533" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9750" RevisionGUID="09362acf-e279-4d7e-93ed-001cd827db42" CreationDate="2009-05-19T05:02:29.413" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="17534" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9751" RevisionGUID="461d53be-f390-4e4b-b94c-d3a505105603" CreationDate="2009-05-19T05:04:47.100" UserId="2567" Text="Can you perhaps host your notification software on another host at another location/on another Internet connection, but have it resolve to a subdomain of your current domain? For example, if you're currently monitoring at example.com, you could move your service to monitor.example.com and start sending notifications from there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the utility, you might look into [Nagios][1] - it's a reasonably complete suite of monitoring tools that can watch web services, FTP, email, the works. You can host it separately and just configure all your main services to send status to the Nagios host, then configure Nagios to send alerts if it doesn't hear from the main site for a certain period of time or if the main site starts acting unexpectedly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nagios.org/" />
  <row Id="17535" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9752" RevisionGUID="52416e25-71aa-476d-ac3f-15557c993c21" CreationDate="2009-05-19T05:04:59.737" UserId="3079" Text="I inadvertantly got .py files stuck to opening my editor instead of running." />
  <row Id="17536" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9752" RevisionGUID="52416e25-71aa-476d-ac3f-15557c993c21" CreationDate="2009-05-19T05:04:59.737" UserId="3079" Text="how do I destroy or reset a file association in windows vista?" />
  <row Id="17537" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9752" RevisionGUID="52416e25-71aa-476d-ac3f-15557c993c21" CreationDate="2009-05-19T05:04:59.737" UserId="3079" Text="&lt;scripts&gt;&lt;file-associations&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="17539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9753" RevisionGUID="d781fd25-7b6a-4fae-8822-21496149b368" CreationDate="2009-05-19T05:12:33.717" UserId="1433" Text="There is a free/open source program called [g4u][1] (Ghost for Unix) that works pretty well as a Norton Ghost alternative. Don't let the name turn you away - it's operating system agnostic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have access to a local FTP server (or can temporarily create one with [FileZilla Server][2], etc.) and a DHCP server, it should work smoothly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://filezilla-project.org/" />
  <row Id="17540" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9754" RevisionGUID="9e76923b-1a18-4f9e-9981-65abbd99f409" CreationDate="2009-05-19T05:12:50.440" UserId="919" Text="The average packet size relative to average file size is probably critical here. With lots of small files you may find yourself sending out many tiny packets. Tiny packets still incur TCP overhead; you could wind up doubling the amount of traffic as a result.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Modern systems and even relatively ancient ones can send multiple files over a single TCP connection, avoiding the costs of that handshake. " />
  <row Id="17541" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9755" RevisionGUID="2e61431a-0d15-44fe-867b-42420aeb87fc" CreationDate="2009-05-19T05:29:39.547" UserId="3038" Text="I've seen errors similar to this one, but it wasn't related to Outlook SP2. It was related to removing the last vestiges of the Exchange 2003 routing groups after we fully completed the migration to Exchange 2007. What was happening is that Outlook was storing the names of the mailboxes internally using an AD syntax to describe where to find the mailbox. Exchange 2007 uses a different location for that. This caused havoc in things like Delegates, replying to old emails, and the frequently-mailed-contacts list. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What was happening was that each user that was migrated from Exch2003 had an attribute called &quot;LegacyExchangeDN&quot; that pointed to the old AD location. Users created fresh in Exch2007 didn't have it, and didn't need it. After opening an SR with Microsoft to figure out what the heck, the fix was to add a new X500 address to each mailbox to the value of the old LegacyExchangeDN. This allowed cached Outlook entries (and there are a LOT of them) to find the mailbox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's a system-level fault, and it may not be your problem. But your symptoms seem close to what I've seen." />
  <row Id="17542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9756" RevisionGUID="879f11ae-e155-4f4a-a447-5e1f498c2d69" CreationDate="2009-05-19T05:57:02.097" UserId="1248" Text="Lots of little files will also be more expensive to write to the file system than a single large file. It needs to do things like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Check the file name is unique&#xD;&#xA;  - Write out the file table entry&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you get more and more files in a directory this can become quite costly. And each of these steps can add latency to the copy process and slow the whole thing down." />
  <row Id="17543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9757" RevisionGUID="324c7140-c4f7-4f7a-8f2a-15f42d51ba97" CreationDate="2009-05-19T05:57:58.133" UserId="783" Text="The reset part is detailed in [this article][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 1. Click Start Menu, and then type `regedit` in the Start Search and press ENTER.&#xD;&#xA;2. Navigate to the following registry branch `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\[ext]`.  &#xD;&#xA;Replace the `[ext]` with the actual file extension that you want to restore its file type association to revert back to original Windows Vista default. If you unsure, simply browse through all the sub-key under `FileExts`.  &#xD;&#xA;3. Delete the sub-key named `UserChoice`.  &#xD;&#xA;4. Exit from Registry Editor. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows Vista will now use original file associations that comes built into system for the particular file extensions with “`UserChoice`” deleted.  &#xD;&#xA;However, the trick is not foolproof, especially if the other related system registry keys for the particular extension have been corrupted or broken. In such cases, it may be necessary to [fix the file association by restoring its registry settings][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://keznews.com/4558_Restore_and_Reset_File_Association_in_Windows_Vista&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/06/22/reset-and-fix-broken-windows-vista-file-ext-and-type-associations-include-exe-com-sys-zip-lnk-folder-drive/" />
  <row Id="17544" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9721" RevisionGUID="b9aace8d-2fa9-49a2-a882-bd406b75a299" CreationDate="2009-05-19T06:01:16.427" UserId="1619" Comment="added 22 characters in body" Text="Another thing to consider is the amount and quality of guarantee each buy offers. Typically servers have by default a better type of guarantee than a desktop. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can get a full day of downtime then the Vostro is fine (DELL default's desktop guarantee). If not, check if you can boost up the Vostro's guarantee and compare the cost again (the server will still be more expensive, but probably not the double by now).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or better, get a quote for the poweredge with the cheaper guarantee. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The differences in favor of a server quality machine that makes it more expensive are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Better manageability&#xD;&#xA;- Better hardware (fails less and is usually faster)&#xD;&#xA;- More hardware (RAID, Redundant Power Supply, ...)&#xD;&#xA;- Better guarantee&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But you may not need all that in your case, which you can measure by the amount of downtime you can withstand. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't forget to buy some external drives or something to do regular backups in each case." />
  <row Id="17545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9758" RevisionGUID="94019b9c-b90d-44b0-a15d-c96a69966a7c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T06:02:11.697" UserId="3083" Text="This is very beginner question. How to configure a LAN of two System?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have only theory knowledge of LAN. Given two computers, i have to configure a LAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the steps I have to follow? &#xD;&#xA;What components needed?&#xD;&#xA;How to construct the LAN?" />
  <row Id="17546" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9758" RevisionGUID="94019b9c-b90d-44b0-a15d-c96a69966a7c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T06:02:11.697" UserId="3083" Text="How to configure a LAN of two System?" />
  <row Id="17547" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9758" RevisionGUID="94019b9c-b90d-44b0-a15d-c96a69966a7c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T06:02:11.697" UserId="3083" Text="&lt;lan&gt;" />
  <row Id="17548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9759" RevisionGUID="7a30dd36-74c8-426a-ad67-fb53af254fe9" CreationDate="2009-05-19T06:08:26.427" UserId="1751" Text="In lieu of making an application cluster aware is it possible to set up a trigger based on the an event appearing in the event log to cause the server cluster to failover?" />
  <row Id="17549" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9759" RevisionGUID="7a30dd36-74c8-426a-ad67-fb53af254fe9" CreationDate="2009-05-19T06:08:26.427" UserId="1751" Text="Triggering a failover in a windows failover cluster?" />
  <row Id="17550" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9759" RevisionGUID="7a30dd36-74c8-426a-ad67-fb53af254fe9" CreationDate="2009-05-19T06:08:26.427" UserId="1751" Text="&lt;clustering&gt;" />
  <row Id="17551" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9760" RevisionGUID="75bab6e4-5b9b-456e-8906-cc2bd5e41866" CreationDate="2009-05-19T06:11:16.420" UserId="1435" Text="LANs are made up of layers - it's probably best to work through these layers, but for each layer you are going to have to make decisions ok.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Firstly do your machines each have a network port of some form? probably an ethernet port? If so then you need to connect the two machines via these two ports. Now you CAN often just link the two with a single ethernet cable (sometimes called a Cat5 or Cat6 cable) but most people would normally connect them via a central device called a switch. The switches can be very cheap or very very expensive depending on their functionality but for this requirement I'd suggest you need a very cheap one. Generally you plug the switch into the electric mains and then run some ethernet cable from each machine into the switch. That should be all you need to so to setup your 'layer 1'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly you need to make sure that your ethernet ports in each machine are being managed properly by your operating system. Now you don't mention which OS you're using.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've just realised this could take all day to respond to correctly and I have to get on - I'm going to open this up as a community wiki - would someone like to do the whole L2/3 thing with this question please - then perhaps someone could do L4/5 or whatever? Does that make sense?" />
  <row Id="17552" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9760" RevisionGUID="75bab6e4-5b9b-456e-8906-cc2bd5e41866" CreationDate="2009-05-19T06:11:16.420" UserId="1435" />
  <row Id="17554" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9762" RevisionGUID="3855a011-9b1e-4065-88ff-176d9eb437e4" CreationDate="2009-05-19T06:12:32.877" UserId="813" Text="The easiest way will be to get a simple gateway router that serves DHCP.  These can be had for ~$30.  You can plug both computer into the router, and set them to acquire network addresses automatically.  For a little more money you can get one that works as a wireless access point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, if you don't have a router or don't want to buy one, you can use a crossover ethernet cable (a cable with the wires crossed so the &quot;in&quot; on one computer is the &quot;out&quot; on the other) and set static IP addresses on both machines.  You can read more [here][1].  Note that with some newer NICs (Network Interface Cards) you don't need a special cable as they will autodetect a direct connection and configure appropriately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_crossover_cable" />
  <row Id="17555" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="9752" RevisionGUID="439e351e-fb73-4110-9595-1121df88cf1d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T06:15:47.020" UserId="45" Comment="edited title" Text="How do I destroy or reset a file association in Windows Vista?" />
  <row Id="17556" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9763" RevisionGUID="733cc75c-38aa-4242-9a81-ecacc1701505" CreationDate="2009-05-19T06:16:29.093" UserId="813" Text="If you have access to the router you could turn off DHCP and reconfigure the router to serve up a different block of IP addresses.  That should invalidate his machine's network connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Though if your router blocks mac addresses, that is probably easier." />
  <row Id="17557" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9763" RevisionGUID="733cc75c-38aa-4242-9a81-ecacc1701505" CreationDate="2009-05-19T06:16:29.093" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="17558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9764" RevisionGUID="93d49ab3-2ae4-4b7a-9445-e1a4e7552c26" CreationDate="2009-05-19T06:18:24.143" UserId="3082" Text="&gt; How does having to press CTRL-ALT-DEL before logging in make Windows more secure?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No program *running under Windows* can hook &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;-&lt;kbd&gt;Alt&lt;/kbd&gt;-&lt;kbd&gt;Del&lt;/kbd&gt;,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;so *[iff][expansion1] the box is running Windows* you can be assured there's no login spoofing.  Of course, it's trivial ([FSVO][expansion2] &quot;trivial&quot;) to spoof a Windows login screen complete with Ooh-Magic-Keys handling, and thus capture username/password pairs, by running Not-Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thus the answer to the OP's question is, fundamentally, No.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [expansion1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2912/how-does-ctrl-alt-del-to-log-in-make-windows-more-secure/9764#9764 &quot;if and only if&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [expansion2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2912/how-does-ctrl-alt-del-to-log-in-make-windows-more-secure/9764#9764 &quot;For Some Values Of&quot;" />
  <row Id="17559" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9765" RevisionGUID="7d3c2fdb-fb7d-40aa-a3ca-c81aa6df40fe" CreationDate="2009-05-19T06:23:54.257" UserId="2302" Text="We've used Safeguard Easy for years and Truecrypt's whole disk encryption since it came out, and neither has caused a big performance hit; even the older notebooks run development and database software without a noticeable difference in speed. [Some people will even tell you][1] that whole disk encryption software makes some operations run considerably faster due to compression, improved drive read routines, pipelining and the like.  I wouldn't go that far, but as with most things, the truth is probably somewhere in between. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The peace of mind from encrypting your disk, particularly if you have any kind of regulatory/compliance threshold in your industry (or are just paranoid) is worth the minimal hit of the encryption software we've used for this purpose. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.grc.com/sn/SN-133.htm" />
  <row Id="17560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9766" RevisionGUID="9bbb26c8-7259-40d7-922e-70a835244ae6" CreationDate="2009-05-19T06:25:45.610" UserId="3083" Text="If I start my job as 'SysAdmin', what basics skills should I know/learn?" />
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  <row Id="17562" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9766" RevisionGUID="9bbb26c8-7259-40d7-922e-70a835244ae6" CreationDate="2009-05-19T06:25:45.610" UserId="3083" Text="&lt;sysadmin&gt;" />
  <row Id="17563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9767" RevisionGUID="563dfbc0-b420-4bcc-9c00-9c64e0cc1a9a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T06:31:55.257" UserId="3082" Text="If you follow [the][jh1] [suggestions][wk1] given here, be wary of the ability of a fast-moving air stream to generate a large static charge (and for said charge to play nasty with electronics).  As [Wayne Koorts][wk] [said][wk1], &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If there are speed settings then set them down relatively low.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but grounding your vacuum or compressed-air nozzle, or your wrist that holds same, will probably be even more useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [wk1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/56/desktop-server-physical-maintenance/66#66&#xD;&#xA;  [wk]: http://serverfault.com/users/86/wayne-koorts&#xD;&#xA;  [jh1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/56/desktop-server-physical-maintenance/139#139&#xD;&#xA;  [jh]: http://serverfault.com/users/97/jauder-ho" />
  <row Id="17564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9768" RevisionGUID="e5d4621c-dfa7-461f-ada6-4ef57e413302" CreationDate="2009-05-19T06:31:59.360" UserId="38" Text="Jon Cahill is very correct, a single file will be faster.  However it's worth keeping in mind that if there is any instability in the connection, individual files (or medium-sized groups in zip files) may be better, because if the transfer fails you'll have to start all over again, whereas with multiple files you will just have to re-do the last file started" />
  <row Id="17565" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9769" RevisionGUID="2ddbb4fa-9b60-484f-ab7e-2908b3a63600" CreationDate="2009-05-19T06:34:44.813" UserId="38" Text="Learn how to deal with people.  You go into the job thinking it's all about the machines, but 9 times out of 10 problems are solved by dealing with the people involved." />
  <row Id="17566" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9770" RevisionGUID="ba1aa079-60e0-451d-9028-d5ea32930582" CreationDate="2009-05-19T06:37:05.887" UserId="2444" Text="As others have mentioned, there may be performance issues arising from the use of virtualised hardware.  However, the other area in which you may notice a difference is network latency.  As these &quot;cloud&quot; servers aren't hosted on-site, you'll likely notice a considerable difference in latency between a cloud service and an onsite or locally hosted service.  e.g. I live in Adelaide, and for a SSH session there's no noticeable difference between my home server and a server hosted in an Adelaide data center.  However, the latency difference between a server hosted in Adelaide and one hosted in the US is quite noticeable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a nutshell, if your cloud provider gives you a choice of locations, pick the one closest (in network terms) to you and your users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Jim." />
  <row Id="17567" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9771" RevisionGUID="653efe5d-8bd1-4089-b465-12d6df3a8acf" CreationDate="2009-05-19T06:39:52.370" UserId="984" Text=" - [Troubleshooting][1]&#xD;&#xA; - How to make a backup&#xD;&#xA; - The OSI Model&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a lot of overlap with these questions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [What sysadmin things should every programmer know?][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [What should every sysadmin know before administrating a public server?][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8812/your-troubleshooting-rules-approach-to-troubleshooting&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4176/what-sysadmin-things-should-every-programmer-know&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6530/what-should-every-sysadmin-know-before-administrating-a-public-server/6545#6545" />
  <row Id="17568" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9771" RevisionGUID="653efe5d-8bd1-4089-b465-12d6df3a8acf" CreationDate="2009-05-19T06:42:41.600" UserId="984" />
  <row Id="17569" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9771" RevisionGUID="77faeed0-8429-42bf-b7fd-4a21f0b3d495" CreationDate="2009-05-19T06:45:12.547" UserId="984" Comment="deleted 10 characters in body" Text=" - [Troubleshooting][1]&#xD;&#xA; - How to make a backup&#xD;&#xA; - The OSI Model&#xD;&#xA; - How to document there network&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a lot of overlap with these questions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [What tools should you absolutely know as a Windows/Linux Sysadmin?][6]&#xD;&#xA; - [How are you documenting your work, processes and environment?][5]&#xD;&#xA; - [What should every sysadmin know before administrating a public server?][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [What sysadmin things should every programmer know?][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [How to respond to a compromised system][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8812/your-troubleshooting-rules-approach-to-troubleshooting&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4176/what-sysadmin-things-should-every-programmer-know&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6530/what-should-every-sysadmin-know-before-administrating-a-public-server/6545#6545&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6159/aftermath-of-hack&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3970/how-are-you-documenting-your-work-processes-and-environment&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://serverfault.com/questions/906/what-tools-should-you-absolutely-know-as-a-windows-linux-sysadmin/" />
  <row Id="17570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9772" RevisionGUID="5f333f7e-e8c1-47f0-91dc-7e62c809a8cb" CreationDate="2009-05-19T06:50:16.593" UserId="1876" Text="Really depends on your environment. Are you maintaining servers, networks or simply rebooting the Windows Exchange server when it runs out of memory?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general, these skillset will come in handy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Windows knowledge: workstations, servers, active directory&#xD;&#xA;* Printers. We all hate them, but they are here to stay.&#xD;&#xA;* Linux knowledge: experience helps, but generally not to be afraid of the terminal.&#xD;&#xA;* Network knowledge: Know your network, manage switches, routers, firewalls, site-to-site VPNs.&#xD;&#xA;* Scripting. This can be .bat files or shell scripts. It will make your life easier.&#xD;&#xA;* Backups. A requirement for a sysadmin and could get you fired if you fuck it up.&#xD;&#xA;* Programming. Not required but it helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Most importantly:** You must be able to learn new things. Nobody knows every system, so being able to Google, order books, take courses to improve yourself is very important." />
  <row Id="17571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9773" RevisionGUID="31c510a4-e539-444a-8f08-05a26baafc42" CreationDate="2009-05-19T06:53:11.297" UserId="813" Text="Put some time into understanding *concepts*.  Read up on networking, the security models of the servers and OSs you'll be supporting, and how your company's IT is architected.  If you have a mental picture of how things are supposed to work, then you can hypothesize what problems are likely to be a symptom of.  Then you can do some troubleshooting to investigate further.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you treat everything as a black box, you'll have to &quot;learn&quot; each individual fix.  If understand how things work and how they fit together, the problems you solve will deepen your understanding and make you a better admin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also - be honest with users: don't over-promise and under-deliver." />
  <row Id="17572" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9771" RevisionGUID="614c81db-ee52-4f6b-87c6-4a475e5358f2" CreationDate="2009-05-19T06:53:36.727" UserId="984" Comment="added 28 characters in body" Text="There is a lot of overlap with existing questions, I creating a wiki with links.  Please feel free to update.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Customer service skills&#xD;&#xA; - Troubleshooting&#xD;&#xA;  - [Your troubleshooting rules, approach to troubleshooting?][1]&#xD;&#xA; - How to make a backups of all their systems.&#xD;&#xA; - How to use standard tools&#xD;&#xA;  - [What tools should you absolutely know as a Windows/Linux Sysadmin?][2]&#xD;&#xA; - The OSI Model, and IP networking.&#xD;&#xA; - How to document there network&#xD;&#xA;  - [How are you documenting your work, processes and environment?][3]&#xD;&#xA; - How to ask for help in a way that will get you useful results.&#xD;&#xA;  - [How To Ask Questions The Smart Way][4]&#xD;&#xA;  - [How to ask a question][5]&#xD;&#xA; - Security&#xD;&#xA;  - [How to respond to a compromised system][6]&#xD;&#xA; - How to use the CLI&#xD;&#xA;  - [Useful Commandline Commands on Windows][7]&#xD;&#xA; - Other&#xD;&#xA;  - [What should every sysadmin know before administrating a public server?][8]&#xD;&#xA;  - [What sysadmin things should every programmer know?][9]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8812/your-troubleshooting-rules-approach-to-troubleshooting&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/906/what-tools-should-you-absolutely-know-as-a-windows-linux-sysadmin/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3970/how-are-you-documenting-your-work-processes-and-environment&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6159/aftermath-of-hack&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6530/what-should-every-sysadmin-know-before-administrating-a-public-server/6545#6545&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4176/what-sysadmin-things-should-every-programmer-know" />
  <row Id="17573" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9774" RevisionGUID="aa5682b9-a9c1-4163-9b32-2e53e9f52b9a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T06:54:43.853" UserId="1840" Text="**On the personal level:** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A really good skill that I hope you acquire on your way towards becoming a sysadmin is the ability to **quickly** recover from your mistakes... this should become second nature, or better yet an automatic reaction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**On the technical** I see some really good posts already here, so I won't be redundant." />
  <row Id="17574" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9771" RevisionGUID="3cfb0c5b-80ac-4af7-8dff-63f2320013eb" CreationDate="2009-05-19T07:05:04.283" UserId="984" Comment="deleted 30 characters in body" Text="There is a lot of overlap with existing questions, I creating a wiki with links.  Please feel free to update.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Customer service skills&#xD;&#xA; - Troubleshooting&#xD;&#xA;  - [Your troubleshooting rules, approach to troubleshooting?][1]&#xD;&#xA; - How to make a backups.&#xD;&#xA; - The OSI Model, and IP networking.&#xD;&#xA; - How to document there network&#xD;&#xA;  - [How are you documenting your work, processes and environment?][3]&#xD;&#xA; - How to ask for help in a way that will get you useful results.&#xD;&#xA;  - [How To Ask Questions The Smart Way][4]&#xD;&#xA;  - [How to ask a question][5]&#xD;&#xA; - Security&#xD;&#xA;  - [How to respond to a compromised system][6]&#xD;&#xA; - How to use the CLI&#xD;&#xA;  - [Useful Commandline Commands on Windows][7]&#xD;&#xA; - Other&#xD;&#xA;  - [What tools should you absolutely know as a Windows/Linux Sysadmin?][2]&#xD;&#xA;  - [What should every sysadmin know before administrating a public server?][8]&#xD;&#xA;  - [What sysadmin things should every programmer know?][9]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8812/your-troubleshooting-rules-approach-to-troubleshooting&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/906/what-tools-should-you-absolutely-know-as-a-windows-linux-sysadmin/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3970/how-are-you-documenting-your-work-processes-and-environment&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6159/aftermath-of-hack&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6530/what-should-every-sysadmin-know-before-administrating-a-public-server/6545#6545&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4176/what-sysadmin-things-should-every-programmer-know" />
  <row Id="17575" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9771" RevisionGUID="6b303866-ec6f-4cf9-bd32-bbaad25676dd" CreationDate="2009-05-19T07:10:46.020" UserId="984" Comment="added 223 characters in body" Text="There is a lot of overlap with existing questions, I creating a wiki with links.  Please feel free to update.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How to make a backups! (and how to restore)&#xD;&#xA; - Customer service skills&#xD;&#xA; - Troubleshooting&#xD;&#xA;  - [Your troubleshooting rules, approach to troubleshooting?][1]&#xD;&#xA; - How to respond when there is a crisis&#xD;&#xA;  - [What’s your checklist for when everything blows up?][2]&#xD;&#xA; - The OSI Model, and IP networking.&#xD;&#xA; - How to document there network&#xD;&#xA;  - [How are you documenting your work, processes and environment?][3]&#xD;&#xA; - How to ask for help in a way that will get you useful results.&#xD;&#xA;  - [How To Ask Questions The Smart Way][4]&#xD;&#xA;  - [How to ask a question][5]&#xD;&#xA; - Security&#xD;&#xA;  - [How to respond to a compromised system][6]&#xD;&#xA; - How to use the CLI&#xD;&#xA;  - [Useful Commandline Commands on Windows][7]&#xD;&#xA; - How to monitor the systems you will be responsible for&#xD;&#xA;  - http://serverfault.com/questions/44/what-tool-do-you-use-to-monitor-your-servers&#xD;&#xA; - Other&#xD;&#xA;  - [What tools should you absolutely know as a Windows/Linux Sysadmin?][8]&#xD;&#xA;  - [What should every sysadmin know before administrating a public server?][9]&#xD;&#xA;  - [What sysadmin things should every programmer know?][10]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8812/your-troubleshooting-rules-approach-to-troubleshooting&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/30/whats-your-checklist-for-when-everything-blows-up&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3970/how-are-you-documenting-your-work-processes-and-environment&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6159/aftermath-of-hack&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://serverfault.com/questions/906/what-tools-should-you-absolutely-know-as-a-windows-linux-sysadmin/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6530/what-should-every-sysadmin-know-before-administrating-a-public-server/6545#6545&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4176/what-sysadmin-things-should-every-programmer-know" />
  <row Id="17576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9775" RevisionGUID="945ede2f-3eeb-4c5c-a5ff-2a6a545a24e8" CreationDate="2009-05-19T07:12:21.337" UserId="2991" Text="Just what I've found, but if you want a faster transfer initiate the transfer from the local computer, and copy to the local drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ie copy \\computer1\myshare to c:\files\myshare, don't use a third computer and copy from \\computer1\myshare to \\computer2\mynewshare." />
  <row Id="17577" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9776" RevisionGUID="83b027a0-d3aa-4d6f-81cf-6e45cbaa5674" CreationDate="2009-05-19T07:19:16.347" UserId="984" Text="[Network Troubleshooting Tools][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596001865/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://covers.oreilly.com/images/9780596001865/cat.gif" />
  <row Id="17578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9777" RevisionGUID="beb8e691-db06-4997-bfb8-d5096bafaa8f" CreationDate="2009-05-19T07:21:44.873" UserId="2299" Text="If you use Drive Snapshot it can write images to the network while the computer is running. Obviously you can't restore an image while the OS is running. For that I use a WinPE or BartPE boot CD or USB key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WinPE is based on Vista while the last BartPE I saw was based on 2003/XP and needs some messing around to add drivers for the latest hardware. You can get a copy of the Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) from www.microsoft.com/downloads while BartPE is available from www.nu2.nu/pebuilder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John Rennie&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17580" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9778" RevisionGUID="883e8a27-0b3b-41ba-844b-b6a87c7beda2" CreationDate="2009-05-19T07:28:41.257" UserId="1068" Text="I think it is important to be a self-learner. Many times you're gonna bump into problems no one has seen before, and not always the answer is in the books or on ServerFault. At this time, you'd have to dig into the problem, and solve it, all by yourself.&#xD;&#xA;More over, people-skills is  must." />
  <row Id="17581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9779" RevisionGUID="8525fee1-1f4d-4835-b851-c04844757c8a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T07:46:27.943" UserId="2302" Text="No one has said much about security, but it's always going to be the elephant in the room on the front burner, to mix metaphors.  With respect to security specifically, you should know something about the following areas as well as be familiar with at least one or two tools that help you manage each: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - patch/vulnerability management&#xD;&#xA; - encryption methods for data in transit and at data at rest&#xD;&#xA; - firewalling/filtering principles&#xD;&#xA; - packet/traffic analysis&#xD;&#xA; - basic penetration testing methods and attack vectors&#xD;&#xA; - compliance and regulatory issues in your industry and locale&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17582" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9780" RevisionGUID="85d7b9b7-a3c4-4f29-9480-1b72306c2ba9" CreationDate="2009-05-19T07:49:38.720" UserId="2744" Text="&#xD;&#xA;What kind of kernel are you running on the system? A 32-bit kernel will only report around 3.6GB of memory, unless compiled with PAE enabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Saying that, if this is a modern version of Redhat Enterprise Linux (or CentOS) - v3 onwards - the default 32-bit kernel will have this enabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you could post the output of the 'free' command detailed above, we will be able to see whether or not this is the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17583" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9781" RevisionGUID="3376f6f7-67a7-48be-b7b7-360f9dae1c4b" CreationDate="2009-05-19T07:54:26.820" UserId="1852" Text="This question came from a comment someone posted in an answer to another question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;What do IRC clients have to do with the professional IT industry?&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, do you use IRC to aid with your work? Do you use it directly (i.e., it is literally part of your job spec), as a nice-to-have but non-essential tool, or indirectly (as a way of socialising)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are some of the channels you use 'professionally'?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Note, I'm not sure whether this is a subjective question or not. It seems to me that it can be objectively answered, but I'll add the subjective tag if it looks like it is going the other way.*" />
  <row Id="17584" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9781" RevisionGUID="3376f6f7-67a7-48be-b7b7-360f9dae1c4b" CreationDate="2009-05-19T07:54:26.820" UserId="1852" Text="What uses are there for IRC in the professional IT industry?" />
  <row Id="17585" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9781" RevisionGUID="3376f6f7-67a7-48be-b7b7-360f9dae1c4b" CreationDate="2009-05-19T07:54:26.820" UserId="1852" Text="&lt;irc&gt;&lt;professional&gt;&lt;industry&gt;" />
  <row Id="17586" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9782" RevisionGUID="a026fd22-b412-41e6-9e9d-c3347203cb10" CreationDate="2009-05-19T07:59:23.550" UserId="2711" Text="To change a file association:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Go **Start -&gt; Default Programs**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Choose **Associate a file type or protocol with a program**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Select your .py extension and click **Change program...**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Choose the executable you want to run your .py files.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17587" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9783" RevisionGUID="ab598335-c204-4433-9332-9a30bcc5f620" CreationDate="2009-05-19T08:03:47.567" UserId="1385" Text="I want to make an existing domain a &quot;CDN&quot; domain that serves all images, CSS and JS files (i.e. static files). However that domain was parked earlier and some application on that domain has set cookies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I can observe, I'd say that with cookies the &quot;Expires&quot; header doesn't seem to have much effect with some browsers (Including Firefox). The browsers still request the file, even if they shouldn't do so for the next month.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would be possible to do some mod_rewrite tricks to detect if there are any cookies and then call a PHP file to remove the cookies and serve the static file so that for the next call there aren't any cookies left, but maybe you can give me a simpler method:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a &quot;Apache .htaccess only&quot; way of removing all existing cookies?" />
  <row Id="17588" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9783" RevisionGUID="ab598335-c204-4433-9332-9a30bcc5f620" CreationDate="2009-05-19T08:03:47.567" UserId="1385" Text=".htaccess - Remove all cookies" />
  <row Id="17589" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9783" RevisionGUID="ab598335-c204-4433-9332-9a30bcc5f620" CreationDate="2009-05-19T08:03:47.567" UserId="1385" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;cookies&gt;&lt;.htaccess&gt;" />
  <row Id="17593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9785" RevisionGUID="42a1a690-1c23-4270-8381-1673da2117a6" CreationDate="2009-05-19T08:05:53.040" UserId="2302" Text="Tech support is one obvious answer.  However, project status and other collaborative stuff can benefit from IRC -- any instance where it can cut down on useless meetings is a good use of IRC, IMHO.  " />
  <row Id="17595" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9646" RevisionGUID="33c70ba9-26c4-42b0-b954-07bbd5d843ec" CreationDate="2009-05-19T08:18:12.140" UserId="3021" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;I want to map www.example.com to a specific virtual host and then I want all other subdomains of example.com to go to another virtual host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To do this I created these hosts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      ServerName www.example.com&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      ServerName example.com&#xD;&#xA;      ServerAlias *.example.com&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now the selection of which host is served seems rather random. If I restart apache sometimes I will get one host and other times another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What am I doing wrong?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update:&#xD;&#xA;If I run apache2ctl -S on this configuration I get this outpu:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;VirtualHost configuration:&#xD;&#xA;wildcard NameVirtualHosts and _default_ servers:&#xD;&#xA;*:80                   is a NameVirtualHost&#xD;&#xA;         default server www.example.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/dev:3)&#xD;&#xA;         port 80 namevhost www.example.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/dev:3)&#xD;&#xA;         port 80 namevhost example.com (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/dev:22)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After much digging around I decided to disable the mono applications that I had running and low and behold it started serving files from the correct site. They did need to be entered in the order:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      ServerName example.com&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      ServerName www.example.com&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;as suggested by Wizard.&#xD;&#xA;To get my mono apps working I used &quot;MonoAutoApplication enabled&quot; within each virtual host. However I am not sure that this is the best option as on the [mono site](http://www.mono-project.com/AutoConfiguration)  it says you shouldn't use auto hosting for asp.net mvc apps (which is what I am using). So far I can't see the downside though." />
  <row Id="17596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9787" RevisionGUID="5a705aff-cb67-4bf4-b735-d9389b2e4531" CreationDate="2009-05-19T08:19:03.590" UserId="2711" Text="This is a simple question, so I will keep the answer simple.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Components needed, **either**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * 1 x crossover cable; or&#xD;&#xA;    * 2 x normal UTP cable and 1 x switch&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A normal UTP cable is usually blue - it's also called a LAN or Ethernet cable. I'm going to make an assumption that you know what a switch is - a little box full of UTP ports that multiple computers plug into. A crossover cable is a special kind of UTP cable where it is wired slightly differently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Physical configuration, **either**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * Connect both computers directly with the crossover cable; or&#xD;&#xA;    * Use the normal cables to plug both computers into the switch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Logical configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again, I'm not going to go into the finer points of subnetting. Just use these settings:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * PC1: IP = 192.168.0.10, Netmask: 255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;    * PC2: IP = 192.168.0.11, Netmask: 255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have fun gaming!" />
  <row Id="17597" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9788" RevisionGUID="3047db8d-7c53-48bd-8677-72b428353c84" CreationDate="2009-05-19T08:21:26.830" UserId="2264" Text="Those who work in the darker side of the industry used to use it to build their botnets which could then be used to extort money using DDOS attacks. I think their techniques may have moved on since then.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Professional* in the sense of making money, but not in the sense of professionalism. " />
  <row Id="17598" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9788" RevisionGUID="3047db8d-7c53-48bd-8677-72b428353c84" CreationDate="2009-05-19T08:21:26.830" UserId="2264" />
  <row Id="17599" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9789" RevisionGUID="4d9b5551-2d2f-4fed-8ebf-601ea2f3a0ba" CreationDate="2009-05-19T08:25:22.873" UserId="2991" Text="We're currently looking at moving from a traditional Server environment to a SAN/VMWare environemnt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been asked to gather performance statistics for our main servers - DCs, File Servers, Exchange to see if it is feasible for our environment or if we're going to run into SAN performance issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been running some scheduled baselines over 8 hours and including lots of counters but the resulting logs are too big to be useful - it takes about three minutes for perfmon to open them, or allow us to view diffeent counters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although I know generally which are useful to see performance what would be an adequate list to monitor that would give us a useful starting point, also what counters would be useful for this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm thinking&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* CPU Performance&#xD;&#xA;* Disk/File&#xD;&#xA;* Network Usage&#xD;&#xA;* Active Diretory (GPOs, Logons etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But what counters would be the most useful, also are there any areas that we should specifically target for concern?" />
  <row Id="17600" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9789" RevisionGUID="4d9b5551-2d2f-4fed-8ebf-601ea2f3a0ba" CreationDate="2009-05-19T08:25:22.873" UserId="2991" Text="Performance Manager - what counters?" />
  <row Id="17601" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9789" RevisionGUID="4d9b5551-2d2f-4fed-8ebf-601ea2f3a0ba" CreationDate="2009-05-19T08:25:22.873" UserId="2991" Text="&lt;server2003&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="17602" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9790" RevisionGUID="d5706ca6-347c-4792-89a1-3e6f028a6609" CreationDate="2009-05-19T08:31:19.773" UserId="1375" Text="The big one that's likely to kill you is disk IO.  Collecting both the transactions per second and the sectors read/written per second will give you a start on determining what you'll need on the SAN.  Keep an eye on memory and pagefile usage, too, that can do bad things to your disk IO stats, and provisioning your VMs with some extra memory is simple.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Network is probably the next most important one, but that's pretty simple -- aggregate transfer and packets per second, make sure it's not too ridiculous.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CPU is the least likely bottleneck on a modern system, in my experience.  I'd be inclined not to worry about it unless you've got multiple machines that are pegging their CPU consistently.  Provisioning an extra VM server if you're running out of CPU is straightforward.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17603" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9789" RevisionGUID="88e634cd-74a7-4e32-b7b7-6dc2b08c2fdd" CreationDate="2009-05-19T08:32:10.800" UserId="1375" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;performance&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="17604" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9791" RevisionGUID="159ed7ec-67c4-4248-861c-00e22ae6123e" CreationDate="2009-05-19T08:36:05.020" UserId="2410" Text="I would highly recommend [multitail][1] for advanced log viewing. Self described as tail on steroids.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vanheusden.com/multitail/" />
  <row Id="17605" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9792" RevisionGUID="44ab93c3-2cb0-4afc-b840-ed58077fc102" CreationDate="2009-05-19T08:36:44.457" UserId="1375" Text="Well, IRC is just an IM protocol, so any answer to the question &quot;what uses are there for instant messaging in the professional IT industry?&quot; will apply here, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At my current job, we use IM (jabber) even though we're all in the same office, because it's a big open plan office and any talking makes it impossible to concentrate.  At the last job, an IRC channel was one of the primary means of customer interaction, both sales and support.  It works really well -- you've got that real-time aspect, like the phone, but it's still textual so you can paste stuff when you need to.  I think it works great.  Just make sure you've got good spelling and grammar, and no grossly unprofessional nicks..." />
  <row Id="17607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9794" RevisionGUID="63c7f9f0-5a6b-440a-8412-59e89df6b3cf" CreationDate="2009-05-19T08:38:07.997" UserId="1375" Text="How to ask good questions would be number one on my list." />
  <row Id="17609" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9796" RevisionGUID="bb20ffe6-cbf2-46fc-87f6-00adc70dfdeb" CreationDate="2009-05-19T08:42:06.833" UserId="32988" Text="IRC is just another IM-protocol imo. We use IM for quick chats since our offices are in 3 different locations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But where IRC really shines for work purposes is on &lt;a href=&quot;http://freenode.net/&quot;&gt;Freenode&lt;/A&gt;. Lots and lots of channels where you can chat with the developers of the software you're using. It makes it easier to contribute back to the OSS community too, since you'll end up gtting asked to fix it yourself sometimes :-)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9797" RevisionGUID="da764809-666a-46a2-a3f4-ecda97bb6134" CreationDate="2009-05-19T08:48:20.380" UserId="440" Text="In most locales, there are usually IT outsourcing specialist companies exactly for companies like yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are in London, try RunPcRun (sorry, not trying to advertise, just giving an example that I know of, but they are run by some friends of mine...)" />
  <row Id="17611" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9365" RevisionGUID="f5022986-ec85-4ad9-a184-420e54d16508" CreationDate="2009-05-19T08:52:13.490" UserId="66" Comment="added 35 characters in body" Text="As I understand it, and feel free to correct me if I am wrong, My OEM copies of Server 2003 or Server 2008 are supplied with 5 CALS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, a User CAL means that the named user can connect to any server I may have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does this mean that if I buy two copies of Server 2003 I in effect am fully licensed for 10 users to access both servers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Much appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Edited for pedants.*" />
  <row Id="17612" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8176" RevisionGUID="d35cba8a-4c7c-4498-a5b0-8008c15bca9b" CreationDate="2009-05-19T08:57:58.003" UserId="221" Comment="added a quote from Office documentation" Text="I've checked this and it seems that **the configuration you described is not possible**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Versioning disabled** - the *Overwrite existing files* checkbox is visible&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Versioning enabled** - the *Overwrite existing files* checkbox disappears&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is what [Office documentation says about this][3]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If you are uploading a revised version&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of an existing file, do one of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; following:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - If your library is **not configured to track versions** of files, you can&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **replace the existing file with the revised file**. In the Upload Document&#xD;&#xA;&gt; section, select the Overwrite existing file(s)? check box.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - If your library is **configured to track versions** of files, you can&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **replace the existing file with the new version as part of the document&#xD;&#xA;&gt; history**. In the Upload Document section, select the Add as a new&#xD;&#xA;&gt; version to existing files? check box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/8346/versioning0.png&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/451/versioning1.png&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA100929191033.aspx#2" />
  <row Id="17613" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9483" RevisionGUID="5003e79c-08d7-474d-bef8-cc603d6e5de3" CreationDate="2009-05-19T09:05:33.260" UserId="1447" Comment="added 875 characters in body" Text="The simplest configuration for this goes something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Servers** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Build one or more servers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - a 'Level 0' server that has a DNS server such as BIND and NIS on it.  NIS is by far the simplest identity management solution for Unix/Linux and has been in use since the days of Sun workstations.  Read about NIS security and decide if this is acceptable.  In most cases it is acceptable for use behind a firewall but not for a publically facing web server.  The advantage of NIS is that it's dead simple and you can reasonably expect to figure out how to set it up in a few hours.  Administration is also fairly straightforward; take a look at the [NIS howto.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Another server running NFS for a file server plus any other services such as mail that you need.  In addition, you can use this as a backup for your DNS and NIS servers.  Unless you have a heavy load you probably don't need more than one machine for this.  The individual apps play together much more nicely than their windows counterparts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tune the NFS server as necessary.  There are several options for SMTP servers (e.g. postfix) and various IMAP servers and other bits of infrastructure kit.  Select ones that you are comfortable with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have application and database servers you can install lightly loaded ones on this server.  On a larger 'general' server you could mount multiple volumes and put the database volumes on their own disks.  This is particularly attractive if you are using a SAN.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In most cases you do not need servers at the rate of one per application.  Linux apps tend to play nicely in their own space and do not usually trip each other up.  Save admin and hardware costs by avoiding unnecessary proliferation of server hardware.  You are probably better off going for fewer large servers than more small ones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VMs are less of a win for this than they are for Windows apps where people tend to deploy each on their own server.  There is probably no benefit to running the infrastructure on a VM.  This also keeps it simple.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have an application with a heavy load you might be better off putting it on its own server so it doesn't affect other apps.  This also lets you tune the server specifically for that application. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Workstations**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set up your workstations with the system installed on a local disk and /home mounted off the file server.  Users' home directories are mounted off the NFS server and secured through standard system security.  This configuration was historically called 'dataless' and gives you a single system image that can follow a user to any workstation with no local state.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Leave a scratch partition on the local disks if you have anyone who needs a large amount of local data storage but make it clear that anything they want backed up should be copied to the file server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Create a one or more NFS shared volumes.  When your users need shared directories make them on these and set up permissions appropriately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Voila: instant network infrastructure.  This is about as simple as linux network infrastructure gets and this type of architecture has historically been scaled to entire university campuses.  If you need more secure authentication you can do something with kerberos/LDAP but this is much, much more complex than NIS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Legacy windows interoperability**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where your users are stuck on windows, you have several basic solutions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Terminal services:  TS or citrix clients such as rdesktop or the Linux citrix client can be used to publish apps from a terminal server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Emulation: WINE/Crossover or a VM can be used to run windows applications on a Linux desktop&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Substitution: Find a substitute (e.g. OpenOffice for MS Office) and use that.  In many cases you can do this with 95% of your users and let the 5% that absolutely must have Excel use it on a windows desktop.  If possible, find substitutes that will run on Windows as well so they can be deployed to windows desktops where you need a mixed architecture.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Desktops: Using Samba, you can publish the users' home directories so that they can be mounted on a windows machine.  If you have a class of users with a legacy app that is not amenable to emulation (possibly a content creation app such as Adobe Indesign) they can run Windows locally and use an X server (xming or Starnet are the best options) to get at the linux apps.  Be ruthless about this - make the user prove their dependency and make a business case to keep the windows desktop.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The key here is to treat Windows as a legacy system.  Users get to keep their windows desktop if and only if there is no credible substitute for the application - *and running the application in emulation is not acceptable.*  Getting your network interoperability right allows you to migrate users in a phased manner, which avoids the need for a 'big bang' deployment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Network Security**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add a firewall for the network and a DMZ as necessary.  Public SMTP servers can be outsourced to your ISP or placed in the DMZ.  However, servers in this zone should not use NIS for authentication.  Consider using OpenBSD for any machines exposed to the public internet.  Squid is the canonical unix web proxy software if you have a need to proxy your internet connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;'Group Policy' has no direct equivalent in Linux as the concept is not relevant when you have centrally mounted user directories.  'Group Policy' is not a requirement but a windows specific kludge based on the single-user origins of Windows where user identity and machine configuration is a very heavyweight structure.  Migrating user identity and permissions between windows desktops is a very complex affair.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On unix-derived systems, all per-user config is stored as files in their home directory.  When the user logs in their .profile is executed and per-user settings appear in the environment.  If they manage to break their environment a simple script will restore the config to a known default.  It is very difficult for an individual non-privileged user to do something that damages the machine configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a variety of ways to push updates out to workstations.  These range from a central repository where systems automatically download updates from a central server (i.e. the default way that desktop distros do this now) to more elaborate enterprise configuration management systems such as cfengine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/NIS-HOWTO/" />
  <row Id="17614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9798" RevisionGUID="b9276a2c-5c1e-48bc-a9f0-35249b3ff1a7" CreationDate="2009-05-19T09:06:11.763" UserId="3039" Text="One of our clients used to run a busy website (500,000 visitors a month) with a busy forum (an average day a little under 1,000 posts with 5 years of history) on SQL Server 2000 and Windows 2003. The hardware was only a celeron and it was never under 75% CPU usage, and a few times a month would max out at 100% leaving the website painfully slow to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Granted, the O/S and SQL Server are older versions than you're looking at, but since we took over and moved the website onto a dual Xeon server they haven't had a slow website (occasionally, the CPU spikes at around 25%, but only for a second - they're still running SQL2000 and Win2003, but we did upgrade the forums software which is a lot more efficient. The databases on the server are about 0.5GB). As others are saying, it should be fine for testing or if only used by a few users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We also have a Small Business Server 2003 running Exchange on a P4 2.4Ghz with 1GB RAM. It's hosted in a data-centre and supports 8 users/mailboxes just fine. It's very noticeable when I remote desktop onto it how slow it is compared to our other servers, but for accessing webmail or email via Outlook/other clients it's not noticeable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've never run both SQL and Exchange on the same box." />
  <row Id="17615" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9774" RevisionGUID="8889de87-9caf-4b63-b8b5-385b8d562776" CreationDate="2009-05-19T09:06:39.483" UserId="1840" Comment="Added some more content to my post" Text="&lt;h1&gt;On the personal level:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; A really good skill that I hope you acquire on your way towards becoming a sysadmin is the ability to **quickly** recover from your mistakes... this should become second nature, or /an automatic reaction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found these strictly unofficial, highly-debatable, yet potentially useful:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[&lt;h2&gt;**SysAdmin Ten Commandments**&lt;/h2&gt;][1]:&#xD;&#xA;**I. Thou shalt respect thy user**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;It is paramount that you respect the user and their data. Don't steal their MP3s, don't look at their porn. When working with email, look without reading. Respect them and they will respect you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**II. Thou shalt empower the user**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;The user is the customer. The system is not yours, it is theirs. Provide users the tools they need to be successful and they will be happy. Give them space to experiment, learn and create. Do not hold users back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**III. Thou shalt keep it simple**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Keep It Simple, Stupid. The KISS principle will keep you from building barrels to keep a bottle's worth of wine. Do not mistake over-engineering for quality. Quality work is concise and scalable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**IV. Thou shalt expect catastrophe**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Expect the worst surprises. Make your resources redundant, backup your data, test your backups, and then backup the backups. The shit will hit the fan someday. Be prepared.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**V. Thou shalt plan**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Great work follows great plans. Stay on target by first identifying it. Plan your work carefully and surprises will be easier to handle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**VI. Thou shalt stay informed**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Gather all the news, information, logs and statistics you can. Without the raw data to analyze, you cannot be secure, you cannot debug problems and you cannot forecast. Without new information, you cannot learn.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**VII. Thou shalt share**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;No one is alone in this world. Pass your knowledge on to others. Give to others, contribute to the community and you will reap many rewards. It is not wise to horde knowledge. Don't be an asshole.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**VIII. Thou shalt automate**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Do more, faster by automating tasks. You are the puppet master, do not waste your time with menial work. Work smarter, not harder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**IX. Thou shalt document**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Always document your work, your code and your plans. Then document their execution and maintenance. Document for others and document for yourself. Documentation should be an extension of your mind and a resource for others.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**X. Thou shalt respect thy organization**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Without organization, there is no system, there is no user and there is no job. Understand the organization and it's business. Respect it and help it thrive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://hacktux.com/sysadmin/ten/commandments" />
  <row Id="17616" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9799" RevisionGUID="d6473db3-445c-4d19-ae20-edf434cd5a1c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T09:11:17.557" UserId="1447" Text="There are still active IRC channels on many specialised topics.  An IRC client can be left in the background and used to ask technical questions on such channels with a high probability of getting an answer.  In many cases IRC will give you the fastest turnaround on technical support questions by quite a big margin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're feeling particularly community-spirited (note that we're all hanging out on Serverfault) you can even put something back into the community by answering other peoples queries.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17617" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9800" RevisionGUID="0132a643-8bbe-42c5-821a-e7adcba0b87c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T09:15:11.963" UserId="2338" Text="I would be interested in any experiences using CVS on a clustered file system with mulitple servers accessing it. I guess this is similar to what providers like SourceForge do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently we use a RHEL based CVS server with an ext3 repository filesystem on a SAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The idea is to use several machines to handle CVS connections from clients all working on the same file system on a fast SAN. This redundancy could server for both load balancing  and failover purposes (using e. g. a round-robin DNS that could be reconfigured if one of the servers were to fail).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SVN is not an alternative for various reasons, please do not start a CVS/SVN discussion." />
  <row Id="17618" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9800" RevisionGUID="0132a643-8bbe-42c5-821a-e7adcba0b87c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T09:15:11.963" UserId="2338" Text="Experience with CVS on a clustered filesystem" />
  <row Id="17619" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9800" RevisionGUID="0132a643-8bbe-42c5-821a-e7adcba0b87c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T09:15:11.963" UserId="2338" Text="&lt;cvs&gt;&lt;san&gt;&lt;clustering&gt;&lt;cluster&gt;" />
  <row Id="17620" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9801" RevisionGUID="9ea59647-cc9e-4110-aed0-68128a74daa8" CreationDate="2009-05-19T09:34:43.967" UserId="1083" Text="As part of trying to release some files locked by a remote user over an automatic Windows hidden share (which I used to do via the Server control panel in NT4), I decided to skip doing a bulk &lt;pre&gt;net file /c&lt;/pre&gt; and did the nuclear option of doing &lt;pre&gt;net share c$ /delete&lt;/pre&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Aside from rebooting, what's the correct procedure to restore the share? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(The net is full of articles explaining that &lt;pre&gt;net share admin$&lt;/pre&gt; works implicitly and that there is a registry setting and that you reboot).  &#xD;&#xA;Bonus points for linking to a nice explanation of the best practice equivalents of &lt;pre&gt;net file&lt;/pre&gt; and &lt;pre&gt;net share&lt;/pre&gt; in PowerShell" />
  <row Id="17621" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9801" RevisionGUID="9ea59647-cc9e-4110-aed0-68128a74daa8" CreationDate="2009-05-19T09:34:43.967" UserId="1083" Text="How do I restore a Windows administrative hidden share" />
  <row Id="17622" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9801" RevisionGUID="9ea59647-cc9e-4110-aed0-68128a74daa8" CreationDate="2009-05-19T09:34:43.967" UserId="1083" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;locked-file&gt;" />
  <row Id="17623" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9802" RevisionGUID="13e13cda-0812-492e-86de-51cdcbb1a3b8" CreationDate="2009-05-19T07:54:15.033" Text="&lt;p&gt;Ok, I've tried in the task manager - it didn't worked. Then I've tried in command line by:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;taskkill /im name.exe /F&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And it says (it's a translation from polish, so it's not exact):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;ERROR: can't end process &quot;name.exe&quot; with PID 6788.&#xA;Cause: Access denied.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anybody encountered this? Any solution other then reboot?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17624" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9802" RevisionGUID="13e13cda-0812-492e-86de-51cdcbb1a3b8" CreationDate="2009-05-19T07:54:15.033" Text="How to force Kill process in Vista?" />
  <row Id="17625" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9802" RevisionGUID="13e13cda-0812-492e-86de-51cdcbb1a3b8" CreationDate="2009-05-19T07:54:15.033" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;kill&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="17626" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9803" RevisionGUID="b1df9f40-3916-4a0d-a399-3eef52c69ce0" CreationDate="2009-05-19T09:36:00.973" Text="&lt;p&gt;Use Win32 api, after having set rights on pid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17627" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9804" RevisionGUID="207124b6-8518-4005-beb9-b70a083323d0" CreationDate="2009-05-19T09:41:18.307" UserId="2491" Text="I believe you can go to Control Panel =&gt; Administrative Tasks =&gt; Computer Management, scroll down to Shared Folders =&gt; Shares.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, right click =&gt; New File Share.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Enter folder to share (i.e. E:\), share name as E$, click next, select Administrators have full access, others have no access, and finalize.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Double clicking the new share shows the same message as the other special shares.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I'm not 100% this is the same exact share as the default Windows ones because mine keeps disappearing after a restart on just one of the drives while the others are fine. " />
  <row Id="17628" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9802" RevisionGUID="6de8fe6c-d4fc-47f0-8158-744da95d1ef7" CreationDate="2009-05-19T09:41:31.643" UserId="22" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;Ok, I've tried in the task manager - it didn't worked. Then I've tried in command line by:&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;taskkill /im name.exe /F&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And it says (it's a translation from polish, so it's not exact):&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;ERROR: can't end process &quot;name.exe&quot; with PID 6788.&#xD;&#xA;Cause: Access denied.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anybody encountered this? Any solution other then reboot?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17629" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9802" RevisionGUID="6de8fe6c-d4fc-47f0-8158-744da95d1ef7" CreationDate="2009-05-19T09:41:31.643" UserId="22" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;processes&gt;" />
  <row Id="17630" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9801" RevisionGUID="e6e68598-3c28-4992-be34-c6aaa9187bc0" CreationDate="2009-05-19T09:46:08.857" UserId="1083" Comment="Added qualification for answer" Text="As part of trying to release some files locked by a remote user over an automatic Windows hidden share (which I used to do via the Server control panel in NT4), I decided to skip doing a bulk &lt;pre&gt;net file /c&lt;/pre&gt; and did the nuclear option of doing &lt;pre&gt;net share c$ /delete&lt;/pre&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Aside from rebooting, what's the correct procedure to restore the share (preferably via the command line) ? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(The net is full of articles explaining that &lt;pre&gt;net share admin$&lt;/pre&gt; works implicitly and that there is a registry setting and that you reboot).  &#xD;&#xA;Bonus points for linking to a nice explanation of the best practice equivalents of &lt;pre&gt;net file&lt;/pre&gt; and &lt;pre&gt;net share&lt;/pre&gt; in PowerShell" />
  <row Id="17631" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9805" RevisionGUID="d3567b0c-3156-4396-bd5d-c6c8ffbedc26" CreationDate="2009-05-19T09:48:03.770" UserId="3083" Text="What are some non-IT/Admin books every Admin should read?" />
  <row Id="17632" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9805" RevisionGUID="d3567b0c-3156-4396-bd5d-c6c8ffbedc26" CreationDate="2009-05-19T09:48:03.770" UserId="3083" Text="What are some non-IT/Admin books every Admin should read?" />
  <row Id="17633" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9805" RevisionGUID="d3567b0c-3156-4396-bd5d-c6c8ffbedc26" CreationDate="2009-05-19T09:48:03.770" UserId="3083" Text="&lt;book&gt;" />
  <row Id="17634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9806" RevisionGUID="550b500f-ac6a-41a7-bd2c-6dd06db10a28" CreationDate="2009-05-19T09:49:42.907" UserId="247" Text="Try running a memory test - intermittent BSODs are often faulty RAM" />
  <row Id="17635" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9807" RevisionGUID="3510e63c-90c4-4391-a7a2-2e4f11a5c76c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T09:52:18.330" UserId="2593" Text="I have a Dell Latitude Vista Ultimate Laptop that has Bitlocker installed on it and now I want to change the way it is set up. The trouble is that the BitLocker item in control panel is missing. All the docs on the web say it should be under the Security section of control panel, but it is definatly not there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know what may have caused this and how I can get it back?" />
  <row Id="17636" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9807" RevisionGUID="3510e63c-90c4-4391-a7a2-2e4f11a5c76c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T09:52:18.330" UserId="2593" Text="Why is Bitlocker missing from Control Panel?" />
  <row Id="17637" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9807" RevisionGUID="3510e63c-90c4-4391-a7a2-2e4f11a5c76c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T09:52:18.330" UserId="2593" Text="&lt;control-panel&gt;&lt;bitlocker&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="17638" PostHistoryTypeId="18" PostId="238" RevisionGUID="942f97d5-d4dd-4cd6-9331-8234c9524b57" CreationDate="2009-05-19T09:52:25.600" UserId="1" Comment="Merged question 'How best to debug a bluescreen on my workstation?' by kestes" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="17639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9808" RevisionGUID="7a10b140-d544-4412-8381-c81e96fb2fae" CreationDate="2009-05-19T10:05:24.467" UserId="3076" Text="First, ensure you are running taskkill as an elevated administrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then try Process Explorer from the Sysinternals Suite:&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, if a debugger is attached to the process, you may not be able to kill it and will need to log off the user session that the process is running under or even restart the machine." />
  <row Id="17640" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9808" RevisionGUID="7a10b140-d544-4412-8381-c81e96fb2fae" CreationDate="2009-05-19T10:05:24.467" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="17642" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9809" RevisionGUID="ffdfec4c-d5a5-4beb-a409-b6fc65a963e4" CreationDate="2009-05-19T10:05:57.447" UserId="32988" Text="My own experience is that ca 30% of the CPU will be dedicated to crypto, and a 50% hit in disk performance.  I've tried several encryption alternatives - SafeGuard, OSX FileVault, PGP WholeDisk.. the same rule of thumb seems to apply. The CPU-use is particularly annoying though, as it affects battery time too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A quick google search revealed this test which seems to verify my gut-feeling: http://www.isyougeekedup.com/full-hard-disk-drive-encryption-benchmarks-and-performance/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17644" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9810" RevisionGUID="920aa422-3453-4dbf-9d7d-bf729cb99dd4" CreationDate="2009-05-19T10:06:34.933" UserId="2450" Text="I'd say anything along the lines of scripting. The more you know that can help you automate tasks the better. " />
  <row Id="17645" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9811" RevisionGUID="18620359-1a4d-4c57-9cc0-5a1590b4161c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T10:12:29.117" UserId="32988" Text="Completely non-IT? Then this is a very good book:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Influence - the Psychology of Persuasion][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because once you have the admin-puzzle sorted out, you know how you want your systems to look. But you'll probably end up having to fight with upper management for money, and here is where psychology books comes in handy. Don't be the geeky tech who thinks that the money-people will see reason once you present it to them. It's a game, and you have to know how to play it!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51X2BtrNanL._SL500_AA240_.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Influence-Psychology-Persuasion-Robert-Cialdini/dp/006124189X/ &quot;Influence - The Psychology ofPersuasion&quot;" />
  <row Id="17646" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9812" RevisionGUID="61135602-bfe6-4f59-b34a-e136d2dd975e" CreationDate="2009-05-19T10:28:46.010" UserId="301" Text="![alt text][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[The Mythical Man Month][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fd/Mythical_man-month_%28book_cover%29.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month" />
  <row Id="17647" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9742" RevisionGUID="1f6bbaa5-ea82-4ece-9496-82c438a39114" CreationDate="2009-05-19T10:34:00.430" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;copying&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;" />
  <row Id="17648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9813" RevisionGUID="79d009eb-4efc-4018-bc7c-2f24eb9589b7" CreationDate="2009-05-19T10:35:52.800" UserId="301" Text="No. It can't be hidden because under UNIX os's, only files that begin with a period are hidden from a standard view. " />
  <row Id="17649" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9759" RevisionGUID="152c2b4a-9b9a-4925-b62e-a47eb88fa67b" CreationDate="2009-05-19T10:37:27.257" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;clustering&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="17650" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9814" RevisionGUID="6f60f0d2-ebec-4701-9d2e-d9b68717fcfd" CreationDate="2009-05-19T10:40:15.957" UserId="1795" Text="The [Header][1] directive might do the trick. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I strongly doubt that a stored cookie in Firefox influences cacheing in any way. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_headers.html#header" />
  <row Id="17651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9815" RevisionGUID="2fd6c712-dcc5-425b-83d2-5f17a9b04425" CreationDate="2009-05-19T10:41:58.387" UserId="2169" Text="A non-Admin (but IT) book could be something that helps you understand your *usual customers*. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you work closely together with some developers in language X, try to gather information about language X and how you can improve the environment to help them do their job better." />
  <row Id="17652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9816" RevisionGUID="267a4329-eeab-4b54-b9bd-1b27c44548b4" CreationDate="2009-05-19T10:42:57.200" UserId="51157" Text="I'm about to order a fresh server and I'd like to do some virtulizing on the server so that I can have &quot;Virtual Dedicated' servers, what application would be recomended as an easy to user and preferably scriptable, virtulization software that can be installed after the host OS?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server Specs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Athlon 64 X2 4200&#xD;&#xA; - 1.5 GB DDR2 RAM&#xD;&#xA; - 160 GB Hard Drive&#xD;&#xA; - Debian 4.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note:&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I'm familiar with my OS (Debian), I've been administering servers with it for a while, but never for this type of software.  Also the server is in a data-center and I won't have physical access to it at any point in time." />
  <row Id="17653" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9816" RevisionGUID="267a4329-eeab-4b54-b9bd-1b27c44548b4" CreationDate="2009-05-19T10:42:57.200" UserId="51157" Text="Easy to use server 'virtulization' software." />
  <row Id="17654" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9816" RevisionGUID="267a4329-eeab-4b54-b9bd-1b27c44548b4" CreationDate="2009-05-19T10:42:57.200" UserId="51157" Text="&lt;server-virtulization&gt;&lt;debian&gt;" />
  <row Id="17655" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9817" RevisionGUID="e6f2e932-dbd8-44b1-8728-ed3009214c37" CreationDate="2009-05-19T10:45:03.670" UserId="2169" Text="Working for a social community, which has an (somehow) active IRC channel, we have to support issues there and i have to oversee the functionality of our irc&lt;-&gt;web bridge." />
  <row Id="17656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9818" RevisionGUID="581da205-f284-463b-9578-4addea045221" CreationDate="2009-05-19T10:49:56.170" UserId="2169" Text="I think [VMware][1] with its server console is a good candidate for very easy usage. If you know VMware workstation, you won't see much differences - it feels like working locally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/" />
  <row Id="17657" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9819" RevisionGUID="609813a9-7fa3-4025-91eb-5ab36d83530b" CreationDate="2009-05-19T10:51:28.447" UserId="2012" Text="Good to Great by Jim Collins&#xD;&#xA;1984 by George Orwell&#xD;&#xA;Time Management for System Administrators By Thomas A. Limoncelli&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9820" RevisionGUID="db6182ba-b89f-40e6-83b9-497f1ec0dede" CreationDate="2009-05-19T10:55:09.640" UserId="1792" Text="Scott Hanselman's maintained [&quot;Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows&quot;][1]&#xD;&#xA;It was updated in 2007, but still valid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hanselman.com/tools" />
  <row Id="17659" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9820" RevisionGUID="db6182ba-b89f-40e6-83b9-497f1ec0dede" CreationDate="2009-05-19T10:55:09.640" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="17660" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9816" RevisionGUID="35ee4656-3c4e-4410-9f35-b45a9ed25feb" CreationDate="2009-05-19T11:26:30.870" UserId="45" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="I'm about to order a fresh server and I'd like to do some virtualizing on the server so that I can have &quot;Virtual Dedicated' servers, what application would be recomended as an easy to user and preferably scriptable, virtulization software that can be installed after the host OS?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server Specs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Athlon 64 X2 4200&#xD;&#xA; - 1.5 GB DDR2 RAM&#xD;&#xA; - 160 GB Hard Drive&#xD;&#xA; - Debian 4.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note:&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I'm familiar with my OS (Debian), I've been administering servers with it for a while, but never for this type of software.  Also the server is in a data-center and I won't have physical access to it at any point in time." />
  <row Id="17661" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="9816" RevisionGUID="35ee4656-3c4e-4410-9f35-b45a9ed25feb" CreationDate="2009-05-19T11:26:30.870" UserId="45" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="Easy to use server 'virtualization' software." />
  <row Id="17662" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9816" RevisionGUID="35ee4656-3c4e-4410-9f35-b45a9ed25feb" CreationDate="2009-05-19T11:26:30.870" UserId="45" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;server-virtualization&gt;&lt;debian&gt;" />
  <row Id="17663" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9821" RevisionGUID="4ad5e0f6-5761-426b-9c79-4284301adeac" CreationDate="2009-05-19T11:31:57.663" UserId="2863" Text="VMWare server is probably the way to go, unless you want to spend money on the ESX infrastructure, there is a lot of support and it is very robust, you could probably afford to strip out your core OS as well in order get more performance out of VM's. If you are looking at using all linux machines Xen another virtualization tool like that may be the way to go, but i have no experience with those." />
  <row Id="17664" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9822" RevisionGUID="7e8878ec-8c8a-4912-910d-98bc29e9f03f" CreationDate="2009-05-19T11:38:09.163" UserId="1814" Text="Given this example folder structure:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;/folder1/file1.txt&#xD;&#xA;/folder1/file2.djd&#xD;&#xA;/folder2/file3.txt&#xD;&#xA;/folder2/file2.fha&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I do a recursive text search on all &lt;code&gt;*.txt&lt;/code&gt; files with &lt;code&gt;grep&lt;/code&gt; from &quot;/&quot;? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(&lt;code&gt;&quot;grep -r &amp;lt;pattern&amp;gt; *.txt&quot;&lt;/code&gt; fails when run from &quot;/&quot;, since there are no &lt;code&gt;.txt&lt;/code&gt; files in that folder.)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17665" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9822" RevisionGUID="7e8878ec-8c8a-4912-910d-98bc29e9f03f" CreationDate="2009-05-19T11:38:09.163" UserId="1814" Text="Recursive text search with grep amd file patterns" />
  <row Id="17666" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9822" RevisionGUID="7e8878ec-8c8a-4912-910d-98bc29e9f03f" CreationDate="2009-05-19T11:38:09.163" UserId="1814" Text="&lt;grep&gt;&lt;text-search&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="17667" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9823" RevisionGUID="61aa5d9b-a835-46d1-abdc-17f87bec5ce6" CreationDate="2009-05-19T11:40:25.103" UserId="2561" Text="For disk bound I like to monitor '\PhysicalDisk( ... )\Current Disk Queue Length' for each physical disk.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For your problem viewing things with perfmon:  Although this might be out of the scope of what you are doing, I monitor windows counters with Nagios using the check_nt plugin, and nsclient++ installed on the client.  I can then graph everything using [n2rrd][1] , I can also use rrdtool to create custom graphs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the stuff you listed is often run in a vmware/san enviornment.  It is really just a question of how powerful the SAN and virtual server will need to be and the right architecture.  If you are willing to spend the cash for an expensive san, the vendors should be able to tell you what you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://n2rrd.diglinks.com/cgi-bin/trac.cgi" />
  <row Id="17668" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3939" RevisionGUID="cd3bf844-dbc6-4138-b7d7-226d0057b1fd" CreationDate="2009-05-19T11:43:04.050" UserId="1565" Comment="deleted 63 characters in body" Text="##[The Art of Deception][1]##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Deception&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9f/ArtofDeception.JPG/200px-ArtofDeception.JPG" />
  <row Id="17669" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9824" RevisionGUID="4cda9e41-f957-41e6-add1-f9f1ae463790" CreationDate="2009-05-19T11:43:56.857" UserId="1795" Text="    find . -name '*.txt' -type f -exec grep &lt;pattern&gt; {} \;" />
  <row Id="17670" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9825" RevisionGUID="b5dacaa3-3b66-43d3-a769-af1ccd2ddada" CreationDate="2009-05-19T11:46:42.783" UserId="32988" Text="Mannis answer would fork a new grep-process for every textfile. If you have _lots_ of textfiles there, you might consider grepping every file first and pick the .txt-files when thats done:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    grep -r &lt;pattern&gt; * | grep \.txt:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's more disk-intensive, but might be faster anyway." />
  <row Id="17671" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9826" RevisionGUID="ebb618ea-fa99-4ede-b3f3-cc6c578d8c19" CreationDate="2009-05-19T11:47:27.527" UserId="2842" Text="A TPM module is required to turn on Bitlocker. Also, your hard drive needs to be partitioned a certain way before Bitlocker will work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To see what is missing, type &quot;Bitlocker&quot; in the Start menu search box and click on &quot;Bitlocker Drive Encryption&quot;." />
  <row Id="17672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9827" RevisionGUID="b3cdd06b-2823-4771-854b-f28bd5aefff1" CreationDate="2009-05-19T11:50:56.263" UserId="1463" Text="Any legal and moral quarrels aside, if you're on the same local network segment, an [ARP poisoning][1] denial of service attack might do the trick - simply associate the laptop's IP with a non-existing MAC address for the router (or the other way around) and it would be shut out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on the door and/or window design they might be easier to just open up in some way though. Or get someone to do it for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.watchguard.com/infocenter/editorial/135324.asp" />
  <row Id="17673" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9827" RevisionGUID="b3cdd06b-2823-4771-854b-f28bd5aefff1" CreationDate="2009-05-19T11:50:56.263" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="17674" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9828" RevisionGUID="27d86d64-844e-47dd-b0c8-162c3db94e35" CreationDate="2009-05-19T11:52:54.670" UserId="1810" Text="Depending on &quot;how virtual&quot; you want to get, vservers may be an option. It is comparable to the Zones concept under Solaris 10, and it is not at all complicated to set up... . It's no full virtualization though... ." />
  <row Id="17675" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9829" RevisionGUID="80311298-3a6f-4583-a767-ab16147f1140" CreationDate="2009-05-19T11:57:14.810" UserId="2718" Text="Nautilus (and Konq?) will interpret a .hidden file in a directory as a list of files to hide. Otherwise, as others have suggested, use XFS or ReiserFS." />
  <row Id="17676" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9830" RevisionGUID="4f5e0348-31a5-438e-8fbf-7dce193951e7" CreationDate="2009-05-19T11:59:59.647" UserId="1466" Text="I have just begun playing around with **virtualbox**, which is extremely easy to use, and much more lightweight than VMWare.  However, it lacks the ability to auto-start virtual machines on boot - so if that is a dealbreaker for you, perhaps this isn't the best ooption." />
  <row Id="17677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9831" RevisionGUID="e55696b1-d489-4529-869b-d0fa5372d8ca" CreationDate="2009-05-19T12:01:16.073" UserId="2780" Text="Later this year I will be handing over support of my church’s active directory servers to someone else and would like to know what kind of information is important to document and share. Are there any good example documents that I could use? " />
  <row Id="17678" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9831" RevisionGUID="e55696b1-d489-4529-869b-d0fa5372d8ca" CreationDate="2009-05-19T12:01:16.073" UserId="2780" Text="What is important to document in an active directory server?" />
  <row Id="17679" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9831" RevisionGUID="e55696b1-d489-4529-869b-d0fa5372d8ca" CreationDate="2009-05-19T12:01:16.073" UserId="2780" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;" />
  <row Id="17680" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9832" RevisionGUID="0cb3d689-7e19-48a7-980d-941586db7345" CreationDate="2009-05-19T12:01:30.847" UserId="2561" Text="My version of GNU Grep has a switch for this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    grep -R foo --include '*.txt' *&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;--include=GLOB&#xD;&#xA;              Search  only  files whose base name matches GLOB (using wildcard&#xD;&#xA;              matching as described under --exclude).&quot;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9833" RevisionGUID="3127861a-57fb-44b5-a64c-41c197b1465f" CreationDate="2009-05-19T12:02:50.707" UserId="1087" Text="If you have a large number of files it would be useful to incorporate xargs into the command to avoid an 'Argument list too long' error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find . -name '*.txt' -print | xargs grep &lt;pattern&gt;" />
  <row Id="17682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9834" RevisionGUID="5fc01276-28c7-4225-bd70-64bbb4834750" CreationDate="2009-05-19T12:08:25.513" UserId="32988" Text="* Standard tasks:&#xD;&#xA;  * Create/delete users&#xD;&#xA;  * Grant/revoke permissions&#xD;&#xA;* Things that separate your installation from out-of-the-box AD:&#xD;&#xA;  * Changes in group policies&#xD;&#xA;  * Schema extensions " />
  <row Id="17683" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9835" RevisionGUID="538e321b-8c9c-4664-8330-474cf2e7e8d9" CreationDate="2009-05-19T12:09:19.630" UserId="2621" Text="Why not use [Xen][1] or [KVM][2] since you are already familiar with Debian? Try [Linux Virtualization][3] for some great resources. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Google can also probably help with some kvm vs xen websites. (Phoronix does some great testing)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.xen.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.linux-kvm.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://linuxvirtualization.com/" />
  <row Id="17684" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9836" RevisionGUID="68eb61f4-21ba-46b5-930a-e7bcf540a25e" CreationDate="2009-05-19T12:11:50.567" UserId="2781" Text="It's also worth remembering that the choice of protocol affects the overall time to complete - for example, to FTP files from one host to another, can be noticeably faster than using windows file sharing (of course, things like domain permissions and the like are also lost, but in some situations, this can be an acceptable trade off -- After all, these would also be lost by zipping/unzipping)" />
  <row Id="17685" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9837" RevisionGUID="7bef349f-2bf1-41ea-9343-880959400172" CreationDate="2009-05-19T12:20:32.420" UserId="1714" Text="Is it possible to upgrade a Progress 8 database to a OpenEdge 10 database, when the operating systems differ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Progress database files from version 8 need to be upgraded to version 9, and then to 10 (OpenEdge). But when trying to upgrade the databasefiles from Unix on Windows, errors for &quot;wrong blocksize&quot; are given by the proutil.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for any help/directions." />
  <row Id="17686" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9837" RevisionGUID="7bef349f-2bf1-41ea-9343-880959400172" CreationDate="2009-05-19T12:20:32.420" UserId="1714" Text="Progress 8 database on Unix to OpenEdge 10 on Windows?" />
  <row Id="17687" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9837" RevisionGUID="7bef349f-2bf1-41ea-9343-880959400172" CreationDate="2009-05-19T12:20:32.420" UserId="1714" Text="&lt;progress&gt;&lt;database-adminstration&gt;" />
  <row Id="17688" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9838" RevisionGUID="4d377fb7-e583-4666-b8dd-ec319182257d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T12:29:19.713" UserId="2566" Text="I believe you need to restart the &quot;Server&quot; service." />
  <row Id="17689" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9839" RevisionGUID="e35da381-7a5c-4db2-b482-a454731e42ec" CreationDate="2009-05-19T12:33:58.103" UserId="2141" Text="We need to implement a new MS-SQL/IIS server serving intranet pages internally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What would be your recommended server configuration?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a) single server with both applications  &#xD;&#xA;b) two physical servers, one per application  &#xD;&#xA;c) two VMware servers, one per application  &#xD;&#xA;d) other&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, which version of Windows and MS-SQL would you opt for, at this moment in time, and why?" />
  <row Id="17690" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9839" RevisionGUID="e35da381-7a5c-4db2-b482-a454731e42ec" CreationDate="2009-05-19T12:33:58.103" UserId="2141" Text="Optimum implementation of new SQL/IIS setup?" />
  <row Id="17691" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9839" RevisionGUID="e35da381-7a5c-4db2-b482-a454731e42ec" CreationDate="2009-05-19T12:33:58.103" UserId="2141" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;intranet&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="17692" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9840" RevisionGUID="8ff2bab0-0bbc-4438-a4e8-be2801862ba2" CreationDate="2009-05-19T12:40:01.780" UserId="667" Text="- Two physical servers, one per application.&#xD;&#xA;- Windows Server 2008 SP2 64bit&#xD;&#xA;- SQL Server 2008 SP1 64bit&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17693" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9841" RevisionGUID="e6678baa-bec5-4d04-9ef0-4c41ac06343d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T12:41:48.940" UserId="2579" Text="I'd go with either option B or C.  Splitting the 2 would be best.  If you have a good Virtual Server setup, then I don't see any reason why they couldn't be virtual servers.  You just might want to be aware of how many page requests and SQL Requests you'll get for performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you have heavy full-text searching on your SQL box, I'd go with SQL2008.  Otherwise, I'd go with SQL2005.  Server 2008 and SQL2008 integrate nicely with each other, so I'd go with them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV" />
  <row Id="17694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9842" RevisionGUID="2a3a54c0-4b6d-4946-9038-3e15f87c0c25" CreationDate="2009-05-19T12:45:40.013" UserId="1358" Text="I haven't tested this but it should work. Put your vmrun command including the password into a file and chmod it 700. You should then be able to use [sudo][1] with the NOPASSWD option to run the script;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;sudo /path/to/vmrun_script.sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Andrew&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/man/sudoers.html" />
  <row Id="17695" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9840" RevisionGUID="d0aa932f-2e8d-4b40-aa3b-eea145a68cc2" CreationDate="2009-05-19T12:46:00.387" UserId="667" Comment="added 127 characters in body" Text="- Two physical servers, one per application (if you have 2 machines, let's use them)&#xD;&#xA;- Windows Server 2008 SP2 64bit (because it includes IIS7)&#xD;&#xA;- SQL Server 2008 SP1 64bit (management tools are slightly better than SQL Server 2005)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17696" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9843" RevisionGUID="88f65682-f50a-4c8a-b7f7-f21cc4bd23aa" CreationDate="2009-05-19T12:47:39.777" UserId="2546" Text="Might be OTT for a smaller church, but the **[Microsoft Active Directory Topology Diagrammer][1]** is pretty funky. It automatically generates a diagram of your Active Directory topology in Visio. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Diagrams can be made of servers, domains, sites, routing groups, admin groups and connectors. It shouldn't take long to produce some nice illustrations that you can use to supplement your written handover notes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Screenshot here][2] (on a Sun blog!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=cb42fc06-50c7-47ed-a65c-862661742764&amp;displaylang=en&amp;tm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.sun.com/jenswagener/entry/microsoft_active_directory_topology_diagrammer" />
  <row Id="17697" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9844" RevisionGUID="ad4dd78a-ed08-40c3-a781-a20e40b3dbe5" CreationDate="2009-05-19T12:49:19.870" UserId="44" Text="In the past it was not possible to shrink a JFS. Has that changed in the meantime, is somebody working on it, is it planned ...?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How would it be possible to replace JFS with another FS without having to backup and restore the files?" />
  <row Id="17698" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9844" RevisionGUID="ad4dd78a-ed08-40c3-a781-a20e40b3dbe5" CreationDate="2009-05-19T12:49:19.870" UserId="44" Text="Is it possible to shrink an JFS filesystem?" />
  <row Id="17699" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9844" RevisionGUID="ad4dd78a-ed08-40c3-a781-a20e40b3dbe5" CreationDate="2009-05-19T12:49:19.870" UserId="44" Text="&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="17703" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9846" RevisionGUID="086119c7-b6f9-4904-8866-f88f8a753c8a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T12:56:03.030" UserId="2466" Text="[The Code Book][1] by Simon Singh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[The Code Breakers][2] by David Kahn&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Great books that will help you understand encryption in more detail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Code-Book-Science-Secrecy-Cryptography/dp/0385495323&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.amazon.com/Codebreakers-Comprehensive-History-Communication-Internet/dp/0684831309/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_k2a_2_txt?pf_rd_p=304485601&amp;pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-2&amp;pf_rd_t=201&amp;pf_rd_i=0385495323&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_r=0RVPTF2510JB9RVX53W3" />
  <row Id="17704" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9720" RevisionGUID="db6ab1fd-af93-47dc-b2bd-7e5cb33eaaa2" CreationDate="2009-05-19T13:03:16.937" UserId="2012" Comment="deleted 2 characters in body" Text="In the past I have handled this issue three different ways.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One, Microsoft ISA server.  This solves a couple of issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - you can limit the time the youth are on the internet&#xD;&#xA; - track what they are viewing and course correct behavior&#xD;&#xA; - throttle the speed that hey are able to surf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Two, Router that has login and filters&#xD;&#xA;  This is almost like internet cafe software but done at a hardware level&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Three,&#xD;&#xA;  when the above two attempts at a technological solution failed I reverted to a good old fashion power timer under the desk.  I put it all in a lock box and when it was time for them to be off the computer it went &quot;Click&quot; and there was no computer to be using.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The last was the most satisfying as a parent, the cheapest, and was full proof." />
  <row Id="17705" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9847" RevisionGUID="3eed9e04-5702-4d67-a632-b211898d8434" CreationDate="2009-05-19T13:03:54.453" UserId="386" Text="I'd recommend &quot;[The Story About Ping&quot;][1], but it really is IT related.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0670672238/ref=nosim/0sil8" />
  <row Id="17706" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9848" RevisionGUID="7c431d35-eca2-4be2-9922-ad0bea3a6645" CreationDate="2009-05-19T13:07:03.013" UserId="2604" Text="First, be careful not to document Active Directory itself.  Microsoft has already done that.  It is not your responsibility, and it will reduce the time you have to document the configurations, policies, and procedures specific to your installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a list of things that you should document.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Explain your computer, user, domain, and OU naming conventions.&#xD;&#xA;- Describe your OU hierarchy and the reasoning behind it.&#xD;&#xA;- Briefly describe the main functions of your Group Policy Objects and why you organized them as you did.&#xD;&#xA;- Describe your network numbering conventions and DHCP configuration, if applicable.&#xD;&#xA;- Describe your DNS configuration.&#xD;&#xA;- Describe your Windows Firewall exceptions.&#xD;&#xA;- List the the Windows Server roles and third-party software installed on each server.&#xD;&#xA;- Note the locations of Active Directory's FSMO roles.&#xD;&#xA;- Describe the organization's policy for when to add new user accounts or revoke existing user accounts.&#xD;&#xA;- Describe the organization's policies for user restrictions (related to GPO details above).&#xD;&#xA;- If you are responsible for the network as well, provide a building wiring diagram.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17707" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9849" RevisionGUID="e807fa52-99bb-437f-9738-a3b631673214" CreationDate="2009-05-19T13:07:37.633" UserId="931" Text="[How to Win Friends and Influence people.][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/How-Win-Friends-Influence-People/dp/0671723650" />
  <row Id="17708" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9850" RevisionGUID="5dbce929-4b87-4e6a-b53e-7739f8a74bdd" CreationDate="2009-05-19T13:07:54.417" UserId="2546" Text="Remember Gmail is still officially beta. That gives Google wiggle room if it does something catastrophic to your mail." />
  <row Id="17709" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9644" RevisionGUID="c76b1362-26dc-47d7-b544-2b75ef2a48af" CreationDate="2009-05-19T13:14:12.007" UserId="993" Comment="Added maintenance plan details" Text="I have a database in full recovery model. This database's transaction log backups (scheduled via a Maintenance Plan) fail nightly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the database's CREATE statement, etc:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    USE [master]&#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    /****** Object:  Database [Gatekeeper]    Script Date: 05/18/2009 15:31:26 ******/&#xD;&#xA;    CREATE DATABASE [Gatekeeper] ON  PRIMARY &#xD;&#xA;    ( NAME = N'Gatekeeper_dat', FILENAME = N'F:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\DATA\Gatekeeper.mdf' , SIZE = 20480KB , MAXSIZE = UNLIMITED, FILEGROWTH = 1024KB )&#xD;&#xA;     LOG ON &#xD;&#xA;    ( NAME = N'Gatekeeper_log', FILENAME = N'E:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\DATA\Gatekeeper.ldf' , SIZE = 10240KB , MAXSIZE = 2048GB , FILEGROWTH = 10%)&#xD;&#xA;     COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS&#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    EXEC dbo.sp_dbcmptlevel @dbname=N'Gatekeeper', @new_cmptlevel=90&#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    IF (1 = FULLTEXTSERVICEPROPERTY('IsFullTextInstalled'))&#xD;&#xA;    begin&#xD;&#xA;    EXEC [Gatekeeper].[dbo].[sp_fulltext_database] @action = 'enable'&#xD;&#xA;    end&#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET ANSI_NULL_DEFAULT OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET ANSI_NULLS OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET ANSI_PADDING OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET ANSI_WARNINGS OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET ARITHABORT OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET AUTO_CLOSE OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET AUTO_CREATE_STATISTICS ON &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET AUTO_SHRINK OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET AUTO_UPDATE_STATISTICS ON &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET CURSOR_CLOSE_ON_COMMIT OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET CURSOR_DEFAULT  GLOBAL &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET NUMERIC_ROUNDABORT OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET RECURSIVE_TRIGGERS OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET  DISABLE_BROKER &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET AUTO_UPDATE_STATISTICS_ASYNC OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET DATE_CORRELATION_OPTIMIZATION OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET TRUSTWORTHY OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET ALLOW_SNAPSHOT_ISOLATION OFF &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET PARAMETERIZATION SIMPLE &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET  READ_WRITE &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET RECOVERY FULL &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET  MULTI_USER &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET PAGE_VERIFY CHECKSUM  &#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [Gatekeeper] SET DB_CHAINING OFF &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the error message from the maintenace plan:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Executing the query &quot;BACKUP LOG [Gatekeeper] TO  DISK = N'C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft SQL Server\\MSSQL.1\\MSSQL\\Backup\\Gatekeeper\\Gatekeeper_backup_200905180100.trn' WITH NOFORMAT, NOINIT,  NAME = N'Gatekeeper_backup_20090518010003', SKIP, REWIND, NOUNLOAD,  STATS = 10&#xD;&#xA;    &quot; failed with the following error: &quot;BACKUP LOG cannot be performed because there is no current database backup.&#xD;&#xA;    BACKUP LOG is terminating abnormally.&quot;. Possible failure reasons: Problems with the query, &quot;ResultSet&quot; property not set correctly, parameters not set correctly, or connection not established correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the relevant code from the maintenance plan:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_create_subdir N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Backup\Gatekeeper'&#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    declare @backupSetId as int&#xD;&#xA;    select @backupSetId = position from msdb..backupset where database_name=N'Gatekeeper' and backup_set_id=(select max(backup_set_id) from msdb..backupset where database_name=N'Gatekeeper' )&#xD;&#xA;    if @backupSetId is null begin raiserror(N'Verify failed. Backup information for database ''Gatekeeper'' not found.', 16, 1) end&#xD;&#xA;    RESTORE VERIFYONLY FROM  DISK = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Backup\Gatekeeper\Gatekeeper_backup_200905190812.trn' WITH  FILE = @backupSetId,  NOUNLOAD,  NOREWIND&#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9851" RevisionGUID="f7ddd2f5-97ae-4a01-bdc4-338fa2f7aded" CreationDate="2009-05-19T13:17:13.813" UserId="2567" Text="It's not possible to shrink a JFS file system using the standard tools. [Compunix][1] provides some tools that claim to be able to shrink JFS filesystems, but there's no widespread account of their reliability or success rates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's generally not possible to switch filesystems in-place, unless you're changing versions of the same filesystem (ext2-&gt;ext3-&gt;ext4) or converting FAT to NTFS on certain Windows systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In theory, if your JFS file system doesn't take up the whole disk, and you're very lucky about where the FS is placed on the disk, you could copy files to another partition, then delete the JFS partition and grow the other partition and its filesystem (be sure to pick something that can grow, like ReiserFS or XFS).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.compunix.com" />
  <row Id="17711" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9181" RevisionGUID="406ca2c1-6915-4a52-9c58-4b27f0429af5" CreationDate="2009-05-19T13:17:50.990" UserId="658" Comment="added 51 characters in body" Text="Given a machine configured with :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows 7 64 bit&#xD;&#xA; - a CPU that DOESN'T support the [Intel hardware virtualization][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any free, non-time-sensitive virtual machine hosts that can host either 32 or 64 bit guest machines?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The candidates:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - VMWare Server (doesn't work well with 64 bit Windows 7... some driver signing problems that I don't want to muck around with)&#xD;&#xA; - VMWare Workstation (is time limited at 30 days)&#xD;&#xA; - Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Sun VirtualBox - work perfectly with the conditions given!**&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The goal is to host a wide array of guest machines; Windows, OSX (longshot), and *nix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=946&amp;page=2" />
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  <row Id="17713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9852" RevisionGUID="3c4ffa3e-dea9-4cf6-bcf9-156504db8d55" CreationDate="2009-05-19T13:26:31.557" UserId="1222" Text="For a foolproof solution, just use [pskill][1] from Sysinternals (now owned by Microsoft)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming you have the privileges `pskill` will kill any process. I've had processes that `TASKKILL` and various other methods wouldn't be able to terminate whereas `pskill` will. (This was for an installation routine, where I *needed* to kill the process to replace the executable)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896683.aspx" />
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  <row Id="17715" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9821" RevisionGUID="0e62ff5f-1db0-4ec8-b47d-5e34a7a8017c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T13:28:24.300" UserId="2863" Comment="added detail. " Text="VMWare server is probably the way to go, unless you want to spend money on the ESX infrastructure, there is a lot of support and it is very robust, you could probably afford to strip out your core OS as well in order get more performance out of VM's. If you are looking at using all linux machines Xen another virtualization tool like that may be the way to go, but i have no experience with those.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think i bare metal hypervisor would be a better solution given the spec of the machine in order to remove as many overheads as possible." />
  <row Id="17716" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7850" RevisionGUID="fb45e31c-af90-4b92-81c8-484697abdc1a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T13:30:29.177" UserId="2012" Comment="added 65 characters in body" Text="For all size companies I have been a part of a team.  We work very hard to have individual login to everything.  We then used some single sign on technology to mange all of the logins for us.  These systems can be expensive and require hours to maintain.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Recently I have found a program that uses strong encryption, we have forced all our passwords into this program to the point where if I don't have PINs then I am not able to get anything done.  Some would say this is dangerous, but if a separation needs to take place then the heartburn of discovery is lessened.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/pins.html..this tool is awesome and would fit your needs easily." />
  <row Id="17717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9853" RevisionGUID="8c3a75f6-7f83-4800-8b20-a361c3324b9a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T13:30:36.650" UserId="2546" Text="According to [this post][1] it's only possible to shrink JFS2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sadly, I don't think you can migrate from JFS to JFS2 online.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1234744&amp;page=9" />
  <row Id="17718" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9854" RevisionGUID="a6818609-8f58-40fc-ad33-2ee8d0e04c44" CreationDate="2009-05-19T13:30:57.570" UserId="2278" Text="In PowerShell:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Get the Win32_Share class. You can specify a remote&#xD;&#xA;    # machine in the moniker, if you want&#xD;&#xA;    $shareClass = [WMICLASS]'root\cimv2:Win32_Share'&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Create the share - parameters are:&#xD;&#xA;    # path, share name, share type - 0 = disk&#xD;&#xA;    # See Win32_Share documentation for error code explanations&#xD;&#xA;    $returnCode = $shareClass.Create('C:\', 'C$', 0)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if ($returnCode -eq 0)&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;Share created successfully&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    } else {&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;Failed to create share: error code $returnCode&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;Obviously you can get instances of Win32_Share and delete them, etc. if you need to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your other option is &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net stop server &amp; net start server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but that's a bit heavy as it will obviously disconnect everyone attached to the server&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17719" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="9822" RevisionGUID="410f4c93-e26a-4f06-8c11-807c3ce1241e" CreationDate="2009-05-19T13:31:59.473" UserId="1466" Comment="Correct typo (&quot;amd&quot; should be &quot;and&quot;) in title" Text="Recursive text search with grep and file patterns" />
  <row Id="17720" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9855" RevisionGUID="5ceaf4b2-4364-457c-b107-c70be9282414" CreationDate="2009-05-19T13:36:33.863" UserId="1466" Text="We are using MS Messenger to make it easier to **work from home**.  Our team communicates via messenger even within the office, to **maintain a consistent interface** no matter where we are working from on a given day." />
  <row Id="17721" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9854" RevisionGUID="6b8b12f4-644e-4f3b-9d29-1dcfda609097" CreationDate="2009-05-19T13:40:16.370" UserId="2278" Comment="Added code to delete a share" Text="In PowerShell:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Delete the share - get a WMI instance pointing to C$&#xD;&#xA;    # You can specify a remote machine in the moniker, if you want&#xD;&#xA;    $share = [WMI]&quot;root\cimv2:Win32_Share.Name='C$'&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    $deleteReturnCode = $share.Delete()&#xD;&#xA;    # check return code here - 0 is success&#xD;&#xA;    # Create the share - use the Win32_Share class.     &#xD;&#xA;    $shareClass = [WMICLASS]'root\cimv2:Win32_Share'&#xD;&#xA;    # parameters are: path, share name, share type - 0 = disk&#xD;&#xA;    $createReturnCode = $shareClass.Create('C:\', 'C$', 0)&#xD;&#xA;    # check return code here - 0 is success&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously you can get instances of Win32_Share and delete them, etc. if you need to. See Win32_Share documentation for error code explanations&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your other option is &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net stop server &amp; net start server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but that's a bit heavy as it will obviously disconnect everyone attached to the server&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9856" RevisionGUID="e94dc670-b24e-4bfa-a10c-655fb1aca230" CreationDate="2009-05-19T13:41:27.787" UserId="2863" Text="Dependent upon your usage, disk IO and networks are like to be the biggest cause for concern in moving to a VMWare type infrastructure, especially if your VM's are being stored on the SAN, you should definitely be assessing network usage and disk IO for all machines you would migrate. Most servers for VMWare type usage should come with a nice number of NIC's however its still worth bearing in mind how many you will be able to use, as well as the speed of disks on the SAN. VMWare ESX supports the ability to not write all disk changes back to the VM immediately and therefore you can save on some performance that way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Measuring performance we used [RRDTool][1] to access performance as Kyle said, this is really useful. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/" />
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  <row Id="17727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9859" RevisionGUID="c9ba82af-664c-440b-8764-1a36da5f2575" CreationDate="2009-05-19T13:44:31.213" UserId="1447" Text="Splitting the teams is best - reactive operational work is very toxic to development productivity.  Developer's stock-in-trade is uninterrupted concentration and a mixed operational workload is disproportionately disruptive to the development work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some ways you might encourage team cohesion:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Keep some development resources attached to the ops team, responsible for automation, some bug fixing work on systems they are familiar with and possibly smaller changes or development projects.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Keep the teams in the same physical area so they are socialised together.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Regularly swap people between the teams - some people in each team should have spent at least 1-2 years in the other team.  For example, try to get developers to do some time as a DBA (and pay them an on-call allowance if they are on call - you can be perceived as using a junior developer as a cheap DBA!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Have an architecture workgroup that has people from both teams.  This group is not necessarily full time, but does things like build and configuration management infrastructure,  DB architecture/development work that sits in the gray area between development and operational DBA work and web/application server configuration, particularly where this affects development.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Encourage (and make time available for) people to do seminars or papers on topics of interest, such as applications that they have built or aspects of network infrastructure pertinent to development (e.g. how to set up a Weblogic server with a reverse proxy).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Try to involve both teams in peer review processes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Integrity, Integrity, Integrity.  Anything to avoid a finger pointing culture.  For example, where there is a serious issue do some sort of post-mortem or root cause analysis.  If appropriate, get someone to do a technical seminar on the solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17728" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9860" RevisionGUID="7242f086-8391-42f1-ac9d-09577e39f9e2" CreationDate="2009-05-19T13:46:54.410" UserId="3105" Text="I think you need to think carefully about offloading email to a third party if email is at all important to your business. &#xD;&#xA;My key concerns would be (these apply to any email provider)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How long could you function with no email?&#xD;&#xA; - Can you migrate to another email provider&#xD;&#xA; - Do you have any legal requirement to keep ALL email for n years (lots of financial businesses do&#xD;&#xA; - How would your clients feel about having their emails to you stored on a third party server? &#xD;&#xA; - Do people email you sensitive data (health records maybe)?&#xD;&#xA; - Could you survive a loss of all your archived emails? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specific concerns with Google (as of date of posting)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - They don't have the best support record&#xD;&#xA; - Email isn't their primary business so they could decide to stop providing the service at any time&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17729" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9861" RevisionGUID="c4c430aa-4554-4644-90a9-28878265c76d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T13:52:05.010" UserId="401" Text="I just did this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Spawn command prompt (start -&gt; run -&gt; cmd)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Task Manager, Right Click command, goto process&#xD;&#xA; 3. Set priority to Low&#xD;&#xA; 4. Ran a program from the command prompt&#xD;&#xA; 5. It had low priority&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might be able to make a shortcut or a wrapper program to spawn a prompt that's already low so you don't have to do the juggling." />
  <row Id="17731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9863" RevisionGUID="fb050da8-a114-4edc-8ffc-30d77fc279c2" CreationDate="2009-05-19T13:55:08.513" UserId="2232" Text="I'm looking for sites about SharePoint (MOSS 2007) that are trusted, where the writers have actually deployed large sites. Essentially, the Joel Spolsky of SharePoint.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17732" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9863" RevisionGUID="fb050da8-a114-4edc-8ffc-30d77fc279c2" CreationDate="2009-05-19T13:55:08.513" UserId="2232" Text="Trusted SharePoint Authority Sites" />
  <row Id="17733" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9863" RevisionGUID="fb050da8-a114-4edc-8ffc-30d77fc279c2" CreationDate="2009-05-19T13:55:08.513" UserId="2232" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;" />
  <row Id="17734" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9864" RevisionGUID="f1c767ef-23cb-4850-8ddf-3bb0d0f3b848" CreationDate="2009-05-19T13:55:59.557" UserId="3108" Text="    start /low app.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seems like it would do what you want. You can only start applications in the Low class though, not in BelowNormal." />
  <row Id="17735" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9865" RevisionGUID="c3dd6512-263a-4d17-9381-b314a65f4337" CreationDate="2009-05-19T13:58:45.730" UserId="1210" Text="According to this [page][1], the ASA5505-SEC-PL license does NOT give you unlimited users.  If you'd purchased the bundled version of the security plus license, it would have included unlimited users.  Did you purchase it from CDW?  How long ago?  They're pretty good about taking stuff back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe that in your case, if CDW won't let you return your current device, that you'll have to purchase both the licenses that you mention to upgrade to &quot;unlimited&quot; users and to get up to 20 VLANs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said that, it's still going to be less expensive than purchasing a 5510, however, your throughput is pretty limited with a maxed out 5505 as this [page][2] will show you all the models .  You might also want to have a look at the AIP-SSC card for the 5505 which gives you IPS/IDS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edited to add**:  *I'm not a Cisco licensing expert.  This might warrant a call to CDW if that's who your vendor is.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/vpndevc/ps6032/ps6094/ps6120/prod_brochure0900aecd80402e36.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6120/prod_models_comparison.html" />
  <row Id="17736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9866" RevisionGUID="b24106a8-4e76-495a-b93a-acd2ec7f57ef" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:04:04.333" UserId="1466" Text="I'm **looking for resources** that will help me design/maintain an optimum multi-user multi-server LAMP environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We currently have 7 servers (2 load-balanced webservers, 2 redundant clustered web-content servers, 2 redundant clustered MySQL servers, 1 VirtualMin Developer server), but am having difficulty **determining if what I have done is common/optimum/good practice**, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone point me to any good/great resources for running multi-server LAMP environments?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note:&#xD;&#xA;*I asked this question on StackOverflow some time ago, but didn't get any great results.  Perhaps I should have waited until the end of the Beta (for a non-SO audience)*" />
  <row Id="17737" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9866" RevisionGUID="b24106a8-4e76-495a-b93a-acd2ec7f57ef" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:04:04.333" UserId="1466" Text="Best Practices for setting up multi-server LAMP environment" />
  <row Id="17738" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9866" RevisionGUID="b24106a8-4e76-495a-b93a-acd2ec7f57ef" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:04:04.333" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;lamp&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;best-ptactices&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="17739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9867" RevisionGUID="5d3ba8dc-46ad-48a7-8c84-a6b87a13ad4d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:05:06.097" UserId="2369" Text="I have a Windows 2003 Server machine, using the built in software RAID-1 support with two SATA drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the 2nd drives fails (that is, when I pull out the drive connector) everything works perfectly, but when the first drive is missing the system won't boot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I understand you can create a &quot;fault tolerance&quot; floppy and use that for booting into the secondary drive but floppy disks and drives tend to have a very short lifespan in out dusty server room (I know server rooms aren't supposed to be dusty, but it's a construction problem and can't be fixed).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to boot into the secondary drive of a Windows 2003 software RAID-1 array without using a floppy?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="17740" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9867" RevisionGUID="5d3ba8dc-46ad-48a7-8c84-a6b87a13ad4d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:05:06.097" UserId="2369" Text="windows 2003 software raid - booting secondary disk with no FT floppy" />
  <row Id="17741" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9867" RevisionGUID="5d3ba8dc-46ad-48a7-8c84-a6b87a13ad4d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:05:06.097" UserId="2369" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;raid&gt;&lt;software-raid&gt;&lt;boot&gt;" />
  <row Id="17742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9868" RevisionGUID="a23a4746-d809-42f8-8895-6a5f1709737a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:05:59.883" UserId="2581" Text="I have a laptop and was working perfectly fine one night. Next morning I couldn't see a thing on the screen. At first I thought it was completly broke but later found out there was an image still there that was visible when I held a powerfull torch up against the screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AFAIK Either the backlight is broke or more likely the inverter that powers the backlight.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are possible causes of random fails like this?" />
  <row Id="17743" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9868" RevisionGUID="a23a4746-d809-42f8-8895-6a5f1709737a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:05:59.883" UserId="2581" Text="What causes lcd backlight to fail?" />
  <row Id="17744" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9868" RevisionGUID="a23a4746-d809-42f8-8895-6a5f1709737a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:05:59.883" UserId="2581" Text="&lt;lcd&gt;&lt;laptop&gt;&lt;parts&gt;" />
  <row Id="17745" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9869" RevisionGUID="081f55f3-9c18-427b-bd16-6044d8fdf037" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:06:25.687" UserId="2692" Text="I've got a couple of MacBooks that I'd like to be able to read / write files on a shared network drive within a Windows Active Directory network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, one of the MacBooks is being used by someone who is only here on a temporary basis (its their own personal MacBook), so ideally I'd like to be able to remove their access once they've left. I'm thinking setting up a new user with just access rights on what's required, then when they leave, revoking the account." />
  <row Id="17746" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9869" RevisionGUID="081f55f3-9c18-427b-bd16-6044d8fdf037" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:06:25.687" UserId="2692" Text="Mapping Windows network drives in Mac OS X (Leopard / Tiger)" />
  <row Id="17747" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9869" RevisionGUID="081f55f3-9c18-427b-bd16-6044d8fdf037" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:06:25.687" UserId="2692" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;networkdrive&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="17748" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9681" RevisionGUID="285d6169-e75b-4afa-bf57-206506605a81" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:06:45.360" UserId="2875" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="I'm wanting to be able to login in to the OS X GUI remotely, in the background, i.e. without interrupting anyone that is currently sitting in front of the machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apple Remote Desktop or VNC don't cut it -- they only permit management of the machine from the console session. I realize I can get a remote ssh login, but I need to be able to get a full, standard GUI login.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this possible?" />
  <row Id="17749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9870" RevisionGUID="3cfcf911-b692-4ade-9957-575cd460bb99" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:12:52.197" UserId="2579" Text="My guess is the same as yours with the Inverter.  At one time, IBM Laptops were notorious for the inverter going out and losing it's connection.  The issue for them was cheap manufacturing.  The part itself wasn't well made and failed after a time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV" />
  <row Id="17750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9871" RevisionGUID="4f551dd9-2158-4229-a93a-7a089b63b324" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:16:14.330" UserId="2581" Text="Windows Vista in generally considered not much of a success by microsft and I've heard many computer support shops recommend against it. The typical opinion is to stick with XP then upgrade to 7 but I am just curious as to how many people here do recommend vista." />
  <row Id="17751" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9871" RevisionGUID="4f551dd9-2158-4229-a93a-7a089b63b324" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:16:14.330" UserId="2581" Text="Would you recommend Windows Vista?" />
  <row Id="17752" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9871" RevisionGUID="4f551dd9-2158-4229-a93a-7a089b63b324" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:16:14.330" UserId="2581" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="17753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9872" RevisionGUID="1396fd5f-eff6-4d7c-b066-51578c2a2fd5" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:18:13.453" UserId="2502" Text="I have a Vista laptop that runs fine, but no I would not recommend anyone pay to upgrade to it with windows 7 getting closer to launching." />
  <row Id="17754" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9873" RevisionGUID="0f8098dd-f404-4091-bf46-0393aa83a0cc" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:19:45.713" UserId="2299" Text="You don't say what load you expect from the Intranet app. I'm guessing that unless yours is a huge company the Intranet app won't be that big a load. In that case the key target is managability. If so, I would use two Hyper-V VMs. You can put them on the same physical server to start with, and if the load becomes too great put each VM on it's own server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The advantage of having IIS and SQL on separate servers is simplicity. You don't have to worry about changes you make to one service affecting the other.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The advantage of using VMs instead of real servers is that you can back up VMs just by (shadow) copying the folder they're in. This makes things like SQL Server service packs *much* less scary. If you have two physical servers you can even keep copies of the same VM on both servers, then if you lose a physical server you can quickly bring up the VM on the other physical server. It also makes hardware upgrades much easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would use W2k8 for IIS. Whether it's worth using x64 is debatable. I did use x64 on my most recent IIS server, but I ended up having to run IIS in 32 bit mode because many of the COM servers it needs are only available in x86 versions. For the SQL server using x64 will future proof it if you think you may need &gt;4GB RAM, and to be honest you can never have too much memory for a SQL Server. I would probably choose SQL 2008 on the grounds that you'll have to eventually, and it's a lot easier to do it now than have to upgrade later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having a SQL Server on a virtual disk might raise some eyebrows (or will it be on a SAN?) but my testing of our middle size databases suggest that the performance hit is barely noticable. In fact when I recently moved one of our SQL Servers to a VM it ran about 50% faster, simply because of the massive increase in disk speed of the new host server compared to one two years old.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John Rennie&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17755" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9869" RevisionGUID="15a1a351-cb2a-4684-9321-f4c56208f1b8" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:21:03.183" UserId="2692" Comment="Missing question marks!" Text="I've got a couple of MacBooks that I'd like to be able to read / write files on a shared network drive within a Windows Active Directory network. What's the best way of doing this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, one of the MacBooks is being used by someone who is only here on a temporary basis (its their own personal MacBook), so ideally I'd like to be able to remove their access once they've left. I'm thinking setting up a new user with just access rights on what's required, then when they leave, revoking the account. Does this sound like a reasonable approach?" />
  <row Id="17756" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5391" RevisionGUID="b6fd85b4-171b-4b8d-bd29-3f7ab405b324" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:21:19.453" UserId="1692" Comment="Added followup notes." Text="I'm getting a new machine and will be installing Windows 7 RC1 on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to partition drive(s) to make OS re-installation as painless as possible.&#xD;&#xA;I'm going to try to figure this out for NT/XP/2k/Vista/W7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm going to update this question as I do more research.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently, I'm thinking:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  C: OS/registry apps&#xD;&#xA;   \WINDOWS (XP)&#xD;&#xA;   \WINNT (NT/2k)&#xD;&#xA;   \Program Files (NT/2k/XP)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  D: Data/non-registry apps&#xD;&#xA;   \Documents and Settings&#xD;&#xA;   \users (Vista/W7)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Based on experience with my latest install, I created 2 100GB partitions for the OS.  That way I can re-install W7 on that partition and not blow away my old install." />
  <row Id="17757" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5391" RevisionGUID="b6fd85b4-171b-4b8d-bd29-3f7ab405b324" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:21:19.453" UserId="1692" Comment="Added followup notes." Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;partition&gt;" />
  <row Id="17758" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9874" RevisionGUID="f7eb6aed-08d7-4afa-b7db-4a21845a8bb1" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:25:23.440" UserId="1803" Text="*Create projects for yourself*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best way to learn about how to fix desktops is to build your home computer, and then improve/break it until you're comfortable doing that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Interested in web servers?  Install/enable a web service on your home PC (apache or IIS in XP) and you'll be amazed at how much you pick up about DNS, networking, etc.  And how useful that knowledge will be to you down the line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I could keep listing examples, but you get the idea.  The more fun you have with it, the more you learn.  The more you know, the more fun your job is.  This makes you a more enjoyable coworker, and a better job candidate." />
  <row Id="17759" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9875" RevisionGUID="277867b2-d997-4beb-87c6-ce23b9020615" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:25:34.097" UserId="2579" Text="I'm running Vista Business SP1 and Vista Ultimate SP1 and have not had any issues.  I haven't seen Windows 7 yet, but I have heard that it is very much like Vista just easier to use.  If I had a choice now, I would wait until Windows 7 comes out and go straight from WinXP to Windows 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV" />
  <row Id="17761" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5391" RevisionGUID="e37df25d-18b3-4741-8abc-194dd17c3182" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:26:58.197" UserId="1692" Comment="Added section on permissions." Text="I'm getting a new machine and will be installing Windows 7 RC1 on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to partition drive(s) to make OS re-installation as painless as possible.&#xD;&#xA;I'm going to try to figure this out for NT/XP/2k/Vista/W7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm going to update this question as I do more research.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently, I'm thinking:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  C: OS/registry apps&#xD;&#xA;   \WINDOWS (XP)&#xD;&#xA;   \WINNT (NT/2k)&#xD;&#xA;   \Program Files (NT/2k/XP)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  D: Data/non-registry apps&#xD;&#xA;   \Documents and Settings&#xD;&#xA;   \users (Vista/W7)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Based on experience with my latest install, I created 2 100GB partitions for the OS.  That way I can re-install W7 on that partition and not blow away my old install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [This link][1] for instructions on how to move C:\Users to D:\Users after install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Due to bios mis-configuration, I had to re-install the OS already.  When I re-installed, I got a new UUID for myself and was unable to access my old D:\Users files.  I tried to use the security tab under properties to change the permissions, but I couldn't figure out any settings that worked.  The problem manifested itself as an immediate logout after trying to log in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone know how to change permissions on D:\Users after OS re-install so I can access them?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8187/whats-the-best-way-to-move-c-users-to-d-users-under-vista-w7" />
  <row Id="17762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9877" RevisionGUID="c239234f-0a86-4a02-92c8-9a60bffc02ad" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:27:19.273" UserId="2299" Text="If you move the second disk to the first controller you'll find the system will boot off it just as usual. There are a few circumstances where this won't work. I recall the Dell system partition causes problems. However in the few cases where I've used software RAID1 I always remove the Dell partition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess you're asking how you'd get someone else to boot the server, that is you don't want them going near the server with a screwdriver! You just need to get the server to boot off something that allows it to run the boot loader and see the boot.ini. If you use Dells then insist on them having a DRAC card as this can create a virtual floppy disk and boot the server from it. I think the Compaq Lights Out controller can do something similar. If not then you should be able to boot it from a CD (I must admit I've never tried this) or a USB key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17764" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9878" RevisionGUID="f37ee8b0-98a9-407b-8ffc-87fb245ebec6" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:29:02.797" UserId="3038" Text="Virtual machines are not like typical servers, in that you run into problems in different areas. Most of the time, CPU isn't the bottlenecking resource, but RAM is. The things to really know before you go in:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Disk throughput** How fast do you pound your storage? MB/read, MB/write both average and peak (as mentioned elsewhere in this thread RRDTool is good for this). Do you know when your peaks are, and whether or not they'll coincide with I/O peaks on other VMs stored on the same ESX cluster. In our environment backups are the peak I/O time, but we get bursts during the day. The answer to this will tell you whether or not you can get away with file-backed disks, or if you have to direct present LUNs to VMs. &#xD;&#xA; - **Network throughput** Know how fast you need to be. As above, backups are the area when we start attempting to saturate our NICs. Know how much data you're pounding out. I'm pretty sure there are NICs out there that can do VLAN tagging, which can ease load-balancing problems if your network infrastructure supports it.&#xD;&#xA; - **RAM creep** Known your programs. We have one that will consume every bit of memory given to it, which causes the VMWare console to whine and complain about usage and recommend giving it more. If you're not as tragically underfunded as we are, hopefully your ESX servers will be provisioned with a lot of RAM. In our environment, we consider a VM to be 'piggy' if it *needs* over 1GB of RAM. Yours may be different.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Determining whether or not you can use file-backed disks or if you require direct-presented LUNs can take a bit of knowing. Direct-presented LUNs are where your storage array presents LUNs directly to VM's, which is made easier by using &lt;a href=&quot;http://pubs.vmware.com/vi35/fibre_san_config/esx_san_cfg_manage.8.17.html&quot;&gt;NPIV&lt;/a&gt;. You can do it without NPIV but it may be too perilous for your blood, all brand new Fibre Channel hardware should support it and ESX 3.5 certainly does. Direct presented removes a layer of abstraction between the storage array and the virtual machine pounding I/O, and in that sense it can provide better performance. However, direct-presentation is trickier to set up and has a higher start-up time in the &quot;wrap your head around it&quot; stage. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;File backed disks are just plain easier. Plus, they can be moved between storage arrays pretty simply (for certain values of simple, where copying multi GB files is concerned), something that direct-presentation requires (usually very expensive) array-level replication software to accomplish. Low I/O load things work just peachy on file-backed, and even some higher I/O things as well. We're running a full Exchange 2007 install for over 3000 users on file-backed disks. The backups could be faster, but during the day the users don't notice any slow-downs." />
  <row Id="17765" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9879" RevisionGUID="8ec1cbed-71f4-4b2f-9116-d98be0501163" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:30:01.763" UserId="1447" Text="My £0.02 worth:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Put the DB server on a separate box.  This lets you optimise it for a database server.  One or more clustered web servers can be run on cheap 1U boxes.  Scaling a database server is much easier on a single box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Don't use VM's unless you have a specific application for them.  They really only give you a benefit if you have a large number of separate applications that you want to sandbox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - SQL Server 2008 gives you an extra three years of lifespan for your system for free.  SQL Server 2005 will go to EOL 3 years before 2008 will, so using SQL Server 2008 gives your application more time before it needs to be migrated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17766" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="9869" RevisionGUID="a55449bf-5c6a-4f06-8115-4bf2a98781c6" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:30:14.713" UserId="2692" Comment="edited title" Text="How to map Windows network drives in Mac OS X (Leopard / Tiger)?" />
  <row Id="17767" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9880" RevisionGUID="d0610a40-39ac-4c42-88b4-13de5aec4b1a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:30:23.073" UserId="2103" Text="I just put in a new network adapter card into my laptop and would like to know if it is being used. How can I tell?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm running Vista." />
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  <row Id="17769" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9880" RevisionGUID="d0610a40-39ac-4c42-88b4-13de5aec4b1a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:30:23.073" UserId="2103" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;adapter&gt;" />
  <row Id="17770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9881" RevisionGUID="cb7570fb-415c-439c-897e-71f2408bb649" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:30:27.707" UserId="2224" Text="From Finder, hit Command-k, enter `smb://&lt;servername&gt;/&lt;share&gt;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They need a user account, but the Mac doesn't need to be bound to the domain. Macs don't support DFS, so you need to know the actual path to the file share that you're interested in." />
  <row Id="17771" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9882" RevisionGUID="456e85d9-c229-474f-ac0f-d9f15e297276" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:34:04.533" UserId="117" Text="Have you tried an `ipconfig` in a windows command prompt (cmd.exe) ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, when you open the **connection status** (right clic on your connection, then status), you will see how much paquet were sent and received." />
  <row Id="17772" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9883" RevisionGUID="e5dafa9e-f2bc-4050-beed-0a4531e653ec" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:36:04.500" UserId="2866" Text="My organization decided to stick with Windows XP, which for me is torture, since I use Win7 at home.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for running Vista, I personally have had ZERO problems running it on my network, and no problems with laptops in my department using Vista Business.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of the anti-Vista stuff I've run into are from non-technical users who have heard &quot;bad things&quot; (think the anti-PC/Vista Apple ads) - and most of these users don't like the way XP works either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for recommending Vista, I would, because for the end user, they fixed so many little XP annoyances, like needing administrator approval to plug in a new flash drive (I *hate* supporting that one!)" />
  <row Id="17773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9884" RevisionGUID="f8c885eb-0b31-4680-a63a-4d03613389b9" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:36:38.540" UserId="3111" Text="D) Other&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not enough information. What is your budget? Do you already have a virtual infrastructure? How much load do you expect on the server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have an unlimited budget and significant load then the obvious answer is to separate AND virtualize everything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To all virtualized SQL naysayers: show me the evidence that virtualizing SQL should be any different than virtualizing anything else. ; )" />
  <row Id="17774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9885" RevisionGUID="cb3c4e52-bc94-4da2-bd00-627fb911b7da" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:36:43.983" UserId="1466" Text="You can identify the adapter by MAC address (Physical Address) using the **ipconfig /all** command.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9886" RevisionGUID="5f9cead4-a25d-447c-9908-5337729ec6b0" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:38:53.730" UserId="2863" Text="I use my OS X machine to administer a couple of servers and like to keep open terminal.app to do this. I have my profile so i get a few tabs open as i open the terminal.app, is it possible to assign to each tab a different theme and different starting command so that i can automatically SSH to each of the boxes as i run terminal.app?" />
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  <row Id="17777" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9886" RevisionGUID="5f9cead4-a25d-447c-9908-5337729ec6b0" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:38:53.730" UserId="2863" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;console&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;" />
  <row Id="17778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9887" RevisionGUID="7205ac78-35ef-4e07-882f-53cf0d5bbef6" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:39:31.327" UserId="1466" Text="The backlight is just a **miniature fluorescent tube,** which can **burn out**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have had success stealing a tube from another (smaller) laptop and replacing the burned out one.  Because I used a shorter tube, so it wasn't perfect (edge of the display was dim), but it was certainly usable, and kept me from tossing the machine altogether." />
  <row Id="17779" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9839" RevisionGUID="a39ad2b0-b015-4f85-ba73-b9d54b434f17" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:40:29.483" UserId="2141" Comment="Added hits info" Text="We need to implement a new MS-SQL/IIS server serving intranet pages internally. At the moment we are on average seeing 22 hits per second, but each request is quite small.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What would be your recommended server configuration?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a) single server with both applications  &#xD;&#xA;b) two physical servers, one per application  &#xD;&#xA;c) two VMware servers, one per application  &#xD;&#xA;d) other&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, which version of Windows and MS-SQL would you opt for, at this moment in time, and why?" />
  <row Id="17780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9888" RevisionGUID="274981ab-482c-47c2-ba59-40f56532223d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:40:43.693" UserId="2866" Text="I've run into this issue so often - as Joseph says, it's fixed as of 5.0.03.0530 (stupid versioning, Cisco!), and I am currently running 5.0.04.0300 with no problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On my personal laptop, whenever I ran into that issue, all I would have to do to fix it was disable and re-enable the wireless adapter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;kbd&gt;Fn&lt;/kbd&gt; + &lt;kbd&gt;F2&lt;/kbd&gt; on my Dell Inspiron (sorry, wanted to use the &lt; kbd &gt; tag!)" />
  <row Id="17781" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9867" RevisionGUID="9422a743-f729-467f-8876-e5be3cef497c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:41:32.837" UserId="2369" Comment="added 197 characters in body" Text="I have a Windows 2003 Server machine, using the built in software RAID-1 support with two SATA drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the 2nd drives fails (that is, when I pull out the drive connector) everything works perfectly, but when the first drive is missing the system won't boot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I understand you can create a &quot;fault tolerance&quot; floppy and use that for booting into the secondary drive but floppy disks and drives tend to have a very short lifespan in out dusty server room (I know server rooms aren't supposed to be dusty, but it's a construction problem and can't be fixed).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to boot into the secondary drive of a Windows 2003 software RAID-1 array without using a floppy?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) the servers are not brand name servers, the disks where unformatted before I installed Windows 2003 Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) connecting the secondary disk to the primary controller didn't work" />
  <row Id="17782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9889" RevisionGUID="45bfc208-c07c-410d-b7a2-d55cd49fe88a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:41:56.127" UserId="2914" Text="I have home network with VLANs, one for LAN, one for WLAN and one for internet. I'd like to use bridging so that instead of configuring these same VLANs to every machine, they had own VLAN ID and **bridges** were LAN, WLAN and internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried it but for some reason keep-alive/ttl seems to get broken because SSH sessions etc suddenly disconnects.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have this same setup working in workplace for 4+ years with 100+ customers but it's custom firewall/router hardware so accessing it is impossible. I know that it runs Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So what is Debian/Ubuntu default network settings doing wrong or is it just NIC driver/hw problem? I've tried to mess araund with ttl etc settings without any luck. The bad stuff is happening in the bridge because current VLAN-only setup works fine." />
  <row Id="17783" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9889" RevisionGUID="45bfc208-c07c-410d-b7a2-d55cd49fe88a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:41:56.127" UserId="2914" Text="Linux VLAN Bridge" />
  <row Id="17784" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9889" RevisionGUID="45bfc208-c07c-410d-b7a2-d55cd49fe88a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:41:56.127" UserId="2914" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;vlan&gt;&lt;router&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="17785" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9890" RevisionGUID="c3c0c9bc-2e9a-42da-bef1-1c3b7a545090" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:43:50.710" UserId="1865" Text="I was about to say that I thought it would be easiest to bind the machines to the Directory domain using the Mac Directory Utility in Applications&gt;Utilities, but I'll defer to duffbeer703 (cos my practical AD experience ended with 2000 Server). If you get stuck, there's some good info at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.macwindows.com/index.html&quot;&gt;MacWindows.com&lt;/a&gt; and there's a specific &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.afp548.com/forum/index.php?forum=24&quot;&gt;forum&lt;/a&gt; at afp548.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for your plan about using limited rights accounts for a temporary period, that sounds very sensible to me.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17786" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9891" RevisionGUID="6708b5f6-0947-4392-a097-0d2561576e2f" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:44:31.627" UserId="3113" Text="The easiest way I can think of is to go into Network Connections on the control panel and turn off all the other cards, then check if you can still access the internet." />
  <row Id="17787" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9892" RevisionGUID="f472e15f-9258-4655-a4fc-2ace31d3f3ef" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:44:42.393" UserId="201" Text="http://www.serverdensity.com is a hosted application to do just that - CPU load, memory usage, process breakdown, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(This is a product from my company)" />
  <row Id="17788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9893" RevisionGUID="fab4906d-9229-4aec-a577-ddc0e357f835" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:46:43.777" UserId="2991" Text="I updated to Vista at home, and have come across no major problems.  It does take a bit of getting used to as many things have been renamed and moved, and MS seemed to take a lot of flack for what is an all round better OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Saying that, I wouldn't reccomend anyone upgrading to Vista from XP.  I would recommend taking Vista on a new computer and not taking the option to downgrade.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But historically, &quot;new&quot; OSes have had many detractors, it just seemed to be more intense this time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Win95 had its detractors, everyone whinged about 98, NT4 was a resource hog, no one liked ME (which was fair, it was rubbish), 2000 broke too many things, XP was too different from 98 and 2000.  XPSP1 introduced incompatibilities, and XP SP2 broke every security program.  And all of these required at least double in hardware to what was needed previously, and didn't support half the hardware that people already had.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From a corporate point of view, Vista and v7 introduce a lot of things that will take getting used to - redirecting writes to the registry and &quot;program files&quot; being major, so it's not just a case of popping it in as a direct replacement." />
  <row Id="17789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9894" RevisionGUID="02917eaa-b8f4-4224-a478-d62b2e8f9d46" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:48:45.910" UserId="2103" Text="Thanks, ipconfig, d'oh!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then went to Control Panel &gt; Network Connections. Then I was able to disable my internal wireless card that was still being used and enable the external one." />
  <row Id="17790" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9895" RevisionGUID="8c6ef12b-0fbc-488f-aa4a-85bce53021a1" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:50:05.097" UserId="3038" Text="Our work specifically recommends against Vista due to a single critical application incompatibility. That still hasn't stopped several users installing it anyway and just living with the grief. With Win7 around the corner, we've been designing around the application incompatibility since  we **know** we'll have a lot more Win7 around than Vista, probably within a month of release. This is a case of end-users pressing IT change." />
  <row Id="17791" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9896" RevisionGUID="64bbb1c8-2f02-4a62-add6-21998aa14ea6" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:50:19.650" UserId="1865" Text="I haven't used Terminal.app since I discovered &lt;a href=&quot;http://iterm.sourceforge.net/&quot;&gt;iTerm&lt;/a&gt;, which is free. It has customisable profiles and a bookmarks feature that might really help with what you need. Check it out..." />
  <row Id="17792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9897" RevisionGUID="ddfd8925-770d-4725-af4b-afc1930ab608" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:51:21.567" UserId="843" Text="If your server bios supports booting from a USB drive or flash drive you could use that in place of a floppy drive. &#xD;&#xA;Just make sure the boot.ini is pointing to the right disk/parition.&#xD;&#xA;[kb 317526][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/317526/" />
  <row Id="17793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9898" RevisionGUID="3d12c568-8d8e-4766-9690-000007fb5a4d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:52:19.630" UserId="3113" Text="I used to work in a big call center with technical support. Some people had higher privileges then others, only certain people could reset ports on switches, for example. Every person in our department was on a private IRC server, which also had some of the network administrators on it, which meant that we used it sometimes for keeping track of very recent issues that had not yet made it into the issue tracking system as well as requesting a port reset on a port when nothing else seemed to help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not sure how helpful this is but for such a situation it was a great help since customers tend to get annoyed when they're put on hold often and this way you didn't have to go hunting for a port-resetter physically." />
  <row Id="17794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9899" RevisionGUID="6c2c4d73-c8b8-43bf-a0b6-7264109ed9f1" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:52:29.787" UserId="2991" Text="A great tool to document your servers is [http://sydiproject.com/][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sydiproject.com/" />
  <row Id="17795" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9900" RevisionGUID="cba1d145-7f03-4a20-981b-25dcda35d6dc" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:53:24.590" UserId="1803" Text="The fact that Win7 includes the &quot;XP Mode&quot; license - versus $99 XP downgrade rights on your Vista license - seems to speak for itself.  Kudos to Microsoft, honestly, for having the guts to admit they made a bad call, and move forward.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've got one intrepid Vista user in the office.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - There are some printers he can't use&#xD;&#xA; - There are some corporate apps he can't use&#xD;&#xA; - There are some administrative tools (for Microsoft products) that he can't use because he runs Vista&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, he's got an XP virtual he needs to keep running in order to successfully perform his job.  We'll need a better scenario than that before we get a desktop OS change approved by management." />
  <row Id="17796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9901" RevisionGUID="2dc94c33-0bb8-4023-8184-93216c69ca4f" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:53:47.133" UserId="273" Text="**Not option A, certainly not within the same INSTANCE of Windows.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQL Server really doesn't play too nice with other applications on the same server as it gents to get very grabby with RAM and can page out other applications / services.  (I also recommend FIXING the amount of RAM SQL Server uses, switch off the &quot;automatic&quot; parameter)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could have a single server, running vmware and hosting the two virtual instances of Windows 2008.  If you've not started working with vmware (or any other virtualisation environment) then get on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you find that your single vm server is running nicely then you can look into investing in the higher end vmware products: esx, virtual centre etc. and you can build up your DR / HA and capacity with clustering." />
  <row Id="17797" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9657" RevisionGUID="2f22b5fb-43dd-4d35-9f75-287db4563799" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:54:03.323" UserId="3000" Comment="added 82 characters in body" Text="You need the DocumentRoot added to the configuration. It should be something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Ensure that Apache listens on port 80&#xD;&#xA;    Listen 80&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Listen for virtual host requests on all IP addresses&#xD;&#xA;    NameVirtualHost *:80&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    DocumentRoot /www/example1&#xD;&#xA;    ServerName www.example1.com&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Other directives here&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    DocumentRoot /www/example2&#xD;&#xA;    ServerName www.example2.org&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Other directives here&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Seems I thought I knew more about Apache than I do. Thanks for the comments." />
  <row Id="17798" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9902" RevisionGUID="f5ea2930-b7cb-4a73-a863-4b597a30982e" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:54:04.557" UserId="2600" Text="One slight modification to the stated goal is that the SNAT comes out of the pool 10.1.1.10 - 10.1.1.19 instead of the ACE's own IP address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    probe icmp ping&#xD;&#xA;      interval 15&#xD;&#xA;      passdetect interval 60&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    rserver host testserver&#xD;&#xA;      ip address 10.2.1.1&#xD;&#xA;      probe ping&#xD;&#xA;      inservice&#xD;&#xA;    rserver host testserver2&#xD;&#xA;      ip address 10.2.1.2&#xD;&#xA;      probe ping&#xD;&#xA;      inservice&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    serverfarm host onearm&#xD;&#xA;      predictor leastconns&#xD;&#xA;      rserver testserver&#xD;&#xA;        inservice&#xD;&#xA;      rserver testserver2&#xD;&#xA;        inservice&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    class-map match-any vip&#xD;&#xA;      2 match virtual-address 10.1.1.2 any&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    policy-map type loadbalance first-match farm-testfarm&#xD;&#xA;      class class-default&#xD;&#xA;    policy-map type loadbalance first-match pmOneArm&#xD;&#xA;      class class-default&#xD;&#xA;        serverfarm onearm&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    policy-map multi-match vipOneArm&#xD;&#xA;      class vip&#xD;&#xA;        loadbalance vip inservice&#xD;&#xA;        loadbalance policy pmOneArm&#xD;&#xA;        loadbalance vip icmp-reply active&#xD;&#xA;        loadbalance vip advertise active&#xD;&#xA;        nat dynamic 10 vlan 15&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    interface vlan 15&#xD;&#xA;      ip address 10.1.1.1 255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;      fragment chain 112&#xD;&#xA;      no icmp-guard&#xD;&#xA;      access-group output ALL&#xD;&#xA;      nat-pool 10 10.1.1.10 10.1.1.19 netmask 255.255.255.0 pat&#xD;&#xA;      service-policy input vipOneArm&#xD;&#xA;      no shutdown&#xD;&#xA;      " />
  <row Id="17799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9903" RevisionGUID="582dcddd-f791-47b0-a27e-d0bc967f0271" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:55:35.600" UserId="3113" Text="I would wait for Windows 7, it has a lot better performance than Vista and is much easier to use. It is also remarkably stable, even while it was in Beta I didn't have a single problem with it despite daily use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would not recommend Vista for almost any environment, I'd rather go for Windows XP instead." />
  <row Id="17800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9904" RevisionGUID="550ff497-1843-4b29-b0fa-62a6ee9b7b78" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:55:50.577" UserId="1466" Text="I have added the following to **/etc/postfix/header_checks** so that postfix will log the subject lines of every email:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /^subject: /    WARN&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This produces log entries in **/var/log/mail.log** like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    May 19 07:10:48 server postfix/cleanup[1737]: 12E9DB13A3: warning: header Subject: Test Message; from=&lt;www-data@server.domain&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And my **logwatch report** contains:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Header content warning (but passed): 1 Reason(s), 2030 time(s)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have put both of the following in my **/etc/logwatch/conf/ignore.conf**, but they do not seem to avoid this message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    warning: header Subject:&#xD;&#xA;    Header content warning (but passed): 1 Reason(s)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?" />
  <row Id="17801" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9904" RevisionGUID="550ff497-1843-4b29-b0fa-62a6ee9b7b78" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:55:50.577" UserId="1466" Text="Using ignore.conf with logwatch" />
  <row Id="17802" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9904" RevisionGUID="550ff497-1843-4b29-b0fa-62a6ee9b7b78" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:55:50.577" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;log-files&gt;&lt;logwatch&gt;" />
  <row Id="17803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9905" RevisionGUID="3b8cebde-082a-42e8-8050-66e76ecdd93f" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:56:28.030" UserId="3111" Text="When answering the ultimate question of whether to upgrade to the latest and sometimes greatest version of Windows, one must always distinguish between consumer and business recommendations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First for the consumer, Vista is a significant improvement over XP in useability and reliability. The only thing to keep in mind is that Vista loves the latest hardware. The Vista experience is quite different on a brand new machine as compared to a 3-4 year old clunker. Minimum system requirements = minimum performance. The question then remains; But now that Windows 7 is in RC shouldn't I wait to buy a new PC? If you are asking that then my answer is yes, YOU should wait.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a business, a major consideration is user training. In our organization, all new PCs purchased within the last year or so have come with Vista. But, before being put into production, they are imaged with our standard XP-based load out. Our goal is to have a standard workstation OS version across our entire organization for obvious reasons. Unfortunately, the fact that Vista won't run well (or at all) on our older machines means that we will upgrade when one of two things occur. Either we get to a point where most of our workstation hardware has been replaced or Windows 7 comes out and is as light and airy as the Betas and RCs have been. I'd love to upgrade our users to Windows 7 and I hope the performance claims are true.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option for businesses that is gaining popularity is to virtualize the desktops and move them to the server room. A company moving to this solution wouldn't even have to fork over much for thin clients. They could instead use the existing workstation hardware as the client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Overall, I'd say it is an exciting time for OS technology. So the answer to your question is maybe. :)" />
  <row Id="17804" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9906" RevisionGUID="114347c2-4fee-4f95-b40d-d32adb1db946" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:58:21.850" UserId="1155" Text="Open up the **Task Manager**, go to the **Networking** tab, and you can see which adapters are being utilized." />
  <row Id="17805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9907" RevisionGUID="3eaae7d6-7f5f-4ab6-873b-d9b0757b8ae0" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:59:23.657" UserId="3117" Text="I am trying to work out which is more suitable for an SQL Server 2008 installation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Two six core X7460 clocked at 2.66Ghz &lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;or&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Two Quad core X5570 clocked at 2.93Ghz.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally, I'd like to know which is faster overall - bearing in mind that the X5570 is Nehalem/Gainestown and the X7460 is Dunnington.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any advice would be appreciated!" />
  <row Id="17806" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9907" RevisionGUID="3eaae7d6-7f5f-4ab6-873b-d9b0757b8ae0" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:59:23.657" UserId="3117" Text="Comparison of X5570 and X7450 Xeons" />
  <row Id="17807" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9907" RevisionGUID="3eaae7d6-7f5f-4ab6-873b-d9b0757b8ae0" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:59:23.657" UserId="3117" Text="&lt;cpu&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="17808" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9908" RevisionGUID="41166fb6-38a9-410e-a7ce-be45b2d5a4f3" CreationDate="2009-05-19T14:59:33.283" UserId="1466" Text="I'll answer my own queston:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The second attempt in **/etc/logwatch/conf/ignore.conf** is correct, except that **the brackets need to be escaped**.  Adding a backslash before each bracket caused logwatch to correctly ignore the lines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9909" RevisionGUID="f3a68a8b-4b5e-438c-aa20-76d0786bbb68" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:00:17.837" UserId="2101" Text="Create a subdirectory in that filesystem and share/symlink *that* instead of the filesystem root directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a bad idea to remove the lost+found directory. When recovering, fsck needs an existing multi-sector directory in which to create directory entries for lost files. If there is no lost+found directory, then it has to create one, potentially overwriting data." />
  <row Id="17810" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9880" RevisionGUID="e7ca6e09-9dde-46da-b43a-a4a2a26d1009" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:01:09.630" UserId="2103" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;adapter&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="17811" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9889" RevisionGUID="26139392-ec05-4fe1-a60a-4268c5dd2ddc" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:01:31.530" UserId="2914" Comment="+interfaces &amp; sysctl" Text="I have home network with VLANs, one for LAN, one for WLAN and one for internet. I'd like to use bridging so that instead of configuring these same VLANs to every machine, they had own VLAN ID and **bridges** were LAN, WLAN and internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried it but for some reason keep-alive/ttl seems to get broken because SSH sessions etc suddenly disconnects.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have this same setup working in workplace for 4+ years with 100+ customers but it's custom firewall/router hardware so accessing it is impossible. I know that it runs Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So what is Debian/Ubuntu default network settings doing wrong or is it just NIC driver/hw problem? I've tried to mess araund with ttl etc settings without any luck. The bad stuff is happening in the bridge because current VLAN-only setup works fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;interfaces:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     auto lo&#xD;&#xA;     iface lo inet loopback&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;     # The primary network interface&#xD;&#xA;     allow-hotplug eth0&#xD;&#xA;     allow-hotplug eth1&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;     iface eth0 inet static&#xD;&#xA;     iface eth1 inet static&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;     auto vlan111&#xD;&#xA;     auto vlan222&#xD;&#xA;     auto vlan333&#xD;&#xA;     auto vlan444&#xD;&#xA;     auto br0&#xD;&#xA;     auto br1&#xD;&#xA;     auto br2&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;     # LAN&#xD;&#xA;     iface vlan111 inet static&#xD;&#xA;             vlan_raw_device eth0&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;     # WLAN&#xD;&#xA;     iface vlan222 inet static&#xD;&#xA;             vlan_raw_device eth0&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;     # ADSL Modem&#xD;&#xA;     iface vlan333 inet static&#xD;&#xA;             vlan_raw_device eth1&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;     # Internet&#xD;&#xA;     iface vlan444 inet static&#xD;&#xA;             vlan_raw_device eth0&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;     # LAN bridge&#xD;&#xA;     iface br0 inet static&#xD;&#xA;             address 192.168.0.1&#xD;&#xA;             netmask 255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;             bridge_ports eth0.111&#xD;&#xA;             bridge_stp on&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;     # Internet bridge&#xD;&#xA;     iface br1 inet static&#xD;&#xA;             address x.x.x.x&#xD;&#xA;             netmask x.x.x.x&#xD;&#xA;             gateway x.x.x.x&#xD;&#xA;             bridge_ports eth1.333 eth0.444&#xD;&#xA;             bridge_stp on&#xD;&#xA;             post-up iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o br1 -j MASQUERADE&#xD;&#xA;             pre-down iptables -t nat -D POSTROUTING -o br1 -j MASQUERADE&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;     # WLAN bridge&#xD;&#xA;     iface br2 inet static&#xD;&#xA;             address 192.168.1.1&#xD;&#xA;             netmask 255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;             bridge_ports eth0.222&#xD;&#xA;             bridge_stp on&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sysctl:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net.ipv4.conf.default.forwarding=1&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9910" RevisionGUID="6d789ff9-c711-453a-8df2-cae971448869" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:08:38.897" UserId="843" Text="You could write a VBS logon script for their XP account. Something that ran in the background and would force a logout or shutdown when a certain time of the day was hit. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In an effort to get my brother to play less WoW and go to school I put a scheduled task on his machine, which would fire every 5 minutes from 11:00pm to 8:00am and shutdown the computer. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;He eventually figured it out, but he was pretty frustrated for a month or so why his computer would suddenly stop working late at night. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9911" RevisionGUID="15ae1b85-fc3e-44b3-a870-5a61ac08ff59" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:09:43.357" UserId="2281" Text="Internetworking with TCP/IP, Vol 1 by Douglas E. [Comer](http://www.amazon.com/Internetworking-TCP-IP-Vol-5th/dp/0131876716/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Like [Stevens](http://serverfault.com/questions/1046/what-is-the-single-most-influential-book-every-sysadmin-should-read/1147#1147), a classic.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17814" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9900" RevisionGUID="fe6dca55-fcda-4047-9721-caaa483ac168" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:10:31.827" UserId="1803" Comment="added 19 characters in body" Text="The fact that Win7 includes the &quot;XP Mode&quot; license (for Pro versions) - versus $99 XP downgrade rights on your Vista license - seems to speak for itself.  Kudos to Microsoft, honestly, for having the guts to admit they made a bad call, and move forward.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've got one intrepid Vista user in the office.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - There are some printers he can't use&#xD;&#xA; - There are some corporate apps he can't use&#xD;&#xA; - There are some administrative tools (for Microsoft products) that he can't use because he runs Vista&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, he's got an XP virtual he needs to keep running in order to successfully perform his job.  We'll need a better scenario than that before we get a desktop OS change approved by management." />
  <row Id="17815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9912" RevisionGUID="6ed4f661-4aa5-4d55-a147-a82e5de0cafb" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:10:51.513" UserId="2514" Text="Is there a way to import information into a survey from an external datasource? I have a user who has a spreadsheet full of measures (Over 300 of them) who would like to create a few surveys in SharePoint so that he could ask our users to rate some software based on these measures. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Manual data entry of all 300+ measures directly into a survey would take a LOT of time. Is there an easy way to get these measures into a survey? " />
  <row Id="17816" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9912" RevisionGUID="6ed4f661-4aa5-4d55-a147-a82e5de0cafb" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:10:51.513" UserId="2514" Text="Create a SharePoint Survey from an Excel spreadsheet" />
  <row Id="17817" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9912" RevisionGUID="6ed4f661-4aa5-4d55-a147-a82e5de0cafb" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:10:51.513" UserId="2514" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;" />
  <row Id="17818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9913" RevisionGUID="26c75318-bd52-45c7-84e0-49817d3806be" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:12:43.693" UserId="3112" Text="For configuration management take a look at tools like puppet[1] and chef[2]. There are others you might want to check as well, like capistrano[3]. Also, you want to keep an eye on those servers when they enter production mode. For monitoring, you might want to check Nagios[4]. And there are lots of others, some of them based on rrdtool[5].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1] reductivelabs.com/products/puppet &lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[2] wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Home &lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[3] www.capify.org &lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[4] www.nagios.org &lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[5] oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/rrdworld/index.en.html" />
  <row Id="17819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9914" RevisionGUID="ba80d74d-7fa7-4a2a-a2b8-8c58f256a20e" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:14:09.087" UserId="3047" Text="We had to add a route on our gateway device, a router that was in front of the ASA.  This was preventing the traffic from getting to the ASA.  We routed all traffic to one of the working xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx addresses." />
  <row Id="17820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9915" RevisionGUID="1ed6a2fc-73b0-4eb5-b9b7-24cff01d0d9e" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:15:48.460" UserId="1803" Text="Microsoft Licensing is only going to give that code to someone who's got the Agreement number and License number (not license key).  Which brings us back to Joseph's answer - you're only going to be able to get it through University IT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if you put in a helpdesk ticket that makes it as easy as humanly possible, someone might do it out of curiosity.  The US number is 888-352-7140, per [MS Licensing][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/existing-customers/activation-centers.aspx" />
  <row Id="17821" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9916" RevisionGUID="b51b11ba-99e1-4ab8-bcf0-b7fcbc60eb62" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:17:01.250" UserId="2372" Text="With Vista, I've found that shares perform poorly compared to XP / Server2003 - for example, XP clients with mapped drives are disconnected nearly immediately after use, causing minimal or many-second delays when reconnecting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also the Explorer UI on Vista has some unacceptable delays - for example opening a folder containing photos that haven't been previously indexed can take many seconds to process before it allows you to select a group of photos.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other than that, Vista is quite good.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17822" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8243" RevisionGUID="9a3c2ed6-ffcd-460d-8e75-8d72ca95c40a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:19:27.907" UserId="211" Comment="Update" Text="I have found a work around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Océ Windows Printer Driver][1] just don't work, cannot fix them so I replaced them with [Océ Adobe® PostScript 3 Drivers (1.14)][1] and it has stopped it resetting, still need to do some testing, but fingers crossed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**: After a few days of testing we have found an issues with the PS drivers. For some reason when printing the correct orientation for a roll, it loses a 10-12cm (4-5 inch), down one side, but if printed the other way on it print fine but has to be trimmed down to size.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://global.oce.com/products/tcs500/downloads.aspx&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9917" RevisionGUID="b086869f-0770-49c8-ac79-99fdb786914c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:23:05.247" UserId="2349" Text="I am grepping the output of a command and I wish to only return specific, strict results.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I remember some iteration of grep had a strict option -s/--strict.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;example:  command | grep -i bytes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This would only return bytes and not every word that contains bytes like megabytes, kilobytes etc..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any direction would be appreciated." />
  <row Id="17824" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9917" RevisionGUID="b086869f-0770-49c8-ac79-99fdb786914c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:23:05.247" UserId="2349" Text="How does one simular the old unix grep -S strict functionality in linux (CentOS 5.2)." />
  <row Id="17825" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9917" RevisionGUID="b086869f-0770-49c8-ac79-99fdb786914c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:23:05.247" UserId="2349" Text="&lt;grep&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;centos&gt;" />
  <row Id="17826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9918" RevisionGUID="fba0d91e-af8b-4ce8-94d9-a217f8fe60cc" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:25:23.107" UserId="584" Text="I have XP, Vista, and 7 (on my Mac) as virtual machines. Best to worst: 7, XP, Vista.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd wait until Windows 7 comes out, personally. It's much zippier." />
  <row Id="17827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9919" RevisionGUID="096c03b6-e10e-4f5e-b92a-e859470a3fe1" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:26:03.870" UserId="533" Text="&gt;        -w, --word-regexp&#xD;&#xA;&gt;               Select  only those lines containing matches that form whole&#xD;&#xA;&gt;               words.  The test is that the matching&#xD;&#xA;&gt;               substring must either be at the beginning of the line, or &#xD;&#xA;&gt;               preceded  by  a  non-word  constituent&#xD;&#xA;&gt;               character.   Similarly,  it  must be either at the end of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt;               line or followed by a non-word con-&#xD;&#xA;&gt;               stituent character.  Word-constituent characters are&#xD;&#xA;&gt;               letters, digits, and the underscore." />
  <row Id="17828" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9920" RevisionGUID="ad9ad0e1-9826-4a97-b321-313fd62bae40" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:27:06.457" UserId="2546" Text="Never done it myself, but perhaps you could combine [this code which programmatically creates the basics of a survey][1] with [this code which adds the questions][2]. It shouldn't be too hard to do some sort of mail merge to convert your user's spreadsheet into code which will create the questions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sharepointblogs.com/ssa/archive/2006/11/03/creating-a-survey-in-moss-2007-programmatically.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msmvps.com/blogs/sundar_narasiman/archive/2008/08/14/programmatically-create-sharepoint-survey-questions.aspx" />
  <row Id="17829" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9921" RevisionGUID="f31b5364-0859-49ce-9f23-4c8eeaa209be" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:27:28.547" UserId="3121" Text="Hi - we're trying to add an MX record to a Windows Server 2003 DNS server and getting the following error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;A new record cannot be created.  Node is a CNAME DNS record.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The domain is xyz.com.  We create a new MX record and leave the &quot;Host or child domain:&quot; field blank, then we're putting &quot;cluster122.us.messagelabs.com&quot; in the &quot;Fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of mail server:&quot; field and leaving the default Priority of 10.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are we missing something?" />
  <row Id="17830" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9921" RevisionGUID="f31b5364-0859-49ce-9f23-4c8eeaa209be" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:27:28.547" UserId="3121" Text="Receiving error &quot;A new record cannot be created.  Node is a CNAME DNS record.&quot; when adding an MX record to Windows Server 2003 DNS" />
  <row Id="17831" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9921" RevisionGUID="f31b5364-0859-49ce-9f23-4c8eeaa209be" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:27:28.547" UserId="3121" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="17832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9922" RevisionGUID="bfa70e48-5655-4f74-a998-4fa0af62795a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:27:39.810" UserId="438" Text="How do I tell if a certian AD user has admin rights on a Server 2003 box?&#xD;&#xA;I'm using Enterprise Edition." />
  <row Id="17833" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9922" RevisionGUID="bfa70e48-5655-4f74-a998-4fa0af62795a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:27:39.810" UserId="438" Text="How do I tell if a certian AD user has admin rights on Server 2003?" />
  <row Id="17834" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9922" RevisionGUID="bfa70e48-5655-4f74-a998-4fa0af62795a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:27:39.810" UserId="438" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;user&gt;&lt;rights&gt;" />
  <row Id="17835" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9923" RevisionGUID="dc245fec-cc25-45a7-9855-7b3fa1e9e30b" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:28:28.357" UserId="2664" Text="In [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942861][1] Microsoft reports that in some situations Microsoft SQL Server experiences network issues due to the network card having a TCP Chimney Offload turned on. I have other server software that is experiencing similar issues. The result is that same as with SQL Server, turn off the TCP Chimney Offload and everything goes back to normal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What does this TCP Chimney Offload feature do? What does it prevent certain network packets from reaching the final application?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942861" />
  <row Id="17836" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9923" RevisionGUID="dc245fec-cc25-45a7-9855-7b3fa1e9e30b" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:28:28.357" UserId="2664" Text="Why does the TCP Chimney Offload feature on some ethernet cards fail to pass some network packets to the OS?" />
  <row Id="17837" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9923" RevisionGUID="dc245fec-cc25-45a7-9855-7b3fa1e9e30b" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:28:28.357" UserId="2664" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;ethernet&gt;&lt;tcp&gt;&lt;tcpip&gt;" />
  <row Id="17838" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9924" RevisionGUID="b24f2727-c68d-4cfa-aef3-840b733a9e97" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:31:38.943" UserId="3111" Text="I wonder if this tool would be useful to you. It is called SharePoint Survey Loader. It allows you to input possible answers separated by semicolons so I'm thinking save as custom CSV file from your spreadsheet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://sharepointsurveyimportloader.cyberpine.com/" />
  <row Id="17839" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9925" RevisionGUID="342696d2-de79-4cb9-a449-d0bf8c99ee48" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:33:17.817" UserId="2101" Text="The answer, like so many &quot;what is the best setup?&quot; questions, depends on your specific workload.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some numbers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 2 x X7460@2.66 = 31.92GHz&#xD;&#xA; - 2 x X5570@2.93 = 23.44GHz&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously, the hexcores are faster overall. However:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Is your workload parallelizable? Maybe fewer, faster cores makes sense.&#xD;&#xA; - Is your workload CPU-bound? Is it disk-bound? Memory-bound?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a parallel, CPU-bound workload that accesses a smaller set of memory, I think the X7460s may be better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, you may find that the new Nehalem architecture gives you better performance on your particular workload (faster RAM &amp; IO).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is no right answer - it depends.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All other things being equal, I would recommend going with the Nehalem, as you can always upgrade to the hex-cores when Intel decides to release them :)" />
  <row Id="17840" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9926" RevisionGUID="60a7ad24-883a-4a6b-b8c9-8e1fbfa3df34" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:34:40.153" UserId="1054" Text="You have to look in the Administrators group on the server.  [This post][1] has a script that will enumerate the local admin group remotely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=901034" />
  <row Id="17841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9927" RevisionGUID="36673f0f-3e67-4468-9905-4de6350546c7" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:35:20.823" UserId="3125" Text="I just recently went through the same eval process myself.  I found this thread, which kicked me firmly into the Nehalem camp:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;communities.vmware.com/thread/202280&#xD;&#xA;(can't post a hyperlink because I'm a new user)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Essentially, the results indicate that for memory-intesive applications, 8 Nehalem cores will typically outperform up to 16 of the previous generation Xeons, or Opterons for that matter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Poke around on anandtech.com and you'll find similar benchmarks." />
  <row Id="17842" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9928" RevisionGUID="f847c309-29e6-49e3-830f-18c5e120c128" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:39:16.853" UserId="2101" Text="RFC 2181 forbids the use of a CNAME value in a MX record:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    10.3. MX and NS records&#xD;&#xA;       The domain name used as the value of a NS resource record, or part of&#xD;&#xA;       the value of a MX resource record must not be an alias.  Not only is&#xD;&#xA;       the specification clear on this point, but using an alias in either&#xD;&#xA;       of these positions neither works as well as might be hoped, nor well&#xD;&#xA;       fulfills the ambition that may have led to this approach.  This&#xD;&#xA;       domain name must have as its value one or more address records.&#xD;&#xA;       Currently those will be A records, however in the future other record&#xD;&#xA;       types giving addressing information may be acceptable.  It can also&#xD;&#xA;       have other RRs, but never a CNAME RR.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft specifically has [this][1] to say on the subject.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/153001" />
  <row Id="17843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9929" RevisionGUID="5413399d-cb42-4998-8083-76dc57af4929" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:41:00.437" UserId="2626" Text="Running Vista myself at home for the past year+, I have had little to no problems.  However, I usually do not recommend it to my users, as the interface is 'different' and much clunkier to work with.  Users typically hate change and Vista can be a huge change (especially with browsing the computer).  Add to the fact that Vista has a bad rap, users go into it with a negative attitude, which makes them even more intimidated/infuriated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As others have said, I would have them either downgrade to XP (if possible for there system) or wait for Windows 7 to be released.  While 7 is 'different', it does give you a slightly more XP'esque feel.  I think in the end you will have happier users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The few times I have recommended Vista, was for full usability of a Tablet PC and another for a really sweet deal on a laptop (where XP downgrade was not offered)." />
  <row Id="17844" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9926" RevisionGUID="c9739765-7bae-42c9-b1a5-11a81566a68f" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:41:21.967" UserId="1054" Comment="added 89 characters in body" Text="Server local groups (such as a server's Administrators group) are not available via AD.  You have to look in the Administrators group on the server.  [This post][1] has a script that will enumerate the local admin group remotely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=901034" />
  <row Id="17845" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9930" RevisionGUID="27136c6a-c2f5-4bf1-9317-f6eed5e165a4" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:44:21.413" UserId="2083" Text="Is it possible to get the size that a tgz will take up once it's extracted, but without extracting it? I basically want &lt;pre&gt;tar tzf file.tgz&lt;/pre&gt; with sizes beside them. I'm really looking for a total, so a solution that gives total size but not specific file sizes would work." />
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  <row Id="17847" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9930" RevisionGUID="27136c6a-c2f5-4bf1-9317-f6eed5e165a4" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:44:21.413" UserId="2083" Text="&lt;tar&gt;&lt;bash&gt;" />
  <row Id="17848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9931" RevisionGUID="72debd4d-bc2c-4a71-a9e5-b61102fd74ca" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:46:47.697" UserId="2502" Text="Is it an option to just plug a third network card in and have 3 different interfaces doing routing/masquerading?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless your ISP is giving you a tagged vlan connection at home I doubt there is much purpose in making it a VLAN." />
  <row Id="17849" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9932" RevisionGUID="0b22919d-5ba4-45b8-a0c9-ef3f7be46830" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:46:48.197" UserId="45" Text="It depends if the server is a domain controller or not. If it's *not* a domain controller, all users have admin rights, who are members of the local Administrators Group *(see Computer Management &gt; Local Useras and Groups - Administrators.)*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the server is a domain controller, users who a members of the Administrators Group *or* the Domain Admins Group), have admin rights on that particular server." />
  <row Id="17850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9933" RevisionGUID="651c02ef-5171-48a8-ba7f-cd9cde355630" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:48:12.983" UserId="2101" Text="    zcat file.tgz | wc -c&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will give you the number of characters taken up by the uncompressed .tar file, which will be very close to correct." />
  <row Id="17851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9934" RevisionGUID="aef186a4-39e8-4e0b-b916-92571868058d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:48:42.917" UserId="2467" Text="If the box is a member server check in the local Administrators group on the server. If it's a Domain Controller check in both Administrators and Domain Admins in Active Directory Users and Computers tool." />
  <row Id="17852" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9935" RevisionGUID="f01fe70b-b988-41c1-8d8c-5519650fd83c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:49:43.040" UserId="2513" Text="If it compressed using gzip compression, you can do something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    gunzip -l filename.tar.gz&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since a tar is not compressed, that should give you the information you need." />
  <row Id="17853" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9936" RevisionGUID="6bd3b789-b5a7-4e27-93f2-1f946d3c0336" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:51:24.207" UserId="1532" Text="This is how I have been upgrading Gentoo for a long time.  Is this the **recommended** method?  Any gotchas or better methods to use?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    emerge --sync&#xD;&#xA;    emerge -uDav world&#xD;&#xA;    emerge -av depclean&#xD;&#xA;    revdep-rebuild -v -- --ask&#xD;&#xA;    dispatch-conf&#xD;&#xA;    glsa-check -t all&#xD;&#xA;    glsa-check -f all" />
  <row Id="17854" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9936" RevisionGUID="6bd3b789-b5a7-4e27-93f2-1f946d3c0336" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:51:24.207" UserId="1532" Text="Is this the optimal procedure to upgrade Gentoo Linux?" />
  <row Id="17855" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9936" RevisionGUID="6bd3b789-b5a7-4e27-93f2-1f946d3c0336" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:51:24.207" UserId="1532" Text="&lt;gentoo&gt;&lt;portage&gt;&lt;upgrade&gt;" />
  <row Id="17856" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9937" RevisionGUID="4d0c5b1f-4fc2-4990-bf4e-84b9071d60b5" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:51:42.163" UserId="1466" Text="Try adding a **trailing dot** to &quot;cluster122.us.messagelabs.com&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's something I constantly forget, and it doesn't work without it." />
  <row Id="17857" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9938" RevisionGUID="92c247e4-875c-4921-be2a-0cc08d98c707" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:51:56.483" UserId="588" Text="After properly configuring FileZilla to communicate between servers, I tried to automate some transfers using Windows builtin FTP support&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ftp -s:command.file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I replicated FileZilla's client commands verbatim (using &lt;i&gt;literal&lt;/i&gt;) and I get this weird phenomenon:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Successful transfer using FileZilla&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    (000058) 2009-05-19 18:30:51 - (not logged in) (*.*.*.*)&gt; Connected, sending welcome message...&#xD;&#xA;    (000058) 2009-05-19 18:30:51 - (not logged in) (*.*.*.*)&gt; 220 welcome...&#xD;&#xA;    (000058) 2009-05-19 18:30:51 - (not logged in) (*.*.*.*)&gt; USER user1&#xD;&#xA;    (000058) 2009-05-19 18:30:51 - (not logged in) (*.*.*.*)&gt; 331 Password required for user1&#xD;&#xA;    (000058) 2009-05-19 18:30:51 - (not logged in) (*.*.*.*)&gt; PASS ******&#xD;&#xA;    (000058) 2009-05-19 18:30:51 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; 230 Logged on&#xD;&#xA;    (000058) 2009-05-19 18:30:51 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; CWD /&#xD;&#xA;    (000058) 2009-05-19 18:30:51 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; 250 CWD successful. &quot;/&quot; is current directory.&#xD;&#xA;    (000058) 2009-05-19 18:30:51 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; PWD&#xD;&#xA;    (000058) 2009-05-19 18:30:51 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; 257 &quot;/&quot; is current directory.&#xD;&#xA;    (000058) 2009-05-19 18:30:53 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; TYPE I&#xD;&#xA;    (000058) 2009-05-19 18:30:53 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; 200 Type set to I&#xD;&#xA;    (000058) 2009-05-19 18:30:54 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; PASV&#xD;&#xA;    (000058) 2009-05-19 18:30:54 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; 227 Entering Passive Mode (*.*.*.*.*.206)&#xD;&#xA;    (000058) 2009-05-19 18:30:54 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; STOR testfile.bmp&#xD;&#xA;    (000058) 2009-05-19 18:30:54 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; 150 Connection accepted&#xD;&#xA;    (000058) 2009-05-19 18:30:54 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; 226 Transfer OK&#xD;&#xA;    (000058) 2009-05-19 18:30:54 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; PASV&#xD;&#xA;    (000058) 2009-05-19 18:30:54 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; 227 Entering Passive Mode (*.*.*.*.*.207)&#xD;&#xA;    (000058) 2009-05-19 18:30:54 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; MLSD&#xD;&#xA;    (000058) 2009-05-19 18:30:55 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; 150 Connection accepted&#xD;&#xA;    (000058) 2009-05-19 18:30:55 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; 226 Transfer OK&#xD;&#xA;    (000057) 2009-05-19 18:31:12 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; disconnected.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;This is my attempt, using FTP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    (000060) 2009-05-19 18:34:17 - (not logged in) (*.*.*.*)&gt; Connected, sending welcome message...&#xD;&#xA;    (000060) 2009-05-19 18:34:17 - (not logged in) (*.*.*.*)&gt; 220 welcome...&#xD;&#xA;    (000060) 2009-05-19 18:34:22 - (not logged in) (*.*.*.*)&gt; USER user1&#xD;&#xA;    (000060) 2009-05-19 18:34:22 - (not logged in) (*.*.*.*)&gt; 331 Password required for user1&#xD;&#xA;    (000060) 2009-05-19 18:34:24 - (not logged in) (*.*.*.*)&gt; PASS ******&#xD;&#xA;    (000060) 2009-05-19 18:34:24 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; 230 Logged on&#xD;&#xA;    (000060) 2009-05-19 18:34:33 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; CWD /&#xD;&#xA;    (000060) 2009-05-19 18:34:33 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; 250 CWD successful. &quot;/&quot; is current directory.&#xD;&#xA;    (000060) 2009-05-19 18:34:43 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; PWD&#xD;&#xA;    (000060) 2009-05-19 18:34:43 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; 257 &quot;/&quot; is current directory.&#xD;&#xA;    (000060) 2009-05-19 18:34:56 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; TYPE I&#xD;&#xA;    (000060) 2009-05-19 18:34:56 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; 200 Type set to I&#xD;&#xA;    (000060) 2009-05-19 18:35:03 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; PASV&#xD;&#xA;    (000060) 2009-05-19 18:35:03 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; 227 Entering Passive Mode (*.*.*.*.*.209)&#xD;&#xA;    (000060) 2009-05-19 18:35:19 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; STOR testfile.bmp&#xD;&#xA;    (000060) 2009-05-19 18:35:20 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; 425 Can't open data connection.&#xD;&#xA;    (000060) 2009-05-19 18:35:51 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; QUIT&#xD;&#xA;    (000060) 2009-05-19 18:35:51 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; 221 Goodbye&#xD;&#xA;    (000060) 2009-05-19 18:35:51 - user1 (*.*.*.*)&gt; disconnected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;What should I do to replicate FZ? What differs the two FTP clients?&lt;/b&gt;" />
  <row Id="17858" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9938" RevisionGUID="92c247e4-875c-4921-be2a-0cc08d98c707" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:51:56.483" UserId="588" Text="Replicating FileZilla using Windows ftp command" />
  <row Id="17859" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9938" RevisionGUID="92c247e4-875c-4921-be2a-0cc08d98c707" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:51:56.483" UserId="588" Text="&lt;ftp&gt;&lt;filezilla&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="17860" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9939" RevisionGUID="dd6d7ece-06f8-4ca7-bfdb-70bec1554c6a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:52:53.410" UserId="2565" Text="I am working with a small company that purchases the XP downgrade when they order there computers from dell. They then apply an image to the systems, and need a CD key when it is finished. Unfortunately because it is a downgrade they only have the Vista Business sticker. I have asked Dell for the key but this is generally a 4 to 5 hour process of talking to them until they agree to supply the key to me. Is there an easier way? (that is legal)" />
  <row Id="17861" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9939" RevisionGUID="dd6d7ece-06f8-4ca7-bfdb-70bec1554c6a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:52:53.410" UserId="2565" Text="Dell OEM XP downgrade Keys" />
  <row Id="17862" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9939" RevisionGUID="dd6d7ece-06f8-4ca7-bfdb-70bec1554c6a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:52:53.410" UserId="2565" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;dell&gt;&lt;microsoft&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;licensing&gt;" />
  <row Id="17863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9940" RevisionGUID="35a898da-168c-4418-8bb9-2da1b273b222" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:53:32.550" UserId="1218" Text="Hm I would prefer something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tar vtzf somefile.tar.gz |awk '{SUM += $3} END {print SUM}'" />
  <row Id="17864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9941" RevisionGUID="439291a6-03d9-4e1f-b8c0-31095eb59d48" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:54:18.837" UserId="3125" Text="I think that if you want to do this right, you'll use multiple devices.  I probably take this to a bit of an extreme, but here's the scheme I've been using for many years now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Physical drive 1: Smallish, holds OS and program files on partition A, small partition B at the end for swap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Physical drive 2: Large, slow.  Typically has a RAID1 mirror.  Here, I store all user data.  I use the registry (or TweakUI/VI) to relocate shell folders to a location on this drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Physical drive 3: Small, fast.  On partition A I have temp files, browser caches, scratch space for audio and video editing programs, etc.  Swap partition B again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I actually find it pretty easy to relocate temp files.  All you have to do is adjust 4 environment variables.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have all your small swap partitions created, use the System control panel to assign them swapfiles that are (size of the partition) - 105MB.  Leaving the open space will prevent Windows from nagging you about low free space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reasoning behind keeping dedicated partitions for swap is that I've found one of the best ways to crush Windows performance is to have a fragmented swapfile.  If you have a whole partition with only one file on it, it can't fragment." />
  <row Id="17865" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9932" RevisionGUID="a22ba105-0339-49aa-ba0a-5d66e6e2e298" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:54:26.417" UserId="45" Comment="added 179 characters in body" Text="It depends if the server is a domain controller or not. If it's *not* a domain controller, all users have admin rights, who are members of the local Administrators Group *(see Computer Management &gt; Local Useras and Groups - Administrators.)*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the server is a domain controller, users who a members of the Administrators Group *or* the Domain Admins Group *or* the Enterprise Admins group), have admin rights on that particular server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here you can find a [list of Active Directory built-in Groups and Accounts][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ss64.com/nt/syntax-security_groups.html" />
  <row Id="17866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9942" RevisionGUID="0e65786e-4ccf-4dbe-95b1-b3a0bc73f880" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:54:32.593" UserId="2318" Text="What steps do I follow to VNC into a Mac which has booted from the Install DVD?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have heard you can't do this with the Leopard Install DVD anymore - if so, instructions for the Tiger Install DVD would be handy to know also." />
  <row Id="17867" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9942" RevisionGUID="0e65786e-4ccf-4dbe-95b1-b3a0bc73f880" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:54:32.593" UserId="2318" Text="How can I VNC to a Mac which has booted from the Install DVD?" />
  <row Id="17868" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9942" RevisionGUID="0e65786e-4ccf-4dbe-95b1-b3a0bc73f880" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:54:32.593" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;vnc&gt;&lt;screen-sharing&gt;&lt;install&gt;" />
  <row Id="17869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9943" RevisionGUID="41718f4e-e604-4cdb-8738-9ab8ae3fce5e" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:56:10.580" UserId="345" Text="A Lotus Notes installation, Domino 7x, which ends up trying to start a IBM SameTime 7.5.1 chat client, fails on some machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically, it fails on Windows XP machines that has SP3 slipstreamed, whereas Windows XP machines which has had SP3 installed afterwards, works fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem can be worked around temporarily by adjusting the advanced settings in Internet Explorer, related to Active Content:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [x] Allow active content to run in files on My Computer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setting that `[x]` there makes the whole thing work, removing it (which is the default setting), makes it not work. But as I said, this setting is disabled on the machines that had SP3 installed afterwards, and it works there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This isn't an acceptable solution, so we need to figure out the root cause of this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What happens is that as part of the initialization process, Lotus Notes downloads a small web page. This web page contains javascript, that simply runs window.open with an url that points to the SameTime server, including session id, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I take this url, and pastes it into the address bar in Notes, everything works exactly as expected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As such, I believe that the problem is somehow related to Notes not allowing the script to run at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Process Monitor shows that Notes does not do any sort of network query against that server after the web page was downloaded (I can see the point where it is written to disk), so I believe the problem is with the javascript handling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, the questions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Does anyone know of any specific security differences between installing SP3, and slipstreaming SP3, that could impact this?&#xD;&#xA;* Does anyone have any other ideas for what specifically we can try to adjust on the machine in order to get this working?&#xD;&#xA;* Is there a list of the hotfixes that the slipstreamed edition has? This is a download from Microsoft's web pages, basically a new image with SP3 integrated." />
  <row Id="17870" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9943" RevisionGUID="41718f4e-e604-4cdb-8738-9ab8ae3fce5e" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:56:10.580" UserId="345" Text="SP3 installed, vs. SP3 slipstreamed, difference in default security settings?" />
  <row Id="17871" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9943" RevisionGUID="41718f4e-e604-4cdb-8738-9ab8ae3fce5e" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:56:10.580" UserId="345" Text="&lt;lotus-notes&gt;&lt;javascript&gt;&lt;sametime&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="17872" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9944" RevisionGUID="413d8c1c-d3a4-42bd-9c15-1e516d022b12" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:56:44.697" UserId="360" Text="We juste had a security audit that found that, if you get access to our database (SQLInjection for example), you can easily send all the content of the database to a remote SQL Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The recommendation is to disable Ad Hoc Distributed Queries. I found a lot of articles on how to do that on SQL Server 2005, but not on SQL Server 2000. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea ?" />
  <row Id="17873" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9944" RevisionGUID="413d8c1c-d3a4-42bd-9c15-1e516d022b12" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:56:44.697" UserId="360" Text="How to disable Ad Hoc Distributed Queries on SQL Server 2000" />
  <row Id="17874" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9944" RevisionGUID="413d8c1c-d3a4-42bd-9c15-1e516d022b12" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:56:44.697" UserId="360" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sqlserver2000&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="17875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9945" RevisionGUID="f31ddc5e-cb24-40e0-9542-5e614457e667" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:56:51.123" UserId="1463" Text="Most of the really good and useful changes are *under the hood* and also mostly directed at running Vista in corporate environments together with Server 2008 - making maintenance, deployment and configuration much easier than with Server 2003 and XP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a consumer end-user however these changes matters very little (except perhaps some improvements in stability which however is countered by what often feels like a slower UI response even though the operations themselves are actually faster than in XP). What they see is some rather annoying UI-changes and a bunch of useless extra consumer-oriented bloat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, for a company, sure - go for it, there is much to gain - but you've got to upgrade the lot and have an Active Directory and server environment that really can take advantage of Vista as well - and the technical know-how (and need) to do it more effectively than with previous generations. Many Windows administrators know practically nothing about what a real Microsoft environment can and should do for them ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This far into 2009 however, I'd say wait for Windows 7. There's only a few months left and Windows 7 is practically the same now rather mature code-base as Vista - with the same maintenance features but with some decent user-side tweaks (and some more really neat enterprise features)." />
  <row Id="17876" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9866" RevisionGUID="340875e5-223a-4e3e-9965-f04d5d965be9" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:57:10.140" UserId="1466" Comment="spelling" Text="I'm **looking for resources** that will help me design/maintain an optimum multi-user multi-server LAMP environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We currently have 7 servers (2 load-balanced webservers, 2 redundant clustered web-content servers, 2 redundant clustered MySQL servers, 1 VirtualMin Developer server), but am having difficulty **determining if what I have done is common/optimum/good practice**, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone point me to any good/great resources for designing / running multi-server LAMP environments?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note:&#xD;&#xA;*I asked this question on StackOverflow some time ago, but didn't get any great results.  Perhaps I should have waited until the end of the Beta (for a non-SO audience)*" />
  <row Id="17877" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9866" RevisionGUID="340875e5-223a-4e3e-9965-f04d5d965be9" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:57:10.140" UserId="1466" Comment="spelling" Text="&lt;lamp&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="17878" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9946" RevisionGUID="c09f6ce4-fa1f-43a3-9613-06bb89390b29" CreationDate="2009-05-19T15:58:05.677" UserId="2467" Text="It seems the MS ftp client does not support passive mode. Check [this][1] out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.isaserver.org/pouseele/2006/11/09/about-the-microsoft-command-line-ftp-client/" />
  <row Id="17879" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9932" RevisionGUID="ce9fa29a-9cdf-4bbd-b061-50711b3c6af1" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:00:21.693" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="It depends if the server is a domain controller or not. If it's *not* a domain controller, all users have admin rights, who are members of the local Administrators Group *(see Computer Management &gt; Local Users and Groups - Administrators.)*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the server is a domain controller, users who a members of the Administrators Group *or* the Domain Admins Group *or* the Enterprise Admins group (if there is a forest of domains), have admin rights on that particular server. The Domain Admins Group is by default member of all Administrator groups on all computers that are in the domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here you can find a [list of Active Directory built-in Groups and Accounts][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **Administrators**&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; After the initial installation of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; operating system, the only member of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the group is the Administrator&#xD;&#xA;&gt; account. When a computer joins a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; domain, the Domain Admins group is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; added to the Administrators group.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; When a server becomes a domain&#xD;&#xA;&gt; controller, the Enterprise Admins&#xD;&#xA;&gt; group also is added to the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Administrators group. The&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Administrators group has built-in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; capabilities that give its members&#xD;&#xA;&gt; full control over the system. The&#xD;&#xA;&gt; group is the default owner of any&#xD;&#xA;&gt; object that is created by a member of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the group.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; **Domain Admins** &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; A global group whose members are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; authorized to administer the domain.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; By default, the Domain Admins group is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a member of the Administrators group&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on all computers that have joined a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; domain, including the domain&#xD;&#xA;&gt; controllers. Domain Admins is the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; default owner of any object that is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; created in the domain's Active&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Directory by any member of the group.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If members of the group create other&#xD;&#xA;&gt; objects, such as files, the default&#xD;&#xA;&gt; owner is the Administrators group. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; **Enterprise Admins** &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; A group that exists only in the root&#xD;&#xA;&gt; domain of an Active Directory forest&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of domains. It is a universal group if&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the domain is in native mode, a global&#xD;&#xA;&gt; group if the domain is in mixed mode.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The group is authorized to make&#xD;&#xA;&gt; forest-wide changes in Active&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Directory, such as adding child&#xD;&#xA;&gt; domains. By default, the only member&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of the group is the Administrator&#xD;&#xA;&gt; account for the forest root domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ss64.com/nt/syntax-security_groups.html" />
  <row Id="17880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9947" RevisionGUID="8b62adaf-98da-4e9d-a420-31d365e9c6ea" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:00:34.797" UserId="2278" Text="Your initial line of attack with PowerShell is to use WMI. Unfortunately, the root\MicrosoftIisV2 namespace is set up with non-standard security settings which you can't change in PS (not in V1, at least, V2 may be different).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would suggest looking at the IIS ADSI provider, specifically the IIsCompressionScheme object - [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms524574.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may be able to work with this in PowerShell by manipulating&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $obj = [ADSI]&quot;IIS://MachineName/W3SVC/Filters/Compression/Scheme&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, ADSI is pretty evil, so you'll a fairly steep learning curve.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms524574.aspx" />
  <row Id="17881" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9922" RevisionGUID="ea3a5639-4891-4914-b5d8-2edb42d7b96c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:01:20.273" UserId="45" Comment="edited body; edited title" Text="How do I tell if a certain AD user has admin rights on a Server 2003 box?&#xD;&#xA;I'm using Enterprise Edition." />
  <row Id="17882" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="9922" RevisionGUID="ea3a5639-4891-4914-b5d8-2edb42d7b96c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:01:20.273" UserId="45" Comment="edited body; edited title" Text="How do I tell if a certain AD user has admin rights on Windows Server 2003?" />
  <row Id="17883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9948" RevisionGUID="66312fe0-a2b4-4dd9-9ed4-2ef3ff395598" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:05:50.420" UserId="1544" Text="I have been bitten several times by the 'debian-sys-maint' user that is installed by default on the mysql-server packages installed from the Ubuntu repositories.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally what happens is I pull a fresh copy of our production database (which is not running on Debian/Ubuntu) for troubleshooting or new development and forget to exclude the mysql.user table hence losing the debian-sys-maint user.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If we add new mysql users for whatever reason, I have to 'merge' these into my development environment as opposed to just overlaying the table.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Without the user my system still seems functional, but plagued with errors such as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart&#xD;&#xA;    Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld...failed.&#xD;&#xA;    error: 'Access denied for user 'debian-sys-maint'@'localhost' (using password: YES)'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * What is debian-sys-maint used for?&#xD;&#xA;  * Is there a better way for the package maintainers to do what they're trying to do?&#xD;&#xA; * What is the easiest way to restore it after I've lost it?&#xD;&#xA; * What is the correct/minimal set of privileges for this user?  &#xD;&#xA;  * Seems like poor idea to 'grant all privileges on \*.\* ...'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17884" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9948" RevisionGUID="66312fe0-a2b4-4dd9-9ed4-2ef3ff395598" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:05:50.420" UserId="1544" Text="What is the debian-sys-maint MySQL user (and more)?" />
  <row Id="17885" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9948" RevisionGUID="66312fe0-a2b4-4dd9-9ed4-2ef3ff395598" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:05:50.420" UserId="1544" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;debian-sys-maint&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="17886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9949" RevisionGUID="09780a51-8cd2-4ae5-9f82-bfce222c1eae" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:06:51.900" UserId="2579" Text="Unfortunately, I don't have any specific differences, but I've had an issue with another software in the same scenario.  The upgrade from SP2 to SP3 runs fine, but the slipstreamed install of SP3 causes issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my case, it is with the printers.  The LaserFiche SnapShot software will not install a printer device in the slipstreamed SP3 computers, but it will with the SP2 to SP3 computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was told that the architecture had changed and they didn't add the SP2 architecture into SP3.  We had to upgrade our software to work with the SP3 slipstream install.  The LaserFiche Snapshot architecture was developed around this issue." />
  <row Id="17887" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9949" RevisionGUID="09780a51-8cd2-4ae5-9f82-bfce222c1eae" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:06:51.900" UserId="2579" />
  <row Id="17888" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9774" RevisionGUID="4eec7694-f735-4cd0-b2ac-cd900bfe9821" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:07:47.467" UserId="1840" Comment="was late when I posted this" Text="&lt;h1&gt;On the personal level:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; A really good skill that I hope you acquire on your way towards becoming a sysadmin is the ability to **quickly** recover from your mistakes... this should become second nature (an automatic reaction).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found these strictly unofficial, highly-debatable, yet potentially useful:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[&lt;h2&gt;**SysAdmin Ten Commandments**&lt;/h2&gt;][1]:&#xD;&#xA;**I. Thou shalt respect thy user**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;It is paramount that you respect the user and their data. Don't steal their MP3s, don't look at their porn. When working with email, look without reading. Respect them and they will respect you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**II. Thou shalt empower the user**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;The user is the customer. The system is not yours, it is theirs. Provide users the tools they need to be successful and they will be happy. Give them space to experiment, learn and create. Do not hold users back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**III. Thou shalt keep it simple**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Keep It Simple, Stupid. The KISS principle will keep you from building barrels to keep a bottle's worth of wine. Do not mistake over-engineering for quality. Quality work is concise and scalable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**IV. Thou shalt expect catastrophe**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Expect the worst surprises. Make your resources redundant, backup your data, test your backups, and then backup the backups. The shit will hit the fan someday. Be prepared.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**V. Thou shalt plan**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Great work follows great plans. Stay on target by first identifying it. Plan your work carefully and surprises will be easier to handle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**VI. Thou shalt stay informed**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Gather all the news, information, logs and statistics you can. Without the raw data to analyze, you cannot be secure, you cannot debug problems and you cannot forecast. Without new information, you cannot learn.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**VII. Thou shalt share**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;No one is alone in this world. Pass your knowledge on to others. Give to others, contribute to the community and you will reap many rewards. It is not wise to horde knowledge. Don't be an asshole.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**VIII. Thou shalt automate**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Do more, faster by automating tasks. You are the puppet master, do not waste your time with menial work. Work smarter, not harder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**IX. Thou shalt document**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Always document your work, your code and your plans. Then document their execution and maintenance. Document for others and document for yourself. Documentation should be an extension of your mind and a resource for others.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**X. Thou shalt respect thy organization**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Without organization, there is no system, there is no user and there is no job. Understand the organization and it's business. Respect it and help it thrive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://hacktux.com/sysadmin/ten/commandments" />
  <row Id="17889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9950" RevisionGUID="c9673be0-73cd-4ae9-8d9c-d9d8753eb947" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:09:01.350" UserId="3125" Text="If your goal is to have the absolute latest of all packages, then yes, that seems to cover all the bases.  I'm surprised this has worked for you for a long time, though, because I would imagine you'd get bitten often by blocks, broken deps, etc.  In the last couple years I've become much more careful about wholesale updating, electing instead to do it piecemeal after viewing the update tree.  Gentoo development seems to have passed its heyday.  Maybe it's because of the rise of Ubuntu.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, one additional thing you might try, just to be really fastidious about the whole process, is cleaning out your distfiles.  There are scripts out there if you search." />
  <row Id="17890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9951" RevisionGUID="088fc583-6749-400c-9c4f-109cab2549f1" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:09:32.737" UserId="3111" Text="Is the RDP pointing to the actual executable or to a loader such as a batch file the passes commands/options? We have an app that sometimes does not pop and remains in the details pane of the 'Starting RemoteApp' window. Unfortunately, this occurs even when a new user session is created and is not caused by leftovers from a previous user session so the link provided by rmwetmore would not help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My thoughts are that it has something to do with the batch we use to load the program. What is your situation?" />
  <row Id="17891" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9952" RevisionGUID="15246d0f-616c-419e-9fbc-646252f420a2" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:10:03.297" UserId="984" Text="By default it is used for telling the server to roll the logs.  It needs the reload privilege.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See the file **/etc/logrotate.d/mysql-server**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is used by the /etc/init.d/mysql script to get the status of the server.  It is used to gracefully shutdown/reload the server." />
  <row Id="17892" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9953" RevisionGUID="00ca2bf2-fcfb-4d92-841e-0523512d3d70" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:10:04.483" UserId="581" Text="Your process is correct though running every command is probably not necessary usually I just do a sync and an update world. Emerge will tell you usually if you need to run a script to rebuild file such as during a major Python upgrade and will also tell you when to merge configuration changes. Since Gentoo doesn't actually have an upgrade path from version to version. The moment you emerge world you've got the latest version." />
  <row Id="17893" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9954" RevisionGUID="f95fb83a-9e27-4c56-8cda-d62d178801dc" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:12:05.180" UserId="1463" Text="I would suggest purchasing a volume license agreement of some sort so you'll get only one universal key for your client installations. This is an add-on to the oem-license already included with the computers - but it would make imaging stuff much easier as you'd use the VLK edition of Windows and then the same key for all installatons ^^ &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Volume licensing should be available from 5 clients and up." />
  <row Id="17894" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9955" RevisionGUID="16d74fcf-5a31-4e87-856f-41911ad5021c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:14:54.113" UserId="2553" Text="According to this [Distributed Query Architecture][1] page: &quot;For each instance of SQL Server 2000, members of the sysadmin fixed server role can enable or disable the use of ad-hoc connector names for an OLE DB provider using the SQL Server DisallowAdhocAccess property.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa175255(SQL.80).aspx" />
  <row Id="17895" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9956" RevisionGUID="1e0b06aa-f4b5-4ed2-911d-470c38dc05ee" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:17:24.157" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I get a virtual server with RHEL5 in a VMWare infrastructure. This server has two network cards, into different VLANs. Everuting looks to work fine but in a moment, one of the NICs become inactive. If I hold a ping, the first three or four tries fail but then it wake up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have any idea?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers!" />
  <row Id="17896" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9956" RevisionGUID="1e0b06aa-f4b5-4ed2-911d-470c38dc05ee" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:17:24.157" Text="Why one of my NICs is going to sleep?" />
  <row Id="17897" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9956" RevisionGUID="1e0b06aa-f4b5-4ed2-911d-470c38dc05ee" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:17:24.157" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;redhat&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="17898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9957" RevisionGUID="282ff001-d4c0-4d62-8383-3acd6ceb0a3e" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:17:35.293" UserId="1466" Text="The **debian-sys-maint** user is by default a **root equivalent**.  It is used by certain maintenance scripts on Debian systems, and as a side-effect, allows users with root access on the box to view the plaintext password in /etc/mysql/debian.cnf (good or bad?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can re-create the user by:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES on *.* TO debian-sys-maint@localhost IDENTIFIED BY PASSWORD('your password') WITH GRANT OPTION; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just **make sure the password matches** that in /etc/mysql/debian.cnf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17899" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9958" RevisionGUID="528b73c8-9f0a-417c-9c2a-ae3ce2275ce0" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:17:46.260" UserId="2946" Text="Hi everyone,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to delete a large directory on one of our Windows 2003 servers containing around 1TB of data. Would the quickest way to delete this be to use cmd &gt; rmdir? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many Thanks&#xD;&#xA;Nick" />
  <row Id="17900" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9958" RevisionGUID="528b73c8-9f0a-417c-9c2a-ae3ce2275ce0" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:17:46.260" UserId="2946" Text="Windows 2003 - Fastest Delete Method" />
  <row Id="17901" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9958" RevisionGUID="528b73c8-9f0a-417c-9c2a-ae3ce2275ce0" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:17:46.260" UserId="2946" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="17902" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9717" RevisionGUID="3f423ba7-0e05-4f3f-aac2-5c85f5b0f281" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:19:18.770" UserId="3038" Comment="added a few more file-types." Text="SSL has been around for long enough you'd think that there would be standards for how these things would work. And you're right, there are. Too many standards as it happens. So this is what I know, and I'm sure others will chime in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **.csr** This is a Certificate Signing Request. Some applications can generate these for submission to certificate-authorities. It includes some/all of the key details of the requested certificate such as subject, organization, state, whatnot. These get signed by the CA and a certificate is returned. The returned certificate is the public certificate, which itself can be in a couple of formats.&#xD;&#xA; - **.pem** This is the public-key of a specific certificate. In apache installs, this frequently resides in /etc/ssl/servercerts. This is also the format used for Certificate Authority certificates (/etc/ssl/certs)&#xD;&#xA; - **.key** This is the private-key of a specific certificate. In apache installs, this frequently resides in /etc/ssl/private. The rights on this directory and the certificates is very important, and some programs will refuse to load these certificates if they are set wrong.&#xD;&#xA; - **.pkcs12 .pfx .p12** A passworded container format that contains both public and private certificate pairs. Every time I get one I have to google to remember the openssl-fu required to break it into .key and .pem files. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope this helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: A couple other file-types:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **.der** Fills the same function as a .pem file, but a different format. OpenSSL can convert these to .pem. I've only ever run into them in the wild with Novell's eDirectory certificate authority.&#xD;&#xA; - **.cert .cer** A .pem file with a different extension. This extension is recognized by Windows Explorer as a certificate, which .pem is not.&#xD;&#xA; - **.crl** A certificate revocation list. Certificate Authorities produce these as a way to de-authorize certificates before expiration." />
  <row Id="17908" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9952" RevisionGUID="cce5ed1d-1911-4c6c-b075-2de0e911956a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:24:37.027" UserId="984" Comment="added 22 characters in body" Text="By default it is used for telling the server to roll the logs.  It needs at least the reload and shutdown privilege.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See the file **/etc/logrotate.d/mysql-server**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is used by the /etc/init.d/mysql script to get the status of the server.  It is used to gracefully shutdown/reload the server." />
  <row Id="17911" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9962" RevisionGUID="6aec59f5-ab81-44d2-8ade-d9b21a8d3e84" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:27:00.143" UserId="2608" Text="We've been using an open source tool called zabbix.  [http://www.zabbix.com][1] - runs on mysql/php.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It does perfmon collection and graphing.  Also monitoring/alerting.  You can pull any perfmon counter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of the statistical analysis is a bit weak, so we are dumping hourly stats into sql server for custom reports in reporting services to answer questions such as - when will my server be running at an average of 65% CPU if usage continues in a linear fashion?    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.zabbix.com" />
  <row Id="17912" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9963" RevisionGUID="004cee9f-97d1-4681-950b-224c0c7ddd19" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:27:27.350" UserId="3038" Text="Really, the fastest way I've discovered to do it has been, &quot;rmdir /s [directory]&quot;. It seems to involve a LOT less meta-data operations than a, &quot;del *.*&quot; does, which makes it very zippy. I use it regularly to remove home directories with many thousands of files. Absolutely way faster than a remove-directory from Explorer, which seems to feel the need to count all the files before removing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't gone up to 1TB yet. If that 1TB involves less than, say, 10K files the big metadata operations would be marking vast swaths of space as free in the MFT. If that 1TB involves millions of files, then the metadata operations start to really slow things down on a file-by-file level.  In that case, rmdir /s beats the pants off of Explorer." />
  <row Id="17913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9964" RevisionGUID="ad3df122-7e7d-4dc7-87da-c0e0f542efd2" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:29:33.040" UserId="45" Text="I guess &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rd /S /Q FolderToDelete&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;is the fastest option you have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Warning: /S deletes all files and folders (tree) and /Q is the switch for &quot;don't ask for confirmation.&quot;" />
  <row Id="17914" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9965" RevisionGUID="5ce89cbc-3220-42c8-9b7c-25ed8c1d14e4" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:32:08.447" UserId="3111" Text="We currently have about 150 seats and growing. Our IT staff is very small so we need an efficient and accurate way to handle the provisioning of new-hires with equipment, software, credentials, etc. We have several different businesses and departments each with their own software/hardware needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The way it works now: When a person is hired, we end up sometimes with several work orders in our Help Desk system requesting various resources. HR manager requests security badge and phone extension. Hiring manager requests phone extension and computer setup. And on and on. Invariably, the hiring manager forgets an app or printer that the new user will require and we are constantly going redoing work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like a way for the HR manager to start the process and pass buck along to each manager in the chain to check off what the new-hire needs. This would then be submitted to IT. That way there is both a record of what was requested and a checklist for what we need to do. It would also be nice for this same form or software to store what that user was setup with for future reference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have the same problem we do in this regard? How have you solved it? What technology-based solutions have you used?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NOTE: We would be willing to purchase software if its out there but a plug-in for SharePoint or something similar would work too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance." />
  <row Id="17915" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9965" RevisionGUID="5ce89cbc-3220-42c8-9b7c-25ed8c1d14e4" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:32:08.447" UserId="3111" Text="Need process to request, approve, and track technology needs of new hires." />
  <row Id="17916" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9965" RevisionGUID="5ce89cbc-3220-42c8-9b7c-25ed8c1d14e4" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:32:08.447" UserId="3111" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;" />
  <row Id="17918" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9966" RevisionGUID="63fc6e59-a399-4590-8db6-0010554e9639" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:32:36.403" UserId="1565" Text="If you need to use more than 4GB on a Windows machine, I've heard Vista 64-bit recommended over and over .  I use it, and it runs great.  Windows XP 64-bit was a nightmare for me." />
  <row Id="17919" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9872" RevisionGUID="66f1406a-7dcc-4604-9d2f-eec667618b81" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:34:48.550" UserId="2502" Comment="more businessy reasons" Text="I have a Vista laptop that runs fine, but no I would not recommend anyone pay to upgrade to it with windows 7 getting closer to launching.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for a business decision: If you're lucky, Windows XP is on all of your machines.  In our case we have 2-4 thousand XP machines, but some of our software breaks in Windows Vista.  We're documenting that and looking into costs for newer versions, but we will not be buying new versions until we've tested them on Windows 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is no business advantage of changing to Vista for us, but we will most likely look at moving to Windows 7 and updating things so that we do not fall behind as an organization.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From a company aspect unless you have a business case for moving to vista, don't bother.  You can stay compliant with PCI, GLBA, and SOX without it, and all of your users are used to it.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Spend your time familiarizing yourself with Windows 7 and start updating documentation for end user guides.  " />
  <row Id="17920" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9967" RevisionGUID="9d8a6d81-c9ca-4c15-b90c-ac64d818c9c9" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:37:17.937" UserId="3038" Text="TCP Chimney seems to be a form of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP_Offload_Engine&quot;&gt;TCP Offload Engine&lt;/a&gt; that works with Windows to optimize TCP traffic. Normally TCP offload is a lot more monolithic, whereas Chimney seems to allow a partial-offload method that streamlines some things. It's a proprietary Window thing. Microsoft's &lt;a href=&quot;http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/07/18/446400.aspx&quot;&gt;Exchange Blog&lt;/a&gt; has some information about Chimney. " />
  <row Id="17922" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9969" RevisionGUID="b846cb3e-445b-4629-952b-1fed1b254df9" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:39:26.437" UserId="1736" Text="I would wholeheartedly and enthusiastically recommend Vista.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To my enemies." />
  <row Id="17929" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9973" RevisionGUID="6c99ef12-0d80-409c-98d3-d98714c31be5" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:44:51.573" UserId="2565" Text="Spotlight also uses the info in the .DS_Store for indexing." />
  <row Id="17930" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="9694" RevisionGUID="b54a3604-37ca-4e77-92c3-c70a51e4fa17" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:44:54.567" UserId="1561" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1561,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Avery Payne&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="17932" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9974" RevisionGUID="13efe0c4-5f44-4463-a8f6-722796d5cee1" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:51:53.417" UserId="1054" Text="I'm not a Mac person (yet, plan to add that to the repertoire this year) but I've been following a lot of the Mac questions on SF.  The defaults command comes up a lot and from the context of the questions / answers I get what it does.  Just curious, is there a GUI for editing the settings?  Seems to me that this would be ***somewhat*** analagous to the registry editor in Windows (although I expect that the registry does much more)." />
  <row Id="17933" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9974" RevisionGUID="13efe0c4-5f44-4463-a8f6-722796d5cee1" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:51:53.417" UserId="1054" Text="GUI in MacOS for defaults?" />
  <row Id="17934" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9974" RevisionGUID="13efe0c4-5f44-4463-a8f6-722796d5cee1" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:51:53.417" UserId="1054" Text="&lt;macos&gt;&lt;defaults&gt;" />
  <row Id="17935" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4381" RevisionGUID="4de3d878-c24f-4574-a809-a24530d336ab" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:53:59.433" UserId="1466" Comment="added 63 characters in body" Text="I have found a way to check how many active connections there are to a particular mailstore using the check_nt **-v COUNTER** check as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    check_nt -H $HOSTNAME$ -p $PORT$ -v COUNTER -l &quot;\\MSExchangeIS Mailbox($ARG1$)\\Active Client Logons&quot;,&quot;$ARG1$ Sessions: %.f&quot; -w0 -c0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am assuming that there will be at least 1 **Active Client Login** from a system process as long as the mailstore is mounted, but that it will drop to 0 if it is unmounted. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I will test this later, and let you know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*edit*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Active Client Logins** dropped to 0 overnight for some of the mailstores, so this is not the solution - however, I now wonder whether **Client Logins** will work as described.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Testing again...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*edit*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using **Client Logins** does exactly what I want." />
  <row Id="17936" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9975" RevisionGUID="937bd781-f9d2-40ec-9e70-a0f5e466bd06" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:54:03.643" UserId="1561" Text="I have been running Win7 Beta under Workstation 6.5.2 without issue." />
  <row Id="17937" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9976" RevisionGUID="2f6b2e76-1393-4b94-85fc-a276c17aa3bb" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:58:02.513" UserId="1020" Text="I have to increase the HTTPS timeout in the routing and remote access nat rule so it works a little better with our ActiveSync direct push. I can't seem to find a netsh command nor a registry key. How do I change that timeout value?" />
  <row Id="17938" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9976" RevisionGUID="2f6b2e76-1393-4b94-85fc-a276c17aa3bb" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:58:02.513" UserId="1020" Text="How do I change a Routing and Remote Access NAT rule session timeout" />
  <row Id="17939" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9976" RevisionGUID="2f6b2e76-1393-4b94-85fc-a276c17aa3bb" CreationDate="2009-05-19T16:58:02.513" UserId="1020" Text="&lt;rras&gt;" />
  <row Id="17940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9977" RevisionGUID="1e4e8c2b-2f08-4768-a631-0e69fa7c0660" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:02:22.537" UserId="1687" Text="Is there a Windows equivalent of Unix &quot;whoami&quot; command?  If so, what is it?" />
  <row Id="17941" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9977" RevisionGUID="1e4e8c2b-2f08-4768-a631-0e69fa7c0660" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:02:22.537" UserId="1687" Text="What is the Windows equivalent of Unix &quot;whoami&quot; command?" />
  <row Id="17942" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9977" RevisionGUID="1e4e8c2b-2f08-4768-a631-0e69fa7c0660" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:02:22.537" UserId="1687" Text="&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;basics&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="17943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9978" RevisionGUID="6c9a3876-ea63-4635-af9d-10610bb663e1" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:05:11.907" UserId="1840" Text="There are a few tools that allow you to change these 'default' type settings from a gui interface, here are two:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - TinkerTool: [http://www.bresink.com/osx/TinkerTool.html][1]&#xD;&#xA; - Onyx: [http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs2/english/onyx_leopard.html][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bresink.com/osx/TinkerTool.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs2/english/onyx_leopard.html" />
  <row Id="17944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9979" RevisionGUID="392f2944-bf8f-4d92-bbe0-e19c5ef4fe4a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:05:15.713" UserId="548" Text="Yes and no.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you execute a `defaults write` command, it stores the change in `~/Library/Preferences`. As an example, the command to change the Dock from the 3D glass look to a more basic 2D shade is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What this does is it modifies `~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist` and changes `no-glass` to true. The Mac OS X [developer utilities][1] contain a program called Property List Editor that will allow you to edit the file with a GUI:&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://modos.org/plist.png" />
  <row Id="17945" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9980" RevisionGUID="560a3233-d5ab-4ef1-9078-ced22e4a0575" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:06:04.417" UserId="2032" Text="ECHO %USERNAME%" />
  <row Id="17946" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9981" RevisionGUID="289c8a87-95b5-4f9b-8fbe-6069d2df648d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:06:06.180" UserId="1054" Text="You can do this: Open a command prompt and type &quot;set&quot; then hit enter.  This shows active environment variables.  Current logged on username is stored in the USERNAME env variable and your domain is stored in the USERDOMAIN variable." />
  <row Id="17947" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9982" RevisionGUID="3efe2519-700b-4953-aec3-438e7541f41e" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:06:35.977" UserId="1463" Text="This might be my unpopular opinion but, monitoring fire-fighting-style seems like a lot of work... (but much better than not monitoring at all). Use a monitoring tool that has built-in intelligence from the developers for Exchange or whatever service needs monitoring which can discover problems you cannot define.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The one in the question is most likely 1 metric of several thousand important metrics when properly monitoring an Exchange server... also, running out of disk space seems like the most basic stuff any monitoring suite should warn about - but now I'm being unusally annoying ^^" />
  <row Id="17948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9983" RevisionGUID="3d4baa22-9b89-4955-a48a-3c059426b105" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:06:38.907" UserId="3038" Text="From command line? &quot;echo %username%&quot; should do it. The logged in user is stored in the environmental variable &quot;username&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From a graphical session, ctrl-alt-del will give you a screen with the logged in user displayed." />
  <row Id="17949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9984" RevisionGUID="1783ffb2-3532-47b1-a11a-4d2aec739fd0" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:06:59.500" UserId="2553" Text="It depends on your specific OS, but the whoami command is available as part of the [Windows 2000 Resource Kit][1] and [Windows XP SP2 Support Tools][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3E89879D-6C0B-4F92-96C4-1016C187D429&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=49AE8576-9BB9-4126-9761-BA8011FABF38&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="17950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9985" RevisionGUID="4030c6c5-afb4-4ad1-8554-bd345fda0208" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:10:52.800" UserId="1672" Text="I recently created a disk with a single xfs partition in ubuntu 9.04. I tried plugging it back in as a USB disk using an enclosure, and it shows up as /dev/sde. Unfortunately there is no /dev/sde1. cfdisk and other tools show that the partition is there there, but the actual device file is not there, which means I cannot mount it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What could cause this behavior, and how can I fix it? I tried running cfdisk, and re-writing the partition table, which just caused cfdisk to indefinitely hang." />
  <row Id="17951" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9985" RevisionGUID="4030c6c5-afb4-4ad1-8554-bd345fda0208" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:10:52.800" UserId="1672" Text="Linux Partition Device not being created" />
  <row Id="17952" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9985" RevisionGUID="4030c6c5-afb4-4ad1-8554-bd345fda0208" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:10:52.800" UserId="1672" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;partitioning&gt;" />
  <row Id="17953" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9979" RevisionGUID="6873f63f-074d-4ef3-a3b1-d91a737ac24d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:12:58.800" UserId="548" Comment="added 116 characters in body" Text="Yes and no. Mac OS X doesn't have a unified registry like Windows; instead, it stores preferences in individual `.plist` files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you execute a `defaults write` command, it stores the change in `~/Library/Preferences`. As an example, the command to change the Dock from the 3D glass look to a more basic 2D shade is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What this does is it modifies `~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist` and changes `no-glass` to true. The Mac OS X [developer utilities][1] contain a program called Property List Editor that will allow you to edit the file with a GUI:&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://modos.org/plist.png" />
  <row Id="17954" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9986" RevisionGUID="dcba058d-3b19-4f7b-9078-c206e010af28" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:13:39.173" UserId="1737" Text="I'd like to connect equipment to a coaxial surge protector. Is it needed for a properly grounded coaxial cable? How much attenuation does a typical coaxial surge protector cause over the range of frequencies it will pass?" />
  <row Id="17955" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9986" RevisionGUID="dcba058d-3b19-4f7b-9078-c206e010af28" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:13:39.173" UserId="1737" Text="How much signal loss does a typical coaxial surge protector cause?" />
  <row Id="17956" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9986" RevisionGUID="dcba058d-3b19-4f7b-9078-c206e010af28" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:13:39.173" UserId="1737" Text="&lt;surge-protection&gt;" />
  <row Id="17957" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9987" RevisionGUID="35d5d930-3e33-4737-86e5-0f1c20234827" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:15:54.723" UserId="3131" Text="another options is using screen and put the right options in your .screenrc.&#xD;&#xA;it has everything you need: tabs, starting command, naming tabs .....&#xD;&#xA;when you start screen, it reads your .screenrc file and then starts all commands you have configured in, like opening different tabs, starting few applications and many more ...&#xD;&#xA;the reason why i use screen is i can use it on almost every *nix whithout changing a single line of my .screenrc.&#xD;&#xA;don't hesitate to message me if you want a .screenrc file example.&#xD;&#xA;(new user here so i can'g post hyperlinks right now :( )" />
  <row Id="17958" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9988" RevisionGUID="5665fa94-bb30-4128-8ffa-105b46b569fc" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:16:12.197" UserId="2349" Text="Stats have been imported to snmp:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Script /usr/local/bin/memcached_stats.sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;echo -e &quot;stats\nquit&quot; | nc 127.0.0.1 11211 | cut -d&quot; &quot; -f2-3 | sed '$d' | grep -w $* | cut -d&quot; &quot; -f2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Added the following to /etc/snmpd.conf:&#xD;&#xA;extend memcached_curr_items /usr/local/bin/memcached_stats.sh curr_items &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can add multiple entries stating the stat you want from memcached's stats command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;View the result thus:&#xD;&#xA;[nathan@web2 ~]$ snmpwalk -v2c -c public 127.0.0.1 NET-SNMP-EXTEND-MIB::nsExtendOutputFull&#xD;&#xA;NET-SNMP-EXTEND-MIB::nsExtendOutputFull.&quot;memcached_curr_items&quot; = STRING: 216470&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All that is left is to setup the data collection in OpenNMS" />
  <row Id="17959" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9948" RevisionGUID="2c375b7f-1206-4665-a045-c89e3cc07de0" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:16:18.890" UserId="1544" Comment="/etc/debian.cnf question" Text="I have been bitten several times by the 'debian-sys-maint' user that is installed by default on the mysql-server packages installed from the Ubuntu repositories.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally what happens is I pull a fresh copy of our production database (which is not running on Debian/Ubuntu) for troubleshooting or new development and forget to exclude the mysql.user table hence losing the debian-sys-maint user.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If we add new mysql users for whatever reason, I have to 'merge' these into my development environment as opposed to just overlaying the table.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Without the user my system still seems functional, but plagued with errors such as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart&#xD;&#xA;    Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld...failed.&#xD;&#xA;    error: 'Access denied for user 'debian-sys-maint'@'localhost' (using password: YES)'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * What is debian-sys-maint used for?&#xD;&#xA;  * Is there a better way for the package maintainers to do what they're trying to do?&#xD;&#xA; * What is the easiest way to restore it after I've lost it?&#xD;&#xA; * What is the correct/minimal set of privileges for this user?  &#xD;&#xA;  * Seems like poor idea to 'grant all privileges on \*.\* ...'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additional question -  Is the password in /etc/mysql/debian.cnf already hashed or is this the plaintext password?  It matters when you go to recreate the user and I never seem to get it right on the first try.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9989" RevisionGUID="8c84c669-b69e-4552-a498-fb8b96e2a070" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:16:48.857" UserId="1589" Text="The [Secrets][1] app will allow you to toggle some of the more well known `default` commands.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://secrets.blacktree.com/" />
  <row Id="17961" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="9985" RevisionGUID="e8b1b7d9-5b57-4a4c-97c6-dc7874934fcc" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:17:00.073" UserId="1672" Comment="edited title" Text="Linux partition device not being created in FS" />
  <row Id="17962" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9990" RevisionGUID="9d7e7613-f700-48ea-a7c8-70f0c4fe91a8" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:19:19.163" UserId="3038" Text="Ick. You may have to manually recreate the device. I've had to do it a few times on older kernels that didn't correctly handle HP raid cards. The key to determining if the partition sees it is if it shows up in /proc/partitions. If it doesn't show up there, the kernel has no knowledge of it. As it is seeing /dev/sde, it should populate it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/proc/partitions gives output like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;major minor  #blocks  name&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   8     0  312571224 sda&#xD;&#xA;   8     1     530113 sda1&#xD;&#xA;   8     2          1 sda2&#xD;&#xA;   8     3   18346230 sda3&#xD;&#xA;   8     5    3148708 sda5&#xD;&#xA;   8     6   46074420 sda6&#xD;&#xA;   8     7  126953631 sda7&#xD;&#xA;   8     8  117507379 sda8&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Which can be used with the mknod command to create an entry in /dev.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;    mknod /dev/sda1 b 8 1&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That would create /dev/sda1 on my system if udev didn't pick it up. You can then mount it from there. This is a good way to determine if the device is really correctly set up, or if there is a problem with the media in some way.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17963" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9991" RevisionGUID="3700c4cb-c830-4eed-84f9-304f44cee1ed" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:20:13.547" UserId="1409" Text="I can't comment on the legality of this answer, I honestly don't know, but is it possible to use the Dell Windows XP cd when creating the image?  We don't image much, but I do know that reinstalling XP on Dell equipment, with the Dell CD, will not prompt for a CD key.  I'm not sure of the details, but there seems to be something in the Dell supplied version of XP that knows when it is on Dell hardware and doesn't ask for the key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9992" RevisionGUID="c392b8cf-1f05-46de-ba9b-9b8f0d464806" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:20:18.880" UserId="629" Text="I am running apache2 on debian etch, with multiple virtual hosts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to redirect so that http://git.example.com goes to http://git.example.com/git/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should be really simple, but google isn't quite cutting it. I've tried the Redirect and Rewrite stuff and they don't quite seem to do what I want ..." />
  <row Id="17965" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9992" RevisionGUID="c392b8cf-1f05-46de-ba9b-9b8f0d464806" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:20:18.880" UserId="629" Text="How to get apache2 to redirect to a subdirectory" />
  <row Id="17966" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9992" RevisionGUID="c392b8cf-1f05-46de-ba9b-9b8f0d464806" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:20:18.880" UserId="629" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;redirect&gt;" />
  <row Id="17967" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9993" RevisionGUID="13935f1c-7eec-489b-951d-4f89aabe1c95" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:23:28.827" UserId="1463" Text="You should be able to [set the idle timeout][1] in the Routing and Remote Access Server administrative tool. Though in practice, you should have another firewall publishing and it's this firewall that needs to have the session timeout tweaked?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.howtonetworking.com/VPN/rrasrestrict1.htm" />
  <row Id="17968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9994" RevisionGUID="b32e232e-ecfd-4ec7-8de7-6c6834ce0701" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:23:39.340" UserId="629" Text="Feel a bit silly - a bit more googling turned up the answer I was after:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RedirectMatch ^/$ /git/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically redirecting the root, and only the root.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17969" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9995" RevisionGUID="33a7e52b-5ef4-422c-8b8b-90f8d1cfb23b" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:23:42.850" UserId="2860" Text="I would like to install 2 instances of Windows XP in my computer within 2 different primary partitions.&#xD;&#xA;I know that grub can handle booting them correctly, but I have no idea if it's possible to install it and configure it withing a 100% NTFS system and without any extra linux partition/distribution." />
  <row Id="17970" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="9995" RevisionGUID="33a7e52b-5ef4-422c-8b8b-90f8d1cfb23b" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:23:42.850" UserId="2860" Text="Install GRUB on NTFS" />
  <row Id="17971" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="9995" RevisionGUID="33a7e52b-5ef4-422c-8b8b-90f8d1cfb23b" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:23:42.850" UserId="2860" Text="&lt;grub&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;multi-platform&gt;" />
  <row Id="17972" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9996" RevisionGUID="40da6ed7-0922-4eca-bff5-8d1beeffbb3e" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:25:21.367" UserId="1992" Text="If you're using SQL Server then you can always do index fragmentation removal online from SQL Server 2000 onwards. The command DBCC INDEXDEFRAG always performs an online reorganization. I wrote it specifically as an online alternative to DBCC DBREINDEX.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In SQL Server 2005 onwards, the ALTER INDEX ... REORGANIZE command replaces DBCC INDEXDEFRAG and is also online always. Also in 2005 onwards, with Enterprise Edition, you can do online index rebuilding using ALTER INDEX ... REBUILD ... WITH (ONLINE=ON). There are a couple of very short-term table locks required at the beginning and end of the operation, so it's not as online as REORGANIZE (and mostly-online index rebuild isn't such a good marketing term :-). You can even move indexes to new filegroups using CREATE INDEX ... WITH DROP_EXISTING and specifying ONLINE=ON.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9997" RevisionGUID="7e4288f1-166a-40f6-b86c-e11173494022" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:25:40.227" UserId="2116" Text="I don't think you'll have major loss... I already did it for one of my client and I didn't notify any performance downgrade on an internet connection before or after the cable plug in the surge protector. The speed test was the same after as before so..." />
  <row Id="17974" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9981" RevisionGUID="b376f81c-6740-4880-b101-d2f9e96b1b53" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:27:00.223" UserId="1054" Comment="added 176 characters in body" Text="You can do this: Open a command prompt and type &quot;set&quot; then hit enter.  This shows active environment variables.  Current logged on username is stored in the USERNAME env variable and your domain is stored in the USERDOMAIN variable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To piggy-back off the other answers, from a cmd line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo %USERDOMAIN%\%USERNAME%&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will get you the complete logged on user in domain\username format." />
  <row Id="17975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9998" RevisionGUID="0f19e9ba-2b6f-432c-a484-780658f6f828" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:27:26.277" UserId="2293" Text="On my own website, I used a 301 redirect by placing the following in `index.php` in the root directory:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;?php&#xD;&#xA;    // Permanent redirection&#xD;&#xA;    header(&quot;HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    header(&quot;Location: http://git.example.com/git/&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    exit();&#xD;&#xA;    ?&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17976" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="9999" RevisionGUID="52f73c2e-fc49-4259-84ac-e44706ef87de" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:27:47.210" UserId="1992" Text="You can't take log backups unless there is a full database backup as their 'base'. If you've just switched into the FULL recovery model, the database isn't really there until you take the first database backup - it remains in a pseudo-SIMPLE mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you do something to break the log backup chain, as UndertheFold mentioned, you'll need to re-establish the log backup chain with another full backup." />
  <row Id="17977" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10000" RevisionGUID="7c494c11-409a-499b-86a8-dbdcff1b69b6" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:28:00.627" UserId="2600" Text="APC has a unit that says &quot;Insertion Loss:  0 dB to 3.0 dB over rated frequency range&quot; in their documentation.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;http://www.apcmedia.com/salestools/ASTE-6Z7UZR_R0_EN.pdf&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Product page:  http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=PV&amp;tab=documentation&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;BlackBox also has a unit that says: &quot;Low signal loss.&quot;  Read into that what you will.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Product page: http://www.blackbox.com/Store/Detail.aspx/Thin-Protector-ST-In-Line-Surge-Protector/SP350A-R2`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10001" RevisionGUID="58cb6475-e8f8-443e-a6ed-1b8e227f6cc4" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:29:02.247" UserId="2513" Text="Grub would require a unix-like environment existing.  You could use the standard windows boot.ini setup to have a dual booting Windows XP environment quite easily though." />
  <row Id="17979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10002" RevisionGUID="303f51d6-60e6-4f66-b53a-80e4c72e86f0" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:31:42.617" UserId="1589" Text="Without some more detailed info, here are two guesses on what could be occurring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  This sort of sounds like a common ICMP / ARP issue.  When a source device that does not have an entry in it's ARP table for the destination device, it will always drop the first ICMP request while it sends out an ARP request, resulting in the behavior you describe -- the first ping fails, and the rest arrive successfully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; Check out [this article][1] for an example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.  If this RHEL5 instance is a clone of another server, make sure the identifying information has been removed after the clone.  Specifically the MAC address in `/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX` which can result in a duplicate MAC address, and potentially packet loss on the network.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using managed switches on the network, it's fairly easy to test for situation #2.  You'll potentially see MAC address flapping between interfaces.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.ioshints.info/2007/04/why-is-first-ping-lost.html" />
  <row Id="17980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10003" RevisionGUID="9332b805-de68-425d-9988-7b0c81c8afdc" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:31:55.877" UserId="2604" Text="Windows 2000 (version 5.0) was a great advance in the Windows NT line of operating systems, but it lacked some features and the polish that came with Windows XP (version 5.1) a year or so later.  I think that Windows Vista (version 6.0) and Windows 7 (version 6.1) are analogous.  Windows 7 is going to be more polished, and the nearly three years since Vista's release has been enough time for major hardware and software vendors to get their acts together and write their code code correctly, so Windows 7 will not suffer from as many of the problems that plagued Vista at release.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used to think that the ideal situation was to keep all corporate machines on the same Windows version, but I have changed my mind as of late.  Save your money and just use whatever version comes on the machine when you buy it.  You will have to make sure that your Group Policies and scripts are configured appropriately to work on multiple platforms, but you would have had to check them all anyway for a mass-upgrade project.  You can use Vista right now for testing with your line-of-business and custom in-house applications; if they work on Vista, they should work on Windows 7.  (You could use the Windows 7 Release Candidate for testing, but you may encounter problems that won't exist in the release-to-manufacturing, and you would waste time troubleshooting.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need new machines *now*, but you want to skip Windows Vista and have only XP and 7 in your environment, go ahead and buy them with Vista, and then purchase Windows Client Software Assurance (SA only, not an upgrade license).  This will entitle you to upgrade to Windows 7 when it is released (for less money than an upgrade license) and will give you other benefits as well." />
  <row Id="17981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10004" RevisionGUID="1126f0c3-8249-4e7d-ac37-dfe20dcd4c2b" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:37:02.263" UserId="846" Text="I would start low tech.  Once it is working smoothly you can automate it.  We are in a similar situation, and are moving this direction (slowly).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1- Build a &quot;new user&quot; checklist.  Make it comprehensive, including everything all the apps, options and equipment permutations.  Put one person in charge of it, including keeping it current.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2- Only accept these requests from HR.  Until HR tells you someone is coming, it is just gossip.  Tell everyone that this is the deal.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3- When the request comes from HR, the support person starts a fresh version of the checklist.  Then s/he calls the hiring manager, and goes through checklist.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4- The support analyst obtains any approvals necessary.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5- The checklist is then routed internally (in IS) down the line, and as each item is done it is initialed by whoever does it.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6- When complete, it goes back to the support analyst, who delivers the results and files the paper.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The support analyst is responsible for adjusting the checklist as necessary, and for following each instance through the process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Note #1: I would do the **same** thing for user terminations.  Nothing done without HR or senior exec direction, then follow the checklist.  Having one filed for the user is a great place to start at that point!*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Note #2:  this kind of system is called &quot;workflow&quot;, and lots of software will do it (some free, some not).  Some [issue-tracking][1] software will even do routing through more than one task.  But I would get the process dialed in on paper first.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/issue-tracking" />
  <row Id="17982" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9965" RevisionGUID="e7115322-742f-46ae-a39d-35b4ff66c18a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:38:07.470" UserId="846" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;issue-tracking&gt;&lt;user-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="17983" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3955" RevisionGUID="a26caa42-5cb2-4a4e-a0bf-24b0927cae18" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:38:59.140" UserId="2318" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;smart&gt;&lt;raid&gt;&lt;bad-blocks&gt;" />
  <row Id="17984" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10005" RevisionGUID="d0fbd4ea-4a01-4a14-840b-8bb199ebcfe2" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:40:33.240" UserId="2626" Text="If your original images were made from a Dell OEM Copy of XP, then the imaging software you are using (Drive Image?) is stripping out the existing key and prompting you for a key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As Aaron mentioned, OEM CD's do not require you to input a key providing it recognizes the manufacturers bios.  I successfully deploy images all the time (using Novells ZenWorks) with no issues in regards to keys.  However, when I used Drive Image (way back in the day), it would then prompt for the key.  I would reuse the same key with no ill effects, so you can try that and see how it works for you...I do know many things have changed since the initial launch of XP, so your mileage may vary." />
  <row Id="17985" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9995" RevisionGUID="113a3c11-ba49-462e-b76a-27439782b988" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:40:45.487" UserId="2860" Comment="to make my question more precise .." Text="I would like to install 2 completly independent instances of Windows XP (no data should be shared) in my computer within 2 different primary partitions.&#xD;&#xA;I know that grub can handle booting them correctly, but I have no idea if it's possible to install it and configure it withing a 100% NTFS system and without any extra linux partition/distribution." />
  <row Id="17986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10006" RevisionGUID="36e76ed4-e581-413e-8e80-a4d9880fca91" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:41:47.963" UserId="2101" Text="No, stable grub does [not][1] support booting from NTFS at the moment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You would need a small FAT partition to use GRUB. Alternatively, consider using the native bootloader or another third-party loader.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, support is being worked on for (currently alpha) grub2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#Features" />
  <row Id="17987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10007" RevisionGUID="a8e4a2f3-329b-46b0-a51a-371d40315654" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:43:35.400" UserId="2103" Text="Where do files go if I lose a Terminal Services session and could reconnect until after my session had expired? Are they lost in the ether or would Windows save them somewhere? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not sure if this matters, but I was working on a text file in Notepad and a .sql file in SQL Server Management Studio on a Windows 2003 server." />
  <row Id="17988" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10007" RevisionGUID="a8e4a2f3-329b-46b0-a51a-371d40315654" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:43:35.400" UserId="2103" Text="Where do files go if I lose a Remote Desktop session?" />
  <row Id="17989" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10007" RevisionGUID="a8e4a2f3-329b-46b0-a51a-371d40315654" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:43:35.400" UserId="2103" Text="&lt;terminal-server&gt;&lt;rdp&gt;&lt;terminal-services&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="17990" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8323" RevisionGUID="8a1af1eb-d584-460c-bdc0-869200cf9e64" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:44:28.253" UserId="1803" Comment="same error on x32" Text="We've got an old home-grown site in production and I'm trying to convince it to love its new virtual home.  Though I've got a passing familiarity with IIS, I'm hoping some gotcha may jump out at more experienced ASP/.Net folks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Old server is windows 2000, and the original setup guy's answer to pretty much everything was C:\ --&gt; Everyone --&gt; Full Control.  However, there WAS a setup doc, that seemed to work up to a point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Created a local admin user&#xD;&#xA;* Created COM+ applications referencing that user and some dll's supplied with the site&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Got through the last error by adding &quot;Provider=sqloledb;&quot; to the connection .asp, and have landed myself here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Server object error 'ASP 0178 :&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 80070005'  Server.CreateObject Access&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Error  /Include/fnLookups.asp, line 10&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The call to Server.CreateObject failed&#xD;&#xA;&gt; while checking permissions. Access is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; denied to this object.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Line 10 appears to be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; set objClient = Server.CreateObject(&quot;fooUser.CfooUser&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I trundle off to the System log and I have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID &#xD;&#xA;{280D5CF7-80A4-40AC-844C-FE3653F02FF1}&#xD;&#xA; to the user domainname\username SID (mySID).  This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is good news in a way, it's picking up the COM app and my ID just fine.  I added myself to the &quot;Access Permissions&quot; and &quot;Launch &amp; Activation Permissions&quot; of the My Computer object in dcomdnfg - but my barking seems to be directed at the wrong tree.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ran through [mskb198432][1] as well as I could, though it seems directed at an earlier version, but no joy there, either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas are welcome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit - I've ruled out the x64 difference, fired up a new x32 virtual and ran into the same error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/198432" />
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  <row Id="17992" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10008" RevisionGUID="2da18214-52b4-436e-8b98-dc33e77215ae" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:46:25.113" UserId="1439" Text="Log on again, look at Task Manager in the Users tab.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your session is still there, right click it and click Connect. You'll be back where you started.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise, your files are gone." />
  <row Id="17993" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10009" RevisionGUID="3eed27f1-7409-4fd9-98f9-382915e1727f" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:47:37.640" UserId="1466" Text="You can dual boot using the standard windows bootloader.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right-click on **Computer**, select **Properties|Remote Settings|Advanced**  Select **settings** under **startup and recovery**, and select the your primary partition." />
  <row Id="17994" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9976" RevisionGUID="0464ef5e-0093-4ae3-97ea-bb15462d48b7" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:49:01.240" UserId="1020" Comment="Added OS Info" Text="I have to increase the HTTPS timeout in the routing and remote access nat rule so it works a little better with our ActiveSync direct push. I can't seem to find a netsh command nor a registry key. How do I change that timeout value?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Windows Server 2003 SP2 Standard" />
  <row Id="17995" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10010" RevisionGUID="412e7fb9-d719-4f4f-a611-5c942167cc66" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:53:13.823" UserId="1767" Text="Hi folks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have Windows Server 2008 Web edition installed on a server with IIS7. I'm trying to change the security properties from a file/directory inside an asp.net webiste, but I can't make appear the security tab. I looked on google but did not find anything relevant for this particular OS. ¿Anyone?&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks a lot for our time." />
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  <row Id="17997" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10010" RevisionGUID="412e7fb9-d719-4f4f-a611-5c942167cc66" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:53:13.823" UserId="1767" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;iis7&gt;" />
  <row Id="17998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10011" RevisionGUID="22c88db5-42bf-4327-830e-329eda7e67de" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:53:52.197" UserId="843" Text="Things like office periodically save backups for you.  I suspect your notepad document is gone.  I wouldn't expect SQL Server Management Studio to save temp files either, but maybe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can look through your temporary files in your profile folder. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="17999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10012" RevisionGUID="3f571b18-10ac-46db-bc04-a5c5a5a683dc" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:56:42.037" UserId="724" Text="We're operating two rather busy locations with 40+Gigs of client data shared on Windows 2003 servers and need to have it replicated (as close to instantaneously as possible) to each.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're experiencing intermittent replication failures, and have attempted various fixes, but are basically working blind since the errors we're getting in the event log aren't particularly helpful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, the best situation would be one that always worked, and when it didn't was transparent about its reasons.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions welcome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="18002" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9947" RevisionGUID="9c373dd3-17a3-4622-83c8-0dc75ababf8f" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:57:24.500" UserId="2278" Comment="corrected speling" Text="Your initial line of attack with PowerShell is to use WMI. Unfortunately, the root\MicrosoftIisV2 namespace is set up with non-standard security settings which you can't change in PS (not in V1, at least, V2 may be different).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would suggest looking at the IIS ADSI provider, specifically the IIsCompressionScheme object - [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms524574.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may be able to work with this in PowerShell by manipulating&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $obj = [ADSI]&quot;IIS://MachineName/W3SVC/Filters/Compression/Scheme&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, ADSI is pretty evil, so you'll have a fairly steep learning curve.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms524574.aspx" />
  <row Id="18003" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9943" RevisionGUID="75f63cf9-b1c4-45b1-8441-4257360df34c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:59:23.153" UserId="345" Comment="added 1771 characters in body" Text="A Lotus Notes installation, Domino 7x, which ends up trying to start a IBM SameTime 7.5.1 chat client, fails on some machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically, it fails on Windows XP machines that has SP3 slipstreamed, whereas Windows XP machines which has had SP3 installed afterwards, works fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem can be worked around temporarily by adjusting the advanced settings in Internet Explorer, related to Active Content:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [x] Allow active content to run in files on My Computer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setting that `[x]` there makes the whole thing work, removing it (which is the default setting), makes it not work. But as I said, this setting is disabled on the machines that had SP3 installed afterwards, and it works there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This isn't an acceptable solution, so we need to figure out the root cause of this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The chat/meeting client initialization process works like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* A small html page is downloaded from the SameTime server web application. This html page is just a small dummy html page (actually contains the text Dummy as well), as well as a javascript piece that uses `window.open` to open a new browser window with the actual meeting client software, which is part java application.&#xD;&#xA;* This html file is saved locally, in the Temp directory beneath the users home directory&#xD;&#xA;* A new IEXPLORE.EXE process is spawned, with a hidden main window, to load this html file&#xD;&#xA;* The javascript runs, and a few seconds later, when the rest of the meeting client is loading, the IEXPLORE.EXE process that was originally spawned, is instructed to exit, which it does&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What we observe is that when the IEXPLORE.EXE process is spawned, Lotus Notes looses focus, until the process dies, at which point Lotus Notes regains focus. Obviously the process started, and this is verified by the fact that we see it in Task Manager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can also go and open the html page from the temp directory, extract the url from the `window.open` call, and paste it into the address bar in Lotus Notes, at which point the meeting client pops up in all its glory, as it should.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I open the html file in Internet Explorer, an information bar drops down informing us that it has blocked execution of active content. We can ask it to enable it from the dropdown menu of the bar, at which point the meeting client pops up as it should.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We believe that the problem is the javascript, and that IE for some reason disallows execution of this script in this context.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The strange part is that a machine that has SP3 installed, instead of slipstreamed, that is, the machine originally had XP&lt;SP3 on it, and was patched with SP3, on this machine it works, but IE still shows the information bar on this machine if we open the html file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So we have this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Slipstreamed: Shows information bar if manual execution, does not work from Lotus Notes&#xD;&#xA;* Patched: Shows information bar if manual execution, works from Lotus Notes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, the questions are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Does anyone know of any specific security differences between installing SP3, and slipstreaming SP3, that could impact this?&#xD;&#xA;* Does anyone have any other ideas for what specifically we can try to adjust on the machine in order to get this working?&#xD;&#xA;* Is there a list of the hotfixes that the slipstreamed edition has? This is a download from Microsoft's web pages, basically a new image with SP3 integrated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IBM, which makes SameTime, the meeting client in question, has asked the client to just enable active content, but this solution is unacceptable, and since all the patched machines doesn't need that setting enabled to work, we believe it is unnecessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anything that anyone could tell us that would shed some light on this would be most welcome." />
  <row Id="18004" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10013" RevisionGUID="3771861d-0702-4005-9e9b-fd629bff00b5" CreationDate="2009-05-19T17:59:35.963" UserId="2948" Text="We are using ScrewTurn for content and SharePoint to store documents / images." />
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  <row Id="18006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10014" RevisionGUID="722330f9-d96b-4878-bfe4-47bfd5066b81" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:00:25.180" UserId="2258" Text="I'm not sure what exactly this feature is called. But in Windows Server 2008, it has the Vista Public/Private/Domain locations. This makes sense for laptops, and none at all for servers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My problem is that sometimes some network adapters decide they are now on a public network. This completely activates the firewall, even for the &quot;domain&quot; networks. So net effect is that I reboot some machines, and then they never come back on the network until we KVM in and tell it that the network is private.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's the name of this feature? Is there a GP setting I can use to turn it off and make all networks be &quot;domain&quot;?" />
  <row Id="18007" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10014" RevisionGUID="722330f9-d96b-4878-bfe4-47bfd5066b81" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:00:25.180" UserId="2258" Text="Disable Windows Server Network Locations" />
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  <row Id="18009" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10015" RevisionGUID="b431ea97-3fb9-4470-b4b1-f449363a52b3" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:00:44.743" UserId="2318" Text="Does anyone have a rule of thumb to calculate bandwidth for VNC connections, taking into account screen size and color depth?" />
  <row Id="18010" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10015" RevisionGUID="b431ea97-3fb9-4470-b4b1-f449363a52b3" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:00:44.743" UserId="2318" Text="How much bandwidth does VNC require? " />
  <row Id="18011" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10015" RevisionGUID="b431ea97-3fb9-4470-b4b1-f449363a52b3" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:00:44.743" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;vnc&gt;&lt;bandwidth&gt;&lt;scalability&gt;" />
  <row Id="18012" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10016" RevisionGUID="eea3f04d-c462-454a-b8ec-9e33c22fb303" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:02:25.223" UserId="1409" Text="We're getting the following Error when emailing a client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    There was a SMTP communication problem with the recipient's email server.  Please contact your system administrator.&#xD;&#xA;                &lt;mail.ourdomain.com #5.5.0 smtp;553 mailbox jwxxx@theirdomain.com is restricted (Mode: normal)&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The SMTP logs aren't much better:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    OutboundConnectionResponse SMTPSVC1 ourserver - 25 - 553+mailbox+jwxxx@theirdomain+is+restricted+(Mode:+normal) 0 0 67 0 265 SMTP - - - -&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;    OutboundConnectionCommand SMTPSVC1 ourserver - 25 RSET - - 0 0 4 0 265 SMTP - - - -&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe the error is on their end, but I was curious what the 'is restricted' error message meant.  I haven't seen that before, and quick google search didn't return and concrete answers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18013" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10016" RevisionGUID="eea3f04d-c462-454a-b8ec-9e33c22fb303" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:02:25.223" UserId="1409" Text="Exchange 2003 SMTP Error - 'Is Restricted'" />
  <row Id="18014" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10016" RevisionGUID="eea3f04d-c462-454a-b8ec-9e33c22fb303" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:02:25.223" UserId="1409" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;smtp&gt;" />
  <row Id="18016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10017" RevisionGUID="8d7ea8c1-79ea-4c33-8998-4f15c5a4127c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:04:59.117" UserId="45" Text="You could try [EasyBCD][1]. It's a very powerful tool for creating multi-boot configurations. Here is a description of the [Windows XP Boot Process][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also this [SourceForge project GRUB for DOS][3], which also contains an utility called WINGRUB (GRUB for Windows.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/EBCD/Windows+XP&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/grub4dos" />
  <row Id="18017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10018" RevisionGUID="6797769d-58e0-484c-a6d7-c94b7291e6c4" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:05:51.660" UserId="2948" Text="There is quite a bit of work already happening with PowerShell and SharePoint.  Check out Guy Lepointe's blog.  http://stsadm.blogspot.com/  He is Mr. STSADM in the SharePoint MVP world.  " />
  <row Id="18018" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10019" RevisionGUID="0078fa66-d56f-4d25-b4c5-cba608d1c9fa" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:08:42.700" UserId="3111" Text="This is not a quantitative measure but more of an experience to share with you. We had a T1 at the main office and users would remote in via SSL VPN client. The VNC experience to support these users was terrible compared with something like LogMeIn. It would freeze up and not indicate there was a problem until a timeout window was reached. At which point you would have to reconnect. (Don't know if that part was specific to RealVNC.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When we upgraded to a 10mbit fiber connection, this problem went away.  VNC was then the support tool of choice as the LogMeIn client is more bulky and takes longer to connect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd also be interested in others experience with the bandwidth usage of VNC. Thanks for posting. " />
  <row Id="18019" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10020" RevisionGUID="7bdfdc43-b855-4dcf-8d9d-0681c1c7cd8d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:08:44.367" UserId="671" Text="The message is originating from their end as a 553 response from their mail server.  The remote server probably has the account set to be able to receive mail from local users only and not messages from the Internet.  If they want this user to receive mail from the outside they will need to update the account settings on their end." />
  <row Id="18020" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10021" RevisionGUID="9a8a7b05-d376-4bf8-a76d-2bfe5db328a2" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:08:55.913" UserId="2604" Text="Regardless of whether you have Volume Licensing agreement with Microsoft, stop paying Dell extra money to downgrade to Windows XP!  All Windows Vista Business licenses (retail, OEM, volume) include Windows XP downgrade rights.  The extra cost to Dell is for the convenience of having Windows XP preinstalled; since you are wiping the disks and installing an image, you do not need this convenience and expense.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using an OEM-supplied CD as the basis for your Windows XP image, I think the procedure is to call Microsoft's Product Activation Center and request the downgrade for each Windows Vista product key (on the sticker).  You'll have to actually boot into a Windows Vista installation and begin the telephone-based Product Activation process in order to get the telephone number to call.  Also, I believe that if you do an integrated installation of Service Pack 3 with an OEM or retail build of Windows XP, the Out-of-Box-Experience setup wizard will not require a product key.  Then you can just start the activation process from withing Windows XP.  (I'm not sure about this, though; I've never tried it.)" />
  <row Id="18021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10022" RevisionGUID="6eeb57d0-f6c4-4a0b-9d1d-534c1b832aba" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:10:19.327" UserId="3038" Text="At a guess, their mail-box wasn't configured to allow just anyone to mail to it. I've seen similar problems when attempting to send to a group that has the &quot;authenticated users only&quot; flag set on it in Receive Restrictions. Some organizations also use such settings to 'disable' accounts before deletion." />
  <row Id="18022" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10023" RevisionGUID="b240ce5c-15cd-4c22-a834-7e898bd1a4fd" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:12:39.353" UserId="2881" Text="At my workplace, I dropped ScrewTurn Wiki on one of our Windows dev servers and hooked it up to our SQL Server. It works really well, runs quickly, and mainly stays out of our way for documentation. In the two weeks since it's been deployed, we've already added about 60 pages of information, and it's only for our team (~10 people). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So far, we keep information about current and past projects on there, and have started adding information about the applications such as how to build them from scratch, URL's, and other important information for dev's new to the team.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of my favorite pages on the wiki has been the tools and libraries page. There, we've started adding information about our favorite productivity tools and libraries that we use a lot, an example of which is grepWin for text searching in Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would fully recommend checking out the full gamut of wiki's available and find one that suits your intended usage, functionality, and deployment environment. I chose ScrewTurn because it's easy to use, and we had a ton of free room on our local WinServer, but YMMV." />
  <row Id="18023" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10023" RevisionGUID="b240ce5c-15cd-4c22-a834-7e898bd1a4fd" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:12:39.353" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18024" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10018" RevisionGUID="e2655715-871b-44b0-9076-3a1b4460a8b3" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:15:22.233" UserId="2948" Comment="added 249 characters in body" Text="There is quite a bit of work already happening with PowerShell and SharePoint.  Check out Gary Lepointe's blog.  http://stsadm.blogspot.com/  He is Mr. STSADM in the SharePoint MVP world.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think Gary has developed a set of cmdlets (is that the right word?) for Powershell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general I am not a big fan of PowerShell b/c I have solid devleopment skills and feel more comfertable writing what I need in C# with the SharePoint API." />
  <row Id="18025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10024" RevisionGUID="81a8ab7e-c755-4938-a231-351cf1e4d03c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:15:25.167" UserId="846" Text="Also possible is that the recipient's mailbox is **full**, and the recipient server is set to stop accepting mail when that happens.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suggest contacting the administrator at the other end.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck." />
  <row Id="18026" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9653" RevisionGUID="d7b753ca-e349-435a-a87b-84dbc19a55b3" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:16:01.733" UserId="966" Comment="I was wrong about wildcards" Text="Update: * is valid syntax but not necessary. You can find out more [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will work though. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       ServerName example.com&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        ServerName www.example.com&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first directive will match everything that is not explicitly defined elsewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/core.html#servername" />
  <row Id="18027" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10025" RevisionGUID="367dd97e-1ae8-4101-8259-3057dc43c58c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:17:51.307" UserId="773" Text="Is there a &quot;universal&quot; way of how you can make a bootable USB drive out of a bootable dvd or cd? What makes a USB drive bootable? What makes a dvd and cd bootable?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example there is a program called [UNetBootin][1] which can make bootable USB drives, but seems like it only works with various linux distributions. (Tried it with a Win7 image and the [SystemRescueCD][2], which didn't work so well...).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Main reason I ask is that I have a Support DVD which came with an Asus EEE, and it of course doesn't have an external dvd drive. So I am curious if I can sort of move that dvd over to a USB drive so that I can use it without buying one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not asking just specifically about this one case though, I am curious to know a bit more about this in general. So, if you have a general bootable DVD or CD (Or a DVD or CD image for that matter), could be linux distro, windows install disk, support disks, etc., is it possible to &quot;move&quot; it over to a USB drive and make that work like the DVD or CD did? (Being bootable and all).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page" />
  <row Id="18028" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10025" RevisionGUID="367dd97e-1ae8-4101-8259-3057dc43c58c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:17:51.307" UserId="773" Text="How to make a bootable USB drive out of a bootable DVD or CD" />
  <row Id="18029" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10025" RevisionGUID="367dd97e-1ae8-4101-8259-3057dc43c58c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:17:51.307" UserId="773" Text="&lt;boot&gt;&lt;usb-flash-drive&gt;&lt;dvd&gt;&lt;cd&gt;&lt;image&gt;" />
  <row Id="18030" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10026" RevisionGUID="e6ee3205-4073-4b0a-bf59-1f634ef637a0" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:18:38.950" UserId="2908" Text="One option would be to use a &quot;Generic Script&quot; resource type. This option is only available on Server 2003 and newer. The basic premise is that you create a VBScript file that launches and monitors the application. As the cluster makes various calls to the script for the status of the application, the script can be told to look wherever you need it to for the information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MSDN has more information, but new users can't add hyperlinks." />
  <row Id="18031" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10027" RevisionGUID="5390a327-bea2-45a7-8735-7c4a8d595e42" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:19:38.013" UserId="2099" Text="This [page](http://postfix.state-of-mind.de/patrick.koetter/smtpauth/building_RPMS_from_SRPMS.html) contains a prominent warning:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Important&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Never build RPMS as root.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why is it bad to build RPMs as root?  Is it the possibility of overwriting some files?  Are there file permissions problems?" />
  <row Id="18032" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10027" RevisionGUID="5390a327-bea2-45a7-8735-7c4a8d595e42" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:19:38.013" UserId="2099" Text="Why is it bad to build RPMs as root?" />
  <row Id="18033" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10027" RevisionGUID="5390a327-bea2-45a7-8735-7c4a8d595e42" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:19:38.013" UserId="2099" Text="&lt;rpm&gt;" />
  <row Id="18034" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10028" RevisionGUID="a894206b-005a-4fa2-a283-72460079df19" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:20:16.140" UserId="2482" Text="I am using [grub4dos][1] to dual boot XP and XP64.  Both systems are on NTFS filesystems.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setup was simple:  I copied the grub4dos folder onto my NTFS file system.  Renamed the windows boot loader &quot;ntldr&quot; out of the way and copied the grub4dos boot loader &quot;grldr&quot; to &quot;ntldr&quot;.  That way I am still using a microsoft standard MBR which makes my corporate required virus scanner happy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://gna.org/projects/grub4dos/" />
  <row Id="18035" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10029" RevisionGUID="4fd6a103-ee34-4664-be08-fac23eb204fc" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:23:47.910" UserId="671" Text="If you are trying to set an MX record for a hostname such as **corp.example.com** (for mail to user@corp.example.com) and that name exists as a CNAME record instead of an A record, it would result in this error.  If a host exists as a CNAME, it cannot also have other record types associated with it.  You would need to re-create the hostname as an A record and then add the MX record to it." />
  <row Id="18036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10030" RevisionGUID="a6f0639a-7b79-4d03-87b6-6ac47eb8f168" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:24:38.687" UserId="1247" Text="We have started to use [DokuWiki][1] where I work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From Dokuwiki's website: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; DokuWiki is a standards compliant,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; simple to use Wiki, mainly aimed at&#xD;&#xA;&gt; creating documentation of any kind. It&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is targeted at developer teams,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; workgroups and small companies. It has&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a simple but powerful syntax which&#xD;&#xA;&gt; makes sure the datafiles remain&#xD;&#xA;&gt; readable outside the Wiki and eases&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the creation of structured texts. All&#xD;&#xA;&gt; data is stored in plain text files –&#xD;&#xA;&gt; no database is required.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found Dokuwiki the easiest to implement because it requires no database, and it was easy to setup.  There also were add-in modules which made enabled to use my existing [Active Directory account logons][2] rather then having to create accounts for everyone, which was a huge plus over much of the other wiki systems I found.  it also has the typical versioning control, where you can see who posted what where, and it has the ability to roll back to a previous version easy if necessary.  They also include a customizable home page which where yo can easily change out whatever type of content fits best for your environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.dokuwiki.org/auth:ldap" />
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  <row Id="18038" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9912" RevisionGUID="12bcc09a-12ed-4e95-8561-9f142d5f0cb7" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:25:18.953" UserId="2514" Comment="added 151 characters in body" Text="Is there a way to import information into a survey from an external datasource? I have a user who has a spreadsheet full of measures (Over 300 of them) who would like to create a few surveys in SharePoint so that he could ask our users to rate some software based on these measures. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Manual data entry of all 300+ measures directly into a survey would take a LOT of time. Is there an easy way to get these measures into a survey? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks to Adam for his answer below. As an admin, some pointers as to how to use these objects from Power Shell or Iron Python would help as well. " />
  <row Id="18039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10031" RevisionGUID="1f932330-92f5-4bf0-b0ad-92eac75c2933" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:25:21.480" UserId="1218" Text="Generally you should never use the root user except you really need the rights.&#xD;&#xA;But you are right the main problem would be that 'rpmbuild' would execute nearly everything you wrote into a spec file. (override files, create users, delete files etc.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a side note I would suggest to take a look at the [openSUSE Build Service][1] which makes building rpms for different distributions really easy. (It can also set up as a local instance.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.opensuse.org/Build_Service" />
  <row Id="18040" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10032" RevisionGUID="0fdc663f-5850-48eb-9b1a-b8e636c87773" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:26:06.737" UserId="2293" Text="One of the networks I administrate uses Windows 2003 File Shares to provide network storage for users. To prevent against accidental deletion, I use Shadow Copies to create snapshots twice a day.  This method is only effective, however, for files which were on the share during the last snapshot.  When users accidentally deleted files recently placed on the share, I have no recourse except to remote desktop into the server and attempt retrieval with an undelete utility (this is only effective if the file has not been overwritten).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a feature like the Windows Recycle Bin for Windows 2003 File Shares?  What is the best way to protect my users against accidental file deletion in this scenario?" />
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  <row Id="18042" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10032" RevisionGUID="0fdc663f-5850-48eb-9b1a-b8e636c87773" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:26:06.737" UserId="2293" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;fileshares&gt;" />
  <row Id="18043" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10033" RevisionGUID="a775836f-3c78-45ca-bc35-f8a9ca473bee" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:31:28.957" UserId="1464" Text="Don,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using SSMS to connect, it allows for you to connect to the Database Engine or the SSAS instance. Many times I have connected to the wrong instance using SSMS simply by clicking through a couple of screens too quickly." />
  <row Id="18044" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10034" RevisionGUID="52372d3f-389c-4bfb-b14e-3b84e4742988" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:31:45.490" UserId="1155" Text="See [this post][1] for instructions for how to take stuff that's on a bootable DVD and placing it on a USB drive that's bootable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A USB Thumbdrive is just a hard drive, and if it's got the right boot files and the BIOS supports booting from an external USB hard drive it will work fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To understand what makes a CD or DVD drive bootable see [this post][2] on the El Torito (CD-ROM standard).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2952/boot-and-install-windows-from-a-usb-thumb-drive&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Torito_(CD-ROM_standard)" />
  <row Id="18045" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10021" RevisionGUID="c82fc04e-9bac-4ca4-a2d7-f0c148ed8c04" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:32:46.363" UserId="2604" Comment="added 51 characters in body" Text="Regardless of whether you have Volume Licensing agreement with Microsoft, please stop paying Dell extra money to downgrade to Windows XP!  All Windows Vista Business licenses (retail, OEM, volume) include Windows XP downgrade rights.  The extra cost to Dell is for the convenience of having Windows XP preinstalled; since you are wiping the disks and installing an image, you do not need this convenience and expense.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**For machines that you have already purchased with the Windows XP downgrade:**  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Download Magical Jellybean Keyfinder (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/&quot;&gt;http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/&lt;/a&gt;) and run it on each new machine with Windows XP.  This extracts the factory-installed product key.  It will likely not match the product key on the sticker.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Save or write down the product key.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Copy the file C:\dell.sdr to portable drive or network location.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Apply your disk image to the machine.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Copy the dell.sdr file to C:\.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Boot and type the product key that you wrote down earlier when prompted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**For machines with Windows Vista preinstalled that you want to downgrade to Windows XP:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Boot into Windows Vista and do all of the first-run setup steps.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Run the Windows Vista Product Activation Wizard.  (Start|Control Panel|System; click the &quot;Change product key&quot; link at the bottom of the page.)&lt;/li&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[I'm not sure of the next few steps because I've never done it, and I don't want to mess with my configuration.]&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unplug your network cable and disable wireless networking so that you have no network connectivity.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Try to find an option to activate via telephone.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Call the number that is provided, and tell the operator that you want to downgrade.  You'll have to provide the product key from the sticker.  The operator will provide you with a new product key or will reset the one on the sticker so that it works with XP.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reconnect to the network, if applicable.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Install your image, and type the product key provided by the operator when prompted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Activate Windows when prompted.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think that Windows XP retail and OEM builds will let you install with no product key if you have integrated Service Pack 3.  In that case, you can follow the above steps from within XP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a Volume License agreement with Microsoft that includes a Windows Client license upgrade of either XP or Vista, you have access to the volume license media for Windows XP on the eOpen or MVLS websites.  Download the CD image, burn it, and use it for your image.  Then you can use your volume license key and skip all of the activation and product key problems.  This is specifically allowed by Microsoft for any licensed copy of Windows XP and Vista, not just those licenses purchased on the agreement.  (See &lt;a href=&quot;http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/D/4/3D42BDC2-6725-4B29-B75A-A5B04179958B/Reimaging.docx&quot;&gt;this document&lt;/a&gt; on this page:  &lt;http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/about-licensing/volume-licensing-briefs.aspx&gt;.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10035" RevisionGUID="2515b5c0-15aa-4c24-9d7d-7c91ae08d584" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:33:09.577" UserId="1634" Text="In the directory /usr/local/apache2/modules, I see the single file httpd.exp.  What is the purpose of this file?" />
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  <row Id="18048" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10035" RevisionGUID="2515b5c0-15aa-4c24-9d7d-7c91ae08d584" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:33:09.577" UserId="1634" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;modules&gt;" />
  <row Id="18049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10036" RevisionGUID="51411834-ab32-4e1d-aaec-2eb7eb470597" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:35:07.373" UserId="3110" Text="This reports most of the same information that everyone else is saying but you can also just type&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SET U&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will return any environment variables that start with U.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an aside, SET L can be handy for debugging logonserver problems." />
  <row Id="18050" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10037" RevisionGUID="daa0480e-8655-4b82-b0ee-b2a107f8fdd1" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:37:39.130" UserId="1803" Text="The above are native to the OS and better answers, but in the spirit of completeness, there's literally a whoami.exe in the 2000 &amp; XP support tools.  At 32 kb, it'd be easy to roll out through group policy, if you had your heart set on that command." />
  <row Id="18051" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10028" RevisionGUID="2e963a2f-9b39-450f-82f9-bc29a92626c9" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:42:21.553" UserId="2482" Comment="Added the bit about moving partition images." Text="I am using [grub4dos][1] to dual boot XP and XP64.  Both systems are on NTFS filesystems.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setup was simple:  I copied the grub4dos folder onto my NTFS file system.  Renamed the windows boot loader &quot;ntldr&quot; out of the way and copied the grub4dos boot loader &quot;grldr&quot; to &quot;ntldr&quot;.  That way I am still using a microsoft standard MBR which makes my corporate required virus scanner happy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This method also keeps my partitions independent.  I can dump a partition off to and external drive and load a different operating system in it's place.  I keep Vista32, XP32, Vista64 and XP64 images on my external drive.  In about 1.5 hrs I can load any one of those images onto either of my two laptop partitions and be ready to go with fussing with boot configurations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://gna.org/projects/grub4dos/" />
  <row Id="18052" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9985" RevisionGUID="ea30f94e-8856-4011-b39f-dfd1a965bd2c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:43:24.780" UserId="1672" Comment="typo" Text="I recently created a disk with a single xfs partition in ubuntu 9.04. I tried plugging it back in as a USB disk using an enclosure, and it shows up as /dev/sde. Unfortunately there is no /dev/sde1. cfdisk and other tools show that the partition is there, but the actual device file is not there, which means I cannot mount it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What could cause this behavior, and how can I fix it? I tried running cfdisk, and re-writing the partition table, which just caused cfdisk to indefinitely hang." />
  <row Id="18053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10038" RevisionGUID="685245ce-4cee-4282-a7b6-d6973a3061bb" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:45:30.330" UserId="2783" Text="If you wanted to cobble something together, I suppose you could use robocopy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy) to mirror your fileshare to a secondary location, but for multimaster replication (where users can add/remove files in either location and have the change be reflected in the other locations), FRS is really the way to go.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even better, if you are running Windows Server 2003 R2 or later, use DFS (the successor for FRS) that has some neat new features above and beyond what FRS provides (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/storage/dfs/default.mspx)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Sean" />
  <row Id="18054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10039" RevisionGUID="cfd1372c-603f-48f9-9a9a-57be70797bed" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:45:54.543" UserId="2304" Text="httpd.exp is the export file for Apache and IHS functions, and contains a list of the functions to be exported for use by the modules." />
  <row Id="18055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10040" RevisionGUID="8bc18bf6-717b-4361-96ff-477590e027a2" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:46:40.173" UserId="3140" Text="I am looking at building a NAS.&#xD;&#xA;24 X 500GB 2.5&quot; SATA2 7200RPM 16MB cache drives all in a 2U box with 8GB RAM and 4 CPUs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can go two ways:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. 1 24+ Port RAID Controller making the whole array one single RAID 10 array&#xD;&#xA;2. 2 12+ Port RAID Controllers making up two separate RAID10 arrays with only 12 drives per array.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The question is regarding performance. This NAS will has 2 GigE network connections that will be BINDED at the switch to create 2Gig connection for the NAS to the servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The data will be for hosting VPSs with typical mysql/apache/smtp/pop3 traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What configuration will be best in terms of performance? Will I get better performance out of two smaller arrays on separate controllers? Or just one big single one?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18056" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10040" RevisionGUID="8bc18bf6-717b-4361-96ff-477590e027a2" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:46:40.173" UserId="3140" Text="What is the BEST NAS RAID Config for this Box?" />
  <row Id="18057" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10040" RevisionGUID="8bc18bf6-717b-4361-96ff-477590e027a2" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:46:40.173" UserId="3140" Text="&lt;nas&gt;&lt;raid&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;" />
  <row Id="18058" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10041" RevisionGUID="8416960f-f87e-46d0-81b6-d46e39001120" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:49:55.207" UserId="2258" Text="My setup is like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HYV1 - HyperV machine (non domain) - sync irrelevant&#xD;&#xA;    AD1  - VM AD server on HYV1, sync'd to time.nist.gov. HyperV time sync off.&#xD;&#xA;    S1   - Physical machine, sync'd to domain. &#xD;&#xA;    S2   - Physical machine running HyperV, sync'd to domain.&#xD;&#xA;    V1   - Linux VM machine on S2, sync'd to AD1. No HyperV integration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AD1 and S1 have fine sync -- stripchart shows less than 100ms difference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;S2 drifts like crazy. Here's a bit of the stripchart against AD1:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    18:33:22 d:+00.0010138s o:+05.4101899s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:24 d:+00.0010138s o:+05.4319765s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:26 d:+00.0000000s o:+05.4788429s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:28 d:+00.0000000s o:+05.6089942s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:30 d:+00.0010138s o:+05.7240269s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:32 d:+00.0000000s o:+06.0421911s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:34 d:+00.0081104s o:+06.5613708s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:37 d:+00.0000000s o:+06.9096594s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:39 d:+00.0000000s o:+06.8867838s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:41 d:+00.0010127s o:+06.8936401s &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In 20 seconds, it drifted over a second. If I manually reset it to within 1s, within a few minutes it'll be back drifting about 2 seconds. Overnight it went from ~2s to ~5s. The Linux VM inside S2 has perfect sync with AD1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the config:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Users\mgg&gt;w32tm /dumpreg /subkey:Parameters&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Value Name                 Value Type          Value Data&#xD;&#xA;    ------------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ServiceDll                 REG_EXPAND_SZ       %systemroot%\system32\w32time.dll&#xD;&#xA;    ServiceMain                REG_SZ              SvchostEntry_W32Time&#xD;&#xA;    ServiceDllUnloadOnStop     REG_DWORD           1&#xD;&#xA;    Type                       REG_SZ              NT5DS&#xD;&#xA;    NtpServer                  REG_SZ              ad01.mydomain ad02.mydomain&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    C:\Users\mgg&gt;w32tm /dumpreg /subkey:Config&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Value Name                Value Type          Value Data&#xD;&#xA;    -----------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    FrequencyCorrectRate      REG_DWORD           4&#xD;&#xA;    PollAdjustFactor          REG_DWORD           5&#xD;&#xA;    LargePhaseOffset          REG_DWORD           50000000&#xD;&#xA;    SpikeWatchPeriod          REG_DWORD           900&#xD;&#xA;    LocalClockDispersion      REG_DWORD           9&#xD;&#xA;    HoldPeriod                REG_DWORD           5&#xD;&#xA;    PhaseCorrectRate          REG_DWORD           1&#xD;&#xA;    UpdateInterval            REG_DWORD           30000&#xD;&#xA;    EventLogFlags             REG_DWORD           2&#xD;&#xA;    AnnounceFlags             REG_DWORD           5&#xD;&#xA;    TimeJumpAuditOffset       REG_DWORD           28800&#xD;&#xA;    MinPollInterval           REG_DWORD           2&#xD;&#xA;    MaxPollInterval           REG_DWORD           8&#xD;&#xA;    MaxNegPhaseCorrection     REG_DWORD           -1&#xD;&#xA;    MaxPosPhaseCorrection     REG_DWORD           -1&#xD;&#xA;    MaxAllowedPhaseOffset     REG_DWORD           300&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I looked at the event log, and apart from warnings about sync (after it gets way out of sync), there's no other warnings. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I go about troubleshooting this? It's the only machine that is having this problem. All the other machines (physical and virtual) are doing fine." />
  <row Id="18059" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10041" RevisionGUID="8416960f-f87e-46d0-81b6-d46e39001120" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:49:55.207" UserId="2258" Text="Machine drifts time all over, even with NTP" />
  <row Id="18060" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10041" RevisionGUID="8416960f-f87e-46d0-81b6-d46e39001120" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:49:55.207" UserId="2258" Text="&lt;ntp&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;timesync&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="18061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10042" RevisionGUID="ce6b7cbe-a38f-45bf-9010-62ddf11b5622" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:50:09.963" UserId="1155" Text="Unfortunatley, there is no Recycle Bin feature for any Network Share on any version of Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It did make [a brief appearance][1] in Vista but then disappeared before RTM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6090574.html" />
  <row Id="18062" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8083" RevisionGUID="60b8ab6e-6853-478a-9298-710c28f4cda2" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:52:36.730" UserId="1382" Comment="fixed a grammar bug" Text="Aha, I've found the answer myself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In PowerShell, scripts to be executed need to be proceeded by &quot;.\&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, &quot;PS &gt; script.py&quot; doesn't work, but &quot;PS &gt; .\script.py&quot; does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, using this syntax adding &quot;.py&quot; to PATHEXT works fine under PowerShell." />
  <row Id="18063" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10043" RevisionGUID="f3ad3eae-e0d5-4920-9a2e-6b135dd2be4d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:53:39.300" UserId="2318" Text="I am &quot;deploying&quot; a very silly question, but it could be amusing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What especially irritating &quot;business&quot; terminology are you subjected to at work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The one that annoys me most actually is &quot;the enterprise&quot; which apparently makes you sound more dangerous than just &quot;enterprise&quot;" />
  <row Id="18064" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10043" RevisionGUID="f3ad3eae-e0d5-4920-9a2e-6b135dd2be4d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:53:39.300" UserId="2318" Text="Wiki: Irritating phrases you are subjected to in &quot;the enterprise&quot;" />
  <row Id="18065" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10043" RevisionGUID="f3ad3eae-e0d5-4920-9a2e-6b135dd2be4d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:53:39.300" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;off-topic&gt;&lt;fun&gt;" />
  <row Id="18066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10044" RevisionGUID="48fec6c9-6686-414c-b988-ee0bae9de474" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:54:30.063" UserId="1565" Text="We have 2 support centers 20 miles apart.  We'd like a [telepresence][1] type setup, but we have a limited budget at the moment.  We do have spare computers, 2 large LCDs screens, and a 10Gb backbone.  All we need to figure out is what kind of a camera, audio, and software to use.  Any cheap ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telepresence" />
  <row Id="18067" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10044" RevisionGUID="48fec6c9-6686-414c-b988-ee0bae9de474" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:54:30.063" UserId="1565" Text="telepresence on the cheap" />
  <row Id="18068" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10044" RevisionGUID="48fec6c9-6686-414c-b988-ee0bae9de474" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:54:30.063" UserId="1565" Text="&lt;video&gt;" />
  <row Id="18069" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10043" RevisionGUID="f3ad3eae-e0d5-4920-9a2e-6b135dd2be4d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:54:34.447" UserId="2318" />
  <row Id="18070" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10028" RevisionGUID="c85b0358-967f-4bb3-b1c9-cc20bae2dc0e" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:54:39.393" UserId="2482" Comment="added 3 characters in body" Text="I am using [grub4dos][1] to dual boot XP and XP64.  Both systems are on NTFS filesystems.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setup was simple:  I copied the grub4dos folder onto my NTFS file system.  Renamed the windows boot loader &quot;ntldr&quot; out of the way and copied the grub4dos boot loader &quot;grldr&quot; to &quot;ntldr&quot;.  That way I am still using a microsoft standard MBR which makes my corporate required virus scanner happy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This method also keeps my partitions independent.  I can dump a partition off to and external drive and load a different operating system in it's place.  I keep Vista32, XP32, Vista64 and XP64 images on my external drive.  In about 1.5 hrs I can load any one of those images onto either of my two laptop partitions and be ready to go without fussing with boot configurations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://gna.org/projects/grub4dos/" />
  <row Id="18071" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9417" RevisionGUID="e6c43658-bd64-4b34-987b-7dd0535f0e85" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:56:40.183" UserId="1067" Comment="deleted 49 characters in body" Text="In the Active Directory Users and Computers Snap-In you can add Users or Computers to groups. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rob" />
  <row Id="18072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10045" RevisionGUID="b237142e-4d46-4cf0-a002-bb0b00ad15cc" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:56:48.483" UserId="1736" Text="Assuming proportional specs (i.e. if the one big controller has N Mb of cache, the two small controllers each have N/2 Mb), the only way you're going to get much benefit out of the split controllers is if your applications are capable of saturating the bus to the controller, or approaching doing so.  For 'typical VPS' hosting as your intended application, that seems very unlikely.  I'd say you're better off with the one big controller." />
  <row Id="18073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10046" RevisionGUID="b1988c44-7ac7-4934-8b7f-85b8da85b5fa" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:57:34.410" UserId="2783" Text="I don't know of a Recycle Bin for file shares, but this is a place where SharePoint stands out.  SharePoint has two levels of recycle bins, one for users and one for admins, that capture deletes before you have to resort to restoring from a backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just something to consider if one of the other ServerFault gurus can't point you to a recycle bin for file shares." />
  <row Id="18074" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10047" RevisionGUID="be1837dd-8fe9-45b6-a8d7-960bcd8d61eb" CreationDate="2009-05-19T18:58:04.503" UserId="1736" Text="&quot;It is what it is&quot; is getting a little overplayed.  But, hey, it is what it is." />
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  <row Id="18076" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10048" RevisionGUID="2d56c237-f1fa-453a-9694-61cdc46077b4" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:01:08.880" UserId="1054" Text="Any tech term used incorrectly by someone who refuses to learn.....  Don't get me wrong, if someone says something incorrectly because they just don't know but then starts to use the correct terminology then I'm allll good with that.  It's the people that say &quot;yeah, ok, whatever...&quot; that get me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm especially fond of &quot;I need more RAM, I don't have enough to store all my pictures / MP3's / Videos&quot; (that shouldn't be on your machine anyway....)" />
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  <row Id="18078" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10049" RevisionGUID="a309f77e-5b34-44ad-98c4-415c7581a934" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:01:19.910" UserId="3066" Text="We use a product called Undelete (http://www.undelete.com/file-recovery.aspx) on our file servers, but we are running Windows 2008.  I think older versions of Windows did include a hidden file called a &quot;network recycle bin&quot; on each file partition on the server. But I could be wrong.  You might want to check that." />
  <row Id="18079" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10044" RevisionGUID="bc9e77f9-92ec-4075-8640-372b5b06dbfb" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:03:28.877" UserId="45" Comment="added 4 characters in body; edited title" Text="We have two support centers 20 miles apart.  We'd like a [telepresence][1] type setup, but we have a limited budget at the moment.  We do have spare computers, two large LCDs screens, and a 10Gb backbone.  All we need to figure out is what kind of a camera, audio, and software to use.  Any cheap ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telepresence" />
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  <row Id="18081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10050" RevisionGUID="d6db4bac-fea2-4a69-8ce3-c59d5bff3db1" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:04:14.897" UserId="2851" Text="I have a production server that is showing a very large number of forks when running `vmstat -f`. Any suggestions on steps that could be used to help find out what the origin of the forks are?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    vmstat -f 1&#xD;&#xA;          6650796 forks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18082" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10050" RevisionGUID="d6db4bac-fea2-4a69-8ce3-c59d5bff3db1" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:04:14.897" UserId="2851" Text="vmstat -f shows large number of forks" />
  <row Id="18083" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10050" RevisionGUID="d6db4bac-fea2-4a69-8ce3-c59d5bff3db1" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:04:14.897" UserId="2851" Text="&lt;vmstat&gt;" />
  <row Id="18084" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10051" RevisionGUID="17662174-1a19-42b7-98bc-7b418e7c35e0" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:07:08.417" UserId="2101" Text="Badly written RPM .spec files (or even well-written ones with a typo) can do improper things such as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Install directly to the running system instead of to a sandbox&#xD;&#xA;- Leave junk on the filesystem&#xD;&#xA;- Accidentally run nasty commands such as: `rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is no part of the RPM build process that actually needs root access. So, we should follow the standard procedure of &quot;If it doesn't need root permission, it doesn't run as root&quot; when building RPMs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This avoids nasty accidents and surprises." />
  <row Id="18085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10052" RevisionGUID="0776666e-30eb-4961-a464-c3742e29eee6" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:09:06.117" UserId="1998" Text="Any process that spawns another process without itself terminating is a fork - for example, every command that's executed at a shell will be counted as a fork.  An very high number of fork calls since the system booted is totally normal." />
  <row Id="18086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10053" RevisionGUID="3c415188-f0d2-420d-ba3f-1bcee01861f5" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:09:49.847" UserId="3066" Text="This seems to be a very common issue with VM's.  See the following websites:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.vmwareinfo.com/2008/04/enabling-ntp-on-esx-servers.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverhyperv/thread/6fff3eef-1b5b-4059-8618-22ab3f5c293c&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My suggestion would be to sync with just an external time server and disable any integration time sync'ing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hopefully this helps." />
  <row Id="18087" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10043" RevisionGUID="f0ffd439-55d5-4466-98e6-035432fb5de7" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:16:47.430" UserId="2318" Comment="deleted 17 characters in body" Text="I am &quot;deploying&quot; a very silly question, but it could be amusing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What especially irritating &quot;business&quot; terminology are you subjected to at work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The one that annoys me most actually is &quot;*the* enterprise&quot; which apparently makes you sound more dangerous than just &quot;enterprise&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://geisenstein.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/race3.jpg?w=300&amp;h=199" />
  <row Id="18088" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10054" RevisionGUID="578e72eb-bdc5-4078-ae75-95c6cce8616b" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:17:10.283" UserId="2513" Text="&quot;Let's take this offline&quot; as if a meeting is &quot;online&quot;" />
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  <row Id="18090" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8323" RevisionGUID="b4874c03-aa8c-4230-895f-cebb9b7052c1" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:18:09.563" UserId="1803" Comment="Condense/clarify" Text="Old server is windows 2000, and the original setup guy's answer to pretty much everything was C:\ --&gt; Everyone --&gt; Full Control.  However, there WAS a setup doc, that seemed to work up to a point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Created a local admin com user&#xD;&#xA;* Created COM+ applications referencing that user and some dll's supplied with the site&#xD;&#xA;* Installed .net versions 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 (I've tried running under each version, no change in error)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Server object error 'ASP 0178 :&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 80070005'  Server.CreateObject Access&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Error  /Include/fnLookups.asp, line 10&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The call to Server.CreateObject failed&#xD;&#xA;&gt; while checking permissions. Access is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; denied to this object.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Line 10 appears to be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; set objClient = Server.CreateObject(&quot;fooUser.CfooUser&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I trundle off to the System log and I have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID &#xD;&#xA;{280D5CF7-80A4-40AC-844C-FE3653F02FF1}&#xD;&#xA; to the user mydomain\myusername SID (mySID).  This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is progress of sorts, it's picking up the COM app and my ID just fine.  I added myself to the &quot;Access Permissions&quot; and &quot;Launch &amp; Activation Permissions&quot; of the My Computer object in dcomdnfg - but my barking seems to be directed at the wrong tree.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ran through [mskb198432][1] as well as I could, though it seems directed at an earlier version, but no joy there, either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas are welcome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit - I've ruled out the x64 difference, fired up a new x32 virtual and ran into the same error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/198432" />
  <row Id="18091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10055" RevisionGUID="2cd574fe-aad0-4095-ae47-c851e1a2a14f" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:18:14.383" UserId="721" Text="I have been using [zendesk][1] as a light-weight web-based help desk application for my organization (15 employees; 25 machines), and I am quite happy with it, however they don't currently have any asset management.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am looking for the following features:&#xD;&#xA;- web-based application&#xD;&#xA;- simple&#xD;&#xA;- only needs to track 25 - 50 assets (machines)&#xD;&#xA;- inexpensive&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://zendesk.com &quot;zendesk&quot;" />
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  <row Id="18094" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10056" RevisionGUID="4c9cad51-a765-4dfb-9cba-f838466bdb07" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:18:33.773" UserId="1736" Text="Oh, &quot;thought leadership&quot;.  I'm getting really sick of thought leadership.  It wasn't so bad when it was just at work, especially as the company actually has meaningful thought leadership in its field.  But when I started having to hear it from annoying noobs in my *hobby*, it became way too much." />
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  <row Id="18096" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10057" RevisionGUID="70db4b80-0ea5-4fc7-adab-aad54ec60bf7" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:20:02.773" UserId="413" Text="Irregardless of the synergies we find when enhancing our &quot;web 2.0&quot; ubiquitous utilization, enterprise-quality, shovel-ready progressive monetization schemes, we cannot eschew obfuscation assiduously enough." />
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  <row Id="18098" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8338" RevisionGUID="ed4edef1-2fa7-4c2b-b3e5-ca2d505e4ac7" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:20:26.267" UserId="2604" Text="I am redirecting several folders using Group Policy.  Everything works as expected on Windows XP clients, but on a Windows Vista client, some of the folders redirect, and some of them fail to redirect.  For the ones that fail, the following event (with identifying information altered) is logged:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Log Name:      Application&#xD;&#xA;Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Folder Redirection&#xD;&#xA;Date:          5/14/2009 2:34:38 PM&#xD;&#xA;Event ID:      502&#xD;&#xA;Task Category: None&#xD;&#xA;Level:         Error&#xD;&#xA;Keywords:      Classic&#xD;&#xA;User:          CORP\username&#xD;&#xA;Computer:      machinename.corp.mycompany.com&#xD;&#xA;Description:&#xD;&#xA;Failed to apply policy and redirect folder &quot;Desktop&quot; to &quot;\\corp.mycompany.com\net\users\desktop\username&quot;.&#xD;&#xA; Redirection options=1001.&#xD;&#xA; The following error occurred: &quot;Can not create folder &quot;\\corp.mycompany.com\net\users\desktop\username&quot;&quot;.&#xD;&#xA; Error details: &quot;This file is currently not available for use on this computer.&#xD;&#xA;&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have made sure that there is no pre-existing folder with the name in question, so that I can be sure that Windows creates the folder with the permissions that it wants.  I set up my permissions on the parent folder using TechNet's guidance, and I can manually create the folder in question using the command prompt while logged on as the user in question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why is this failing?  What possible causes should I look for?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:  I tried Zoredache's suggestions, and the alternate test GPO and redirected folder share worked.  I then switched back to my original location, turned on auditing, and monitored with ProcMon on the client side, and everything worked fine.  Our file server that hosts redirected folders is a virtual machine, and I turned off a couple of other virtual machines on the same host at the same time that I switched to the new redirected folder share.  This was foolish, because now I don't know if there was a resource issue on the virtual machine host that was causing the problem, or if there is a Heisenbug--a bug that disappears when I audit and monitor the redirected folder-creation process.  Although I do not have any evidence that Zoredache's suggestion resolved my particular issue, I recognize that it is excellent advice, and I am going to mark it as the accepted answer." />
  <row Id="18099" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8338" RevisionGUID="ed4edef1-2fa7-4c2b-b3e5-ca2d505e4ac7" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:20:26.267" UserId="2604" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="18100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10058" RevisionGUID="181aab31-60f0-46f9-b171-fcfa57364d58" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:20:36.267" UserId="28" Text="Action Items.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As opposed to what? I have a new assignment: inaction!" />
  <row Id="18101" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10058" RevisionGUID="181aab31-60f0-46f9-b171-fcfa57364d58" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:20:36.267" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18102" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10059" RevisionGUID="fa837da7-b54c-46ec-ab7a-94c40cd23728" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:20:36.453" UserId="45" Text="The service you meantion is called **&quot;Network Location Awareness&quot; or NLA**. It determines what kind of connectivity you have and makes connection specific information available to other applications or services. The Advanced Firewall in Windows Server 2008 uses the NLA information to apply specific firewall settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a Windows Service, so you could disable the service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10060" RevisionGUID="f0a5cdab-50a7-4d18-85ee-7c9bcc916c65" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:22:46.887" UserId="671" Text="For something that small, why not a spreadsheet on Google Docs?  It's web-based, can be shared, has access controls, revision history, color coding, etc.  I use that for IP address management on smaller network subnets and it does a fine job.  Just keep a current printout handy somewhere in case they have an outage or your Internet goes down for a while and you need immediate access to look something up." />
  <row Id="18104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10061" RevisionGUID="4ddab235-84dd-474f-a2c3-020e2e796f4a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:27:43.787" UserId="2783" Text="I do not believe that there is group policy that will let you assign a network profile (it is determined by the Network Location Awareness, more information here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms739931(VS.85).aspx)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can, however, apply group policy to the servers to define the behaviour of the Advanced firewall (disabling it, allowing traffic from your administrative workstations, etc).  Instructions on doing so availale here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732400.aspx" />
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  <row Id="18107" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10062" RevisionGUID="ea132d34-a365-40e9-ade5-fd5791f803cd" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:28:23.053" UserId="2238" Text="&lt;centos&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;ghostscript&gt;" />
  <row Id="18108" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10043" RevisionGUID="8bffd0c3-6a68-4469-9d2b-1f1bb6aa1823" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:35:46.690" UserId="2318" Comment="edited body" Text="I am &quot;deploying&quot; a very silly question, but it could be amusing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What especially irritating &quot;business&quot; terminology are you subjected to at work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The one that annoys me most actually is &quot;*the* enterprise&quot; which apparently makes you sound more dangerous than just &quot;enterprise&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://geisenstein.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/race3.jpg?w=450&amp;h=300" />
  <row Id="18110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10064" RevisionGUID="68d34626-afa4-4216-b3d3-63e4122b2d0b" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:38:43.623" UserId="2489" Text="I was once in an organization that had one of those top level management guru's come in and give classes.  One of those /sarcasm on/ enlightened /sarcasm off/ chestnuts that they taught us was that your viewpoint is not necessarily someone else's viewpoint.  They did so by changing the verb &quot;see&quot; to a noun and capitalizing it.  Since the CEO enthusiastically adopted this change, you had to put up with people saying,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  **Remember, your See is not my See.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18111" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10064" RevisionGUID="68d34626-afa4-4216-b3d3-63e4122b2d0b" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:38:43.623" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18112" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10065" RevisionGUID="e8107339-7705-463c-b024-be276bad2888" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:41:00.000" UserId="3145" Text="If you want to just disable the service &#xD;&#xA;you can create a custom group policy that disable the NLA service&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since i am a new user i cant provide you with a link so just search in google these words &#xD;&#xA;&quot;disable service from group policy&quot;&#xD;&#xA;The first result is what you are looking for " />
  <row Id="18113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10066" RevisionGUID="ead1d4ce-113f-4e49-a751-a88eb4d44344" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:46:41.363" UserId="3146" Text="I have a Linux based (Debian 5.0) NAS that I need to shutdown reliably.  When ssh'd into the NAS box I issue the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; sudo shutdown -h now&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've also tried 'poweroff' and su'ing into root and running the commands with the same results.&#xD;&#xA;It shuts down all the processes and everything fine but does not always 'halt' the system.  I need it to power down into the S3 state so that I can reliably use Wake On LAN to start the unit as needed.  For what it's worth, wol works great and works every time as long as the unit is in it's S3 state." />
  <row Id="18114" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10066" RevisionGUID="ead1d4ce-113f-4e49-a751-a88eb4d44344" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:46:41.363" UserId="3146" Text="Shuttind down a Linux based NAS remotely and reliably" />
  <row Id="18115" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10066" RevisionGUID="ead1d4ce-113f-4e49-a751-a88eb4d44344" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:46:41.363" UserId="3146" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;shutdown&gt;" />
  <row Id="18116" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10067" RevisionGUID="d8a12d9d-8394-4e30-b5ae-98238d813b33" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:47:20.113" UserId="3111" Text="Check out Spiceworks. Its free, easy to use, and light-weight. It has a help desk system and asset management. The community around it is very helpful and there are a ton of 3rd party add-ons that extend its capabilities. After installing it and letting it scan your network, you will be surprised at the information it returns.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://spiceworks.com/" />
  <row Id="18117" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10068" RevisionGUID="c9677c67-4cd0-4432-9558-c4c404eab4b5" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:47:36.947" UserId="2642" Text="Well, for cheap software, there's always Skype. Free is cheap, after all." />
  <row Id="18118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10069" RevisionGUID="d1a150b0-75a3-4ce9-8bad-167e937f0495" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:50:06.533" UserId="2832" Text="Regarding your hardware spec, it looks a little bit underpowered if you're wanting to run multiple VMs simultaneously.  When you have multiple VMs running on a host, there can be quite a bit disk contention if running off of a single hard drive. Consider adding more memory (4GB at least; just to give you an idea, a production system with a bare metal hypervisor usually runs with 32GB per physical host). Even if this is a trial deployment and not going to be running any production applications, consider adding disks and running **RAID 10**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you start using virtualized servers you'll want to dork around quite a bit and running multiple VMs, taking snapshots, cloning etc, all work better with more RAM and better disk performance. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The easiest software to play with initially might be VMware Server (which is free). It comes with a perl API for various administration tasks for your VMs.  " />
  <row Id="18119" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10066" RevisionGUID="a834fd2c-4742-4a5a-914f-0a7d3d904307" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:51:44.160" UserId="45" Comment="added 3 characters in body; edited title" Text="I have a Linux based (Debian 5.0) NAS that I need to shutdown reliably.  When ssh'd into the NAS box I issue the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo shutdown -h now&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've also tried 'poweroff' and su'ing into root and running the commands with the same results.&#xD;&#xA;It shuts down all the processes and everything fine but does not always 'halt' the system.  I need it to power down into the S3 state so that I can reliably use Wake On LAN to start the unit as needed.  For what it's worth, wol works great and works every time as long as the unit is in it's S3 state." />
  <row Id="18120" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="10066" RevisionGUID="a834fd2c-4742-4a5a-914f-0a7d3d904307" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:51:44.160" UserId="45" Comment="added 3 characters in body; edited title" Text="Shutting down a Linux based NAS remotely and reliably" />
  <row Id="18121" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10070" RevisionGUID="35b20371-11d7-4b88-a97c-6bb0fe5e69df" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:51:51.320" UserId="2634" Text="I recommend you ask your University technical support, software licensing department, or the University bookstore (if that's how you're buying it). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our university switched from Open to Select several years ago. At least back in those days, we found the &quot;Open&quot; media did not work with &quot;Select&quot; keys and vice versa. So when you say &quot;I can find Office 2003 media.&quot; that media may not work with the license key you get from one of those University sources I mentioned. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The same people who can provide you a key can also provide you with matching media.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18122" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10071" RevisionGUID="b4e1e33e-37eb-4586-b1aa-bb0c71089ba8" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:52:07.810" UserId="671" Text="Try the **halt -p** or **poweroff** commands." />
  <row Id="18123" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10072" RevisionGUID="a2a73bb8-d277-413c-83a0-5d14d6014227" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:54:27.587" UserId="3111" Text="Stop saying that my by boss is Joe Smith but I have a dotted line to someone else! What does that even mean?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, I've got people typing re: in the middle of a sentence to mean regarding. I had a college teacher that actually said it in a lecture. Annoying.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="18125" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9999" RevisionGUID="f443ac80-1950-4054-9df1-d50e9fd28e03" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:54:49.223" UserId="1992" Comment="added 387 characters in body" Text="You can't take log backups unless there is a full database backup as their 'base'. If you've just switched into the FULL recovery model, the database isn't really there until you take the first database backup - it remains in a pseudo-SIMPLE mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you do something to break the log backup chain, as UndertheFold mentioned, you'll need to re-establish the log backup chain with another full backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Edit]&#xD;&#xA;You can find the time that the last database backup was taken of your database using this query:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SELECT [backup_start_date], [backup_end_date] FROM msdb.dbo.backupset&#xD;&#xA;WHERE [type] = 'D'&#xD;&#xA;AND [database_name] = 'GateKeeper'&#xD;&#xA;ORDER BY [backup_start_date] DESC;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or to list all backups and their types (taken since the backup history tables were manually cleared out):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SELECT [backup_start_date], [backup_end_date], [type] FROM msdb.dbo.backupset&#xD;&#xA;WHERE [database_name] = 'GateKeeper'&#xD;&#xA;ORDER BY [backup_start_date] DESC;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;D = database backup, L = log backup, I = differential database backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More info in the Books Online for 'backupset'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18126" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10032" RevisionGUID="7c490339-8182-4855-b4ef-971cf252e174" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:56:22.857" UserId="45" Comment="Windows Server 2003" Text="One of the networks I administrate uses Windows Server 2003 File Shares to provide network storage for users. To prevent against accidental deletion, I use Shadow Copies to create snapshots twice a day.  This method is only effective, however, for files which were on the share during the last snapshot.  When users accidentally deleted files recently placed on the share, I have no recourse except to remote desktop into the server and attempt retrieval with an undelete utility (this is only effective if the file has not been overwritten).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a feature like the Windows Recycle Bin for Windows Server 2003 File Shares?  What is the best way to protect my users against accidental file deletion in this scenario?" />
  <row Id="18127" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="10032" RevisionGUID="7c490339-8182-4855-b4ef-971cf252e174" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:56:22.857" UserId="45" Comment="Windows Server 2003" Text="Recycle Bin for Windows Server 2003 File Shares" />
  <row Id="18128" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10073" RevisionGUID="6f2a2af8-3a35-40a3-9ae8-4c269633bd9d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T19:59:44.503" UserId="533" Text="The first thing to note is that running vmstat with out its two time arguments show the accumulated value since last reboot.  You'd have to run it multiple times to get a &quot;forks per second&quot; number to see if it's really a big number or not.  Something like this (which could obviously be made into a much friendlier script):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    g3 0 /home/jj33 &gt;# while true&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; do&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;   vmstat -f&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;   sleep 15&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; done&#xD;&#xA;           278039 forks&#xD;&#xA;           278044 forks&#xD;&#xA;           278047 forks&#xD;&#xA;           278051 forks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, that system did 5, 3, and 4 forks in 3 15 second intervals, which, given that every process call on a *nix box involves a fork, doesn't seem like a big number." />
  <row Id="18129" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10074" RevisionGUID="729cf3c9-ee97-42e7-b278-2688ad5f70ae" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:01:58.727" UserId="3111" Text="Not to be too snarky but if you have Volume Shadow Copies turned on and are doing all the other standard backup stuff then its time for the user to take responsibility for that one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do agree with the SharePoint idea from smearp though. The Recycle Bin is great but I also notice that users treat a web interface differently than an explorer interface. It's like they are more hesitant to delete stuff. Any phsychologists in the house?" />
  <row Id="18130" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10075" RevisionGUID="5b98d187-b0d0-4f30-9dfa-097caaf64dde" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:05:43.070" UserId="1463" Text="Third party applications like Undelete can do this - but I think Microsoft simply considers a file share as not really a document system. For storing, keeping version control over and handling important documents - something else is needed. Like the mentioned Sharepoint (though I can't say I enjoy the user experience of it) or some other of all the document management systems out there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also check your backup solution and see if you can go to continuous backup instead of daily for the share. Most backup applications these days should have that at least as an add-on. That way, if supported on the server, all changes will be backed up as they occur, or with only a few minutes delay. This is a nice feature to aim at a disk backup system with a few days of history at most - while keeping nightly backups for longer as usual on tape or whatnot." />
  <row Id="18131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10076" RevisionGUID="30b8fe1e-829a-4147-8f2c-0ed3b6872f50" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:09:15.560" UserId="780" Text="![Is this Good for the COMPANY][1]&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;Is this Good for the COMPANY?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://web1.twitpic.com/img/9136387-12a6864e5e9bef51783b6bb36332a3a3.4a1311a8-scaled.jpg" />
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  <row Id="18133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10077" RevisionGUID="8627d34c-d674-4ccd-8df1-759a6894c009" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:15:27.467" UserId="1233" Text="It's impossible with the Leopard **Client** DVD without modification: ARDAgent is not available on the DVD installation. You can however make a NetBoot image or a custom image with ARDAgent installed (Put it in `/System/Library/CoreServices`) and it should launch the VNC server (have not tried it personally as I've used a NetInstall image and now only deploy images) automatically by running `echo -n enabled &gt; /Library/Preferences/com.apple.ScreenSharing.launchd`, if not you'll have to run `kickstart` (eg. `sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -configure -activate -privs all -setvnclegacy yes -setvncpw PASSWORD`)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: Tested on a 10.5.0 and a 10.5.6 retail disk. I assume it would be the same for a 10.5.4 disk as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Leopard **Server** DVD however does allow remote installations that are controlled by VNC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What about running a NetInstall image, doing a Remote Install (using Remote Install.app) or sending an image instead?" />
  <row Id="18134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10078" RevisionGUID="a43cf22a-20f1-4ec6-ae96-d0fa5bea723d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:16:48.837" UserId="3111" Text="I've noticed this also. I'll have my master volume set at a certain place. Then I'll increase only one of the application sliders from within the software in question. Then it seems like the next time I hear a windows beep or some other system sound it is way too loud.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason this happens is that the master volume control and application volume controls are not entirely independent of each other. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do this: Open a few videos or audio apps and open the volume mixer. Lower the master volume control. Then raise the volume in one of the applications and go back to the master volume. You'll notice that the master volume increased as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I know this is by design and there is no way to change its behavior." />
  <row Id="18135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10079" RevisionGUID="15d3156f-d957-409a-ba34-eb6f813a022c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:17:08.603" UserId="1435" Text="Most macs come with iChat - that's kinda-free and pretty good quality too." />
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  <row Id="18139" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10076" RevisionGUID="e6709060-675f-4a47-99e7-73e5afe19379" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:20:31.170" UserId="780" Comment="fixed image" Text="![Is This Good for the COMPANY?][1]&lt;br /&gt;Is This Good for the COMPANY?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.chrisballance.com/content/binary/Random%20235.jpg" />
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  <row Id="18141" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8323" RevisionGUID="2c828c0f-13bf-43b7-8bb2-9a75d098a632" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:22:53.443" UserId="1803" Comment="added 106 characters in body" Text="Old server is windows 2000, and the original setup guy's answer to pretty much everything was C:\ --&gt; Everyone --&gt; Full Control.  However, there WAS a setup doc, that seemed to work up to a point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Created a local admin com user&#xD;&#xA;* Created COM+ applications referencing that user and some dll's supplied with the site&#xD;&#xA;* Installed .net versions 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 (I've tried running under each version, no change in error)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Server object error 'ASP 0178 :&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 80070005'  Server.CreateObject Access&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Error  /Include/fnLookups.asp, line 10&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The call to Server.CreateObject failed&#xD;&#xA;&gt; while checking permissions. Access is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; denied to this object.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Line 10 appears to be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; set objClient = Server.CreateObject(&quot;fooUser.CfooUser&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I trundle off to the System log and I have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID &#xD;&#xA;{280D5CF7-80A4-40AC-844C-FE3653F02FF1}&#xD;&#xA; to the user mydomain\myusername SID (mySID).  This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is progress of sorts, it's picking up the COM app and my ID just fine.  I added myself to the &quot;Access Permissions&quot; and &quot;Launch &amp; Activation Permissions&quot; of the My Computer object in dcomdnfg - but my barking seems to be directed at the wrong tree.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ran through [mskb198432][1] as well as I could, though it seems directed at an earlier version, but no joy there, either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas are welcome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit - I've ruled out the x64 difference, fired up a new x32 virtual and ran into the same error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More Edit - Is there anything I can look into on the old windows 2k server that may lend some insight?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/198432" />
  <row Id="18142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10080" RevisionGUID="4ad7d4d0-7ded-45dd-8d52-680495f6a30d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:23:09.603" UserId="1463" Text="Microsoft [Roundtable][1] would be nice (not quite sure if it's for general sale yet?) but that would be more like 10k for two end-points I guess (the device is about 3k which is cheap for these kind of things). A [random clickable][2] review for convenience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Getting face-to-face with two computers is easy, get a good fairly expensive web cam and you're set. But linking more than one person per location is harder - the camera needs to be up to spec to deal with a bigger room and the often poor lighting. The microphone(s) are even more important to get everyone's voice through.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microwarehouse.co.uk/catalogue/item/MSRTAB01&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/microsoft/microsoft-roundtable-review.asp" />
  <row Id="18143" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10081" RevisionGUID="c4bf8c21-cee0-41f6-bf61-19843559e518" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:12:19.940" Text="&lt;p&gt;Has anybody else had this issue?  I am running SQL Server 2008 Express and am attempting to restore a database from file.  When I click the 'Add' button to choose my backup file SQL Server stops responding.  I tried running in Vista SP2 compatibility mode, but that did not help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="18146" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10082" RevisionGUID="cc2e0b30-731d-4665-a758-bc00889a16f7" CreationDate="2009-05-18T12:16:51.320" Text="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Check if your drive D: or C: or&#xA;whatever has compression enabled if&#xA;so uncheck and wait and repeat.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Check if backup is compatible for&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(check net for more on this).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Check if works on different&#xA;environments...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="18148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10084" RevisionGUID="aa5dcf40-1b8d-4a8f-92ce-d3660be0b31b" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:27:11.467" UserId="3111" Text="Going through BE's interface is like surfing through MySpace. It seems like it was put together piecemeal over time and has no logical organization that I can see. Also, the errors are cryptic and unhelpful. Can anyone recommend a good piece of backup software for our servers that can handle both flash and tape drives?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would need specific agents for SQL, SharePoint, and Exchange.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance." />
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  <row Id="18152" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10086" RevisionGUID="87b4fb38-87a6-4c39-bc45-169911b1a5fc" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:44:42.343" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;one of my servers which is Windows server 2003 has became very old and it is shutting down once in a while. Our admin has been recieving alerts into his pager when it shuts down. That's not a problem. But, we want schedule an email alert into our outlooks also when the server shuts down. How can we do that? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="18154" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10086" RevisionGUID="87b4fb38-87a6-4c39-bc45-169911b1a5fc" CreationDate="2009-05-18T13:44:42.343" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="18155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10087" RevisionGUID="f0a5a33a-1094-41d9-9dfb-891d8243265f" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:30:02.977" UserId="2567" Text="A high fork count really isn't a problem - I've been running a Gentoo-based router for several months now, and my fork count is over twice yours, but the machine itself is rock-solid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;dijkstra ~ # vmstat -f 1&#xD;&#xA;     14623947 forks&#xD;&#xA;dijkstra ~ # uptime&#xD;&#xA; 15:29:26 up 291 days, 14:02,  1 user,  load average: 0.02, 0.04, 0.07&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="18156" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10088" RevisionGUID="a952098c-0a56-4af7-9bdc-034e76bce22f" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:38:06.467" Text="&lt;p&gt;Spent a long time trying to figure this one out and thought others would be interested in this information:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pelagodesign.com/blog/2009/05/18/ubuntu-linux-how-to-setup-a-vpn-connection-to-a-sonicwall-router-using-openswan-and-pre-shared-keys-psk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.pelagodesign.com/blog/2009/05/18/ubuntu-linux-how-to-setup-a-vpn-connection-to-a-sonicwall-router-using-openswan-and-pre-shared-keys-psk/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="18158" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10088" RevisionGUID="a952098c-0a56-4af7-9bdc-034e76bce22f" CreationDate="2009-05-18T19:38:06.467" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;ipsec&gt;" />
  <row Id="18159" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10089" RevisionGUID="1e537c12-c14a-4336-b56b-c55e7de2b01f" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:31:17.387" UserId="671" Text="&quot;We should schedule a meeting to discuss this.&quot;  I've found that the meeting/work ratio increases exponentially with the size of the company.  It's like Brooke's Law for management." />
  <row Id="18160" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10089" RevisionGUID="1e537c12-c14a-4336-b56b-c55e7de2b01f" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:31:17.387" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18161" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10090" RevisionGUID="f730b0ea-25bd-4f13-816d-577a2a8e62e3" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:31:38.057" UserId="2012" Text="We have been running Hyper-v on Core for a while.  At first we had time sync issues.....I reverted to a best practice from my hold windows NT days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I look at the servers by OS.  I create a Linux, Router, Windows, Novell master.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might not have Novell now but bare with me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each &quot;master&quot; server syncs to the router.  The router to stratum.  Then each member server has its master OS server and a secondary of one of the other Masters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Linux to Router, then to Novell&#xD;&#xA;- Novell to Router, then to Windows&#xD;&#xA;- Windows to router, then to Linux&#xD;&#xA;- Router to Stratum, then to Core switch&#xD;&#xA;- Core Switch to Stratum, then to Router&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The last piece of this stratagy is...EVERYTHING has a time server. If it does not have a time server then it is not going to be plugged into the network.  From toaster to switch to phone PBX to servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is one of the first things I do when I get to a new job is spend the time to map the network and set the time.  I can then just check it here and there and eliminate time sync as an issue from that point on." />
  <row Id="18164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10092" RevisionGUID="7a746405-a63b-4b9c-b8ae-0f56d5989b7c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:32:48.553" UserId="3038" Text="HP's DataProtector doesn't suck as bad as some other backup systems. All things considered, that's fairly high praise. It has agents for all three of those. It doesn't have a specific data-type for SSD, instead relying upon the OS to handle any special hoodoo. It works." />
  <row Id="18165" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10093" RevisionGUID="19600794-910a-4e1b-bf49-073f4d400ab0" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:32:55.170" UserId="1803" Text="Last year I had the same project, linking sites in MI and CA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I experimented with a few open source &amp; free apps and settled on MS Messenger (Live, whatever they're calling it now) purely because it handled fullscreen very well and gave the best picture at the time.  Setup was a couple of widescreen LCDs and two $150 Logitech webcams.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For audio, we splurged on polycom conference phones.  I suppose that with 10gb to throw around, you *could* use it for audio, as well.  I took audio out of the data equation because we only had T1s, and I had visions of audio stuttering because a couple of people stood up and moved around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should probably mention it was a raging success." />
  <row Id="18166" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10094" RevisionGUID="40f6fc31-80e2-46c6-94e9-46608189843d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:33:45.980" UserId="671" Text="The administrator probably has a monitoring service/software package that is triggering the pager notification.  Ask them to add an e-mail notification that goes to your e-mail address that is checked by Outlook, or a mailing list that is distributed to the appropriate people." />
  <row Id="18167" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10094" RevisionGUID="40f6fc31-80e2-46c6-94e9-46608189843d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:33:45.980" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10095" RevisionGUID="99441af3-0724-407d-a04a-3a33174a8498" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:34:14.213" UserId="1435" Text="A couple of comments;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not entirely sure you'll find a server that takes 24 SFF disks in 2U and gets good enough cooling, I know the HP MSA70 SAS disk enclosure takes 25 SFFs in 2U but that doesn't have much logic behind it to have to cool via the limited air-draw options the disks cause.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That many disks will be able to flood 2Gbps easily in any configuration - I'd be tempted to go RAID6 - you'll get 22 disks worth of storage instead of 12 and it'll easily keep up with its output channel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Think about a HP DL370 G6 - up to 2 x Nehalem Xeons, 144GB memory, 24 x SFF disks, redundant PSUs in 4U." />
  <row Id="18170" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10096" RevisionGUID="d18244e0-3ac4-4085-9b28-87e78f8aaf6b" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:34:56.367" UserId="2514" Text="Joel Oleson was the original MS SharePoint Admin. He currently works at Quest. He worked on MS's SharePoint farms, which as you can imagine were MASSIVE.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.sharepointjoel.com/default.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ben Curry co wrote the [MOSS 2007 Best Practices book][2] (which is great) with Bill English. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://sharepoint.mindsharpblogs.com/Ben/default.aspx][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sharepointjoel.com/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Books/12197.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://sharepoint.mindsharpblogs.com/Ben/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="18171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10097" RevisionGUID="e79ab9ac-5cd9-4374-9524-5fc2879e126d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:35:54.507" UserId="2181" Text="I just noticed that the Windows Registry on one of our computers is 180 MB (when exported to a .reg file). That seem large enough to cause a performance issue. That registry is probably 4 years old.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm thinking of using a Registry Cleaner, assuming I can find a good one." />
  <row Id="18172" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10097" RevisionGUID="e79ab9ac-5cd9-4374-9524-5fc2879e126d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:35:54.507" UserId="2181" Text="Any suggestions of a good registry cleaner?" />
  <row Id="18173" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10097" RevisionGUID="e79ab9ac-5cd9-4374-9524-5fc2879e126d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:35:54.507" UserId="2181" Text="&lt;registry&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="18174" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10098" RevisionGUID="fc5691bf-ff69-4ac7-8dd4-e9797347a572" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:42:59.500" UserId="1812" Text="I use [Ccleaner][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ccleaner.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It removes crap in addition to cleaning up the registry. It's free and easy to use. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use this along with ATF-Cleaner whenever I touch a family member's computer. " />
  <row Id="18175" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10099" RevisionGUID="c6513787-e55a-4df1-9dd0-5dcf0de23ffc" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:43:16.613" UserId="671" Text="Are you experiencing any performance issues?  I'd recommend running SpyBot Search &amp; Destroy as it will scan the system for malware, and also has good tools for fixing registry inconsistencies and cleaning up a variety of other things within Windows, and it's free." />
  <row Id="18176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10100" RevisionGUID="256427a5-7558-49c5-9a37-eadf31fa7449" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:43:44.117" UserId="48818" Text="How do I force someone to login for a webpage?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically, I have a linux server, where everyone has a login to that server.  Can I make users login to the webpage with that login info?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I can't use that apporach, what are my other options?" />
  <row Id="18177" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10100" RevisionGUID="256427a5-7558-49c5-9a37-eadf31fa7449" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:43:44.117" UserId="48818" Text="Force Login for a webpage" />
  <row Id="18178" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10100" RevisionGUID="256427a5-7558-49c5-9a37-eadf31fa7449" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:43:44.117" UserId="48818" Text="&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;password&gt;" />
  <row Id="18179" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10101" RevisionGUID="5225cb6a-0bac-49a1-ba6d-52fdea328137" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:44:10.373" UserId="2298" Text="NTBackup.  Run NTBackup /? for all of the parameters.  It supports backing up to file or tape, information store, etc.  I use SQLAgent to backup the SQL databases, and then grab those with the NTBackup script.  Same for the Sharepoint databases, the webfiles get grabbed by the file backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also find using the @filename syntax better for troubleshooting, and use Scheduled Tasks to automate the whole process, once I have it working.  That way you are using simple text files.  You can also get NTBackup to save your selection list by going through the UI, choosing your desired selections, and then choosing Save As, after choosing Advanced mode, Backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also usually choose to put them somewhere easier to find, like drive:\scripts.  The default in Windows 2K3 is C:\Documents and Settings\{Profile}\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows NT\NTBackup\Data, which is a bit much, in my opinion.  {Profile} is usually Administrator on a server, or the administrative user currently logged in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could even get fancier and use WMI to fire off a notification email.  Small Business Server does....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Did I mention that all of this is free? :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are on 2K8, then I use the new shadow copy syntax, as NTBackup is deprecated." />
  <row Id="18180" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10102" RevisionGUID="5a6ae6b9-b6ea-4893-ae3d-a637473087bd" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:44:38.703" UserId="706" Text="There are a variety of consumer level solutions for this, depending on your budget.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Get two good speakerphones for the audio conferencing and use them rather than a computer setup.  That way when (not if) the computer/video goes down you don't have to drop the whole meeting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can get $100 video broadcast boxes, such as Slingbox or Hava and a consumer grade video camera (cheap $100 device).  Webcams may be acceptable, but there's a world of difference between an expensive webcam and a real video camera - latency and lag are going to be your biggest problems.  A good realtime video encoder is going to do much better than a computer and webcam combination.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use the computer on the other end to catch the video sent from the video broadcaster.  Eliminate the computer with a slingcatcher or another media receiver for the better hands-off video conferencing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you set up a VPN between the two locations and put the cameras on the same subnet, in the case of the Hava appliance, you can get the nearly dvd quality video over the line.  If they aren't on the same subnet it reverts to the 320x240 video - good enough, but if you've got a fast line it could be better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="18181" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10041" RevisionGUID="17cad263-1c75-4875-ba73-afc1cbeb6346" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:45:57.607" UserId="2258" Comment="added 66 characters in body" Text="My setup is like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HYV1 - HyperV machine (non domain) - sync irrelevant&#xD;&#xA;    AD1  - VM AD server on HYV1, sync'd to time.nist.gov. HyperV time sync off.&#xD;&#xA;    S1   - Physical machine, sync'd to domain. &#xD;&#xA;    S2   - Physical machine running HyperV, sync'd to domain.&#xD;&#xA;    V1   - Linux VM machine on S2, sync'd to AD1. No HyperV integration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AD1 and S1 have fine sync -- stripchart shows less than 100ms difference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;S2 drifts like crazy. Here's a bit of the stripchart against AD1:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    18:33:22 d:+00.0010138s o:+05.4101899s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:24 d:+00.0010138s o:+05.4319765s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:26 d:+00.0000000s o:+05.4788429s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:28 d:+00.0000000s o:+05.6089942s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:30 d:+00.0010138s o:+05.7240269s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:32 d:+00.0000000s o:+06.0421911s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:34 d:+00.0081104s o:+06.5613708s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:37 d:+00.0000000s o:+06.9096594s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:39 d:+00.0000000s o:+06.8867838s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:41 d:+00.0010127s o:+06.8936401s &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In 20 seconds, it drifted over a second. If I manually reset it to within 1s, within a few minutes it'll be back drifting about 2 seconds. Overnight it went from ~2s to ~5s. The Linux VM inside S2 has perfect sync with AD1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the config:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Users\mgg&gt;w32tm /dumpreg /subkey:Parameters&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Value Name                 Value Type          Value Data&#xD;&#xA;    ------------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ServiceDll                 REG_EXPAND_SZ       %systemroot%\system32\w32time.dll&#xD;&#xA;    ServiceMain                REG_SZ              SvchostEntry_W32Time&#xD;&#xA;    ServiceDllUnloadOnStop     REG_DWORD           1&#xD;&#xA;    Type                       REG_SZ              NT5DS&#xD;&#xA;    NtpServer                  REG_SZ              ad01.mydomain ad02.mydomain&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    C:\Users\mgg&gt;w32tm /dumpreg /subkey:Config&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Value Name                Value Type          Value Data&#xD;&#xA;    -----------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    FrequencyCorrectRate      REG_DWORD           4&#xD;&#xA;    PollAdjustFactor          REG_DWORD           5&#xD;&#xA;    LargePhaseOffset          REG_DWORD           50000000&#xD;&#xA;    SpikeWatchPeriod          REG_DWORD           900&#xD;&#xA;    LocalClockDispersion      REG_DWORD           9&#xD;&#xA;    HoldPeriod                REG_DWORD           5&#xD;&#xA;    PhaseCorrectRate          REG_DWORD           1&#xD;&#xA;    UpdateInterval            REG_DWORD           30000&#xD;&#xA;    EventLogFlags             REG_DWORD           2&#xD;&#xA;    AnnounceFlags             REG_DWORD           5&#xD;&#xA;    TimeJumpAuditOffset       REG_DWORD           28800&#xD;&#xA;    MinPollInterval           REG_DWORD           2&#xD;&#xA;    MaxPollInterval           REG_DWORD           8&#xD;&#xA;    MaxNegPhaseCorrection     REG_DWORD           -1&#xD;&#xA;    MaxPosPhaseCorrection     REG_DWORD           -1&#xD;&#xA;    MaxAllowedPhaseOffset     REG_DWORD           300&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I looked at the event log, and apart from warnings about sync (after it gets way out of sync), there's no other warnings. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I go about troubleshooting this? It's the only machine that is having this problem. All the other machines (physical and virtual) are doing fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** To clarify: The VM (AD1) has integration turned off and syncs to time.nist.gov. AD1 is fine. It's the physical machine S1 that can't sync to AD1 and drifts all over. All the other physical servers are able to sync to AD1 just fine." />
  <row Id="18182" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10103" RevisionGUID="8e83d8e2-67be-4a00-8cf8-085e6053be8d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:46:27.153" UserId="671" Text="Assuming you're running Apache, you may want to use an [htaccess file][1].  Apache also has built in [access controls][2] that you can use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/howto/htaccess.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/howto/auth.html" />
  <row Id="18183" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10104" RevisionGUID="aacd1798-db24-49de-b451-c49e34f3ef8f" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:49:10.237" UserId="1146" Text="Bart's mkbt utility works well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are other tools too, this is a nice link if you are wanting to make it bootable but not windows (only, or neccesarily)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.bootdisk.com/pendrive.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do note though that computers you use this on will have to be set to boot from the USB in a high enough order of precedence to be picked up before the hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10105" RevisionGUID="19662d20-40df-4545-8841-29f6fa23e3f5" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:50:40.000" UserId="984" Text="Assuming you are using apache, then you could use the [mod_auth_pam][1] module to use the local system for authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At least on Debian/Ubuntu you would need to add the www-data to the shadow group (**/usr/sbin/adduser www-data shadow**).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You would also need to add a section to your apache configuration like this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        # libapache2-mod-auth-pam is required&#xD;&#xA;        AuthBasicAuthoritative Off&#xD;&#xA;        AuthPAM_Enabled on&#xD;&#xA;        AuthUserFile /dev/null&#xD;&#xA;        AuthType Basic&#xD;&#xA;        AuthName &quot;PAM&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        Require valid-user&#xD;&#xA;        Order Deny,Allow&#xD;&#xA;        Deny from all&#xD;&#xA;        Satisfy Any&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also strongly consider setting up SSL so your system passwords will not be stolen by someone with a sniffer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://pam.sourceforge.net/mod_auth_pam/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18185" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10106" RevisionGUID="3c8269f9-58e8-4c0b-b119-8f5bb98138c1" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:50:40.563" UserId="1146" Text="If you want to build it into your website, you can build in session management and protect the content that you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to give them file access, you may want to look at samba instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just to be sure, are you trying to get people to login to the server and access the server's resources (file shares, etc) by only logging into a webpage and not into the server it self?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18186" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10102" RevisionGUID="3b04c94c-742c-4e91-ae6d-d9ca01b00124" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:51:07.910" UserId="706" Comment="added 634 characters in body" Text="There are a variety of consumer level solutions for this, depending on your budget.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Get two good speakerphones for the audio conferencing and use them rather than a computer setup.  That way when (not if) the computer/video goes down you don't have to drop the whole meeting.  Another reason to go with regular teleconferencing is that most of these good phones have the built in echo cancellation that the computer software often does a poor job of handling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can get $100 video broadcast boxes, such as Slingbox or Hava and a consumer grade video camera (cheap $100 device).  Webcams may be acceptable, but there's a world of difference between an expensive webcam and a real video camera - latency and lag are going to be your biggest problems.  A good realtime video encoder is going to do much better than a computer and webcam combination.  Beyond that, basic photographic principles - bigger glass (lens) and bigger sensor = better image - even cheap video cameras will have better rendering than webcams.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use the computer on the other end to catch the video sent from the video broadcaster.  Eliminate the computer with a slingcatcher or another media receiver for the better hands-off video conferencing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Downside is that you've got 5 devices on each end to deal with - phone, camera, encoder, PC, monitor.  The big advantage of going with a polycom or similar device is that it's essentially all in one - and even controls the TV or monitor it's attached to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you set up a fast VPN between the two locations and put the cameras on the same subnet, in the case of the Hava appliance, you can get the nearly dvd quality mpeg2 video over the line.  If they aren't on the same subnet it reverts to the 320x240 300kbps mpeg4 video - good enough, but if you've got a fast line it could be better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="18187" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10014" RevisionGUID="54c5b2b9-0fec-480f-81d2-5ae9f936985d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:51:26.473" UserId="2258" Comment="added 219 characters in body" Text="I'm not sure what exactly this feature is called. But in Windows Server 2008, it has the Vista Public/Private/Domain locations. This makes sense for laptops, and none at all for servers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My problem is that sometimes some network adapters decide they are now on a public network. This completely activates the firewall, even for the &quot;domain&quot; networks. So net effect is that I reboot some machines, and then they never come back on the network until we KVM in and tell it that the network is private.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's the name of this feature? Is there a GP setting I can use to turn it off and make all networks be &quot;domain&quot;?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Thanks, that's that NLA is. I tried disabling the service on a non-domain machine, and it just flips everything public. On a domain machine, the Network List Service refuses to stop -- I'll try group policy." />
  <row Id="18188" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10107" RevisionGUID="ca3907d9-2e2a-489c-bd93-2ad712a2ae2e" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:54:37.450" UserId="1146" Text="If his pager is receiving notifications by using an email address like 1234567890@att.com, etc, you can ask him to simply add another email address (maybe to a shared folder or a list) by adding a comma and the next email address so both of them get notifications." />
  <row Id="18189" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10107" RevisionGUID="ca3907d9-2e2a-489c-bd93-2ad712a2ae2e" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:54:37.450" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18190" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10108" RevisionGUID="08af5165-41fd-4148-9cdf-5ef57e3c2e7e" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:55:28.167" UserId="2024" Text="If you want people to be able to login using their server login credentials then take a look at [http://code.google.com/p/mod-auth-external/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As other people have mentioned there is also mod_auth_pam but that isn't developed any more but might work for you. As ever YMMV :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.google.com/p/mod-auth-external/" />
  <row Id="18191" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10109" RevisionGUID="21e2042c-dd7f-42b0-9c77-ea94dd837f9d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:56:31.737" UserId="2298" Text="I recently had to rebuild a Small Business Server 2003 Standard after a crash.  I then rejoined the workstations to the domain.  Subsequently, many of the Windows XP Pro workstation domain members are experiencing intermittent locked profiles when a user attempts to login, usually after several hours of having no account logged in.  A reboot resolves the issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are not using roaming profiles or Terminal Services, and UPHClean in its native configuration is not shedding any light.  I have removed and reinstalled the Trend Micro AV client, and disabled many (but not all - some are mission-critical) of the third-party startup services/applications.  On three of the workstations, I have renamed the profile and started with a clean profile and copied user files over (but not the Application Data or Local Settings folder, let alone the NTUSER.DAT file).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?  I'm stumped..." />
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  <row Id="18193" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10109" RevisionGUID="21e2042c-dd7f-42b0-9c77-ea94dd837f9d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:56:31.737" UserId="2298" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="18194" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10110" RevisionGUID="56928fb6-9d77-4251-b22b-c7c742007ff3" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:56:34.637" UserId="1840" Text="At the end, you'll find out that $1,000 for a two-site video-conferencing solution is really tough to accomplish as you'll spend much $ on hardware/software costs, as well as man-hours to plan, deploy and maintain your solution.  Here are some that might give you a better view of where things are on videoconferencing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;End Point solutions:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Polcyom&lt;/h2&gt; has a software solution (windows only).  With some creativity, a good camera and some tweaks to a system you can probably find what you're looking for with the PVX H.323 protocol video conferencing solution.  Point to point communication through IP or H.323 extension/through gatekeeper or not (software is about $150):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.polycom.com/products/telepresence_video/video_conference_systems/personal_systems/pvx.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;xMeeting&lt;/h2&gt;XMeeting is a SIP and H.323 compliant and Open Source videoconferencing client for Mac OS X (10.4 and later only).  It has it's limits, but it is a solution that needs not authentication of any kind (IP or H.323 extension through or without a gatekeeper)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://xmeeting.sourceforge.net/pages/xmeeting_screenshots.php][2]&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;VMukti&lt;/h2&gt; (I haven't used this, but sounds promising) VMukti is creator of leading Asterisk/ Yate enabled p2p call center and video conferencing applications for Web / PSTN. These serverless broadband ready applications enable OS community to save 90% on capital &amp; operating costs over proprietary software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://sourceforge.net/projects/vmukti][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;High-end VC Infrastructure:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I've dealt with H323.tv before and they seem pretty responsive, plus have great prices compared to Polycom, Tandberg, Lifesize or Sony (New and Used equipment): &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://h323.tv/][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.polycom.com/products/telepresence_video/video_conference_systems/personal_systems/pvx.html/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://xmeeting.sourceforge.net/pages/xmeeting_screenshots.php&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vmukti&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://h323.tv/" />
  <row Id="18195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10111" RevisionGUID="0154bcb8-ead0-405f-a025-cfd2272e3a03" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:59:42.183" UserId="3111" Text="New rule: everyone must stop cleaning their registries. It is completely unnecessary and can inadvertently cause problems. Registry scanning as part of malware detection is one thing, but letting software &quot;clean up&quot; erroneous entries is risky. Address specific problems individually. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rant over. ;)" />
  <row Id="18196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10112" RevisionGUID="f7ad1142-2937-4b6d-a40c-222cfacd75ab" CreationDate="2009-05-19T20:59:43.913" UserId="2626" Text="Agreeing with Thoreau, CCleaner is probably your best bet and a trusted solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, after 4 years, you might want to start thinking of just rebuilding to PC, it is a huge pain for some computers, but the results in the end exceed whatever registry cleaning or PC cleanup that you can do.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10113" RevisionGUID="fd4ab3a8-5526-46ef-ac90-094e46eccb91" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:00:52.633" UserId="3125" Text="Lately, I'm hearing a lot of &quot;ask&quot; as a noun.  As in, &quot;What's the ask here?&quot; &quot;My only ask is...&quot;  Maddening!  The word they're looking for is &quot;request,&quot; but apparently they're attempting to economize on syllables.  That or they think it sounds cool.  Either way it's idiocy." />
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  <row Id="18199" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10090" RevisionGUID="5086a036-700d-42c8-86c4-e98adb94e6c0" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:02:26.403" UserId="2012" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="We have been running Hyper-v on Core for a while.  At first we had time sync issues.....I reverted to a best practice from my old windows NT days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I look at the servers by OS.  I create a Linux, Router, Windows, Novell master.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might not have Novell now but bare with me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each &quot;master&quot; server syncs to the router.  The router to stratum.  Then each member server has its master OS server and a secondary of one of the other Masters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Linux to Router, then to Novell&#xD;&#xA;- Novell to Router, then to Windows&#xD;&#xA;- Windows to router, then to Linux&#xD;&#xA;- Router to Stratum, then to Core switch&#xD;&#xA;- Core Switch to Stratum, then to Router&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The last piece of this stratagy is...EVERYTHING has a time server. If it does not have a time server then it is not going to be plugged into the network.  From toaster to switch to phone PBX to servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is one of the first things I do when I get to a new job is spend the time to map the network and set the time.  I can then just check it here and there and eliminate time sync as an issue from that point on." />
  <row Id="18200" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10114" RevisionGUID="7ab69804-555e-43d1-b3d9-85708b82238a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:02:52.830" UserId="1146" Text="I built something like this as a simple workflow system for someone.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is part asset management (Tracking resources handed out/created) and part notification/workflow so you can assign particular tasks to particular queues so you can answer the one magical question everyone gets... **Where is everything at?**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I did was create a list of all the resources there could possibly be and categorize them by type (network access, security codes, etc).  Next I made profiles for departments or positions so one could be picked and applied to a new hire.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The key item in this kind of a system is making one that is easily extensible.  This means, every time you want ot store a new type of data.. you have to create fields in a database which leads to a mess everywhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I built has document templates that allow you to create new fields on the go and store them at any time for all users moving forward.  So if you decide to start tracking photocopier codes, you can add that field and initialize the value for everyone.  We are getting to the point where we can even send out email notifications for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you'd like to know more, feel free to contact me offline.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not, good luck, share what you end up doing here!" />
  <row Id="18201" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10110" RevisionGUID="cc8b0d97-ba9e-4991-98fd-f0682fc79b50" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:03:10.723" UserId="1840" Comment="added 400 characters in body" Text="At the end, you'll find out that $1,000 for a two-site video-conferencing solution is really tough to accomplish as you'll spend much $ on hardware/software costs, as well as man-hours to plan, deploy and maintain your solution.  Here are some that might give you a better view of where things are on videoconferencing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;End Point solutions:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Polcyom&lt;/h2&gt; has a software solution (windows only).  With some creativity, a good camera and some tweaks to a system you can probably find what you're looking for with the PVX H.323 protocol video conferencing solution.  Point to point communication through IP or H.323 extension/through gatekeeper or not (software is about $150):[http://www.polycom.com/products/telepresence_video/video_conference_systems/personal_systems/pvx.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;xMeeting&lt;/h2&gt;XMeeting is a SIP and H.323 compliant and Open Source videoconferencing client for Mac OS X (10.4 and later only).  It has it's limits, but it is a solution that needs not authentication of any kind (IP or H.323 extension through or without a gatekeeper)&#xD;&#xA;[http://xmeeting.sourceforge.net/pages/xmeeting_screenshots.php][2]&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;VMukti&lt;/h2&gt; (I haven't used this, but sounds promising) VMukti is creator of leading Asterisk/ Yate enabled p2p call center and video conferencing applications for Web / PSTN. These serverless broadband ready applications enable OS community to save 90% on capital &amp; operating costs over proprietary software: [http://sourceforge.net/projects/vmukti][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;High-end VC Infrastructure:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I've dealt with H323.tv before and they seem pretty responsive, plus have great prices compared to Polycom, Tandberg, Lifesize or Sony (New and Used equipment): &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://h323.tv/][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Consumer-based options&lt;/h1&gt; I guess anything is possible if you put your mind into it, but remember these are all based on proprietary connection protocols:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Skype [www.skype.com][5]&#xD;&#xA;- iChat [www.apple.com][6]&#xD;&#xA;- gTalk [www.gmail.com][7]&#xD;&#xA;- MSN messenger [www.live.com][8]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.polycom.com/products/telepresence_video/video_conference_systems/personal_systems/pvx.html/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://xmeeting.sourceforge.net/pages/xmeeting_screenshots.php&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vmukti&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://h323.tv/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.skype.com&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.apple.com&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.gmail.com&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.live.com" />
  <row Id="18202" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10115" RevisionGUID="13b896ba-e1fc-4a4a-99d6-640ed8d47b4f" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:03:37.727" UserId="2783" Text="Brian is right... Joel Oleson is THE definitive source (his original TechNet blog is here and has some of the best SharePoint posts): http://blogs.msdn.com/joelo/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few more of my favorites:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.toddklindt.com/blog/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;http://msmvps.com/blogs/shane/&#xD;&#xA;http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;http://www.thorprojects.com/blog/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Sean" />
  <row Id="18203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10116" RevisionGUID="1aae8e6f-568c-49f4-b470-7e5c58064fa1" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:03:48.460" UserId="880" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a few production Fedora and Debian webservers that host our sites as well as user shell accounts (used for git vcs work, some screen+irssi sessions, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Occasionally a new kernel update will come down the pipeline in `yum`/`apt-get`, and I was wondering if most of the fixes are severe enough to warrant a reboot, or if I can apply the fixes sans reboot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our main development server currently has 213 days of uptime, and I wasn't sure if it was insecure to run such an older kernel. " />
  <row Id="18204" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10116" RevisionGUID="1aae8e6f-568c-49f4-b470-7e5c58064fa1" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:03:48.460" UserId="880" Text="Rebooting servers for kernel updates" />
  <row Id="18205" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10116" RevisionGUID="1aae8e6f-568c-49f4-b470-7e5c58064fa1" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:03:48.460" UserId="880" Text="&lt;kernel&gt;&lt;updates&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;reboot&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="18206" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10085" RevisionGUID="4ebc1f46-9cc0-4163-8bc5-ca39e941626a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:06:00.047" UserId="1435" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="Symantec NetBackup? Commvault?" />
  <row Id="18207" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10117" RevisionGUID="734cee74-ae88-4967-9aca-f09e5672314b" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:07:14.337" UserId="1561" Text="This is a function of the update - if it fixes a priv. escalation that results in root access, then you might want to apply it." />
  <row Id="18208" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10110" RevisionGUID="a3130a6e-8207-462e-bd7a-5e7a269c5e3f" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:08:53.567" UserId="1840" Comment="added 156 characters in body" Text="At the end, you'll find out that $1,000 for a two-site video-conferencing solution is really tough to accomplish as you'll spend much $ on hardware/software costs, as well as man-hours to plan, deploy and maintain your solution.  Here are some that might give you a better view of where things are on videoconferencing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;End Point solutions:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Polcyom&lt;/h2&gt; has a software solution (windows only).  With some creativity, a good camera and some tweaks to a system you can probably find what you're looking for with the PVX H.323 protocol video conferencing solution.  Point to point communication through IP or H.323 extension/through gatekeeper or not (software is about $150):[http://www.polycom.com/products/telepresence_video/video_conference_systems/personal_systems/pvx.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;xMeeting&lt;/h2&gt;XMeeting is a SIP and H.323 compliant and Open Source videoconferencing client for Mac OS X (10.4 and later only).  It has it's limits, but it is a solution that needs not authentication of any kind (IP or H.323 extension through or without a gatekeeper)&#xD;&#xA;[http://xmeeting.sourceforge.net/pages/xmeeting_screenshots.php][2]&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;VMukti&lt;/h2&gt; (I haven't used this, but sounds promising) VMukti is creator of leading Asterisk/ Yate enabled p2p call center and video conferencing applications for Web / PSTN. These serverless broadband ready applications enable OS community to save 90% on capital &amp; operating costs over proprietary software: [http://sourceforge.net/projects/vmukti][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;High-end VC Infrastructure:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Telepresence is something that is primarily supported by these kind of products, that's why they're so expensive.  Here's the link of a VC end-point vendor I've dealt with H323.tv before and they seem pretty responsive, plus have great prices compared to Polycom, Tandberg, Lifesize or Sony (New and Used equipment): &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://h323.tv/][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Consumer-based options&lt;/h1&gt; I guess anything is possible if you put your mind into it, but remember these are all based on proprietary connection protocols:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Skype [www.skype.com][5]&#xD;&#xA;- iChat [www.apple.com][6]&#xD;&#xA;- gTalk [www.gmail.com][7]&#xD;&#xA;- MSN messenger [www.live.com][8]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.polycom.com/products/telepresence_video/video_conference_systems/personal_systems/pvx.html/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://xmeeting.sourceforge.net/pages/xmeeting_screenshots.php&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vmukti&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://h323.tv/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.skype.com&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.apple.com&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.gmail.com&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.live.com" />
  <row Id="18209" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10118" RevisionGUID="75e91f65-0b1a-417c-99a7-dd856c9f59d0" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:10:30.477" UserId="2101" Text="Take note that some of the debian kernel updates require (well, highly recommend) that you reboot ASAP after you apply them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the case when the difference is not sufficient enough to warrant a modules directory change, but the modules may differ.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will be warned by Debian when you install such kernel packages." />
  <row Id="18210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10119" RevisionGUID="7f1c4174-f4df-4f35-a70c-f3354926f1cc" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:12:35.837" UserId="2626" Text="We use [HP DataProtector Express][1] here.  As sysadmin1138 said, it doesn't suck as bad as other (I use BackupExec for Netware on a few other servers...it is a painful experience every time I need to use it).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We do use the HP DataProtector Express to backup a few VMWare ESX based servers.  We have the HP DataProtector Express software running on the Virtual Center Server and agents installed on the netware based VM's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the Windows Server, well, we simply snapshot them and back those to a different tape, but you could also install the agents on those servers as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So many options, but in the end, I haven't met a backup solution I have liked.  The interface is never as simple as I believe it could(should) be.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/datapexp/index.html" />
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  <row Id="18215" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10121" RevisionGUID="de7dbfb4-41bf-4161-af09-26f4141c7eac" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:16:56.093" UserId="45322" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;telnet&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;tcp&gt;&lt;pipe&gt;" />
  <row Id="18216" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10119" RevisionGUID="fa948bb7-ca0d-4c91-a4a8-a5d047c28685" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:18:11.163" UserId="2626" Comment="Added support agents...too many edits." Text="We use [HP DataProtector Express][1] here.  As sysadmin1138 said, it doesn't suck as bad as other (I use BackupExec for Netware on a few other servers...it is a painful experience every time I need to use it).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We do use the HP DataProtector Express to backup a few VMWare ESX based servers.  We have the HP DataProtector Express software running on the Virtual Center Server and agents installed on the netware based VM's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the Windows Server, well, we simply snapshot them and back those to a different tape, but you could also install the agents on those servers as well.  They do have SQL and Exchange agents, not sure about SharePoint.  The solution is a relatively low cost solution for smaller business (and was great for the relatively simple Netware Support).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So many options, but in the end, I haven't met a backup solution I have liked.  The interface is never as simple as I believe it could(should) be.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/datapexp/index.html" />
  <row Id="18217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10122" RevisionGUID="d8e0843c-1352-4754-b7ab-f76c1dd35a73" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:20:40.940" UserId="773" Text="Is it possible to install windows updates from the command-line? The graphical update tool doesn't seem to work so well in Windows 7. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't... My problem is that I can't see any updates when I click to see the details list. So when there are updates that are not checked off by default, I can't install them...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, is there an other way I can get those installed?" />
  <row Id="18218" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10122" RevisionGUID="d8e0843c-1352-4754-b7ab-f76c1dd35a73" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:20:40.940" UserId="773" Text="How to install Windows Updates from command-line" />
  <row Id="18219" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10122" RevisionGUID="d8e0843c-1352-4754-b7ab-f76c1dd35a73" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:20:40.940" UserId="773" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-update&gt;" />
  <row Id="18220" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10123" RevisionGUID="371c5754-20bc-4f5a-8c67-b7ec27687b0b" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:22:11.933" UserId="2224" Text="For a smaller number of servers, the sad news is that BackupExec is probably the best package out there. For a larger number of servers / bigger budget, check out EMC Avamar if you don't need tape." />
  <row Id="18221" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10124" RevisionGUID="0f8d96ca-4e79-4ab4-93cb-7304759b01d6" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:25:38.933" UserId="984" Text="The tool to use is probably the windows ports of [netcat][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netcat" />
  <row Id="18222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10125" RevisionGUID="3c2f960c-9b4b-41eb-a2d6-586d2f700324" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:31:21.230" UserId="149" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My Terminal is awesome, has every detail just right (for me anyway), and now I'm setting up a few new macs around here and I have no idea whatsoever how to get their terminals to a pretty state. My user account is rather old, has been migrated over many OS X releases and machines, so my Terminal setup has grown rather organically over the years. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I need is a recipe to start from scratch, so 1) I know what I've done, and 2) I can reproduce it anywhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things I'm looking for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Full UTF8 support. Setting `LC_*`, displaying characters correctly, accepting input… I hear this got much easier in 10.5, maybe it all works out of the box now?&#xD;&#xA;- Setup of OS X-style keyboard text navigation (option-arrows, etc)&#xD;&#xA;- How you particularly handle meta-key support? (other than `ESC`'ing your way around) &#xD;&#xA;- Other things to help our n00bs get around in the shell, such as:&#xD;&#xA;  - List of useful default key bindings (`^A`, `^D`, etc…)&#xD;&#xA;  - Mac-specific `.profile`, `.inputrc` goodness&#xD;&#xA;  - Mac-specific tools such as `pbpaste` &amp; `pbcopy`, Open Terminal Here, etc&#xD;&#xA;- If at all possible, a list of files to copy over to another machine that encompass all the changes we make. (dotrc files, plists, etc)&#xD;&#xA;- And, well, anything else really. Just keep the scope on the Mac OS X Terminal application, rather than general unix setup and tools.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18223" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10125" RevisionGUID="3c2f960c-9b4b-41eb-a2d6-586d2f700324" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:31:21.230" UserId="149" Text="How to setup the Mac OS X Terminal so it's *just peachy*?" />
  <row Id="18224" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10125" RevisionGUID="3c2f960c-9b4b-41eb-a2d6-586d2f700324" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:31:21.230" UserId="149" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;terminal&gt;&lt;setup&gt;" />
  <row Id="18225" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10126" RevisionGUID="fafdd0a0-cd39-4e6a-b8a5-b5aee736f47c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:31:42.197" UserId="2224" Text=" - &quot;Out of scope&quot;&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;Let's implement an ITIL-based governance strategy&quot;&#xD;&#xA; - IBM sales pitch presentations and the crazy PowerPoint graphics in them&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;Enterprise Cloud&quot;&#xD;&#xA; - The whole Project Management pseudo-religion: &quot;I need your updates to the Change, Communication, Quality, etc plans&quot;&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;What's our Web 2.0 strategy&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18226" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10126" RevisionGUID="fafdd0a0-cd39-4e6a-b8a5-b5aee736f47c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:31:42.197" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18227" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10127" RevisionGUID="404612a2-4064-49b2-a805-281369c6dcd5" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:33:59.367" UserId="2503" Text="According to the man page, it includes all calls to fork, vfork or clone. The last one of these three (clone) is used by Java to implement its threads&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So each time your Java server creates a new thread, that value increments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Providing it doesn't go silly, it should be fine. How many per second do you see on average?" />
  <row Id="18228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10128" RevisionGUID="ccda35c1-f631-48fb-b5d5-84203de5f5f0" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:37:24.120" UserId="984" Text="There is nothing really specially about having a long uptime.  It is generally better to have a secure system.  All systems need updates at some point. You are probably already applying updates, do you schedule outages when you apply those updates?  You probably should just in case something goes wrong.  A reboot shouldn't that that much time really.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your system is so sensitive to outages, you probably should be thinking about some kind of clustering setup so you update a single member of the cluster without brining everything down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are not sure about a particular update it is probably safer to schedule a reboot and apply it (preferably after testing it on another similar system).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if you are interested in learning about if the update is important take time to read the security notice, and follow the links back to the [CVE][1] or the posts/lists/blogs describing the issue.  This should help you decide if the update directly applies in your case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even if you don't think it applies you should still consider updating your system eventually.  Security is a layered approach.  You should assume at some point in time those other layers may fail.  Also, you might forget you have a vulnerable system because you skipped an update when you change the configuration at some later point in time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway if you want to ignore or wait for a while on update on Debian based systems you can put the package on hold.  I personally like to put holds on all the kernel packages just in case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CLI method to set a hold on a package on Debian-based systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dpkg --get-selections | grep 'linux-image' | sed -e 's/install/hold/' | sudo dpkg --set-selections&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://cve.mitre.org/cve/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10129" RevisionGUID="0458b282-e4c4-42c8-a3dc-87576cd46f19" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:39:28.857" UserId="2513" Text="I do not believe so, Windows Update requires some ActiveX and other integration with Internet Explorer to work properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since Windows 7 is still barely a release candidate, you should expect these kinds of bugs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Might be wise to submit the specific bug you are having to the dev team if you are a member of MSDN." />
  <row Id="18230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10130" RevisionGUID="43ccc7c3-1e96-4c31-80fd-2cfda1121e51" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:41:19.430" UserId="3154" Text="Press WinKey+R, type &quot;secpol.msc&quot; without quotes. Then click Network List Manager Policies on the left, and then you should be able to change it from there." />
  <row Id="18231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10131" RevisionGUID="1720dcc0-a0e5-4d78-9718-2d09622a67bb" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:46:55.457" UserId="3111" Text="At that point I would disjoin from the domain, reboot, **delete** all user profiles except local administrator. Delete all computer accounts in question from AD users and computers. Then I would rejoin but with computer names that have never been used before on the domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW, what do you mean when you say the profile is locked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, I have found that when working with SBS it is always best just to use the built-in wizards rather than do anything manually. I'd use the SBS method of rejoining." />
  <row Id="18232" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10132" RevisionGUID="8cd2ba91-7fa5-408d-b3d8-50495865416d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:47:23.803" UserId="2224" Text="Not sure about Windows 7, but with XP/Vista, you could run the following command to detect and download updates:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    wuauclt /detectnow /reportnow&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have issues getting it to work, check out the [WSUS Wiki][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise if you have a specific update that you want, just download from the Microsoft website. If there's some problem preventing you from installing, that's the best way to find out, because the Windows Update logs are godawful to deal with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wsuswiki.com/" />
  <row Id="18233" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10125" RevisionGUID="fc47d357-3fbd-4d31-b431-d42a93125d2e" CreationDate="2009-05-19T21:49:00.600" UserId="149" Comment="added 20 characters in body" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My Terminal is awesome, has every detail just right (for me anyway), and now I'm setting up a few new macs around here and I have no idea whatsoever how to get their terminals to a pretty state. My user account is rather old, has been migrated over many OS X releases and machines, so my Terminal setup has grown rather organically over the years. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I need is a recipe to start from scratch, so 1) I know what I've done, and 2) I can reproduce it anywhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things I'm looking for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Full UTF8 support. Setting `LC_*`, displaying characters correctly, accepting input… I hear this got much easier in 10.5, maybe it all works out of the box now?&#xD;&#xA;- Setup of OS X-style keyboard text navigation (option-arrows, etc)&#xD;&#xA;- How you particularly handle meta-key support? (other than `ESC`'ing your way around) &#xD;&#xA;- Other things to help our n00bs get around in the shell, such as:&#xD;&#xA;  - List of useful default key bindings (`^A`, `^D`, etc…)&#xD;&#xA;  - Mac-specific `.profile`, `.inputrc` goodness&#xD;&#xA;  - Mac-specific tools such as `pbpaste` &amp; `pbcopy`, Open Terminal Here, etc&#xD;&#xA;- If at all possible, a list of files to copy over to another machine that encompasses all the changes made to tune the Terminal. (dotrc files, plists, etc)&#xD;&#xA;- And, well, anything else really. Just keep the scope on the Mac OS X Terminal application, rather than general unix setup and tools.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18234" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10133" RevisionGUID="762dd1a0-477d-4cb2-b29c-c0cfdc73047c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T22:00:19.580" UserId="3038" Text="Time drifts all over the place in VMs. You really want to make sure that the NTP server is not using the local clock in any 'server' statements, as the local clock is too unreliable. One thing I've done to help is to set the &quot;maxpoll&quot; attribute for servers on VMed machines. This forces the ntp service to check with its upstream clocks much more often than the configured default, which help keep it true.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    server [timeserver] maxpoll 12&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try a few settings to see how far down you need to get to keep time relatively reliable. 12 works for me, but each environment is different." />
  <row Id="18235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10134" RevisionGUID="18e5cb7c-1a57-4421-8dae-2420499efcca" CreationDate="2009-05-19T22:00:46.943" UserId="3156" Text="Amazon just released a load balancing product that might do what you want.  Check out aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/ for info." />
  <row Id="18236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10135" RevisionGUID="1f37d84b-23bf-4915-b242-fb5163c54d15" CreationDate="2009-05-19T22:02:28.780" UserId="3140" Text="I have a 4 CPU 16GB RAM system with an Areca 1230 RAID card and 6 HDs in a RAID 0+1 configuration with 1 hot spare.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;System has 2 onboard 1Gpbs nics&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to turn the system into a NAS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems like 16GB RAM for a NAS is a waste though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to possibly turn a good portion of that extra RAM into cache, or maybe some kind of RAMDRIVEs for some extra fast swap space?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Host controller uses Ubuntu.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What method is most reliable and relatively simple to setup?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will I see a noticeable improvement in performance if I had some kind of cache utilizing the system RAM for the NAS?" />
  <row Id="18237" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10135" RevisionGUID="1f37d84b-23bf-4915-b242-fb5163c54d15" CreationDate="2009-05-19T22:02:28.780" UserId="3140" Text="Can you Utilize Server RAM for NAS Cache?" />
  <row Id="18238" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10135" RevisionGUID="1f37d84b-23bf-4915-b242-fb5163c54d15" CreationDate="2009-05-19T22:02:28.780" UserId="3140" Text="&lt;nas&gt;&lt;raid&gt;&lt;cache&gt;&lt;ram&gt;&lt;ramdisk&gt;" />
  <row Id="18239" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10136" RevisionGUID="6db8b62b-309a-423e-9ea2-8d748ca18168" CreationDate="2009-05-19T22:05:16.183" UserId="2783" Text="From your description, it sounds like there is an actual hardware problem with the RTC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_clock) on the motherboard of server S2.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Hyper-V guest gets it's clock initially from the host (HYV1), but as you have Hyper-V time sync disabled, it gets all further clock updates from NIST (which is working fine). Your Linux VM is not integrated with Hyper-V, so it is getting it's time from the domain, which is also working fine.  Your other physical machines are working fine, it is just a single physical server that is having 1 second of drift every 20 seconds (which is a crazy amount of drift).  The time is drifting much quicker than the network time sync can reset the clock to the right time (which if I recall correctly takes place every 8 hours).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to rule out Hyper-V as a cause for the error on S2, create a &quot;no Hypervisor&quot; boot entry, reboot without Hyper-V, and see if the time drift persists.  Instructions here: http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2008/04/14/creating-a-no-hypervisor-boot-entry.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Sean" />
  <row Id="18240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10137" RevisionGUID="1a905347-7dc9-4659-bab8-c942bae2077a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T22:09:43.430" UserId="1565" Text="Hak5 talked about just this in a recent episode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.hak5.org/episodes/episode-511][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The discussion starts around 12 minute mark.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:  http://www.hak5.org/episodes/episode-511" />
  <row Id="18241" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10138" RevisionGUID="ec9d64ac-1711-4758-8167-6349e2a53eb5" CreationDate="2009-05-19T22:10:35.270" UserId="3038" Text="That kind of depends on what service is providing the NAS functionality. Samba? NFS? All of the above? At its very base, Linux will use all available unallocated memory to serve as the file cache. That amount of memory will be used by default through the normal cache mechanisms of linux. Especially if a 64-bit kernel is used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;16GB is quite a lot of RAM for that problem. And yet, it can be just right for what you need. It all depends on how much of your data is in active use at any given time. If your 'working set' of active/open files is over 12GB, then 16GB of RAM is perfect. Ideally you want to have all of the open files able to fit into server-cache in order to provide maximum performance. What level that's at depends on your environment so there isn't any set answers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's good to have all that data fit in RAM for several reasons, but one of which is for writes. It allows the server to do I/O reordering to minimize HD latency, something that the RAID card will also do. " />
  <row Id="18242" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10139" RevisionGUID="dcd6b23b-c764-468b-9087-5826d68a0cd3" CreationDate="2009-05-19T22:15:29.347" UserId="3156" Text="If I were in your position, I would probably just set up an account on a real cheap hosted server, like something Slicehost offers.  They are only about $20/mo, which means it would be years until you've paid the same as your server." />
  <row Id="18243" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9674" RevisionGUID="c2b0a982-7e4f-4583-b7d3-3d4ecdbe996a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T22:25:09.123" UserId="1102" Comment="Better formatting, clarity." Text="As far as I know, SharePoint doesn't really sync tasks with Exchange. It does so with Outlook, which then communicates with Exchange.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using Outlook 2007: From the task list in SharePoint, there's a &quot;Connect to Outlook&quot; option in the Actions menu. Once connected, you get a new header in your task list called &quot;Other tasks&quot; with your task list as an item.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using Outlook 2003: from what I've gathered, you're pretty much out of luck as tasks don't sync. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll want to be sure and give the Advanced Settings for the task list (Settings-&gt;List Settings-&gt;Advanced Permissions) a look, paying particular attention to &quot;Item-level Permissions&quot;. There's no sense in showing everyone connected all tasks. Unless that's what you're looking for, of course." />
  <row Id="18244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10140" RevisionGUID="73ff9b50-f7ce-4346-af70-cd9a29ab7c3d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T22:36:31.893" UserId="108" Text="I've been able to set up SSH authentication keys on my ubuntu, fedora core and mac systems, however, I'm not able to get SSH keys to work properly with redhat enterprise linux 5 (RHEL5).  I've tried created the keys with 2048 bit encryption, but nothing seems to work.   Here's the debug output that i get when i try to connect via my mac osx leopard (10.5.7)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've checked permissions and i'm not able to figure it out...&#xD;&#xA;thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    royrico@mac ~ $ ssh -vv linuxbox&#xD;&#xA;    OpenSSH_5.1p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7l 28 Sep 2006&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Connecting to linuxbox [192.168.2.3] port 22.&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Connection established.&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: identity file /Users/royrico/.ssh/identity type -1&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type '-----BEGIN'&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type '-----END'&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: identity file /Users/royrico/.ssh/id_rsa type 1&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: identity file /Users/royrico/.ssh/id_dsa type -1&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_4.3&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: match: OpenSSH_4.3 pat OpenSSH*&#xD;&#xA; 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   debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,hmac-ripemd160,hmac-ripemd160@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,hmac-ripemd160,hmac-ripemd160@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: none,zlib@openssh.com&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: none,zlib@openssh.com&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: &#xD;&#xA;    debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: &#xD;&#xA;    debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: first_kex_follows 0 &#xD;&#xA;    debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: reserved 0 &#xD;&#xA;    debug2: mac_setup: found hmac-md5&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: kex: server-&gt;client aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: mac_setup: found hmac-md5&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: kex: client-&gt;server aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024&lt;1024&lt;8192) sent&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: dh_gen_key: priv key bits set: 138/256&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: bits set: 493/1024&#xD;&#xA; 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   debug1: Next authentication method: publickey&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Trying private key: /Users/royrico/.ssh/identity&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Offering public key: /Users/royrico/.ssh/id_rsa&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: we sent a publickey packet, wait for reply&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Trying private key: /Users/royrico/.ssh/id_dsa&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: we did not send a packet, disable method&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Next authentication method: password&#xD;&#xA;    royrico@linuxbox's password: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="18249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10141" RevisionGUID="354bcd56-6006-491b-ad28-2473cf21ec1e" CreationDate="2009-05-19T22:42:42.130" UserId="7330" Text="Is there a way to schedule a job on Windows Server 2003 [small business edition] that will create a backup of a SQL 2005 Express DB?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure if there is a native job/process for this on SQL Express or not.  If there is not, how would I go about creating one?" />
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  <row Id="18252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10142" RevisionGUID="8bfc60bf-350a-418d-b20e-089cb90785e0" CreationDate="2009-05-19T22:44:58.227" UserId="626" Text="I use [expressmaint][1] - works like a champ&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codeplex.com/ExpressMaint" />
  <row Id="18253" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10110" RevisionGUID="4f2d0288-3545-47b7-95f3-403647cbdfea" CreationDate="2009-05-19T22:49:29.060" UserId="1840" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="At the end, you'll find out that $1,000 for a two-site video-conferencing solution is really tough to accomplish as you'll spend much $ on hardware/software costs, as well as man-hours to plan, deploy and maintain your solution.  Here are some that might give you a better view of where things are on videoconferencing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Desktop-based endpoints:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Polcyom&lt;/h2&gt; has a software solution (windows only).  With some creativity, a good camera and some tweaks to a system you can probably find what you're looking for with the PVX H.323 protocol video conferencing solution.  Point to point communication through IP or H.323 extension/through gatekeeper or not (software is about $150):[http://www.polycom.com/products/telepresence_video/video_conference_systems/personal_systems/pvx.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;xMeeting&lt;/h2&gt;XMeeting is a SIP and H.323 compliant and Open Source videoconferencing client for Mac OS X (10.4 and later only).  It has it's limits, but it is a solution that needs not authentication of any kind (IP or H.323 extension through or without a gatekeeper)&#xD;&#xA;[http://xmeeting.sourceforge.net/pages/xmeeting_screenshots.php][2]&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;VMukti&lt;/h2&gt; (I haven't used this, but sounds promising) VMukti is creator of leading Asterisk/ Yate enabled p2p call center and video conferencing applications for Web / PSTN. These serverless broadband ready applications enable OS community to save 90% on capital &amp; operating costs over proprietary software: [http://sourceforge.net/projects/vmukti][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;High-end VC Infrastructure:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Telepresence is something that is primarily supported by these kind of products, that's why they're so expensive.  Here's the link of a VC end-point vendor I've dealt with H323.tv before and they seem pretty responsive, plus have great prices compared to Polycom, Tandberg, Lifesize or Sony (New and Used equipment): &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://h323.tv/][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Consumer-based options&lt;/h1&gt; I guess anything is possible if you put your mind into it, but remember these are all based on proprietary connection protocols:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Skype [www.skype.com][5]&#xD;&#xA;- iChat [www.apple.com][6]&#xD;&#xA;- gTalk [www.gmail.com][7]&#xD;&#xA;- MSN messenger [www.live.com][8]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.polycom.com/products/telepresence_video/video_conference_systems/personal_systems/pvx.html/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://xmeeting.sourceforge.net/pages/xmeeting_screenshots.php&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vmukti&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://h323.tv/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.skype.com&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.apple.com&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.gmail.com&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.live.com" />
  <row Id="18254" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10143" RevisionGUID="85033e1b-8ffb-439b-a36c-062b9d287821" CreationDate="2009-05-19T22:50:23.550" UserId="843" Text="[Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express][1] allows for backups, among all the other things it can do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;FamilyID=c243a5ae-4bd1-4e3d-94b8-5a0f62bf7796" />
  <row Id="18255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10144" RevisionGUID="db4cbdc1-2c05-4bf2-8054-ac7729cb0cb1" CreationDate="2009-05-19T22:53:18.083" UserId="1233" Text="For your Terminal window settings just copy com.apple.Terminal.plist from your Preferences folder. That's everything specific to Mac OS X Terminal's application. Everything else is tweaking your shell, and it's settings so what you're asking for isn't easily done - it'd be much easier to add features as they are missing and documenting as you migrate from one computer to another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, for specific preferences spread across the different UNIX utilities is different for each one. If you wanted a blanket that will get the majority of settings you could conceivably just copy any file or folder that starts with a `.` in your home directory but it's far from ideal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a side note `pbpaste/pbcopy` are both system utilities so they don't need to be copied, [Open Terminal Here](http://www.entropy.ch/software/applescript/) is an AppleScript application." />
  <row Id="18256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10145" RevisionGUID="c70d4a98-ff4b-47d8-b559-406023b53e5c" CreationDate="2009-05-19T22:53:47.600" UserId="2649" Text="Do these machines have to be isolated? What about adding secondary NICs to both machines and then putting them both on a private network (10.10.1.x).  Make sure that no traffic is routed through that network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another simpler option might just be to purchase a KVM and just use it for K&amp;M." />
  <row Id="18257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10146" RevisionGUID="af4234e0-e28d-478d-afc6-b42a386f277a" CreationDate="2009-05-19T22:54:00.610" UserId="1565" Text="I've been doing some research and found this site on making HD video an option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.hitlabnz.org/wiki/Access_Grid_-_HD][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I like the idea of using speaker phones because we have plenty of those.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hitlabnz.org/wiki/Access_Grid_-_HD" />
  <row Id="18258" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10147" RevisionGUID="de9e4a15-6301-42a4-8c86-46154c8d973f" CreationDate="2009-05-19T23:16:42.047" UserId="1172" Text="Linux is going to use your unallocated RAM as a cache by default... but your scenario raises two questions immediately in my mind:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* The network is likely going to be a bottleneck &#xD;&#xA;* What happens to your cache when the server reboots? unexpected? how are writes committed to disk?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could certainly setup ramfs to be available over the network, but you really need to be sure to flush it to more permanent storage as well. If your data set is read only (or just occasional writes even), then this might work perfect. But for user data or general file shares - yikes!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know what your specific environment looks like, but you might be much better off virtualizing that server if it has excess capacity. Another play/proving/test ground is generally quite welcome." />
  <row Id="18259" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10148" RevisionGUID="b72f23d6-1857-4614-9e16-4f4b0224be53" CreationDate="2009-05-19T23:21:02.193" UserId="1660" Text="&quot;reaching out to&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;As in, We're &quot;reaching out to&quot; our clients.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;The more you analyze it the less it makes any kind of sense." />
  <row Id="18260" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10148" RevisionGUID="b72f23d6-1857-4614-9e16-4f4b0224be53" CreationDate="2009-05-19T23:21:02.193" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18261" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10149" RevisionGUID="f9de6ff4-69ed-4ce2-ab43-e0d5b5b3488d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T23:22:29.163" UserId="1466" Text="Most updates do not require a reboot, but Kernel updates do (you can't really replace the running kernel without rebooting).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing I have discovered is that if your server has been running for a long time without a reboot, it's more likely to want to do disk checks (fsck) when you reboot, and this can add significantly to the time it takes to get back up and running again.  Best to anticipate this and plan for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have also discovered that configuration changes can sometimes get missed, and won't be noticed until a reboot (such as adding new IP addresses/iptables rules, etc)  This also adds to the &quot;risk of downtime&quot; when rebooting infrequently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best to plan for some downtime when doing a reboot - or if this is not a desirable option, set your servers up in clusters so that reboots can be done if necessary." />
  <row Id="18262" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10150" RevisionGUID="dedd7542-eece-4e44-b0f3-fde6ddbbf438" CreationDate="2009-05-19T23:24:01.017" UserId="984" Text="Are you sure you put the public portion of the key on the remote server?  The errors seem to indicate you put your private key on the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type '-----BEGIN'&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type '-----END'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18263" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10151" RevisionGUID="f0a1ab6b-47f8-413d-a5f8-b61a7fc3617d" CreationDate="2009-05-19T23:25:24.183" UserId="1222" Text="In terms of performance, it comes down to what type of controller you're using. Processor speed, cache, etc. Assuming you're comparing apples with apples and the 24-port controller is faster with twice as much cache there isn't going to be any *significant* difference with the type of traffic you're talking about.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd recommend two smaller arrays for redundancy. If by some miracle one controller starts to fail (i.e. corrupting data to disk, so it won't be immediately obvious) then you haven't lost everything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally if you've got a really friendly hardware supplier, see if you can get both and do your own tests. Worst case, you might have to pay a restocking fee to return the one you don't use, best case - no charge or just return shipping :)" />
  <row Id="18264" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="10150" RevisionGUID="794bcd08-e702-4987-b73d-4e48cc4d8e2e" CreationDate="2009-05-19T23:26:55.880" UserId="984" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:984,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Zoredache&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="18265" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10125" RevisionGUID="2fe309c8-89ec-4826-b905-5fd95ba99fd5" CreationDate="2009-05-19T23:28:53.880" UserId="149" Comment="added 214 characters in body" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My Terminal is awesome, has every detail just right (for me anyway), and now I'm setting up a few new macs around here and I have no idea whatsoever how to get their terminals to a pretty state. My user account is rather old, has been migrated over many OS X releases and machines, so my Terminal setup has grown rather organically over the years. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I need is a recipe to start from scratch, so 1) I know what I've done, and 2) I can reproduce it anywhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things I'm looking for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Full UTF8 support. Setting `LC_*`, displaying characters correctly, accepting input… I hear this got much easier in 10.5, maybe it all works out of the box now?&#xD;&#xA;- Setup of OS X-style keyboard text navigation (option-arrows, etc)&#xD;&#xA;- How you particularly handle meta-key support? (other than `ESC`'ing your way around) &#xD;&#xA;- Other things to help our n00bs get around in the shell, such as:&#xD;&#xA;  - List of useful default key bindings (`^A`, `^D`, etc…)&#xD;&#xA;  - Mac-specific `.profile`, `.inputrc` goodness&#xD;&#xA;  - Mac-specific tools such as `pbpaste` &amp; `pbcopy`, Open Terminal Here, etc&#xD;&#xA;- If at all possible, a list of files to copy over to another machine that encompasses all the changes made to tune the Terminal. (dotrc files, plists, etc)&#xD;&#xA;- And, well, anything else really. Just keep the scope on the Mac OS X Terminal application, rather than general unix setup and tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think a collection of incomplete answers would be a good start. Post one or two things you remember having done, we'll vote them up, and after a few days I'll try to compile it all into a summary answer." />
  <row Id="18266" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10152" RevisionGUID="33281f18-96a7-47c1-b7be-44d62f847d35" CreationDate="2009-05-19T23:32:29.270" UserId="149" Text="`pbpaste` and `pbcopy` to interact with the pasteboard (aka clipboard).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Examples:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # copies the directory listing&#xD;&#xA;    ls -l | pbcopy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # get pasteboard lines containing foo and save them in a_file&#xD;&#xA;    pbpaste | grep foo &gt; a_file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think they default to using the macroman encoding, so if you want UTF-8 (which you do) you should check out these links:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;http://sigpipe.macromates.com/2005/10/11/clipboard-access-from-shell-utf-8/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20081231012753422&amp;query=pbpaste&gt;" />
  <row Id="18267" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10152" RevisionGUID="33281f18-96a7-47c1-b7be-44d62f847d35" CreationDate="2009-05-19T23:32:29.270" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18268" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10125" RevisionGUID="e91f788c-ab37-4adf-866e-e0de0d90a31f" CreationDate="2009-05-19T23:35:50.200" UserId="149" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My Terminal is awesome, has every detail just right (for me anyway), and now I'm setting up a few new macs around here and I have no idea whatsoever how to get their terminals to a pretty state. My user account is rather old, has been migrated over many OS X releases and machines, so my Terminal setup has grown rather organically over the years. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I need is a recipe to start from scratch, so 1) I know what I've done, and 2) I can reproduce it anywhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things I'm looking for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Full UTF8 support. Setting `LC_*`, displaying characters correctly, accepting input… I hear this got much easier in 10.5, maybe it all works out of the box now?&#xD;&#xA;- Setup of OS X-style keyboard text navigation (option-arrows, etc)&#xD;&#xA;- How you particularly handle meta-key support? (other than `ESC`'ing your way around) &#xD;&#xA;- Other things to help our n00bs get around in the shell, such as:&#xD;&#xA;  - List of useful default key bindings (`^A`, `^D`, etc…)&#xD;&#xA;  - Mac-specific `.profile`, `.inputrc` goodness&#xD;&#xA;  - Mac-specific tools such as `pbpaste` &amp; `pbcopy`, Open Terminal Here, etc&#xD;&#xA;- If at all possible, a list of files to copy over to another machine that encompasses all the changes made to tune the Terminal. (dotrc files, plists, etc)&#xD;&#xA;- And, well, anything else really. Just keep the scope on the Mac OS X Terminal application, rather than general unix setup and tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**I think a collection of incomplete answers would be a good start. Post one or two things you remember having done, we'll vote them up, and after a few days I'll try to compile it all into a summary answer.**" />
  <row Id="18269" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10153" RevisionGUID="2045abbb-e27e-45f3-a0b2-660733197a5f" CreationDate="2009-05-19T23:41:19.203" UserId="133" Text="Someone I know has bought a new LCD monitor, with a native resolution of 1680 * 1050&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, they can't read stuff at that resolution because its too small for them. They need to use something a fair bit lower - 960 * 600 or one above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, that being non native, its kind of blurry/grainy - the screen isn't doing the downscale/interperlation very well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To my mind, it seems plausible that there might be some software available that can let the monitor run at its native resolution, but enlarge everything to the same size as a lower resolution - it must be an increasingly common problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What solutions is anyone here aware of?" />
  <row Id="18270" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10153" RevisionGUID="2045abbb-e27e-45f3-a0b2-660733197a5f" CreationDate="2009-05-19T23:41:19.203" UserId="133" Text="XP Enlarge when in high resolution?" />
  <row Id="18271" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10153" RevisionGUID="2045abbb-e27e-45f3-a0b2-660733197a5f" CreationDate="2009-05-19T23:41:19.203" UserId="133" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;screen&gt;&lt;resolution&gt;&lt;lcd&gt;" />
  <row Id="18272" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10154" RevisionGUID="63914575-4ebe-4bfa-9b45-4473cae8f13e" CreationDate="2009-05-19T23:53:40.113" UserId="108" Text="You can experiment with changing the DPI setting in windows (it's a tab in the same place where you select your driver and such in windows).   Depending on how much you need to make the display fonts bigger, this may work for you." />
  <row Id="18273" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9866" RevisionGUID="617fddcd-8d67-4c44-85a4-c67ab576a1c6" CreationDate="2009-05-19T23:57:06.273" UserId="1466" Comment="weight question toward design and away from maintaining" Text="I'm **looking for resources** that will help me design an optimum multi-user multi-server LAMP environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We currently have 7 servers (2 load-balanced webservers, 2 redundant clustered web-content servers, 2 redundant clustered MySQL servers, 1 VirtualMin Developer server), but am having difficulty **determining if what I have done is common/optimum/good practice**, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone point me to any good/great resources for designing (and running) multi-server LAMP environments?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note:&#xD;&#xA;*I asked this question on StackOverflow some time ago, but didn't get any great results.  Perhaps I should have waited until the end of the Beta (for more of a non-SO audience)*" />
  <row Id="18274" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="10150" RevisionGUID="ccd3c811-7ea0-4610-867d-fb49f7448c38" CreationDate="2009-05-20T00:01:52.217" UserId="984" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:984,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Zoredache&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="18275" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10150" RevisionGUID="9f36ff80-f690-4f6b-9d36-9adbd08b4c8c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T00:02:22.043" UserId="984" Comment="deleted 42 characters in body" Text="    debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type '-----BEGIN'&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type '-----END'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These messages look pretty important.  It appears you have the wrong type of key in your identity file." />
  <row Id="18276" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10155" RevisionGUID="d9423300-79ec-4436-8bfb-209374300b92" CreationDate="2009-05-20T00:02:57.487" UserId="1222" Text="Do nothing. Stick with the default unless there is a valid reason not to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I see you mention setting up a new unix developer on a Mac. If this developer has any Mac experience, he'll be used to the default and will probably get confused if you've customized things. If you're writing software that ships out to customers, the customer will (usually) have the default configuration and so trying to debug on a system that is &quot;unfamiliar&quot; (i.e. not your comfy customized environment) can be *very* frustrating.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If (like me) you work with many different machines and operating systems you quickly learn the defaults for that system, what keyboard shortcuts are portable between systems, standard commands for each OS, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you really need to do here is get a new machine, see what *doesn't* work (looks like UTF-8 support is fine, I just checked on my Mac) and see if there are any valid reasons for making changes. Developers have their own preferences when it comes to the command line and really don't appreciate being forced into using what someone else thinks is an &quot;ideal setup&quot;. It might be ideal for you, but Apple are pretty damn good at figuring out sensible defaults.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only thing I'd really change by default when setting up a new Mac, is making the Tab key cycle through all controls (including buttons) rather than just text boxes and lists. I know it's not terminal-related, but it does make a huge difference for us keyboard junkies who rarely lift their hand to use a mouse :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  **Keyboard &amp; Mouse &gt; Keyboard Shortcuts &gt; Full keyboard access &gt; All Controls**" />
  <row Id="18277" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10156" RevisionGUID="05621c93-3b18-4613-87f3-5b19d8d76620" CreationDate="2009-05-20T00:09:26.503" UserId="2513" Text="You can use the screen magnifier in the accessibility options." />
  <row Id="18278" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9771" RevisionGUID="512dea27-5c96-4f36-8f49-3e541e588c01" CreationDate="2009-05-20T00:10:43.427" UserId="984" Comment="added 266 characters in body" Text="There is a lot of overlap with existing questions, I creating a wiki with links.  Please feel free to update.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How to make a backups! (and how to restore)&#xD;&#xA; - Customer service skills&#xD;&#xA; - Troubleshooting&#xD;&#xA;  - [Your troubleshooting rules, approach to troubleshooting?][1]&#xD;&#xA; - How to respond when there is a crisis&#xD;&#xA;  - [What’s your checklist for when everything blows up?][2]&#xD;&#xA; - The OSI Model, and IP networking.&#xD;&#xA; - How to document there network&#xD;&#xA;  - [How are you documenting your work, processes and environment?][3]&#xD;&#xA; - How to ask for help in a way that will get you useful results.&#xD;&#xA;  - [How To Ask Questions The Smart Way][4]&#xD;&#xA;  - [How to ask a question][5]&#xD;&#xA; - Security&#xD;&#xA;  - [How to respond to a compromised system][6]&#xD;&#xA; - How to use the CLI&#xD;&#xA;  - [Useful Commandline Commands on Windows][7]&#xD;&#xA;  - [Useful Commandline Commands on Linux][8]&#xD;&#xA;  - [Useful Commandline Commands on Mac OS][9]&#xD;&#xA; - How to monitor the systems you will be responsible for&#xD;&#xA;  - http://serverfault.com/questions/44/what-tool-do-you-use-to-monitor-your-servers&#xD;&#xA; - Other&#xD;&#xA;  - [What tools should you absolutely know as a Windows/Linux Sysadmin?][10]&#xD;&#xA;  - [What should every sysadmin know before administrating a public server?][11]&#xD;&#xA;  - [What sysadmin things should every programmer know?][12]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8812/your-troubleshooting-rules-approach-to-troubleshooting&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/30/whats-your-checklist-for-when-everything-blows-up&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3970/how-are-you-documenting-your-work-processes-and-environment&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6159/aftermath-of-hack&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6269/useful-commandline-commands-on-linux&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7346/useful-commandline-commands-on-mac-os&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://serverfault.com/questions/906/what-tools-should-you-absolutely-know-as-a-windows-linux-sysadmin/&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6530/what-should-every-sysadmin-know-before-administrating-a-public-server/6545#6545&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4176/what-sysadmin-things-should-every-programmer-know" />
  <row Id="18279" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10157" RevisionGUID="210cc7d1-a13e-408a-8370-b48ec6b3393f" CreationDate="2009-05-20T00:13:06.937" UserId="123" Text="In sharepoint Services 3 what is the best way to let people create a private task so that only they and the person that assigned it may see it." />
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  <row Id="18281" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10157" RevisionGUID="210cc7d1-a13e-408a-8370-b48ec6b3393f" CreationDate="2009-05-20T00:13:06.937" UserId="123" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;" />
  <row Id="18282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10158" RevisionGUID="f148f360-806b-43c6-a844-1e60801b99f9" CreationDate="2009-05-20T00:15:26.373" UserId="447" Text="Let's leverage our core competencies by forming a cross-functional team that will map-n-gap the requirements. Then, we can implement a preemptive solution that enhances communication both vertically and horizontally in the organization." />
  <row Id="18283" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10158" RevisionGUID="f148f360-806b-43c6-a844-1e60801b99f9" CreationDate="2009-05-20T00:15:26.373" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10159" RevisionGUID="3ff07dee-fad7-48cb-bc8b-efcb517805ca" CreationDate="2009-05-20T00:17:38.260" UserId="2024" Text="Humm could be a number of things. First thing I would try is to pass either&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    acpi=force&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or even&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    acpi=off&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to the kernel command line to see either of them works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next I would try unloading the wireless drivers before you shutdown (if possible).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10160" RevisionGUID="41aabb59-aeb3-47e1-ac03-5b625c728a29" CreationDate="2009-05-20T00:19:08.480" UserId="2948" Text="The best way is with Item Level permissions.  You can restrict access to just specific users.  However this will be a management nightmare.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10161" RevisionGUID="aaf94cf0-69f9-4b91-be94-e9964ec1f312" CreationDate="2009-05-20T00:21:41.987" UserId="2258" Text="I'm having a wierd problem on two Windows 2008 VMs (inside HyperV) running NLB. They were working at one point, but now TCP/IP appears to be corrupt. I cannot ping anything if logged in with my Domain Admin account:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;ping 10.1.1.1&#xD;&#xA;    Unable to contact IP driver, error code 5,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried resetting winsock and ip with netsh. That makes no difference:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netsh int ip reset&#xD;&#xA;    Reseting Echo Request, failed.&#xD;&#xA;    Access is denied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I uninstalled NLB, I removed the synthetic NIC and added a legacy NIC from Hyper-V -- no dice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The wierd thing is that it works if I login with the built-in Administrator account, but not my Domain Admins account. UAC is disabled, so this should just work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas apart before I call PSS?" />
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  <row Id="18288" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10161" RevisionGUID="aaf94cf0-69f9-4b91-be94-e9964ec1f312" CreationDate="2009-05-20T00:21:41.987" UserId="2258" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;tcpip&gt;&lt;netsh&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;uac&gt;" />
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  <row Id="18291" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4796" RevisionGUID="cbc37a9a-1371-480a-97c1-94bbaa430d52" CreationDate="2009-05-20T00:23:58.020" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;perfmon&gt;&lt;windowsserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="18292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10162" RevisionGUID="393a17c1-c926-48f6-acfa-22e1ec8bbe1e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T00:33:20.787" UserId="2579" Text="I've run into a few things that still need you to 'Run as administrator' on Vista and Win2008.  Even if UAC is disabled.  Not sure why, but try it and see if it helps out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV" />
  <row Id="18293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10163" RevisionGUID="d89a6d39-b617-4684-948c-af9e80c054fd" CreationDate="2009-05-20T00:34:56.587" UserId="1463" Text="You could use a vbscript to check for, download and install updates. I often use a modified version of [this script][1] for manual patching of Windows Server 2008 Core servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems to work like a charm for that but I've not tested it under Windows 7 of course. There is also a link to another article for targeting a specific update if needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After a quick look I also found [this third party application][2] that also uses the update API, but with some more options (though requiring you to trust third party code).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa387102(VS.85).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.xeox.com/index.php/en/tools/wuinstall" />
  <row Id="18294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10164" RevisionGUID="0c752ac0-427f-4871-a127-a17438a5f6b5" CreationDate="2009-05-20T00:44:24.547" UserId="3169" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I didn't get any help on the TechNet forum so I'm going to try my luck here :).&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Our web server is running Server 2008 SP1, 64-bit Standard Edition. For the past week or so, we've been experiencing repeated corruption in the Application event log. Each time, we can fix the corruption by clearing the log. But the corruption always comes back, sometimes within an hour or two.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a PowerShell script which checks the event log periodically and emails us about error events. Once the log has become corrupt, running &quot;get-eventlog Application&quot; from PowerShell produces the following output:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Get-EventLog : Cannot read log entry number 696.  The event log may be corrupt.&#xD;&#xA;At line:1 char:13&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;+ get-eventlog  &lt;&lt;&lt;&lt; Application&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usually there are several valid event log entries displayed before the corruption error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other event logs (System, Security, and so on) are not experiencing this corruption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I look at the Application log in the event viewer, I see several events with no information at all. In the list view, they show the &quot;information&quot; icon, but all other columns are blank. In the &quot;general&quot; and &quot;details&quot; tabs, everything is blank.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I thought about disk corruption. But since this is only affecting the event log, I'm skeptical that the disks are the cause. The server has a single RAID-1 array which shows a status of healthy. Write caching is disabled. All applications and sites hosted on the server appear to be working fine; only the event log is having problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On TechNet, someone replied saying it sounded like a PowerShell problem - but it isn't, since the corruption is also visible through the Event Viewer GUI.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I'd appreciate any ideas you might have for finding the cause of this problem...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Richard&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="18299" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10165" RevisionGUID="86eca5a6-ba29-49d6-ab4d-2d03f78d3139" CreationDate="2009-05-20T00:52:47.547" UserId="2909" Text="&lt;log-files&gt;&lt;logging&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="18300" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9952" RevisionGUID="6b310279-d5fb-4382-a230-a29aa169d2cd" CreationDate="2009-05-20T00:57:47.743" UserId="984" Comment="added 95 characters in body" Text="By default it is used for telling the server to roll the logs.  It needs at least the reload and shutdown privilege.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See the file **/etc/logrotate.d/mysql-server**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is used by the /etc/init.d/mysql script to get the status of the server.  It is used to gracefully shutdown/reload the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Is the password in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /etc/mysql/debian.cnf already hashed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The password is not hashed." />
  <row Id="18301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10166" RevisionGUID="52d89dce-a95a-46ed-a7dc-826a69630026" CreationDate="2009-05-20T01:00:58.797" UserId="2948" Text="Our SharePoint development images are having performance problems.  One of the developers has asked what timer jobs could be disabled.  What prompted this was CPU time used by OWSTimer.EXE service." />
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  <row Id="18303" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10166" RevisionGUID="52d89dce-a95a-46ed-a7dc-826a69630026" CreationDate="2009-05-20T01:00:58.797" UserId="2948" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;" />
  <row Id="18304" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9952" RevisionGUID="692ed3a9-2676-4299-8789-eba4ffd0a9d3" CreationDate="2009-05-20T01:24:44.203" UserId="984" Comment="added 809 characters in body" Text="&gt; What is debian-sys-maint used for?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By default it is used for telling the server to roll the logs.  It needs at least the reload and shutdown privilege.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See the file **/etc/logrotate.d/mysql-server**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is used by the /etc/init.d/mysql script to get the status of the server.  It is used to gracefully shutdown/reload the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the quote from the README.Debian&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * MYSQL WON'T START OR STOP?:&#xD;&#xA;    =============================&#xD;&#xA;    You may never ever delete the special mysql user &quot;debian-sys-maint&quot;. This user &#xD;&#xA;    together with the credentials in /etc/mysql/debian.cnf are used by the init &#xD;&#xA;    scripts to stop the server as they would require knowledge of the mysql root &#xD;&#xA;    users password else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; What is the easiest way to restore it&#xD;&#xA;&gt; after I've lost it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best plan is to simply not loose it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could use a command like this to build a sql file that you can use later to recreate the account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysqldump --complete-insert --extended-insert=0 -u root -p mysql | grep 'debian-sys-maint' &gt; debian_user.sql&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Is the password in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /etc/mysql/debian.cnf already hashed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The password is not hashed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10167" RevisionGUID="15983ab5-253b-42f6-bf81-a07e687a73a7" CreationDate="2009-05-20T01:31:51.010" UserId="2948" Text="I'm looking for a list of pros / cons to compare MS HyperV against VMWare ESX for Virtual Server hosting." />
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  <row Id="18307" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10167" RevisionGUID="15983ab5-253b-42f6-bf81-a07e687a73a7" CreationDate="2009-05-20T01:31:51.010" UserId="2948" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;hyper-v&gt;" />
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  <row Id="18312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10170" RevisionGUID="55b945d7-9142-4174-8096-ce756aed1834" CreationDate="2009-05-20T01:38:52.060" UserId="392" Text="I'm not even 100% certain what this involves, but my current understanding is this: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * use of only approved cryptographic algorithms for network traffic (easy, we use SSL and lock down the algorithms to only the really strong ones).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Some form of physical data protection, involving disk encryption and physical tamper evident packaging.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously we're on our own if we need a tamper-proof product. But what about software for encrpytion. My guess is just using [LUKS][1] (although secure) will not be certified because it's open source (gov't seems a bit biased towards proprietary solutions here).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Guardian Edge][2] was mentioned by someone, but that appears to be complete Windows-based. So we need something like it, certified [FIPS-140][3] compliant we can use on Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LUKS&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.guardianedge.com&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIPS-140" />
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  <row Id="18316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10171" RevisionGUID="e6bae090-8d23-4744-b1e0-5b190e8df417" CreationDate="2009-05-20T01:41:43.863" UserId="2546" Text="I don't think there's a simple way to do this - others [have the same problem][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How about a script that moves the contents of userenv.log to a new file at midnight? Would a separate log file for each day be any use to you?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid68_gci1294555,00.html" />
  <row Id="18317" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10153" RevisionGUID="bd63b35a-1e19-4515-92f5-4cf2305444e2" CreationDate="2009-05-20T01:42:35.423" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;screen&gt;&lt;resolution&gt;&lt;lcd&gt;" />
  <row Id="18318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10172" RevisionGUID="c8293f53-7098-4524-9bbe-1ac14d6157df" CreationDate="2009-05-20T01:44:23.797" UserId="301" Text="Check the permissions on your `~/.ssh/authorized_keys` file. They should be `0600`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    % chmod 0700 .ssh&#xD;&#xA;    % chmod 0600 .ssh/authorized_keys&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is my standard pattern" />
  <row Id="18319" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10140" RevisionGUID="31db40de-2d39-411f-83bc-575f6ebbbf10" CreationDate="2009-05-20T01:47:24.027" UserId="108" Comment="added 113 characters in body" Text="I've been able to set up SSH authentication keys on my ubuntu, fedora core and mac systems, however, I'm not able to get SSH keys to work properly with redhat enterprise linux 5 (RHEL5).  I've tried created the keys with 2048 bit encryption, but nothing seems to work.   Here's the debug output that i get when i try to connect via my mac osx leopard (10.5.7)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've checked permissions and i'm not able to figure it out...&#xD;&#xA;thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE:&#xD;&#xA;I've doubled checked my permissions, and they are 0700 for .ssh, and 0600 for .ssh/authorized_keys&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    royrico@mac ~ $ ssh -vv linuxbox&#xD;&#xA;    OpenSSH_5.1p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7l 28 Sep 2006&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Connecting to linuxbox [192.168.2.3] port 22.&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Connection established.&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: identity file /Users/royrico/.ssh/identity type -1&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type '-----BEGIN'&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type '-----END'&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: identity file /Users/royrico/.ssh/id_rsa type 1&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: identity file /Users/royrico/.ssh/id_dsa type -1&#xD;&#xA; 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   debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024&lt;1024&lt;8192) sent&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: dh_gen_key: priv key bits set: 138/256&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: bits set: 493/1024&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Host 'linuxbox' is known and matches the RSA host key.&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Found key in /Users/royrico/.ssh/known_hosts:1&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: bits set: 504/1024&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: kex_derive_keys&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: set_newkeys: mode 1&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: set_newkeys: mode 0&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: service_accept: ssh-userauth&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: key: /Users/royrico/.ssh/identity (0x0)&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: key: /Users/royrico/.ssh/id_rsa (0x107ea0)&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: key: /Users/royrico/.ssh/id_dsa (0x0)&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Next authentication method: publickey&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Trying private key: /Users/royrico/.ssh/identity&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Offering public key: /Users/royrico/.ssh/id_rsa&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: we sent a publickey packet, wait for reply&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Trying private key: /Users/royrico/.ssh/id_dsa&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: we did not send a packet, disable method&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Next authentication method: password&#xD;&#xA;    royrico@linuxbox's password: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10173" RevisionGUID="8626be10-cb40-4897-81ab-db1e9ccbbaac" CreationDate="2009-05-20T01:47:59.097" UserId="822" Text="This is probably one of the best articles I've read so far comparing Hyper-V and VMWare ESX:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[How to Correctly Explain the Architectural Differences Between Hyper-V and ESX][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.realtime-windowsserver.com/virtualization/2009/04/how_to_correctly_explain_the_a_1.htm" />
  <row Id="18321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10174" RevisionGUID="f53214c6-afc0-4418-ac08-b3d2b64dff52" CreationDate="2009-05-20T01:48:14.650" UserId="3079" Text="should I be looking for certain features if I plan on repaving this drive a lot?" />
  <row Id="18322" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10174" RevisionGUID="f53214c6-afc0-4418-ac08-b3d2b64dff52" CreationDate="2009-05-20T01:48:14.650" UserId="3079" Text="What to look for in a hard drive that will be reformatted constantly?" />
  <row Id="18323" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10174" RevisionGUID="f53214c6-afc0-4418-ac08-b3d2b64dff52" CreationDate="2009-05-20T01:48:14.650" UserId="3079" Text="&lt;hardware-selection&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;" />
  <row Id="18324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10175" RevisionGUID="6e26bb37-3bd4-4eff-a88f-18718af423f4" CreationDate="2009-05-20T01:49:55.833" UserId="2916" Text="When you generate a key pair, you generally have a public key named id\_rsa.pub or id\_dsa.pub.  The contents of this file is what gets pasted into the authorized\_keys file on the remote server.  Double-check to make sure you added the public half of the key pair to authorized_keys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The private key is generally named the same as your public key but without the .pub extension e.g. id\_rsa or id\_dsa.  Perhaps your local system can't find the correct private key to use?  Try `ssh -i /path/to/private/key linuxbox`." />
  <row Id="18325" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10176" RevisionGUID="215e6747-b401-4f71-92c8-8dfae2d45e33" CreationDate="2009-05-20T01:51:44.300" UserId="3079" Text="It doesn't happen that often, just deal with it." />
  <row Id="18326" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10176" RevisionGUID="215e6747-b401-4f71-92c8-8dfae2d45e33" CreationDate="2009-05-20T01:51:44.300" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10177" RevisionGUID="0c14ea31-93cd-4e8a-a691-fc453f699593" CreationDate="2009-05-19T05:56:59.240" Text="&lt;p&gt;HI,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need help to create batch file which using &quot;diskpart&quot; to format HDDs in computers, but there is one problem-program must be universal because computers have variable count of HDDs (1-4pcs) and format (NTFS,Label=DATA) must be run again when I request (reformated).&#xA;Example: Computer has 3 HDDs,first has 3 partition (system),second and third has not partitions.Second and third need to create partitions and need to be formated.But sometimes (due to HDD controler issue) is system HDD on pposition 2 and second and third HDD on position 1 and 3.After computer reboot HDD need to recreat partition and need to be reformated.Do you have any  idea?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[EDIT] I am working for company which assembly computers in big quantity.Into our test flow (batches under Vista x64) we need to added some tool which will find all non system HDD then create partition and format it to NTFS with label DATA.Also if we reboot the computer and if start our test again this tool for format must find again non system HDDs and recreat partition and format again.We need to make sure that these HDD will go to final customer formated in all cases and avoid some troubles.C&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18328" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10177" RevisionGUID="0c14ea31-93cd-4e8a-a691-fc453f699593" CreationDate="2009-05-19T05:56:59.240" Text="HDD format" />
  <row Id="18329" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10177" RevisionGUID="0c14ea31-93cd-4e8a-a691-fc453f699593" CreationDate="2009-05-19T05:56:59.240" Text="&lt;batch&gt;&lt;cmd&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="18330" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10178" RevisionGUID="f452d1ba-65b3-4ef9-922b-1fa8b118dc65" CreationDate="2009-05-19T08:12:37.693" Text="&lt;p&gt;It can be free to implement to gets the job done!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18331" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10179" RevisionGUID="7ee58b9b-4ee7-49de-b71b-753e0735b2d7" CreationDate="2009-05-19T08:13:02.047" Text="&lt;p&gt;Get a bootable Linux CD for this. When running a system from the CD, you don't need to reboot. All Unix commands are scriptable (unlike the Windows tools). So you can use &lt;code&gt;parted&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;fdisk&lt;/code&gt; to create the partitions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Deleting the existing partition table should not be necessary (unless it is corrupt). So just formatting any existing partition should already get you what you need.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the system partitions always have the same size, you can install a PC once, create a dump of the system partition using the &lt;code&gt;dd&lt;/code&gt; tool and then write that image back without having to format the harddisk and without having to run the installer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that for Windows, you need a tool to change the license key or you need an OEM license key.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18332" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10180" RevisionGUID="c72f371f-ebd6-4a0e-bac8-41db5b911de8" CreationDate="2009-05-19T10:21:17.903" Text="&lt;p&gt;If you are in a windows environment, I would suggest looking at vbscript instead of batch files, they offer so much more control and hocks in to the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anywho, Googled a bit, and found the following blog post with a solution that seems to match your problem:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This script will attempt to determine what the system disk is and exclude it from all operations. Then it deletes all partitions on other hard drives, creates a 4GB partition, and formats it with the NTFS file system. It runs in under a minute, obviously depending on how many drives you have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://prideafrica.blogspot.com/2008/01/delete-create-format-drive-partitions.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Delete, Create, Format Drive Partitions ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps, Egil.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18333" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10181" RevisionGUID="2ca42277-e427-460c-ad1a-d6670e953b69" CreationDate="2009-05-20T01:54:46.340" UserId="1674" Text="Can you ping localhost?  If so then TCP/IP should be fine.  Perhaps it's got a domain firewall setting enabled that it shouldn't have?" />
  <row Id="18334" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10182" RevisionGUID="c28ddb78-3fec-417e-897f-061330bf7b90" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:57:10.423" Text="&lt;p&gt;I would love to have ps, top, and time on Windows to monitor the performance of a developed C++ application on Windows from a remote shell.  Are any of these available?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18335" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10182" RevisionGUID="c28ddb78-3fec-417e-897f-061330bf7b90" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:57:10.423" Text="What are good command line utilites in Windows to monitor processes?" />
  <row Id="18336" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10182" RevisionGUID="c28ddb78-3fec-417e-897f-061330bf7b90" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:57:10.423" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="18337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10183" RevisionGUID="200bda3c-a758-414f-9b6e-89d652eb7607" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:59:42.383" UserId="2292" Text="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;code&gt;PsList&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SysInternals&lt;/a&gt; (now owned by Microsoft) for &lt;code&gt;ps&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;top&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For &lt;code&gt;ps&lt;/code&gt;-like behaviour, simply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;pslist&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For &lt;code&gt;top&lt;/code&gt;-like behaviour:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;pslist -s&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;code&gt;timeit&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9D467A69-57FF-4AE7-96EE-B18C4790CFFD&amp;amp;displaylang=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;code&gt;time&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18338" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10184" RevisionGUID="af616003-7992-4bee-b844-93c76083aca6" CreationDate="2009-05-15T17:59:55.537" Text="&lt;p&gt;Doesn't powershell has some of those ? See here &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powershell&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;(comparison table)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10185" RevisionGUID="24d0fcd2-e5e0-4db2-8d0e-aab6eade623b" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:05:23.010" Text="&lt;p&gt;Builtin to Windows is &quot;tasklist /s remotepc&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18340" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10186" RevisionGUID="870a3ad0-8fee-40fb-b62c-2d53fd1af977" CreationDate="2009-05-15T18:55:30.113" Text="&lt;p&gt;Nothing important&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10187" RevisionGUID="333e7245-6249-4718-9356-f652d9759ba9" CreationDate="2009-05-20T01:58:50.747" UserId="822" Text="&quot;Thinking outside of the box&quot; - really hacks me off. " />
  <row Id="18342" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10187" RevisionGUID="333e7245-6249-4718-9356-f652d9759ba9" CreationDate="2009-05-20T01:58:50.747" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18343" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10177" RevisionGUID="507a3f39-9415-47fb-8355-3f0cafc69ad0" CreationDate="2009-05-20T02:01:03.817" UserId="671" Comment="Removed belongs-on-serverfault tag" Text="&lt;p&gt;HI,&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need help to create batch file which using &quot;diskpart&quot; to format HDDs in computers, but there is one problem-program must be universal because computers have variable count of HDDs (1-4pcs) and format (NTFS,Label=DATA) must be run again when I request (reformated).&#xD;&#xA;Example: Computer has 3 HDDs,first has 3 partition (system),second and third has not partitions.Second and third need to create partitions and need to be formated.But sometimes (due to HDD controler issue) is system HDD on pposition 2 and second and third HDD on position 1 and 3.After computer reboot HDD need to recreat partition and need to be reformated.Do you have any  idea?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[EDIT] I am working for company which assembly computers in big quantity.Into our test flow (batches under Vista x64) we need to added some tool which will find all non system HDD then create partition and format it to NTFS with label DATA.Also if we reboot the computer and if start our test again this tool for format must find again non system HDDs and recreat partition and format again.We need to make sure that these HDD will go to final customer formated in all cases and avoid some troubles.C&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18344" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10177" RevisionGUID="507a3f39-9415-47fb-8355-3f0cafc69ad0" CreationDate="2009-05-20T02:01:03.817" UserId="671" Comment="Removed belongs-on-serverfault tag" Text="&lt;batch&gt;&lt;cmd&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="18345" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10188" RevisionGUID="9058348f-d17e-41ff-99a5-0e5905904273" CreationDate="2009-05-20T02:01:54.440" UserId="2467" Text="**&quot;We're all in the same team&quot;**&#xD;&#xA;Usually applied by a manager to underlings when he wants something done. Normally prefixed by **&quot;Come on, let's pull together&quot;**." />
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  <row Id="18347" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10174" RevisionGUID="54c23d8b-c452-4c13-9249-7e77f4542cda" CreationDate="2009-05-20T02:02:03.597" UserId="671" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;hardware-selection&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;hdd&gt;" />
  <row Id="18348" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10189" RevisionGUID="46c1d090-6335-41a2-abc0-9ea5f02bb057" CreationDate="2009-05-20T02:03:12.753" UserId="2224" Text="Today, if you're a medium/large business with cash and a need for the bells &amp; whistles, VMWare is the way to go. Bells &amp; whistles = VMotion, Site Recovery Manager, power management, etc. If you're not a Windows shop, VMWare is the way to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're an SMB, HyperV is a no brainer -- just run your Linux in Xen or some other virtualization and your Windows in HyperV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In 3-4 years when we get past the 1.0 release, Microsoft and VMWare are going to be neck and neck, with the usual Microsoft caveats." />
  <row Id="18349" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10190" RevisionGUID="40085ad6-605a-43b3-9208-8af2e00cec87" CreationDate="2009-05-20T02:06:53.167" UserId="422" Text="If you have to patch Windows operating systems, especailly after fresh installs, take a serious look at Offline Updater:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.h-online.com/security/Offline-Update--/features/112953&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It uses scripts to download all the patches you suggest (so Win2000, Win XP, Win 2003, Vista and Win2008 32 and 64 bit where appropriate), multi  language, service packs, .NET frameworks, and Office patches (XP, 2000, 2003, 2007).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have them all downloaded, you just update every patch Tuesday, and get only the changes.  Though it does get the catalouges and they are getting longer every day (many megs now per OS/Office rev).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have the files on your local machine downloaded, there is a script to make CD/DVD images of them (it will this automatically for DVD images per OS now if you would like).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I do is use a 4GB SD memory card, in an SD card reader that honours the write protect tab.  I used to use 2GB cards, but I can just barely fit Win XP and most of the Office builds on it now, so I moved on to 4GB cards.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thus when troubleshooting a machine, I trust inserting this formerly writable device into a untrusted, possibly virus infected machine (since I know nothing about it, I assume it is infected) knowing my device is write protected.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thus I can patch it up to date as a first step.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you use the autorun, or launch the executable on the device (key, external HD, CD, DVD, wherever you wrote it) it starts a script that uses the Windows Update service on the local machine to apply all the updates, but instead of going across the wire to download them it just uses the local copy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thus it may still take 1+ hours to update a WinXP machine to the latest SP and patches, but there is zero network traffic along the way, and you can do it with the Ethernet cable unplugged entirely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Amazingly useful tool!  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should not run afoul of Microsoft, like the AutoUpdate guys were, who were pre  building a patch CD, that distributed the CD image.  This tool updates scripts, and you have to go get all the patches on your licensed Windows workstation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18350" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10191" RevisionGUID="7cef0423-d143-4c81-bddb-1514a2d2f871" CreationDate="2009-05-20T02:08:34.820" UserId="2467" Text="If you have I'm interested in the user experience and admin experience. Did users prefer Outlook over Notes? Did the sysadmins prefer Exchange over Domino? If so why?" />
  <row Id="18351" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10191" RevisionGUID="7cef0423-d143-4c81-bddb-1514a2d2f871" CreationDate="2009-05-20T02:08:34.820" UserId="2467" Text="Anyone migrated from Lotus Notes to Exchange?" />
  <row Id="18352" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10191" RevisionGUID="7cef0423-d143-4c81-bddb-1514a2d2f871" CreationDate="2009-05-20T02:08:34.820" UserId="2467" Text="&lt;lotus&gt;&lt;domino&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;outlook&gt;" />
  <row Id="18353" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10192" RevisionGUID="f6873e29-4486-4b16-8bbe-a6ab1d5a24e8" CreationDate="2009-05-20T02:10:16.983" UserId="2567" Text="Depends on how you'll be formatting it. If you're just going to be altering the partition table and doing &quot;quick reformats,&quot; I don't think a lot of reformats make much of a difference from normal use. Filesystems that support quick formatting will just write the filesystem metadata and journal (if applicable), then overwrite existing data as they need space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If, on the other hand, you'll be doing &quot;full formats&quot; (as you can do from, say, a Windows install disk when putting NTFS on a disk) or initializing the disk with zeroes a lot, you may want to look for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - High throughput - writing solid zeroes to a disk with a slow interface will take quite a while&#xD;&#xA; - Big cache - again, this affects performance. Filling a disk with data will go a lot faster if your drive can cache that data more effectively.&#xD;&#xA; - Drive utilities provided by the manufacturer - in some cases, drive manufacturers will provide software on CD with the drive that has drive-specific utilities for blanking the drive or securely erasing data.&#xD;&#xA; - High RPM - if you're really serious, you can get a 10K RPM drive that will improve performance even more.&#xD;&#xA; - Good heat dissipation - if the drive is seeing a lot of use, as it will if you fully format it often, you'll want to make sure that it doesn't overheat too much while it's churning.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, if you intend to do a lot of full formats, you may want to consider a server-grade drive. They generally come with better warranties and are designed to operate under more extreme conditions than standard consumer-grade drives." />
  <row Id="18354" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10193" RevisionGUID="983e471e-fa25-4aa6-8c6c-3c67719b7adc" CreationDate="2009-05-20T02:13:17.137" UserId="422" Text="The reality of backup software is that the grass is always greener on the other side.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is no perfect backup product.  They all have strengths and weaknesses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are in an enterprise, with 100's to 1000's of servers with TB of data to move, they all suck equally well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is only after you move from one to another, that you look back with fondness on the previous package.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We went from Legato (now EMC) Networkr to Veritas (now Symantec) NetBackup for about 1000 servers (completely cross platform.  Everything from Win3.11 to Tru64 with most any OS you can ever imagine in the mix) backuping up around 20+TB a week to 14 LTO3 tapes drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Initially there were a lot of nice things about NetBackup, but then the weaknesses appeared.  I missed features of Networkr. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wished we had Commvault Galaxy, but then people running Commvault told me all about issues with it as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My only advice is stay away from Tivoli!   " />
  <row Id="18355" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10194" RevisionGUID="c289dde2-c2dc-485d-8db0-55bbf984b6fc" CreationDate="2009-05-20T02:17:44.180" UserId="2546" Text="There are a few possible solutions - see [here][1] and [here][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let us know what works for you!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.euronav.co.uk/eurohelp/techdocs/TN036.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/mp3car-infill-g4-double-din-car-computer/130287-real-solution-g4-gps-being-detected-windows-crazy-serial-mouse.html" />
  <row Id="18356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10195" RevisionGUID="3e646a03-77aa-453a-8849-76ee755f4964" CreationDate="2009-05-20T02:18:38.563" UserId="2895" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Ubuntu box I am looking at is behind a proxy which supports CONNECT to 80/443 ports. I have set up an outside ssh server on port 443 and can connect to it with corkscrew / ssh without any problems&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ssh_config:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Host *&#xD;&#xA;        ProxyCommand corkscrew corp.proxy.ip 8080 %h %p &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;command line to start ssd:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh -D 1080 username@external-host.com -p 443&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So as I said it all works just fine. The problem is though that -D parameter, which supposed to open up a SOCKS proxy does not quite work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I run proxychains that's what I get:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     user@laptop:$ proxychains git pull&#xD;&#xA;     ProxyChains-2.1 (http://proxychains.sf.net)&#xD;&#xA;     random chain (1):....127.0.0.1:1080....can't connect to..corp.proxy.ip:8080&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So it seem to initiate a connection to proxy again for some reason.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Similar set up works just fine on windows machine (Bitvise Tunneller/Freecap), all tunnelling works fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas how to fix?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="18357" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10195" RevisionGUID="3e646a03-77aa-453a-8849-76ee755f4964" CreationDate="2009-05-20T02:18:38.563" UserId="2895" Text="Using ssh and corkscrew/proxychains behing a HTTP proxy" />
  <row Id="18358" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10195" RevisionGUID="3e646a03-77aa-453a-8849-76ee755f4964" CreationDate="2009-05-20T02:18:38.563" UserId="2895" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;tunneling&gt;" />
  <row Id="18359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10196" RevisionGUID="2432784b-cb07-4803-b6b4-0c923be706a1" CreationDate="2009-05-20T02:21:22.847" UserId="1982" Text="You can do this using a Group Policy Object (assuming you're running an Active Directory).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The settings should be part of the Computer Configuration section of the GPO under &quot;Windows Settings -&gt; Security Settings -&gt; Public Key Policies/Autoenrollment Settings&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming you've created a Certificate Template for this certificate auto-enrollment, you can use other group policy settings to enable the requirement of TLS-RDP connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This MSDN article has the names of the specific settings in Windows 2008.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771869(WS.10).aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18360" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10197" RevisionGUID="aa92bc32-9c86-4d81-8d13-d8e53598c179" CreationDate="2009-05-20T02:26:34.570" UserId="2916" Text="I believe Quest Software's freeware version of Toad has the ability to manage SQL jobs on SQL Server express.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option would be to script out the task using `sqlcmd` and schedule it using the Windows task manager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.toadsoft.com/" />
  <row Id="18364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10199" RevisionGUID="671c64e8-f81f-452f-a132-8e24e0b36e22" CreationDate="2009-05-20T02:33:03.750" UserId="422" Text="I am trying to contemplate how stupid an idea this would be...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was inspired by some foolish fellow, who soon after the release of Mac OS X 10.0 took 5 USB floppy drives, plugged them into his iMac, and set up a RAID5 array on them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Floppy RAID array.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But then I got thinking.  In the office I am sitting next to a stack of 1 GB USB drives that are being given away to customers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I snagged say 5 or 10 of them, plugged 4 into a USB hub, duct taped them in place (You knew duct tape would come into this, once I started talking about floppy RAID arrays, right?), and set them up as a RAID5 array, how ridiculous would that be?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ought to work, and be workable.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now if I could find a stack of say 4GB keys and do that, a 12GB RAID5 array might be cool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am thinking that performance might not be too bad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But then again, I could do a RAID 10 array for redundancy and performance I suppose." />
  <row Id="18365" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10199" RevisionGUID="671c64e8-f81f-452f-a132-8e24e0b36e22" CreationDate="2009-05-20T02:33:03.750" UserId="422" Text="USB drive RAID array" />
  <row Id="18366" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10199" RevisionGUID="671c64e8-f81f-452f-a132-8e24e0b36e22" CreationDate="2009-05-20T02:33:03.750" UserId="422" Text="&lt;usb&gt;&lt;software-raid&gt;" />
  <row Id="18367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10200" RevisionGUID="9e750b14-4af5-44d5-a9f2-77180f156fb2" CreationDate="2009-05-20T02:33:57.897" UserId="1094" Text="&#xD;&#xA;I was using expressmaint for a while then when I upgraded to SQL Express 2008 I had to switch to [SalBackupAndFTP][1]. It lets you schedule backups, etc, and supports SQL Express 2005/08, oh and its free.&#xD;&#xA;(BTW the ftp part is optional, it also lets you save to disk)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sqlbackupandftp.com/" />
  <row Id="18368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10201" RevisionGUID="00b43d06-0bb5-4e47-8753-45e6840782f1" CreationDate="2009-05-20T02:35:03.637" UserId="422" Text="The key difference between Notes and Exchange is that Notes is not an email system first and foremost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is a platform for database development.  It happens to also be an email and calendaring package.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Long established Notes shops often have no idea how many custom databases users have built and rely on for day to day business.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know of one large Notes shop that is contemplating a switch to Exchange but they have so many line of business applications that slowly fell into use as Notes applications, that the task is monumental.  &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18369" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10202" RevisionGUID="5e6d7ace-6a67-48e4-95c1-de91c2c0e8d1" CreationDate="2009-05-20T02:57:24.717" UserId="1803" Text="I've used this [HP utility][1] in the past, but I'm intrigued by the above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?swItem=MTX-UNITY-I23839&amp;lang" />
  <row Id="18370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10203" RevisionGUID="b125d1a2-25fc-4c7e-a2ca-161f7a830990" CreationDate="2009-05-20T03:00:44.350" UserId="1602" Text="In theory you could create a RAID volume out of connected USB drives, but the stupidity of the idea will come into play when you think about the following: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) The fact that both drives are on the same USB chain may not give you much of a performance enhancement (if any) since the total bandwidth available on USB is not enough to satisfy multiple simultaneous drives reading/writing. It might actually be SLOWER on RAID.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) If you ever need to move the drives to another computer&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10204" RevisionGUID="0ada0e98-e764-4d08-9c50-db86783d6192" CreationDate="2009-05-20T03:02:01.320" UserId="2916" Text="A hard drive is built for changing 0's to 1's and vice-versa.  As the other poster mentioned, an enterprise class drive is designed for 24x7 operation and will have longer warranty/will probably last longer.  Other than that, it won't matter." />
  <row Id="18372" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10205" RevisionGUID="03d4c4ec-b8bf-4f7c-88f6-b3a91cb010fd" CreationDate="2009-05-20T03:03:10.477" UserId="2567" Text="If you want to do this, try to get your USB drives on separate buses - putting them all on the same bus, or on a hub, will slow down the performance of the array **drastically**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck with this!" />
  <row Id="18373" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10206" RevisionGUID="b3632802-4df1-4438-8f4d-88a409597c9c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T03:04:49.473" UserId="753" Text="Top read speeds on USB drives are generally ~30MB/s (see [http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/05/usb-flash-drive-roundup.ars][1]), and USB is a terribly slow interface as it is -- I'll say this isn't going to be worth it, but I guess it would still be better than a floppy RAID..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/05/usb-flash-drive-roundup.ars" />
  <row Id="18374" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10203" RevisionGUID="87eef533-8206-49fd-a49c-35c5e94dfef2" CreationDate="2009-05-20T03:09:01.307" UserId="1602" Comment="added 114 characters in body" Text="In theory you could create a RAID volume out of connected USB drives, but the stupidity of the idea will come into play when you think about the following: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) The fact that both drives are on the same USB chain may not give you much of a performance enhancement (if any) since the total bandwidth available on USB is not enough to satisfy multiple simultaneous drives reading/writing. It might actually be SLOWER on RAID.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) If you ever need to move the drives to another computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suppose if you really need a permanent fault tolerant volume on your computer it would beat having automated synchronization of your data. Still, how comfortable would you feel if some other component on your system failed and your volume gets stranded?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10207" RevisionGUID="ba214e27-9c06-4346-95a1-dca0c34a08af" CreationDate="2009-05-20T03:16:25.410" UserId="1375" Text="OpenSSL got FIPS-140-2 certified a while ago; it requires you to use a particular version and build of OpenSSL, but if you really need the certification, then you're probably up the creek in a variety of other ways, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See http://www.openssl.org/docs/fips/UserGuide-1.1.1.pdf for all the gory details." />
  <row Id="18376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10208" RevisionGUID="9e94bb4f-fd08-464c-ad1f-e3460203ea7e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T03:23:54.567" UserId="3177" Text="By default Active Directory requires authentication for all but the simplest searches. What's the recommended way to disable this policy? (I searched, but found only a few nonspecific Microsoft blog posts at first.)" />
  <row Id="18377" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10208" RevisionGUID="9e94bb4f-fd08-464c-ad1f-e3460203ea7e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T03:23:54.567" UserId="3177" Text="Disable requiring authentication to bind in Active Directory" />
  <row Id="18378" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10208" RevisionGUID="9e94bb4f-fd08-464c-ad1f-e3460203ea7e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T03:23:54.567" UserId="3177" Text="&lt;ldap&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="18379" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10209" RevisionGUID="0abd52ad-10c7-474f-85b9-f6dabf0b7649" CreationDate="2009-05-20T03:23:54.973" UserId="3125" Text="I did this a while back.  The machine runs Gentoo on a RAID-5 array of 9x2GB USB drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As the above posters noted, it's best to spread the I/O across various interfaces.  That's why I have 3 drives connected to the on-board ports, 3 drives connected to a PCI USB card, and 3 drives connected to a PCI-E USB card.  No hubs.  Performance is really quite good!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You mention OSX above, but in case you plan to run Linux on the array:  I had experimented with using XFS, to try and take advantage of its aggressive caching feature and the ability to match the RAID chunk size to the fs block size, but in the end I just went with EXT3.  Read performance is of course very fast, and with the spread I/O, write speed feels like a mechanical drive.  Also, make sure to use noatime,nodiratime in the fstab." />
  <row Id="18380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10210" RevisionGUID="f932abf9-dd4a-4c8b-9d6f-c5264d38d66e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T03:41:17.840" UserId="2034" Text="&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Let's exploit our synergies and be pragmatic with this approach&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;I'll circle back with Sally and get you an answer&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Let's make sure we have all our ducks in a row&quot;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18381" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10210" RevisionGUID="f932abf9-dd4a-4c8b-9d6f-c5264d38d66e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T03:41:17.840" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18382" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10211" RevisionGUID="9f41d603-bf41-4209-8d50-9acf6b9a25a0" CreationDate="2009-05-20T03:48:28.310" UserId="2467" Text="Check out [this article][1] for Windows 2003 AD. Dunno about 2008, probably the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.petri.co.il/anonymous_ldap_operations_in_windows_2003_ad.htm" />
  <row Id="18383" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10212" RevisionGUID="a957c568-e13e-4a1a-ab0b-b2cca99a31b6" CreationDate="2009-05-20T03:49:42.800" UserId="2101" Text="The answer can be found in [this article][1] from Microsoft Technet. Search the page for 'Anonymous Queries'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Excerpt follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By default, anonymous LDAP operations to Active Directory, other than rootDSE searches and binds, are not permitted in Windows Server 2003. (Active Directory in Windows 2000 Server accepts anonymous requests; a successful result depends on objects having correct user permissions in Active Directory.)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;To enable anonymous binding to Active Directory in Windows Server 2003, you must change the seventh character of the dsHeuristics attribute on the following directory object:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    CN=Directory Service,CN=Windows NT,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,Root domain in forest&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;Valid values for the dsHeuristics attribute are 0 and 2. By default, the dsHeuristics attribute does not exist, but its internal default is 0. If you set the seventh character to 2, anonymous clients can perform any operation that is permitted by the access control list (ACL). If the attribute is already set, do not modify any bits in the dsHeuristics string other than the seventh bit. If the value is not set, make sure that you provide the leading zeros up to the seventh bit. You can use Adsiedit.msc to make the change to the dsHeuristics attribute.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;After you set the dsHeuristics attribute, if you want anonymous users to be able to query Active Directory, you can enable anonymous access to specific directory objects. Users gain anonymous access to Active Directory objects through Anonymous Logon, which is a special security identifier (SID) that is used to represent anonymous network callers that perform an LDAP bind with NULL credentials.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755809(WS.10).aspx&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10213" RevisionGUID="dedb6c76-960a-457b-9544-06c63687d9f4" CreationDate="2009-05-20T03:49:58.917" UserId="1054" Text="Have a look and see if [this article][1] answers your question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.petri.co.il/anonymous_ldap_operations_in_windows_2003_ad.htm" />
  <row Id="18385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10214" RevisionGUID="b98bb5f8-ef07-474f-824e-be9367fc098e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T03:52:50.250" UserId="2224" Text="Most of the time in my experience it has been relatively straightforward and users generally hate Lotus because Lotus admins insist on running a 5 year backlevel client. (Having working with Tivoli before, I could understand that philosophy.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The key is to rip off the bandaid. The products that help you run Notes/Exchange simultaneously are fairly mediocre, so you don't want to &quot;co-exist&quot; any longer than necessary. That said, it's much easier to absorb Lotus than Groupwise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sysadmins usually don't like change, especially since Domino admins tend to be contractors. I've also seen a few situations where the security folks flip out, because they are very comfortable with the security model and the way Notes works within the network or like running key infrastructure on Unix platforms. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the team is transitioning to an Exchange admin role they have difficulty adjusting to Microsoft documentation, which tends to suck. One thing that IBM does right is manuals, redbooks, etc." />
  <row Id="18386" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10161" RevisionGUID="8625381a-0345-45fd-9176-514b89419105" CreationDate="2009-05-20T03:56:00.527" UserId="2258" Comment="added 236 characters in body" Text="I'm having a wierd problem on two Windows 2008 VMs (inside HyperV) running NLB. They were working at one point, but now TCP/IP appears to be corrupt. I cannot ping anything if logged in with my Domain Admin account:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;ping 10.1.1.1&#xD;&#xA;    Unable to contact IP driver, error code 5,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried resetting winsock and ip with netsh. That makes no difference:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netsh int ip reset&#xD;&#xA;    Reseting Echo Request, failed.&#xD;&#xA;    Access is denied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I uninstalled NLB, I removed the synthetic NIC and added a legacy NIC from Hyper-V -- no dice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The wierd thing is that it works if I login with the built-in Administrator account, but not my Domain Admins account. UAC is disabled, so this should just work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas apart before I call PSS?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Can't ping anything if I don't login with the built-in Administrator account. (UAC on or off makes no different.) Can't ping 127.0.0.1 (access denied). NICs are the HyperV ones. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I installed SP2 for Windows 2008, no change." />
  <row Id="18387" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10215" RevisionGUID="9a4b6203-0525-4ad7-a34e-755dcfe49aef" CreationDate="2009-05-20T03:59:30.423" UserId="2302" Text="OpenSSL is currently compliant only for version 1.2 on OpenSUSE 10.2 compiled with the gcc compiler 4.1.2 [per the NIST documentation][1].  With the ever-increasing regulatory and compliance threshold environment (HIPAA, SOX, PCI, FTC Red Flag, etc, etc), it's absolutely essential that more open source efforts receive the required review.  There are plenty of small organizations out there (like ours) that rely on open source products like OpenSSL, TrueCrypt and GPG -- projects that use established, vetted encryption schemes and evolve as available algorithms become available.  FIPS 140-2 is becoming the de facto standard for all regulated environments, not just government computing -- which will soon be anyone in almost any line of business in the US. If we're going to have many of the same requirements placed on us that an enterprise with tens of thousands of employees and workstations has, it's important that small organizations are empowered to use open source to meet those requirements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://csrc.ncsl.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140val-all.htm" />
  <row Id="18388" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10195" RevisionGUID="a310a994-5dc4-488e-ba94-e3bacddba5c8" CreationDate="2009-05-20T04:00:01.873" UserId="2895" Comment="tried with ProxyChains 3.1 - same problem" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Ubuntu box I am looking at is behind a proxy which supports CONNECT to 80/443 ports. I have set up an outside ssh server on port 443 and can connect to it with corkscrew / ssh without any problems&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ssh_config:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Host *&#xD;&#xA;        ProxyCommand corkscrew corp.proxy.ip 8080 %h %p &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;command line to start ssd:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh -D 1080 username@external-host.com -p 443&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So as I said it all works just fine. The problem is though that -D parameter, which supposed to open up a SOCKS proxy does not quite work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I run proxychains that's what I get:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     user@laptop:$ proxychains git pull&#xD;&#xA;     ProxyChains-3.1 (http://proxychains.sf.net)&#xD;&#xA;     random chain (1):....127.0.0.1:1080....can't connect to..corp.proxy.ip:8080&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So it seem to initiate a connection to proxy again for some reason.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Similar set up works just fine on windows machine (Bitvise Tunneller/Freecap), all tunnelling works fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas how to fix?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="18389" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10215" RevisionGUID="183fb502-3c74-4831-b1ee-6146d89fd017" CreationDate="2009-05-20T04:09:13.900" UserId="2302" Comment="deleted 10 characters in body" Text="OpenSSL is currently compliant only for version 1.2 on OpenSUSE 10.2 compiled with the gcc compiler 4.1.2 [per the NIST documentation][1].  With the ever-increasing regulatory and compliance environment (HIPAA, SOX, PCI, FTC Red Flag, etc, etc), it's absolutely essential that more open source efforts receive the required review.  There are plenty of small organizations out there (like ours) that rely on open source products like OpenSSL, TrueCrypt and GPG -- projects that use established, vetted encryption schemes and evolve as available algorithms become available.  FIPS 140-2 is becoming the de facto standard for all regulated environments, not just government computing -- which will soon be anyone in almost any line of business in the US. If we're going to have many of the same requirements placed on us that an enterprise with tens of thousands of employees and workstations has, it's important that small organizations are empowered to use open source to meet those requirements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://csrc.ncsl.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140val-all.htm" />
  <row Id="18390" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10170" RevisionGUID="e643a0a1-c9ec-471a-b098-497834902263" CreationDate="2009-05-20T04:11:02.117" UserId="2302" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;encryption&gt;&lt;standards&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;compliance&gt;" />
  <row Id="18391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10216" RevisionGUID="3eca54a0-2ac2-48d8-9e67-2e94e764c7da" CreationDate="2009-05-20T04:11:57.873" UserId="2120" Text="I ended up trying what womble suggested; here are some more details that may be useful if, like me, you haven't seen this new functionality in e2fsck before.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The &quot;scratch_files&quot; configuration option for e2fsck became available sometime in the version 1.40.x period.  (In our case, we had to upgrade to the latest Debian distribution to get this functionality.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As well as the &quot;directory = /var/cache/e2fsk&quot; option that was suggested, there are some further configuration options to fine tune how the scratch files storage is used.  I used &quot;dirinfo = false&quot;, since the filesystem had a large number of files, but not such a large number of directories.  If the situation was reversed, the &quot;icount&quot; option would be appropriate.  These options were all documented in the man page for e2fsck.conf.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW, Ted T'so wrote about these options in [this thread][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found that e2fsck was running extremely slowly, much more than predicted by Ted.  It was running at 99.9% CPU utilization most of the time (on an extremely slow old processor), which suggests that storing these data structures on disk instead of memory was not the main cause of the slowdown.  It might be that something else about what was stored in the filesystem made e2fsck particularly slow.  In the end, I have abandoned the filesystem check for now; the filesystem was due for a check, but didn't have errors (as far as I know), so I'm going to arrange to check it at a more convenient time when we can afford to have a week-long outage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linux-archive.org/ext3-users/103464-2gb-memory-limit-running-fsck-6tb-device.html" />
  <row Id="18392" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10195" RevisionGUID="55ac75a3-6c8f-476b-978b-0eaa5290d4a0" CreationDate="2009-05-20T04:22:38.990" UserId="2895" Comment="added 6 characters in body" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Ubuntu box I am looking at is behind a proxy which supports CONNECT to 80/443 ports. I have set up an outside ssh server on port 443 and can connect to it with corkscrew / ssh without any problems&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ssh_config:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Host *&#xD;&#xA;        ProxyCommand corkscrew corp.proxy.ip 8080 %h %p &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;command line to start ssd:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh -D 1080 username@external-host.com -p 443&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So as I said it all works just fine. The problem is though that -D parameter, which supposed to open up a SOCKS proxy does not quite work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I run proxychains that's what I get:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     user@laptop:$ proxychains git pull&#xD;&#xA;     ProxyChains-3.1 (http://proxychains.sf.net)&#xD;&#xA;     random chain (1):....127.0.0.1:1080....can't connect to..corp.proxy.ip:8080&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So it seem to initiate a connection to proxy again for some reason.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Similar set up works just fine on windows machine (Bitvise Tunneller/Freecap), all tunnelling works fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried to that: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. started ssh with -D, having proxy in the config &#xD;&#xA; 1. commented proxy while (1) still runs &#xD;&#xA; 1. ran proxychains&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This time ssh did not try to connect to the proxy and connection went fine, but editing config every time back and forth is hardly a solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So any ideas how to fix properly?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="18393" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10217" RevisionGUID="7ce42a2f-a64a-4d26-9f7b-928df78417f8" CreationDate="2009-05-20T04:25:38.390" UserId="1661" Text="At a meeting, I was trying to come up with a 'nice' way of saying 'the client is too stupid to notice, anyway.'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, the best I could do was:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;I don't think were adequately&#xD;&#xA;&gt; exploiting the limited capabilities of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; our users&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We were discussing merging some major changes into production that would break some functionality for a very short time.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18394" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10217" RevisionGUID="7ce42a2f-a64a-4d26-9f7b-928df78417f8" CreationDate="2009-05-20T04:25:38.390" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18395" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10218" RevisionGUID="b5dc7ecb-9e96-4148-a902-321d0b9b63db" CreationDate="2009-05-20T04:26:35.317" UserId="843" Text="1. Per Oskar Duveborn's suggestion try disabling applications to see if you can isolate one causing the log corruption. Is there any pattern to good logs just before it goes corrupt?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Maybe there is something wrong with hard drive or location the Event Log being stored at, which causes the corruption. See [kb 315417][1] to try moving it to a different folder, or better yet, a different hard drive. At least temporarily to see if that is the problem. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315417" />
  <row Id="18396" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10219" RevisionGUID="c4d5b6f1-bd8f-474d-86a3-465246ffecc0" CreationDate="2009-05-20T04:27:50.040" UserId="2895" Text="Solution is quite simple after all: make ssh connect to proxy ONLY when it needs to establish a tunnel for the first time:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ssh_config:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Host external-host.com&#xD;&#xA;        ProxyCommand corkscrew corp.proxy.ip 8080 %h %p&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That works cool. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for watching, everybody :)" />
  <row Id="18397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10220" RevisionGUID="9561eb2b-462b-498f-8a66-fbcbc2208ffa" CreationDate="2009-05-20T04:31:17.273" UserId="2578" Text="I don't have any attachments or plugins, do I just need to backup the .db and config files?  I'm about to migrate to new hardware and don't want to lose my Redmine stuff." />
  <row Id="18398" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10220" RevisionGUID="9561eb2b-462b-498f-8a66-fbcbc2208ffa" CreationDate="2009-05-20T04:31:17.273" UserId="2578" Text="Backing up Redmine w/SQLITE on 2003 Server?" />
  <row Id="18399" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10220" RevisionGUID="9561eb2b-462b-498f-8a66-fbcbc2208ffa" CreationDate="2009-05-20T04:31:17.273" UserId="2578" Text="&lt;redmine&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="18400" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8961" RevisionGUID="82d6fa15-663e-4a30-8863-3f16fe6c2536" CreationDate="2009-05-20T04:34:32.257" UserId="1840" Comment="added 563 characters in body; edited tags" Text="What's your strategy towards traffic prioritization/management.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not really to just get a list of [packet shaping solutions][1]. Instead, I would like to get recommendations about traffic management strategies that include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What software/hardware products you use, or have used&#xD;&#xA; - How this solution is/was implemented&#xD;&#xA; - Why would you recommend (or not) this solution/strategy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some solutions I've heard of, but haven't had much (if at all) experience with them:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Linux Advanced Routing Traffic Contro ([http://lartc.org/][2])&#xD;&#xA; - Packeteer ([http://www.bluecoat.com/products/packetshaper/specifications][3])&#xD;&#xA; - NetEqualizer ([http://www.netequalizer.com/nda.htm][4])&#xD;&#xA; - Network Composer ([http://www.cymphonix.com/Products.html][5])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;**Some notes:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *I'm debating myself whether or not to include pricing information*&#xD;&#xA; - *This is assuming you have the NEED for traffic management*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.processor.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles%2Fp2816%2F07p16%2F07p16.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://lartc.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.bluecoat.com/products/packetshaper/specifications&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.netequalizer.com/nda.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.cymphonix.com/Products.html" />
  <row Id="18401" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8961" RevisionGUID="82d6fa15-663e-4a30-8863-3f16fe6c2536" CreationDate="2009-05-20T04:34:32.257" UserId="1840" Comment="added 563 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;traffic&gt;&lt;packet-shaping&gt;&lt;traffic-management&gt;&lt;qos&gt;" />
  <row Id="18402" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10221" RevisionGUID="09730405-ed1d-471b-9411-469d31420ff5" CreationDate="2009-05-20T04:36:15.763" UserId="3181" Text="If you plan to run a 2.5&quot; drive 24x7, you need to buy the &quot;enterprise&quot; drives. I've seen problems where a consumer drive was installed by the manufacturer, to save costs, and the units started having very strange behaviors. It took a good bit of effort to diagnose the problem." />
  <row Id="18403" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10222" RevisionGUID="42c3f7e9-c607-4ca8-89d8-0209e5b242f7" CreationDate="2009-05-20T04:58:07.000" UserId="2101" Text="At least a portion of my answer is the same as my programming .vimrc:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    set hidden&#xD;&#xA;    map &lt;TAB&gt; :e#&lt;CR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    map &lt;F7&gt; :set paste!&lt;CR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    map &lt;F8&gt; :set hlsearch!&lt;CR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    map &lt;F9&gt; :!co -l %&lt;CR&gt;:e&lt;CR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    map &lt;F10&gt; :!rcsdiff %&lt;CR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    map &lt;F11&gt; :!ci -u %&lt;CR&gt;:e&lt;CR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If at least some files that you're editing aren't in RCS, they should be! :)" />
  <row Id="18404" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10222" RevisionGUID="42c3f7e9-c607-4ca8-89d8-0209e5b242f7" CreationDate="2009-05-20T04:58:07.000" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18405" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10223" RevisionGUID="08459c34-ee59-42f0-add9-eea0baff8f11" CreationDate="2009-05-20T04:59:53.673" UserId="3182" Text="I ran into this same problem on Server 2008, completely out of the blue.  Tried the same steps as you also, with no luck.  I ended up dumping the Winsock and Winsock2 settings from the registry from another (working) box and using those.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Download from:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;coreygilmore.com/uploads/2009/05/winsock-reg.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;coreygilmore.com/uploads/2009/05/winsock2-reg.txt &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if you want to give it a shot, just back up HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WinSock and HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WinSock2 first to be safe.  After you back those keys up, delete them from the registry, then import and reboot.  Dumped from Server 2008 x86.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18406" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10224" RevisionGUID="bdba9481-aecd-4785-9173-36ed32d17fa8" CreationDate="2009-05-20T05:02:02.793" UserId="1178" Text="Cygwin has 'time', but no 'top' and its 'ps' looks lame." />
  <row Id="18407" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10224" RevisionGUID="bdba9481-aecd-4785-9173-36ed32d17fa8" CreationDate="2009-05-20T05:02:02.793" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10225" RevisionGUID="6675812a-cc85-4bae-a5de-e251f6b92a9e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T05:04:47.047" UserId="2661" Text="I've got a connection in a datacenter where the network provider gives me two Ethernet connections. They're supposedly hooked up to the same VLAN, such that I can wire them up to my switch and only one of them will be active at a time, but either side could then do hardware maintenance (rewiring, switch upgrades, etc.) without causing a service outage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've partitioned my switch off to have a separate VLAN for this external edge - let's say that ports 1-3 are on the VLAN, with ports 1 &amp; 2 being my colo-provided internet connections, and port 3 being the outside interface of my firewall. This works fine with either port 1 or port 2 connected, but about 2 minutes after both are connected simultaneously, my switch becomes unresponsive, I get about 80% packet loss, and doing some diagnostics show millions of broadcast packets per minute.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a basic understanding of STP to know that it should be enabled for this to work; while STP is turned on, both interfaces still get marked as Forwarding.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have any ideas on what would cause the packet storm? Is there a better way to set up a redundant connection?" />
  <row Id="18409" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10225" RevisionGUID="6675812a-cc85-4bae-a5de-e251f6b92a9e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T05:04:47.047" UserId="2661" Text="Preventing packet storm on VLAN" />
  <row Id="18410" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10225" RevisionGUID="6675812a-cc85-4bae-a5de-e251f6b92a9e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T05:04:47.047" UserId="2661" Text="&lt;vlan&gt;&lt;spanning-tree&gt;&lt;datacenter&gt;&lt;ethernet&gt;" />
  <row Id="18411" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10110" RevisionGUID="a838ddaa-3ff8-4e11-9de8-cfad6670f1ca" CreationDate="2009-05-20T05:10:10.780" UserId="1840" Comment="Added bling bling" Text="&lt;h3&gt;At the end, you'll find out that $1,000 for even a two-site video-conferencing solution is really tough to accomplish as you'll spend much $ on hardware/software costs, as well as man-hours to plan, deploy and maintain a feasible solution.  Here are some options that might give you a better view of where things are on videoconferencing (per category) - If I missed a good one, please let me know (probably did).&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.andberg.net/sami/pub/optek.blogi/xmeeting.jpg&quot; width=&quot;100&quot; height=&quot;100&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.ivci.com/images/polycom_pvx.jpg&quot; width=&quot;100&quot; height=&quot;100&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Desktop-based endpoints&lt;/h1&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Polcyom PVX&lt;/h2&gt; has a software solution (windows only).  With some creativity, a good camera and some tweaks to a system you can probably find what you're looking for with the PVX H.323 protocol video conferencing solution.  Point to point communication through IP or H.323 extension/through gatekeeper or not (software is about $150):[http://www.polycom.com/products/telepresence_video/video_conference_systems/personal_systems/pvx.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;xMeeting&lt;/h2&gt;XMeeting is a SIP and H.323 compliant and Open Source videoconferencing client for Mac OS X (10.4 and later only).  It has it's limits, but it is a solution that needs not authentication of any kind (IP or H.323 extension through or without a gatekeeper)&#xD;&#xA;[http://xmeeting.sourceforge.net/pages/xmeeting_screenshots.php][2]&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;VMukti&lt;/h2&gt; (I haven't used this, but sounds promising) VMukti is creator of leading Asterisk/ Yate enabled p2p call center and video conferencing applications for Web / PSTN. These serverless broadband ready applications enable OS community to save 90% on capital &amp; operating costs over proprietary software: [http://sourceforge.net/projects/vmukti][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.polycom.com/global/images/products/video/large_conference_room/hdx/hdx8004.jpg&quot; width=&quot;100&quot; height=&quot;100&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.polycom.com/global/images/products/video/conferencing/alt_hdx8004_sm.jpg&quot; width=&quot;100&quot; height=&quot;100&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;High-end VC Infrastructure:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Telepresence is something that is primarily supported by these kind of high-end products, that's why they're so expensive.  Here's the link of a VC end-point vendor I've dealt with H323.tv before and they seem pretty responsive, plus have great prices for Polycom, Tandberg, Lifesize or Sony compared to manufacturer's retail prices - even with Educational Discounts (They provide with maintenance/warranty contracts for New and Used equipment): &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://h323.tv/][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.makeuseof.com/images/skype-video-ubuntu.png&quot; width=&quot;100&quot; height=&quot;100&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2005/04/28/business/28pogue.ichatBIG.jpg&quot; width=&quot;100&quot; height=&quot;100&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Consumer-based options&lt;/h1&gt; I guess anything is possible if you put your mind into it, but remember these are all based on proprietary connection protocols:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Skype [www.skype.com][5]&#xD;&#xA;- iChat [www.apple.com][6]&#xD;&#xA;- gTalk [www.gmail.com][7]&#xD;&#xA;- MSN messenger [www.live.com][8]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.polycom.com/products/telepresence_video/video_conference_systems/personal_systems/pvx.html/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://xmeeting.sourceforge.net/pages/xmeeting_screenshots.php&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vmukti&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://h323.tv/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.skype.com&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.apple.com&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.gmail.com&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.live.com" />
  <row Id="18412" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10226" RevisionGUID="209953ea-a09e-486a-b565-315d447211a1" CreationDate="2009-05-20T05:12:47.687" UserId="1298" Text="how should I set the shm* values in Mac Os X 10.5.6 Leopard in a persistent manner?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried putting&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    kern.sysv.shmmax=524288000&#xD;&#xA;    kern.sysv.shmmin=1&#xD;&#xA;    kern.sysv.shmmni=64&#xD;&#xA;    kern.sysv.shmseg=16&#xD;&#xA;    kern.sysv.semmns=130&#xD;&#xA;    kern.sysv.shmall=131072000&#xD;&#xA;    kern.sysv.maxproc=2048&#xD;&#xA;    kern.maxprocperuid=512&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in the file /etc/sysctl.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but after a reboot when I run&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;     sysctl kern.sysv.shmmax &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It yields the default value again...&#xD;&#xA; 4194304" />
  <row Id="18413" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10226" RevisionGUID="209953ea-a09e-486a-b565-315d447211a1" CreationDate="2009-05-20T05:12:47.687" UserId="1298" Text="how to set the shmmax parameter on mac os x" />
  <row Id="18414" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10226" RevisionGUID="209953ea-a09e-486a-b565-315d447211a1" CreationDate="2009-05-20T05:12:47.687" UserId="1298" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;shmmax&gt;" />
  <row Id="18415" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10227" RevisionGUID="40e7706a-97b4-4e43-9616-9347ec0bd9be" CreationDate="2009-05-20T05:13:47.483" UserId="2101" Text="Quick answer: You need to talk to your provider.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order for STP to prevent the network loop you're getting, all potential nodes in a loop must be running the same STP protocol configured the same way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to get in touch with your provider and ask him &quot;How is STP configured?&quot; and ensure that your end is the same. (Possible spanning tree protocols include STP, MST, RST, PVST, PVST+, ...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, it's quite possible that he's not running STP on your links since you're probably not sharing VLAN configurations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If he's willing to do so, configure link aggregation on those uplinks (on both ends!). Then you won't need to worry about STP." />
  <row Id="18419" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10229" RevisionGUID="b4cb1b3d-2bf3-46c7-abcd-180a708c5271" CreationDate="2009-05-20T05:22:52.817" UserId="613" Text="What do you get when you run 'sysctl -p' ? does it load your settings from /etc/sysctl.conf?  What file is listed as default when you do 'sysctl --help' ?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18420" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10226" RevisionGUID="4462118c-6a40-435b-aa66-e712f6cb82ef" CreationDate="2009-05-20T05:23:13.423" UserId="1298" Comment="deleted 387 characters in body" Text="how should I set the shm* values in Mac Os X 10.5.6 Leopard in a persistent manner?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18421" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10230" RevisionGUID="efc4b479-0cd4-40c6-a501-0f64864ef949" CreationDate="2009-05-20T05:25:17.037" UserId="1298" Text="put this &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    kern.sysv.shmmax=524288000&#xD;&#xA;    kern.sysv.shmmin=1&#xD;&#xA;    kern.sysv.shmmni=64&#xD;&#xA;    kern.sysv.shmseg=16&#xD;&#xA;    kern.sysv.semmns=130&#xD;&#xA;    kern.sysv.shmall=131072000&#xD;&#xA;    kern.sysv.maxproc=2048&#xD;&#xA;    kern.maxprocperuid=512&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;on this file /etc/sysctl.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and then reboot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to verify run this command  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     sysctl kern.sysv.shmmax &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and it should give 524288000&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18422" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9771" RevisionGUID="12f5e9c4-a90c-4ab6-bf03-5404b8972416" CreationDate="2009-05-20T05:32:14.963" UserId="984" Comment="added 472 characters in body" Text="There is a lot of overlap with existing questions, I creating a wiki with links.  Please feel free to update.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How to make a backups! (and how to restore)&#xD;&#xA; - Customer service skills&#xD;&#xA; - Troubleshooting&#xD;&#xA;  - [Your troubleshooting rules, approach to troubleshooting?][1]&#xD;&#xA; - How to respond when there is a crisis&#xD;&#xA;  - [What’s your checklist for when everything blows up?][2]&#xD;&#xA; - The OSI Model, and IP networking.&#xD;&#xA;  - [Practical implications of OSI vs TCP/IP networking.][3]&#xD;&#xA;  - [What is the difference between a port and a socket?][4]&#xD;&#xA;  - [What are routers, hubs, and switches?][5]&#xD;&#xA; - How to document there network&#xD;&#xA;  - [How are you documenting your work, processes and environment?][6]&#xD;&#xA; - How to ask for help in a way that will get you useful results.&#xD;&#xA;  - [How To Ask Questions The Smart Way][7]&#xD;&#xA;  - [How to ask a question][8]&#xD;&#xA; - Security&#xD;&#xA;  - [How to respond to a compromised system][9]&#xD;&#xA; - How to use the CLI&#xD;&#xA;  - [Useful Commandline Commands on Windows][10]&#xD;&#xA;  - [Useful Commandline Commands on Linux][11]&#xD;&#xA;  - [Useful Commandline Commands on Mac OS][12]&#xD;&#xA; - How to monitor the systems you will be responsible for&#xD;&#xA;  - http://serverfault.com/questions/44/what-tool-do-you-use-to-monitor-your-servers&#xD;&#xA; - Other&#xD;&#xA;  - [What tools should you absolutely know as a Windows/Linux Sysadmin?][13]&#xD;&#xA;  - [What should every sysadmin know before administrating a public server?][14]&#xD;&#xA;  - [What sysadmin things should every programmer know?][15]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8812/your-troubleshooting-rules-approach-to-troubleshooting&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/30/whats-your-checklist-for-when-everything-blows-up&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/681326/practical-implications-of-osi-vs-tcp-ip-networking&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/152457/what-is-the-difference-between-a-port-and-a-socket&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/276346/what-are-routers-hubs-and-switches-closed&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3970/how-are-you-documenting-your-work-processes-and-environment&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6159/aftermath-of-hack&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6269/useful-commandline-commands-on-linux&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7346/useful-commandline-commands-on-mac-os&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://serverfault.com/questions/906/what-tools-should-you-absolutely-know-as-a-windows-linux-sysadmin/&#xD;&#xA;  [14]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6530/what-should-every-sysadmin-know-before-administrating-a-public-server/6545#6545&#xD;&#xA;  [15]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4176/what-sysadmin-things-should-every-programmer-know" />
  <row Id="18423" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10231" RevisionGUID="791a44c8-76f9-4b55-93a7-1cc029476f1c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T05:33:17.553" UserId="613" Text="I think you just have to put them into your ~/.fonts directory." />
  <row Id="18424" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10215" RevisionGUID="b20b331b-57fb-4543-8bf2-0bee94e3a4d2" CreationDate="2009-05-20T05:34:19.627" UserId="2302" Comment="deleted 84 characters in body" Text="OpenSSL is currently compliant only for version 1.2 on OpenSUSE 10.2 compiled with the gcc compiler 4.1.2 [per the NIST documentation][1].  With the ever-increasing regulatory and compliance environment (HIPAA, SOX, PCI, FTC Red Flag, etc, etc), it's absolutely essential that more open source efforts receive the required review.  There are plenty of small organizations out there (like ours) that rely on open source products like OpenSSL, TrueCrypt and GPG -- projects that use established, vetted encryption schemes and evolve as new ones become available.  FIPS 140-2 is quickly becoming the de facto standard for all regulated environments, not just government. If we're going to have many of the same requirements placed on us that an enterprise with tens of thousands of employees and workstations has, it seems that small organizations should be empowered to use open source to meet those requirements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://csrc.ncsl.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140val-all.htm" />
  <row Id="18425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10232" RevisionGUID="83b25e40-3d4a-4d43-8a17-f60c12796ba5" CreationDate="2009-05-20T05:35:10.527" UserId="1344" Text="* right-size, re-organize, and empowerment - this typically means the same old hierarchy in a brand new jargon suit&#xD;&#xA;* takeaways - supposedly the things you learned or have to do or remember after a meeting, makes me think of fast food drive-through windows&#xD;&#xA;* synergy - that word. i don't think it means what you think it means.&#xD;&#xA;* going forward - as opposed to spinning our wheels&#xD;&#xA;* market space - pretend to be intrepid explorers instead of salespeople&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;bugs&quot; - when they're _not really bugs_, i.e. when the users simply changed their minds or lied to us&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18426" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10232" RevisionGUID="83b25e40-3d4a-4d43-8a17-f60c12796ba5" CreationDate="2009-05-20T05:35:10.527" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18427" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10215" RevisionGUID="0f6eb5a2-4858-428f-be96-825b47be215f" CreationDate="2009-05-20T05:43:24.740" UserId="2302" Comment="deleted 20 characters in body" Text="OpenSSL is currently compliant only for version 1.2 on OpenSUSE 10.2 compiled with the gcc compiler 4.1.2 [per the NIST documentation][1]!  With the increasing regulatory and compliance environment (HIPAA, SOX, PCI, FTC Red Flag, etc, etc), it's absolutely essential that more open source efforts receive the required review for this, and soon.  There are plenty of small organizations out there (like ours) that rely on open source products like OpenSSL, TrueCrypt and GPG -- projects that use established, vetted encryption schemes and evolve as new ones become available.  FIPS 140-2 is on its way to becoming the de facto standard for all regulated environments, not just government, and they need to certify more programs that are within the reach of the increasing number of smaller organizations that are subject to the standard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To answer your question, outside of OpenSSL, no! :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://csrc.ncsl.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140val-all.htm" />
  <row Id="18428" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10233" RevisionGUID="660ddae0-bf3d-4cbf-9930-59d949a0298e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T05:49:21.203" UserId="3183" Text="To elaborate on the second part of [boxelephant's answer][1], here's a sample script you could save as a bat file and run via Windows scheduler.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sqlcmd -E -S .\sqlexpress -Q &quot;BACKUP DATABASE [MyDatabaseName] TO  DISK = N'c:\Backups\MyDatabaseName.bak' &#xD;&#xA;    WITH NOFORMAT, NOINIT,  NAME = N'My Database-Full Database Backup'&#xD;&#xA;    , SKIP, NOREWIND, NOUNLOAD,  STATS = 10&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This just logs into the local sqlexpress instance using a trusted connection and creates a full backup of MyDatabaseName and saves it to disk.  You'd probably want to tweak the script to incorporate some sort of date/time stamp in the bak file name so you don't overwrite the previous backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The sqlcmd syntax can be found here: [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162773.aspx][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've never used either of the third-party solutions mentioned, but if one meets your needs, it's likely easier to use one of them than rolling your own from scratch.  OTOH, this is still pretty easy if all you need is a super lightweight backup plan.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10141/sql-2005-express-db-backups-on-windows-server-2003-sbe/10197#10197&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162773.aspx" />
  <row Id="18429" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10234" RevisionGUID="64f1b492-cf8d-4c8c-8a5f-ff99b5eec699" CreationDate="2009-05-20T05:50:00.203" UserId="613" Text="Sun has 'evolved past' SysVinit to something called the 'Services Management Framework' (or SMF for short).  There's an article on it [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/content/selfheal/smf-quickstart.jsp" />
  <row Id="18431" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10235" RevisionGUID="7de2d13f-815a-46bb-bd91-7a333988e080" CreationDate="2009-05-20T05:56:54.773" UserId="984" Text=" - As a system administrator what should I know about the [OSI model][1]? ([Rec X.200][2])&#xD;&#xA; - Briefly, what are the layers and what do they do?&#xD;&#xA; - How much do I need to know about in my day-to-day work?&#xD;&#xA; - How does this contrast with the [TCP/IP model][3]? ([RFC1122][4])&#xD;&#xA; - Does the OSI model still apply on today's networks?&#xD;&#xA; - Are there other networking models?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-X.200-199407-I/en&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP/IP_model&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1122" />
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  <row Id="18433" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10235" RevisionGUID="7de2d13f-815a-46bb-bd91-7a333988e080" CreationDate="2009-05-20T05:56:54.773" UserId="984" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;tcpip&gt;" />
  <row Id="18434" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10234" RevisionGUID="66223554-c976-409d-b73d-575cf09f1f54" CreationDate="2009-05-20T05:57:28.657" UserId="613" Comment="added 204 characters in body" Text="Sun has 'evolved past' SysVinit to something called the 'Services Management Framework' (or SMF for short).  There's an article on it [here][1] and a more dev-oriented article [here][2] that includes instruction on how to create your own service, which is, I think, what you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/content/selfheal/smf-quickstart.jsp&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/content/selfheal/sdev_intro.jsp" />
  <row Id="18435" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9771" RevisionGUID="decfc4a2-b598-4eb2-820a-e9bba5a4a958" CreationDate="2009-05-20T06:02:16.887" UserId="984" Comment="added osi link to question" Text="There is a lot of overlap with existing questions, I creating a wiki with links.  Please feel free to update.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How to make a backups! (and how to restore)&#xD;&#xA; - Customer service skills&#xD;&#xA; - Troubleshooting&#xD;&#xA;  - [Your troubleshooting rules, approach to troubleshooting?][1]&#xD;&#xA; - How to respond when there is a crisis&#xD;&#xA;  - [What’s your checklist for when everything blows up?][2]&#xD;&#xA; - The OSI Model, and IP networking.&#xD;&#xA;  - [What is the OSI model and how does it apply to todays networks?][3]&#xD;&#xA;  - [Practical implications of OSI vs TCP/IP networking.][4]&#xD;&#xA;  - [What is the difference between a port and a socket?][5]&#xD;&#xA;  - [What are routers, hubs, and switches?][6]&#xD;&#xA; - How to document there network&#xD;&#xA;  - [How are you documenting your work, processes and environment?][7]&#xD;&#xA; - How to ask for help in a way that will get you useful results.&#xD;&#xA;  - [How To Ask Questions The Smart Way][8]&#xD;&#xA;  - [How to ask a question][9]&#xD;&#xA; - Security&#xD;&#xA;  - [How to respond to a compromised system][10]&#xD;&#xA; - How to use the CLI&#xD;&#xA;  - [Useful Commandline Commands on Windows][11]&#xD;&#xA;  - [Useful Commandline Commands on Linux][12]&#xD;&#xA;  - [Useful Commandline Commands on Mac OS][13]&#xD;&#xA; - How to monitor the systems you will be responsible for&#xD;&#xA;  - http://serverfault.com/questions/44/what-tool-do-you-use-to-monitor-your-servers&#xD;&#xA; - Other&#xD;&#xA;  - [What tools should you absolutely know as a Windows/Linux Sysadmin?][14]&#xD;&#xA;  - [What should every sysadmin know before administrating a public server?][15]&#xD;&#xA;  - [What sysadmin things should every programmer know?][16]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8812/your-troubleshooting-rules-approach-to-troubleshooting&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/30/whats-your-checklist-for-when-everything-blows-up&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10235/what-is-the-osi-model-and-how-does-it-apply-to-todays-networks&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/681326/practical-implications-of-osi-vs-tcp-ip-networking&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/152457/what-is-the-difference-between-a-port-and-a-socket&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/276346/what-are-routers-hubs-and-switches-closed&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3970/how-are-you-documenting-your-work-processes-and-environment&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6159/aftermath-of-hack&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6269/useful-commandline-commands-on-linux&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7346/useful-commandline-commands-on-mac-os&#xD;&#xA;  [14]: http://serverfault.com/questions/906/what-tools-should-you-absolutely-know-as-a-windows-linux-sysadmin/&#xD;&#xA;  [15]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6530/what-should-every-sysadmin-know-before-administrating-a-public-server/6545#6545&#xD;&#xA;  [16]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4176/what-sysadmin-things-should-every-programmer-know" />
  <row Id="18437" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9771" RevisionGUID="3293aaf4-9b03-48a5-905d-f2825baac1c3" CreationDate="2009-05-20T06:14:06.223" UserId="984" Comment="added link for tcp/udp question" Text="There is a lot of overlap with existing questions, I creating a wiki with links.  Please feel free to update.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How to make a backups! (and how to restore)&#xD;&#xA; - Customer service skills&#xD;&#xA; - Troubleshooting&#xD;&#xA;  - [Your troubleshooting rules, approach to troubleshooting?][1]&#xD;&#xA; - How to respond when there is a crisis&#xD;&#xA;  - [What’s your checklist for when everything blows up?][2]&#xD;&#xA; - The OSI Model, and IP networking.&#xD;&#xA;  - [What is the OSI model and how does it apply to todays networks?][3]&#xD;&#xA;  - [Practical implications of OSI vs TCP/IP networking.][4]&#xD;&#xA;  - [What is the difference between a port and a socket?][5]&#xD;&#xA;  - [What are routers, hubs, and switches?][6]&#xD;&#xA;  - [What is the difference between UDP and TCP?][7]&#xD;&#xA; - How to document there network&#xD;&#xA;  - [How are you documenting your work, processes and environment?][8]&#xD;&#xA; - How to ask for help in a way that will get you useful results.&#xD;&#xA;  - [How To Ask Questions The Smart Way][9]&#xD;&#xA;  - [How to ask a question][10]&#xD;&#xA; - Security&#xD;&#xA;  - [How to respond to a compromised system][11]&#xD;&#xA; - How to use the CLI&#xD;&#xA;  - [Useful Commandline Commands on Windows][12]&#xD;&#xA;  - [Useful Commandline Commands on Linux][13]&#xD;&#xA;  - [Useful Commandline Commands on Mac OS][14]&#xD;&#xA; - How to monitor the systems you will be responsible for&#xD;&#xA;  - http://serverfault.com/questions/44/what-tool-do-you-use-to-monitor-your-servers&#xD;&#xA; - Other&#xD;&#xA;  - [What tools should you absolutely know as a Windows/Linux Sysadmin?][15]&#xD;&#xA;  - [What should every sysadmin know before administrating a public server?][16]&#xD;&#xA;  - [What sysadmin things should every programmer know?][17]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8812/your-troubleshooting-rules-approach-to-troubleshooting&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/30/whats-your-checklist-for-when-everything-blows-up&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10235/what-is-the-osi-model-and-how-does-it-apply-to-todays-networks&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/681326/practical-implications-of-osi-vs-tcp-ip-networking&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/152457/what-is-the-difference-between-a-port-and-a-socket&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/276346/what-are-routers-hubs-and-switches-closed&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8981/what-is-the-difference-between-udp-and-tcp&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3970/how-are-you-documenting-your-work-processes-and-environment&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6159/aftermath-of-hack&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6269/useful-commandline-commands-on-linux&#xD;&#xA;  [14]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7346/useful-commandline-commands-on-mac-os&#xD;&#xA;  [15]: http://serverfault.com/questions/906/what-tools-should-you-absolutely-know-as-a-windows-linux-sysadmin/&#xD;&#xA;  [16]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6530/what-should-every-sysadmin-know-before-administrating-a-public-server/6545#6545&#xD;&#xA;  [17]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4176/what-sysadmin-things-should-every-programmer-know" />
  <row Id="18438" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1144" RevisionGUID="1a5b1fe7-0fd9-48c1-b0e2-234093fabce6" CreationDate="2009-05-20T06:17:27.417" UserId="984" Comment="deleted 48 characters in body" Text="The [Linux Administration Handbook](http://www.amazon.com/Linux-Administration-Handbook-2nd-Nemeth/dp/0131480049/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Linux Administration Handbook](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KTkShzhyL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU01_.jpg)" />
  <row Id="18439" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2042" RevisionGUID="40f41f72-e13b-4f5f-9461-4a68e0ef2b9e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T06:18:14.233" UserId="984" Comment="deleted 53 characters in body" Text="I think the most influential book that you can read is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Sex-Drugs-Economics-Unconventional-Introduction/dp/1587991470/&quot;&gt;Sex, Drugs and Economics: An Unconventional Introduction to Economics&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a pop economics book written by a british economist.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since System Administration involves many different skills and it's usually different tasks depending where you're working, I believe it's important to develop a mindset using this book and making your own choices about what's best." />
  <row Id="18440" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10235" RevisionGUID="f17cbbbf-4dbf-47d2-abdc-2396278e069e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T06:26:49.347" UserId="984" Comment="deleted 41 characters in body" Text=" - As a system administrator what should I know about the [OSI model][1]? ([Rec X.200][2])&#xD;&#xA; - Briefly, what are the layers and what do they do?&#xD;&#xA; - How much do I need to know about in my day-to-day work?&#xD;&#xA; - How does this contrast with the [TCP/IP model][3]? ([RFC1122][4])&#xD;&#xA; - Does the OSI model still apply on today's networks?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-X.200-199407-I/en&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP/IP_model&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1122" />
  <row Id="18441" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1006" RevisionGUID="4827edc0-6738-4f5f-9c7d-761b463112c4" CreationDate="2009-05-20T06:29:11.293" UserId="984" Comment="updated tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;defrag&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;" />
  <row Id="18442" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10236" RevisionGUID="639e9674-3f80-4ffe-82d3-cf8088326585" CreationDate="2009-05-20T06:32:54.953" UserId="2914" Text="It should not require more than (example)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh-keygen -t rsa &#xD;&#xA;    ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub user@host.tld&#xD;&#xA;    ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub another@host2.tld&#xD;&#xA;    ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub etc@etc.tld" />
  <row Id="18443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10237" RevisionGUID="53dd1867-f129-4345-88c4-e184b4202f23" CreationDate="2009-05-20T06:37:24.287" UserId="1435" Text="I genuinely don't believe that many, if any, sysadmins need to know the OSI model in any specific way, however the IP model is staggeringly relevant and is used all the time." />
  <row Id="18444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10238" RevisionGUID="c401e653-071d-439c-a9cb-173c38b3350a" CreationDate="2009-05-20T06:38:31.587" UserId="2120" Text="[Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Often regarded as one of the best books on **any** topic.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This quote (found [here][2]) is relevant:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; My personal feeling is that this is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; how any further improvement of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; world will be done: by individuals&#xD;&#xA;&gt; making Quality decisions and that's&#xD;&#xA;&gt; all. God, I don't want to have any&#xD;&#xA;&gt; more enthusiasm for big programs full&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of social planning for big masses of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; people that leave individual Quality&#xD;&#xA;&gt; out. These can be left alone for a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; while. There's a place for them but&#xD;&#xA;&gt; they've got to be built on a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; foundation of Quality within the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; individuals involved. We've had that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; individual Quality in the past,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; exploited it as a natural resource&#xD;&#xA;&gt; without knowing it, and now it's just&#xD;&#xA;&gt; about depleted. Everyone's just about&#xD;&#xA;&gt; out of gumption. And I think it's&#xD;&#xA;&gt; about time to return to the rebuilding&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of *this* American resource - individual&#xD;&#xA;&gt; worth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Zen-Art-Motorcycle-Maintenance-Inquiry/dp/0553277472&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://c2.com/cgi-bin/wiki?ZenAndTheArtOfMotorcycleMaintenance" />
  <row Id="18445" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10239" RevisionGUID="63e0be12-a072-4aad-a62b-4c66103e5437" CreationDate="2009-05-20T06:41:35.997" UserId="1435" Text="VMWare - pros=maturity, functionality &amp; speed, cons=cost&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HyperV is the opposite." />
  <row Id="18446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10240" RevisionGUID="c4fb9776-ad02-463f-8b93-2200c6f1c7ba" CreationDate="2009-05-20T06:48:55.277" UserId="3156" Text="You need to know the OSI model because a lot of documentation for proxies, load balancers and other such things will refer to &quot;Layer 7&quot; or &quot;Layer 4&quot;, and you need to know what they are talking about.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That wiki page does a pretty good job explaining the layers.  The TCP/IP model sits on top of the OSI model.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As to whether it applies today, the answer I'd say is, &quot;sort of&quot;.  A lot of devices these days are hybrids and work on multiple layers at the same time to route packets more efficiently.  However, if you are doing any sort of network design, knowing at least the basics and some of the key acronyms for at least layer 2,3,4 and 7 are handy." />
  <row Id="18447" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10241" RevisionGUID="4deb5e04-b135-41a6-80e5-6f6774087f71" CreationDate="2009-05-20T06:50:36.600" UserId="3123" Text="I am currently building a new server. I have options between say&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;32GB Memory for 2 CPUs, DDR3, 1066MHz (8x4GB Dual Ranked RDIMMs)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;36GB Memory for 2 CPUs, DDR3, 1066MHz (18x2GB Dual Ranked RDIMMs)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both at the same price.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should I go for the higher ram amount or the fewer chips?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="18448" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10241" RevisionGUID="4deb5e04-b135-41a6-80e5-6f6774087f71" CreationDate="2009-05-20T06:50:36.600" UserId="3123" Text="Is it better to have more small ram chips or fewer large ones?" />
  <row Id="18449" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10241" RevisionGUID="4deb5e04-b135-41a6-80e5-6f6774087f71" CreationDate="2009-05-20T06:50:36.600" UserId="3123" Text="&lt;memory&gt;&lt;ram&gt;" />
  <row Id="18450" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8540" RevisionGUID="df6aa93e-8772-4cf7-a26a-8273df8be606" CreationDate="2009-05-20T06:52:53.897" UserId="2153" Comment="added 450 characters in body; edited tags" Text="I have a computer which was unexpectedly shut down during a distribution upgrade (Ubuntu 8.10 -&gt; 9.04).  It now won't finish booting - various X errors, then it goes to the login screen but won't allow logins.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a backup of it and the /home data is all still OK on the drive so it's no emergancy, but a complete rebuild is still an annoying and time consuming process.  Is there any way to recover from this?  I have a 9.04 CD, I was debating trying installing over the top - is that a good idea?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Failing that, is there any good way of inspecting the drive and generating a list of software installed, and preferably even the setttings from outside /home (like /etc)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I've got to start again from scratch, any recommendations for dealing with the person responsible for the unexpected shutdown? :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Thank you very much for all the answers,  I really need to accept all the answers as I needed to use bits from each.  I was able to fully repair the install using something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo dpkg --configure -a&#xD;&#xA;    sudo apt-get update&#xD;&#xA;    sudo dpkg --configure -a&#xD;&#xA;    sudo dpkg --configure -a --abort-after=99999&#xD;&#xA;    sudo apt-get dist-upgrade&#xD;&#xA;    sudo apt-get -i install (I think thats right)&#xD;&#xA;    sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" />
  <row Id="18451" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8540" RevisionGUID="df6aa93e-8772-4cf7-a26a-8273df8be606" CreationDate="2009-05-20T06:52:53.897" UserId="2153" Comment="added 450 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;dist-upgrade&gt;" />
  <row Id="18452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10242" RevisionGUID="cd976251-8bb6-4c9c-a529-5cade9bf65be" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:00:17.003" UserId="2711" Text="I would go for fewer chips, the reasoning being:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. This may leave some slots available for more RAM at a later date if necessary.&#xD;&#xA;2. When you decommission the server 3+ years from now, the 4 GB chips are more likely to be useful for salvaging than the 2 GB ones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I doubt having lots of chips would give you any noticeable performance improvements in most scenarios." />
  <row Id="18453" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10241" RevisionGUID="895e96f7-9e20-4d75-a418-3b7f11124447" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:05:55.103" UserId="3123" Comment="Added processor and manufacturer" Text="I am currently building a new server. I have options between say&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;32GB Memory for 2 CPUs, DDR3, 1066MHz (8x4GB Dual Ranked RDIMMs)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;36GB Memory for 2 CPUs, DDR3, 1066MHz (18x2GB Dual Ranked RDIMMs)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both at the same price.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should I go for the higher ram amount or the fewer chips?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will be for a Dell PowerEdge R710 with two&#xD;&#xA;Intel® Xeon® E5530, 2.4Ghz, 8MB Cache, 5.86 GT/s QPI, Turbo, HT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="18454" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="978" RevisionGUID="a785768e-89d3-4126-ae89-543b5664a153" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:07:03.650" UserId="32" />
  <row Id="18455" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="978" RevisionGUID="a785768e-89d3-4126-ae89-543b5664a153" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:07:03.650" UserId="32" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;" />
  <row Id="18456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10243" RevisionGUID="d624d258-6291-4ae4-8e79-7b2b932c079b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:09:05.520" UserId="2991" Text="As other have said it isn't generally possible to have a recycle bin on a network share.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But it is possible to get this functionality for home folders. If GPOs are used to redirect &quot;My Documents&quot; to a network share, anything deleted from &quot;My Documents&quot; will end up in the recycle bin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This does bring up another issue, that being recycle bins are stored on the network, so you'll need some sort of maintainance plan to remove or empty recycle bins." />
  <row Id="18457" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10244" RevisionGUID="d86d9840-1205-44ff-8f69-c983c667a506" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:10:37.527" UserId="2620" Text="fewer chips = fewer points of failure&#xD;&#xA;but you definitly want to have them dual channeled.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18458" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="95" RevisionGUID="877f58cb-4e3c-4a35-b6d2-ae8ec5d5d083" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:11:11.473" UserId="32" />
  <row Id="18459" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="95" RevisionGUID="877f58cb-4e3c-4a35-b6d2-ae8ec5d5d083" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:11:11.473" UserId="32" Comment="community wiki" Text="&lt;tips&gt;&lt;user-management&gt;&lt;automation&gt;&lt;recruitment&gt;" />
  <row Id="18460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10245" RevisionGUID="d55fd50f-9345-43f4-b16a-69c35c9cee3a" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:23:17.220" UserId="3123" Text="When your boss says...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Spare me now, scold me later&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;... you know no good will come of this." />
  <row Id="18461" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10245" RevisionGUID="d55fd50f-9345-43f4-b16a-69c35c9cee3a" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:23:17.220" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10246" RevisionGUID="8b48ef6c-6dc5-465a-b3c5-261fbf8af7a8" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:23:19.513" UserId="103" Text="Check the firewall is not blocking PING (ICMP - listed under file and printer sharing).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had a similar problem previously where the host and virtual machine both had the firewall enabled and both were blocking PING, caused all kinds of havoc. " />
  <row Id="18463" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10247" RevisionGUID="de9f8bbf-a4bf-47e0-a41d-18e761bc1b6d" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:27:06.590" UserDisplayName="Adyt" Text="hi guys...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;im running a vista business x64 laptop, and my laptop seems to bluescreen (bsod) after i install VM Ware (im using VM ware 6.5). when i have vm ware installed it always bluescreens on startup. so im already logged in then it bluescreens&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;is there any certain settings i have to configure or is there an issue with vm ware compatibility with vista x64? has anybody encountered a problem like this? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;any help will be greatly appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;cheers...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18464" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10247" RevisionGUID="de9f8bbf-a4bf-47e0-a41d-18e761bc1b6d" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:27:06.590" UserDisplayName="Adyt" Text="vm ware + vista 64 = bluescreen??" />
  <row Id="18465" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10247" RevisionGUID="de9f8bbf-a4bf-47e0-a41d-18e761bc1b6d" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:27:06.590" UserDisplayName="Adyt" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;windows-vista-64&gt;&lt;bluescreen&gt;" />
  <row Id="18466" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10248" RevisionGUID="61a74a68-bb3b-42d1-acb7-d2f2c5488487" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:32:13.677" UserId="216" Text="These days, you don't need to know the whole OSI model.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You really just need to know:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Layer 2 - ethernet, wifi, ppp, etc frames&#xD;&#xA;* Layer 3 - IP packets&#xD;&#xA;* Layer 4 - TCP and UDP packets&#xD;&#xA;* Layer 7 - everything else&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(invert to taste, if it offends you to have Layer 7 at the bottom)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See also https://www.isc.org/logoware/isc-9-layer-osi-model-cotton-t-shirt&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18467" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10249" RevisionGUID="db0c19e1-9a2f-4b26-956f-72050a0159e6" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:32:25.207" UserId="2066" Text="For Windows I have Sysinternals Process Explorer but for Mac the built-in &quot;Activity Monitor&quot; is not enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would need to figure out for each process:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Files open&#xD;&#xA;* CPU usage for each thread (in real time... not just a &quot;sample&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;* Network connections open&#xD;&#xA;* etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm a bit new in the Mac OS X world, so any other troubleshooting methodologies are welcome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="18468" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10249" RevisionGUID="db0c19e1-9a2f-4b26-956f-72050a0159e6" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:32:25.207" UserId="2066" Text="How to troubleshoot high CPU/Memory issues in MacOS X?" />
  <row Id="18469" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10249" RevisionGUID="db0c19e1-9a2f-4b26-956f-72050a0159e6" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:32:25.207" UserId="2066" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;cpu&gt;&lt;memory&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="18470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10250" RevisionGUID="0ddfe094-a54d-4b10-9020-b6c8ed2cb197" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:35:06.497" UserId="103" Text="Most companies I have worked at have had either a collection of disks or a network share with the installs of the commonly used software in them. This is to allow the IT dept and skilled users to install the software they need on their work machines very easily.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However some users would see this as an opportunity to get &quot;free&quot; software for their home machines. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've seen the draconian approach of locking the machine down completely, but that does not work well (in my view - if you disagree feel free to comment on it) because&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. You add so much extra work to IT&#xD;&#xA; 2. Users get that big brother feeling&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So how do you find a way to prevent users from taking home software but still allowing them to install what they need?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can make the assumption that most of the users in the organisations I work in are smart enough to install software, I'm not worried about the tea lady here." />
  <row Id="18471" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10250" RevisionGUID="0ddfe094-a54d-4b10-9020-b6c8ed2cb197" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:35:06.497" UserId="103" Text="How to prevent people taking software home?" />
  <row Id="18472" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10250" RevisionGUID="0ddfe094-a54d-4b10-9020-b6c8ed2cb197" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:35:06.497" UserId="103" Text="&lt;software&gt;" />
  <row Id="18473" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10251" RevisionGUID="843a54c9-f679-4993-aedc-914383c018c8" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:37:17.427" UserId="2467" Text="I got my first job in 1990 by reciting the OSI layer model. They were most impressed. I didn't actually understand it but boy could I recite it well." />
  <row Id="18474" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10252" RevisionGUID="8b9a713b-dd6e-450e-9018-dabbdfa5132f" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:37:39.703" UserId="2991" Text="Maybe try &quot;Left Alt&quot;+&quot;Left Shif&quot; and PrtScn.  Then see if you can adapt the colours :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also look at &quot;Display Propeties&quot;+&quot;Appearence&quot; - font sizes can be changed there." />
  <row Id="18475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10253" RevisionGUID="9cb9a03e-019a-4852-b3d5-78702e7113c3" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:39:15.973" UserId="1435" Text="Thanks for the update Alex. Most new 'Nehalem'-based server such as the model you're looking at use triple-channel RAM, notice how they have 'divisible-by-three' memory slots (3, 6, 9, 12, 18 etc) where previous models had 'devisible-by-two' versions (2, 4, 8, 16 etc). You *can* put less than three modules in at a time but you're likely to miss out on the full performance of the new 'QPI'-based memory architecture.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also of great importance with these new chips is to balance your memory across processors - if you only have a single processor then you shouldn't put memory in the slots associated with the empty processor slot, only with the first processor - this effectively halves the memory capability of single-processor servers. If you have two processors you need to ENSURE that they both have the same amount AND type/size of memory as each other.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now onto your actual question. With these new servers the more physical memory chips you use the slower they get - they're still faster than the previous generation of chips/memory even at their slowest but you should aim to use less of the most capacious modules that make sense to you financially.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking at the specific machine you want I would urge you to go with either 48GB Memory (12x4GB) or 24GB Memory (6x4GB) based on your requirements. Best of luck." />
  <row Id="18476" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10241" RevisionGUID="f538f503-c102-4382-af62-f0da0d0b7a08" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:39:40.277" UserId="1435" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;memory&gt;&lt;ram&gt;&lt;nehalem&gt;&lt;xeon&gt;" />
  <row Id="18477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10254" RevisionGUID="1224d474-b0c8-4a75-8e4b-16029dcff9c2" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:39:53.600" UserId="2467" Text="Why are you letting them install software themselves? Usually there is a system is place to do this, either with servicedesk (level 1 type support) or software like Altiris which installs apps with admin rights even if the user doesn't. Also, your users would need admin rights on the local PC which is also a bad idea.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have an app share that is locked down by security group of which only a few IT staff are members. Users are not admins and get an error if they try to install anything. Otherwise they would install all sorts of crapware. Even the &quot;skilled&quot; ones. Actually they are usually the worst.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition if you let users install whatever they want how do you enforce licensing?" />
  <row Id="18478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10255" RevisionGUID="47f0a4a7-c92c-4117-8a78-2c9e8afe992e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:45:03.013" UserId="28" Text="I spent a lot of time in testing, and one project manager would always use sanitize as a verb form of &quot;run sanity test&quot;. Every time he asked us to sanitize a build, I felt like a sanitation engineer... especially since I was working with garbage most of the time." />
  <row Id="18479" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10255" RevisionGUID="47f0a4a7-c92c-4117-8a78-2c9e8afe992e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:45:03.013" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18480" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10256" RevisionGUID="d2fceb51-cec5-4d91-b88e-54421f4a4340" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:45:04.183" UserId="3181" Text="I find my knowledge of the OSI model incredible useful in solving networking and system issues. It is a theoretical model one can use to guide investigation into a problem even though TCP/IP does not directly map to the OSI model.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10257" RevisionGUID="2a270ab9-471d-44e5-aa06-a6b1bdd571ae" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:46:22.010" UserId="3131" Text="if you don't want to lockdown desktops, &#xD;&#xA;then you should take a deeper look at packaging and deploy tools, &#xD;&#xA;depends on the OS used in your company, there are either opensource and proprietary tools,&#xD;&#xA;ike spacewalk/puppet/cfengine on Linux, for windows you can use ocsng which has the ability to package small software so you can deploy them remotely.&#xD;&#xA;this way users can install whatever they want and you have complete control of your company software as users can't access the tool used by your helpdesk to deploy them." />
  <row Id="18482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10258" RevisionGUID="0441c640-e4f8-4bdd-bc42-7b49bdc59523" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:46:37.970" UserId="103" Text="I would disable none of them - they all server a purpose, be it for making sure workflows run correctly, auditing happens correctly, and &quot;heavy&quot;/&quot;expensive&quot; processes (like backups) happen at quiet times.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having the CPU time high is not an indication of a problem though - you have the resources, so why not use them? If your users are complaining of slow speeds or you are seeing errors (timeouts in the event logs are common with SharePoint in situations where you do not have enough CPU) then you should look at scaling out your deployment." />
  <row Id="18483" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10259" RevisionGUID="6b4646ab-f490-4c26-97e1-e375ff917539" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:49:57.993" UserId="3131" Text="don't really if this would help you, but i've seen tool called: atMonitor&#xD;&#xA;which is an &quot;upgraded&quot; version of the Activity Monitor , you can find this at:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.atpurpose.com/atMonitor/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;hope this helps" />
  <row Id="18484" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10260" RevisionGUID="f940937a-ff5b-4fff-92b7-39a4f64680c8" CreationDate="2009-05-20T07:54:08.830" UserId="1561" Text="This may sound funny, but I bet you are running a multi-processor setup?  [There are known clock-drift issues with certain manufacturers][1] *cough* AMD *cough* that happen with multi-core/multi-socket motherboards.  Heavy interrupt activity - like say, running a virtual machine or two - makes the drift worse.  The drift you are experiencing sounds *very suspiciously* like this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For what it's worth, I do prefer AMD's offerings over Intel, so don't take this as a knock against them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2008-04/msg05083.html" />
  <row Id="18488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10262" RevisionGUID="0cd3d920-771c-4e64-953e-b3d0127722a3" CreationDate="2009-05-20T08:00:48.347" UserId="1840" Text="I don't see anything wrong with being able to differentiate layers between the two models.  On the plus side, having knowledge of the OSI model comes in handy when you're talking to people or reading documentation referencing the top 4 layers of the OSI model:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some links with explanation on what each layer does:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/getting-to-know-the-osi-model-for-the-ccna-exam.html][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/OSI_Layers.asp][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://locobox.googlepages.com/1242805959976.JPEG&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/getting-to-know-the-osi-model-for-the-ccna-exam.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/OSI_Layers.asp" />
  <row Id="18489" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10263" RevisionGUID="facf6777-f499-4598-83ac-2574290ea247" CreationDate="2009-05-20T08:00:52.777" UserId="3181" Text="rc.local was the BSD way of running startup scripts. Although many Linux versions do support having a file called &quot;rc.local&quot; which is run at startup, as I recall these required a bunch of symlinks and other glue to work, as Linux followed the Solaris way of handling startup scripts." />
  <row Id="18490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10264" RevisionGUID="c7433567-0507-422f-a972-f51251425e91" CreationDate="2009-05-20T08:05:02.863" UserId="2299" Text="A little while back I played around with this on Windows 2003. At the time I was using the SQLIOStress utility to thrash test disks, and when I tried this it took about ten times as long as on the standard SATA disk in my (Precision 390) workstation then hung before completion and I had to restart Windows to clear it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is far from a definitive test, the keys I used were a couple of years old and newer keys may well be better. Also the keys were on the same USB bus, and as people have mentioned above this is a bad idea. Finally SQLIOStress generates unrealistically heavy disk loading except for really busy SQL Servers. Nevertheless if put me off USB disks big time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In any case isn't there a (low) limit on the number of rewrites on USB keys. My impression is that although they're superficially similar to solid state disks the memory used in them is usually much cheaper and slower.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John Rennie&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18491" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10265" RevisionGUID="852ed17a-ea43-46d1-b689-4fb39be78752" CreationDate="2009-05-20T08:06:14.670" UserId="14678" UserDisplayName="Diago" Text="As far as Microsoft software and licensing is concerned, according to the enterprise license agreement your users are allowed one copy of the OS and Office to run at home, so in essence this is already covered.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a similiar locked down installation drive that only a select few have access to. I will however admit there is a level of trust among the staff that software will not be taken home, however normal end users are locked down completely from installing any software. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However when dealing with a group of developers, locking them down in this way can be disasterous. Apart from locking it down and only letting the network teams install software, you can't do much about stopping it from happen. You will however find in general there is a very small percentage of individuals that will go as far as taking software home. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The trick is also with who enters the license keys and who keeps them. If you license keys are open to everyone installing software you have already created the situation and there is very little you can do to stop it, apart from requesting new licenses and ensuring their is a process for having them handed out. With us the only way to get the keys is with approval from the IT Manager, and if it is part of your job, an MSDN subscription is purchased in your name." />
  <row Id="18493" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10247" RevisionGUID="780c9912-6921-4469-a0d9-b11f2dc66c23" CreationDate="2009-05-20T08:08:13.607" UserDisplayName="Adyt" Comment="added 6 characters in body" Text="hi guys...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;im running a vista business x64 laptop, and my laptop seems to bluescreen (bsod) after i install VM Ware (im using VM ware 6.5). when i have vm ware installed it always bluescreens on startup. so im already logged in then it bluescreens&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;is there any certain settings i have to configure or is there an issue with vm ware compatibility with vista x64? has anybody encountered a problem like this? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;any help will be greatly appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18495" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10267" RevisionGUID="fc6e4017-f85b-4633-9710-e2ef751c97fc" CreationDate="2009-05-20T08:12:39.430" UserId="1974" Text="One of my favorites: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Get-Content &quot;c:\logfile.log&quot; -wait&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The powershell-version of 'tail -f 'logfile'" />
  <row Id="18496" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10267" RevisionGUID="fc6e4017-f85b-4633-9710-e2ef751c97fc" CreationDate="2009-05-20T08:12:39.430" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10270" RevisionGUID="55e74ff0-0e47-4e85-a41e-c934ddf5b2db" CreationDate="2009-05-20T08:25:15.130" UserId="588" Text="Higher density has nothing but benefits&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Upgrade easily&#xD;&#xA;* More reliable&#xD;&#xA;* less power used (that few Watts tend to accumulate...)" />
  <row Id="18502" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2313" RevisionGUID="d048cafc-0ffa-479a-9dea-967fb5d89203" CreationDate="2009-05-20T08:27:04.067" UserId="588" Comment="capitalization" Text="Dodgy SSD's tend to halt for up to a second which is fatal to RAID usage, but if you're using the Intel ones, don't fret and go ahead and RAID them, they'll probably live longer than your 2 years target until the flash wears. Just &lt;b&gt; don't forget to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-performance-power,2279-5.html&quot;&gt;update the firmware&lt;/a&gt;" />
  <row Id="18504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10272" RevisionGUID="869c1e78-b4cd-4a5e-b48b-57377f295bf0" CreationDate="2009-05-20T08:32:58.860" UserId="402" Text="I've used VMWare happily on Vista x64 with no probs - so probably best to go to VMWare support as Chopper3's comment suggests." />
  <row Id="18506" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10273" RevisionGUID="64740927-ba06-4953-9636-7809f04093c0" CreationDate="2009-05-20T08:35:25.360" UserId="2863" Text="You may be able to use instruments (part of the developer tools) to do this, it can provide alot more granularity than activity monitor however it does require some configuration to get exactly what you want from it, i don't think it will be much good if you are looking at system wide performance but for performance of particular processes it may be useful." />
  <row Id="18507" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10274" RevisionGUID="69cd81f9-283b-44a5-8a2c-506129314d14" CreationDate="2009-05-20T08:40:49.483" UserId="3196" Text="I'm trying to set up clustered jboss-messaging with XA-recovery on a basic non-clustered, default server config (we _only_ want clustered messaging, the rest is stateless with failover only) on JBoss EAP 4.3 (CP04).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I add XA-recovery I get the following errors in the log:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    09:05:07,558 ERROR [ExceptionUtil] ConnectionFactoryEndpoint[jboss.messaging.connectionfactory:service=ConnectionFactory] createFailoverConnectionDelegate [s-ar10uuuf-1-k1eztuuf-z44sla-t6avs4]&#xD;&#xA;    javax.jms.JMSSecurityException: User null is NOT authenticated&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    [... stacktrace removed for readablity ...]&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    09:05:07,559 ERROR [MessagingXAResourceWrapper] ********************************Failed to connect to server&#xD;&#xA;    javax.jms.JMSSecurityException: User null is NOT authenticated&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looks like I'm missing some security config - but I cannot figure out where.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have double and tripple checked my config for errors and I'm using the following docs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/jboss/jboss-eap-4.3/doc/messaging/JBoss_Messaging_User_Guide/html/recovery.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The same config works like a charm in production config...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone done this before? Got any ideas what I'm doing wrong?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18508" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10274" RevisionGUID="69cd81f9-283b-44a5-8a2c-506129314d14" CreationDate="2009-05-20T08:40:49.483" UserId="3196" Text="Clustered JBoss Messaging, XA-recovery: JMSSecurityException" />
  <row Id="18509" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10274" RevisionGUID="69cd81f9-283b-44a5-8a2c-506129314d14" CreationDate="2009-05-20T08:40:49.483" UserId="3196" Text="&lt;jboss&gt;" />
  <row Id="18511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10275" RevisionGUID="7b1b3b01-2b78-4a5d-a0bb-7e463232a4cb" CreationDate="2009-05-20T08:41:36.783" UserId="3198" Text="I am trying to start Liferay. It was working a few weeks ago. When I enter localhost:8080 I get a 404 error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the stack trace, where the error occurs. Does anyone have any ideas regarding how to fix this. I am using Liferay Portal 5.2.2 and Tomcat 5.5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    08:07:46,919 ERROR [ContextLoader:220] Context initialization failed&#xD;&#xA;    java.lang.StackOverflowError at java.lang.ClassLoader.findBootstrapClass(Native Method)at &#xD;&#xA;    java.lang.ClassLoader.findBootstrapClass0(ClassLoader.java:891) at &#xD;&#xA;    java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:301) at &#xD;&#xA;    java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:299) at &#xD;&#xA;    sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:268) at &#xD;&#xA;    java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251) at &#xD;&#xA;    java.net.URL.getURLStreamHandler(URL.java:1141) at java.net.URL.(URL.java:572) at &#xD;&#xA;    java.net.URL.(URL.java:464) at &#xD;&#xA;    sun.misc.URLClassPath$FileLoader.getResource(URLClassPath.java:883) at &#xD;&#xA;    sun.misc.URLClassPath$FileLoader.findResource(URLClassPath.java:872) at &#xD;&#xA;    sun.misc.URLClassPath.findResource(URLClassPath.java:142) at &#xD;&#xA;    java.net.URLClassLoader$2.run(URLClassLoader.java:362) at &#xD;&#xA;    java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at &#xD;&#xA;    java.net.URLClassLoader.findResource(URLClassLoader.java:359) at &#xD;&#xA;    java.lang.ClassLoader.getResource(ClassLoader.java:977) at &#xD;&#xA;    java.lang.ClassLoader.getResource(ClassLoader.java:972) at &#xD;&#xA;    org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.getResource(WebappClassL oader.java:1123) at &#xD;&#xA;    org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationUtils.locateFromClasspa &#xD;&#xA;    th(ConfigurationUtils.java:531) at &#xD;&#xA;    org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationUtils.locate(Configurat ionUtils.java:513) at &#xD;&#xA;    org.apache.commons.configuration.AbstractFileConfiguration.load(Abstr actFileConfiguration.java:211) at &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18512" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10275" RevisionGUID="7b1b3b01-2b78-4a5d-a0bb-7e463232a4cb" CreationDate="2009-05-20T08:41:36.783" UserId="3198" Text="Liferay gives a StackOverFlow error when trying to access the homepage" />
  <row Id="18513" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10275" RevisionGUID="7b1b3b01-2b78-4a5d-a0bb-7e463232a4cb" CreationDate="2009-05-20T08:41:36.783" UserId="3198" Text="&lt;stackoverflow&gt;&lt;tomcat&gt;" />
  <row Id="18515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10276" RevisionGUID="c93194a1-28e5-4f8b-9e0a-994556468719" CreationDate="2009-05-20T08:43:44.860" UserId="616" Text="You can't really fix this with technology. Fix it with standards and policies instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make it clear what your users are allowed to do and not allowed to do with software, and what the consequences are for not complying. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then trust them. You'll have to anyway (for instance, there are programs to retrieve keys from existing installations so even controlling key distribution isn't going to do it)" />
  <row Id="18518" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10277" RevisionGUID="6ebd2694-3716-4c4c-b520-e1d4b97f7468" CreationDate="2009-05-20T09:05:38.247" UserId="45" Text="This forum thread on liferay.com could contain a hint hwo to solve this issue:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.liferay.com/web/guest/community/forums/-/message_boards/message/2436518][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I removed my portal-ext.properties and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; changed my DB setting directly in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; portal-impl.jar and now I am no longer&#xD;&#xA;&gt; seeing this issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.liferay.com/web/guest/community/forums/-/message_boards/message/2436518" />
  <row Id="18521" PostHistoryTypeId="11" PostId="1938" RevisionGUID="4542a431-f7b7-48a7-b614-09eeeafe9a87" CreationDate="2009-05-20T09:10:50.453" UserId="1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="18522" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10041" RevisionGUID="dd8d730e-b092-4e11-b7ab-182ad48c1fb0" CreationDate="2009-05-20T09:17:59.237" UserId="2258" Comment="added 261 characters in body; edited title" Text="My setup is like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HYV1 - HyperV machine (non domain) - sync irrelevant&#xD;&#xA;    AD1  - VM AD server on HYV1, sync'd to time.nist.gov. HyperV time sync off.&#xD;&#xA;    S1   - Physical machine, sync'd to domain. &#xD;&#xA;    S2   - Physical machine running HyperV, sync'd to domain.&#xD;&#xA;    V1   - Linux VM machine on S2, sync'd to AD1. No HyperV integration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AD1 and S1 have fine sync -- stripchart shows less than 100ms difference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;S2 drifts like crazy. Here's a bit of the stripchart against AD1:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    18:33:22 d:+00.0010138s o:+05.4101899s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:24 d:+00.0010138s o:+05.4319765s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:26 d:+00.0000000s o:+05.4788429s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:28 d:+00.0000000s o:+05.6089942s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:30 d:+00.0010138s o:+05.7240269s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:32 d:+00.0000000s o:+06.0421911s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:34 d:+00.0081104s o:+06.5613708s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:37 d:+00.0000000s o:+06.9096594s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:39 d:+00.0000000s o:+06.8867838s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:41 d:+00.0010127s o:+06.8936401s &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In 20 seconds, it drifted over a second. If I manually reset it to within 1s, within a few minutes it'll be back drifting about 2 seconds. Overnight it went from ~2s to ~5s. The Linux VM inside S2 has perfect sync with AD1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the config:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Users\mgg&gt;w32tm /dumpreg /subkey:Parameters&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Value Name                 Value Type          Value Data&#xD;&#xA;    ------------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ServiceDll                 REG_EXPAND_SZ       %systemroot%\system32\w32time.dll&#xD;&#xA;    ServiceMain                REG_SZ              SvchostEntry_W32Time&#xD;&#xA;    ServiceDllUnloadOnStop     REG_DWORD           1&#xD;&#xA;    Type                       REG_SZ              NT5DS&#xD;&#xA;    NtpServer                  REG_SZ              ad01.mydomain ad02.mydomain&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    C:\Users\mgg&gt;w32tm /dumpreg /subkey:Config&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Value Name                Value Type          Value Data&#xD;&#xA;    -----------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    FrequencyCorrectRate      REG_DWORD           4&#xD;&#xA;    PollAdjustFactor          REG_DWORD           5&#xD;&#xA;    LargePhaseOffset          REG_DWORD           50000000&#xD;&#xA;    SpikeWatchPeriod          REG_DWORD           900&#xD;&#xA;    LocalClockDispersion      REG_DWORD           9&#xD;&#xA;    HoldPeriod                REG_DWORD           5&#xD;&#xA;    PhaseCorrectRate          REG_DWORD           1&#xD;&#xA;    UpdateInterval            REG_DWORD           30000&#xD;&#xA;    EventLogFlags             REG_DWORD           2&#xD;&#xA;    AnnounceFlags             REG_DWORD           5&#xD;&#xA;    TimeJumpAuditOffset       REG_DWORD           28800&#xD;&#xA;    MinPollInterval           REG_DWORD           2&#xD;&#xA;    MaxPollInterval           REG_DWORD           8&#xD;&#xA;    MaxNegPhaseCorrection     REG_DWORD           -1&#xD;&#xA;    MaxPosPhaseCorrection     REG_DWORD           -1&#xD;&#xA;    MaxAllowedPhaseOffset     REG_DWORD           300&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I looked at the event log, and apart from warnings about sync (after it gets way out of sync), there's no other warnings. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I go about troubleshooting this? It's the only machine that is having this problem. All the other machines (physical and virtual) are doing fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** To clarify: The VM (AD1) has integration turned off and syncs to time.nist.gov. AD1 is fine. It's the physical machine S1 that can't sync to AD1 and drifts all over. All the other physical servers are able to sync to AD1 just fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**&#xD;&#xA;So, it appears to be an issue of running the VM. The clock slips slowly with the VM off. Turned on, it immediately starts losing seconds. I swt the VM to only use half the resources, and that seems to have slightly mitigated it, for now. Thanks!" />
  <row Id="18523" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="10041" RevisionGUID="dd8d730e-b092-4e11-b7ab-182ad48c1fb0" CreationDate="2009-05-20T09:17:59.237" UserId="2258" Comment="added 261 characters in body; edited title" Text="Hyper-V Machine drifts time all over, even with NTP" />
  <row Id="18524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10278" RevisionGUID="057063a7-6133-45f8-986e-b3010bd990d4" CreationDate="2009-05-20T09:29:32.630" UserId="32988" Text="Lots of good answers about technological fixes here (altiris, centralized installation). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But actually this is about covering your own ass. Make it the employees problem if he gets caught. Because it's probably good for your company that people take software home. What could be better than having the employees learn the software for free?  The better they get at using the software you use, the more valuable they are for your company." />
  <row Id="18525" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10279" RevisionGUID="2c2c7249-b56c-4907-bfa6-640d55b32cf3" CreationDate="2009-05-20T09:29:46.217" UserId="3199" Text="I'm trying to setup Exim on a fresh CentOS install so that it will receive mail for a collection of given addresses, and forward the mail respectively to another address. For example, receiving mail from me@example.com would be forwarded to me@gmail.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I figure this should be fairly straight forward... I had this working before with Sendmail, using the `virtusertable` - is there something similar I can do with Exim?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd also like to be able to send mail, but only for mail being sent from the local machine (i.e., from applications running on the server) - I don't need/want a publicly available SMTP server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any other settings I should bear in mind to make sure the mail server is secure? (i.e., prevent relaying) I'm assuming that it will be secure out of the box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="18526" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10279" RevisionGUID="2c2c7249-b56c-4907-bfa6-640d55b32cf3" CreationDate="2009-05-20T09:29:46.217" UserId="3199" Text="Setting up Exim to forward mail" />
  <row Id="18527" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10279" RevisionGUID="2c2c7249-b56c-4907-bfa6-640d55b32cf3" CreationDate="2009-05-20T09:29:46.217" UserId="3199" Text="&lt;exim&gt;&lt;centos&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="18528" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5717" RevisionGUID="edca334d-8a76-4253-85ab-d98e891b38f5" CreationDate="2009-05-20T09:32:46.553" UserId="244" Comment="deleted 45 characters in body" Text="[Qnap][1] offers [a nice selection of NAS solutions][2]. For example to meet your requirement for RAID 4 you could use [QNAP 409][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the main reasons I went for QNAP for home NAS was its support of [Squeeze Center][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.qnap.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.qnap.com/Products.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.qnap.com/pro_detail_feature.asp?p_id=86&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.qnap.com/pro_application.asp?ap_id=71" />
  <row Id="18529" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="10153" RevisionGUID="5afb185a-13af-4963-9938-2abfb2003de7" CreationDate="2009-05-20T09:47:52.110" UserId="1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="18530" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10280" RevisionGUID="628cf624-ebc2-42ae-8d72-15803c5dcd9b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T09:48:25.993" UserId="135" Text="seems like the microprocessors market is in a turning point. I'm going to need to buy a C#/java developer's laptop soon, and I wonder if now is the best time to buy it.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;yes, obviously the longer you wait the better computer-money ratio you get, but are there &quot;seasons&quot; when it's considered smarter to buy a new laptops? are prices going to drop in your opinion?" />
  <row Id="18531" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10280" RevisionGUID="628cf624-ebc2-42ae-8d72-15803c5dcd9b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T09:48:25.993" UserId="135" Text="when are laptops cheapest?" />
  <row Id="18532" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10280" RevisionGUID="628cf624-ebc2-42ae-8d72-15803c5dcd9b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T09:48:25.993" UserId="135" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;purchase&gt;&lt;laptop&gt;" />
  <row Id="18533" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10281" RevisionGUID="4e928bd0-43cc-4f94-82b4-f16efa7c583c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T09:54:09.320" UserId="677" Text="We're running SBS 2003 SP2 and I'm wondering if there's any easy way to find out were traffic during specific time is generated from?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my case, the overall traffic consumption per day is roughly 8GB. I'm not concerned about the general traffic (those 8GB mostly include transfering backup files during the night) but in a specific time frame.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just an example: suddenly at 10:30 a.m. the internet connection slows does very notably. I checked our automated backup and other transfer services and none of them is running. I still have a network with about 15 PCs scattered around the building which could potentially generate the traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We only have a small 2MBit line, thus the line can be quickly saturated during office hours. I'm not suspected any user doing something wrong, I think there's some software automated thing going on, but I'm not sure. Maybe it's the Windows or Adobe automated downloads, but how can I know for sure?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was looking at the generated report from ISA 2004 already and see a lot of numbers, but I can't tell for sure between which time frame which client generated the traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can **see** the peak on the Server itself by going to the network tab in the task-manager and I see that the external 100Mbit interface is at 2% == 2Mbit, but I can't figure out where it's actually coming from exactly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think I can rule out that it is the Server itself generating the traffic, because the traffic graph from the external interface matches the LAN interface which serves my users (our DMZ interface, which contains our automated backup services, is at 0 at that time).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Screenshot Task-Manager network graph][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I further tackle the problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://markus.fischer.name/tmp/task_manager_network_graph.png" />
  <row Id="18534" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10281" RevisionGUID="4e928bd0-43cc-4f94-82b4-f16efa7c583c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T09:54:09.320" UserId="677" Text="How to find a client generating traffic?" />
  <row Id="18535" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10281" RevisionGUID="4e928bd0-43cc-4f94-82b4-f16efa7c583c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T09:54:09.320" UserId="677" Text="&lt;isa&gt;&lt;traffic&gt;" />
  <row Id="18536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10282" RevisionGUID="03204f8f-2247-4d2e-94b1-da157027a8b0" CreationDate="2009-05-20T09:59:17.157" UserId="1795" Text="The prices will **always** drop in the week after you made your purchase." />
  <row Id="18537" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10283" RevisionGUID="fe4a544d-9ab3-4426-bb5b-de6f83f34645" CreationDate="2009-05-20T10:03:43.513" UserId="3113" Text="There are no such seasons that are easy to detect beforehand." />
  <row Id="18538" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10284" RevisionGUID="197f0fc9-5381-430e-99c5-b3b861256381" CreationDate="2009-05-20T10:07:50.133" UserId="3174" Text="You will need to use a redirect router.  Read the Exim Router specification, as it can do many things and thus can get quite complex.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, you will need to set something up like this (untested)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;sender_redirect:&#xD;&#xA;  driver = redirect&#xD;&#xA;  data = ${lookup{$sender_address}lsearch{/etc/exim4/sender_redirects}}&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then create a file in &lt;code&gt;/etc/exim4/sender_redirects&lt;/code&gt; that contains the redirects in a line-separated colon-delimited format, like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;me@example.com: me@gmail.com&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="18539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10285" RevisionGUID="dc13f494-5604-424f-b4ca-da52ad957942" CreationDate="2009-05-20T10:12:46.413" UserId="334" Text="We have various passwords that need to be known to more than one person in our company.  For example, the admin password to our internet routers, the password for our web-host, and also a few &quot;non-IT&quot; passwords like safe codes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently, we use an *ad hoc* system of &quot;standard passwords&quot; for low-value systems, and verbal sharing of passwords for more important/potentially damaging systems.  I think most people would agree that this is not a good system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What we would like is a software solution for storing &quot;shared&quot; passwords, with access for each limited to the people who actually need it.  Ideally, this would prompt, or enforce, periodic password changes.  It should also be able to indicate who has access to a particular password (*e.g.*, who knows the root password for server XYZ?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Can you suggest any software solutions for storing *and sharing* passwords?**  Is there anything particular to be wary of?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What is the common practise in small-medium sized companies for this?**" />
  <row Id="18540" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10285" RevisionGUID="dc13f494-5604-424f-b4ca-da52ad957942" CreationDate="2009-05-20T10:12:46.413" UserId="334" Text="Best Practise and Solutions for Sharing Passwords" />
  <row Id="18541" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10285" RevisionGUID="dc13f494-5604-424f-b4ca-da52ad957942" CreationDate="2009-05-20T10:12:46.413" UserId="334" Text="&lt;password&gt;" />
  <row Id="18542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10286" RevisionGUID="f6e817fb-235c-405d-8f29-14df26bc9b11" CreationDate="2009-05-20T10:14:17.017" UserId="1840" Text="I'm sure there's a way to better interpret the info coming from your ISA server, but in case everything fails: **&quot;In wireshark we trust&quot;**  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It runs on Windows too:&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.wireshark.org/download.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wireshark.org/download.html" />
  <row Id="18543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10287" RevisionGUID="169b04f2-7139-4d11-98db-ad455acbfea4" CreationDate="2009-05-20T10:23:35.923" UserId="2863" Text="I know this isn't exactly the answer you want but in my place of work its exactly the same, trusted members of staff are given the relevant passwords, passwords are not shared amongst devices and they are not written down. The system tends to work quite well as administration of devices is usually the responsibility of only a couple of members of staff. We also have a very good staff retention so trust can be built up over a long period of time." />
  <row Id="18544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10288" RevisionGUID="7fbf7275-afc7-4a70-946a-09c0d4af2159" CreationDate="2009-05-20T10:25:21.427" UserId="1840" Text="Well, there are seasons and special dates when equipment goes down in price:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - After, or On a holiday (maybe be looking for a memorial-day sale near you or online)&#xD;&#xA; - Back to school sales (Doesn't help you much since you'd need to wait a few months)&#xD;&#xA; - Also, whenever a new model comes out, the older model goes down in price (sometimes substantially.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10289" RevisionGUID="605af27f-1f99-4668-8235-9a6381f35cc2" CreationDate="2009-05-20T10:26:25.650" UserId="3204" Text="You could use something like Phplogcon. I use rsyslog with mysql and send all logs from my other servers to it. Phplogcon then displays them through the use of a web application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not the best looking interface but it's a nice way for admins to access logs without exposing the servers to unnecessary remote logins." />
  <row Id="18546" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10290" RevisionGUID="ed8952d7-938b-4be4-914f-f74f93edc76f" CreationDate="2009-05-20T10:29:12.650" UserId="2338" Text="This is the eternal question, but there is only one simple answer: It is always the wrong time. Whenever you buy anything remotely technical (computers, cars, ...) you will always have the &quot;new model&quot; available relatively shortly after your purchase, or the prices just drop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However there is some &quot;soft&quot; advice:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Do not buy the latest and greatest products, because they usually have a &quot;bleeding-edge premium&quot; price&#xD;&#xA; - Buy a &quot;current generation&quot; product. This will give you at least a little more time, before you get completely out of date again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The most important point IMHO howver is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Get a clear idea of what you really *need* ! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Avoid kitchen-sink products which try to be everything to everybody. Usually they make too many compromises. For a developer machine you will hardly need Blu-Ray drive, maximum 3D game performance and water cooling. Instead, strive for a fast hard drive with low latencies, high screen resolution and lots of memory. CPU power is not as important, because most of the time you will be typing text and for compilation it does not really matter if you have 2.8 or 3.0GHz clock speed.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18547" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10291" RevisionGUID="e44834e6-e9a4-4849-b149-9736d417680b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T10:30:10.277" UserId="3174" Text="Bearing in mind that I don't know why you require this, but something I would be asking would be what are you gaining by evaluating a system using 'random' data?  You should really be evaluating the tools while they are experiencing as close as possible to the loads and data that it will be handling after going live.  Otherwise it isn't a real evaluation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a suggestion, and assuming that you already have a collection of hosts that are logging to a syslog server, you could simply redirect the messages to the syslog server, as well as keeping the existing logs going.  For standard syslogd, start the daemon with the &lt;code&gt;-h&lt;/code&gt; flag and add a line to the beginning of your &lt;code&gt;syslog.conf&lt;/code&gt; like this:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;*.*    @loghost.example.com&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10292" RevisionGUID="36aed9c2-f05d-4bc3-9f51-0ac4e50276fb" CreationDate="2009-05-20T10:33:46.667" UserId="1409" Text="Dell will sometimes have crazy specials right before the end of their fiscal quarters, but those specials can be hard to find/time.  I agree with the other answers.  Try to determine what you need, check prices, and buy when you're ready.  As also stated, whatever you buy, it will be cheaper a week later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10293" RevisionGUID="4cd9aa37-ec84-48b6-9a0d-31f47eb09587" CreationDate="2009-05-20T10:35:28.580" UserId="3204" Text="You can make the msi files available through active directory policy so users can install them if they need them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They then can't take them home because they don't have physical access to the installation files." />
  <row Id="18550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10294" RevisionGUID="56982646-a254-4191-a533-0b4e8be1ba7a" CreationDate="2009-05-20T10:35:33.260" UserId="2535" Text="I have recently acquired a Citrix 2801 unit and I want to know if it is capable of acting as a fail over for a network. It currently has an ADSL WIC installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We currently run 6 Windows servers (4x Win2008, 2x Win2000) with TS access for our users. This runs over a cable modem connection. We also have an ADSL connection which we want to use as a failover should the cable connection go down. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is this: Can the 2801 we have be used to do what I require? If so, would it be difficult to set up, and are there any known complications with this kind of failover?&#xD;&#xA;If not, can anybody suggest an alternative?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="18551" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10294" RevisionGUID="56982646-a254-4191-a533-0b4e8be1ba7a" CreationDate="2009-05-20T10:35:33.260" UserId="2535" Text="Citrix 2801 as a fail over? " />
  <row Id="18552" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10294" RevisionGUID="56982646-a254-4191-a533-0b4e8be1ba7a" CreationDate="2009-05-20T10:35:33.260" UserId="2535" Text="&lt;citrix&gt;&lt;failover&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;terminal-services&gt;" />
  <row Id="18555" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10295" RevisionGUID="d19f67a5-438f-49e2-b52d-68937049f15c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T10:42:42.903" UserId="2535" Text="I know this may sound like a dumb answer, but a lot of the time the simple answer can be overlooked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does RHEL5 have a power management section that turns off the NIC and then Wake-on-LAN?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a little over me atm, I've only played with basic linux builds but I'm interested in learning more." />
  <row Id="18557" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="8215" RevisionGUID="2235def9-30d8-4de2-839a-1fa44d0bc418" CreationDate="2009-05-20T10:44:45.270" UserId="1376" />
  <row Id="18558" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8215" RevisionGUID="2235def9-30d8-4de2-839a-1fa44d0bc418" CreationDate="2009-05-20T10:44:45.270" UserId="1376" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;reliability&gt;&lt;support&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;blade&gt;" />
  <row Id="18559" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10296" RevisionGUID="2ea3e5a3-1a39-4215-88e7-c448a7fc10a1" CreationDate="2009-05-20T10:48:36.463" UserId="1779" Text="Well, currently the ThinkPad T61 with WXGA+ or WSXGA+ resolution screen is available ridiculously cheaply, and I can vouch for it as a fantastic dev machine. So I would say now is a good time :)" />
  <row Id="18560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10297" RevisionGUID="0c64e616-518d-4a9e-a5c7-bd6538c7ef1a" CreationDate="2009-05-20T10:52:24.553" UserId="3204" Text="ProcessExplorer by Sysinternals is very impressive." />
  <row Id="18561" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10297" RevisionGUID="0c64e616-518d-4a9e-a5c7-bd6538c7ef1a" CreationDate="2009-05-20T10:52:24.553" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18562" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10298" RevisionGUID="88915c88-fb1e-44b9-b06b-19ef108277f4" CreationDate="2009-05-20T10:54:04.130" UserId="3207" Text="I have just bought a Belkin Flip 2 port KVM. Functionally it is almost there except I have a keyboard sticking problem. So if I type the word 'Hello' it will often (about 25% of the time) output 'Hellooooooooooooooooooooo'. If I plug the keyboard directly into the USB on the computer I don't have this problem, only when plugged into the KVM. I feel like it is a USB speed problem." />
  <row Id="18563" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10298" RevisionGUID="88915c88-fb1e-44b9-b06b-19ef108277f4" CreationDate="2009-05-20T10:54:04.130" UserId="3207" Text="Belkin Flip KVM keyboard skip problems" />
  <row Id="18564" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10298" RevisionGUID="88915c88-fb1e-44b9-b06b-19ef108277f4" CreationDate="2009-05-20T10:54:04.130" UserId="3207" Text="&lt;kvm&gt;&lt;keyboard&gt;&lt;stuck&gt;&lt;belkin&gt;" />
  <row Id="18565" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10298" RevisionGUID="ab1b16c6-9159-4865-9fcb-3846666a0f21" CreationDate="2009-05-20T10:59:54.960" UserId="3207" Comment="added 194 characters in body" Text="I have just bought a Belkin Flip 2 port KVM. Functionally it is almost there except I have a keyboard sticking problem. So if I type the word 'Hello' it will often (about 25% of the time) output 'Hellooooooooooooooooooooo'. If I plug the keyboard directly into the USB on the computer I don't have this problem, only when plugged into the KVM. I feel like it is a USB speed problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Followup**&#xD;&#xA;It appears I have the same problem with the mouse, it will jump from one side of the screen to the other as I move it. The mouse is annoying but half as much as the keyboard.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18566" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10299" RevisionGUID="d1d72cc2-3508-44f4-9be6-9c2c23f05ee1" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:02:51.193" UserId="2155" Text="I'd like to update a Win 2008 server from Web edition to Standard edition. Is this actually possible as I haven't been able to find an easy way of doing it?" />
  <row Id="18567" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10299" RevisionGUID="d1d72cc2-3508-44f4-9be6-9c2c23f05ee1" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:02:51.193" UserId="2155" Text="Upgrading Windows Server 2008" />
  <row Id="18568" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10299" RevisionGUID="d1d72cc2-3508-44f4-9be6-9c2c23f05ee1" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:02:51.193" UserId="2155" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="18569" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10300" RevisionGUID="08827caa-2e12-41df-95e0-2de23ba46d78" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:06:31.607" UserId="3211" Text="Not to be forgotten is the need to be able to _revoke_ passwords if an employee leaves/is fired. There have been several cases noted in popular media of employees being fired and 'getting back' at their company using passwords that were still active after they left." />
  <row Id="18570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10301" RevisionGUID="3365b364-8134-45a7-a28a-94c10bcd6dd5" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:10:48.637" UserId="2142" Text="Although it may seem like I might as well be recommending a tome on Ancient History I found [Inside the Registry for Windows 95][1] to be really informative when I needed to get a fundamental grasp of what the registry was about.  The basics of how and why the registry exists are there in this book (available cheap second hand).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could use it as a base and then move on to newer xp, vista specific resources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Windows-Registry-Sourcebook-Microsoft-Programming/dp/1572314249/ref=sr_1_24?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1242817670&amp;sr=8-24" />
  <row Id="18571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10302" RevisionGUID="23cbff8f-4334-40ff-b669-6039aaf5bb4c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:11:50.410" UserId="326" Text="I share responsibility for quite a few systems with employees of one of my clients. We have agreed to use a password scheme for the most often used accounts. Other passwords are stored in a paper-based list of (number,password) pairs maintained by the client's Chief of IT. The usernames and hosts are stored in a easily accessible database. Passwords are handed out on a need-to-know basis." />
  <row Id="18572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10303" RevisionGUID="b41aee49-83de-42c2-8685-d7a2bdcc93c5" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:15:01.997" UserId="3039" Text="Common practice in small-medium companies:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Three places I have worked in have used separate documents to detail passwords for different systems. One document for the routers and firewalls, another for access to the servers, and one for developers (e.g. login details for database connections). Access to applications tend not to be documented (I assume because for most you login as yourself with admin rights).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The network admin only sees the routers password document, and the individuals who have access to this document are listed in this file. Their terms of employment state that logins and passwords they have access to are private and not to be shared with others. Similar for systems admin and the developers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reality is sometimes the password gets shared, but you can identify who needs to know (and why) and change what needs to be changed. It worked well in a (software) company of 50 employees." />
  <row Id="18573" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10304" RevisionGUID="7022bccf-94c1-4d82-a2a9-ca15a2eb1d4a" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:15:19.030" UserId="3194" Text="I want know how I can **avoid setting up all my preferences the same way**, every single time I install a new operating system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to export settings like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Background color&#xD;&#xA; - Items to display, and how in Vista/Win7&#xD;&#xA; - Auto-hide Start-menu&#xD;&#xA; - Layout, size, shown columns and view-type in Explorer&#xD;&#xA; - **And so on...**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any guides to the registry-settings that controls these settings? Or anything you can do through programming something in WMI or something similar?" />
  <row Id="18574" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10304" RevisionGUID="7022bccf-94c1-4d82-a2a9-ca15a2eb1d4a" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:15:19.030" UserId="3194" Text="Portable user-settings in Windows" />
  <row Id="18575" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10304" RevisionGUID="7022bccf-94c1-4d82-a2a9-ca15a2eb1d4a" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:15:19.030" UserId="3194" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;preferences&gt;&lt;settings&gt;&lt;user-settings&gt;" />
  <row Id="18576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10305" RevisionGUID="714214ff-f9db-4d41-8512-22d755c42054" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:17:29.497" UserId="2142" Text="I checked out Powershell previously but found it suffered from many of the same annoyances as the bog standard cmd window.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found [PowerCmd][1] which although you have to pay for it I find it well worth the money.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.powercmd.com/" />
  <row Id="18577" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10306" RevisionGUID="d282441d-93e4-448f-a331-5cc0a2dfd2e3" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:19:04.373" UserId="3204" Text="One of my unscrupulous users decided to format his Windows XP NFTS hard-disk before he left the company. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any Linux based tools that would allow me to rebuild the partition?" />
  <row Id="18578" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10306" RevisionGUID="d282441d-93e4-448f-a331-5cc0a2dfd2e3" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:19:04.373" UserId="3204" Text="Restore NTFS partition from linux" />
  <row Id="18579" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10306" RevisionGUID="d282441d-93e4-448f-a331-5cc0a2dfd2e3" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:19:04.373" UserId="3204" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;recovery&gt;&lt;file-recovery&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="18580" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10307" RevisionGUID="a5e84705-1212-42c2-9588-5968e6b0e90a" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:25:50.757" UserId="2781" Text="Windows comes with a tool to migrate settings from previous versions, in XP, it is called &quot;Files and Settings Transfer Wizard&quot;, although I believe it has changed name since." />
  <row Id="18581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10308" RevisionGUID="ccad4b21-5d85-415d-b273-951816dc176d" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:31:30.933" UserId="1814" Text="I currently use Cygwin and &lt;code&gt;rxvt&lt;/code&gt; as my default terminal environment running &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt;. I would like to be able to scroll in the output window using the mouse wheel. Is this possible?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I realize there are (at least) two different use cases for this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Scrolling in the scrollback buffer while in terminal/input mode (same as sliding the scrollbar on the window itself).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Scrolling in programs such as &lt;code&gt;man&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;less&lt;/code&gt;, where using the up/down arrow keys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any solution to either cases are welcome." />
  <row Id="18582" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10308" RevisionGUID="ccad4b21-5d85-415d-b273-951816dc176d" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:31:30.933" UserId="1814" Text="Enable mousewheel scrolling in rxvt under Cygwin?" />
  <row Id="18583" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10308" RevisionGUID="ccad4b21-5d85-415d-b273-951816dc176d" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:31:30.933" UserId="1814" Text="&lt;rxvt&gt;&lt;cygwin&gt;" />
  <row Id="18584" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10309" RevisionGUID="e0f4f690-1140-4ed9-bcc6-c26c10ffbed6" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:35:55.370" UserId="2560" Text="Are there any tools/instructions/pointers about how to troubleshoot webdav problems on Mac OS X? Any secret mount options, undocumented webdav module logging, anything?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I usually do is to reroute webdav traffic via Fiddler/Charles reverse-proxy. This way I can see requests and responses flowing between Mac OS X/WebdavFS and server. What I am missing is sone reasons why webdav behaves the way it does. E.g. why is file opened in read-only mode -- was there anything bad in response which caused this? :-(" />
  <row Id="18585" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10309" RevisionGUID="e0f4f690-1140-4ed9-bcc6-c26c10ffbed6" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:35:55.370" UserId="2560" Text="Webdav troubleshooting on Mac OS X" />
  <row Id="18586" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10309" RevisionGUID="e0f4f690-1140-4ed9-bcc6-c26c10ffbed6" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:35:55.370" UserId="2560" Text="&lt;webdav&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;webdavfs&gt;&lt;troubleshooting&gt;" />
  <row Id="18587" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10310" RevisionGUID="abeb6e8d-5b09-4908-b447-cd4c73be0df5" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:38:24.227" UserId="301" Text="The OSX Finder requires Dav Level 2 support to mount a WebDAV volume read/write. Specifically working LOCK support is required." />
  <row Id="18588" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10311" RevisionGUID="ccea8939-6622-42e0-a0ef-6fcbf15e95d5" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:44:36.117" UserId="2535" Text="First thing I would check is the power management on the USB's in Device Manager. Make sure this is turned off. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, have a look to see if there are any new drivers for the USB available from the manufacturer. I've seen this kind of problem before on XP and updating to the latest 2.0 drivers has resolved it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing to try would be to swap the cables from the KVM to make sure it's not a problem with the Belkin as well. As all is working in the desktop but not the laptop it could very well just be some duff cables." />
  <row Id="18589" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10312" RevisionGUID="4d1a863e-9c16-40fe-aebb-ecb22bcdad2b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:44:44.933" UserId="2612" Text="Can I send a mail to every (real, human) recipient in an Exchange 2003 organisation, or do I need to create a distribution list first?" />
  <row Id="18590" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10312" RevisionGUID="4d1a863e-9c16-40fe-aebb-ecb22bcdad2b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:44:44.933" UserId="2612" Text="Exchange 2003: Can I send a mail to ALL USERS with a mailbox?" />
  <row Id="18591" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10312" RevisionGUID="4d1a863e-9c16-40fe-aebb-ecb22bcdad2b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:44:44.933" UserId="2612" Text="&lt;exchange-2003&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;" />
  <row Id="18592" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10313" RevisionGUID="dc1e2677-2462-4ac4-9707-334dd3e6c181" CreationDate="2009-05-20T12:04:19.937" UserId="2372" Text="I'm using VMWare Workstation 6.5.2 on Vista x64 with no problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FYI - I have found that I cannot install the Checked / Debug versions of some OS in a VM - I get a bluescreen failure on the VM.   I have never had a bluescreen failure on the host.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18593" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10312" RevisionGUID="17e4f761-88d1-4976-9ba0-a3cfd82e33b6" CreationDate="2009-05-20T12:07:08.643" UserId="2612" Comment="More specific" Text="As an administrator or a member of an Exchange 2003 organisation, can I send a mail to every (real, human) recipient in the GAL, or do I need to create a distribution list of &quot;All Users&quot; first?" />
  <row Id="18594" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10314" RevisionGUID="d1580b86-1b72-4910-b3ab-8e2e336aa57b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T12:11:56.737" UserId="3113" Text="I would suggest trying out some of the partition tools on the [Ultimate Boot Cd][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/" />
  <row Id="18596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10315" RevisionGUID="8a51a02b-ea2a-4644-b904-9892cf956433" CreationDate="2009-05-20T12:22:08.860" UserId="1646" Text="We have an application that creates a COM+ application when it is installed. On Windows 2008 Servers with the firewall enabled, we have not been able to figure out how to poke a hole through the firewall so workstations can use the COM+ application through the application proxy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have worked with Microsoft support on this issue for two different companies using the application, and the resolution in both cases has been to disable the Windows firewall and use a third-party firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can this be done?" />
  <row Id="18597" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10315" RevisionGUID="8a51a02b-ea2a-4644-b904-9892cf956433" CreationDate="2009-05-20T12:22:08.860" UserId="1646" Text="How to configure Windows 2008 Server firewall for an Enterprise Services (COM+) application?" />
  <row Id="18598" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10315" RevisionGUID="8a51a02b-ea2a-4644-b904-9892cf956433" CreationDate="2009-05-20T12:22:08.860" UserId="1646" Text="&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;com+&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="18599" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10316" RevisionGUID="e5ea8147-5ffd-4293-8d56-3f5fd076d247" CreationDate="2009-05-20T12:24:06.580" UserId="588" Text="The MS FTP  doesn't work - I do the transfers now using &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncftp.com/&quot;&gt;this utility&lt;/a&gt; from the command line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ncftpput -P 12345 -u user1 -p pass1 -F *.*.*.* / testfile.bmp" />
  <row Id="18600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10317" RevisionGUID="c2615320-79f5-4e01-87ea-99473a2b3835" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:42:31.460" Text="&lt;p&gt;I'm from Republic of Moldova and during recent events in april our government restricted access to some websites that presented news from other point than the official one, also it was restricted access to facebook and over social networks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm wondering how it is done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NOTE: The restriction could be overcomed by using Firefox plugin Tor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18601" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10317" RevisionGUID="c2615320-79f5-4e01-87ea-99473a2b3835" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:42:31.460" Text="How Intelligence offices deny access to some sites?" />
  <row Id="18602" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10317" RevisionGUID="c2615320-79f5-4e01-87ea-99473a2b3835" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:42:31.460" Text="&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="18603" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10318" RevisionGUID="e1309694-1a27-4aed-8e4c-76b6f2adf843" CreationDate="2009-05-20T11:46:08.363" UserId="2161" Text="&lt;p&gt;Well ... Probably done by some kind of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewall%5F%28networking%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;firewall&lt;/a&gt; technology, that would have to be running at the country's all ISP:s, to inspect and block traffic to selected external sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, not to give them any ideas, but ... According to the wiki page on &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor%5F%28anonymity%5Fnetwork%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Tor&lt;/a&gt;, it should be possible to block that too, for an entity like a government. At least it's possible for the US government.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18604" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10308" RevisionGUID="c24e44f4-33fe-49d9-b8fd-c38787dd5909" CreationDate="2009-05-20T12:26:44.333" UserId="1814" Comment="edited body" Text="I currently use Cygwin and &lt;code&gt;rxvt&lt;/code&gt; as my default terminal environment running &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt;. I would like to be able to scroll in the output window using the mouse wheel. Is this possible?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I realize there are (at least) two different use cases for this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Scrolling in the scrollback buffer while in terminal/input mode (same as sliding the scrollbar on the window itself).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Scrolling in programs such as &lt;code&gt;man&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;less&lt;/code&gt;, where using the up/down arrow keys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any solution to either cases are welcome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Update&lt;/strong&gt; I just realized case 1) is not relevant. This already works. :)" />
  <row Id="18605" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10319" RevisionGUID="627798c9-bd76-4aa8-afba-c83838b9ca3d" CreationDate="2009-05-20T12:32:27.890" UserId="2950" Text="The easist way for them to block sites, is to redirect the DNS record. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The easy way to check this, would be to use a DNS server from another country, or set up your own dns that hasnt blocked the sites. (in other words, does the entire check from root dns for every new site you try to access." />
  <row Id="18606" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10319" RevisionGUID="627798c9-bd76-4aa8-afba-c83838b9ca3d" CreationDate="2009-05-20T12:32:27.890" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10320" RevisionGUID="db333f50-037b-463e-a05b-aaa8600f58a7" CreationDate="2009-05-20T12:34:52.743" UserId="2561" Text="When searching for information this area of recovery is often referred to as forensics.  You are going to have a tough time if the person did any sort of non-quick format.  For Linux you can try [testdisk][1] which is in Ubuntu's repositories.  Be sure to mount the disk as read only. And you might have an easier time if you use dd to create an image. [This][2] Linux Journal article talks about disk forensics a bit (not sure if you subscription to view it or not).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/10385" />
  <row Id="18608" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10321" RevisionGUID="055a7fe8-7b8d-420f-a943-730c19d294ef" CreationDate="2009-05-20T12:41:09.357" UserId="2561" Text="If you can gain ssh access to server outside of the country (any sort of shared hosting solution such as dreamhost can provide this for maybe 10 bucks a month) you can then tunnel your traffic through this server using ssh.  If you tunnel both the web and DNS traffic through ssh you should be able to browse anything. I wrote how to do this in my blog [here][1], it says how to do this with Firefox (I hope the plug is okay, if not let me know and I will edit my post). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kbrandt.com/2007/06/how-i-browser-internet-securely-from.html" />
  <row Id="18609" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10321" RevisionGUID="055a7fe8-7b8d-420f-a943-730c19d294ef" CreationDate="2009-05-20T12:41:09.357" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10322" RevisionGUID="ee224f3c-4cc2-4a10-b94a-1874801dda95" CreationDate="2009-05-20T12:41:15.877" UserId="3039" Text="Don't let users take DVDs home! At my last employers they used to have an open cupboard where if you could find the install CD you could simply take it and install it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, you do need a little dose of big brother (but use it in sensible proportions) which should also help you support your users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Audit all your users' PCs to find out what they have installed, and get any software removed that you don't want on the network (or isn't licenced)&#xD;&#xA; - Maintain an inventory of licences and what's installed and where&#xD;&#xA; - If a user requires some software, they should make a request to you for it and if you're happy to let them install it themselves let them but require that the media is returned at the end of the day. Once it's installed update your inventory notes&#xD;&#xA; - If you want to make software available on a network drive limit access according to their need&#xD;&#xA; - If there is some (free) software that is useful/popular/can be freely installed/does not require an audit trail put this onto a shared drive for users to access&#xD;&#xA; - Implement a company policy (get senior management to support this) that explains the need to prevent illegal copies of software etc. and point out it can be a dismissable offence&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Last year we conducted a security audit at the behest of a client and found we had to think about (and then define a policy and document) issues such as the use of USB sticks and copying sensitive files. You probably don't want to ban USB sticks, but you want to make clear to staff what the company policy is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is important to let users know what is expected of them. Then it comes down to trust." />
  <row Id="18611" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10323" RevisionGUID="256175f3-fe77-40b6-b6b3-5a845c6b0a58" CreationDate="2009-05-20T12:46:22.317" UserId="3018" Text="I would like Sharepoint to present the content of a view from another server. There is no need to modify the data, but sorting would be nice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can I accomplish this without (too much) coding?" />
  <row Id="18612" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10323" RevisionGUID="256175f3-fe77-40b6-b6b3-5a845c6b0a58" CreationDate="2009-05-20T12:46:22.317" UserId="3018" Text="How do I get Sharepoint to retrieve data from another database?" />
  <row Id="18613" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10323" RevisionGUID="256175f3-fe77-40b6-b6b3-5a845c6b0a58" CreationDate="2009-05-20T12:46:22.317" UserId="3018" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;database&gt;" />
  <row Id="18614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10324" RevisionGUID="1df2366b-507a-4900-a1d7-4a3b176c12ea" CreationDate="2009-05-20T12:50:11.890" UserId="2561" Text="There might be a simple microsoft way of doing this.  But if not you can find out what your GAL filter is by going to ‘Exchange System Manager’ and then ‘Recipients::All Global Address Lists::Default Global Address List::General Tab’. You can then run this query with something like ldapsearch in Linux to get the mail attribute.  Something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ldapsearch -w $PW -v -x -D &quot;cn=Administrator,cn=Users,dc=MYDOMAIN,dc=com&quot; &quot;(&amp; (mailnickname=*) (| (&amp;(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(!(homeMDB=*))(!(msExchHomeServerName=*)))(&amp;(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(|(homeMDB=*)(msExchHomeServerName=*)))(&amp;(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=contact))(objectCategory=group)(objectCategory=publicFolder)(objectCategory=msExchDynamicDistributionList) ))&quot;  mail | grep mail | awk '{ print $2}' &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can then modify this ldap query for an attribute that will give you your human only users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Removing: `(objectCategory=group)(objectCategory=publicFolder)(objectCategory=msExchDynamicDistributionList)` from the query might get you only your human users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18615" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10325" RevisionGUID="f00505b0-8570-45e7-9abe-c008a7103f21" CreationDate="2009-05-20T12:55:35.907" UserId="706" Text="There are numerous ways to block undesirable traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Identify all the connections to the outside world&#xD;&#xA; * Instruct the owners of those connections to:&#xD;&#xA;  * Block certain websites based on their IP (ie, don't route packets addressed to certain IPs on a block list)&#xD;&#xA;  * Block DNS results based on wildcards (so \*news\* might block all DNS requests that have &quot;news&quot; anywhere in their name)&#xD;&#xA;  * Use a packet inspector to monitor HTTP and other traffic for keywords, and send a TCP disconnect packet if certain triggers on the content are seen.&#xD;&#xA;  * Block non port 80 and 25 traffic&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that the gov't can't control all the ISPs (those with satellite phone data plans are ok since the company doesn't have an office in the country they can put pressure on).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Further, some tactics can't be used due to the burden - the packet inspector, running on even a relatively slow 10gbps trunk line requires a ton of processing power and speed to keep up with traffic.  Compromises must be made.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, 99% of the people in the country are going to be stymied by a simple DNS blocking scheme.  Those that can get past that easily will also be able to get around most of the other block anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The goal of such a program isn't to prevent anyone from having access, it's to capture the greatest portion of the public and make sure they are getting your message and only your message.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In political battles that's usually sufficient.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="18616" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10325" RevisionGUID="f00505b0-8570-45e7-9abe-c008a7103f21" CreationDate="2009-05-20T12:55:35.907" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18617" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10326" RevisionGUID="6cf37587-07b4-4d3a-ac36-62795baa6f01" CreationDate="2009-05-20T12:57:07.870" UserId="117" Text="[S.M.A.R.T.][1] (for Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a wonderful technology to detect hard drive failure before it really happens.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But is S.M.A.R.T. relevant for SSD based drive ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Monitoring,_Analysis,_and_Reporting_Technology" />
  <row Id="18618" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10326" RevisionGUID="6cf37587-07b4-4d3a-ac36-62795baa6f01" CreationDate="2009-05-20T12:57:07.870" UserId="117" Text="Does SSD support S.M.A.R.T ?" />
  <row Id="18619" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10326" RevisionGUID="6cf37587-07b4-4d3a-ac36-62795baa6f01" CreationDate="2009-05-20T12:57:07.870" UserId="117" Text="&lt;ssd&gt;&lt;smart&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="18620" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10327" RevisionGUID="087fd12d-543f-4f7f-bde7-e0994c487fff" CreationDate="2009-05-20T12:57:40.130" UserId="2278" Text="You might want to use some sort of password vault software - that way you can give authorized users their own access to it and make sure the information does not leak by people leaving notes around. A good one probably doesn't even display the password, just drops it into the clipboard for cut'n paste." />
  <row Id="18621" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3955" RevisionGUID="aadb4a2e-8cdc-41bc-92f8-89a57e24fcce" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:05:15.907" UserId="1755" Comment="added 225 characters in body" Text="I have a NAS appliance that is just over a month old.  It is configured to email me alerts generated from the hard drives' SMART data.  After one day, one of the hard drives reported that a sector had gone bad and been reallocated.  Over the first week, that number climbed to six total sectors for the hard drive in question.  After a month, the number stands at nine reallocated sectors.  The rate definitely seems to be decelerating.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The NAS is configured with six 1.5 TB drives in a RAID-5 configuration.  With such high capacity drives, I would expect a sector to fail from time to time, so I was not concerned when the first few sectors were relocated.  It bothers me though that none of the other disks are reporting any problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At what rate of relocations, or total number of relocations, should I start to get worried for the drive's health?  Might this vary based on the capacity of the drive?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18622" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10328" RevisionGUID="2e0fc54b-ebae-462b-bb6f-874b9c8c13b6" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:08:43.420" UserId="3018" Text="I have been unable to discover a way to determine what processors/CPUs/sockets are present in a PC/Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions?" />
  <row Id="18623" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10328" RevisionGUID="2e0fc54b-ebae-462b-bb6f-874b9c8c13b6" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:08:43.420" UserId="3018" Text="Determine CPU processors vs. sockets though WMI" />
  <row Id="18624" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10328" RevisionGUID="2e0fc54b-ebae-462b-bb6f-874b9c8c13b6" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:08:43.420" UserId="3018" Text="&lt;cpu&gt;&lt;processor&gt;&lt;sockets&gt;" />
  <row Id="18625" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10329" RevisionGUID="7e1f4e5b-0967-4f76-9cc4-58ee64d63e4e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:08:49.537" UserId="2116" Text="According to many SSD Specification I've seen, yes SSD have S.M.A.R.T support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But if it's relevant to have it on an SSD, from my point of view I'll say yes whether SSD is kind of protected for &quot;mecanical&quot; failure, flash chip can also become bad with time. Actually I think this technology is still to young to have a great ideas about the frequency of failure, but MTBF are way higher on SSD than on standard HD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, S.M.A.R.T on SSD? I'll say yes it's a good thing." />
  <row Id="18629" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10331" RevisionGUID="8947cb65-e162-440e-a230-ce628b9aa88f" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:11:02.450" UserId="700" Text="I'm looking at buying a hot-swap NAS that supports SATA/SATA II hard drives.  Can I get any SATA drive and put it into the hot-swap trays it comes with, or will I need to find a certain kind of drive?" />
  <row Id="18630" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10331" RevisionGUID="8947cb65-e162-440e-a230-ce628b9aa88f" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:11:02.450" UserId="700" Text="Can any hard drive of the same format be put into a hot-swap tray?" />
  <row Id="18631" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10331" RevisionGUID="8947cb65-e162-440e-a230-ce628b9aa88f" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:11:02.450" UserId="700" Text="&lt;hotswap&gt;&lt;nas&gt;&lt;sata&gt;" />
  <row Id="18632" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10332" RevisionGUID="a41fc10f-1145-45b5-b0eb-c7ae78122abb" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:11:51.963" UserId="706" Text="The company needs to be proactive about this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Check the license.  Some software licenses allow businesses to give employees a copy to run at home.&#xD;&#xA; * Run license servers.  Try to purchase software that requires a running license server at the office - the software won't run without it.&#xD;&#xA; * Use dongled software.  The software is then attached to the dongle.  The user can use it at home, work, the pool, and they can't (easily) break the license.&#xD;&#xA; * Log all installs.  Lock down the network drive, have users send a request to have it unlocked for them for a period of time, log accesses so you know which software they installed/copied and keep the records.  Make sure they know you do this, and even though you can't tell whether they took it home on a flash drive, the fact that you are watching and there's a process will deter most people.&#xD;&#xA; * Limit software installs on the network drive to those that have licenses you can protect (license server, dongle, or software that users are allowed to take home, for instance) - software that doesn't meet the requirements has to be installed by IT.&#xD;&#xA; * Use software on the work PC that can determine what is installed, and log network accesses to the software install drive.  Occasionally compare what has been installed with what is accessed - when they've accessed something that was already installed or something that was never installed send an automated email requesting an explanation.  Perhaps you'll never act on it, but the fact that you are actively monitoring this will deter most casual users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general, if you leave the candy store open and unguarded you will necessarily allow some people to take and use the candy for purposes you don't allow.  At the end of the day it's a choice between making things easier or more secure, and the balance is always difficult.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many companies lock it down except in cases where the user has a valid reason to install software on a regular basis.  Except for software developers, IT professionals, and similar employees, the vast majority of computer users never need to install software themselves.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the case of those that do, they generally can get around whatever you might put in place if they want to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, most companies take a hands-off approach.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep in mind that if you only enforce it using written policies and procedures, but put in no technical protections, you may be safer than if you put in some technical protections.  The employee is always at fault if piracy is found, but if you make a half-hearted effort then it may be argued that you are liable, but didn't do enough.  This could be especially damaging if one of your employees decides to torrent your software and licenses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="18633" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10333" RevisionGUID="75d98966-7044-498a-9721-bc83cf61a05e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:13:39.607" UserId="2116" Text="Normaly any SATA I/II you can found in the markey will fit in. Check you NAS documentation to see if there some limitation about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this help." />
  <row Id="18634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10334" RevisionGUID="5fb0cb77-c5b3-4b6e-98b4-112adee3faeb" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:15:47.247" UserId="1102" Text="Off the top of my head, you could use reporting services on your SharePoint box to present the data, if you're running SRS. Alternately, you could dig into the business data catalog (BDC):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms563661.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms563661.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The latter assumes you're running MOSS 2007." />
  <row Id="18635" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10299" RevisionGUID="110865b9-44d4-417e-a3dd-f49aef3da110" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:17:44.623" UserId="2155" Comment="deleted 9 characters in body" Text="I'd like to update a Win 2008 server from Web edition to Standard edition. Is this possible as I haven't been able to find an easy way of doing it?" />
  <row Id="18638" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10199" RevisionGUID="56a7d7a4-12ed-4fff-b992-2585761bbabb" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:30:11.450" UserId="422" Comment="added 393 characters in body" Text="I am trying to contemplate how stupid an idea this would be...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was inspired by some foolish fellow, who soon after the release of Mac OS X 10.0 took 5 USB floppy drives, plugged them into his iMac, and set up a RAID5 array on them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Floppy RAID array.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But then I got thinking.  In the office I am sitting next to a stack of 1 GB USB drives that are being given away to customers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I snagged say 5 or 10 of them, plugged 4 into a USB hub, duct taped them in place (You knew duct tape would come into this, once I started talking about floppy RAID arrays, right?), and set them up as a RAID5 array, how ridiculous would that be?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ought to work, and be workable.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now if I could find a stack of say 4GB keys and do that, a 12GB RAID5 array might be cool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am thinking that performance might not be too bad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But then again, I could do a RAID 10 array for redundancy and performance I suppose.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:  As a side note, I think I would still stick with all the USB memory sticks on one hub, because then I can use duct tape to hold it all together.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I feel that the real value of duct tape, outweighs the perceived value of performance. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's like lipstick on a cat.  It seems like a good idea at the time, but eventually you realize that duct tape would have been a better choice." />
  <row Id="18639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10336" RevisionGUID="71889dd1-2ecb-457d-ae01-939b13ba4ae5" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:32:08.093" UserId="706" Text="Yes, they have it, and yes it's useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Flash drives do develop errors over time, usually in the form of bad flash blocks - not unlike bad sectors in regular hard drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just like regular hard drives, the drive controller keeps track of these bad blocks and re-maps them to 'extra' blocks that were saved for this purpose.  Whenever the computer requests data from a bad block, the controller intercepts it and gives it the correct data from the re-mapped block.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Eventually you'll run out of extra blocks and will start getting real errors, at which time you'll need to replace the drive - SMART will keep you on top of this so you can take care of it before you start losing data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The one major advantage SSDs have over regular drives in this is that the extra blocks in a regular drive require head seeks to another track, so as the drive ages it gets slower.  In an SSD the remapping is done almost transparently, and so no additional time is wasted seeking to the remapped block and then seeking back to read the rest of the data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="18641" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10338" RevisionGUID="49ca539b-18cb-482d-9f7d-575e8468ae4b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:35:14.767" UserId="1002" Text="The WMI [WIN32_Processor class][1] gives basic info about installed processors..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394373.aspx" />
  <row Id="18643" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10340" RevisionGUID="22fabed1-5134-4dc0-81f7-9e99c866170e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:37:19.410" UserId="526" Text="&quot;Let's arm them with the information they need.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're not a general. You're not leading anyone into battle. Also, I'm not exactly sure how anybody informed about last months time reporting data could feel &quot;armed.&quot;" />
  <row Id="18644" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10340" RevisionGUID="22fabed1-5134-4dc0-81f7-9e99c866170e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:37:19.410" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18645" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10341" RevisionGUID="edba7094-4c99-45b5-87af-96576a67e308" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:40:11.560" UserId="1565" Text="&quot;You can ping me offline.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why don't you just say, &quot;You can ask me after the meeting.&quot;?" />
  <row Id="18646" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10341" RevisionGUID="edba7094-4c99-45b5-87af-96576a67e308" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:40:11.560" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18647" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10342" RevisionGUID="bdc3e472-1e18-4104-997d-7e595479a8eb" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:41:14.427" UserId="2604" Text="If you reinstall often, for whatever reason, it might be useful to script all of these settings.  Every setting that is stored in the registry can be set with the &quot;reg&quot; command in at *.cmd script.  You can use Google to find a lot of settings.  You'll have to find some yourself, though.  Download ProcMon from Systinternals (&lt;www.sysinternals.com&gt;).  Use it to monitor the registry while you change the desired setting in the Control Panel or wherever.  Then write a script using &quot;reg&quot; to manipulate that setting." />
  <row Id="18648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10343" RevisionGUID="3cdb1482-70d9-4049-b9d2-78509055e0f7" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:41:55.363" UserId="526" Text="People run a microsoft stack because the products integrate well with each other. Microsoft's virtualization isn't there yet, but there's no doubt they will be soon. Today, VMWare is better, but Microsoft is still good. If you have a mixed environment, I'd say to go with VMWare. If you're a Microsoft shop, then go with Microsoft." />
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  <row Id="18650" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="10343" RevisionGUID="6fba800c-62e8-461a-8f79-a15ae6c75c08" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:42:20.463" UserId="526" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:526,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jim&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="18651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10344" RevisionGUID="d500097d-1aff-47e2-b6a2-a4574f90be2c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:43:17.577" UserId="554" Text="This whole discussion is giving me the hives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just hate **Going Forward** so much. Why not just **from now on**?" />
  <row Id="18652" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10344" RevisionGUID="d500097d-1aff-47e2-b6a2-a4574f90be2c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:43:17.577" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10345" RevisionGUID="75e6ee2d-ebb2-472e-876f-1ef5b1758feb" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:48:24.073" UserId="216" Text="I'm going to assume that you mean a **Cisco** 2801 unit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately we've insufficient information to go on:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* What physical interfaces apart from the ADSL WIC does the 2801 have?&#xD;&#xA;* What physical interface does the cable connection have?&#xD;&#xA;* Do you have NAT on either of the connections?&#xD;&#xA;* Do you have static IP(s) on either of the connections?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18654" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10346" RevisionGUID="e394404c-5ff6-4333-8d49-11ade69c8a06" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:49:07.957" UserId="526" Text="You have a few options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Run custom code in SharePoint that connects to the database and queries the information. This could be a custom webpart or a new page that you put in the _layouts folder.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Instead of connecting to the database directly, you could publish the data using a web service or an RSS feed. That way, you don't have to worry about a DB connection. You could connect to this using a Content Editor webpart and custom JavaScript.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those are just two options--there are others. Really, it depends a lot on what you need to do. For example, should any SharePoint user be able to see the data pulled from the database? How are you going to handle security? Are there dozens of rows you're pulling from the database or millions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anything you do will require some amount of coding." />
  <row Id="18655" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10347" RevisionGUID="5160460c-1d63-413a-a784-94e9f491b545" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:49:43.167" UserId="3216" Text="this.. nice.. exchange server converts my text/plain messages from text to html and messes them up, just because it detects html somewhere in the body.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;how can i stop him from doing so?" />
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  <row Id="18657" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10347" RevisionGUID="5160460c-1d63-413a-a784-94e9f491b545" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:49:43.167" UserId="3216" Text="&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;html&gt;&lt;mime&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;" />
  <row Id="18658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10348" RevisionGUID="5861fe0b-7696-49e0-89c2-23c12fb1bf74" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:50:26.707" UserId="1107" Text="How do you decide what is permissible to allow users control over? With a given feature or functionality (say, setting shares on a folder, attaching certain filetypes in email, installing USB devices) is there a Best Practices rule to look at to help weigh the risks vs. rewards?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly, do you default to locking something down until it's asked for / demanded, or leaving something allowed until there is a problem? If it's not all one or the other, what guides your decision on which default to set?" />
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  <row Id="18663" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10350" RevisionGUID="13d8e40d-3b56-4ed0-a889-a5cb42f29f29" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:50:33.710" UserId="2477" Text="I'm trying to transfer large files (3+ gigs each) across the lan. My connection is 100 megabit to the box, with a gigabit backbone. However, when transfering files between servers and from a server to my local computer, transfer speed hovers around 11 to 13 megabits per second.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Large downloads from the Internet, however, go significantly faster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have brought up this problem with my network infrastructure folks, but they insist that everything is fine with the network configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any tools out there that I can install on my computer or the servers to try to isolate the source of the slowdown?" />
  <row Id="18664" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10350" RevisionGUID="13d8e40d-3b56-4ed0-a889-a5cb42f29f29" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:50:33.710" UserId="2477" Text="Determining why file transfers are so slow." />
  <row Id="18665" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10350" RevisionGUID="13d8e40d-3b56-4ed0-a889-a5cb42f29f29" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:50:33.710" UserId="2477" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;slow-connection&gt;" />
  <row Id="18666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10351" RevisionGUID="83e15892-8f26-4332-9421-74b2e751b597" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:54:25.140" UserId="798" Text="&quot;If I could write the script...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;We need to define our patterns, practices and procedures...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Makes my blood boil." />
  <row Id="18667" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10351" RevisionGUID="83e15892-8f26-4332-9421-74b2e751b597" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:54:25.140" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18668" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10352" RevisionGUID="5a4a4347-8a32-4fe3-bde2-720e84a71a9d" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:55:41.253" UserId="301" Text="Firstly check the interface counters on each server, there should be 0 or close to 0 errors reported.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly, check the duplex of both servers. If you are mixing 100mbit and GbE then you may have a duplex mismatch. Ensure that both sides are set to auto/auto, or manually set the speed and the duplex on all interfaces.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thirdly, what kind of contention is there on the GbE backbone, can you confirm that sufficient headroom exists for your transfer ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Btw, 11 to 13 mega _bytes_ per second is the theoretical max for 100mbit, are you sure the tool you are using to measure is reporting the correct units?" />
  <row Id="18669" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10353" RevisionGUID="6a2f0b3e-8552-496d-b57b-b699bce463c2" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:57:18.910" UserId="2664" Text="What is the sticky bit in a UNIX file system?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an admin when and how would you use it?" />
  <row Id="18670" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10353" RevisionGUID="6a2f0b3e-8552-496d-b57b-b699bce463c2" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:57:18.910" UserId="2664" Text="What is the sticky bit in UNIX file systems? When is it used?" />
  <row Id="18671" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10353" RevisionGUID="6a2f0b3e-8552-496d-b57b-b699bce463c2" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:57:18.910" UserId="2664" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;" />
  <row Id="18672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10354" RevisionGUID="b2b9954a-ae9d-467e-a5fa-575e6372a881" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:59:47.503" UserId="1803" Text="It looks like you can, provided you're on Web R2, or can upgrade to Standard R2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Supported upgrade paths&#xD;&#xA;-----------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The table below shows which Windows operating systems can be upgraded to which editions of this release of Windows Server 2008 R2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note the following general guidelines for supported paths:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - In-place upgrades from 32-bit to 64-bit architectures are not supported. All editions of Windows Server 2008 R2 are 64-bit only.&#xD;&#xA; - In-place upgrades from one language&#xD;&#xA;   to another are not supported.&#xD;&#xA; - In-place upgrades from one build type&#xD;&#xA;   (fre to chk, for example) are not&#xD;&#xA;   supported.&#xD;&#xA; - If you do not see your current&#xD;&#xA;   version in the left column, upgrade&#xD;&#xA;   to this release of Windows Server&#xD;&#xA;   2008 R2 is not supported.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**If you are running:**&#xD;&#xA; You can upgrade to this edition:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;**Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition**&#xD;&#xA; Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;**Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with SP2 or Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition**&#xD;&#xA; Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise, Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;**Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition with SP2 or Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition**&#xD;&#xA; Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;**Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 Standard with or without SP2**&#xD;&#xA; Server Core installation of either Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard or Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;**Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise with or without SP2**&#xD;&#xA; Server Core installation of either Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise or Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;**Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 Datacenter**&#xD;&#xA; Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;**Server Core installation of Windows Web Server 2008 with or without SP2**&#xD;&#xA; Server Core installation of either Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard or Windows Web Server 2008 R2&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;**Full installation of Windows Server 2008 Standard with or without SP2**&#xD;&#xA; Full installation of either Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard or Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;**Full installation of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise with or without SP2**&#xD;&#xA; Full installation of either Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise or Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;**Full installation of Windows Server 2008 Datacenter with or without SP2**&#xD;&#xA; Full installation of either Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;**Full installation of Windows Web Server 2008 with or without SP2**&#xD;&#xA; Full installation of either Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard or Windows Web Server 2008 R2&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;**Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard**&#xD;&#xA; Server Core installation of either Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard (repair in place) or Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;**Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise**&#xD;&#xA; Server Core installation of either Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise (repair in place) or Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;**Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter**&#xD;&#xA; Server Core installation of either Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter (repair in place)&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;**Server Core installation of Windows Web Server 2008 R2**&#xD;&#xA; Server Core installation of either Windows Web Server 2008 R2 (repair in place) or Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;**Full installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard**&#xD;&#xA; Full installation of either Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard (repair in place) or Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;**Full installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise**&#xD;&#xA; Full installation of either Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise (repair in place) or Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;**Full installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter**&#xD;&#xA; Full installation of either Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter (repair in place)&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;**Full installation of Windows Web Server 2008 R2**&#xD;&#xA; Full installation of either Windows Web Server 2008 R2 (repair in place) or Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18673" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10355" RevisionGUID="a6b39f7a-5d64-42e0-a437-a59f7efb6875" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:59:53.977" UserId="2692" Text="&gt; &quot;We'll need to touch base on that.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It just sounds all wrong to me.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18674" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10355" RevisionGUID="a6b39f7a-5d64-42e0-a437-a59f7efb6875" CreationDate="2009-05-20T13:59:53.977" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18676" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10357" RevisionGUID="7bb63b50-10ab-4bdf-b122-3204071f5f32" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:03:24.267" UserId="2891" Text="Personally, I think the best strategy is to look everything down to begin with, then slowly start opening things up until you're users can do their jobs. If there is a special case (which their usually is) then these can be considered and acted upon in what can be considered a secure environment. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of the time the issues you have described (setting shares, sending file types, installing devices) are usually hints to the fact that their is probably a better way of doing it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Setting shares - Why isn't there a centralised repository for files that need to be accessed? Sending file types - Are we really making the best use of the software we have? Installing devices - Do all users need this functionality? Why? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wouldn't think of it as a risk v.s. rewards system. Think of how the system is acting as a whole, which parts are you being asked to improve and most importantly why these changes might be necessary." />
  <row Id="18678" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10359" RevisionGUID="0c981fe1-5c0f-44ce-b793-62b5c4e31da1" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:05:36.760" UserId="1810" Text="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticky_bit" />
  <row Id="18679" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10360" RevisionGUID="2bebda85-9400-4934-86be-7567b4073aff" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:06:10.130" UserId="3204" Text="Boot a linux live cd and use [chntpw][1]. I tend to use Fedora for the live cd. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    yum install chntpw&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mount the windows partition:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mkdir /mnt/windows &amp;&amp; mount /dev/&lt;windows partition&gt; /mnt/windows&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Browse to the SAM database:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cd /mnt/windows/&lt;Windows directory/system32/config&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get a list of local users on the windows machine type:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chntpw -l SAM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Change a particular users password:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chntpw -u &lt;username&gt; SAM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://freshmeat.net/projects/chntpw/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18680" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10361" RevisionGUID="1d1fa380-6b7a-4cda-9330-afb44a0084d3" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:07:24.120" UserId="2476" Text="I have an Ubuntu 7.10 slice on Slicehost running my main web server.  I want to update to Ubuntu 8.10 because the repositories are gone for 7.10 and I want the latest security and application upgrades.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Slicehost does not seem to let me dist-upgrade from 7.10 to 8.10, they suggested I buy a new VPS slice, upgrade it to what I need, port my data over, and then reimage my original slice from the 2nd slice.  Has anyone else done this?  Any better way to do it or pitfalls to watch out for while doing this?  How long will my site be down if I use this method?  Can I finish it in 2 hours on a Saturday?" />
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  <row Id="18683" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10362" RevisionGUID="b00775d1-3d56-4a4d-9b7d-092d642871a5" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:10:07.580" UserId="3190" Text="Hi, I have a blade chassis that I want to be able to fetch the power budget stats from it's web inteface, however this data i'm unable to fetch using SNMP, i've checked ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;however I should be able to crawl the management web interface for this data, by just initiating a login, fetch the HTML page the grep out the proper fields.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="18684" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10362" RevisionGUID="b00775d1-3d56-4a4d-9b7d-092d642871a5" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:10:07.580" UserId="3190" Text="crawling a management web interface for data (Switch, Router or AP)" />
  <row Id="18685" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10362" RevisionGUID="b00775d1-3d56-4a4d-9b7d-092d642871a5" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:10:07.580" UserId="3190" Text="&lt;https&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="18686" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10363" RevisionGUID="4d54ca98-96cc-43a5-8dba-3d6038a0d47f" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:13:54.670" UserId="1997" Text="It does seem like your host is giving you the run-around. Most likely, you'll have to have the two VPS's going for about 2 days. The first day to port your application (barring no serious issues), and the second, to give time for dns records to be updated to the new VPS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do go this route, I'd try setting up a local 8.10 server and do a test run of moving your ap (if you haven't already done this). This will give you the closest estimate for how long your move will take." />
  <row Id="18687" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10364" RevisionGUID="8caaf558-01a8-4cab-bdba-884f0f40d30b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:14:43.047" UserId="1298" Text="&#xD;&#xA;I have installed postgresql according to [this][1], but I also need fuzzy string match functions, but I have no idea how to install these.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.studiotips.net/docs/tips_sql/postgresql/installingpostgresqlonmac.html" />
  <row Id="18688" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10364" RevisionGUID="8caaf558-01a8-4cab-bdba-884f0f40d30b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:14:43.047" UserId="1298" Text="how to install fuzzystrmatch.sql pg_trgm.sql on postgresql on mac os x " />
  <row Id="18689" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10364" RevisionGUID="8caaf558-01a8-4cab-bdba-884f0f40d30b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:14:43.047" UserId="1298" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;postgresql&gt;" />
  <row Id="18690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10365" RevisionGUID="7c0d7d5a-433d-48e0-9c7f-0dc3d72bc08c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:14:44.123" UserId="3204" Text="This isn't great from a performance perspective. I wouldn't try to grab the metrics at really short intervals.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, you could use [wget][1] or [curl][2] to perform this task then grep the output for the values you need. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember that if you update the firmware of the device you might have a broken script if they change the UI at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://curl.haxx.se/" />
  <row Id="18691" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10366" RevisionGUID="f3bde665-8704-45ca-bca6-df321cf6e976" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:17:13.747" UserId="533" Text="Its original use was to provide a hint to the OS that the executable should be cached in memory so it would load faster.  This use has mostly been deprecated as OSes are pretty smart about this sort of thing now.  In fact, I think now some OSes use it as a hint that the executable **shouldn't** be cached.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The most common use today is to create a directory in which anyone can create a file, but only the owner of a file in that directory can delete it.  Traditionally, if you have a directory that anyone can write to, anyone can also delete a file from it.  setting the sticky bit on a directory makes it so only the owner of a file can delete the file from a world-writeable directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The classic use of this is the /tmp directory:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ls -ld /tmp&#xD;&#xA;    drwxrwxrwt   29 root     root         5120 May 20 09:15 /tmp/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The &quot;t&quot; in the mode there is the sticky bit.  If the tmp directory didn't exist, it would be pretty easy for a regular user to cause havoc by deleting everything from /tmp.  Since lots of daemons put sockets in /tmp, it would essentially be a local DOS." />
  <row Id="18692" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10367" RevisionGUID="173602c6-3e4c-499d-bc06-efa747404c93" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:18:23.947" UserId="2032" Text="You may also want to install the [Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Backward Compatibility Components][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/aa336314.aspx" />
  <row Id="18693" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10253" RevisionGUID="5edd390a-90ab-4fe1-a139-d30aeef9227d" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:21:40.400" UserId="1435" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Thanks for the update Alex. Most new 'Nehalem'-based servers such as the model you're looking at use triple-channel RAM, notice how they have 'divisible-by-three' memory slots (3, 6, 9, 12, 18 etc) where previous models had 'devisible-by-two' versions (2, 4, 8, 16 etc). You *can* put less than three modules in at a time but you're likely to miss out on the full performance of the new 'QPI'-based memory architecture.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also of great importance with these new chips is to balance your memory across processors - if you only have a single processor then you shouldn't put memory in the slots associated with the empty processor slot, only with the first processor - this effectively halves the memory capability of single-processor servers. If you have two processors you need to ENSURE that they both have the same amount AND type/size of memory as each other.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now onto your actual question. With these new servers the more physical memory chips you use the slower they get - they're still faster than the previous generation of chips/memory even at their slowest but you should aim to use less of the most capacious modules that make sense to you financially.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking at the specific machine you want I would urge you to go with either 48GB Memory (12x4GB) or 24GB Memory (6x4GB) based on your requirements. Best of luck." />
  <row Id="18694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10368" RevisionGUID="c5058987-8044-430d-9aac-f9086083d8cb" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:23:11.240" UserId="2863" Text="I think 2 hours would be pushing it, it took me a couple of days when i moved webserver and there was also the time it took to shift my domain to the new server. I think you should talk to slice host about this, they should be more willing to help you upgrade. I am sure you aren't the only customer in this situation." />
  <row Id="18695" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10369" RevisionGUID="8a320556-caa8-4265-b619-918c8be176ac" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:24:45.760" UserId="1435" Text="Any on the NAS drive's HCL will do. If you tell us which models you're looking at or have bought we could help you get the best out of it." />
  <row Id="18696" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10370" RevisionGUID="ffd019a2-5e7d-472a-a164-f89f311e5926" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:32:06.903" UserId="887" Text="Agreed on other recommendations for Wireshark, but it might be overkill, netstat -an may give you enough info, you can't see the volume of traffic with, but you can see source and destination. " />
  <row Id="18697" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10371" RevisionGUID="29a128c3-186e-4574-b6e5-22dedba01e00" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:34:57.447" UserId="1450" Text="How can I get ACL for file permission to work in Linux?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't care kernel version or distribution. I will do a clean install anyway. Is there a KERNEL/FS supported ACL? If I choose Linux, am I stuck with UGO approach to file permissions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18698" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10371" RevisionGUID="29a128c3-186e-4574-b6e5-22dedba01e00" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:34:57.447" UserId="1450" Text="Handling file permissions in Linux with ACL" />
  <row Id="18699" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10371" RevisionGUID="29a128c3-186e-4574-b6e5-22dedba01e00" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:34:57.447" UserId="1450" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;acl&gt;" />
  <row Id="18700" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10372" RevisionGUID="eb8ff2f2-2f0e-4dc5-9e74-df5feba4c5b9" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:37:03.790" UserId="1565" Text="Some of these answers may help as well:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://serverfault.com/questions/7366/whos-using-our-bandwidth/7375" />
  <row Id="18704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10373" RevisionGUID="8aea1064-91ee-4ee9-aaa9-8bf8bdd86d37" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:44:58.910" UserId="3220" Text="I recently purchased a used BladeCenter and I have two HS21, one HS20, and seven QS20 blades. As you are likely aware, used hardware means I get to figure it out myself (and that's part of the fun!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've figured out how to update the firmware for the blades and the chassis, but I still have a bunch of questions. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, what's the right way to shut down the chassis? So far I just shutdown the blades and then cut power to the chassis, but the management module sends out panicky log messages when I do that. Is there a better/right way?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've found documentation that's specific to operating the server connectivity module, the management module and more, but is there a general overall introduction to operating a bladeserver that would answer questions like &quot;What's the right way to shutdown?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd also like to see a list of common problems and their solutions, and the IBM BladeCenter forum isn't particularly active.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've installed Ubuntu server on one of my HS21s, but I wonder what sort of kernel modules I could modprobe to get more integration with the blades or chassis?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also have specific problems like: &quot;the Advanced Management Module remote control function only works with VGA modes, is there some way to get it to display a text-based linux 80x25 console?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks," />
  <row Id="18705" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10373" RevisionGUID="8aea1064-91ee-4ee9-aaa9-8bf8bdd86d37" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:44:58.910" UserId="3220" Text="IBM BladeCenter operation tips?" />
  <row Id="18706" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10373" RevisionGUID="8aea1064-91ee-4ee9-aaa9-8bf8bdd86d37" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:44:58.910" UserId="3220" Text="&lt;bladecenter&gt;&lt;ibm&gt;&lt;tips&gt;" />
  <row Id="18707" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10374" RevisionGUID="9b603828-bd6c-42ba-a903-d0ea52ab3493" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:45:18.863" UserId="2299" Text="Try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ' *** Get the server name&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      set wsh_shell = wscript.CreateObject(&quot;Wscript.Shell&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;      set wsh_env = wsh_shell.Environment(&quot;PROCESS&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;      server_name =  wsh_env(&quot;COMPUTERNAME&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;      set wsh_env = nothing&#xD;&#xA;      set wsh_shell = nothing&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' *** Open the WMI service&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      set wmi_service = GetObject(&quot;winmgmts:\\&quot; &amp; server_name)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' *** Processor&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      set wmi_objectset = wmi_service.InstancesOf(&quot;Win32_Processor&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      for each wmi_object in wmi_objectset&#xD;&#xA;        wscript.echo cstr(wmi_object.MaxClockSpeed) &amp; &quot; - &quot; _&#xD;&#xA;                   &amp; cstr(wmi_object.NumberOfCores)&#xD;&#xA;      next&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      set wmi_service = nothing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've had the script print the clock speed, but you can look at any of the properties mention in the link in Stuart Dunkeld's post.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John Rennie" />
  <row Id="18708" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10375" RevisionGUID="5783391d-6ff8-4933-90de-3352259a554f" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:46:13.480" UserId="1795" Text="Simply install the relevant package. On Debian-based distros, the package is called &quot;[acl][1]&quot;. I'm sure other distros ship it as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll get `getfacl` and `setfacl` from that package.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/acl" />
  <row Id="18709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10376" RevisionGUID="892d1467-ce28-4851-a84e-603b2951f7cf" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:48:51.493" UserId="3156" Text="It's been a while since I worked with a Bladecenter, but if I recall, there was a great &quot;Getting Started&quot; guide on one of the CDs that came with it.  Since you say you got it used, you may not have gotten this CD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Did you get any IBM support with the purchase?  If you did, you might want to call them and ask about if there are any CDs or downloads available.  If you didn't purchase support, you may want to consider it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bladecenters are beefy, but in my time admining one (less than a year), I had to call support at least 4 times for various hardware and firmware issues." />
  <row Id="18710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10377" RevisionGUID="63b9fd52-6a33-48f7-9ec9-869d2a03159f" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:49:05.487" UserId="1993" Text="Every night at 02:59 the following events are logged by my Exchange server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Event Type:	  Warning Event&#xD;&#xA;    Source:	      MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store&#xD;&#xA;    Event Category:  Background Cleanup &#xD;&#xA;    Event ID:	    9871 &#xD;&#xA;    Date:		    5/20/2009&#xD;&#xA;    Time:		    2:59:59 AM &#xD;&#xA;    User:		    N/A&#xD;&#xA;    Computer:	    EXCHFC2 &#xD;&#xA;    Description: There is an online maintenance overlap for database &quot;First Storage Group\Mailbox Database&quot;. Please revise the online maintenance schedule.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.&#xD;&#xA;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Event Type:	Information&#xD;&#xA;    Event Source:	ESE&#xD;&#xA;    Event Category:	Online Defragmentation &#xD;&#xA;    Event ID:	704&#xD;&#xA;    Date:		5/20/2009&#xD;&#xA;    Time:		2:59:59 AM&#xD;&#xA;    User:		N/A&#xD;&#xA;    Computer:	EXCHFC2&#xD;&#xA;    Description:&#xD;&#xA;    MSExchangeIS (12420) First Storage Group: Online defragmentation of database 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\First Storage Group\Mailbox Database.edb' was interrupted and terminated. The next time online defragmentation is started on this database, it will resume from the point of interruption. &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    For more information, click http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is Exchange 2007 running on Windows 2003 x64.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's my Exchange maintenance schedule:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    First Storage Group\Mailbox Database: 20:00 - 03:00  &#xD;&#xA;    Second Storage Group\Public Folder Database: 03:00 - 06:00&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that I tried spacing them out more (First ended at 2, second started at 4) to no avail. The error message always appears a second before completion of the First Storage Group's maintenance plan.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The interrupted defragmentation noted in that second event was begun at 02:15. Another defragmentation of the exact same database was begun at 23:04 and finished at 02:08. Immediately before this full defragmentation, the interrupted one from last night was completed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So it's as if the system is defragging the database in a loop, then complaining when that defrag is interrupted by the conclusion of the maintenance window. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I fix this behavior?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18711" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10377" RevisionGUID="63b9fd52-6a33-48f7-9ec9-869d2a03159f" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:49:05.487" UserId="1993" Text="Exchange 2007 Online Maintenance Overlap" />
  <row Id="18712" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10377" RevisionGUID="63b9fd52-6a33-48f7-9ec9-869d2a03159f" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:49:05.487" UserId="1993" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;maintenance&gt;" />
  <row Id="18713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10378" RevisionGUID="85650fc7-f5b4-4445-9fd6-5c03d339b021" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:49:27.763" UserId="3125" Text="Also consider differences in protocol between the two scenarios.  &quot;Large downloads from the Internet&quot; sounds like HTTP or FTP over TCP/IP.  On the LAN, are you using something different?  Perhaps a mismatched set of SMB implementations, or Apple filesharing?  I only mention it because I've seen SMB traffic between Windows and UNIX/Linux systems behave in some really braindead ways.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try experimenting with different transfer mechanisms and see if that yields different results." />
  <row Id="18714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10379" RevisionGUID="d66392a1-f0e5-4af1-baee-8ecabd6f9c87" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:50:12.133" UserId="1509" Text="I surely second the debugging with wireshark, it will give you both the sending and receiving IP-Address, the protocol and even the content, given it's not HTTPS/SSL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But can't it just be that you are seeing somebodies ritual of coffe break news lurking ? With homepages of news sites tending to 1 MB (with pictures and ads), a 2MB can quickly be capped.&#xD;&#xA;And 10h30 seems like a good time for a break for spiegel.de or a daily-webcomic-tour :)" />
  <row Id="18715" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10380" RevisionGUID="f755c113-fdf2-4b3f-b683-e5bb515f8e6a" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:50:26.030" UserId="3222" Text="I haven't personally tried Kon-Boot disk yet but it was recommended to me by someone who has. Here's the description off of their site. I'd provide you with a link but apparently Noobs can't do that here. If you just google Kon-Boot you'll find it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &gt; Kon-Boot for Windows enables logging in to any password protected machine&#xD;&#xA;&gt; profile without without any knowledge&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of the password. This tool changes the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; contents of Windows kernel while&#xD;&#xA;&gt; booting, everything is done virtually&#xD;&#xA;&gt; - without any interferences with physical system changes. So far&#xD;&#xA;&gt; following systems were tested to work&#xD;&#xA;&gt; correctly with Kon-Boot (however its&#xD;&#xA;&gt; quite possible other versions of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; listed Windows systems may be suitable&#xD;&#xA;&gt; as well): Tested Windows versions&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows Server 2008 Standard SP2&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (v.275) Windows Vista Business SP0&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Vista Ultimate SP0 Windows Server 2003&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Enterprise Windows XP Windows XP SP1&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows XP SP2 Windows XP SP3 Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 7&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18716" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10381" RevisionGUID="971f7f82-1756-4a29-a7c1-125541bb4527" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:50:37.857" UserId="3038" Text="&gt; How do you decide what is permissible to allow users control over?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my experience this takes a committee. Even if there is a separate Information Security office in the organization, this kind of thing takes buy-in from a lot of people before coming down to implementation details. Whatever lock-down system you end up using needs to be flexible enough to easily handle the special snowflakes that always crop up. Use a too blunt lock-down system (AD GPOs qualify as 'too blunt' in my opinion), and you end up granting exceptions to wide swaths in order to satisfy the few true needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, how do you build the list of things you'd like to restrict before heading into that series of meetings? First of all goals need to be set. Figure out what sorts of things are you trying to accomplish by locking things down. The list of things to lock down to, &quot;prevent malware infestations,&quot; is different than, &quot;prevent information leakage of trade secrets,&quot; which is different than, &quot;prevent unauthorized software installs.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have a list of goals, start going through the settings of your lock-down product and figure out what all it can do. Some of the most draconian packages out there are used in University computer labs to keep them clean and are generally effective in that environment. Such packages rarely have much use in the Corporate environment as they're too blunt for general use. Other products hook into the GPO mechanisms to allow the same kinds of restrictions but on a group-based basis, which allows a more granular approach to it than native AD does. Still others use their own ways of locking down. So get to know what your product can do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now that you have a list of what you'd like to accomplish and what you can actually do, it's time to start the heavy lifting of figuring out exactly what will get turned off. If possible, start with a policy that effectively says, &quot;each user will get a freshly imaged workstation every morning, and will be unable to make any changes to it,&quot; and expand from there. Some users will have a need for persistent software installs. Or USB-attached multi-function devices. Or multiple web-browsers for work-related goals. Figuring out what things need to be allowed in order to have your enterprise function will take some time, so testing figures into this process as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You asked about guides for best-practices. Unfortunately, those tend to be application specific. The best-practices guides I've seen are more general, abstract things like, &quot;Prevent unauthorized software installs to minimize wasted helpdesk time,&quot; not, &quot;disable the run prompt.&quot; Because of this, there are a lot of best practices guides for things like AD GPOs and not that many for things like Novell ZenWorks. " />
  <row Id="18717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10382" RevisionGUID="6727cfd1-0aee-437d-8970-8467f0f96af8" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:50:52.693" UserId="2299" Text="Does the blade chassis have a telnet interface? A suprising number of switches and routers do, and it's usually easy to script a telnet connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have scripted HTTP connections to get data, but it can be a pain if the server uses cookies or session IDs to manage the authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John Rennie&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18718" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10383" RevisionGUID="2a33a8d2-c746-4493-ba74-89323f0de8f5" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:53:25.247" UserId="1674" Text="I've had the same problem before.  I ended up building a system to handle this myself.  It stored the username and password in a highly encrypted form within a database with a Web Interface which would allow you to enter the account info, and set the security on it so that only the correct people or groups could access the data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It didn't prompt for when it was time to change the passwords as services on dozens of servers used the same login and changes to passwords had to be setup well in advance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I built it with a full auditing feature so that every time an employee looked at a logon it was logged so that we could dump the audit log to Excel for the SOX auditors." />
  <row Id="18719" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10384" RevisionGUID="4b0c1991-c2f0-48f2-8d9d-ed9a7a66740f" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:53:37.650" UserId="1589" Text="Check out the following procedure that I use, which might help narrow down where the problem is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I test network throughput, it's best to remove as many variables as possible such as disk i/o or CPU limitations.  Here's the procedure I use, which can illustrate the typical max you will ever see in your network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Tools:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both these utilities should be available on most modern *nix systems, either preinstalled, via packages, or able to be compiled from source.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Netcat][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [PV] [2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://netcat.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ivarch.com/programs/pv.shtml&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Procedure:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Run the following command on one computer to set up the UDP listener.  (Using UDP will give higher performance numbers because of the lack of TCP overhead to transfer.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; `nc -ulp 5000 &gt; /dev/null`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. On the other machine, run the following command, substituting the listener's ip address, to send a stream of zeros across the network to the nc listener.  The pv utility will show the current performance as tracked by the receiver.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; `pv &lt; /dev/zero | nc -u listener-ip-address 5000`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Notes:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The theoretical max on a Gig Ethernet connection is 119MB/s (notice, M**B**, not M**b**)&#xD;&#xA; - TCP can also be tested by removing the -u in both nc commands&#xD;&#xA; - In real world applications, you'll never reach the performance numbers illustrated in the pv output.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This method gives predictable results in a well designed network with properly functioning equipment.  For that reason, it is a good tool to help discover if the network itself or the networking equipment is contributing to the perceived &quot;slowness&quot;." />
  <row Id="18720" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10385" RevisionGUID="6d9e7106-4d69-45a6-b65a-e12e42298901" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:54:34.947" UserId="3156" Text="If you are going to write a crawler, investigating Perl's Mechanize package, or your programming language de jour's version, would probably make life a lot easier.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These packages provide cookie and session management functions.  Also, in Python, when combined with the BeautifulSoup package, it can be quite powerful." />
  <row Id="18721" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10352" RevisionGUID="53f0bb1e-9044-4ba0-8199-76e6a4a6289e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:55:15.400" UserId="301" Comment="Added notes about bandwidth on the sender" Text="Firstly check the interface counters on each server, there should be 0 or close to 0 errors reported.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly, check the duplex of both servers. If you are mixing 100mbit and GbE then you may have a duplex mismatch. Ensure that both sides are set to auto/auto, or manually set the speed and the duplex on all interfaces.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thirdly, what kind of contention is there on the GbE backbone, can you confirm that sufficient headroom exists for your transfer ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, is your sending server capable of transmitting fast enough. As the comments below suggest, are you limited by the IO bandwidth of the senders drives, or by CPU (if you are using scp or similar) ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Btw, 11 to 13 mega _bytes_ per second is the theoretical max for 100mbit, are you sure the tool you are using to measure is reporting the correct units?" />
  <row Id="18722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10386" RevisionGUID="3b663676-76b0-40cb-9228-6a2e3abb376e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:55:50.920" UserId="3125" Text="I face this problem every time I go to a new startup.  First thing I do is make a couple of &quot;Password safes&quot; with a program like this one (or one of its derivatives):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set strong combinations and throw them up on a network share.  Segment by area of responsibility... central infrastructure, production servers, dev/QA, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once there's enough momentum, and assuming I have the proper Windows environment dependencies, I like to move everyone to this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.clickstudios.com.au/passwordstate.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It has features for both shared and personal credentials." />
  <row Id="18723" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10387" RevisionGUID="569df0f6-ab57-4180-bdb3-a955e15fac7d" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:58:34.210" UserId="3214" Text="Windows Server 2008 (32 bit)&#xD;&#xA;IIS 7&#xD;&#xA;Both applications referred to herein use the same hardware/system configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am (constantly, I am in System Test) installing the same Web applications in new test environments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Two of those come with COM+ applications that have to be installed/registered in Component Services. I wrote a utility &quot;comadmin&quot; that does this from the command line. The command line utility is then used by the automated build tool that sets up and configured the Web application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For one of my applications this always works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But for the other the COM+ applications are more problematic. The applications (three of them) get installed but don't work (i.e. when the Web application attempts to use them it fails) and cannot be started or stopped (in the Component Services applet).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;According to the build automation tool log file the comadmin command (see above) is called correctly (and in the same way as for the other Web application where everything works) and also sends the correct answer about having installed the COM+ application in question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And deleting the COM+ applications and copying and pasting the exact same commands from the log file into a command line will install the COM+ applications (and get the correct reply from comadmin all three times) and the COM+ applications always work after that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If something requires the COM+ applications to be installed, deleted, and installed again to work it somehow never happens on the other Web application's server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only rational explanation I can come up with is that something happens to the password on the way to comadmin (comadmin takes the password for the account running the COM+ applications as a parameter). But the password is quoted correctly in the build script and comadmin complains if the password for the account given is wrong, so the password must be correct.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas? (Or was I much to inprecise?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18724" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10387" RevisionGUID="569df0f6-ab57-4180-bdb3-a955e15fac7d" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:58:34.210" UserId="3214" Text="COM+ Application Installation in " />
  <row Id="18725" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10387" RevisionGUID="569df0f6-ab57-4180-bdb3-a955e15fac7d" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:58:34.210" UserId="3214" Text="&lt;com+&gt;" />
  <row Id="18726" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10294" RevisionGUID="b7d4904e-a6a8-44cf-b5b8-34860c6971f4" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:59:02.540" UserId="2535" Comment="Oops, not sure why I had Citrix in my head, I was even looking at the unit while typing out my question. " Text="I have recently acquired a Cisco 2801 unit and I want to know if it is capable of acting as a fail over for a network. It currently has an ADSL WIC installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We currently run 6 Windows servers (4x Win2008, 2x Win2000) with TS access for our users. This runs over a cable modem connection. We also have an ADSL connection which we want to use as a failover should the cable connection go down. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is this: Can the 2801 we have be used to do what I require? If so, would it be difficult to set up, and are there any known complications with this kind of failover?&#xD;&#xA;If not, can anybody suggest an alternative?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18727" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="10294" RevisionGUID="b7d4904e-a6a8-44cf-b5b8-34860c6971f4" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:59:02.540" UserId="2535" Comment="Oops, not sure why I had Citrix in my head, I was even looking at the unit while typing out my question. " Text="Cisco 2801 as a fail over?" />
  <row Id="18728" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10294" RevisionGUID="b7d4904e-a6a8-44cf-b5b8-34860c6971f4" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:59:02.540" UserId="2535" Comment="Oops, not sure why I had Citrix in my head, I was even looking at the unit while typing out my question. " Text="&lt;failover&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;terminal-services&gt;&lt;cisco&gt;" />
  <row Id="18729" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10388" RevisionGUID="5a3664b9-d9ba-4920-86a1-24eaba61776e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:59:19.183" UserId="3156" Text="Usually with a sql file full of functions, it is something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat fuzzystrmatch.sql | psql {database name}" />
  <row Id="18730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10389" RevisionGUID="7de8aeb7-2383-4c09-9c80-5bbbe87a13df" CreationDate="2009-05-20T14:59:48.950" UserId="2467" Text="We have IBM blades. Is your chassis the newer 'H' type? It will say &quot;Bladecenter H&quot; on the front if it is. It's also 9u high instead of 7u like the older chassis. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, as regards power to the chassis - yep there is no power button or software control. You just cut the power to the chassis. Sounds brutal, but you would only do this after powering down all the blades anyway. We've done it several times with no issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for docs, you'll want to peruse the [IBM BladeCenter Redbook site][1]. This will have all the info you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;New blades come with the IBM ServerGuide setup CD which lets you install an OS with all the correct drivers. Did you not get this CD? If not you can download the latest for the appropriate hardware from [here][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck with the blades! Make sure you do upgrade all the firmware, we had plenty of issues with old firmware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/bladecenter&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-GUIDE&amp;brandind=5000008" />
  <row Id="18731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10390" RevisionGUID="c6f4a928-4822-4a1b-b3df-3ce3636f6205" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:02:18.070" UserId="7330" Text="My father runs a small business and has had a growing concern about some of the web activity for a couple employees.  He's asked that we have a way to report the activity, but its a bit over my head.  Probably the most important part of this is that it is for a &quot;small business&quot; (less than 15 employees) and whatever the solution is would need to be cheap, but effective.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any recommendations for this?" />
  <row Id="18732" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10390" RevisionGUID="c6f4a928-4822-4a1b-b3df-3ce3636f6205" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:02:18.070" UserId="7330" Text="Web Traffic Monitoring - Small Business Server 2003" />
  <row Id="18733" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10390" RevisionGUID="c6f4a928-4822-4a1b-b3df-3ce3636f6205" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:02:18.070" UserId="7330" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;small-business&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="18734" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10373" RevisionGUID="c70b1811-6e37-4a43-a20e-f1cf259fc07b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:02:51.610" UserId="3220" Comment="Specified the model of my BladeCenter E chassis" Text="I recently purchased a used BladeCenter E chassis and I have two HS21, one HS20, and seven QS20 blades. As you are likely aware, used hardware means I get to figure it out myself (and that's part of the fun!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've figured out how to update the firmware for the blades and the chassis, but I still have a bunch of questions. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, what's the right way to shut down the chassis? So far I just shutdown the blades and then cut power to the chassis, but the management module sends out panicky log messages when I do that. Is there a better/right way?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've found documentation that's specific to operating the server connectivity module, the management module and more, but is there a general overall introduction to operating a bladeserver that would answer questions like &quot;What's the right way to shutdown?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd also like to see a list of common problems and their solutions, and the IBM BladeCenter forum isn't particularly active.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've installed Ubuntu server on one of my HS21s, but I wonder what sort of kernel modules I could modprobe to get more integration with the blades or chassis?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also have specific problems like: &quot;the Advanced Management Module remote control function only works with VGA modes, is there some way to get it to display a text-based linux 80x25 console?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks," />
  <row Id="18735" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10391" RevisionGUID="84299d66-74bc-4404-9c60-65c2a797ae4e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:05:58.580" UserId="3214" Text="In my experience programming problems come with time to resolve them. Asking a programming question and getting an answer the next day (Thanks guys!) is very useful indeed as the millions of Stackoverflow users have no doubt noticed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But it occurred to me that hardware and system configuration problems are usually very serialised, i.e. until the problem is solved, nothing else can proceed. I cannot imagine for most server problems I know having a day to wait for a solution. This is obviously not Serverfault's fault.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wonder how this will turn out. Maybe I am totally wrong.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18736" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10391" RevisionGUID="84299d66-74bc-4404-9c60-65c2a797ae4e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:05:58.580" UserId="3214" Text="Is Serverfault as useful as Stackover, in principle?" />
  <row Id="18737" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10391" RevisionGUID="84299d66-74bc-4404-9c60-65c2a797ae4e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:05:58.580" UserId="3214" Text="&lt;serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="18739" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="10387" RevisionGUID="ffea6fdc-0f73-4c63-bfae-873ebba77698" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:06:45.580" UserId="3214" Comment="I think quoted parts of the subject line vanish when saved." Text="COM+ Application Installation in Component Services" />
  <row Id="18740" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10288" RevisionGUID="c0d0a456-1ef2-41dd-9b5f-49ae497a1464" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:08:19.777" UserId="1840" Comment="bolded" Text="Well, there are seasons and special dates when equipment goes down in price:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **After, or On a holiday** (maybe be looking for a memorial-day sale near you or online)&#xD;&#xA; - **Back to school sales** (Doesn't help you much since you'd need to wait a few months)&#xD;&#xA; - Also, whenever a new model comes out, the older model goes down in price (sometimes substantially.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18741" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10393" RevisionGUID="9b5be5fb-430b-4324-8d5f-6799f740b5d2" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:12:29.097" UserId="2467" Text="Not all questions here are &quot;immediate fix&quot; issues. There are plenty of people asking about network design, server configs, router setups, security auditing etc etc. These sorts of questions can take a few days to get good answers." />
  <row Id="18742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10394" RevisionGUID="42bd5b3b-7529-46a5-83fe-1d43ca1b2d95" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:13:52.650" UserId="517" Text="Not every problems need to be fixed the next minute. Some problems might be for future changes. Or someone might have a temporary fix and try to find a better solution by asking a question here. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, on stackoverflow the questions gets answered pretty fast sometimes. When serverfault is not in beta anymore the answers might start getting answered in minutes. Or better yet, the question might already have been answered. " />
  <row Id="18743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10395" RevisionGUID="b7930bff-a982-4cc8-9da9-0e94d5c5abc3" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:15:02.617" UserId="3183" Text="I think response times will improve as the number of users grows.  Lots of questions on SO get answers in minutes I've gotten good answers in very much less than a day.  In fact, quick answers can even be seen as a bit of a problem; see: [the fastest gun in the west problem][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2008/10/solving-the-fastest-gun-in-the-west-problem/" />
  <row Id="18744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10396" RevisionGUID="2f28194f-0a16-4b25-b6eb-92b85904314d" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:15:38.917" UserId="1630" Text="Even for the ones that *are* in need of immediate fixes, there's nothing to say that you can't drop a question in here while still pursuing your other research avenues and check back to see if someone who knows the stuff you're stumped with in their sleep has solved it for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm in a low-sysadmin phase right now working mostly on development, but when my sysadmin duties pick back up I can see Server Fault being *very* useful." />
  <row Id="18745" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10397" RevisionGUID="9b1076ae-ddcf-40bc-80da-9c0d3ce0ce11" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:15:42.163" UserId="1840" Text="Well, right now this is on private beta soon to go to public beta, and at some point official production.  For the looks of this private beta, I have to say the response is pretty good.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as hardware/software configuration problems, yes it's most of the time more specific, but I think most of the time we're not really looking for the solution, but guidance as to what else to try.  Even talking/writing about the problem serves as a helpful trouble-finding tool as you tend to ask yourself the questions you might expect from IT admins here." />
  <row Id="18746" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10398" RevisionGUID="b9be8816-5be9-49c7-b285-1b50085fcce3" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:15:57.560" UserId="2502" Text="The end hope is that the question is already asked on both sites and when you google for your problem SF or SO simply are the top returned item with an answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The user interaction helps build to that end goal.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10399" RevisionGUID="c6a634ef-2ac9-48b2-9d2f-3c4bc533acbd" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:15:59.493" UserId="846" Text="I second Adam's recommendation of PasswordSafe, with the data on a network folder.  I have two considerations in this area.  One is having a single version, so that all who need the data are getting the current data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1- PasswordSafe uses a standardized format for the file, so there are other solutions which can read it, including KeePass.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2- Put the password file on a secure share, and have a nightly script which copies it to a couple of locations on the network.  Perhaps copy it to a share on another server (off-site if possible) and to a USB drive left in the server.  You want the file at least one place where it isn't protected by a password that it is storing!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3-  Store the installer (or executable version of the program) in the same spots as the key file, so that you can get at it quickly if needed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4- Have people open the file READ-ONLY, unless they have to make a change.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5- If necessary, you can create multiple password files, one for the credentials that everyone on the team needs, and one for the credentials for the really sensitive things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would **not** recommend moving to a web-based solution.  An internally hosted solution could be OK, but it seems like a lot of trouble.  I am also concerned about it being a single point-of-failure." />
  <row Id="18748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10400" RevisionGUID="a8958fdd-dcac-4e14-9a18-ce0a74f863ba" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:17:23.580" UserId="48" Text="The 9871 error is thrown when a databases window for maintenance is closed and it is still running transactions. It will complete the maintenance and its more than likely not actually anything to do with running the maintenance on the other database at all, its a pretty badly written error message.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Often this message is triggered when ba backup is running when the maintenance window ends, could this be happening?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It may be worthwhile to run the Exchange Best Practices Analyser against this server just to check if there are any problems it can pick up. " />
  <row Id="18750" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10391" RevisionGUID="63598852-af03-417d-88d8-6e10d39ab51d" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:19:50.283" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="18751" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10397" RevisionGUID="9c9a4a50-7e0d-4da3-8e18-a35b78367eee" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:23:16.670" UserId="1840" Comment="added 54 characters in body" Text="Well, right now this is on private beta soon to go to public beta, and at some point official production.  For the looks of this private beta, I have to say the response is pretty good.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as hardware/software configuration problems, yes it's most of the time more specific, but I think most of the time we're not really looking for the solution, but guidance as to what else to try.  Even talking/writing about the problem serves as a helpful trouble-finding tool as you tend to ask yourself the questions you might expect from IT admins here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, it will be up to admins here how usable serverfault will be **FOR THEM AND FOR OTHERS**.  The procedures for troubleshooting will be up to each one of us to decide *(here's mine)*:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Find problem, get stuck&#xD;&#xA; 2. Search ServerFault for archived issues related to yours&#xD;&#xA; 3. Post question&#xD;&#xA; 4. Keep researching (while updating question page for answers)&#xD;&#xA; 5. However you find the answer, post it on ServerFault and award the answer (or award someone else's answer).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pretty much keep a knowledge base of questions&lt;&gt;answers for others to search in the future.  At some point maybe people will find the ServerFault database more useful than asking questions... and that's not such a bad thing." />
  <row Id="18752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10402" RevisionGUID="b936b7e9-9296-4287-b03b-b3bf25a36b91" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:29:49.530" UserId="1298" Text="Empowerment of stakeholders..." />
  <row Id="18753" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10402" RevisionGUID="b936b7e9-9296-4287-b03b-b3bf25a36b91" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:29:49.530" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18754" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10403" RevisionGUID="2bc9a61f-ce3d-4f1a-acc6-7fe893ae6cd3" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:31:29.167" UserId="846" Text="I want to expand on sparks [answer][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the goals expressed by Jeff/Joel for StackOverflow is that it become a repository for existing knowledge.  As they have said on the podcast, Google is the front page for these sites.  If you need an answer **now**, hopefully SF or SO will have it.  It doesn't need to be immediately responsive to new questions in order to be successful.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If something is broken, needs to be fixed right now, and there isn't a useful answer on SF, I would post the question, but I would also engage other support resources.  Certainly, there are responsive folks paying attention, but one can't count on the best (or correct) answer popping up immediately.  The idea is that the best answer will bubble to the top of the list through editing, comments and voting.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SF is not intended to be a substitute for proper support mechanisms on key systems!  My expectation is that it will become a useful tool in our arsenal, but not the only tool. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10391/is-serverfault-as-useful-as-stackover-in-principle/10398#10398" />
  <row Id="18755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10404" RevisionGUID="a4aa3179-dbdd-4719-982e-89790b335ac0" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:31:44.080" UserId="2629" Text="Just curious mostly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Say I have someone logged into their Mac in the normal way -- ie. a graphical logon -- and the system becomes mostly unresponsive and I need to log them out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can reboot the system easily enough (and if things lock up it may be warranted) using '`sudo reboot`' or the '`shutdown`' command, but, is it possible to simply log them out remotely, as can be done through Apple Remote Desktop?" />
  <row Id="18756" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10404" RevisionGUID="a4aa3179-dbdd-4719-982e-89790b335ac0" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:31:44.080" UserId="2629" Text="Log out graphical user from command line" />
  <row Id="18757" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10404" RevisionGUID="a4aa3179-dbdd-4719-982e-89790b335ac0" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:31:44.080" UserId="2629" Text="&lt;login&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="18758" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10405" RevisionGUID="b08b4135-cd05-4f71-a4f1-fec688a51c3d" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:31:46.763" UserId="1404" Text="There is no reason you should be down at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Set your DNS TTL low (30 min or lower if you can), and do it ahead of time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Get the second slice. Install/port your software to it, and have it staged and ready to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Change your DNS. Within the TTL period, users that already had your old IP will still go to the old slice. New users will go to the new slice. After the TTL, everyone is using the new slice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Reset your DNS TTL to whatever you had.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Retire the original slice. (I don't know why you would want to go back to it, the new slice already has what you want.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have some state or something that has to stay in sync (e.g., user settings), then you might have to take the original slice before updating DNS. Users with the old IP will be down for the TTL period.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You pay for two slices the month you do this. I'm not sure what seems unreasonable about this, or why people think Slicehost might be giving you the run-around." />
  <row Id="18760" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="10391" RevisionGUID="62cf8b5e-3b29-4a36-a6f6-e705e85f0e61" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:34:09.770" UserId="3214" Comment="Missed the flow." Text="Is Serverfault as useful as Stackoverflow, in principle?" />
  <row Id="18761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10407" RevisionGUID="de102b2c-bfa7-4453-aec1-d77d2d98ad2d" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:35:16.197" UserId="2513" Text="You could do a sort of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    killall -u &lt;username&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But that is really dirty.  Or just kill their logon process.  This would pretty much be like having a windows box blue screen on you though.  They would lose any unsaved work, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't really think of any other way to do it more gracefully though." />
  <row Id="18762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10408" RevisionGUID="3f9c3947-3f32-45e8-82cf-b52840f965c5" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:36:05.663" UserId="3204" Text="If you enable the ssh sever (remote login in sharing preferences dialog) you will be able to ssh to the Mac from another machine and issue any command you want. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example: shutdown -r now" />
  <row Id="18763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10409" RevisionGUID="ed183527-fdff-43fc-9adc-efec4ae73a82" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:37:56.110" UserId="48" Text="I have successfully used [TrafMeter][1] for doing this, for a 50 person company, its cheap and works pretty well to gather raw data. It can log to a SQL or Access database. The data you get out is raw network data, so might need to filter and present the data in a nice way, if your bothered.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.lastbit.com/trafmeter/" />
  <row Id="18764" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10270" RevisionGUID="fbf1c39e-8761-4e7b-b17b-38b9d631b965" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:40:01.817" UserId="588" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Higher density has nothing but benefits&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Upgrade easily&#xD;&#xA;* More reliable&#xD;&#xA;* less power used (those few Watts tend to accumulate...)" />
  <row Id="18765" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10410" RevisionGUID="7f5ca349-f2a9-45f7-b54c-fef2dc5f6447" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:40:52.800" UserId="2711" Text="Have you tried adding the relevant user to the local DCOM Users group?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738214(WS.10).aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(serverfault is breaking the above URL a little)" />
  <row Id="18766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10411" RevisionGUID="9852ff78-cc55-4de0-8a20-11303c16bce3" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:42:01.347" UserId="526" Text="Is there a way to script the creation of an IIS 6 website? I don't have access to powershell, so it would have to use regular commands, or cscript scripts." />
  <row Id="18767" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10411" RevisionGUID="9852ff78-cc55-4de0-8a20-11303c16bce3" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:42:01.347" UserId="526" Text="Create an IIS website from a command line (or cscript)?" />
  <row Id="18768" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10411" RevisionGUID="9852ff78-cc55-4de0-8a20-11303c16bce3" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:42:01.347" UserId="526" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;" />
  <row Id="18769" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10390" RevisionGUID="d13b332f-507d-4ecc-a3bc-b6da998dc0d5" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:45:03.507" UserId="7330" Comment="added 467 characters in body" Text="My father runs a small business and has had a growing concern about some of the web activity for a couple employees.  He's asked that we have a way to report the activity, but its a bit over my head.  Probably the most important part of this is that it is for a &quot;small business&quot; (less than 15 employees) and whatever the solution is would need to be cheap, but effective.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any recommendations for this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;The budget needs to be in the $250 to $500 ball park.  If the only options out there are all $1500, that would require some value proposition questions by the owner/father.  So cheap is always better, but effective.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The office basically consists of a single server with 10 laptops/pcs.  The server acts as the domain controller, application host (IIS stuff), SQL Server, exchange, etc.  We do have a CISCO &quot;PIC&quot; device that is used as a firewall." />
  <row Id="18770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10412" RevisionGUID="fe2f236c-6c3b-4625-af1b-e4862e3c4d54" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:45:22.853" UserId="3214" Text="I think PowerShell is really for IIS 7. Are you sure you want IIS 6 and not IIS 7? IIS 7 has the appcmd command which is somewhat difficult to use but works.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18771" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10413" RevisionGUID="8d5a1f8b-b32b-46af-a22b-d482dcdaf5d6" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:50:05.307" UserId="1466" Text="You can route all your web traffic through a proxy server like **squid**, and then there are many options such as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Install something like **dansguardian** which will watch for and log or block certain activity (ie. porn)&#xD;&#xA; - Install **ntop** which will analyze your network usage&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or alternatively you could point your company's DNS servers to **opendns**, which will keep track of url's looked up.  This is a much easier solution, but will not identify WHO did the lookup." />
  <row Id="18772" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10414" RevisionGUID="81242be9-d882-4343-8034-fd6d29755679" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:50:13.810" UserId="2608" Text="Tomorrow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on production of certain components, the computer may be cheaper, but it won't be by much." />
  <row Id="18773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10415" RevisionGUID="b7bbf859-0ec7-4872-beaf-7e259325cf8a" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:51:23.837" UserId="3229" Text="I've had this problem. It might be the same one you're having. Scott Hanselman blogged about it, but I can't post the link because I'm a new member.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My solution was to modify the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E96B-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\UpperFilters value to place the &quot;vmkbd&quot; driver at the beginning of the list.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10416" RevisionGUID="5d0ba7b7-e64f-41f9-a264-a4728637ea9c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:52:09.500" UserId="1122" Text="Remote access would use DCOM, so you'd need to open tcp/135 (there's a prebuilt rule, `COM+ Network Access (DCOM-In)`) for the initial RPC connection. The RPC Endpoint Mapper will hand out a dynamic port for the secondary connection. So, you also need a rule to allow `Dynamic RPC` - which are the specific ports that RPC has handed out. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If basically turning off your firewall for ports &gt; 1024 makes you a bit uneasy (as it probably should, doubly so if you're internet facing) then you can either [restrict the RPC range][1] or use [a fixed endpoint for the application][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/154596&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q312960" />
  <row Id="18775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10417" RevisionGUID="1f9d6a5a-caea-4759-add5-010acb09f269" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:55:11.850" UserId="2608" Text="Be sure to announce to all employees that this is being done.  You may need to have them sign a legal agreement (if not done already), stating your official policies on computer use at the business.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, with an org this size, I'd just make sure they have enough work to do and monitor that, unless it's causing network problems - which is another story." />
  <row Id="18776" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10345" RevisionGUID="26a82451-31a9-460a-a4fd-68ff76156172" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:57:14.903" UserId="216" Comment="added 118 characters in body" Text="I'm going to assume that you mean a **Cisco** 2801 unit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately we've insufficient information to go on:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* What physical interfaces apart from the ADSL WIC does the 2801 have?&#xD;&#xA;* What physical interface does the cable connection have?&#xD;&#xA;* Do you have NAT on either of the connections?&#xD;&#xA;* Do you have static IP(s) on either of the connections?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT - based on your additional comments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recommend you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  Make sure you can get a static IP block on the ADSL line&#xD;&#xA;2.  Install a firewall capable of dual WAN line operation (I've had good results with  [Stonegate][1] units - that link goes to their primary UK supplier and integrator)&#xD;&#xA;3.  Give your users the secondary IP addresses from the ADSL line to use as necessary&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Handling the inbound connections is actually slightly tricky, because if a user connects on the DSL line you have to ensure that the outgoing response packets go out via the same link.  The firewall *should* be able to handle that for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ci-net.com/solutions-centre/stonegate.html" />
  <row Id="18777" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10418" RevisionGUID="9c31608e-7722-4d24-a408-8d575d74a76b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:58:16.617" UserId="846" Text="Typically, the hotswap drive needs to be essentially identical to the drive it is replacing, but every system is different.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some systems can support swapping in a bigger drive with similar characteristics, with the excess space being unusable.  Certainly, it can't be *smaller* than the drive it is replacing.  I imagine that the tolerance for similar but bigger drives would be discussed in the technical specs of the system, or can be obtained from the company support mechanisms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the *very* unique features of the [Drobo][1] system is that it can handle size and flavor of drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.drobo.com/index.php" />
  <row Id="18778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10419" RevisionGUID="a6f2c6b4-07d3-42a4-ba82-a97475590a00" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:58:38.830" UserId="1433" Text="The most direct comparison is [VMware ESXi][1] vs [Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008][2]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;###[VMware ESXi][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Free download&#xD;&#xA; - Lots of downloadable [Virtual Appliances][4] that you can install and start using right away&#xD;&#xA; - [Memory Overcommitment][5] for better efficiencies and guest consolidation&#xD;&#xA; - Broad support for Windows and non-Windows guest operating systems (10 Windows versions, 16 Linux versions, 2 Novell Netware versions and 2 Sun Solaris versions)&#xD;&#xA; - Uses the clustered/designed-for-virtualization [VMFS][6] (Virtual Machine File System)&#xD;&#xA; - Clear upgrade path to VMware [vSphere][7]/[vCenter][8] for additional &quot;Enterprise&quot; features ([VMotion][9], [High Availability][10], [Fault Tolerance][11], [Distributed Resource Scheduling][12], and more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;###[Microsoft Hyper-V][13]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Free download&#xD;&#xA; - Native support for Volume Snapshot Service (Shadow Copy)&#xD;&#xA; - Supports 64-bit and 32-bit versions of Windows Server, 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista and Windows XP Professional, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32-bit and 64-bit) [[source][14]]&#xD;&#xA; - Uses the same management interfaces (command line, PowerShell, remote console) as other Server Core instances&#xD;&#xA; - Uses standard NTFS partitions, which can be a plus if you're in a Windows environment&#xD;&#xA; - [Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2][15] (currently available as a Release Candidate) will feature Host Clustering and Live Migration (similar to VMware's vMotion technology) - Features not available with the standalone VMware ESXi product.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ultimately, I think the decision comes down to your use case for virtualization:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If you're in a Windows environment and primarily interested in server consolidation, Hyper-V seems like a good fit&#xD;&#xA; - If you're in a Linux or mixed-OS environment, VMware ESXi will likely offer better support for your guest operating system&#xD;&#xA; - If you're interested in consolidation plus mature high availability, disaster recovery, etc., ESXi combined with VMware vSphere are currently your best options (with additional costs, of course)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/products/esxi/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6067CB24-06CC-483A-AF92-B919F699C3A0&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.vmware.com/products/esxi/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.vmware.com/appliances/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/531&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.vmware.com/products/vi/esx/vmfs.html&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/overview.html&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.vmware.com/products/vi/vc/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.vmware.com/products/vi/vc/vmotion.html&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.vmware.com/solutions/continuity/highavailability.html&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://www.vmware.com/products/fault-tolerance/&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://www.vmware.com/products/vi/vc/drs.html&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6067CB24-06CC-483A-AF92-B919F699C3A0&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [14]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-supported-guest-os.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [15]: http://www.microsoft.com/hyper-v-server/en/us/r2.aspx" />
  <row Id="18779" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10420" RevisionGUID="3bc6cd94-d843-4cff-8228-e6c41a3352c0" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:58:39.143" UserId="326" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've got an USB-stick with my keys and passwords on it and I'd like to remove it from the PC when I leave my desk, but without having to check the filesystem on it every time as it happens if I do it now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any possibility to improve the situation under Vista?" />
  <row Id="18780" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10420" RevisionGUID="3bc6cd94-d843-4cff-8228-e6c41a3352c0" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:58:39.143" UserId="326" Text="How can I configure an USB Stick under Vista so that I can remove it while in-use without data loss?" />
  <row Id="18781" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10420" RevisionGUID="3bc6cd94-d843-4cff-8228-e6c41a3352c0" CreationDate="2009-05-20T15:58:39.143" UserId="326" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;usb-flash-drive&gt;&lt;safe-remove&gt;" />
  <row Id="18782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10421" RevisionGUID="e67250d3-2c6f-41a5-91f8-ed219bee04a0" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:01:34.537" UserId="1787" Text="Usually you can buy high-end models cheaply, shortly after the new version comes out. Being high-end, they by far not yet obsolete.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example about a year ago decently equipped XPS M1530 would cost 1000€, right after the new XPS line came out, it's price dropped to 600€.  " />
  <row Id="18783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10422" RevisionGUID="2b1fbf57-e5c7-42bd-8d97-4ae57539bd9b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:04:55.603" UserId="395" Text="I second sysadmin1138 in terms of buy-in, but there's another reason to get input - depending on your organization, you may not actually know enough about what all your users do every day in their jobs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some issues I've seen as a developer are&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* IT not understanding that we need to do software installations - of our own software, on our own machines.&#xD;&#xA;* Not understanding that web developers need to admin IIS on their own machines&#xD;&#xA;* Configuring encryption software on laptops such that it doesn't permit hibernate, nor permits crash dumps to be taken.&#xD;&#xA;* Endpoint analysis software that doesn't understand why Visual Studio should be loading so many DLLs after it starts up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the above cases, it would be good to at least *hear* from the developers, even if you don't actually *listen* to them." />
  <row Id="18784" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10423" RevisionGUID="d4bbd523-ab9f-471f-8adc-2fb2134d5dbc" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:08:17.783" UserId="2626" Text="Personally I have never had a problem with data loss in XP or Vista when simply pulling a USB stick out.  The key factor is to make sure data is not being written to the disk when removing it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do reformat my USB devices to use NTFS tho, (which they typically are formated as FAT32 from the factory).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternately you will see an icon near your PC clock to safely remove a device from the system.  Simply double click and select USB Mass Storage Devices and select the device by drive letter/model.  Then pull the device. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18785" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10424" RevisionGUID="cc6c93d9-859a-4b70-888f-97e36aeccd6b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:08:49.107" UserId="2629" Text="Is there any sensible way to diff two filesystems?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On occassion, you have a box that is working, and, say, perform an update and it no longer works.  You have dozens of other machines that are (theoretically) identical, save for user data [and information tied to the specific hardware, and, say, ssh keys and so on].  Is there any way to determine what is different between the failed machine and one of the good machines?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried mounting volumes and running `ls -l` or `md5deep` and recording the results and diffing that.  Heck, I've even tried mounting two filesystems and just plain diffing them (with a graphical tool, mind you).  The results have not been as useful as I'd expect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Part of me wonders about having a database of files on each machine and what their md5sums are, with a cron job to update it on occasion, but I'm not even sure that would be as useful in practice as it sounds in theory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, is there any sensible way to diff two filesystems (or even, diff one filesystem against itself at a different time)?" />
  <row Id="18786" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10424" RevisionGUID="cc6c93d9-859a-4b70-888f-97e36aeccd6b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:08:49.107" UserId="2629" Text="Diffing two filesystems" />
  <row Id="18787" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10424" RevisionGUID="cc6c93d9-859a-4b70-888f-97e36aeccd6b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:08:49.107" UserId="2629" Text="&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;" />
  <row Id="18788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10425" RevisionGUID="f1b6dae8-7189-4a3f-a42e-128f94c6bbb0" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:11:26.170" UserId="1489" Text="I have a Dell laptop with a 250 GB 5400 RPM system drive and a 200 GB 7200 RPM drive from Dell I would like to replace it with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I thought I could put this drive in the laptop, clone the disk, and then replace the 250 w/ the 200 and be good to go, but Dell has a proprietary SATA interface that is **different for HD1 and HD2**. Both of my disks have the HD1 attachment. *sigh*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also have a SATA-USB connector.  I would like to use this to connect the second drive, but now I'm not sure which utilities I can use to clone the drive.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The factors I am concerned about are this:  &#xD;&#xA;1. New drive is smaller than old (only 72 GB used on old drive)  &#xD;&#xA;2. new drive will be attached via USB, not directly to the SATA  &#xD;&#xA;3. old OS runs Vista, so I can't use my full copy of Norton Ghost 10 (or can I?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any live CDs I can use to boot to that will do a full copy meeting my conditions above?  I'm comfortable using command-line or Linux tools to accomplish this, I just need it to go smoothly.  (wife's computer...) " />
  <row Id="18789" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10425" RevisionGUID="f1b6dae8-7189-4a3f-a42e-128f94c6bbb0" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:11:26.170" UserId="1489" Text="Problems cloning a hard drive" />
  <row Id="18790" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10425" RevisionGUID="f1b6dae8-7189-4a3f-a42e-128f94c6bbb0" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:11:26.170" UserId="1489" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;disk-cloning&gt;" />
  <row Id="18791" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10426" RevisionGUID="d1583b34-d3a7-4f42-a094-002bc281574c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:14:08.660" UserId="1122" Text="&gt; I added myself to the &quot;Access Permissions&quot; and &quot;Launch &amp; Activation Permissions&quot; of the My Computer object in dcomcnfg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are 2 different security settings on My Computer - Limits and Defaults. You need to double check that you edited the Defaults, and that Limits is at least higher than your Defaults (though, IIRC, Everyone can have Local Activation).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also drill down to the component itself and make sure it is using the Default security. If it's Customized, then you need to edit that as well (keeping the Limits in mind).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For troubleshooting, I'd be sorely tempted to just give Everyone Local Launch and Activation permissions to be sure it's a COM permissions issue. IIRC, errors in the component startup can have misleading error messages that will keep you scratching your head for a while." />
  <row Id="18792" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10423" RevisionGUID="6c2c329a-59fb-4305-8d9c-0998cef46d24" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:14:47.160" UserId="2626" Comment="Add Optimize Quick Removal." Text="Personally I have never had a problem with data loss in XP or Vista when simply pulling a USB stick out.  The key factor is to make sure data is not being written to the disk when removing it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do reformat my USB devices to use NTFS tho, (which they typically are formated as FAT32 from the factory).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternately you will see an icon near your PC clock to safely remove a device from the system.  Simply double click and select USB Mass Storage Devices and select the device by drive letter/model.  Then pull the device. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Edit to add):  Optionally, make sure you have the device set to &quot;Optimize for Quick Removal&quot; in the device properties, under the device manager.  This turns off caching of files (which is usually the default setting for removable devices)." />
  <row Id="18793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10427" RevisionGUID="22225658-d581-40b1-8a20-266c1c7919d6" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:15:19.030" UserId="984" Text="Does your USB drive have a read-only switch?  Make it read-only, if you don't try to write anything, then you should be able to pull it out safely without any loss.  If you don't have a switch, check the drive manufacturer's site, some have a software tool that allows you to mark the drive as read-only." />
  <row Id="18794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10428" RevisionGUID="194eb9cf-21d6-4a81-8502-353b0cb3b711" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:15:53.430" UserId="1787" Text="Use [**`rsync`**][1] with **`--dry-run`** option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For monitoring local changes, use [**tripwire**][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.samba.org/rsync/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/tripwire/" />
  <row Id="18795" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10429" RevisionGUID="a0ac16df-943d-4bd1-8e6e-bafc1e3f01fd" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:16:01.527" UserId="1122" Text="[CloneZilla][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://clonezilla.org/" />
  <row Id="18796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10430" RevisionGUID="2e7a5327-16bd-4588-8fa3-0998ad75feef" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:17:50.103" UserId="2600" Text="The answer is a qualified 'yes'.  Since this would be an active/backup situation, you should be able to do what you want with floating static routes.  The challenge will be with your users connecting to your servers when you fail-over to the backup link.  The IP address will change and unless you use type of DNS updating service, they will need to change their shortcuts or have two on their desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will need to connect ISP1 firewall to the 2801 and ISP2 firewall to the 2801 and then the 2801 to your switch.  You will then setup a static route on the 2801 to point to ISP1 and a second static route to ISP2 with a high administrative cost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the way as Alnitak said, you should know that the 'CON' and 'AUX' ports are not Ethernet.  They do use CAT5 cabling, but are not network ports which may leave you short of the necessary three for this solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also based on your comments, it sounds like you may not have a firewall?  If this the case RUN, do not walk, and get one immediately.  It would also probably be a good idea to change your servers to private addressing and then do NATs on the firewalls." />
  <row Id="18797" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10425" RevisionGUID="afb3518a-d918-4297-8752-91aff468c6d6" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:20:05.293" UserId="1489" Comment="added more info" Text="I have a Dell laptop with a 250 GB 5400 RPM system drive and a 200 GB 7200 RPM drive from Dell I would like to replace it with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I thought I could put this drive in the laptop, clone the disk, and then replace the 250 w/ the 200 and be good to go, but Dell has a proprietary SATA interface that is **different for HD1 and HD2**. Both of my disks have the HD1 attachment. *sigh*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also have a SATA-USB connector.  I would like to use this to connect the second drive, but now I'm not sure which utilities I can use to clone the drive.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The factors I am concerned about are this:  &#xD;&#xA;1. New drive is smaller than old (only 72 GB used on old drive)  &#xD;&#xA;2. new drive will be attached via USB, not directly to the SATA  &#xD;&#xA;3. old OS runs Vista, so I can't use my full copy of Norton Ghost 10 (or can I?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any live CDs I can use to boot to that will do a full copy meeting my conditions above?  I'm comfortable using command-line or Linux tools to accomplish this, I just need it to go smoothly.  (wife's computer...) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit:  &#xD;&#xA;I would also be willing to use `gparted` or something similar to resize my current disk partition to meet the reduced capacity of the newer drive, as a last resort." />
  <row Id="18798" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10431" RevisionGUID="c778eb14-777c-4338-9e88-28eee2c3f2d0" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:20:21.393" UserId="3215" Text="You can use gparted on a LiveCD like systemrescuecd to shrink the partition and then copy it over to the other drive.  Although you may run in to issues booting Windows if the drive interface is substantially different from one to the other." />
  <row Id="18799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10432" RevisionGUID="ded97a4c-8ce5-4a7c-a131-378b5cfaaf2c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:23:55.223" UserId="984" Text="In addition to installing the packages and hving a kernel that supports it you must mount the filesystem with the acl option.  ACLs are supported in most of the popular filesystems like ext3, ext2, jfs, and reiser.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are a couple links that may help you get started.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - man [acl][1], [setfacl][2], [getfacl][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [Using ACLs with Fedora Core][4]&#xD;&#xA; - [POSIX Access Control Lists on Linux][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.die.net/man/5/acl&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://linux.die.net/man/1/setfacl&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://linux.die.net/man/1/getfacl&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.vanemery.com/Linux/ACL/linux-acl.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.suse.de/~agruen/acl/linux-acls/online/" />
  <row Id="18800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10433" RevisionGUID="3c3a45d0-b486-4e01-b8ec-f22df45baa45" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:29:05.947" UserId="575" Text="As others have said, this is an classic ASP and COM issue - seems to have nothing to do with .NET.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All I can add to what's been said is don't forget to ensure that the user has access to the COM object DLL on the file system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18801" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10434" RevisionGUID="668e1151-a57c-4d64-b3e5-703aaad0dba7" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:29:48.533" UserId="1883" Text="As others have said, response time is sure to pick up when the site goes out of beta; if anything, the number of people with IT questions at any given time will probably dwarf the number of people with programming questions, so we're likely to see even more quick answers here on balance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other half of the &quot;useful&quot; equation, though, is that Server Fault is sure to have a lot more questions that are simply unanswerable. The hairiest IT questions, in my experience, are the ones that don't have one simple answer because they apply only to a very specific scenario with dependencies that even an expert couldn't possibly fully understand. Answering a question like &quot;Why do I get an error when I call foo() with these parameters?&quot; is likely to be a snap next to understanding that WinWTF 2.0 crashes 7 seconds after you launch it on alternate Thursdays because a transitory disk error eight months ago corrupted one of 200 DLLs in a library called by another library called by WinWTF if you're running it on 64-bit Windows Server 2008 in Hyper-V mode on an AMD platform, etc." />
  <row Id="18802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10435" RevisionGUID="08e07a3d-f40a-4b83-bc23-9033c9592007" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:31:27.003" UserId="1584" Text="In addition to the [Win32\_Processor][1] class mentioned in other answers, you also have the [Win32\_ComputerSystem][2] class which has the NumberOfLogicalProcessors and NumberOfProcessors values.  The notes in the documentation about OS support for those two values are slightly incorrect.  XP does support the NumberOfLogicalProcessors value since SP3.  I'm guessing Win2003 will also support it whenever its next service pack is released as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394373.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394102(VS.85).aspx" />
  <row Id="18803" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9338" RevisionGUID="f5124beb-b7f3-4f67-9c43-a13ec576cb6c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:32:32.850" UserId="1509" Comment="removed tag macosx, doesn't have to do anything with it." Text="&lt;keyboard&gt;&lt;diy&gt;" />
  <row Id="18804" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10436" RevisionGUID="3b8bbc37-2869-47a1-aa48-3443d60d6fd2" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:33:28.510" UserId="2593" Text="**110%**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As in &quot;I'll give it 110%&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Surly that is impossible." />
  <row Id="18805" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10436" RevisionGUID="3b8bbc37-2869-47a1-aa48-3443d60d6fd2" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:33:28.510" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18806" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10437" RevisionGUID="a21d18e8-22ef-4e8b-b2ff-ee6491bdbdc7" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:34:36.247" UserId="1180" Text="I used to have the caps lock and control swapped in GNOME, but when I upgraded to Ubuntu 9.04 I also changed my desktop environment to Xfce. I have the following line in my xorg.conf:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Option          &quot;XkbOptions&quot;    &quot;ctrl:nocaps&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But that doesn't seem to make a difference to Xfce. Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="18807" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10437" RevisionGUID="a21d18e8-22ef-4e8b-b2ff-ee6491bdbdc7" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:34:36.247" UserId="1180" Text="How do you swap the caps lock to control in xfce?" />
  <row Id="18808" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10437" RevisionGUID="a21d18e8-22ef-4e8b-b2ff-ee6491bdbdc7" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:34:36.247" UserId="1180" Text="&lt;x11&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;xubuntu&gt;&lt;xfce&gt;&lt;keyboard&gt;" />
  <row Id="18810" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10438" RevisionGUID="8d35a942-a156-4832-819c-f2a89b81c5b4" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:37:09.270" UserId="850" Text="*I asked this over on SO with little success. I was wondering if any SF folks had some insight...*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a SSIS 2005 package that is up and running in our production environment. The package uses an SMTP Connection Manager to send an e-mail message out to a designated user. We have a scheduled job that executes this package, and also overrides the SMTP connection string so that the package can target the test or production mail server, which makes it possible to keep a single service on both our test and production servers, just configured differently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We recently changed the server name of our production mail server and went into the scheduled job and changed the command prompt values that run to point to the new server. However, the next morning the job failed and the error log indicated that the job tried to connect to the old mail server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there something I'm missing to updating the SSIS package parameters? Do I have to delete the existing package, and then reimport and reschedule the job again in order for the new server change to hold?" />
  <row Id="18811" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10438" RevisionGUID="8d35a942-a156-4832-819c-f2a89b81c5b4" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:37:09.270" UserId="850" Text="Why is my SSIS configuration update not being saved?" />
  <row Id="18812" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10438" RevisionGUID="8d35a942-a156-4832-819c-f2a89b81c5b4" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:37:09.270" UserId="850" Text="&lt;ssis&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;scheduled-task&gt;" />
  <row Id="18813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10439" RevisionGUID="fe855d35-add3-4e3f-93de-024fd6919f4d" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:40:01.773" UserId="1843" Text="I know you can do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo modprobe -v some_module&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to check the version of `/lib/modules/.../some_module.ko`, but I'd still like to be able to check the version of any arbitrary kernel module that's not necessarily going to be loaded by `modprobe`." />
  <row Id="18814" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10439" RevisionGUID="fe855d35-add3-4e3f-93de-024fd6919f4d" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:40:01.773" UserId="1843" Text="How do you check the version of a *.ko kernel module in Linux?" />
  <row Id="18815" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10439" RevisionGUID="fe855d35-add3-4e3f-93de-024fd6919f4d" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:40:01.773" UserId="1843" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;kernel&gt;" />
  <row Id="18816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10440" RevisionGUID="8d182121-0781-4117-b90b-b87d3af68a88" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:40:05.627" UserId="1602" Text="I use Acronis True Image, which has a great easy-to-use clone feature that goes like such:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Boot off the Acronis bootable CD (it lets you make one) with both drives plugged in (old on SATA and new on USB). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Tell it to clone the main drive to the new drive. As long as the used space on the old drive fits in the new drive, it'll automatically handle all the partition resizing for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) When the clone is complete, shut down the computer. Replace the old drive with the new one and boot up. Presto, everything will exactly the same under the new drive.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;True Image also lets you fully destroy your old drive's data if you want. " />
  <row Id="18817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10441" RevisionGUID="c9ad20ce-0697-4a58-ac69-2090c71d8bb7" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:42:55.123" UserId="706" Text="**In my experience programming problems come with time to resolve them.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My experience shows that most programmers want and answer *now* just like most system administrators.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've had very, very good response on both stackoverflow (less than 5 minutes usually) and here on serverfault (less than 30 minutes usually).  Serverfault is slower as it's still in beta, but once it's open, it should pick up significantly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you aren't getting quick responses on either system, you may need to evaluate whether your question is easily understood and accessible.  There are some questions that just have no good answer, or are esoteric or niche enough that it'll take some time to answer, but for the vast majority of day-to-day problems, answers usually come quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="18818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10442" RevisionGUID="96e3d288-0877-439d-97dd-4653cdd4debd" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:45:45.740" UserId="1682" Text="modinfo(8)  &#xD;&#xA;     modinfo - program to show information about a Linux Kernel module&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simply,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    modinfo module-file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;General tip: At the bottom of a manpage and there is a section called &quot;See Also&quot;. For modprobe, it lists modinfo. That section can be extremely useful." />
  <row Id="18819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10443" RevisionGUID="c09459ea-59fa-4a4e-8d36-ddce6aff0aa1" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:47:03.960" UserId="1218" Text="Try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    strings some_module.ko | grep vermagic&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or use as mentioned by [Ian Kelling][1] modinfo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/users/1682/ian-kelling" />
  <row Id="18820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10444" RevisionGUID="f7ae1c31-ed72-4709-bb8c-1696b27e7165" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:48:53.660" UserId="1509" Text="I've done something very similar with diskparted and gparted from sysresccd. Sole spoiler is that it backs up/restores only partitions one by one. But the MBR can be saved as well, so no problems. Bonus: very easily &quot;scriptable&quot; by commandline, in case you need to do that more often, or want to make an &quot;unattended&quot; or &quot;businesstrip&quot; rescue cd.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Attention: gparted has a &quot;round to cylinders&quot; checkbox (checked by default) when creating the empty partition. In my install, I had to uncheck this and let the first (Vista's) partition start at 1 instead of 0 (if I recall correctly, but you will see).&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;If you forget to uncheck that, you will not have the possibility to uncheck it when you try to resize/relocate the partition afterwards. To have the partition start at 1 was mandatory for Vista." />
  <row Id="18821" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10387" RevisionGUID="750986f1-df86-4900-aa60-0b9ae649f0c8" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:49:31.647" UserId="3214" Comment="Added the odd &quot;o&quot;." Text="Windows Server 2008 (32 bit)&#xD;&#xA;IIS 7&#xD;&#xA;Both applications referred to herein use the same hardware/system configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am (constantly, I am in System Test) installing the same Web applications in new test environments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Two of those come with COM+ applications that have to be installed/registered in Component Services. I wrote a utility &quot;comadmin&quot; that does this from the command line. The command line utility is then used by the automated build tool that sets up and configured the Web application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For one of my applications this always works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But for the other the COM+ applications are more problematic. The applications (three of them) get installed but don't work (i.e. when the Web application attempts to use them it fails) and cannot be started or stopped (in the Component Services applet).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;According to the build automation tool log file the comadmin command (see above) is called correctly (and in the same way as for the other Web application where everything works) and also sends the correct answer about having installed the COM+ application in question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And deleting the COM+ applications and copying and pasting the exact same commands from the log file into a command line will install the COM+ applications (and get the correct reply from comadmin all three times) and the COM+ applications always work after that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If something requires the COM+ applications to be installed, deleted, and installed again to work it somehow never happens on the other Web application's server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only rational explanation I can come up with is that something happens to the password on the way to comadmin (comadmin takes the password for the account running the COM+ applications as a parameter). But the password is quoted correctly in the build script and comadmin complains if the password for the account given is wrong, so the password must be correct.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas? (Or was I much too imprecise?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10445" RevisionGUID="baa35222-7325-4e44-b5a8-643f4f1b5fbc" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:51:04.733" UserId="1602" Text="Are you on Windows Vista? Note that Vista throttles LAN transfers any time you have a multimedia app open (including a web browser with flash). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had this issue with transfers being capped at 10MB/s when they should've been xfering at 30-40MB/s. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can disable the throttling in a registry key detailed here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdoc.aspx?i=3233&amp;p=2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18824" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10447" RevisionGUID="ec826d50-a95a-47f6-97ed-9bdc2352b968" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:55:36.830" UserId="3220" Text="Use [xkeycaps][1] to look at your keyboard mapping and swap the META and ALT modifiers, or just swap the entire keys. If you plane on using any GNOME apps, GNOME has some assumptions about which keys have META and ALT modifiers. It'll probably make your life easier to swap the keys entirely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jwz.org/xkeycaps/" />
  <row Id="18825" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10448" RevisionGUID="ca3b9081-4b24-454c-9d90-b4876609beea" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:56:56.920" UserId="2629" Text="Many sysadmins are in a situation where they have a helpdesk filled with issues, which, according to the users, are all critical.  ServerFault enables them to ask a question and still make forward progress on it (as other people may answer it) while they work on the dozens of other pressing issues." />
  <row Id="18826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10449" RevisionGUID="0cb3065c-39d8-4986-b18d-42d34645231c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:59:42.233" UserId="2376" Text="have a look at this [link][1] it is to a similar on StackoverFlow &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/407124/best-practice-for-backing-up-a-production-mysql-database" />
  <row Id="18827" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10449" RevisionGUID="0cb3065c-39d8-4986-b18d-42d34645231c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T16:59:42.233" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18828" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10450" RevisionGUID="dec81b40-c3d1-441d-b304-574929f68332" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:06:39.753" UserId="45" Text="You could use a vbs file like this one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    IISWebName = &quot;Name of the Web&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    IISWebPath = &quot;D:\Websites\MyWeb&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    IISWebHeader = &quot;http://www.example.com&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    IISIPAddress = &quot;10.0.0.10&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Set wsShell = CreateObject(&quot;WScript.Shell&quot;) &#xD;&#xA;    wsShell.Run &quot;iisweb.vbs /create &quot;&quot;&quot; &amp; IISWebPath &amp; &quot;&quot;&quot; &quot;&quot;&quot; &amp; IISWebName &amp; &quot;&quot;&quot; /b 80 /i &quot;&quot;&quot; &amp; IISIPAddress &amp; &quot;&quot;&quot;&quot; /d &quot;&quot;&quot; &amp; IISWebHeader &amp; &quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to add virtual directories, you could do it this way:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    oShell2.Run &quot;iisvdir.vbs /create &quot;&quot;&quot; &amp; IISWebName &amp; &quot;&quot;&quot; pfengine &quot;&quot;D:\Common\engine&quot;&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18829" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10451" RevisionGUID="5664d875-1551-470b-89ec-b181aa2a4d41" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:07:24.123" UserId="2101" Text="When you're transferring files 'between servers', are the servers talking directly?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, are you in Windows and do you have drives mapped to each server and you're dragging files across those?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In that second scenario, everything is going via your computer, so the fastest transfer you will get will be around 11MBps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're on a *nix system, use ttcp to determine whether your TCP connection is the bottleneck." />
  <row Id="18830" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10452" RevisionGUID="6adaa7b9-b9b0-4881-a66c-71c90fd7be0b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:08:51.873" UserId="2302" Text="Anything including the word **heuristic** in a business sense or **utilize** in any sense.  It has been a long, long time since I've heard someone say &quot;utilize&quot; when it added anything beyond &quot;use.&quot;" />
  <row Id="18831" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10452" RevisionGUID="6adaa7b9-b9b0-4881-a66c-71c90fd7be0b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:08:51.873" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10453" RevisionGUID="4423cabc-b090-46d5-be3d-22fa784976ba" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:09:25.490" UserId="1848" Text="Besides the other suggestions, I would also try running the website in IIS 5 Isolation mode in order to rule out differences between IIS 5 (Server 2000) and the more secure IIS 6 (Server 2003).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Open the IIS Admin tool   &#xD;&#xA;2. Right click on 'Web Sites' and select 'Properties' from the context menu.   &#xD;&#xA;3. Select the 'Sevice' tab   &#xD;&#xA;4. Check 'Run WWW service in IIS 5.0 isolation mode'   &#xD;&#xA;5. Restart IIS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18833" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10454" RevisionGUID="b03ab37a-eda6-45c7-82d3-19b6087bdec5" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:09:51.417" UserId="2278" Text="Here's the quickest way I know, based on the fact that Win32_Processor.SocketDesignation always returns 'Proc 1' for a logical processor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $procs = get-WMIObject Win32_Processor&#xD;&#xA;    $physCount = new-object hashtable&#xD;&#xA;    $procs |%{$physCount[$_.SocketDesignation] = 1}&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;Physical processors: {0}; Logical processors: {1}&quot; -f $physCount.count, $procs.count&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This works for any version of WMI, not just XP SP3 or later." />
  <row Id="18834" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8323" RevisionGUID="911ad3e9-3ad9-46f3-81a8-74a03130e22e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:11:15.597" UserId="1848" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;asp.net&gt;&lt;windows2003&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;asp&gt;&lt;com&gt;" />
  <row Id="18835" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10408" RevisionGUID="7fd2e8b2-d40f-4554-be91-95b7a745896a" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:13:45.030" UserId="3204" Comment="added 72 characters in body" Text="If you enable the ssh sever (remote login in sharing preferences dialog) you will be able to ssh to the Mac from another machine and issue any command you want. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example: shutdown -r now&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo kill WindowServer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will log the user out." />
  <row Id="18836" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10455" RevisionGUID="e1f03a67-26fa-4b67-8e5f-922f2f25c213" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:13:48.320" UserId="3232" Text="I've changed the service account for SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services a number of times now, but yesterday was the first time I'd run into the dreaded 'The report server cannot decrypt the symmetric key used to access...' error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The environment is SQL Server 2005 Enterprise edition installed as a named instance on a box that also has SQL Server 2000 Standard edition as the default.  Everything's 32-bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As BOL recommends (msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms160340.aspx) I always use the Reporting Services Configuration Manager in order to make the change, and have never had to restore an encryption key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, this most recent time (it would have to be in production, wouldn't it?), the service account change failed to import the existing encryption key; from the ReportServerService log file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ReportingServicesService!crypto!b!5/19/2009-17:20:37:: i INFO: Initializing crypto as user: &lt;domain&gt;\&lt;user&gt;&#xD;&#xA;ReportingServicesService!crypto!b!5/19/2009-17:20:37:: i INFO: Exporting public key&#xD;&#xA;ReportingServicesService!crypto!b!5/19/2009-17:20:37:: i INFO: Performing sku validation&#xD;&#xA;ReportingServicesService!crypto!b!5/19/2009-17:20:37:: i INFO: Importing existing encryption key&#xD;&#xA;ReportingServicesService!library!b!5/19/2009-17:20:37:: e ERROR: Throwing Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.ReportServerDisabledException: The report server cannot decrypt the symmetric key used to access sensitive or encrypted data in a report server database. You must either restore a backup key or delete all encrypted content. Check the documentation for more information., ;&#xD;&#xA; Info: Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.ReportServerDisabledException: The report server cannot decrypt the symmetric key used to access sensitive or encrypted data in a report server database. You must either restore a backup key or delete all encrypted content. Check the documentation for more information. ---&gt; System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80090005): Bad Data. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80090005)&#xD;&#xA;   at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHRInternal(Int32 errorCode, IntPtr errorInfo)&#xD;&#xA;   at RSManagedCrypto.RSCrypto.ImportSymmetricKey(Byte[] symKeyBlob)&#xD;&#xA;   at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Library.ConnectionManager.GetEncryptionKey()&#xD;&#xA;   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, I'm a good little DBA and I had a backup of the previous encryption key available, so I was able to recover from the issue quickly, but, what I want to know is, why did it happen?  This article from MS suggests that it *may* happen (support.microsoft.com/kb/842421) but I don't like the suggestion that it's a completely random occurrence.  I had read, and now sadly cannot find the link, a suggestion that this occurs regularly when you change the service account for Reporting Services by other means than RS Configuration Manager, such as the SQL Server Configuration Manager or Windows Services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I have 2 questions.&#xD;&#xA;1)  Why would this happen if I was using the RS Configuration Manager, as recommended?  (But it worked it test, he exclaims!)&#xD;&#xA;2)  Should I be unsettled that my current encryption key is not based on the machine/current service account as it normally is, but rather on the previous service account?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18837" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10455" RevisionGUID="e1f03a67-26fa-4b67-8e5f-922f2f25c213" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:13:48.320" UserId="3232" Text="Why does Reporting Services fail to import an existing encryption key during a service account change" />
  <row Id="18838" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10455" RevisionGUID="e1f03a67-26fa-4b67-8e5f-922f2f25c213" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:13:48.320" UserId="3232" Text="&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="18839" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10450" RevisionGUID="24f5d6e4-9ab2-42e1-8b37-17867b97ca2c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:14:46.337" UserId="45" Comment="added 17 characters in body" Text="You could use a .vbs file like this one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    IISWebName = &quot;Name of the Web&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    IISWebPath = &quot;D:\Websites\MyWeb&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    IISWebHeader = &quot;http://www.example.com&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    IISIPAddress = &quot;10.0.0.10&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Set wsShell = CreateObject(&quot;WScript.Shell&quot;) &#xD;&#xA;    wsShell.Run &quot;iisweb.vbs /create &quot;&quot;&quot; &amp; IISWebPath &amp; &quot;&quot;&quot; &quot;&quot;&quot; &amp; IISWebName &amp; &quot;&quot;&quot; /b 80 /i &quot;&quot;&quot; &amp; IISIPAddress &amp; &quot;&quot;&quot;&quot; /d &quot;&quot;&quot; &amp; IISWebHeader &amp; &quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to add virtual directories, you could do it this way:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    oShell2.Run &quot;iisvdir.vbs /create &quot;&quot;&quot; &amp; IISWebName &amp; &quot;&quot;&quot; pfengine &quot;&quot;D:\Common\engine&quot;&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This works on Windows Server 2000 (IIS 5.1) too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This alternative method requires Windows Server 2003 IIS 6.0 (or 7):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    strComputer = &quot;.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set objWMIService = GetObject _&#xD;&#xA;        (&quot;winmgmts:{authenticationLevel=pktPrivacy}\\&quot; _&#xD;&#xA;            &amp; strComputer &amp; &quot;\root\microsoftiisv2&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Set objWebService = objWMIService.ExecQuery _&#xD;&#xA;        (&quot;Select * From IISWebService&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    arrBindings = Array(0)&#xD;&#xA;    Set arrBindings(0) = _&#xD;&#xA;        objWMIService.Get(&quot;ServerBinding&quot;).SpawnInstance_()&#xD;&#xA;    arrBindings(0).IP = &quot;192.168.1.1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    arrBindings(0).Port = &quot;80&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    arrBindings(0).Hostname = &quot;www.example.com&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    For Each objItem in objWebService&#xD;&#xA;        objItem.CreateNewSite &quot;Test Site&quot;, arrBindings, _&#xD;&#xA;            &quot;c:\inetpub\wwwroot\testsite&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Next&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the link to the Microsoft TechNet Script Repository related to or [Managing Web sites on Internet Information Server 6.0][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/scripts/iis/iis6/default.mspx?mfr=true&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18840" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10456" RevisionGUID="7feea66f-0b72-4014-b9a9-6179a2cdf630" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:16:35.117" UserId="1550" Text="A separate issue about relative value of StackOverflow vs. ServerFault: How quickly does the underlying technology mutate, such that yesterday's correct, best-in-class answer is no longer a correct answer at all? I'd argue that programming probably has a longer 'tail': languages are by design backwards compatible: yesterdays answer will still work, even if it's not the best. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Admin solutions tend to age more quickly: once a particular class of hardware is end-of-lifed, or software has had a major rev., how to deal with its quirks of configuration is of little or no help to the next generation. And the admin interfaces to software  tend to be the least designed, most user-unfriendly part of the system." />
  <row Id="18841" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10454" RevisionGUID="95c20dcc-7255-44f2-853c-3f80e4b73fcd" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:17:51.947" UserId="2278" Comment="added 118 characters in body" Text="Here's the quickest way I know, based on the fact that Win32_Processor.SocketDesignation always returns 'Proc 1' for a logical processor. This is for older versions of WMI (Windows 2003 or XP SP2), so you would probably want to check if the NumberOfCores property comes back as null or not before using this method.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $procs = get-WMIObject Win32_Processor&#xD;&#xA;    $physCount = new-object hashtable&#xD;&#xA;    $procs |%{$physCount[$_.SocketDesignation] = 1}&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;Physical processors: {0}; Logical processors: {1}&quot; -f $physCount.count, $procs.count&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18842" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10457" RevisionGUID="21442d16-4d37-4ebe-a23f-dff145624841" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:20:39.477" UserId="2513" Text="Copying the config files and database files would be fine, but you could also dump a copy of it out just to be extra safe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sqlite &lt;mydatabase&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    .dump &gt;file.sql" />
  <row Id="18843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10458" RevisionGUID="717d4fed-4080-4f77-a0ba-2110feeac1b7" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:21:14.187" UserId="1565" Text="From what I can find, Vista does not save the settings.  The starting volume is a percentage of the main volume.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have, however, found some programs that will fix the issue for a price.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.actualsolution.com/index.htm" />
  <row Id="18844" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10455" RevisionGUID="fa50bf4e-f141-4b5d-8e20-46d10b284fde" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:23:07.053" UserId="45" Comment="formatting" Text="I've changed the service account for SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services a number of times now, but yesterday was the first time I'd run into the dreaded 'The report server cannot decrypt the symmetric key used to access...' error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The environment is SQL Server 2005 Enterprise edition installed as a named instance on a box that also has SQL Server 2000 Standard edition as the default.  Everything's 32-bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As [BOL recommends][1] I always use the Reporting Services Configuration Manager in order to make the change, and have never had to restore an encryption key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, this most recent time (it would have to be in production, wouldn't it?), the service account change failed to import the existing encryption key; from the ReportServerService log file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ReportingServicesService!crypto!b!5/19/2009-17:20:37::&#xD;&#xA;&gt; i INFO: Initializing crypto as user:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;domain&gt;\&lt;user&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ReportingServicesService!crypto!b!5/19/2009-17:20:37::&#xD;&#xA;&gt; i INFO: Exporting public key&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ReportingServicesService!crypto!b!5/19/2009-17:20:37::&#xD;&#xA;&gt; i INFO: Performing sku validation&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ReportingServicesService!crypto!b!5/19/2009-17:20:37::&#xD;&#xA;&gt; i INFO: Importing existing encryption&#xD;&#xA;&gt; key&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ReportingServicesService!library!b!5/19/2009-17:20:37::&#xD;&#xA;&gt; e ERROR: Throwing&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.ReportServerDisabledException:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The report server cannot decrypt the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; symmetric key used to access sensitive&#xD;&#xA;&gt; or encrypted data in a report server&#xD;&#xA;&gt; database. You must either restore a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; backup key or delete all encrypted&#xD;&#xA;&gt; content. Check the documentation for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; more information., ;  Info:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.ReportServerDisabledException:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The report server cannot decrypt the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; symmetric key used to access sensitive&#xD;&#xA;&gt; or encrypted data in a report server&#xD;&#xA;&gt; database. You must either restore a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; backup key or delete all encrypted&#xD;&#xA;&gt; content. Check the documentation for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; more information. ---&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (0x80090005): Bad Data. (Exception&#xD;&#xA;&gt; from HRESULT: 0x80090005)    at&#xD;&#xA;&gt; System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHRInternal(Int32&#xD;&#xA;&gt; errorCode, IntPtr errorInfo)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;    at&#xD;&#xA;&gt; RSManagedCrypto.RSCrypto.ImportSymmetricKey(Byte[]&#xD;&#xA;&gt; symKeyBlob)    at&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Microsoft.ReportingServices.Library.ConnectionManager.GetEncryptionKey()&#xD;&#xA;&gt; --- End of inner exception stack trace ---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, I'm a good little DBA and I had a backup of the previous encryption key available, so I was able to recover from the issue quickly, but, what I want to know is, why did it happen?  [This article from MS suggests that it *may* happen][2], but I don't like the suggestion that it's a completely random occurrence.  I had read, and now sadly cannot find the link, a suggestion that this occurs regularly when you change the service account for Reporting Services by other means than RS Configuration Manager, such as the SQL Server Configuration Manager or Windows Services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I have 2 questions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Why would this happen if I was using the RS Configuration Manager, as recommended?  (But it worked it test, he exclaims!)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Should I be unsettled that my current encryption key is not based on the machine/current service account as it normally is, but rather on the previous service account?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms160340.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842421" />
  <row Id="18845" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="10455" RevisionGUID="fa50bf4e-f141-4b5d-8e20-46d10b284fde" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:23:07.053" UserId="45" Comment="formatting" Text="Why does Reporting Services fail to import an existing encryption key during a service account change?" />
  <row Id="18846" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10455" RevisionGUID="fa50bf4e-f141-4b5d-8e20-46d10b284fde" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:23:07.053" UserId="45" Comment="formatting" Text="&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;reporting&gt;" />
  <row Id="18847" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10459" RevisionGUID="f0671d3b-c95f-402e-af1c-7c3f9ad95b50" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:24:39.093" UserId="2692" Text="I get this a lot, for some reason it drives me up the wall. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Long winded email ending with -  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;Can you please advise on this?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which I read as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;I have no idea what I'm doing / I can't be bothered, can you do my work for me?&quot;" />
  <row Id="18848" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10459" RevisionGUID="f0671d3b-c95f-402e-af1c-7c3f9ad95b50" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:24:39.093" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="18849" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10460" RevisionGUID="75bddb4b-218c-4fc6-8acd-4945b7019cdf" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:28:22.223" UserId="2513" Text="Since they are SATA, I have done this by actually hooking the drives up in my desktop PC.  You should be able to remove the proprietary connectors, put both drives in your desktop, and use whatever cloning/imaging software you would like to take care of it." />
  <row Id="18850" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10430" RevisionGUID="0dcf4c56-6906-462e-b02a-2bab4866be1b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:33:05.083" UserId="2600" Comment="deleted 27 characters in body" Text="The answer is a qualified 'yes'.  Since this would be an active/backup situation, you should be able to do what you want with floating static routes.  The challenge will be with your users connecting to the servers when you fail-over to the backup link.  The IP address will change and unless you use some type of DNS updating service, they will need to change their shortcuts or have two icons on their desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will need to connect ISP1 and ISP2 to the 2801 and it then to your switch.  Next setup a static route on the 2801 to point to ISP1 and a second static route to ISP2 with a high administrative cost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the way as Alnitak said, you should know that the 'CON' and 'AUX' ports are not Ethernet.  They do use CAT5 cabling, but are not network ports. This may leave you short of the necessary three for this solution to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also based on your comments, it sounds like you may not have a firewall?  If this the case RUN, do not walk, and get one immediately.  It would also probably be a good idea to change your servers to private addressing and then do NATs on the firewalls." />
  <row Id="18851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10461" RevisionGUID="1aa07b1c-b40f-47d2-98d5-9f8cf94afe50" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:36:48.853" UserId="2004" Text="If you are using windows I highly recommend using the free utility [RichCopy][1]. It is multithreaded and can pause and resume file copy operations. I have had very good luck using it to transfer files between severs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.04.utilityspotlight.aspx" />
  <row Id="18852" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10462" RevisionGUID="5147d266-f8a7-4ff0-ad72-fef0fa4c5935" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:36:57.667" UserId="1509" Text="This is, in every common operating system, the purpose of the PATH-variable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are bound to windows, there is a better way to do it case you want to use that extensively: I used to have it set up for A LOT of programs, so I could start my programs by Win-R (like Start-&gt;Run or on the command line), type in a few letters of the executable name, take advantage of the MRU-List and start the application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The drawback of adding all paths of those executable to the path is that it slows down the command execution: Everytime you call a program, all paths have to be scanned. Therefore, the PATH variable should only be used for directories that contain several executables, like a &quot;bin&quot; or &quot;tools&quot; directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The better way is to create a proper entry in the registry, many program installers do that by themself, BTW.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\&#xD;&#xA;is the place to go.&#xD;&#xA;You will already see a lot of entries. AFAIK, this would also allow to have two different commands starting the same program, but in different working directories, or different properties.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, I have not yet found any information from Microsoft/MSDN about the parameters one can find, like `RunAsOnNonAdminInstall` or `BlockOnTSNonInstallMode`. We can only speculate on that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will also allow you to &quot;rename&quot; the program without actually renaming the executable file (which could get you in trouble if you update it or if it's part of a larger suite) and migrate smoothly if you switch to another favourite application for a certain task. I had vlc and IrfanView start when I typed &quot;wmplayer&quot; and &quot;ACDsee32&quot; accordingly out of habbit/mistake.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[THIS][1] is the most exhaustive I ever found about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/82000/jsi-tip-8561-how-can-i-eliminate-the-need-to-type-the-full-path-of-an-executable-that-is-not-in-my-path.html" />
  <row Id="18853" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10454" RevisionGUID="f2414586-0b01-4e1b-b7d4-63cc4af97739" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:37:30.177" UserId="2278" Comment="added 28 characters in body" Text="On old version of Windows (Win2003, XP SP2 or earlier) Win32_Processor.SocketDesignation always returns 'Proc 1' for a logical processor. This script will work on any version of Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $procs = [object[]]$(get-WMIObject Win32_Processor) # force into array even if only 1&#xD;&#xA;    if ($procs[0].NumberOfCores -eq $null) { # old version&#xD;&#xA;      $physCount = new-object hashtable&#xD;&#xA;      $procs |%{$physCount[$_.SocketDesignation] = 1}&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;Physical processors: {0}; Logical processors: {1}&quot; -f $physCount.count, $procs.count&#xD;&#xA;    } else { # new version&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;Physical processors: {0}; Logical processors: {1}&quot; -f $procs.count, `&#xD;&#xA;        $($procs|measure-object NumberOfLogicalProcessors -sum).Sum&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;      &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18854" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10463" RevisionGUID="2417578f-9adf-43cf-8915-0255bbdf0f93" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:38:02.687" UserId="3235" Text="For seldom used passwords such as local admin accounts on servers, the router and firewall passwords and the like at my last job, a shop of about 50 or so, only the sysadmin actually knew the passwords.  They were written down on a piece of paper in an envelope.  There were I believe three envelopes which were sealed and signed by the Boss, the SysAdmin and the Head Programmer.  Each individual had a copy of the documents.  In the event the passwords were used we changed them and made new envelopes.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my current job, at a much bigger organization we have 15 sysadmins alone, and a couple thousand users we have a method for calculating passwords based on a servers name.  This includes a known prefix and a hash method that is simple enough to do on paper.  When passwords need changing because someone leaves or whatnot we change the prefix or the hash or both.  That way while I don't know the password to every machine or device around me I could calculate it if I needed it for some reason.  " />
  <row Id="18855" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10464" RevisionGUID="74f441e6-e45c-4289-b116-05173c20fbae" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:43:55.047" UserId="564" Text="assuming you can do tracking routes you certainly can we use something like this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 ip.to.gateway1 track 100&#xD;&#xA;    ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 ip.to.gateway2 2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then you can create your tracking like so&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    track 100 rtr 1 reachability&#xD;&#xA;    delay down 30&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in reference to something like this &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ip sla monitor 1&#xD;&#xA;    type echo protocol ipIcmpEcho ip.to.next.hop&#xD;&#xA;    frequency 10&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you would set ip.to.next.hop to a next hop address ... find it using tracert if that goes down your ip route will be removed and it will fall back on your default route.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18856" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10465" RevisionGUID="5098171c-91c9-425a-aeb4-52c61cad5cd1" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:44:30.443" UserId="2318" Text="Why do you have to create a directory before you can mount a share to it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Eg: I've never understood why mkdir is needed here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mkdir /Volumes/foo&#xD;&#xA;    mount -t afp afp://username:pass@pretendco.com/foo /Volumes/foo&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18857" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10465" RevisionGUID="5098171c-91c9-425a-aeb4-52c61cad5cd1" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:44:30.443" UserId="2318" Text="Why do you have to create a directory before you can mount a share?" />
  <row Id="18858" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10465" RevisionGUID="5098171c-91c9-425a-aeb4-52c61cad5cd1" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:44:30.443" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;bsd&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;mount&gt;" />
  <row Id="18860" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10466" RevisionGUID="b207c63d-23a5-43d0-bfc7-0ad93d9e47e9" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:49:16.457" UserId="1509" Text="My recommend is to use Xen for the FULL TRUE virtualisation (headless systems, only used remotely), Sun's VirtualBox for the &quot;normal&quot; and testing stuff and OpenVZ for the things I need [&quot;masses&quot;][1] of simple Linuxes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the chance of a *new* server hardware, I'd like to give VmWare esx server a try. &quot;No&quot; underlying host OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.montanalinux.org/openvz-experiment.html " />
  <row Id="18861" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10450" RevisionGUID="acf631e0-bdd2-4275-be26-0683832a9d80" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:51:53.237" UserId="45" Comment="added 210 characters in body" Text="This method works on Windows Server 2003 IIS 6.0:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    strComputer = &quot;.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set objWMIService = GetObject _&#xD;&#xA;        (&quot;winmgmts:{authenticationLevel=pktPrivacy}\\&quot; _&#xD;&#xA;            &amp; strComputer &amp; &quot;\root\microsoftiisv2&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Set objWebService = objWMIService.ExecQuery _&#xD;&#xA;        (&quot;Select * From IISWebService&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    arrBindings = Array(0)&#xD;&#xA;    Set arrBindings(0) = _&#xD;&#xA;        objWMIService.Get(&quot;ServerBinding&quot;).SpawnInstance_()&#xD;&#xA;    arrBindings(0).IP = &quot;192.168.1.1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    arrBindings(0).Port = &quot;80&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    arrBindings(0).Hostname = &quot;www.example.com&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    For Each objItem in objWebService&#xD;&#xA;        objItem.CreateNewSite &quot;Test Site&quot;, arrBindings, _&#xD;&#xA;            &quot;c:\inetpub\wwwroot\testsite&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Next&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the link to the Microsoft TechNet Script Repository related to or [Managing Web sites on Internet Information Server 6.0][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another useful [TechNet article][2] explains how to create an AppPool programmatically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;------------------&#xD;&#xA;Here is an alternative method, which works on Windows Server 2000 (IIS 5.0) too. Write a .vbs file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    IISWebName = &quot;Name of the Web&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    IISWebPath = &quot;D:\Websites\MyWeb&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    IISWebHeader = &quot;http://www.example.com&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    IISIPAddress = &quot;10.0.0.10&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Set wsShell = CreateObject(&quot;WScript.Shell&quot;) &#xD;&#xA;    wsShell.Run &quot;iisweb.vbs /create &quot;&quot;&quot; &amp; IISWebPath &amp; &quot;&quot;&quot; &quot;&quot;&quot; &amp; IISWebName &amp; &quot;&quot;&quot; /b 80 /i &quot;&quot;&quot; &amp; IISIPAddress &amp; &quot;&quot;&quot;&quot; /d &quot;&quot;&quot; &amp; IISWebHeader &amp; &quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to add virtual directories, you could do it this way:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    oShell2.Run &quot;iisvdir.vbs /create &quot;&quot;&quot; &amp; IISWebName &amp; &quot;&quot;&quot; pfengine &quot;&quot;D:\Common\engine&quot;&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/scripts/iis/iis6/default.mspx?mfr=true&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/12a3d96c-65ea-4210-96ad-86a801f6a88c.mspx?mfr=true" />
  <row Id="18862" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10467" RevisionGUID="6568e8ed-dcf5-43e1-8191-a6acf12c1194" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:52:39.630" UserId="984" Text="Because nobody submitted a patch to add the --create-dir option to mount yet?  :)" />
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  <row Id="18864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10468" RevisionGUID="c7f8e619-8864-422e-9ad9-8198223a0bf3" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:54:48.487" UserId="2513" Text="Can anyone on the SF community recommend a trustworthy/easy to set up SCP server for windows.  I do not want to go through the trouble of setting up Cygwin but I have a need for running SCP on Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a summary, our networks are very highly firewalled, and SSH ports are allowed only through a jump server which uses two-factor authentication using an RSA key on the Linux/Unix side, and FTP is blocked by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Without requesting firewall rules for dozens of SAN switches to do firmware upgrades, I would like to have an SCP server running on my primary DCFM server, which is Windows based, to allow me to perform SAN switch firmware upgrades using my central repository, but without having to request FTP access all over the place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="18865" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10468" RevisionGUID="c7f8e619-8864-422e-9ad9-8198223a0bf3" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:54:48.487" UserId="2513" Text="SSH / SCP Server on Windows" />
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  <row Id="18867" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10469" RevisionGUID="db6e7d85-2e4c-48c5-acc3-a8d9dfcf5106" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:57:24.550" UserId="1509" Text="Just as Heads Up: Ubuntu defaults &quot;sh&quot; to &quot;dash&quot; which lead to some problems in the past with POSIX compability. Apparently, the echo commands differ slightly." />
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  <row Id="18869" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2382" RevisionGUID="64892b0d-b95d-4a6c-bc85-5cc0ee7d5610" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:57:31.853" UserId="1803" Comment="Community Wiki'd due to discussion-based nature" Text="&lt;server-room&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="18870" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10470" RevisionGUID="3c18d021-5165-4d97-8dd6-ad6c0932e20b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:57:49.823" UserId="2567" Text="It's because when you mount a directory, you're saying to your system, &quot;Act as though the files at &amp;lt;network share&amp;gt; are really at &amp;lt;local folder&amp;gt;.&quot; If the system doesn't have that local folder, it can't place those network files there." />
  <row Id="18871" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10471" RevisionGUID="ce7a2c1d-4fcb-496e-8eca-50198a237d4a" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:58:35.453" UserId="2101" Text="The directory entry needs to be created in /volumes before the kernel can hook into the directory path." />
  <row Id="18872" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10472" RevisionGUID="f30125de-df0a-4b06-8573-3c1fca72a912" CreationDate="2009-05-20T17:59:37.743" UserId="1565" Text="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18292/what-are-some-good-ssh-servers-for-windows&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://serverfault.com/questions/8411/what-is-a-good-ssh-server-to-use-on-windows" />
  <row Id="18873" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="10249" RevisionGUID="2926dbbc-a9e6-4744-b167-58e2a8edec57" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:00:41.207" UserId="2066" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="How to (seriously) troubleshoot high CPU/Memory issues in MacOS X?" />
  <row Id="18874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10473" RevisionGUID="e117782d-373d-4a5d-84f8-4568c7f87dd9" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:00:56.870" UserId="2863" Text="I have not tried doing this however the openSSH webpage links to [WinSCP][1], maybe this could be used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://winscp.net/eng/index.php" />
  <row Id="18875" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10249" RevisionGUID="2926dbbc-a9e6-4744-b167-58e2a8edec57" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:00:41.207" UserId="2066" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="In Windows I have Sysinternals Process Explorer but for Mac the built-in &quot;Activity Monitor&quot; is not enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would need to figure out for each process:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Files open&#xD;&#xA;* CPU usage for each thread (in real time... not just a &quot;sample&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;* Network connections open&#xD;&#xA;* etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm a bit new in the Mac OS X world, so any other troubleshooting methodologies are welcome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="18876" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="10391" RevisionGUID="c9c1f9d0-86bf-4934-ac17-66afd3cfc991" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:02:44.993" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:984,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Zoredache&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:45,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;splattne&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="18877" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10474" RevisionGUID="eeef2a12-cc53-494e-b948-b883a84ec6cc" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:02:45.180" UserId="2293" Text="What are some good systems for running a lightweight Linux server.  Typical uses:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Apache Web Server (light access)&#xD;&#xA; - SCP/SSH Server (remote file access / tunnel)&#xD;&#xA; - SVN Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Important factors:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Cheap ($300 or less)&#xD;&#xA; - Small&#xD;&#xA; - Energy Efficient&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been looking at the [Fit-PC][1] as a possible platform for this type of server.  Is this the best way to go?  Is there another option I should consider?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://fit-pc2.com" />
  <row Id="18878" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10474" RevisionGUID="eeef2a12-cc53-494e-b948-b883a84ec6cc" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:02:45.180" UserId="2293" Text="Fit-PC as a Lightweight Linux Server?" />
  <row Id="18879" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10474" RevisionGUID="eeef2a12-cc53-494e-b948-b883a84ec6cc" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:02:45.180" UserId="2293" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="18880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10475" RevisionGUID="d61755a6-44b6-4cde-97e1-daf89ee1ce07" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:03:29.563" UserId="2318" Text="Is there a rule of thumb for how much space to leave free on a hard disk? I used to hear you should leave at least 5% free to avoid fragmentation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[I know the answer depends on usage (eg: video files vs text), size of disk, RAID, disk size - but as it's impractical to ask 100 variations of the same question, any information is wlecome]" />
  <row Id="18881" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10475" RevisionGUID="d61755a6-44b6-4cde-97e1-daf89ee1ce07" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:03:29.563" UserId="2318" Text="How much space should you leave free on a hard disk?" />
  <row Id="18882" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10475" RevisionGUID="d61755a6-44b6-4cde-97e1-daf89ee1ce07" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:03:29.563" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;diskspace&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;defrag&gt;" />
  <row Id="18883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10476" RevisionGUID="01620032-ba2d-4b3d-bb6c-ca60e03ad16f" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:04:13.210" UserId="2034" Text="Vshell by [Vandyke Software][1] is the only decent ssh / sftp server I've found for the Windows platform.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vandyke.com" />
  <row Id="18884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10477" RevisionGUID="7d2297de-d2f0-4ee4-bd98-f333767e39de" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:04:30.497" UserId="1172" Text="We are planning to upgrade our application servers to a new version of JRun which is carrying with it an upgrade from Java 1.4 to Java 1.6. As part of that, we have been testing various pieces of our software stack and realized the need to look at our Oracle JDBC drivers as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking at the Oracle site and documentation, the different versions seem to be primarly targeting various versios of the JDBC API, which tend to correspond to the version of the JVM they were introduced in. With Java (generally) being backwards compatible, it seems like sticking with ojdbc14.jar might make the most sense, but I was hoping someone out there could clarify things a bit better. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The docs specifically call out a chart like this, which makes me wonder if ojdbc14.jar is officially supported under Java 6.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    classes12.jar - for Java 1.2 and 1.3&#xD;&#xA;    ojdbc14.jar - for Java 1.4 and 1.5&#xD;&#xA;    ojdbc5.jar - for Java 1.5&#xD;&#xA;    ojdbc6.jar - for Java 1.6&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there something I should be aware of from a systems perspective when mixing and matching drivers and virtual machines?" />
  <row Id="18885" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10477" RevisionGUID="7d2297de-d2f0-4ee4-bd98-f333767e39de" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:04:30.497" UserId="1172" Text="Differences between classes12.jar, ojdbc14.jar, ojdbc5.jar and ojdbc6.jar" />
  <row Id="18886" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10477" RevisionGUID="7d2297de-d2f0-4ee4-bd98-f333767e39de" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:04:30.497" UserId="1172" Text="&lt;jdbc&gt;&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;jrun&gt;&lt;java&gt;" />
  <row Id="18887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10478" RevisionGUID="87a819f9-e4ce-49e8-a0c8-78c1871d5c6f" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:12:28.547" UserId="1509" Text="most disturbing is IMHO that creating a link somewhere does NOT need to `touch`/`mkdir`, and a mount (even if `-bind` locally) needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But it probably goes in the same section as &quot;why are hard-links the default when everybody only needs symlinks and has to `ln -s`." />
  <row Id="18888" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10479" RevisionGUID="55e4dd1b-eae6-45d1-be6a-68000bf4a368" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:13:58.933" UserId="2626" Text="I would say typically 15%, however with how large hard drives are now adays, as long as you have enough for your temp files and swap file, technically you are safe.  But as a safe practice, once you hit 15%, time to start thinking of doing some major cleanup and/or purchasing a larger/second hard drive." />
  <row Id="18889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10480" RevisionGUID="9602352a-6957-433a-a588-d88700677b01" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:16:11.893" UserId="45" Text="One option is [OpenSSH for Windows][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; OpenSSH for Windows is a free package&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that installs a minimal OpenSSH server&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and client utilities in the Cygwin&#xD;&#xA;&gt; package without needing the full&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Cygwin installation.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; The OpenSSH for Windows package&#xD;&#xA;&gt; provides full SSH/SCP/SFTP support.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SSH terminal support provides a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; familiar Windows Command prompt, while&#xD;&#xA;&gt; retaining Unix/Cygwin-style paths for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SCP and SFTP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="18890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10481" RevisionGUID="783b4aff-07e2-4845-afd9-33bfc3148529" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:17:10.347" UserId="2040" Text="From what I understand, it also depends on the file system on the drive.  Some file systems are more resilient to things like disk fragmentation." />
  <row Id="18891" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10482" RevisionGUID="5afbd483-a815-4248-8ca5-bbc1226e5dcb" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:17:12.623" UserId="2513" Text="Have you considered building your own?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Micro-ATX and Mini-ITX platforms are both quite small and components are very cheap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811121090&#xD;&#xA;http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813500010" />
  <row Id="18892" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8411" RevisionGUID="57a25fd8-e3d0-406c-9210-c28d3972b14c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:17:17.227" UserId="45" Comment="added 2 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="In my spare time I remotely support my wife's office via VPN into a Windows Server. I am about to purchase a wireless broadband service which doesn't support VPN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't want to open up the remote desktop ports directly, and I would like to set up an SSH tunnel into the network, and if necessary then VPN over the top of that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the best windows SSH **Server** implementation to use on a Windows 2003 Server, or should I just be using [sshwindows][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="18893" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="8411" RevisionGUID="57a25fd8-e3d0-406c-9210-c28d3972b14c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:17:17.227" UserId="45" Comment="added 2 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="What is a good SSH server to use on Windows?" />
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  <row Id="18895" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10483" RevisionGUID="d9225c85-d80e-4c38-a730-0358eeca9039" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:18:19.767" UserId="1843" Text="I'm on a nokia n810 device, which uses `busybox` instead of the usual gnu coreutils. Is there a way to get `busybox`'s ls to print in colour?" />
  <row Id="18896" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10483" RevisionGUID="d9225c85-d80e-4c38-a730-0358eeca9039" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:18:19.767" UserId="1843" Text="Is there a way to get ls to print in colour in busybox?" />
  <row Id="18897" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10483" RevisionGUID="d9225c85-d80e-4c38-a730-0358eeca9039" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:18:19.767" UserId="1843" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;busybox&gt;" />
  <row Id="18898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10484" RevisionGUID="70fe8036-dfff-4f7c-ade6-801ee60935f0" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:20:55.660" UserId="2829" Text="I work in a small IT shop and we've been using Secret Server for the past year to manage our passwords for our network devices and client needs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(oops, I can't post links here yet as I'm a new user - search for the product site created by Thycotic)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They offer an &quot;install edition&quot; or an online/hosted edition. We use the hosted edition for less than $100/yr (5 users) and can access this password information securely via web browser anywhere we go. If you're really worried about security, install it on your own server and only access it via LAN or VPN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, my favorite &quot;personal&quot; web-based password manager now offers a &quot;business edition&quot; - PassPack:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(oops, I can't post links here yet as I'm a new user)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure how it performs in this scenario versus Secret Server but either solution ought to be much more versatile and secure than scraps of paper, desktop apps or (*gasp*) remembering things in your head. For the &quot;single point of failure&quot; concern, either of these products allow easy export to CSV." />
  <row Id="18899" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10485" RevisionGUID="d848eb19-98e8-48b8-a13c-978fdd2a44b3" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:23:13.720" UserId="2502" Text="ls --color doesn't work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I thought it was supposed to on the more recent versions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html" />
  <row Id="18900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10486" RevisionGUID="068f5f4c-6d2c-42d6-b064-64e0347eec4c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:23:23.873" UserId="97" Text="I have always had good experiences with Van Dyke's software (they make IMO the best Windows SSH client). For Windows SSH server use, they have what they call VShell Server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.vandyke.com/products/vshell/index.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vandyke.com/products/vshell/index.html" />
  <row Id="18901" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="8323" RevisionGUID="e4b1fb0a-8ecd-4320-ac0e-64f4fd22c4c5" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:24:16.540" UserId="1803" Comment="edited title" Text="Issues moving an IIS site from w2k to w2k3" />
  <row Id="18902" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10475" RevisionGUID="7a4406e2-b8ba-4f8e-a832-9a3f61bf2498" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:27:54.553" UserId="2318" Comment="added 19 characters in body" Text="Is there a rule of thumb for how much space to leave free on a hard disk? I used to hear you should leave at least 5% free to avoid fragmentation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[I know the answer depends on usage (eg: video files vs text), size of disk, RAID level, disk format, disk size - but as it's impractical to ask 100 variations of the same question, any information is wlecome]" />
  <row Id="18904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10488" RevisionGUID="477f57ce-28f7-4990-9f42-979a4582de66" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:32:43.590" UserId="3220" Text="If you're looking for an even more lightweight Linux server, you could try the [SheevaPlug][1] devkit. It has a 1.2GHz CPU, 512mb of ram, and GbEthernet and USB2.0 plugs, and you can't get much smaller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sadly, it's currently on a four week backorder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/p-22-sheevaplug-dev-kit.aspx" />
  <row Id="18905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10489" RevisionGUID="cad4ffba-3c5b-4d10-9bdf-14fc3126021d" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:32:49.737" UserId="3238" Text="Out of the box outlook user experience is much better than Notes. &#xD;&#xA;However, as Geoff said, Lotus Notes is a development platorm. The Mail system is just one application already given to you. If you want you can design on that Mail template your own customization.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Notes (/Domino) is a very stable environment and a very good Rapid Application Development platform. Outlook is just a mail client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for servers - my personal experience with the servers was on Domino 6.5 and Exchange 2003, and Domino is by far easier to handle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Long story short - if all you need is a mail client, you should definitely take Exchange-Outlook. If you're looking for an application platform, you should look into Notes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for Migrating - There are quite good tools for migrating from lotus notes basic mail template to exchange. I migrated couple of thousands users, with no real problems.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18906" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10490" RevisionGUID="f0dc7987-ff6c-4563-8037-13fddee3b6bb" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:34:23.697" UserId="97" Text="The original Drobo IIRC was USB only so your idea is not &quot;crazy&quot; from the standpoint that a company actually built a product around it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, USB is just way too slow and does not have enough bandwidth to properly service multiple drives with decent IO. Personally, I would not do it unless it is for cheap archival.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing to keep in mind is that power consumed by many low capacity drives is going to be higher than fewer high capacity devices." />
  <row Id="18907" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10447" RevisionGUID="b8bc16a6-e9ff-46b4-b907-d3160cbf2345" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:34:34.087" UserId="1466" Comment="sp." Text="Use [xkeycaps][1] to look at your keyboard mapping and swap the META and ALT modifiers, or just swap the entire keys. If you plan on using any GNOME apps, GNOME has some assumptions about which keys have META and ALT modifiers. It'll probably make your life easier to swap the keys entirely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jwz.org/xkeycaps/" />
  <row Id="18908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10491" RevisionGUID="4a8c5620-80d2-48df-b7ec-caa7c1765bec" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:34:49.797" UserId="3156" Text="You generally want to leave about 10% free to avoid fregmentation, but there is a catch.  Linux, by default, will reserve 5% of the disk for the root user.  When you use 'df', the output doesn't include that 5% if you run it as a non-root user.  Just something to keep in mind when doing your calulations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Incidentally, you can change the root reserve by using tune2fs.  For example&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tune2fs -m 2 /dev/hda1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will set the root reserve at 2%.  Generally this is not recommended of course, unless you have a very specific purpose in mind." />
  <row Id="18909" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10492" RevisionGUID="abe0c621-c866-48df-af0a-afecf1526a38" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:36:45.173" UserId="2456" Text="I would recommend 10% plus on Windows because defrag won't run if there is not about that much free on the drive when you run it.  Leaving free space however will not necessarily stop fragmentation from occuring.  As you already mentioned it is dependent on the usage.  Fragmentation is caused more based on the amount of variance to the data on the drive and the size of the files being written and removed.  The more the data changes and the more random the file sizes the more chance you have of fragmentation occurring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only real way to minimise fragmentation would be to defragment the drive on a regular basis manually or use a tool like Diskeeper which runs in the background on Windows cleaning up when the machine is idle.  There are filesystems where fragmentation is handled by the OS in the background so manually running a defragmentation is not necessary." />
  <row Id="18910" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10493" RevisionGUID="feb37492-ce6a-42d8-9425-5e6bbf471b70" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:37:31.880" UserId="3038" Text="Yes, depends on usage and underlying storage system. Some systems, like high end SAN based disk arrays laugh at file fragmentation making the only system impact of fragmentation is OS overhead in scattering things all over hither and yon. Other systems, like laptop, drives are another story all together. And that doesn't get into newer file systems, such as ZFS, where the concept of a hard limit to space is nebulous at best. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NTFS is its own beast, of course. These days I give C:\ a total size of 15GB for XP systems, and haven't played with Vista/Win7 enough to know what to recommend there. You really don't want to get much below a GB free on C:\. Using Shadow Copies means you should keep more 'empty' space around than you otherwise would, and I'd say 20% free-space is the marker for when more needs to be added or a clean-up needs to happen. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For plain old NTFS data volumes, I get worried when it gets under 15%. However, if the drive is a 1TB drive, 15% is still a LOT of space to work with and allocate new files into (the converse being that it takes a lot longer to defrag). " />
  <row Id="18911" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10494" RevisionGUID="75731659-140a-4cfa-95a9-a7d5b7c985c6" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:37:49.993" UserId="2649" Text="Acer has a new device:&#xD;&#xA;http://aceraspirerevo.com/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18912" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10495" RevisionGUID="306055db-aaa7-4896-b4bd-b0bfbae68533" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:38:17.167" UserId="1466" Text="You could try **xmodmap**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a small netbook computer with an annoying extra key next to the left-shift key.  By putting the following in ~/.Xmodmap, I can re-map the key to be another left-shift key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    keycode 94 = Shift_L&#xD;&#xA;    add shift = Shift_L&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps you can do something similar to swap you caps-lock and control keys?" />
  <row Id="18913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10496" RevisionGUID="2d5280bc-f630-41f2-97cc-5a61a32ae0b5" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:41:55.570" UserId="1233" Text="Are you looking for an all in one application or where you access the information?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is possible to look at the specific sections using the CLI tools as well for more in depth information:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;eg.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Open Files: `lsof -c &quot;APP_NAME&quot;`, `lsof +d 'DIRECTORY'` or for real time file system usage: `sudo fs_usage &quot;APP_NAME&quot;`&#xD;&#xA;2. Network Connections: `lsof -i | grep &quot;APP_NAME&quot;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As always for more options check out the man page fpr each utility." />
  <row Id="18914" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10497" RevisionGUID="fa8e5cc6-2f29-4027-8884-ae38c6037cbf" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:45:44.330" UserId="2456" Text="On unix and unix like systems which includes Mac OS X filesystems are laid out logically very different to how they are on Windows.  There is no such thing as a drive like C or D etc.  There is just a single filesystem which is laid out as a hierarchy (tree structure).  This filesystem can be made up of one physical drive or a number of physical drives in a machine.  It can also be made up of memory and shares from another machine via protocols like NFS, CIFS etc.  Because there is no drives per say you need to have somewhere on the filesystem that you can attach or mount this additional storage to so you create a directory and then mount the other filesystem there.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux systems for instance have either a /mnt directory or a /mnt hierarchy with directories like cdrom etc. in it.  In this case you do not need to make a directory first you can use one of these but you are not required to as the mount point can be anywhere on the filesystem.  This benefit can be really useful if you need more space soemwhere as you can add another drive, move the data onto it and then mount it where the old directory was and everything will keep working without any change." />
  <row Id="18915" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10498" RevisionGUID="2b809916-9ef1-4993-bdcb-5e08c11c18b3" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:45:48.540" UserDisplayName="Aaron Smith" Text="We have someone here set up with multiple accounts in Outlook 2007.  We don't have an exchange server.  When this person sends a meeting request from the non default account, it says it's from [non default email] on behalf of [default email].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anyway to stop this?" />
  <row Id="18916" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10498" RevisionGUID="2b809916-9ef1-4993-bdcb-5e08c11c18b3" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:45:48.540" UserDisplayName="Aaron Smith" Text="Outlook 2007 Mutliple Accounts" />
  <row Id="18917" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10498" RevisionGUID="2b809916-9ef1-4993-bdcb-5e08c11c18b3" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:45:48.540" UserDisplayName="Aaron Smith" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;delegation&gt;" />
  <row Id="18918" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10499" RevisionGUID="4b4d3fa3-ad1f-4137-8115-c7248086576a" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:49:51.217" UserId="591" Text="Currently the archive.pst is located in the Application Data Folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; c:\documents and Settings\username\local setting\application data\microsoft\outlook\&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to move it to a second hard disk (D:\archive\).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WindowsXP sp3 \ Outlook 2003 sp3" />
  <row Id="18919" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10499" RevisionGUID="4b4d3fa3-ad1f-4137-8115-c7248086576a" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:49:51.217" UserId="591" Text="How do I move the archive.pst to a new location?" />
  <row Id="18920" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10499" RevisionGUID="4b4d3fa3-ad1f-4137-8115-c7248086576a" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:49:51.217" UserId="591" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;" />
  <row Id="18921" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10471" RevisionGUID="1f6b0f9b-54c1-4564-8d91-0dbb7a8d6a0b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:52:25.797" UserId="2101" Comment="Clarified" Text="The directory entry needs to be created in /volumes (in this particular example) before the kernel can hook into the directory path." />
  <row Id="18922" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="10348" RevisionGUID="75312f92-5482-4a4b-930f-f0ca0b6ee4c4" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:52:33.393" UserId="1107" Comment="best practices, corporate users" Text="What are the best practices in deciding what to lock down and what to allow with corporate users?" />
  <row Id="18923" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10348" RevisionGUID="75312f92-5482-4a4b-930f-f0ca0b6ee4c4" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:52:33.393" UserId="1107" Comment="best practices, corporate users" Text="&lt;users&gt;&lt;control&gt;&lt;system-administration&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="18924" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10500" RevisionGUID="f7cb0854-a16d-4312-b1da-bfaa96ba0f8a" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:53:39.960" UserId="2513" Text="Move the PST file to where you want it while outlook is not running, then launch outlook and do the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Tools &gt; Account Settings &gt; Data Files&#xD;&#xA; - Remove the PST file from Outlook&#xD;&#xA; - Add a new data file and point it at&#xD;&#xA;   the file in the new location&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think this should do what you want." />
  <row Id="18925" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10501" RevisionGUID="c2b59508-19a2-461b-8a10-4c94c8cfdf0b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:54:53.297" UserId="45" Text="This Microsoft Support article explains how to do that:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[How to set the location of an archive .pst file in Outlook][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;This article describes how to set the location of the Microsoft Outlook archive personal folders (.pst) file by modifying the Outlook profile file (.prf).&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; There are two methods that you can use&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to set the location of the archive.pst file. The first method uses the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Microsoft Office 2003 Custom&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Installation Wizard (CIW) to create&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the .prf file. The second method shows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you how to create a basic .prf file&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that includes a custom setting for the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; archive.pst file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B836755&amp;" />
  <row Id="18926" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10502" RevisionGUID="299cbad3-2c42-4164-9c78-660d5aa44587" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:55:44.853" UserId="1509" Text="depending on the version, it may be that outlook upon startup asks you for the new location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To play it safe, it can be copied to the new location, included as second personal folder, an then you remove the old personal folder." />
  <row Id="18927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10503" RevisionGUID="89645df1-ab49-4626-97f1-c822ce13b78c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:56:24.307" UserId="1187" Text="One of our SQL Servers, which has been running stable for quite some time (years), has recently been throwing insufficient memory errors. From the Application Event Log, we see:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Event ID: 701**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Description: There is insufficient system memory to run this query.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our team that manages this server is made up of mostly developers that double up on the sysadmin duties. However, our primary expertise is development. That being said, we are at a loss on how we go about troubleshooting this. We've been scouring forums and whatnot and haven't found anything that matches&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, here are some more details to aid in troubleshooting:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Our Minimum server memory is set to 0.&#xD;&#xA;- Our Maximum server memory is set to 2000.&#xD;&#xA;- Total Physical Memory is 3,325.85 MB (from sysinfo).&#xD;&#xA;- Total Virtual Memory is 7.10 GB (from sysinfo).&#xD;&#xA;- We were not using AWE to allocate memory, but we are now to see if it makes a difference.&#xD;&#xA;- This error was thrown by a job that was backing up a transaction log, not running a query.&#xD;&#xA;- We have many linked servers. The types of RDBMS on the other side are SQL Server (2005 and 2000), Oracle 10g, and OSI PI systems.&#xD;&#xA;- It is intermittent at this point. We cannot seem to correlate any time or event to the errors.&#xD;&#xA;- Of course, rebooting seems to make it go away for a while, which makes sense due to the nature of the error message.&#xD;&#xA;- This server triples as an application server (a couple of Windows Services) and a web server, as well as the database server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18928" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10503" RevisionGUID="89645df1-ab49-4626-97f1-c822ce13b78c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:56:24.307" UserId="1187" Text="SQL Server 2005: There is insufficient system memory to run this query." />
  <row Id="18929" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10503" RevisionGUID="89645df1-ab49-4626-97f1-c822ce13b78c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T18:56:24.307" UserId="1187" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;memory&gt;" />
  <row Id="18930" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10504" RevisionGUID="5a13e2c9-49bf-4845-856d-b3a018ca5820" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:02:23.687" UserId="3238" Text="I agree that item level premission will be a management nightmare. You'll need to create different lists (for example: a list for each employee).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there is only one task assigner (one manager for example) or realtively few, than you can create a simple list and configure it to display each user only his on item.&#xD;&#xA;Notice, however, that this way you'll have to make twists, so that new tasks will be created from the employee's user.&#xD;&#xA;And give the manager full control on that list." />
  <row Id="18931" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10498" RevisionGUID="83548c8c-4463-45a7-9d84-1ecf38212465" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:04:33.200" UserDisplayName="Aaron Smith" Comment="Added temporary solution." Text="We have someone here set up with multiple accounts in Outlook 2007.  We don't have an exchange server.  When this person sends a meeting request from the non default account, it says it's from [non default email] on behalf of [default email].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My temporary (maybe permanent) solution is to have him switch his default account whenever he needs to send out a meeting request.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anyway to stop this?" />
  <row Id="18932" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10505" RevisionGUID="af1a6942-cb69-4636-869e-7ff52ea8ef47" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:06:23.197" UserId="1349" Text="I have to copy some tables from an Access 2000 database to a SQL Server 2005 database. What's the easiest way to do this?" />
  <row Id="18933" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10505" RevisionGUID="af1a6942-cb69-4636-869e-7ff52ea8ef47" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:06:23.197" UserId="1349" Text="Copy Access tables to MS SQL" />
  <row Id="18934" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10505" RevisionGUID="af1a6942-cb69-4636-869e-7ff52ea8ef47" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:06:23.197" UserId="1349" Text="&lt;msaccess&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="18936" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10507" RevisionGUID="a790a646-5ad8-4612-bbea-404fb36c93f5" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:12:33.463" UserId="2513" Text="You can set up an ODBC connection to the SQL server and export it from Access to SQL via ODBC." />
  <row Id="18938" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10508" RevisionGUID="56eb1256-434c-47ad-9d40-dac9029c3e59" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:13:25.053" UserId="2302" Text="Using the wizard in SS Integration Services from SQL 2005 is the easiest way." />
  <row Id="18939" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10509" RevisionGUID="45a35470-757a-4a82-abbf-6f927e3efef7" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:15:05.517" UserId="1843" Text="I'm connected to a Nokia N810 Internet Tablet through ssh. The default `$TERM` value is `'xterm'` which causes all sorts of key bindings messes in Vim. Specifically the arrow keys, and home/end keys print out characters or change the case when not in editing mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know a sane `$TERM` value to fix this problem, or some other solution?" />
  <row Id="18940" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10509" RevisionGUID="45a35470-757a-4a82-abbf-6f927e3efef7" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:15:05.517" UserId="1843" Text="What $TERM value can you use on a Nokia N810 so Vim's key mappings work properly?" />
  <row Id="18941" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10509" RevisionGUID="45a35470-757a-4a82-abbf-6f927e3efef7" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:15:05.517" UserId="1843" Text="&lt;n810&gt;&lt;vim&gt;&lt;shell&gt;" />
  <row Id="18942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10510" RevisionGUID="2126cee4-4fa7-414a-b6a4-fc3dd1132353" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:15:40.820" UserId="1054" Text=" 1. Select your table&#xD;&#xA; 2. Choose Export from the File menu (or right-click the table and Export)&#xD;&#xA; 3. in the Export Table screen, choose ODBC Databases() from the file types drop-down&#xD;&#xA; 4. Give your table a new name to store in the db (if you want to)&#xD;&#xA; 5. In the Select Data Source box click the New... button&#xD;&#xA; 6. In the Create New Data Source window click the Machine Data Source tab and run through the wizard to enter your sql server and db info (Select SQL Server in the driver list)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When that's done your table should appear in your SQL Server db.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18943" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8323" RevisionGUID="a0136e99-808f-43ff-b313-780fd2edb757" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:18:13.763" UserId="1803" Comment="edited tags" Text="Old server is windows 2000, and the original setup guy's answer to pretty much everything was C:\ --&gt; Everyone --&gt; Full Control.  However, there WAS a setup doc, that seemed to work up to a point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Created a local admin com user&#xD;&#xA;* Created COM+ applications referencing that user and some dll's supplied with the site&#xD;&#xA;* Installed .net versions 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 (I've tried running under each version, no change in error)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Server object error 'ASP 0178 :&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 80070005'  Server.CreateObject Access&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Error  /Include/fnLookups.asp, line 10&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The call to Server.CreateObject failed&#xD;&#xA;&gt; while checking permissions. Access is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; denied to this object.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Line 10 appears to be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; set objClient = Server.CreateObject(&quot;fooUser.CfooUser&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I trundle off to the System log and I have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID &#xD;&#xA;{280D5CF7-80A4-40AC-844C-FE3653F02FF1}&#xD;&#xA; to the user mydomain\myusername SID (mySID).  This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is progress of sorts, it's picking up the COM app and my ID just fine.  I added myself to the &quot;Access Permissions&quot; and &quot;Launch &amp; Activation Permissions&quot; of the My Computer object in dcomdnfg - but my barking seems to be directed at the wrong tree.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ran through [mskb198432][1] as well as I could, though it seems directed at an earlier version, but no joy there, either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas are welcome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit - I've ruled out the x64 difference, fired up a new x32 virtual and ran into the same error.&#xD;&#xA;Edit - ruled out file permissions&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More Edit - Is there anything I can look into on the old windows 2k server that may lend some insight?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/198432" />
  <row Id="18944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10511" RevisionGUID="5349ce29-3f10-489a-a23b-7a1a3e76955a" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:19:06.587" UserId="3183" Text="The easiest way I can think of is to use the SQL Server Import and Export Wizard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Start in SSMS and right-click the destination database and select &quot;Tasks --&gt; Import Data...&quot;.  Basically you just follow the prompts.  Select your Access db as the source, specify table/column mapping options (if needed or desired), etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This assumes that this is a one-time import.  If it's to be a recurring process you are likely better off creating an SSIS package and scheduling it via the SQL Agent." />
  <row Id="18945" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8323" RevisionGUID="a0136e99-808f-43ff-b313-780fd2edb757" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:18:13.763" UserId="1803" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows2003&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;asp&gt;&lt;com&gt;&lt;iis5&gt;" />
  <row Id="18946" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10512" RevisionGUID="d81970fd-3615-458b-b0b8-713392ecd661" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:21:31.433" UserId="3238" Text="I personally don't use an external backup. My backup consist of two levels:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. **Full SQL server backup** - complete, the entire instance, at a specific moment (I don't want any inconsistency between the content and the configuration). This is for DRP reasons. I hope never to use it.&#xD;&#xA;If you keep your front-end servers exactly as they were (at the backup point) - there is no problem with restoring the configuration db. The sharepoint system can't tell the difference... (been there).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. **Site collection backups** - using stsadm -o backup (not export!). This is for the day-to-day use, for cases when users deleted sites, edited documents (and want the older version...) etc. When that happens I restore the site collection to a testing server, and send the file to the user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For documents and sites deletion - the recycle bin (and the administrator's second stage) is perfectly fine.&#xD;&#xA;In fact, since MOSS 2007 and the recycle bin, restoring sites became very very rare.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18947" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10347" RevisionGUID="036f186c-a290-474b-8189-d6da4c8080ff" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:22:24.457" UserId="3216" Comment="added 122 characters in body" Text="this.. nice.. exchange server converts my text/plain messages from text to html and messes them up, just because it detects html somewhere in the body.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;how can i stop him from doing so?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit: i am looking for a server side fix - this is affecting automatically generated emails from an application server" />
  <row Id="18949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10513" RevisionGUID="114d9ad6-d34c-4970-b9fd-db06d3f7d1f7" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:33:30.287" UserId="1054" Text="Have you tried vt100?" />
  <row Id="18950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10514" RevisionGUID="27742198-63a4-43ab-90b5-ec2b9b56ae5e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:33:41.253" UserId="1565" Text="The way we have solved this is to create another E-mail account under Account Settings.  When you do that, a drop down will appear under the Send button when creating a new email.  It will say Account.  Change the checkmark to the appropriate account." />
  <row Id="18951" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10503" RevisionGUID="c97a6320-46af-4241-9d33-094ffad8d25a" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:36:01.747" UserId="1187" Comment="added 256 characters in body" Text="One of our SQL Servers, which has been running stable for quite some time (years), has recently been throwing insufficient memory errors. From the Application Event Log, we see:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Event ID: 701**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Description: There is insufficient system memory to run this query.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our team that manages this server is made up of mostly developers that double up on the sysadmin duties. However, our primary expertise is development. That being said, we are at a loss on how we go about troubleshooting this. We've been scouring forums and whatnot and haven't found anything that matches&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, here are some more details to aid in troubleshooting:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Our Minimum server memory is set to 0.&#xD;&#xA;- Our Maximum server memory is set to 2000.&#xD;&#xA;- Total Physical Memory is 3,325.85 MB (from sysinfo).&#xD;&#xA;- Total Virtual Memory is 7.10 GB (from sysinfo).&#xD;&#xA;- We were not using AWE to allocate memory, but we are now to see if it makes a difference.&#xD;&#xA;- This error was thrown by a job that was backing up a transaction log, not running a query.&#xD;&#xA;- We have many linked servers. The types of RDBMS on the other side are SQL Server (2005 and 2000), Oracle 10g, and OSI PI systems.&#xD;&#xA;- It is intermittent at this point. We cannot seem to correlate any time or event to the errors.&#xD;&#xA;- Of course, rebooting seems to make it go away for a while, which makes sense due to the nature of the error message.&#xD;&#xA;- This server triples as an application server (a couple of Windows Services) and a web server, as well as the database server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are on SP3. Most of the posts we found were pre SP1, which doesn't apply to us.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SELECT  SERVERPROPERTY('productversion'), SERVERPROPERTY ('productlevel'), SERVERPROPERTY ('edition')&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;returns&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;9.00.4035.00	SP3	Standard Edition&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18952" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9915" RevisionGUID="03a74695-6a61-4a8c-a509-37304309dedd" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:37:28.233" UserId="1803" Comment="deleted 9 characters in body" Text="Microsoft Licensing is only going to give that code to someone who's got the Agreement number and License number (not license key).  Which brings us back to Joseph's answer - you're only going to be able to get it through University IT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if you put in a helpdesk ticket that makes it as easy as humanly possible, it should improve your odds.  The US number is 888-352-7140, per [MS Licensing][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/existing-customers/activation-centers.aspx" />
  <row Id="18953" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7926" RevisionGUID="d54a6b8c-2938-466e-8967-53b9502cd47b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:39:59.993" UserId="1565" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="You will have to ask your university support.  Whoever administers the licenses will have to log into the Microsoft eOpen site.  It's listed there." />
  <row Id="18954" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10515" RevisionGUID="e4bec8f0-18ee-4c93-9cae-d69bc6eebd08" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:44:40.247" UserId="438" Text="We have a new installation of SQL Server 2005.  The server doesn't have access to the internet and we've disabled the checks for certificate revocation.  But are still having these really slow start times.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps,&#xD;&#xA;Steve" />
  <row Id="18955" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10515" RevisionGUID="e4bec8f0-18ee-4c93-9cae-d69bc6eebd08" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:44:40.247" UserId="438" Text="Why is SQL Server Managment Studio so slow to open?" />
  <row Id="18956" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10515" RevisionGUID="e4bec8f0-18ee-4c93-9cae-d69bc6eebd08" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:44:40.247" UserId="438" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="18957" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10516" RevisionGUID="4e2d2aec-e817-4bd4-9231-8a6dd32562db" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:45:59.467" UserId="45" Text="This could be related to a memory leak of a linked server driver, [according to this forums thread][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The following is what Microsoft told&#xD;&#xA;&gt; us.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Apparently processing data using a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; linked server specifially the fox pro&#xD;&#xA;&gt; driver causes memory leakage which&#xD;&#xA;&gt; builds up over time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sql-server-performance.com/Community/forums/p/14141/81756.aspx" />
  <row Id="18958" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10517" RevisionGUID="90bc9993-271e-4daa-873d-e98c040d3b02" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:50:53.200" UserId="2620" Text="One should never look at notes unless company is already hooked on that piece of software.&#xD;&#xA;I don't care how powerfull this platform is. It belongs to win 3.11 era. And the way the things go it will never ever become a modern product. It is 2009 and latest version of notes does not work with clipboard user friendly. It should burn in hell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18959" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10518" RevisionGUID="6b017947-04d1-4f6a-bc66-6eec7507a460" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:53:08.483" UserId="919" Text="I've got a box running WinXP professional and some directions from Microsoft KB about SSL certificates, for IIS 5.0 and 6.0. How can I tell which version of IIS is currently installed?" />
  <row Id="18960" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10518" RevisionGUID="6b017947-04d1-4f6a-bc66-6eec7507a460" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:53:08.483" UserId="919" Text="How can I tell what version of IIS is installed?" />
  <row Id="18961" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10518" RevisionGUID="6b017947-04d1-4f6a-bc66-6eec7507a460" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:53:08.483" UserId="919" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;iis&gt;" />
  <row Id="18962" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10519" RevisionGUID="f7c152c7-6535-47db-9edb-54f227157887" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:57:29.333" UserId="45" Text="Windows XP has IIS 5.1 installed, so use the IIS 5.0 procedure. See this article for an overview of IIS 5.1:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[A look at IIS 5.1 in XP Pro - What's different from IIS 5?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; IIS 5.1 is a feature only to be found&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on Microsoft's XP Pro operating&#xD;&#xA;&gt; system. It is not installable&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (reliably) on XP Home. Additionally,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; there are no plans to update IIS 5.0&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on Windows 2000 to IIS 5.1.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; IIS 5.1 is basically the same engine&#xD;&#xA;&gt; as IIS 5.0 but since XP is a client&#xD;&#xA;&gt; operating system, it has the built in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; limits that are customary for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Microsoft’s client operating&#xD;&#xA;&gt; systems—such as connection limits and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; only one Web site. Even though based&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on IIS 5, there are significant&#xD;&#xA;&gt; differences from IIS 5.0 that you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; should know about.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:  http://www.iisanswers.com/articles/IIS51.htm" />
  <row Id="18963" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10520" RevisionGUID="c507bf84-aef5-43eb-a140-90165f97f86a" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:57:47.617" UserId="843" Text="I am currently working on a project that will collect a lot of customer sensitive data. DOB, SSN, credit history, and other personal data. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This data is all used by a website which generates documents in PDF form which contains the personal data. Obviously if the customers' usernames and passwords are compromised their individual information is at risk, but what can I do to protect the database from being compromised?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should I be encrypting the pdf documents and other information in the database? Will that cause significant performance problems as the number of users scale up?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it enough to keep the database server on a private network which the public web server accesses?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am using MySQL" />
  <row Id="18964" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10520" RevisionGUID="c507bf84-aef5-43eb-a140-90165f97f86a" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:57:47.617" UserId="843" Text="How do I protect sensitive data on the database server?" />
  <row Id="18965" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10520" RevisionGUID="c507bf84-aef5-43eb-a140-90165f97f86a" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:57:47.617" UserId="843" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="18966" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10515" RevisionGUID="9f04b50e-99a3-462f-b377-cd85bc93169c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T19:59:45.723" UserId="438" Comment="Added caviat and additional info." Text="We have a new installation of SQL Server 2005.  The server doesn't have access to the internet and we've disabled the checks for certificate revocation but don't want to continue to do this as it is dangerous.  But are still having these really slow start times (upwards of 60 seconds)." />
  <row Id="18967" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10521" RevisionGUID="5ee4216b-926f-48e4-abec-7fd3b0451f3d" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:03:16.950" UserId="1054" Text="You can look at %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\inetsrv\inetinfo.exe.  Right-click and get properties, click the Version tab." />
  <row Id="18968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10522" RevisionGUID="a9e758a8-567a-459e-8b00-f70b84bb191a" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:03:54.843" UserId="3179" Text="The command line utility is called navicli. You can do pretty much anything with it that you can in the normal navisphere gui. I have no idea about the licensing.  " />
  <row Id="18969" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10523" RevisionGUID="b48e8a6c-8dc9-46de-9adc-51d2f5001372" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:05:17.163" UserId="3174" Text="As a more general answer, not specifically aimed at your question, Microsoft has a &lt;a href=&quot;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/224609&quot;&gt;support article&lt;/a&gt; which lists all of the versions and the operating systems that provide each one." />
  <row Id="18970" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10519" RevisionGUID="5c586e7c-3f1e-4dff-9258-dd312f018803" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:06:19.690" UserId="45" Comment="added 12 characters in body" Text="Windows XP has IIS 5.1 installed, so use the IIS 5.0 procedure. See this article for an overview of IIS 5.1:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[A look at IIS 5.1 in XP Pro - What's different from IIS 5?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; IIS 5.1 is a feature only to be found&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on Microsoft's XP Pro operating&#xD;&#xA;&gt; system. It is not installable&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (reliably) on XP Home. Additionally,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; there are no plans to update IIS 5.0&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on Windows 2000 to IIS 5.1.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; IIS 5.1 is basically the same engine&#xD;&#xA;&gt; as IIS 5.0 but since XP is a client&#xD;&#xA;&gt; operating system, it has the built in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; limits that are customary for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Microsoft’s client operating&#xD;&#xA;&gt; systems—such as connection limits and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; only one Web site. Even though based&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on IIS 5, there are significant&#xD;&#xA;&gt; differences from IIS 5.0 that you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; should know about.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also open a page in the browser which runs this simple asp Script:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;% &#xD;&#xA;        response.write(Request.ServerVariables(&quot;SERVER_SOFTWARE&quot;)) &#xD;&#xA;    %&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:  http://www.iisanswers.com/articles/IIS51.htm" />
  <row Id="18971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10524" RevisionGUID="06579f85-1a59-4a73-850f-8c2878652c33" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:08:32.883" UserId="1584" Text="In *Tools - Options*, go to the *Environment - General* section and for the **At Startup** option, select **Open empty environment**.  See if that improves anything." />
  <row Id="18972" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10521" RevisionGUID="941e3bd0-71d2-48b8-b4b4-9df10e7f3331" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:11:19.023" UserId="1054" Comment="add http header note" Text="You can look at %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\inetsrv\inetinfo.exe.  Right-click and get properties, click the Version tab.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;All kinds of fun :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also look at an HTTP response header&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. telnet mywebserver 80&#xD;&#xA; 2. type in GET / HTTP/1.0&lt;enter&gt;&lt;enter&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 3. Look at the line that starts with Server:" />
  <row Id="18973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10525" RevisionGUID="1f05198f-c385-4d50-a569-8e3d721f2010" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:13:41.360" UserId="2227" Text="I've got my apache (2.2.3) talking to tomcat 6.something through mod_proxy_ajp.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have some ridiculously long lived requests (2-6 minutes) and I think we're hitting some default timeout somewhere... where is the correct place to bump that up?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;here is my proxy def:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /blah&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      ProxyPass ajp://localhost:8010/blah&#xD;&#xA;      ProxyPassReverse ajp://localhost:8010/blah&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18974" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10525" RevisionGUID="1f05198f-c385-4d50-a569-8e3d721f2010" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:13:41.360" UserId="2227" Text="Increasing timeout for mod_proxy_ajp connections. " />
  <row Id="18975" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10525" RevisionGUID="1f05198f-c385-4d50-a569-8e3d721f2010" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:13:41.360" UserId="2227" Text="&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;tomcat&gt;&lt;ajp&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;mod-proxy-ajp&gt;" />
  <row Id="18976" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10517" RevisionGUID="1941b960-fa75-4190-87c6-0a0abdfacc84" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:14:00.813" UserId="2620" Comment="added 63 characters in body" Text="One should never look at notes unless company is already hooked on that piece of software.&#xD;&#xA;I don't care how powerfull this platform is. It belongs to win 3.11 era. And the way the things go it will never ever become a modern product. It is 2009 and latest version of notes does not work with clipboard user friendly. It should burn in hell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[additional info][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ihatelotusnotes.com" />
  <row Id="18977" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10526" RevisionGUID="dfcb0d08-157e-4c98-982c-9d712ab1f440" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:14:00.797" UserId="438" Text="Here's what we did.  Since our proxy server is a white-list only, we set the connection in IE to use the proxy which then send a failure back immediately rather than waiting upwards of 60 seconds." />
  <row Id="18978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10527" RevisionGUID="4eecb614-a96b-4386-97d7-b3b5338ec505" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:15:40.560" UserId="2609" Text="You should certainly have the database behind a firewall, only accessible to the web server. Why expose it more than is needed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for encryption... that would be good as long as your access requirements don't make it useless. Ideally you could store the SQL data encrypted to a key you know, and any produced documents would be encrypted to the client's key." />
  <row Id="18979" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10518" RevisionGUID="b5a55f95-241e-4633-9145-929605d8ef82" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:22:00.920" UserId="919" Comment="correct OS version" Text="I've got a box running WinXP professional and some directions from Microsoft KB about SSL certificates, for IIS 5.0 and 6.0. How can I tell which version of IIS is currently installed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;Edit:&lt;/b&gt; The OS is Win2k3, not XP. &#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry for the confusion,&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;Management" />
  <row Id="18980" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10519" RevisionGUID="793f7f21-c79b-42f4-a3af-0e98069d9dd3" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:22:33.837" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 10 characters in body" Text="Windows XP has IIS 5.1 installed, so use the IIS 5.0 procedure. See this article for an overview of IIS 5.1:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[A look at IIS 5.1 in XP Pro - What's different from IIS 5?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; IIS 5.1 is a feature only to be found&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on Microsoft's XP Pro operating&#xD;&#xA;&gt; system. It is not installable&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (reliably) on XP Home. Additionally,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; there are no plans to update IIS 5.0&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on Windows 2000 to IIS 5.1.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; IIS 5.1 is basically the same engine&#xD;&#xA;&gt; as IIS 5.0 but since XP is a client&#xD;&#xA;&gt; operating system, it has the built in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; limits that are customary for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Microsoft’s client operating&#xD;&#xA;&gt; systems—such as connection limits and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; only one Web site. Even though based&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on IIS 5, there are significant&#xD;&#xA;&gt; differences from IIS 5.0 that you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; should know about.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also open a page in the browser which runs this simple asp Script:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;% &#xD;&#xA;        response.write(Request.ServerVariables(&quot;SERVER_SOFTWARE&quot;)) &#xD;&#xA;    %&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a side note: it is interesting that IIS (beginning with Windows Server 2000/version 5.0) can't be upgraded without upgrading the operating system. Every Windows version has it's own IIS version:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Windows Server 2000      5.0&#xD;&#xA;Windows XP Professional  5.1&#xD;&#xA;Windows Server 2003      6.0&#xD;&#xA;Windows Vista            7.0&#xD;&#xA;Windows Server 2008      7.0&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:  http://www.iisanswers.com/articles/IIS51.htm" />
  <row Id="18981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10528" RevisionGUID="0bdc31e9-2a9f-45af-b3de-b1128ea55a8e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:23:08.267" UserId="3156" Text="Here is a link to what are called the &quot;PCI Best Practices&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.appsecinc.com/solutions/pci/index.shtml&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PCI is the standard to which companies who accept credit cards must adhere, and they are generally good practices to follow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of the key points are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Physical security around the server needs to be excellent&#xD;&#xA;* All the data coming in and out of the server should be encrypted&#xD;&#xA;* The server should be behind a firewall and only accessible from a limited number of machines&#xD;&#xA;* Use an encrypted file system, and for very sensitive data, encrypt the individual pieces of data within the database&#xD;&#xA;* Limit remote access to only the minimum number of sysadmins necessary&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you read some of the docs on that site, it should give you additional information." />
  <row Id="18982" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10521" RevisionGUID="e65333b8-36b9-4f4f-9258-ab33d49993c2" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:23:51.213" UserId="1054" Text="You can look at %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\inetsrv\inetinfo.exe.  Right-click and get properties, click the Version tab.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;All kinds of fun :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also look at an HTTP response header&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. telnet mywebserver 80&#xD;&#xA; 2. type in HEAD / HTTP/1.0 [enter][enter]&#xD;&#xA; 3. Look at the line that starts with Server:" />
  <row Id="18983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10529" RevisionGUID="ee81d427-a62a-40ee-b09d-ab2772ad6705" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:24:18.873" UserId="2692" Text="Where I work we have had issues with sudden power cuts and because some of our developers run virtual machines off of external hard drives, a UPS is a must. I can highly recommend the [APC Back-UPS ES 700][1] (which I believe I found [via Scott Hanselman's blog][2]). We have a few at work and I also have a couple at home. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They come with 8 sockets total, with 4 being battery backed. It also comes with a socket to plug your phone line into and you can connect to it via USB, so it can detect for power failures and perform an automatic shut down. Although I must admit the software is ropey.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=BE700-FR&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/VistaBOOTMGRIsMissingAndTheImportanceOfTheUPS.aspx" />
  <row Id="18984" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10530" RevisionGUID="7007f42c-ea17-4625-927a-0d8b09635dfc" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:33:09.137" UserId="1428" Text="As a side note to this, take a look at [this mysqlperformanceblog post][1] for reasons why you might want to disable the debian-specific stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2009/01/28/the-perils-of-innodb-with-debian-and-startup-scripts/" />
  <row Id="18988" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10532" RevisionGUID="045ca2ea-d8e9-409f-b66d-f54cb9d368bd" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:34:30.397" UserId="2422" Text="I'm very sorry, I'm not currently aware of the correct terminology of what I'm trying to do, otherwise Google probably would have fixed this for me: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Essentially, I am SSH'd into a SUSE Linux box and need to run a &quot;silent&quot; mode command of a GUI app, that apparently needs an active X session to run/attach to. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I am viewing the desktop on said box, open a terminal, the command runs fine, it just hangs when run from a remote shell. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I understand there should be a way to attach this command to the already existing X session (I don't need any output, it generates a file), but I don't know how to do that. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Am I right? Wrong? What should I be doing?" />
  <row Id="18989" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10532" RevisionGUID="045ca2ea-d8e9-409f-b66d-f54cb9d368bd" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:34:30.397" UserId="2422" Text="Run commands in open X session" />
  <row Id="18990" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10532" RevisionGUID="045ca2ea-d8e9-409f-b66d-f54cb9d368bd" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:34:30.397" UserId="2422" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;" />
  <row Id="18991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10533" RevisionGUID="ddb050eb-c21d-4144-a892-7dc38111377e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T06:32:02.093" Text="&lt;p&gt;Looking to find the right hardware/software for a new computer system for a retail company with about 10 on-site computers.  The company is growing and has no online business yet but is ripe to expand at some stage in the near future.  Need a new server and other hardware pool due to rebate purchases before the end of June.  Plan to run &quot;out of the box&quot; accounting and database package with the option to change software later.  Concerned about whether it is best to run with a Vista oriented OS over other Windows, curious about Ubuntu for small business and other open source options down the track.  Any thoughts on this would be much appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18992" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10533" RevisionGUID="ddb050eb-c21d-4144-a892-7dc38111377e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T06:32:02.093" Text="Building a business network from scratch." />
  <row Id="18993" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10533" RevisionGUID="ddb050eb-c21d-4144-a892-7dc38111377e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T06:32:02.093" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;server-hardware&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;not-programming-related&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="18995" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10535" RevisionGUID="ccb39cb4-95b6-4a14-9991-e584614449c8" CreationDate="2009-05-20T06:43:31.963" Text="&lt;p&gt;Just remember that in a business environment support and down time counts for a lot. Reliability for cost is the main issue here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't be reliant on one member of staff to support your system. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Implement some form of backup strategy which allows you to store your sensitive data (accounts, stock control, etc.) offsite. Run this on a daily basis incrementally and a full backup weekly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will you be needing EPOS points? (These only need to be thin client terminals.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Integration with PIN card payment? (You'll need to contact your bank to discuss this.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Barcode scanning?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Invoice/receipt printing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10536" RevisionGUID="5432acb8-4179-4ba0-a163-704055913bbd" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:36:03.233" UserId="984" Text="When you ssh use the **-X** option to enable X11 forwarding.  Or set the **ForwardX11** option to yes in your ssh configuration file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The server will need to allow X11 forwarding.  See the sshd_config and set **X11Forwarding** to yes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If everything worked correction then once you have connected running the command **echo $DISPLAY** should display something like this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # echo $DISPLAY&#xD;&#xA;    localhost:10.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="18997" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10537" RevisionGUID="d1b005e7-1d43-41d6-b575-4a7f7c1aaf6b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:37:38.597" UserId="1180" Text="I ended up removing the &quot;XkbOptions&quot; line from my xorg.conf, and adding this to Xfce's autostart:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/bin/setxkbmap -option &quot;ctrl:nocaps&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It turns the caps lock key into an additional Ctrl, which does the trick for me. If you wanted a straight swap, I believe `&quot;ctrl:swapcaps&quot;` would work. For what it's worth, this page is a fairly decent guide:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.manicai.net/comp/swap-caps-ctrl.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't had a change to try the other methods yet, but I also have a netbook with a slightly funky layout, and I might need to muck around with it a bit." />
  <row Id="18998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10538" RevisionGUID="d8f8480f-a5e7-476a-91ad-7632d11e5a18" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:39:11.637" UserId="3246" Text="I have encountered this issue, I changed to a different driver and it resolved my issue." />
  <row Id="19001" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10533" RevisionGUID="9cf26f37-b31f-45d8-bf5c-f98419ecfd02" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:47:00.777" UserId="816" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;server-hardware&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="19002" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9324" RevisionGUID="fcd0a902-9a35-488d-a7cb-84bc990d9073" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:49:01.350" UserId="816" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="19003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10540" RevisionGUID="bebe2525-bd24-4aae-9b1b-68253c3d9017" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:52:46.820" UserId="2514" Text="I'm not terribly familiar with the Volume Shadow Copy feature, so maybe there's a technical limitation I'm not aware of, but why not just take more frequent snapshots? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As snapshots, they should be fairly lightweight after the first one, right? If you took hourly snapshots during business hours, wouldn't that drastically reduce the amount of files that didn't make it into a snapshot before deletion?" />
  <row Id="19004" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10541" RevisionGUID="1819ac54-fe42-4d37-9042-f7967fcad23a" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:52:51.280" UserId="2502" Text="Odds are your business employees are going to expect Microsoft Office.  If you can find a place for linux to fit, go for it, use whatever makes the most sense to the business.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd suggest for a business network just choosing your hardware manufacturer as either Dell or HP, find a good representative, and have them help you build up your infrastructure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps look at different vendors like Juniper/Cisco/Checkpoint/Watchguard when you start to need firewalls or remote access, but for your LAN you really won't see a huge benefit when you're small." />
  <row Id="19005" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10541" RevisionGUID="1819ac54-fe42-4d37-9042-f7967fcad23a" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:52:51.280" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="19006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10542" RevisionGUID="f36918de-53c3-47f0-a659-c1ef4a868e07" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:53:07.317" UserId="626" Text="&gt; This server triples as an application server (a couple of Windows Services) and a web server, as well as the database server.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would set your min memory - it is quite possible that these other process are &quot;stealing&quot; memory from SQL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could run a counter log using perfmon to confirm this and/or give yourself more information to identify what the real issue is.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19007" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10543" RevisionGUID="15949af6-93f4-4ca7-90dc-493a4ce80dc2" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:58:15.060" UserId="2664" Text="I hear that you can now [create soft links in Vista too][1]. So, what is the difference between a soft (symbolic) link and a hard link on UNIX/Linux/Vista?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there advantages of using one over the other? Or do they just serve to distinct purposes?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7109/how-do-i-create-a-symbolic-link-in-windows" />
  <row Id="19008" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10543" RevisionGUID="15949af6-93f4-4ca7-90dc-493a4ce80dc2" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:58:15.060" UserId="2664" Text="What is the difference between a soft (symbolic) link and a hard link?" />
  <row Id="19009" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10543" RevisionGUID="15949af6-93f4-4ca7-90dc-493a4ce80dc2" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:58:15.060" UserId="2664" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;symlink&gt;&lt;hardlink&gt;" />
  <row Id="19010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10544" RevisionGUID="3feb8907-d773-48f1-8aa5-eaf23c3eacf1" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:59:07.133" UserId="626" Text="1. When you are using a different service account the key should fail&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The Report Server service uses the symmetric key to access the encrypted data in a report server database. This symmetric key is encrypted by using an asymmetric public key that corresponds to the computer and the user account that is used to run the Report Server service. When you change the user account that is used to run the Report Server service, the report server cannot use the asymmetric public key to decrypt the symmetric key. Therefore, the Report Server service cannot use the symmetric key to access the data from the report server database&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2&#xD;&#xA;. I would just create a new key backup with your current configuration" />
  <row Id="19011" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10536" RevisionGUID="fae05984-9d1c-4913-9e62-3c64c631f186" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:01:02.323" UserId="984" Comment="added 127 characters in body" Text="From a workstation that is already running X11 you can ssh in with the **-X** option to enable X11 forwarding.  Or set the **ForwardX11** option to yes in your ssh [configuration][1] file.  If you are connecting from windows you probably want [Xming][2] and to enable X11 forwarding in Putty.  (see [this][3])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With X11 forwarding enabled it will allow the remote X11 applications to connect to and use the X11 server on your workstation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The server will need to allow X11 forwarding.  See the [sshd_config][4] and set **X11Forwarding** to yes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If everything worked correctly then once you have connected running the running the command on the remote **echo $DISPLAY** should display something like this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # echo $DISPLAY&#xD;&#xA;    localhost:10.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also test by running simple like **xclock** or **xeyes**.  The application should be displayed on your workstation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.die.net/man/5/ssh_config&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/XDMCP-HOWTO/ssh.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://linux.die.net/man/5/sshd_config" />
  <row Id="19012" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10545" RevisionGUID="ac059fbd-79e9-4f72-87d7-4814cbd31814" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:02:19.233" UserId="1241" Text="Hi danb.  I can't say I've tried this, but I was interested in the question, so I did a bit of googling around and found [this][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;ProxyTimeout directive&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This directive allows a user to specifiy a timeout on proxy requests. This is useful when you have a slow/buggy appserver which hangs, and you would rather just return a timeout and fail gracefully instead of waiting however long it takes the server to return.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The default value is the value of the Timeout directive, which in turn defaults to 300 seconds.  So try bumping up ProxyTimeout and see if it helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S.  Keep in mind that Tomcat might have its own timeout(s), too.  [This document][2] has some more information (although, keep in mind, I don't have personal experience with these settings).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_proxy.html#proxytimeout&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/generic_howto/timeouts.html" />
  <row Id="19013" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8187" RevisionGUID="b9c7157c-d55a-457c-9650-37eb309cd737" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:08:01.890" UserId="1848" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="19014" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10543" RevisionGUID="5f0cf5a4-07db-45bf-8355-aef420665c91" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:09:38.593" UserId="1466" Comment="sp." Text="I hear that you can now [create soft links in Vista too][1]. So, what is the difference between a soft (symbolic) link and a hard link on UNIX/Linux/Vista?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there advantages of using one over the other? Or do they just serve two distinct purposes?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7109/how-do-i-create-a-symbolic-link-in-windows" />
  <row Id="19015" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10546" RevisionGUID="7ecc866b-7118-4c8b-95cc-629f87d2337b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:35:23.337" UserId="3243" Text="&lt;p&gt;I have a 6GB outlook file that won't load in Outlook any more. I am not sure what recovery options I have available. I downloaded one recovery tool demo which shows some but not all mail messages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any tools that have worked for you? Can I import the PST files directly into another software?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While not directly software related, I am sure most of us have had enough run-ins with data corruption to have treaded on this path--hopefully answers can save me and others in the future some grief so I appreciate your consideration in keeping this question open.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19016" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10546" RevisionGUID="7ecc866b-7118-4c8b-95cc-629f87d2337b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:35:23.337" UserId="3243" Text="Recover Outlook PST files" />
  <row Id="19017" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10546" RevisionGUID="7ecc866b-7118-4c8b-95cc-629f87d2337b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:35:23.337" UserId="3243" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;data&gt;&lt;recovery&gt;&lt;pst&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="19018" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10547" RevisionGUID="3d8e6179-08cb-4d59-ad43-17bbc2ce4041" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:39:33.250" UserId="1908" Text="&lt;p&gt;See the official Microsoft page for some more info on this and a possible solution using Outlook 2007:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932086&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932086&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's also a bunch of free/commercial tools for splitting PST files, e.g:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.splitpstfile.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.splitpstfile.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19020" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10549" RevisionGUID="d5522450-bf32-43e4-9fac-eb92298948b9" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:12:19.493" UserId="2156" Text="The summary is that a symbolic / short link acts as a shortcut to the first file's location, whereas a hardlink is a shortcut to the file on the disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you delete the target of a soft link then the soft link will cease to work, but if you delete one copy of a hard link, the file will remain on the disk until all hard links to it are removed. In effect all filenames are hardlinks to the file on the disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also certain restrictions, eg I don't think you can create hard links of folders, but you can create soft links of them. Soft links can also point to files/folders on different drives and partitions whereas hard links can't." />
  <row Id="19021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10550" RevisionGUID="8a62914e-e8ef-4aae-bce3-0536a03d5060" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:12:25.687" UserId="623" Text="A hard link traditionally shares the same file system structures (inode in unixspeak), while a soft-link is a pathname redirect. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Hardlinks must be on the same filesystem, softlinks can cross filesystems.&#xD;&#xA;* Hardlinked files stay linked even if you move either of them (unless you move one to another file system triggering the copy-and-delete mechanism). Softlinked files break if you move the target (original), and sometimes when you move the link.&#xD;&#xA;* Hardlinked files are co-equal, while the original is special in softlinks, and deleting the original deletes the data. The data does not go away until *all* hardlinks are deleted.&#xD;&#xA;* Softlinks can point at *any* target, but most OS/filesystems disallow hardlinking directories to prevent cycles in the filesystem graph.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Some details brought back to mind by [mat1t][1]. Thanks.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10543/what-is-the-difference-between-a-soft-symbolic-link-and-a-hard-link/10549#10549" />
  <row Id="19022" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10551" RevisionGUID="784c082c-9509-47b0-87c8-6ee64d985964" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:13:24.250" UserId="626" Text="Have you tried [SCANPST.exe][1] - its part of the office install and is used to recover corrupt PST's&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes known as the inbox repair tool&#xD;&#xA;The common install path is &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287497" />
  <row Id="19023" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10551" RevisionGUID="784c082c-9509-47b0-87c8-6ee64d985964" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:13:24.250" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="19024" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10550" RevisionGUID="9d6d4f60-4c18-43f0-a623-1eb9017dd401" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:17:26.520" UserId="623" Text="A hard link traditionally shares the same file system structures (inode in unixspeak), while a soft-link is a pathname redirect. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Hardlinks must be on the same filesystem, softlinks can cross filesystems.&#xD;&#xA;* Hardlinked files stay linked even if you move either of them (unless you move one to another file system triggering the copy-and-delete mechanism). Softlinked files break if you move the target (original), and sometimes when you move the link (Did you use and absolute or relative path? Is it still valid?).&#xD;&#xA;* Hardlinked files are co-equal, while the original is special in softlinks, and deleting the original deletes the data. The data does not go away until *all* hardlinks are deleted.&#xD;&#xA;* Softlinks can point at *any* target, but most OS/filesystems disallow hardlinking directories to prevent cycles in the filesystem graph.&#xD;&#xA;* Softlinks can require special support from filesystem walking tools. Read up on readlink (2).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Some details brought back to mind by [mat1t][1]. Thanks.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10543/what-is-the-difference-between-a-soft-symbolic-link-and-a-hard-link/10549#10549" />
  <row Id="19025" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10546" RevisionGUID="9e2d321c-3a5e-4b19-aa24-3776037bae12" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:19:53.783" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 15 characters in body; edited tags" Text="I have a 6 GB Outlook file that won't load in Outlook any more. I am not sure what recovery options I have available. I downloaded one recovery tool demo which shows some but not all mail messages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any tools that have worked for you? Can I import the PST files directly into another software?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While not directly software related, I am sure most of us have had enough run-ins with data corruption to have treaded on this path--hopefully answers can save me and others in the future some grief so I appreciate your consideration in keeping this question open.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19026" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10546" RevisionGUID="9e2d321c-3a5e-4b19-aa24-3776037bae12" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:19:53.783" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 15 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;data-recovery&gt;&lt;pst&gt;" />
  <row Id="19027" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10552" RevisionGUID="89ba7b03-0abc-42cc-95e3-4caf28aaf1c5" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:21:07.340" UserId="117" Text="Is OS authentication more secure by using fingerprint reader than a (strong) password ?&#xD;&#xA;Can that be hacked easily ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the way, where is the fingerprint stored ? On the hardware chip or on filesystem ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is that dependent from reader's hardware ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is that dependent from the library/Os implementation ?" />
  <row Id="19028" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10552" RevisionGUID="89ba7b03-0abc-42cc-95e3-4caf28aaf1c5" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:21:07.340" UserId="117" Text="Is fingerprint authentification secure ?" />
  <row Id="19029" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10552" RevisionGUID="89ba7b03-0abc-42cc-95e3-4caf28aaf1c5" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:21:07.340" UserId="117" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;fingerprint-reader&gt;" />
  <row Id="19030" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10553" RevisionGUID="24859d6e-5f11-4b73-9ce3-0b0453890527" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:25:49.997" UserId="1936" Text="This won't be the final solution, but it sure helps: Edit the short cut for SQL Server Management Studio and add &quot; /nosplash&quot; to the end of the target field (without the quotes, of course).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's assuming it is SSMS that is starting slowly. &#xD;&#xA;(edit: must be, just noticed the tag for it)" />
  <row Id="19032" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10555" RevisionGUID="de9a5740-5e8a-4d1b-9e2d-398cb139035b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:28:52.377" UserId="2869" Text="It's normally slow to open the first time after you start up your computer, but should get faster after that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason is that it uses the .Net framework for some things, and that's probably the only .Net framework app you use on your machine.  So the first time, all those assemblies (dlls) need to be loaded as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But this happens only once.  From then on they're cached, and even if that cache is paged to disk the retrieval isn't too bad." />
  <row Id="19033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10556" RevisionGUID="7ac119a0-37c8-4f3b-b736-6fa8c3c09075" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:29:31.800" UserId="3250" Text="I have a website running under IIS which has an SSL certificate applied.  We would like to enforce HTTPS usage for the website which is easily done by checking the &quot;Require Secure Channel&quot; box, but this will immediately break the ability for people to connect over HTTP (as designed).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'd like to do is find a way to automatically redirect people from HTTP -&gt; HTTPS if they type in the wrong thing (or connect from an old bookmark).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to do this without creating a second website in IIS?" />
  <row Id="19034" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10556" RevisionGUID="7ac119a0-37c8-4f3b-b736-6fa8c3c09075" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:29:31.800" UserId="3250" Text="Elegantly Enforcing SSL in IIS 6.0" />
  <row Id="19035" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10556" RevisionGUID="7ac119a0-37c8-4f3b-b736-6fa8c3c09075" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:29:31.800" UserId="3250" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;ssl&gt;" />
  <row Id="19036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10557" RevisionGUID="c0699474-58aa-49d6-9334-6c961c80327d" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:30:52.733" UserId="1936" Text="I have a SQL Server Agent job comprised of 10 steps and each step has many parameters defined. Now I need another job almost exactly the same, but with a few differences. Since &quot;copy / paste&quot; isn't an option for jobs, I'm looking for suggestions on what would be the best way to create a new job based on the first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: I just noticed that I can right-click and &quot;Script Job As&quot;. I suppose one option would be to do just that and edit the script for my changes. I'm still curious as to if there are any other (better?) options as well." />
  <row Id="19037" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10557" RevisionGUID="c0699474-58aa-49d6-9334-6c961c80327d" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:30:52.733" UserId="1936" Text="SQL Server 2005: Copy SQL Server Agent Job?" />
  <row Id="19038" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10557" RevisionGUID="c0699474-58aa-49d6-9334-6c961c80327d" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:30:52.733" UserId="1936" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sqlservermanagementstudio&gt;&lt;agent&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="19039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10558" RevisionGUID="16d5c349-d548-47c7-9adf-651bf1d26484" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:33:32.697" UserId="3038" Text="You're pretty much stuck with Vista on the desktop on the timeframes you're talking about. Happily, getting your network Vista-friendly will make Win7 easier to deploy when a few more people get hired. And yes, getting Linux in early is the best way to make sure it stays around. Perhaps as the file-server, with Samba running in domain mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not that familiar with off-the-shelf accounting software in the modern era so can't accurately forecast what you might need in that regard. I know in the office I've heard a lot of positive feedback about OpenOffice, even from long time MS-Office users. It may not hurt to install both MSO and OO and see what turns up." />
  <row Id="19040" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10558" RevisionGUID="16d5c349-d548-47c7-9adf-651bf1d26484" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:33:32.697" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="19041" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10559" RevisionGUID="54cb2db6-7518-4eec-8011-4a63803c7b64" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:34:08.920" UserId="1598" Text="Fingerprints are generally more secure than a password, but it's all relative.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But you know what's more secure than a fingerprint?  A fingerprint &lt;i&gt;and&lt;/i&gt; a password.  Something you have plus something you know is far, far more secure than either alone." />
  <row Id="19042" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10560" RevisionGUID="64da4668-6f1f-419a-90de-dd18d9cb5dfb" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:34:34.317" UserId="1848" Text="If you need to do it at the server level then you will have to create another site and have it forward the the https site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can edit the code, you can do it in your website by detecting if the url starts with http: and redirecting to the same url with https: instead. " />
  <row Id="19043" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10561" RevisionGUID="d2f32f89-d87c-4a7d-9317-e9f2dde0d4c6" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:38:40.940" UserId="2434" Text="I second the build your own route.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856167037][1]&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;[http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134317][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136099][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Total cost ~$200. Not bad for a dual core server.  Plus it has hyper threading. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136099&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134317&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136099" />
  <row Id="19044" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10562" RevisionGUID="ce2efa8f-e36b-4b77-8b8a-e62e38c6a9d1" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:42:25.097" UserId="2943" Text="I don't think there is a better option than scripting your job.  You can modify the script as required and reapply it to any number of SQL instances (always backup your system databases before apply scripts).  " />
  <row Id="19045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10563" RevisionGUID="45b7ed3c-5b31-45a0-831d-c7c7d84facbf" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:46:52.967" UserId="2943" Text="Have you applied a service pack to your instance and tools? " />
  <row Id="19046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10564" RevisionGUID="433ebf27-e115-4c31-b2aa-8990c88ec8f1" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:39:43.920" Text="&lt;p&gt;I've recently given in to temptation and bought a new MacBook - I've upgraded the RAM, got AppleCare etc. and am really enjoying myself! I've been setting up my development environment - compiling my own Apache (built in one is terrible, or so I've heard), PHP and getting everything set up the way I want to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I'm not using the default Apache, I wanted to know how I setup Apache, and other applications as daemons; running in the background, much like Windows' services.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if any of you guys have any experience with this sort of stuff, and if you could give me a hand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19047" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10564" RevisionGUID="433ebf27-e115-4c31-b2aa-8990c88ec8f1" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:39:43.920" Text="Setting up daemons on Mac OS X" />
  <row Id="19048" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10564" RevisionGUID="433ebf27-e115-4c31-b2aa-8990c88ec8f1" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:39:43.920" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;services&gt;&lt;daemon&gt;&lt;not-programming-related&gt;" />
  <row Id="19049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10565" RevisionGUID="bd06a085-ca39-4229-ba9a-82ae9ffbac96" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:50:02.540" Text="&lt;p&gt;It's been a while...but I think you just need to add the command to start apache to /init/rc (it's the same as adding a service to other *nix based OSes).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19050" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10566" RevisionGUID="7b1804f3-0f11-493b-90aa-7ed698c49530" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:51:23.770" Text="&lt;p&gt;You'll want to look into using launchd. Look up that on Apple's website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19051" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10567" RevisionGUID="263e2b78-3a70-4aaa-b84d-42f4f0776f59" CreationDate="2009-05-20T20:52:16.017" Text="&lt;p&gt;OSX uses launchd to manage all daemon starting and stopping.  If you google for &quot;launchd&quot; the first result is apple's article on how to use it (I would have just linked, but stackoverflow wont let me)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For what you're trying to do, I suggest you simply edit the already existing apache launchd file to point to your own binary.  Then you can control it using the Sharing preference pane.  The file is at &lt;code&gt;/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19052" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10560" RevisionGUID="311f7c4c-0b08-4101-8abd-e1b6c47e6769" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:48:49.187" UserId="1848" Comment="added 57 characters in body" Text="If you need to do it at the server level then you will have to create another site and have it forward the the https site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can edit the code, you can **not** enforce ssl at the server level, instead you can do it in your website by detecting if the url starts with http: and redirecting to the same url with https: instead. " />
  <row Id="19053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10568" RevisionGUID="6d63f158-44e2-4b5f-a6a5-fa4a9a328fd9" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:48:53.977" UserId="1584" Text="The security of the scanner likely depends largely on the quality of the hardware.  I'm guessing most scanners that come with laptops these days are pretty cheap and not intended for high security situations.  Even higher quality scanners meant for door locks aren't impervious to fingerprint duplication.  This [Mythbusters clip][1] proves as much.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Like Harley said though, multiple challenges are always more secure than a single challenge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA4Xx5Noxyo" />
  <row Id="19054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10569" RevisionGUID="6cf466cc-e5b6-44d1-8ec7-b37cbfa3885c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:51:53.423" UserId="301" Text="I try to keep the used space under 80%. Above this number the filesystem generally has to work harder to place data on the disk, leading to fragmentation." />
  <row Id="19055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10570" RevisionGUID="9adad3bd-4aff-4b0f-a032-d675844c60fe" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:52:09.210" UserId="773" Text="Is there a program (preferably free) made for testing the battery life of a laptop? That would sort of... keep the time, prevent it from going into standby, etc. Maybe have one mode where it just keeps the laptop alive, and one where it does lots of computations and keeps it very active as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do various magazines and websites test this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know there are manual ways of doing this like putting on a movie and set it to repeat, but then I would have to watch it until it died to take the time, etc. Would like a &quot;standardized&quot; automated test of some sort.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My platform is currently Windows 7, but something that works in Vista and XP (and maybe even Linux distros like Ubuntu) would be very nice, so that I could run the same test and compare." />
  <row Id="19056" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10570" RevisionGUID="9adad3bd-4aff-4b0f-a032-d675844c60fe" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:52:09.210" UserId="773" Text="Battery testing" />
  <row Id="19057" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10570" RevisionGUID="9adad3bd-4aff-4b0f-a032-d675844c60fe" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:52:09.210" UserId="773" Text="&lt;laptop&gt;&lt;battery&gt;&lt;testing&gt;&lt;automation&gt;" />
  <row Id="19059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10572" RevisionGUID="aaa297df-2fd0-4e74-a176-1f1a478349c7" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:57:52.617" UserId="2502" Text="I personally dislike biometrics quite a bit.  If I was shelling out the money for a fingerprint system I'd rather use PKI and password + certificate for ID.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19060" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10286" RevisionGUID="624acae8-29e4-4c56-b2df-67bff8cd9c68" CreationDate="2009-05-20T21:59:32.330" UserId="1840" Comment="added bling bling" Text="I'm sure there's a way to better interpret the info coming from your ISA server, but in case everything fails: **&quot;In wireshark we trust&quot;**  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It runs on Windows too:&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.wireshark.org/download.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wireshark.org/download.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4i_szoP4U5s/SbPk3IvlDwI/AAAAAAAAApg/BDFgxE1spfE/wireshark%5B15%5D.png?imgmax=800" />
  <row Id="19062" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10573" RevisionGUID="7a6f1fc7-cb0b-4964-9aed-6b15526921d4" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:01:21.737" UserId="1466" Text="I'm trying to **find a computer that has a certain IP address** on our internal network.  I have identified the computer name from DNS, but in this case it does not help me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just wondering if I can somehow tie the IP to a switch port, and track it from there?  If so, how?" />
  <row Id="19063" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10573" RevisionGUID="7a6f1fc7-cb0b-4964-9aed-6b15526921d4" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:01:21.737" UserId="1466" Text="Is it possible to match an internal IP address to a switch port?" />
  <row Id="19064" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10573" RevisionGUID="7a6f1fc7-cb0b-4964-9aed-6b15526921d4" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:01:21.737" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;ip&gt;&lt;network&gt;&lt;tracing&gt;" />
  <row Id="19065" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10574" RevisionGUID="405aaee0-7df6-4073-8ecf-1967955b876c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:03:12.230" UserId="984" Text="How is the fingerprint scanner attached?  Does the scanner you are looking at use some kind of encryption between the scanner and computer.  If it doesn't what would stop me from inserting a device between your scanner and your computer and then capturing your fingerprint?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can't really change your fingerprint.  If I can capture a fingerprint in a way that I can simply send the same data again and again then your system is broke." />
  <row Id="19066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10575" RevisionGUID="c157755b-a5a9-4ddc-963d-74e632d77352" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:04:51.073" UserId="1840" Text="Check the ARP cache on your switch(es) to find the MAC and **Switch Port** associated with that IP of the device.  This articles should help you: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [http://www.petri.co.il/csc_arp_cache.htm][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [http://www.networkblueprints.com/troubleshooting/using-mac-address-table-and-arp-cache-lan][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.petri.co.il/csc_arp_cache.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.networkblueprints.com/troubleshooting/using-mac-address-table-and-arp-cache-lan" />
  <row Id="19067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10576" RevisionGUID="19003f6d-1fc3-42e5-bd56-9347ba8c831f" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:04:56.767" UserId="3251" Text="I posted this on [StackOverflow][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the server/site/vdir is configured using the &quot;Require Secure Channel&quot; setting, the response from the server will be a &quot;403.4 Forbidden: SSL is required to view this resource.&quot; error or a &quot;403.5 Forbidden: SSL 128 is required to view this resource.&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can actually customize the 403.4 or 403.5 error to redirect back to HTTPS.  Create a VDIR under your site with **NO SSL Requirement** (**\*\*This is Important**) - I use &quot;CustomError&quot;.  Create an ASP File inside this directory called 403\_4\_Error.asp containing the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;%@ LANGUAGE=&quot;VBScript&quot; %&gt; &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;%&#xD;&#xA;    if Request.ServerVariables(&quot;HTTPS&quot;) &lt;&gt; &quot;on&quot; then&#xD;&#xA;        sServer = Request.ServerVariables(&quot;SERVER_NAME&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;        sScript = Request.ServerVariables(&quot;SCRIPT_NAME&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;        sQuery  = Request.ServerVariables(&quot;QUERY_STRING&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;        Response.Write(&quot;https://&quot; &amp; sServer &amp; sScript &amp; &quot;?&quot; &amp; sQuery)&#xD;&#xA;    end if&#xD;&#xA;    %&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit the server/site/vdir's Custom Error property for 403.4/403.5 and set the MessageType to URL and the URL to &quot;/CustomError/403\_4\_Error.asp&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that ASP is used, you could easily use ASP.net or any other scripting language.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/815566/enforcing-ssl-connection/830795#830795" />
  <row Id="19068" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10577" RevisionGUID="e92faa31-da98-4195-a69a-999e3ffb7c74" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:06:16.390" UserId="768" Text="I have had similar problems, I just issue a `halt` instead, and it seems to work fine." />
  <row Id="19069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10578" RevisionGUID="33034a08-0405-4486-b257-893ac4038198" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:07:53.237" UserId="1936" Text="I use [ntop][1] for this sort of thing almost daily. It'll tell you who has the traffic and where they're going if so desired. Very slick and easy to setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ntop.org/overview.html" />
  <row Id="19070" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10579" RevisionGUID="01e7ecb6-67a4-4de4-b08d-d3a9619695db" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:08:00.800" UserId="3156" Text="You didn't specify which operating systems you have available to you on the network, but most of them have an arp command.  You can use the arp command to find out what the MAC address is of a host with a give hostname (assuming you are on the same network as the host).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you have to check in the ARP caches of your switches to find what port that MAC address is on." />
  <row Id="19071" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10550" RevisionGUID="4f83c5a3-f6d6-45e8-b6c3-4eb9074dbee6" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:09:23.187" UserId="623" Comment="..." Text="A hard link traditionally shares the same file system structures (inode in unixspeak), while a soft-link is a pathname redirect. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Hardlinks must be on the same filesystem, softlinks can cross filesystems.&#xD;&#xA;* Hardlinked files stay linked even if you move either of them (unless you move one to another file system triggering the copy-and-delete mechanism). Softlinked files break if you move the target (original), and sometimes when you move the link (Did you use an absolute or relative path? Is it still valid?).&#xD;&#xA;* Hardlinked files are co-equal, while the original is special in softlinks, and deleting the original deletes the data. The data does not go away until *all* hardlinks are deleted.&#xD;&#xA;* Softlinks can point at *any* target, but most OS/filesystems disallow hardlinking directories to prevent cycles in the filesystem graph.&#xD;&#xA;* Softlinks can require special support from filesystem walking tools. Read up on readlink (2).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Some details brought back to mind by [mat1t][1]. Thanks.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10543/what-is-the-difference-between-a-soft-symbolic-link-and-a-hard-link/10549#10549" />
  <row Id="19072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10580" RevisionGUID="d424ee54-0333-40b9-a3ca-6dcdb1cfafd8" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:09:57.710" UserId="301" Text="There is no 1:1 mapping between physical interfaces and IP addresses. One port on a switch may handle traffic for many machines (if another switch is daisy chained), and one switch port may forward traffic for more than one IP (if the machine is multi homed).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a sufficiently advanced switch you can look in the management screens of the switch to see if it lists MAC addresses that it has heard on a particular port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, assuming the computer you wish to find isn't too far away (logically) you could try sending a large amount of traffic to it, say `ping -f`, which should allow you to trace the port the machine is on by looking at the activity lights." />
  <row Id="19073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10581" RevisionGUID="eacba77d-6c0c-4bb7-b77c-2e2bf04d973d" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:12:54.207" UserId="3250" Text="A few things that I've learned (the hard way) over the past few years about deploying for .NET:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Create App Pools - For all applications important enough to &quot;not be bothered&quot; by the need to jumpstart the web server processes of other apps, give them their own Application Pool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. InProc == Pure Evil - imho (flames will no doubt ensue) In-Proc session state is one of the most dangerous features in .NET.  It makes processes less resistant to restarts and encourages some poor practices.  Using the Session State server where possible is how we operate these days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Minimalism is a good thing - Remove any IIS services that you don't need.  If you don't need FTP, Mail etc; turn these off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another excellent guide/checklist here:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.washington.edu/computing/support/windows/UWdomains/IISsecchecklist.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And a decent security article here:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Installing_Securing_IIS_Servers_Part1.html" />
  <row Id="19074" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10582" RevisionGUID="11eebb2a-9ab9-422b-a39d-af6a6c6b3497" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:13:58.807" UserId="3038" Text="The problem with most biometric systems is that they're inherently 'noisy', which requires software to sift through the noise to the true signal. A password is a few bytes where exactness needs to be perfect. A biometric fingerprint, or iris scan, or retina scan, or voice print, all need to have a 'close enough' threshold because biometrics change from day to day or week to week. Defeating such systems takes advantage of the 'close enough' nature of biometric authentication technology.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because of this, a simple biometric is, in my opinion, less secure than a correctly selected password. And that doesn't even go into implementation details such as signal capture/replay possibilities between the scanner and the authenticator, or easily subverted skin conductivity sensors (lick the paper!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When used in conjunction with a password, it can enhance security. But as I said, it shouldn't be used *instead* of a password." />
  <row Id="19075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10583" RevisionGUID="6172ff6d-a2b7-4f0f-93d9-777d872e9d5c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:16:31.160" UserId="2831" Text="You need to use **[launchd][1]**, Apple's tool for managing all system processes.  Launchd is a unified replacement for a whole slew of specialized unix utilities which managed different pieces of this (init, rc, etc, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apple covers some of this on their website, but they have a bunch of out-of-date documents mixed in which describe obsolete techniques.  Dan Benjamin has a nicely written tutorial on how to install [MySQL][2].  This is a very well written guide which will teach you the general steps of installing unix/linux software on the Mac (without relying on [MacPorts][3] or [Fink][4]).  Dan's [MySQL][5] tutorial goes through the creation of a launchd config file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, you'll create an xml configuration file (a *plist* file) which specifies the working directory, which user to run as, etc.  You'll put that file in a particular directory and then tell launchd to load it, using launchctl.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;He also has tutorials for setting up [Ruby on Rails][6], which you might find useful, but I don't think that involves any daemons.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://developer.apple.com/MacOsX/launchd.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://hivelogic.com/articles/view/installing-mysql-on-mac-os-x&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.macports.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.finkproject.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://hivelogic.com/articles/view/installing-mysql-on-mac-os-x&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://hivelogic.com/articles/view/ruby-rails-leopard" />
  <row Id="19076" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10583" RevisionGUID="6172ff6d-a2b7-4f0f-93d9-777d872e9d5c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:16:31.160" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="19078" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10585" RevisionGUID="695f7492-ee9c-47fc-9500-9cea98748ce1" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:24:22.313" UserId="1800" Text="How do I enable crypt_blowfish support for PHP on a Linux (Debian) server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm referring to the [OpenBSD-style Blowfish-based bcrypt](http://www.openwall.com/crypt/), known in PHP as CRYPT_BLOWFISH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I know there is no Debian package for it, what other options do I have to enable this hashing algorithm for PHP?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19079" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10585" RevisionGUID="695f7492-ee9c-47fc-9500-9cea98748ce1" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:24:22.313" UserId="1800" Text="Crypt_blowfish support for LAMP setup" />
  <row Id="19080" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10585" RevisionGUID="695f7492-ee9c-47fc-9500-9cea98748ce1" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:24:22.313" UserId="1800" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;hash&gt;&lt;debian&gt;" />
  <row Id="19081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10586" RevisionGUID="7f78002d-dbff-41a0-85a5-8d3c14bc86cf" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:24:53.013" UserId="388" Text="Given an IP address, you should be able to find the MAC address of the corresponding host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    arp -a&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On both Windows and Linux will show you the arp cache of that host, mapping IPs to MAC addresses. (Note that this will need to be run on a machine that is on the same IP subnet as the machine you are trying to find).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have the MAC address, log on to the switch you suspect the rogue host is connected to, and search the MAC address table for that address. (The MAC address table is also called the bridging table, or the CAM table).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, on Cisco IOS based switches, the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    show mac-address-table address &lt;MAC address&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will show you the port that a given MAC address was last seen on. If the resulting port is a link to another switch, log on to that switch and run the command again. Repeat until you end up with a host port, and you should have your culprit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that this approach will only work if you have a managed switch that allows its MAC address table to be queried. Failing that, it's going to be a case of manual elimination; find each port that you know *isn't* the rogue machine, until you're left with one port your can't account for. Good luck." />
  <row Id="19082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10587" RevisionGUID="1feaef97-6325-4585-87f1-f4026749bd6c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:25:54.977" UserId="1589" Text="As others have mentioned, there is no direct way to determine what IP is connected to a certain switch port.  The reason is that an Ethernet switch works at L2 of the OSI Model, and typically does not inspect higher level layers (Layer 3 -&gt; IP Address).  (There are some exceptions in newer hardware)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One important note, to use the ping / ARP trick you'll need to use a device on the same VLAN or subnet as the device you are searching for.  Otherwise, you will only see the MAC address of the default gateway in the ARP table.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the procedure I recommend, if possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Source and Destination on the same VLAN**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  Issue a ping to the device you are trying to locate.  &#xD;&#xA;2.  Once it returns successfully, look in the ARP table to find the MAC address of said device.&#xD;&#xA;3.  Log onto the switch itself and look through the MAC address table for the address found in step 2.  (The MAC address table can also be called a CAM table).  The MAC address table provides a mapping of MAC addresses to switch ports.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Source and Destination on different VLANs**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  From the core router or suspected default gateway, issue a ping.  Obviously, this works best if all routing is done on the same device.  &#xD;&#xA;2.  If there are multiple L3 interfaces, you might need to &quot;walk&quot; through the network going from L3 interface to L3 interface performing the ping / ARP check until you find the one that serves as the default gateway for the device you are searching for.&#xD;&#xA;3.  Once you find it, you can then log into the switch and search the MAC address table to find the port." />
  <row Id="19083" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10588" RevisionGUID="ab4fd342-4dd9-4725-bdad-2bd382fdf326" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:32:53.763" UserId="3250" Text="Did a quick Google search and found a few things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Battery eater pro is a free app that should give some better battery stats:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/english.html?/bepro_e.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This CNET article also talks a bit about how they test notebooks:&#xD;&#xA;http://reviews.cnet.com/Labs/4520-6603_7-5142378-1.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're running Mac OS X, the detailed system information provides information on the number of charge cycles, the estimated percentage of battery remaining (at a full charge) and other details." />
  <row Id="19084" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10552" RevisionGUID="b83d5a0c-605b-49b2-836a-80dab83f4f41" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:35:32.150" UserId="45" Comment="removed some unnecessary spaces" Text="Is OS authentication more secure by using fingerprint reader than a (strong) password?&#xD;&#xA;Can that be hacked easily?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the way, where is the fingerprint stored? On the hardware chip or on filesystem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is that dependent from reader's hardware?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is that dependent from the library/OS implementation?" />
  <row Id="19085" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="10552" RevisionGUID="b83d5a0c-605b-49b2-836a-80dab83f4f41" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:35:32.150" UserId="45" Comment="removed some unnecessary spaces" Text="Is fingerprint authentification secure?" />
  <row Id="19087" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10589" RevisionGUID="4766fa90-d858-42af-98c6-86002e53a794" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:42:56.613" UserId="1561" Text="At one point, it was thought to be so.  Since that time, [there have been several methods developed to defeat the cheaper versions of these scanners][1] (i.e. consumer-grade PC scanners).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is used as part of a two-factor or multi-factor authentication process, then I believe it will enhance security by raising the difficulty of entry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cryptome.org/gummy.htm" />
  <row Id="19088" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10589" RevisionGUID="94e2b995-c561-4058-b429-9874d8a8a4be" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:48:09.020" UserId="1561" Text=" - *Is OS authentication more secure by using fingerprint reader than a (strong) password? Can that be hacked easily?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At one point, it was thought to be so.  Since that time, [there have been several methods developed to defeat the cheaper versions of these scanners][1] (i.e. consumer-grade PC scanners).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is used as part of a two-factor or multi-factor authentication process, then I believe it will enhance security by raising the difficulty of entry.  [More info here][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *By the way, where is the fingerprint stored? On the hardware chip or on filesystem?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Typically the filesystem.  Many scanners simply turn the impression into a hash that is transmitted to the host PC.  [Kronos TouchID][3] is a corporate solution meant for use with timeclocks; it stores the data in a Paradox table(!) as a **hash**, so it's pretty clear where their profit margins are coming from with this device....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Is that dependent from reader's hardware?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many readers, each with their own methods.  While I can't speak with any authority on this, it seems that &quot;yes&quot; is a pretty good answer to this question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Is that dependent from the library/OS implementation?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again, I think it depends on the type of reader.  Some actually transmit more than a hash (image), others don't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cryptome.org/gummy.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://unweary.com/2009/04/fingerprint-biometrics.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.kronos.com/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx%3Fid%3D1370&amp;ei=iokUSv3TO5TUswP-5dTgDQ&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=spellmeleon_result&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=result&amp;usg=AFQjCNGifX2vBdayRIzcqM4GKq-7P-dHjQ" />
  <row Id="19089" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10589" RevisionGUID="ff2fb9e8-31f4-4731-92e3-abdf752dc21c" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:54:38.587" UserId="1561" Comment="deleted 28 characters in body" Text=" - *Is OS authentication more secure by using fingerprint reader than a (strong) password? Can that be hacked easily?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At one point, it was thought to be so.  Since that time, there have been several methods developed to [defeat] [1] the cheaper versions of these scanners.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is used as part of a two-factor or multi-factor authentication process, then I believe it will enhance security by raising the difficulty of entry.  Here's someone [discussing][2] this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *By the way, where is the fingerprint stored? On the hardware chip or on filesystem?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Typically the filesystem.  Many scanners simply turn the impression into a hash that is transmitted to the host PC.  Kronos [Touch ID][3] is a corporate solution meant for use as a timeclock; it stores the data in a Paradox table(!) as a **hash**, so it's pretty clear where their profit margins are coming from with this device....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Is that dependent from reader's hardware?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many readers, each with their own methods.  While I can't speak with any authority on this, it seems that &quot;yes&quot; is a pretty good answer to this question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Is that dependent from the library/OS implementation?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again, I think it depends on the type of reader.  Some actually transmit more than a hash (image), others don't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cryptome.org/gummy.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://unweary.com/2009/04/fingerprint-biometrics.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.kronos.com/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx%3Fid%3D1370&amp;ei=iokUSv3TO5TUswP-5dTgDQ&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=spellmeleon_result&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=result&amp;usg=AFQjCNGifX2vBdayRIzcqM4GKq-7P-dHjQ" />
  <row Id="19090" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10590" RevisionGUID="6f91cd43-f59f-4a58-9ce0-db867c6c50e1" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:55:33.873" UserId="2181" Text="Our network gave an error that there was an IP address conflict and I'd like to find what all the device IP addresses are. (I've also had need of that before).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've read suggestions for various tools (Look@Lan, Angry IP Scanner) and I'm looking for suggestions from people who have used these or other tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19091" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10590" RevisionGUID="6f91cd43-f59f-4a58-9ce0-db867c6c50e1" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:55:33.873" UserId="2181" Text="How to get a list of all IP addresses (and ideally device names) on a LAN?" />
  <row Id="19092" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10590" RevisionGUID="6f91cd43-f59f-4a58-9ce0-db867c6c50e1" CreationDate="2009-05-20T22:55:33.873" UserId="2181" Text="&lt;tcpip&gt;" />
  <row Id="19093" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10591" RevisionGUID="b35f5053-a9c1-404e-8b50-f29b69b19ba9" CreationDate="2009-05-20T23:01:07.013" UserId="402" Text="Using [nmap][1] to do a sweep of the subnet is one quick and simple way to do this that I've used before, the various options will allow you to do a more detailed inspection also.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nmap.org/" />
  <row Id="19094" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10592" RevisionGUID="20bf3598-42dc-4b1a-86e3-39e1e980173d" CreationDate="2009-05-20T23:02:02.003" UserId="1630" Text="doesn't &quot;pear install Crypt_blowfish&quot; work?" />
  <row Id="19095" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10593" RevisionGUID="0958ec38-ca40-4ffd-b457-d0aa88e98bfe" CreationDate="2009-05-20T23:07:59.510" UserId="1435" Text="I'm not aware of any sure-fire way of getting device names but your switch's CAM table will list ever MAC on your LAN and you can then run a RARP lookup on that to find out IP details for each device." />
  <row Id="19099" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10573" RevisionGUID="e93aacf2-ed81-4307-a173-296aa5348fb6" CreationDate="2009-05-20T23:12:53.743" UserId="388" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ip&gt;&lt;tracing&gt;&lt;arp&gt;&lt;ethernet&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="19100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10595" RevisionGUID="b5bff132-5454-4f2d-b176-5c0f139480f5" CreationDate="2009-05-20T23:16:36.980" UserId="3242" Text="If you have backups in place, you could give it a shot and try &lt;a href=&quot;http://tzukanov.narod.ru/convertfs/&quot;&gt;convertfs&lt;/a&gt; - it does something similar to the suggestion from &quot;yesterday&quot;, but in small steps and automated. (But then again, if you *have* backups - isn't it easier to just recreate the fs and restore? :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In theory it should work. (I have actually used it with success...once)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10596" RevisionGUID="24d26c5a-8d5e-42f7-bf6b-1053747dd90b" CreationDate="2009-05-20T23:16:52.113" UserId="2600" Text="As mentioned nmap (http://nmap.org/) is probably a good, quick and free option. Just be careful with it, there are some very aggressive options that could crash machines.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This command will do a simple ping sweep of the selection subnet and should be completely safe.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; nmap -rP 192.168.1.1/24&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously, replace with your own network information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You mentioned that a duplicate IP address was identified.  Both machines should have generated a warning screen, which should allow you to identify the machines.  If DHCP is used, then another request should have been generated and the problem may have self resolved." />
  <row Id="19102" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10597" RevisionGUID="8fd8dfc0-8552-41df-ba0a-078139b69351" CreationDate="2009-05-20T23:19:13.467" UserId="388" Text="A list of IP addresses on the LAN will be of limited help, as the issue is there are two machines trying to use the same IP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would suggest that you attempt to find the MAC addresses of the two machines that are clashing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What device logged the IP address conflict? Was it a server, router etc? Some platforms (Solaris, BSD) will log the MAC address of the offending host along with the error message.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Failing that, I would recommend logging on to the default router of the subnet that this problem is occurring on, and monitoring the ARP table. There should be one IP address that flips between multiple MAC addresses; again, those two MAC addresses represent the devices you are interested in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have the MAC addresses of the two devices, you should be able to tie them to specific switch ports. [This question][1] provides more information on how to do that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10573/is-it-possible-to-match-an-internal-ip-address-to-a-switch-port" />
  <row Id="19103" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10590" RevisionGUID="c366ccea-7f58-453c-8e69-715143f29483" CreationDate="2009-05-20T23:19:46.053" UserId="388" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;tcpip&gt;&lt;arp&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;ip&gt;" />
  <row Id="19104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10598" RevisionGUID="be915a83-2846-4577-8200-9bace491feac" CreationDate="2009-05-20T23:24:43.657" UserId="2706" Text="I have an Ubuntu 9.04 box and a OS X 10.5 box.  They are both on the same subnet (192.168.10.0/24).  I can see ubuntu.local and osx.local from the OS X machine, but I can only see ubuntu.local from the Ubuntu machine.  When I ping them ubuntu.local is 192.168.10.50, but osx.local is 192.168.132.1.  The OS X machine's IP is obviously wrong and I am not certain how it got it.  I connect to three networks with it (192.168.20.0/24 ethernet, 192.168.2.0/24 wireless, and the aforementioned 192.168.10.0/24 wireless), so 192.168.132.1 seems very odd. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would tag this this mdns, but I don't have enough points yet." />
  <row Id="19105" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10598" RevisionGUID="be915a83-2846-4577-8200-9bace491feac" CreationDate="2009-05-20T23:24:43.657" UserId="2706" Text="What could cause my OS X machine's mdns ip address to be wrong? " />
  <row Id="19106" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10598" RevisionGUID="be915a83-2846-4577-8200-9bace491feac" CreationDate="2009-05-20T23:24:43.657" UserId="2706" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;tcpip&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="19107" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10599" RevisionGUID="a40f3081-9196-4a30-b7ca-27bc1fff4bc8" CreationDate="2009-05-20T23:25:58.257" UserId="942" Text="Quick and dirty (on Linux):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ping -b 192.168.1.255&#xD;&#xA;    $ arp -a&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19108" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10405" RevisionGUID="459fd139-21b0-4181-9a4d-33b575f815ec" CreationDate="2009-05-20T23:40:59.053" UserId="1404" Comment="Added one slice option" Text="There is no reason you should be down at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Set your DNS TTL low (30 min or lower if you can), and do it ahead of time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Get the second slice. Install/port your software to it, and have it staged and ready to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Change your DNS. Within the TTL period, users that already had your old IP will still go to the old slice. New users will go to the new slice. After the TTL, everyone is using the new slice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Reset your DNS TTL to whatever you had.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Retire the original slice. (I don't know why you would want to go back to it, the new slice already has what you want.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have some state or something that has to stay in sync (e.g., user settings), then you might have to take the original slice before updating DNS. Users with the old IP will be down for the TTL period.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You pay for two slices the month you do this. I'm not sure what seems unreasonable about this, or why people think Slicehost might be giving you the run-around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: The alternative to paying for two slices would be to upgrade in place: Take down your server, reimage the slice, reinstall your software. You'ld be down for the duration, which would likely be more than 2 hours." />
  <row Id="19109" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10598" RevisionGUID="f9d81499-fe9c-4c6e-94af-ee1bffe7db66" CreationDate="2009-05-20T23:43:15.150" UserId="984" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;tcpip&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;mdns&gt;" />
  <row Id="19111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10601" RevisionGUID="382dcc74-c03f-4b17-9c96-c8d3e1eda8cb" CreationDate="2009-05-20T23:46:00.480" UserId="984" Text="Does your system have Vmware, Parallels or something like that?  I believe that they setup a virtual network adapter and assign additional private addresses.  A quick google search returned this [page][1] which may be relevant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you run 'ifconfig' in a Terminal on your OSX box do you see a 192.168.132.? address?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/123725" />
  <row Id="19112" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10602" RevisionGUID="fd84e1b8-7cf2-428c-94fa-1a6e694142bd" CreationDate="2009-05-20T23:49:25.517" UserId="981" Text="The problem with all biometrics is that when your security material (such as your fingerprints, retina or DNA) is compromised, it's very difficult to change.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Biometrics is a form of identification, not authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** Following up, I found this great article: [Authentication and Identification.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=12" />
  <row Id="19113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10603" RevisionGUID="4f089afe-99e4-4e46-9b80-ff3f1774352d" CreationDate="2009-05-20T23:49:54.393" UserId="413" Text="If there's a unix box on the network, you could try arp-scan: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://linux.die.net/man/1/arp-scan&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ arp-scan --interface=eth0 192.168.0.0/24&#xD;&#xA;    Interface: eth0, datalink type: EN10MB (Ethernet)&#xD;&#xA;    Starting arp-scan 1.4 with 256 hosts (http://www.nta-monitor.com/tools/arp-scan/)&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.0.1     00:c0:9f:09:b8:db       QUANTA COMPUTER, INC.&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.0.3     00:02:b3:bb:66:98       Intel Corporation&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.0.5     00:02:a5:90:c3:e6       Compaq Computer Corporation&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.0.6     00:c0:9f:0b:91:d1       QUANTA COMPUTER, INC.&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.0.12    00:02:b3:46:0d:4c       Intel Corporation&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.0.13    00:02:a5:de:c2:17       Compaq Computer Corporation&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.0.87    00:0b:db:b2:fa:60       Dell ESG PCBA Test&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.0.90    00:02:b3:06:d7:9b       Intel Corporation&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.0.105   00:13:72:09:ad:76       Dell Inc.&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.0.153   00:10:db:26:4d:52       Juniper Networks, Inc.&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.0.191   00:01:e6:57:8b:68       Hewlett-Packard Company&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.0.251   00:04:27:6a:5d:a1       Cisco Systems, Inc.&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.0.196   00:30:c1:5e:58:7d       HEWLETT-PACKARD&#xD;&#xA;    13 packets received by filter, 0 packets dropped by kernel&#xD;&#xA;    Ending arp-scan: 256 hosts scanned in 3.386 seconds (75.61 hosts/sec).  13&#xD;&#xA;    responded" />
  <row Id="19114" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10598" RevisionGUID="8099ff2e-897b-4e55-bec7-cfda72cbff7e" CreationDate="2009-05-20T23:54:49.993" UserId="2318" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;tcpip&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;mdns&gt;&lt;bonjour&gt;" />
  <row Id="19115" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10604" RevisionGUID="a154a353-0a2f-4409-901e-7d6690308d06" CreationDate="2009-05-20T23:54:52.193" UserId="3255" Text="I have a .net application I want to respond to .htm and .html requests (in addition to .aspx). I know how to do this in IIS6, but not in IIS7. Someone please enlighten me!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Kyle" />
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  <row Id="19117" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10604" RevisionGUID="a154a353-0a2f-4409-901e-7d6690308d06" CreationDate="2009-05-20T23:54:52.193" UserId="3255" Text="&lt;iis7&gt;" />
  <row Id="19118" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10596" RevisionGUID="395acea0-00dd-4e2a-a993-eda775df7d75" CreationDate="2009-05-20T23:55:11.163" UserId="2600" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="As mentioned nmap (http://nmap.org/) is probably a good, quick and free option. Just be careful with it, there are some very aggressive options that could crash machines.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This command will do a simple ping sweep of the selected subnet and should be completely safe.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; nmap -rP 192.168.1.1/24&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously, replace with your own network information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You mentioned that a duplicate IP address was identified.  Both machines should have generated a warning screen, which should allow you to identify the machines.  If DHCP is used, then another request should have been generated and the problem may have self resolved." />
  <row Id="19119" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10598" RevisionGUID="59651173-ca36-496d-ad14-bfaac64c4632" CreationDate="2009-05-20T23:59:46.107" UserId="2706" Comment="added 1820 characters in body" Text="I have an Ubuntu 9.04 box and a OS X 10.5 box.  They are both on the same subnet (192.168.10.0/24).  I can see ubuntu.local and osx.local from the OS X machine, but I can only see ubuntu.local from the Ubuntu machine.  When I ping them ubuntu.local is 192.168.10.50, but osx.local is 192.168.132.1.  The OS X machine's IP is obviously wrong and I am not certain how it got it.  I connect to three networks with it (192.168.20.0/24 ethernet, 192.168.2.0/24 wireless, and the aforementioned 192.168.10.0/24 wireless), so 192.168.132.1 seems very odd. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would tag this this mdns, but I don't have enough points yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are the results `ifconfig`, it does appear as if bonjour is grabbing the VMWare network instead of the the wired or wireless.  How can I tell it to use the wireless (or wired)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    lo0: flags=8049&lt;UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 16384&#xD;&#xA;    	inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 &#xD;&#xA;    	inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 &#xD;&#xA;    	inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 &#xD;&#xA;    gif0: flags=8010&lt;POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1280&#xD;&#xA;    stf0: flags=0&lt;&gt; mtu 1280&#xD;&#xA;    en0: flags=8863&lt;UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1500&#xD;&#xA;    	ether 00:17:f2:d6:39:8a &#xD;&#xA;    	media: autoselect status: inactive&#xD;&#xA;    	supported media: autoselect 10baseT/UTP &lt;half-duplex&gt; 10baseT/UTP &lt;full-duplex&gt; 10baseT/UTP &lt;full-duplex,hw-loopback&gt; 10baseT/UTP &lt;full-duplex,flow-control&gt; 100baseTX &lt;half-duplex&gt; 100baseTX &lt;full-duplex&gt; 100baseTX &lt;full-duplex,hw-loopback&gt; 100baseTX &lt;full-duplex,flow-control&gt; 1000baseT &lt;full-duplex&gt; 1000baseT &lt;full-duplex,hw-loopback&gt; 1000baseT &lt;full-duplex,flow-control&gt; none&#xD;&#xA;    fw0: flags=8863&lt;UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 2030&#xD;&#xA;    	lladdr 00:19:e3:ff:fe:77:30:9c &#xD;&#xA;    	media: autoselect &lt;full-duplex&gt; status: inactive&#xD;&#xA;    	supported media: autoselect &lt;full-duplex&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    en1: flags=8863&lt;UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1500&#xD;&#xA;    	inet 192.168.10.102 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.10.255&#xD;&#xA;    	ether 00:19:e3:d8:b3:5e &#xD;&#xA;    	media: autoselect status: active&#xD;&#xA;    	supported media: autoselect&#xD;&#xA;    vmnet8: flags=8863&lt;UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1500&#xD;&#xA;    	inet 192.168.132.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.132.255&#xD;&#xA;    	ether 00:50:56:c0:00:08 &#xD;&#xA;    vmnet1: flags=8863&lt;UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1500&#xD;&#xA;    	inet 192.168.238.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.238.255&#xD;&#xA;    	ether 00:50:56:c0:00:01 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19120" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10601" RevisionGUID="fffa09ce-ac55-434a-b668-3616b6f6d1fd" CreationDate="2009-05-21T00:03:20.067" UserId="984" Comment="added 6 characters in body" Text="Does your system have Vmware, Parallels or something like that?  I believe that they setup a virtual network adapter and assign additional private addresses.  A quick google search returned this [page][1] which suggests a fix may work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you run 'ifconfig' in a Terminal on your OSX box do you see a 192.168.132.? address?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/123725" />
  <row Id="19121" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10605" RevisionGUID="9ad0d60e-0652-4572-bb92-c85315a8a93d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T00:19:12.167" UserId="1318" Text="I would like to sync my development database with actual data from the production databases on a regular basis (say, weekly). I already have the scripts to do this, and the amount of data is not huge. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that we access the client network through a VPN, so at the moment I have to manually connect (using the cisco vpn client), run the sync, and then disconnect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anyway to have this done through a script, so that I can set the whole thing up on a schedule and forget about it?" />
  <row Id="19122" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10605" RevisionGUID="9ad0d60e-0652-4572-bb92-c85315a8a93d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T00:19:12.167" UserId="1318" Text="Script logon to a 'Cisco' VPN in windows." />
  <row Id="19123" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10605" RevisionGUID="9ad0d60e-0652-4572-bb92-c85315a8a93d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T00:19:12.167" UserId="1318" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;database-adminstration&gt;" />
  <row Id="19124" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10606" RevisionGUID="021ce8c3-e1a9-4dae-9037-cac1e433a7a4" CreationDate="2009-05-21T00:22:52.117" UserId="1409" Text="It is a really old tool, but I've had good success with [Netperf][1] in the past.  It should give you a starting idea of the bandwidth between two devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.netperf.org/netperf/" />
  <row Id="19125" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10607" RevisionGUID="e9a56de6-796c-4a54-a606-ba59ca2ebe97" CreationDate="2009-05-21T00:44:46.193" UserId="2467" Text="I hate using SSMS because it is slow and cumbersome. The older Enterprise Manager in SQL 2000 was quick to load and much snappier in reponse to actions. That's progress for you. " />
  <row Id="19126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10608" RevisionGUID="3b301528-9c55-4f63-979a-42997b5d12cf" CreationDate="2009-05-21T00:52:44.573" UserId="3256" Text="Always try ScanPst.exe first, but it doesn't always mange to recover the PST.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this point you are left with a vast array of commercial options starting at around $70, I've had success with recoverytoolbox.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But your experience will obviously vary.  The recovery process will take a LONG time (5-10 hours) due to the size of your PST file - in the future you may consider archiving it to make maintenance on the file quicker!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS Since 2003 the maximum size for a .pst is 20GB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19127" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10608" RevisionGUID="3b301528-9c55-4f63-979a-42997b5d12cf" CreationDate="2009-05-21T00:52:44.573" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="19128" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10609" RevisionGUID="37b9428c-7d52-4466-8b6f-b1927f5f536c" CreationDate="2009-05-21T01:08:34.643" UserId="2466" Text="We are building a web app using Amazon EC2 instances running Linux. All the traffic to the client browser is encrypted with SSL. What should be used to encrypt the traffic between the instances. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The traffic will include connections to a MySQL database from Tomcat as well as file transfers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It needs to be reliable and reconfigure itself if it fails.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19129" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10609" RevisionGUID="37b9428c-7d52-4466-8b6f-b1927f5f536c" CreationDate="2009-05-21T01:08:34.643" UserId="2466" Text="How to encrypt traffic between two Amazon EC2 instances?" />
  <row Id="19130" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10609" RevisionGUID="37b9428c-7d52-4466-8b6f-b1927f5f536c" CreationDate="2009-05-21T01:08:34.643" UserId="2466" Text="&lt;amazon-ec2&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;encryption&gt;" />
  <row Id="19131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10610" RevisionGUID="dd1ca0ce-b304-4787-800a-e6a5e60ef47c" CreationDate="2009-05-21T01:14:49.110" UserId="984" Text="A simple solution might be to mail-enable your **Domain Users** group, or some other Security group that is shared by all the users and then email that group.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dynamic Distribution Group are not an option in Exchange 2003" />
  <row Id="19132" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10611" RevisionGUID="00520ad4-c0b7-4137-a17d-ed4f17d86ebe" CreationDate="2009-05-21T01:25:12.367" UserId="2831" Text="I am not aware of *any* firmware for the modern Airport base stations other than the official Apple ones.  Adding support for new types of hardware sounds rather ambitious, so I'd expect it to follow simpler tweaks like adjusting the signal strength.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Others may have better info, though." />
  <row Id="19133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10612" RevisionGUID="05a41f3c-3fe5-4238-b4b5-8323b2c97571" CreationDate="2009-05-21T01:27:45.390" UserId="1249" Text="Create a .vimrc file in your home directory." />
  <row Id="19134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10613" RevisionGUID="e047b6e5-9d73-4c94-90b1-3daefcab6672" CreationDate="2009-05-21T01:28:13.080" UserId="385" Text="This might work...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Download the Certificate Revocation List from: [http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/CodeSignPCA.crl][1]&#xD;&#xA; 2. Create a path on a local web server for /pki/crl/products and put the CRL there.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Create an entry on the hosts file (C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc) to put crl.microsoft.com to the IP address of that local web server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/CodeSignPCA.crl" />
  <row Id="19136" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10615" RevisionGUID="c6495bec-3097-4591-aff3-ed577e04f28f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T01:34:07.830" UserId="2318" Text="I always found it odd that Mac OS X's &quot;Connect to server&quot; menu let's you read and ***write*** to every protocol it supports but FTP. Is it just one of those mysteries, or have they ever discussed why this design choice was made? Your conjecture is welcome too." />
  <row Id="19137" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10615" RevisionGUID="c6495bec-3097-4591-aff3-ed577e04f28f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T01:34:07.830" UserId="2318" Text="Historical Question: anyone know why the Mac OS FTP client was designed read-only?" />
  <row Id="19138" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10615" RevisionGUID="c6495bec-3097-4591-aff3-ed577e04f28f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T01:34:07.830" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;ftp&gt;&lt;history&gt;" />
  <row Id="19139" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10616" RevisionGUID="689fb758-054f-4941-92b4-909a3cd595a8" CreationDate="2009-05-21T01:35:35.143" UserId="984" Text="Have you considered simply backing up and restoring your windows profile?  Most of your windows settings and working environment is part of this profile.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could set your account to use [roaming profiles][1] and save the profile to a server or some other shared storage that won't be lost when you do your upgrade.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't use the builtin windows tools to copy a profile you will need to use used tools like regedit to manually change the permissions on the \user.dat which is the HKEY\_CURRENT\_USER portion of the registry for account that owns the profile.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Copy profiles in Windows XP][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [How to Create and Copy Roaming User Profiles in Windows XP][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roaming_user_profile&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.petri.co.il/copy_user_profiles_in_windows_xp.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314478" />
  <row Id="19144" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10619" RevisionGUID="ed3503cc-a318-4221-9842-c6fa72b3f6de" CreationDate="2009-05-21T01:47:07.293" UserId="456" Text="Apple rarely discusses these kinds of decisions, so don't hold your breath for any &quot;official&quot; answer.  Many requests for this feature have flowed into &lt;a href=&quot;http://bugreport.apple.com&quot;&gt;Apple's bug tracking system&lt;/a&gt; over the years, but so far it seems that the demand is not high enough for Apple to dedicate any resources to implementing it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the meantime, there are many excellent full-featured FTP applications for the Mac:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nolobe.com/interarchy/&quot;&gt;Interarchy&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.panic.com/transmit/&quot;&gt;Transmit&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;a href=&quot;http://cyberduck.ch/&quot;&gt;Cyberduck&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And don't forget the `ftp` command-line client that comes with Mac OS X, or the more capable &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncftp.com/&quot;&gt;`ncftp`&lt;/a&gt; command-line client that builds and installs just fine on Mac OS X." />
  <row Id="19150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10623" RevisionGUID="176ff97e-364a-4ead-b188-f29f6e3e0631" CreationDate="2009-05-21T02:08:22.307" UserId="2831" Text="@siracusa is right, we'll never know the reason.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want the file system style access that the Finder offers, but with write support, there is the [MacFUSE project][1].  There are two GUI programs for managing these connections [MacFusion][2] (donationware) and [ExpandDrive][3] (commercial w/trial).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.macfusionapp.org/about.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.expandrive.com/mac" />
  <row Id="19152" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10625" RevisionGUID="2798bbfc-288d-4e3d-8fac-d9d8c78ed6d3" CreationDate="2009-05-21T02:24:20.963" UserId="2467" Text="Backups are one thing, but long term archival is another. For example, you might be required to store emails for 7 years, or keep all project data indefinitely. I used to save archives to tape, but then I've had tapes get destroyed (drives rip the tape out). So...write to 2 tapes I hear you say. Is that what others do? Have 2 (or more) tapes of the same data for redundancy? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But then the other issue is that tapes cannot usually be read by different backup software vendors. Eg if you go from Arcserve -&gt; Backup Exec -&gt; Commvault over 10 years you would need to keep all 3 systems so that you could restore old data. Likewise for hardware. Old tapes might not be barcoded. Might not be compatible with the new library etc etc. So do you keep old tape hardware AND old software just in case you might need to restore a 10 year-old file?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or...when you move to a new backup system do you migrate all archived data to the new system and re-archive it onto new tapes? That could be a huge job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any thoughts?" />
  <row Id="19153" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10625" RevisionGUID="2798bbfc-288d-4e3d-8fac-d9d8c78ed6d3" CreationDate="2009-05-21T02:24:20.963" UserId="2467" Text="How do you handle data archiving?" />
  <row Id="19154" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10625" RevisionGUID="2798bbfc-288d-4e3d-8fac-d9d8c78ed6d3" CreationDate="2009-05-21T02:24:20.963" UserId="2467" Text="&lt;archiving&gt;&lt;tape&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="19155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10626" RevisionGUID="4367ecbc-4e28-4ffa-a9ea-3ef7631dc262" CreationDate="2009-05-21T02:34:22.880" UserId="671" Text="How much data are we talking about?  Our &quot;archive&quot; data is small enough that we just keep it in live storage (on a NAS unit) which gets backed up with the usual live data, so it exists just as our usual data does and is subject to the same recovery techniques without having to worry about keeping decade-old technology around.  If our live data moves to a new storage platform, the archive moves right along with it.  We also set the permissions for archive data such that only a member of the archive security group (of which there are very few member users) have access to remove anything from those folders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're dealing with more data than can reasonably kept in live storage, tape may be your best bet for long-term storage, coupled with keeping at least two copies in different controlled storage locations.  Bring them out every couple of years to make sure the media is still readable, and migrate from older media to new media if you're switching vendors to ensure you can continue to access the data." />
  <row Id="19156" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10627" RevisionGUID="b9520be2-6763-4e07-881b-723a2bdadb5c" CreationDate="2009-05-21T02:42:35.000" UserId="671" Text="My understanding is that EC2 instances act as though they are independent servers on a switched network, so traffic should only going to and from your instances if it's supposed to be there, and not visible to any other instance aside from the source and destination within their network, so the level of security you're looking for may be overkill.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said that, take a look at [scp][1] for copying files between instances as it will provide encryption for you.  MySQL 5 also supports [SSL between clients and the server][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_copy&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/secure-connections.html" />
  <row Id="19157" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10628" RevisionGUID="214091cf-c0ef-4ae0-a00b-752add268721" CreationDate="2009-05-21T02:43:09.740" UserId="3254" Text="Perhaps the better question is why you would need the service console.  I can only think of two main reasons you would *need* the cos. Either to install third party software, or to officially kill a hung VM.  Personally, I support both ESX and ESXi, and I have grown to prefer ESXi especially at patch time!  As for SSH access if it weren't for my *nix coworkers I would turn it off. I can do *almost* anything through the SDK using either the rCLI or the PowerCLI.  VMware has also made it very clear that the goal is to remove the service console.  Why invest time/energy maintaining a tombstoned feature?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In reality though it's all taste. If you want to save some money not buying boot disks.  Perhaps decreasing your vulnerability footprint, etc, etc... Go for it! I don't believe ESXi has a real downside.  It's just not for everyone...  Some shops currently rely on the cos, and there is nothing wrong with that, but it is not required!  " />
  <row Id="19160" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10631" RevisionGUID="96513ab2-9632-440c-a125-813b3990af7a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T02:48:07.237" UserId="671" Text="[This web site][1] has a tutorial that will probably get you moving in the right direction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/508/wildcard-script-mapping-and-iis-7-integrated-pipeline/" />
  <row Id="19161" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10627" RevisionGUID="9fc1ffff-2227-41b1-a66b-f7f98f4c5d22" CreationDate="2009-05-21T02:53:32.950" UserId="671" Comment="Added note about vpn." Text="My understanding is that EC2 instances act as though they are independent servers on a switched network, so traffic should only going to and from your instances if it's supposed to be there, and not visible to any other instance aside from the source and destination within their network, so the level of security you're looking for may be overkill.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said that, take a look at [scp][1] for copying files between instances as it will provide encryption for you.  MySQL 5 also supports [SSL between clients and the server][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you just want to encrypt all traffic, regardless of use, a secure [site-to-site VPN][3] may be an option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_copy&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/secure-connections.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://openvpn.net/" />
  <row Id="19165" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10633" RevisionGUID="332e9edb-9c43-4d33-bf50-388f0c81f10d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T03:02:31.217" UserId="3111" Text="If you are using AnyConnect as the client there is a file in the program folder called vpncli.exe. Use the /? switch to check usage. I assume that their other clients have something similar. This should do it for you." />
  <row Id="19166" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10634" RevisionGUID="53ecb071-65af-406e-b9ae-e99201a65324" CreationDate="2009-05-21T03:03:06.737" UserId="2513" Text="In my case, we do archives to tape, and I will tell you why it makes sense for us.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First of all, the software we use, Tivoli Storage Manager, is hands down, the software we will be using for the foreseeable future.  In my opinion TSM is the top of the food chain in terms of enterprise backup software, so the problem of changing to a different software platform is relatively non-existent for us.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, we do maintain quite a few long term archives, and we have a few different ways of doing it.  Fortunately for us, we use some of the latest tape technologies which can store upwards of 1TB per cartridge, so having a large quantity of archives live inside the library is not a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Archive to local tapes, and copy&#xD;&#xA;   those archives to our alternate data&#xD;&#xA;   center, with the archive tapes&#xD;&#xA;   sitting inside the tape library.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We do this for certain types of data because the data is restored from on a regular basis, and is important enough to require two copies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Archive to local tapes, but not&#xD;&#xA;   remote tapes, and leave the tapes&#xD;&#xA;   inside the library.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We do this for slightly less important data, which needs to be restored from on a somewhat regular basis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Archive to local tape, and send them&#xD;&#xA;   offsite for storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The above practices have worked out for us pretty well in the past.  We did migrate over to a totally different tape technology a couple years ago, and it was a bit of work to move the data across, but it really wasn't a big deal.  In TSM it was literally one command per server worth of archives, and it would run.  Might take a couple days to run, but it was not an active work effort for anyone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The wave of the future is obviously disk based storage though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As soon as the opportunity comes along, I will be collocating a disk array in a secure storage facility and copying long term audit type archives to a device like that." />
  <row Id="19168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10636" RevisionGUID="867b2a2f-4484-43b7-94e7-47e98f0431c0" CreationDate="2009-05-21T03:21:46.823" UserId="3254" Text="As you've already presumed this isn't a VMware question, but is a SAN question.  TR-3428, and it's VDI cousin TR-3705 do a great job outlining a VMware implementation on a NetApp SAN.  These docs are of debatable use on a non netapp SAN. As they fail to account for any strengths/shortcomings of your SAN. Having said that my views on the matter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many reasons to break up your data stores.  The most prevalent reason on ESX3.5 is without a doubt locking.  Some choose to have OS/Boot data stores, and application data stores, but I've found any performance boost this may offer to be negligible.  I have seen real performance boost by segregating the temp data from the OS onto a separate data store, but for this technique to be viable you must redirect to a high performance data store.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the end I reverted back to one vmdk per vm, and handle exceptions.  I did this for two reasons, One I found the *best practice* implementation was far too complicated.  Not only was it a bear to set up, but often the system SA would screw up negating any possible gain. Often introducing a drag on the vm's performance.  Two, with sVMotion today, this really just isn't as important as it once was.  Previously, you needed to know all the answers.  nowadays, just take a swing if you like the results keep going in that direction.  VM's are narley animals and no two virtual infrastructures look alike.  Therefor *best practices* are of limited use. trial and error will ultimately leave you with the best solution in your environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All that being said, I do use NetApp over NFS (with dedupe(IN PRODUCTION)), and run a 600GB datastore that I average 60 vm's on.... For me, the consolidation ratios NFS offered outweighed the performance hit.  The few (less that 10) VM's I manage that demand more than NFS can offer sit on a ISCSI datastore (250GB).  " />
  <row Id="19169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10637" RevisionGUID="d1321853-d13e-43c8-83f6-3b9b546ac9ca" CreationDate="2009-05-21T03:23:41.610" UserId="919" Text="There's two ways of benchmarking batteries: filling it to full and timing how long it takes to fail, and trusting/verifying what ACPI report. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect you're asking for the former. What you might do is grab a clock, turn off battery settings and let it drain under some workload. When it fails, stop the clock and there you go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;GNOME does the latter, you can bring it up under battery properties. They keep a record of ACPI reported charge and battery life and the rate at which this changes during discharge time. What you end up with is a good prediction of history in the middle, with less confidence of the prediction at the end because you don't often run a laptop to dead, and when you do, disk writes become dicey. The end near 100 percent decline is also unreliable, for reasons I'll explain next.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One caveat to modern laptop batteries: their performance degrades over time. My laptop battery that lasted 4 hours when new lasts 30 minutes at best now. I'd be interested to see anyone who has data on &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; a battery declines over time and use. Every time your battery charges to full, it goes to a slightly lower voltage / capacity, and that's why you don't have good confidence at the top end; you visit it every time you unplug and every time is different.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But let me caution you against the drain-to-failure approach. What you really care about is how it will perform in some future situation. Will you be able to watch two movies on your flight? Or take notes in this meeting, etc. In that situation, you don't care about the extra 1 percent you might get by skipping hibernate at critical battery life; you care about the integrity of your work. Just take the system off AC, do your job, let it hibernate when it normally would and check the clock." />
  <row Id="19170" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10638" RevisionGUID="d7b2134b-cff5-4188-957c-fe591039effc" CreationDate="2009-05-21T03:27:44.673" UserId="919" Text="Amazon EC2 is running in a VM controlled by Amazon. They have read and write access to all your memory. Do you really think that's much more sophisticated than sniffing the network traffic they have access to?" />
  <row Id="19171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10639" RevisionGUID="c8a73a6b-ff19-41fc-8b2f-d9ca3215cea4" CreationDate="2009-05-21T03:37:36.947" UserId="3254" Text="The risks for VMware Server are too great!  Server is a hosted virtulization solution, and as such is at the whim of the guest OS.  Even being the VMware fanboy I am. I would rather see you go with a VMware competitor then rely on server.  VMware server is FANTASTIC, but like VMware workstation or virtual server 2005... if the host OS has issues All your VM's have issues.  With Hyper-V/Xen/ESXi all being free... use a real hypervisor!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;looks like all your looking for is consolidation, and in the free space their is little difference.  Use the vendor your most comfortable with, but use a real hypervisor.  With bare metal virtulization (from any vendor) I would put the impact at nill.  If anything your app will perform better due to improved flexibility." />
  <row Id="19172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10640" RevisionGUID="a26793dd-9db5-4128-b023-d26eb9bd2ab4" CreationDate="2009-05-21T03:53:41.487" UserId="2423" Text="I know that this question has already been asked here&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://serverfault.com/questions/948/how-to-prepare-for-changing-upgrading-a-motherboard&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; but the author didn't have a specific problem, and I do, so I'm hoping this counts as &quot;different enough&quot; to be its own question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(and this KB is not helpful: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922976)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Problem: &#xD;&#xA;I swapped motherboards on a desktop with a dead motherboard. Boards are nearly identical (same chipset, front side bus, and pretty much everything else) but SATA controllers are different. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Vista won't boot, it gives me the error referenced in the above KB article. However, since I can't boot into windows at all, the instructions are not helpful. I have tried the bios in both AHCI and SATA modes already.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is the error, &quot;STOP 0x0000007B&quot; which, on XP, could be easily fixed with a repair install. However, as I've found from trying to boot from a Vista DVD with SP1 slipstream, (and also, sorry to admit it, from reading a post on EE), Vista does not allow you to run an upgrade install from the CD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, how do I go about fixing this problem? Anybody ever done it successfully?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19173" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10640" RevisionGUID="a26793dd-9db5-4128-b023-d26eb9bd2ab4" CreationDate="2009-05-21T03:53:41.487" UserId="2423" Text="Error Upgrading motherboard on Vista PC" />
  <row Id="19174" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10640" RevisionGUID="a26793dd-9db5-4128-b023-d26eb9bd2ab4" CreationDate="2009-05-21T03:53:41.487" UserId="2423" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;repair&gt;&lt;motherboard&gt;&lt;replacement&gt;" />
  <row Id="19175" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10641" RevisionGUID="d3436c18-64a7-4b4e-afdd-e24e35393d16" CreationDate="2009-05-21T03:56:25.630" UserId="6105" Text="Any recommendations of Windows software I can use to accomplish simulating poor internet connections for the purposes of testing a web application?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Note**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've heard of Linux network kernel modules that provide this kind of poor connection simulations but I need something for Windows." />
  <row Id="19176" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10641" RevisionGUID="d3436c18-64a7-4b4e-afdd-e24e35393d16" CreationDate="2009-05-21T03:56:25.630" UserId="6105" Text="Desktop network throttling for simulating bad connections to web applications on Windows" />
  <row Id="19177" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10641" RevisionGUID="d3436c18-64a7-4b4e-afdd-e24e35393d16" CreationDate="2009-05-21T03:56:25.630" UserId="6105" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;testing&gt;&lt;browsers&gt;" />
  <row Id="19178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10642" RevisionGUID="084e5ced-9607-4962-b0d1-28bbf074e95e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T04:01:04.717" UserId="6105" Text="I've heard of applications on Mac that can be used to launch certain programs depending on the Network location.  I'm looking for an application that can accomplish this on Windows or Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One use case is I want to launch synergy with the correct configuration automatically depending on where I am.  And possibly launch certain applications when I get to work or something.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="19179" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10642" RevisionGUID="084e5ced-9607-4962-b0d1-28bbf074e95e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T04:01:04.717" UserId="6105" Text="Network Location Awareness Applications for Windows or Mac" />
  <row Id="19180" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10642" RevisionGUID="084e5ced-9607-4962-b0d1-28bbf074e95e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T04:01:04.717" UserId="6105" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;software&gt;&lt;automation&gt;" />
  <row Id="19181" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9830" RevisionGUID="8b2f21b9-5d30-42fe-a1ed-554da1ee429b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T04:01:30.317" UserId="1466" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="I have just begun playing around with **virtualbox**, which is extremely easy to use, and much more lightweight than VMWare.  However, it lacks the ability to auto-start virtual machines on boot - so if that is a dealbreaker for you, perhaps this isn't the best option." />
  <row Id="19182" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10643" RevisionGUID="6c504b69-5093-4dff-99fb-9c02c6e756c2" CreationDate="2009-05-21T04:07:57.167" UserId="2120" Text="Depending on the application and level of security required, biometrics can have a literally fatal flaw.  Let's pretend that the bad guys really want whatever's protected by the security system, and are willing to kidnap and/or kill someone to get it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Is OS authentication more secure by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; using fingerprint reader than a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (strong) password? Can that be hacked&#xD;&#xA;&gt; easily?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, it's pretty easy to hack off a finger from an authorized person and use that to pass the fingerprint reader.  Or, the bad guys may put the person under duress and force them to put their finger on the scanner.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, a password system can be set up with one password to give access, and another &quot;duress&quot; password to not only deny access, but also call for help if it's entered.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I don't work on any system that's so important that I'd want to lose a finger over it.  If someone wants in badly enough, I don't even want them to be *tempted* to take my finger..." />
  <row Id="19183" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10644" RevisionGUID="f28ad77d-3db7-4e6a-9111-c881556071b1" CreationDate="2009-05-21T04:14:13.020" UserId="3251" Text="Make sure you aren't setting the virtual memory size on your app pool.  If you set this value to a number outside of the allowable range, it will revert to 512MB.  See [KB923197][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also note that if you are running an ASP.Net application, ASP.Net will recycle the pool at 60% of the 2GB memory limit, or 1.2 GB.  This isn't your ~500 scenario, but on 32 bit apppools with large memory usage, we sometimes tweek this to get a little more memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;system.web&gt; &#xD;&#xA;      &lt;processModel memoryLimit=&quot;80&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/system.web&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/923197" />
  <row Id="19184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10645" RevisionGUID="92e3c52d-fc4c-4ffc-94ad-1a162ed16dcd" CreationDate="2009-05-21T04:17:49.753" UserId="2467" Text="Has anyone used both of these? Is one clearly superior to the other? I notice they are the same price. Any pros and cons?" />
  <row Id="19185" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10645" RevisionGUID="92e3c52d-fc4c-4ffc-94ad-1a162ed16dcd" CreationDate="2009-05-21T04:17:49.753" UserId="2467" Text="Parallels vs Vmware Fusion for running Windows on Mac" />
  <row Id="19186" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10645" RevisionGUID="92e3c52d-fc4c-4ffc-94ad-1a162ed16dcd" CreationDate="2009-05-21T04:17:49.753" UserId="2467" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="19187" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10646" RevisionGUID="60035bc0-d49f-4cee-907f-c8a5f4b56f8d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T04:22:59.697" UserId="984" Text="From the duplicate question [NetLimiter][1] seems like Windows option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://netlimiter.com/" />
  <row Id="19188" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10646" RevisionGUID="60035bc0-d49f-4cee-907f-c8a5f4b56f8d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T04:22:59.697" UserId="984" />
  <row Id="19189" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10647" RevisionGUID="e9c3b089-5f8a-4c98-8253-35a7ff26285f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T04:26:43.947" UserId="984" Text="I have used both a little.  If you are using Vmware on your servers, then creating Vmware VMs is a useful advantage.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19190" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10648" RevisionGUID="5133a9ce-921c-4578-9f68-82964a38a92e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T04:40:21.377" UserId="2809" Text="I've used each and currently use Parallels.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Originally I went with Parallels since it was the first. Then I switched to VMWare since it *used* to have the better memory management. And now I use Parallels again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VMWare tends to be more polished and have fewer annoyance bugs but, currently, Parallels is faster (I think I read 20%) and has better memory management. I run Windows Server 2008 as a workstation and primarily do software development with Visual Studio in there. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did notice a big improvement when I switched to Parallels, but I also switched to Windows Server 2008 from Vista at the same time. YMMV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW, no matter which product you go with, RAM is the most important resource. Try and get at least 4gigs in your Mac and allocate around 1.5 to 2 gigs to Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, avoid using the 3D acceleration in either product unless you know you need it. I've had tons of issues with it..." />
  <row Id="19191" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10649" RevisionGUID="9a9a75a4-1206-4ee0-b8ee-5f17e78bb9f7" CreationDate="2009-05-21T03:41:02.453" Text="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to get a Virtual Instance of Windows 2008 R2 running from my Laptop.  My laptop has a 64 bit processor and is running 32 Bit Windows XP.  I have Hardware D.E.P and Hardware Virtualization (though I don't really know what these mean).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried Virtual PC but it cannot run a 64 bit guest OS.  I tried the free VMWare Server, but it does not work from Windows XP.  (I tried several different install configurations before giving up on that one).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I am down to Hyper V Server.  Can it run on a 64 bit processor that has a host os that is 32 bit?  Does anyone know a way to get a virtual instance of Windows 2008 R2 (on XP) by a different way?  (Preferably free or using Microsoft Products.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for any answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19192" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10649" RevisionGUID="9a9a75a4-1206-4ee0-b8ee-5f17e78bb9f7" CreationDate="2009-05-21T03:41:02.453" Text="Can Hyper-V Server run on Windows XP 32-bit with a 64-bit processor" />
  <row Id="19193" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10649" RevisionGUID="9a9a75a4-1206-4ee0-b8ee-5f17e78bb9f7" CreationDate="2009-05-21T03:41:02.453" Text="&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;64bit&gt;&lt;32bit&gt;" />
  <row Id="19194" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10650" RevisionGUID="bfcb94df-dadb-496a-9705-f9e3809e2d0c" CreationDate="2009-05-21T03:43:55.113" Text="&lt;p&gt;Not possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10651" RevisionGUID="01bbb0ef-2be1-4d15-9807-67282573fbda" CreationDate="2009-05-21T03:46:37.737" Text="&lt;p&gt;No.  They hypervisor that runs the guest OS runs on top of the host OS.  You can't have a 64-bit guest OS running on top of a 32-bit host OS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10652" RevisionGUID="d301749b-2873-4e89-9aac-15bc810d1388" CreationDate="2009-05-21T04:00:05.703" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hyper-V is Windows 2008 server feature only and there is no 32-bit version of 2008 server so you won't be able to do what you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10653" RevisionGUID="1610a96d-13c4-4d35-87ef-96bb3f3a1107" CreationDate="2009-05-21T04:23:51.050" UserId="2526" Text="&lt;p&gt;As JP has said you can't have a 64-bit guest OS running on top of a 32-bit host OS with Hyper-V, however this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.adopenstatic.com/cs/blogs/ken/archive/2007/05/01/4486.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;blog post&lt;/a&gt; seems to suggest that it is possible using VMWare.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One suggestion if you really want to get a Hyper-V Server is perhaps to go the ther way, ie. setup Hyper-V Server as your host and then create a VM with Windows XP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: As &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/datacenter/?p=258&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; suggests (in the title only) using another machine or dual-booting may be your only options, after all testing a Virtaul Machine 'Server' inside another Virtual Machine does sound a bit odd...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19198" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10654" RevisionGUID="0ba88bd3-6243-423b-b2b0-eaff73d32cb9" CreationDate="2009-05-21T04:32:36.563" UserId="43" Text="&lt;p&gt;Well for a start HyperV is a server 2008 role, and so will not run on XP at all. The bare metal version still becomes the core OS, and isn't hosted by a guest OS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;VMWare workstation will host 64bit guests on a 32bit OS though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19199" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10655" RevisionGUID="6945d58f-b503-447a-8381-b5ac86d7ac00" CreationDate="2009-05-21T04:49:02.950" UserId="2330" Text="Stupid suggestion, but is it possible that the transfer is not happening over the LAN but is actually going out over the internet?  How are you connecting between the machines?  I ask because your symptoms sound similar to those discussed in a recent episode of DotNetRocks.  See the [transcript of the solution][1] start reading at:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **Carl Franklin:**   Yeah.  The Brain Buster, we wanted people to send in their suggestions or the answers they think, to what happened. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dotnetrocks.com/text/0445/index2.html" />
  <row Id="19200" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10656" RevisionGUID="c44b4c3f-973c-4a61-81f8-9f0b582d402e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T04:53:07.717" UserId="32988" Text="Two EMC Centera installations (mirrored from different locations). It costs big dollars, but it works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.emc.com/products/family/emc-centera-family.htm&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19201" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10645" RevisionGUID="c1323581-d976-4489-9406-ef1f4426abd2" CreationDate="2009-05-21T05:03:06.293" UserId="1233" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="19202" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10657" RevisionGUID="99228b0f-16f3-45c1-84dd-cc3338cd2e7b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T05:21:29.140" UserId="3264" Text="There's a PowerShell script on MSDN whose source has examples of how to call into WIMGAPI APIs from C# or any other .NET language:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;code.msdn.microsoft.com/InstallWindowsImage&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps that might be a useful example to you?  (This particular script embeds C# code in it, loads the code using the PowerShell built-in Add-Path, and then calls into the C# code from the native PowerShell scripting.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're looking for more of a function-by-function reference, MSDN does have official details about the publicly exposed APIs in wimgapi.dll:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd834950.aspx" />
  <row Id="19204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10659" RevisionGUID="de75da9d-0a55-4cd6-a2b0-2067c055ee39" CreationDate="2009-05-21T05:36:57.723" UserId="1435" Text="Just curious, I'm pretty lucky that I get a fair budget but I'm interested in which makes/models of servers you guys would buy if you had the funds to pick what you like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm also interested in why you'd have that make/model and if you don't get to have that now why not - is it JUST budget or is there something else getting in the way? Thanks." />
  <row Id="19205" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10659" RevisionGUID="de75da9d-0a55-4cd6-a2b0-2067c055ee39" CreationDate="2009-05-21T05:36:57.723" UserId="1435" Text="If money was no object which servers would you buy?" />
  <row Id="19206" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10659" RevisionGUID="de75da9d-0a55-4cd6-a2b0-2067c055ee39" CreationDate="2009-05-21T05:36:57.723" UserId="1435" Text="&lt;servers&gt;&lt;budget&gt;" />
  <row Id="19207" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10659" RevisionGUID="de75da9d-0a55-4cd6-a2b0-2067c055ee39" CreationDate="2009-05-21T05:36:57.723" UserId="1435" />
  <row Id="19208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10660" RevisionGUID="566c4c73-8ccf-4831-b489-70793a781f5b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T05:44:23.260" UserId="301" Text="Sun hardware all the way. Their kit is rock solid, and with unlimited fund you can have a site wide, no questions asked, service contract" />
  <row Id="19209" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10660" RevisionGUID="566c4c73-8ccf-4831-b489-70793a781f5b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T05:44:23.260" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="19210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10661" RevisionGUID="aad839ae-7a1a-4950-8738-53ca38c55e1d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T05:49:47.743" UserId="671" Text="The one that will require the least resources over its useful life.  Things I look for in my servers include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Redundancy** - RAID, redundant power supplies.  Redundancy helps reduce downtime, which saves money.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Availability** - Hot swappable components, can handle a failure gracefully (i.e. keep running).  This also helps reduce downtime, and saves money and headaches.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Warranty** - How fast will my vendor respond if something blows up?  Saves me time and money having to keep lots of spare parts around if they will diagnose and repair the system for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Speed** - CPU clock speed, RAM response times, hard drive speed (both RPM and seek/read times), faster is usually better, but not always.  Faster processing means less hardware needed for the same job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Efficiency** - Fans that only spin as fast as necessary to keep the system cool, etc.  Saves electricity and related costs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Expandability** - Can I upgrade components (memory, hard drives, etc.) easily?  Keeps me from having to constantly replace systems with entirely new ones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Size** - Light enough to move around on my own, but not so small that it can't be upgraded or becomes a pain to work on.  Allows me to move them around without help, saving my time and opportunity cost for whoever would have had to help me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently we standardize on the Dell PowerEdge 2950 platform because it offers a great mix of the considerations above for our purposes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your ideal server will vary depending on what you plan to use it for.  Bigger and faster is not always better depending on your use case." />
  <row Id="19211" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10661" RevisionGUID="aad839ae-7a1a-4950-8738-53ca38c55e1d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T05:49:47.743" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="19212" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10662" RevisionGUID="acdb4ffb-e792-42e9-8d43-009adb6a2f0d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T06:13:41.440" UserId="123" Text="I am looking to deploy an internal wiki at work and im looking for a wiki that has a easy to use interface and WYSIWYG editor (For the people who cant find the start menu in vista :) )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both free and paid are welcome" />
  <row Id="19213" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10662" RevisionGUID="acdb4ffb-e792-42e9-8d43-009adb6a2f0d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T06:13:41.440" UserId="123" Text="Good internal wiki software" />
  <row Id="19214" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10662" RevisionGUID="acdb4ffb-e792-42e9-8d43-009adb6a2f0d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T06:13:41.440" UserId="123" Text="&lt;wiki&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="19215" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10663" RevisionGUID="71d1c0a3-48b0-4400-a11a-38351787f0e7" CreationDate="2009-05-21T06:18:01.413" UserId="2526" Text="A relatively cheap option would be to purchase a [USB/GSM Modem][1] that you can insert a SIM card into and then just write a program/service to read inbound SMS and send an email as suggested here: [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/115361/what-is-the-best-way-to-handle-incoming-sms-messages/647930#647930][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/search?q=usb+gsm+modem&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/115361/what-is-the-best-way-to-handle-incoming-sms-messages/647930#647930" />
  <row Id="19216" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10664" RevisionGUID="c69b8e55-191d-4ff5-bb0a-1178a34eb6b7" CreationDate="2009-05-21T06:24:04.053" UserId="1605" Text="I can't connect to Hamachi today, anyone has the same problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The hamachi connection before today was OK" />
  <row Id="19217" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10664" RevisionGUID="c69b8e55-191d-4ff5-bb0a-1178a34eb6b7" CreationDate="2009-05-21T06:24:04.053" UserId="1605" Text=" Cannot connect to Hamachi today" />
  <row Id="19218" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10664" RevisionGUID="c69b8e55-191d-4ff5-bb0a-1178a34eb6b7" CreationDate="2009-05-21T06:24:04.053" UserId="1605" Text="&lt;hamachi&gt;" />
  <row Id="19219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10665" RevisionGUID="66070ea2-1cce-4cff-90e2-2659f430be04" CreationDate="2009-05-21T06:25:16.500" UserId="3123" Text="We have successfully used Open Wiki : http://www.openwiki.com/" />
  <row Id="19220" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10666" RevisionGUID="688af8b6-8a57-4875-b1f7-a138b1cbacbc" CreationDate="2009-05-21T06:28:44.887" UserId="1837" Text="If you're using the older IPSec Cisco VPN Client, you can use `%ProgramFiles%\Cisco Systems\VPN Client\vpnclient.exe` (or `vpnclient` on Linux, etc.):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Usage:&#xD;&#xA;     vpnclient connect &lt;profile&gt; [user &lt;username&gt;] [eraseuserpwd | pwd &lt;password&gt;]&#xD;&#xA;                                 [nocertpwd] [cliauth] [stdin] [sd]&#xD;&#xA;     vpnclient disconnect&#xD;&#xA;     vpnclient stat [reset] [traffic] [tunnel] [route] [firewall] [repeat]&#xD;&#xA;     vpnclient notify&#xD;&#xA;     vpnclient verify [autoinitconfig]&#xD;&#xA;     vpnclient suspendfw&#xD;&#xA;     vpnclient resumefw" />
  <row Id="19221" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10667" RevisionGUID="58fec809-1386-4162-9975-ee4828163bd3" CreationDate="2009-05-21T06:32:50.917" UserId="984" Text="[Dekiwiki][1] is pretty nice.  We use it for our Intranet and our users seem to love it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://developer.mindtouch.com/" />
  <row Id="19222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10668" RevisionGUID="8b487595-9bc2-4867-b44f-c42df944cb1e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T06:33:02.477" UserId="2513" Text="We have one we use internally at work which I believe is based on [Tikiwiki][1].  There are literally hundreds out there and most are free.  Tikiwiki and Mediawiki seem like good choices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tikiwiki is very well supported and has very recent releases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tikiwiki.org" />
  <row Id="19223" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10669" RevisionGUID="9d092966-d2b2-4c4d-b019-06c77ade256e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T06:33:32.257" UserId="671" Text="This is not really the appropriate forum for such a question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See: http://community.logmein.com/logmein/board?board.id=11" />
  <row Id="19224" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10670" RevisionGUID="38245a77-87fd-4158-97a1-7dc9aa6e656a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T06:38:46.520" UserId="703" Text="We successfully use Mediawiki internally and i believe there's a way of replacing the normal editor with FCKEditor for WYSIWYG editing." />
  <row Id="19225" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10670" RevisionGUID="4df368ce-0ab2-46d8-acf4-83556080df31" CreationDate="2009-05-21T06:46:00.390" UserId="703" Comment="added 140 characters in body" Text="We successfully use Mediawiki internally and there's a way of replacing the normal editor with FCKEditor for WYSIWYG editing at [http://mediawiki.fckeditor.net][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not to mention a range of other extensions which may be useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mediawiki.fckeditor.net/" />
  <row Id="19226" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10671" RevisionGUID="aa7093f7-738f-4bc3-92c5-23f9eec03b4b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T06:49:47.373" UserId="2302" Text="It's easy enough to get a pptp client going on a Ubuntu 9.04 desktop: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo apt-get install network-manager-pptp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I can't seem to find documentation find a corresponding L2TP client to connect to our Windows VPN server at work remotely.  I have a certificate from our offline CA (pkcs12 format with the public/private keys + CA public cert in one file), and in Windows I'd simply install via the MMC certificates snap-in, choose L2TP connection in the native client, and I'd be good to go.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have any ideas about setting up L2TP in Ubuntu?  Or should I just use PPTP -- my understanding is that it's much less secure than L2TP, but is that still true?  Will I need to ensure EAP authentication if I do stick with PPTP?  Thanks in advance." />
  <row Id="19227" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10671" RevisionGUID="aa7093f7-738f-4bc3-92c5-23f9eec03b4b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T06:49:47.373" UserId="2302" Text="L2TP client for Ubuntu Jaunty" />
  <row Id="19228" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10671" RevisionGUID="aa7093f7-738f-4bc3-92c5-23f9eec03b4b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T06:49:47.373" UserId="2302" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;l2tp&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;pptp&gt;" />
  <row Id="19229" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9156" RevisionGUID="6129d0ab-1d0f-4c07-b92f-424e4180ec37" CreationDate="2009-05-21T06:55:09.733" UserId="2781" Comment="Added some diagnostics" Text="I have a laptop which has &quot;recently&quot; turned into the proverbial baby, and refuses to sleep through the night, or for that matter, through some days. I'm a little lost when it comes to trying to debug what is causing it to wake for no apparent reason.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;EDIT:&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Powercfg tells me:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\&gt;powercfg -lastwake&#xD;&#xA;    Wake History Count - 1&#xD;&#xA;    Wake History [0]&#xD;&#xA;      Wake Source Count - 1&#xD;&#xA;      Wake Source [0]&#xD;&#xA;        Type: Fixed Feature&#xD;&#xA;        Timer Expired (RTC)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So it appears *something* is set an alert to wake the system up? But how would I find out what?" />
  <row Id="19230" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10307" RevisionGUID="281ec237-9686-44aa-b1d2-a0f9b96be403" CreationDate="2009-05-21T06:56:50.260" UserId="2781" Comment="added 107 characters in body" Text="Windows comes with a tool to migrate settings from previous versions, in XP, it is called &quot;Files and Settings Transfer Wizard&quot;, although I believe it has changed name since. Of course, if you're enrolled in a Windows domain, then you could set your user to have a roaming profile." />
  <row Id="19231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10672" RevisionGUID="f34f183e-1401-4dc9-9524-5feddd9162cc" CreationDate="2009-05-21T06:59:49.333" UserId="984" Text="I can't tell you much, here is the a package for doing [l2tp][1] and here is a [howto][2] that make be able to help you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/xl2tpd&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.jacco2.dds.nl/networking/freeswan-l2tp.html" />
  <row Id="19232" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10673" RevisionGUID="956365c9-8729-4027-8250-ab797f3e044e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T07:01:17.113" UserId="2649" Text="We have been using [Atlassian's Confluence][1], for about two years now.  It has been great, they have other tools that integrate with it.  It does cost money, but it isn't that much and they even have a hosted option so that you don't need to deal with administration.  Confluence also has a built in WYSIWYG editor and has import/export to Word documents and export to PDFs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the big benefits is  that there is a right 3rd party ecosystem for it and many new plugins and features are available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/ &quot;Atlassian's Confluence&quot;" />
  <row Id="19233" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10674" RevisionGUID="04eb97f7-3793-4f58-860b-3b24f945e658" CreationDate="2009-05-21T07:07:17.570" UserId="58" Text="Hi folks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to figure out how many bots (even if it's just one type of bot) that hits our site, on a daily, weekly and monthly average?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;we have the standard IIS6 web site logs in lots of files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any tricks or recommendations?" />
  <row Id="19234" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10674" RevisionGUID="04eb97f7-3793-4f58-860b-3b24f945e658" CreationDate="2009-05-21T07:07:17.570" UserId="58" Text="Is there any way to find out how many hits you receive from bots, on an IIS6 site?" />
  <row Id="19235" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10674" RevisionGUID="04eb97f7-3793-4f58-860b-3b24f945e658" CreationDate="2009-05-21T07:07:17.570" UserId="58" Text="&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;spider&gt;&lt;bots&gt;" />
  <row Id="19236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10675" RevisionGUID="65773552-f699-4bc8-ad2e-a4a1e3dd9f53" CreationDate="2009-05-21T07:16:25.120" UserId="2649" Text="You could also look at a solution like [Data Domain (now NetApp)][1].  They archive and do advanced compression that they call [DeDupe][2] whereby they look for similar chucks of data and get very high compression ratios.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What sort of data are you trying to back up?  Is it all &quot;random&quot; data like video or music?  Or is it data that might lend itself to compression?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.datadomain.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://forms.datadomain.com/go/datadomain/WS_WP_DCS" />
  <row Id="19237" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10676" RevisionGUID="5c427ac7-4c02-43a2-b97f-6fab4208a8cb" CreationDate="2009-05-21T07:23:39.987" UserId="816" Text="Have a look at [WikiMatrix][1], where you can compare them all by [answering a few questions][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wikimatrix.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.wikimatrix.org/wizard.php" />
  <row Id="19238" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10677" RevisionGUID="e8f523dc-3b44-45b0-8347-bf3d7c120934" CreationDate="2009-05-21T07:25:34.257" UserId="616" Text="Many reporting packages can report on this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For instance, [Awstats][1] says&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; AWStats is able to detect robots&#xD;&#xA;&gt; visits.[...] &quot;Robots visitors&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; are reported separately in the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;Robots/Spiders visitors&quot; chart.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/index.html" />
  <row Id="19239" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10678" RevisionGUID="04ee9847-cf4f-4037-bf29-db514a6f4ffa" CreationDate="2009-05-21T07:28:17.170" UserId="3156" Text="If you need good, easy to configure encryption, I recommend OpenVPN.  It's easy to get set up, and is pretty rock solid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, unless you are dealing with some sort of regulations, or are just paranoid, you probably don't need the encryption, since your instances can only talk to your other instances, and no one else can talk to them.  You can even separate your own instances if need be." />
  <row Id="19240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10679" RevisionGUID="a43a72ec-509d-41dc-b18e-26220660fcdc" CreationDate="2009-05-21T07:32:10.330" UserId="408" Text="We use [link Screw Turn][1] wiki which is just about to have a new release which will support WISIWIG editing and markup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.screwturn.eu/" />
  <row Id="19241" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10680" RevisionGUID="bca209ec-9445-4618-a9ea-9a22c284c632" CreationDate="2009-05-21T07:32:58.673" UserId="2299" Text="You don't say if it has to be a Linux app. If you can use Windows then Advanced IP Scanner (http://www.radmin.com/products/utilities/ipscanner.php) is free and works very well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John Rennie&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19242" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10681" RevisionGUID="11ca2359-4cc9-442c-b389-e6845d7c864b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T07:35:05.563" UserId="408" Text="There are currently many different public address books (one for each site) in out outlook web access. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way for the user to set a different default address book for themselves to save them scrolling through the long list of sites?" />
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  <row Id="19244" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10681" RevisionGUID="11ca2359-4cc9-442c-b389-e6845d7c864b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T07:35:05.563" UserId="408" Text="&lt;owa&gt;&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;user-settings&gt;" />
  <row Id="19245" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10674" RevisionGUID="5d405785-616c-4901-b5d1-b0f4fcd0eed2" CreationDate="2009-05-21T07:35:15.080" UserId="58" Comment="Added Update." Text="Hi folks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to figure out how many bots (even if it's just one type of bot) that hits our site, on a daily, weekly and monthly average?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;we have the standard IIS6 web site logs in lots of files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any tricks or recommendations?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;###Update&#xD;&#xA;Program needs to be .NET based. No php or extra ugly packages, please. Free would be a bonus." />
  <row Id="19246" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10682" RevisionGUID="a7d8a92d-41d0-49d8-ae0b-89f59dbc3fb4" CreationDate="2009-05-21T07:45:01.347" UserId="1605" Text="I remote desktop into a remote computer, and want to restart it from inside. When that remote computer comes back to life, can I still log into it? I will lose the previous session, for sure, but can I still log into it?" />
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  <row Id="19248" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10682" RevisionGUID="a7d8a92d-41d0-49d8-ae0b-89f59dbc3fb4" CreationDate="2009-05-21T07:45:01.347" UserId="1605" Text="&lt;remote-desktop&gt;" />
  <row Id="19249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10683" RevisionGUID="610d21b9-85d1-42a8-b3a8-0aa265cf26d5" CreationDate="2009-05-21T07:45:24.297" UserId="2233" Text="Windows SharePoint Services has a wiki feature with an easy to use interface and a WYSIWYG editor.  It's provided as a free download for Windows Server. " />
  <row Id="19250" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10684" RevisionGUID="f0f2d303-adfa-4073-aeaf-5979445f5196" CreationDate="2009-05-21T07:47:29.487" UserId="2711" Text="Short answer, given the details you have provided: Yes." />
  <row Id="19251" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10685" RevisionGUID="f38674b4-7173-4304-bb0f-31e0646de33b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T07:49:16.067" UserId="2513" Text="Assuming it comes back up okay and gets back on the network, yes, of course you could get back into it." />
  <row Id="19252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10686" RevisionGUID="1be6cdb2-a727-4ea4-bddc-6a249cfebbc6" CreationDate="2009-05-21T07:52:21.753" UserId="3268" Text="I set up BIND DNS which hosts our domain, and I also use it for internal DNS. I set up different views for internal and external hosts and it works OK.&#xD;&#xA;My question is which is the best webinterface to manage the BIND server, which will allow me to use views in the named.config ?&#xD;&#xA;I have tried MyDNS, SMBIND and ProBIND but none seems to do exactly what I wanted." />
  <row Id="19253" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10686" RevisionGUID="1be6cdb2-a727-4ea4-bddc-6a249cfebbc6" CreationDate="2009-05-21T07:52:21.753" UserId="3268" Text="What is the best webinterface to manage BIND?" />
  <row Id="19254" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10686" RevisionGUID="1be6cdb2-a727-4ea4-bddc-6a249cfebbc6" CreationDate="2009-05-21T07:52:21.753" UserId="3268" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;bind&gt;&lt;management&gt;" />
  <row Id="19255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10687" RevisionGUID="2e3663b7-90bd-411b-83f4-e7ef6c3bf59f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T07:53:37.027" UserId="1584" Text="In the *Features View* for the site or virtual directory you want this to apply to, look for the **Handler Mappings** icon in the lower *IIS* section.  Double click that to get into the actual list of handlers currently mapped.  You should theoretically see existing entries for things like *.aspx.  Double click the *.aspx one and use it as an example to create a new mapping for *.html.  The **Add Script Map** in the right hand pane is what you should use for this particular entry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also do this in the web.config file directly.  But it's probably easier to just do it via the GUI first and then look at the resulting web.config file to see what changes were actually made." />
  <row Id="19256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10688" RevisionGUID="e2be0843-c8a9-4c18-87dd-09dafe61c2f5" CreationDate="2009-05-21T07:56:57.893" UserId="2513" Text="Here is an entire list of web frontend GUI's for BIND. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Without knowing exactly what you want, I cannot recommend one specifically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[BIND GUI's][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.debianadmin.com/bind-dns-server-web-interfacefrontend-or-gui-tools.html" />
  <row Id="19257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10689" RevisionGUID="fa429d16-534c-4992-b2ce-28c19118771c" CreationDate="2009-05-21T07:59:21.383" UserId="2299" Text="You don't say what your own skillbase is. Assuming your company is similar to other SMEs I've seen, the most important issue is your network support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With ten users the obvious choice would be MS Small Business Server. It's a bargain given what's included, and SBS support skills are widely available. However I wouldn't advise trying to install this on your your own unless you're already experienced with SBS 2003/Windows Server. In your place I would go to an experienced network guy and get a support contract at least for the first year while you get comfortable with the setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Re hardware, the obvious choice is between Dell and HP, and I don't think there is much to choose between them. I'm a long term Dell user, and right now I think the Poweredge 2950 is the best value for money/performance option out there. However if you do go with an external firm ask them to advise you as they'll have preferred hardware that they know well. If you do go with Dell get a Silver support contract. 4 hour response may seem a luxury until you run into a hardware problem on a busy day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other comments: terminal services is very popular these days, so if budget permits get a server to act as a TS server. Also, maybe it's a luxury, but it's nice to have a Terastation (or other NAS) that you can put in a cupboard where hopefully any thieves won't find it. Where available I not only replicate the data to a Terastation, but I use replication software that keeps deleted and updated files indefinitely so it's quite rare that you need to reach for a backup tape.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The &quot;L&quot; word always gets mentioned in these discussions. Like many of us I've used Linux for specialist applications. I don't have the experience with Linux to say how good it is as a &quot;SBS&quot; type server. I would say that if you're considering Linux cost up how much it will be to get an expert to set it up, and make sure that support is available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John Rennie&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="19259" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10690" RevisionGUID="71953019-ae0a-42e1-b6cc-0810f5df50e3" CreationDate="2009-05-21T08:00:46.357" UserId="2513" Text="Here is a pretty good list of known bot user-agents.  I am not familiar with any free web log analytic tools written in .NET, but you could easily parse the logs yourself if all you are looking for are bots.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.user-agents.org][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.user-agents.org/" />
  <row Id="19260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10691" RevisionGUID="ab9434ca-40d4-4c66-acc7-afaf7a72c66b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T08:01:10.300" UserId="3174" Text="You don't mention how the messages are being retrieved, but I have seen this before with Exchange 2007 and IMAP retrieval (though I believe it affects POP3 as well).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have a look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb125264.aspx&quot;&gt;this Technet document&lt;/a&gt;, specifically the &lt;code&gt;ImapMessagesRetrievalMimeFormat&lt;/code&gt; switch.  The documentation is exceedingly vague, but Exchange can force the format of the messages as they are retrieved from the server, either by user (as the link indicates) or on the service itself; in which case you would use the &lt;a href=&quot;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998252.aspx&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;Set-ImapSettings&lt;code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; command, and change the &lt;code&gt;MessageRetrievalMimeFormat&lt;/code&gt; option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The current setting for the &lt;em&gt;service&lt;/em&gt; on your host can either be seen using PowerShell using the following and looking for '&lt;code&gt;MessageRetrievalMimeFormat&lt;/code&gt;':&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Get-ImapSettings | fl&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively you can use the GUI:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Expand 'Server Configuration'&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Expand 'Client Access' &lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Select the server that you want to manage, then the 'POP3 and IMAP' tab&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get the properties of the appropriate connector and examine the 'Retrieval Settings' tab.  The MIME format for the connector in question can be seen/changed in the 'Message MIME format' drop-down box at the top of this box.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A similar thing can be done for individual mailboxes by getting the properties of the mailbox and looking at the 'Mailbox Features' tab.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't tell you what setting is correct for your situation (as the documentation is so vague), but my Exchange 2007 installation has the setting left on 'Best Body Format'." />
  <row Id="19261" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10692" RevisionGUID="8e621398-64cc-4233-97c7-cedb3a250b69" CreationDate="2009-05-21T08:05:40.060" UserId="2299" Text="We use the Windows port SQUID to do this. It's a bugger to configure, but I have a config that I'd be happy to share. I import the logs to SQL Server (actually the free SQL Express) and then generate reports of top ten users, top ten web sites etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQUID is free, but not if you have to pay someone to set it up for. If you're not happy configuring SQUID yourself maybe you'd be best to just buy a copy of ISA Server. This has prebuilt reports that cover most things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use a group policy to set the proxy server on your users' IE. You can also block outbound access to ports 80 and 443 from any addresses but the proxy, though the group policy will catch any but the most determines users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John Rennie&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19262" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10693" RevisionGUID="7f29ed8d-112c-4125-a323-b373a37c41d0" CreationDate="2009-05-21T08:07:13.020" UserId="3268" Text="We tend to build our servers from scratch using SuperMicro mobos. They are stable and reliable and easily customizable. We have full range of servers - from a simple calculators (just a CPU with lots of RAM and 1 HDD) to Virtualization servers including blades and SAN servers. The price is usually lower than the other brands but the quality is on par with them.&#xD;&#xA;In a previous company I had good experience with Dell and will love to use them again.&#xD;&#xA;Very bad experience with Intel server boards - almost all of the ones we used failed for different reasons." />
  <row Id="19263" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10693" RevisionGUID="7f29ed8d-112c-4125-a323-b373a37c41d0" CreationDate="2009-05-21T08:07:13.020" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="19264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10694" RevisionGUID="0bc2116e-8498-4391-9fce-ba2c0f8dae7d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T08:15:45.217" UserId="2711" Text="* Create a Group Policy in the domain.&#xD;&#xA;* Go to Computer Configuration -&gt; Windows Settings -&gt; Security Settings -&gt; Local Policies -&gt; User Rights Assignment&#xD;&#xA;* Edit &quot;Allow log on locally&quot; to contain the groups/users you want to be able to log on.&#xD;&#xA;* Close the GP, and apply it to an OU containing the computers you want to secure." />
  <row Id="19265" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10695" RevisionGUID="ed482192-e059-46a8-8fb6-4f537840a4cf" CreationDate="2009-05-21T08:21:10.743" UserId="2711" Text="If you are dealing with NTFS permissions, *your model will not work*. If you deny everyone access, then allow certain users, the deny will take precedence.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to **remove** the default access, and then allow certain users. Windows NTFS will only allow access if someone has been explicitly granted the rights - you don't need to explicitly deny them if you don't want." />
  <row Id="19266" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10696" RevisionGUID="2a52c74c-e725-4420-a243-6ca42eaeac25" CreationDate="2009-05-21T08:26:22.637" UserId="3039" Text="I use [WebLog Expert][1] when I want to examine our logs. There is a free version (lite) but that doesn't include the scheduler or command line functionality. The software itself runs as a desktop app (either remotely with ability to FTP logs or can be installed on the server), and can output reports in CSV, PDF and HTML.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.weblogexpert.com/" />
  <row Id="19267" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10310" RevisionGUID="f268873f-1c7d-4492-afb5-408cf8d2aac1" CreationDate="2009-05-21T08:39:26.683" UserId="301" Comment="added 198 characters in body" Text="The OSX Finder requires Dav Level 2 support to mount a WebDAV volume read/write. Specifically working LOCK support is required.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd grab [ngrep][1] and check out the traffic. Look for `Dav: 1,2`. Also check out the response to the `OPTIONS` request that OS X asks when it connects&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ngrep.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="19268" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10697" RevisionGUID="486fd4b3-2af1-4289-b10c-7425339742c7" CreationDate="2009-05-21T08:43:09.890" UserId="2413" Text="i'm quite happy user of dokuwiki [please google for it - i cannot add hyperlinks]. in my case it's authenticating users against Active Directory via LDAP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i can see there is WYSIWYG plugin, but i've never used it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19269" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10698" RevisionGUID="4994c99f-3459-4aaf-ac9b-e0ec6c2e11de" CreationDate="2009-05-21T08:48:22.017" UserId="258" Text="And why should I pick one instead of the other?" />
  <row Id="19270" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10698" RevisionGUID="4994c99f-3459-4aaf-ac9b-e0ec6c2e11de" CreationDate="2009-05-21T08:48:22.017" UserId="258" Text="What are the differences between ext3, ext4 , ReiserFS?" />
  <row Id="19271" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10698" RevisionGUID="4994c99f-3459-4aaf-ac9b-e0ec6c2e11de" CreationDate="2009-05-21T08:48:22.017" UserId="258" Text="&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;ext3&gt;&lt;ext4&gt;&lt;reiserfs&gt;" />
  <row Id="19272" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10699" RevisionGUID="2f386f09-500a-4e8f-a21d-8c5d88f38272" CreationDate="2009-05-21T08:56:30.657" UserId="892" Text="This is a long-shot, as I can't think of any way you can stop such scams, but...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anything I can do about scam job postings[1] being posted on various free-ads sites online, claiming to be from the company I work for, and giving an email address at yahoo or gmail or some such?  If I can get full email headers then I can get the email accounts closed at the various free providers, but this is just a game of whack-a-mole which will go on forever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What else can I do (if anything)?  This clearly isn't good for the company name, and given the current economic situation there are a lot of people who will reply to a &quot;job&quot; which says they can get easy money.  And, of course, being the sysadmin you're put with the task of somehow stopping these fake job postings giving people the wrong idea about your company...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1] Looks like cheque/check fraud, getting you to pay it in and then transfer the non-existent money to elsewhere.  Then it gets reversed and you're massively out of pocket." />
  <row Id="19273" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10699" RevisionGUID="2f386f09-500a-4e8f-a21d-8c5d88f38272" CreationDate="2009-05-21T08:56:30.657" UserId="892" Text="Is there any way to prevent scam job postings claiming to be from my company?" />
  <row Id="19274" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10699" RevisionGUID="2f386f09-500a-4e8f-a21d-8c5d88f38272" CreationDate="2009-05-21T08:56:30.657" UserId="892" Text="&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="19275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10700" RevisionGUID="9923cf9b-2058-435f-9313-865427f7f9bc" CreationDate="2009-05-21T08:56:41.453" UserId="2711" Text="ext3 is the standard filesystem used by operating systems based on the linux kernel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ext4 is an &quot;advanced&quot; version of ext3 with various improvements, basically an upgrade to the ext3 format.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ReiserFS is another filesystem common to linux systems, but with some ongoing codebase issues whereby it periodically tries to kill your wife.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ext3 is the most common format." />
  <row Id="19276" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10701" RevisionGUID="4e2a52ed-08cd-44e8-a8cf-6424f6da910b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T08:57:12.513" UserId="2513" Text="Taken from: [Linux Filesystem Primer][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EXT2**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Recommended to move to EXT3&#xD;&#xA; - Not Journaled&#xD;&#xA; - POSIX access control&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EXT2 file system is the predecessor to the EXT3 file system. EXT2 is not journaled, and hence is not recommended any longer (customers should move to EXT3).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EXT3**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Most popular Linux file system,&#xD;&#xA;   limited scalability in size and&#xD;&#xA;   number of files&#xD;&#xA; - Journaled&#xD;&#xA; - POSIX extended access control&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EXT3 file system is a journaled file system that has the greatest use in Linux today. It is the &quot;Linux&quot; File system. It is quite robust and quick, although it does not scale well to large volumes nor a great number of files. Recently a scalability feature was added called htrees, which significantly improved EXT3's scalability. However it is still not as scalable as some of the other file systems listed even with htrees. It scales similar to NTFS with htrees. Without htrees, EXT3 does not handle more than about 5,000 files in a directory. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**ReiserFS**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Best performance and scalability when&#xD;&#xA;   number of files is great and/or files&#xD;&#xA;   are small&#xD;&#xA; - Journaled&#xD;&#xA; - POSIX extended access controls&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Reiser File System is the default file system in SUSE Linux distributions. Reiser FS was designed to remove the scalability and performance limitations that exist in EXT2 and EXT3 file systems. It scales and performs extremely well on Linux, outscaling EXT3 with htrees. In addition, Reiser was designed to very efficiently use disk space. As a result, it is the best file system on Linux where there are a great number of small files in the file system. As collaboration (email) and many web serving applications have lots of small files, Reiser is best suited for these types of workloads. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.novell.com/index.php/File_System_Primer" />
  <row Id="19277" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10702" RevisionGUID="b8340649-5774-4f87-a584-da8947e02670" CreationDate="2009-05-21T09:04:20.067" UserId="892" Text="Use the &quot;AllowUsers&quot; option in sshd_config to ensure only a small set of users can log in at all.  All others will get rejected, even if their username and password are correct.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can even restrict users to logins *from* a particular host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;e.g.,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    AllowUsers user1 user2@host.example.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will reduce the search-space and avoid those old users which have accidentally been left laying around or enabled (although these of course should be disabled anyway, this is an easy way to stop them being used for an SSH-based entry).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This doesn't entirely stop the brute-force attacks, but helps reduce the risk." />
  <row Id="19278" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10703" RevisionGUID="0ab444ce-c71a-4d43-b44b-b4709c26717d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T09:11:43.607" UserId="2620" Text="if you have more than 1 network scope and no WINS - you have to use FQDN." />
  <row Id="19279" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10704" RevisionGUID="e146fb63-bd38-4b0f-b729-6bbf731efbd1" CreationDate="2009-05-21T09:12:18.147" UserId="919" Text="Anything on [here][1] should get the job done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.top500.org/lists/2008/11" />
  <row Id="19280" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10704" RevisionGUID="e146fb63-bd38-4b0f-b729-6bbf731efbd1" CreationDate="2009-05-21T09:12:18.147" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="19281" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10660" RevisionGUID="2463b479-0d67-4a4a-81b4-b5fd765fd1d1" CreationDate="2009-05-21T09:15:46.267" UserId="301" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Sun hardware all the way. Their kit is rock solid, and with unlimited funds you can have an site wide, no questions asked, service contract" />
  <row Id="19282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10705" RevisionGUID="49ea9501-c596-4e8a-9ae5-cce7cf6afafb" CreationDate="2009-05-21T09:21:30.403" UserId="3203" Text="Just to clear something up here if I may, the error message &quot;There is insufficient system memory to run this query.&quot; refers to Virtual Address Space (VAS) being unavailable and not memory in conventional terms i.e. within the SQL Server process space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given that you are only running with 3GB on this server and SQL Server has been assigned up to 2GB, this means the OS and more importantly anything else on the box has less than 1GB to play with. That's not a whole lot of memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this issue is indeed as the result of a memory leak then it is the VAS outside of the SQL Server process space (memToLeave) that is being consumed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would suggest using the -g startup parameter to assign more memory to the memToLeave portion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See the following article for further information:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.johnsansom.com/index.php/2009/03/sql-server-memory-configuration-determining-memtoleave-settings/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may also wish to reduce the max memory setting of SQL Server but I would do this as a last resort.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.johnsansom.com/index.php/2009/03/sql-server-memory-configuration-determining-memtoleave-settings/" />
  <row Id="19283" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10681" RevisionGUID="7a7187b7-f165-4876-af8c-b2980706890b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T09:25:41.443" UserId="45" Comment="Three typos in a 7 word title :-)" Text="There are currently many different public address books (one for each site) in Outlook Web Access. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way for the user to set a different default address book for themselves to save them scrolling through the long list of sites?" />
  <row Id="19284" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="10681" RevisionGUID="7a7187b7-f165-4876-af8c-b2980706890b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T09:25:41.443" UserId="45" Comment="Three typos in a 7 word title :-)" Text="Setting default public address book in OWA" />
  <row Id="19285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10706" RevisionGUID="5b7852e3-383e-421b-bc9d-d8d1b1f730b5" CreationDate="2009-05-21T09:25:51.487" UserId="3203" Text="You may find the SQL Server Integration Services Task, Copy Job to be of use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms137568(SQL.90).aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms137568(SQL.90).aspx" />
  <row Id="19286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10707" RevisionGUID="f38ced83-aa5e-41a3-b15d-8da869d3d73b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T09:27:18.553" UserId="3272" Text="Hi.  I'm trying to set up an HP All-In-One printer (6310) on a 64-bit Windows 7 system.  The setup for the driver software runs OK, but fails to connect to the printer across the network.  I haven't tried USB because this printer works over Ethernet with the other computers in the office and has worked on this PC too (before it was rebuilt).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm wondering if this is an x64 problem, or a Windows 7 problem... (it's been fine with Windows Server 2008 x64, Windows XP, Windows 7 32-bit) and was curious to see if anyone else had come up against similar issues with HP All-In-One devices on x64." />
  <row Id="19287" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10707" RevisionGUID="f38ced83-aa5e-41a3-b15d-8da869d3d73b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T09:27:18.553" UserId="3272" Text="Has anyone managed to install an HP All-In-One printer on 64-bit Windows" />
  <row Id="19288" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10707" RevisionGUID="f38ced83-aa5e-41a3-b15d-8da869d3d73b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T09:27:18.553" UserId="3272" Text="&lt;hp&gt;&lt;printer&gt;&lt;x64&gt;&lt;windows-7&gt;" />
  <row Id="19289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10708" RevisionGUID="67761bf8-3c9c-458d-ba39-cf916722fde0" CreationDate="2009-05-21T09:37:36.237" UserId="2620" Text="why don't you try to share it on the server and connect all clients through it?" />
  <row Id="19290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10709" RevisionGUID="d513d4ae-19ca-49b2-8df9-144764d2256d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T09:40:48.650" UserId="1630" Text="We use Community Server, which has a decent wiki.  Unfortunately it's only in the Professional edition or above, and Telligent has recently gone off the deep end as far as licensing costs, IMO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've also used mindtouch's Dekiwiki, which is pretty solid." />
  <row Id="19291" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9103" RevisionGUID="a0cb020b-abed-4299-964a-d51509d0a0d6" CreationDate="2009-05-21T09:45:36.423" UserId="2711" Comment="Gave step by step instructions." Text="Add the internal IP of your router as a WINS server in your workstation TCP/IP settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Start -&gt; Settings -&gt; Control Panel&#xD;&#xA;Double click &quot;Network Settings&quot;&#xD;&#xA;Double click &quot;Local Area Connection&quot;&#xD;&#xA;Choose &quot;Properties&quot;&#xD;&#xA;Double click &quot;Internet Protocol Version 4&quot;&#xD;&#xA;Click &quot;Advanced&quot;&#xD;&#xA;Choose the &quot;WINS&quot; tab.&#xD;&#xA;Click &quot;Add&quot;, add the IP of your router, click OK OK OK etc etc until the windows close." />
  <row Id="19292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10710" RevisionGUID="d2968b2a-878a-49e7-88b3-8298d8af7ab9" CreationDate="2009-05-21T09:45:53.430" UserId="816" Text="You should be able to connect assuming the computer restarts and loads the operating system correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your using Windows, then here are some of the reasons you many not be able to connect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You have changed the computer name.&#xD;&#xA; - You are connecting using the IP address and the computer is assigned a new IP address.&#xD;&#xA; - Remote access has been blocked in the Firewall.&#xD;&#xA; - Disabled network card or changed settings.&#xD;&#xA; - Blue screen of death.&#xD;&#xA; - Somebody entered the BIOS as the computer started up.&#xD;&#xA; - Network cable had been unplugged.&#xD;&#xA; - You selected shut down instead of restart.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10711" RevisionGUID="c63adcd6-0cdd-4823-a8fe-ff796dc844dc" CreationDate="2009-05-21T09:46:25.597" UserId="243" Text="We use Twiki (http://twiki.org/) at Motorola and it works pretty well" />
  <row Id="19294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10712" RevisionGUID="0e062ef3-0758-4862-84e0-b0d2d914bb0e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T09:46:47.203" Text="If it is a server, always make sure there aren't other sessions running or open programs.&#xD;&#xA;They might crash and prevent the server from rebooting, which might cause you to drive up there ..." />
  <row Id="19298" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10714" RevisionGUID="c9fbf38c-69d3-4507-ae47-fdfa7ba4a3e7" CreationDate="2009-05-21T09:53:30.123" UserId="243" Text="I would like to use the Hand Tool as default for all documents in Adobe Reader on Windows. Currently it opens with the select tool. Does anyone knows how to do this ?" />
  <row Id="19299" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10714" RevisionGUID="c9fbf38c-69d3-4507-ae47-fdfa7ba4a3e7" CreationDate="2009-05-21T09:53:30.123" UserId="243" Text="Adobe Reader use Hand Tool as default" />
  <row Id="19300" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10714" RevisionGUID="c9fbf38c-69d3-4507-ae47-fdfa7ba4a3e7" CreationDate="2009-05-21T09:53:30.123" UserId="243" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;adobe&gt;&lt;reader&gt;" />
  <row Id="19301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10715" RevisionGUID="a50bb424-e65a-4cc9-a0da-27d38037bcf9" CreationDate="2009-05-21T09:57:00.490" UserId="2535" Text="I have noticed that with Windows Server 2008 that it will not allow you to restart or shutdown the server from a Remote Desktop Connection. You need to be logged in physically to perform these tasks. Other versions of Windows seem to restart fine and allow me to RDP on again without problem once they're back up." />
  <row Id="19302" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10355" RevisionGUID="4570e041-1eb3-45b3-b0d1-a5eda42bee77" CreationDate="2009-05-21T09:58:08.100" UserId="2692" Comment="Emphasis on the annoying phrase" Text="&gt; &quot;We'll need to **touch base** on that.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It just sounds all wrong to me.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19303" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10677" RevisionGUID="dbaaebe5-c42c-4d6e-a9c5-9a80e9dea829" CreationDate="2009-05-21T09:59:08.567" UserId="616" Comment="added 6 characters in body" Text="Many reporting packages can report on this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For instance, [Awstats][1] says&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; AWStats is able to detect robots&#xD;&#xA;&gt; visits.[...] &quot;Robots visitors&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; are reported separately in the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;Robots/Spiders visitors&quot; chart.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/index.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: AWStats is free, written in Perl, and works just fine on Windows and with IIS logs." />
  <row Id="19304" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10716" RevisionGUID="61b39b23-6b06-4888-bc36-a2958e851852" CreationDate="2009-05-21T10:05:06.697" UserId="1353" Text="So we have a mail system built on postfix-courier-saslauthd with unix users and maildirs and TONS of shared folders. Both T'bird (2.0.0.21) and Roundcube exhibits weird symptoms with subscriptions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Roundcube, if I go into Personal Settings -&gt; Folders, 9 out of 10 times, it automatically subscribes me to ALL folders. Not cool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Thunderbird, when I open Subscribe..., then start going thru the folder structure (it loads them dynamically), it starts subscribing me to random folders, sometime an entire subfolder tree.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm starting to suspect that something weird is going on server-side. Anyone got any ideas? It's very, very annoying." />
  <row Id="19305" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10716" RevisionGUID="61b39b23-6b06-4888-bc36-a2958e851852" CreationDate="2009-05-21T10:05:06.697" UserId="1353" Text="Courier-IMAP + Thunderbird (+ Roundcube) subscription woes" />
  <row Id="19306" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10716" RevisionGUID="61b39b23-6b06-4888-bc36-a2958e851852" CreationDate="2009-05-21T10:05:06.697" UserId="1353" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;courier&gt;&lt;imap&gt;&lt;thunderbird&gt;&lt;roundcube&gt;" />
  <row Id="19307" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10717" RevisionGUID="8e160382-c727-4c6c-b911-eb671b431c56" CreationDate="2009-05-21T10:05:11.223" UserId="1435" Text="Being 'Looped' into an email chain - it's 'sent' or 'copied' there is no loop you brainless fcukwit!" />
  <row Id="19308" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10717" RevisionGUID="8e160382-c727-4c6c-b911-eb671b431c56" CreationDate="2009-05-21T10:05:11.223" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="19309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10718" RevisionGUID="10a2d089-ee3c-49e3-a3ec-9dfdf88dcf1b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T10:06:30.877" UserId="2535" Text="In a word, no. It would be nice to have some way of monitoring this so that you can get the posts/emails removed but it is so easy now to put fake information on the internet and get away with it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But if you do think of a way to do it, I'm sure you could market the idea and make a fortune out of it. Good luck ^_^" />
  <row Id="19313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10720" RevisionGUID="7a0b1c8d-2358-47ee-ac04-88b2019577d1" CreationDate="2009-05-21T10:07:41.700" UserId="1447" Text="Due to lack of funds (I'm an independent contractor rather than a large IT department) I buy a lot of secondhand kit.  This tends to fall into two camps: office infrastructure and development platforms for data warehouse systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My office infrastructure is pretty basic (just a single server) but I've had good results with HP kit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried IBM and HP kit for development systems.  The IBM servers and workstations were fairly disappointing and caused a lot of trouble.  After tearing my hair out with two Z pro 6224s and an X350 that were flaky enough to be unusable (details below) I eventually binned nearly all of the IBM machines and bought HP workstations (XW9300s) instead.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The HPs were robust and trouble-free in a way that the IBMs just weren't.  They put up with my ham-fisted maintenance and installation and have much better build quality than the IBM workstations.  They are fast, flexible (you can use them as workstations or development servers) and don't cause trouble.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Intellistation A Pro 6224s I had would not even boot reliably (although I still have a xeon-based Z Pro 6221 that doesn't exhibit these symptoms).  The X350 would intermittently boot into its remote management console and getting it to boot to the O/S would take an hour or more of fiddling with the BIOS.  This was probably more of a configuration issue than anything else, but I could never track down documentation that explained how to disable it.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, I moved to the HPs and had vastly better results.  Strictly speaking these are not servers, but I have good results with them as a data warehouse development platform.  They are somewhat pimped with extra disks and RAID controllers, dual-core CPUs and reasonably large (mostly 8GB) memory configurations.  All of the machines were secondhand and doing these upgrades would have been quite expensive from HP, so I got the parts from ebay.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the whole I can recommend the HP workstations as development machines - they have put up with a fair degree of customisation without reliability issues, they can be used as workstations or development servers and they have been close to trouble free.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19314" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10720" RevisionGUID="7a0b1c8d-2358-47ee-ac04-88b2019577d1" CreationDate="2009-05-21T10:07:41.700" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="19315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10721" RevisionGUID="66ab1023-b549-4c52-8351-a48b1881b7f7" CreationDate="2009-05-21T10:19:22.800" UserId="45" Text="You could use [FTPDrive][1], a free Windows utility for mounting an FTP Server as a local hard-disk drive and view directories in a Windows folder structure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The utility creates a virtual FTP disk in Windows Explorer with a drive letter of your choice from where you can open, view, access, download and save files as if they were on a local drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some features from last version (3.5):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - both unsecure and secure connections (SSL/TLS)&#xD;&#xA; - FTP drive completely implements read operations for FTP files&#xD;&#xA; - compatible with many applications, except those, that uses own drivers to access files (partial write operations implementation)&#xD;&#xA; -  intercept &amp; open ftp:// links from any other application&#xD;&#xA; - cache directories structure and read files data&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.killprog.com/fdrve.html" />
  <row Id="19316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10722" RevisionGUID="0c490057-1006-4c72-8d59-06d70c888d8d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T10:20:07.243" UserId="2914" Text="For example FTP Drive or Web Drive. Of course FTP in general is not very recommended any more because it's so unsecure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SF doesn't allow to add links so just google for &quot;FTP Drive&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19317" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10716" RevisionGUID="4a24c768-0f67-4b06-a4eb-f70509682e3c" CreationDate="2009-05-21T10:33:41.133" UserId="1353" Comment="added 485 characters in body" Text="So we have a mail system built on postfix-courier-saslauthd with unix users and maildirs and TONS of shared folders. Both T'bird (2.0.0.21) and Roundcube exhibits weird symptoms with subscriptions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Roundcube, if I go into Personal Settings -&gt; Folders, 9 out of 10 times, it automatically subscribes me to ALL folders. Not cool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Thunderbird, when I open Subscribe..., then start going thru the folder structure (it loads them dynamically), it starts subscribing me to random folders, sometime an entire subfolder tree.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm starting to suspect that something weird is going on server-side. Anyone got any ideas? It's very, very annoying.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: ran T'bird in debug mode. I get tons of these messages:&#xD;&#xA;1628149872[1e71f20]: considering playing queued url:imap://user@my.mail.server.address:143/unsubscribe&gt;.shared/a/sub/folder&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-1628149872[1e71f20]: creating protocol instance to play queued url:imap://user@my.mail.server.address:143/unsubscribe&gt;.shared/a/sub/folder&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-1628149872[1e71f20]: failed creating protocol instance to play queued url:imap://user@my.mail.server.address:143/unsubscribe&gt;.shared/a/sub/folder&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19318" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10585" RevisionGUID="2b671328-9121-4c8c-b2af-c316edcdebf5" CreationDate="2009-05-21T10:37:28.503" UserId="1800" Comment="added update" Text="How do I enable crypt_blowfish support for PHP on a Linux (Debian) server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm referring to the [OpenBSD-style Blowfish-based bcrypt](http://www.openwall.com/crypt/), known in PHP as CRYPT_BLOWFISH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I know there is no Debian package for it, what other options do I have to enable this hashing algorithm for PHP?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**  &#xD;&#xA;Package-naming is not as clear as it could (should) be with PHP-related stuff.  &#xD;&#xA;The `pear cypt_blowfish` package is a drop-in replacement for PHP's MCrypt extension, allowing for quick *two-way* blowfish encryption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'm looking for is a Bcrypt implementation for hashing passwords. " />
  <row Id="19319" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10585" RevisionGUID="d22602b0-b692-4fb1-a3ae-e7a6e5520320" CreationDate="2009-05-21T10:43:25.730" UserId="1800" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="How do I enable crypt_blowfish support for PHP on a Linux (Debian) server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm referring to the [OpenBSD-style Blowfish-based bcrypt](http://www.openwall.com/crypt/), known in PHP as CRYPT_BLOWFISH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I know there is no Debian package for it, what other options do I have to enable this hashing algorithm for PHP?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**  &#xD;&#xA;Package-naming is not as clear as it could (should) be with PHP-related stuff.  &#xD;&#xA;The `pear cypt_blowfish` package is a drop-in replacement for PHP's MCrypt extension, allowing for quick *two-way* blowfish encryption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also the [BCrypt Debian package](http://packages.debian.org/lenny/bcrypt)  is also an implementation of the 'normal' two-way blowfish algorithm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'm looking for is the Bcrypt implementation for hashing passwords. " />
  <row Id="19320" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7247" RevisionGUID="eaed3d24-4e9b-4f89-868e-9ba422d7f71e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T10:43:52.797" UserId="2458" Comment="added 69 characters in body; edited tags" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just enabled [Failed Request Tracing][1] for a site and I get a URL_CHANGED event as the third item on the log.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1. GENERAL_REQUEST_START SiteId=&quot;1&quot;, AppPoolId=&quot;DefaultAppPool&quot;, ConnId=&quot;1610613013&quot;, RawConnId=&quot;0&quot;, RequestURL=&quot;http://example.com:80/test/wp-admin/&quot;, RequestVerb=&quot;GET&quot; 15:35:54.176 &#xD;&#xA;    2. GENERAL_SET_REQUEST_HEADER HeaderName=&quot;AspFilterSessionId&quot;, HeaderValue=&quot;&quot;, Replace=&quot;true&quot; 15:35:54.192 &#xD;&#xA;    3. URL_CHANGED OldUrl=&quot;/test/wp-admin/&quot;, NewUrl=&quot;/index.php/test/wp-admin/&quot; 15:35:54.192&#xD;&#xA;    4. GENERAL_REQUEST_HEADERS [...]&#xD;&#xA;    5. GENERAL_GET_URL_METADATA [...]&#xD;&#xA;    6. URL_REWRITE_START [...]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can someone tell me where the **URL_CHANGED** event comes from and how I can prevent it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update:&#xD;&#xA;The &quot;default document&quot; is set to &quot;index.php&quot; on our server. Could it be that the server automatically appends index.php to a path if the path does not specify a proper file or folder? I tried removing all &quot;default document&quot; entries but this didn't change the behavior...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update2:&#xD;&#xA;I am still looking for an answer to this question... ;-) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/467/using-failed-request-tracing-to-trace-rewrite-rules/" />
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  <row Id="19322" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10723" RevisionGUID="c3fba212-42cd-4820-9b63-ec86dd65fb71" CreationDate="2009-05-21T10:47:47.250" UserId="45" Text="If you select the Hand Tool from menu (Tools / Select and Zoom), Adobe Reader should keep this setting when you open other documents later (tested with Adobe Reader 9). " />
  <row Id="19323" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10724" RevisionGUID="62b5e865-b5bb-420d-891c-e9cf02d9fdca" CreationDate="2009-05-21T10:49:48.043" UserId="45" Text="You could use [FTPDrive][1], a free Windows utility for mounting an FTP Server as a local hard-disk drive and view directories in a Windows folder structure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The utility creates a virtual FTP disk in Windows Explorer with a drive letter of your choice from where you can open, view, access, download and save files as if they were on a local drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some features from last version (3.5):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - both unsecure and secure connections (SSL/TLS)&#xD;&#xA; - FTP drive completely implements read operations for FTP files&#xD;&#xA; - compatible with many applications, except those, that uses own drivers to access files (partial write operations implementation)&#xD;&#xA; -  intercept &amp; open ftp:// links from any other application&#xD;&#xA; - cache directories structure and read files data&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.killprog.com/fdrve.html" />
  <row Id="19324" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10721" RevisionGUID="0d829013-4e74-41a1-b673-3016c28e8958" CreationDate="2009-05-21T10:51:31.707" UserId="45" Comment="added 255 characters in body" Text="You could use [FTPDrive][1], a free Windows utility for mounting an FTP Server as a local hard-disk drive and view directories in a Windows folder structure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The utility creates a virtual FTP disk in Windows Explorer with a drive letter of your choice from where you can open, view, access, download and save files as if they were on a local drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some features from last version (3.5):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - both unsecure and secure connections (SSL/TLS)&#xD;&#xA; - FTP drive completely implements read operations for FTP files&#xD;&#xA; - compatible with many applications, except those, that uses own drivers to access files (partial write operations implementation)&#xD;&#xA; -  intercept &amp; open ftp:// links from any other application&#xD;&#xA; - cache directories structure and read files data&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-------------------&#xD;&#xA;Edit: This question is a duplicate of [http://serverfault.com/questions/6079/how-can-i-mount-an-ftp-to-a-drive-letter-in-windows][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.killprog.com/fdrve.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6079/how-can-i-mount-an-ftp-to-a-drive-letter-in-windows" />
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  <row Id="19326" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10585" RevisionGUID="8ba6cec0-ff39-4423-96b2-6e64c64a12f5" CreationDate="2009-05-21T10:56:49.060" UserId="1800" Comment="deleted 23 characters in body" Text="How do I enable crypt_blowfish support for PHP on a Linux (Debian) server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm referring to the [OpenBSD-style Blowfish-based bcrypt](http://www.openwall.com/crypt/), known in PHP as CRYPT_BLOWFISH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I know there is no Debian package for it, what other options do I have to enable this hashing algorithm for PHP?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**  &#xD;&#xA;Package-naming is not as clear as it could (should) be.  &#xD;&#xA;The `pear cypt_blowfish` package is a drop-in replacement for PHP's MCrypt extension, allowing for quick *two-way* blowfish encryption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also the [BCrypt Debian package](http://packages.debian.org/lenny/bcrypt)  is also an implementation of the 'normal' two-way blowfish algorithm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'm looking for is the Bcrypt implementation for hashing passwords. " />
  <row Id="19327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10726" RevisionGUID="6e62b0b4-ce24-41ca-97ef-3c9493a358f7" CreationDate="2009-05-21T10:57:14.830" UserId="2692" Text="I've not had a great deal of experience with Parallels so can't really compare it with VMware Fusion. I use VMware Fusion daily at home and I picked it mainly because at work I use Windows hardware running VMware Workstation and any virtual machines it uses, I can easily use in VMWare Fusion. The format is very portable like that. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In terms of performance, I'd say the VM's tend to run slightly faster on Mac than on PC. Also, as brendanjerwin mentions, memory is important. I run a simple Windows XP VM with 512MB and that runs great. My work VMs tend to have 1GB to 1.5GB allocated, and again they run well with VMware Fusion. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you're going to run VMs, put them on an external hard drive, as [Jeff Atwood has suggested previously][1], since that'll help with drive access. Running VMs off of a local drive can really kill performance as you can end with contention with the main OS. I've run off both large capacity 7200rpm drives and small 5400rpm passport drives with no problems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that's a bit away what you were asking, but thought it might be relevant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000714.html" />
  <row Id="19328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10727" RevisionGUID="d59abefa-fdda-4121-b848-774da236027e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T11:06:19.850" UserId="2946" Text="I have a table within a MSSQL database that contains more than 100 Million records spread over about 100 days worth of data. I need to purge some of this data based on its date which is an indexed field in the table. I've tried doing a DELETE FROM against an individual date but it was taking a long long time to execute and was causing a drop in server performance. Is there a better way of deleting such a large number of records? Some of this data is still required so unfortunately I can't use truncate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many Thanks&#xD;&#xA;Nick" />
  <row Id="19329" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10727" RevisionGUID="d59abefa-fdda-4121-b848-774da236027e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T11:06:19.850" UserId="2946" Text="MSSQL Large Delete" />
  <row Id="19330" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10727" RevisionGUID="d59abefa-fdda-4121-b848-774da236027e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T11:06:19.850" UserId="2946" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="19331" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10728" RevisionGUID="ed4988d0-7bf2-47a2-a12f-96e4bff92ce0" CreationDate="2009-05-21T11:13:25.453" UserId="3203" Text="Well, if you were using SQL Server Partitioning, say based on the date column, you would have possibly switched out the partitions that are no longer required. A consideration for a future implementation perhaps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think your only option may be to delete the data in smaller batches, rather than in one hit, so as to avoid any potential blocking issues." />
  <row Id="19333" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10730" RevisionGUID="ec9c95a2-8e1f-44e3-829c-59a8a5f57e36" CreationDate="2009-05-21T11:20:04.503" UserId="2442" Text="I have had the best success when doing similar tasks with the following flow:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  1. Copy the data to keep into a temporary table &#xD;&#xA;  2. Truncate the original table to purge all data&#xD;&#xA;  3. Move everything from the temporary table back into the original table&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One major benefit of this is that your indexes will be rebuilt as you put the data back into the original table." />
  <row Id="19334" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10731" RevisionGUID="ca34472a-8576-49c1-8460-caf1f2a165db" CreationDate="2009-05-21T11:21:53.593" UserId="1391" Text="You could DROP all the indexes on the table, DELETE FROM the table, then re-CREATE the indexes. This could speed things up, but it depends on the percentage of records which are not deleted." />
  <row Id="19336" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10705" RevisionGUID="a2bc543d-f3bd-4102-b5c3-0ed23294320a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T11:30:39.053" UserId="3203" Comment="deleted 40 characters in body" Text="The error message *&quot;There is insufficient system memory to run this query.&quot;* refers to Virtual Address Space (VAS) being unavailable and not memory in conventional sense i.e. within the SQL Server process space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given that you are only running with 3GB on this server and SQL Server has been assigned up to 2GB, this means the OS and more importantly anything else on the box has less than 1GB to play with. That's not a whole lot of memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this issue is indeed as the result of a memory leak then it is the VAS outside of the SQL Server process space (memToLeave) that is being consumed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would suggest using the -g startup parameter to assign more memory to the memToLeave portion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See the following article for further information:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.johnsansom.com/index.php/2009/03/sql-server-memory-configuration-determining-memtoleave-settings/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may also wish to reduce the max memory setting of SQL Server but I would do this as a last resort.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.johnsansom.com/index.php/2009/03/sql-server-memory-configuration-determining-memtoleave-settings/" />
  <row Id="19337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10732" RevisionGUID="b8743a99-1dcf-4e7e-9be1-d7241eb5069e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T11:33:08.360" UserId="45" Text="Today I listened to a [HanselMinutes][1] podcast about [**PowerShell 2.0**][2]. Scott Hanselman interviewed Hal Rottenberg and Kirk Munro at TechEd 2009.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They talked about **RunSpaces** in PowerShell 2.0. Can somebody please explain the concept behind them and give some (real-world) use-cases or examples?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Thanks!*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hanselminutes.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.hanselminutes.com/default.aspx?showID=180" />
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  <row Id="19341" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10585" RevisionGUID="8fd8d792-de69-4bdc-b9de-47bef85a6793" CreationDate="2009-05-21T11:35:09.277" UserId="1800" Comment="added 50 characters in body" Text="How do I enable crypt_blowfish support for PHP on a Linux (Debian) server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm referring to the [OpenBSD-style Blowfish-based bcrypt](http://www.openwall.com/crypt/), known in PHP as CRYPT_BLOWFISH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I know there is no Debian package for it, what other options do I have to enable this hashing algorithm for PHP?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**  &#xD;&#xA;Package-naming is not as clear as it could (should) be.  &#xD;&#xA;The [PEAR Crypt_Blowfish package](http://pear.php.net/package/Crypt_Blowfish) is a drop-in replacement for PHP's MCrypt extension, allowing for quick *two-way* blowfish encryption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also the [Debian BCrypt package](http://packages.debian.org/lenny/bcrypt)  is also an implementation of the 'normal' two-way blowfish algorithm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'm looking for is the Bcrypt-hash implementation for hashing passwords. " />
  <row Id="19342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10734" RevisionGUID="6ac5347d-eff4-4d0e-900e-05c166d235fa" CreationDate="2009-05-21T11:44:00.553" UserId="1068" Text="Currently, my organization is using [Splunk][1] to store logs from various places (DBs, Apache, systems we write, etc.). We don't really use most of its abilities (pull logs automatically, etc.), but we do require the search it provides - showing the event and some of its surroundings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Recently the free version of Splunk started giving us hard time, so we would like to replace it with some other tool, even with less features, as long as it could index and search over large amount of logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could you please offer such alternatives?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.splunk.com/" />
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  <row Id="19346" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10679" RevisionGUID="49e0fcf4-96de-4353-98b5-5bd6e32c5be7" CreationDate="2009-05-21T11:49:30.190" UserId="408" Comment="added 84 characters in body" Text="We use the open source [Screw Turn wiki][1]. It is just about to have a new release (version 3) which will support both WISIWIG editing and markup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It runs in on a windows platform under ASP.net in IIS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.screwturn.eu/" />
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  <row Id="19355" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10681" RevisionGUID="150c5f9d-b840-46f5-aa43-1c6a5d6021c1" CreationDate="2009-05-21T12:21:33.280" UserId="1803" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;owa&gt;&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;user-settings&gt;&lt;exchange-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="19356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10739" RevisionGUID="b54ea2cb-3d40-4d84-aef7-422257cdc7ff" CreationDate="2009-05-21T12:30:58.690" UserId="2535" Text="I am currently running Windows Server 2008 on a system comprising of:&#xD;&#xA;Intel Core2 2.4GHz&#xD;&#xA;8GB DDR2 &#xD;&#xA;64GB SSD O/S Drive&#xD;&#xA;128GB SSD Data drive&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My users connect via RDP and process everything on the servers (4 in total).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How many users could I have per server to maximise the usage of hardware whilst not hindering performance? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Users do not have access to the O/S, nor do they use email or browse the web. They can only access specific areas of our software package which isn't particularly memory hungry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any advice would be great. Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="19359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10740" RevisionGUID="de7abb21-eaad-4512-ba04-6b35dda7bd2e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T12:31:26.427" UserId="1803" Text="In Options (within OWA) I have &quot;Contact Options&quot; (3rd from the end) where I can specify the default list.  Is that what you're after?" />
  <row Id="19363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10742" RevisionGUID="4876f1b4-a767-4026-bb5d-d5cae9c4b91f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T12:36:52.133" UserId="48" Text="When using Remote Desktop there are 2 types of overhead you need to be aware of, firstly that of the application(s) the users are running, which you say is quite minimal. You need to consider how many instances of this application you think your server could handle running side by side.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly is the resource use of terminal services itself running the user session, so the resources used by explorer, by keeping the users interactions with the server separated from other users etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its difficult to give an estimate of how many users it could cope with, without some figures. I would suggest that you actually need to do some testing. Get some users on there, monitor their resource use, see how the server is performing, then increase the load, check again until you get to a point you can benchmark as optimal." />
  <row Id="19364" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10726" RevisionGUID="50039afa-f456-4123-bbd8-04c549c94f58" CreationDate="2009-05-21T12:39:16.860" UserId="2692" Comment="Fixed grammar" Text="I've not had a great deal of experience with Parallels so can't really compare it with VMware Fusion. I use VMware Fusion daily at home and I picked it mainly because at work I use Windows hardware running VMware Workstation and any virtual machines it uses, I can easily use in VMWare Fusion. The format is very portable like that. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In terms of performance, I'd say the VM's tend to run slightly faster on Mac than on PC. Also, as brendanjerwin mentions, memory is important. I run a simple Windows XP VM with 512MB and that runs great. My work VMs tend to have 1GB to 1.5GB allocated, and again, they run well with VMware Fusion. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you're going to run VMs, put them on an external hard drive, as [Jeff Atwood has suggested previously][1], since that'll help with drive access. Running VMs off of a local drive can really kill performance as you can end with contention with the main OS. I've run off both large capacity 7200rpm drives and small 5400rpm passport drives with no problems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that's a bit away from what you were asking, but thought it might be relevant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000714.html" />
  <row Id="19366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10744" RevisionGUID="b46921b8-ec90-4ef6-bf7f-5c09e95a8739" CreationDate="2009-05-21T12:40:18.700" UserId="1792" Text="PowerShell runspace is obsolete term. They use PowerShell session (PSSession) now. I would recommend starting with [about_PSSessions][1] help topic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd347706.aspx" />
  <row Id="19368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10746" RevisionGUID="b2a2fcb1-be0c-44cb-b9ee-c1cdd64f13e0" CreationDate="2009-05-21T12:43:10.930" UserId="103" Text="I am looking for a way to run a script&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; when a user logs in&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt; **AND** and when they log out&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt; on their&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt; Windows&lt;sup&gt;5&lt;/sup&gt; machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Notes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Perfect world script would mean Powershell script, but any script or application would be acceptable.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Log in can mean at machine start too, but user log in would be ideal.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Log out can mean machine shutdown too, but user log out would be ideal.&#xD;&#xA; 4. This machine is not on a domain.&#xD;&#xA; 5. The Windows version is Windows Vista." />
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  <row Id="19377" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10749" RevisionGUID="eac83643-1a28-41a8-b571-20c734728f42" CreationDate="2009-05-21T12:50:41.313" UserId="48" Text="On a non domain machine you can edit the local machine policy to run scripts at startup and shut down (this may not work in Vista Home edition).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To access this go to start, run then enter gpedit.msc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In here, expand the user configuration node, then windows settings, then you will find a scripts option where you can set the location of scripts to be run at logon and logoff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/8998/picture2hgw.png" />
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  <row Id="19384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10752" RevisionGUID="0bcced98-c386-4c6b-bb1c-8a833da81ff0" CreationDate="2009-05-21T12:55:25.050" UserId="1404" Text="[Fitnesse][1] is the easiest to install that I've used, but it is very limited (formatting and file handling). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been using [Trac][2] for project management, SVN repository browsing, and issue tracking, and its wiki is very nice. Of course, it isn't just a wiki, so it may be confusing to have the other features if you aren't using them. Trac is my current favorite.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used [MediaWiki][3] in the past. The set up was tougher, but the wiki capabilities are excellent. It is the software that drives Wikipedia. It is tougher to set up than Fitnesse and Trac, though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've never administered a [Confluence][4] installation, but I've used the wiki and it is great, but not free. If installation and administration is anything like Atlassian's other products, it will be a breeze. Or you can use it hosted by Atlassian and avoid installation entirely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are so many options with so many different features, your best bet is to follow stukelly's advice and check out the [WikiMatrix][5].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://fitnesse.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://trac.edgewall.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.mediawiki.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.wikimatrix.org/" />
  <row Id="19385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10753" RevisionGUID="ad678ad0-90ad-4c33-b11d-f06f13cc6704" CreationDate="2009-05-21T12:55:45.940" UserId="2435" Text="Check that&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Virtual Box allows connections between the two VMs - this seems to be the case already, as you say they can ping each other.&#xD;&#xA; - the port on the mysql-machine is open by using &quot;telnet mysqlmachine 3306&quot; or &quot;nmap mysqymachine -p 3306&quot; - this will reveal if some firewall blocks access. &#xD;&#xA; - mysql binds to the public ip address of the machine - As far as I recall it might just bind to localhost, being unavailable from the network (which is a good thing)&#xD;&#xA; - you've granted the user you're connecting as the correct permissions. This applies also to the naming of the machine you're connecting from. I've learnt that &quot;GRANT ... ON ... TO 'username'@'localhost' ...&quot; might fail if mysql complains with &quot;user 'username' is not allowed to connect from '127.0.0.1'&quot; - in a networked situation you might have similar problems. Note, it's stringcompare there, so 'localhost' does not equal '127.0.0.1'&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19386" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10753" RevisionGUID="9ed6dbc0-4c9d-4c13-a821-5e99a4792a58" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:01:01.813" UserId="2435" Comment="missed the same ip-addresses during original answer" Text="Check that&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Virtual Box allows connections between the two VMs - this seems to be the case already, as you say they can ping each other.&#xD;&#xA; - the port on the mysql-machine is open by using &quot;telnet mysqlmachine 3306&quot; or &quot;nmap mysqymachine -p 3306&quot; - this will reveal if some firewall blocks access. &#xD;&#xA; - mysql binds to the public ip address of the machine - As far as I recall it might just bind to localhost, being unavailable from the network (which is a good thing)&#xD;&#xA; - you've granted the user you're connecting as the correct permissions. This applies also to the naming of the machine you're connecting from. I've learnt that &quot;GRANT ... ON ... TO 'username'@'localhost' ...&quot; might fail if mysql complains with &quot;user 'username' is not allowed to connect from '127.0.0.1'&quot; - in a networked situation you might have similar problems. Note, it's stringcompare there, so 'localhost' does not equal '127.0.0.1'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Just after posting I've seen that you say that both IP-Addresses are the same. Therefor the root problems seems to be in Virtual Box - check the network configuration there. Each computer will try to contact itself if they both resolve their IP address to themselves. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have different IP-adresses and can ping the other machine, continue with the list above. I have not worked with Hamachi, so I cannot comment on the options you have there... You might want to try the telnet or nmap options with the Hamachi address though." />
  <row Id="19387" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10754" RevisionGUID="e1b710c4-3f8b-4510-8e2d-9a51fe5eb86e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:01:10.393" UserId="2863" Text="Yes /opt would also allow you to be more aware of what is interacting with it and avoid any unintentional upgrades or alterations to the installation." />
  <row Id="19388" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10347" RevisionGUID="4b879d2c-e32f-44be-95e9-da6270f2d414" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:01:14.467" UserId="3216" Comment="added 130 characters in body" Text="this.. nice.. exchange server converts my text/plain messages from text to html and messes them up, just because it detects html somewhere in the body.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;how can i stop him from doing so?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit: i am looking for a server side fix - this is affecting automatically generated emails from an application server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i think it does not matter, but the messages are retrieved via outlook directly or via exchange web access. (without pop/imap)" />
  <row Id="19390" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10756" RevisionGUID="caacb8c0-716e-4341-a450-a508e9780e5c" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:02:21.360" UserId="1054" Text="I don't think you can change it via MySQL Admin.  [Here's a post][1] that explains how to do it via conf file in *nix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/change-default-mysql-port-under-linuxunix/" />
  <row Id="19392" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10758" RevisionGUID="fcd13265-720a-43c5-a1f7-22857937a9f2" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:05:20.467" UserId="301" Text="The default port for MySQL is 3306. If you need to change it, you can add the following line&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    port = 3307 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to your /etc/my.cnf config file. After changing this you'll need to restart you mysql server to pickup the change &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    service mysqld restart" />
  <row Id="19393" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10759" RevisionGUID="896f0e7f-67cb-4ad2-a6e1-9ba8944288b8" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:08:59.060" UserId="3277" Text="I used Dokuwiki after doing some research using the wiki comparison site: wikimatrix.org.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I liked about Dokuwiki is that it did not require a database and was easy to setup, administer and extend through PHP plugins. I have found that the plugins are very powerful and that it was pretty straightforward to create new ones (I am not a PHP expert at all) - se my blog post on this: blog.monnet-usa.com/?p=33&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am running Dokiwiki on IIS and used a AD integration plugin to allow Windows Authentication for my users." />
  <row Id="19394" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10760" RevisionGUID="5ec82bc9-d06c-45b2-b5f0-f6e0c0c03a16" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:09:37.200" UserId="2881" Text="From my answer to [#10023][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At my workplace, I dropped ScrewTurn Wiki on one of our Windows dev servers and hooked it up to our SQL Server. It works really well, runs quickly, and mainly stays out of our way for documentation. In the two weeks since it's been deployed, we've already added about 60 pages of information, and it's only for our team (~10 people).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So far, we keep information about current and past projects on there, and have started adding information about the applications such as how to build them from scratch, URL's, and other important information for dev's new to the team.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of my favorite pages on the wiki has been the tools and libraries page. There, we've started adding information about our favorite productivity tools and libraries that we use a lot, an example of which is grepWin for text searching in Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would fully recommend checking out the full gamut of wiki's available and find one that suits your intended usage, functionality, and deployment environment. I chose ScrewTurn because it's easy to use, and we had a ton of free room on our local WinServer, but YMMV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3970" />
  <row Id="19395" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10761" RevisionGUID="93e0b857-9180-46d1-9bb0-7185e33397c9" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:19:09.140" UserId="601" Text="[dmckee's answer][1] has the details about the semantics pretty much exact.  The only detail I would add is an explanation of what happens at a higher level: a soft link is a file on its own, while a hard link is a directory entry pointing to existing data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wikipedia has more details about [hard][2] and [soft][3] links.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10543/what-is-the-difference-between-a-soft-symbolic-link-and-a-hard-link/10550#10550&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_link&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link" />
  <row Id="19396" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10762" RevisionGUID="b1683855-062c-4dde-a528-fd43fee4903b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:21:05.707" UserId="301" Text="Both your virtual machines are behind the VirtualBox NAT and are invisible to each other. You'll need to configure the virtual machines to use Bridged networking, so they can obtain an IP on your network. " />
  <row Id="19397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10763" RevisionGUID="f0f6c3f6-6d69-43ba-b0f8-8d14df26e39c" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:21:50.430" UserId="3274" Text="Hi there, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Got a problem with a MySQL Cluster, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the nodes connect fine to the ndb management node, however when I try to create a table on one of the nodes it returns this error :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;mysql&gt; use foo;&#xD;&#xA;Database changed&#xD;&#xA;mysql&gt; create table bar (i int) engine=ndbcluster;&#xD;&#xA;ERROR 1005 (HY000): Can't create table 'foo.bar' (errno: 157)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I check my nodes, and get this :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;-- NDB Cluster -- Management Client --&#xD;&#xA;ndb_mgm&gt; show&#xD;&#xA;Connected to Management Server at: X.X.X.X:1186&#xD;&#xA;Cluster Configuration&#xD;&#xA;---------------------&#xD;&#xA;[ndbd(NDB)]     1 node(s)&#xD;&#xA;id=2    @X.X.X.X  (Version: 5.1.34, Nodegroup: 0, Master)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ndb_mgmd(MGM)] 1 node(s)&#xD;&#xA;id=1    @X.X.X.X  (Version: 5.1.34)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[mysqld(API)]   4 node(s)&#xD;&#xA;id=3    @X.X.X.X  (Version: 5.1.34)&#xD;&#xA;id=4 (not connected, accepting connect from any host)&#xD;&#xA;id=5 (not connected, accepting connect from any host)&#xD;&#xA;id=6 (not connected, accepting connect from any host)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ndb_mgm&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;so all looks good, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;heres some version stuff .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;FreeBSD my.server.com 7.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE #0: Tue May 12 10:12:51 CAT 2009     sysbg@my.server.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SEROTONIN-KERNEL  i386&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/usr/local/libexec/mysqld  Ver 5.1.34 for portbld-freebsd7.1 on i386 (FreeBSD port: mysql-server-5.1.34)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MySQL distrib 5.1.34, for portbld-freebsd7.1 (i386) compiled with --with-ndbcluster --with-plugins=max&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any assitance will be most appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="19399" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10763" RevisionGUID="f0f6c3f6-6d69-43ba-b0f8-8d14df26e39c" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:21:50.430" UserId="3274" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;cluster&gt;&lt;freebsd&gt;&lt;clustering&gt;" />
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  <row Id="19402" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10766" RevisionGUID="36e11006-1745-4e0b-ba07-7f70b9409d41" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:26:23.093" UserId="1944" Text="I installed Logitech control center. I set the settings as I want them in the Preferences.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, only the Search button works. Expose and Dashboard do not work in the side buttons, for example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am interested which files the Control manager changes in my Mac Leopard. Perhaps, there is a text-file which would enable me to get the mouse working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Which files does Logitech's Control manager affect?**&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="19405" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10767" RevisionGUID="68fbf02e-b8f6-4d83-b412-9da787c441f0" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:29:55.757" UserId="634" Text="Before I begin - I'm *not* a DBA type, I'm a software dev type. Our DBA has been out sick for the last week or so, and I've been trying to get a new feature of ours up and running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This new feature involved adding a couple tables and views to an existing replication subscription, so I added the articles to the subscription using the UI in SSMS. Nothing happened, so I tried running the snapshot agent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking at the monitor for the snapshot agent, it appears that everything actually finishes within the first 3-4 seconds of it running. In the log I see things like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`[0%] Activated articles for publication '[publicationname]' at the publisher.`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`[0%] Bulk copying snapshot data for article 'new_table_name'`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`[0%] Bulk copied snapshot data for article 'new_table_name' (1068 rows).`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(previous two rows repeat for each new table)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then the progress skips from 0% to 93%:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`[93%] Pre-loading meta-data of all tables in the publisher database for scripting`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`[93%] Pre-loading meta-data of all stored procedures in the publisher database for scripting`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`[93%] Pre-loading meta-data of all views in the publisher database for scripting`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`[93%] Pre-loading meta-data of all user-defined functions in the publisher database for scripting`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`[93%] Sorting article objects in the proper creation order`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, I start seeing lots of these:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`[93%] The published object [objectnamehere] (StoredProcedure) is dependent on the unpublished object [objectnamehere] (Table), creation of the published object at the subscriber may fail unless the dependency is satisfied ahead of time.`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But they're all for things I don't particularly care about... but I'm not positive I can remove them from the publication without breaking anything. There are ~20-30 of these.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, the agent runs for a bit without doing anything. After 10 min I get this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`[93%] The process is running and is waiting for a response from the server.`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then two more every 10 mins until it times out:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`Timeout expired.  The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding. `&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, it looks like the regular transaction replication isn't working either because there's no good current snapshot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Needless to say, I'm in it pretty deep and I REALLY need some help. Thanks." />
  <row Id="19406" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10767" RevisionGUID="68fbf02e-b8f6-4d83-b412-9da787c441f0" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:29:55.757" UserId="634" Text="SQL Server Replication issues" />
  <row Id="19407" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10767" RevisionGUID="68fbf02e-b8f6-4d83-b412-9da787c441f0" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:29:55.757" UserId="634" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;replication&gt;" />
  <row Id="19408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10768" RevisionGUID="db81dbea-651b-4193-8847-d811deac1fcb" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:31:54.100" UserId="3281" Text="I've always been a fan of Angry IP Scanner.   &#xD;&#xA;Yes, not as full featured as NMAP, but can show quite a bit of data quickly." />
  <row Id="19410" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10770" RevisionGUID="b400c8ea-5c96-4529-ba2b-c1fb3c3bae21" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:35:27.607" UserId="103" Text="Most projectors I have available display fine at 1024x768, except that resolution is very low. If I up the resolution to 1280x1024 the image is still displayed, however the text quality drops. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any solution to having a high resolution on a projector while maintaining quality of the image? Besides the obvious solution of buying a better projector ;)" />
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  <row Id="19412" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10770" RevisionGUID="b400c8ea-5c96-4529-ba2b-c1fb3c3bae21" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:35:27.607" UserId="103" Text="&lt;projector&gt;&lt;quality&gt;&lt;resolution&gt;" />
  <row Id="19417" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10773" RevisionGUID="a72d1e79-e0f8-468e-b6a5-e52eaae4abaf" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:42:09.110" UserId="3284" Text="using Fast CGI I can't get it to read the php.ini file. See my phpinfo below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;System Windows NT WIN-PAFTBLXQWYW 6.0 build 6001&#xD;&#xA;Build Date Mar 5 2009 19:43:24&#xD;&#xA;Configure Command cscript /nologo configure.js &quot;--enable-snapshot-build&quot; &quot;--enable-debug-pack&quot; &quot;--with-snapshot-template=d:\php-sdk\snap_5_2\vc6\x86\template&quot; &quot;--with-php-build=d:\php-sdk\snap_5_2\vc6\x86\php_build&quot; &quot;--disable-zts&quot; &quot;--disable-isapi&quot; &quot;--disable-nsapi&quot; &quot;--with-pdo-oci=D:\php-sdk\oracle\instantclient10\sdk,shared&quot; &quot;--with-oci8=D:\php-sdk\oracle\instantclient10\sdk,shared&quot; &quot;--enable-htscanner=shared&quot;&#xD;&#xA;Server API CGI/FastCGI&#xD;&#xA;Virtual Directory Support disabled&#xD;&#xA;Configuration File (php.ini) Path C:\Windows&#xD;&#xA;Loaded Configuration File (none)&#xD;&#xA;Scan this dir for additional .ini files (none)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My php.ini file is residing in both my c:\php and my c:\windows I've made sure it has read permissions in both places from network service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've added various registry settings, Environment Variables and followed multiple tutorials found on the web and no dice as of yet. Rebooted after each.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My original install was using MS &quot;Web Platform Installer&quot; however I have since rebooted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas on where to go from here would be most welcome." />
  <row Id="19418" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10773" RevisionGUID="a72d1e79-e0f8-468e-b6a5-e52eaae4abaf" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:42:09.110" UserId="3284" Text="PHP Configuration file won’t load IIS7 x64" />
  <row Id="19419" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10773" RevisionGUID="a72d1e79-e0f8-468e-b6a5-e52eaae4abaf" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:42:09.110" UserId="3284" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;x64&gt;&lt;php&gt;" />
  <row Id="19421" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10775" RevisionGUID="c304211b-ed98-4791-a6ee-1df2624a62b4" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:45:49.467" UserId="2869" Text="You could delete smaller chunks. Instead of say, a weeks worth try going for just a day.  If that's too much try going for just an hour at a time." />
  <row Id="19422" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10776" RevisionGUID="2893d270-0557-4f73-9198-fc5d4db552f2" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:46:25.393" UserId="2123" Text="Ok, you'll need some gaff tape, a fresnel lens, and two squirrels...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;aw - i've got nothing - you probably have tried this - increase the font size - for windows it's on the Appearance tab in Display properties." />
  <row Id="19424" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10778" RevisionGUID="27ca1ba7-02cd-4381-90f2-8baee57b3b1c" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:50:10.257" UserId="1463" Text="Not really, it's sounds rather impossible to fit more information into less space when it's just fixed pixels. The image is simply down-scaled by the projector, leaving out details.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sure, there are neat algorithms to give the appearance of more detail but there's a limit to what you can do with it especially when we're talking about small-size text. Consider that displaying a lower resolution on a higher resolution projector is basically a science in itself when it's not evenly dividable and the opposite becomes rather hard to do good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An external scaler or trying to make the graphics card rescale the output instead could possibly result in a slightly better image, depending on how it is doing this. But an external scaler of good quality might cost you what a new projector would anyway ^^ &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you could do is try to increase the text-size with the DPI setting in say Windows - it will still be fuzzy though - but might make it more readable. In the end, it's a bit silly, use the native resolution of the projector and adapt the user interface instead - like making the text smaller, window borders thinner and so on..." />
  <row Id="19425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10779" RevisionGUID="92bc4b8d-65bb-4ae3-8a3b-b9c009ce9b02" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:52:14.527" UserId="3133" Text="Not really. If you set the resolution higher than the native resolution of the projector it will blur the image to some extent to make it fit the native resolution. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why do you need the higher resolution?" />
  <row Id="19426" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10776" RevisionGUID="8ab3eb5e-f994-4fc1-adec-4a1523554bf6" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:53:24.917" UserId="2123" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="Ok, you'll need a candle, some gaff tape, a fresnel lens, and two squirrels...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;aw, i've got nothing: you'll have probably already tried this - increase the font size?  (in windows it's on the Appearance tab in Display properties)" />
  <row Id="19427" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10780" RevisionGUID="1a64314c-7452-49b8-a6f0-58930a5d4099" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:54:49.453" UserId="3285" Text="A Runspace is a specific instance of PowerShell which contains MODIFIABLE collections of commands, providers, variables, functions, and language elements that are available to the command line user (or more generically, to the &quot;host&quot; application).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally speaking, Runspaces are a *developer* topic. I'm not even sure if there is a way to create constrained runspaces from the command-line. If you're just a command-line user, you'll only really know about your &quot;session,&quot; but each session has an associated Runspace (or Runspace Pool) that controls what is available to you. That is, it is possible to create &quot;constrained&quot; runspaces in order to only give users access to certain commands and not others....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In PowerShell 2.0 you use the [RunspaceFactory][1] class to create Runspaces or RunspacePool.  You can read [more about Runspaces on MSDN][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.management.automation.runspaces.runspacefactory.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms714459.aspx" />
  <row Id="19428" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10781" RevisionGUID="7bc9c850-551e-45a7-b3b2-cfa86eba2597" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:54:51.963" UserId="1054" Text=" - What are adverse affects to using replication&#xD;&#xA; - What are some examples of when replication is beneficial" />
  <row Id="19429" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10781" RevisionGUID="7bc9c850-551e-45a7-b3b2-cfa86eba2597" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:54:51.963" UserId="1054" Text="What are the performance implications for using SQL Server replication?" />
  <row Id="19430" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10781" RevisionGUID="7bc9c850-551e-45a7-b3b2-cfa86eba2597" CreationDate="2009-05-21T13:54:51.963" UserId="1054" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;replication&gt;" />
  <row Id="19431" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10780" RevisionGUID="aa0a0207-f0ab-48f6-86de-e5b6da965f5b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:00:20.143" UserId="3285" Comment="added clarification of sessions and a few more links" Text="A Runspace is a specific instance of PowerShell which contains MODIFIABLE collections of commands, providers, variables, functions, and language elements that are available to the command line user (or more generically, to the &quot;host&quot; application).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally speaking, Runspaces are a *developer* topic. If you're on the command-line, you can only modify them by modifying your **session**, and if you're a typical command-line user, you won't really even be aware of Sessions except when you use them to connect remotely to another computer. However, each session has an associated [Runspace][3] (or [RunspacePool][4]) that controls what is available to you, and it is possible to create &quot;constrained&quot; runspaces in order to only give users access to certain commands and not others....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In PowerShell 2.0 you use the [RunspaceFactory][1] class to create Runspaces or RunspacePool.  You can read [more about Runspaces on MSDN][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.management.automation.runspaces.runspacefactory.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms714459.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.management.automation.runspaces.runspace.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.management.automation.runspaces.runspacepool.aspx" />
  <row Id="19432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10782" RevisionGUID="f65db9e3-ef04-49d1-9628-c8b247d8028f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:02:48.673" UserId="2359" Text="I had to replace a Cisco ASA 5510 that died.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have everything back up and running however when I connect to the ASA via SSH (through Putty), I receive the following warning message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;The first cipher supported by the server is single-DES, which is below the configured warning threshold. Do you want to continue with this connection?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried to solve this by recreating the security keys with the following two commands&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    crypto key zeroize rsa&#xD;&#xA;    crypto key generate rsa noconfirm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However nothing has changed. I still receive the warning message when I connect via SSH." />
  <row Id="19433" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10782" RevisionGUID="f65db9e3-ef04-49d1-9628-c8b247d8028f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:02:48.673" UserId="2359" Text="DES warning message when connecting to Cisco ASA via SSH" />
  <row Id="19434" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10782" RevisionGUID="f65db9e3-ef04-49d1-9628-c8b247d8028f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:02:48.673" UserId="2359" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;putty&gt;&lt;rsa&gt;" />
  <row Id="19436" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8187" RevisionGUID="1335da37-2b2b-4622-9735-3ee3165c370d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:13:08.090" UserId="1692" Comment="Added section-breaking line" Text="I just installed Windows 7 RC1 and want to move c:\users to d:\users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's the best way to do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Due to the fact that Windows 7 creates a reserved partition that is mounted as C:&#xD;&#xA;in the recovery console, I had to use the following commands&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    robocopy /mir /xj D:\Users E:\Users&#xD;&#xA;    mklink D:\Users D:\Users /j&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both D's in the mklink command are correct.&#xD;&#xA;When the system reboots, the drive that was D in the recovery console becomes the C drive." />
  <row Id="19438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10784" RevisionGUID="021bfe45-84fa-46ed-9bd4-a36511b13acc" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:15:38.397" UserId="301" Text="`System Preferences` -&gt; `Exposé &amp; Spaces`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you set the mouse preferences in the second column of the Exposé section ?" />
  <row Id="19439" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10785" RevisionGUID="f04a6cf4-593c-4b34-819a-db33001d4bcd" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:18:56.363" UserId="1463" Text="It is possible but it's a bit involved. The KB you linked to has the basics, but you've not swapped between AHCI on/off but rather to a completely different driver. You can manually instruct Vista to use the correct or a generic driver that can handle anything SATA after some work - I've done this several times with success for instance switching over to Intel Matrix Storage RAID driver without reinstalling (just imaging) a personal system - but the time spent is definitely not something you'd do in a company environment ^^ [This article][1] seems to have the steps decently laid out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Vista just like XP has a startup repair feature when booting the optical disc - which you can run several times and it will try more and more to fix the startup problems. I've not had any luck getting it to fix a boot storage controller switch though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The normal procedure as you know is to change the driver to the standard generic sata controller before doing the swap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.itwriting.com/blog/479-changing-the-motherboard-underneath-windows-xp-and-vista.html" />
  <row Id="19440" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10786" RevisionGUID="853074bd-b16a-47eb-8d72-11bc15b99575" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:19:35.720" UserId="301" Text="This is how we layout out sdk's&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /opt/java/sdk/current -&gt; /opt/java/sdk/sun/i386/current&#xD;&#xA;    /opt/java/sdk/sun/i386/current -&gt; /opt/java/sdk/sun/i386/1.6&#xD;&#xA;    /opt/java/sdk/sun/i386/1.6 -&gt; /opt/java/sdk/sun/i386/jdk1.6.0_13&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and so on." />
  <row Id="19445" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10788" RevisionGUID="be83ff64-472b-464f-81d8-30b04ba0fc9d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:21:50.507" UserId="1403" Text="If you have to shut off replication for any reason and restart it (or, just starting the first time) it tends to cause BOTH servers to become nearly non-responsive while in process.  Once up and running (and left alone), it's not noticeable though (at least not for us)." />
  <row Id="19447" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10546" RevisionGUID="a296f7bc-e831-4d8d-9af1-e91104436f1f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:22:28.913" UserId="3243" Comment="added 6 characters in body" Text="I have a 6 GB Outlook file that won't load in Outlook any more. I am not sure what recovery options I have available. I downloaded one recovery tool demo which shows some but not all mail messages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any tools that have worked for you? Can I import the PST files directly into another software?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: I have tried scanpst quite a few times but it fails to recover the file." />
  <row Id="19448" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8691" RevisionGUID="0af840be-7da0-42bc-b1f9-127bc007b8d2" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:24:39.907" UserId="1054" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Maybe something like this in your conf:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    acl DENYZIP urlpath_regex \.zip&#xD;&#xA;    no_cache deny DENYZIP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could, of course, make a much more sophisticated regex that would handle multiple files (and change the acl name accordingly)." />
  <row Id="19449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10789" RevisionGUID="89f70279-b3ef-46bc-85f4-95b96fa6fed5" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:33:24.197" UserId="3203" Text="Replication is quite a diverse technology and can be used to cater for a number of different scenarios, the choice of which will determine the specific type of replication that is implemented. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, merge replication can be used to support distributed processing by spreading the workload of an application across several servers, i.e. distributed processing architectures. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Merge replication often requires an application that is relatively aware of its environment. Techniques such as conflict resolution also have to be taken into consideration in order to ensure data consistency across the entire integrated environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Transactional Replication can be used in a similar fashion to log shipping however you can limit the specific objects that are replicated to the subscriber. This can be useful if only a subset of tables is required for reporting purposes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a full listing of the available architectures see the following Microsoft Replication reference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms151827.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The flavour of replication you use will determine the type of issues you may encounter and need to consider. For example, Merge Replication requires that Schema changes be made to your database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also security considerations to be taken into account, for example if you data is to be replicated over the public internet or whether or will need to encrypt communications etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Replication is a big topic but I hope that this information sets you off in the right direction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms151827.aspx" />
  <row Id="19450" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10377" RevisionGUID="f085bd4c-e11b-4640-86f1-4bffe6c9546e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:36:56.247" UserId="1993" Comment="added requested information" Text="Every night at 02:59 the following events are logged by my Exchange server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Event Type:	  Warning Event&#xD;&#xA;    Source:	      MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store&#xD;&#xA;    Event Category:  Background Cleanup &#xD;&#xA;    Event ID:	    9871 &#xD;&#xA;    Date:		    5/20/2009&#xD;&#xA;    Time:		    2:59:59 AM &#xD;&#xA;    User:		    N/A&#xD;&#xA;    Computer:	    EXCHFC2 &#xD;&#xA;    Description: There is an online maintenance overlap for database &quot;First Storage Group\Mailbox Database&quot;. Please revise the online maintenance schedule.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.&#xD;&#xA;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Event Type:	Information&#xD;&#xA;    Event Source:	ESE&#xD;&#xA;    Event Category:	Online Defragmentation &#xD;&#xA;    Event ID:	704&#xD;&#xA;    Date:		5/20/2009&#xD;&#xA;    Time:		2:59:59 AM&#xD;&#xA;    User:		N/A&#xD;&#xA;    Computer:	EXCHFC2&#xD;&#xA;    Description:&#xD;&#xA;    MSExchangeIS (12420) First Storage Group: Online defragmentation of database 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\First Storage Group\Mailbox Database.edb' was interrupted and terminated. The next time online defragmentation is started on this database, it will resume from the point of interruption. &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    For more information, click http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is Exchange 2007 running on Windows 2003 x64.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's my Exchange maintenance schedule:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    First Storage Group\Mailbox Database: 20:00 - 03:00  &#xD;&#xA;    Second Storage Group\Public Folder Database: 03:00 - 06:00&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that I tried spacing them out more (First ended at 2, second started at 4) to no avail. The error message always appears a second before completion of the First Storage Group's maintenance plan.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The interrupted defragmentation noted in that second event was begun at 02:15. Another defragmentation of the exact same database was begun at 23:04 and finished at 02:08. Immediately before this full defragmentation, the interrupted one from last night was completed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So it's as if the system is defragging the database in a loop, then complaining when that defrag is interrupted by the conclusion of the maintenance window. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I fix this behavior?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My backups run at 06:30. There are no scheduled jobs on this machine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Best Practices Analyzer reports nothing relevant.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19451" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10790" RevisionGUID="19d751a5-a330-434b-ae76-5db2da450b62" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:37:02.893" UserId="2359" Text="Issuing the following seems to have resolved the problem. Am I correct is assuiming that I'm now using the more secure key? I never had the &quot;ssh version 2&quot; command running on my ASA 5510 that died on me. Perhaps there was a stronger key originally generated on it using sparks answer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    config t&#xD;&#xA;    ssh version 2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10791" RevisionGUID="382734f7-590f-41fa-9796-83767fb02907" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:37:51.300" UserId="1463" Text="Some resources for &quot;automatically&quot; moving C:\Users with an unattended script during installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Microsofts has a [KB with some issues][1] surrounding moving special folders which could be useful to read through.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When it comes to the unattend script itself, there's an element called FolderLocations which has a ProfilesDirectory child you can specify as such:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;utf-8&quot;?&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;unattend xmlns=&quot;urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;settings pass=&quot;oobeSystem&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;component name=&quot;Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    publicKeyToken=&quot;31bf3856ad364e35&quot; language=&quot;neutral&quot; versionScope=&quot;nonSxS&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    processorArchitecture=&quot;x86&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;FolderLocations&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;ProfilesDirectory&gt;d:\users&lt;/ProfilesDirectory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/FolderLocations&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/component&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/settings&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/unattend&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the Microsoft articles about [deploying Vista][2] which includes how to handle unattend.xml and here's the best source I've found of the extended [How to move special folders article by Ramesh Srinivasan][3] which explain in depth how to do this and what to watch out for (including the fact that even after this unattend script has run, eg as an argument to setup.exe, there are still junction points like c:\documents and settings that points to the old location that you'd need to fix manually (if possible)).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929831&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc721929(WS.10).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/itprovistasetup/thread/91aa8b26-2b09-4e56-955c-679b297832e1/" />
  <row Id="19453" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10697" RevisionGUID="3af172c8-0fbd-4e22-9a82-d9d7e3e9a406" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:38:31.503" UserId="2413" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="i'm quite happy user of [dokuwiki][1]. in my case it's authenticating users against Active Directory via LDAP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i can see there is WYSIWYG plugin, but i've never used it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki" />
  <row Id="19454" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10792" RevisionGUID="c8858a35-04c8-4061-970d-1a8d7d7158da" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:44:14.470" UserId="3156" Text="You're pretty much going to have to play whack-a-mole, but this is where the DMCA is your friend.  Every time you find a fake ad, if they are using any of your images, you can send a DMCA take down notice to the job site running the ad, claiming copyright infringement.  Generally, companies that take user input have a fast-track for DMCA notices, so this might be more effective than just asking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a matter of fact, oftentimes the scammer will be lazy, and just hotlink your logo right off your site.  So you can actually check your referrer logs to find these scam posts sometimes." />
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  <row Id="19456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10793" RevisionGUID="1040cb61-b44a-40b7-8272-0589110ae5f1" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:49:28.000" UserId="1961" Text="About everything that is generated by the &quot;[Web Economy Bullshit Generator][1]&quot;, a &quot;fantastic tool to study modern rhetorical emptiness&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dack.com/web/bullshit.html" />
  <row Id="19457" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10793" RevisionGUID="1040cb61-b44a-40b7-8272-0589110ae5f1" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:49:28.000" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="19458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10794" RevisionGUID="c7c5ea0b-f54b-46fe-b06c-0ceec4ad5aab" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:53:48.880" UserId="3284" Text="It looks like you've set it up NAT'd behind the host.  So nothing can access it.  You need to bridge it to the network adapter.  Then you'll be able to access it from any machine on the network." />
  <row Id="19459" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10795" RevisionGUID="418218d7-42c8-4f8f-bea7-8807d9195a6e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:56:05.197" UserId="1054" Text="Please advise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    This bit of data looked like this yesterday, but today it looks different.&#xD;&#xA;    Please advise.&#xD;&#xA;    -Joe User&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Uh, yep.  You're right.  It looks different.  Hmm.  Maybe someone changed it." />
  <row Id="19460" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10795" RevisionGUID="418218d7-42c8-4f8f-bea7-8807d9195a6e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:56:05.197" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="19461" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10796" RevisionGUID="632a5b64-9269-4e62-970f-0e522c732ecf" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:56:10.547" UserId="1605" Text="I have complicated `RewriteCond` and `RewriteRul`e in one machine. And according to these rules some of the request will be redirected to another machine. So is there an Apache log that shows clearly how the redirection takes place? Because the redirection is happening in the ways that I don't anticipated." />
  <row Id="19462" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10796" RevisionGUID="632a5b64-9269-4e62-970f-0e522c732ecf" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:56:10.547" UserId="1605" Text="Apache: Where to examine the redirection logs?" />
  <row Id="19463" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10796" RevisionGUID="632a5b64-9269-4e62-970f-0e522c732ecf" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:56:10.547" UserId="1605" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;mod-rewrite&gt;&lt;rewriterules&gt;" />
  <row Id="19464" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10426" RevisionGUID="82a9e9e4-5948-4ebf-8477-11358acd6efb" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:57:17.690" UserId="1122" Comment="added 247 characters in body" Text="&gt; I added myself to the &quot;Access Permissions&quot; and &quot;Launch &amp; Activation Permissions&quot; of the My Computer object in dcomcnfg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are 2 different security settings on My Computer - Limits and Defaults. You need to double check that you edited the Defaults, and that Limits is at least higher than your Defaults (though, IIRC, Everyone can have Local Activation).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also drill down to the component itself and make sure it is using the Default security. If it's Customized, then you need to edit that as well (keeping the Limits in mind).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For troubleshooting, I'd be sorely tempted to just give Everyone Local Launch and Activation permissions to be sure it's a COM permissions issue. IIRC, errors in the component startup can have misleading error messages that will keep you scratching your head for a while.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: You should also make sure the GUID referenced in the event log is actually the component you think it is. Use Regedit to find the GUID, and check the AppName. It's possible that it's not the installed component, but a dependency instead." />
  <row Id="19465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10797" RevisionGUID="400c8cf8-a3f0-4047-b8fc-876edc105b9a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:57:51.400" UserId="1992" Text="To add some more about transactional replication:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - it uses a SQL Agent log reader job to harvest committed transactions from the transaction log of the publication database. This means that the log cannot be cleared until the log records have been read. If the log reader agent periodicity is changed then your log may grow unexpectedly. The log reader agent could also cause contention on the transaction log on high-volume OLTP systems, depending on your IO subsystem of course.&#xD;&#xA; - replication does not guarantee zero data-loss as there is latency involved in reading the log records and passing them through the distributor to the subscriber(s). For zero data-loss, look at synchronous database mirroring or synchronous SAN replication&#xD;&#xA; - peer-to-peer replication is a good way of scaling out a query workload, and can also add some redundancy to your data&#xD;&#xA; - you have to do some careful schema design with peer-to-peer to avoid collisions caused by similar changes at different nodes. Don't use partitioned identities for that. Use a composite surrogate key (e.g. node-identifier + bigint)&#xD;&#xA; - with peer-to-peer, it can be hard to add extra redundancy to the various nodes in the topology. The publisher can be mirrored, the subscriber can be mirrored (reasonably easily in 2008, not so easily in 2005), but the distributor cannot. It must be clustered to add redundancy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just a few thoughts. You might also checkout the whitepaper on mirroring + repl I wrote last year at http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/9/4/d948f981-926e-40fa-a026-5bfcf076d9b9/ReplicationAndDBM.docx" />
  <row Id="19466" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10798" RevisionGUID="f38707fa-4b19-4ada-afc4-8aa6ce7bb662" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:59:49.010" UserId="640" Text="&gt; Reduce Headcount&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usually used in marketing. As in, &quot;With our system, you'll increase ROI and reduce head count.&quot; Synonymous with &quot;Using our stuff means you can fire a bunch of people.&quot;" />
  <row Id="19467" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10798" RevisionGUID="f38707fa-4b19-4ada-afc4-8aa6ce7bb662" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:59:49.010" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="19468" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10799" RevisionGUID="9f9c2bb6-1266-46a6-be19-3c10ec6156e5" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:59:56.000" UserId="326" Text="You can configure a logfile specifically for `Rewrite` processing with the [`RewriteLog`][1] directive. The amount of logging can be selected with `RewriteLogLevel`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewritelog" />
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  <row Id="19470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10801" RevisionGUID="54dc950f-fb2a-4075-8f45-3f911d2dd59c" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:07:39.853" UserId="3284" Text="Move forward with the new archiving solution and keep the tapes for as long as you require that data.  If you require it permanently then you might consider migrating it to disk.  With disk backups migrating to future media is decidely easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A year or maybe 2 from now you can begin disgarding tapes if those backups are no longer required.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reimplementing is a huge endeavor if time will solve your problem for you.  Do the cost analysis if you have a cost associated with storing the backups and/or the software licenses to work with those.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10802" RevisionGUID="c1df52c5-86e9-44de-ba34-0cbb2c9b0c46" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:14:09.980" UserId="2869" Text="When formatting a drive as ntfs for a windows XP install, you have an option to choose between a &quot;quick&quot; format and complete format.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the difference between the two (aside from how long it takes to complete)?" />
  <row Id="19472" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10802" RevisionGUID="c1df52c5-86e9-44de-ba34-0cbb2c9b0c46" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:14:09.980" UserId="2869" Text="Quick format vs full format" />
  <row Id="19473" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10802" RevisionGUID="c1df52c5-86e9-44de-ba34-0cbb2c9b0c46" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:14:09.980" UserId="2869" Text="&lt;formatting&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;" />
  <row Id="19474" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10803" RevisionGUID="317dfa65-d4a1-43e8-acb6-ee231ec4e108" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:16:10.367" UserId="1054" Text="Basically, quick format doesn't do a scan of the disk to check for bad sectors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a [MS article][1] on the topic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302686" />
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  <row Id="19477" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10804" RevisionGUID="a4b1a5db-f307-4f14-9fa9-e48c754e569b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:16:22.953" UserId="3204" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;rhel5&gt;" />
  <row Id="19478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10805" RevisionGUID="ae618665-f0a0-4c22-8282-87d36da0a35f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:16:31.533" UserId="3146" Text="To assist you with the &quot;Why&quot; part of your question, the Linux Gazette did an article comparing many of the filesystems used in Linux.  I found the article useful although due to it's age it does lack information on &quot;ext4&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Benchmarking Filesystems][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linuxgazette.net/102/piszcz.html" />
  <row Id="19479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10806" RevisionGUID="635f0326-daee-459c-ab0a-1cfaa5a48bc5" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:18:01.063" UserId="624" Text="Moderator Kara Marfia closed this question regarding screen resolutions as &quot;not sysadmin related&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://serverfault.com/questions/10741][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What does &quot;sysadmin&quot; mean?  Does it mean just &quot;networking&quot;?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Who are these professional systems administrators that don't use computers with monitors?  ...With users that don't use computer monitors?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are output devices not part of &quot;the system&quot; and do they not need &quot;administration&quot;?  I'm confused.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10741" />
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  <row Id="19481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10807" RevisionGUID="182313fc-cf15-4427-a971-488a9147bbd3" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:18:36.803" UserId="3293" Text="I need to access an ftps server (vsftpd) on a vendor's site. The vendor has a firewall in front of the ftps server and I have a firewall in front of my ftps client. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I understand that ports 990, 991 and maybe 989 need to be opened up for control traffic. When looking at it from the vendor's firewall perspective, should these ports be opened up for both inbound and outbound traffic? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What about ports for the DATA channel? Do I have to open all ports above 1000? And should I do it for both inbound and outbound traffic?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TIA for your help." />
  <row Id="19482" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10807" RevisionGUID="182313fc-cf15-4427-a971-488a9147bbd3" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:18:36.803" UserId="3293" Text="What firewall ports do I need to open when using FTPS?" />
  <row Id="19483" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10807" RevisionGUID="182313fc-cf15-4427-a971-488a9147bbd3" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:18:36.803" UserId="3293" Text="&lt;ftp&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;port&gt;" />
  <row Id="19484" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10808" RevisionGUID="f565794e-d0d7-4c84-94a0-8c6b699f240a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:18:58.427" UserDisplayName="sirrhosys" Text="What is the best way to limit the number of simultaneous user sessions using Apache (IHS/2.0.42) and WebSphere (5.1) for high traffic periods?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The desired solution should limit users and present those who do not gain access to the site with a HTML page explaining the current traffic situation and ask them to return. Those users who do make it into the site should be allowed to navigate freely until either they close their browser or their session expires.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19485" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10808" RevisionGUID="f565794e-d0d7-4c84-94a0-8c6b699f240a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:18:58.427" UserDisplayName="sirrhosys" Text="How to limit simulataneous user sessions in Apache(IHS) and WebSphere?" />
  <row Id="19486" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10808" RevisionGUID="f565794e-d0d7-4c84-94a0-8c6b699f240a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:18:58.427" UserDisplayName="sirrhosys" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;website&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="19487" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10809" RevisionGUID="a7ce11cb-b1cd-425b-a246-a0383cc49c9b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:20:10.123" UserId="2546" Text="A few thousand of these:&#xD;&#xA;![Google Server][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;running [this][2] would be nice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/20090401/GoogleServerMedium.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_platform" />
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  <row Id="19489" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10810" RevisionGUID="23c4426d-1b8a-4531-bc70-1b68a541e37a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:20:36.440" UserId="2414" Text="I've just installed a new Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 5000 and it's X/Y calibration/alignment seems to be off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I move the mouse from left to right, the cursor will go up and down slightly. If I move the mouse from top to bottom, the cursor will also move from left to right slightly too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I seem to remember in earlier version of Windows or Intelli Point, there was a calibration tool which would fix this issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone help?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many Thanks&#xD;&#xA;Stephen" />
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  <row Id="19491" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10810" RevisionGUID="23c4426d-1b8a-4531-bc70-1b68a541e37a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:20:36.440" UserId="2414" Text="&lt;mouse&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;microsoft&gt;" />
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  <row Id="19493" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10811" RevisionGUID="428efb1d-94c1-4e35-b5c4-6423da35fecf" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:21:46.437" UserId="135" Text="How to add a script to startup and shutdown in debian?" />
  <row Id="19494" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10811" RevisionGUID="428efb1d-94c1-4e35-b5c4-6423da35fecf" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:21:46.437" UserId="135" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;startup&gt;&lt;shutdown&gt;&lt;script&gt;" />
  <row Id="19495" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10812" RevisionGUID="281a2804-279d-4aca-892f-ba099e2f46c8" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:22:14.643" UserId="2630" Text="Does your replacement ASA unit definitely have a 3DES/AES license installed? Sounds like it might not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have a look at www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa80/getting_started/asa5500/quick/guide/DESlic.html and see if that's any use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(apparently I'm not allowed to post hyperlinks, so I apologise if this suggestion isn't in the most useful format)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers,&#xD;&#xA;jmi" />
  <row Id="19496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10813" RevisionGUID="3f3617cd-901e-4500-9de1-b9d40eb13093" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:24:20.677" UserId="1466" Text="if ftps is the same as **sftp**, then you only need to be able to access port 22 on the vendor's site.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On your end you should configure your firewall to allow port 22 outgoing, and **related incoming traffic**.  This will allow communication on any incoming port that is **related to** the initial outgoing connection on port 22." />
  <row Id="19497" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10814" RevisionGUID="c76ed788-c816-4292-b24a-082cbba6655f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:24:27.400" UserId="1054" Text="For startup have a look at [this][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For shutdown, create a link / copy your script into one of the /etc/rcX.d folders where X is the runlevel that you want it to execute at.  0 is the shutdown runlevel for Debian I believe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.debian-administration.org/article/Making_scripts_run_at_boot_time_with_Debian" />
  <row Id="19498" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10815" RevisionGUID="4edcd113-873d-4af1-bd7e-3253fcd0930d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:24:34.030" UserId="3232" Text="At the moment I'm a big fan of Get-WMIObject." />
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  <row Id="19500" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10816" RevisionGUID="66cb2483-23b2-4ead-96b9-4d8cd527f015" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:18:35.217" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi &#xA;We have sql server installed on a 2003 server  with 2GB of memory. Would it help if we enabled awe. or do we have to add more memory and then enable awe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="19502" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10816" RevisionGUID="66cb2483-23b2-4ead-96b9-4d8cd527f015" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:18:35.217" Text="&lt;sql&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;2005&gt;&lt;awe&gt;" />
  <row Id="19503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10817" RevisionGUID="67831f23-d9a1-40e4-8661-73173a34fa43" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:27:00.780" UserId="1605" Text="For the uninitiated, this is how you should write your *.conf file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      NameVirtualHost *:80&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;VirtualHost *:80 &gt;&#xD;&#xA;        ServerName gw.myserver.net&#xD;&#xA;        DocumentRoot &quot;C:\Program Files\MyCompany\myserver\Web&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        DirectoryIndex index.html index.php&#xD;&#xA;    	RewriteLog &quot;logs\rewritelog.txt&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	RewriteLogLevel 3&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Directory  &quot;C:\Program Files\ MyCompany\ myserver\Web&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;           AddDefaultCharset UTF-8&#xD;&#xA;           Order Deny,Allow&#xD;&#xA;           Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	   RewriteEngine on&#xD;&#xA;    	   RewriteBase /&#xD;&#xA;    	   RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}   ^gw\. myserver\.net$&#xD;&#xA;    	   RewriteRule !^(login|index.php)  http://pmmenu. myserver\.net%{REQUEST_URI}$1 [L,R=301]&#xD;&#xA;    	   # we check if the .html version is here (caching)&#xD;&#xA;           RewriteRule ^$ index.html [QSA]&#xD;&#xA;           RewriteRule ^([^.]+)$ $1.html [QSA]&#xD;&#xA;           RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;           # no, so we redirect to our front web controller&#xD;&#xA;           RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [QSA,L]&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;" />
  <row Id="19504" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10806" RevisionGUID="6ae5dd35-4a66-4a74-ab10-5398eee8a6c0" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:27:25.367" UserId="624" Comment="clean up" Text="A moderator closed this question regarding screen resolutions as &quot;not sysadmin related&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://serverfault.com/questions/10741][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What does &quot;sysadmin&quot; mean?  Does it mean just &quot;networking&quot;?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Who are these professional systems administrators that don't use computers with monitors?  ...With users that don't use computer monitors?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are output devices not part of &quot;the system&quot; and do they not need &quot;administration&quot;?  I'm confused.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10741" />
  <row Id="19505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10818" RevisionGUID="e5a9db3e-58a6-4961-98d6-221ddabf3dea" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:28:00.140" UserId="2546" Text="[Jailkit][1] simplifies it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Jailkit is a set of utilities to limit user accounts to specific files using chroot() and or specific commands. Setting up a chroot shell, a shell limited to some specific command, or a daemon inside a chroot jail is a lot easier and can be automated using these utilities.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://olivier.sessink.nl/jailkit/" />
  <row Id="19506" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10819" RevisionGUID="37b24e28-3c81-48f4-a6fc-3a21c298f8e2" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:28:12.773" UserId="1674" Text="AWE won't help you unless you have over 2 Gigs of RAM in the server." />
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  <row Id="19508" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10820" RevisionGUID="512dca73-a9d9-45f3-b91f-ebf661c1c77f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:29:26.640" UserId="1466" Text="You can call your script from **/etc/rc.local**, prior to the line that says *exit 0*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for shutting down your app, I would suggest putting a script in **/etc/rc0.d**.  You need to name it with an uppercase **K**, and then a 2 digit number which specifies the order these scripts are run, and then a name. It will be called with a parameter &quot;stop&quot;, but you can ignore this for a simple stop script." />
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  <row Id="19511" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10821" RevisionGUID="999694ac-a5d2-4076-a502-610e40d1a2d2" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:30:56.107" UserId="2608" Text="&lt;desktop&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="19512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10822" RevisionGUID="da9e4c4d-c641-487b-922a-aac72e3f3de5" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:33:18.100" UserId="929" Text="What's the best way to do a mass update of an SQL Server ODBC system DSN (change the server name)? Group policy? A Login script? Something else?  It's an Active Directory domain (windows 2003) with mostly Windows XP clients, but there are some Windows 2000 and Vista clients. All clients need to be updated. Example(s) please.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="19513" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10822" RevisionGUID="da9e4c4d-c641-487b-922a-aac72e3f3de5" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:33:18.100" UserId="929" Text="how to do a mass update of an ODBC system DSN? " />
  <row Id="19514" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10822" RevisionGUID="da9e4c4d-c641-487b-922a-aac72e3f3de5" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:33:18.100" UserId="929" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;odbc&gt;&lt;system-administration&gt;" />
  <row Id="19515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10823" RevisionGUID="19e59e92-d9a1-4bf9-a505-65a0d7abad21" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:33:52.497" UserId="1447" Text="To use more than 2GB of RAM on a SQL Server machine you have two options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i. Rebuild the server with a 64 bit O/S and 64 bit SQL Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ii. Use AWE and configure the server to boot with the /3G switch.  To do this you also need the enterprise edition of SQL Server.  This will let you use up to 8GB of RAM on 2k3 Enterpise and possibly more on 2k3 Datacentre.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19516" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10823" RevisionGUID="19e59e92-d9a1-4bf9-a505-65a0d7abad21" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:33:52.497" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="19517" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10824" RevisionGUID="b620e431-2668-46fe-8f49-6571cfedb849" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:35:51.027" UserId="3295" Text="Did the hardware you replaced included the power supply? It's most likely what is causing problems." />
  <row Id="19518" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10825" RevisionGUID="4ef4fa02-ab84-47e0-8d9c-dc21c9c7e2a0" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:36:43.820" UserId="3294" Text="Does AWE help on a 64-bit server?  The option is still available.  Does it do anything?" />
  <row Id="19519" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10825" RevisionGUID="4ef4fa02-ab84-47e0-8d9c-dc21c9c7e2a0" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:36:43.820" UserId="3294" Text="SQL Server 2005 on 64-bit, Memory &gt; 3GB" />
  <row Id="19520" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10825" RevisionGUID="4ef4fa02-ab84-47e0-8d9c-dc21c9c7e2a0" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:36:43.820" UserId="3294" Text="&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;64-bit&gt;&lt;memory&gt;" />
  <row Id="19521" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10826" RevisionGUID="2042f923-8588-49eb-a4e8-d2d4a2e4b2f6" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:38:26.217" UserId="1054" Text="Not that I've ever seen.  SQL can use all available memory on a 64-bit system.  AWE's purpose is to do the same for 32-bit." />
  <row Id="19522" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10827" RevisionGUID="88de05a8-9763-4f69-845e-3c83a2f52ac0" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:40:05.980" UserId="2608" Text="Try increasing the -QueryTimeOut of the agent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10828" RevisionGUID="22901b0a-842e-4298-9be1-f887f8156178" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:40:36.667" UserId="2561" Text="Over heating can be a problem, but if this is the case, I think it would shutdown and not reboot..." />
  <row Id="19524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10829" RevisionGUID="1795570f-b796-430e-8270-0f396a7a6c70" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:41:03.233" UserId="2341" Text="The vendor may be able to configure a narrow port range for the DATA connection ports, if they haven't already.  Then you can open the same range on your end, for the hosts that need such access.  PASV mode should be used." />
  <row Id="19525" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10830" RevisionGUID="630e59e0-a835-4220-9a1b-ea2727f6216f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:41:12.640" UserId="301" Text="Unfortunately this will be hard to do with Apache as it is most likely your bottleneck. Out of the box Apache can handle a maximum of 256 connections at once. This include your proxied Websphere data, and also your static files being sent directly from Apache. You'd be suppressed how many separate connections a client can use up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a few things you can do to increase the number of connections Apache can support, switching to mod_worker_mpm for instance may help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The difficulty in serving a lucid 'server overloaded' page will come just at the point that your server is overloaded. That is to say, when things are fine, you don't want to waste resources counting active sessions, etc. And when things are going badly, the last thing you want to do is add more load to your server doing expensive calculations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is not possible to reserve connections for people who already have a session, because http is request oriented, not session oriented. That is to say, if they can't make a connection because your web server is overloaded, then their session isn't going to get them any sort of priority.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said all that here are a few things I recommend:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* mod\_worker\_mpm (unless your use php, which I don't think you are)&#xD;&#xA;* be prepared to tweak your apache and websphere configs. I don't have a lot of experience with websphere, but you will have to make sure it can handle as many connections as apache can, so it won't become the next bottleneck&#xD;&#xA;* replace the standard [ErrorDocument][1]s with custom ones, specifically 502 and 503&#xD;&#xA;* watch your apache error logs for warnings about max client exhaustion&#xD;&#xA;* keep a close eye on your servers memory, apache has a tendancy to spawn many many processes, which can quickly make your server swap, right at the point you don't need it too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If none of that helps I would consider the following&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* switch to a single threaded web server, there are a few to choose from, most also support some per IP connection limiting, which may be useful&#xD;&#xA;* if apache is just acting as a proxy, consider something like HAProxy which is much better at dealing with a large number of proxy connections&#xD;&#xA;* be prepared to tune your application to be more efficient under load&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/core.html#errordocument" />
  <row Id="19526" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10831" RevisionGUID="a7419d61-cd0e-4bf8-8687-f499afac6c21" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:45:05.050" UserId="301" Text="AWE is similar to the old banked switched EMS that we used to have in the 286 and 386 days. It allows access to a large (&gt; 4Gb) address space, by bank switching it through a small (256mb ?) window at the top of the 32bit process address space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Certain applications, like SQLServer, can take advantage of this memory for storing semi structured data, like the database page cache. AWE memory cannot be used to allow your 32bit program to address more than the standard 3Gb address space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, if you have a 64bit OS, don't use AWE, you don't need it." />
  <row Id="19527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10832" RevisionGUID="9cb4a405-e57f-4895-a43c-135c5a65704b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:46:24.533" UserId="2329" Text="Some clients of ours complained about robocopy failing badly and locking tables, has anyone had any experience with running robocopy on a potentially active database?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could anyone explain the /b command-line switch?" />
  <row Id="19528" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10832" RevisionGUID="9cb4a405-e57f-4895-a43c-135c5a65704b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:46:24.533" UserId="2329" Text="How to avoid locking mysql tables with Robocopy" />
  <row Id="19529" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10832" RevisionGUID="9cb4a405-e57f-4895-a43c-135c5a65704b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:46:24.533" UserId="2329" Text="&lt;robocopy&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="19530" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10833" RevisionGUID="327c4fe7-53cc-44a2-88dd-1433f9435bb5" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:49:40.860" UserId="3294" Text="I had an issue like this that was related to a conflict between my USB Wireless dongle and my video card.  Hardware specs would be needed to troubleshoot this more thoroughly." />
  <row Id="19531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10834" RevisionGUID="33c70e9d-a782-4add-8ce9-d5dc7dce6c0d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:51:53.943" UserId="1067" Text="By default when XP Blue Screens it automatically reboots.  It should generate a Mini-Dump in the c:\windows\minidump directory which can be analyzed by [windbg][1].  The only problem with all this, is that an Event Log entry would be written to the System Log if it did bluescreen and you aren't seeing that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps you could go into Local Security Policy and enable Auditing.  That will log to the Security Event Log on certain events.  Not sure if it will audit the shutdown, but it could provide some clues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="19532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10835" RevisionGUID="89c4ef0b-45d2-420f-a32b-9aa36b86d578" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:52:25.910" UserId="3204" Text="Sometimes when deploying .NET code in IIS6 I can't rename or delete the .NET application folder because it's in use. The only thing that seems to fix it is stopping the w3svc service, doing what I need to do then starting it again. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This isn't ideal when there are other web applications being served on the web server. Just stopping that particular virtual web site doesn't seem to work either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a better way to do this?" />
  <row Id="19533" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10835" RevisionGUID="89c4ef0b-45d2-420f-a32b-9aa36b86d578" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:52:25.910" UserId="3204" Text="File in use when deploying .NET code in IIS6" />
  <row Id="19534" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10835" RevisionGUID="89c4ef0b-45d2-420f-a32b-9aa36b86d578" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:52:25.910" UserId="3204" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows2003&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;" />
  <row Id="19535" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10832" RevisionGUID="467309bf-cc76-4c92-9690-c1617ad74e62" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:52:48.920" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;robocopy&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="19536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10836" RevisionGUID="dcd501d6-aa51-42a0-8fb3-da4c15067fa8" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:53:40.023" UserId="2101" Text="On Debian, service &amp; application boot and shutdown scripts should be placed into `/etc/init.d/`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Debian provides an example script `/etc/init.d/skeleton` that you can modify to your taste for your particular application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once it's in place, call:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # update-rc.d YOURAPP defaults&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To have Debian add the `/etc/rc?.d/` symlinks for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you prefer a menu or graphical interface, take a look at the `sysv-rc-conf` or `ksysv` package." />
  <row Id="19537" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1504" RevisionGUID="40ffd3d4-7deb-4332-880d-60fe4f33984b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:54:11.473" UserId="706" Comment="added 161 characters in body; edited tags" Text="Thank you for your confidence in our abilities&#xD;&#xA;----------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But have you read this? &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We get a lot of interesting technical questions on here, but Server Fault is meant to be first and foremost a resource for system administrators and IT professionals.  In other words, Server Fault isn't meant to cater to every computer problem - just those that only exist in or can best be solved in the IT and sysadmin domain&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, someone here might be able to help you, but you'll find that other forums more focused on your topic can give you a much better answer than a bunch of IT professionals.  It's likely that your question will be downvoted, closed, and in some cases marked &quot;offensive.&quot;  It's not that we hate you, it's just that we like to keep our corn pops separate from our cocoa puffs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In that vein, here are a bunch of other forums where you can get help:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(This list contains the top two forums for each category as voted for below.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - **Programming**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Stackoverflow][1]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Consumer Level Computer Hardware**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Ars Technica OpenForum][2]&#xD;&#xA;   - [Tom's Hardware Forums][3]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Computer Software**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Anandtech Forum][4]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Web Design/Hosting/CMS**&#xD;&#xA;   - [SitePoint Forums][5]&#xD;&#xA;   - [Web Hosting Talk][6]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Math, Science, Engineering**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Physics Forums][7]&#xD;&#xA;   - [PlanetMath][8]&#xD;&#xA;  - **Other/General**&#xD;&#xA;   - [Ask Metafilter][10]&#xD;&#xA;   - [Google Search][11]&#xD;&#xA;   - [Mahalo Answers][9]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out the answers below for even more suggestions!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;What forums can people go to to ask the questions that are off topic here?  Please list only ONE forum per answer so votes can bring the best forums to the top.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;[Return to FAQ Index][13]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://forums.anandtech.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.sitepoint.com/forums&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.physicsforums.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://planetmath.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.mahalo.com/answers/&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://ask.metafilter.com&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://www.google.com&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://answers.yahoo.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8324/how-does-serverfault-work-the-community-faq&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19538" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1504" RevisionGUID="40ffd3d4-7deb-4332-880d-60fe4f33984b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:54:11.473" UserId="706" Comment="added 161 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;offtopic&gt;&lt;forum&gt;&lt;not-it-related&gt;" />
  <row Id="19539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10837" RevisionGUID="93abe6eb-fb00-499e-9cb2-1cb6a4eba21f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:57:44.760" UserId="558" Text="Trying to install .Net framekwork 3.5 but it complians that 3.0 is not present. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, when trying to install 3.0: the installer complains that 3.0 is in fact installed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Add/Remove programs doesn't list 3.0 (When I tried to uninstall it, I got a message saying the install program coulnd't be found and did I want to remove it from Add/Remove programs, I said yes). &#xD;&#xA;- I'm sure this is registry problem but I can't find any associated keys. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19540" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10837" RevisionGUID="93abe6eb-fb00-499e-9cb2-1cb6a4eba21f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:57:44.760" UserId="558" Text="Completely remove .Net 3.0 install" />
  <row Id="19541" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10837" RevisionGUID="93abe6eb-fb00-499e-9cb2-1cb6a4eba21f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:57:44.760" UserId="558" Text="&lt;.net-install&gt;" />
  <row Id="19542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10838" RevisionGUID="181bc732-a5c6-41ba-ad17-1e189b36781e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:57:46.117" UserId="1233" Text="For what it's worth you don't need the Logitech Control Center installed but some features won't work (eg. scrolling with the thumb scroll wheel, &quot;search&quot; button). I personally have issues with the software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, as said by Dave Cheney the place to get Expose and Dashboard to work with buttons is in the Expose &amp; Spaces Preference Pane.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The mount button numbers correspond as such (without the Control Center installed):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mouse Button 5: The &quot;forward&quot; button&#xD;&#xA;Mouse Button 4: The &quot;back&quot; button&#xD;&#xA;Mouse Button 9: Rotate all the way forward on the thumb scroll wheel.&#xD;&#xA;Mouse Button 11: Rotate all the way back on the thumb scroll wheel.&#xD;&#xA;Mouse Button 13: Clicking the thumb scroll wheel&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect that with the Control Center installed left and right on the main scroll wheel and the &quot;search&quot; button will actually be recognized." />
  <row Id="19544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10839" RevisionGUID="ebf21770-bac7-4b04-b532-6c132c006dc2" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:59:56.923" UserId="7330" Text="Are you running the upgrade for the .NET Framework?" />
  <row Id="19545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10840" RevisionGUID="a0e7f987-a326-4f89-ac9e-0747576f602f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:59:58.747" UserId="1584" Text="I don't have any examples, but this should get you started.  System DSN data is stored in both the registry and an ini file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    // registry location&#xD;&#xA;    HKLM\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    // filesystem location&#xD;&#xA;    %WINDIR%\ODBC.INI&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On my Vista x64 machine, the server name value is stored in the registry only and should be easy enough to change with a simple login script.  Specifically, the value is stored here:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`HKLM\SOFTWARE\ADBC\ODBC.INI\MyDSNname`  &#xD;&#xA;`Server = sqlhost.mydomain.com (REG_SZ)`&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19547" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10841" RevisionGUID="d91f500d-cd91-4924-9327-af88fedaa0d8" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:00:35.080" UserId="1463" Text="As the 3.5 SP1 installer contains 2.0 and 3.0 that shouldn't be needed anyway... have you tried the full offline setup instead of the bootstrapper (which only downloads what it thinks you need)?" />
  <row Id="19548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10842" RevisionGUID="30fe4000-1620-43e9-99e1-e9bd2dad19b6" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:01:46.607" UserId="1447" Text="AWE is irrelevent on a 64 bit O/S as it can support a large contiguous in core image.  The facility is a hack based on a facility in the Xeon and other 32-bit CPUs called PAE (Physical address extensions) that allows the MMU to support a 36 bit wide physical address bus.  The wider address bus allows a machine with this facility to address 64GB of physical RAM, although a single process can still only see 4GB at a time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AWE is a trick that uses an API provided by windows that allows a process to manage the MMU.  Using this API the process can reserve a pool of physical memory and swap chunks of it in and out of areas in its virtual address space.  [This Stackoverflow posting][1] discusses the mechanics of it in more detail with some links to external resources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The virtual address space of a process on a 64 bit server is much wider so you do not have to use this type of facility to address more than 4GB of physical RAM.  A process can natively work with 2**64 (roughly 1.8E19) distinct addresses (i.e. pointers are 64 bits wide).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/181050/can-you-allocate-a-very-large-single-chunk-of-memory-4gb-in-c-or-c/188564#188564" />
  <row Id="19549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10843" RevisionGUID="b8039a8a-93c4-43f9-af7a-6988a9353b5a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:01:55.187" UserId="695" Text="Have you tried the Microsoft [site for Hardware and Software for Keyboard and Mice][1]? You can download the intellipoint soft there and try to calibrate it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/download/download.aspx?category=MK" />
  <row Id="19550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10844" RevisionGUID="e13abe38-fcaa-4601-91f1-1a07012e09c2" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:02:43.720" UserId="1417" Text="I would also check the UPS or if you are not using one the power outlet. " />
  <row Id="19551" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10845" RevisionGUID="b91d9828-c55d-4f98-b9f1-fda14611e391" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:03:02.987" UserId="634" Text="Turns out I had a couple other jobs running that were blocking the snapshot agent. As explained here: http://www.sqlmonster.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/sql-server-replication/8439/Timeout-error-running-snapshot-agent&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The snapshot agent requires an exclusive lock, so it was timing out waiting for the lock. Disabling the jobs and then re-running the agent worked (and it only took ~5 sec)." />
  <row Id="19552" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10838" RevisionGUID="4ee384b7-75f7-474e-85b5-b356358c9049" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:03:30.113" UserId="1233" Comment="Add where details are stored." Text="For what it's worth you don't need the Logitech Control Center installed but some features won't work (eg. scrolling with the thumb scroll wheel, &quot;search&quot; button). I personally have had issues with the software - at least it's no longer an APE application (but now it's an InputManager)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, as said by Dave Cheney the place to get Expose and Dashboard to work with buttons is in the Expose &amp; Spaces Preference Pane.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The mount button numbers correspond as such (without the Control Center installed):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mouse Button 5: The &quot;forward&quot; button&#xD;&#xA;Mouse Button 4: The &quot;back&quot; button&#xD;&#xA;Mouse Button 9: Rotate all the way forward on the thumb scroll wheel.&#xD;&#xA;Mouse Button 11: Rotate all the way back on the thumb scroll wheel.&#xD;&#xA;Mouse Button 13: Clicking the thumb scroll wheel&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect that with the Control Center installed left and right on the main scroll wheel and the &quot;search&quot; button will actually be recognized.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said the Logitech Control Center settings are saved in `~/Library/Preferences/com.Logitech.Control.Center.Assignments.registry`." />
  <row Id="19553" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10808" RevisionGUID="211883d7-15c3-4e01-94b9-2993406a85e8" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:04:14.807" UserDisplayName="sirrhosys" Comment="Added details around physical architecture." Text="What is the best way to limit the number of simultaneous user sessions using Apache (IHS/2.0.42) and WebSphere (5.1) for high traffic periods?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The desired solution should limit users and present those who do not gain access to the site with a HTML page explaining the current traffic situation and ask them to return. Those users who do make it into the site should be allowed to navigate freely until either they close their browser or their session expires.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The architecture is 3-tiered (separate web, application, and database servers) with multiple servers at each tier. Currently our application and database servers are being taxed by the traffic while the web server is holding up strong to the traffic." />
  <row Id="19554" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="10808" RevisionGUID="211883d7-15c3-4e01-94b9-2993406a85e8" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:04:14.807" UserDisplayName="sirrhosys" Comment="Added details around physical architecture." Text="How to limit simulataneous user sessions in Apache(IHS) and WebSphere? " />
  <row Id="19555" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10846" RevisionGUID="a3aa4fba-7725-4c95-b235-63aa108015cc" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:06:13.773" UserId="45" Text="There is a similar question here: [How to get IIS7 to release a locked file?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6756/how-to-get-iis7-to-release-a-locked-file" />
  <row Id="19556" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10837" RevisionGUID="41ce3606-1c6a-4f61-8c36-6f14ae6709a0" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:11:09.553" UserId="558" Comment="added solved edit." Text="Trying to install .Net framekwork 3.5 but it complians that 3.0 is not present. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, when trying to install 3.0: the installer complains that 3.0 is in fact installed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Add/Remove programs doesn't list 3.0 (When I tried to uninstall it, I got a message saying the install program coulnd't be found and did I want to remove it from Add/Remove programs, I said yes). &#xD;&#xA;- I'm sure this is registry problem but I can't find any associated keys. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: **Solved** I ran the &quot;.NET cleanup tool&quot; found from this question: [What do I do if .NET Framework is not installing?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, since this question is essentially a duplicate, shoudl I delete it or wait for an admin to close it? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1834/what-do-i-do-if-net-framework-is-not-installing" />
  <row Id="19557" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10847" RevisionGUID="24ad5e8e-a7d7-4fe3-a4f3-82fcaaa969e1" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:11:44.980" UserId="575" Text="I need to sync a number of IIS6 webservers in a farm. I currently use [ViceVersa](http://www.tgrmn.com/) (with the VVEngine service) which does a good job of keeping files in sync but I'd like to move to the Microsoft [web deployment tool (msdeploy)](http://www.iis.net/extensions/webdeploymenttool). That way, the configuration stays in sync too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, the question is how do you schedule the synchronization?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Do you use the Windows scheduler?&#xD;&#xA;- Is there something built in to the web deployment tool service that I've missed?&#xD;&#xA;- Something else?" />
  <row Id="19558" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10847" RevisionGUID="24ad5e8e-a7d7-4fe3-a4f3-82fcaaa969e1" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:11:44.980" UserId="575" Text="How do I schedule the web deployment tool to sync IIS webservers?" />
  <row Id="19559" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10847" RevisionGUID="24ad5e8e-a7d7-4fe3-a4f3-82fcaaa969e1" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:11:44.980" UserId="575" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;synchronization&gt;&lt;files&gt;" />
  <row Id="19560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10848" RevisionGUID="304358d3-f539-4457-a016-1caf88c61464" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:11:53.653" UserId="3298" Text="so that I can execute apps (in cmd prompt) without specifying the fully qualified folder structure." />
  <row Id="19561" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10848" RevisionGUID="304358d3-f539-4457-a016-1caf88c61464" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:11:53.653" UserId="3298" Text="How do you add a folder to the windows vista system environment path?" />
  <row Id="19562" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10848" RevisionGUID="304358d3-f539-4457-a016-1caf88c61464" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:11:53.653" UserId="3298" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;command-prompt&gt;" />
  <row Id="19563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10849" RevisionGUID="0be4d9db-427e-4db1-b44e-2f3e1d71986a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:13:50.467" UserId="3047" Text="Another option would be to select into another table just the data you wanted.  You could set up partitioning on date this way.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the date index was the clustered index, the deletes should happen faster as they would all be close together on the disk.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10850" RevisionGUID="8bbdc4e4-f41c-48ea-bdde-4ae7e2dc74d8" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:16:21.197" UserId="626" Text="The other answer explain in detail why - but to summarize - &#xD;&#xA;The AWE option on 64 bit servers does not do anything and is not required&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Quote&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;[AWE is not required and cannot be configured on 64-bit operating systems.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190673.aspx" />
  <row Id="19565" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10848" RevisionGUID="bca3ef54-7404-4c8d-83a2-17254dd2ea01" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:16:32.787" UserId="2546" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;command-prompt&gt;&lt;systempath&gt;" />
  <row Id="19566" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10851" RevisionGUID="3c1043db-7589-44f9-ab4b-0bba95f60db3" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:17:24.050" UserId="835" Text="Inasmuch as the term &quot;format&quot; has been badly misused in modern times, a &quot;quick&quot; format simply creates an empty directory structure which renders the disk &quot;empty&quot; for all intents and purposes.  Linux has the more appropriately named mkfs (make file system) command for the same purpose.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The &quot;complete&quot; format erases every sector on the disk and checks for bad blocks in the process.  Hence, the long run time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Modern disks have firmware that checks for bad blocks and relocates them automatically.  This makes it unlikely that the old-style &quot;scan for bad blocks&quot; will ever turn up anything." />
  <row Id="19567" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10852" RevisionGUID="1d490137-939f-4c11-9c90-397e12fdb24e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:18:14.250" UserId="2084" Text="What kernel parameter or other settings control the maximum number of TCP sockets that can be open on a Linux server? What are the tradeoffs of allowing more connections?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I noticed while load testing an Apache server with [ab](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/programs/ab.html) that it's pretty easy to max out the open connections on the server. If you leave off ab's -k option, which allows connection reuse, and have it send more than about 10,000 requests then Apache serves the first 11,000 or so requests and then halts for 60 seconds. A look at netstat output shows 11,000 connections in the TIME_WAIT state. Apparently, this is normal. Connections are kept open a default of 60 seconds even after the client is done with them for [TCP reliability reasons](http://www.developerweb.net/forum/showthread.php?t=2941).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems like this would be an easy way to DoS a server and I'm wondering what the usual tunings and precautions for it are." />
  <row Id="19568" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10852" RevisionGUID="1d490137-939f-4c11-9c90-397e12fdb24e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:18:14.250" UserId="2084" Text="What limits the maximum number of connections on a Linux server? " />
  <row Id="19569" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10852" RevisionGUID="1d490137-939f-4c11-9c90-397e12fdb24e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:18:14.250" UserId="2084" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;scaling&gt;&lt;tuning&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="19570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10853" RevisionGUID="ddef38ba-88c4-4964-bfca-2eeb6a29b594" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:18:15.950" UserId="1054" Text="As an admin,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Go to Control Panel | System and click on Advanced System Settings in the left pane OR&#xD;&#xA; - Right-click on Computer and choose Properties&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Click the Environment Variables button&#xD;&#xA; - Under System Variables, edit the PATH variable and add your folder to the value (seperate with a semi-colon)" />
  <row Id="19571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10854" RevisionGUID="342bf193-686c-46b2-9684-062c56ceaf69" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:18:49.443" UserId="584" Text="Is there a way to share configuration directives across two nginx `server {}` blocks? I'd like to avoid duplicating the rules, as my site's HTTPS and HTTP content are served with the exact same config.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently, it's like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    server {&#xD;&#xA;      listen 80;&#xD;&#xA;      ...&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    server {&#xD;&#xA;      listen 443;&#xD;&#xA;      &#xD;&#xA;      ssl on; # etc.&#xD;&#xA;      ...&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can I do something along the lines of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    server {&#xD;&#xA;      listen 80, 443;&#xD;&#xA;      ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      if(port == 443) {&#xD;&#xA;        ssl on; #etc&#xD;&#xA;      }&#xD;&#xA;    }" />
  <row Id="19572" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10854" RevisionGUID="342bf193-686c-46b2-9684-062c56ceaf69" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:18:49.443" UserId="584" Text="nginx HTTPS serving with same config as HTTP" />
  <row Id="19573" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10854" RevisionGUID="342bf193-686c-46b2-9684-062c56ceaf69" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:18:49.443" UserId="584" Text="&lt;nginx&gt;&lt;https&gt;" />
  <row Id="19574" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10855" RevisionGUID="6e3f1b39-fb02-48e4-be73-72e36da03b7a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:26:30.910" UserId="2743" Text="You could reduce the time spent in the TIME_WAIT state (Set net.ipv4.tcp_fin_timeout).&#xD;&#xA;You could replace Apache with YAWS or nginx or something similar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tradeoffs of more connections generally involve memory usage, and if you have a forking process, lots of child processes which swamp your CPU." />
  <row Id="19575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10856" RevisionGUID="9016ea4c-a683-45ce-b10b-b2591f33dcc6" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:27:05.293" UserId="3301" Text="Can someone recommend me, free if possible, subversion client for Vista? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19576" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10856" RevisionGUID="9016ea4c-a683-45ce-b10b-b2591f33dcc6" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:27:05.293" UserId="3301" Text="Subversion Client for Windows Vista" />
  <row Id="19577" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10856" RevisionGUID="9016ea4c-a683-45ce-b10b-b2591f33dcc6" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:27:05.293" UserId="3301" Text="&lt;svn&gt;" />
  <row Id="19578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10857" RevisionGUID="dc4256b0-d6c0-44d9-becb-4171a55f0672" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:28:22.450" UserId="3204" Text="[tortoiseSVN][1] is very good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/" />
  <row Id="19579" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10858" RevisionGUID="177b3aa6-1ef3-42f5-9b6e-97c1514a6a3b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:29:21.670" UserId="2299" Text="As Concerned OfTunbridgeW says, SQL Server Standard won't use more than 2GB of memory even if you put in more memory and use the /3GB switch in boot.ini. Unless you have the (expensive!) Enterprise version there is no point in playing with AWE or the /3GB switch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However note that if you have more than 2GB of physical memory SQL can use the max of 2GB and other apps still have access to the extra memory. That is, any one app (including SQL) can only use 2GB but all the apps combined can use up to 4GB or however much memory you have in the server. For example if you install a second copy of SQL as a named instance then both instances can use up to 2GB i.e. 4GB between them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AWE only works on Windows 2003 Enterprise. Windows 2003 Server can only use 4GB of memory no matter how much is in your server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would agree that if you really need more than 2GB of memory then you should look at x64 Windows 2003 or 2008 and the x64 version of SQL Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John Rennie&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19580" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10858" RevisionGUID="177b3aa6-1ef3-42f5-9b6e-97c1514a6a3b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:29:21.670" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="19581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10859" RevisionGUID="ed0b7a35-8e86-4d77-a9f0-3e8902b5d2da" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:30:46.033" UserId="1840" Text="I have seen telcos install one-strand fiber links at full-duplex, but haven't found much documentation about this configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the bandwidth limitations, troubleshooting complications, advantages and/or disadvantages for this kind of setup?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19582" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10859" RevisionGUID="ed0b7a35-8e86-4d77-a9f0-3e8902b5d2da" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:30:46.033" UserId="1840" Text="What are the advantages/disadvantages for using a single strand of fiber for a full-duplex link?" />
  <row Id="19583" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10859" RevisionGUID="ed0b7a35-8e86-4d77-a9f0-3e8902b5d2da" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:30:46.033" UserId="1840" Text="&lt;fiber&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;wan&gt;&lt;lan&gt;" />
  <row Id="19584" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10860" RevisionGUID="a33eb9a5-08c3-4e9d-8945-31a2301aa421" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:31:15.020" UserId="1078" Text="Hi, we built a plain Windows 2008 Server park a few months back, and set up a few Group Policies. Most of them seem to work fine, but once in a while I have the feeling that one or more have not been applied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take for instance the Group Policy that logs of people from our Terminal Server who have been idle for more than 12 hours. I've received numerous reports that people are NOT kicked out, even though I know it has worked at some time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also the policy that adjusts how many days in advance a user should be notified that its time to change a password doesn't seem to have been applied at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know about &quot;gpupdate /force&quot;, and it has been weeks since we've altered the group policies so the problem isn't just a replication problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I check a specific machine for a list of the group policies applied? Are there any tools that makes working with Group Policies easier? Any tips when working with GPs?" />
  <row Id="19585" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10860" RevisionGUID="a33eb9a5-08c3-4e9d-8945-31a2301aa421" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:31:15.020" UserId="1078" Text="Troubleshooting Group Policies?" />
  <row Id="19586" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10860" RevisionGUID="a33eb9a5-08c3-4e9d-8945-31a2301aa421" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:31:15.020" UserId="1078" Text="&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;troubleshooting&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="19587" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10861" RevisionGUID="4f6a7d30-6380-454f-911f-93292b088ded" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:32:02.770" UserId="3047" Text="As one who has used both (and continues to), I would recommend Hyper-V, especially if you are primarily a Microsoft shop.  We have migrated over 25 virtual machines from VMware to Hyper-V using SCVMM, and the migrations have been flawless. We needed more memory, as currently Hyper-V does not support memory compression/overcommit yet, but memory is cheap right now and Hyper-V has this feature comming soon. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VMWare also has live migration, but we have not seen a need for this.  This feature is coming in the next release for Hyper-V&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hyper-V manager is fine if you have just have a couple of VM hosts, but SCVMM adds a number of useful functions, including libraries and combined view of VMware and Hyper-V hosts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We will continue to use VMware as one of our servers is old and supports 32bit only, and we get some VMs from our clients.  But all our new VMs are created using Hyper-V.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have also been using SCVMM, and have created libraries of our common configurations.  Provisioning a new VM, including naming and joining to the domain is all automated.  We are looking to further automate using Powershell, see: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032409528&amp;EventCategory=4&amp;culture=en-US&amp;CountryCode=US&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Overall, features, ease of use, and cost lead us to move to Hyper-V from VMware." />
  <row Id="19588" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10862" RevisionGUID="40f28b5b-6173-422b-8b0f-bcd222f64ca2" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:33:45.030" UserId="3290" Text="SubClipse is great if you are using Eclipse." />
  <row Id="19589" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10863" RevisionGUID="64773f9b-df98-4576-a3a4-dd3e4535c663" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:34:53.920" UserId="2299" Text="Run mmc.exe on the computer you suspect and add the Resultant Set of Policy snapin. The RSOP works through all the policies, tells what settings are in effect and which Group Policy specified them. It's massively useful for checking GP problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John Rennie&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10864" RevisionGUID="cec7e0a7-8d62-4360-a3f7-58fa9c2653e8" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:35:52.280" UserId="1078" Text="Hi, on our terminal server all users have minimal (i.e. default) permissions. None are local administrators on that machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still Java Runtime displays message to every user that an update is available. Clicking on the update asks for admin-credentials, which none of the users have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I stop Java from showing the update notice to all the users? Only administrators should see it. Its pretty annoying that lots of users contact us whenever Java requires an update." />
  <row Id="19591" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10864" RevisionGUID="cec7e0a7-8d62-4360-a3f7-58fa9c2653e8" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:35:52.280" UserId="1078" Text="Stopping Java from showing Update notice to all terminalserver users" />
  <row Id="19592" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10864" RevisionGUID="cec7e0a7-8d62-4360-a3f7-58fa9c2653e8" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:35:52.280" UserId="1078" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;java&gt;&lt;updates&gt;&lt;windows-update&gt;" />
  <row Id="19593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10865" RevisionGUID="f9c5f724-f527-4672-8019-67540fc9c9dc" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:35:57.787" UserId="1840" Text="I believe pgresult will tell you what specific policies have been applied to your machine, as well as give you information about GPO groups you're in, errors and such.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a link for it: [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc733160(WS.10).aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc733160(WS.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="19594" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10866" RevisionGUID="969555d4-f388-4c5b-a08a-07e0636902d0" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:37:30.920" UserId="3302" Text="I have ran into this a few times:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I get a new email address that can only be accessed by IMAP or through a web browser. I want to read mail from all of my other accounts through my gmail account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Gmail lets me connect to other pop servers out in the world, but not IMAP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Well, to get around this in the past I have created a forwarding rule in for my new email address and have all the email sent to an account that I can access by POP and get the email to gmail that way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Well now I have a new university email account that I can't access by POP but only IMAP and Outlook Web Access. In OWA, I don't have the option to set up the forwarding rule.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What can I do?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have looked for some software that will download email from an IMAP account and serve it through POP, but I can't find any.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="19595" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10866" RevisionGUID="969555d4-f388-4c5b-a08a-07e0636902d0" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:37:30.920" UserId="3302" Text="Serve IMAP Account as POP" />
  <row Id="19596" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10866" RevisionGUID="969555d4-f388-4c5b-a08a-07e0636902d0" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:37:30.920" UserId="3302" Text="&lt;imap&gt;&lt;pop3&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;gmail&gt;" />
  <row Id="19597" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10867" RevisionGUID="0bdd2d3c-9e49-48ea-aaa4-dd965ef95e3a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:38:09.810" UserId="3204" Text="Are there any tools other than the HP provided ones for monitoring component failures in these server from RHEL5?" />
  <row Id="19598" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10867" RevisionGUID="0bdd2d3c-9e49-48ea-aaa4-dd965ef95e3a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:38:09.810" UserId="3204" Text="Monitoring hardware failure on HP DL servers" />
  <row Id="19599" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10867" RevisionGUID="0bdd2d3c-9e49-48ea-aaa4-dd965ef95e3a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:38:09.810" UserId="3204" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;rhel5&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="19600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10868" RevisionGUID="5b9a9f8e-c255-41b9-be3e-23fc26469285" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:38:53.083" UserId="2937" Text="You could of course put something like this in your login scripts (`.bashrc` or similar):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `alias ls='ls --color=auto'`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then when you type `ls`, it will actually run the command `ls --color=auto` and so it will display in colour`*`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`*` Sorry for the British spelling, but I am British after all :)" />
  <row Id="19601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10869" RevisionGUID="091d6ca3-1711-421e-8629-613de43b4c5d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:43:59.190" UserId="1840" Text="I unfortunately don't have an answer after it has been installed.  What we do here is create MSI installations (or download them) and modify it's MSI install parameters so it doesnt check for updates automatically. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe if you do this, the re-install with the new parameters will resolve your problem." />
  <row Id="19602" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10839" RevisionGUID="894c8125-6838-471e-8b85-532dc2308395" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:45:06.503" UserId="7330" Comment="adding answer from question" Text="Are you running the upgrade for the .NET Framework?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Try running the .NET cleanup tool.  " />
  <row Id="19603" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10870" RevisionGUID="091df659-a79a-432d-ba5a-ee50ab5d7c69" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:46:03.133" UserId="2546" Text="I know it's disappointingly untechnical, but have you tried asking your University sysadmins to set up email forwarding? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used to be one and we were all pretty friendly types!" />
  <row Id="19604" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10871" RevisionGUID="e930b9c9-37a4-4871-8595-7776b8f1df68" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:47:25.500" UserId="3303" Text="I'm trying to connect a linux computer to an existing Windows network.  Do I need to run the samba server or should the samba client be sufficient?" />
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  <row Id="19606" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10871" RevisionGUID="e930b9c9-37a4-4871-8595-7776b8f1df68" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:47:25.500" UserId="3303" Text="&lt;samba&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="19607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10872" RevisionGUID="fb43f1ef-810d-471f-a5b5-0fd21ce53f56" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:48:00.070" UserId="3047" Text="This error is the clue:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID {280D5CF7-80A4-40AC-844C-FE3653F02FF1} to the user mydomain\myusername SID (mySID).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The COM object should not be running as you, it should be running as the IUSR_MachineName or Network Service user, the user that is running IIS.  You don't want every user that accesses the site to be running the DLL as them - bad idea.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure that the permission of the physical directory that your virtual directory points to have the user that is running IIS (IUSR_machinename) have the correct permissions, and the DLL that is registered in COM has the correct permissions for the IIS user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Permissions are hard to debug in IIS, as security events are not always logged to the Security event log.  The Authentication &amp; Access Control Diagnostics 1.0 tool is a great tool for investigating permissions issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=34&amp;g=6&amp;i=1285" />
  <row Id="19608" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10873" RevisionGUID="fe3a9089-8187-477d-9435-e0bcad108dfe" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:50:18.913" UserId="2863" Text="neither are required you can do this with a mount command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # mount -t cifs //SERVERADDRESS/SHARE -o username=USER,password=PASS /mnt/MNTDIR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19609" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10869" RevisionGUID="541932db-7ebc-4357-8030-6f1c7d6918b4" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:52:26.303" UserId="1840" Comment="added another option" Text="I unfortunately don't have an answer after it has been installed.  What we do here is create MSI installations (or download them) and modify it's MSI install parameters so it doesnt check for updates automatically. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe if you do this, the re-install with the new parameters will resolve your problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OR... you can try disabling the java update via regedit: [http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5156092][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5156092" />
  <row Id="19610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10874" RevisionGUID="d888c907-b879-4faf-9fe3-9ef075fa673e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:53:19.547" UserId="984" Text="My suggestion is that you don't do it.  That is not a good way to make a backup of mysql database.  You are probably much better off simply using the built-in backup tool [mysqldump][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The /b switch of robocopy allows robocopy to bypass filesystem ACLs by activiateing a special backup privilege.  This allows the administrator to backup or copy files that he doesn't have access too normally because of the ACLs applied to the files.  It has nothing to do with dealing with in-use files or backing up live databases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysqldump.html" />
  <row Id="19611" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3048" RevisionGUID="bb3c54cc-2a74-490c-a53c-60f5d53ee587" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:55:28.777" UserId="1606" Comment="free for personal use" Text="I have used [Tunnelier][1] in the past.  While it's only free for non-commercial use, it works really well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bitvise.com/tunnelier" />
  <row Id="19613" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10875" RevisionGUID="98026a3e-cbd5-44ec-940e-880741d40865" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:56:21.863" UserId="1435" Text="HP's hardware hooks are themselves proprietry but they do expose their instrumentation via a number of 'open' methods such as SNMP/WMI/WBEM etc. So you don't HAVE to use SIM/SMHP." />
  <row Id="19614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10876" RevisionGUID="6fdf9695-603b-4570-a951-7d3b656bf5e4" CreationDate="2009-05-21T16:57:12.377" UserId="2304" Text="The HP ASM tools &amp; SNMP OIDs are what we mainly use for general component monitoring....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, you can also use [smartmontools][1] to monitor the disk drives and most of the sensors should show up in [lm_sensors][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.lm-sensors.org/" />
  <row Id="19615" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10877" RevisionGUID="3784ce02-56fd-4676-950c-031ae7c6d080" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:01:05.503" UserId="1447" Text="You want the samba client (smbmount) or CIFS (a client-only driver) which is also maintained by the samba team.  Most versions of Linux will have both, although samba may not be installed by both." />
  <row Id="19617" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10838" RevisionGUID="a853680a-cdba-4a09-8f42-d3a146ce900b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:01:35.240" UserId="1233" Comment="Formatting. Two spaces after a line gives you a break, not none." Text="For what it's worth you don't need the Logitech Control Center installed but some features won't work (eg. scrolling with the thumb scroll wheel, &quot;search&quot; button). I personally have had issues with the software - at least it's no longer an APE application (but now it's an InputManager)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, as said by Dave Cheney the place to get Expose and Dashboard to work with buttons is in the Expose &amp; Spaces Preference Pane.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The mount button numbers correspond as such (without the Control Center installed):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mouse Button 5: The &quot;forward&quot; button  &#xD;&#xA;Mouse Button 4: The &quot;back&quot; button  &#xD;&#xA;Mouse Button 9: Rotate all the way forward on the thumb scroll wheel.  &#xD;&#xA;Mouse Button 11: Rotate all the way back on the thumb scroll wheel.  &#xD;&#xA;Mouse Button 13: Clicking the thumb scroll wheel  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect that with the Control Center installed left and right on the main scroll wheel and the &quot;search&quot; button will actually be recognized.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said the Logitech Control Center settings are saved in `~/Library/Preferences/com.Logitech.Control.Center.Assignments.registry`." />
  <row Id="19618" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10879" RevisionGUID="4fec2452-6e83-422d-b56d-2bcf90ebe812" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:01:48.203" UserId="1047" Text="I am working on bringing TFS (Microsoft Team Foundation Server) into our organization and I was wondering if anyone had been through administrator level training on TFS that they felt was particularly valuable, or whether people just are learning these things &quot;in the trenches&quot; so to speak. Ideally looking for something in California but not completely opposed to travel." />
  <row Id="19619" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10879" RevisionGUID="4fec2452-6e83-422d-b56d-2bcf90ebe812" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:01:48.203" UserId="1047" Text="Do you know of any good TFS administrator training programs?" />
  <row Id="19620" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10879" RevisionGUID="4fec2452-6e83-422d-b56d-2bcf90ebe812" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:01:48.203" UserId="1047" Text="&lt;microsoft&gt;&lt;tfs&gt;&lt;training&gt;" />
  <row Id="19621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10880" RevisionGUID="e33a8d96-fd8e-49be-9f8f-68993fa49c09" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:02:59.090" UserId="3297" Text="I'm using Zenoss. It works well for our environment with few routers and &gt;50 switches and APs. It combines the features of nagios and rrd. It has user-friendly interface. It's easy to add and configure devices. It has auto-discovery feature via snmp so device can be automatically added and get monitored. For details and documents check out their site:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.zenoss.com" />
  <row Id="19622" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10860" RevisionGUID="487afa84-14eb-4a98-9cfa-50a40f6f56cc" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:04:30.520" UserId="2302" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;troubleshooting&gt;&lt;tools&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="19623" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10881" RevisionGUID="1aa31a8c-ada7-445c-ab6b-badf1bddc44f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:05:01.253" UserId="984" Text="On a Debian/Ubuntu based system you need the package you NEED is [smbfs][1].  This is the package that includes mount.cifs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://packages.debian.org/lenny/smbfs" />
  <row Id="19624" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10882" RevisionGUID="fd7bdcf8-fc09-454d-8296-d2d493d9f1b8" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:05:30.270" UserId="1281" Text="You want the client if you are trying to *access existing drives on the network* from this computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You want the server if you are trying to *share drives on this computer* with the network." />
  <row Id="19625" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10883" RevisionGUID="77f0adfc-4868-4da4-a1b5-6d27b8db3645" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:06:29.440" UserId="2192" Text="I am really a programmer and new to web development field. I am tasked with creating a web service which must be publicly hosted (on internet) and which one of your application will use when needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have developed the web service (using ASP.NET/WCF) and have tested it by hosting it on one of the server in INTRANET. The service uses a database which MUST be installed in organisation intranet only (some sensitive data). I am now confused as how to proceed to host it on internet. Please can you guide about the steps I need to perform?" />
  <row Id="19626" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10883" RevisionGUID="77f0adfc-4868-4da4-a1b5-6d27b8db3645" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:06:29.440" UserId="2192" Text="What steps do I need to perform to host a ASP.NET web service publicly?" />
  <row Id="19627" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10883" RevisionGUID="77f0adfc-4868-4da4-a1b5-6d27b8db3645" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:06:29.440" UserId="2192" Text="&lt;web-hosting&gt;&lt;web-services&gt;&lt;wcf&gt;" />
  <row Id="19628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10884" RevisionGUID="c2cd721d-cceb-433e-90d7-794e52ac7f21" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:07:32.997" UserId="1672" Text="This is a server running ubuntu 8.04 server, any idea what's going on?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # ls&#xD;&#xA;    -bash: /bin/ls: No such file or directory&#xD;&#xA;    # /bin/ls&#xD;&#xA;    -bash: /bin/ls: No such file or directory&#xD;&#xA;    # stat /bin/ls&#xD;&#xA;      File: `/bin/ls'&#xD;&#xA;      Size: 39696     	Blocks: 80         IO Block: 4096   regular file&#xD;&#xA;    Device: 803h/2051d	Inode: 1073910881  Links: 1&#xD;&#xA;    Access: (0755/-rwxr-xr-x)  Uid: (  122/ UNKNOWN)   Gid: (  114/Debian-exim)&#xD;&#xA;    Access: 2008-06-05 15:07:22.491486000 -0700&#xD;&#xA;    Modify: 2008-04-03 23:44:23.000000000 -0700&#xD;&#xA;    Change: 2009-05-21 07:42:45.715736917 -0700&#xD;&#xA;    root@santa:/bin# dd if=/bin/ls of=/dev/null &#xD;&#xA;    77+1 records in&#xD;&#xA;    77+1 records out&#xD;&#xA;    39696 bytes (40 kB) copied, 0.000157908 s, 251 MB/s&#xD;&#xA;    root@santa:/bin# &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have no idea how it got the weird GID and UID, neither one exists in /etc/passwd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recently performed the ubuntu NTP update to fix a security hole." />
  <row Id="19629" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10884" RevisionGUID="c2cd721d-cceb-433e-90d7-794e52ac7f21" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:07:32.997" UserId="1672" Text="/bin/ls not found, even though it exists!" />
  <row Id="19630" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10884" RevisionGUID="c2cd721d-cceb-433e-90d7-794e52ac7f21" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:07:32.997" UserId="1672" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="19631" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10885" RevisionGUID="a659b136-fa21-42ae-a305-ae25fd1aefad" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:09:01.760" UserId="640" Text="I need to configure all of our XP computers to sleep after a few hours of inactivity. Doing this from control panel is easy, but I'd like to avoid having to visit each desk individually. Is there any way to do this remotely?" />
  <row Id="19632" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10885" RevisionGUID="a659b136-fa21-42ae-a305-ae25fd1aefad" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:09:01.760" UserId="640" Text="How can I remotely configure an XP computer to sleep after x minutes?" />
  <row Id="19633" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10885" RevisionGUID="a659b136-fa21-42ae-a305-ae25fd1aefad" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:09:01.760" UserId="640" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;power-management&gt;&lt;remote-access&gt;" />
  <row Id="19634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10886" RevisionGUID="269840bd-4d7e-4424-ba7c-2aa6cf2b71c0" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:12:28.803" UserId="1054" Text="If it's been tested and you're happy with it working then you need to work with your security folk to have connections to it allowed through the firewall on HTTP / HTTPS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're doubling as the security folk, then what I would recommend is to put it in a DMZ off of your firewall, keeping the database server inside the firewall.  You would then need to create an incoming path for the database connections from your DMZ web server (that hosts the web service) through the internal interface of the firewall to your db server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you post more details regarding the technologies you're using (MySQL / MS SQL, are you the security person, etc) then more details can be provided on how to implement this." />
  <row Id="19636" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10888" RevisionGUID="5c2a5f5d-571d-47fe-9fd5-dee6eccddfed" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:12:39.927" UserId="2302" Text="Assuming you're running Active directory, You can use [Energy Star's EZ GPO][1] to manage a bunch of power-related features.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=power_mgt.pr_power_mgt_ez_gpo" />
  <row Id="19637" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10889" RevisionGUID="a6a7c77a-2d7e-4283-b662-f81374b87b15" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:12:49.117" UserId="48" Text="If you have successfully tested it on the intranet of your organisation then to expose it to the internet is relatively straight forward, you just need host the application on a publicy accessible server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is common to have publicly accessible site use a database back end which is hosted securely inside hte organisations firewall and have only the application access this database through a secure channel, therefore exposing as little as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So basically to expose an application on the internet, all you need to is deploy it on an Internet accessible server, the same way as you hav done on the internet. Obviously as this is now available to all you need to make sure your site is secure and not going to expose the database to attack." />
  <row Id="19638" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10890" RevisionGUID="57a8042d-c960-4297-a988-31e289dda7f3" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:12:58.960" UserId="760" Text="I have a Windows 2003/IIS6 server with a lot of application pools. In task manager, one of the w3wp.exe processes is using up a lot more resources then the others. Short of stopping/starting each pool one-by-one, is there an easy way to find out which application pool is related to the process?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19639" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10890" RevisionGUID="57a8042d-c960-4297-a988-31e289dda7f3" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:12:58.960" UserId="760" Text="Quickest way to find out which IIS app pool a process is?" />
  <row Id="19640" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10890" RevisionGUID="57a8042d-c960-4297-a988-31e289dda7f3" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:12:58.960" UserId="760" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;application-pools&gt;&lt;processes&gt;" />
  <row Id="19641" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10884" RevisionGUID="405e3ab5-0b87-4a4b-9253-fb85d0311c55" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:16:44.380" UserId="1672" Comment="added 58 characters in body" Text="This is a server running ubuntu 8.04 server, any idea what's going on?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # ls&#xD;&#xA;    -bash: /bin/ls: No such file or directory&#xD;&#xA;    # /bin/ls&#xD;&#xA;    -bash: /bin/ls: No such file or directory&#xD;&#xA;    # stat /bin/ls&#xD;&#xA;      File: `/bin/ls'&#xD;&#xA;      Size: 39696     	Blocks: 80         IO Block: 4096   regular file&#xD;&#xA;    Device: 803h/2051d	Inode: 1073910881  Links: 1&#xD;&#xA;    Access: (0755/-rwxr-xr-x)  Uid: (  122/ UNKNOWN)   Gid: (  114/Debian-exim)&#xD;&#xA;    Access: 2008-06-05 15:07:22.491486000 -0700&#xD;&#xA;    Modify: 2008-04-03 23:44:23.000000000 -0700&#xD;&#xA;    Change: 2009-05-21 07:42:45.715736917 -0700&#xD;&#xA;    root@santa:/bin# dd if=/bin/ls of=/dev/null &#xD;&#xA;    77+1 records in&#xD;&#xA;    77+1 records out&#xD;&#xA;    39696 bytes (40 kB) copied, 0.000157908 s, 251 MB/s&#xD;&#xA;    root@santa:/bin# &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have no idea how it got the weird GID and UID, neither one exists in /etc/passwd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recently performed the ubuntu NTP update to fix a security hole.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: I just noticed /bin/netstat has the same issue" />
  <row Id="19642" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10891" RevisionGUID="1b99d96e-f3ec-4530-9422-f84437b70d85" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:16:49.233" UserId="2304" Text="We currently use SiteScope for monitoring &amp; alerting, Cacti for graphing and trends, and Nagios as a backup system, although there's a lot of software out there depending on what functions and features you're looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This [wikipedia page][1] is an excellent place to start.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I think Nagios, Zenoss, Zabbix, Hyperic, and Groundwork are all good solutions.  I was also impressed by PandoraFMS and OpenNMS last time I looked at them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_network_monitoring_systems" />
  <row Id="19643" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10892" RevisionGUID="dae17d4a-131c-432a-a3fc-4a7098387c72" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:17:51.837" UserId="843" Text="I guess there are some questions, like have you seen it reboot itself? Or do you just come back after being away for awhile and notice it had rebooted. When it reboots what are you doing, nothing? High disk activity? High RAM consumption? Intense Processor activity?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Possible causes might be&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  Blue screen, automatically reboots machine&#xD;&#xA;2.  Brown-outs or power interruptions, most computers startup on power resume (option in bios)&#xD;&#xA;3.  Maybe the computer crashes when trying to go into low power mode / sleep due to inactivity&#xD;&#xA;4.  You have a bad memory chip and after awhile the computer will randomly hit the bad spot and cause a crash&#xD;&#xA;5.  You decorated your case with powerful magnets" />
  <row Id="19644" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10893" RevisionGUID="90e1f7b9-2650-4f70-bef1-0ad981c7e04f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:18:18.433" UserId="48" Text="The script iisapp.vbs will list this information for you, it is located in the system32 folder, but you should be able to run it straight from the command line." />
  <row Id="19645" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10894" RevisionGUID="f422e971-1c4f-4500-ba5a-29005f279d4b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:18:30.273" UserId="3299" Text="I was able to get a server working on XP 32 bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I downloaded and installed VMWare Server Version 1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then installed Windows Server 2008 R2 RC x64 as a guest os (I had to say it was going to be a Windows Server 2003 x64)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems to be working just fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Vaccano" />
  <row Id="19646" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10894" RevisionGUID="f422e971-1c4f-4500-ba5a-29005f279d4b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:18:30.273" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="19647" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10895" RevisionGUID="a2959a4c-9cae-405f-9b04-1fed27ac6475" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:18:48.510" UserId="1185" Text="use Microsoft Process Explorer http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can turn on &quot;command line&quot; as a column and for the W3Wp.exe's it will tell you the app pool." />
  <row Id="19648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10896" RevisionGUID="6f53e1d8-6ed5-4a14-b5bc-69cbe8d967e0" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:19:21.413" UserId="2341" Text="Assuming your apps are ASP.NET:  Use sysinternals Process Explorer, right-click on the process, choose Properties, then click the .NET tab.  You will see the various AppDomains for the .NET process, which for ASP.NET apps typically shows you something like /LM/W3SVC/id/Root/path etc.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10897" RevisionGUID="6c8c10ac-19e9-4501-9964-372b10d8efdd" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:19:51.817" UserId="2649" Text="There is always the trusty command line version of svn.  I use this in addition to GUI versions, I have run into too many instances where the GUI version has a problem and I have to resort to the command line to fix it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have also used [SmartSVN][1] and been very happy with it.  It is more of a full fledged client, rather than an extension to the explorer.  This has some benefits, in that it will monitor and show you all your current changes and those pending changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.syntevo.com/smartsvn/index.html " />
  <row Id="19650" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10881" RevisionGUID="ddd7e4bd-f33e-46f0-a8bd-c5180d3c786c" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:31:05.833" UserId="984" Comment="added 49 characters in body" Text="On a Debian/Ubuntu based system you need the package you NEED is [smbfs][1].  This is the package that includes [mount.cifs][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://packages.debian.org/lenny/smbfs&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://linux.die.net/man/8/mount.cifs" />
  <row Id="19651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10898" RevisionGUID="b338daf5-6fae-4dd0-8eae-d5a487c85ca4" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:31:49.217" UserId="2561" Text="I don't think there is a tunable to set that directly.  This falls under the category of TCP/IP tuning.  To find out what you can tune, try 'man 7 tcp'. The sysctl ( 'man 8 sysctl' ) is used to set these. 'sysctl -a | grep  tcp' will show you most of what you can tune, but I am not sure if it will show all of them. Also, unless this has changed, TCP/IP sockets open up look like file descriptors.  So [this][1] and the next section in that link might be what you are looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://people.redhat.com/alikins/system_tuning.html#tcp" />
  <row Id="19652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10899" RevisionGUID="e8195ace-7aa6-4ed3-9f7a-3c06fb667794" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:32:47.563" UserId="1489" Text="I really like VisualSVN if you're using [Visual Studio][1].  It's free for a 30 day trial, then $49.  Well worth the 50 bucks, in my opinion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you **have** to have free, and using Visual Studio, try [AnkhSVN][2].  I've used it before, and it works fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.visualsvn.com/visualsvn/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ankhsvn.open.collab.net/" />
  <row Id="19653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10900" RevisionGUID="364dfd59-c592-4ef5-b616-a3483d829d0f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:33:49.010" UserId="3307" Text="I have a Dell Power Edge 6850 with 2 physical  Dual Quad Core Processors and 24GB of Ram as our VMWare Host Server.  We have VMWare Server (Old GSX) installed on this box and have 5 Virtual Servers (Guests) running.  The Guest OS's are running off of a Dell MD1000 Array connected via Dell Perc 5e card.  The drives are Satau 7200 RPM.  All of these Servers run Windows Server 2003 R2.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem we are having is that when we read from or write to the VM (Guest OS) the processor usage jumps to between 80-100%.  I used Process explorer and saw that Hardware Interrupts are what is jumping.  I know this is a Disk I/O issue (I have used tools to verify the disk write backs)  My question is where is the bottleneck occurring?  Is it at the SCSI card, the Array or the drives themselves?  I seem to think it is the drives, but does anyone know of a way to verify this? Any input would be appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;Erik" />
  <row Id="19654" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10900" RevisionGUID="364dfd59-c592-4ef5-b616-a3483d829d0f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:33:49.010" UserId="3307" Text="VMWare Server High Processor Usage (Disk I/O)" />
  <row Id="19655" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10900" RevisionGUID="364dfd59-c592-4ef5-b616-a3483d829d0f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:33:49.010" UserId="3307" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;dell&gt;&lt;sata&gt;&lt;raid&gt;&lt;processes&gt;" />
  <row Id="19656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10901" RevisionGUID="45cf9f2e-9cba-4275-b130-410a12940d26" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:35:31.270" UserId="984" Text="Having ls and netstat broke on a system sounds suspiciously like something a hacker would do to avoid detection.  Usually they try to patch those tools to prevent detection of tools and backdoors they had installed or created.  You might want to consider rebooting to a livecd and then checking the md5sums of those files." />
  <row Id="19657" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10902" RevisionGUID="98f7ba60-89fb-4194-b621-c0bae6060617" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:35:39.927" UserId="2084" Text="Here's the output of stat /bin/ls on my Ubuntu 8.04 server. Different size, so I would guess the file has been corrupted or replaced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # stat /bin/ls&#xD;&#xA;      File: `/bin/ls'&#xD;&#xA;      Size: 106176          Blocks: 216        IO Block: 4096   regular file&#xD;&#xA;    Device: ca00h/51712d    Inode: 3631        Links: 1&#xD;&#xA;    Access: (0755/-rwxr-xr-x)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)&#xD;&#xA;    Access: 2009-05-21 13:31:51.000000000 -0400&#xD;&#xA;    Modify: 2008-04-04 02:44:23.000000000 -0400&#xD;&#xA;    Change: 2008-05-29 17:14:25.000000000 -0400&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10903" RevisionGUID="d45d0d12-fdc1-4e63-85fb-79687911ea27" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:37:59.080" UserId="2101" Text="You can get the 'No such file or directory' error when the dynamic linker cannot find the appropriate shared objects.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ldd /bin/ls&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and check the output.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looks suspicious to me as well, by the way. I'd worry about your system having been compromised." />
  <row Id="19659" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10904" RevisionGUID="39efff82-675c-4a4a-86fb-84fa1138b9b0" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:38:35.210" UserId="3047" Text="I believe Site Minder passes the user along as an http header. The default is remote_user, but this can be changed." />
  <row Id="19660" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8323" RevisionGUID="e0601a5f-818e-4f34-8ad5-10007b6e7e47" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:40:53.770" UserId="1803" Comment="added 32 characters in body" Text="Old server is windows 2000, and the original setup guy's answer to pretty much everything was C:\ --&gt; Everyone --&gt; Full Control.  However, there WAS a setup doc, that seemed to work up to a point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Created a local admin com user&#xD;&#xA;* Created COM+ applications referencing that user and some dll's supplied with the site&#xD;&#xA;* Installed .net versions 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 (I've tried running under each version, no change in error)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Server object error 'ASP 0178 :&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 80070005'  Server.CreateObject Access&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Error  /Include/fnLookups.asp, line 10&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The call to Server.CreateObject failed&#xD;&#xA;&gt; while checking permissions. Access is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; denied to this object.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Line 10 appears to be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; set objClient = Server.CreateObject(&quot;fooUser.CfooUser&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I trundle off to the System log and I have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID &#xD;&#xA;{280D5CF7-80A4-40AC-844C-FE3653F02FF1}&#xD;&#xA; to the user mydomain\myusername SID (mySID).  This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is progress of sorts, it's picking up the COM app and my ID just fine.  I added myself to the &quot;Access Permissions&quot; and &quot;Launch &amp; Activation Permissions&quot; of the My Computer object in dcomdnfg - but my barking seems to be directed at the wrong tree.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ran through [mskb198432][1] as well as I could, though it seems directed at an earlier version, but no joy there, either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas are welcome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit - list of suggestions tried&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Ruled out the x64 difference, running in x32 with the same issue.&#xD;&#xA; - ruled out file permissions&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;give Everyone Local Launch and Activation permissions to be sure it's a COM permissions issue&quot; - done, no joy&#xD;&#xA; - IIS5 Isolation mode enabled&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit - Is there anything I can look into on the old windows 2k server that may lend some insight?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/198432" />
  <row Id="19661" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10894" RevisionGUID="3ff79c10-b3af-49ab-bb1a-6da0c5a033b5" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:44:19.147" UserId="3299" Comment="added 61 characters in body" Text="I was able to get a server working on XP 32 bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I downloaded and installed VMWare Server Version 1 (Version 2 would not work on XP for me).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then installed Windows Server 2008 R2 RC x64 as a guest os (I had to tell VWMWare Server that it was going to be a Windows Server 2003 x64)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems to be working just fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Vaccano" />
  <row Id="19662" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10905" RevisionGUID="8a3d7ba2-e8f0-4885-9a36-e39e62aad60e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:44:59.583" UserId="3298" Text="Pluralsight's offerings are ones that I would look into. Haven't been through this training myself, but I've always heard good things about Pluralsight.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.pluralsight.com/main/ilt/Course.aspx?id=AP12" />
  <row Id="19663" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10884" RevisionGUID="a1e797df-ccfe-4bb7-96d1-30908cae80be" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:45:52.310" UserId="1672" Comment="found solution" Text="This is a server running ubuntu 8.04 server, any idea what's going on?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # ls&#xD;&#xA;    -bash: /bin/ls: No such file or directory&#xD;&#xA;    # /bin/ls&#xD;&#xA;    -bash: /bin/ls: No such file or directory&#xD;&#xA;    # stat /bin/ls&#xD;&#xA;      File: `/bin/ls'&#xD;&#xA;      Size: 39696     	Blocks: 80         IO Block: 4096   regular file&#xD;&#xA;    Device: 803h/2051d	Inode: 1073910881  Links: 1&#xD;&#xA;    Access: (0755/-rwxr-xr-x)  Uid: (  122/ UNKNOWN)   Gid: (  114/Debian-exim)&#xD;&#xA;    Access: 2008-06-05 15:07:22.491486000 -0700&#xD;&#xA;    Modify: 2008-04-03 23:44:23.000000000 -0700&#xD;&#xA;    Change: 2009-05-21 07:42:45.715736917 -0700&#xD;&#xA;    #:/bin# dd if=/bin/ls of=/dev/null &#xD;&#xA;    77+1 records in&#xD;&#xA;    77+1 records out&#xD;&#xA;    39696 bytes (40 kB) copied, 0.000157908 s, 251 MB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have no idea how it got the weird GID and UID, neither one exists in /etc/passwd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recently performed the ubuntu NTP update to fix a security hole.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: I just noticed /bin/netstat has the same issue&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: looks like I got rooted, ran rkhunter and it found a kit..." />
  <row Id="19664" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10906" RevisionGUID="296813dc-8413-4fac-b7a1-fc86a0544cee" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:46:31.780" UserId="2614" Text="Our Exchange server is getting slammed with anywhere between 450,000 and 700,000 spam messages per day.  We receive about 1700 legitimate messages in the same time frame.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Roughly 75% of the spam is directory harvesting.  We currently have GFI MailEssentials installed.  To it's credit, it's doing a very good job, but the sheer volume of spam that we're receiving, and the number of connections that our exchange server is making is preventing legitimate email from being delivered in a timely manner.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;GFI is set up to check for directory harvesting at the SMTP level, which I presume intercepts the mail before it hits the Exchange services , or goes through SMSE.  This &quot;module&quot; is ordered at the top of the list, so (hopefully) dealing with the harvesting is consuming a minimum amount of server resources and bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is, is there anything I can do to prevent our Exchange server's connection pool from being eaten up by these spam hosts?  We had to limit the number of concurrent connections being made by Exchange, because it was consuming all of our bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks, in advance." />
  <row Id="19665" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10906" RevisionGUID="296813dc-8413-4fac-b7a1-fc86a0544cee" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:46:31.780" UserId="2614" Text="Recommendations for handling Directory Harvesting spam on Exchange 2003" />
  <row Id="19666" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10906" RevisionGUID="296813dc-8413-4fac-b7a1-fc86a0544cee" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:46:31.780" UserId="2614" Text="&lt;exchange-2003&gt;&lt;spam&gt;" />
  <row Id="19667" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10907" RevisionGUID="943769d3-47dd-425f-bd33-a7c5ed67e7f9" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:53:09.253" UserId="3156" Text="You might be able to set up an outlook filter that includes a forward directly to GMail, assuming the admins haven't disabled the filtering.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19668" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10901" RevisionGUID="cf37ece6-e9a5-418e-8928-536d027aa629" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:56:01.183" UserId="984" Comment="added 333 characters in body" Text="Having ls and netstat broke on a system sounds suspiciously like something a hacker would do to avoid detection.  Usually they try to patch those tools to prevent detection of tools and backdoors they had installed or created.  You might want to consider rebooting to a livecd and then checking the md5sums of those files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the system is compromised please check these questions for some advice on how to deal with the situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Aftermath of Hack][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Reinstall after a Root Compromise?][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6159/aftermath-of-hack&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6190/reinstall-after-a-root-compromise" />
  <row Id="19669" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10908" RevisionGUID="a340b5cc-210d-47ea-9239-64eb7630ebbb" CreationDate="2009-05-21T17:56:22.460" UserId="1164" Text="Windows Update automatic restart?" />
  <row Id="19670" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10909" RevisionGUID="6f8078af-c0da-4eb6-aa36-e171452f1774" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:00:46.587" UserId="2413" Text="if you have query logging turned on on your production/test environment [ which is not the case ] you can use [mk-query-digest][1] from [maatkit][2] toolkit. it'll help you to determine which queries are most frequent/longest taking etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.maatkit.org/doc/mk-query-digest.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.maatkit.org/" />
  <row Id="19671" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10910" RevisionGUID="8b83cbb5-11dd-408c-968b-ea2498332209" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:02:46.020" UserId="371" Text="I recently picked up a Dell Mini9 netbook running Ubuntu 8.04.  It runs great and I love it, but there's one glaring issue out of the box.  The trackpad mouse and mousewheel are way too sensitive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm able to adjust mouse acceleration and sensitivity in the Ubuntu mouse controls, but even when set to minimum it's still too fast.  Also, there's no controls to adjust the mouse wheel speed, which is almost unusable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any other way I can adjust it?  Firmware settings maybe?" />
  <row Id="19672" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10910" RevisionGUID="8b83cbb5-11dd-408c-968b-ea2498332209" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:02:46.020" UserId="371" Text="How do I adjust mouse sensitivity on Dell Mini9 running Ubuntu?" />
  <row Id="19673" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10910" RevisionGUID="8b83cbb5-11dd-408c-968b-ea2498332209" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:02:46.020" UserId="371" Text="&lt;netbook&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;mouse&gt;" />
  <row Id="19674" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10911" RevisionGUID="7ba001f1-d956-4fbd-b3f5-16802d3174b0" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:03:59.373" UserId="1834" Text="How can I get the version of the core C libraries installed on an AIX server?" />
  <row Id="19675" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10911" RevisionGUID="7ba001f1-d956-4fbd-b3f5-16802d3174b0" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:03:59.373" UserId="1834" Text="Get the version of the C libraries installed on an AIX server" />
  <row Id="19676" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10911" RevisionGUID="7ba001f1-d956-4fbd-b3f5-16802d3174b0" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:03:59.373" UserId="1834" Text="&lt;aix&gt;&lt;version&gt;" />
  <row Id="19677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10912" RevisionGUID="91202ab7-71f9-4c2c-858d-b1301dd3893a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:05:45.373" UserId="2561" Text="Are you using a disk image ( File living on top of the filesystem) ? In that case, the disk image file may have become fragmented over time.  There might be tuning options that might help to, for instance, disabling atime ( access time in Linux, I think you can disable this in windows as well ).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are your drives in a raid configuration?" />
  <row Id="19678" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10913" RevisionGUID="679ec813-683f-4e88-8c2b-d2639766cc53" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:07:43.263" UserId="2304" Text="It seems to me that you've already done everything you can to limit the mail reaching the Exchange server - the next step would be to try and find a common factor in the spam that would allow you to block it before it even reaches the GFI box.  (i.e. Treating it like a DDoS attack)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the traffic is coming from only a handful of hosts, would it be feasible to shun those IP's on your border routers?  Sometimes ISP's are also willing to help out with these sort of attacks - might be worth contacting them to see if they can ID and drop the bad traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One duct tape solution might be to make your primary MX record an invalid one, and make the secondary MX record the valid one.  Most spambots won't waste time trying alternate MX records, while legit mail will still come through... the down side is, you run a small risk of losing mail from incorrectly configured MTA's." />
  <row Id="19679" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10816" RevisionGUID="73dfe358-6204-473e-ae3f-cb3a473e3573" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:07:53.093" UserId="45" Comment="edited body; edited tags; edited title" Text="Hi, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;we have SQL Server installed on a Windows Server 2003 with 2GB of memory. Would it help if we enabled AWE? Or do we have to add more memory and then enable AWE?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19680" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="10816" RevisionGUID="73dfe358-6204-473e-ae3f-cb3a473e3573" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:07:53.093" UserId="45" Comment="edited body; edited tags; edited title" Text="Sql Server 2005 and AWE" />
  <row Id="19681" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10816" RevisionGUID="73dfe358-6204-473e-ae3f-cb3a473e3573" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:07:53.093" UserId="45" Comment="edited body; edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;awe&gt;" />
  <row Id="19682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10914" RevisionGUID="c865401b-a475-4d5b-9d82-ecb641ffb188" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:08:35.150" UserId="1820" Text="Yes, you can send an email to all users in an Exchange environment. Simply do the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Open New email&#xD;&#xA;- Click To:&#xD;&#xA;- In the Global Address List, select the top entry, hold shift, select the bottom entry.&#xD;&#xA;- Click the BCC button to add those recipients to your email. BCC so that you don't have 20KB worth of names appearing in the email." />
  <row Id="19683" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10915" RevisionGUID="0bf45fda-f85d-4612-8835-a197420df88e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:11:24.317" UserId="1176" Text="Try giving &quot;Network Service&quot; an access to the &quot;Temp&quot; directory (C:\WINDOWS\Temp)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope this helps ;-)" />
  <row Id="19684" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10916" RevisionGUID="b6027267-faf1-422b-a1a3-1c08767c4269" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:13:07.670" UserId="45" Text="There is a free tool (GPL), written in Java: [IMAP4 to POP3 protocol gateway][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This tool allows you to access IMAP4&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server as if it were a POP3 server.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; It's useful when your IMAP4 server&#xD;&#xA;&gt; doesn't support POP3 for some reason.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This gateway reads mail from the specified IMAP4 server like a proxy:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;               IMAP4                POP3              &#xD;&#xA;IMAP Server ----------&gt; Gateway -----------&gt; you/Gmail&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kohsuke.org/imap2pop/" />
  <row Id="19685" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10917" RevisionGUID="b42d7bd3-581c-420f-a79e-2cb16bf56b35" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:15:19.053" UserId="1820" Text="I would use a combination of Recipient Filtering, and SMTP Tar-pitting. This is explained in more detail here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.exchangeinbox.com/article.aspx?i=49&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a summary, Exchange rejects connections to addresses that don't exist. However this allows spam harvesters to check a large number of addresses quickly against your server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By enabling tar-pitting, you add a delay to the response your server gives, which reduces the amount of connections a harvester makes to your server.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19686" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10918" RevisionGUID="8b5cb460-0758-4613-88f6-fa032b820b0d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:15:19.303" UserId="3308" Text="On a terminal server, are the values for the following two Firefox user preferences per user or per terminal server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;network.http.max-connections-per-server  (15 is the default value)&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server (6 is the default value)&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;Background:&lt;/b&gt; We have a Microsoft Server 2003 R2 Terminal Server Sun X6250 blade with performance issues relating to Firefox and Google Apps email. The blade has 8 cores and 32GB of RAM. We have approximately 30 active users. Everyone uses Google Apps Enterprise Edition web based email. Once or twice a week the server CPU utilization will approach 100%. The Task Manager process list sorted by descending CPU utilization shows almost all firefox.exe processes at the top. Some of the Firefox processes are constantly consuming 5 to 9% of CPU utilization. When the user closes the Google Apps email tab the CPU utilization drops down to 0 and then it consumes an occasional percent or two. We don't see this behavior when using Internet Explorer 7. Most users want to user Firefox rather than IE.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;My theory:&lt;/b&gt; Google Apps Email is an AJAX application that uses persistent connections. Firefox is looping when Google Apps Email is requesting the seventh persistent connection to the same Google server. Of course this theory is invalid if the user preference &lt;b&gt;network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server&lt;/b&gt; is per user and not as I suspect per terminal server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19687" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10918" RevisionGUID="8b5cb460-0758-4613-88f6-fa032b820b0d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:15:19.303" UserId="3308" Text="Firefox using Google Apps Email performance issue on a Terminal Server" />
  <row Id="19688" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10918" RevisionGUID="8b5cb460-0758-4613-88f6-fa032b820b0d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:15:19.303" UserId="3308" Text="&lt;firefox&gt;&lt;terminal-server&gt;&lt;google-apps&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="19689" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10919" RevisionGUID="2c6b3971-9650-47c8-963b-39d6d3c574c6" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:15:59.877" UserId="1561" Text="You really want to look at what the /proc filesystem has to offer you in this regard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [TCP Tuning Guide at the US Dept. of Energy][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [TCP Tuning parameters for different OS:es][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [IBM's &quot;Administer Linux on the fly&quot;][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [Documentation at LinuxInsight.com vis-a-vis /proc/sys/net/ipv4][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On that last page, you might find the following to be of interest to you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp\_max\_orphans][5], which controls the maximum number of sockets held by the system *not* attached to something.  Raising this can consume as much as 64kbyte of non-swappable memory *per orphan socket*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://fasterdata.es.net/TCP-tuning/linux.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://proj.sunet.se/E2E/tcptune.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-adfly.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.linuxinsight.com/proc_sys_net_ipv4.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.linuxinsight.com/proc_sys_net_ipv4_tcp_max_orphans.html" />
  <row Id="19690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10920" RevisionGUID="9ef4941b-039e-4ad6-8b6d-61ab7f300c74" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:17:11.700" UserId="3298" Text="change your SQL Server Management Studio shortcut to have the nosplash switch at the end. This will prevent the SSMS Splash window from appearing on loading, which reduces loading time a bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the default would be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE\Ssms.exe&quot; /nosplash" />
  <row Id="19691" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10921" RevisionGUID="9ae2310d-3a40-4978-b7d1-461adc29f05b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:17:23.790" UserId="919" Text="Currently, Upstart in Ubuntu does not generate network events. Instead it calls traditional sysvinit. By default NetworkManager is installed and running; rather than emit network events to upstart, it contains a run-parts dispatcher (/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/) which itself simply relies on ifupdown's run-parts dispatcher (/etc/network/*.d/). In particular you care about /etc/network/if-up.d/ and /etc/network/if-down.d/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First set up a unencrypted ssh keypair, so you can mount the point without a prompt. Write a script, place it in /etc/network/if-up.d/ and make executable. The following was discovered on UbuntuForums and was sufficient for me:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    ## http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=430312&#xD;&#xA;    ## The script will attempt to mount any fstab entry with an option&#xD;&#xA;    ## &quot;...,comment=$SELECTED_STRING,...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    ## Use this to select specific sshfs mounts rather than all of them.&#xD;&#xA;    SELECTED_STRING=&quot;sshfs&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Not for loopback&#xD;&#xA;    [ &quot;$IFACE&quot; != &quot;lo&quot; ] || exit 0&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ## define a number of useful functions&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ## returns true if input contains nothing but the digits 0-9, false otherwise&#xD;&#xA;    ## so realy, more like isa_positive_integer &#xD;&#xA;    isa_number () {&#xD;&#xA;        ! echo $1 | egrep -q '[^0-9]'&#xD;&#xA;        return $?&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ## returns true if the given uid or username is that of the current user&#xD;&#xA;    am_i () {&#xD;&#xA;            [ &quot;$1&quot; = &quot;`id -u`&quot; ] || [ &quot;$1&quot; = &quot;`id -un`&quot; ]&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ## takes a username or uid and finds it in /etc/passwd&#xD;&#xA;    ## echoes the name and returns true on success&#xD;&#xA;    ## echoes nothing and returns false on failure &#xD;&#xA;    user_from_uid () {&#xD;&#xA;        if isa_number &quot;$1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        then&#xD;&#xA;                    # look for the corresponding name in /etc/passwd&#xD;&#xA;            local IFS=&quot;:&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            while read name x uid the_rest&#xD;&#xA;            do&#xD;&#xA;                    if [ &quot;$1&quot; = &quot;$uid&quot; ]&#xD;&#xA;                            then &#xD;&#xA;                                    echo &quot;$name&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                                    return 0&#xD;&#xA;                            fi&#xD;&#xA;            done &lt;/etc/passwd&#xD;&#xA;        else&#xD;&#xA;            # look for the username in /etc/passwd&#xD;&#xA;            if grep -q &quot;^${1}:&quot; /etc/passwd&#xD;&#xA;            then&#xD;&#xA;                    echo &quot;$1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                    return 0&#xD;&#xA;            fi&#xD;&#xA;        fi&#xD;&#xA;        # if nothing was found, return false&#xD;&#xA;            return 1&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ## Parses a string of comma-separated fstab options and finds out the &#xD;&#xA;    ## username/uid assigned within them. &#xD;&#xA;    ## echoes the found username/uid and returns true if found&#xD;&#xA;    ## echoes &quot;root&quot; and returns false if none found&#xD;&#xA;    uid_from_fs_opts () {&#xD;&#xA;            local uid=`echo $1 | egrep -o 'uid=[^,]+'`&#xD;&#xA;            if [ -z &quot;$uid&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;                    # no uid was specified, so default is root&#xD;&#xA;                    echo &quot;root&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                    return 1&#xD;&#xA;            else&#xD;&#xA;                    # delete the &quot;uid=&quot; at the beginning&#xD;&#xA;                    uid_length=`expr length $uid - 3`&#xD;&#xA;                    uid=`expr substr $uid 5 $uid_length`&#xD;&#xA;                    echo $uid&#xD;&#xA;                    return 0&#xD;&#xA;            fi&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # unmount all shares first&#xD;&#xA;    sh &quot;/etc/network/if-down.d/umountsshfs&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    while read fs mp type opts dump pass extra&#xD;&#xA;    do&#xD;&#xA;        # check validity of line&#xD;&#xA;        if [ -z &quot;$pass&quot; -o -n &quot;$extra&quot; -o &quot;`expr substr ${fs}x 1 1`&quot; = &quot;#&quot; ]; &#xD;&#xA;        then&#xD;&#xA;            # line is invalid or a comment, so skip it&#xD;&#xA;            continue&#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;        # check if the line is a selected line&#xD;&#xA;        elif echo $opts | grep -q &quot;comment=$SELECTED_STRING&quot;; then&#xD;&#xA;            &#xD;&#xA;            # get the uid of the mount&#xD;&#xA;            mp_uid=`uid_from_fs_opts $opts`&#xD;&#xA;            &#xD;&#xA;            if am_i &quot;$mp_uid&quot;; then&#xD;&#xA;                            # current user owns the mount, so mount it normally&#xD;&#xA;                            { sh -c &quot;mount $mp&quot; &amp;&amp; &#xD;&#xA;                                    echo &quot;$mp mounted as current user (`id -un`)&quot; || &#xD;&#xA;                                    echo &quot;$mp failed to mount as current user (`id -un`)&quot;; &#xD;&#xA;                            } &amp;&#xD;&#xA;                    elif am_i root; then&#xD;&#xA;                            # running as root, so sudo mount as user&#xD;&#xA;                            if isa_number &quot;$mp_uid&quot;; then&#xD;&#xA;                                    # sudo wants a &quot;#&quot; sign icon front of a numeric uid&#xD;&#xA;                                    mp_uid=&quot;#$mp_uid&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                            fi &#xD;&#xA;                            { sudo -u &quot;$mp_uid&quot; sh -c &quot;mount $mp&quot; &amp;&amp; &#xD;&#xA;                                    echo &quot;$mp mounted as $mp_uid&quot; || &#xD;&#xA;                                    echo &quot;$mp failed to mount as $mp_uid&quot;; &#xD;&#xA;                            } &amp;&#xD;&#xA;                    else&#xD;&#xA;                            # otherwise, don't try to mount another user's mount point&#xD;&#xA;                            echo &quot;Not attempting to mount $mp as other user $mp_uid&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    :&#xD;&#xA;                            echo &quot;Not attempting to mount $mp as other user $mp_uid&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                    fi&#xD;&#xA;        fi&#xD;&#xA;        # if not an sshfs line, do nothing&#xD;&#xA;    done &lt;/etc/fstab&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    wait&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a wifi or otherwise unreliable connection, place the following in /etc/network/if-down.d/:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    # Not for loopback!&#xD;&#xA;    [ &quot;$IFACE&quot; != &quot;lo&quot; ] || exit 0&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # comment this for testing&#xD;&#xA;    exec 1&gt;/dev/null # squelch output for non-interactive&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # umount all sshfs mounts&#xD;&#xA;    mounted=`grep 'fuse.sshfs\|sshfs#' /etc/mtab | awk '{ print $2 }'`&#xD;&#xA;    [ -n &quot;$mounted&quot; ] &amp;&amp; { for mount in $mounted; do umount -l $mount; done; }" />
  <row Id="19692" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10922" RevisionGUID="15d49734-1ebd-4d34-a729-0e9fad833d6e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:20:36.950" UserId="1770" Text="I can think of a few things you might want to consider.  The first is to watch your logs, put together a list of spam source hosts (assuming that there is a reasonable number that are brute forcing with the directory harvesting), and block them at your firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A more comprehensive, but more complicated, solution would be to offload your initial spam handling with an e-mail gateway server.  This is what we did at my previous job.  We built a Linux box running Postfix and a collection of additional tools (spamassassin, clamav, a greylisting daemon, amavisd, etc) and some custom stuff.  We then put that out in front of the Exchange cluster and routed all of our e-mail (in and out of the network) through it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This can provide you with a lot of additional flexibility to rate-limit connections, block spam sources, and setup whitelists and blacklists.  We were able to **significantly** reduce the amount of spam our users were receiving, as well as reducing the load on the Exchange boxes.  " />
  <row Id="19693" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10923" RevisionGUID="2ae79b7f-bdcb-4f32-8e0c-066ef0f1c676" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:21:45.187" UserId="2413" Text="if you have ability to set up additional host [ can be virtual machine ] - i suggest you get postfix [ or exim or any other linux smtp relay ] that can filter mails based on recipient address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i had case similar to yours, load of exchange was dramatically reduced by:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - setting postfix server as only advertised MX for company's domain&#xD;&#xA; - periodically [ once every hour ] re-creating white list of allowed mail addresses based on simple php script retrieving all mail addresses from active directory via LDAP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;also - if you look for fully blown [ yet open source ] antispam - take a look at [esva][1]. it's ready to use appliance for vmware based on postfix and couple of content filters. in their forums you'll find description how to pull white list of users from AD. their forum might look semi dead and author is not the most active one - but whole solution is really sophisticated and works great for me in couple of deployments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.global-domination.org/" />
  <row Id="19694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10924" RevisionGUID="a8056510-9abb-4bd5-9da2-41416a8a43ed" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:22:31.863" UserId="584" Text="Do your users have Firebug enabled? Google [advises disabling it for Gmail][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=77355" />
  <row Id="19695" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10919" RevisionGUID="0a4c568e-101e-4253-8dd0-88f6018b7d77" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:23:01.563" UserId="1561" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="You really want to look at what the /proc filesystem has to offer you in this regard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [TCP Tuning Guide at the US Dept. of Energy][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [TCP Tuning parameters for different OS:es][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [IBM's &quot;Administer Linux on the fly&quot;][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [Documentation at LinuxInsight.com vis-a-vis /proc/sys/net/ipv4][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On that last page, you might find the following to be of interest to you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp\_max\_orphans][5], which controls the maximum number of sockets held by the system *not* attached to something.  Raising this can consume as much as 64kbyte of non-swappable memory *per orphan socket*.&#xD;&#xA; - [/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp\_orphan\_retries][6], which controls the amount of retries before a socket is orphaned and closed.  **There is a specific note on that page about web servers that is of direct interest to you...**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://fasterdata.es.net/TCP-tuning/linux.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://proj.sunet.se/E2E/tcptune.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-adfly.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.linuxinsight.com/proc_sys_net_ipv4.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.linuxinsight.com/proc_sys_net_ipv4_tcp_max_orphans.html&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.linuxinsight.com/proc_sys_net_ipv4_tcp_orphan_retries.html" />
  <row Id="19696" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10909" RevisionGUID="710105e3-2077-49a4-ad26-e0bad000861e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:23:22.000" UserId="2413" Comment="added 10 characters in body" Text="if you have query logging turned on on your production/test environment [ which is not necessary the case ] you can use [mk-query-digest][1] from [maatkit][2] toolkit. it'll help you to determine which queries are most frequent/longest taking etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.maatkit.org/doc/mk-query-digest.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.maatkit.org/" />
  <row Id="19697" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10925" RevisionGUID="9896a0ff-8ab5-4fa2-8eb6-9c73db557c28" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:23:35.587" UserId="2302" Text="MailEssentials works at the Event Sink level in SMTP, so it indeed gracefully drops the connection for nonexistent email addresses, without letting the message actually touch your server (as long as you've pushed this up top of the list, which you have.  There isn't too much else you can do at your box -- this is a pretty phenomenal amount of directory harvesting activity you're seeing, and I agree your next step should be to work with your isp to see if you can narrow down to a few IPs or sets of IPs that are sending a majority of this and have them blocked." />
  <row Id="19698" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10926" RevisionGUID="f814a2c5-af5f-42fa-80d2-32917addc3a6" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:27:31.900" UserId="3312" Text="I would imagine that a lot of it depends upon the native resolution of the projector, and perhaps the technology it uses (LCD vs DLP).  If it's LCD, the projector has a small LCD panel internally, and you are bound by the limitation of the display's native resolution for picture sharpness and clarity.  CRT projectors don't have this problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For color, it's best to calibrate the projector using a test pattern / display calibration wizard (by eye), or using a colorimeter like a Spyder." />
  <row Id="19699" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10927" RevisionGUID="ea440145-daa7-4db6-894b-da8decd0ff79" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:29:00.023" UserId="1654" Text="I need to enforce the MDI file format as the default choice for MODI printing rather than TIFF.  Anyone know if this is a registry setting or something that's available in Group Policy?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="19702" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10928" RevisionGUID="1513cdc6-4f6d-49d9-86cc-e51a856ccd3e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:31:22.577" UserId="1770" Text="I've had excellent luck with greylisting.  Personally, I'd never use it as my only anti-spam measure, but when included as part of a layered anti-spam system (including SpamAssassing, amavisd, clamav, RBLs, SPF/DKIM, etc), it provides a lot of benefit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One important note, there are a few ISP's out there (major ones) that don't handle a greylisted destination gracefully (yahoo mailing lists have been a well known example).  I'd advise looking at some of the whitelists that people have put together to make sure that you don't end up blocking real e-mail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my experience, the *vast* majority of e-mail that you get person-to-person (from a real person/user) flows through one of the major mail servers (postfix, qmail, exchange, sendmail), all of which handle greylisting properly.  Occasionally you might come across some mailing list software or automated e-mail program that doesn't handle it correctly, but my experience suggests this is very rare." />
  <row Id="19703" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10929" RevisionGUID="8a8ad76b-df89-4b3d-a696-01f591008414" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:35:34.613" UserId="1654" Text="Found the following on MSDN:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Under HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\MODI\MDI Writer\&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**PrivateFlags**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will be 0 for MDI Format and 16 (decimal) for TIFF format&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**TIFDPI**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Controls the DPI for the TIFF format, allowed values are (in decimal) 100, 200 and 300&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; **COMPIMGEMF**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1 for compressing images in the document, 0 for not&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**DefaultFolder**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Default output folder&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**OpenInMODI**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Controls whether or not show the image in “Microsoft office document imaging” after the printout is done. If the value is 1 the “Microsoft office document imaging” will show up, if it’s 0 it will not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Public_Orientation**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Control the page orientation, 1 for Portrait, 2 for Landscape.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Public_PaperSize**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Controls the page size&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19704" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10927" RevisionGUID="7a84cf6f-c4c8-4e62-b7ea-a4b780c90833" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:36:19.807" UserId="1654" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ms-office&gt;&lt;registry&gt;" />
  <row Id="19705" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10930" RevisionGUID="d223982b-6ab5-4b01-992b-69a571120426" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:36:55.530" UserId="1561" Text=" - *In your experience does greylisting effectively stop much spam?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is very effective.  I've used it for 3+ years and it has had a definite impact on our filtration process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Is it a useful addition to e.g. SpamAssassin or is adding it on top overkill/unnecessary?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will actually *reduce* your scanning workload.  I recommend adding it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If I were to roll this out to heavier use domains (perhaps with more demanding users) would you anticipate a significant portion of poorly configured mail servers that would end up bouncing or loosing messages?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have seen this happen, although the mail servers were severely malconfigured (the postmaster had decided to immediately give up on delivery if there was a soft error, rather than retry sending).  This boils down to how the sender handles a 4xx vs. a 5xx message.  If they treat them the same, you'll have a few issues.  If they treat them *correctly*, where 4xx is a soft-fail and the sender will retry, there will be no problem.  Even if they have it malconfigured, the easy solution is to add the sender's domain to your greylist as &quot;already seen&quot;, and giving it an absurd score to keep it from falling off the database." />
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  <row Id="19709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10932" RevisionGUID="6d73b32f-462f-4acb-b8fb-a7e81e60ff8f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:37:41.380" UserId="526" Text="At times I have to connect to work through a VPN, and sometimes the connection is slow. However, I've noticed that when the network is slow, EVERYTHING on the computer is slow. For example, navigating around my local C: drive is slow, even though nothing should be going across the network. It can take up to 10 seconds for the context menu to come up if I right-click on a folder. It takes another 5 seconds to navigate to a subfolder. When I disconnect from the network, I can still access everything on my local machine, and everything is MUCH faster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anybody know why this happens, and is there a way to fix it?" />
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  <row Id="19711" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10932" RevisionGUID="6d73b32f-462f-4acb-b8fb-a7e81e60ff8f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:37:41.380" UserId="526" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="19712" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10933" RevisionGUID="d47804b4-d6a7-4377-82e8-dadbebdbccbe" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:38:05.013" UserId="2609" Text="I don't know of a way like you suggest, but there's certainly an easy and maintainable way:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    server {&#xD;&#xA;        listen 80;&#xD;&#xA;        include serverFoo.conf;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    server {&#xD;&#xA;        listen 443;&#xD;&#xA;        ssl on;&#xD;&#xA;        include serverFoo.conf;&#xD;&#xA;    }" />
  <row Id="19713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10934" RevisionGUID="a7e3ca3b-af49-4dc3-83bf-929ebd490e1a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:45:48.323" Text="&lt;p&gt;I am running BitDefender and it seems to be picking up stuff that Norton never mentioned ;-) The problem is that BD reports a number of old viruses in my Inbox that it says it can't disinfect because they've been archived.  I assume these are all messages that have been deleted (some go back to 2006), so I thought compressing my Inbox would get rid of them, but so far BD is still reporting them.  To make things even more confusing, Thunderbird seems to be using both my Application Data/Thunderbird and Application Data/Mozilla (the directory I used before, and which I told Thunderbird to keep using) - both of them were updated today! Since there are a few hundred of these messages, I would really like to clean things up.  Oh, and my two Inboxes are too big to edit!  Ideas, tools, etc., would be appreciated, as I'm not sure which questions to ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="19715" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10934" RevisionGUID="a7e3ca3b-af49-4dc3-83bf-929ebd490e1a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T14:45:48.323" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;viruses&gt;&lt;thunderbird&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="19716" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10935" RevisionGUID="babe85a9-16fb-4a14-a184-5b883710e211" CreationDate="2009-05-21T15:17:23.517" Text="&lt;p&gt;Classic case for the Tiresome Manual Binary Chop pattern. Remember to back up first. Complexity is something like O(m log n), with m the number of viruses and n the number of messages. You can probably speed things up a bit by dealing only with messages that have attachments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10936" RevisionGUID="3aa0d4fd-9bd5-4b2b-978e-63225f0e272e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:49:16.503" UserId="2302" Text="FWIW, I've found my computer having lots of issues if I don't set the VPN connection to not use the VPN as the gateway when I'm connected.  It's set by default and directs all network traffic over the VPN, not just traffic destined for that subnet.  It prevents one from browsing the web while connected to the VPN, as one side effect, and I've noticed it causing my computer to crawl in explorer as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're using windows, you can change this easily go to the TCP/IP settings on the VPN connection's network tab, open the proerties, and hit the advanced button.  Un-check the use default gateway button." />
  <row Id="19718" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10937" RevisionGUID="daa4e012-e7bd-4213-9c45-00041d6a482a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T18:54:08.600" UserId="97" Text="&#xD;&#xA;Per Igor, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can combine this into one server block like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    server {&#xD;&#xA;        listen 80;&#xD;&#xA;        listen 443 default ssl;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        # other directives&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Post showing from Igor][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,1612,1631" />
  <row Id="19719" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10892" RevisionGUID="36c3927e-9916-4518-b47c-c10c7705440c" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:01:38.180" UserId="843" Comment="removed questions that were answered in comments" Text="When it reboots what are you doing on the machine, nothing? High disk activity? High RAM consumption? Intense Processor activity?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Possible causes might be&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  Brown-outs or power interruptions, most computers startup on power resume (option in bios)&#xD;&#xA;2.  Maybe the computer crashes when trying to go into low power mode / sleep due to inactivity&#xD;&#xA;3.  You have a bad memory chip and after awhile the computer will randomly hit the bad spot and cause a crash&#xD;&#xA;4.  You decorated your case with powerful magnets" />
  <row Id="19720" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10938" RevisionGUID="acbde16d-42b2-4a90-8bbd-2c1636185a12" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:05:08.640" UserId="2455" Text="What is the best way to find a user's Documents folder on XP and Vista from a batch script?&#xD;&#xA;Is it safe to assume that it's %USERPROFILE%\Documents?" />
  <row Id="19721" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10938" RevisionGUID="acbde16d-42b2-4a90-8bbd-2c1636185a12" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:05:08.640" UserId="2455" Text="finding user's documents folder in .bat script" />
  <row Id="19722" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10938" RevisionGUID="acbde16d-42b2-4a90-8bbd-2c1636185a12" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:05:08.640" UserId="2455" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;batch-file&gt;" />
  <row Id="19723" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10939" RevisionGUID="ec87a547-420a-470d-b505-4c10be7d6bc3" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:07:43.673" UserId="2513" Text="I believe the &quot;lslpp&quot; command would give you what you need, or even &quot;smitty software&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    lslpp -al&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will you show you all software packages installed." />
  <row Id="19724" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10940" RevisionGUID="459b4bef-035d-4c51-93fa-48e48bc27eff" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:10:00.580" UserId="1054" Text="That'll be the place that the system knows about (although it's My Documents in XP), however you'll have to judge for yourself whether or not that's a safe assumption for your environment.  If you use My Documents redirection, though, that variable should be set to whatever you redirect to with the default set to c:\documents and settings\[username] in XP or c:\users\[username] in Vista." />
  <row Id="19725" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10941" RevisionGUID="cd36ff9e-c67f-443f-897c-9e09955d0958" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:11:23.387" UserId="1973" Text="Hi Team,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have an instance of SQL Server 2008 running on a Windows 2008 server. I am able to connect to this SQL server from several machines on my network. However, I **cannot** connect using SQL Management Studio on the SQL Server itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I hit &quot;Connect&quot; I get this error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Unable to cast COM object of type 'System.__ComObject' to interface type 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.OLE.Interop.IServiceProvider'. This operation failed because the QueryInterface call on the COM component for the interface with IID '{6D5140C1-7436-11CE-8034-00AA006009FA}' failed due to the following error: No such interface supported (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80004002 (E_NOINTERFACE)). (Microsoft.VisualStudio.OLE.Interop)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server config:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - SQL Server 2005&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Server 2008 Std 32-bit&#xD;&#xA; - Also runs SQL Server 2000 on port 1444&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - List item&#xD;&#xA; - Adding these [registry entries][1]&#xD;&#xA; - Rebooting&#xD;&#xA; - Running these [commands][2]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for %1 in (%windir%\system32\*.dll) do regsvr32 /s %1&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for %1 in (%windir%\system32\*.ocx) do regsvr32 /s %1&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - Running regsvr32 actxprxy.dll, which produced an error&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Justin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqltools/thread/d5d3e5fc-d8ce-4f42-b7ea-9bbbb7756a20&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msmvps.com/blogs/martinpoon/archive/2009/03/20/ssms-unable-to-cast-com-object-of-type-system-comobject-to-interface-type-microsoft-visualstudio-ole-interop-iserviceprovider-exception-from-hresult-0x80004002-e-nointerface.aspx" />
  <row Id="19726" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10941" RevisionGUID="cd36ff9e-c67f-443f-897c-9e09955d0958" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:11:23.387" UserId="1973" Text="SQL Server Management Studio connection fails to COM errors" />
  <row Id="19727" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10941" RevisionGUID="cd36ff9e-c67f-443f-897c-9e09955d0958" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:11:23.387" UserId="1973" Text="&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sqlmanagementstudio&gt;" />
  <row Id="19728" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10942" RevisionGUID="97324a96-179f-4af0-b7cd-16fce4f75f00" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:11:54.197" UserId="2620" Text="not safe for xp, there it is my documents and it is localizable." />
  <row Id="19729" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10943" RevisionGUID="5760423c-0e76-44f6-8458-5025b1f1c6ce" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:13:48.560" UserId="843" Text="Windows XP names it 'My Documents' and Vista names it 'Documents'.&#xD;&#xA;You might put in a script to determine which OS you are running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10944" RevisionGUID="97b77a73-8fe3-4aeb-9a1b-9f77d7c145a1" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:14:09.527" UserId="2579" Text="In Vista it's %UserProfile%\Documents, but in WinXP it's %UserProfile%\My Documents.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's the only difference between the 2 different OS's.  And don't forget that the Videos, Music, and Photos are under C:\Users\[username] in Vista too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV" />
  <row Id="19731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10945" RevisionGUID="647a63b1-7089-4457-87f2-1c67a877ab57" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:17:38.367" UserId="2579" Text="Sounds like you need to do a repair on your SSMS on your server (if I'm understanding you correctly).  I appears that the COM Interfaces need repaired/reinstalled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV" />
  <row Id="19732" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10946" RevisionGUID="b081c103-2017-4fde-82b0-110fb9b8b226" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:18:57.240" UserId="1101" Text="If you really want good performance, you might want to ditch the VM approach and go with [Boot Camp][1], which is essentially a partitioning tool with some extra software that makes it easy to switch between OSX and Windows.  You'll have to reboot into Windows of course, but it will make full use of your system hardware and also bypass the audio / video driver problems that always seem to crop up with VMs in my experience. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/bootcamp.html" />
  <row Id="19733" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10821" RevisionGUID="520286a7-7ff3-4433-997c-18ff5906f52b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:20:35.800" UserId="2608" Comment="added 26 characters in body" Text="My windows xp pc has been randomly restarting the past few months.  I had desktop support swap the hardware out (everything but the disk) but the problem persists.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The system simply shuts off and reboots.  I don't see anything of note in the event logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now that the software is swapped out, I *assume* it is a software issue causing this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How would you start diagnosing this problem?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there crash dump files somewhere that could give some leads on the offending process?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many Thanks" />
  <row Id="19734" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10947" RevisionGUID="a5b8ebc6-bf5b-47f1-b70e-352872071138" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:20:49.123" UserId="1177" Text="Hi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a multifunction scanner/printer/copier which I am moving to Windows Server 2003 but I cannot find a specific scanner driver for Win2K3. There are drivers for every other platform and I'm wondering what others have done in this situation. Has anyone hacked a scanner driver together from the other platforms or is there a fantastic generic TWAIN driver?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The model of the device is SCX4100 which is a Samsung.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Versions of scanner drivers;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/download/supportDown.do?group=printsolutions&amp;type=printsolutions&amp;subtype=colourmultiprinter&amp;model_nm=SCX-4100&amp;disp_nm=SCX-4100&amp;language=&amp;cate_type=all&amp;dType=D&amp;mType=DR&amp;vType=&amp;prd_ia_cd=06010100&amp;model_cd=&amp;menu=download &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regards&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ryan" />
  <row Id="19735" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10947" RevisionGUID="a5b8ebc6-bf5b-47f1-b70e-352872071138" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:20:49.123" UserId="1177" Text="Can I hack together a scanner driver for Win2K3 from XP, Vista, 2008 and 98 versions?" />
  <row Id="19736" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10947" RevisionGUID="a5b8ebc6-bf5b-47f1-b70e-352872071138" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:20:49.123" UserId="1177" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;2003&gt;&lt;win2k3&gt;&lt;scanner&gt;" />
  <row Id="19737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10948" RevisionGUID="c1b5eee6-c907-41e3-936a-68ae3748fc5d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:21:01.463" UserId="2513" Text="A complete reference of environment variables can be found here, on the [microsoft site][1], it can also be found in a registry key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders&#xD;&#xA;    String value: Personal&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the event the My Documents folder is not in the standard location, pulling the information out the registry key is probably the most reliable way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749104(WS.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="19738" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10949" RevisionGUID="b95264ae-f9e8-4930-b7ae-0d5d107ce193" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:22:16.470" UserId="2579" Text="Has anyone else had issues with IE8 taking it's own sweet time starting up and/or hanging?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a couple of machines on my network that won't start up quickly (like over a minute to load).  I've disabled the 'Accelerators' included, but it still takes quite a while to open it up (if at all).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone else encountered this?  If so, any ideas on how to speed up the startup?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;-JFV" />
  <row Id="19739" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10949" RevisionGUID="b95264ae-f9e8-4930-b7ae-0d5d107ce193" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:22:16.470" UserId="2579" Text="Slow IE8 Startup" />
  <row Id="19740" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10949" RevisionGUID="b95264ae-f9e8-4930-b7ae-0d5d107ce193" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:22:16.470" UserId="2579" Text="&lt;ie8&gt;&lt;slow-connection&gt;&lt;hanging&gt;" />
  <row Id="19741" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10950" RevisionGUID="5a241158-f3de-4280-b171-b53d903e4075" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:23:44.953" UserId="2579" Text="The times I've had to install a driver on Server2003, I just tried the Server2000 driver.  Most times it works out for the majority (or all) of the functionality.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV" />
  <row Id="19742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10951" RevisionGUID="5f13aa95-6e1b-42d3-bf26-a16cb633de92" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:25:03.653" UserId="2513" Text="I do not believe the fact that it is a Dell Mini9 should matter, assuming it is a standard synaptics touchpad, and the standard KDE/Gnome GUI adjustments aren't doing the job, try the tutorial outlined here: [HOWTO: Adjust touchpad speed][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It involves editing the xorg.conf.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=230197" />
  <row Id="19743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10952" RevisionGUID="fba3f9dc-f796-41ff-92bf-c8b82cde695a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:25:09.927" UserId="1936" Text="Something to try:  Go to Folder Options, the View tab and uncheck &quot;Automatically search for network folders and printers&quot; and see if that helps?" />
  <row Id="19744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10953" RevisionGUID="bf4b54d5-39ef-4f26-af61-51dce8974d1c" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:31:06.793" UserId="1522" Text="Ok, here is the skinny.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should choose VMware Fusion if any of the following apply to you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* You use VMware Server / ESX / Workstation / Etc elsewhere.&#xD;&#xA;* Use the VMware appliances from VMware's website.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise you can use Parallels, or may I suggest [Virtualbox](http://www.virtualbox.org/)?  Parallels and Virtualbox tend to have better performance than VMware across all platforms.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On another note, you won't find any benchmark stats comparing VM software because VMware's licenses forbid the posting of benchmark stats without their permission.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19745" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10943" RevisionGUID="324443cd-a077-4cf3-9316-496e60adb11d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:31:15.997" UserId="843" Comment="added example" Text="Windows XP names it 'My Documents' and Vista names it 'Documents'.&#xD;&#xA;You might put in a script to determine which OS you are running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    @echo off&#xD;&#xA;    IF EXIST &quot;%USERPROFILE%\My Documents&quot; (&#xD;&#xA;    	echo Windows XP&#xD;&#xA;    ) ELSE (&#xD;&#xA;    	echo Vista&#xD;&#xA;    )" />
  <row Id="19746" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10852" RevisionGUID="97b5f0b5-5468-4182-b1f6-4c83c7b08cb4" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:31:57.947" UserId="2084" Comment="Added test and results" Text="What kernel parameter or other settings control the maximum number of TCP sockets that can be open on a Linux server? What are the tradeoffs of allowing more connections?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I noticed while load testing an Apache server with [ab](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/programs/ab.html) that it's pretty easy to max out the open connections on the server. If you leave off ab's -k option, which allows connection reuse, and have it send more than about 10,000 requests then Apache serves the first 11,000 or so requests and then halts for 60 seconds. A look at netstat output shows 11,000 connections in the TIME_WAIT state. Apparently, this is normal. Connections are kept open a default of 60 seconds even after the client is done with them for [TCP reliability reasons](http://www.developerweb.net/forum/showthread.php?t=2941).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems like this would be an easy way to DoS a server and I'm wondering what the usual tunings and precautions for it are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's my test output:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # ab -c 5 -n 50000 http://localhost/&#xD;&#xA;    This is ApacheBench, Version 2.0.40-dev &lt;$Revision: 1.146 $&gt; apache-2.0&#xD;&#xA;    Copyright 1996 Adam Twiss, Zeus Technology Ltd, http://www.zeustech.net/&#xD;&#xA;    Copyright 2006 The Apache Software Foundation, http://www.apache.org/&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Benchmarking localhost (be patient)&#xD;&#xA;    Completed 5000 requests&#xD;&#xA;    Completed 10000 requests&#xD;&#xA;    apr_poll: The timeout specified has expired (70007)&#xD;&#xA;    Total of 11655 requests completed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the netstat command I run during the test:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     # netstat --inet -p | grep &quot;localhost:www&quot; | sed -e 's/ \+/ /g' | cut -d' ' -f 1-4,6-7 | sort | uniq -c &#xD;&#xA;      11651 tcp 0 0 localhost:www TIME_WAIT -&#xD;&#xA;          1 tcp 0 1 localhost:44423 SYN_SENT 7831/ab&#xD;&#xA;          1 tcp 0 1 localhost:44424 SYN_SENT 7831/ab&#xD;&#xA;          1 tcp 0 1 localhost:44425 SYN_SENT 7831/ab&#xD;&#xA;          1 tcp 0 1 localhost:44426 SYN_SENT 7831/ab&#xD;&#xA;          1 tcp 0 1 localhost:44428 SYN_SENT 7831/ab&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10954" RevisionGUID="34a02781-7860-402f-a7b3-8802b4c5996f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:33:59.080" UserId="3110" Text="Actually you can create a query based distribution group.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One method I've used is to select all users within a particular OU.  It works for me as I have one OU that contains all of the staff members.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right click an OU&gt;select new&gt;Query-Based Distribution Group.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Away you go." />
  <row Id="19748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10955" RevisionGUID="d063b3aa-85c7-427b-a507-5258a325791b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:34:33.993" UserId="2507" Text="I've been looking at Linux tuning params and see some configs where SACK is turned off. Can anyone explain this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This would be tuning for a busy web server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19749" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10955" RevisionGUID="d063b3aa-85c7-427b-a507-5258a325791b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:34:33.993" UserId="2507" Text="When to turn TCP SACK off?" />
  <row Id="19750" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10955" RevisionGUID="d063b3aa-85c7-427b-a507-5258a325791b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:34:33.993" UserId="2507" Text="&lt;http&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="19751" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10953" RevisionGUID="fbb78593-1edd-407a-aad0-f83557914dbe" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:37:05.003" UserId="1522" Comment="added more info" Text="Ok, here is the skinny.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should choose VMware Fusion if any of the following apply to you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* You use VMware Server / ESX / Workstation / Player elsewhere.&#xD;&#xA;* Use the VMware appliances from VMware's website.&#xD;&#xA;* You wish to create VMware appliances.&#xD;&#xA;* You have stock in VMware, Inc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise you can use Parallels, or may I suggest [Virtualbox](http://www.virtualbox.org/)?  Parallels and Virtualbox tend to have better performance than VMware across all platforms that I have used (Virtualbox: Linux, Windows, OS X) (Parallels: OS X).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On another note, you won't find any benchmark stats comparing VM software because VMware's licenses forbid the posting of benchmark stats without their permission.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this anecdotal evidence is worth anything, on OS X 10.5.6 and VMware Fusion 2.0.4 I have been having major Windows Server 2003 file system corruption and OS X kernel panics.  Happened 3 times in the past week, having to reinstall everything multiple times.  Either way you go, be sure to use the snapshot features!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10956" RevisionGUID="0552af42-ef01-400c-aaad-f49731d6a997" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:37:27.733" UserId="843" Text="Some things I've read only for this issue suggest that turning off the Aero UI will allow Vista to use the ForegroundFlashCount setting. " />
  <row Id="19753" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10941" RevisionGUID="bdb2d22e-bdf3-45cf-b738-feb2466decbf" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:37:45.297" UserId="1973" Comment="added 2 characters in body; edited tags" Text="Hi Team,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have an instance of SQL Server 2008 running on a Windows 2008 server. I am able to connect to this SQL server from several machines on my network. However, I **cannot** connect using SQL Management Studio on the SQL Server itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I hit &quot;Connect&quot; I get this error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Unable to cast COM object of type 'System.__ComObject' to interface type 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.OLE.Interop.IServiceProvider'. This operation failed because the QueryInterface call on the COM component for the interface with IID '{6D5140C1-7436-11CE-8034-00AA006009FA}' failed due to the following error: No such interface supported (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80004002 (E_NOINTERFACE)). (Microsoft.VisualStudio.OLE.Interop)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server config:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - SQL Server 2005&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Server 2008 Std 32-bit&#xD;&#xA; - Also runs SQL Server 2000 on port 1444&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - List item&#xD;&#xA; - Adding these [registry entries][1]&#xD;&#xA; - Rebooting&#xD;&#xA; - Running these [commands][2]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for %1 in (%windir%\system32\*.dll) do regsvr32 /s %1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for %1 in (%windir%\system32\*.ocx) do regsvr32 /s %1&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - Running regsvr32 actxprxy.dll, which produced an error&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Justin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqltools/thread/d5d3e5fc-d8ce-4f42-b7ea-9bbbb7756a20&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msmvps.com/blogs/martinpoon/archive/2009/03/20/ssms-unable-to-cast-com-object-of-type-system-comobject-to-interface-type-microsoft-visualstudio-ole-interop-iserviceprovider-exception-from-hresult-0x80004002-e-nointerface.aspx" />
  <row Id="19754" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10941" RevisionGUID="bdb2d22e-bdf3-45cf-b738-feb2466decbf" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:37:45.297" UserId="1973" Comment="added 2 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sqlservermanagementstudio&gt;" />
  <row Id="19755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10957" RevisionGUID="b86d0815-0226-4c84-9b7d-28699305c919" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:38:01.523" UserId="97" Text="Try setting the following as well setting tcp_fin_timeout. This should close out TIME_WAIT more quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net.ipv4.tcp_tw_reuse = 1&#xD;&#xA;    net.ipv4.tcp_tw_recycle = 1" />
  <row Id="19756" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10958" RevisionGUID="c58628e2-b050-4a08-8304-a9a164f0b498" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:39:54.140" UserId="1645" Text="I once had an issue where the reset switch on the case was shorting out. The front of the case was metallic, so any time someone touched the case the computer would restart." />
  <row Id="19757" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10959" RevisionGUID="c27b0a8e-8724-4e3e-ab4d-9a3f525c9d45" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:43:43.540" UserId="1097" Text="When you say &quot;compressing your inbox&quot;, do you mean &quot;[compacting your folders](http://kb.mozillazine.org/Thunderbird_:_Tips_:_Compacting_Folders)&quot;? You should definitely compact your Inbox if you haven't done so already. You can even set Thunderbird to do so automatically Every Once In A While (Preferences &gt; Advanced &gt; Network &amp; Disk Space &gt; &quot;Compact folders when …&quot; — why this isn't already configured this way, I'm not sure). This might not solve your problem, but it's hopefully a starting point." />
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  <row Id="19759" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10960" RevisionGUID="c727a03b-13d4-44fc-bb19-2771abe79f44" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:46:45.733" UserId="1561" Text="If it's a newer design, it could be as simple as 'thermal cooling issues'. Many machines now auto-power off if they detect a situation where inadequate or malfunctioning cooling cause a potential thermal damage situation. To prevent [the China Syndrome][1] from happening in/under/on your desk, the machine simply shuts down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Is the machine in a well-ventilated area?&#xD;&#xA; - Does the machine have any blocked cooling vents?&#xD;&#xA; - Is the machine under heavy (computational) workload all the time?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you hear the fans actively cooling?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you feel heat actively being expelled from the unit?&#xD;&#xA; - Some units (IBM ThinkCentre) had actual thermal design issues and would burn up due to poor thermal flow.  Is the unit a compact/mini/micro-tower design?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Syndrome" />
  <row Id="19760" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10961" RevisionGUID="8dde2242-d092-4b28-895c-e65c2fc8d1a4" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:49:26.803" UserId="1694" Text="I'm looking for a SharePoint (MOSS) shared hosting provider that supports deployment of custom solutions (.WSPs) - it'd be okay if it was medium trust. I'm building a public Internet site on SP and the client doesn't want to host it or pay for the license all up front. Any suggestions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Previously asked on SO - no good answers then]" />
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  <row Id="19762" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10961" RevisionGUID="8dde2242-d092-4b28-895c-e65c2fc8d1a4" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:49:26.803" UserId="1694" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="19763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10962" RevisionGUID="05f9c4d9-f741-4312-bb11-70710aaaea73" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:49:40.517" UserId="3274" Text="I had the same issue trying to decide what to use, as was with you cisco was my first choice but then I saw the licensing and infrastruture costs so I went with a combination of Mikrotik and Ubiquity equipment, I have had great success runnning both, they are nice and customizable (although I will admit the mikrotik cli is a bit annoying at times), the Ubiquity kit is a web driven config but it is very featurefull without any of the fluff and stuff you dont really need, runs on AirOS (linux based as with the mikrotik gear) and can successfully run a 11g link of over 50Km LOS, though I have heard tell of Mikrotik gear going up to 70Km LOS with a parabolic antennae. All in all I'd say your pretty dang safe with either Mikrotik or Ubiquity gear." />
  <row Id="19764" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10922" RevisionGUID="ba271787-acf0-46b8-b9c6-c4041ed99b0a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:51:30.230" UserId="1770" Comment="Added a point I forgot in when I hit 'submit'." Text="I can think of a few things you might want to consider.  The first is to watch your logs, put together a list of spam source hosts (assuming that there is a reasonable number that are brute forcing with the directory harvesting), and block them at your firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A more comprehensive, but more complicated, solution would be to offload your initial spam handling with an e-mail gateway server.  This is what we did at my previous job.  We built a Linux box running Postfix and a collection of additional tools (spamassassin, clamav, a greylisting daemon, amavisd, etc) and some custom stuff.  We then put that out in front of the Exchange cluster and routed all of our e-mail (in and out of the network) through it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This can provide you with a lot of additional flexibility to rate-limit connections, block spam sources, and setup whitelists and blacklists.  We were able to **significantly** reduce the amount of spam our users were receiving, as well as reducing the load on the Exchange boxes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update:  Forgot to mention, but there are also a number of anti-spam gateway appliances that are available out there, too.  You buy the box, configure it from a web interface (usually) and just plug it into your network.  A few tweaks in Exchange and DNS (so e-mail is flowing through it) and it will handle all of the anit-spam heavy lifting for you." />
  <row Id="19765" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10960" RevisionGUID="280f7cce-3a98-42e1-b112-4f757376bf09" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:53:16.077" UserId="1561" Text="Replacing the unit, only to experience the same issue again, would mean:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - It is thermal related,&#xD;&#xA; - Your drive is bad (as it is the only component left over),&#xD;&#xA; - You are having power issues,&#xD;&#xA; - Or, you are having attached peripheral issues.  (Once upon a time, shorting a pin on a classic parallel port would cause a reboot due to a reset line being tripped, so a shoddy cable would ruin your day pretty quick)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's a newer design, it could be as simple as 'thermal cooling issues'. Many machines now auto-power off if they detect a situation where inadequate or malfunctioning cooling cause a potential thermal damage situation. To prevent [the China Syndrome][1] from happening in/under/on your desk, the machine simply shuts down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Is the machine in a well-ventilated area?&#xD;&#xA; - Does the machine have any blocked cooling vents?&#xD;&#xA; - Is the machine under heavy (computational) workload all the time?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you hear the fans actively cooling?  Does it have a bad tendency to 'roar' at random?  Do co-workers nickname your computer &quot;the Jet Turbine&quot;?  These are signs of a computer in thermal distress...&#xD;&#xA; - Do you feel heat actively being expelled from the unit?&#xD;&#xA; - Some units (IBM ThinkCentre) had actual thermal design issues and would burn up due to poor thermal flow.  Is the unit a compact/mini/micro-tower design?  Some of these designs have very tight compartments, resulting in inadequate airflow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Syndrome" />
  <row Id="19766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10963" RevisionGUID="36aec9e3-8d66-4fe5-b6cc-eef7d4dac73e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:55:42.390" UserId="1054" Text="As Alexander Taran points out in his comment, this is often due to shell extensions that try and do something on the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have drive connections to dead network shares then that could contribute to your problem also.  You'll notice this slowness a lot when clicking on the Address drop-down in Explorer to change drives or the Open In / Save In dialog when opening and saving files." />
  <row Id="19767" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10865" RevisionGUID="d27ab337-c88d-4146-938a-4600af4f2280" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:55:51.643" UserId="1840" Comment="fixed type" Text="I believe gpresult will tell you what specific policies have been applied to your machine, as well as give you information about GPO groups you're in, errors and such.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a link for it: [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc733160(WS.10).aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc733160(WS.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="19768" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="10837" RevisionGUID="a52d7a1a-4a38-4a1d-a4c6-a834cbd8b5c8" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:56:17.227" UserId="2" CloseReasonId="1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:2,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Geoff Dalgas&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="19769" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10837" RevisionGUID="adce9bb9-204f-405b-a8f6-2887ee06e081" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:56:17.337" UserId="-1" Comment="insert duplicate link" Text="&gt; **Possible Duplicate:**  &#xA;&gt; [What do I do if .NET Framework is not installing?](http://serverfault.com/questions/1834/what-do-i-do-if-net-framework-is-not-installing)  &#xA;&#xA;&#xA;Trying to install .Net framekwork 3.5 but it complians that 3.0 is not present. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, when trying to install 3.0: the installer complains that 3.0 is in fact installed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Add/Remove programs doesn't list 3.0 (When I tried to uninstall it, I got a message saying the install program coulnd't be found and did I want to remove it from Add/Remove programs, I said yes). &#xD;&#xA;- I'm sure this is registry problem but I can't find any associated keys. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: **Solved** I ran the &quot;.NET cleanup tool&quot; found from this question: [What do I do if .NET Framework is not installing?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, since this question is essentially a duplicate, shoudl I delete it or wait for an admin to close it? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1834/what-do-i-do-if-net-framework-is-not-installing" />
  <row Id="19770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10964" RevisionGUID="7beaf69e-8044-481e-884e-d98f95375007" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:56:21.547" UserId="3313" Text="We're running Windows Vista Enterprise as a guest OS under Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1 (6.0.192.0) (running on Windows XP Professional host).  Our development workstations have multiple monitors, including a widescreen that supports 1680 x 1050.  The developers like to run the guest OS in full screen by using the right alt-enter feature and be able to maximize the screen real estate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, when I go to **Control Panel &gt; Personalization &gt; Display Settings** to change my resolution, I don't have 1680 x 1050 as an option: it goes from 1600 x 1024 to 1600 x 1200.  The monitor is reported as &quot;(Default Monitor) on VM Additions S3 Trio32/64&quot;, which matches the emulated video card from Virtual PC.  The 1600 x 1024 setting leaves an area of the screen unused.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think I could edit `C:\Windows\inf\monitor.inf` to add the new resolution, probably under the `[Generic.NTx86]` (*Monitor\Default_Monitor is the hardware device ID for legacy descriptor-less monitors*.).  However, I'm not sure exactly what to change.  Switching  from Virtual PC to VMWare Workstation or another product is not an option." />
  <row Id="19771" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10964" RevisionGUID="7beaf69e-8044-481e-884e-d98f95375007" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:56:21.547" UserId="3313" Text="Supporting 1680 x 1050 resolution under Microsoft Virtual PC 2007" />
  <row Id="19772" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10964" RevisionGUID="7beaf69e-8044-481e-884e-d98f95375007" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:56:21.547" UserId="3313" Text="&lt;virtualpc&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="19773" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10949" RevisionGUID="5fcf9237-883c-4ca5-8c1d-fa0e7822239b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:57:23.340" UserId="2579" Comment="Added Clarification" Text="Has anyone else had issues with IE8 taking it's own sweet time starting up and/or hanging?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a couple of machines on my network that won't start up quickly (like over a minute to load).  I've disabled the 'Accelerators' included, but it still takes quite a while to open it up (if at all).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone else encountered this?  If so, any ideas on how to speed up the startup?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;-JFV&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**  This is happening mostly on my WinXP SP3 computers and some on Vista 32-bit systems.  Hardware is beefy enough to handle this with dual-core procs and 3gig RAM." />
  <row Id="19774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10965" RevisionGUID="0b4f6580-e604-4996-8350-119a22137ecf" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:57:27.287" UserId="1466" Text="You can use **synclient** from the command line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use this as a part of my **/etc/rc.local** to make my touchpad more sensitive.  The command I use is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    synclient FingerLow=9 FingerHigh=12&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can get a list of all the touchpad parameters with &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    synclient -l&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use Ubuntu 9.04, but I think in Ubuntu 8.04 you may have to add a parameter to something under /etc/udev/rules.d or perhaps xorg.conf to allow the trackpad to interface with synclient." />
  <row Id="19775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10966" RevisionGUID="e94bb24a-7853-49e9-a32e-625f90ae8f68" CreationDate="2009-05-21T19:58:23.680" UserId="2489" Text="I haven't had the problem but I remember that Ed Bott did some investigation on &quot;slow to start&quot; ie8.  Here's the link:  [Ed Bott and slow IE8][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=2443 &quot;Ed Bott and slow IE8&quot;" />
  <row Id="19776" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10967" RevisionGUID="20635bb0-5be5-4218-9102-631c840412b4" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:02:49.867" UserId="2513" Text="The hosting provider [Mosshosting.com][1] is pretty highly recommended.  Do they offer what you are looking for?  It will be hard to find the flexibility you need without hosting it yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mosshosting.com/" />
  <row Id="19777" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10968" RevisionGUID="df9bd449-9346-4ca5-b4e6-7ccf8a30a86d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:04:41.437" UserId="3058" Text="On some new servers from HP we are using the ILO (Integrated Lights Out) to control some new Linux installs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When we use the remote console options the mouse movements won't stay in synch.  When we use the right-button-drag method to synchronize the mouse movements it looks good, until you move the mouse &lt;G&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since I don't administer the ILO settings, I was hoping someone could recommend something for the admin to look at.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They only manage MS Windows servers and typically use remote desktop or DameWare and don't run into these issues (and therefore don't know how to fix them)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our Linux boxes require quite a bit of setup before we can turn on the XWindows server.  (XMing for the win!!!)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19778" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10968" RevisionGUID="df9bd449-9346-4ca5-b4e6-7ccf8a30a86d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:04:41.437" UserId="3058" Text="HP ILO mouse issue" />
  <row Id="19779" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10968" RevisionGUID="df9bd449-9346-4ca5-b4e6-7ccf8a30a86d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:04:41.437" UserId="3058" Text="&lt;hp&gt;&lt;ilo&gt;&lt;mouse&gt;" />
  <row Id="19780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10969" RevisionGUID="d96061f7-b644-4ce0-9038-99e70042a994" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:06:00.903" UserId="2357" Text="I've got two Apache webservers that serve thousands of files per second.&#xD;&#xA;I want to compare the two webservers to determine who is actually faster in terms of who can serve more files/s.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[mod_status][1] with [ExtendedStatus][2] &lt;tt&gt;On&lt;/tt&gt; would exactly do this job, but it slows down the machine too much. Needless to say that there are no access logs as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What would be an easy way to determine the number of files/requests the apaches are serving?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_status.html&#xD;&#xA; [2]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_status.html#extendedstatus" />
  <row Id="19781" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10969" RevisionGUID="d96061f7-b644-4ce0-9038-99e70042a994" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:06:00.903" UserId="2357" Text="How to determine # of files an apache is serving w/o slowing the server down?" />
  <row Id="19782" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10969" RevisionGUID="d96061f7-b644-4ce0-9038-99e70042a994" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:06:00.903" UserId="2357" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="19783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10970" RevisionGUID="9d031570-64c5-4f85-9610-c41a5336881f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:06:28.453" UserId="3320" Text="I've got a couple of servers on my Ubuntu that need to be restart-proof daemonized. How can I do that with generic init first process? Should I swap to upstart or some other replacement?" />
  <row Id="19784" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10970" RevisionGUID="9d031570-64c5-4f85-9610-c41a5336881f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:06:28.453" UserId="3320" Text="How to daemonize servers on Ubuntu?" />
  <row Id="19785" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10970" RevisionGUID="9d031570-64c5-4f85-9610-c41a5336881f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:06:28.453" UserId="3320" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;daemon&gt;&lt;init&gt;" />
  <row Id="19786" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10797" RevisionGUID="3cf062e6-7ec6-4fbc-819c-008d34ae99ce" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:09:32.847" UserId="1992" Comment="added 1413 characters in body" Text="To add some more about transactional replication:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - it uses a SQL Agent log reader job to harvest committed transactions from the transaction log of the publication database. This means that the log cannot be cleared until the log records have been read. If the log reader agent periodicity is changed then your log may grow unexpectedly. The log reader agent could also cause contention on the transaction log on high-volume OLTP systems, depending on your IO subsystem of course.&#xD;&#xA; - replication does not guarantee zero data-loss as there is latency involved in reading the log records and passing them through the distributor to the subscriber(s). For zero data-loss, look at synchronous database mirroring or synchronous SAN replication&#xD;&#xA; - peer-to-peer replication is a good way of scaling out a query workload, and can also add some redundancy to your data&#xD;&#xA; - you have to do some careful schema design with peer-to-peer to avoid collisions caused by similar changes at different nodes. Don't use partitioned identities for that. Use a composite surrogate key (e.g. node-identifier + bigint)&#xD;&#xA; - with peer-to-peer, it can be hard to add extra redundancy to the various nodes in the topology. The publisher can be mirrored, the subscriber can be mirrored (reasonably easily in 2008, not so easily in 2005), but the distributor cannot. It must be clustered to add redundancy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just a few thoughts. You might also checkout the whitepaper on mirroring + repl I wrote last year at http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/9/4/d948f981-926e-40fa-a026-5bfcf076d9b9/ReplicationAndDBM.docx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: ok - it's lunchtime and I have some more to add:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - peer-to-peer replication: in 2005 if you want to change the topology at all (add or remove nodes) you have to quiesce the whole topology. In 2008 you don't need to.&#xD;&#xA; - peer-to-peer replication doesn't have conflict detection until 2008, but even then it's conflict resultion is pretty brain-dead - node with the highest ID (called the peer originator ID) wins - maybe not what you want.&#xD;&#xA; - peer-to-peer replication: all nodes see all changes from the other nodes. This means that in a 3-way topology with, say, Seattle, London, Tokyo - if Seattle goes down, London and Tokyo keep going. If Tokyo then goes down and Seattle comes online, it will get all the London updates from London AND all the Tokyoo updates that London knows about, from London. Pretty neat.&#xD;&#xA; - there is no form of failure detection or automatic failover with replication. Maybe look at mirroring instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When choosing any kind of HA solution (good timing as I'm teaching an HA class for internal Microsoft DBAs today), you need to start with requirements analysis before evaluating technologies. It's a bit hard to give recommendations without knowing all your requirements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I blogged about questions to ask yourself when coming up with an HA strategy: see http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/HA-Where-do-you-start-when-choosing-a-high-availability-solution.aspx" />
  <row Id="19787" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10971" RevisionGUID="cfd3def8-af07-4454-a2d7-d8acd5c72697" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:09:49.710" UserId="2513" Text="If mod_status is not an option, might [apachetop][1] be an option?  If you cannot run access logs or mod_status you will be quite limited.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.webta.org/projects/apachetop/" />
  <row Id="19789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10973" RevisionGUID="b95eb743-1bb1-4d54-a0d4-e765820f46f5" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:14:57.127" UserId="2948" Text="I've seen it on WinXP SP3 computers.  I was told by some people I trust that it has performance issues on WinXP systems.  I ended up uninstalling it.  I realize this didn't answer your question about how to improve, sorry." />
  <row Id="19790" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10974" RevisionGUID="d8a1b664-b570-40a3-b0d3-7dbb6e978b8d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:18:03.640" UserId="3058" Text="XMing [http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming][1] works well if you are connecting to any XWindows system from MS Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming &quot;http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming&quot;" />
  <row Id="19791" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10975" RevisionGUID="913e2cda-0e96-4106-b4dc-1201203995e3" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:19:29.800" UserId="3298" Text="This is not possible due to the limits of the virtualized video card that virtual PC virtualizes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;one workaround that I have seen mentioned but never tried was to boot up your virtual PC and then remote desktop to that PC. seems cumbersome and resource wasteful to me though." />
  <row Id="19792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10976" RevisionGUID="8e810449-c1a1-4dae-8e87-687f22be8ebc" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:19:45.370" UserId="1561" Text="The existing [SysInit][1] system would handle that for you just fine.  [Ubuntu has docs][2] on what they are doing with these.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sysinit.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBootupHowto" />
  <row Id="19793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10977" RevisionGUID="7d0e095c-604f-4ccb-b63c-6a47954f9a3a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:22:09.513" UserId="2948" Text="You could collect the information by using STSADM -o enumusers command.  It will output XML with a list of users (or AD Groups) associated with SharePoint sites.  Unfortunatly you have to do this for each site so it might take some time to put together the script to run it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We looked at a tool from [Quest][1]to manage security permissions in our sites.  One of the features it had was to create a nice list of all users.  It might already have functionality you need.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.quest.com/sharepoint/administration.aspx" />
  <row Id="19795" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10979" RevisionGUID="e61e9a21-4fb0-4093-b449-883ef9fc18bd" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:27:46.883" UserId="3174" Text="This isn't specifically related to your problem, but if a system &lt;em&gt;doesn't&lt;/em&gt; have &lt;code&gt;/bin/ls&lt;/code&gt; installed (i.e., someone has deleted it), you can use:&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;echo&amp;nbsp;*&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt; to get a directory listing.  I have had to use this before, and it's a lifesaver." />
  <row Id="19799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10981" RevisionGUID="d87f3d90-9073-4e68-a008-bacc3626ec50" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:28:17.787" UserId="3181" Text="My understanding of FTP over SSL (ftps) is that it doesn't work well with firewalls and NAT. In an ordinary FTP session, the information about data connections is read, and for NAT modified, by the firewall in order for the firewall to dynamically open the needed ports. If that information is secured by SSL, the firewall can't read it or change it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using SFTP, or scp, makes the network administrator's job a lot easier - everything happens on the server's port 22, and the transaction follows the normal client/server model. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing not mentioned is whether or not your firewall is performing NAT and whether or not it is static NAT or dynamic NAT. If your client machine has a static address or is being statically NATed, you may not need to make any firewall changes, assuming you allow all outbound traffic and the server operates only in Passive mode (PASV).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To know exactly what ports you will need to open, you will need to either:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; a) talk to the vendor to get specifics about how their system has been configured. &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; b) Use a protocol analyzer, such as tcpdump or wireshark, to look at the traffic, both from outside your firewall and inside your firewall&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to find out which port is the Control Connection. You list 3, which seems odd to me. Assuming the server only works in PASV (passive) mode, you need to figure out how the server is configured to allocated DATA ports.  Have they locked down the DATA channel to a single inbound port? Have they locked down the DATA channel to a small range or ports?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With these answers, you can start configuring your firewall. " />
  <row Id="19800" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10497" RevisionGUID="087b2173-86dc-4cf6-9550-c06f78bad835" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:29:14.850" UserId="2456" Comment="Corrected grammar" Text="On unix and unix like systems which includes Mac OS X filesystems are laid out logically very different to how they are on Windows.  There is no such thing as a drive like C or D etc.  There is just a single filesystem which is laid out as a hierarchy (tree structure).  This filesystem can be made up of one physical drive or a number of physical drives in a machine.  It can also be made up of memory and shares from another machine via protocols like NFS, CIFS etc.  Because there is no drives per se you need to have somewhere on the filesystem that you can attach or mount this additional storage to so you create a directory and then mount the other filesystem there.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux systems for instance have either a /mnt directory or a /mnt hierarchy with directories like cdrom etc. in it.  In this case you do not need to make a directory first you can use one of these but you are not required to as the mount point can be anywhere on the filesystem.  This benefit can be really useful if you need more space soemwhere as you can add another drive, move the data onto it and then mount it where the old directory was and everything will keep working without any change." />
  <row Id="19801" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10982" RevisionGUID="81e81566-b7e5-46d3-a99f-625db39cb6a4" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:32:25.173" UserId="1436" Text="Everyone seems to be talking about server and device monitoring instead of monitoring bandwidth usage / user actions etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Something like http://www.pfsense.org/ as a transparent firewall in your network will do everything you need. Firstly it will be able to block the IM and external email sites that you wish. Secondly, there is a whole host of graphs that can be configured for watching bandwidth usage, and if you enable the ntop plugin, you will get graphs of protocol usage. Thirdly, the squid package that it has will be extremely useful and give all the weblogs, usage stats etc that you could possibly need." />
  <row Id="19804" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10984" RevisionGUID="a772bcf5-ddbd-4163-be3d-bde7db48ae6f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:37:05.617" UserId="2916" Text="I like defraggler from Piriform." />
  <row Id="19806" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10797" RevisionGUID="143bdf2e-0655-4627-9454-3ba9e47b9f68" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:39:34.067" UserId="1992" Comment="added 598 characters in body" Text="To add some more about transactional replication:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - it uses a SQL Agent log reader job to harvest committed transactions from the transaction log of the publication database. This means that the log cannot be cleared until the log records have been read. If the log reader agent periodicity is changed then your log may grow unexpectedly. The log reader agent could also cause contention on the transaction log on high-volume OLTP systems, depending on your IO subsystem of course.&#xD;&#xA; - replication does not guarantee zero data-loss as there is latency involved in reading the log records and passing them through the distributor to the subscriber(s). For zero data-loss, look at synchronous database mirroring or synchronous SAN replication&#xD;&#xA; - peer-to-peer replication is a good way of scaling out a query workload, and can also add some redundancy to your data&#xD;&#xA; - you have to do some careful schema design with peer-to-peer to avoid collisions caused by similar changes at different nodes. Don't use partitioned identities for that. Use a composite surrogate key (e.g. node-identifier + bigint)&#xD;&#xA; - with peer-to-peer, it can be hard to add extra redundancy to the various nodes in the topology. The publisher can be mirrored, the subscriber can be mirrored (reasonably easily in 2008, not so easily in 2005), but the distributor cannot. It must be clustered to add redundancy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just a few thoughts. You might also checkout the whitepaper on mirroring + repl I wrote last year at http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/9/4/d948f981-926e-40fa-a026-5bfcf076d9b9/ReplicationAndDBM.docx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: ok - it's lunchtime and I have some more to add:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - peer-to-peer replication: in 2005 if you want to change the topology at all (add or remove nodes) you have to quiesce the whole topology. In 2008 you don't need to.&#xD;&#xA; - peer-to-peer replication doesn't have conflict detection until 2008, but even then it's conflict resultion is pretty brain-dead - node with the highest ID (called the peer originator ID) wins - maybe not what you want.&#xD;&#xA; - peer-to-peer replication: all nodes see all changes from the other nodes. This means that in a 3-way topology with, say, Seattle, London, Tokyo - if Seattle goes down, London and Tokyo keep going. If Tokyo then goes down and Seattle comes online, it will get all the London updates from London AND all the Tokyoo updates that London knows about, from London. Pretty neat.&#xD;&#xA; - there is no form of failure detection or automatic failover with replication. Maybe look at mirroring instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When choosing any kind of HA solution (good timing as I'm teaching an HA class for internal Microsoft DBAs today), you need to start with requirements analysis before evaluating technologies. It's a bit hard to give recommendations without knowing all your requirements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I blogged about questions to ask yourself when coming up with an HA strategy: see http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/HA-Where-do-you-start-when-choosing-a-high-availability-solution.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit again:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - An example of it's use: various servers in data tier with mid-tier load balancing. Peer-to-peer allows all nodes to keep (eventually) in-sync.&#xD;&#xA; - Nasty problem though: if a user is routed to node 1 and does a transaction, how long before the data is replicated to the other nodes, as repl latency can vary? If the user connects to the service again, which node to route her to? Same node as before or has enough time passed to be able to safely route to any node and guarantee that the previous transaction she did has been replicated to all nodes?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ok - no more edits! :-)" />
  <row Id="19807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10985" RevisionGUID="f15e99a0-3035-45ca-a4f9-e2acadf6f5fe" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:39:39.340" UserId="2427" Text="Are I.P. addresses with a 0 in the last octet valid?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    10.6.43.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my case, I have the the following netmask&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    255.255.252.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What about a 0 for the other octets?" />
  <row Id="19808" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10985" RevisionGUID="f15e99a0-3035-45ca-a4f9-e2acadf6f5fe" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:39:39.340" UserId="2427" Text="Is X.Y.Z.0 a valid I.P. address?" />
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  <row Id="19810" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10986" RevisionGUID="59f9c6b9-a87c-4bbf-8ae1-7d65d2d49e2e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:40:32.817" UserId="626" Text="&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;unregister actxprxy.dll then reregister it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;run regsvr32.exe –r actxprxy.dll &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;run regsvr32.exe actxprxy.dll &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19811" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10987" RevisionGUID="b8e93351-a0c8-4a90-b128-de2d9dcf0218" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:40:42.877" UserId="2255" Text="I want to have a directory(ies) that is only accessible through some password, encrypted. I want something more secure than just permissions.&#xD;&#xA;I've been taking a look at truecrypt and dm-crypt for linux but I read some complains about reliability of Truecrypt (problems copying in/out, hung up while working with truecrypt partitions), which at first looked very nice to me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some experiences recommendations, please?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="19812" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10987" RevisionGUID="b8e93351-a0c8-4a90-b128-de2d9dcf0218" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:40:42.877" UserId="2255" Text="Linux: encrypting directories. Truecrypt? Dm-crypt?" />
  <row Id="19813" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10987" RevisionGUID="b8e93351-a0c8-4a90-b128-de2d9dcf0218" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:40:42.877" UserId="2255" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;encryption&gt;" />
  <row Id="19814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10988" RevisionGUID="dcf3c5fd-4528-4352-8cff-302f2f903057" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:41:04.470" UserId="2456" Text="I have a Windows Server 2008 Standard server and a network of Windows XP machines and one Windows Vista machine.  The Windows server is the primary Active Directory server for the network and all users have roaming profiles.  All the Windows XP machines happily synchronise their profiles which includes the My Documents directory however the Windows Vista machine refuses to synchronise the My Documents data.  I have done a fair amount of searching and as of yet have not found a workable solution.  Any suggestions please?" />
  <row Id="19815" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10988" RevisionGUID="dcf3c5fd-4528-4352-8cff-302f2f903057" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:41:04.470" UserId="2456" Text="Windows Server 2008 roaming profile data synchronisation issue with Vista" />
  <row Id="19816" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10988" RevisionGUID="dcf3c5fd-4528-4352-8cff-302f2f903057" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:41:04.470" UserId="2456" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="19817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10989" RevisionGUID="b3309415-0983-4631-a82d-60b21d1e998c" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:41:36.823" UserId="45" Text="No, IP addresses ending in .0 or .255 can never be assigned to hosts. Addresses ending in &quot;.0&quot;, &quot;.0.0&quot;, or &quot;.0.0.0&quot; define subnets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, no part of an IP address can be 255, such addresses are &quot;broadcast&quot; addresses and all hosts on the corresponding subnet will respond to it." />
  <row Id="19818" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10941" RevisionGUID="11022583-c82c-43d1-8c07-bbd8267ad7cf" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:43:14.357" UserId="1973" Comment="added 42 characters in body" Text="Hi Team,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have an instance of SQL Server 2008 running on a Windows 2008 server. I am able to connect to this SQL server from several machines on my network. However, I **cannot** connect using SQL Management Studio on the SQL Server itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I hit &quot;Connect&quot; I get this error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Unable to cast COM object of type 'System.__ComObject' to interface type 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.OLE.Interop.IServiceProvider'. This operation failed because the QueryInterface call on the COM component for the interface with IID '{6D5140C1-7436-11CE-8034-00AA006009FA}' failed due to the following error: No such interface supported (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80004002 (E_NOINTERFACE)). (Microsoft.VisualStudio.OLE.Interop)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server config:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - SQL Server 2005&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Server 2008 Std 32-bit&#xD;&#xA; - Also runs SQL Server 2000 on port 1444&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Uninstalling and reinstalling SQL Management Studio&#xD;&#xA; - Adding these [registry entries][1]&#xD;&#xA; - Rebooting&#xD;&#xA; - Running these [commands][2]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for %1 in (%windir%\system32\*.dll) do regsvr32 /s %1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for %1 in (%windir%\system32\*.ocx) do regsvr32 /s %1&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - Running regsvr32 actxprxy.dll, which produced an error&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Justin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqltools/thread/d5d3e5fc-d8ce-4f42-b7ea-9bbbb7756a20&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msmvps.com/blogs/martinpoon/archive/2009/03/20/ssms-unable-to-cast-com-object-of-type-system-comobject-to-interface-type-microsoft-visualstudio-ole-interop-iserviceprovider-exception-from-hresult-0x80004002-e-nointerface.aspx" />
  <row Id="19820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10991" RevisionGUID="a76053af-018b-43e6-8f4b-c6420a043a87" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:45:30.420" UserId="2413" Text="answer to your question depends on the netmask. in general statement 'IP addresses ending in .0 or .255' is false. take 10.0.1.0/23 - it's valid ip address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;also 10.6.43.0/255.255.252.0 aka 10.6.43.0/22 is valid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;that was the theory. most reasonable network devices [ including linux servers, windows boxes, cisco / hp / etc ] will work fine with such address, but i've seen dlink and other low-end network appliance [ routers, access points ] not accepting such addresses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;@splattne - i'm affraid you are wrong in both cases. 10.255.0.5/24 is perfectly valid ip address, so is 10.10.0.255/22 [ when netmask is 255.255.252.0 ]" />
  <row Id="19821" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10986" RevisionGUID="2ecfd5a4-9153-4475-864e-e22b1a1aee63" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:45:38.623" UserId="626" Comment="added 84 characters in body" Text="&#xD;&#xA;unregister actxprxy.dll then reregister it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;run regsvr32.exe –r c:\windows\system32\actxprxy.dll&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;run regsvr32.exe c:\windows\system32\actxprxy.dll&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;run these in a command prompt as administrator" />
  <row Id="19823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10993" RevisionGUID="d41fcd2c-5ee6-4c53-b830-8d8cc85da1b4" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:46:12.947" UserId="1466" Text="Would it relieve the impact of turning on logging to **log to a remote server**?" />
  <row Id="19824" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10994" RevisionGUID="b8e3e125-ce61-4323-9c7e-c7ae4499cfcc" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:46:35.643" UserId="2499" Text="You can use [ecryptfs][1] which encrypts a single-directory in the users /home folder.  It works nice, but is always decrypted for the user who created it and always encrypted (iirc) for any other users (e.g. you can't access someone else's encrypted directory).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Installation and use][2] (for Ubuntu, but can be adjusted for any distro).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://launchpad.net/ecryptfs&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EncryptedPrivateDirectory" />
  <row Id="19825" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10989" RevisionGUID="381aa9e9-b824-4613-9687-d707233472dc" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:47:51.897" UserId="45" Comment="added 160 characters in body" Text="It depends on the subnet of the IP address in question. In general, the first and last addresses in a subnet are used as the network identifier and broadcast address, respectively. All other addresses in the subnet can be assigned to hosts on that subnet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, IP addresses of networks with subnet masks of at least 24 bits ending in .0 or .255 can never be assigned to hosts. Such addresses are &quot;broadcast&quot; addresses and all hosts on the corresponding subnet will respond to it." />
  <row Id="19826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10995" RevisionGUID="668309b4-0965-43a9-8a55-2f6ccbd8d2cd" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:48:37.463" UserId="1466" Text="Could you run **tcpdump** on a machine in front of the webservers?  (such as a firewall or proxy server)" />
  <row Id="19827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10996" RevisionGUID="e445f302-7f19-4587-9fa3-ee3b0d0b115d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:49:20.880" UserId="7330" Text="For most small businesses, having an IT team is really not a possibility.  You end up with someone wearing an accounting hat and an IT systems administrator hat and you end up losing in both worlds.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you were a small business (less than 10 employees) that needed the following things, who could you outsource this functionality to?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Exchange or Email Hosting&#xD;&#xA; 2. SharePoint - Intranet Site&#xD;&#xA; 3. Sql Server - For Internal Applications&#xD;&#xA; 4. IIS - For Internal Web Applications&#xD;&#xA; 5. Domain Management&#xD;&#xA; 6. Print Server&#xD;&#xA; 7. File Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Small business server is a great tool.  But not having the expertise on staff to support it really increases the costs of doing business.  Outsourcing the hosting to other businesses could in theory improve other areas of the business.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Who is best suited to host this stuff?  Essentially, a hosted small business server solution would be outstanding!" />
  <row Id="19828" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10996" RevisionGUID="e445f302-7f19-4587-9fa3-ee3b0d0b115d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:49:20.880" UserId="7330" Text="Remote Server Hosting" />
  <row Id="19829" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10996" RevisionGUID="e445f302-7f19-4587-9fa3-ee3b0d0b115d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:49:20.880" UserId="7330" Text="&lt;small-business&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="19830" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10997" RevisionGUID="17bdccd6-8288-454b-9163-38769e88d410" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:50:11.453" UserId="3220" Text="I recently bought a used BladeCenter E chassis, and the seller UPS-shipped it to me with only one inch(!) of foam padding around it. Along the way, [someone dropped][1] the 130 pound package and bent part of the case, and one of the blade handles. Surprisingly, everything [still works fine][2]!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, at least on the 'survives physical abuse' axis of reliability, I'm impressed with the IBM BladeCenter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the 'easy to find information' axis of support, I've been equally impressed with IBM's BladeCenter support resources. Since I got my chassis used, support involves me reading lots of documentation. Almost every question I've had has been easy to answer, and the questions I couldn't answer involved hardware that IBM hasn't sold in a few years ([old QS20 blades][3]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've had no problem finding and installing firmware updates, finding tutorials on configuring the networking module, and many other tasks a bladeserver newbie needs to accomplish.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure if this helps you with for-pay bladeserver use, but if you go with an IBM BladeCenter, I'd be happy to answer any questions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://picasaweb.google.com/shae.erisson/BladeCenterEChassisArrives#&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://picasaweb.google.com/shae.erisson/UbuntuOnMyBladeCenter#&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://picasaweb.google.com/shae.erisson/SevenQS20Blades#" />
  <row Id="19831" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="10997" RevisionGUID="17bdccd6-8288-454b-9163-38769e88d410" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:50:11.453" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="19832" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10991" RevisionGUID="77cb2cea-ef4c-46bf-b61f-8cad14907a31" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:52:45.787" UserId="2413" Comment="deleted 152 characters in body" Text="answer to your question depends on the netmask. in general statement 'IP addresses ending in .0 or .255' is false. take 10.0.1.0/23 - it's valid ip address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;also 10.6.43.0/255.255.252.0 aka 10.6.43.0/22 is valid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;that was the theory. most reasonable network devices [ including linux servers, windows boxes, cisco / hp / etc ] will work fine with such address, but i've seen dlink and other low-end network appliance [ routers, access points ] not accepting such addresses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19833" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10998" RevisionGUID="d9f17002-b182-4392-bad0-603f6684d4f2" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:53:05.333" UserId="3308" Text="My company uses a Google Mini search appliance on our Intranet. It is easy to setup and customize. The OneBox Module lets you return custom search results. I use a Java servlet to return results to the OneBox Module. All things considered I would recommend the Google Mini. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The entry point price of $2990.00 is great. Here are the upgrade prices: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Upgrade from 50K to 100K docs $1000&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Upgrade from 50K to 200K docs $4000&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Upgrade from 50K to 300K docs $7000&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My only disappointment is that you get cut-off from support and software upgrades after a few years. Here is a portion of the reply from the Google Mini Team I received when inquiring about my expired license. &lt;i&gt;&quot;The technical support and hardware warranty for the Google Mini can be extended to up to a maximum of two years. Since your device is past the two year mark, you would need to purchase a new Google Mini if you wanted to be under support again.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19834" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="10999" RevisionGUID="5ab16ebb-0336-4697-8dbe-5c26319e5352" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:53:14.287" UserId="3299" Text="I have a Guest VM on a VMWare Server (version 1) that I need to have more disk space.  Is there a way to grow it's virtual disk or add another?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Host OS is Windows XP 32 Bit.  The Guest OS is Windows Server 2008 R2 RC 64 Bit." />
  <row Id="19835" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="10999" RevisionGUID="5ab16ebb-0336-4697-8dbe-5c26319e5352" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:53:14.287" UserId="3299" Text="Can a second virtual Disk be added to a VMWare Server (vs 1) guest os?" />
  <row Id="19836" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="10999" RevisionGUID="5ab16ebb-0336-4697-8dbe-5c26319e5352" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:53:14.287" UserId="3299" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="19837" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10989" RevisionGUID="4d750b2d-1e78-4a47-960a-b6b7d2338e84" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:54:47.560" UserId="45" Comment="added 30 characters in body" Text="It depends on the subnet of the IP address in question. In general, the first and last addresses in a subnet are used as the network identifier and broadcast address, respectively. All other addresses in the subnet can be assigned to hosts on that subnet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, IP addresses of networks with subnet masks of at least 24 bits ending in .0 or .255 can never be assigned to hosts. Such &quot;last&quot; addresses of a subnet are considered &quot;broadcast&quot; addresses and all hosts on the corresponding subnet will respond to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Theoretically, there could be situations where you could assign a host an address ending in .0: for example, if you have a subnet like  192.168.0.0/255.255.0.0, you could assign a host the address 192.168.1.0. It could create confusion though, so it's not a very common practice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19838" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11000" RevisionGUID="8549283f-6537-45e7-8200-45790e54240e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T20:56:39.227" UserId="2413" Text="i think you can grow existing drives [ but then you need to convince guest os to recognize bigger storage space which is very much file system dependent ].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i'm absolutely sure that you can add new virtual disk to existing vm guest. you just power off guest, edit hardware repository and add new drive. that i've done quite a lot of times." />
  <row Id="19839" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10989" RevisionGUID="4628a072-defe-4a35-83fa-6365db33f2ea" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:00:58.343" UserId="45" Comment="added 198 characters in body" Text="It depends on the subnet of the IP address in question. In general, the first and last addresses in a subnet are used as the network identifier and broadcast address, respectively. All other addresses in the subnet can be assigned to hosts on that subnet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, IP addresses of networks with subnet masks of at least 24 bits ending in .0 or .255 can never be assigned to hosts. Such &quot;last&quot; addresses of a subnet are considered &quot;broadcast&quot; addresses and all hosts on the corresponding subnet will respond to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Theoretically, there could be situations where you could assign a host an address ending in .0: for example, if you have a subnet like  192.168.0.0/255.255.0.0, you could assign a host the address 192.168.1.0. It could create confusion though, so it's not a very common practice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In your example&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     10.6.43.0 with subnet 255.255.252.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;means an address range from 10.6.40.0 to 10.6.43.255 (22 bit subnet mask). So in theory, your example 10.6.43.0 would be allowed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19840" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10976" RevisionGUID="8c4a2a58-522d-48a8-8d5c-1dfadf2cc4b2" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:01:40.747" UserId="1561" Comment="added 106 characters in body" Text="The existing [SysInit][1] system would handle that for you just fine.  [Ubuntu has docs][2] on what they are doing with these.  Yes, they are switching to [upstart][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sysinit.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBootupHowto&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/125977?theme=print" />
  <row Id="19841" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10966" RevisionGUID="7c85a984-c365-40e0-a4c0-77d31f216181" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:02:48.153" UserId="2489" Comment="improved language" Text="I haven't had the problem but I remember that Ed Bott did some investigation and has specific recommendations on &quot;slow to start&quot; ie8.  Here's the link:  [Ed Bott and slow IE8][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=2443 &quot;Ed Bott and slow IE8&quot;" />
  <row Id="19842" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11001" RevisionGUID="dd0451b7-4203-4804-8db4-1043e0b97d39" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:11:17.777" UserId="3323" Text="Too little information given to actually anything that would definetly work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would be good to know how you define &quot;stops&quot; responding ?  Is it just the ssh that stops responding or some other service ? Any ideas if console is still responding ? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any traces in the logfiles after the machine is back online after the reboot ? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Few options anyway to get you forward on gathering the information:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Enable getty on serial line and if you cant affort on buying a serial server, crosswire the serials between the machines. If one machine cant be reached via network, you can try to get access via serial.&#xD;&#xA;- install monitoring software and fetch status from lmsensors, smart tools tec.&#xD;&#xA;- send syslogs to remote machine." />
  <row Id="19843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11002" RevisionGUID="7d86e6d6-9078-4e4d-a738-7def9085e385" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:11:57.277" UserId="1993" Text="A basic TCP ACK says &quot;I received all bytes up to X.&quot; Selective ACK allows you to say &quot;I received bytes X-Y, and V-Z.&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, for instance, if a host sent you 10,000 bytes and bytes 3000-5000 were lost in transit, ACK would say &quot;I got everything up to 3000.&quot; The other end would have to send bytes 3001-1000 again. SACK could say &quot;I got 1000-2999, and 5001-10000&quot; and the host would just send the 3000-5000.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is great over a high bandwidth, lossy (or high delay) link. The problem is that it can cause severe performance issues in specific circumstances. Normal TCP ACKs will make the server treat a high-bandwidth, lossy connection with kid gloves (send 500 bytes, wait, send 500 bytes, wait, etc). SACK lets it adapt to the high delay because it knows exactly how many packets were *actually* lost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is where bad things can happen. An attacker can force your server to keep a massive retransmission queue for a long time, then process that whole damn thing over and over and over again. This can peg the CPU, eat up RAM, and consume more bandwidth than it should. In a nutshell, a lightweight system can initiate a DoS against a beefier server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your server robust and doesn't serve large files, you're pretty well insulated against this. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're mostly serving an intranet or other low-latency group of users, SACK buys you nothing and can be turned off for security reasons with no performance loss. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're on a low-bandwidth link (say 1Mbps or less as a completely arbitrary rule of thumb), SACK can cause problems in normal operations by saturating your connection and should be turned off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ultimately, it's up to you. Consider what you're serving, to whom, from what, and weigh the degree of your risk against the performance effects of SACK.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a great overview of SACK and its vulnerability [here.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-tcp-sack/index.html" />
  <row Id="19844" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10989" RevisionGUID="abc7ef42-f3e3-49c5-a7b0-f2a71625e207" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:14:56.710" UserId="45" Comment="added 85 characters in body" Text="It depends on the subnet of the IP address in question. In general, the first and last addresses in a subnet are used as the network identifier and broadcast address, respectively. All other addresses in the subnet can be assigned to hosts on that subnet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, IP addresses of networks with subnet masks of at least 24 bits ending in .0 or .255 can never be assigned to hosts. Such &quot;last&quot; addresses of a subnet are considered &quot;broadcast&quot; addresses and all hosts on the corresponding subnet will respond to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Theoretically, there could be situations where you could assign a host an address ending in .0: for example, if you have a subnet like  192.168.0.0/255.255.0.0, you could assign a host the address 192.168.1.0. It could create confusion though, so it's not a very common practice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In your example&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     10.6.43.0 with subnet 255.255.252.0 (22 bit subnet mask)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;means subnet ID 10.6.40.0, a host address range from 10.6.40.1 to 10.6.43.254 and a broadcast address 10.6.43.255. So in theory, your example 10.6.43.0 would be allowed as a valid host address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19845" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11003" RevisionGUID="e24b56a3-7ada-4496-9588-0019946f3672" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:16:18.907" UserId="2783" Text="Sam is right... it is just a poorly written error message.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Event 9871 is logged when the maintenance windows is over for a database, but a transaction is still being processed. Exchange doesn't end the transaction just because it hits the end of the maintenance window, it just logs the 9871.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can safely ignore the error (or extend the maintenance window if you want to avoid the event being logged)." />
  <row Id="19846" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11004" RevisionGUID="2a50e3e4-0845-439e-bf7f-b7a76568d46f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:16:44.880" UserId="919" Text="You can use xinetd for this, if the process is network based. Otherwise, upstart and sysvinit are your tools." />
  <row Id="19847" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11005" RevisionGUID="8e03ef50-d445-4458-a2d1-f9f2acd15c05" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:21:08.443" UserId="2783" Text="You could also potentially offload spam filtering to a 3rd party, which would filter out most of that traffic and spam before it ever hits your network.  Three good options for this service are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.microsoft.com/online/exchange-hosted-services/filtering.mspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.messagelabs.com/products/email/anti_spam.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.google.com/postini/email.html" />
  <row Id="19848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11006" RevisionGUID="d7811172-2109-4129-97e2-928c1a4b526f" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:21:21.267" UserId="3323" Text="Stock apache(1) used to come predefined to only support 250 concurrent connections - if you wanted more, there was one header file to modify to allow more concurrent sessions. I dont know if this is still true with apache2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, you need to add option to allow loads of more open file descriptors for account that runs apache - something that above comments fail to point out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pay attention to your worker settings and what sort of keepalive timeouts you have inside apache itself, how many spare ones servers you have running at once and how fast these extra processes are getting killed. " />
  <row Id="19849" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11007" RevisionGUID="fa2e4271-f0ca-404f-8df2-511b5697182e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:22:02.140" UserId="3314" Text="Multi mode fiber has no trouble carrying a full-duplex connection. As far as the connection rate that is a factor of the distance. Several other mitigating factors can hurt your speed including the light source single mode fiber with led based source is far less affective (range and speed) then multi mode with a laser. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Luxlinks has a good reference for estimating your speeds for a particular setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately it appears I cant add links (maybe because this is my first post)." />
  <row Id="19850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11008" RevisionGUID="ff126ba6-1702-4fa0-a520-19b028f455b2" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:24:13.117" UserId="2427" Text="I found this, which claims that it is valid, depending on your subnet mask.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv4#Addresses_ending_in_0_or_255&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11009" RevisionGUID="6e515655-8376-4acb-86d6-894089ef3dac" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:28:09.350" UserId="1301" Text="I want to modify a file in vista ( C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts ) but I can't write it to disk. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Similar thing happen with other files that are not under my user directory. C:\Users\me&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am in the administrator group. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is needed to edit these files? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19852" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11009" RevisionGUID="6e515655-8376-4acb-86d6-894089ef3dac" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:28:09.350" UserId="1301" Text="Edit files in Vista" />
  <row Id="19853" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11009" RevisionGUID="6e515655-8376-4acb-86d6-894089ef3dac" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:28:09.350" UserId="1301" Text="&lt;privileges&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;editing&gt;" />
  <row Id="19854" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11010" RevisionGUID="5ae22f5b-9669-4c8f-9b13-ea698c15e236" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:30:59.500" UserId="1501" Text="You can add an additional virtual disk to the machine by:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shutdown the Guest OS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right click the machine in your inventory list (F9 to show Inventory List) and choose    Settings&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check what your current Virtual Disk type is, you will see either Hard Disk(IDE X:X) or Hard Disk(SCSI X:X) in the current list of Hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When adding the new disk, use the same type so you will know it works properly. Click the Add button and follow the wizard for adding your new disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After you have added the disk, you can startup your virtual machine and windows will see it as a new hard drive just as if you installed a new physical drive in a machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you just want additional disk space under a new drive letter, you can stop here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To be able to spread your current drive over the two drives you need to convert them both to Dynamic Disks (look here for some more info [http://www.petri.co.il/difference_between_basic_and_dynamic_disks_in_windows_xp_2000_2003.htm][1]) then span your current partition across both disks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.petri.co.il/difference_between_basic_and_dynamic_disks_in_windows_xp_2000_2003.htm" />
  <row Id="19855" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11011" RevisionGUID="a4c50708-ce54-4e10-ac95-0264321775d8" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:32:23.023" UserId="2489" Text="With UAC turned on, you're not running as an administrator normally.  That's why you can't edit it.  The simplest thing to do is to right-mouse click notepad and choose &quot;run as administrator&quot;.  You'll be prompted with a UAC prompt.  You should then be able to edit and save the file." />
  <row Id="19856" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10377" RevisionGUID="7fa968ef-a30c-4d01-9496-9c9255f07177" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:38:34.913" UserId="1993" Comment="clarified why I don't want to just ignore this" Text="Every night at 02:59 the following events are logged by my Exchange server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Event Type:	  Warning Event&#xD;&#xA;    Source:	      MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store&#xD;&#xA;    Event Category:  Background Cleanup &#xD;&#xA;    Event ID:	    9871 &#xD;&#xA;    Date:		    5/20/2009&#xD;&#xA;    Time:		    2:59:59 AM &#xD;&#xA;    User:		    N/A&#xD;&#xA;    Computer:	    EXCHFC2 &#xD;&#xA;    Description: There is an online maintenance overlap for database &quot;First Storage Group\Mailbox Database&quot;. Please revise the online maintenance schedule.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.&#xD;&#xA;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Event Type:	Information&#xD;&#xA;    Event Source:	ESE&#xD;&#xA;    Event Category:	Online Defragmentation &#xD;&#xA;    Event ID:	704&#xD;&#xA;    Date:		5/20/2009&#xD;&#xA;    Time:		2:59:59 AM&#xD;&#xA;    User:		N/A&#xD;&#xA;    Computer:	EXCHFC2&#xD;&#xA;    Description:&#xD;&#xA;    MSExchangeIS (12420) First Storage Group: Online defragmentation of database 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\First Storage Group\Mailbox Database.edb' was interrupted and terminated. The next time online defragmentation is started on this database, it will resume from the point of interruption. &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    For more information, click http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is Exchange 2007 running on Windows 2003 x64.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's my Exchange maintenance schedule:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    First Storage Group\Mailbox Database: 20:00 - 03:00  &#xD;&#xA;    Second Storage Group\Public Folder Database: 03:00 - 06:00&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that I tried spacing them out more (First ended at 2, second started at 4) to no avail. The error message always appears a second before completion of the First Storage Group's maintenance plan.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The interrupted defragmentation noted in that second event was begun at 02:15. Another defragmentation of the exact same database was begun at 23:04 and finished at 02:08. Immediately before this full defragmentation, the interrupted one from last night was completed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So it's as if the system is defragging the database in a loop, then complaining when that defrag is interrupted by the conclusion of the maintenance window. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I fix this behavior?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My backups run at 06:30. There are no scheduled jobs on this machine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Best Practices Analyzer reports nothing relevant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I understand that this is not a critical error, but I'm concerned that if I simply ignore it I'll overlook a future problem when maintenance is NOT being adequately performed. In that vein, I'd like to resolve whatever is causing the defrags to loop during the maintenance window.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19857" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11012" RevisionGUID="90bb4e44-d0e9-40b4-8362-dd3dfc5b8b65" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:39:20.327" UserId="3314" Text="I wrote an application to do exactly this in a HP-UX remote desktop app I use at work. It maps the mouse wheel to the up and down keys. Works great for me let me know if you like it...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;data.joncopas.com/download/Scroller.exe" />
  <row Id="19858" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11013" RevisionGUID="0688dddd-c578-40bd-968b-d53789dd7be1" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:42:41.397" UserId="274" Text="Hey this is actually a reverse question.&#xD;&#xA;My personal email (firstname.lasname@gmail.com) is winding up and many peoples junkbox and i have no idea why.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What may the cause be? is it because it has the word Entrepreneur (and programmer) in my sig? is it because my first name is unique(european like)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its driving me crazy. I sent out dozens of business emails a month to people i just meet so its actually hurting me much more then others :(" />
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  <row Id="19860" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11013" RevisionGUID="0688dddd-c578-40bd-968b-d53789dd7be1" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:42:41.397" UserId="274" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;spam&gt;" />
  <row Id="19861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11014" RevisionGUID="159b905c-06bb-4c8a-8358-5842aa28d01e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:44:37.540" UserId="2630" Text="Google? (specifically Google Apps for Domains)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you had some line of business tool that absolutely depended on SQL Server it's probably worth a look.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19862" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11015" RevisionGUID="5d7bfa92-e0a7-4399-ac88-63672754038a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:46:58.843" UserId="931" Text="Is there a way to configure bash on Linux (red hat and ubuntu) to allow shell scripts to be encoded in UTF-8?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't find a simple way to change *just one little thing* and have the whole system just use UTF-8 files without having to worry about encoding.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19863" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11015" RevisionGUID="5d7bfa92-e0a7-4399-ac88-63672754038a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:46:58.843" UserId="931" Text="UTF-8 and !# shell scripts" />
  <row Id="19864" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11015" RevisionGUID="5d7bfa92-e0a7-4399-ac88-63672754038a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:46:58.843" UserId="931" Text="&lt;bash&gt;&lt;utf-8&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;unix&gt;" />
  <row Id="19865" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11013" RevisionGUID="0613ec71-a62e-423e-b561-c16799e7b281" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:47:53.803" UserId="274" Comment="added 301 characters in body" Text="Hey this is actually a reverse question.&#xD;&#xA;My personal email (firstname.lasname@gmail.com) is winding up and many peoples junkbox and i have no idea why.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What may the cause be? is it because it has the word Entrepreneur (and programmer) in my sig? is it because my first name is unique(european like)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its driving me crazy. I sent out dozens of business emails a month to people i just meet so its actually hurting me much more then others :(&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-edit-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also want to mention this is non spam. Typically i email people i meet and say hi or to follow up. I was requested by someone to send him an email so i can test something, so i did and he replied to me 10 days later telling me he found it in his junk, like many others have said to me." />
  <row Id="19866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11016" RevisionGUID="2e7b3a71-8ab6-4c41-a39c-3a3af0737287" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:50:13.940" UserId="703" Text="I've used several scripts and other tools which are all great, but i found [Jet Profiler][1] really good at giving real time monitoring and visualization of what's going on and how things are changing. The full version costs money but the restricted free version is also useful and gives you a good feel for what the full one can do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jetprofiler.com/" />
  <row Id="19867" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11017" RevisionGUID="8e9aac26-2d07-4791-bf0a-e99f55887dbd" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:56:46.220" UserId="2579" Text="I see restarts like this occur (a LOT) when the RAM is having issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not the RAM, see if you can have your IT image the drive to another hard drive and see if the problem persists.  If it doesn't, then the hard drive is bad.  If it does, then there is some sort of issue with the OS Settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are still getting restarts without BSOD's then check this out:&#xD;&#xA;Go to 'System Properties'&#xD;&#xA;Select the 'Advanced' tab&#xD;&#xA;Select the 'Startup and Recovery' 'Settings...' button&#xD;&#xA;Ensure under 'System Startup' that:&#xD;&#xA;   'Write an event to the system log' is checked&#xD;&#xA;You can also uncheck 'Automatically restart' if you want to see the BSOD&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let me know how it goes!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV" />
  <row Id="19868" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11018" RevisionGUID="186c0f7e-3439-4155-9e39-074913be1931" CreationDate="2009-05-21T21:59:46.400" UserId="1941" Text="I have many files, 2TB be exact, and must find/search for files by creator and creation date and others file attributes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What in your opinion would be the best way to do these kinds of searches? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Application/Powershell? Code fragment? Any recommendations? " />
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  <row Id="19871" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11019" RevisionGUID="0337c4e1-230e-487c-8c1f-80aae8f34ded" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:00:34.357" UserId="3058" Text="I'm finally upgrading my computer desk from a folding table (hey, it was free!!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to keep it fairly small, but include room for books (shelves) and 2 pcs and monitors and a printer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've read several comments suggesting the Ikea &quot;Jerker&quot; (now Fredrik) desk.  When I looked it up, I found that it's only rated for 110 lbs.  That seems &quot;wimpy&quot;.  A shelf of books can weigh more than that!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have benches at work rated for more than 500 lbs. but the manufacturer is no longer operating under the same name and I cannot find them anywhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have a suggestion for sourcing semi-professional computer furniture?&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="19874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11020" RevisionGUID="ffa134a6-4e8b-41eb-b90e-85a11f349927" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:03:01.340" UserId="984" Text="You might want to consider getting an email address at something other then gmail.  Some spam filters penalize you simply because you use a free email service.  Even a setting up your email free on googleapps using your own domain may be better then using gmail.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are lots of resources online that give advice about how to avoid spam filters, many these articles are targeted at lists, but at least some of that information can be applied to your personal account. information applies to maillist, but some of th&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are a couple somewhat related questions from stackoverflow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Avoid being blocked by web mail companies for mass/bulk emailing ?][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [How do you make sure email you send programmatically is not automatically marked as spam?][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/162149/avoid-being-blocked-by-web-mail-companies-for-mass-bulk-emailing&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/371/how-do-you-make-sure-email-you-send-programmatically-is-not-automatically-marked" />
  <row Id="19875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11021" RevisionGUID="a45c04d3-7e6f-428a-8c4c-b93cc8e0361c" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:03:54.067" UserId="2489" Text="Do you have a URL in the body of the email?  A short email with a URL might trigger a spam filter.  I doubt if it has to do with firstname.lastname.  Perhaps the URL is perceived as spammy?  Perhaps the language makes it sound like you are selling something?  Are you using gmail's website to send because if you're sending from a non-gmail IP address, that would create a perception about it being spam." />
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  <row Id="19884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11026" RevisionGUID="5de408ab-d59f-4736-9de6-dfd00d07569b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:11:02.290" UserId="1589" Text="I've experienced the same flaky mouse issues with our BL460s, when using HP's ILO during linux installs.  I haven't found a permanent solution yet, but this following HP Advisory config tip has helped with certain installs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [HP Advisory][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00747591&amp;lang=en&amp;cc=us&amp;taskId=101&amp;prodSeriesId=1842750&amp;prodTypeId=15351" />
  <row Id="19885" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11013" RevisionGUID="a4470adc-2619-41d1-ac86-255e7edb5ad2" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:12:25.750" UserId="48" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="Hey this is actually a reverse question.&#xD;&#xA;My personal email (firstname.lasname@gmail.com) is winding up in many peoples junkbox and I have no idea why.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What may the cause be? Is it because it has the word Entrepreneur (and programmer) in my sig? is it because my first name is unique(european like)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its driving me crazy. I sent out dozens of business emails a month to people I just meet so its actually hurting me much more then others :(&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-edit-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also want to mention this is non spam. Typically I email people I meet and say hi or to follow up. I was requested by someone to send him an email so I can test something, so I did and he replied to me 10 days later telling me he found it in his junk, like many others have said to me." />
  <row Id="19886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11027" RevisionGUID="b60bd74e-1a48-4e59-b436-c6de46c6eb88" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:13:47.370" UserId="984" Text="I have used [dm-crypt][1] for my entire filesystem on my laptop, and for specific partitions on a couple servers (ubuntu/debian).  I have never had any reliability problems.  It is not [fips-140-2][2] certified if that matters to you, but I am not aware of anything that is under Linux.  I haven't really done anything to measure performance, but I didn't have a huge impact that I noticed.  In my usage I was am paranoid then I was worried about speed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are really worried about encrypting things you may want to make sure that your swap, and /tmp filesystesm are encrypted.  It is possible to have your data encrypted it /home, and then for some reason it gets swapped out into your swap partition in the clear.  In a few cases some applications do some work in /tmp.  Encryption doesn't help you much if a copy of your file is also in the clear in some temp file or swap file somewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10170/are-there-any-fips-140-2-certified-solutions-for-linux" />
  <row Id="19887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11028" RevisionGUID="2273e5ed-ec7e-4aaf-9def-894e2fdaf214" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:14:23.827" UserId="2307" Text="I can use log analyzers, but often I need to parse recent web logs to see what's happening at the moment. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I sometimes do things like to figure out top 10 ips that request a certain file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;cat foo.log | grep request_to_file_foo | awk '{print $1}' |  sort -n | uniq -c | sort -rn | head &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you have in your toolbox?" />
  <row Id="19888" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11028" RevisionGUID="2273e5ed-ec7e-4aaf-9def-894e2fdaf214" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:14:23.827" UserId="2307" Text="Do you have any useful awk and grep scripts for parsing apache logs?" />
  <row Id="19889" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11028" RevisionGUID="2273e5ed-ec7e-4aaf-9def-894e2fdaf214" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:14:23.827" UserId="2307" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;logging&gt;&lt;parsing&gt;&lt;awk&gt;&lt;grep&gt;" />
  <row Id="19890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11029" RevisionGUID="5b6c2800-82cf-4d43-8902-980eb1c3deff" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:00:35.310" Text="&lt;p&gt;My Uni's all ssh keys were stolen. The Sys admins decided to remove all .ssh folders and move the files to a folder which name I cannot say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am interested how the sysadmins changed the default SSH-key folder.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How can you change the default ~/.ssh -folder to the folder ~/TopSecret/,&lt;/strong&gt; such that my computer detects that the keys are in a new folder?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19891" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11029" RevisionGUID="5b6c2800-82cf-4d43-8902-980eb1c3deff" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:00:35.310" Text="Unable to move ssh folder elsewhere" />
  <row Id="19892" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11029" RevisionGUID="5b6c2800-82cf-4d43-8902-980eb1c3deff" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:00:35.310" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;" />
  <row Id="19893" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11030" RevisionGUID="6978b3cf-c499-4ce7-a7e7-6701e34c6a9e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:05:51.167" Text="&lt;p&gt;You can rename folders with the &quot;mv&quot; command. So you could rename TopSecret back to .ssh by &quot;mv TopSecret .ssh&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The administrators can control where the sshd looks for your keys by changing the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file's AuthorizedKeysFile parameter. You can't change this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19894" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11031" RevisionGUID="cb06988f-ab79-48c4-9da1-23656bb376ad" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:08:39.913" Text="&lt;p&gt;Have a look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.manpagez.com/man/5/sshd%5Fconfig/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;sshd_config(5)&lt;/a&gt; and edit &lt;code&gt;/etc/ssh/sshd_config&lt;/code&gt;. Note that the path of relevant configuration files is set for each file individually (that is, it's not a matter of just changing the string &lt;code&gt;.ssh&lt;/code&gt; to something else in one place in the config file).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, the setting you're looking for is &lt;code&gt;AuthorizedKeysFile&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19895" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11032" RevisionGUID="32bab7d3-700b-496c-a3d8-19110644a7c0" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:18:51.697" UserId="48" Text="Unfortunately you cannot get hosted SBS systems as Microsofts licensing does not allow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems to me that from your requirements you do really need an onsite server, particuarly when your talking about print serving and domain management. I think you would find that if you used a hosted solution, there would be alot of things you would miss. SBS is ideally suited to your sort of organisation, if you have a hard time managing it, have you considered paying a local IT company to manage it for you. There are many local companies out there with alot of experience who will charge good rates to come out once every couple of weeks to manage things, or to administrator it remotely. This gives you all the benefits of a local server, with someone else taking care of the management." />
  <row Id="19896" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11033" RevisionGUID="de201a50-4bed-4fd9-afa2-a65c140757aa" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:20:32.210" UserId="1589" Text="There are quite a few modules in many different languages that will retrieve HTTP headers for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Python - [urllib2][1]&#xD;&#xA; - Perl - [LWP::Simple][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;etc, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://docs.python.org/library/urllib2.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://search.cpan.org/~gaas/libwww-perl-5.826/lib/LWP/Simple.pm" />
  <row Id="19898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11035" RevisionGUID="c2d85bf2-f775-4e2a-98be-178b0f2cf209" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:23:47.100" UserId="2413" Text="try this nasty hack:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    wget -O - -o /dev/null --save-headers http://google.com | \&#xD;&#xA;    awk 'BEGIN{skip=0}{ if (($0)==&quot;\r&quot;) {skip=1;}; if (skip==0) print $0 }'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19900" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11029" RevisionGUID="dffd0c62-99ab-4606-bc3d-1a1997beb7ff" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:26:38.593" UserId="301" Comment="Updated title" Text="&lt;p&gt;My Uni's all ssh keys were stolen. The Sys admins decided to remove all .ssh folders and move the files to a folder which name I cannot say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am interested how the sysadmins changed the default SSH-key folder.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How can you change the default ~/.ssh -folder to the folder ~/TopSecret/,&lt;/strong&gt; such that my computer detects that the keys are in a new folder?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="19902" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11036" RevisionGUID="d9ada718-ac89-4625-92de-5f753171066b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:27:42.507" UserId="2307" Text="This is a pretty naive question, I guess. I frequently need to figure out what if the problem with a web app or is it simply a networking issue - lost packets or a slow connection in any point between, say, your boss on a crappy wifi connection at the airport and the web server, or the CDN and the web server or MySQL and the webserver, or memcached box... You get the idea. Also, how do you tell if it's the DNS server?" />
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  <row Id="19905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11037" RevisionGUID="c6c4bbb5-0035-4b62-af82-03b0bf83b4be" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:30:26.247" UserId="2489" Text="Could one of your names be the name of a drug?  Think how Marlon Ribunal's name must cause spam triggers to go off since Ribunal is the name of a drug.  He and Johnny Viagra have the same problem." />
  <row Id="19906" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11038" RevisionGUID="55e13af0-48a7-49ec-99d7-26a0209832cd" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:31:29.863" UserId="3328" Text="SSDs are rather new, so I couldn't find this information on the Internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would the performance of a local hard drive connected using SATA2 get out performed by a SSD over gigabit ethernet?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In terms of both latency and bandwidth, mechanical hard drives and local networks are very similar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The SSD would over course be SLC or Intel's MLC.  Not a cheap MLC." />
  <row Id="19907" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11038" RevisionGUID="55e13af0-48a7-49ec-99d7-26a0209832cd" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:31:29.863" UserId="3328" Text="What is faster?  A local mechical hard drive or a solid state drive over gigabit ethernet?" />
  <row Id="19908" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11038" RevisionGUID="55e13af0-48a7-49ec-99d7-26a0209832cd" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:31:29.863" UserId="3328" Text="&lt;ssd&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;gigabit-ethernet&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="19912" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11040" RevisionGUID="ef558b46-9502-4ef7-b257-5078afc786d0" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:36:13.877" UserId="984" Text="One option might be to use [curl][1] with the --dump-header option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://curl.haxx.se/" />
  <row Id="19913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11041" RevisionGUID="4bb266d2-1559-4c8c-b2e2-550ae8595f7a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:44:16.980" UserId="984" Text="There is no good way to answer this question.  How your applications are using the drives matter a lot more then how computer with the drives are connected to the network.  Is your workload mostly writes or reads?  Do you have lots of sequential access or random access.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19914" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11042" RevisionGUID="f3cb7ec8-ed87-46f4-8888-d6a76d52110d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:49:42.807" UserId="1233" Text="What is the best method to add an Open Directory server via a shell script on a brandly new imaged computer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've created a new image with InstaDMG and once the image has been deployed (using DeployStudio) I'd like to add the Open Directory Server via a shell script rather than having to do it manually by hand using Directory Utility.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The computer does not have to bind the Open Directory. (Client: 10.5.7, Server: 10.4.11)" />
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  <row Id="19916" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11042" RevisionGUID="f3cb7ec8-ed87-46f4-8888-d6a76d52110d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:49:42.807" UserId="1233" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;macosxserver&gt;&lt;imaging&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;&lt;leopard&gt;" />
  <row Id="19917" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11038" RevisionGUID="da63b955-165c-4cb6-a655-f9f0631b69b7" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:56:02.013" UserId="3328" Comment="added 235 characters in body" Text="SSDs are rather new, so I couldn't find this information on the Internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would the performance of a local hard drive connected using SATA2 get out performed by a SSD over gigabit ethernet?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In terms of both latency and bandwidth, mechanical hard drives and local networks are very similar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The SSD would over course be SLC or Intel's MLC.  Not a cheap MLC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for usage, think typical computer user with some multimedia.  Let's say its a regular computer with mechical hard drive vs a diskless computer that boots off a USB stick and then loads the OS off a SSD over gigabit&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19918" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11043" RevisionGUID="34d866cd-8182-4dc8-a022-e674f9ea1202" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:56:09.890" UserId="1382" Text="Problem Solved.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It turns out that, by default, Windows won't let you remote in with a user account with an empty password.  For the purpose of experimenting with PSExec I had changed the password of the admin account on the target machine to nothing, thinking that would reduce the amount of typing needed.  Turns out, that was my problem, and once I put a password back, it all worked perfectly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, this set off another investigation - If anyone wants to use PSExec with an empty password, here's what you need to do (under Windows XP MCE, anyway): &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* In the Control Panel, open Administrative Tools.&#xD;&#xA;* Open Local Security Policy.&#xD;&#xA;* Navigate to Local Policies -&gt; Security Options&#xD;&#xA;* Change &quot;Accounts: Limit local account use of blank passwords to console logon only&quot; to Disabled" />
  <row Id="19919" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11044" RevisionGUID="dc200f03-67f8-402b-845f-ea6a597b5522" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:57:08.657" UserId="1233" Text="The number will vary widely if the read/writes are random or if they are sequential and how full the disks are. It will also depend on the specific disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For reference the theoretical maximums are:  &#xD;&#xA;Gigabit Ethernet: 125 MB/sec (you'll have protocol and network traffic to contend with as well)  &#xD;&#xA;SATA2: 384 MB/sec&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does the read speed of either disk come anywhere close to those theoretical maximums? Most 1TB drives now a day are giving ~90MB/sec read. My gut says the local hard drive but there are many other factors at play that could make the local drive dog slow. (SATA2 drive in a USB enclosure on a USB 1.1 hub for example)" />
  <row Id="19920" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11045" RevisionGUID="7153abbb-af91-4ddb-9f34-f298019d5a49" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:59:06.017" UserId="3314" Text="As techs we use the OSI model all the time as a network tech when trouble shooting a network connection. Since our networks where build on this model we use it even if we aren't really aware of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When troubleshooting a network problem we often go up the OSI mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Physical - Is the network cable plugged in?&#xD;&#xA; 2. Data Link - Do you have a link light?&#xD;&#xA; 3. Network - Are you getting an IP?&#xD;&#xA; 4. Transport - Can you ping your default gateway?&#xD;&#xA; 5. Session - Do you have DNS server information? Can you ping 4.2.2.2 but not google.com?&#xD;&#xA; 6. &amp; 7. Presentation &amp; Application - Can you browse to a site? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You use the OSI even if your not aware of it being aware of it. Being aware of it might help you communicate better with people/vendors about network situations. Many companies require extensive OSI knowledge for a networking certification (I know Cisco did)." />
  <row Id="19921" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11046" RevisionGUID="c14a99dc-e294-40df-a55a-0a75fef58e66" CreationDate="2009-05-21T23:05:24.317" UserId="1146" Text="Hi Everyone,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have done the following locally, however I am planning to do it on a dedicated server that I won't have physical access to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Powerhouse Linux server (CentOS?) with 4-8 GB of ram.&#xD;&#xA;2) VMware or Xen Virtual machines running Windows Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am looking for any tips or tutorials on setting up this type of environment remotely.  I am comfortable with getting the server secured, and vmware or xen installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The missing link for me (which I haven't done locally) is how I can get the kde/gnome gui running remotely through a secure connection, mostly because I haven't been around linux in a few years and understand that there have been some phenomenal advances that would take me a while to catch up on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am stuck running the windows vm to run some Windows only apps that are being converted to java.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My goal is to do an entire setup locally without touching the physical server and have GUI access to it.  I am sure there are a few ways to do this and would like to get an idea of what's out there and the pro's and cons of each.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any takers to point out the obvious?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance!" />
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  <row Id="19924" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11047" RevisionGUID="897baf23-5fda-485a-98af-8c8f800d79be" CreationDate="2009-05-21T23:09:57.833" UserId="984" Text="Wouldn't this really be a case where something like Vmware ESX, would be more appropriate?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What exactly do you need the GUI for?  With vmware server you can manage the system remotely and you don't need any windowing environment on the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19925" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11048" RevisionGUID="f36f84df-8570-41b3-bb51-786affd53fe7" CreationDate="2009-05-21T23:11:39.593" UserId="1146" Text="This [article][1] states 53 MB/sec transfer for 32 GB ssd drives in June 2007.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In October 2008, Engadget [reviewed a SSD drive][2] claiming 235 MB/sec.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The key difference I have found with SSD drives is that:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- their seek speed is next to nothing (0.2 msec) vs a 1.5 to 2 msec seek time on a regular hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;- in addition to performance not being affected due to heating from moving parts, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&amp;articleId=9025278&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/indilinx-trumpets-ssd-controller-with-230mb-sec-read-speed/" />
  <row Id="19926" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11049" RevisionGUID="f64794d2-651e-490a-be27-0b2ca3f521b4" CreationDate="2009-05-21T23:15:54.220" UserId="3254" Text="1. List item&#xD;&#xA;2. Shut down the VM.&#xD;&#xA;3. Increase the size of the existing hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;4. Either:&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    - Boot into WinPE avaliable in [Windows Automated Installation Kit](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=C7D4BC6D-15F3-4284-9123-679830D629F2&amp;displaylang=en) &#xD;&#xA;    - attach the hard drive to a different VM.&#xD;&#xA;5. Open a cmd prompt and enter the following.&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    - We'll do all the work using diskpart so open it by typing.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    `diskpart.exe`&#xD;&#xA;    - Then locate your disk by entering&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;   `List Disk`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;fucus on the disk you increased by selecting it.  In my case I have disk 1...&#xD;&#xA;Select Disk 1&#xD;&#xA;Now simply expand the partition&#xD;&#xA;Expand&#xD;&#xA;your done!&#xD;&#xA;exit&#xD;&#xA;If you used winpe simply reboot, and enjoy the freespace.  If you used a sarogate VM then you'll neeed to shut that vm down, remove your expanded HD, and reatach to the target VM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19927" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11048" RevisionGUID="c037d230-2c88-4a2e-98dd-95e0ee34c16b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T23:16:45.917" UserId="1146" Comment="'" Text="This [article][1] states 53 MB/sec transfer for 32 GB ssd drives in June 2007.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In October 2008, Engadget [reviewed a SSD drive][2] claiming 235 MB/sec.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The key difference I have found with SSD drives is that:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- their seek speed is next to nothing (0.2 msec) vs a 1.5 to 2 msec seek time on a regular hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;- in addition to performance not being affected due to heating from moving parts&#xD;&#xA;- cpu utilization seems to be much lower&#xD;&#xA;- power utilization is lower&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Based on the above and the fact that solid state is generally always faster than moving parts, I would go with SSD, as long as it wasn't cost prohibitive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since we love charts, here's one from the first article.&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&amp;articleId=9025278&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/indilinx-trumpets-ssd-controller-with-230mb-sec-read-speed/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/7540/fancydiagram1.png" />
  <row Id="19928" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11050" RevisionGUID="73fd0b1a-2e90-450e-bb51-f5e55e59dd1a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T23:19:26.693" UserId="3328" Text="I am trying to see if its possible to toss all the computers in the server and just run cables out of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The end goal is you just sit down at your desk and all you have is a display and peripherals.  No computer can be seen or heard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One idea is just to pass the required cables through the wall of the server room and setup the display and peripherals on the other side.  But how do you do it in such a way you don't get all the server room noise?  The required cables are different for every user, you can't just pass exactly what you need and seal it all up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another idea is just to use Ethernet for everything.  You can get DVI/audio/USB over Ethernet.  But then that's super expensive." />
  <row Id="19929" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11050" RevisionGUID="73fd0b1a-2e90-450e-bb51-f5e55e59dd1a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T23:19:26.693" UserId="3328" Text="How do separate the display and peripherals from the actual computer?" />
  <row Id="19930" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11050" RevisionGUID="73fd0b1a-2e90-450e-bb51-f5e55e59dd1a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T23:19:26.693" UserId="3328" Text="&lt;cables&gt;&lt;server-room&gt;&lt;ethernet&gt;" />
  <row Id="19931" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11051" RevisionGUID="409e938d-9d19-475a-9a6d-f5fbdcbaed7b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T23:19:51.403" UserId="1435" Text="Large sequential operations - go with local disk as you'll get 100MBps or so with the right disk and controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Small random operations - more likely to go with the SSD as the 'seek' time will offset the lower bandwidth of 1Gbps Ethernet (plus the encapsulation overhead).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19932" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11052" RevisionGUID="f5976c14-2d65-40b1-bfe9-897a28a08e95" CreationDate="2009-05-21T23:21:02.617" UserId="3299" Text="I also found Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 (with the update) that will run Windows Server 2008." />
  <row Id="19933" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11052" RevisionGUID="f5976c14-2d65-40b1-bfe9-897a28a08e95" CreationDate="2009-05-21T23:21:02.617" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="19934" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11053" RevisionGUID="3548b594-9a99-43b5-a6f1-72b77f8c3006" CreationDate="2009-05-21T23:21:07.187" UserId="1097" Text="[As tj111 mentioned](http://serverfault.com/questions/10987/linux-encrypting-directories-truecrypt-dm-crypt/10994#10994), you can use ecryptfs or something similar to encrypt the contents of a directory on the disk. However, when one person mounts the directory, it will be mounted for all users of the computer, and you'll still have to protect the files within using file permissions. This user will also have to be able to mount the directory, so you would need to give them some mechanism of doing that (root access? a setuid binary?).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Beyond that, if your groups are structured correctly, and there are no privilege escalation bugs, your data should be safe with file permissions. If users don't have physical access to the machine, they shouldn't be able to directly read the disk (or remove it) or boot in single-user mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you concerned about keeping the data encrypted while the computer is in use, or keeping it encrypted only on-disk?" />
  <row Id="19935" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11054" RevisionGUID="3fcc67ee-9e14-4bed-957e-dd493cec0b38" CreationDate="2009-05-21T23:21:47.750" UserId="1135" Text="For remote access to a Linux desktop the most common solution would be to use [VNC][1] over an SSH tunnel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vnc" />
  <row Id="19936" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11047" RevisionGUID="75369cff-3831-4b77-8a7d-36cb790ee91b" CreationDate="2009-05-21T23:22:36.653" UserId="984" Comment="added 350 characters in body" Text="Wouldn't this really be a case where something like Vmware ESX, would be more appropriate?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What exactly do you need the GUI for?  With vmware server you can manage the system remotely and you don't need any windowing environment on the server.  To keep a server secure ideally you should avoid installing any windowing environment on the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you have X11 on your personal workstation and SSH access to the server you can run the applications remotely and have the output [forwarded][1] to your system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10532/run-commands-in-open-x-session" />
  <row Id="19937" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11055" RevisionGUID="306c5350-3a31-4248-ac07-6b9315ba7638" CreationDate="2009-05-21T23:24:08.320" UserId="1435" Text="You're looking at [VDI][1] and/or something like [Workstation Blades][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_virtualization&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/en/WF04a/12454-12454-3329734-403630-403629.html" />
  <row Id="19938" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11049" RevisionGUID="24af0b40-0a21-4a77-bcdf-e99acc36d807" CreationDate="2009-05-21T23:24:26.480" UserId="3254" Comment="added 184 characters in body" Text="While not the most straight forward process it is rather trivial to resize the VM's existing Hard disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Shut down the VM.&#xD;&#xA;2. Increase the size of the existing hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;3. Either:  &#xD;&#xA;    - Boot into WinPE avaliable in [Windows Automated Installation Kit](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=C7D4BC6D-15F3-4284-9123-679830D629F2&amp;displaylang=en) &#xD;&#xA;    - Attach the hard drive to a different VM.&#xD;&#xA;4. Open a cmd prompt and enter the following.  &#xD;&#xA;    - We'll do all the work using diskpart so open it by typing.  &#xD;&#xA;    `diskpart.exe`&#xD;&#xA;    - Then locate your disk by entering  &#xD;&#xA;    `List Disk`  &#xD;&#xA;    - focus on the disk you increased by selecting it.  &#xD;&#xA;    `Select Disk 1`  &#xD;&#xA;    *Just look for the disk with the free space you just allocated*&#xD;&#xA;    - Now simply expand the partition.  &#xD;&#xA;    `Expand`  &#xD;&#xA;    - your done!  &#xD;&#xA;    `exit`  &#xD;&#xA;5. If you used winpe simply reboot, and enjoy the freespace.  If you used a surrogate VM. then you'll need to shut that vm down, remove your expanded HD, and reattach to the original VM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19939" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11050" RevisionGUID="c6968c1d-6d92-4642-bc43-5d4117abda58" CreationDate="2009-05-21T23:26:12.903" UserId="3328" Comment="added 117 characters in body" Text="I am trying to see if its possible to toss all the computers in the server and just run cables out of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The end goal is you just sit down at your desk and all you have is a display and peripherals.  No computer can be seen or heard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One idea is just to pass the required cables through the wall of the server room and setup the display and peripherals on the other side.  But how do you do it in such a way you don't get all the server room noise?  The required cables are different for every user, you can't just pass exactly what you need and seal it all up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another idea is just to use Ethernet for everything.  You can get DVI/audio/USB over Ethernet.  But then that's super expensive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And these computers will be used for more than just email.  They will be powerful and noisy machines." />
  <row Id="19940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11056" RevisionGUID="01053160-a8be-4fef-923c-c9658c5fd835" CreationDate="2009-05-21T23:30:41.163" UserId="401" Text="Set up tracing (perhaps togglable by a querystring), showing the amount of time spent in heavy sections of the code, and overall server time.  If it server creates the page in .2 seconds and it takes 10 seconds to load, you know it's either the network, or the user's browser.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also use the Net tab in Firebug, or timeline view in Fiddler to see individual components coming down and how long they take." />
  <row Id="19941" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11048" RevisionGUID="0c705b85-6985-45b8-b948-f0daf02fac7e" CreationDate="2009-05-21T23:32:38.413" UserId="1146" Comment="added 182 characters in body" Text="This [article][1] states 53 MB/sec transfer for 32 GB ssd drives in June 2007.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In October 2008, Engadget [reviewed a SSD drive][2] claiming 235 MB/sec.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The key difference I have found with SSD drives is that:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- their seek speed is next to nothing (0.2 msec) vs a 1.5 to 2 msec seek time on a regular hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;- in addition to performance not being affected due to heating from moving parts&#xD;&#xA;- cpu utilization seems to be much lower&#xD;&#xA;- power utilization is lower&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Based on the above and the fact that solid state is generally always faster than moving parts, I would go with SSD, as long as it wasn't cost prohibitive, and you had a drive that could drive the full capacity of your network gear and the cabling, as well as the computer on the other end being equipped to communicate at full capacity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since we love charts, here's one from the first article.&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&amp;articleId=9025278&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/indilinx-trumpets-ssd-controller-with-230mb-sec-read-speed/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/7540/fancydiagram1.png" />
  <row Id="19942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11057" RevisionGUID="0fd53270-968e-45f0-8fd7-337e40ed95f9" CreationDate="2009-05-21T23:33:10.300" UserId="1995" Text="For one-to-one I would get KVM extenders like the [ones from Belkin][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For many-to-one I would get KVM switches [from Avocent][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatSectionView.process?Section_Id=206995&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.avocent.com/products/analog_kvm_switching.aspx" />
  <row Id="19943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11058" RevisionGUID="958fabb3-049b-4bf6-bfb0-e18c22f63b8a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T23:35:44.507" UserId="1248" Text="Where is the best place to find out information about blue screen of death '`STOP`' and other error codes? [Technet has a list][1] but it doesn't seem to have the `STOP` code that I've seen:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    STOP 0x000000F4 (0x0000000000000003, 0xFFFFFA8070EFFC10,&#xD;&#xA;                     0xFFFFFA8070EFFE48, 0xFFFFF800002108530)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm really after **general resources** on BSODs. Also is there any information on what the other values are?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc952284.aspx" />
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  <row Id="19946" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11059" RevisionGUID="bf145cef-57ae-4dd4-bf3e-0a71cd95d666" CreationDate="2009-05-21T23:40:55.433" UserId="3330" Text="top&#xD;&#xA;df -h&#xD;&#xA;and ALWAYS check /var/log to make sure that partition hasn't filled up. That has caused total melt down on me a few times." />
  <row Id="19947" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11060" RevisionGUID="90a94acb-e459-4d7f-bcbb-ee5eb6ce1047" CreationDate="2009-05-21T23:43:41.573" UserId="1248" Text="The [Debugging Tools for Windows][1] has `STOP` codes in its help file. Simply search for bug check and the error code, e.g. &quot;bug check 0xf4&quot;. (Thanks Windows Internals)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Doesn't seem like the best option if you don't have it already installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/install64bit.mspx" />
  <row Id="19948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11061" RevisionGUID="e020b9b9-aef4-4f3a-9110-ec841f5d386c" CreationDate="2009-05-21T23:43:45.817" UserId="3254" Text="Reading the original question, this is not an SSD vs Platter issue.  NO, it would not be worth it to run an SSD over gigabyte Ethernet.  In fact you've got it backwards.  The ideal scenario would be SLC SSD for the main OS partition, and then save everything off to a networked HD.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will not work the way you envisioned because, while GB Ethernet more then enough to handle the IO demands of a regular PC.  It is not sufficient to allow you to really utilize a SSD. My advice save some cash get a WD raptor, while the seek times aren't nearly as good as an ssd. Raptors are time tested, and equally capable of saturating a GB Link." />
  <row Id="19949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11062" RevisionGUID="87f16ecd-693d-4ba8-aa78-d6c00651edef" CreationDate="2009-05-21T23:54:14.950" UserId="846" Text="The answer really depends what you are looking to do.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are looking to take **existing** systems and move them into a separate room, that is straight-forward, although likely hard to execute.  You buy devices like [this][1] which convert KVM cables to Cat5, and patch the desk location to the computer location.  The difficulty is more in where you put the computers and how you manage the cooling, power and wire.  This will not scale well.  &#xD;&#xA;*NOTE: if physical security is the concern, it might be easier to use a locking box (like [this][2]) for the CPU units.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are looking to update the infrastructure, there are two approachs.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One is &quot;desktop virtualization&quot; (aka [terminal services][3]).  Basically you put a small number of servers up, setup terminal services (or [Citrix MetaFrame][4]) on the servers, and deploy [thin clients][5] at each desk. The thin client only runs the program to connect to the terminal server, and the terminal server runs all of the desktop applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The second is to implement a &quot;Blade PC&quot; or &quot;Centralized Desktop&quot; solution (like [ClearCube][6]) where you install specialized computers and hardware in the data center, and special connector boxes at the desktop.  Conceptually similar to the &quot;use your own PC&quot; method, but it scales well, works well, but is somewhat costly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope this helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.42u.com/phantom-specter.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.123securityproducts.com/pclockbox.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_Services&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.citrix.com/lang/English/home.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_client&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.clearcube.com/controller/home.php" />
  <row Id="19950" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11049" RevisionGUID="e202cac0-812a-4f71-b9c1-e927d1921dd1" CreationDate="2009-05-21T23:57:43.937" UserId="3254" Comment="added 146 characters in body" Text="While not the most straight forward process it is rather trivial to resize the VM's existing partitions, and it's too easy to grow a virtual machines vmdk/vhd.  &#xD;&#xA;###Windows 2008/Vista and above:  &#xD;&#xA;1. Shut down the VM.  &#xD;&#xA;2. Increase the size of the existing hard drive.  &#xD;&#xA;3. Open Disk Management by launching `diskmgmt.msc`  &#xD;&#xA;4. Right Click on the disk in question and select `Extend Volume`  &#xD;&#xA;&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;###Windows 2003 R2/XP and below:   &#xD;&#xA;1. Shut down the VM.  &#xD;&#xA;2. Increase the size of the existing hard drive.  &#xD;&#xA;3. Either:  &#xD;&#xA;    - Boot into WinPE avaliable in [Windows Automated Installation Kit](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=C7D4BC6D-15F3-4284-9123-679830D629F2&amp;displaylang=en)&#xD;&#xA;    - Attach the hard drive to a different VM.&#xD;&#xA;4. Open a cmd prompt and enter the following.  &#xD;&#xA;    - We'll do all the work using diskpart so open it by typing.  &#xD;&#xA;    `diskpart.exe`&#xD;&#xA;    - Then locate your disk by entering  &#xD;&#xA;    `List Disk`  &#xD;&#xA;    - focus on the disk you increased by selecting it.  &#xD;&#xA;    `Select Disk 1`  &#xD;&#xA;    *Just look for the disk with the free space you just allocated*  &#xD;&#xA;    - Next locate the partition your looking for  &#xD;&#xA;    `list partitions`&#xD;&#xA;    - set the focus on the that partition  &#xD;&#xA;    `select Partition 0`&#xD;&#xA;    - Now simply expand the partition.  &#xD;&#xA;    `Extend`  &#xD;&#xA;    - your done!  &#xD;&#xA;    `exit`  &#xD;&#xA;5. If you used winpe simply reboot, and enjoy the freespace.  If you used a surrogate VM. then you'll need to shut that vm down, remove your expanded HD, and reattach to the original VM." />
  <row Id="19951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11063" RevisionGUID="4e64ed8f-09b1-4e5e-9185-f2bd4086d11d" CreationDate="2009-05-21T23:59:06.900" UserId="2546" Text="Despite being in German, [this list][1] is quite a nice cross-reference of BSOD codes to KB articles. Just remove the trailing /de from the KB URLs to change the language to English.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also search support.microsoft.com for ['stop' and the code][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The values in brackets are parameters and their meaning differs depending on the STOP code. Frequently they don't provide much useful information. In this case, it [appears they may  refer to][3]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. The terminating object type&#xD;&#xA; 2. The terminating object&#xD;&#xA; 3. The process image file name&#xD;&#xA; 4. Pointer to an ASCII string containing an explanatory message&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This post][4] might also be useful in your specific case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bruchmann-web.de/de/support/windows/bluescreen/0x00000010/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?query=stop+0x000000f4&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-server-help/673179.htm#post2524517&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.techsupportforum.com/microsoft-support/windows-xp-support/181457-stop-0x000000f4.html#post1080062" />
  <row Id="19956" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11066" RevisionGUID="b95cd1f9-f85d-4e64-b484-518336d6aa0c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T00:12:05.240" UserId="846" Text="The IKEA solution might work.  However, I would suggest [HERGO][1] furniture for this.  It is modular, so you can specify a configuration you like, and has shelving, monitor mounting, places for CPU, and various ways to deal with the keyboard(s).  I have bought some of there stuff and have been happy with it.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Note: You seem to have already figured that standard office supply and/or furniture store desks won't cut it.  But I thought it worth mentioning for those who might read this.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an aside .. Joel Spolsky wrote a couple of interesting articles ([here][2] and [here][3]) about the FogCreek offices, and each of them has sections devoted to the workstations he built for his (pampered) developers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hergo.com/XQ/ASP/category.4/xsection.17/xview.a/QX/index.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/06/06.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/BionicOffice.html" />
  <row Id="19957" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11067" RevisionGUID="540fe238-6a52-4130-a789-1ebac0c5bd2a" CreationDate="2009-05-22T00:18:49.543" UserId="1004" Text="When you use Process Explorer and minimize to tray, The icon turn itself in a graph of CPU utilization. I want to see that graph for network usage, specifically for internet usage. Example, I can download up to 100kb/s. I'm downloading an program at speed of 25kb/s, then I want see the graph with 25% of use of internet usage. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a simple and free program like this?" />
  <row Id="19958" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11067" RevisionGUID="540fe238-6a52-4130-a789-1ebac0c5bd2a" CreationDate="2009-05-22T00:18:49.543" UserId="1004" Text="Simple network bandwidth usage tray icon" />
  <row Id="19959" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11067" RevisionGUID="540fe238-6a52-4130-a789-1ebac0c5bd2a" CreationDate="2009-05-22T00:18:49.543" UserId="1004" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;bandwidth&gt;&lt;tray-icon&gt;&lt;internet&gt;" />
  <row Id="19960" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11017" RevisionGUID="12767107-4e12-409f-bef2-9a8ddf13c0a1" CreationDate="2009-05-22T00:25:16.497" UserId="2579" Comment="Improved Formatting" Text="I see restarts like this occur (a LOT) when the RAM is having issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not the RAM, see if you can have your IT image the drive to another hard drive and see if the problem persists.  If it doesn't, then the hard drive is bad.  If it does, then there is some sort of issue with the OS Settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are still getting restarts without BSOD's then check this out:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Go to 'System Properties'&#xD;&#xA; - Select the 'Advanced' tab&#xD;&#xA; - Select the 'Startup and Recovery'&#xD;&#xA;   'Settings...' button&#xD;&#xA; - Ensure under 'System Startup' that:&#xD;&#xA;  - 'Write an event to the system log' is&#xD;&#xA;   checked&#xD;&#xA;  - You can also uncheck 'Automatically&#xD;&#xA;   restart' if you want to see the BSOD&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let me know how it goes!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV" />
  <row Id="19961" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10797" RevisionGUID="49055705-c0a2-4009-8e9e-0d5b606223c7" CreationDate="2009-05-22T00:28:52.313" UserId="1992" Comment="added 40 characters in body" Text="To add some more about transactional replication:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - it uses a SQL Agent log reader job to harvest committed transactions from the transaction log of the publication database. This means that the log cannot be cleared until the log records have been read. If the log reader agent periodicity is changed then your log may grow unexpectedly. The log reader agent could also cause contention on the transaction log on high-volume OLTP systems, depending on your IO subsystem of course.&#xD;&#xA; - replication does not guarantee zero data-loss as there is latency involved in reading the log records and passing them through the distributor to the subscriber(s). For zero data-loss, look at synchronous database mirroring or synchronous SAN replication&#xD;&#xA; - peer-to-peer replication is a good way of scaling out a query workload, and can also add some redundancy to your data&#xD;&#xA; - you have to do some careful schema design with peer-to-peer to avoid collisions caused by similar changes at different nodes. Don't use partitioned identities for that. Use a composite surrogate key (e.g. node-identifier + bigint)&#xD;&#xA; - with peer-to-peer, it can be hard to add extra redundancy to the various nodes in the topology. The publisher can be mirrored, the subscriber can be mirrored (reasonably easily in 2008, not so easily in 2005), but the distributor cannot. It must be clustered to add redundancy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just a few thoughts. You might also checkout the whitepaper on mirroring + repl I wrote last year at http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/9/4/d948f981-926e-40fa-a026-5bfcf076d9b9/ReplicationAndDBM.docx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: ok - it's lunchtime and I have some more to add:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - peer-to-peer replication: in 2005 if you want to change the topology at all (add or remove nodes) you have to quiesce the whole topology. In 2008 you don't need to.&#xD;&#xA; - peer-to-peer replication doesn't have conflict detection until 2008, but even then it's conflict resolution is pretty brain-dead - node with the highest ID (called the peer originator ID) wins - maybe not what you want.&#xD;&#xA; - peer-to-peer replication: all nodes see all changes from the other nodes. This means that in a 3-way topology with, say, Seattle, London, Tokyo - if Seattle goes down, London and Tokyo keep going. If Tokyo then goes down and Seattle comes online, it will get all the London updates from London AND all the Tokyo updates that London knows about, from London. Pretty neat.&#xD;&#xA; - there is no form of failure detection or automatic failover with replication. Maybe look at mirroring instead. I guess you could use some form of NLB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When choosing any kind of HA solution (good timing as I'm teaching an HA class for internal Microsoft DBAs today), you need to start with requirements analysis before evaluating technologies. It's a bit hard to give recommendations without knowing all your requirements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I blogged about questions to ask yourself when coming up with an HA strategy: see http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/HA-Where-do-you-start-when-choosing-a-high-availability-solution.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit again:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - An example of it's use: various servers in data tier with mid-tier load balancing. Peer-to-peer allows all nodes to keep (eventually) in-sync.&#xD;&#xA; - Nasty problem though: if a user is routed to node 1 and does a transaction, how long before the data is replicated to the other nodes, as repl latency can vary? If the user connects to the service again, which node to route her to? Same node as before or has enough time passed to be able to safely route to any node and guarantee that the previous transaction she did has been replicated to all nodes?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ok - no more edits! :-)" />
  <row Id="19962" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11050" RevisionGUID="1581fc84-20fa-40d3-a43a-342d57f69632" CreationDate="2009-05-22T00:29:17.773" UserId="3328" Comment="added 188 characters in body" Text="I am trying to see if its possible to toss all the computers in the server and just run cables out of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The end goal is you just sit down at your desk and all you have is a display and peripherals.  No computer can be seen or heard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One idea is just to pass the required cables through the wall of the server room and setup the display and peripherals on the other side.  But how do you do it in such a way you don't get all the server room noise?  The required cables are different for every user, you can't just pass exactly what you need and seal it all up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another idea is just to use Ethernet for everything.  You can get DVI/audio/USB over Ethernet.  But then that's super expensive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And these computers will be used for more than just email.  They will be powerful and noisy machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT 2**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My goal here is to reduce noise, reduce cleaning (of dust off computers), reduce cooling by centralizing and removing computer cases, save space, and increase security." />
  <row Id="19963" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10987" RevisionGUID="318e9e39-42c5-405a-b1bc-ed65c1c01597" CreationDate="2009-05-22T00:34:44.933" UserId="2255" Comment="added 3 characters in body" Text="I want to have a directory(ies) that is only accessible through some password, encrypted. I want something more secure than just permissions.&#xD;&#xA;I've been taking a look at truecrypt and dm-crypt for linux but I read some complains about reliability of Truecrypt (problems copying in/out, hung up while working with truecrypt partitions), which at first looked very nice to me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some experiences or recommendations, please?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="19964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11068" RevisionGUID="1d996e4a-8b29-48a7-90b8-a30daa042b71" CreationDate="2009-05-22T00:36:44.183" UserId="1248" Text="After a bit more searching I found this list on MSDN: [&quot;Bug Check Codes&quot;][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms789516.aspx" />
  <row Id="19965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11069" RevisionGUID="895edbb0-8e44-43c5-a140-cfc81228cf2e" CreationDate="2009-05-22T00:37:28.457" UserId="3254" Text="Professionally, I've run as a standard user for a decade, and had mastered all the little tips and tricks to administering an enterprise using nothing but runas.  Now in trots UAC, and while it makes some situations easier... For the most part all this thing does it get in my way.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm an Administrator, Outlook is the only process running on my pc that doesn't need elevated credentials!  Yet I spend all day not only accepting prompts, but entering my password 200+ times a day.  I believe in the REAL security UAC provides my environment, but the password over and over... it's maddening.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is this, with UAC forcing us to run a standard user is it safe? Can we go back to the NT days.  Would you trust UAC enough to just log in with your admin account? Does UAC do enough to protect your __Domain credentials__?" />
  <row Id="19966" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11069" RevisionGUID="895edbb0-8e44-43c5-a140-cfc81228cf2e" CreationDate="2009-05-22T00:37:28.457" UserId="3254" Text="Does UAC kill the need to run as a regular user?" />
  <row Id="19967" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11069" RevisionGUID="895edbb0-8e44-43c5-a140-cfc81228cf2e" CreationDate="2009-05-22T00:37:28.457" UserId="3254" Text="&lt;uac&gt;&lt;system-administration&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="19968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11070" RevisionGUID="200a45b3-a572-4d98-ac57-b7aaf7f4b5bf" CreationDate="2009-05-22T00:43:48.237" UserId="2579" Text="One of my favorite places to look up errors is: [www.eventid.net][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They usually have a lot of good information about errors that occur.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.eventid.net &quot;www.eventid.net&quot;" />
  <row Id="19969" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11071" RevisionGUID="614bd209-b194-4336-a68c-464c604281dd" CreationDate="2009-05-22T00:46:03.787" UserId="3328" Text="NO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check this out:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090131/microsoft-dismisses-windows-7-uac-security-flaw-insists-by-design/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And this:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.withinwindows.com/2009/02/04/windows-7-auto-elevation-mistake-lets-malware-elevate-freely-easily/&gt;" />
  <row Id="19970" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11072" RevisionGUID="773501c8-a412-4721-8af6-16c1295ada4e" CreationDate="2009-05-22T00:47:29.450" UserId="2600" Text="Check out this article that mentions FreeMeter Bandwidth Monitor For Windows (http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemeter/) and then several more in the comments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; http://lifehacker.com/software/bandwidth/download-of-the-day-freemeter-bandwidth-monitor--windows-244649.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19972" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11074" RevisionGUID="70105867-1076-4615-81db-8340851a3787" CreationDate="2009-05-22T00:50:32.300" UserId="3058" Text="Don't use mapped folders.  Portions of the OS treat them as if they were local.  If you need to access network folders you can use &quot;My Network Places&quot; on XP or similar on Vista.  Using the full UNC (\\machine\share\...) instead of mapping a drive letter can really help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been doing this for years and get much better performance.  It also helps me to remember where the files really are.  This is useful when I go to another machine that does not have the same drive mappings.  " />
  <row Id="19973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11075" RevisionGUID="afc50097-9d76-4a8b-83e7-76def7f1ca6c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T00:55:25.647" UserId="2600" Text="This site may contain the answers you are looking for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Resources to help you activate a license in Microsoft Office programs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828958&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and in particular:&#xD;&#xA;About product activation in Microsoft Office System products&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HP030829921033.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming this is a legitimate copy of Office and you are permitted to install the older version under the license terms you purchased it under, then contacting Microsoft directly may be the best course." />
  <row Id="19974" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11071" RevisionGUID="72efbbb3-19ee-4169-a343-49635c7a2a90" CreationDate="2009-05-22T00:57:20.603" UserId="3328" Comment="added 218 characters in body" Text="NO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check this out:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090131/microsoft-dismisses-windows-7-uac-security-flaw-insists-by-design/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And this:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.withinwindows.com/2009/02/04/windows-7-auto-elevation-mistake-lets-malware-elevate-freely-easily/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think I might be out of date, I am not sure the current status of UAC now.  According to this: &lt;http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/02/05/uac-feedback-and-follow-up.aspx&gt; they fixed the first issue." />
  <row Id="19975" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11048" RevisionGUID="d6d52df1-76fe-4c45-8f12-7c7d36dac707" CreationDate="2009-05-22T00:58:54.657" UserId="1146" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="This [article][1] states 53 MB/sec transfer for 32 GB ssd drives in June 2007.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In October 2008, Engadget [reviewed a SSD drive][2] claiming 235 MB/sec.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The key difference I have found with SSD drives is that:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- their seek speed is next to nothing (0.2 msec) vs a 7 to 16 msec seek time on a regular hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;- in addition to performance not being affected due to heating from moving parts&#xD;&#xA;- cpu utilization seems to be much lower&#xD;&#xA;- power utilization is lower&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Based on the above and the fact that solid state is generally always faster than moving parts, I would go with SSD, as long as it wasn't cost prohibitive, and you had a drive that could drive the full capacity of your network gear and the cabling, as well as the computer on the other end being equipped to communicate at full capacity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since we love charts, here's one from the first article.&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&amp;articleId=9025278&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/indilinx-trumpets-ssd-controller-with-230mb-sec-read-speed/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/7540/fancydiagram1.png" />
  <row Id="19976" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11076" RevisionGUID="331e4a4a-69ea-4d64-8073-0ef5876556e3" CreationDate="2009-05-22T00:59:49.383" UserId="3314" Text="I like [NetMeter][1] it is free and works very well. It keeps track of your bandwidth useage so you can look back by day/week/month year. It also works with multiple NICs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.metal-machine.de/readerror/index.php?page=10" />
  <row Id="19978" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11069" RevisionGUID="488a0b48-2a68-46e7-bbd6-d054fe77b4dc" CreationDate="2009-05-22T01:15:40.700" UserId="984" Comment="updated tags (system-administration is a bit redundant)" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;uac&gt;" />
  <row Id="19979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11077" RevisionGUID="b98154ba-a424-42f5-ab1c-693ea50ba797" CreationDate="2009-05-22T01:17:46.517" UserId="3058" Text="SSD has a limited number of writes (but it's getting better).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A NAS with dynamic memory... Now that's a different story!  We just moved a database machine from a DASD to a NetApp filer using 2 (yes 2) 4 Gigabit connections.  Our speed is more than 3 times better than DASD.  The caching, I/O distribution etc make this thing SCREAM!!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The server is about 8 feet from the storage, which makes this affordable.  If the servers were outside the data-center, costs would soar for this kind of connectivity, but more affordable solutions do exist for speeds nearly that of DASD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're moving spreadsheets and Word documents, you wouldn't notice the difference.  Databases... They need SPEED!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11078" RevisionGUID="962b6cf4-ef39-4a60-a344-f964bec06b40" CreationDate="2009-05-22T01:23:56.223" UserId="1375" Text="Daemontools is absolutely awesome for this sort of thing.  KISS-grade simple, robust, and encourages good practices in related areas (logging, etc)." />
  <row Id="19981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11079" RevisionGUID="6c5973ab-5d26-4aee-b8dd-d2527dff6541" CreationDate="2009-05-22T01:26:08.420" UserId="3314" Text="A qualified yes, UAC allows windows to treat an administrator as a limited administrator. You have all the rights of an admin but have to do a UAC event each time. Why does this matter? The UAC dialog box is no ordinary MsgBox() it is actually in a separate user space and separate desktop instance. With an image of what you where seeing before it popped up in the background. You can't (at least I haven't been able to) call any user interface manipulation APIs to interact with the UAC from your user session. So this does (it appears) grant some level of security. If your logged in as admin and some application that you didn't expect (or don't remember invoking) pops up a UAC it can't go on with what it was doing without your intervention." />
  <row Id="19982" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11080" RevisionGUID="5de3dfde-e5e8-4b4d-9c23-14f7fccacef5" CreationDate="2009-05-22T01:26:21.540" UserId="1928" Text="Does anyone have experience with Puppet or cfengine like setups for a Windows server environment? Is there such a thing?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am looking to track configuration file and file security changes over a period of time. I would also like to store configuration information to rapidly deploy servers and applications in a DR situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tripwire is nice, but only provides a snapshot and doesn't store changes over time, as a source-control system would." />
  <row Id="19983" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11080" RevisionGUID="5de3dfde-e5e8-4b4d-9c23-14f7fccacef5" CreationDate="2009-05-22T01:26:21.540" UserId="1928" Text="Using revision control for Windows server configuration?" />
  <row Id="19984" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11080" RevisionGUID="5de3dfde-e5e8-4b4d-9c23-14f7fccacef5" CreationDate="2009-05-22T01:26:21.540" UserId="1928" Text="&lt;server-configuration&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="19985" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11081" RevisionGUID="4e3eb630-4de9-4022-a8f7-136f241ac82b" CreationDate="2009-05-22T01:30:57.460" UserId="2831" Text="Yes, it is possible.  In `&quot;Terminal &gt; Preferences &gt; Settings&quot;`, create a setting for each connection.  In each of these, configure the appearance of the window (color scheme, etc) and specify the connection with `&quot;Shell &gt; Startup &gt; Run command&quot;`.&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/71630/Stackoverflow/terminal_configuration.png &quot;Terminal Configuration&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After you have created these settings, open whatever mix of windows and tabs that you want.  You do this by using the `&quot;File &gt; New Window&quot;` and `&quot;File &gt; New Tab&quot;` and selecting the appropriate settings.  Then save your window settings with `&quot;Window &gt; Save Windows as Group...&quot;`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you open this Window group, it will run the command that you specified in the Settings' startup commands, re-establishing those connections.  You can open Window Groups from the `&quot;Window &gt; Open Window Group&quot;`, or configure one to start automatically in `&quot;Preferences &gt; Startup&quot;`." />
  <row Id="19986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11082" RevisionGUID="3ce9a3d2-f371-4f37-bc00-f6b251f859e3" CreationDate="2009-05-22T01:35:35.830" UserId="984" Text="I got my desk at [csnfurniture][1], I got a [Bush WC24436 - Series C][2].  There are lots of optional components you can get for shelving and drawers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an alternative, one person I know purchased a sturdy matched pair of 2 drawer file-cabinets and an unfinished solid exterior door.  A solid door should be able to handle a lot of weight, and you can take a saw too it and make it be whatever size you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.csnfurniture.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.csnfurniture.com/Bush-WC24436-BU1194.html  " />
  <row Id="19987" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11080" RevisionGUID="86c68ca3-f27d-4d92-a968-8cc840cda56e" CreationDate="2009-05-22T01:37:29.743" UserId="984" Comment="updated tags" Text="&lt;server-configuration&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;change-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="19988" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11083" RevisionGUID="13d70fff-67ac-41c4-9415-1d26c4170a60" CreationDate="2009-05-22T02:00:19.613" UserId="984" Text="Windows XP profiles are not compatible with Vista profiles out of the box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft has a whitepaper [Managing Roaming User Data Deployment Guide][1] which includes a section called 'Windows Vista and Windows XP Roaming User Profile Interoperability'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't tested this, I hope it will be useful.  I suggest you read the full document for more details.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Quoting from that document:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Configure the Documents folder to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; interoperate between Windows Vista and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows XP&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 1. Log on to a domain computer running Windows Vista with domain&#xD;&#xA;&gt; administrator credentials. Open the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Run command by pressing the Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; logo key + R. Type GPMC.MSC, and then&#xD;&#xA;&gt; click OK.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2. Right-click a New Group Policy object or a Group Policy object that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; has a previously enabled Folder&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Redirection policy, and then click&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Edit. For example, in the Contoso.com&#xD;&#xA;&gt; domain, there is a policy named&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;Folder Redirection Policy.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 3. Under User Configuration, double-click to expand Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Settings and Folder Redirection.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Right-click the Documents folder, and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; then click Properties.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 4. If you have deployed a folder redirection policy setting for the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Documents folder, then use the path&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and setting defined in that policy&#xD;&#xA;&gt; setting. If not, then use the Redirect&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to the following location&#xD;&#xA;&gt; policysetting with a path that is not&#xD;&#xA;&gt; included in the user profile&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 5. Click the Settings tab. Select the Grant the User Exclusive rights to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Desktop;Move the contents of Desktop&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to the new location; and Also apply&#xD;&#xA;&gt; redirection policy to Windows 2000,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP, and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows Server 2003 operating systems&#xD;&#xA;&gt; check boxes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/b/a/3ba6d659-6e39-4cd7-b3a2-9c96482f5353/Managing%20Roaming%20User%20Data%20Deployment%20Guide.doc" />
  <row Id="19989" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11084" RevisionGUID="11e1c4cc-b13d-4bbb-abcd-50bd1031c0f5" CreationDate="2009-05-22T02:04:34.847" UserId="2184" Text="&#xD;&#xA;Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a client (XP SP3) machine where newer drivers have been installed.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately while these (audio) drivers fixed mic boost, they have introduced problems such as no input working and random unnamed devices in applications that select the audio device.  I need to revert the drivers.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, rollback does not work (something about the drivers weren't backed up) and manually selecting the older driver is futile as XP just ignores it, stating, in its infinite wisdom, that the current driver is better and so I'd have no reason to want to use the older driver.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know on printer drivers I can just delete - is there an option for other drivers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Btw. I have done some research and can't seem to find a definite answer so I think this will be of help to plenty of others as well." />
  <row Id="19990" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11084" RevisionGUID="11e1c4cc-b13d-4bbb-abcd-50bd1031c0f5" CreationDate="2009-05-22T02:04:34.847" UserId="2184" Text="How do I remove a driver completely on a Windows XP client machine?" />
  <row Id="19991" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11084" RevisionGUID="11e1c4cc-b13d-4bbb-abcd-50bd1031c0f5" CreationDate="2009-05-22T02:04:34.847" UserId="2184" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;drivers&gt;" />
  <row Id="19992" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11085" RevisionGUID="7f927385-a933-4225-a6ae-9b8da246d76f" CreationDate="2009-05-22T02:09:48.397" UserId="671" Text="Where I live there are a number of companies that will work with a small business to determine needs, estimate costs, and then purchase, install, and manage pretty much whatever a business needs in terms of phones, file servers, e-mail, backup, etc.  These range from small three-person operations all the way up to companies with a 24/7 help desk and roaming technicians who will come to your office and do whatever you need to have done (for a reasonable fee, of course).  If you live in any decent sized town/city there are probably one or more of these &quot;outsourced IT departments&quot; that would love the opportunity to help a small/medium sized business get things going." />
  <row Id="19993" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11086" RevisionGUID="ebc864e2-d1ae-4fca-a6e9-e8efc7873b04" CreationDate="2009-05-22T02:10:51.453" UserId="1305" Text="What tools are available for allocating and tracking which addresses are being used?  Specifically, our issue is that sometimes an IP is taken for a VM and when we go to build new ones they're not necessarily up for the quick 'n dirty &quot;ping test&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right now there's a Google Spreadsheet, but inevitably we forget to update it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It has to be shared and easy to update.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should I just bite the bullet and go with a DHCP server?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="19994" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11086" RevisionGUID="ebc864e2-d1ae-4fca-a6e9-e8efc7873b04" CreationDate="2009-05-22T02:10:51.453" UserId="1305" Text="How do you keep track of which IP addresses are used on your network?" />
  <row Id="19995" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11086" RevisionGUID="ebc864e2-d1ae-4fca-a6e9-e8efc7873b04" CreationDate="2009-05-22T02:10:51.453" UserId="1305" Text="&lt;dhcp&gt;&lt;ip&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="19996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11087" RevisionGUID="a9583865-a13f-44b2-8865-135c12c7245e" CreationDate="2009-05-22T02:12:15.553" UserId="2438" Text="Can't hurt to perform actual load testing from multiple locations as well. Run a local load test, and then run one from various locations outside of your data center. The local tests should give you a good baseline of what to expect at LAN/local conditions. Then you can compare that to what you get externally, and you can see what sort of loss you're getting on the networking end. Obviously, the external tests are going to have higher load times, but you have to determine what's acceptable in that realm. " />
  <row Id="19997" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11088" RevisionGUID="88e2dca6-81b8-4b6c-9814-b99f7a2ac0c5" CreationDate="2009-05-22T02:13:14.490" UserId="613" Text="I'm fairly sure bash pays attention to your locale setting, so if it's UTF-8, you should be good to go." />
  <row Id="19998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11089" RevisionGUID="c7d8e8e2-7299-4ed4-b29f-150e646ba522" CreationDate="2009-05-22T02:13:59.840" UserId="984" Text="You should setup a DHCP server, and then keep a spreadsheet or table of all the static addresses.  We have a page in our documentation wiki, but a Google spreadsheet should be good too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there something you have against a DHCP server?  I tend to believe that DHCP pretty much always makes my job easier and I try to use it whenever possible.  If you want computers to reliably get the same address setup reservations." />
  <row Id="19999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11090" RevisionGUID="ceb67f2f-e181-4d8f-98da-a7121d6329c7" CreationDate="2009-05-22T02:14:58.153" UserId="2184" Text="Hmm, I booted into safe mode and managed to resolve this by making sure I uninstalled the device and interrupted XP before it tried automatically reinstalling it when I scanned for hardware changes.  Still interested in how to remove a driver from being detected in automatic driver install though." />
  <row Id="20000" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11091" RevisionGUID="ce8739db-3b50-457e-a1ca-1e786b815c15" CreationDate="2009-05-22T02:19:11.970" UserId="2438" Text="for IP counts in an access log:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat log | grep -o &quot;[0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}&quot; | sort -n | uniq -c | sort -n&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a bit ugly, but it works. I also use the following with netstat (to see active connections):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netstat -an | awk '{print $5}' | grep -o &quot;[0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}&quot; | egrep -v &quot;(`for i in \`ip addr | grep inet |grep eth0 | cut -d/ -f1 | awk '{print $2}'\`;do echo -n &quot;$i|&quot;| sed 's/\./\\\./g;';done`127\.|0\.0\.0)&quot; | sort -n | uniq -c | sort -n&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They're some of my favorite &quot;one liners&quot; :)" />
  <row Id="20001" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11092" RevisionGUID="a659dd9d-6c97-4e23-9160-f7af9ab69817" CreationDate="2009-05-22T02:23:18.967" UserId="2948" Text="In addition to the other recomendations I like to use Fiddler to see exactly how long individual requests are taking and how much badwidth is used.  It runs from the client so it shows me how long each request takes from that persepctive.  " />
  <row Id="20002" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11093" RevisionGUID="97558c2e-5e87-428f-9a57-674278a758db" CreationDate="2009-05-22T02:26:03.563" UserId="2438" Text="We use our documentation wiki, and map out all of our subnets in tables. If an IP is used, the documentation is updated. Now it's gotten to the point that we don't know what IPs we have available unless we consult the documentation, and thus we end up updating it. Besides, one or two IP conflicts with production equipment generally sets people straight." />
  <row Id="20003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11094" RevisionGUID="44616b2e-f435-46f0-bf98-9007d2fb006f" CreationDate="2009-05-22T02:27:11.613" UserId="533" Text="I bought a 4'x8' piece of coated 3/4&quot; sheet from a home improvement store and cut it to 3'x8'.  I had a processing and drive unit from a AS400 I set it on top of to form the desk.  I built a frame of 2x4s to raise the surface to the right height and provide some support.  If I had it to do over again (and didn't have an AS400 laying around =)) I would do the same thing, using file cabinets for the supports.  The whole thing cost less that $20, the surface is great for writing, is water (*cough coffee cough*) proof and even works as a dry erase board in a pinch.  The large surface allows for a couple of work stations (too close for two people to work at simultaneously, but nice as two distinctive work areas for me), a cat bed, and a nice area to do writing, drafting, physical work in the remaining area.  The only down side is lack of drawers but I have other solutions for that and the huge, cheap work surface is worth it for me.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20004" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11095" RevisionGUID="c58eac62-acb0-489b-bd95-d177bc856a6a" CreationDate="2009-05-22T02:30:44.633" UserId="2467" Text="In my experience what works best is the ***Master IP Spreadsheet to Rule All Others***. That is, there exists one spreadsheet and it is everyone's responsibility to update it. If it ain't in the spreadsheet, it ain't live. No ifs no buts. People soon learn to update it. Also, I wouldn't use DHCP for any servers, even test ones. The last thing you want on a server is the chance that it's IP might change." />
  <row Id="20005" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11089" RevisionGUID="e2507184-9f42-4c68-a2c3-1f5e791cdb1b" CreationDate="2009-05-22T02:36:16.760" UserId="984" Comment="added 22 characters in body" Text="You should setup a DHCP server, and then keep a spreadsheet or table in a doc of any static addresses you manually set.  We have a page in our documentation wiki, but a Google spreadsheet should be good too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there something you have against a DHCP server?  I tend to believe that DHCP pretty much always makes my job easier and I try to use it whenever possible.  If you want computers to reliably get the same address setup reservations." />
  <row Id="20006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11096" RevisionGUID="f3e7b172-85f9-424e-9023-c834c66bb5f5" CreationDate="2009-05-22T02:40:10.000" UserId="2341" Text="To see if it's the DNS server, you can try to bypass the DNS server.  You can do that by adding the relevant host names to your hosts file.  If, when you have the addresses in the hosts file, the web server seems to be responding much faster, then investigate the DNS further.  If site performance still sucks, the problem is most likely elsewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More advanced; You can also query the DNS directly with nslookup or dig.  Make sure you query your web site domain's authoritative DNS servers directly to see their response time, as opposed to the response time of the local DNS server, which may have a cached copy of the entries.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20007" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9759" RevisionGUID="b67a650e-6c34-40a8-aad5-042466fcfed9" CreationDate="2009-05-22T02:45:04.110" UserId="1751" Comment="deleted 4 characters in body" Text="In lieu of making an application cluster aware is it possible to set up a trigger based on an event appearing in the event log to cause the server cluster to failover?" />
  <row Id="20008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11097" RevisionGUID="1ff846fb-96ca-4451-bbf5-495626e4c9a7" CreationDate="2009-05-22T02:45:43.300" UserId="2341" Text="Also, try YSlow, a great add-in for Firebug:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20009" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9759" RevisionGUID="fb3fb2d1-65b2-488f-9a37-83d71be4d403" CreationDate="2009-05-22T02:50:10.217" UserId="1751" Comment="fixing some grammar" Text="In lieu of making an application cluster aware is it possible to set up a trigger based on an event appearing in the system event log to cause the server cluster to failover?" />
  <row Id="20010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11098" RevisionGUID="0168a540-fa9a-4401-b431-e07698c9e097" CreationDate="2009-05-22T03:06:38.940" UserId="2642" Text="No. UAC is not a security boundary, as stated by Microsoft themselves. Even at home, I run as a limited user." />
  <row Id="20012" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11023" RevisionGUID="987864a0-a4b5-43b7-887e-58b271ca3ad4" CreationDate="2009-05-22T03:16:21.247" UserId="2579" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Hey, I'm still using a board on top of cinder blocks!  It works!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV" />
  <row Id="20013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11100" RevisionGUID="1e6a9038-a838-4f78-b7b5-bc1966f358d3" CreationDate="2009-05-22T03:26:03.393" UserId="3014" Text="I have a dual boot machine (Win7 RC and Win2008) and want to migrate one of the partitions (Win2008) into a Virtual Hard Drive and the be able to use it in VPC or Virtual Server (not Hyper-V).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ways I've seen via Linked Virtual Disks or WinImage take the entire physical drive instead of just the partition.  Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in Advance,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--Aaron " />
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  <row Id="20015" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11100" RevisionGUID="1e6a9038-a838-4f78-b7b5-bc1966f358d3" CreationDate="2009-05-22T03:26:03.393" UserId="3014" Text="&lt;virtualdrive&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;virtualpc&gt;&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="20018" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11101" RevisionGUID="486f179e-30ab-43f2-ad33-cb9555cf71a0" CreationDate="2009-05-22T03:35:14.860" UserId="1585" Text="I am in the process of building a new windows domain (migration from Novell) and need to write a login script to map network drives/printers.  In the past I have used vbscript mixed in with a little wmi as needed.  I am considering using Powershell and am wondering if this is a good choice or if there are even better options.  The network is small ~ 20 xp machines and 5-10 printers.  " />
  <row Id="20019" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11101" RevisionGUID="486f179e-30ab-43f2-ad33-cb9555cf71a0" CreationDate="2009-05-22T03:35:14.860" UserId="1585" Text="What are the most prefered languages for writing a login script? Why?" />
  <row Id="20020" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11101" RevisionGUID="486f179e-30ab-43f2-ad33-cb9555cf71a0" CreationDate="2009-05-22T03:35:14.860" UserId="1585" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;login&gt;" />
  <row Id="20021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11102" RevisionGUID="654a755e-b053-4afa-8236-30d709c5f178" CreationDate="2009-05-22T03:37:54.633" UserId="3179" Text="There is a wmi provider for MS failover clusters. Look at the MoveToNewNode method of MSCluster_ResourceGroup. That should get you what you want. You didn't mention what os, but in server 2008 you can easily attach a script to a specific event. Server 2003 should be fairly easy to read the event log and find what you're looking for. " />
  <row Id="20022" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11103" RevisionGUID="23cccef1-1874-41cc-8eca-2b9221d04505" CreationDate="2009-05-22T03:38:08.300" UserId="3299" Text="I am trying to install sharepoint 2007 enterprise with SP1 on Windows Server 2008 R2 RC 64 bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am getting a compatibility error.  Here is the text:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[Window Title]&#xD;&#xA;Program Compatibility Assistant**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[Main Instruction]&#xD;&#xA;This program is blocked due to compatibility issues**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[Expanded Information]&#xD;&#xA;You must install Office SharePoint Server 2007 - Please read Microsoft Knowledge Base article: 962935 with the most recent service pack. Office SharePoint Server 2007 - Please read Microsoft Knowledge Base article: 962935 without service packs has a known compatibility issue with this version of Windows.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't find this KB article.  I have the most recent SP installer available with my MSDN subscription.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="20023" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11103" RevisionGUID="23cccef1-1874-41cc-8eca-2b9221d04505" CreationDate="2009-05-22T03:38:08.300" UserId="3299" Text="Compatability error Installing Sharepoint w/ SP1 on Windows 2008 R2 RC" />
  <row Id="20024" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11103" RevisionGUID="23cccef1-1874-41cc-8eca-2b9221d04505" CreationDate="2009-05-22T03:38:08.300" UserId="3299" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="20026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11104" RevisionGUID="b03e0126-d87b-4a75-87c3-be43a44d4bc0" CreationDate="2009-05-22T03:48:46.673" UserId="1169" Text="MOSS has a Service Pack 2 now - that's probably what it's talking about." />
  <row Id="20027" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10748" RevisionGUID="045c444a-4329-4ef2-b5a7-951c9ab0df98" CreationDate="2009-05-22T03:48:59.947" UserId="1605" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="I have one physical machine, on it there are 2 virtual machines. One of the VM is the application machine, another is the db machine. All are running Windows XP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am using Sun Virtual Box for virtualization purpose. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing I notice is that on both virtual machines, the IP address is exactly the same. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/czG1pqpeMagU-OAjQtGMNA?feat=embedwebsite&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://lh5.ggpht.com/_SDci0Pf3tzU/ShVNE5S8QYI/AAAAAAAAEyo/on7RvaD2yJc/s400/virtualization.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem with this is that I can't connect to the db machine, using MySQL Administrator from my application machine, because I will have to specify the IP of server host, which, in this case, is exactly the same for both db machine and application machine!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also try to use Hamachi address ( because the Hamachi address is different for different VM), but I always get a &quot;cannot connect&quot; problem, even though I can, from one VM, ping the Hamachi address of another VM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea how to solve this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit: Dave has a [correct answer][1]. Here is [the instruction][2] on how to configure Sun Virtual Box 2.2 bridged connection.** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10748/cannot-communicate-between-two-vm-on-the-same-physical-machine-mysql/10762#10762&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://dietrichschroff.blogspot.com/2009/04/virtualbox-22-network-configuration.html" />
  <row Id="20028" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="10748" RevisionGUID="045c444a-4329-4ef2-b5a7-951c9ab0df98" CreationDate="2009-05-22T03:48:59.947" UserId="1605" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="Cannot communicate between two VM on the same physical machine Because of Same IP Address" />
  <row Id="20029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11105" RevisionGUID="caabc64d-3577-424d-b516-e3d469a27dbf" CreationDate="2009-05-22T03:51:49.350" UserId="2505" Text="Here are some working examples on using Runspaces and the RunspaceFactory:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.nivot.org/2009/01/22/CTP3TheRunspaceFactoryAndPowerShellAccelerators.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Oisin" />
  <row Id="20030" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11106" RevisionGUID="fe868fd4-db3b-48a5-ad35-3a77d271bdb2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T03:56:45.737" UserId="2507" Text="I figure it's a good idea to have a central question for linux network tuning. I'm particularly interested in tuning options for the following.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Web server&#xD;&#xA; 2. Varnish / Squid server&#xD;&#xA; 3. DB server&#xD;&#xA; 4. File server&#xD;&#xA; 5. App server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="20033" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11106" RevisionGUID="fe868fd4-db3b-48a5-ad35-3a77d271bdb2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T03:56:45.737" UserId="2507" />
  <row Id="20034" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11107" RevisionGUID="b575790a-42fd-47db-8a59-0ec8e6ee4dc2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T03:57:43.613" UserId="2526" Text="You will need to install it with SP2 which has just been [released][1] &amp; provides support for R2: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Q: Will Windows Server 2008 SP2 and WIndows Server 2008 R2 be supported?&#xD;&#xA; A: Yes, they will be supported on their release&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A guide on making a slipstream image/install is [here][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/04/28/announcing-service-pack-2-for-office-sharepoint-server-2007-and-windows-sharepoint-services-3-0.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.keirgordon.com/post/Installing-SharePoint-on-Windows-Server-2008-R2.aspx" />
  <row Id="20035" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11108" RevisionGUID="14b75c16-4fe3-4ca1-a1d3-0276338a16db" CreationDate="2009-05-22T04:02:24.633" UserId="3181" Text="At RSA conference, there were several vendors with solutions to meet this need. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was reasonably impressed with the [Shavlik][1] demo, but there were at least two other vendors there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.shavlik.com/" />
  <row Id="20036" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10869" RevisionGUID="1f497c34-2217-430c-8652-7a88b6cf0775" CreationDate="2009-05-22T04:13:05.920" UserId="1840" Comment="made it a bit more understandable" Text="You can try disabling the java update via regedit: [http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5156092][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What we do at work is create MSI installations (or download them), and modify it's MSI install parameters so it doesn't check for updates automatically.  I'll post the actual parameters tomorrow. You could do this and re-install so the new parameters can be applied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5156092" />
  <row Id="20037" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8961" RevisionGUID="d792d973-856c-4b6f-baa2-b511025946f3" CreationDate="2009-05-22T04:20:08.760" UserId="1840" Comment="Added another vendor... maybe I'll get more people to post on this, weird that their is not many post, I would think this is something to look at." Text="What's your strategy towards traffic prioritization/management.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not really to just get a list of [packet shaping solutions][1]. Instead, I would like to get recommendations about traffic management strategies that include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What software/hardware products you use, or have used&#xD;&#xA; - How this solution is/was implemented&#xD;&#xA; - Why would you recommend (or not) this solution/strategy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some solutions I've heard of, but haven't had much (if at all) experience with them:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Linux Advanced Routing Traffic Contro ([http://lartc.org/][2])&#xD;&#xA; - Packeteer ([http://www.bluecoat.com/products/packetshaper/specifications][3])&#xD;&#xA; - NetEqualizer ([http://www.netequalizer.com/nda.htm][4])&#xD;&#xA; - Network Composer ([http://www.cymphonix.com/Products.html][5])&#xD;&#xA; - NetEnforcer (http://www.allot.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=45&amp;Itemid=88888966)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;**Some notes:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *I'm debating myself whether or not to include pricing information*&#xD;&#xA; - *This is assuming you have the NEED for traffic management*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.processor.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles%2Fp2816%2F07p16%2F07p16.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://lartc.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.bluecoat.com/products/packetshaper/specifications&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.netequalizer.com/nda.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.cymphonix.com/Products.html" />
  <row Id="20038" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11109" RevisionGUID="6946642b-a4fc-4695-945f-f8292249f4f2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T04:21:14.547" UserId="3281" Text="I manage a SMB network, 100 desktops, 25 laptops; all windows XP or Vista.  The desktops all store data on servers, but the laptops are sometimes off the network for weeks at a time or even indefinitely.  &#xD;&#xA;We haven't been able to find a good solution for backing up all or part of the laptop data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Considerations:&#xD;&#xA;Expense - cheap is always good. (and gets approved easier)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Central/Partially centrally managed - We would like to be able to have reporting on what is being backed up.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Configurable - ability to limit bandwidth used at times. (don't need to saturate the network when the sales team has a meeting in the office first thing in the morning)  ability to recognize when on a decent connection and our VPN and trickle updates in.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Synchronization - ability to move data both directions - updates from files on the network to the laptop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks, Brian" />
  <row Id="20039" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11109" RevisionGUID="6946642b-a4fc-4695-945f-f8292249f4f2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T04:21:14.547" UserId="3281" Text="Laptop Backups for SMB - Small Medium Business" />
  <row Id="20040" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11109" RevisionGUID="6946642b-a4fc-4695-945f-f8292249f4f2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T04:21:14.547" UserId="3281" Text="&lt;laptop&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="20041" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11110" RevisionGUID="de980b3f-ccf7-4488-a80a-dcb31aa1075f" CreationDate="2009-05-22T04:32:08.300" UserId="984" Text="I still use vbscript, because that is what is available on older versions of windows still used on our network without adding additional software.  I frequently want my startup and login scripts to work on newly installed machines." />
  <row Id="20042" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11111" RevisionGUID="695b890d-94e9-4af6-b18f-adb9ea7bd024" CreationDate="2009-05-22T04:34:50.917" UserId="3147" Text="[Jungledisk][1] can do this, except (AFAIK) the detect VPN part, and the synchronization is not automated, although you can mount it as a network drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jungledisk.com/" />
  <row Id="20043" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11112" RevisionGUID="048c7730-58cb-4035-b762-8227aeda3fe6" CreationDate="2009-05-22T04:40:09.313" UserId="3281" Text="Accountability, Logging and Tracking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have been struggling with management over this for a few years.  The CEO and President refused to change their password for years, and every IT guy that had come and gone in 7+ years knew their passwords. &#xD;&#xA;Even if you &quot;Trust&quot; everyone, it is very unsafe for multiple people who are no longer employees to have access to powerful accounts.  Let alone that all of them know that others know the passwords, and it would be safe to use them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We preach to users over and over to never share their passwords, even with us, ever.  This is the start to prevent &quot;Social Hacking&quot;  How many of your users would give their password out to someone calling and saying they are one of the new IT guys?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If we absolutely need to be in a users account to do something, we have them login and ride shotgun, or we change their password.  As soon as we change their password, we are then responsible for their account and they are no longer accountable, until we give them a new password, with the account marked that the user must change password at next login.&#xD;&#xA;This preserves logging and tracking.  With everything bad, illegal, and unethical that users can do on the internet.  If they can blame many others who know their passwords, it could generate lots of problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now we are working on eliminating all shared account logins such as for shared computers.  If we must have one, that account has very limited rights, and no internet access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a reason why passwords are so important.  They are not just to protect your data, they are there to protect you and your users, etc.  It's not hard to find or brainstorm examples.  Play the conversations in your head.  &quot;They all knew my password, and one of them got in my computer and read the email from my mistress and told my wife&quot;  There are many, many possible privacy considerations apart from security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Brian" />
  <row Id="20044" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11112" RevisionGUID="efeefc31-e6bc-42b0-a497-3458bdf44db7" CreationDate="2009-05-22T04:47:55.803" UserId="3281" Comment="added 1093 characters in body" Text="Accountability, Logging and Tracking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have been struggling with management over this for a few years.  The CEO and President refused to change their password for years, and every IT guy that had come and gone in 7+ years knew their passwords. &#xD;&#xA;Even if you &quot;Trust&quot; everyone, it is very unsafe for multiple people who are no longer employees to have access to powerful accounts.  Let alone that all of them know that others know the passwords, and it would be safe to use them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We preach to users over and over to never share their passwords, even with us, ever.  This is the start to prevent &quot;Social Hacking&quot;  How many of your users would give their password out to someone calling and saying they are one of the new IT guys?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If we absolutely need to be in a users account to do something, we have them login and ride shotgun, or we change their password.  As soon as we change their password, we are then responsible for their account and they are no longer accountable, until we give them a new password, with the account marked that the user must change password at next login.&#xD;&#xA;This preserves logging and tracking.  With everything bad, illegal, and unethical that users can do on the internet.  If they can blame many others who know their passwords, it could generate lots of problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now we are working on eliminating all shared account logins such as for shared computers.  If we must have one, that account has very limited rights, and no internet access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a reason why passwords are so important.  They are not just to protect your data, they are there to protect you and your users, etc.  It's not hard to find or brainstorm examples.  Play the conversations in your head.  &quot;They all knew my password, and one of them got in my computer and read the email from my mistress and told my wife&quot;  There are many, many possible privacy considerations apart from security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Brian&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;p.s.  trying very hard to not be argumentative.  Although I did not answer the question, but did editorialize against doing what is suggested.  I would also recommend not saying things like this, quote from question -  &quot;EDIT: Can anybody actually answer the question? Thanks, I don't need no audit trail, I WILL know all the passwords and users can't change them and I will continue to do so.  This is not for hacking!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  This would get you removed from your job as System Admin at many, many companies.&#xD;&#xA;2.  An attitude such as this could also impact any future job opportunities for you.  I would immediately eliminate anyone applying for a Sys Admin job at our company if I googled them and found that they had posed this question.&#xD;&#xA;3.  I'm trying very hard to imagine what kind of scenario would need and support this.  A 3-4 person family only office, maybe.  I could see this attitude being prevalent in a religious scenario, but even then no one is perfect and can make mistakes.&#xD;&#xA;4.  If this is overly argumentative or pejorative, please feel free to edit or remove the p.s." />
  <row Id="20045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11113" RevisionGUID="7a6b6270-4fd7-4509-a57d-de7481f578b0" CreationDate="2009-05-22T04:47:56.770" UserId="919" Text="I'm not actually sure that cfengine provides &quot;revision control&quot;. It's wikipedia entry makes no mention of revision control; for that you'd want something like etc-keeper. Instead cfengine offers a policy based system for configuration. Check out [this video][1] author's talk about the new version of cfengine, given at google.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Active directory includes some tools similar to puppet, called &quot;Group Policy Objects&quot;. It does require you to like AD and doesn't appear to generalize to handle both Windows and Unix systems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CCXs4Om5pY" />
  <row Id="20046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11114" RevisionGUID="7186fb24-21e8-4309-aeb3-d8f942f85d03" CreationDate="2009-05-22T04:50:30.667" UserId="2507" Text="Excel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That is all.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20047" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11115" RevisionGUID="f43e56c4-4b17-45e7-9bc2-14df1cea6699" CreationDate="2009-05-22T04:52:50.223" UserId="919" Text="To reduce the impact of private key disclosure, it's advisable to password encrypt the key itself. Offline brute force attacks on specific keys are still possible, but it does throw a wrench in someone who makes off with a cartload of user keys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More to the point, you shouldn't store private keys of value on anything you don't control. To connect to a server, storing the public key on the server is sufficient." />
  <row Id="20048" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11115" RevisionGUID="f43e56c4-4b17-45e7-9bc2-14df1cea6699" CreationDate="2009-05-22T04:52:50.223" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11116" RevisionGUID="8b669ee2-5490-497f-98e9-0e1c99afcc2e" CreationDate="2009-05-22T05:00:55.310" UserId="3281" Text="This may apply only to beginning programmers, but I deal with a few things on every project with some programmers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  &quot;It works on my machine&quot;  is not ever a valid statement.  It is the programmer's responsibility to create an install program for use on the server, or at least document every connection and dll and add-in that will be required on the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.  (I've heard this multiple times, so please don't laugh)  I run the exe on the server from my machine and it works.  But, when I run it on the server (Citrix, Terminal Server, etc) it doesn't work.  Please understand dll's and ocx's and anything else your program requires and where and how they are registered, and how your program uses them. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These may seem simple, but I deal with it constantly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Brian" />
  <row Id="20050" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11117" RevisionGUID="33b059f8-fdf9-40aa-bf1a-682b362e92ac" CreationDate="2009-05-22T05:02:11.173" UserId="3333" Text="freeNX offers a very responsive remote desktop connection. On top of this, all communication is done securely over SSH. There is a great guide for setting up freeNX on CentOS that you may be interested in that I cannot post a link to since it is my first day on serverfault! Just search for &quot;freenx centos&quot; on google.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In comparison to VNC, FreeNX offers more responsiveness and does not require the user to setup an SSH tunnel to secure the connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only drawback to FreeNX is that I cannot find an open-source client. The client available from nomachine is gratis but not libre.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://freenx.berlios.de/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/FreeNX" />
  <row Id="20053" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11069" RevisionGUID="85b27e5f-03cb-4d3c-8bf7-7127b164c554" CreationDate="2009-05-22T05:25:17.880" UserId="3254" Comment="added 220 characters in body" Text="Professionally, I've run as a standard user for a decade, and had mastered all the little tips and tricks to administering an enterprise using nothing but runas.  Now in trots UAC, and while it makes some situations easier... For the most part all this thing does it get in my way.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm an Administrator, Outlook is the only process running on my pc that doesn't need elevated credentials!  Yet I spend all day not only accepting prompts, but entering my password 200+ times a day.  I believe in the REAL security UAC provides my environment, but the password over and over... it's maddening.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is this, with UAC forcing us to run a standard user is it safe? Can we go back to the NT days.  Would you trust UAC enough to just log in with your admin account? Does UAC do enough to protect your __Domain credentials__?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: Put another way do we place UAC on the same level as sudo? Yes there will be bugs, but can we start to reorganize how we do business around this feature, or is this to protect my mom(not ready for primetime)?" />
  <row Id="20054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11119" RevisionGUID="186e836e-c08e-463c-8ebe-bb7127f7f7d0" CreationDate="2009-05-22T05:29:31.867" UserId="2567" Text="Inspired by [this question][1], I ask the reverse: how much about programming do system administrators need to know? More specifically, what programming tools are useful for a sysadmin to have? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4176/what-sysadmin-things-should-every-programmer-know" />
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  <row Id="20056" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11119" RevisionGUID="186e836e-c08e-463c-8ebe-bb7127f7f7d0" CreationDate="2009-05-22T05:29:31.867" UserId="2567" Text="&lt;sysadmin&gt;" />
  <row Id="20057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11120" RevisionGUID="0433fc4e-3dc4-42c4-b62f-031747e8870c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T05:31:00.210" UserId="170" Text="I need to convert a whole bunch of files from Windows-1251 to UTF-8. After doing 10 of them by hand in BBEdit, I got bored ;-) I found out that there is an iconv CL tool. I tried this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iconv -f WINDOWS-1251 -t UTF-8 inputfile&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However it seems that iconv just outputs the converted text instead of writing it to file. Also, there is no outputfile parameter for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I write the changes back to original files? Thanks." />
  <row Id="20058" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11120" RevisionGUID="0433fc4e-3dc4-42c4-b62f-031747e8870c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T05:31:00.210" UserId="170" Text="Converting encoding of multiple files with iconv (Mac OS)?" />
  <row Id="20059" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11120" RevisionGUID="0433fc4e-3dc4-42c4-b62f-031747e8870c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T05:31:00.210" UserId="170" Text="&lt;iconv&gt;&lt;terminal&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="20060" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11121" RevisionGUID="a0446510-fdd0-46ef-8367-ed60c85cb670" CreationDate="2009-05-22T05:34:42.323" UserId="1233" Text="Try a shell redirection to a temporary file and then rename it as the input file when it's done. Redirecting it to the original file will result in an empty file. (Hence the temporary file that acts like an atomic save)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`iconv -f WINDOWS-1252 -t UTF-8 inputfile &gt; tmp.txt; mv tmp.txt inputfile`" />
  <row Id="20061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11122" RevisionGUID="19224105-7f94-4f1f-b350-4b02e2b36113" CreationDate="2009-05-22T05:35:15.630" UserId="3299" Text="I am trying to get an install of the new TFS 2010 beta so I can demo it to my co-workers (on Tuesday).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not really a systems person, so I did not know that Windows Server 2008 R2 is a Release Candidate only.  I thought it was the current version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have it installed on a VM and have SQL Server 2008 Installed.  I am working on Sharepoint now and I am realizing that a lot of the software out there needs special versions to work with the Windows Server 2008 R2 RC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, my question is: Am I better off starting over with Windows Server 2008 or pressing on with Windows Server 2008 R2 RC?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will TFS 2010 even run on Windows 2008 R2 RC?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for any responses." />
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  <row Id="20063" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11122" RevisionGUID="19224105-7f94-4f1f-b350-4b02e2b36113" CreationDate="2009-05-22T05:35:15.630" UserId="3299" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;tfs&gt;" />
  <row Id="20064" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11120" RevisionGUID="14949c24-8016-4311-a357-a95ab3472a60" CreationDate="2009-05-22T05:37:55.673" UserId="170" Comment="added 105 characters in body" Text="I need to convert a whole bunch of files from Windows-1251 to UTF-8. After doing 10 of them by hand in BBEdit, I got bored ;-) I found out that there is an iconv CL tool. I tried this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iconv -f WINDOWS-1251 -t UTF-8 inputfile&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However it seems that iconv just outputs the converted text instead of writing it to file. Also, there is no outputfile parameter for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I write the changes back to original files? Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**: Please note, that inputfile value is actually *.txt, so the solution has to work with that." />
  <row Id="20065" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11121" RevisionGUID="b2f8168a-6a0f-487f-96c1-572bf2ad80d7" CreationDate="2009-05-22T05:40:48.350" UserId="1233" Comment="Add shell script" Text="Try a shell redirection to a temporary file and then rename it as the input file when it's done. Redirecting it to the original file will result in an empty file. (Hence the temporary file that acts like an atomic save)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`iconv -f WINDOWS-1252 -t UTF-8 inputfile &gt; tmp.txt; mv tmp.txt inputfile`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or a shell script that will do it all for you (save it in a .sh file and set it to executable):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;     # Assumes you are in the directory with the files and the files end in *.txt&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;     for file in *.txt; do&#xD;&#xA;         iconv -f WINDOWS-1252 -t UTF-8 $file&gt; tmp.txt;&#xD;&#xA;         mv tmp.txt $file&#xD;&#xA;         echo $file&#xD;&#xA;     done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As always have a backup **just** in case." />
  <row Id="20066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11123" RevisionGUID="5c6b1aa0-182f-46de-b9aa-2f987d43c60f" CreationDate="2009-05-22T05:47:37.213" UserId="1233" Text="I'd start with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. How to write more than the most basic scripts no matter the language. Automation is your friend.&#xD;&#xA;2. How to run a debugger/know how to read crash reports of some kind: it makes figuring out a crash report and who to ask what the deuce to much easier.&#xD;&#xA;3. Version Control - not just for code but for anything worth keeping a history or change control over." />
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  <row Id="20068" PostHistoryTypeId="18" PostId="1697" RevisionGUID="f08e9de5-89e5-40ac-b00f-e4dfe95d7883" CreationDate="2009-05-22T05:49:39.940" UserId="1674" Comment="Merged question 'Best defragmentation tool for Windows (XP, Vista, 7)' by MicTech" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1674,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;mrdenny&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="20069" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11121" RevisionGUID="45430d3b-5aa4-4192-aa8d-b1e492c142d4" CreationDate="2009-05-22T05:50:01.887" UserId="1233" Comment="1251 instead of 1252" Text="Try a shell redirection to a temporary file and then rename it as the input file when it's done. Redirecting it to the original file will result in an empty file. (Hence the temporary file that acts like an atomic save)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`iconv -f WINDOWS-1251 -t UTF-8 inputfile &gt; tmp.txt; mv tmp.txt inputfile`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or a shell script that will do it all for you (save it in a .sh file and set it to executable):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;     # Assumes you are in the directory with the files and the files end in *.txt&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;     for file in *.txt; do&#xD;&#xA;         iconv -f WINDOWS-1251 -t UTF-8 $file&gt; tmp.txt;&#xD;&#xA;         mv tmp.txt $file&#xD;&#xA;         echo $file&#xD;&#xA;     done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As always have a backup **just** in case." />
  <row Id="20071" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11124" RevisionGUID="3bf53d7a-641f-4545-95a2-f3c1bab64192" CreationDate="2009-05-22T05:53:03.410" UserId="1840" Text="Have you tried just using Jperf (Java-based)?  It's at version 2.0 and seems to have the same functionality as iperf: [**http://sourceforge.net/projects/iperf/**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/iperf/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://nicolas.richasse.free.fr/blog/images/stories/jperf/jperf-server.jpg" />
  <row Id="20072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11125" RevisionGUID="2947b410-3483-41ef-bfae-12e21549dc71" CreationDate="2009-05-22T05:56:57.817" UserId="2242" Text="Take a look at [Group Policy Preferences][1], if you don't have any Win2K Pro.  No scripts and lots of options and filtering, including WMI like filtering only no scripting necessary.  It also has a lot of other features like pushing shortcuts/files/regkeys/printers etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just finished (this past weekend) a migration from Novell to Microsoft.  It certainly eases my short term pain of no ZenWorks replacement(Buying LANDesk next quarter).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should definitely take a look.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd314380.aspx" />
  <row Id="20073" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11124" RevisionGUID="51ec7a1d-7bc1-4045-bb7e-fc56c1f02516" CreationDate="2009-05-22T05:58:10.873" UserId="1840" Comment="added an x" Text="Have you tried just using Jperf (Java-based)?  It's at version 2.0.x and seems to have the same functionality as iperf: [**http://sourceforge.net/projects/iperf/**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/iperf/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://nicolas.richasse.free.fr/blog/images/stories/jperf/jperf-server.jpg" />
  <row Id="20074" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11126" RevisionGUID="482e408b-3293-4c21-ba4d-d6d39f511410" CreationDate="2009-05-22T05:59:40.107" UserId="1837" Text="Windows uses a number of factors to decide what is the &quot;best&quot; driver, such as hardware ID matching (INFs that match more specific hardware IDs are &quot;better&quot;), driver date, driver version, and whether the driver is signed. [How Setup Selects Drivers][1] has the details if you're interested.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for how to remove the newer driver, if it has an installer listed in Add/Remove Programs, then by all means use that. If not, you might have some success using the [`devcon`][2] command that ships with the Windows Driver Kit. You can remove a driver package using [`devcon dp_delete`][3], or force Windows to choose a different driver using [`devcon update`][4]. There's also an [older version of devcon][5] available for direct download (the WDK is pretty large).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms791096.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms792824.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa906328.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms792813.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311272" />
  <row Id="20075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11127" RevisionGUID="1c7cdacb-e6e4-4651-b7fe-5ebc21abfb7b" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:04:09.520" UserId="2242" Text="You might want to take a look at [iFolder][1].  It syncs the folders the user designates to the server and can work over SSL for encryption purposes.  They can even share these folders with multiple users, it also works as a handy way to move them to a new laptop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It does include some LDAP integration as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ifolder.com/ifolder" />
  <row Id="20076" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11126" RevisionGUID="c902d4a9-222c-4ad9-b6d8-e9b727e71783" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:06:17.003" UserId="1837" Comment="added 260 characters in body" Text="Windows uses a number of factors to decide what is the &quot;best&quot; driver, such as hardware ID matching (INFs that match more specific hardware IDs are &quot;better&quot;), driver date, driver version, and whether the driver is signed. [How Setup Selects Drivers][1] has the details if you're interested.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for how to remove the newer driver, if it has an installer listed in Add/Remove Programs, then by all means use that. If not, you should be able to manually choose the older driver by right-clicking on the device in Device Manager, selecting &quot;Update Driver...&quot;, &quot;Install from a list or specific location&quot;, &quot;Don't search. I will choose the driver to install&quot;, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If all else fails, you might have some success using the [`devcon`][2] command that ships with the Windows Driver Kit. You can remove a driver package using [`devcon dp_delete`][3], or force Windows to choose a different driver using [`devcon update`][4]. There's also an [older version of devcon][5] available for direct download (the WDK is pretty large).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms791096.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms792824.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa906328.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms792813.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311272" />
  <row Id="20077" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11128" RevisionGUID="252318a0-317d-4ec9-9f3d-940a6392d6c7" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:09:43.563" UserId="3281" Text="A user knew that he couldn't get around the firewall filter for web browsing, but found a way around it.  He had a group of 5 friends, and they would email a dirty picture in an email attachment in a ring between them all.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20078" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11128" RevisionGUID="252318a0-317d-4ec9-9f3d-940a6392d6c7" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:09:43.563" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20079" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11129" RevisionGUID="5a23d9c1-d271-4506-a28c-1cc591bac637" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:09:46.030" UserId="1840" Text="Something to try would be to unregister the driver's dll: [http://www.xp-vista.com/other/how-to-unregister-dll-files][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's worth a try, just make sure you 'cd' to the directory containing the dll.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.xp-vista.com/other/how-to-unregister-dll-files&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.xp-vista.com/forums/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/regsvr.thumbnail.JPG" />
  <row Id="20080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11130" RevisionGUID="3574e712-ea11-48e4-bfbb-33fd011589a8" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:10:01.770" UserId="2620" Text="You should find corresponding .inf file and delete it from windows\inf directory" />
  <row Id="20081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11131" RevisionGUID="7690f46b-6fc7-41bd-8fe9-56aa1f393b8c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:11:43.717" UserId="2438" Text="Well, if you're swapping, you're going to increase IO wait generally, which is going to lead to sluggish behavior. What is load at generally? Load can &quot;feel&quot; different depending on what's causing it. Load spikes due to heavy CPU utilization hampers performance, but it seems like if IO wait is heavy, a load of 15 feels like a 1000." />
  <row Id="20085" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11126" RevisionGUID="a4f237d9-30b0-4cee-9700-c225df8bb62c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:13:37.707" UserId="1837" Comment="added 214 characters in body" Text="Windows uses a number of factors to decide what is the &quot;best&quot; driver, such as hardware ID matching (INFs that match more specific hardware IDs are &quot;better&quot;), driver date, driver version, and whether the driver is signed. [How Setup Selects Drivers][1] has the details if you're interested.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for how to remove the newer driver, if it has an installer listed in Add/Remove Programs, then by all means use that. If not, you should be able to manually choose the older driver by right-clicking on the device in Device Manager, selecting &quot;Update Driver...&quot;, &quot;Install from a list or specific location&quot;, &quot;Don't search. I will choose the driver to install&quot;, etc. Or did you already try that? (As well as selecting &quot;Uninstall...&quot;?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If all else fails, you might have some success using the [`devcon`][2] command that ships with the Windows Driver Kit. You can remove a driver package using [`devcon dp_delete`][3], or force Windows to choose a different driver using [`devcon update`][4]. There's also an [older version of devcon][5] available for direct download (the WDK is pretty large).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you resort to manually deleting the driver's `.inf` file from `%SystemRoot%\inf`, be sure to delete the corresponding `.pnf` file as well, because Windows uses that to cache some/all of the `.inf` information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms791096.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms792824.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa906328.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms792813.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311272" />
  <row Id="20086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11133" RevisionGUID="5a3cc69e-88fe-4ccb-af06-8c7042b087b3" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:14:11.607" UserId="2242" Text="Absolutely you should look at a 3rd party to filter the mail before it gets to your server in addition to the ones mentioned on smearp's answer I've had good experiences with MX Logic, as well as Google's Postini.  I preferred MX Logic personally.  The addtional benefit is you can then set your Exchange Edge server to only accept SMTP connects from the 3rd party, drastically reducing the load on the server and your bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I barely think about spam anymore." />
  <row Id="20087" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11134" RevisionGUID="3c359a6d-60c3-4947-becf-12e9f0be7df9" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:14:59.513" UserId="3334" Text="I have a client server application - intended for use in workgoups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The server is a web application, clients are .NET 2.0 based desktop applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to push/force the setup of the client application on all machines in the network?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any group policy equivalent/any way to centrally manage/push an installation on a windows workgroup based network?" />
  <row Id="20088" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11134" RevisionGUID="3c359a6d-60c3-4947-becf-12e9f0be7df9" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:14:59.513" UserId="3334" Text="Windows Workgoup - is there a way to centrally install a software?" />
  <row Id="20089" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11134" RevisionGUID="3c359a6d-60c3-4947-becf-12e9f0be7df9" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:14:59.513" UserId="3334" Text="&lt;workgroup&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;setup&gt;&lt;automated-install&gt;" />
  <row Id="20090" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11135" RevisionGUID="9f1e8661-0e51-46a2-9dc7-b68af3cecf8d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:18:43.250" UserId="2253" Text="There can be many reasons for you being filtered out (&quot;business emails&quot; are very often full of spam indicators, such as content only in HTML, images, exclamation marks and sentences like &quot;Buy now&quot;). The reason is likely different at each recipient. If you want serious examination by ServerFault users and not random guesses (like most of the answers currently are), post an entire message here, complete with all its RFC 5322 headers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if you want an automatic test, send one of your message to `check-auth@verifier.port25.com`. It will automatically process your message, testing it with various anti-spam techniques and send you back a very detailed report with possible spamicity indicators. Here is an example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;==========================================================&#xD;&#xA;Summary of Results&#xD;&#xA;==========================================================&#xD;&#xA;SPF check:          permerror&#xD;&#xA;DomainKeys check:   neutral&#xD;&#xA;DKIM check:         neutral&#xD;&#xA;SpamAssassin check: ham&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, if you don't understand everything in the report, post it here.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11136" RevisionGUID="f0b9052d-e576-409b-9868-04386b60ac06" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:19:46.600" UserId="3333" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By default after 180 days or some number of mounts, most Linux filesystems force a file system check (fsck). Of course this can be turned off using, for example, tune2fs -c 0 -i 0 on ext2 or ext3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On small filesystems, this check is merely an inconvenience. However, given larger filesystems, this check can take hours upon hours to complete. When your users depend on this filesystem for their productivity, say it is serving their home directories via NFS, would you disable the scheduled file system check?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ask this question because it is currently 2:15am and I'm awaiting a very long fsck to complete (ext3)!" />
  <row Id="20092" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11136" RevisionGUID="f0b9052d-e576-409b-9868-04386b60ac06" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:19:46.600" UserId="3333" Text="To fsck or not fsck after 180 days" />
  <row Id="20093" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11136" RevisionGUID="f0b9052d-e576-409b-9868-04386b60ac06" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:19:46.600" UserId="3333" Text="&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;unix&gt;" />
  <row Id="20094" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11137" RevisionGUID="510aae04-ca43-4174-999f-460090cfe7fe" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:22:36.503" UserId="2438" Text="We constantly bat this around the office, and the question continues to come up. How do you deal with PostgreSQL replication? I'm not even necessarily talking about advanced clusters, just keeping it simple with Master-Slave, Master-MultiSlave, and Master-Master. I find that setting it up for MySQL is typically pretty simple. Failover is straightforward if not perfect, especially for how easy it is to configure. We've played with Slony, but it's a bit too hands on (schema changes require intervention, new databases require intervention, etc). PGPool2 was pretty nice, until a node went down and we couldn't find a graceful way (other than bringing everything down and reseeding the fallen node) to get replication back in sync. Basically here's what I'm typically looking for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Easy setup (I'll settle for difficult setup, but easy to expand)&#xD;&#xA;* Simplistic failover&#xD;&#xA;* Bringing a fallen node back in just requires time (i.e. like mysql. Server goes down, you bring it up, and wait for replication to catch up)&#xD;&#xA;* Schema changes don't break replication&#xD;&#xA;* Adding a new database to the server is seamless (i.e. like mysql, you can replicate a whole DB server, so a new database is created on the master, it automatically propagates to the slave)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MySQL handles most of these fairly well, but I hold a certain fondness for PostgreSQL. Besides, we have some situations where it's our only option, and we'd like to add replication to the mix. What are you using currently, and how do you feel about your solution? This isn't a MySQL versus PostgreSQL post, I promise, because that's not what I'm trying to start. :)" />
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  <row Id="20096" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11137" RevisionGUID="510aae04-ca43-4174-999f-460090cfe7fe" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:22:36.503" UserId="2438" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;postgresql&gt;&lt;replication&gt;" />
  <row Id="20097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11138" RevisionGUID="492c490b-14e2-4ca5-95cc-533a9169360c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:23:44.720" UserId="2467" Text="You could still run a local login script on each pc, that connects to a &quot;master&quot; pc with the software on it and installs it from there. Checkout gpedit.msc and go to **User Configuration -&gt; Windows Settings -&gt; Scripts (Logon/Logoff)**. Edit the Logon item and point to your script (batch file would be ok). The user would need admin rights locally and rights on the master pc." />
  <row Id="20098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11139" RevisionGUID="c6c89eca-76d3-414c-a364-f1dbe596d0ae" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:24:36.093" UserId="2438" Text="Depends.. For instance we had one server go down for routine maintenance that was running a QMail stack. QMail creates and kills a lot of files as time goes on, and it was a very busy mail server. The fsck took some 36 hours. It's not like we saved a helluva lot of performance out of the deal, but ultimately I suppose you could argue the filesystem was healthier. Was it really worth the chaos that ensued though? Not. At. All." />
  <row Id="20099" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11107" RevisionGUID="d5c531ab-8af7-4e31-a323-1c9be78f5de8" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:30:49.700" UserId="2526" Text="You will need to install it with a [slipstreamed][1] copy of SP2 which has just been [released][2] &amp; provides support for R2: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Q: Will Windows Server 2008 SP2 and WIndows Server 2008 R2 be supported?&#xD;&#xA; A: Yes, they will be supported on their release&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are just using WSS there is a link in the [blog article][3] for a donwload for Slipstreamed builds. If you are using MOSS you will need to create the slipstream yourself because:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Q: Will there be a MOSS slipstream build?&#xD;&#xA; A: So far there is no plan to create a MOSS slipstream build. Customers can refer to the slipstream guide on TechNet mentioned earlier in the blog to create their own build based on their needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Microsoft guide to create the slipstream for MOSS is [here][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another guide on making a slipstream image/install is [here][5].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Added more details about slipstreaming and MOSS/WSS versions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slipstream_(computing)&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/04/28/announcing-service-pack-2-for-office-sharepoint-server-2007-and-windows-sharepoint-services-3-0.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/04/28/announcing-service-pack-2-for-office-sharepoint-server-2007-and-windows-sharepoint-services-3-0.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261890.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.keirgordon.com/post/Installing-SharePoint-on-Windows-Server-2008-R2.aspx" />
  <row Id="20100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11140" RevisionGUID="efe6a39d-5b90-4413-b8ca-11a93a765f5b" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:31:26.173" UserId="2413" Text="i'm happy user of [ipplan][1] to manage multiple subnets. some of them do use DHCP - mainly networks for workstations, while other have manual configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://iptrack.sourceforge.net" />
  <row Id="20101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11141" RevisionGUID="ef7d234d-ffe2-4e47-b243-c47c2c1ef9ff" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:33:47.510" UserId="2612" Text="Not built in, that's very much the point of Active Directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need an account on each machine which is a member of the Local Administrators group and has a known password, (if you spend the time setting this up once it could be useful later). With that list of usernames and passwords you could script remote installations using Sysinternals' **PSEXEC** for example. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also third party solutions where anagent is installed on each machine, like Microsoft's SMS (now **System Center Configuration Manager**) or the free and open source **OCS Inventory NG**. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20102" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11129" RevisionGUID="053055c6-754a-458d-b89b-1cfa7c7e96ed" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:35:39.503" UserId="1840" Comment="added link" Text="Here are some good pointers for uninstalling pesky .inf files (Microsoft link): [**http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813449**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Something to try if your driver users a .dll would be to unregister the driver's dll: [http://www.xp-vista.com/other/how-to-unregister-dll-files][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's worth a try, just make sure you 'cd' to the directory containing the dll.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813449&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.xp-vista.com/other/how-to-unregister-dll-files&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.xp-vista.com/forums/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/regsvr.thumbnail.JPG" />
  <row Id="20103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11142" RevisionGUID="f0e58976-51d0-4038-b564-1c5c7f18dcbb" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:37:44.913" UserId="1837" Text="With XP running [Virtual PC 2007 SP1][1], 1680x1050 is available in the guest's Display control panel, and full screen mode fills an entire 1680x1050 monitor without scaling. Did you upgrade the VM Additions when you installed SP1? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=28C97D22-6EB8-4A09-A7F7-F6C7A1F000B5&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="20104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11143" RevisionGUID="fa701034-65b7-4b5a-aec8-40749cea9980" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:38:35.893" UserId="3273" Text="&#xD;&#xA;I'm using the rental server which hostingrails.com ,&#xD;&#xA;I operate Rails in FastCGI here,&#xD;&#xA;by the relations that SuExec used, the which was  than 755 seems not to have been able to set permission and considerably fitted in.&#xD;&#xA;(For example, I can't  use with 775)&#xD;&#xA;I used git for development.&#xD;&#xA;I set to 775 and cannot use the thing which I checked out of from git with the server to commit it with 755 in my PC(MacOSX)&#xD;&#xA;Could you Help me?" />
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  <row Id="20106" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11143" RevisionGUID="fa701034-65b7-4b5a-aec8-40749cea9980" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:38:35.893" UserId="3273" Text="&lt;git&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="20107" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11144" RevisionGUID="a18e45c8-4e18-46a0-9faa-4bcaeef6c6ca" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:44:07.037" UserId="2612" Text="&gt; &quot;...a lot of the software out there needs special versions to work with the Windows Server 2008 R2 RC...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you coming up against the 32-bit vs. 64-bit issue? Do you need the large memory (3.5-4GB) support of the 64-bit OS? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your 32-bit software won't run on R2 you may need to start over, with a 32-bit Windows Server 2008 VM, as R2 is the first OS only available as 64-bit.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20108" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11145" RevisionGUID="203fa8fc-0e40-4992-bfcd-72ce6b8c16dc" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:44:09.330" UserId="3273" Text="I had an opportunity to enter the server room. &#xD;&#xA;I imagined it, but after all it was cold environment to work. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think that there are the good balances with power supplies, &#xD;&#xA;but will it be appropriate for the machine to set room temperature to how many degrees?" />
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  <row Id="20110" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11145" RevisionGUID="203fa8fc-0e40-4992-bfcd-72ce6b8c16dc" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:44:09.330" UserId="3273" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;temperature&gt;" />
  <row Id="20111" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11129" RevisionGUID="a6044996-7b35-44e0-9e05-b94ccdcfb8b1" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:45:17.923" UserId="1840" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text=" - Here are some good pointers for uninstalling pesky .inf files (Microsoft link): [**http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813449**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Something to try if your driver uses a .dll would be to unregister the driver's dll: [http://www.xp-vista.com/other/how-to-unregister-dll-files][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; It's worth a try, just make sure you 'cd' to the directory containing the dll.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; ![alt text][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Another useful tool for these kinds of problems is the Change Analysis Diagnostic tool: [**http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924732**][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813449&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.xp-vista.com/other/how-to-unregister-dll-files&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924732&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.xp-vista.com/forums/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/regsvr.thumbnail.JPG" />
  <row Id="20115" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11147" RevisionGUID="1955a3e4-5ffe-4288-a47a-d04de2a59021" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:50:32.187" UserId="1210" Text="My server room is set to 69 degrees.  We have one air conditioning unit that services that room and it runs 24/7 to keep the room at 69 degrees year round." />
  <row Id="20116" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11148" RevisionGUID="e1fe7b90-4a8f-4519-a93b-8ca5f88ba42e" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:50:39.580" UserId="2612" Text="Are you getting this error?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [Window Title] Program Compatibility Assistant&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; [Main Instruction] This program is blocked due to compatibility issues&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; [Expanded Information] You must install Office SharePoint Server 2007 - Please read Microsoft Knowledge Base article: 962935 with the most recent service pack. Office SharePoint Server 2007 - Please read Microsoft Knowledge Base article: 962935 without service packs has a known compatibility issue with this version of Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This question is asked elsewhere on SF, and the missing KB962935 gets a few Google hits. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20117" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11142" RevisionGUID="40446159-1143-4991-a882-869225671b08" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:50:46.260" UserId="1837" Comment="added 81 characters in body" Text="I'm using Virtual PC 2007 SP1 (6.0.210.0) with an XP guest. Right-alt-enter successfully puts the VM into 1680x1050 full screen mode. It appears I got the update to 6.0.210.0 from a [hotfix rollup package (KB958162)][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The resolution is now extended to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2048x1920 (32bit). Virtual PC 2007 SP1&#xD;&#xA;&gt; supported a screen resolution of up to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 1600 x 1200.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that KB958162 also includes a new version of Virtual Machine Additions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1680x1050 is also available in the guest's Display control panel, but selecting it causes a dialog (in the guest) that says &quot;The display control panel is unable to change the display settings. You must have the appropriate administrative rights to change these settings.&quot; After that, 1680x1050 is no longer available. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958162" />
  <row Id="20118" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11148" RevisionGUID="5008aad9-b6dd-4e0e-ac33-cd17bc9984e3" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:56:14.937" UserId="2612" Text="Are you getting this error?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [Window Title] Program Compatibility Assistant&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; [Main Instruction] This program is blocked due to compatibility issues&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; [Expanded Information] You must install Office SharePoint Server 2007 - Please read Microsoft Knowledge Base article: 962935 with the most recent service pack. Office SharePoint Server 2007 - Please read Microsoft Knowledge Base article: 962935 without service packs has a known compatibility issue with this version of Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This question is asked [elsewhere][1], and the article KB962935 seems to be missing. If you have this error then it may be better to start over with a supported server version. There's a workaround ([How to install MOSS 2007 SP2 on Windows 7 RC (build 7100)][2]) that sounds like too much work for your needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/11103/compatability-error-installing-sharepoint-w-sp1-on-windows-2008-r2-rc&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdnrss.thecoderblogs.com/2009/05/08/how-to-install-moss-2007-sp2-on-windows-7-rc-build-7100/" />
  <row Id="20119" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11149" RevisionGUID="bc54b708-f642-4ded-93f7-492427c6188e" CreationDate="2009-05-22T06:57:50.737" UserId="1435" Text="We like ours to be between 19C and 23C with alarms at 28C - we're a 98% HP blade place so in the event of ours getting to that alarm level certain servers/enclosures 'turn their wick down' to lower overall power draw (it's called thermalogic)." />
  <row Id="20121" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11151" RevisionGUID="9a01bdf0-b5b4-45a5-ba27-4b1b83b365fe" CreationDate="2009-05-22T07:00:46.893" UserId="2526" Text="Recommendations on server room temperature vary but most people agree it needs to be atleast a few degrees cooler than 'standard' room temparture of around 23C (74F).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This guide][1] says that:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; General recommendations suggest that you should not go below 10°C (50°F) or above 28°C (82°F). Although this seems a wide range these are the extremes and it is far more common to keep the ambient temperature around 20-21°C (68-71°F). For a variety of reasons this can sometimes be a tall order.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This [discussion][2] on Slashdot has a variety of answers but most of them within the range quoted above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.openxtra.co.uk/articles/recommended-server-room-temperature&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/25/2315218&amp;tid=137" />
  <row Id="20125" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11154" RevisionGUID="c467b640-05e2-4994-b22b-6e0ebd03d47e" CreationDate="2009-05-22T07:13:41.547" UserId="2743" Text="System administration is just programming. A configuration management system lets you see your entire infrastructure as a distributed machine. As a sysadmin, your job is to program this machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Know one text editor. Usually vi for sysadmins, emacs for programmers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Know how to script. Pick a scripting language. Perl is a perennial favourite, as is the shell/sed/awk combo. Ruby and Python can work, but for a lot of things objects are the wrong paradigm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Know how to write readable documentation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Version control. Crucial for maintaining configuration files and audit trails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Learn to think in programming terms. Understand procedural, object oriented and functional programming paradigms. These may never be used, but knowing them makes you infinitely more productive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Learn to use a debugger (or more) and logging.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Learn to use a RDBMS. There are plenty of data processing requirements which can be simplified by using a RDBMS correctly. Even being able to switch to a DBA role on demand can do wonders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Test before deployment. See the test-driven development philosophy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pair programming is good. Have someone else watch over your shoulder to learn/advise/correct.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Learn to at least have a passing familiarity with a bunch of languages. Learn a new language every year." />
  <row Id="20126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11155" RevisionGUID="f908d3b3-6b59-4046-bf61-a2919a62838e" CreationDate="2009-05-22T07:14:26.600" UserId="2299" Text="It might be worth trying Powerstrip (http://entechtaiwan.com/util/ps.shtm). It seems a but of sledgehammer to crack a walnut, but it's a free evaluation so you could see if it works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John Rennie&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20127" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11156" RevisionGUID="508021fd-a97e-4848-a2b5-11f8e47528a3" CreationDate="2009-05-22T07:21:39.580" UserId="45" Text="In a time frame of three of four months from now (fall 2009), I'll have to choose how to natively enable a handful of mac computers to access Exchange Server 2007 (email, contacts, calendar.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I know at the moment there is only one solution: [Microsoft Office 2008][1] for Mac, which includes the Exchange client [Entourage][2] (similar to Outlook for Windows.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Apple announced][3] that the next version of Mac OS X 10.6, a.k.a. &quot;Snow Leopard&quot;, will have built-in support for Exchange 2007:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Microsoft Exchange Support &#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Snow Leopard includes out-of-the-box&#xD;&#xA;&gt; support for Microsoft Exchange 2007&#xD;&#xA;&gt; built into Mail, Address Book, and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; iCal. Mac OS X uses the Exchange Web&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Services protocol to provide access to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Exchange Server 2007. Because Exchange&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is supported on your Mac and iPhone,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you’ll be able to use them anywhere&#xD;&#xA;&gt; with full access to your email,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; contacts, and calendar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does somebody know if these new features could replace the Entourage client? Could there be there some limitations?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Thanks!*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/Office2008/default.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/Entourage2008/default.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.apple.com/macosx/snowleopard/" />
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  <row Id="20129" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11156" RevisionGUID="508021fd-a97e-4848-a2b5-11f8e47528a3" CreationDate="2009-05-22T07:21:39.580" UserId="45" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;osx-10.6&gt;&lt;entour&gt;" />
  <row Id="20130" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10597" RevisionGUID="2b4e3771-1605-4ca9-b1f2-cc40e6c28595" CreationDate="2009-05-22T07:24:57.517" UserId="388" Comment="Edited to add in bk1e and Kara Marfia's points" Text="A list of IP addresses on the LAN will be of limited help, as the issue is there are two machines trying to use the same IP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would suggest that you attempt to find the MAC addresses of the two machines that are clashing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What device logged the IP address conflict? Was it a server, router etc? Some platforms (Solaris, BSD) will log the MAC address of the offending host along with the error message. If the IP in question is within one of your DHCP pools, it's also worth checking your DHCP server's logs for the MAC address it's attempting to assign that IP to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Failing that, I would recommend logging on to the default router of the subnet that this problem is occurring on, and monitoring the ARP table. There should be one IP address that flips between multiple MAC addresses; again, those two MAC addresses represent the devices you are interested in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have the MAC addresses of the two devices, you should be able to tie them to specific switch ports. [This question][1] provides more information on how to do that. You can also use an [OUI lookup tool][2] to help identify the manufacturer of each device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10573/is-it-possible-to-match-an-internal-ip-address-to-a-switch-port&#xD;&#xA;[2]: http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/index.shtml" />
  <row Id="20131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11157" RevisionGUID="ef29babf-3b37-4177-9da3-f94a1f933073" CreationDate="2009-05-22T07:26:04.907" UserId="919" Text="Google's [datacenter best practices][1] recommends 80 degrees. We run at 72, but then again I don't exactly trust our own room was designed with airflow in mind. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/corporate/green/datacenters/best-practices.html" />
  <row Id="20132" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11158" RevisionGUID="dba1c909-04fa-4ca5-ba44-2e908248040c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T07:26:34.547" UserId="2299" Text="Many, many years ago (Windows NT 3.1 in fact) I started out as a programmer specialising in writing services and even the occasional device driver. This means you get to know the Windows kernel very well. In time I got a bit bored with the programming and switched to network management. I've found my background in programming has been immensley valuable over and over again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not just that writing VBScript scripts is relatively painless. Knowing how the guts of Windows works, and particularly how IP works, helps greatly with detangling odd server and network problems. Also it's a mindset. Programmers are used to documentation and version control, and it horrifies me me to see how many Windows admins will just try something to see if it works and worry about untangling the mess afterwards.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All very well, but it isn't very useful advice to say go away and work as a programmer for ten years! However I think it would help most sysadmins to have some experience of programming in a &quot;hard&quot; language like C++ or C#. And if you have tame programmers in your organisation go drinking with them!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John Rennie&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20133" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10847" RevisionGUID="574314db-80e5-40e1-8efa-864affb163fe" CreationDate="2009-05-22T07:27:52.750" UserId="575" Comment="Updated to mention triggering" Text="I need to sync a number of IIS6 webservers in a farm. I currently use [ViceVersa](http://www.tgrmn.com/) (with the VVEngine service) which does a good job of keeping files in sync but I'd like to move to the Microsoft [web deployment tool (msdeploy)](http://www.iis.net/extensions/webdeploymenttool). That way, the configuration stays in sync too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, the question is how do you schedule/trigger the synchronization?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Do you use the Windows scheduler?&#xD;&#xA;- Is there something built in to the web deployment tool service that I've missed?&#xD;&#xA;- Something else?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally, the synchronization would be triggered by a change on the primary webserver." />
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  <row Id="20135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11159" RevisionGUID="075a32e6-af97-4478-a856-40887f326f4e" CreationDate="2009-05-22T07:31:00.157" UserId="2299" Text="Can you image the target partition and restore it onto another PC as a single boot OS? Then you can convert it without the complications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But is this really necessary? In my limited playing with MS SCVMM I'm sure it converts partitions rather than physical disks. If fact I think it converts each partition to a separate vhd file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John Rennie&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20137" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11156" RevisionGUID="af6fdf9e-5afb-4e14-807b-eb40919a4e80" CreationDate="2009-05-22T07:39:17.800" UserId="45" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;osx-10.6&gt;&lt;entourage&gt;" />
  <row Id="20138" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11161" RevisionGUID="53cf681f-b86c-4497-adb9-d55d9284be84" CreationDate="2009-05-22T07:45:47.787" UserId="2299" Text="If you're comfortable with VBScript it's not hard to write a script that searches for files. This approach can be time consuming compared to using built in tools, but it allows great flexibility because you can tweak the script to use whatever criteria you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How about something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ' **********************************************************************&#xD;&#xA;    ' FindAllFiles.vbs&#xD;&#xA;    ' ================&#xD;&#xA;    ' Demo file find script&#xD;&#xA;    ' **********************************************************************&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    option explicit&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    const top_folder_name = &quot;C:\temp&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    dim fso, top_folder&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    set fso = CreateObject(&quot;Scripting.FileSystemObject&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    wl &quot;Searching for folders in &quot; &amp; top_folder_name&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    set top_folder = fso.GetFolder(top_folder_name)&#xD;&#xA;    FindAllFiles top_folder&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' *** Finished&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    wscript.quit 0&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' **********************************************************************&#xD;&#xA;    ' FindAllFiles&#xD;&#xA;    ' ------------&#xD;&#xA;    ' **********************************************************************&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    sub FindAllFiles(faf_Folder)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      dim cur_folder, cur_file&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' *** Check all subfolders of the current folder&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      for each cur_folder in faf_Folder.SubFolders&#xD;&#xA;        FindAllFiles cur_folder&#xD;&#xA;      next&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' *** Now get all files in this folder&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      for each cur_file in faf_Folder.Files&#xD;&#xA;    ' Do your checks on name, date, attributes or whatever here&#xD;&#xA;        wl cur_file.Path &amp; &quot;\&quot; &amp; cur_file.Name&#xD;&#xA;      next&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' *** All finished&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    end sub&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' **********************************************************************&#xD;&#xA;    ' wl&#xD;&#xA;    ' --&#xD;&#xA;    ' **********************************************************************&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    sub wl(s)&#xD;&#xA;      wscript.echo s&#xD;&#xA;    end sub&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John Rennie&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="20145" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11155" RevisionGUID="05941a96-6e4e-434d-85ea-3703edc25e65" CreationDate="2009-05-22T08:05:35.030" UserId="2299" Comment="edited body" Text="It might be worth trying Powerstrip (http://entechtaiwan.com/util/ps.shtm). It seems a bit of sledgehammer to crack a walnut, but it's a free evaluation so you could see if it works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John Rennie&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20146" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11164" RevisionGUID="094bd287-6562-4cca-8b15-aa676a66b61f" CreationDate="2009-05-22T08:07:15.183" UserId="45" Text="See this article/tutorial which explains how to enable login auditing in SQL Server 2000 and 2005:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Who is logging in as the sa login in SQL Server?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The native audit level configuration&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is a simple configuration that can&#xD;&#xA;&gt; help to determine if the sa login is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; used in the SQL Server instance.  What&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this configuration does is records all&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of the successful (or failed or both)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; logins into a particular SQL Server&#xD;&#xA;&gt; instance.  You will not know the host&#xD;&#xA;&gt; name, application, etc.  However, this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; configuration will enable you to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; determine if the sa login is being&#xD;&#xA;&gt; used in the first place.  Once you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; have this information, then you can&#xD;&#xA;&gt; dig deeper with SQL Server Profiler&#xD;&#xA;&gt; outlined below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mssqltips.com/tip.asp?tip=1214" />
  <row Id="20147" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11164" RevisionGUID="36a1301d-7e58-41a3-8a45-143ca834e66d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T08:16:10.003" UserId="45" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="See this article/tutorial which explains how to enable login auditing in SQL Server 2000 and 2005:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Who is logging in as the sa login in SQL Server?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The native audit level configuration&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is a simple configuration that can&#xD;&#xA;&gt; help to determine if the sa login is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; used in the SQL Server instance.  What&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this configuration does is records all&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of the successful (or failed or both)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; logins into a particular SQL Server&#xD;&#xA;&gt; instance.  You will not know the host&#xD;&#xA;&gt; name, application, etc.  However, this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; configuration will enable you to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; determine if the sa login is being&#xD;&#xA;&gt; used in the first place.  Once you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; have this information, then you can&#xD;&#xA;&gt; dig deeper with **SQL Server Profiler**&#xD;&#xA;&gt; outlined below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For SQL Server 2008 there is a [new feature &quot;SQL Server Audit&quot;][2]. The following article explains how to autid logins including example scripts: [SQL Server Audit in SQL Server 2008][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mssqltips.com/tip.asp?tip=1214&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd392015.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mssql/article.php/3751161/SQL-Server-Audit-in-SQL-Server-2008--Part-1.htm" />
  <row Id="20148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11165" RevisionGUID="b62bb6bc-27d3-4495-95e6-16e9033225ef" CreationDate="2009-05-22T08:19:19.090" UserId="2299" Text="Has anyone experience of running SBS 2008 Standard (so no SQL) on low spec hardware? In particular I'm concerned about the disk system, since CPU and memory are cheap these days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a number of customers running SBS 2003 on Poweredge 840s with a SAS5/i RAID controller (no battery so write-thru not write-back) and two 146GB disks as a RAID1. For a 5 user network this is more than adequate, but SBS 2008 seems considerably more demanding and the SAS5/i is a fairly basic controller. However using a Perc5/i and a three or four disk RAID5 adds a lot to the cost and our small customers are likely to baulk at the cost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone used SBS 2008 on hardware like this? Is the SAS5/i and 146GB of disk space adequate?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John Rennie&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20149" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11165" RevisionGUID="b62bb6bc-27d3-4495-95e6-16e9033225ef" CreationDate="2009-05-22T08:19:19.090" UserId="2299" Text="Entry level hardware for SBS 2008 Standard" />
  <row Id="20150" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11165" RevisionGUID="b62bb6bc-27d3-4495-95e6-16e9033225ef" CreationDate="2009-05-22T08:19:19.090" UserId="2299" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="20151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11166" RevisionGUID="436655b9-6686-498f-a50d-fa331fe2d083" CreationDate="2009-05-22T08:23:38.317" UserId="3274" Text="Using a *nix box (assuming you have already aircracked your way to wireless), you can use a set of utils called dsniff, then the arpspoof command to make the lan hosts think your machine is the gateway (it sends out ARP X.X.X.X is here AAAA:BBBB:CCCC responses to the network, fooling to hosts into inserting your machine into their arp caches), from there you can intercept/redirect/mirror any connection attempt, i.e. a request to google can be redirected using iptables/ipfw to your local apache server for further mischief. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;make sure you have [ gateway_enable=&quot;YES&quot; ] for freebsd set in your rc.conf, or [ echo &quot;1&quot; &gt; /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward ] for debian (may be true for other linux distro's) , so your machine will route the packets out to the real gateway after its done having fun with them.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20152" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11167" RevisionGUID="326774d9-9331-4f3f-919b-1510d5ea5ccc" CreationDate="2009-05-22T08:30:22.673" UserId="919" Text=" - **Version Control**. Be able to generate, read and apply patches. Know how to use a version control system that presents repository wide versions. Know how to write descriptive changelogs. Know how to search a repository's logs for keywords and time frames.&#xD;&#xA; - **Scripting**. Do something once and be on your way. Do it twice or more, write a script. &#xD;&#xA; - **Debugging**. Know how to read a stack trace and how to report relevant errors to your software support contact. Finding the error is nice and helpful, but knowing how to fix it can take a lot of investment reading the code.&#xD;&#xA; - **Testing**. Monitor continuously and log errors. Used in conjunction with version control and testing, you have a strong idea of what may have gone wrong when and what changed around then. Monitor both production and preproduction. &#xD;&#xA; - **Peer Review**. Propose and review changes to production systems. Test on preproduction, determine exactly what needs to be done and record what services may be affected for how long. Don't let Change Management degrade into political battles of beurocratic power.&#xD;&#xA; - **Study Cryptography**. A modern system administrator is in charge of network resources; adding security as a final step is somewhere between impossible and a very expensive proposition. Understanding public key cryptography, password handling practices, and encryption in general will be extremely valuable. " />
  <row Id="20153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11168" RevisionGUID="96908866-4828-4573-9846-b882b372ab77" CreationDate="2009-05-22T08:44:34.780" UserId="48" Text="If you want full contact and calendar support at the moment, your only choice is entourage, or to use Outlook Web Access. You can use the native Mac mail client to collect mail from the Exchange server (POP or IMAP), but that's about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as Snow Leopard support goes, from what I have seen this should bring in the functionality of calendaring, contacts but bear in mind that these will be delivered through separate applications, mail, iCal and contacts, so if you want them all in a single application space you will most likely still need Entourage. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other option of course is to run Outlook via Fusion or Parallels." />
  <row Id="20154" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11169" RevisionGUID="20e588de-535e-4c16-bbef-56e97e93d58f" CreationDate="2009-05-22T08:46:17.837" UserId="48" Text="No, remote wiping is currently restricted to Mobile Devices that run activesync clients and connect to an Exchange Server." />
  <row Id="20155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11170" RevisionGUID="3c9c96be-c0a4-495f-ba53-b668aea04df2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T08:47:12.950" UserId="2937" Text="It's not something simple like a typo is it? Should this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &gt; `#!/bin/`**`h`**`ash`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Really be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &gt; `#!/bin/`**`b`**`ash`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Just like CK said in comment, now that I look)" />
  <row Id="20156" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11171" RevisionGUID="ea8ed3da-ffab-480e-855b-c6cd220c51ca" CreationDate="2009-05-22T08:51:52.003" UserId="3274" Text="Well I cant say I have had much experience with any of the closed source solutions, but for my network I used seomthing called rancid, it's very nice and flexible, runs on a CVS repo for catalogging changes and emailing diffs, for SNMP and Avalability I use Cacti and MRTG as well as Nagios, each is administrative nightmare to set up correctly and tune for your infrastructure but well worth it in the end. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also a nice plugin for Cacti/MRTG (havent tried with MRTG) called network weathermap, its a map of your network with links represented as variable colour pipes, they change colouyr based on utilization. (yes very cool :D)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For log management have a look at splunk, I am in the process of implementing it at the moment." />
  <row Id="20157" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11143" RevisionGUID="a579ea47-434a-44cf-99c2-550675d7f55c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T08:58:54.940" UserId="48" Comment="Edit to make more sense" Text="I'm using a rental server from hostingrails.com ,&#xD;&#xA;I operate Rails in FastCGI here, by the permissions that SuExec used, which were 755 it seems not to have been able to set permission.(For example, I can't  use with 775)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used git for development.&#xD;&#xA;I set it to 775 and cannot use the thing which I checked out of from git with the server to commit it with 755 in my PC(MacOSX)&#xD;&#xA;Could you Help me?" />
  <row Id="20159" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11173" RevisionGUID="af2dbf4b-a647-46d4-950b-e8f16b92c914" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:03:00.453" UserId="1447" Text="A 4-disk RAID-5 is unlikely to add much - even with all the services in use a small business is probably won't generate much disk traffic.  Just make sure the machine has enough memory for all of the services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20160" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11174" RevisionGUID="52b9cdef-1f80-4c90-9f75-435e7a7ae192" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:04:14.727" UserId="1447" Text="Change the password and see who screams.  They should not have an application logging into the system as SA anyway." />
  <row Id="20162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11176" RevisionGUID="cad472dd-62d6-4771-9c25-0e3b4762fa00" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:09:02.173" UserId="3344" Text="See a discussion here, maybe that can help:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://blog.endpoint.com/2009/05/competitors-to-bucardo-version-1.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Competitors to Bucardo Version One, found lower down on the page:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.planetpostgresql.org/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20163" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11177" RevisionGUID="fd0b9a83-c9fa-48c2-ab1a-60208d24e8cd" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:15:16.153" UserId="1108" Text="I think the short answer is no one knows. (Unless you work for Apple.) We don't know when Snow Leopard will be released. We don't know how stable the 10.6.0 will be. We don't know exactly what features it will have or how complete an implementation of ActiveSync it will have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have to make a decision right now your only sensible option is Entourage. Wait a couple of weeks and check out the keynote at WWDC and you might have more to go on." />
  <row Id="20164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11178" RevisionGUID="ecca7458-5a2e-4eb8-a4d1-c018dfa46519" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:16:45.200" UserId="3341" Text="All server rooms I've seen usually are between 20°C and 25°C but from experience I've noticed hardware is more sensitive to variations more than a given temperature.&#xD;&#xA;I've often seen hardware fail after a bump of, say 4-5°C, even if it is from 20 to 25.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So stability is a key, as well as air flow of course." />
  <row Id="20165" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11141" RevisionGUID="1f196db2-693d-4ff9-8eba-fb87f3709894" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:17:53.917" UserId="2612" Comment="Spelling" Text="Not built in, that's very much the point of Active Directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need an account on each machine which is a member of the Local Administrators group and has a known password, (if you spend the time setting this up once it could be useful later). With that list of usernames and passwords you could script remote installations using Sysinternals' **PSEXEC** for example. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also third party solutions where an agent is installed on each machine, like Microsoft's SMS (now **System Center Configuration Manager**) or the free and open source **OCS Inventory NG**. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20166" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11171" RevisionGUID="1caf335a-de0b-4bf1-ac7a-8196c0f064fd" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:20:29.827" UserId="3274" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="Well I cant say I have had much experience with any of the closed source solutions, but for my network I used seomthing called rancid, it's very nice and flexible, runs on a CVS repo for catalogging changes and emailing diffs, for SNMP and Avalability I use Cacti and MRTG as well as Nagios, each is administrative nightmare to set up correctly and tune for your infrastructure but well worth it in the end. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also a nice plugin for Cacti/MRTG (havent tried with MRTG) called network weathermap, its a map of your network with links represented as variable colour pipes, they change colour based on utilization. (yes very cool :D)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For log management have a look at splunk, I am in the process of implementing it at the moment." />
  <row Id="20167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11179" RevisionGUID="370e18c2-b4e5-4c89-a0de-19aa64fa0677" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:20:42.510" UserId="1840" Text="**00000001 + 00000001 = 00000011**  ![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Misconceptions about Networking*&lt;/h1&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Time to fess-up!... 'at some point' you thought you knew something, and it ended up not being correct, or not entirely correct due to a misconception about the subject.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Let's build a good list of popular misconceptions novice AND even some seasoned IT administrators have, explicitly about Networking.  My hope is to build a very useful brain-dump to serve as a good resource for the members of this community.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll start with an extremely obvious example &lt;i&gt;(items with the most votes up will be on top)&lt;/i&gt;**:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;h3&gt;All addresses beginning with 169 come from the APIPA failover system&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; Only 169.254.0.0/16 is reserved for the APIPA assignation when the OS can't find an assigned address for a network interface ([read:rfc3927][2]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;*****&lt;i&gt;Not to be mistaken with [&quot;Mistakes made by sysadmins&quot;][3]&lt;/i&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://locobox.googlepages.com/red_x_round.png&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3927.txt&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6844/common-mistakes-made-by-system-administrators-and-how-can-we-avoid-them" />
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  <row Id="20171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11180" RevisionGUID="bc52ca8d-3605-421b-a942-6a8f3b009c28" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:23:01.363" UserId="213" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have an app that does not uninstall. It requires the installer file to uninstall, but I can't find it. So, how can I force the uninstallation of an application?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you" />
  <row Id="20172" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11180" RevisionGUID="bc52ca8d-3605-421b-a942-6a8f3b009c28" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:23:01.363" UserId="213" Text="Force uninstall" />
  <row Id="20173" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11180" RevisionGUID="bc52ca8d-3605-421b-a942-6a8f3b009c28" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:23:01.363" UserId="213" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="20174" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11181" RevisionGUID="3fbfa8f5-e083-4a09-8c92-a869870c49b9" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:28:31.837" UserId="1840" Text="It would help greatly if you told us the app name and what windows flavor you're using.  Usually if you have old files and reg settings that need to be cleared-out [**ccleaner**][1] (freeware) does the trick.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've also heard good things about [**Revo Uninstaller**][2] (freeware)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ccleaner.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.revouninstaller.com/index.html" />
  <row Id="20175" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8540" RevisionGUID="a97bcffd-1c0c-4376-be48-d18550d39ac2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:33:30.377" UserId="2153" Comment="right command" Text="I have a computer which was unexpectedly shut down during a distribution upgrade (Ubuntu 8.10 -&gt; 9.04).  It now won't finish booting - various X errors, then it goes to the login screen but won't allow logins.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a backup of it and the /home data is all still OK on the drive so it's no emergancy, but a complete rebuild is still an annoying and time consuming process.  Is there any way to recover from this?  I have a 9.04 CD, I was debating trying installing over the top - is that a good idea?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Failing that, is there any good way of inspecting the drive and generating a list of software installed, and preferably even the setttings from outside /home (like /etc)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I've got to start again from scratch, any recommendations for dealing with the person responsible for the unexpected shutdown? :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Thank you very much for all the answers,  I really need to accept all the answers as I needed to use bits from each.  I was able to fully repair the install using something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo dpkg --configure -a&#xD;&#xA;    sudo apt-get update&#xD;&#xA;    sudo dpkg --configure -a&#xD;&#xA;    sudo dpkg --configure -a --abort-after=99999&#xD;&#xA;    sudo apt-get dist-upgrade&#xD;&#xA;    sudo apt-get -f install&#xD;&#xA;    sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" />
  <row Id="20176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11182" RevisionGUID="73cd84f6-c71e-405d-b50d-9e4f69bbbb43" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:33:56.523" UserId="48" Text="Firstly it really does depend what application it is, some apps like Norton have an application you can download to remove the application, so its worth checking that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that doesn't work then the apps that l0c0b0x suggested will often fix this problem for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally if that doesn't work, you will need to manually remove the files for the application and then manually remove their entrys from the registry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Usually warning that editing your registry can break your PC, always backup beforehand**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The three most common places for applicaiton data to be stored are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE. &#xD;&#xA; - HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE. &#xD;&#xA; - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ CURRENTCONTROLSET\SERVICES&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20177" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10991" RevisionGUID="c033a61e-c751-4983-9dca-059f9ce54725" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:35:01.433" UserId="2413" Comment="added 11 characters in body" Text="answer to your question depends on the netmask. in general statement 'IP addresses ending in .0 or .255 is invalid' is false. take 10.0.1.0/23 - it's valid ip address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;also 10.6.43.0/255.255.252.0 aka 10.6.43.0/22 is valid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;that was the theory. most reasonable network devices [ including linux servers, windows boxes, cisco / hp / etc ] will work fine with such address, but i've seen dlink and other low-end network appliance [ routers, access points ] not accepting such addresses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11183" RevisionGUID="0dc98943-c0c7-4fe5-8027-6e710d7fd74e" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:38:17.480" UserId="2413" Text="some people have religious believes about allowed and not allowed ip addresses.&#xD;&#xA;yesterday i saw in one of answer [here][1] that 'IP addresses ending in .0 or .255 is invalid' which is plain wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;some people still think that we have A, B, C - sized subnets only, while CIDR was ruling the world for quite a while. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;some claim that disabling icmp responses will make my workstation invisible in it's lan segment, which is not true - you can still send arp requests and in most cases machine will send arp response although it has IP level firewall running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;some say private subnets - 192.168.0.0/16 or 10.0.0.0/8 are 'not routable' - which is plain wrong again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;on the funny side: some still think that [&quot;The Internet is a Series of Tubes&quot;][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10985/is-x-y-z-0-a-valid-i-p-address/10991&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_of_tubes" />
  <row Id="20179" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11183" RevisionGUID="0dc98943-c0c7-4fe5-8027-6e710d7fd74e" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:38:17.480" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20183" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11185" RevisionGUID="d635d250-dd2f-4fbf-9d50-14cdfaeffe5c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:38:50.070" UserId="44255" Text="If I move a folder (to temporarily stop people running programs in that folder), the desktop shortcuts they use to access those programs sometimes follow the folder. Is there any way to stop this behaviour? " />
  <row Id="20184" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11185" RevisionGUID="d635d250-dd2f-4fbf-9d50-14cdfaeffe5c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:38:50.070" UserId="44255" Text="How do I stop shortcuts following moved folders on Windows Server" />
  <row Id="20185" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11185" RevisionGUID="d635d250-dd2f-4fbf-9d50-14cdfaeffe5c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:38:50.070" UserId="44255" Text="&lt;shortcut&gt;&lt;folders&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="20186" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11186" RevisionGUID="3024f7bf-07bc-4da4-8794-a8d4eabf9219" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:42:52.370" UserId="3311" Text="In windows 2008 we can  have multiple Hyper-V instances on the same physical machine. Generally that machine has only 1 network interface. (I assume 1 card with 1 MAC Address). Then how do the Hyper-V machines get identical IP Addresses? Does the Network adapter need to support any special features?" />
  <row Id="20187" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11186" RevisionGUID="3024f7bf-07bc-4da4-8794-a8d4eabf9219" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:42:52.370" UserId="3311" Text="How do the Hyper-V machines get identical IPs even the physical machine has only 1 Network interface?" />
  <row Id="20188" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11186" RevisionGUID="3024f7bf-07bc-4da4-8794-a8d4eabf9219" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:42:52.370" UserId="3311" Text="&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="20189" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11187" RevisionGUID="43267491-2f0d-4966-985e-cb002c69159c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:42:59.000" UserId="44255" Text="One simple way is to re-download the application, reinstall the program, and then uninstall it. " />
  <row Id="20190" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11188" RevisionGUID="6a22e70b-9019-4473-b015-4c921128337e" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:44:29.263" UserId="3311" Text="I haven't seen such a behaviour. If so First make a copy then delete the original instead of moving it. :)" />
  <row Id="20191" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11185" RevisionGUID="a79a63c2-01a2-4f79-b2ac-8b4f6020ce9f" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:46:22.737" UserId="44255" Text="If I move a folder (to temporarily stop people running programs in that folder), the desktop shortcuts they use to access those programs sometimes follow the folder. Is there any way to stop this behaviour? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is on Windows machines. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To duplicate the behaviour...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Create a text file on your desktop. &#xD;&#xA; 2. Create a shortcut to that file. &#xD;&#xA; 3. Rename the original file. &#xD;&#xA; 4. Double-click the shortcut. " />
  <row Id="20192" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11183" RevisionGUID="e0b942cf-1038-4390-bb5e-e0f40a8bae32" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:46:50.287" UserId="2413" Comment="added 254 characters in body" Text="some people have religious believes about allowed and not allowed ip addresses.&#xD;&#xA;yesterday i saw in one of answer [here][1] that 'IP addresses ending in .0 or .255 is invalid' which is plain wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;other still think that we have A, B, C - sized subnets only, while CIDR was ruling the world for quite a while. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;some claim that disabling icmp responses will make my workstation invisible in it's lan segment, which is not true - you can still send arp requests and in most cases machine will send arp response although it has IP level firewall running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;other say private subnets - 192.168.0.0/16 or 10.0.0.0/8 are 'not routable' - which is plain wrong again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;people get really surprised when they learn how upload saturation affects their download speeds. this is very much depends on queuing algorithms on both ends of bottle neck, but in case of typical adsl connections upload can significantly affect download.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;on the funny side: some still think that [&quot;The Internet is a Series of Tubes&quot;][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10985/is-x-y-z-0-a-valid-i-p-address/10991&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_of_tubes" />
  <row Id="20193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11189" RevisionGUID="10a1a232-050f-4a88-9949-c97c7320a90d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:48:17.117" UserId="1840" Text="**How do I re-scan my drive so my 'search utilities' are able to find a new file on my system?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm having a tough time googling **HOW TOs** for launching an index/scan command to any of this applications.  I mostly use: 'find' and 'locate', but thought it would be a good idea to know about other search apps and their index/scan commands &lt;i&gt;**(Sorry, don't know what to best call it: index or scan for scanning new files on the system)**&lt;/i&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **My problem:** I install or download a new file to the system but don't know where.&#xD;&#xA; - **My Need:** To scan my drive (preferably by folder, but i'm willing to live with a full scan)&#xD;&#xA; - **My OS:** Linux Debian (Lenny)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you!" />
  <row Id="20194" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11189" RevisionGUID="10a1a232-050f-4a88-9949-c97c7320a90d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:48:17.117" UserId="1840" Text="[Linux] Locate, Find, Which - How do I launch an index/scan command for these utilities? " />
  <row Id="20195" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11189" RevisionGUID="10a1a232-050f-4a88-9949-c97c7320a90d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:48:17.117" UserId="1840" Text="&lt;search&gt;&lt;index&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;find&gt;" />
  <row Id="20196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11190" RevisionGUID="67407462-5978-4571-97a5-8862551a319f" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:50:59.030" UserId="1435" Text="How about the misconception that you can divide a link's bandwidth (in bits/ps) by 8 to accurately model how many bytes it will transit. I always bank on 75% (max) of eight-tenths of the link speed (i.e. for a 10Gbps link I bank on 600MBps max)." />
  <row Id="20197" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11190" RevisionGUID="67407462-5978-4571-97a5-8862551a319f" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:50:59.030" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20198" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11191" RevisionGUID="7e930bfa-990d-4d0f-af85-faeb3a5b11d4" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:51:26.767" UserId="3311" Text="If you just want to view the headers.. (Not programatically) just use [live http headers][1] plugin for mozilla firefox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3829" />
  <row Id="20199" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11192" RevisionGUID="41d22225-12a5-4554-811f-80791063f839" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:52:03.397" UserId="2413" Text="try &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    updatedb -v&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ -v to be sure it actually works ;-] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i also use sometimes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cd /whatever/is/the/path&#xD;&#xA;    find .|grep -i somePatternMatchingWhatIneed&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20200" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11193" RevisionGUID="c8eafe40-a038-4d42-8a55-74243dd88908" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:54:58.413" UserId="3311" Text="Use the Find command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some examples and syntax documents. Unfortunately I cant add hyperlinks yet :(&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ht3p://linux.about.com/od/commands/a/blcmdl1_findx.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ht3p://linux.about.com/od/commands/l/blcmdl1_find.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20201" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11182" RevisionGUID="1427e487-5bc2-4fff-b68f-c47f1759a2b2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:55:23.873" UserId="48" Comment="added 170 characters in body" Text="Firstly it really does depend what application it is, some apps like Norton have an application you can download to remove the application, so its worth checking that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that doesn't work then the apps that l0c0b0x suggested will often fix this problem for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally if that doesn't work, you will need to manually remove the files for the application and then manually remove their entrys from the registry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Usually warning that editing your registry can break your PC, always backup beforehand**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The three most common places for applicaiton data to be stored are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE. &#xD;&#xA; - HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE. &#xD;&#xA; - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ CURRENTCONTROLSET\SERVICES&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-EDIT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As SeanyBoy points out, the uninstaller for Norton can be found [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://service1.symantec.com/Support/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039" />
  <row Id="20202" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11194" RevisionGUID="53d9858c-61fb-49f0-8aa4-6d300267ba54" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:56:35.900" UserId="2456" Text="Don't bother with the extra expense of the Perc and RAID5 in this situation.  Stick to RAID1 in this case as it gives you good data protection at a better price point.  Rather spend some of the extra money on memory to ensure that the services that you want to run are not impacting performance." />
  <row Id="20203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11195" RevisionGUID="c057ac54-6a57-4784-a6f6-265291bcd1a2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:57:12.637" UserId="3347" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like my openSuse 11.1 server to run a small shell script on startup. I've created a the script and put a symbolic link to the script in /etc/init.d/rc5.d/. Yet, the script does not get executed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the script I am trying to run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    #monitor RAID array&#xD;&#xA;    /sbin/mdadm --monitor --daemonize --mail=adrian@linuxplug.fli4l /dev/md0 /dev/md1 /dev/md2 /dev/md3&#xD;&#xA;    #start SVN server&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/bin/svnserve -d&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The script works fine when I run it myself from the command line (svn server and mdadm are daemonized as expected). But it does not seem to be started when rebooting the server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This might help you figure out what I am doing wrong:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    linuxplug:~ # ls -l /etc/init.d/rc5.d/exe*&#xD;&#xA;    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 May 22 11:43 /etc/init.d/rc5.d/executeatstartup.sh -&gt; /root/executeatstartup.sh&#xD;&#xA;    linuxplug:~ # ls -l /root/executeatstartup.sh&#xD;&#xA;    -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 172 Apr 12 13:43 /root/executeatstartup.sh&#xD;&#xA;    linuxplug:~ # which svnserve&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/bin/svnserve&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What am I doing wrong? " />
  <row Id="20204" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11195" RevisionGUID="c057ac54-6a57-4784-a6f6-265291bcd1a2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:57:12.637" UserId="3347" Text="Why isn't my shell script executing on startup" />
  <row Id="20205" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11195" RevisionGUID="c057ac54-6a57-4784-a6f6-265291bcd1a2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:57:12.637" UserId="3347" Text="&lt;opensuse&gt;&lt;boot&gt;&lt;bash&gt;&lt;rc.d&gt;" />
  <row Id="20206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11196" RevisionGUID="22215b45-f06a-4415-9480-d1796aa88e84" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:59:43.087" UserId="2620" Text="there is a service called distributed link tracking service" />
  <row Id="20207" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11197" RevisionGUID="7dc79dac-d5a4-4248-9efc-43bdec23bb93" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:00:25.143" UserId="1810" Text="you should have your link named S99something, where S stands for starting, and 99 stands for the order in which the scripts in that directory are started. see the other link in that directory...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Besides: you may want to rework the script to honour start / stop arguments, and add a K99something symlink to make sure the services are properly stop when leaving this run level." />
  <row Id="20208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11198" RevisionGUID="078f91ea-fbcd-4d02-bbba-f588db87d46f" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:02:32.860" UserId="1192" Text="I'm looking for some info about the hdparm.conf file in Ubuntu (Jaunty). I have added some settings in there and would like to &quot;run&quot; them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. How can I execute the hdparm.conf file from the command line?&#xD;&#xA;2. What start-up script in Ubuntu restores the hdparm.conf settings during boot?" />
  <row Id="20209" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11198" RevisionGUID="078f91ea-fbcd-4d02-bbba-f588db87d46f" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:02:32.860" UserId="1192" Text="Where Does Ubuntu Execute Hdparm.conf Settings" />
  <row Id="20210" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11198" RevisionGUID="078f91ea-fbcd-4d02-bbba-f588db87d46f" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:02:32.860" UserId="1192" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;hdparm&gt;" />
  <row Id="20211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11199" RevisionGUID="5cd8cb12-0a0a-458a-8d91-2d2d0c171847" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:07:10.807" UserId="48" Text="Hyper-V machines will not get the same IP, they will get a different IP to the host. This works on a single NIC because it allocates multiple IP's to the Hosts NIC and then Hyper-V forwards requests for a specific IP to the correct guest." />
  <row Id="20212" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11200" RevisionGUID="70bd2d8c-c846-4329-af71-d1610b96450b" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:08:39.963" UserDisplayName="craigmarch" Text="Try to establish the point in the logon process there is a delay. I would search the Brian Madden website for an article called Troubleshooting Slow Citrix and Terminal Server Logons. I would link to the site but am not allowed as a new user...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Note:** If profile bloat is the problem, then you will see a delay whilst 'Loading personal settings' is displayed on screen.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20213" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11200" RevisionGUID="70bd2d8c-c846-4329-af71-d1610b96450b" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:08:39.963" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20214" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11201" RevisionGUID="84764cdd-c69e-4f87-b32a-999a6543d1e5" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:17:07.387" UserId="3349" Text="I've got a SQL2005 database that has been built using a different collation from the one one our servers.  I'm getting this error whenever I try and run the site:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Exception message: Cannot resolve the collation conflict between &quot;Latin1_General_CI_AS&quot; and &quot;SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS&quot; in the equal to operation &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know of anyway I can fix the error without having to rebuild the database ?" />
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  <row Id="20216" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11201" RevisionGUID="84764cdd-c69e-4f87-b32a-999a6543d1e5" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:17:07.387" UserId="3349" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="20217" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11195" RevisionGUID="3cfb2da3-b7e3-4992-9031-36bf7c736b12" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:19:31.407" UserId="3347" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like my openSuse 11.1 server to run a small shell script on startup. I've created a the script and put a symbolic link to the script in /etc/init.d/rc5.d/. Yet, the script does not get executed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the script I am trying to run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    #monitor RAID array&#xD;&#xA;    /sbin/mdadm --monitor --daemonize --mail=adrian@linuxplug.fli4l /dev/md0 /dev/md1 /dev/md2 /dev/md3&#xD;&#xA;    #start SVN server&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/bin/svnserve -d&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The script works fine when I run it myself from the command line (svn server and mdadm are daemonized as expected). But it does not seem to be started when rebooting the server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This might help you figure out what I am doing wrong:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    linuxplug:~ # ls -l /etc/init.d/rc5.d/exe*&#xD;&#xA;    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 May 22 11:43 /etc/init.d/rc5.d/executeatstartup.sh -&gt; /root/executeatstartup.sh&#xD;&#xA;    linuxplug:~ # ls -l /root/executeatstartup.sh&#xD;&#xA;    -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 172 Apr 12 13:43 /root/executeatstartup.sh&#xD;&#xA;    linuxplug:~ # which svnserve&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/bin/svnserve&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What am I doing wrong? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** I've renamed the link to the shell script as follows: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    linuxplug:~ # ls -l /etc/init.d/rc5.d/    &#xD;&#xA;    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 May 22 12:03 S99executeatstartup -&gt; /root/executeatsta&#xD;&#xA;        rtup.sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, the script still isn't run on startup.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20218" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11196" RevisionGUID="bc25d406-c55c-4f67-bc77-843294cd16a7" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:21:46.347" UserId="2620" Comment="added 67 characters in body" Text="there is a service called distributed link tracking server and client wich are responsible for the behaviour you are observing" />
  <row Id="20219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11202" RevisionGUID="e4e596b2-267f-4413-8128-cac6d03adbe0" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:23:52.320" UserId="1237" Text="How can you disable TeamViewer from using/reserving port 80? I am certain in the previous version &amp;lt;v4.1.6 there used to be a radio button option in &quot;options&quot; which disabled it from needing it, but now I cannot find it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is port 80 serisouly required by this remote desktop app? It is conflicting with IIS on our development server and becoming a real pain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks all." />
  <row Id="20220" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11202" RevisionGUID="e4e596b2-267f-4413-8128-cac6d03adbe0" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:23:52.320" UserId="1237" Text="Disable TeamViewer from &quot;stealing&quot; Port 80?" />
  <row Id="20221" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11202" RevisionGUID="e4e596b2-267f-4413-8128-cac6d03adbe0" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:23:52.320" UserId="1237" Text="&lt;teamviewer&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;port&gt;" />
  <row Id="20222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11203" RevisionGUID="da949543-11c3-4c5b-add0-5ca36880944d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:26:05.090" UserId="48" Text="The reccomended way to resolve this is to either rebuild the DB or re-install the SQL instance, which I guess is not what you wanted to here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is an application [here][1] that claims to be able to do this for you, its called SQL 2000 coalition changer, but claims to work with SQL 2005 as well. I've not used it, so I cannot give you an experience with it, but its an option. As always, make sure your fully backed up first&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/database/ChangeCollation.aspx?fid=257710&amp;df=90&amp;mpp=25&amp;noise=3&amp;sort=Position&amp;view=Quick&amp;fr=76&amp;select=2176451" />
  <row Id="20223" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11204" RevisionGUID="3e0bb177-e315-4d8b-b78f-acea7e9ebb61" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:28:04.853" UserId="2417" Text="You should put that commands in /etc/rc.local (or equivalent in opensuse) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;initscripts must have a certain syntax. You can check one of them for an example, but what you need is /etc/rc.local" />
  <row Id="20224" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11205" RevisionGUID="0929a1a3-7442-466f-a8c6-4a2ea48a4ace" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:33:34.763" UserId="2417" Text="Find does not need an index, and traverses the disk every time you run it. Example&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;    $ find / -name &quot;*mynewprogram*&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;locate (slocate in etch and older, mlocate in lenny and newer) needs an index, so they work faster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo updatedb  # to update the index.&#xD;&#xA;    $ mlocate  mynewprogram&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`which` searches your $PATH for the binary name you give. No need for an index.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ which touch&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/bin/touch&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to see a package's installed files, use this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dpkg -L coreutils&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To see which package installed a specific file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ dpkg -S /usr/bin/touch&#xD;&#xA;    coreutils: /usr/bin/touch" />
  <row Id="20225" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11206" RevisionGUID="11827b7d-cd5c-4404-b999-fa2b712fb2cd" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:35:07.727" UserId="44255" Text="This behaviour is called Link Tracking. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the files are on a different machine, I think you need to switch off the &quot;Distributed Link Tracking client&quot; service. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the Files are on the same machine, you can either ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Change the registry &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer&#xD;&#xA;add a DWORD value of 1 against value NoResolveTrack &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OR &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;tick the &quot;Do not use the tracking-based method when resolving shell shortcuts&quot; check box in &#xD;&#xA;User Configuration\AdministrativeTemplates\Start Menu and Taskbar group policy" />
  <row Id="20226" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11207" RevisionGUID="2b9f3df0-5e40-4868-9390-07da643f0711" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:46:42.163" UserId="3274" Text="OK here's something I just worked out that before had eluded me, for every packet you send it appears the average overhead is 38Bytes, this is including the IP and TCP Header ( of course this value assumes all fields in the TCP header are used to the max, IP Header size is a common value i.e. no dscp values, etc,etc), so to transfer say 2MB (with packet sizes at 64k increasing your pps [bigger pps = smaller overhead] ) youre looking at 1.2KB of overhead, not much but that equates to 6.78MB for every 10G transferred, and 607.8MB for every 1TB transferred.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I feel better now :D" />
  <row Id="20227" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11207" RevisionGUID="2b9f3df0-5e40-4868-9390-07da643f0711" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:46:42.163" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11208" RevisionGUID="ae91ee08-e070-4ae3-a262-84c8838d9ba3" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:47:13.253" UserId="45" Text="Did you enable the Direct-In Modus? You can disable it in &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       Options &gt; Advanced &gt; Network &gt; TeamViewer DirectIn check&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;From the manual, page 59 ([PDF][1]):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Check Opens a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; dialog where the availability of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; TeamViewer is checked. The DirectIn&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Ports 80 and 5938 do not have to be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; opened , however, TeamViewer can use&#xD;&#xA;&gt; these ports - if available - for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; establishing faster connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.teamviewer.com/help/teamviewer_manual.pdf" />
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  <row Id="20230" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11209" RevisionGUID="cc07b525-ffd1-4910-a490-4e41cb4f0821" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:47:59.977" UserId="3016" Text="Python 3.0 RPMs for CentOS 5 (RHEL 5)" />
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  <row Id="20232" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11210" RevisionGUID="c845d71e-b5f7-4df2-a215-721a1524c556" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:48:12.707" UserId="3101" Text="Emails between us and a specific counterparty are delayed. To give you some idea, we send 10 messages and over 40% arrive with a 20 (or greater) minute delay. We even had two messages arrive in 50 minutes!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm measuring the delay based on the header fields for the message. And I am only taking the delivery times between their and our perimeter SMTP servers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've also sent test messages via a 3rd party web mail account and can confirm that this isn't a slow internet link on our side, The test messages delivery times are sub-minute.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think we're on RBLs as I would've expected messages to never reach us. I've been unable to do a traceroute from our perimeter SMTP server to theirs because of our firewall. If this issue does escalate we may have to put a device outside of the firewall to do traceroutes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also checked who their ISP was and I can confirm theirs is UK based (as is ours).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm at a loss to know how I can continue to determine the cause of these slow deliveries. I'd hate to go back to the counterparty's IT team and say it's a fault on your end, this seems like a cop out without hard evidence.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just to recap:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - I am calculating the delay by measuring the time it takes for their perimeter SMTP server to deliver the message to our perimeter SMTP server. This means anti-spam/virus checks or mail journaling has already taken place on the counteparty's end and have yet to occur on our side.&#xD;&#xA; - There are no delays if I send emails to our systems via a 3rd Party Web Mail account.&#xD;&#xA; - Our userbase aren't complaining of slow Internet access or slow email delivery from other counterparties.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance!" />
  <row Id="20233" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11210" RevisionGUID="c845d71e-b5f7-4df2-a215-721a1524c556" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:48:12.707" UserId="3101" Text="Email delivery is slow between us and counterparty. What can I do to determine root cause?" />
  <row Id="20234" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11210" RevisionGUID="c845d71e-b5f7-4df2-a215-721a1524c556" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:48:12.707" UserId="3101" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;delay-delivery&gt;&lt;slow-connection&gt;&lt;troubleshooting&gt;" />
  <row Id="20235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11211" RevisionGUID="c6627dce-b1ec-4561-a030-afb839fd5d4a" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:52:29.593" UserId="155" Text="We're investigating ways to alert users of application errors out-of-hours. Has anyone used a Linux-based text messaging (phone) service for sending out alerts?" />
  <row Id="20236" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11211" RevisionGUID="c6627dce-b1ec-4561-a030-afb839fd5d4a" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:52:29.593" UserId="155" Text="Can anyone recommend a text messaging service for sending alerts and notices from an Oracle database on Linux?" />
  <row Id="20237" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11211" RevisionGUID="c6627dce-b1ec-4561-a030-afb839fd5d4a" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:52:29.593" UserId="155" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;messaging&gt;" />
  <row Id="20238" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11212" RevisionGUID="6d057c0d-82dd-445d-80e1-dc04548750b7" CreationDate="2009-05-22T11:00:33.947" UserId="2413" Text="if you can - take a look at logs of smtp outgoing server at the edge of your company and internet. does their MX server accept your messages immediately or do they get rejected at first? maybe your 3rd party counterpart is using greylisting ?" />
  <row Id="20239" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11213" RevisionGUID="85d83d7b-21d4-4ed1-aad8-01bff19534df" CreationDate="2009-05-22T11:04:18.680" UserId="45" Text="If the problem is a query and you have not the option to rebuild that database, you could go with the COLLATE keyword, for example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     SELECT *&#xD;&#xA;     FROM OtherServer.xyz.dbo.Table2 t2&#xD;&#xA;         inner join myTable t1 &#xD;&#xA;             on t1.name = t2.name COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AI&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the [MSDN documentation for COLLATE][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms184391.aspx" />
  <row Id="20240" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11201" RevisionGUID="607cff66-5318-461a-bbdc-49d70bfc3ad7" CreationDate="2009-05-22T11:06:51.717" UserId="45" Comment="added 51 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="I've got a SQL Server 2005 database that has been built using a different collation from the one one our servers. I'm getting this error whenever I try and run the site:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Exception message: Cannot resolve the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; collation conflict between&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;Latin1&amp;#95;General&amp;#95;CI&amp;#95;AS&quot; and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;SQL&amp;#95;Latin1&amp;#95;General&amp;#95;CP1&amp;#95;CI&amp;#95;AS&quot; in the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; equal to operation&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know of anyway I can fix the error without having to rebuild the database?" />
  <row Id="20241" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="11201" RevisionGUID="607cff66-5318-461a-bbdc-49d70bfc3ad7" CreationDate="2009-05-22T11:06:51.717" UserId="45" Comment="added 51 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="SQL Server 2005 collation issues" />
  <row Id="20242" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11201" RevisionGUID="607cff66-5318-461a-bbdc-49d70bfc3ad7" CreationDate="2009-05-22T11:06:51.717" UserId="45" Comment="added 51 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;collation&gt;" />
  <row Id="20243" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11214" RevisionGUID="972d4bab-2041-4319-a349-9bbb49813fba" CreationDate="2009-05-22T11:07:54.757" UserId="1787" Text="You can use [Skype4Py][1], will work anywhere. You can either integrate in your scripts, or use [command line utility][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://developer.skype.com/wiki/Skype4Py&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.oberle.org/blog/2007/06/11/sending-sms-with-skype-on-linux/" />
  <row Id="20244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11215" RevisionGUID="85b325bb-0cb8-4bec-bb67-5a875904da29" CreationDate="2009-05-22T11:23:03.823" UserId="2792" Text="Greetings. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a small Dell GX260 machine that I have been using for testing purposes. And very often during one of my experiments on the machine I mess it up so I have to re-install Windows XP on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I thought of if I could get the machine into a virtual-pc environment I could mess it up as many time as I like and then just do &quot;Discard Changes&quot; and start over again. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any thoughts and ideas on how to move the Dell PC into Virtual PC ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20245" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11215" RevisionGUID="85b325bb-0cb8-4bec-bb67-5a875904da29" CreationDate="2009-05-22T11:23:03.823" UserId="2792" Text="Virtual PC - Moving Physical PC into virtual environment" />
  <row Id="20246" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11215" RevisionGUID="85b325bb-0cb8-4bec-bb67-5a875904da29" CreationDate="2009-05-22T11:23:03.823" UserId="2792" Text="&lt;virtual&gt;&lt;pc&gt;&lt;move&gt;" />
  <row Id="20247" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11216" RevisionGUID="9821f8ab-3dc9-4231-9fdc-10213c489433" CreationDate="2009-05-22T11:23:18.843" UserId="2413" Text="i'm using Siemens Cellular Engine TC35 Terminal connected over serial port to linux server. to send SMSes i use [scmxx][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in my case i have [nagios][2] monitoring some servers and custom alerting scripts that dispatch messages to people who are on-call at given time. you can skip this part and just have cron job polling you oracle [ message que ? ]. make sure that no two scmxx are executed at the same time - since one of them will fail to get access to serial port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you can also talk with your gsm operator - they probably have some sms gateway reachable from internet. i've used such service from polish operator plusgsm - they have web-services api reachable via https.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hendrik-sattler.de/scmxx/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://nagios.org" />
  <row Id="20248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11217" RevisionGUID="5e2ae383-2a2a-446b-aad8-8cd6dec93250" CreationDate="2009-05-22T11:26:16.077" UserId="301" Text="If your virtual machines are getting the same IP, it is probably an [RFC1918][1] private address, which is being NAT'ed by the Hyper-V software hosting the guest OSs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your virtual machines have independent IPs on the same VLAN as the host, then Hyper-V is probably using a bridging virtual network adapter. This virtual adapter programs the network card to respond to several IP's at Layer 2 and forwards the correct packets to the guest OSs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1918.html" />
  <row Id="20249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11218" RevisionGUID="9b998669-acf0-4ef5-a1bd-50967483f08f" CreationDate="2009-05-22T11:34:53.160" UserId="1435" Text="Depending on which virtualisation software you will often find they come with a 'P2V' (physical-to-virtual) converter application. You just use that and it turns your machine into a VM, often quickly and successfully but you'll want to test your VM well after conversion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It may also work out that using VM 'snapshotting' may be of use to you, you choose a point in time to restore to, make your changes and then either snap back to that point if needed or delete the recovery point if you're happy with your changes. Good luck." />
  <row Id="20250" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11219" RevisionGUID="2921ddff-fc98-4240-a9ba-4eb8e2ad858e" CreationDate="2009-05-22T11:35:00.537" UserId="48" Text="If you are using VMWare you can use [VMWare converter][1] to conver the PC to a virtual machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using Microsoft Virtual Server you can use the [Virtual Server Migration Kit][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualserver/bb676674.aspx" />
  <row Id="20251" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11220" RevisionGUID="abf3c767-5377-4f2c-acc0-7c890434a00b" CreationDate="2009-05-22T11:39:25.880" UserId="1248" Text="I've currently got my email and calendar hosted on Google Apps. However I really like some of the features that have gone into GMail (themes, etc) and would like to move my mail and calendar to GMail. Ultimately, I'd like to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Retain dates&#xD;&#xA; - Retain labels&#xD;&#xA; - Migrate my calendar entries&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What options are there? I know that I can move emails between two IMAP accounts but what about calendar entries? And how do you retain labels?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Limitnone's gXFER][1] seemed like an option but it no longer seems to be available/working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, does anyone backup their Google Apps data?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.ca/ig/directory?hl=en&amp;url=gadgets.limitnone.com/gXFER/gXFER-Gadget.xml" />
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  <row Id="20253" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11220" RevisionGUID="abf3c767-5377-4f2c-acc0-7c890434a00b" CreationDate="2009-05-22T11:39:25.880" UserId="1248" Text="&lt;google-apps&gt;&lt;gmail&gt;&lt;migration&gt;" />
  <row Id="20256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11222" RevisionGUID="17a5d073-22eb-430d-8480-3661f54ac796" CreationDate="2009-05-22T11:40:28.640" UserId="3021" Text="I am trying to attach a volume to an instance using the cli:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ec2-attach-volume 'vol-id' -i `curl http://169.254.169.254/2008-09-01/meta-data/instance-id` -d /dev/sdh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But this fails with the message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;+----------------------------+---------------------------------------------+&#xD;&#xA;|            Code            |                   Message                   |&#xD;&#xA;+----------------------------+---------------------------------------------+&#xD;&#xA;| InvalidInstanceID.NotFound | The instance ID 'i-myid' does not exist |&#xD;&#xA;+----------------------------+---------------------------------------------+&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The instance id is actually the correct id for that instance so I am not sure what it is complaining about.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My ami is based off the jaunty image and is running in the same availability zone as my volume (eu-west-1a)." />
  <row Id="20257" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11222" RevisionGUID="17a5d073-22eb-430d-8480-3661f54ac796" CreationDate="2009-05-22T11:40:28.640" UserId="3021" Text="EC2 attach volume" />
  <row Id="20258" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11222" RevisionGUID="17a5d073-22eb-430d-8480-3661f54ac796" CreationDate="2009-05-22T11:40:28.640" UserId="3021" Text="&lt;amazon-ec2&gt;" />
  <row Id="20259" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11223" RevisionGUID="05f181da-0ae9-4e65-9a95-328af6c65566" CreationDate="2009-05-22T11:43:32.300" UserId="386" Text="My cell provider has an email address where I can send stuff and it comes as an sms to my phone.  I just send alerts to it." />
  <row Id="20260" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11216" RevisionGUID="0439b6ef-da25-4157-8159-c64e8a34b4f3" CreationDate="2009-05-22T11:50:02.713" UserId="2413" Comment="added 72 characters in body" Text="i'm using Siemens Cellular Engine TC35 Terminal connected over serial port to linux server. to send SMSes i use [scmxx][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in my case i have [nagios][2] monitoring some servers and custom alerting scripts that dispatch messages to people who are on-call at given time. you can skip this part and just have cron job polling you oracle [ message que ? ]. make sure that no two scmxx are executed at the same time - since one of them will fail to get access to serial port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you can also talk with your gsm operator - they probably have some sms gateway reachable from internet. i've used such service from polish operator plusgsm - they have web-services api reachable via https. they charge separately for access to the service and per each sms sent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hendrik-sattler.de/scmxx/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://nagios.org" />
  <row Id="20262" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11225" RevisionGUID="b639280c-0a2d-4fe9-b364-b35c0a583144" CreationDate="2009-05-22T11:53:41.107" UserId="3256" Text="No, remote wipe at the moment is for phones only.  Third party applications do exist - a quick Google brings up gadgettrak . com and absolute . com (no idea how good they are)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But you shouldn't need to - if you have sensitive info on a laptop you should encrypt the hard drive using BitLocker (Vista Ultimate &amp; Enterprise only)." />
  <row Id="20263" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11213" RevisionGUID="0c70c2b0-15da-4f6d-94a6-ae8293c452e5" CreationDate="2009-05-22T12:01:14.377" UserId="45" Comment="edited body" Text="If the problem is a query and you have not the option to rebuild that database, you could go with the COLLATE keyword, for example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     SELECT *&#xD;&#xA;     FROM OtherServer.xyz.dbo.Table2 t2&#xD;&#xA;         inner join myTable t1 &#xD;&#xA;             on t1.name = t2.name COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the [MSDN documentation for COLLATE][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms184391.aspx" />
  <row Id="20264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11226" RevisionGUID="223b155a-c7b0-4755-9c1a-b82618ee3962" CreationDate="2009-05-22T12:04:36.187" UserId="1654" Text="I need to run a .REG to add entries to the registry on logoff, but our GP environment disables regedit.  I could probably accomplish this by turning regedit on, running the script, and then turning it back off again, but I'm hoping there's a more elegant solution than that." />
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  <row Id="20266" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11226" RevisionGUID="223b155a-c7b0-4755-9c1a-b82618ee3962" CreationDate="2009-05-22T12:04:36.187" UserId="1654" Text="&lt;regedit&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="20267" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11227" RevisionGUID="d3360968-591c-47b2-866b-9a0cb839fa75" CreationDate="2009-05-22T12:11:38.710" UserId="45" Text="Did you try [REG.EXE][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;REG.EXE allows you to do many Registry operations from a command line. This can be useful when you want to quickly make a change without opening RegEdit, and it also allows you to embed registry operations in logon scripts and batch files. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.petri.co.il/reg_command_in_windows_xp.htm" />
  <row Id="20268" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11119" RevisionGUID="981b8357-2936-433d-ae02-f5e1126ede5b" CreationDate="2009-05-22T12:15:19.863" UserId="2567" />
  <row Id="20271" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11228" RevisionGUID="0b5cc4fd-d7bf-45e0-a982-fee488906a78" CreationDate="2009-05-22T12:22:00.920" UserId="2950" Text="My company does presently use SSLExplorer top give customers access to terminal servers and other network resources. As 3sp closed down the source and sold out to Barracuda there are no more updates for this software. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What alternatives are there to SSLExplorer besides the Barracuda Appliance and the Adito fork of SSLExplorer ? (With AD integration)&#xD;&#xA; - Have anyone used Adito in a production enviroment, and what are the experience?&#xD;&#xA; - How does the barracuda appliance compare to the SSLExplorer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regards &#xD;&#xA;John" />
  <row Id="20272" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11228" RevisionGUID="0b5cc4fd-d7bf-45e0-a982-fee488906a78" CreationDate="2009-05-22T12:22:00.920" UserId="2950" Text="Remote access to network." />
  <row Id="20273" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11228" RevisionGUID="0b5cc4fd-d7bf-45e0-a982-fee488906a78" CreationDate="2009-05-22T12:22:00.920" UserId="2950" Text="&lt;remote-access&gt;&lt;ssl&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;ldap&gt;" />
  <row Id="20274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11229" RevisionGUID="f7dc81c2-964c-4e39-a325-4f790ecdc9b2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T12:24:19.390" UserId="3277" Text="Another great Tail utility is Tail for Win32: [http://tailforwin32.sourceforge.net/][1]&#xD;&#xA;It is pretty fast and can be used to show you real-time tail on a file which is very convenient when troubleshooting web logs or security logs in production.&#xD;&#xA;I also used it to determine what user activity is like at any given time on web servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tailforwin32.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="20275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11230" RevisionGUID="e4e55120-bd94-4f67-bc19-42bf20b54249" CreationDate="2009-05-22T12:27:41.963" UserId="2612" Text="According to MS KB831787 **[Prevent Access to Registry Editing Tools policy changes in Windows XP and in Windows Server 2003][1]** you *can* run regedit in silent mode, even on Windows XP/2003, if you update a GPO template. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From KB831787,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;A new feature is available to change the way that Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 uses the Prevent Access to Registry Editing Tools policy. With this feature, you can configure a registry setting so that you can use one of the following configurations:&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    * Registry Editor can be started either in interactive mode or in silent mode.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    * **Registry Editor can be started only in silent mode (regedit /s)**. This is the default behavior in Windows 2000 and in Windows NT 4.0 when the Prevent Access to Registry Editing Tools policy is applied.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    * Registry Editor cannot be started at all. This is the default behavior in Windows XP when the Prevent Access to Registry Editing Tools policy is applied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=831787" />
  <row Id="20276" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11231" RevisionGUID="550b4c8a-b192-4370-bce3-b6b13c85e3a9" CreationDate="2009-05-22T12:39:06.140" UserId="2502" Text="There are commercial versions like Juniper's Secure Access (formerly Neoteras) which in my opinion is the best of the SSL VPN appliances.  Cisco offers SSL VPN functionality in their ASA, and Watchguard sells an appliance as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it isn't a project worth any money to your company I'd say [OpenVPN][1] is the only other big open source SSL VPN option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://openvpn.net/" />
  <row Id="20277" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11232" RevisionGUID="ef6d6f4a-e226-43e7-9911-7a254f437e4a" CreationDate="2009-05-22T12:51:55.983" UserId="2623" Text="One way to transfer your calendar entries if you don't mind keeping your google apps account open is to share your google apps calendar with your gmail calendar so the entries will show up. This is the stratergy google [reccomends][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also be able to use the Ical files provided by google to download all your data in the current calendar and upload it into another see [here][2] for download instructions and [here][3] for upload instructions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's worth noting that all of the &quot;bonus&quot; gmail features do eventually appear in Google Apps mail for example my google apps does now include themes. Although being &quot;behind&quot; the trend the whole time is slightly irritating!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en-uk&amp;answer=78739&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=37111&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://lifehacker.com/software/google-calendar/import-outlook-or-ical-to-google-calendar-167042.php" />
  <row Id="20278" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10899" RevisionGUID="6a0e46d7-2725-40ae-8298-6562460f906c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T12:56:12.357" UserId="1489" Comment="corrected link" Text="I really like [VisualSVN][1] if you're using Visual Studio.  It's free for a 30 day trial, then $49.  Well worth the 50 bucks, in my opinion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you **have** to have free, and using Visual Studio, try [AnkhSVN][2].  I've used it before, and it works fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.visualsvn.com/visualsvn/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ankhsvn.open.collab.net/" />
  <row Id="20281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11234" RevisionGUID="f46457cd-7d08-4e46-815b-d5f409494e00" CreationDate="2009-05-22T12:56:54.680" UserId="1409" Text="I installed Windows 7 RC 1 from a usb flash drive using [these directions][1].  The installation went well, however when I log into the laptop I'm getting the error message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;There is no disk in the drive.  Please insert a disk into drive \Device\Harddisk3\DR3&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've put the thumb drive back in thinking it needed to finish the installation, but that hasn't changed anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2952/boot-and-install-windows-from-a-usb-thumb-drive" />
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  <row Id="20284" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11223" RevisionGUID="79409fb5-8511-4916-a5e8-d12cf9152c74" CreationDate="2009-05-22T12:57:46.957" UserId="386" Comment="added 51 characters in body" Text="My cell provider has an email address (in my case, [phonenumber]@mobile.mycingular.com) where I can email stuff and it comes as an sms to my phone.  I just send alerts to it." />
  <row Id="20285" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11232" RevisionGUID="a394b016-3a29-4757-8546-998e023307eb" CreationDate="2009-05-22T12:58:59.013" UserId="2623" Comment="Cleaning up some spelling, grammer, etc." Text="One way to transfer your calendar entries if you don't mind keeping your google apps account open is to share your google apps calendar with your gmail calendar so the entries will show up. This is the strategy google [reccomends][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also be able to use the Ical files provided by google to download all your data in the current calendar and upload it into another see [here][2] for download instructions and [here][3] for upload instructions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's worth noting that all of the &quot;bonus&quot; gmail features do eventually appear in Google Apps mail for example my google apps domain does now include themes. Although being &quot;behind&quot; the trend the whole time is slightly irritating!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en-uk&amp;answer=78739&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=37111&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://lifehacker.com/software/google-calendar/import-outlook-or-ical-to-google-calendar-167042.php" />
  <row Id="20286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11235" RevisionGUID="7763a0bc-b165-40e7-9034-66a7d0454044" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:07:33.400" UserId="391" Text="Have you tried telneting to their SMTP server and actually manually sending the appropriate SMTP commands.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11236" RevisionGUID="1ad4cb5d-771c-4aa0-8131-3842bc45fe5d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:08:18.920" UserId="2692" Text="[FindOnClick, from 2BrightSparks, is generally quite good][1] for what you're after, but unfortunately doesn't appear to list Creator. It is however pretty customisable, might be worth a look. A free 30 day trial is available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.2brightsparks.com/onclick/foc.html" />
  <row Id="20288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11237" RevisionGUID="4c0ea2b7-9cc6-49f2-ad8b-259e7546b030" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:10:11.307" UserId="45" Text="I have to convert about 2,000 Microsoft Word doc-files into PDFs in Windows. The file names should be the same, only the file extension from .doc in .pdf.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;doc0001.doc -&gt; doc0001.pdf&#xD;&#xA;doc0002.doc -&gt; doc0002.pdf&#xD;&#xA;...&#xD;&#xA;doc2000.doc -&gt; doc2000.pdf&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know this could be done using a pseudo pdf printer driver and adding the documents to the &quot;printer&quot; queue. But I guess this won't work, because I will be prompted for the file name? Or am I wrong?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a different, elegant way to accomplish this task?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Thanks!*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20289" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11237" RevisionGUID="4c0ea2b7-9cc6-49f2-ad8b-259e7546b030" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:10:11.307" UserId="45" Text="Method/tools for batch-converting Microsoft Word files into PDF?" />
  <row Id="20290" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11237" RevisionGUID="4c0ea2b7-9cc6-49f2-ad8b-259e7546b030" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:10:11.307" UserId="45" Text="&lt;pdf&gt;&lt;batch-conversion&gt;&lt;msword&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="20291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11238" RevisionGUID="c3190d5a-e4a2-4898-b318-ce9c9f3caaa6" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:10:43.347" UserId="3334" Text="How does this generally work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are logon scripts used? If yes, is there a standard script to trigger installation of softwares when a client logs on? (an example could really help)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or is another method used?" />
  <row Id="20292" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11238" RevisionGUID="c3190d5a-e4a2-4898-b318-ce9c9f3caaa6" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:10:43.347" UserId="3334" Text="Centrally install a software in Windows Domain Network" />
  <row Id="20293" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11238" RevisionGUID="c3190d5a-e4a2-4898-b318-ce9c9f3caaa6" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:10:43.347" UserId="3334" Text="&lt;installation&gt;&lt;windows-domain&gt;" />
  <row Id="20294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11239" RevisionGUID="8d86c2a1-5f4c-41fd-bba1-843a37a900f4" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:13:01.050" UserId="3334" Text="If you need to centrally manage the network - set up a domain based network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you intend to let each user be the master and controller of his machine, go for a wourkgroup based network." />
  <row Id="20295" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11240" RevisionGUID="6b473ac8-92f1-46cf-ab54-44a3198c711a" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:14:24.277" UserId="1409" Text="Turns out it was the windows logon scripts used to attach to the network drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I went into disk management, and there were two drive letter being used although no drives were attached, meaing drive letter G: and H: were set aside to be used by removable media, although the media wasn't available.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've seen a similar error in Win XP, but usually only when the drives are currently being used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope this helps anyone who runs across the same error message." />
  <row Id="20296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11241" RevisionGUID="6f2ec063-71ba-47d3-a37b-d18369cfb618" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:19:21.087" UserId="2167" Text="Themes, Labs, and other cool stuff are enabled in the lastest version of Google Apps, I can't see any differences between my Gmail and Google Apps accounts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I'm not mistaken, these new features are only available if you set the control panel to &quot;Next Generation&quot; in the Domain options, and use the English language. " />
  <row Id="20297" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11242" RevisionGUID="0d52eaff-b633-4ebf-ac8b-2ce51e892931" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:20:19.637" UserId="48" Text="Installing software remotely to computers on a domain is best done using group policy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This [Microsoft KB article][1] will show you the steps to be able to do this. However, [this article][2] is a bit more friendly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816102&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Group-Policy-Deploy-Applications.html" />
  <row Id="20298" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11243" RevisionGUID="f7eca129-c719-4f12-966f-dec3c6445aa7" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:21:02.177" UserId="2561" Text="If you install open office this should do the trick: [http://www.oooninja.com/2008/02/batch-command-line-file-conversion-with.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.oooninja.com/2008/02/batch-command-line-file-conversion-with.html" />
  <row Id="20299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11244" RevisionGUID="f614ae5e-72d6-4e8e-a5a1-9035a342cd79" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:24:00.190" UserId="45" Text="    [reg.exe][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;manipulates the Windows Registry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://commandwindows.com/reg.htm" />
  <row Id="20300" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11244" RevisionGUID="f614ae5e-72d6-4e8e-a5a1-9035a342cd79" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:24:00.190" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11245" RevisionGUID="ec6e2d47-d54d-414b-baf5-88085bd0855c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:24:16.273" UserId="3207" Text="Have a look at VirtualBox. I find it runs quicker than Virtual PC and I have used it with 1680x1050 before no problems. I use it for development all the time, currently with a Win7 guest." />
  <row Id="20302" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11246" RevisionGUID="0dbe7492-4686-47a5-866c-777c3cc3ea7c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:25:04.650" UserId="518" Text="From your requirements it seems that PITR is easiest way to solve your problem:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[On-line backup and point-in-time recovery (PITR)][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You didn't say that you need to query slave server, so PITR might be just right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's standard part of PostgreSQL from version 8.0 so you probably already have everything needed to get it up and running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you find instructions too verbose, take a look at [SkyTools WalMgr][2] which will make process of creating/failover to hot-standby data single command task.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more complex replication scenarios, I had good experience Slony-1, but PostgreSQL has many good replication/HA options available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/backup-online.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://developer.skype.com/SkypeGarage/DbProjects/SkyTools#head-b3406415d7c6d5750389bc0e7d1a92f28ff49433&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20303" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11247" RevisionGUID="2a86f943-482e-45ce-841b-a91e90ab8b6b" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:29:07.983" UserId="1589" Text="In an Enterprise LAN environment, many people are still under the assumption that routing between vlans is slower than switching.  With today's modern switches, both switching and routing are handled in hardware which can processes/forward these packets at the same speed." />
  <row Id="20304" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11247" RevisionGUID="2a86f943-482e-45ce-841b-a91e90ab8b6b" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:29:07.983" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11248" RevisionGUID="1af2db50-4eeb-47aa-9b4b-3831800c1e4c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:30:26.187" UserId="2256" Text="To accomplish this I've used a tool called Convert Doc from a company called SoftInterface. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You point it at a selection of files or a folder, and it'll output your selected Word files as PDF's I've tried it with 2003 and 2007 and it works well. Can be run from a command line if you're so inclined.  The interface of the program could probably do with some work though. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a you can download a free trial on their website &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[link to product page][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.softinterface.com/Convert-Doc/Convert-Doc.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11249" RevisionGUID="656e72d9-c2c4-4058-929d-7a01b870084a" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:30:55.267" UserId="2166" Text="How can you process a file line by line in ksh" />
  <row Id="20307" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11249" RevisionGUID="656e72d9-c2c4-4058-929d-7a01b870084a" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:30:55.267" UserId="2166" Text="How to process file line by line in ksh" />
  <row Id="20308" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11249" RevisionGUID="656e72d9-c2c4-4058-929d-7a01b870084a" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:30:55.267" UserId="2166" Text="&lt;ksh&gt;" />
  <row Id="20309" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11231" RevisionGUID="2ba0e513-69a9-4915-bdc8-60626249f966" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:31:32.253" UserId="2502" Comment="added 195 characters in body" Text="There are commercial versions like [Juniper's Secure Access (formerly Neoteris)][1] which in my opinion is the best of the SSL VPN appliances.  Cisco offers SSL VPN functionality in their ASA, and Watchguard sells an appliance as well. For your purposes I think the SA 700 would be more than enough, but you may have more users than I'm anticipating.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it isn't a project worth any money to your company I'd say [OpenVPN][2] is the only other big open source SSL VPN option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.juniper.net/us/en/products-services/security/sa-series/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://openvpn.net/" />
  <row Id="20310" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11250" RevisionGUID="3892dc24-30ae-453b-bb89-b4173675726a" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:35:21.123" UserId="3320" Text="I'm trying to run Python scripts with a shebang on Ubuntu. Scripts without imports run smoothly, but when I include imports:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        #! /usr/bin/env python&#xD;&#xA;        import sys&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;... and run the script I get a shell error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        root@host:/home/user# ./test.py&#xD;&#xA;        : No such file or directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I make it work?" />
  <row Id="20311" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11250" RevisionGUID="3892dc24-30ae-453b-bb89-b4173675726a" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:35:21.123" UserId="3320" Text="Running Python scripts in linux" />
  <row Id="20312" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11250" RevisionGUID="3892dc24-30ae-453b-bb89-b4173675726a" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:35:21.123" UserId="3320" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;script&gt;&lt;shell&gt;&lt;python&gt;" />
  <row Id="20313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11251" RevisionGUID="6ede99c2-4710-490c-ad5a-c4652ed2d78a" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:37:20.077" UserId="640" Text="As others have said, somewhere in the low 70's F is good. However, it's even more critical to make sure the rack and the hardware in it can &quot;breathe&quot;. If hot air is trapped in the rack - or in a server chassis - then the low ambient temperature won't really do any good." />
  <row Id="20314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11252" RevisionGUID="7a4ea5d5-26e5-4aea-bd7e-2188dd44f47e" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:38:28.577" UserId="1810" Text="somthing like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    while read LINEVAR ; do echo ${LINEVAR} ; done &lt; myfile.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which will read one line of input from myfile.txt at a time?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11253" RevisionGUID="f8e1f3c6-8ea8-4c27-b380-835e848a6666" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:42:25.857" UserId="1654" Text="I need to add HKCU keys and values to all machines in a specific OU, for all existing user profiles and to the default profile.  What's the best way to approach this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I could enumerate and iterate through all the NTUSER.DATs, loading the hive, adding the keys, and unloading the hive, but that seems like a clunky way to do it.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have a better idea?  I'd like to script this (PowerShell preferably) and push the changes if possible, but group policy logon scripts would work too.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20316" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11253" RevisionGUID="f8e1f3c6-8ea8-4c27-b380-835e848a6666" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:42:25.857" UserId="1654" Text="Best way to add HKCU keys and values for all existing users and all new users?" />
  <row Id="20317" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11253" RevisionGUID="f8e1f3c6-8ea8-4c27-b380-835e848a6666" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:42:25.857" UserId="1654" Text="&lt;registry&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;powershell&gt;" />
  <row Id="20318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11254" RevisionGUID="639d7212-5800-496d-929b-b37c8f747be9" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:44:40.860" UserId="518" Text="I did try (using 2.6.26 OpenVZ from Debian) running VE file-systems over NFS (I had vzquota disabled, but don't know if it's required) and it worked, although somewhat slowly compared to local disk performance (which is expected).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would suggest some kind of block level fail-over instead of NFS (DRBD is already suggested), but than again your NFS NAS might be better than my test environment :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't really recommend using cluster file-system over shared storage, because I actually tried to make OpenVZ highly available using OCFS2 and HP Eva storage, but it was quite slow (partly because of storage, partly because of OCFS2) and had unpredictable performance characteristics (I think that is storage's fault).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11255" RevisionGUID="e726c40d-3434-425b-a7b2-5c044b20a7e4" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:50:01.757" UserId="1810" Text="Try removing the space between #! and /usr/bin/env, though I don't get why that would work when not importing packages..." />
  <row Id="20320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11256" RevisionGUID="dd50954b-5af6-4687-88c0-1ef6a86da6f3" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:53:37.663" UserId="2869" Text="It's safe, in that it's more unsafe to _not_ change it." />
  <row Id="20321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11257" RevisionGUID="135999c8-6408-4a9d-a0a5-95a1489820d6" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:53:55.180" UserId="1466" Text="Your SMTP logs should give you the information you need.  They should tell you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If you are greylisted (some mailsystems require you to keep trying for a period of time to discourage spammers)&#xD;&#xA; - If you are on an RBL (or at least if the receiving server recognizes it)&#xD;&#xA; - If the receiving mailserver is too busy and is delaying reception&#xD;&#xA; - How many attempts the sending server makes, and how often (perhaps you are only attempting to re-send every 20 mins?&#xD;&#xA; - the exact time your mail was received by the receiving server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should be all you need to determine the source of the delay." />
  <row Id="20322" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11258" RevisionGUID="3fd10fa9-4053-421e-a8aa-8542ced9be4c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:55:33.633" UserId="2561" Text="I assume the script is executable? Also, check for carriage returns -- maybe windows got its dirty little hands on it?  You can check this with 'cat -vE test.py' and look for '\r'." />
  <row Id="20323" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11259" RevisionGUID="3c8c4dfe-e9dc-47d5-9c23-d0acac53a25d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:58:40.320" UserId="1715" Text="That you need a cross-over cable to connect 2 computers with gigabit ethernet.  You dont! patch does the trick!" />
  <row Id="20324" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11259" RevisionGUID="3c8c4dfe-e9dc-47d5-9c23-d0acac53a25d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:58:40.320" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20325" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11260" RevisionGUID="cc6222da-c78e-4c9e-ab39-fd6dbe28d968" CreationDate="2009-05-22T13:59:31.787" UserId="1803" Text="When you create a Virtual Network in Hyper V, you can choose:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - External: VMs attached to this network are considered to be attaching to the same network the Hyper V server connects to&#xD;&#xA; - Internal: the Hyper V server creates an internal network, not connected to the physical network in any way, but the VMs connected to it can reach each other.&#xD;&#xA; - Private: any VMs connected to this network are completely isolated, and can only see themselves&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You have two settings to manage here. The network created in the Hyper V console, AND the network selected for each individual VM.  If each VM is connected to a &quot;Private&quot; network, there's no reason they wouldn't/couldn't all have the same IP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To answer your other question, for Internal &amp; Private networks, the Hyper V server will assign internal IPs to those machines.  For external, the VMs will get IPs (or not) just like any workstation you might connect to that network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;** Note: you should have a minimum of 2 physical network adapters in your Hyper V server, according to best practices.  One for the server itself, and one for each External network you want to create for VM traffic.  I've never tried only using one NIC, as there are said to be unpredictable results in this scenario." />
  <row Id="20326" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11261" RevisionGUID="5d89ce41-bcfb-4f45-957f-2064929f591a" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:02:02.483" UserId="2561" Text="I have an older 13 disk promise array that attaches to a server with SCSI.  We want to reuse this for our Exchange 2003 databases.  Is there Windows software (preferably free of course) that would stress test this.  Ideally, it would mimic writes and reads to large files in the way Exchange would.  Also I would like something that would run these stress tests constantly for a period of a week or two.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you,&#xD;&#xA;Kyle" />
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  <row Id="20328" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11261" RevisionGUID="5d89ce41-bcfb-4f45-957f-2064929f591a" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:02:02.483" UserId="2561" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;raid&gt;" />
  <row Id="20329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11262" RevisionGUID="63c12aec-1dbc-437a-8b65-f31a9d9c1d5c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:02:27.540" UserId="2467" Text="You can add custom reg keys by creating a custom adm file and importing it as a template into the Administrative Templates section of a Group Policy Object. Then link that GPO to your OU. There are [docs at MS][1] about how to do this, or you can look at the adm files that already exist on the server (somewhere under Sysvol I think). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This process is called &quot;tattooing the registry&quot; and it means you are outside the control of group policy removal i.e. the reg entries will remain even if the policy is removed. You need to create a &quot;reversed&quot; reg key and deploy it (or just delete it).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E7D72FA1-62FE-4358-8360-8774EA8DB847&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="20331" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11263" RevisionGUID="3d0d1c91-20bc-4ed3-ab2c-c21825cd3cc3" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:06:27.983" UserId="2502" Text="I hate when the network is blamed for something with an application running slow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When everything works except your Outlook, stop upgrading the ticket to the networking team saying the network is down.  Ignorant help desk workers are the bane of many administrators existance." />
  <row Id="20332" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11263" RevisionGUID="3d0d1c91-20bc-4ed3-ab2c-c21825cd3cc3" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:06:27.983" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20333" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11264" RevisionGUID="7902c8c5-1dcd-4a42-a2e8-18c97b213c73" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:07:26.313" UserId="1435" Text="I'm a big fan of [iozone][1] and also [iometer][2]. I'm sure one of these will give you most of what you're looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.iozone.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.iometer.org/" />
  <row Id="20334" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11265" RevisionGUID="1f2e5491-0357-4c25-863b-dedc814b1d0b" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:07:49.667" UserId="2467" Text="We used to use [IOMeter][1] for this sort of thing. It used to be maintained by Intel but I think they dropped it and it's now opensource.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.iometer.org/" />
  <row Id="20335" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11266" RevisionGUID="c2a22c67-30b7-446d-b402-ff6ff56af2a3" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:11:09.957" UserId="1492" Text="I am currently controlling two Vista x64 boxes with a KVM switch.  The switching has worked fine through several OS changes in recent months, including a previous incarnation of two x64 boxes that I have now.  I recently had Windows 7 on one (I'll call it computer A), but went back to Vista.  Since my last reinstall of Vista on computer A, when I switch to it, the mouse doesn't work for about 20 seconds or so (but the keyboard does).  Switching to computer B is no problem, the mouse works immediately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These computers are running the same OS, one works properly and one doesn't, but they both worked before.  I don't get it.  What would cause this problem?" />
  <row Id="20336" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11266" RevisionGUID="c2a22c67-30b7-446d-b402-ff6ff56af2a3" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:11:09.957" UserId="1492" Text="What prevents the mouse from working for a few seconds after a KVM switch?" />
  <row Id="20337" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11266" RevisionGUID="c2a22c67-30b7-446d-b402-ff6ff56af2a3" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:11:09.957" UserId="1492" Text="&lt;kvm&gt;&lt;mouse&gt;" />
  <row Id="20338" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11250" RevisionGUID="358657e4-5cda-4ba0-901d-c70dd6f728da" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:12:29.770" UserId="3320" Comment="added 80 characters in body" Text="I'm trying to run Python scripts with a shebang on Ubuntu. When I create a python script&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        #! /usr/bin/env python&#xD;&#xA;        import sys&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;... and run it I get a shell error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        root@host:/home/user# ./test.py&#xD;&#xA;        : No such file or directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I make it work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPD**: Does not work with no space between `#!` and `/usr/bin/env python`." />
  <row Id="20339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11267" RevisionGUID="b8d5b9df-dbdb-49cd-b73f-a12b3212b96d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:17:38.230" UserId="706" Text="There are several items in the chain, so you're going to have to do a bit of troubleshooting to find out what's causing it in the first place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Plug the mouse directly into the computer and see how long it takes.  If it goes quickly, then the problem is likely with the KVM switch and/or cables.  If it goes slowly then the problem is likely with the mouse or the computer (software, usb port, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Test the kvm by switching the computers - if the problem follows a particular KVM port, then test the KVM or cables further.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) If the problem seems to stay with that one computer through all the testing, try a different USB port.  Switch hubs, or use a hub if you don't have one in place right now.  Use a powered hub if you are using an unpowered hub right now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) Beyond all that, remove the drivers for the mouse from the computer and let it reload them.  Update them with the latest drivers for the mouse if it is a high end mouse.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="20340" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11268" RevisionGUID="f3baedd9-3b5d-4958-b031-33d4a01b5080" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:17:41.150" UserId="3299" Text="I am trying to run the &quot;Custom Configuration&quot; on my TFS 2010 beta install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After it runs, I get the following error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Error TF255125:Metabase access to the following resource could not be granted: TFS_APPTIER_SERVICE_WPG**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know what this is or what I can do to grant access so my configuration can run successfully?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am running on Windows Server 2008 R2 RC 64 bit (in VMWare Server)." />
  <row Id="20341" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11268" RevisionGUID="f3baedd9-3b5d-4958-b031-33d4a01b5080" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:17:41.150" UserId="3299" Text="Error Configuring TFS 2010 Beta: No access to TFS_APPTIER_SERVICE_WPG" />
  <row Id="20342" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11268" RevisionGUID="f3baedd9-3b5d-4958-b031-33d4a01b5080" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:17:41.150" UserId="3299" Text="&lt;tfs&gt;" />
  <row Id="20343" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11269" RevisionGUID="672422b0-6c93-407d-9e30-c2e57ba5399a" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:19:26.247" UserId="2649" Text="I believe that it is most likely that computer recognising the hub in the KVM and then the mouse.  If you just plug the mouse into that computer directly, how long does it take to become active?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've found a few KVMs that actually replicate the mouse/keyboard so the computers think they are always attached and switching is immediate.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20344" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9594" RevisionGUID="9893e71a-a8d7-491c-a7f0-ef0e302c5ae4" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:19:36.090" UserId="2040" Comment="Status Update" Text="I am running into a problem at work where end users are unable to email Hotmail or MSN email addresses.  We are running an Exchange 2007 server and the message itself is in HTML and contains no attachments.  If messages are sent to a distribution list, those recipients who use other email providers are able to receive and view the message.  Now the kicker is that *sometimes* we are able to reach the addresses, though not with any regularity.  For instance, a user may not be able to send a message in the morning, but will be able to in the afternoon or perhaps a couple of days later.  Other times, we are unable to reach the addresses at all no matter how many times we try.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's some of the information that will get sent back during an unsuccessful attempt:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Delivery has failed to these recipients or distribution lists:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;An error occurred while trying to deliver this message to the recipient's e-mail address. Microsoft Exchange will not try to redeliver this message for you. Please try resending this message, or provide the following diagnostic text to your system administrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;The following organization rejected your message: snt0-mc1-f7.Snt0.hotmail.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, our mail server generates diagnostic information that the Hotmail (or MSN) server returned a &quot;#500 Unrecognized command ##&quot;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone encountered anything like this or know what the problem may be?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've looked at the issue a little more and it appears that the SPF record is good (or at least passable)." />
  <row Id="20345" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9594" RevisionGUID="9893e71a-a8d7-491c-a7f0-ef0e302c5ae4" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:19:36.090" UserId="2040" Comment="Status Update" Text="&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="20346" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11270" RevisionGUID="d6770e5d-a487-4846-a5c7-60b43af7d530" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:19:43.627" UserId="3326" Text="At my workplace I have a regular user account on RedHat and Suse machines. I don't have root privileges.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I install software that I download from the internet (from sources or binaries)? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, now I want to install the Geany IDE for my own use. I tried to download sources and compile, and I tried to install the RPM, but non of of these works because it requires the root.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20347" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11270" RevisionGUID="d6770e5d-a487-4846-a5c7-60b43af7d530" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:19:43.627" UserId="3326" Text="Installing software on Linux without root privileges" />
  <row Id="20348" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11270" RevisionGUID="d6770e5d-a487-4846-a5c7-60b43af7d530" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:19:43.627" UserId="3326" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;software&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="20349" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11271" RevisionGUID="8db863a0-90ce-48c4-8830-999dc179cc23" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:22:29.470" UserId="2561" Text="Most of the time you can pass PREFIX to configure to install it into your home directory:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ./configure --prefix=/home/ioks/bin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This might get around the permissions issues." />
  <row Id="20350" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="10821" RevisionGUID="61350c47-7976-4828-a671-b01d050d6212" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:22:44.463" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="20351" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11272" RevisionGUID="78ac3b47-8bbe-458d-8af6-2a3402f781ad" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:22:51.313" UserId="3274" Text="Heres a possible &quot;untested&quot; solution, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in your /etc/network/interfaces &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    allow-hotplug eth0&#xD;&#xA;    iface eth1 inet dhcp&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    down ifconfig wlan0 up&#xD;&#xA;    down wpa_cli -i wlan0 reassociate&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    up ifconfig wlan0 down&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    allow-hotplug wlan0&#xD;&#xA;    iface wlan0 inet dhcp&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    up ifconfig eth0 down&#xD;&#xA;    down ifconfig eth0 up&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;well theres my five cents, I use the above setup to modify routes based on interface up/down on a server of mine, it might work for you too, reason I did it using the interface file was that my scripts didnt seem to execute from the /ifup.d dir even with 755.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let me know if it works unfortunately I dont have a debian machine with a wifi card to test with :(&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20354" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11274" RevisionGUID="a1affbb0-356a-4fec-9c75-e7fabb67b839" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:23:26.023" UserId="533" Text="If you want to install it in the standard place (/usr/bin, etc), the short answer is that you won't unless the sys admin sets up something special to allow you to do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are compiling from source, most packages have a --prefix option that will allow you to set a non-standard install target.  That allows you to install stuff in your home directory, including libraries that you can use for other software packages." />
  <row Id="20355" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11275" RevisionGUID="5d303170-13e7-41b6-8469-02732edf3acb" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:23:34.727" UserId="2609" Text="Are you *sure* that the error is happening for the reason you think? Or are you (later in the script) trying to open a file? Start with the simplest case to get things working...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;hello.py:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/usr/bin/env python&#xD;&#xA;    print &quot;Hello, world&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ chmod +x hello.py&#xD;&#xA;    $ ./hello.py&#xD;&#xA;    Hello, world&#xD;&#xA;    $&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11276" RevisionGUID="2f0d2ae3-70b6-42d1-8e89-69cc22af1021" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:23:37.473" UserId="3120" Text="[Subcommander][1] has been very helpful for me; it too is a full-on client as opposed to an Explorer extension. The GUI is a little non-inutitive at first, but it works great otherwise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://subcommander.tigris.org/" />
  <row Id="20357" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11277" RevisionGUID="ffdb4255-4fa8-47e1-b25f-c37af8c175c0" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:23:58.050" UserId="715" Text="An oldy, but a goody,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - BPS (bits per second) and BAUD are the same thing - which they aren't. BAUD is the symbol rate. In many system, the symbols each encode 2 or more bits. e.g.,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    +2v = 11    &#xD;&#xA;    +1v = 10   &#xD;&#xA;    -1v = 01  &#xD;&#xA;    -2v = 00  " />
  <row Id="20358" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11277" RevisionGUID="ffdb4255-4fa8-47e1-b25f-c37af8c175c0" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:23:58.050" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11278" RevisionGUID="0bfee068-9a68-4c8c-93b5-7a7efb4b0047" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:24:08.737" UserId="3356" Text="You *can* install software into your own home directory.  If you're comfortable compiling from source, and the package uses automake, then you can use the following option on configure:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    --prefix=$HOME/install&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or whatever.  Similarly, rpm has a prefix option as well." />
  <row Id="20361" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11280" RevisionGUID="57aeec8d-10d1-49da-88a8-3b1b540ac813" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:29:22.377" UserId="2664" Text="I have some software running on a Windows virtual machine. I am using VMWare as the virtualization technology. The problem comes in with the software's activation / registration. The company who created the software is using the machine's MAC address to uniquely identify the machine during the process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whenever I reboot the VM image I get a new dynamic MAC address, which then causes the software to de-activate itself. Is there a way I can setup the VM image so that it will always use the same static MAC address?" />
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  <row Id="20363" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11280" RevisionGUID="57aeec8d-10d1-49da-88a8-3b1b540ac813" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:29:22.377" UserId="2664" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="20364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11281" RevisionGUID="2e1a56af-aa78-417f-9532-ca88c71bccb2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:29:44.123" UserId="1671" Text="I have copied thousands of files of all types into the shared folders on Windows Home Server and marked all of them as &quot;duplicate&quot; (verb) and it appears to be doing well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I have a small number (about 20) .TIF files and it is complaining about each of these files with the following message: &quot;The following files have a conflict. To learn how to resolve the conflict, click Help.&quot; The Conflict marked on each file is &quot;The file is open&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These files are untouched and unopened by anything that I have been involved with. So I'm trying to track down why .TIF files are open by something and what that something is or if it's a bug in WHS and if so is there a workaround?" />
  <row Id="20365" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11281" RevisionGUID="2e1a56af-aa78-417f-9532-ca88c71bccb2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:29:44.123" UserId="1671" Text="Windows Home Server - The following files have a conflict" />
  <row Id="20366" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11281" RevisionGUID="2e1a56af-aa78-417f-9532-ca88c71bccb2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:29:44.123" UserId="1671" Text="&lt;windows-home-server&gt;&lt;duplicate-files&gt;" />
  <row Id="20367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11282" RevisionGUID="ac2893e9-92b7-4983-a56e-2868e7251224" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:32:21.187" UserId="1435" Text="Yes, but you have to edit the VM's config file directly via the COS, with the VM shutdown too (I think)." />
  <row Id="20368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11283" RevisionGUID="3f5b5d3b-d213-4ba3-bf7b-ec2b9b571bf4" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:33:51.730" UserId="2860" Text="&quot;A multiseat, multi-station or multiterminal configuration is a single computer which supports multiple independent users at the same time. The configuration typically consists in a set of input (e.g. keyboard and mouse) and output (e.g. monitor and headphones) devices for each user.&quot;  -- Wikipedia.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the best multiseat solutions that you know or you have used ?&#xD;&#xA;Ubuntu should support it, but it's not very easy to configure, and the final result is often &quot;unsatisfactory&quot; .&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible in Windows ?" />
  <row Id="20369" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11283" RevisionGUID="3f5b5d3b-d213-4ba3-bf7b-ec2b9b571bf4" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:33:51.730" UserId="2860" Text="Good multiseat software solution" />
  <row Id="20370" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11283" RevisionGUID="3f5b5d3b-d213-4ba3-bf7b-ec2b9b571bf4" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:33:51.730" UserId="2860" Text="&lt;software&gt;" />
  <row Id="20375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11286" RevisionGUID="2a54ea7d-5651-48cb-a412-7864ae70f287" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:36:26.673" UserId="143" Text="I am looking at a number of possible options for load-balancing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So far, I am constrained to the following options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- DNS server load-balancer, balancing to a cluster of tomcat servers, with terracotta for session replication. Pros - don't have to buy new kit. Cons - DNS lb can keep directing to a broken server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Hardware load-balancer, direct to cluster of tomcat servers. Pros - could have second box for failover lb. Cons - expense.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Apache server load-balancer. Pros - apache's lb polls for broken servers. Cons - apache server is single point of failure, plus need to buy another server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any other options I should consider?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="20376" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11286" RevisionGUID="2a54ea7d-5651-48cb-a412-7864ae70f287" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:36:26.673" UserId="143" Text="Load-balancer options" />
  <row Id="20377" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11286" RevisionGUID="2a54ea7d-5651-48cb-a412-7864ae70f287" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:36:26.673" UserId="143" Text="&lt;load-balancer&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;tomcat&gt;" />
  <row Id="20378" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11287" RevisionGUID="0748a0d1-e6de-4038-b00c-350f56d9e38c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:37:53.317" UserId="3070" Text="You probably have windows line endings on your file. Please try running __dos2unix__ on it." />
  <row Id="20379" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11288" RevisionGUID="1d96f3c0-37b1-4396-9b06-09fe5f783a83" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:41:28.910" UserId="1435" Text="I tend to go for hardware LBs as they can often handle a heck of a lot of traffic, are frequently 'simpler' so more capable of being hardened better/easier and can sometimes also manage other security issues like SYN-flood attacks in hardware. I used Foundry but there's loads of choice - spendy though :(" />
  <row Id="20380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11289" RevisionGUID="62a8dc24-920b-4db3-b518-66b025755a05" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:41:39.237" UserId="2629" Text="In the same vein as the &quot;Useful Command-line&quot; questions (for [Windows](http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows), [Linux](http://serverfault.com/questions/6269/useful-commandline-commands-on-linux), and [Mac](http://serverfault.com/questions/7346/useful-commandline-commands-on-mac-os/))&#xD;&#xA;, I think it would be handy to have &quot;useful ways to use utility x&quot; questions.  Man pages tell you what parameters do, but not necessarily why you would use them, what the result means, what useful things the command does that you'd never know without extensive experimentation, or how to get the answer you really want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to know about [netstat][1].  It would appear that I should be able to figure which processes are using bandwidth, and, indeed, how fast the system is using bandwidth.  It also looks useful for detecting unwanted connections (likely virii), and it gives all sorts of routing information (that I only had to play with when trying to make a Sharp Zaurus PDA use TCP/IP over USB.)  In other words, it sounds like a gold mine, and I was hoping some of you would share nuggets of information you've found.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please include the version of netstat and your OS in your reply.  It would be nice to see some sample output and know what it means.  I've marked this question as community wiki, and I hope you'll do the same in your answers, so that other people, knowing a different OS, can put down a near equivalent command if they know, in the same answer, and then we can vote on which answers are the most useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.netstat.net/" />
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  <row Id="20382" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11289" RevisionGUID="62a8dc24-920b-4db3-b518-66b025755a05" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:41:39.237" UserId="2629" Text="&lt;netstat&gt;&lt;tips&gt;&lt;tricks&gt;&lt;features&gt;" />
  <row Id="20383" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11289" RevisionGUID="62a8dc24-920b-4db3-b518-66b025755a05" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:41:39.237" UserId="2629" />
  <row Id="20384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11290" RevisionGUID="afa48b9a-3139-42d7-874e-b4b13d872ba8" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:41:47.693" UserId="2502" Text="If you're looking at load balancer appliances, you really can't go wrong with [F5 Big-IP][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.f5.com/products/big-ip/?gclid=CNWR64eU0JoCFQienAodDgIt1w" />
  <row Id="20385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11291" RevisionGUID="b4769e63-858f-42f7-b00f-e17a18f8f183" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:44:31.120" UserId="2299" Text="How about SQLIOStress or it's replacement SQLIOSim? See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/231619 for details. These apps simulate SQL Server and this should be a pretty similar to the load Exchange creates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John Rennie&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20386" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11292" RevisionGUID="2301a14f-c8a3-4bc6-8ddc-74e3751cedbf" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:45:33.740" UserId="2413" Text="i would not go for dns-based lb - exactly for the reason you list. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[nginx][1] or [varnish][2] can be your other lb/fail-over option that sits in front of appservs and acts as reverse proxy. they do require more care than hardware box but will save you quite a lot of money. be sure to put those balancers in some cluster as well [ active-passive with [heartbeat][3] will do the trick ].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nginx.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://varnish.projects.linpro.no/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.linux-ha.org/" />
  <row Id="20387" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11288" RevisionGUID="72179f59-0da4-4a59-8c9f-58b4ef4a9e5c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:49:29.957" UserId="1435" Comment="added 16 characters in body" Text="I tend to go for hardware LBs as they can often handle a heck of a lot of traffic, are frequently 'simpler' so more capable of being hardened better/easier and can sometimes also manage other security issues like SYN-flood attacks in hardware. I use Foundry but there's loads of choice (F5, Cisco etc.) - spendy though :(" />
  <row Id="20388" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11249" RevisionGUID="b8f77d98-ef0c-413f-942f-ca71ee87d034" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:51:32.420" UserId="45" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="How can you process a file line by line in ksh?" />
  <row Id="20389" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="11249" RevisionGUID="b8f77d98-ef0c-413f-942f-ca71ee87d034" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:51:32.420" UserId="45" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="How to process a file line by line in ksh?" />
  <row Id="20390" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11293" RevisionGUID="0c720b3a-a203-47a9-9e69-54631a25ed4e" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:51:39.750" UserId="1054" Text="[PDFCreator][1] is a free open source converter.  It has an auto-save feature that doesn't prompt for destination filename.  It's a little annoying that it only saves to My Documents, Desktop, a temp folder or a custom defined folder and not the targer file's folder but it works rather well.  Select target files, right-click and Print.  Don't know that I'd recommend it for large batches.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/" />
  <row Id="20391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11294" RevisionGUID="001da435-facd-4ede-96ee-ff80fe4ac9ac" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:52:05.553" UserId="1403" Text="A Sun server running Solaris, with SunRay thinclients." />
  <row Id="20394" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11295" RevisionGUID="a74494c4-1506-41a4-b053-43a92b5b4e21" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:53:45.207" UserId="2600" Text="The Cisco GSS (Global Site Selector) is a DNS server that also does health checks.  This is going to be a more expensive option than a standard DNS server obviously.  Web page with more details here:  http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/contnetw/ps4162/index.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    F5 has similar offerings:  http://www.f5.com/products/ &#xD;&#xA;    Cisco ACE product page: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps8361/index.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As Chopper3 mentioned, hardware based load-balancing is probably going to offer greater performance but you will pay for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Features you can look for are:  SSL off-loading, vlan support, contexts, clustering, support for routing protocols, and support/interaction with different applications (i.e. html cookies &amp; header modification).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20395" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11296" RevisionGUID="59019965-4559-47d4-b66b-f665f69fd362" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:53:59.217" UserId="1869" Text="I manage the network for my parents small business (an after hours type thing just to keep them from having to pay someone), and I would like to setup a wireless network for them. They have two large warehouse type buildings with a small private &quot;road&quot; in between. I would like them to be able to have wireless access anywhere in or around these buildings... how is this accomplished? I know I'll need a few access points, but how do you bring it all together so that you have &quot;one&quot; large wireless network?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if they add another location somewhere, is there anything that can be done to have a wireless network there that &quot;matches&quot; the one at the first location? Basically so Windows would recognize it all as the same network and know to connect when in range of either?" />
  <row Id="20396" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11296" RevisionGUID="59019965-4559-47d4-b66b-f665f69fd362" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:53:59.217" UserId="1869" Text="How do I setup a wide area wireless network?" />
  <row Id="20397" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11296" RevisionGUID="59019965-4559-47d4-b66b-f665f69fd362" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:53:59.217" UserId="1869" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;wireless&gt;&lt;wireless-network&gt;" />
  <row Id="20398" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11297" RevisionGUID="42648732-aa3a-4c95-af1d-fc67e0566ac9" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:55:15.190" UserId="1435" Text="I know you said Windows but if you have any Mac owning friends you could ask them to write a very quick/simple 'automator script' using 'preview' to do this." />
  <row Id="20399" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11278" RevisionGUID="ca57ffe2-fb4c-4f08-bfe5-1691dd55a769" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:57:21.520" UserId="3356" Comment="Adding clarification on the prefix option for rpm." Text="You *can* install software into your own home directory.  If you're comfortable compiling from source, and the package uses automake, then you can use the following option on configure:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    --prefix=$HOME/install&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or whatever.  Similarly, rpm has a prefix option as well.  However, this only works if the rpm was *built* to be relocatable." />
  <row Id="20400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11298" RevisionGUID="c02dd230-8663-47ae-870f-3bf96902661e" CreationDate="2009-05-22T14:59:24.480" UserId="2413" Text="typically it will be enough if your access points have the same ssid and the same type / password for authentication and different wireless channels. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;wireless client will roam from one AP to the other when it looses the connectivity, but don't expect ultra smooth handover.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;it'd be much better if you have wired backbone linking all access points together, but if you cannot have it - most APs support [wireless distribution system][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Distribution_System" />
  <row Id="20401" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11299" RevisionGUID="1b636801-cf66-477c-9e5e-c9d52a2e7e2a" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:00:10.830" UserId="1067" Text="My preferred method is to use Active Setup.  What it does, is check when a user logs into a machine if they've ran a particular script or command (Such as the one you would have) and if not, execute it.  So, you'll only run a particular script for a user one time on their workstation.  I found this to be perfect for writing to HKCU, because you don't have to load each hive and only the accounts that people log into are modified.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not to self promote, but I did write a [blog post][1] about doing this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With this solution, the scripting language is irrelevant.  You could do a VBScript, Powershell, Batch file.  Whatever lets you write to HKCU as the logged in user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other, optional final touch you could make is load and modify the default user Hive.  That would set the registry value for any new users that log on for the first time to that particular system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://robhaupt.blogspot.com/2008/07/using-active-setup.html" />
  <row Id="20402" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11300" RevisionGUID="5aaf7207-69bf-44e1-9a3c-bf1927840ddb" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:04:35.627" UserId="1210" Text="The Cisco ASAs can have a VPN terminate on them, provided they aren't in transparent mode.  In addition to that, because of the functionality you get with the ASAs, I highly recommend them.  VPN is relatively easy to set up using the ASDM (gui) and no longer has to be accomplished from the CLI.  In fact, there is some functionality that can't be set up from the CLI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EasyVPN, WebVPN, the AnyConnect client, Digital Certs, Radius, TACACS, VPN policies, Split Tunneling, Hairpinning...IMHO Cisco does VPN right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The entry level ASA, 5505, is also relatively inexpensive, around $600 if I remember correctly." />
  <row Id="20403" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11286" RevisionGUID="ed404691-65e6-4094-a596-49156ae46ca4" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:05:25.907" UserId="143" Comment="added 115 characters in body" Text="I am looking at a number of possible options for load-balancing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So far, I am constrained to the following options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- DNS server load-balancer, balancing to a cluster of tomcat servers, with terracotta for session replication. Pros - don't have to buy new kit. Cons - DNS lb can keep directing to a broken server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Hardware load-balancer, direct to cluster of tomcat servers. Pros - could have second box for failover lb. Cons - expense.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Apache server load-balancer. Pros - apache's lb polls for broken servers. Cons - apache server is single point of failure, plus need to buy another server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any other options I should consider?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: Thanks for all the answers so far +1's all round. Not accepting an answer yet, to keep more ideas coming.&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="20404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11301" RevisionGUID="b49c79d2-3a1e-4ec4-8ebb-5e74e9fb59df" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:09:09.503" UserId="2372" Text="Windows: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Netstat -n&#xD;&#xA;    (Show active TCP connections, don't slow down trying to do name resolution)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Proto  Local Address          Foreign Address        State&#xD;&#xA;    TCP    192.168.1.38:4853    69.59.196.212:80       ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; Shows active TCP connections , but no UDP activity.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;    Netstat -an&#xD;&#xA;      (Show all connections, don't slow down trying to do name resolution)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Proto  Local Address          Foreign Address        State&#xD;&#xA;    TCP    0.0.0.0:80             0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING&#xD;&#xA;    TCP    192.168.1.38:4853    69.59.196.212:80       ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  Shows all active TCP connections, as well as listening TCP and UDP connections.  Does not show outbound UDP activity here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20405" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11301" RevisionGUID="b49c79d2-3a1e-4ec4-8ebb-5e74e9fb59df" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:09:09.503" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20406" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10585" RevisionGUID="38bff101-b423-454a-898a-5938c96fae57" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:10:57.347" UserId="1800" Comment="added 298 characters in body" Text="How do I enable crypt_blowfish support for PHP on a Linux (Debian) server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm referring to the [OpenBSD-style Blowfish-based bcrypt][^1], known in PHP as CRYPT_BLOWFISH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I know there is no Debian package for it, what other options do I have to enable this hashing algorithm for PHP?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note:  &#xD;&#xA;PHP's [crypt() fuction][^4] interfaces relatively directly with the [C-library crypt(3)][^5] function provided by the underlying operating system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**  &#xD;&#xA;Package-naming is not as clear as it could (should) be.  &#xD;&#xA;The [PEAR Crypt_Blowfish package][^2] is a drop-in replacement for PHP's MCrypt extension, allowing for quick *two-way* blowfish encryption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also the [Debian BCrypt package][^3]  is also an implementation of the 'normal' two-way blowfish algorithm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'm looking for is the Bcrypt-hash implementation for hashing passwords. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[^1]:http://www.openwall.com/crypt/&#xD;&#xA;[^2]:http://pear.php.net/package/Crypt_Blowfish&#xD;&#xA;[^3]:http://packages.debian.org/lenny/bcrypt&#xD;&#xA;[^4]:http://www.php.net/crypt&#xD;&#xA;[^5]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypt_(Unix)#crypt.283.29_under_Linux" />
  <row Id="20407" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11302" RevisionGUID="c4b58f69-c4cb-4f38-8f02-ff643cf8f350" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:11:06.627" UserId="1466" Text="Have you looked at **ldirectord**?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It runs on linux, can run with heartbeat on the same machines it is load balancing (and thus have some redundancy built in) - or or course, on its own box in front of them, is easy to configure, lightweight, and very capable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11303" RevisionGUID="b26ecb7a-4a4d-4ba8-9f8c-eecc879341c4" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:11:39.857" UserId="2158" Text="I found that [crossroads][1] was an excellent load balancer. It handled our production load for a good seven months while the network guys sorted out a hardware problem with a cisco load balancer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://crossroads.e-tunity.com/" />
  <row Id="20409" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11304" RevisionGUID="4214cd7d-1e4e-4576-9ee5-01037595ed1d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:14:00.760" Text="&lt;p&gt;When copying a file from an NTFS partition to a FAT32 device, the new file's modified date is sometimes changed by 1 or 2 seconds.  Why does this happen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This became apparent in a file syncronization program I have that compares mod dates and copies newer files over the older, and in this case can never catch up since the mod date is a moving target.  I tried doing a drag-n-drop copy within Windows Explorer and it did the same thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="20411" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11304" RevisionGUID="4214cd7d-1e4e-4576-9ee5-01037595ed1d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:14:00.760" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;win32&gt;" />
  <row Id="20412" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11305" RevisionGUID="53fa8081-1ca4-4ba2-88e8-53bfbe0e769a" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:18:26.023" UserId="2186" Text="&lt;p&gt;This is because &lt;a href=&quot;http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724290.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;FAT32 has 2 second resolution for last write times.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, what you're seeing is a limitation of the file system: it can't store last modified times accurately to the second.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your synchronisation program is going to have to allow a window of a few seconds when comparing dates or use another method to work out which files to copy.  You could checksum the files to compare the contents; if you don't have too many files this can be reasonably fast.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11306" RevisionGUID="ae816cd2-bb29-4c4f-ada6-e0b663537bee" CreationDate="2009-05-22T09:23:38.447" Text="&lt;p&gt;I think the only differences between the original FAT and FAT32 was the long file name support and the size of the FAT pointers (up from 16 bits to 32) to allow smaller clusters on large disks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think they rejigged the directory entry formats which have had a 2-second resolution since the very earliest days of DOS. This was to save space on the disk, not so important now, but &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; important back then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20414" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11307" RevisionGUID="9d411ee8-b0b7-43d5-a8df-90690d5f6a1d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T10:48:14.597" Text="&lt;p&gt;The other reason is because all NTFS permissions are removed.  I've noticed all user profile permissions in NTFS are not on files that have been copied to FAT32.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20415" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11308" RevisionGUID="a763cec5-1fad-4ccb-b088-dcee69a74d83" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:18:56.330" UserId="2158" Text="I have two ISPs at two seperate locations, both with seperate SMTP servers. Neither SMTP server allows relaying from the other ISP, so when taking my laptop between each location, I have to swap between smtp servers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I currently edit the /etc/hosts file to override smtp.magichost.com with the IP addresses of the SMTP server I'm suppsoed to be using, but that is a pain. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a better way to do this?" />
  <row Id="20416" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11308" RevisionGUID="a763cec5-1fad-4ccb-b088-dcee69a74d83" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:18:56.330" UserId="2158" Text="How to switch between SMTP servers at different locations on a laptop." />
  <row Id="20417" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11308" RevisionGUID="a763cec5-1fad-4ccb-b088-dcee69a74d83" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:18:56.330" UserId="2158" Text="&lt;smtp&gt;&lt;load-balancing&gt;&lt;switching&gt;&lt;profile&gt;" />
  <row Id="20418" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11309" RevisionGUID="d10aaea4-2810-4549-a5e9-74894299d653" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:19:42.243" UserId="2609" Text="There's a nice solution [hostapd][1] which implements Inter Access Point Protocol (IAPP). That will allow you to roam from one access point to another seamlessly. If you can arrange overlapping coverage of APs it'll appear to be one big hotspot. There's a nice [introductory article][2] covering it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=hostapd&amp;apropos=0&amp;sektion=0&amp;manpath=OpenBSD+Current&amp;arch=i386&amp;format=html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&amp;sid=20051008150710" />
  <row Id="20419" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11036" RevisionGUID="b9bdb225-2309-44ef-b170-89dcfd3c991d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:21:51.630" UserId="2307" Comment="deleted 12 characters in body" Text="This is a pretty naive question, I guess. I frequently need to figure out what if the problem with a web app or is it simply a networking issue - lost packets or a slow connection in any point between, say, your boss on a crappy wifi connection at the airport and the web server, or the CDN and the web server or MySQL and the webserver, or memcached box... You get the idea. Also, how do you tell if it's the DNS server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of you are missing the point. This is not a question about measuring web application performance. This is a question about measuring network performance as a component of web application performance." />
  <row Id="20420" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11310" RevisionGUID="41c6bf19-81d5-48b8-a564-4dd7273e7cae" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:22:40.067" UserId="48" Text="[Mail Switch][1] is an application that claims to be able to do this for you, selecting the mailserver based on the network you are connected to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.envirocalm.com/mailswitch.html" />
  <row Id="20421" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11311" RevisionGUID="1ae041b0-55f4-45d7-9919-6d3f2261f7d5" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:24:33.153" UserId="1041" Text="Solaris:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netstat -nr&#xD;&#xA;    (displays routing table)&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="20423" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11312" RevisionGUID="4b132e65-a449-4b56-91e3-de634a55facd" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:25:27.300" UserId="2304" Text="From the Wicked Cool Shell Scripts book:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Script #90.1][1]: Every 'n' minutes, grab netstats values (via crontab) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Script #90.2][2]: Analyze the netstat running performance log, identifying important results and trends. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Love this book - well worth buying!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://intuitive.com/wicked/showscript.cgi?090-getstats.sh&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://intuitive.com/wicked/showscript.cgi?090-netperf.sh" />
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  <row Id="20425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11313" RevisionGUID="f0a284ee-6828-48a1-be35-6e50c60ebd16" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:26:27.750" UserId="2706" Text="I have four networks on my machine:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. 192.168.20.0/24 wired (connected only at work)&#xD;&#xA;1. 192.168.20.0/24 wireless (connected only at home)&#xD;&#xA;1. 192.168.132.0/24 VMWare's NAT&#xD;&#xA;1. 192.168.238.0/24 VMWare's host-only&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My OS X (10.5) seems to prefer to use VMWare's NAT over my Wireless network.  Is there any way to change the preference baring shutting down the VMWare interfaces?" />
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  <row Id="20427" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11313" RevisionGUID="f0a284ee-6828-48a1-be35-6e50c60ebd16" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:26:27.750" UserId="2706" Text="&lt;mdns&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="20428" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11231" RevisionGUID="2c515582-3bf5-4528-b462-0639be340a93" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:27:41.070" UserId="2502" Comment="added 48 characters in body" Text="There are commercial versions like [Juniper's Secure Access (formerly Neoteris)][1] which in my opinion is the best of the SSL VPN appliances.  Cisco offers SSL VPN functionality in their ASA, and Watchguard sells an appliance as well. Depending on your needs the Juniper SA 700 will support up to 25 users.  If you have more concurrent users, you'll need to look at the SA 2000 which supports 100.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it isn't a project worth any money to your company I'd say [OpenVPN][2] is the only other big open source SSL VPN option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.juniper.net/us/en/products-services/security/sa-series/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://openvpn.net/" />
  <row Id="20429" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11314" RevisionGUID="ba36163e-7e1a-4591-9155-6594cdc14523" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:27:47.327" UserId="2318" Text="I know an LDAP search base suffix generally matches the directory server's hostname. In other words, I know if the hostname is `od.foobar.com`, I should use the search base suffix: `dc=od,dc=foorbar,dc=com`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But it bothers me to not understand why I'm doing this. Could someone provide some background, explain precisely what I'm doing?" />
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  <row Id="20431" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11314" RevisionGUID="ba36163e-7e1a-4591-9155-6594cdc14523" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:27:47.327" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;ldap&gt;" />
  <row Id="20432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11315" RevisionGUID="abc9b56e-1f17-40bd-b61b-88264675768d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:27:49.667" UserId="3370" Text="&gt; stackoverflow points me &quot;belongs-on-serverfault&quot; on this, so crossposting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am frustrated of not having a good Linux GUI administration and development tool for PostgreSQL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;pgAdmin III is buggy and unusable piece of... hmm, software, compared to Windows-only PostgreSQL Maestro and EMS PostgreSQL manager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;phpPgaAmin does not looks promising.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EMS PostgreSQL manager can work under Wine, but such setup have a number of issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Requirements are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Table data editing and browsing for large tables (1M+), able to jump by FK or some master-slave editing, GUI filtering and so on.&#xD;&#xA;2. ER diagrams with in-place schema editing&#xD;&#xA;3. Schema editing and browsing with all useful GUI support&#xD;&#xA;4. Schema changes log to put into DB versioning (migrations script).&#xD;&#xA;5. Tabbed interface to be able to work with a number of tables and SQL queries at once.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20433" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11315" RevisionGUID="abc9b56e-1f17-40bd-b61b-88264675768d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:27:49.667" UserId="3370" Text="Any good PostgreSQL client for linux?" />
  <row Id="20434" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11315" RevisionGUID="abc9b56e-1f17-40bd-b61b-88264675768d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:27:49.667" UserId="3370" Text="&lt;postgresql&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;database-adminstration&gt;&lt;gui&gt;" />
  <row Id="20435" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11181" RevisionGUID="0fff3076-6c5b-4478-b0c8-e64c1fb8b95c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:29:11.990" UserId="1840" Text="It would help greatly if you told us the app name and what windows flavor you're using.  Usually if you have old files and reg settings that need to be cleared-out [**ccleaner**][1] (freeware) does the trick.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've also heard good things about [**Revo Uninstaller**][2] (freeware)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;update&lt;/h2&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Also, specific for your problem, there is a technote at the adobe site for an **uninstaller for Adobe Flash:** [**http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html**][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ccleaner.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.revouninstaller.com/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html" />
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  <row Id="20443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11319" RevisionGUID="b5f64173-69fc-4b81-8570-52c75453db68" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:37:58.850" UserId="3251" Text="Are you running the Application Pool as your account (mydomain\myusername)?  If so, you will need to add that account to the IIS_WPG.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might also want to add IIS\_WPG to the &quot;Distributed COM Users&quot; group or find the actual item in the Component Services and directly grant access to IIS_WPG&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11320" RevisionGUID="a3212c27-5067-4873-846b-3745d7d0759c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:41:16.973" UserId="2307" Text="Command line and scripting is dangerous. Make a little typo with rm -rf and you are in a world of hurt. Confuse prod with stage in the name of the database while running an import script and you are boned (if they are on the same server, which is not good, but happens). Same for noticing too late that the server name where you sshed is not what you thought it was after funning some commands. You have to respect the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.team.net/mjb/hawg.html&quot;&gt;Hole Hawg&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a few little rituals before running risky commands - like doing a triple take check of the server I'm on. Here's an &lt;a href=&quot;http://m0j0.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/safety-precautions-when-using-the-rm-command/&quot;&gt;interesting article on rm safety&lt;/a&gt; taking my hands off the keyboard, etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What little rituals, tools and tricks keeps you safe on the command line?" />
  <row Id="20445" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11320" RevisionGUID="a3212c27-5067-4873-846b-3745d7d0759c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:41:16.973" UserId="2307" Text="Command line safety tricks" />
  <row Id="20446" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11320" RevisionGUID="a3212c27-5067-4873-846b-3745d7d0759c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:41:16.973" UserId="2307" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;administration&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="20447" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11321" RevisionGUID="7ebb3f7c-db0f-4a3a-8b22-c4cbbcd72b80" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:41:22.400" UserId="1840" Text=" 1. Windows **updtime.exe** might help you with that, but I'm not sure if it will give you info about 'after' hybernation: [**http://support.microsoft.com/kb/232243**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. I wonder if the default tools might help you (from cmd):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; **net statistics server**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; **net statistics workstation**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/232243" />
  <row Id="20448" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11322" RevisionGUID="b2674232-34d0-4a75-852f-c8a95f561199" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:44:23.283" UserId="3251" Text="    c:&gt;netstat -a | find /c &quot;TCP&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    68&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shows number of TCP/IP connections.  Useful if you are troubleshooting high network systems that are running out of TCP ports and need to increase [MaxUserPorts][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196271" />
  <row Id="20449" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11322" RevisionGUID="b2674232-34d0-4a75-852f-c8a95f561199" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:44:23.283" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20450" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11323" RevisionGUID="b0ebf0e3-1c11-4918-ba84-ca7aef299455" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:46:04.857" UserId="422" Text="Prior to Microsoft 'embrassing, extending, and changing' LDAP, most implementations had objects to represent the root of the tree.  I.e.  You have to start from somewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For reasons I am not completely clear on, in Active Directory, each Domain in the tree/forest is rooted with a name that dc=domain,dc=com that is not really two separate objects, rather it is a virtual root of the directory name space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think that some of it comes from the fact, that regardless of what is said about Active Directory, it is still a series of linked domains, and each domain needs to be treated as a standalone entity.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now there are automatic transitive trusts within an AD tree, so that makes it matter less to end users, but even though the namespace looks kind of contiguous, it isn't really.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This becomes more evident with some of the naming rules with AD.  For example sAMAccountName must be unique within a domain, regardless of whether they are in the same container or not.  I.e. The full distinguished name must be unique, (you cannot have two John Smith users in the same container) but the shortname that is used for many things internally (sAMAccountName) needs to be unique within the entire domain. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other directory services either have somewhat similar requirements, like uniqueID should really be unique within the entire directory, but that is more because applications usually make that assumption, as application writers have been too lazy to deal with the complex issue (I don't blame them, it is a hard problem) of how to handle two users with short names of jsmith trying to use a service, but existing in two different containers.  (I.e. Perhaps cn=jsmith,ou=London,dc=acme,dc=com and cn=jsmith,ou=Texas,dc=acme,dc=com).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How should your application using this directory decide which user to use?  The usual answer is let the user decide.  But that means catching this case, presenting a UI to the user choose from and whatnot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most application writers just ignore that possibility and just use uniqueID or sAMAccountName because that is unique (sort of) and easier to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The difference between uniqueID and sAMAccountName would be that uniqueID should be unique throughout the directory name space.  Whereas sAMAccountName is only guaranteed unique within the domain.  If the AD tree has several domains, there is no guarentee there of uniqueness, between domains." />
  <row Id="20451" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11324" RevisionGUID="157a7191-3891-425a-8087-a784f9e952eb" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:47:33.043" UserId="3364" Text="I have a machine that has a LAN network connection, which is used for internet access. This  machine also has to be connected to a VPN connection. When the VPN is connected, Windows seems to ask the DNS servers of the VPN connection _first_, then the DNS servers configured for the LAN connection. I need this to be the other way around for performance issues, since the VPN is slow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, how do I configure which of the connection's DNS servers should be the primary on a Windows box ? The remote VPN DNS provides some name resolution that are not public, so I still need it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have already unchecked the &quot;Use the default gateway on the remote network&quot; option in TCP/IP settings. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20452" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11324" RevisionGUID="157a7191-3891-425a-8087-a784f9e952eb" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:47:33.043" UserId="3364" Text="&quot;Primary&quot; DNS when there are multiple network connections" />
  <row Id="20453" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11324" RevisionGUID="157a7191-3891-425a-8087-a784f9e952eb" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:47:33.043" UserId="3364" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="20454" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11325" RevisionGUID="19679274-ad07-4d19-b602-c701d22b1218" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:49:23.710" UserId="1840" Text="There's a few things I like to be aware of as I do changes from the command line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Make sure I'm on the right server/system&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Think about how many people will be affected by my action (if I make a mistake or not)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Before typing the 'enter' key, be aware of the possibility of undoing my action&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Ask myself whether this command has potential of disconnecting my session (fw rule, bad shutdown, etc...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20455" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11308" RevisionGUID="9ee91900-c27b-40cd-8d82-f87d4ce3c9ea" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:49:39.047" UserId="45" Comment="removed tags &quot;load-balancing&quot; and &quot;switching&quot;" Text="&lt;smtp&gt;&lt;profile&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="20456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11326" RevisionGUID="85993560-9a26-4050-a8cc-435d055a0271" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:51:21.350" UserId="2505" Text="I use the free psinfo tool from sysinternals (now owned by microsoft, and still free)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\&gt;psinfo&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    PsInfo v1.75 - Local and remote system information viewer&#xD;&#xA;    Copyright (C) 2001-2007 Mark Russinovich&#xD;&#xA;    Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    System information for \\LAPTOP:&#xD;&#xA;    Uptime:                    0 days 11 hours 28 minutes 27 seconds&#xD;&#xA;    Kernel version:            Windows 7 Ultimate, Multiprocessor Free&#xD;&#xA;    Product type:              Professional&#xD;&#xA;    Product version:           6.1&#xD;&#xA;    Service pack:              0&#xD;&#xA;    Kernel build number:       7100&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Grab it from \\live.sysinternals.com\tools\psinfo.exe (you can even run it directly from that unc link).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20457" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11327" RevisionGUID="3ca06ce2-ff6c-47d6-81d7-951de414fca1" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:52:10.117" UserId="199" Text="Make sure that you never run command you find online unless you fully understand what they are doing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your system may be different from the poster's, and that could cause a world of hurt." />
  <row Id="20458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11328" RevisionGUID="aadb6782-2896-4c63-a406-956f8d1edfe8" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:54:08.240" UserId="993" Text="Check [CommandLineFu's Netstat Page][1] for some useful ways to use netstat in bash.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/matching/netstat/bmV0c3RhdA==/sort-by-votes" />
  <row Id="20459" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11328" RevisionGUID="aadb6782-2896-4c63-a406-956f8d1edfe8" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:54:08.240" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11329" RevisionGUID="2ffe7460-6791-4c7d-9b28-c292280a02ba" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:55:00.220" UserId="3249" Text="Hmmm.  Not that this is likely something a user could do, but I wonder if it might make sense for there to be per-user &quot;overlay&quot; filesystems (union-fs, etc) that overlay the &quot;standard&quot; system install directories, and so allow unprivileged users to install software in the 'normal' places.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also use a global union-fs filesystem to separate admin-installed non-standard SW (which often goes in /usr/local/* on many systems) from distribution packages.  (Perhaps also to separate updates as well, and even allow for &quot;roll-back&quot; ala XP System Restore).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hmmm&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20461" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3780" RevisionGUID="8b365ef3-d286-49d5-9327-b1c4f9069868" CreationDate="2009-05-22T15:55:08.020" UserId="1224" Comment="added 151 characters in body" Text="The aim for this Wiki is to promote using a command to open up commonly used applications without having to go through many mouse clicks - thus saving times on monitoring, troubleshooting Windows machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Answer entries need to specify&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Application name&#xD;&#xA; - Commands&#xD;&#xA; - Screenshot (Optional)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shortcut to commands&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [&amp;&amp;][1] - Command Chaining&#xD;&#xA;- [%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\rcimlby.exe -LaunchRA][2] - Remote Assistance (Windows XP)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl][3] - Programs and Features (Formerly Known as &quot;Add or Remove Programs&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl @,2][4] - Turn Windows Features On and Off (Add/Remove Windows Components pane)&#xD;&#xA;- [calc][5] - Calculator&#xD;&#xA;- [cleanmgr.exe][6] - Disk Cleanup&#xD;&#xA;- [cls][7] - clear the command line screen&#xD;&#xA;- [cmd /k][8] - Run command with command extensions enabled&#xD;&#xA;- [color][9] - Sets the default console foreground and background colors in console&#xD;&#xA;- [compmgmt.msc][10] - Computer Management&#xD;&#xA;- [control.exe /name Microsoft.NetworkAndSharingCenter][11] - Network and Sharing Center&#xD;&#xA;- [control keyboard][12] - Keyboard Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control mouse(or main.cpl)][13] - Mouse Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control sysdm.cpl,@0,3][14] - Advanced Tab of the System Properties dialog&#xD;&#xA;- [control userpasswords2][15] - Opens the classic User Accounts dialog&#xD;&#xA;- [desk.cpl][16] - opens the display properties&#xD;&#xA;- [devmgmt.msc][17] - Device Manager&#xD;&#xA;- [diskmgmt.msc][18] - Disk Management&#xD;&#xA;- [dsquery][19] - Finds any objects in the directory according to criteria&#xD;&#xA;- [eventvwr][20] - Windows Event Log (Event Viewer)&#xD;&#xA;- [explorer .][21] - Open explorer with the current folder selected.&#xD;&#xA;- [explorer /e][22], . - Open explorer, with folder tree, with current folder selected.&#xD;&#xA;- [findstr][23] - Find a string in a file&#xD;&#xA;- [firewall.cpl][24] - Opens the Windows Firewall settings&#xD;&#xA;- [fsmgmt.msc][25] - Shared Folders&#xD;&#xA;- [fsutil][26] - Perform tasks related to FAT and NTFS file systems&#xD;&#xA;- [getmac][27] - Shows the mac address(es) of your network adapter(s)&#xD;&#xA;- [iisreset][28] - To restart IIS&#xD;&#xA;- [InetMgr.exe][29] - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 7&#xD;&#xA;- [InetMgr6.exe][30] - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 6&#xD;&#xA;- [intl.cpl][31] - Regional and Language Options&#xD;&#xA;- [ipconfig][32] - Internet protocol configuration&#xD;&#xA;- [lusrmgr.msc][33] - Local Users and Groups Administrator&#xD;&#xA;- [msconfig][34] - System Configuration&#xD;&#xA;- [notepad][35] - Notepad? ;)&#xD;&#xA;- [mmsys.cpl][36] - Sound/Recording/Playback properties&#xD;&#xA;- [mrt][37] - Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool&#xD;&#xA;- [mstsc.exe][38] - Remote Desktop Connection&#xD;&#xA;- [ncpa.cpl][39] - Network Connections&#xD;&#xA;- [net statistics][40] - Check computer up time&#xD;&#xA;- [odbcad32.exe][41] - ODBC Data Source Administrator&#xD;&#xA;- [pathping][42] - A traceroute that collects detailed packet loss stats&#xD;&#xA;- [quser][43] - Display information about user sessions on a terminal server&#xD;&#xA;- [qwinsta][44] - See disconnected remote desktop sessions&#xD;&#xA;- [reg.exe][45] - Console Registry Tool for Windows&#xD;&#xA;- [regedit][46] - Registry Editor&#xD;&#xA;- [rasdial][47] - Connects to a VPN or a dialup network&#xD;&#xA;- [robocopy][48] - Backup/Restore/Copy large amounts of files reliably&#xD;&#xA;- [rsop.msc][49] - Resultant Set of Policy (shows the combined effect of all group policies active on the current system/login)&#xD;&#xA;- [sc][50] - Manage anything you want to do with services.&#xD;&#xA;- [secpol.msc][51] - Local Security Settings&#xD;&#xA;- [services.msc][52] - Services control panel&#xD;&#xA;- [set][53] - Displays, sets, or removes cmd.exe environment variables.&#xD;&#xA;- [start.][54] - opens the current directory in the Windows Explorer.&#xD;&#xA;- [shutdown.exe][55] - Shutdown or Reboot a local/remote machine&#xD;&#xA;- [subst.exe][56] - Associates a path with a drive letter, including local drives&#xD;&#xA;- [systeminfo][57] -Displays a comprehensive information about the system&#xD;&#xA;- [taskkill][58] - terminate tasks by process id (PID) or image name&#xD;&#xA;- [tasklist.exe][59] - List Processes on local or a remote machine&#xD;&#xA;- [taskmgr.exe][60] - Task Manager&#xD;&#xA;- [telephon.cpl][61] - Telephone and Modem properties&#xD;&#xA;- [timedate.cpl][62] - Date and Time&#xD;&#xA;- [title][63] - Change the title of the CMD window you have open&#xD;&#xA;- [tracert][64] - Trace route&#xD;&#xA;- [winver.exe][65] - Find Windows Version&#xD;&#xA;- [wscui.cpl][66] - Windows Security Center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6628#6628&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/5101#5101&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3787#3787&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3959#3959&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/5269#5269&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3922#3922&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6627#6627&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/5106#5106&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6912#6912&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3791#3791&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3803#3803&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3800#3800&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3799#3799&#xD;&#xA;  [14]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/5104#5104&#xD;&#xA;  [15]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3891#3891&#xD;&#xA;  [16]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3874#3874&#xD;&#xA;  [17]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3793#3793&#xD;&#xA;  [18]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3795#3795&#xD;&#xA;  [19]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4582#4582&#xD;&#xA;  [20]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/4083#4083&#xD;&#xA;  [21]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3898#3898&#xD;&#xA;  [22]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3898#3898&#xD;&#xA;  [23]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4861#4861&#xD;&#xA;  [24]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6339#6339&#xD;&#xA;  [25]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/4031#4031&#xD;&#xA;  [26]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4997#4997&#xD;&#xA;  [27]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3864#3864&#xD;&#xA;  [28]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/4027#4027&#xD;&#xA;  [29]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3796#3796&#xD;&#xA;  [30]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3796#3796&#xD;&#xA;  [31]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3808#3808&#xD;&#xA;  [32]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6902#6902&#xD;&#xA;  [33]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3977#3977&#xD;&#xA;  [34]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6822#6822&#xD;&#xA;  [35]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/4025#4025&#xD;&#xA;  [36]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4422#4422&#xD;&#xA;  [37]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6305#6305&#xD;&#xA;  [38]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3784#3784&#xD;&#xA;  [39]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4421#4421&#xD;&#xA;  [40]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6372#6372&#xD;&#xA;  [41]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3797#3797&#xD;&#xA;  [42]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/8759#8759&#xD;&#xA;  [43]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4203#4203&#xD;&#xA;  [44]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6522#6522&#xD;&#xA;  [45]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/11244#11244&#xD;&#xA;  [46]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3900#3900&#xD;&#xA;  [47]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4480#4480&#xD;&#xA;  [48]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4546#4546&#xD;&#xA;  [49]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/7598#7598&#xD;&#xA;  [50]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6351#6351&#xD;&#xA;  [51]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3845#3845&#xD;&#xA;  [52]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3786#3786&#xD;&#xA;  [53]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6741#6741&#xD;&#xA;  [54]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3962#3962&#xD;&#xA;  [55]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4987#4987&#xD;&#xA;  [56]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6923#6923&#xD;&#xA;  [57]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6516#6516&#xD;&#xA;  [58]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6349#6349&#xD;&#xA;  [59]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/5002#5002&#xD;&#xA;  [60]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3817#3817&#xD;&#xA;  [61]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4426#4426&#xD;&#xA;  [62]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4428#4428&#xD;&#xA;  [63]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6468#6468&#xD;&#xA;  [64]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6901#6901&#xD;&#xA;  [65]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4847#4847&#xD;&#xA;  [66]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4431#4431" />
  <row Id="20462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11330" RevisionGUID="2c9f483b-32ab-49e6-829b-da7f0caa6808" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:01:39.660" UserId="2318" Text="What legal issues should you research as a sysadmin to avoid you, or your employer, being accused of negligence, or of violating privacy, etc?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While laws vary from country to country and state to state, it could still be enlightening if you have an example of a law which you, or someone you know, has broken without realizing it." />
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  <row Id="20465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11331" RevisionGUID="f014e5f7-7e0d-4f35-8e98-939aed137476" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:08:17.837" UserId="2101" Text="If you are using Thunderbird, you can try installing the SmtpSelect extension.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are trying to solve the more general problem, most (at least the ones I work with) ISPs allow you to authenticate and submit mail to the mail submission port (587). Perhaps this will work for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that still doesn't work, sign up for a gmail account and use gmail's mail submission port (smtp.gmail.com:587) to send your mail out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you really don't want to do that, setup some sort of smart script that wakes up every n minutes, checks to see where it is, and reconfigures /etc/hosts or /etc/mail/mailertable to redirect the mail appropriately." />
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  <row Id="20470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11333" RevisionGUID="8cf0bf38-2b32-4936-ae00-79f1ba651914" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:15:03.067" UserId="993" Text="It largely varies on a few things like what industry you're in...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Health Care: [HIPPA][1] &#xD;&#xA; - Education:  [FERPA][2] &#xD;&#xA; - If your company is traded with the SEC: [Sarbanes Oxley][3] &#xD;&#xA; - If your company does credit card&#xD;&#xA;   transactions - [PCI DSS][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A lot of the smaller jobs I've worked have been pretty bad about PCI DSS storing CC info in plaintext, publicly accessible database server... basics that were just neglected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIPPA&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FERPA&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarbanes-Oxley_Act&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_DSS&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="20472" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11320" RevisionGUID="eefb07f5-1c45-4a8c-8ecb-82cc01c25bae" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:15:40.553" UserId="2307" Comment="added 222 characters in body" Text="Command line and scripting is dangerous. Make a little typo with rm -rf and you are in a world of hurt. Confuse prod with stage in the name of the database while running an import script and you are boned (if they are on the same server, which is not good, but happens). Same for noticing too late that the server name where you sshed is not what you thought it was after funning some commands. You have to respect the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.team.net/mjb/hawg.html&quot;&gt;Hole Hawg&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a few little rituals before running risky commands - like doing a triple take check of the server I'm on. Here's an &lt;a href=&quot;http://m0j0.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/safety-precautions-when-using-the-rm-command/&quot;&gt;interesting article on rm safety&lt;/a&gt; taking my hands off the keyboard, etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What little rituals, tools and tricks keeps you safe on the command line? And I mean objective things, like &quot;first run ls foo*, look at the output of that and then substitute ls with rm -rf to avoid running rm -rf foo * or something like that&quot;, not &quot;make sure you know what the command will do&quot;." />
  <row Id="20473" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11334" RevisionGUID="f6bc420b-7d70-4492-8b48-ea688186e311" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:15:55.357" UserId="2567" Text="Be aware of the legal side of network analysis and intrusion detection. Some places, an unauthorized use of `nmap` can be considered a crime, as can trying to break into systems for security (non-malicious) purposes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be aware of software licensing issues, both for end users (if you deal with them) and for your servers and other sysadmins. Know the possible ramifications if you choose to run pirated software on a business server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be aware of privacy laws for your place of business, on the local, state, and federal law. Know what info you are and aren't allowed to store. Also know what info you are and aren't allowed to look at, both in legal terms and as laid down by your company guidelines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the flip side, be aware of information retention laws for your place of business. Know what info you're required to keep, how long you need to keep it, and who you have to divulge it to when requested. Be able to draw the line between privacy and complying with regulations (and know when to stand up for one or the other)." />
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  <row Id="20475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11335" RevisionGUID="1b3d15c1-f24c-4bfd-9f7e-e0f93d8f3983" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:16:42.937" UserId="2024" Text="You need to set the following options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteLog         /path/to/mod_rewrite.log&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteLogLevel    2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in your Apache config (you can't set them in your .htaccess)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will give you a log showing you what is going on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also see [the mod_rewrite docs][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_rewrite.html" />
  <row Id="20476" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11326" RevisionGUID="ba0d80a7-7a86-4c3a-bfde-b928baf63f24" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:17:02.953" UserId="2505" Comment="added 454 characters in body" Text="EDIT: i just noticed your &quot;after hybernation&quot; requirement - sorry, I don't think this will take that into account. You'll need to work this out from reading the event log. Uptime is time since last reboot. A hibernation is not a reboot. If &quot;update&quot; could be defined to take hibernation into account, I would expect it to mean all time spent awake since the last reboot (meaning minus all hibernation time), not just the time since last hibernation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use the free psinfo tool from sysinternals (now owned by microsoft, and still free)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\&gt;psinfo&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    PsInfo v1.75 - Local and remote system information viewer&#xD;&#xA;    Copyright (C) 2001-2007 Mark Russinovich&#xD;&#xA;    Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    System information for \\LAPTOP:&#xD;&#xA;    Uptime:                    0 days 11 hours 28 minutes 27 seconds&#xD;&#xA;    Kernel version:            Windows 7 Ultimate, Multiprocessor Free&#xD;&#xA;    Product type:              Professional&#xD;&#xA;    Product version:           6.1&#xD;&#xA;    Service pack:              0&#xD;&#xA;    Kernel build number:       7100&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Grab it from \\live.sysinternals.com\tools\psinfo.exe (you can even run it directly from that unc link).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11336" RevisionGUID="c2aefe03-d984-4a99-ab8b-c53610df25d2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:19:17.130" UserId="1840" Text="&lt;h2&gt;CIPA: Children's Internet Protection Act&lt;/h2&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Specially if you're employed by an state or federal educational entity:&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/cipa.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;FOIA: Freedom of Information Act&lt;/h2&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Again if you're employed by a government entity: [http://www.fcc.gov/foia/][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;FERPA: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act &lt;/h2&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Education: [http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/cipa.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.fcc.gov/foia/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html" />
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  <row Id="20479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11337" RevisionGUID="85983869-d519-4884-88b7-7d42bd8e7eab" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:19:17.690" UserId="2567" Text="I make sure the hostname of the system I'm on is in the bash (or other shell) prompt. If I'm chrooted, I make sure that makes it in there somehow, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was once installing a Gentoo system from within another live Linux distro and accidentally ran a rather destructive command (can't recall what it was ATM - some variant of `rm`) in the wrong shell, causing a bunch of stuff on the live system to be deleted, rather than stuff from within the chroot. From then on, I always did&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;export PS1=&quot;(chroot) $PS1&quot;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;whenever I was working within a chroot." />
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  <row Id="20483" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11339" RevisionGUID="6d2db712-f736-4d68-90b4-bb704b1424cb" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:21:30.463" UserId="3302" Text="I have successfully set up sending and receiving email in the Thunderbird for my Groupwise account. But, I am missing the feature that suggests contacts when I start typing their name in the To field (or cc or bcc). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to connect thunderbird to the groupwise contacts? If not is there a way to manually import the contacts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
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  <row Id="20486" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11333" RevisionGUID="f8ccf0c3-79f4-4518-88ee-01613a7b0ab2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:23:10.430" UserId="993" Comment="spelling!" Text="It largely varies on a few things like what industry you're in...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Health Care: [HIPAA][1] &#xD;&#xA; - Education:  [FERPA][2] &#xD;&#xA; - If your company is traded with the SEC: [Sarbanes Oxley][3] &#xD;&#xA; - If your company does credit card&#xD;&#xA;   transactions - [PCI DSS][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A lot of the smaller jobs I've worked have been pretty bad about PCI DSS storing CC info in plaintext, publicly accessible database server... basics that were just neglected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIPPA&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FERPA&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarbanes-Oxley_Act&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_DSS&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20487" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11340" RevisionGUID="134ffcb8-ba0c-4383-80bf-1bc6d53e41fa" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:25:51.187" UserId="2318" Text="See [this guide][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will have to change your VMWare settings to use bridge mode, instead of NAT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The relevant paragraphc from the above website:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;Click on the settings of your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; particular virtual machine, hop over&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the the network, and select “Connect&#xD;&#xA;&gt; directly to the physical network&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (Bridged)”.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2009/05/07/p1-w1max-wiggy-using-vmware-to-get-it-working-on-a-mac&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3573/3509911520_4110abeae1.jpg?v=0" />
  <row Id="20488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11341" RevisionGUID="2ab1627c-031f-4dc6-b78f-7be299cb605f" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:27:12.870" UserId="1820" Text="It would help greatly to know what application you're using to send mail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're using Outlook, just set up two separate POP3 accounts in one profile. Each one should have the different SMTP host. Make one of them with an invalid incoming mail server (such as test), remove that account from the Send/Receive group (Tools &gt; Options &gt; Mail Setup &gt; Send/Receive), and then when you're sending mail, an &quot;Accounts&quot; button appears on the toolbar to switch between which account is sending the mail." />
  <row Id="20489" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11342" RevisionGUID="ba2088bd-60ec-46e9-ba41-8368bfafca69" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:28:47.470" UserId="993" Text="One that works well is using different background colors on your shell for prod/staging/test servers." />
  <row Id="20490" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11326" RevisionGUID="d1da3e74-fd1d-46a9-ad78-0818a63588b8" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:30:21.833" UserId="2505" Comment="typo" Text="EDIT: i just noticed your &quot;after hybernation&quot; requirement - sorry, I don't think this will take that into account. You'll need to work this out from reading the event log. Uptime is time since last reboot. A hibernation is not a reboot. If &quot;uptime&quot; could be defined to take hibernation into account, I would expect it to mean all time spent awake since the last reboot (meaning minus all hibernation time), not just the time since last hibernation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use the free psinfo tool from sysinternals (now owned by microsoft, and still free)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\&gt;psinfo&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    PsInfo v1.75 - Local and remote system information viewer&#xD;&#xA;    Copyright (C) 2001-2007 Mark Russinovich&#xD;&#xA;    Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    System information for \\LAPTOP:&#xD;&#xA;    Uptime:                    0 days 11 hours 28 minutes 27 seconds&#xD;&#xA;    Kernel version:            Windows 7 Ultimate, Multiprocessor Free&#xD;&#xA;    Product type:              Professional&#xD;&#xA;    Product version:           6.1&#xD;&#xA;    Service pack:              0&#xD;&#xA;    Kernel build number:       7100&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Grab it from \\live.sysinternals.com\tools\psinfo.exe (you can even run it directly from that unc link).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20491" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11340" RevisionGUID="2c633a56-5a90-4ac8-8769-d7ffc831562c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:31:53.720" UserId="2318" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="See [this guide][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In VMWare, open the settings for the virtual machine you're using. You need to change the &quot;Network&quot; settings to use bridge mode, instead of NAT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To do so, as the relevant paragraph from the above website states:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;Click on the settings of your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; particular virtual machine, hop over&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the the network, and select “Connect&#xD;&#xA;&gt; directly to the physical network&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (Bridged)”.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2009/05/07/p1-w1max-wiggy-using-vmware-to-get-it-working-on-a-mac&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3573/3509911520_4110abeae1.jpg?v=0" />
  <row Id="20492" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11343" RevisionGUID="b5ce8cd7-c2ea-4999-ac29-dbc9c648d16b" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:34:33.433" UserId="3000" Text="I have been looking for over a year for a network admin position. I have a degree in computer networks, as well as A+ and Network+ certifications. I have worked with a UNIX based network as an intern a few years ago, and have had multiple help desk positions that include probing the network in different ways, as well as using FTP, web, Active Directory, and UNIX application servers. But every time I apply for a network admin position, even Junior Network Admin (or something similar) I either get no reply or am told I need at least 5 years of experience. I know companies are in hard times, but I feel I would be an asset to any one of them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now the big question. I love working with these systems, and do well with them. How do I convince an employer to maybe &quot;take a chance&quot; with me so I can start my career?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sorry if this is off-topic, but I can't find any real pointers anywhere. Also, I prefer using UNIX/Linux based systems, but want a career working with these systems using Win or other systems." />
  <row Id="20493" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11343" RevisionGUID="b5ce8cd7-c2ea-4999-ac29-dbc9c648d16b" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:34:33.433" UserId="3000" Text="Securing an Entry-Level Admin Job" />
  <row Id="20494" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11343" RevisionGUID="b5ce8cd7-c2ea-4999-ac29-dbc9c648d16b" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:34:33.433" UserId="3000" Text="&lt;job-market&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="20495" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11344" RevisionGUID="60ac9549-b569-43b8-bec0-9f88a2b87609" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:35:22.590" UserId="388" Text="It sounds like you want to set up [split tunnelling][1]. First, verify that your VPN software is setting up routing on your client PC correctly. The command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    route print&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will display the routing table of your client host. You should have an entry for your office(?) network that points to the default gateway of your VPN interface. The main thing is that your [default route][2] with the lowest metric points to the default gateway of your LAN interface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have confirmed that routing is configured correctly, the next thing to check is the binding order of your network interfaces. This is the order in which various network services try each of your network adapters. Instructions on how to change it on Windows XP can be found [here][3]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't find a similar KB article for Vista, but in summary:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the 'Network Connections' window: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Organize -&gt; Layout -&gt; Menubar&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The menu bar will appear. From there:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Advanced -&gt; Advanced Settings&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will get you into the options dialogue you need. In your case, your VPN adapter should be listed below your LAN interface. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NOTE: changing the binding order so that your local internet connection is used first could cause different issues relating to name resolution for hosts on your VPN network. It's difficult to determine without more information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_tunneling&#xD;&#xA;[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Default_route&#xD;&#xA;[3]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894564" />
  <row Id="20496" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11324" RevisionGUID="7daebaef-baae-4f93-b14b-dcc6d756f7bc" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:35:42.680" UserId="388" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="20497" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11345" RevisionGUID="c0abaa01-6abb-487e-8c27-d9ac4584be56" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:37:01.807" UserId="2561" Text="Instead of ls I use echo so I can see the full command after the shell has expanded everything.  Also, always double quote variables that represent files so your stuff works with file names that might have tabs or spaces.  " />
  <row Id="20498" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11346" RevisionGUID="b37772b9-2d31-4a48-b8ed-c0142f50262c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:37:10.197" UserId="2318" Text="I'd start with [http://www.inqjobs.co.uk][1] as lots of British sysadmins are fond of its parent, theinquirer.net&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Btw, you're probably being voted down for mentioning the specific name of your employer. If you remove that, the down votes will likely stop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.inqjobs.co.uk/" />
  <row Id="20501" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11322" RevisionGUID="4183b082-11b3-47e2-b86d-cd33b350e087" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:43:43.477" UserId="3251" Comment="Specified OS" Text="In windows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    c:&gt;netstat -a | find /c &quot;TCP&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    68&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shows number of TCP/IP connections.  Useful if you are troubleshooting high network systems that are running out of TCP ports and need to increase [MaxUserPorts][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196271" />
  <row Id="20502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11348" RevisionGUID="70bc4d60-dceb-41f3-af98-0365a77bb75e" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:45:14.143" UserId="2600" Text="Have a back out plan in mind before you start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - ZIP up a file/directory instead of&#xD;&#xA;   deleting it right away&#xD;&#xA; - set the (cisco) router to reboot in&#xD;&#xA;   'x' number of minutes and don't 'wr'&#xD;&#xA;   right away&#xD;&#xA; - make sure the interface you are &#xD;&#xA;   changing is not the one you entered&#xD;&#xA;   the system on.  This could be    the&#xD;&#xA;   router interface you telnet'd to or&#xD;&#xA;   the ethernet port VNC'd to.&#xD;&#xA; - never login as 'root'&#xD;&#xA; - make a backup.  check that it is&#xD;&#xA;   good.  make another one.&#xD;&#xA; - ask someone you trust 'Am I about to&#xD;&#xA;   do something dumb here?'" />
  <row Id="20503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11349" RevisionGUID="ecd21baa-fde2-46b4-990d-91ccb23c914e" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:45:21.850" UserId="2561" Text="When I got out of school I wasn't even a comp sci major.  What helped me was creating a blog with solutions to various issues, projects, and scripts.  I think this can help a lot if you write thorough articles.  A blog that just links to other sites probably won't get you anywhere. I did get feedback from the jobs I got saying the blog was a major factor in their choice.  It won't always help because employers may not bother, but some will.  You can mention it in your cover 'letter'.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you find a way to contribute to some open source, that might help too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With this you can show a skill set more than you can with your resume.  Lastly, its not true work experience, so don't try pass it off as that.  But it can show that you know things, and that you are highly motivated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best of luck!" />
  <row Id="20504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11350" RevisionGUID="b1931338-dd8e-485a-9c65-7cfc36717473" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:45:39.667" UserId="3327" Text="Is it possible to mount/unmount a physical hard drive in Windows XP?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally, I'd like to be able to do this from the command line so that I could have batch files to do it, ie: mount.cmd unmount.cmd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if the drives can be unmounted, will they spin down?" />
  <row Id="20505" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11350" RevisionGUID="b1931338-dd8e-485a-9c65-7cfc36717473" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:45:39.667" UserId="3327" Text="Is it possible to mount/unmount a physical hard drive in Windows XP?" />
  <row Id="20506" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11350" RevisionGUID="b1931338-dd8e-485a-9c65-7cfc36717473" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:45:39.667" UserId="3327" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="20507" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11351" RevisionGUID="cd9c6e4b-efa8-45a4-bddd-af16dfe25403" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:45:58.900" UserId="3000" Text="Probably a stupid suggestion, but have you tried multiple surfaces? I had a laser mouse I was given (Targus brand) that would do what you are saying on certain surfaces. I believe it was wood, but can't remember." />
  <row Id="20508" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11340" RevisionGUID="e18b0b74-e219-45f2-bd87-73b817be0724" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:47:04.577" UserId="2318" Comment="added 51 characters in body" Text="In Windows, have you tried using Run &gt; &quot;msconfig&quot; to disable the &quot;mDNSResponder&quot; service (I believe that gets installed via iTunes)? If it's running, then I'm guessing the Bonjour traffic is being generated from Windows itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise, I would try the steps in [this guide][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In VMWare, open the settings for the virtual machine you're using. You need to change the &quot;Network&quot; settings to use bridge mode, instead of NAT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To do so, as the relevant paragraph from the above website states:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;Click on the settings of your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; particular virtual machine, hop over&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the the network, and select “Connect&#xD;&#xA;&gt; directly to the physical network&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (Bridged)”.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2009/05/07/p1-w1max-wiggy-using-vmware-to-get-it-working-on-a-mac&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3573/3509911520_4110abeae1.jpg?v=0" />
  <row Id="20509" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11352" RevisionGUID="abe6a23f-a411-42d1-9a6b-b83ac3997c3f" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:47:48.100" UserId="2307" Text="how do I filter out permissions errors out of find / | grep foo output?" />
  <row Id="20510" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11352" RevisionGUID="abe6a23f-a411-42d1-9a6b-b83ac3997c3f" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:47:48.100" UserId="2307" Text="ignoring errors in find / output" />
  <row Id="20511" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11352" RevisionGUID="abe6a23f-a411-42d1-9a6b-b83ac3997c3f" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:47:48.100" UserId="2307" Text="&lt;grep&gt;&lt;find&gt;" />
  <row Id="20512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11353" RevisionGUID="b131bab2-8d54-4549-82ec-73d0baa6a597" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:48:30.503" UserId="1840" Text="From reading your post I can quickly tell you why I would think twice about calling you for an interview.  You combined FTP and active directory in the same list of technologies you're familiar with, and that would definitely raise red flags for me (belive me, you don't even want yellow flags).  From your post I can also sense that you work pretty good with Unix/Linux based systems (you specifically note that at the end), maybe your approach (resume) is based too much about your past experience with Unix and Linux and not enough on Windows environments.  Are you applying for positions that seek pretty good knowledge of windows systems/servers?  If that's the case, then it's going to be difficult for recruiters to justify an interview if they don't feel some actual experience in this environment.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I feel your pain and frustration, I really hope you find what you're looking for." />
  <row Id="20513" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11354" RevisionGUID="a884c192-7631-4c78-a7a7-d05bcb75dad8" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:52:26.970" UserId="2600" Text="Assuming it is not your primary drive, doing a 'chkdsk /f &lt;drive letter&gt;' will prompt you to force a dismount. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\WINDOWS&gt;chkdsk /f e:&#xD;&#xA;    The type of the file system is NTFS.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another&#xD;&#xA;    process.  Chkdsk may run if this volume is dismounted first.&#xD;&#xA;    ALL OPENED HANDLES TO THIS VOLUME WOULD THEN BE INVALID.&#xD;&#xA;    Would you like to force a dismount on this volume? (Y/N) n&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There may be more elegant ways of doing this, but this is quick and easy." />
  <row Id="20514" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11333" RevisionGUID="8288facd-318e-4ea9-87e0-8956da9db0b0" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:53:15.733" UserId="1435" Comment="added 40 characters in body" Text="It largely varies on a few things like what industry you're in (the following applies to the USA only)...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Health Care: [HIPAA][1] &#xD;&#xA; - Education:  [FERPA][2] &#xD;&#xA; - If your company is traded with the SEC: [Sarbanes Oxley][3] &#xD;&#xA; - If your company does credit card&#xD;&#xA;   transactions - [PCI DSS][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A lot of the smaller jobs I've worked have been pretty bad about PCI DSS storing CC info in plaintext, publicly accessible database server... basics that were just neglected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIPPA&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FERPA&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarbanes-Oxley_Act&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_DSS&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20515" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10041" RevisionGUID="51f4a0f0-3b6b-4f3b-b94a-c6bef1270778" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:53:53.347" UserId="2258" Comment="added 188 characters in body" Text="**Resolved**&#xD;&#xA;The problem was Hyper-V on that machine. I removed Hyper-V, installed VMware Server, ran the same VM. Time sync issues went away (&lt; 100ms difference after a day).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My setup is like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HYV1 - HyperV machine (non domain) - sync irrelevant&#xD;&#xA;    AD1  - VM AD server on HYV1, sync'd to time.nist.gov. HyperV time sync off.&#xD;&#xA;    S1   - Physical machine, sync'd to domain. &#xD;&#xA;    S2   - Physical machine running HyperV, sync'd to domain.&#xD;&#xA;    V1   - Linux VM machine on S2, sync'd to AD1. No HyperV integration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AD1 and S1 have fine sync -- stripchart shows less than 100ms difference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;S2 drifts like crazy. Here's a bit of the stripchart against AD1:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    18:33:22 d:+00.0010138s o:+05.4101899s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:24 d:+00.0010138s o:+05.4319765s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:26 d:+00.0000000s o:+05.4788429s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:28 d:+00.0000000s o:+05.6089942s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:30 d:+00.0010138s o:+05.7240269s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:32 d:+00.0000000s o:+06.0421911s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:34 d:+00.0081104s o:+06.5613708s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:37 d:+00.0000000s o:+06.9096594s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:39 d:+00.0000000s o:+06.8867838s &#xD;&#xA;    18:33:41 d:+00.0010127s o:+06.8936401s &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In 20 seconds, it drifted over a second. If I manually reset it to within 1s, within a few minutes it'll be back drifting about 2 seconds. Overnight it went from ~2s to ~5s. The Linux VM inside S2 has perfect sync with AD1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the config:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Users\mgg&gt;w32tm /dumpreg /subkey:Parameters&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Value Name                 Value Type          Value Data&#xD;&#xA;    ------------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ServiceDll                 REG_EXPAND_SZ       %systemroot%\system32\w32time.dll&#xD;&#xA;    ServiceMain                REG_SZ              SvchostEntry_W32Time&#xD;&#xA;    ServiceDllUnloadOnStop     REG_DWORD           1&#xD;&#xA;    Type                       REG_SZ              NT5DS&#xD;&#xA;    NtpServer                  REG_SZ              ad01.mydomain ad02.mydomain&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    C:\Users\mgg&gt;w32tm /dumpreg /subkey:Config&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Value Name                Value Type          Value Data&#xD;&#xA;    -----------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    FrequencyCorrectRate      REG_DWORD           4&#xD;&#xA;    PollAdjustFactor          REG_DWORD           5&#xD;&#xA;    LargePhaseOffset          REG_DWORD           50000000&#xD;&#xA;    SpikeWatchPeriod          REG_DWORD           900&#xD;&#xA;    LocalClockDispersion      REG_DWORD           9&#xD;&#xA;    HoldPeriod                REG_DWORD           5&#xD;&#xA;    PhaseCorrectRate          REG_DWORD           1&#xD;&#xA;    UpdateInterval            REG_DWORD           30000&#xD;&#xA;    EventLogFlags             REG_DWORD           2&#xD;&#xA;    AnnounceFlags             REG_DWORD           5&#xD;&#xA;    TimeJumpAuditOffset       REG_DWORD           28800&#xD;&#xA;    MinPollInterval           REG_DWORD           2&#xD;&#xA;    MaxPollInterval           REG_DWORD           8&#xD;&#xA;    MaxNegPhaseCorrection     REG_DWORD           -1&#xD;&#xA;    MaxPosPhaseCorrection     REG_DWORD           -1&#xD;&#xA;    MaxAllowedPhaseOffset     REG_DWORD           300&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I looked at the event log, and apart from warnings about sync (after it gets way out of sync), there's no other warnings. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I go about troubleshooting this? It's the only machine that is having this problem. All the other machines (physical and virtual) are doing fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** To clarify: The VM (AD1) has integration turned off and syncs to time.nist.gov. AD1 is fine. It's the physical machine S1 that can't sync to AD1 and drifts all over. All the other physical servers are able to sync to AD1 just fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**&#xD;&#xA;So, it appears to be an issue of running the VM. The clock slips slowly with the VM off. Turned on, it immediately starts losing seconds. I swt the VM to only use half the resources, and that seems to have slightly mitigated it, for now. Thanks!" />
  <row Id="20519" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11336" RevisionGUID="402e09fa-8597-4ead-9684-2cee1615ab56" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:54:02.333" UserId="1435" Comment="added 42 characters in body" Text="The following applies to the USA only;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;CIPA: Children's Internet Protection Act&lt;/h2&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Specially if you're employed by an state or federal educational entity:&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/cipa.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;FOIA: Freedom of Information Act&lt;/h2&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Again if you're employed by a government entity: [http://www.fcc.gov/foia/][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;FERPA: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act &lt;/h2&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Education: [http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/cipa.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.fcc.gov/foia/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html" />
  <row Id="20520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11356" RevisionGUID="7ffb4f2b-e20e-45d3-b57e-2466a9a62cc6" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:54:17.760" UserId="2561" Text="Well, I think `find / -iname '*foo*'` would be a better command.  But you can redirect stderr to /dev/null to get rid of all errors.  Or redirect stderr to stdout and then filter with grep: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find / 2&gt;/dev/null | grep foo" />
  <row Id="20521" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11232" RevisionGUID="9a86ba08-0bae-4db1-8943-4732bbeb1f92" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:54:27.043" UserId="2623" Comment="added 108 characters in body" Text="One way to transfer your calendar entries if you don't mind keeping your google apps account open is to share your google apps calendar with your gmail calendar so the entries will show up. This is the strategy google [reccomends][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also be able to use the Ical files provided by google to download all your data in the current calendar and upload it into another see [here][2] for download instructions and [here][3] for upload instructions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A larger amount of the Gmail features are avaliable but navigating to &quot;Manage this domain&quot; then selecting &quot;Domain Settings&quot; and ticking the boxes which say:&#xD;&#xA;Automatically add new services when they become available and&#xD;&#xA;Enable pre-release features.&#xD;&#xA;See:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en-uk&amp;answer=78739&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=37111&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://lifehacker.com/software/google-calendar/import-outlook-or-ical-to-google-calendar-167042.php&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/1070/serverfault.png" />
  <row Id="20523" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11346" RevisionGUID="9ee415cb-7a81-4aa3-aac9-e8fa17742f11" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:54:50.177" UserId="2318" Comment="added 22 characters in body" Text="I'd start with [http://www.inqjobs.co.uk][1] as lots of British sysadmins are fond of its parent, &lt;i&gt;the&lt;b&gt;inquirer&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;.net&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;i&gt;&lt;small&gt;Btw, you're probably being voted down for mentioning the specific name of your employer. If you remove that, the down votes will likely stop.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.inqjobs.co.uk/" />
  <row Id="20524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11357" RevisionGUID="37e61b8e-1bba-4068-a1b7-b5d1d754f67d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:56:55.807" UserId="2307" Text="how do you kill a mass of MySQL queries? Her's a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2009/05/21/mass-killing-of-mysql-connections/&quot;&gt;good approach&lt;/a&gt;:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;mysql&gt; SELECT concat('KILL ',id,';') FROM information_schema.processlist WHERE user='root' INTO OUTFILE '/tmp/a.txt';&#xD;&#xA;mysql&gt; source /tmp/a.txt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any others besides clicking them to death in MySQL Administratior Gui?" />
  <row Id="20525" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11357" RevisionGUID="37e61b8e-1bba-4068-a1b7-b5d1d754f67d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:56:55.807" UserId="2307" Text="bulk or  mass killing misbehaving mysql queries" />
  <row Id="20526" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11357" RevisionGUID="37e61b8e-1bba-4068-a1b7-b5d1d754f67d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:56:55.807" UserId="2307" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;" />
  <row Id="20528" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11356" RevisionGUID="6f7952d8-376d-4339-8f1d-648590e279b3" CreationDate="2009-05-22T16:59:50.853" UserId="2561" Comment="added 31 characters in body" Text="Well, I think `find / -iname '*foo*'` would be a better command.  But you can redirect stderr to /dev/null to get rid of all errors.  Or redirect stderr to stdout and then filter with grep: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find / 2&gt;/dev/null | grep foo&#xD;&#xA;    find \  |&amp; grep 'No Such'" />
  <row Id="20530" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11317" RevisionGUID="0a4c6b9b-2e56-4d5b-a8dd-e6a29fb2d376" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:04:07.897" UserId="3371" Comment="fixed spelling" Text="How can one find out 'real' uptime of a laptop?&#xD;&#xA;By 'real' i mean time since turning it on and resuming windows from hybernation state." />
  <row Id="20531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11359" RevisionGUID="df601a62-18b2-4e03-9083-271e95e10759" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:04:32.733" UserId="3375" Text="All day we have been getting interment IIS errors - we reboot and it fixes the issue a short time. In the error logs we are getting&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**A process serving application pool  exceeded time limits during shut down. The process id was '2260'.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our app seems to die in chunks so it will not stall competely --&gt; but certain sections will broke with this error --&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Cannot execute a program. The command being executed was &quot;C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\csc.exe&quot; /noconfig /fullpaths @&quot;C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\lms\6ae61309\7e6c5096\jywwvsao.cmdline&quot;.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NEXT you will get a &quot;Document cannot be created&quot; error when trying to start error log ect ect over RDP - the server still work but IIS stops working completely--&gt; I will try to restart the service but get an error saying: **Bad Image Please check this against your installation diskette** OR  &quot;**The application failed to initialize properly**&quot; something along those lines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The disk had mirror raid set up, iis 6 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ANY ideas are most welcome" />
  <row Id="20532" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11359" RevisionGUID="df601a62-18b2-4e03-9083-271e95e10759" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:04:32.733" UserId="3375" Text="Server 2003 IIS Error" />
  <row Id="20533" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11359" RevisionGUID="df601a62-18b2-4e03-9083-271e95e10759" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:04:32.733" UserId="3375" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;error-message&gt;" />
  <row Id="20535" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11360" RevisionGUID="0802c10b-117f-4a8c-8d28-62b0070231c2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:11:11.953" UserId="2304" Text="For an entry level admin position, most companies will be looking for someone with at least a few years experience, as you've noticed...  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My recommendation would be to look for a higher level / more technical help desk position and clearly state you're looking to move up to a Jr. Admin position.  If you already have a technical helpdesk position, talk to your supervisor &amp; the sysadmin supervisor and let them know you're interested in becoming an admin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use the helpdesk position to get a feel for the company's systems and policies - go above &amp; beyond &quot;just doing the job&quot;, offer to help out the sysadmin group in exchange for training when you have spare time during the work day or in the evenings.  See if you can take responsibility for some of the sysadmin group's basic daily tasks.  (Swapping backup tapes, reviewing logs, etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take every opportunity to learn from them, and there's a very good chance you'll be considered for the next opening.  After a couple years, if it doesn't look like you'll have the opportunity to move up, ask your current employer if they'd be willing to recommend you for a jr. admin position elsewhere.  On your resume, highlight the work you did with the sysadmin group and the training you received.  If you can show you've done the work, but just didn't have the title, you'll have a much better chance of being considered.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Certifications are nice, but practical experience is priceless..." />
  <row Id="20536" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11324" RevisionGUID="2893c940-195a-48f1-ad8f-be33699f769b" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:12:43.760" UserId="3364" Comment="Added routing info." Text="I have a machine that has a LAN network connection, which is used for internet access. This  machine also has to be connected to a VPN connection. When the VPN is connected, Windows seems to ask the DNS servers of the VPN connection _first_, then the DNS servers configured for the LAN connection. I need this to be the other way around for performance issues, since the VPN is slow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, how do I configure which of the connection's DNS servers should be the primary on a Windows box ? The remote VPN DNS provides some name resolution that are not public, so I still need it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have already unchecked the &quot;Use the default gateway on the remote network&quot; option in TCP/IP settings. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Edit*:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am experimenting on a Windows 7 box, but I really need to be able to do it on both Windows Server 2003 and Windows 7. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think my route table are OK. 10.0.0.1 is my local gateway, while 192.168.0.82 is that of the VPN connection. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    IPv4 Route Table&#xD;&#xA;    ===========================================================================&#xD;&#xA;    Active Routes:&#xD;&#xA;    Network Destination        Netmask          Gateway       Interface  Metric&#xD;&#xA;              0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0         10.0.0.1         10.0.0.3     20&#xD;&#xA;             10.0.0.0    255.255.255.0         On-link          10.0.0.3    276&#xD;&#xA;             10.0.0.3  255.255.255.255         On-link          10.0.0.3    276&#xD;&#xA;           10.0.0.255  255.255.255.255         On-link          10.0.0.3    276&#xD;&#xA;            127.0.0.0        255.0.0.0         On-link         127.0.0.1    306&#xD;&#xA;            127.0.0.1  255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    306&#xD;&#xA;      127.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    306&#xD;&#xA;          192.168.0.0    255.255.255.0     192.168.0.82     192.168.0.89     21&#xD;&#xA;         192.168.0.89  255.255.255.255         On-link      192.168.0.89    276&#xD;&#xA;       217.157.12.231  255.255.255.255         10.0.0.1         10.0.0.3     21&#xD;&#xA;            224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link         127.0.0.1    306&#xD;&#xA;            224.0.0.0        240.0.0.0         On-link          10.0.0.3    276&#xD;&#xA;      255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link         127.0.0.1    306&#xD;&#xA;      255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link          10.0.0.3    276&#xD;&#xA;      255.255.255.255  255.255.255.255         On-link      192.168.0.89    276&#xD;&#xA;    ===========================================================================&#xD;&#xA;    Persistent Routes:&#xD;&#xA;      None&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I go to Network Connections -&gt; Advanced settings to change network binding order, I can only view the following connections: Local Area Connection and [Remote Access Connections], where Local Area Connection is listed first. The VPN connection I am using is not listed (while it does exist in the &quot;Network connections&quot; window)." />
  <row Id="20537" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11361" RevisionGUID="92b9f5d8-26a1-4599-b803-c7664585d32e" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:12:58.567" UserId="1803" Text="Switching hats for a minute here, if you're not getting interviews you need to focus on that resume.  I've seen and talked to very motivated, talented people whose resumes told their stories **terribly**.  Take the time to learn about good resume writing or work with someone to make this piece of paper something that doesn't get pitched. " />
  <row Id="20538" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11362" RevisionGUID="bca8813e-0725-40fc-971f-f5c1712751c0" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:15:57.280" UserId="3376" Text="The product I work on has a communication network of 192.168.0 (four systems 100, 101, 102, and 103).  From time to time there is a desire to patch in a set of these systems (using their 192 addresses) to the site network to communicate using various instrumentation tools that have tight licensing that is bound to a site machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apparently this poses a non-trivial route issue as 192 addresses could pop up here, there or anywhere (However only one set of 192's on the site at any one time obviously).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you kindly for your help." />
  <row Id="20539" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11362" RevisionGUID="bca8813e-0725-40fc-971f-f5c1712751c0" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:15:57.280" UserId="3376" Text="Temporary communication between different subnets." />
  <row Id="20540" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11362" RevisionGUID="bca8813e-0725-40fc-971f-f5c1712751c0" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:15:57.280" UserId="3376" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;subnet&gt;" />
  <row Id="20541" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11363" RevisionGUID="80f15260-7437-4839-8058-04d595876bc2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:16:11.303" UserId="2318" Text="    locate &quot;foo&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Displays any file on your system with &quot;foo&quot; in its filename. I must use this almost as often as I use Spotlight.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20542" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11363" RevisionGUID="80f15260-7437-4839-8058-04d595876bc2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:16:11.303" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11364" RevisionGUID="86d018c8-b742-48d5-b7dd-b0d56af271e9" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:21:18.533" UserId="984" Text="[NComputing][1] offers solutions that allows you connect multiple displays and input devices to a single computer.  This works under windows, but licensing under Windows gets pretty tricky. [X-Series][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ncomputing.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ncomputing.com/Solutions/Xseries.aspx" />
  <row Id="20544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11365" RevisionGUID="37a0adbe-dee1-4bad-9cee-7af71d39ab36" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:22:06.427" UserId="3351" Text="An obvious one for command-line safety from a Unix/Linux perspective is the proper use of the root account.  &#xD;&#xA;An rm -rf as root is generally more dangerous than as a user, and using built-in things like sudo rather than logging in as root is vital. A nice simple whoami will usually help for the schizophrenia or multiple personalities.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That and prepending echo to any filechanging commands, especially if you want to make sure that you got a glob or regex match right." />
  <row Id="20545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11366" RevisionGUID="0bb77cf9-5dbc-4e9a-b192-83513820a78e" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:25:28.807" UserId="2600" Text="A router of some sort (i.e. router or firewall) is the obvious answer to connect the two networks.  If IP address conflicts are a concern, then using NAT will prevent problems.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Always be careful when connecting development to production.  You could accidentally bind to the production database and delete a table or something...  not that this ever happens of course." />
  <row Id="20546" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11367" RevisionGUID="27099b02-6d37-4963-bd68-808eb398b724" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:25:39.243" UserId="3377" Text="I have set up a Linux VirtualBox Virtual Machine server. From a Windows machine, I can remote desktop to a Windows VM running on that machine, it works great. I can also use VNC to remote to an Ubuntu VM also running on that machine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I would like several users to be able to access the Ubuntu VM at the same time - currently, user #2 will kick #1 out when he comes in. We are a small group of developers (&lt;6), I could run several Ubuntu VMs at the same time, but I'm thinking there's got to be a better way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My ultimate goal would to have what Windows Remote desktop offers in Windows 2003 (multiple user logins at the same time).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One idea I thought of was to run several x-windows instances, each on different terminal window. Each instance would be be associated with a different port, so that 'Joe' would VNC to 'ubuntu-vc:0', 'Bob' to 'ubuntu-vc:1', etc. I don't know if this is possible, though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas? " />
  <row Id="20547" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11367" RevisionGUID="27099b02-6d37-4963-bd68-808eb398b724" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:25:39.243" UserId="3377" Text="Remote Desktopping from Windows to Linux" />
  <row Id="20548" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11367" RevisionGUID="27099b02-6d37-4963-bd68-808eb398b724" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:25:39.243" UserId="3377" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;" />
  <row Id="20549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11368" RevisionGUID="8e689808-605b-4b34-8f74-7f15ae48c839" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:27:36.850" UserId="1803" Text="There's a pretty good discussion courtesy of some [crazy developer][1], a bit down and in brings you to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Microsoft provides a utility called devcon for free download. It's a &quot;Command Line Uility Alternative to Device Manager&quot;. It can actually do many things that I won't get into here, but removing a plug &amp; play device is a simple operation once you know the unique name of the device you want to manipulate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;After you've downloaded devcon, run &quot;devcon status *&quot; in a command window. This will generate a list of all the devices on your system. Look for the line which describes your device. In my case for my external hard drive the (very cryptic) line looks like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;SBP2\MAXTOR&amp;ONETOUCH&amp;LUN0\0010B9F700AFC279 &#xD;&#xA;That full line is a bit much but any substring that remains unique will do. I have another maxtor drive on my system but nothing else that has the phrase &quot;sbp2\maxtor&quot; so I'll use that. The command to safely remove my external drive then becomes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;devcon remove sbp2\maxtor* &#xD;&#xA;The &quot;*&quot; at the end is a wildcard and matches the rest of the string.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?joel.3.302460.12" />
  <row Id="20550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11369" RevisionGUID="5a08d652-2348-45d7-acae-8e79894d3cd5" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:30:29.327" UserId="3301" Text="I upgraded my [xampp version to Mac OSX 1.0.1.][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It used to exist a tomcat plugin availabe also for Xampp-Mac but I cannot find it anymore. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know if it is still possible to add tomcat to xampp?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, Which way do you recommend me to set up tomcat quickly and easily in a OSX development machine?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-macosx.html" />
  <row Id="20551" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11369" RevisionGUID="5a08d652-2348-45d7-acae-8e79894d3cd5" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:30:29.327" UserId="3301" Text="Is there a tomcat addon available for xampp in OSX?" />
  <row Id="20552" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11369" RevisionGUID="5a08d652-2348-45d7-acae-8e79894d3cd5" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:30:29.327" UserId="3301" Text="&lt;xampp&gt;&lt;tomcat&gt;" />
  <row Id="20553" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11370" RevisionGUID="1b06264f-f28d-4b0b-8be2-49cdb0c155aa" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:31:24.083" UserId="2609" Text="Have you considered [Xming][1] or alternatives? Providing (mostly) full X is even nicer than remote desktop, IMO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/" />
  <row Id="20554" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11371" RevisionGUID="f2881f07-e626-4c3b-83bf-fcfd429a2aa4" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:31:29.200" UserId="2505" Text="Ah yes. That age old trick of sending someone a file throught IRC named &quot;-rf&quot; so it ends up in their ~ directory. One little &quot;rm -rf&quot; later (instead of &quot;rm -- -rf&quot;) and much laughter ensued as they learn a harsh lesson about not running IRC as root." />
  <row Id="20555" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11372" RevisionGUID="b4c109ae-0f39-4a2b-86b4-fc46f4280f5f" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:31:29.433" UserId="1619" Text="I don't know if there's a more modern route, but the standard way in my time was to run X Windows in Microsoft Windows, that way you can run any number of applications on your Ubuntu machine and control them and display them in Microsoft Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check [XMing][1] out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/" />
  <row Id="20556" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11373" RevisionGUID="1955ff32-73b6-4eb1-9285-c7d63b481cf4" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:31:55.970" UserId="422" Text="If you use an X-Server on the Linux box, then XDM provides this service by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use an X Windows client on Windows like Cygwin or something commercial and then each session is not a console session that would kick someone out.  It is just another session.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I imagine there is some limit to the number of X connections allowed, but it ought to be sufficiently high that you will never really hit it." />
  <row Id="20557" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11374" RevisionGUID="f83d6136-9a7a-444a-ad69-8fbddd8bdf59" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:32:49.273" UserId="1561" Text="Yes, it is possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[VNC supports the concept of independent authenticated sessions][1].  It requires a bit of command-line setup, but once finished, you can start as many VNC sessions as you like; each session will authenticate against whatever display manager is running (so you get username/password prompting).  You can also &quot;standardize&quot; your &quot;desktops&quot; by specifying a color depth and resolution.  If you decide to go this route, I highly recommend un-installing whatever stock VNC package is given to you, and installing TightVNC (available on most distros) as it will have more options, including the all-important &quot;-economictranslate&quot; option, which reduces memory consumption.  This option (and a reduction in color depth) are important because you are essentially rendering into a framebuffer in memory, then using the VNC protocol to push the changes to the VNC client.  Multiple VNC sessions will start to eat into available system memory, so this option is only good for a few users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As others have mentioned here, [Xming will also give you a native X11 session][2] with authentication.  In terms of memory, this is the low-cost option as there is no &quot;framebuffer&quot; that needs to be conceived and maintained for each session.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=1606&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/" />
  <row Id="20558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11375" RevisionGUID="d00de32f-41fb-4535-bf29-221bb83f9cb8" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:34:09.413" UserId="2115" Text="I know it's the obvious statement to make, but if your website is busy enough for it to matter, the redirect rules should already be troubleshooted by the time you roll them out in production... (but of course I also know real life doesn't always work properly ;-)" />
  <row Id="20559" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11376" RevisionGUID="85f32a5f-13a2-4309-9f53-3d08e134889d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:34:27.510" UserId="2413" Text="you can also look at [no-machine][1] / [freenx][2] - works much better then vnc over slower links. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nomachine.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://freenx.berlios.de" />
  <row Id="20560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11377" RevisionGUID="6e88d79d-c70e-4399-acc6-5a44f7509b8e" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:37:00.437" UserId="1619" Text="&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This problem might occur because&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ASP.NET limits the number of worker&#xD;&#xA;&gt; threads and completion port threads&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that a call can use to execute&#xD;&#xA;&gt; requests.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Typically, a call to a Web service&#xD;&#xA;&gt; uses one worker thread to execute the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; code that sends the request and one&#xD;&#xA;&gt; completion port thread to receive the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; callback from the Web service.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; However, if the request is redirected&#xD;&#xA;&gt; or requires authentication, the call&#xD;&#xA;&gt; may use as many as two worker and two&#xD;&#xA;&gt; completion port threads. Therefore,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you can exhaust the managed ThreadPool&#xD;&#xA;&gt; when multiple Web service calls occur&#xD;&#xA;&gt; at the same time.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; For example, suppose that the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ThreadPool is limited to 10 worker&#xD;&#xA;&gt; threads, and all 10 worker threads are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; currently executing code that is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; waiting for a callback to execute. The&#xD;&#xA;&gt; callback can never execute because any&#xD;&#xA;&gt; work items that are queued to the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ThreadPool are blocked until a thread&#xD;&#xA;&gt; becomes available.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Another potential source of contention&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is the maxconnection parameter that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the System.Net namespace uses to limit&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the number of connections. Generally,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this limit works as expected. However,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; if many applications try to make many&#xD;&#xA;&gt; requests to a single IP address at the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; same time, threads may have to wait&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for an available connection.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; To resolve these problems, you can&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tune the following parameters in your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Machine.config file to best fit your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; situation:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     * maxWorkerThreads&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     * minWorkerThreads&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     * maxIoThreads&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     * minFreeThreads&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     * minLocalRequestFreeThreads&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     * maxconnection&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     * executionTimeout&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; To successfully resolve these&#xD;&#xA;&gt; problems, do the following... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The quote's continued [here][1]... If that doesn't work, you can dig deeper with what's explained [here][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821268&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919792" />
  <row Id="20561" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11378" RevisionGUID="54771bf3-eba8-4597-8b73-296f4bce62cf" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:39:51.600" UserId="2318" Text="In Server Admin, if you try to connect to a Mac which is not a server, you get the message &quot;There is no server available at the address you entered&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which specific setting(s), file(s), running service(s), are checked to determine whether a Mac is running server or client?" />
  <row Id="20562" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11378" RevisionGUID="54771bf3-eba8-4597-8b73-296f4bce62cf" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:39:51.600" UserId="2318" Text="What criteria does Server Admin check to determine whether a Mac is running OS X Server or not?" />
  <row Id="20563" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11378" RevisionGUID="54771bf3-eba8-4597-8b73-296f4bce62cf" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:39:51.600" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;macosxserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="20564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11379" RevisionGUID="2d004f42-198f-4b70-8a4d-6476688a36db" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:42:38.770" UserId="1561" Text="There is a [related post here][1], and here is (my)[an answer][2] that is directly related to your issue.  In your case, routing private addresses to the public is not a concern, *although it does explain why you will have routing issues (initially)*.  The simple solution would be to look at a VPN setup that would &quot;tie&quot; the different networks together.  This would solve your routing problem while connecting secure all at the same time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4458/private-ip-address-in-public-dns/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4458/private-ip-address-in-public-dns/4681#4681" />
  <row Id="20565" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11380" RevisionGUID="be5dfc81-ee62-4805-9c93-bef428973349" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:42:58.740" UserId="984" Text="These days most of the hdparm settings seem to be done by udev see /lib/udev/rules.d/85-hdparm.rules.  That rule calls this script **/lib/udev/hdparm** which seems to read the hdparm.conf." />
  <row Id="20566" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11369" RevisionGUID="a02daca1-19ca-42fd-86d5-a9b0891a2d31" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:45:10.483" UserId="3301" Comment="Add link to tutorial to configure tomcat directly" Text="I upgraded my [xampp version to Mac OSX 1.0.1.][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It used to exist a tomcat plugin availabe also for Xampp-Mac but I cannot find it anymore. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know if it is still possible to add tomcat to xampp?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Directly, I found this pretty good explanation [Java and Tomcat on Mac][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-macosx.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://developer.apple.com/internet/java/tomcat1.html" />
  <row Id="20567" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11381" RevisionGUID="0c914696-ec82-443e-bab6-7d7617c65a74" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:48:47.807" UserId="1041" Text="Another way to get XDM functionality, in a commercial product, is through [Hummingbird Exceed][1].  I tend to use Xming or Cygwin to get X functionality on my Windows desktop, but I support other users who do all their Unix work through Exceed (X or NFS or whatever).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://connectivity.hummingbird.com/products/nc/exceed/index.html" />
  <row Id="20568" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11382" RevisionGUID="57c06991-36c5-444c-a4c6-d5262d311119" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:49:34.170" UserId="3053" Text="Short answer that glosses over the details; VMware will usually provide a unique MAC address for a VM on a network. It will usually provide the same MAC address to a VM so long as the VM is not moved between hosts. In circumstances where this a changing mac address is a problem, you can manually set one. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To manually assign an address, edit the config file for the VM;&#xD;&#xA;Remove &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;ethernetN.generatedAddress&#xD;&#xA;ethernetN.addressType&#xD;&#xA;ethernetN.generatedAddressOffset&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and add &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;ethernetN.address = 00:50:56:XX:YY:ZZ&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;XX must be a valid hexadecimal number between 00h and 3Fh, and YY and ZZ must be valid hexadecimal numbers between 00h and FFh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is how it's done with Server, Workstation, and GSX (and I presume Fusion) The basics are the same for ESX, but what mac addresses you can use are different.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more, search the VMware knowledge base for the articles&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Setting a static MAC address for a virtual NIC&quot;, &quot;Changing the MAC Address of a virtual Machine&quot; and other articles with &quot;MAC Address&quot; in their title.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20569" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11383" RevisionGUID="7e88b203-57c1-45cb-90ec-7683057e0b66" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:56:30.333" UserId="3356" Text="There is an automagic service called ‘servermgrd’ that listens on tcp port 311.  This is the server daemon for ServerAdmin and ServerMonitor, probably the other tools as well.  I have just checked on a client machine, and the binary does not exist.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Incidently, port 626 is used by ‘serialnumberd’ to see if other OSX Servers are using the same serial number in the same broadcast domain.  The ServerAdmin tool likely just uses servermgrd, though it might also use serialnumberd as a check." />
  <row Id="20570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11384" RevisionGUID="716aa9d9-2202-43ef-a792-fee3a28ecc47" CreationDate="2009-05-22T17:57:24.640" UserId="1561" Text="I have a low-tech solution to some of these.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have developed an inate habit of doing the following (when planning to work as root):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - First, logging in as a normal user, then using `sudo su - root` to switch to root.  I do this as a mental preparation, a reminder to me that I have mentally walked into a very dangerous area and that I should be alert and on my guard at all times.  Funny as it sounds, this little ritual alone has save me a ton of grief by simply reinforcing that *I cannot be careless*.&#xD;&#xA; - Each command is typed but the [Return] key is *never* pressed.  *Never*.&#xD;&#xA; - Before pressing the [Return] key, the command that was banged out on the CLI is carefully examined by eye.  If there is any hesitation, any hint of potential issue, it is re-examined again.  If that hesitation persists, the command is left on the line and I alt-F2 to another console to consult man pages, etc.  If in a graphical session, I launch a browser and do some searching.&#xD;&#xA; - No command is *ever* executed without understand what it does.  If you are doing this without knowing what it does, you are playing [Russian roulette][1] with your system&#xD;&#xA; - No common user is ever handed `sudo` on my systems, *not* because [I'm a BOFH][2], but because without preparation and training, this is like giving a loaded gun to a monkey.  It's amusing and fun at first, until the monkey looks down the barrel and squeezes...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_roulette&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.theregister.co.uk/odds/bofh/" />
  <row Id="20572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11386" RevisionGUID="80bffcb4-6121-4ea8-9129-7b22087eb716" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:03:00.853" UserId="2329" Text="Have you ever minimized a remote app shared by a Windows 2008 server and had it disappear after about 10 seconds?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, how did you over come that particular inconvenience? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The application is an in-house app, I'm asking here and not on StackOverflow because I desperately want this to be an implementation issue. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The program works fine over Citrix, but not Microsoft Terminal Services remote app.  The setup is just plain-vanilla, no changed to default and we tried with both the MSI installer and the .RDP connection (which I think are exactly the same anyway)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20573" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11386" RevisionGUID="80bffcb4-6121-4ea8-9129-7b22087eb716" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:03:00.853" UserId="2329" Text="Why does my minimized Terminal Services Remote  Disappear?" />
  <row Id="20574" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11386" RevisionGUID="80bffcb4-6121-4ea8-9129-7b22087eb716" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:03:00.853" UserId="2329" Text="&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;remote-apps&gt;&lt;minimization&gt;" />
  <row Id="20575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11387" RevisionGUID="fc0f3b4a-1661-4da7-bc0b-1d39fdf24037" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:03:55.297" UserId="564" Text="If you haven't done it already alias rm to rm -i" />
  <row Id="20577" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11388" RevisionGUID="f685f19c-6b49-46ca-a26f-6eb063bbdc3b" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:06:25.260" UserId="2329" Text="Tried [XRDP][1]?  I can't offer any further documentation. Heheh, but it works very well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://xrdp.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="20578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11389" RevisionGUID="de85330d-0e60-49f5-b34f-1bfba3a4b2e6" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:06:28.833" UserId="56814" Text="One thing that I have done in the past is to put a shortcut to a script on every machine's desktop. In this central script I put all kinds of fixes, patches, data collection, logging, etc.  Users were able to run this script and &quot;reset&quot; applications. For example: Certain application settings that are in HKCU would get out of whack occasionally. Users just knew to hit the reset script and get back to square one if certain things went wrong. It remapped drives and printers based on different triggers. We started doing it a long time ago after we abandoned roaming desktops in the NT days. Users could switch desks and ensure everything was configured to a certain baseline.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Occasionally we would use something like Primal script to package a vbscript under local elevated privs to get an emergency fix out that users couldn't install. Definitely a roll your own type of approach, but it's simple, extensible, and very effective. Once users are accustomed to the idea of using it, problems are resolved quickly with little downtime. You can get pretty creative with it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would also strongly second the idea of removing local admin rights if possible (this can be problematic with laptop travelers though).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20579" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11384" RevisionGUID="efec41ab-574e-4121-9812-56dab42ac1ce" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:06:45.290" UserId="1561" Comment="added 20 characters in body" Text="I have a low-tech solution to some of these.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have developed an inate habit of doing the following (when planning to work as root):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - First, logging in as a normal user, then using `sudo su - root` to switch to root.  I do this as a mental preparation, a reminder to me that I have mentally walked into a very dangerous area and that I should be alert and on my guard at all times.  Funny as it sounds, this little ritual alone has save me a ton of grief by simply reinforcing that *I cannot be careless*.&#xD;&#xA; - Each command is typed but the [Return] key is *never* pressed.  *Never*.&#xD;&#xA; - **No command is *ever* executed without understanding *exactly* what it does.**  If you are doing this without knowing what it does, you are playing [Russian roulette][1] with your system.&#xD;&#xA; - *Before* pressing the [Return] key, the command that was banged out on the CLI is carefully examined by eye.  If there is any hesitation, any hint of potential issue, it is re-examined again.  If that hesitation persists, the command is left on the line and I alt-F2 to another console to consult man pages, etc.  If in a graphical session, I launch a browser and do some searching.&#xD;&#xA; - No common user is ever handed `sudo` on my systems, *not* because [I'm a BOFH][2], but because without preparation and training, this is like giving a loaded gun to a monkey.  It's amusing and fun at first, until the monkey looks down the barrel and squeezes...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_roulette&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.theregister.co.uk/odds/bofh/" />
  <row Id="20580" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11390" RevisionGUID="6631e016-ad4c-4cf6-bc17-18df746500b5" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:11:20.180" UserId="3381" Text="I'm setting up some Vista boxes with dual hard drives (a 250GB and a 1TB). What should I install on both disks for best performance? They are for general use by developers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows and programs on the first, data on the second? Should the temp folder or anything else windows related be on the second disk?" />
  <row Id="20581" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11390" RevisionGUID="6631e016-ad4c-4cf6-bc17-18df746500b5" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:11:20.180" UserId="3381" Text="Dual hard disks on Vista - what goes where?" />
  <row Id="20582" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11390" RevisionGUID="6631e016-ad4c-4cf6-bc17-18df746500b5" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:11:20.180" UserId="3381" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;disk&gt;&lt;drive&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="20583" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11391" RevisionGUID="5df8387c-a992-4882-b521-06d8538c65dc" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:13:58.850" UserId="2423" Text="I'm having a really strange hardware problem. I have a workstation with two displays, they're both identical V173 ACER monitors. The workstation has two graphics cards, identical GeForce 6200 cards. Both screens are connected through D-sub cables. However one screen is bright white, and the other is kind of a dull yellow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have controlled for the following factors:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) I have tried a third screen on both cards and get the same problem, one will always appear yellow (even the one that was previous bright white).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) I have reset both displays to factory defaults.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) I have reset all display options in all control panels (the NVIDIA control panel and the windows display panel) to defaults.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) I have tried different cables.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;5) I have tried making different monitors primary and secondary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6) I have tried another graphics card.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only thing I know for sure is that whichever monitor is set to be the primary monitor will be the yellowish monitor. The other one will always be the bright white one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thoughts?" />
  <row Id="20584" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11391" RevisionGUID="5df8387c-a992-4882-b521-06d8538c65dc" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:13:58.850" UserId="2423" Text="Two identical displays, two identical graphics cards, totally different picture quality" />
  <row Id="20585" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11391" RevisionGUID="5df8387c-a992-4882-b521-06d8538c65dc" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:13:58.850" UserId="2423" Text="&lt;multiple&gt;&lt;graphics&gt;&lt;monitors&gt;&lt;display&gt;" />
  <row Id="20586" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11392" RevisionGUID="cfe8d734-bd3e-481f-a38b-487da4917ca4" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:20:10.130" UserId="3311" Text="If I faced to this problem, I install Windows and the programs on the 250GB and keep data on the 1 TB" />
  <row Id="20587" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11393" RevisionGUID="3b7d33be-01c3-4d43-a521-59185a3e85dc" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:24:50.120" UserId="2619" Text="If you want better performance, you need a drive structre that is notably faster. Your options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - A faster HD: A 10,000RPM WD Raptor, 15krpm SAS drive, Solid State or RAM drive.&#xD;&#xA; - RAID0 on two drives for your OS*&#xD;&#xA; - RAID1 on two drives for your data&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fast HDs mechanical are not very expensive but they are small (but this doesn't matter because an OS and app deployment shouldn't be that large). RAID controllers that are built into the motherboard aren't very good... But they're something. If you've got the cash for a dedicated controller, it'll help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should *never* keep data you cherish on a RAID0 set-up. The risk of loss is twice as much as keeping it on one disk, and small as that risk is, it's there and it's almost completely impossible to recover from.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd suggest keeping your real data on RAID1. You get two copies of everything and that does speed up read performance (and slightly slow write)." />
  <row Id="20588" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11394" RevisionGUID="1c78ea4d-2b53-47cd-904e-e034e5b130de" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:24:50.450" UserId="1561" Text="LCD Displays usually have a &quot;Color Adjust&quot; for different settings of &quot;Kelvin&quot;.  In essence, it adjust the display in a way that causes different amounts of tint to occur.  Your monitors are using two different settings, one of which is biased towards red." />
  <row Id="20590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11395" RevisionGUID="889e451d-7e26-4c4e-9e58-9c02cb2f7b0f" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:26:23.410" UserId="1561" Text="Thunderbird supports on-the-fly LDAP lookups.  I've used this setup with ActiveDirectory for 3+ years now.  If you can get Groupwise to provide you with LDAP support, you're set." />
  <row Id="20591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11396" RevisionGUID="ce61e72e-0a5b-471f-aa35-ba257a30749f" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:27:40.257" UserId="2494" Text="Are you running any other monitor-related utilities? I have no idea what nVidia is shipping these days, but try right clicking on the desktop and looking through the nVidia monitor control panel - it might have different stuff than the real monitor control panel. Look especially for any sliders (I see a panel labeled 'Adjust Desktop Color Settings' on my single monitor system). That might be monitor specific, and be the source of your trouble.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20592" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11384" RevisionGUID="d7444dee-cde5-4433-bc33-5071f643e547" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:31:54.087" UserId="1561" Comment="added 179 characters in body" Text="I have a low-tech solution to some of these.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have developed an inate habit of doing the following (when planning to work as root):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - First, logging in as a normal user, then using `sudo su - root` to switch to root.  I do this as a mental preparation, a reminder to me that I have mentally walked into a very dangerous area and that I should be alert and on my guard at all times.  Funny as it sounds, this little ritual alone has save me a ton of grief by simply reinforcing that *I cannot be careless*.&#xD;&#xA; - Each command is typed but the [Return] key is *never* pressed.  *Never*.&#xD;&#xA; - **No command is *ever* executed without understanding *exactly* what it does.**  If you are doing this without knowing what it does, you are playing [Russian roulette][1] with your system.&#xD;&#xA; - *Before* pressing the [Return] key, the command that was banged out on the CLI is carefully examined by eye.  If there is any hesitation, any hint of potential issue, it is re-examined again.  If that hesitation persists, the command is left on the line and I alt-F2 to another console to consult man pages, etc.  If in a graphical session, I launch a browser and do some searching.&#xD;&#xA; - No common user is ever handed `sudo` on my systems, *not* because [I'm a BOFH][2], but because without preparation and training, this is like giving a loaded gun to a monkey.  It's amusing and fun at first, until the monkey looks down the barrel and squeezes...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When using rm, I always `cd` to the directory first, then use a prefix of `./` to ensure that the directory is correct, i.e.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `cd /usr/some/directory ; rm&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ./targetfile`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_roulette&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.theregister.co.uk/odds/bofh/" />
  <row Id="20593" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11313" RevisionGUID="76a1d4ce-2b02-4dee-be66-c9e88aa5ffd9" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:32:36.657" UserId="2706" Comment="added 22 characters in body" Text="I have four networks on my machine:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. 192.168.20.0/24 wired (connected only at work)&#xD;&#xA;1. 192.168.20.0/24 wireless (connected only at home)&#xD;&#xA;1. 192.168.132.0/24 VMWare's NAT&#xD;&#xA;1. 192.168.238.0/24 VMWare's host-only&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My OS X (10.5) seems to prefer to use VMWare's NAT over my Wireless network for machinename.local.  Is there any way to change the preference baring shutting down the VMWare interfaces?" />
  <row Id="20594" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11397" RevisionGUID="c485a9ad-b733-44ab-86ff-dd74ce726919" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:35:06.137" UserId="1803" Text="All Internet connections are created equal aka download speed is the only thing that matters&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&quot;I just found out what a T1 is, don't you know that my Comcast cable at home is 6x faster than our connection at work?  Why don't we have that here?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It doesn't come up any more, but it got to the point where I'd rather swallow staples than try to explain an SLA to yet another marketing guy.  (OK, I had the same question when I was a workstation support scrub, I admit it!)" />
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  <row Id="20599" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11357" RevisionGUID="b3b9107f-c976-4065-bd0d-ba4fecf1fc2a" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:42:48.727" UserId="984" Comment="improved formatting" Text="how do you kill a mass of MySQL queries? Here is a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2009/05/21/mass-killing-of-mysql-connections/&quot;&gt;good approach&lt;/a&gt;:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysql&gt; SELECT concat('KILL ',id,';') FROM information_schema.processlist WHERE user='root' INTO OUTFILE '/tmp/a.txt';&#xD;&#xA;    mysql&gt; source /tmp/a.txt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any others besides clicking them to death in MySQL Administratior Gui?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11399" RevisionGUID="2f1e08c1-7f04-4bf8-a258-0349d62353a9" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:45:04.620" UserId="2341" Text="I agree with Oli.  Plus, to answer the question about what applications go where, etc. I would stick most everything on the faster main drive.  But, the additional drive would be useful for hosting virtual machines, which often benefit from running on a different drive than the host operating system.  Other applications which access the disk often would also benefit from being separate from the operating system." />
  <row Id="20601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11400" RevisionGUID="30cc6f1d-91f3-4ca6-a91e-9204e0e2b203" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:45:29.660" UserId="3138" Text="I would suggest using the -g startup parameter as well.  It seems to work for most people and will probably work for you as well.  My only concern would be that the underlying issue may not be resolved.  For example if there is a memory leak due to a linked server, and the MTL is increased to 512Mb will it just be a longer period between memory issues?  I don't know the answer to that but I tend to agree with UndertheFold in that a perfmon may be a good start." />
  <row Id="20602" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11401" RevisionGUID="f7b2d974-0a8f-465a-99fa-f73bba400b45" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:47:36.207" UserId="3000" Text="Cable type doesn't matter for the network as long as it's professionally crimped. This comes from an admin wondering why the brand new computers still access the internet slowly with their 100Base-T adapters. The network cable was Cat-3 IIRC." />
  <row Id="20603" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11401" RevisionGUID="f7b2d974-0a8f-465a-99fa-f73bba400b45" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:47:36.207" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20604" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11402" RevisionGUID="f27afe1e-bb04-44d5-ba2d-04371849ebd2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:54:32.090" UserId="919" Text="There's six instances running on my desktop, and probably ten on a server I manage. What is this, and is it vital to system function?" />
  <row Id="20605" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11402" RevisionGUID="f27afe1e-bb04-44d5-ba2d-04371849ebd2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:54:32.090" UserId="919" Text="What is svchost and why are multiple instances of it running?" />
  <row Id="20606" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11402" RevisionGUID="f27afe1e-bb04-44d5-ba2d-04371849ebd2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:54:32.090" UserId="919" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;svchost&gt;&lt;processes&gt;&lt;what-is&gt;" />
  <row Id="20607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11403" RevisionGUID="e7fe2555-f9f1-4496-b778-71afc90099a4" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:55:48.903" UserId="2304" Text="[TOra][1] might be worth looking at.  It's technically &quot;Toolkit for Oracle&quot;, however it can also handle MySQL and PostgreSQL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tora.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="20608" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11404" RevisionGUID="ec135e28-f57e-4524-83e7-6ac1bd85a980" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:56:47.437" UserId="3327" Text="Can anyone recommend their favorite website that maintains an up to date &quot;best bang for your buck components to build your own pc&quot; article. I recall coming across an excellent site where they listed the components for 3 systems (low, middle, high end) but can't recall the site.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20609" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11404" RevisionGUID="ec135e28-f57e-4524-83e7-6ac1bd85a980" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:56:47.437" UserId="3327" Text="Sites with constantly updated info for Best Bang for your Buck components for system building?" />
  <row Id="20610" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11404" RevisionGUID="ec135e28-f57e-4524-83e7-6ac1bd85a980" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:56:47.437" UserId="3327" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;hardware-selection&gt;" />
  <row Id="20611" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11405" RevisionGUID="248de38c-8066-4e67-91fd-84c15528909b" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:57:37.060" UserId="2629" Text="Is it possible to try a different computer, or using a different OS (like a linux Live-CD)?  This would help rule out some strange settings in the OS." />
  <row Id="20612" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11406" RevisionGUID="006f13b1-a9fa-4579-83ff-c432c9b683f7" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:58:26.340" UserId="1067" Text="svchost, hosts services in Windows See [KB][1].  If you use [Process Explorer][2] you can see which services are being ran inside a particular process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314056&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx" />
  <row Id="20613" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="11386" RevisionGUID="b496fb95-7269-4101-96ed-13264c962a1d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T18:58:46.357" UserId="2329" Comment="edited title" Text="Why does my minimized Terminal Services Remote App Disappear?" />
  <row Id="20614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11407" RevisionGUID="295da2c0-334a-489c-a7f6-1bd949258597" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:08:22.967" UserId="835" Text="Instead of &#xD;&#xA;&gt; `rm  foo*`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;use &#xD;&#xA;&gt; `rm -i foo*`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is practical with a handful of files, but not with, say, a  whole tarball.  That's why aliasing `rm` will get in your way.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20615" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11408" RevisionGUID="285f54c1-6d02-41cc-892b-3c065ef3a713" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:09:36.240" UserId="843" Text="[Tom's Hardware][1] reviews all major components of PCs. They have charts dating back years and also provide price / performance charts to rate equipment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tomshardware.com" />
  <row Id="20616" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11409" RevisionGUID="730aca7f-3c16-4279-bb93-efd3fe7703b1" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:11:24.240" UserId="3298" Text="I would suggest [HardForum](http://hardforum.com/) the community there is always talking about the latest and greatest hardware, they point out hardware deals and are all pretty helpful." />
  <row Id="20617" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11390" RevisionGUID="5b6e40f1-1264-4dc2-be98-837b0adc49c7" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:13:05.033" UserId="3381" Comment="added 41 characters in body" Text="I'm setting up some Vista boxes with dual hard drives (a 250GB and a 1TB). What should I install on both disks for best performance? They are for general use by developers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows and programs on the first, data on the second? Should the temp folder or anything else windows related be on the second disk?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**edit:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both are 7200rpm drives." />
  <row Id="20618" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11325" RevisionGUID="5051828e-59c8-406a-b5d2-f8ad0ba86463" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:13:09.883" UserId="1840" Comment="made it a bit cleaner and more understandable" Text="There are few **important things** to be aware of before making a server change:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Make sure I'm on the right server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Be aware of **how many people will be affected by this action* (if you make a mistake or not)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Before typing the 'enter' key, be aware of the **possibility to undo**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Ask yourself whether this command has potential of **disconnecting your session** (fw rule, bad shutdown, etc...).  Make sure you there's a failover to come back in (specially if you're offsite)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20619" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11410" RevisionGUID="0e09775e-dca2-41a8-819b-334360a70cc0" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:15:05.653" UserId="2318" Text="Now that I have started the Software Update service on my Leopard Server, how do I change my client Macs to check for updates on it?" />
  <row Id="20620" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11410" RevisionGUID="0e09775e-dca2-41a8-819b-334360a70cc0" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:15:05.653" UserId="2318" Text="How do I change the Software Update server address on a client Mac (to use my own server)?" />
  <row Id="20621" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11410" RevisionGUID="0e09775e-dca2-41a8-819b-334360a70cc0" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:15:05.653" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;sus&gt;&lt;automaticupdates&gt;&lt;macosxserver&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="20622" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11321" RevisionGUID="fbbdca29-5115-48ca-a75f-553c1bb8cf80" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:15:32.670" UserId="1840" Comment="fixed typo" Text=" 1. **Windows Uptime** (free from MS) might help you with that, but I'm not sure if it will give you info about 'after' hybernation: [**http://support.microsoft.com/kb/232243**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. I wonder if the default tools might help you (from cmd):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; **net statistics server** or&#xD;&#xA; **net statistics workstation**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/232243" />
  <row Id="20623" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11411" RevisionGUID="71a22786-7278-4756-b662-05e106fb4f35" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:15:59.003" UserId="3138" Text="I manage our IIS and SQL server instances in a very active manufacturing environment.  In the past we always had our &quot;cookie cutter&quot; sql/iis server and placed them in each of the different areas.  There were too many time when developers made changes or installed software that caused server issues that obviously effect your sql server as well.  Having said that I would definitely recommend splitting the applications onto separate servers.  I don't know the performance implications to having sql in a VM environment or not.  We have a test sql cluster build in VM and it runs just fine with many other VM instances on it as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We just recently began consolidating our sql servers into a sql 2005 failover cluster running on Windows Server 2003.  They exist on 2 physical servers in an active/passive configuration with a SAN backend.  If I could do it over I would have used SQL 2008 so I don't have to worry about upgrading for a while and would consider putting them in VM as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our IIS servers exist in a web cluster on Windows Server 2003 in VM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The thing I really like about VM is that as stated above, the VM instances can be snapped off and moved around without much notice to the end users." />
  <row Id="20624" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11412" RevisionGUID="2ccc6988-d5c2-457a-b8bb-41d59b41605f" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:16:17.973" UserId="1200" Text="If, like me, you get friends, family, and coworkers with computer problems (whether it's server, desktop, or laptop related), who ask you to help over the phone or IM, how do you debug problems?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm quite good at debugging hardware and software problems...when I'm at the computer. If I'm at the machine in question, I can hammer through the dialogs I need, mess with the BIOS, listen to sounds, etc, and it's pretty easy. When it's remote, it's a different story.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What effective techniques can one use to debug problems remotely, and what can you do to get better at debugging remotely?" />
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  <row Id="20628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11413" RevisionGUID="decd3621-fd34-4060-9c2e-51166badef13" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:17:46.490" UserId="2575" Text="I'm trying to create a new partition on my Vista laptop. Unfortunately, Lenovo put on a fairly large partition after my main C: I want to free up space from both the C: and Q: drives (see the image below) and somehow combine them to have a 23Gb partition, rather than limiting myself to a 15Gb one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Split partitions][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to combine the unallocated chunks into one larger partition? If I have to I can nuke the Q: partition but I would prefer not to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.yife.net/images/partitions.png" />
  <row Id="20629" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11413" RevisionGUID="decd3621-fd34-4060-9c2e-51166badef13" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:17:46.490" UserId="2575" Text="How can I combine blocks of unallocated space to make a new, larger partition?" />
  <row Id="20630" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11413" RevisionGUID="decd3621-fd34-4060-9c2e-51166badef13" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:17:46.490" UserId="2575" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;partition&gt;" />
  <row Id="20631" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11414" RevisionGUID="949d73fc-fc83-484f-acbb-19ecc0d09b58" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:20:03.567" UserId="2304" Text="Use a web meeting service like [WebEx][1] or [Zoho][2]... being able to see their desktop makes life 10x easier!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.webex.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://meeting.zoho.com/" />
  <row Id="20632" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11414" RevisionGUID="949d73fc-fc83-484f-acbb-19ecc0d09b58" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:20:03.567" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20633" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11415" RevisionGUID="3cf422d1-b050-4415-8122-749802ff8e80" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:21:00.040" UserId="1840" Text="I recommend you take a look at this serverfault post for some troubleshooting tips (Very resourceful): [http://serverfault.com/questions/8812/your-troubleshooting-rules-approach-to-troubleshooting][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Troubleshooting will depend on your ability to understand the system the patience-level towards the person at the other end of the phone.  I recommend if you're more keen on being on the system, you should look at remote control apps such as VNC, RDC (Windows remote desktop client), or other commercial solutions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Highly recommend (freeware) **VNC one-click**:&#xD;&#xA; [http://www.vncscan.com/vs/oneclickVNC.htm][2]&#xD;&#xA; - Adobe connect ($) (h[ttp://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatconnectpro/][3])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8812/your-troubleshooting-rules-approach-to-troubleshooting&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.vncscan.com/vs/oneclickVNC.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatconnectpro/" />
  <row Id="20634" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11415" RevisionGUID="3cf422d1-b050-4415-8122-749802ff8e80" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:21:00.040" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20635" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11416" RevisionGUID="15e572e3-87fd-4a13-ae79-c0c05bf44323" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:23:01.580" UserId="3000" Text="In my experience, it depends on the equipment. I know one company had three server rooms. One was kept about 80°F, the other, with fewer servers, was at about 72°F, and the third, with only two servers, was at about 65°F. Never had a problem in the time I was there, but, like others have said, 75°F or slightly below is probably best, since it gives a little elbow room if the AC goes out." />
  <row Id="20636" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11411" RevisionGUID="4075ec69-88e0-4e7c-a290-3d0efd607ff2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:25:38.143" UserId="3138" Comment="Added more information" Text="I manage our IIS and SQL server instances in a very active manufacturing environment.  In the past we always had our &quot;cookie cutter&quot; sql/iis server and placed them in each of the different areas.  There were too many time when developers made changes or installed software that caused server issues that obviously effect your sql server as well.  Having said that I would definitely recommend splitting the applications onto separate servers.  I don't know the performance implications to having sql in a VM environment or not.  We have a test sql cluster build in VM and it runs just fine with many other VM instances on it as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We just recently began consolidating our sql servers into a sql 2005 failover cluster running on Windows Server 2003.  They exist on 2 physical servers in an active/passive configuration with a SAN backend.  If I could do it over I would have used SQL 2008 so I don't have to worry about upgrading for a while and would consider putting them in VM as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our IIS servers exist in a web cluster on Windows Server 2003 in VM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The thing I really like about VM is that as stated above, the VM instances can be snapped off and moved around without much notice to the end users.  For example, where a physical server may come off lease, the VM instance doesn't come off of lease.  And for the real hardware, you can just move your VM instances to another piece of hardware while you do your swap." />
  <row Id="20637" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11417" RevisionGUID="e4945026-899e-4a31-829a-f456d1031480" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:26:09.810" UserId="45" Text="I would check the Windows event log for other errors. From the errors you report, it seems that ASP.NET cannot compile the aspx/ascx files into temporary assemblies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It could be a hardware/RAID/filesystem problem which makes the C# compiler (csc.exe) fail. " />
  <row Id="20638" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="11362" RevisionGUID="08eb6e19-569f-4838-9934-497daf88b0f1" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:28:02.850" UserId="45" Comment="edited title" Text="Temporary communication between different subnets" />
  <row Id="20639" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11357" RevisionGUID="4497e9c4-0740-4934-b09e-2f384eea2bbf" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:30:27.570" UserId="45" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="How do you kill a mass of MySQL queries? Here is a [good approach][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysql&gt; SELECT concat('KILL ',id,';') FROM information_schema.processlist WHERE user='root' INTO OUTFILE '/tmp/a.txt';&#xD;&#xA;    mysql&gt; source /tmp/a.txt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any others besides clicking them to death in MySQL Administratior Gui?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2009/05/21/mass-killing-of-mysql-connections/" />
  <row Id="20640" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="11357" RevisionGUID="4497e9c4-0740-4934-b09e-2f384eea2bbf" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:30:27.570" UserId="45" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="Bulk or mass killing misbehaving MySQL queries" />
  <row Id="20641" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11340" RevisionGUID="141dcace-516c-41d4-b436-adbfc9507839" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:31:18.163" UserId="2318" Comment="deleted 281 characters in body" Text="In Windows, have you tried using Run &gt; &quot;msconfig&quot; to disable the &quot;mDNSResponder&quot; service (I believe that gets installed via iTunes)? If it's running, then I'm guessing the Bonjour traffic is being generated from Windows itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise, I would try the steps in [this guide][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In VMWare, open the settings for the virtual machine you're using. You need to change the &quot;Network&quot; settings to use bridge mode, instead of NAT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To do so, as the relevant paragraph from the above website states:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;Click on the settings of your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; particular virtual machine, hop over&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the the network, and select “Connect&#xD;&#xA;&gt; directly to the physical network&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (Bridged)”.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2009/05/07/p1-w1max-wiggy-using-vmware-to-get-it-working-on-a-mac&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3573/3509911520_4110abeae1.jpg?v=0" />
  <row Id="20642" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11418" RevisionGUID="7b494f68-9c5b-450a-af39-9f04f624f6fd" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:31:28.660" UserId="1417" Text="More common is a thin client solution such as Citrix, a minimal OPC networked to a server which runs the software. " />
  <row Id="20643" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11391" RevisionGUID="54cc923c-37a2-453b-95e9-f3bc9589cf28" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:36:39.540" UserId="2423" Comment="added 124 characters in body" Text="UPDATE - Definitely a driver issue. Problem goes away when I uninstall nvidia drivers, comes back when I reinstall them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm having a really strange hardware problem. I have a workstation with two displays, they're both identical V173 ACER monitors. The workstation has two graphics cards, identical GeForce 6200 cards. Both screens are connected through D-sub cables. However one screen is bright white, and the other is kind of a dull yellow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have controlled for the following factors:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) I have tried a third screen on both cards and get the same problem, one will always appear yellow (even the one that was previous bright white).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) I have reset both displays to factory defaults.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) I have reset all display options in all control panels (the NVIDIA control panel and the windows display panel) to defaults.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) I have tried different cables.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;5) I have tried making different monitors primary and secondary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6) I have tried another graphics card.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only thing I know for sure is that whichever monitor is set to be the primary monitor will be the yellowish monitor. The other one will always be the bright white one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thoughts?" />
  <row Id="20644" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11419" RevisionGUID="01f3b52d-f08a-4fd1-9af7-b261e0b30758" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:38:42.313" UserId="1078" Text="Svchost is short for &quot;Service Host&quot;. It keeps most of the Services on your machine running. There will be a few Services that host themselves in their own .exe file, but most of Windows' Services need to be hosted inside a svchost.exe process. The Services on your machine handle important stuff like networking, RpC server, audio, event log etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Type &quot;services.msc&quot; in Start-&gt;Run to view the Services you have running on your machine. If you deem anyone unneccecary you can stop the service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Type &quot;tasklist /SVC&quot; to see which services are hosted by the different svchost.exe files." />
  <row Id="20645" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11420" RevisionGUID="f0d04f14-8f9c-4ac6-9c84-e15de2af991d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:45:56.510" UserId="2846" Text="I am planning to build a new computer on which I will run Ubuntu Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, which motherboard and which graphic card has the best support for Linux?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a NVidia MB which you can get to work in Linux, after some work.&#xD;&#xA;And an ATI graphics card which on good days works ok, but doesn't really interact with Ubuntu software systems, so many upgrades causes graphics to just break.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any recommendations on what I should go for when replacing the old computer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/Leif" />
  <row Id="20646" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11420" RevisionGUID="f0d04f14-8f9c-4ac6-9c84-e15de2af991d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:45:56.510" UserId="2846" Text="Best hardware (MB/graphic)  for Linux" />
  <row Id="20647" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11420" RevisionGUID="f0d04f14-8f9c-4ac6-9c84-e15de2af991d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:45:56.510" UserId="2846" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="20648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11421" RevisionGUID="d77b6b8e-e8d0-4b15-92cc-df17e5d2b060" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:47:52.573" UserId="3000" Text="Partition Magic, though you have to pay for it, sounds like it would be the ideal tool for this situation. I have never tried your specific situation, so I do not know if it will work as you want it, but it has worked with merging partitions that are next to each other before.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if your laptop is under warranty, be careful about making partition changes. Lenovo may not like it if they need to make a repair. You also want to make sure the other partitions do not serve any other purpose. Nuking them could wreak havoc on one of your Lenovo installed utils." />
  <row Id="20649" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11012" RevisionGUID="4b614b06-e122-4894-967b-b66595782754" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:48:49.623" UserId="3314" Comment="Added links to source code and dll needed." Text="I wrote an application to do exactly this in a HP-UX remote desktop app I use at work. It maps the mouse wheel to the up and down keys. Works great for me let me know if you like it...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Edit* added links to the source and dll. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Disclaimer!!!* I am not much of a coder(as my SO account will show) and haven't looked at this particular script since I wrote it I'm sure it badly written. Constructive input would be great but just telling me I suck isn't helpful!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;data.joncopas.com/download/scrolled.dll&#xD;&#xA;data.joncopas.com/download/Scrolled2.au3&#xD;&#xA;data.joncopas.com/download/Scroller.exe" />
  <row Id="20650" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11422" RevisionGUID="71e1bf21-e061-4d0b-a8ae-8e6e26f1bd2d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:50:06.393" UserId="1654" Text="This is the fourth in an increasingly narrow and increasingly annoying series of questions related to a hard deadline today.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone know internals of how Word &quot;prints&quot; MDI files?  My limited users have R/W access to the directory they're to be saved in, but the files are not getting saved.  This process does work under an administrator account - the file is successfully saved and preview is launched.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Suggestions for debugging this?" />
  <row Id="20651" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11422" RevisionGUID="71e1bf21-e061-4d0b-a8ae-8e6e26f1bd2d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:50:06.393" UserId="1654" Text="Word can't &quot;print&quot; an MDI file under limited user account (but it works as an admin)" />
  <row Id="20652" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11422" RevisionGUID="71e1bf21-e061-4d0b-a8ae-8e6e26f1bd2d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:50:06.393" UserId="1654" Text="&lt;msword&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="20653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11423" RevisionGUID="8a0c310d-2761-42cc-bc55-b0c9557a1399" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:51:37.123" UserId="2561" Text="I have always found nvidia plays best with Linux.  If you think you might be decoding HD x264 video, get one with vdpau support. Intel chipsets also work pretty well in my experience.    " />
  <row Id="20654" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11424" RevisionGUID="562fb43b-b8c5-491f-8b27-f7ec4c66bae5" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:53:24.687" UserId="3314" Text="If you need an exception for a system to jump subnets look into the [windows route][1] command. It is often the solution to these kinds of things (assuming your on a windows machine).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/custcosw/ps1001/products_tech_note09186a0080150baf.shtml" />
  <row Id="20655" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11320" RevisionGUID="3e418dbc-4502-4d3a-b799-54398832157c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:54:00.863" UserId="2307" Comment="deleted 38 characters in body" Text="Command line and scripting is dangerous. Make a little typo with rm -rf and you are in a world of hurt. Confuse prod with stage in the name of the database while running an import script and you are boned (if they are on the same server, which is not good, but happens). Same for noticing too late that the server name where you sshed is not what you thought it was after funning some commands. You have to respect the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.team.net/mjb/hawg.html&quot;&gt;Hole Hawg&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a few little rituals before running risky commands - like doing a triple take check of the server I'm on. Here's an &lt;a href=&quot;http://m0j0.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/safety-precautions-when-using-the-rm-command/&quot;&gt;interesting article on rm safety&lt;/a&gt;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What little rituals, tools and tricks keeps you safe on the command line? And I mean objective things, like &quot;first run ls foo*, look at the output of that and then substitute ls with rm -rf to avoid running rm -rf foo * or something like that&quot;, not &quot;make sure you know what the command will do&quot;." />
  <row Id="20656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11425" RevisionGUID="7251fa95-2f6a-456a-98e5-76458dcca053" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:54:09.363" UserId="3000" Text="Treat them like any other user. If you haven't worked a support position here are some guidelines:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Require screenshots if you don't understand what they are describing.&#xD;&#xA; - Be able to see their machine using VNC, WebEx, or another of the above.&#xD;&#xA; - Make sure they are calm when helping them. Calm them down if you have to.&#xD;&#xA; - Have them tell you everything in add/remove programs so you can help figure out what is there.&#xD;&#xA; - Sometimes you just can't help the person over the phone or even with VNC. Make sure you are clear with them if this happens.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Above all, try to stay calm yourself, even if they don't give you the info you are asking for right away. This is especially important with friends and relatives, compared to coworkers." />
  <row Id="20657" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11425" RevisionGUID="7251fa95-2f6a-456a-98e5-76458dcca053" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:54:09.363" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11426" RevisionGUID="51410fa3-0b37-42fc-9c96-d363e00495ce" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:57:17.470" UserId="2304" Text="If you don't want to pay for Partition Magic, I'd recommend [GParted][1].  They also have a [liveCD available][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used it successfully several times on both Linux &amp; Windows boxes... I'd highly recommend defragging your hard drive before shuffling partitions around though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php" />
  <row Id="20659" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11427" RevisionGUID="6312ee4a-1718-480b-b163-b4f7bbee26d9" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:57:52.523" UserId="843" Text="Well I had a theory about IRQ sharing, but you have identified it as a driver issue. I think it is likely that nVidia never expected someone to run dual PCI cards. They probably only account for PCI-Express + PCI or AGP + PCI.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11428" RevisionGUID="859982f7-233c-457e-90c1-8d4dacecdaaf" CreationDate="2009-05-22T19:58:41.523" UserId="3000" Text="Install the latest drivers from the nVidia site, or the card manufacturer's site, if they have special drivers. Otherwise, use earlier and earlier versions of the drivers to see if any work. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the issue still exists, contact support for the graphics card manufacturer. It may be a &quot;minor&quot; manufacturing defect that makes the card incorrectly interpret signals from the driver." />
  <row Id="20661" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11424" RevisionGUID="35ee4e31-09b5-48ad-b737-0f722f7890b6" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:05:34.630" UserId="3314" Comment="added 104 characters in body" Text="If you need an exception for a system to jump subnets look into the [windows route][1] command. It is often the solution to these kinds of things (assuming your on a windows machine). This works especially well in a temporary situation where adding new hardware might be more cumbersome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/custcosw/ps1001/products_tech_note09186a0080150baf.shtml" />
  <row Id="20662" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11429" RevisionGUID="5dd4e5aa-3ebf-409f-af99-71ca87b5cd71" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:07:36.293" UserId="3385" Text="Our XP install on Boot Camp / Leopard is crashing a lot.  We have no idea why.  Does anyone have any suggestions?" />
  <row Id="20663" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11429" RevisionGUID="5dd4e5aa-3ebf-409f-af99-71ca87b5cd71" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:07:36.293" UserId="3385" Text="XP on Boot Camp Crashes" />
  <row Id="20664" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11429" RevisionGUID="5dd4e5aa-3ebf-409f-af99-71ca87b5cd71" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:07:36.293" UserId="3385" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;bootcamp&gt;&lt;crash&gt;" />
  <row Id="20665" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11430" RevisionGUID="0f3fc751-e892-487f-95ef-f7e8d20c5ba2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:07:52.427" UserId="1233" Text="### Defaults&#xD;&#xA;The simplest method is to run a defaults command on the client Macs (easily pushed via Apple Remote Desktop):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    defaults write com.apple.SoftwareUpdate CatalogURL 'http://mysus.example.com:8088/index.sucatalog'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for a user. If you run it via sudo it will set it for whenever you use softwareupdate as root.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### MCX&#xD;&#xA;Another alternative is to use Workgroup Manager to manage the preferences via MCX from your server. This can be done for users, or for computers if they are bound to your Open Directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Choose the accounts, computers, or groups to have the preference applied to.&#xD;&#xA;2. Click on Preferences, and then the Details tab&#xD;&#xA;3. Press the Add... button and navigate to /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist&#xD;&#xA;4. Press Edit...&#xD;&#xA;5. Under Often, add a New Key and enter the name CatalogURL&#xD;&#xA;6. Make sure the type is string and then enter your SUS URL (eg. http://mysus.example.com:8088/index.sucatalog)&#xD;&#xA;7. Press Apply Now, then Done. Once users/computers have refreshed their MCX settings (usually the next login or restart) the new settings will take over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### DNS&#xD;&#xA;Lastly, if you have an office with Macs you don't have control over you can force them to use your local SUS insetad of Apple's via DNS. This assumes they have not set their own custom DNS settings to override the DNS settings pushed out via DHCP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The crux is to re-route all queries to http://swquery.apple.com to your local server - there is some modification (3 redirects to put in place) required so the server can talk to Apple. I've yet to do it myself but it's on my list of projects to do this summer because of the number of unmanaged Macs that come through my network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recommend reading more on the tip at [MacOSXHints](http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071009082248452)." />
  <row Id="20666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11431" RevisionGUID="7ad3b637-6196-494d-b68d-0ca86462c2ac" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:13:04.990" UserId="2452" Text="An application with a handle leak caused me problems this week. One of the symptoms was that &quot;portqry.exe&quot; would return a Winsock 10055 error." />
  <row Id="20667" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11432" RevisionGUID="a5e0601e-4e3a-4f5c-81f6-af2c119a52bb" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:14:02.383" UserId="3384" Text="Intel GMA drivers are open source and fully integrated and supported on linux kernel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nvidia drivers are propritary (you can find a open source alternative, but, imho, they are less powerful than the officia) but they works fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ATI has some problems, but the specs are released, alternative support is possible...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even so depending on the final use...&#xD;&#xA;Intel chips are not really powerful for a advenced use, nvidia nvidia seems to be the best choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20668" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11429" RevisionGUID="85608abe-7e81-4c05-a7f8-60c4e05aba32" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:14:02.677" UserId="3385" Comment="added 351 characters in body" Text="Our XP install on Boot Camp / Leopard is crashing a lot.  We have no idea why.  Does anyone have any suggestions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More detail: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - It's a MacBook pro a few months old.  &#xD;&#xA; - The crashes are usually blue screens.  After the crash XP does the disk check so it takes 15 min to restart&#xD;&#xA; - We installed this using the Apple Boot Camp install disc that came with the computer&#xD;&#xA; - We've applied all the updates to XP &amp; Leopard that the OS upgrade tools list" />
  <row Id="20669" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11433" RevisionGUID="41e1633d-5dab-42f5-abee-5ba946497d16" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:14:52.600" UserId="1344" Text="admitting that you're the sysadmin, and giving people your phone number&#xD;&#xA;;-)" />
  <row Id="20670" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11433" RevisionGUID="41e1633d-5dab-42f5-abee-5ba946497d16" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:14:52.600" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20671" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11434" RevisionGUID="88fba990-09f4-4753-b858-5a18e3d6ff8d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:21:28.670" UserId="2629" Text="**General Question:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's say I'm using a command called `bar` and want to learn more about the `-foo` option.  (Perhaps the man page didn't talk much about it).  How can I search the internet for it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I do a google search for `bar -foo` it will take search for all pages that have bar but do not have foo.  If I search for `bar &quot;-foo&quot;` I seem to get pages that have foo and bar, but not necessarily foo -bar.  If I search for just `-bar` I'll be told that it doesn't match any documents, and if I search for `&quot;-bar&quot;`, I'll be given results as if I'd just searched for `bar`. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Specific Question:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A different serverfault question reminded me of a comment on Slashdot.  The article, which may have been months or years ago, was, IIRC, about unexpected behaviour of command-line options.  One of the commentors replied that you should create a file called &quot;-i&quot; in important directories (such as /etc) so that if you ever were in the directory and accidentally typed in `rm *` it would expand to being `rm -i [lots of files here]` and prompt you, interactively, if you wanted to delete the files.  I'd like to find the post, but have searched to no avail." />
  <row Id="20672" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11434" RevisionGUID="88fba990-09f4-4753-b858-5a18e3d6ff8d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:21:28.670" UserId="2629" Text="How do I do a net search for command-line parameters?" />
  <row Id="20673" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11434" RevisionGUID="88fba990-09f4-4753-b858-5a18e3d6ff8d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:21:28.670" UserId="2629" Text="&lt;search&gt;&lt;parameters&gt;" />
  <row Id="20674" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11435" RevisionGUID="07943193-f9bc-4904-8ee2-0083bb6b5c0d" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:23:15.263" UserId="3384" Text="Fedora 12 will support multiseat natively and easily." />
  <row Id="20675" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11436" RevisionGUID="f115a50b-d41e-492e-a151-aacdffdf1df7" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:25:04.043" UserId="773" Text="i think I would rather search for just the command itself and look for a manual or something. In unix you have the man pages, which usually have a listing of all the arguments. For example&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    man ls" />
  <row Id="20676" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11420" RevisionGUID="eac191d4-d685-4911-996f-5529845d97f0" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:33:38.677" UserId="1993" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="20677" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11432" RevisionGUID="6c29bf00-dd4c-44db-ba30-23e6ba703898" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:35:01.590" UserId="3384" Comment="deleted 7 characters in body" Text="Intel GMA drivers are open source and fully integrated and supported on linux kernel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nvidia drivers are propritary (you can find a open source alternative, but, imho, they are less powerful than the officia) but they works fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ATI has some problems, but the specs are released, alternative support is possible...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even so depending on the final use...&#xD;&#xA;Intel chips are not really powerful for a advenced use, nvidia seems to be the best choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20679" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11323" RevisionGUID="e1fbce65-4425-474a-b4b1-e2b94a7f2a3c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:36:32.353" UserId="422" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="Prior to Microsoft 'embracing, extending, and changing' LDAP, most implementations had objects to represent the root of the tree.  I.e.  You have to start from somewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For reasons I am not completely clear on, in Active Directory, each Domain in the tree/forest is rooted with a name that dc=domain,dc=com that is not really two separate objects, rather it is a virtual root of the directory name space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think that some of it comes from the fact, that regardless of what is said about Active Directory, it is still a series of linked domains, and each domain needs to be treated as a standalone entity.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now there are automatic transitive trusts within an AD tree, so that makes it matter less to end users, but even though the namespace looks kind of contiguous, it isn't really.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This becomes more evident with some of the naming rules with AD.  For example sAMAccountName must be unique within a domain, regardless of whether they are in the same container or not.  I.e. The full distinguished name must be unique, (you cannot have two John Smith users in the same container) but the shortname that is used for many things internally (sAMAccountName) needs to be unique within the entire domain. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other directory services either have somewhat similar requirements, like uniqueID should really be unique within the entire directory, but that is more because applications usually make that assumption, as application writers have been too lazy to deal with the complex issue (I don't blame them, it is a hard problem) of how to handle two users with short names of jsmith trying to use a service, but existing in two different containers.  (I.e. Perhaps cn=jsmith,ou=London,dc=acme,dc=com and cn=jsmith,ou=Texas,dc=acme,dc=com).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How should your application using this directory decide which user to use?  The usual answer is let the user decide.  But that means catching this case, presenting a UI to the user choose from and whatnot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most application writers just ignore that possibility and just use uniqueID or sAMAccountName because that is unique (sort of) and easier to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The difference between uniqueID and sAMAccountName would be that uniqueID should be unique throughout the directory name space.  Whereas sAMAccountName is only guaranteed unique within the domain.  If the AD tree has several domains, there is no guarentee there of uniqueness, between domains." />
  <row Id="20680" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11438" RevisionGUID="8a5710e2-4351-4015-9bfd-d0c937f6214f" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:38:42.770" UserId="2609" Text="Svish has the right answer, but if you still need additional info the best way to Google it up is often one of `&quot;bar foo&quot;`, `bar-foo` or `bar.foo`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The quoted version may get you the closest match *if it's there*, but even so it may not be the page with the best info. The other two forms are essentially the same, because Google will ignore the exact character &quot;-&quot; or &quot;.&quot; but will often rank pages higher if the words occur together.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best advice is if your search isn't working try something else. That includes changing from web search to Google Groups search to Blog search, as well as changing up the keywords and how you combine them." />
  <row Id="20682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11439" RevisionGUID="d317b1f8-4528-47f7-9b71-755c0d651031" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:39:36.527" UserId="32988" Text="Short version: Match your domain-name as a guarantee that the base path is unique. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do it, and you won't look like a newb admin if your company merges with another one, and you need to merge systems :)  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ok, that was a _very_ short version =)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20683" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11440" RevisionGUID="6ec10c30-5882-4d48-afbe-c03cdad88b18" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:48:51.017" UserId="2318" Text="How does the future look for ReiserFS? Did the [trial][1] affect its popularity much?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a pretty subjective question, so referring to a published statistic/article would be nice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/29/BAIQ12KT15.DTL" />
  <row Id="20684" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11440" RevisionGUID="6ec10c30-5882-4d48-afbe-c03cdad88b18" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:48:51.017" UserId="2318" Text="To what extent has ReiserFS's popularity been lessened by Hans Reiser?" />
  <row Id="20685" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11440" RevisionGUID="6ec10c30-5882-4d48-afbe-c03cdad88b18" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:48:51.017" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;reiserfs&gt;" />
  <row Id="20686" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11441" RevisionGUID="272c775f-a881-4d52-bfe5-b2e7bb853c0b" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:49:35.103" UserId="2514" Text="The root of the directory has to be set to *something.* It could be set to whatever you like. Setting it to the domain name is simply a useful convention that ensures your directory name space is unique. " />
  <row Id="20687" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11442" RevisionGUID="c1f6894d-e0e3-404b-835f-e9d220c76e7e" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:51:46.877" UserId="984" Text="I think one of the first important steps is to correctly assess their readiness level so you can respond appropriately.  I have a [cheat-sheet][1] for myself that is based a model from [Management of Organizational Behavior][2].  Responding appropriately helps you avoid lots of the frustration and unpleasantness that can happen.  When you are on the phone this is particularly important since it is far more difficult to asses the situation, and respond appropriately then it is when you are working with someone face-to-face.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Encourage them to talk as about the problem as much as possible.  Ask lots of questions.  You can't see what they are seeing, you can't hear what they are hearing, you don't know exactly what they did to get to the point where they decided to contact you. Uou need to encourage them to tell you what they are seeing, hearing and doing by asking lots of appropriate questions.  You need them to be your eyes and ears, and hands.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are able then use the tools to remotely view the computer.  The suggestions others have made are good.  VNC is free but the other options are good too.  If you are doing this professionally, you definitely want to work out a good system to remotely support systems you are responsible for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are able, have a computer or VM where you are working that is similar to what they have.  If you can't use a remote access tool, then being able to follow along with what they are doing on a different system is helpful.  Even if you do have remote access having a VM you can test something on is helpful.  That way you don't have to break the real system to try something you are not sure about.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Work on getting as in-depth of an understanding as you can about the computer systems you may support.  Some things cannot be remotely viewed or replicated on another system.  Some times you are just going to have visualize what they are seeing and doing in your head.  The better you understand the systems you support, the easier this is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As [l0c0b0x][3] mentioned see the [Your troubleshooting rules?][4] question for advice on doing the actual troubleshooting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sites.google.com/site/francyci/Home/geek-advice/readinesslevel&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.amazon.com/Management-Organizational-Behavior-Paul-Hersey/dp/0131441396/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/users/1840/l0c0b0x&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8812/your-troubleshooting-rules-approach-to-troubleshooting" />
  <row Id="20688" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11442" RevisionGUID="c1f6894d-e0e3-404b-835f-e9d220c76e7e" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:51:46.877" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20689" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11443" RevisionGUID="acaccd7e-d5f9-49c9-a946-92b653fa1a0b" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:51:48.170" UserId="32988" Text="18°C (65°F). Its a bit colder than it has to be, but if something fails it gives us a few precious extra minutes to react before it gets uncomforably hot." />
  <row Id="20690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11444" RevisionGUID="a51b0ced-ef0a-4396-aa38-bd40bc086a69" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:52:53.693" UserId="2304" Text="Thankfully I've only needed a couple of times, but the [Magic SysRq key][1] still remains one of my all time favorite hidden features.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alt+SysRq+RSEIUB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key" />
  <row Id="20691" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11444" RevisionGUID="a51b0ced-ef0a-4396-aa38-bd40bc086a69" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:52:53.693" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20692" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11445" RevisionGUID="e7ef067c-c6ef-4410-ae93-008af4973494" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:56:28.600" UserId="388" Text="Have you checked your routing table to see which interface is preferred for publishing to the Zeroconf multicast group?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netstat -rn | grep 224&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will return all the routing information for reserved multicast groups. Look for an entry for 224.0.0.251; this is the group used for MDNS. If there isn't a specific entry for this group, then check the entry for 224.0.0.0 with the most specific mask. It may be bound to your VMWare interface, or if multiple routes are installed, the VMWare one may have the lowest metric.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming that this is the problem, a variant of the following command (run as root):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    route add -host 224.0.0.251 dev ra0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where 'ra0' is the devicename of your wireless interface will install a specific route forcing traffic for the Zeroconf group out via your wireless interface. This is obviously manual configuration that probably won't persist across a reboot; I'm not that familiar with OS X. Can anyone advise on the 'preferred' way of modifying the host routing table under OS X?" />
  <row Id="20693" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11446" RevisionGUID="15384f43-5f43-4440-993f-c70a89aa93d7" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:57:42.667" UserId="1843" Text="I found this hard drive on NewEgg:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5&quot; Internal Hard Drive (bare drive) - OEM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148337][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And there are quite a few substantial bad reviews about the drive freezing periodically. If you search for a bit, you can find several forums with people having problems, but of course forums don't get updated when resolutions to those problems are found.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm just wondering, does anyone know what the final verdict regarding the freezing issue with these hard drives is?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148337" />
  <row Id="20694" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11446" RevisionGUID="15384f43-5f43-4440-993f-c70a89aa93d7" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:57:42.667" UserId="1843" Text="Are there freezing issues with the Seagate Barracuda ST31500341AS anymore?" />
  <row Id="20695" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11446" RevisionGUID="15384f43-5f43-4440-993f-c70a89aa93d7" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:57:42.667" UserId="1843" Text="&lt;seagate&gt;&lt;harddrive&gt;&lt;firmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="20696" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11440" RevisionGUID="7d950912-7ad7-4e36-95a3-17e8c106c6d7" CreationDate="2009-05-22T20:57:47.067" UserId="671" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;reiserfs&gt;" />
  <row Id="20697" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11447" RevisionGUID="d63e1dac-f231-492e-a222-3947b3587e3a" CreationDate="2009-05-22T21:06:46.317" UserId="2466" Text="Use copilot.com. It works awesome and is easy to connect for the other party." />
  <row Id="20698" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11447" RevisionGUID="d63e1dac-f231-492e-a222-3947b3587e3a" CreationDate="2009-05-22T21:06:46.317" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20699" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11448" RevisionGUID="58517406-a056-4179-a5de-065c62a460bf" CreationDate="2009-05-22T21:07:34.160" UserId="1843" Text="I have always historically had problems with ATI proprietary video drivers in Linux. ATI and AMD do not have a serious attitude towards supporting Linux, and therefore have always had a pretty hacked-together installer that tends to be quite fragile.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've had problems upgrading drivers where the new driver simply doesn't work at all. I've also had problems with acceleration simply not being enabled when starting X-Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want a good, proprietary driver with acceleration, nVidia is the way to go in my opinion." />
  <row Id="20700" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11449" RevisionGUID="8a56984c-d685-42c2-857b-54c46be08a0e" CreationDate="2009-05-22T21:10:59.350" UserId="1995" Text="The [Wikipedia article][1] says that development has stopped on ReiserFS v4, so I would take that to mean that you're at the mercy of your host OS's support for ReiserFS v3 and the year 2038, whichever comes first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're right, it is a very subjective question.  Especially if you're trying to gauge its popularity (which I think is a pointless exercise).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReiserFS" />
  <row Id="20701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11450" RevisionGUID="634dc59a-6e7a-4b25-b3ab-9617154826be" CreationDate="2009-05-22T21:18:13.827" UserId="3053" Text="I would personally avoid PartitionMagic. I feel it has gone downhill since Norton acquired it oh so many years ago.  My preference these days is Acronis Disk Director [1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This basic process should work;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shrink C drive by the extra free space you need.&#xD;&#xA;Move the Lenovo partition to the front or back of the free space.&#xD;&#xA;Make partition in new contiguous free space. '&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know this can be done with Disk Director.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1] http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/" />
  <row Id="20702" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11451" RevisionGUID="a33ce425-1a5e-46d8-a8e0-c80d6fde81c9" CreationDate="2009-05-22T21:20:05.650" UserId="1712" Text="ASP.Net worker process w3wp.exe by default runs under *`NETWORK SERVICE`* account on W2K3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check that this account has right to access and instantiate object in question." />
  <row Id="20703" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11452" RevisionGUID="5e30b255-1660-47f2-a5fb-30096c656b8a" CreationDate="2009-05-22T21:21:24.650" UserId="2413" Text="i'm using 4 drives from problematic series, i just did update of firmware from seagate and so far have no problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;at least according to vendor problem can be fixed by that." />
  <row Id="20704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11453" RevisionGUID="3258275b-ea49-4960-8374-bc4622435d42" CreationDate="2009-05-22T21:25:44.123" UserId="2304" Text="From the [Toms Hardware article][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Part numbers for the affected models of Barracuda drives and their respective firmware revisions. They are as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;“Affected part number: 9JU138-300, 336 with firmware revisions SD15, SD17, or SD18.”&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It also mentions there's a firmware fix available to treat the problem if you run into it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/seagate-barracuda-1.5TB-freezing,6582.html" />
  <row Id="20705" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11454" RevisionGUID="baf39442-18fb-40ef-8090-fce890fc499c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T21:32:51.380" UserId="2413" Text="network stack tuning i put on routers/firewalls connecting to net hundreds of users&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net/ipv4/route/max_size=262144&#xD;&#xA;    net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_tcp_timeout_established=18000&#xD;&#xA;    net/ipv4/neigh/default/gc_thresh1=1024&#xD;&#xA;    net/ipv4/neigh/default/gc_thresh2=2048&#xD;&#xA;    net/ipv4/neigh/default/gc_thresh3=4096&#xD;&#xA;    net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_max=128000&#xD;&#xA;    net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_expect_max=4096&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ mostly empirically tweaked over years based on some unpleasant crashes ]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for file/sql/poroxy server you definitivly want to mount partition with data/spool with **noatime,nodiratime** and for reiserfs - notail ] to avoid additional disk trashing whenever file is accessed for read.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and you really want [ maybe you don't know about it yet ;-] gather statistics - eg with [munin][1] - to do some capacity planning and see if your tuning indeed decreases system load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://munin.projects.linpro.no/" />
  <row Id="20706" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11454" RevisionGUID="baf39442-18fb-40ef-8090-fce890fc499c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T21:32:51.380" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20707" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11455" RevisionGUID="92697126-337a-46d9-b429-eca451b57073" CreationDate="2009-05-22T21:41:42.033" UserId="3400" Text="Given a mixed environment of Windows servers, Linux (RHEL5) servers, and XP clients, can anyone foresee benefits and/or problems attempting to use Perl 5.10 for logon/logout scripts?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
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  <row Id="20709" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11455" RevisionGUID="92697126-337a-46d9-b429-eca451b57073" CreationDate="2009-05-22T21:41:42.033" UserId="3400" Text="&lt;scripts&gt;" />
  <row Id="20710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11456" RevisionGUID="de1eb1b2-3b46-4d57-a988-64052695f001" CreationDate="2009-05-22T21:44:24.197" UserId="1192" Text="I'm trying to disable log events for the vmware-hostd process on my system. There is a file `/etc/vmware/hostd/config.xml` that has log level settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the correct values to disable constant logging to `/var/log/vmware/hostd.log`?" />
  <row Id="20711" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11456" RevisionGUID="de1eb1b2-3b46-4d57-a988-64052695f001" CreationDate="2009-05-22T21:44:24.197" UserId="1192" Text="How do you disable logging in Vmware Server?" />
  <row Id="20712" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11456" RevisionGUID="de1eb1b2-3b46-4d57-a988-64052695f001" CreationDate="2009-05-22T21:44:24.197" UserId="1192" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;logging&gt;&lt;logging&gt;" />
  <row Id="20713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11457" RevisionGUID="dfe626a3-9389-41d4-a915-c222204b100b" CreationDate="2009-05-22T21:44:32.043" UserId="1876" Text="A better questions would be&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Is there being done any maintenance work on the current Reiserfs? (v3)**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What happened to Reiser4? It was very promising**" />
  <row Id="20714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11458" RevisionGUID="f6aecced-22cb-48df-be48-3a01fb2ee148" CreationDate="2009-05-22T21:46:41.883" UserId="1192" Text="Show local listening TCP/UDP ports, and the process they belong to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo netstat -tulpn" />
  <row Id="20715" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11458" RevisionGUID="f6aecced-22cb-48df-be48-3a01fb2ee148" CreationDate="2009-05-22T21:46:41.883" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20716" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11384" RevisionGUID="6de1364c-86c9-41af-9e9a-574e66e41b08" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:00:15.913" UserId="1561" Comment="added alternative rm method" Text="I have a low-tech solution to some of these.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have developed an inate habit of doing the following (when planning to work as root):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - First, logging in as a normal user, then using `sudo su - root` to switch to root.  I do this as a mental preparation, a reminder to me that I have mentally walked into a very dangerous area and that I should be alert and on my guard at all times.  Funny as it sounds, this little ritual alone has save me a ton of grief by simply reinforcing that *I cannot be careless*.&#xD;&#xA; - Each command is typed but the [Return] key is *never* pressed.  *Never*.&#xD;&#xA; - **No command is *ever* executed without understanding *exactly* what it does.**  If you are doing this without knowing what it does, you are playing [Russian roulette][1] with your system.&#xD;&#xA; - *Before* pressing the [Return] key, the command that was banged out on the CLI is carefully examined by eye.  If there is any hesitation, any hint of potential issue, it is re-examined again.  If that hesitation persists, the command is left on the line and I alt-F2 to another console to consult man pages, etc.  If in a graphical session, I launch a browser and do some searching.&#xD;&#xA; - No common user is ever handed `sudo` on my systems, *not* because [I'm a BOFH][2], but because without preparation and training, this is like giving a loaded gun to a monkey.  It's amusing and fun at first, until the monkey looks down the barrel and squeezes...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When using rm, I always `cd` to the directory first, then use a prefix of `./` to ensure that the directory is correct, i.e.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `cd /usr/some/directory ; rm&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ./targetfile`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or I specify the entire path of the file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `rm /usr/some/directory/targetfile`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which is a PITA but...better safe than sorry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_roulette&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.theregister.co.uk/odds/bofh/" />
  <row Id="20717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11459" RevisionGUID="1d38922c-7bba-4d55-9cd4-10e18f006319" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:04:51.707" UserId="454" Text="I have deployed an asp.net MVC site under IIS7 on a local WS2008. The site works well, although I find the init time a bit long. I'm seated locally on this machine. If I browse the web site a bit and then leave for some time (let's say 30 or 60 minutes), when back and I click on a link, it takes again a long time to render the response. Then the next links are ok.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know a lot about IIS yet, but I checked the recycle time in the IIS config and it's set to 29 hours, so I guess the answer is not there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, my site uses [ELMAH][1] and I cheched that there was nothing wrong in the log.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where should I check next ? What can cause that ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.google.com/p/elmah/" />
  <row Id="20718" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11459" RevisionGUID="1d38922c-7bba-4d55-9cd4-10e18f006319" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:04:51.707" UserId="454" Text="Slow response time when coming back to a page hosted under IIS7" />
  <row Id="20719" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11459" RevisionGUID="1d38922c-7bba-4d55-9cd4-10e18f006319" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:04:51.707" UserId="454" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;asp.net&gt;" />
  <row Id="20720" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11460" RevisionGUID="9a41cbad-11dc-4225-b029-d96181ce8679" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:13:48.210" UserId="2224" Text="Keeping the environment consistent will be rather obnoxious, particularly if you use CPAN modules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't seen logon scripts used in like 7-8 years... what are you trying to do?" />
  <row Id="20721" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11461" RevisionGUID="8402a8d3-0c32-4367-b1c2-7b2a7ae5613e" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:16:39.437" UserId="984" Text="I have 4 of that model, 3 have have a CC1H firmware and they are not having problems.  One of the drives did have the buggy firmware, I applied the update, and it is still acting a bit odd.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I run tests on the drive while it is in a computer by itself it works fine." />
  <row Id="20722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11462" RevisionGUID="866ad05d-43ab-4e50-b848-8373092c78f1" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:19:23.207" UserId="3254" Text="self educate!  This is absolutely critical, perhaps above all else, You have to start teaching yourself now for the job you *think* you'll want in a year or two.  No that doesn't count as experience, but others will pickup on it, and you will find yourself a valued commodity.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an aside, network administration isn't a better job then helpdesk, it's a different job!  At the end of the day IT is IT.  If you can't find joy working at one level... you will get bored at higher levels.  It's a myth that only the helpdesk is monotonous.  IT is methodical, and repetitive at all levels the only thing that changes it who you interact with on a daily basis.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20723" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11463" RevisionGUID="0b6d29a9-973f-40d0-befe-9e3ce8ced6df" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:27:51.707" UserId="2224" Text="If you need to ask, you know the answer." />
  <row Id="20724" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11464" RevisionGUID="fd580610-7cd2-4952-a8b1-178e2e503cbb" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:30:46.023" UserId="1466" Text="I understand that the **SysRq key** can be used to execute low-level system commands on a crashed linux server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can someone explain how to use this feature, whether it works remotely over ssh or a vmware console window, and anything else it can be used for (besides rebooting a crashed system)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20725" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11464" RevisionGUID="fd580610-7cd2-4952-a8b1-178e2e503cbb" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:30:46.023" UserId="1466" Text="How is the SysRq key used on a linux system?" />
  <row Id="20726" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11464" RevisionGUID="fd580610-7cd2-4952-a8b1-178e2e503cbb" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:30:46.023" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;keyboard&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="20727" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11453" RevisionGUID="e8ae3103-86fc-4f77-9952-c35a98cab3a2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:32:23.943" UserId="2304" Comment="grammar fix" Text="From the [Toms Hardware article][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Part numbers for the affected models of Barracuda drives and their respective firmware revisions are as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;“Affected part number: 9JU138-300, 336 with firmware revisions SD15, SD17, or SD18.”&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It also mentions there's a firmware fix available to treat the problem if you run into it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/seagate-barracuda-1.5TB-freezing,6582.html" />
  <row Id="20728" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11344" RevisionGUID="c56eee24-b8a5-4e1b-a527-9f19fc95f644" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:37:45.337" UserId="388" Comment="Edited based on info in comments." Text="It sounds like you want to set up [split tunnelling][1]. First, verify that your VPN software is setting up routing on your client PC correctly. The command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    route print&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will display the routing table of your client host. You should have an entry for your office(?) network that points to the default gateway of your VPN interface. The main thing is that your [default route][2] with the lowest metric points to the default gateway of your LAN interface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have confirmed that routing is configured correctly, the next thing to check is the binding order of your network interfaces. This is the order in which various network services try each of your network adapters. Instructions on how to change it on Windows XP can be found [here][3]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't find a similar KB article for Vista, but in summary:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the 'Network Connections' window: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Organize -&gt; Layout -&gt; Menubar&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The menu bar will appear. From there:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Advanced -&gt; Advanced Settings&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will get you into the options dialogue you need. In your case, your VPN adapter should be listed below your LAN interface. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NOTE: changing the binding order so that your local internet connection is used first could cause different issues relating to name resolution for hosts on your VPN network. It's difficult to determine without more information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Having thought about this a little more, I'm not sure how you could *not* use your VPN  DNS when connected to your VPN. If you use internet DNS servers, then you wouldn't be able to resolve anything on the VPN that wasn't in public DNS. The only way I could think to do it would be to configure a local DNS server, and having it forward queries for your VPN DNS zone (*.local, from your example) to 192.168.0.3, and everything else to your ISPs DNS server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is using the company DNS server really causing you that much of a performance hit? Every resolution will be cached, and your actual data traffic will go direct onto the internet, bypassing your VPN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_tunneling&#xD;&#xA;[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Default_route&#xD;&#xA;[3]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894564" />
  <row Id="20729" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11465" RevisionGUID="2ace8eaa-405c-4b0f-b9d4-3f58ca0c7627" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:39:15.520" UserId="2304" Text="[SysRq key commands][1] are issued by holding down Alt+SysRq and typing any combination of keys.  The most common combination that I'm aware of is Alt+SysRq+RSEIUB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;R - Switch the keyboard from raw mode&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;S - Sync all mounted filesystems&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;E - Send the SIGTERM signal to all processes except init&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I - Send the SIGKILL signal to all processes except init&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;U - Remount all mounted filesystems in read-only mode&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;B - Immediately reboot the system, without unmounting partitions or syncing&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The wikipedia page has more information on the various keys and what they do.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To answer the rest of your question, yes it works remotely (as long as you still have communication with the system) and in a VMWare console.  As long as the kernel is reading keystrokes, the SysRq inputs will be read and acted on. (It effectively sends commands directly to the kernel, bypassing the rest of the system)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key" />
  <row Id="20730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11466" RevisionGUID="e993be55-7d16-472d-be3a-79dbddc7caae" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:41:13.350" UserId="1973" Text="Hi Team,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a client with Remote Desktop enabled that I can't connect to in our local network. When I enter in the machine ip/port in the connect box and hit Connect, it briefly gives the normal &quot;Connecting...&quot; dialog box. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, after 2 seconds it just drops. No error message, nothing. Just disappears as if nothing was happening.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows XP SP3&#xD;&#xA; - RDP port changed to 31444 (changed from 32325 when that didn't work)&#xD;&#xA; - Windows firewall is open for 31444 TCP&#xD;&#xA; - Machine is on a domain&#xD;&#xA; - RDP is enabled in My Computer&#xD;&#xA; - User is a local admin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have loads of other machines on the same domain with the same GPO that work fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;jpe" />
  <row Id="20731" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11466" RevisionGUID="e993be55-7d16-472d-be3a-79dbddc7caae" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:41:13.350" UserId="1973" Text="Remote desktop connection drops before login can appear" />
  <row Id="20732" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11466" RevisionGUID="e993be55-7d16-472d-be3a-79dbddc7caae" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:41:13.350" UserId="1973" Text="&lt;rdp&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="20733" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11467" RevisionGUID="ee1e7db6-ef9c-4302-97ae-a7246105a6e2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:25:15.913" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hello all,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have recently launched a site that is very popular but I am having trouble with scalability. My site makes heavy use of ffmpeg and at peak times RAM usage hits the 2GB point quickly and the swap file starts getting used. CPU usage starts rising too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Users complain that the site is slow. They say this because all ffmpeg instances run very slow because of the number running at the same time. Users make use of ffmpeg on my server in real time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there anything I can consider or do to ease down the usage of the server and RAM just shooting up? Maybe there is something better than ffmpeg (!).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the only solution &quot;throwing some cash&quot; at a more powerful server?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have given little info, please ask for more, so this problem can be solved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks all&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20734" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11467" RevisionGUID="ee1e7db6-ef9c-4302-97ae-a7246105a6e2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:25:15.913" Text="How do I reduce RAM usage on my server?" />
  <row Id="20735" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11467" RevisionGUID="ee1e7db6-ef9c-4302-97ae-a7246105a6e2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:25:15.913" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;ffmpeg&gt;&lt;scalability&gt;" />
  <row Id="20736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11468" RevisionGUID="c43ba53a-9cd5-432c-83cd-c831c2b435c4" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:37:16.887" Text="&lt;p&gt;Well an easy solution would be to queue the Ffmpeg tasks, so only a fixed number is running at one time. And you should really consider running the Ffmpeg processes on a separate machine form the webserver.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11469" RevisionGUID="7e4d7b7f-f830-4969-81c5-5b5d3957639c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:40:16.473" Text="&lt;p&gt;This is a common structuring problem, not so much a memory problem. Sounds like you are cramming everything onto one box? DB, Web and MPG processing? This won't scale very well!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regardless of your application, anything processing intensive will work better across multiple machines using a batch system. By spreading the load across multiple boxes, and keeping the really intensive work away from the web tier, your users will thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your web tier should only be serving the interface. You should have 1+ machines dedicated to processing video in the background. This should then become available for serving by the web tier once ready.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best reference on this topic I have found is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Building-Scalable-Web-Sites-applications/dp/0596102356&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Building Scalable Websites&lt;/a&gt; by Cal Henderson, ex-CTO of Flickr. The previous link is to Amazon, so you can preview the book on the cheap. This linke to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/books?id=gXmatd2suh4C&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;amp;dq=building%2Bscalable%2Bwebsites&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Google Books&lt;/a&gt; will also let you read up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20741" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11471" RevisionGUID="a28b64f4-7599-4d91-ba32-7304d6257f6b" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:46:31.153" UserId="2413" Text="do you have some static content you serve over http? [ eg processed movies? ]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;do you use apache for it? if so - move to some server better suited for that - for instance [mathopd][1], [lighthttpd][2] or [nginx][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and yes - suggestions from crunchyt and Arkain are very good - assuming your service will grow - sooner or later you will need to isolate tasks and spread the load while using some queing system. just make sure you design from very beginning with that [ and sharding ] in mind so you dont have to rewrite whole system when you need to add couple more boxes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mathopd.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.lighttpd.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://nginx.net/" />
  <row Id="20742" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11471" RevisionGUID="a28b64f4-7599-4d91-ba32-7304d6257f6b" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:46:31.153" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11472" RevisionGUID="96a1c816-c173-40b7-9d45-f1a10a2c75a1" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:47:41.340" UserId="640" Text="Windows&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netstat -b&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Display the process using the connection" />
  <row Id="20744" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11472" RevisionGUID="96a1c816-c173-40b7-9d45-f1a10a2c75a1" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:47:41.340" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20745" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11473" RevisionGUID="6e770dee-3581-4f09-954b-93a17e5a7fd2" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:52:04.043" UserId="1463" Text="Windows Remote Desktop services, possibly boosted with Citrix Xen or whatever they've renamed Metaframe to these days - but I wouldn't run that on a &quot;desktop&quot; computer ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the purpose, traditional multi-seat where the &quot;server&quot; itself produces video output for all the clients seems a bit old-school actually... (though cool, in a steam punk way)" />
  <row Id="20747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11474" RevisionGUID="077ad98a-1fce-456b-b656-6ece76790995" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:57:29.087" UserId="2831" Text="You can disable logging by editing the virtual machine's .vmx file, setting&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    logging=&quot;false&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's described in this [Knowledge Base article][1].  I'm not sure how to set it globally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&amp;externalId=8182749" />
  <row Id="20748" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11353" RevisionGUID="fd9e8294-72f0-40b0-90ae-7fa7ad851dcf" CreationDate="2009-05-22T22:57:37.607" UserId="1840" Comment="added 157 characters in body" Text="From reading your post I can quickly tell you why I would think twice about calling you for an interview.  You combined FTP and active directory in the same list of technologies you're familiar with, and that would definitely raise red flags for me (belive me, you don't even want yellow flags).  From your post I can also sense that you work pretty good with Unix/Linux based systems (you specifically note that at the end), maybe your approach (resume) is based too much about your past experience with Unix and Linux and not enough on Windows environments.  Are you applying for positions that seek pretty good knowledge of windows systems/servers?  If that's the case, then it's going to be difficult for recruiters to justify an interview if they don't feel some actual experience in this environment.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I feel your pain and frustration, I really hope you find what you're looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, in the US some employers are taking advantage of the troubled economy by elevating their job requirements and expectations for less pay.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20750" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11455" RevisionGUID="4c48047d-32e7-455c-9d25-f99d62d7b8a4" CreationDate="2009-05-22T23:02:54.257" UserId="2304" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;scripts&gt;&lt;perl&gt;" />
  <row Id="20751" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11476" RevisionGUID="c3ce31b9-dcd9-454f-acc9-4287c853dc09" CreationDate="2009-05-22T23:03:20.310" UserId="1584" Text="This has happened to me in the past on a couple different servers.  At the time, the problem ended up being with the video card driver on the server.  Removing the old driver and updating to the latest fixed the problem for me.  If there is no newer version, you could also try using a previous version." />
  <row Id="20752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11477" RevisionGUID="1a0d61d7-c172-443a-976c-5fe4cb2a3274" CreationDate="2009-05-22T23:04:20.853" UserId="2832" Text="I am guessing that you're running VMware ESX and you're trying to change the logging for the host.  If so, go in through the Virtual Center GUI, select the particular ESX host, and set/reset logging for that particular host. " />
  <row Id="20753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11478" RevisionGUID="43bc6f05-faee-4b06-b4dc-9a6ed7e684b7" CreationDate="2009-05-22T23:09:00.750" UserId="2832" Text="If you take your snapshot when the VM is in the powered off state, the snapshots are only a few hundred KB.  Unless you have a particular need for a snapshot of a running system, i.e., you have something in memory you want to preserve, take snapshots of only powered-off VMs.  Snapshots of running VMs require as much disk space as your guest system's RAM (anywhere from a few hundred megabytes to gigabytes depending on how you sized your VM's RAM)." />
  <row Id="20754" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11479" RevisionGUID="722c0400-cd18-4cdd-bc5b-4bf9b966c076" CreationDate="2009-05-22T23:12:42.317" UserId="1463" Text="Not having support from upper management for the things you do. User policy? Useless without their approval. Backup solutions, disaster recovery and efficient virtualization projects? Useless without management on your side. Wasting time on things that won't matter, thinking &quot;it's neater&quot; or &quot;it's cheaper&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's one thing to properly mark the cables in a rack or redo a cabling job mess to be able to work with it in the future, but it's another to order a refit of all horizontal cabling because of policy, for an office that is to be abandoned in two months where a few floor-runs and mini-switches would do the job fine 'til then.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh and a completely different small pet peeve of mine: using the wrong monitoring solution - like a Hobbit or Nagios system for a mostly windows-based network, or the other way around, using a Microsoft monitoring suite for a mostly Linux-based network (not that I've seen that one yet, but the first one is way too common).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Not being able to let the system fix itself is just a waste of your and everyone else's time. Monitoring by just manually adding dumb services, processes and some scripts to a watcher is not even on a basic level anymore... you need to monitor on a higher level, the service level (and by that I don't mean a Windows service). Also, every time an error occurs, you have to be able to teach the system how to actually fix it in case it somehow happens again (same place or somewhere else) even though you've fixed the root cause of this particular incident. When Microsoft provides a few thousand rules in their Exchange management pack, written by the actual Exchange team, complete with thousands of solutions, you don't want to go around trying to redo their work with something that's not even meant to deal with that kind of system in the first place. But that may just be me being a prick as usual. The sad truth is that one is often happy that someone even has a ping script running to see 'when servers are down' ¤sigh¤. Seriously, noone cares if a server, a router or whatever single device is down anyway. People only cares if the email is down, or the document system is down or some line of business application doesn't work as it should or that office in Canada is cut off. And management (and operations) want to know which systems have problems, not which servers, and this in neatly bundled reports with pie diagrams - to really want to do something about it.*" />
  <row Id="20755" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11479" RevisionGUID="722c0400-cd18-4cdd-bc5b-4bf9b966c076" CreationDate="2009-05-22T23:12:42.317" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20756" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11479" RevisionGUID="66b2b7f6-ea91-4e9d-a83e-a49847bb412b" CreationDate="2009-05-22T23:19:07.093" UserId="1463" Comment="added 67 characters in body" Text="Not having support from upper management for the things you do. User policy? Useless without their approval. Backup solutions, disaster recovery and efficient virtualization projects? Useless without management on your side. Wasting time on things that won't matter, thinking &quot;it's neater&quot; or &quot;it's cheaper&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's one thing to properly mark the cables in a rack or redo a cabling job mess to be able to work with it in the future, but it's another to order a refit of all horizontal cabling because of policy, for an office that is to be abandoned in two months where a few floor-runs and mini-switches would do the job fine 'til then.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh and a completely different small pet peeve of mine: using the wrong monitoring solution - like a Hobbit or Nagios system for a mostly windows-based network, or the other way around, using a Microsoft monitoring suite for a mostly Linux-based network (not that I've seen that one yet, but the first one is way too common to even make sense). When the Exchange team themselves releases management packs with thousands of rules and written solutions to these problems, it seems wierd to try and redo their work one step at a time. You want to monitor entire services, like &quot;the e-mail system&quot; or &quot;that line of business application&quot; or &quot;that office in Canada&quot; - not individual processes and windows services. And you want to teach the system how to fix a problem once it has occurred, if it doesn't already know how, to prevent a occurrence somewhere else from making too much of a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But then again, this is probably just me being a prick again ^^" />
  <row Id="20757" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11480" RevisionGUID="c4d997cc-e843-42d3-8c9a-a0787f505a53" CreationDate="2009-05-22T23:22:11.363" UserId="2302" Text="We use Active Directory and GPOs for as much as possible due to the ease of deployment and management.  It's good to note that there are lots of [helpful tools][1] and [.adm templates][2] out there that let you extend management through GPOs to more than just stock windows settings. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We also use WSUS, which is pretty hard to beat for patch management.  For other tasks, we automate with scripts written in python (it's easy to write quickly in and [comes with batteries included][3]) as well as good old fashioned batch scripts.  Backup is a good example; one script runs jobs in ntbackup, osql database dumps, and exmerge brick-level mailbox backups, encrypts it all, puts it where it needs to be, and emails the logs when it's finished.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=power_mgt.pr_power_mgt_ez_gpo&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.frontmotion.com/Firefox/fmfirefox.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.python.org/about/" />
  <row Id="20758" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11481" RevisionGUID="df7acdc1-b60f-460c-8708-644309618585" CreationDate="2009-05-22T23:23:12.530" UserId="3411" Text="Sorry, I have to reply in an answer but I can't comment. I don't have enough rep, I do in stackoverflow :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, very good answers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Arkain** - I could do that but the web application needs to be real time. Using some sort of queing or scheduling system will mean some users will still have to wait more than they need to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**crunchyt** - You are right, one box does everything! It might require some work to code my application to be able to spread itself across many boxes, but this should be easy to do. Thank you for the references too, will read!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**pQd** - I do have some static content. I actually have compared lighthttpd with apache before. Will look at this again and read more thorughly as I only have a basic understanding.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Well you all have given me lots ot think about and learn! Anymore answers are more than welcome as I am learning a lot. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems very likely they have to re-write and re-structure my web application...any quick fixes while I do this, as I think it will take me at least a few days!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Thank you everyone so fa**r! :)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20759" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11481" RevisionGUID="df7acdc1-b60f-460c-8708-644309618585" CreationDate="2009-05-22T23:23:12.530" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11482" RevisionGUID="a0884f50-0da4-4add-bed6-d86a1f4567bc" CreationDate="2009-05-22T23:31:46.587" UserId="1882" Text="    scp&#xD;&#xA;I'm a web dev and our development setup requires me to push files over to our dev server all the time. I wrote a quick wrapper around scp to handle this for me." />
  <row Id="20762" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11482" RevisionGUID="a0884f50-0da4-4add-bed6-d86a1f4567bc" CreationDate="2009-05-22T23:31:46.587" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11483" RevisionGUID="87b79604-31fd-4e8f-8875-569aa37779d4" CreationDate="2009-05-22T23:35:28.980" UserId="1047" Text="I would like a tool to help with ensuring our TFS (Microsoft Team Foundation Server) instance is running and accessible and monitor the appropriate parties if something goes wrong. Does something like this exist? If not it shouldn't be too hard to write since the TFS object model is pretty well exposed in .Net. Is this a task that is better handled by generic server monitoring software? Do people normally worry about monitoring specific apps within a server?" />
  <row Id="20764" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11483" RevisionGUID="87b79604-31fd-4e8f-8875-569aa37779d4" CreationDate="2009-05-22T23:35:28.980" UserId="1047" Text="Are there any tools to help with monitoring TFS status?" />
  <row Id="20765" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11483" RevisionGUID="87b79604-31fd-4e8f-8875-569aa37779d4" CreationDate="2009-05-22T23:35:28.980" UserId="1047" Text="&lt;tfs&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;microsoft&gt;" />
  <row Id="20766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11484" RevisionGUID="ff1af2dc-9538-427a-8aac-04bb00e96158" CreationDate="2009-05-22T23:38:45.153" UserId="3351" Text="The current busybox version for the latest release of Diablo (43-7) is 1.6.1, which as you've seen doesn't include options for colour.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A fully coloured version of ls can be installed on the n810 from [Andrey's repository][1].  &#xD;&#xA;If you don't wish to install and use this repository you can install [ls-color][2] manually by downloading and using `dpkg -i`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then as x3ja says you can create an alias for it, although since Maemo uses Busybox your default shell is sh, so you'll have to put the alias in your `.profile`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias ls='ls.color'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Installing bash is also easy if you so wish - bash2 can be installed from the Maemo extras repository, and bash3 is available through the gronmayer link below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A great resource for finding apps in certain repositories is [gronmayer's site][3], and of course the latest developments from [Maemo Talk][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nitapps.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://nitapps.com/dists/chinook/user/binary-armel/color_ls_1.0-1_armel.deb&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.gronmayer.com/it/index.php?lang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://talk.maemo.org" />
  <row Id="20767" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11485" RevisionGUID="2704ff97-aa7b-450d-8ffe-7b8181a9a430" CreationDate="2009-05-22T23:47:56.510" UserId="2948" Text="Sure MS Systems Center Operations Manager has a Management Pack for TFS Server.  You can download the Management Pack [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=28c745b5-28cc-474a-a5fd-944c246d7727&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your question about do people normally worry about monitoring specific applications within a server?  It depends, your better shops will have monitoring in place for most applications.  They will also have SLA (Service Level Agreement) and OLA (Operational Level Agreement) for applications and the components that makeup the application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20769" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11486" RevisionGUID="87ac5e39-bd63-4fee-80a6-e1834b2bc285" CreationDate="2009-05-22T23:50:04.887" UserId="2831" Text="At best you are stopping casual intrusion.  Using WEP, white-listing particular MAC addresses,  disabling DHCP, and disabling broadcast of SSID create a few hoops for people to jump through, but they're all *trivial* to defeat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to support WEP, then go ahead and take these steps, but also accept that the network is insecure.  You'll want to isolate it from the rest of your LAN, using a multi-router setup as described in [Steve Gibson's guide][1].  Basically, you put one router running WEP on the &quot;outside&quot;, connected to your upstream internet connection.  Intruders may get on that wireless segment.  You then connect a second &quot;inner&quot; router to one of the LAN ports of the outer router.  Connect everything that doesn't need WEP to that router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.grc.com/nat/nats.htm" />
  <row Id="20770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11487" RevisionGUID="fdb8a0ec-3f92-4fe8-b346-c2d05c7cddd3" CreationDate="2009-05-22T23:51:48.270" UserId="2948" Text="I think you could probably do some things to improve the memory usage, but when it is all said and done you will most likely have come out better by buying some more memory.  I'm sure I will get voted down for this answer, but I'm just thinking about the economics of fixing this problem." />
  <row Id="20771" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11487" RevisionGUID="fdb8a0ec-3f92-4fe8-b346-c2d05c7cddd3" CreationDate="2009-05-22T23:51:48.270" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20772" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11488" RevisionGUID="95b750e9-42e3-49b7-9ac2-ef52f56dd30c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T23:55:33.747" UserId="86" Text="I just made a silly mistake on my Ubuntu Server box:  I added myself to a group using `usermod -G`, after which I discovered the `-a` option...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The result is that I am now out of the `admin` group, and lost my sudo rights.  I can sort that out, but I want to know what other groups I may been removed from?  My user was the first one so what I'm looking for is a list of groups that the first user gets added to at installation time." />
  <row Id="20773" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11488" RevisionGUID="95b750e9-42e3-49b7-9ac2-ef52f56dd30c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T23:55:33.747" UserId="86" Text="What are the default groups assigned to the first user in Ubuntu Server?" />
  <row Id="20774" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11488" RevisionGUID="95b750e9-42e3-49b7-9ac2-ef52f56dd30c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T23:55:33.747" UserId="86" Text="&lt;ubuntu-server&gt;&lt;user-management&gt;&lt;groups&gt;&lt;usermod&gt;" />
  <row Id="20775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11489" RevisionGUID="d81e4e76-9ffb-444c-a3f2-d9da16d0125c" CreationDate="2009-05-22T23:58:21.730" UserId="2948" Text="There is a dynamicIdleThreshold setting.  Here are some [details][1].  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.iis.net/mukhtard/archive/2009/04/21/webhosting-performance-tunings-for-iis7.aspx" />
  <row Id="20776" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11490" RevisionGUID="1bcec882-ad06-4dce-a96f-3492972a1922" CreationDate="2009-05-23T00:00:44.740" UserId="2489" Text="Perhaps a sorry print driver wants to put its temporary files in an admin only location?  I had a pdf print driver that did that and I changed the rights to the dir and all was good.  You could use FileMon or other utilities from SysInternals (now Microsoft) to find this." />
  <row Id="20777" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11491" RevisionGUID="0ecce01a-cbf3-4718-a0b6-d3515aff7bb3" CreationDate="2009-05-23T00:02:43.820" UserId="3125" Text="I don't really have an answer, but for the sake of furthering the discussion...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I assume that CVS uses some kind of transactional database as a backing store (I know this is how SVN does it).  If that's the case, it seems to me that multiple writers on those file structures wouldn't really be safe.  Wouldn't the better approach be to create the abstraction layer at the database interface?  For example, use a SQL service instead of the local BDB/LDBM or whatever it may be (assuming CVS supports such a thing)." />
  <row Id="20778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11492" RevisionGUID="52a0c70d-a800-49e5-89e3-cf2b0eb16a86" CreationDate="2009-05-23T00:07:02.197" UserId="2831" Text="It's been mentioned twice on this thread, but [osx.iusethis.com][1] is the go to site for this.  Basically it lets people track which programs they use.  Individuals can share those lists and the site aggregates the usage counts to produce popularity rankings (mentioned by splattne).  [AppFresh][2] will use your profile to automatically install or update those apps on your computer (mentioned by Will Harris).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The site basically has many many answers to your first question (which apps), in the form of user profile.  And [AppFresh][3] is the answer to your second question (how to automate the installation).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://osx.iusethis.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://metaquark.de/appfresh/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://metaquark.de/appfresh/" />
  <row Id="20779" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11492" RevisionGUID="52a0c70d-a800-49e5-89e3-cf2b0eb16a86" CreationDate="2009-05-23T00:07:02.197" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11493" RevisionGUID="d93630a6-784d-4819-b376-11f18e6ab794" CreationDate="2009-05-23T00:21:02.937" UserId="517" Text="The default group should be the same as the user name. So if you created user1, his default group would be user1. " />
  <row Id="20781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11494" RevisionGUID="423a63ac-c5b2-4333-be87-c309dba1b607" CreationDate="2009-05-23T00:30:27.550" UserId="2514" Text="I can't vouch for it as I've never used it, but you could look into [Mozy][1]. They have a Pro version that looks like it meets your requirements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://mozy.com/pro" />
  <row Id="20782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11495" RevisionGUID="79c1afdb-f4dd-452d-a796-97a2cfd545a6" CreationDate="2009-05-23T00:34:56.863" UserId="3125" Text="In the past, I had centralized logging enabled via syslog-ng, but more recently, at a new site, I've switched to rsyslog.  Here's a good comparison:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.rsyslog.com/doc-rsyslog_ng_comparison.html" />
  <row Id="20783" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9735" RevisionGUID="8c2303b6-c566-482b-9819-d4392609c97b" CreationDate="2009-05-23T00:51:26.583" UserId="1" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;hidden-files&gt;&lt;storage&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;" />
  <row Id="20784" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11496" RevisionGUID="a246e13b-a9cc-4fb7-9a83-03d936b91566" CreationDate="2009-05-23T01:02:43.263" UserId="490" Text="My Linksys Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with VPN running firmware Version: V1.1.03 is usually very hot to the touch, especially on the bottom.  I have it standing on its side on my desk in my home office to try and maximize airflow, so I suppose it could be worse.  Sometimes it shuts down for no apparent reason, other than perhaps the &quot;hotness&quot;.  (Though I know there are memory leaks in this version of the firmware.)  The specs list the operating temperature range as 0 to 40ºC (32 to 104ºF), and it's less than the max in my office, but sometimes it can get pretty close.  Is this normal for this piece of hardware, or is mine somehow defective?  Any advice is appreciated.  Thanks." />
  <row Id="20785" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11496" RevisionGUID="a246e13b-a9cc-4fb7-9a83-03d936b91566" CreationDate="2009-05-23T01:02:43.263" UserId="490" Text="Linksys WRVS4400N running real hot and shutting down" />
  <row Id="20786" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11496" RevisionGUID="a246e13b-a9cc-4fb7-9a83-03d936b91566" CreationDate="2009-05-23T01:02:43.263" UserId="490" Text="&lt;linksys&gt;&lt;running-hot&gt;" />
  <row Id="20787" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8856" RevisionGUID="74c02f81-1064-470b-b2c1-d5fcd2d97cdb" CreationDate="2009-05-23T01:08:06.190" UserId="1678" Comment="added link to KB article" Text="Changes to environment variables should take effect immediately, if you make the change via the main Properties dialog for the computer in question (go to My Computer | Properties | Advanced | Environment Variables). After the changes are saved, Explorer broadcasts a `WM_SETTINGCHANGE` message to all windows to inform them of the change. Any programs spawned via Explorer after this should get the updated environment, although already-running programs will not, unless they handle the setting change message.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not able to tell from your problem description what specific problem you're having with this. Can you tell us more about the specific scenario that isn't working?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This KB article may also be of use: [How to propagate environment variables to the system][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/104011" />
  <row Id="20788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11497" RevisionGUID="65348a5d-f06f-4448-bffb-3df4f0c1e377" CreationDate="2009-05-23T01:13:27.477" UserId="3333" Text="From [here][1], the default groups for the first user on an Ubuntu box are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - $USERNAME (Primary)&#xD;&#xA; - adm&#xD;&#xA; - dialout&#xD;&#xA; - cdrom&#xD;&#xA; - floppy&#xD;&#xA; - audio&#xD;&#xA; - dip&#xD;&#xA; - video&#xD;&#xA; - plugdev&#xD;&#xA; - scanner&#xD;&#xA; - netdev&#xD;&#xA; - lpadmin&#xD;&#xA; - powerdev&#xD;&#xA; - admin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ccollins.wordpress.com/2007/07/02/restore-default-ubuntu-groups/" />
  <row Id="20789" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11493" RevisionGUID="0deb282f-6e11-4497-9c01-dc379b6e7cb7" CreationDate="2009-05-23T01:15:20.283" UserId="517" Comment="added 325 characters in body" Text="The default group should be the same as the user name. So if you created user1, his default group would be user1. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Edit] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here][1] you have an explanation of the group memberships.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://books.google.ca/books?id=zGgZ850Aw5gC&amp;pg=PA109&amp;lpg=PA109&amp;dq=ubuntu+server+default+groups&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=6I0l9ywI_0&amp;sig=u8FagNnOXt9vkCksRDRAXISBFRk&amp;hl=en&amp;ei=Fk0XSpDXKIaMtgeX4bneDA&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=8#PPA109,M1" />
  <row Id="20790" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11498" RevisionGUID="b6c53c7f-e218-46b5-847f-fd553d492453" CreationDate="2009-05-23T01:21:43.787" UserId="1067" Text="First thing I would do, is get into the machines Mini-Dumps at c:\windows\minidump (By default)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Install [WinDbg][1] on some machine (the existing one if it doesn't bluescreen too much, but a different one should be fine)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In WinDbg choose File &gt;&gt; Open Crash Dump and choose a Mini-Dump.  It should open up and you should have a prompt.  From there type &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    !analyze -v&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should receive a file that Windows believes caused the crash.  Usually its a device driver that you may need to update.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="20791" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11499" RevisionGUID="dacd7f1b-bdc8-42df-90c7-347982b158b1" CreationDate="2009-05-23T02:20:13.567" UserId="3417" Text="I'm the head network admin of a small company (3000~ users) in Australia that has been using Mikrotik routers (in place of cisco gear) for about 4 years now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The mikrotik stuff is fully 802.11x compatible but they do (similarly to any major player) provide proprietary extentions that are only compatible between mikrotik devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the best examples of this is the nstreme protocol they use which introduces a wireless polling mechanism to allow best throughput with p2mp sites where sites are at varying distances and bundles packets to allow better throughput.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of my 5.8ghz p2p links running nstreme in Turbo-A mode.&#xD;&#xA; img37[dot]imageshack[dot]us/img37/5276/9544426.jpg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As mentioned above, whenever you use such a system you need to ensure you have a good way to monitor and check any issues with it, mikrotik does provide such an inteface in the form of a mangement application named winbox. (or alternatively you can use the dude for en-masse management)" />
  <row Id="20792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11500" RevisionGUID="369cdd97-345c-4d7c-9e4e-07fbe9e9a3aa" CreationDate="2009-05-23T03:14:29.510" UserId="3420" Text="You can run alt-sysrq-/ (alt-sysrq-? with shift not mattering) to get the list of available commands. New ones are being added all the time. Most are dangerous.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To run alt-sysrq-T, you can also &quot;echo T &gt; /proc/sysrq-trigger&quot;, or on a serial console break-T.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some Linux distributions come with the magic sysrq disabled as a misguided security measure. You'll see &quot;kernel.sysrq = 0&quot; in /etc/sysctl.conf. Change this to &quot;kernel.sysrq = 1&quot; and run &quot;sysctl -p&quot;. You should always check for this on a new Linux system before running into a freeze that makes you wish magic sysrq was working." />
  <row Id="20793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11501" RevisionGUID="56bf8c24-6f6e-40ef-8599-22bdd8d89234" CreationDate="2009-05-23T03:18:19.143" UserId="3420" Text="His severely poor social skills caused him to be unable to work with the kernel developers. For example he had good ideas that required API changes. A compelling case must be made for these, and he refused to make his case. He often did not listen to other people of similar intelligence, and refused to make technical arguments to an audience that requires them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When reading details of his trial, it seems that these problems in socialization are related to the issues that led to the tragic events of his life. But I don't believe that the trial would have had such an impact on the filesystem's popularity if he had been more willing to work with others in a constructive manner." />
  <row Id="20794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11502" RevisionGUID="e4cd97d4-dc7a-41cd-b0e6-4e792297c1e8" CreationDate="2009-05-23T03:19:15.507" UserId="3417" Text="We use a number of 'Powerware' ups's that have always worked well for us (available in Australia, not sure where else) but the most useful thing I can say about UPS's is &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Learn how to change the batteries.** Its not a hard task, you can get replacements quite cheap if you have a local battery store (cheap as in $30AUD, not cheap as in cheap-noname brand junk)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will ensure your UPS's are usable and even retirable when they've done their 3 years of office work. Add new batteries, sell at a little above battery cost to your staff, saves getting rid of them on ebay or dumping them and your staff then have surge protection and backups for home :-)" />
  <row Id="20795" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11503" RevisionGUID="d13b5946-df25-4da6-8915-c043a7cd1fb0" CreationDate="2009-05-23T03:22:55.813" UserId="3420" Text="Honestly there is no mature filesystem that is optimized for SSDs. Use whatever filesystem you would have otherwise." />
  <row Id="20796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11504" RevisionGUID="b85c094b-c6e9-4d81-92dd-7332d5e2c92c" CreationDate="2009-05-23T03:28:42.743" UserId="3417" Text="Another solution may be to just use one of the ISP's mail servers, but with authentication enabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Allowing un-authed access from your own network (as an ISP) is fine, allowing external access would just mean anyone could use you as an Open mail relay. However your ISP may allow you to authenticate your outbound mail connection and this way allow you to send from a location where you aren't connect to their network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;as an example, my ISP has mail.internode.on.net as their regular server and securemail.internode.on.net as their authenticated server, this means I can send and receive my emails via an encrypted connection, wherever I am in the world." />
  <row Id="20797" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11505" RevisionGUID="b4674574-ad66-4f70-9043-6428f4011e4e" CreationDate="2009-05-23T03:39:17.743" UserId="2491" Text="ffmpeg is very CPU bound, not just memory. The app will hardly be any faster because the box has more RAM - more instances means each runs slower and has less CPU to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you can optimize ffmpeg itself or use an async queue, you need to get more machines. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Go for primarily CPU with enough RAM to not start swapping before you max out utilization on all CPUs." />
  <row Id="20798" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11505" RevisionGUID="b4674574-ad66-4f70-9043-6428f4011e4e" CreationDate="2009-05-23T03:39:17.743" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11506" RevisionGUID="bc1be0ca-ec1b-4596-ac67-c5ea8446d73a" CreationDate="2009-05-23T03:40:27.930" UserId="2660" Text="A couple thoughts before you write off using the Full version of R2. I was a die-hard fan of Server Core (Still am actually) but after a year of running Hyper-V cluster on Server Core, I have some new thoughts on Core vs Full.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With R2, Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) changes the game a bit. CSV enables Live Migration so you can move VM's between nodes without any downtime. It's essentially the equivalent of V-Motion from VMWare. Now that I don't have to pause/resume VM's to fail them over, the patching of physical nodes is not such a big deal anymore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly, as much as I love command lines, half of my ops do not like them as much. I ended up being the top resource because of the steep learning curve when all you have to work with is the command line. So, depending on the skill of the group that will be managing the servers day to day, this might be a factor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, for networking, if you ever get into teaming NIC's, good luck doing that in Server Core. To configure teaming on Intel and Broadcom, you'll need to use their software that only installs on Full.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Considering the HA you get with live migration and the ease of managemmet with the GUI for our operations team, I am encouraing our team to move to the Full version of Server 2008 R2." />
  <row Id="20800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11507" RevisionGUID="6424da09-f402-4877-9aeb-826d353e8732" CreationDate="2009-05-23T03:43:56.393" UserId="2667" Text="It does sound like the worker process is shutting down because it's idle.  In the Application Pool you might look at the Advanced Settings / Process Model / Idle Time-Out.  By default this is 20 minutes. I.e. it will shut down after 20 mins if it's Idle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Recycle time is effectively the maximum time a process is allowed run when it is continually busy before being restarted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20801" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11508" RevisionGUID="80a6dd3c-9645-4516-b5b4-add9a0140e6d" CreationDate="2009-05-23T03:48:05.730" UserId="2660" Text="[Tony Voellm][1] is a Test Lead on the Hyper-V team and focuses on Performance. He has a [great blog post][2] that talks about monitoring Hyper-V and gauging its performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/tvoellm/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/tvoellm/archive/2009/04/23/monitoring-hyper-v-performance.aspx" />
  <row Id="20802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11509" RevisionGUID="a0cb07f2-825a-4143-89c1-30b547b0ef52" CreationDate="2009-05-23T04:20:17.553" UserId="919" Text="[Mergeant][1] is a project to build an open source database app based on GNOME technology.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnome-db.org/ScreenShotsMergeant" />
  <row Id="20803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11510" RevisionGUID="9f552abb-c280-4ce1-8b31-b8a59bf33840" CreationDate="2009-05-23T04:20:50.313" UserId="3417" Text="You could try running up a copy of Untanlge's &quot;Re-router&quot; sytem that lets you use a virtual machine as the local network router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In technical terms, what it does is spoof mac addresses (arp poisoning) so that the local machines use it as the primary gateway instead and then you can simply block his computer from accessing the internet for the time being.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.untangle.com/Re-router-Technology][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.untangle.com/Re-router-Technology" />
  <row Id="20804" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11510" RevisionGUID="9f552abb-c280-4ce1-8b31-b8a59bf33840" CreationDate="2009-05-23T04:20:50.313" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11511" RevisionGUID="a5409650-ca5b-4d07-a705-5349593662a9" CreationDate="2009-05-23T04:23:13.303" UserId="3311" Text="I have seen a sticker on Cisco Routers and switches saying &quot;The surface may be hot&quot; and not to touch them. So I think your case is not a problem. Even my USR router (It is just a DSL router for home use) is getting hot even after one hour but I've never experienced a problem with that. :)" />
  <row Id="20806" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11512" RevisionGUID="60193456-4a3e-4643-91d1-afeea33ffb2c" CreationDate="2009-05-23T04:24:20.320" UserId="919" Text="[Squirrel-SQL][1] is a Java based SQL client. Anything with JDBC is supported. The 3.x branch introduced a Tabbed UI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://squirrel-sql.sourceforge.net/index.php?page=screenshots" />
  <row Id="20807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11513" RevisionGUID="592214e6-849b-4029-a5c4-30b349deb156" CreationDate="2009-05-23T04:26:28.243" UserId="3417" Text="The misconception that using wireless means internet access is much slower because it shows 54mb whereas using an ethernet connection shows 100mb.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Needless to say it was hard explaining to the user that was only the local network speed and in actual fact the internet speed for the site was only 8mbps/900kps&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or alternatively, the users that demand you supply a broadband connection, then when you tell them the wireless that they're using is connected to a broadband internet connection they exclaim &quot;No I mean the blue cable!&quot;" />
  <row Id="20808" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11513" RevisionGUID="592214e6-849b-4029-a5c4-30b349deb156" CreationDate="2009-05-23T04:26:28.243" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11514" RevisionGUID="42f3c072-9c75-4f6f-887f-98a593aa2271" CreationDate="2009-05-23T04:30:35.253" UserId="3417" Text="df -ha&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to check if harddrives are full and someone hasn't received warnings&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;htop or top&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to check memory and cpu usage isn't abnormally high.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively if the box isn't responding I go into the vm-ware client and check cpu/ram from there." />
  <row Id="20811" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11515" RevisionGUID="f294ef31-6e41-4e9a-aae9-0318fefc0705" CreationDate="2009-05-23T04:34:13.343" UserId="3417" Text="There is a little app I use called &quot;kiss the net&quot; that scans and generates a pdf network map for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's based on a server monitoring/management product called &quot;The Dude&quot; made by mikrotik.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.mikrotik.com/download/KTN_1.0beta1.zip&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Requirements: Windows XP/2000/2003/Vista with Internet Exporer 6 or better. " />
  <row Id="20812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11516" RevisionGUID="1ed4f893-1ab9-447a-b0e1-119a469645b7" CreationDate="2009-05-23T04:39:49.650" UserId="2228" Text="Use common sense, and don't run commands you don't understand. That's all good advice. If you feel like paining yourself with writing out the absolute path of everything you pass to rm, or running anything via sudo, feel free. I'd prefer su -c then. At least it doesn't cache the password. I wouldn't feel comfortable with any regular user being allowed to run things with root privileges without password verification.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a few things you can put in your ~/.bashrc to make things a bit more safe, such as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias srm='rm -i'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Allowing you to have a safe alternative of rm,...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But in the end, you can and will always screw up.&#xD;&#xA;The other day I had a defunct configure script chown my entire /usr/bin folder, breaking several things. Yes, a simple 'make install' of any type of software with a bug in it, may break your system. You are NEVER safe, whatever you do.&#xD;&#xA;What I'm getting at is, the MOST important thing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Keep regular backups.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11517" RevisionGUID="f0f76894-a0c7-4287-b2ca-b252dd7769af" CreationDate="2009-05-23T04:45:01.450" UserId="3420" Text="On Solaris, a lot of people are used to doing &quot;netstat -i 1&quot; to get a running packet count. The Linux netstat has a useless version of this feature, as it shows you the raw count and not a delta. To get similar results, do &quot;sar -n DEV 1 0&quot;. Consider actually &quot;LANG=C sar -n DEV 1 0 | grep interfacename&quot; (sar puts the time with AM and PM at the beginning of the line in certain locales, so it is best to get in the habit of always running &quot;LANG=C sar&quot; in case you will ever parse it).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20814" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11517" RevisionGUID="f0f76894-a0c7-4287-b2ca-b252dd7769af" CreationDate="2009-05-23T04:45:01.450" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11518" RevisionGUID="91bc0359-1647-4c46-8c84-e5dfa8b21f80" CreationDate="2009-05-23T05:01:27.627" UserId="2455" Text="In Terminal (using bash and tcsh) cp -r copies the contents of a folder instead of the folder if the folder argument has a / at the end.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given the following structure:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    folderA&#xD;&#xA;      |-fileA&#xD;&#xA;      |-fileB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The following command copies fileA and fileB to destination instead of copying folderA to the destination:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cp -r folderA/ destination&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So it acts as&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cp -r folderA/* destination&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is super annoying because by default completion in tcsh adds a / at the end of the folder, so I always end up having to clean up if I forget to delete the / at the end. This behavior is different from every other *nix I've worked on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to change this and make cp -r folderA/ copy the folder instead of its contents?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20816" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11518" RevisionGUID="91bc0359-1647-4c46-8c84-e5dfa8b21f80" CreationDate="2009-05-23T05:01:27.627" UserId="2455" Text="recursive cp copies folder contents instead of folder on os x" />
  <row Id="20817" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11518" RevisionGUID="91bc0359-1647-4c46-8c84-e5dfa8b21f80" CreationDate="2009-05-23T05:01:27.627" UserId="2455" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;tcsh&gt;&lt;bash&gt;" />
  <row Id="20818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11519" RevisionGUID="f8604520-04fa-47a5-a73e-9097a1caeb85" CreationDate="2009-05-23T05:03:38.900" UserId="97" Text="On Solaris, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netstat -k&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shows a summary of various statistics. Useful for checking for errors etc." />
  <row Id="20819" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11519" RevisionGUID="f8604520-04fa-47a5-a73e-9097a1caeb85" CreationDate="2009-05-23T05:03:38.900" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11520" RevisionGUID="1c554020-3c7d-44f1-a218-3dd83ca3a37d" CreationDate="2009-05-23T05:04:18.883" UserId="3334" Text="This is specific to Windows domain based networks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a popular 3rd party software for central management of the network - as in for managing installations, patches, updates, remote power-on, shutdown?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or do they rely on simply group policies to get things done?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's the norm in the industry?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20821" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11520" RevisionGUID="1c554020-3c7d-44f1-a218-3dd83ca3a37d" CreationDate="2009-05-23T05:04:18.883" UserId="3334" Text="How do enterprises generally centrally manage their networks?" />
  <row Id="20822" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11520" RevisionGUID="1c554020-3c7d-44f1-a218-3dd83ca3a37d" CreationDate="2009-05-23T05:04:18.883" UserId="3334" Text="&lt;windows-domain&gt;&lt;management&gt;" />
  <row Id="20823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11521" RevisionGUID="3fa30a2a-cef5-483f-998b-bda0e14200e5" CreationDate="2009-05-23T05:14:16.600" UserId="3426" Text="i use snv+ssh with key based authentication.  right now i order for any of my svn users to access te repository throgh subversion, i must set the repo files to be readable and writable on the filesystem to those users.  i want to prevent the users from being able to delete the repo database when logged in to the server via ssh, yet stil be able to checkout and commit code. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thoughts on how i can do this?" />
  <row Id="20824" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11521" RevisionGUID="3fa30a2a-cef5-483f-998b-bda0e14200e5" CreationDate="2009-05-23T05:14:16.600" UserId="3426" Text="sVN+SSH Security" />
  <row Id="20825" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11521" RevisionGUID="3fa30a2a-cef5-483f-998b-bda0e14200e5" CreationDate="2009-05-23T05:14:16.600" UserId="3426" Text="&lt;svn&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;" />
  <row Id="20826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11522" RevisionGUID="f2938712-c3cb-4244-9c11-68be6a6dc16d" CreationDate="2009-05-23T05:14:35.570" UserId="1585" Text="In practice...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;802.11A != 54 Mbit/s, 802.11A ~ 27 Mbit/s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;802.11B != 11 Mbit/s, 802.11A ~ 5 Mbit/s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;802.11G != 54 Mbit/s, 802.11A ~ 22 Mbit/s&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20827" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11522" RevisionGUID="f2938712-c3cb-4244-9c11-68be6a6dc16d" CreationDate="2009-05-23T05:14:35.570" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20828" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11523" RevisionGUID="c8a954fb-198c-433b-893f-2194c3db2d27" CreationDate="2009-05-23T05:15:24.570" UserId="3420" Text="The 180-day default fsck time is a workaround for the design flaw that ext3 does not support an online consistency check. The real solution is to find a filesystem that supports this. I don't know if any mature filesystem does. It's a real tragedy. Perhaps btrfs will save us one day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've responded to the issue of the surprise multi-hour downtime from fsck by doing scheduled reboots with a full fsck as part of standard maintenance. This is better than running into minor corruption during production hours, and having it turn into a real outage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A big part of the problem is that ext3 has an unreasonably slow fsck. Although xfs has a much faster fsck, it uses too much memory for distributions to encourage xfs by default on large filesystems. Still, on most systems this is a non-issue. Switching to xfs would at least allow for a reasonably fast fsck. This may make running fsck as part of normal maintenance easier to schedule.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're running RedHat and considering using xfs, you have to beware of how strongly they discourage the use of xfs and the fact that there are probably few people using xfs on the kernel you're running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My understanding is that the ext4 project has a goal of at least somewhat improving the fsck performance." />
  <row Id="20829" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11524" RevisionGUID="66e84431-021a-4f07-95b3-00f125c3324a" CreationDate="2009-05-23T05:50:11.460" UserId="3174" Text="In my experience, it depends on the size of the enterprise and their requirements.  Many can get away with just using Active Directory GPOs for Application Distribution, workstation/server configuration etc. and &lt;a href=&quot;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/wsus/default.aspx&quot;&gt;WSUS&lt;/a&gt; for patch management.  If you are running mainly Microsoft Apps, this works just fine in most instances.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It starts getting complicated when the organization starts getting larger, there are more sites and the types of application that need to be distributed and maintained increase.  In many cases (again if Microsoft Apps are the norm), remote WSUS servers can be installed, and remote distribution points can be configured.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Eventually, though, there reaches a point where you need a suite to properly manage and distribute software (especially if you aren't using Microsoft software, which WSUS can't patch).  Microsoft's solution for this is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/SMServer/default.mspx&quot;&gt;System Center Configuration Manager&lt;/a&gt;; there are definitely others, though I am not going to recommend any, as I don't use them.  SCCM is a &lt;em&gt;beast&lt;/em&gt;, and while exceptionally powerful, it isn't something to enter into lightly.  If you go down this path, expect a roll-out period of several months, minimum.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20830" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11151" RevisionGUID="e6b078d0-ad3c-4d87-84c0-cbd82e18c559" CreationDate="2009-05-23T05:51:00.583" UserId="2526" Comment="added 14 characters in body" Text="Recommendations on server room temperature vary greatly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This guide][1] says that:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; General recommendations suggest that you should not go below 10°C (50°F) or above 28°C (82°F). Although this seems a wide range these are the extremes and it is far more common to keep the ambient temperature around 20-21°C (68-71°F). For a variety of reasons this can sometimes be a tall order.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This [discussion][2] on Slashdot has a variety of answers but most of them within the range quoted above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**: As others have commented below [Google][3] recommends 26.7°C (80°F) for data centres.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also the [American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers][4] (ASHRAE) has recently [updated their recommended tempature range][5] to be from 18°C-27°C (64.4°F-80.6°F).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However this [article][6] agains highlights that there is still a no consensus on the subject. As mentioned in the article i would highlight the fact that:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ...nudging the thermostat higher may also leave less time to recover from a cooling failure, and is only appropriate for companies with a strong understanding of the cooling conditions in their facility.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IMO most companies would not have such a strong understanding of cooling conditions and thus it would be safer in a small business environment to be running the rooms a little cooler.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NB: It is important to note there are a lot more factors to consider in a server/data room than just the temparture, air flow &amp; humitidy for example are also important concerns.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.openxtra.co.uk/articles/recommended-server-room-temperature&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/25/2315218&amp;tid=137&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/10/14/google-raise-your-data-center-temperature/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.ashrae.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid80_gci1346115,00.html&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/10/14/google-raise-your-data-center-temperature/" />
  <row Id="20831" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11525" RevisionGUID="b51cf6bf-11bb-4234-8f22-9c8d49c3d312" CreationDate="2009-05-23T05:52:05.620" UserId="3053" Text="In a former life, I used Altiris Deployment Suite and Altiris Client Management to manage a computer lab; the products are now owned by [Symantec][1]. My experience has shown that Symantec makes products worse, I would seek commentary from a current user of the suite before spending any money on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It had capabilities to do&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Remote Deployment via PXE or special network booting partitions on each machine&#xD;&#xA; - Application management via pushed scripts, pushed files.&#xD;&#xA; - Reporting of what was installed where&#xD;&#xA; - Pushing of patches&#xD;&#xA; - remote shutdown&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only real annoyance was that their network boot partition screwed with some software activation systems; I'm looking at your Macromedia and your completely unacceptable use of the boot records to store activation data. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.symantec.com/business/theme.jsp?themeid=altiris" />
  <row Id="20832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11526" RevisionGUID="3a29248d-62f9-420e-92ce-98f077d4006e" CreationDate="2009-05-23T05:54:47.643" UserId="1233" Text="Without manually deleting the '/' appended in a default installation? Unfortunately not as stated on Apple's Darwin [man page](http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/cp.1.html) for cp is &quot;If the source_file ends in a /, the contents of the directory are copied rather than the directory itself.&quot; So it appears it's part of the design of Darwin's `cp`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is however possible to unset the `addsuffix` shell variable in `tcsh` in order to drop the '/' from being added to directories. The big downside being that it's now very difficult to tell if you're dealing with a directory or a file just from the completion. To do so type on your command line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     unset addsuffix&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20833" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11527" RevisionGUID="5ef17996-d66d-43c0-82ad-f7d1326d6616" CreationDate="2009-05-23T05:58:52.267" UserId="32988" Text="This site has some nice tricks: http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/notes/ssh-tricks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If none of that works for you, maybe a workaround could do the trick? You can take a backup of the repository each time someone commits something by adding something like this to the commit hooks: sudo rsync -a /my/repo/path /my/closed/path/ " />
  <row Id="20834" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11528" RevisionGUID="28c4e1cf-6374-48bb-a03e-d4b8d33ade84" CreationDate="2009-05-23T06:02:17.970" UserId="3053" Text="[Rsyslog][1] as a log collector (you can run nearly any syslog on each client) and [phplogcon][2] as a UI for viewing the log data will do the job. Be warned, I found the documentation for rsyslog to be seriously lacking and majorly frustrating at times. I was able to make it do everything I wanted, but it took me many more hours to get things working than it did for me to get syslog-ng free working. See the [phplogcon demo site][3] to see the search and filtering interface in action.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rsyslog.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.phplogcon.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://demo.phplogcon.org/" />
  <row Id="20835" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11529" RevisionGUID="e8fa3723-7424-42b9-89ce-d7f12030233a" CreationDate="2009-05-23T06:02:39.780" UserId="3174" Text="Running something like &lt;a href=&quot;http://freshmeat.net/projects/atsar/&quot;&gt;(at)sar&lt;/a&gt; on the host is almost mandatory.   The usefulness of being able to get historical snapshots of CPU, network, memory and disk I/O (amongst others) cannot be understated.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There have been many times that I have been able to diagnose a fault by examining what the host was doing in the past 24 hours, and seeing when things started going awry." />
  <row Id="20836" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11526" RevisionGUID="a6c0288d-5ff4-45fd-8b72-6690e13f2c0a" CreationDate="2009-05-23T06:10:50.373" UserId="1233" Comment="Add how to do it in bash as well" Text="Without manually deleting the '/' appended in a default installation? Unfortunately not as stated on Apple's Darwin [man page](http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/cp.1.html) for cp is &quot;If the source_file ends in a /, the contents of the directory are copied rather than the directory itself.&quot; So it appears it's part of the design of Darwin's `cp`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is however possible to unset the `addsuffix` shell variable in `tcsh` in order to drop the '/' from being added to directories. The big downside being that it's now very difficult to tell if you're dealing with a directory or a file just from the completion. To do so type on your command line (or add to your .tcshrc):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     unset addsuffix&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For `bash` you can use the `mark-directories` setting. You can type the following or add it to your .bashrc:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     bind 'set mark-directories off'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Source for use of mark-directories: [MacNN Forums: Hal Itosis](http://forums.macnn.com/90/mac-os-x/381658/terminal-and-mark-directories-autocompletion/)" />
  <row Id="20837" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11530" RevisionGUID="d3c20e59-0086-4967-b6fe-2f4e6716dbdf" CreationDate="2009-05-23T06:14:39.163" UserId="2526" Text="Are you certain the MIME type is explicitly being set to &quot;text/plain&quot; when the message is sent?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example in .NET you can set the message format to plain text or html explicitly eg:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    msgMail.BodyFormat = MailFormat.Text;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In java you should be able to explicitly [send a plain text message][1] by setting the MIME type to &quot;text/plain&quot; eg:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      MimeMessage message = new MimeMessage(mailSession);&#xD;&#xA;      message.setSubject(&quot;Testing javamail plain&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;      message.setContent(&quot;This is a test&quot;, &quot;text/plain&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wikijava.org/wiki/Send_Simple_email" />
  <row Id="20838" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11531" RevisionGUID="b20e9f9a-7b15-4ef9-89cc-39d39c0e57b3" CreationDate="2009-05-23T06:17:49.593" UserId="3420" Text="It's not cost effective if you can avoid it at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have the skills to build your own successfully, your time is valuable enough that it makes sense to buy the system pre-built.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just the time spent researching components would exceed the extra cost of buying a pre-built system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just the time troubleshooting small problems would exceed the extra cost of buying a pre-built system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're not troubleshooting it full-time, the cost of using a partially working system for months is significant. Or your hardware depreciates while it goes unused.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To build a system you need a certain economy of scale. I can't pick an arbitrary number offhand, but it is certainly greater than one system. If you are building dozens to hundreds, the interoperability research and troubleshooting will start to pay off. But by that point, discounts from vendors become relevant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can buy a high quality system. You just have to remember that the extra cost is indeed going somewhere legitimate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I still build home systems. But it's an economic failure every time." />
  <row Id="20839" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11532" RevisionGUID="27161216-01e7-40f3-8392-f0b47d31a918" CreationDate="2009-05-23T06:18:23.260" UserId="1920" Text="Our file server just started mailing us about how its battery backup is draining and it's switching from WB to WT mode and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I looked through its logs and found that it is configured to automatically do this periodically. It's called &quot;battery relearning&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is this for? How often will it decide it needs to do this automatically?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I searched the LSI docs and all I could find was the different status codes for the different relearning states. Not really helpful.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20840" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11532" RevisionGUID="27161216-01e7-40f3-8392-f0b47d31a918" CreationDate="2009-05-23T06:18:23.260" UserId="1920" Text="What's a &quot;battery relearn&quot; on a LSI MegaRaid?" />
  <row Id="20841" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11532" RevisionGUID="27161216-01e7-40f3-8392-f0b47d31a918" CreationDate="2009-05-23T06:18:23.260" UserId="1920" Text="&lt;lsi&gt;&lt;megaraid&gt;" />
  <row Id="20842" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11042" RevisionGUID="a4910445-cbe3-4e5e-ac06-e5f2d573c6dd" CreationDate="2009-05-23T06:25:41.653" UserId="1233" Comment="Remove Deploy Studio info" Text="What is the best method to add an Open Directory server via a shell script on a brandly new imaged computer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've created a new image with InstaDMG and I'd like to add the Open Directory Server via a shell script rather than having to do it manually by hand using Directory Utility.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The computer does not have to bind the Open Directory. (Client: 10.5.7, Server: 10.4.11)" />
  <row Id="20843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11533" RevisionGUID="6202be73-f320-4d36-802d-a0f41043b9b8" CreationDate="2009-05-23T06:26:51.870" UserId="2831" Text="There is a case to be made that this behavior makes more sense (and I believe it's used by rsync, even on GNU/Linux). Consider the following case:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     mydir&#xD;&#xA;       |-.fileA&#xD;&#xA;       |-fileB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The the semantics of these three specifiers are all different:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     cp -r mydir   dest/   # creates dest/mydir, containing both files&#xD;&#xA;     cp -r mydir/  dest/   # copies both files directly into dest&#xD;&#xA;     cp -r mydir/* dest/   # copies fileB, but not .fileA, directly into dest&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe this is an example of a difference between BSD and GNU.  You can install GNU flavored tools using [fink][1] (see [coreutils package][2]), but these might not preserve all HFS+ metadata, so proceed with caution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can intercept the command and strip out the trailing slash.  I'll leave that as an exercise to the reader, or other answerers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can alter the tab-completion behavior so the slash isn't added in the first place.  Add the following to your `~/.tcshrc`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     unset addsuffix&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can achieve a similar effect in bash and misc readline utilities by adding the following to your `~/.inputrc`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     set mark-directories off&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.finkproject.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/coreutils&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20844" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11534" RevisionGUID="e24433ca-a1b4-4db8-81d8-8d5935335130" CreationDate="2009-05-23T06:27:08.140" UserId="3420" Text="Usually battery relearning refers to draining a battery in order to determine how long it holds a useful charge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the case of a battery-backed write cache, this may be just to determine whether the battery is still good enough to trust your data to. Any useful write-caching solution must do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's unfortunate to have a hardware RAID solution that disables the write cache due to battery-related issues. But it is worse to suffer the massive corruption of losing all the data in your write cache. Filesystems (and databases) are not designed to handle corruption of this type at all, and can fail catastrophically (not just losing recent data).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is probably less relevant on &quot;enterprise&quot; class hardware due to mirroring of write cache between redundant controllers with separate batteries. So each one can be tested independently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20845" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11535" RevisionGUID="e3d8fb5b-0c2e-49a4-8a9f-e7bfca8fae31" CreationDate="2009-05-23T06:28:47.857" UserId="3351" Text="Checking dmesg for any errors - I usually start with a `dmesg | tail`, because chances are things are still going wrong and the server is still trying to do whatever is causing the error." />
  <row Id="20846" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11536" RevisionGUID="7673a5fb-0d65-4c42-b779-92ffd0fe9d6b" CreationDate="2009-05-23T06:29:00.023" UserId="3431" Text="I would say that this is just another reason for which production servers should not run all alone and always have either a hot/cold backup or take part in a two node cluster. In these days of virtualization, you can easily have a physical main server and a virtual server, which is only a copy of the physical done every X days, ready to take over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other then this not so helpful answer, I would say that you should balance the importance of your data... If this is just a cluster node, skip it. If this is a client's non backuped web server, you may want to plan ahead next time :-)" />
  <row Id="20847" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11537" RevisionGUID="33e14bf6-4fdb-4cb7-a142-7727a624fc41" CreationDate="2009-05-23T06:41:23.493" UserId="342" Text="In a shared user environment, I would recommend setting up a real Subversion server (either `svnserve` or through Apache). In this environment, individual users do not need access to the repository files at all because all file access is done under the user account of the server process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Subversion book has a section on [Choosing a Server Configuration](http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.serverconfig.choosing.html) which may help. From that section (emphasis mine):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If you have an existing infrastructure that is heavily based on SSH accounts, and if your users already have system accounts on your server machine, it makes sense to deploy an svnserve-over-SSH solution. **Otherwise, we don't widely recommend this option to the public.** It's generally considered safer to have your users access the repository via (imaginary) accounts managed by svnserve or Apache, rather than by full-blown system accounts." />
  <row Id="20848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11538" RevisionGUID="1f0c799e-ae47-48d3-a1cf-f0962f26fb2e" CreationDate="2009-05-23T06:50:53.037" UserId="2435" Text="I see two possible directions to attack this problem:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - provide limited shell access, e.g. the users can only use svn with their accounts (may need another account if shell access is also required for other purposes) - I've found a [few][1] [interesting][2] references googling for *svnonly*. Note: didn't try them myself.&#xD;&#xA;  - migrate to subversion over https, adding client certificates. I've seen people discussing this, but never did it myself. Downside: requires distribution of client certificates in addition to the ssh keys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.geekisp.com/faq/content/7/58/en/how-can-i-use-multiple-svn_only-users-over-ssh-without-giving-then-shell-access.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://forum.brightbox.co.uk/forums/brightbox-help/topics/how-to-create-a-svn-only-user" />
  <row Id="20849" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11539" RevisionGUID="1cd37e95-e5fa-4297-9a06-5475ad1785fd" CreationDate="2009-05-23T07:03:17.020" UserId="2546" Text="[This LWN article][1] from 2008 is a decent description of the context.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Mr. Reiser's role in reiserfs development and maintenance ended some years ago, though. He stopped work on it when reiser4 development started, and even opposed the incorporation of improvements done by others. Reiserfs continues to be maintained independently of its creator, though there is not much interest in adding features to it at this point. Reiserfs is nearing the end of its run, and nothing which happened this week has changed that situation in any way.* &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lwn.net/Articles/280228/" />
  <row Id="20850" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11448" RevisionGUID="87e36f1d-e3ae-4ab5-a1f3-4d48e00be3a4" CreationDate="2009-05-23T07:16:00.413" UserId="1843" Comment="Tweaked wording." Text="I have historically always had problems with ATI proprietary video drivers in Linux. ATI did not and AMD does not make a serious commitment towards supporting Linux well, and therefore have always had a pretty hacked-together installer that tends to be quite fragile.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've had problems upgrading drivers where the new driver simply doesn't work at all. I've also had problems with acceleration simply not being enabled when starting X-Windows. Both are really quite a pain to fix as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want a good, proprietary driver with acceleration, Nvidia is the way to go, in my opinion. " />
  <row Id="20851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11540" RevisionGUID="87c628f1-d4ba-438b-a221-fd14adc04317" CreationDate="2009-05-23T04:24:38.700" Text="&lt;p&gt;since Linux has a lot of useful tools, while Windows has a lot of apps (like Chrome), instead of buying another machine to run Linux, is there a way to run it as a Virtual Machine on the PC?  the Ubuntu installation CD-ROM doesn't seem to have such an option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20852" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11540" RevisionGUID="87c628f1-d4ba-438b-a221-fd14adc04317" CreationDate="2009-05-23T04:24:38.700" Text="any way to run Linux as a Virtual Machine on top of Windows so can have best of both worlds?" />
  <row Id="20853" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11540" RevisionGUID="87c628f1-d4ba-438b-a221-fd14adc04317" CreationDate="2009-05-23T04:24:38.700" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="20854" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11541" RevisionGUID="683bb2a2-0fd5-4f49-9aae-7c18e481fc55" CreationDate="2009-05-23T04:27:51.883" UserId="1544" Text="&lt;p&gt;You can run it in a virtual machine ala VMWare, but there's also &lt;a href=&quot;http://wubi-installer.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Wubi&lt;/a&gt;, which you might find suitable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20855" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11542" RevisionGUID="3446ed1a-9a35-44a7-9494-fde67d178683" CreationDate="2009-05-23T04:28:37.827" Text="&lt;p&gt;It looks like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.virtualbox.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;VirtualBox&lt;/a&gt; runs on Windows, which should have decent Linux support.  Virtual PC, as far as I know, does not offer very good Linux integration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're just looking for the regular set of command line tools, you might look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cygwin.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;cygwin&lt;/a&gt;.  A lot of the goodness without the overhead of maintaining a separate system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20856" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11543" RevisionGUID="89a98d76-e5fd-4ddc-a596-71142149c91b" CreationDate="2009-05-23T04:29:06.500" Text="&lt;p&gt;You can use &lt;a href=&quot;http://cygwin.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;cygwin&lt;/a&gt; if you just want the tools.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;VirtualPC&lt;/a&gt; software to mount any Linux.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a few distros that install on top of Windows like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phatlinux.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;phat linux&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many useful linux utils (including bash) have been ported to &lt;a href=&quot;http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;native win32&lt;/a&gt; (unix utils).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20857" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11544" RevisionGUID="6b2af69d-2cd6-44b4-a0a1-56cbccd36f13" CreationDate="2009-05-23T04:58:40.650" Text="&lt;p&gt;VMWare gave me Ubuntu for a while, but then I used VMWare to create a virtual machine of Windows, then I installed Ubuntu and Windows in Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20858" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11545" RevisionGUID="d32827bf-1928-4c12-b907-411fac868fbf" CreationDate="2009-05-23T05:04:35.340" Text="&lt;p&gt;An alternative to a virtual machine (meaning it can share RAM with Windows) is Portable Ubuntu, which runs Ubuntu as a Windows app. It's one of the niftiest ways to get the best of both. I can't post a link because I'm a new user here. The domain is: portableubuntu.demonccc.cloudius.com.ar&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11546" RevisionGUID="602c43b7-aa86-46ed-8b3d-bae77aae500a" CreationDate="2009-05-23T05:33:25.867" Text="&lt;p&gt;Maybe &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.andlinux.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;andLinux&lt;/a&gt; would be interesting?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From andlinux.org:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;andLinux is a complete Ubuntu Linux&#xA;  system running seamlessly in Windows&#xA;  2000 based systems (2000, XP, 2003,&#xA;  Vista, 7; 32-bit versions only).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20860" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11547" RevisionGUID="3214256c-32b7-48d2-8ab1-81395f9cc8e9" CreationDate="2009-05-23T06:06:56.923" UserId="2363" Text="&lt;p&gt;Lots of options here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you just want the GNU/Linux tools, there are a few choices.&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cygwin.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;cygwin&lt;/a&gt; gives you a bash shell with lots of tools, including an X11 server.  This has been around awhile and is mature.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mingw.org/wiki/msys&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;msys&lt;/a&gt; is a smaller, lightweight alternative to cygwin.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;GNU utilities for Win32 is another lightweight alternative.  These are native versions of the tools, as opposed to cygwin which requires a cygwin DLL to fake out its tools into thinking they are running on Linux.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There are several packages that will run Linux as a Windows process, without simulating an entire PC as virtualization does.  They use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.colinux.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Cooperative Linux, a.k.a. coLinux&lt;/a&gt;, which is limited to 32-bit systems.  These don't have the overhead of virtualizing, and they start up faster since you're not booting a virtual PC.  This is a little more on the experimental side and may not be as stable as some of the virtualization options.&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://portableubuntu.demonccc.cloudius.com.ar/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Portable Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.andlinux.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;andLinux&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Virtualization software lets you boot up another OS in a virtual PC, one that shares hardware with the host OS.  This is pretty tried-and-true.  There are nice options here for taking snapshots of your Virtual PC in a particular state, suspend/resume a virtual PC, etc.  It's nice to be able to experiment with a virtual PC, add a few packages, then revert to a previous snapshot and &quot;start clean&quot;. &#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vmware.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;VMWare&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.virtualbox.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;VirtualBox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;VirtualPC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Dual Booting&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://wubi-installer.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;wubi&lt;/a&gt; allows you to install Ubuntu right from Windows, then dual-boot.  Not as convenient as the above, since you can't run both OS's at once.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11548" RevisionGUID="d42ab942-d29f-4e34-99db-7e8c5f33a564" CreationDate="2009-05-23T07:25:46.413" UserId="3351" Text="Depending on the version of Windows, [Scheduled Tasks][1], and for command-line goodness, the schtasks or at commands.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[schtasks][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Parameter List:&#xD;&#xA;        /Create  : Creates a new scheduled task.&#xD;&#xA;        /Delete  : Deletes the scheduled task(s).&#xD;&#xA;        /Query  : Displays all scheduled tasks. &#xD;&#xA;        /Change  : Changes the properties of scheduled task. &#xD;&#xA;        /Run  : Runs the scheduled task immediately. &#xD;&#xA;        /End  : Stops the currently running scheduled task. &#xD;&#xA;        /?              Displays this help/usage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[at][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    \\computername&#xD;&#xA;    time&#xD;&#xA;    /interactive&#xD;&#xA;    /every:date,....&#xD;&#xA;    /next:date,...&#xD;&#xA;    command&#xD;&#xA;    id&#xD;&#xA;    /yes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.iopus.com/guides/winscheduler.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsXP/AdminTips/Utilities/XPschtaskscommandlineutilityreplacesAT.exe.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313565" />
  <row Id="20862" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11548" RevisionGUID="d42ab942-d29f-4e34-99db-7e8c5f33a564" CreationDate="2009-05-23T07:25:46.413" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20863" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11548" RevisionGUID="d9cc4887-c164-4d34-9e0c-b284ab230025" CreationDate="2009-05-23T07:35:23.087" UserId="3351" Comment="improved the at info" Text="Depending on the version of Windows, [Scheduled Tasks][1], and for command-line goodness, the schtasks or at commands.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[schtasks][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Parameter List:&#xD;&#xA;        /Create  : Creates a new scheduled task.&#xD;&#xA;        /Delete  : Deletes the scheduled task(s).&#xD;&#xA;        /Query  : Displays all scheduled tasks. &#xD;&#xA;        /Change  : Changes the properties of scheduled task. &#xD;&#xA;        /Run  : Runs the scheduled task immediately. &#xD;&#xA;        /End  : Stops the currently running scheduled task. &#xD;&#xA;        /?              Displays this help/usage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[at][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    \\computername: Specify a remote computer (default local machine.&#xD;&#xA;    time: Specify the time when the task is to run.&#xD;&#xA;    /interactive: Allow the task to interact with the desktop of the user who is logged on at the time the task runs.&#xD;&#xA;    /every:date,...: Schedule the task to run on the specified day or days of the week or month.&#xD;&#xA;    /next:date,...: Schedule the task to run on the next occurrence of the day (for example, next Monday).&#xD;&#xA;    command: Specify the command, the program (.exe or .com file), or the batch program (.bat or .cmd file) that you want to run.&#xD;&#xA;    id: Specify the identification number that is assigned to a scheduled task.&#xD;&#xA;    /delete: Cancel a scheduled task. If you omit the id parameter, all scheduled tasks on the computer are canceled.&#xD;&#xA;    /yes: Force a yes answer to all queries from the system when you cancel scheduled tasks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.iopus.com/guides/winscheduler.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsXP/AdminTips/Utilities/XPschtaskscommandlineutilityreplacesAT.exe.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313565" />
  <row Id="20864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11549" RevisionGUID="c62266c6-9111-4f05-a6ba-e302c1ff5881" CreationDate="2009-05-23T07:46:02.240" UserId="2347" Text="I think the biggest misconception I see is that IP based networking can solve all our IT or technical needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The biggest example I see of this is VOIP. It is telecom infrastructure that is so incredibly expensive, resource intensive, and difficult to manage properly. Sure the deployments work... sort of, but I'm sure there could be much better systems with dedicated protocols / infrastructure. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20865" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11549" RevisionGUID="c62266c6-9111-4f05-a6ba-e302c1ff5881" CreationDate="2009-05-23T07:46:02.240" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11550" RevisionGUID="8af6a43c-6bbe-49f4-965c-03069c34a1ef" CreationDate="2009-05-23T07:56:58.927" UserId="1085" Text="Tools like *top* and *ps* can give me the amount of memory currently allocated to a process, but I am interested in measuring the maximum amount of memory allocated to a process either since its creation or in a given time interval. Any suggestions on how to find out?" />
  <row Id="20867" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11550" RevisionGUID="8af6a43c-6bbe-49f4-965c-03069c34a1ef" CreationDate="2009-05-23T07:56:58.927" UserId="1085" Text="Peak memory usage of a process" />
  <row Id="20868" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11550" RevisionGUID="8af6a43c-6bbe-49f4-965c-03069c34a1ef" CreationDate="2009-05-23T07:56:58.927" UserId="1085" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;memory&gt;" />
  <row Id="20869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11551" RevisionGUID="74c394b2-23d2-46ef-be22-f72cc7ef04bf" CreationDate="2009-05-23T07:59:36.877" UserId="3434" Text="I run my home machine at runlevel 3, as I use Nomachine to remote into it from my laptop. I use s2ram --force to suspend it at night.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I power it back on, everything works fine - my NX Session is still alive and I can connect again etc. However, the display doesn't wake up. I can still log in blind, but it looks like the graphics card just won't wake up. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="20870" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11551" RevisionGUID="74c394b2-23d2-46ef-be22-f72cc7ef04bf" CreationDate="2009-05-23T07:59:36.877" UserId="3434" Text="Opensuse 11.1 console won't wake up after suspend" />
  <row Id="20871" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11551" RevisionGUID="74c394b2-23d2-46ef-be22-f72cc7ef04bf" CreationDate="2009-05-23T07:59:36.877" UserId="3434" Text="&lt;opensuse&gt;&lt;console&gt;" />
  <row Id="20872" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11552" RevisionGUID="d99a6f03-1ce1-496d-a8e5-ce8c5f894758" CreationDate="2009-05-23T08:15:57.983" UserId="984" Text="One thing you may want to look at [web100][1].  It is a kernel patch, and a userland too designed to optimized the Linux kernel for high-performance networks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The Web100 project is aimed at&#xD;&#xA;&gt; producing a complete host-software&#xD;&#xA;&gt; environment that will run common Web&#xD;&#xA;&gt; applications at 100% of the available&#xD;&#xA;&gt; bandwidth, regardless of the magnitude&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of a network's capability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also check out [High Performance SSH/SCP][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SCP and the underlying SSH2 protocol&#xD;&#xA;&gt; implementation in OpenSSH is network&#xD;&#xA;&gt; performance limited by statically&#xD;&#xA;&gt; defined internal flow control buffers.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; These buffers often end up acting as a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; bottleneck for network throughput of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SCP, especially on long and high&#xD;&#xA;&gt; bandwith network links. Modifying the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ssh code to allow the buffers to be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; defined at run time eliminates this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; bottleneck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.web100.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.psc.edu/networking/projects/hpn-ssh/" />
  <row Id="20873" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11552" RevisionGUID="d99a6f03-1ce1-496d-a8e5-ce8c5f894758" CreationDate="2009-05-23T08:15:57.983" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11553" RevisionGUID="9d92d622-1916-4080-a93a-9d670571e13b" CreationDate="2009-05-23T08:31:06.517" UserId="2420" Text="What are your favourite sysadmin jokes?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`There's no place like ~`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Inspired by [Programmer Jokes][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/234075" />
  <row Id="20875" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11553" RevisionGUID="9d92d622-1916-4080-a93a-9d670571e13b" CreationDate="2009-05-23T08:31:06.517" UserId="2420" Text="Sysadmin Jokes" />
  <row Id="20876" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11553" RevisionGUID="9d92d622-1916-4080-a93a-9d670571e13b" CreationDate="2009-05-23T08:31:06.517" UserId="2420" Text="&lt;fun&gt;&lt;offtopic&gt;&lt;opinion&gt;" />
  <row Id="20877" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11547" RevisionGUID="1e9872d2-d917-42cb-8300-7166b7e68780" CreationDate="2009-05-23T08:44:41.373" UserId="2363" Comment="added 87 characters in body" Text="&lt;p&gt;Lots of options here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you just want the GNU/Linux tools, there are a few choices.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cygwin.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;cygwin&lt;/a&gt; gives you a bash shell with lots of tools, including an X11 server.  This has been around awhile and is mature.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mingw.org/wiki/msys&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;msys&lt;/a&gt; is a smaller, lightweight alternative to cygwin.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;GNU utilities for Win32&lt;/a&gt; is another lightweight alternative.  These are native versions of the tools, as opposed to cygwin which requires a cygwin DLL to fake out its tools into thinking they are running on Linux.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There are several packages that will run Linux as a Windows process, without simulating an entire PC as virtualization does.  They use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.colinux.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Cooperative Linux, a.k.a. coLinux&lt;/a&gt;, which is limited to 32-bit systems.  These don't have the overhead of virtualizing, and they start up faster since you're not booting a virtual PC.  This is a little more on the experimental side and may not be as stable as some of the virtualization options.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://portableubuntu.demonccc.cloudius.com.ar/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Portable Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.andlinux.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;andLinux&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Virtualization software lets you boot up another OS in a virtual PC, one that shares hardware with the host OS.  This is pretty tried-and-true.  There are nice options here for taking snapshots of your Virtual PC in a particular state, suspend/resume a virtual PC, etc.  It's nice to be able to experiment with a virtual PC, add a few packages, then revert to a previous snapshot and &quot;start clean&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vmware.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;VMWare&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.virtualbox.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;VirtualBox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;VirtualPC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Dual Booting&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://wubi-installer.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;wubi&lt;/a&gt; allows you to install Ubuntu right from Windows, then dual-boot.  Not as convenient as the above, since you can't run both OS's at once.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20878" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11554" RevisionGUID="12bdc4ce-b905-46e1-a3d1-71ea0ece880a" CreationDate="2009-05-23T08:50:57.647" UserId="984" Text="On Debian based systems there is a package [resolvconf][1] ([wiki][2]) that is designed to handle updating of the resolv.conf.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can append, or delete entries.  You can setup scripts that will be called whenever an update has happened.  This allows you to notify other services that an update has been made.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://packages.debian.org/lenny/resolvconf&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolvconf" />
  <row Id="20879" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11555" RevisionGUID="4ef7ee36-6e38-4c02-b0bc-ab8f88c5df25" CreationDate="2009-05-23T08:50:58.163" UserId="2546" Text="IIS 4.0&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Thin Clients&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Expert Consultants" />
  <row Id="20880" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="737" RevisionGUID="6cdb1376-10ee-4e80-8a20-9b2685769224" CreationDate="2009-05-23T08:52:31.420" UserId="984" Comment="edited body; edited tags" Text="I have one machine setup with the apps I need, and I'd like to install the same on a new Ubuntu box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a script that will list all the installed apps, so that I can diff between the boxes and so add the missing items?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance,&#xD;&#xA;Chris" />
  <row Id="20881" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="737" RevisionGUID="6cdb1376-10ee-4e80-8a20-9b2685769224" CreationDate="2009-05-23T08:52:31.420" UserId="984" Comment="edited body; edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="20882" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11556" RevisionGUID="e398f433-555f-4e43-8139-ed2b5345b4bb" CreationDate="2009-05-23T08:53:27.517" UserId="3435" Text="Swap space can serve as &quot;padding&quot; when you would otherwise run out of memory immediately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When a process consumes all of the available RAM and then some the machine will run very slowly, but you will usually be able to recover. It will also be easier to see which process is causing the problem.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20883" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11547" RevisionGUID="2b93d8f3-b68c-4b4a-ae1e-7d7c1415ae97" CreationDate="2009-05-23T08:56:48.417" UserId="2363" Comment="When this was moved to serverfault, markdown was converted to HTML.  Reverted to Markdown and fixed links." Text="Lots of options here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Tools**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you just want the GNU/Linux tools, there are a few choices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  [cygwin][1] gives you a bash shell with lots of tools, including an X11 server.  This has been around awhile and is mature.&#xD;&#xA; -  [msys][2] is a smaller, lightweight alternative to cygwin.&#xD;&#xA; -  [GNU utilities for Win32][3] is another lightweight alternative.  These are native versions of the tools, as opposed to cygwin which requires a cygwin DLL to fake out its tools into thinking they are running on Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Linux in a Windows Process**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are several packages that will run Linux as a Windows process, without simulating an entire PC as virtualization does.  They use  http://www.colinux.org/ Cooperative Linux, a.k.a. coLinux, which is limited to 32-bit systems.  These don't have the overhead of virtualizing, and they start up faster since you're not booting a virtual PC.  This is a little more on the experimental side and may not be as stable as some of the virtualization options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  [Portable Ubuntu][4]&#xD;&#xA; -  [andLinux][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Virtualization**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Virtualization software lets you boot up another OS in a virtual PC, one that shares hardware with the host OS.  This is pretty tried-and-true.  There are nice options here for taking snapshots of your Virtual PC in a particular state, suspend/resume a virtual PC, etc.  It's nice to be able to experiment with a virtual PC, add a few packages, then revert to a previous snapshot and &quot;start clean&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  [VMWare][6]&#xD;&#xA; -  [VirtualBox][7]&#xD;&#xA; -  [VirtualPC][8]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Dual Booting**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  [wubi][9] allows you to install Ubuntu right from Windows, then dual-boot.  Not as convenient as the above, since you can't run both OS's at once.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cygwin.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mingw.org/wiki/msys&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://portableubuntu.demonccc.cloudius.com.ar/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.andlinux.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.vmware.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.virtualbox.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://wubi-installer.org/" />
  <row Id="20884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11557" RevisionGUID="818ee34e-3994-4862-b711-d8a175edda5c" CreationDate="2009-05-23T09:05:24.513" UserId="3351" Text="Home is where you hang your @&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(but this should probably be community wiki question)" />
  <row Id="20885" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10585" RevisionGUID="67131974-e0ec-45ef-a494-3ae32717e121" CreationDate="2009-05-23T09:10:17.623" UserId="1800" Comment="added 23 characters in body" Text="How do I enable crypt_blowfish support for shadowed passwords and PHP on a Linux (Debian) server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm referring to the [OpenBSD-style Blowfish-based bcrypt][^1], known in PHP as CRYPT_BLOWFISH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I know there is no Debian package for it, what other options do I have to enable this hashing algorithm for PHP?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note:  &#xD;&#xA;PHP's [crypt() fuction][^4] interfaces relatively directly with the [C-library crypt(3)][^5] function provided by the underlying operating system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**  &#xD;&#xA;Package-naming is not as clear as it could (should) be.  &#xD;&#xA;The [PEAR Crypt_Blowfish package][^2] is a drop-in replacement for PHP's MCrypt extension, allowing for quick *two-way* blowfish encryption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also the [Debian BCrypt package][^3]  is also an implementation of the 'normal' two-way blowfish algorithm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'm looking for is the Bcrypt-hash implementation for hashing passwords. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[^1]:http://www.openwall.com/crypt/&#xD;&#xA;[^2]:http://pear.php.net/package/Crypt_Blowfish&#xD;&#xA;[^3]:http://packages.debian.org/lenny/bcrypt&#xD;&#xA;[^4]:http://www.php.net/crypt&#xD;&#xA;[^5]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypt_(Unix)#crypt.283.29_under_Linux" />
  <row Id="20886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11558" RevisionGUID="882eb0bc-5e68-478d-92fd-6f8fad573296" CreationDate="2009-05-23T09:16:22.790" UserId="3435" Text="Works for me out of the box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think the package implementing it is network-manager-gnome (it contains the panel applet).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20887" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6592" RevisionGUID="a3212d4a-fef9-42d6-9e9b-1c87a65da3a3" CreationDate="2009-05-23T09:21:03.750" UserId="45" Comment="added 196 characters in body" Text="I don't know if this the right tool for you, but heise security has a nice solution for packaging Windows Updates:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[DIY Service Pack - Installing Windows updates without an internet connection][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Looking for manageable Windows updates&#xD;&#xA;&gt; even without an internet connection?&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Our offline update 3.0 script&#xD;&#xA;&gt; collection downloads the entire body&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of updates for Windows 2000, XP or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Server 2003 from Microsoft's servers&#xD;&#xA;&gt; in one fell swoop and then uses them&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to create patch packages on CD, DVD or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; USB stick. Those in turn allow you to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; update as many PCs as desired.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:** Windows 7 support is just a matter of time, I think. See this [forum post][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.h-online.com/security/Do-it-yourself-Service-Pack--/features/80682&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.h-online.com/security/forum/S-Re-windows-7-support/forum-108322/msg-14370290/read/" />
  <row Id="20888" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11317" RevisionGUID="4782e074-320b-49f9-a398-dffa43d362d5" CreationDate="2009-05-23T09:22:47.270" UserId="45" Comment="added 6 characters in body; edited title" Text="How can one find out 'real' uptime of a laptop?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By 'real' I mean the time since turning it on and resuming Windows from hybernation state." />
  <row Id="20889" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="11317" RevisionGUID="4782e074-320b-49f9-a398-dffa43d362d5" CreationDate="2009-05-23T09:22:47.270" UserId="45" Comment="added 6 characters in body; edited title" Text="Uptime of a Windows machine" />
  <row Id="20890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11559" RevisionGUID="4e61e28b-5a23-4b6c-9ee8-68ff0c7a115a" CreationDate="2009-05-23T09:29:07.990" UserId="216" Text="It's not the job of the Ubuntu CD-ROM to provide virtualised installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just install VirtualBox, and then create a new virtual machine booted from the Ubuntu disc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively get VMWare Player and download a pre-made image." />
  <row Id="20891" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11559" RevisionGUID="4e61e28b-5a23-4b6c-9ee8-68ff0c7a115a" CreationDate="2009-05-23T09:29:07.990" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20892" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11560" RevisionGUID="83f864c0-e13a-4061-aa0f-634175eb0552" CreationDate="2009-05-23T09:29:46.057" UserId="3351" Text="setatakahashi is correct in that you'll need a .vimrc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From a Maemo / n810 perspective you'll want at least these (amongst any of your own personal) settings in your vimrc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    set nocompatible&#xD;&#xA;    set t_Co=256&#xD;&#xA;    set t_AB=^[[48;5;%dm&#xD;&#xA;    set t_AF=^[[38;5;%dm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The last three options set up the colours a bit more nicely within the vim on the tablet's terminal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You get the `^[` by pressing `control-v escape`." />
  <row Id="20893" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11561" RevisionGUID="03f3b78f-6d5c-4abd-8a33-cc3b1118540a" CreationDate="2009-05-23T09:32:46.283" UserId="216" Text="Are you transcoding in real-time?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, what's the source?  Is it live, or pre-recorded?" />
  <row Id="20894" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11561" RevisionGUID="03f3b78f-6d5c-4abd-8a33-cc3b1118540a" CreationDate="2009-05-23T09:32:46.283" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20895" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11562" RevisionGUID="5318171f-bc04-4c6e-bb7e-fc903fbf1483" CreationDate="2009-05-23T09:33:49.277" UserId="1134" Text="You can get the peak memory usage of a certain process,  at:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    grep VmPeak /proc/$PID/status  &#xD;&#xA;(Change $PID to the actual process id you're looking for).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VmPeak is the maximum amount of memory the process has used since it was started.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to track the memory usage of a process over time, you can use a tool called [munin][1] to track, and show you a nice graph of the memory usage over time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Munin comes with many default plugins to track system resources, however it doesn't come with a plugin to track Peak memory usage - fortunetly, its extremely easy to write a plugin for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's an example of a munin plugin to track VmPeak,VmRSS and VmSize memory usage , for the apache process. You can change this to suit your needs (just point to the right PID file and change the component name as needed).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Parameters:&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    #       config   (required)&#xD;&#xA;    #       autoconf (optional - used by munin-config)&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    COMPONENT_NAME=&quot;Apache&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    COMPONENT_PID_FILE=&quot;/var/run/apache2.pid&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ &quot;$1&quot; = &quot;autoconf&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            if [ -r /proc/stat ]; then&#xD;&#xA;                    echo yes&#xD;&#xA;                    exit 0&#xD;&#xA;            else&#xD;&#xA;                    echo &quot;no (/proc/stat not readable)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                    exit 1&#xD;&#xA;            fi&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    if [ &quot;$1&quot; = &quot;config&quot; ]; then   &#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;graph_title $COMPONENT_NAME memory usage&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo 'graph_vlabel'&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;graph_category Processes&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;graph_info This graph shows the amount of memory used by the $COMPONENT_NAME processes&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;${COMPONENT_NAME}_vmpeak.label $COMPONENT_NAME VmPeak&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;${COMPONENT_NAME}_vmsize.label $COMPONENT_NAME VmSize&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;${COMPONENT_NAME}_vmrss.label $COMPONENT_NAME VmRSS&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo 'graph_args --base 1024'&#xD;&#xA;            exit 0&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    check_memory ()&#xD;&#xA;    # $1 - PID location&#xD;&#xA;    # $2 - process_label&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;            pid_location=$1&#xD;&#xA;            process_label=$2&#xD;&#xA;            read pid &lt; $pid_location&#xD;&#xA;            procpath=&quot;/proc/$pid/status&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            if [ ! -e $procpath ]&#xD;&#xA;            then&#xD;&#xA;                    echo &quot;${process_label}_vmpeak.value 0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                    echo &quot;${process_label}_vmsize.value 0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                    echo &quot;${process_label}_vmrss.value 0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                    exit 0&#xD;&#xA;            fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	    if [ -z $pid ]&#xD;&#xA;    	    then&#xD;&#xA;                    echo &quot;${process_label}_vmpeak.value 0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                    echo &quot;${process_label}_vmsize.value 0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                    echo &quot;${process_label}_vmrss.value 0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                    exit 0&#xD;&#xA;    	    fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;            VmPeak=`grep VmPeak /proc/$pid/status|awk '{print $2}'`&#xD;&#xA;            VmSize=`grep VmSize /proc/$pid/status|awk '{print $2}'`&#xD;&#xA;            VmRSS=`grep VmRSS /proc/$pid/status|awk '{print $2}'`&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;${process_label}_vmpeak.value $(( $VmPeak * 1024 ))&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;${process_label}_vmsize.value $(( $VmSize * 1024 ))&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;${process_label}_vmrss.value $(( $VmRSS * 1024 ))&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    check_memory $COMPONENT_PID_FILE $COMPONENT_NAME&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://munin.projects.linpro.no/" />
  <row Id="20896" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11563" RevisionGUID="8bf36eed-04ed-4c70-8719-8fadfd1fed89" CreationDate="2009-05-23T09:35:28.290" UserId="45" Text="If just you want to know the time passed since the last boot, execute the bult-in command&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     systeminfo&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in a command line. Search for the &quot;uptime&quot; line." />
  <row Id="20897" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11540" RevisionGUID="47228dc5-ef09-4c73-98b2-489409b196f8" CreationDate="2009-05-23T09:36:55.010" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 9 characters in body; edited title" Text="Since Linux has a lot of useful tools, while Windows has a lot of apps (like Chrome), instead of buying another machine to run Linux, is there a way to run it as a Virtual Machine on the PC? The Ubuntu installation CD-ROM doesn't seem to have such an option." />
  <row Id="20898" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="11540" RevisionGUID="47228dc5-ef09-4c73-98b2-489409b196f8" CreationDate="2009-05-23T09:36:55.010" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 9 characters in body; edited title" Text="Any way to run Linux as a Virtual Machine on top of Windows so can have best of both worlds?" />
  <row Id="20899" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11564" RevisionGUID="d1a6f331-dc64-40a6-97a0-5c196905fcbc" CreationDate="2009-05-23T09:40:05.770" UserId="1757" Text="Is there a solution to record the screens of multiple workstations running Ubuntu 8.10.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was thinking of something that records using the vnc protocol (Ubuntu already has a vnc server installed by default). " />
  <row Id="20900" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11564" RevisionGUID="d1a6f331-dc64-40a6-97a0-5c196905fcbc" CreationDate="2009-05-23T09:40:05.770" UserId="1757" Text="Record user screen on all workstations" />
  <row Id="20901" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11564" RevisionGUID="d1a6f331-dc64-40a6-97a0-5c196905fcbc" CreationDate="2009-05-23T09:40:05.770" UserId="1757" Text="&lt;vnc&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;screen&gt;&lt;screen-sharing&gt;" />
  <row Id="20902" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11459" RevisionGUID="ae424df6-0e7e-4a7f-a926-a371569c71cd" CreationDate="2009-05-23T09:41:06.390" UserId="45" Comment="added 13 characters in body" Text="I have deployed an ASP.NET MVC site under IIS7 on a local Windows Server 2008. The site works well, although I find the init time a bit long. I'm seated locally on this machine. If I browse the web site a bit and then leave for some time (let's say 30 or 60 minutes), when back and I click on a link, it takes again a long time to render the response. Then the next links are ok.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know a lot about IIS yet, but I checked the recycle time in the IIS config and it's set to 29 hours, so I guess the answer is not there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, my site uses [ELMAH][1] and I checked that there was nothing wrong in the log.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where should I check next ? What can cause that ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.google.com/p/elmah/" />
  <row Id="20903" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11564" RevisionGUID="c41672ff-e3f9-487a-bd45-8011410ef3be" CreationDate="2009-05-23T09:46:52.637" UserId="1757" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;vnc&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;screen-sharing&gt;" />
  <row Id="20904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11565" RevisionGUID="3d95530a-4619-4751-be59-9f2fb368e1e9" CreationDate="2009-05-23T09:49:12.287" UserId="2299" Text="In theory the full Server 2008 wouldn't give as good performance as Core or Hyper-V Server, but my experience is that I can't tell the difference. Full Server 2008 obviously uses more memory and disk space, but as long as you have enough of both there's no difference. I prefer to use full Server 2008 because you can run any app on it while lots of things won't work on Core. Also you run into lots of unexpectedly difficult tasks on Core and Hyper-V Server. For example modifying the local security policy means using secedit to export the policy, editting it in Notepad and importing it again (or using a group policy I suppose :-).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However we do use Hyper-V Server. It's great as a &quot;utility&quot; server because it takes less than two hours from putting in the DVD to having it up and running. We use it to provide backup servers and development servers, and as places to put VMs if any maintenance is needed on the main servers. We usually wouldn't backup the Hyper-V Server installs because if you lose a server it's as quick to put in the DVD and rebuild as it is to restore it. Because the driver support in 2k8 is pretty good, if you need a temporary Hyper-V server virtually any reasonably recent server can be pressed into service as a Hyper-V Server at short notice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For me the odd man out is Server Core. I can't see why you'd pay use Server Core (for Hyper-V) when it has the same difficulties as Hyper-V Server and costs money. Obviously things are different if you're going to run other roles on the Server Core.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John Rennie&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11566" RevisionGUID="5c076f90-1589-42de-bc25-5510ff84fec4" CreationDate="2009-05-23T09:51:31.533" UserId="45" Text="Maybe there is another reason why your application pool recycles (if it recycles.) You could check the Windows application event log, to find out if in that time period a IIS event like this one is looged:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 5195: A worker process with process id&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of '%1' serving application pool '%2'&#xD;&#xA;&gt; was shut down due to inactivity.  The&#xD;&#xA;&gt; system is under high load and has&#xD;&#xA;&gt; decreased the idle timeout of this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; worker process to '%4' minutes from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; its original '%3' minutes.  A new&#xD;&#xA;&gt; worker process will be started when&#xD;&#xA;&gt; needed." />
  <row Id="20906" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11521" RevisionGUID="e442c503-442f-493a-bb33-ae1bca047e74" CreationDate="2009-05-23T09:56:34.050" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="I use snv+ssh with key based authentication. Right now I order for any of my svn users to access the repository throgh subversion, I must set the repo files to be readable and writable on the filesystem to those users. I want to prevent the users from being able to delete the repo database when logged in to the server via ssh, yet stil be able to checkout and commit code. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thoughts on how I can do this?" />
  <row Id="20907" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="11521" RevisionGUID="e442c503-442f-493a-bb33-ae1bca047e74" CreationDate="2009-05-23T09:56:34.050" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="SVN+SSH Security" />
  <row Id="20908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11567" RevisionGUID="564ce581-4eb6-4a19-8ef1-91dd614f3cca" CreationDate="2009-05-23T10:09:49.907" UserId="216" Text="&gt; When the VPN is connected, Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; seems to ask the DNS servers of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; VPN connection first, then the DNS&#xD;&#xA;&gt; servers configured for the LAN&#xD;&#xA;&gt; connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is normal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most VPNs support a split-view and/or private view mode, where you _have_ to ask for the internal DNS first, otherwise the public DNS would return the external address or `NXDOMAIN`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I need this to be the other way around&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for performance issues, since the VPN&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is slow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It _may_ be possible to work around this but only if your internal DNS zone is completely private (i.e. using a fake TLD such as &quot;.local&quot;).  As per Murali's answer, you'd need to run a local DNS server which forwards the query either to the VPN or to the public DNS depending on the suffix.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20909" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11568" RevisionGUID="29166192-273c-47cc-a8d1-26d47bd982c7" CreationDate="2009-05-23T10:20:04.503" UserId="2413" Text="i concur with Greg and Olaf - go for https access. i'm using such a setup for quite some time and dont see really any downside of it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you'll get additional benefit of fine-grained access control within repository - so you can make some parts of it read-only and some completely inaccessible for selected users." />
  <row Id="20910" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="11518" RevisionGUID="3be49af2-fd20-4756-9b5b-0a9599930ec7" CreationDate="2009-05-23T10:23:14.683" UserId="45" Comment="edited title" Text="Recursive cp copies folder contents instead of folder on OS X" />
  <row Id="20911" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="440" RevisionGUID="c6c92405-74a8-4542-af51-1cec72cd29ba" CreationDate="2009-05-23T10:25:29.670" UserId="45" Comment="typo" Text="In my experience, the ideal server room will have the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Large enough to house your cabinet or rack.  You should have at least 4 ft. of walking space in front and back, ideally all around.  If you can get away with it, plan for the possibility of a second rack in the future.&#xD;&#xA; - Secured.  You don't necessarily need an armed guard, but at least a good lock.  A biometric or card swipe is always good.  Home depot has locks that use touch pads so you can assign codes to unlock the door.&#xD;&#xA; - Usually, the server room is also the&#xD;&#xA;   telco's entry point (demarc), so you'll have&#xD;&#xA;   your T1 smartjack's there, your PBX&#xD;&#xA;   or phone system, etc.  We usually&#xD;&#xA;   dedicate one wall and put up plywood&#xD;&#xA;   so telco's and providers can mount&#xD;&#xA;   their equipment.&#xD;&#xA; - Air conditioning is a given.  You need to keep the room at around 65 - 75 degrees.  A dedicated thermostat is preferred since you don't want the A/C to be shut off in the server room on weekends or at nights.&#xD;&#xA; - Power is extremely important.  Since your rack is most likely in the middle of the room, you will have cables going across the floor to reach the outlet if they are wall based.  If you can have the outlets put on the floor, that's best.  If you can't, use some cable covers to avoid tripping over wires.  Get dedicated circuits put in for a clean line of electricity.  Make sure you have extra outlets on all walls, in a pinch, having access to an outlet can be critical, especially if you need to plug in a laptop or other device.&#xD;&#xA; - Keep a small cabinet or shelves where you can store manuals, cables, spare cards, drives, etc.  You want this in an easy to access place during installations and troubleshooting.  Keep this out of the way in the room, but accessible.&#xD;&#xA; - Cable management is critical as well, both in the rack and from the plywood wall.  Over time it gets very easy to just plug cables in.  If the cable management is there, it's easier to keep things organized and label/mark both ends of all wires, the last thing you want to do is trace wires when your network is down.&#xD;&#xA; - For the cabinet itself make sure you have adequate UPS's, cabinet cable management, a good KVM, a 1U slide-out keyboard/mouse/LCD to save on rack space and plenty of ventilation.  Cabinet design is a whole dissertation in of itself!&#xD;&#xA; - If the room is closed off, make sure you have proper ventilation for air flow.  You'll need some kind of intake vent so hot air can escape.  If needed, use a fan to suck the air out.  For fresh air, you can put a vent on the door.&#xD;&#xA; - Definitely a phone near the cabinet with a list of support numbers, &quot;911&quot; contacts, etc.&#xD;&#xA; - If I can, I try to have a place to hook up a laptop close by so you can access tools, test against another working system, test client software, etc.&#xD;&#xA; - And there's nothing wrong with a chair for when you are waiting on hold for that tech support rep to come back on the line :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a lot that can go into a server room, if you can get away with a lot of this, your life as an admin will be so much better.  The easier it is to get to equipment, trace the setup and get your problems solved, the more effective you can be.  Good luck!" />
  <row Id="20912" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11569" RevisionGUID="fac84e2a-2252-4426-bc0c-cfb9129c0487" CreationDate="2009-05-23T10:44:20.913" UserId="45" Text="This blog post &quot;[Flawless Screen Recording for Ubuntu, Headless][1]&quot; explains how to use headless VNC in order to record screen sessions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; It turns out there is a very good&#xD;&#xA;&gt; recorder for VNC, vnc2swf. The only&#xD;&#xA;&gt; problem here is that Ubuntu’s built in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; VNC server (Remote Desktop) doesn’t&#xD;&#xA;&gt; work headless, and I’d never pursued&#xD;&#xA;&gt; alternatives since freenx is so&#xD;&#xA;&gt; badass.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [...]&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; For headless you need the “vncserver”&#xD;&#xA;&gt; package. It manages its own X sessions&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and broadcasts them over VNC, as many&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sessions as you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technically.us/code/x/flawless-screen-recording-for-ubuntu-headless/" />
  <row Id="20913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11570" RevisionGUID="0bf5cf70-53bf-4bc5-b19f-7efcba5cfe2f" CreationDate="2009-05-23T10:47:56.693" UserId="2612" Text="I mean really... &#xD;&#xA;&gt; [pictures][1]... [article][2]... [architectural appreciation][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bahnhof.se/pionen/gallery/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/11/14/the-worlds-most-super-designed-data-center-fit-for-a-james-bond-villain/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.archdaily.com/9257/pionen-%E2%80%93-white-mountain-albert-france-lanord-architects/" />
  <row Id="20914" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11570" RevisionGUID="0bf5cf70-53bf-4bc5-b19f-7efcba5cfe2f" CreationDate="2009-05-23T10:47:56.693" UserId="2612" Text="Is there a sexier datacenter than Bahnhof's &quot;Pionen&quot;?" />
  <row Id="20915" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11570" RevisionGUID="0bf5cf70-53bf-4bc5-b19f-7efcba5cfe2f" CreationDate="2009-05-23T10:47:56.693" UserId="2612" Text="&lt;data-center&gt;" />
  <row Id="20916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11571" RevisionGUID="2702ff7c-8b5b-426a-87f4-755b9ed63698" CreationDate="2009-05-23T10:49:57.627" UserId="2612" Text="[P.E.B.K.A.C.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=P.E.B.K.A.C." />
  <row Id="20917" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11553" RevisionGUID="f3b1d0d7-9b96-4ab7-867a-2183e358014a" CreationDate="2009-05-23T10:58:14.457" UserId="2420" />
  <row Id="20918" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11572" RevisionGUID="5b6c330e-5e9a-4929-8409-66f2feb2a0cf" CreationDate="2009-05-23T11:02:38.957" UserId="2343" Text="Wouldn't you feel silly tapping away at your keyboard with a fog machine running behind you?" />
  <row Id="20919" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11573" RevisionGUID="ee0552fc-18fd-45c6-99e7-e2775af00dce" CreationDate="2009-05-23T11:03:44.057" UserId="213" Text="[Ultimate Boot CD][1] too. Found an hard drive error with it, although those apps are not the most intuitive thing on earth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/" />
  <row Id="20920" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11574" RevisionGUID="c813d257-46b9-459c-9c8b-4a9567766a00" CreationDate="2009-05-23T11:05:25.583" UserId="3437" Text="From the way your question is worded, it seems your expectation is that when Windows needs to resolve a name, it will ask the primary DNS server. And if the primary DNS server doesn't know the answer, it will then ask the secondary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope the above isn't what you were expecting, but if it is, then let me show you why that's a mistake.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DNS doesn't work that way. The only time a resolver will failover to the secondary DNS server is *when the primary does not respond at all*. An example will clarify:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Suppose you have a primary DNS server at 1.1.1.1 and a secondary at 2.2.2.2. Your client is configured with them in this order. 2.2.2.2 hosts a a private zone foocompany.local; 1.1.1.1 hosts no zones of its own, and does root lookups for internet hosts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your client tries to lookup someserver.foocompany.local, 1.1.1.1 will return NXDOMAIN (eg &quot;I queried the root servers and they say that domain does not exist&quot;). Your resolver will **not** then ask 2.2.2.2 what it knows, unless 1.1.1.1 fails to reply within the timeout period (usually 2 seconds). It'll just quit looking. Further, your client will **cache** the NXDOMAIN result, as per [RFC2308][1]. Even if you change NIC settings such that 2.2.2.2 is the primary server, you'll still get NXDOMAIN results until that local NXDOMAIN cache is expired. You can verify this by issuing *ipconfig /displaydns* at the command prompt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IIRC, Windows' DNS resolver caches NXDOMAIN for a short time - 5 minutes. But still this can be annoying.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyhow. I realize this is a little bit tangential to your problem, but clarifying this point may bring about an epiphany for your planned designs. Cheers!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2308.html" />
  <row Id="20921" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11574" RevisionGUID="31d5ecb4-93ef-4a02-a250-658996cd8ee2" CreationDate="2009-05-23T11:10:41.343" UserId="3437" Comment="added final sentence explaining why questioner might want to keep VPN DNS as primary" Text="From the way your question is worded, it seems your expectation is that when Windows needs to resolve a name, it will ask the primary DNS server. And if the primary DNS server doesn't know the answer, it will then ask the secondary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope the above isn't what you were expecting, but if it is, then let me show you why that's a mistake.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DNS doesn't work that way. The only time a resolver will failover to the secondary DNS server is *when the primary does not respond at all*. An example will clarify:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Suppose you have a primary DNS server at 1.1.1.1 and a secondary at 2.2.2.2. Your client is configured with them in this order. 2.2.2.2 hosts a a private zone foocompany.local; 1.1.1.1 hosts no zones of its own, and does root lookups for internet hosts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your client tries to lookup someserver.foocompany.local, 1.1.1.1 will return NXDOMAIN (eg &quot;I queried the root servers and they say that domain does not exist&quot;). Your resolver will **not** then ask 2.2.2.2 what it knows, unless 1.1.1.1 fails to reply within the timeout period (usually 2 seconds). It'll just quit looking. Further, your client will **cache** the NXDOMAIN result, as per [RFC2308][1]. Even if you change NIC settings such that 2.2.2.2 is the primary server, you'll still get NXDOMAIN results until that local NXDOMAIN cache is expired. You can verify this by issuing *ipconfig /displaydns* at the command prompt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IIRC, Windows' DNS resolver caches NXDOMAIN for a short time - 5 minutes. But still this can be annoying.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyhow. I realize this is a little bit tangential to your problem, but clarifying this point may bring about an epiphany for your planned design. EG: you may want the VPN's DNS server first to resolve after all. Although it is a tad slower, it knows more, since it can resolve both the domains private to the VPN *and* public internet domains; whereas the local LAN DNS resolver knows nothing of those domains private to the VPN. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2308.html" />
  <row Id="20922" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11575" RevisionGUID="c620eacb-457b-414f-8e51-c3acdece440b" CreationDate="2009-05-23T11:18:39.907" UserId="32988" Text="Clearly you haven't seen MareNostrum.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&amp;q=marenostrum&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sa=N&amp;tab=wi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.scientific-computing.com/images/features/hpc2.jpg" />
  <row Id="20923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11576" RevisionGUID="afd2856a-f255-4994-ab36-cd21e696fd4d" CreationDate="2009-05-23T11:37:43.270" UserId="3437" Text="No. But my take is that UAC makes it a lot easier to run as a regular user, and elevate (or switch user) explicitly when needed. Once your computer is setup properly, you probably won't need to elevate very often.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some have pointed out that because a limited user's elevation requires a username and password to be typed, this makes the user more vulnerable to a spoofing attack where a fake UAC prompt is displayed, and used to capture your password. I think you're fine if you are aware of, and vigilant for, such things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've personally never been super fond of the 'limited admin' mode of UAC, for what I guess you could call philosophical reasons. I think the person between keyboard and chair is always going to be a crucial part of the security loop. So he should be fully aware of when elevations happen. Typing a username and password to continue an action does force awareness; clicking a dialog, too often, does not. 7's new auto-elevate logic goes further against this principle, imho.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;YMMV. Luckily it's a configurable thing, so we can all tune to our own comfort levels!" />
  <row Id="20924" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11577" RevisionGUID="77705020-c576-4cd6-9426-05ae2712567a" CreationDate="2009-05-23T11:41:57.957" UserId="431" Text="Disclaimer: I work for Quest, but I'm not saying this in a sales capacity or anything, just answering the question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Vizioncore's vConverter does it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.vizioncore.com/products/vConverter/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a blurb about it on TechTarget:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid94_gci1349624_mem1,00.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't used this personally.  I've done the same thing with VMware's vCenter Converter product, but that only works if you want to end up with a VMware virtual machine, not a Microsoft VHD." />
  <row Id="20928" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11562" RevisionGUID="53057706-fb78-4070-a32c-c6e09b29b07a" CreationDate="2009-05-23T12:13:09.343" UserId="1134" Comment="Reduced unneeded duplication in the code" Text="You can get the peak memory usage of a certain process,  at:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    grep VmPeak /proc/$PID/status  &#xD;&#xA;(Change $PID to the actual process id you're looking for).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VmPeak is the maximum amount of memory the process has used since it was started.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to track the memory usage of a process over time, you can use a tool called [munin][1] to track, and show you a nice graph of the memory usage over time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Munin comes with many default plugins to track system resources, however it doesn't come with a plugin to track Peak memory usage - fortunetly, its extremely easy to write a plugin for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's an example of a munin plugin to track VmPeak,VmRSS and VmSize memory usage , for the apache process. You can change this to suit your needs (just point to the right PID file and change the component name as needed).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Note:** that this only monitors the main apache process, and doesn't show the memory usage of it's child processes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Parameters:&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    #       config   (required)&#xD;&#xA;    #       autoconf (optional - used by munin-config)&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    COMPONENT_NAME=&quot;Apache&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    COMPONENT_PID_FILE=&quot;/var/run/apache2.pid&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ &quot;$1&quot; = &quot;autoconf&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            if [ -r /proc/stat ]; then&#xD;&#xA;                    echo yes&#xD;&#xA;                    exit 0&#xD;&#xA;            else&#xD;&#xA;                    echo &quot;no (/proc/stat not readable)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                    exit 1&#xD;&#xA;            fi&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    if [ &quot;$1&quot; = &quot;config&quot; ]; then   &#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;graph_title $COMPONENT_NAME memory usage&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo 'graph_vlabel'&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;graph_category Processes&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;graph_info This graph shows the amount of memory used by the $COMPONENT_NAME processes&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;${COMPONENT_NAME}_vmpeak.label $COMPONENT_NAME VmPeak&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;${COMPONENT_NAME}_vmsize.label $COMPONENT_NAME VmSize&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;${COMPONENT_NAME}_vmrss.label $COMPONENT_NAME VmRSS&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo 'graph_args --base 1024'&#xD;&#xA;            exit 0&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    check_memory ()&#xD;&#xA;    # $1 - PID location&#xD;&#xA;    # $2 - process_label&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;            pid_location=$1&#xD;&#xA;            process_label=$2&#xD;&#xA;            read pid &lt; $pid_location&#xD;&#xA;            procpath=&quot;/proc/$pid/status&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            if [ ! -e $procpath ]  || [ -z $pid ]&#xD;&#xA;            then&#xD;&#xA;                    echo &quot;${process_label}_vmpeak.value 0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                    echo &quot;${process_label}_vmsize.value 0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                    echo &quot;${process_label}_vmrss.value 0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                    exit 0&#xD;&#xA;    	    fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;            VmPeak=`grep VmPeak /proc/$pid/status|awk '{print $2}'`&#xD;&#xA;            VmSize=`grep VmSize /proc/$pid/status|awk '{print $2}'`&#xD;&#xA;            VmRSS=`grep VmRSS /proc/$pid/status|awk '{print $2}'`&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;${process_label}_vmpeak.value $(( $VmPeak * 1024 ))&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;${process_label}_vmsize.value $(( $VmSize * 1024 ))&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;${process_label}_vmrss.value $(( $VmRSS * 1024 ))&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    check_memory $COMPONENT_PID_FILE $COMPONENT_NAME&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://munin.projects.linpro.no/" />
  <row Id="20929" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11578" RevisionGUID="0f6315a9-45b3-4a3a-93ae-7fcae40598e0" CreationDate="2009-05-23T12:24:55.810" UserId="1463" Text="Thing is, each machine might need different updates depending on their state and installed Microsoft applications. Which of them would be your &quot;baseline&quot; to use for checking for updates with and would you then miss any?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apart from the above dilemma, you can [use vbscript][1] to download updates without installing them, making them easier to distribute. Or you could go for [CTUpdate][2] which I bet will support Windows 7 pretty soon which creates iso images of all availabe updates for a specific Windows version includihg a silent installer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both these approaches fetches all updates for the specific Windows version which might very well use more bandwidth in total than the built-in updater which would defer downloading the stuff you don't need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can identify the names of the updates, the vbscript option is very easy to instruct to download a specific update - which I guess, sinces it's a script, could be somehow automated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are apparently hacks for [installing WSUS][3] (yes not only SUS) on XP and Vista workstations which might work for Windows 7 as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, setting one machine to &quot;download and notify&quot; and the others to do nothing, you could get to the downloaded updates on that machine and copy them out to the others from the softwaredistribution folder. You might still miss updates though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa387102(VS.85).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.vulnerabilityassessment.co.uk/ctupdate.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.wsus.info/forums/lofiversion/index.php?t4962.html" />
  <row Id="20930" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11579" RevisionGUID="8203dbc8-10c4-4532-bbdc-460c97365c1d" CreationDate="2009-05-23T12:25:44.080" UserId="1409" Text="I had a similar issue.  I ended up using the Computer Management console and changing to that computer to get to the event log.  Once in the event log I found a cryptic message that I was able to figure out the solution to the Remote Desktop not connecting." />
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  <row Id="20934" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11581" RevisionGUID="2ffd9bd9-3a64-4ed5-81df-09e899fe295f" CreationDate="2009-05-23T12:55:54.883" UserDisplayName="r.fluttaz" Text="Take a look at pve.proxmox.com to manage in a easy way your openvz &amp; kvm virtual server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With openvz you can virtualise all linux server, &amp; on kvm all windows ..." />
  <row Id="20935" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11561" RevisionGUID="bbc728c3-4af2-4d29-b32a-67363f6e637b" CreationDate="2009-05-23T12:56:53.477" UserId="216" Comment="added 134 characters in body" Text="Are you transcoding in real-time?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, what's the source?  Is it live, or pre-recorded?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If pre-recorded, can you cache the output from previous runs of ffmpeg so that you're not repeatedly transconding the same data?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20936" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11582" RevisionGUID="b68a784c-60ac-4d56-bb8a-25ccc12c814e" CreationDate="2009-05-23T13:02:11.520" UserId="1920" Text="So we've all probably had this situation: you debug some problem, only to realize it was caused by a config change you made six months ago, and you can't remember why you did it. So you undo it and fix the problem, and now some other problem comes back. Oh yeah, NOW I remember! Then you fix it properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's because you didn't take proper notes, you fool! But what's a good way to do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In engineering we have loads of software meant to help us detect and track changes. Source control, code reviews, and so on. Every change is tracked, every change requires a comment as to what it is. And typical engineering departments require good comments so that in six months when you're figuring out why you broke it like that, you can use a historical 'blame' feature or binary search builds to pinpoint the problem. These tools are very effective communication tools and historical records.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But in serverland, we have 500 different services, all with different ways of configuring them. And they don't always have a text format (consider setting permissions on a folder or altering the pagefile location) though they may have a textual representation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In our environment, we check in what config files that we can into Perforce, but there are very few of those. Can't exactly check in the Active Directory DB..though perhaps a dump that could be diff'd...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the past I have tried keeping a manual change log in our wiki, but it's super hard to maintain the discipline to do this (I know, not a good excuse, but it really is tough).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MY QUESTION: What strategies and tools do you use to cope with this problem of tracking configuration changes to your servers?" />
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  <row Id="20940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11583" RevisionGUID="91ded924-25de-4b65-98eb-3fa1738d5e2c" CreationDate="2009-05-23T13:13:02.117" UserId="3082" Text="I have seen it suggested that the journalling of ext3 is neither desirable (imposes extra writes) nor particularly useful (writes are fast anyway) on Flash drives, and that thus ext2 is to be preferred of the two." />
  <row Id="20941" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11584" RevisionGUID="c45f6664-0e87-41f6-8101-e6b75f4cae1e" CreationDate="2009-05-23T13:17:02.093" UserId="1466" Text="I have heard it suggested that we set up a **special email address**, with it's only purpose being to be **harvested**.  Then **blacklisting** every sender that targets this address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm wondering:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - if anyone else has tried this&#xD;&#xA; - how do you go about doing it (ie - put the address in a hidden field on your website - or better ways?)&#xD;&#xA; - does it work?&#xD;&#xA; - Is there anything to watch out for when trying this (ie. legitimate senders using harvested addresses?)" />
  <row Id="20942" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11584" RevisionGUID="c45f6664-0e87-41f6-8101-e6b75f4cae1e" CreationDate="2009-05-23T13:17:02.093" UserId="1466" Text="Setting up a fake email address to trap spammers" />
  <row Id="20943" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11584" RevisionGUID="c45f6664-0e87-41f6-8101-e6b75f4cae1e" CreationDate="2009-05-23T13:17:02.093" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;spam&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;honeypot&gt;" />
  <row Id="20944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11585" RevisionGUID="ecc065df-7524-411f-aabd-6440df20a68c" CreationDate="2009-05-23T13:19:54.867" UserId="2561" Text="Sometimes 'info command' will give you more information than the man pages do. If the man page only gives you brief information, maybe you could try including some of the brief description in your search.  Also, you might be able to add something like 'tutorial' to the search.  Lastly, if you are still confused about that particular option, why not ask here ? :-)" />
  <row Id="20945" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11586" RevisionGUID="55e9a94a-3091-403b-9921-1cf8d1769565" CreationDate="2009-05-23T13:21:01.497" UserId="2766" Text="$ who | grep -i girl | head | nice | talk | date  &#xD;&#xA;$ cd ~ ; wine ; unzip ; touch ; strip ; finger ; mount ; gasp ; yes ; uptime ; umount ; make clean ;  &#xD;&#xA;$ sleep  &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20946" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11586" RevisionGUID="55e9a94a-3091-403b-9921-1cf8d1769565" CreationDate="2009-05-23T13:21:01.497" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20947" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11587" RevisionGUID="f755bd45-5639-4fbc-bbc6-6509e78e740a" CreationDate="2009-05-23T13:21:54.460" UserId="2012" Text="I have been at 4 or 5 companies now I don't really remember.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We all had this problem.  None of us have solved it 100 percent, but at the company I am at now we have what I think is the best strategy to date.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sharepoint/Wiki/Evernote/PINs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Sharepoint&#xD;&#xA;   - moan all you want...it has some very nice list features.&#xD;&#xA;   - IP address lists&#xD;&#xA;   - inventory&#xD;&#xA;   - service accounts and use&#xD;&#xA;   - change notification logs&#xD;&#xA; - Wiki&#xD;&#xA;   - How-to's&#xD;&#xA;   - long range task lists&#xD;&#xA; - Evernote&#xD;&#xA;   - my partner and I use this to put everything we don't want in Wiki&#xD;&#xA;   - more how-to's that are technical in nature&#xD;&#xA;   - scratch notes we both need to see&#xD;&#xA;   - task accounting for the week&#xD;&#xA;   - contractor task lists&#xD;&#xA;   - evernote clipper makes it easy to screen shot AD/rights settings&#xD;&#xA;   - available everywhere&#xD;&#xA; - PINs&#xD;&#xA;   - Password repository&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20948" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11587" RevisionGUID="f755bd45-5639-4fbc-bbc6-6509e78e740a" CreationDate="2009-05-23T13:21:54.460" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11588" RevisionGUID="0f0e2e7f-c7cc-48bc-9a9e-ceb6fbf84cd4" CreationDate="2009-05-23T13:23:42.960" UserId="3356" Text="One of the problems in this situation is that, really, it's a combination business process/technological problem.  And it is definitely bigger than just tracking what changes an admin made.  You also need to keep an eye out for unexpected changes, and good coordination between admins or units so that a change on an AD controller doesn't break a database permissions setting on some departmental server.  I.e., your question is a giant can of worms :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my organization, we are about a year into rolling out processes and systems to address this.  For the business process side we formed a Change Management team.  According to SOP all changes to production environments are coordinated through them.  They compile all the changes, along with scope, systems affected, services affected, etc.  Enforce good documentation on the changes, as well as both roll-out and roll-back plans.  Host weekly (open) meetings to go over upcoming environment changes, then send emails out detailing all of these changes.  The end goal with this process is so that, effectively, everybody in IT knows everything else that is going on.  This helps stop the problem of, for example, a SysAdmin installing a kernel patch and rebooting a system that will take down the timeclock database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the technological side I can only speak of the Unix/Linux guys since I don't deal with Windows.  They have been rolling out Puppet, by Reductive Labs, for configuration management of all of those systems.  Simply, is a client/server system where one defines a machine configuration on the server, and the client pulls those chances every so often (30 minutes by default).  Additionally, if any chances are made to managed files locally then they are reverted back at that time as well.  We use it for managing running services, firewall configurations, user authorization, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would also recommend looking into something like TippingPoint.  It is a client service that watches system configuration, and sends alerts on changes.  It makes us security folks most happy.  It is largely used for tracking malicious or unpublished changes." />
  <row Id="20950" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11588" RevisionGUID="0f0e2e7f-c7cc-48bc-9a9e-ceb6fbf84cd4" CreationDate="2009-05-23T13:23:42.960" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11589" RevisionGUID="1f0d042c-f81d-4931-b926-6c1204886918" CreationDate="2009-05-23T13:26:26.700" UserId="386" Text="I put an address in a comment on my main page.  It gets about 5 emails a day." />
  <row Id="20952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11590" RevisionGUID="cb8c3f9f-d1f2-4d29-8f9f-7fc17edd5edb" CreationDate="2009-05-23T13:29:07.960" UserId="2413" Text="i have not tried this method, but i think [ unless you handle tens of thousands of mailboxes ] you'll be much better off using anti-spam system that takes decision based on multiple [rbls][1] and content checks like [dcc][2] / [razor][3] / [pyzor][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;many rbls use spam traps on much wider scale than i think you could deploy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNSBL&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.rhyolite.com/dcc/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://razor.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://pyzor.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="20953" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11591" RevisionGUID="f1f44d1d-427a-4ac3-85ac-d0c18c3b6fe4" CreationDate="2009-05-23T13:32:08.910" UserId="1466" Text="There's probably better tools for some of these, but this is what we use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Track configuration changes and upgrades/patches on a per-server basis in a **private wiki**&#xD;&#xA; - Also keep howtos and a record of problems/solutions in the wiki&#xD;&#xA; - Use **Sharepoint** or **Google Docs** to keep authoritive copies of things like static IP lists&#xD;&#xA; - use **Subversion** to track changes to configuration files " />
  <row Id="20954" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11591" RevisionGUID="f1f44d1d-427a-4ac3-85ac-d0c18c3b6fe4" CreationDate="2009-05-23T13:32:08.910" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20955" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11582" RevisionGUID="c4d6117e-09bb-415f-a8e8-b74c78caa6db" CreationDate="2009-05-23T13:40:51.800" UserId="1920" Comment="added 609 characters in body" Text="So we've all probably had this situation: you debug some problem, only to realize it was caused by a config change you made six months ago, and you can't remember why you did it. So you undo it and fix the problem, and now some other problem comes back. Oh yeah, NOW I remember! Then you fix it properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's because you didn't take proper notes, you fool! But what's a good way to do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In engineering we have loads of software meant to help us detect and track changes. Source control, code reviews, and so on. Every change is tracked, every change requires a comment as to what it is. And typical engineering departments require good comments so that in six months when you're figuring out why you broke it like that, you can use a historical 'blame' feature or binary search builds to pinpoint the problem. These tools are very effective communication tools and historical records.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But in serverland, we have 500 different services, all with different ways of configuring them. And they don't always have a text format (consider setting permissions on a folder or altering the pagefile location) though they may have a textual representation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In our environment, we check in what config files that we can into Perforce, but there are very few of those. Can't exactly check in the Active Directory DB..though perhaps a dump that could be diff'd...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the past I have tried keeping a manual change log in our wiki, but it's super hard to maintain the discipline to do this (I know, not a good excuse, but it really is tough).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MY QUESTION: What strategies and tools do you use to cope with this problem of tracking configuration changes to your servers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-- Update --&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: I'm not looking for shared-note taking tools (I'm familiar with OneNote, etc) so much as automated tools specifically meant to help with tracking server changes. There's no comprehensive tool for tracking server config changes, but perhaps there are some for specific applications like GPO's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also I am very interested in *specific strategies* that you've found useful. &quot;We share notes in Sharepoint&quot; is pretty vague. How do you maintain the discipline? What format do you use to track your changes? How do you organize your change data? I'd really like examples as well as ideas." />
  <row Id="20956" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11592" RevisionGUID="f66a07f0-d5ea-440a-abf1-1908adf3160c" CreationDate="2009-05-23T13:52:17.290" UserId="584" Text="[Project Honey Pot][1] may give you some ideas as to methods and effectiveness. If you want, you can [subscribe to their blacklist][2] and let them handle all this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am confused as to what you mean by &quot;legitimate senders using harvested addresses&quot; - I would, in almost all cases, deem such a sender illegitimate by definition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Honey_Pot&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.projecthoneypot.org/services_overview.php" />
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  <row Id="20958" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11593" RevisionGUID="b33c4485-0e1b-4a18-ab5a-2c171c48aa49" CreationDate="2009-05-23T13:52:30.317" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20959" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11594" RevisionGUID="5ebec3ef-6e0a-44e0-b3e4-23a017b7ab0c" CreationDate="2009-05-23T13:54:11.250" UserId="1463" Text="For Windows, check out Microsofts System Center series or any other competitor in configuration and service management for that platform.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The changes need to be routed through a decent change management routine which by itself approves and logs them before they're actually done. This can be 100% manual for starters. With some of the better integrated tools you could ask the tool to do the actual changes and get &quot;automatic&quot; logging out of it to a central configuration database - rather than go bare-hands into an individual server's console, digging through settings by hand to try and fix a problem cowboy-style." />
  <row Id="20960" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11594" RevisionGUID="5ebec3ef-6e0a-44e0-b3e4-23a017b7ab0c" CreationDate="2009-05-23T13:54:11.250" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20961" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11595" RevisionGUID="c24eed19-3272-4bdf-abdc-5f544f198025" CreationDate="2009-05-23T13:56:19.827" UserId="2318" Text="Firefox, and other browsers, allow you to add bookmark rss feeds (live bookmarks). Is there a way to create a communal feed (via a wiki, for example) which users can add bookmarks to. Seems like this would be handy for a group of users who regular visit many of the same sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The basic idea is to allow a user to open his/her browser, and have access to a group of bookmarks (eg: &quot;Customer homepages&quot;) that is regularly updated by the members of his/her group.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd be interested in a solution on any major server OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.andrew-turnbull.net/mozilla/live_bookmarks_2.png" />
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  <row Id="20963" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11595" RevisionGUID="c24eed19-3272-4bdf-abdc-5f544f198025" CreationDate="2009-05-23T13:56:19.827" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;rss&gt;&lt;wiki&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;php&gt;" />
  <row Id="20964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11596" RevisionGUID="985c6350-cf33-444b-a594-751dada6b7e3" CreationDate="2009-05-23T13:56:34.333" UserId="3417" Text="Theres no place like 127.0.0.1&#xD;&#xA;Or the new IPv6 compatible&#xD;&#xA;Theres no place like ::1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PEBKAC and ID10T errors&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Support team member upon receiving a phone call from a non-english speaker &quot;..Yes this is the internet, how can I help you?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20965" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11596" RevisionGUID="985c6350-cf33-444b-a594-751dada6b7e3" CreationDate="2009-05-23T13:56:34.333" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20966" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11597" RevisionGUID="0ce88081-7691-4fb8-85da-addc9b072a0c" CreationDate="2009-05-23T14:03:26.210" UserId="1466" Text="**xmarks** is a browser plugin that will synchronize bookmarks between browsers on different machines.  Just share the username and password with whoever you want to synchronize with." />
  <row Id="20967" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11598" RevisionGUID="59309908-2344-44a6-ac7a-8df5966787ad" CreationDate="2009-05-23T14:05:25.317" UserId="45" Text="Not exactly a Wiki server, but an alternative solution: you could use the [network feature][1] of the [delicious][2] social bookmarking service:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; What is my Network, and how do I use&#xD;&#xA;&gt; it?&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Your network connects you to other&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Delicious users: friends, family,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; coworkers, even new people you run&#xD;&#xA;&gt; across while exploring Delicious. It&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is a &quot;people aggregator&quot;, collecting&#xD;&#xA;&gt; your favorite users' latest bookmarks&#xD;&#xA;&gt; in one place for you to view and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; enjoy. You can view and manage your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network by going to your Network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There a powerful [tools][3], like the add-on for Firefox, an API and RSS feeds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://delicious.com/help/faq#network&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.delicious.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://delicious.com/help/tools" />
  <row Id="20968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11599" RevisionGUID="1054f34a-6377-4095-9c0a-25ac67ed9c00" CreationDate="2009-05-23T14:05:54.537" UserId="665" Text="The fact that you're running XP on a MacBook Pro likely isn't relevant.  Bootcamp doesn't do anything beyond updating the EFI so that you can install and boot from Windows (and it has drivers specific for the Mac hardware on the DVD).  The Leopard installation has no effect on the Windows installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd guess that your XP installation has a corrupt file somewhere.  It happens, as any PC user will tell you.  Try re-installing XP." />
  <row Id="20969" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11600" RevisionGUID="9cd304b1-181b-4e44-a323-3d11f3166e6c" CreationDate="2009-05-23T14:06:40.290" UserId="413" Text="Firefox's live bookmarks feature is a simple RSS feed reader under the covers (same with the IE flavor). You could easily set this up with wordpress or any other blog software that supports multiple users." />
  <row Id="20970" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11601" RevisionGUID="f678fd92-0eb6-4562-9870-3d330714d8b1" CreationDate="2009-05-23T14:08:46.497" UserId="3351" Text="My concern with blacklisting every sender is that it is fairly easy to spoof who sent an email." />
  <row Id="20971" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11570" RevisionGUID="8650ef4d-dfca-46b5-9280-0e66eb109464" CreationDate="2009-05-23T14:13:33.850" UserId="2612" />
  <row Id="20972" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11562" RevisionGUID="d0ce7001-a559-4a32-8c02-efe6de844a0b" CreationDate="2009-05-23T14:19:08.393" UserId="1134" Comment="Added Example graph generated from the proposed plugin" Text="You can get the peak memory usage of a certain process,  at:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    grep VmPeak /proc/$PID/status  &#xD;&#xA;(Change $PID to the actual process id you're looking for).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VmPeak is the maximum amount of memory the process has used since it was started.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to track the memory usage of a process over time, you can use a tool called [munin][1] to track, and show you a nice graph of the memory usage over time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Munin comes with many default plugins to track system resources, however it doesn't come with a plugin to track Peak memory usage - fortunetly, its extremely easy to write a plugin for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's an example of a munin plugin to track VmPeak,VmRSS and VmSize memory usage , for the apache process. You can change this to suit your needs (just point to the right PID file and change the component name as needed).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The graph it outputs looks like this (VmPeak and VmSize are the same in this example, so you only see one of them):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Apache Memory Usage Graph - Generated using the plugin proposed in this post][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Note:** this only monitors the main apache process, and doesn't show the memory usage of it's child processes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Parameters:&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    #       config   (required)&#xD;&#xA;    #       autoconf (optional - used by munin-config)&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    COMPONENT_NAME=&quot;Apache&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    COMPONENT_PID_FILE=&quot;/var/run/apache2.pid&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ &quot;$1&quot; = &quot;autoconf&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            if [ -r /proc/stat ]; then&#xD;&#xA;                    echo yes&#xD;&#xA;                    exit 0&#xD;&#xA;            else&#xD;&#xA;                    echo &quot;no (/proc/stat not readable)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                    exit 1&#xD;&#xA;            fi&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    if [ &quot;$1&quot; = &quot;config&quot; ]; then   &#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;graph_title $COMPONENT_NAME memory usage&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo 'graph_vlabel'&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;graph_category Processes&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;graph_info This graph shows the amount of memory used by the $COMPONENT_NAME processes&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;${COMPONENT_NAME}_vmpeak.label $COMPONENT_NAME VmPeak&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;${COMPONENT_NAME}_vmsize.label $COMPONENT_NAME VmSize&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;${COMPONENT_NAME}_vmrss.label $COMPONENT_NAME VmRSS&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo 'graph_args --base 1024'&#xD;&#xA;            exit 0&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    check_memory ()&#xD;&#xA;    # $1 - PID location&#xD;&#xA;    # $2 - process_label&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;            pid_location=$1&#xD;&#xA;            process_label=$2&#xD;&#xA;            read pid &lt; $pid_location&#xD;&#xA;            procpath=&quot;/proc/$pid/status&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            if [ ! -e $procpath ]  || [ -z $pid ]&#xD;&#xA;            then&#xD;&#xA;                    echo &quot;${process_label}_vmpeak.value 0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                    echo &quot;${process_label}_vmsize.value 0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                    echo &quot;${process_label}_vmrss.value 0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                    exit 0&#xD;&#xA;    	    fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;            VmPeak=`grep VmPeak /proc/$pid/status|awk '{print $2}'`&#xD;&#xA;            VmSize=`grep VmSize /proc/$pid/status|awk '{print $2}'`&#xD;&#xA;            VmRSS=`grep VmRSS /proc/$pid/status|awk '{print $2}'`&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;${process_label}_vmpeak.value $(( $VmPeak * 1024 ))&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;${process_label}_vmsize.value $(( $VmSize * 1024 ))&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;${process_label}_vmrss.value $(( $VmRSS * 1024 ))&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    check_memory $COMPONENT_PID_FILE $COMPONENT_NAME&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://munin.projects.linpro.no/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/4672/localhostlocalhdomainap.png" />
  <row Id="20973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11602" RevisionGUID="496be778-940c-4972-9cff-8dbb3c5f36d4" CreationDate="2009-05-23T14:41:08.757" UserId="3453" Text="Running the command with echo first is a good idea, but it's still prone to typos.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try using it with an expansion such as !$.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo foo*&#xD;&#xA;    rm -rf !$&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The !$ expands to the last word of the last command, so it's equivalent to&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo foo*&#xD;&#xA;    rm -rf foo*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also !*, which expands to all arguments to the last command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Indeed, you could do it this way if you prefer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo rm -rf foo*&#xD;&#xA;    !*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(If you're using ksh, not bash, you can type Esc+period to insert the last word instead.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11603" RevisionGUID="bdc37186-4f9b-4025-8e68-1c0d50a5ea6b" CreationDate="2009-05-23T15:12:26.040" UserId="2318" Text="I have a volume with files on it that will need to be copied between Mac, Linux, and Windows machines. I want to ensure that there are no surprises with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - file size&#xD;&#xA; - filename length&#xD;&#xA; - filename character set&#xD;&#xA; - number of nested directories&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Am I correct to assume that anything (in the above list) that is legal in FAT32 will be also be legal in NTFS, EXT3, and HFS+?***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not, is there a script/utility I can run, without actually copying the files to all of these types of volumes, that will print a list potential problems?" />
  <row Id="20976" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11603" RevisionGUID="bdc37186-4f9b-4025-8e68-1c0d50a5ea6b" CreationDate="2009-05-23T15:12:26.040" UserId="2318" Text="How to check that all paths/files on a volume conform to EXT3, FAT32, and HFS+" />
  <row Id="20977" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11603" RevisionGUID="bdc37186-4f9b-4025-8e68-1c0d50a5ea6b" CreationDate="2009-05-23T15:12:26.040" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;fat32&gt;&lt;hfs+&gt;&lt;ext3&gt;" />
  <row Id="20978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11604" RevisionGUID="70bf9d0a-b4f7-413a-9ccb-2b4bf32b9ead" CreationDate="2009-05-23T15:16:04.253" UserId="45" Text="Many executing components of Windows are implemented as services (see all services on your machine opening `Control Panel &gt; Administrative Tools &gt; Services`). These are specialized programs running  in the background. They are not started by the logged-in user, but my the operating system itself. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many of these services don't are stand-alone executables (EXE files), but are implemented in libraries (DLLs), which can be used by running programs. As the name suggests, Svchost or &quot;Service Host&quot; is Windows' standard executable for running these DLLs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to know, which instance of svchost is executing which service, type&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     tasklist /svc /fi &quot;IMAGENAME eq svchost.exe&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;on a command line console (cmd).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the machine, where I made following screenshot, one of the instances of svchost is running 21 different services, for example. This grouping of services allows for better control and easier debugging, according to [Microsoft's documentation][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A tip, if you run Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008: you can open the Task Manager and right-click on a particular svchost.exe process, and then choose the &quot;Go to Service&quot; option. This will show the *Services* tab, where the services running under the selected `svchost.exe` process will be marked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B314056&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9122/svchost.png" />
  <row Id="20979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11605" RevisionGUID="e3c69bd3-072b-4a3e-89a0-2ab7d36565e4" CreationDate="2009-05-23T15:19:36.087" UserId="2208" Text="I've got a video camera that records directly to SD(HC) cards; I've also got an Ubuntu 9.04 laptop (netbook) with an SD reader.  I have a 16GB SDHC class 6 card that I was using for data storage on the netbook; it mounts automatically and displays just fine. &#xD;&#xA;The 16GB card  is formatted FAT32.  The 16GB card mounts and displays all the data on the netbook with Ubuntu; it also works perfectly when I put it in my video camera; pictures and videos recorded on that card show up fine on the computer when I swap the card into the computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the problem; I have another SDHC card, a 4GB card, that I'd like to be able to use to take video and pictures on and then just move the card itself over to the computer and view those photos and videos directly from the Ubuntu system, just like I'm doing with the 16GB card.  I'm almost certain that this is an issue with the format of the 4GB card, but here's the problem; when I put the 4GB card in the Ubuntu system, it just can't see the 4GB card at all; mount doesn't seem to show it; I can't find it in the list of devices in gparted (not surprising since mount can't find it, but still), there's just no way to see it.  What do I need to do to be able to see this 4GB SDHC card on Ubuntu so I can reformat it?" />
  <row Id="20980" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11605" RevisionGUID="e3c69bd3-072b-4a3e-89a0-2ab7d36565e4" CreationDate="2009-05-23T15:19:36.087" UserId="2208" Text="SD card will not mount on Ubuntu 9.04" />
  <row Id="20981" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11605" RevisionGUID="e3c69bd3-072b-4a3e-89a0-2ab7d36565e4" CreationDate="2009-05-23T15:19:36.087" UserId="2208" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;mount&gt;&lt;fat32&gt;" />
  <row Id="20982" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11606" RevisionGUID="975bf7b4-655b-4134-8128-5d4aec91bf20" CreationDate="2009-05-23T15:20:02.703" UserId="942" Text="I don't know of any such utility, but what comes to mind is that you could have a set of virtual machines in which you can test most of those file systems using a script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just use a script to copy over a set of example files to each partition and see if it throws an error." />
  <row Id="20983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11607" RevisionGUID="05fe7291-fe46-47f6-b6cf-1bff4653f4fb" CreationDate="2009-05-23T15:20:20.797" UserId="3329" Text="Howdy,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I left work Friday with a long running SQL Tuning Advisor session running from Grid Control in Oracle, on one of our development instances. Some of these sessions take over 4 hours to run, so I prefer to run them on clones of production rather than the production box. My problem is I would like to implement the profiles at times on the production instance. Is there a way to do that?" />
  <row Id="20984" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11607" RevisionGUID="05fe7291-fe46-47f6-b6cf-1bff4653f4fb" CreationDate="2009-05-23T15:20:20.797" UserId="3329" Text="&quot;Export&quot; SQL Tuning Profile to another instance?" />
  <row Id="20985" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11607" RevisionGUID="05fe7291-fe46-47f6-b6cf-1bff4653f4fb" CreationDate="2009-05-23T15:20:20.797" UserId="3329" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;" />
  <row Id="20986" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11604" RevisionGUID="e0c26671-aef9-484b-825b-2dcda60e292e" CreationDate="2009-05-23T15:24:23.443" UserId="45" Comment="added 148 characters in body" Text="Many executing components of Windows are implemented as services (see all services on your machine opening `Control Panel &gt; Administrative Tools &gt; Services`). These are specialized programs running  in the background. They are not started by the logged-in user, but my the operating system itself. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many of these services don't are stand-alone executables (EXE files), but are implemented in libraries (DLLs), which can be used by running programs. As the name suggests, Svchost or &quot;Service Host&quot; is Windows' standard executable for running these DLLs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to know which instance of svchost is executing which service, type&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     tasklist /svc /fi &quot;IMAGENAME eq svchost.exe&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;on a command line console (cmd).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the machine, where I made following screenshot, one of the instances of svchost is running 21 different services, for example. This grouping of services allows for better control and easier debugging, according to [Microsoft's documentation][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Svchost.exe groups are identified in the following registry key:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Svchost&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A tip (if you run Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008): you can open the Task Manager and right-click on a particular svchost.exe process, and then choose the &quot;Go to Service&quot; option. This will show the *Services* tab, where the services running under the selected `svchost.exe` process will be marked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B314056&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9122/svchost.png&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="20987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11608" RevisionGUID="854c3be8-0e33-4fe0-9e27-2302cf577476" CreationDate="2009-05-23T15:26:55.417" UserId="123" Text="I am in the proccess of setting up a few virtual servers and i decided that our active directory server has the most free resources currently but when i started the install it returned a warning saying that it is not a good idea installing vmware server on an Active directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have any insight on why this could be a bad thing?" />
  <row Id="20988" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11608" RevisionGUID="854c3be8-0e33-4fe0-9e27-2302cf577476" CreationDate="2009-05-23T15:26:55.417" UserId="123" Text="Any issues with running VMware server on an Active directory server" />
  <row Id="20989" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11608" RevisionGUID="854c3be8-0e33-4fe0-9e27-2302cf577476" CreationDate="2009-05-23T15:26:55.417" UserId="123" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="20990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11609" RevisionGUID="2d099934-9274-4f91-a494-0ed46d70abba" CreationDate="2009-05-23T15:41:30.833" UserId="3215" Text="Try checking dmesg after you plug in the card.  It should give you some information, and at least tell you what device the card is.  fdisk -l should also list partitions for you." />
  <row Id="20991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11610" RevisionGUID="9eb972b5-f2b4-424c-8577-5f71a7a053e7" CreationDate="2009-05-23T15:42:57.600" UserId="3311" Text="Hmm... Just adding my opinion to the discussion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think this method has a good success rate. Just had a look on a bunch of Spams. Generally spammers use fake email addresses while spamming and they never use the same address again and again. So blacklisting the Email addresses or Domains would not be a good solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But your hidden address thing seems to be a nice idea. Since the actual users do not see it and only a crawler can filter out the email address you can assume that only the spammers will get that address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you can integrate that idea with IP addresses. If the mails sent to the hidden address are coming from some IP range you can just assume that IP range is a spamming range.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But as of my view the result you are gaining by this is not worth while concerning the effort. I think the content based filtering mechanisms are fruitful than this &quot;Honey pot&quot; machanism" />
  <row Id="20992" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11611" RevisionGUID="34e27930-ad49-4167-9676-5e2669339b0f" CreationDate="2009-05-23T15:45:11.950" UserId="471" Text="There's a [Lifehacker][1] post from today about [Passpack][2], it might be worth a look.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://lifehacker.com/5265813/passpack-provides-secure-loginpassword-sharing&#xD;&#xA;[2]:http://www.passpack.com/en/password-provisioning/" />
  <row Id="20993" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11612" RevisionGUID="54117eb0-1d36-4ca4-ada6-168b84e23264" CreationDate="2009-05-23T15:49:13.283" UserId="3311" Text="I also think so... Because you are increasing the opportunity/probability of a failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AD server is a critical resource and used by the every user. If you are installing a virtual server on it and some thing goes wrong (Ex: Software Crash, Abnormal CPU usage etc), all the users will be affected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I think &quot;Keeping the AD server Alone&quot; would be better." />
  <row Id="20994" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11613" RevisionGUID="fd31dc06-aa6e-4d8e-bc3f-22795da7ff5a" CreationDate="2009-05-23T15:51:02.810" UserId="2318" Text="The Fortress of Solitude. Admittedly, it does not actually exist but the location is genius: zero fan noise, and no need for climate control  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://misteridigital.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/fortress-of-solitude-superman.jpg" />
  <row Id="20995" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11613" RevisionGUID="fd31dc06-aa6e-4d8e-bc3f-22795da7ff5a" CreationDate="2009-05-23T15:51:02.810" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="20996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11614" RevisionGUID="e9a74c82-fdb3-40b0-8aec-d6e631f5ac5d" CreationDate="2009-05-23T16:02:08.483" UserId="3311" Text="Sorry if I am asking a dumb question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally We use a physical server and create multiple virtual machines on that.(I am addressing the most simplest scenario) The operating systems and the configurations of the each virtual machine may be different. But the actual &quot;Owner&quot; of the all the resources is the base physical machine. As an example every VM uses the same physical memory attached with the physical server and they just create the virtual disks on Physical server's hard disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now my question is Why can't we implement an antivirus mechanism that runs only on Physical server? If so we don't need to have seperate antivirus programs for each and every VM.." />
  <row Id="20997" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11614" RevisionGUID="e9a74c82-fdb3-40b0-8aec-d6e631f5ac5d" CreationDate="2009-05-23T16:02:08.483" UserId="3311" Text="Is it impossible to have a Single Anti-virus program for many VMs?" />
  <row Id="20998" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11614" RevisionGUID="e9a74c82-fdb3-40b0-8aec-d6e631f5ac5d" CreationDate="2009-05-23T16:02:08.483" UserId="3311" Text="&lt;virtual-machines&gt;&lt;anti-virus&gt;" />
  <row Id="20999" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11614" RevisionGUID="405786a4-5084-45ff-bc0e-d2d81e26c932" CreationDate="2009-05-23T16:07:54.463" UserId="3311" Comment="edited tags" Text="Sorry if I am asking a dumb question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally We use a physical server and create multiple virtual machines on that.(I am addressing the most simplest scenario) The operating systems and the configurations of the each virtual machine may be different. But the actual &quot;Owner&quot; of the all the resources is the base physical machine. As an example every VM uses the same physical memory attached with the physical server and they just create the virtual disks on Physical server's hard disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now my question is Why can't we implement an antivirus mechanism that runs only on Physical server? If so we don't need to have seperate antivirus programs for each and every VM.. (The physical machine has the access to memory, disk space that the VMs are using)" />
  <row Id="21000" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11614" RevisionGUID="405786a4-5084-45ff-bc0e-d2d81e26c932" CreationDate="2009-05-23T16:07:54.463" UserId="3311" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;virtual-machines&gt;&lt;anti-virus&gt;&lt;system-administration&gt;" />
  <row Id="21001" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11436" RevisionGUID="789c9af5-e736-4b09-b71c-5a32de0ba3cb" CreationDate="2009-05-23T16:21:10.487" UserId="773" Comment="Added bite obout info command" Text="i think I would rather search for just the command itself and look for a manual or something. In unix you have the man pages, which usually have a listing of all the arguments. For example&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    man ls&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, as noted by Kyle, you have a command called info which gives you more information than the man pages do. I would recommend looking at the man pages first though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    info ls" />
  <row Id="21002" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11615" RevisionGUID="d8427a63-2ac5-4d29-a162-2117f19f7e3f" CreationDate="2009-05-23T16:22:30.143" UserId="3311" Text="In software engineering there there are some formal mechanisms that can &quot;measure&quot; a programmer. Here are some examples&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1. Quality measurement of programming examples.Extension for programming editor BlueJ][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[2. Software Engineering Measurements][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cs.umu.se/education/examina/Rapporter/JanuszPolok.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://books.google.com/books?id=3h1xl1rrn9AC&amp;pg=PA56&amp;lpg=PA56&amp;dq=programmer+quality+measurements&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=v1vfiShYvW&amp;sig=S39S_m6DgLfoNw-Ql00C5ZT3tZY&amp;hl=en&amp;ei=TSAYSrHXLdCGkAWP2_CFDQ&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=7#PPP1,M1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any formal measurements to &quot;Rank&quot; or &quot;Rate&quot; a System Administrator?" />
  <row Id="21003" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11615" RevisionGUID="d8427a63-2ac5-4d29-a162-2117f19f7e3f" CreationDate="2009-05-23T16:22:30.143" UserId="3311" Text="Measuring the Quality of Work of a System Administrator" />
  <row Id="21004" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11615" RevisionGUID="d8427a63-2ac5-4d29-a162-2117f19f7e3f" CreationDate="2009-05-23T16:22:30.143" UserId="3311" Text="&lt;system-administration&gt;&lt;quality&gt;" />
  <row Id="21005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11616" RevisionGUID="524ed1bf-2a35-42e9-99d3-4dc4071fa386" CreationDate="2009-05-23T16:42:10.290" UserId="1831" Text="It's tough to come up with a generalized measure since it's rare that any two sysadmins at different companies do the same thing.  One can, however, come up with a personalized set of measurements by defining the specific responsibilities of the position and determining metrics that will speak to them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- If the sysadmin is responsible for production systems, uptime of the system can be used, the number of preventable incidents, or even the response time (and/or resolution time) to those incidens.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- If the sysadmin is customer-facing, one could use customer satisfaction, number of tickets closed or some such.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bottom line, pick what you want to encourage and determine metrics to guide that behavior." />
  <row Id="21006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11617" RevisionGUID="dfe5026a-2eb3-4e90-aa87-0c20d843b4a5" CreationDate="2009-05-23T16:52:26.743" UserId="3351" Text="If there's currently nothing on the card, it might be worth giving the problem card a format in the video camera (provided it works in there)." />
  <row Id="21007" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11618" RevisionGUID="fc2425a7-a673-4550-9ec7-d6b29363cf71" CreationDate="2009-05-23T17:07:31.457" UserId="1233" Text="You are correct - FAT32 and it's limitations (to do with file size and character limits) will be your biggest constraint.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For reference (so as to have the information all in one place):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    | TYPE  | FILE SIZE | FILENAME | CHARACTER SET  | DIRECTORY | VOLUME SIZE |&#xD;&#xA;    | FAT32 | ~4GB      | 11/255(2)| ASCII/UTF-16(2)| No (3)    | 2TB (1)     |&#xD;&#xA;    | NTFS  | ~16 EiB(5)| 255      | UTF-16 (6)     | No (4)    | 16 EiB      |&#xD;&#xA;    | EXT3  | 16GB/2TB  | 255      | UTF-16         | No        | 16GB/32TB(7)|&#xD;&#xA;    | HFS+  | ~8 EiB    | 255      | UTF-16         | Unlimited | ~8 EiB      |&#xD;&#xA;    | ZFS   | 16 EiB    | 255      | UTF-16         | Unlimited | 16 EiB      | &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. It's possible to go as high as 8TB with 64k size clusters.&#xD;&#xA;2. FAT32 on it's own supports 11 character file names (8.3) using ASCII, with Long File Name support it's upped to 255 UTF-16 characters. Excluded ASCII Characters are: `&quot; * / : &lt; &gt; ? \\ |`&#xD;&#xA;3. While there is no limit on the number of subdirectories - you have a path limit of 260 characters. (This was the limit in Windows 95/98 - it's 4096 on Linux)&#xD;&#xA;4. Like FAT32 there is no limit on subdirectories but you have a path limit of 32767.&#xD;&#xA;5. EiB = exbibyte = 2 ^ 60 byte. 1 exbibyte = 1024 petabytes. 1 petabyte = 1024 terabytes.&#xD;&#xA;6. NTFS has the same set of characters not allowed as FAT 32 (`&quot; * / : &lt; &gt; ? \\ |`)&#xD;&#xA;7. The max limits depend on the block size.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more info a good starting block is Wikipedia's [Comparison of File Systems](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems) but is quite vague on some details." />
  <row Id="21008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11619" RevisionGUID="fb45c8cf-ac04-4b5d-b16d-cb6ad0c29f05" CreationDate="2009-05-23T17:07:58.507" UserId="2318" Text="I'm not as proficient at configuring DNS as I would like. What are the most common DNS configurations (eg: depending on pubic/private, on services required, whether dyndns is involved)?" />
  <row Id="21009" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11619" RevisionGUID="fb45c8cf-ac04-4b5d-b16d-cb6ad0c29f05" CreationDate="2009-05-23T17:07:58.507" UserId="2318" Text="Are there names for typical DNS designs, and (if so) what are the most common?" />
  <row Id="21010" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11619" RevisionGUID="fb45c8cf-ac04-4b5d-b16d-cb6ad0c29f05" CreationDate="2009-05-23T17:07:58.507" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;dns-hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="21011" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11619" RevisionGUID="b0e15cc0-4c5c-4d7e-86d0-80c4e754454e" CreationDate="2009-05-23T17:13:41.163" UserId="45" Comment="pubic -&gt; public :-)" Text="I'm not as proficient at configuring DNS as I would like. What are the most common DNS configurations (eg: depending on public/private, on services required, whether dyndns is involved)?" />
  <row Id="21012" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11620" RevisionGUID="fead33a5-7c68-4558-9356-5113029884ea" CreationDate="2009-05-23T17:22:33.423" UserId="1483" Text="[CopSSH][1] is nice.  It wraps a Cygwin OpenSSH in an installer and makes it very quick and easy to get things configured.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.itefix.no/copssh/" />
  <row Id="21013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11621" RevisionGUID="92db1cef-3cf9-4d6e-97ff-45f55901764c" CreationDate="2009-05-23T17:29:43.720" UserId="2718" Text="You should only ever provide a formal rewards system if you want your technical staff behaving like lab monkeys, pressing buttons to get their treats.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only real metric is how satisfied *you* are with your admin's performance. Any metric will optimize your admin's behavior for the metric, regardless of how dumb or short-sighted the metric is. By establishing a metric, you will invariably run into the situation where doing the right thing involves ignoring the metric, because the metric doesn't take into account the precise situation or consequence.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At which point, you're only hope is that you've either got Dr. House, Network Engineer, or your *newest* and *least experienced* person in charge---either the meta-genius who is willing to throw out your process when the situation demands, or the n00b who hasn't been there long enough for your process to sink in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The likelyhood of you having a House *and* a strict process at the same time is pretty slim (they are all working for startups where the concept of a performance review is alien to them anyways), which leaves your only hope being the miracle of the guy in charge being totally new to your company, but familiar enough with your systems to resolve the issue at hand." />
  <row Id="21014" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11622" RevisionGUID="27bd60b6-8ca2-4aeb-b7bd-615ba4741342" CreationDate="2009-05-23T17:36:07.030" UserId="1483" Text="In addition to the other good suggestions, one really easy thing to do is rate-limit incoming connections.&#xD;&#xA;Limit to 3 connections per minute per IP:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -m state --state NEW -m limit --limit 3/min --limit-burst 3 -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -j DROP" />
  <row Id="21015" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11623" RevisionGUID="5386b865-ea65-4d02-bee3-9f975bbff0a5" CreationDate="2009-05-23T17:53:32.017" UserId="2318" Text="I always like the &quot;Upside-Down-Ternet&quot; story, which is not a joke in the &quot;knock knock&quot; sense, but a funny annecdote involving Squid proxy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It begins &quot;***My neighbours are stealing my wireless internet access. I could encrypt it or alternately I could have fun.***&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Read the rest here: [http://www.ex-parrot.com/pete/upside-down-ternet.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best line: &quot;***Suddenly everything is kittens! It's kitten net***.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ex-parrot.com/pete/upside-down-ternet.html" />
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  <row Id="21017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11624" RevisionGUID="4ef933b3-9831-4fef-a34d-1c5591ff5335" CreationDate="2009-05-23T17:56:12.170" UserId="1483" Text="I have done this.  I noticed in my logs certain invalid addresses getting hit again and again. These are addresses that were never active or posted anywhere. So I setup a mailbox that sends those emails to sa-learn to help train spamassassin's Bayesian database. I've never tested the effectiveness of this in any way, but I'm not too worried about it as it cost little time to setup." />
  <row Id="21018" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11575" RevisionGUID="7cc9ed42-48c4-46c3-a6ad-3037c344e31d" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:02:51.390" UserId="32988" />
  <row Id="21019" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11625" RevisionGUID="766b603a-79df-42b4-b299-0766c35b7fdd" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:03:02.980" UserId="471" Text="Every now and then I have to work with hardware, be it assembling a new box, or just cleaning it a little bit, and I always have this question: how should I apply the thermal compound to the CPU? When should I have to do it (should I clean it and apply it again for a cpu that already has it)?" />
  <row Id="21020" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11625" RevisionGUID="766b603a-79df-42b4-b299-0766c35b7fdd" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:03:02.980" UserId="471" Text="How to correctly apply thermal compund to the CPU?" />
  <row Id="21021" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11625" RevisionGUID="766b603a-79df-42b4-b299-0766c35b7fdd" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:03:02.980" UserId="471" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;temperature&gt;&lt;cpu&gt;" />
  <row Id="21022" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11626" RevisionGUID="fe66e740-9447-40c8-b4ca-ba079886a85e" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:05:17.843" UserId="32988" Text="Its hard to measure, since sysadmin work is very varied. Atleast when you come to more senior work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The thing you can look for is if the admin keeps going back to old work to keep it alive, or if it &quot;just works&quot;.  The seasoned admin knows that he can only do the new and more interesting stuff if he makes the old stuff &quot;go away&quot; by doing it properly." />
  <row Id="21023" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11604" RevisionGUID="2cd6ecc7-8b67-4a79-952d-64185673166b" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:09:05.637" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 17 characters in body" Text="Many executing components of Windows are implemented as services (see all services on your machine opening `Control Panel &gt; Administrative Tools &gt; Services`). These are specialized programs running  in the background. They are not started by the logged-in user, but my the operating system itself. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most services aren't stand-alone executables (EXE files), but are implemented in libraries (DLLs), which can be used by running processes. As the name suggests, Svchost or &quot;Service Host&quot; is Windows' standard executable for running these DLLs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to know which instance of svchost is executing which service, type&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     tasklist /svc /fi &quot;IMAGENAME eq svchost.exe&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;on a command line console (cmd).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the machine, where I made the screenshot, one of the instances of svchost is running 21 different services, for example. This grouping of services allows for better control and easier debugging, according to [Microsoft's documentation][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Svchost.exe groups are identified in the following registry key:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Svchost&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A tip (if you run Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008): you can open the Task Manager and right-click on a particular svchost.exe process, and then choose the &quot;Go to Service&quot; option. This will show the *Services* tab, where all services running under the selected `svchost.exe` process will be marked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B314056&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9122/svchost.png&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11627" RevisionGUID="fb274e0c-70bf-489a-899a-3bdb325d3a2f" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:13:37.967" UserId="2672" Text="I'm in the UK, and I'd say the most important laws to an average ecommerce business would be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* The Data Protection Act&#xD;&#xA;* Distance Selling Regulations and Trade Descriptions Act&#xD;&#xA;* Certain parts of The Companies Act - for example you *have* to have your registered company number and address on a business website even if you don't sell anything. I've seen that one broken many times.&#xD;&#xA;* PCI Compliance (ok, not a law but important)" />
  <row Id="21025" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11627" RevisionGUID="fb274e0c-70bf-489a-899a-3bdb325d3a2f" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:13:37.967" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11628" RevisionGUID="8a3a5bcd-f0fe-4289-b3eb-0c509ac20144" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:17:29.223" UserId="2672" Text="I am trying to run tomcat on a low memory system (150-256Mb). Even though I start the JVM with -Xmx64m (which should be the default anyway), the process immediately takes up 200Mb+.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wonder why the JVM needs so much memory itself, or if there is a way of tuning this? Are other JVMs better than the sun one for low memory consumption - and do they work with tomcat?" />
  <row Id="21027" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11628" RevisionGUID="8a3a5bcd-f0fe-4289-b3eb-0c509ac20144" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:17:29.223" UserId="2672" Text="JVM Memory Consumption" />
  <row Id="21028" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11628" RevisionGUID="8a3a5bcd-f0fe-4289-b3eb-0c509ac20144" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:17:29.223" UserId="2672" Text="&lt;jvm&gt;&lt;java&gt;&lt;tomcat&gt;&lt;memory&gt;" />
  <row Id="21029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11629" RevisionGUID="7126c780-54fa-44a2-af9f-82f14826fd44" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:19:11.000" UserId="2672" Text="You should always clean off all the old compound before applying new compound. Thinly and evenly would be best - you're smoothing out microscopic scratches in the metal - it's not tile adhesive :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**edit**: If you meant &quot;how&quot; as in what with - a razor blade would be perfect." />
  <row Id="21030" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11630" RevisionGUID="004c77cb-5404-47e8-980c-bd3bde086d3e" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:20:41.450" UserId="808" Text="I always apply thermal compound to a CPU just before I install the heat sync.  I apply a very small amount and then user a razor blade to spread it thinly across the surface of the CPU. You do NOT want a lot of compound.  You want to apply just enough that you can get a very thin layer across the entire CPU surface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I remove and restore a heat sync, I always clean the CPU with a thin cloth and reapply thermal compound, but I don't know if this is strictly necessary.  I would always, however, re-spread the compound to ensure that the whole surface of the CPU has a thin layer.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21031" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11625" RevisionGUID="1621e7c4-cc45-4744-9286-0f88394a4201" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:25:59.067" UserId="45" Comment="typo in title" Text="Every now and then I have to work with hardware, be it assembling a new box, or just cleaning it a little bit, and I always have this question: how should I apply the thermal compound to the CPU? When should I have to do it (should I clean it and apply it again for a CPU that already has it)?" />
  <row Id="21032" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="11625" RevisionGUID="1621e7c4-cc45-4744-9286-0f88394a4201" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:25:59.067" UserId="45" Comment="typo in title" Text="How to correctly apply thermal compound to the CPU?" />
  <row Id="21033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11631" RevisionGUID="897d7162-fea2-47f3-a627-6bfdb057e187" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:27:23.090" UserId="2672" Text="I would use an issue tracking system such as flyspray (any will do, but I like flyspray for non-programming stuff). Before anyone touches a config, the improvement/problem should be logged. When you fix/implement it, the changes go in the ticket.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A wiki can be nice to document the current setup, but it's easy for it to get out of date - and it seems to take more effort to update IMO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're not going to find something automated to do this - although you could probably set it up so changes to certain config files got automatically emailed to the issue tracker if you wanted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think it's just a matter of a good policy, low-barrier tools and discipline." />
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  <row Id="21035" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11632" RevisionGUID="f4b404ba-a8db-4934-a17f-776fa3504974" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:30:41.477" UserId="2347" Text="can't beleive no one mentioned this one yet&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Replace user and try again.**" />
  <row Id="21036" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11632" RevisionGUID="f4b404ba-a8db-4934-a17f-776fa3504974" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:30:41.477" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11633" RevisionGUID="b750fb8c-5084-4072-a287-5a772d7f2fb9" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:38:26.593" UserId="2318" Text="What speed, number of pins (physical size) are PCIe x1 x4 x8 and x16?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Normally I would google to find a photo showing the various types of PCI Express cards and their max bandwidth. Now that serverfault exists, I thought I'd lazily check if anyone here already has a good ***concise*** photo they could post as an answer." />
  <row Id="21038" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11633" RevisionGUID="b750fb8c-5084-4072-a287-5a772d7f2fb9" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:38:26.593" UserId="2318" Text="What's the bandwidth and form factor for PCIe x1 x4 x8 and x16?" />
  <row Id="21039" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11633" RevisionGUID="b750fb8c-5084-4072-a287-5a772d7f2fb9" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:38:26.593" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;pcie&gt;&lt;pci-express&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="21040" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11634" RevisionGUID="2b8c72a5-d60c-4f81-bbee-e603b90b7735" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:39:21.207" UserId="427" Text="Every time I boot my minimal-install Windows XP virtual machine it takes 70 seconds of me looking at my windows desktop before I can actually use my mouse and/or do anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way I can fix my boot-time and/or diagnose what's going on?" />
  <row Id="21041" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11634" RevisionGUID="2b8c72a5-d60c-4f81-bbee-e603b90b7735" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:39:21.207" UserId="427" Text="Windows XP Freeze on Bootup" />
  <row Id="21042" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11634" RevisionGUID="2b8c72a5-d60c-4f81-bbee-e603b90b7735" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:39:21.207" UserId="427" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="21043" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11635" RevisionGUID="b1590b1e-6c46-431c-aa00-63f7c6a7cf6f" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:42:17.550" UserId="919" Text="Given a default instance of Ubuntu Server LTS, how many additional resources are needed to run a Mumble server (&quot;murmor&quot;) for say 10 connected users?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm curious about:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - CPU consumption&#xD;&#xA; - RAM working set&#xD;&#xA; - Network needed&#xD;&#xA; - Disk I/O&#xD;&#xA; - Storage space needed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Information on marginal increase per user is also welcome. " />
  <row Id="21044" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11635" RevisionGUID="b1590b1e-6c46-431c-aa00-63f7c6a7cf6f" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:42:17.550" UserId="919" Text="How many resources does a mumble server need?" />
  <row Id="21045" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11635" RevisionGUID="b1590b1e-6c46-431c-aa00-63f7c6a7cf6f" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:42:17.550" UserId="919" Text="&lt;voip&gt;&lt;provisioning&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="21046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11636" RevisionGUID="b1655df7-7f01-404c-af65-fdb632867389" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:44:18.843" UserId="2347" Text="I think the easiest quickest thing to do would just to buy a new server. Seriously, a Dell 2950 with 32GB of Ram and 8 cores at 3.2 GHz I think was only $8 or $10k CAD. It would be easy to spend half that and still get something that can run lots of parrallel tasks and have lots of RAM. You definitly wouldn't be capped at 2 gigs and swapping to disk." />
  <row Id="21047" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11636" RevisionGUID="b1655df7-7f01-404c-af65-fdb632867389" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:44:18.843" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21048" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11166" RevisionGUID="de6cd9e1-e049-4d59-99d7-9a30c1281ce9" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:46:26.747" UserId="3274" Comment="added 5 characters in body" Text="Using a *nix box (assuming you have already aircracked your way to the wireless), you can use a set of utils called dsniff, then the arpspoof command to make the lan hosts think your machine is the gateway (it sends out ARP X.X.X.X is here AAAA:BBBB:CCCC responses to the network, fooling the hosts into inserting your machine into their arp caches), from there you can intercept/redirect/mirror any connection attempt, i.e. a request to google can be redirected using iptables/ipfw to your local apache server for further mischief. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;make sure you have [ gateway_enable=&quot;YES&quot; ] for freebsd set in your rc.conf, or [ echo &quot;1&quot; &gt; /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward ] for debian (may be true for other linux distro's) , so your machine will route the packets out to the real gateway after its done having fun with them.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11637" RevisionGUID="51580ddc-b852-4c72-b617-aae356ab56ae" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:48:21.750" UserId="3368" Text="I just wiped XP and installed Windows 7 on my PC.  The install went great, no errors reported.  However as I popped in some CDs to install some of my software, I notice that neither of my DVD drives are reading any cd/dvds.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I open Windows Explorer the tree on the left does not show either device, but on the right screen it shows:  **DVD Drive (D:)**  and **DVD RW Drive (E:)**.  No matter what disc I put in there, *the computer does not read it*.  Clicking on the drive simply ejects it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Steps I've taken so far:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1)  Checked Device Manager &gt; DVD/CD-ROM drives:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    `SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-616E ATA&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Device`    &#xD;&#xA;`SONY DVD RW DRU-700A ATA&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Device`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both show up as being fine, no yellow exclamation marks.  Device status is listed as &quot;working properly&quot;.  Clicking on &quot;Update Driver&quot; results in &quot;Your drivers are up to date&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2)  `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the right pane, right-click UpperFilters, and then click Delete.&#xD;&#xA;In the right pane, right-click LowerFilters, and then click Delete.&#xD;&#xA;Reboot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any other ideas on how I can get my DVD drives to get recognized?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21050" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11637" RevisionGUID="51580ddc-b852-4c72-b617-aae356ab56ae" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:48:21.750" UserId="3368" Text="Installed Windows7, DVD Drives No Longer Recognized" />
  <row Id="21051" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11637" RevisionGUID="51580ddc-b852-4c72-b617-aae356ab56ae" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:48:21.750" UserId="3368" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;diskdrive&gt;&lt;dvddrive&gt;" />
  <row Id="21052" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11638" RevisionGUID="d21a9771-409d-4d51-a329-b7a772737355" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:51:01.293" UserId="45" Text="When you have to replace compound on an existing cooler, a common problem is, that the compound ends up sticking the heatsink to the processor, making it difficult to remove the cooler. You could use a hairdryer to heat the heatsink a little, in order to melt the thermal compound and then remove the heatsink moving it slightly in a lateral way. But I wouldn't use the hairdryer too long. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To remove the rest of the old compond, use a cotton swab with isopropyl alcohol. It is alcohol that doesn't contain water. Use a utility knife to eliminate the last rests of the remaining substance, but be careful not to scratch the surface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is a common misconception that the more thermal compound is applied, the better. Too much grease can be insulating, and worse: that grease could end up dropping on motherboard contacts. Normally they don't conduct electricity, but there are compounds with some metal, se they will work as conductors, which could lead to a short circuit and destroy your the motherboard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To apply the new compound, again use a cotton swab. Don't put too much of the substance on the processor. You don't necessarily have to cover the whole area of the processor, because the pressure of the cooler will do that for you. How to apply the cooler will depend on the model of processor/cooler you will use. Do it carefully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11639" RevisionGUID="d1bc6fc1-829a-4662-adf3-8cd17bdaf17b" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:51:34.897" UserId="3274" Text="Have a look at ossim, it's an OpenSource IDS/Analysis system for *nix server's has event correlation, and connection tracking, and session monitoring, plus gives you a nice overview view of your current security level.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11640" RevisionGUID="94a353fc-7e18-457b-8b90-2250534e7a9a" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:52:51.820" UserId="2672" Text="My first though was that this would be of little value since the addresses are always changing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But in my experience, spammers often send to a load of addresses@yourdomain.com - almost in a brute forced way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It might be worth setting an address up (say adam@yourdomain.com) and filtering not on the from address or IP, but on content - filter out any email also sent to &quot;adam&quot;. You'd want to pick an email address lexicographically before any real address to increase your chances. Also, you'd have to account for small content differences.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I still suspect it falls into the category of too much effort, too little gain, but it's a thought if you're experimenting." />
  <row Id="21055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11641" RevisionGUID="ce8d723c-7337-427d-ad25-c1ec29fc21cc" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:55:32.643" UserId="3420" Text="Are you sure your system supports rc.local? If it isn't documented, you will need to follow all of the init scripts. You start at /etc/inittab. (You may find that from there you go to /etc/rc.d/rc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On some systems, /etc/rc.d/rc.local is supported via a symlink /etc/rc.d/rcX.d/S99local. (where X is the appropriate runlevel).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're using RedHat, there's no real reason to not create your own init script, add it to /etc/rc.d/init.d, chkconfig --add the script, and chkconfig on the script. This will make the correct symlinks into the /etc/rc.d/rcX.d directories, and makes init scripts easy to deploy or disable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Making use of the obsolete rc.local is fine for a quick hack if your system does support it, but it's not really appropriate for something important or permanent.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21056" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11638" RevisionGUID="04416d03-4775-411c-8023-cb476d641ce5" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:56:23.560" UserId="45" Comment="added 38 characters in body" Text="When you have to replace compound on an existing cooler, a common problem is, that the compound ends up sticking the heatsink to the processor, making it difficult to remove the cooler. You could use a hairdryer to heat the heatsink a little, in order to melt the thermal compound and then remove the heatsink moving it slightly in a lateral way. But I wouldn't use the hairdryer too long. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To remove the rest of the old compond, use a cotton swab with isopropyl alcohol. It is alcohol that doesn't contain water. Use a utility knife to eliminate the last rests of the remaining substance, but be careful not to scratch the surface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is a common misconception that the more thermal compound is applied, the better. Too much grease can be insulating spoiling the correct heat dissipation, and worse: that grease could end up dropping on motherboard contacts. Normally they don't conduct electricity, but there are compounds with some metal, se they will work as conductors, which could lead to a short circuit and destroy your the motherboard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To apply the new compound, again use a cotton swab. Don't put too much of the substance on the processor. You don't necessarily have to cover the whole area of the processor, because the pressure of the cooler will do that for you. How to apply the cooler will depend on the model of processor/cooler you will use. Do it carefully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11642" RevisionGUID="a2be8be3-317f-4541-9212-c0ed37cf3138" CreationDate="2009-05-23T18:56:55.120" UserId="2413" Text="most probably you'll see:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; * recursive dns resolver with cache. machine that 'does the job' of answering dns queries for clients in your lan. you do not want to make this functionality [ recursive dns resolution ] reachable for all internet. it's considered harmful - can be [ab]used for amplification ddos attacks.&#xD;&#xA; * primary and secondary dns'es - if you are going to host dns server that is authoritative source of answers for some zone [ eg yourcompany.com or - probably not in your case .153.152.151.in-addr.arpa - for rev dns that is resolution of ip address into host name ]. possibly you might want to make private primary / secondary dns inside your corporation just for intranet use [ eg domain server for micorsoft's active directory ]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;there can also be other cases - eg dns forwarder that just forward incoming dns queries to other name servers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you can take a look at [wikipedia][1] for more info or describe your case in details to get more precise answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System" />
  <row Id="21058" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11643" RevisionGUID="c4d72bca-e7ee-457b-bb5f-fb13e705d3f6" CreationDate="2009-05-23T19:00:07.593" UserId="1349" Text="In a policing or crown council environment, you need to be careful when handling digital evidence. The last thing you want is to be required to testify in court when all you did was help convert some sort of media from one format to another." />
  <row Id="21059" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11643" RevisionGUID="c4d72bca-e7ee-457b-bb5f-fb13e705d3f6" CreationDate="2009-05-23T19:00:07.593" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21060" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11570" RevisionGUID="ae824404-c069-4654-8da8-082b23dab228" CreationDate="2009-05-23T19:02:23.237" UserId="2612" Comment="New tag! cable-porn - cable, TP not cable TV" Text="&lt;data-center&gt;" />
  <row Id="21064" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11645" RevisionGUID="a2e515db-6d92-412e-82c5-f372de1f02a1" CreationDate="2009-05-23T19:10:34.157" UserId="45" Text="Are there any other devices connected to the cable with the DVD-ROM drive? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How was the drive configured? Master or slave? Maybe you changed something on your computer and forgot to insert the master jumper?" />
  <row Id="21065" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11642" RevisionGUID="61f14f57-e020-4c8d-a92f-658cdd1abf4a" CreationDate="2009-05-23T19:11:19.317" UserId="2413" Comment="added 382 characters in body" Text="most probably you'll see:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; * recursive dns resolver with cache. machine that 'does the job' of answering dns queries for clients in your lan. you do not want to make this functionality [ recursive dns resolution ] reachable for all internet. it's considered harmful - can be [ab]used for amplification ddos attacks.&#xD;&#xA; * primary and secondary dns'es - if you are going to host dns server that is authoritative source of answers for some zone [ eg yourcompany.com or - probably not in your case .153.152.151.in-addr.arpa - for rev dns that is resolution of ip address into host name ]. possibly you might want to make private primary / secondary dns inside your corporation just for intranet use [ eg domain server for micorsoft's active directory ]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;there can also be other cases - eg dns forwarder that just forward incoming dns queries to other name servers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dyndns is a specific service that is linked with update program running on your machine or router. probably you'll be customer rather the operator of it. dyndns client checks if your machine changed address [eg due to reconnection to adsl operator] and if so sends update to dyndns operatortelling myhost.somedyndnsoperatorname.net should now point to new ip - 123.123.123.321. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you can take a look at [wikipedia][1] for more info or describe your case in details to get more precise answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System" />
  <row Id="21066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11646" RevisionGUID="20561087-c023-4007-b52a-ca17baddeff5" CreationDate="2009-05-23T19:13:46.363" UserId="1787" Text="Bandwidth:&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;-&#xD;&#xA;legacy   PCIe 1.x - **250MB/s** per lane (16x == 16 lanes)&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;current  PCIe 2.0 - **500MB/s** per lane (thus 16x PCIe 2.0 is 8GB/s)&lt;br/&gt; &#xD;&#xA;upcoming PCIe 3.0 - **1 GB/s** per lane&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Physical size ([from Wiki][1]):&#xD;&#xA;-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The width of a PCIe connector is 8.8&#xD;&#xA;&gt; mm, while the height is 11.25 mm, and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the length is variable. The 'minor'&#xD;&#xA;&gt; half of the connector is 11.65 mm in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; length and contains 22 pins, while the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; length of the 'major' half is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; variable. The thickness of the card&#xD;&#xA;&gt; going into the connector is 1.8 mm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Lanes | Pins Total | Pins in 'major' half | Total Length | Length of 'major' half &#xD;&#xA;    ------+------------+----------------------+--------------+-----------------------&#xD;&#xA;    x1    |  36        |  14                  | 25 mm        |  7.65 mm &#xD;&#xA;    x4    |  64        |  42                  | 39 mm        | 21.65 mm &#xD;&#xA;    x8    |  98        |  76                  | 56 mm        | 38.65 mm &#xD;&#xA;    x16   | 164        | 142                  | 89 mm        | 71.65 mm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pci-e" />
  <row Id="21067" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11638" RevisionGUID="3a2c1ba6-80ad-4291-8be9-f7d9ac9e2404" CreationDate="2009-05-23T19:17:47.043" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 7 characters in body" Text="When you have to replace compound on an existing cooler, a common problem is, that the compound ends up sticking the heatsink to the processor, making it difficult to remove the cooler. You could use a hairdryer to heat the heatsink a little, in order to melt the thermal compound and then remove the heatsink moving it slightly in a lateral way. But I wouldn't use the hairdryer too long. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To remove the rest of the old compond, use a cotton swab with isopropyl alcohol. It is alcohol that doesn't contain water. Use a utility knife to eliminate the last rests of the remaining substance, but be careful not to scratch the surface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is a common misconception that the more thermal compound is applied, the better. Too much grease can be insulating spoiling the correct heat dissipation, and worse: that grease could end up dropping on motherboard contacts. Normally they don't conduct electricity, but there are compounds with some metal, they will work as conductors, which could lead to a short circuit and destroy your motherboard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To apply the new compound, again use a cotton swab. Don't put too much of the substance on the processor. You don't necessarily have to cover the whole area of the processor, because the pressure of the cooler will do that for you. How to apply the cooler will depend on the model of processor/cooler you will use. Do it carefully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11648" RevisionGUID="8ce9e061-3c95-43b0-919f-26f9a2f51f13" CreationDate="2009-05-23T19:37:32.993" UserId="358" Text="I will build computing claster (about 64 nodes) and I'm looking for some informations. I want to connect them with Infiniband and install Linux. I tried to google it a little bit, but I couldn't find any informations how to set up a simple working configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to use it to access NAS and for interprocess communication (MPI, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it easy to set up Infiniband on Linux? How to do it? Or maybe there is better solution?" />
  <row Id="21070" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11648" RevisionGUID="8ce9e061-3c95-43b0-919f-26f9a2f51f13" CreationDate="2009-05-23T19:37:32.993" UserId="358" Text="Infiniband on Linux?" />
  <row Id="21071" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11648" RevisionGUID="8ce9e061-3c95-43b0-919f-26f9a2f51f13" CreationDate="2009-05-23T19:37:32.993" UserId="358" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;infiniband&gt;&lt;communication&gt;" />
  <row Id="21073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11650" RevisionGUID="d686393d-d2ca-49b6-ab76-4d535acb1140" CreationDate="2009-05-23T19:44:45.367" UserId="45" Text="I found this page:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[**SQL Profiles - Collection of Information About SQL Profiles**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The section *&quot;Transporting SQL Profiles Between Databases&quot;* describes a procedure in seven steps:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Create a staging table to store the SQL Profiles&#xD;&#xA;2. Pack the SQL Profiles to the staging table&#xD;&#xA;3. Export the table using Datapump or Export/Import&#xD;&#xA;4. Execute the query in another database without SQL Profiles&#xD;&#xA;5. Import the SQL Profiles to the database&#xD;&#xA;6. Unpack the SQL Profiles&#xD;&#xA;7. Check the SQL Profiles&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The detailed steps are in the page I linked to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*I hope this helps.*&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ba6.us/book/export/html/117" />
  <row Id="21074" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11633" RevisionGUID="f37576ca-2ba1-4cef-ac27-d55d2298462e" CreationDate="2009-05-23T19:45:48.483" UserId="2318" Comment="added 155 characters in body" Text="What speed, number of pins (physical size) are PCIe x1 x4 x8 and x16?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Normally I would google to find a photo showing the various types of PCI Express cards and their max bandwidth. Now that serverfault exists, I thought I'd lazily check if anyone here already has a good ***concise*** photo they could post as an answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Thanks, vartec. I also found a nice diagram via Google:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.naplestech.com/shopcart/images/pcie_slots400.gif" />
  <row Id="21075" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11562" RevisionGUID="78b8fab7-8ee1-440f-9f97-913a4bb7a196" CreationDate="2009-05-23T19:47:15.907" UserId="1134" Comment="Changed /bin/sh to /bin/bash" Text="You can get the peak memory usage of a certain process,  at:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    grep VmPeak /proc/$PID/status  &#xD;&#xA;(Change $PID to the actual process id you're looking for).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VmPeak is the maximum amount of memory the process has used since it was started.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to track the memory usage of a process over time, you can use a tool called [munin][1] to track, and show you a nice graph of the memory usage over time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Munin comes with many default plugins to track system resources, however it doesn't come with a plugin to track Peak memory usage - fortunetly, its extremely easy to write a plugin for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's an example of a munin plugin to track VmPeak,VmRSS and VmSize memory usage , for the apache process. You can change this to suit your needs (just point to the right PID file and change the component name as needed).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The graph it outputs looks like this (VmPeak and VmSize are the same in this example, so you only see one of them):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Apache Memory Usage Graph - Generated using the plugin proposed in this post][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Note:** this only monitors the main apache process, and doesn't show the memory usage of it's child processes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Parameters:&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    #       config   (required)&#xD;&#xA;    #       autoconf (optional - used by munin-config)&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    COMPONENT_NAME=&quot;Apache&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    COMPONENT_PID_FILE=&quot;/var/run/apache2.pid&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ &quot;$1&quot; = &quot;autoconf&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            if [ -r /proc/stat ]; then&#xD;&#xA;                    echo yes&#xD;&#xA;                    exit 0&#xD;&#xA;            else&#xD;&#xA;                    echo &quot;no (/proc/stat not readable)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                    exit 1&#xD;&#xA;            fi&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    if [ &quot;$1&quot; = &quot;config&quot; ]; then   &#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;graph_title $COMPONENT_NAME memory usage&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo 'graph_vlabel'&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;graph_category Processes&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;graph_info This graph shows the amount of memory used by the $COMPONENT_NAME processes&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;${COMPONENT_NAME}_vmpeak.label $COMPONENT_NAME VmPeak&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;${COMPONENT_NAME}_vmsize.label $COMPONENT_NAME VmSize&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;${COMPONENT_NAME}_vmrss.label $COMPONENT_NAME VmRSS&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo 'graph_args --base 1024'&#xD;&#xA;            exit 0&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    check_memory ()&#xD;&#xA;    # $1 - PID location&#xD;&#xA;    # $2 - process_label&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;            pid_location=$1&#xD;&#xA;            process_label=$2&#xD;&#xA;            read pid &lt; $pid_location&#xD;&#xA;            procpath=&quot;/proc/$pid/status&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            if [ ! -e $procpath ]  || [ -z $pid ]&#xD;&#xA;            then&#xD;&#xA;                    echo &quot;${process_label}_vmpeak.value 0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                    echo &quot;${process_label}_vmsize.value 0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                    echo &quot;${process_label}_vmrss.value 0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                    exit 0&#xD;&#xA;    	    fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;            VmPeak=`grep VmPeak /proc/$pid/status|awk '{print $2}'`&#xD;&#xA;            VmSize=`grep VmSize /proc/$pid/status|awk '{print $2}'`&#xD;&#xA;            VmRSS=`grep VmRSS /proc/$pid/status|awk '{print $2}'`&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;${process_label}_vmpeak.value $(( $VmPeak * 1024 ))&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;${process_label}_vmsize.value $(( $VmSize * 1024 ))&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;${process_label}_vmrss.value $(( $VmRSS * 1024 ))&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    check_memory $COMPONENT_PID_FILE $COMPONENT_NAME&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://munin.projects.linpro.no/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/4672/localhostlocalhdomainap.png" />
  <row Id="21076" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11651" RevisionGUID="73ff6e86-da76-4a68-bfa0-bdf7287bec29" CreationDate="2009-05-23T19:51:08.537" UserId="984" Text="&gt; Does anyone have any insight on why this could be a bad thing?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My theory is this.  When Vmware installed it sets up a couple virtual interfaces for NAT and Host networking.  The addresses associated with these interfaces get would published to the DNS server and screw things up.  I have never tried it to see what happens though." />
  <row Id="21077" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11013" RevisionGUID="e448c7ad-0644-491b-b14c-af33359cfce1" CreationDate="2009-05-23T19:56:13.487" UserId="274" Comment="added 904 characters in body" Text="Hey this is actually a reverse question.&#xD;&#xA;My personal email (firstname.lasname@gmail.com) is winding up in many peoples junkbox and I have no idea why.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What may the cause be? Is it because it has the word Entrepreneur (and programmer) in my sig? is it because my first name is unique(european like)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its driving me crazy. I sent out dozens of business emails a month to people I just meet so its actually hurting me much more then others :(&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-edit-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also want to mention this is non spam. Typically I email people I meet and say hi or to follow up. I was requested by someone to send him an email so I can test something, so I did and he replied to me 10 days later telling me he found it in his junk, like many others have said to me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-edit-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;bortzmeyer suggested emailing check-auth@verifier.port25.com I did and here are the results&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SPF check:          pass&#xD;&#xA;    DomainKeys check:   pass&#xD;&#xA;    DKIM check:         pass&#xD;&#xA;    Sender-ID check:    pass&#xD;&#xA;    SpamAssassin check: ham&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ----------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    SpamAssassin check details:&#xD;&#xA;    ----------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    SpamAssassin v3.2.5 (2008-06-10)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Result:         ham  (-2.6 points, 5.0 required)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;     pts rule name              description&#xD;&#xA;    ---- ---------------------- --------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    -0.0 SPF_PASS               SPF: sender matches SPF record&#xD;&#xA;    -2.6 BAYES_00               BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1%&#xD;&#xA;                               [score: 0.0000]&#xD;&#xA;     0.0 HTML_MESSAGE           BODY: HTML included in message" />
  <row Id="21078" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11648" RevisionGUID="823f9b05-98bd-4c36-a3ab-7fcccd9c876b" CreationDate="2009-05-23T19:56:37.153" UserId="45" Comment="cluster" Text="I will build computing cluster (about 64 nodes) and I'm looking for some informations. I want to connect them with Infiniband and install Linux. I tried to google it a little bit, but I couldn't find any informations how to set up a simple working configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to use it to access NAS and for interprocess communication (MPI, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it easy to set up Infiniband on Linux? How to do it? Or maybe there is better solution?" />
  <row Id="21079" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11652" RevisionGUID="c0cdd267-c7ff-4cb9-b63a-2c4f6b5cce95" CreationDate="2009-05-23T19:58:06.260" UserId="3459" Text="There are various state legislationss concerning PII (Personally Identifiable Information) in the event of a data breach.  California's 1386 requires that everybody who as affected by the data breach (compromise of their information) must be notified.  Many other states have similar provisions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also as a clarification on PCI-DSS, that is not a strictly legal requirement, the card brands (MasterCard, Visa, Discover, AmEx) require their merchant banks to require the vendors to adhere to PCI-DSS.  If you violate PCI, you won't prosecuted legally, however you can be fined thousands of dollars a day (or more) by your merchant bank while you are in violation.  If you don't come into compliance, you will eventually lose your ability to do credit card transactions, which would be a kiss of death for most online retailers." />
  <row Id="21080" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11652" RevisionGUID="c0cdd267-c7ff-4cb9-b63a-2c4f6b5cce95" CreationDate="2009-05-23T19:58:06.260" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11653" RevisionGUID="0d263967-4473-4fd3-bbc8-5749ee706a76" CreationDate="2009-05-23T20:09:49.887" UserId="1548" Text="The main problem is that the host OS does not necessarily understand the internals of the guest OSes - i.e. it does not know what processes are running in the guest OS or even the filesystem layout. Usually, the host OS sees the virtual machines just as a black box using a certain amount of memory, a disk image/partition and a some CPU cycles.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But to implement and effective anti-virus program, you will need to have access to the process details and file information (and that information is only available inside the virtual machine)." />
  <row Id="21082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11654" RevisionGUID="9425eaf1-99f5-47ba-b2bf-db0c0d5bf9ec" CreationDate="2009-05-23T20:10:47.420" UserId="2612" Text="PCI DSS for customers who take credit cards, and the chance that every time you enable logging that you might be required to produce those logs in the future. Sometimes it is better not to have recorded anything. " />
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  <row Id="21084" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11655" RevisionGUID="cf0fe35a-2bb7-4e5d-9238-10493630a374" CreationDate="2009-05-23T20:19:50.647" UserId="1682" Text="Whats the best software/configuration to minimize the hit in hard drive performance of running Vista/7 as a virtual machine host for linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux has good hard drive performance on its own and its bound to be slower running on top of windows. A hypervisor seems like it could do the best, but a concern for me is that there is no hypervisor that lets you do windows gaming in full. I have separate hard drives that linux can use exclusively, and raid is also an option." />
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  <row Id="21086" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11655" RevisionGUID="cf0fe35a-2bb7-4e5d-9238-10493630a374" CreationDate="2009-05-23T20:19:50.647" UserId="1682" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;" />
  <row Id="21087" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11655" RevisionGUID="ed5aa932-5571-42ea-9e44-6483e85fb5ab" CreationDate="2009-05-23T20:29:22.657" UserId="1682" Comment="deleted 94 characters in body" Text="Whats the best software/configuration option?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux has good hard drive performance on its own and its bound to be slower running on top of windows. A hypervisor seems like it could do the best, but a concern for me is that there is no hypervisor that lets you do windows gaming in full. I have separate hard drives that linux can use exclusively, and raid is also an option." />
  <row Id="21088" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11656" RevisionGUID="01438e96-e772-4822-8627-925785f5d365" CreationDate="2009-05-23T20:30:33.543" UserId="3459" Text="This is not a particularly good idea from a security perspective.  The best practice is to isolate functionality like you wouldn't make your public web server also be your central AD server.  Active Directory is a core function of a Microsoft based environment, if your AD is compromised then basically your entire network is open to the attacker.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are compromises of VMWare allowing code execution on the Host OS from a guest environment, as an example CVE-2009-1244 (cve.mitre.org) is a recorded vulnerability." />
  <row Id="21089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11657" RevisionGUID="e450f1aa-89c4-4339-93fa-44dac4a040d6" CreationDate="2009-05-23T20:34:20.180" UserId="588" Text="Easy? cheap? not really, but definitely &lt;a href=&quot;http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-4168&quot;&gt;possible&lt;/a&gt;. Since you're not going for the budget solution (that's six figures for the metal only), you'd probably want to use support from a paid, enterprise, OS." />
  <row Id="21093" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11659" RevisionGUID="b4b8bc3b-d0fa-47c5-9f00-ecb9a21c1cec" CreationDate="2009-05-23T20:49:05.017" UserId="1131" Text="I am installing a debian server which is connected directly to the internet. Obviously I want to make it the most secure as possible. I would like you guys to add your ideas to secure it and what programs you use for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want part of this question to cover what do you use as a firewall? Just iptables manually configured or do you use some kind of software to aid you? What's the bestway? Block everything and allow only what is needed? Are there maybe good tutorials for beginners to this topic?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you change your SSH port? Do you use software like fail2ban to prevent bruteforce attacks?" />
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  <row Id="21097" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11135" RevisionGUID="a1135c07-5dc4-445e-a68e-f3f5c7512feb" CreationDate="2009-05-23T20:50:16.530" UserId="2253" Comment="rblcheck" Text="There can be many reasons for you being filtered out (&quot;business emails&quot; are very often full of spam indicators, such as content only in HTML, images, exclamation marks and sentences like &quot;Buy now&quot;). The reason is likely different at each recipient. If you want serious examination by ServerFault users and not random guesses (like most of the answers currently are), post an entire message here, complete with all its RFC 5322 headers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if you want an automatic test, send one of your message to `check-auth@verifier.port25.com`. It will automatically process your message, testing it with various anti-spam techniques and send you back a very detailed report with possible spamicity indicators. Here is an example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;==========================================================&#xD;&#xA;Summary of Results&#xD;&#xA;==========================================================&#xD;&#xA;SPF check:          permerror&#xD;&#xA;DomainKeys check:   neutral&#xD;&#xA;DKIM check:         neutral&#xD;&#xA;SpamAssassin check: ham&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, if you don't understand everything in the report, post it here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems that check-auth does not test if the sending IP address is in the typical black lists, that may be something to do (I use [rblcheck][1]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://rblcheck.wiki.sourceforge.net/ " />
  <row Id="21098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11660" RevisionGUID="1c7dddfb-90ef-424d-b799-ea7db4b33eda" CreationDate="2009-05-23T20:51:08.447" UserId="1463" Text="It depends. Reading the instructions for Arctic Silver, there's basically a separate sheet for each cpu family - mostly depending on the paste itself, the design, size and form of the heat spreader and the position of the chip beneath it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For instance, on a Core 2 Duo, you should squeeze out a short, thin line along the middle in a specific direction and then just put on the heatsink - apply some pressure while twisting it ~45 degrees back and forth once to spread the paste out, then fasten it." />
  <row Id="21100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11662" RevisionGUID="976075ea-6841-49f8-a744-97de35fc4c62" CreationDate="2009-05-23T20:53:35.180" UserId="3181" Text="I recently needed to fix a problem with an over-heating machine. I found this video very helpful:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[NCIX Tech Tips #11- Installing Thermal Compound][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, the steps are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Remove heat sink&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. Use 100% Isopropal alcohol and lint free cleaning rag (microfiber works well) to clean both the CPU and the heat sink&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. Apply a small amount of compound &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. Spread compound evenly&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. Re-attach heat sink&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I followed the &quot;grain of rice&quot; method, where you apply a small amount of compound and let the heat sink spread it out for you. So far, so good&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRRWbQUqW1Y" />
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  <row Id="21105" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11659" RevisionGUID="311c0a01-c29c-4e57-bcdf-050a3339eb87" CreationDate="2009-05-23T21:00:21.283" UserId="984" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;server-security&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="21106" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11665" RevisionGUID="62585143-7391-44a4-86cb-f435801d5cc0" CreationDate="2009-05-23T21:03:14.037" UserId="1837" Text="Another approach is to run the script under the 32-bit `cmd.exe`, so that it can take advantage of WOW64 filesystem redirection and [environment variable modifications][1]. If you can modify the caller, you don't even have to modify the script in question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could even have the script detect when it's executing under the 64-bit `cmd.exe` and restart itself using the 32-bit `cmd.exe`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    @echo off&#xD;&#xA;    if &quot;%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%&quot; == &quot;x86&quot; goto :x86&#xD;&#xA;    echo Restarting using Wow64 filesystem redirection: %0 %*&#xD;&#xA;    %SystemRoot%\SysWOW64\cmd.exe /c %0 %*&#xD;&#xA;    exit /b %ERRORLEVEL%&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    :x86&#xD;&#xA;    rem Rest of script follows...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that getting this hack wrong may result in spawning endless `cmd.exe` processes. That's why I used `goto` and a label instead of `if ... ( ... )`: command line parameters may contain parentheses, and `if ... ( ... )` performs a greedy search for the first closing parenthesis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa384274.aspx" />
  <row Id="21109" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="151" RevisionGUID="c3d149f1-1b25-43f0-a837-b9fd3f7ee3d6" CreationDate="2009-05-23T21:06:31.177" UserId="160" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="[Trinity Rescue Kit][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Here 's a sumup of some of the most important features, new and old:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;- easily reset windows passwords (backup and restore option in 3.3)  &#xD;&#xA;- 4 different virusscan products integrated in a single uniform commandline with online update capability (5 in version 3.3)  &#xD;&#xA;- full ntfs write support thanks to ntfs-3g (all other drivers included as well)  &#xD;&#xA;- clone NTFS filesystems over the network  &#xD;&#xA;- wide range of hardware support (kernel 2.6.19.2 and recent kudzu hwdata)  &#xD;&#xA;- easy script to find all local filesystems  &#xD;&#xA;- self update capability to include and update all virusscanners  &#xD;&#xA;- full proxyserver support  &#xD;&#xA;- run a samba fileserver (windows like filesharing)  &#xD;&#xA;- run a ssh server  &#xD;&#xA;- recovery and undeletion of files with utilities and procedures  &#xD;&#xA;- recovery of lost partitions  &#xD;&#xA;- evacuation of dying disks  &#xD;&#xA;- UTF-8 international character support  &#xD;&#xA;- powerful multicast disk cloning utility for any filesystem  &#xD;&#xA;- 2 rootkit detection uitilities (version 3.3)  &#xD;&#xA;- elaborated documentation (+manpages as of 3.3)  &#xD;&#xA;- elaborated documentation  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://trinityhome.org/Home/index.php?pid=1&amp;wpid=5&amp;p_node=1&amp;edit_pid=5&amp;front_id=12" />
  <row Id="21110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11667" RevisionGUID="8add9a51-54a1-444e-aafa-82308d06aa4a" CreationDate="2009-05-23T21:12:01.120" UserId="2417" Text="In our university [Scientific Linux](https://www.scientificlinux.org/),which is prepared by globally known research labs, is used on the cluster. With a wef extra packages Infiniband and IP over Infiniband is possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11668" RevisionGUID="bccab22f-264c-4d2e-85f0-f23be778cae1" CreationDate="2009-05-23T21:14:48.820" UserId="3181" Text="I would suggest not attaching a machine directly to the Internet. Place some kind of firewall between the machine and the Internet. This allows you to do security and network monitoring without putting more load on the server. Personally, I find network and function segmentation frequently simplifies network troubleshooting, although on occasion, the additional complexity does make analysis more difficult.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The safest, but most annoying to manage, firewall policy is to deny all and explicitly allow only the traffic you must allow. This is annoying, because one frequently needs update the firewall policy as the network needs change.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would also suggest using some kind of interface firewalling on the server - defense in depth is the key. Using non-standard ports for administration related services doesn't hurt. fail2ban is fine. Pursue the more specific questions about security applications on Serverfault to find more ideas.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Security is like the joke about the two hikers and the bear - while one can never achieve perfect security, it is helpful to be a more difficult target than the other guys." />
  <row Id="21112" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11668" RevisionGUID="bccab22f-264c-4d2e-85f0-f23be778cae1" CreationDate="2009-05-23T21:14:48.820" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11669" RevisionGUID="077e050d-367c-41a9-9158-9711429857f5" CreationDate="2009-05-23T21:15:52.000" UserId="2413" Text="obligatory:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - installation of system with expert mode, only packages that i need&#xD;&#xA; - hand written firewall with default policy on iptables'input: drop, permitting access to ssh, http or whatever else given server is running&#xD;&#xA; - fail2ban for ssh [ and sometimes ftp / http / other - depending on context ]&#xD;&#xA; - disable root logins, force using normal user and su -&#xD;&#xA; - custom kernel [ just old habit ]&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;depending on level of paranoia additionally:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - drop policy on output except couple allowed destinations / ports&#xD;&#xA; - integrit for checking if some parts of file system ware not modified [ with checksum kept outside of the machine ]&#xD;&#xA; - scheduled system upgrade&#xD;&#xA; - scheduled scan at least with nmap of system from the outside&#xD;&#xA; - automated log checking for unknown patterns [ but that's mostly to detect hardware malfunction or some minor crashes ]&#xD;&#xA; - scheduled run of chkrootkit&#xD;&#xA; - immutable attribute for /etc/passwd so adding new users is slightly more difficult&#xD;&#xA; - /tmp mounted with noexec&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;what i probably should also use is grsec, but i do not until now.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21114" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11669" RevisionGUID="077e050d-367c-41a9-9158-9711429857f5" CreationDate="2009-05-23T21:15:52.000" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21115" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11669" RevisionGUID="7b40695f-28a0-41b7-8298-711487346d8d" CreationDate="2009-05-23T21:21:29.367" UserId="2413" Comment="added 319 characters in body" Text="obligatory:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - installation of system with expert mode, only packages that i need&#xD;&#xA; - hand written firewall with default policy on iptables'input: drop, permitting access to ssh, http or whatever else given server is running&#xD;&#xA; - fail2ban for ssh [ and sometimes ftp / http / other - depending on context ]&#xD;&#xA; - disable root logins, force using normal user and su -&#xD;&#xA; - custom kernel [ just old habit ]&#xD;&#xA; - scheduled system upgrade&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;depending on level of paranoia additionally:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - drop policy on output except couple allowed destinations / ports&#xD;&#xA; - integrit for checking if some parts of file system ware not modified [ with checksum kept outside of the machine ]&#xD;&#xA; - scheduled scan at least with nmap of system from the outside&#xD;&#xA; - automated log checking for unknown patterns [ but that's mostly to detect hardware malfunction or some minor crashes ]&#xD;&#xA; - scheduled run of chkrootkit&#xD;&#xA; - immutable attribute for /etc/passwd so adding new users is slightly more difficult&#xD;&#xA; - /tmp mounted with noexec&#xD;&#xA; - port knocker or other non-standard way of opening ssh port [ eg visiting 'secret' web page on web server allows for limited period of time incoming ssh connection from ip that viewed page, if you get connected -m state --satete ESTABLISHED takes care of allowing packet flow as long as you use single ssh session ]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;things i do not do myself but make sense:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - grsec for kenrel&#xD;&#xA; - remote syslog so logs cannot be overwritten when system gets compromised&#xD;&#xA; - alerting about any ssh logins" />
  <row Id="21116" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11670" RevisionGUID="507f2b16-2e12-465c-849e-8f61d0a95057" CreationDate="2009-05-23T21:37:01.177" UserId="1078" Text="What are the advantages of using .msi files over regular setup.exe files? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have the impression that deployment is easier on machines where users have few permissions, but not sure about the details.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What features does msiexec.exe have that makes deployment more easy than using setup.exe scenarios?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any tips or tricks when deploying .msi applications?" />
  <row Id="21117" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11670" RevisionGUID="507f2b16-2e12-465c-849e-8f61d0a95057" CreationDate="2009-05-23T21:37:01.177" UserId="1078" Text="Advantages of using .msi files?" />
  <row Id="21118" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11670" RevisionGUID="507f2b16-2e12-465c-849e-8f61d0a95057" CreationDate="2009-05-23T21:37:01.177" UserId="1078" Text="&lt;deployment&gt;&lt;msi&gt;" />
  <row Id="21119" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11671" RevisionGUID="e73615f4-e824-43a1-9f71-721aafeafaeb" CreationDate="2009-05-23T21:42:35.830" UserId="3431" Text="Virtualization doesn't mix well with gaming. There is not much discussion about this. The only decent hypervisor solution running on top of Windows is Hyper-V and that doesn't support 3D graphics.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Virtualization is an entreprise feature mainly. If you're going to be gaming, stay out of virtualization :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can eventualy have Windows whatever and a Linux Virtualbox, that should work fine, nice and simple." />
  <row Id="21120" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11672" RevisionGUID="4eac5098-945a-4170-acc8-893debc222b7" CreationDate="2009-05-23T21:44:18.323" UserId="3181" Text="Ubuntu Forums has a [good answer][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; On the old machine:  &lt;tt&gt;$ dpkg --get-selections &gt; installed-software&lt;/tt&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;     &lt;li&gt;This gets your list of installed apps &lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/ br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; On the new machine:  &lt;tt&gt;$ dpkg --set-selections &lt; installed-software&lt;/tt&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;     &lt;li&gt; This sets the new machine to install the packages not currently installed on the new machine.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;     &lt;li&gt; It might be interesting to see if the new machine has some packages not installed on the old machine, so you could find the &lt;tt&gt;dpkg --get-selections&gt;&lt;/tt&gt; command on the new machine, and then use &lt;tt&gt;diff&lt;/tt&gt; to compare the output files from both.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/ br&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; Finally, on the new machine: &lt;tt&gt;$ dselect&lt;/tt&gt; and the packages will be installed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some additional links from the forums discussion:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. [Don't forget your gpg keys][3] (from the same thread)&#xD;&#xA; 2. [How to install all the desired packages and uninstall all the undesired packages][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=261366&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://inportb.com/2007/10/24/how-to-save-a-list-of-installed-packages-and-reinstall-the-packages-later/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6965772&amp;postcount=56" />
  <row Id="21121" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11673" RevisionGUID="116e6636-8e76-4006-b0f6-30dcc1d407d6" CreationDate="2009-05-23T21:47:14.963" UserId="2413" Text="you can do transformations - in theory you can customize a lot, if program was packaged properly by vendor you can make fully automated deployment without any interaction with end user - which is very helpful when you want to standardize your windows environment and have more then handful of computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to see what people do with msis [ or unattended deployment ] visit for instance [this][1] site and it's forums. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.appdeploy.com/packages/" />
  <row Id="21122" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11674" RevisionGUID="beb6d1fc-f903-4cad-a1a7-f1ff68bc93d4" CreationDate="2009-05-23T21:50:27.767" UserId="3459" Text="You absolutely should have a change management process in place, especially if there are multiple people who have the ability/access to make changes on the system level in your environment.  This also provides a way for management to sign off on potential changes, however the downside it does induce latency in the change process if you can't do changes on the fly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some ways of tracking changes might include the validation of events in your SEM (assuming you have a Security Event Manager) or tools such as Nessus (with a lot of work can audit your environment to find changes)." />
  <row Id="21123" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11674" RevisionGUID="beb6d1fc-f903-4cad-a1a7-f1ff68bc93d4" CreationDate="2009-05-23T21:50:27.767" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21124" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11675" RevisionGUID="b0f61401-30ae-409d-a7c1-0113c1e56493" CreationDate="2009-05-23T21:52:18.637" UserId="1349" Text="Just a few benifits:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Can be advertised. So that on demand installation could take place. &#xD;&#xA; - Like advertisement, features can be installed as soon as the user tries to them.&#xD;&#xA; - State management is maintained so Windows Installer provides an a way to let administrators see if an application is installed on a machine.&#xD;&#xA; - Ability to rollback if an installation fails." />
  <row Id="21125" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11676" RevisionGUID="91e1469d-f61c-4954-842f-6b496773347b" CreationDate="2009-05-23T22:01:31.893" UserId="3459" Text="You could use msconfig and turn off what is left and see if it continues to boot slowly.  If the VM is still loading slowly there are a couple of things you can check:&#xD;&#xA;1.  VM disk configuration correct?&#xD;&#xA;2.  Bad sectors on your Host system?&#xD;&#xA;3.  Any sort of hidden process attempting to access the network within the VM (and the network is disconnected, thus causing a long timeout)?" />
  <row Id="21126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11677" RevisionGUID="db0a30d9-07bc-405a-80b0-33f88163949a" CreationDate="2009-05-23T22:09:35.700" UserId="3181" Text="Does the device have an internal fan? From what I could find on the Internet, I can't tell, but even without a fan, the device may have accumulated dust inside which is preventing airflow." />
  <row Id="21127" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11675" RevisionGUID="86145338-0847-47bb-9743-86845009413a" CreationDate="2009-05-23T22:13:22.587" UserId="1349" Comment="added 99 characters in body" Text="Just a few benifits:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Can be advertised. So that on demand installation could take place. &#xD;&#xA; - Like advertisement, features can be installed as soon as the user tries to them.&#xD;&#xA; - State management is maintained so Windows Installer provides an a way to let administrators see if an application is installed on a machine.&#xD;&#xA; - Ability to rollback if an installation fails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For some additional info on manipulating MSI installations, type `msiexec` into the Run dialog." />
  <row Id="21128" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11678" RevisionGUID="8fe10764-c066-48f0-be22-8ad0502aa3b3" CreationDate="2009-05-23T22:19:45.380" UserId="2318" Text="Reading log files can be pretty frustrating as, by nature, their content says as much about the developer who chose them as the problem itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have any ***general purpose*** tips for interpreting error logs (eg: &quot;google is your friend&quot; or &quot;some error [codes][1] occur more than others&quot; or &quot;remember that warnings and errors are very different&quot;)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2088" />
  <row Id="21129" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11678" RevisionGUID="8fe10764-c066-48f0-be22-8ad0502aa3b3" CreationDate="2009-05-23T22:19:45.380" UserId="2318" Text="General tips for interpreting error logs" />
  <row Id="21130" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11678" RevisionGUID="8fe10764-c066-48f0-be22-8ad0502aa3b3" CreationDate="2009-05-23T22:19:45.380" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;log-files&gt;&lt;troubleshooting&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;mac&gt;" />
  <row Id="21131" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11678" RevisionGUID="8fe10764-c066-48f0-be22-8ad0502aa3b3" CreationDate="2009-05-23T22:20:39.467" UserId="2318" />
  <row Id="21132" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11679" RevisionGUID="171e6a32-ef46-436a-b10e-01cfb8ac8637" CreationDate="2009-05-23T22:25:33.903" UserId="3459" Text="From your question and subsequent comments it sounds like you're not getting interviews.  If you're not getting interviews then you definitely need to work on that resume.  It's hard work but you should tailor your resumes for the positions listed, also bring in experiences you may have that aren't strictly technology related.  As an example, a network services company looking for an engineer to service their clients might find sales or personal soft skills important.  You need to emphasize your strong points and get the interview.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your experiences seem weak, have you thought about volunteering IT services at a non-profit organization?  If you have something that shows you are working on technology in a &quot;production&quot; environment may help." />
  <row Id="21133" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11655" RevisionGUID="272c1666-2ab0-43ce-a773-90abe8688ebf" CreationDate="2009-05-23T22:28:56.987" UserId="1682" Comment="deleted 17 characters in body" Text="Whats the best software/configuration option?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux has good hard drive performance on its own and its bound to be slower running on top of windows. There is no hypervisor that lets you do windows gaming in full which I care about so thats not an answer I'm looking for. I have separate hard drives that linux can use exclusively, and raid is also an option." />
  <row Id="21134" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11678" RevisionGUID="2c403db2-cf3f-4813-8e1a-bfbed8cca445" CreationDate="2009-05-23T22:31:44.420" UserId="2318" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Reading log files can be pretty frustrating as, by nature, their content says as much about the developer who penned them as the problem itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have any ***general purpose*** tips for interpreting error logs (eg: &quot;google is your friend&quot; or &quot;some error [codes][1] occur more than others&quot; or &quot;remember that warnings and errors are very different&quot;)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2088" />
  <row Id="21135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11680" RevisionGUID="4ca72b47-01d9-4a56-94f1-bb19bf94ae67" CreationDate="2009-05-23T22:33:08.630" UserId="3420" Text="I don't believe any general purpose tips can be made to interpret error logs, except that you must research each error on a case-by-case basis, e.g. with Google or by reading source, to understand it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For handling something like syslog, especially when aggregating many machines, a general purpose suggestion can be made. Keep a list of patterns to ignore, and a list of patterns to alert on immediately. Generate a daily report that excludes the &quot;ignore&quot; messages. (Or even watch the log file in real-time excluding the ignorable messages). Use this report to add to the ignore list and to the alert list. For patterns identified as real errors, deliver an alert to admins in real-time. Ideally your ignore list should be thorough enough that you can read through the messages that fall through, and your alert list should be simple enough that you can investigate every one that you are alerted on. Be able to handle floods of alerts from a broken system that you can not fix right away. It is worthwhile to keep two additional levels of patterns - those worth reviewing but that are not likely to be a problem, and those worth alerting on but not disrupting someone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Failing to do this in a Unix environment is probable the single most significant (costly and damaging) commonly-made oversight.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21136" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11680" RevisionGUID="4ca72b47-01d9-4a56-94f1-bb19bf94ae67" CreationDate="2009-05-23T22:33:08.630" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21137" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11681" RevisionGUID="a9071f9c-4b61-436e-9ef8-b92e8cbbd199" CreationDate="2009-05-23T22:33:18.863" UserId="2657" Text="Let developers troubleshoot production issues once in a while.  This will do wonders for your logging. :)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21138" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11681" RevisionGUID="a9071f9c-4b61-436e-9ef8-b92e8cbbd199" CreationDate="2009-05-23T22:33:18.863" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21139" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11613" RevisionGUID="3a236f3d-3da5-411b-8539-0a635a6b87a4" CreationDate="2009-05-23T22:34:57.643" UserId="2318" Comment="grammar" Text="The Fortress of Solitude. Admittedly it does not actually exist, but the location is genius: zero fan noise, and no need for climate control  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://misteridigital.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/fortress-of-solitude-superman.jpg" />
  <row Id="21140" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11682" RevisionGUID="0d007bb9-6f12-4f65-9d82-484f50857823" CreationDate="2009-05-23T22:37:51.833" UserId="2417" Text="[REISUB](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reisub) is used most often, to safely reboot a stuck up system. But it is not the only possible combination.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Normally sysrq does not work when X is running. If a ctrl+alt+fX does not work, you can try sending 'R' before it. If unsuccessful, sometimes a &quot;saK&quot; with 'K' fixes things; It kills all processes within current runlevel, including the X server. Then you can try other sysrq commands. After a saK to the X server, you can even login from a tty if the system is still running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And sometimes when a silly process freezes the boot, when ctrl+C, ctrl+Z or ctrl+alt+del do naught, an 'E' followed by a ctrl+alt+del can do a safe and normal reboot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;'T' command prints a trace so you can inspect which process or function is causing problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See alt of the commands by pressing alt+sysrq+H" />
  <row Id="21141" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11623" RevisionGUID="6369fdb0-1fb1-426e-85f5-dc466056e27b" CreationDate="2009-05-23T22:42:36.613" UserId="2318" Comment="boldface was obnoxious" Text="I always like the &quot;Upside-Down-Ternet&quot; story, which is not a joke in the &quot;knock knock&quot; sense, but a funny annecdote involving Squid proxy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It begins &quot;*My neighbours are stealing my wireless internet access. I could encrypt it or alternately I could have fun.*&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Read the rest here: [http://www.ex-parrot.com/pete/upside-down-ternet.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best line: &quot;*Suddenly everything is kittens! It's kitten net*.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ex-parrot.com/pete/upside-down-ternet.html" />
  <row Id="21142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11683" RevisionGUID="4ed639c1-d2b5-4363-bb1d-9f1858ecbd4d" CreationDate="2009-05-23T22:45:39.587" UserId="3459" Text="If you want to connect the wireless between the two buildings, you need an access point in each building running in bridge mode and two outdoor antennas.  You can mount them on the roofs, window to window, or the flat patch antennas as long as they are facing each other.  You just want to make sure there is a clear line of site between the antennas, and make sure they're high enough to avoid interruption from trucks driving through." />
  <row Id="21143" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11684" RevisionGUID="a5ddc012-0d5b-48fc-bb34-481f1bbd9bdf" CreationDate="2009-05-23T23:11:25.370" UserId="1463" Text="Cisco Wireless controller with a bunch of light-weight Cisco Access points (running LWAPP) will do that. The Controller is connected to the access points using cable primarily (but can also hop using the actual wireless if needed) and you set all the configuration in the controller - the access points just obey automatically and cooperate in making client roaming as seamless as possible without any special drivers needed on the clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is of course expensive, but the concept is the same for all major brands and I bet some like HP or perhaps even Netgear has similar solutions in store.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most likely there are some open source alternatives perhaps with custom firmware for some cheap consumer access point that can accomplish something similar with a central server - but I haven't researched that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A central controller unit and a thinner kind of access point with not much logic except for the actual radio in them - connected to the controller by whatever means available - which will coordinate access, configuration, roaming and so forth. You can connect one of these light-weight access points anywhere in the world as long as it can talk to a linked controller - it will (if you want) appear as the same network." />
  <row Id="21144" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11685" RevisionGUID="346cf979-bbdb-4e4a-bceb-25344bfb9f83" CreationDate="2009-05-23T23:16:02.537" UserId="2417" Text="The package you need to install in debian is libpam-unix2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you will have to edit the following files under `/etc/pam.d/`, and change all `pam_unix.so` usage to `pam_unix2.so`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * common-account  &#xD;&#xA; * common-auth  &#xD;&#xA; * common-password &#xD;&#xA; * common-session&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, edit common-password file and replace &quot;md5&quot; parameter with &quot;blowfish&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Passwords that are updated after these modifications are made will be hased using blowfish, exising shadow passwords are not modified. [Source](http://ludoa.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/moving-from-md5-to-blowfish-on-debianubuntu/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To use blowfish in PHP, you provide a blowfish salt to crypt(). Like this;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    crypt('sting', '$2a$07$' . substr('saltsaltsalt', 0, CRYPT_SALT_LENGTH) ) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should first check if CRYPT_BLOWFISH==1. And you'll need to use a long enough salt, which is equal to (or greater than) 22 characters.&#xD;&#xA;[Source](http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.crypt.php)" />
  <row Id="21145" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11686" RevisionGUID="167588f1-0190-40d1-93f1-344a162a166a" CreationDate="2009-05-23T23:19:21.470" UserId="3437" Text="My habit with server logs is: review them regularly, and investigate/resolve the issues I find. I do this proactively - not waiting until the users are howling about a system outage. The main reason this is effective, really boils down to a couple of old sayings:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*A stitch in time saves nine.*&#xD;&#xA;Obviously if you're solving issues while they're small, you're ahead of the curve, and users/management will have less reasons to yell at you; that's a good thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Practice makes perfect.*&#xD;&#xA;I think this is the greater advantage to the sysadmin. By getting in there regularly and proactively reading the logs, you're gaining experience and familiarity. You're learning what those cryptic log messages mean - and which are trivial, and which are a big deal. The process of investigating messages you don't immediately understand (which will be a lot of them at first!) teaches you a lot about the internals of the OS and the apps running on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usually when I get a new system to manage, it will have quite a few errors in the log, many which recur fairly regularly. The prior admin often shrugs them off with something to the effect of &quot;not real sure what that's about, but the users never complained, so I didn't consider it broken enough to fix!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My goal with such systems is to revisit the logs weekly until I have solved or understood every new error that comes up; then relax my log reviews to monthly. Clean logs are easier to read!" />
  <row Id="21146" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11686" RevisionGUID="167588f1-0190-40d1-93f1-344a162a166a" CreationDate="2009-05-23T23:19:21.470" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21147" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11205" RevisionGUID="1ab4e8e4-d5f7-4513-82cc-b9828df6deae" CreationDate="2009-05-23T23:23:00.840" UserId="2417" Comment="clarify slocate-mlocate-locate" Text="Find does not need an index, and traverses the disk every time you run it. Example&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;    $ find / -name &quot;*mynewprogram*&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;locate and variants need index files, but they work -really- faster.  'locate' is from GNU findutils. 'slocate' was recommended up to etch; it was a more 'secure' version of locate, users will not see files that they do not have acess to. 'mlocate' is recommended in lenny and newer, mlocate has a more efficient indexing mechanism.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo updatedb  # to update the index.&#xD;&#xA;    $ mlocate  mynewprogram&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`which` searches your $PATH for the binary name you give. No need for an index.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ which touch&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/bin/touch&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to see a package's installed files, use this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dpkg -L coreutils&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To see which package installed a specific file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ dpkg -S /usr/bin/touch&#xD;&#xA;    coreutils: /usr/bin/touch" />
  <row Id="21148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11687" RevisionGUID="f60d32c5-bd1e-44c7-836c-4347eb1726cc" CreationDate="2009-05-23T23:24:24.643" UserId="3420" Text="Easier with lvm+ext3 versus ext3 on a partition. Consider losing the LVM headers vs losing partition tables. The LVM headers are backed up on the root filesystem. The partition table is not backed up anywhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you save a copy of the partition table manually, it is easy to replace. But if you must restore on a default setup with no special backups, you can restore LVM's backups of the metadata. The commands to do so might be strange and confusing, but you can find reference to them by doing websearches.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the partition table is easy to guess but you don't have an actual backup of it, you're probably at about the same level of complexity as restoring LVM headers from the backups that it keeps on its own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have LVM PV headers that are not corrupted, it is much easier to find your data versus finding it on partition tables. (If you have many devices).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21149" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11688" RevisionGUID="1b5b46a2-669d-4e8b-b954-1cf7234bc60c" CreationDate="2009-05-23T23:29:36.037" UserId="3420" Text="If you're not willing to first shrink the LVM logical volume, you're looking at copying the data with &quot;cp -a&quot;, &quot;cd /oldstorage ; find . -depth -print0 | cpio -pdmu0 /newstorage&quot;, &quot;rsync -a /oldstorage/ /newstorage/&quot;, or the like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a logical volume that is not nearly full, it is more efficient than to do this than to copy an entire volume that includes unused space.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11689" RevisionGUID="8fdf5e08-b888-4edf-b2e7-111219e439c5" CreationDate="2009-05-23T23:33:35.200" UserId="86" Text="Using MSI's also makes patching (MSP files) and upgrades easier.  MSI's use the concept of unique Product and Upgrade codes which makes the whole process easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some deployment systems (CA Unicenter Software Delivery is one example) can also understand MSI's in a special way, which allows them to integrate much better into the deployment system.  For example you can feed an MSI into the software library of the deployment system and it will automatically detect the various features within the product and automatically allow much more granular custom actions (Local Install, Verify, Repair etc.) and logging.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Self-heal / repair is also a major plus for MSI's.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11690" RevisionGUID="310bd837-abaa-4241-bfec-e8f6905a2b9b" CreationDate="2009-05-23T23:33:45.810" UserId="3420" Text="You have a several year old installation on a laptop. It is a losing proposition to convert it to LVM. Backup your data, reinstall, and copy your data back. You will have a clean system with new software, and your data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't do this because you don't know where your data is, you have a big problem and this is your chance to solve it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21152" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11691" RevisionGUID="f39be306-8e68-49ca-852b-d4397b1b2f97" CreationDate="2009-05-23T23:34:00.707" UserId="1463" Text="I remember that wizard, a long time ago - but I still feel it was a bit weird.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the steering wheel of a car doesn't have its logo exactly horisontal when going exactly forwards - it's not like it's a problem steering the car? Unless the mouse is completely rectangular, how do you even know exactly, on such a small degree, what is suppose to be exactly up on it? ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I usually use my mouse rotated ~0-90 degree in any direction depending on the hand in respect to the screen and constantly shift the angle slightly because it will be moved in arcs - it's a relative device so your hand-eye coordination should calibrate itself and adapt, in my opinion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've looked around without finding anything except similar questions or April fools jokes, but it could be a fun coding project - to re-create a generic mouse orientation wizard..." />
  <row Id="21153" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3780" RevisionGUID="5cc9fd9d-59be-4a00-90b3-4d47c200f9ce" CreationDate="2009-05-23T23:35:50.173" UserId="1224" Comment="added 234 characters in body" Text="The aim for this Wiki is to promote using a command to open up commonly used applications without having to go through many mouse clicks - thus saving times on monitoring, troubleshooting Windows machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Answer entries need to specify&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Application name&#xD;&#xA; - Commands&#xD;&#xA; - Screenshot (Optional)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shortcut to commands&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [&amp;&amp;][1] - Command Chaining&#xD;&#xA;- [%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\rcimlby.exe -LaunchRA][2] - Remote Assistance (Windows XP)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl][3] - Programs and Features (Formerly Known as &quot;Add or Remove Programs&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl @,2][4] - Turn Windows Features On and Off (Add/Remove Windows Components pane)&#xD;&#xA;- [calc][5] - Calculator&#xD;&#xA;- [cleanmgr.exe][6] - Disk Cleanup&#xD;&#xA;- [cls][7] - clear the command line screen&#xD;&#xA;- [cmd /k][8] - Run command with command extensions enabled&#xD;&#xA;- [color][9] - Sets the default console foreground and background colors in console&#xD;&#xA;- [compmgmt.msc][10] - Computer Management&#xD;&#xA;- [control.exe /name Microsoft.NetworkAndSharingCenter][11] - Network and Sharing Center&#xD;&#xA;- [control keyboard][12] - Keyboard Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control mouse(or main.cpl)][13] - Mouse Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control sysdm.cpl,@0,3][14] - Advanced Tab of the System Properties dialog&#xD;&#xA;- [control userpasswords2][15] - Opens the classic User Accounts dialog&#xD;&#xA;- [desk.cpl][16] - opens the display properties&#xD;&#xA;- [devmgmt.msc][17] - Device Manager&#xD;&#xA;- [diskmgmt.msc][18] - Disk Management&#xD;&#xA;- [dsquery][19] - Finds any objects in the directory according to criteria&#xD;&#xA;- [eventvwr][20] - Windows Event Log (Event 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[mmsys.cpl][36] - Sound/Recording/Playback properties&#xD;&#xA;- [mrt][37] - Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool&#xD;&#xA;- [mstsc.exe][38] - Remote Desktop Connection&#xD;&#xA;- [ncpa.cpl][39] - Network Connections&#xD;&#xA;- [net statistics][40] - Check computer up time&#xD;&#xA;- [odbcad32.exe][41] - ODBC Data Source Administrator&#xD;&#xA;- [pathping][42] - A traceroute that collects detailed packet loss stats&#xD;&#xA;- [quser][43] - Display information about user sessions on a terminal server&#xD;&#xA;- [qwinsta][44] - See disconnected remote desktop sessions&#xD;&#xA;- [reg.exe][45] - Console Registry Tool for Windows&#xD;&#xA;- [regedit][46] - Registry Editor&#xD;&#xA;- [rasdial][47] - Connects to a VPN or a dialup network&#xD;&#xA;- [robocopy][48] - Backup/Restore/Copy large amounts of files reliably&#xD;&#xA;- [rsop.msc][49] - Resultant Set of Policy (shows the combined effect of all group policies active on the current system/login)&#xD;&#xA;- [sc][50] - Manage 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http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6522#6522&#xD;&#xA;  [45]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/11244#11244&#xD;&#xA;  [46]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3900#3900&#xD;&#xA;  [47]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4480#4480&#xD;&#xA;  [48]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4546#4546&#xD;&#xA;  [49]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/7598#7598&#xD;&#xA;  [50]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6351#6351&#xD;&#xA;  [51]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/11548#11548&#xD;&#xA;  [52]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3845#3845&#xD;&#xA;  [53]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3786#3786&#xD;&#xA;  [54]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6741#6741&#xD;&#xA;  [55]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3962#3962&#xD;&#xA;  [56]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4987#4987&#xD;&#xA;  [57]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6923#6923&#xD;&#xA;  [58]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6516#6516&#xD;&#xA;  [59]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6349#6349&#xD;&#xA;  [60]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/5002#5002&#xD;&#xA;  [61]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3817#3817&#xD;&#xA;  [62]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4426#4426&#xD;&#xA;  [63]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4428#4428&#xD;&#xA;  [64]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6468#6468&#xD;&#xA;  [65]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6901#6901&#xD;&#xA;  [66]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4847#4847&#xD;&#xA;  [67]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4431#4431" />
  <row Id="21154" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11692" RevisionGUID="dfb3eb12-8b88-4639-b1ff-fa8ca7b4e19e" CreationDate="2009-05-23T23:36:36.817" UserId="1586" Text="I recently bought a Linksys WMP110 wireless PCI NIC for my XP machine. It works fine, except when I take it out of hibernate it sometimes won't reconnect or even see any wireless networks. I have to reboot for it to work again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I figured there might be a driver setting that can be tweaked to fix it, but I'm not sure what that setting might be. I'm using the latest driver for the card (1.1.2). I have a built-in Ethernet interface and a regular PCI Ethernet card in the machine, but both are disabled. Any idea why this would randomly happen?" />
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  <row Id="21156" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11692" RevisionGUID="dfb3eb12-8b88-4639-b1ff-fa8ca7b4e19e" CreationDate="2009-05-23T23:36:36.817" UserId="1586" Text="&lt;drivers&gt;&lt;wireless-network&gt;&lt;linksys&gt;" />
  <row Id="21157" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11693" RevisionGUID="29b57d3c-ce77-4792-b1a4-0d734c9aba15" CreationDate="2009-05-23T23:36:58.097" UserId="3420" Text="A pre-existing lost+found directory with a large enough size to contain a large number of unlinked files puts less of a burden on e2fsck to create the directory and grow it to the appropriate size.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will still attempt to do so, but in the face of a corrupt filesystem, it can be more risky.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Very old fsck's for other filesystems on other platforms were not able to create /lost+found, nor were they able to grow it. This is the history for the rationale of /lost+found. But the current rationale is simply to make e2fsck's job easier." />
  <row Id="21158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11694" RevisionGUID="0bd087d3-5377-4287-8216-602ec26570dc" CreationDate="2009-05-23T23:40:21.380" UserId="3420" Text="On Solaris, if zfs is available, it is the clear winner.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Linux, if xfs is not easily available (e.g. RedHat Enterprise / CentOS), ext3 is the clear winner.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Linux, if xfs is available, it is the clear winner.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reiserfs was never mature enough for serious use, and now never will be. The only filesystem under development that attempts to come close to its functionality is btrfs." />
  <row Id="21160" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11696" RevisionGUID="c4e4c60e-7d5d-415c-ad9e-10a52225e662" CreationDate="2009-05-23T23:48:23.023" UserId="86" Text="Michael's answer was the closest, but I wanted to be sure, so I installed a fresh copy of Ubuntu Server 8.04.2 (Hardy Heron) in a virtual machine to get the official group list.  These are the first groups, assigned by default, to the first user:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- $USERNAME (e.g. wayne) (primary group - the rest are supplementary groups)&#xD;&#xA;- adm&#xD;&#xA;- dialout&#xD;&#xA;- cdrom&#xD;&#xA;- floppy&#xD;&#xA;- audio&#xD;&#xA;- dip&#xD;&#xA;- video&#xD;&#xA;- plugdev&#xD;&#xA;- scanner&#xD;&#xA;- sambashare&#xD;&#xA;- lpadmin&#xD;&#xA;- admin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To assign these groups to a given user, issue the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo usermod -a -G adm,dialout,cdrom,floppy,audio,dip,video,plugdev,scanner,sambashare,lpadmin,admin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The `-a` switch means &quot;append&quot; so that existing supplementary groups are not overwritten.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get a list of groups assigned to a particular user:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat /etc/group | grep &lt;username&gt; " />
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  <row Id="21162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11697" RevisionGUID="12cd6430-d392-4583-a43f-0c8b81864b1e" CreationDate="2009-05-23T23:49:36.487" UserId="3420" Text="The performance difference between a &quot;faster&quot; and &quot;slower&quot; hard disk when comparing laptop drives is not significant. Keep this in mind.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21163" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11698" RevisionGUID="2e95a71f-82d3-4535-9796-c04e996d35b7" CreationDate="2009-05-23T23:53:46.593" UserId="3420" Text="You should require everyone to use sudo for every root command as a policy. There is never a reason to run &quot;sudo bash&quot; or the like, it is only for convenience, due to ignorance, or to cover one's tracks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you disable logins to the root account directly, you cripple your ability to fix the system when there are severe problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't convince your admins to log in as themselves and run sudo for every command run as root, and to not break out of it into a shell, you have serious problems for which there is no technical solution." />
  <row Id="21165" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11699" RevisionGUID="48205e47-ac51-4f05-aa13-f43c2e4f013b" CreationDate="2009-05-23T23:58:37.060" UserId="3420" Text="The hidden feature is that there are no hidden features. The system provides a tremendous amount of power that you have complete access to. You have to understand every piece of it and every tool available to know what power is at your fingertips.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should start by understanding every command in /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, and every virtual file in /proc. Read the manpages, other documentation, and source as necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you aren't comfortable reading a man page or reading the source, that is your hidden feature.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21166" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11699" RevisionGUID="48205e47-ac51-4f05-aa13-f43c2e4f013b" CreationDate="2009-05-23T23:58:37.060" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11700" RevisionGUID="478cf3dd-8e9a-4e92-8686-873ab6233114" CreationDate="2009-05-24T00:03:46.573" UserId="3420" Text="Restrictions on password length are silly. (Restricting passwords to between 6-8 characters is common, yet makes no sense on modern systems).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Requiring frequent password changes encourages users to write down their passwords and to choose simpler ones. This is a tradeoff of threats, and you must consider which threat is more relevant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Requiring a user to contain &quot;special characters&quot; in an exactly 8-character password, instead of allowing a 30-character password consisting of letters only, makes no sense.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't give users an obvious password and ask that they change it. They won't. Either require that they change it on the first login, select a strong password for them knowing that they will write it down, or make them select a strong one in front of you." />
  <row Id="21168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11701" RevisionGUID="d944f468-ef70-405f-81aa-9011f01594fb" CreationDate="2009-05-24T00:08:40.080" UserId="3420" Text="There has long been a desire for reasonable auditing of significant activity on Unix systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Auditd is Linux's best example of failure at producing a useful implementation of this. It seems nice at first, yet it is completely useless, with signal-to-noise ratio of zero." />
  <row Id="21169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11702" RevisionGUID="b6a7b85f-5d0a-40a8-9d73-f5ec61ed319a" CreationDate="2009-05-24T00:10:21.530" UserId="1944" Text="I use SSH keys without passphrase with private/public keys. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I read O'reilly's SSH book that you can have encrypted SSH keys without passphrase by&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. SSH agent,&#xD;&#xA; 2. Host based authentication, or&#xD;&#xA; 3. Kerberos authentication&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not completely sure what they mean with these.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**How would you have an encrypted SSH for active usage?**" />
  <row Id="21170" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11702" RevisionGUID="b6a7b85f-5d0a-40a8-9d73-f5ec61ed319a" CreationDate="2009-05-24T00:10:21.530" UserId="1944" Text="How can you have encryted SSH keys for active usage?" />
  <row Id="21171" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11702" RevisionGUID="b6a7b85f-5d0a-40a8-9d73-f5ec61ed319a" CreationDate="2009-05-24T00:10:21.530" UserId="1944" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;" />
  <row Id="21172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11703" RevisionGUID="a21a266f-3305-4e7d-a4e9-4cc1ebf68f89" CreationDate="2009-05-24T00:11:42.060" UserId="1682" Text="Also, check out open source [Windows Installer XML][1], &quot;a toolset that builds Windows installation packages from XML source code. The toolset supports a command line environment that developers may integrate into their build processes to build MSI and MSM setup packages.&quot; This is used by MS to prepare several of its major software packages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wix.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="21173" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11696" RevisionGUID="fa558e39-6718-49d9-b4d8-5172ca3b784d" CreationDate="2009-05-24T00:11:59.533" UserId="86" Text="Michael's answer was the closest, but I wanted to be sure, so I installed a fresh copy of Ubuntu Server 8.04.2 (Hardy Heron) in a virtual machine to get the official group list.  The installation was a basic one with no specific server roles selected.  These are the first groups, assigned by default, to the first user:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- $USERNAME (e.g. wayne) (primary group - the rest are supplementary groups)&#xD;&#xA;- adm&#xD;&#xA;- dialout&#xD;&#xA;- cdrom&#xD;&#xA;- floppy&#xD;&#xA;- fuse&#xD;&#xA;- audio&#xD;&#xA;- dip&#xD;&#xA;- video&#xD;&#xA;- plugdev&#xD;&#xA;- sambashare&#xD;&#xA;- lpadmin&#xD;&#xA;- admin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To assign these groups to a given user, issue the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo usermod -a -G adm,dialout,cdrom,floppy,audio,dip,fuse,video,plugdev,scanner,sambashare,lpadmin,admin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The `-a` switch means &quot;append&quot; so that existing supplementary groups are not overwritten.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get a list of groups assigned to a particular user:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat /etc/group | grep &lt;username&gt; " />
  <row Id="21174" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="11696" RevisionGUID="05ed326d-4bfa-4c23-ae42-d14620aedc0b" CreationDate="2009-05-24T00:13:28.830" UserId="86" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:86,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Wayne Koorts&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="21175" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11704" RevisionGUID="c77d65a1-978e-4f07-9238-949652e7933a" CreationDate="2009-05-24T00:14:29.517" UserId="3420" Text="I don't know of any bash features that zsh does not support. The design goal of zsh seems to include supporting any features that bash adds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I still use bash instead of zsh. I rarely come across compelling features that zsh supports that bash does not. Occasional problems with zsh over the years, or it not existing on certain sysetms, have made it not worth making the transition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can finally use the same shell on every Unix system, it's not worth breaking this for features I'll never use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The features present in zsh that are not present in bash seem to mostly be cute but not ones that would matter on a day-to-day basis." />
  <row Id="21176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11705" RevisionGUID="67ed067f-0486-4669-b4f3-a8d4c92259e1" CreationDate="2009-05-24T00:17:03.527" UserId="1936" Text="Here's a great place to start: [Arctic Silver Route to Product Instructions][1]. In general, a little bit goes a long way. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_instructions.htm" />
  <row Id="21177" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11706" RevisionGUID="b887c0ac-830d-4ac4-915f-ba514b57457d" CreationDate="2009-05-24T00:20:40.717" UserId="2169" Text="Is there any performance difference between subversion checkouts and exports when running your webapplication?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We already implemented this in our deployment process, without measuring for differences (which feels bad. and is bad.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our intentions were:  &#xD;&#xA;a) dumping overhead (.svn folders and its contents) and  &#xD;&#xA;b) improving any directory traversing stuff&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have any experience with or measurements for this?" />
  <row Id="21178" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11706" RevisionGUID="b887c0ac-830d-4ac4-915f-ba514b57457d" CreationDate="2009-05-24T00:20:40.717" UserId="2169" Text="Performance difference between subversion checkouts and exports?" />
  <row Id="21179" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11706" RevisionGUID="b887c0ac-830d-4ac4-915f-ba514b57457d" CreationDate="2009-05-24T00:20:40.717" UserId="2169" Text="&lt;performance&gt;&lt;svn&gt;&lt;web-apps&gt;" />
  <row Id="21180" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11707" RevisionGUID="b2c18cbe-2daf-4fdd-9757-db3a4aedc8a9" CreationDate="2009-05-24T00:32:33.220" UserId="3420" Text="Your users will be connecting over the Internet. You don't want to pay for quality hardware. It isn't likely that you want to pay for quality power and cooling either. And you probably aren't paying for good Internet connectivity. Pay for someone else to host the solution - they can handle the hardware for you, the Internet connection, the power, the cooling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you're looking for should be fine as a virtual server. You don't have CPU, RAM, or storage requirements. You barely have uptime requirements. Spending the money on your own hardware makes no sense. I doubt spending the money on administration of the server makes sense for you either." />
  <row Id="21181" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11708" RevisionGUID="1d8804c0-49d0-4acf-8f14-908016fa6fac" CreationDate="2009-05-24T00:37:53.093" UserId="3368" Text="So, I'm &quot;that guy&quot;.  I apologize and am ready to give up all of my &quot;server fault points&quot;.  I don't know if I am more embarrassed, relieved, or angry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The **THREE** software CDs that I tried to install were the problem and not my DVD drives.  All three have somehow gotten erased, i didn't even know this was possible.  I tried these disks on my laptop, and they were not recognized on there either.  So, I popped in a driver disk into my Win7 machine and voila, it worked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Like I said, I'm sorry.  I thought one failure is normal, two failures is usually a sign of something wrong and three failures is doing due diligence.  Apparently not in this case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, I am left scrounging around to see if I made any other backups of PhotoShop and Roxio Media Creator.  Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21182" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11709" RevisionGUID="04ea3e2e-dfd9-4409-9f22-7a1dc9f40a88" CreationDate="2009-05-24T00:40:48.803" UserId="2042" Text="I would like to point out that bash is not installed by default on FreeBSD, OpenBSD, or NetBSD, and it is also not installed by default on Solaris 10 (OpenSolaris has it as the default), last time I used an AIX, and or HP-UX servers it was not installed by default either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, on OpenSolaris /bin/sh is NOT bash. It is ksh. The biggest issues I have as a software porter is people that assume /bin/sh is bash and that it will accept bash extended syntax. While this seems to be the case on most Linux distributions it is not the case elsewhere and it is really annoying." />
  <row Id="21183" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11710" RevisionGUID="395ca2d1-8fdd-4100-8372-72395e835bff" CreationDate="2009-05-24T00:44:44.900" UserId="2042" Text="Using ssh-agent you are able to type in your password to have your private key unlocked so that you can then remotely connect to as many different remote machines as you want without being asked your password over and over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a system like Mac OS X where the ssh-agent ties into the Keychain you only have to type your login keychain password and ssh-agent will automatically be able to use the password from your keychain." />
  <row Id="21184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11711" RevisionGUID="32ce0cd2-2463-4522-aa08-7ae9aeeee3c8" CreationDate="2009-05-24T00:45:43.980" UserId="3420" Text="Remember that Google's advice of 80°F is including virtually no cost to shutting down a datacenter when it overheats due to unexpected load or air conditioning failure. They also include a greater control of airflow over critical components.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21185" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11712" RevisionGUID="2721abab-017a-42ec-8d40-3e919824aff0" CreationDate="2009-05-24T00:54:19.487" UserId="919" Text="Vendor binary package format selections appear to be determined by a form of Murphy's Law: all the distros you **don't** use have packages. (Corralary: there exists no distribution that satisfies your software stack's distribution dependencies). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this a matter of politics, or something deeper, that we haven't seen the emergence of a &quot;build once, run anywhere&quot; package format?" />
  <row Id="21186" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11712" RevisionGUID="2721abab-017a-42ec-8d40-3e919824aff0" CreationDate="2009-05-24T00:54:19.487" UserId="919" Text="Why can't Linux developers create a univerisal packaging format?" />
  <row Id="21187" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11712" RevisionGUID="2721abab-017a-42ec-8d40-3e919824aff0" CreationDate="2009-05-24T00:54:19.487" UserId="919" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;packaging&gt;&lt;compatibility&gt;&lt;distributions&gt;" />
  <row Id="21188" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11713" RevisionGUID="0534d757-c301-402b-88cc-7baef8514fdc" CreationDate="2009-05-24T00:58:05.877" UserId="3420" Text="Probably not. It depends on what &quot;certain programs&quot; means. If a user has an interactive shell that is useful, they can install almost any software they want. But if you don't want them to be able to run a particular copy of software you have already installed, ordinary file permissions will work just fine. For example, create a group &quot;xmmsblacklist&quot;, chmod 705 /usr/bin/xmms, chgrp xmmsblacklist /usr/bin/xmms, and add the users to that group." />
  <row Id="21189" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11714" RevisionGUID="c992a628-fce5-4eee-be0c-7fa312f62be0" CreationDate="2009-05-24T01:01:55.263" UserId="919" Text="A good program supports [logging levels][1]. And usually logs are worthless without timestamps. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most linux distributions come with a logwatch tool; learn to use it and configure it's ignore settings. The trick is to set the pain threshold appropriately, so that nothing critical is ignored, but not so spammy that administators write mail rules to file and ignore logwatch mail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.thejoyofcode.com/Logging_Levels_and_how_to_use_them.aspx" />
  <row Id="21190" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11714" RevisionGUID="c992a628-fce5-4eee-be0c-7fa312f62be0" CreationDate="2009-05-24T01:01:55.263" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21192" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11715" RevisionGUID="581d234a-6849-42d7-aaca-3052ac461528" CreationDate="2009-05-24T01:32:39.300" UserId="386" Text="There's a bit of &quot;Not Invented Here Syndrome&quot;, I think.  Debian's packaging system predates RedHat, and yet it's superior in many ways, but you'll never see RedHat switching.  Instead, you see a lot of people using &quot;apt-rpm&quot; that attempts to give you some of the advantages of apt with rpm files." />
  <row Id="21193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11716" RevisionGUID="a3d581d8-4fa9-47ce-aa87-8655ae16da05" CreationDate="2009-05-24T01:36:44.223" UserId="86" Text="There are many reasons for this, and a bit of history is in order to put things into perspective.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember that when we talk about &quot;Linux&quot; what we are generally referring to is one of many different [Linux distributions][1].  &quot;Linux&quot; is actually just an operating system kernel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The original goal of Linux was to create a Unix-based system that would run on PCs (initially the 386).  The first step was to create the kernel itself.  While [Linus Torvalds][2] was working on the kernel [Richard Stallman][3] was working on his own [Free][4] Unix system, under the [GNU (GNU's Not Unix) project][5].  To cut a long story short, the two somewhat converged because GNU had the associated utilities (C compiler / library / build tools, shell, text editors etc.) but no core to run it on, and Linux had the core but no utilities to run on top of it to make it useful for the masses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This convergence came to be known somewhat officially as GNU/Linux.  You will see that a lot of distros still refer to themselves as GNU/Linux distributions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because of the Free and open nature of GNU/Linux anyone could pick it up and create a bundled system to their specific tastes.  The result was that many different streams of varying configuration methods were used to create these systems, which had the side-effect of creating almost as many different package management systems to fit in with each one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each different complete system had its own strong followers who stuck with them over the years, resulting in what we have today: a handful of widely used, deeply-rooted and stable package management systems like [RPM][6], [APT][7] / [dpkg][8] and Gentoo's [Portage][9].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are projects, such as [Autopackage][10], which are attempting to solve the problem, but the continuous evolution of the various supported package management system means there are many moving targets to follow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What some software vendors end up doing is bundling the specific binaries and copies of dependencies they require into one large package which will work on specific systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_stallman&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.gnu.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPM_Package_Manager&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Packaging_Tool&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dpkg&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portage_(software)&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://autopackage.org/" />
  <row Id="21194" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11623" RevisionGUID="6b790a76-0d10-4e92-8649-5f939fa00bb7" CreationDate="2009-05-24T01:40:42.563" UserId="2318" Comment="deleted 38 characters in body" Text="There's an anecdote involving Squid proxy. Not a joke in the &quot;knock knock&quot; sense.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It begins &quot;*My neighbours are stealing my wireless internet access. I could encrypt it or alternately I could have fun...*&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[The rest is too long to post here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best line: &quot;*Suddenly everything is kittens! It's kitten net*.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ex-parrot.com/pete/upside-down-ternet.html" />
  <row Id="21195" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="11619" RevisionGUID="6ad50d46-1cc9-496e-b7b0-579d2a989fd9" CreationDate="2009-05-24T01:52:39.797" UserId="2318" Comment="edited title" Text="Are there names for typical DNS designs (and, if so, what are the most common)?" />
  <row Id="21196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11717" RevisionGUID="a5595cd2-a5a1-4f97-a06c-b39461bdf34a" CreationDate="2009-05-24T02:10:10.203" UserId="3464" Text="It'd be *heavily* application dependent. With applications I've deployed, it's been irrelevant, as there's absolutely no directory traversal of the application directory going on from within the applications. Some frameworks, particularly Rails, will do auto loading of files within the application and do directory traversal to discover those files, but typical `Dir['**/**']` type affairs skip any &quot;hidden&quot; directories such as .svn and .git.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If, for some reason, your application or framework had need to traverse all files under the application folder and didn't ignore hidden directories, there might be some negligible effect, but it would be so application and situation specific that you'll struggle to seek much advice from a generalized answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All that said, if you have no reason to push changes back from deployment to the SVN server and you're using a multi directory rolling style deployment mechanism (that is, you export/check out to a new directory every time then update a symlink or similar) you might as well go over to using export. If you just `svn update` within a deployment directory each time, you might want to stick with it for efficiency's sake.." />
  <row Id="21197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11718" RevisionGUID="dac7dc8a-f688-4d77-b471-6de1f4f2b98e" CreationDate="2009-05-24T02:24:25.620" UserId="2046" Text="One answer states: &quot;logon to your router's config page and update its firmware, it only takes a few minutes&quot;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is bad advice.  Don't make this choice lightly.  Make sure you have an actual real reason (ie the release notes specifically say it fixes your problem) and not just a hope that it might make things better.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Certain companies firmware upgrades (eg Netcomm) have a track record of unreliable flawed upgrade procedures and will often leave you with a dead equipment, EVEN if you follow the documented process carefully and in detail.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But the biggest tip, before doing anything else, is do a Google search for &quot;your equipment name&quot; firmware, and see how many others have tried an upgrade and had problems with that equipment.  Also include the version you are upgrading to, to see if there are problems specific to it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21198" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11080" RevisionGUID="0b8b7b6b-fe5e-4603-80d3-9c9e71cb8819" CreationDate="2009-05-24T02:33:40.280" UserId="1928" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;server-configuration&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;change-management&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;" />
  <row Id="21201" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11720" RevisionGUID="5f40b34a-582b-4fce-b110-e40639ea71e1" CreationDate="2009-05-24T02:46:09.600" UserId="1232" Text="It seems appropriate to quote [Joel Spolsky][1] on this one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (By the way, for those of you who&#xD;&#xA;&gt; follow the arcane but&#xD;&#xA;&gt; politically-charged world of blog&#xD;&#xA;&gt; syndication feed formats, you can see&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the same thing happening over there.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; RSS became fragmented with several&#xD;&#xA;&gt; different versions, inaccurate specs&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and lots of political fighting, and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the attempt to clean everything up by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; creating yet another format called&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Atom has resulted in several different&#xD;&#xA;&gt; versions of RSS plus one version of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Atom, inaccurate specs and lots of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; political fighting. **When you try to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; unify two opposing forces by creating&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a third alternative, you just end up&#xD;&#xA;&gt; with three opposing forces.** You&#xD;&#xA;&gt; haven't unified anything and you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; haven't really fixed anything.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(emphasis added)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You have (at least) two packaging systems for Linux. That's actually a good thing. A single system will simply create a third system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/APIWar.html" />
  <row Id="21202" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11721" RevisionGUID="189695b7-4cc8-42c8-872f-4394d976193e" CreationDate="2009-05-24T03:13:21.120" UserId="1344" Text="Error # ID10T" />
  <row Id="21203" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11721" RevisionGUID="189695b7-4cc8-42c8-872f-4394d976193e" CreationDate="2009-05-24T03:13:21.120" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11722" RevisionGUID="baf9ecdc-28dd-490d-9334-1483992d79fc" CreationDate="2009-05-24T03:22:47.670" UserId="1331" Text="While walking, an engineer, a system administrator and their boss found a lamp. They rubbed it, and lo and behold; a genie appeared.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;You can have three wishes, but since there are three of you, I'm going to give each one of you one wish,&quot; spoke the genie in a large, booming voice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The engineer said, &quot;I wish to be working for NASA in making the first spaceship to transport astronauts to Mars.&quot; With that, the engineer disappeared in a puff of smoke.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The system administrator said, &quot;I wish to be in an island filled with machines that never crash so I could study from them and learn&quot;. The administrator smiles as he vanish in a puff of smoke.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The boss said &quot;I want both of them back in the office by Monday.&quot;" />
  <row Id="21205" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11722" RevisionGUID="baf9ecdc-28dd-490d-9334-1483992d79fc" CreationDate="2009-05-24T03:22:47.670" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21206" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11619" RevisionGUID="34f81c65-853a-4ee3-a9b8-d9c2bf72a97a" CreationDate="2009-05-24T03:31:00.367" UserId="2318" Comment="added 256 characters in body" Text="I'm not as proficient at configuring DNS as I would like. What are the most common DNS configurations?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Gah, it's hard to explain what i mean. I'm interested in learning how to classify/configure various styles of networks (eg: is there a term for networks that keep some of their records private vs all dns records public... is there a terms for a network that uses dyndns... is there a term for networks that use load-balancing...)?" />
  <row Id="21207" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11619" RevisionGUID="ae5f9da1-e32a-4273-baf7-b3d2e28b92ea" CreationDate="2009-05-24T03:48:39.847" UserId="2318" Text="I'm not as proficient at configuring DNS as I would like.&#xD;&#xA;**What are some common DNS design schemes?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*EDIT: Gah, it's hard to explain what i mean! I'm interested in learning how to classify/configure various styles of networks (eg: is there a term for networks that have intranet records they don't transfer vs networks that keep entirely public records... is there a terms for a network that uses dynamic dns... is there a term for networks that use load-balancing...)?*" />
  <row Id="21208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11723" RevisionGUID="4d60fd2a-f239-4d3f-b8c4-808dcbda7f98" CreationDate="2009-05-24T04:27:59.177" UserId="3174" Text="One of the more common 'types' is '&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split-horizon_DNS&quot;&gt;Split-Horizon&lt;/a&gt;', or simply 'split' DNS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is where the DNS server gives different results depending on where the query is coming from.  It is more commonly used in an organization where people are widely distributed ('local' hosts, WAN hosts, or Internet hosts), all of which may benefit from being redirected to different copies of the same server, or the same server but some are given the Internal address and some are given the external (usually NATted) address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21209" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11724" RevisionGUID="01e3b2d7-34bb-4f6c-8b2c-e5e247d66648" CreationDate="2009-05-24T05:01:06.583" UserId="3466" Text="I know this is a pretty short and straight forward question, but what are the advantages of the Linux server over the Windows server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is linux better than windows? And if it is/isn't, how?" />
  <row Id="21210" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11724" RevisionGUID="01e3b2d7-34bb-4f6c-8b2c-e5e247d66648" CreationDate="2009-05-24T05:01:06.583" UserId="3466" Text="What are the advantages of the Linux server over the Windows server?" />
  <row Id="21211" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11724" RevisionGUID="01e3b2d7-34bb-4f6c-8b2c-e5e247d66648" CreationDate="2009-05-24T05:01:06.583" UserId="3466" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="21212" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11725" RevisionGUID="015181b0-f816-4814-85d7-0954449d2aa7" CreationDate="2009-05-24T05:04:40.443" UserId="123" Text="Well the big one and the most obvious one is the price. Being able to literly be able to buy two servers instead of one if you put linux on them is a major pull (if it can do the job)." />
  <row Id="21213" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11726" RevisionGUID="3a402aa6-90fd-48ef-8d20-19db3b50e590" CreationDate="2009-05-24T05:12:08.433" UserId="3459" Text="Vendors server solutions typically offer better service responses than desktops and their components are supposedly higher quality with longer MTBF (mean time between failures).  In your situation with a low usage web server, the desktop would suffice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, think about virtualizing the solution.  Put the Windows 2003 Server and IIS in a VM.  That way you can back it up pretty easily and if that Vostro fails, you can restore the VM to another box pretty quickly and have it up and running with a minimum of downtime.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VMWare is offers their VMWare [Server][1] and [ESXi][2] free.  Of course VMWare is not the only virtualization solution available, there are several others.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/download/server/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.vmware.com/download/esxi/" />
  <row Id="21214" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11727" RevisionGUID="4a850aae-f2d6-447e-abf4-85656db1c197" CreationDate="2009-05-24T05:40:54.223" UserId="3174" Text="Is Linux better than Windows?  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.retrologic.com/jargon/M/mu.html&quot;&gt;Mu!&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This may be a short question, but it's definitely not straightforward to answer. Without knowing what function you are going to put the server to, it's even more difficult to answer (it's like the perennial Mac vs Windows or Emacs vs. vi question).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the most basic level, all an OS is, is a platform for running applications (i.e., boring);  it's the applications that make computing interesting.  If the application that you need to run is best supported on Windows, then use Windows.  If all of your experience is with Linux, and you have an application that does what you need in Linux, then use Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general, the initial price of the Operating System is only a small part of the TCO of a server.  You must also take into account server Maintenance, Application maintenance, the management cost, the cost of any software you install, etc.  And these days, you can't even say that Linux is more stable than Windows &amp;mdash; we aren't living in the '90s any more...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As much as some of the more rabid zealots would like to say otherwise, &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt; platforms are equally valid, depending.  It's up to the Sysadmin to look objectively at a given problem, and decide what OS/Application combination is best going to solve it." />
  <row Id="21215" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11728" RevisionGUID="ba40eb67-ce18-462d-a996-c6687e0cdab2" CreationDate="2009-05-24T05:42:31.477" UserId="2832" Text="If your Windows box has room for at least 5 drives, you can put windows on 1 of them and use the other four drives for RAID 10 and use the RAID volume for storage of the VM files for your Linux guest. If you have tape or other backup mechanism and don't want to invest in 4 additional drives, you can try RAID 0 across 2 drives. You'll still want your OS on a separate physical drive than where you store your VM guest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you've got CPU cycles to burn, software RAID should be just fine (i.e, a quad core or dual quad core system).  Generally, VM guests want as fast a disk sub-system as you can give them; the more/faster spindles the merrier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In terms of virtualization software, I would recommend VMware Workstation. " />
  <row Id="21216" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11729" RevisionGUID="bd18694e-1a9d-4adb-b5e0-8da0e07d595d" CreationDate="2009-05-24T05:43:52.347" UserId="2347" Text="I've sat on the other side of the interview desk a few times in the last year, and all I can say is stuff you do in you're spare time counts as experience. If the first time you did a linux install was for a class 6 years ago, you have 6 years of linux experience. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other stuff I look for is drive. Get a couple crappy machines, and set them up and run them like a production environment. Know how to patch a server with minimal interuptions, or what config changes can break everything. And then during the interview, you have something really valuable to hit during you're interview, use any chance to bring up that you've operated a platform like the company you're working for, and had to write a script to alert you to low disk space, whatever it is it helps, and to me that counts as experience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't put too much faith in certifications as having actually used the equipment, but it definitly won't hurt. We do alot of networking/unix/databases in our shop, so stuff like CCNA, solaris, oracle courses are helpfull. However, I would only look at this to know you're on the same page, and that when someone says layer 3 / layer 4 networking, you understand what they mean. I would easily substitute this for working knowledge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, the other thing is I don't work in pure IT, but we're a telecommunications company, so we can't find experienced people to begin with (some of our platforms have as few as 5 people to run and manage a national network in Canada, but handle more than 4 million unique users per day). So we have to look for that drive, that willingness to understand, and nothing helps more than to be somewhat geeky, and demonstrate that in the interview process that you are deeply intrigued and motivated on the platforms you would be working on." />
  <row Id="21217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11730" RevisionGUID="d6e848e4-566f-4aa9-ac39-0a077f48c322" CreationDate="2009-05-24T06:02:55.693" UserId="3437" Text="Does your sysadmin:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Keep the systems running?&#xD;&#xA; - Prioritize well?&#xD;&#xA; - Keep you informed of what you need to know?&#xD;&#xA; - Complete projects in a timely manner?&#xD;&#xA; - Provide accurate estimates of time and resources needed to complete projects?&#xD;&#xA; - Explain things in an understandable and appropriate way? (Without condescension?)&#xD;&#xA; - Maintain confidentiality and an at-all-times ethical demeanor? (In other words: do you **trust** your sysadmin?)&#xD;&#xA; - Document systems well enough that a qualified person could operate them in his stead?&#xD;&#xA; - Continue learning as the technologies evolve?&#xD;&#xA; - Inspire confidence, even when the wolves are at the door?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If yes to all, then your sysadmin deserves a passing grade at minimum.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11732" RevisionGUID="fc0aaee4-caec-4c79-81c3-4b874ebe4bd8" CreationDate="2009-05-24T06:37:08.387" UserId="1375" Text="Run an SSH agent (a process that holds your keys, unlocked, for you temporarily):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    eval $(ssh-agent)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then add the passphrase-protected key to the agent (so it can present the key when asked):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh-add ~/.ssh/my_protected_key&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(enter your passphrase when prompted)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then when you attempt to login to a system that wants to use the passphrase-protected key, the agent will give it out instead of you needing to enter your passphrase manually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you're done, you can stop the agent again:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh-agent -k&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will protect against someone getting access to your account (and the running agent) and using the key.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21220" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11733" RevisionGUID="fdcd8ffd-ec9e-4a16-bc69-9b035762ebf7" CreationDate="2009-05-24T06:37:35.793" UserId="2347" Text="This is not really an answer to you're question, but I feel I must butt in and say it since I get the vague feeling you're trying to put a number beside how good a sys admin is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Measurements - This one by Joel is a good one][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Sins of Commission - This was the real one I was looking for... read it!!!][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Essentially it comes down to, when you try to measure something like how good someone is at their job, whether you provide an incentive, or just want to know how good they are, you always loose in what you're not measuring. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll provide an example, at work (large Canadian telecom) we have an outage database and track weighted outages throughout the year, and have an objective in our &quot;performance reviews&quot;. We also have an outage notification system where internal people can see essentially what's broken right now. Now because this is tied to performance and bonuses, I've seen people outright lie on the outages so that it doesn't weigh as heavily against them. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I discovered our brand new untested firewall was dropping packets, causing tunnels to drop intermittently, and some other minor stuff. I opened the outage ticket as low or no impact, but said customers could see intermittent drops or throughput issues, but it would be rare. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A week later and someone doing performance testing from another group and I were chatting, and he was telling me about sometimes we're getting bad throughput compared to the other carriers, and I simply said well that's likely due to the packet drop issue we have. He had no idea it was going on, and sure enough when I checked the ticket my supervisor had closed it the next day as not an issue. We went around him and notified upper management, but it makes me wonder how often this has happened. I know employee's who literally won't touch stuff because they're afraid of being chewed out by their manager the next day if they break something.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once a year or a statistic is not the way to monitor you're employee's. Up time may need to be measured due to SLA's, but honesty trumps all and you need to reward good behaviour, and the only way to do that is to do you're own job well, work with you're employee's on root cause analysis and outage notifications, comment immediatly on positive or negative feedback you have, don't leave anything waiting for the bi-annual review. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More to what you may be looking for is to talk to those people who you're admin interacts with and see if they respond kindly and curteously, or if you're the group everyone hates dealing with. If there's an outage, instead of measuring the uptime, get the sysadmin to explain what happened and why, and what can be done to ensure it never happens again, and follow up to see that the fix is done. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/news/20020715.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.inc.com/magazine/20081001/how-hard-could-it-be-sins-of-commissions.html?partner=fogcreek" />
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  <row Id="21234" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11615" RevisionGUID="0fa37133-bc70-4b64-9cda-c3d3f8760669" CreationDate="2009-05-24T07:08:04.063" UserId="984" Comment="removed redundant system-administration tag" Text="&lt;quality&gt;" />
  <row Id="21235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11735" RevisionGUID="d3a64b17-1f60-4ac2-a102-7bf6f4fb0dae" CreationDate="2009-05-24T07:08:18.183" UserId="3437" Text="Keep an eye on itcookbook.net ... not much happening there right now. But it's coming!" />
  <row Id="21236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11736" RevisionGUID="144ec26d-e627-4975-874d-b4a8e177764d" CreationDate="2009-05-24T07:16:53.047" UserId="1134" Text="From GNU less manpage       &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; -i or --ignore-case&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Causes searches to ignore case; that is, uppercase and lowercase are considered identical. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This option is ignored if any uppercase letters appear in the search pattern; in other words, if a pattern contains uppercase letters, then that search does not ignore case.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; -I or --IGNORE-CASE&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Like -i, but searches ignore case even if the pattern contains uppercase letters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a great way of searching in GNU less , while ignoring case sensitivity. However, you must know in advance that you'd like to search while ignoring case sensitivity and indicate it in the command line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[vim][1] solves this problem by letting the user specify \c before a search, to indicate that the pattern should be searched while ignoring case sensitivity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to do the same in less (without specifying -I in the command line)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vim.org/" />
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  <row Id="21238" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11736" RevisionGUID="144ec26d-e627-4975-874d-b4a8e177764d" CreationDate="2009-05-24T07:16:53.047" UserId="1134" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;bash&gt;&lt;system-administration&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="21239" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11737" RevisionGUID="c19372ef-2230-41c5-b6e3-da61a4915dff" CreationDate="2009-05-24T07:23:21.647" UserId="984" Text="It is apparently possible to run the older ntbackup on [Vista][1].  Does anyone have experience using this?  Is this reliable?  Are their problems?  Is this possible on Windows 2008?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.petri.co.il/installing_windows_xp_ntbackup_on_windows_vista.htm&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="21242" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11733" RevisionGUID="6db9750c-8895-487d-a933-bcfb4547d928" CreationDate="2009-05-24T07:25:40.410" UserId="2347" Comment="retagged the link since I missed it rewriting the response" Text="This is not really an answer to you're question, but I feel I must butt in and say it since I get the vague feeling you're trying to put a number beside how good a sys admin is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Measurements - This one by Joel is a good one][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Sins of Commission - Very good article by Joel... read it!!!][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Essentially it comes down to, when you try to measure something like how good someone is at their job, whether you provide an incentive, or just want to know how good they are, you always loose in what you're not measuring. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll provide an example, at work (large Canadian telecom) we have an outage database and track weighted outages throughout the year, and have an objective in our &quot;performance reviews&quot;. We also have an outage notification system where internal people can see essentially what's broken right now. Now because this is tied to performance and bonuses, I've seen people outright lie on the outages so that it doesn't weigh as heavily against them. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I discovered our brand new untested firewall was dropping packets, causing tunnels to drop intermittently, and some other minor stuff. I opened the outage ticket as low or no impact, but said customers could see intermittent drops or throughput issues, but it would be rare. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A week later and someone doing performance testing from another group and I were chatting, and he was telling me about sometimes we're getting bad throughput compared to the other carriers, and I simply said well that's likely due to the packet drop issue we have. He had no idea it was going on, and sure enough when I checked the ticket my supervisor had closed it the next day as not an issue. We went around him and notified upper management, but it makes me wonder how often this has happened. I know employee's who literally won't touch stuff because they're afraid of being chewed out by their manager the next day if they break something.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once a year or a statistic is not the way to monitor you're employee's. Up time may need to be measured due to SLA's, but honesty trumps all and you need to reward good behaviour, and the only way to do that is to do you're own job well, work with you're employee's on root cause analysis and outage notifications, comment immediatly on positive or negative feedback you have, don't leave anything waiting for the bi-annual review. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More to what you may be looking for is to talk to those people who you're admin interacts with and see if they respond kindly and curteously, or if you're the group everyone hates dealing with. If there's an outage, instead of measuring the uptime, get the sysadmin to explain what happened and why, and what can be done to ensure it never happens again, and follow up to see that the fix is done. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/news/20020715.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.inc.com/magazine/20081001/how-hard-could-it-be-sins-of-commissions.html?partner=fogcreek" />
  <row Id="21243" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11738" RevisionGUID="9c9b8635-3ae7-4bb6-8971-a57b8ab8eb0f" CreationDate="2009-05-24T07:55:28.743" UserId="3334" Text="I am building an intranet application for a Windows Domain based network. It is a client-server application - the server being an ASP .NET web application and the clients - .NET 2.0 based desktop applications. I intend to use Active Directory and Group policies to install the client application across clients in the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any general guidelines that need to be followed for building an application of this sort?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any security issues to be aware of?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it okay to have a web application work as your server in an intranet solution of this sort - given that clients wouldn't communicate with the server using sockets - instead clients would communicate with the server using simple web service calls?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anything in particular that I need to know before going ahead with this type of app-building?" />
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  <row Id="21249" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10347" RevisionGUID="4a01f641-edc8-4b49-bee4-1bace3c7c13a" CreationDate="2009-05-24T08:30:17.267" UserId="3216" Comment="added 156 characters in body" Text="this.. nice.. exchange server converts my text/plain messages from text to html and messes them up, just because it detects html somewhere in the body.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;how can i stop him from doing so?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit: i am looking for a server side fix - this is affecting automatically generated emails from an application server. the messages are generated in java explicitly with &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;         message.setContent(&quot;This is a &lt;span&gt;Test&lt;/span&gt;&quot;, &quot;text/plain&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;like mundeep points out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i think it does not matter, but the messages are retrieved via outlook directly or via exchange web access. (without pop/imap)" />
  <row Id="21250" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11617" RevisionGUID="061b9d2b-5d65-40d1-bba6-c6150d64bc9a" CreationDate="2009-05-24T08:55:29.340" UserId="3351" Comment="updated with more imfo on fsck" Text="If there's currently nothing on the card, it might be worth giving the problem card a format in the video camera (provided it works in there).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update:  &#xD;&#xA;When you plug the card in and run&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo fdisk -l&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;what comes up as the last entry? Note that the `sudo` is important when  it comes to fdisk command - without it fdisk returns nothing.&#xD;&#xA;There should be an entry like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 16 GB, 16499911680 bytes&#xD;&#xA;    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2006 cylinders&#xD;&#xA;    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;           Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System&#xD;&#xA;    /dev/mmcblk0p1               1        1738    13960453    6  FAT16&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first line lists device info (/dev/mmcblk0 is my sd card), lines like the last one list partitions." />
  <row Id="21251" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11740" RevisionGUID="83f08355-e96c-42dd-bbb8-73cb13690a0b" CreationDate="2009-05-24T09:10:25.720" UserId="3351" Text="You can set it from within less by typing `-i` and then doing the normal search procedure.  &#xD;&#xA;Have a look in the help for less by pressing `h`" />
  <row Id="21252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11741" RevisionGUID="c32886d8-c57e-4dbb-b05b-0d92701c00bd" CreationDate="2009-05-24T09:20:22.533" UserId="2413" Text="it really depends on your workload.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for M part of your lamp -  take a look at [mysqlperformanceblog][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for A part of your stack - well maybe you want to replace it completly with nginx or lighthttpd, or maybe just leave apache for dynamic content and have separate server (like those two or mathopd) for static content.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mysqlperformanceblog.com" />
  <row Id="21253" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11742" RevisionGUID="aa48b2e0-41aa-49a7-a2e5-e51e90c046b5" CreationDate="2009-05-24T09:20:25.560" UserId="2299" Text="I haven't tried it on Vista, but the old NTBackup does run on Server 2008 provided you copy a few dlls. I forget which dlls are needed, but just run the ntbackup.exe from 2k3 and it will say which dlls it can't find. In fact if you copy the Exchange dlls it will even back up your Exchange 2007 store.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However it will only backup to a file. The 2k3 NTBackup relies on the Removeable Storage Service to manage the tapes. RSM isn't installed by default on 2k8. You can install it (it's under Features) but even with RSM installed NTBackup reports it can't connect to RSM. Note that this was the 32 bit NTBackup on x64 2k8 (I think I did try the NTBackup copied from an x64 2k3 installation, but I can't be sure.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that MS supply a version of NTBackup that will work on Server 2008, but it will only do restores. You can't use it for backups. It seems a silly situation, but I think Vertitas wrote NTBackup and there may be licencing problems that stopped MS from including it in 2008/Vista. Maybe tape backup will gradually cease to be used, but for now t means the extra expense of buying Backup Exec.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John Rennie&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21254" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11743" RevisionGUID="4785ddf1-9e68-4d33-8909-e76e0aca6f09" CreationDate="2009-05-24T09:22:09.083" UserId="2299" Text="Well I'd say http://ratsauce.sourceforge.net/ but then i would say that wouldn't I :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John Rennie&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21255" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11743" RevisionGUID="4785ddf1-9e68-4d33-8909-e76e0aca6f09" CreationDate="2009-05-24T09:22:09.083" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21256" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11741" RevisionGUID="2b41938c-78e2-4a19-8abf-e8a51f1de6d1" CreationDate="2009-05-24T09:27:20.600" UserId="2413" Comment="added 371 characters in body" Text="it really depends on your workload.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for M part of your lamp -  take a look at [mysqlperformanceblog][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for A part of your stack - well maybe you want to replace it completly with [nginx][2] or [lighthttpd][3], or maybe just leave apache for dynamic content and have separate server (like those two or [mathopd][4]) for static content. take a look [here][5] for more options. if you are going to run both apache and other server at the same box - 2nd ip address will be handy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mysqlperformanceblog.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://nginx.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://lighthttpd.net&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.mathopd.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7778/name-a-lightning-fast-low-on-features-and-secure-web-server-for-linux-to-serve-s" />
  <row Id="21257" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11741" RevisionGUID="bae78561-6358-4362-ad01-24952d8a917f" CreationDate="2009-05-24T09:33:17.577" UserId="2413" Comment="added 228 characters in body" Text="it really depends on your workload.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for M part of your lamp -  take a look at [mysqlperformanceblog][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for A part of your stack - well maybe you want to replace it completly with [nginx][2] or [lighthttpd][3], or maybe just leave apache for dynamic content and have separate server (like those two or [mathopd][4]) for static content. take a look [here][5] for more options. if you are going to run both apache and other server at the same box - 2nd ip address will be handy. to improve user experience use http/1.1 with keep-alive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for L part - get a lot of memory, if you can go over 4GB, go 64bit. for partitions where your content, logs and mysql data are use mount options: noatime, nodiratime.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mysqlperformanceblog.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://nginx.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.lighttpd.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.mathopd.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7778/name-a-lightning-fast-low-on-features-and-secure-web-server-for-linux-to-serve-s" />
  <row Id="21258" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11744" RevisionGUID="d2bbbf31-f4bd-4478-b490-2ec55a1d2885" CreationDate="2009-05-24T09:44:07.323" UserId="2563" Text="What &quot;Log On&quot; should I use on a SQL Server Express 2008 running in my workstation for the purpose of development if I want my local windows user to be just recognized?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The options I see are &quot;Built-in account&quot; which let's me choose between &quot;Local system&quot;, &quot;Local service&quot; or &quot;Network service&quot;. The other option, &quot;This account&quot; seems to allow me to specify a username and a password but it seems the user is picked from the accounts on the system, I'm not sure." />
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  <row Id="21260" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11744" RevisionGUID="d2bbbf31-f4bd-4478-b490-2ec55a1d2885" CreationDate="2009-05-24T09:44:07.323" UserId="2563" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="21261" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11745" RevisionGUID="1e8cda83-0a3c-4110-9bb1-a7b6f3b83de2" CreationDate="2009-05-24T09:55:32.807" UserId="2563" Text="I've just installed SQL Server 2008 and I cannot connect to it with SQL Server Management Studio. My intention is to just let my [local windows user be authenticated but I am not totally sure how to do that][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the connect dialog I'm writing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Server type: Database Engine&#xD;&#xA;    Server name: (local)&#xD;&#xA;    Authentication: Windows Authentication&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My first question would be if that is what I should connect to? When I try to connect I get this error message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    TITLE: Connect to Server&#xD;&#xA;    ------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Cannot connect to (local).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection&#xD;&#xA;    to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance &#xD;&#xA;    name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections.&#xD;&#xA;    (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server)&#xD;&#xA;    (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 2)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&amp;EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&amp;EvtID=2&amp;LinkId=20476&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    BUTTONS:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    OK&#xD;&#xA;    ------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I went to [the URL there displayed][2] and it just basically says &quot;be sure SQL server is running&quot;. I think it is but I am not totally sure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've disabled the Windows Firewall (this is Windows 7 7100 x86). I've also changed the log on system in the SQL Server Configuration Manager but it seems it's not a problem of logging in but not even be able to open the socket to it. On that same tool I've enabled all the protocols on &quot;SQL Server Network Configuration&quot; -&gt; &quot;Protocols for SQLEXPRESS&quot; with no luck. I run out of ideas. What else can I try?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: /questions/11744/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&amp;EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&amp;EvtID=2&amp;LinkId=20476" />
  <row Id="21262" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11745" RevisionGUID="1e8cda83-0a3c-4110-9bb1-a7b6f3b83de2" CreationDate="2009-05-24T09:55:32.807" UserId="2563" Text="I cannot connect to my local SQL Server 2008?" />
  <row Id="21263" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11745" RevisionGUID="1e8cda83-0a3c-4110-9bb1-a7b6f3b83de2" CreationDate="2009-05-24T09:55:32.807" UserId="2563" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008-express&gt;" />
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  <row Id="21266" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11746" RevisionGUID="ca62d91c-eca2-451f-8b35-6d5a561bc4b0" CreationDate="2009-05-24T09:59:19.117" UserId="2563" Text="What is a SQL Server instance?" />
  <row Id="21267" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11746" RevisionGUID="ca62d91c-eca2-451f-8b35-6d5a561bc4b0" CreationDate="2009-05-24T09:59:19.117" UserId="2563" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008-express&gt;" />
  <row Id="21268" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11747" RevisionGUID="a5cdc32f-2209-4b17-875e-8cae34549164" CreationDate="2009-05-24T10:01:51.250" UserId="2621" Text="Ok, can you open your services console and scroll down to S for SQL Server. You should now see the services. Please ensure SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS) is running and then try .\SQLEXPRESS instead of (local). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So as per your example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Server type: Database Engine&#xD;&#xA;    Server name: .\SQLEXPRESS&#xD;&#xA;    Authentication: Windows Authentication&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps" />
  <row Id="21269" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11741" RevisionGUID="63d75211-9a8d-4e2f-983f-888eaf7b19c5" CreationDate="2009-05-24T10:03:58.170" UserId="2413" Comment="added 302 characters in body" Text="it really depends on your workload.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - for **L** part - get a lot of memory, if you can go over 4GB, go 64bit. for partitions where your content, logs and mysql data are use mount options: noatime, nodiratime. consider killing queries that run longer than XYZ seconds. it's better to upset 1% of users then to bring whole site down at the peak time. but that really depends if you process cash transactions or show nice pictures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - for **A** part of your stack - well maybe you want to replace it completly with [nginx][1] or [lighthttpd][2], or maybe just leave apache for dynamic content and have separate server (like those two or [mathopd][3]) for static content. take a look [here][4] for more options. if you are going to run both apache and other server at the same box - 2nd ip address will be handy. to decrease latency for end-user use http/1.1 with keep-alive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - for **M** part of your lamp -  take a look at [mysqlperformanceblog][5]. from the top of my head - log slow queries, give enough memory, consider using innodb. if you have a lot of text to search across - use [sphinx][6] and have batch job that rebuilds index.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - for **P** - give php enough memory, set execution timeout for scripts. consider using some [php accelerator][7] / opcode cache. i was quite satisfied with [xcache][8], but i dont use it now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;not really performance tip - but do take offsite backups. really.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nginx.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.lighttpd.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.mathopd.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7778/name-a-lightning-fast-low-on-features-and-secure-web-server-for-linux-to-serve-s&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://mysqlperformanceblog.com&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://sphinxsearch.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP_accelerator&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://xcache.lighttpd.net/" />
  <row Id="21270" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11748" RevisionGUID="4d5a2c37-4bca-46b6-8e86-4668c70dade8" CreationDate="2009-05-24T10:04:11.230" UserId="2621" Text="For local development you can use Local System and that should be enough for you to do your development. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are going to use a desktop client, then I would use Network Service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again, this advise is for a local development server, not for a production server where MS best practice is a domain account setup to login as a service." />
  <row Id="21271" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11747" RevisionGUID="3cfcdc1c-eb91-4341-9e44-51dce4ea3092" CreationDate="2009-05-24T10:10:13.417" UserId="2621" Comment="Added update about running express not dev/std/ent edition" Text="Ok, can you open your services console and scroll down to S for SQL Server. You should now see the services. Please ensure SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS) is running and then try .\SQLEXPRESS instead of (local). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So as per your example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Server type: Database Engine&#xD;&#xA;    Server name: .\SQLEXPRESS&#xD;&#xA;    Authentication: Windows Authentication&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: These instructions are because I assume you are running Express Edition not Dev/Std/Ent edition of SQL Server" />
  <row Id="21272" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11741" RevisionGUID="2130eb92-a4c5-4619-99d5-7545a98dad0a" CreationDate="2009-05-24T10:11:52.897" UserId="2413" Comment="added 93 characters in body" Text="it really depends on your workload.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - for **L** part &#xD;&#xA;  - get a lot of memory, &#xD;&#xA;  - if you can go over 4GB, go 64bit. &#xD;&#xA;  - for partitions where your content, logs and mysql data are use mount options: noatime, nodiratime. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - for **A** part of your stack - well maybe you want to replace it completly with [nginx][1] or [lighthttpd][2], or maybe just leave apache for dynamic content and have separate server (like those two or [mathopd][3]) for static content. take a look [here][4] for more options. if you are going to run both apache and other server at the same box - 2nd ip address will be handy. to decrease latency for end-user use http/1.1 with keep-alive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - for **M** part of your lamp -  take a look at [mysqlperformanceblog][5]. from the top of my head:&#xD;&#xA;  - log slow queries, &#xD;&#xA;  - give enough memory, &#xD;&#xA;  - consider using innodb. &#xD;&#xA;  - if you have a lot of text to search across - use [sphinx][6] and have batch job that rebuilds index.&#xD;&#xA;  - consider killing queries that run longer than XYZ seconds. it's better to upset 1% of users then to bring whole site down at the peak time. but that really depends if you process cash transactions or show nice pictures.&#xD;&#xA;  - use memcached if you can to cache result of more 'expensive' sql queries. keep in mind to invalidate the cache when you change content of sql. on the other hand i have quite few sites where all data fits in memory comfortably and for that mysql is blazing fast and there is no need of additional cache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - for **P** &#xD;&#xA;  - set execution timeout for scripts. &#xD;&#xA;  - consider using some [php accelerator][7] / opcode cache. i was quite satisfied with [xcache][8], but i dont use it now.&#xD;&#xA;  - if you have cpu intensive processing - cache results and store them in sql or memcached&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;not really performance tip - but do take offsite backups. really.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nginx.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.lighttpd.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.mathopd.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7778/name-a-lightning-fast-low-on-features-and-secure-web-server-for-linux-to-serve-s&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://mysqlperformanceblog.com&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://sphinxsearch.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP_accelerator&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://xcache.lighttpd.net/" />
  <row Id="21273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11749" RevisionGUID="96a95bb7-96cd-4789-935e-c452b2727c22" CreationDate="2009-05-24T10:14:34.360" UserId="2413" Text="if for some reason you dont want to get / install whole cygwin - [GNU utilities for Win32][1] are useful. it's nice to fire up cmd and use grep / wget / tail etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ " />
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  <row Id="21275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11750" RevisionGUID="5095dc21-d774-4f70-8e7c-989805448665" CreationDate="2009-05-24T10:22:35.170" UserId="2413" Text="face it - sooner or later you'll deal with the network as well. [mtr][1], [tcpdump][2] and [tshark][3] are really useful for seeing what's happening.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.tcpdump.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/tshark.html" />
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  <row Id="21277" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11749" RevisionGUID="c78b1082-c154-45f0-b10b-2c7e670199ea" CreationDate="2009-05-24T10:23:46.133" UserId="2413" Comment="added 208 characters in body" Text="if for some reason you dont want to get / install whole cygwin - [GNU utilities for Win32][1] are useful. it's nice to fire up cmd and use grep / wget / tail etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[sniffer][2] to see what exactly is happening on the wire [ unless you can tap somewhere on the switch with port mirroring ].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[far][3] for those like me who still prefer console rather over windows explorer. and yeah - it's open source now! ready to use builds are [here][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;notepad++ was already mentioned, but [notepad2][5] - not. it's very usefull notepad replacement. has syntax hilight, block operations, different encoding.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.wireshark.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.farmanager.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.farmanager.com/nightly.php&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html" />
  <row Id="21278" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11751" RevisionGUID="000f5466-201e-4378-b9f6-746c99663eba" CreationDate="2009-05-24T10:24:30.500" UserId="2169" Text="for the P part, you could consider opcode caching with i.e. [APC][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://de.php.net/apc" />
  <row Id="21279" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11748" RevisionGUID="9c65d2a8-a664-4af7-86c4-07df4f582f2c" CreationDate="2009-05-24T10:33:40.857" UserId="2621" Comment="Explained desktop app" Text="For local development you can use Local System and that should be enough for you to do your development. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are going to use a desktop client, then I would use Network Service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again, this advise is for a local development server, not for a production server where MS best practice is a domain account setup to login as a service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: By desktop client i mean you develop a application that uses SQL Server as its back end and runs on a different computer and uses the network for communication" />
  <row Id="21280" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11751" RevisionGUID="93fa8d32-76b5-42d0-82df-651db20186f0" CreationDate="2009-05-24T10:34:41.307" UserId="2169" Comment="added 117 characters in body" Text="For the P part, you could consider opcode caching with i.e. [APC][1]. One could also consider [mod\_fastcgi][2] with php instead of the default mod\_php.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://de.php.net/apc&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.fastcgi.com/" />
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  <row Id="21284" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="11614" RevisionGUID="a119b93c-b4ab-413c-b9aa-b58eeeb7c2dc" CreationDate="2009-05-24T10:42:29.747" UserId="301" Comment="Removed double negative" Text="Is it possible to have a Single Anti-virus program for many VMs?" />
  <row Id="21285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11753" RevisionGUID="93ba20c7-dfaa-459a-bd7e-875d874ed17f" CreationDate="2009-05-24T10:42:37.733" UserId="2621" Text="An SQL Server instance is a complete SQL server and you can install many instances on a machine but you can have only 1 default instance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An SQL Server instance has its own copy of the server files, databases and security credentials.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This][1] url may help you&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa174516.aspx" />
  <row Id="21286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11754" RevisionGUID="3b6c1b99-990e-4f94-b977-b1ac16333cc3" CreationDate="2009-05-24T10:44:44.627" UserId="1085" Text="I want to execute a batch of jobs and afterwards have a summary telling me what the peak memory requirement for each job was. Executing the jobs under a profiler such as [valgrind][1] is not acceptable because it would slow down the jobs. For a running job I could read the value of VmPeak under /proc/JOBPID/status, where JOBPID is the PID of a job's process. But I need to get the job's all-time maximum memory requirement, therefore I would need to get the value of VmPeak when the job's process is just about to be finished, otherwise I would just get the peak memory usage up to the moment I read VmPeak, which could increase after I read it. So unless there is a way to read the value of VmPeak of a process that has finished, this approach doesn't seem useful. Any other ideas on how to get the maximum amount of memory that had been allocated to a process from the moment it started up to the moment it finished?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://valgrind.org" />
  <row Id="21287" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11754" RevisionGUID="3b6c1b99-990e-4f94-b977-b1ac16333cc3" CreationDate="2009-05-24T10:44:44.627" UserId="1085" Text="Running batch jobs and getting a peak memory usage summary for each job" />
  <row Id="21288" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11754" RevisionGUID="3b6c1b99-990e-4f94-b977-b1ac16333cc3" CreationDate="2009-05-24T10:44:44.627" UserId="1085" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;memory&gt;" />
  <row Id="21289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11755" RevisionGUID="387aa874-841a-4026-915d-82b9ab7a0f2b" CreationDate="2009-05-24T10:51:43.537" UserId="756" Text="Having the same package format wouldn't help anyway. To install a package you need to meet the dependencies that are formed during the building of the package. To build a package you need to meet the build dependencies. And these things change and to be able to implement the changes, it is easier to support only packages you can modify to work after the changes." />
  <row Id="21290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11756" RevisionGUID="813da26f-7f0c-4bc3-b169-3934d948dc77" CreationDate="2009-05-24T10:52:19.570" UserId="2563" Text="Is there a way to reset a SQL Server Express 2008 to it's initial configuration? Maybe re-creating the instance?" />
  <row Id="21291" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11756" RevisionGUID="813da26f-7f0c-4bc3-b169-3934d948dc77" CreationDate="2009-05-24T10:52:19.570" UserId="2563" Text="Is there a way to reset SQL Server 2008 Express to default configuration and data?" />
  <row Id="21292" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11756" RevisionGUID="813da26f-7f0c-4bc3-b169-3934d948dc77" CreationDate="2009-05-24T10:52:19.570" UserId="2563" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008-express&gt;" />
  <row Id="21293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11757" RevisionGUID="2e3b01c8-1ebf-4b82-b0bb-e034cedfbe19" CreationDate="2009-05-24T10:53:10.193" UserId="2467" Text="What you're describing is a pretty standard setup for Microsoft intranets. Security is a big topic...do you know how to configure IIS security, .NET security, domain security, Internet Explorer security, workstation security...you get the picture. Someone needs to be across each of these, if you are not the sys admin (are you a programmer?) then you should speak to the sysadmin and discuss these issues. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess one thing to mention is that many places just use NTLM for authentication if they are a Microsoft shop, and NTFS for securing web folders." />
  <row Id="21294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11758" RevisionGUID="4685d74f-a8d6-4850-86cc-032e251bb1d6" CreationDate="2009-05-24T10:53:27.853" UserId="301" Text="Antivirus programs operate at the file level, that is, on every filesystem access (open, read, write, etc) they _intercede_ on the request and filter it according to their various rules. For example, checking the contents of the file for viral signatures if it's an executable. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Virtual Machine hosts operate at the cpu level, that is they _intercede_ on their Guest OS's when the OS does something that is very low level and needs to be emulated to preserve the state of the VM. The Host VM software is oblivious to the actual operation of the Guest OS, and operates simply to continue the illusion that the Guest OS is running on real hardware (this isn't strictly true, various tools exists to allow the Guest OS access to the Host OS, VMWare tools drivers for example).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only way for this to work would be a driver loaded in the Guest OS that delegated control on each access to the Host VM and from there to a user space AV program running on the host. The result of those operations would have to be propagated back into the Guest OS to be applied by it's OS to avoid corruption from the Guest and the Host modifying the disk structures concurrently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, at the end of the day you would have one copy of your AV software running external to the Guest OS, but having to communicate with all of them (in a very complicated manor) to achieve what a traditional AV solution would do. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We haven't even touched on dealing with running multiple heterogeneous OS's on the same Host VM, upgrades to this shared AV service, VM migration between physical hosts, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I doubt that the solution above would prove to be as performant as a traditional AV service running inside the Guest OS. What was your motivation for asking this question ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21295" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11759" RevisionGUID="e878e8f1-cc21-41e5-ae5a-99f2266090fb" CreationDate="2009-05-24T11:01:59.333" UserId="2621" Text="Without providing more information on what you have changed its hard to answer your question properly. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may want think about joining a SQL community to help you with your learning. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use [SQL Server Central][1] and have found the forums and scripts to be a valuable resource when needing to extract information during my daily DBA tasks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disclaimer: I am a member of the site but not affiliated in any other way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/" />
  <row Id="21296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11760" RevisionGUID="11ba58b3-1ba8-4e08-9272-ff69d0c66dbf" CreationDate="2009-05-24T11:04:16.553" UserId="1409" Text="Our anti-spam product allows us to do this, an automated blacklist of everything sent to a honeypot.  Here are a couple of the bullet points:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- You post an email address on your website such that bots can find it and pick it up, but no real person would see it or send messages to that address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- You tell your anti-spam product to monitor incoming email sent to the address and all email coming into that honeypot will be blacklisted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- It works on the sending IP address level not the sending FROM address, that is how it avoids the spoofed sender issue mentioned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Even though we have a honeypot for spam reporting, we don't use this feature, here is why.  Spammer's will routinely send some messages from hotmail, yahoo, gmail, etc.  These are typically the 419 scam messages that are hard to stop.  Although the percentage isn't high, it would be enough that if we were to use an automatic system it would block legitimate email.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In summary, we haven't used the automatic blacklist system as you mentioned, however having a honeypot is still a useful feature.  We monitor it and use email received to report spam, and to determine the effecitveness of our anti-spam measures." />
  <row Id="21297" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11761" RevisionGUID="94cd5983-3290-42ed-83d4-fc94ed7ec7f4" CreationDate="2009-05-24T11:04:43.167" UserId="2914" Text="I've found [HowtoForge][1] very helpful. Is there any other similar sites that doesn't have too old tutorials which won't work nowadays?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.howtoforge.com/" />
  <row Id="21298" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11761" RevisionGUID="94cd5983-3290-42ed-83d4-fc94ed7ec7f4" CreationDate="2009-05-24T11:04:43.167" UserId="2914" Text="Linux howto/tutorial/help sites?" />
  <row Id="21299" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11761" RevisionGUID="94cd5983-3290-42ed-83d4-fc94ed7ec7f4" CreationDate="2009-05-24T11:04:43.167" UserId="2914" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;tutorial&gt;&lt;howto&gt;" />
  <row Id="21300" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11755" RevisionGUID="0da16979-6341-4fba-9cd6-6c32adc7339a" CreationDate="2009-05-24T11:08:30.240" UserId="756" Comment="added 131 characters in body" Text="Having the same package format wouldn't help anyway. You just can't use the same package in other distributions. You can't often even use it in the different version of the same distribution. And even building the package can have the same problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To install a package you need to meet the dependencies that are formed during the building of the package. To build a package you need to meet the build dependencies. And these things change. To be able to implement the changes, it is easier to support only packages you can modify to work after the changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If all the dependencies would be the same, it wouldn't be a different distribution or different version of the same distribution." />
  <row Id="21301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11762" RevisionGUID="0fba637c-bc0a-4241-b233-fc315b66a8f2" CreationDate="2009-05-24T11:57:11.910" UserId="3147" Text="It depends on what you want to do. [TLDP][1] updates frequently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tldp.org/sorted_howtos.html" />
  <row Id="21302" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11763" RevisionGUID="2be0420b-fa4e-4d70-9e01-ddabcbefb71f" CreationDate="2009-05-24T12:06:00.237" UserId="431" Text="No, there's not a way to reset SQL Server Express to the default configuration and data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your best bet would be to uninstall Express and reinstall it." />
  <row Id="21303" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11764" RevisionGUID="8c8012ec-7b01-4c93-9235-35a65a6865c7" CreationDate="2009-05-24T12:15:07.953" UserId="3256" Text="TCO is the most important factor here.  Yes Linux is free and it can match Windows Server for functionality.  But have you considered...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Cost of hiring administrators - Windows admins are far more plentiful and to an extent (very much open to debate) the MCP certificates provide a neat way of qualifying applicants. &#xD;&#xA; - Ongoing costs - *nix admins generally tend to command higher salaries (very much depends on location)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In reality it is rare to actually get the choice of what platform to go with, the decision is made by 'PHBs' not on the technical merits, or the platform is chosen by the fact that a line of business application only runs on one or the other.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you get for your money with Microsoft is a platform that is easier to setup/manage than Linux, by virtue of only having one Mail server, one DNS server, one directory service and so on it is simpler because you have no options.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whether this ease of use / simplicity equates to better is really a matter of opinion.  Ultimately, as with anything in business, just use the one best suited to your specific needs, neither platform is better but one will be better suited to you." />
  <row Id="21307" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11766" RevisionGUID="54448ce2-1543-445b-9036-599290be1a1b" CreationDate="2009-05-24T12:36:41.733" UserId="2561" Text="The VmPeak answer looks like a good one to me... You could either append vmpeak to a file every x seconds and then find the highest value. Or, every x seconds, run something like: `VmPeak = curVmPeak if (curVmPeak &gt; VmPeak)`." />
  <row Id="21308" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11767" RevisionGUID="53a73ad6-ccdc-47c3-b869-ec55e75d527c" CreationDate="2009-05-24T12:40:59.250" UserId="2671" Text="I've got a Windows2003 server which I rebooted recently, and now is nagging me about Data Execution Prevention having closed the program &quot;Ms08n.exe&quot;.  When I press &quot;close message&quot;, the dialog just reappears, an error message occurs stating &quot;Project1 encountered a problem and needed to be closed&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A [google search for Ms08n.exe][1] turns up nothing, and the file is located in C:\Windows\System32.  Is there any chance that this file is malware?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.se/search?rlz=1C1GGLS_svSE303SE307&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=ms08n.exe" />
  <row Id="21309" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11767" RevisionGUID="53a73ad6-ccdc-47c3-b869-ec55e75d527c" CreationDate="2009-05-24T12:40:59.250" UserId="2671" Text="Data Execution Prevention has closed the program Ms08n.exe" />
  <row Id="21310" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11767" RevisionGUID="53a73ad6-ccdc-47c3-b869-ec55e75d527c" CreationDate="2009-05-24T12:40:59.250" UserId="2671" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;malware&gt;&lt;dep&gt;" />
  <row Id="21311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11768" RevisionGUID="c8a3ef0d-e89c-47e3-a5f7-f8ea9c0bfb00" CreationDate="2009-05-24T12:50:52.517" UserId="3207" Text="I have a pretty standard 4 port ASDL router. I am running out of ports so wondering if I can piggback the spare 4 port router I have or if I need to purchase a new 8/16 port router. If it can be done, how is it done (I am sure it is simple, but so am I)." />
  <row Id="21312" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11768" RevisionGUID="c8a3ef0d-e89c-47e3-a5f7-f8ea9c0bfb00" CreationDate="2009-05-24T12:50:52.517" UserId="3207" Text="Piggyback network router" />
  <row Id="21313" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11768" RevisionGUID="c8a3ef0d-e89c-47e3-a5f7-f8ea9c0bfb00" CreationDate="2009-05-24T12:50:52.517" UserId="3207" Text="&lt;router&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;adsl&gt;" />
  <row Id="21314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11769" RevisionGUID="e7af21ad-b001-4600-b01f-7a2d51c58c9c" CreationDate="2009-05-24T13:00:18.950" UserId="2413" Text="it's enough if you buy ethernet switch and connect it to one of lan ports of your router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but yes - you can as well daisy-chain router behind router and have two layers of nat. but then communication between computers linked to first level router and those behind 2nd router will be a bit tricky." />
  <row Id="21315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11770" RevisionGUID="1da1bc69-aac8-4c4f-a600-2656d00b3575" CreationDate="2009-05-24T13:03:13.580" UserId="368" Text="The simple way, generally not requiring any configuration, is to chain the second router using one of the LAN-side ports. This means you only have 3 ports available, but it's the simple way. There are configuration changes (DNS, DHCP, etc) that need to be changed to do this 'properly'." />
  <row Id="21316" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2332" RevisionGUID="38202f9c-bb99-4415-9ef2-e365670ff361" CreationDate="2009-05-24T13:14:05.953" UserId="1218" Comment="Added Gizmo Drive" Text="I would prefer the free (for non-commercial purposes) version of [Daemon Tools Lite][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some other tools (merged from the other answers):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Virtual Clone Drive][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [Magic ISO][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [Microsoft Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel][4]&#xD;&#xA; - [Gizmo Drive][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/products/dtLite&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.magiciso.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916902&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://arainia.com/software/gizmo/overview.php?nID=4" />
  <row Id="21317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11771" RevisionGUID="c6d35d80-407a-46b9-94e4-38eaa207d4a6" CreationDate="2009-05-24T13:18:11.737" UserId="3431" Text="The simplest way to do this is to put your second router in bridge mode. Simple (no extra NAT, no extra DHCP), quick and doesn't add another layer of complexity." />
  <row Id="21318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11772" RevisionGUID="776cce8f-d2fa-455c-bb27-fef61a370dea" CreationDate="2009-05-24T13:23:00.060" UserId="3431" Text="I really suggest separating MySQL and Apache/PHP on two different machines. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, I had one machine (C2D E6600) that always spiked to 2.0 and above load average. I put the MySQL on a second machine (P4C 3Ghz) and after that both load averages did not go above 0.2-0.3. So I went from a really slow site to a fast site with two servers having a lot of performance margin." />
  <row Id="21319" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11741" RevisionGUID="b098ad1b-2c8f-47e2-9e7b-613b83c680b8" CreationDate="2009-05-24T13:26:09.027" UserId="2413" Comment="added 110 characters in body" Text="it really depends on your workload.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - for **L** part &#xD;&#xA;  - get a lot of memory, &#xD;&#xA;  - if you can go over 4GB, go 64bit. &#xD;&#xA;  - for partitions where your content, logs and mysql data are use mount options: noatime, nodiratime. &#xD;&#xA;  - use separate physical drives, ideally keep sql data, logs, content you serve - each on separate spindle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - for **A** part of your stack - well maybe you want to replace it completly with [nginx][1] or [lighthttpd][2], or maybe just leave apache for dynamic content and have separate server (like those two or [mathopd][3]) for static content. take a look [here][4] for more options. if you are going to run both apache and other server at the same box - 2nd ip address will be handy. to decrease latency for end-user use http/1.1 with keep-alive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - for **M** part of your lamp -  take a look at [mysqlperformanceblog][5]. from the top of my head:&#xD;&#xA;  - log slow queries, &#xD;&#xA;  - give enough memory, &#xD;&#xA;  - consider using innodb. &#xD;&#xA;  - if you have a lot of text to search across - use [sphinx][6] and have batch job that rebuilds index.&#xD;&#xA;  - consider killing queries that run longer than XYZ seconds. it's better to upset 1% of users then to bring whole site down at the peak time. but that really depends if you process cash transactions or show nice pictures.&#xD;&#xA;  - use memcached if you can to cache result of more 'expensive' sql queries. keep in mind to invalidate the cache when you change content of sql. on the other hand i have quite few sites where all data fits in memory comfortably and for that mysql is blazing fast and there is no need of additional cache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - for **P** &#xD;&#xA;  - set execution timeout for scripts. &#xD;&#xA;  - consider using some [php accelerator][7] / opcode cache. i was quite satisfied with [xcache][8], but i dont use it now.&#xD;&#xA;  - if you have cpu intensive processing - cache results and store them in sql or memcached&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;not really performance tip - but do take offsite backups. really.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nginx.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.lighttpd.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.mathopd.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7778/name-a-lightning-fast-low-on-features-and-secure-web-server-for-linux-to-serve-s&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://mysqlperformanceblog.com&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://sphinxsearch.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP_accelerator&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://xcache.lighttpd.net/" />
  <row Id="21320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11773" RevisionGUID="870f0c16-57d8-46f2-9331-2b4cc0e68fb9" CreationDate="2009-05-24T13:26:28.590" UserId="1466" Text="Yes, this is simple to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ignore the **WAN** port on your secondary router, and plug one of your **LAN** ports on your main router into one of the **LAN** ports on your secondary router.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will bring you up to 6 available ports without the need to reconfigure DNS/DHCP or anything else." />
  <row Id="21321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11774" RevisionGUID="6395df49-ff4e-47a9-88a3-522a9422ba6f" CreationDate="2009-05-24T13:27:22.037" UserId="2600" Text="As pQd said, probably the best solution is to buy a 8/16 port Ethernet switch and expand your existing network.  If your needs grow again, you can take another port and connect another switch allowing you to expand further.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just be careful if you connect switch-to-switch that you don't cause a STP loop.  See this post for some more details:  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; http://serverfault.com/questions/8125/what-does-spanning-tree-protocol-stp-do&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The risk you will run by connecting one router to another is getting the routing setup properly.  Most home 'routers' also act as firewalls which means you will be unable to communicate between the two networks without some additional configuration.  You will also need to either run a routing protocol (RIP or OSPF probaby), or setup static routes so everything communicates properly." />
  <row Id="21322" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11771" RevisionGUID="ec607f44-bf99-4477-a9e8-69179e68fa35" CreationDate="2009-05-24T13:31:26.070" UserId="3431" Comment="added 66 characters in body" Text="The simplest way to do this is to put your second router in bridge mode. Simple (no extra NAT, no extra DHCP), quick and doesn't add another layer of complexity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Routing protocols, STP or anything else is really overkill :-)" />
  <row Id="21323" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11775" RevisionGUID="06da2471-8ebd-446b-8d13-3867f6b8d13c" CreationDate="2009-05-24T13:31:47.817" UserId="1466" Text="I find that the **Ubuntu community** is very active, and hence there howtos are genereally quite recent.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://ubuntuforums.org][1] would be the direct route&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but I find that just adding the word **&quot;Ubuntu&quot;** to my google search will often put those results at the top, and find exactly what I'm looking for without having to re-search their site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ubuntuforums.org" />
  <row Id="21324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11776" RevisionGUID="3c41d7c4-9cf1-4dc3-97e7-a198b6b1b117" CreationDate="2009-05-24T13:35:09.313" UserId="1466" Text="The BEST howto I've seen so far is a *one-off* site for setting up a **mail filtering gateway server**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can find the howto [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www200.pair.com/mecham/spam/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've often thought that site would be a good model for what a howto site should be like." />
  <row Id="21325" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11777" RevisionGUID="5545c33b-59ee-40fe-b1c9-8aeaf48e4597" CreationDate="2009-05-24T13:36:53.367" UserId="3431" Text="Debian wiki is also pretty awesome. Doesn't cover everything but what it does cover, it covers it really well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;wiki.debian.org&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a side note, I tend to disagree that howtoforge has outdated tutorials... It's maybe true that they are specified for an older version of Ubuntu/Debian but they usually work for the newer versions. " />
  <row Id="21326" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11778" RevisionGUID="28a1c554-2369-48b9-8d7a-c72b2adde142" CreationDate="2009-05-24T13:36:56.207" UserId="3356" Text="In addition to TLDP and, to a lesser extent, Ubuntu forums, I have had great luck with the gentoo documentation.  By and large all configuration is described using the config files, instead of tools.  Typically, so long as you translate the installation steps, everything else should apply.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Official Docs:  http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Community Docs: http://gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Main_Page" />
  <row Id="21327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11779" RevisionGUID="af127974-4cd8-438e-abc7-dc039bd4ac1c" CreationDate="2009-05-24T14:05:18.907" UserId="3356" Text="Over the years I have used 3 products; Parallels, VMWare Fusion, and VirtualBox.  From a strictly user standpoint, I found Parallels and VMWare Fusion to be roughly equivalent.  Both were a snap to setup a new VM, they were both easy to move VMs from one system to another.  And both also had much the same feature set.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For my use, I found VirtualBox to be quite superior.  It feels faster, has a lot more configuration options, and is completely free.  It is more difficult to move VMs around, simply due to the fact that the virtual disk and machine are separate entities that are connected through a config file." />
  <row Id="21328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11780" RevisionGUID="fe8c9a8b-5eee-419f-b952-58f599a69408" CreationDate="2009-05-24T14:22:27.663" UserId="1930" Text="Although your problem may have already been solved by other answeres, I've locked myself out of enough machines from not validating sshd_config changes before signing off so have come up with the below process that might be useful for future debugging of sshd config changes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DO NOT DISCONNECT an active ssh connection until AFTER testing has verified behaviour is as you expect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a. verify what you think sshd is supposed to be doing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;b. verify the configuration is valid using &quot;-t&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;c. start a verbose 'test' version of the server you can live monitor&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;d. start a verbose 'test' client connection you can live monitor&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a. verify what you think sshd is supposed to be doing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Review the sshd configuration file without all the commentary with something like the below (assuming sshd_config is the correct file and in /etc/ssh) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; $ grep -v &quot;^#&quot; /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep -v &quot;^$&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This just clears things out so we verify what we think we're changing (not necessarily whether it is correct or not.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;b. verify the configuration is valid using &quot;-t&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the man page of the sshd's I'm using, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    -t      Test mode.  Only check the validity of the configuration file and&#xD;&#xA;&gt;             sanity of the keys.  This is useful for updating sshd reliably as&#xD;&#xA;&gt;             configuration options may change.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other changes can have more subtle circumstances. For example,&#xD;&#xA;do not disable password authentication until you are sure that the&#xD;&#xA;public key authentication is working correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;c. start a verbose 'test' version of the server you can live monitor&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; $ sudo /usr/sbin/sshd -ddd -p 9999&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This keeps your existing, working session active, but gives you another instance of sshd to verify your new configuration changes. SSHD is now running in the foreground to a user-defined port (9999 in our example.) and pushing a lot of noisy debug information you can track in /var/log/authlog (or possibly /var/log/auth.log depending on your OS.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;d. start a verbose 'test' client connection you can live monitor&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Run the ssh client connection in verbose mode to display on your screen more information that might lead you to better debugging your error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; $ ssh -vvv -p 9999 server-name&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should now have enough information in either the server's log files, or the client's connection screen to isolate your problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The solution generally comes down to file permissions (as shown by Magnar and setatakahashi)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best of luck" />
  <row Id="21329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11781" RevisionGUID="a7b6865e-7b3d-4e86-8697-ab0f697d7efb" CreationDate="2009-05-24T14:28:25.577" UserId="2863" Text="The [arch linux][1] documentation can be a great resource if you want to know how a package works, obviously this is applicable to arch however alot of the stuff is relevant to other distros.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Main_Page" />
  <row Id="21330" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11612" RevisionGUID="35f48d70-0687-4c6a-a7e2-9f103fd101df" CreationDate="2009-05-24T14:40:47.477" UserId="3311" Comment="added 412 characters in body" Text="I also think so... Because you are increasing the opportunity/probability of a failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AD server is a critical resource and used by the every user. If you are installing a virtual server on it and some thing goes wrong (Ex: Software Crash, Abnormal CPU usage etc), all the users will be affected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I think &quot;Keeping the AD server Alone&quot; would be better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE**&#xD;&#xA;And another thing : I have seen some occasions that the Virtual machines cause the troubles with Network adapters of the Physical server. That means while auto configuring the Virtual machine's network, it makes some troubles with Physical machines network connections as well. I don't know the reason/trouble but I have seen that. So why would we put unnecessary troubles on a critical resource?" />
  <row Id="21331" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11782" RevisionGUID="b4c411b5-cb99-456c-926b-f8d8b36deec4" CreationDate="2009-05-24T14:41:47.740" UserId="3256" Text="Two great resources on joining OSX clients to Active Directory are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Apple white paper on how to do it: [pdf][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An Apple video presentation on best practices for OSX AD: [seminar][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apple has an extensive list of white papers and the like for a whole range of topics - check it out at [http://www.apple.com/business/resources/][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://images.apple.com/business/solutions/it/docs/Best_Practices_Active_Directory.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/activedir/apple/index.html?s=203&amp;locs=us_en&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.apple.com/business/resources/" />
  <row Id="21332" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11783" RevisionGUID="bf1e7bb8-1ec8-410a-b227-be839566e3bc" CreationDate="2009-05-24T14:52:50.997" UserId="3311" Text="I think it depends on the scenario. Many guys may reply with &quot;Linux is better&quot; but I suggest to select the server with your available resources \ your software requirements etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an example if you are using Linux servers the users will need bit more expertise to work with that (If there are no sys admins to manage them). And even there is a system administrator he will need some more knowledge to work with linux and get the things configured because the effort required to do some configuration is higher in Linux (Not in all cases but in most cases)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the other hand you may need to install some softwares that doesn't have a &quot;Linux&quot; option.  Generally we can find a windows version for almost any Unix like OS bases softwares but not wise versa. (Proprietary softwares in most cases). So I recommend to consider those factors as well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just wanted to show some &quot;Unseen&quot; side of a practical problem ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21333" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11784" RevisionGUID="8032ddd6-f8a9-45cb-b15d-de69fc2a94fe" CreationDate="2009-05-24T14:54:19.417" UserId="2467" Text="Well, that file isn't on my Win2003 SP2 server.&#xD;&#xA;What is Project1? What else runs on the server?" />
  <row Id="21334" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11612" RevisionGUID="8e63242f-e5b8-463a-bbc9-e9691d0c7341" CreationDate="2009-05-24T15:04:24.903" UserId="3311" Comment="deleted 49 characters in body" Text="I also think so... Because you are increasing the opportunity/probability of a failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AD server is a critical resource and used by the every user. If you are installing a virtual server on it and some thing goes wrong (Ex: Software Crash, Abnormal CPU usage etc), all the users will be affected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I think &quot;Keeping the AD server Alone&quot; would be better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE**&#xD;&#xA;And another thing : I have seen some occasions that the Virtual machines cause the troubles with Network adapters of the Physical server. That means while auto configuring the Virtual machine's network, it makes some troubles with Physical machines network connections as well. I don't know the reason/trouble but I have seen that. So why would we put unnecessary troubles on a critical resource?" />
  <row Id="21335" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11785" RevisionGUID="61425865-a588-464f-88a7-573d368cc3ab" CreationDate="2009-05-24T15:05:22.547" UserId="2609" Text="Probably the single biggest reason I like UNIX-like servers over Windows servers is that I've found any problems are so much easier to diagnose and fix. I spent much more time beating my head against a wall or on hold with tech support with Windows servers. With OpenBSD, FreeBSD, or Linux the problem is usually in the logs, and if the solution isn't obvious then it usually yields to Googling a bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When everything is running smoothly then Windows can be a fine server platform, as can Linux and *BSD. It's when things aren't working that the difference comes in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the cost of admins, you have to take competence into account. Sure Windows admins are plentiful, but to hire a **good** one will cost you just like hiring a **good** UNIX admin. If you just need someone to click &quot;Next&quot; on install dialogs it'll be cheaper to go Windows, but you don't want that." />
  <row Id="21337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11787" RevisionGUID="8a5df11f-6347-4ede-849f-beeb926aa00f" CreationDate="2009-05-24T15:11:44.607" UserId="2368" Text="Well, this question cries out for a &quot;subjective&quot; tag.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, the answer here is `to each their own'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I mean, it all depends on what you need to run on this server. A directory service? Should I use openldap? No, thanks, I'll probably use Active Directory (on a Windows-server-based domain controller). An application needs SQL Server (microsoft one :P)? Looks like a job for windows server to ne. On the other hand, I don't see much point in running DNS or (you must be kidding me) DHCP on a windows server. Or a web proxy (hello, squid). Or a firewall/router. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To each their own." />
  <row Id="21338" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11788" RevisionGUID="70a6ca2c-95df-48b3-8f61-3c9cec688213" CreationDate="2009-05-24T15:19:32.750" UserId="1067" Text="Something titled 'Project1'  would throw a red flag at me.  Usually that would be a string that you would change when creating a program. Perhaps it was made in VB6.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My suggestion would be, unless your team created it, get rid of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I say that because of the erie resemblance to this [case][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://securitylabs.websense.com/content/Blogs/3237.aspx" />
  <row Id="21339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11789" RevisionGUID="b7f8ba04-2e26-4b6d-8473-002444cde187" CreationDate="2009-05-24T15:22:32.293" UserId="45" Text="The first thing I would do in this situation is to run Microsoft's [Malicious Software Removal Tool][1]. This should detect the most common malware infections. You can do this by just typing &quot;mst.exe&quot; in the &quot;Run&quot; box or in a commandline console.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Read further details on this Serverfault question: [Some questions about the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool -MRT][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="21340" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11790" RevisionGUID="e4c964f9-a5e0-41bc-b758-975143801611" CreationDate="2009-05-24T15:26:59.913" UserId="413" Text="Is linux better than windows?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The answer is BLUE!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is windows better than Linux?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The answer is CHEESE!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The point is that this is a nonsensical question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;For my workload, budget, expenses, skillset, future plans, and applications that I run, which platform is likely to be the best choice for me moving forwards?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are other variables, of course- but without at least the info above, you're just wanking off fanboys.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11791" RevisionGUID="fd2a7037-127a-47cd-9af1-cb288846da41" CreationDate="2009-05-24T15:28:49.677" UserId="1809" Text="I have a sata WD hdd (WDC WD500) connected to MSI P35 Platinum motherboard.  &#xD;&#xA;It goes to sleep and wakes up instantly. I can hear how it starts (spins out) and after a few seconds it goes sleep (no noise). Then after a few seconds the cycle repeats itself. And it's like this all the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition to this hdd I have 3ware raid controller (AMCC 9650SE-2LP) with to serial ata disks connected. I think the problem is not related to this controller, though." />
  <row Id="21342" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11791" RevisionGUID="fd2a7037-127a-47cd-9af1-cb288846da41" CreationDate="2009-05-24T15:28:49.677" UserId="1809" Text="WD hdd connected to MSI P35 Platinium mb goes to sleep and wakes up instantly " />
  <row Id="21343" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11791" RevisionGUID="fd2a7037-127a-47cd-9af1-cb288846da41" CreationDate="2009-05-24T15:28:49.677" UserId="1809" Text="&lt;hdd&gt;&lt;msi&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;" />
  <row Id="21344" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11789" RevisionGUID="9f04061e-0656-4294-b742-cb82e06ac20c" CreationDate="2009-05-24T15:32:05.847" UserId="45" Comment="added 373 characters in body" Text="The first thing I would do in this situation is to run Microsoft's [Malicious Software Removal Tool][1]. This should detect the most common malware infections. You can do this by just typing &quot;mst.exe&quot; in the &quot;Run&quot; box or in a commandline console.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Read further details on this Serverfault question: [Some questions about the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool -MRT][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--------&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;There is this [forum thread mentioning &quot;Project1&quot; as malware and &quot;Data Execution Prevention&quot;][3]. Here a screenshot what Process Manager shows if Windows doesn't prevent the execution:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t186747.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a103/shishio1014/project1.jpg" />
  <row Id="21346" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11793" RevisionGUID="037e9f18-da3b-4eb8-8a71-b2c407226c04" CreationDate="2009-05-24T15:52:01.220" UserId="588" Text="My guess is that your HD will soon return its magnetic soul.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Run SMART check on the drive and it report errors, get a replacement." />
  <row Id="21347" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11794" RevisionGUID="544a3a5b-6fc1-43bd-b86e-bfd495f28ee7" CreationDate="2009-05-24T16:02:31.480" UserId="45" Text="NTFS corruption can be caused by hardware issues like problems with the cable, the controller or a harddrive failing (mechanical problems, ...). If write caching is enabled on the drive, the hardware could not be able to keep up writing the data to disk. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other common reasons I could think of are system malfunctions (blue screens, buggy RAID controller/drivers) and power outages which could leave the filesystem in an inconsistant state.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check the Windows event log for the period before the failure. It could contain some useful information what exactly went wrong. And backup your data, if you haven't done it yet. There errors could be the first sign of a complete failure of the harddisk. Run a [harddisk diagnostic software][1] to detect if some of the reliability parameters are not ok. You could use the free [Active@ Hard Disk Monitor][2] to run some checks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_S.M.A.R.T._tools&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ntfs.com/disk-monitor.htm" />
  <row Id="21348" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11795" RevisionGUID="9989002f-d69a-4bd3-b340-fa21d7bb9721" CreationDate="2009-05-24T16:04:08.857" UserId="3353" Text="I suppose that you are talking about WDM (Wavelength-division multiplexing) using SFP.&#xD;&#xA;The bandwith available for a single strand of fibre is bounded only by the money : quoting a figure from a telecom vendor 80*40Gb on a fiber for a transport network dwdm device.  &#xD;&#xA;Using cisco as a reference , i find that the maximum bandwith available for non-telco dwdm is 1G ( 10G coming ). &#xD;&#xA;The advantage for the provider is that using DWDM it doubles the available optic fiber for connections. For the consumer , there is no advantage nor any disadvantage , since it is 'transparent'. " />
  <row Id="21349" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11736" RevisionGUID="c5f9b194-6cf7-4b14-bda9-b88c1d2594dd" CreationDate="2009-05-24T16:14:01.207" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="From GNU less manpage       &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; -i or --ignore-case&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Causes searches to ignore case; that is, uppercase and lowercase are considered identical. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This option is ignored if any uppercase letters appear in the search pattern; in other words, if a pattern contains uppercase letters, then that search does not ignore case.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; -I or --IGNORE-CASE&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Like -i, but searches ignore case even if the pattern contains uppercase letters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a great way of searching in GNU less, while ignoring case sensitivity. However, you must know in advance that you'd like to search while ignoring case sensitivity and indicate it in the command line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[vim][1] solves this problem by letting the user specify \c before a search, to indicate that the pattern should be searched while ignoring case sensitivity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to do the same in less (without specifying -I in the command line)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vim.org/" />
  <row Id="21350" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="11736" RevisionGUID="c5f9b194-6cf7-4b14-bda9-b88c1d2594dd" CreationDate="2009-05-24T16:14:01.207" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="GNU less: How can I search while ignoring case sensitivity without using less -I option?" />
  <row Id="21351" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11796" RevisionGUID="e9757de0-bb6a-4d1e-a5fd-8bccd983d7cd" CreationDate="2009-05-24T08:49:13.297" Text="&lt;p&gt;I know that this is not a programming question, but please I would really like some advice.&#xA;I live in South Africa and I am hosting my website here but I am receiving SHIT service from my hosting company.&#xA;My database is down all the time and I cant get hold of anyone over weekends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Who would you recommend me using to host my ASP.net site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like a company in USA to host it who will be available 24/7 for support................&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any recommendations?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advanced!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21352" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11796" RevisionGUID="e9757de0-bb6a-4d1e-a5fd-8bccd983d7cd" CreationDate="2009-05-24T08:49:13.297" Text="Hosting my ASP.NET website - ANY recommendations?" />
  <row Id="21353" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11796" RevisionGUID="e9757de0-bb6a-4d1e-a5fd-8bccd983d7cd" CreationDate="2009-05-24T08:49:13.297" Text="&lt;asp.net&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;web-hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="21354" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11797" RevisionGUID="4921007f-a146-4651-9843-bbc3acf172ee" CreationDate="2009-05-24T08:52:09.547" UserId="2619" Text="&lt;p&gt;I use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hostek.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Hostek&lt;/a&gt;. They're fairly generic in terms of services but their support is great (even installing things to the GAC for me) and they're relatively cheap.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Servers aren't overloaded either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if you've got ~$50+ a month to spend, consider a VPS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21355" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11798" RevisionGUID="7798511e-1bba-4a50-a32e-04c7a79f38b4" CreationDate="2009-05-24T08:53:38.157" Text="&lt;p&gt;I use Aplus.Net. They have been really good and accommodating. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11799" RevisionGUID="66cad452-e6f0-4a4d-8cdc-88f52b924861" CreationDate="2009-05-24T13:21:44.883" Text="&lt;p&gt;If you're looking to do it on the cheap, I've had really good experiences with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.discountasp.net&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;DiscountASP.NET&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can spend a lot of money on a dedicated server, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rackspace.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Rackspace&lt;/a&gt; is pricey, but is worth it for the &quot;fanatical&quot; support. (A human picks up the phone within 2 or 3 rings, 24/7/365)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21357" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11800" RevisionGUID="90e12033-04db-4b29-a917-a86c4c7c320e" CreationDate="2009-05-24T13:43:34.730" Text="&lt;p&gt;If you don't want to spend much I've used &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bananahosting.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; title=&quot;Banana Hosting&quot;&gt;Banana Hosting&lt;/a&gt; for small sites - prices start from around $3 per month including MySql/MsSql.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21358" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11796" RevisionGUID="fb127bf6-6edc-4c64-b5fd-95a46044dd2b" CreationDate="2009-05-24T16:32:57.830" UserId="48" Comment="Removed profanity" Text="&lt;p&gt;I know that this is not a programming question, but please I would really like some advice.&#xD;&#xA;I live in South Africa and I am hosting my website here but I am receiving terrible service from my hosting company.&#xD;&#xA;My database is down all the time and I cant get hold of anyone over weekends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Who would you recommend me using to host my ASP.net site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like a company in USA to host it who will be available 24/7 for support................&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any recommendations?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advanced!&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11801" RevisionGUID="00bbe365-2b87-4b43-a719-e562e85ba48a" CreationDate="2009-05-24T16:37:33.187" UserId="1463" Text="[Webcasts on Technet][1] usually provides videos from all the latest conferences. The linked latest event with a bunch of webcasts from seems to be called &quot;Managing a Microsoft Infrastructure&quot; - how fitting ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetmms.aspx?tab=webcasts" />
  <row Id="21360" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11802" RevisionGUID="e70b467d-6e08-458e-8428-2b09ad00ffb8" CreationDate="2009-05-24T16:43:18.743" UserId="3311" Text="I am using Dreamhost and I never regret. Everything is fine. Today it has a 92% off offer. Register Sooon. You will just have to pay $9.24 for 1 year with domain name registration..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Dreamhost][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dreamhost.com/limited-time-sale-going-on-now.html" />
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  <row Id="21363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11804" RevisionGUID="7c9ce317-fc88-4e5f-b98a-6055dfc646ff" CreationDate="2009-05-24T17:19:04.600" UserId="2318" Text="Weird question of the day: Has anyone here configured a real (say five or six client) Firewire network? If so, what were the advantages/headaches? Which Firewire hub (or Firewire switch, if that's the correct term) did you use? What happens if you plug a drive into the network - is it available to any of the client computers (I'm assuming not, but am curious)?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21364" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11804" RevisionGUID="7c9ce317-fc88-4e5f-b98a-6055dfc646ff" CreationDate="2009-05-24T17:19:04.600" UserId="2318" Text="Is it viable to use Firewire for a real network?" />
  <row Id="21365" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11804" RevisionGUID="7c9ce317-fc88-4e5f-b98a-6055dfc646ff" CreationDate="2009-05-24T17:19:04.600" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;firewire&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="21366" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11804" RevisionGUID="7dd4de05-1653-4107-b4b9-509c28b1e5d3" CreationDate="2009-05-24T17:29:06.327" UserId="2318" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Weird question of the day: Has anyone here configured a real (say five or more client) Firewire network? If so, what were the advantages/headaches? Which Firewire hub (or Firewire switch, if that's the correct term) did you use? What happens if you plug a drive into the network - is it available to any of the client computers (I'm assuming not, but am curious)?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11805" RevisionGUID="2a2267ba-59e6-4e8f-94c8-7b02cf950ea4" CreationDate="2009-05-24T17:29:12.070" UserId="2609" Text="For your interactive uses, do not use keys without passphrases. Use ssh-agent/ssh-add instead, since this will allow you to enter the passphrase only once at the beginning of your session. It's very convenient, and much, MUCH more secure than using no passphrases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The *only* time I can think to use keys without passphrases would be a special purpose server-server communication, such as a backup server talking to a backup client (or vice versa). For those cases use no passphrase, but use a separate username and limit what it can do with ssh's ForceCommand, etc." />
  <row Id="21368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11806" RevisionGUID="2728e6ad-9893-4139-88fb-38edfc1ce366" CreationDate="2009-05-24T17:31:30.893" UserId="2375" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am about to write tcp-server for a project my company is working on. The server will use several port for different tasks.&#xD;&#xA;During development we use just some portnumber we like: `1400, 1500, 1600-1650`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could we use this ports on our production server? Or are there some security and / or compatibility issues we have to think about?" />
  <row Id="21369" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11806" RevisionGUID="2728e6ad-9893-4139-88fb-38edfc1ce366" CreationDate="2009-05-24T17:31:30.893" UserId="2375" Text="Which ports to use on a self-written tcp server." />
  <row Id="21370" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11806" RevisionGUID="2728e6ad-9893-4139-88fb-38edfc1ce366" CreationDate="2009-05-24T17:31:30.893" UserId="2375" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;tcp&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;port&gt;" />
  <row Id="21371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11807" RevisionGUID="b6f817ae-a810-4d02-ab5f-62e755510389" CreationDate="2009-05-24T17:33:21.420" UserId="2318" Text="What's the difference between a switch, a router, and a modem?" />
  <row Id="21372" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11807" RevisionGUID="b6f817ae-a810-4d02-ab5f-62e755510389" CreationDate="2009-05-24T17:33:21.420" UserId="2318" Text="What's the difference between a switch, a router, and a modem?" />
  <row Id="21373" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11807" RevisionGUID="b6f817ae-a810-4d02-ab5f-62e755510389" CreationDate="2009-05-24T17:33:21.420" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;basics&gt;&lt;switch&gt;&lt;modem&gt;&lt;router&gt;" />
  <row Id="21374" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11808" RevisionGUID="8b2eb0af-3973-4da3-a181-646b0e00b4d9" CreationDate="2009-05-24T17:33:21.670" UserId="1463" Text="Not sure there are &quot;switches&quot; per se as the topology would require you to chain the computers together, one by one, using two ports in all but the last and first one - subjecting the network to the &quot;single point of failure&quot; problem of old-time coax ethernets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The distance of a firewire-cable is also very limited at around 5 meters I've heard, before requiring an active repeater. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you'd run TCP/IP over Firewire (there's an RFC around I think) the firewire disks would be unrelated to the actual network and just work as a locally attached disk on whatever machine it's plugged into. You'd have to share it over the network as usual...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...so I have a hard time seeing the point if the machines in question have ethernet ports ^^" />
  <row Id="21375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11809" RevisionGUID="8628c611-1ada-41d4-be3b-89e0aa2feceb" CreationDate="2009-05-24T17:39:33.623" UserId="616" Text="Anything over 1024 should be fine, if not used by anything else on your production servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, why not make it configurable? Have the ports defined in a configuration file / or directory or something, then if you do have a clash, it's just a quick edit to change it to something else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, this technique allows you to run more than one instance on the same machine (if you have everything that more than one application/process needs defined in the config file - this might include message queue ids, directory names and so on). Our current product doesn't do this, and it's a pain in the proverbial.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11810" RevisionGUID="e29eec5b-f467-4f07-a679-1f0a8c407d6e" CreationDate="2009-05-24T17:42:36.317" UserId="1840" Text="I have found good articles on Linux Planet: [**http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, the Linux Documentation project has a lot of updated info: [**http://tldp.org/**][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://tldp.org/" />
  <row Id="21377" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11811" RevisionGUID="5f893815-76cb-4745-b208-4a4e908f74c7" CreationDate="2009-05-24T17:43:10.980" UserId="3311" Text="Hmm... For get a good understanding you will need an understanding about [OSI model][1]. But I will try to explain them as simple as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blessedhands3333.com/personal_journal/images/osi_model1.jpg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically any networked transmission is going through the indicated path. In simpler words the data you sent is converted into electrical signals to transmit over physical link.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21378" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11812" RevisionGUID="69dc4d5a-2385-4516-9ad8-a8530c5d0e48" CreationDate="2009-05-24T17:43:29.810" UserId="2299" Text="I've done this and regretted it. As Zoredache says, the extra network interfaces that VMWare creates get put in the DNS against the name of the server, then PCs on the network start having problems connecting to the server. It also broke intersite replication as the other DCs tried to replicate to the VMWare IP addresses. Even if you untick the &quot;Register this connections in DNS&quot; box in the TCP/IP setup for the VMWare networks the damn thing insisted on adding them to the zone file. I never did find a way round this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have put Hyper-V on a DC. This is OK provided you have more than one NIC and can keep one that isn't configured as a Hyper-V network. You simply disable all the extra synthetic Hyper-V NICs on the DC. Because Hyper-V uses paravirtualisation, disabling the synthetic NICs on the DC does not affect any VMs running on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your server only has one NIC you can still use Hyper-V, but note that you won't be able to run the DHCP Server on the server as it won't bind to the synthetic NIC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John Rennie&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21379" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11813" RevisionGUID="f1a79c3a-b3c7-48cc-b10b-4b47c639ed44" CreationDate="2009-05-24T17:45:05.047" UserId="616" Text="Consult the documentation about the log files that the developers handed over along with the application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What? There's no documentation? Time for an [AttitudeAdjustmentTool][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More seriously, documenting log files and how to interpret them needs to be make one of the developers' tasks. Their job isn't done when the code is, it's done when the operations people can run the application and keep it running, and that means documentation, handover meetings, designing for manageability etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?AttitudeAdjustmentTool" />
  <row Id="21380" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11813" RevisionGUID="f1a79c3a-b3c7-48cc-b10b-4b47c639ed44" CreationDate="2009-05-24T17:45:05.047" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21381" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11814" RevisionGUID="8a380b50-4c2c-48f0-85a6-5b61d1569524" CreationDate="2009-05-24T17:45:25.453" UserId="1463" Text="I really like Chathurangas answer ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But here's an attempt at using layman's terms, which will skew reality and leave important bits out:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Modem: translates between different    kinds of signals/media, like when you    go from a phone line to a local    ethernet network.&#xD;&#xA;* Router: forwards (routes) traffic    from one network to another, doesn't    care about the media. Consumer-level    routers are often built into modems    and switches which can handle the    physical connections say between    ethernet networks and the outside    world phone lines on the way to the    internet service provider.&#xD;&#xA;* Switch: forwards traffic within a    single network (traditionally). Used    to connect networked devices together    within a single network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Put together with the OSI layer diagram, this could be enhanced a lot I guess... this could be  the Serverfault version of that famous Stack Overflow question that seemed ridiculously simple on the surface, but spawned a lot of highly detailed answers." />
  <row Id="21382" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11811" RevisionGUID="c1d6f548-726c-4df0-93cc-882abbb6fb09" CreationDate="2009-05-24T17:48:37.927" UserId="3311" Comment="added 258 characters in body" Text="Hmm... For get a good understanding you will need an understanding about [OSI model][1]. But I will try to explain them as simple as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blessedhands3333.com/personal_journal/images/osi_model1.jpg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically any networked transmission is going through the indicated path. In simpler words the data you sent is converted into electrical signals to transmit over physical link.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The bottom layer just has an idea about electrical signal not about any bits or bytes. The layer 2, Data link layer has an awareness about MAC addresses. When we are coming to layer 3 - Network layer we have some more high level approach, it can process IP addresses as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When we are talking about a router, router is a Layer 3 device, that can work with IPs. It can take decisions based on IPs. as an example route a packet based on IP or filter packets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But Switch is just only a Layer 2 device. I just worries only on Physical addresses. (MAC addresses) and all the data communication is done using MACs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oskar Duveborn has given a more straight forward answer on that..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Directly addressing your comment the router works with IP addresses while switch works with MAC addresses. I have no good idea about the internal architecture of a modem. Sorry buddy :(&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21383" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11815" RevisionGUID="506636a2-eeca-41e6-be8e-6ebfb21022d8" CreationDate="2009-05-24T17:48:55.913" UserId="388" Text="As mentioned by Paul, ports &lt;1024 are generally reserved for 'core' services. (Also, many operating systems require services that bind to ports &lt;1024 to be run as root).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, there are other ports that are commonly in use. The [IANA Port number list][1] is normally a good place to look; you should try and avoid using any port on there that is already reserved. Although, practically, this only makes a difference if you are going to be using a service that has a reserved port within your network/on your servers, checking this list is a good habit to get in to whenever you are developing a new network application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers" />
  <row Id="21384" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11794" RevisionGUID="1898f77c-5c95-42f7-a30c-abfc6f31e0ad" CreationDate="2009-05-24T17:49:31.747" UserId="45" Comment="edited body" Text="NTFS corruption can be caused by hardware issues like problems with the cable, the controller or a harddrive failing (mechanical problems, ...). If write caching is enabled on the drive, the hardware could not be able to keep up writing the data to disk. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other common reasons I could think of are system malfunctions (blue screens, buggy RAID controller/drivers) and power outages which could leave the filesystem in an inconsistent state.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check the Windows event log for the period before the failure. It could contain some useful information what exactly went wrong. And backup your data, if you haven't done it yet. There errors could be the first sign of a complete failure of the harddisk. Run a [harddisk diagnostic software][1] to detect if some of the reliability parameters are not ok. You could use the free [Active@ Hard Disk Monitor][2] to run some checks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_S.M.A.R.T._tools&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ntfs.com/disk-monitor.htm" />
  <row Id="21385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11816" RevisionGUID="43f90642-07d8-4d74-b12b-ce242c316833" CreationDate="2009-05-24T17:56:19.830" UserId="2330" Text="Is it possible that Windows Explorer itself is somehow holding a handle to the file? Don't forget the file has to be opened, at least once, to generate the preview that is then stored in thumbs.db. If you are not saving the thumbs.db file then the file will have to be re-opened every time." />
  <row Id="21386" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11811" RevisionGUID="1518f6b0-6d0a-4b2d-99f6-9f36ff1a5a8a" CreationDate="2009-05-24T17:57:56.783" UserId="3311" Comment="added 202 characters in body" Text="Hmm... For get a good understanding you will need an understanding about [OSI model][1]. But I will try to explain them as simple as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically any networked transmission is going through the indicated path. In simpler words the data you sent is converted into electrical signals to transmit over physical link.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The bottom layer just has an idea about electrical signal not about any bits or bytes. The layer 2, Data link layer has an awareness about MAC addresses. When we are coming to layer 3 - Network layer we have some more high level approach, it can process IP addresses as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When we are talking about a router, router is a Layer 3 device, that can work with IPs. It can take decisions based on IPs. as an example route a packet based on IP or filter packets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But Switch is just only a Layer 2 device. I just worries only on Physical addresses. (MAC addresses) and all the data communication is done using MACs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oskar Duveborn has given a more straight forward answer on that..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Directly addressing your comment the router works with IP addresses while switch works with MAC addresses. I have no good idea about the internal architecture of a modem. Sorry buddy :(&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This short article][3] has explained some of the visible differences between the device types. It may be useful to you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blessedhands3333.com/personal_journal/images/osi_model1.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://compnetworking.about.com/od/homenetworkhardware/f/routervsswitch.htm" />
  <row Id="21387" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11817" RevisionGUID="2508291f-1543-431a-8953-3fd301886311" CreationDate="2009-05-24T18:05:21.403" UserId="2491" Text="I find [Linux Questions][1] very helpful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linuxquestions.org" />
  <row Id="21388" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11818" RevisionGUID="575bc8d2-1595-4394-b973-5dcaf8c23cf0" CreationDate="2009-05-24T18:10:18.397" UserId="3311" Text="Simply any port number between 1025 and 65535. The ports below 1024 are reserved for various things basically for OS oriented tasks. Ex 25 for SMTP, 23 for Telnet, 80 for HTTP, 443 for HTTPS likewise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You must be careful to get a port that is not used by another service, program as well." />
  <row Id="21389" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11819" RevisionGUID="d3de030f-cac2-4496-b6a8-3caec1fa27f1" CreationDate="2009-05-24T18:11:04.077" UserId="2413" Text="i'm happy user of [backupninja][1] wrapper bash script. it's available in debian as package in standard repository. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;depending on type of data i use directly [rdiff-backup][2] mentioned by Andrew Cholakian, or first take snapshot of LVM volume [ mentioned by tinkertim ] and then run rdiff-backup on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;rdiff-backup does not work very efficiently over bad network links, in such a cases i run rdiff-backup locally and then use rsync to synchronize backup repository with remote server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://riseuplabs.org/backupninja/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/non-gnu/rdiff-backup/" />
  <row Id="21390" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11820" RevisionGUID="140e5754-c68c-446d-8d40-8c166e72231b" CreationDate="2009-05-24T18:19:18.427" UserId="2494" Text="Make sure your backups are good - you may be in for a new HD." />
  <row Id="21391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11821" RevisionGUID="2a39b3d5-3b7d-4ab0-970f-dfe987c6a496" CreationDate="2009-05-24T18:41:10.253" UserId="2612" Text="For network security and compliance issues check out [RISKY.BIZ][1] and their podcasts [Risky Business][2] and the interview/event feed, [RB2][3]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://risky.biz/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://risky.biz/netcasts/risky-business&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://risky.biz/netcasts/rb2" />
  <row Id="21392" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11822" RevisionGUID="b2842c04-328c-4480-a7a3-bdf68fafce6c" CreationDate="2009-05-24T18:43:17.583" UserId="3454" Text="The misconception that a Ethernet switched network == a secure network. It doesn't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Besides the ubiquitous presence of arp-poisoning tools like 'Cain &amp; Abel' and their ilk, the fact that the CAM table will time out every so often (default 5 minutes on a Cisco switch) and thus flood unicast traffic like a hub translates to packet leakage and thus potential information leakage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can change the timeout value on managed switches to compensate for how much flooding you want to allow, but given that it's part of how Ethernet switching works, you cannot mitigate it completely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cisco link here (I can't add hyperlinks yet):  &#xD;&#xA;`http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/products_tech_note09186a00807347ab.shtml#broadcast`" />
  <row Id="21393" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11822" RevisionGUID="b2842c04-328c-4480-a7a3-bdf68fafce6c" CreationDate="2009-05-24T18:43:17.583" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21394" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11823" RevisionGUID="55698e36-d896-431c-ac3a-6c6ef83f0272" CreationDate="2009-05-24T18:45:24.303" UserId="1276" Text="Do not design your software to use any port below 49152 by default, since these are reserved by IANA (even those unassigned). The user may be able to set a port manually during configuration. If you have to ship the software with a default port preconfigured, use some port from the range 49152 through 65535." />
  <row Id="21395" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10201" RevisionGUID="63640658-351f-48f6-a5f9-e18de807341f" CreationDate="2009-05-24T18:47:48.307" UserId="422" Comment="added 175 characters in body" Text="The key difference between Notes and Exchange is that Notes is not an email system first and foremost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is a platform for database development.  It happens to also be an email and calendaring package.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Long established Notes shops often have no idea how many custom databases users have built and rely on for day to day business.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know of one large Notes shop that is contemplating a switch to Exchange but they have so many line of business applications that slowly fell into use as Notes applications, that the task is monumental.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In fact, they will likely continue to run Domino/Notes as a database and application platform. while at the same time transitioning to Exchange for mail and calendaring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21396" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11824" RevisionGUID="64b7901f-9d38-46da-bae8-80f54e64a0ab" CreationDate="2009-05-24T18:48:38.133" UserId="2612" Text="Citrix Metaframe expert Brian Madden used to podcast (really good), but he wound up some time in 2007, around the time of NetScaler but before XenServer. However, he seems to have replaced the podcast with a video channel, [Brian Madden TV][1]. If you're publishing content over Citrix products or big on Terminal Server this could be useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/tv/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="21397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11825" RevisionGUID="5959d2c1-d966-4bea-a879-0f87ab073a8f" CreationDate="2009-05-24T18:49:40.283" UserId="3454" Text="Have you tried rebooting and seeing if that clears the lock? What about booting into Safe Mode and then doing what you need to do with those files?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also use a tool like Process Explorer or Filemon from Sysinternals to check what processes are attached to those files." />
  <row Id="21398" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11826" RevisionGUID="7242d7eb-f542-454f-91b1-db60eecea843" CreationDate="2009-05-24T18:49:53.623" UserId="2366" Text="I recently had a drive fail in a laptop and after replacing it and restoring a Time Machine backup onto it, any new backups to the same Time Machine backup get this error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    May 24 02:10:00 Foobar /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[9605]: Bulk setting Spotlight attributes failed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How does one fix Spotlight to remove this error? " />
  <row Id="21399" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11826" RevisionGUID="7242d7eb-f542-454f-91b1-db60eecea843" CreationDate="2009-05-24T18:49:53.623" UserId="2366" Text="Time Machine: Bulk setting Spotlight attributes failed" />
  <row Id="21400" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11826" RevisionGUID="7242d7eb-f542-454f-91b1-db60eecea843" CreationDate="2009-05-24T18:49:53.623" UserId="2366" Text="&lt;time-machine&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="21401" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11827" RevisionGUID="9e0a2844-1c2e-42d6-9801-9fafea6d1caf" CreationDate="2009-05-24T18:53:28.607" UserId="2612" Text="**Virtual Strategy Magazine** has a [podcast][1] of interest to admins working in virtualized environments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.virtual-strategy.com/all-podcasts" />
  <row Id="21402" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11824" RevisionGUID="6f64a2be-363e-40a7-af3e-83a22f1ad416" CreationDate="2009-05-24T18:53:55.877" UserId="2612" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="**Citrix Metaframe** expert Brian Madden used to podcast (really good), but he wound up some time in 2007, around the time of NetScaler but before XenServer. However, he seems to have replaced the podcast with a video channel, [Brian Madden TV][1]. If you're publishing content over Citrix products or big on Terminal Server this could be useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/tv/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="21403" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11828" RevisionGUID="7b3a4f7f-365f-4082-b953-ec35f2736e13" CreationDate="2009-05-24T19:02:58.260" UserId="2643" Text="[James Gosling][1] cites Peter Deutsch with credit for the [eight fallacies of distributed computing][2]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Essentially everyone, when they first&#xD;&#xA;&gt; build a distributed application, makes&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the following eight assumptions. All&#xD;&#xA;&gt; prove to be false in the long run and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; all cause big trouble and painful&#xD;&#xA;&gt; learning experiences.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 1. 	The network is reliable&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2. 	Latency is zero&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 3. 	Bandwidth is infinite&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 4. 	The network is secure&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 5. 	Topology doesn't change&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 6. 	There is one administrator&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 7. 	Transport cost is zero&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 8. 	The network is homogeneous&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have these on the wall of my cube facing the hallway.  Sometimes I feel that I trip over more than one of these *per day*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.sun.com/jag/resource/Fallacies.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacies_of_Distributed_Computing" />
  <row Id="21404" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11828" RevisionGUID="7b3a4f7f-365f-4082-b953-ec35f2736e13" CreationDate="2009-05-24T19:02:58.260" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21405" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11829" RevisionGUID="c1495ba3-e4e4-47d9-a113-ea0360654bb3" CreationDate="2009-05-24T19:02:59.853" UserId="2318" Text="What's a simple way to get a list of all files installed/modified and keys added/removed by a Windows program installer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to take a before and after snapshot, and see what has changed. Leaving a program running while I perform the install would be okay too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is very similar to [Clinton Blackmore's question][1] (eg: taking and diff'ing two file systems), but specifically for Windows, and taking into account both files *and registry keys*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10424/diffing-two-filesystems" />
  <row Id="21406" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11829" RevisionGUID="c1495ba3-e4e4-47d9-a113-ea0360654bb3" CreationDate="2009-05-24T19:02:59.853" UserId="2318" Text="How do I make/compare before and after filesystem/registry snapshots in Windows (XP, Vista or 7)" />
  <row Id="21407" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11829" RevisionGUID="c1495ba3-e4e4-47d9-a113-ea0360654bb3" CreationDate="2009-05-24T19:02:59.853" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;registry&gt;&lt;snapshot&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="21408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11830" RevisionGUID="442d096d-bba2-4ac0-b253-8053e6fc947d" CreationDate="2009-05-24T19:06:18.113" UserId="3356" Text="If you don't mind getting your hands dirty with the command line, there are a couple of great ways.  Personally, I use rsync to keep my iPhoto library (and iTunes for that matter) coordinated between 3 systems by pushing out the newest copy whenever I make changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rsync -azv -e ssh ~/Pictures/iPhoto\ Library/ &lt;remote_ip&gt;:~/Pictures/iPhoto\ Library&#xD;&#xA;Rsync is smart enough to only copy the changes, and not the entire library each time.  Now, if you want something that performs regular backups with history you can also try [rdiff-backup][1].  It uses rsync internally, which makes it fairly fast, and can be found in MacPorts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/non-gnu/rdiff-backup/" />
  <row Id="21409" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11831" RevisionGUID="315e8871-72dd-4f2f-b293-305e4e6884b0" CreationDate="2009-05-24T19:07:19.390" UserId="2318" Text="In System Preferences &gt; Spotlight, set the drive with the damaged index to be excluded. Then delete the .Spotlight-V100 folder (it's hidden so you remove it by carefully using the &quot;rm&quot; command in Terminal*) from the root of the affected drive. Go back to System Preferences and add the drive again. Wait until the drive has been fully indexed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Example (remember, be careful with rm -rf!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo rm -rf /Volumes/YourDriveNameHere/.Spotlight-V100" />
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  <row Id="21411" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11829" RevisionGUID="6618f492-0707-4bd9-8e3b-606a014d7853" CreationDate="2009-05-24T19:15:39.373" UserId="2318" Text="What's a simple way to get a list of all files installed/modified and keys added/removed by a Windows (XP, Vista or 7) program installer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to take a before and after snapshot, and see what has changed. Leaving a program running while I perform the install would be okay too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is very similar to [Clinton Blackmore's question][1] (eg: taking and diff'ing two file systems), but specifically for Windows, and taking into account both files *and registry keys*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10424/diffing-two-filesystems" />
  <row Id="21412" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="11829" RevisionGUID="6618f492-0707-4bd9-8e3b-606a014d7853" CreationDate="2009-05-24T19:15:39.373" UserId="2318" Text="How to make/compare filesystem/registry snapshots in Windows?" />
  <row Id="21413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11832" RevisionGUID="1d225846-86f6-478c-8ba1-53bb2105dc87" CreationDate="2009-05-24T19:28:10.130" UserId="919" Text="Given a default instance of Ubuntu Server LTS, how many resources are needed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm curious about:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * CPU consumption&#xD;&#xA;    * RAM working set&#xD;&#xA;    * Network needed&#xD;&#xA;    * Disk I/O&#xD;&#xA;    * Storage space needed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Information on marginal increase per user is also welcome.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="21417" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="2438" RevisionGUID="c9cb5b3d-45f2-4d27-b1e3-ee8d55d0e21d" CreationDate="2009-05-24T19:31:39.683" UserId="1218" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1218,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Node&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="21418" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11833" RevisionGUID="9184d5e2-52ac-4855-9b10-05b3f3e631c8" CreationDate="2009-05-24T19:32:48.450" UserId="2503" Text="Has anyone else tried this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Certainly, yes. Almost every anti-spam service out there uses them, the industry term is &quot;spamtraps&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do you go about doing it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Normally, find an address in one of the domains which receives a lot of spam and confirm with the owner that it is not in use and they have no plans to resurrect it. This process can be (partially) automated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does it work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Yes. The most useful thing is, that as you can guarantee that messages sent to traps are spams, you can use it to calibrate the effectiveness of an engine at any given time, to measure how well you're doing at blocking spam (false negatives) - provided you have a sufficiently large sample of spamtraps; most anti-spam companies would have hundreds or thousands&#xD;&#xA;* They can also be used by automatic learning systems to &quot;learn&quot; stuff about spams. But that could learn about spam sent to non-spamtrap addresses too (of course, you're never 100% sure it's a spam if it's sent to a non-spamtrap address)&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;Blacklisting&quot; sender addresses is not normally used. This is because apparent spammers usually invent garbage sender addresses anyway, and because apparent spammers occasionally reform their ways and start sending clean mail&#xD;&#xA;* IP address blacklisting isn't used (in a simplistic form) either, for the same reason; &quot;bad&quot; IP addresses can start being &quot;good&quot;, so if you had a blanket ban, legitimate mail would end up being blocked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Normally you wouldn't use just a single address; that wouldn't be enough. Try a few hundred spread throughout all your domains (for a start).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can advertise them if you like, but if your domains are sufficiently well-known to spammers, candidate spamtrap addresses probably already exist within them (they are probably mailboxes which don't exist on your end-user systems).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whole spamtrap domains can be set up - I'm sure many companies use these - either buy 2nd hand domains or register realistic sounding ones with a plausible (albeit fake) web site. Subdomains can work too. Spamtrap domains are handy because you can set them up with keywords or in specific top-level domains that spammers might be targetting." />
  <row Id="21419" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11834" RevisionGUID="a2e6bcca-4999-4750-9d96-351f9404509b" CreationDate="2009-05-24T19:39:14.613" UserId="3140" Text="Ok, I have never tried to install Ubuntu to a RAID setup before.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am running a Supermicro X8DT3-LN4F motherboard with onboard Adaptec RAID controller with six 160GB drives attached to form a RAID10. Status of the RAID set is OPTIMAL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I try to install Ubuntu 9.04 server, however when I get to disks detection phase, Ubuntu reads all 6 drives as separate  160GB drives instead of a single RAID 10 480GB set.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried going ahead and installing to one drive just to see what would happen, and as expected, not much. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Searching around I can't seem to find anybody who has experienced this sort of thing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On other systems where I was using a different kind of raid controller, I never experienced this. The raid set always came up as a single drive. But I was never trying to install Ubuntu to the raid sets in the past.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have already put in an email to tech support, but I wanted to see just how deep the rabbit hole goes here at serverfault :) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anybody tell me what is going wrong here?" />
  <row Id="21420" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11834" RevisionGUID="a2e6bcca-4999-4750-9d96-351f9404509b" CreationDate="2009-05-24T19:39:14.613" UserId="3140" Text="Onboard RAID and Ubuntu Install - Why Does it See Separate Disks?" />
  <row Id="21421" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11834" RevisionGUID="a2e6bcca-4999-4750-9d96-351f9404509b" CreationDate="2009-05-24T19:39:14.613" UserId="3140" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;ubuntu-9.04&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="21422" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11835" RevisionGUID="3e23c642-9a8a-49d2-9867-b7dfd67f9260" CreationDate="2009-05-24T19:44:13.153" UserId="1463" Text="There are lots of tools capable of this, Windows 2000 was even [shipped with a version of wininstall][1] if I'm not mistaken - anyway, it's [available for free][2] these days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The trouble is avoiding false positives - ie changes made by the operating system that was not related to the installer - so some care and manual editing is always needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257718&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.softpile.com/Utilities/Miscellaneous/Review_16745_index.html" />
  <row Id="21423" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11836" RevisionGUID="48cb65a5-0f8c-4401-bb18-b0c5db201975" CreationDate="2009-05-24T20:06:10.207" UserId="584" Text="Far too little information. Without knowing what the server is doing (is it hosting static content via nginx? PHP via Apache? converting AVIs to FLV with ffmpeg? OpenArena game server?) it's impossible to give any sort of meaningful answer." />
  <row Id="21424" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11837" RevisionGUID="2f80e7a2-2c84-4e98-86da-f76971966744" CreationDate="2009-05-24T20:11:30.447" UserId="45" Text="Some free tools you could use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[What Changed 1.06][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; What Changed is a simple utility that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; searches for modified files and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; registry entries. It is useful for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; checking program installations.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; There are two steps for using What&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Changed:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 1. First, take a snapshot of the state of the system&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2. Second, run What Changed again to see the differences from the previous&#xD;&#xA;&gt; snapshot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[**TrackWinstall**][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A free tool by Matthias Withopf which tracks system changes (file system, registry). The site and the program is in German, but there is a link to translate the page into English.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[**RegShot**][3] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Regshot is an open-source(GPL)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; registry compare utility that allows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you to quickly take a snapshot of your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; registry and then compare it with a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; second one - done after doing system&#xD;&#xA;&gt; changes or installing a new software&#xD;&#xA;&gt; product.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.majorgeeks.com/What_Changed_d5018.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.withopf.com/tools/trackwinstall/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/regshot" />
  <row Id="21425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11838" RevisionGUID="d6a43405-f654-4450-989a-ae4fa6cf170c" CreationDate="2009-05-24T20:13:41.143" UserId="2413" Text="i've taken a look at [mb specs][1]. have you by any chance connected disk to ICH10R ports ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;what you describe sounds very much like there is soft-raid not a 'real raid' in use. those works fine with windows but do 'heavy lifting' [ xoring for raid5 ] on your main cpu instead of dedicated controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/QPI/5500/X8DT3-LN4F.cfm" />
  <row Id="21426" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11832" RevisionGUID="61f3443e-b66d-4d69-8daa-61427e9f43f2" CreationDate="2009-05-24T20:18:25.363" UserId="919" Comment="added 30 characters in body" Text="Given a default (no extra packages installed) instance of Ubuntu Server LTS, how many resources are needed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm curious about:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * CPU consumption&#xD;&#xA;    * RAM working set&#xD;&#xA;    * Network needed&#xD;&#xA;    * Disk I/O&#xD;&#xA;    * Storage space needed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Information on marginal increase per user is also welcome.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21429" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11840" RevisionGUID="4f841e7d-61c2-4e68-af6e-103a5388e6a6" CreationDate="2009-05-24T20:32:42.120" UserId="1585" Text="I have had good luck with [http://www.crystaltech.com/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.crystaltech.com/" />
  <row Id="21430" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11840" RevisionGUID="4f841e7d-61c2-4e68-af6e-103a5388e6a6" CreationDate="2009-05-24T20:32:42.120" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21431" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11841" RevisionGUID="46c96104-9efb-4f23-9743-d881137ca526" CreationDate="2009-05-24T20:36:49.677" UserId="1082" Text="For test/development I need to (repeatedly, e.g. daily) create a portable (partial) copy of an oracle database using SQLite. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By &quot;copy&quot; I mean: table structure and a subset of the data. No indexes, triggers or all the other goodness ..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to save on bandwidth and local storage, I'd like to be able to pass table names and data restricting conditions for each table.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does such a tool exist or am I better off writing my own?" />
  <row Id="21432" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11841" RevisionGUID="46c96104-9efb-4f23-9743-d881137ca526" CreationDate="2009-05-24T20:36:49.677" UserId="1082" Text="Oracle to SQLite &quot;export/sync&quot; (with inclusions/conditions)" />
  <row Id="21433" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11841" RevisionGUID="46c96104-9efb-4f23-9743-d881137ca526" CreationDate="2009-05-24T20:36:49.677" UserId="1082" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;sqlite&gt;" />
  <row Id="21434" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11842" RevisionGUID="36c597d6-57c3-463b-8d04-71328dbbcba1" CreationDate="2009-05-24T20:47:37.177" UserId="984" Text="Out of the box the [Absolute minimum requirements][1] are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Intel 486 processor&#xD;&#xA; - 32 MB of system memory (RAM)&#xD;&#xA; - 300 MB of disk space &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since an out of the box install does pretty much nothing, those specs should be fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements#Absolute%20minimum%20installation" />
  <row Id="21435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11843" RevisionGUID="0db928da-a5ab-4de4-b01f-4189304ba7bd" CreationDate="2009-05-24T20:47:56.490" UserId="1241" Text="Hi everyone.  I've been using an Amazon EC2 image (AMI) based on Fedora Core 6 for a long time now, but I would like to update to FC8 or FC10.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is, when I went through the excellent [upgrade][1] [instructions][2] at ioncannon.net and re-bundled, I ended up with an AMI that had grown from 1.9 GB to 2.4 GB.  Similarly, when I tried re-building from scratch using the Amazon FC8 image (`fedora-8-x86_64-base-v1.08` a.k.a. `ami-2547a34c`), the size was about the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there something inherently &quot;bigger&quot; about FC8?  Did I somehow pick up some new packages that I don't need?  Is there any other explanation?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ioncannon.net/linux/68/upgrading-from-fc6-to-fedora7-with-yum/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ioncannon.net/system-administration/133/upgrading-from-fedora-7-to-fedora-8-with-yum/" />
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  <row Id="21437" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11843" RevisionGUID="0db928da-a5ab-4de4-b01f-4189304ba7bd" CreationDate="2009-05-24T20:47:56.490" UserId="1241" Text="&lt;amazon-ec2&gt;&lt;amazon&gt;&lt;fedora&gt;" />
  <row Id="21438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11844" RevisionGUID="9b7c5631-0948-48f7-94ae-6a5135c6a0cc" CreationDate="2009-05-24T20:49:11.743" UserId="919" Text="The Ubuntu Server 8.04 [install guide][1] suggests a minimum of 384MB of RAM to install, and 500MB of disk space. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/preparing-to-install.html" />
  <row Id="21439" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11845" RevisionGUID="210e219a-bbc5-449a-95a9-985d2a4e4a7e" CreationDate="2009-05-24T20:58:25.983" UserId="919" Text="I'm considering the services of a Virtual Hosting Provider. Are there a set of vendors that support exporting and importing system images, such that a system running on provider A can be migrated to provider B?" />
  <row Id="21440" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11845" RevisionGUID="210e219a-bbc5-449a-95a9-985d2a4e4a7e" CreationDate="2009-05-24T20:58:25.983" UserId="919" Text="Can I migrate a virtual system between providers?" />
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  <row Id="21442" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="11831" RevisionGUID="604ba5f5-7c90-4be7-93b3-b742f87589fd" CreationDate="2009-05-24T20:59:05.407" UserId="2318" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:2318,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;username&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="21443" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11831" RevisionGUID="10dd8266-30f8-4451-ac52-3c4efaf022d9" CreationDate="2009-05-24T21:08:43.653" UserId="2318" Comment="added 8 characters in body" Text="Rebuilding the Spotlight index [evidently][1] fixes this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. System Preferences &gt; Spotlight &gt; Privacy: add the affected drive (to stop indexing it)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. use Terminal.app to delete the affected drive's invisible &quot;.Spotlight-V100&quot; folder*****&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. System Preferences &gt; Spotlight &gt; Privacy: remove the affected drive (to start indexing it again)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;\*Example (remember, be careful when using &quot;rm -rf!&quot; see **x-man-page://rm** ):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo rm -rf /Volumes/YourVolumeNameHere/.Spotlight-V100&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=93556" />
  <row Id="21444" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11831" RevisionGUID="0b30286e-5275-40a1-9b4a-a844b78124e1" CreationDate="2009-05-24T21:13:47.467" UserId="2318" Comment="deleted 4 characters in body" Text="Rebuilding the Spotlight index [evidently][1] fixes this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. System Preferences &gt; Spotlight &gt; Privacy: add the affected drive (to stop indexing it)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. use Terminal.app to delete the affected drive's invisible &quot;.Spotlight-V100&quot; folder*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. System Preferences &gt; Spotlight &gt; Privacy: remove the affected drive (to start indexing it again)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;\*Example (remember, be careful when using &quot;rm -rf!&quot; see **x-man-page://rm** ):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo rm -rf /Volumes/YourVolumeNameHere/.Spotlight-V100&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=93556" />
  <row Id="21445" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11831" RevisionGUID="6299d2ee-6f3d-41aa-8279-4c7b9bf9bbb3" CreationDate="2009-05-24T21:23:18.867" UserId="2318" Comment="added 29 characters in body" Text="Rebuilding the Spotlight index [evidently][1] fixes this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. System Preferences &gt; Spotlight &gt; Privacy: add the affected drive (to stop indexing it)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. use Terminal.app to delete the affected drive's invisible &quot;.Spotlight-V100&quot; folder*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. System Preferences &gt; Spotlight &gt; Privacy: remove the affected drive (to start indexing it again)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;\*Example&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo rm -rf /Volumes/YourVolumeNameHere/.Spotlight-V100&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember, be careful when using &quot;rm -rf!&quot; to avoid typos, or you could delete the wrong folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=93556" />
  <row Id="21446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11846" RevisionGUID="3820e786-f8b3-4ae4-981e-f9a7560bacc9" CreationDate="2009-05-24T21:29:31.787" UserId="48" Text="The migration of VM's between providers is perfectly possible, technically. The problem your going to have is trying to find a host that will do it. Obviously hosts want to do their up most to keep hold of customers, and physical inconveniences to moving providers is one of these ways. I would imagine any host that does support this will want a reasonable fee for doing so." />
  <row Id="21447" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11847" RevisionGUID="14fce767-4863-4340-a058-3a9ef0d75b9b" CreationDate="2009-05-24T21:34:05.460" UserId="48" Text="First thing to check is that the computer is not set to turn it of to save power:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Open device manager&#xD;&#xA;-  Expand Network Adapters, right-click your Linksys Wireless device, and then click Properties.&#xD;&#xA;- Click the Power Management tab. &#xD;&#xA;- The Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power check box is displayed, make sure it is unchecked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21448" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11848" RevisionGUID="844b6c37-8a7c-4045-93a6-3e18c0a9c537" CreationDate="2009-05-24T21:34:33.820" UserId="3146" Text="I can only speculate since both of these are pretty old versions of Fedora.  I know at some point in the Fedora time line that they added the OpenOffice.org suite as a default install item.  I also know that GNOME has steadily grown in size as they continue to add or enhance new features (programs).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I will tell you that Fedora 8 is IMHO the best Fedora release to date but that it is no longer supported by the Fedora Project, i.e. no security updates, no bug fixes, etc.  You still have access to their repositories but they're stagnant, i.e. they are no longer updated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fedora 11 looks promising but if you're fighting size issues then newer releases are probably not going to help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not familiar with AMI.  Is your size issue with the &quot;final installation size&quot; or &quot;the size of the install media&quot;?  I know that I can use install media much smaller than the sizes you've mentioned.  I also know that during the installation process I can modify the packages (items) installed to make the final install size fit my drive space." />
  <row Id="21450" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11850" RevisionGUID="5d8bbf8a-0bdd-47de-83d8-2769452aab26" CreationDate="2009-05-24T21:39:30.037" UserId="48" Text="You need to copy the following DLL's over to do this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- ntbackup.exe&#xD;&#xA;- Ntmsapi.dll&#xD;&#xA;- Vssapi.dll&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will also need to add the Removable Storage Management component to Vista for it to work, to do so go to control panel-&gt; programs and click on turn on windows features.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As renniej said, this will only backup to disk and not to tape." />
  <row Id="21451" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11831" RevisionGUID="1101fe78-511d-45ba-b2be-749708ee3f6c" CreationDate="2009-05-24T21:48:03.763" UserId="2318" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="Rebuilding the Spotlight index [evidently][1] fixes this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. System Preferences &gt; Spotlight &gt; Privacy: add the affected drive (to stop indexing it)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. use Terminal.app to delete the affected drive's invisible &quot;.Spotlight-V100&quot; folder*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. System Preferences &gt; Spotlight &gt; Privacy: remove the affected drive (to start indexing it again)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;\*Example&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo rm -rf /Volumes/YourVolumeNameHere/.Spotlight-V100&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember, be careful when using &quot;rm -rf&quot; to avoid typos, or you could delete the wrong folder!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=93556" />
  <row Id="21452" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10310" RevisionGUID="f9f94ca2-4fde-4dd1-9627-217258a1a219" CreationDate="2009-05-24T21:48:37.647" UserId="301" Comment="Added notes about chunked encoded puts" Text="The OSX Finder requires Dav Level 2 support to mount a WebDAV volume read/write. Specifically working LOCK support is required.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd grab [ngrep][1] and check out the traffic. Look for `Dav: 1,2`. Also check out the response to the `OPTIONS` request that OS X asks when it connects.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The OS X Finder is the only application I know of that uses Chunked Encoding when sending a file via PUT. This is required behavior of any HTTP/1.1 server, very few implement it. Apache does, and I think Jackrabbit does, but few other web servers or reverse proxies do. Check your server logs and look for PUT requests with a 400 result.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ngrep.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="21453" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11851" RevisionGUID="1a43e23b-0368-4f29-a2e6-b96b91552b25" CreationDate="2009-05-24T21:48:46.927" UserId="222" Text="I'm having problems getting attachments to work in a new Trac installation. I'm running Trac 0.11.1 on Ubuntu 9.04. I'm relatively new to Trac, so hopefully I'm just missing something obvious. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After uploading an attachment, I'm sent to an empty list of attachments. The ./attachments folder in the Trac project directory is also empty. In addition, attachment links don't show up correctly in Trac - they just display as text, no link.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've checked, and the Apache user does have write permission to the ./attachments folder. Could there be some .ini setting I've overlooked?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've turned on DEBUG logging in Trac, but nothing regarding attachment uploading appears in the logs." />
  <row Id="21454" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11851" RevisionGUID="1a43e23b-0368-4f29-a2e6-b96b91552b25" CreationDate="2009-05-24T21:48:46.927" UserId="222" Text="Attachments not showing up in Trac" />
  <row Id="21455" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11851" RevisionGUID="1a43e23b-0368-4f29-a2e6-b96b91552b25" CreationDate="2009-05-24T21:48:46.927" UserId="222" Text="&lt;issue-tracking&gt;&lt;trac&gt;" />
  <row Id="21456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11852" RevisionGUID="84d99c9a-fe5c-4697-81a9-1a03a89a6e9d" CreationDate="2009-05-24T21:52:30.603" UserId="1078" Text="What software do you recommend for using Amazon S3 as a placeholder for daily backups?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need it to be fully automated, and easy to restore data." />
  <row Id="21457" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11852" RevisionGUID="84d99c9a-fe5c-4697-81a9-1a03a89a6e9d" CreationDate="2009-05-24T21:52:30.603" UserId="1078" Text="Software for using Amazon S3 as backup service" />
  <row Id="21458" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11852" RevisionGUID="84d99c9a-fe5c-4697-81a9-1a03a89a6e9d" CreationDate="2009-05-24T21:52:30.603" UserId="1078" Text="&lt;amazon-s3&gt;" />
  <row Id="21459" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11853" RevisionGUID="02c1da87-e527-4b07-ac20-7d8a4484a310" CreationDate="2009-05-24T21:55:27.150" UserId="2489" Text="JungleDisk, [home site of JungleDisk][1], now owned by Rackspace&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jungledisk.com/" />
  <row Id="21460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11854" RevisionGUID="b62dc41a-e68c-49b0-9419-513169a37ff2" CreationDate="2009-05-24T21:57:00.437" UserId="978" Text="I have a shared windows hosting account on godaddy, and i setup there 5 different websites on the same hosting space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am facing some problems and couldn't solve my self and godaddy can't give me a way to solve.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First these websites are in wordpress, community server, and graffiti CMS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Problems:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1- all home pages for subdirectory website are like that &quot;http://amrelgarhy.com/amrelgarhy/&quot; so the name of the website exist 2 times in the URL, and this not happening in the root website &quot;igurr.com&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2- Inner websites inheriting properties from the root one, such as the web.config.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3- I really don't know which to make in IIS7 as application root and which not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4- If the solution is to put the root website in a subfolder like others, how to do this. &quot;seams for me that godaddy not allowing that&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please check the following screen shots for better understanding and advice me what to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://screencast.com/t/TDUqDLsm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://screencast.com/t/ZfDfmETQ&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://screencast.com/t/W9LkUmNKhnB" />
  <row Id="21461" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11854" RevisionGUID="b62dc41a-e68c-49b0-9419-513169a37ff2" CreationDate="2009-05-24T21:57:00.437" UserId="978" Text="How to manage my domains the right way on shared hosting?" />
  <row Id="21462" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11854" RevisionGUID="b62dc41a-e68c-49b0-9419-513169a37ff2" CreationDate="2009-05-24T21:57:00.437" UserId="978" Text="&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;web-hosting&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;domain&gt;" />
  <row Id="21463" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11854" RevisionGUID="391a8128-2029-4d87-a07c-493a878fdf4b" CreationDate="2009-05-24T22:00:30.867" UserId="1218" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;web-hosting&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;domain&gt;&lt;iss&gt;" />
  <row Id="21464" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11854" RevisionGUID="f18a2c84-6d32-4fac-b454-c8290476c8d4" CreationDate="2009-05-24T22:01:01.723" UserId="1218" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;web-hosting&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;domain&gt;&lt;iis7&gt;" />
  <row Id="21465" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11767" RevisionGUID="1d3ed9c0-aa50-445f-94b4-74047b2cf393" CreationDate="2009-05-24T22:01:25.030" UserId="2671" Comment="added some stuffs" Text="I've got a Windows2003 server which I rebooted recently, and now is nagging me about Data Execution Prevention having closed the program &quot;Ms08n.exe&quot;.  When I press &quot;close message&quot;, the dialog just reappears, an error message occurs stating &quot;Project1 encountered a problem and needed to be closed&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A [google search for Ms08n.exe][1] turns up nothing, and the file is located in C:\Windows\System32.  Is there any chance that this file is malware?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit** I just downloaded and ran Microsoft's malware removal tool -- it didn't find anything, so I deleted the file manually.  I'll try some other malware detection utilities and see if that doesn't find anything more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.se/search?rlz=1C1GGLS_svSE303SE307&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=ms08n.exe" />
  <row Id="21466" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11855" RevisionGUID="cc183df6-0903-4e05-bb43-69f34072c570" CreationDate="2009-05-24T22:01:41.927" UserId="301" Text="[Duplicity][1], is a close match for existing rsync solutions, using S3 as the target&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nongnu.org/duplicity/" />
  <row Id="21467" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11852" RevisionGUID="3bf55336-a9db-479e-ad4f-17b716658f19" CreationDate="2009-05-24T22:02:03.267" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;amazon-s3&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="21468" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11856" RevisionGUID="815815a1-a9ce-4401-98f1-6ce1ad4d1634" CreationDate="2009-05-24T22:02:49.007" UserId="2445" Text="I use [S3Sync][1]. Works great!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://s3sync.net/wiki" />
  <row Id="21469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11857" RevisionGUID="859b00e7-bac0-41f6-9141-21a6e02041ab" CreationDate="2009-05-24T22:06:58.950" UserId="301" Text="I don't think that is a viable solution. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Length limitations, as Oskar mentioned above, so you can rule out connecting people in separate rooms&#xD;&#xA;* Cable break issues. Firewire is a bus, all it takes is one person to unplug a cable, or a device to go offline to cause a netsplit.&#xD;&#xA;* Non routable. While you can network a bunch of macs together over firewire, how can you connect them to your router. You'd probably have to setup one of the machines with Internet Sharing turned on to bridge between your firewire lan and a small ethernet lan for connectivity. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sounds like a lot of single points of failure and WTFs. Just use ethernet, and you think you're hitting the limits there is always FCAL." />
  <row Id="21470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11858" RevisionGUID="d8ce39c8-7a14-446e-ba9f-312920b3cc29" CreationDate="2009-05-24T22:07:45.407" UserId="843" Text="You need to install the raid driver so that linux recognizes the array as 1 drive instead of 6. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This [[chart][1]] says it supports Ubuntu 8.x without raid support. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try going to SuperMicro's [[support site][2]] to download raid drivers for linux. It doesn't specifically support Ubuntu but I would think you can install another distro's driver. they have one listed under Suse Linux 9, and probably other places. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.supermicro.com/support/resources/OS/5500.cfm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.supermicro.com/support/resources/" />
  <row Id="21471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11859" RevisionGUID="630fdb19-e2a9-428e-ad8f-305420a264e8" CreationDate="2009-05-24T22:11:39.177" UserId="48" Text="To make your domains accessible from their root names, each of your domains need to be root level (primary) sites. It seems to me that the account you have with go-daddy is for a single domain, that allows you to use additional domains for sub folders, this is not what you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You are probably going to need to upgrade your account, or go to another provider that will give you an account that will do what you want. You need to be looking at a multiple domain or reseller type account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21472" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11619" RevisionGUID="c0af2578-4242-4c28-9413-9d45e3cf0a33" CreationDate="2009-05-24T22:12:28.067" UserId="2318" />
  <row Id="21473" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11822" RevisionGUID="c794cd63-18dc-468f-8c17-e881339fbbcf" CreationDate="2009-05-24T22:18:11.767" UserId="3454" Comment="Edited hyperlink" Text="The misconception that a Ethernet switched network == a secure network. It doesn't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Besides the ubiquitous presence of arp-poisoning tools like 'Cain &amp; Abel' and their ilk, the fact that the CAM table will time out every so often (default [5 minutes on a Cisco switch][1]) and thus flood unicast traffic like a hub translates to packet leakage and thus potential information leakage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can change the timeout value on managed switches to compensate for how much flooding you want to allow, but given that it's part of how Ethernet switching works, you cannot mitigate it completely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/products_tech_note09186a00807347ab.shtml#broadcast" />
  <row Id="21474" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11860" RevisionGUID="583733ea-dee3-428a-b1a6-734c79fa2b0b" CreationDate="2009-05-24T22:19:02.950" UserId="1233" Text="I discovered the method (Deploy Studio) I was deploying my images had scripts already to do the Open Directory binding - I've modified the scripts slightly to give the crux of the script for here to answer my question. This example only uses anonymous binding (not explicitly bound to the OD server)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	#!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	# Used ds_open_directory_binding.sh (v1.6) from Deploy Studio as a base for the explicit question.&#xD;&#xA;	# I recommend downloading Deploy Studio (http://deploystudio.com) to see other methods but the crux&#xD;&#xA;	# of how it is done can be read here. (eg. no error checking here)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	#Enable LDAPv3 Plugin&#xD;&#xA;	defaults write /Library/Preferences/DirectoryService/DirectoryService &quot;LDAPv3&quot; Active 2&gt;&amp;1&#xD;&#xA;	chmod 600 /Library/Preferences/DirectoryService/DirectoryService.plist 2&gt;&amp;1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	/usr/sbin/ipconfig waitall&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	#Configure LDAP&#xD;&#xA;	dsconfigldap -a 'server.example.com' 2&gt;&amp;1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	#Restart DS&#xD;&#xA;	killall DirectoryService&#xD;&#xA;	sleep 5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	#Create Search Policy&#xD;&#xA;	dscl localhost -create /Search SearchPolicy CSPSearchPath 2&gt;&amp;1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	#Create Contacts&#xD;&#xA;	dscl localhost -create /Contact SearchPolicy CSPSearchPath 2&gt;&amp;1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	#Add OD Server to the search path&#xD;&#xA;	dscl localhost -append /Search CSPSearchPath '/LDAPv3/server.example.com' 2&gt;&amp;1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	#Add OD Server to Contact Search Policy&#xD;&#xA;	dscl localhost -append /Contact CSPSearchPath '/LDAPv3/server.example.com' 2&gt;&amp;1&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11861" RevisionGUID="d22c6ed8-48c5-4bf5-ae78-b3593893c093" CreationDate="2009-05-24T22:09:14.870" Text="&lt;p&gt;Got an ESX server that's not booting after an array rebuild. Grub appears to be working properly, but I'm not getting any sort of response after the &quot;boot&quot; command. No error, no message, just a blinking cursor. I've rebuilt the initrd and run through the entire litany of esxcfg-boot commands. Any ideas? This is a production server, so any help is appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21476" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11861" RevisionGUID="d22c6ed8-48c5-4bf5-ae78-b3593893c093" CreationDate="2009-05-24T22:09:14.870" Text="Linux boot hanging after GRUB" />
  <row Id="21477" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11861" RevisionGUID="d22c6ed8-48c5-4bf5-ae78-b3593893c093" CreationDate="2009-05-24T22:09:14.870" Text="&lt;vmware-esx&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;grub&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="21478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11862" RevisionGUID="597e27a4-68c0-4f9e-9475-b6d86c7a73f9" CreationDate="2009-05-24T22:14:25.233" Text="&lt;p&gt;I would first try checking that you can manually see the device you want to boot from by getting to the grub menu and doing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;grub&amp;gt; root (hd [tab here])&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and go through the other steps manually too. If you can't do it manually then you need to reinstall grub. It sounds like grub is hanging reading the initrd image rather than initrd failing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not a problem I have encountered however. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11863" RevisionGUID="e1400968-bfb2-4bd6-a089-07a7e6962a94" CreationDate="2009-05-24T22:14:58.713" Text="&lt;p&gt;Obviously, this belongs on serverfault. Anyway, before it is closed, you may want to ask in &lt;code&gt;#linux&lt;/code&gt;, or &lt;code&gt;#ubuntu&lt;/code&gt;, or &lt;code&gt;#grub&lt;/code&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://freenode.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;freenode&lt;/a&gt;. You can also press &lt;code&gt;E&lt;/code&gt; in the grub screen to edit (or view what's executed. Try executing each step manually (Afair &lt;code&gt;C&lt;/code&gt; is for command line). If it stops after the last one, it's Linux's fault, otherwise grub's.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21480" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11864" RevisionGUID="39eee76b-fc24-4027-92f2-ccb5b2d7d014" CreationDate="2009-05-24T22:23:45.017" UserId="222" Text="It seems the problem is related to version mismatches between Trac and Python in Ubuntu 9.04. The Trac package is 0.11.1 while the Python version mod_python uses is 2.6. This combination does not work: [Trac Users post][1], [Launchpad bug][2], [Trac ticket][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://groups.google.com/group/trac-users/browse_thread/thread/99ee520e6e2b6939?hl=en&amp;pli=1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [2]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/trac/+bug/369792&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [3]: http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/7876" />
  <row Id="21481" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11864" RevisionGUID="4c60e84f-825d-4351-86b6-df4d744131c8" CreationDate="2009-05-24T22:30:14.207" UserId="222" Comment="added 322 characters in body" Text="It seems the problem is related to version mismatches between Trac and Python in Ubuntu 9.04. The Trac package is 0.11.1 while the Python version mod_python uses is 2.6. This combination does not work: [Trac Users post][1], [Launchpad bug][2], [Trac ticket][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Replacing the Ubuntu package repository's version of Trac with a custom install as suggested by the Trac Users post makes the problem disappear, fortunately this is as easy as&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo apt-get remove trac&#xD;&#xA;    sudo easy_install http://svn.edgewall.org/repos/trac/tags/trac-0.11.4&#xD;&#xA;    sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://groups.google.com/group/trac-users/browse_thread/thread/99ee520e6e2b6939?hl=en&amp;pli=1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [2]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/trac/+bug/369792&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [3]: http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/7876" />
  <row Id="21482" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11775" RevisionGUID="e8cc9c6d-9038-4e85-bf94-c83abe84b0fa" CreationDate="2009-05-24T22:35:16.227" UserId="1466" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="I find that the **Ubuntu community** is very active, and hence there howtos are generally quite recent.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://ubuntuforums.org][1] would be the direct route&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but I find that just adding the word **&quot;Ubuntu&quot;** to my google search will often put those results at the top, and find exactly what I'm looking for without having to re-search their site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ubuntuforums.org" />
  <row Id="21483" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11865" RevisionGUID="dbcad337-6eb6-4d84-9528-742d4897c056" CreationDate="2009-05-24T22:51:42.637" UserId="123" Text="i have noticed [linux.com][1] finially launched recently, i imagine they would have good content.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.com" />
  <row Id="21484" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11866" RevisionGUID="de45949f-7eb3-4374-a83e-101bc997ae3f" CreationDate="2009-05-24T22:53:06.580" UserId="3454" Text="I have a file server that was recently relocated in a transoceanic move. It isn't under warranty, as it was a custom-built in-house tower.&#xD;&#xA;When I hooked everything up and tried to boot it, the system does not respond at all -- power supply and motherboard fans don't spin up, no lights, no sounds. Nothing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried swapping the motherboard (I have a couple of the exact same model) and power supplies with ones I believe to be good, but I don't have another tower  case to check the on/off switch. I have a multimeter, but I've never used one before. How can I check to confirm or rule out the on/off switch? Are there any other items I might want to check?" />
  <row Id="21485" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11866" RevisionGUID="de45949f-7eb3-4374-a83e-101bc997ae3f" CreationDate="2009-05-24T22:53:06.580" UserId="3454" Text="How can I troubleshoot a broken on/off switch?" />
  <row Id="21486" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11866" RevisionGUID="de45949f-7eb3-4374-a83e-101bc997ae3f" CreationDate="2009-05-24T22:53:06.580" UserId="3454" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;troubleshooting&gt;" />
  <row Id="21487" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11867" RevisionGUID="171bc016-fe4f-45c5-998b-613ca0ed5a4a" CreationDate="2009-05-24T23:02:20.070" UserId="1650" Text="I downloaded the .iso of Windows 7 and would now like to install it. However I can't because I don't have a DVD Burner or a 2+ GB USB Drive. So how can I install Windows 7?" />
  <row Id="21488" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11867" RevisionGUID="171bc016-fe4f-45c5-998b-613ca0ed5a4a" CreationDate="2009-05-24T23:02:20.070" UserId="1650" Text="How can I install Windows 7 without burning a DVD or using a USB Drive?" />
  <row Id="21489" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11867" RevisionGUID="171bc016-fe4f-45c5-998b-613ca0ed5a4a" CreationDate="2009-05-24T23:02:20.070" UserId="1650" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;troubleshooting&gt;&lt;iso&gt;&lt;usb&gt;&lt;dvd&gt;" />
  <row Id="21490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11868" RevisionGUID="ad966802-9511-440a-8c49-212e3abf2a17" CreationDate="2009-05-24T23:03:13.097" UserId="1463" Text="You should be able to just manually short-circuit the power-on pins on the motherboard itself - the ones the on/off switch is connected to. Disconnect the switch and bridge the pins together, you could use the edge of a screw driver even - if you're a bit careful." />
  <row Id="21491" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11868" RevisionGUID="48b9fb89-1328-4272-940d-41b589718297" CreationDate="2009-05-24T23:08:32.993" UserId="1463" Comment="added 571 characters in body" Text="You should be able to just manually short-circuit the power-on pins on the motherboard itself - the ones the on/off switch is connected to. Disconnect the switch and bridge the pins together, you could use the edge of a screw driver even - if you're a bit careful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*As you have switched motherboard and power supply at least once most other reasons I can think of would be moot (short-circuit by something fallen onto the motherboard, loose parts, loose cables in general and power supply issues). Pretty much the only thing needed to boot except those are a working and correctly seated cpu and some memory - it should at least give some sign of life even without a graphics card if it's not integrated. Try removing everything not needed, disconnecting drives and add-in cards - do the fans move at all, even if just very little?*" />
  <row Id="21492" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11869" RevisionGUID="5810fd42-a32b-4351-be70-608083cc1467" CreationDate="2009-05-24T23:11:52.407" UserId="1466" Text="You can install it on a virtual machine by mounting the .iso file as a DVD drive.  I don't know if that's an option, but I always do it this way." />
  <row Id="21493" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11870" RevisionGUID="c85c3031-8dff-415b-8ec6-03cd6c49e7ac" CreationDate="2009-05-24T23:13:30.003" UserId="1466" Text="I think if you have an extra Hard Drive, you can make it bootable, and then just copy the contents of the DVD onto the hard drive, and boot from there.  If the Autostart file doesn't run automatically, you can run it manually." />
  <row Id="21494" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11867" RevisionGUID="724de1bc-95c0-49f3-8230-0cd544d37a13" CreationDate="2009-05-24T23:14:11.623" UserId="1650" Comment="added 32 characters in body" Text="I downloaded the .iso of Windows 7 and would now like to install it as my main OS. However I can't because I don't have a DVD Burner, a 2+ GB USB Drive, or a external HDD (or extra HDD). So how can I install Windows 7?" />
  <row Id="21495" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11871" RevisionGUID="8c1101b6-eeef-4547-a49e-bb35fe5dcb35" CreationDate="2009-05-24T23:22:50.297" UserId="2642" Text="If you copy the contents of the ISO to your hard drive, you can do an upgrade install." />
  <row Id="21496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11872" RevisionGUID="ae044568-d91e-45a9-b9a7-bb5f1f8fad1f" CreationDate="2009-05-24T23:24:08.030" UserId="1463" Text="Is the system running an existing version of Windows? Then you should just be able to extract the contents of the iso (say with winrar or virtual clone drive) to another partition and run the setup.exe. Here's [a guide][1]. Note that I think Windows 7 won't allow an upgrade, just clean install - but it should run from an existing install just fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/10280-install-windows-7-without-using-any-external-device.html" />
  <row Id="21499" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11874" RevisionGUID="80730a31-bff1-41f2-ae67-694b6f247177" CreationDate="2009-05-24T23:41:59.413" UserId="806" Text="Installed windows 7, vs2010 and sql 2008 w/ SP1 without a hitch.   Went to install live mesh and it complained that another instance of the installation was running (which to my knowledge was not).   I managed to get live mesh installed, then I got the same kind of error from Adobe Reader.   &quot;Error 1500. Another installation is in progress. You must complete that installation before continuing this one.&quot;,  Shutdown/Reboot does not cure the problem.   Running Windows Update now, I get &quot;Code 80070652  Windows Update encountered an unknown error.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any Ideas?" />
  <row Id="21500" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11874" RevisionGUID="80730a31-bff1-41f2-ae67-694b6f247177" CreationDate="2009-05-24T23:41:59.413" UserId="806" Text="Windows 7 updates etc" />
  <row Id="21501" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11874" RevisionGUID="80730a31-bff1-41f2-ae67-694b6f247177" CreationDate="2009-05-24T23:41:59.413" UserId="806" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;" />
  <row Id="21502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11875" RevisionGUID="4d2eabcc-0b7a-4614-a607-34bcc64edbb7" CreationDate="2009-05-24T23:55:34.053" UserId="422" Text="Do you have access to the BIOS documentation?  For example, do you know if it OUGHT to do beep codes if there is power but some other core peripheral (Say RAM, Video, or somesuch) is missing.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it does do beep codes and you are not getting even that far and as said you have swapped power supplies and mother boards, something funny is up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I imagine the key important piece of this device is the disk/disk array.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do be careful with the power switch.  There are still two kinds in existance.  Those that need to just short the switch for a moment, and be released, and the more traditional switch, which lets all power run through it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously be much more careful with the latter kind!  But with the former, a screwdriver is usually sufficient to short the jump over.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should be able to hit a &quot;Radio Shack&quot; style store to pick up one of each type of switch.  (If I recall Radio Shack the company in the US went out of business, but the company in Canada was sold, or something silly like that.  I don't know who else is around these days that would carry these kinds of things).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21503" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="11874" RevisionGUID="aaa309bd-96e8-4865-a13c-0ab290cb6e83" CreationDate="2009-05-25T00:00:04.563" UserId="1803" Comment="Clarified title" Text="Windows 7 updates installation error 80070652 " />
  <row Id="21504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11876" RevisionGUID="a0c01fe8-ad36-421b-a807-610df6841f1f" CreationDate="2009-05-25T00:05:06.340" UserId="3437" Text="Developers who use the Windows Installer can set several &quot;must reboot&quot; [properties][1]. Subsequent program installers which also use the Windows Installer Service will see that the system has been set to wait for a restart, and will not commence installs until this restart has been accomplished.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372059(VS.85).aspx" />
  <row Id="21505" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="11874" RevisionGUID="6805697f-ca1f-43ce-8fdd-09fb14d1fe10" CreationDate="2009-05-25T00:11:54.420" UserId="806" Comment="the problem goes beyond the update error code" Text="Windows 7 can't install anything including windows updates" />
  <row Id="21506" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11876" RevisionGUID="d3a05aae-e569-4bdc-ab18-644d6c134519" CreationDate="2009-05-25T00:16:16.007" UserId="3437" Comment="MsiSystemRebootPending property" Text="Developers who use the Windows Installer can set several &quot;must reboot&quot; [properties][1]. Subsequent program installers which also use the Windows Installer Service will see that the system has been set to wait for a restart, and will not commence installs until this restart has been accomplished.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See also the [MsiSystemRebootPending][2] property.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372059(VS.85).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370492(VS.85).aspx" />
  <row Id="21507" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11877" RevisionGUID="63acf80a-d2d7-4410-9cbc-3e8e6908faae" CreationDate="2009-05-25T00:30:18.873" UserId="3462" Text="Spend the $10 on a 4gb Thumb Drive.  there is a point where common sense needs to kick in.  Alternatively, iirc VMWare has an unsupported option to mount a physical drive, you can install to that, then change your boot drive in the bios." />
  <row Id="21508" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11878" RevisionGUID="833ac4d3-cda8-46ff-9df2-4c702c084ceb" CreationDate="2009-05-25T00:30:21.367" UserId="388" Text="Adapted from my answer to a [similar question][1] on Stackoverflow:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Routers:** these devices connect different networks, operating at Layer 3 (the network layer) of the OSI model. They maintain routing tables which map *IP addresses* (more correctly, [IP prefixes][3]) to an *outgoing interface*. Note that an interface may contain one or more *ports* (See below).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Switches:** these maintain forwarding tables which map *MAC addresses* to *physical ports*, operating at Layer 2 (the data link layer) of the OSI model. This is not necessarily a one-to-one mapping; many MAC addresses can be bound to the same physical port. This is the case where you have multi-layer switched networks (think a Netgear or Belkin switch plugged into your office or university network), or a hub connected to a switch port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Hubs:** these are essentially multi-port signal repeaters, operating at Layer 1 (the phyiscal layer) of the OSI model. They can be either unpowered (simply providing a physical connection for the existing signal to propagate along), or powered, where they actually regenerate and/or amplify the signal they receive. The point to note here is that hubs are a single [collision domain][4]. A collision domain represents a set of devices all connected to the same physical transmission medium, such that only one of them can transmit at any given time (ignoring multiplexing technologies like wavelength division multiplexing, frequency-division multiplexing, time-division multiplexing, etc etc.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In practice, hubs are found less and less in today's data networks, as they have poor performance (as only one user can transmit at a time) and poor security (anyone connected to the same hub can hear everything all other users transmit and receive).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Modems:** MOdulator-DEModulator. Responsible for establishing a digital channel (e.g. a [PPP][2] link) over an analogue medium, most commonly the telephone network. Modems again operate at Layer 2 of the OSI model, but use different protocols than Ethernet to communicate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/276346/what-are-routers-hubs-and-switches-closed&#xD;&#xA;[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-to-Point_Protocol&#xD;&#xA;[3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_prefix&#xD;&#xA;[4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collision_domain" />
  <row Id="21509" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11807" RevisionGUID="d51e7294-353c-44b8-aa7b-17f76debdfe5" CreationDate="2009-05-25T00:30:57.047" UserId="388" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;basics&gt;&lt;switch&gt;&lt;modem&gt;&lt;router&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="21510" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11879" RevisionGUID="cda46e64-8962-4033-81a8-2b19df31e200" CreationDate="2009-05-25T00:57:47.860" UserId="3472" Text="I only have one account on my Windows Vista machine, and that user has administrative priveleges. However, when I try to execute a command within PowerShell to kill a certain process, I'm greeted with an &quot;Access is denied&quot; message. How do I become the administrator?" />
  <row Id="21511" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11879" RevisionGUID="cda46e64-8962-4033-81a8-2b19df31e200" CreationDate="2009-05-25T00:57:47.860" UserId="3472" Text="Gaining administrator privileges in PowerShell" />
  <row Id="21512" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11879" RevisionGUID="cda46e64-8962-4033-81a8-2b19df31e200" CreationDate="2009-05-25T00:57:47.860" UserId="3472" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;administrator&gt;&lt;privileges&gt;" />
  <row Id="21513" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11880" RevisionGUID="bc4a76af-fb82-4792-8e79-0f9712c1f09a" CreationDate="2009-05-25T01:00:48.853" UserId="1803" Text="To turn your situation on its head - if this is a secondary DC (i.e. doesn't hold any major FSMO roles), why not demote to a member server, install VMWare, and create a virtual DC in its place?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I thought DCs and virtuals wouldn't mix well, but I've been running a DC on hyper V for a few months now without a hitch.  In addition, I've brought it up during a couple of calls I put in to MS for VM related issues, and they don't really recommend against virtualizing a DC.  (obviously I wouldn't have both DCs as virtuals on the same box - definitely defeats the purpose)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To address a point raised above, your host OS should ALWAYS have a NIC separate from the one(s) used by the virtual network(s).  That would avoid any possible network oddness from a shared NIC." />
  <row Id="21514" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11881" RevisionGUID="3b30a0a5-330f-441b-bb45-bf5189772a39" CreationDate="2009-05-25T01:12:40.740" UserId="584" Text="I've yet to see an OS - Linux, OSX, Windows, what have you - that didn't increase in size from version to next version. If disk space is a big concern, consider installing a 'mini ISO' (that's what it's called in Ubuntu) so you can install the bare minimum you need." />
  <row Id="21515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11882" RevisionGUID="94ccc724-6a7c-4cf7-947b-e27adde164e0" CreationDate="2009-05-25T01:17:41.103" UserId="2489" Text="The easiest way to do this is to launch Powershell with administration tokens.  To do this, you right click on Powershell (or a shortcut to it) and click on &quot;run as administrator&quot;.  Alternatively you can use [elevate.cmd][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://4sysops.com/archives/script-elevation-powertoys-how-to-elevate-on-the-command-prompt-and-launch-powershell-from-a-windows-explorer-context-menu-in-vista/" />
  <row Id="21516" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11872" RevisionGUID="d15be87e-3105-4c1d-bb3e-96c734797814" CreationDate="2009-05-25T01:46:24.927" UserId="1463" Comment="deleted 127 characters in body" Text="Is the system running an existing version of Windows? Then you should just be able to extract the contents of the iso (say with winrar or virtual clone drive) to another partition and run the setup.exe. Here's [a guide][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/10280-install-windows-7-without-using-any-external-device.html" />
  <row Id="21517" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11883" RevisionGUID="7ac3414d-a121-48cc-9d66-f9dbe32743fc" CreationDate="2009-05-25T01:46:57.483" UserId="1232" Text="Let's just say that you want to prove that unauthorized access has happened to a GMail account. You know from where that would've occurred. Google's &quot;Last Account Activity&quot; shows currently active sessions but what if the suspected access happened a month or more ago? Does Google keep records about how the account has been used? If so, hwo would you go about getting them?" />
  <row Id="21518" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11883" RevisionGUID="7ac3414d-a121-48cc-9d66-f9dbe32743fc" CreationDate="2009-05-25T01:46:57.483" UserId="1232" Text="Can you get access to detailed GMail usage over a period of 3+ months?" />
  <row Id="21519" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11883" RevisionGUID="7ac3414d-a121-48cc-9d66-f9dbe32743fc" CreationDate="2009-05-25T01:46:57.483" UserId="1232" Text="&lt;gmail&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="21520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11884" RevisionGUID="6d48c7aa-8fb1-4291-beaf-faf379e8c4ad" CreationDate="2009-05-25T01:56:08.873" UserId="811" Text="You would contact google and explain the problem to them and ask them for help.  That's it." />
  <row Id="21521" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11885" RevisionGUID="55c601a5-5c53-4f1a-a954-e8c4c769e0f0" CreationDate="2009-05-25T01:56:23.677" UserId="2642" Text="Installers can also fail if there is anything under RunOnce key in the registry." />
  <row Id="21522" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11886" RevisionGUID="309a9359-e1f9-4eb6-bc98-397f958bc59d" CreationDate="2009-05-25T02:04:40.280" UserId="2224" Text="You need to know someone there or have a subpoena. " />
  <row Id="21523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11887" RevisionGUID="d8f22291-f0ea-48f8-b9fb-2c38f606a873" CreationDate="2009-05-25T02:55:52.313" UserId="3273" Text="Nice to meet you. &#xD;&#xA;I use the chage command in Linux and add expiration date to the login password of the user. &#xD;&#xA;If expiration date approaches , I want to tell it about the effect by an email automatically. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is the flow that there is it, and seem to be follows for a method that it thinks about as of now. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;　　　　　I check left date of the password expiration date of the user once a day &#xD;&#xA;　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　↓ &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When password time limits are more than 11 days 　　　　　When a password time limit is equal to or less than 10th &#xD;&#xA;　　　　　　↓                                 　　　　　　　　↓ &#xD;&#xA;　　　　I do nothing 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　I inform it of left date by an email &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have prepare a realization  script by a method such as the above? &#xD;&#xA;In addition, please teach it if there is a more efficient method besides the above. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="21524" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11887" RevisionGUID="d8f22291-f0ea-48f8-b9fb-2c38f606a873" CreationDate="2009-05-25T02:55:52.313" UserId="3273" Text=" How do I automatic, and to notify you of it?( time limit of the password)" />
  <row Id="21525" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11887" RevisionGUID="d8f22291-f0ea-48f8-b9fb-2c38f606a873" CreationDate="2009-05-25T02:55:52.313" UserId="3273" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;password&gt;" />
  <row Id="21526" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11888" RevisionGUID="ffec0f1f-0790-4117-aee2-52b083730810" CreationDate="2009-05-25T02:59:47.657" UserId="3475" Text="I am a developer, when i bought a laptop, i got Vista Home Premium installed on it. I have IIS 7.0 running on it. Is the IIS 7 running on my Vista Home Premium machine the same as the one that is on Windows Server 2008?" />
  <row Id="21527" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11888" RevisionGUID="ffec0f1f-0790-4117-aee2-52b083730810" CreationDate="2009-05-25T02:59:47.657" UserId="3475" Text="IIS 7 on Vista Home Premium and Windows Server 2008" />
  <row Id="21528" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11888" RevisionGUID="ffec0f1f-0790-4117-aee2-52b083730810" CreationDate="2009-05-25T02:59:47.657" UserId="3475" Text="&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="21529" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11889" RevisionGUID="7e124162-dec7-4b85-a315-94bd6121d0d4" CreationDate="2009-05-25T03:00:23.693" UserId="2711" Text="I have a template Win2k3 machine with IIS 6 installed with a valid SSL certificate. The https site works perfectly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, after cloning this machine from Virtual Center and applying a unique SID customization, the https site no longer works. IIS still claims to have the SSL certificate installed correctly, but ssldiag says there is a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried resetting the permissions on the MachineKeys directory and contents and various other fixes I've found online, but to no avail. I get the impression that sysprep (which VMwares customization uses) is not handling translation of IIS's metabase properly when it has a SSL certificate installed, but I haven't been able to find any definitive documentation to back this up. Microsoft claims sysprep handles the IIS metabase properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas? Has anyone else had this issue?" />
  <row Id="21530" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11889" RevisionGUID="7e124162-dec7-4b85-a315-94bd6121d0d4" CreationDate="2009-05-25T03:00:23.693" UserId="2711" Text="IIS 6 SSL breaks after VMware clone with customization" />
  <row Id="21531" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11889" RevisionGUID="7e124162-dec7-4b85-a315-94bd6121d0d4" CreationDate="2009-05-25T03:00:23.693" UserId="2711" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;cloning&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="21532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11890" RevisionGUID="f736f113-00e6-4327-a66c-00631ea01f6b" CreationDate="2009-05-25T03:02:51.300" UserId="919" Text="[Deja Dup][1] is a graphical frontend to duplicity that can target Amazon S3. It schedules regular backups, and offers incremental backups and encryption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://launchpad.net/deja-dup" />
  <row Id="21533" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11891" RevisionGUID="1b38da09-2a69-4d0b-9325-29509f75276d" CreationDate="2009-05-25T03:05:06.117" UserId="1674" Text="I've seen this same issue on Windows 2008 with IIS 7.  Open the Certificate MMC and remove the certs and put them back in.  You shouldn't need to make any changes within IIS.  You can probably script this out with a little bit of WMI." />
  <row Id="21535" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11892" RevisionGUID="cc6a868e-828a-451a-bf9f-4ca90fe6470b" CreationDate="2009-05-25T03:29:42.433" UserId="3315" Text="Our PHP Log files are getting huge, and we need a utility to regularly rotate the file. This is on a Windows 2003 Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a program / script similiar to Linux's `logrotate`?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And yes, we are busy overhauling the PHP scripts to remove all of the errors, notices and warnings." />
  <row Id="21536" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11892" RevisionGUID="cc6a868e-828a-451a-bf9f-4ca90fe6470b" CreationDate="2009-05-25T03:29:42.433" UserId="3315" Text="How can I rotate PHP Log files on Windows Server 2003?" />
  <row Id="21537" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11892" RevisionGUID="cc6a868e-828a-451a-bf9f-4ca90fe6470b" CreationDate="2009-05-25T03:29:42.433" UserId="3315" Text="&lt;logging&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="21538" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11893" RevisionGUID="84d79c71-5421-49d6-bca6-c760944480fa" CreationDate="2009-05-25T03:31:10.463" UserId="1162" Text="I have a PC that produces audible noise/screeching correlated to network activity. The noise is high-pitched and somewhat difficult to locate, however it seems to be coming from the power supply. It's clearly audible over the PSU and CPU fan noise. Has anyone experienced this before? Does anyone know the cause and/or solution to it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Ethernet cable unplugged: white noise&#xD;&#xA;- Ethernet cable plugged in: noise with HF components&#xD;&#xA;- Ethernet activity: noise with varying HF components" />
  <row Id="21539" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11893" RevisionGUID="84d79c71-5421-49d6-bca6-c760944480fa" CreationDate="2009-05-25T03:31:10.463" UserId="1162" Text="What could cause a NIC to produce audible noise?" />
  <row Id="21540" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11893" RevisionGUID="84d79c71-5421-49d6-bca6-c760944480fa" CreationDate="2009-05-25T03:31:10.463" UserId="1162" Text="&lt;ethernet&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;power-supply&gt;" />
  <row Id="21541" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11894" RevisionGUID="9a0c52c4-2118-4dfb-9191-82e540e5e567" CreationDate="2009-05-25T03:36:06.070" UserId="3311" Text="The cause cannot be diagnosed remotely. But according to your information, this might be a noise coming from the inductor. With the time the bondings between the laminated strips in a inductor core may be weaken leading to generate a high frequency noise." />
  <row Id="21542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11895" RevisionGUID="4f59cf9a-7868-4965-ad85-d0744dee6e1e" CreationDate="2009-05-25T03:37:45.053" UserId="3000" Text="I have heard of something similar. I would guess that the power supply either is going bad, or the motherboard could be going, as well. Either could cause the power supply to make weird noises. What I don't know is if it's caused by changes in the fan speed (which, you say it's audible over the normal fan, but that could qualify). It could also be different components making electrical noise, too." />
  <row Id="21543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11896" RevisionGUID="26143570-ec55-4152-9788-18d14c760b0e" CreationDate="2009-05-25T03:41:52.797" UserId="1605" Text="Can Virtual machine detect the connection of a scanner? Or more generally, can virtual machine detect any hardware connection, including sound speaker, microphone and so on?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The point of me asking this is because I want to shift all my development, and my desktops into a virtual machines for easy backup and maintenance purpose. So I will be doing my scanning inside a VM, gmail chatting inside the VM, listening to songs inside the VM, synchronizing my mobile device inside the VM and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any thoughts?" />
  <row Id="21544" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11896" RevisionGUID="26143570-ec55-4152-9788-18d14c760b0e" CreationDate="2009-05-25T03:41:52.797" UserId="1605" Text="Can VM detect hardware connection?" />
  <row Id="21545" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11896" RevisionGUID="26143570-ec55-4152-9788-18d14c760b0e" CreationDate="2009-05-25T03:41:52.797" UserId="1605" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="21546" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11897" RevisionGUID="546b9cae-0860-4cfc-9a17-f37eabf508e3" CreationDate="2009-05-25T03:42:29.397" UserId="51157" Text="Bash Script + Cron&#xD;&#xA;Seems like the most obvious solution." />
  <row Id="21547" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11893" RevisionGUID="65d0c776-029b-4bbc-be36-1cee962c21dd" CreationDate="2009-05-25T03:45:33.663" UserId="1162" Comment="added 154 characters in body" Text="I have a PC that produces audible noise/screeching correlated to network activity. The noise is high-pitched and somewhat difficult to locate, however it seems to be coming from the power supply. It's clearly audible over the PSU and CPU fan noise. Has anyone experienced this before? Does anyone know the cause and/or solution to it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Ethernet cable unplugged: white noise&#xD;&#xA;- Ethernet cable plugged in: noise with HF components&#xD;&#xA;- Ethernet activity: noise with varying HF components&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More info: It's a very cheap 350W ATX PSU that has run continuously for 2 years. It's also going to get replaced tonight by something a little better." />
  <row Id="21548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11898" RevisionGUID="c675c941-98cb-4596-9d23-a9fa9ef9a69b" CreationDate="2009-05-25T03:46:07.017" UserId="3311" Text="Simply the answer is YES... :) You can do configurations using VM console" />
  <row Id="21549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11899" RevisionGUID="b70c9a62-4f10-45a3-a36a-9bb0061ffa9b" CreationDate="2009-05-25T03:49:03.377" UserId="3273" Text="I set PATH in /etc/profile. &#xD;&#xA;I do not have any problem in the case of the general user, but PATH does not go when I become the root authority in sudo. &#xD;&#xA;What will you do to succeed PATH which is set by /etc/profile even if I become the root authority in sudo?" />
  <row Id="21550" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11899" RevisionGUID="b70c9a62-4f10-45a3-a36a-9bb0061ffa9b" CreationDate="2009-05-25T03:49:03.377" UserId="3273" Text="How to succeed a PATH environment variable in sudo?" />
  <row Id="21551" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11899" RevisionGUID="b70c9a62-4f10-45a3-a36a-9bb0061ffa9b" CreationDate="2009-05-25T03:49:03.377" UserId="3273" Text="&lt;root&gt;&lt;sudo&gt;" />
  <row Id="21552" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="11887" RevisionGUID="9ce0a2c5-e28e-4e65-a44c-cf3113ce0176" CreationDate="2009-05-25T03:53:58.640" UserId="1466" Comment="Fix english in title" Text=" How can I automatically notify users of expiring passwords?" />
  <row Id="21553" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11887" RevisionGUID="0ddb043f-8103-42ee-b6c9-99db4e1dafb7" CreationDate="2009-05-25T03:59:07.710" UserId="1466" Comment="Make English easier to understand." Text="Nice to meet you. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have used the chage command in Linux to set the password expiration date for a user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When the expiration date approaches, I want to notify the user automatically. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is how I imagine it should happen:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. check daily to determine if the password is about to expire&#xD;&#xA; 2. If the password has more than 11 days left, do nothing&#xD;&#xA; 3. If the password has 10 or fewer days left, send a notification email to the user&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do I need to write a script to accomplish the above?  Or is there an automatic way to accomplish this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="21554" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11900" RevisionGUID="2215e086-46e8-415d-ab3f-a6d41d3e80fd" CreationDate="2009-05-25T04:09:04.880" UserId="1466" Text="Yes, Virtual machines can use hardware on the host machine.  Some can even use hardware connected to the machine that the client is running on (if that is different), so that you can insert a CD in your local machine, for instance, and have it appear on the virtual machine running on a server somewhere else.  Or for speakers at least, via Remote Desktop or VNC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whether this detection is done automatically or not depends on how you have your virtual host machine configured.  I have configured a vmware machine to autodetect when USB devices are plugged and un-plugged, and it works just fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How you do this depends on what virtual environment you are using and what OS it is running under." />
  <row Id="21555" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11901" RevisionGUID="6fdde76f-0445-4563-b32e-373c8020e1ea" CreationDate="2009-05-25T04:10:32.770" UserId="919" Text="A good VM emulates a system bus, including USB. The trick real trick is how and when you do pass through. I know I've seen vmware on linux offer an option to connect USB through to the VM. I think it requires some kernel magic on the client kernel but definately doable." />
  <row Id="21556" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11902" RevisionGUID="b6012bb1-41cb-4ee9-aad8-a201ab95e36d" CreationDate="2009-05-25T04:15:42.043" UserId="1276" Text="Sudo resets PATH, along with many other environment variables, for security reasons. It doesn't matter what is set in /etc/profile, unless you run `sudo -i`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The sudo manual page, under SECURITY NOTES, gives an insight about the security implications, along with the options you have to fiddle in your /etc/sudoers file to modify these restrictions, after you understand the implications of doing so." />
  <row Id="21557" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11903" RevisionGUID="ef79ae7b-e483-4321-9ac4-0f82d815cd40" CreationDate="2009-05-25T04:22:47.503" UserId="1082" Text="root's path is not changed by /etc/profile (security ...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you gave to set it up separately, (e.g. in root's  ~/.bash_profile)" />
  <row Id="21558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11904" RevisionGUID="00a40164-b4f3-4022-8228-efe40fb69f08" CreationDate="2009-05-25T04:24:23.400" UserId="2467" Text="I use Quantum DLT-S4 tapes (800/1600GB) in my library, which has two Quantum tape heads in it. I have had quite a few bad tapes i.e. tapes that come up &quot;CRC error&quot; or &quot;cannot read tape&quot; etc and the backup software marks them as bad. I've sent back around 20 to Quantum out of 100 for a refund. The library is only 18 months old, and one of the drives has already been replaced a while back. Still get bad tapes. How many bad tapes do you guys get?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21559" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11904" RevisionGUID="00a40164-b4f3-4022-8228-efe40fb69f08" CreationDate="2009-05-25T04:24:23.400" UserId="2467" Text="How many bad tapes are &quot;normal&quot;?" />
  <row Id="21560" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11904" RevisionGUID="00a40164-b4f3-4022-8228-efe40fb69f08" CreationDate="2009-05-25T04:24:23.400" UserId="2467" Text="&lt;tape&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="21561" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11903" RevisionGUID="f52a2ff9-1dc6-4533-930d-155733ba1c54" CreationDate="2009-05-25T04:57:18.277" UserId="1466" Comment="change &quot;gave&quot; to &quot;have&quot;" Text="root's path is not changed by /etc/profile (security ...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you have to set it up separately, (e.g. in root's  ~/.bash_profile)" />
  <row Id="21562" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11905" RevisionGUID="3573ed5a-c2e2-418c-9154-089794285180" CreationDate="2009-05-25T04:57:29.540" UserId="1998" Text="About a year ago I switched the system at my office to a rotating pool of about 80 LTO4 tapes and have only had one tape fail - it was physically dropped though.  The rest of the tapes go through backup/restore/verify cycles and have never had an error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Prior to that we used over 200 LTO2 tapes and had only a single error in the two years I was with the company (the tape errored out while writing to it).  For what it's worth both the LTO2 and LTO4 drives are Sun-branded HP Ultriums inside a Storedge L8 and an SL24.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I'd say 20 out of 100 in my experience at least is ridiculously high, so much that I would be extremely wary of trusting that system to handle a company's backups." />
  <row Id="21563" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11145" RevisionGUID="74c35fe8-d1ce-4ca7-bc1d-b2ac1e315b7c" CreationDate="2009-05-25T05:22:44.000" UserId="1466" Comment="Fix English" Text="When I was working in our server room, I noticed that it was very cold.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that the server room has to be cold to offset the heat of the servers, but perhaps it is TOO cold.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is an appropriate temperature to keep our server room at?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21564" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="11145" RevisionGUID="74c35fe8-d1ce-4ca7-bc1d-b2ac1e315b7c" CreationDate="2009-05-25T05:22:44.000" UserId="1466" Comment="Fix English" Text="What is the correct temperature for a server room?" />
  <row Id="21565" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11145" RevisionGUID="74c35fe8-d1ce-4ca7-bc1d-b2ac1e315b7c" CreationDate="2009-05-25T05:22:44.000" UserId="1466" Comment="Fix English" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;temperature&gt;&lt;data-center&gt;" />
  <row Id="21566" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11906" RevisionGUID="9322fce6-b808-4eb5-ac25-0791b7f14ae6" CreationDate="2009-05-25T05:37:37.993" UserId="2526" Text="Details on differences are listed [this technet article][2] and depend on which version of Vista you are running (eg. in Home Premium you can only have 3 simultaneous connections).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Essentially this is because IIS 7 on Vitsa is mainly for development while on Windows Server 2008 it is for hosting or in [Microsoft's words][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **IIS7 on Vista** &#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;IIS7 on Vista is for developers to build and test applications, and IIS7 extensions, on our new Web server platform.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;...&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**IIS7 on Server** &#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;On Server, our goals with IIS7 go well beyond this.  If IIS7 on Vista is all about enabling people to develop applications on IIS, IIS7 on Server is all about enabling people to deploy and operate application in a high performance, high availability way.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2006/09/18/IIS7-_2D00_-Vista-vs.-Longhorn-Server.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753198.aspx" />
  <row Id="21567" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11907" RevisionGUID="1c5b4338-20ab-4c71-8893-24b3c1c4ec90" CreationDate="2009-05-25T05:41:54.287" UserId="3174" Text="I know your pain.  Several years ago, I ended up reading the source for logrotate, and ported it to Windows (translating from C to Perl in the process -- yes, I'm a glutton for punishment).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main problem with Windows log-rotation is file-locking.  If a file is open during the rotation, it can't be moved, renamed etc.  I got around this, by deciding that for my application, the rotation was more important than a few missed log-lines and simply doing a copy, then truncate.  It turned out that the operation was so quick, that I very much doubt that we've lost more than a couple of lines in the history of its usage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is, I believe, why native Windows applications generally do their own log-rotation -- the application itself holds the locks and can cache the log-messages while the rotation occurs, for later flushing." />
  <row Id="21568" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11907" RevisionGUID="c9b053a7-9175-423c-be55-7caad8234529" CreationDate="2009-05-25T05:55:38.503" UserId="3174" Comment="added 125 characters in body" Text="I know your pain.  Several years ago, I ended up reading the source for logrotate, and ported it to Windows (translating from C to Perl in the process -- yes, I'm a glutton for punishment).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main problem with Windows log-rotation is file-locking.  If a file is open during the rotation, it can't be moved, renamed etc.  I got around this, by deciding that for my application, the rotation was more important than a few missed log-lines and simply doing a copy, then truncate (though, I'm sure that there was more to it than that, unfortunately I don't have the source readily available).  In any case, it turned out that the operation was so quick, that I very much doubt that we've lost more than a couple of lines in the history of its usage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is, I believe, why native Windows applications generally do their own log-rotation -- the application itself holds the locks and can cache the log-messages while the rotation occurs, for later flushing." />
  <row Id="21569" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11908" RevisionGUID="334a2d22-2378-466f-a8bf-876119832455" CreationDate="2009-05-25T05:57:14.663" UserId="3476" Text="During the interview, I ask basic database design questions. Normalization (When-Why) is one of my concerns when it comes to database design. Some scenarios I site that involves synchronized servers and what/why/how they take consideration of related issues; security issues and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Would you ask them from the context of a particular database system (e.g. Oracle) that they prefer? &#xD;&#xA;2. What sorta technical questions would you ask them?&#xD;&#xA;3. What scenarios would you site and what would you be looking for as answers to those scenarios?&#xD;&#xA;4. How would you find out if they are knowledgeable in handling security issues?&#xD;&#xA;5. Other related questions. (e.g. DB Restore/Backup) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21570" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11908" RevisionGUID="334a2d22-2378-466f-a8bf-876119832455" CreationDate="2009-05-25T05:57:14.663" UserId="3476" Text="How do you interview a Database Programmer/ Admin applicant?" />
  <row Id="21571" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11908" RevisionGUID="334a2d22-2378-466f-a8bf-876119832455" CreationDate="2009-05-25T05:57:14.663" UserId="3476" Text="&lt;database-adminstration&gt;&lt;database&gt;&lt;interview&gt;" />
  <row Id="21575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11910" RevisionGUID="b812d9c1-0ba6-4827-be38-10cb068ee8e9" CreationDate="2009-05-25T06:03:53.633" UserId="2115" Text="I'm sure many of us have seen or heard of amusing ways to express the standard HTTP errors, like &quot;404 Lost in Cyberspace&quot; instead of &quot;404 File Not Found&quot;. What are some of the funniest/cleverest/most creative error pages or error messages you've seen, or can think of? (Somewhat similar to [this question on StackOverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/182112/funny-loading-statements-to-keep-users-amused))&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know this isn't a specific question with a single answer but it is relevant to site admins who want to keep their visitors happy (or terrified, if you prefer ;-) I'll certainly be looking for inspiration for my own website's error pages.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21576" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11910" RevisionGUID="b812d9c1-0ba6-4827-be38-10cb068ee8e9" CreationDate="2009-05-25T06:03:53.633" UserId="2115" Text="Funny/clever/creative HTTP error pages" />
  <row Id="21577" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11910" RevisionGUID="b812d9c1-0ba6-4827-be38-10cb068ee8e9" CreationDate="2009-05-25T06:03:53.633" UserId="2115" Text="&lt;http&gt;&lt;error-message&gt;" />
  <row Id="21578" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11910" RevisionGUID="b812d9c1-0ba6-4827-be38-10cb068ee8e9" CreationDate="2009-05-25T06:03:53.633" UserId="2115" />
  <row Id="21579" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11911" RevisionGUID="a2bb570a-dbb8-40f8-8cb4-6f0290cb1496" CreationDate="2009-05-25T06:05:53.863" UserId="919" Text="[Some places][1] say phpBB doesn't scale past 5000 concurrent users. Is there FOSS forum software out there that might go further, to say 7k-10k or more? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.softwareprojects.com/resources/building-content/t-best-forum-software-1187.html" />
  <row Id="21580" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11911" RevisionGUID="a2bb570a-dbb8-40f8-8cb4-6f0290cb1496" CreationDate="2009-05-25T06:05:53.863" UserId="919" Text="Is there a scalable open source web BB/forum?" />
  <row Id="21581" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11911" RevisionGUID="a2bb570a-dbb8-40f8-8cb4-6f0290cb1496" CreationDate="2009-05-25T06:05:53.863" UserId="919" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;scalability&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;opensource&gt;" />
  <row Id="21582" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11912" RevisionGUID="eb6369e9-707d-4198-bd6a-7dca5845bd97" CreationDate="2009-05-25T06:06:19.590" UserId="3311" Text="    Hey... Are you mad? What are you looking for? a web page huh? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Isn't it a nice idea? :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway you can see some existing 404 messages [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.plinko.net/404/area404.asp" />
  <row Id="21583" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11912" RevisionGUID="eb6369e9-707d-4198-bd6a-7dca5845bd97" CreationDate="2009-05-25T06:06:19.590" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21586" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11914" RevisionGUID="7b48c1cf-d088-48b0-a8fc-484813f5d627" CreationDate="2009-05-25T06:08:01.770" UserId="1619" Text="I really like the classic manic depressive webserver at, for example: http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~veeve/404.html" />
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  <row Id="21588" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11915" RevisionGUID="20e7e6cc-923f-41c8-8907-024b43c64221" CreationDate="2009-05-25T06:12:29.250" UserId="2477" Text="I know the difference between a router and a switch, but there are a few fuzzy spots in my understanding.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. When you uplink one switch into another, do they share mac address tables? Or is this a vendor specific function? If they don't share, how do they handle packets addressed to macs they don't directly control?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. What is the largest IP address space that can be effectively handled using only a switched network, and at what point should you consider breaking the network into multiple segments joined by a router?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Which is more architecturally sound: one core router joining many subnets to the Internet or a hierarchy of routers (one per department uplinking to the core)? Or, is it best to give each department a router and then mesh them together into a mini-internet?" />
  <row Id="21589" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11915" RevisionGUID="20e7e6cc-923f-41c8-8907-024b43c64221" CreationDate="2009-05-25T06:12:29.250" UserId="2477" Text="Routers vs. Switches" />
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  <row Id="21593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11917" RevisionGUID="96dcfdb4-5a50-4d79-ada0-25fb9dca3438" CreationDate="2009-05-25T06:15:01.147" UserId="3353" Text=" Use the -w option when changing their passwords. &#xD;&#xA;       -w     This will set the number of days in advance the user will begin receiving  warnings  that  her password  will  expire,  if the user’s account supports password lifetimes.  Available to root only.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21595" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11919" RevisionGUID="9ed00950-0a5f-498a-96b1-1e1484dd93bd" CreationDate="2009-05-25T06:41:41.717" UserId="158" Text="[404 Research Lab][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.plinko.net/404/" />
  <row Id="21596" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11919" RevisionGUID="9ed00950-0a5f-498a-96b1-1e1484dd93bd" CreationDate="2009-05-25T06:41:41.717" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21597" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11920" RevisionGUID="acaf06ff-57ba-4160-b24e-84088afb3bbe" CreationDate="2009-05-25T06:42:05.430" UserId="3311" Text="I am getting the following message while trying to remove a windows service with SC command?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Users\chacha&gt;sc delete service_name&#xD;&#xA;    [SC] OpenService FAILED 5:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Access is denied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried to change the properties of Service and retried to remove them but failed. Even I disabled the service and restarted the machine :(&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea on forcefully removing a service?" />
  <row Id="21598" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11920" RevisionGUID="acaf06ff-57ba-4160-b24e-84088afb3bbe" CreationDate="2009-05-25T06:42:05.430" UserId="3311" Text="Force-Removing Windows Services" />
  <row Id="21599" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11920" RevisionGUID="acaf06ff-57ba-4160-b24e-84088afb3bbe" CreationDate="2009-05-25T06:42:05.430" UserId="3311" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;services&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="21600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11921" RevisionGUID="2ddca318-2286-4544-a92b-1a0957950f00" CreationDate="2009-05-25T06:43:55.067" UserId="3479" Text="I've seen a few guides out there, but I could not get any of them to work. I can point NS records to my domain, so it sounds like I should be able to do this. I tried setting up a DMZ for the server portion, no luck at all." />
  <row Id="21601" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11921" RevisionGUID="2ddca318-2286-4544-a92b-1a0957950f00" CreationDate="2009-05-25T06:43:55.067" UserId="3479" Text="How do I setup a TCP over DNS tunnel on Windows?" />
  <row Id="21602" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11921" RevisionGUID="2ddca318-2286-4544-a92b-1a0957950f00" CreationDate="2009-05-25T06:43:55.067" UserId="3479" Text="&lt;tcpip&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;tunnel&gt;&lt;ns&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;" />
  <row Id="21603" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11922" RevisionGUID="8599257d-6d3a-4e42-8367-3c2f19153dde" CreationDate="2009-05-25T06:21:21.920" Text="&lt;p&gt;I don't know for is this question right place. &#xA;I have used two computers and both computers have almost full with my children pictures, videos etc. Now, i need to trusty storage devices or some thing like this. I don't trust hard disks on the my computers or external hard disks for keep these long life. &#xA;I think maybe, i might store on the blue-ray discs for keeping these items. On the other hand , I'm talking about these files will take 300 GB storage.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;So, do you have any idea or suggestion ?   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21604" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11922" RevisionGUID="8599257d-6d3a-4e42-8367-3c2f19153dde" CreationDate="2009-05-25T06:21:21.920" Text="Storage suggestions" />
  <row Id="21605" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11922" RevisionGUID="8599257d-6d3a-4e42-8367-3c2f19153dde" CreationDate="2009-05-25T06:21:21.920" Text="&lt;storage&gt;&lt;not-programming-related&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="21606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11923" RevisionGUID="a230e02d-02bc-4d4b-92b3-a558e4cd2f20" CreationDate="2009-05-25T06:24:55.283" Text="&lt;p&gt;I'm pretty sure optical discs deteriorate over time. Hard drives are cheap enough that you can just buy larger drives every year or so. Just run RAID 1 or something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11924" RevisionGUID="7038a5c2-560d-46ca-93fd-0de800ee9d86" CreationDate="2009-05-25T06:33:06.520" Text="&lt;p&gt;If you want a reliable storage for a long time, nothing beats paper.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can't be sure the storage technology of today is available in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example who still uses 3.5 (or even 5 1/4) floppies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21608" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11925" RevisionGUID="669067ad-0f13-44c8-8ab3-c16b04ab101c" CreationDate="2009-05-25T06:56:39.957" Text="&lt;p&gt;My advice, just use removable hard disks. But use more than one (I recently had a friend who lost his entire collection of digital photos due to disk failure).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I keep them on my primary machine at home. I have a 500G USB disk that I occasionally bring home from work to update and test, then I take it back to work and lock it in the drawer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have another two 1TB drives at the houses of my brother-in-law and sister-in-law which I also do the same to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, once a month, I cycle amongst the three backup locations doing an update and test. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; going to be the one explaining to my wife that I've lost all the records of the childhood of our two children. That would be a Loreena Bobbit moment for me, I'd never be able to sleep again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If one of the drives fails, I just replace it. If USB ever goes the way of the dinosaurs, I'll have plenty of time to upgrade to whatever is replacing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yo need to protect against as much as possible. The only cataclysm that would take out both all my locations is going to be annihilation of a sizable portion of the state so photos will be the least of my worries. Having said that, I may end up shipping another hard disk to the other side of the country just in case :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21609" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11926" RevisionGUID="54138c70-985d-4d80-95a9-b820d33d330d" CreationDate="2009-05-25T07:01:01.117" UserId="301" Text="I would expect that answer to be 0, assuming that the tape was used within the limits of rewrites, temperature, storage, etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would start looking at the environment that the drive operates in, or the tapes are stored in." />
  <row Id="21610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11927" RevisionGUID="f9b9be2c-bc1e-4be9-bc5c-32dc8bec1ee3" CreationDate="2009-05-25T07:07:51.713" UserId="3150" Text="Put it all on a hard disk (external or internal), but clone the disk to another HD and take the copy offsite. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are probably companies near you that specialist in long-term data storage, but if not, find an indoor storage locker or safe that you can ensure is not too damp/ cold/ warm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep in mind, whatever storage system you use will be obsolete in 10 years or so, so you'll need an old device to connect to it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's actually good, because you can migrate your 'offsite' copy to a new disk/ storage medium every few years, ensuring it's both instantly accessible, while also increasing the lifespan of your data." />
  <row Id="21611" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11927" RevisionGUID="f9b9be2c-bc1e-4be9-bc5c-32dc8bec1ee3" CreationDate="2009-05-25T07:07:51.713" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21613" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11864" RevisionGUID="459ee3c0-b558-4e36-bfea-3c7220581ebe" CreationDate="2009-05-25T07:25:33.173" UserId="222" Comment="added 15 characters in body" Text="It seems the problem is related to version mismatches between Trac and Python in Ubuntu 9.04. The Trac package is 0.11.1 while the Python version mod_python uses is 2.6. This combination does not work: [Trac Users post][1], [Launchpad bug][2], [Trac ticket][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Replacing the Ubuntu package repository's version of Trac with a custom install of Trac 0.11.4 as suggested by the Trac Users post makes the problem disappear, fortunately this is as easy as&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo apt-get remove trac&#xD;&#xA;    sudo easy_install http://svn.edgewall.org/repos/trac/tags/trac-0.11.4&#xD;&#xA;    sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://groups.google.com/group/trac-users/browse_thread/thread/99ee520e6e2b6939?hl=en&amp;pli=1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [2]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/trac/+bug/369792&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [3]: http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/7876" />
  <row Id="21614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11929" RevisionGUID="5da5b1f5-4dce-4790-9b82-ba9967a89023" CreationDate="2009-05-25T07:26:56.620" UserId="3431" Text="I'm going to try to answer all of your questions as clearly as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. There is no sharing of Mac address tables that I know of because there is no need really. The switch will look out for network activity coming from the other switch and write down entries in it's Mac address table. It will also look out for ARP requests. It will only take very little time for it's mac address table to fill up. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For you question concerning macs that they don't directly control I think you mean macs of PCs that aren't directly connected to their ports. Well let's take for example PC A on my switch and PC B on your switch. Both switches are connected via a standard uplink. Your PCs and your switch are all alone in the networking world when I come along and connect my switch. The PC on my switch is going to need your PC's MAC address and to do just that it will need to emit a broadcast ARP message (Level2 Broadcast but Level3 unicast since it has your PC's IP address). My switch will broadcast it on every one of it's ports. Then it arrives on your switch who will do the same. Then your PC will answer to my PC and they will both know each other's mac address. In the process, both switch will write down the mac addresses they didn't know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Remember, switch-only networks operate on level 2 so they are (theoreticaly) independent from level 3. Let's just say going beyond a /8 (255.0.0.0) is not very reasonnable and will make you go out of private IP space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. I would definently say a hierarchy of routers because it allows you to have clearer configuration and enforce policies on a per-department basis. Cisco agrees with me in the CCNA :-)" />
  <row Id="21615" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11930" RevisionGUID="9c1f61c6-23b3-494a-ad02-8230e0a301d6" CreationDate="2009-05-25T07:42:41.440" UserId="3431" Text="First of all, both providers must use the same virtualization technology. If that is not the case, forget it (or get lucky).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second, you must be able to get the raw image of your VM which should roughly be the weight of all the data in your VM if it's a sparse image or the size of your partition if it's a full image. This image is usually stored on a SAN or NAS at the provider's datacentre. I have never seen this being possible...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An alternative could be backup software. I know that there exists software that are capable of backing up an entire OS but I don't have any names in mind." />
  <row Id="21616" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11931" RevisionGUID="a8cc9786-6ab7-4098-9703-6ec0fbad2883" CreationDate="2009-05-25T07:43:30.890" UserId="2863" Text="Can you do a diagnostic on the array? maybe the array has not rebuilt correctly for some reason. Failing that it sounds like grub may need reconfiguring but without seeing your actual setup its difficult to know what to try." />
  <row Id="21617" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11931" RevisionGUID="a8cc9786-6ab7-4098-9703-6ec0fbad2883" CreationDate="2009-05-25T07:43:30.890" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21618" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11932" RevisionGUID="81e9e274-b812-41d4-995a-a28fd5cb06f6" CreationDate="2009-05-25T07:44:21.000" UserId="3082" Text="Ideally you'll have 100% *CPU-package*-to-*heatsink-metal* contact to get the maximum possible heat transfer direct from CPU to heatsink.  Alas, our world ain't ideal and there will be some possibly-microscopic surface irregularities in each.  The job of thermal transfer compound is to fill up those irregularities and thus improve the heat transfer (it conducts heat better than air, but not as well as direct CPU-to-heatsink contact), and so it's best to apply as little as you possibly can but enough to ensure there are no gaps." />
  <row Id="21619" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11933" RevisionGUID="d850849d-9ca8-4045-83e4-afee87c729af" CreationDate="2009-05-25T07:47:13.583" UserId="2863" Text="Its probably not worth the hassle. chances are that the hosts will be using different systems etc and having a clean install of the OS will ensure generally smoother running of the system in the long term. it wont take too long to migrate the actual data you need to the new server and you will probably be more happy with it in the end." />
  <row Id="21620" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11604" RevisionGUID="afdfab85-6b4a-4708-9406-4abd3fb43424" CreationDate="2009-05-25T07:51:08.350" UserId="45" Comment="%systemroot%\system32" Text="Many executing components of Windows are implemented as services (see all services on your machine opening `Control Panel &gt; Administrative Tools &gt; Services`). These are specialized programs running  in the background. They are not started by the logged-in user, but my the operating system itself. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most services aren't stand-alone executables (EXE files), but are implemented in libraries (DLLs), which can be used by running processes. As the name suggests, Svchost or &quot;Service Host&quot; is Windows' standard executable for running these DLLs. You cand find svchost.exe file in the `%systemroot%\system32` directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to know which instance of svchost is executing which service, type&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     tasklist /svc /fi &quot;IMAGENAME eq svchost.exe&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;on a command line console (cmd).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the machine, where I made the screenshot, one of the instances of svchost is running 21 different services, for example. This grouping of services allows for better control and easier debugging, according to [Microsoft's documentation][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Svchost.exe groups are identified in the following registry key:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Svchost&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A tip (if you run Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008): you can open the Task Manager and right-click on a particular svchost.exe process, and then choose the &quot;Go to Service&quot; option. This will show the *Services* tab, where all services running under the selected `svchost.exe` process will be marked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B314056&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9122/svchost.png&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11934" RevisionGUID="4314f5b7-bc95-4987-88e5-822093c8d7cc" CreationDate="2009-05-25T07:55:02.460" UserId="2863" Text="I doubt as there are any. I have always been quite successful installing python 3000 from source and running it so you would probably be ok doing that its quite nice and easy - that way you can also run multiple versions of python at the same time in order to maintain compatibility with any older scripts you may be running. Just remember that centos isn't really designed for new and emerging technologies so it will be a long time before python 3 comes into the official repos." />
  <row Id="21622" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11935" RevisionGUID="6e4a2671-1ce3-4eaa-9a1b-b70c15d14664" CreationDate="2009-05-25T08:02:44.720" UserId="216" Text="For your second question, see http://serverfault.com/questions/2591/when-why-to-start-subnetting-a-network" />
  <row Id="21623" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11936" RevisionGUID="506c0738-4687-4975-95a3-62a860ca77b4" CreationDate="2009-05-25T08:13:16.043" UserId="45" Text="There is a Java implementation that works on Windows on analogbit.com: [tcp-over-dns][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tcp-over-dns contains a special dns&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server and a special dns client. The&#xD;&#xA;&gt; client and server work in tandem to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; provide a TCP (and UDP!) tunnel&#xD;&#xA;&gt; through the standard DNS protocol.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; This is similiar to the defunct NSTX&#xD;&#xA;&gt; dns tunelling software. The purpose of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this software to is succeed where NSTX&#xD;&#xA;&gt; failed. For me at least, all NSTX&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tunnels disconnect within tens of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; seconds in real world situations.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tcp-over-dns was written to be quite&#xD;&#xA;&gt; robust while at the same time&#xD;&#xA;&gt; providing acceptable bandwidth speeds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The programs require the Java runtime environment 6.0+. The server requires admin port 53 access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a nice article from the same author which explains [TCP over DNS][2] very well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **How it works**&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; DNS stands for &quot;Domain Name System&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The purpose of DNS is convert a domain&#xD;&#xA;&gt; name, such as &quot;analogbit.com&quot; to an ip&#xD;&#xA;&gt; address, such as &quot;208.113.168.166&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The interesting thing about DNS&#xD;&#xA;&gt; queries is that they are usually&#xD;&#xA;&gt; recursive queries. This means that if&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a server doesn't know the answer for a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; domain name, it is allowed to ask&#xD;&#xA;&gt; other servers for the answer. So while&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a firewall or restrictive ISP may&#xD;&#xA;&gt; filter regular internet traffic they&#xD;&#xA;&gt; probably overlooked DNS traffic.&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://analogbit.com/software/tcp-over-dns&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://analogbit.com/tcp-over-dns_howto&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://analogbit.com/sites/default/files/images/tcp-over-dns-diagram.png" />
  <row Id="21624" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11937" RevisionGUID="a647d6ef-1542-4f38-9184-54b5e6605ff9" CreationDate="2009-05-25T08:14:22.233" UserId="28" Text="Two things were wrong:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, on the client, I needed SNAT the source to the actual IP. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second, the reverse path filter was blocking the return packets, as it thought they were spoofed. echo 0 &gt; /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/tun0/rp_filter fixed that" />
  <row Id="21625" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11938" RevisionGUID="50cbb7f7-457d-42f5-81f9-3c01baefb284" CreationDate="2009-05-25T08:19:02.457" UserId="2405" Text="I want to create high-quality prints of a website, for a publication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Screenshots can get very gritty when printed out, for no good reason. Embedded bitmap images can't be improved of course, but there is no reason why the fonts can't be rendered at higher resolution to make at least the text more readable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I've done until now is to set the screen resolution insanely high and make the browser fullscreen, then bump the font size - but that is a less than ideal solution because it will make the proportions of the page weird. And still the resolution is not magazine-quality.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a program that will let me export html pages to a raster format at high resolution, or to a vector graphics format such as pdf or svg? " />
  <row Id="21626" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11938" RevisionGUID="50cbb7f7-457d-42f5-81f9-3c01baefb284" CreationDate="2009-05-25T08:19:02.457" UserId="2405" Text="How can I render html at high resolution?" />
  <row Id="21627" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11938" RevisionGUID="50cbb7f7-457d-42f5-81f9-3c01baefb284" CreationDate="2009-05-25T08:19:02.457" UserId="2405" Text="&lt;html&gt;&lt;resolution&gt;&lt;vector-graphics&gt;&lt;pdf&gt;" />
  <row Id="21628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11939" RevisionGUID="8c995de2-79cd-4b40-b312-76477fcf39db" CreationDate="2009-05-25T08:30:06.290" UserId="1840" Text="Try deleting it's entry from regedit at:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure you reboot afterwards.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Try removing the service while in safe mode.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21629" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11940" RevisionGUID="9bd50049-6558-4d14-9083-f2f286450b15" CreationDate="2009-05-25T08:31:19.530" UserId="2042" Text="On Mac OS X you are able to print to PDF, this works extremely well for my resume which I then have printed out at Kinkos and give out to potential employers." />
  <row Id="21630" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11941" RevisionGUID="18cbc11e-d320-4874-a6b8-687ab3816d07" CreationDate="2009-05-25T08:36:06.853" UserId="984" Text="Your question is long, I am going to address this part.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Which is more architecturally sound:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; one core router joining many subnets&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to the Internet or a hierarchy of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; routers (one per department uplinking&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to the core)? Or, is it best to give&#xD;&#xA;&gt; each department a router and then mesh&#xD;&#xA;&gt; them together into a mini-internet?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most routers can implement some kind of firewalling.  Since switches are layer 2 devices you usually don't do any kind of filtering there.  If you need to separate departments for some kind of security, or if you need to implement a different firewall policy for that department it will be easier to enforce this if they are on a separate subnet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; What is the largest IP address space&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that can be effectively handled using&#xD;&#xA;&gt; only a switched network, and at what&#xD;&#xA;&gt; point should you consider breaking the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network into multiple segments joined&#xD;&#xA;&gt; by a router?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a hubbed network you are limited to 1024 devices in your collision domain.  Even though this no longer technically applies in a switched network I generally try to stick to that as top limit of how many devices I put on a single subnet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You also may want break up your networks with routers if you are using a protocol that does lots of broadcasting.  Broadcasts are normally not passed by a router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21631" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11942" RevisionGUID="78ca39c7-c3af-4895-9229-ef79941de08d" CreationDate="2009-05-25T08:41:11.617" UserId="3437" Text="[Neatpatch][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://neatpatch.com" />
  <row Id="21632" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11943" RevisionGUID="c6aa985d-2d41-49ac-aff4-165a79f7ae09" CreationDate="2009-05-25T08:44:33.107" UserId="984" Text="I know it isn't open source but you may want to look at [vBulletin][1] it is what is used to run (http://ubuntuforums.org/) which is a pretty active forum.  You do get the source, you are just not allowed to redistribute it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vbulletin.com/" />
  <row Id="21633" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11936" RevisionGUID="c5fd9a32-18d5-4735-acb8-8fc39f11958b" CreationDate="2009-05-25T08:55:04.117" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 553 characters in body" Text="There is a Java implementation that works on Windows on analogbit.com: [tcp-over-dns][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tcp-over-dns contains a special dns&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server and a special dns client. The&#xD;&#xA;&gt; client and server work in tandem to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; provide a TCP (and UDP!) tunnel&#xD;&#xA;&gt; through the standard DNS protocol.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; This is similiar to the defunct NSTX&#xD;&#xA;&gt; dns tunelling software. The purpose of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this software to is succeed where NSTX&#xD;&#xA;&gt; failed. For me at least, all NSTX&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tunnels disconnect within tens of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; seconds in real world situations.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tcp-over-dns was written to be quite&#xD;&#xA;&gt; robust while at the same time&#xD;&#xA;&gt; providing acceptable bandwidth speeds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The programs require the Java runtime environment 6.0+. The server requires admin port 53 access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a nice article from the same author which explains [TCP over DNS][2] very well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://analogbit.com/software/tcp-over-dns&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://analogbit.com/tcp-over-dns_howto&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://analogbit.com/sites/default/files/images/tcp-over-dns-diagram.png" />
  <row Id="21634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11944" RevisionGUID="c09e3b67-6b71-4c80-a52a-e565b4681a9d" CreationDate="2009-05-25T09:05:53.267" UserId="103" Text="Using PHP 5.2.6 and need to configure it to use our forward proxy (which requires authentication be set) so that the PHP scripts can connect to the internet correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I see that PHP.INI in the 4 version had a pfpro.proxyaddress option but that is no longer available - so what has replaced it?" />
  <row Id="21635" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11944" RevisionGUID="c09e3b67-6b71-4c80-a52a-e565b4681a9d" CreationDate="2009-05-25T09:05:53.267" UserId="103" Text="Configure PHP to use a proxy?" />
  <row Id="21636" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11944" RevisionGUID="c09e3b67-6b71-4c80-a52a-e565b4681a9d" CreationDate="2009-05-25T09:05:53.267" UserId="103" Text="&lt;php&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;" />
  <row Id="21637" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11945" RevisionGUID="bd54a768-6f78-4c81-a8f0-9791ffe3a3ef" CreationDate="2009-05-25T09:10:37.127" UserId="3485" Text="Unfortunately the answer is no. Because most things that will give a vector output, wont give a faithful representation of the website. The best bet is to make a copy of the webpage, adjust it to a larger size(CSS), then use the browser to confirm it is as close as possible to the original. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have it good enough (it will never be perfect), print to PDF then use a tool like adobe illustrator to import, retouch and export as encapsulated PDF, for inclusion in the publication. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21638" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11946" RevisionGUID="0ca8b17f-4f23-4f3b-92a6-c3030c63d1f0" CreationDate="2009-05-25T09:19:18.170" UserId="1810" Text="Have you allready followed the steps listed on &#xD;&#xA;[the opensuse web site][1]? That should definitely work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a pretty good explanation at [Cool Solutions][2] as well&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:How_to_Create_Your_Own_Init_Script&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/15380.html &quot;Cool Solutions&quot;" />
  <row Id="21639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11947" RevisionGUID="cc9a9623-552c-403f-a410-dc97ae0cdf16" CreationDate="2009-05-25T09:23:47.757" UserId="3113" Text="Have you tried adding a call to the script in your /etc/init.d/boot.local? Try it and see if that works better. There are several other boot.* files that are run at different parts of the startup." />
  <row Id="21640" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11948" RevisionGUID="c44f0019-9497-43e4-abe4-eccc5b17c40c" CreationDate="2009-05-25T09:37:26.417" UserId="2339" Text="There should definitely be a way to do what you want from the /etc/rc*. Another alternative you might want to look into is cron. With vixie-cron it's possible to specify tasks to run on reboot with the @reboot keyword in your crontab:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Instead of the first five fields, one of eight special strings may&#xD;&#xA;    appear:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    string         meaning&#xD;&#xA;    ------         -------&#xD;&#xA;    @reboot        Run once, at startup.&#xD;&#xA;    @yearly        Run once a year, &quot;0 0 1 1 *&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;    @annually      (same as @yearly)&#xD;&#xA;    @monthly       Run once a month, &quot;0 0 1 * *&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;    @weekly        Run once a week, &quot;0 0 * * 0&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;    @daily         Run once a day, &quot;0 0 * * *&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;    @midnight      (same as @daily)&#xD;&#xA;    @hourly        Run once an hour, &quot;0 * * * *&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The above table is from a blog post by Jeremy Zawodny which I'm not allowed to post a link to as a new user. Search for &quot;vixie-cron specify tasks on boot&quot; on Google, and it's the first result.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As mentioned in the article, it's a great way to allows users to run commands at startup without granting them root access." />
  <row Id="21641" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11949" RevisionGUID="e23aefd8-969d-4656-a3af-5026185a9423" CreationDate="2009-05-25T09:37:32.643" UserId="2413" Text="you can use curl for handling your http retrievals. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ch = curl_init(&quot;http://whatever.com/something/&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);&#xD;&#xA;    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, &quot;http://10.14.10.1:3128&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYPORT, 3128);&#xD;&#xA;    curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, &quot;user:pass&quot;); &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;more info [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://se2.php.net/curl" />
  <row Id="21642" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11950" RevisionGUID="535dceaa-c891-4066-a089-7479a3a6bfb8" CreationDate="2009-05-25T09:47:14.777" UserId="45" Text="A classic satire using the style of an IE 404 page:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[These Weapons of Mass Destruction cannot be displayed][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The weapons you are looking for are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; currently unavailable. The country&#xD;&#xA;&gt; might be experiencing technical&#xD;&#xA;&gt; difficulties, or you may need to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; adjust your weapons inspectors&#xD;&#xA;&gt; mandate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mist.xvand.com/humor/weapons.html" />
  <row Id="21643" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11950" RevisionGUID="535dceaa-c891-4066-a089-7479a3a6bfb8" CreationDate="2009-05-25T09:47:14.777" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21644" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11908" RevisionGUID="a487780b-cc22-43ee-b121-7ed71a194c8f" CreationDate="2009-05-25T10:01:25.997" UserId="1435" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;database-adminstration&gt;&lt;database&gt;&lt;interview&gt;&lt;recruitment&gt;" />
  <row Id="21645" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11951" RevisionGUID="6b1842a8-416a-4436-974d-46df44ac70e7" CreationDate="2009-05-25T10:07:00.790" UserId="336" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to to know more about what is actually installed for a given package (for a debug purpose).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the option with apt-cache only give the the dependant packages, maybe the needed version, but not the installed version of these ones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know it is not so hard to make a script, but I am curious to find an existing solution (I sure I am not the first to make this!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="21646" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11951" RevisionGUID="6b1842a8-416a-4436-974d-46df44ac70e7" CreationDate="2009-05-25T10:07:00.790" UserId="336" Text="Efficient apt depends" />
  <row Id="21647" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11951" RevisionGUID="6b1842a8-416a-4436-974d-46df44ac70e7" CreationDate="2009-05-25T10:07:00.790" UserId="336" Text="&lt;depends&gt;" />
  <row Id="21648" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11922" RevisionGUID="5804d784-9d13-4ccf-bfe5-8135c79b8587" CreationDate="2009-05-25T10:32:29.957" UserId="588" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;storage&gt;" />
  <row Id="21649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11952" RevisionGUID="d32c35b4-ba52-4833-8beb-bd843885d199" CreationDate="2009-05-25T10:33:01.547" UserId="2214" Text="I have a system running Ubuntu 9 and would like to install Windows 7 RC on it in a dual-boot configuration. Is there a way to make Windows play nice with grub or am I going to have to install Ubuntu again just to have its boot loader keep control." />
  <row Id="21650" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11952" RevisionGUID="d32c35b4-ba52-4833-8beb-bd843885d199" CreationDate="2009-05-25T10:33:01.547" UserId="2214" Text="Linux/Windows dual boot" />
  <row Id="21651" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11952" RevisionGUID="d32c35b4-ba52-4833-8beb-bd843885d199" CreationDate="2009-05-25T10:33:01.547" UserId="2214" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;dual-boot&gt;&lt;grub&gt;" />
  <row Id="21652" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11861" RevisionGUID="53d8fee7-6951-4050-bb2e-e8c69cc6e8eb" CreationDate="2009-05-25T10:33:23.187" UserId="588" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;vmware-esx&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;grub&gt;" />
  <row Id="21653" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11922" RevisionGUID="0775f2dd-a069-41c8-9ae0-dde3db166485" CreationDate="2009-05-25T10:33:55.867" UserId="588" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;storage&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="21654" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11953" RevisionGUID="48893980-fe66-4027-92a2-80ab11c681e2" CreationDate="2009-05-25T10:34:54.507" UserId="2863" Text="I am a little confused by your question as i understand it using the rdepends utility should show you what you need (this should be available in the repos for whatever distro you are using) so for instance:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ apt-rdepends bash&#xD;&#xA;    Reading package lists... Done&#xD;&#xA;    Building dependency tree       &#xD;&#xA;    Reading state information... Done&#xD;&#xA;    bash&#xD;&#xA;      Depends: base-files (&gt;= 2.1.12)&#xD;&#xA;      Depends: debianutils (&gt;= 2.15)&#xD;&#xA;      PreDepends: libc6 (&gt;= 2.7-1)&#xD;&#xA;      PreDepends: libncurses5 (&gt;= 5.6+20071006-3)&#xD;&#xA;    base-files&#xD;&#xA;      Depends: base-passwd (&gt;= 2.0.3.4)&#xD;&#xA;      PreDepends: awk&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;is what shows up for bash. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21655" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11338" RevisionGUID="b35f68aa-a500-47a1-9606-8181861f93b6" CreationDate="2009-05-25T10:36:08.953" UserId="3374" Comment="Remove employer name to make the downvotes stop." Text="My boss just asked me whether I knew any good places to advertise for good sysadmins for a big-scale data-centre build/spec in the UK - and I didn't have a good answer.  Do you?  If so, what?  hiddennetwork and joelonsoftware spring to mind; anything else?" />
  <row Id="21656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11954" RevisionGUID="029aa7d7-9cc7-4f30-9e77-091c53fae41d" CreationDate="2009-05-25T10:36:12.167" UserId="3113" Text="The best course of action would probably be to just let Windows 7 install it's own boot-loader since it won't play nice with grub, then boot from the Ubuntu cd and fix grub afterwards." />
  <row Id="21657" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11955" RevisionGUID="dc4a25c5-b15c-40c1-83ad-a65f81a0f7e8" CreationDate="2009-05-25T10:36:58.000" UserId="2863" Text="Have a look at this [documentation][1]. i have done this before and it not hard, just requires a bit of patience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows" />
  <row Id="21658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11956" RevisionGUID="cdf4216e-6b29-4fef-baa5-4207dbcb196a" CreationDate="2009-05-25T10:39:35.357" UserId="3113" Text="You could make up a fictional database in which there were a few normalization problems, potential security glitches but that in general looks pretty typical, like an employee database. You could then start by asking the interviewee simple questions along the lines of how they would go about getting certain data in the database through joins, working your way up to harder questions about the normalization and secutiry issues." />
  <row Id="21659" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11346" RevisionGUID="40e4c3cf-f44f-4ca9-b311-0cde593118a1" CreationDate="2009-05-25T10:44:27.093" UserId="2318" Comment="deleted 5 characters in body" Text="I'd start with http://www.inqjobs.co.uk as lots of British sysadmins are fond of its parent, &lt;i&gt;the&lt;b&gt;inquirer&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;.net" />
  <row Id="21660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11957" RevisionGUID="78dacbdb-0396-4848-88ca-330e52c3d0e4" CreationDate="2009-05-25T10:55:43.030" UserId="45" Text="The most important features of IIS 7 are available in Windows Vista Home Premium too. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main difference are the availble **authentification** methods in the security options. It is *not possible* to use Windows Authentication, Digest Authentication, Client Certificate Mapping Authentication and IIS Client Certificate Mapping Authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Home Premium you can have IIS serving **only 3 connections** silmultaneously (10 on Ultimate and Business.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Further, IIS 7 Vista Home Premium lacks the **FTP server** component and **ODBC Logging**." />
  <row Id="21661" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11958" RevisionGUID="312b0cab-3871-4cb1-aa6d-53d39996ad11" CreationDate="2009-05-25T10:56:24.277" UserId="388" Text="Regarding uplinking one switch into another:&#xD;&#xA;No, they don't share MAC address tables. Each switch maintains its own bridging table, which is built by listening to the traffic each switch receives on a give port. Consider the following example (apologies for the terrible ASCII art):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ________     1________2      2________1     ________&#xD;&#xA;    |Host A|-----|Switch 1|------|Switch 2|-----|Host B|&#xD;&#xA;    --------     ----------      ----------     --------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Host A** is connected to **Switch 1**, **Port 1**. **Host B** is connected to **Switch 2**, **Port 1**. The two switches are interconnected via **Port 2** on both.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assume at the start the the bridging tables of both switches are empty. **Host A** wants to send frame to **Host B**. (To simplify things, we'll assuming that host A and host B have static ARP entries for each other, so there is no need to ARP for MAC addresses).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. **Host A** send a frame to **Host B**. The source MAC of the frame is *AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA*, the destination MAC is *BB:BB:BB:BB:BB:BB*.&#xD;&#xA;2. **Switch 1** currently has an empty bridging table. On receipt of the frame it does two things:&#xD;&#xA;    1. It creates a new entry in its bridging table that *AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA* exists on **Port 1**.&#xD;&#xA;    2. As it doesn't know where *BB:BB:BB:BB:BB:BB* is, it floods the frame to every port *except* the one it was originally heard from (Port 1).&#xD;&#xA;3. Switch 2 receives the flooded frame on its **Port 2**. Again, as its bridging table is initially empty, it follows the same process:&#xD;&#xA;     1. New entry: *AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA* exists on **Port 2** (recall this is on Switch 2, which has an independent bridging table from Switch 1)&#xD;&#xA;     2. The frame is flooded out of all ports except the one it was received on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this point, **Host B** receives the frame. When **Host B** sends a response, the following happens.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. **Host B** send a frame to **Host A**. The source MAC of the frame is *BB:BB:BB:BB:BB:BB*, the destination MAC is *AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA*.&#xD;&#xA;2. Switch 2 currently has one entry in its bridging table (*AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA* -&gt; **Port 2**). On receipt of the frame it does two things:&#xD;&#xA;    1. It creates an entry in its bridging table that *BB:BB:BB:BB:BB:BB* exists out of **port 1**.&#xD;&#xA;    2. As it has a specific bridging table entry for the destination MAC (*AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA*), it forwards the frame out of **port 2** only, rather than flooding as it did before.&#xD;&#xA;3. Switch 1 receives the forwarded frame on its **port 2**. Again, it follows the same process:&#xD;&#xA;     1. New entry: *BB:BB:BB:BB:BB:BB* exists out of **port 2** &#xD;&#xA;     2. There is a specific bridging table entry (*AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA* -&gt; **port 1**), so the frame is forwarded out of that port only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In terms of learning MAC addresses, this same process is followed regardless of the number of switches and the number of devices connected to them. As you add more complexity to your switched network (VLANs, Spanning Tree), more subtleties come in to play, but the base algorithm remains the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding your second and third questions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) My personal bias is to minimise switching wherever possible. Spanning tree is the bane of many professional lives; add to that the fact that Ethernet has no loop protection; a minor misconfiguration could lead to broadcast storms that require you to manually intervene and down links in order for them to subside. Even if your network is small, have at least one router off which all your layer 2 subnets hang; it's just easier in my opinion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) It depends very much on the scale of your network, and how much intranet vs. internet traffic you expect to see. If there will be a lot of communication between departments, it may make sense to have a hierarchy of routers so that pure internal traffic does not impact internet access for everyone else. If on the other hand, you expect everyone to access only a common set of services (AD, email) and the internet, then a single core router (or a pair, for redundancy) may be sufficient.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In terms of giving each department a router and meshing them, how is this network to be administered? If there is going to be one administrative IT authority, then just build a hierarchical network; having users served by shared routers won't be a problem. If each department is going to maintain their own IT staff, then a router per department and internal peering may be required, but it will most likely complicate your network design." />
  <row Id="21662" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11878" RevisionGUID="08eaccd1-ebb6-4ce5-8c94-52dc3ad93212" CreationDate="2009-05-25T10:59:08.733" UserId="388" Comment="Updated to reflect GreenKiwi's point." Text="Adapted from my answer to a [similar question][1] on Stackoverflow:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Routers:** these devices connect different networks, operating at Layer 3 (the network layer) of the OSI model. They maintain routing tables which map *IP addresses* (more correctly, [IP prefixes][3]) to an *outgoing interface*. Note that an interface may contain one or more *ports* (See below).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Switches:** these maintain forwarding tables which map *MAC addresses* to *physical ports*, operating at Layer 2 (the data link layer) of the OSI model. This is not necessarily a one-to-one mapping; many MAC addresses can be bound to the same physical port. This is the case where you have multi-layer switched networks (think a Netgear or Belkin switch plugged into your office or university network), or a hub connected to a switch port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Hubs:** these are essentially multi-port signal repeaters, operating at Layer 1 (the phyiscal layer) of the OSI model. They can be either unpowered (simply providing a physical connection for the existing signal to propagate along), or powered, where they actually regenerate and/or amplify the signal they receive. The point to note here is that hubs are a single [collision domain][4]. A collision domain represents a set of devices all connected to the same physical transmission medium, such that only one of them can transmit at any given time (ignoring multiplexing technologies like wavelength division multiplexing, frequency-division multiplexing, time-division multiplexing, etc etc.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In practice, hubs are found less and less in today's data networks, as they have poor performance (as only one user can transmit at a time) and poor security (anyone connected to the same hub can hear everything all other users transmit and receive).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Modems:** MOdulator-DEModulator. Responsible for establishing a digital channel over an analogue medium, most commonly the telephone network. Modems again operate at Layer 2 of the OSI model, but use different protocols than Ethernet to communicate. They then offer protocols such as [PPP][2] to the network layer, to allow IP traffic to flow over their links.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/276346/what-are-routers-hubs-and-switches-closed&#xD;&#xA;[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-to-Point_Protocol&#xD;&#xA;[3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_prefix&#xD;&#xA;[4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collision_domain" />
  <row Id="21663" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11959" RevisionGUID="c79c8577-e1b9-48df-9eaa-66f523b16139" CreationDate="2009-05-25T10:59:49.263" UserId="3021" Text="Because I was using the EU data centre I needed to specify the region:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ec2-attach-volume 'vol-id' -i `curl http://169.254.169.254/2008-09-01/meta-data/instance-id` -d /dev/sdh ***--region eu-west-1***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also I was using this tool http://www.timkay.com/aws/ which proxies calls to ec2-attach-volume. In doing that it also changes the way --region works. The correct syntax in this case is to use --region=eu&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps someone else!" />
  <row Id="21664" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11960" RevisionGUID="2acc8462-9095-400f-81ae-24dc7f40f500" CreationDate="2009-05-25T11:01:45.017" UserId="2169" Text="*Clever*: For 401 error pages i really like the idea of a simple form for retrieving lost passwords. I blogged about this recently: [Improving HTTP Authentication][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.logaholic.de/2009/05/11/improving-http-authentication/" />
  <row Id="21665" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11960" RevisionGUID="2acc8462-9095-400f-81ae-24dc7f40f500" CreationDate="2009-05-25T11:01:45.017" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11961" RevisionGUID="a663615c-dce9-48d9-9357-f37af4785f37" CreationDate="2009-05-25T11:09:09.727" UserId="984" Text="&gt; I have a multimeter, but I've never&#xD;&#xA;&gt; used one before. How can I check to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; confirm or rule out the on/off switch?&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Are there any other items I might want&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to check?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Turn your multimeter to the Ω/Ohm/Continuity tester.  The **Ω** represents the amount of resistance in a circuit.  A piece of wire (closed circuit) should have a resistance that is near 0 ohms.  Air (open circuit) will have a very high resistance, most likely infinite from the perspective of your meter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A power button on an ATX motherboard is a momentary switch.  That means the circuit will only be closed when you press it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is how I would test.  Find two paper-clips and insert them into the motherboard connector for the power switch.  Make sure the paper-clips to not touch each other.  Touch one of the probes to one of paper-clips and the other probe to the other.  While you have both probes contacting the paper-clips press the power button.  If the button is good the  reading on your multimeter should go from infinite ohms down to about zero.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pctechguide.com/images/tutorials/MBoard/Power.jpg" />
  <row Id="21667" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11961" RevisionGUID="560a4360-95cb-4be2-8372-e75702480ae2" CreationDate="2009-05-25T11:14:29.873" UserId="984" Comment="added 181 characters in body" Text="&gt; I have a multimeter, but I've never&#xD;&#xA;&gt; used one before. How can I check to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; confirm or rule out the on/off switch?&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Are there any other items I might want&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to check?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Turn your multimeter to the Ω/Ohm/Continuity tester.  The **Ω** represents the amount of resistance in a circuit.  A piece of wire (closed circuit) should have a resistance that is near 0 ohms.  Air (open circuit) will have a very high resistance, most likely infinite from the perspective of your meter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A power button on an ATX motherboard is a momentary switch.  That means the circuit will only be closed when you press it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is how I would test.  Find two paper-clips and insert them into the motherboard connector for the power switch.  Make sure the paper-clips to not touch each other.  Touch one of the probes to one of paper-clips and the other probe to the other.  While you have both probes contacting the paper-clips press the power button.  If the button is good the  reading on your multimeter should go from infinite ohms down to about zero.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW, if your case also has a reset button, you may be able to use that as a replacement for the power switch..  On an ATX case the reset button is just another momentary switch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pctechguide.com/images/tutorials/MBoard/Power.jpg" />
  <row Id="21668" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11941" RevisionGUID="18b23fd8-62db-401c-a070-245df61e9f18" CreationDate="2009-05-25T11:21:06.897" UserId="984" Comment="added citation" Text="Your question is long, I am going to address this part.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Which is more architecturally sound:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; one core router joining many subnets&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to the Internet or a hierarchy of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; routers (one per department uplinking&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to the core)? Or, is it best to give&#xD;&#xA;&gt; each department a router and then mesh&#xD;&#xA;&gt; them together into a mini-internet?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most routers can implement some kind of firewalling.  Since switches are layer 2 devices you usually don't do any kind of filtering there.  If you need to separate departments for some kind of security, or if you need to implement a different firewall policy for that department it will be easier to enforce this if they are on a separate subnet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; What is the largest IP address space&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that can be effectively handled using&#xD;&#xA;&gt; only a switched network, and at what&#xD;&#xA;&gt; point should you consider breaking the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network into multiple segments joined&#xD;&#xA;&gt; by a router?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a hubbed network you are limited to 1024 devices in your collision domain.  Even though this no longer technically applies in a switched network I generally try to stick to that as top limit of how many devices I put on a single subnet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You also may want break up your networks with routers if you are using a protocol that does lots of broadcasting.  Broadcasts are normally not passed by a router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Citation for 1024 device limitation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Ethernet: The Definitive Guide][1] 3.6 Collision Domain&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; On a given Ethernet composed of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; multiple segments connected with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; repeaters, all of the stations are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; involved in the same collision domain.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The collision algorithm is limited to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 1024 distinct backoff times.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Therefore, the maximum number of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; stations allowed in the standard for a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; multi-segment LAN linked with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; repeaters is 1024. However, that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; doesn't limit your site to 1024&#xD;&#xA;&gt; stations, because Ethernets can be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; connected together with packet&#xD;&#xA;&gt; switching devices such as switching&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hubs or routers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781565926608/" />
  <row Id="21669" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11962" RevisionGUID="01a2921c-1722-4a49-a3a5-80bea5227e10" CreationDate="2009-05-25T11:21:57.533" UserId="3487" Text="If you're on one of the more professional Windows distributions (XP Pro, Vista Business, Vista Ultimate)...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;gpedit.msc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Group Policy Editing" />
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  <row Id="21671" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11963" RevisionGUID="f5ad885c-e03c-4439-8887-e96d3b36617d" CreationDate="2009-05-25T11:24:10.087" UserId="2169" Text="I like the [Simple Machines Forum][1]. One could add memcache as internal cache supplier and use another instance for sessions, allowing the whole thing to be spread over multiple loadbalanced webservers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.simplemachines.org/" />
  <row Id="21672" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11941" RevisionGUID="14114bbd-5e30-4f08-9962-7e2ff5877200" CreationDate="2009-05-25T11:27:38.943" UserId="984" Comment="added 259 characters in body" Text="Your question is long, I am going to address this part.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Which is more architecturally sound:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; one core router joining many subnets&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to the Internet or a hierarchy of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; routers (one per department uplinking&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to the core)? Or, is it best to give&#xD;&#xA;&gt; each department a router and then mesh&#xD;&#xA;&gt; them together into a mini-internet?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most routers can implement some kind of firewalling.  Since switches are layer 2 devices you usually don't do any kind of filtering there.  If you need to separate departments for some kind of security, or if you need to implement a different firewall policy for that department it will be easier to enforce this if they are on a separate subnet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; What is the largest IP address space&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that can be effectively handled using&#xD;&#xA;&gt; only a switched network, and at what&#xD;&#xA;&gt; point should you consider breaking the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network into multiple segments joined&#xD;&#xA;&gt; by a router?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a hubbed network you are limited to 1024 devices in your collision domain.  Even though this no longer technically applies in a switched network I generally try to stick to that as top limit of how many devices I put on a single subnet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You also may want break up your networks with routers if you are using a protocol that does lots of broadcasting.  Broadcasts are normally not passed by a router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Citation for 1024 device limitation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Ethernet: The Definitive Guide][1] 3.6 Collision Domain ([google books link][2])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; On a given Ethernet composed of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; multiple segments connected with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; repeaters, all of the stations are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; involved in the same collision domain.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The collision algorithm is limited to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 1024 distinct backoff times.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Therefore, the maximum number of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; stations allowed in the standard for a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; multi-segment LAN linked with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; repeaters is 1024. However, that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; doesn't limit your site to 1024&#xD;&#xA;&gt; stations, because Ethernets can be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; connected together with packet&#xD;&#xA;&gt; switching devices such as switching&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hubs or routers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781565926608/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://books.google.com/books?id=OhZZuGCgr04C&amp;pg=PA66&amp;lpg=PA66&amp;dq=%221024+distinct+backoff+times%22&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=oE6ZnbXxa8&amp;sig=9vMxSmkFKIFqRBAmXni4UYlY4k8&amp;hl=en&amp;ei=g4AaSpStHNSJtgeGme3bDA&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=1" />
  <row Id="21673" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8988" RevisionGUID="642b737a-92db-4c6c-a179-b4a3fc0464e3" CreationDate="2009-05-25T11:30:56.207" UserId="2417" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="To answer other part of your question, you have to forward what your application uses. To forward HTTP traffic, select TCP. To forward TFPT traffic, select UDP. p2p programs mostly use both tcp and udp, so forward them both.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It all depends on the protocol and the program you are using." />
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  <row Id="21680" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11968" RevisionGUID="efaadbf7-5cba-4701-9291-a8cd292db8d6" CreationDate="2009-05-25T12:32:53.300" UserId="3356" Text="According to our organization's archivist, the records retention best practice is to refresh your storage tech every three years.  This protect you against both obsoleting mediums, as well as deterioration.  Granted, it is also recommended that you store them in the lowest level way possible, i.e. text on paper, which doesn't work too well for pictures.  That being said, I sync my data across 3 computers( laptop, home desktop, work desktop) for regular use.  Then keep a dvd and hard drive in a safe deposit box.  The hard drive for the large data stores, and the dvd for HBAB problems.  I has things like gpg encrypted password files, gpg key, instructions to the wife for using gpg to open the password files.  Any disk drives you store this way, just make sure to check it out every few weeks/months.  Hard drives that sit idle for a long time tend not to like to spin up.  As a corollary, drives that run for a long time and then are shut down, tend not to like to spin up either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to spend some more money, you could get a RAID5 capable NAS.  That will protect you somewhat from disk failures, whilst providing easy centralized access from all your systems at home.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the *really* paranoid you could buy online storage space and let someone else manage the physical failures.  Something like Amazon S3 or Mozy both work well for this." />
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  <row Id="21687" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="10748" RevisionGUID="85a8da36-5a5f-4674-b48c-d32963bd40f2" CreationDate="2009-05-25T12:44:14.823" UserId="301" Comment="Improved title" Text="Cannot communicate between two VM on the same physical machine using NAT IP Addressing" />
  <row Id="21688" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11971" RevisionGUID="9ad5d0f0-0217-4d18-a1be-d2f6605d56d5" CreationDate="2009-05-25T12:47:45.677" UserId="2546" Text="One area where Linux (or *BSD) really shines is repurposing old hardware for a specific task. You can take any old box that's gathering dust in a corner or attic and have a serviceable little server in minutes." />
  <row Id="21689" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11927" RevisionGUID="442a5340-059b-4832-bf2c-9e25017b7d83" CreationDate="2009-05-25T12:47:56.953" UserId="3150" Comment="deleted 5 characters in body" Text="Put it all on a hard disk (external or internal), but clone the disk to another HD and take the copy offsite. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are probably companies near you that specialist in long-term data storage, but if not, find an indoor storage locker or safe that you can ensure is not too damp/ cold/ warm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep in mind, whatever storage system you use will be obsolete in 10 years or so, so you'll need an old device to connect to it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's actually good, because you can migrate your 'offsite' copy to a new disk/ storage medium every few years, ensuring it's instantly accessible, while also increasing the lifespan of your data." />
  <row Id="21691" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11973" RevisionGUID="95c8321c-d574-4627-85d6-6fd7a325de04" CreationDate="2009-05-25T13:11:32.783" UserId="3000" Text="Basically, the answer to this is yes. But, it depends on the VM you are using, and how you have it configured. If you have a specific VM in mind, that could help us answer more specifically, but I know that VMWare and Virtual PC definitely do just that. Most that I know of do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is one caveat: if you are using any programs that are video accelerated they will generally not work, but more basic things will." />
  <row Id="21692" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11974" RevisionGUID="df0da7c9-5de2-4216-bb3c-5c1516a02fd6" CreationDate="2009-05-25T13:19:07.810" UserId="1650" Text="I just installed Windows 7 RC and forgot to save a few important files that were in Ubuntu 9.04. I did not have Ubuntu installed on a seperate partition. I just used the install inside Windows option. Is there anyway I can still recover my files?" />
  <row Id="21693" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11974" RevisionGUID="df0da7c9-5de2-4216-bb3c-5c1516a02fd6" CreationDate="2009-05-25T13:19:07.810" UserId="1650" Text="Recovering Linux files from Windows?" />
  <row Id="21694" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11974" RevisionGUID="df0da7c9-5de2-4216-bb3c-5c1516a02fd6" CreationDate="2009-05-25T13:19:07.810" UserId="1650" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;ubuntu-9.04&gt;&lt;recovery&gt;&lt;file-recovery&gt;" />
  <row Id="21695" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11975" RevisionGUID="92b98494-48e6-4243-b977-a5515213b58e" CreationDate="2009-05-25T13:19:28.447" UserId="2546" Text="From jldugger's [original link][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; phpBB falls short primarily on&#xD;&#xA;&gt; scalability, however until you reach&#xD;&#xA;&gt; about 5,000 active members, you should&#xD;&#xA;&gt; be okay.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From [Gaia Online][2], a phpBB-based web forum, as of 25/5/09 (today):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 28985 users. (24975 visible, 1664 hidden, 2346 guests).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;29k &gt; 5k! Now perhaps the original link was talking about scalability out of the box without tweaking, but it didn't say that and so I'd treat it with some suspicion. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some more handy links:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - An admin of Gaia Online [detailing the tweaks][3] s/he made to deal with their high volume of users and posts.&#xD;&#xA; - A list of [very large boards][4].&#xD;&#xA; - [Phorum][5]: FOSS and with a reputation for performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.softwareprojects.com/resources/building-content/t-best-forum-software-1187.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=135383&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.big-boards.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.phorum.org/" />
  <row Id="21696" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11976" RevisionGUID="3c30e294-d4a0-4a9f-a613-dd7c4327a4a8" CreationDate="2009-05-25T13:18:20.607" Text="&lt;p&gt;Please suggest How to convert FAT32 disk to NTFS without losing data&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21697" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11976" RevisionGUID="3c30e294-d4a0-4a9f-a613-dd7c4327a4a8" CreationDate="2009-05-25T13:18:20.607" Text="How to convert FAT32 disk to NTFS without losing  data" />
  <row Id="21698" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11976" RevisionGUID="3c30e294-d4a0-4a9f-a613-dd7c4327a4a8" CreationDate="2009-05-25T13:18:20.607" Text="&lt;not-programming-related&gt;" />
  <row Id="21699" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11977" RevisionGUID="7f5a46e1-9715-46bc-ae09-78d13b94190b" CreationDate="2009-05-25T13:20:14.550" Text="&lt;p&gt;Are you talking about your primary boot drive or another drive?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21700" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11978" RevisionGUID="15a9a228-aebc-47db-9311-db3b6878585b" CreationDate="2009-05-25T13:20:53.223" Text="&lt;p&gt;CONVERT C: /FS:NTFS&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not optimal because the cluster size is not ideal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11979" RevisionGUID="cff4bca2-c17d-4c9a-8aa8-aa3a9b3e9bb2" CreationDate="2009-05-25T13:30:32.050" UserId="221" Text="You didn't try to Google it, did you?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a Microsoft KB article on this - [How to convert a FAT16 volume or a FAT32 volume to an NTFS file system in Windows XP][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881" />
  <row Id="21702" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11979" RevisionGUID="cff4bca2-c17d-4c9a-8aa8-aa3a9b3e9bb2" CreationDate="2009-05-25T13:30:32.050" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21703" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11976" RevisionGUID="78d19c43-386c-484b-b7c2-c6ecd29c6d15" CreationDate="2009-05-25T13:39:40.847" UserId="588" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;file-system&gt;&lt;fat&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;conversion&gt;" />
  <row Id="21704" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11975" RevisionGUID="ffba8e3a-e70a-4595-9a3d-5a0330fc0254" CreationDate="2009-05-25T13:46:04.440" UserId="2546" Comment="more details" Text="From jldugger's [original link][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; phpBB falls short primarily on&#xD;&#xA;&gt; scalability, however until you reach&#xD;&#xA;&gt; about 5,000 active members, you should&#xD;&#xA;&gt; be okay.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From [Gaia Online][2], a phpBB-based web forum, as of 25/5/09 (today):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 28985 users. (24975 visible, 1664 hidden, 2346 guests).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;29k &gt; 5k! Now perhaps the original link was talking about scalability out of the box without tweaking, but it didn't say that and so I'd treat it with some suspicion. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some more handy links:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - An admin of Gaia Online [detailing the tweaks][3] s/he made to deal with their high volume of users and posts.&#xD;&#xA; - A list of [very large boards][4] along with the software runs them.&#xD;&#xA; - [Phorum][5]: FOSS forum software with a reputation for performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.softwareprojects.com/resources/building-content/t-best-forum-software-1187.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=135383&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.big-boards.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.phorum.org/" />
  <row Id="21705" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21" RevisionGUID="1c570a16-1f00-44aa-a6ef-a57ea7382d91" CreationDate="2009-05-25T13:47:41.273" UserId="2546" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;upgrade&gt;&lt;operating-system&gt;" />
  <row Id="21706" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11980" RevisionGUID="ebe6b3fa-43da-4f9c-871f-6c1e2646979d" CreationDate="2009-05-25T13:48:32.457" UserId="3489" Text="&gt; When you uplink one switch into&#xD;&#xA;&gt; another, do they share mac address&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tables? Or is this a vendor specific&#xD;&#xA;&gt; function? If they don't share, how do&#xD;&#xA;&gt; they handle packets addressed to macs&#xD;&#xA;&gt; they don't directly control?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally stacks share a table between the members (eg, Juniper's &quot;Virtual Chassis&quot;), as they often have redundent paths, and a standard table can't work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise each switch needs their own table, although through protocols like CDP and LLDP they can get more information from their neighbour.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; What is the largest IP address space&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that can be effectively handled using&#xD;&#xA;&gt; only a switched network, and at what&#xD;&#xA;&gt; point should you consider breaking the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network into multiple segments joined&#xD;&#xA;&gt; by a router?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If security's not an issue, then it simply comes down to broadcasts. Desktops (and laptops) tend to be chatty, so there's noticable broadcast traffic at only a few hundred machines. Well managed servers (eg, arp expiry extended into hours) add almost no broadcast load, so limits on your edge router throughput might be the limiting factor. For low traffic servers (or an exceptional network) many thousands of servers could easily be on the same broadcast domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Which is more architecturally sound:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; one core router joining many subnets&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to the Internet or a hierarchy of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; routers (one per department uplinking&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to the core)? Or, is it best to give&#xD;&#xA;&gt; each department a router and then mesh&#xD;&#xA;&gt; them together into a mini-internet?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both are valid views, however in these days of Layer-3 switches that run OSPF I tend towards the second." />
  <row Id="21707" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11981" RevisionGUID="48823504-437e-4fa8-92ae-3261ee38e73f" CreationDate="2009-05-25T13:48:37.713" UserId="1466" Text="This isn't exactly a 404 page - ...or maybe it is?  Kind of an *anticipated 404*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But it's hilarious [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail100.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Happens when you try to view episode 100 by manipulating the url:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail100.html" />
  <row Id="21708" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11981" RevisionGUID="48823504-437e-4fa8-92ae-3261ee38e73f" CreationDate="2009-05-25T13:48:37.713" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21709" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10012" RevisionGUID="2678aa25-a065-41f6-bd05-db67bb52a18b" CreationDate="2009-05-25T13:48:42.613" UserId="724" Comment="update" Text="We're operating two rather busy locations with 40+Gigs of client data shared on Windows 2003 servers and need to have it replicated (as close to instantaneously as possible) to each.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're experiencing intermittent replication failures, and have attempted various fixes, but are basically working blind since the errors we're getting in the event log aren't particularly helpful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, the best situation would be one that always worked, and when it didn't was transparent about its reasons.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions welcome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: We're actually using FRS to to the replication now and the problem still persists.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11982" RevisionGUID="6bea3544-f9b3-47e2-ba1f-098429440e93" CreationDate="2009-05-25T13:57:25.563" UserId="3489" Text="It's also worth checking /etc/inittab to ensire that you're booting into runlevel five by default, look for a line like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   id:2:initdefault: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's from my debian laptop and shows that I boot into runlevel two by default (which is debian's default).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On RedHat derivatives (like openSuSE) runlevel five is the default when running X11, runlevel three is the default to boot to the console." />
  <row Id="21711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11983" RevisionGUID="7c86d15b-ec1d-45ed-bf63-d26f0832a091" CreationDate="2009-05-25T14:00:39.503" UserId="3489" Text="Migrating a linux guest can be quite easy (for guru's) even from within. The biggest issue with migrating windows would probably be the licensing, even *if* you, not the VM host own the licence the activation &quot;fun&quot; would probably make it not worth the hassle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again, if you have proper documentation and backups re-building a server shouldn't be a huge pain." />
  <row Id="21713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11985" RevisionGUID="e56054f5-a2f4-48fa-8842-81a1d7e08475" CreationDate="2009-05-25T14:03:44.240" UserId="3384" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am looking for a solution to watch live several logfiles on ccze.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently I send a tail of each file in a pipe, this pipe is used by ccze for display all logfiles needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that some log files are much more used than others, ccze don't keep a &quot;fixed position&quot; on the screen, so the most used logs just hide the least used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would therefore like to know how to get the set of log files via ccze always visible (I thought of screen but I would like to know if other options exist).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks," />
  <row Id="21714" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11985" RevisionGUID="e56054f5-a2f4-48fa-8842-81a1d7e08475" CreationDate="2009-05-25T14:03:44.240" UserId="3384" Text="Using CCZE with multiple log files " />
  <row Id="21715" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11985" RevisionGUID="e56054f5-a2f4-48fa-8842-81a1d7e08475" CreationDate="2009-05-25T14:03:44.240" UserId="3384" Text="&lt;bash&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;log-files&gt;&lt;screen&gt;" />
  <row Id="21716" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11986" RevisionGUID="07e42b73-77d5-4ff1-bea6-1cd13a757592" CreationDate="2009-05-25T14:04:04.537" UserId="3489" Text="First, ensure the drive has been cleaned with a fresh cleaning tape.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second, check for any signs of physical damage on the tapes, some drives and loaders react very badly to even the slightest damage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Third, at 10% failure from a batch I'd be threatening them with the whole batch back, I'd expect 2-3% at worst.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This does assume that the tapes are at least as new as the library. Even in heavy use tapes should easily last two years." />
  <row Id="21718" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11987" RevisionGUID="f5c699c5-b74b-45fe-9310-653915f7eb6c" CreationDate="2009-05-25T14:08:10.927" UserId="3489" Text="The best method, in my experience, is to disiable the internal PHP log and have it log to the Windows error log (or syslog on unix hosts).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once there ntsyslog or similar can punt logs to a *nix host where tools like logwatch make filtering easy." />
  <row Id="21719" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11988" RevisionGUID="963c2487-dded-45fb-adc6-a26056af8416" CreationDate="2009-05-25T14:10:19.533" UserId="2101" Text="Looks as though you had Ubuntu installed so that it used a flat file (C:\ubuntu\ubuntu.disk) as its filesystem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it was still around, you could boot up Linux using a Live CD of Ubuntu, mount that image and then proceed to copy things from it without a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, you deleted it. The data is gone and probably unrecoverable since you said you deleted it to make room for other things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you had another .disk file sitting somewhere that Ubuntu was storing data on, you're out of luck." />
  <row Id="21720" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11989" RevisionGUID="89ea6b5f-e238-4a47-9da6-4c97e7930ba2" CreationDate="2009-05-25T14:12:48.487" UserId="3489" Text="Anything over 30c at air inlets we've found causes temperature warnings (which we monitor), In general that means an ambiant room temperature below 25c.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Australia it seems Emerson (Liebert) decided that 21c would be the standard and every room I've been in here has been set the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your room is big enough look at hot-aise/cold-aise, blanking tiles, and similar, they can really improve the cooling efficency." />
  <row Id="21721" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11990" RevisionGUID="f8580a54-2dbc-46c7-943d-a7d4e1e8e596" CreationDate="2009-05-25T14:13:40.543" UserId="715" Text="Have you considered a voltage/frequency issue? e.g., one was 220v/50Hz and the other is 110v/60Hz.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe the power supply is smart enough to know it is not getting the power it is expecting." />
  <row Id="21722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11991" RevisionGUID="e9cc863d-29e1-45c5-9d77-b678f7efda3d" CreationDate="2009-05-25T14:14:23.147" UserId="1715" Text="[rsync][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;there is a mirror option for it.  much like robocopy &amp; it is opensource&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.samba.org/rsync/" />
  <row Id="21723" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11992" RevisionGUID="6df780bb-2bde-4b37-9947-7f49310acd45" CreationDate="2009-05-25T14:18:29.537" UserId="859" Text="Unfortunately, installing Windows after installing Linux will blow away the bit of code in the Master Boot Record (MBR) that fires up grub on launch.  However, it's not really that hard to restore.  Here's how I've done it in the past.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Before installing windows I make a copy of the master boot record&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/sda of=original.mbr bs=512 count=1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(replace /dev/sda with the actual device ID for your drive)&#xD;&#xA;I then copy this off to some other medium just to have a copy.  Once that is done, do the windows installation and make sure that all works.  Once that is done, I boot back into Linux using a LiveCD (in the old days I'd use my boot floppy but I don't even have a computer with a floppy drive any more :-) ).  Once I am booted into Linux I restore the original MBR with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=original.mbr of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(again use the actual path to the original.mbr file).  You can reboot or not at this point  This will restore your Linux OS but you won't be able to boot windows until you add it into the grub.conf (or menu.txt depending on your OS).  On my system I just added the following lines:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    title Windows XP Pro&#xD;&#xA;            rootnoverify (hd0,1)&#xD;&#xA;            chainloader +1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will need to replace the (hd0,1) with the appropriate id for the partition that you have Windows installed on (in my case the second partition on the first hard drive).&#xD;&#xA;If you are still in the LiveCD OS be sure to edit the grub.conf on your hard drive not the running one from the LiveCD :-).  Once you've made that change, you should be able to reboot and have both OS's available via grub.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21724" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11993" RevisionGUID="0196bdac-89c8-41be-8139-b720569c4012" CreationDate="2009-05-25T14:18:38.257" UserId="3489" Text="At this point the only copper 10Gbit switch with any density I've seen is Extreme's Summit X650, which they position as for intra-rack.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My general suggestion would be buy XFP/SFP+ gear and when running intra-rack save money by using the XFP-XFP (or XFP-SFP+ etc) cables available as one cable is often only 20% more then a single optic module.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're only just breaking gig-E then running pairs using LACP might be better for the redundency, as well as giving some time for 10Gig to hit decent densities." />
  <row Id="21725" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11994" RevisionGUID="48aeaf63-cb07-4dff-b415-05c031d9980b" CreationDate="2009-05-25T14:26:16.420" UserId="3489" Text="At this point it's generally not worth the overhead of &quot;tuning&quot; within the kernel. Unless you have the test gear (or a cluster to A/B options on) and *very* good documentation it's not worth it for the sys-admin overhead alone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These days the linux kernel has good auto-tuning of TCP, you *can* do better, however those are not the default because they're seen to be &quot;greedy&quot; and not fair on the Internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As close as I get to tuning is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Mount noatime (implies nodiratime), using ext3 or xfs&#xD;&#xA; 2. Run only needed services&#xD;&#xA; 3. For services like squid &amp; mysql allow them to use more RAM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With rare exceptions those three will get you 90% there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21726" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11994" RevisionGUID="48aeaf63-cb07-4dff-b415-05c031d9980b" CreationDate="2009-05-25T14:26:16.420" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11995" RevisionGUID="8b19f226-d874-47a9-aaa5-450fb05ae9c3" CreationDate="2009-05-25T14:26:24.377" UserId="3483" Text="You might be able to do both at the same time, that is work mainly as a developer and start doing administration of the development environment as well as SCM. You will start to gain knowledge about installing and configuriong software tools and machines related to your environment. Build up experience that way and then move slowly but steady into more mature sys admin work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have travelled the developer to sys admin road like this." />
  <row Id="21728" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11996" RevisionGUID="8987bbf6-c9e0-44c2-90fd-77fda3a28255" CreationDate="2009-05-25T14:35:54.157" UserId="3301" Text="I am getting the next error while trying to commit a new directory addition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    svn: Commit failed (details follow):&#xD;&#xA;    svn: Server sent unexpected return value (405 Method Not Allowed) in response to MKCOL request for '....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have never seen this error before. Can someone help me?" />
  <row Id="21729" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="11996" RevisionGUID="8987bbf6-c9e0-44c2-90fd-77fda3a28255" CreationDate="2009-05-25T14:35:54.157" UserId="3301" Text="Subversion error: (405 Method Not Allowed) in response to MKCOL " />
  <row Id="21730" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="11996" RevisionGUID="8987bbf6-c9e0-44c2-90fd-77fda3a28255" CreationDate="2009-05-25T14:35:54.157" UserId="3301" Text="&lt;svn&gt;" />
  <row Id="21731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11997" RevisionGUID="3c42a6f2-dc75-43d5-bab7-5efcae4d0a99" CreationDate="2009-05-25T14:36:51.830" UserId="3483" Text="I have started as a developer and became a sysadmin by pure chance. We had were short on people in the sysadmin department and we in the development department were waiting for things to be installed and configured. So I started to take over some of this tasks as I wanted to get some of my dev work done which was depending on these. Then I started to do the same for other developers and slowly I was maintaining the entire dev environment. This required access to everything (machines, network, etc.) so I ended up being backup for the real sysadmin when he was on vacation and/or sick. As the company grew we realized that it was easier to hire new developers than sysadmins so I &quot;transfered&quot; officially to the sysadmin department. And I don't regret having gone this way. Furthermore do I still profit a lot of having been a developer (adhoc bugfixes, coding scripts, I know how the software is develop and how it works)." />
  <row Id="21732" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="11997" RevisionGUID="3c42a6f2-dc75-43d5-bab7-5efcae4d0a99" CreationDate="2009-05-25T14:36:51.830" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21733" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11998" RevisionGUID="e6ebec9d-f752-4d45-ba09-a753b00bd959" CreationDate="2009-05-25T14:38:41.580" UserId="3489" Text="Needs a bit more detail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Subscribes to only shared, only private, or both?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most likely sounds like a bug in courier, but check the courierimapsubscribed file and see if there's anything strage there." />
  <row Id="21734" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="11999" RevisionGUID="c2eca91e-3e76-4fd5-888b-a6da8d65c039" CreationDate="2009-05-25T14:41:53.820" UserId="2467" Text="What speed is the link between the 2 sites?&#xD;&#xA;What is the rate of change? 100MB/hr? 1GB/day? That will determine the tool to use.&#xD;&#xA;Tools like robocopy (and FRS) copy the entire file even if a single byte changed. I suspect rsync does too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DFS since Windows 2003 R2 is the successor to FRS and does byte-level replication. That is, only the changed bytes are transmitted, not the entire file. This can lead to substantial transfer time savings." />
  <row Id="21736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12001" RevisionGUID="8fe58026-132f-4aab-83d9-fd89fedd016b" CreationDate="2009-05-25T14:45:02.240" UserId="3431" Text="I know this is not for Windows but you may want to check out [DRBD][1]. If you use conventional ext2/ext3/reiserfs filesystem, you will have an active node and a spare. If you use more powerful OCFS/GFS you will have an active/active cluster. This is very efficient.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.drbd.org/" />
  <row Id="21737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12002" RevisionGUID="e75d5566-f6d8-48c3-8bb7-65a3e93c2ed3" CreationDate="2009-05-25T14:48:42.997" UserId="3489" Text="File *count* is more important then file *size* in this case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have an application where 30GB of data was roughly 16 million files. When we migrated it to a new NAS it took three machines 18 hours just to handle the metadata ops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We moved the other 850GB of data a few months later and a single machine was able to copy between the NAS' at ~1GB/min as the average file size was roughly a hundred times larger.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps something like Google Desktop or similar might just have enough data." />
  <row Id="21738" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12003" RevisionGUID="40d1a25b-15a9-42f1-a86f-51b483a0ba1f" CreationDate="2009-05-25T14:50:31.213" UserId="301" Text="Does you svn repository allow commits via http? Some repos, like SourceForge allow _anonymous_ checkout via http, but require developers to checking via svn+ssh." />
  <row Id="21739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12004" RevisionGUID="6bd24602-a96b-4646-9644-560fce55c5a8" CreationDate="2009-05-25T14:52:07.983" UserId="3489" Text="Firefox prefs are always per-user, even the modifed version that uses group policy still enforces the setting per-user&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most likely you're hitting some JS bug in firefox, however next time you should check running TCP connections (netstat in a command prompt) and see if you aren't hitting any limits there." />
  <row Id="21740" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11996" RevisionGUID="d60f3a75-95cd-49e7-b15d-2d69d90b3a9c" CreationDate="2009-05-25T14:58:30.183" UserId="3301" Comment="added 316 characters in body" Text="I am getting the next error while trying to commit a new directory addition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    svn: Commit failed (details follow):&#xD;&#xA;    svn: Server sent unexpected return value (405 Method Not Allowed) in response to MKCOL request for '....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have never seen this error before. Can someone help me?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Solution**   &#xD;&#xA;I managed to solve the problem:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Delete the parent's directory of the folder giving the problem. &#xD;&#xA;- Did SVN Update&#xD;&#xA;- A folder with the same name as the new one already existed in repository.&#xD;&#xA;- Delete this folder&#xD;&#xA;- SVN Commit&#xD;&#xA;- Copy the new folder, Schedule for addition and SVN Commit" />
  <row Id="21741" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11991" RevisionGUID="29bc6339-0ca2-4f2c-87dd-ef683c31472b" CreationDate="2009-05-25T15:00:01.523" UserId="1715" Comment="added 31 characters in body" Text="[rsync][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;there is a mirror option for it.  much like robocopy &amp; it is opensource  &amp; there are windows binaries!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.samba.org/rsync/" />
  <row Id="21742" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11618" RevisionGUID="c4673d12-4c0c-43c2-916c-c9b3a6549554" CreationDate="2009-05-25T15:05:12.247" UserId="1233" Comment="When I said Character Set it helps to show the chracter sets. " Text="You are correct - FAT32 and it's limitations (to do with file size and character limits) will be your biggest constraint.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For reference (so as to have the information all in one place):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    | TYPE  | FILE SIZE | FILENAME | CHARACTER SET  | DIRECTORY | VOLUME SIZE |&#xD;&#xA;    | FAT32 | ~4GB      | 11/255(2)|ASCII/Unicode(2)| No (3)    | 2TB (1)     |&#xD;&#xA;    | NTFS  | ~16 EiB(5)| 255      | Unicode(6)     | No (4)    | 16 EiB      |&#xD;&#xA;    | EXT3  | 16GB/2TB  | 255      | Unicode        | No        | 16GB/32TB(7)|&#xD;&#xA;    | HFS+  | ~8 EiB    | 255      | Unicode        | Unlimited | ~8 EiB      |&#xD;&#xA;    | ZFS   | 16 EiB    | 255      | Unicode        | Unlimited | 16 EiB      | &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. It's possible to go as high as 8TB with 64k size clusters.&#xD;&#xA;2. FAT32 on it's own supports 11 character file names (8.3) using ASCII, with Long File Name support it's upped to 255 UTF-16 characters. Excluded ASCII Characters are: `&quot; * / : &lt; &gt; ? \\ |`&#xD;&#xA;3. While there is no limit on the number of subdirectories - you have a path limit of 260 characters. (This was the limit in Windows 95/98 - it's 4096 on Linux)&#xD;&#xA;4. Like FAT32 there is no limit on subdirectories but you have a path limit of 32767.&#xD;&#xA;5. EiB = exbibyte = 2 ^ 60 byte. 1 exbibyte = 1024 petabytes. 1 petabyte = 1024 terabytes.&#xD;&#xA;6. NTFS has the same set of characters not allowed as FAT 32 (`&quot; * / : &lt; &gt; ? \\ |`)&#xD;&#xA;7. The max limits depend on the block size.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more info a good starting block is Wikipedia's [Comparison of File Systems](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems) but is quite vague on some details." />
  <row Id="21743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12005" RevisionGUID="bd67d420-c590-4f76-83a4-6c9c68c14e77" CreationDate="2009-05-25T15:08:26.577" UserId="1194" Text="What port(s) should I open/NAT to allow me to use Remote Desktop?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="21745" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12005" RevisionGUID="bd67d420-c590-4f76-83a4-6c9c68c14e77" CreationDate="2009-05-25T15:08:26.577" UserId="1194" Text="&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;rdp&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="21746" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12005" RevisionGUID="bd67d420-c590-4f76-83a4-6c9c68c14e77" CreationDate="2009-05-25T15:08:26.577" UserId="1194" />
  <row Id="21747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12006" RevisionGUID="92a2f248-b935-47b4-b57d-806a1cbe5f98" CreationDate="2009-05-25T15:11:45.460" UserId="45" Text="Remote Desktop requires TCP port 3389 to be open. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is possible to change the port used by the terminal server (or PC which is accessed), see this Microsoft support article: [&quot;How to change the listening port for Remote Desktop&quot;][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;306759" />
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  <row Id="21749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12007" RevisionGUID="3685c473-ae2c-4fbf-93a6-a4114274143c" CreationDate="2009-05-25T15:12:41.623" UserId="3214" Text="What is the difference between t1 and t2 hypervisors?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypervisor) explains it but I am not quite getting it. Apparently both require some sort of host system to run in. Does anybody know of a good explanation of the differences?&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="21751" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12007" RevisionGUID="3685c473-ae2c-4fbf-93a6-a4114274143c" CreationDate="2009-05-25T15:12:41.623" UserId="3214" Text="&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="21752" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11866" RevisionGUID="12fe9644-df28-436f-9067-732134066a93" CreationDate="2009-05-25T15:12:55.350" UserId="3454" Comment="Addition of solution" Text="I have a file server that was recently relocated in a transoceanic move. It isn't under warranty, as it was a custom-built in-house tower.&#xD;&#xA;When I hooked everything up and tried to boot it, the system does not respond at all -- power supply and motherboard fans don't spin up, no lights, no sounds. Nothing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried swapping the motherboard (I have a couple of the exact same model) and power supplies with ones I believe to be good, but I don't have another tower  case to check the on/off switch. I have a multimeter, but I've never used one before. How can I check to confirm or rule out the on/off switch? Are there any other items I might want to check?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Solved.  Turns out it was a combination of a bad power switch and a bad power supply. The reset switch as power switch advice helped along with seeing the resistance change when the reset switch was pressed, but not when the power switch was pressed." />
  <row Id="21753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12008" RevisionGUID="a8aabfc5-2bbf-4d36-8914-7aebd208f4be" CreationDate="2009-05-25T15:13:36.660" UserId="1194" Text="I would like to access my office-network from remote via VPN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My router is a Zyxel Prestige 600, and from what I have been able to google, does not support VPN in itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What would be a cheap and easy way to set up VPN?" />
  <row Id="21754" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12008" RevisionGUID="a8aabfc5-2bbf-4d36-8914-7aebd208f4be" CreationDate="2009-05-25T15:13:36.660" UserId="1194" Text="Cheap and easy solution for VPN?" />
  <row Id="21755" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12008" RevisionGUID="a8aabfc5-2bbf-4d36-8914-7aebd208f4be" CreationDate="2009-05-25T15:13:36.660" UserId="1194" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="21756" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12009" RevisionGUID="6dd808d1-20f5-4efb-89cf-6288d92dbcc3" CreationDate="2009-05-25T15:16:07.777" UserId="48" Text="If your router does not support VPN, then you will need a VPN server running inside your network and port forwarding on your router. The most common servers include the VPN server built into Windows (RRAS) or OpenVPN." />
  <row Id="21757" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12007" RevisionGUID="c5c47cad-01bc-4b72-8276-22ff8471d224" CreationDate="2009-05-25T15:17:18.820" UserId="45" Comment="added 14 characters in body; edited title" Text="What is the difference between t1 and t2 hypervisors?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The [Wikipedia article][1] explains it, but I am not quite getting it. Apparently both require some sort of host system to run in. Does anybody know of a good explanation of the differences?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypervisor" />
  <row Id="21758" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="12007" RevisionGUID="c5c47cad-01bc-4b72-8276-22ff8471d224" CreationDate="2009-05-25T15:17:18.820" UserId="45" Comment="added 14 characters in body; edited title" Text="What is the Difference between T1 and T2 Hypervisors?" />
  <row Id="21759" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12010" RevisionGUID="3ed0a773-aac1-452e-afd9-e4bbd920361e" CreationDate="2009-05-25T15:17:26.697" UserId="1810" Text="If I get it right, T1 is not installed on an existing operating system (think it is an OS in its own right, with the sole purpose of hosting virtual machines), T2 is installed inside your main os (say you run linux, inside that you run vmware workstation, inside that you run windows)" />
  <row Id="21760" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12011" RevisionGUID="b6052172-7ac8-4e6d-a8d2-e69bf304215e" CreationDate="2009-05-25T15:17:41.860" UserId="623" Text="I think the wikipedia article is pretty clear. A T1 hypervisor virtualizes the hardware for *all* the OS instances that run on that machine, while a T2 hypervisor runs *inside* a OS running on unvirtualized hardware, and provides virtual access for *all the other* OS instances.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That is T1 is more fundamental that any OS instance, but T2 depends on one of them." />
  <row Id="21761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12012" RevisionGUID="376af836-3b1b-46b5-9424-88c39f24a504" CreationDate="2009-05-25T15:19:41.017" UserId="3489" Text="My two would be either just properly SSL-protecting all the services you need, which, if it's just mail and web, can be really easy, or another vote for OpenVPN." />
  <row Id="21762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12013" RevisionGUID="10c86f4c-6960-4b4d-a6da-7be98fece10d" CreationDate="2009-05-25T15:20:59.967" UserId="1466" Text="I configure all of my servers to send logs at a level of **notice** and above to a remote log server, running syslog-ng.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then configure syslog-ng on the remote server to pipe the console output through **ccze** as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    destination du_pts0 { program(&quot;ccze -r &gt; /dev/pts/0&quot;); };&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This colorizes the output on the logserver console.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to see this on a remote terminal I use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    destination du_fifo { pipe(&quot;/var/log/logtail&quot;); };&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...and put the following in my ~/.bashrc file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ccze &lt; /var/log/logtail" />
  <row Id="21763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12014" RevisionGUID="ffc87fa0-1a85-4c4e-9d22-fe96b9d739d0" CreationDate="2009-05-25T15:22:34.300" UserId="1715" Text="All the JS &amp; AJAX for sure.  I'd say having chat enabled as well doesn't help.  maybe you can force your users to use the html legacy/compatibility version of gmail &amp; see if the issue goes away" />
  <row Id="21764" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12015" RevisionGUID="323ea298-42e3-4119-9490-75ffa237b870" CreationDate="2009-05-25T15:24:31.443" UserId="1466" Text="You could re-flash your router firmware with a version of **dd-wrt** that contains **openvpn**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Configuration can be a bit tricky, but once it's done, it's done - and there are some pretty good howtos out there on doing this." />
  <row Id="21765" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11966" RevisionGUID="398bc0c0-0346-4d44-8a0e-8aa2fa12bd89" CreationDate="2009-05-25T15:26:16.617" UserId="2413" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="let her/him talk. ask about past experience, ask what problems did [s]he encountered and how ware they handled. what was the motivation to choose this or that to solve common problems [ backup? monitoring? scaling out, scaling up, security ].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i think you can tell a lot about the person by just listening.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;surly then if you are looking for specific expertise in given area ask detailed questions - suggestion from Stefan Thyberg is very good." />
  <row Id="21766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12016" RevisionGUID="2d047c88-ac70-4785-8391-ba99224c2e3a" CreationDate="2009-05-25T15:27:30.047" UserId="3454" Text="On a related question to [this one][1], now I have a file server whose power supply and fans spin up, but gets no video and no beep codes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried two different video cards in the system, and neither one sends any signal to the monitor. The monitor is a known good one; just borrowed it from a working server. The system does not have any hard drives connected to it -- just a power supply, motherboard, CPU, CPU fans, full memory, and the video card.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried the obvious &quot;swap the cards&quot; trick. Are there any other reasons I can troubleshoot for dead video? CMOS? Memory?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/11866/how-can-i-troubleshoot-a-broken-on-off-switch" />
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  <row Id="21768" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12016" RevisionGUID="2d047c88-ac70-4785-8391-ba99224c2e3a" CreationDate="2009-05-25T15:27:30.047" UserId="3454" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;troubleshooting&gt;&lt;video&gt;" />
  <row Id="21769" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11866" RevisionGUID="cc08fdf1-e1c5-486a-9b56-ece3af588eba" CreationDate="2009-05-25T15:28:02.120" UserId="3454" Comment="Added tag" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;troubleshooting&gt;&lt;power&gt;" />
  <row Id="21772" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12018" RevisionGUID="fd235fbf-264c-4b79-a962-138b27842510" CreationDate="2009-05-25T15:37:40.230" UserId="48" Text="A blank screen does not necessarily indicate a broken video card, it could be anything in the pre boot sequence. The fact that you are not getting an CMSO beeps indicates that it is not even POSTing properly, so it could easily be CPU, RAM, Motherboard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately the only way to find out what is wrong is to swap out components and see what works." />
  <row Id="21773" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11741" RevisionGUID="9e48bf57-021c-4fe6-9e94-1fc3d9b580db" CreationDate="2009-05-25T15:51:38.860" UserId="2413" Comment="added 12 characters in body" Text="it really depends on your workload.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - for **L** part &#xD;&#xA;  - get a lot of memory, &#xD;&#xA;  - if you can go over 4GB, go 64bit. &#xD;&#xA;  - for partitions where your content, logs and mysql data are use mount options: noatime, nodiratime. &#xD;&#xA;  - use separate physical drives / raid sets, ideally keep sql data, logs, content you serve - each on separate spindle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - for **A** part of your stack - well maybe you want to replace it completly with [nginx][1] or [lighthttpd][2], or maybe just leave apache for dynamic content and have separate server (like those two or [mathopd][3]) for static content. take a look [here][4] for more options. if you are going to run both apache and other server at the same box - 2nd ip address will be handy. to decrease latency for end-user use http/1.1 with keep-alive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - for **M** part of your lamp -  take a look at [mysqlperformanceblog][5]. from the top of my head:&#xD;&#xA;  - log slow queries, &#xD;&#xA;  - give enough memory, &#xD;&#xA;  - consider using innodb. &#xD;&#xA;  - if you have a lot of text to search across - use [sphinx][6] and have batch job that rebuilds index.&#xD;&#xA;  - consider killing queries that run longer than XYZ seconds. it's better to upset 1% of users then to bring whole site down at the peak time. but that really depends if you process cash transactions or show nice pictures.&#xD;&#xA;  - use memcached if you can to cache result of more 'expensive' sql queries. keep in mind to invalidate the cache when you change content of sql. on the other hand i have quite few sites where all data fits in memory comfortably and for that mysql is blazing fast and there is no need of additional cache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - for **P** &#xD;&#xA;  - set execution timeout for scripts. &#xD;&#xA;  - consider using some [php accelerator][7] / opcode cache. i was quite satisfied with [xcache][8], but i dont use it now.&#xD;&#xA;  - if you have cpu intensive processing - cache results and store them in sql or memcached&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;not really performance tip - but do take offsite backups. really.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nginx.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.lighttpd.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.mathopd.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7778/name-a-lightning-fast-low-on-features-and-secure-web-server-for-linux-to-serve-s&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://mysqlperformanceblog.com&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://sphinxsearch.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP_accelerator&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://xcache.lighttpd.net/" />
  <row Id="21774" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12011" RevisionGUID="f1ed0ab5-61a4-4c40-8edb-0db714198f41" CreationDate="2009-05-25T15:59:05.117" UserId="623" Comment="added 358 characters in body" Text="I think the wikipedia article is pretty clear. A T1 hypervisor virtualizes the hardware for *all* the OS instances that run on that machine, while a T2 hypervisor runs *inside* a OS running on unvirtualized hardware, and provides virtual access for *all the other* OS instances.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That is T1 is more fundamental that any OS instance, but T2 depends on one of them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If Hyper-V (which is a t1 hypervisor) really runs below all operating systems, shouldn't every single OS running on the machine see only the memory assigned to it and not processes containing VMs?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I image (but don't *know*--at this point I am officially out of my depth) this depends on how the virtualization support hardware works." />
  <row Id="21775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12019" RevisionGUID="831ffcbe-3db1-4e64-a53a-611b262fac93" CreationDate="2009-05-25T16:03:20.350" UserId="1466" Text="You could certainly test the video card by trying it in a working system." />
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  <row Id="21779" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12021" RevisionGUID="58901d83-480d-4b3f-854d-66fa2c143696" CreationDate="2009-05-25T16:06:51.310" UserId="3311" Text="Yes.. I don't think there is a better mechanism than &quot;Swap the Cards&quot;. However in some cases you gain more ability to troubleshoot when the system is partitioned. As an example I have seen some occasions that the mother boards make beep tones when the PCI cards are removed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some pluggable devices called &quot;Diagnostic cards&quot;. The manufacturer claims they can be used to diagnose such issues. I tried one card but not happy with the result. You may find some cheap Chinese stuff [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dealextreme.com/search.dx/search.diagnostic" />
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  <row Id="21781" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11976" RevisionGUID="8c1e6c7c-4b89-47be-a69b-4025329557be" CreationDate="2009-05-25T16:07:06.630" UserId="2101" Comment="Changed tags" Text="&lt;fat&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;" />
  <row Id="21782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12022" RevisionGUID="142e79f2-232b-4967-81ee-eb848f0444b2" CreationDate="2009-05-25T16:07:21.903" UserId="2672" Text="It does sound like it's not even POSTing. Bad memory is unlikely to prevent it at least getting to POST, but it's easy enough to test by removing all but one DIMM, then trying again with a different DIMM just to be sure. It could be the CPU but in my experience it's more likely to be the motherboard - anything that fries the CPU is likely to take the board out with it too. Probably not the PSU if the fans work, but you can't rule it out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Check with two different DIMMs one at a time - unlikely but easy&#xD;&#xA; 2. Check with different PSU, CPU if you have spares&#xD;&#xA; 3. Replace the motherboard." />
  <row Id="21783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12023" RevisionGUID="07e8224c-768a-4390-8a3b-078a5bb387f5" CreationDate="2009-05-25T16:08:34.927" UserId="905" Text="Others have explained the differences between the 2 types pretty well.  One thing to note is that while it seems like Hyper-V is being installed inside Server 2008, what is actually happening is Hyper-V is being installed at the root partition, and the &quot;host&quot; Server 2008 you're installing on becomes a virtual machine itself.  The reason it can see the other VMs is because of the Hyper-V management service, which connects to Hyper-V which it is running on." />
  <row Id="21784" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12024" RevisionGUID="1b4877ab-f292-44c8-90f9-ad53fd94d449" CreationDate="2009-05-25T16:18:24.797" UserId="2916" Text="What's the best way to automate Ubuntu Server deployments?  I saw that someone is porting Kickstart to Ubuntu, but it didn't look very complete." />
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  <row Id="21787" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12025" RevisionGUID="132d78af-aa1e-4134-b48b-8cd414fb470e" CreationDate="2009-05-25T16:21:25.227" UserId="2093" Text="I've had my first notebook hard drive death (well, actually, it's currently dying... clicking noises, super slow windows boot up ...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, I now I realize I don't know anything about laptop hard drives.  I was just going to take one out of another laptop and stick it in but the connectors are the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do you shop for laptop hard drives?" />
  <row Id="21788" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12025" RevisionGUID="132d78af-aa1e-4134-b48b-8cd414fb470e" CreationDate="2009-05-25T16:21:25.227" UserId="2093" Text="Intro to Laptop Hard Drives" />
  <row Id="21789" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12025" RevisionGUID="132d78af-aa1e-4134-b48b-8cd414fb470e" CreationDate="2009-05-25T16:21:25.227" UserId="2093" Text="&lt;notebook&gt;&lt;laptop&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;" />
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  <row Id="21791" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12005" RevisionGUID="c75ec3a2-e9dc-4c8a-ae17-ebdaeae3b858" CreationDate="2009-05-25T16:26:33.610" UserId="45" Comment="added port-tag" Text="&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;rdp&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;port&gt;" />
  <row Id="21792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12026" RevisionGUID="29d51b03-adb5-4a68-8fa7-a08efcce794d" CreationDate="2009-05-25T16:30:13.463" UserId="3356" Text="There are, really, only two types of drive connections:  IDE and SATA.  Most laptops will have another, specialized, connector that actually hooks the drive into the controller.  That connector, however, should come off the old drive easily.  Once you've figured out whether you need IDE or SATA look for 4 things.  Size, Speed (rotational and seek time), Cache, and Warranty.  First, figure out the size that you want, then try to maximize the rest based on the price you're willing to spend." />
  <row Id="21793" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="11724" RevisionGUID="a2261e5f-2983-4d4e-9808-cb1e50f4fbe6" CreationDate="2009-05-25T16:34:11.457" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="3" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:984,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Zoredache&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="21795" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12026" RevisionGUID="355a9f1d-c0d9-46c4-b1a6-93b5e9069f56" CreationDate="2009-05-25T16:42:11.083" UserId="3356" Comment="Clarified SATA/PATA interface difference" Text="There are, really, only two types of drive connections:  Regular old IDE (PATA) and SATA.  Each use their own connector, and more importantly data transport protocol.  So you have to buy the correct interface for your laptop.  That being said most laptops will have another, specialized, connector that actually hooks the drive into the controller.  As a result it can, on first blush, be non-obvious whether you are working with a SATA or PATA drive.  That connector, however, should come off the old drive easily.  Once you've figured out whether you need IDE or SATA look for 4 things.  Size, Speed (rotational and seek time), Cache, and Warranty.  First, figure out the size that you want, then try to maximize the rest based on the price you're willing to spend." />
  <row Id="21796" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2163" RevisionGUID="3a51f26a-2682-49a8-9524-9b49eaaf6b30" CreationDate="2009-05-25T16:45:33.213" UserId="2318" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;inventory&gt;&lt;tools&gt;&lt;diagramming&gt;" />
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  <row Id="21799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12028" RevisionGUID="159df311-a132-487e-a18d-846de01534ff" CreationDate="2009-05-25T16:55:49.743" UserId="2916" Text="I've always wondered if the bandwidth rating of a switch is per port, or total capacity?  For example, if I have PC1 and PC2 that are capable of saturating a 100 Mb connection plugged into a 10/100 switch, if I add PC3 and PC4 to the same switch and start transferring files from PC1 to PC2 and from PC3 to PC4 - will both sets of PC's have 100 Mb to use?" />
  <row Id="21800" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12028" RevisionGUID="159df311-a132-487e-a18d-846de01534ff" CreationDate="2009-05-25T16:55:49.743" UserId="2916" Text="switch bandwidth" />
  <row Id="21801" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12028" RevisionGUID="159df311-a132-487e-a18d-846de01534ff" CreationDate="2009-05-25T16:55:49.743" UserId="2916" Text="&lt;switch&gt;&lt;bandwidth&gt;" />
  <row Id="21802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12029" RevisionGUID="df24d77e-6c48-4a5d-a69b-ebcdf2529138" CreationDate="2009-05-25T16:56:17.747" UserId="1787" Text="## Interface (connectors): ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![laptop PATA vs SATA][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [Parallel ATA][2] a.k.a. IDE, ATA, ATAPI, UDMA and PATA &amp;mdash; legacy, wide 40-pin  connector for disks produced few years ago. In case of notebook drives pins are smaller, and there is also power supply in the same plug.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [Serial ATA (SATA)][3] &amp;mdash; modern connector. Most modern laptops use it. 6 data pins&#xD;&#xA;and 15 pins including power supply. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## Sizes of laptop disks: ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- 2.5&quot; &amp;mdash; most common &#xD;&#xA;- 1.8&quot; &amp;mdash; reduced, used mostly in ultralights and netbooks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.laptopparts101.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/sata-ide-laptop-hard-drive.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_ATA&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ata" />
  <row Id="21803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12030" RevisionGUID="bca38561-c8b4-4ec3-b31a-21f3d8b3d5a6" CreationDate="2009-05-25T16:59:06.790" UserId="1085" Text="I was hoping for a solution along the lines of using a hook script that could be triggered when a job's process finished and which would then briefly suspend the process to inspect the value of VmPeak. Modifying the source code of each job I could probably easily do something similar by writing an exit handler (using something like the [atexit][1] function). But I didn't want to touch the source.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The solution I finally used was basically [what Kyle Brandt proposed][2], i.e. sample the peak memory usage every few units of time and determine the maximum this way. Although I didn't have to write it myself. I found a small tool that does basically exactly that, it's called [memtime][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.die.net/man/3/atexit&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/11754/running-batch-jobs-and-getting-a-peak-memory-usage-summary-for-each-job/11766#11766&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://freshmeat.net/projects/memtime/" />
  <row Id="21804" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12029" RevisionGUID="d4edac35-cd43-4d7e-a8f8-3a2602916cdc" CreationDate="2009-05-25T17:04:44.220" UserId="1787" Comment="added 80 characters in body" Text="## Interface (connectors): ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![laptop PATA vs SATA][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [Parallel ATA][2] a.k.a. IDE, ATA, ATAPI, UDMA and PATA &amp;mdash; legacy, wide 40-pin  connector for disks produced few years ago. In case of notebook drives pins are smaller, and there is also power supply in the same plug.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [Serial ATA (SATA)][3] &amp;mdash; modern connector. Most modern laptops use it. 6 data pins&#xD;&#xA;and 15 pins including power supply. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## Sizes of laptop disks: ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![1.8&quot; and 2.5&quot;][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **2.5&quot;** &amp;mdash; most common &#xD;&#xA;- **1.8&quot;** &amp;mdash; reduced, used mostly in ultralights and netbooks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.laptopparts101.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/sata-ide-laptop-hard-drive.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_ATA&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ata&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.newmodeus.com/harddrives/18vs25.jpg" />
  <row Id="21805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12031" RevisionGUID="541ed8c0-a552-4cb8-91b6-4b0ba3fad8f6" CreationDate="2009-05-25T17:06:04.437" UserId="806" Text="After re-installing windows 7 I installed SQL Server 2008 before VS 2010 and immediately applied the service pack.   prior to this I had installed VS 2010 then SQL Server 2008 and another named instance of SQL 2008 somehow during that second installation the MSI believed there to be another installation in progress.   If you take the path I have do what the SQL 2008 installer says and install SP1 before doing anything else." />
  <row Id="21806" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12032" RevisionGUID="8a997062-0f08-4d02-9851-dff00ba0bf73" CreationDate="2009-05-25T17:07:17.397" UserId="2101" Text="The 100Mbps speed of a switch port refers to the max **one-way** line speed of the port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have two PCs on the switch and they are connected at 100Mbps full-duplex, you actually have 200Mbps of bandwidth between them - 100Mbps from A to B, and 100Mbps from B to A. (Some switch/NIC vendors take advantage of this on the packaging - don't be fooled!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Switches are also limited on the backplane - they can typically handle up to a certain amount of bandwidth in terms of Mbps as well as a maximum number of PPS (packets per second).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of the time, you don't need to worry about saturating the backplane - you won't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In your example, the traffic you're generating from PC1 to PC2 will go at max 100Mbps and the traffic from PC3 to PC4 will go at max 100Mbps - they won't interfere with each other." />
  <row Id="21807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12033" RevisionGUID="6dd4bdae-cddd-4b55-8285-4022c3c85c10" CreationDate="2009-05-25T17:14:37.787" UserId="1426" Text="See this link on Ubuntu's site.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition/features/autodeploy&gt;" />
  <row Id="21808" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12029" RevisionGUID="f1999071-01f4-40f6-9581-8d180346d1fc" CreationDate="2009-05-25T17:15:01.640" UserId="1787" Comment="added 100 characters in body" Text="## Interface (connectors): ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![laptop PATA vs SATA][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [Parallel ATA][2] a.k.a. IDE, ATA, ATAPI, UDMA and PATA &amp;mdash; legacy, wide 40-pin  connector for disks produced few years ago. In case of notebook drives pins are smaller, and there is also power supply in the same plug.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [Serial ATA (SATA)][3] &amp;mdash; modern connector. Most modern laptops use it. 6 data pins&#xD;&#xA;and 15 pins including power supply. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## Sizes of laptop disks: ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![1.8&quot; and 2.5&quot;][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **2.5&quot;** &amp;mdash; most common &#xD;&#xA;- **1.8&quot;** &amp;mdash; reduced, used mostly in ultralights and netbooks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## Rotation speed: ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- 7200RPM &amp;mdash; modern, high-end 2.5&quot; disks. Consume more energy.&#xD;&#xA;- 5400RPM &amp;mdash; standard, low-end 2.5&quot;disks or high-end 1.8&quot;disks. More energy-efficient.&#xD;&#xA;- 4200RPM &amp;mdash; legacy, low-end 2.5&quot; disks, some modern reduced height and energy-efficient 2,5&quot; or standard 1.8&quot;disks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## HDD vs. SSD: ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Modern alternative to SATA HDDs are [Solid State Drives][5], based on flash memory. They have almost instantaneous seek times, incredible read speeds and very low power consumption. Yet they are very expensive and have a lot less capacity.&#xD;&#xA;There was related discussion on SF: http://serverfault.com/questions/2425/are-ssds-worth-the-money&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.laptopparts101.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/sata-ide-laptop-hard-drive.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_ATA&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ata&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.newmodeus.com/harddrives/18vs25.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive" />
  <row Id="21809" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="12028" RevisionGUID="324efe08-ea9d-47e2-a993-988dd6e777b6" CreationDate="2009-05-25T17:30:38.677" UserId="45" Comment="edited title" Text="Switch bandwidth" />
  <row Id="21810" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12034" RevisionGUID="3ece4165-9fbf-4d83-a382-356e6f3aced6" CreationDate="2009-05-25T17:42:24.033" UserId="3475" Text="I downloaded the Windows 7 RC from the Microsoft site. I have it running under VM Ware workstation. I would like to have Windows 7 Home Premium or Professional instead of the Ultimate edition. Is there a way to downgrade my existing installation to Home Premium or Professional? Is there a separate download for these editions" />
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  <row Id="21813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12035" RevisionGUID="d5906b9d-bf85-4635-ba35-c51f41a54b94" CreationDate="2008-11-21T10:26:21.663" Text="&lt;p&gt;I have Windows Vista Business(64-Bit) as operating system and when I try to browse something in some folders vista falls into the &quot;Not responding&quot; case sometimes. Does anybody encounter a problem like that or have an idea to solution?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21814" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12035" RevisionGUID="d5906b9d-bf85-4635-ba35-c51f41a54b94" CreationDate="2008-11-21T10:26:21.663" Text="Windows Vista Business does not respond on browse" />
  <row Id="21815" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12035" RevisionGUID="d5906b9d-bf85-4635-ba35-c51f41a54b94" CreationDate="2008-11-21T10:26:21.663" Text="&lt;vista64&gt;&lt;not-responding&gt;" />
  <row Id="21816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12036" RevisionGUID="abcef498-5951-43f6-ab95-7a72e121742f" CreationDate="2008-11-25T23:27:51.863" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I experience the same on a Lenovo R61 laptop with Windows Vista Business. I haven't solved the problem yet, neither do I know the cause. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was suspecting that it might be a problem with my hardware but that was just wildly guessing. It would be greate if anyone had some tips on how to troubleshoot this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12037" RevisionGUID="e0f39c4b-4433-429c-8bd2-d25073bb40ae" CreationDate="2009-05-25T17:46:01.453" UserId="431" Text="No, not yet.  For the betas and RC's, the only product key available to the public is Ultimate.  When the production version comes out there will be separate product keys for each." />
  <row Id="21818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12038" RevisionGUID="c50c6596-5eb6-4ef9-bfb3-060d0ad93a98" CreationDate="2009-05-25T17:49:22.290" UserId="919" Text="You can't directly upgrade from 7.10 to 8.10. Instead, you need to upgrade to 8.04 first, then upgrade to 8.10, if that's what you desire.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;8.04 is an Long Term Support (LTS) release, and may be more suitable for servers. It's given to 5 years support on the server, 3 on the desktop." />
  <row Id="21819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12039" RevisionGUID="3f054fab-0c7b-4c2a-b144-c6e1eb922a5b" CreationDate="2009-05-25T17:50:12.520" UserId="431" Text="It depends on the virtualization software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, VMware ESX does not support this for USB devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, VMware Fusion does support it.  Here's a screenshot of the menus where I can choose which USB devices I'd like to connect to my virtual machine:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This works great for scanners, cameras, flash drives, hard drives, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://i.brentozar.com/VMware-USB.png" />
  <row Id="21820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12040" RevisionGUID="f1295430-65cf-4e50-8f36-5cf7dfe3f4bb" CreationDate="2009-05-25T17:58:10.307" UserId="3311" Text="I suggest you to use [unlocker][1] to find out the problem. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try to make some operation on a file (Rename or Delete). Then according to your information it should be denied and an error message will be popped up reporting a failure to delete/ rename.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Close the message and then a unlocker window will be popped up showing the &quot;Locker&quot; process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you can use [Process Explorer][2] or any similar tool if you want to see the process path, command line information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you can remove check whether it is a startup process and will be able to consider it to  disable it using msconfig.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx" />
  <row Id="21824" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12042" RevisionGUID="a9d0d302-083b-4f85-a770-641b6941f3cb" CreationDate="2009-05-25T18:04:23.210" UserId="431" Text="You asked how to shop for notebook hard drives.  I prefer to hit my favorite review sites and look in their storage review sections.  One of these always seems to have a good comparison review between hard drive vendors:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [TomsHardware storage section][1] - most recent comparison is the [2.5&quot; comparison charts][2].  These are way too detailed, though.&#xD;&#xA; - [Anandtech storage section][3] - good for SSD reviews&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The one thing to be aware of is that there's some high-capacity drives that are taller than other drives.  Your laptop may only tolerate a 9.5mm high drive, for example - so don't go buying a 12mm high drive unless you know it'll fit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Storage,5/Internal-Storage,19/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2.5-hard-drive-charts/benchmarks,25.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.anandtech.com/storage/" />
  <row Id="21826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12043" RevisionGUID="8a11f25a-de3f-4105-aae6-830668a1f575" CreationDate="2009-05-25T18:17:31.983" UserId="3417" Text="There is an app I use called &quot;kiss the net&quot; that scans and generates a pdf network map for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's actually based on a server monitoring/management product called &quot;The Dude&quot; made by mikrotik.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.mikrotik.com/download/KTN_1.0beta1.zip&#xD;&#xA;Requirements: Windows XP/2000/2003/Vista with Internet Explorer 6 or better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: the dude is the full version of the software that someone else has listed here. This one simply generates a network map along with a table of machines it discovers.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12044" RevisionGUID="8547ab32-f13c-4fdf-9f56-712d888bf68b" CreationDate="2009-05-25T18:22:30.630" UserId="846" Text="I recommend the [Astaro Security Gateway][1].  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It has an easily implemented SSL VPN (OpenVPN), and the added bonus much stronger security! It can be purchased as a hardware appliance (&lt; $1000) or as software (&lt; $500) and installed on generic hardware.  I *believe* the software is available free for non-commercial use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.astaro.com/our_products/astaro_security_gateway" />
  <row Id="21828" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12045" RevisionGUID="45270793-6628-4ac0-af7b-0b373a580a1c" CreationDate="2009-05-25T18:24:40.267" UserId="2578" Text="I've had that happen in Windows 7 Beta (not RC).  Not sure if I had it happen in Vista, but I'm wondering if the indexing service could be causing the hang up.  You might want to try turning it off and seeing how responsive the system is for you." />
  <row Id="21829" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12045" RevisionGUID="45270793-6628-4ac0-af7b-0b373a580a1c" CreationDate="2009-05-25T18:24:40.267" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21830" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12046" RevisionGUID="ac6d7b37-2fba-4dab-88f0-b15fab733800" CreationDate="2009-05-25T18:28:29.807" UserId="835" Text="Keep removing hardware until you *do* get a beep." />
  <row Id="21831" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12047" RevisionGUID="7b25fac3-070c-4d6d-bde7-61ca43763c53" CreationDate="2009-05-25T18:29:31.257" UserId="431" Text="Here's [my top 10 interview questions for senior database administrators,][1] and here's [Tom LaRock's top 10 questions for junior DBAs.][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/01/top-10-interview-questions-to-ask-senior-dbas/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://thomaslarock.com/2009/04/junior-dba-questions/" />
  <row Id="21832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12048" RevisionGUID="e530ab4a-3b26-4ff3-a360-a546e5c36c4c" CreationDate="2009-05-25T18:29:43.190" UserId="2578" Text="I just picked up a Cisco PIX 501 router on eBay for $95 and plan to use it for VPN purposes.  From what I've heard online and from my friends that deal with Cisco stuff, it's a pretty solid solution for my VPN needs." />
  <row Id="21833" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12039" RevisionGUID="7bd224a5-4d3a-49da-bfb0-6c43eec5da7b" CreationDate="2009-05-25T18:30:53.267" UserId="431" Comment="Adding info" Text="It depends on the virtualization software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, VMware ESX does not support this for USB devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, VMware Fusion does support it.  Here's a screenshot of the menus where I can choose which USB devices I'd like to connect to my virtual machine:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This works great for scanners, cameras, flash drives, hard drives, etc.  Generally, you find this feature appears more on desktop-type virtualization products (like Fusion and Virtual PC) instead of datacenter-type virtualization products.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://i.brentozar.com/VMware-USB.png" />
  <row Id="21834" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12049" RevisionGUID="f3969164-9ecd-4a85-9ca6-b22940cfc1d4" CreationDate="2009-05-25T18:38:29.413" UserId="1039" Text="Aside form the &quot;buy really costly NASA stuff&quot; solution, what can be done about running a system in high radiation environments like space? (This is mostly a [thought][1] [experiment][2].)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Known Issues primarily amount to data errors:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. main memory&#xD;&#xA; 2. cache ram and CPU internal state&#xD;&#xA; 3. HDD&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What can be done about these?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My thoughts include&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Use EEC Ram&#xD;&#xA;- Shield the CPU and cache with tungsten because it's a [good][3] [conductor][4] and IIRC a good radiation shield.&#xD;&#xA;- Use RAID 5 (or [RAID 6][5]) disks with some sort of hacked setup to correct errors in place rather than just writing off the whole disk as bad.&#xD;&#xA;- Use ROM disks built out of sold state HDDs with the flash chips replaced with ROMs or just a stack of CD/DVD/HDDVD drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footfall&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Thunder_(novel)&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www46.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=radiation+shilding&amp;f1=electron&amp;f=IonizingRadiationAbsorption.particle_electron&amp;f2=1+MeV&amp;f=IonizingRadiationAbsorption.K_1+MeV&amp;f3=tungsten&amp;f=IonizingRadiationAbsorption.absorber_tungsten&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www49.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=tungsten&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_RAID_levels#RAID_6" />
  <row Id="21835" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12049" RevisionGUID="f3969164-9ecd-4a85-9ca6-b22940cfc1d4" CreationDate="2009-05-25T18:38:29.413" UserId="1039" Text="Radiation hardend systems on the cheap" />
  <row Id="21836" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12049" RevisionGUID="f3969164-9ecd-4a85-9ca6-b22940cfc1d4" CreationDate="2009-05-25T18:38:29.413" UserId="1039" Text="&lt;theory&gt;" />
  <row Id="21837" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12050" RevisionGUID="bad98eac-75a1-4968-939f-36adecb78551" CreationDate="2009-05-25T18:42:25.117" UserId="2629" Text="    mcxquery&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this will let you see what sort of MCX (Managed Client) settings are being applied to a client machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[The GUI equivalent is to go to System Profiler, and, under the Software section, click on &quot;Managed Client&quot;.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is useful to determine if a machine is managed and to see if it is getting the settings you expect." />
  <row Id="21838" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12050" RevisionGUID="bad98eac-75a1-4968-939f-36adecb78551" CreationDate="2009-05-25T18:42:25.117" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21842" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12052" RevisionGUID="a1e2a0dd-820e-45f6-a614-ca979c75df41" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:04:43.230" UserId="1809" Text="How can I check if Skype is running **and** there's an active call taking place?  &#xD;&#xA;I need this to shut down Skype before making automatic backup (otherwise files are locked on exFAT so I can't make backup) but only if I don't break an active call.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Platform is Windows Vista.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21843" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12052" RevisionGUID="a1e2a0dd-820e-45f6-a614-ca979c75df41" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:04:43.230" UserId="1809" Text="How can I check if Skype is running and there's an active call taking place?" />
  <row Id="21844" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12052" RevisionGUID="a1e2a0dd-820e-45f6-a614-ca979c75df41" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:04:43.230" UserId="1809" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;automation&gt;&lt;skype&gt;&lt;locked-file&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="21845" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12053" RevisionGUID="1bacee61-0935-4f81-806e-fcdb6c85df79" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:04:57.207" UserId="3431" Text="You maybe should be considering virtualization if you are planning to deploy a lot of nodes. On the physical machine, you just have to install the hypervisor base which is pretty straightforward with solutions such as Citrix XenExpress and VMWare ESX.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once that is done, all you have to do is copy/paste images and use the tools to configure them from a simple interface. You will have a battery of images for different purposes and deploy whichever one you want by a click (or two). This is interesting even if you have just a few servers as you an do 1:1 virtualization (not so much 1:1 with ESX performance-wise). You will be able to manage/backup you servers with a lot more simplicity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously if this is just for a couple of servers, virtualization is overkill." />
  <row Id="21846" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12054" RevisionGUID="312c525c-bffb-44b4-84a1-8fb99a7fb42b" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:07:49.777" UserId="623" Text="If you're talking about a fairly accessible environment (like an accelerator end-station hall) and a fairly low impact system, you just do lots of verification and complain when it fails, then you try a reboot followed by a field circus.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is a little less accessible, you add redundancy and fail-over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After that it starts to get expensive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem with shielding is that for high energy gamma and electron progenitors a little shielding can make things worse! And neutrons are generally hard to shield. You don't even want to talk about muons.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A space environment means cosmic rays which means multi GeV protons. Yuck.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21847" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12055" RevisionGUID="beece005-1953-41fa-a22d-1aaac52578ff" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:08:37.027" UserId="137" Text=" - Current one is still supported by the vendor&#xD;&#xA; - New one does not work with current software (and I can't get a replacement for the current software)&#xD;&#xA; - New one does not work with current hardware (and I have no budget to upgrade/replace hardware)&#xD;&#xA; - The company I work for has not yet tested the OS from a functional and security perspective" />
  <row Id="21849" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12057" RevisionGUID="af1b1196-81cc-47a5-9925-a85f27af9df8" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:14:00.900" UserId="137" Text="It usually depends on:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What your company generally uses (and will therefore have defined 'builds' for)&#xD;&#xA; - The skill-set within the company&#xD;&#xA; - If the server is going to be in a DMZ or not&#xD;&#xA; - Cost&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everything you mentioned will run on any OS. There may be some (usually very specific) advantages for a particular OS, but usually only at an enterprise level." />
  <row Id="21850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12058" RevisionGUID="74793bc2-bb96-4691-95f1-4ba1dc8ae77b" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:16:42.910" UserId="835" Text="For &quot;on the cheap&quot;, meaning &quot;relatively economical&quot;, I turned my search to Amateur Radio.  They fly satellites at a fraction of the cost.  Put &quot;AMSAT&quot; in  your search.  I found this in an article at [codec.org][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- &quot;AMSAT satellites are generally&#xD;&#xA;   firmware-free, lacking even a boot&#xD;&#xA;   ROM! They use a hardware circuit,&#xD;&#xA;   without the assistance of software,&#xD;&#xA;   to initially load their computer RAM&#xD;&#xA;   from a ground data stream.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Certain RAM technologies cannot be&#xD;&#xA;   used.  Those with charge pumps, for&#xD;&#xA;   example.&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;-  Error-correcting systems (extra bits&#xD;&#xA;   and CRC's)&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;-  &quot;They continuously &quot;wash&quot; the RAM by&#xD;&#xA;   reading it, checking it against the&#xD;&#xA;   CRC, and writing the information back&#xD;&#xA;   to correct for radiation-induced&#xD;&#xA;   errors. Without this activity, the&#xD;&#xA;   computer onboard a space vehicle&#xD;&#xA;   would not survive.&quot; &#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;-  &quot;Many modern microprocessors would not&#xD;&#xA;   execute reliably in the radiation&#xD;&#xA;   environment. AMSAT uses a special&#xD;&#xA;   radiation-hard silicon-on-sapphire&#xD;&#xA;   version of the CDP-1802 CPU designed&#xD;&#xA;   in the late 1970's as its main&#xD;&#xA;   control computer. They experimented&#xD;&#xA;   with the StrongARM SA-1100 chip&quot; (but it doesn't state results of that experiment). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't forget that an &quot;HDD&quot; is going to have a CPU and RAM on its own controller!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://codec.org" />
  <row Id="21851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12059" RevisionGUID="d8c1f200-2955-4f77-83f5-96b1497d6755" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:20:46.863" UserId="2629" Text="**Netstat routing tables**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This was tested on Mac OS X 10.5.7.  I suspect the result is nearly the same on all platforms, as it was indicated to work on Solaris.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netstat -r &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will give you a routing table.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netstat -nr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;is the same, but will give you raw IPs instead of looking up machine names.  It's output looks like this (only longer):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Routing tables&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Internet:&#xD;&#xA;    Destination        Gateway            Flags    Refs      Use  Netif Expire&#xD;&#xA;    default            192.168.40.250     UGSc       19        1    en1&#xD;&#xA;    127                127.0.0.1          UCS         0        0    lo0&#xD;&#xA;    127.0.0.1          127.0.0.1          UH          1     3140    lo0&#xD;&#xA;    169.254            link#5             UCS         0        0    en1&#xD;&#xA;    169.254.33.92      127.0.0.1          UHS         0        0    lo0&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.40         link#5             UCS        11        0    en1&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.40.1       0:17:f2:ca:a0:94   UHLW        0        0    en1   1150&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Internet6:&#xD;&#xA;    Destination                             Gateway                         Flags      Netif Expire&#xD;&#xA;    ::1                                     link#1                          UHL         lo0&#xD;&#xA;    fe80::%lo0/64                           fe80::1%lo0                     Uc          lo0&#xD;&#xA;    fe80::1%lo0                             link#1                          UHL         lo0&#xD;&#xA;    fe80::%en0/64                           link#4                          UC          en0&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;    ff02::/32                               link#7                          UC          en2&#xD;&#xA;    ff02::/32                               link#8                          UC          en3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Columns:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Destination and Gateway:*  The destination is an address (or address range) we might want to send information to.  All data sent to that destination will go to the associated gateway.  The gateway knows where to send the data to for its next 'hop' on the journey.  If we wish to send data to a destination that has no entry in the routing table, it will go through the default gateway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Flags:*  The man/info page lists all the flags.  Here what the setting on my default gateway means:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    UGSc&#xD;&#xA;    U       - RTF_UP           Route usable&#xD;&#xA;     G      - RTF_GATEWAY      Destination requires forwarding by intermediary&#xD;&#xA;      S     - RTF_STATIC       Manually added&#xD;&#xA;       c    - RTF_PRCLONING    Protocol-specified generate new routes on use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's curious that it claims to be manually added, as it came over DHCP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Refs:* &quot;The refcnt field gives the current number of active uses of&#xD;&#xA;     the route.  Connection oriented protocols normally hold on to a single&#xD;&#xA;     route for the duration of a connection while connectionless protocols&#xD;&#xA;     obtain a route while sending to the same destination.&quot; (Man page)	&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Use:* &quot;The use field provides a count of the number of packets sent using that route.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Netif:* &quot;The interface entry indicates the network interface utilized for the route.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On my Mac, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - lo0 is the loopback interface.  &#xD;&#xA; - en0 is ethernet.  &#xD;&#xA; - en1 is wireless.  &#xD;&#xA; - en2 and en3 are bridged-hosts for virtual machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Expire:* From a manpage for a different version of netstat: &quot;Displays the time (in minutes) remaining before the route expires.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21852" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12059" RevisionGUID="d8c1f200-2955-4f77-83f5-96b1497d6755" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:20:46.863" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21853" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12060" RevisionGUID="ba5ee0c8-9028-4df8-b723-d08edc028b52" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:21:27.453" UserId="792" Text="The only exception to the previous answer (3389) is when using Small Business Server through Remote Web Workplace. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In this case the server NAT's the connection between you and server port 80 (HTTP) or 443 (HTTPS), and then to the internal computer; so only 80/443 is required." />
  <row Id="21854" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12060" RevisionGUID="ba5ee0c8-9028-4df8-b723-d08edc028b52" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:21:27.453" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21855" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12061" RevisionGUID="579f952a-cb56-4b25-93f1-e68fe6ea2dcf" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:33:41.003" UserId="3500" Text="I run an open source collaboration suite, I'm happy with it, my userbase are happy with it too... all except for calendaring.  It's a serious sore point, and I'm scrambling to find a solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've got Courier+Postfix+Maildrop for email, and XMPP/Jabber service all backed on OpenLDAP (corporate directory comes out of LDAP as well).  My only sticking point is a half-decent calendaring/scheduling package that has these (seemingly simple) features:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. LDAP Integration&#xD;&#xA; 2. Multi-platform support (Windows, Linux and Mac)&#xD;&#xA; 3. Delegation (exec. assistants can manage their exec's calendar, recruiters can schedule meetings in a hiring manager's calendar)&#xD;&#xA; 4. Management of &quot;resources&quot; (meeting rooms, projectors, et cetera)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nice to haves:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - web interface&#xD;&#xA; - the (infamous) Free/Busy&#xD;&#xA; - Outlook/Palm &quot;conduit&quot; to sync to mobile devices&#xD;&#xA; - easy administration :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I **don't** want is an entire new collaboration stack (ala Zimbra, OpenXchange, Hula, .  I like my mail setup, I like my Jabber setup.  I just need a calendaring product.  I don't expect free (though, that'd be nice), and I'd like some recommendations that someone's actually touched (I'm demanding, I know...) instead of just a list from the CalDav consortium's webpage. ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Am I the only one with this problem?  Help! :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21856" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12061" RevisionGUID="579f952a-cb56-4b25-93f1-e68fe6ea2dcf" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:33:41.003" UserId="3500" Text="You're an open source shop.. how do you do shared calendaring?" />
  <row Id="21857" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12061" RevisionGUID="579f952a-cb56-4b25-93f1-e68fe6ea2dcf" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:33:41.003" UserId="3500" Text="&lt;openldap&gt;&lt;enterprise&gt;&lt;ical&gt;" />
  <row Id="21858" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12062" RevisionGUID="765fa79d-644e-42b2-8dd4-c93c08a0bd3f" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:42:23.713" UserId="3500" Text="I'm too much of a newbie to add a comment, so I'll &quot;answer&quot;...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try running &quot;iostat -xcn 1&quot; to see what your *hot* block devices are.  Are you using raw volumes or formatted?  ZFS or UFS (I'm assuming this is Solaris 10...)?  What's your disk layout?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You are swapping a bit.. have you tuned up your semaphores and such?  Using projects or /etc/system (again, assuming Solaris 10..)?" />
  <row Id="21859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12063" RevisionGUID="c04db027-f35a-40c1-b90c-d12e64af233d" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:44:03.417" UserId="3302" Text="3389                                                                        ." />
  <row Id="21860" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12063" RevisionGUID="c04db027-f35a-40c1-b90c-d12e64af233d" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:44:03.417" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12064" RevisionGUID="a4891a63-af4d-4b23-8228-2399bee8a912" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:46:59.713" UserId="2578" Text="If you don't want to use 3389 externally, open a different port externally, but point it to 3389 on the IP address of the machine you want RDC on.  This is helpful for routing many systems with RDC.  It's also nice because it won't require any registry edits." />
  <row Id="21862" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12064" RevisionGUID="a4891a63-af4d-4b23-8228-2399bee8a912" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:46:59.713" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12065" RevisionGUID="5a6fd4a0-67f5-4a73-a9c4-64a6990b91da" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:47:19.773" UserId="2916" Text="What are the pros and cons of deploying via automated installs vs. drive imaging?  For Windows I know there are issues around SID generation when cloning drives. Are there any similar issues for deploying Linux via an image?" />
  <row Id="21864" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12065" RevisionGUID="5a6fd4a0-67f5-4a73-a9c4-64a6990b91da" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:47:19.773" UserId="2916" Text="automated installs vs. drive imaging" />
  <row Id="21865" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12065" RevisionGUID="5a6fd4a0-67f5-4a73-a9c4-64a6990b91da" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:47:19.773" UserId="2916" Text="&lt;deployment&gt;&lt;unattended&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="21866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12066" RevisionGUID="897b99f5-7e1e-4e4d-b661-77755abe406b" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:47:24.657" UserId="2101" Text="Have you tried overriding the child reaper for your master program? You probably have access to the process statistics you're interested in before you reap the dead child.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My last bet would be overriding libc's exit() call with your own shared library and have your procedure report those statistics for you." />
  <row Id="21867" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12049" RevisionGUID="b455398a-aa88-486c-b929-c6b56000dd53" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:47:28.010" UserId="1039" Comment="added 155 characters in body" Text="Aside form the &quot;buy really costly NASA stuff&quot; solution, what can be done about running a system in high radiation environments like space? (This is mostly a [thought][1] [experiment][2].)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Known Issues primarily amount to data errors:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. main memory&#xD;&#xA; 2. cache ram and CPU internal state&#xD;&#xA; 3. HDD&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What can be done about these?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My thoughts include&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Use EEC Ram&#xD;&#xA;- Shield the CPU and cache with tungsten because it's a [good][3] [conductor][4] and IIRC a good radiation shield.&#xD;&#xA;- Use RAID 5 (or [RAID 6][5]) disks with some sort of hacked setup to correct errors in place rather than just writing off the whole disk as bad.&#xD;&#xA;- Use ROM disks built out of sold state HDDs with the flash chips replaced with ROMs or just a stack of CD/DVD/HDDVD drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;Note: I'm not just thinking of embedded system. I'm also interested in high end system right on up to supercomputers if anyone has any info of them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footfall&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Thunder_(novel)&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www46.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=radiation+shilding&amp;f1=electron&amp;f=IonizingRadiationAbsorption.particle_electron&amp;f2=1+MeV&amp;f=IonizingRadiationAbsorption.K_1+MeV&amp;f3=tungsten&amp;f=IonizingRadiationAbsorption.absorber_tungsten&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www49.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=tungsten&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_RAID_levels#RAID_6" />
  <row Id="21868" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12067" RevisionGUID="c66e440b-8c4d-47c4-bf10-5b8ef9a5180b" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:55:33.593" UserId="1426" Text="Drive immaging is faster, but your hardware has to be very similar for it to work. It's also harder to custimize the immage, you'd need a base immage for a web server, email server, etc. With automated installs you can have all machines install from the same nhetwork location, but use different scripts depending on what kind of server you want rather then needing to store and create multiple immages." />
  <row Id="21869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12068" RevisionGUID="40755b76-1ba8-468a-8a06-12f9178056d6" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:56:15.620" UserId="3500" Text="http://www.lazydba.com is my favorite site for DB2-related information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The IBM docs are actually quite good as well:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/db2luw/v8/index.jsp&#xD;&#xA;http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/db2luw/v9/index.jsp&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21870" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12068" RevisionGUID="40755b76-1ba8-468a-8a06-12f9178056d6" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:56:15.620" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12070" RevisionGUID="f7275742-ba55-4acd-a181-2b9318b4b83d" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:59:05.833" UserId="2413" Text="depends on what applications you will install and how long you'll keep the image un-updated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;there is quite a lot of updates coming every month so even after restoring box from image you'd need to upgrade it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;regarding SID - as far as i know it's enough if you generate unique private keys [ for ssh, https, tls eg for smtp/pop3 servers etc ] this should work fine. also unique host name generation would be nice. this might differ depending on distribution, i'm mostly using debian and didnt have any problems cloning virtual machines with that os." />
  <row Id="21875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12071" RevisionGUID="3f76c657-3592-4d29-a2b5-82a455ea7556" CreationDate="2009-05-25T20:00:46.377" UserId="3181" Text="I have been managing Debian, and now Ubuntu, desktop systems for a small shop for several years now. I am very comfortable with apt for package management and distribution upgrades. The Ubuntu installer has worked for every system I have needed to add. I have not touched Red Hat for many years and have never really managed any RHEL systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have an opportunity to take over a RHEL and CentOS shop. I am looking for a list of issues / management concerns specific to rolling out RHEL and CentOS as desktop environments for multiple users who have a mix of Dell desktop and laptop systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What issues should I watch for when rolling out CentOS as a desktop environment?" />
  <row Id="21876" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12071" RevisionGUID="3f76c657-3592-4d29-a2b5-82a455ea7556" CreationDate="2009-05-25T20:00:46.377" UserId="3181" Text="What issues should I watch for when rolling out CentOS as a desktop environment?" />
  <row Id="21877" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12071" RevisionGUID="3f76c657-3592-4d29-a2b5-82a455ea7556" CreationDate="2009-05-25T20:00:46.377" UserId="3181" Text="&lt;centos&gt;&lt;deployment&gt;&lt;management&gt;" />
  <row Id="21878" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12061" RevisionGUID="f54d7f40-4f79-4342-ad82-cc7c8a0e30dd" CreationDate="2009-05-25T20:02:20.070" UserId="3500" Comment="fixed missing peren." Text="I run an open source collaboration suite, I'm happy with it, my userbase are happy with it too... all except for calendaring.  It's a serious sore point, and I'm scrambling to find a solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've got Courier+Postfix+Maildrop for email, and XMPP/Jabber service all backed on OpenLDAP (corporate directory comes out of LDAP as well).  My only sticking point is a half-decent calendaring/scheduling package that has these (seemingly simple) features:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. LDAP Integration&#xD;&#xA; 2. Multi-platform support (Windows, Linux and Mac)&#xD;&#xA; 3. Delegation (exec. assistants can manage their exec's calendar, recruiters can schedule meetings in a hiring manager's calendar)&#xD;&#xA; 4. Management of &quot;resources&quot; (meeting rooms, projectors, et cetera)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nice to haves:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - web interface&#xD;&#xA; - the (infamous) Free/Busy&#xD;&#xA; - Outlook/Palm &quot;conduit&quot; to sync to mobile devices&#xD;&#xA; - easy administration :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I **don't** want is an entire new collaboration stack (ala Zimbra, OpenXchange, Hula, ...).  I like my mail setup, I like my Jabber setup.  I just need a calendaring product.  I don't expect free (though, that'd be nice), and I'd like some recommendations that someone's actually touched (I'm demanding, I know...) instead of just a list from the CalDav consortium's webpage. ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Am I the only one with this problem?  Help! :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21879" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12072" RevisionGUID="6673058a-9e09-472b-b6d3-d2848b9f4b3e" CreationDate="2009-05-25T20:01:20.347" Text="&lt;p&gt;I think I created two new words in that Title ;) but hopefully you understand what I'm asking :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have two development laptops with data that I would like automatically backed up.  I'd like to keep my laptops completely wireless (except for AC) and I'd rather not have to plug my laptops into an external hard drive to backup the data.  What's a cheap and easy-to-configure system (hardware and software) I can buy to automatically and wirelessly backup my laptop data?  I have a wireless router I use to connect to the internet, is a wireless NAS device a good route to take?  Other thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If so, do you have any recommendations for a good, inexpensive, wireless NAS that can store between 150GB and 500GB of data?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What about software?  Will the wireless NAS (or other device) you recommend come with good autobackup software?  If not, do you have any recommendations for good software?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks so much in advance for all your help!  You've all been so helpful in this venture of mine!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21880" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12072" RevisionGUID="6673058a-9e09-472b-b6d3-d2848b9f4b3e" CreationDate="2009-05-25T20:01:20.347" Text="Hardware Question: What's the cheapest and easiest way to wirelessly autobackup my data?" />
  <row Id="21881" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12072" RevisionGUID="6673058a-9e09-472b-b6d3-d2848b9f4b3e" CreationDate="2009-05-25T20:01:20.347" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="21882" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12073" RevisionGUID="469f3741-9c13-48ff-990b-ab56bc9e2ebb" CreationDate="2009-05-25T20:07:05.080" Text="&lt;p&gt;Not exactly an answer, but ... if it's for development - nothing compares to having a version control at a central place and being able to just check-out your latest environment (not only code, but all dev configuration like &lt;code&gt;.profile&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;.vimrc&lt;/code&gt;, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12074" RevisionGUID="952c2a20-db20-452d-b45c-da7ecc39e050" CreationDate="2009-05-25T20:16:03.163" UserId="2413" Text="you do not mention operating system you are using, my answer assumes it's linux / debian. but those hints might be handy with windows as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;compare both servers - check if mysql has the same language setting. run in mysql:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysql&gt; SHOW VARIABLES LIKE '%lang%';&#xD;&#xA;    +---------------+---------------------------+&#xD;&#xA;    | Variable_name | Value                     |&#xD;&#xA;    +---------------+---------------------------+&#xD;&#xA;    | language      | /usr/share/mysql/english/ |&#xD;&#xA;    +---------------+---------------------------+&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;it can be changed in /etc/mysql/my.cnf:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [mysqld]&#xD;&#xA;    language        = /usr/share/mysql/english&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;is it the same on both machines? on debian mysql's textual explanation of errors is kept in /usr/share/mysql.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;check regional settings if both machines have the same default language.&#xD;&#xA;you can check/change default locales by running&#xD;&#xA;`enter code here`dpkg-reconfigure locales &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12075" RevisionGUID="10850c5e-5e0e-4aae-bf69-ee893658b6d4" CreationDate="2009-05-25T20:16:47.500" UserId="2352" Text="I consider wireless backups a mistake.  It will end up being the bottle-neck in your backup's reliability.  I recommend instead investing in a good docking station, so you can have the best of both worlds (wired and free-to-roam)." />
  <row Id="21885" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12075" RevisionGUID="10850c5e-5e0e-4aae-bf69-ee893658b6d4" CreationDate="2009-05-25T20:16:47.500" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12076" RevisionGUID="371ac728-957f-4cca-8537-649ec86870f8" CreationDate="2009-05-25T20:19:13.017" UserId="1134" Text="Check out this question which is very similar:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/398410/windows-disk-cloning-vs-automatic-installation-of-servers][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I asked it on stackoverflow.com a while ago, when serverfault.com wasn't around).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/398410/windows-disk-cloning-vs-automatic-installation-of-servers" />
  <row Id="21887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12077" RevisionGUID="08c7eab9-f3d2-49fa-92b6-3b8e753fd5f6" CreationDate="2009-05-25T20:22:01.793" UserId="905" Text="One of the (optional) requirements for the Works With SQL Server 2008 test is that row level compression is enabled on all tables and indexes.  We have an existing database with a lot of tables and indexes already created.  Is there an easy way to enable compression on all these tables and indexes?" />
  <row Id="21888" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12077" RevisionGUID="08c7eab9-f3d2-49fa-92b6-3b8e753fd5f6" CreationDate="2009-05-25T20:22:01.793" UserId="905" Text="Enable row level compression on all tables and indexes" />
  <row Id="21889" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12077" RevisionGUID="08c7eab9-f3d2-49fa-92b6-3b8e753fd5f6" CreationDate="2009-05-25T20:22:01.793" UserId="905" Text="&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;compression&gt;" />
  <row Id="21890" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11955" RevisionGUID="b75ce209-de73-48be-b168-ac7294b606af" CreationDate="2009-05-25T20:30:31.293" UserId="2863" Comment="fixed grammar." Text="Have a look at this [documentation][1]. i have done this before and it's not hard, just requires a bit of patience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows" />
  <row Id="21891" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12078" RevisionGUID="8eddf01b-d76d-48f0-add1-8a8ff2c510e1" CreationDate="2009-05-25T20:34:21.583" UserId="905" Text="Tony Soper [has a couple of links][1] to Microsoft's collections of Hyper-V info.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the big gotchas that have caused us headaches is using snapshots.  They're great, but you have to be very mindful when using them.  Some points:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Snapshots are stored as separate files from the VHD.&#xD;&#xA; 2. When you delete a snapshot, it will no longer be listed in the snapshot list, but will still exist on disk.  It won't be merged unless the virtual machine is actually shutdown.&#xD;&#xA; 3. If you want to move a VHD without using Export/Import or Virtual Machine Manager, you want to make sure all snapshots have been merged and there are none remaining.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another point to note is that when Integration Services are installed on Windows machine, the hal.dll may be replaced by a Hyper-V version, so moving the machine to another virtualization host (i.e. Virtual PC 2007), it may not boot since the hardware layer is completely different.  We got around this by connecting the VHD to another VM and manually replacing the hal.dll.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I definitely recommend [System Center Virtual Machine Manager][2] if you'll have more than one Hyper-V and/or Virtual Server 2005 hosts.  It makes things wonderfully easy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/tonyso/archive/2009/05/15/hyper-v-how-to-find-hyper-v-resources-in-the-tn-library.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scvmm/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="21892" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12079" RevisionGUID="0971d8ff-69e7-40a3-89d4-82c57d05071b" CreationDate="2009-05-25T20:35:36.680" UserId="3491" Text="I'm pretty happy with Linksys RVL (RVL-200 ) and RV (RV-082 or RVL-042) series.Pretty good, not expensive, works like a charm. I connect to my client's Asterisk servers regularly with no problems. " />
  <row Id="21893" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12059" RevisionGUID="cddd6829-e0aa-44b6-8bce-bf99feadaa24" CreationDate="2009-05-25T20:40:02.053" UserId="2629" Comment="Minor clarifications." Text="**Netstat routing tables**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This was tested on Mac OS X 10.5.7.  I suspect the result is nearly the same on all platforms, as it was indicated to work on Solaris.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netstat -r &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will give you a routing table.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netstat -nr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;is the same, but will give you raw IPs instead of looking up machine names.  It's output looks like this (only longer):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Routing tables&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Internet:&#xD;&#xA;    Destination        Gateway            Flags    Refs      Use  Netif Expire&#xD;&#xA;    default            192.168.40.250     UGSc       19        1    en1&#xD;&#xA;    127                127.0.0.1          UCS         0        0    lo0&#xD;&#xA;    127.0.0.1          127.0.0.1          UH          1     3140    lo0&#xD;&#xA;    169.254            link#5             UCS         0        0    en1&#xD;&#xA;    169.254.33.92      127.0.0.1          UHS         0        0    lo0&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.40         link#5             UCS        11        0    en1&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.40.1       0:17:f2:ca:a0:94   UHLW        0        0    en1   1150&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Internet6:&#xD;&#xA;    Destination                             Gateway                         Flags      Netif Expire&#xD;&#xA;    ::1                                     link#1                          UHL         lo0&#xD;&#xA;    fe80::%lo0/64                           fe80::1%lo0                     Uc          lo0&#xD;&#xA;    fe80::1%lo0                             link#1                          UHL         lo0&#xD;&#xA;    fe80::%en0/64                           link#4                          UC          en0&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;    ff02::/32                               link#7                          UC          en2&#xD;&#xA;    ff02::/32                               link#8                          UC          en3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Columns:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Destination and Gateway:*  The destination is an address (or address range) we might want to send information to.  All data sent to that destination will go to the associated gateway.  The gateway knows where to send the data to for its next 'hop' on the journey.  If we wish to send data to a destination that has no entry in the routing table, it will go through the default gateway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Flags:*  The man/info page lists all the flags.  Here are what the settings on my default gateway mean:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    UGSc&#xD;&#xA;    U       - RTF_UP           Route usable&#xD;&#xA;     G      - RTF_GATEWAY      Destination requires forwarding by intermediary&#xD;&#xA;      S     - RTF_STATIC       Manually added&#xD;&#xA;       c    - RTF_PRCLONING    Protocol-specified generate new routes on use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's curious that it claims to be manually added, as it came over DHCP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Refs:* &quot;The refcnt field gives the current number of active uses of&#xD;&#xA;     the route.  Connection oriented protocols normally hold on to a single&#xD;&#xA;     route for the duration of a connection while connectionless protocols&#xD;&#xA;     obtain a route while sending to the same destination.&quot; (Man page)	&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Use:* &quot;The use field provides a count of the number of packets sent using that route.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Netif:* &quot;The interface entry indicates the network interface utilized for the route.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On my Mac, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - lo0 is the loopback interface.  &#xD;&#xA; - en0 is ethernet.  &#xD;&#xA; - en1 is wireless.  &#xD;&#xA; - en2 and en3 are used by a virtual machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Expire:* From a manpage for a different version of netstat: &quot;Displays the time (in minutes) remaining before the route expires.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21897" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12081" RevisionGUID="2cd2ae2e-1643-4ff7-aa0f-3db8e7b0829d" CreationDate="2009-05-25T20:49:58.290" UserId="45" Text="You could use this SQL script in order to create another script which should do the job:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       select 'ALTER TABLE ' + name + ' REBUILD WITH (DATA_COMPRESSION = ROW) &#xD;&#xA;             + CHAR(13) + CHAR(10) + 'GO'&#xD;&#xA;       from   sysobjects&#xD;&#xA;       where  type = 'U' -- all user tables&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I didn't test this, but it should work.)" />
  <row Id="21898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12082" RevisionGUID="dbe16f04-7fab-4add-a6c5-741ded5f250c" CreationDate="2009-05-25T20:52:05.680" UserId="905" Text="If you only have a single server you're wanting to manage (or just a couple and you won't be doing a lot of moving VMs), the built-in Server 2008 MMC tool has everything you need for managing the server." />
  <row Id="21899" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12083" RevisionGUID="1c94c2cb-b660-462c-9924-781e72d43027" CreationDate="2009-05-25T20:56:02.223" UserId="2831" Text="I don't see how answers to these questions is going to help you at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CPU usage of a new install?  Under 1% even on slow systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Resource per user account?  Very close to zero.  Each user gets a homedir with three files:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     220 bytes .bash_logout &#xD;&#xA;    3115 bytes .bashrc&#xD;&#xA;     675 bytes .profile&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The exact space requirements for the homedir will depend on the block size of your disk.  On my system it's about 16kb." />
  <row Id="21900" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12081" RevisionGUID="fe7ee056-c6fc-4750-b542-97c8cd6c0756" CreationDate="2009-05-25T21:09:44.100" UserId="45" Comment="added 376 characters in body" Text="You could use this simple SQL script in order to create another script which should do the job:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       select 'ALTER TABLE ' + name + ' REBUILD WITH (DATA_COMPRESSION = ROW) &#xD;&#xA;             + CHAR(13) + CHAR(10) + 'GO'&#xD;&#xA;       from   sysobjects&#xD;&#xA;       where  type = 'U' -- all user tables&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I didn't test this, but it should work.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can find a much more sophisticed script here on the [SQLServerBible site][1] (look for &quot;db_compression procs&quot;.) Read the author's blog post [&quot;Whole Database - Data Compression Procs&quot;][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:  http://www.sqlserverbible.com/scripts.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://sqlblog.com/blogs/paul_nielsen/archive/2008/03/13/whole-database-data-compression-procs.aspx" />
  <row Id="21901" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12084" RevisionGUID="4928fbe3-2ef6-4f41-93cf-bfa0c44f8e70" CreationDate="2009-05-25T21:11:12.867" UserId="2413" Text="i'm sure you'll get plenty of interesting answers that go beyond [wikipedia][1] and [earlier questions][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;on the funny side - if you have some time to spend - take a look at one of presentations of Dan Kaminsky about interesting ways of [ab]using dns. start with black ops of [tcp/ip on chaos communication congress #22][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/11619/are-there-names-for-typical-dns-designs-and-if-so-what-are-the-most-common&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6308488589809281787&amp;ei=4wgbSp-GONSI-AazgO3EDw&amp;q=dan+kaminsky+ip+black+ops" />
  <row Id="21902" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12077" RevisionGUID="d88ec452-0025-4700-ab57-4bd0e5e05090" CreationDate="2009-05-25T21:27:45.327" UserId="905" Comment="added 485 characters in body" Text="One of the (optional) requirements for the Works With SQL Server 2008 test is that row level compression is enabled on all tables and indexes.  We have an existing database with a lot of tables and indexes already created.  Is there an easy way to enable compression on all these tables and indexes?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the script I ended up making from splattne's recommendation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    select 'ALTER TABLE [' + name + '] REBUILD WITH (DATA_COMPRESSION = ROW);'   &#xD;&#xA;    from   sysobjects   where  type = 'U' -- all user tables&#xD;&#xA;    UNION&#xD;&#xA;    select 'ALTER INDEX [' + k.name + '] ON [' + t.name + '] REBUILD WITH (DATA_COMPRESSION = ROW);'&#xD;&#xA;    from   sysobjects k&#xD;&#xA;    join sysobjects t on k.parent_obj = t.id&#xD;&#xA;       where  k.type = 'K' -- all keys&#xD;&#xA;    	AND t.type = 'U' -- all user tables" />
  <row Id="21903" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12085" RevisionGUID="83899293-95bb-4bc1-94c4-4e5fef8a453e" CreationDate="2009-05-25T21:28:49.117" UserId="2620" Text="If not USB support - i'd still be runing windows NT 4 sp6.&#xD;&#xA;But since I moved to 2000 I jump on every new client os as soon as it gets out, just to see where MS are going with it. And only tonns of stored data can stop me for awhile, but not for too long." />
  <row Id="21905" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12084" RevisionGUID="4ded0378-cce6-4406-ab25-f0143e2aff85" CreationDate="2009-05-25T21:31:34.697" UserId="2413" Comment="deleted 9 characters in body" Text="i'm sure you'll get plenty of interesting answers that go beyond [wikipedia][1] and [earlier questions][2]. i hope you'll learn about:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - resolving names to ip addresses, &#xD;&#xA; - but also [reverse dns][3], &#xD;&#xA; - fact that dns can be used to [mitigate spam][4], &#xD;&#xA; - [tunnel ip traffic][5], &#xD;&#xA; - keep info about your [phone number][6], &#xD;&#xA; - keep info about [public keys][7]&#xD;&#xA; - [read wikipedia][8]&#xD;&#xA; - and more &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;on the funny side - if you have some time to spend - take a look at one of presentations of Dan Kaminsky about interesting ways of [ab]using dns. start with black ops of [tcp/ip on chaos communication congress #22][9].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/11619/are-there-names-for-typical-dns-designs-and-if-so-what-are-the-most-common&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_DNS_lookup&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://slashdot.org/articles/00/09/10/2230242.shtml&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_Number_Mapping&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DomainKeys&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/01/wikipedia_over_dns.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6308488589809281787&amp;ei=4wgbSp-GONSI-AazgO3EDw&amp;q=dan+kaminsky+ip+black+ops" />
  <row Id="21906" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12086" RevisionGUID="2983d22f-4154-429d-b028-99ef0759baf5" CreationDate="2009-05-25T21:43:13.580" UserId="3503" Text="thinkhard's answer is correct, the easiest way to avoid this is probably to install SQL Server before VS10. If you miss this, I found that by disabling the &quot;.NET Runtime Optimization Service v4..[etc].._X86&quot; and then running the VS 2010 web installer's &quot;repair&quot; fixed the problem." />
  <row Id="21907" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12084" RevisionGUID="9686dbb2-105e-44b2-8e0f-d3592fe6dbac" CreationDate="2009-05-25T21:44:08.413" UserId="2413" Comment="edited body" Text="i'm sure you'll get plenty of interesting answers that go beyond [wikipedia][1] and [earlier questions][2]. i hope you'll learn that dns can be used for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - resolving names to ip addresses, &#xD;&#xA; - but also [resolving ips to domain names][3], &#xD;&#xA; - [mitigating spam][4], &#xD;&#xA; - [tunneling ip traffic][5], &#xD;&#xA; - keeping info about your [phone number][6], &#xD;&#xA; - publishing your [public keys][7]&#xD;&#xA; - [reading wikipedia][8]&#xD;&#xA; - and more &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;on the funny side - if you have some time to spend - take a look at one of presentations of Dan Kaminsky about interesting ways of [ab]using dns. start with black ops of [tcp/ip on chaos communication congress #22][9].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/11619/are-there-names-for-typical-dns-designs-and-if-so-what-are-the-most-common&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_DNS_lookup&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://slashdot.org/articles/00/09/10/2230242.shtml&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_Number_Mapping&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DomainKeys&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/01/wikipedia_over_dns.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6308488589809281787&amp;ei=4wgbSp-GONSI-AazgO3EDw&amp;q=dan+kaminsky+ip+black+ops" />
  <row Id="21908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12087" RevisionGUID="04f6eec0-4106-4095-8c27-c1825a010dba" CreationDate="2009-05-25T21:45:22.000" UserId="3314" Text="You also need to know about [DNS spoofablity][1] the exploit that happened in the middle of last year.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.grc.com/dns/dns.htm" />
  <row Id="21909" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6134" RevisionGUID="bc724350-ad14-49da-b807-8370abf63411" CreationDate="2009-05-25T21:45:45.650" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;text&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
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  <row Id="21911" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3613" RevisionGUID="c366a63a-aede-4539-94e8-cfe9d5f616b6" CreationDate="2009-05-25T21:46:42.700" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;postgresql&gt;&lt;dba&gt;&lt;administration&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="21912" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12088" RevisionGUID="1e5b3a7d-7171-4cd4-ad91-b1ba5ef37381" CreationDate="2009-05-25T21:47:23.243" UserId="2435" Text="In addition to pQd or if you've got a longer commute, listen to the dns-specific episodes of SecurityNow. On first glance episodes [163][1], [157][2] and [155][3], though there have been some additional episodes (after these) with listener Q&amp;A.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm#163&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm#157&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm#155" />
  <row Id="21913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12089" RevisionGUID="def9b990-e329-4f56-8d64-1e44a58104fb" CreationDate="2009-05-25T21:47:30.733" UserId="2439" Text="On the hardware side, I'd also consider a wireless NAS your best bet. Of course you could also use an existing server if you have one, but if you don't yet have one, setting one up just for backup is probably overkill.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the software side, I am very satisfied with dirvish, available at http://www.dirvish.org/ . It can create &quot;incremental full backups&quot; by using hardlinks. It's Unix-only though, as far as I know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Windows, you could set up a task using rsync (just google for rsync windows), or use one of the ready-made backup solutions. Most should be able to back up to any mounted drive, so backup over wireless should be no problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure to get some notification about the last successful backup, so you notice when (not if) your backup stopped working. And: Test restoring. Remember that backing up is easy; it's the restore that can get hairy..." />
  <row Id="21914" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12089" RevisionGUID="def9b990-e329-4f56-8d64-1e44a58104fb" CreationDate="2009-05-25T21:47:30.733" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21915" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12090" RevisionGUID="6cfab91f-5989-489c-bc98-42f918b2cfad" CreationDate="2009-05-25T21:49:10.713" UserId="2413" Text="[this guy][1] has developed quite a few useful tools. take a look at his blog.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.depesz.com/" />
  <row Id="21916" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12084" RevisionGUID="de5c0176-dba4-4982-9ca7-e1b4cb6ab05e" CreationDate="2009-05-25T21:51:11.333" UserId="2413" Comment="added 19 characters in body" Text="i'm sure you'll get plenty of interesting answers that go beyond [wikipedia][1] and [earlier questions][2]. i hope you'll learn that dns can be used for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - resolving names to ip addresses [ boring stuff ;-], &#xD;&#xA; - but also [resolving ips to domain names][3], &#xD;&#xA; - [mitigating spam][4], &#xD;&#xA; - [tunneling ip traffic][5], &#xD;&#xA; - keeping info about your [phone number][6], &#xD;&#xA; - publishing your [public keys][7]&#xD;&#xA; - [reading wikipedia][8]&#xD;&#xA; - and more &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;on the funny side - if you have some time to spend - take a look at one of presentations of Dan Kaminsky about interesting ways of [ab]using dns. start with black ops of [tcp/ip on chaos communication congress #22][9].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/11619/are-there-names-for-typical-dns-designs-and-if-so-what-are-the-most-common&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_DNS_lookup&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://slashdot.org/articles/00/09/10/2230242.shtml&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_Number_Mapping&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DomainKeys&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/01/wikipedia_over_dns.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6308488589809281787&amp;ei=4wgbSp-GONSI-AazgO3EDw&amp;q=dan+kaminsky+ip+black+ops" />
  <row Id="21917" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="7400" RevisionGUID="1364c6d3-c408-4dfd-898c-b1e618bbc185" CreationDate="2009-05-25T21:51:38.807" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="21918" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12084" RevisionGUID="71241e28-7e2e-4d92-a4f0-50bec2195e66" CreationDate="2009-05-25T21:56:27.063" UserId="2413" Comment="added 66 characters in body" Text="i'm sure you'll get plenty of interesting answers that go beyond [wikipedia][1] and [earlier questions][2]. i hope you'll learn that dns can be used for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - resolving names to ip addresses [ boring stuff ;-], &#xD;&#xA; - but also [resolving ips to domain names][3], &#xD;&#xA; - [mitigating spam][4], &#xD;&#xA; - [tunneling ip traffic][5], &#xD;&#xA; - keeping info about your [phone number][6], &#xD;&#xA; - publishing your [public keys][7]&#xD;&#xA; - [reading wikipedia][8]&#xD;&#xA; - and more &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;on the funny side - if you have some time to spend - take a look at one of presentations of Dan Kaminsky about interesting ways of [ab]using dns. start with black ops of [tcp/ip on chaos communication congress #22][9]. highly entertaining. than take a look at his newer presentations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/11619/are-there-names-for-typical-dns-designs-and-if-so-what-are-the-most-common&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_DNS_lookup&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://slashdot.org/articles/00/09/10/2230242.shtml&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_Number_Mapping&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DomainKeys&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/01/wikipedia_over_dns.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6308488589809281787&amp;ei=4wgbSp-GONSI-AazgO3EDw&amp;q=dan+kaminsky+ip+black+ops" />
  <row Id="21919" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12091" RevisionGUID="5c4c422e-bf70-45e5-98e6-83f94006c2d7" CreationDate="2009-05-25T21:56:59.857" UserId="814" Text="I just installed SQL Server Standard Edition with the Management Studio. I'm able to connect to my SQL server instance but I can't connect to a SQL Server Express instance on a remote computer.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is the Management Studio Standard able to connect to an Express database or do I have to install the SQL Server Management Studio Express ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used to be able to connect to the remote instance under Vista but I installed 7 recently and I can't remember if I installed the Express version of the management studio under Vista...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should also add that I can connect to the remote database using Visual Studio 2008's Server Explorer." />
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  <row Id="21922" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12092" RevisionGUID="0925130d-5d9d-41a2-8d3d-e0c7cf5ea02f" CreationDate="2009-05-25T22:01:28.677" UserId="3431" Text="I should also mention that XenServer includes everything that you need to install on top of bare metal. With Xen.org you need to install it yourself which can be very challenging/fun/interesting (pick whichever one fits the context)." />
  <row Id="21923" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12065" RevisionGUID="0468798b-b1a3-410a-8a0b-9982ec134011" CreationDate="2009-05-25T22:02:08.363" UserId="919" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;deployment&gt;&lt;unattended&gt;&lt;installation&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
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  <row Id="21927" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12094" RevisionGUID="501cdba6-f262-4cec-b610-6318a9db117b" CreationDate="2009-05-25T22:08:37.070" UserId="2272" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;xp&gt;&lt;service&gt;" />
  <row Id="21928" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3529" RevisionGUID="9fb0a33b-6070-4f9d-9ea4-720f35dc5ded" CreationDate="2009-05-25T22:14:57.993" UserId="1222" Comment="added sudo" Text="If you're using a rented VM, then just add a swap file instead of a swap partition. Lower performance, but at least you'll have the available memory when required :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How to create a swap file? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1024 count=1000000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will create file (/swapfile) of size 1GB (round)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo mkswap /swapfile&#xD;&#xA;add this file to your swap pool&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;    sudo swapon /swapfile&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will do the job, now you have an extra Gb of swap memory.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21929" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3415" RevisionGUID="ee076aa4-71d0-4f8a-b3f8-05eab49fc9ff" CreationDate="2009-05-25T22:17:24.573" UserId="919" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;amazon-s3&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="21930" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12095" RevisionGUID="988b73ce-22b6-43ac-9c79-3613b4f53796" CreationDate="2009-05-25T22:20:06.283" UserId="2435" Text="It might be [this issue][1], fixed in the current trunk. The subversion commit information is also included in Jira, so you can apply the same patch to your code. (see the [fisheye][2] information in the issuetracker)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise (and if splattne's link didn't help) we'll need more information: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What database is involved?&#xD;&#xA; - Is this exception upon server start or on access to localhost:8080 ?&#xD;&#xA; - What happens if you use a fresh installation (with your customizations, most likely in liferay's portal-ext.properties, also with the required database driver)&#xD;&#xA; - Can you give more stacktrace information? I expect it to be prohibitively long, but a bit more information for localizing the root cause would be good.&#xD;&#xA; - Did you try the [Liferay forums][3]? There might be more people hanging around there with in-depth Liferay knowledge than here (no pun intended).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPS-3329&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPS-3329?page=com.atlassian.jira.ext.fisheye%3Afisheye-issuepanel&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.liferay.com/web/guest/community/forums" />
  <row Id="21931" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12096" RevisionGUID="40262a53-996e-4771-92ad-76787ff8daed" CreationDate="2009-05-25T22:21:01.447" UserId="887" Text="Make sure the Express instance is configured to accept remote connections, check [here][1] for details; the standard SSMS can connect to Express instances without a problem. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx" />
  <row Id="21932" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12097" RevisionGUID="d2f69eda-03ff-4861-94de-916f7c9cf1a7" CreationDate="2009-05-25T22:34:02.963" UserId="48" Text="You can use SC to create user defined services. This command will create a service:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sc.exe create &quot;Service Name&quot; binPath= &quot;C:\Your Program.exe&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note there must be a space between binpath= and the program location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To Delete the service use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sc.exe delete &quot;Service Name&quot; " />
  <row Id="21933" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12098" RevisionGUID="193a32f4-23ba-4297-a68a-3df2fbefc883" CreationDate="2009-05-25T22:38:54.013" UserId="48" Text="I had this happen in the Windows 7 RC too, and it was relate to my ISO mounting software (SlySoft Virtual Clone Drive, but could have been and ISO mounting software), you may want to check if that is causing an issue and update to the latest version." />
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  <row Id="21935" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12099" RevisionGUID="6d704330-855e-4455-982e-bebba052965f" CreationDate="2009-05-25T22:40:38.363" UserId="2629" Text="**Rate of Transmission/Reception**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the Mac [OS X 10.5.7]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netstat -i -w 10&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;                input        (Total)           output&#xD;&#xA;       packets  errs      bytes    packets  errs      bytes colls&#xD;&#xA;           794     0    1166796        763     0      50358     0&#xD;&#xA;           789     0    1167773        765     0      52542     0&#xD;&#xA;           792     0    1166548        765     0      51174     0&#xD;&#xA;           796     0    1167262        598     0      40152     0&#xD;&#xA;           929     0    1278561        846     0      65625     0&#xD;&#xA;           563     0     815570        530     0      36828     0&#xD;&#xA;            32     0       4360          1     0        774     0&#xD;&#xA;             9     0        705          0     0        684     0&#xD;&#xA;             9     0        631          0     0          0     0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This shows how many packets and bytes were transferred in a given interval of time.  (10 seconds in this example).  I was connected to youtube and was downloading over 1 MB every interval, until I closed the browser tab and the rate bottomed out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This could prove useful if you are waiting for an upload or download to finish.  Monitor the rate, and when it drops dramatically, you know it is done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that the command above shows you all throughput on all interfaces.  To scope it to a particular interface (WiFi in this example), use the `-I` flag, as so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netstat -I en1 -w 10" />
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  <row Id="21939" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12100" RevisionGUID="fdbacdb9-bb89-4103-97fd-5dd7477b5894" CreationDate="2009-05-25T23:25:53.640" UserId="1349" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="21940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12101" RevisionGUID="40f82dfe-1fe5-4312-a181-f4afdfc51c1f" CreationDate="2009-05-25T23:36:52.633" UserId="3215" Text="[This Microsoft Article][1] describes joining computers to the domain via command line or script.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315273/EN-US/" />
  <row Id="21941" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12102" RevisionGUID="98119484-6f96-4c4f-a49a-2fafdb491652" CreationDate="2009-05-25T23:43:10.623" UserId="3505" Text="Basically what I'm asking is, has anyone come across a means by which to wrap rsync inside ssh.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With OpenSSH v4.9+ sftp has some nice options that allow you to chroot the incoming connection and such - and that's a solution that I would look at, however I'm stuck with RHEL, and neither RHEL4 or RHEL5 are upto that version of ssh.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My current solution is to add something like this to the server-side using the client user's key...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;server% cat ~/.ssh/authorized_keys&#xD;&#xA;command=&quot;cd /srv/rsync/etl &amp;&amp; tar --exclude './lost+found' -pcf - ./&quot; ssh-rsa...&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...and so the client would then be restricted to one thing and one thing only...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;client% ssh -T -i ${HOME}/.ssh/id_rsa oracle@database.com &gt; sensative.tar&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This secures the connection, as well as the server (from the client), however is inefficient as all files will be retrieved over and over again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm after doing something similar (or just better) using rsync." />
  <row Id="21942" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12102" RevisionGUID="98119484-6f96-4c4f-a49a-2fafdb491652" CreationDate="2009-05-25T23:43:10.623" UserId="3505" Text="Hot to perform a secure rsync between servers across an unsecured network" />
  <row Id="21943" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12102" RevisionGUID="98119484-6f96-4c4f-a49a-2fafdb491652" CreationDate="2009-05-25T23:43:10.623" UserId="3505" Text="&lt;openssh&gt;&lt;secure&gt;&lt;copy&gt;&lt;rsync&gt;&lt;tar&gt;" />
  <row Id="21944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12103" RevisionGUID="c56a7e9c-de0f-4610-9985-a6cecace1ffd" CreationDate="2009-05-25T23:55:38.587" UserId="993" Text="Also check out using [Sysprep][1] for fresh installs. I've had good results with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302577" />
  <row Id="21945" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12099" RevisionGUID="07a06dbb-516d-46ea-ac26-5e52ced3ac50" CreationDate="2009-05-25T23:55:53.143" UserId="2629" Comment="Added note about another answer that spoke of us on Solaris and LInux." Text="**Rate of Transmission/Reception**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the Mac [OS X 10.5.7]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netstat -i -w 10&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[See [chuck's answer][1] for notes about use on Solaris and Linux.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The output looks like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;                input        (Total)           output&#xD;&#xA;       packets  errs      bytes    packets  errs      bytes colls&#xD;&#xA;           794     0    1166796        763     0      50358     0&#xD;&#xA;           789     0    1167773        765     0      52542     0&#xD;&#xA;           792     0    1166548        765     0      51174     0&#xD;&#xA;           796     0    1167262        598     0      40152     0&#xD;&#xA;           929     0    1278561        846     0      65625     0&#xD;&#xA;           563     0     815570        530     0      36828     0&#xD;&#xA;            32     0       4360          1     0        774     0&#xD;&#xA;             9     0        705          0     0        684     0&#xD;&#xA;             9     0        631          0     0          0     0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This shows how many packets and bytes were transferred in a given interval of time.  (10 seconds in this example).  I was connected to youtube and was downloading over 1 MB every interval, until I closed the browser tab and the rate bottomed out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This could prove useful if you are waiting for an upload or download to finish.  Monitor the rate, and when it drops dramatically, you know it is done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that the command above shows you all throughput on all interfaces.  To scope it to a particular interface (WiFi in this example), use the `-I` flag, as so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netstat -I en1 -w 10&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/11289/netstat-tips-and-tricks/11517#11517" />
  <row Id="21946" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12104" RevisionGUID="ce40e55a-d2cb-4f42-9a9f-367d9dfba12d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T00:02:17.773" UserId="301" Text="Rsync supports using ssh as a transport&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rsync -az /path/to/source username@host:/path/to/destination&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;some older versions of rsync require you to specify ssh explicitly&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rsync -aze ssh /path/to/source host:/path/to/destination&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21947" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12105" RevisionGUID="8647b927-d82b-48ee-924b-ee70dda2dbdd" CreationDate="2009-05-26T00:09:10.640" UserId="3489" Text="From the MS article they suggest:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netdom join ComputerName /domain:DomainName /userd:User /passwordd:UserPassword&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other good options is if you're installing you can always add these options to the installers answer file." />
  <row Id="21948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12106" RevisionGUID="5d06b0ef-49b7-4e71-826c-c97ba4a08c43" CreationDate="2009-05-26T00:14:00.530" UserId="3489" Text="Especially if you have disparite hardware I'd suggest automated. For windows look at unattended.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://unattended.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="21949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12107" RevisionGUID="968ed406-a64d-41bc-b24e-6bb3e06b7484" CreationDate="2009-05-26T00:17:42.400" UserId="2123" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ok - I confess!! I changed the admin password and misspelled it when entering it in our pw bank.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to retrieve it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are using Windows Server Console.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="21951" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12107" RevisionGUID="968ed406-a64d-41bc-b24e-6bb3e06b7484" CreationDate="2009-05-26T00:17:42.400" UserId="2123" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;password-recovery&gt;" />
  <row Id="21952" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12104" RevisionGUID="f923aa9e-2090-4b91-a9d6-ad964941c132" CreationDate="2009-05-26T00:18:46.877" UserId="301" Comment="added 256 characters in body" Text="Rsync supports using ssh as a transport&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rsync -az /path/to/source username@host:/path/to/destination&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;some older versions of rsync require you to specify ssh explicitly&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rsync -aze ssh /path/to/source host:/path/to/destination&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An alternative to using rsync is [B. C. Pierce's Unison][1], which has similar functionality to rsync, but keeps a local index at both ends to avoid having to walk the filesystem to calculate the deltas &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/" />
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  <row Id="21955" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12108" RevisionGUID="dd3afa04-1671-4a15-b28a-d64248683f28" CreationDate="2009-05-26T00:26:34.157" UserId="3489" Text="We use Google Calendar in our team, being all linux &amp; mac guys. Otherwise the best common suggestion I've seen is Apple's calendar server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://trac.calendarserver.org/" />
  <row Id="21956" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11879" RevisionGUID="5b6f69fd-848d-46a1-886f-837fc0443e43" CreationDate="2009-05-26T00:30:44.717" UserId="3472" Comment="spelling" Text="I only have one account on my Windows Vista machine, and that user has administrative privileges. However, when I try to execute a command within PowerShell to kill a certain process, I'm greeted with an &quot;Access is denied&quot; message. How do I become the administrator?" />
  <row Id="21957" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12109" RevisionGUID="497590c9-09f1-42a4-9cb2-8abfe3beb6b2" CreationDate="2009-05-26T00:31:05.980" UserId="3466" Text="Here is your problem: You're running windows vista business... lol" />
  <row Id="21958" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12109" RevisionGUID="497590c9-09f1-42a4-9cb2-8abfe3beb6b2" CreationDate="2009-05-26T00:31:05.980" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="21959" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12110" RevisionGUID="b32135bf-7c48-4c48-9a62-971c5ff70d7a" CreationDate="2009-05-26T00:31:47.620" UserId="2571" Text="I am upgrading my shared hosting to VPS hosting, mainly to just add server administration skills to my development skills, so I'm facing a lot of new choices just signing up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to choose a virtualization platform, either Xen or OpenVZ. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From what I can tell, OpenVZ is more &quot;user-friendly&quot;, but other than that I can't really tell a difference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm going to choose Ubuntu Linux, just because I believe it is the most user friendly and very popular, and I assume both Xen and OpenVZ work equally well with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For my purposes of &quot;learning how to administrate a server&quot; which do you think would be more appropriate, Xen or OpenVZ? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="21961" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12110" RevisionGUID="b32135bf-7c48-4c48-9a62-971c5ff70d7a" CreationDate="2009-05-26T00:31:47.620" UserId="2571" Text="&lt;xen&gt;&lt;openvz&gt;&lt;vps&gt;" />
  <row Id="21962" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12111" RevisionGUID="54ed8fac-78a8-4786-bd9b-50d4f3781cb3" CreationDate="2009-05-26T00:48:23.567" UserId="3058" Text="EBCD - Emergency Boot CD&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will let you set a new admin password.  I haven't tried it on a VMware image, but I've saved my bacon a few times on physical servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[How to use EBCD][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems EBCD is no longer maintained.  Here's one that I have seen a few recommendations for&#xD;&#xA;[How to use pc-login-now][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linglom.com/2007/08/16/how-to-reset-administrator-password-on-windows-using-ebcd/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.linglom.com/2008/09/23/how-to-reset-administrator-password-on-windows-using-pc-login-now/" />
  <row Id="21963" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12107" RevisionGUID="b1925a7f-d208-4511-a591-ff877f49cd1a" CreationDate="2009-05-26T00:55:29.253" UserId="2123" Comment="added 111 characters in body; edited title" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ok - I confess!! I changed the admin password and misspelled it when entering it in our pw bank.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to retrieve it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are using Windows Server Console.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;System Rescue CD has a utility call ntpass - though it seems it can only reset the password not recover it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21964" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="12107" RevisionGUID="b1925a7f-d208-4511-a591-ff877f49cd1a" CreationDate="2009-05-26T00:55:29.253" UserId="2123" Comment="added 111 characters in body; edited title" Text="How to recover Administrator password for Windows Server 2003 VMWare image." />
  <row Id="21965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12112" RevisionGUID="29bfe86e-37f4-4cf6-9ae6-c44e30193047" CreationDate="2009-05-26T00:58:57.720" UserId="1349" Text="[Ophcrack][1] is worth taking a look at. It's saved me numerous times, and is perfect for when you want to retrieve the password, rather than change it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="21966" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12113" RevisionGUID="20727756-df5f-47fb-9e55-281bfe46a0d9" CreationDate="2009-05-26T01:07:35.417" UserId="2379" Text="I see many tools that have been discussed for 'proper' bandwidth monitoring and testing - but I am wondering what people use 'in a pinch'?  Particularly on systems that they may not easily have admin privileges on?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am mainly looking for Internet tests.  Speedtest.net works in most cases, but it relies on flash - not something that is always available, particularly when rdc'ing into servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have reliable equivalents that will run very lightly?  I know they won't give reliable data like ipcop, ntop, ipaudit, bandwidthD when properly configured, but sometimes we just want to make sure things are connected...  " />
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  <row Id="21969" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12114" RevisionGUID="cac0df7b-6fd8-4f9d-a7e9-08ba0d042eff" CreationDate="2009-05-26T01:24:44.613" UserId="2224" Text="Unfortunately, there is a reason why the universe is on MS Exchange.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, check out Sun calendar server. I used an ancient version awhile back and it seemed serviceable enough. CalDAV is a quasi-standard, so test, test, test your use cases before writing a check." />
  <row Id="21970" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12115" RevisionGUID="b4169447-e53d-4c8b-beb1-eebb4e661ae0" CreationDate="2009-05-26T01:28:44.267" UserId="2224" Text="Beware of using group policy. If you expect to have lots of sites or lots of OU's, using GPO will become real painful, real fast.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd recommend an actual software distribution tool such as MS SCCM for software, and limiting Group Policy to what it's good at -- settings, user rights, etc." />
  <row Id="21971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12116" RevisionGUID="ba5f4378-2c8c-4a7f-a219-e81836b6d07d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T01:31:55.993" UserId="1067" Text="Try [OphCrack][1] as previously recommended.  This should allow you to load a sam file from a different computer, even offline.  So, you'll need to pull a file off the system in question.  Possibly located at &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; c:\Winnt\system32\Config\SAM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/2006/04/cracking-your-windows-sam-database-in.html" />
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system/login)&#xD;&#xA;- [sc][51] - Manage anything you want to do with services.&#xD;&#xA;- [schtasks][52] - Enables an administrator to create, delete, query, change, run and end scheduled tasks on a local or remote system.&#xD;&#xA;- [secpol.msc][53] - Local Security Settings&#xD;&#xA;- [services.msc][54] - Services control panel&#xD;&#xA;- [set][55] - Displays, sets, or removes cmd.exe environment variables.&#xD;&#xA;- [start.][56] - opens the current directory in the Windows Explorer.&#xD;&#xA;- [shutdown.exe][57] - Shutdown or Reboot a local/remote machine&#xD;&#xA;- [subst.exe][58] - Associates a path with a drive letter, including local drives&#xD;&#xA;- [systeminfo][59] -Displays a comprehensive information about the system&#xD;&#xA;- [taskkill][60] - terminate tasks by process id (PID) or image name&#xD;&#xA;- [tasklist.exe][61] - List Processes on local or a remote machine&#xD;&#xA;- [taskmgr.exe][62] - Task Manager&#xD;&#xA;- [telephon.cpl][63] - Telephone and Modem properties&#xD;&#xA;- [timedate.cpl][64] - Date and Time&#xD;&#xA;- [title][65] - Change the title of the CMD window you have open&#xD;&#xA;- [tracert][66] - Trace route&#xD;&#xA;- [winver.exe][67] - Find Windows Version&#xD;&#xA;- [wscui.cpl][68] - Windows Security Center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6628#6628&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/5101#5101&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3787#3787&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3959#3959&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/5269#5269&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3922#3922&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6627#6627&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/5106#5106&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6912#6912&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3791#3791&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3803#3803&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3800#3800&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3799#3799&#xD;&#xA;  [14]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/5104#5104&#xD;&#xA;  [15]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3891#3891&#xD;&#xA;  [16]: 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http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/11548#11548&#xD;&#xA;  [53]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3845#3845&#xD;&#xA;  [54]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3786#3786&#xD;&#xA;  [55]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6741#6741&#xD;&#xA;  [56]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3962#3962&#xD;&#xA;  [57]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4987#4987&#xD;&#xA;  [58]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6923#6923&#xD;&#xA;  [59]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6516#6516&#xD;&#xA;  [60]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6349#6349&#xD;&#xA;  [61]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/5002#5002&#xD;&#xA;  [62]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3817#3817&#xD;&#xA;  [63]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4426#4426&#xD;&#xA;  [64]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4428#4428&#xD;&#xA;  [65]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6468#6468&#xD;&#xA;  [66]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6901#6901&#xD;&#xA;  [67]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4847#4847&#xD;&#xA;  [68]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4431#4431" />
  <row Id="21973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12117" RevisionGUID="e9e6e227-621e-48a0-b134-392efc12d07d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T01:39:45.250" UserId="1067" Text="I disagree with some of the answers here.  If done correctly you can take an Image and load it on multiple systems using different hardware.  Personally I've seen images that support up to 30 different systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My answer to your question is to use both methods if you are very anal about the creation of an image.  Create the automated install and then sysprep the result.  This will lead to repeatable, self-documenting images.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you can write to the disk image in its saved state you can extend what is on the image by including a script that can be run during sysprep.  OR you could backup your system before taking a sysprep and then extend it and take a sysprep after.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've done both methods with good results.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding SID problems, you should always use Sysprep for a new image (Although NewSID will work), which will resolve any SID issues, However, there are other applications which write GUIDs to the registry which would need to be cleaned.  Off the top of my head Altiris and WSUS are two that do this." />
  <row Id="21974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12118" RevisionGUID="dc42d8c5-0505-42c5-a447-3e9a733113d1" CreationDate="2009-05-26T01:43:45.450" UserId="1067" Text="I like [DSLReports][1].  They've consolidated several speedtests.  Good for quickly going to and finding one if your computer isn't liking one of the tests.  There must be over 200 different sites to try.  The IPhone one looks HTML only.  Unless I'm missing something.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dslreports.com/stest" />
  <row Id="21975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12119" RevisionGUID="045faf16-e8fa-406b-9c43-7d9d51e4a741" CreationDate="2009-05-26T01:53:22.937" UserId="2515" Text="Yes, Windows most likely will erase MBR with grub. You'd have to load from boot CD and run `grub-install` afterward.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But if you experiment with installing Windows often, you can install grub into Linux partition, not into MBR. Then just setting `active` bit on the Linux partition with whatever disk utility you prefer will make Windows MBR code load grub that would be able to load anything else. It also quite useful if you have special MBR like ThinkPads do." />
  <row Id="21976" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12120" RevisionGUID="876b9dec-b0a6-4963-8c90-c2434f2f8a27" CreationDate="2009-05-26T01:56:24.413" UserId="3508" Text="OphCrack should work for your needs&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21977" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12121" RevisionGUID="5479f81e-fc8a-4495-a821-df899651ba47" CreationDate="2009-05-26T02:10:29.010" UserId="2466" Text="Speakeasy has a good one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://speakeasy.net/speedtest/" />
  <row Id="21978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12122" RevisionGUID="064c419f-c775-4514-975c-4306fe33da14" CreationDate="2009-05-26T02:11:06.200" UserId="3105" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;I need a way to schdule a service so it can only start between certain hours on a windows machine (Windows Home Server which is roughly W2k3)&#xD;&#xA;All help gratefully received!&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;Dave" />
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  <row Id="21980" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12122" RevisionGUID="064c419f-c775-4514-975c-4306fe33da14" CreationDate="2009-05-26T02:11:06.200" UserId="3105" Text="&lt;windows-home-server&gt;&lt;schedule&gt;&lt;service&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="21981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12123" RevisionGUID="8978e7fb-2151-4d66-8029-9ffa97daa60c" CreationDate="2009-05-26T02:13:40.143" UserId="2649" Text="After speakeasy, I would use&#xD;&#xA;http://www.speedtest.net/" />
  <row Id="21982" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12107" RevisionGUID="3775d8a8-e529-44f1-8985-12e94d8ccda3" CreationDate="2009-05-26T02:33:37.537" UserId="2123" Comment="added 118 characters in body" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ok - I confess!! I changed the admin password and misspelled it when entering it in our pw bank.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to retrieve it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are using Windows Server Console.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;System Rescue CD has a utility call ntpass - though it seems it can only reset the password not recover it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [Ophcrack support/FAQ][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://apps.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/ophcrack/index.php?title=Ophcrack_Support" />
  <row Id="21983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12124" RevisionGUID="9dd19afb-e731-4cda-a12e-fb95716203b4" CreationDate="2009-05-26T02:36:53.350" UserId="1004" Text="Let'say that i've got the domain mydomain.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want that when any visitor goes to  &#xD;&#xA;www.mydomain.com   &#xD;&#xA;xyz.mydomain.com  &#xD;&#xA;abc.mydomain.com  &#xD;&#xA;asd.mydomain.com  &#xD;&#xA;qwe.mydomain.com  &#xD;&#xA;etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the visitor will continue seeing &quot;xyz.mydomain.com&quot;, but the real address will be &quot;mydomain.com&quot;. my asp.net application will handle the differences between the addresses. I want that the subdomain can be anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is: **I'm using a shared host**. They allow me to create subdomains and allow me too create some DNS records: &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Address (A)  &#xD;&#xA;CNAME  &#xD;&#xA;Mail (MX)  &#xD;&#xA;IPV6 (AAAA)  &#xD;&#xA;TXT  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is possible setup my hosting to accept that asterisk/wildcards for subdomains? How I do?" />
  <row Id="21984" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12124" RevisionGUID="9dd19afb-e731-4cda-a12e-fb95716203b4" CreationDate="2009-05-26T02:36:53.350" UserId="1004" Text="Asterisk/Wildcard DNS/subdomains" />
  <row Id="21985" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12124" RevisionGUID="9dd19afb-e731-4cda-a12e-fb95716203b4" CreationDate="2009-05-26T02:36:53.350" UserId="1004" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;dns-hosting&gt;&lt;wildcard&gt;&lt;asterisk&gt;&lt;subdomain&gt;" />
  <row Id="21986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12125" RevisionGUID="c65ae36f-3e48-4de8-be61-1879247e6d1b" CreationDate="2009-05-26T02:38:36.623" UserId="626" Text="Firstly make sure the browser service is running on the remote server - Also make sure you are using servername\sqlexpressname" />
  <row Id="21987" PostHistoryTypeId="18" PostId="2966" RevisionGUID="adcc7560-0a86-4089-a4ac-22e1484b3dd6" CreationDate="2009-05-26T02:39:00.133" UserId="1" Comment="Merged question 'What do I need to know about DNS?' by jldugger" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="21988" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11547" RevisionGUID="884fd480-5797-4a97-91ce-78eced893a03" CreationDate="2009-05-26T02:47:16.157" UserId="2363" Comment="added 19 characters in body" Text="Lots of options here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Tools Only**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you just want the GNU/Linux tools, there are a few choices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  [cygwin][1] gives you a bash shell with lots of tools, including an X11 server.  This has been around awhile and is mature.&#xD;&#xA; -  [msys][2] is a smaller, lightweight alternative to cygwin.&#xD;&#xA; -  [GNU utilities for Win32][3] is another lightweight alternative.  These are native versions of the tools, as opposed to cygwin which requires a cygwin DLL to fake out its tools into thinking they are running on Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Linux in a Windows Process**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are several packages that will run Linux as a Windows process, without simulating an entire PC as virtualization does.  They use [Cooperative Linux][4], a.k.a. coLinux, which is limited to 32-bit systems.  These don't have the overhead of virtualizing, and they start up faster since you're not booting a virtual PC.  This is a little more on the experimental side and may not be as stable as some of the virtualization options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  [Portable Ubuntu][5]&#xD;&#xA; -  [andLinux][6]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Virtualization**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Virtualization software lets you boot up another OS in a virtual PC, one that shares hardware with the host OS.  This is pretty tried-and-true.  There are nice options here for taking snapshots of your Virtual PC in a particular state, suspend/resume a virtual PC, etc.  It's nice to be able to experiment with a virtual PC, add a few packages, then revert to a previous snapshot and &quot;start clean&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  [VMWare][7]&#xD;&#xA; -  [VirtualBox][8]&#xD;&#xA; -  [VirtualPC][9]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Dual Booting**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  [wubi][10] allows you to install Ubuntu right from Windows, then dual-boot.  Not as convenient as the above, since you can't run both OS's at once.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cygwin.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mingw.org/wiki/msys&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.colinux.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://portableubuntu.demonccc.cloudius.com.ar/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.andlinux.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.vmware.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.virtualbox.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://wubi-installer.org/" />
  <row Id="21989" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12126" RevisionGUID="674efb95-bcaa-4176-a95a-782ef83f3c7d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T02:51:32.717" UserId="2372" Text="A Bind DNS server allows you to create wildcard A records like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*.mydomain.com.       IN A x.x.x.x&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  Or, if they are using a web control panel, create an **A** record for the **host *** , at your IP address.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows 2000 DNS server takes some effort to use wildcarding:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Step 1. Enable LooseWildcarding.&#xD;&#xA;[Loose Wildcarding][1]&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc940790.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Step 2. Use Dnscmd to create the Wildcard record.&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;840687&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  I'm not sure about Server 2003 and newer - there was an issue with wildcards in Server 2003 DNS not working if you have WINS forward lookup enabled&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc940790.aspx" />
  <row Id="21990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12127" RevisionGUID="8e751e12-5699-4852-84fa-ac6dda425cd2" CreationDate="2009-05-26T02:51:55.647" UserId="584" Text="Try creating an A or CNAME record with * as the subdomain and your server's IP (A record) or domain (CNAME record) as the destination. If your host's control panel doesn't permit a wildcard, you'll have to contact them for help, or move your DNS to a third party." />
  <row Id="21991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12128" RevisionGUID="888c3a99-9efa-4a59-9d96-ebc1d44a44d5" CreationDate="2009-05-26T02:56:51.300" UserId="3515" Text="Hi, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am getting the following error for WSS3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Event Type:	Error&#xD;&#xA;Event Source:	Windows SharePoint Services 3 Search&#xD;&#xA;Event Category:	Gatherer&#xD;&#xA;Event ID:	2424&#xD;&#xA;User:		N/A&#xD;&#xA;Description:&#xD;&#xA;The update cannot be started because the content sources cannot be&#xD;&#xA;accessed. Fix the errors and try the update again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Context: Application 'Search', Catalog 'index file on the search&#xD;&#xA;server Search'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Search used to work in the past - I've made sure that it is not using any built in accounts. I've tried creating new accounts as well and reverting to using an older account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still no luck. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TIA." />
  <row Id="21992" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12128" RevisionGUID="888c3a99-9efa-4a59-9d96-ebc1d44a44d5" CreationDate="2009-05-26T02:56:51.300" UserId="3515" Text="Sharepoint Services 3 Search Broken" />
  <row Id="21993" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12128" RevisionGUID="888c3a99-9efa-4a59-9d96-ebc1d44a44d5" CreationDate="2009-05-26T02:56:51.300" UserId="3515" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;microsoft&gt;" />
  <row Id="21994" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12129" RevisionGUID="7fe06340-ed0a-4537-bfc5-d849fbee5d98" CreationDate="2009-05-26T03:08:10.730" UserId="919" Text="There are a few calDAV packages in Ubuntu, but none of them appear to be heavily used or tested. I think part of the challenge is that many open source companies aren't grown to enterprise scale, and open source development happens in the virtual world of the internet, where you might not need a building and conference rooms. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think most Ubuntu infra is settling on Google Calendar for the moment; not exactly a shining moment, but suffices for the moment." />
  <row Id="21996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12131" RevisionGUID="888820c8-effb-47ae-b4fd-8d26b73b414c" CreationDate="2009-05-26T03:08:44.037" UserId="2467" Text="I need to remote control a PC that is behind a SOHO ADSL router (netgear or similar). I do not have access to the password for his router so I cannot make changes on it. I can install software on his PC though. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What remote control software is best that can work through http/https (I am assuming his router only has those ports open)? It also needs to work without having a person at the other end, as I will be accessing the PC out of business hours. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="21997" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12131" RevisionGUID="888820c8-effb-47ae-b4fd-8d26b73b414c" CreationDate="2009-05-26T03:08:44.037" UserId="2467" Text="Remote control a PC on http/https with no user intervention?" />
  <row Id="21998" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12131" RevisionGUID="888820c8-effb-47ae-b4fd-8d26b73b414c" CreationDate="2009-05-26T03:08:44.037" UserId="2467" Text="&lt;remote-access&gt;" />
  <row Id="22000" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12132" RevisionGUID="ecb4ddc3-339e-4ff9-bdae-99224861330a" CreationDate="2009-05-26T03:16:11.840" UserId="3511" Text="I will say **Teamviewer**" />
  <row Id="22001" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12133" RevisionGUID="069f508b-92d7-40f2-9c05-9cdee719371d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T03:24:16.987" UserId="212" Text="You can communicate with Skype through their API.  They have a variety of methods of doing this - including COM, Java, and Python - the [&quot;kick start guide&quot;][1] is a good place to start reading (and there's a link to the API tracer, where you can basically interactively work with Skype via text commands).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A very rough way to do it would be to do a &quot;SEARCH CALLS&quot;, then run through each call and check what the current status is.  I only looked at the [API][2] for a couple of minutes, so a more thorough look would probably get a more efficient method.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://developer.skype.com/GettingStarted/KickStartGuide&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://developer.skype.com/Docs/ApiDoc" />
  <row Id="22003" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12132" RevisionGUID="4fcfb2b7-b8ff-4555-9287-13c60b6cdff2" CreationDate="2009-05-26T03:26:00.150" UserId="3511" Comment="added 29 characters in body" Text="I will say **Teamviewer**&#xD;&#xA;It's free for personal use." />
  <row Id="22005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12135" RevisionGUID="7b5a778e-9c01-4cca-b12d-6ba0dc4e1338" CreationDate="2009-05-26T03:43:08.057" UserId="2579" Text="I use Windows Live Mesh ([www.mesh.com][1]).  Once you have it setup, you don't need to accept invitations.  You will need a Microsoft Passport account for it though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can access it via the Mesh Client or from http/https.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mesh.com" />
  <row Id="22006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12136" RevisionGUID="73c6ed87-63bf-4cac-b87b-5221baac68ee" CreationDate="2009-05-26T03:44:39.677" UserId="1833" Text="If you have access to the router that's acting as the default gateway for the subnet in question, then listing the ARP cache on the router (I believe it's just &quot;show arp&quot; on a Cisco IOS device) is the best way to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other answers in this thread (ping sweeps, nmap, broadcast pings, etc) are likely to be inadequate these days with so many systems running personal/host based firewalls that block pings, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The router arp cache *may* still not be 100%.  It won't show any hosts that haven't communicated within the arp timeout period, or at least that haven't communicated off subnet within the arp timeout period.  But in most cases it's much more likely to get you more complete results than any other method. " />
  <row Id="22007" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12137" RevisionGUID="7c45685d-5ee6-4471-abe8-ed079db6b600" CreationDate="2009-05-26T03:55:12.400" UserId="3489" Text="I often test download speed by downloading a linux install ISO from a &quot;nearby&quot; server that I know has more bandwidth then the host I'm testing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Upload bandwidth can be harder to monitor, but as it's generally less important I generally don't worry about it." />
  <row Id="22008" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="12102" RevisionGUID="f2107223-7f86-4c07-8b6a-26cc8ca3577e" CreationDate="2009-05-26T04:02:50.433" UserId="301" Comment="fixed title" Text="How to perform a secure rsync between servers across an unsecured network" />
  <row Id="22009" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12138" RevisionGUID="94a311dd-d015-4bd5-9c84-98aa76155fa8" CreationDate="2009-05-26T04:04:10.510" UserId="2642" Text="You can use windows task scheduler to run `net start service` and `net stop service` at the appropriate times." />
  <row Id="22010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12139" RevisionGUID="b6d270fe-a6bd-40ea-a296-5049a2408634" CreationDate="2009-05-26T04:04:40.460" UserId="2614" Text="You should probably look to handle new tables as well, so you don't need to run this batch on a regular basis.  I detailed a method for automatically compressing new tables in [this blog post][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd also mention that you should check to see whether or not the table is compressed before rebuilding it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://thehobt.blogspot.com/2009/02/enabling-data-compression-by-default-in.html" />
  <row Id="22011" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12140" RevisionGUID="e434623d-ebc9-4527-b01f-f2f3ce9bdedd" CreationDate="2009-05-26T04:08:15.883" UserId="3489" Text="OpenVZ is not full virtualisation, you're only running one kernel that's shared between all VM's. It can be a good way to consolidate multiple hosts that share the same OS, but it's not a general suolution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apart from Xen there's also KVM which is maturing quickly, if you're willing to base of 9.04 then you could consider it production ready.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lastly Sun's VM platform is maturing and could also be an option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want simple, full, windows capable virtualisation the free VMWare ESXi is still the best way to get it." />
  <row Id="22012" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12141" RevisionGUID="16beb95b-60ec-4566-83c0-8c9794504398" CreationDate="2009-05-26T04:10:00.373" UserId="2718" Text="I use XEN at work and home and haven't had problems with just using it in a long while. Haven't touched OpenVZ, and don't know anything about it's community scene.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hopefully, both will be dead in a couple years in favor of KVM, so I don't know that it really matters. The main reason for XEN was simply the fact that it's the official RHEL 5.3 way to do virtualization." />
  <row Id="22013" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12123" RevisionGUID="39aecf5d-87ee-42d5-8591-f636c890cbce" CreationDate="2009-05-26T04:11:07.873" UserId="2649" Comment="Fixed to more accurately answer initial question" Text="I've used this in the past when there hasn't been flash support:&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.ispgeeks.com/wild/modules/Bandwidth_Meter_DSL/initialmeter.php][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My biggest problem with most of these sites, particularly the non-flash ones is that they never seem to run long enough to be accurate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Sorry, missed the part about no flash)&#xD;&#xA;After speakeasy, I would use&#xD;&#xA;http://www.speedtest.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ispgeeks.com/wild/modules/Bandwidth_Meter_DSL/initialmeter.php" />
  <row Id="22014" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12142" RevisionGUID="f936f382-2561-4003-9969-50575e92786f" CreationDate="2009-05-26T04:32:53.790" UserId="1222" Text="Try the [PDF Download][1] bookmarklet. It will generate a high quality PDF of any webpage that is publicly accessible. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The results are a faithful rendering of the page generated by the [Winnovative SDK][2]. This  provides a much better result than straight printing from the browser or taking screenshots as the text is still vector and only the images are scaled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pdfdownload.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.winnovative-software.com/" />
  <row Id="22015" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12143" RevisionGUID="910ef0a8-0541-47a3-b18c-5428baaef764" CreationDate="2009-05-26T04:46:58.100" UserId="3459" Text="Orihara is correct, but here is some additional detail that might help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can create .cmd or .bat files that perform the net start and net stop command.  At that point you can use the Windows Task Scheduler (usually under Accessories/System Tools) to schedule the commands start and stop time.  You can also use &quot;at&quot; in the command line to schedule the commands.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps." />
  <row Id="22016" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12094" RevisionGUID="3c5b2222-bbf5-4d22-99dc-ddf3ae7c56fb" CreationDate="2009-05-26T04:49:37.673" UserId="2272" Comment="added 98 characters in body" Text="How can I turn a given normal application into a Windows service under Windows XP?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: This is a server application, so it has no GUI and does not require any input or output." />
  <row Id="22017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12144" RevisionGUID="ffacc630-cf8a-4142-9f0b-492c282131e8" CreationDate="2009-05-26T05:05:53.753" UserId="3431" Text="If you don't have to mess with the install of Xen, go with it. It provides better performance and security isolation. It's performance is pretty much on par with OpenVZ (maybe a bit lower).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Xen handles really well situations where you have one VM trying to overload everything while I am not so sure how well OpenVZ handles that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, in the end, you are right, you probably won't see a difference." />
  <row Id="22018" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12145" RevisionGUID="9b7ae296-086d-4cb7-91ad-ebf90e921c75" CreationDate="2009-05-26T05:08:36.370" UserId="51157" Text="My preference is [http://testmy.net][1] it's fast does not require flash, and easy to remember.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://testmy.net" />
  <row Id="22019" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12146" RevisionGUID="70a1a5f9-1fa4-4149-ae1d-16c9a25e279c" CreationDate="2009-05-26T05:11:08.220" UserId="3431" Text="You should check out [LogMeIn][1] which works really well even with the free version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://secure.logmein.com/home.asp" />
  <row Id="22020" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12147" RevisionGUID="a9663c62-df3d-4c7e-90f2-77e8e52f7871" CreationDate="2009-05-26T05:19:40.543" UserId="1222" Text="Through a lawyer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Google will need to find the data, verify your identity, ensure that they're complying with any legal requirements, ensure they're only providing data for your account and not any other accounts that might have used the same IP addresses, etc. It'll probably pass through at least two or three people at a cost of hundreds of dollars in labor. Google aren't going to provide this information unless they have a legal requirement to do so." />
  <row Id="22021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12148" RevisionGUID="057a4e2d-de7e-48e0-b974-aac84522985e" CreationDate="2009-05-26T05:27:40.077" UserId="1840" Text="**If** you're looking for an extremely unofficial way of testing your bandwidth, that will also NOT require you to install flash or Java... then **CNET** bandwidth Meter will help you there: [**http://reviews.cnet.com/internet-speed-test/**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://reviews.cnet.com/internet-speed-test/" />
  <row Id="22022" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12149" RevisionGUID="47f323bb-02b5-44c5-a011-e4da3374af65" CreationDate="2009-05-26T05:32:05.513" UserId="1561" Text="First, *yum* is the new *apt*, at least when it comes to using RPMs instead of DEBs.  The intent of the tool is the same, but the functionality is slightly different (for instance, Debian/Ubuntu uses a separate CLI tool to query packages for contents, while yum is more of an &quot;all in one&quot; approach).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Coming from Debian/Ubuntu, I can easily say that you will miss the &quot;completeness&quot; of the repositories.  There are several odds'n'ends that are handy to have but are *not* stock in a CentOS/RHEL environment.  You can easily add extra *repositories* (the equivalent of a Debian/Ubuntu apt site) to yum, but keep in mind that you're trusting the source you're adding, before doing so.  Nothing is more irritating than to find that you need tool X to do task Y, but tool X does not have an RPM available in the official repos.  Bummer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From your end-user's perspectives, a lot of the Ubuntu eye-candy will be gone; instead, you get a rather vanilla-looking Gnome setup, nothing wrong with that mind you, just a bit *staid*, that's all.  The OOB software tends to also follow this &quot;conservative&quot; approach to a desktop as well, although adding the repo (as mentioned above) will remedy that if you need to." />
  <row Id="22023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12150" RevisionGUID="8d244127-cbfa-4a35-b950-6ff3fafe4794" CreationDate="2009-05-26T05:32:26.150" UserId="2086" Text="On a number of machines in the past, across different versions of Windows (2000, XP, and no Vista), I've enabled DisablePagingExecutive to try and improve performance. In each case, and I've had plenty of memory, and in the especially so in the current case (Vista x64 w/ 4GB). However, after enabling this registry tweak and rebooting, I've checked task manager after a while, and I still show a huge chunk of the kernel paged to disk, even though I have 2GB of physical memory free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anybody ever used this tweak successfully? Ever? Maybe I'm viewing the wrong indicator when I check the task manager (Performance tab -&gt; &quot;Kernel Memory&quot; section), but I'd like to prevent Windows from paging everything it can to disk, especially considering the amount of memory provided in desktops these days. It seems like a &quot;Don't page to disk unless there's extreme memory pressure&quot; option ought to exist - is there one?" />
  <row Id="22024" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12150" RevisionGUID="8d244127-cbfa-4a35-b950-6ff3fafe4794" CreationDate="2009-05-26T05:32:26.150" UserId="2086" Text="Does the DisablePagingExecutive registry change have any actual effect?" />
  <row Id="22025" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12150" RevisionGUID="8d244127-cbfa-4a35-b950-6ff3fafe4794" CreationDate="2009-05-26T05:32:26.150" UserId="2086" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;registry&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="22026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12151" RevisionGUID="45122b81-7602-425c-a602-d10459c03fcf" CreationDate="2009-05-26T05:33:38.830" UserId="919" Text="I use IRC indirectly and for personal use. By keeping in contact with other regional professionals, I have a group of experts I can rely on for advice, and keep up on what the state of the art is. Our organization previously used AIM in some administrative areas, but migrated to MS Communicator to keep traffic private and local.  It's possible we could replace it with IRC, but we'd just as soon try Jabber. Some people use it to ask if it's okay to stop by their cube in person. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Within Ubuntu, IRC is used as a rendezvous communication and query tool. Rendezvous can take the form of a scheduled IRC meeting, or a simple &quot;hey bob, i got a question&quot; conversation. It's also used as a query tool, in the form &quot;anyone know what the deal with X is?&quot; Of course, if nobody's around to read anything, this can lead to traps of people asking questions, getting no answer and leaving immediately. Idling can also cause people to assume more activity than is actually happening." />
  <row Id="22027" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12152" RevisionGUID="bfe9378d-9c0c-4fb5-85d4-be5583fbd4c8" CreationDate="2009-05-26T05:39:51.410" UserId="919" Text="IRC is a handy tool at all sorts of levels:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Team communication&#xD;&#xA; - User community participation&#xD;&#xA; - Building customer service chat bots on an established protocol&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For these reasons and more I've come to love irssi+screen. Why do hosting companies love to hate IRC?" />
  <row Id="22028" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12152" RevisionGUID="bfe9378d-9c0c-4fb5-85d4-be5583fbd4c8" CreationDate="2009-05-26T05:39:51.410" UserId="919" Text="Why do hosting companies regularly disallow IRC?" />
  <row Id="22029" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12152" RevisionGUID="bfe9378d-9c0c-4fb5-85d4-be5583fbd4c8" CreationDate="2009-05-26T05:39:51.410" UserId="919" Text="&lt;irc&gt;&lt;irssi&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;aup&gt;" />
  <row Id="22030" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12149" RevisionGUID="78353e85-bb2b-47ff-969e-c1048ceb71af" CreationDate="2009-05-26T05:44:32.740" UserId="1561" Comment="added 663 characters in body" Text="First, *yum* is the new *apt*, at least when it comes to using RPMs instead of DEBs.  The intent of the tool is the same, but the functionality is slightly different (for instance, Debian/Ubuntu uses a separate CLI tool to query packages for contents, while yum is more of an &quot;all in one&quot; approach).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Coming from Debian/Ubuntu, I can easily say that you will miss the &quot;completeness&quot; of the repositories.  There are several odds'n'ends that are handy to have but are *not* stock in a CentOS/RHEL environment.  You can easily add extra *repositories* (the equivalent of a Debian/Ubuntu apt site) to yum, but keep in mind that you're trusting the source you're adding, before doing so.  Nothing is more irritating than to find that you need tool X to do task Y, but tool X does not have an RPM available in the official repos.  Bummer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From your end-user's perspectives, a lot of the Ubuntu eye-candy will be gone; instead, you get a rather vanilla-looking Gnome setup, nothing wrong with that mind you, just a bit *staid*, that's all.  The OOB software tends to also follow this &quot;conservative&quot; approach to a desktop as well, although adding the repo (as mentioned above) will remedy that if you need to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At some point, you will be tempted to&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - pull in an RPM that is not a part of your distro, or&#xD;&#xA; - pull in some other package format that is not in RPM format&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While this (usually) works, try to avoid it.  RPM installs try hard to be distro-neutral, but I have seen malformed packages that made assumptions about certain directories being &quot;there&quot;, where &quot;there&quot; is a directory path on some *other* distro.  Generally speaking, sometimes you're better off just downloading the source RPMs and rebuilding the package; the resulting packages will be built for your environment and will not have some of the crazy pathing issues that you can occasionally see." />
  <row Id="22031" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12153" RevisionGUID="f5c1d6e7-395b-40d8-8adc-b7153a0fc13e" CreationDate="2009-05-26T05:48:40.673" UserId="2783" Text="Hello Kvad-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A couple of questions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-When did you start to get this message?&#xD;&#xA;-Did anything change before you started to get this message?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have seen this error when the WSS Search service account is set to use the Network Service account (which you say it is not, but check out http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927012), and have also seen it if the Alternate Access Mappings were not setup correctly (see more here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288173.aspx)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Sean" />
  <row Id="22032" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12149" RevisionGUID="cfbd12e6-7b5f-44f5-bdf3-f996c416ebc2" CreationDate="2009-05-26T05:49:50.343" UserId="1561" Text="First, *yum* is the new *apt*, at least when it comes to using RPMs instead of DEBs.  The intent of the tool is the same, but the functionality is slightly different (for instance, Debian/Ubuntu uses a separate CLI tool to query packages for contents, while yum is more of an &quot;all in one&quot; approach).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Coming from Debian/Ubuntu, I can easily say that you will miss the &quot;completeness&quot; of the available packages for download.  There are several odds'n'ends that are handy to have but are *not* stock in a CentOS/RHEL environment.  You can easily add extra *repositories* (the equivalent of a Debian/Ubuntu apt site) to yum, but keep in mind that you're trusting the source you're adding, before doing so.  Nothing is more irritating than to find that [you need tool X to do task Y][1], but tool X does not have an RPM available in the official repos (or worse: it [depends on secondary package Z that has no RPM][2]).  Bummer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At some point, you will be tempted to&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - pull in an RPM that is not a part of your distro, or&#xD;&#xA; - pull in some other package format that is not in RPM format&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While this (usually) works, try to avoid it.  RPM installs try hard to be distro-neutral, but I have seen malformed packages that made assumptions about certain directories being &quot;there&quot;, where &quot;there&quot; is a directory path on some *other* distro.  Generally speaking, you're better off just downloading the source RPMs and rebuilding the package; the resulting packages will be built for your environment and will not have some of the crazy pathing issues that you can occasionally see.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From your end-user's perspectives, a lot of the Ubuntu eye-candy will be gone; instead, you get a rather vanilla-looking Gnome setup, nothing wrong with that mind you, just a bit *staid*, that's all.  The OOB software tends to also follow this &quot;conservative&quot; approach to a desktop as well, although adding the repo (as mentioned above) will remedy that if you need to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:  http://www.vergenet.net/linux/perdition/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.vergenet.net/linux/vanessa/" />
  <row Id="22033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12154" RevisionGUID="b81d90e1-1cf4-4738-a71a-8d8e3763e868" CreationDate="2009-05-26T05:52:43.333" UserId="1598" Text="Hi, I have an OpenSolaris server (snv_101b) serving files via NFS.  Everything works fine when mounting the shares on ESXi or OS X, but when I mount from Linux (CentOS 5.2) everything is mounted as nobody:nobody with 755 permissions.  This means that the user cannot make any changes.  How do I mount the share correctly?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The directory was shared with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`# zfs set sharenfs=on /tank/share`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And is mounted with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`# mount -t nfs4 server:/tank/share /mountpoint`" />
  <row Id="22034" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12154" RevisionGUID="b81d90e1-1cf4-4738-a71a-8d8e3763e868" CreationDate="2009-05-26T05:52:43.333" UserId="1598" Text="Mounting NFS share from OpenSolaris on Linux" />
  <row Id="22035" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12154" RevisionGUID="b81d90e1-1cf4-4738-a71a-8d8e3763e868" CreationDate="2009-05-26T05:52:43.333" UserId="1598" Text="&lt;opensolaris&gt;&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;nfs&gt;&lt;file-sharing&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="22036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12155" RevisionGUID="087509f4-88d8-43e8-b7bf-557bcfc445ac" CreationDate="2009-05-26T05:53:18.747" UserId="301" Text="IRC is regularly used in command and control systems for various internet worms, malware and spyware. I guess the overhead of determining the valid use of IRC is to high compared to the cost of being black hole routed if their IP block is suspected of hosting a botnet." />
  <row Id="22037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12156" RevisionGUID="5ae9844f-8d86-4835-ab44-997716c2ea9f" CreationDate="2009-05-26T05:53:59.447" UserId="1094" Text="&#xD;&#xA;They view IRC network(s) as a haven for illegal activity such as software/music piracy, botnets, credit card fraud, etc.. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Probably their biggest concern is their liability if a malicious user connects a botnet to their server to lauch attacks from or simply eat up alot of bandwidth." />
  <row Id="22038" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12152" RevisionGUID="8599f1ae-0c22-4171-ae2b-4ef6b6228c74" CreationDate="2009-05-26T05:57:45.147" UserId="919" Comment="address traditional justification" Text="IRC is a handy tool at all sorts of levels:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Team communication&#xD;&#xA; - User community participation&#xD;&#xA; - Building customer service chat bots on an established protocol&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For these reasons and more I've come to love irssi+screen. Why do hosting companies love to hate IRC? If it's just DDoS and warez they're worried about, surely those specific activities are already banned and easily detected?" />
  <row Id="22039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12157" RevisionGUID="943890ce-de3b-4582-862d-23bdeb753370" CreationDate="2009-05-26T05:57:53.370" UserId="2229" Text="There are a couple of ways you could do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Monitor the web UI** You could install the web access power tool and test to ensure that the web site is up and available with an existing website monitoring product.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Write a utility as you suggest** The TFS API is very simple,  easy to use and is well documented. It would be an afternoons work to write something that can check if a user can log into a server you can find some examples here [http://www.tfsexamples.com][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Rely on users to tell you** Developers using TFS rely on it heavily and if the server is unavailable you will know very quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tfsexamples.com" />
  <row Id="22040" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12158" RevisionGUID="69d7e3ab-bbc3-4e5f-b8f9-5631024eee70" CreationDate="2009-05-26T06:00:13.583" UserId="1561" Text="What version of NFS are you running client-side?  Has CentOS 5.2 gotten around to NFSv4?  Many distros are supporting NFSv3." />
  <row Id="22041" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12159" RevisionGUID="d202b326-250a-4d7c-84b8-30230057d8fb" CreationDate="2009-05-26T06:05:40.157" UserId="3174" Text="Personally, I wouldn't use Perl, simply because it's not native to Windows (and I &lt;em&gt;love&lt;/em&gt; Perl). Ensuring that you have all of the requisite modules available somewhere either on the network or ensuring that every machine that has the exact same copy of Perl installed, with all required modules can get very painful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If a login script requires a full programming language, you may be trying to do too much at login (and users don't appreciate long login delays).  n most instances, you would be better placed using .cmd scripts or VBscript.  The advantage of this is that you won't have to install anything and it should just work.  The disadvantage, of course, is that you have to learn .cmd scripting or VBScript." />
  <row Id="22042" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12160" RevisionGUID="e575c483-e44c-46fb-93c9-52e6a375c34c" CreationDate="2009-05-26T06:07:00.933" UserId="2229" Text="According to the Microsoft Web Technology blog this is bug is caused by enhanced DCOM security that was  introduced in SP1 or SP2 for Windows 2003.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This blog has a pretty detailed run down of this problem and how to solve it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://blogs.msdn.com/puneetgupta/archive/2008/01/19/server-createobject-failed-while-checking-permissions.aspx][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/puneetgupta/archive/2008/01/19/server-createobject-failed-while-checking-permissions.aspx" />
  <row Id="22043" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12161" RevisionGUID="4a6c08c8-f01d-4d9a-9906-e964e00a06b0" CreationDate="2009-05-26T06:15:59.993" UserId="3174" Text="Are you sure your network isn't affected by any malware?  I ask because Conficker can &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conficker#Symptoms&quot;&gt;lock out user accounts&lt;/a&gt;.  The reboot fixing the problem could be a red-herring, as many domains will automatically reset the lockout after a period of inactivity." />
  <row Id="22044" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12162" RevisionGUID="aba93e1f-7434-4658-aad0-e1c714b5cff9" CreationDate="2009-05-26T06:17:00.523" UserId="1691" Text="There's a directory underneath my homedir called &quot;.gvfs&quot;. As my regular user account, I can read it just fine:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ~ $ ls -lart ~raldi/.gvfs&#xD;&#xA;    total 4&#xD;&#xA;    dr-x------  2 raldi raldi    0 2009-05-25 22:17 .&#xD;&#xA;    drwxr-xr-x 60 raldi raldi 4096 2009-05-25 23:08 ..&#xD;&#xA;    ~ $ ls -d ~raldi/.gvfs&#xD;&#xA;    dr-x------ 2 raldi raldi 0 2009-05-25 22:17 /home/raldi/.gvfs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, as root I can't &quot;ls&quot; or even &quot;ls -d&quot; it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # ls ~raldi/.gvfs&#xD;&#xA;    ls: cannot access /home/raldi/.gvfs: Permission denied&#xD;&#xA;    # ls -d ~raldi/.gvfs&#xD;&#xA;    ls: cannot access /home/raldi/.gvfs: Permission denied&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And, just to make sure:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # echo $UID $EUID&#xD;&#xA;    0 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is just a simple home installation of Ubuntu 8.10, no NFS or anything weird like that. I see that the directory is marked non-world-readable (and non-world-x-able), but I thought none of that applied when you're root. For example, I can make a mode-000 directory in /tmp and give it away to a non-root user, and root has no trouble reading it, writing it, whatever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea what's going on?" />
  <row Id="22045" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12162" RevisionGUID="aba93e1f-7434-4658-aad0-e1c714b5cff9" CreationDate="2009-05-26T06:17:00.523" UserId="1691" Text="Directory that a user can read, but root can't?" />
  <row Id="22046" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12162" RevisionGUID="aba93e1f-7434-4658-aad0-e1c714b5cff9" CreationDate="2009-05-26T06:17:00.523" UserId="1691" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;" />
  <row Id="22047" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12081" RevisionGUID="5ef600de-ca9a-477c-bbc8-b66feb6b4a64" CreationDate="2009-05-26T06:21:36.583" UserId="45" Comment="forgot single quote in script" Text="You could use this simple SQL script in order to create another script which should do the job:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       select 'ALTER TABLE ' + name + ' REBUILD WITH (DATA_COMPRESSION = ROW)' &#xD;&#xA;             + CHAR(13) + CHAR(10) + 'GO'&#xD;&#xA;       from   sysobjects&#xD;&#xA;       where  type = 'U' -- all user tables&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I didn't test this, but it should work.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can find a much more sophisticed script here on the [SQLServerBible site][1] (look for &quot;db_compression procs&quot;.) Read the author's blog post [&quot;Whole Database - Data Compression Procs&quot;][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:  http://www.sqlserverbible.com/scripts.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://sqlblog.com/blogs/paul_nielsen/archive/2008/03/13/whole-database-data-compression-procs.aspx" />
  <row Id="22048" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12163" RevisionGUID="66a0c7c1-b2f1-4695-91ca-76dd1d5cd1a0" CreationDate="2009-05-26T06:22:48.233" UserId="3437" Text="Speaking as a former IRC op. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As productive as IRC can be for the well-mannered person, it's also the sort of place that tends to collect people with poor self-control. Younger people, the disaffected, mentally unbalanced, etc. When angered by some real or imagined slight, these folks tend to love launching DOS or DDOS attacks against the IRC servers and/or those IRC clients whose IP address is visible via a /WHOIS command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A person determined to be a nuisance to your IRC server will continue being a nuisance for as long as he/she wishes. Many [proxy lists][1] are available to the determined nuisance; blocking/banning by IP address thus becomes a constant manual hassle. There's no sure way to automatie it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An IRC server of any popularity at all is nearly guaranteed one or more such attacks per month; dealing with these attacks requires time, expertise, and tools that many low-cost hosting providers just don't have available and don't see any profit in acquiring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I stay on IRC a fair amount of the time, via irssi/screen running at [Silence Is Defeat][2] (SiD). It costs a buck to signup, and there are no recurring costs. But the quality of service has been going downhill lately; the SiD is often a tad overloaded and thus can lag a few seconds at times. So you might check out a few other [free shell providers][3]. If all you need is an irssi/screen host and the occasional ping/traceroute/nmap, you'll soon find one that works well for you. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;rsync your homedir to your local machine every so often though; of course being free, you're not exactly gonna get an ironclad SLA!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/search?q=proxy+lists&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://silenceisdefeat.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.red-pill.eu/freeunix.shtml" />
  <row Id="22049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12164" RevisionGUID="8689f2bb-5e3d-4048-94bc-736348e6aa84" CreationDate="2009-05-26T06:27:29.830" UserId="301" Text="It could be a few things, in order of likelyhood&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* check /var/log/messages (or /var/log/syslog) for possible filesystem corruption&#xD;&#xA;* are you using SELinux ?&#xD;&#xA;* google suggests lsattr ~raldi/.gvfs may indicate special capabilities being applied to that file." />
  <row Id="22050" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12163" RevisionGUID="81351a53-c1e9-4c63-ad47-1a856ec56558" CreationDate="2009-05-26T06:28:12.310" UserId="3437" Text="Speaking as a former IRC op. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As productive as IRC can be for the well-mannered person, it's also the sort of place that tends to collect people with poor self-control. Younger people, the disaffected, mentally unbalanced, etc. When angered by some real or imagined slight, these folks tend to love launching DOS or DDOS attacks against the IRC servers and/or those IRC clients whose IP address is visible via a /WHOIS command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A person determined to be a nuisance to your IRC server will continue being a nuisance for as long as he/she wishes. Many [proxy lists][1] are available to the determined nuisance; blocking/banning by IP address thus becomes a constant manual hassle. There's no sure way to automate it; these skript kiddies can and do vary their scripted or manual attacks quite often. Longterm the only way to win is to have a team of people who thus have a longer attention span than the average angry teenager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An IRC server of any popularity at all is nearly guaranteed one or more such attacks per month; dealing with these attacks requires time, expertise, and tools that many low-cost hosting providers just don't have available and don't see any profit in acquiring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I stay on IRC a fair amount of the time, via irssi/screen running at [Silence Is Defeat][2] (SiD). It costs a buck to signup, and there are no recurring costs. But the quality of service has been going downhill lately; the SiD server is often a tad overloaded and thus can lag a few seconds at times. So you might check out a few other [free shell providers][3]. If all you need is an irssi/screen host and the occasional ping/traceroute/nmap, you'll soon find one that works well for you. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;rsync your homedir to your local machine every so often though; of course being free, you're not exactly gonna get an ironclad SLA!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/search?q=proxy+lists&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://silenceisdefeat.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.red-pill.eu/freeunix.shtml" />
  <row Id="22051" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12165" RevisionGUID="f20df44b-3098-4849-9c99-7bf3ba55823a" CreationDate="2009-05-25T21:56:15.873" Text="&lt;p&gt;I have a peculiar scenario where my mirrored database can't be accessed on one server but it can on the other.  I've tried specifying a specific SQL login to get it working but when the database is failed over the other server SQL no longer is able to use those credentials.  I also tried using integrated security to use domain administrator account which I figured would be consistent between both servers.  No luck.  So what can I do to remedy this problem and is there a way to have the one server instance pick up the security accounts from the other.  Both servers are in a trusted domain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22052" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12165" RevisionGUID="f20df44b-3098-4849-9c99-7bf3ba55823a" CreationDate="2009-05-25T21:56:15.873" Text="Login fails when using SQL Mirroring" />
  <row Id="22053" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12165" RevisionGUID="f20df44b-3098-4849-9c99-7bf3ba55823a" CreationDate="2009-05-25T21:56:15.873" Text="&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;mirroring&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="22054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12166" RevisionGUID="417a30e3-3682-4b09-8207-af6dccc0ef4c" CreationDate="2009-05-26T03:57:14.403" UserId="2614" Text="&lt;p&gt;SQL Server Database Mirroring is a database level high-availability mechanism.  Anything that affects databases other than the one you're mirroring (ex. logins stored in Master) need to be manually propogated over to the mirror after the failover happens, or (more ideally) on a regular basis during scheduled maintenance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the logins are copied over and you're still running into issues, you're probably looking at a SID mismatch.  Have a look &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mssqltips.com/tip.asp?tip=1166&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for more information and a resolution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22055" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12122" RevisionGUID="c6a689be-06d0-4adc-9a54-007cec54a2dc" CreationDate="2009-05-26T07:04:10.507" UserId="45" Comment="added 10 characters in body" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need a way to schedule a service so it can only start between certain hours on a Windows machine (Windows Home Server which is roughly W2k3.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All help gratefully received!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks  &#xD;&#xA;Dave" />
  <row Id="22056" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12167" RevisionGUID="962855a1-f335-4f83-bc50-af88dfebe7d2" CreationDate="2009-05-26T07:07:25.460" UserId="984" Text="From: [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=534284][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This is all unfortunate, but its a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; decision that has been taken by the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; fuse people at the kernel level (user&#xD;&#xA;&gt; others than the one who mounted the fs&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can't access it, including root) and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; there is nothing we can do about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also see: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/gvfs/+bug/225361][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The solution seems to be to update your [/etc/fuse.conf][3] and enable the **user_allow_other** option.  You may also need to then get gvfs to pass the allow_root or allow_other, but I am not sure how to do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course it may be much easier to simply give up on all the GUI tools like gvfs and mount your filesystems from command line where you have complete control of exactly how something gets mounted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=534284&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gvfs/+bug/225361&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://apps.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/fuse/index.php?title=Fuse.conf" />
  <row Id="22057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12168" RevisionGUID="32559f03-133f-4ab7-8303-303749382274" CreationDate="2009-05-26T07:20:56.837" UserId="2253" Text="Others have explained why using a domain name is a good idea (but is **not** mandatory). I just add that the question is wrong: having a base suffix based on the name of a machine is **not** recommended at all (for obvious reasons: what if you replace `gandalf.example.com` by `sarouman.example.com` ?). You typically only use the delegated domain name so, if you have `example.com`, you use `dc=example,dc=com`." />
  <row Id="22058" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12153" RevisionGUID="67a14bf2-9e18-4281-a695-bd45bdca05e2" CreationDate="2009-05-26T07:33:34.050" UserId="2783" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="Hello Kvad-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A couple of questions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-When did you start to get this message?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Did anything change before you started to get this message?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have seen this error when the WSS Search service account is set to use the Network Service account (which you say it is not, but check out http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927012), and have also seen it if the Alternate Access Mappings were not setup correctly (see more here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288173.aspx)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Sean" />
  <row Id="22059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12169" RevisionGUID="15d9e91c-6c96-40e7-9242-96ea3f660328" CreationDate="2009-05-26T07:40:25.253" UserId="588" Text="I have a batch file which calls another batch file that exists in PATH directory (basicly calling an executable with additional switches)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    : bar.bat:&#xD;&#xA;    foo.bat file1.txt&#xD;&#xA;    foo.bat file2.txt&#xD;&#xA;    etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In foo.bat:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    foo.exe -t -s %1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;i&gt;bar.bat&lt;/i&gt; executes the first command but exits immidately (i.e. working on &lt;i&gt;file1.txt&lt;/i&gt; only)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;How can I make this batch file to invoke the other batch file more than once?&lt;/b&gt;" />
  <row Id="22060" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12169" RevisionGUID="15d9e91c-6c96-40e7-9242-96ea3f660328" CreationDate="2009-05-26T07:40:25.253" UserId="588" Text="Command line - batch file calling another batch file" />
  <row Id="22061" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12169" RevisionGUID="15d9e91c-6c96-40e7-9242-96ea3f660328" CreationDate="2009-05-26T07:40:25.253" UserId="588" Text="&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;batch-file&gt;&lt;chaining&gt;" />
  <row Id="22062" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12170" RevisionGUID="d2aa6df1-f8e2-4dae-86d5-38e6fd7a4e3d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T07:44:06.073" UserId="45" Text="Use the CALL keyword:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    call foo.bat file1.txt&#xD;&#xA;    call foo.bat file2.txt" />
  <row Id="22063" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12169" RevisionGUID="a2f6a3b8-9942-4b77-8750-7610f9a124ea" CreationDate="2009-05-26T07:45:57.520" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 6 characters in body" Text="I have a batch file which calls another batch file that exists in PATH directory (basically calling an executable with additional switches.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    : bar.bat:&#xD;&#xA;    foo.bat file1.txt&#xD;&#xA;    foo.bat file2.txt&#xD;&#xA;    etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In foo.bat:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    foo.exe -t -s %1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*bar.bat* executes the first command but exits immidately (i.e. working on *file1.txt* only) &#xD;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;   &#xD;&#xA;**How can I make this batch file to invoke the other batch file more than once?**" />
  <row Id="22064" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12171" RevisionGUID="9d8b2534-c585-4523-8753-001c10126f72" CreationDate="2009-05-26T07:48:25.627" UserId="2783" Text="That is something that you want to fix...  If you take a look at your event logs, you will probably see a corresponding event 13568 that has instructions on fixing the error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more information, check out the following posts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2007/12/26/fixing-a-little-bit-of-journal-wrap.aspx&#xD;&#xA;http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2007/12/27/help-i-ve-lost-my-sysvol-and-can-t-get-up.aspx&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290762/en-us&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Sean" />
  <row Id="22065" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12172" RevisionGUID="f8833d3d-cbcd-4a47-8660-a5371335e398" CreationDate="2009-05-26T08:01:59.873" UserId="1723" Text="Use [SRVANY.EXE][1] from Windows * Resource Kit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Cygwin applications Use [cygrunsrv][2] (NT/W2K service initiator)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/137890&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://cygwin.com/packages/" />
  <row Id="22066" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="12110" RevisionGUID="e65f482f-5fdc-46fe-93e5-00b3c49adfb9" CreationDate="2009-05-26T08:27:32.757" UserId="45" Comment="Capitalization in title" Text="Which virtualization platforms should I choose, Xen or OpenVZ?" />
  <row Id="22067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12173" RevisionGUID="93c44b3a-64a3-4bca-a640-53583905e6f0" CreationDate="2009-05-26T08:38:37.040" UserId="2578" Text="Ended up going with a Cisco PIX 501.  I'll deal with 3rd party VPN software at this point." />
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  <row Id="22074" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12175" RevisionGUID="fee778ac-8746-4256-bb38-bee877466d85" CreationDate="2009-05-26T09:07:01.553" UserId="1661" Text="Hello GNU/Linux desktop users. Its been a while since I last updated my /etc/hosts file to point annoyingly slow ad networks at localhost and I lost most of my entries when I re-installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would some of you doing the same please post the relevant parts of your /etc/hosts file here, so I can compile them into community wiki goodness on Serverfault (and keep it updated)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Links to such lists are also welcome. Note, I don't intend on selecting an answer, bots can do that for me given the nature of this question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance :)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22075" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12175" RevisionGUID="fee778ac-8746-4256-bb38-bee877466d85" CreationDate="2009-05-26T09:07:01.553" UserId="1661" Text="Can you please post your ad-blocking /etc/hosts file?" />
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  <row Id="22095" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12183" RevisionGUID="fb51e908-cd48-4c5c-ae6b-d4d2ca93d093" CreationDate="2009-05-26T10:06:40.810" UserId="103" Text="Terminal Services on Windows 2008 has an option called [RemoteApp][1] which basically runs a full TS session but only brings the application window back (without the standard TS borders). To a user it looks like the app is local, but it isn't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe Citrix supports this as well, in a technology called Seemless Window.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any other remote desktop software that does this too? Something like VNC + Addon is also fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_Desktop_Connection#RemoteApp" />
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  <row Id="22099" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12185" RevisionGUID="7960cce9-77ec-49d0-b4e3-b7d0393b7102" CreationDate="2009-05-26T10:18:28.117" UserId="3113" Text="If you're not afraid of shelling out a couple of bucks in the process, you could try [Copilot][1] for free for a couple of minutes and then buy a day pass or something like that if you like the functionality.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.copilot.com/" />
  <row Id="22100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12186" RevisionGUID="c3b10d8a-454c-4c13-b389-8785aebe5e6a" CreationDate="2009-05-26T10:21:27.893" UserId="3523" Text="accordingly, [UltraVNC][1] supports seamless windows. [XPRA][2] also offers this functionality, but it's only for X sessions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://partiwm.org/wiki/xpra" />
  <row Id="22101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12187" RevisionGUID="d14a6ac0-2c7f-430d-96ed-911dc582fd7a" CreationDate="2009-05-26T10:31:38.777" UserId="301" Text="Most modern array controllers provide this as the controller level. Dell PERC raid controllers have something called &quot;[Patrol Read][1]&quot; which exercises the disks in the array.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ZFS has a feature called &quot;[resilvering][2]&quot; which does something similar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/svradmin/5.1/en/omss_ug/html/cntkpatm.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.sun.com/bonwick/entry/smokin_mirrors" />
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  <row Id="22103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12189" RevisionGUID="5f948156-cd67-4b53-a102-0f835cae30fa" CreationDate="2009-05-26T10:39:41.163" UserId="2372" Text="After installing a new ATA hard drive, don't use more space than is recognized by the BIOS.  Otherwise the data can wrap around and trash the boot sector.  (Learned the hard way)." />
  <row Id="22104" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11998" RevisionGUID="0c0a1ab7-581d-4163-8338-e7b372008a8a" CreationDate="2009-05-26T10:45:24.367" UserId="3489" Comment="added 195 characters in body" Text="Needs a bit more detail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Subscribes to only shared, only private, or both?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most likely sounds like a bug in courier, but check the courierimapsubscribed file and see if there's anything strage there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update:&#xD;&#xA;Based on the courier docs:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.courier-mta.org/imap/README.sharedfolders.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems like user subscriptions to shared folders depend on how they're implemented." />
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  <row Id="22112" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12194" RevisionGUID="b14e77d4-33b0-4adc-b5dd-6eb66119678d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T10:57:13.937" UserId="45" Text="One reason not to let your computer go into hibernation is if you want to access it remotely (Remote Desktop.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a VPN connection, you'll have to reconnect after waking up the computer." />
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  <row Id="22120" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12198" RevisionGUID="bdf7ea6b-fba9-46e0-904f-ab5b8f7b9c69" CreationDate="2009-05-26T11:02:48.700" UserId="1519" Text="&lt;x11&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;x11forwarding&gt;" />
  <row Id="22121" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12199" RevisionGUID="8994f67a-4748-4994-88f8-f8768de33a87" CreationDate="2009-05-26T11:05:17.680" UserId="1519" Text="To enable X11 forwarding on the server you need at least the `xauth` program.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Install `xbase-clients` on the server (or the package that contains `xauth`)&#xD;&#xA;2. Connect to the server with SSH using the following command&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    `ssh -X servername`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Run the program&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22122" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12200" RevisionGUID="0e53e5c0-2a7e-4df0-ad6b-d0469075cef2" CreationDate="2009-05-26T11:10:36.577" UserId="2943" Text="We have a largish database (350GB) which is replicated to a subscriber which is georaphically in a different location.  Unfortunateley we have a slow connection between the two sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Today we're getting the following error at the distributor:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The subscription(s) have been marked inactive and must be reinitialized.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anyway we can kick this back into life without rebuilding the subscription from a snapshot?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22123" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12200" RevisionGUID="0e53e5c0-2a7e-4df0-ad6b-d0469075cef2" CreationDate="2009-05-26T11:10:36.577" UserId="2943" Text="SQL 2000 Replication error - The subscription(s) have been marked inactive and must be reinitialized." />
  <row Id="22124" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12200" RevisionGUID="0e53e5c0-2a7e-4df0-ad6b-d0469075cef2" CreationDate="2009-05-26T11:10:36.577" UserId="2943" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;2000&gt;&lt;replication&gt;" />
  <row Id="22125" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12201" RevisionGUID="9829ea49-c8a1-464f-94d5-303465b61ee1" CreationDate="2009-05-26T11:18:14.970" UserId="356" Text="In addition to @splattne's answer, use `exit /b` in the `CALL`ed batch file if you need to return early." />
  <row Id="22126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12202" RevisionGUID="01f15a49-552a-4128-ad47-2d3cda466549" CreationDate="2009-05-26T11:20:27.057" UserId="3096" Text="With the -Xmx option you restrict the size of the **heap** that the JVM reserves... There are additional resources the JVM needs...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Thanks for the memory&quot;* is a good article that explains how a JVM uses memory... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apart from that u could try IBM's JVM it should work with Tomcat, don't know if some of the free JVM implementations work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nevertheless, I don't think that a machine with memory that low, will do u any good. Java just needs memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*As new users can't submit hyperlinks, you have to look up that article yourself... it's the first hit on google for &quot;thanks for the memory ibm&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22127" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12203" RevisionGUID="755d6b1b-45dd-4de0-90c8-735c8ebaeb51" CreationDate="2009-05-26T11:25:45.250" UserId="1625" Text="hi all,&#xD;&#xA;I have a strange behavior on one of my windows2003/IIS6 servers.&#xD;&#xA;I have two network cards on it, let's call card A the card which connects the server with the internet, and let's call card B the card which connects the server with the intranet. The server is used by many users who connects to IIS with their netbooks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the problem is that from time to time, the card A stops working. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can reach the server in RDP through the card B, and I see that A is enabled but without any traffic. I can reset it, disable and re-enable it, but with no luck. The only thing that I can do is reboot the server, which is annoying.&#xD;&#xA;Nothing useful in the system logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Only once I've been able to reproduce this behavior, when calling a very simple aspx page which only streamed a file (using `Response.WriteFile`), and calling the page from a netbook. reinstalled windows on that netbook, and it started downloading the file without locking the server card.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am out of answers, any help greatly appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22128" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12203" RevisionGUID="755d6b1b-45dd-4de0-90c8-735c8ebaeb51" CreationDate="2009-05-26T11:25:45.250" UserId="1625" Text="network card enabled but not working" />
  <row Id="22129" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12203" RevisionGUID="755d6b1b-45dd-4de0-90c8-735c8ebaeb51" CreationDate="2009-05-26T11:25:45.250" UserId="1625" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;networkcards&gt;" />
  <row Id="22130" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12204" RevisionGUID="b9b99819-745f-4adb-8320-28562262ec1c" CreationDate="2009-05-26T11:27:36.590" UserId="1787" Text="Generally there is no reason not to use it. Just keep in mind, that there are cases, that it won't work as expected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**These apply both for hibernation and suspend** (to RAM):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- some applications are not hibernation-aware. Eg. games tend to crash.  &#xD;&#xA;- some WiFi drivers have trouble with hibernation.&#xD;&#xA;- networked applications loose connection and most do not reconnect automatically.&#xD;&#xA;- DHCP is not invoked, old IP is used, which by then might have been reassigned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Hibernation** vs **suspend:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- wake up from suspend is immediate, hibernation must load from HDD.&#xD;&#xA;- for hibernation you need space on HDD (a least of a size of memory occupied). &#xD;&#xA;- hibernation consumes no power at all, while suspend consumes minimal power (few Watts).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12205" RevisionGUID="d8d234e8-7027-448e-b143-2297b5ffb2b8" CreationDate="2009-05-26T11:30:28.907" UserId="3522" Text="Grant Holliday's [reporting services pack][1] is quite useful for eyeballing server health.  To get the most out of it you'll need to have upgraded your TFS database to SQL Server 2008, but the 2005 reports can give a general idea of use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/granth/archive/2009/02/03/announcing-tfs-performance-report-pack.aspx" />
  <row Id="22132" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12206" RevisionGUID="2160465c-b6e2-4f44-81a0-d860c7e23353" CreationDate="2009-05-26T11:40:42.397" UserId="301" Text="In addition to the heap (specified by `-Xms` and `-Xmx`) you need to include the non heap areas. These include&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* The Perm Gen, which is 64mb on 32bit systems, and 96mb on 64bit systems initially&#xD;&#xA;* The Code Cache, which is between 20 and 40mb depending on JVM&#xD;&#xA;* The NIO buffer area (where direct byte buffers are drawn from), this is initially 64mb&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also the working space of the JVM itself which will be a few dozen mb." />
  <row Id="22133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12207" RevisionGUID="57ce00a9-4a63-4e61-b9c2-8a214af25d32" CreationDate="2009-05-26T11:49:56.583" UserId="422" Text="If you have a dual boot environment and you allow the other OS, say a Linux variant, access to the NTFS partitions, then hibernate is astonishingly dangerous.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you hibernate your device, and then reboot into Linux, the NTFS file system is invariably corrupted with real data loss.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise, I use Suspend to RAM on both Windows and SLED Linux without issue.  Hibernate is ok, but it takes too long to return, so unless I plan to leave the device without power for longer than a week, I exclusively use suspend to RAM." />
  <row Id="22134" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12206" RevisionGUID="611595d0-8a28-42e3-8be5-56597896a4f1" CreationDate="2009-05-26T11:54:34.427" UserId="301" Comment="Added notes about server class detection" Text="In addition to the heap (specified by `-Xms` and `-Xmx`) you need to include the non heap areas. These include&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* The Perm Gen, which is 64mb on 32bit systems, and 96mb on 64bit systems initially&#xD;&#xA;* The Code Cache, which is between 20 and 40mb depending on JVM&#xD;&#xA;* The NIO buffer area (where direct byte buffers are drawn from), this is initially 64mb&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also the working space of the JVM itself which will be a few dozen mb.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also be aware of the [Sun JVM's auto sizing when using a server class machine][1]. [Over time the definition of server class][2] (2Gb memory, more than one core) has suffered some depreciation and now most machines are capable of triggering the `-server` optimizations. My advice is always to specify the `-Xms` and `-Xmx` settings and pass `-server` unless you can think of a good reason not too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://java.sun.com/performance/reference/whitepapers/tuning.html#section4.1.1&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/vm/server-class.html" />
  <row Id="22135" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12203" RevisionGUID="94efb8cb-4530-4745-94fe-fd34b0fafe57" CreationDate="2009-05-26T11:54:58.513" UserId="45" Comment="added 5 characters in body; edited title" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a strange behavior on one of my windows2003/IIS6 servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have two network cards on it, let's call card A the card which connects the server with the internet, and let's call card B the card which connects the server with the intranet. The server is used by many users who connect to IIS with their netbooks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that from time to time, the card A stops working. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can reach the server in RDP through the card B, and I see that A is enabled but without any traffic. I can reset it, disable and re-enable it, but with no luck. The only thing that I can do is reboot the server, which is annoying.&#xD;&#xA;Nothing useful in the system logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Only once I've been able to reproduce this behavior, when calling a very simple aspx page which only streamed a file (using `Response.WriteFile`), and calling the page from a netbook. reinstalled windows on that netbook, and it started downloading the file without locking the server card.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am out of answers, any help greatly appreciated.  &#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22136" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="12203" RevisionGUID="94efb8cb-4530-4745-94fe-fd34b0fafe57" CreationDate="2009-05-26T11:54:58.513" UserId="45" Comment="added 5 characters in body; edited title" Text="Network card enabled but not working" />
  <row Id="22137" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12208" RevisionGUID="a2addc35-85fa-4e83-a95a-10d1ce13972c" CreationDate="2009-05-26T11:56:14.707" UserId="3520" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use both teamviewer and LogMeIn and recently trialled almost every remote control software there is but here are my top free ones:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;LogMeIn.com is very good... free version has no restrictions (non-commercial obviously) and allows you to access computers unattended.  I use this a lot between my home pc/laptop and work computer.  It has some restrictions like not being able to copy files between computers, remote sound and printing etc that you can pay extra for (which is probably worth it), but you can copy and paste text across computers ok.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TeamViewer is also very very good... I have just bought the a commercial license which is good for the lifetime of the software (i.e. no yearly subscription).  The free version is ideal and I bought the commercial version because I offer remote support to my customers.  The free version is the same as the commercial version.  You can move files between computers (unlike LogMeIn) and you can also setup and connect to unattended computers.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;LogmeIn is web browser based on the support computer and you need to install software on the client computer.&#xD;&#xA;TeamViewer is software based (you need to install a small .exe on both the client support computer).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both of these uses Port 80 (http) so you will never have any issues of getting though firewalls / routers etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the otherhand there are programs such as UltraVNC, RealVNC, Remote Session Support etc which are a lot more difficult to get up and running but you dont need to rely on a external server to relay the session.  I started with these but had so many issues and was difficult trying to explain to a customer what check-boxes to tick, untick etc, and I had speed issues as the control of the client PC always seemed sluggish and unresponsive.  You also need to open a port on your firewall (or setup your own server to relay remote sessions).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best overall remote control is LogMeIn because you can use it from any computer followed very closely by Teamviewer." />
  <row Id="22138" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12200" RevisionGUID="b363645a-c272-46df-b176-e17a9adc5db3" CreationDate="2009-05-26T11:58:04.690" UserId="431" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sqlserver2000&gt;&lt;replication&gt;" />
  <row Id="22139" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12209" RevisionGUID="8217642a-1c4b-4445-a260-d0ca2ac3563b" CreationDate="2009-05-26T11:58:49.590" UserId="3523" Text="I use my bashrc on numerous machines, so i've got this little snippet to make sure LS is colourized. This will fix it on OSX machines, maybe even *BSD if you adjust the uname line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ &quot;$TERM&quot; != &quot;dumb&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;        if [ `uname` == &quot;Darwin&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;           alias ls='ls -G'&#xD;&#xA;        else&#xD;&#xA;           eval &quot;`dircolors -b`&quot;&#xD;&#xA;           alias ls='ls --color=auto'&#xD;&#xA;        fi&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, I've got a command to backup a file, useful if your about to change a config file and want to make a quick copy before hand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    bu () { cp $1 ~/.backup/`basename $1`-`date +%Y%m%d%H%M`.backup ; }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22140" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12209" RevisionGUID="8217642a-1c4b-4445-a260-d0ca2ac3563b" CreationDate="2009-05-26T11:58:49.590" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="22141" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12210" RevisionGUID="f57cee23-10ad-48d0-a100-41b2a89b62cd" CreationDate="2009-05-26T11:20:54.590" Text="&lt;p&gt;I have a web server running Fedora Core 5 (yes I know it's very old) and it was running php 5.1.6 so I downloaded and compiled the source for 5.2.9 and restarted the server and phpinfo() still returns 5.1.6.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ which php&#xA;/usr/local/bin/php&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But when i do thh version switch on this PHP i get&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ /usr/local/bin/php -v&#xA;PHP 5.2.9 (cli) (built: May 26 2009 10:17:42) &#xA;Copyright (c) 1997-2009 The PHP Group&#xA;Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2009 Zend Technologies&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anybody have any idea what I may have missed or how I could correct this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22142" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12210" RevisionGUID="f57cee23-10ad-48d0-a100-41b2a89b62cd" CreationDate="2009-05-26T11:20:54.590" Text="Problems upgading from PHP 5.1.6 to 5.2.9" />
  <row Id="22143" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12210" RevisionGUID="f57cee23-10ad-48d0-a100-41b2a89b62cd" CreationDate="2009-05-26T11:20:54.590" Text="&lt;php&gt;&lt;php5&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;fedora&gt;" />
  <row Id="22144" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12211" RevisionGUID="4514b269-5aab-46cf-b2a7-f4e7ad4fd15d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T11:48:55.767" Text="&lt;p&gt;A number of things could've gone wrong. You could be loading the wrong shared library. Apache could be built with a static library of the older version of PHP. If you installed fedora with PHP/Apache support out of the box it could have the php binary in a non-standard place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd first check httpd.conf to see if it's either a shared module, CGI, or statically library. If it's a shared module you need to rebuild PHP. If it's CGI then you'll just need to change the directory. If it's statically built you'll need to rebuild Apache.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Re: &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.unix.apache.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.unix.apache.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22145" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12212" RevisionGUID="93d6c06b-1275-4c28-ba23-188500ad2845" CreationDate="2009-05-26T11:56:40.697" Text="&lt;p&gt;You should update the new php module for your apache as well. Make sure to verify in httpd.conf&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22146" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12213" RevisionGUID="922d0f86-58ba-45a2-b72e-bbc9ba055f8d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:05:00.320" UserId="3220" Text="As an addendum to Peter's correct answer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're using Windows, you can install [Cygwin/X][1] to display remote X applications running locally, it's more transparent than remote desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you just want to execute a shell command remotely, it's &quot;ssh user@hostname command&quot;. For even more info, see the man page for the [ssh command][2], or see all the [OpenSSH man pages][3]. If you haven't yet used [scp][4] or [ssh-agent][5], they will make your life easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://x.cygwin.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.openssh.org/manual.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=scp&amp;sektion=1&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-agent&amp;sektion=1" />
  <row Id="22147" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12206" RevisionGUID="00423a8a-3bba-48f9-99be-e701387877cd" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:06:06.480" UserId="301" Comment="edited body" Text="In addition to the heap (specified by `-Xms` and `-Xmx`) you need to include the non heap areas. These include&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* The Perm Gen, which is 64mb on 32bit systems, and 96mb on 64bit systems initially&#xD;&#xA;* The Code Cache, which is between 20 and 40mb depending on JVM&#xD;&#xA;* The NIO buffer area (where `DirectByteBuffer`s are drawn from), this is initially 64mb&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also the working space of the JVM itself which will be a few dozen mb.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also be aware of the [Sun JVM's auto sizing when using a server class machine][1]. [Over time the definition of server class][2] (2Gb memory, more than one core) has suffered some depreciation and now most machines are capable of triggering the `-server` optimizations. My advice is always to specify the `-Xms` and `-Xmx` settings and pass `-server` unless you can think of a good reason not too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://java.sun.com/performance/reference/whitepapers/tuning.html#section4.1.1&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/vm/server-class.html" />
  <row Id="22148" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="12183" RevisionGUID="f279388f-fe9a-4d33-8524-5c490b96e130" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:08:12.347" UserId="1466" Comment="sp. in title" Text="What remote desktop software has application forwarding (seamless window) only support?" />
  <row Id="22149" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12214" RevisionGUID="995c06ed-e098-4e4a-ad02-023d77ee3923" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:11:35.450" UserId="1466" Text="using the **forwardX11** option (-X)with **ssh** on Linux does this by default.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simply ssh to the box with the -X switch, and run the program from the commandline.  The application will integrate with your local desktop as if you were sitting at the remote computer." />
  <row Id="22150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12215" RevisionGUID="60d2de21-ee58-498e-b30e-5f2fb2c324bd" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:16:59.520" UserId="1466" Text="The question is worded very generally, so I will include **VirtualBox** here.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VirtualBox is not remote desktop software per-se, but virtualization software, which allows remote console access to your virtual machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was surprised when I first tried VirtualBox to discover a **seamless mode** in the menu which allows you to view windows from your virtual machine, without seeing the entire desktop.  They give you a special key to access the menu to start new applications, otherwise all you see are the apps themselves." />
  <row Id="22151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12216" RevisionGUID="c042e1ca-46a0-4200-9b9d-85b7f7a66734" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:17:52.047" UserId="2273" Text="Check your default gateways on the cards.  Make sure that only card A has a gateway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you haven't tried performing an issreset you should perhaps do that first before disabling an enabling the card, then if that doesn't fix it, after the card.  If doing it first fixes it, you could be looking at an IIS problem." />
  <row Id="22152" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12217" RevisionGUID="df365a5b-c57c-4edc-b5c5-fa45ef45c8fc" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:20:11.700" UserId="1403" Text="Drawbacks I've found is that sometimes the machine is insanely slow for awhile after coming back from hibernation, some machines won't come back at all from hibernation, and some apps will crash after resuming (things that use CUDA, like seti@home seem to be a problem, and sometimes virtual machines under the hibernated OS have issues).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally speaking though, hibernation has proven to be the best option for me for most times.  I very rarely ever have to close my apps anymore.  I hibernate at the end of the day, then resume right where I left off later on!" />
  <row Id="22153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12218" RevisionGUID="3ff1ad8a-b262-4dda-9f43-669374297679" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:22:23.073" UserId="3256" Text="If you have enough Macs, I'd suggest adding a Mac server - to create the so called &quot;Holy Trinity&quot;.  You don't even need to buy an Xserve - OSX server runs on a Mac Mini!  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Macs use AD for all the normal access/permissions and the Mac server for Mac specific task such as updates (you'll find a Mac version of WSUS called Software Update Server).  You could also use the Mac server deployment options (NetInstall) for installs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22154" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12219" RevisionGUID="40b1c119-79d0-4f6b-9287-d8e606d6cdfc" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:24:21.980" UserId="978" Text="You can use this website: [http://www.quarkbase.com][1] it will give you what you need plus many other info.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.quarkbase.com" />
  <row Id="22155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12220" RevisionGUID="161cd76b-e523-4182-82cc-ab29f10c487b" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:24:25.240" UserId="1403" Text="Another option (for compatibility with DOS prior to version 3.3 :-) ) is to call the command process with the child (/c) option and the name of the other batch file to process.  That will also do a call instead of a chain, and will even work on truly ancient machines (just in case someone runs across this and cares).  :-)" />
  <row Id="22156" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12210" RevisionGUID="e5fff2c3-5bae-464d-9415-9868d9c204a1" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:29:39.653" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 6 characters in body; edited title" Text="I have a web server running Fedora Core 5 (yes I know it's very old) and it was running php 5.1.6 so I downloaded and compiled the source for 5.2.9 and restarted the server and phpinfo() still returns 5.1.6.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ which php&#xD;&#xA;/usr/local/bin/php&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But when i do thh version switch on this PHP i get&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ /usr/local/bin/php -v&#xD;&#xA;PHP 5.2.9 (cli) (built: May 26 2009 10:17:42) &#xD;&#xA;Copyright (c) 1997-2009 The PHP Group&#xD;&#xA;Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2009 Zend Technologies&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anybody have any idea what I may have missed or how I could correct this?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22157" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="12210" RevisionGUID="e5fff2c3-5bae-464d-9415-9868d9c204a1" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:29:39.653" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 6 characters in body; edited title" Text="Problems upgrading from PHP 5.1.6 to 5.2.9" />
  <row Id="22158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12221" RevisionGUID="b564b2b4-24a5-4140-9ad3-5562c4670866" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:30:59.200" UserId="495" Text="I also ran into this for a while because we were using basic authentication. For the crawler to work, it has to be able to use integrated authentication to get to the site. Also, I found that to get it to work, I had to set up the default web application to use integrated authentication and then use an extended web application for other authentication schemes." />
  <row Id="22159" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12222" RevisionGUID="75d00672-952e-4892-96c7-ef9d3d4fb712" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:31:48.873" UserId="2600" Text="I think there is a very good possibility that you have a firewall or some other external device that is causing this behavior and not the server itself.  This sounds like an attack script or rate limiting type behavior of a firewall protecting your server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have other devices in the same subnet as the 'A' card?  If so, try connecting from that device to your 'A' card and see if it is successful." />
  <row Id="22160" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12223" RevisionGUID="cefd6fe2-7c85-409e-9ee8-f524ffaae51a" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:32:19.747" UserId="2224" Text="If your computer is capable of S3 Sleep (ultra-low power consumption) there isn't a compelling reason for a *desktop* to be placed in hibernation. Hibernation has a high user impact, as it generally takes 1+ minute to wake up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're using a laptop, and you need to use full-disk encryption to protect customer or other data, you absolutely must enable hibernation and *disable* sleep. Why? A sleeping laptop can be woken up to a boot prompt/screen lock screen, at which point an attacker can capture the drive's encryption key via Firewire port or by exploiting a Windows, application or other OS vulnerability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This may seem far-fetched, but tools are easily downloadable to do these things, and any attacker targeting you is capable of this." />
  <row Id="22161" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12224" RevisionGUID="305038ce-582b-4a24-a984-af1e37bce241" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:37:22.910" UserId="1787" Text="Seems that you compiled with **`/usr/local`** prefix. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your Apache is probably loading old PHP from it's default location. Grep though Apache `.conf` files looking for **`LoadModule php5_module`** and change it to load new module from `/usr/local`." />
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  <row Id="22163" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12225" RevisionGUID="3cb189b7-9a02-4069-a24a-f6678141cacf" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:39:48.900" UserId="3527" Text="In a nutshell, how should this be implemented?" />
  <row Id="22164" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12225" RevisionGUID="3cb189b7-9a02-4069-a24a-f6678141cacf" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:39:48.900" UserId="3527" Text="How to implement clustering for Windows XP SP3 PCs" />
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  <row Id="22166" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12226" RevisionGUID="32f6b2fd-17c6-47e2-92dd-727c93c9e634" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:43:32.580" UserId="3256" Text="Almost embarrassed to ask as I am sure it is very simple...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I make Outlook message rules be server based rather than client, so that they will work on web access, Smartphone etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using SBS2003/Exchange 2003/Outlook 2003" />
  <row Id="22167" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12226" RevisionGUID="32f6b2fd-17c6-47e2-92dd-727c93c9e634" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:43:32.580" UserId="3256" Text="Put Outlook rules into Exchange" />
  <row Id="22168" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12226" RevisionGUID="32f6b2fd-17c6-47e2-92dd-727c93c9e634" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:43:32.580" UserId="3256" Text="&lt;exchange-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="22169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12227" RevisionGUID="63a4eaca-c2ac-4d07-b05f-2e09b634f567" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:51:45.750" UserId="388" Text="Previously, when setting up a *NIX environment for the first time, I would put all of my shell customisations into .bashrc, with the following .bash_profile:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -f $HOME/.bashrc ]; then&#xD;&#xA;        . $HOME/.bashrc&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, based on [this answer][1] and its associated comments, I've recently moved my PATH redefinition into .bash_profile.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What types of commands do you feel should go into .profile, .bash_profile, .bashrc (and any other dotfiles), and why?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3743/what-useful-things-can-one-add-to-ones-bashrc/3748#3748" />
  <row Id="22170" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12227" RevisionGUID="63a4eaca-c2ac-4d07-b05f-2e09b634f567" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:51:45.750" UserId="388" Text="What is the purposes of each of the different UNIX/Linux shell startup files?" />
  <row Id="22171" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12227" RevisionGUID="63a4eaca-c2ac-4d07-b05f-2e09b634f567" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:51:45.750" UserId="388" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;bash&gt;&lt;shell&gt;" />
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  <row Id="22173" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12228" RevisionGUID="72481331-852d-468b-95d0-578cea2e442d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:56:30.330" UserId="1973" Text="Hi Team,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recently migrated a user on Outlook with a pop account (PST file) to Exchange (OST file). We need to import his contacts from the PST file to the new Calendar in his Exchange box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I added the PST folder back into Outlook and did a file export of just the calendar items to a new PST file. I then used Import to import that file into the Calendar folder in his Exchange mailbox. The import routine complains that the import file doesn't contain calendar data (the file is 5 mb).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used this method on another Outlook user going from POP to Exchange with no problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;jpe" />
  <row Id="22174" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12228" RevisionGUID="72481331-852d-468b-95d0-578cea2e442d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:56:30.330" UserId="1973" Text="Import of PST backup of calendar folder is rejected as not containin calendar data" />
  <row Id="22175" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12228" RevisionGUID="72481331-852d-468b-95d0-578cea2e442d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:56:30.330" UserId="1973" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;pst&gt;&lt;ost&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;" />
  <row Id="22176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12229" RevisionGUID="6b69583d-6ce5-4c10-a53e-0a2b6faadfcc" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:57:15.977" UserId="3526" Text="I installed Oracle 11g on Red Hat Enterprice server 5.0. First time everything worked well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After creating dbora script file in /etc/init.d/ and setting all the oracle environmental variables I just restarted the server, then onwards Oracle enterprise manager is not working&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not able to open EM on my browser. When I see, emctl status dbconsole - it shows&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;bash-3.00$ emctl status dbconsole&#xD;&#xA;Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Database Control Release 11.1.0.&#xD;&#xA;Copyright (c) 1996, 2007 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g is not running.&#xD;&#xA;------------------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But the agent is running fine =&gt;bash-3.00$ emctl status agent&#xD;&#xA;Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Database Control Release 11.1.0.&#xD;&#xA;Copyright (c) 1996, 2007 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.&#xD;&#xA;---------------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;Agent Version : 11.1.0.0.1&#xD;&#xA;OMS Version : 11.1.0.0.1&#xD;&#xA;Protocol Version : 11.1.0.0.1&#xD;&#xA;Agent Home : /u01/apps/oracle/product/11.1.0/devdb_02_FCC2&#xD;&#xA;Agent binaries : /u01/apps/oracle/product/11.1.0/&#xD;&#xA;Agent Process ID : 983264&#xD;&#xA;Parent Process ID : 741562&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Started at : 2009-25-05 10:52:23&#xD;&#xA;Started by user : orcl&#xD;&#xA;Last Reload : 2009-25-05 13:42:41&#xD;&#xA;Last successful upload : (none)&#xD;&#xA;Last attempted upload : (none)&#xD;&#xA;Total Megabytes of XML files uploaded so far : 0.00&#xD;&#xA;Number of XML files pending upload : 0&#xD;&#xA;Size of XML files pending upload(MB) : 0.00&#xD;&#xA;Available disk space on upload filesystem : 28.08%&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---------------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;Agent is Running and Ready&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When i am trying to start dbconsole, it throughs error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;bash-3.00$emctl start dbconsole&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Database Control Release 11.1.0.0&#xD;&#xA;Copyright (c) 1996, 2007 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Starting Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Database Control ............................................................................................. failed.&#xD;&#xA;------------------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please help to resolve this error." />
  <row Id="22177" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12229" RevisionGUID="6b69583d-6ce5-4c10-a53e-0a2b6faadfcc" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:57:15.977" UserId="3526" Text="How can I start Oracle Enterprice manager after restarting the Red Hat Server? " />
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  <row Id="22179" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12230" RevisionGUID="321590fe-7c2b-402f-90ff-a2219da0d075" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:57:37.520" UserId="2600" Text="For windows users, check out 'HostsMan' at http://www.abelhadigital.com/ which pulls updates from three different sources (listed below) and then merges them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; http://www.hosts-file.net/&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; http://pgl.yoyo.org/as/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another proxy solution is Privoxy, and includes builds for Windows, Mac OSX, Free BSD, OS/2 &amp; Debian.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; http://www.privoxy.org/ or http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="22181" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12231" RevisionGUID="f0d25db2-1bc0-4c61-9bd4-c99ce414fe9b" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:58:17.830" UserId="45" Text="By default Outlook/Exchange message rules are applied as *server-side* rules. They are evaluated even if Outlook is not running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But there are certain rules that are always client-only – those involving some element from Outlook that does not exist on the Exchange Server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a good article which explains [Server-based vs. Client-based rules][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.slipstick.com/rules/serverbased.htm" />
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  <row Id="22186" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12225" RevisionGUID="7e00027d-7839-4d9b-9003-beaee4e24399" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:59:47.780" UserId="3527" Comment="added 68 characters in body; edited tags" Text="In a nutshell, how should this be implemented? Basically, I want to cluster a file and web server running apache2." />
  <row Id="22187" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12225" RevisionGUID="7e00027d-7839-4d9b-9003-beaee4e24399" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:59:47.780" UserId="3527" Comment="added 68 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;cluster&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;apache2&gt;" />
  <row Id="22188" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12175" RevisionGUID="d6f01050-7bb7-473d-b10a-c33c2bde12f5" CreationDate="2009-05-26T12:59:53.380" UserId="1661" Comment="added 463 characters in body" Text="Hello GNU/Linux desktop users. Its been a while since I last updated my /etc/hosts file to point annoyingly slow ad networks at localhost and I lost most of my entries when I re-installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would some of you doing the same please post the relevant parts of your /etc/hosts file here, so I can compile them into community wiki goodness on Serverfault (and keep it updated)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Links to such lists are also welcome. Note, I don't intend on selecting an answer, bots can do that for me given the nature of this question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of us may have a web server running on localhost, on port 80 (or other various ports). It would be cool if this method did not riddle local logs with a bunch of 404's (though those logs would be interesting)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I compile this list, I am just going to use @LOCALHOST@  ... uri ... , unless there are any objections? Any text replace utility could send @LOCALHOST@ to 127.0.0.2, for instance, if needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My idea is to make this useful.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22189" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12234" RevisionGUID="fdc6e769-cba8-4b31-b31d-aaf7b9cf3de2" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:03:28.400" UserId="601" Text="I've solved the problem so far by using this syntax:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Configure class=&quot;org.jboss.jetty.JBossWebAppContext&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;Set name=&quot;VirtualHosts&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Array type=&quot;java.lang.String&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;Item&gt;host1.domain.com&lt;/Item&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;Item&gt;host2.domain.com&lt;/Item&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/Array&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/Set&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Configure&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem turned out to be that ALL webapps need the virtual hosts defined if they are running in the same container.  For some reason deploying one WAR with virtual hosts and one without didn't work.  This worked fine in Jetty 5 so I'm mystified, however defining virtual hosts files for all applications that need this isn't going to be a problem." />
  <row Id="22190" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12229" RevisionGUID="d338d8f3-522d-4294-8c74-f3342b897237" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:03:53.967" UserId="3526" Comment="added 119 characters in body" Text="I installed Oracle 11g on Red Hat Enterprice server 5.0. First time everything worked well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After creating dbora script file in /etc/init.d/ and setting all the oracle environmental variables I just restarted the server, then onwards Oracle enterprise manager is not working&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not able to open EM on my browser. When I see, emctl status dbconsole - it shows&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;bash-3.00$ emctl status dbconsole&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Database Control Release 11.1.0.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Copyright (c) 1996, 2007 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g is not running.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But the agent is running fine =&gt;bash-3.00$ emctl status agent&#xD;&#xA;Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Database Control Release 11.1.0.&#xD;&#xA;Copyright (c) 1996, 2007 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;---------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Agent Version : 11.1.0.0.1&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;OMS Version : 11.1.0.0.1&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Protocol Version : 11.1.0.0.1&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Agent Home : /u01/apps/oracle/product/11.1.0/devdb_02_FCC2&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Agent binaries : /u01/apps/oracle/product/11.1.0/&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Agent Process ID : 983264&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Parent Process ID : 741562&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Started at : 2009-25-05 10:52:23&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Started by user : orcl&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Last Reload : 2009-25-05 13:42:41&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Last successful upload : (none)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Last attempted upload : (none)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Total Megabytes of XML files uploaded so far : 0.00&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Number of XML files pending upload : 0&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Size of XML files pending upload(MB) : 0.00&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Available disk space on upload filesystem : 28.08%&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---------------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;Agent is Running and Ready&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When i am trying to start dbconsole, it throughs error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;bash-3.00$emctl start dbconsole&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Database Control Release 11.1.0.0&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Copyright (c) 1996, 2007 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Starting Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Database Control&lt;br&gt;............................................................................................. failed.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please help to resolve this error." />
  <row Id="22191" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12232" RevisionGUID="fef0f5f1-f131-456d-bfad-5edfeeec1a30" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:04:52.280" UserId="2561" Comment="added 90 characters in body" Text="They are read or not read in a specific order based on how the shell is invoked.  The invocation section of 'man bash' will give the order and when they are read.  It depends on if the shell is invoked as a interactive and/or login shell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This][1] link will tell you the 'why'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mywiki.wooledge.org/DotFiles" />
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  <row Id="22194" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12236" RevisionGUID="ae789aa1-275d-4b3b-8394-423bc7bc09b1" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:07:19.280" UserId="3131" Text="what we do here is :&#xD;&#xA;su - oracle&#xD;&#xA;and then:&#xD;&#xA;cd /usr/local/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/bin&#xD;&#xA;./emctl status &lt;-- to check oem is not running&#xD;&#xA;./emctl start dbconsole &lt;-- to start oem&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;check oracle log files to have more informations about the error&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;hoping this will help you." />
  <row Id="22195" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12121" RevisionGUID="20a3a034-3993-4cd7-99f1-a80ea1f997fa" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:08:34.567" UserId="2466" Comment="added 28 characters in body" Text="Speakeasy has a good one when you are ok using Flash.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://speakeasy.net/speedtest/" />
  <row Id="22196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12237" RevisionGUID="c6f9f419-59fd-42aa-be45-00d0f61c120d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:10:23.363" UserId="1439" Text="I am trying to get a Windows Server 2003 (not R2) DFS root to replicate to Server 2008 Standard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My research so far suggests that adding the File Replication Service role service in the File Services role on Server 2008 should allow DFS replication with Server 2000/2003:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; File Replication Service (FRS) supports synchronizing folders with file servers that use FRS instead of the newer DFS Replication service. To enable a server to synchronize folders with servers that use FRS with the Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 implementations of Distributed File System, install File Replication Service. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's from Server Manager in Server 2008.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However when I right click our root target in DFS on Server 2003 and run through the New Root Target wizard, I get all the way to the end, but when I click Finish I get the following error: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;The following error occurred while creating DFS root on server srv-file:  &#xD;&#xA;The Distributed File System service cannot be contacted on the specified server. Possible causes include the service is not started, the server is offline, network problems are preventing access to the server, or a firewall is blocking port 445 on the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The NTFRS service is running on the 2008 server and there are no firewalls enabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="22199" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12238" RevisionGUID="f0089176-6902-4f2b-b6ac-bd551bd46988" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:14:15.247" UserId="77" Text="I use subversion and don't want to check out over 1 GB of images onto each developers desktop so how can I just have one central image server and have apache push 404's just from *.jpg for example to this other server" />
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  <row Id="22202" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12239" RevisionGUID="554f7512-e4c7-4e79-9c79-f6a17e68c8ca" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:14:31.360" UserId="48" Text="My first suggestion would be to open the PST file up in Outlook and check that the calendar data is present. If it is then you could look at exporting just the calendar data to another PST folder and try importing that." />
  <row Id="22203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12240" RevisionGUID="8d02d897-78b0-44bc-8ab3-2c4745dd5600" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:16:24.587" UserId="48" Text="Attempting to cluster machines running XP is a bad idea, it's not designed for it and will need some third party software to do so, if its even possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your best bet is to invest in Server 2003 or 2008 (Enterprise Editions), that will support clustering, or alternatively look at a Linux solution." />
  <row Id="22204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12241" RevisionGUID="a9e28f45-defb-4892-a621-cfe8402d5e87" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:16:35.710" UserId="1439" Text="Turns out you need to install the new-style DFS stuff on Server 2008 as well to make this work. Problem solved..." />
  <row Id="22205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12242" RevisionGUID="4b99a898-b583-4d7a-b986-65be0efff513" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:19:03.473" UserId="3523" Text="This could be done with either [rewrite rules][1], or if you just have a single folder of images, configure Apache as a [reverse proxy][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/rewriteguide.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_proxy.html" />
  <row Id="22206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12243" RevisionGUID="0d617472-f36f-4c8e-8c12-3cea62c10894" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:19:53.893" UserId="301" Text="Whenever I close the lid of my MacBook Pro it takes over a minute to write out my memory to disk. This is part of the Mac's _safe_ suspend option, which allows it to restore your memory from the hibernation file if the Mac looses power (say you change batteries or they go flat) while it is asleep.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I prefer my machine to go to sleep as soon as possible and am willing to take the risk of an unclean shutdown should my battery go flat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A long time ago I disabled this behavior, but have recently reinstalled my machine and OS X has reverted to the default behavior.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I disable the hibernation action when I close the lid?" />
  <row Id="22207" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12243" RevisionGUID="0d617472-f36f-4c8e-8c12-3cea62c10894" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:19:53.893" UserId="301" Text="How can I disable the suspend to disk function on my MacBook Pro" />
  <row Id="22208" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12243" RevisionGUID="0d617472-f36f-4c8e-8c12-3cea62c10894" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:19:53.893" UserId="301" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;suspend&gt;&lt;hibernation&gt;" />
  <row Id="22209" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12244" RevisionGUID="f7157bfb-e3e0-45fd-a598-7dfb032555fd" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:24:09.333" UserId="1484" Text="How is it blocked?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe the standard port is blocked. But why not use a non-standard port anyway to get a slightly improved security against the automated port scanners?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for why it might be blocked, it could certainly be the concern for botnet herders or warez communities, but almost anything can be used for such purposes, so everything should be blocked to be really sure." />
  <row Id="22210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12245" RevisionGUID="825e7368-05cb-48ac-99d0-4ead49749596" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:24:37.147" UserId="1723" Text="You can try package from ActiveState [http://www.activestate.com/activepython/downloads][1]. It doesn't depend on package manager (just unpack and run &quot;install.sh&quot;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or you can compile Python and create package by yourself&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is how to create RPM by yourself:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-rpm1][2]&#xD;&#xA;* [http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/RPM-HOWTO/][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is how you can compile it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ./configure&#xD;&#xA;    make&#xD;&#xA;    make test&#xD;&#xA;    sudo make install    # or &quot;make altinstall&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.activestate.com/activepython/downloads/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-rpm1&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/RPM-HOWTO/" />
  <row Id="22211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12246" RevisionGUID="c8b2316e-bd9d-42a5-a6a1-c0bfc944b2b7" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:25:20.483" UserId="3523" Text="To disable Safe Sleep:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo nvram &quot;use-nvramrc?&quot;=false&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Further details can be found at http://www.normalesup.org/~martinez/macosx/, Including how to enable it again." />
  <row Id="22212" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12247" RevisionGUID="bc5899e8-b2bd-40ca-b6b8-29865d7958fc" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:30:41.553" UserId="811" Text="Check out [webcalendar][1].  I think it meets all of your requirements, and all but the mobile option of your nice-to-haves.  I haven't used LDAP integration (although it's listed as supported) or delegation, so be sure to check that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.k5n.us/webcalendar.php" />
  <row Id="22213" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12248" RevisionGUID="cd371aa7-6b0f-45d1-b716-21eef0a77a2b" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:32:12.173" UserId="3491" Text="There is already an available channel for Skype that is a Linux native, but with some limitations @ [chanskype][1]. You must have X server and the Skype binary installed. That is, I guess the only Linux viable option, while waiting for Skype for Asterisk to come out of beta.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.chanskype.com/" />
  <row Id="22214" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12249" RevisionGUID="f103624a-ccc1-4427-97e2-ae97709256f9" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:38:06.783" UserId="3491" Text="All VoIP phones that support directory XML can be made to work with arbitrary data. You just have to program that functionality. You can provide the XML data from a database on the fly via some scripting engine running on the server, or just a static XML file generated at some time. Nothing out of the box I'm afraid." />
  <row Id="22215" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12250" RevisionGUID="193f783d-508e-4e73-8ad7-4b3690117ac6" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:43:41.080" UserId="1512" Text="I'm primarily a developer, but as part of this I'm running an Ubuntu server for a client where he has several small to medium sized websites. Although my main development environment has generally been Windows I'm reasonably familiar with Linux (I run Ubuntu on one of my two main workstations) and command line unix (admin'ing Oracle on HP-UX in the late 90's)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So although I do feel fairly competent on the command line, I'm still a little rusty and generally prefer a GUI. I know I could install a desktop on Ubuntu server, but I'm uncertain if I should, so my questions are&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Is there any particular risk or reason why I should not install a desktop on Ubuntu server?  In particular any security or performance issues?  Or should I just grit my teeth and get completely back up to speed on the command line?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. If installing a desktop is a reasonable option which one should I choose?  I really don't need the bloat of Gnome or KDE - just an environment where I have access to the basic GUI facilities and maybe a browser to make downloading scripts and the like more straightforward.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is very much an ease-of-use centred question - I'm not after a complete command line replacement, just something to make moving around the system and performing basic tasks run a little more smoothly for someone who is not going to be a dedicated Linux admin." />
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  <row Id="22219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12251" RevisionGUID="7b21ed09-2049-4c04-8873-160cbaee8a2b" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:45:33.993" UserId="665" Text="I use the SmartSleep preference pane:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.jinx.de/SmartSleep.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jinx.de/SmartSleep.html" />
  <row Id="22220" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12252" RevisionGUID="560d2438-212c-4531-8d78-2c3e264fa9ca" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:49:20.617" UserId="3536" Text="I &quot;inherited&quot; a domain where I have the following situation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A - the domain currently in use (Server 2003/2000)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;B - an older sibling domain, not used anymore, whose servers were dismantled some time ago without deleting the domain&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to add a new server to the &quot;A&quot; domain but the procedure fails because the server tries to connect to &quot;B&quot; and can't find it. Fact is, it seems I can't do anything to correct this, because the previous admins screwed up the permissions, granting full control to the Enterprise Admins of a THIRD domain called &quot;C&quot;, which doesn't exist anymore (as for &quot;B&quot;, the servers have gone but no one thought about deleting the domain) and removing some permissions for the other Domain Admins. No passwords (except for &quot;A&quot;) are known by anyone. Not one of the older servers is still around. I already tried to take control of my domain and doing the metadata cleanup, without success.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anything I can do to recover the existing domain, or would it be better to migrate everything to a completely new one?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks a lot!" />
  <row Id="22221" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12252" RevisionGUID="560d2438-212c-4531-8d78-2c3e264fa9ca" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:49:20.617" UserId="3536" Text="Can't take full control of my domain and add a new server" />
  <row Id="22222" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12252" RevisionGUID="560d2438-212c-4531-8d78-2c3e264fa9ca" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:49:20.617" UserId="3536" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;domain&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="22223" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12253" RevisionGUID="5cafed8a-63e0-43c9-8660-6de74cda2378" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:52:04.373" UserId="3351" Text="I almost whole-heartedly support the command line, but I think it depends on what you need to do. Which basic tasks do you need to make easier?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're looking to manage the files on the server in a more graphical manner and don't want to use something like midnight commander (see a screenshot [here][1]) then you could set it all up so that you can mount some directories from the server on your development machine using nfs or sshfs - you'd get your access, but without the performance and disk overhead of having a full desktop environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.icewalkers.com/scrshot/469/" />
  <row Id="22224" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12254" RevisionGUID="a56df86c-2e1e-41d3-be71-bbcf4db99cc3" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:56:11.277" UserId="1762" Text="The only difference between Ubuntu Server and Ubuntu Desktop, are the Desktop packages which you can install with apt-get.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can see several reasons why I wouldn't use it on a remote server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. ssh is much faster, X11 over ssh would be slower.&#xD;&#xA; 2. It's a load on the server that it doesn't need. I prefer a server to be lean and mean, with minimal packages. It's also easier for the updates.&#xD;&#xA; 3. wget is very simple for downloading. I usually copy URLs from Firefox and type wget, then paste the URL&#xD;&#xA; 4. No need for a dedicated Linux admin, but the basic commands are quite straightforward.&#xD;&#xA; 5. To manage files and file transfer between the server and your PC, you could use SCP, WinSCP is a nice windows version.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22225" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12255" RevisionGUID="20d2a742-220a-436e-8f1f-a08ee910f2ae" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:57:37.687" UserId="422" Text="I find the openSUSE build page very useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the neat things Novell got when they bought SUSE was the Autobuild model.  I am told it is a reasonably large cluster of devices (in the hundreds, last I asked) that recompiles most anything for all the platforms they officially support.  (x86, x86_64, IA64, IBM mainframe hardware, PowerPC, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They extended Autobuild to also build most packages for most OS's!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://software.opensuse.org/search&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I see lots of Python packages for RHEL 5, but I did not spend the time to see if 3.0 is in there as I could not quite figure out the search fast enough.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since you are motivated, you can spend more time on it.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22226" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12256" RevisionGUID="1326755e-8c16-45af-945c-ab6702e2499d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T13:59:30.053" UserId="3489" Text="I agree with just reverse-proxing the image directory, but what's so bad about an extra 2GB (that you subversion overhead)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any attempt to partition the data just leaves more chances for code error." />
  <row Id="22227" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12250" RevisionGUID="c0826813-6978-43b0-bee3-7bef563181b9" CreationDate="2009-05-26T14:00:26.823" UserId="1512" Comment="added 24 characters in body" Text="I'm primarily a developer, but as part of this I'm running an Ubuntu server for a client where he has several small to medium sized websites. Although my main development environment has generally been Windows I'm reasonably familiar with Linux (I run Ubuntu on one of my two main workstations) and command line unix (admin'ing Oracle on HP-UX in the late 90's)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So although I do feel fairly competent on the command line, I'm still a little rusty and generally prefer a GUI. I know I could install a desktop on Ubuntu server, but I'm uncertain if I should, so my questions are&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Is there any particular risk or reason why I should not install a desktop on Ubuntu server?  In particular any security or performance issues?  Or should I just grit my teeth and get completely back up to speed on the command line?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. If installing a desktop is a reasonable option which one should I choose?  I really don't need the bloat of Gnome or KDE - just an environment where I have access to the basic GUI facilities and maybe a browser to make downloading scripts and the like more straightforward. Would XFCE be suitable?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is very much an ease-of-use centred question - I'm not after a complete command line replacement, just something to make moving around the system and performing basic tasks run a little more smoothly for someone who is not going to be a dedicated Linux admin." />
  <row Id="22228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12257" RevisionGUID="9e34d786-cc04-4b20-b8dd-7dc0f096b73d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T14:01:57.057" UserId="2253" Text="Also, check that `X11Forwarding` is set to yes in `/etc/ssh/sshd_config` (it is apparently the default in Debian).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12258" RevisionGUID="46637e8e-b895-49d4-b4c1-e83bc4fd4108" CreationDate="2009-05-26T14:02:03.437" UserId="3251" Text="Well, you could spend upwards of $20,000 (US) for load balancing hardware to scale out your $100 OS, or you could buy Windows Server 2003/2008 standard at about $175 (US) each and run the free Netwok Load Balancing within Windows Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;XP as an OS is not particularly suited for high volumne web sites." />
  <row Id="22230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12259" RevisionGUID="23bc6780-b685-4d22-a1ee-df93f94d7b8c" CreationDate="2009-05-26T14:02:15.277" UserId="2649" Text="Another option is to run a local X-Server on your machine and then use SSH with X port forwarding turned on.  See&#xD;&#xA;[http://serverfault.com/questions/12198/how-can-i-enable-x11-forwarding-to-a-debian-server-box][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this will let you open up X apps locally on your machine without creating too much overhead on the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/12198/how-can-i-enable-x11-forwarding-to-a-debian-server-box" />
  <row Id="22231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12260" RevisionGUID="28a4ad47-2cae-4df4-8bf4-25d6c26b1c9a" CreationDate="2009-05-26T14:02:50.597" UserId="3489" Text="Another gotcha is that Exchange will process rules server-side until the *first* client-side rule, so you can mix them, but be careful, some experimentation can often change client-side rules to server-side.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My first rule is to permanently delete &quot;very spammy&quot; mail, but for some reason &quot;permanently delete&quot; is client side, but &quot;move to deleted items&quot; is not." />
  <row Id="22232" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12261" RevisionGUID="b1a7a749-3180-4e4e-a36f-b5878f7b4e9a" CreationDate="2009-05-26T14:03:53.293" UserId="2719" Text="Hello, everyone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of our servers have died recently. So I've took those disks from it and installed em all to the new server running Windows Server 2008. Along with disks I've moved two simple two-port controllers on a Silicon Image SiI 3132 chip.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So here is a problem. There was two software Windows-driven RAID5 arrays. After reinstallation those disks plugged in thought controllers are shown **offline** or **foreign** in *diskpart* utility. I could not import them because they are reported somehow as **readonly**. If, after all, I clear **readonly** flag from those disks and import them, *diskpart* reports that array is OK and resyncing. And then, soon or late, I'm getting BSOD of some random error (it was disk manager only once) and Windows won't boot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've returned to last known configuration several times and tried to trace an error, but I could not. Any thoughts besides hardware fault in controller, guys?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS. Here is initial state:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    DISKPART&gt; list disk&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt&#xD;&#xA;      --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---&#xD;&#xA;      Disk 0    Online          465 GB  1024 KB   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk 1    Online          465 GB  1024 KB   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk 2    Online          111 GB      0 B&#xD;&#xA;      Disk 3    Online          698 GB      0 B&#xD;&#xA;      Disk 4    Online          465 GB  1024 KB   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk 5    Foreign         232 GB      0 B   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk 6    Foreign         232 GB      0 B   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk 7    Foreign         233 GB      0 B   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk 8    Foreign         232 GB      0 B   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk M0   Missing            0 B      0 B   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk M1   Missing            0 B      0 B   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk M2   Missing            0 B      0 B   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk M3   Missing            0 B      0 B   *" />
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  <row Id="22234" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12261" RevisionGUID="b1a7a749-3180-4e4e-a36f-b5878f7b4e9a" CreationDate="2009-05-26T14:03:53.293" UserId="2719" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;storage&gt;" />
  <row Id="22235" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12261" RevisionGUID="89204e7a-17fc-4ee1-96b8-e7164ea96d98" CreationDate="2009-05-26T14:13:26.600" UserId="45" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="Hello, everyone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of our servers has died recently. So I've took those disks from it and installed them all to the new server running Windows Server 2008. Along with disks I've moved two simple two-port controllers on a Silicon Image SiI 3132 chip.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So here is a problem. There was two software Windows-driven RAID5 arrays. After reinstallation those disks plugged in thought controllers are shown **offline** or **foreign** in *diskpart* utility. I could not import them because they are reported somehow as **readonly**. If, after all, I clear **readonly** flag from those disks and import them, *diskpart* reports that array is OK and resyncing. And then, soon or late, I'm getting BSOD of some random error (it was disk manager only once) and Windows won't boot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've returned to last known configuration several times and tried to trace an error, but I could not. Any thoughts besides hardware fault in controller, guys?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS. Here is initial state:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    DISKPART&gt; list disk&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt&#xD;&#xA;      --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---&#xD;&#xA;      Disk 0    Online          465 GB  1024 KB   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk 1    Online          465 GB  1024 KB   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk 2    Online          111 GB      0 B&#xD;&#xA;      Disk 3    Online          698 GB      0 B&#xD;&#xA;      Disk 4    Online          465 GB  1024 KB   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk 5    Foreign         232 GB      0 B   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk 6    Foreign         232 GB      0 B   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk 7    Foreign         233 GB      0 B   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk 8    Foreign         232 GB      0 B   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk M0   Missing            0 B      0 B   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk M1   Missing            0 B      0 B   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk M2   Missing            0 B      0 B   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk M3   Missing            0 B      0 B   *" />
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  <row Id="22237" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12020" RevisionGUID="c648a23c-c1cb-4efe-b18e-bce6d68cfa66" CreationDate="2009-05-26T14:26:43.363" UserId="2972" Comment="added 8 characters in body" Text="I'm currently running 3 Solaris servers running MySQL 4.0.20 and PHPMyAdmin 2.11.5 and on one server, when I run a MySQL query through PHPMyAdmin with an error in it, I get a helpful error message along the lines of&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    MySQL said: &#xD;&#xA;    #1054 - Unknown column 'name' in 'field list' &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whereas on the main web server I get this from the same query on the same table. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    MySQL said: &#xD;&#xA;    #1054 - &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I get the error code but no message telling me where the error is which makes debugging queries a lot more time consuming.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've compared the mysql init files and mysql daemon and can't see where the error reporting is configured. Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers!" />
  <row Id="22238" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12029" RevisionGUID="70daa587-5a9d-4108-ac04-1a84821cc615" CreationDate="2009-05-26T14:27:49.120" UserId="1787" Comment="added 116 characters in body" Text="## Interface (connectors): ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![laptop PATA vs SATA][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [Parallel ATA][2] a.k.a. IDE, ATA, ATAPI, UDMA and PATA &amp;mdash; legacy, wide 40-pin  connector for disks produced few years ago. In case of notebook drives pins are smaller, and there is also power supply in the same plug.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [Serial ATA (SATA)][3] &amp;mdash; modern connector. Most modern laptops use it. 6 data pins&#xD;&#xA;and 15 pins including power supply. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## Sizes of laptop disks: ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![1.8&quot; and 2.5&quot;][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **2.5&quot;** &amp;mdash; most common &#xD;&#xA;- **1.8&quot;** &amp;mdash; reduced, used mostly in ultralights and netbooks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## Rotation speed: ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- 7200RPM &amp;mdash; modern, high-end 2.5&quot; disks. Consume more energy.&#xD;&#xA;- 5400RPM &amp;mdash; standard, low-end 2.5&quot;disks or high-end 1.8&quot;disks. More energy-efficient.&#xD;&#xA;- 4200RPM &amp;mdash; legacy, low-end 2.5&quot; disks, some modern reduced height and energy-efficient 2,5&quot; or standard 1.8&quot;disks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take in account, that 5400RPM HDD with bigger capacity actually might be faster, then smaller capacity 7200RPM. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## HDD vs. SSD: ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Modern alternative to SATA HDDs are [Solid State Drives][5], based on flash memory. They have almost instantaneous seek times, incredible read speeds and very low power consumption. Yet they are very expensive and have a lot less capacity.&#xD;&#xA;There was related discussion on SF: http://serverfault.com/questions/2425/are-ssds-worth-the-money&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.laptopparts101.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/sata-ide-laptop-hard-drive.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_ATA&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ata&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.newmodeus.com/harddrives/18vs25.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive" />
  <row Id="22241" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12262" RevisionGUID="0830499b-6a90-42e1-ae27-76bd68c1b30f" CreationDate="2009-05-26T14:30:25.510" UserId="3497" Text="Here is my situation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have inherited a Windows 2003 domain with only 1 domain controller, we'll call it DC1.  DC1 is also the DNS, DHCP and Exchange server for this organization.  DC1 was originally a Small Business Server but was upgraded to Server 2003 Standard at some point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There used to be a second domain controller and DNS server called DC2, but it crashed and was never removed cleanly from the domain.  I have used ntdsutil to remove DC2 metadata and have deleted the computer account in Active Directory, but Name Server (NS) and Start of Authority (SOA) references to DC2 are scattered all over my DNS Forward Lookup Zone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a brand new Exchange 2007 server on the way to replace what is currently DC1 (Exchange 2003, DNS, DHCP, DC).  I therefore need to complete the following tasks:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Promote a new server on the domain to be a domain controller.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Transfer the FSMO roles from DC1 to the new domain controller.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Install DNS and DHCP on the new domain controller.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Remove the DNS and DHCP roles from DC1 and remove it from the domain.&#xD;&#xA; 5. After my new Exchange 2007 server is in place, reload DC1 and turn it into a secondary domain controller and DNS server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am worried that in step 3 of my plan, I will end up replicating bad DNS records to my new domain controller.  What is the best way to clean up my existing DNS before replicating it to my new server?  It seems like it would be best just to have a clean Forward Lookup Zone, but I don't really understand how that zone works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I already have DNS scavenging turned on, but it never seems to clean up any of the references to DC2, the domain controller and DNS server that failed some time ago.  Can I just delete the entire Forward Lookup Zone?  Does it recreate itself?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can somebody explain to me what the different containers (_msdcs,domain.local,zone.domain.local) in the Forward Lookup Zone are?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22242" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12262" RevisionGUID="0830499b-6a90-42e1-ae27-76bd68c1b30f" CreationDate="2009-05-26T14:30:25.510" UserId="3497" Text="Will the DNS Forward Lookup Zone recreate itself if I delete it?" />
  <row Id="22243" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12262" RevisionGUID="0830499b-6a90-42e1-ae27-76bd68c1b30f" CreationDate="2009-05-26T14:30:25.510" UserId="3497" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;domain-controller&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;replication&gt;&lt;forward-lookup-zone&gt;" />
  <row Id="22244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12263" RevisionGUID="a6997574-6da1-4396-902f-48c12f5b8cd9" CreationDate="2009-05-26T14:32:31.593" UserId="2629" Text="    drutil eject&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will eject a CD." />
  <row Id="22245" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12263" RevisionGUID="a6997574-6da1-4396-902f-48c12f5b8cd9" CreationDate="2009-05-26T14:32:31.593" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="22246" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12264" RevisionGUID="14fcd516-98f8-4b3c-8f04-acb5ca5c6644" CreationDate="2009-05-26T14:33:37.613" UserId="2972" Text="I've contacted Sun regarding this and they have told me that the download is no longer available as Active Server Pages 4.0.3 is now End Of Life. We need to upgrade our server to 4.0.3 to acheive PCI-DSS compliance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone know of a site where I can download older copies of Sun files? Sun offer 4.0.1 and 4.0.2 to download but not 4.0.3 which is going to cause problems come October when Visa stops accepting transactions from non PCI compliant servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22247" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12264" RevisionGUID="14fcd516-98f8-4b3c-8f04-acb5ca5c6644" CreationDate="2009-05-26T14:33:37.613" UserId="2972" Text="Anyone know where I can download a copy of Sun Java System Active Server Pages 4.0.3 for Solaris" />
  <row Id="22248" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12264" RevisionGUID="14fcd516-98f8-4b3c-8f04-acb5ca5c6644" CreationDate="2009-05-26T14:33:37.613" UserId="2972" Text="&lt;pci-dss&gt;&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;sun-one&gt;&lt;asp&gt;" />
  <row Id="22249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12265" RevisionGUID="5c42e46d-7ac5-42a5-825e-bbf177530d51" CreationDate="2009-05-26T14:42:04.993" UserId="2612" Text="For network security and compliance issues check out [RISKY.BIZ][1] and their podcasts [Risky Business][2] and the interview/event feed, [RB2][3]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://risky.biz/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://risky.biz/netcasts/risky-business&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://risky.biz/netcasts/rb2" />
  <row Id="22250" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12266" RevisionGUID="11efc7f5-9b22-40de-be88-b3fdea7fa351" CreationDate="2009-05-26T14:51:38.283" UserId="1715" Text="you could do *poorman's* round-robin DNS load balancing with them?&#xD;&#xA;basically 2 a records with the same hostname for each box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Write a script on each box to check if the other box is up.  &amp; if its down, remove it's a record from dns.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22251" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12267" RevisionGUID="4e5669ae-c017-4b88-960d-49859b13d7e5" CreationDate="2009-05-26T14:58:52.183" UserId="2413" Text="it's not typical training but anyway really worth watching and eye opening:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [chaos communication congress][1] - take a look at conference recording.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;start with this - [not only] about dns: dan kaminsky - [22C3: Black Ops Of TCP/IP][2] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ccc.de/congress/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6308488589809281787&amp;" />
  <row Id="22252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12268" RevisionGUID="21d1ad10-6009-4c52-a996-8f5b8db7932e" CreationDate="2009-05-26T15:04:05.917" UserId="1770" Text="If you have access to machines on both sides of the connection, I'd look into [Iperf][1].  From the [Wikipedia Article on Iperf][2]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Iperf is a commonly used network testing tool that can create TCP and UDP data streams and measure the throughput of a network that is carrying them. Iperf is a modern tool for network performance measurement written in C++.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You run the tool on two machines, and iperf will give you information on the bandwidth between them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://iperf.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iperf" />
  <row Id="22253" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12269" RevisionGUID="06bdc8d0-8e09-4b7a-a07a-8417854fdd3c" CreationDate="2009-05-26T15:10:25.437" UserId="2629" Text="When you have a CD or DVD you can't get out of a Mac, the steps to follow are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - press eject&#xD;&#xA; - press option-eject&#xD;&#xA; - (optional) hit the eject button within iTunes&#xD;&#xA; - issue the '`drutil eject`' command&#xD;&#xA; - reboot the computer and hold the mouse button (or eject button) down during startup&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the disc still won't eject, particularly from a laptop, what steps do you try next?" />
  <row Id="22254" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12269" RevisionGUID="06bdc8d0-8e09-4b7a-a07a-8417854fdd3c" CreationDate="2009-05-26T15:10:25.437" UserId="2629" Text="Eject a stubborn disc from a MacBook" />
  <row Id="22255" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12269" RevisionGUID="06bdc8d0-8e09-4b7a-a07a-8417854fdd3c" CreationDate="2009-05-26T15:10:25.437" UserId="2629" Text="&lt;mac&gt;" />
  <row Id="22256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12270" RevisionGUID="75ae7224-8747-406a-a3ac-d5cb67a5a9e2" CreationDate="2009-05-26T15:13:42.263" UserId="584" Text="MacYourself has [a few things to try][1]...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been able to use the paperclip trick (insert the tip of a paperclip on the right-hand side of the drive) on a Mac mini. The Macbook may have different drives without the paperclip hole, though, I'm not sure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.macyourself.com/2009/05/01/the-ultimate-guide-to-ejecting-a-stuck-disc-from-mac-superdrive/" />
  <row Id="22257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12271" RevisionGUID="3bec440a-896a-41a2-9a0f-f4186f7e8fbf" CreationDate="2009-05-26T15:15:40.510" UserId="1439" Text="Take it to an Apple store for them to deal with :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's part of what we pay the extra money for, right?" />
  <row Id="22258" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12253" RevisionGUID="ee357bf6-06bd-47b4-af72-61bd4fabeb18" CreationDate="2009-05-26T15:28:14.090" UserId="3351" Comment="added some links to tutorials for setting up sshfs and nfs" Text="I almost whole-heartedly support the command line, but I think it depends on what you need to do. Which basic tasks do you need to make easier?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're looking to manage the files on the server in a more graphical manner and don't want to use something like midnight commander (see a screenshot [here][1]) then you could set it all up so that you can mount some directories from the server on your development machine using nfs or sshfs - you'd get your access, but without the performance and disk overhead of having a full desktop environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:**  &#xD;&#xA;Here's a quick [tutorial][2] on setting up sshfs, and [here's one][3] for nfs.  &#xD;&#xA;I've never actually used sshfs yet, but from the look of the tutorial it's a bit easier than nfs, especially if you've already got ssh and things set up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe that the NFS version should be quicker in terms of file transfer speed, since it won't do any encryption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.icewalkers.com/scrshot/469/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.go2linux.org/sshfs-mount-remote-filesystem-using-ssh&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/nfs.htm" />
  <row Id="22259" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12272" RevisionGUID="88609b45-b372-41b6-af65-74a86bbc2a04" CreationDate="2009-05-26T15:29:43.430" UserId="679" Text="I'm trying to install Powershell 2.0 and it's telling me I need to uninstall an earlier version?  It's not in the installed app list and there's no obvious uninstall in the windowspowershell\v1.0 directory under system32." />
  <row Id="22260" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12272" RevisionGUID="88609b45-b372-41b6-af65-74a86bbc2a04" CreationDate="2009-05-26T15:29:43.430" UserId="679" Text="Powershell:  How do I uninstall Powershell pre-v. 2.0?" />
  <row Id="22261" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12272" RevisionGUID="88609b45-b372-41b6-af65-74a86bbc2a04" CreationDate="2009-05-26T15:29:43.430" UserId="679" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;" />
  <row Id="22262" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12273" RevisionGUID="23bc62af-6a6f-4945-8884-b6e10f6a73f0" CreationDate="2009-05-26T15:34:49.037" UserId="1054" Text="You have to have Show Updates checked in Add/Remove Programs to see Powershell." />
  <row Id="22263" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12274" RevisionGUID="6a013f6c-dcb4-4657-90fb-fbee786923c0" CreationDate="2009-05-26T15:38:54.490" UserId="48" Text="The _msdcs _sites _tcp _udp  are the areas of DNS that are critical to Active Directory, they contain the service records for AD its self. The other zones will contain the information for the computers on your network etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, if  you need to remove bad records in your normal DNS zones, thats fine. The other areas are where problems can occur. However if you do find that AD's DNS records are messed up, you can fix them by running `netdiag/fix` from the command line." />
  <row Id="22264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12275" RevisionGUID="fef5c690-4c6d-4038-b597-677019cb7f0c" CreationDate="2009-05-26T15:40:38.213" UserId="422" Text="Slot loading Mac CD/DVD drives usually have a small micro switch, hidden at one end of the slot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to hit the micro switch with a paper clip, for example, and sometimes reboot to get it to properly eject.  Just one push, and not hard, it is a 'software'/hardware eject button.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dunno if this is still the case on newer drives.  I do not think it was a Mac innovation, as they buy their drives from generic vendors." />
  <row Id="22265" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12276" RevisionGUID="aae71ddf-6111-4b13-b883-d0f2a4d94dc1" CreationDate="2009-05-26T15:40:55.763" UserId="301" Text="Looking closely at the numbers you posted shows 0 pages swapped in and out. Even with `-S` if your machine is swapping, you should not see a 0 in those columns. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My bet is your machine is doing Memory Mapped IO, which has similar paging characteristics, but is not indicative of thrashing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't have access to a Solaris machine at the moment, so I'm basing this on a copy of the [man page for vmstat(1)][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bga.org/~lessem/psyc5112/usail/man/solaris/vmstat.1.html" />
  <row Id="22266" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12277" RevisionGUID="3ff19917-de34-469e-a2cd-e70867c1131f" CreationDate="2009-05-26T15:41:14.297" UserId="715" Text="I ended up using [SteelEye's][1] Data Replication and High Availability suite. They have version fro Windows and Linux (which wasn't a requirement). The Data Replication protion allowed for block level replication (Synchronous or Asynchronous). The High Availability portion allowed services to be switched over from once server to another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.steeleye.com" />
  <row Id="22267" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12229" RevisionGUID="eab157d2-1fdc-4017-8e56-3caacbd83a98" CreationDate="2009-05-26T15:41:26.903" UserId="45" Comment="edited body; edited title" Text="I installed Oracle 11g on Red Hat Enterprise server 5.0. First time everything worked well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After creating dbora script file in /etc/init.d/ and setting all the oracle environmental variables I just restarted the server, then onwards Oracle Enterprise manager is not working&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not able to open EM on my browser. When I see, emctl status dbconsole - it shows&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;bash-3.00$ emctl status dbconsole&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Database Control Release 11.1.0.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Copyright (c) 1996, 2007 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g is not running.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But the agent is running fine =&gt;bash-3.00$ emctl status agent&#xD;&#xA;Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Database Control Release 11.1.0.&#xD;&#xA;Copyright (c) 1996, 2007 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;---------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Agent Version : 11.1.0.0.1&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;OMS Version : 11.1.0.0.1&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Protocol Version : 11.1.0.0.1&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Agent Home : /u01/apps/oracle/product/11.1.0/devdb_02_FCC2&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Agent binaries : /u01/apps/oracle/product/11.1.0/&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Agent Process ID : 983264&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Parent Process ID : 741562&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Started at : 2009-25-05 10:52:23&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Started by user : orcl&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Last Reload : 2009-25-05 13:42:41&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Last successful upload : (none)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Last attempted upload : (none)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Total Megabytes of XML files uploaded so far : 0.00&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Number of XML files pending upload : 0&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Size of XML files pending upload(MB) : 0.00&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Available disk space on upload filesystem : 28.08%&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---------------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;Agent is Running and Ready&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When i am trying to start dbconsole, it throughs error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;bash-3.00$emctl start dbconsole&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Database Control Release 11.1.0.0&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Copyright (c) 1996, 2007 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Starting Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Database Control&lt;br&gt;............................................................................................. failed.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please help to resolve this error." />
  <row Id="22268" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="12229" RevisionGUID="eab157d2-1fdc-4017-8e56-3caacbd83a98" CreationDate="2009-05-26T15:41:26.903" UserId="45" Comment="edited body; edited title" Text="How can I start Oracle Enterprise manager after restarting the Red Hat Server? " />
  <row Id="22269" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10172" RevisionGUID="5835d840-020d-46c9-9760-5bbba893d491" CreationDate="2009-05-26T15:43:35.417" UserId="301" Comment="Added a note about the permission of your $HOME" Text="Check the permissions on your `~/.ssh/authorized_keys` file. They should be `0600`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    % chmod 0700 .ssh&#xD;&#xA;    % chmod 0600 .ssh/authorized_keys&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is my standard pattern&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Update:* Check that your home directory is owned by you alone, ensure that your primary group does _not_ have write access to your home directory. There is an attach vector where someone in your primary group could move your `.ssh` directory away if they have write permission to the root of your `$HOME` " />
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  <row Id="22273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12279" RevisionGUID="5617e2be-a794-4568-8038-683e7d16823f" CreationDate="2009-05-26T15:44:46.897" UserId="1787" Text="    RedirectMatch \.(gif|jpe?g|png)$ /path/to/404.script&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where script would return 404 header and provide so information why.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22274" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10028" RevisionGUID="678f08e1-8766-470e-b990-542d880b5a7b" CreationDate="2009-05-26T15:44:58.003" UserId="2482" Comment="fixed typing/spelling error :%s/to and external drive/to an external drive/g" Text="I am using [grub4dos][1] to dual boot XP and XP64.  Both systems are on NTFS filesystems.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setup was simple:  I copied the grub4dos folder onto my NTFS file system.  Renamed the windows boot loader &quot;ntldr&quot; out of the way and copied the grub4dos boot loader &quot;grldr&quot; to &quot;ntldr&quot;.  That way I am still using a microsoft standard MBR which makes my corporate required virus scanner happy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This method also keeps my partitions independent.  I can dump a partition off to an external drive and load a different operating system in it's place.  I keep Vista32, XP32, Vista64 and XP64 images on my external drive.  In about 1.5 hrs I can load any one of those images onto either of my two laptop partitions and be ready to go without fussing with boot configurations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://gna.org/projects/grub4dos/" />
  <row Id="22275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12280" RevisionGUID="43df3878-61ce-4b83-bb7e-c36d529d8ba4" CreationDate="2009-05-26T15:47:28.903" UserId="3523" Text="[Process Explorer][1] can break down the Svchost.exe in the actual services, but it won't show you actual memory usage. Open Process Explorer and double click on a svchost.exe, and goto the Services tab.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx" />
  <row Id="22276" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12281" RevisionGUID="7d350163-5321-415e-a932-10d5e4922d16" CreationDate="2009-05-26T15:52:32.323" UserId="2318" Text=" 1. boot your Mac from the Install DVD&#xD;&#xA; 2. open Screen Sharing and connect to the IP of your Mac (it's IP will supplied by DHCP, you might have to look it up on your router/DHCP server)&#xD;&#xA; 3. for VNC login and password, leave the username blank, but type in the first 8 digits of your Mac's hardware serial number as the password&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tested this with the Leopard Server Install DVD, and it works fine." />
  <row Id="22277" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12280" RevisionGUID="04b5b323-103e-42f3-940b-dd57d46ed3fe" CreationDate="2009-05-26T15:53:58.750" UserId="3523" Comment="added 22 characters in body" Text="[Process Explorer][1] can show you what services are part of each Svchost.exe in, but it won't show you actual memory usage for each service. Open Process Explorer and double click on a svchost.exe, and goto the Services tab.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx" />
  <row Id="22278" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12282" RevisionGUID="e6f65bc0-e274-440c-a370-199f743dcfc1" CreationDate="2009-05-26T15:55:15.190" UserId="3351" Text="I've seen some references to some cases where mouse calibration problems in Vista are being caused by the pointer scheme.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apparently this can be fixed by going into Control Panel -&gt; Mouse -&gt; Pointers -&gt; Schemes and setting schemes to &quot;None&quot;." />
  <row Id="22279" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12274" RevisionGUID="c4cfb52f-51cc-4eb1-88e8-d57f00cf6410" CreationDate="2009-05-26T16:02:14.113" UserId="48" Comment="added 187 characters in body" Text="The _msdcs _sites _tcp _udp  are the areas of DNS that are critical to Active Directory, they contain the service records for AD its self. The other zones will contain the information for the computers on your network etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- _msdcs - Contains all the GUIDs for all domains in the forest and a list of Global Catalogue Servers &#xD;&#xA;- _sites - Site Objects&#xD;&#xA;- _TCP. _UDP - DNS information for Domain Controllers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, if  you need to remove bad records in your normal DNS zones, thats fine. The other areas are where problems can occur. However if you do find that AD's DNS records are messed up, you can fix them by running `netdiag/fix` from the command line." />
  <row Id="22280" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12283" RevisionGUID="7a08f681-d235-49e9-afb3-7400237ca324" CreationDate="2009-05-26T16:03:13.660" UserId="2086" Text="If you right-click on the &quot;Foreign&quot; disks, do you have the option to &quot;Reactivate&quot; or &quot;Import&quot; the disks? It looks like that's the first step to get Windows to recognize them, and it should be able to see the RAID array they belonged to once they're all active.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It looks like you can do all the management you need to from the Disk Management GUI, though if you're partial to the command line tool, I'm sure the command to &quot;Reactivate&quot; a dynamic disk is just as easy." />
  <row Id="22281" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12279" RevisionGUID="643eabd6-5520-4310-a327-286c6fac0d6f" CreationDate="2009-05-26T16:14:34.213" UserId="1787" Comment="deleted 55 characters in body" Text="    RedirectMatch (.*\.(gif|jpe?g|png))$ http://the.central.server/$1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12284" RevisionGUID="e49111af-2edd-4333-8716-5c04db07bb20" CreationDate="2009-05-26T16:23:09.517" UserId="2318" Text="I see in an Apple [manual][1] that &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;Time Machine backup of server data&#xD;&#xA;&gt; isn’t supported for an advanced&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; but I'm not clear on how to interpret &quot;***server data***.&quot; Does it refer to the entire boot volume for the server... or certain folders... all volumes connected? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While only Apple knows exactly how to interpret the phrase, I'm hoping someone here may have figured out by trial and error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any useful information is welcome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://images.apple.com/server/macosx/docs/Getting_Started_v10.5.pdf" />
  <row Id="22283" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12284" RevisionGUID="e49111af-2edd-4333-8716-5c04db07bb20" CreationDate="2009-05-26T16:23:09.517" UserId="2318" Text="What would Time Machine &quot;server data&quot; refer to in the &quot;Getting Started v10.5.pdf&quot; guide?" />
  <row Id="22284" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12284" RevisionGUID="e49111af-2edd-4333-8716-5c04db07bb20" CreationDate="2009-05-26T16:23:09.517" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;macosxserver&gt;&lt;time-machine&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;leopard&gt;" />
  <row Id="22285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12285" RevisionGUID="d42f687a-2901-46e9-bfd5-62e0bd691626" CreationDate="2009-05-26T16:26:45.890" UserId="1544" Text="I have a multi-homed server running Ubuntu Server with four IP addresses.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    eth0       192.168.1.100&#xD;&#xA;    eth0:0     192.168.1.101&#xD;&#xA;    eth0:1     192.168.1.102&#xD;&#xA;    eth0:2     192.168.1.103&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Using 192.168.x.x for sake of example, assume these are NAT-ed to a range of public IP addresses)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of our clients publishes their inventory via FTP, so we log in nightly to download a large file from their server.  Their firewall expects our (passive) FTP connection to be made from 192.168.1.100. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given that my server logically has four IP addresses on a single adapter, how does the operating system determine which IP address is used for outbound TCP/IP connections?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's say I ssh into my server on 192.168.1.101 and run FTP interactively.  Will the outbound TCP/IP connection use 192.168.1.101 because the OS knows that's the interface over which my shell is connected?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What if the FTP task is run non-interactively via a cron job where there is no shell?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it even the OS that determines the algorithm or is there some other specification that details how this works?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you can probably tell, this has me quite confused, so I hope my questions have at least made sense.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="22286" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12285" RevisionGUID="d42f687a-2901-46e9-bfd5-62e0bd691626" CreationDate="2009-05-26T16:26:45.890" UserId="1544" Text="When multi-homing how does the OS determine which IP address to use for outbound TCP/IP connections?" />
  <row Id="22287" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12285" RevisionGUID="d42f687a-2901-46e9-bfd5-62e0bd691626" CreationDate="2009-05-26T16:26:45.890" UserId="1544" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;multi-homing&gt;&lt;ftp&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;tcpip&gt;" />
  <row Id="22288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12286" RevisionGUID="1374a5ea-2f85-4eb3-b623-16976f5d78ef" CreationDate="2009-05-26T16:30:25.087" UserId="2561" Text="It uses whatever the default gateway is in the routing table, unless there is a specific route telling it to use another: `route -n`" />
  <row Id="22289" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="12284" RevisionGUID="52bdca00-8ff7-4778-a764-a983e86610f7" CreationDate="2009-05-26T16:31:21.577" UserId="2318" Comment="edited title" Text="What would the term Time Machine &quot;server data&quot; refer to?" />
  <row Id="22290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12287" RevisionGUID="058e5f43-adaa-4b7c-a315-80a711ab5093" CreationDate="2009-05-26T16:33:14.397" UserId="1584" Text="[FireDaemon][1] is another option for doing this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.firedaemon.com/" />
  <row Id="22291" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="12284" RevisionGUID="045a1223-3cf5-4b7a-8809-6742672ee58d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T16:40:46.440" UserId="2318" Comment="needlessly long title" Text="What does Time Machine &quot;server data&quot; mean?" />
  <row Id="22292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12288" RevisionGUID="b7e098cf-556f-48aa-ba50-c5d5ff2b9502" CreationDate="2009-05-26T16:44:19.647" UserId="1079" Text="There isn't really a solution to the problem you're asking (getting more pixels on the display than are physically available), but you could try different color settings on your projector. Lots of projectors have a &quot;true color&quot; mode which, when switched on, sacrifices some image brightness for more faithful color reproduction. You could try switching this mode on or off and seeing if that makes any difference. You should note that photos of people's faces, in particular, can look pretty bad in non-true color mode." />
  <row Id="22293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12289" RevisionGUID="fb07affb-a597-430d-87db-1c5538d1be63" CreationDate="2009-05-26T16:51:50.537" UserId="2278" Text="This is getting into stackoverflow territory, but if you can get hold of per-thread memory stats you may be able to roughly correlate that to the individual service dlls by matching them up to the dlls listed in the thread stack. Way too much for my tiny sysadmin brain, though." />
  <row Id="22294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12290" RevisionGUID="e70ac77f-8b55-4eec-9ba2-e1d6f149f228" CreationDate="2009-05-26T16:58:45.857" UserId="2278" Text="There are a large number of tools available for configuration management on Windows - we use [BladeLogic][1], which has a sort of default version control built in, and is cross-platform. The state of the art is probably Microsoft's own System Center suite.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bladelogic.com" />
  <row Id="22295" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12291" RevisionGUID="baa09b51-94ab-4488-ac56-f1f0b9bc11e1" CreationDate="2009-05-26T16:58:50.037" UserId="3543" Text="I see in your example that all the ips are too close not to be in the same network&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;are you sure that you are actually multihoming and not simply having 4 IP aliases?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if the latter is the case then you can set the source ip on a route with something similar to this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /sbin/ip route show&#xD;&#xA;192.168.222.0/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.222.178 &#xD;&#xA;169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0  scope link &#xD;&#xA;default via 192.168.222.1 dev eth0 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sudo /sbin/ip route replace default via 192.168.222.1 src 192.168.222.178&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /sbin/ip route show                                                      &#xD;&#xA;192.168.222.0/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.222.178 &#xD;&#xA;169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0  scope link &#xD;&#xA;default via 192.168.222.1 dev eth0  src 192.168.222.178 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;see man interfaces on how to make it persistent between reboots" />
  <row Id="22296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12292" RevisionGUID="0a994977-41a8-441b-8c64-5405972f0d76" CreationDate="2009-05-26T17:01:45.010" UserId="1079" Text="We're planning to buy a large color networked laser printer / photocopier / scanner device, something around the $10,000USD range. This, as standard, understands PCL (version 5e, I think). How do I ensure we get decent color reproduction from this device?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a Windows Server 2003 print server, on which I can see drivers for other network printers have an tab on their &quot;properties&quot; dialog named &quot;color management&quot;. This lets you associate an ICC or ISM color profile file with a given device. I understand I can (quite cheaply - around $30USD) print out a test page from the device to send off to a lab and get back a color profile to associate with the device. Then, if I understand correctly, I can calibrate monitors with a coloromiter (something like the Pantone Huey) and ensure that what is seen on the screen is what comes out on the printer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, the printer sales people are also offering us a Postscript module for the printer at around another $1,000USD. Seemingly this gives &quot;better&quot; color reproduction, although that is about the most detailed explanation the sales people can give. We have Ghostscript installed on the print server, so if any applications can only print Postscript we can create a redirected printer with the Postscript interpretation being done by Ghostscript.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone explain what it is about Postscript that gives &quot;better&quot; color reproduction? What makes Postscript worth paying $1,000 for?" />
  <row Id="22297" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12292" RevisionGUID="0a994977-41a8-441b-8c64-5405972f0d76" CreationDate="2009-05-26T17:01:45.010" UserId="1079" Text="Color profiles for large network printer" />
  <row Id="22298" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12292" RevisionGUID="0a994977-41a8-441b-8c64-5405972f0d76" CreationDate="2009-05-26T17:01:45.010" UserId="1079" Text="&lt;printing&gt;&lt;postscript&gt;&lt;pcl&gt;&lt;color&gt;" />
  <row Id="22299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12293" RevisionGUID="463aff69-177e-4571-8e4f-41f48bc77943" CreationDate="2009-05-26T17:05:11.897" UserId="2278" Text="If you just want to identify the files, look at using the built in indexing service. It has a scriptable interface. [This page][1] looks like a good place to start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.activexperts.com/activmonitor/windowsmanagement/adminscripts/disk/indexing/" />
  <row Id="22300" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12094" RevisionGUID="6db3f79b-362e-4eec-ad8e-a8e7e4c928b2" CreationDate="2009-05-26T17:08:26.213" UserId="1496" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;service&gt;" />
  <row Id="22301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12294" RevisionGUID="a7b08771-8beb-4627-97a6-2a095d007b22" CreationDate="2009-05-26T17:11:16.190" UserId="984" Text="I don't know how much value enabling a GUI will actually give you.  Most of the things that you need to do to manage a server you are going to have to do in a terminal anyway.  The things that a GUI might help you with are probably things you are going to have to learn anyway to deal with services that don't have any GUI tools for managing them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If installing a desktop is a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; reasonable option which one should I&#xD;&#xA;&gt; choose?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I like XFCE, it is light, if you are just looking for a file-browser this may be help you some.  But I think it doesn't matter what you choose, most of the desktop environments aren't really aimed at managing a server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do decide you actually need to do this, I suggest that you disable GDM/KDM.  So the X server isn't left running when you don't need it.  Instead, just fire it up by logging into the console and running **startx**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Is there any particular risk or reason&#xD;&#xA;&gt; why I should not install a desktop on&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Ubuntu server? In particular any&#xD;&#xA;&gt; security or performance issues?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The more stuff you install on a system the more likely it is that something has a bug that can be exploited.  OTOH, a minimal windowing environment that isn't left running shouldn't result in any significant increase in security exposure or performance problems." />
  <row Id="22302" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12295" RevisionGUID="755e61ac-8dd7-4c71-afaa-2b3e1f98060b" CreationDate="2009-05-26T17:14:28.197" UserId="958" Text="Some PuTTY settings are valid only for the current session, and when I start it again, they are at the default value again. How can I change the default values?" />
  <row Id="22303" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12295" RevisionGUID="755e61ac-8dd7-4c71-afaa-2b3e1f98060b" CreationDate="2009-05-26T17:14:28.197" UserId="958" Text="How to make PuTTY settings persistent?" />
  <row Id="22304" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12295" RevisionGUID="755e61ac-8dd7-4c71-afaa-2b3e1f98060b" CreationDate="2009-05-26T17:14:28.197" UserId="958" Text="&lt;putty&gt;" />
  <row Id="22305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12296" RevisionGUID="075d202f-2c15-43ec-aa3a-9c0b9cd9d86a" CreationDate="2009-05-26T17:17:23.667" UserId="2318" Text="The first several digits of a MAC address (Ethernet ID) are specific to its manufacturer/model. I won't ask what's *the best way* to look these up since it's subjective... but I'd love to know if any here has found a particularly efficient resource to do this." />
  <row Id="22306" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12296" RevisionGUID="075d202f-2c15-43ec-aa3a-9c0b9cd9d86a" CreationDate="2009-05-26T17:17:23.667" UserId="2318" Text="A nice tool to look up make/model via MAC address?" />
  <row Id="22307" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12296" RevisionGUID="075d202f-2c15-43ec-aa3a-9c0b9cd9d86a" CreationDate="2009-05-26T17:17:23.667" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;mac-address&gt;&lt;log-files&gt;&lt;router&gt;&lt;software&gt;" />
  <row Id="22308" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12286" RevisionGUID="5b07ad0a-65a7-4a8c-bad9-6b2123c23831" CreationDate="2009-05-26T17:18:51.853" UserId="2561" Comment="added 94 characters in body" Text="It uses whatever the default gateway is in the routing table, unless there is a specific route telling it to use another: `route -n`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: I read your question too quick it seems...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since you are using passive mode and the client will always be initiating the connection, I think src ip field in the IP header will always appear as whatever IP the client connected to. If it were active mode the server was initiating the connection, I think it would always be the 'Primary' IP.  If your addresses are in the same subnet, Linux will make the first address you added 'Primary' and the others secondary.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not entirely sure though, I would run tcpdump -n and see what it sees as the src IP.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12297" RevisionGUID="3b3b6e4b-08bb-483a-9634-566a261afb76" CreationDate="2009-05-26T17:20:11.383" UserId="3215" Text="Make your settings changes and then click on &quot;Default Settings&quot; under &quot;Load, save or delete a stored session&quot; (This is in the &quot;Session&quot; category) to select it.  Then click &quot;Save.&quot; " />
  <row Id="22310" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12286" RevisionGUID="4af6f2b6-1c61-4477-86ee-351425eddfbe" CreationDate="2009-05-26T17:24:04.607" UserId="2561" Comment="added 254 characters in body" Text="It uses whatever the default gateway is in the routing table, unless there is a specific route telling it to use another: `route -n`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: I read your question too quick it seems...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since you are using passive mode and the client will always be initiating the connection, I think src ip field in the IP header will always appear as whatever IP the client connected to. If it were active mode the server was initiating the connection, I think it would always be the 'Primary' IP.  If your addresses are in the same subnet, Linux will make the first address you added 'Primary' and the others secondary.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not entirely sure though, I would run tcpdump -n and see what it sees as the src IP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT2: Okay, I wrote the above from the standpoint that you were running the server, so since you are the client and initiating the connection, I think it will always appear to come from the Primary IP address, but again, try it and see with tcpdump.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12298" RevisionGUID="92d0afbe-a1f6-4287-af00-0710e474bd9d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T17:27:52.320" UserId="1233" Text="When online I use [MAC_Find:](http://www.coffer.com/mac_find/) - it's helpful if you're only looking up one or two.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're wanting to look up a larger amount or a list of MAC addresses it will be easier to run a script to grab the line (using `grep` or something similar) from [IEEE's OUI List](http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/oui.txt). Note that the oui.txt file seperates the MAC address by dashes rather than colons." />
  <row Id="22312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12299" RevisionGUID="66344b24-1aaa-47e4-8514-aa6ccc16409f" CreationDate="2009-05-26T17:27:54.253" UserId="388" Text="The first 6 bytes of a MAC address represent the [OUI (Organizationally Unique Identifier)][1]. These are administered by the IEEE, so I find it best to always go to the source:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/index.shtml][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizationally_Unique_Identifier&#xD;&#xA;[2]: http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/index.shtml" />
  <row Id="22313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12300" RevisionGUID="b4ef222d-18dc-4783-9537-f791edaf52a1" CreationDate="2009-05-26T17:34:19.157" UserId="3038" Text="The thing to keep your ear to the ground about is what version of Samba comes with Snow Leopard. There are current beta builds of Samba that are being used by the Evolution-Exchange project. (Google keyword: &quot;evolution mapi&quot;). This project allows Evolution to talk directly to Exchange servers over MAPI calls, which beats the pants off of the other methods. However, to do so it relies on the Samba 4 code-set which is not in production yet. If Snow Leopard includes Samba 4, then the possibility of apple-supplied applications being able to talk to Exchange 2007 goes up markedly. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Until then, Entourage is the choice that provides the most features for Mac users." />
  <row Id="22314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12301" RevisionGUID="1d10f3a6-ac23-4f83-b12c-87c94452d328" CreationDate="2009-05-26T17:35:24.007" UserId="45" Text="You could use the built-in `tasklist` command and use the `/fi` switch, for example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     tasklist /fi &quot;services eq TermService&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Output:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Image Name                     PID Session Name        Session#    Mem Usage&#xD;&#xA;========================= ======== ================ =========== ============&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                   2940 Console                    0      7.096 K&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't know a name, you can list them by running this statement:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     tasklist /svc /fi &quot;imagename eq svchost.exe&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It lists all services hosted by svchost.exe, for example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Image Name                     PID Services&#xD;&#xA;========================= ======== ============================================&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                    632 DcomLaunch&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                    684 RpcSs&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                    748 Dhcp, Dnscache&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                    788 LmHosts, W32Time&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                    804 AeLookupSvc, AudioSrv, Browser, CryptSvc,&#xD;&#xA;                                   dmserver, EventSystem, helpsvc,&#xD;&#xA;                                   lanmanserver, lanmanworkstation, Messenger,&#xD;&#xA;                                   Netman, Nla, RasMan, Schedule, seclogon,&#xD;&#xA;                                   SENS, ShellHWDetection, TrkWks, winmgmt,&#xD;&#xA;                                   wuauserv, WZCSVC&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                   1140 ERSvc&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                   1712 RemoteRegistry&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                    196 W3SVC&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                   2940 TermService&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                   2420 TapiSrv&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12302" RevisionGUID="1bdd7f77-08bd-4d66-8009-dab222edccd1" CreationDate="2009-05-26T17:39:24.293" UserId="473" Text="A month or two ago we ran into a similar problem after installing 3.5 SP1 on our SharePoint 2007 server. Our problem was caused by NTLM loopback authentication.  We fixed the problem using Method 2 as described in this KB article:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896861" />
  <row Id="22316" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12301" RevisionGUID="b9d1e861-52d2-47d5-b9ee-001fd80219ad" CreationDate="2009-05-26T17:43:05.737" UserId="45" Comment="added 175 characters in body" Text="You could use the built-in `tasklist` command and use the `/fi` switch, for example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     tasklist /fi &quot;services eq TermService&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Output:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Image Name                     PID Session Name        Session#    Mem Usage&#xD;&#xA;========================= ======== ================ =========== ============&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                   2940 Console                    0      7.096 K&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't know a name, you can list them by running this statement:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     tasklist /svc /fi &quot;imagename eq svchost.exe&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It lists all services hosted by svchost.exe, for example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Image Name                     PID Services&#xD;&#xA;========================= ======== ============================================&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                    632 DcomLaunch&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                    684 RpcSs&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                    748 Dhcp, Dnscache&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                    788 LmHosts, W32Time&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                    804 AeLookupSvc, AudioSrv, Browser, CryptSvc,&#xD;&#xA;                                   dmserver, EventSystem, helpsvc,&#xD;&#xA;                                   lanmanserver, lanmanworkstation, Messenger,&#xD;&#xA;                                   Netman, Nla, RasMan, Schedule, seclogon,&#xD;&#xA;                                   SENS, ShellHWDetection, TrkWks, winmgmt,&#xD;&#xA;                                   wuauserv, WZCSVC&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                   1140 ERSvc&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                   1712 RemoteRegistry&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                    196 W3SVC&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                   2940 TermService&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                   2420 TapiSrv&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Services aren't necessarily hosted by `svchost.exe`. So, if you can't find a service filtering by the executing file name, just run `tasklist /svc`. It will show all services." />
  <row Id="22317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12303" RevisionGUID="567e704a-7251-4f07-864e-5896f01483e3" CreationDate="2009-05-26T17:48:51.170" UserId="2318" Text="Let's say a CIA operative is about to be embedded in an enemy server room. If they discover she's a noob, it's certain death. She needs to learn networking jargon in a hurry - what words and survival phrases would you give her?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Eg:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - headless: *adj, no monitor*&#xD;&#xA; - BOFH: *Simon Travaglia's &quot;Bastard Operator from Hell&quot;*&#xD;&#xA; - colo: *n, a server collocation centre*&#xD;&#xA; - ..." />
  <row Id="22318" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12303" RevisionGUID="567e704a-7251-4f07-864e-5896f01483e3" CreationDate="2009-05-26T17:48:51.170" UserId="2318" Text="wiki: networking jargon" />
  <row Id="22319" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12303" RevisionGUID="567e704a-7251-4f07-864e-5896f01483e3" CreationDate="2009-05-26T17:48:51.170" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;jargon&gt;" />
  <row Id="22320" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12303" RevisionGUID="567e704a-7251-4f07-864e-5896f01483e3" CreationDate="2009-05-26T17:49:16.677" UserId="2318" />
  <row Id="22321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12304" RevisionGUID="3a0f8500-25ab-49a9-8ead-e61c7ef281bd" CreationDate="2009-05-26T17:54:38.007" UserId="2309" Text="I'm often bitten by that too.  &#xD;&#xA;What usually happen is, you set some options (usually just host/port) and save it.  &#xD;&#xA;Then latter you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * open putty&#xD;&#xA; * select your &quot;saved session&quot; (either by just selecting it by clicking on the name or selecting and clicking the load button[1])&#xD;&#xA; * change some other options&#xD;&#xA; * and connect by clicking the &quot;Open&quot; button&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To make it work the way you expect, try doing it this way:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * open putty&#xD;&#xA; * select the session you want to edit (click on its entry under the &quot;Session&quot; category)&#xD;&#xA; * Click the &quot;Load&quot; button&#xD;&#xA; * Make the changes you want to make&#xD;&#xA; * Go back to the &quot;Session&quot; category&#xD;&#xA; * Make sure the name of your saved session is correctly filled on the textbox for &quot;Saved sessions&quot;&#xD;&#xA; * Click save&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To change the default settings, just do the same, but selecting the &quot;Default Settings&quot; entry on the &quot;Saved Sessions&quot; list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: yeah, the UI is really not clear on how you're supposed to do it" />
  <row Id="22322" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12305" RevisionGUID="5ffc668b-48a7-454f-b8f7-3b3ce7161866" CreationDate="2009-05-26T17:59:02.647" UserId="3038" Text="Unless your FTP job has a way of specifying the interface to use for connections, I believe it defaults to the first physical interface on the relevant subnet (eth0 in this case). If you had a server with two NICs on different subnets, it'd figure out which interface to use based on the routing table. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As there is only a single physical interface on the system (eth0) and four virtuals/aliases (eth0:0 through eth0:2) on the same subnet, outbound traffic will use the eth0 IP address as the source unless the application is smart enough to declare an outbound interface. " />
  <row Id="22323" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12302" RevisionGUID="c10beedb-b6a6-4596-aa6a-e3fb0b144e4e" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:00:51.100" UserId="473" Comment="Clarification of what 3.5 SP1 was" Text="A month or two ago we ran into a similar problem after installing .NET 3.5 SP1 on our SharePoint 2007 server. Our problem was caused by NTLM loopback authentication.  We fixed the problem using Method 2 as described in this KB article:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896861" />
  <row Id="22324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12306" RevisionGUID="084fb1d8-c517-4542-b9d4-94c59ba0b13c" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:03:32.483" UserId="2278" Text="This opens a new powershell instance:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    function Run-Elevated ($scriptblock)&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;      # TODO: make -NoExit a parameter&#xD;&#xA;      # TODO: just open PS (no -Command parameter) if $sb -eq ''&#xD;&#xA;      $sh = new-object -com 'Shell.Application'&#xD;&#xA;      $sh.ShellExecute('powershell', &quot;-NoExit -Command $sb&quot;, '', 'runas')&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I expect that there are issues with this - in particular, you won't get the output of your scriptblock back in the calling script. On the other hand, it will be there in the new PS instance so you can hack with it there." />
  <row Id="22325" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12307" RevisionGUID="bdc1c087-4093-4cd1-847f-10b5af7e7e43" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:05:34.600" UserId="2008" Text="During any for of mirroring, only the principal is available, the mirror is offline.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In high availability mode there's also a witness, which is needed for auto failover. There need to be 2 nodes that agree on who the master is, to avoid both nodes become master.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use a connectstring like this to automatically connect to the active of the 2 servers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Data Source=myServerAddress;Failover Partner=myMirrorServerAddress;Initial&#xD;&#xA;    Catalog=myDataBase;Integrated Security=True;" />
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  <row Id="22327" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="12303" RevisionGUID="34454817-b158-44ec-89bc-80c3c6b39e84" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:05:37.860" UserId="2318" Comment="edited title" Text="networking jargon" />
  <row Id="22328" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12301" RevisionGUID="b64c513e-1a33-4974-9e16-69a866d3149e" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:06:58.933" UserId="45" Comment="added 17 characters in body" Text="You could use the built-in `tasklist` command and filter by service name (`/fi` switch), for example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     tasklist /fi &quot;services eq TermService&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Output:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Image Name                     PID Session Name        Session#    Mem Usage&#xD;&#xA;========================= ======== ================ =========== ============&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                   2940 Console                    0      7.096 K&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't know a name, you can list them by running this statement:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     tasklist /svc /fi &quot;imagename eq svchost.exe&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It lists all services hosted by svchost.exe, for example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Image Name                     PID Services&#xD;&#xA;========================= ======== ============================================&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                    632 DcomLaunch&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                    684 RpcSs&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                    748 Dhcp, Dnscache&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                    788 LmHosts, W32Time&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                    804 AeLookupSvc, AudioSrv, Browser, CryptSvc,&#xD;&#xA;                                   dmserver, EventSystem, helpsvc,&#xD;&#xA;                                   lanmanserver, lanmanworkstation, Messenger,&#xD;&#xA;                                   Netman, Nla, RasMan, Schedule, seclogon,&#xD;&#xA;                                   SENS, ShellHWDetection, TrkWks, winmgmt,&#xD;&#xA;                                   wuauserv, WZCSVC&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                   1140 ERSvc&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                   1712 RemoteRegistry&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                    196 W3SVC&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                   2940 TermService&#xD;&#xA;svchost.exe                   2420 TapiSrv&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Services aren't necessarily hosted by `svchost.exe`. So, if you can't find a service filtering by the executing file name, just run `tasklist /svc`. It will show all services." />
  <row Id="22329" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8999" RevisionGUID="596a7fd4-7ba5-4c20-a0e1-a9b615393083" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:10:40.813" UserId="1606" Comment="Cool 'n Quiet" Text="I just built a new system and I'm getting very frequent STOP errors.  The STOP errors I've hard are 0x00000101 and 0x00000124, which are both Machine Check Exceptions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that I have a hardware error, but I'm not sure if it's the CPU or the motherboard that's the problem.  I don't have another CPU of the same socket handy to swap and test.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason I suspect the CPU is because in the event log I see a log of these:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     A corrected hardware error has occurred.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     Reported by component: Processor Core&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     Error Source: Corrected Machine Check&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     Error Type: Cache Hierarchy Error&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     Processor ID: 1&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     The details view of this entry contains further information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From what I've read, that could be a BIOS issue, but it certainly sounds like a CPU issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The motherboard is a GIGABYTE with AMD SB700 southbridge.  The CPU is an Athlon X2 7750.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My understanding is that the CPU is a re-branded X4 with two cores disabled, probably because they are faultly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to RMA the faulty part, but I'm not sure which it is.  Anyone care to guess?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE: RESOLVED** - After replacing the motherboard, the problem turns out to be &quot;Cool 'n Quiet&quot;.  Disabling &quot;Cool 'n Quiet&quot; in the BIOS suddenly resolved the issue.  No more BSODs." />
  <row Id="22330" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12308" RevisionGUID="e820f5ba-9368-4d70-88c6-1f85910e42a2" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:14:33.927" UserId="413" Text="A friend of mine's shop is considering virtualizing several of their servers, including their Exchange servers and their BlackBerry-Exchange gateway systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The systems support roughly 150 mailboxes now, with limited growth projected over the next few years. The servers are not currently heavily utilized, but the company is investing in upgrades for other portions of their infrastructure, so this is an appropriate time to upgrade the exchange box as well. Storage space seems to be their biggest issue now; they'll be moving to a SAN for their storage if they go this way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What guidelines would you use when considering whether a virtualized environment makes sense for exchange? Are there significant issues around Microsoft's support policies? At what sort of load levels does it no longer make sense to virtualize?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22331" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12308" RevisionGUID="e820f5ba-9368-4d70-88c6-1f85910e42a2" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:14:33.927" UserId="413" Text="Any guidelines to think about when considering virtualizing an exchange server?" />
  <row Id="22332" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12308" RevisionGUID="e820f5ba-9368-4d70-88c6-1f85910e42a2" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:14:33.927" UserId="413" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="22333" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12309" RevisionGUID="395a3e32-1a45-42cd-9694-279e8a79da01" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:17:36.977" UserId="3329" Text="Howdy,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I know I've had this working before, but after a fresh install of Windows XP and Cygwin, I can't seem to get the Cygwin/X server to give me anything other than a gray screen and an hourglass cursor. I followed the instructions on the Cygwin/X website. I haven't been able to find anything helpful via Google. Anyone here seen this?" />
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  <row Id="22335" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12309" RevisionGUID="395a3e32-1a45-42cd-9694-279e8a79da01" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:17:36.977" UserId="3329" Text="&lt;cygwin&gt;" />
  <row Id="22336" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12298" RevisionGUID="83aa9796-8950-4ea1-8299-8a9a82f82c21" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:18:24.183" UserId="1233" Comment="Add shell script" Text="When online I use [MAC_Find:](http://www.coffer.com/mac_find/) - it's helpful if you're only looking up one or two.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're wanting to look up a larger amount or a list of MAC addresses it will be easier to run a script to grab the line (using `grep` or something similar) from [IEEE's OUI List](http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/oui.txt). Note that the oui.txt file seperates the MAC address by dashes rather than colons.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To make life a bit more fun here's a shell script to get the manufacturer's from whatever `arp` will give you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Get Mac Addresses, add missing 0s, only grab the first 8 characters, change to dashes and uppercase&#xD;&#xA;    arp -a | awk {'print toupper($4)'} | sed 's/^[0-9A-F]:/0&amp;/g' | sed 's/:\([0-9A-F]\):/:0\1:/g' | cut -c 1-8 | sed 's/:/-/g' &gt; /tmp/arp.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for line in `cat /tmp/arp.txt`&#xD;&#xA;	    do&#xD;&#xA;	    company=`grep $line /PATH/TO/oui.txt`&#xD;&#xA;	    echo $line '=' $company&#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rm /tmp/arp.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example Output:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    00-00-5A = 00-00-5A (hex) SysKonnect GmbH&#xD;&#xA;    00-00-5A = 00-00-5A (hex) SysKonnect GmbH&#xD;&#xA;    00-03-93 = 00-03-93 (hex) Apple Computer, Inc.&#xD;&#xA;    00-17-F2 = 00-17-F2 (hex) Apple Computer&#xD;&#xA;    00-17-F2 = 00-17-F2 (hex) Apple Computer&#xD;&#xA;    00-0A-95 = 00-0A-95 (hex) Apple Computer, Inc.&#xD;&#xA;    00-11-24 = 00-11-24 (hex) Apple Computer&#xD;&#xA;    00-16-CB = 00-16-CB (hex) Apple Computer&#xD;&#xA;    00-11-24 = 00-11-24 (hex) Apple Computer&#xD;&#xA;    00-17-F2 = 00-17-F2 (hex) Apple Computer&#xD;&#xA;    00-16-CB = 00-16-CB (hex) Apple Computer" />
  <row Id="22337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12310" RevisionGUID="0f3bd43f-dd5a-4e09-b40d-214813f7483c" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:20:32.633" UserId="1602" Text="I have a virtual machine host that runs about 4 virtual machines on a separate drive. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I create an image backup (a la Acronis True Image or Ghost, etc) of the VM host's system drive and then restore that image, will my VM's still work as if nothing happened or will i have to re-add them? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is with Hyper-V." />
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  <row Id="22340" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12311" RevisionGUID="52ba4748-1638-4f97-8888-ff1a53f6a8d1" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:22:15.003" UserId="919" Text="Probably databases. Databases carry an ACID guarantee that you want, but those guarantees are only available from the running database program. The database files aren't usually enough to guarantee a consistent database state.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Traditionally, you skip files known to be databases and run database dumps instead." />
  <row Id="22341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12312" RevisionGUID="8ed168d5-ddc9-49ba-a6f4-ddc513562d09" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:26:54.697" UserId="2100" Text="I was dealing with this last week.  You need to ensure that the ASPNET user (yes, I know it's classic asp) has rights to &quot;Log on as a batch job&quot;, and &quot;Log on as a service&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From Admin Tools, Local Security Policy, open up Local Policies -&gt; User Rights Assignment, and make sure that the aspnet user has rights to those policies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It probably wouldn't hurt to add IWAM_ and IUSR_ as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12313" RevisionGUID="c40cee6f-8521-423c-a0ff-6bcb7eb8317c" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:27:33.493" UserId="3038" Text="We're running virtualized exchange 2007 right now, and we have a BES. Though we're not to that level of users. Though we're running on VMWare ESX, we haven't had a problem with Microsoft support policies, and have been able to get support when we need it. Works for us.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The biggest factors of any VM project are memory and (in my opinion) disk infrastructure. If these mailbox servers really are low utilization, then using disk-backed virtual disks should be just fine. If they do have some high utilization message-stores, those should probably go on &lt;a href=&quot;http://pubs.vmware.com/vi35/fibre_san_config/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=fibre_san_config&amp;file=esx_san_cfg_manage.8.17.html&quot;&gt;NPIV&lt;/a&gt; enabled fibre channel and have those LUNs direct-resented to the VM. Our Exchange 2007 servers take a lot of RAM, which can make them a hard fit in a VM environment. In my opinion, if your RAM needs are close to or over 16GB, then physical hardware is a better fit." />
  <row Id="22343" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12314" RevisionGUID="1b5633cb-fb97-40e0-ad63-e786870c4b7f" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:29:13.553" UserId="3548" Text="How do I synchronize and ensure that the workstations have accurate DateTime synchoronized when needed ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have to change workstation date-time for testing some apps. How do I ensure back original date-time with accuracy ? I've heard there are some date-time servers using which I can get the current accurate date-time within my time-zone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
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  <row Id="22345" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12314" RevisionGUID="1b5633cb-fb97-40e0-ad63-e786870c4b7f" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:29:13.553" UserId="3548" Text="&lt;timesync&gt;" />
  <row Id="22346" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12315" RevisionGUID="05238852-7059-4baf-b49b-9637c54a5020" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:30:06.157" UserId="3543" Text="I'm currently looking at Tungsten replicator, I'm still far away from any definite conclusion, but probably worth a look.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.continuent.com" />
  <row Id="22347" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12316" RevisionGUID="8172bc69-96af-4eb2-9786-f85fd25bd7d5" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:30:16.563" UserId="2561" Text="That is usually just the X Server running without any programs, such as a window manager..." />
  <row Id="22348" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12317" RevisionGUID="d114879c-c939-4e51-94e8-5a8312a13ffc" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:32:22.673" UserId="2914" Text="I've once set up [Mozilla Sunbird][1] on top of WebDAV few years ago so I don't know current status. WebDAV share runs top of Apache so LDAP PAM and SSL is easy to add. It worked pretty well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/" />
  <row Id="22349" PostHistoryTypeId="18" PostId="6079" RevisionGUID="57677ceb-14cd-4259-b63b-d0095cb51be4" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:34:08.537" UserId="1803" Comment="Merged question 'Is there a way to make a remote FTP site look like a local drive or network share?' by Kev" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="22350" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12318" RevisionGUID="c248f61d-7b48-47fa-bc07-2635304eeb26" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:36:28.610" UserId="3131" Text="you can use a ntp server.&#xD;&#xA;on Linux you can use ntpd&#xD;&#xA;wich is a client and a ntp server.&#xD;&#xA;for example:&#xD;&#xA;my ntp is 172.16.5.2&#xD;&#xA;i just have to put in the ntp.conf of every client:&#xD;&#xA;server 172.16.5.2&#xD;&#xA;and restart the ntpd service on each of them&#xD;&#xA;and they will sync their date time with my ntp server : 172.16.5.2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you can as well synchronise windows client, &#xD;&#xA;using the same way, in windows XP it is called 'network time server' as far as i remember.&#xD;&#xA;more info on ntp at :&#xD;&#xA;http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;hope this helps&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22351" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12298" RevisionGUID="30a7f584-c385-4b5c-8276-af843a1b4d5f" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:36:38.623" UserId="1233" Comment="Fix spacing and extra code" Text="When online I use [MAC_Find:](http://www.coffer.com/mac_find/) - it's helpful if you're only looking up one or two.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're wanting to look up a larger amount or a list of MAC addresses it will be easier to run a script to grab the line (using `grep` or something similar) from [IEEE's OUI List](http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/oui.txt). Note that the oui.txt file seperates the MAC address by dashes rather than colons.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To make life a bit more fun here's a shell script to get the manufacturer's from whatever `arp` will give you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Get Mac Addresses, add missing 0s, only grab the first 8 characters, change to dashes and uppercase&#xD;&#xA;    arp -a | awk {'print toupper($4)'} | sed 's/^[0-9A-F]:/0&amp;/g' | sed 's/:\([0-9A-F]\):/:0\1:/g' | cut -c 1-8 | sed 's/:/-/g' &gt; /tmp/arp.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for line in `cat /tmp/arp.txt`&#xD;&#xA;	    do&#xD;&#xA;	    echo `grep $line /PATH/TO/oui.txt`&#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rm /tmp/arp.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example Output:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    00-00-5A (hex) SysKonnect GmbH&#xD;&#xA;    00-00-5A (hex) SysKonnect GmbH&#xD;&#xA;    00-03-93 (hex) Apple Computer, Inc.&#xD;&#xA;    00-17-F2 (hex) Apple Computer&#xD;&#xA;    00-17-F2 (hex) Apple Computer&#xD;&#xA;    00-0A-95 (hex) Apple Computer, Inc.&#xD;&#xA;    00-11-24 (hex) Apple Computer&#xD;&#xA;    00-16-CB (hex) Apple Computer&#xD;&#xA;    00-11-24 (hex) Apple Computer&#xD;&#xA;    00-17-F2 (hex) Apple Computer&#xD;&#xA;    00-16-CB (hex) Apple Computer" />
  <row Id="22352" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12319" RevisionGUID="a3cd28cf-9cd5-4675-9227-c9a892b7852b" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:38:51.850" UserId="2503" Text="I wrote a software-based load balancer which does not require a separate machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The down side is that it is not really production-ready - but if you want to test it on your test network I'd be pleased.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Fluffy cluster is here](http://code.google.com/p/fluffy-linux-cluster/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's basically superficially similar to Microsoft's NLB (I think) - although I don't have their source and don't know exactly how theirs works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course we don't automatically monitor the application layer but you can write something which does that and changes weights or takes nodes out accordingly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: You didn't say what OS, Fluffy cluster is Linux-only at the moment." />
  <row Id="22353" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12320" RevisionGUID="7e553c58-e942-40ac-89a5-a3746e1e945a" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:41:23.780" UserId="388" Text="When establishing an outbound connection, your server will look in its routing table to determine which of your four interfaces to use; your TCP connections will have a source IP of your exit interface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netstat -rn&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will give you the output of your routing table; look for any specific entries matching the client IP you are trying to connect to. If none exist, then you will be using a default route (0.0.0.0, mask 0.0.0.0). If you have multiple default routes, the one with the lowest cost will be the one used." />
  <row Id="22354" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12321" RevisionGUID="cf081e6d-52d4-4338-b320-33f9fd74cf76" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:41:50.253" UserId="2561" Text="If its a member of the domain I believe Active Directory handles time synchronization as Kerberos is dependent upon that.  But there might be a registry entry to disable that for your testing.  However, once you are done, I would let windows take care of it." />
  <row Id="22355" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12322" RevisionGUID="8e265828-0f41-45a1-bf08-eda7b48bc695" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:42:58.610" UserId="2600" Text="Based on your phrasing, you want local control of the time source and not use one of the atomic clock sources found on the internet.  What you want to do is set one machine as a time reference and then set all of your other machines to pull their time from it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setup machine as time reference:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/1117/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NTP Client:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    http://blogs.gurulabs.com/lamont/2007/03/windows-ntp-cli.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Non-windows machines will have a similar setup.  Just do some quick digging on google for NTP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12323" RevisionGUID="6e1ee63d-6f0d-46e3-a24c-2719c2e04861" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:43:15.850" UserId="919" Text="IE7 aggressively warns about certificate failure; we have some internal sites that run over HTTPS and thus need a valid cert. We appear to have an certificate authority on the intranet that can sign SSL certs, but we have a problem: how do we mass configure desktops to trust the internal CA?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to deploy the internal CA cert locally, via GPO? " />
  <row Id="22357" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12323" RevisionGUID="6e1ee63d-6f0d-46e3-a24c-2719c2e04861" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:43:15.850" UserId="919" Text="How do I deploy an internal certificate authority?" />
  <row Id="22358" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12323" RevisionGUID="6e1ee63d-6f0d-46e3-a24c-2719c2e04861" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:43:15.850" UserId="919" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;certificate&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="22359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12324" RevisionGUID="ad02b094-e780-40c9-b3f5-594adbda0374" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:43:20.670" UserId="3131" Text="hum quick question how is your selinux settings ?&#xD;&#xA;what does getenforce says ?&#xD;&#xA;if you haven't desactived selinux, &#xD;&#xA;maybe you can take a look at the /var/log/audit.log and use audit2why:&#xD;&#xA;http://linux.die.net/man/8/audit2why&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or you can as well desactive selinux, editing /etc/sysconfig/selinux&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;hope this helps" />
  <row Id="22360" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12310" RevisionGUID="0317a666-6bde-4e96-a6ae-544b2b605e3c" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:47:07.713" UserId="1602" Comment="added 9 characters in body" Text="I have a virtual machine host that runs about 4 virtual machines on a separate drive. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I create an image backup (a la Acronis True Image or Ghost, etc) of the VM host's system drive and then restore that image, will my VM's still work as if nothing happened or will i have to re-add them? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hyper-V or VMWare, either one." />
  <row Id="22367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12327" RevisionGUID="cb80e66b-53a9-4dad-ba03-9e301b705f74" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:51:35.943" UserId="2502" Text="For a free option at small shops I've been a fan of [Defraggler][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.defraggler.com/" />
  <row Id="22368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12328" RevisionGUID="128b63bf-f176-41e5-a80c-cf49cb36b112" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:54:09.213" UserId="984" Text="The certificate can be distributed by group policy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From: [http://unixwiz.net/techtips/deploy-webcert-gp.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the Group Policy Object Editor, navigate down to: Computer Configuration&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Settings&#xD;&#xA; - Security Settings&#xD;&#xA; - Public Key Policies&#xD;&#xA; - Trusted Root Certification Authorities&#xD;&#xA; - Then right-click and select Import. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://unixwiz.net/techtips/deploy-webcert-gp.html" />
  <row Id="22369" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12329" RevisionGUID="c92d9451-320e-4cea-b2a1-8d6e36513a02" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:57:53.917" UserId="2914" Text="If you choose [OpenVPN][1], server and user settings etc handling might be a bit of hassle. So you might be interested to use one of these as the main OpenVPN server base:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Untangle][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [eBox][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [ZeroShell][4]&#xD;&#xA; - [Vyatta][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://openvpn.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.untangle.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://ebox-platform.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.zeroshell.net/eng/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.vyatta.com/" />
  <row Id="22370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12330" RevisionGUID="7093492a-6432-47c1-a04f-5ef3f0b7866d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:06:25.053" UserId="1054" Text="Inspired by the questions on [removing orphaned services][1] and [force-removing windows services][2], what techniques do you use to remove traces of an application from Windows?  Traces include things like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Leftover files in system folders / Program Files&#xD;&#xA; - Registry info&#xD;&#xA; - Bad user settings&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2514/how-can-i-remove-uninstall-an-orphaned-service&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/11920/force-removing-windows-services" />
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  <row Id="22372" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12330" RevisionGUID="7093492a-6432-47c1-a04f-5ef3f0b7866d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:06:25.053" UserId="1054" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;software&gt;&lt;removal&gt;&lt;uninstall&gt;&lt;cleanup&gt;" />
  <row Id="22373" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12330" RevisionGUID="7093492a-6432-47c1-a04f-5ef3f0b7866d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:06:25.053" UserId="1054" />
  <row Id="22374" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12331" RevisionGUID="0c95ae76-de49-4554-9e61-71cb51a264ee" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:07:06.427" UserId="48" Text="If you are taking an image of the entire host, then when it is restored, it should be in exactly the same state, including the VM's. The VM software and the VM's are part of the host system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may have to re-configure some areas however if things change, such as IP addresses." />
  <row Id="22375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12332" RevisionGUID="4e3a423b-7f0f-4bd3-b007-afd64b23a8b5" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:07:09.967" UserId="1054" Text="One tool I have had good luck with is the [Windows Installer Cleanup Tool][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301" />
  <row Id="22376" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12332" RevisionGUID="4e3a423b-7f0f-4bd3-b007-afd64b23a8b5" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:07:09.967" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="22377" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12333" RevisionGUID="bbfedb18-6d78-4c79-9367-b28861926d3c" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:09:29.353" UserId="431" Text="If you exclude things like patches that were applied to the host OS, then yes.  Host OS patches may affect the VM guest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another way to do this is to use boot-from-SAN.  Some shops boot their VMware hosts from SAN image snapshots, and they can deploy new snapshots when VMware versions upgrade.  The VMware host joins the farm, attaches to the shared SAN luns where the VM's live, and can run VMs right away." />
  <row Id="22378" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1771" RevisionGUID="d61b6ac2-dd0b-4b8f-bcc6-70168495bb57" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:13:57.487" UserId="343" Comment="added more information" Text="I use [Jkdefrag](http://www.kessels.com/Jkdefrag/) and read good things about it. Can be used as screensaver as well, have a 64-bit version and is open source." />
  <row Id="22380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12334" RevisionGUID="d2c70392-52af-498e-b27b-588bcce53ab7" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:19:29.910" UserId="2008" Text="keepalived is another linux load balancer, that supports several load balancing algorithms (obviously) and VRRP to create redundant instances with automatic failover when a load balancer box goes down" />
  <row Id="22381" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12335" RevisionGUID="562de6d2-38c5-468f-9e35-706b318ec01c" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:20:56.787" UserId="3544" Text="[JkDefrag][1], it's open source, fully automatic, can be run as a screen saver or from a Scheduled Task.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; JkDefrag is a disk defragmenter and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; optimizer for Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/X64.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Completely automatic and very easy to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; use, fast, low overhead, with several&#xD;&#xA;&gt; optimization strategies, and can&#xD;&#xA;&gt; handle floppies, USB disks, memory&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sticks, and anything else that looks&#xD;&#xA;&gt; like a disk to Windows. Included are a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows version, a commandline version&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (for scheduling by the task scheduler&#xD;&#xA;&gt; or for use from administrator&#xD;&#xA;&gt; scripts), a screensaver version, a DLL&#xD;&#xA;&gt; library (for use from programming&#xD;&#xA;&gt; languages), versions for Windows X64,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and the complete sources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/" />
  <row Id="22382" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12336" RevisionGUID="9fde964b-ca34-4a64-957c-7ca1de9939cb" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:21:21.747" UserId="958" Text="When I stopped to close the window through the X button, and started to Disconnect, then the  problem not occurred again." />
  <row Id="22383" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12337" RevisionGUID="a558269d-db81-4d37-aa8c-e154ced561a8" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:28:03.607" UserId="3544" Text="[Postgres-R][1] looked promising but I don't know if the project is still alive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.postgres-r.org/" />
  <row Id="22384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12338" RevisionGUID="5c17aa4c-0e94-4a69-a946-60d381612948" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:29:39.063" UserId="48" Text="Sometimes once you've tried the uninstallers and the cleanup tools, your left with on option, delete the files, and trawl the registry to remove keys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Editing your registry can harm you pc, backup etc...**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The most common places to find applicaiton settings are :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA; * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE.&#xD;&#xA; * HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE.&#xD;&#xA; * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ CURRENTCONTROLSET\SERVICES&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In particular your going to want to look at H`KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\CURRENTVERSION\RUN`, this is where the startup information is stored, so any apps that start on boot will be in here.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22385" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12338" RevisionGUID="5c17aa4c-0e94-4a69-a946-60d381612948" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:29:39.063" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="22386" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12339" RevisionGUID="0f55aad1-c499-4d86-805e-e6ae8914906a" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:30:35.520" UserId="955" Text="Hey everyone,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been tasked with cleaning up our companies contact database sitting on our Exchange Server 2003.  The rub is this database of contacts has been neglected for the past couple of years and is now a bit messy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My issue is I have say a person named 'Bob Smith', and Bob is listed in multiple categories, 'Students' and 'Student'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would really like to remove the 'Student' category from Bob and anyone else out there that has the same category.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is, is there an easy way to edit the master category lists for contacts on the exchange server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I feel like I am missing something simple here since if I were playing with the categories that I use, to say organize email its very easy to do so, but I can't seem to find the proper way to do it for categories that are up on the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm attempting to work through Outlook 2007 and Exchange 2003.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any insight would be very helpful as I really don't want to change 8000+ contacts by hand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-ben" />
  <row Id="22387" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12339" RevisionGUID="0f55aad1-c499-4d86-805e-e6ae8914906a" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:30:35.520" UserId="955" Text="Exchange Server Contact Categories - How to Remove/Update All" />
  <row Id="22388" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12339" RevisionGUID="0f55aad1-c499-4d86-805e-e6ae8914906a" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:30:35.520" UserId="955" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;category&gt;&lt;contacts&gt;" />
  <row Id="22389" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12340" RevisionGUID="76a44754-2803-4545-915e-a38c7b2de688" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:31:34.537" UserId="2579" Text="My site just deployed '[PerfectDisk][1]'.  It looks to be a good tool and can be centrally managed and deployed to the Desktops.  I just ran a few defrags with it and it did improve speed and has a detailed interface letting you know what's going on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.perfectdisk.com/ &quot;PerfectDisk&quot;" />
  <row Id="22390" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11290" RevisionGUID="1f46b30d-29f2-423b-9f44-ddeae26e0f01" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:34:28.040" UserId="2502" Comment="Further information for original poster" Text="If you're looking at load balancer appliances, you really can't go wrong with [F5 Big-IP][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit:&#xD;&#xA;The reason I say just go with Big-IP is because its a nice appliance for server administrators that don't have a lot of experience with network appliances.  It has a nice web interface with nearly limitless options for configuration and reporting.  They are the most reliable and least expensive of all the &quot;enterprise&quot; load balancing options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a link to a study on application delivery options in 2007: [Gartner Results][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.f5.com/products/big-ip/?gclid=CNWR64eU0JoCFQienAodDgIt1w&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://mediaproducts.gartner.com/reprints/f5networks/vol2/article1/article1.html" />
  <row Id="22391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12341" RevisionGUID="b67de381-d4a8-4856-a08c-dd6422814042" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:35:02.797" UserId="2329" Text="I originally titled this &quot;how to tell if your internet is down or your network is just screwed up&quot; and Jeff's AI said that this questioned would probably be closed.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nevertheless, someone here is always on the phone with the ISP and it's usually our fault.  What are some of the best techniques for telling whether you've got an issue or they've got an issue.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know this might be too much of a blanket question, but in a case where there's intermittent latency and disconnects (not just overall outages [i.e. can't ping google.com]) what do you do before calling the ISP?" />
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  <row Id="22393" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12341" RevisionGUID="b67de381-d4a8-4856-a08c-dd6422814042" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:35:02.797" UserId="2329" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;internet&gt;" />
  <row Id="22394" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12342" RevisionGUID="1788f534-3748-4a25-9e3d-e137530a79ba" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:36:47.567" UserId="2642" Text="If you can ping past your router, it's probably their fault. If you can't, then it's yours. Use tracert to figure out where the packets are falling." />
  <row Id="22395" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12343" RevisionGUID="df2ec0b4-8579-4dde-859e-8e3398b29e43" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:37:42.247" UserId="3550" Text="We have a large installation with over 15,000 machines.  They are supposed to have a version of Trend Micro installed; however, we don't know that for sure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are all Windows boxes which includes XP with various SP levels, Vista both RTM and SP1, and several 2000 and 2003 servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I determine:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Whether ANY AV product is installed?&#xD;&#xA; 2. What version of the product is installed?&#xD;&#xA; 3. What version of the pattern file is on the box?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks," />
  <row Id="22396" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12343" RevisionGUID="df2ec0b4-8579-4dde-859e-8e3398b29e43" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:37:42.247" UserId="3550" Text="How can I determine whether an Antivirus product is installed?" />
  <row Id="22397" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12343" RevisionGUID="df2ec0b4-8579-4dde-859e-8e3398b29e43" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:37:42.247" UserId="3550" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;antivrius&gt;&lt;inventory&gt;" />
  <row Id="22398" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12344" RevisionGUID="27c8f188-0c3b-40c0-b39c-b2d982853c75" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:38:24.943" UserId="2315" Text="If money is not a concern, get a hardware load balancer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The company I work for uses Apache to front our Tomcat servers and the load balancer is on the same box as some of the tomcats (tomcats use internal ports). We'll move to a dedicated load balancer box soon. We'll shortly be moving to Nginx though, I find the configuration easier and the whole thing much lighter than Apache. Depending on you network architecture, I'd also advice you to use an internal &quot;floating IP&quot; for the load balancer, and run something like heartbeat to switch the IP to another box if necessary. That would add failover abilities without worrying about DNS propagation issues." />
  <row Id="22399" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12345" RevisionGUID="12facd8a-3455-4ea8-983a-d209c9e7b07b" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:42:34.623" UserId="843" Text="I would make a logon script that checked for various registry entries or files to determine if a product was installed. Then the script can create a log of machines which do or do not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Dim WSHShell,strRegKey &#xD;&#xA;    Set WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject(&quot;WScript.Shell&quot;) &#xD;&#xA;    strRegKey=&quot;HKLM\Software\Symantec\Version&quot; &#xD;&#xA;    WSHShell.RegRead(strRegKey) &#xD;&#xA;    Wscript.quit(0) " />
  <row Id="22400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12346" RevisionGUID="824c20ed-fd9d-4c38-96d1-97d31e9bffae" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:44:54.150" UserId="2417" Text=" &#xD;&#xA; - luser: *n*, a clueless user&#xD;&#xA; - PEBKAC, ID10T: *n*, words to humiliate the person on the other end of tech support line&#xD;&#xA; - three-finger-salute: *v,n* reboot a machine with key combination ctrl+alt+del&#xD;&#xA; - ping: *v*, identify(with doubt) if a host is up using ICMP echo [ i.e. ping(noun) ] packets. *(see also: arping)*&#xD;&#xA; - finger: *v* &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. learn details about a user (*I fingered her and found out that her .plan was  dominating the world* ( Not to be confused by vulgar uses of the term )&#xD;&#xA;   1. list all users connected to a system&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22401" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12346" RevisionGUID="824c20ed-fd9d-4c38-96d1-97d31e9bffae" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:44:54.150" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="22404" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12314" RevisionGUID="8eef4e91-b10e-4657-bbc6-e7a1c90e2f97" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:50:11.423" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 3 characters in body; edited title" Text="How do I synchronize and ensure that the workstations have accurate DateTime synchronized when needed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have to change workstation date-time for testing some apps. How do I ensure back original date-time with accuracy? I've heard there are some date-time servers using which I can get the current accurate date-time within my time-zone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="22405" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="12314" RevisionGUID="8eef4e91-b10e-4657-bbc6-e7a1c90e2f97" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:50:11.423" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 3 characters in body; edited title" Text="Accurate DateTime synchronization for Workstations?" />
  <row Id="22406" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9144" RevisionGUID="336319fd-967e-420b-af04-a2db280e3aa1" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:50:57.803" UserId="1164" Comment="Revise title to accurately reflect question" Text="I have a 40 GB USB hard drive formatted with NTFS on a PC running Windows XP Pro, SP3.  I am trying to free as much space as possible.  Windows Explorer tells me that I have about 200 MB of files on the drive (showing hidden and system files).  When I show drive properties however it shows 73% free, around 10 GB used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ran CHKDSK and it found all kinds of problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now running defrag and it is behaving as if there were 10 GB of files, but I can't access them anywhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How to find and remove this extra 10GB?" />
  <row Id="22407" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="9144" RevisionGUID="336319fd-967e-420b-af04-a2db280e3aa1" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:50:57.803" UserId="1164" Comment="Revise title to accurately reflect question" Text="How to restore missing space in NTFS file systems" />
  <row Id="22408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12349" RevisionGUID="959c516e-b1a3-45ac-b224-8bbe2d42aab6" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:53:39.873" UserId="843" Text="1.  Examine your switches and routers to see if there are high collisions or traffic&#xD;&#xA;2.  Try plugging a single machine to your outbound router to see if the problem goes away. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22409" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12350" RevisionGUID="2f694190-1854-4364-973b-05141d56cf77" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:53:48.813" UserId="2417" Text="My other answer to a similar question may help:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[What is the difference between a ‘Login’ and an ‘Interactive’ bash shell](http://serverfault.com/questions/8882/what-is-the-difference-between-a-login-and-an-interactive-bash-shell/8991#8991)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22410" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12350" RevisionGUID="2f694190-1854-4364-973b-05141d56cf77" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:53:48.813" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="22411" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12351" RevisionGUID="aead08a5-71e7-49a2-bc6d-7b0776126ede" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:54:55.020" UserId="388" Text="Things I check when troubleshooting a network issue with a provider. Note here that 'ping' means 'do an extended ping, sweeping a range of sizes, and sending at least 1000 packets at each size, looking for latency, loss and errors'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Ping your ISP's hand-off from a device on the same subnet. (Confirms that there are no L2 problems between you and your ISP).&#xD;&#xA;2. Ping your ISP's hand-off from a device on one of your internal subnets. (Confirms that you have no routing/security issues between your internal network and your ISP)&#xD;&#xA;3. Ping an IP in your provider's network. If you can't find one that's publicly listed, or the helpdesk won't give you one, do a traceroute to something in the internet, and use the second or third hop. This confirms that routing between you and your ISP is configured correctly.&#xD;&#xA;4. Ping an internet **IP**. I normally use 4.2.2.1, one of Level3's DNS servers that is easily remembered. This confirms that routing from your ISP to the specific IP you've pinged is correctly configured.&#xD;&#xA;5. Ping an internet **domain name**. This verifies your/your provider's DNS configuration is correct.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If steps 1 or 2 fail, it's most likely a problem on your internal network. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If step 3 fails, there would appear to be a problem in your provider's network. Note, though, that if you get no response at all then your ISP may have simply blocked ICMP to/from their infrastructure addresses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Step 4 failing indicates a potential problem between your ISP and one of their upstream providers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Step 5 failing indicates issues with name resolution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps." />
  <row Id="22412" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12352" RevisionGUID="8e41575d-a0bf-49a7-8daa-38465af355f7" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:58:46.197" UserId="1156" Text="See also http://serverfault.com/questions/5282/is-there-any-open-source-exchange-server" />
  <row Id="22413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12353" RevisionGUID="11bd6ac0-6ebd-4235-ae38-63c78fe175c7" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:01:29.857" UserId="2600" Text="A handy test site is:  http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pings and traceroutes are some of the first and best tests when beginning this sort of investigation.  Firewalls may block this traffic however.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't just stop at normal pings.  Try 'ping &lt;ip address&gt; -l 2048' to send some big packets and make sure its not a fragmentation/MTU issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check you utilization -- your tubes may be full." />
  <row Id="22414" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12354" RevisionGUID="5554ae54-1ab7-485d-bb62-de8802b206b7" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:02:47.997" UserId="1004" Text="I uninstall using [Revo Uninstaller][1]. It's wonderful and free.&#xD;&#xA;I remove trash using [CCleaner][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And finally, I use [Process Explorer][3] and [AutoRuns][4] to find any zombie autostarting and running in background.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.revouninstaller.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ccleaner.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx" />
  <row Id="22415" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12354" RevisionGUID="5554ae54-1ab7-485d-bb62-de8802b206b7" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:02:47.997" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="22416" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12355" RevisionGUID="0d9bf3f3-ee81-4cd4-b8f6-cb4520be137e" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:03:54.173" UserId="843" Text="Have you tried removing the phantom domain controllers? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look at [http://www.petri.co.il/delete_failed_dcs_from_ad.htm][1] and [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755937(WS.10).aspx][2] or instructions on how to remove servers that no longer exist in real life.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.petri.co.il/delete_failed_dcs_from_ad.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755937(WS.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="22417" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12356" RevisionGUID="5e564761-bba1-4be3-bfb1-4574212d54a5" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:13:51.940" UserId="3552" Text="I just set up a FreeNAS server with a terabyte drive. I want to only have one hard drive in each machine so I have been taking as much data as possible and sending it over the LAN to FreeNAS. I have noticed at least one file didn't copy properly and is now corrupt. (I am also noticing some strange permission issues, but that is another question.) Now that most of the data is over on the FreeNAS server, is there an automated way of verifying nothing else is corrupt? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not exactly sure how to describe how the file was corrupt. Basically it appeared to be a 178 megabyte video file, but when accessing it to play or even move, the windows machine accessing it gave a generic could not access error message. I used FreeNAS's web copy interface to move the file, once it was moved, the file was 76 megs, and could not be played. " />
  <row Id="22418" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12356" RevisionGUID="5e564761-bba1-4be3-bfb1-4574212d54a5" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:13:51.940" UserId="3552" Text="Verifying Integrity of Data" />
  <row Id="22419" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12356" RevisionGUID="5e564761-bba1-4be3-bfb1-4574212d54a5" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:13:51.940" UserId="3552" Text="&lt;freenas&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;corruption&gt;" />
  <row Id="22420" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12357" RevisionGUID="b9a125ce-c9e9-42e3-83e2-f2fbc330bbd8" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:15:49.750" UserId="388" Text="Probably a bit more specific than what you mean by 'networking', but there should be a copy of [Newton's Telecom Dictionary][1] sitting on every network engineer's desk. It's particularly useful when trying to decipher information given to you by carriers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Newtons-Telecom-Dictionary-Harry-Newton/dp/0979387310/" />
  <row Id="22421" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12357" RevisionGUID="b9a125ce-c9e9-42e3-83e2-f2fbc330bbd8" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:15:49.750" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="22422" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12358" RevisionGUID="af4412fa-1f99-4e32-8a92-1bf455ac199d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:16:25.910" UserId="1944" Text="Fink's tab completion works. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I run &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    fink update-all&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;and I get&#xD;&#xA;               &#xD;&#xA;    zsh: command not found: fink&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**How can you get Fink to work in Mac?**" />
  <row Id="22423" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12358" RevisionGUID="af4412fa-1f99-4e32-8a92-1bf455ac199d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:16:25.910" UserId="1944" Text="Unable to use Fink in Mac" />
  <row Id="22424" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12358" RevisionGUID="af4412fa-1f99-4e32-8a92-1bf455ac199d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:16:25.910" UserId="1944" Text="&lt;mac&gt;" />
  <row Id="22425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12359" RevisionGUID="e6393c60-faa9-400d-8ef2-6a9629bc2bf6" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:17:07.517" UserId="2349" Text="So I need to build a shell script (a skill I am rubbish at, I think too linearly and make everything a pipe) that will connect to a remote machine to a specific directory slurp up all the files older than 5 minutes, extract information from the file's name (encoding details below) and scatter the files into relevant directories based off of that, or create the directories if they don't exist on the local backup host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a dozen machines I have directory (let us call it /Prod/Data/) full of files thousands of files named data-HOST-v.7.mmddyy.csv&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;example:  date-web2-v.7.052509.csv &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Files older than 5 minutes need to be pulled from the remote machines to a local folder /backup/archive/host/year/month/day/csvs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;example /backup/archive/web2/2009/05/29/csvs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sure I can do something like ls -1 | cut -d&quot;.&quot; -f3 to extract the date section of the file, then use sed or awk to isolate each section and produce the date variables to pick what directories to dump the files in, do something similar to grab the host, but I am not sure how to go about making that correlate with a file on which to execute a move on.  Not sure how to execute that remotely, perhaps it is better to scp all the files over from the remote machine first (short of any file younger than 5 minutes, perhaps a find -mmin +5 statement can be used to suss that out?) then do the sorting when everything is on the backup machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would someone be so kind as to point me in the direction of an example script that may provide similar functionality?  Everything I write tends to be command | command | command | etc... and I imagine this task will require some dimensionality.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you for your time." />
  <row Id="22426" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12359" RevisionGUID="e6393c60-faa9-400d-8ef2-6a9629bc2bf6" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:17:07.517" UserId="2349" Text="BASH Shell Scripting assistance, backup script extracts meta data from filename &amp; moves file accordingly." />
  <row Id="22427" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12359" RevisionGUID="e6393c60-faa9-400d-8ef2-6a9629bc2bf6" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:17:07.517" UserId="2349" Text="&lt;bash&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="22428" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12360" RevisionGUID="19f9957b-5696-4f04-9a2f-f6b7befab088" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:19:55.407" UserId="984" Text="&gt; My question is, is there an easy way&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to edit the master category lists for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; contacts on the exchange server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The master category list is a per-user setting.  It is not stored on the Exchange server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Outlook 2003 it is stored in the current user portion of the registry at this location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Categories\MasterList&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can update the categories on the contacts, and other users will see those categories." />
  <row Id="22429" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12361" RevisionGUID="f51d8e8a-3197-4271-8588-2dcc93a0b50d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:23:51.933" UserId="3454" Text="Not sure how practical this is, given 15,000 hosts, but if you have a listing of the machines you wish to check in a text file, you can query the uninstall key in the registry and parse the results.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Text file named computers.txt with a machine name per line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    COMPUTER1&#xD;&#xA;    COMPUTER2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example named batch.bat:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    @echo off&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    for /F %%i in (computers.txt) do call :SUB %%i&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    GOTO :EOF&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    :SUB&#xD;&#xA;    echo %1&#xD;&#xA;    reg query &quot;\\%1\HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall&quot; /s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I realize this might be a bit of information overload in text, but it allows you to parse the results for ANY A/V software you're looking for, without knowing the registry entry each product's uninstall information is contained in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also tailor this for specific product registry entries, substituting the registry query for the specific product's registry keys." />
  <row Id="22430" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12360" RevisionGUID="a10da807-2c1f-4db4-aab9-70c87ecc9ced" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:27:02.613" UserId="984" Comment="added 13 characters in body" Text="&gt; My question is, is there an easy way&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to edit the master category lists for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; contacts on the exchange server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The master category list is a per-user setting.  It is not stored on the Exchange server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Outlook 2003 it is stored in the current user portion of the registry at this location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Categories\MasterList&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each contact record has a field which contains the list of categories that contact is associated with." />
  <row Id="22431" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12362" RevisionGUID="92d0348c-3649-4c2d-b308-6df842126a7d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:27:30.087" UserId="3356" Text="First, check to make sure fink is in your path by typing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    which fink&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you receive no output, then try running this command and trying fink again&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    . /sw/bin/init.sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that works, then add this section to your .profile&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -f /sw/bin/init.sh ]&#xD;&#xA;    then&#xD;&#xA;        . /sw/bin/init.sh&#xD;&#xA;    fi" />
  <row Id="22432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12363" RevisionGUID="b1779362-4704-4315-90da-81368a2fb762" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:27:59.570" UserId="1156" Text="[SOGo][1] might meet your needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.scalableogo.org" />
  <row Id="22433" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12363" RevisionGUID="b1779362-4704-4315-90da-81368a2fb762" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:27:59.570" UserId="1156" />
  <row Id="22434" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12364" RevisionGUID="46c384fe-5ac0-4492-b50a-3c1a99b444f5" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:28:02.487" UserId="843" Text="Refer to the FAQ for fink, perhaps specifically [[cant-upgrade][1]]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.finkproject.org/faq/usage-fink.php?phpLang=en#cant-upgrade" />
  <row Id="22435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12365" RevisionGUID="c00c7cea-343e-4764-b52e-f8b23467c3d3" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:28:36.887" UserId="623" Text="1. Is `/sw/bin` in your `PATH`? (Also check if it is added in your $(zsh-equivalent-of .profile))&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. I don't know `zsh`, but you might check if it requires paths to be rehashed after adding a new element to `PATH`." />
  <row Id="22436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12366" RevisionGUID="4a208236-7151-4208-86d9-1c853adb01e0" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:30:01.297" UserId="3552" Text="I just built a new(ish) machine and I stuck 6 gigs of RAM into it. I decided to give the RC of Windows 7 (64bit) a try. As I was using it I noticed the machine said it had 6 gigs of ram, but only 5 was usable. This drove me a little nuts because it was able to detect 6 gigs. And it clearly wasn't this issue &quot;[Dude, Where's My 4 Gigabytes of RAM?][1]&quot; because I was getting 5 gigs. I also noticed that the BIOS was only reporting 5 gigs as usable. I thought it might be a bad RAM chip so I started swapping them in and out. Eventually I determined they were all good. I noticed the Memory remapping feature in the BIOS so I gave that a try and Windows and the BIOS is reporting all 6 gigs are usable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why does this remapping need to be done? Shouldn't the BIOS automatically be using all of the ram?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000811.html" />
  <row Id="22437" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12366" RevisionGUID="4a208236-7151-4208-86d9-1c853adb01e0" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:30:01.297" UserId="3552" Text="Why do I need to enable Memory Remapping?" />
  <row Id="22438" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12366" RevisionGUID="4a208236-7151-4208-86d9-1c853adb01e0" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:30:01.297" UserId="3552" Text="&lt;memory&gt;&lt;64-bit&gt;" />
  <row Id="22439" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12355" RevisionGUID="72a37d49-fe00-4828-a5ac-f14855730bac" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:30:41.763" UserId="843" Comment="typo" Text="Have you tried removing the phantom domain controllers? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look at [http://www.petri.co.il/delete_failed_dcs_from_ad.htm][1] and [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755937(WS.10).aspx][2] for instructions on how to remove servers that no longer exist in real life.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.petri.co.il/delete_failed_dcs_from_ad.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755937(WS.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="22440" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12314" RevisionGUID="85c71c1e-76e9-4b87-857b-1a8ee74f805b" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:31:21.153" UserId="671" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;timesync&gt;&lt;time&gt;&lt;ntp&gt;" />
  <row Id="22441" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12360" RevisionGUID="5eb74549-22a7-471d-99a3-2a3166be0de7" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:32:04.943" UserId="984" Comment="added 330 characters in body" Text="&gt; My question is, is there an easy way&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to edit the master category lists for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; contacts on the exchange server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The master category list is a per-user setting.  It is not stored on the Exchange server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Outlook 2003 it is stored in the current user portion of the registry at this location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Categories\MasterList&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want all users on your network to have the same categories you could export that portion of the registry and then import it to other users.  Unfortunately, you will also overwrite all their categories.  Because of the format of that key merging the categories together is not going to be very easy.  It is a REG_BINARY that contains semicolon seperated list of the categories in unicode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each contact record has a field which contains the list of categories that contact is associated with.  There is no easy way to click one button and have a given category removed from all contact records.  You could a build a VBA script that did this by looping through all the records and removing that category.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It may be easier to simply export all the contacts to some other format, manipulate them as needed, then re-import." />
  <row Id="22442" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12367" RevisionGUID="38c99ad9-ec6e-4190-a3fd-d5e27efc77e8" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:33:58.107" UserId="1409" Text="We had an issue with our ISP and the tool [Ping Plotter][1] came in very helpful.  You can set it to ping a router at the ISP's internet gateway, or in our example we told it to ping from a regional office back to the corporate office.  In this example, it was going through a couple different ISPs.  Best of all you can set it up on an old desktop or a virtual machine, and let is sit there pinging away collecting data until you need it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because it shows each router in the path, and the time it takes each one of those routers to return a response it is very useful to spotting trouble spots further downstream.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pingplotter.com/" />
  <row Id="22443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12368" RevisionGUID="419a8ecc-f093-49ce-b879-17b2a1b9cbb6" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:36:58.927" UserId="3556" Text="Also, once you successfully started your normal application as a service, I would suggest to test how the application behaves when you log off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some applications (old ones?) don't like receiving the message that is sent when logging of or shutting down the computer." />
  <row Id="22444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12369" RevisionGUID="06f64c7a-ce8d-402d-a4f9-3af132773aff" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:37:58.473" UserId="843" Text="See Microsoft's explanation [[here][1]]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the KB:&#xD;&#xA;&quot;When the physical RAM that is installed on a computer equals the address space that is supported by the chipset, the total system memory that is available to the operating system is always less than the physical RAM that is installed. For example, consider a computer that has an Intel 975X chipset that supports 8 GB of address space. If you install 8 GB of RAM, the system memory that is available to the operating system will be reduced by the PCI configuration requirements. In this scenario, PCI configuration requirements reduce the memory that is available to the operating system by an amount that is between approximately 200 MB and approximately 1 GB. The reduction depends on the configuration.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605/en-us" />
  <row Id="22445" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12370" RevisionGUID="6cae81e9-7906-41d0-824e-baa80485b4ba" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:40:36.097" UserId="984" Text="The [find][1] command has options to to select files based on their age.  See the -amin, -atime, -cmin, -ctime, -mmin, and -mtime options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could possibly use find to build a list of files you needed moved, store that to a file and then use that in an rsync command with the --include-from= and --remove-source-files options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.die.net/man/1/find" />
  <row Id="22446" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12308" RevisionGUID="07abb60f-60dc-4135-9c9b-68957a550466" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:44:31.813" UserId="413" Comment="added version number for exchange server" Text="A friend of mine's shop is considering virtualizing several of their servers, including their Exchange servers (2007) and their BlackBerry-Exchange gateway systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The systems support roughly 150 mailboxes now, with limited growth projected over the next few years. The servers are not currently heavily utilized, but the company is investing in upgrades for other portions of their infrastructure, so this is an appropriate time to upgrade the exchange box as well. Storage space seems to be their biggest issue now; they'll be moving to a SAN for their storage if they go this way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What guidelines would you use when considering whether a virtualized environment makes sense for exchange? Are there significant issues around Microsoft's support policies? At what sort of load levels does it no longer make sense to virtualize?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22447" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12371" RevisionGUID="af0dc78e-0732-4a52-b10e-54e453b10616" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:53:59.970" UserId="2642" Text="Actually, it's exactly the same issue as was listed in the codinghorror post. You've got memory and devices taking the same memory address space, and the devices win. Remapping the devices moves them way out of the way of the memory, so you don't have the problem (and until we get exabytes of RAM, won't ever have the problem again).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The BIOS doesn't do that because it needs to stay backwards compatible as much as possible." />
  <row Id="22448" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12372" RevisionGUID="dc60b9c5-39be-4e7c-9e98-73b6bf87a583" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:56:18.077" UserId="3420" Text="The only suitable product is the PCI-E cards from FusionIO. They can sustain fast writes indefinately (although you have to consider increasing the amount of &quot;reserved&quot; space). I wrote to several non-stop for a several-month period and the number of bad blocks did not grow appreciably - it should last at least for years under a non-stop write load. This supports the manufacturer's claims.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No other SSD product that I encountered has fast write performance at all. No other SSD product that I encountered exposes the number of bad blocks so that you can verify that you are not wearing the card out prematurely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Beware that the tricks that the FusionIO cards employ to allow fast writes require you to increase the reserved space if your workload is write-intensive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They have very fast read performance, always.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A pair of mirrored FusionIO cards replaced a multi-hundred-thousand dollar SAN solution for a critical database for me. This was on a trading-related database when the stock market went crazy in August. Our systems would have been crippled without these cards, and instead there was no significant performance concern." />
  <row Id="22449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12373" RevisionGUID="f6bc227f-7acb-4a65-9baf-f70c092e86b6" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:56:31.290" UserId="2706" Text="When I started using git I just did a `git init` and started calling `add` and `commit`.  Now I am starting to pay attention and I can see that my commits are showing up as `cowens@localmachine`, rather than the address I want.  It appears as if setting `GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL` and `GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL` will do what I want, but I still have those old commits with the wrong email address/name.  How can I correct the old commits?" />
  <row Id="22450" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12373" RevisionGUID="f6bc227f-7acb-4a65-9baf-f70c092e86b6" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:56:31.290" UserId="2706" Text="How do I edit git's history to correct an incorrect email address/name" />
  <row Id="22451" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12373" RevisionGUID="f6bc227f-7acb-4a65-9baf-f70c092e86b6" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:56:31.290" UserId="2706" Text="&lt;git&gt;" />
  <row Id="22452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12374" RevisionGUID="9f8170a6-2a38-4d1c-8c26-a5ec9388d687" CreationDate="2009-05-26T20:59:54.000" UserId="3420" Text="Always run: &quot;cd /filesystem; find . -type f -exec md5sum {} \; &gt;&amp; /filesystem-md5.log&quot; and then &quot;cd /filesystem-new; md5sum -c /filesystem-md5.log&quot; before and after copying a large amount of data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll be surprised how much random data corruption you experience in the real world.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you find a corrupt file, &quot;cmp -l badfile goodfile&quot; to attempt to understand the nature of the corruption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is why I beg for end-to-end integrity checking in all cases. Unfortuantely filesystem and OS vendors do not take this seriously." />
  <row Id="22453" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12375" RevisionGUID="c26f6f0e-c3a0-400f-a5f1-a9b05fda88a4" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:00:00.020" UserId="1067" Text="Answering your questions in turn&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. and 2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would write a script to be ran on each system.  You'll query the uninstall registry key.  You'll have to look through each subkey.  Using WMI is the best method in this case.  In that key, you'll see the Name of the Product and the Version.  See [this example][1] for scripting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would do trial and error, but in the case of Trend, I'd imagine they'd put their definition version in the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\TrendMicro or in a config or ini file in their local directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That would only account for that version of AV software.  You'll have to do that for multiple versions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/csc/scripts/software/installed/cscsw022.mspx" />
  <row Id="22454" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12376" RevisionGUID="46196ada-ff20-4ea6-9ecf-271b67e9a3b3" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:00:05.013" UserId="2706" Text="Do a `chmod 755 file`, then a `git add file`, and finally a `git commit file`.  The permissions should be correct the next time you fetch the code." />
  <row Id="22455" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12377" RevisionGUID="a4718e17-11e2-47f5-9e52-299dd42d955a" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:06:09.510" UserId="2914" Text="It's also good to check TCP connection count with for example &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - `netstat -a` (linux/windows) &#xD;&#xA; - `lsof -i tcp` (linux) &#xD;&#xA; - [Sysinternals TCP View][1] (windows).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some applications might spawn a lot of TCP connection simultaneously and this causes that you cannot create new connections but existing connections like SSH still keeps going.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DSL modem can also choke on lots of connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This usually only affects Windows machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897437.aspx" />
  <row Id="22456" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12362" RevisionGUID="a8118b5a-0d08-4fc2-9c74-51fb389c167c" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:08:40.830" UserId="3356" Comment="Changing code segment for zsh" Text="First, check to make sure fink is in your path by typing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    which fink&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you receive no output, then try running this command and trying fink again&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    . /sw/bin/init.sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that works, then add this section to your .zprofile&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [[ -e /sw/bin/init.sh ]] &amp;&amp; . /sw/bin/init.sh" />
  <row Id="22457" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12378" RevisionGUID="06e61701-5fff-42a3-b1d5-cf9c74e26108" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:18:41.933" UserId="1136" Text="I'm not sure how to ask this question, since I'm not in the field. Say you're a network admin and you leave your job. How does the new guy know where to start?" />
  <row Id="22458" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12378" RevisionGUID="06e61701-5fff-42a3-b1d5-cf9c74e26108" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:18:41.933" UserId="1136" Text="How do you document a network?" />
  <row Id="22459" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12378" RevisionGUID="06e61701-5fff-42a3-b1d5-cf9c74e26108" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:18:41.933" UserId="1136" Text="&lt;documentation&gt;" />
  <row Id="22460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12379" RevisionGUID="f6341504-754f-484a-b252-34ad9e29bd08" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:23:07.947" UserId="1982" Text="Hi, all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You didn't mention which VM tech vendor you were using, but this is something that has come up as a product request on the VMware side and I believe it is set to be architected into the next version of their &quot;bare-metal&quot; product, vSphere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.vmware.com/technology/security/vmsafe.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's their main product page for this technology.  You can look at the little flashy demo for a little bit more of a high-level view of how it would work, but as you suggested, the hypervisor layer could allow a vmsafe 'appliance' (just another VM in the DataCenter) to monitor all the virtual hardware components (network, CPU, RAM, Disk) for evidence of malware and snuff it out before it becomes a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pretty cool, but only if you're running VMware, and well, the product isn't fully released yet, anyway!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good thoughts." />
  <row Id="22461" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12313" RevisionGUID="116495c9-6d7b-4944-af8d-54821d17bdae" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:24:15.213" UserId="3038" Comment="spelling oops." Text="We're running virtualized exchange 2007 right now, and we have a BES. Though we're not to that level of users. Though we're running on VMWare ESX, we haven't had a problem with Microsoft support policies, and have been able to get support when we need it. Works for us.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The biggest factors of any VM project are memory and (in my opinion) disk infrastructure. If these mailbox servers really are low utilization, then using disk-backed virtual disks should be just fine. If they do have some high utilization message-stores, those should probably go on &lt;a href=&quot;http://pubs.vmware.com/vi35/fibre_san_config/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=fibre_san_config&amp;file=esx_san_cfg_manage.8.17.html&quot;&gt;NPIV&lt;/a&gt; enabled fibre channel and have those LUNs direct-presented to the VM. Our Exchange 2007 servers take a lot of RAM, which can make them a hard fit in a VM environment. In my opinion, if your RAM needs are close to or over 16GB, then physical hardware is a better fit." />
  <row Id="22462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12380" RevisionGUID="d12282be-9269-4666-9181-37dde61f704a" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:25:33.603" UserId="993" Text="If you are using Active Directory, [use the domain controller as the authoritative time server][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042" />
  <row Id="22463" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12381" RevisionGUID="91ce4567-5915-4e22-83b1-3a54aaf25ed3" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:28:14.690" UserId="2502" Text="Generally you have a few different levels of detail similar to abstractions in software design documentation.  You also document general device practices/procedures/configuration.  Administrative passwords as applicable. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In an ideal situation, almost everything the next person may need is easily accessible and documented between your guideline and procedure documents + network layout diagrams.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The guideline and procedure documents should, in my opinion, be centralized wherever all of the IT docs are, and the network diagrams may have their own folder structure for multiple locations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the case of many satellite sites like a walmart/targer/home depot you would have a generic document for all the branch offices, and then some detailed whole corporation documents of main office interconnections and then you could dive down into office LAN documents. " />
  <row Id="22464" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12382" RevisionGUID="44fd1c6f-4115-41e8-a72c-c3da09e7934e" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:28:45.190" UserId="3156" Text="It usually isn't documented, but if you are being kind, you usually do it in a program like Visio or an open source equivalent.  The most important information is what equipment is connected to what, and the passwords for any management console.  The rest can usually be divined. " />
  <row Id="22465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12383" RevisionGUID="e4a38fd5-ee91-4ad1-a92c-2e82018ca176" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:29:18.650" UserId="3125" Text="I find it's best to incorporate all of the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Prose: A general overview in paragraph form, which helps with initial big picture and also can describe evolution over time&#xD;&#xA; - Tables: Tabular lists, either address-keyed, environment-keyed, or machine-keyed (preferably all of the above)&#xD;&#xA; - Diagrams: Definitely need diagrams with multiple levels of detail.  On any decent size network, it's just impossible to sanely capture it all on one page and make it easily digestible.  You want one diagram at the global level, with infrastructure devices (routers, switches, tunnel endpoints, etc.), and another several for the compute resources fronted by each of those routers or endpoints.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additional notes about diagrams... Geographic distribution is an easy way to segment, but you also need logical views based on installation function.  Also, label like crazy, making full use of typefaces and colors." />
  <row Id="22466" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12384" RevisionGUID="2b5f4965-53ef-4d09-9f9e-39337ccb1e81" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:29:27.200" UserId="3306" Text="answer to any question: 'can you ping it?'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;whatever the reply, mumble something about PICNIC and wander off with brow furrowed while sipping coffee. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To learn network jargon, go read Newton's Telecom Dictionary and every BOFH." />
  <row Id="22467" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12384" RevisionGUID="2b5f4965-53ef-4d09-9f9e-39337ccb1e81" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:29:27.200" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="22468" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12385" RevisionGUID="6b3ade9e-f0e8-4965-8884-4aa0207ca7ec" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:30:42.250" UserId="3156" Text="You need to use git rebase.  Here is a tutorial:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://jointheconversation.org/history.html" />
  <row Id="22469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12386" RevisionGUID="8ae36ed1-213a-47ed-aafa-6cf07542e509" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:33:46.350" UserId="1982" Text="We created something homegrown to do change log tracking in our environment; it's not anything super-complicated, and it works quite well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - A self-policing policy is setup that any change that in your estimation either deviates from an out-of-the-box setup or could potentially cause issues, should be documented in the changelog system.&#xD;&#xA;  - opposite side of this 'coin' is if you are troubleshooting a problem, search for recent or related changelog entries. &#xD;&#xA; - Sign into the system and choose the server, service, or hardware component that you are changing&#xD;&#xA;  - the components are previously entered into the same system with basic 'demographic' information (location, vendor, serial number, responsible department)&#xD;&#xA; - Choose from a drop-down of basic categories&#xD;&#xA;  - Unscheduled downtime&#xD;&#xA;  - Patching&#xD;&#xA;  - Hardware Maintenance&#xD;&#xA;  - Software Installation&#xD;&#xA; - Put in details of what you did, saw, observed&#xD;&#xA; - a copy is sent to the responsible party and stored as XML files that are indexed by a search appliance.&#xD;&#xA; - Profit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I said, nothing fancy.  It uses PERL CGI (was written a billion years ago), and a Google Search appliance for indexing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shortcomings:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Groups of services are hard to work with, for example, you just added the same patch to all 25 of your domain controllers; we don't have a &quot;Domain Controller&quot; group, so we have to manually select them all&#xD;&#xA; - Doesn't integrate with hardware, software, or event log error reporting to help with troubleshooting&#xD;&#xA; - relatedly, manual data entry for all 'demographic' data as I said above&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, if after all that you'd be interested in the code, let me know and I can probably grab it to share." />
  <row Id="22470" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12386" RevisionGUID="8ae36ed1-213a-47ed-aafa-6cf07542e509" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:33:46.350" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="22474" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12388" RevisionGUID="5dc3c06d-4a91-4b2c-aac0-1c52475b662d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:38:12.843" UserId="3420" Text="I'm sorry, but your vmstat output isn't really showing any swapping. First, the Solaris definition of &quot;swapping&quot; is when an entire process is swapped in our out due to extreme memory pressure. These are your 0 si and so columns. You shouldn't really see this in all but the most pathologically loaded systems. The pi and po columns can show &quot;paging&quot; activity. The activity that is normally called &quot;swapping&quot; on other systems is called &quot;paging&quot; in the Solaris terminology. But you need to run &quot;vmstat -p&quot; to look at the api/apo (anonymous page-ins and anonymous page-outs) numbers - this is what people usually refer to as &quot;swapping&quot;. The pi/po columns include what is essentially normal filesystem activity. (e.g. memory mapped IO).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To identify the device in question, iostat will help you. Something like &quot;iostat -dxzn 1&quot;. You'll likely see some 100% busy devices, since you have processes blocked on disk IO (the vmstat b column)." />
  <row Id="22475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12389" RevisionGUID="aaff309d-7f0f-47c1-9a66-ab2905b1043e" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:39:08.320" UserId="3557" Text="&gt; I already have DNS scavenging turned on, but it never seems to clean up any of the references to DC2, the domain controller and DNS server that failed some time ago.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to enable scavenging both at the server level and at the Domain level.  Check properties of both to enable scavenging or delete the specific records yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Can I just delete the entire Forward Lookup Zone? Does it recreate itself?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is what you definitely do NOT want to do. Once you have your new DC up with DNS installed, make sure your Domain is AD Integrated and set it for replication to all domain or forest DNS servers. I prefer all forest but that's just me.  When you decommission the old DC and remove everything make sure to re-point all of your clients and servers to the new DNS server IP address. I would suggest running them in parallel for a period of time to get all the clients and servers updated to using the new IP while the old one is still also available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You are absolutely spot on in rebuilding the current DC as a second DC. You ALWAYS want to have 2 DCs and 2 DNS servers for an AD infrastructure. I personally insist on having at least one be a physical DC versus having both virtualized.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I am worried that in step 3 of my plan, I will end up replicating bad DNS records to my new domain controller. What is the best way to clean up my existing DNS before replicating it to my new server? It seems like it would be best just to have a clean Forward Lookup Zone, but I don't really understand how that zone works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When in doubt, keep it.  If things are working as expected and you don't want to break them, let sleeping dogs lie.  If there are records you know are bad, get rid of them, but only records that you know what they do and only if you know for a fact that they are superfluous." />
  <row Id="22476" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12390" RevisionGUID="820d4002-634b-413d-91d5-1ac77a17ea91" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:39:10.050" UserId="137" Text="I am looking to get an IP KVM for a single server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The features tab on [http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=291011][1] shows that the OmniView Remote IP Manager can do hard reboots i.e.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Supports serial devices such as PDUs, to perform hard reboots remotely&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would it be able to hard reboot a standard PC or server with a standard PSU?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=291011" />
  <row Id="22477" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12390" RevisionGUID="820d4002-634b-413d-91d5-1ac77a17ea91" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:39:10.050" UserId="137" Text="How does the Belkin OmniView Remote IP Manager (IP KVM) do Hard Reboots?" />
  <row Id="22478" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12390" RevisionGUID="820d4002-634b-413d-91d5-1ac77a17ea91" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:39:10.050" UserId="137" Text="&lt;ipkvm&gt;&lt;reboot&gt;&lt;psu&gt;&lt;pdu&gt;&lt;belkin&gt;" />
  <row Id="22479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12391" RevisionGUID="0801bf70-7d2c-4d36-91d5-118db6531643" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:39:42.203" UserId="3378" Text="Color for manpages in less:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    enter code hereexport LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$'\E[01;31m'&#xD;&#xA;export LESS_TERMCAP_md=$'\E[01;31m'&#xD;&#xA;export LESS_TERMCAP_me=$'\E[0m'&#xD;&#xA;export LESS_TERMCAP_se=$'\E[0m'                           &#xD;&#xA;export LESS_TERMCAP_so=$'\E[01;44;33m'                                 &#xD;&#xA;export LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$'\E[0m'&#xD;&#xA;export LESS_TERMCAP_us=$'\E[01;32m'&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22480" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12391" RevisionGUID="0801bf70-7d2c-4d36-91d5-118db6531643" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:39:42.203" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="22481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12392" RevisionGUID="adb7b113-835b-4fad-b9ac-7b273e70be83" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:47:09.707" UserId="2359" Text="I don't think it will work for you. It has a serial port that can communicate with server cabinet PDU's, not those found in a single server. Would be cool if it would work though!" />
  <row Id="22482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12393" RevisionGUID="bdcce88e-b9b5-4e89-9890-69c903189994" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:48:38.800" UserId="2914" Text="[Shell-fu.org][1]'s .bashrc [collection][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.shell-fu.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.johnlawrence.net/code/?f=sfbashrc" />
  <row Id="22483" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12393" RevisionGUID="bdcce88e-b9b5-4e89-9890-69c903189994" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:48:38.800" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="22484" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12391" RevisionGUID="a61dacfc-a136-4698-8c0e-bbcc28bf3854" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:49:50.683" UserId="3378" Comment="Messed up when submitting -- fixed it." Text="Color for manpages in less makes manpages a little easier to read:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    export LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$'\E[01;31m'&#xD;&#xA;    export LESS_TERMCAP_md=$'\E[01;31m'&#xD;&#xA;    export LESS_TERMCAP_me=$'\E[0m'&#xD;&#xA;    export LESS_TERMCAP_se=$'\E[0m'                           &#xD;&#xA;    export LESS_TERMCAP_so=$'\E[01;44;33m'                                 &#xD;&#xA;    export LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$'\E[0m'&#xD;&#xA;    export LESS_TERMCAP_us=$'\E[01;32m'" />
  <row Id="22485" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12394" RevisionGUID="f18ebb83-5dde-457a-8a49-11db40a74006" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:49:54.990" UserId="3557" Text="have you considered using the Self Service web interface for VMM?  This should give your users the ability to power machines on and off, you could then leave them with the ability to shut down the machine since they will maintain the ability to turn them back on if they goof up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternately, a simple application/script on the desktop that calls shutdown /r itself may suffice" />
  <row Id="22486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12395" RevisionGUID="94f21900-efc7-4f4c-91b6-f8c9476a55a0" CreationDate="2009-05-26T21:51:48.433" UserId="3497" Text="It depends on the size of the network, number of users, number of nodes (computers, servers, printers, etc.) and the size of your IT staff, among other things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It also depends on your goal.  Are you documenting the network for training and maintenance purposes, insurance/loss prevention, etc?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I document my networks in such a way that I know I can derive any missing information based on what *is* documented.  From a practical stance, there is a point of diminishing returns when your documentation gets too granular.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A good rule of thumb I use is that there should be documentation in a known location that is thorough enough that if I get hit by a bus tonight, another administrator can keep the core network running while he/she fills in the missing pieces over the next few days/weeks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is an overview of what I think is most important about one of my networks.  For the record this is a Windows-only shop with about 100 users and 5 offices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Administrator credentials for all servers.  Obviously this should be kept secure.&#xD;&#xA; - IP Addresses and NetBIOS names for any node on the network with a static IP address, including servers, workstations, printers, firewalls, routers, switches, etc.&#xD;&#xA; -  Basic server hardware information, such as Service tags or equivalent, total disk capacity, total RAM, etc.&#xD;&#xA; - Major roles of each server, such as Domain Controller, File Server, Print Server, Terminal Server, etc.&#xD;&#xA; - Location of backup tapes/drives.&#xD;&#xA; - Information about the account numbers and credentials for services like remote office voice and data providers.&#xD;&#xA; - External DNS for websites and routing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there was anything strange about a setup or workflow that would not be immediately obvious to a new administrator, I would write a short &quot;brief&quot; about it as well." />
  <row Id="22489" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12396" RevisionGUID="1872fbac-fe04-4ea1-9dbc-4cd3ed76fb68" CreationDate="2009-05-26T22:00:05.763" UserId="3038" Text="That KVM talks to Power Distribution Units, essentially power strips (or outright circuit breaker cabinets) with brains. The hard reboot is accomplished by dropping power from the power outlet (or circuit in the case of circuit based PDU's). You can do this with standard power supply units so long as you attach them to a power strip that supports serial shutdown commands." />
  <row Id="22490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12397" RevisionGUID="b596f032-23a6-4a97-a447-90fe0f2c5fa0" CreationDate="2009-05-26T22:02:55.773" UserId="1233" Text="To follow jedberg's answer: You can use `rebase -i` and choose to edit the commits in question. If you use `git commit --amend --author &lt;AUTHOR DETAILS&gt;` and then `git rebase continue` you can go through and fix the history." />
  <row Id="22491" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7477" RevisionGUID="c798cd1f-4201-4ce7-89f1-6573020a3efb" CreationDate="2009-05-26T22:05:31.010" UserId="2307" Comment="deleted 2 characters in body" Text="Some things in top's output are pretty straightforward, like memory and swap usage. But load average numbers are a bit of a mystery: what do these three numbers mean? Also, what exactly is a zombie process and how is it different from a sleeper?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;top - 13:20:58 up 69 days,  7:07,  1 user,  load average: 0.03, 0.02, 0.00&#xD;&#xA;Tasks:  80 total,   1 running,  79 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie&#xD;&#xA;Cpu(s):  0.0% us,  0.2% sy,  0.0% ni, 99.8% id,  0.0% wa,  0.0% hi,  0.0% si&#xD;&#xA;Mem:   8054888k total,  7975100k used,    79788k free,   130240k buffers&#xD;&#xA;Swap:  1572856k total,       84k used,  1572772k free,  6393160k cached&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22492" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12398" RevisionGUID="f595bae0-f00b-444b-a34e-6554a7858a80" CreationDate="2009-05-26T22:07:55.110" UserId="2304" Text="We're getting a few sporadic customer calls (less than 0.1% of our users) complaining of not being able to access my company's website - either they get a blank page (if they use IE), or a &quot;Content Encoding Error&quot; that says the page uses an invalid or unsupported form of compression (if they use FireFox).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The current suspicion is that when an HTTP 1.1 browser request comes through an HTTP 1.0 proxy, we're sending back the compressed HTTP 1.1 browser request, which is being mangled by the HTTP 1.0 proxy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The website is a Tomcat 4.2.2 back end with an IIS 6.0 front / proxy with GZIP and DEFLATE enabled on the IIS servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone encountered this sort of error before?  Any suggestions on how to fix or troubleshoot it further?" />
  <row Id="22493" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12398" RevisionGUID="f595bae0-f00b-444b-a34e-6554a7858a80" CreationDate="2009-05-26T22:07:55.110" UserId="2304" Text="HTTP compression in IIS 6.0 causing problems with certain users." />
  <row Id="22494" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12398" RevisionGUID="f595bae0-f00b-444b-a34e-6554a7858a80" CreationDate="2009-05-26T22:07:55.110" UserId="2304" Text="&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;tomcat&gt;&lt;compression&gt;" />
  <row Id="22495" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12399" RevisionGUID="8ce8a3ec-6392-4774-aac6-97f2c8f47076" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:02:23.273" Text="&lt;p&gt;Apart from the BEA docs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22496" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12399" RevisionGUID="8ce8a3ec-6392-4774-aac6-97f2c8f47076" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:02:23.273" Text="Which book would you recommend for a Weblogic sysadmin?" />
  <row Id="22497" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12399" RevisionGUID="8ce8a3ec-6392-4774-aac6-97f2c8f47076" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:02:23.273" Text="&lt;weblogic&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;" />
  <row Id="22498" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12400" RevisionGUID="6172ea7d-bc20-44ea-92bf-f919d5c0c17a" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:30:16.307" Text="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Moby-Disk&lt;/em&gt;.  Brillant work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe you could narrow it down just a bit?  Java book?  Administration book?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22499" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12401" RevisionGUID="277faa24-cfc1-4c9b-adb3-a0a8b490ac57" CreationDate="2009-05-25T19:31:05.213" Text="&lt;p&gt;Err...&lt;em&gt;How to Win Friends and Influence People&lt;/em&gt;? :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Honestly, a lot of this Enterprise Java stuff appears to have been designed to be extremely configurable by sysadmins so that the developer can pass off the blame for not getting it right to some &lt;strike&gt;guy&lt;/strike&gt; &quot;production engineer&quot; whom they claim should have edited the XML files correctly. (I speak as a long-time developer and longer-time sysadmin; let's just say that these days all my developers are responsible for making sure that their sh*t gets rolled out correctly, and survives in production.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So this is not exactly the answer you were looking for, in terms of listing books, but get to know your developers and your customers very well. Drinking together well. It will save you boatloads of misery.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And then, well, &lt;em&gt;The Java Programming Language&lt;/em&gt; is a good start. If you can do sysadmin, there's a pretty decent chance you can learn to program. And you'll turn in to a boon to all the rest of the sysadmins out there, in that you'll actually be thinking about not just how to get some application passing tests, but also how to get it deployable with only reasonable effort.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22500" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12402" RevisionGUID="926e4e88-78e5-4e8c-b379-0c87ec5fd7f5" CreationDate="2009-05-25T21:08:51.380" UserId="3539" Text="&lt;p&gt;I've done some searching and found that it seems to be possible to forward X11 apps to a mac machine over ssh (i.e. ssh-ing into a linux box and launching an X11 app and having it show up on the mac's display).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I'm wondering is if this can be done in reverse (i.e. ssh-ing into a mac machine and launching an app and having it show up on a linux display). If this is possible, how do I go about setting it up, and more importantly which OS X apps will this work for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22501" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12402" RevisionGUID="926e4e88-78e5-4e8c-b379-0c87ec5fd7f5" CreationDate="2009-05-25T21:08:51.380" UserId="3539" Text="X11 forwarding from OSX to Linux" />
  <row Id="22502" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12402" RevisionGUID="926e4e88-78e5-4e8c-b379-0c87ec5fd7f5" CreationDate="2009-05-25T21:08:51.380" UserId="3539" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;x11&gt;&lt;forwarding&gt;&lt;remote-access&gt;" />
  <row Id="22503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12403" RevisionGUID="085c7091-a2ac-4184-a283-b8ae9ced1170" CreationDate="2009-05-25T21:11:38.413" Text="&lt;p&gt;This will only work for X11 apps (hence &quot;X11 forwarding&quot; ;-)), i.e. probably not what you are interested in. Only way to get &quot;real&quot; MacOS X apps to show is using some kind of remote desktop / vnc (which you could tunnel via ssh).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12404" RevisionGUID="d4695cfe-9920-4ffa-9605-2e472c57ab2a" CreationDate="2009-05-25T21:16:36.983" UserId="1647" Text="&lt;p&gt;Only X11 apps themselves can forwarded through X11 (so most OSX apps won't work). However, look into remote desktop software. It won't work quite as fast as X11, but should allow most apps to work correctly (OpenGL might not work). This &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%5Fof%5Fremote%5Fdesktop%5Fsoftware&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;comparison of remote desktop software&lt;/a&gt; should get you started.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12405" RevisionGUID="25eda4ce-1af9-43a6-93db-847213a0d349" CreationDate="2009-05-25T21:23:54.363" UserId="2352" Text="&lt;p&gt;Of course.  You will need to setup at least a &lt;a href=&quot;http://developer.apple.com/opensource/tools/X11.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;X11 server&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stepwise.com/Articles/Workbench/2001-12-17.01.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;your SSH server&lt;/a&gt;.  As noted, this will only let you forward apps that run within X.  Thus, it's worth looking into &#xA;vnc, which is crossplatform and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dssw.co.uk/blog/2007/05/14/a-vnc-server-is-included-in-mac-os-x-104/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;apparently included in OS X 10.4+&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22506" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12308" RevisionGUID="8a164a37-d028-467a-9220-5c624790dc1a" CreationDate="2009-05-26T22:22:08.497" UserId="3038" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;san&gt;" />
  <row Id="22507" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12406" RevisionGUID="3ec3ed28-e8d4-49f8-9fd0-66743c71f855" CreationDate="2009-05-26T22:26:08.833" UserId="3454" Text="Only thing a network administrator needs to know:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Yes, the network is up. I'm betting it's an Exchange problem. Check with the server team.&quot;" />
  <row Id="22508" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12406" RevisionGUID="3ec3ed28-e8d4-49f8-9fd0-66743c71f855" CreationDate="2009-05-26T22:26:08.833" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="22509" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12407" RevisionGUID="8f111b04-6768-4188-b97d-1b8afbf0f556" CreationDate="2009-05-26T22:26:39.533" UserId="1293" Text="See if this does what you're looking for. You can set the warning time using the chage command or passwd -w:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # notifypwexp - send mail to users whose passwords are expiring soon&#xD;&#xA;    # designed to be run daily from cron&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # by Dennis Williamson&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # ### SETUP ###&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    admins=&quot;root postmaster&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # /etc/shadow is system dependent&#xD;&#xA;    shadowfile=&quot;/etc/shadow&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    # fields in /etc/shadow&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r last=2&#xD;&#xA;    #declare -r may=3 # not used in this script&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r must=4&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r warn=5&#xD;&#xA;    #declare -r grace=6 # not used in this script&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r disable=7&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    declare -r doesntmust=99999&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r warndefault=7&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    passwdfile=&quot;/etc/passwd&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r uidfield=3&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r unamefield=1&#xD;&#xA;    # UID range is system dependent&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r uidmin=1000&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r uidmax=65534 # exclusive&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # remove the hardcoded path from these progs to use them via $PATH&#xD;&#xA;    # mailx is system dependent&#xD;&#xA;    notifyprog=&quot;/bin/mailx&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    grepprog=&quot;/bin/grep&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    awkprog=&quot;/usr/bin/awk&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    dateprog=&quot;/bin/date&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # comment out one of these&#xD;&#xA;    #useUTC=&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    useUTC=&quot;-u&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # +%s is a GNUism - set it to blank and use dateformat if you have&#xD;&#xA;    # a system that uses something else like epochdays, for example&#xD;&#xA;    epochseconds=&quot;+%s&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    dateformat=&quot;&quot;	# blank for GNU when epochseconds=&quot;+%s&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    secondsperday=86400	# set this to 1 for no division&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    today=$(($($dateprog $useUTC $epochseconds $dateformat)/$secondsperday))&#xD;&#xA;    oIFS=$IFS&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # ### END SETUP ###&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # get real users&#xD;&#xA;    users=$($awkprog -F:	-v uidfield=$uidfield \&#xD;&#xA;    			-v unamefield=$unamefield \&#xD;&#xA;    			-v uidmin=$uidmin \&#xD;&#xA;    			-v uidmax=$uidmax \&#xD;&#xA;    			-- '$uidfield&gt;=uidmin &amp;&amp; $uidfield&lt;uidmax \&#xD;&#xA;    				{print $unamefield}' $passwdfile)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    for user in $users;&#xD;&#xA;    do&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	IFS=&quot;:&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	usershadow=$($grepprog ^$user $shadowfile)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	# make an array out of it&#xD;&#xA;    	usershadow=($usershadow)&#xD;&#xA;    	IFS=$oIFS&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	mustchange=${usershadow[$must]}&#xD;&#xA;    	disabledate=${usershadow[$disable]:-$doesntmust}&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	# skip users that aren't expiring or that are disabled&#xD;&#xA;    	if [[ $mustchange -ge $doesntmust || $disabledate -le $today  ]] ; then continue; fi;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	lastchange=${usershadow[$last]}&#xD;&#xA;    	warndays=${usershadow[$warn]:-$warndefault}&#xD;&#xA;    	expdate=$(($lastchange + $mustchange))&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	threshhold=$(($today + $warndays))&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	if [[ $expdate -lt $threshhold ]];&#xD;&#xA;    	then&#xD;&#xA;    		if [[ $expdate -ge $today ]];&#xD;&#xA;    		then&#xD;&#xA;    			echo &quot;Your password expires in $(($expdate - $today)) days&quot; | $notifyprog -s &quot;Password expiring soon&quot; $user &#xD;&#xA;    		else&#xD;&#xA;    			echo &quot;The password for user $user expired $(($today - $expdate)) days ago.&quot; | $notifyprog -s &quot;User Password Expired: $user&quot; $admins &#xD;&#xA;    		fi&#xD;&#xA;    	fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22510" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12408" RevisionGUID="710dd7b3-4421-455a-a270-5916e5fc1f7d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T22:32:18.290" UserId="2914" Text="There's tons of rack-mount stuff around. What accessory you didn't know back then and now can't live without? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTTP controlled power switch with ACL has saved a lot of time. Just give customer access to power-off/on their own server anytime so they don't have to call every time they've broken their server. " />
  <row Id="22511" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12408" RevisionGUID="710dd7b3-4421-455a-a270-5916e5fc1f7d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T22:32:18.290" UserId="2914" Text="rack-mount goodies?" />
  <row Id="22512" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12408" RevisionGUID="710dd7b3-4421-455a-a270-5916e5fc1f7d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T22:32:18.290" UserId="2914" Text="&lt;rack&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="22513" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12409" RevisionGUID="c1fd9bcf-8f24-4157-bea9-4ada8013587b" CreationDate="2009-05-26T22:36:06.270" UserId="1565" Text="The [AMP NETCONNECT MRJ21 System][1].  It's like an extension cord for your switch.  You only have to run 1 thick cable instead of 48 ethernet cables.  We had a horrible mess of cables going from rack to rack before discovering these.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://www.ampnetconnect.com/system_group_overview.asp?sys_id=80" />
  <row Id="22514" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12410" RevisionGUID="4b42a132-141e-4868-ac15-57c9d811cb66" CreationDate="2009-05-26T22:40:55.947" UserId="3038" Text="The IP-KVM has been *very* nice to have around. Remote access into the datacenter, and especially good for servers that don't have some kind of remote-access-card built in. " />
  <row Id="22515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12411" RevisionGUID="8a60a8d9-317c-4e2d-9c6e-b38343ac57e1" CreationDate="2009-05-26T22:47:04.267" UserId="137" Text="Usage: shutdown [/i | /l | /s | /r | /g | /a | /p | /h | /e] [/f]&#xD;&#xA;    [/m \\computer][/t xxx][/d [p|u:]xx:yy [/c &quot;comment&quot;]]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    No args    Display help. This is the same as typing /?.&#xD;&#xA;    /?         Display help. This is the same as not typing any options.&#xD;&#xA;    /i         Display the graphical user interface (GUI).&#xD;&#xA;               This must be the first option.&#xD;&#xA;    /l         Log off. This cannot be used with /m or /d options.&#xD;&#xA;    /s         Shutdown the computer.&#xD;&#xA;    /r         Shutdown and restart the computer.&#xD;&#xA;    /g         Shutdown and restart the computer. After the system is&#xD;&#xA;               rebooted, restart any registered applications.&#xD;&#xA;    /a         Abort a system shutdown.&#xD;&#xA;               This can only be used during the time-out period.&#xD;&#xA;    /p         Turn off the local computer with no time-out or warning.&#xD;&#xA;               Can be used with /d and /f options.&#xD;&#xA;    /h         Hibernate the local computer.&#xD;&#xA;               Can be used with the /f option.&#xD;&#xA;    /e         Document the reason for an unexpected shutdown of a computer.&#xD;&#xA;    /m \\computer Specify the target computer.&#xD;&#xA;    /t xxx     Set the time-out period before shutdown to xxx seconds.&#xD;&#xA;               The valid range is 0-600, with a default of 30.&#xD;&#xA;               Using /t xxx implies the /f option.&#xD;&#xA;    /c &quot;comment&quot; Comment on the reason for the restart or shutdown.&#xD;&#xA;               Maximum of 512 characters allowed.&#xD;&#xA;    /f         Force running applications to close without forewarning users.&#xD;&#xA;               /f is automatically set when used in conjunction with /t xxx.&#xD;&#xA;    /d [p|u:]xx:yy  Provide the reason for the restart or shutdown.&#xD;&#xA;               p indicates that the restart or shutdown is planned.&#xD;&#xA;               u indicates that the reason is user defined.&#xD;&#xA;                 if neither p nor u is specified the restart or shutdown is unplanned.&#xD;&#xA;               xx is the major reason number (positive integer less than 256).&#xD;&#xA;               yy is the minor reason number (positive integer less than 65536).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reasons on this computer:&#xD;&#xA;(E = Expected U = Unexpected P = planned, C = customer defined)&#xD;&#xA;Type    Major   Minor   Title&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; U      0       0       Other (Unplanned)&#xD;&#xA;E       0       0       Other (Unplanned)&#xD;&#xA;E P     0       0       Other (Planned)&#xD;&#xA; U      0       5       Other Failure: System Unresponsive&#xD;&#xA;E       1       1       Hardware: Maintenance (Unplanned)&#xD;&#xA;E P     1       1       Hardware: Maintenance (Planned)&#xD;&#xA;E       1       2       Hardware: Installation (Unplanned)&#xD;&#xA;E P     1       2       Hardware: Installation (Planned)&#xD;&#xA;  P     2       3       Operating System: Upgrade (Planned)&#xD;&#xA;E       2       4       Operating System: Reconfiguration (Unplanned)&#xD;&#xA;E P     2       4       Operating System: Reconfiguration (Planned)&#xD;&#xA;  P     2       16      Operating System: Service pack (Planned)&#xD;&#xA;        2       17      Operating System: Hot fix (Unplanned)&#xD;&#xA;  P     2       17      Operating System: Hot fix (Planned)&#xD;&#xA;        2       18      Operating System: Security fix (Unplanned)&#xD;&#xA;  P     2       18      Operating System: Security fix (Planned)&#xD;&#xA;E       4       1       Application: Maintenance (Unplanned)&#xD;&#xA;E P     4       1       Application: Maintenance (Planned)&#xD;&#xA;E P     4       2       Application: Installation (Planned)&#xD;&#xA;E       4       5       Application: Unresponsive&#xD;&#xA;E       4       6       Application: Unstable&#xD;&#xA; U      5       15      System Failure: Stop error&#xD;&#xA;E       5       19      Security issue&#xD;&#xA; U      5       19      Security issue&#xD;&#xA;E P     5       19      Security issue&#xD;&#xA;E       5       20      Loss of network connectivity (Unplanned)&#xD;&#xA; U      6       11      Power Failure: Cord Unplugged&#xD;&#xA; U      6       12      Power Failure: Environment&#xD;&#xA;  P     7       0       Legacy API shutdown" />
  <row Id="22516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12412" RevisionGUID="f61248e9-0e46-4992-8bdd-506c9b5ea909" CreationDate="2009-05-26T22:48:53.873" UserId="2489" Text="Since you mention Trend Micro, and we use Trend, here's what we do.  A scheduled task does a full scan of the system and puts the results in a text file.  Actually, it's  a log file with the date as the name of the file... like 20090517.log in the C:\TRENDMICRO folder.  Because this just has the results of the scan in it, it's a small file.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In our case with roughly 100 computers, it's easy enough for a powershell script on the server to walk through all the computers, and concatenate those files, and only look for the ones that didn't have the string &quot;Virus found count(0)&quot; in them.  Obviously if that file and phrase isn't there, something is wrong: AV not running, Virus found, AV not installed, etc.  You probably need something a little more fancy to scale it up." />
  <row Id="22517" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12413" RevisionGUID="6737fc22-6c95-47dd-9b1a-4e2e4d1fabb2" CreationDate="2009-05-26T22:49:20.407" UserId="3562" Text="KVM over IP devices - if I'm fiddling with something that might break the network connection or interrupt the next boot, they're a life-saver.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've only used a few models, but the Lantronix Spider KVMoIP has been my favorite so far. It worked perfectly when I needed to change BIOS settings for a dedicated server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you're going to give customers access to the power switch - please make sure the BIOS's &quot;AC Power Loss Restore State&quot; setting is turned to &quot;On&quot;." />
  <row Id="22520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12414" RevisionGUID="51fcc96c-0e92-42db-9af5-04935b301c2d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T22:58:19.750" UserId="3552" Text="I have FreeNAS exposing an NFS. How do I access this from Windows 7? I have enabled the &quot;Services for NFS&quot; within Windows Features." />
  <row Id="22521" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12414" RevisionGUID="51fcc96c-0e92-42db-9af5-04935b301c2d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T22:58:19.750" UserId="3552" Text="How do you mount an NFS Share in Windows 7?" />
  <row Id="22522" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12414" RevisionGUID="51fcc96c-0e92-42db-9af5-04935b301c2d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T22:58:19.750" UserId="3552" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;freenas&gt;&lt;nfs&gt;" />
  <row Id="22523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12415" RevisionGUID="7f70603b-ae26-4dba-8026-b1c76612181d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T23:01:34.847" UserId="3454" Text="As a professional system administrator, what configuration items do you consider it essential to track to perform proper configuration or change management?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, in Windows, do you track registry changes in addition to hardware or software? In Linux, do you diff config files?" />
  <row Id="22524" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12415" RevisionGUID="7f70603b-ae26-4dba-8026-b1c76612181d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T23:01:34.847" UserId="3454" Text="What configuration items do you track for proper configuration management?" />
  <row Id="22525" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12415" RevisionGUID="7f70603b-ae26-4dba-8026-b1c76612181d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T23:01:34.847" UserId="3454" Text="&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;management&gt;" />
  <row Id="22527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12417" RevisionGUID="bc8fad42-7e51-4627-b0aa-330dadaf9536" CreationDate="2009-05-26T23:10:38.477" UserId="3544" Text=". $HOME/bin/git-prompt/[git-prompt.sh][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://github.com/lvv/git-prompt/tree/master" />
  <row Id="22528" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12417" RevisionGUID="bc8fad42-7e51-4627-b0aa-330dadaf9536" CreationDate="2009-05-26T23:10:38.477" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="22532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12419" RevisionGUID="a899a7f8-0eb8-4b6d-881a-b7ea7923fae7" CreationDate="2009-05-26T23:18:09.493" UserId="6105" Text="Is there any linux software to monitor an incoming ssh session.  At a previous job I was told that if you ever needed support from Red Hat for example you could have them SSH into your machine and you could watch what they were doing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm in a similar situation where I want to ssh into my friends machine to help him out but I want him to be able to watch what I'm doing for educational purposes and to ensure I don't do anything malicious.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="22533" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12419" RevisionGUID="a899a7f8-0eb8-4b6d-881a-b7ea7923fae7" CreationDate="2009-05-26T23:18:09.493" UserId="6105" Text="Monitor an incoming SSH session in real time" />
  <row Id="22534" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12419" RevisionGUID="a899a7f8-0eb8-4b6d-881a-b7ea7923fae7" CreationDate="2009-05-26T23:18:09.493" UserId="6105" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="22535" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12420" RevisionGUID="ae530262-d832-44c5-be96-3a56e06c19dd" CreationDate="2009-05-26T23:21:54.587" UserId="914" Text="GNU Screen has this ability, you could allow a specific shell user to only operate through screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/56443" />
  <row Id="22536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12421" RevisionGUID="a53aec80-7e46-4f64-9ba3-dedee89edd8d" CreationDate="2009-05-26T23:22:24.990" UserId="3038" Text="For a similar thing: &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/8851/live-view-of-linux-shell-commands-executed-by-another-user&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/8851/live-view-of-linux-shell-commands-executed-by-another-user&lt;/a&gt;" />
  <row Id="22537" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12422" RevisionGUID="4e371c25-f8f6-42f4-bdb3-0b46a172d5e5" CreationDate="2009-05-26T23:28:36.163" UserId="2629" Text="[These instructions][1] should work, but I've just spent the last hour and haven't got it to work yet.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, you may want the latest version of X11 for Mac, [XQuartz][2]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=23297&amp;highlight=running+applications+require&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki" />
  <row Id="22538" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12422" RevisionGUID="4e371c25-f8f6-42f4-bdb3-0b46a172d5e5" CreationDate="2009-05-26T23:28:36.163" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="22539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12423" RevisionGUID="8e4ebc59-83d2-4d37-ac51-1c25cf85dc71" CreationDate="2009-05-26T23:28:36.897" UserId="1030" Text="Successfully delivering email to my clients is a pretty high priority at my company. We are of course fully opt-in, paid clients, no possibility of spam, the whole thing. The information we email is specifically requested from us by the recipient.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have done some of the easy stuff like setting up &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework&quot;&gt;SPF records&lt;/a&gt; on our outgoing mail servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What other steps can we take to ensure that our email goes through, in terms of email server setup and configuration ( similar to SPF, etc )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, are there 3rd party email services that we can pay for that already manage these issues?" />
  <row Id="22540" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12423" RevisionGUID="8e4ebc59-83d2-4d37-ac51-1c25cf85dc71" CreationDate="2009-05-26T23:28:36.897" UserId="1030" Text="Steps to take to improve email deliverability" />
  <row Id="22541" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12423" RevisionGUID="8e4ebc59-83d2-4d37-ac51-1c25cf85dc71" CreationDate="2009-05-26T23:28:36.897" UserId="1030" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;smtp&gt;&lt;deliverability&gt;" />
  <row Id="22542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12424" RevisionGUID="037d4e26-2781-4fba-8096-a488f1f99225" CreationDate="2009-05-26T23:30:13.680" UserId="1645" Text="In my previous career as an IT Manager, my documentation binder included a Visio diagram of all the devices, a list of the IP address range allocations, all the product keys for Windows/Office/Acrobat, instructions on what needs to be installed on new computers with step-by-step instructions how, complete hardware inventory down to the component level, and last but not least the emergency phone number list: ISP tech support, router manufacturer tech support, etc." />
  <row Id="22543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12425" RevisionGUID="09c0c004-fc44-48de-ad08-1183164091d5" CreationDate="2009-05-26T23:30:51.587" UserId="3544" Text="You can check [Aide][1]. I guess there's other integrity tools out there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; It creates a database from the regular&#xD;&#xA;&gt; expression rules that it finds from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the config file. Once this database is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; initialized it can be used to verify&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the integrity of the files. It has&#xD;&#xA;&gt; several message digest algorithms&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (md5,sha1,rmd160,tiger,haval,etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that are used to check the integrity&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of the file. More algorithms can be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; added with relative ease. All of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; usual file attributes can also be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; checked for inconsistencies. It can&#xD;&#xA;&gt; read databases from older or newer&#xD;&#xA;&gt; versions. See the manual pages within&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the distribution for further info.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; There is also a beginning of a manual.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cs.tut.fi/~rammer/aide.html" />
  <row Id="22547" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12427" RevisionGUID="2b701420-72da-43c2-95ce-4d8dc920ffbd" CreationDate="2009-05-26T23:33:22.987" UserId="3562" Text="Actual working options are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Gizmo5's OpenSky Gizmo gives you a Skype username and SIP account. You use the SIP account to call Skype users and use CallOut, and Skype users can call your Skype user and reach the SIP account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can test for 1-5 minute calls free, and pay for longer calls. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OpenSky appears to be the easiest to setup and fairly inexpensive for a small number of connections, and looks as it matches your &quot;Skype as a softphone&quot; requirement.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Skypiax is another channel-per-client program for asterisk and freeswitch. Looks as if it's free, beyond your time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some future Skype-SIP products that might be worth looking at in the future are Skype's Skype for SIP and Digium's Skype For Asterisk, while voip-info.org has a list of other commercial VoIP-Skype gateways and a few open source ones." />
  <row Id="22548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12428" RevisionGUID="64f2104e-9982-42ac-8cd0-913d67c4134a" CreationDate="2009-05-26T23:39:12.803" UserId="51157" Text="I use whowatch on my server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    apt-get install whowatch" />
  <row Id="22549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12429" RevisionGUID="26aea996-5a79-419c-8630-9de49c432b94" CreationDate="2009-05-26T23:41:20.647" UserId="1054" Text="I understand that this might be a broad question, so feel free to make it bleed with edits, but what considerations do I need to make with regards to signal shapes and device locations in a small-medium sized location with these characteristics:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Mix of office area and dirty manufacturing shop floor in one squarish building (shop floor is roughly 3x the size of the office area, ~120K sq feet total)&#xD;&#xA; - Office building has a mix of open cubicle area and offices / conf rooms around the perimeter&#xD;&#xA; - Building is constructed of primarily steel and cinder block.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm thinking of using Cisco equipment if that helps to narrow it down, but am not committed at this point.  I would need to keep the cost down as much as possible, but it's understood that reliability trumps staying well under-budget if you get my meaning.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let me know if there is more I should include in the question!" />
  <row Id="22550" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12429" RevisionGUID="26aea996-5a79-419c-8630-9de49c432b94" CreationDate="2009-05-26T23:41:20.647" UserId="1054" Text="Wireless Signal Broadcast Shapes and Device Location" />
  <row Id="22551" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12429" RevisionGUID="26aea996-5a79-419c-8630-9de49c432b94" CreationDate="2009-05-26T23:41:20.647" UserId="1054" Text="&lt;wireless-network&gt;&lt;network-design&gt;" />
  <row Id="22552" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12430" RevisionGUID="ff693ae0-7445-4a2b-b4cd-b9e310909eed" CreationDate="2009-05-26T23:45:53.197" UserId="3125" Text="OS patch level.  Which could mean a lot of things.  Ideally, you track which individual patches are on which machines, in a matrix.  The poor man's version of this is a &quot;last patch date&quot; for each server (which assumes you just pull in all updates each time, wholesale)." />
  <row Id="22553" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12431" RevisionGUID="0d885d8d-4d00-44b5-8df9-1a1e5d8bb8d0" CreationDate="2009-05-26T23:50:36.253" UserId="1054" Text="From an application perspective, it is critical to document&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - OS and patch level&#xD;&#xA; - Which layered products are installed and which patches have been applied&#xD;&#xA; - Which custom and / or third party products and libraries are installed including version&#xD;&#xA; - Where to lay your hands on install source for said custom / third party items&#xD;&#xA; - Product keys / SN's for all of the above&#xD;&#xA; - Application level server configuration (ie- web, mail, etc)&#xD;&#xA; - A contact list if there is a separate development team responsible at the application level&#xD;&#xA; - Backup configuration&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note - in response to romandas' comment in the question, I know that's not exactly one item, but I consider the overall document one item in this case" />
  <row Id="22554" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12432" RevisionGUID="f39a7044-74b0-443b-95b5-db2cfeb00d3b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T00:00:29.150" UserId="3125" Text="For UNIX/Linux, I divide config files into two groups: Those that are provided by the OS and those that are part of our custom application(s).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All application config files are kept in our source repo.  I have different standard copies for each installation (dev, QA, production, pre-production, demo...).  When we determine that we need to make a change in any of these, the change happens first in the source repo copy and is then deployed out to the necessary servers.  We also open a corresponding change request in the issue tracker.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For OS-type config files, we may or may not have them in the source repo.  If they are, then we use the process above.  If not, we'll put them in the repo if the number of changes reaches a certain arbitrary threshold.  Until then, we at least open a ticket in the issue tracker to track that change.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, a great feature of our issue tracker is the ability to index source repo commits.  It ties your tickets to your config changes quite nicely." />
  <row Id="22555" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12433" RevisionGUID="fbc68cb9-767f-49ac-97a9-032356462bb7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T00:04:29.490" UserId="3437" Text="KVM over IP is nice, but depending on where you work it can be a hard sell to make the case and get your management to cut the check. If you use HP Proliant servers, you can order them with iLo, absorbing most of the remote management costs into the price of the server. Don't forget to budget the extra network ports you'll need. If you're retrofitting, personally I like the Raritan [Dominion][1] series best.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it comes down to a choice between IPKVM and remote power control, choose the remote power control. Today's operating systems handle remote operations (SSH/RDP/VNC et al) well enough that you'd rarely need another means of KVM anyhow, and how often do you *really* need to make BIOS modifications from afar? You might give real consideration to skipping KVM altogether and using a few of [these mobile PC stands][2]. If you do real he-man debugging over the serial port, you can keep put a PC on it. If not, just keyboard and monitor. And maybe a little UPS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![mobile monitor stand][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For remote power control, I like these APC [vertical switched rack PDUs][4]. There are a [range][5] of them to fit your needs. A really nice feature is that they always show how many amps are being drawn, so you don't overload your circuit breakers. Keep in mind that servers tend to draw more power at startup and when they get hot (think HVAC failure) so you want to run your circuits at 70-80% of max, or less. These PDUs will do a staggered startup so that if for some reason your are powering up the whole rack at once, you don't immediately trip the breaker. Along with vertical power management, don't forget to acquire [short power cords][6] in 1 and three foot lengths - this will make your racks a lot neater and easier to manage!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remote power and KVM are as I mentioned earlier, sometimes a tough sell. But sooner or later they will turn what would have been a 4-12 hour outage into something that's solved within 45 minutes or less.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Over in the network distribution part of the room, I am a big fan of [NeatPatch][7]. This picture really says it all:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![NeatPatch][8]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, this isn't rackmount, but I think server room monitoring is important. You need to know when the HVAC cuts out and the temperature starts rising! You may also want to have one with a camera so you get a security log of who's in there. I've been happy with [NetBotz][9] in the past, but if that's hard to get the boss to pay for (prices seem to have risen since APC acquired the company), you might have a look at the Weather Duck/Goose/etc from [ITWatchDogs][10]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.raritan.com/products/kvm-over-ip/dominion-kx-II/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.cyberguys.com/product-details/?productid=4356&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://imagescl.cyberguys.com/images/detail_thumb/p4356-4.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=AP7930&amp;tab=features&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=70&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.server-rack-online.com/power-cords.html&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://neatpatch.com&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://g.imagehost.org/0081/1wave.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.apc.com/products/category.cfm?id=17&amp;subid=94&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.itwatchdogs.com/" />
  <row Id="22556" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12434" RevisionGUID="8b643609-83bc-4e3d-8184-927b99ab9c86" CreationDate="2009-05-27T00:05:12.953" UserId="3156" Text="You'll probably want to look into DKIM as well: http://www.dkim.org/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yesmail is a mail marketing company that takes care of a lot of these issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other things that you can do are &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Run your emails through Spamassassin before sending them, to make sure they don't score too high. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Avoid HTML&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Avoid URLs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Make sure your users know to add your outbound email address to the address book or whitelist, and then stick with that address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Related to the above, try to have just one outbound email address that the messages come from.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Make sure your mailserver's IP address resolves back to the domain name it claims when talking to other mail servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Use TLS if possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of the above are basically things that spam filters look for when evaluating a message, so your ultimate goal is to avoid as many triggers as possible." />
  <row Id="22557" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12435" RevisionGUID="d3981245-4725-4af8-afdd-4b404192393e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T00:07:32.297" UserId="1054" Text="If this is reproducible then I would start by examining the response headers sent to the client to ensure that there is a 1.0 proxy somewhere in the request/response stream as indicated in the Via: response header.  If not, then chances are you're barking up the wrong tree.  Proxies must insert this header and the protocol they use in both directions of the request/response stream." />
  <row Id="22558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12436" RevisionGUID="5d33beff-b06f-435c-8bcc-ba4e4c16edd1" CreationDate="2009-05-27T00:08:25.340" UserId="2039" Text="You can also use [Octopussy][1] (my project) to centralize your logs, view and generate alerts and reports.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.8pussy.org" />
  <row Id="22559" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12437" RevisionGUID="a6d4757c-39c3-4df9-bf3b-69efd7f24443" CreationDate="2009-05-27T00:09:45.930" UserId="1581" Text="You could send new customers an introductory e-mail which includes a link to &quot;verify&quot; their e-mail address. This would confirm that your e-mail is not being trapped by spam filters while assuring that the address in your system is valid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't receive the verification, you can then take further steps to rectify whatever reason that customer is not receiving your e-mail." />
  <row Id="22560" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12433" RevisionGUID="62b3bed3-dd8f-468d-a1c0-707c67208339" CreationDate="2009-05-27T00:15:33.933" UserId="3437" Text="KVM over IP is nice, but depending on where you work it can be a hard sell to make the case and get your management to cut the check. If you use HP Proliant servers, you can order them with iLo, absorbing most of the remote management costs into the price of the server. Don't forget to budget the extra network ports you'll need. If you're retrofitting, personally I like the Raritan [Dominion][1] series best.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it comes down to a choice between IPKVM and remote power control, choose the remote power control. Today's operating systems handle remote operations (SSH/RDP/VNC et al) well enough that you'd rarely need another means of KVM anyhow, and how often do you *really* need to make BIOS modifications from afar? You might give real consideration to skipping KVM altogether and using a few of [these mobile PC stands][2]. If you do real he-man debugging over the serial port, you can keep put a PC on it. If not, just keyboard and monitor. And maybe a little UPS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![mobile monitor stand][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For remote power control, I like these APC [vertical switched rack PDUs][4]. There are a [range][5] of them to fit your needs. A really nice feature is that they always show how many amps are being drawn, so you don't overload your circuit breakers. Keep in mind that servers tend to draw more power at startup and when they get hot (think HVAC failure) so you want to run your circuits at 70-80% of max, or less. These PDUs will do a staggered startup so that if for some reason your are powering up the whole rack at once, you don't immediately trip the breaker. Along with vertical power management, don't forget to acquire [short power cords][6] in 1' and 3' lengths - this will make your racks a lot neater and easier to manage!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remote power and KVM are as I mentioned earlier, sometimes a tough sell. But sooner or later they will turn what would have been a 4-12 hour outage into something that's solved within 45 minutes or less.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Over in the network distribution part of the room, I am a big fan of [NeatPatch][7]. This picture really says it all:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![NeatPatch][8]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should also mention these [vertical patch panels][9], which I have not tried:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][10]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, this isn't rackmount, but I think server room monitoring is important. You need to know when the HVAC cuts out and the temperature starts rising! You may also want to have one with a camera so you get a security log of who's in there. I've been happy with [NetBotz][11] in the past, but if that's hard to get the boss to pay for (prices seem to have risen since APC acquired the company), you might have a look at the Weather Duck/Goose/etc from [ITWatchDogs][12]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.raritan.com/products/kvm-over-ip/dominion-kx-II/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.cyberguys.com/product-details/?productid=4356&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://imagescl.cyberguys.com/images/detail_thumb/p4356-4.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=AP7930&amp;tab=features&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=70&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.server-rack-online.com/power-cords.html&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://neatpatch.com&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://g.imagehost.org/0081/1wave.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.racksolutions.com/server-racks-lan.html&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.racksolutions.com/images/racks/tube/lan-pwr-left-angle-250h.gif&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://www.apc.com/products/category.cfm?id=17&amp;subid=94&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://www.itwatchdogs.com/" />
  <row Id="22561" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12412" RevisionGUID="faf5225b-7f38-4ded-8e7e-fd0b67bfa38d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T00:17:22.450" UserId="2489" Comment="added 111 characters in body" Text="Since you mention Trend Micro, and we use Trend, here's what we do.  A scheduled task does a full scan of the system and puts the results in a text file.  Actually, it's  a log file with the date as the name of the file... like 20090517.log in the C:\TRENDMICRO folder.  Because this just has the results of the scan in it, it's a small file.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In our case with roughly 100 computers, it's easy enough for a powershell script on the server to walk through all the computers, and concatenate those files, and only look for the ones that didn't have the string &quot;Virus found count(0)&quot; in them.  Obviously if that file and phrase isn't there, something is wrong: AV didn't run recently, Virus found, AV not installed, etc.  You probably need something a little more fancy to scale it up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But aren't there enterprise versions of AV that do it all for you instead of my poor man's version?" />
  <row Id="22562" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12413" RevisionGUID="c2e0be84-94f4-4362-a151-23621256c425" CreationDate="2009-05-27T00:18:33.213" UserId="3562" Comment="added 124 characters in body" Text="KVM over IP devices - if I'm fiddling with something that might break the network connection or interrupt the next boot, they're a life-saver.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've only used a few models, but the Lantronix Spider KVMoIP has been my favorite so far. It worked perfectly when I needed to change BIOS settings for a dedicated server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If pricing is an issue, you could only get one - have the colo techs plug it in to the server in question when required.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you're going to give customers access to the power switch - please make sure the BIOS's &quot;AC Power Loss Restore State&quot; setting is turned to &quot;On&quot;." />
  <row Id="22563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12438" RevisionGUID="19c15953-084e-4f40-95c6-7c82f6a32e37" CreationDate="2009-05-27T00:23:33.040" UserId="1054" Text="Map a drive as normal, only instead of `\\server\share` format you use `server:/share` format (don't forget the colon).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here's a nice post][1] from the Ubuntu forums, but should be the same for NFS served by others.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=310168" />
  <row Id="22564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12439" RevisionGUID="bf200b8a-7ea7-4a2d-b967-05b780ee00f1" CreationDate="2009-05-27T00:31:37.573" UserId="2349" Text="For future reference, this is the script I came up with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    if [ $# != 1 ]&#xD;&#xA;       then&#xD;&#xA;          echo &quot;usage:  slurp_vote_files.sh [user@server]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;          exit 1&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    ssh $1 &quot;find /Prod/Data/Votes/ -mmin +5&quot; &gt; /tmp/$1-vote-file-list.txt&#xD;&#xA;    while read filename; do&#xD;&#xA;       vote_host=`echo $filename | cut -d&quot;_&quot; -f3`&#xD;&#xA;       vote_year=`echo $filename | cut -d&quot;.&quot; -f3 | sed 's/^..../20/'`&#xD;&#xA;       vote_month=`echo $filename | cut -d&quot;.&quot; -f3 | sed 's/.\{4\}$//'`&#xD;&#xA;       scp -r $1:$filename /bkup/archive/finalized/$vote_host/$vote_year/$vote_month/votes/&#xD;&#xA;       ssh $1 &quot;rm -f $filename&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    done &lt; /tmp/$1-vote-file-list.txt&#xD;&#xA;    exit 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It may not line up with the goal/specs in the original post, but it work in my specific case." />
  <row Id="22565" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12440" RevisionGUID="e4b80f50-ed0d-4cb4-962c-5e29fc883780" CreationDate="2009-05-27T00:33:19.947" UserId="1054" Text="+1 for Knox regarding the enterprise version.  I agree.  Trend's enterprise desktop solution has a server piece that keeps track of clients and which scan engines and patterns they currently have.  It also lets you deploy.  I would use this to work toward your goal.  Deploy a reinstall of OfficeScan using this.  I wouldn't even bother with the effort of deploying scripts to figure out where you're at at this point in the game.  Best to just start over.  Work with Trend on the licensing if you don't already have the enterprise tools (which would really surprise me).  If you don't then someone needs to account for poor purchasing decisions." />
  <row Id="22566" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12422" RevisionGUID="2dc19bfb-2ffc-457c-a1a2-3d4eab96c432" CreationDate="2009-05-27T00:36:57.400" UserId="2629" Comment="Added a note about a setting that may make this work." Text="[These instructions][1] should work, but I've just spent the last hour and haven't got it to work yet.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, you may want the latest version of X11 for Mac, [XQuartz][2]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**edit**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;XQuartz 2.3.3.2 (xorg-server 1.4.2-apple42), has, under Preferences, a Security tab, with an option called &quot;Allow connections from network clients&quot;.  I suspect that this setting will make a difference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=23297&amp;highlight=running+applications+require&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki" />
  <row Id="22568" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12439" RevisionGUID="01c3e5ea-8882-4a65-b6a4-6161f883f51a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T00:40:57.163" UserId="1054" Comment="add an s in the last line (bah, I'm anal)" Text="For future reference, this is the script I came up with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    if [ $# != 1 ]&#xD;&#xA;       then&#xD;&#xA;          echo &quot;usage:  slurp_vote_files.sh [user@server]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;          exit 1&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    ssh $1 &quot;find /Prod/Data/Votes/ -mmin +5&quot; &gt; /tmp/$1-vote-file-list.txt&#xD;&#xA;    while read filename; do&#xD;&#xA;       vote_host=`echo $filename | cut -d&quot;_&quot; -f3`&#xD;&#xA;       vote_year=`echo $filename | cut -d&quot;.&quot; -f3 | sed 's/^..../20/'`&#xD;&#xA;       vote_month=`echo $filename | cut -d&quot;.&quot; -f3 | sed 's/.\{4\}$//'`&#xD;&#xA;       scp -r $1:$filename /bkup/archive/finalized/$vote_host/$vote_year/$vote_month/votes/&#xD;&#xA;       ssh $1 &quot;rm -f $filename&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    done &lt; /tmp/$1-vote-file-list.txt&#xD;&#xA;    exit 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It may not line up with the goal/specs in the original post, but it works in my specific case." />
  <row Id="22569" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12442" RevisionGUID="664b9a4d-57c4-49dc-8281-92df6aa88e16" CreationDate="2009-05-27T00:44:19.817" UserId="3562" Text="Ivan: Where are you running into a problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First question: are you using trixbox CE or trixbox Pro?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second: can you register the Gizmo softphone to your PBX or not?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I just tried, it registered instantly to my preconfigured softphone account. &#xD;&#xA;I entered:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Server, The server's hostname &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Account name, the context for the peer you're&#xD;&#xA;   trying to register to. You're going&#xD;&#xA;   to need one extension for every user.&#xD;&#xA;   In sip.conf or one of the sip_*.conf&#xD;&#xA;   files, this would be the [peer] name&#xD;&#xA;   for the extension. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Password, shown in sip.conf as &quot;secret=****&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can we get the asterisk logs when you try to register using Gizmo? Make sure you've enabled verbose logging in /etc/asterisk/logging.conf first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing I noticed is that the registration attempt actually comes from Gizmo's SIP server, not my client's IP address. Could you be blocking based on IP?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Third: can you register other softphones successfully?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fourth: if it's not registration, are you having problems with call routing, and if so, which way?" />
  <row Id="22570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12443" RevisionGUID="0c51670d-94e7-497d-99de-893d743480e4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T00:44:53.123" UserId="6105" Text="Are there any bootloaders designed for usb drives that make it easy to boot multiple distributions and utilities.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've installed sysrescuecd, supergrub, ultimate boot cd and other various linux distros on my usb drive.  The lame thing is all their installation instructions make it the only thing that boots from your drive, and usb drives can store alot more than one utility.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I was wondering if anybody has made and easy application to setup a multiboot environment on a usb drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="22571" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12443" RevisionGUID="0c51670d-94e7-497d-99de-893d743480e4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T00:44:53.123" UserId="6105" Text="Easy Bootloader for USB Thumb Drives" />
  <row Id="22572" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12443" RevisionGUID="0c51670d-94e7-497d-99de-893d743480e4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T00:44:53.123" UserId="6105" Text="&lt;boot&gt;&lt;operating-system&gt;&lt;grub&gt;&lt;usb-flash-drive&gt;" />
  <row Id="22573" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12442" RevisionGUID="95747dba-3dc3-4724-81a9-cdfc9091af8a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T01:00:08.807" UserId="3562" Comment="added 258 characters in body" Text="So it looks as if you're trying to use Gizmo's Dual Login feature, which is a little different from just hooking up your Gizmo account to asterisk. From what I can see, Dual Login allows you to login to both Gizmo and another SIP provider/PBX at the same time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where are you running into a problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First question: are you using trixbox CE or trixbox Pro?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second: can you register the Gizmo softphone to your PBX or not?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I just tried, it registered instantly to my preconfigured softphone account. &#xD;&#xA;I entered:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Server, The server's hostname &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Account name, the context for the peer you're&#xD;&#xA;   trying to register to. You're going&#xD;&#xA;   to need one extension for every user.&#xD;&#xA;   In sip.conf or one of the sip_*.conf&#xD;&#xA;   files, this would be the [peer] name&#xD;&#xA;   for the extension. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Password, shown in sip.conf as &quot;secret=****&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can we get the asterisk logs when you try to register using Gizmo? Make sure you've enabled verbose logging in /etc/asterisk/logging.conf first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing I noticed is that the registration attempt actually comes from Gizmo's SIP server, not my client's IP address. Could you be blocking based on IP?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Third: can you register other softphones successfully?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fourth: if it's not registration, are you having problems with call routing, and if so, which way?" />
  <row Id="22575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12444" RevisionGUID="59783d44-ba35-467c-bc4f-0be5f9bf8bea" CreationDate="2009-05-27T01:04:10.110" UserId="2561" Text="Pure Bash Solution, using parameter expansion.  See [this][1] for an explanation of PE.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    foo='date-web2-v.7.052509.csv'&#xD;&#xA;    file=${foo%*.csv}&#xD;&#xA;    date=${file##*.}&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    month=${date:0:2}&#xD;&#xA;    day=${date:2:2}&#xD;&#xA;    year=${date:4:2}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would probably use Perl for this and use parenthesis to capture what I want in groups from a regular expression.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/bash-parameter-expansion" />
  <row Id="22576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12445" RevisionGUID="e2c65bb3-ae65-4f01-806e-ec90c7577da1" CreationDate="2009-05-27T01:06:14.460" UserId="3120" Text="A few aliases I use to take the edge off of the daily CLI grind...&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # I find myself doing this a lot&#xD;&#xA;    alias hg='history | grep '&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Likewise this, plus I'm always mistyping it...&#xD;&#xA;    alias findy='find . -name'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # sometimes you're just not sure you want to delete something...&#xD;&#xA;    alias trash='mv -t ~/.local/share/Trash/files --backup=t'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias vb='vim ~/.bashrc'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # I find typing 'cd ..' less than optimal&#xD;&#xA;    alias up='cd ..'&#xD;&#xA;    alias 2up='cd ../../'&#xD;&#xA;    alias 3up='cd ../../../'&#xD;&#xA;    alias 4up='cd ../../../../'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # re-map caps lock key to be Ctrl&#xD;&#xA;    # (works on Linux, at least)&#xD;&#xA;    xmodmap -e &quot;remove lock = Caps_Lock&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    xmodmap -e &quot;add control = Caps_Lock&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # helpful history settings:&#xD;&#xA;    export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups&#xD;&#xA;    export HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth&#xD;&#xA;    export HISTIGNORE=ls:ll:la:l:cd:pwd:exit:mc:su:df:clear:cls&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22577" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12445" RevisionGUID="e2c65bb3-ae65-4f01-806e-ec90c7577da1" CreationDate="2009-05-27T01:06:14.460" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="22578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12446" RevisionGUID="01eff2b0-4a06-4431-b389-4a464ca35c53" CreationDate="2009-05-27T01:06:36.893" UserId="3256" Text="Now that Microsoft have released Vista &amp; Server 2008 SP2 (see [Lifehacker][1]).  How long should I wait before installing it on:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Stand alone machines&#xD;&#xA; 2. PCs on the domain&#xD;&#xA; 3. Windows servers&#xD;&#xA; 4. &quot;Critical&quot; Servers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lifehacker.com/5270137/windows-vista-sp2-available-for-download" />
  <row Id="22579" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12446" RevisionGUID="01eff2b0-4a06-4431-b389-4a464ca35c53" CreationDate="2009-05-27T01:06:36.893" UserId="3256" Text="How long should we wait before deploying Vista / Server2008 SP2 " />
  <row Id="22580" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12446" RevisionGUID="01eff2b0-4a06-4431-b389-4a464ca35c53" CreationDate="2009-05-27T01:06:36.893" UserId="3256" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;servicepacks&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="22582" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12447" RevisionGUID="0b834b72-1f99-441d-bc92-7cc2ef97c663" CreationDate="2009-05-27T01:06:51.260" UserId="2843" Text="Is is possible to configure Windows to only use a single hardware-thread. Every machine for the last couple of years seems to be at lead dual-core, but some timing bugs are only reproducible when threads take it one at a time. I am particularly interested in Windows Vista." />
  <row Id="22583" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12447" RevisionGUID="0b834b72-1f99-441d-bc92-7cc2ef97c663" CreationDate="2009-05-27T01:06:51.260" UserId="2843" Text="Can Windos be configured to only use a single hardware thread?" />
  <row Id="22584" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12447" RevisionGUID="0b834b72-1f99-441d-bc92-7cc2ef97c663" CreationDate="2009-05-27T01:06:51.260" UserId="2843" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;threads&gt;&lt;multicore&gt;" />
  <row Id="22585" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12448" RevisionGUID="fe5e0e95-5ad0-42bd-8a9a-6ababa92fa69" CreationDate="2009-05-27T01:19:58.137" UserId="108" Text="What you're looking for is how to set the 'process affinity', and how you set it depends on what program you are starting, and how you are starting it up.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I saw this answer on stack overflow:&#xD;&#xA;[stackoverflow.com/questions/827754/....][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/827754/how-to-set-processor-affinity-from-batch-file-for-windows-xp" />
  <row Id="22586" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12449" RevisionGUID="168dd5ca-258f-4f1b-af0a-d58d59ca19c3" CreationDate="2009-05-27T01:30:35.763" UserId="3567" Text="I have a virtual host set up on my Ubuntu server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;         ServerAdmin email@gmail.com&#xD;&#xA;         ServerName dailysongfix.com&#xD;&#xA;         ServerAlias www.dailysongfix.com&#xD;&#xA;         &#xD;&#xA;         DirectoryIndex index.php index.html&#xD;&#xA;         DocumentRoot /var/www/dailysongfix/public&#xD;&#xA;         &#xD;&#xA;         # Custom log file locations&#xD;&#xA;         LogLevel warn&#xD;&#xA;         &#xD;&#xA;         ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/dailysongfix/error_log&#xD;&#xA;         CustomLog /var/log/apache2/dailysongfix/access_log combined&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I go to http : dailysongfix . com  I get a forbidden error. This is probably an issue with my directory permissions...so I went over to /var/www&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are my permissions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ls -al /var&#xD;&#xA;    drwxr-xr-x  3 root root  4096 May 26 22:47 www&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ls -al /var/www/&#xD;&#xA;    drwxr-xr-x  3 root root     4096 May 26 22:47 .&#xD;&#xA;    drwxr-xr-x 14 root root     4096 May 26 22:46 ..&#xD;&#xA;    drwxr-xr-x  3 root www-data 4096 May 26 22:53 dailysongfix&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ls -al /var/www/dailysongfix/&#xD;&#xA;    drwxr-xr-x 3 root www-data 4096 May 26 22:53 .&#xD;&#xA;    drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     4096 May 26 22:47 ..&#xD;&#xA;    drwxr-sr-x 2 root www-data 4096 May 26 22:59 public&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also have this in my httpd.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    User www-data&#xD;&#xA;    Group www-data&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know how to fix this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22587" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12449" RevisionGUID="168dd5ca-258f-4f1b-af0a-d58d59ca19c3" CreationDate="2009-05-27T01:30:35.763" UserId="3567" Text="Permission problems with web server on Ubuntu" />
  <row Id="22588" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12449" RevisionGUID="168dd5ca-258f-4f1b-af0a-d58d59ca19c3" CreationDate="2009-05-27T01:30:35.763" UserId="3567" Text="&lt;virtualhosts&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="22589" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12450" RevisionGUID="348cafdb-03b6-42ec-9b1a-88c8f8b95a6b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T01:35:18.673" UserId="3273" Text="When I execute shell, but it is carried out by cron &#xD;&#xA;&quot;sudo:  sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo&quot; &#xD;&#xA;appears. &#xD;&#xA; but how should this have dealt?" />
  <row Id="22590" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12450" RevisionGUID="348cafdb-03b6-42ec-9b1a-88c8f8b95a6b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T01:35:18.673" UserId="3273" Text=" the error occured a command in sudo from crontab." />
  <row Id="22591" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12450" RevisionGUID="348cafdb-03b6-42ec-9b1a-88c8f8b95a6b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T01:35:18.673" UserId="3273" Text="&lt;crontab&gt;&lt;sudo&gt;" />
  <row Id="22593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12451" RevisionGUID="51249781-6a34-449f-aebc-48a0c109e6f5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T01:43:25.850" UserId="3250" Text="Kyle's answer is great advice.  At a bare minimum though, you could probably get away with listing out:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Servers (include hostnames, IPs, and roles)&#xD;&#xA; - Network hardware (switches, routers, firewalls)&#xD;&#xA; - Master password archives (domain passwords, admin passwords)&#xD;&#xA; - A rough document outlining network policies and any strange setups (include here any outliers such as machines which aren't part of the domain(s))" />
  <row Id="22594" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12452" RevisionGUID="b38acc9f-1cb7-4b9d-ba4c-7ee54abd8323" CreationDate="2009-05-27T01:44:02.403" UserId="3567" Text="Looks like I needed to change the Directory permissions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Directory &quot;/var/www/dailysongfix/public&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;             Options Indexes FollowSymLinks&#xD;&#xA;             AllowOverride None&#xD;&#xA;             Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;             Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;         &lt;/Directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="22595" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12453" RevisionGUID="1ad18810-28d6-4f6f-8828-5451a59ff43e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T01:48:41.083" UserId="2372" Text="I would give it at least a week before installing on anything but a test machine - I've never seen an emergency Service Pack retraction more than a day or 2 after release.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The next step is to deploy as fast as possible - it may contain security enhancements not in SP1 + Automatic updates.   Part of deployment planning is testing in your environment.  This would apply equally to system types 1-4 above.  Vista SP2 does not have Server 2008 SP2 as a prerequisite, so this can be installed in any order.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  If there are incompatibilities with SP2 and your environment, the actual timeline for deployment may be many weeks as these are resolved by either the application supplier or Microsoft.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12454" RevisionGUID="c8763733-f08d-4475-b1b9-6bd84ebc493f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T01:49:22.440" UserId="3250" Text="I've got a network set up in the house with a Windows 2003 DC, a Windows 7 Workstation and a host of VMs doing various tasks running either XP Pro, Ubuntu or FreeBSD.  Ideally I would love to have domain credentials work across all machines so that I could more easily manage identities, passwords etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a good way to implement non-windows clients on a Windows domain?" />
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  <row Id="22598" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12454" RevisionGUID="c8763733-f08d-4475-b1b9-6bd84ebc493f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T01:49:22.440" UserId="3250" Text="&lt;windows-domain&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="22599" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12455" RevisionGUID="b7bd5823-2e08-41ff-97be-22ce446d1cf0" CreationDate="2009-05-27T01:53:14.663" UserId="2561" Text="I have found [likewise open][1] works well and is easy to install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.likewise.com/products/likewise_open/" />
  <row Id="22600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12456" RevisionGUID="1250f952-6dc3-4bd9-8476-1da3b0f430a4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T02:02:42.700" UserId="3565" Text="You may already have an acceptable solution built right in to Windows 7... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Windows Update on Vista and Windows 7 uses BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service) version 3.0 to manage the download of updates; BITS 3.0 can utilize a new feature, &lt;em&gt;peer caching&lt;/em&gt;, to improve download performance and bandwidth utilization. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, BITS peer caching is not automagical--the reference I found on TechNet indicates that Vista or Server 2008 is required (I'd say that Windows 7 would qualify there), as is an Active Directory domain (peer caching is only supported in domain networks; the feature is not available in workgroups or home networks). You will need to use Group Policy to enable BITS peer caching. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't recall where I first heard about this feature, but I was able to find good reference material about it in the &lt;em&gt;Microsoft Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP1 Operations Guide&lt;/em&gt;. The interesting stuff is found in &lt;em&gt;Appendix E: Configuring BITS 2.0 and 3.0 for Download Performance&lt;/em&gt;. The appropriate Group Policy settings to enable BITS 3.0 peer caching are found at the end of Appendix E. &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Sorry about not including hyperlinks; apparantly new users aren't allowed to embed them--a quick search on TechNet should bring up the appropriate document easily enough, however...)&lt;/i&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming you have a domain network, I believe peer caching will provide benefit whether you're using a WSUS server or Microsoft Update as your update source--both use BITS to distribute the bits, as it were... BITS peer caching should give you all of the bandwidth-conserving benefits of a WSUS server without the need to stand up and maintain WSUS. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I have successfully used WSUS to manage updates in both domain and non-domain (read: workgroup) environments, it would seem to be a bit overkill for your situation...  " />
  <row Id="22601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12457" RevisionGUID="801c1c3c-49d3-4cf6-aa8d-0efa295c0126" CreationDate="2009-05-27T02:15:20.277" UserId="3489" Text="You don't need sudo to run programs as other users in cron (at least with the system crontab).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just change the user field from root to the target user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you really want su does work in cron." />
  <row Id="22602" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12458" RevisionGUID="75f8f538-317c-4ac7-a91c-dd1099e5d27e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T02:16:45.437" UserId="3489" Text="Also many machines can have SMP (&amp; hyperthreading if relevent) disabled in the BIOS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Timing bugs (or the common subset of race conditions) seem to be more generally reproducable on multi-core machines." />
  <row Id="22603" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12447" RevisionGUID="48ee54f3-b92f-4ff9-be7c-619084763ff5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T02:19:41.923" UserId="533" Comment="typos" Text="Is is possible to configure Windows to only use a single hardware-thread. Every machine for the last couple of years seems to be at least dual-core, but some timing bugs are only reproducible when threads execute serially. I am particularly interested in Windows Vista." />
  <row Id="22604" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="12447" RevisionGUID="48ee54f3-b92f-4ff9-be7c-619084763ff5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T02:19:41.923" UserId="533" Comment="typos" Text="Can Windows be configured to only use a single hardware thread?" />
  <row Id="22605" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12459" RevisionGUID="e157bf67-7088-4fda-8181-1045f8992902" CreationDate="2009-05-27T02:24:48.933" UserId="3454" Text="For network devices, such as Cisco switches, I like to collect and track their startup and running configs in a version control system. If possible, I store the username that did the edit as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I pull this via a Perl script usually, unless I have the option to automatically monitor the logs and trigger the config collection from log data." />
  <row Id="22606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12460" RevisionGUID="6432a1e5-db0b-4327-863f-cf84d6cf67d9" CreationDate="2009-05-27T02:27:37.713" UserId="3489" Text="These days KVM-over-IP is a waste as all good servers have some version of remote management built in, whether IPMI or HP's excellent iLO, just make sure to not use versions which share a NIC as those have *BAD* failure modes if the NIC dies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I love serial concentrators for the few bits of gear that haven't added management ethernet ports.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For dark cable racks permanent gooseneck LED lights can be great, although I don't have any favourites there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the weird and wacky realm there's things like rackmount fridges:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.canford.co.uk/Products/13-024-CANFORD-FRIDGE-Rackmount-13U" />
  <row Id="22607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12461" RevisionGUID="685cbd39-3c42-4f94-bf95-b26b62f8e256" CreationDate="2009-05-27T02:32:48.283" UserId="1052" Text="In my organization, we are looking to virtualize servers (a dozen of Linux and Windows servers or so). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am looking for a solution what would scale over the years and that would allow us maximum flexibility (i.e., moving virtual machines from one physical machine to another one when the old hardware becomes obsolete for example).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which solution would you recommend in the short run and in the long run?&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="22609" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12461" RevisionGUID="685cbd39-3c42-4f94-bf95-b26b62f8e256" CreationDate="2009-05-27T02:32:48.283" UserId="1052" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;xenserver&gt;" />
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  <row Id="22615" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12462" RevisionGUID="3fcbf057-0e61-4f40-bac5-eb35bdd165cc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T02:35:48.650" UserId="1052" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;xenserver&gt;&lt;migration&gt;&lt;xen&gt;" />
  <row Id="22616" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12463" RevisionGUID="a969d372-619d-4144-8e05-2017e5bbce5a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T02:36:17.137" UserId="3140" Text="Hate to say it.. but the Supermicro X8DT3-LN4F and all their new motherboards don't have Ubuntu support. The only drivers available are for RH or Suse. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a side note... the onboard controller that comes with most motherboards is also called a 'fake raid' by some. There is more details on this provided in Ubuntu help area:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FakeRaidHowto][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FakeRaidHowto&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The end result was that I needed to drop the onboard raid and stick to native sata.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I want RAID in the future I will need to buy a card.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps" />
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  <row Id="22622" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12464" RevisionGUID="a5ae06e3-9d2c-463a-914c-674f00bf3e21" CreationDate="2009-05-27T02:58:11.417" UserId="3570" Text="&lt;skype&gt;&lt;voip&gt;&lt;d-link&gt;" />
  <row Id="22623" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10649" RevisionGUID="8ba3cc2b-6256-48b0-9b24-3ff7495ace26" CreationDate="2009-05-27T03:02:53.920" UserId="533" Comment="retag" Text="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to get a Virtual Instance of Windows 2008 R2 running from my Laptop.  My laptop has a 64 bit processor and is running 32 Bit Windows XP.  I have Hardware D.E.P and Hardware Virtualization (though I don't really know what these mean).&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried Virtual PC but it cannot run a 64 bit guest OS.  I tried the free VMWare Server, but it does not work from Windows XP.  (I tried several different install configurations before giving up on that one).&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I am down to Hyper V Server.  Can it run on a 64 bit processor that has a host os that is 32 bit?  Does anyone know a way to get a virtual instance of Windows 2008 R2 (on XP) by a different way?  (Preferably free or using Microsoft Products.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for any answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="22629" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12465" RevisionGUID="53d03956-28e8-4e11-9827-4732b2705133" CreationDate="2009-05-27T03:14:59.810" UserId="1375" Text="Yes, you can move VMs around.  The easiest is to use one of the tools that reads VMFS volumes, like vmfs-tools, and copy the contents of each VM to a corresponding filesystem on the Xen server, then configure and boot." />
  <row Id="22630" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12466" RevisionGUID="58a2c74e-ce58-4162-8795-6ab26e2cd263" CreationDate="2009-05-27T03:15:07.857" UserId="3565" Text="Another option would be to alias time.windows.com to an appropriate subdomain of pool.ntp.org (e.g. us.pool.ntp.org)...particularly useful for folks who don't have a local time server on their network. (Check out the information at www.pool.ntp.org.)" />
  <row Id="22631" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9171" RevisionGUID="ae4fa468-eaf2-4174-9520-c6f1b6425870" CreationDate="2009-05-27T03:16:49.633" UserId="533" Comment="retag" Text="&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to recover from accidental deletions of an Amazon S3 Bucket?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've got critical info in our bucktes and I need to mitigate the risk of accidental or malicious deletions of the bucket itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know I can sync the entire bucket locally, but this isn't too practical if my bucket size is 100GB. &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any ideas on backup strategies?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22632" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9171" RevisionGUID="ae4fa468-eaf2-4174-9520-c6f1b6425870" CreationDate="2009-05-27T03:16:49.633" UserId="533" Comment="retag" Text="&lt;amazon-s3&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="22633" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12467" RevisionGUID="5443f552-9fd2-4f37-b375-a1dedab05647" CreationDate="2009-05-27T03:17:51.597" UserId="1375" Text="I prefer Xen over VMware, as it's less of a black box and is, as a result, far more flexible.  That does result in it having a reputation for being harder to manage, but given the fun I'm seeing with trying to &quot;manage&quot; some ESX servers at work, I'm not sure that's all that justified.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other nice thing about Xen is that the way you run VMs is quite similar to how you run VMs under KVM, so as that project matures, if you decide to move there the migration will be trivial." />
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  <row Id="22638" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4152" RevisionGUID="a4fbaba7-aba2-4dd5-9c80-a876e7e2a0ea" CreationDate="2009-05-27T03:23:09.557" UserId="533" Comment="retag and syntax" Text="What real-world experiences have you had with SharePoint anti-virus products? Are there any that should be avoided? So far I have had [Microsoft Forefront][1] recommended but that's it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for your help!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/serversecurity/sharepoint/en/us/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="22639" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4152" RevisionGUID="a4fbaba7-aba2-4dd5-9c80-a876e7e2a0ea" CreationDate="2009-05-27T03:23:09.557" UserId="533" Comment="retag and syntax" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;antivirus&gt;" />
  <row Id="22640" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1174" RevisionGUID="3fb9046f-a85d-42e7-afcb-63edcefff269" CreationDate="2009-05-27T03:26:40.643" UserId="613" Comment="added 108 characters in body" Text="NAT lets you turn IPv4 addresses into [Autonomous System][1] numbers (more or less), so yes, I think it's responsible for the delay.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_System_Numbers" />
  <row Id="22644" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12469" RevisionGUID="c4597f3c-cd2c-4c64-83ec-58a3e57d128c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T03:49:42.780" UserId="2229" Text="I would deploy it today on test machines. Ideally you should then then test all critical applicaitons and then rollout once you are confident that they aren't impacted, and can schedule the down time with your users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For servers you should have a good roll back strategy and the nature of the applications that they host should dictate when they get updated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As long as your machines are otherwise fully patched against security exploits I wouldn't be too worried about rushing the SP on in the short term, but the longer you wait, the more vunerable you become." />
  <row Id="22647" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12471" RevisionGUID="85d431d7-2404-46d8-a920-7c8d0b9baa7d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T04:11:14.623" UserId="919" Text="Linux has [PAM.][1] This is great for setting up all kinds of fun unusual authentication. In your case, you want something like LDAP/Kerberos, where the Win2k3 DC servers as the source. Check out [this doc][2] on how to configure PAM to authenticate using winbind.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ActiveDirectoryWinbindHowto" />
  <row Id="22648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12472" RevisionGUID="ae93a130-c118-4f41-b9fe-8cbb81219043" CreationDate="2009-05-27T04:14:32.793" UserId="3571" Text="In current versions of Windows (xp sp3+, vista, win 7) you can query the same WMI provider that Windows Security Center uses to know if an antivirus product installed and up-to-date.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's an example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Set objSWbemServices = GetObject(&quot;winmgmts:\\.\root\SecurityCenter&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    Set colFirewall = objSWbemServices.ExecQuery(&quot;Select * From antivirusProduct&quot;,,48)&#xD;&#xA;    For Each objAntiVirusProduct In colFirewall&#xD;&#xA;      WScript.Echo &quot;companyName: &quot; &amp; objAntiVirusProduct.companyName&#xD;&#xA;      WScript.Echo &quot;displayName: &quot; &amp; objAntiVirusProduct.displayName&#xD;&#xA;      WScript.Echo &quot;instanceGuid: &quot; &amp; objAntiVirusProduct.instanceGuid&#xD;&#xA;      WScript.Echo &quot;onAccessScanningEnabled: &quot; &amp; objAntiVirusProduct.onAccessScanningEnabled&#xD;&#xA;      WScript.Echo &quot;productUptoDate: &quot; &amp; objAntiVirusProduct.productUptoDate&#xD;&#xA;      WScript.Echo &quot;versionNumber: &quot; &amp; objAntiVirusProduct.versionNumber&#xD;&#xA;    Next&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, not all antivirus products will register a WMI provider, but I suspect most of the popular ones will. Also, it's not clear if this is officially supported by Microsoft, so it might go away in future versions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might try it in combination with the other WMI suggestions here, falling back to scanning the installed products if the this doesn't work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12473" RevisionGUID="a667e02a-2ddd-47fe-8162-131c1b93e177" CreationDate="2009-05-27T04:14:42.980" UserId="3489" Text="For network devices RANCID (the automatic config grabber) is ideal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For servers a combination of something like etckeeper (keeping /etc/ in a VCS) and puppet (with its config in a VCS)." />
  <row Id="22650" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12474" RevisionGUID="cff7a683-7ff8-4782-9753-52242720ed9e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T04:16:14.850" UserId="3528" Text="In theory you've already tested application compatibility with the RC on a test system and server. Now that it's released the time to apply it is now. You should make a backup of your standard desktop image and apply the RTM version.  After a quick test on your system (assuming you are not already running windows 7 RC) roll it out to a few test users (number 2 on your list) and after verifying that you have backups, roll it out to the standalone machines. (#1).  While your users are verifying that it won't break their copies of solitare, you can chedule the reboots and downtime to deploy it to your 2008 servers.  All of your servers should have a backup.  This is critical as I have seen servers go belly up during the RC due to driver issues (servers that did not have updated drivers).  If you've kept up on driver updates you can apply the SP2 to windows servers. (#3).  You should now roll out SP2 to the rest of your userbase.  I'm not sure by what you mean by &quot;critical&quot; windows servers.  I'm guessing that those are nonredundant servers with high value business functions (which begs the question how critical can they be of they aren't redundant?).  Ensure that they are up to date on the firmware/driver front before applying the SP and after a few days on the other servers I'd finalize the rollout." />
  <row Id="22651" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12407" RevisionGUID="10aebaaa-1a42-48e0-9ebb-f9114224d5e3" CreationDate="2009-05-27T04:18:14.377" UserId="1293" Comment="added hostname" Text="See if this does what you're looking for. You can set the warning time using the chage command or passwd -w:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # notifypwexp - send mail to users whose passwords are expiring soon&#xD;&#xA;    # designed to be run daily from cron&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # by Dennis Williamson&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # ### SETUP ###&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    admins=&quot;root postmaster&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    hostname=$(hostname --fqdn)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # /etc/shadow is system dependent&#xD;&#xA;    shadowfile=&quot;/etc/shadow&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    # fields in /etc/shadow&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r last=2&#xD;&#xA;    #declare -r may=3 # not used in this script&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r must=4&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r warn=5&#xD;&#xA;    #declare -r grace=6 # not used in this script&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r disable=7&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    declare -r doesntmust=99999&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r warndefault=7&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    passwdfile=&quot;/etc/passwd&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r uidfield=3&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r unamefield=1&#xD;&#xA;    # UID range is system dependent&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r uidmin=1000&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r uidmax=65534 # exclusive&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # remove the hardcoded path from these progs to use them via $PATH&#xD;&#xA;    # mailx is system dependent&#xD;&#xA;    notifyprog=&quot;/bin/mailx&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    grepprog=&quot;/bin/grep&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    awkprog=&quot;/usr/bin/awk&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    dateprog=&quot;/bin/date&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # comment out one of these&#xD;&#xA;    #useUTC=&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    useUTC=&quot;-u&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # +%s is a GNUism - set it to blank and use dateformat if you have&#xD;&#xA;    # a system that uses something else like epochdays, for example&#xD;&#xA;    epochseconds=&quot;+%s&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    dateformat=&quot;&quot;	# blank for GNU when epochseconds=&quot;+%s&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    secondsperday=86400	# set this to 1 for no division&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    today=$(($($dateprog $useUTC $epochseconds $dateformat)/$secondsperday))&#xD;&#xA;    oIFS=$IFS&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # ### END SETUP ###&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # get real users&#xD;&#xA;    users=$($awkprog -F:	-v uidfield=$uidfield \&#xD;&#xA;    			-v unamefield=$unamefield \&#xD;&#xA;    			-v uidmin=$uidmin \&#xD;&#xA;    			-v uidmax=$uidmax \&#xD;&#xA;    			-- '$uidfield&gt;=uidmin &amp;&amp; $uidfield&lt;uidmax \&#xD;&#xA;    				{print $unamefield}' $passwdfile)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    for user in $users;&#xD;&#xA;    do&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	IFS=&quot;:&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	usershadow=$($grepprog ^$user $shadowfile)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	# make an array out of it&#xD;&#xA;    	usershadow=($usershadow)&#xD;&#xA;    	IFS=$oIFS&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	mustchange=${usershadow[$must]}&#xD;&#xA;    	disabledate=${usershadow[$disable]:-$doesntmust}&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	# skip users that aren't expiring or that are disabled&#xD;&#xA;    	if [[ $mustchange -ge $doesntmust || $disabledate -le $today  ]] ; then continue; fi;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	lastchange=${usershadow[$last]}&#xD;&#xA;    	warndays=${usershadow[$warn]:-$warndefault}&#xD;&#xA;    	expdate=$(($lastchange + $mustchange))&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	threshhold=$(($today + $warndays))&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	if [[ $expdate -lt $threshhold ]];&#xD;&#xA;    	then&#xD;&#xA;    		if [[ $expdate -ge $today ]];&#xD;&#xA;    		then&#xD;&#xA;    			echo &quot;Your password on $hostname expires in $(($expdate - $today)) days&quot; | $notifyprog -s &quot;Password expiring soon&quot; $user &#xD;&#xA;    		else&#xD;&#xA;    			echo &quot;The password for user $user on $hostname expired $(($today - $expdate)) days ago.&quot; | $notifyprog -s &quot;User Password Expired: $user&quot; $admins &#xD;&#xA;    		fi&#xD;&#xA;    	fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12475" RevisionGUID="736e3e3b-d030-490a-a9d7-0828814d9cb2" CreationDate="2009-05-27T04:23:57.500" UserId="3571" Text="No.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used Grub4Dos to make a working multiboot USB drive customizable with many different bootable installers and utilities, but it was far from easy. I've looked around a good bit and I'm fairly certain there is no app that does all the MBR setup and bootloader config work for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's one guide if you're interested in doing it the manual way:&#xD;&#xA;[http://informationinsecurity.com/?p=94][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://informationinsecurity.com/?p=94" />
  <row Id="22653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12476" RevisionGUID="12e147c3-2fb3-4b31-9ad7-ad2614d6b1fc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T04:24:37.423" UserId="3489" Text="ntp is your friend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows since XP has had an internal client, you should just use that, and as others have said if you run AD *always* have clients sync of the DC's, then have the DC's sync off reliable unix hosts that get their time from the pool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*nix generally runs &quot;ntpd&quot; which works well, if your ISP runs ntp servers use those, otherwise go for pool.ntp.org" />
  <row Id="22654" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12477" RevisionGUID="5cb00f24-f879-47e0-961b-3352b72a23cb" CreationDate="2009-05-27T04:29:55.430" UserId="3489" Text="The only real way to test is to get out there and survey.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In office areas you end up needing 1 AP every ~15M, for *really* open areas you can get to 30-40M if there's always good line of sight." />
  <row Id="22655" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12478" RevisionGUID="7a6454a7-a6ce-4049-bcc4-abb341ad3754" CreationDate="2009-05-27T04:42:42.720" UserId="3329" Text="Well, I sat down at my PC tonight to do more investigation, looked in my .xinitrc file and saw nothing of concern there, and ran startx again. Everything worked :-/  Go figure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for looking, and to Kyle for answering." />
  <row Id="22656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12479" RevisionGUID="c5b93b20-7b45-479f-bad1-7271205b9d58" CreationDate="2009-05-27T04:53:46.257" UserId="123" Text="After doing a backup then a reinstall of a clients windows xp computer i forgot to create a .pst of their mail from outlook 2003. I have all the data from the old installtion but i dont know where outlook 2003 stores its data. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where abouts can i find this data?" />
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  <row Id="22659" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12480" RevisionGUID="696b76d1-9cf9-46bc-85f0-b2e2ce753d4b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T04:55:54.520" UserId="1067" Text="c:\documents and settings\&lt;Username&gt;\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;by default for PSTs" />
  <row Id="22660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12481" RevisionGUID="d2b97e46-6707-4928-82b7-bc968c68dffc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T04:58:29.710" UserId="3571" Text="Are you going through a TS Gateway and a firewall? If so, here's way may be happening...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you minimize the RemoteApp, the HTTPS/TCP connection the Remote Desktop client is using to tunnel the RDP traffic goes quiet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The firewall, thinking your tunneled RPD session is just a normal HTTPS web browser connection waits for some timeout period after not seeing any activity, and then closes the connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hate to link to them, but ExpertSexChange has a decent discussion of the issue:&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft\_Operating\_Systems/Server/Remote\_Desktop-Terminal\_Services/Q\_24178275.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Their solution was to extend the timeout configured on the firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only other mention I found of this was a release note from a Juniper Networks SSL VPN firmware update. It mentions adding support for RemoteApps. This would lead me to think that there are some networking requirements that might not be documented by Microsoft and vary with each network device and vendor. Link is here: [http://www.juniper-support.blogspot.com/2008_08_01_archive.html][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Server/Remote_Desktop-Terminal_Services/Q_24178275.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.juniper-support.blogspot.com/2008_08_01_archive.html" />
  <row Id="22661" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12482" RevisionGUID="0ce37702-3575-4a76-9d4c-fe9237a8ed80" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:26:23.867" UserId="3581" Text="What open sources tools do you recommend for stress-testing a Linux server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically, we're wanting to thrash the CPU, hard disk array and memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a 4-year-old IBM server that was freezing with it's Windows Server 2003 installation. We're wanting to verify that the issue is not hardware related by testing the major components under high load, with the view of re-purposing the hardware as a LAMP box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One recommendation per response please." />
  <row Id="22662" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12482" RevisionGUID="0ce37702-3575-4a76-9d4c-fe9237a8ed80" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:26:23.867" UserId="3581" Text="What are the best open source tools to stress-test a Linux system?" />
  <row Id="22663" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12482" RevisionGUID="0ce37702-3575-4a76-9d4c-fe9237a8ed80" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:26:23.867" UserId="3581" Text="&lt;stress&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;opensource&gt;&lt;raid&gt;" />
  <row Id="22664" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12483" RevisionGUID="ea37071b-13b3-4fca-b366-77222a0234a1" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:30:27.210" UserId="722" Text="I've migrated Xen instances from one provider to another, by hand (i.e., with no coordination between the providers). The approach below tries to minimise downtime, though there will still be some.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, I do a full `rsync` from the provider 1 to provider 2. Obviously, with daemons still running, this won't be a consistent image. Then, I re-run `rsync`, to bridge the gap a little more. At this stage, the two systems shouldn't be too different.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, shut down all the daemons on provider 1, so that no files are going to get changed. This goes double for database servers and email servers. Do a final `rsync`; this shouldn't take long, given how similar provider 1 and provider 2's files should now be.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, start up daemons on provider 2. Shut down provider 1. Done." />
  <row Id="22665" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12484" RevisionGUID="a2085c11-ff55-49ed-b81e-3f0279490e3f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:31:40.063" UserId="919" Text="Given two computers connected by some network interface, is there an industry standard tool to benchmark performance across that interface?" />
  <row Id="22666" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12484" RevisionGUID="a2085c11-ff55-49ed-b81e-3f0279490e3f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:31:40.063" UserId="919" Text="What program can I use to benchmark network traffic?" />
  <row Id="22667" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12484" RevisionGUID="a2085c11-ff55-49ed-b81e-3f0279490e3f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:31:40.063" UserId="919" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;performance-tuning&gt;&lt;benchmarking&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="22668" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12485" RevisionGUID="b9242f51-7b47-442f-a42c-136a0910316a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:34:05.877" UserId="2617" Text="Without more information regarding the STOP error (e.g. number, parameters) the two main candidates are hardware fault, and driver errors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the controller was in use in the old server it's probably OK and just a driver update might solve the problem. Unless it was a power issue that caused the old server to fail..." />
  <row Id="22669" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12486" RevisionGUID="b38cf461-3eb2-4c64-aa47-0dea75b43cc2" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:34:52.663" UserId="3591" Text="I'm a newbie to server admin, but I'm trying to get my head around our Apache server. I got a shock when I tried to tail the Apache error logs. Even after greping the logs so I was only seeing actual errors, I was getting about 1 error per second. The Apache Server Status page says the server is handling ~6.3 requests per second.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This seems like an insanely high rate of errors to me, but I'm unfamiliar with how most servers in the wild perform.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Am I looking at a server in desperate need of help (as I suspect)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or is this normal?" />
  <row Id="22670" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12486" RevisionGUID="b38cf461-3eb2-4c64-aa47-0dea75b43cc2" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:34:52.663" UserId="3591" Text="Apache errors?" />
  <row Id="22671" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12486" RevisionGUID="b38cf461-3eb2-4c64-aa47-0dea75b43cc2" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:34:52.663" UserId="3591" Text="&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="22675" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12488" RevisionGUID="de8a9af4-eab8-4b66-b5b5-fbabe58d2f5e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:39:15.133" UserId="3580" Text="Something no-one seems to have touched on yet: the psychological effect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I ran a server from home (which acted as my domain's mail server), I found I was constantly paranoid about it staying up. I was always pinging it to make sure that it wouldn't drop that potentially important e-mail. On the occasions that I couldn't access it, panic set in; has the house just been robbed? burnt down?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, you may be far less prone to such thoughts than I  ;)" />
  <row Id="22676" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12489" RevisionGUID="5fc5854d-8c71-4dfb-9b03-3fd80a93a8dd" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:39:22.280" UserId="3600" Text="Please list the errors you are seeing. Generally, no it's not normal, ie &quot;YOU'RE DOING IT RONG.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More than likely you have a bad conf setting." />
  <row Id="22677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12490" RevisionGUID="58ed7bc9-c7ca-4155-8d48-b8bdb4c65573" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:39:55.100" UserId="1280" Text="If you're getting errors, then you need to fix the cause. If you're getting warnings that you don't want, then you need to fix the problems (or reduce the [LogLevel][1])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Without any more information (such as what errors you're seeing) it's impossible to give you any further assistance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/core.html#loglevel" />
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  <row Id="22681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12493" RevisionGUID="51d4bbe9-e1ce-4397-a94a-0d88210bc11f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:40:35.053" UserId="3567" Text="I installed apache on ubuntu by doing the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo -i&#xD;&#xA;    cd /usr/local/src&#xD;&#xA;    wget http://apache.mirrors.tds.net/httpd/httpd-2.2.11.tar.gz&#xD;&#xA;    tar -xvf httpd-2.2.11.tar.gz&#xD;&#xA;    cd httpd-2.11.9&#xD;&#xA;    ./configure --enable-layout=Debian --enable-deflate --enable-proxy --enable-proxy-html --enable-proxy-http --enable-proxy-balancer --enable-rewrite --enable-cache --enable-mem-cache --enable-ssl --enable-headers --enable-mods-shared=most&#xD;&#xA;    make&#xD;&#xA;    make install&#xD;&#xA;    exit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then I installed php5 by doing the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo apt-get install php5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I have 2 versions of apache:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tony@bootsy/etc/apache2 $ apachectl -v       &#xD;&#xA;    Server version: Apache/2.2.11 (Unix)&#xD;&#xA;    Server built:   May 26 2009 21:57:13&#xD;&#xA;      tony@bootsy/etc/apache2 $ apache2ctl -v&#xD;&#xA;    Server version: Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu)&#xD;&#xA;    Server built:   Mar 10 2009 18:09:51&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried apt-get remove, apt-get autoremove, etc. They all still leave traces of apache.  I obviously only want one version of apache running...but I am also not sure which...would it be best to run Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu)? Regardless, how can I remove the other version?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is not obvious how to install php5 without apache...which I think is crazy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="22682" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12493" RevisionGUID="51d4bbe9-e1ce-4397-a94a-0d88210bc11f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:40:35.053" UserId="3567" Text="I have 2 versions of apache running on Ubuntu, how can I remove 1?" />
  <row Id="22683" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12493" RevisionGUID="51d4bbe9-e1ce-4397-a94a-0d88210bc11f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:40:35.053" UserId="3567" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;installation&gt;&lt;php&gt;" />
  <row Id="22684" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12494" RevisionGUID="5fb07871-3692-4f08-8f76-077ec3ef9c46" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:40:44.693" UserId="2617" Text="As suggested by Alexander's comment, it sounds like you may be trying to change the access control lists through the IIS management interface when you actually need to change individual directory ACLs through Explorer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may also need to change the way Explorer shows security and sharing information (Tools menu, Folder Options..., View tab) to disable &quot;Simple Sharing&quot; or &quot;Sharing Wizard&quot;." />
  <row Id="22687" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12496" RevisionGUID="009b8de3-455f-4dc5-868e-a3479bb9434a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:42:23.973" UserId="3528" Text="For windows you shouldn't need to &quot;track&quot; patch levels of the OS as that can be queried at any time via WMI.  If you are following change management you can do a global query before and after a change to verify the results of an OS patch. (make sure the MSI provider is installed)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Driver updates should be tracked (wmi can be used to query them but it's not worth the effort to try to catch them all)&#xD;&#xA;Software application updates should be kept in the CMDB but (except for initially) should come from change management&#xD;&#xA;If you really wanted to track registry changes set a group policy to enable file and object access and choose which keys to audit (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324739).  This isn't for a CMDB but will allow you to track who is making changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So that's what folks typically want to track in a CMDB and why it's sometimes not a good idea so what should go into a CMDB.  The answer is it depends.  An ITIL defined CMDB may or may not care about machine configs unless that particular machine config pertains to a service. ACMDB might also contain an asset tracking solution (for things like hardware config location and warranty info) but is more about relationships of a particular Configuration Item to other CI.  Relationships include things like &quot;is responsible for&quot;, &quot;is connected to&quot;, &quot;depends on&quot; and (more difficult but in many cases more important) &quot;required for SLA tier_&quot;.  In short, record what's required to recreate the service - not the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example.  If email was the service I'd list things like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hardware:&#xD;&#xA;64 bit CPU, 3gb of ram (based on # of users on @today) 7gb of space for server install, 100 gb of storage for exchange dbs and recovery (based on usage as of @today), dvd rom drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Software: Server 2003 R2, Exchange 2007 SP2, MPIO drivers for the SAN&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;etc... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CMDBs are not typically for server admin usage. Admins will be far happier with an asset management solution.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22688" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7493" RevisionGUID="f91f4091-1db0-4dda-82c8-0938f1e34324" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:44:08.353" UserId="764" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ubuntu-9.04&gt;" />
  <row Id="22689" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12493" RevisionGUID="194db339-76a0-4190-a078-7ee21b6a8a53" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:44:17.293" UserId="45" Comment="added 3 characters in body; edited title" Text="I installed apache on ubuntu by doing the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo -i&#xD;&#xA;    cd /usr/local/src&#xD;&#xA;    wget http://apache.mirrors.tds.net/httpd/httpd-2.2.11.tar.gz&#xD;&#xA;    tar -xvf httpd-2.2.11.tar.gz&#xD;&#xA;    cd httpd-2.11.9&#xD;&#xA;    ./configure --enable-layout=Debian --enable-deflate --enable-proxy --enable-proxy-html --enable-proxy-http --enable-proxy-balancer --enable-rewrite --enable-cache --enable-mem-cache --enable-ssl --enable-headers --enable-mods-shared=most&#xD;&#xA;    make&#xD;&#xA;    make install&#xD;&#xA;    exit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then I installed php5 by doing the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo apt-get install php5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I have two versions of apache:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tony@bootsy/etc/apache2 $ apachectl -v       &#xD;&#xA;    Server version: Apache/2.2.11 (Unix)&#xD;&#xA;    Server built:   May 26 2009 21:57:13&#xD;&#xA;      tony@bootsy/etc/apache2 $ apache2ctl -v&#xD;&#xA;    Server version: Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu)&#xD;&#xA;    Server built:   Mar 10 2009 18:09:51&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried apt-get remove, apt-get autoremove, etc. They all still leave traces of apache.  I obviously only want one version of apache running...but I am also not sure which...would it be best to run Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu)? Regardless, how can I remove the other version?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is not obvious how to install php5 without apache... which I think is crazy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="22690" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="12493" RevisionGUID="194db339-76a0-4190-a078-7ee21b6a8a53" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:44:17.293" UserId="45" Comment="added 3 characters in body; edited title" Text="I have two versions of apache running on Ubuntu, how can I remove one?" />
  <row Id="22691" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12497" RevisionGUID="1185c432-c824-42a9-9eb4-d2f5e3c9ab9f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:44:50.630" UserId="1456" Text="Remove it as any other windows update as stated, unless you've done a service pack.  Because PS is installed as an update, service packing removes the uninstall cache.  Honestly, it's easier to roll back the SP, remove the PS update, and re-service pack the thing.  So either upgrade to vista or don't make any plans ;)" />
  <row Id="22692" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12498" RevisionGUID="b01f8711-1b75-49fb-bf57-3d147ce0895f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:45:20.240" UserId="3600" Text="Look for the httpd file. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In many linux systems its located here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try editing that file and seeing if you are starting up 2 versions of the apache http daemon. Delete the lines starting the one you dont want." />
  <row Id="22694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12499" RevisionGUID="a115de55-6c8e-4063-b572-e3613f8bdc02" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:49:26.393" UserDisplayName="M H" Text="Stress &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;weather.ou.edu/~apw/projects/stress/" />
  <row Id="22695" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12500" RevisionGUID="948bbc16-5ad6-4553-9cf3-a70bdf33db48" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:49:29.810" UserId="2824" Text="NFSv4 does user@DOMAIN lookups (not simple UID/GID enforcement like NFSv3) so you need to have the same authentication database (files, LDAP, whatever) on both systems. With v3 all you need is to have the same UID/GID as the file...not necessarily the same username. If you don't need any of the features of v4, I'd recommend going with v3 on Linux. Historically, Linux has had a pretty flaky v4 implementation." />
  <row Id="22696" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12501" RevisionGUID="3976285e-d2c3-4824-b184-42d7869055bc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:50:15.470" UserId="3611" Text="Test run netperf, Nettest or TTCP. not sure of the industry standard status thou.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Offtopic: new users aren't allowed to add hyperlinks?" />
  <row Id="22697" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12479" RevisionGUID="39a8cdcb-96ff-4b04-9e58-a33e269282b7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:50:30.900" UserId="45" Comment="added 4 characters in body; edited title" Text="After doing a backup, then a reinstall of a client's Windows XP computer I forgot to create a .pst of their mail from outlook 2003. I have all the data from the old installation but I don't know where Outlook 2003 stores its data. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where abouts can I find this data?" />
  <row Id="22698" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="12479" RevisionGUID="39a8cdcb-96ff-4b04-9e58-a33e269282b7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:50:30.900" UserId="45" Comment="added 4 characters in body; edited title" Text="Location of Outlook 2003 data" />
  <row Id="22700" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12502" RevisionGUID="16674125-10b2-4645-8762-9b88cdc8d063" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:54:06.587" UserId="3611" Text="I recommened iobit's Smart Defrag" />
  <row Id="22701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12503" RevisionGUID="a8abc13e-849f-4d83-82f2-45ec5f3df997" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:54:35.087" UserId="919" Text="Virtual Shotguns?" />
  <row Id="22702" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12503" RevisionGUID="a8abc13e-849f-4d83-82f2-45ec5f3df997" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:54:35.087" UserId="919" Text="What is a zombie process and how do I kill it?" />
  <row Id="22703" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12503" RevisionGUID="a8abc13e-849f-4d83-82f2-45ec5f3df997" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:54:35.087" UserId="919" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;job-control&gt;&lt;zombie&gt;" />
  <row Id="22704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12504" RevisionGUID="37a93fdb-4695-4158-acf0-3dcb7692da47" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:55:12.310" UserId="2302" Text="[IOBit SmartDefrag][1] is fantastic -- we used to shell out for the cadillac version of Diskeeper for our servers, but now we just  use SmartDefrag.  It's got all the functionality in the sfotware we were paying for, and even has a feature that optimizes the placement of more frequently used files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.iobit.com/iobitsmartdefrag.html" />
  <row Id="22706" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12506" RevisionGUID="b69dd156-2859-4f08-a4e4-07cc892fa0ec" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:57:01.620" UserDisplayName="RyanHickman" Text="You also might want to &quot;chgrp&quot; from &quot;root&quot; to &quot;www-data&quot; to be sure that any file upload scripts located in the public directory are able to properly save files to that directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There should be no reason for &quot;root&quot; to be the owner group for &quot;public&quot; that I can see." />
  <row Id="22707" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12507" RevisionGUID="4d149924-3442-4cef-ab47-075e1710ca81" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:58:35.097" UserId="123" Text="I found a hosted solution that has a great interface and a very easy to use wysiwyg editor. The name of the service is [pbworks][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://pbworks.com" />
  <row Id="22708" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12508" RevisionGUID="72166a4b-1095-4802-8adf-99029ca2b901" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:58:40.947" UserId="3600" Text="A zombie process is a process that has finished executing, but is still listed in the process table.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**kill -9 [parent process_name]** will put it down, with extreme prejudice." />
  <row Id="22709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12509" RevisionGUID="e253a9e4-92ad-4eb9-af07-a33c4a84e62d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T05:59:31.957" UserDisplayName="Slavin" Text="Be careful if running CentOS 5.2 or the RHEL equal on the client side. There is a kernel/nfs-utils bug that will cause the system to hang." />
  <row Id="22710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12510" RevisionGUID="459242a7-d6eb-4e46-9eea-fa059d252ad4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:00:06.950" UserId="2302" Text="It's a process that has been completely deallocated but still exists in the process table.  [Contrast this with an orphan process,][1] whose parent has died but is still executing.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here's] [2] [some] [3] [advice][4] on getting rid of them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_process&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/faq/part3/section-13.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/killing-zombie-process.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://linuxshellaccount.blogspot.com/2008/05/killing-zombie-processes-in-linux-and.html" />
  <row Id="22711" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12484" RevisionGUID="02a4015b-c81c-4684-aab8-77fe4e27d017" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:01:31.687" UserId="919" Comment="refocus question on publication" Text="Given two computers connected by some network interface, is there a standard tool used by  an academics publishing in peer-reviewed journals to benchmark performance across that interface? " />
  <row Id="22712" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12511" RevisionGUID="2fbb5255-7b5e-4455-a9ae-b61ea754851b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:01:38.257" UserId="3610" Text="I like the article from Massimo Re Ferre' A brief architecture overview of VMware ESX, XEN and MS Viridian at it20.ifo (It's a bit older, so refers to Hyper-V by its codename, Viridian, but it's still current as far as architecture goes.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding Kev's answer above ) on &quot;How to Correctly Explain the Architectural Differences between Hyper-V and ESX: Greg Shields is a knowledgeable guy but describing the details of hypervisor architecture in a simple way can get tricky. Ken Cline lays out a few corrections in his blog post, Reaction to: “How to Correctly Explain the Architectural Differences Between Hyper-V and ESX” at kensvirtualreality.wordpress.com (Full disclaimer: I work for VMware and Ken recently joined VMware.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fortunately, the precise details of the architecture don't matter much in day-to-day sysadmin life. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I'm new, so I can't post links, so feel free to add them to this answer.)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12512" RevisionGUID="c4c5c2d8-e3ec-421b-8a36-3e0d0594dd86" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:04:23.087" UserId="45" Text="Outlook 2003 saves its data in so called &quot;Personal Folder Files&quot; .pst, which is an acryonym for &quot;Personal Storage Table.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The .pst personal folder file is stored in a folder of your Windows profile. If you don't change the path manually, the standard path on a Windows XP installation is &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Documents and Settings\PROFILE_NAME\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One important advice: if the user had *&quot;auto archive&quot;* enabled, there could be another (or more) .pst in your backup: `archive.pst`. The file contains objects which were exported in order to keep the main .pst file from growing too large. Search for all *.pst files. " />
  <row Id="22714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12513" RevisionGUID="ebf790b1-b9e4-45e6-a648-a3f1f95d3fb0" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:04:44.037" UserId="3641" Text="I would like to make them store data in a encrypted location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am also interested in Thunderbird, postbox etc... " />
  <row Id="22715" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12513" RevisionGUID="ebf790b1-b9e4-45e6-a648-a3f1f95d3fb0" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:04:44.037" UserId="3641" Text="Where does OS-X store Mail.app data - and likewise for other email clients..." />
  <row Id="22716" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12513" RevisionGUID="ebf790b1-b9e4-45e6-a648-a3f1f95d3fb0" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:04:44.037" UserId="3641" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="22717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12514" RevisionGUID="88890239-8884-47dd-b368-a1028f74af4c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:05:26.580" UserId="2824" Text="Use the OpenSolaris Live CD: http://www.opensolaris.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Boot the Live CD and mount your partition...then clear out the password in the shadow file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will work if you're using UFS or ZFS root." />
  <row Id="22718" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12515" RevisionGUID="c74ca04b-6f98-4986-9257-334171b9ec84" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:06:26.843" UserId="3601" Text="The best approach is to baseline your web performance from sites with known good connectivity.  Once you have that established, you can then begin the fairly straightforward process of establishing the cause of latency for your particular client &lt;--&gt; web application issue from the client in question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My recommendations for baselining latency would be pingdom.com - $10/month gets you rock solid (I've been using them for the last six months - every issue they've reported has been real) latency analysis from multiple locations on the Internet as well as monitoring/notification for website down issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of particular importance to your requirements, is that they establish an audit log of your web sites performance from multiple locations in the United States, as well as internationally.  This can prove useful if you have a transient issue and you wish to look back historically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Being able to provide your boss (who is your target audience in the question) a graph of average latency from twelve different locations provides a strong foundation for identifying the client-side issues (WiFi, DNS, laptop problems) versus an issue with the website's base performance AND connection to the Internet.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DNS server issues, of course, can be immediately remedied by having the client place the appropriate hostname-&gt;IP mappings in the local /etc/hosts (or, in the case of Windows, C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts) file - If the issue disappears when you have the appropriate /etc/hosts file configured, it's a very strong indicator that there is an issue in your resolver chain (local resolver, first DNS server in the chain, or canonical)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22719" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12516" RevisionGUID="7ee62cbc-1861-43da-a127-06fd73e9b474" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:06:33.410" UserId="3611" Text="What is the best Antivirus for a Windows Domain Network?" />
  <row Id="22720" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12516" RevisionGUID="7ee62cbc-1861-43da-a127-06fd73e9b474" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:06:33.410" UserId="3611" Text="What is the best Antivirus for a Windows Domain Network?" />
  <row Id="22721" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12516" RevisionGUID="7ee62cbc-1861-43da-a127-06fd73e9b474" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:06:33.410" UserId="3611" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;antivirus&gt;" />
  <row Id="22722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12517" RevisionGUID="fac460c1-e824-4569-be1a-e9b46c904503" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:06:48.510" UserId="3250" Text="If the data hadn't been backed up, the default file for the Outlook account files won't be .PST, but .OST.  Only backups and archives will have the .PST file extension." />
  <row Id="22723" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12518" RevisionGUID="71ba2d44-6745-4b0d-8714-0b37952cd6ac" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:09:08.227" UserId="3640" Text="Hi, I'm not sure of the exact terminology here as I'm not a network pro but I've run into this issue a couple of times as a developer. Edits encouraged!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I create a virtual machine on a desktop and add it to active directory and then distribute the VM to other network users to use, how do we mitigate active directory (SID) conflicts?" />
  <row Id="22724" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12518" RevisionGUID="71ba2d44-6745-4b0d-8714-0b37952cd6ac" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:09:08.227" UserId="3640" Text="How do I add a cloned VM to Active Directory without conflicting with other clones?" />
  <row Id="22725" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12518" RevisionGUID="71ba2d44-6745-4b0d-8714-0b37952cd6ac" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:09:08.227" UserId="3640" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="22726" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12516" RevisionGUID="d5ad3cef-f06d-4bcb-b558-36527cc4e6e0" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:09:15.103" UserId="58" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windowsserver&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;antivirus&gt;" />
  <row Id="22727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12519" RevisionGUID="4ed8a853-9ed4-43b0-87b9-e90c8cf186fe" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:12:31.307" UserId="3610" Text="VMware has a great page of resources with white papers on virtualizing Exchange: www.vmware.com/solutions/business-critical-apps/exchange/resources.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We also did a nice podcast with community members asking questions to the VMware experts on this. blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2009/01/virtualizing-exchange-roundtable-podcast-32.html sysadmin1138 is right -- getting your storage right is critical.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because you can scale out with more VMs instead of scaling up with one big machine, we've put 16,000 Exchange mailboxes on one server -- so you should still have a bit of headroom with 150!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22728" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12520" RevisionGUID="91bcf508-d5a7-44a8-bf46-1af6d3f8019b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:15:00.460" UserId="3250" Text="If the question is &quot;What Antivirus works well with windows domains to have policies and updates managed?&quot; then I'd suggest looking for security suites that will:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Ability for Group Policy to manage application settings&#xD;&#xA; - Central management for being able to push updates to clients and servers on the network&#xD;&#xA; - Ability to restrict access to settings and passwords to administrators&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One example of a product that can do all these things is McAfee's security suite (VirusScan, ePO etc.)" />
  <row Id="22729" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12521" RevisionGUID="93a1517b-17c8-4ce6-a39f-5d94fa8d3322" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:16:06.900" UserId="1233" Text="### Mail.app&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mail.app stores messages as .emlx files in `~/Library/Mail/TYPE-ACCOUNT/` eg. `~/Library/Mail/POP-user@example.com/`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Thunderbird&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thunderbird stores it's data in `~/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/[string].default/`. There are two folders, one called `Mail` that will hold the Local Folders and if you have an IMAP account a folder called `ImapMail` that will hold the IMAP messages if downloaded. The [string] is a random alphanumeric string.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Postbox&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Postbox which is based off of Thunderbird stores it in much the same manner but at `~/Library/Application Support/Postbox/[string].default/`." />
  <row Id="22730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12522" RevisionGUID="92956283-685e-4f85-9433-17b3984bb168" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:16:42.967" UserId="2854" Text="It's in `~/Library/Mail`." />
  <row Id="22731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12523" RevisionGUID="f5b016c4-3c63-44af-9ee1-8fd0fb9ad54c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:16:58.177" UserId="3627" Text="The way that the DynDNS service works is by hosting the DNS service on their systems while you have a client that updates the record on their systems.  There is truly nothing special about the service.  If you are trying to determine what your external IP address is, you can always do a DNS query on the hostname you have assigned on the service.  If you are not hosting any externally accessible services (such as a web server or VPN), then you could simply use a site that will tell you what your external IP is (or even view the DHCP address on the DSL modem which usually has a web-based interface.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Off-topic:&#xD;&#xA;If you are doing any kind of serious hosting of services, I'd highly recommend either changing to a static IP service with your ISP, or for just web hosting, outsourcing to a dedicated hosting service." />
  <row Id="22732" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12524" RevisionGUID="1b31a768-377b-474a-a2b6-28f8b32ca670" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:17:54.993" UserId="2302" Text="For us it came down to Symantec Endpoint Protection and ESET Nod32/Smart Security.  Both have excellent central management features, and both score well on detection rates and not sucking up system resources.  We went with ESET based on a bad experience with the trialware of Symantec while evaluating both.  ESET was cheaper, as a bonus.  Goes to show you it's good to try before you buy, which you can do with most business class AV suites." />
  <row Id="22733" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12525" RevisionGUID="574a54ab-bdf1-414f-8c66-3383322f77e3" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:18:14.603" UserId="3642" Text="When doing 'make install' you probably installed an apache built from source in directories which should be managed by the distribution.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're lucky apache has a 'make uninstall' which should remove all the files it installed.  Otherwise, do a make install again and log the output to check which files/directories it installed, and remove those.  After you are done, re-install the apache supplied by Ubuntu (apt-get install --reinstall) as some of its files may have been deleted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next time, make sure to install it somewhere which isn't managed by the distribution:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;./configure --prefix=/usr/local &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or even better &quot;./configure --prefix=/opt/apache-2.2.11&quot; and create symlinks where you need them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; It is not obvious how to install php5&#xD;&#xA;&gt; without apache... which I think is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; crazy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Ubuntu supplied PHP has been compiled against and tested with the Ubuntu supplied apache. If you install a different apache yourself, you will also have to install php yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to use the Ubuntu supplied PHP with a apache compiled with slightly different options, look into building an Ubuntu package from source (apt-get source is a starting point).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22734" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12526" RevisionGUID="943971a5-a2d8-4765-93aa-22d4316a2e2a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:18:59.360" UserId="3652" Text="I was wondering if anyone good a tutorial showing how this can be done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example one of the clients asked you to broadcast a TV channel online on the net." />
  <row Id="22735" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12526" RevisionGUID="943971a5-a2d8-4765-93aa-22d4316a2e2a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:18:59.360" UserId="3652" Text="Setting Up a Live Broadcast " />
  <row Id="22736" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12526" RevisionGUID="943971a5-a2d8-4765-93aa-22d4316a2e2a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:18:59.360" UserId="3652" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;server-configuration&gt;" />
  <row Id="22737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12527" RevisionGUID="bd57bd6e-1bde-4f62-83e1-ebc124415a58" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:19:21.933" UserId="3489" Text="I find Postscipt worth paying for as professional graphics apps, as well as all macs &amp; *nix machines use postscript nativly, and the translation from PostScript to PCL is not complete (by design PCL was to be a cheap rip-off so HP didn't have to pay Adobe for every printer).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In theory colour should be really close with both, however if you send jobs out to be printed using postscript is better there as well as almost every professional printer should be using PS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't have the equipment to recalibrate (remember each set of toner will be slightly different) just use the vendor's profile as it should be a good average; that assumes the printer is coming from a vendor like Xerox who do things properly (the top HP kit is also good)." />
  <row Id="22738" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12528" RevisionGUID="d1457fb4-6c4d-49e1-bae8-e24696976002" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:20:10.980" UserId="2854" Text="I like **bwm-ng**." />
  <row Id="22739" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12521" RevisionGUID="a6ac3a8f-640f-48a7-9c93-73b5261812b1" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:22:13.177" UserId="1233" Text="### Mail.app&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mail.app stores messages as .emlx files in `~/Library/Mail/TYPE-ACCOUNT/` eg. `~/Library/Mail/POP-user@example.com/`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### [Thunderbird](http://www.mozillamessaging.com/thunderbird/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thunderbird stores it's data in `~/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/[string].default/`. There are two folders, one called `Mail` that will hold the Local Folders and if you have an IMAP account a folder called `ImapMail` that will hold the IMAP messages if downloaded. The [string] is a random alphanumeric string.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### [Postbox](http://www.postbox-inc.com/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Postbox which is based off of Thunderbird stores it in much the same manner but at `~/Library/Application Support/Postbox/[string].default/`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### [GyazMail](http://www.gyazsquare.com/gyazmail/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;GyazMail stores it's data in `~/Library/Application Support/GyazMail (data)/`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### [Mailsmith](http://www.barebones.com/products/mailsmith/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MailSmith stores it's data in `~/Documents/Mailsmith User Data/`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To store you email in an encrypted location you can make an alias (`ln -s ORIGINAL DESTINATION`) onto an encrypted disk image if you'd like. Alternatively you could use FileVault that will encrypt your entire home folder. However if the messages are sitting on a server somewhere (eg. not removed by a POP account or using an IMAP account) then the messages are still available unencrypted on the mail server." />
  <row Id="22740" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12529" RevisionGUID="e052714e-4dc1-4694-8a7b-dd470a51a4ae" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:24:28.913" UserId="2467" Text="Easiest method is to run [newsid.exe from Sysinternals][1] on each distributed VM.&#xD;&#xA;It changes the SID (and optionally renames the PC) so conflicts don't occur.&#xD;&#xA;It's best to create the VM while the guest is an a Workgroup. Then distribute the VM, run newsid.exe and then add the guest to the domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively you can use [Sysprep][2] to prepare the VM, it achieves the same thing and is more of an automated process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897418.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302577" />
  <row Id="22741" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12530" RevisionGUID="d1d5e316-f691-45a0-948a-f6f23f1dbddf" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:24:32.470" UserId="3657" Text="I would agree also with sysadmin1138.  Memory and disk are your most critical points to consider in an implementation of that size.  The system I administer has about 300 users with Exchange 2007 and BES virtualized with just about every other server in our environment as well on a pair of ESX servers.  While memory is easily managed, estimated, and utilized, disk can be more challenging.  Avoid SATA disk systems for Exchange due to the I/O limitations.  Stick with SAS or FiberChannel disk.  We use a NetApp 3020 system and have had great success with it in a VMware environment.  That may be too much of an investment for your project though.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And as Mr. Troyer mentioned, VMware has some great information for virtualizing key applications like Exchange.  I've managed two different shops where I've virtualized nearly 100% of my systems and have yet to have any kind of performance issues when using quality disk systems.  Memory, as I said, is easy to manage and even overcommitting my host's memory still gives me a 12:1 virtual to physical ratio with great performance.  Disk is far more critical and easier to get yourself in trouble by buying too little in terms of performance." />
  <row Id="22742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12531" RevisionGUID="ff167b85-7b70-4e50-92e0-008f27b246c4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:24:34.137" UserId="919" Text="In Linux land, people are pursuing a couple of different strategies:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Configuration constraint systems**, like [cfengine][1] or [puppet][2]. These are similar to windows GPOs. Point being that all the server configuration is intentionally documented in a single place and you know at what granularity (server room, group, specific server) the policy is enacted. This won't quite save you from &quot;what was the hell was different six months ago?&quot; but it does let you just nuke a server config and rebuild from scratch. You might put the cfengine and puppet policies under revision control to answer the question.&#xD;&#xA; - **Revision controlling /etc**. Generally, Linux programs store their configuration in one place, /etc. The daring are beginning to write scripts to put /etc into revision control. One such program I know of is [etckeeper][3]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;Description: store /etc in git, mercurial, bzr or darcs&#xD;&#xA; The etckeeper program is a tool to let /etc be stored in a git, mercurial,&#xD;&#xA; bzr or darcs repository. It hooks into APT to automatically commit changes&#xD;&#xA; made to /etc during package upgrades. It tracks file metadata that version&#xD;&#xA; control systems do not normally support, but that is important for /etc, such&#xD;&#xA; as the permissions of /etc/shadow. It's quite modular and configurable, while&#xD;&#xA; also being simple to use if you understand the basics of working with version&#xD;&#xA; control.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cfengine.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/etckeeper&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22743" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12531" RevisionGUID="ff167b85-7b70-4e50-92e0-008f27b246c4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:24:34.137" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="22744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12532" RevisionGUID="0ea655bf-524c-43f7-8b67-8b30d55cc916" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:28:07.470" UserId="3668" Text="maybe &quot;unetbootin dot sf dot net&quot; or one of the links mentioned ther (&quot;gujin dot sourceforge dot net&quot;) will get you started." />
  <row Id="22745" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12533" RevisionGUID="bee4e354-2410-4477-8261-8147b51aef35" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:29:07.530" UserId="3548" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is my 2nd question relating to DateTime. We test our application for all known possibilities and bugs. I came across this issue a year back and after a lot of research I posted an [article on CodeProject][1] on this topic. This article will explain what year 2038 bug is and how it can adversely affect many of our applications tomorrow. Explaining full details of year 2038 bug was beyond the scope of this question so I've referred to an article which has been written by myself only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Link Txt: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/bugs/The-Year-2038-Bug.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What are the applications [server apps, client apps, infrastructure solutions s/w &amp; h/w] which we are using currently that are vulnerable to this bug ?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the solutions for the year 2038 bug ? How is it possible to upgrade our solutions and applications to deal against the problem ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This question is very futuristic but it's worth the discussion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/bugs/The-Year-2038-Bug.aspx" />
  <row Id="22746" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12533" RevisionGUID="bee4e354-2410-4477-8261-8147b51aef35" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:29:07.530" UserId="3548" Text="Year 2038 bug: Effects and Solution ?" />
  <row Id="22747" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12533" RevisionGUID="bee4e354-2410-4477-8261-8147b51aef35" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:29:07.530" UserId="3548" Text="&lt;time&gt;" />
  <row Id="22748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12534" RevisionGUID="271dc5f2-3414-4920-8cff-d01b52672b1f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:29:32.520" UserId="3682" Text="You should always create a master image using sysprep and then use it as a part of the VM library. If you are using SCVMM, it becomes easy to perform an action like this. You can have the VM templates/clones added to the SCVMM library and then deploy it on a need basis." />
  <row Id="22749" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12516" RevisionGUID="7dbdfde3-3a31-471f-8ff6-9692cad62b34" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:30:03.033" UserId="1233" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windowsserver&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;antivirus&gt;" />
  <row Id="22750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12535" RevisionGUID="55805f40-815b-48d6-a268-b6fe2abb4bf7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:31:16.213" UserId="1740" Text="In what cases would it be considered OK to use open-source firewalls to protect/secure/filter a company network?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There seems to be many open source firewall alternatives (pfSense, smoothwall, m0n0wall) for a small business, that will save the company money by lowering the initial cost." />
  <row Id="22751" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12535" RevisionGUID="55805f40-815b-48d6-a268-b6fe2abb4bf7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:31:16.213" UserId="1740" Text="Open source firewall or commercial firewall" />
  <row Id="22752" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12535" RevisionGUID="55805f40-815b-48d6-a268-b6fe2abb4bf7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:31:16.213" UserId="1740" Text="&lt;firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="22753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12536" RevisionGUID="78d20727-30c0-42ca-bb3b-f5db19a6b430" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:31:25.777" UserId="28" Text="I know you were joking about the virtual shotgun, but you may enjoy reading http://www.cs.unm.edu/~dlchao/flake/doom/chi/chi.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.cs.unm.edu/~dlchao/flake/doom/chi/emacs.gif&quot; /&gt;" />
  <row Id="22754" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12533" RevisionGUID="8d91acd4-8545-4b2c-acc3-e142020b5e3c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:31:40.333" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 16 characters in body; edited title" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is my second question relating to DateTime. We test our application for all known possibilities of bugs. I came across this issue a year back and after a lot of research I posted an [article on CodeProject][1] on this topic. This article will explain the what year 2038 bug is and how it can many of our applications tomorrow. Explaining full details of year 2038 bug was beyond the scope of this question so I've referred to an article which has been written by myself only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Link text: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/bugs/The-Year-2038-Bug.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What are the applications (server apps, client apps, infrastructure solutions s/w &amp; h/w) which we are using currently that are vulnerable to this bug ?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the solutions for the year 2038 bug? How is it possible to upgrade our solutions and applications to deal against the problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This question is very futuristic but it's worth the discussion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/bugs/The-Year-2038-Bug.aspx" />
  <row Id="22755" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="12533" RevisionGUID="8d91acd4-8545-4b2c-acc3-e142020b5e3c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:31:40.333" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 16 characters in body; edited title" Text="Year 2038 bug: Effects and Solution?" />
  <row Id="22756" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="12533" RevisionGUID="f1c6cd70-f07e-4092-9183-1486e89d63fe" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:32:26.150" UserId="3548" Comment="updated title" Text="The Year 2038 Bug - Y2K38 Problem - Many of your applications will crash: Effects and Solution ?" />
  <row Id="22757" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12521" RevisionGUID="30c3546f-f98e-4cbd-9c0e-1bff87a01a06" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:34:00.687" UserId="1233" Comment="Clarify and give better CLI example." Text="### Mail.app&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mail.app stores messages as .emlx files in `~/Library/Mail/TYPE-ACCOUNT/` eg. `~/Library/Mail/POP-user@example.com/`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### [Thunderbird](http://www.mozillamessaging.com/thunderbird/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thunderbird stores it's data in `~/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/[string].default/`. There are two folders, one called `Mail` that will hold the Local Folders and if you have an IMAP account a folder called `ImapMail` that will hold the IMAP messages if downloaded. The [string] is a random alphanumeric string.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### [Postbox](http://www.postbox-inc.com/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Postbox which is based off of Thunderbird stores it in much the same manner but at `~/Library/Application Support/Postbox/[string].default/`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### [GyazMail](http://www.gyazsquare.com/gyazmail/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;GyazMail stores it's data in `~/Library/Application Support/GyazMail (data)/`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### [Mailsmith](http://www.barebones.com/products/mailsmith/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MailSmith stores it's data in `~/Documents/Mailsmith User Data/`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To store you email in an encrypted location you can make an alias (`ln -s ORIGINAL DESTINATION` - eg. `ln -s ~/Library/Mail /Volumes/EncrypedImage/`) onto an encrypted disk image made using Disk Utility if you'd like. Just ensure that the disk image is available or you'll find the data is being stored in a folder at `/Volumes/EncryptedImage` instead of actually on the image.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively you could use FileVault that will encrypt your entire home folder. However if the messages are sitting on a server somewhere (eg. not removed by a POP account or using an IMAP account) then the messages are still available unencrypted on the mail server." />
  <row Id="22758" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12537" RevisionGUID="60dfdcbf-01f4-470e-974d-208cba7aa716" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:34:06.553" UserId="3611" Text="My manager was wondering if I could monitor employees activity such as Internet history, email messeges (email hosted externally) and other applications like LimeWire and Solitaire. I am managing Windows Domain (2k8). I prefer a freeware monitor if possible." />
  <row Id="22759" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12537" RevisionGUID="60dfdcbf-01f4-470e-974d-208cba7aa716" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:34:06.553" UserId="3611" Text="How can I monitor Employees computer activity" />
  <row Id="22760" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12537" RevisionGUID="60dfdcbf-01f4-470e-974d-208cba7aa716" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:34:06.553" UserId="3611" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;employee&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="22761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12538" RevisionGUID="046b1fe6-6c64-4363-a21f-f4db3d894671" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:34:09.563" UserDisplayName="dincer salih" Text="iperf -s&#xD;&#xA;iperf -c xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -d&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;simple :)" />
  <row Id="22762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12539" RevisionGUID="d61e76b7-74d6-4bb5-b7d2-398efc34151a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:34:49.000" UserId="3696" Text="Oh, god! No no no.  Don't use kill -9.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It doesn't give the process a chance to cleanly:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) shut down socket connections&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) clean up temp files&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) inform its children that it is going away&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) reset its terminal characteristics&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and so on and so on and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally, send 15, and wait a second or two, and if that doesn't&#xD;&#xA;work, send 2, and if that doesn't work, send 1.  If that doesn't,&#xD;&#xA;REMOVE THE BINARY because the program is badly behaved!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't use kill -9.  Don't bring out the combine harvester just to tidy&#xD;&#xA;up the flower pot.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12540" RevisionGUID="84e40fa8-48f2-446e-8985-4d1c6285fe55" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:35:30.153" UserId="3562" Text="warpr explained why you have two apache installs. Typically, when you're using a package-based distribution you should look for a packaged version before you install anything from source.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wouldn't say you can't use the packaged php5 with a compiled apache, but unless you have a good known reason, use the package. It'll save you time and energy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for why apache was automatically installed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;from &quot;**aptitude show php5**&quot;:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    This package is a metapackage that, when installed, guarantees that you have at&#xD;&#xA;     least one of the three server-side versions of the PHP5 interpreter installed.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Depends: libapache2-mod-php5 (&gt;= 5.2.6.dfsg.1-3ubuntu4.1) |&#xD;&#xA;             libapache2-mod-php5filter (&gt;= 5.2.6.dfsg.1-3ubuntu4.1) | php5-cgi (&gt;=&#xD;&#xA;             5.2.6.dfsg.1-3ubuntu4.1), php5-common (&gt;= 5.2.6.dfsg.1-3ubuntu4.1)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So what happened is Ubuntu installed the most common PHP interpreter, libapache2-mod-php5, which in turn pulled in apache, and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to install php without installing apache, you could install php5-cgi, which you could then use with other http servers. One way to do this would be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**sudo apt-get install php5-cgi php5**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which would use php5-cgi as the depends for the php5 package." />
  <row Id="22764" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12541" RevisionGUID="0e72b87c-f60f-4411-afcf-beefec8ff955" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:37:33.083" UserId="1740" Text="I expect small embedded systems to be most at risk. These are the small systems that runs our elevators, gps receivers, car computer etc. A lot of these devices will still be operating in 2038 with no way to &quot;go online&quot; to check for firmware updates. " />
  <row Id="22765" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12535" RevisionGUID="1ee612e2-e700-4359-8ef1-4418b859f284" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:39:51.907" UserId="1233" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="22766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12542" RevisionGUID="d8b098b3-f010-472c-8c3a-8e29b59b9845" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:40:45.213" UserId="1740" Text="[Several schools][1] in [Norway][2] are using [3ami][3] to do this. From the 3ami site:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 3ami MAS is a complete computer&#xD;&#xA;&gt; activity monitoring package. Once&#xD;&#xA;&gt; installed across a corporate network,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; MAS will track changes to hardware and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; software throughout your organisation.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; MAS captures and securely stores&#xD;&#xA;&gt; records of all user activity – not&#xD;&#xA;&gt; just on the internet but in every&#xD;&#xA;&gt; application including email, word&#xD;&#xA;&gt; processing, spreadsheet applications,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; instant messaging and online.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This suite is not freeware, but I have heard several people being very satisfied with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure the laws in your country allow you to monitor the employees this way though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8027300.stm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.3ami.com/" />
  <row Id="22767" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12543" RevisionGUID="0d9fbc4c-0819-4102-9788-c29a8b48f970" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:41:19.610" UserId="3699" Text="Given the small number of servers you are considering managing I would go with the VMware vSphere Essentials bundle. At only $995 it would give you the ability to scale to 3 physical ESX/ESXi servers (which could easily support dozens of VMs depending on the HW you select) and provide you with a best-in-class central management solution (VirtualCenter now called vCenter) to manage all of your ESX hosts and virtual machines from a single console. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should you decide you require high-availability and an integrated backup solution for your virtual machines you can upgrade to the Essentials Plus bundle with no re-installation (you just enter a new license key). It even gives you a simple migration path to VMware's Enteprise feature sets should your needs change in a few years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a link on VMware's site with more information about the SMB targeted bundles:&#xD;&#xA;www.vmware.com/vmwarestore/vsphere_smbpurchaseoptions.html" />
  <row Id="22768" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12544" RevisionGUID="480aa41a-6d26-4171-addf-f9c2ce706787" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:43:03.493" UserId="2617" Text="To expand on Vendoran's comment:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The original partition can be captured into a WIM file by using the Windows Automated Install Kit (aka WAIK) tool ImageX.exe, and then converted to a VHD using the referenced Wim2Vhd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    imagex.exe /capture C:\ p2vimage.wim P2VImage &quot;Captured Physical Partition&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    wim2vhd.wsf /wim:p2vimage.wim /sku:P2VImage /vhd:p2vimage.vhd&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22769" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12545" RevisionGUID="c893b4a1-25f8-4f05-b6dc-b94e8389e814" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:44:16.423" UserId="3694" Text="First your question sounds like &quot;commercial softwares are better, but how bad is it if I go to open source&quot;. Anyway I don't think that there's any major issue for using open source firewall as long as : &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1/ it matches your needs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2/ you update them on a regular basis&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3/ you know what you're doing and how to configure it" />
  <row Id="22770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12546" RevisionGUID="29c58fd1-b167-4d3e-9141-4b597b18c71d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:45:08.450" UserId="3668" Text="in all the cases the os firewalls (i suspect you mean a packet filter) do their job: filtering packets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;side note: os software doesnt mean it can't be commercial (including commercial support)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22771" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12547" RevisionGUID="268a9727-5c1b-4edf-b56e-1cef0c6ab73f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:46:19.803" UserId="2302" Text="It would be considered ok under any circumstances in which you had the expertise necessary to choose a solution that suits your needs and to implement it effectively.  This is true of commercial firewall solutions as well.  The difference is that if it has a compelling feature (such as Active Directory integration in MS ISA server) you may be inclined to pay for it... or not. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open source firewalls, like many other applications, get easier to install, configure, and maintin all the time. Smoothwall is a good example, but easy to use ones have been around for years -- my first Linux experience was using Coyote Linux as an IPTables (actually IPChains initially) firewall frontend; it booted from a floppy disk, was easy to configure, and ran great on a 66 MHz Pentium." />
  <row Id="22774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12549" RevisionGUID="f723af8e-4fe1-4658-aa39-83de86bd0f80" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:48:56.303" UserId="3607" Text="The easiest way I've done this is to use the Slax creator (wont let me post a link, sorry) to create your bootable USB key (with slax installed), then modify the resulting bootloader config files and load your own images/utilities.  It is fairly straightforward to make a BartPE/SLAX combo usb key this way." />
  <row Id="22775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12550" RevisionGUID="b998b089-fb08-492d-bd12-fae2d153034a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:49:25.693" UserId="3601" Text="The first thing to be aware of is that you didn't just install two instances of apache, you actually used two different installation mechanisms - one by compiling, the other by using the resident dpkg (called via apt) mechanism.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Neither method is more (or less) valid than the other, and, one can't categorically state you have to use only one method; but you've already identified the first issue with using two different mechanisms - your package manager (dpkg) doesn't know anything about your hand-compiled installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason you ended up with a version of apache from the apt-get install php5, is that built into the php5 package is a number of dependencies.  You can query the packaging database for the dependencies with dpkg-query:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dpkg-query -W -f='${Package} ${Version}\t${Maintainer}\n${Depends}\n' php5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll see a link to libapache2-mod-php5, which in turn references the apache that was installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As to removal - apt-get remove apache2 will remove the version of apache2 installed by the package manager, but it will not touch (nor would you want it to) files that have been manually added - those will require your careful inspection and analysis of the system.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One typical way of determining what has been added to your system after an installation done manually (works for everything, not just autoconfig installs) is to run the command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  find / -cmin -2 2&gt;/dev/null | egrep -v '^(/proc|/sys)' &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are lucky, the make file that did the install when you typed&#xD;&#xA;  make install&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;also has a &#xD;&#xA;  make remove&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the case of apache2/httpd - you don't have that luxury, but that's a fairly clean install, as installs go, so you should be able to identify the directory that you installed in, and an &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  rm -rf /usr/local/apache2 (or wherever you installed apache) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;should remove most files placed onto your system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I realize this isn't a soup-nuts guide to removing what has been placed on your system, but the challenges you are experiencing are precisely why people work so hard to use package managers to manage their system (which, in addition to clean adding/removing of files, also provides a number of other useful benefits, such as binary-verification to see if anything has been modified)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22776" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12551" RevisionGUID="3cb0bc03-1887-4f3b-aa04-1d68a05ec95d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:50:38.703" UserId="3704" Text="I will vote for ESET solutions.  &#xD;&#xA;It is cheap, and would not consume resources, and also powerfull, I did not have any problem with it in past years." />
  <row Id="22777" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12537" RevisionGUID="8aa2782c-df67-495f-8c8f-3d31ef15b500" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:50:46.223" UserId="45" Comment="added 3 characters in body; edited title" Text="My manager was wondering if I could monitor employees activity such as Internet history, email messages (email hosted externally) and other applications like LimeWire and Solitaire.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am managing Windows Domain (2k8). I prefer a freeware monitor if possible." />
  <row Id="22778" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="12537" RevisionGUID="8aa2782c-df67-495f-8c8f-3d31ef15b500" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:50:46.223" UserId="45" Comment="added 3 characters in body; edited title" Text="How can I monitor employees computer activity?" />
  <row Id="22779" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12552" RevisionGUID="b0376068-fd7b-45e8-91ad-df3933268bbd" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:52:59.713" UserId="3708" Text="What is Minimum Windows Server licence to run a SQL server for use in a web farm. What license does ServerFault have?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can I run a SQL on a Server2008 Web edition?" />
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  <row Id="22782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12553" RevisionGUID="7b5d9fcc-f2e5-4018-b57f-9d0f041b8d3c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:53:05.377" UserId="3682" Text="Apart from the regular Windows MMC tools and OS native support tools, these are a few I use regularly. Sysinternals, Resource Kit tools, WinDBG, WMI scripts, Performance &amp; reliability monitor and PowerShell scripts" />
  <row Id="22783" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12553" RevisionGUID="7b5d9fcc-f2e5-4018-b57f-9d0f041b8d3c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:53:05.377" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="22784" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12554" RevisionGUID="751a63dd-c364-4a05-95c1-e892605be6cb" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:54:09.320" UserId="3681" Text="Is there any way to take an existing VMWare virtual Windows Server 2008 machine that was installed with a retail product key, and switch it to a MAPS key? And/or vice-versa? It would be nice to clone our production Web servers to dev ones with the exact same setup (using MAPS).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've heard they're completely different so it can't be done, but..." />
  <row Id="22785" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12554" RevisionGUID="751a63dd-c364-4a05-95c1-e892605be6cb" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:54:09.320" UserId="3681" Text="Windows Server 2008: how to switch license of retail version to MAPS and vice-versa?" />
  <row Id="22786" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12554" RevisionGUID="751a63dd-c364-4a05-95c1-e892605be6cb" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:54:09.320" UserId="3681" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;license&gt;&lt;maps&gt;" />
  <row Id="22787" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12552" RevisionGUID="42af2a73-83fb-4856-a67c-d997ecaa6c95" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:54:10.927" UserId="45" Comment="added 7 characters in body; edited title" Text="What is minimum Windows Server licence to run a SQL server for use in a web farm. What license does ServerFault have?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can I run a SQL Server on a Server2008 Web edition?" />
  <row Id="22788" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="12552" RevisionGUID="42af2a73-83fb-4856-a67c-d997ecaa6c95" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:54:10.927" UserId="45" Comment="added 7 characters in body; edited title" Text="Windows licence type to run SQL Server" />
  <row Id="22789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12555" RevisionGUID="3bce512a-a6ce-47ba-ae51-5ca8ca1aaa9f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:54:20.770" UserDisplayName="Jon Massey" Text="I use a pair of ipcop boxen to secure a small business (~80 machines) network. They do an excellent job of firewalling, running a DMZ for our mail server (and a couple of other externally accessed machines) and VPN for external workers and site-to-site VPN. Not much linux expertise required to set-up/maintain as all is done through the excellent web interface (which also has all your security logs and traffic graphs etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTH" />
  <row Id="22790" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12550" RevisionGUID="d6ff13b9-f006-494e-ae23-f7c6aa0a42e7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:55:20.817" UserId="3601" Text="The first thing to be aware of is that you didn't just install two instances of apache, you actually used two different installation mechanisms - one by compiling, the other by using the resident dpkg (called via apt) mechanism.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Neither method is more (or less) valid than the other, and, one can't categorically state you have to use only one method; but you've already identified the first issue with using two different mechanisms - your package manager (dpkg) doesn't know anything about your hand-compiled installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason you ended up with a version of apache from the apt-get install php5, is that built into the php5 package is a number of dependencies.  You can query the packaging database for the dependencies with dpkg-query:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # dpkg-query -W -f='${Package} ${Version}\t${Maintainer}\n${Depends}\n' php5**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    php5 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6	Ubuntu Core Developers &lt;ubuntu-develdiscuss@lists.ubuntu.com&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    libapache2-mod-php5 (&gt;= 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6) | php5-cgi (&gt;= 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6), &#xD;&#xA;      php5-common (&gt;= 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll see a link to **libapache2-mod-php5**, which in turn references the apache that was installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As to removal - **apt-get remove apache2** will remove the version of apache2 installed by the package manager, but it will not touch (nor would you want it to) files that have been manually added - those will require your careful inspection and analysis of the system.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One typical way of determining what has been added to your system after an installation done manually (works for everything, not just autoconfig installs) is to run the command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  **find / -cmin -2 2&gt;/dev/null | egrep -v '^(/proc|/sys)'**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are lucky, the make file that did the install when you typed&#xD;&#xA;  **make install**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;also has a &#xD;&#xA;  **make remove**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the case of apache2/httpd - you don't have that luxury, but that's a fairly clean install, as installs go, so you should be able to identify the directory that you installed in, and an &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  **rm -rf /usr/local/apache2** (or wherever you installed apache) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;should remove most files placed onto your system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I realize this isn't a soup-nuts guide to removing what has been placed on your system, but the challenges you are experiencing are precisely why people work so hard to use package managers to manage their system (which, in addition to clean adding/removing of files, also provides a number of other useful benefits, such as binary-verification to see if anything has been modified)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12557" RevisionGUID="129a9e27-873c-44c1-aa3e-9bc7516dbe4a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:56:29.597" UserId="3715" Text="I would suggest you look at a comparison page AFTER you've had a sit down and thought about exactly what you need. Do you need to backup the wiki, and how does it fit in with your existing infrastructure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A comparison of wikis is on this wikipedia. Look at the &quot;Comparison_of_wiki_software&quot;." />
  <row Id="22794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12559" RevisionGUID="37f266e5-9666-49fb-9a26-d542928e30ad" CreationDate="2009-05-27T06:58:08.470" UserDisplayName="dincer salih" Text="Flash Media Server or RED5 orrr justin.tv " />
  <row Id="22795" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12550" RevisionGUID="fa7f9c40-44fe-4ea3-98f2-aedbdcd91690" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:00:30.213" UserId="3601" Comment="Removed stray asterisks" Text="The first thing to be aware of is that you didn't just install two instances of apache, you actually used two different installation mechanisms - one by compiling, the other by using the resident dpkg (called via apt) mechanism.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Neither method is more (or less) valid than the other, and, one can't categorically state you have to use only one method; but you've already identified the first issue with using two different mechanisms - your package manager (dpkg) doesn't know anything about your hand-compiled installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason you ended up with a version of apache from the apt-get install php5, is that built into the php5 package is a number of dependencies.  You can query the packaging database for the dependencies with dpkg-query:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # dpkg-query -W -f='${Package} ${Version}\t${Maintainer}\n${Depends}\n' php5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    php5 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6	Ubuntu Core Developers &lt;ubuntu-develdiscuss@lists.ubuntu.com&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    libapache2-mod-php5 (&gt;= 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6) | php5-cgi (&gt;= 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6), &#xD;&#xA;      php5-common (&gt;= 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll see a link to **libapache2-mod-php5**, which in turn references the apache that was installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As to removal - **apt-get remove apache2** will remove the version of apache2 installed by the package manager, but it will not touch (nor would you want it to) files that have been manually added - those will require your careful inspection and analysis of the system.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One typical way of determining what has been added to your system after an installation done manually (works for everything, not just autoconfig installs) is to run the command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  **find / -cmin -2 2&gt;/dev/null | egrep -v '^(/proc|/sys)'**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are lucky, the make file that did the install when you typed&#xD;&#xA;  **make install**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;also has a &#xD;&#xA;  **make remove**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the case of apache2/httpd - you don't have that luxury, but that's a fairly clean install, as installs go, so you should be able to identify the directory that you installed in, and an &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  **rm -rf /usr/local/apache2** (or wherever you installed apache) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;should remove most files placed onto your system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I realize this isn't a soup-nuts guide to removing what has been placed on your system, but the challenges you are experiencing are precisely why people work so hard to use package managers to manage their system (which, in addition to clean adding/removing of files, also provides a number of other useful benefits, such as binary-verification to see if anything has been modified)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12560" RevisionGUID="2548217d-8b48-405f-83e8-2771f1f21696" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:00:38.200" UserId="3515" Text="I use Sophos End point security.&#xD;&#xA;Allows for application control as well.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22797" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12561" RevisionGUID="7ebba6b5-56a0-466a-8fd6-826209e7546b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:01:08.260" UserId="45328" Text="I don't see a good reason given why you would compile your own apache. One good reason to not do this is that it makes maintenance a lot harder. Security patching is no joke when you have to compile 5 different pieces of software to patch. And that is supposing you actually know about the security vulnerability. This is why we use packages and the Ubuntu supplied apache in this case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, keeping in mind that you probably shouldn't do this, there's one trick nobody has mentioned. If you really really want to use your own compiled apache with other Ubuntu packages, use the &quot;equivs&quot; package. From the description:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Another use is to circumvent dependency checking.  If a package P is&#xD;&#xA;not installed on the system, packages that depend on P cannot normally&#xD;&#xA;be installed.  However, if functionality equivalent to P is known to&#xD;&#xA;be installed, this tool can be used to trick the Debian package&#xD;&#xA;management system into believing that package P is actually installed.&#xD;&#xA;NOTE: this should be considered a crude hack to work around awkward&#xD;&#xA;situations, not a normal solution.  If you use equivs to work around&#xD;&#xA;bugs in other Debian packages, you should also file bug reports&#xD;&#xA;against those packages.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;" />
  <row Id="22798" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12562" RevisionGUID="0e06744e-3b37-44cc-81cf-1081eabe5b08" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:03:39.723" UserId="3611" Text="Disable unnessary IE plugins such as toolbars and the like. Make sure that you defrag your HDD and delete temp files via CCleaner" />
  <row Id="22799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12563" RevisionGUID="09e78e92-db8f-4ed6-a9b4-ee105ab1dd03" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:03:53.810" UserId="3250" Text="The MSDN website has a detailed description of all the Operating System requirements for the various editions of SQL Server 2008 from the Express right through the Data Center editions.  The requirements for the OS change as you move through the versions.  Express will run on consumer operating systems, but it appears that most of the versions of Windows Server have a corresponding edition of SQL Server 2008.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143506.aspx" />
  <row Id="22802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12565" RevisionGUID="19932fa3-92f9-4960-a8b7-80422ccbfce4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:05:56.503" UserId="3682" Text="I just completed one such implementation. In this implementation,&#xD;&#xA;- I placed VM/VHD on a RAID 1 created using the inbox hard drives (SAS 15K 400GB)&#xD;&#xA;- I have a iSCSI target on the HOST and then used it as a pass-through drive for the VM.&#xD;&#xA;- Installed Exchange 2007 SP1 on the pass-thru drive&#xD;&#xA;- Allocated 4 virtual processors and 8GB RAM to the VM&#xD;&#xA;- Using VSS for backup of exchange data&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, here in this implementation, pass-thru disk provides the best possible IO performance for exchange VM. Being an iSCSI target, I can expand it whenever there is a need for more hard drive space. Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="22803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12566" RevisionGUID="a25a0adc-4aac-464f-a656-e4a4123f7627" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:06:43.040" UserId="3611" Text="What is the best freeware subsitute for Outlook. I don't mind the look-and-feel however, I need for the new software to import the PSTs smoothly." />
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  <row Id="22806" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12550" RevisionGUID="c47e7363-2dd8-4e8d-bf1d-e75dfcce30c8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:09:59.630" UserId="3601" Comment="Re-ordered sections to make sense." Text="The first thing to be aware of is that you didn't just install two instances of apache, you actually used two different installation mechanisms - one by compiling, the other by using the resident dpkg (called via apt) mechanism.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Neither method is more (or less) valid than the other, and, one can't categorically state you have to use only one method; but you've already identified the first issue with using two different mechanisms - your package manager (dpkg) doesn't know anything about your hand-compiled installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason you ended up with a version of apache from the apt-get install php5, is that built into the php5 package is a number of dependencies.  You can query the packaging database for the dependencies with dpkg-query:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # dpkg-query -W -f='${Package} ${Version}\t${Maintainer}\n${Depends}\n' php5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    php5 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6	Ubuntu Core Developers &lt;ubuntu-develdiscuss@lists.ubuntu.com&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    libapache2-mod-php5 (&gt;= 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6) | php5-cgi (&gt;= 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6), &#xD;&#xA;      php5-common (&gt;= 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll see a link to **libapache2-mod-php5**, which in turn references the apache that was installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As to removal - **apt-get remove apache2** will remove the version of apache2 installed by the package manager, but it will not touch (nor would you want it to) files that have been manually added - those will require your careful inspection and analysis of the system.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are lucky, the make file that did the install when you typed&#xD;&#xA;  **make install**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;also has a &#xD;&#xA;  **make remove**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the case of apache2/httpd - you don't have that luxury, but that's a fairly clean install, as installs go, so you should be able to identify the directory that you installed in, and an &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  **rm -rf /usr/local/apache2** (or wherever you installed apache) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;should remove most files placed onto your system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't have a clean install - you'll need to search for the files that were installed on your system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One typical way of determining what has been added to your system after an installation done manually (works for everything, not just autoconfig installs) is to run the command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  **find / -cmin -2 2&gt;/dev/null | egrep -v '^(/proc|/sys)'**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can then use the output of that command to provide you with a list of files that should be considered for removal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I realize this isn't a soup-nuts guide to removing what has been placed on your system, but the challenges you are experiencing are precisely why people work so hard to use package managers to manage their system (which, in addition to clean adding/removing of files, also provides a number of other useful benefits, such as binary-verification to see if anything has been modified)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12567" RevisionGUID="d846bb20-1ca4-463d-8d4d-28177358d3f7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:10:00.927" UserId="3548" Text="Mozilla Thunderbird. It rocks. It's amazingly easy to use and productive at work. It helps you do things comparatively faster. Most importantly very low footprint compared Outlook.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However I doubt if it can deal with PSTs. probably No." />
  <row Id="22808" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12568" RevisionGUID="2463dc84-0c95-4fb3-a329-a84b0b22f083" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:10:47.087" UserId="151" Text="With Windows XP, it was not possible to install it to a USB Hard drive (without diving deep into unsupported terrain). With Windows 7, it looks like [VHD Support][1] could solve that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But is there a supported way to install either Windows Vista or Windows 2008 Server on a USB Hard drive?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/LessVirtualMoreMachineWindows7AndTheMagicOfBootToVHD.aspx" />
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  <row Id="22810" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12568" RevisionGUID="2463dc84-0c95-4fb3-a329-a84b0b22f083" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:10:47.087" UserId="151" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
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  <row Id="22812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12570" RevisionGUID="17657828-0452-4cfd-b1cc-8fd364033403" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:13:34.460" UserId="2617" Text="Sadly, if  the &quot;Enterprise Admins&quot; group is in another domain that no longer exists, then you have serious issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Enterprise Admins&quot; is a group created in the Forest Root domain and will not exist in any other domain in the forest.  It's not clear if you have multiple forests or not, so I'll presume a single forest with multiple domains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can check whether you have a single forest, or multiples by using the Domains and Trusts tool.  Open the properties for you domain in that tool and check the Trusts tab.  If the domains &quot;B&quot; and &quot;C&quot; show as anything other than External trusts, then you have a single forest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a single forest, then domain &quot;C&quot; is your Forest Root.  If that domain is unrecoverable, then you have no choice - a migration to a completely new forest and domain are the only option.  You can never regain full control of the domain you have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most likely, your best option is a migration to a new forest and domain anyway, as it seems that what you have has been abused and neglected and you will probably encounter many more issues created by that legacy.  The Microsoft provided migration tools are generally quite effective and will simplify most of the migration tasks." />
  <row Id="22813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12571" RevisionGUID="788495a2-6e91-4578-874c-2b58df092308" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:16:17.823" UserId="1262" Text="Start firing the non-productive employees?" />
  <row Id="22814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12572" RevisionGUID="ca6cfadd-5c2f-47c4-8eb6-a88b4629d17a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:18:40.767" UserId="45" Text="It depends on the SQL Server version and license type, from &quot;Standard&quot; to &quot;Enterprise.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The latest version, SQL Server 2008, runs as &quot;Standard&quot; even on Windows XP Service Pack 2. The minimum Windows Server version is Windows Server 2003 (with SP2).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQL Server 2008 Enterprise requires a Server operating system, Windows Server 2003 or 2008." />
  <row Id="22815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12573" RevisionGUID="954dcdc9-54e1-4340-bf82-a927d252c042" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:18:48.380" UserId="3682" Text="First read MS virtualization solutions overview&#xD;&#xA;http://csna01.libredigital.com/?urmvs17u33&#xD;&#xA;This will give a broad understanding of various virtualization offerings from MS and how Hyper-v fits in to that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, start reading technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc794762(WS.10).aspx for Planning and deployment guidance around Hyper-v. This provides some of the best practices and helps you understand a few Hyper-v concepts well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then there are lot of blogs including mine (http://www.ravichaganti.com) giving information on various aspects of Hyper-v technology. I suggest virtual PC guy, James O'neil, Virtual Varia, John Howard, Robert Larson, etc&#xD;&#xA;then, if you want in-depth technical knowledge, refer to MSDN documentation" />
  <row Id="22816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12574" RevisionGUID="1cd1f99c-9949-4640-b759-2cadc8fc5e20" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:19:13.747" UserId="891" Text="[Mozilla Thunderbird][1] - See few suggestions for the `.pst` import problems in *mozillaZine* - [Import .pst files][2]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Microsoft Outlook .pst files use a proprietary format. Thunderbird not only doesn't understand that format, it has no idea that .pst files even exist. Thats why there is no import command that lets you browse to the location of a .pst file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But the article details a few methods to overcome the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Import_.pst_files" />
  <row Id="22817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12575" RevisionGUID="9d9a7e3d-4cf1-4b7f-b67f-474b5a2fb8f8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:19:31.233" UserId="3489" Text="Seems like if it doesn't work from the official interface there's an alternate using a script that's installed in system32:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://forevergeeks.com/change-product-key-on-windows-server-2008" />
  <row Id="22818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12576" RevisionGUID="2e4a2ea8-d0d0-4aab-9efd-b388760a1a1c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:23:05.783" UserId="3489" Text="The short answer is almost any 32-bit OS using unix timestamps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some 32-bit versions were fixed to use 64-bit time, however that's always only an option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Similarly some 64-bit OS' still use a 32-bit time_t and so are still open to wraparound.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the 30 years still to come before the problem hits I think speculating is not sensible. Make sure anything new uses 64-bit timestamps, and by 2038 there will be very little still around using 32-bit timestamps." />
  <row Id="22819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12577" RevisionGUID="ec31d07d-23de-48ad-b745-239d57742566" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:24:55.903" UserId="3735" Text="As the title says, I need to find a IPSec VPN client for Windows 7.  &#xD;&#xA;On XP and Vista we've used SafeNet SoftRemote in which you can set up rules for specific protocols and ports. But SoftRemote isn't compatible with Windows 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    172.xxx.xxx.1 TCP 1433&#xD;&#xA;    172.xxx.xxx.2 TCP 1433&#xD;&#xA;    172.xxx.xxx.10 ALL&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since the VPN gateway is configured this way the client must mirror these settings.&#xD;&#xA;I've tried [TheGreenBow][1], [NCP Secure Entry][2], [Cisco VPN Client][3] and [Shrew Soft VPN][4] but none of these allows you to configure by protocol and port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have any other suggestions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://thegreenbow.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ncp-e.com/en/solutions/vpn-products/secure-entry-client.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/secursw/ps2308/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.shrew.net/" />
  <row Id="22820" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12577" RevisionGUID="ec31d07d-23de-48ad-b745-239d57742566" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:24:55.903" UserId="3735" Text="Is there a Windows 7 compatible IPSec VPN client that allows protocol and port specific rules?" />
  <row Id="22821" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12577" RevisionGUID="ec31d07d-23de-48ad-b745-239d57742566" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:24:55.903" UserId="3735" Text="&lt;ipsecvpnclient&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;vpnconfiguration&gt;&lt;windows-7&gt;" />
  <row Id="22822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12578" RevisionGUID="ad1a21c1-f196-4380-b484-0d3a2a5a51e9" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:26:36.010" UserId="1032" Text="This is not for me personally but for everyone searching this in a search engine, so this is a community wiki question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This question is based on [this answer][1] in which he stands that Mozilla Thunderbird is a alternative for Outlook. While Thunderbird is great for SoHo I simply disagree that it's an *alternative* to Outlook at company level.  &#xD;&#xA;In fact I would say that there is no good open source alternative for Microsoft Outlook (+Exchange) which can be used to entirely replace Outlook company wide.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to hear your opinions on the following questions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Is there such an open source PIM suite (+server) which can compete with Outlook (I can even be web-based, as long as it's hosted internally, so no Google Mail/etc.)?&#xD;&#xA;- If there is one: Have you personal experience with using and/or migration? What are key points?&#xD;&#xA;- If not, why is this missing?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/12566/best-freeware-alternative-to-outlook/12567#12567" />
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  <row Id="22826" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12572" RevisionGUID="e6210626-e4bf-4c6e-be8a-ca13389ff498" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:27:14.900" UserId="45" Comment="added 346 characters in body" Text="It depends on the SQL Server version and license type, from &quot;Standard&quot; to &quot;Enterprise.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The latest version, SQL Server 2008, runs as &quot;Standard&quot; even on Windows XP Service Pack 2. The minimum Windows Server version is Windows Server 2003 (with SP2).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQL Server 2008 Enterprise requires a Server operating system, Windows Server 2003 or 2008.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can only install SQL Server Express on the Windows Server 2003 *Web Edition* (SP2). It has some limitations:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- CPUs: Only 1 CPU. If a system has more than 1 SQL Server Express 2008 will still run but limit itself to one CPU&#xD;&#xA;- RAM: 1 GB. More RAM can exist, but SQL Server Express 2008 will use only 1 GB&#xD;&#xA;- Database Size: maximum 4 GB" />
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  <row Id="22828" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12579" RevisionGUID="5e879831-3bae-4b19-b783-04fbf23b0894" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:30:36.500" UserId="3077" Text="Is there a nice way to have SQL Server 2005 run nightly backups that are automatically zipped with only the last n backups kept?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know the agent can perform nightly backups, but I think the tricky part of this question would be the zipping up and removing very old backups&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers!" />
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  <row Id="22831" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="12578" RevisionGUID="d88c40a8-373e-4e76-9dd3-dd46c19127ab" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:32:32.347" UserId="45" Comment="edited title" Text="Open Source company grade alternative to Outlook?" />
  <row Id="22832" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12572" RevisionGUID="9000b04f-57f2-4e9d-8da4-5d6519a545c4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:33:34.590" UserId="45" Comment="added 9 characters in body" Text="It depends on the SQL Server version and license type, from &quot;Standard&quot; to &quot;Enterprise.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The latest version, SQL Server 2008, runs as &quot;Standard&quot; even on Windows XP Service Pack 2. The minimum Windows Server version is Windows Server 2003 (with SP2).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQL Server 2008 Enterprise requires a Server operating system, Windows Server 2003 or 2008.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can only install **SQL Server Express** on the Windows Server 2003/2008 *Web Edition* (SP2). It has some limitations:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- CPUs: Only 1 CPU. If a system has more than 1 SQL Server Express 2008 will still run but limit itself to one CPU&#xD;&#xA;- RAM: 1 GB. More RAM can exist, but SQL Server Express 2008 will use only 1 GB&#xD;&#xA;- Database Size: maximum 4 GB" />
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  <row Id="22837" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12581" RevisionGUID="d53dc183-e8d9-4716-9366-61aba12b42b9" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:35:51.670" UserId="3505" Text="Where I work - we faced the same problem when I first started.  As the number of servers and services increases, you find more and more out-of-date static documentation, and with that comes the inevitable attitude for staff to not trust documentation, at least technical documentation on server names, groups, networks, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here we started developing an open-source project called [hotwire][1], which is still under development, but become our primary tool for the following tasks...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Server Builds - RHEL Kickstart, SuSE AutoYaST, (TODO: Debian Preseed, Solaris Jumpstart)&#xD;&#xA; - Inventory System (Servers, Networks, etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By combining the inventory system with the build system, this design ensures that what is in the database is consistent with what's in our data centers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A client program (funcwire) is then installed on all servers (as part of the build process) which then dynamically keeps an eye on the server hardware as reported by [python-dmidecode][2], and what's in the inventory, so if anything changes, the admins will know immediately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next, if you have structured wiki, you can have each server, rack, hardware model etc in hotwire link directly to the appropriate wiki page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So basically, we &quot;document&quot; our servers/network using hotwire + a wiki (we use confluence here, but I also like trac very much).  To manage the servers on an ongoing basis we use cfengine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://projects.autonomy.net.au/hotwire&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://projects.autonomy.net.au/python-dmidecode" />
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  <row Id="22840" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12582" RevisionGUID="b5c926b3-d630-444e-8258-759fba71109d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:37:38.327" UserId="3755" Text="Thunderbird for the mail part, plus Mozilla Lighting for the calendar part." />
  <row Id="22841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12583" RevisionGUID="4c7f60dd-2f5f-4726-b08b-0cc6fff0946d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:38:05.363" UserId="3581" Text="On Linux systems I have found [Gnome Evolution][1] to be very good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://projects.gnome.org/evolution/" />
  <row Id="22842" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12584" RevisionGUID="da5fc799-4901-4f9b-99c7-9f15856f34c9" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:38:39.963" UserId="44010" Text="I believe you shouldn't monitor your employees activity. Not doing so, manages to keep a healthy work-place environment, and happier employees.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you suspect that some of your employees are not being productive due to time waste in sites like youtube, or whatnot, you should just make surprise visits at their desk to check out what they're doing." />
  <row Id="22843" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12581" RevisionGUID="9d052bad-e229-4f4f-9343-3c7f8e5ac23b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:41:24.967" UserId="3505" Comment="Clarification" Text="Where I work - we faced the same problem when I first started here.  As the number of servers and services increases, you find more and more out-of-date documentation, and with that comes the inevitable attitude for staff to not trust documentation, at least technical documentation on server names, server groups, networks, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We started developing an open-source project called [hotwire][1] to address this...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Inventory System (Servers, Networks, etc)&#xD;&#xA; - Server Builds - RHEL Kickstart, SuSE AutoYaST, (TODO: Debian Preseed, Solaris Jumpstart)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By combining the inventory system with the build system, we've ensures that what is in the database is consistent with what's in our data centers, because we now have to enter the data into the inventory first in order to be able to build the servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A client program (funcwire) is then installed on all servers (as part of the build process) which then dynamically keeps an eye on the server hardware as reported by [python-dmidecode][2], and what's in the inventory, so if anything changes, the admins will know immediately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've then integrated our wiki system so that each server, rack, project, hardware model etc in hotwire links directly to the appropriate wiki page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've hence &quot;documented&quot; our servers/network/etc using hotwire + a wiki (we use confluence here, but any decent wiki will do).  (Note however that once the servers are built - hotwire does not modify them in any way - ongoing management is done via cfengine).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://projects.autonomy.net.au/hotwire&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://projects.autonomy.net.au/python-dmidecode" />
  <row Id="22844" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12585" RevisionGUID="036cfa79-9f44-4ca4-869c-277ba9156420" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:42:10.283" UserId="45" Text="There is a software: [SqlBackupAndFTP][1]. There is a free and a &quot;Premium&quot; version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The free version includes the &quot;Schedule Backup, Zip&quot; option. Here is a review on a [SQL Authority.com blog][2], which also explains how to use the tool. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sqlbackupandftp.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/04/02/sql-server-very-powerful-and-feature-rich-backup-zip-and-ftp-utility-sqlbackupandftp/" />
  <row Id="22845" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12586" RevisionGUID="cb1b9a59-8550-47d6-9d76-0b4b4414dc6c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:42:33.403" UserId="3739" Text="There is a free Outlook clone called [Evolution][1] which is used as the default e-mail program in the Gnome desktop environment. It's also possible to get a [Windows compiled version][2]. According to the [release notes][3] for the previous release (2.26) import of PST files are supported if the [libpst][4] library is available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://projects.gnome.org/evolution/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://evolution-win32.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://live.gnome.org/RoadMap/Archive&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/" />
  <row Id="22846" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12587" RevisionGUID="a4a307d4-70fc-48cf-9cdd-875e7b7be914" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:42:33.497" UserId="1387" Text="You can track employee computer usage with [www.rescuetime.com][1] service. It is not free, though, and does not allow you to monitor email messages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use the personal version for free. I have used it for over a year and it has never caused any trouble.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rescuetime.com" />
  <row Id="22847" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12588" RevisionGUID="980f2d77-3e28-43f1-ba05-86088446dd79" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:42:56.710" UserId="3523" Text="I agree with Roger, monitoring only introduces problems to the business environment, best thing to do is remove distractions and issues. For the likes of Limewire and P2P a decent Layer2 firewall can block all that traffic, and for Solitaire just remove it from their systems. If they think of a new way of procrastinating, then find a way to block it." />
  <row Id="22848" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12582" RevisionGUID="24416b97-d56d-4f55-bb1f-91d07df5f0be" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:43:28.067" UserId="3755" Comment="added 3 characters in body" Text="Thunderbird for the mail part, plus Mozilla Lightning for the calendar part.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22849" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12589" RevisionGUID="25ceb57b-f8c5-43a5-a502-a9f4997d0cf8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:45:09.483" UserId="3025" Text="This is probably an unwanted answer, but...I was considering moving off outlook because it was so freaking slow and really messed with my computer. However, SP2 for Office 2007 has fixed all the issues and addressed all my gripes.  They fixed the threading issues, display issues, etc... " />
  <row Id="22850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12590" RevisionGUID="df42b178-d1a9-492b-833f-77220c7228a1" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:47:47.217" UserId="3772" Text="For an online, multiplayer roleplaying game that should be able to support at least 1000 players per server instance, what sort of architecture should I use? I'd like to use Java or PHP as the server programming language (I know PHP is probably a poor choice). What sort of operating system, and server specs would I need for such a system?" />
  <row Id="22851" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12590" RevisionGUID="df42b178-d1a9-492b-833f-77220c7228a1" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:47:47.217" UserId="3772" Text="What server architecture is appropriate for a multiplayer online game?" />
  <row Id="22852" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12590" RevisionGUID="df42b178-d1a9-492b-833f-77220c7228a1" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:47:47.217" UserId="3772" Text="&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="22853" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12591" RevisionGUID="1c7ef665-692a-44cc-9861-b413a048d129" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:48:16.247" UserDisplayName="Lasse Bertelsen" Text="Total Commander - Norton Commander look-a-like for Windows. I use this all the time, it's simply the best (!) file manager. Also it's shareware, so if you can live with a startup nag-screen it's free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ultraedit - Not free, but nothing beats this text editor. Once you go down the path of ultraedit, there's no turning back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;putty - It just works." />
  <row Id="22854" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12591" RevisionGUID="1c7ef665-692a-44cc-9861-b413a048d129" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:48:16.247" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="22855" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12592" RevisionGUID="8793ec59-65fc-4daf-86a8-427d2cd4008e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:51:00.360" UserId="3505" Text="I think screen is what you're after, but if you don't want to sit there watching, and want to &quot;video&quot; a user's session, you can look at &lt;n&gt;sudo shell&lt;/b&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you set the user up with this as their shell, you can have a complete recording of everything that occurred, and you can the &quot;replay&quot; it back, and watch it when/if you need to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only possible downside to this is that the logs can grow very large, for example if they run a command like `find /`, you will have all that recorded too - so you'll probably have to pick which accounts to enable it for rather than doing it globally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for allowing vendors login access, this is probably perfect, because you have a complete audit trail of everything they did, everything (even backspacing) is recorded and stored for replay." />
  <row Id="22856" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12593" RevisionGUID="31875c32-25d1-4e06-b2d6-423de9c8b912" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:53:21.557" UserId="2141" Text="You should also ask the question &quot;Why?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to block inappropriate sites in the workplace = a web filter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to prioritise bandwidth for commercial purposes  = traffic shaping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to monitor employee use of work resources = internet monitoring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Enterprise applications certainly exist which can do all the above ([WebSense][1] springs to mind, although that is not 'freeware') but be aware that your manager may need to have an Internet Usage Policy in place, perhaps as part of a wider Employee Handbook distributed to all staff, which sets out which of the above are in use and what the penalties are for inappropriate online behaviour. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the event of using such activity in a warning or dismissal, the employee would have to have been aware that what they were doing was a violation of clearly defined rules to which they had previously agreed (I can only speak from a UK perspective but I imagine EU law would be similar).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am aware that the above is deviating slightly from a 'sysadmin answer' but it should certainly be considered when installing any new network monitoring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.websense.com/content/home.aspx" />
  <row Id="22857" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12594" RevisionGUID="b5303dcc-3212-4010-843f-b7291d0959a4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:53:31.103" UserId="3739" Text="Might not be the tools for you if you are going to hit the hardware or OS level, but if you are going to stress through an web application there are quite a few alternatives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not open source, but Microsoft has an free (not GNU free) [web stress tool][1] if you are going to stress test an web application. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When it comes to open source tools, there is quite a few depending on your needs. The project I work in have used [TestMaker][2]. It is quite good, but the UI is a bit confusing. A more developer centric tool that I have used in the past is [JMeter][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a fairly updated list of performance testing tools on [this page][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e2c0585a-062a-439e-a67d-75a89aa36495&amp;DisplayLang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.pushtotest.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.opensourcetesting.org/performance.php" />
  <row Id="22858" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12572" RevisionGUID="5e58b05d-69f0-4ef0-b8ce-3496702f1f04" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:53:46.673" UserId="45" Comment="added 88 characters in body" Text="It depends on the SQL Server version and license type, from &quot;Standard&quot; to &quot;Enterprise.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The latest version, SQL Server 2008, runs as &quot;Standard&quot; even on Windows XP Service Pack 2. The minimum Windows Server version is Windows Server 2003 (with SP2).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQL Server 2008 Enterprise requires a Server operating system, Windows Server 2003 or 2008.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows Server **2008** Web allows you to install all versions of SQL Server 2008, while you can only install **SQL Server Express** on the Windows Server **2003** *Web Edition* (SP2). It has some limitations:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- CPUs: Only 1 CPU. If a system has more than 1 SQL Server Express 2008 will still run but limit itself to one CPU&#xD;&#xA;- RAM: 1 GB. More RAM can exist, but SQL Server Express 2008 will use only 1 GB&#xD;&#xA;- Database Size: maximum 4 GB" />
  <row Id="22859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12595" RevisionGUID="b87d14d2-b404-41eb-9b69-e149b39908c2" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:58:42.387" UserId="98" Text="I have a feeling, that we are much worse off than we might think:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By 2038, time_t will of course be 64 bit wide on the majority of the systems (just remember where we were 30 years ago), so that one doesn't really matter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I perceive to be much more of the problem is many protocols out there that specify 32 bit timestamps as part of their inner workings. NTP, SSL - choose your pick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even when the world has moved on and everyone is using 64bit machines, these protocols are sure to be still in use (SMTP was introduced ~30 years ago and still is in wide use, whereas hardware introduced back then isn't really - just to make a point here)." />
  <row Id="22860" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12596" RevisionGUID="1b858e63-1bbd-4b9d-b4a5-61b68b62ad83" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:59:13.637" UserDisplayName="Emanuele Pajoro" Text="Like Simone I recommend Zimbra&#xD;&#xA;I've used it into many firms up to 20 employes: it works well!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="22862" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12597" RevisionGUID="42c9e0cb-2e09-4e67-8453-bb5d1f1df80d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:59:36.787" UserId="1322" Text="I would like to use Google AppEngine, but it appears to require a cellphone to receive SMS for verification.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way around this, or any other option I can take?" />
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  <row Id="22864" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12597" RevisionGUID="42c9e0cb-2e09-4e67-8453-bb5d1f1df80d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T07:59:36.787" UserId="1322" Text="&lt;google-app-engine&gt;" />
  <row Id="22865" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12598" RevisionGUID="b7ee7de7-56b7-4013-b7ac-42388d776c48" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:00:42.353" UserId="2578" Text="Would the Cisco AnyConnect Client work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/vpndevc/ps6032/ps6094/ps6120/data_sheet_c78-527494.html" />
  <row Id="22866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12599" RevisionGUID="a485db33-afb5-4f0d-9ef3-fff2e4ec72db" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:01:04.847" UserId="1808" Text="Many developer prefer the GMail interface and thus forward (actually pull) all their email to GMail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming we trust Google, are there any reasons why this should be disallowed?" />
  <row Id="22867" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12599" RevisionGUID="a485db33-afb5-4f0d-9ef3-fff2e4ec72db" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:01:04.847" UserId="1808" Text="Should our company allow employees to forward their Exchange email to GMail?" />
  <row Id="22868" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12599" RevisionGUID="a485db33-afb5-4f0d-9ef3-fff2e4ec72db" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:01:04.847" UserId="1808" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;gmail&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="22869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12600" RevisionGUID="5d77fe87-d7da-493c-9afd-1a159efc4fc5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:01:44.923" UserId="3785" Text="I have a VMware virtual machine that I made quite large.  I am not really using most of it, so I would like to reduce it by 50% or so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a tool to do this?" />
  <row Id="22870" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12600" RevisionGUID="5d77fe87-d7da-493c-9afd-1a159efc4fc5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:01:44.923" UserId="3785" Text="How do I resize a vmware hard disk file?" />
  <row Id="22871" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12600" RevisionGUID="5d77fe87-d7da-493c-9afd-1a159efc4fc5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:01:44.923" UserId="3785" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;resize&gt;" />
  <row Id="22873" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12602" RevisionGUID="780446e4-f857-41e8-ba45-807ee6862db6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:05:27.273" UserId="1787" Text="Best known example is [**EVE Online**][1], which uses [**Stackless Python**][2]. They have written they own server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Their architecture described:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- http://highscalability.com/eve-online-architecture&#xD;&#xA;- http://www.massively.com/2008/09/28/eve-evolved-eve-onlines-server-model/&#xD;&#xA;- http://www.slideshare.net/Arbow/stackless-python-in-eve&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally I recommend reading [**highscalability.com**][3], specially [the real world examples][4].&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.eveonline.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.stackless.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://highscalability.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://highscalability.com/tags/example" />
  <row Id="22874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12603" RevisionGUID="305a8c17-5536-42e9-82ba-3a86a0c7b53e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:05:47.833" UserId="3739" Text="Not open source, but you could consider [Google Apps for Domain][1]. Not directly comparable to Exchange/Outlook, but if you consider this alternative and the company is willing to change the way the company works, this will give additional benefits from a collaboration viewpoint. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/index.html" />
  <row Id="22875" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12603" RevisionGUID="305a8c17-5536-42e9-82ba-3a86a0c7b53e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:05:47.833" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="22876" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12604" RevisionGUID="b8b04ea5-9152-4d0e-82f7-1e60bda991a4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:06:44.197" UserDisplayName="Thomas" Text="Give a try to AgentRansack. It has proven quite fast for me in the past (but on GB, not TB)" />
  <row Id="22877" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12605" RevisionGUID="168ff966-a009-4bc1-ad5b-59d634aa00d8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:06:55.740" UserId="3762" Text="Hi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have recently tried to deploy Adobe Reader 9.1 onto our network here. (SBS 2003 server and XP Workstations)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I followed the instructions for the extraction of the installer and .msi and then creating a .mst transform file to set custom options. (Suppress EULA, dont create desktop icon etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then added the package to my deployment GPO applied the relevant .mst file and preceded to deploy accross the network. The software package is computer assigned to be installed prior to logon, to avoid user permissions issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The package deploys correctly to computers and will run perfectly fine if you run from a shortcut, however when trying to view a pdf from within a web browser it fails with the following message.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;The adobe acrobat/reader that is running can not be used to view PDF files in a web browser.  Adobe Acrobat/Reader version 8 or 9 is required. Please exit and try again&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have found many pages on google refering to this problem, but none appear to be in relation the problems I have found.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http :// kb2.adobe.com/cps/405/kb405461.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These fixes recommend correcting a registry entry (which i should mention is missing after the deployed installation. However this does not work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Switching off display in a browser - Seems to defeat the object of fixing the problem&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Removing old versions - There arent any.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Trying with a different user - This affects all users of all privalige levels on all computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On my workstation I uninstalled Acrobat Reader 9.1 then reinstalled manually using the same installation source files and it works fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;has anyone sucsessfully deployed AR9.1 on their domain and if so how?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the time being I have downloaded the older 8.1.3 release and deployed this in the same way which works fine, but would like to be using the up to date version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="22878" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12605" RevisionGUID="168ff966-a009-4bc1-ad5b-59d634aa00d8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:06:55.740" UserId="3762" Text="How to correctly deploy Adobe Reader 9.1" />
  <row Id="22879" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12605" RevisionGUID="168ff966-a009-4bc1-ad5b-59d634aa00d8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:06:55.740" UserId="3762" Text="&lt;adobe&gt;&lt;pdf&gt;&lt;deployment&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;" />
  <row Id="22880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12606" RevisionGUID="47278f1e-99f6-49d0-a5d0-6b98bc53a0cd" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:07:46.910" UserId="3791" Text="Method 1: Using VMWare Converter:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Turn off the virtual machine;&#xD;&#xA; 2. Start the VMWare Converter&#xD;&#xA;        application;&#xD;&#xA; 3. Open the wizard;&#xD;&#xA; 4. Select 'standalone virtual machine' as the source and destination system;&#xD;&#xA; 5. Choose 'Select volumes and resize to save or add space';&#xD;&#xA; 6. Enter a new size and voilá, you're done!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some say that the expand process is slow and that VMWare Tools might need to be reinstalled. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Method 2: Using the VDiskManager:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Turn off the virtual machine;&#xD;&#xA; 2. Commit/remove all the snapshots first! (I forgot to mention this, thanks JimO)&#xD;&#xA; 3. Open a Command Prompt and go to: C:\Program Files\VMWare\VMWare Server or C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation&#xD;&#xA; 4. Run this command to expand the virtual disk: vmware- vdiskmanager -x 12GB &quot;My harddisk.vmdk&quot;&#xD;&#xA; 5. Note: Because this only expands the disk and not the partition, you'll need to resize the partition table as well. This can be done by 3rd party tools like 'Partition Magic', but also with 'diskpart.exe', a tool of Windows. In my case, this disk is bootable, meaning that I can't run diskpart on the virtual machine itself. I used another virtual machine, running Windows XP. It also works with the Windows 7 beta 1, but it fails with Windows Server 2003. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  Add the increased hard disk to a second virtual machine;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 6. Power on this 2nd virtual machine;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 7. Open a Command Prompt and type: &#xD;&#xA;diskpart&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 8. Type: &#xD;&#xA;list volume &#xD;&#xA; Remember the volume number (#) of your volume!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 9. Type: &#xD;&#xA;select volume &lt;volume number&gt; (the number from step 8)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 10. Type: &#xD;&#xA;extend&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 11. Turn off this 2nd virtual machine and remove the hard disk from the virtual machine configuration. This won't delete the hard disk from disk;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 12. Finished! (Windows automatically recognizes the new and correct disk and volume size)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for Leon Meijer." />
  <row Id="22881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12607" RevisionGUID="38a4891f-da3c-4aaf-8199-8591091afb75" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:07:53.040" UserId="98" Text="There is one really good reason to disallow this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even if you configure gmail to use the company address as the FROM-header, gmail will still add a&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Sender: &lt;google-alias@gmail.com&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To every mail that is sent out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, this might seem like a small issue, was it not for Outlook that displays a Mail with these headers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    From: &lt;original.address@example.com&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    Sender: &lt;google-alias@gmail.com&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;as a Mail from &quot;google-alias@gmail.com in behalf of original.address@example.com&quot;. Even worse: Replies will be sent to the google alias now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So this not only confuses potential recipient, it also means that company mail now ends up in private mailboxes where it's not subject to a companies possible audid- or backup policy." />
  <row Id="22882" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12261" RevisionGUID="80c2f210-bd08-428b-aef7-36066a755253" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:08:20.870" UserId="2719" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="Hello, everyone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of our servers has died recently. So I've took those disks from it and installed them all to the new server running Windows Server 2008. Along with disks I've moved two simple two-port controllers on a Silicon Image SiI 3132 chip.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So here is a problem. There was two software Windows-driven RAID5 arrays. After reinstallation those disks plugged in thought controllers are shown **offline** or **foreign** in *diskpart* utility. I could not import them because they are reported somehow as **readonly**. If, after all, I clear **readonly** flag from those disks and **import** them, *diskpart* reports that array is OK and resyncing. And then, soon or late, I'm getting BSOD of some random error (it was disk manager only once) and Windows won't boot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've returned to last known configuration several times and tried to trace an error, but I could not. Any thoughts besides hardware fault in controller, guys?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS. Here is initial state:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    DISKPART&gt; list disk&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt&#xD;&#xA;      --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---&#xD;&#xA;      Disk 0    Online          465 GB  1024 KB   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk 1    Online          465 GB  1024 KB   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk 2    Online          111 GB      0 B&#xD;&#xA;      Disk 3    Online          698 GB      0 B&#xD;&#xA;      Disk 4    Online          465 GB  1024 KB   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk 5    Foreign         232 GB      0 B   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk 6    Foreign         232 GB      0 B   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk 7    Foreign         233 GB      0 B   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk 8    Foreign         232 GB      0 B   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk M0   Missing            0 B      0 B   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk M1   Missing            0 B      0 B   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk M2   Missing            0 B      0 B   *&#xD;&#xA;      Disk M3   Missing            0 B      0 B   *" />
  <row Id="22887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12609" RevisionGUID="3f02ef75-3f42-47da-82d5-dd8eed6e1c8d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:08:54.240" UserId="3039" Text="After the SQL backup we run another task to run a batch file to zip the files and copy these onto a NAS. We keep the last 3 backups - the basic script looks something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    d:&#xD;&#xA;    cd \MSSQL\BACKUP&#xD;&#xA;    zip -rq d:\northwind northwind.BAK&#xD;&#xA;    REM - do the local copy to the NAS&#xD;&#xA;    move/y \\10.0.0.1\sql_backup\yesterday\northwind.zip \\10.0.0.1\sql_backup\2DaysAgo\northwind.zip&#xD;&#xA;    move/y \\10.0.0.1\sql_backup\northwind.zip \\10.0.0.1\sql_backup\yesterday\northwind.zip&#xD;&#xA;    copy northwind.zip \\10.0.0.1\sql_backup\northwind.zip&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I've edited the script to only show 1 database). At the end of the script we call a Python script to send an email that tells us how big the backup files were and date they were created. You could easily use a WSH script instead. I think that the &quot;if errorlevel...&quot; instruction might have been added because the SQL agent doesn't always detect if the batch file completed or not?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if errorlevel 1 goto weakspace&#xD;&#xA;    d:\scripts\send_email_nas_copy_success.py&#xD;&#xA;    goto end&#xD;&#xA;    weakspace:&#xD;&#xA;    REM - error occured&#xD;&#xA;    d:\scripts\send_email_nas_copy_fail.py&#xD;&#xA;    end:&#xD;&#xA;    exit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of our servers uses winrar instead of zip to compress the files (it has a command prompt). Once a month last night's backups are copied into an archive that's kept for six months, but you could easily create another batch file to run once a week to maintain backups of last Sunday, 2 Sundays ago and 3 Sundays ago." />
  <row Id="22888" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12610" RevisionGUID="f5bbbfab-c3e3-4494-bb57-cd43d31aa268" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:12:43.203" UserId="3791" Text="It's impossible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Can I create an App Engine application without an SMS verification code? Or without a mobile phone?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For now, you'll need a special code to create your first Google App Engine application. Currently, we're only sending these codes via SMS messages to mobile phones, so you'll need a mobile phone with SMS (or &quot;Text Messages&quot;) capabilities (most phones have this) to create an application. You can verify your account by signing into the Administration Console.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12611" RevisionGUID="61686384-d0da-4f15-b633-ba09de69b22e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:15:23.040" UserId="3773" Text="When creating a new NTFS partition one is asked to choose a cluster size. The default size is 4k but one can choose a smaller sizes, too. 512 bytes is the smallest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The smaller size leads to wasted space reduction. Each file occupies 1 or more clusters depending on file size. If the file size can be divided by the cluster size then no space is wasted by default. Otherwise only some part of the last cluster will store file data and remaining space will be wasted. On average it's about half of the cluster size per file. Considering that a typical partition stores tens of thousands of files 265 vs. 2k per file sounds like a big deal for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I always choose 512 bytes to reduce the amount of wasted space but I believe that there might be some negative effects of using smaller clusters. Otherwise 512 bytes would be used by default. What are those drawbacks?" />
  <row Id="22890" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12611" RevisionGUID="61686384-d0da-4f15-b633-ba09de69b22e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:15:23.040" UserId="3773" Text="Any reason not to use 512-bytes clusters for NTFS?" />
  <row Id="22891" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12611" RevisionGUID="61686384-d0da-4f15-b633-ba09de69b22e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:15:23.040" UserId="3773" Text="&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;" />
  <row Id="22892" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12585" RevisionGUID="af6cfcdb-01bb-42e3-8d68-04be4dd5c319" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:15:35.023" UserId="45" Comment="added 370 characters in body" Text="There is a software: [SqlBackupAndFTP][1]. There is a free and a &quot;Premium&quot; version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The free version includes the &quot;Schedule Backup, Zip&quot; option. Here is a review on a [SQL Authority.com blog][2], which also explains how to use the tool. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-----&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively you could call a command line zip (winzip/[wzzip][3]) from the SQL Server extended stored procedure [xp_cmdshell][4]. You could use [robocopy][5] the resulting files to a safe place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sqlbackupandftp.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/04/02/sql-server-very-powerful-and-feature-rich-backup-zip-and-ftp-utility-sqlbackupandftp/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.winzip.com/prodpagecl.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa260689(SQL.80).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy" />
  <row Id="22893" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12590" RevisionGUID="ffa58a9a-2b6f-4475-bc41-5e35920789f1" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:17:18.200" UserId="1787" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;architecture&gt;" />
  <row Id="22896" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12613" RevisionGUID="487d938d-abbf-46d5-8e0e-fb0338b4b4cc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:21:19.143" UserId="1509" Text="seems to be working now, wordpress up and running!" />
  <row Id="22900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12615" RevisionGUID="93021072-8f53-4154-8b2a-a1f7a4c51107" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:23:28.267" UserId="3770" Text="Hi everybody!&#xD;&#xA;First I'd like to say that it's a great site!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here I go with my question forward. I work for a small company (12 people) who developp software. I'm in charge of the IT section, and I'm about to &quot;upgrade&quot; the server room.&#xD;&#xA;We have for now 4 servers (way too much!): 2 work on Windows server 2003: one is the data server, the other one the communications server; 1 printserver working on Windows 2000 (I'd love to eleminate this on!) and a Linux server for some applications.&#xD;&#xA;We don't use a domain yet, nor Active Directory. What I'd like to do is install a new machine working with a Win server 2008 as a data server with a domain and AD, but first I'd like to copy everything from our S1 to the new 2008 server: configuration and content.&#xD;&#xA;What is the best way to do it, without turning off the actual server.&#xD;&#xA;I'll write another question for the problems that will soon arise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for your help." />
  <row Id="22901" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12615" RevisionGUID="93021072-8f53-4154-8b2a-a1f7a4c51107" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:23:28.267" UserId="3770" Text="Migrate a Windows 2003 server on a Windows 2008 server" />
  <row Id="22902" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12615" RevisionGUID="93021072-8f53-4154-8b2a-a1f7a4c51107" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:23:28.267" UserId="3770" Text="&lt;migration&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="22903" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12616" RevisionGUID="b168582d-1c22-448d-8c4c-9d2b16954cc6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:24:10.700" UserId="3505" Text="This may or may not be related, but if your database is running from `ASM`, check that the `cssd` is running before you call `start` on your `init`-script - or rather make sure that your init script watches the process list and waits until it sees the process before doing anything... (CSSD is the daemon which controls the communication between the database instance and ASM instance).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@up-edia-db1 ~]# grep cssd /etc/inittab&#xD;&#xA;    h1:35:respawn:/etc/init.d/init.cssd run &gt;/dev/null 2&gt;&amp;1 &lt;/dev/null&#xD;&#xA;    [root@up-edia-db1 ~]# ps -fu oracle|grep cssd&#xD;&#xA;    oracle    3837  3662  0 Mar19 ?        00:02:23 /opt/oracle/product/11.1.0.7/asm/bin/ocssd.bin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another solution is to remove that entry from the `inittab` file and work it into an init script - but when you do any Oracle installation, it will pop it back in there (from memory) - so it becomes high maintenance.  I don't yet know why Oracle insist on putting this in inittab - it's a little painful." />
  <row Id="22904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12617" RevisionGUID="bc5f21aa-e7f3-449c-860b-7f45dfa8aad4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:24:44.393" UserId="48" Text="By allowing them to forward their email to GMail, you are now dependant on the developers to implement the security for protecting sensitive company information, rather than being able to enforce strict password and security options centrally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If a user replies to an email from their GMail account, this then completely bypasses any logging and tracking on the Exchange server, the company will never know an email was sent on their behalf." />
  <row Id="22905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12618" RevisionGUID="aa8494b6-4a54-4029-acb9-27d6146aa748" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:25:11.337" UserId="3763" Text="My main area of work is programming, and I sometimes have to perform some actions on production servers (when deploying application or configuring something...).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my question is, what should be done to be as sure as I can be that I don't mess up with something on production server that I intended to do on my machine/test environment? Wiping out some database or deleting logs, for instance. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What comes to my mind are few basic things, like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* having the production console open for only as much time as I need to do my job there, then close it&#xD;&#xA;* configuring the console on production server to be really diffrent then others - like red background or something like that&#xD;&#xA;* having every command there require an additional confirmation&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any other __rules__ that help to stay sane and not mess up with production server? " />
  <row Id="22906" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12618" RevisionGUID="aa8494b6-4a54-4029-acb9-27d6146aa748" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:25:11.337" UserId="3763" Text="What are good practices for distinguishing production environment from others?" />
  <row Id="22907" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12618" RevisionGUID="aa8494b6-4a54-4029-acb9-27d6146aa748" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:25:11.337" UserId="3763" Text="&lt;production-environment&gt;" />
  <row Id="22908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12619" RevisionGUID="af4ab60b-5149-4e2d-a7a9-6f768b6107e6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:26:56.387" UserId="3822" Text="Since you're already doing Java, you might want to take a look at Sun's DarkStar project:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Well I'd add the link, but this site is fucking stupid and won't let me because I'm a new user, so you'll have to google for it).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know any commercial games using it (I believe it's still in development)." />
  <row Id="22911" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12621" RevisionGUID="57eb1018-353f-457b-96f7-a46a27b9bff5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:29:20.627" UserId="419" Text="I use MikroTik Dude to map things out automatically, this is an awesome application considering it is free. It can also monitor current status.&#xD;&#xA;[Dude Webpage][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mikrotik.com/thedude.php" />
  <row Id="22912" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12622" RevisionGUID="6576983b-ec8f-48b3-94b3-be770f0dc323" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:29:32.577" UserId="48" Text="If you don't have a domain, and it sounds like your not running a mail server either, then the only thing you need to move across is data. This makes the task easier. You can get your new server setup and add it to the network, then copy the data from the old machine over the network. If this is too slow you could also look at attaching an external drive to the old machine, copying the files, then moving it to the new one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have the data across, you can then look at migrating users to the new server. My suggestion would be to move the data, before you look at setting up AD, or setup AD and connect the users to the domain, whilst leaving the data accessible on the old server. Once you setup a domain controller, your going to need to add clients to the domain, change user accounts, setup new profiles etc, which will mean users are without access to their data longer if your doing the move, and the AD install at the same time." />
  <row Id="22913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12623" RevisionGUID="cec674a6-455e-4b14-8bca-657f237726fe" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:31:25.177" UserId="273" Text="Reboot the server with your &quot;favourite&quot; Live Linux ISO CD, for example Ubuntu LTS(1) or Knoppix.  You can use tools like GParted to resize FAT and NTFS partitions.  It's quite simple once you work out which drive is the right drive!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(1) I would recommend using an LTS version as it's going to be more stable than a fresh distro. Obviously test this first and take a backup.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22914" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12624" RevisionGUID="9ae47a3e-9d49-47f4-a583-444e230879a6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:32:01.463" UserId="2162" Text="Smaller cluser size means that a file will be distributed between more clusters (obvious). This means potentially more fragmentation and possibly more lookups to find the clusters. It is the usual speed vs size optimisation. As the hard disks are cheap, I would go for larger cluster sizes, but anyway, you will probably not see that much difference ..." />
  <row Id="22916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12626" RevisionGUID="c4849eca-d497-4ce3-9419-b09b8f66d883" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:34:38.260" UserId="3822" Text="IMHO, add salt and pepper to taste, there are no GOOD open source alternatives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, I agree with tronda, Google Apps for Domains is pretty awesome and covers MOST of the bases.  We use it in a 20+ company, having migrated off Exchange.  Nobody has complained at all." />
  <row Id="22917" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12626" RevisionGUID="c4849eca-d497-4ce3-9419-b09b8f66d883" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:34:38.260" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="22918" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12627" RevisionGUID="60b311b1-ae31-49f2-a051-ddd2a5ea7498" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:35:45.263" UserId="3039" Text="When I setup my company I opted to buy a small box and download Smoothwall. It worked very well protecting our first webserver for nearly three years (until a hard disk failure required the box to be rebuilt).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use two commercial firewalls now, partly because the prices are so much lower, the hardware is physically smaller than a 1/2 rack server, uses less power, we know their capacity and the support is available from the supplier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It basically comes down to a business decision. What's the budget, what features do you need, what's your expertise/skill base?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22920" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12615" RevisionGUID="79599c6b-49e9-4861-befd-4da55472a269" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:38:04.960" UserId="45" Comment="typos" Text="Hi everybody!&#xD;&#xA;First I'd like to say that it's a great site!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here I go with my question forward. I work for a small company (12 people) which develops software. I'm in charge of the IT section, and I'm about to &quot;upgrade&quot; the server room.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have for now 4 servers (way too much!): 2 work on Windows Server 2003: one is the data server, the other one the communications server; 1 print server running Windows 2000 (I'd love to eliminate this one!) and a Linux server for some applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We don't use a domain yet, nor Active Directory. What I'd like to do is install a new machine working with a Windows Server 2008 as a data server with a domain and AD, but first I'd like to copy everything from our S1 to the new 2008 server: configuration and content.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the best way to do it, without turning off the actual server?&#xD;&#xA;I'll write another question for the problems that will soon arise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for your help." />
  <row Id="22922" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12630" RevisionGUID="1b21c15f-41e1-4e4f-a928-0d5b041657f1" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:39:24.397" UserId="3837" Text="I'm running a website on a windows server 2003 machine, though I disabled IIS Log entirely, My C:\ Drive doesn't stop to grow in a very weird way. After a 30 minutes check I found a directory with almost 30 GB of space; this directory is called PCHealth .. can I delete the files in this directory safely? or are they required for a vital application? " />
  <row Id="22923" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12630" RevisionGUID="1b21c15f-41e1-4e4f-a928-0d5b041657f1" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:39:24.397" UserId="3837" Text="Freakingly huge files on my C: drive under a directory called PC Healt?" />
  <row Id="22924" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12630" RevisionGUID="1b21c15f-41e1-4e4f-a928-0d5b041657f1" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:39:24.397" UserId="3837" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;" />
  <row Id="22928" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12630" RevisionGUID="a4c3064a-56d1-42a3-84d2-0a3dea7bd919" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:41:51.413" UserId="48" Comment="Edited to read better" Text="I'm running a website on a Windows Server 2003 machine, though I disabled IIS Log entirely, My C:\ Drive continues growing in a very weird way. I found a directory with almost 30 GB of space; this directory is called PCHealth .. can I delete the files in this directory safely? or are they required for a vital application? " />
  <row Id="22929" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="12630" RevisionGUID="a4c3064a-56d1-42a3-84d2-0a3dea7bd919" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:41:51.413" UserId="48" Comment="Edited to read better" Text="Large files on  C: drive under a directory called PC Health?" />
  <row Id="22930" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12632" RevisionGUID="1ed6a7f0-2e61-46c9-ae91-161a9928457c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:43:27.883" UserId="3611" Text="I would like to create an IT policy for my organisation. I am responsible for ~50 XP PCs all joined to Windows 2k8 Domain. I am looking for guidelines that are easy to understand for the unsavvy employees.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance" />
  <row Id="22931" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12632" RevisionGUID="1ed6a7f0-2e61-46c9-ae91-161a9928457c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:43:27.883" UserId="3611" Text="IT Policy for a small organisation" />
  <row Id="22932" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12632" RevisionGUID="1ed6a7f0-2e61-46c9-ae91-161a9928457c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:43:27.883" UserId="3611" Text="&lt;administration&gt;" />
  <row Id="22933" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12633" RevisionGUID="6e12f063-7104-4201-93a6-3ed4cb0c5a49" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:43:45.573" UserId="3039" Text="If you are in the UK, before you implement any form of monitoring, have a read of [The laws relating to monitoring your employees][1] - published by Out-law.com, a UK law firm. More info about employment law (written in easy-to-follow, digestible chunks) is here: [http://www.out-law.com/page-353][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Employees have a lot of rights!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.out-law.com/page-449&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.out-law.com/page-353" />
  <row Id="22934" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12634" RevisionGUID="2d779281-b786-48b5-a251-b998fbf2d9a4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:45:58.750" UserId="48" Text="This folder records information about your system, its state and any changes to the system. If you run Disk Cleanup, it should delete non-essential data from this folder for you. I would not recommend just deleting its entire contents, as you may loose access to some information about your system." />
  <row Id="22936" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12635" RevisionGUID="955e7520-dfcd-4eee-b9d1-97beeaf9bace" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:46:42.417" UserDisplayName="Nico" Text="Here I run 2 squid, linked through heartbeat : if one fail, the other takes hand. Easy to maintain." />
  <row Id="22937" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12636" RevisionGUID="bffc4ce3-04a1-40cb-b546-4718c7944293" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:46:47.923" UserId="1787" Text="[Zombie process][1] (actually now they're called `&lt;defunct&gt;`) isn't really a process. It's only entry in the process table, so the parent process can do [`wait()` syscall][2]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You shouldn't worry about them. They do not occupy any resources, they will disappear either when their parent calls `wait()` on when the parent itself dies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_process&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wait_(system_call)" />
  <row Id="22939" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12638" RevisionGUID="2bbf251c-6c31-4c03-909f-2f0ff5b19536" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:49:59.320" UserId="3853" Text="I'm setting up a test environment with Failover Cluster with 2 WS08 &quot;members&quot; in the cluster, however upon renaming one of the servers' hostname it seems to have broken entirely, so I deleted the cluster by force starting it and then destroying it, but when I try to create a new one it still says one server is part of the cluster. Solutions, anyone?" />
  <row Id="22940" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12638" RevisionGUID="2bbf251c-6c31-4c03-909f-2f0ff5b19536" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:49:59.320" UserId="3853" Text="Removing a server from a broken Failover Cluster in WS08 ?" />
  <row Id="22941" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12638" RevisionGUID="2bbf251c-6c31-4c03-909f-2f0ff5b19536" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:49:59.320" UserId="3853" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="22942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12639" RevisionGUID="69030481-d624-49f9-ad2c-d03bad838423" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:50:19.787" UserId="3770" Text="Hi there,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not possible, from what I know, to install Vista nor 2008 on some USB drive.&#xD;&#xA;The best way to use Vista without disturbing your current system would probably be to use a vistualisation tool like VMware or others." />
  <row Id="22943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12640" RevisionGUID="6e5bf67c-e9f5-4bbd-b1e5-3a1579723530" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:51:50.987" UserDisplayName="Rich" Text="Go web based. Lotus Notes web mail is under-rated, zimbra isn't bad." />
  <row Id="22944" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12640" RevisionGUID="6e5bf67c-e9f5-4bbd-b1e5-3a1579723530" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:51:50.987" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="22946" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12641" RevisionGUID="4001cb7e-25f6-4243-90e2-9f3c0563106c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:55:35.567" UserId="3770" Text="Hi there,&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to know what kind of hardware I'll need to set up a Gigabit network in the company I work in.&#xD;&#xA;We're 12 workers with a few splitters and 3 servers.&#xD;&#xA;We already have a Gigabit router and 1 splitter.&#xD;&#xA;Do I need new cables?&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for your answers.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22947" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12641" RevisionGUID="4001cb7e-25f6-4243-90e2-9f3c0563106c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:55:35.567" UserId="3770" Text="How can I set a Gigabit network instead of the 100Mb?" />
  <row Id="22948" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12641" RevisionGUID="4001cb7e-25f6-4243-90e2-9f3c0563106c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T08:55:35.567" UserId="3770" Text="&lt;gigabit-ethernet&gt;&lt;hardware-selection&gt;&lt;lan&gt;" />
  <row Id="22949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12642" RevisionGUID="12e2e147-e841-433b-a7e5-c53d98f68382" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:00:21.063" UserId="48" Text="To make your network completely Gigabit, you will need all routers and switches to be Gigabit capable. You will also need Gigabit capable network cards in all machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cat 5 cabling is able to support 1000-BaseT, however Cat 5e may give slightly better perforamnce" />
  <row Id="22950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12643" RevisionGUID="5b7bf391-16ca-47ea-89bf-b5b9f121bd69" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:02:30.963" UserId="3505" Text="Just a note on firewalling your machine...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Use a whitelist, not a blacklist - i.e. block everything, and only allow what you need to, deny everything else.&#xD;&#xA; * Don't use GUIs/ncurses or otherwise any software that tries to make the task of writing your firewall for you.  If you do, you will be allowing the software to make assumptions for you - you don't need to take that risk and shouldn't.  Configure it yourself, if you're unsure, disable it - you'll find out soon enough if it is required.  If it is already an up and running system and you can't disrupt traffic (by accidentally blocking it), then run tcpdump (dump to file) and take samples - study them later, and then figure out what's valid and what's not.&#xD;&#xA; * I personally don't see any point in running a service on a non-standard port, tools are not so dumb these days to assume that because something is running on port 22 for example, then it must be ssh, and not otherwise - for example `amap`, and `nmap`'s `-A` option.  Having said that, you can (and probably should if worried) modify your services to hide themselves from prying eyes, for example, the following would let the attacker know the exact version of `OpenSSH` that you're running, they can then look for exploits for that exact version.  If you hide such things, you'd be making it harder for them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@ud-olis-1 uhtbin]# telnet localhost 22&#xD;&#xA;    Trying 127.0.0.1...&#xD;&#xA;    Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1).&#xD;&#xA;    Escape character is '^]'.&#xD;&#xA;    SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.9p1&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Keep all your public services up to date and patched with the latest security patches.&#xD;&#xA; * Don't store any DATA on the gateway server itself, at least you'll buy time when they manage to break in to this machine, and you'll lose a service or two, and some time, but not data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bottom line is that you will never succeed in making anything 100% secure - that's just not possible - so the aim is to make is as secure as possible - if it's just too much effort to break your system, it's good enough, and most lamer script-kiddies will move onto the next system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * `iptables` is the way to go for any Linux system - but configure it yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't ever ever use any &quot;security software&quot; that is not based on open standards - they're doomed to be poorly written and will get hacked (not a matter of &quot;if&quot;, but &quot;when&quot;).  Open source and open protocols are open to public scrutiny and converge to becoming a mature and reliable product; closed-source software relies mostly on the authors self-confidence of how great/secure-a-product *they* think it is - i.e. a small number of eyes vs an earth-full of eyes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps :)" />
  <row Id="22951" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12643" RevisionGUID="5b7bf391-16ca-47ea-89bf-b5b9f121bd69" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:02:30.963" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="22952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12644" RevisionGUID="06a1043c-b20a-4bf5-8f7c-f8bfb1ea1c03" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:04:01.257" UserDisplayName="maz" Text="try `cluster /cleanup` from command line.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="22956" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12647" RevisionGUID="c55293af-592c-422d-8b39-4ae5fafb1b71" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:08:58.020" UserId="3839" Text="I'm using OpenVZ on my servers (I used to run Xen before). It's not real virtualization like Xen or KVM. OpenVZ is runing multiple isolated instances (containers).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's much easier to maintain, and performance overhead is near zero.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to use OpenVZ and Ubuntu, use 8.04 LTS because there is official OpenVZ kernel image." />
  <row Id="22959" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12649" RevisionGUID="35953e20-433d-4709-9c01-555b612d6474" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:12:57.853" UserId="3843" Text="Just in case someone googles this up, here is my experience with moving from 2x150Gb to 2x1Tb drives in mdadm RAID1 + LVM on top of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming, we got 2 drives - small1, small2 in mdadm mirror (md0), and the new are big1 and big2. On top of them is LVM with volume group VG1 and logical volume LV1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ensure everything OK with current md:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	cat /proc/mdadm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tell mdadm to fail one drive and remove it from md array:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	mdadm /dev/md0 --set-faulty /dev/small1 &amp;&amp; mdadm /dev/md0 --remove /dev/small1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Replace small1 drive with big one (either hotswapping, or powering the system down).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make new partition on the big HDD of type FD (Linux RAID autodetect). Make it the size you want your new RAID to be. I prefer cfdisk, but this may vary:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	cfdisk /dev/big1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add the new disk (or, to be correct, your newly created partition, e.g. /dev/sda1):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	mdadm /dev/md0 --add /dev/big1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wait till the array is synced:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	watch cat /proc/mdstat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Repeat this with the other pair of drives. In the end you'll get two big disks in array. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Grow the array to maximum size allowed by component devices, wait till synced:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	mdadm /dev/md0 --grow --size=max&#xD;&#xA;	watch cat /proc/mdstat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now it's time to resize LVM. Note the --test option, it will simulate action, but would not change metadata (it's useful to see if there're any misconfiguration before actually resizing).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Resizing physical volume:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	pvresize --verbose --test /dev/md0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Resizing logical volume:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	lvresize --verbose -L &lt;SIZE&gt; --test /dev/VG1/LV1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And finally, resizing ext3 FS:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	resize2fs /dev/VG1/LV1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With two 1Tb HDDs it took me about 20 hours (I've removed one disk from an array before messing with LVM and FS, so it was 3 syncs + array growing).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All was done on a production server, with no interruptions to services running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But don't forget to **BACKUP YOUR DATA** before making any changes." />
  <row Id="22960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12650" RevisionGUID="dfa014e0-8cd6-4ac3-bfc8-24635828865f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:14:38.677" UserId="48" Text="My main methods for doing this are as you stated, changing the colour of the background, changing the layout, making it significantly different to the development server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing you can do is change the password on the production server to something that you have to think about to input, that way you are conscious that you are logging on to the production server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another method I have seen used in other companies is to actually have a method for promoting work from development to production, using a web interface or batch script, so that you don't actually work on the production server, but just promote work when it is ready." />
  <row Id="22961" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12651" RevisionGUID="534f3143-76fb-4aa9-b733-68f973263d97" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:15:30.017" UserId="306" Text="[Foswiki][1] has a WYSIWYG editor,  see it in action in the highlight video on the home page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://foswiki.org/" />
  <row Id="22963" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12653" RevisionGUID="36ace046-8c07-4f59-b6be-bdf6b5c4b6e3" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:17:29.733" UserId="3505" Text="I think from a security perspective, you should not allow this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the data in the company mail system belongs to the company, I think you'll be putting the company at risk this way by opening this up - as usual - security comes at the cost of convenience, there's no easy way around it.  Of course you can't go too far with restricting people's freedom with an iron fist either because if staff feel shafted, they'll go out of their way to circumvent the system, and that's much worst - you then have to start worrying about insiders (more so than usual that is).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly, if using gmail for example becomes the norm, you're then also exposing the company (more so than already) to social-engineering attacks.  People who've not looked into this (including me at first) laugh at this kind caution, but social engineering attacks are in general much more difficult to protect from than you think - in most cases you wouldn't even know it when it occurs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And as previously mentioned - I think Audit would vomit when they hear about this :)" />
  <row Id="22964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12654" RevisionGUID="444b62df-00fc-48fa-a50b-34794387f876" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:18:08.530" UserId="146" Text="A couple of times now my server has become none responsive, after checking the logs I was getting 10 requests a second to access IIS-FTP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After looking into that I noticed that the default settings allow 100,000 requests!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I changed that to 5 and implemented &quot;block all IPs except from..&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What other default settings should we be changing?" />
  <row Id="22965" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12654" RevisionGUID="444b62df-00fc-48fa-a50b-34794387f876" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:18:08.530" UserId="146" Text="What should I do to secure a freshly installed Windows Server 2008?" />
  <row Id="22966" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12654" RevisionGUID="444b62df-00fc-48fa-a50b-34794387f876" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:18:08.530" UserId="146" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;server-security&gt;" />
  <row Id="22967" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12655" RevisionGUID="88cacb89-9e94-4b31-8e71-907ea815793e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:19:32.850" UserId="1322" Text="I need a cheap, mostly reliable VPS for offsite network testing and scripting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My disk space, memory, and cpu needs are modest. However I probably need around 50-100 gb bandwidth for backups and testing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks." />
  <row Id="22968" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12655" RevisionGUID="88cacb89-9e94-4b31-8e71-907ea815793e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:19:32.850" UserId="1322" Text="Cheap VPS?" />
  <row Id="22969" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12655" RevisionGUID="88cacb89-9e94-4b31-8e71-907ea815793e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:19:32.850" UserId="1322" Text="&lt;vps&gt;" />
  <row Id="22970" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12656" RevisionGUID="347bcf7b-bb55-4f5a-bf44-a1e25380739a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:20:10.460" UserDisplayName="tf8" Text="We are generaly using OpenVZ in our hosting solution, because it's easier to maintain than Xen solution. But if you need to host something different than linux, then OpenVZ is not your choice. I can advice you an interesting project pve.proxmox.com This project uses KVM ans OpenVZ to provide full variaty of service, you can host non-Linux OSes under KVM ans Linux OSes under OpenVZ. And It's very easy to start with it, cause it have &quot;Baremetal installer&quot;, that works from the box." />
  <row Id="22971" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12346" RevisionGUID="bc05f365-efc6-4f58-b8cc-6eb82ebf4c35" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:21:30.880" UserId="2417" Comment="add pc diagnostic dice" Text=" &#xD;&#xA; - luser: *n*, a clueless user&#xD;&#xA; - PEBKAC, ID10T: *n*, words to humiliate the person on the other end of tech support line&#xD;&#xA; - three-finger-salute: *v,n* reboot a machine with key combination ctrl+alt+del&#xD;&#xA; - ping: *v*, identify(with doubt) if a host is up using ICMP echo [ i.e. ping(noun) ] packets. *(see also: arping)*&#xD;&#xA; - finger: *v* &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. learn details about a user (*I fingered her and found out that her .plan was  dominating the world* ( Not to be confused by vulgar uses of the term )&#xD;&#xA;   1. list all users connected to a system&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[PC Diagnostic Dice](http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/games/a7d4/?cpg=ab) should also get a mention, if the agent ever has to pretend system troubleshooting." />
  <row Id="22974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12658" RevisionGUID="fc05ceca-561e-4594-870c-a71f56de2b5d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:22:26.527" UserId="3762" Text="You could block all but your alloed IP's on your firewall if you have one seperatley from the server. This would take the workload off of the server and save your logs getting filled with request spam" />
  <row Id="22975" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12655" RevisionGUID="13833ede-e76d-41d9-b00b-54dddf83abbd" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:22:46.727" UserId="1787" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;vps&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;web-hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="22976" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12659" RevisionGUID="b7c808a6-6ca1-45ee-b054-7397aacacaa4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:23:03.777" UserId="1810" Text="I've been pretty happy with slicehost.com and linode.com. To be honest, I can't really comment on their support, since I've never needed them for something urgent untill now." />
  <row Id="22977" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12655" RevisionGUID="dd0bb740-6fdf-43a2-b52b-857029652590" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:23:10.563" UserId="1787" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;vps&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="22978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12660" RevisionGUID="f75e73d1-827c-41b6-92e4-f79b51688066" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:23:56.380" UserId="2417" Text="[Tektonic](http://tektonic.net/vps.php) seems cheap, and tech support replied in time with satisfying answers, but I have not actually used them." />
  <row Id="22979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12661" RevisionGUID="3bb1d463-e9ef-4876-85e4-e0ef40949fc9" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:24:14.273" UserId="1787" Text="OVH tends to have good reviews. Their RPS is a good option. " />
  <row Id="22980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12662" RevisionGUID="d88fc9a4-0b56-42c5-ac60-dce13612cf0b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:24:27.160" UserDisplayName="bowman" Text="I'm not sure if I am just displaying my ignorance but I just found out about the &quot;last&quot; command for check who has been logging in. It is very useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another good program is &quot;expect&quot;. I makes it extremely easy to automate any ssh/telnet logins or anything that forces you to provide input to a program." />
  <row Id="22981" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12662" RevisionGUID="d88fc9a4-0b56-42c5-ac60-dce13612cf0b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:24:27.160" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="22985" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12664" RevisionGUID="a2e707ac-3728-4f5a-b0e2-25f7f3bb64be" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:25:29.263" UserId="3351" Text="I'm primarily a developer, but for one small in-house system I'm also currently in charge of some of the configuration of a server running SQL server enterprise edition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The database itself sees activity from two sources:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - A piece of client software that delivers data&#xD;&#xA; - A web app that our customer uses to check on the data from the clients and manage things externally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm reasonably happy using the built-in SQL server backup utilities, I've set up a maintanence plan that backs up the whole database every 6 hours, and the transaction logs every 6 hours in between the database backups (e.g. 6am, database backup, 9am transaction log backup, 12pm database backup, 3pm transaction log backup). We take a tape-snapshot of the whole server every week (the data isn't mission critical, more of an R&amp;D project).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Before this was set up the database was beginning to grow dramatically, now all of the full database backups come in at a very manageable 15Mb (and slowly growing), and the transaction logs between 9 and 12Mb.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Am I doing it right? Do you have any other insight into frequency of transaction log backup?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there's anything in another question that I've missed that might be useful, please feel free to point me to it." />
  <row Id="22986" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12664" RevisionGUID="a2e707ac-3728-4f5a-b0e2-25f7f3bb64be" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:25:29.263" UserId="3351" Text="SQL Server Transaction log Backup Frequency" />
  <row Id="22987" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12664" RevisionGUID="a2e707ac-3728-4f5a-b0e2-25f7f3bb64be" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:25:29.263" UserId="3351" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;transaction-log&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="22988" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12665" RevisionGUID="cada93d2-8ca9-4ceb-8f08-5f97d649baa8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:25:37.877" UserId="1779" Text="I am having a problem with the program AwaySch.exe, which comes with the ThinkPad suite on my T61; on shutdown, there is always an error message which must be manually closed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I find out whether the program is necessary (eg for the rest of the ThinkVantage suite), or whether it is ok simply to remove it from startup?  Thanks!" />
  <row Id="22989" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12665" RevisionGUID="cada93d2-8ca9-4ceb-8f08-5f97d649baa8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:25:37.877" UserId="1779" Text="How to find out if I can remove a startup program (AwaySch) from XP" />
  <row Id="22990" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12665" RevisionGUID="cada93d2-8ca9-4ceb-8f08-5f97d649baa8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:25:37.877" UserId="1779" Text="&lt;startup&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;lenovo&gt;" />
  <row Id="22997" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12668" RevisionGUID="eb04752d-778a-47a0-97c7-a49aef1168cc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:29:11.380" UserId="3116" Text="try: start-&gt;execution-&gt;msconfig&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;     uncheck the related line in the start tab" />
  <row Id="22998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12669" RevisionGUID="1a0dc7b4-64d7-45c2-bfdb-17185e2581ec" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:29:32.813" UserId="3770" Text="Hi!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Startup-&gt;Run-&gt;msconfig-&gt;Start&#xD;&#xA;Then you just have to click on AwaySch.exe to remove it from the Startup programlist.&#xD;&#xA;After rebooting, just check the box under the text you'll get and click OK!" />
  <row Id="22999" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12665" RevisionGUID="52c7b345-431e-4755-b901-e24c36c706a0" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:31:23.310" UserId="1779" Comment="clarification" Text="I am having a problem with the program AwaySch.exe, which comes with the ThinkPad suite on my T61; on shutdown, there is always an error message which must be manually closed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I find out whether the program is necessary (eg for the rest of the ThinkVantage suite), or whether it is ok simply to remove it from startup?  Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----Edit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know *how* to remove it; what I want to find out is whether removing it will defrost my fridge and format my hard drive :)" />
  <row Id="23000" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12670" RevisionGUID="5fe7bdc5-0186-4bbc-8c67-e2998625cbb7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:31:59.673" UserId="3893" Text="Win+R, msconfig.exe&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;or&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx" />
  <row Id="23001" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12671" RevisionGUID="e0d04b69-b3f7-4fee-b927-113e832660c6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:32:16.317" UserDisplayName="dims" Text="install mod_proctitle for apache" />
  <row Id="23002" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12672" RevisionGUID="7fa7cb34-e792-4da9-8a78-612587048f38" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:32:42.883" UserId="3887" Text="They are pretty dramatically different technologies.  Xen provides full virtualization and varying degrees of paravirtualization.  OpenVZ, on the other hand uses a container model, without any hardware or system virtualization.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OpenVZ is more efficient, from a memory usage perspective, than Xen, because the host kernel is shared across all guests.  Xen provides greater separation.  Xen is also historically more reliable.  OpenVZ has a long-standing memory allocation bug, possibly related to memory fragmentation, which can pop up in the strangest of places and lead to processes dying unexpectedly.  If you always overspec memory and don't &quot;oversell&quot;, I believe this problem can be mitigated, but I haven't done enough experimentation to know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OpenVZ is definitely not more friendly than Xen, in my experience.  Also, the available tools (both free and commercial) for managing and interacting with Xen are dramatically better.  Citrix, Red Hat, and many others have cool tools for interacting with Xen instances, and many Open Source projects have begun to integrate Xen related features.  The uptake for OpenVZ is much lower, at least from top-tier vendors and projects.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, you've claimed your purpose is to learn...so, try them both.  It won't hurt to understand how two very different virtualization technologies work." />
  <row Id="23003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12673" RevisionGUID="71845311-616a-4c00-ac8a-495feda7b445" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:33:01.340" UserId="3770" Text="Answer for you in german:&#xD;&#xA;Die Datei AwaySch.EXE befindet sich in einem Unterordner von &quot;C:\Program Files&quot;. Bekannte Dateigrößen unter Windows XP sind 69632 bytes (83% aller Vorkommen), 91688 bytes.&#xD;&#xA;Das Programm ist nicht sichtbar. Das Programm startet wenn Windows startet (siehe Registry Schlüssel: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). Diese Datei wird vom Betriebssystem Windows nicht benötigt. Deshalb bewerten wir diese Datei zu 46% als gefährlich, aber vergleichen Sie diese Wertung mit den Mitglieder Meinungen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hinweis: Viren und andere schädliche Dateien können sich als AwaySch.EXE tarnen. Insbesondere, wenn sich die Datei in C:\Windows oder C:\Windows\System32 Ordner befindet. Bitte kontrollieren Sie deshalb, ob es sich bei dem Prozess AwaySch.EXE auf Ihrem PC um einen Schädling handelt. Möchten Sie die Sicherheit Ihres PCs überprüfen, so empfehlen wir Ihnen die Software Security Task Manager. " />
  <row Id="23004" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11604" RevisionGUID="065fd686-601f-4f39-a78a-eeb95d944bdd" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:34:02.757" UserId="45" Comment="typo &quot;cand&quot; instead of &quot;can&quot;" Text="Many executing components of Windows are implemented as services (see all services on your machine opening `Control Panel &gt; Administrative Tools &gt; Services`). These are specialized programs running  in the background. They are not started by the logged-in user, but my the operating system itself. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most services aren't stand-alone executables (EXE files), but are implemented in libraries (DLLs), which can be used by running processes. As the name suggests, Svchost or &quot;Service Host&quot; is Windows' standard executable for running these DLLs. You can find svchost.exe file in the `%systemroot%\system32` directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to know which instance of svchost is executing which service, type&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     tasklist /svc /fi &quot;IMAGENAME eq svchost.exe&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;on a command line console (cmd).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the machine, where I made the screenshot, one of the instances of svchost is running 21 different services, for example. This grouping of services allows for better control and easier debugging, according to [Microsoft's documentation][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Svchost.exe groups are identified in the following registry key:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Svchost&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A tip (if you run Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008): you can open the Task Manager and right-click on a particular svchost.exe process, and then choose the &quot;Go to Service&quot; option. This will show the *Services* tab, where all services running under the selected `svchost.exe` process will be marked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B314056&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9122/svchost.png&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12674" RevisionGUID="4c76a86c-fbc5-4079-bfcb-0c503d4c905b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:36:28.510" UserId="3867" Text="You can use script command.&#xD;&#xA;Build a line in .login or .profile of the user whose ssh session you want to monitor.&#xD;&#xA;When he logs in a script / log is generated of his I/O which gives you commands run and the output of those commands.&#xD;&#xA;In real time you can just tail the script and watch what the user does in real time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unable to paste a link for your referrance but you can just google on the command &quot; script &quot; and you will get the referrances." />
  <row Id="23006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12675" RevisionGUID="600ec833-f02e-439e-8477-4f1d9f97b6fc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:38:20.830" UserId="254" Text="I'm trying to access some hosted WinXP machines inside Virtual Server 2005 RC2 using IE8 (via the ActiveX control in the management page), but when I do the mouse cursor behave erratically. A tiny movement of the mouse moves the cursor from one side of the virtual screen to the other, making it impossible to use the mouse.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way round this, or do I just have to make sure I use an older version IE8 to access these virtual machines?" />
  <row Id="23007" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12675" RevisionGUID="600ec833-f02e-439e-8477-4f1d9f97b6fc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:38:20.830" UserId="254" Text="Accessing Virtual Server 2005 RC2 hosted machines using IE8" />
  <row Id="23008" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12675" RevisionGUID="600ec833-f02e-439e-8477-4f1d9f97b6fc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:38:20.830" UserId="254" Text="&lt;ie8&gt;&lt;msvirtualserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="23010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12676" RevisionGUID="b8033154-c973-437d-9aaa-1f6e4fa65805" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:40:42.400" UserDisplayName="Dan" Text="I tried this once and regretted it. In addition to the email header issues, if smtp between your company and gmail/google apps fails, the sender may receive a undelivered message. " />
  <row Id="23011" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12677" RevisionGUID="47d1257a-af69-4582-9842-e495c3513b3d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:44:06.263" UserId="3791" Text="I recommend [BigVPS.com][1] (Xen-based). &#xD;&#xA;Specially for the members webhostingtalk they suggest good discounts - http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=627739&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And I recommend [wowvps.com][2] or [linode.com][3] or [slicehost.com][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://BigVPS.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://wowvps.com&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://linode.com&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://slicehost.com" />
  <row Id="23013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12679" RevisionGUID="38f9a4e1-3656-4de2-a20c-be575b3c02cc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:52:46.027" UserId="3903" Text="As much as I have read about iowait, it is still mystery to me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know it's the time spent by the CPU waiting for a IO operations to complete, but what kind of IO operations precisely? What I am also not sure, is why it so important? Can't the CPU just do something else while the IO operation completes, and then get back to processing data?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also what are the right tools to diagnose what process(es) did exactly wait for IO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And what are the ways to minimize IO wait time?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="23014" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12679" RevisionGUID="38f9a4e1-3656-4de2-a20c-be575b3c02cc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:52:46.027" UserId="3903" Text="Can anyone explain precisely what IOWait is?" />
  <row Id="23015" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12679" RevisionGUID="38f9a4e1-3656-4de2-a20c-be575b3c02cc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:52:46.027" UserId="3903" Text="&lt;iowait&gt;" />
  <row Id="23016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12680" RevisionGUID="cd26b10a-3b56-4a9f-aa74-9fd64ec6b345" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:53:39.597" UserId="3907" Text="I had a user with more that 100,000 files in a single directory. The machine locks up and become unusable for a long time whilst the Explorer fills up memory and the machine can crash. Is there a simple way of dumping the directory and contents? We tried using the command line deltree and this did not seam much better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DaveF&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="23018" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12680" RevisionGUID="cd26b10a-3b56-4a9f-aa74-9fd64ec6b345" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:53:39.597" UserId="3907" Text="&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="23019" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12681" RevisionGUID="ae6fc456-645b-4541-9fec-e4099bfd458f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:55:55.663" UserId="536" Text="I have some network cable laid, but no sockets as yet. I have done a quick google, and have not had much luck with explanations (other than on the hyphen site). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a good, comprehensive guide to how to wire up Ethernet sockets, any advice would also be greatly appreciated as it sounds like a bit of a nightmare.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23020" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12681" RevisionGUID="ae6fc456-645b-4541-9fec-e4099bfd458f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:55:55.663" UserId="536" Text="how to wire up a RJ45 socket with cat-5 cable" />
  <row Id="23021" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12681" RevisionGUID="ae6fc456-645b-4541-9fec-e4099bfd458f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:55:55.663" UserId="536" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;home-network&gt;&lt;shed-computing&gt;" />
  <row Id="23022" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12682" RevisionGUID="5fa69727-51c9-4d59-abe5-20b3b9c37a1a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:56:40.170" UserId="3489" Text="Rule 1, if dev's can get access to change things, it's not a production server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running proper version control (not just a VCS, but proper tagging) can really help here." />
  <row Id="23023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12683" RevisionGUID="8750c3df-48cc-4a54-b65e-7caadfd12740" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:57:02.133" UserId="3911" Text="**The Security Side of Me:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the companies (MediaDefender, I think, anyone want to confirm?) that was helping the RIAA track down and prosecute Bittorrent sharers permitted one of their VPs to forward his company mail to his Gmail account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some people who did not appreciate this company's efforts guessed his password and pulled all his mail, and leaked all the company-related mail. You can probably still find torrents of it floating around. Included were salary documents, operating plans, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, you need to not only trust Google, but also trust the developers to pick reasonable passwords. You might think that, at least once it's explained, it would be a simple matter to get the developers, who should all be &quot;computer people&quot; (but sometimes aren't) to pick good passwords. Anecdotally, however, I've seen many developers with piss-poor security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The User Side of Me:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, I hate having multiple mailboxes, and I get much better productivity out of having all my mail flow into one. I check it all in one place (and all the bloody time); and I don't really have to care where people email me at, it all reaches me eventually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As we speak, actually, I'm doing a mail migration of several Gmail accounts into one GAFYD account, and after that I'll be pulling in my old Outlook/Exchange archives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I couldn't forward my work mail into my GAFYD account, I'd be very peeved, and you (the person stopping me) would be rather screwed anyways, because I would be importing my archives instead. Which brings us to the bottom line:&#xD;&#xA;*The primary reason not to let me forward my mail into Gmail is security. And if I want my mail in Gmail bad enough, I'll get it there one way or the other. Maybe it won't be in real-time, but I will eventually, and once it's there, it's the same as if you let me forward it in.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12684" RevisionGUID="03169695-6968-48f8-a41e-63ffaa34c248" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:57:14.787" UserId="45" Text="You could use `rmdir`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rmdir /s /q FOLDERNAME&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/s means delete recursively, /q is the &quot;quiet&quot; mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12685" RevisionGUID="9bbb526e-3f32-4f68-b4ce-bab79e6d4990" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:57:59.557" UserId="3913" Text="I use to have this problem with servers I was administering. Skip explorer altogether and use the command prompt. Navigate to the folder and &quot;del *.*&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This way you avoid the overhead of the GUI (explorer is trash) and Recycling bin." />
  <row Id="23026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12686" RevisionGUID="32bef960-6c66-4bb6-9dea-2092b28001f4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:01:56.867" UserId="536" Text="What kind of IO operations will depend on your applications and setup. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is important as in some cases the CPU can't get the data or instructions that it needs to continue. In some cases it can continue, but it will depend on what apps are running as to what it can do. If you have a single threaded application which does lots of disk access then you will need to wait. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To minimise the IO time, buy more and faster memory, get faster disks, defrag the disks you have. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is an in house application which is the bottleneck see if it can be optimised to read in bigger blocks or to do IO asynchronously.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23027" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12687" RevisionGUID="e2968037-7b4e-4341-a095-2d530c3f3778" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:02:16.117" UserId="3489" Text="NTFS is extent based (like xfs, ext4 and more on the *nix side) so the slowdown you get from non-extent based filesystems (eg *fat*, ext3) is reduced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's still an overhead though, and where it starts to hurt is fragmentation. Windows is *HORRIBLE* about fragmentation, try running defraggler to see how even sequentially written files (eg from program installation) can end up in 30+ fragments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd generally suggest 4k as a good size, although if a drive is to be used for large media files 64k or larger can help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.defraggler.com/" />
  <row Id="23028" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12264" RevisionGUID="f9f7c46e-34b0-4a59-8ddd-7753a71cc2a5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:02:57.410" UserId="2972" Comment="added information" Text="I've contacted Sun regarding this and they have told me that the download is no longer available as Active Server Pages 4.0.3 is now End Of Life. We need to upgrade our server to 4.0.3 to acheive PCI-DSS compliance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone know of a site where I can download older copies of Sun files? Sun offer 4.0.1 and 4.0.2 to download but not 4.0.3 which is going to cause problems come October when Visa stops accepting transactions from non PCI compliant servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If Sun kept their naming system consistent across versions, the file would be called &quot;sjsasp403-sol-sparc.tar&quot;. I know the real solution is to upgrade every site on the server to use a different server language, i.e. PHP, and in the long term, this is our goal but we have over 100 sites requiring upgrading and its not a viable solution to get this done before October." />
  <row Id="23029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12688" RevisionGUID="5b9a2b97-19f0-471a-8a89-0ea184cf0abd" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:03:15.053" UserId="3915" Text="I have a cluster of Apache httpd servers. It's a load balanced cluster where all nodes serve the same, shared, content. The content itself is located on a shared storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to setup all nodes to log (server access logs) to the same log file (again on the same shared storage), but I am concerned that this would create concurrency problems in a production environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone knows a good guide or recommendation for setting up a logging for httpd clusters?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23030" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12688" RevisionGUID="5b9a2b97-19f0-471a-8a89-0ea184cf0abd" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:03:15.053" UserId="3915" Text="Apache httpd cluster logging" />
  <row Id="23031" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12688" RevisionGUID="5b9a2b97-19f0-471a-8a89-0ea184cf0abd" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:03:15.053" UserId="3915" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;httpd&gt;&lt;clustering&gt;&lt;logging&gt;" />
  <row Id="23032" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12689" RevisionGUID="df4e894e-4e86-4877-8bc3-83fb12c03e24" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:03:50.450" UserId="3039" Text="Emails contain all sorts of sensitive information from specs, to discussions about design, operations, code extracts, sample data, maybe live, client data, proposals, budgets, passwords, and more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Forget whether you trust Google. Do you trust the developers? You might trust them today, but in 2 years time when someone has left the company, how do you make sure you get all this sensitive information back? You can't, and he/she could probably deny responsibility because the company deemed it an acceptable risk to allow emails to be copied to Gmail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, in the UK, The eighth basic principle of the **Data Protection Act** states that personal information should &quot;not be transferred to other countries without adequate protection&quot; (all EU countries have similar privacy laws - the DPA derives from legislation passed in Brussels) - but I don't think the USA is classed as a country with adequate law/protection over data. If developers copy their emails to Google, can you prevent any data that a client might have emailed from being copied?" />
  <row Id="23033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12690" RevisionGUID="3de5ad77-4d4f-42f3-a84e-a26ac3c06e16" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:04:33.727" UserId="1427" Text="**Use different passwords**: apart from the fact that different users might have access, you can't log on to the production system database (and do [something bad][1]) thinking it is the test server database if the password is not the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Colour-coding**: which is also a good idea, because it is hard to miss. Set the colour of the command-line prompt according to the host name, and set the desktop background colour for GUI access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/5066/biggest-command-line-mistake/5092#5092" />
  <row Id="23034" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12691" RevisionGUID="8087a162-bdd9-4970-866d-81fa0b9faec9" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:06:05.190" UserId="48" Text="Wiring up an Ethernet socket is very similar to wiring up a cable itself, the order of the wires is the same, the method of wiring them is slightly different, dependant on your socket.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The image below shows the 2 standard configurations for cat 5(and 6). A crossover cable (for directly connecting 2 PC's) would have one end of type A and on of type B, a normal straight through cable, from switch to PC, would have both the same type. You need to ensure that all your cables use the same type through out, either A or B.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Network Cable Layout][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/num/586a586b.gif&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once decided, you would wire up your sockets in the same order as you would your cables. Most sockets have markers indicating which PIN number goes where, so just make sure you follow the order in your chosen layout and they will work fine." />
  <row Id="23035" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12692" RevisionGUID="d2d9d300-526a-4a2c-9c5d-aed9eca84faa" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:07:48.803" UserId="49805" Text="One of my servers is raising an event log error for DNS with the details shown below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions for resolving this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Worth mentioning is that 100.150 is a secondary IP address assigned to 100.1)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     Event Type:	Warning Event&#xD;&#xA;     Source:	DnsApi &#xD;&#xA;     Event Category:	None&#xD;&#xA;     Event ID:	11166 &#xD;&#xA;     Date:		27/05/2009&#xD;&#xA;     Time:		10:57:24 &#xD;&#xA;     User:		N/A&#xD;&#xA;     Computer:	TEST-100-1 &#xD;&#xA;     Description: The system failed to register host (A) resource records (RRs) &#xD;&#xA;     for network adapter with settings:&#xD;&#xA;             Adapter Name :&#xD;&#xA;     {898C2EEB-2269-4A20-9269-33C9D85C42C8}&#xD;&#xA;     Host Name : test-100-1    Primary&#xD;&#xA;     Domain Suffix : mydomain.local    &#xD;&#xA;     DNS server list :&#xD;&#xA;          	192.168.100.1, 192.168.100.2    &#xD;&#xA;     Sent update to server :&#xD;&#xA;                192.168.100.150    &#xD;&#xA;     IP Address(es) :&#xD;&#xA;                192.168.100.180" />
  <row Id="23036" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12692" RevisionGUID="d2d9d300-526a-4a2c-9c5d-aed9eca84faa" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:07:48.803" UserId="49805" Text="DNSAPI Error 11166 on Windows 2003 member server" />
  <row Id="23037" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12692" RevisionGUID="d2d9d300-526a-4a2c-9c5d-aed9eca84faa" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:07:48.803" UserId="49805" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="23038" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12693" RevisionGUID="5ed525ad-b1df-4ad0-9846-f6a0ad705930" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:07:49.897" UserId="3914" Text="Sounds good so far. You must remember to test your backups as well!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your system becomes critical, you can also consider transaction log shipping, or more frequent intervals than 3 hours." />
  <row Id="23039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12694" RevisionGUID="b3403083-52fc-437d-9c9b-08d0f2e8f191" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:08:04.903" UserId="3543" Text="&#xD;&#xA;There is always a fine line between protecting from errors and hindering work. Although I am a dedicated admin, our organization is small enough so it is not practical to implement all the extra overhead and red tape that big enterprises like to have to keep their production safe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Besides your rules, we also have the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * never use the same credentials for test and production (i.e. login, database), if you can't afford to tighten the firewalls properly put drop rules for common mistakes, i.e. connecting to test backend from live frontend, etc.&#xD;&#xA; * implement as much of change management/version control as you can, not only on the application level, but on the OS level too. Here we use cfengine, but there is plenty of other options, i.e. puppet or even grow your own.&#xD;&#xA; * automate all routine tasks, i.e. you should not be deleting anything manually on production on a regular basis&#xD;&#xA; * keep an up-to-date documentation of everything, do not consider a task done until it is properly documented, combine wiki and bug tracking system. There has to be a &quot;Why&quot; for every change and for every weirdness in the config. I know this sounds like a Holy Grail, but any documentation is better than nothing at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23040" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12680" RevisionGUID="ce05d0c6-4cb0-4eac-9b86-eb723bb0e993" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:09:15.510" UserId="914" Comment="Added additional tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-explorer&gt;" />
  <row Id="23041" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12695" RevisionGUID="d6b8de8f-a927-480c-8cdb-5af1c3ee579c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:09:20.533" UserId="3918" Text="Take a look at the Wikipedia page about [Category 5 cables](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_5_cable). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The picture there shows nicely how to connect it. Make sure you have the same standard (A or B) at both ends. :-)" />
  <row Id="23042" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12696" RevisionGUID="5a303198-fc23-4f9b-886d-b358d13097cf" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:10:10.250" UserId="3916" Text="There really aren't any free / open-source ways to provide what you're looking for.  If you want something that is so turn-key, look at various third-party commercial replication solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, it *is* possible to sort of roll your own replication with Postgres using write-head log (WAL) shipping:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/warm-standby.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is basically where you can put a secondary node into continuous recovery mode and import transaction logs into it every {small interval}.  The Postgres configuration has &quot;stubs&quot; to allow you to do certain things when a Postgres when a WAL is completed and so no, and that's what that setup is predicated on -- utilising those &quot;stubs.&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, that doesn't allow you to do master-master and/or circular replication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In any case, it definitely works for erdundancy, but I would not call it &quot;easy setup,&quot; &quot;simplistic failover,&quot; &quot;seamless,&quot; or anything like that." />
  <row Id="23043" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12697" RevisionGUID="97e0d57c-93fa-4edd-ac47-267d2e199e6a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:11:08.360" UserId="3926" Text="Optimal SQL Server backup strategy  depends from your database availability and data consistency requirements only...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are ready to lost your data for 6 hours (period between consecutive transaction log/database backups) - it's ok. &#xD;&#xA;If not - think more about optimizing backup strategy (e.g. with more frequent transaction log backups/incremental backups, even database mirroring). " />
  <row Id="23044" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12698" RevisionGUID="e35b9504-6080-4c3c-af87-b146724a47d4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:11:15.770" UserDisplayName="eberkut" Text="The question should not be &quot;when is it ok&quot; but &quot;when is it relevant&quot;. The main areas distinguishing open source firewalls from &quot;commercial&quot; ones are :&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;- Support. Do you need to be able to call someone in case of trouble to help you or to fix potential bugs ? There is some support offered for open source software but is still not widespread especially for open source firewalls&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;- Integration. Are you going to set it up all by yourself ? More precisely to you want to size the hardware yourself or to have to install and configure every underlying services needed before starting to really configure the firewall ? Are you even skilled enough to do all this ? Some fully integrated open source solutions can help you but you would still have to buy the hardware and size it according to your needs (it also usually means not specialized hardware and getting the most network performance from a PC architecture is not as easy as it may look like).&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;- Budget. Open source software is mostly free (as in beer). It needs not be but it usually the case. However what you save in purchase price you may have to put on manpower.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;- Performance. Like it or not, if you have big performance requirements, open source firewalls are still far behind proprietary appliances. As a very extreme example, take a look at a Juniper SRX. You're never going to get the same amount of performance with pfSense on a Dell. However if your requirements are smaller (as a very dumb and conservative rule of thumb, under 1Gbps of sustained traffic to be filtered, without tricky stuff like VPN), open source is the way to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope it helps." />
  <row Id="23051" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12701" RevisionGUID="fce76582-8c23-4150-b875-cfe59cab1401" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:15:19.303" UserId="3918" Text="- Linux server with 500G RAID-1 with 3 disks for storing my entire photo collection(*). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The server does nothing else really. I use appliances for telephony and routing because I am lazy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(*) Not really cozy with this setup. Very big RAID arrays tend to accumulate defects without a possibility to tell on which disk is the defect. Really a problem of the filesystem though. My plan is to have a look at ZFS on either FreeBSD or OpenSolaris some time in the future." />
  <row Id="23052" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12701" RevisionGUID="fce76582-8c23-4150-b875-cfe59cab1401" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:15:19.303" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12702" RevisionGUID="ef9444e7-1fb3-4eec-b99f-938260deb6ed" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:15:29.570" UserId="301" Text="I would say your concerns are correct. You already have a bottleneck with the apache children logging to the same file (or the same pipe if you use `cronolog`).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My suggestion would be to either log to different files (say appending the hostname to the end of the file) then summarise those files later. Alternatively if you are concerned about the overhead of logging to a network storage device, log locally, again with a unique extension then rsync the files to a central location after rolling them, and summarise." />
  <row Id="23054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12703" RevisionGUID="5d95d1e7-a17c-41f0-a699-f61ee104b06e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:15:48.367" UserId="3911" Text="imapsync is the best IMAP transfer tool I've used (offlineimap sucked, and for the expected reasons: wrong tool for the job; and uw-mailutil seems to have mangled some data along the way).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll have to play with the options a little to get it moved over, but it should do the trick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively: Thunderbird drag-and-drop.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12704" RevisionGUID="b83d219e-ed9a-47f5-b30c-95bd6e798d18" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:16:53.450" UserId="49805" Text="One thing I've seen implemented is to use an &quot;intermediary&quot; terminal server between your operational network and your production network, so any changes have to be done (for production systems) when in a terminal services session. By not doing the same with test systems, the distinction is very, very clear." />
  <row Id="23056" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12594" RevisionGUID="8e778f3c-dbfe-4850-9fff-667bd08216d3" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:18:21.793" UserId="3739" Comment="Minor spelling error" Text="Might not be the tools for you if you are going to hit the hardware or OS level, but if you are going to stress through an web application there are quite a few alternatives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not open source, but Microsoft has a free (not GNU free) [web stress tool][1] if you are going to stress test an web application. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When it comes to open source tools, there is quite a few depending on your needs. The project I work in have used [TestMaker][2]. It is quite good, but the UI is a bit confusing. A more developer centric tool that I have used in the past is [JMeter][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a fairly updated list of performance testing tools on [this page][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e2c0585a-062a-439e-a67d-75a89aa36495&amp;DisplayLang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.pushtotest.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.opensourcetesting.org/performance.php" />
  <row Id="23057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12705" RevisionGUID="6293f566-69f8-4f72-9656-88c4a649c341" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:19:23.727" UserId="3926" Text="Evolution (projects.gnome.org/evolution/) can replace Outlook as Microsoft Exchange client (it works over OWA). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're looking for complete client+server solution - Zimbra (as already specified above) it's a good solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23058" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12705" RevisionGUID="6293f566-69f8-4f72-9656-88c4a649c341" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:19:23.727" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12706" RevisionGUID="e326e8cd-f7fc-4335-b485-830371f6df2a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:20:10.403" UserId="914" Text="I think the main point you should get across is what the companies network can and cannot be used for, that way you have something to reference should someone do something wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd try to avoid keeping it too much of a manual, you'd end up wasting your time as many people wouldn't read it fully anyhow and you'll still end up with daily questions.  Certainly try and get the main points across on the first few pages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Points to consider including are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Backups - How can the users get their data backed up, how often does this occur and how much space are they allowed to utilise?&#xD;&#xA; - File storage - What can the file server be used for and how much space are they allowed to take up?  e.g. 20GB worth of mp3's and family photos wouldn't be very convenient although not always fully disallowed - so long as it stays within a reasonable quota and isn't backed up.&#xD;&#xA; - External media - Are external USB pen drives/CD's/External drives allowed to be plugged into computers?&#xD;&#xA; - Faults - What should people do if they identify a fault with the hardware/software that you provide?  Do you have a ticket tracking system?" />
  <row Id="23060" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12707" RevisionGUID="f3a82e55-127e-42eb-900b-cf3259b7b786" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:20:56.220" UserId="3916" Text="Don't forget to include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    127.0.0.1 ads.stackoverflow.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;:-)" />
  <row Id="23061" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12707" RevisionGUID="f3a82e55-127e-42eb-900b-cf3259b7b786" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:20:56.220" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23062" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12708" RevisionGUID="1360ce71-4b03-44ff-acaf-7943cde6f5a6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:21:31.397" UserId="3058" Text="This is a combination of the previous posts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;open a command window:  &#xD;&#xA;`File -&gt; Run -&gt; cmd`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remove the directory  &#xD;&#xA;`rmdir /s /q FOLDERNAME`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OR&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remove a pattern of files  &#xD;&#xA;`cd \....\directory  &#xD;&#xA;del *.[something]`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you've noted in your question Windows Explorer can really slow things down." />
  <row Id="23067" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12680" RevisionGUID="9a9d4306-e5af-4dd9-a7eb-a374c9ad8cf0" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:22:54.623" UserId="3907" Comment="added 1047 characters in body" Text="I had a user with more that 100,000 files in a single directory. The machine locks up and become unusable for a long time whilst the Explorer fills up memory and the machine can crash. Is there a simple way of dumping the directory and contents? We tried using the command line deltree and this did not seam much better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DaveF&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Extra -&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have had this problem several times with the same user (actually client). A program creates 100s of thousands of temp files during its run. If the program works correctly it does not matter as they get removed slowing as it is finished with this. But every now and again it dies leaving the mess of files. We have tried using rmdir and del etc methods and they are faster than using explorer but we generally end up with the same problems. The partition get damaged, there is an unexplained locked file, some file has a permission problem, which stops the delete from working. Normally these problem can be fixed with a reboot but in this case as this is a critical system we can't in production time. On Unix you can just do a rm -rf etc and this is quick and there is generally no real problem with it. All the command line tools we have tried don't seam to work reliably. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW - the application is being changed but this will not go into production for sometime and I though this problem was probably interesting to others.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23068" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12711" RevisionGUID="9cdccc1d-3244-4a38-a287-23d41437f81a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:22:56.730" UserId="3925" Text="As said, its often a cultural issue - after all, some development shops don't bother with comments anymore (self documenting code is a fashionable buzzword today!) and some use a version control system as a holy grail of historical records. Obviously, these aren't perfect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, the only true way to fix it is to make it a cultural solution. Ensure all reasons for change are logged in a bug tracker (or knowledgebase, or wiki), and ensure all changes are logged in a change control system. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have emergency service customers, every change that happens to their system is logged, and every time we log into their system, we have to log it. For some of them, we have to phone for permission first (and I guess they log that too!). *Every* change is logged, and it'll be a disciplinary offence to change the customer system without logging it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It sounds onerous, but its not. You quickly get into the habit of adding yourself to the access log and change log - its no worse than having to write a comment when checking in a code change. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recommend a bugtracker as the change control reason log, as they're usually easy to update (I use Mantis)." />
  <row Id="23069" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12711" RevisionGUID="9cdccc1d-3244-4a38-a287-23d41437f81a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:22:56.730" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23070" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12712" RevisionGUID="d2b49f83-4c9e-4b1f-ab9f-5a889bc5a78d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:24:47.867" UserId="3174" Text="One of the better resources for computer policy documents can be found at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sans.org/resources/policies/&quot;&gt;SANS policy project&lt;/a&gt;.  They have sample policies for just about everything." />
  <row Id="23071" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12713" RevisionGUID="fac82798-4355-4697-bce5-dc4e2098ae23" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:24:55.870" UserId="3920" Text="Go through this nice how-to at www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I personally change the ssh port and use fail2ban + denyhosts. And I block everything that is not needed. The more you block the less you have to worry about. " />
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  <row Id="23073" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="12681" RevisionGUID="06757d51-5302-401b-8313-32936735861a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:25:10.987" UserId="45" Comment="edited title" Text="How to wire up a RJ45 socket with cat-5 cable?" />
  <row Id="23074" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12714" RevisionGUID="d91aabd5-0557-4fa7-88e1-c64db44c6ed4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:28:43.427" UserId="301" Text="&gt; I know it's the time spent by the CPU&#xD;&#xA;&gt; waiting for a IO operations to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; complete, but what kind of IO&#xD;&#xA;&gt; operations precisely? What I am also&#xD;&#xA;&gt; not sure, is why it so important?&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Can't the CPU just do something else&#xD;&#xA;&gt; while the IO operation completes, and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; then get back to processing data?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, other processes can run while one is blocked on IO. However inside that process, unless it's using asynchronous IO, it will not progress until whatever IO operation is complete.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Also what are the right tools to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; diagnose what process(es) did exactly&#xD;&#xA;&gt; wait for IO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some tools you might find useful&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* `iostat`, to monitor the service times of your disks&#xD;&#xA;* `iotop` (if your kernel supports it), to monitor the breakdown of IO requests per process&#xD;&#xA;* `strace`, to look at the actual operations issued by a process&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; And what are the ways to minimize IO&#xD;&#xA;&gt; wait time?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* ensure you have free physical memory so the OS can cache disk blocks in memory&#xD;&#xA;* tune your filesystem&#xD;&#xA;* use a battery backed array controller&#xD;&#xA;* choose good buffer sizes when performing io operations" />
  <row Id="23075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12715" RevisionGUID="08a4b1c2-bfee-4937-8d7e-1055035258b1" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:30:10.897" UserId="3943" Text="I use tools like Microsoft Visio or WhatsUp Gold to map out the network topology if that helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Martin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23076" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12716" RevisionGUID="d97cc08d-899d-4e3b-b3d7-5789b08039cc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:30:13.173" UserDisplayName="Ipsa Scientia" Text="I followed the instructions on PHP5 readme file to do a manual install on Windows and as a module on top of Apache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ran phpinfo() and it appeared all OK.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, **every time I run php code calling MySQL it crashed**. I just could prevent the crashes installing PHP5 as CGI." />
  <row Id="23077" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12716" RevisionGUID="d97cc08d-899d-4e3b-b3d7-5789b08039cc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:30:13.173" UserDisplayName="Ipsa Scientia" Text="How to install Apache 2.2.X and PHP5 as a Module on Windows Vista?" />
  <row Id="23078" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12716" RevisionGUID="d97cc08d-899d-4e3b-b3d7-5789b08039cc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:30:13.173" UserDisplayName="Ipsa Scientia" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;php&gt;" />
  <row Id="23079" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12717" RevisionGUID="e31ae1f5-a0d0-4598-bef9-ecf5972b3626" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:30:16.327" UserId="3916" Text="The idea that dedicated hardware appliances are always better, more reliable and higher-performance than commodity and/or PC hardware - in *practice*, with today's costs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's basically what Cisco wants you to believe;  sure, the NPE in the router chassis only has a ~300 MHz ARM processor, but it's got all these ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits) *just for* fast packet forwarding, FIB routing lookups and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While that may be true, and I generally *do* favour using proprietary gear of that sort for routers and switches for a variety of administrative and MTBF-related reasons, the fact is that in the era of 3 GHz processors and 8 GB of RAM, often the presence of ASICs and CAM just doesn't matter -- the PC can still smoke that router.  Sure, all the stuff is done in CPU instead of offboarded to dedicated hardware, and sure, it's all in processes subject to the ravages of a contended userspace scheduling environment in a general-purpose OS, but when you have 20x the CPU power, sometimes it doesn't matter - it *still* comes out way ahead, and much cheaper.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I learned this again recently when dealing with a fairly high-end PIX buckling to increasing packet processing loads in a growing VoIP environment (high packets-per-second cripple routers much more so than overall throughput per se, and VoIP audio streams consist of very large amounts of very small packets);  the Linux firewall I set up as a stopgap measure for inter-VLAN routing in the meantime blew that thing out of the water.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ditto for BGP.  There is still a vivacious debate in the Cisco world about the minimum router specs needed to hold one or more full BGP views of the ever-growing IPv4 routing table, since so many router models are generally capable of it were they not skimpy on the RAM.  Well, you know, Quagga and a solid Linux server with a great NIC and low-interrupt I/O tweaks can do wonders.  :-)" />
  <row Id="23080" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12717" RevisionGUID="e31ae1f5-a0d0-4598-bef9-ecf5972b3626" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:30:16.327" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12718" RevisionGUID="c7873289-d5c6-4be7-858d-bf71b77cf705" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:31:40.363" UserId="1439" Text="If none of the other suggestions are working, have you considered speeding up your I/O?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Buy better controllers, faster disks..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or I wonder, if the files are temporary (as you imply) and sizes permit, you could add extra RAM to the box (cheap) and set up a RAM disk?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best case, performance wouldn't be degraded when deleting large volumes of files. Worst case, a reboot would clear the partition." />
  <row Id="23082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12719" RevisionGUID="2cc30d66-76ef-41c6-ae90-5fcacefd80bf" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:32:14.263" UserId="3947" Text="If You want to have your own mailing system to manage mails, Its very good to have zimbra mailing server. Even we have given zimbra server for our clients it manages superbly. But it requires hardware requirement." />
  <row Id="23083" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12719" RevisionGUID="2cc30d66-76ef-41c6-ae90-5fcacefd80bf" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:32:14.263" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23084" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12720" RevisionGUID="4a5603bf-3bff-420d-b30b-7e34eff5fdf2" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:32:23.233" UserId="3949" Text="We're currently looking to use XenServer with Essentials for XenServer Enterprise together with a iSCSI SAN. What we're looking to do is to bond 4 gigabit ethernet connections to provide a large link to the iSCSI dedicated network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From reading around it seems that the bonding within XenServer isn't great when used for a storage network (only providing balancing across upto two network connections). Is anyone using LACP successfully with XenServer, or some other method to bond more than two connections? " />
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  <row Id="23087" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12721" RevisionGUID="8780cb2e-ada0-4a2a-a061-bed3a9b0ae73" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:32:52.903" UserId="3505" Text="&lt;b&gt;`iowait`&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`iowait` is time that the processor/processors are waiting (i.e. is in an *idle state* and does *nothing*), during which there in fact *was* outstanding disk I/O requests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This usually means that the block devices (i.e. physical disks, not memory) is too slow, or simply saturated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should hence note that if you see a high load average on your system, and on inspection notice that most of this is actually due to I/O wait, it does not necessarily mean that your system is in trouble - and this occurs when your machine simply has nothing to do, other than than I/O-bound processes (i.e. processes that do more I/O than anything else (non-I/O-bound system calls)).  That should also be apparent from the fact that anything you do on the system is still very responsive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;tools&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * `sar` (from the `sysstat` package, available on most *nix machines)&#xD;&#xA; * `iostat`&#xD;&#xA; * [`sarface`][1] (a front-end to `sar`)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://projects.autonomy.net.au/sarface" />
  <row Id="23088" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12722" RevisionGUID="20de5fa5-cef9-4e54-b826-f2bc5918eddb" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:33:25.057" UserId="3937" Text="Wilka,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 web admin page needs to be displayed in &quot;Compatibility View&quot; mode in IE8. None of the drop down selectors were working for me until I added the site into this view mode i.e. Known Image Files drop down in CD / Media capture window wasn't selecting my choices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't experienced the erratic mouse behaviour with IE8, even without Compatibility View mode enabled. This sounds like the &quot;Virtual Machine Additions&quot; are not installed. You can check whether they are and what version (if any) is applied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Edit Configuration&quot; for the machine you want to check &gt; Check the entry next to &quot;Virtual Machine Additions&quot; &gt; You should have something like version 13.820. This is what shows on an x64 implementation of VServer 2005 R2 on a server I am running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="23089" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="238" RevisionGUID="07b639ee-e62e-4e50-b017-52be99d1a4fe" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:33:41.077" UserId="45" Comment="added 140 characters in body; edited tags" Text="Sometimes I have to answer support calls responding to PC crashes with blue screens. How can I effectively narrow down the problem giving the information on that screen? What are the most important questions I have to ask the user?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** By &quot;diagnose&quot; I mean, how can I interpret the information on the blue screen in order to narrow down the cause of the problem?" />
  <row Id="23090" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="238" RevisionGUID="07b639ee-e62e-4e50-b017-52be99d1a4fe" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:33:41.077" UserId="45" Comment="added 140 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;crash&gt;&lt;bluescreen&gt;" />
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  <row Id="23092" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12723" RevisionGUID="97adb9c6-3a22-4ed1-81d9-1a549f8cf04c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:34:10.093" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23094" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12714" RevisionGUID="e497a2f4-2bd6-4779-b367-85a81797dfc7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:35:40.527" UserId="301" Comment="added 67 characters in body" Text="&gt; I know it's the time spent by the CPU&#xD;&#xA;&gt; waiting for a IO operations to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; complete, but what kind of IO&#xD;&#xA;&gt; operations precisely? What I am also&#xD;&#xA;&gt; not sure, is why it so important?&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Can't the CPU just do something else&#xD;&#xA;&gt; while the IO operation completes, and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; then get back to processing data?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, other processes can run while one is blocked on IO. However inside that process, unless it's using asynchronous IO, it will not progress until whatever IO operation is complete.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Also what are the right tools to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; diagnose what process(es) did exactly&#xD;&#xA;&gt; wait for IO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some tools you might find useful&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* `iostat`, to monitor the service times of your disks&#xD;&#xA;* `iotop` (if your kernel supports it), to monitor the breakdown of IO requests per process&#xD;&#xA;* `strace`, to look at the actual operations issued by a process&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; And what are the ways to minimize IO&#xD;&#xA;&gt; wait time?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* ensure you have free physical memory so the OS can cache disk blocks in memory&#xD;&#xA;* keep your filesystem below 80% to avoid excessive fragmentation&#xD;&#xA;* tune your filesystem&#xD;&#xA;* use a battery backed array controller&#xD;&#xA;* choose good buffer sizes when performing io operations" />
  <row Id="23095" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12725" RevisionGUID="af05e5cc-797a-48d6-af1a-df1a051e33c8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:36:18.873" UserId="2320" Text="    powercfg.cpl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Launches power management control panel applet" />
  <row Id="23096" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12725" RevisionGUID="af05e5cc-797a-48d6-af1a-df1a051e33c8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:36:18.873" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23099" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12727" RevisionGUID="2a1b2143-225e-431f-aed4-1074dcf865de" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:37:07.637" UserId="1740" Text="[How to Install and Configure PHP 5 to Run with Apache on Windows][1] has instructions on how you can run PHP 5 as an Apache Module.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want more specific answers, you should include error-messages from the crashing application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.thesitewizard.com/php/install-php-5-apache-windows.shtml" />
  <row Id="23100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12728" RevisionGUID="b5778672-003a-4a03-9059-c0a2ceb3f364" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:40:54.043" UserId="3762" Text="I have seen this happen occasionaly when a .pst file is damaged but I cannot see this being to blame as you have only just exported.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also try exporting to a differnt format such as .csv which you can open in excel/open office to prove that it contains data, and you can also import into the mailbox from this as well.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="23104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12730" RevisionGUID="f75a796f-ede1-4c1b-8ff4-55357567f63e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:41:54.820" UserDisplayName="tmichael" Text="Hello&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.cmdln.org/2007/07/20/automatic-session-logging-and-monitoring-with-gnu-screen-for-the-paranoid/" />
  <row Id="23106" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12732" RevisionGUID="bfb7f81d-bc8c-4ae2-b813-f72209f48030" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:42:13.430" UserId="3961" Text="Use logresolvemerge.pl, part of AWstats (or hack your own).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I'd log to a ramdisk on each server and merge to file every hour or so." />
  <row Id="23107" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12733" RevisionGUID="61f0f32e-f7d3-4ef5-b55e-2b87079d4674" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:43:33.133" UserId="3174" Text="I wouldn't change from the default cluster size, unless you really know what you are doing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, smaller cluster sizes do mean less slack space and thus less wasted space.  However,  smaller cluster sizes also mean that less data is being transferred from the disk in each read operation and thus you may get a drop in read performance.  It is also likely that there will be less fragmentation with a larger cluster size, as the data is more likely to be stored either in one cluster, or contiguously." />
  <row Id="23108" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12716" RevisionGUID="d60349b8-87d0-4d9f-9451-8bd2932569ac" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:44:35.500" UserDisplayName="Ipsa Scientia" Comment="Added more details" Text="I followed the instructions on PHP5 readme file to do a manual install on Windows and as a module on top of Apache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ran phpinfo() and it appeared all OK.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, **every time I run php code calling MySQL it crashed**. I just could prevent the crashes installing PHP5 as CGI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that the crashes stopped just by changing Apache config from loading PHP5 as a module to running PHP5 as CGI. No PHP config changes involved.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also noteworthy: the same PHP5 as an Apache module install steps executed on another Windows XP machine run smoothly." />
  <row Id="23109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12734" RevisionGUID="221a000b-3b19-4ea6-928c-2240ee584dc5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:44:56.687" UserId="2368" Text="I can not believe, that noone has mentioned this! Behold:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    command.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Very often would I see the system being plagued by trojans/worms that attempt to lock down every way of getting through to system internals like regedit, mmc, cmd.exe, etc. Then you have no choice, but to boot from a live cd. But, obviously, with command.com at your disposal you can do anything you want, and I've yet to see THAT made unavailable." />
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  <row Id="23111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12735" RevisionGUID="fde757d0-22eb-4036-b152-082826e39605" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:46:38.977" UserId="3058" Text="How much is &quot;some&quot; cable?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's for a company, the time spent learning and making mistakes can more than pay for an hour or two of a professional's time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wired up a few network drops in my day (10 base T anyone?).  I'm still amazed when a true pro comes in and can punch and test 48 connections in a half day.  It's neat and tidy.  Now when our network guys start running patch cables... THAT gets messy, but they had a clean slate to start with." />
  <row Id="23112" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12607" RevisionGUID="cbc8990c-fe93-4f3a-8280-f3a52442abe2" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:50:24.897" UserId="98" Comment="spelling" Text="There is one really good reason to disallow this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even if you configure gmail to use the company address as the FROM-header, gmail will still add a&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Sender: &lt;google-alias@gmail.com&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To every mail that is sent out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, this might seem like a small issue, was it not for Outlook that displays a Mail with these headers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    From: &lt;original.address@example.com&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    Sender: &lt;google-alias@gmail.com&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;as a Mail from &quot;google-alias@gmail.com in behalf of original.address@example.com&quot;. Even worse: Replies will be sent to the google alias now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So this not only confuses potential recipient, it also means that company mail now ends up in private mailboxes where it's not subject to a companies possible audit- or backup policy." />
  <row Id="23113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12736" RevisionGUID="8541c76b-ceeb-4929-8fca-a336063bcd56" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:50:51.667" UserId="3968" Text="I need to setup a dynamic test environment on top of VMware Infrastructure, the goal is to have my test application to call some service that triggers the whole provision process:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Create a VM&#xD;&#xA;- Install my applivation most recente build&#xD;&#xA;- Run a list of configurations&#xD;&#xA;- Start/Stop services&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Later I need to be able do destroy the machine!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there are piece of software that can handle this process? Or i need to assemble one custom made?" />
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  <row Id="23115" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12736" RevisionGUID="8541c76b-ceeb-4929-8fca-a336063bcd56" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:50:51.667" UserId="3968" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="23116" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12737" RevisionGUID="fc7990bd-647e-4616-b8ab-19f5c4bb990f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:51:33.023" UserId="45" Text="I'm afraid the only possible solution is to backup all your databases, uninstall SQL Server 2005 Enterprise, install the Standard version and restore the databases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't forget to script any user objects of your master database and other system databases (job definitions etc.)&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23117" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12738" RevisionGUID="52111b2b-0371-4c40-9a2d-938530df736c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:52:11.600" UserId="48" Text="Unfortunately there is no easy path to downgrade. You will need to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Take a backup of all your databases &#xD;&#xA; - Uninstall SQL 2005 EE&#xD;&#xA; - Reboot the server &#xD;&#xA; - Re-install SQL 2005 standard, ideally in the same location as the previous version. &#xD;&#xA; - Restore your databases to this new server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may be able to make the process quicker by copying your existing databases to another location, doing the re-install and then copying the databases back, overwriting the existing DB's, including the system DBs. However, make sure you have a good backup off all DB's as well in case this does not work as you want." />
  <row Id="23118" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="12716" RevisionGUID="01724d03-c506-497a-a96c-11c87e28b868" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:52:20.913" UserDisplayName="Ipsa Scientia" Comment="Just added detail to question title" Text="How to install Apache 2.2.X and PHP5 as a Module on Windows Vista without crashing?" />
  <row Id="23119" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12739" RevisionGUID="946039ba-c71e-4093-bf55-1603ae4fe5b8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:52:51.337" UserId="3955" Text="We use pop accounts as a backup when our server or internet connection is down. We've recently upgraded to sbs 2008. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've added our backup pop accounts via the SBS console pop conenctor. When i hit retreive now it give me an error. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in the event log the error is described as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    The TCP/IP connection with the '[pop sever]' server was terminated while &#xD;&#xA;    trying to   access the '[email@email.com]' mailbox. The cause may be &#xD;&#xA;    server problems, network problems, a long period of inactivity, a&#xD;&#xA;    connection time limit, or incorrect connection settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This only happens if there is a message in the account. if the account is empty it gives no error and says completed successfully. &#xD;&#xA;The message can be any size and it still throws this error. It times out in under a minute.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking at the pop verbose logs it gets as far as the downloading message stage before it times out. ie it authenticates, checks how many messages there are and begins the download. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know it's not a firewall issue because i the relevant ports are open on the hardware filewall and the server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can download the mail from these pop accounts when i set one up in outlook directly. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also don't think it's a virus scanning problem as I have this problem even if i disable Symantec Endpoint Protection 11 on the server- which is what we use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;any ideas anyone?" />
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  <row Id="23122" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12740" RevisionGUID="3abd69af-ea62-41d6-862c-f6a5bebb0208" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:53:07.387" UserId="3770" Text="I'm in the process of changing the network in my company.&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to make it work with a domain name, DNS server using&#xD;&#xA;Active Directory.&#xD;&#xA;The server will work on Windows 2008 Server.&#xD;&#xA;How do I choose the FQDN?&#xD;&#xA;How do I make the Workstations member of the Domain (stupid question, I guess it's simple!)?&#xD;&#xA;The VPN is configured through the Router, isn't it better directly on the server?&#xD;&#xA;What at all do I have to configure in order to migrate the actual IP network to the Domain system?&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for the answers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit--&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The company is constituted with 10 Workstations and 3 servers. " />
  <row Id="23123" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12740" RevisionGUID="3abd69af-ea62-41d6-862c-f6a5bebb0208" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:53:07.387" UserId="3770" Text="Looking for the best way to configure my server." />
  <row Id="23124" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12740" RevisionGUID="3abd69af-ea62-41d6-862c-f6a5bebb0208" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:53:07.387" UserId="3770" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;windows-domain&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="23125" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12741" RevisionGUID="cdf977da-152d-478b-b260-9cce40ee72c5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:54:51.143" UserId="3039" Text="Get onto the ISP's feedback loops for spam complaints - and action those complaints (basically, if someone hits 'report spam' instead of unsubscribe then don't email them again) - details of the big ISPs are here: [http://blog.wordtothewise.com/ISP-information/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure bounced emails are removed from your mailing lists. *We use a neat piece of software called bbounce but googling for it I think they've pulled it now - was owned by the Whitaker Firm LLC*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We looked into [Goodmail][2]'s certified email program which provides whitemail listing for Yahoo and AOL (and some others) but they weren't interested! (our total email volume is less than 50,000/month and we currently use an ESP not on their list). I had a very helpful conversation with a sales guy at [StrongMail][3] who thought Goodmail was probably overkill for our volumes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Plus make sure that your emails have the location address of the organisation/sender in the email and an easy to follow unsubscribe link. I swear I've read somewhere industry insiders reporting that the content of emails are checked for this sort of content and factor into the deliverability equation - if you're not already, check out Mark Brownlow's excellent [No Man is an Iland][4] website.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.wordtothewise.com/ISP-information/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.goodmailsystems.com/products/certified-email/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.strongmail.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.email-marketing-reports.com/iland/" />
  <row Id="23126" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12708" RevisionGUID="bb1c2cb5-387c-4f9e-bb11-4ae23567891a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T10:55:06.433" UserId="3058" Comment="Add file removers" Text="This is a combination of the previous posts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;open a command window:  &#xD;&#xA;`File -&gt; Run -&gt; cmd`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remove the directory  &#xD;&#xA;`rmdir /s /q FOLDERNAME`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OR&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remove a pattern of files  &#xD;&#xA;`cd \....\directory  &#xD;&#xA;del *.[something]`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you've noted in your question Windows Explorer can really slow things down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After seeing your update, I have one of my own  &#xD;&#xA;Check out this [List of file removers][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/deletelockedfiles.shtml" />
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  <row Id="23128" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12742" RevisionGUID="b9dcb1e7-6029-4884-a3c5-ec965f61363e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:01:04.890" UserId="48" Text="The choice of your Active Directory Domain name is entirely up to you. Its common to use the  name of your company, or department of the company, but its not rigid. You can use an extension for the domain (.com, .net etc), however it is common practise to use the .local extension as this makes the domain distinct from internet based domains and non-routeabele.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Connecting workstations to a domain is done by right clicking on my computer, going to Compuer Name and setting this to the domain. In Vista it is in the system pane.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setting up a correctly configured AD domain can be a complicated process, you need to ensure your DNS is setup correctly, user accounts are setup etc. I would suggest you do some reading, and setup a test environment to experiment with before you go live with your changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An excellent begginers guide to setting up AD can be found [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the VPN, using a VPN through the router has some advantages, its not dependant on any of your servers and will give you access to you whole network by default, however it needs its own authentication accounts (unless you use RADIUS), where as setting up a VPN server on your domain could then use your active directory accounts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.petri.co.il/how_to_install_active_directory_on_windows_2003.htm" />
  <row Id="23129" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9819" RevisionGUID="44396027-ea60-4273-924f-186d2313eabd" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:02:47.087" UserId="2012" Comment="added 29 characters in body" Text="- Good to Great by Jim Collins&#xD;&#xA;- 1984 by George Orwell&#xD;&#xA;- Time Management for System Administrators By Thomas A. Limoncelli&#xD;&#xA;- On War by Clauswitz&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23130" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12743" RevisionGUID="9181b729-9f9c-4583-bd31-1f0ad00afd50" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:06:26.003" UserId="3926" Text="please check for suggstions/possible solutions here: eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=11166&amp;eventno=3393&amp;source=DnsApi&amp;phase=1" />
  <row Id="23131" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12738" RevisionGUID="1c21fe2c-9a54-450f-84a2-ca861a746e68" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:08:19.650" UserId="48" Comment="added 119 characters in body" Text="Unfortunately there is no easy path to downgrade. You will need to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Take a backup of all your databases &#xD;&#xA; - Uninstall SQL 2005 EE&#xD;&#xA; - Reboot the server &#xD;&#xA; - Re-install SQL 2005 standard, ideally in the same location as the previous version. &#xD;&#xA; - Restore your databases to this new server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may be able to make the process quicker by copying your existing databases to another location, doing the re-install and then copying the databases back, overwriting the existing DB's, including the system DBs. However, make sure you have a good backup off all DB's as well in case this does not work as you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As Brent said, your also going to want to check that any of your DB's are not using the features of the EE edition." />
  <row Id="23132" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12409" RevisionGUID="2e7684ab-1801-42fd-87f3-82524aa7c1cf" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:11:29.130" UserId="1565" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="The [AMP NETCONNECT MRJ21 System][1].  It's like an extension cord for your switch.  You only have to run 8 thick cables instead of 48 CAT6 cables.  We had a horrible mess of cables going from rack to rack before discovering these.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://www.ampnetconnect.com/system_group_overview.asp?sys_id=80" />
  <row Id="23133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12744" RevisionGUID="3085981c-757d-4c6c-947a-7ba87ee0bba4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:14:33.693" UserId="1933" Text="To test individual components, I use [memtest86+][1] for memory (burn ISO and boot from that for best results), [iozone][2] for disk benchmarking, and a [prime number finder][3] for CPU.  As mentioned above, [stress][4] also rocks as an all-in-one utility.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a great list of [other utilities to try][5].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.memtest.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.iozone.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://mersenne.org/freesoft/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://weather.ou.edu/~apw/projects/stress/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=486495" />
  <row Id="23134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12745" RevisionGUID="bec39543-400a-4eca-bc40-83d81610b7f9" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:19:00.813" UserId="3174" Text="Neal Stephenson's &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Cryptonomicon-Neal-Stephenson/dp/0099410672/&quot;&gt;Cryptonomicon&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Snow-Crash-Bantam-Spectra-Book/dp/0553380958&quot;&gt;Snow Crash&lt;/a&gt;.  They're not IT books (directly), but pretty much every IT-guy I know loves them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZW7WAQ3JL._SL500_AA240_.jpg&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XPYhRHtAL._SL500_AA240_.jpg&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12746" RevisionGUID="0288c5f3-92ad-4707-a9d8-6f5603fbb275" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:20:48.517" UserId="3483" Text="It was mentioned above. Some calculation number cruncher like the mersenne prime number search, the climate prediction project or even running a raytracer like povray would make a good test for the CPU. At the same time you get some nice performance figures for the machine which can be compared over time with other machines you run the same program on. By doing this you build up your own benchmark data." />
  <row Id="23136" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12747" RevisionGUID="e10d082f-e9e0-46aa-8138-34942fca2aa6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:24:22.147" UserId="3984" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have just become DBA for a database that support call monitoring software attached to our PBX. The software was developed in Italy and all objects (Tables, Columns, Procedures, Views etc) are named with Italian names *e.g.* the **Chiamate** table holds the **Call** data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone suggest how I can build up a table of translations - a simple two column Italian to English table that I can use to reference which columns,tables I should use to report from - until I get to learn Italian!!??&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had an idea that it may be possible to use an online translation service?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;any ideas gratefully recieved.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Jonathan" />
  <row Id="23137" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12747" RevisionGUID="e10d082f-e9e0-46aa-8138-34942fca2aa6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:24:22.147" UserId="3984" Text="Translate Italian to English" />
  <row Id="23138" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12747" RevisionGUID="e10d082f-e9e0-46aa-8138-34942fca2aa6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:24:22.147" UserId="3984" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="23139" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12748" RevisionGUID="8e864dfd-b67a-436a-9ed6-568bcac7f69c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:25:56.683" UserId="422" Text="Commercially, Novell has a product called Zenworks Orchestrator 2.0 that you might find interesting.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since they bought PlateSpin they have been integrating functionality from PlateSpin's portfolio into the Orchestrator product.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is admittedly aimed probably a bit higher than you are looking for, alas.  More of a focus on big data centers, with workloads that change rapidly,  such as a large SAP system, that might need to spin up some VM's to do work over night, then spin them down during the day, or really at any point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Very neat and interesting (and complex) product.  Pretty cool, but commercial, and may be more than you are looking for. " />
  <row Id="23140" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12749" RevisionGUID="8334e32f-3a27-4bf6-a7e7-08a53269adb7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:29:29.060" UserId="45" Text="Here is a [good Italian-English online dictionary][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also build a list of all table names, and let it run through [Microsoft's translator][2], which accepts whole texts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     select name from sysobjects where type = 'u' -- = user tables&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could do the same for column names joining syscolumns etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Buona fortuna!*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:  http://www.wordreference.com/enit/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsofttranslator.com/" />
  <row Id="23141" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12750" RevisionGUID="0436cdb4-7411-4a32-b7d2-398a29f5d3e6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:32:44.640" UserId="3709" Text="Try cut-and-paste it into the recycle bin, it should bypass trying to move every single file. Not sure what it will do to emptying the bin though because then it probably will go over every file." />
  <row Id="23142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12751" RevisionGUID="b7b57e50-5799-40d8-b1c4-b34d1b1b2b23" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:34:20.457" UserId="3505" Text="Firstly, I try not to install anything unless directly from the OS distribution (Red Hat, Debian, etc) - as a first attempt.  Of course the problem there is, specially with Enterprise distributions, that many things are not available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In this case, I would again not rely on anything generating an RPM for me, just because it's packaged up in an RPM doesn't mean it's good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I would do (well what I do do :) is write the spec file for creating a package for this Python module yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically with setup tools...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      pythonX.Y setup.py build&#xD;&#xA;      pythonX.Y setup.py install --root=&lt;my-build-area&gt; --&lt;other-options&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This way you can have full control of where things are installed.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23143" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12752" RevisionGUID="9b1d1f1f-716b-4e94-b23b-082125895f4e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:34:52.827" UserId="2561" Text="One thing that is important to look out for when choosing a VPS is memory.  With most of them you do not have any swap ( and can't use the create swap file trick).  So whatever your memory is very well may be a *hard limit*.  Some of the them offer 'burstable' memory which will go above the memory limit for x minutes.  This is really handy for compiling and also installing software using a memory hungry package manager like yum. " />
  <row Id="23144" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12753" RevisionGUID="7d8c6f6e-efd6-4f8b-9234-aa104a2a050a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:35:46.320" UserId="1933" Text="This is a more localised, *nix based answer.  I've not found any good tools to emulate it under Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a few ways to implement this ... and to catch it when you forget.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Revision control systems like subversion, git, cvs or RCS is a good way of tracking the history of a config file.  If you don't want to install a revision control system on your production servers, storing configuration file directories either locally or remotely using something like [rsnapshot][1] will give you most of the benefits of a RCS, but you lose the possibility of auditing or leaving commit logs (although this could be worked around with comments inside the files themselves).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To help you remember to log the changes, automated reporting of configuration changes via a nightly, cron'ed [tripwire][2] run is a good start.  After building tripwire's database of the current state of files, any change to them will result in an email during the next run.  You will continue to receive this mail until the database is updated, thus &quot;resetting&quot; the tripwire.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://rsnapshot.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/tripwire/" />
  <row Id="23145" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12753" RevisionGUID="7d8c6f6e-efd6-4f8b-9234-aa104a2a050a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:35:46.320" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23146" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12754" RevisionGUID="a700ea0e-4b5f-4dd2-8eca-067f83712aab" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:38:50.103" UserId="3979" Text="Which of Lighttpd and Nginx is, basing on your experience, better suited for Django? I've used both and can hardly notice any difference at all, they just work fine... Are there any use cases when one of them acts much better than the other? When answering please take in account both simplicity of configuration and efficiency.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My usual setup is to have a separate Django FCGI process (like in `./manage.py runfcgi daemonize=false port=8098 host=127.0.0.1`) launched via daemontools or an `init.d` script and lighty/nginx acting as a reverse proxy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and if you feel some other http server is much better for Django than Lighty and Nginx, please don't hesitate to share your thoughts." />
  <row Id="23147" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12754" RevisionGUID="a700ea0e-4b5f-4dd2-8eca-067f83712aab" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:38:50.103" UserId="3979" Text="Which is best for Django? Lighttpd or Nginx? Or maybe something else?" />
  <row Id="23148" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12754" RevisionGUID="a700ea0e-4b5f-4dd2-8eca-067f83712aab" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:38:50.103" UserId="3979" Text="&lt;django&gt;&lt;nginx&gt;&lt;lighttpd&gt;" />
  <row Id="23149" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12754" RevisionGUID="a700ea0e-4b5f-4dd2-8eca-067f83712aab" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:38:50.103" UserId="3979" />
  <row Id="23150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12755" RevisionGUID="111fd2fb-ae6e-45c8-80a9-f9cea4e01a8e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:39:12.990" UserId="2561" Text="I would create a barbones VM with just the OS etc. Then you can just copy the VM files to clone the VM and then automate the build process within the VM.  Not exactly what you were asking for, but thought I would give my [KISS principle][1] answer :-)  You could also just use the snapshot feature within VMWare workstation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle" />
  <row Id="23151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12756" RevisionGUID="4ade7a43-cad9-4e8e-abd5-53d1d0741f0a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:40:21.520" UserId="3943" Text="Disk Keeper is the best defrag util that you can pay for according to many reviews..." />
  <row Id="23152" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12752" RevisionGUID="c7b8a5e1-b1bf-4ffc-b3ca-3cbbe574b23c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:40:49.383" UserId="2561" Comment="added 131 characters in body" Text="One thing that is important to look out for when choosing a VPS is memory.  With most of them you do not have any swap ( and can't use the create swap file trick).  So whatever your memory is very well may be a *hard limit*.  Some of the them offer 'burstable' memory which will go above the memory limit for x minutes.  This is really handy for compiling and also installing software using a memory hungry package manager like yum. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found you get what you pay for in my VPS search.  Cheap ones often will have something along the lines of that memory gotcha." />
  <row Id="23153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12757" RevisionGUID="0bce8839-b152-44e8-a081-6d63f94885bd" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:43:01.890" UserId="2561" Text="Be sure to include something like &quot;People that feel their needs exceed the quotas will be considered on a case by case basis&quot; so people don't panic :-)" />
  <row Id="23155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12759" RevisionGUID="3665320c-1bfa-4b82-a561-2909c6a5f65d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:44:14.493" UserId="4002" Text="I'm using TecTonic and have only great things to say about their support. At $15 a month they're also the cheapest I've ever found.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as the memory issue is concerned, they allow to dynamically add or remove memory without needing to restart, so you end up paying a couple of cents if you temporarily increase it for compilation etc." />
  <row Id="23160" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12761" RevisionGUID="87b82047-3043-4466-a946-6469a7534aa8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:45:28.173" UserId="3131" Text="me best advice is :&#xD;&#xA;use snapshots options, &#xD;&#xA;this way you can clone your barbones VM in a few seconds and destroy it after all your test are done.&#xD;&#xA;if you are using Linux, you can user lvm or vmware snapshot feature, both of them works perfectly.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23161" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12762" RevisionGUID="7d43dad8-059c-4b17-8bb0-7fef1802d4b8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:46:57.500" UserId="422" Text="This is somewhat more of a survey question, than a specific question.  (I assume that is still ok).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I work as a consultant doing Identity Management projects.  We focus mostly on Novell's Identity Manager product, which we find to be quite good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am curious to know what IDM products you have used, and what strengths and weaknesses you have seen in them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can start off with Novell's product.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lots of connectors, that are truly bidirectional, password sync included, not just pushing passwords. (We have deployed the AD, eDir, Notes, AS400, NIS/NIS+, LDAP, JDBC, HTML Screen scraper, TN3270 Screen scraper, SAP HR, SAP UM, Remedy drivers, and there are still many more we have not touched yet like the SAP GRC, Netweaver, RACF/TopSecret/ACF2 drivers)&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;Event driven, which can be very powerful.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good workflow engine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Scalable.   (We have a client with 150 eDir and AD drivers in production, 500K users). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Excellent design tools.  (Novell Designer for Identity Manager). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Straightforward design language for manipulating events.  (DirXML Script).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are lots of other products out there:&#xD;&#xA;IBM's Tivoli Identity Manager (TIM).&#xD;&#xA;Sun's Identity Manager&#xD;&#xA;Oracle Identity Manager&#xD;&#xA;Courion&#xD;&#xA;Hitachi's (formerly Mtech out of Calgary) ID-Synch and P-Synch&#xD;&#xA;MS ILM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which have you used, and what has your experience been like?  What strengths and weaknesses have you seen?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23162" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12762" RevisionGUID="7d43dad8-059c-4b17-8bb0-7fef1802d4b8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:46:57.500" UserId="422" Text="Relative strengths and weaknesses of various Identity Management solutions you have used" />
  <row Id="23163" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12762" RevisionGUID="7d43dad8-059c-4b17-8bb0-7fef1802d4b8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:46:57.500" UserId="422" Text="&lt;identity-management&gt;&lt;novell&gt;&lt;edirectory&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="23164" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12749" RevisionGUID="2d03d7a2-e9fb-44b2-9994-c094f219314e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:49:30.620" UserId="45" Comment="added 265 characters in body" Text="Here is a [good Italian-English online dictionary][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also build a list of all table names, and let it run through [Microsoft's translator][2], which accepts whole texts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     select name from sysobjects where type = 'u' -- = user tables&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could do the same for column names joining syscolumns etc., for example this way:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    select TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME&#xD;&#xA;    from   INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS&#xD;&#xA;    order by TABLE_NAME, ORDINAL_POSITION&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another additial tip: you could create SQL Views using the translated table and column names and work with the views. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Buona fortuna!*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:  http://www.wordreference.com/enit/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsofttranslator.com/" />
  <row Id="23165" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12763" RevisionGUID="e39fc005-0bed-4405-a3c0-fe8fd0552f8d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:50:24.113" UserDisplayName="akisakye" Text="And I will vote FSecure.&#xD;&#xA;Provides good features among which are remote installation which I like to use." />
  <row Id="23168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12765" RevisionGUID="cb10d9d5-cc44-49e0-8a67-6ec371b9f175" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:52:32.553" UserId="3762" Text="I would recommend (if you havent already) trying a differnt pop3 account on seperate host if possible to rule out any problems either with the host or some kind of incompatibility between the two." />
  <row Id="23169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12766" RevisionGUID="e1819e7a-325c-4504-923b-93418b87b3ea" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:55:12.817" UserId="3950" Text="VMwareTools SyncTime is not a good option for virtual machines on ESX! VMware itself has altered their recommendations for timekeeping in VM's to using NTP instead of vmware-tools if you experience problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I talked about this to an engineer from VMware at VMworld once and was told vmware-tools was never designed to do the job it is doing now. In the old days, lost interrupts was a big problem. Today much less. This is the reason why vmware-tools is able to correct your machine time if the machine is behind, but not when the machine is ahead. In fact, once the machine goes ahead of 'real' time, your pretty much screwed if you use vmware-tools to do timekeeping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Therefore, for Linux you should *always* use ntp in VMware virtual machines. Disable vmware-tools synctime completely. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Windows VM's on Vmware, I'm less sure, but I think it is pretty much the same. Use the built-in time synchronization stuff in AD, which works better than VMware SyncTime. (Even though AD time synchronization sucks pretty bad by itself; it's sole reason for existence is to keep Windows boxen in sync with their domain controllers and Kerberos will still work as long as the clock difference is less than about 5 minutes, so there is much less need to accuracy.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can read about VMware time synchronization on Linux a bit more [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&amp;docType=kc&amp;externalId=1006427&amp;sliceId=1&amp;docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&amp;dialogID=24770738&amp;stateId=1%200%2024774167" />
  <row Id="23170" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12767" RevisionGUID="4f3a6a35-6fbb-48d0-a2e0-fbe3f3524e13" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:55:14.687" UserDisplayName="mverwijs" Text="Sitting in a puppet-training at the moment, so I'd have to say... puppet by Reductive Labs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Able to use your manifests/recipes on non-vm machines&#xD;&#xA; * It's aware of different VMs&#xD;&#xA; * No vendor lockin &#xD;&#xA; * Scales well&#xD;&#xA; * Open Source&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What it doesn't do is actually spawn your VM (that I'm aware of). " />
  <row Id="23171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12768" RevisionGUID="be74c5c2-1ca6-4365-8b24-36492c5fa66c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:56:15.687" UserId="4011" Text="It's all about budget - and perceived 'corporate comfort'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've been using Asterisk that we installed out-of-the-box from an ISO that 'just works' - and has been working for 3 years. We've installed it on a bottom-of-the-range HP server (but new and Xeon class) and use a combination of Cisco 7960/40 + Linksys SPA942 phones. All good, all works, all the time. I'd recommend it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh yes, and we have a dedicated ADSL line and Cisco router JUST for the phone switch/HP server - which means we don't get any chop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mike" />
  <row Id="23172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12769" RevisionGUID="b1567ccb-b220-4cc0-a38d-4021fc3a7899" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:56:49.413" UserDisplayName="111" Text="in httpd.conf add&#xD;&#xA;AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml&#xD;&#xA;LoadModule php5_module &quot;_YOUR_PATH_/php/php5apache2_2.dll&quot;&#xD;&#xA;PHPIniDir &quot;_YOUR_PATH_/php&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and don't any crashes, as in XP&#xD;&#xA;vista sp1, sp2 + apache 2 + php 5x&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23173" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12770" RevisionGUID="19c3c982-870c-48da-98b8-2fcf63630c6a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:57:30.320" UserId="1433" Text="VMware's [vCenter Lab Manager][1] product is designed for exactly this purpose.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Granted, you have to pay for both vSphere and Lab Manager licenses, but if you're already in a VMware environment and you plan on doing **a lot** of automated testing, the cost will likely be worth the benefit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/products/labmanager/" />
  <row Id="23174" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12771" RevisionGUID="64dec31f-d272-4228-9b41-e17a2e32a87d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T11:57:45.593" UserId="3999" Text="One possibility is that the clients aren't properly appending the domain when performing requests.  The first fix would be for configuring the DHCP server to hand out the appropriate DNS suffixes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also force it manually on a client by going to the properties of the network interface -&gt; highlight Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) -&gt; Properties -&gt; Advanced -&gt; switch to the DNS tab -&gt; and choosing the &quot;Append these DNS suffixes (in order)&quot; and adding the appropriate suffixes, in this case &quot;BAR.COM&quot;.  Then trying to connect to &quot;FOO&quot; will automatically be resolved to FOO.BAR.COM when it attempts to make the request." />
  <row Id="23175" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12772" RevisionGUID="f8646a42-7387-4c03-abff-5c6012d2195c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:00:54.373" UserDisplayName="Bob" Text="Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance." />
  <row Id="23176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12773" RevisionGUID="52f2b580-50cb-4d92-a938-8bc60fd75e4a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:01:31.907" UserId="3993" Text=" - disable root login&#xD;&#xA; - disable login by password (allow only login by public-key)&#xD;&#xA; - change SSH port&#xD;&#xA; - use denyhosts (or similar)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - write your own iptbles script (so you control exactly what to allow and can drop everything else)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - force the use of SSL/TLS secured communications and make sure to have valid, non-expired and signed certificates&#xD;&#xA; - turn on strict certificate verification for all external services (for example when authenticating users with an LDAP server on another machine)" />
  <row Id="23177" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12773" RevisionGUID="52f2b580-50cb-4d92-a938-8bc60fd75e4a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:01:31.907" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12774" RevisionGUID="0498ef41-6218-4360-904b-6dc72acc4b52" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:01:43.327" UserId="4013" Text="I've been using [PowerVPS][1] for a while now for several domains and while they are not the cheapest host, the quality of their support more than makes it up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://powervps.com/" />
  <row Id="23179" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12775" RevisionGUID="2fc966a2-36a9-461b-8a0b-7658b2efef9e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:02:13.437" UserDisplayName="Michael" Text="How about moving that temp folder to a different drive/partition? Instead of deleting all the garbage, you could format the drive (either GUI or command line). &#xD;&#xA;With quick format, this should be reasonably fast.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23180" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12776" RevisionGUID="927a6765-2116-430f-8b18-ff81c2cfee6d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:03:08.257" UserId="4015" Text="The problem is that you cannot run ifup/down recursively. I have tried to do something similar where I wanted to bring up a VPN interface when a WAN interface was brought up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My solution is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo ifup vpn0 | at now &gt;/dev/null 2&gt;&amp;1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To automatically bring an interface up and down when the cable is plugged or unplugged, use ifplugd from the package of the same name." />
  <row Id="23181" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12777" RevisionGUID="69612ed0-54e6-44cb-82d0-f67fb9e7765c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:05:28.803" UserId="3489" Text="The non-technical sys admin bible as far as I'm concerned is:&#xD;&#xA;Tom Limoncelli's Time Management for System Administrators&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Cover][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.amazon.com/Management-System-Administrators-Thomas-Limoncelli/dp/0596007833/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1243425856&amp;sr=8-1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51wgFhqjq6L._SL500_AA240_.jpg" />
  <row Id="23182" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12778" RevisionGUID="053a891f-6033-4c96-adbc-ec31368fc377" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:06:45.383" UserId="4024" Text="Select a file from C libraries (ie : gcc) do this : &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    lslpp -w /path_to_file/file&#xD;&#xA;This will return a fileset, with this fileset do :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    lslpp -l myfileset&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If no fileset is return your, maybe your libraries is rpm packages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23183" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12779" RevisionGUID="6f3f81a2-9813-46bc-99b5-3e1142ed2b01" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:06:55.977" UserId="4006" Text="I am wondering what the heat rating is on standard CAT5 cabling or where I can check the heat rating of my cabling by using the information inscribed on the cabling?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my specific situation, I am trying to decide if the length of CAT5 I have sitting around can be run along and be fixed to the feed line of a old cast-iron radiator (hot water from the boiler would be traveling in that pipe, since the rad is still in use). I am laying down this CAT5 because I want dedicated 100Mbps connection via cable versus the Wi-Fi signal I am using now, so if any sort of impedance would result from having the cable subjected to heat from the pipes, that would be an important thing to know as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hopefully some wise sysadmins or hardware folk know the details of this sort of situation and can advise me on the best way to proceed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23184" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12779" RevisionGUID="6f3f81a2-9813-46bc-99b5-3e1142ed2b01" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:06:55.977" UserId="4006" Text="Heat &amp; CAT5 Ethernet Cabling" />
  <row Id="23185" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12779" RevisionGUID="6f3f81a2-9813-46bc-99b5-3e1142ed2b01" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:06:55.977" UserId="4006" Text="&lt;ethernet&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;cables&gt;&lt;cable-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="23187" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12780" RevisionGUID="147e59c5-c51c-4673-9509-8b6f413599bd" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:11:17.457" UserDisplayName="Lord" Text="(www.) Digicube (.fr) have small dedicated servers stating at 15€/month (french tax excluded)(near 28$/month). This could be better than a VPS no ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23188" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="12665" RevisionGUID="72a6a285-ed5c-4e58-b04f-5808a67f8ccf" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:11:30.517" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:48,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Sam Cogan&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:45,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;splattne&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="23189" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12781" RevisionGUID="26fc08eb-84e2-4993-87f5-8a7aa6ac633c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:11:43.777" UserId="301" Text="The spec says -55C to +60C so you may be exceeding that rating. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_5_cable#Electrical_characteristics_for_Cat.5e_UTP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I think it will be ok if you lag the cable and possibly by a good quality Cat5e or Cat6 cable." />
  <row Id="23190" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12782" RevisionGUID="12825390-f45a-4c69-8a3d-5865e32a5413" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:12:59.033" UserId="4028" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm starting a project in which certain users will be giving their credit card numbers for online payments. I know how to deal with the web-application side of things, however I would like to get advice about what should be the IT considerations of maintaining such servers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For starters, I guess I would rather keep the servers in-house and not use any cloud solution. But what in addition? What are the recommendations for firewalls or equivalent? Other systems to install? Other best practices?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many thanks." />
  <row Id="23191" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12782" RevisionGUID="12825390-f45a-4c69-8a3d-5865e32a5413" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:12:59.033" UserId="4028" Text="IT Considerations for Web Application Dealing with Online Payments?" />
  <row Id="23192" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12782" RevisionGUID="12825390-f45a-4c69-8a3d-5865e32a5413" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:12:59.033" UserId="4028" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="23193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12783" RevisionGUID="3abdbc05-6678-4c12-9756-63e8656309da" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:14:19.967" UserId="1447" Text="Get a good Italian to English dictionary and do it manually - the results from babelfish or a mechanical translation service will probably be slightly nonsensical and need manuan intervention anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will find that Italian has many root words in common with English and with a little tourist-level working knowledge of the language it is not hard to work out what a written passage means." />
  <row Id="23194" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12784" RevisionGUID="53acd173-ea46-4762-9ce4-63e1ee4fb95a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:14:40.607" UserId="4010" Text="I have nothing better than del and rm, but even if they take a very long time, it should not result in partition damage. The locked files may be because the program that created them died unexpectedly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes, even though the files cannot be deleted, they can be moved to another temporary subdirectory. I just create a \_todel subdirectory and move them there. It usually works better if I move the entire directory one level up, rather than the files themselves.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other than that, the only way to make the deletes go faster is to defrag the hard disk. A temporary workaround may be to move this directory to a samba share, or use an NTFS junction to a portable USB hard disk. (A small partition would be better and faster than using the entire hard disk). You can then just eject the hard disk, and do a quick format on another PC.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12785" RevisionGUID="549b6d7e-2ec8-4ffd-aba7-5602a5be78a8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:15:09.077" UserId="3810" Text="Like Kaspersky AV for workstation and server for MS servers. Very nice Kaspersky Administation Toolkit." />
  <row Id="23196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12786" RevisionGUID="d4f9a8a1-824c-4fc6-96c0-ea86c67743e6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:15:52.150" UserId="2561" Text="Although this is not practical hands on advice, you should be aware of [PCI compliance][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_DSS" />
  <row Id="23197" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="12464" RevisionGUID="28af0e73-3415-42fb-b33f-7e2c7a1d94ec" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:16:50.090" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:48,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Sam Cogan&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="23198" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12787" RevisionGUID="ffa8c347-3a10-433f-8cb8-d82e7553c8af" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:17:26.487" UserId="3966" Text="I avoid the `*` glob as its own argument whenever possible. Even if I really do mean &quot;remove everything in this directory&quot; I try to be more specific, ie. `rm *.php`. It's preemptive damage control in case I accidentally run the same command out of history in another directory." />
  <row Id="23199" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12661" RevisionGUID="22cca3e3-6bf0-4d3a-aed4-28f339148bc6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:18:10.357" UserId="1787" Comment="added 62 characters in body" Text="OVH tends to have good reviews. Their [RPS][1] is a good option. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ovh.co.uk/products/rps_offers.xml" />
  <row Id="23200" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12788" RevisionGUID="a0dc6a63-cf2f-44b6-966e-1d7e35a2dc09" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:18:21.247" UserId="1041" Text="There are regulations around this, namely PCI-DSS, that you need to be aware of.  It talks about minimum requirements for network protection, encryption across the transaction line (SSL, database, etc.).  Also security measures, such as firewalls, IDS, patching schedules, etc. are outlined.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think a better solution would be to use a hosted solution from a payment processor.  That way your exposure is much more limited, as the company dealing with the payments will store any sensitive data, and you can lessen your exposure (a generic transaction ID is less valuable than a credit card number).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the project does not require storing the sensitive payment information, then I would look at a hosted solution.  It'll probably pay off better in the long run." />
  <row Id="23202" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12789" RevisionGUID="2479f102-a10f-451a-a54b-7d6bbd699029" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:19:36.377" UserId="3489" Text="It depends on what you're doing, if it's complex routing there's four companies out there (for me) Cisco, Juniper, Foundry and Force10.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For switches the same companies, plus Extreme Networks and 3com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For voice, if you've got the tech to do it, nothing comes close to Asterisk, and just go with whoever's phones are better for you, from Snom, Linksys, Cisco, Polycom, etc. (or a combination)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For wifi there's others.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally if you have good staff taking the step above the D-Link / netgear / linksys / whatever gear is worth it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also remember that most of the &quot;top shelf&quot; Cisco competitors are cheaper and often have a better product. Personally I find Juniper gear *far* better at the same pricepoint, but it's really aimed at the ISP market.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're a HP shop I know several fans of the HP switches, but also several haters." />
  <row Id="23203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12790" RevisionGUID="5c0bfc62-46ec-413e-8648-6126a4a3732e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:20:53.850" UserId="3773" Text="It's one thing that always puzzles me: when the software is distributed in binary form vendors sometimes provide several binaries compiled with a different versions of GCC. I use Opera browser as an example but I remember other software vendors do the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Opera provides several builds for their browser ([http://snapshot.opera.com/unix/10.0-Alpha-1/intel-linux/][1]):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - opera-10.00-4102.gcc4-qt4.i386.rpm&#xD;&#xA; - opera\_10.00.4102.gcc4.qt3_i386.deb&#xD;&#xA; - opera-10.00-4102.gcc4-qt4.i386.tar.gz&#xD;&#xA; - (etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why is the GCC version stated? I suppose it has nothing to do with dependency management unlike the packaging (RPM or DEB) or Qt version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://snapshot.opera.com/unix/10.0-Alpha-1/intel-linux/" />
  <row Id="23204" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12790" RevisionGUID="5c0bfc62-46ec-413e-8648-6126a4a3732e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:20:53.850" UserId="3773" Text="Why are there separate gcc3 and gcc4 binaries for linux software" />
  <row Id="23205" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12790" RevisionGUID="5c0bfc62-46ec-413e-8648-6126a4a3732e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:20:53.850" UserId="3773" Text="&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="23206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12791" RevisionGUID="aa4f0592-1c60-4ba9-8dc6-42368928c44b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:21:23.660" UserId="1933" Text="VMware does have some products for this sort of workflow; [Lab Manager][1] or [Orchestrator][2] could automate most of what you want.  If you want to save some cash on the provisioning / teardown process, you could roll your own solution using their scripting API and [V(I)MA][3](forums [here][4])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To automate your app deployment and configuration, [Puppet][5] or [cfengine][6] will do config management and application installation, and can be used with [Capistrano][7] for general purpose automation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/products/labmanager/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.vmware.com/products/vcenter-orchestrator/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vima/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://communities.vmware.com/community/developer/vima&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.cfengine.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.capify.org/" />
  <row Id="23207" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12619" RevisionGUID="0cd0c44b-f941-463e-bcb4-f2e67d3a13fd" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:21:41.213" UserId="1787" Comment="added link" Text="Since you're already doing Java, you might want to take a look at [Sun's DarkStar project][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Well I'd add the link, but this site is fucking stupid and won't let me because I'm a new user, so you'll have to google for it).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know any commercial games using it (I believe it's still in development).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.projectdarkstar.com/" />
  <row Id="23208" PostHistoryTypeId="18" PostId="1697" RevisionGUID="bdadc33b-6f42-4052-9953-2b04d04afe60" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:22:36.343" UserId="1803" Comment="Merged question 'Recommendations for Windows defragmenter' by P a u l" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="23211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12793" RevisionGUID="e733047b-4600-49da-bfef-7cdb44498f9e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:23:15.050" UserId="2828" Text="I have three maintenance plans set up to run on an Sql Server 2005 instance:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Weekly database optimisations followed by a full backup&#xD;&#xA; - Daily differential backup&#xD;&#xA; - Hourly transaction log backups&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The hourly log backups are usually between a few hundrek Kb and 10Mb depending on the level of activity, daily differentials usually grow to around 250Mb by the end of the week, and the weekly backup is about 3.5Gb.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem I have is that the optimisations before the full backup seem to be causing the next transaction log backup to grow to over 2x the size of the full backup, in this case 8Gb, before returning to normal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to reduce the size of that log backup, or prevent the optimisations from being recorded in the transaction log at all, as surely they will be accounted for in the full backup they precede?" />
  <row Id="23212" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12793" RevisionGUID="e733047b-4600-49da-bfef-7cdb44498f9e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:23:15.050" UserId="2828" Text="How do I reduce transaction log backup size after a full backup?" />
  <row Id="23213" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12793" RevisionGUID="e733047b-4600-49da-bfef-7cdb44498f9e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:23:15.050" UserId="2828" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="23214" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12794" RevisionGUID="1537bf5b-ded4-4885-83c4-49d33027aaeb" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:25:57.683" UserDisplayName="Rich" Text="mod-wsgi is the best way to run django apps in production, less fiddly than fastcgi and no issues with start up times etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The real mod-wsgi is for apache, but there is another mod-wsgi for nginx. The apache one is brilliant, I can't comment on the nginx one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I'd stay away from lighttpd. It doesn't have the stability of nginx, I've not yet seen a case of lighttpd that doesn't have a memory leak.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, my first choice would be apache 2.2, my second choice would be nginx.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't believe the hype about response time and scalability. Truth is, it just doesn't matter. (Google use Apache)." />
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  <row Id="23216" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="12484" RevisionGUID="00963e00-838b-4a45-ba30-11804f78b454" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:27:57.200" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:984,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Zoredache&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="23217" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12484" RevisionGUID="adace01b-a503-4965-8d56-2d69fb5f0fc5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:27:57.293" UserId="-1" Comment="insert duplicate link" Text="&gt; **Possible Duplicate:**  &#xA;&gt; [How to test real network throughput between two points?](http://serverfault.com/questions/5111/how-to-test-real-network-throughput-between-two-points)  &#xA;&#xA;&#xA;Given two computers connected by some network interface, is there a standard tool used by  an academics publishing in peer-reviewed journals to benchmark performance across that interface? " />
  <row Id="23218" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12795" RevisionGUID="179f2be7-f0a0-40bb-ab79-a707dfaa07d9" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:27:57.480" UserId="3460" Text="At our company we have 2 gateways: 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to configure my machine to use different gateway based on a list of IP addresses/domains? My current solution is to go to the network card TCP/IP properties and change the gateway there manually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;E.g.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [192.168.1.1]&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.*&#xD;&#xA;    *domain.com&#xD;&#xA;    *domain2.com&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    [192.168.1.2]&#xD;&#xA;    everything else" />
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  <row Id="23220" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12795" RevisionGUID="179f2be7-f0a0-40bb-ab79-a707dfaa07d9" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:27:57.480" UserId="3460" Text="&lt;gateway&gt;&lt;routing&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="23221" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12023" RevisionGUID="e4012ed7-7bcb-45a7-8b56-8fa43bedc5b5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:28:03.860" UserId="905" Comment="Added architecture link" Text="Others have explained the differences between the 2 types pretty well.  One thing to note is that while it seems like Hyper-V is being installed inside Server 2008, what is actually happening is Hyper-V is being installed at the root partition, and the &quot;host&quot; Server 2008 you're installing on becomes a virtual machine itself.  The reason it can see the other VMs is because of the Hyper-V management service, which connects to Hyper-V which it is running on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the [Hyper-V architecture][1].  A few items to note in the diagram within the root partition that have access to the hypervisor allowing the root partition to report disk and memory usage:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; VID – Virtualization Infrastructure&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Driver – Provides partition management&#xD;&#xA;&gt; services, virtual processor management&#xD;&#xA;&gt; services, and memory management&#xD;&#xA;&gt; services for partitions.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; VMWP – Virtual Machine Worker Process&#xD;&#xA;&gt; – A user mode component of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; virtualization stack. The worker&#xD;&#xA;&gt; process provides virtual machine&#xD;&#xA;&gt; management services from the Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Server 2008 instance in the parent&#xD;&#xA;&gt; partition to the guest operating&#xD;&#xA;&gt; systems in the child partitions. The&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Virtual Machine Management Service&#xD;&#xA;&gt; spawns a separate worker process for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; each running virtual machine.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; WinHv – Windows Hypervisor Interface&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Library - WinHv is essentially a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; bridge between a partitioned operating&#xD;&#xA;&gt; system’s drivers and the hypervisor&#xD;&#xA;&gt; which allows drivers to call the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hypervisor using standard Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; calling conventions&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc768520.aspx" />
  <row Id="23222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12796" RevisionGUID="4981b69d-80eb-4502-bad2-512d13f6330d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:28:07.013" UserId="4035" Text="Does the server sending the updates (and failing) have the .1 or the .150 address as its primary DNS server?&#xD;&#xA;Maybe worth checking the DNS server bindings on .1" />
  <row Id="23223" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12797" RevisionGUID="0df976d3-41e0-4422-ba60-e097589b83ad" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:29:01.240" UserId="3975" Text="Since you're talking of 15,000 hosts, querying each of them from the network is going to be highly inefficient.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Right Thing To Do™ then is to have a watchdog running on each host to make sure the appropriate software is installed and running. This watchdog might be a piece of software running as a service, a scheduled script or even hardware-based if you use something like Intel vPro.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To verify if an AV software is installed, you could use the following PowerShell command --&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $avSoftware = get-wmiobject -class &quot;Win32_Product&quot; -namespace &quot;root\cimv2&quot; `&#xD;&#xA;                  -computername &quot;.&quot; -filter &quot;Name like '%antivirus%'&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that at the end you have a `filter` argument that you can customize to make sure you're looking at the right product. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After playing a bit with the `like` operator, you should be able to nail the antivirus description and minor variations here and there. **Note that my example above (anything containing the word &quot;antivirus&quot;) is pretty simplistic. You should instead look for specific patterns matching your approved antivirus software (e.g. &quot;Trend Micro Antivirus%&quot;)**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, the command above will return a collection of installed products that match your `filter` statement. From here you can test whether `$avSoftware.Count` is greater than zero, in which case you have antivirus software installed. The example below lists all the installed antivirus software --&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if ($avSoftware.Count -gt 0) {&#xD;&#xA;        foreach ($av in $avSoftware) {&#xD;&#xA;            write-host $p.Name&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;    } else {&#xD;&#xA;        write-host &quot;No AV software found&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instead of just printing a message saying that no AV has been found, you should obviously do something more useful, e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Notify an admin&#xD;&#xA; - Install an AV from the network&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You also said you'd like to get the version of the installed AV. To do that, you can use the `Version` property of the `Win32_Process`. Let's modify the above code like this to also print the version numbers for the installed software --&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $avSoftware = get-wmiobject -class &quot;Win32_Product&quot; -namespace &quot;root\cimv2&quot; `&#xD;&#xA;                  -computername &quot;.&quot; -filter &quot;Name like '%antivirus%'&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    foreach ($av in $avSoftware) {&#xD;&#xA;        write-host $av.Name, $av.Version&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the version of the installed virus definition files, you'd have to rely on each specific AV WMI interface. You'll have to consult the vendor's documentation for that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One more thing to remember. It's probably not enough to know that the host has AV installed if the AV isn't running. After checking which AV is installed, you should make sure its process is running. To do that, you'll have to know what the appropriate process for each of your AV software is and look for them like this --&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $processes = get-wmiobject -class &quot;Win32_Process&quot; -namespace &quot;root\cimv2&quot; `&#xD;&#xA;                 -computername &quot;.&quot; -filter &quot;Name = 'TeaTimer.exe'&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    if ($processes.Count -gt 0) {&#xD;&#xA;        foreach ($p in $processes) {&#xD;&#xA;            write-host $p.Name&#xD;&#xA;    } else {&#xD;&#xA;        # AV not running. Launch it here or notify someone &#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The above example looks for the Spybot process (not exactly AV, but you get the picture), which is called &quot;TeaTimer.exe&quot;. Modify it to look for your process instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, all of that said, if you're dealing with thousands of hosts like that, you should probably invest in some management tool (e.g. LANdesk, Microsoft System Center or Level Platforms.) These tools would make your life a whole lot easier." />
  <row Id="23224" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12749" RevisionGUID="c0256b9f-f313-4cb0-81a3-a45164155d5b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:30:01.910" UserId="45" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="Here is a [good Italian-English online dictionary][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also build a list of all table names, and let it run through [Microsoft's translator][2], which accepts whole texts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     select name from sysobjects where type = 'u' -- = user tables&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could do the same for column names joining syscolumns etc., for example this way:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    select TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME&#xD;&#xA;    from   INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS&#xD;&#xA;    order by TABLE_NAME, ORDINAL_POSITION&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another additional tip: you could create SQL Views using the translated table and column names and work with the views. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Buona fortuna!*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:  http://www.wordreference.com/enit/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsofttranslator.com/" />
  <row Id="23226" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12798" RevisionGUID="ec6886f4-3c7e-4087-8b11-153f661c8875" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:30:44.763" Text="Sun's Darkstar project: www.projectdarkstar.com " />
  <row Id="23230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12800" RevisionGUID="156bcf48-3244-48e2-a222-c315d464eeb7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:32:54.047" UserDisplayName="Rich" Text="I strongly suspect your problem is related to AJP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was in a course with one of the main Tomcat developers a few weeks ago (he was running it), his advice was to avoid AJP and mod-JK etc, and stick to regular mod-proxy HTTP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. It's by far the most mature and stable Tomcat connector.&#xD;&#xA;2. Neither AJP implementation has been consistently developed; both projects have suffered a bit of stop / start.&#xD;&#xA;3. NBIO does not result in any real world performance gain over blocking-IO, in this situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My advice, try using regular mod-proxy HTTP with your current setup. It's the least change for you and it will take you on to the most widely used and stable Tomcat deployment architecture.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/ Richy " />
  <row Id="23231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12801" RevisionGUID="f75776f8-0833-493e-bf1a-f6a756001d54" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:33:02.783" UserId="1447" Text="The tool you want is winbind, which comes with samba.  You can use this to register a machine on a windows domain.  Password authentication against the domain can be done with pam_winbind.  If your users have home directories on a win2kx server you can use SFU (Services for Unix) to export them via NFS off the server or mount the directory via samba.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A description of this can be found in the [Winbind HOWTO][1] on the samba web site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/winbind.html" />
  <row Id="23232" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12802" RevisionGUID="002fb414-8cf0-4121-9935-b68133592289" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:33:59.647" UserId="3489" Text="Not by domains, but what you're asking is standard routing. To add a route so that all packets to 192.168.2.0/24 go via 192.168.1.2 in Windows is this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    route ADD 192.168.2.0 MASK 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.2 METRIC 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember that you can only control outgoing packets and not the return path (obviously if NAT is involved things change)" />
  <row Id="23233" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12803" RevisionGUID="5fc195a5-4229-4b4e-aecb-0560f72b7ea5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:34:26.400" UserId="1041" Text="For Solaris, I use DTrace to look at what the processes are doing if I need to see what I/O operations are running.  For Linux, there's a similar program called [systemtap][1] which provides a similar level of exposure to the kernel and process calls.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One example I used when learning DTrace was to compare a `cp` command to a `dd` command.  You can see that `dd` does a lot more reads for the write, while `cp` does not, mostly because of the buffer size `dd` uses by default (if I'm remembering correctly).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceware.org/systemtap/" />
  <row Id="23234" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12804" RevisionGUID="7d7fc1d7-b12c-4797-89e7-f2ad6113458a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:34:41.923" UserId="887" Text="You could shrink them, but they will just grow again, eventually causing disk fragmentation. Index rebuilds and defrags make very large transaction logs. If you don't need point-in-time recoverability, you could change to Simple recovery mode and do away with the transaction log backups entirely. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm guessing you're using a maintenance plan for the optimizations, you could change it to use a script that does index defrags only when a certain fragmentation level is reached and you would not likely suffer any performance hit. This would generate much smaller logs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would skip daily differentials in favor of daily full backups BTW. " />
  <row Id="23235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12805" RevisionGUID="207a3a14-69b3-4972-bcee-8566253f6305" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:34:42.767" UserId="891" Text="On Windows, the [Routing table][1] is accessible with the `route` command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You add [static routes][2] like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        &gt; route ADD 157.0.0.0 MASK 255.0.0.0  157.55.80.1 METRIC 3 IF 2&#xD;&#xA;                 destination^      ^mask      ^gateway     metric^    ^&#xD;&#xA;                                                             Interface^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Routing_table&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_route" />
  <row Id="23236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12806" RevisionGUID="f04e22fc-d599-4d1e-856c-50cedd6e48c0" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:36:38.617" UserId="49805" Text="We went for a bit of a &quot;shot-gun&quot; approach to solving this in the end and deleted the DNS entries for the host concerned. For some reason these were showing as &quot;192.168.100.190&quot;, which was clearly incorrect. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Doesn't tell us what caused the problem, but it did solve it!" />
  <row Id="23239" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12807" RevisionGUID="30bd7243-e847-44c7-84d4-c675defab1b4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:38:38.083" UserId="3489" Text="In this case it's because QT is built in C++ and several recent GCC releases have broken the C++ ABI, which is why you need the version wiht the same ABI as your system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally commercial apps are shipped statically linked where possible as relying on system libraries (with the possible exception of libc) is fraught with peril.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some details of Debian's last change of C++ ABI can be seen at:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://lwn.net/Articles/139810/" />
  <row Id="23240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12808" RevisionGUID="ebce57bd-2d1c-4b8b-bd20-c6c66be29d26" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:39:23.200" UserDisplayName="George Hazlewood" Text="Once you put your site live you could also look at mod_top[1] which will give you a real-time view of current load on Apache.  I've not installed it myself but it certainly seems to have more information and a better breakdown of load than the standard Apache server status.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mod-top.org" />
  <row Id="23241" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12809" RevisionGUID="674b5a65-7189-4b75-82c8-d1a07814d4c4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:39:44.480" UserId="4053" Text="I once accidentally dropped the indexes on a production sql server system all because the test system needed a domain admin to login. Took all monday morning to rebuild them." />
  <row Id="23242" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12809" RevisionGUID="674b5a65-7189-4b75-82c8-d1a07814d4c4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:39:44.480" UserId="4053" Text="While logged in as root whats the stupiest you've done accidently and how did you recover?" />
  <row Id="23243" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12809" RevisionGUID="674b5a65-7189-4b75-82c8-d1a07814d4c4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:39:44.480" UserId="4053" Text="&lt;root&gt;&lt;accident&gt;" />
  <row Id="23244" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11896" RevisionGUID="10920af6-00f2-4351-acf7-af0c7b25ab3d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:40:49.363" UserId="1605" Comment="added 31 characters in body" Text="Can Virtual machine detect the connection of a scanner? Or more generally, can virtual machine detect any hardware connection, including sound speaker, microphone and so on?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The point of me asking this is because I want to shift all my development, and my desktops into a virtual machines for easy backup and maintenance purpose. So I will be doing my scanning inside a VM, gmail chatting inside the VM, listening to songs inside the VM, synchronizing my mobile device inside the VM and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any thoughts?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit: I am using VMWare**" />
  <row Id="23245" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12810" RevisionGUID="be0c9e51-a1b3-47a2-be17-43ad7191a7c6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:41:26.943" UserId="4035" Text="This error usually indicated the folder you're trying to add **already** exists in the repository - have you done an update recently, or did you do a non-recursive checkout to start with?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've previously encountered this error - found a blog that told me what the problem was. Solution was a little more complex, remove the directory in question from my working copy (copying it somewhere else), run a recursive update, then merge the two directories together manually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Opps - already answered in question body. And here I was all excited that I knew the answer to an unanswered question :)" />
  <row Id="23246" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12811" RevisionGUID="91cf0395-8806-44fb-8dd9-bbf90947f56b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:41:46.443" UserId="3914" Text="I accidentally deleted the &quot;root&quot; user, while logged in as root. The Red Hat box ran for another six months, doing qmail quietly in the corner, until the PSU died. I still blush when I think about it." />
  <row Id="23247" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12812" RevisionGUID="4f3358a5-644f-4046-8500-dcfd353da4f7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:44:02.217" UserId="3489" Text="Here's a doc for basic linux, however I've not used XenServer (only straight xen), so I can't confirm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.cyberciti.biz/howto/question/static/linux-ethernet-bonding-driver-howto.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;LACP (usually) *WON'T* give you more then a single gigabit between two devices, as most switches use a hash of the MAC and/or IP addresses to choose the path. Although most host implementations support &quot;round-robin&quot; it's generally not supported on switches." />
  <row Id="23248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12813" RevisionGUID="41e8939a-66c9-4a86-8806-e7686b9b9bff" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:45:15.163" UserId="47" Text="I accidentally shut down the wrong computer. It was a ssh connection to the proxy server at work, I wanted to shut down my laptop but instead I put 50 people without internet.&#xD;&#xA;I recovered by running to the serverroom and booting the server again." />
  <row Id="23249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12814" RevisionGUID="0a3d9f6f-8da6-4ba5-969b-943d18e9544e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:45:41.513" UserId="1087" Text="Can a standard cat5 cable transmit at a speed of 1000 Mbit/s ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've asked several people I know in the networking field and received different answers. I know a cat5 &quot;works&quot; on a Gigabit network but does it give the same performance of a cat5e or cat6 cable ?" />
  <row Id="23250" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12814" RevisionGUID="0a3d9f6f-8da6-4ba5-969b-943d18e9544e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:45:41.513" UserId="1087" Text="Gigabit with cat5 cable" />
  <row Id="23251" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12814" RevisionGUID="0a3d9f6f-8da6-4ba5-969b-943d18e9544e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:45:41.513" UserId="1087" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;gigabit-ethernet&gt;&lt;cables&gt;" />
  <row Id="23252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12815" RevisionGUID="31c6cd6f-6436-4e79-a68c-642f2806079b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:47:00.573" UserId="3955" Text="are you on  vista? i noticed that the aero mouse theme pointers on a high res screen can create this behaviour. turning off the pointer scheme (ie set it to none) in the mouse settings fixed it for me. " />
  <row Id="23253" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12816" RevisionGUID="73a93e29-1b41-4843-9f99-0981555f35ef" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:47:42.243" UserId="4081" Text="On SMP systems, at least nCPU worker processes should be started: on quad-core - four etc.&#xD;&#xA;That's enougth for proxying.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are going to serve some sites with alot of static content, it would be better to add more workers - one per disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your disk subsystem is to poor or load too high, nginx worker processes may become locked on I/O operations and could not serve other requests. In this case you should increase number of worker processes to some suitable value (may be tens), or add some memory for disk cache. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look into &quot;ps ax&quot; printout:&#xD;&#xA;workers that are in &quot;D&quot; state are locked. Increase until get at least nCPU worker processes not blocked." />
  <row Id="23254" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12817" RevisionGUID="f71a4098-e308-4cb2-9232-eb7763fb43e5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:47:42.867" UserId="1933" Text="If you use multiple variants of an operating system, be **very** aware of the differences in syntax; what is reasonably safe on one unix variant is extremely dangerous in another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example: killall&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux/FreeBSD/OSX - kills all processes matching the parameter passed. eg: &quot;killall apache&quot; kills all apaches, leaving all other processes alone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Solaris - kills *all* processes.  No, really.  From the [man page][1]: killall is used by shutdown(1M) to kill all active processes not directly related to the shutdown procedure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-0211/6m6nc66to?a=view" />
  <row Id="23255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12818" RevisionGUID="1d269766-0c63-4ac9-947e-af154e92c26a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:49:24.130" UserId="1403" Text="Setup a new user account and accidentally set the root password instead of the user's password.  User ended up never needing the account, password was lost, no one logged into the box as root for months.  Got to do a password recovery on it months later when I needed to get in and make a change requiring root access.  Was painful since it was a production box, so taking it down for even just the few minutes to recover the root password was bad." />
  <row Id="23256" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12814" RevisionGUID="6215c1cf-a12c-4a1b-9576-d90164f66f80" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:50:01.647" UserId="1787" Comment="tags" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;gigabit-ethernet&gt;&lt;cables&gt;&lt;cat5e&gt;" />
  <row Id="23257" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12783" RevisionGUID="b25c2fea-6ce1-4b70-8ce8-fc96446625c5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:50:47.480" UserId="1447" Comment="added 1879 characters in body" Text="Get a good Italian to English dictionary and do it manually - the results from babelfish or a mechanical translation service will probably be slightly nonsensical and need manuan intervention anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an example, this real estate listing ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; TRILOCALE IN PICCOLO CONDOMINIO CON&#xD;&#xA;&gt; POCHE UNITA' ABITATIVE. L'APPARTAMENTO&#xD;&#xA;&gt; è SITO AL PRIMO PIANO E SI COMPONE DI:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; INGRESSO, CUCINA ABITABILE, SOGGIORNO,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2 CAMERE, SERVIZIO, 2 BALCONI E BOX.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; LIBERO SUBITO, NON ARREDATO, ZONA&#xD;&#xA;&gt; TRANQUILLA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;... gets translated by babelfish to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; TRILOCALE IN LITTLE ONE CONDOMINIO&#xD;&#xA;&gt; WITH LITTLE UNITA' INHABITED. L'&#xD;&#xA;&gt; APARTMENT is SITUATED FIRST AL SLOWLY&#xD;&#xA;&gt; AND IT IS MADE UP OF: INCOME,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; HABITABLE KITCHEN, STAY, 2 ROOMS,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SERVICE, 2 BALCONIES AND BOX. FREE&#xD;&#xA;&gt; QUICKLY, NOT FURNISHED, CALM ZONE.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Real estate listings are fairly idiomatic, but then so are database schemas.  To take the above example, unless you knew that an Ingresso was a porch, a Soggiorno was a lounge or a Cucina Abitabile was an open-plan kitchen you wouldn't get much sense from this translation.  Also, some of the jargon is idiomatic Italian - a Trilocale (roughly: three spaces) is a two-bedroom apartment.  The living area and bedrooms figure in the count of rooms but bathrooms and suchlike do not.  Mechanical translators are typically going to do poorly unless they are aware of these idiomatic rules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A database schema will have highly idiomatic wordings in it, and possibly lots of abbreviations.  SAP R/3 is famous for its cryptic database schema where the table names and field names are based on abbreviations of German words.  It is difficult to understand if you are not a fluent German speaker (and not necessarily that easy if you are).  Mechanical translation is unlikely to help much with this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will find that Italian has many root words in common with English and with a little tourist-level working knowledge of the language it is not hard to work out what a written passage means.  If the tables have a lot of abbreviated words making up the column names you may still have trouble.  I would consider taking up [splattne's][1] offer to help with the transalation if you run into this type of problem. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/users/45/splattne" />
  <row Id="23258" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12819" RevisionGUID="fe4f0b33-cdd4-4579-ac1f-abb6980cb762" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:51:42.270" UserId="1787" Text="Related:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- http://serverfault.com/questions/6844/common-mistakes-made-by-system-administrators-and-how-can-we-avoid-them&#xD;&#xA;- http://serverfault.com/questions/5066/biggest-command-line-mistake&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23259" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12820" RevisionGUID="e95b4654-19a7-4220-9654-5f38339f27c3" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:52:09.007" UserId="1803" Text="The most effective and thorough way to start this process is to build it from a disaster recovery scenario - e.g. the building went up in flames and all we have are the offsite backups.  What will we need to buy first, and how will it need to be configured?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Kyle already gave great details, but I find that the DR approach helps me to take things one piece at a time." />
  <row Id="23260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12821" RevisionGUID="4b9ba6a8-aaa9-44be-ab22-551321a1bb71" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:52:37.400" UserDisplayName="James" Text="It isn't certified to give the same performance, no. The basic difference between a CAT5 and a CAT5e cable is that the CAT5e is certified to a higher standard than CAT5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CAT5 won't give the same performance as CAT5e on a gigabit network, in short." />
  <row Id="23261" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12822" RevisionGUID="b4e402c8-1fff-49d3-bf47-8a77624906ab" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:52:50.410" UserId="4037" Text="Linux has tools like puppet to enforce configuration on a server.  Also, they tend to rely on text files that can be thrown into svn, git, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What tools are there for windows servers that allow me to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - define the configuration of several servers (I can define app servers, email servers, etc)&#xD;&#xA; - determine if the rookie changed anything without letting me know&#xD;&#xA; - blast config onto a new VM or box when we need to add a new server to the farm?" />
  <row Id="23262" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12822" RevisionGUID="b4e402c8-1fff-49d3-bf47-8a77624906ab" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:52:50.410" UserId="4037" Text="What are some tools to manage Windows Server configuration?" />
  <row Id="23263" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12822" RevisionGUID="b4e402c8-1fff-49d3-bf47-8a77624906ab" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:52:50.410" UserId="4037" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;" />
  <row Id="23265" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12824" RevisionGUID="6d253302-3eea-4a39-bb73-1a0df2214ec1" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:54:03.233" UserId="588" Text="Theoretically, CAT5 should suffice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Practically, most switchs will require CAT5e or higher (CAT6 etc.) to work properly and will throttle back to 100m if you try to hook them up with CAT5 or low quality CAT5e cabling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Higher spec cables are not expensive so most of the times I'd recommend the upgrade." />
  <row Id="23266" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12825" RevisionGUID="e75a440e-d7f7-4d15-919f-b1ad73d9ceef" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:54:10.597" UserId="4035" Text="1000 Base T was designed for use on standard CAT5 cable, however CAT5E is recommended due to its tighter specifications. I'd have a read of the Wikipedia article on CAT5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A Gigabit link might &quot;come up&quot; on a CAT5 cable, however you may notice increased retransmits on the interface, due to interference issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Definately possible, but not recommended." />
  <row Id="23268" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12826" RevisionGUID="d1e1c8e7-41b6-4433-bcd7-c6ac5fce2a34" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:55:32.700" UserId="3489" Text="Try printing a PDF that's the native paper size set to no zoom, you should be able to work out from there if the printer's actually offset, or just adding a margin." />
  <row Id="23269" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12827" RevisionGUID="38540205-01d2-478f-8a8a-5bf6a19f4724" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:56:11.140" UserId="1865" Text="You can use Cat5 for really short runs in a Gigabit environment, but it isn't recommended.&#xD;&#xA;Cat5e is fine in almost all scenarios, but if you're wiring from scratch, use Cat6, it's only fractionally more expensive. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good Wikipedia info &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_5_cable&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; - particularly the link about &quot;far-end crosstalk&quot;." />
  <row Id="23270" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12828" RevisionGUID="454c6f2a-2698-4bbd-b143-baf96bbf6807" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:57:24.757" UserId="1847" Text="Personally I wouldn't run a cable like that without some kind of insulation/heat shield, and I would only do that after looking for alternate ways of routing the cable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Problems I see are:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Electricity doesn't work well with heat (heat negatively affects conductivity) - Dave Cheney already pointed out the specs regarding acceptable temperates for Cat5e.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The cables plastic jacket is likely to melt over time (or rather it will soften up just enough that it begins to fray apart under it's own weight), exposing the wires inside. This will likely result in packet loss over the cable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And most importantly, **you could start a fire**. Either from the plastic jacket heating up enough that it catches fire (burning wires are great - it spreads through walls, and releases toxic gases) or after the cable frays, the exposed wire could touch the metal and short, resulting in an electrical fire (the fact that there is water involved isn't great either).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't take all this as overly dismissive - I've personally taped RJ12 to the outside of building ducts as a quick way to route in an extra phone - however an old style cast iron system does not sound good. A simple test would be, with the heating jacked up, can you hold onto the pipe for long without getting a burn?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23271" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12829" RevisionGUID="2f759185-bb4a-4c6c-9b75-f8b3c195829a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:57:27.487" UserId="4035" Text="2 Things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running a full screen SSH session on one virtual terminal, doing other tasks on another virtual terminal.&#xD;&#xA;Didn't realise which VT I was on, ran FDISK, wiped all the partitions on HDB, then rebooted. Blew away all the userdata on that server.. (Managed to get it all back, as the exact geometry of the partitions was still displayed on the virtual terminal when the server in question came back up. Recreated the partitions without formatting, all data was stil there)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Trying to clean up a failed attempt at compiling a kernel, blew away all the module binaries for the currently running kernel. Only realised after I rebooted the server, which happened to be in a datacenter in California somewhere. Only problem is I'm in Canberra, Australia.." />
  <row Id="23272" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12830" RevisionGUID="da4675ab-79d7-491a-9757-dabdd252822e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:57:33.493" UserId="4053" Text="Having worked as a developer and in IT admin/support for a development team, I've come across many different types of environment from the completely locked down to the completely non. In my experience I think I've been less effort to support with a less locked down machine. In my limited support experience I certainly felt it was easier to not lock down the developers, but this of course could be bias. I'd like to know what the view is from an IT support perspective, is it genuinely harder to support developers who have non locked down machines?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23273" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12830" RevisionGUID="da4675ab-79d7-491a-9757-dabdd252822e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:57:33.493" UserId="4053" Text="Is locking down a developers machine more effort than it worth?" />
  <row Id="23274" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12830" RevisionGUID="da4675ab-79d7-491a-9757-dabdd252822e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:57:33.493" UserId="4053" Text="&lt;locked&gt;&lt;developer&gt;" />
  <row Id="23275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12831" RevisionGUID="3fe26f65-f807-4970-b344-7e0c6023328e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:58:09.530" UserId="3907" Text="Someone I worked with removed the password file then logged out of a critical production sun server. I had to repair it as we could not just reinstall it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another admin create an account with the same uid and home as the main production database and then removed the copy account. It deleted the databases user and home - this was on a non stop Tandem, there was some egg on the admin face as he made it stop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have removed the resource forks from Apple files on a Sun server as I did not know why the temp files where taking up so much space. The Mac users where not impressed ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23276" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12832" RevisionGUID="68b45aad-3f7b-4d83-8124-3efc13749d79" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:58:26.160" UserId="629" Text="[Byobu](https://launchpad.net/byobu) (formerly known as screen-profiles) is a set of scripts that work with GNU screen which will provide _some_ of the benefits of a windowing system - you have a window list at the bottom of the terminal, along with a selection of indicators (time, cpu load, whether updates are required ...). There is a menu based on the F keys. See [this article by the author](http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2009/01/ubuntu-jaunty-testing-screen-profiles.html), and [this article from ars technica](http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/04/ubuntu-brings-advanced-screen-features-to-the-masses.ars).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However it is not mouse driven, it will not provide a graphical file manager, you cannot run graphical applications using it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I don't know whether it would meet your needs exactly, but it might well do in combination with [sshfs, as suggested in another answer](http://serverfault.com/questions/12250/gui-on-ubuntu-server/12253#12253)." />
  <row Id="23277" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12833" RevisionGUID="00cb811a-77a3-40c4-b0ee-e75a596eb51e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:59:08.920" UserId="1376" Text="We have HP laptops with a Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet card. For some reason, it is possible to 'safely remove' the network card from Windows. Obviously this disconnects the machine from the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even worse, removing the network cable from the laptop (e.g. to move it to another room) **automatically** 'safely removes' the NIC. *The machine cannot be reconnected to the network until Windows is rebooted!*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't been able to find any settings on the network adapter in Device Manager that changes this behaviour.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know how to stop Windows from listing this device as hardware that can be removed?" />
  <row Id="23278" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12833" RevisionGUID="00cb811a-77a3-40c4-b0ee-e75a596eb51e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:59:08.920" UserId="1376" Text="How to prevent Windows from safely removing hardware?" />
  <row Id="23279" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12833" RevisionGUID="00cb811a-77a3-40c4-b0ee-e75a596eb51e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:59:08.920" UserId="1376" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;safe-remove&gt;" />
  <row Id="23280" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12285" RevisionGUID="c455d4e1-f35b-452e-920a-0d2e1a05b136" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:59:45.833" UserId="1544" Comment="change multi-homing to &quot;IP aliasing&quot; , add few paragraphs to clarify question" Text="I have a server running Ubuntu Server with four IP addresses aliased on a single NIC.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    eth0       192.168.1.100&#xD;&#xA;    eth0:0     192.168.1.101&#xD;&#xA;    eth0:1     192.168.1.102&#xD;&#xA;    eth0:2     192.168.1.103&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Using 192.168.x.x for sake of example, assume these are NAT-ed to a range of public IP addresses)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of our clients publishes their inventory via FTP, so we log in nightly to download a large file from their server.  Their firewall expects our (passive) FTP connection to be made from 192.168.1.100. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given that my server logically has four IP addresses on a single adapter, how does the operating system determine which IP address is used as source for outbound TCP/IP connections?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's say I ssh into my server on 192.168.1.101 and run FTP interactively.  Will the outbound TCP/IP connection use 192.168.1.101 because the OS knows that's the interface over which my shell is connected?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What if the FTP task is run non-interactively via a cron job where there is no shell?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you can probably tell, this has me quite confused, so I hope my questions have at least &#xD;&#xA;made sense.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To clarify why I'm asking -- I haven't made any changes to the routing table and it actually lists 'eth0' as the IFace for the 0.0.0.0 routes.  However, all indications are that it is actually using eth0:0 as the source. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Destination    Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.1.0    0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0&#xD;&#xA;    0.0.0.0        192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         UG    100    0        0 eth0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can fiddle with the routing table or have our client change their firewall rules to get the behavior I need, but I'm trying to gain a little insight into how this works to know if there's a bug in the OS or just my naive understanding of how all the pieces fit together.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23281" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="12285" RevisionGUID="c455d4e1-f35b-452e-920a-0d2e1a05b136" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:59:45.833" UserId="1544" Comment="change multi-homing to &quot;IP aliasing&quot; , add few paragraphs to clarify question" Text="When IP aliasing how does the OS determine which IP address will be used as source for outbound TCP/IP connections?" />
  <row Id="23282" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12285" RevisionGUID="c455d4e1-f35b-452e-920a-0d2e1a05b136" CreationDate="2009-05-27T12:59:45.833" UserId="1544" Comment="change multi-homing to &quot;IP aliasing&quot; , add few paragraphs to clarify question" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ip-aliasing&gt;&lt;ftp&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;tcpip&gt;" />
  <row Id="23283" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12834" RevisionGUID="17f5d765-9234-4c4d-8f7f-b6d8a231e75d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:00:30.527" UserId="1787" Text="The standard way of handling credit card transaction is to authorize it through your bank or credit card authorization center. In a standard way you don't get CC's data (thus you don't need to worry about it's security), you only get the unique authorization token. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![CC sale schema][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.virtualschool.edu/mon/ElectronicProperty/klamond/CCARD16.gif" />
  <row Id="23284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12835" RevisionGUID="90bd7371-d908-4744-bb49-51b59d9b06c2" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:01:47.453" UserId="4076" Text="Telcos use single core sfps to double the number of services they can run in a given street fibre bundle. The sfps come in a matched set, BX-U transmits at 1310nm and receives on 1490nm. While BX-D transmits at 1490nm and receives on 1310nm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The standard models have a range of about 10kms and operate at 1gb/s. As far as the switch and troubleshooting goes they look and act like a normal two core sfp. One advantage is that you can't get your tx and rx fibres around the wrong way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cisco part numbers are GLC-BX-D= and GLC-BX-U=.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used to work for a telco deploying these style of setup." />
  <row Id="23285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12836" RevisionGUID="9f22e7b1-0a76-46d8-838b-199e96e7dde9" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:02:13.690" UserId="3110" Text="Hi All:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've just run into an issue with my exchange OWA.  It returns a blank page with the url string https://www.xxxxxxxx/&amp;reason=0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nothing in the logs gives me any good reasons.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what I've done so far;&#xD;&#xA;1) reinstall Exchange roll-up 7.&#xD;&#xA;2) recreate virtual directories.&#xD;&#xA;3) reboot.  (this was mostly a shot in the dark, but what the hell)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Exchange via rpc/https is still working great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone run into this before?" />
  <row Id="23286" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12836" RevisionGUID="9f22e7b1-0a76-46d8-838b-199e96e7dde9" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:02:13.690" UserId="3110" Text="Exchange 2007 OWA returns blank page with url xxxxx&amp;reason=0" />
  <row Id="23287" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12836" RevisionGUID="9f22e7b1-0a76-46d8-838b-199e96e7dde9" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:02:13.690" UserId="3110" Text="&lt;exchange-2007&gt;" />
  <row Id="23288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12837" RevisionGUID="c1897ca3-3d71-4f88-ac0a-649a569e5f5d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:02:39.760" UserId="1803" Text="Sure, you're not going to get optimal results with CAT5, but it's all about your situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If you've already got CAT5 run, and&#xD;&#xA;   you have the budget for GB switches&#xD;&#xA;   but not new cabling, get the&#xD;&#xA;   switches, you'll see results&#xD;&#xA; - If you haven't run cable yet, get 5e or 6, without a doubt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's going to *work*, without a doubt, but not as close to rated speed as you'd get with a higher grade of cable." />
  <row Id="23289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12838" RevisionGUID="b8cca309-c79f-49ca-b45d-e56d89d9eb4b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:03:32.363" UserId="3607" Text="I'm not sure about IIS-7, but you should check for any connection delay settings.  Slowing down consecutive requests is usually enough to make a spammer/scanner/bruce forcer go away (google &quot;tarpit&quot;)." />
  <row Id="23290" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12793" RevisionGUID="f50248a3-e216-4ff3-8394-4e14e5e5cf25" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:04:15.903" UserId="2828" Comment="added 59 characters in body" Text="I have three maintenance plans set up to run on an Sql Server 2005 instance:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Weekly database optimisations followed by a full backup&#xD;&#xA; - Daily differential backup&#xD;&#xA; - Hourly transaction log backups&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The hourly log backups are usually between a few hundred Kb and 10Mb depending on the level of activity, daily differentials usually grow to around 250Mb by the end of the week, and the weekly backup is about 3.5Gb.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem I have is that the optimisations before the full backup seem to be causing the next transaction log backup to grow to over 2x the size of the full backup, in this case 8Gb, before returning to normal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other than `BACKUP LOG &lt;DatabaseName&gt; WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY`, is there any way to reduce the size of that log backup, or prevent the optimisations from being recorded in the transaction log at all, as surely they will be accounted for in the full backup they precede?" />
  <row Id="23291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12839" RevisionGUID="96c65dd8-37ea-4db8-b153-585411b52c2a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:04:52.627" UserId="2642" Text="I've got a user who wants his email forwarded from our Exchange server to a mail server controlled by another organization. A contact has been created for him on another domain in the forest (yes, complications, no I can't do anything about it). When I attempt to set the forwarding address to that contact, and apply it, I get the following error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ---------------------------&#xD;&#xA;     Microsoft Active Directory - Exchange Extension&#xD;&#xA;    ---------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    A constraint violation occurred.&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;    Facility: LDAP Provider&#xD;&#xA;    ID no: 8007202f&#xD;&#xA;    Microsoft Active Directory - Exchange Extension&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ---------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    OK   &#xD;&#xA;    ---------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This same process normally works with other users, with contacts located both on my domain, and the same remote domain that holds this user's contact." />
  <row Id="23292" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12839" RevisionGUID="96c65dd8-37ea-4db8-b153-585411b52c2a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:04:52.627" UserId="2642" Text="LDAP constraint violation when forwarding email" />
  <row Id="23293" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12839" RevisionGUID="96c65dd8-37ea-4db8-b153-585411b52c2a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:04:52.627" UserId="2642" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;exchange-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="23294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12840" RevisionGUID="347950ba-2a7b-4e31-b709-2b0417a4b660" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:06:07.167" UserId="48" Text="Most developers are technically savy and know what they are doing. They often need to install many specialist apps, having to get permission to do this and getting IT to come down and add it can be very frustrating, particularly in larger companies, for both sides.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've found what works best is allowing them to do what they want with regards to installing software on their machines, but if they get into problems with something we don't support, then they are on their own. Most developers are happy with this, and prefer being able to look after their own machine anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Locking someone down in accounting to only use IE and open word is fine, but if your a developer who needs to install 4 different types of browser and need to quickly install an app to solve a problem, it can be annoying.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My experience is that companies who have alot of technical knowledge, so development shops, IT suppliers etc, who trust their employees and let them decide what they want installed are much happier and bother IT less" />
  <row Id="23295" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12841" RevisionGUID="95e6e530-ba15-422c-9053-6d44ec48da9a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:06:41.517" UserId="1447" Text="See [this Stackoverflow posting][1] for some lively debate about the merits of locking down developer machines.  (Disclaimer: I wrote the accepted answer).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/701214/should-developers-have-administrator-permissions-on-their-pc" />
  <row Id="23296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12842" RevisionGUID="ecc7be29-18b2-4c9a-a9c5-2190c41af386" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:07:10.300" UserId="1810" Text="The most sensible option I've ever seen (have been on both sides -and still am-) is simply unlocked stuff and *unsupported* as well. Give them liberty, and if they screw up, all they can get is a restage with a standard image... . In that situation, I find it a good plan to put them on some form of &quot;untrusted&quot; network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as the (non)sense of locking developer desktops: I'm pretty sure all the locking only hinders productivity anyway, moreover, any reasonably skilled developer will easily find the holes... .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23297" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12843" RevisionGUID="9944eadf-9a5b-4849-b785-b05b5eeb6bb9" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:07:37.990" UserId="2566" Text="Use SSL to encrypt the entire pipeline.  Unless ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, Do NOT store credit card numbers in your database.  You should use a payment gateway, such as Authorize.net to process the transactions.  Each transaction will receive a transaction ID and that should be logged in your database because it is not a high-value or confidential piece of information.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing to be careful of is error-logging.  I use ELMAH for error logging, and discovered that if someone hits an error on the page where they're entering in their card information, that card information gets logged as part of the HTTP POST values." />
  <row Id="23298" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12844" RevisionGUID="42124b2f-d7cc-44d2-8f47-e4f7326e8718" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:08:15.290" UserId="3607" Text="In my experience, the developers will get just as many viruses as anyone else.  Even though it can be somewhat of a pain with requests for software, it prevents any serious breaches/need to reload their machine completely." />
  <row Id="23299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12845" RevisionGUID="9f65e5af-e991-4c90-b8b8-d584bc41350e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:08:51.950" UserId="2604" Text="The built-in solution is Group Policy &lt;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/grouppolicy/default.aspx&gt;.  If you need change management features, you may want to investigate the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack's (MDOP's) Advanced Group Policy Management component (AGPM).  MDOP is an add-on subscription to Software Assurance on the Windows Client (Vista).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MDOP:  &lt;http://www.microsoft.com/windows/enterprise/products/mdop.aspx&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Contact your reseller for information on purchasing Software Assurance." />
  <row Id="23300" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12846" RevisionGUID="8ceffce1-6427-49ef-aa8d-7a66749c6123" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:09:58.487" UserId="3489" Text="You're combining syntax in that file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My first suggestion is to ensure you've got ifupdown-scripts-zg2 installed to get proper vlan support, then switch to the saner ethX.VLAN naming, and remember to add the auto ethX.VLAN lines so they start on boot." />
  <row Id="23301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12847" RevisionGUID="d3ec789e-d6a1-4e26-877d-fb6808a92d0f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:11:57.283" UserId="2277" Text="We're deploying a new website, hosted ourselves. Short of getting in white hats how would you go about penetration testing from outside the network?" />
  <row Id="23302" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12847" RevisionGUID="d3ec789e-d6a1-4e26-877d-fb6808a92d0f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:11:57.283" UserId="2277" Text="Penetration Testing" />
  <row Id="23303" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12847" RevisionGUID="d3ec789e-d6a1-4e26-877d-fb6808a92d0f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:11:57.283" UserId="2277" Text="&lt;website&gt;&lt;pen-testing&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;internet&gt;" />
  <row Id="23304" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12848" RevisionGUID="a5a89103-8607-43ea-a6a4-767075e5b5fd" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:13:08.060" UserId="48" Text="This error is usually related to a roll-up install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you check the Logs at %systemdrive%\ExchangeSetupLogs\UpdateOwa.log to see if there is anything in there indicating an error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This error can also occur if the ExchangeSetupLogs folder is missing from the root of the system drive during setup. If it is, restore the folder and install the rollup again." />
  <row Id="23305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12849" RevisionGUID="837c0a79-d0d5-4a5c-b83d-b419e3864ed7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:14:33.910" UserId="1933" Text="Those sort of symptoms are usually caused by an functional boot loader, but it can't find the kernel.  I'll assume you've also tried to boot the ESX Recovery GRUB option and found it didn't work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given you've just rebuilt the array, I'd be concerned that the rebuild was destructive and hosed your box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it was rebuilt to replace a dead disk, it's unlikely, but certainly not out of the realm of possibility for a RAID card with bugs or another form of hardware stupidity.  If it was rebuilt to change RAID levels, it's almost certain the array is hosed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try creating an [ESXi USB stick][1] and boot from that; you may be able to convince it to read your storage to see what's left on disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your VM's and VMFS datastores are intact, you could use ESXi to run them until your next maintenance window, or reinstall ESX to restore full functionality (being **very** careful to not destroy your datastores).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2008/07/29/esxi-35-update-2-on-a-usb-memory-key/" />
  <row Id="23306" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12849" RevisionGUID="837c0a79-d0d5-4a5c-b83d-b419e3864ed7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:14:33.910" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23307" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9931" RevisionGUID="755a9604-76c7-4ecf-b661-1ac489f6b151" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:15:57.747" UserId="2502" Comment="added 121 characters in body" Text="Is it an option to just plug a third network card in and have 3 different interfaces doing routing/masquerading?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless your ISP is giving you a tagged vlan connection at home I doubt there is much purpose in making it a VLAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise, can you show your routing table?  To get traffic to pass between the two you'll need routes for each VLAN." />
  <row Id="23308" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12850" RevisionGUID="a743b8aa-028a-4f2d-960a-b2cbcf145b56" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:16:31.910" UserId="671" Text="[McAfee Secure][1] offers a pretty decent scanning service that will look at the web server, network, and the web site itself in an automated, on-demand way.  Their scanner is certified for PCI scans, so it's pretty comprehensive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mcafeesecure.com/us/" />
  <row Id="23309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12851" RevisionGUID="666f2227-2239-4bcf-8dfa-d44dc4188504" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:16:48.430" UserId="4120" Text="What options are available for OSX full disk encryption?  Which of them is the best?" />
  <row Id="23310" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12851" RevisionGUID="666f2227-2239-4bcf-8dfa-d44dc4188504" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:16:48.430" UserId="4120" Text="OSX - Full Disk Encryption" />
  <row Id="23311" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12851" RevisionGUID="666f2227-2239-4bcf-8dfa-d44dc4188504" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:16:48.430" UserId="4120" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;encryption&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="23313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12853" RevisionGUID="a0971ebf-afc9-4459-9516-28dfbdfb3b22" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:17:49.897" UserId="3914" Text="Backing up to the same machine on which the data sits, is a problem I've encountered at two separate customers. Both DBAs were fired when the RAID died, and rightfully so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Off-site backups are your best answer, and although I am echoing previous posts, it's important to ensure that you test your backups." />
  <row Id="23314" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12853" RevisionGUID="a0971ebf-afc9-4459-9516-28dfbdfb3b22" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:17:49.897" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12854" RevisionGUID="56ac8e83-938a-4142-8f95-2eec1e228f51" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:19:01.550" UserId="3552" Text="I understand what CIDR is, and what it is used for, but I still can't figure out how to calculate it in my head. Can someone give a &quot;for dummies&quot; type explanation with examples?" />
  <row Id="23316" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12854" RevisionGUID="56ac8e83-938a-4142-8f95-2eec1e228f51" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:19:01.550" UserId="3552" Text="CIDR for Dummies" />
  <row Id="23317" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12854" RevisionGUID="56ac8e83-938a-4142-8f95-2eec1e228f51" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:19:01.550" UserId="3552" Text="&lt;cidr&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="23318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12855" RevisionGUID="39c7a7b1-654a-423e-867f-1e4c4ae44b63" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:19:06.713" UserId="4116" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to get external notifications on my iPhone from service monitors inside the network. The easiest way to do this is to have the devices send e-mails to my ATT SMS email (xxxxxxxxxx@txt.att.net).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, while internal notifications work fine, it doesn't seem as if Exchange is allowing the relay of these messages to the outside world.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I have these devices (APC Matrix, Servers Alive, et al.) alert me anytime?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;(Exchange 2003 SP2 on Windows Server 2003)" />
  <row Id="23319" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12855" RevisionGUID="39c7a7b1-654a-423e-867f-1e4c4ae44b63" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:19:06.713" UserId="4116" Text="How to send external e-mail from device? (Exchange 2003)" />
  <row Id="23320" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12855" RevisionGUID="39c7a7b1-654a-423e-867f-1e4c4ae44b63" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:19:06.713" UserId="4116" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;exchange-2003&gt;&lt;external&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="23321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12856" RevisionGUID="d57841eb-a579-4f61-b991-ceaeef8e3ab4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:19:12.843" UserId="2561" Text="Are jobs scheduled with 'at' persistent across reboots? Also, anyone know of a way the jobs could be backed up without access to the relevant spool directories?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to send an email at specified intervals from now up to a year ( ie 1 week, 1 month, 6 months) so this seems like a good tool, maybe there is a better one?" />
  <row Id="23322" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12856" RevisionGUID="d57841eb-a579-4f61-b991-ceaeef8e3ab4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:19:12.843" UserId="2561" Text="Linux at command persistent across reboots?" />
  <row Id="23323" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12856" RevisionGUID="d57841eb-a579-4f61-b991-ceaeef8e3ab4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:19:12.843" UserId="2561" Text="&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="23324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12857" RevisionGUID="811c1a9c-98b8-4cbc-892f-2279e6f83f20" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:19:14.043" UserId="3961" Text="While not exactly a task I was given, I had to recover from forced downtime.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used to be the SA for a rather large financial site.&#xD;&#xA;We knew our systems inside and out, had centralized logging and great tools to sift through them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of a sudden (naturally very close to a deadline), all the cellphones go crazy with alert messages. Check to see that the site is down, and all SA staff drop what they're doing and start investigating.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apache logs were fine, database wasn't throwing any errors and the caches were spinning just fine. Plenty of spare resources, network was fine and no recent deployments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;10 minutes later, I find out that one of the developer had gotten access to the site and added a die(); in an obscure module related to page generation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In other words, the software did what it was told to do, and there was no log information that would've helped.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The GM for the company that ran the site came up with a huge grin and said he wanted to clock us.&#xD;&#xA;I told him to fuck off, not touch my production servers, that we did have great disaster recovery plans, but his developer's incompetence made sure none of those plans kicked into gear.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If he wanted to check our response time, he should at the very least have discussed it with the CTO and asked if he could do it &quot;some time today&quot; or &quot;this week&quot;. That way nobody would have been pissed off, and we wouldn't have wasted any time arguing about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The whole event was one of the most unprofessional ones I've encountered so far." />
  <row Id="23325" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12857" RevisionGUID="811c1a9c-98b8-4cbc-892f-2279e6f83f20" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:19:14.043" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23326" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12845" RevisionGUID="e3a391c4-23c3-4ae4-aefa-be8001367ff7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:20:42.157" UserId="2604" Comment="Added more detail and answered the question's points more specifically." Text="The built-in solution is Group Policy &lt;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/grouppolicy/default.aspx&gt;.  It allows you to enforce configuration of thousands of settings, and you can apply any combination of settings to any combination of servers and clients.  Most policies prevent users (even those with administrative credentials) from changing the affected settings, and the settings are reapplied at system boot or user logon (depending on whether the setting is a per-computer or per-user setting).  Group Policies can even install programs that provided as Windows Installer packages.  For automated operating system installation, see if Windows Deployment Services meets your needs:  &lt;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772106.aspx&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need Group Policy change management features, investigate the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack's (MDOP's) Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) component.  MDOP is an add-on subscription to Software Assurance on the Windows Client (Vista or 7).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MDOP:  &lt;http://www.microsoft.com/windows/enterprise/products/mdop.aspx&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Software Assurance:  &lt;http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/software-assurance/default.aspx&gt;.  Contact your reseller for purchasing information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12858" RevisionGUID="a12cbf1f-26e2-4ee5-af96-0ec05a0317a5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:20:47.740" UserId="3489" Text="On Debian there's the pyca package for running a CA, however for all it does you basically need to know how OpenSSL's underlying CA support works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's always the AD CA tool, however I've found that it's only good for limited uses, perhaps have a main CA using the more capable OpenSSL based tools, then create an interim CA for the Windows stuff?" />
  <row Id="23328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12859" RevisionGUID="587a5ea3-9a9a-4964-ab37-fba813c95b57" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:21:20.687" UserId="301" Text="Both Nginx and Lighttpd are better choices than apache when it comes to using them as a reverse proxy for Django, Rails, etc. Both support FastCGI and Http proxying. Both offer a single threaded select() (or better) based model for efficient resource usage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However my vote goes to Nginx, it's got a very active user base (it's currently the darling of the Ruby on Rails set), and is under active development. Lighttpd could be mistaken for being dead, 2+ years and we're still waiting on a beta of 1.5." />
  <row Id="23329" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12859" RevisionGUID="587a5ea3-9a9a-4964-ab37-fba813c95b57" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:21:20.687" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23330" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12860" RevisionGUID="1c306a6d-75b7-4859-945c-d9fbbf06d848" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:24:55.490" UserId="4125" Text="&quot;When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras&quot;   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the best rule of troubleshooting issues I've ever heard.  I try to live by it.  It means to look at what the system is actually telling you first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Too many folks dismiss the error messages or symptoms they see and attempt to fix what they *think* is the problem.  Don't assume.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the error message indicates a permissions problem, investigate permissions first.   &quot;Access Denied&quot; is not a network issue." />
  <row Id="23331" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12860" RevisionGUID="1c306a6d-75b7-4859-945c-d9fbbf06d848" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:24:55.490" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23332" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12861" RevisionGUID="8cd6f46c-dd49-47f8-ab65-874eb58f4c43" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:25:04.660" UserId="3489" Text="Rule 1 - make backups&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rule 2 - *NEVER* add &quot;molly guard&quot; wrappers to standard commands, make your own version, sure, but don't take over the name, it'll just bite you when you're on a system you didn't set up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Prompt tricks like different colour for root and (partial) directory tree are great helpers, but again, ensure you can work without them." />
  <row Id="23333" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12862" RevisionGUID="b078f784-95d5-4ecd-b1b7-a2ec138e90eb" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:25:09.483" UserId="2278" Text="Almost all the common mistakes - as opposed to strategic errors like not having proper backups - are caused by the operator  (rm -rf / being a case in point). The way around this is to have your procedures automated. Use GPOs, puppet, setup scripts, whatever. That way your work will be higher quality and you will work faster, giving you more time to post on serverfault..." />
  <row Id="23334" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12862" RevisionGUID="b078f784-95d5-4ecd-b1b7-a2ec138e90eb" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:25:09.483" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23335" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12863" RevisionGUID="47aca3ce-eb8f-4c01-886e-1ace945cb1b4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:25:20.870" UserId="2368" Text="Locking down developers' machines takes more effort than it worth. It seriously harms productivity as you can't do pretty much anything without administrative rights. Of course, eventually the system will become messed up, but surely your IT dep is not providing support for all those 3rd party tools that are used in development? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, as Vincent De Baere suggested, the best course of action would be just restoring the system from an image, of course, the environment must be restored after that, but that should not be IT's problem. If it happens N times you can put a said person on a kind of &quot;black list&quot; and, yes, drop his administrative rights for a while. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Either way, the environment should be set up in a way, that makes sure, that an infected (or otherwise messed up) machine does not affect any other machines at all or, say, doesn't send spam or something (ok, now I'm just saying obvious things, sorry)." />
  <row Id="23336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12864" RevisionGUID="12996ca9-6366-4917-9724-6f94f3083eee" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:25:43.553" UserId="533" Text="Yes they are persistent across reboots (they're just files in a spool).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding having access to them, as a regular user you won't have access to the files, but you could build a system to back them up.  Maybe something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    MYAT=~/atjobs&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    /bin/rm -rf $MYAT/*&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    for j in `at -l | cut -f1`&#xD;&#xA;    do&#xD;&#xA;      at -c $j &gt;$MYAT/$i&#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said all that though, I'm not sure I'd use at for the task you describe.  I'd probably use a preexisting calendaring system.  Failing that though, I would user a cron job that ran daily that checked a file to see if there were any messages to send.  Much more portable than at jobs, and much more likely to be remembered if you switch machines..." />
  <row Id="23337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12865" RevisionGUID="a865306f-7c30-473c-a537-4f9f3829589a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:25:43.897" UserDisplayName="Stephen Hassard" Text="Also, consider using Google App Engine. You can host your Django project there for free and not have to worry about maintaining the server infrastructure." />
  <row Id="23338" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12865" RevisionGUID="a865306f-7c30-473c-a537-4f9f3829589a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:25:43.897" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12866" RevisionGUID="b76befd4-ce05-49f7-91c5-746ce0d91a63" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:27:32.257" UserId="3220" Text="I've not used the at command much, but I have used [cron][1] to schedule tasks to be executed, and it is persistent across reboots. cron has worked for me for the past fifteen years or so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If need a command to be executed once every day, and then be executed once even if the system goes down, you can use [anacron][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.scrounge.org/linux/cron.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacron" />
  <row Id="23340" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12867" RevisionGUID="1a17b235-9e62-4a3f-903b-3111817d3c32" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:28:47.043" UserId="1406" Text="Our security manager insists that we should use *anonymized usernames*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;E.g. for a user named **John Doe** his username would be '**g74h19**' instead of something like '**jdoe**'. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We already have a policy that locks out an account after three invalid logon attempts. So except maybe for making a DOS attack harder I can't see how this would help security - even worse you would no longer be able to see who is who in the logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any security recommendations that support anonymized usernames? (link) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is anybody here using them?" />
  <row Id="23341" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12867" RevisionGUID="1a17b235-9e62-4a3f-903b-3111817d3c32" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:28:47.043" UserId="1406" Text="Are Anonymized Usernames necessary?" />
  <row Id="23342" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12867" RevisionGUID="1a17b235-9e62-4a3f-903b-3111817d3c32" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:28:47.043" UserId="1406" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;anonymized&gt;" />
  <row Id="23343" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12868" RevisionGUID="c3c2e692-0f12-4c1e-b04f-423ff042f959" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:29:19.743" UserId="1803" Text="also:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Power off / restart / screen locking guidelines:  some users will do nothing other than (possibly) locking their workstation without a guideline, making group policy updates spotty and consuming unnecessary power over weekends/holidays.&#xD;&#xA; - Appropriate use of company hardware.  *No, it is not ok for your child to browse webpages on your company laptop.*  Can they install their own apps?&#xD;&#xA; - Appropriate use of the company's Internet connection.&#xD;&#xA; - Non-company hardware:  is it okay for users to attach their own equipment to the network?  How about wirelessly?  I.e. is your network hardened enough for users to bring in their virus-laden, malware-smeared home laptop?" />
  <row Id="23345" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12869" RevisionGUID="a0352b69-09d8-4f87-98ac-5daff2666522" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:31:07.167" UserId="385" Text="Another option is [Qualys][1]. Keep in mind that Qualys and the mcAfee Secure solution are vulnerability scanners. Pen-testing can be automated with respect to scans, and some of it can be automated for XSS and SQL injection attacks, but ultimately, you'd want a reputable pentester checking the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.qualys.com/" />
  <row Id="23346" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12870" RevisionGUID="db3b325a-843b-4362-b203-1aa957ff0d53" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:31:38.240" UserId="2229" Text="The biggest problem with not locking down a developers machine is that any software they develop will require full administrator privileges to run. The developers access should be the same as the environment that they will need to run in. If they need to be &quot;self supportable&quot; or &quot;self installable&quot; then give them another admin account e.g. Bruce.admin which they need to use when doing admin stuff, but not used day to day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just like no decent UNIX admin worth their salt will never use a root account for their day-to-day non admin work." />
  <row Id="23347" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12871" RevisionGUID="fc418659-0eff-4b2b-bbfb-aec1869544c2" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:32:33.060" UserId="3384" Text="When you schedule a job with at, even if a reboot is done (they are stored in /var/spool/cron/atjobs), the job is still planned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cordialy," />
  <row Id="23348" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12415" RevisionGUID="cf09b6fb-8886-4522-9205-e10a229c0bd5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:33:06.070" UserId="3454" Comment="Clarification" Text="As a professional system administrator, what configuration items do you consider it essential to track to perform proper configuration or change management?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, in Windows, do you track registry changes in addition to hardware or software? In Linux, do you diff config files?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: For clarification, I'm looking for what specifically to track (or not to track) -- if you want to recommend tools **in addition** to the items you feel are worth tracking, go ahead." />
  <row Id="23349" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12872" RevisionGUID="c371603c-37d8-43e7-869e-ba233115e26b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:33:19.957" UserId="385" Text="Group Policy will enforce and re-enforce settings as needed. However, if you're looking for overall configuration management, there are numerous tools like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Altiris&#xD;&#xA; - System Center (formerly SMS)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as new systems, Ghost is an option to build an image that you redeploy. With VMware, you can build a VM, set it up, apply sysprep, and then you simply copy it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23351" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12873" RevisionGUID="057278b0-6068-4b04-a684-87a27d901906" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:35:04.087" UserDisplayName="keepUpAtTheBackThere" Text="Me, I'm just a technical author, so I struggle to know what you lot are talking about sometimes and am never allowed close enough to any real kit to do anything remotely dangerous.&#xD;&#xA;However, in a previous job (very previous - read on) I recall a certain programmer here on the Cambridge Science Park called Verka S (who's catchphrase was 'good code does not need annotation') once calling over the sysadmin to ask if he could figure out why her win 3.11 box was no longer working (told you it was very previous).  After a brief examination of the dead object he asked 'what did you do?' and she replied 'I was trying to free up some hard disk space, so I deleted the largest file i could find'. 'Can you remember what it was called' asked the sysadmin: 'yes' she goes: 'win.exe'.  You'd be right to guess that her code most certainly needed fullsome annotation." />
  <row Id="23352" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12874" RevisionGUID="f901f765-6d7c-4de2-bb48-20f233f823cc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:35:40.763" UserId="2502" Text="They also can be of use in masking data between employees.  People writing reports for payroll etc don't see exactly who is making what.  Other situations where if management is choosing layoffs and data on employee performance is presented with anonymous usernames can't be accused of picking and choosing.  Random things like that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It makes a bigger difference for large organizations where taking parts of first names and last names will cause a lot of overlap." />
  <row Id="23353" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12875" RevisionGUID="6bdcf78d-6088-406c-bccb-61209afcdaa6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:35:52.307" UserId="3552" Text="I set up FreeNAS on an Asus P5B (Basic) with a Pentium D 3ghz processor (may be overkill, but it is a spare machine). The CPU usually runs around 750mhz-1500mhz. I am aiming for a quiet machine so the only fan is on the CPU's Heatsink and the power supply. The hard drives and cpu heatsink remain cool to the touch, but the Northbridge's heatsink and the area around the power supply are very warm to the touch, bordering on hot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not sure if too much can be done for the power supply, but for the North bridge, are there any settings I can change in the BIOS (or even FreeNAS) which will help that run cooler?" />
  <row Id="23354" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12875" RevisionGUID="6bdcf78d-6088-406c-bccb-61209afcdaa6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:35:52.307" UserId="3552" Text="Northbridge runs very hot" />
  <row Id="23355" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12875" RevisionGUID="6bdcf78d-6088-406c-bccb-61209afcdaa6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:35:52.307" UserId="3552" Text="&lt;freenas&gt;&lt;power-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="23356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12876" RevisionGUID="cbf45e17-b41f-4edb-afb2-83cb6abcde19" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:36:20.340" UserId="48" Text="anonymised user names are another example of security by obscurity. By anonymising the username it makes it difficult for a would be attacker to guess it, from say an email address. Exchange for example often uses the users username as part of the email address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you stated you have a lockout policy in effect then you already have some method of security in place and so anonymising will make it more likely to hit the limit with a brute force attack. One thing you should consider is, what if the user inadvertently gives away their password? In a case where there usernames are not anonymised, the attacker has the password and is likely to be able to guess the username from their email in under 3 attempts. If the username is anonymised this is much less likely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So there is some benefit from having them, but it depends whether this limited benefit outweighs the convenience of easy user names. How much security is enough for your organisation?" />
  <row Id="23357" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12877" RevisionGUID="9710f978-5e78-42f5-b3d6-5c29ceb48871" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:37:24.223" UserId="385" Text="I'm going to approach this from a Windows domain perspective. If I'm an attacker, **I don't care** what the usernames are. I simply want them. So I'm going to look for a system that doesn't have RestrictAnonymous, or a Windows 2000 system, and I'm going to scan for all the usernames in the domain. Or I'll gain a single valid user account on the domain and then issue said scans. Now I have **ALL** user accounts to try against. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh and I can scan for groups, too. So I'll look for the really nice ones like Domain Admins or Enterprise Admins or groups which look particularly interesting. And I'll see who are the members of the group in question and look to go after them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So while anonymizing usernames may seem helpful, I don't think they do much to actually increase security. And they make it harder on end users, support staff, and administrators when troubleshooting a particular set of users' problems.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23358" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12878" RevisionGUID="65d68d8a-8c0d-408c-9a32-4856c9c86e31" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:37:55.270" UserId="3914" Text="It depends.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have loads of space and/or some form of backup compression and/or fast backups, you can run full backups daily.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could script it as follows: DBCC CHECKDB, then do an index rebuild, then shrink the log, then do the backups (with verify), and then shrink the log again ... but, it depends on your circumstances." />
  <row Id="23359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12879" RevisionGUID="60b6dad2-5086-41ee-be20-ac3bdb4c33ff" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:37:59.870" UserId="301" Text="I was initially going to say, No, OS X does not support encryption of the boot drive, only you home partition via loopback mount. However some googling turned up [PGP Whole Disk Encryption][1]. I can't vouch for it as a solution as I have not tried it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pgp.com/products/wholediskencryption/" />
  <row Id="23360" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12841" RevisionGUID="a354ef84-9be7-41f4-89ff-bac124fd1abb" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:38:07.767" UserId="1447" Comment="added 166 characters in body" Text="See [this Stackoverflow posting][1] for some lively debate about the merits of locking down developer machines.  (Disclaimer: I wrote the accepted answer).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From a sysadmin perspective, access to production systems is sensitive and you should restrict such access.  Local admin rights over a development PC or development server does not significantly compromise security of your production systems.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make an image that you can use to rebuild the machines with if necessary.  Manually installing SQL Server dev edition, Visual Studio, Cygwin and MikTex plus a bunch of other apps is quite time consuming.  An image with these large apps installed will be reasonably valuable if you have to re-image the machines much.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From a development perspective I find that I can fix most problems with the machine and typically only need help from network support staff on fairly rare occasions.  Overly restrictive environments tend to generate spurious dev support traffic to do work that the developers are perfectly capable of doing themselves.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another place where developers tend to need a lot of admin work done is on database servers hosting development environments.  Most developers are capable of learning routine DBA tasks easily, and should get a working knowledge of this anyway (IMHO on principle).  Overly restrictive admin access policies on development servers can get underfoot in many ways.  A scratch development network is quite a good idea if it can be arranged - you can firewall this from your production servers if necessary.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - When developers can easily replicate the structure of a production environment it promotes a culture of deployment testing where an integration test can be synthesised without jumping through hoops.  This will tend to improve the quality of production release and deployment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Being able to emulate a production environment also raises awareness of production deployment and support issues.  It encourages development staff to think of how an application might be supported in production, which will probably encourage architectures built with this in mind.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If this network has a domain controller you can establish a trust relationship so it trusts your main domain controller and its accounts.  This trust relationship does not have to be reciprocal, so it does not compromise security of your production network infrastructure.  This can let you have an untrusted development network but still allow developers access to domain-authenticated resources such as Exchange accounts or file servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You want developers to have a reasonable amount of scope for experimentation without having to jump through hoops.  Placing political obstacles in the path of this work has a tendency to encourage sticking plaster solutions that are politically expedient but generate long-term technical debt.  As a sysadmin or support analyst, guess who gets to pick up the pieces ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/701214/should-developers-have-administrator-permissions-on-their-pc" />
  <row Id="23361" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12880" RevisionGUID="330ae7fc-1475-4b27-8b85-31d919a66c6d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:38:25.207" UserId="4053" Text="There are some interesting things [here][1] - i like the one about the passwords in a safe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/25/2154237&amp;from=rss" />
  <row Id="23362" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12880" RevisionGUID="330ae7fc-1475-4b27-8b85-31d919a66c6d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:38:25.207" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12881" RevisionGUID="2b66b975-7b47-4d0b-9b4d-5712cc4d7d05" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:39:36.233" UserId="48" Text="To do this, the servers sending alerts need to authenticate with the Exchange Server before attempting to send, else they will not be allowed to relay.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can either setup an account in Exchange for these emails and set your applications to authenticate to this account when they send, or setup Exchange to allow anonymous relaying only from the IP addresses of these services. There is a good article [here][1] on how to set that up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.quantumsoftware.com.au/Support/KB/Article.aspx?ID=50" />
  <row Id="23365" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12883" RevisionGUID="57c8d0d1-9c76-461c-8878-224c8ce46bd3" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:39:53.193" UserId="49149" Text="Ran a script that deletes all files on a file server recursively.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We had a partial backup of files, so we never fully recovered.." />
  <row Id="23366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12884" RevisionGUID="948060cc-de93-4a28-b5d1-b4d6760f6b06" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:39:55.237" UserId="385" Text="Windows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - OS Version &#xD;&#xA; - OS Service Pack&#xD;&#xA; - Security Patches&#xD;&#xA; - Audit policy (should be enforced via GPO)&#xD;&#xA; - Members of Administrators, Power Users, and Remote Desktop Users&#xD;&#xA; - Installed application list&#xD;&#xA; - Network Shares" />
  <row Id="23367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12885" RevisionGUID="711f33b3-9eec-427e-86aa-b37a88a640a9" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:41:01.630" UserId="4158" Text="    chown randomuser /* -R&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;instead of&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chown randomuser ./* -R" />
  <row Id="23368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12886" RevisionGUID="245a9958-10cf-4b5d-b34d-3a6837b4032e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:42:52.940" UserId="4076" Text="If you only need ethernet interfaces on the router a snapgear firewall (I use the SG560) would do the job. I know it can do points 1-4 on your list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you put a dsl modem in bridged mode on the wan side it can also initiate PPPoE sessions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At it's core it is a linux box with a nice web gui. There is a telnet and ssh interface but that is completely undocumented. One gotcha with the Snapgear is that all changes are live and automatically saved. So you can't use a &quot;reboot in 10&quot; like you can on a cisco to get you out of trouble if you lock yourself out when working on the firewall rulesets." />
  <row Id="23369" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12886" RevisionGUID="245a9958-10cf-4b5d-b34d-3a6837b4032e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:42:52.940" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12887" RevisionGUID="3657d90a-bb06-4f22-bf8d-d27569ab3bc8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:43:13.843" UserId="49149" Text="One thing you would want to do is look for **SQL Injection vulnerabilities**.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [Scrawlr][1] is a free software for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; scanning SQL injection vulnerabilities&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on your web applications.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; It is developed by HP Web Security&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Research Group in coordination with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Microsoft Security Response Center.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.communities.hp.com/securitysoftware/blogs/spilabs/archive/2008/06/23/finding-sql-injection-with-scrawlr.aspx" />
  <row Id="23372" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12841" RevisionGUID="8fb7fda3-6e9c-4e90-83cd-f19245477bfc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:44:08.990" UserId="1447" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="See [this Stackoverflow posting][1] for some lively debate about the merits of locking down developer machines.  (Disclaimer: I wrote the accepted answer).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From a sysadmin perspective, access to production systems is sensitive and you should restrict such access.  Local admin rights over a development PC or development server does not significantly compromise security of your production systems.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make an image that you can use to rebuild the machines with if necessary.  Manually installing SQL Server dev edition, Visual Studio, Cygwin and MikTex plus a bunch of other apps is quite time consuming.  An image with these large apps installed will be reasonably valuable if you have to re-image the machines much.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From a development perspective I find that I can fix most problems with the machine and typically only need help from network support staff on fairly rare occasions.  Overly restrictive environments tend to generate spurious dev support traffic to do work that the developers are perfectly capable of doing themselves.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another place where developers tend to need a lot of admin work done is on database servers hosting development environments.  Most developers are capable of learning routine DBA tasks easily, and should get a working knowledge of this anyway (IMHO on principle).  Overly restrictive admin access policies on development servers can get underfoot in many ways.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A scratch development network is quite a good idea if it can be arranged - you can firewall this from your production servers if necessary.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - When developers can easily replicate the structure of a production environment it promotes a culture of deployment testing where an integration test can be synthesised without jumping through hoops.  This will tend to improve the quality of production release and deployment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Being able to emulate a production environment also raises awareness of production deployment and support issues.  It encourages development staff to think of how an application might be supported in production, which will probably encourage architectures built with this in mind.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If this network has a domain controller you can establish a trust relationship so it trusts your main domain controller and its accounts.  This trust relationship does not have to be reciprocal, so it does not compromise security of your production network infrastructure.  This can let you have an untrusted development network but still allow developers access to domain-authenticated resources such as Exchange accounts or file servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You want developers to have a reasonable amount of scope for experimentation without having to jump through hoops.  Placing political obstacles in the path of this work has a tendency to encourage sticking plaster solutions that are politically expedient but generate long-term technical debt.  As a sysadmin or support analyst, guess who gets to pick up the pieces ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/701214/should-developers-have-administrator-permissions-on-their-pc" />
  <row Id="23373" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12889" RevisionGUID="d4f32656-c90a-4878-a068-d2249a478aed" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:44:41.767" UserId="588" Text="Try reducing the FSB from the stock 200MHz to less than 100MHz while keeping the multiplyer at x15, which should be enough for NAS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why do you care about the heat from the machine? If it's stable under stress you should leave it like that IMO." />
  <row Id="23374" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12890" RevisionGUID="184fdb0c-b3f2-4e01-9568-afdfb5b28324" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:45:15.353" UserId="2502" Text="Each octet is worth 8.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 255.0.0.0        /8&#xD;&#xA; - 255.255.0.0      /16&#xD;&#xA; - 255.255.255.0    /24&#xD;&#xA; - 255.255.255.255  /32&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So you can quickly narrow down your subnet and then you're just worried about the last 8 bits.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    128, 192, 224, 240, 248, 252, 254, 255&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    +1  , +2 , +3 , +4 , +5 , +6 , +7 , +8&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 255.128.0.0 = /9&#xD;&#xA; - 255.192.0.0 = /10&#xD;&#xA; - 255.224.0.0 = /11&#xD;&#xA; - 255.240.0.0 = /12&#xD;&#xA; - 255.248.0.0 = /13&#xD;&#xA; - 255.252.0.0 = /14&#xD;&#xA; - 255.254.0.0 = /15&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope thats clear enough&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23375" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12847" RevisionGUID="4cbabdc5-da49-4cf7-934b-49eb83ad8f46" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:45:26.710" UserId="588" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;website&gt;&lt;penetration-testing&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;internet&gt;" />
  <row Id="23376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12891" RevisionGUID="dd43480d-2572-4721-852e-ba78fb9ea760" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:46:36.163" UserId="4117" Text="I ran some Perl someone in an IRC channel gave me, which did something tricky to exec &quot;rm -rf /&quot;. Whups." />
  <row Id="23378" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12892" RevisionGUID="315d8a52-7444-4324-94d2-20fc96cd1af1" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:47:31.060" UserId="4146" Text="**Nugget's general treatise on public-key authentication**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**why do I want to use public key authentication?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Passwords aren't the most secure things in the world. Even if a user picks a 'secure' password that's stronger than their dog's name, the password is still susceptible to a brute-force attack. Brute force attacks via ssh against user passwords are quite common on the Internet and several prevalent worms and zombies perform automated attacks incessantly against any internet-connected host. Even a secure password is at risk to these attacks, done by hand or by worm. Allowing password access to a system with many users is an invitation for a security breach.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, if you've got accounts on a large number of hosts it's tempting to reuse the same password on more than one host to reduce the number of passwords that your fingers have to memorize. Each shared password on a remote system puts you more at risk of a brute force attack on that host's password file, and means that if one host is compromised that all your other hosts sharing that same password are significantly less safe. Heck, you could accidently &quot;erp&quot; your password into an IRC channel by mistake some day and then spend the rest of the afternoon finding all the systems where you've re-used that password so that you can change it before anyone figures it out. It's not fun (or so I've heard!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thankfully, there's a solution! OpenSSH has a robust and well-tested public key authentication system built right in. When set up properly, it's not only more secure than using passwords but it's also a lot easier to use. How often does that happen?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**what does public key mean, exactly?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Public-key authentication (or PKI -- a public key infrastructure) is an authentication method that relies on a generated public/private keypair. With PKI a special &quot;key&quot; is generated which has a very useful property: Anyone who can read the public half of the key is able encrypt data which can then only be read by a person who has access to the private half of the key. In this way, having access to the public half of a key allows you to send secret information to anyone with the private half, and to also verify that a person does in fact have access to the private half. It's easy to see how this technique could be used to authenticate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a user, you can generate a keypair and then place the public half of the key on a remote system. That remote system is then able to authenticate you, or prove that you are really you, and allow you to login just by having you demonstrate that you have access to the private half of the keypair. This is done at the protocol level inside SSH and happens automatically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It does, however, mean that you need to protect the privacy of the private key. On a shared system where you do not have root this can be accomplished by encrypting the private key with a passphrase, which functions similarly to a password. Before SSH can read your private key in order to perform the public key authentication you'll be asked to supply the passphrase so that the private key can be decrypted. On more secure systems (like a machine where you are the only user, or a machine at your home where no strangers will have physical access) you can simplify this process either by creating an unencrypted public key (with no passphrase) or by entering your passphrase once and then caching the key in memory for the duration of your time at the computer. OpenSSH contains a tool called ssh-agent which simplifies this process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**how do I set this up?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first thing you need to do is generate a keypair using the ssh-keygen tool which is part of OpenSSH. Windows users who use PuTTY can use the related putty-keygen.exe program in the same manner. SecureCRT has a keypair generator built in as well. Here's a log of creating a keypair:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    luser@localhost:~$ ssh-keygen -t dsa&#xD;&#xA;    Generating public/private dsa key pair.&#xD;&#xA;    Enter file in which to save the key (/home/luser/.ssh/id_dsa): &#xD;&#xA;    Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): &#xD;&#xA;    Enter same passphrase again: &#xD;&#xA;    Your identification has been saved in /home/luser/.ssh/id_dsa.&#xD;&#xA;    Your public key has been saved in /home/luser/.ssh/id_dsa.pub.&#xD;&#xA;    The key fingerprint is:&#xD;&#xA;    f3:77:56:58:a8:bb:08:59:67:15:2c:0e:1d:d0:40:a3 luser@example.com&#xD;&#xA;    luser@localhost:~$ &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now you have the two halves that comprise a keypair. The file id_dsa is the private half and the file id_dsa.pub is the public half. You'll want to make sure that only you can read the private files. This is critical, because OpenSSH will refuse to work with key files which are world or group readable. Verify thusly:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    luser@localhost:~$ chmod 700 $HOME/.ssh&#xD;&#xA;    luser@localhost:~$ chmod 600 $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa*&#xD;&#xA;    luser@localhost:~$ ls -la .ssh&#xD;&#xA;    total 10&#xD;&#xA;    drwx------   2 luser  luser   512 Nov 15 16:12 .&#xD;&#xA;    drwx-----x  12 luser  luser  1024 Jun 24  2004 ..&#xD;&#xA;    -rw-------   1 luser  luser  1264 Nov 15 16:12 id_dsa&#xD;&#xA;    -rw-------   1 luser  luser  1123 Nov 15 16:12 id_dsa.pub&#xD;&#xA;    luser@localhost:~$ &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So now we're half-way there. You've got your keypair but we need to place the public half of the key on a remote machine. If you look at the id_dsa.pub file in your favorite editor you'll see that it's just a big block of numbers and letters. This means that it's easy enough to cut and paste, which can be simpler than trying to send it to a remote machine using a file transfer protocol like sftp or scp. Usually it's easiest to just open up another terminal window and paste it to the other host. In either case, you'll want to take the contents of id_dsa.pub and stuff them into a file named $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys on a remote host. As before, make sure that the .ssh directory is only readable by you (chmod 700) and that the authorized_keys file is as well (chmod 600). You should end up with something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    luser@remotehost:~$ls -la .ssh&#xD;&#xA;    total 16&#xD;&#xA;    drwx------  2 luser  luser   512 Jul 11 19:01 .&#xD;&#xA;    drwx--x--x  7 luser  luser  1024 Nov 14 18:01 ..&#xD;&#xA;    -rw-------  1 luser  luser  1123 Nov 15 16:21 authorized_keys&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So now you're all set to log in using public key authentication. Instead of being asked for your password on remotehost, you'll instead be challenged for the passphrase you've used to encrypt your local, private key. Give it a shot:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    luser@localhost:~$ssh remotehost.example.com&#xD;&#xA;    Enter passphrase for key '/home/luser/.ssh/id_dsa': &#xD;&#xA;    Last login: Tue Nov 15 16:20:50 2005 from localhost.example.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;luser@remotehost:~$&#xD;&#xA;That's all there is to it! In reality, the user account on the remotehost side doesn't even need to have a password. With no password (which is not the same as a NULL password) it's not even possible to log in to a remote system without the private key. This makes the account totally immune to a brute-force password attack. There are other benefits as well, though. You can actually have more than one public key placed into the authorized_keys file on a remote host. This means that you can generate more than one private key if you routinely ssh from multiple locations. For example, you might create separate keypairs for your computer at home and the computer at your office. Remote hosts might have just one or both of those keys in the authorized_keys file. You might create a third keypair for your work laptop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why would you want multiple keys? Well imagine if your laptop gets lost or stolen. You can simply log in to remote hosts and remove that specific public key from your authorized_keys files and the laptop will be rendered incapable of logging in to the remote hosts, even if someone manages to crack or guess the passphrase which protects the private key. In this way, it's simple to &quot;revoke&quot; a keypair.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll also find that you're no longer tempted to share a single password with multiple remote hosts, which yields a dramatic increase in your overall security because if an account is compromised on one remote host it cannot be linked to any of your other accounts on other hosts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**advanced usage: ssh agent**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can actually take public key authentication one step further and make your life even easier by caching your private key locally. OpenSSH contains a tool called &quot;ssh-agent&quot; which can be used to accomplish this. This provides a compromise between the easy use of a passphrase-less private key and the security of having your private key encrypted in case someone gains unauthorized access to the actual file. You run ssh-agent on the local machine where you're sitting, and use it to cache the private key for repeated use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The key to using ssh-agent is launching it as the parent process to your user session itself. Many Unixes are already doing this for you, and if you check your process list you may find that ssh-agent is already running to provide this capability. Windows users using PuTTY can use PuTTY's &quot;pagaent.exe&quot; tool and Mac OS X users can download a third party tool like SSHKeyChain or use the command-line ssh-agent as they would with any other Unix. [Edit: OS X 10.5 &quot;Leopard&quot; has ssh agent support built in. You don't need to install any additional software if you're running Leopard] If your operating system isn't running ssh-agent for you, you'll want to invoke it as part of your login process. For example, you might change your gdm or xdm login to invoke &quot;ssh-agent gnome-session&quot; instead of just &quot;gnome-session&quot; so that ssh-agent can sit on top of your session. The key is making sure that the SSH_AUTH_SOCK and SSH_AGENT_PID environment variables are global to your sessions on the host. With ssh-agent resident, you can run it manually and store your private key inside with ssh-add:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    luser@localhost:~$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_dsa&#xD;&#xA;    Need passphrase for /home/luser/.ssh/id_dsa (luser@example.com).&#xD;&#xA;    Enter passphrase:&#xD;&#xA;    luser@localhost:~$&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After having done that, you should now be able to ssh to any remote host without being challenged for your passphrase. OpenSSH will talk to the local ssh-agent daemon and retrieve the private key from it automatically. That authentication can even be (optionally) tunneled to the remote host which means if you ssh hop from that remote host to yet a third host the authentication can pass back through to your local ssh-agent and still not require typing a password or passphrase.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be aware that using ssh-agent puts your private key at risk to anyone who has root access on the machine where ssh-agent is. It's not wise to use ssh-agent on a machine where you aren't or don't trust the administrator. It's also not wise to allow OpenSSH to forward the authentication on to a machine where you aren't or don't trust the administrator. You can control whether or not this agent forwarding takes place using the command line using the -A or -a switches or by setting the option in your $HOME/.ssh/config file like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # .ssh/config file for luser@localhost&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Forward X11 and Auth to slacker.com hosts, they can be trusted&#xD;&#xA;    Host *.slacker.com &#xD;&#xA;    ForwardAgent              yes&#xD;&#xA;    ForwardX11                yes&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Forward X11 and Auth to my trusted example.com hosts&#xD;&#xA;    Host *.example.com&#xD;&#xA;    ForwardAgent              yes&#xD;&#xA;    ForwardX11                yes&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # All hosts which haven't been matched above, paranoid settings&#xD;&#xA;    Host *&#xD;&#xA;    ForwardAgent              no &#xD;&#xA;    ForwardX11                no&#xD;&#xA;    Compression               yes&#xD;&#xA;    KeepAlive                 yes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's it!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you've grown accustomed to using public key authentication you'll wonder how you ever managed to live without it. It's really that remarkable. Not only is it more secure but it makes using SSH much simpler and more powerful. Enjoy!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*This text is a repost of a document on my personal site, but I can't link to it because I'm a new user here on serverfault.*" />
  <row Id="23379" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12893" RevisionGUID="55565731-7813-470a-98fd-78073ec308cd" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:48:14.317" UserDisplayName="DMA" Text="Server.Load in standart Domino Administrator package." />
  <row Id="23380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12894" RevisionGUID="10357df4-5f87-415f-8516-68e36505c5e1" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:49:06.377" UserId="201" Text="Your first option is FileVault which is not full disk encryption, but individually encrypts the home directories of each user:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; In Mac OS X v10.4 (Tiger), FileVault&#xD;&#xA;&gt; stores the encrypted file system as a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Sparse Disk Image, which is basically&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a single large file. In Mac OS X v10.5&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (Leopard), FileVault stores the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; encrypted file system as a new image&#xD;&#xA;&gt; called a Sparse bundle. 1. Sparse&#xD;&#xA;&gt; bundles break images into smaller 8MB&#xD;&#xA;&gt; files called bands, allowing them to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; be backed up using Leopard's Time&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Machine feature&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-- [Wikipedia on FileVault][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is in addition to [Disk Utility][2] on OS X which allows you to create disk images that are encrypted individually in the same way as described above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As was [mentioned by Dave Cheney][3], [PGP Whole Disk Encryption for OS X][4] goes further than FileVault to actually encrypt the entire disk transparently to the OS. I use this on both my iMac (early 2008) and MacBook Air (late 2008) with OS X 10.5.x.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Encryption takes several hours, depending on the size of your disk. You can continue to use the system whilst first encryption is in progress and can restart/sleep the computer as well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once completed, a prompt appears before the OS X bootloader which asks for your passphrase. PGP requires you to set up a public/private key pair with which the encryption is locked to. You can add multiple keys for different users and this means that you can easily add/revoke users when necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been using the product for almost a year now and have had no problems. OS updates run without issue and it is easy to remove the product if necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Timemachine backups continue to work with the fully encrypted disk because it is transparent to the OS - the files are all accessible whilst the system is on. This means you need to encrypt your backup device(s) separately since the files will be transferred unencrypted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is important to note that PGP Disk Encryption does not work with Boot Camp.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also use it to encrypt your e-mail, iChat and external disks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another product I have tried is [TrueCrypt][5] which allows you to set up virtual disks that are individually encrypted. This does work on OS X but I have not used it to encrypt the full primary partition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have the budget, I can definitely recommend the PGP product.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileVault&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_Utility&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/12851/osx-full-disk-encryption/12879#12879&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.pgp.com/products/wholediskencryption/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.truecrypt.org/" />
  <row Id="23381" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12895" RevisionGUID="484a522a-475d-4336-9199-7b84c4fdd4d7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:49:39.340" UserId="4117" Text="A great way to make you think about what you're doing is add something like this to root's bashrc (cshrc, whatever):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    unset PATH&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That way, you've got to do /bin/rm instead of just &quot;rm&quot;.  Those extra characters might make you think." />
  <row Id="23382" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12896" RevisionGUID="b326c63a-0c23-441d-a9a5-a10608fe214a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:50:03.237" UserId="533" Text="CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing, usually pronounced &quot;kidder&quot;) is a system of defining the network part of an IP address (usually people think of this as a subnet mask).  The reason it's &quot;classless&quot; is that it allows a way to break IP networks down more flexibly than their base class.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When IP networks were first defined, IPs had classes based on their binary prefix:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Class    Binary Prefix    Range                       Network Bits&#xD;&#xA;    A        0*               0.0.0.0-127.255.255.255     8&#xD;&#xA;    B        10*              128.0.0.0-192.255.255.255   16&#xD;&#xA;    C        110*             193.0.0.0-223.255.255.255   24&#xD;&#xA;    D        1110*            224.0.0.0-239.255.255.255&#xD;&#xA;    E        1111*            240.0.0.0-255.255.255.255&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Note that this is the source of people refering to a /24 as a &quot;class C&quot;, although that's not a strictly true comparison because a class C needed to have a specific prefix)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These binary prefixed were used for routing large chunks of IP space around.  This was inefficient because it resulted in large blocks being assigned to organizations who didn't necessarily need them, and also because Class Cs could only be assigned in 24 bit increments, meaning that routing tables could get unnessacerily large as multiple Class Cs were routed to the same location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CIDR was defined to allow variable length subnet masks (VLSM) to be applied to networks.  As the name applies, address groups, or networks, can be broken down into groups that have no direct relationship to the natural &quot;class&quot; they belong to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The basic premise of VLSM is to provide the count of the number of network bits in a network.  Since an IPv4 address is a 32-bit integer, the VLSM will always be between 0 and 32 (although I'm not sure in what instance you might have a 0-length mask).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The easiest way to get a toe hold in calculating VLSM/CIDR in your head is to understand the &quot;natural&quot; 8-bit boundaries:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    CIDR    Dotted Quad&#xD;&#xA;    /8      255.0.0.0&#xD;&#xA;    /16     255.255.0.0&#xD;&#xA;    /24     255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;    /32     255.255.255.255&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(By the way, it's perfectly legal, and fairly common in ACLs, to use a /32 mask.  It simply means that you are refering to a single IP)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you grasp those, it's simple binary arithmetic to move up or down to get number of hosts.  For instance, if a /24 has 256 IPs (let's leave off network and broadcast addresses for now, that's a different networking theory question), increasing the subnet by one bit (to /25) will reduce the host space by one bit (to 7), meaning there will be 128 IPs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a table of the last octet.  This table can be shifted to any octet to get the dotted quad equivilent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    CIDR    Dotted Quad&#xD;&#xA;    /24     255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;    /25     255.255.255.128&#xD;&#xA;    /26     255.255.255.192&#xD;&#xA;    /27     255.255.255.224&#xD;&#xA;    /28     255.255.255.240&#xD;&#xA;    /29     255.255.255.248&#xD;&#xA;    /30     255.255.255.252&#xD;&#xA;    /31     255.255.255.254&#xD;&#xA;    /32     255.255.255.255&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an example of shifting these to another octet, /18 (which is /26 minus 8 bits, so shifted an octect) would be 255.255.192.0." />
  <row Id="23383" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12897" RevisionGUID="11020496-71b8-4c25-a7fe-a5a872575d5b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:50:32.770" UserId="833" Text="Now that Win2k8 with SP2 ISO's are available for download, I'm installing a new Win2k8 Std SP2 VM on my Win2k8 RTM Hyper-V host machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I &quot;Insert Integration Services Disk&quot; on the new SP2 VM from my non-SP2 host machine, would I be introducing old &quot;Integration Services&quot; drivers on the SP2 VM?" />
  <row Id="23384" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12897" RevisionGUID="11020496-71b8-4c25-a7fe-a5a872575d5b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:50:32.770" UserId="833" Text="Hyper-V Integration Services when hosting a Win2k8 SP2 VM on a Win2k8 RTM Hyper-V Host" />
  <row Id="23385" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12897" RevisionGUID="11020496-71b8-4c25-a7fe-a5a872575d5b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:50:32.770" UserId="833" Text="&lt;win2k8&gt;&lt;sp2&gt;&lt;hyper-v&gt;" />
  <row Id="23386" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12841" RevisionGUID="8aff1756-501f-4988-a719-ac36b0f7a81d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:50:36.530" UserId="1447" Comment="added 91 characters in body" Text="See [this Stackoverflow posting][1] for some lively debate about the merits of locking down developer machines.  (Disclaimer: I wrote the accepted answer).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From a sysadmin perspective, access to production systems is sensitive and you should restrict such access to people who need it to do their job (this may include developers who have tier-3 support responsibilities for the application).  Local admin rights over a development PC or development server does not significantly compromise security of your production systems.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make an image that you can use to rebuild the machines with if necessary.  Manually installing SQL Server dev edition, Visual Studio, Cygwin and MikTex plus a bunch of other apps is quite time consuming.  An image with these large apps installed will be reasonably valuable if you have to re-image the machines much.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From a development perspective I find that I can fix most problems with the machine and typically only need help from network support staff on fairly rare occasions.  Overly restrictive environments tend to generate spurious dev support traffic to do work that the developers are perfectly capable of doing themselves.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another place where developers tend to need a lot of admin work done is on database servers hosting development environments.  Most developers are capable of learning routine DBA tasks easily, and should get a working knowledge of this anyway (IMHO on principle).  Overly restrictive admin access policies on development servers can get underfoot in many ways.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A scratch development network is quite a good idea if it can be arranged - you can firewall this from your production servers if necessary.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - When developers can easily replicate the structure of a production environment it promotes a culture of deployment testing where an integration test can be synthesised without jumping through hoops.  This will tend to improve the quality of production release and deployment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Being able to emulate a production environment also raises awareness of production deployment and support issues.  It encourages development staff to think of how an application might be supported in production, which will probably encourage architectures built with this in mind.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If this network has a domain controller you can establish a trust relationship so it trusts your main domain controller and its accounts.  This trust relationship does not have to be reciprocal, so it does not compromise security of your production network infrastructure.  This can let you have an untrusted development network but still allow developers access to domain-authenticated resources such as Exchange accounts or file servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You want developers to have a reasonable amount of scope for experimentation without having to jump through hoops.  Placing political obstacles in the path of this work has a tendency to encourage sticking plaster solutions that are politically expedient but generate long-term technical debt.  As a sysadmin or support analyst, guess who gets to pick up the pieces ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/701214/should-developers-have-administrator-permissions-on-their-pc" />
  <row Id="23387" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12714" RevisionGUID="06d7d6fd-abfc-475a-84f6-1887453b70ee" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:51:09.960" UserId="301" Comment="Expanded first para" Text="&gt; I know it's the time spent by the CPU&#xD;&#xA;&gt; waiting for a IO operations to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; complete, but what kind of IO&#xD;&#xA;&gt; operations precisely? What I am also&#xD;&#xA;&gt; not sure, is why it so important?&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Can't the CPU just do something else&#xD;&#xA;&gt; while the IO operation completes, and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; then get back to processing data?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, the operating system will schedule other processes to run while one is blocked on IO. However inside that process, unless it's using asynchronous IO, it will not progress until whatever IO operation is complete.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Also what are the right tools to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; diagnose what process(es) did exactly&#xD;&#xA;&gt; wait for IO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some tools you might find useful&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* `iostat`, to monitor the service times of your disks&#xD;&#xA;* `iotop` (if your kernel supports it), to monitor the breakdown of IO requests per process&#xD;&#xA;* `strace`, to look at the actual operations issued by a process&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; And what are the ways to minimize IO&#xD;&#xA;&gt; wait time?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* ensure you have free physical memory so the OS can cache disk blocks in memory&#xD;&#xA;* keep your filesystem below 80% to avoid excessive fragmentation&#xD;&#xA;* tune your filesystem&#xD;&#xA;* use a battery backed array controller&#xD;&#xA;* choose good buffer sizes when performing io operations" />
  <row Id="23388" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12898" RevisionGUID="834c87b5-1362-4e42-ba16-4bae64481b06" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:51:16.310" UserId="3955" Text="we run exchange 2007 and have macs, we don't want to buy office just for entourage but we can't find an alternative. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apple's mail stops working randomly, Thunderbird doesn't let us see sub folders in the inbox and Zimbra doesn't seem to sync with sub folders (at least we can't get it to work). The outlook webmail on mac (firefox or safari) is rubbish. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there an alternative or do we need to buy office?" />
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  <row Id="23392" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12899" RevisionGUID="69832b80-d6f6-4fb7-b1b4-326833a813d7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:52:52.187" UserId="2561" Text="I have Exchange 2003 servers and two Windows 2003 domain controllers.  None of the Exchange servers are domain controllers. Both domain controllers are in the same 'site' and have global catalog checked in the NTDS settings.  When I disconnected the main domain controller Exchange email stopped flowing.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right now I don't have any event log errors, but might add them after I try this again.  Is anyone aware of something else that might need to be done for this to work?" />
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  <row Id="23394" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12899" RevisionGUID="69832b80-d6f6-4fb7-b1b4-326833a813d7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:52:52.187" UserId="2561" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="23395" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12900" RevisionGUID="d75dcbe1-af8c-4deb-987a-583064fae39b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:54:29.407" UserId="4135" Text="Does anyone have any company recommendations for E-mail hosting? We have around 80-90 e-mail accounts. The problem I'm having is finding a decent priced host that has a decent amount of space. So far, the only company I have found is Fusemail. The rest of the companies I've looked into host exchange, so it gets kind of expensive." />
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  <row Id="23397" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12900" RevisionGUID="d75dcbe1-af8c-4deb-987a-583064fae39b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:54:29.407" UserId="4135" Text="&lt;e-mail&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="23398" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12901" RevisionGUID="c52c9b86-9e67-4433-b856-75931ec9f664" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:55:59.047" UserId="4183" Text="For complex regex, especially 'find' commands put echo in front and capture them to a file. Then you can check that you are really deleting/moving/etc exactly what you think you are before executing the file with 'source'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's also handy for manually adding those edge case that the regex didn't pick up.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23399" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12902" RevisionGUID="c63221f2-1509-4fb3-b12b-f30d1381d6c4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:56:04.943" UserId="2164" Text="Well, it may in part depend upon what environment you are running in (e.g. Linux versus Windows); however, assuming a Windows environment, it is usually more trouble than it is worth simply because some of the development software out there requires you to have elevated permissions to work. For example, [Visual Studio is known to require Administrator permissions][1], as such, I don't see the benefit in making someone jump through hoops for a required part of their job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if the company requires that things be locked down your best bet is likely to give all developers virtual machines on their systems that they can go crazy in. While some might not like this that much, it will likely give you the best of both worlds (e.g. restrictive normal desktop and a fully customizable environment).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa972193.aspx" />
  <row Id="23400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12903" RevisionGUID="59748c39-fd1a-4eb4-8ec4-825f5131935c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:57:01.837" UserId="3557" Text="Security and Usability must constantly be balanced against each other. This would improve security against a brute force or username guessing attack but makes life far more difficult for the users.  The user must now remember 2 pieces of (to them) random information to be able to log in and perform their job functions.  This is a risk to the business as the users are more likely to both write down their usernames (and if they're writing that down it's a very short leap to writing down their password with it) or forget their username causing a loss of productivity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do not believe that it is worth randomizing usernames. These are shown in clear text on the screen so are very vulnerable to shoulder surfing anyway.  They will also cause unnecessary grief for the users.  Most importantly they encourage the users to practice bad security habits." />
  <row Id="23401" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12904" RevisionGUID="4c244c88-99a7-4701-8c35-a2a3a7407678" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:57:24.003" UserId="4182" Text="in a production environment running nginx reversing back to apache mpm-prefork/mod_wsgi, im seeing **90** apache child processes, when i would expect that 40 would be the maximum, as configured below. the configuration/setup is nothing exciting:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. nginx is reverse proxying to apache via `proxy_pass`, and serving static media&#xD;&#xA; 2. apache only serves dynamic requests&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;relevant nginx config:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    worker_processes 15;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    events {&#xD;&#xA;        worker_connections  1024;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    keepalive_timeout 10;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;relevant apache config:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    KeepAlive Off&#xD;&#xA;    MaxKeepAliveRequests 100 &#xD;&#xA;    KeepAliveTimeout 15&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;IfModule mpm_prefork_module&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        StartServers        20&#xD;&#xA;        MinSpareServers     7      &#xD;&#xA;        MaxSpareServers     10&#xD;&#xA;        MaxClients          200&#xD;&#xA;        MaxRequestsPerChild 0&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/IfModule&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;mod_wsgi config, where `webapp` is the name of the process:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    WSGIDaemonProcess webapp user=www group=users threads=1 processes=40&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;am i missing something?" />
  <row Id="23402" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12904" RevisionGUID="4c244c88-99a7-4701-8c35-a2a3a7407678" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:57:24.003" UserId="4182" Text="apache prefork/mod_wsgi spawning processes beyond configuration" />
  <row Id="23403" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12904" RevisionGUID="4c244c88-99a7-4701-8c35-a2a3a7407678" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:57:24.003" UserId="4182" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;python&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="23404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12905" RevisionGUID="46a19bfe-9221-4967-ae6e-e2ab371e8da5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:57:42.723" UserId="4146" Text="Bruce Schneier wrote a great analysis of biometrics where he explores the positives and negatives of using techniques such as finger-print readers for authentication.  He points out that fingerprints are difficult to forge, but they're trivial to steal.  Personally, the week I spent locked out of my own server room after I cut my finger badly enough to damage my fingerprint is enough to swear me off fingerprint readers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll come back and edit this URL as soon as I'm not a &quot;new user&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.schneier.com   /blog/archives/2009/01/biometrics.html" />
  <row Id="23405" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12906" RevisionGUID="cf5a49df-0fb2-4297-99a4-d3ea49d1b17d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:57:58.637" UserId="1233" Text="There is one other alternative called [Checkpoint FDE](http://www.checkpoint.com/products/datasecurity/pc/) that I've heard of success with but have not used myself." />
  <row Id="23406" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12907" RevisionGUID="66ce7f3c-6f00-4a55-a9e7-d3bc6d24f5cd" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:58:13.253" UserId="3384" Text="Google apps maybe ? " />
  <row Id="23407" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12908" RevisionGUID="bc8dd7b8-56fc-4cc6-aacd-d0651fff6c2a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:58:56.637" UserId="1046" Text="You can try [Google Apps for your Domain][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.google.com/a/" />
  <row Id="23408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12909" RevisionGUID="04c9d48d-5ef5-4578-842f-c0ffa368ecbe" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:59:25.107" UserId="45" Text="What about using [Google Apps][1] Mail Services?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/messaging.html" />
  <row Id="23409" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12910" RevisionGUID="ad15d25c-b5e4-4537-8d4c-df18e8a0e3d4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:59:27.337" UserId="3454" Text="Went to init 1 to restart some services I had patched, forgetting that I was SSH'ed in and the server was a 3-hour drive away. Luckily we had a service call to that location the next day, and the server in question was a backup, not in production." />
  <row Id="23410" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12911" RevisionGUID="6fa71e8a-271c-461c-ae12-8edca886bda1" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:59:29.287" UserDisplayName="Ante Gotovina" Text="Google Apps if free, Tuffmail otherwise" />
  <row Id="23412" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12912" RevisionGUID="9d9aa075-b81c-469f-8ec1-2cd9bdb05989" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:00:04.403" UserId="1787" Text="[**Google Apps**][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Standard edition (same as Gmail) is free, Premium costs 50$ per user/year.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/index.html" />
  <row Id="23413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12913" RevisionGUID="7820933c-0db3-4f07-9274-5be93eeec4a8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:00:11.517" UserDisplayName="Voland" Text="On the terminal server windows 2003 is 7zip. The problem is that it does not follow the rules of the GPO. And users can use the archive as a explorer. while in Group Policy to use the explorer is prohibited. &#xD;&#xA;Can someone suggest how to withdraw from the situation, leaving users to archive?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sorry, my English not good.. Ask questions" />
  <row Id="23414" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12913" RevisionGUID="7820933c-0db3-4f07-9274-5be93eeec4a8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:00:11.517" UserDisplayName="Voland" Text="Problem with archive" />
  <row Id="23415" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12913" RevisionGUID="7820933c-0db3-4f07-9274-5be93eeec4a8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:00:11.517" UserDisplayName="Voland" Text="&lt;archive&gt;" />
  <row Id="23416" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12864" RevisionGUID="64bef76c-269a-450c-bfd4-cf442f3a75ec" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:00:27.787" UserId="533" Comment="added the restoration portion as requested" Text="Yes they are persistent across reboots (they're just files in a spool).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding having access to them, as a regular user you won't have access to the files, but you could build a system to back them up.  Maybe something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    MYAT=~/atjobs&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    /bin/rm -rf $MYAT/*&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    at -l &gt;$MYAT/JOBS&#xD;&#xA;    for j in `cat $MYAT/JOBS | cut -f1`&#xD;&#xA;    do&#xD;&#xA;      at -c $j &gt;$MYAT/$i&#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you needed to reload the job later:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for j in `cat $MYAT/JOBS | cut -f1`&#xD;&#xA;    do&#xD;&#xA;      # make sure the job isn't defined&#xD;&#xA;      atrm $j&#xD;&#xA;      # reload it from the file&#xD;&#xA;      at -f $MYAT/$j `grep ^$j $MYAT/JOBS | awk '{ print $3, $2 }'`&#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(this is all mostly untested.  The basic command are right but there's sure to be a bug in the logic in there somewhere)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said all that though, I'm not sure I'd use at for the task you describe.  I'd probably use a preexisting calendaring system.  Failing that though, I would user a cron job that ran daily that checked a file to see if there were any messages to send.  Much more portable than at jobs, and much more likely to be remembered if you switch machines..." />
  <row Id="23417" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12914" RevisionGUID="cc014f99-2aaf-471c-99e0-80a1df50e374" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:01:13.387" UserId="4028" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have an IT question, I hope that's the place to ask it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm building a team for a specific project and am considering buying Netbooks for the first time, the reason being cost-reduction (we are a lean-and-mean operation, I'm looking to save on whatever I can). The whole team is very mobile, sharing time between working at home to working at the office to working on airplanes... So desktops are out of the question. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My team has both software developers and &quot;documentation guys&quot; - designers and marketing folk. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The programmers are using mostly Python, and most of them running a small MySQL installation (developer installation). The rest of the guys are using mostly Word, Excel and PowerPoint.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is Netbook a viable choice for my programmers? And for the rest? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the trade-offs I should be aware about when choosing between Notebooks and Netbooks?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many thanks" />
  <row Id="23418" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12914" RevisionGUID="cc014f99-2aaf-471c-99e0-80a1df50e374" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:01:13.387" UserId="4028" Text="Netbook vs. Notebook for Programmers?" />
  <row Id="23419" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12914" RevisionGUID="cc014f99-2aaf-471c-99e0-80a1df50e374" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:01:13.387" UserId="4028" Text="&lt;netbook&gt;&lt;notebook&gt;" />
  <row Id="23420" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12915" RevisionGUID="b69152f7-dddd-489d-8d3e-d55fab0363ca" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:01:14.057" UserId="4182" Text="`innotop` has been fantastic for monitoring. i believe its recommended in both editions of `high performance mysql`." />
  <row Id="23421" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12916" RevisionGUID="a261279a-84bc-47fd-ac8d-1165c02087bc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:02:02.090" UserId="1376" Text="In my experience, servers with non-human-readable names (i.e. the scheme method) are **not** manageable. I've often seen mistyped characters resulting in the wrong server having operation xyz applied to it, sometimes with disasterous results.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A human readable name with associated metadata stored in a description field or similar seems to be less prone to PEBKAC issues." />
  <row Id="23422" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12887" RevisionGUID="12a06a37-5c75-476d-910e-388c7954360b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:03:45.393" UserId="49149" Comment="deleted 22 characters in body" Text="The first thing would be a **network scan**.  Since you're on the windows stack, use [zenmap][1] and scan the webserver and both sql servers.  This will tell you about open ports and services running.  Run zenmap on the comprehensive test.  I would use this info to tweak your firewall to block ports that are exposed.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing you would want to do is look for **SQL Injection vulnerabilities**.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [Scrawlr][2] is a free software for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; scanning SQL injection vulnerabilities&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on your web applications.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; It is developed by HP Web Security&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Research Group in coordination with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Microsoft Security Response Center.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out this [ScreenToaster video][3] that I created.  It demonstrates a simple network scan for sql server, port 1433, and a basic SQL Injection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nmap.org/zenmap/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.communities.hp.com/securitysoftware/blogs/spilabs/archive/2008/06/23/finding-sql-injection-with-scrawlr.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.screentoaster.com/watch/stUE9XS0RIR11eSFxVX1peVlZR" />
  <row Id="23423" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12917" RevisionGUID="f14e7834-d400-4286-8096-63b86edaa21d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:03:48.547" UserId="1544" Text="I think Graham Dumpleton may have [answered your question in his blog recently][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.dscpl.com.au/2009/03/load-spikes-and-excessive-memory-usage.html" />
  <row Id="23426" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12918" RevisionGUID="1815d5ee-f6d0-48fd-ba4b-1a866bee9add" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:04:25.673" UserId="2706" Text="This is a related question to [How do I edit git’s history to correct an incorrect email address/name][1].  Using `git rebase -i &lt;first commit&gt;`, `git commit --amend --author &quot;Foo &lt;foo@example.com&gt;&quot;`, and `git rebase --continue`, I was able to fix the logs for all of the commits but the first one.  How do I fix the first commit?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/12373" />
  <row Id="23427" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12918" RevisionGUID="1815d5ee-f6d0-48fd-ba4b-1a866bee9add" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:04:25.673" UserId="2706" Text="How do I fix the metainformation on the first commit in git?" />
  <row Id="23428" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12918" RevisionGUID="1815d5ee-f6d0-48fd-ba4b-1a866bee9add" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:04:25.673" UserId="2706" Text="&lt;git&gt;" />
  <row Id="23429" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12919" RevisionGUID="cd7307f5-d325-4a6b-b22f-6022bc7a1598" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:04:26.780" UserId="3454" Text="Mistakenly restarted all (20) of the production servers while rebooting our workstations after patches. The server names were in the text file my script was feeding from.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It killed uptime, which wasn't that big a deal in that organization.. but Exchange didn't come back up on its own -- which was how it was noticed the next morning. (Not technically as 'root', but Domain Admin counts, right? :) )" />
  <row Id="23432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12920" RevisionGUID="e04febd0-9771-436f-b029-6349f77c2a5d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:05:30.507" UserDisplayName="Michael Scott" Text="Just started working with a small group of front-end web developers who all login to the dedicated WHM/Apache production server with root to modify client web sites. They claim they do not want to have to log into each of the individual site accounts because there are so many.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not an experienced sysadmin but I know this is wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the best way to create logins for these developers and assign permissions to have full rwx privileges to all client assets in the /home/ directories?" />
  <row Id="23433" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12920" RevisionGUID="e04febd0-9771-436f-b029-6349f77c2a5d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:05:30.507" UserDisplayName="Michael Scott" Text="Web Developer Permissions on a Production Web Server" />
  <row Id="23434" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12920" RevisionGUID="e04febd0-9771-436f-b029-6349f77c2a5d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:05:30.507" UserDisplayName="Michael Scott" Text="&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;whm&gt;&lt;unix&gt;" />
  <row Id="23435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12921" RevisionGUID="26cc395c-2618-40bb-a980-9526ccf712ef" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:06:40.427" UserId="1046" Text="The keyboard may be an issue.  Many cut corners to get the size down and since you don't get a full keyboard, typing may be frustrating.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;System resources and screen size may be an issue for some as well.  I know the Dell netbooks only come with XP, and with Windows 7 just around the corner, the netbook landscape could change shortly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I considered this a few months ago and decided it was better off getting a 13&quot; notebook.  I paid a bit more but it was worth it." />
  <row Id="23436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12922" RevisionGUID="4f92baf1-d425-4b28-8942-0410611c16e3" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:07:06.293" Text="www.fpweb.net has some cost effective MOSS hosting solutions all on Win 2008 x64 servers." />
  <row Id="23437" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12923" RevisionGUID="f60b5e55-a2a5-447a-968f-f9bd02c8da3b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:07:29.413" UserId="1447" Text="The biggest strike against netbooks for this type of work is the small screen.  The screen on most if not all netbooks is too small for a modern IDE.  You could get vim + a command window using 6x13 into 1024x600 but and IDE is not going to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hardware cost will be a small fraction of the cost of the software in most development shops.  If your team is mobile your main compromise is between weight and screen real-estate.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12924" RevisionGUID="25bdb97c-7e3b-4cb6-be56-5b8d5be8799c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:07:46.370" UserId="4191" Text="sudo rm -Rf /*" />
  <row Id="23439" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12925" RevisionGUID="401df32d-b1d6-47cb-8546-8b798bc22633" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:07:50.037" UserId="1233" Text="I wouldn't recommend Netbooks personally for the following reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Small keyboard. Your programmers are most likely going to hate the small keyboard after a short time period. Productivity killer.&#xD;&#xA;  - Possibly slow speed. For running the software depending on which processor you get it may be quite slow compared to what they could use - this could be a big productivity killer.&#xD;&#xA;  - Small screen. The tradeoff here is more a personal preference to the user and how well they can work with their constraints. At least with code it's nice to be able to bring up two documents and not need to squint.&#xD;&#xA;  - Hard Drive space. There isn't much and depending on how much data you're dealing with is a point worth noting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Summation: If the constraints of a netbook don't hinder your users, sure. If they do you'll only be frustrating your users." />
  <row Id="23440" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12926" RevisionGUID="f07580f6-f56e-4dbf-90c7-e99cbdfc28f3" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:08:35.383" UserId="3552" Text="As a programmer, I'd be unhappy with a netbook. I have a netbook for light web browsing and for ease of portability. Even with the notebook my work provided me I am unhappy from a programming perspective. I much prefer desktops. I think overall, it is a personal decision, but I think for 90% of the population, netbooks will be too small." />
  <row Id="23441" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12909" RevisionGUID="926750c9-1a55-4070-80d7-5a94db06767c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:08:48.597" UserId="45" Comment="added 144 characters in body" Text="What about using [Google Apps][1] Mail Services?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 25 GB of storage per user&#xD;&#xA; - IMAP and POP access&#xD;&#xA; - Gmail-like Web access&#xD;&#xA; - Spam filter&#xD;&#xA; - Calendar/Contacts&#xD;&#xA; - Collaborations Apps&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/messaging.html" />
  <row Id="23442" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12912" RevisionGUID="cd19731a-1991-4fb1-9788-6d4e7a65ee00" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:08:54.790" UserId="1787" Comment="added 721 characters in body" Text="[**Google Apps**][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Standard edition (same as Gmail) is free, Premium costs 50$ per user/year. &#xD;&#xA;Although 50 users limit of free edition might be a problem if you have 90 users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Heres comparison from wiki: &#xD;&#xA;## Standard Edition ##&#xD;&#xA;   - Free&#xD;&#xA;   - Same storage space as regular gmail.com accounts (currently 7.4GB)&#xD;&#xA;   - Text ads mandatory&#xD;&#xA;   - Limited to 50 Users&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## Premier Edition ##&#xD;&#xA;   - 50 $USD / account / year&#xD;&#xA;   - 25 GB space for e-mail&#xD;&#xA;   - Text ads optional&#xD;&#xA;   - Integrated Postini &quot;security, compliance, policy management, and message recovery services&quot;&#xD;&#xA;   - Conference room/resource scheduling&#xD;&#xA;   - 99.9% e-mail uptime guarantee&#xD;&#xA;   - APIs for Single Sign On, etc.&#xD;&#xA;   - 24/7 phone support&#xD;&#xA;   - 3rd party applications and services&#xD;&#xA;   - Google Video (Private company version of Youtube.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/index.html" />
  <row Id="23443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12927" RevisionGUID="714b498d-82f9-4e50-85d8-3975d58bf791" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:09:24.243" UserId="4076" Text="For racks at remote sites, reed switches on the doors hooked up to your monitoring systems. Preferably a webcam to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you see a door open event about 30 seconds before everything goes offline, it makes troubleshooting the problem that little bit easier." />
  <row Id="23444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12928" RevisionGUID="129726cb-d54b-416d-9c33-ffd1c93dad6f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:09:36.350" UserId="385" Text="My philosophy has always been to get the most powerful systems in the hands of the developers. I believed this as a developer, and as a system administrator, and still as a database administrator. I understand that they are running Python and MySQL, but if they are serious about their craft, they are going to need the power. Plus there is the issue of screen real-estate. With a netbook you can certainly plug in a monitor when you're at home or in the office, but not when you're on a plane or remote. One of the reasons I have a wider laptop is for the screen size.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23445" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12929" RevisionGUID="f2fbe27d-2068-436d-9e78-a66cac5d13f2" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:11:44.660" UserId="1715" Text="the whitehat consultants i've seen come in &amp; use [this tool][1]  then send you a massive bill.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nessus.org/" />
  <row Id="23446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12930" RevisionGUID="37391e21-00dc-48f0-95c1-ea17e0955340" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:11:48.873" UserId="1803" Text="This is a bit obscure, but I ran into it with an exchange server I inherited.  For whatever reason, someone had set one of the the internal DNS servers as the external DNS server within System Manager, overriding OS DNS settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's buried under: administrative groups, [group], servers, [server], protocols, SMTP, default SMTP virtual server properties, delivery, advanced, configure." />
  <row Id="23447" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12931" RevisionGUID="072da93c-9e80-49f6-8015-2e28ea236377" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:12:18.060" UserId="4197" Text="The only mature one is VMware so far." />
  <row Id="23448" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12932" RevisionGUID="126e9ca5-48a9-42db-83b6-b5fa76e0bcb6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:13:33.440" UserId="1247" Text="I'm not sure of an alternative but Apple has confirmed that there will be native support for it in [Snow Leopard][1], and while there is no launch date of Snow Leopard many signs are pointing WWDC which is only a [couple weeks away][2].  Even if it is not released on June 8th, more news of its release will surely be discussed. In the meantime here are some posts in regards to the new support for Exchange 07, although I don't know how accurate they are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.macwindows.com/column_snowleopard_exchange.html][3]&#xD;&#xA;[http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2008/06/will_snow_leopard_be_the_end_of_entourage.html][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apple.com/macosx/snowleopard/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://developer.apple.com/WWDC/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.macwindows.com/column_snowleopard_exchange.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2008/06/will_snow_leopard_be_the_end_of_entourage.html" />
  <row Id="23449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12933" RevisionGUID="a35a6fc1-9369-4d1c-a679-e8840be6d262" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:14:02.923" UserId="151" Text="Converted a hard drive to a dynamic disk in Windows 2003 Server.&#xD;&#xA;It was the right thing to do, except on the wrong hard drive. Took some time to get the data back, also because I had no clue what to do at first." />
  <row Id="23450" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12934" RevisionGUID="ead79ed3-bbcb-4e4f-a743-647a23a7eefc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:14:33.547" UserId="3739" Text="[Evolution][1] - the Gnome desktop environment's email client - is available on Mac. It doesn't look like a typical Mac application, but still it might be an alternative. The latest version is suppose to have Exchange 2007 support, but there are some features which is missing. You'll find an overview [here][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://projects.gnome.org/evolution/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.go-evolution.org/MAPIProvider/vsOWA" />
  <row Id="23451" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12935" RevisionGUID="edc773ae-fa46-4af8-8992-68358190a885" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:14:34.313" UserId="2561" Text="Create a developer group,  and chown all the files as that group. Then give g=rwx to all the files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, having developers edit the sites I would think is a sign of bad work flow.  My recommendation of a simple release management would be: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have the websites checked into a code repository using something like subversion. Then have them create tags with deployment instructions.  Then the admin can deploy using those tags and deploy instructions and ideally automate that process.  Also, the admin can make sure there is a strategy to revert back." />
  <row Id="23452" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12914" RevisionGUID="e9b83253-1754-496f-bd61-ac9b5fd854a5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:14:56.497" UserId="1787" Comment="tags" Text="&lt;netbook&gt;&lt;notebook&gt;&lt;hardaware&gt;&lt;devel-enviroment&gt;" />
  <row Id="23453" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12923" RevisionGUID="bed10b99-39af-4de5-a14d-a69bb387bc8d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:15:03.547" UserId="1447" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="The biggest strike against netbooks for this type of work is the small screen.  The screen on most if not all netbooks is too small for a modern IDE.  You could get vim + a command window using 6x13 into 1024x600 but an IDE is not going to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your team is mobile your main compromise is between weight and screen real-estate.  In essence, the more pixels the better, as long as the text remains readable.  For example, I did once have a 15&quot; Toshiba Tecra with a 1680x1050 screen that I couldn't use because the text was too small for my slightly decrepit eyesight.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One return flight and a few nights in a hotel will cost as much or more than a laptop, so cutting corners on this hardware is likely to be a false economy.  Hardware cost will also be a small fraction of the cost of the software in most development shops. Although Python and MySQL are free, Visio and Office are not.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One significant win with netbooks is battery life, but I don't think the ergonomics of spending an 8 hour transatlantic flight working on an EEE-PC 901 are going to work for most people.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, on the whole I think that netbooks probably won't work very well as development machines.  For development work you're better off getting the machine with the biggest screen that you can comfortably lug around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23454" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12936" RevisionGUID="afe778e7-3e91-4da8-ab5b-1a81c6e5ba78" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:16:55.320" UserId="4191" Text="I use a netbook at home for web development. The only real productivity killer has been the speed of the SSD. I have the EEE 1000. If I were to do it again I would get the EEE 1000H and replace the hard drive with a good SSD(ie OCZ Vertex) and upgrade the RAM to 2GB. I use Ubuntu Netbook Remix, apache, mysql, Firefox w/ Firebug, and vim. The transition from a much faster desktop was harsh, but now that I am used to the keyboard, the portability is freeing. The Atom processor is slow in comparison, but I think its worth the battery life gained." />
  <row Id="23455" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12914" RevisionGUID="587bd830-86f7-4737-ad29-e85c6ecbdf46" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:17:15.133" UserId="4" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;netbook&gt;&lt;notebook&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;devel-enviroment&gt;" />
  <row Id="23456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12937" RevisionGUID="75b32430-a189-46f1-8ef0-0c71df890a31" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:17:25.833" UserId="3966" Text="On my home server, I chained too many important commands together with `&amp;&amp;` when resizing a partition. I believe it was (excluding arguments) `fsck &amp;&amp; resize2fs`, followed by an `lvreduce` on the next line. `fsck` didn't return the exit code I assumed it had, so `resize2fs` never ran, and the `lvreduce` totally hosed a bunch of my data when it truncated the volume.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am much more careful with &amp;&amp; these days." />
  <row Id="23457" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12900" RevisionGUID="a6510fad-897f-4342-ae4b-eba5b2541cad" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:17:35.587" UserId="4135" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="Does anyone have any company recommendations for E-mail hosting? We have around 80-90 e-mail accounts. The problem I'm having is finding a decent priced host that has a decent amount of space. So far, the only company I have found is Fusemail.com. The rest of the companies I've looked into host exchange, so it gets kind of expensive." />
  <row Id="23458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12938" RevisionGUID="84ee85d4-d00a-4014-98b7-96ce0aed4028" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:18:04.350" UserId="1787" Text="The only reason why should you consider netbook for developers, is when they have to take it to some presentation (where they'll connect it to overhead projector). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Netbooks are not apt for development, as generally they lack robustness (CPU, memory), have reduced size keyboard and small, low resolution and low quality screens. They use small and extremally slow 1.8&quot; HDDs, or even smaller flash disks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There in frikin' way, you could run development tools based on Eclipse on netbook.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should consider buying notebooks with at least 15&quot; screens, at least 3GB of RAM (6GB would be better), at least dual core CPU, fast HDD, decent GPU to handle all the eye-candy of modern tools." />
  <row Id="23459" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12939" RevisionGUID="d295a07e-89a5-453b-9997-9e373228fa93" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:18:31.357" UserId="48" Text="It is most likely a DNS issue. Make sure that DNS is installed on both your DC's (or a separate server), and ensure that the Exchange server only has the IP's of these internal DNS servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When testing take a look at your mail queues and see what errors are showing when you click on undeliverable queues." />
  <row Id="23460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12940" RevisionGUID="13980a81-68cc-4dea-b55c-710f8b4589c6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:18:31.807" UserId="3356" Text="From a security standpoint, I would recommend putting the individual sites in a different directory structure entirely, and linking to them via vhosts.  I.e. /var/www/client1, /var/www/client2.  From there create a new group called webdev (or whatever), and give that group write permissions to the /var/www/client* trees.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, I would also recommend putting up a test and/or Q/A environment to make the changes, then once verified have them rolled out to the production server.  Ideally, the webdevs would not have access to the production system, and a separate web admin, or webmaster would be the one to roll out the new pages.  Whether your culture could support that kind of separation of duties is another matter entirely." />
  <row Id="23461" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12941" RevisionGUID="9f45f539-e6d1-4516-a130-7e0d805cc887" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:19:33.490" UserId="1831" Text="&gt; I'm not an experienced sysadmin but I know this is wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actually, what's really wrong is that there are developers on your production machines. :-/&#xD;&#xA;(Your life will be better when you have another machine for them to test their changes on and a scripted way to get those changes to the production setup.  Your life will _really_ get better when they're checking their code into a central source code repository (svn or the like) and deploying it to a staging environment for testing, and only then to to production.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, I'm not sure I can provide much constructive advice without knowing more details about your situation, but here are a few things that may help:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Set up sudo to allow your developers to do things as the individual clients&#xD;&#xA;- Use group-writable modes on the directories in question&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12942" RevisionGUID="a6521635-6c1f-4809-aa51-0e000b58f426" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:19:36.627" UserId="2711" Text="As I understand it, when Exchange starts it associates itself with a particular Global Catalog. It must be currently using your main domain controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After disconnecting your main domain controller, restart the Exchange system attendant service and mail functionality should return. Alternatively you could restart Exchange itself." />
  <row Id="23463" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12917" RevisionGUID="523c59e0-c9c2-4661-9afa-f91a57eb831d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:19:55.300" UserId="1544" Text="I think Graham Dumpleton may have [answered your question in his blog recently][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess I should point out that his blog post is mostly about mod_python, but I think his explanation of how prefork works may give you some insight as to where the additional processes are coming from.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.dscpl.com.au/2009/03/load-spikes-and-excessive-memory-usage.html" />
  <row Id="23464" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12943" RevisionGUID="dde6c690-2df3-4fb6-bbba-ae09e522f24c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:20:48.480" UserId="3739" Text="Probably not the answer you look for, but the Subversion does include a client when you install it: the svn command. It is an excellent client when you get used to it. Combined with a merge tool for handling conflicts you have all the power from your keyboard." />
  <row Id="23465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12944" RevisionGUID="3e8a2cde-794a-4707-878c-6ad6f70e5546" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:21:41.957" UserDisplayName="littlegeek" Text="Tools that I would use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Nmap][1] Sister Tool [SQLMap][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and [Nessus][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;also quick scanning for XSS and HTML Injection [http://www.seoegghead.com/tools/scan-for-html-injection.seo][4] also [http://www.cirt.net/nikto2][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure you have looked at this during your development [OWASP][6]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to also check the Security Guidence from MS&#xD;&#xA;[Windows Server 2008 Security Guide][7]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nmap.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://sqlmap.sourceforge.net/doc/README.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://nessus.org/nessus/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.seoegghead.com/tools/scan-for-html-injection.seo&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.cirt.net/nikto2&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Main_Page&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fb8b981f-227c-4af6-a44b-b115696a80ac&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="23466" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12945" RevisionGUID="867637a4-424f-46f6-b903-96e793279837" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:22:54.357" UserId="4136" Text="Personally I believe a developer shouldn't have any rights on production box but that's because I came from a very rigid background where we used Rational Unified Process as law. Dev was theirs to do what they wanted with, Acceptance they had limited rights but changes went through me (sysadmin) and Production they had no rights to and any/all changes went through me on a scheduled day unless the change was emergency. What it really comes down to is what your management policy is on the issue. If its only a small shop then obviously what I just outlined is massive overkill but still good practice to think about. Best thing is to go with least privilege mindset and only give them what they need. All else fails just make sure you're getting good backups to rollback whatever changes may screw things up (fyi snapshots with VM's are a godsend for these sorts of changes just don't let the snapshots live more than 48 hours or they bloat)." />
  <row Id="23467" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12923" RevisionGUID="042ce9b6-b547-4d70-8b37-09267f78295f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:23:09.863" UserId="1447" Comment="deleted 24 characters in body" Text="The biggest strike against netbooks for this type of work is the small screen.  The screen on most if not all netbooks is too small for a modern IDE.  You could get vim + a command window using 6x13 into 1024x600 but an IDE is not going to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your team is mobile your main compromise is between weight and screen real-estate.  In essence, the more pixels the better, as long as the text remains readable.  For example, I did once have a 15&quot; Toshiba Tecra with a 1680x1050 screen that I couldn't use because the text was too small for my slightly decrepit eyesight.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One return flight and a few nights in a hotel will cost as much or more than a laptop, so cutting corners on this hardware is likely to be a false economy.  Hardware cost will also be a small fraction of the cost of the software in most development shops. Although Python and MySQL are free, Visio and Office are not and the more expensive incarnations of (say) Visual Studio can run to several thousand USD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One significant win with netbooks is battery life, but the ergonomics of spending an 8 hour flight working on an EEE-PC 901 are not going to work for most people.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, on the whole I think that netbooks probably won't work very well as development machines.  For development work you're better off getting the machine with the biggest screen that you can comfortably lug around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23468" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12946" RevisionGUID="c6594ac9-3b0d-4649-b685-cd269e9f696e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:23:31.690" UserId="431" Text="Your final question was: *&quot;Other than BACKUP LOG &lt;DatabaseName&gt; WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY, is there any way to reduce the size of that log backup, or prevent the optimisations from being recorded in the transaction log at all, as surely they will be accounted for in the full backup they precede?&quot;*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No, but here's a workaround.  If you know that the only activities in that database at that time will be the index maintenance jobs, then you can stop transaction log backups before the index maintenance starts.  For example, some of my servers on Saturday nights, the job schedules look like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 9:30 PM - transaction log backup runs.&#xD;&#xA; - 9:45 PM - transaction log backup runs for the last time.  The schedule stops at 9:59.&#xD;&#xA; - 10:00 PM - index maintenance job starts and has built-in stops to finish before 11:30.&#xD;&#xA; - 11:30 PM - full backup job starts and finishes in under 30 minutes.&#xD;&#xA; - 12:00 AM - transaction log backups start again every 15 minutes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That means I don't have point-in-time recoverability between 9:45 and 11:30pm, but the payoff is faster performance." />
  <row Id="23469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12947" RevisionGUID="547eaa54-c83a-4b92-8279-234cf61c84cf" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:23:43.153" UserId="3497" Text="In my central office I have a SonicWALL NSA-2400 appliance acting as the hub for several remote offices.  It is configured to pass DHCP requests to my internal DHCP server.  The VPN connection works fine, IP addresses are distributed to remote offices as they should and I'm very pleased with the results - except for one remote office.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Last Friday I installed the little brother of the NSA-2400, the NSA-240 in a remote office.  Both firewalls report rock solid connectivity at all times, and all aspects of network connectivity through the tunnel are working well.  My problem is that so far, each morning the remote office will call and tell me they don't have any network access.  In each case, they have lost their IP addresses handed out by my corporate office DHCP server and have been given &quot;junk&quot; 169.xxx addresses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Restarting their firewall and renewing their DHCP lease fixes the problem immediately.  Renewing the DHCP lease without first restarting their firewall fails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep Alive is enabled on both firewalls.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Clearly after some amount of inactivity, the IP addresses are expiring.  Can anybody shed some light on this for me?" />
  <row Id="23470" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12947" RevisionGUID="547eaa54-c83a-4b92-8279-234cf61c84cf" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:23:43.153" UserId="3497" Text="DHCP over VPN between SonicWALL NSA-2400 and NSA-240 loses connectivity each night" />
  <row Id="23471" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12947" RevisionGUID="547eaa54-c83a-4b92-8279-234cf61c84cf" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:23:43.153" UserId="3497" Text="&lt;sonicwall&gt;&lt;site-to-site-vpn&gt;&lt;dhcp-over-vpn&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="23472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12948" RevisionGUID="13d9a4c6-48ac-41d0-bbcf-335d7cd2bb4e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:24:00.923" UserId="4160" Text="I'm looking for a database schema comparison tool that runs on Linux, handles Oracle databases, and can generate a synchronization script to migrate one schema to another. TOAD does this very well on Windows, but doesn't run on Linux. Free and open source is preferred, but not required. It would also be nice if it is scriptable, enabling it to be run as a cron job, for example. Anything like that out there?" />
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  <row Id="23474" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12948" RevisionGUID="13d9a4c6-48ac-41d0-bbcf-335d7cd2bb4e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:24:00.923" UserId="4160" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;database&gt;" />
  <row Id="23475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12949" RevisionGUID="f803f802-1fe2-4310-b268-9326eccc649b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:24:04.777" UserDisplayName="Ante Gotovina" Text="    mkdir /var/www&#xD;&#xA;    chown root:www-data /var/www&#xD;&#xA;    chmod 2775 /var/www&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Put the users in the www-data group." />
  <row Id="23476" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12950" RevisionGUID="90462d9f-e2da-4ee0-b2c4-59b4a74088e9" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:24:31.937" UserId="4131" Text="If you have to develop using an MSFT tool, then yes, lock 'em down. I don't use MSFT machines or issue them to developers, and that mitigates the majority of the problem. I take the responsibility upon myself to hire developers and sys admins that do not need such baby sitting. I provide all the tools needed to store backups and protect source code with version control. The developers know that loosing code may be a firing offense, and they are diligent. I don't like tinkering when you should be working. I encourage people to do it on their own time. (We issue laptops.) Sometimes they have to spend a few days bellied up to &quot;dev server&quot; until they get their laptop fixed. If it becomes an issue, as simple conversation resolves it. Locking down a developer or engineer's machine is a waste of resources." />
  <row Id="23477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12951" RevisionGUID="756368ef-2427-4f78-8c36-7e2ed05e658e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:24:38.863" UserId="45" Text="See this related question here on ServerFault.com:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[**Mac and Exchange Server 2007: Entourage or wait for Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6)?**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/11156/mac-and-exchange-server-2007-entourage-or-wait-for-snow-leopard-mac-os-x-10-6" />
  <row Id="23478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12952" RevisionGUID="78d34c82-b63d-4db2-b8cb-e21e4879f4bf" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:24:46.710" UserId="4217" Text="Which one is preferred?  I am comfortable in Unix-esque environments and recently purchased a Macbook.  I am currently using macports, as it is from Apple, but dont like how python 3.1 becomes /opt/local/bin/python31 (actually, i dont mind the path, that part is great, i dont like having to symlink it though).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A better example: I use python 2.6 for django development, but 2.5 ships with os x.  That is fine until i run django server locally, 2.5 will be found first in my path.. (and prepending /opt/local/bin to path might break something depending on 2.5... id prefer to not touch anything installed explicitly by apple).  is creating an alias really the best solution here?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What tips can you offer for using macports?  is fink better?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(also.. if someone could maybe tag this &quot;macports&quot; and &quot;fink&quot; ?? I am unable to, thanks)" />
  <row Id="23479" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12952" RevisionGUID="78d34c82-b63d-4db2-b8cb-e21e4879f4bf" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:24:46.710" UserId="4217" Text="macports vs fink" />
  <row Id="23480" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12952" RevisionGUID="78d34c82-b63d-4db2-b8cb-e21e4879f4bf" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:24:46.710" UserId="4217" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="23481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12953" RevisionGUID="1f5c1542-bd87-4495-a802-bafd97958e8c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:25:00.703" UserId="4206" Text="I've accidentally deleted data that I shouldn't have deleted. I've also accidentally shut down the server. :-\" />
  <row Id="23482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12954" RevisionGUID="f0e3d2cd-d683-442b-b4de-7c5f674259d7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:26:38.500" UserId="3552" Text="A few years ago I was told to avoid S.M.A.R.T. like the plague. The reasoning was that the stress the testing puts on the drive will actually cause it to fail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this still the case? If not, what is a reasonable frequency to run tests? If I should still be avoiding it, what is a better way to monitor the health of my hard drives? " />
  <row Id="23483" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12954" RevisionGUID="f0e3d2cd-d683-442b-b4de-7c5f674259d7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:26:38.500" UserId="3552" Text="Is S.M.A.R.T. smart to use?" />
  <row Id="23484" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12954" RevisionGUID="f0e3d2cd-d683-442b-b4de-7c5f674259d7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:26:38.500" UserId="3552" Text="&lt;smart&gt;&lt;hard-disk&gt;" />
  <row Id="23485" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12911" RevisionGUID="9dc95826-14ef-4b20-bd75-0349aad97f9f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:27:06.017" UserDisplayName="Ante Gotovina" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Google Apps if free, Tuffmail otherwise." />
  <row Id="23486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12955" RevisionGUID="392ea8e6-b04e-4b7f-8ee8-e3e16cfcecde" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:27:16.423" UserId="4136" Text="Top l0 list of Vulnerability scanners: http:// sectools.org/vuln-scanners.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's also Microsoft's Baseline Security Analyzer which should be part of your base setup if its not already before you deploy a server to prod: http:// www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=F32921AF-9DBE-4DCE-889E-ECF997EB18E9&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="23487" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12956" RevisionGUID="89e7694f-62c2-4b46-bcae-f19134f054e9" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:27:34.270" UserId="2600" Text="The two solution already mentioned (DWDM &amp; single-core-SFPs) are both methods of getting multiple signals down a single strand of fiber.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As Haakon said, single-core-SFPs work in pairs and just replaces your normal SFP/GBIC modules in standard network equipment. And as cavver said, DWDM is another method.  DWDM though is more complex, requires separate pieces of equipment and is much more expensive.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelength-division_multiplexing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The advantages are that you can get more data down the same infrastructure allow you to double (at least) your bandwidth.  [DWDM gear can carry multiple signals (160+ channels) over a single piece of fiber and can intermix data and voice traffic.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The disadvantages are you may sacrifice the distance the signal can travel and of course you increase your risk.  If a single strand is cut, twice as much is impacted. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12957" RevisionGUID="4288f681-5342-4a11-b48f-f04c892bb10e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:28:00.667" UserId="4135" Text="A quick fix would be to &quot;always hide&quot; the icon. right click on the system tray, go to Properties-&gt;Customize, then find the 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon and hide. I'm going to try to find a registry hack for you. I think this is the only way around it." />
  <row Id="23489" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12958" RevisionGUID="d7d432e3-df6c-48c5-9fe5-992c24cbb49e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:28:14.393" UserId="4206" Text="MS Visio is a good way to document a network, but it's not a free solution. Gliffy is a nice product if you're looking to keep your costs low.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Typical network diagrams show how information flows through your devices (and usually out to the Internet). So, you should have information in your diagram about where your computers, printers, WAPs, IP phones (if applicable), switches, and routers are located and how they are connected. IP addresses may also be included with the name of your device. This is helpful if you want to glance at your diagram for information on the fly." />
  <row Id="23490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12959" RevisionGUID="8533c2a9-d0ff-4d0a-bfe4-c8198d89f037" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:28:43.143" UserId="4077" Text="I am trying to shrink a RC copy of Windows 7 to fit on a EEE pc 901 by using vLite. Everything seems to work fine until I get to the 'Apply Settings' part of Rebuild One (Ultimate), when vLite abruptly crashes. Could this be an issue with my WAIK installation, or something else? I am downloading a pre-shrunk torrent of Windows 7 but I would feel more comfortable creating my own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="23491" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12959" RevisionGUID="8533c2a9-d0ff-4d0a-bfe4-c8198d89f037" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:28:43.143" UserId="4077" Text="vlite crashes during applying settings phase of rebuild one" />
  <row Id="23492" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12959" RevisionGUID="8533c2a9-d0ff-4d0a-bfe4-c8198d89f037" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:28:43.143" UserId="4077" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;vlite&gt;" />
  <row Id="23493" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12914" RevisionGUID="adf7809e-c1d7-4854-aba4-1704178063fa" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:28:56.873" UserId="4028" Comment="edited tags" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have an IT question, I hope that's the place to ask it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm building a team for a specific project and am considering buying Netbooks for the first time, the reason being cost-reduction (we are a lean-and-mean operation, I'm looking to save on whatever I can). The whole team is very mobile, sharing time between working at home to working at the office to working on airplanes... So desktops are out of the question. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My team has both software developers and &quot;documentation guys&quot; - designers and marketing folk. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The programmers are using mostly Python, and most of them running a small MySQL installation (developer installation). The rest of the guys are using mostly Word, Excel and PowerPoint.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is Netbook a viable choice for my programmers? And for the rest? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the trade-offs I should be aware about when choosing between Notebooks and Netbooks?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**: Reading some of the answers, I understand I had an underlying assumption when asking my question. I assumed that netbooks, like notebooks, have docking stations allowing for work with large screens and &quot;normal&quot; keyboards in the office or at home. Is that incorrect?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many thanks" />
  <row Id="23494" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12914" RevisionGUID="adf7809e-c1d7-4854-aba4-1704178063fa" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:28:56.873" UserId="4028" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;netbook&gt;&lt;notebook&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="23495" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12960" RevisionGUID="f3afbf2b-2fc6-4cfd-9251-5607c076a63f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:29:20.180" UserId="3351" Text="The only way I can think of now is to go through the standard check-list of what might be wrong with the mouse / computer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does this mouse show the same behaviour when attached to different workstations, and do other mice behave normally in this workstation?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the problem is down to a dodgy mouse (maybe the sensor is somehow mis-aligned and it was ignored at QA checks) then I'd suggest getting a replacement from the supplier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If other (same model) mice have the same problem on this computer, then it's likely to be a driver problem. Reinstalling the drivers completely may fix this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From what I can find, mouse calibration tools don't really exist any more - at least not in the same way that they do for touch-screens interfaces, and these are only really required because the finger or stylus is touching the sensitive layer above the screen so from the users perspective they can appear to be off." />
  <row Id="23496" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12950" RevisionGUID="f9264151-cd1c-4512-a60f-f630a1929315" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:30:16.747" UserId="4131" Comment="grammar" Text="If you have to develop using an MSFT tool, then yes, lock 'em down. I don't use MSFT machines or issue them to developers, and that mitigates the majority of the problem. I take the responsibility upon myself to hire developers and sys admins that do not need such baby sitting. I provide all the tools needed to store backups and protect source code with version control. The developers know that loosing code may be a firing offense, and they are diligent. I don't like tinkering when you should be working. I encourage people to do it on their own time. (We issue laptops.) Sometimes they have to spend a few days bellied up to a &quot;dev server&quot; until they get their laptop fixed. If it becomes an issue, as simple conversation resolves it. Locking down a developer or engineer's machine is a waste of resources." />
  <row Id="23497" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12961" RevisionGUID="24ff4014-b04a-4292-b94c-fe01c509b9ec" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:30:48.973" UserId="386" Text="As a programmer, the smallest screen I'll use for development work is my 17&quot; MacBookPro, but I preferred the 24&quot; and 21&quot; monitors I had as a dual screen setup at my last job.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need lots of screen real-estate for your IDE, docs, and the application or a web browser or two to look at your test site.  A Netbook, by definition, doesn't have the screen real-estate for that." />
  <row Id="23498" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12962" RevisionGUID="f87270d9-54c1-4eb2-a89f-e7fe936a55f5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:31:47.773" UserDisplayName="Ante Gotovina" Text="Neither. Use the source, Luke. If you need quite a bit of Unix software so compiling from source becomes a chore, then look into [pkgsrc](http://www.netbsd.org/docs/software/packages.html) (The NetBSD Packages Collection), [MirPorts](https://www.mirbsd.org/ports.htm) (The MirOS Ports Framework) and the likes." />
  <row Id="23499" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12929" RevisionGUID="48b9c0c1-0540-4449-8182-f17f9bbb3b06" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:32:07.693" UserId="1715" Comment="added 63 characters in body" Text="the whitehat consultants i've seen come in &amp; use [this tool][1]  then send you a massive bill.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take a look at [OWASP][2] (Open Web Application Security Project)  they're very informative &amp; free!  they have a very detailed [pen-testing guide][3] that you must look at.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nessus.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://owasp.org&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Testing_Project#OWASP_Testing_Guide_v3" />
  <row Id="23500" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12963" RevisionGUID="c909dfd1-8c02-45bc-8696-01c9f6d3f25c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:32:36.367" UserId="1803" Text="I don't believe IS is going to be installed on your 2008 guest at all, prior to hyper V recognizing it.  The only time I could imagine it being a problem is if you have SP1 HV host and a SP2 HV host moving that VM back and forth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One way to verify would be to compare your IS version numbers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Open device manager on the VM&#xD;&#xA; - Pull up the property sheet for a vmBus device (e.g. Virtual Machine Bus)&#xD;&#xA; - In the Driver tab, check the last set of digits - such as 18016" />
  <row Id="23501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12964" RevisionGUID="36c10137-5568-4789-8b0e-bc250f85a827" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:34:04.210" UserId="3557" Text="System Center Configuration Manager has a couple excellent tools for this (Operating System Deployment [OSD] and Desired Configuration Manager [DCM]).  There is significant administrative overhead in building such a system. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OSD will allow you to do intelligent system imaging.  This is very useful as it is fairly simple to maintain once properly built.  There are people who's entire professional duties revolve around this so it can get very complex and in depth depending on what you are trying to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DCM will allow you to create various Baselines which consist of Configuration Items which further consist of Settings.  Each setting can be thought of as something to test on the machine.  BY best practice and normal usage it is important that you test the Configuration of something rather than the State of something (i.e. test that a service is not disabled instead of testing that the service is running). DCM is useful in that you can continually add to and refine your Baselines and Config Items and reuse them in other baselines.  DCM also evaluates each agent against every assigned baseline on a daily basis by default (can be changed to any interval).  A side benefit of DCM is that there are published baselines from Microsoft that help evaluate compliance for various regulations (HIPPA, SOX, PCI, etc). Finally, for resolution of configuration changes, SCCM Collections can be built based on compliance with any DCM Configuration Item, allowing you to build a package that can resolve the DCM Compliance issue in an automatic fashion." />
  <row Id="23502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12965" RevisionGUID="d43d6fa0-bc26-478a-b830-41d072ea7b61" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:34:49.280" UserId="2273" Text="While I don't know why your problem started occurring, I would suggest splitting your DHCP up by having the remote devices handle a designated segment of your overall DHCP scope. This would also provide some backup in the event of connectivity issues between sites, at least as far as keeping the remote networks running." />
  <row Id="23503" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12960" RevisionGUID="bc60c9d4-9a64-432b-825a-e2a7279b2def" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:37:36.340" UserId="3351" Comment="added 6 characters in body" Text="The only way I can think of now is to go through the standard check-list of what might be wrong with the mouse / computer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does this mouse show the same behaviour when attached to different workstations, and do other mice behave normally in this workstation?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the problem is down to a dodgy mouse (maybe the sensor is somehow mis-aligned and it was ignored at QA checks) then I'd suggest getting a replacement from the supplier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If other (same model) mice have the same problem on this computer, then it's likely to be a driver problem. Reinstalling the drivers completely may fix this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From what I can find, mouse calibration tools don't really exist any more - at least not in the same way that they do for touch-screens interfaces, and these are only really required because the finger or stylus is touching the sensitive layer above the screen so from the users perspective they can appear to be off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**  &#xD;&#xA;I've just found [this][1] which apparently allows you to invert or (more usefully for your case) rotate the orientation of the mouse. However, it looks like it's got a bit of a shareway license, so might demand money or stop working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.maf-soft.de/mafmouse/" />
  <row Id="23504" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12942" RevisionGUID="ebc95984-8352-40b6-af93-bd679d7d73dc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:37:52.627" UserId="2711" Comment="Further info on GC config" Text="As I understand it, when Exchange starts it associates itself with a particular Global Catalog. It must be currently using your main domain controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After disconnecting your main domain controller, restart the Exchange system attendant service and mail functionality should return. Alternatively you could restart Exchange itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: From within the Exchange System Manager, drill down into your Admin Groups, find your server, right click on it and choose properties. Under Directory Access it should list the GCs it has detected automatically. I'm not sure exactly how it detects them, but I assume you should be able to add in alternative ones there manually if you want." />
  <row Id="23505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12966" RevisionGUID="a1e5c9a1-5054-4816-afac-d00200dd3e55" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:38:13.750" UserId="4131" Text="If it's Linux, server or not, you call it a box. If it's an Apple, server or not, you call it a Mac. Since PC excludes servers... If it's an MSFT machine, server or not, you call it a boat anchor." />
  <row Id="23506" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12966" RevisionGUID="a1e5c9a1-5054-4816-afac-d00200dd3e55" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:38:13.750" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23507" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12967" RevisionGUID="952ab1d3-2c23-4db1-b42a-1654f83386d8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:38:14.343" UserId="3113" Text="For their development machine, most programmers need lots of screen area, memory, processing power, connectors, a docking station with a big screen/multiple screens for it, a comfortable keyboard and a good mouse. A netbook would not really be able to supply any of this, but it could be a good investment still, since they are so cheap compared to notebooks, just to make sure a programmer has a computer with them everywhere. Cutting corners when you don't have much money is okay but if you do pay your programmers you should consider if you can afford making them unproductive by giving them equipment that is not up to the task.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the rest you can probably skimp a bit more on processing power and multiple screens, etc. But I don't think a netbook would be a viable choice for them either." />
  <row Id="23508" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12968" RevisionGUID="806f5359-7b5f-4eee-bdb0-6d2d1ea874d0" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:38:18.493" UserDisplayName="Ali" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;I've always struggled to find this: How can you ask apache which httpd.conf file it used to load up? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It becomes difficult when you have a number of instances of apache running, or if you haven't looked at the machine for a long time, and there are a lot of httpd.conf file on disk!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks a lot :)" />
  <row Id="23509" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12968" RevisionGUID="806f5359-7b5f-4eee-bdb0-6d2d1ea874d0" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:38:18.493" UserDisplayName="Ali" Text="How to find out which httpd.conf apache is using at runtime" />
  <row Id="23510" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12968" RevisionGUID="806f5359-7b5f-4eee-bdb0-6d2d1ea874d0" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:38:18.493" UserDisplayName="Ali" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;httpd.conf&gt;" />
  <row Id="23511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12969" RevisionGUID="db70f086-0a36-4c11-94a4-aa75618b3409" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:40:00.593" UserId="2783" Text="While S.M.A.R.T. certainly doesn't predict all failures, I worked in a computer repair shop for several years, and many times a S.M.A.R.T. error message was the first indication that a failure was about to occur, allowing me to save the customer's data before the drive died.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The technology itself does not stress the drive, it just keeps track of a number of indicators (full list here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.) that could potentially lead to drive failure, such as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Read Error Rate&#xD;&#xA; - Reallocated Sectors Count&#xD;&#xA; - Spin Retry Count&#xD;&#xA; - Uncorrectable Sector Count&#xD;&#xA; - Power on Hours&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The performance hit for S.M.A.R.T. is negligable, doesn't stress drives (the monitoring is passive), and can potentially warn you that you are about to lose all the pictures of your kids (or your MP3 collection or whatever is important on your Hard Drive).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, leave it on. " />
  <row Id="23512" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12920" RevisionGUID="a974e7d2-86f3-4fe5-a75c-467389bed28e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:40:08.020" UserDisplayName="Michael Scott" Comment="added 191 characters in body" Text="Just started working with a small group of front-end web developers who all login to the dedicated WHM/Apache production server with root to modify client web sites. They claim they do not want to have to log into each of the individual site accounts because there are so many.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not an experienced sysadmin but I know this is wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the best way to create logins for these developers and assign permissions to have full rwx privileges to all client assets in the /home/ directories?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additional Information: &#xD;&#xA;* When I say developers I mean CSS/HTML front-end designers. Our developers use git as a CVS and do not work on the server until we push new versions of the CMS." />
  <row Id="23513" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12970" RevisionGUID="cea0c0f6-1416-4f4a-9e68-0ed612835ae9" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:41:05.040" UserId="4135" Text="Here you go. The answer is at the bottom of the discussion. You may want to test it on a dummy machine that isn't very important first. Good luck. [link text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://techrepublic.com.com/5206-10879-0.html;jsessionid=AED28C9EBC2FD03BBA724FAFC5924757?forumID=101&amp;threadID=305167&amp;start=0" />
  <row Id="23514" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12971" RevisionGUID="4587ca41-c98d-45bd-a008-05d7f20fe65b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:41:46.440" UserId="1803" Text="&gt; The programmers are using mostly Python, and most of them running a small MySQL installation (developer installation). The rest of the guys are using mostly Word, Excel and PowerPoint.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Netboooks would involve too much waste of developer time.  In general netbooks are designed to use very little power = massive loss in processing power.  The cost of laptop hardware is **nothing** compared to the cost of developers sitting around waiting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Others: economize here, netbooks are fine&#xD;&#xA; - Programmers: spend every last cent on cpu/ram for these machines&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, don't assume there will be docking stations available!  If we wanted to dock our Vostros, for example, we'd have to look into [3rd party hardware][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.belkin.com/highspeeddock/" />
  <row Id="23515" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12896" RevisionGUID="2764f8fe-d7de-4292-bf55-c73f12d1f564" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:43:14.863" UserId="533" Comment="clarified pronunciation" Text="CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing, pronounced &quot;kidder&quot; or &quot;cider&quot; - add your own local variant to the comments!) is a system of defining the network part of an IP address (usually people think of this as a subnet mask).  The reason it's &quot;classless&quot; is that it allows a way to break IP networks down more flexibly than their base class.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When IP networks were first defined, IPs had classes based on their binary prefix:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Class    Binary Prefix    Range                       Network Bits&#xD;&#xA;    A        0*               0.0.0.0-127.255.255.255     8&#xD;&#xA;    B        10*              128.0.0.0-192.255.255.255   16&#xD;&#xA;    C        110*             193.0.0.0-223.255.255.255   24&#xD;&#xA;    D        1110*            224.0.0.0-239.255.255.255&#xD;&#xA;    E        1111*            240.0.0.0-255.255.255.255&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Note that this is the source of people refering to a /24 as a &quot;class C&quot;, although that's not a strictly true comparison because a class C needed to have a specific prefix)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These binary prefixed were used for routing large chunks of IP space around.  This was inefficient because it resulted in large blocks being assigned to organizations who didn't necessarily need them, and also because Class Cs could only be assigned in 24 bit increments, meaning that routing tables could get unnessacerily large as multiple Class Cs were routed to the same location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CIDR was defined to allow variable length subnet masks (VLSM) to be applied to networks.  As the name applies, address groups, or networks, can be broken down into groups that have no direct relationship to the natural &quot;class&quot; they belong to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The basic premise of VLSM is to provide the count of the number of network bits in a network.  Since an IPv4 address is a 32-bit integer, the VLSM will always be between 0 and 32 (although I'm not sure in what instance you might have a 0-length mask).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The easiest way to get a toe hold in calculating VLSM/CIDR in your head is to understand the &quot;natural&quot; 8-bit boundaries:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    CIDR    Dotted Quad&#xD;&#xA;    /8      255.0.0.0&#xD;&#xA;    /16     255.255.0.0&#xD;&#xA;    /24     255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;    /32     255.255.255.255&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(By the way, it's perfectly legal, and fairly common in ACLs, to use a /32 mask.  It simply means that you are refering to a single IP)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you grasp those, it's simple binary arithmetic to move up or down to get number of hosts.  For instance, if a /24 has 256 IPs (let's leave off network and broadcast addresses for now, that's a different networking theory question), increasing the subnet by one bit (to /25) will reduce the host space by one bit (to 7), meaning there will be 128 IPs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a table of the last octet.  This table can be shifted to any octet to get the dotted quad equivilent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    CIDR    Dotted Quad&#xD;&#xA;    /24     255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;    /25     255.255.255.128&#xD;&#xA;    /26     255.255.255.192&#xD;&#xA;    /27     255.255.255.224&#xD;&#xA;    /28     255.255.255.240&#xD;&#xA;    /29     255.255.255.248&#xD;&#xA;    /30     255.255.255.252&#xD;&#xA;    /31     255.255.255.254&#xD;&#xA;    /32     255.255.255.255&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an example of shifting these to another octet, /18 (which is /26 minus 8 bits, so shifted an octect) would be 255.255.192.0." />
  <row Id="23516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12972" RevisionGUID="8d2911ec-421f-402e-b706-4288e9b20948" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:44:02.083" UserId="4149" Text="I have had a lot of luck using a product called Crash Plan Pro (I cant post a hyperlink yet, but search Google on Crash Plan Pro).  The product has a client that is installed on each machine and allows the users to select files for backup and then restore themselves.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The product isnt cheap (~75/client), but the server software to manage the backups is free and can be run on commodity hardware.  You can backup to a local and a remote location preventing the need to do tape backup.  If you get really adventuresome, You can even run it on Solaris with a large RaidZ instance for large amounts of backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would have no problem backing up 40 machines and once you completed the initial backup, I dont think you would have an issue sending it over the wire, assuming a reasonable connection speed.  you would be surprised how little data is actually generated by the average user each day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One tip, at the server level you can block the backup of music and video files, this is a nice feature as it prevents users from backing up there whole collection of ITunes music that they brought from home." />
  <row Id="23517" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12973" RevisionGUID="ac29bf6c-d5c6-453b-ae2f-3343261e4242" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:44:11.397" UserId="623" Text="I'm a fink user. Good support for the scientific computing I do...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But in deference to [Ante Gotovina's call][1], I generally build eveyything from the source packages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/12952/macports-vs-fink/12962#12962" />
  <row Id="23518" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3780" RevisionGUID="904f795c-3d39-4e80-b59c-a31bb65d79ff" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:45:02.160" UserId="1224" Comment="added 312 characters in body" Text="The aim for this Wiki is to promote using a command to open up commonly used applications without having to go through many mouse clicks - thus saving times on monitoring, troubleshooting Windows machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Answer entries need to specify&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Application name&#xD;&#xA; - Commands&#xD;&#xA; - Screenshot (Optional)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shortcut to commands&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [&amp;&amp;][1] - Command Chaining&#xD;&#xA;- [%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\rcimlby.exe -LaunchRA][2] - Remote Assistance (Windows XP)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl][3] - Programs and Features (Formerly Known as &quot;Add or Remove Programs&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl @,2][4] - Turn Windows Features On and Off (Add/Remove Windows Components pane)&#xD;&#xA;- [calc][5] - Calculator&#xD;&#xA;- [cleanmgr.exe][6] - Disk Cleanup&#xD;&#xA;- [cls][7] - clear the command line screen&#xD;&#xA;- [cmd /k][8] - Run command with command extensions enabled&#xD;&#xA;- [color][9] - Sets the default console foreground and background colors in console&#xD;&#xA;- [command.com][10] - Default Operating System Shell&#xD;&#xA;- [compmgmt.msc][11] - Computer Management&#xD;&#xA;- [control.exe /name Microsoft.NetworkAndSharingCenter][12] - Network and Sharing Center&#xD;&#xA;- [control keyboard][13] - Keyboard Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control mouse(or main.cpl)][14] - Mouse Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control sysdm.cpl,@0,3][15] - Advanced Tab of the System Properties dialog&#xD;&#xA;- [control userpasswords2][16] - Opens the classic User Accounts dialog&#xD;&#xA;- [desk.cpl][17] - opens the display properties&#xD;&#xA;- [devmgmt.msc][18] - Device Manager&#xD;&#xA;- [diskmgmt.msc][19] - Disk Management&#xD;&#xA;- [dsquery][20] - Finds any objects in the directory according to criteria&#xD;&#xA;- [eventvwr][21] - Windows Event Log (Event Viewer)&#xD;&#xA;- [explorer .][22] - Open explorer with the current folder selected.&#xD;&#xA;- [explorer /e][23], . - Open explorer, with folder tree, with current folder selected.&#xD;&#xA;- [findstr][24] - Find a string in a file&#xD;&#xA;- [firewall.cpl][25] - Opens the Windows Firewall settings&#xD;&#xA;- [fsmgmt.msc][26] - Shared Folders&#xD;&#xA;- [fsutil][27] - Perform tasks related to FAT and NTFS file systems&#xD;&#xA;- [getmac][28] - Shows the mac address(es) of your network adapter(s)&#xD;&#xA;- [gpedit.msc][29] - Group Policy Editor&#xD;&#xA;- [iisreset][30] - To restart IIS&#xD;&#xA;- [InetMgr.exe][31] - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 7&#xD;&#xA;- [InetMgr6.exe][32] - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 6&#xD;&#xA;- [intl.cpl][33] - Regional and Language Options&#xD;&#xA;- [ipconfig][34] - Internet protocol configuration&#xD;&#xA;- [lusrmgr.msc][35] - Local Users and Groups Administrator&#xD;&#xA;- [msconfig][36] - System Configuration&#xD;&#xA;- [notepad][37] - Notepad? ;)&#xD;&#xA;- [mmsys.cpl][38] - Sound/Recording/Playback properties&#xD;&#xA;- [mrt][39] - Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool&#xD;&#xA;- [mstsc.exe][40] - Remote Desktop Connection&#xD;&#xA;- [ncpa.cpl][41] - Network Connections&#xD;&#xA;- [net statistics][42] - Check computer up time&#xD;&#xA;- [odbcad32.exe][43] - ODBC Data Source Administrator&#xD;&#xA;- [pathping][44] - A traceroute that collects detailed packet loss stats&#xD;&#xA;- [powercfg.cpl][45] - Power management control panel applet&#xD;&#xA;- [quser][46] - Display information about user sessions on a terminal server&#xD;&#xA;- [qwinsta][47] - See disconnected remote desktop sessions&#xD;&#xA;- [reg.exe][48] - Console Registry Tool for Windows&#xD;&#xA;- [regedit][49] - Registry Editor&#xD;&#xA;- [rasdial][50] - Connects to a VPN or a dialup network&#xD;&#xA;- [robocopy][51] - Backup/Restore/Copy large amounts of files reliably&#xD;&#xA;- [rsop.msc][52] - Resultant Set of Policy (shows the combined effect of all group policies active on the current system/login)&#xD;&#xA;- [sc][53] - Manage anything you want to do with services.&#xD;&#xA;- [schtasks][54] - Enables an administrator to create, delete, query, change, run and end scheduled tasks on a local or remote system.&#xD;&#xA;- [secpol.msc][55] - Local Security Settings&#xD;&#xA;- [services.msc][56] - Services control panel&#xD;&#xA;- [set][57] - Displays, sets, or removes cmd.exe environment variables.&#xD;&#xA;- [start.][58] - opens the current directory in the Windows Explorer.&#xD;&#xA;- [shutdown.exe][59] - Shutdown or Reboot a local/remote machine&#xD;&#xA;- [subst.exe][60] - Associates a path with a drive letter, including local drives&#xD;&#xA;- [systeminfo][61] -Displays a comprehensive information about the system&#xD;&#xA;- [taskkill][62] - terminate tasks by process id (PID) or image name&#xD;&#xA;- [tasklist.exe][63] - List 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http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4847#4847&#xD;&#xA;  [70]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4431#4431" />
  <row Id="23519" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12970" RevisionGUID="505cb066-ed96-4975-98df-f7d631c8c0e6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:46:14.403" UserId="4135" Comment="added 20 characters in body" Text="Here you go. The answer is at the bottom of the discussion. You may want to test it on a dummy machine that isn't very important first. Good luck. [The answer is at techrepublic][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://techrepublic.com.com/5206-10879-0.html;jsessionid=AED28C9EBC2FD03BBA724FAFC5924757?forumID=101&amp;threadID=305167&amp;start=0" />
  <row Id="23520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12974" RevisionGUID="9e4ab023-1544-4c1e-959e-70c37afc2bae" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:46:20.550" UserId="2422" Text="It sometimes appears that any first-round decisions made are met with distrust, as if they (admins) were trying to somehow undermine the company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would understand a bit of kick-back, to ensure that &quot;IT people&quot; have thought through all of the business concerns - but is it common for upper management to show an inherent lack of trust towards their system administrators? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given, this is a &quot;small&quot; shop ( &lt; 300 employees ), and not &quot;a software company&quot;. Is this a common thing in companies this size? " />
  <row Id="23521" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12974" RevisionGUID="9e4ab023-1544-4c1e-959e-70c37afc2bae" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:46:20.550" UserId="2422" Text="Is it common for upper management to show an inherent lack of trust towards system administrators?" />
  <row Id="23522" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12974" RevisionGUID="9e4ab023-1544-4c1e-959e-70c37afc2bae" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:46:20.550" UserId="2422" Text="&lt;management&gt;&lt;work-environment&gt;" />
  <row Id="23523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12975" RevisionGUID="d4c18b08-f05e-4620-b095-490a6e74d15c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:46:56.027" UserId="4226" Text="The biggest change will come from your SAN.  Your Shared Storage needs to support SCSI-3 Persistant Reservations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This required quite a bit of support from EMC getting our arrays upgraded with a later firmware." />
  <row Id="23524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12976" RevisionGUID="4665a564-5290-4765-b106-2203021c526a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:49:10.450" UserId="1787" Text="    apache2ctl -V | grep SERVER_CONFIG_FILE" />
  <row Id="23525" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12977" RevisionGUID="7f3a49d8-8ebe-4c47-a37e-0901dad7c4c6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:49:26.333" UserId="3966" Text="To fix window size in GNU screen after resize:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    shopt -s checkwinsize&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To show the permissions on a directory, shortcut `ls -ld`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias lld='ls -ld'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;History viewing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias h='history | zgrep'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And contents of my `zgrep` script, which I couldn't figure out how to cram directly into the alias:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    grep &quot;${*-.}&quot;" />
  <row Id="23526" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12977" RevisionGUID="7f3a49d8-8ebe-4c47-a37e-0901dad7c4c6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:49:26.333" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23527" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12902" RevisionGUID="4f7d6b37-59aa-46da-b174-ba0963a6c96b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:50:09.153" UserId="2164" Comment="Updated with more information" Text="Well, it may in part depend upon what environment you are running in (e.g. Linux versus Windows); however, assuming a Windows environment, it is usually more trouble than it is worth simply because some of the development software out there requires you to have elevated permissions to work. For example, [Visual Studio is known to require Administrator permissions][1], as such, I don't see the benefit in making someone jump through hoops for a required part of their job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if the company requires that things be locked down your best bet is likely to give all developers virtual machines on their systems that they can go crazy in. While some might not like this that much, it will likely give you the best of both worlds (e.g. restrictive normal desktop and a fully customizable environment).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update** - On the Windows side of things there is a bit more worth noting, apparently the Visual Studio requiring Administrator rights is a bit dated and there are now [explicit ways to set the permissions needed][2] (PDF file). However, I don't think this changes my option that much in that most developers I know, myself included, tend to use additional tools beyond just Visual Studio and knowing what all of them need in terms of permissions can be hard to predict.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa972193.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.msdnaa.net/solutions/dotnetdevvsgroups.pdf" />
  <row Id="23528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12978" RevisionGUID="7b11d402-edd6-4212-a163-a4d2343d5db8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:50:22.103" UserId="2972" Text="after a long night, followed by a lack of caffeine that morning, i accidentally ran&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rm -R web/*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;instead of &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rm -R _web/*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and deleted an entire clients site rather than a backup folder. It was at this point I realised the massive flaws in our backup strategies. The offsite copy was out of date, the backups on the server were stored in an 8GB file we couldn't download to access and because of the spaces in file names, we couldn't restore a whole directory and instead had to specify each filename in double quotes manually. took me a couple of hours to write the script just to automate the process of restoring files one by one." />
  <row Id="23529" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12979" RevisionGUID="7b4c64f4-f9d2-4c73-94b7-79067afd2f93" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:50:46.890" UserId="4136" Text="One thing to understand is that most times (and I say most with caution as sometimes, rarely, but sometimes the guys up top do have some tech background) upper management has no idea what you're doing. They're charged with &quot;The Business&quot;. You're the grease monkey in the garage that tinkers with the cars that ultimately drive that business. When you take your personal car into a garage don't the thoughts of mistrust automatically strike you when you see a bill? Did they overcharge you? Did they sabotage something? Probably not but as people we tend to not trust what we don't understand. Same goes for IT. Yes, you hired us and (theoretically) you know that we know what we're doing but there's always going to be a level of mistrust between management and IT staff, no matter what size company." />
  <row Id="23530" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12980" RevisionGUID="4f573a46-fbbd-4a70-b43d-28d6bc57eaf5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:50:58.903" UserId="4226" Text="It will be possible to create the cluster, however the Cluster Validation wizard will show warnings.  With-out a 'green' cluster validation Microsoft will not support the cluster, and some other Cluster serverices (SQL 2008 comes to mind), will not even install on top of the cluster without first passing the validation." />
  <row Id="23531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12981" RevisionGUID="e6e8b029-13a7-4674-9626-9f146b2741a4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:52:46.573" UserId="48" Text="I think the problem with management in this cases is that they do not understand IT. In all other areas of the business they may give out tasks and work, but they understand what that work involves and can see if progress is being made. IT however is something they are likely to have very little understanding of, they may have an idea of what they want to achieve in a project, but little understanding of what they work involves, how long it should take etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Managers don't like loosing this control, they now no longer have any idea of whether your working hard, or in fact just stalling to take more time on a project, they can't ask you what your doing and be sure to understand the response.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This lack of understanding can then lead to distrust and suspicious- &quot;If I don't know what's going on then they must be doing it wrong&quot;. I think this is more prevalent in small business where managers like to take an active role in all areas of a business." />
  <row Id="23532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12982" RevisionGUID="15bf983c-dd51-43e3-abe2-22951ec297da" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:55:30.593" UserId="1054" Text="As the title states!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What is QoS&#xD;&#xA; - When is it good to use it?&#xD;&#xA; - When is it not good to use it?" />
  <row Id="23533" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12982" RevisionGUID="15bf983c-dd51-43e3-abe2-22951ec297da" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:55:30.593" UserId="1054" Text="What is QoS and When to [not] use it?" />
  <row Id="23534" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12982" RevisionGUID="15bf983c-dd51-43e3-abe2-22951ec297da" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:55:30.593" UserId="1054" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;qos&gt;" />
  <row Id="23535" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12952" RevisionGUID="68517ce3-00be-4adc-9fec-4e38e3aaae17" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:56:45.320" UserId="1433" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;package-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="23536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12983" RevisionGUID="8500f81e-e679-459e-8cdb-6234942747d5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:58:23.473" UserDisplayName="Jeff MacDonald" Text="My recommendation is either&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1: Get a file server, and get users to store their files there. Then backup this machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2: Setup a Linux box, with decent Hardware raid, or an OpenSolaris machine with ZFS, then install bacula [www.bacula.org], and put the client on the remote machines. Then they will all be backed up over the network nightly." />
  <row Id="23537" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12984" RevisionGUID="e19a078f-d71b-45f3-a2d2-9a90733fa0fc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:58:37.547" UserId="3505" Text="Where I am working at the moment, we have to manage the Linux portion of our server farm which is just over 300 Linux servers.  This includes mostly HP Proliants, followed by IBM 3850s, some IBM blades, VMware ESX, and some KVM for our internal management servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;cobbler&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;We looked at cobbler but the problem there was that cobbler is very RHEL/Red Hat specific.  We need to support RHEL and SLES at the least, and Ubuntu is next.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;puppet&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;We did consider puppet, however later decided against it as it depends on Ruby, which means that an upgrade of Ruby, could potentially break our management system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;hotwire&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Hotwire is what we use (developed internally, but is open-source), and have done so for the last few years.  It firstly inventories the systems that are going to be built, which means inventorying the data-center, rack, hardware, operating system, network, etc, and secondly perform the rapid build &amp; deploy.  Once the system is built, hotwire's auto-inventory keeps the inventory in-sync, while cfengine maintains them.  Hotwire knows about the server hardware by talking to the SMBIOS/DMI data in the Bios via [python-dmidecode][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The bonus points are that it is combines the inventory and build process into one, so there's less to manage, and the live-inventory feature is great as we know if something is not quite right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The disadvantages are that the user-interface still needs polishing, and there are bugs here and there, but development is still hot, and bugs reported are fixed relatively fast.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;cfengine&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;We use cfengine because other than it, and puppet, there is nothing else.  It actually *is* a good tool, but &quot;good&quot; only as a function of how good your policies are - if you set dangerous policies, then a small mistake can cause alot of damage.  For example, by policy, we don't &quot;modify&quot; files, we either replace them, or we don't.  Also all files replaced have a header that makes any person editing it know that it will be replaced the next time it runs (it is run via cron hourly).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The configuration and all files pushed out by cfengine to the servers are also kept in a SCM, and using post-commit hooks, where possible, we check the syntax and if that fails, then the commit is rejected.  This is easy for nice applications such as Apache, but not so easy for most enterprise applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://projects.autonomy.net.au/hotwire&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://cfengine.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://projects.autonomy.net.au/python-dmidecode" />
  <row Id="23538" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12985" RevisionGUID="3e0459c3-2ba1-4beb-b284-57953d1950fb" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:59:09.730" UserId="58852" Text="Is it possible to elevate the permissions of a powershell script so a user without admin privileges can run the script? Our network admins are trying to find more time-efficient ways to accomplish certain tasks that right now they have to use remote desktop for...automating them with PS scripts would help, but the users don't have admin rights." />
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  <row Id="23540" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12985" RevisionGUID="3e0459c3-2ba1-4beb-b284-57953d1950fb" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:59:09.730" UserId="58852" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;script&gt;" />
  <row Id="23541" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12986" RevisionGUID="94c142e0-cd81-401d-a8ff-d3e21cc16fd5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:00:21.647" UserId="2609" Text="QoS is Quality of Service. It's meant to flag traffic that should receive special attention. VOIP, for instance, should be low latency and put at the front of the queue. The problem with that is that anyone could mark their traffic just to be treated nicely, even if were a bulk download that had no special requirements. So across the internet almost nobody respects this flag and therefore it's irrelevant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Within a network that you control you could implement this in your routers, and perhaps switches, to give priority to traffic that needs it." />
  <row Id="23542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12987" RevisionGUID="d06956b1-2a33-43a2-98ff-71f471a3ef9f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:00:32.520" UserId="4253" Text="One thing I've learned from experience is that there are a lot of unscrupulous IT professionals with god complexes: having talked to other people with IT departments, it either is an ongoing problem for businesses this size, or it seems like it's a problem for a lot of people. It's not personal, but the lack of trust is based on giving a lot of control to someone who is part of a group of people that have burned people in management in the past. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best thing you can do is to not take it personally, try to stay as humble as possible, and keep providing opportunities to be trusted via your actions: a certain level of trust will come with time. But definitely realize that if and when your employment ends, it's going to feel very hostile and like they don't trust you as they try to ensure what they believe is in the best interest of the company." />
  <row Id="23543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12988" RevisionGUID="bafb9f11-8365-4fde-a3b0-a5cb003374a4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:00:55.000" UserId="4136" Text="QoS is quality of service. Think of it as an SLA between bandwidth and a certain application or port. For instance you have a VoIP phone on your desk that has a network jack built-in that you plug your computer into. Normally that data connection is just for that, data, but in this case your bandwidth is shared between data and voice data. Applying QoS on that port tells the port &quot;OK, I will guarantee the voice data 40% of this bandwidth at all times no matter how much data is coming through&quot;. What does this mean for you? If you're downloading a 2 GB file and a call comes through the QoS guarantees that your call won't sound like its broken up and coming from a mysterious doctor in Myst. Yes, your download rates might take a hit for a bit but your voice data is what you're trying to preserve and make sure comes through. QoS is also usually applied to Video Conferencing lines so that the video doesn't stutter because its not getting the sufficient bandwidth needed to keep everything in sync." />
  <row Id="23544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12989" RevisionGUID="6f7bf08f-6fca-4ee4-854b-ffef0ce2ed9e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:01:48.617" UserId="671" Text="QoS is Quality of Service and is used to give priority to some packets over others.  For example, if you use Voice over IP, you may want to configure your network to give priority to those packets to ensure they are routed with a higher priority than other traffic.  You could also use it to de-prioritize file sharing traffic, assuming it isn't blocked entirely." />
  <row Id="23545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12990" RevisionGUID="5f47aa41-42b2-4706-94b1-ac962bb4c497" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:04:10.797" UserId="3966" Text="I'm addicted to screen, and I use the following shortcuts for SSHing to machines. With this script, I type `p hostname` to SSH to a host and run screen, or `o hostname` to do the same but run screen on the local machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First a script that connects to an SSH server of the same name as the script you're running. I call this `simple_ssh`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	#!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;	BASENAME=$(basename $0)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	if [ &quot;$SCREEN&quot; = &quot;1&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;		export SCREEN=0&#xD;&#xA;		exec screen -RD scr$BASENAME -s $0&#xD;&#xA;	elif [ &quot;$SCREEN&quot; = &quot;2&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;		exec ssh $BASENAME &quot;$@&quot; -t 'screen -RD'&#xD;&#xA;	fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	exec ssh $BASENAME &quot;$@&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Symlink this to `mars` in your path and `mars` becomes a shortcut for `ssh mars`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    adam@pluto:bin$ ln -s simple_ssh mars&#xD;&#xA;    adam@pluto:bin$ mars&#xD;&#xA;    adam@mars:~$&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The `$SCREEN` environment variable lets you automatically execute GNU screen with the connection. `SCREEN=1` runs screen locally (say, if screen is not installed on the host) and SCREEN=2 runs it on the host itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use a couple aliases to shortcut this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias o='SCREEN=1 exec'&#xD;&#xA;    alias p='SCREEN=2 exec'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use a script to create symlinks for all your hosts given an `~/.ssh/config` file like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Host mars&#xD;&#xA;        HostName mars.example.com&#xD;&#xA;        User abackstrom&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The script, `sshconfig2simplessh`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	#!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	BASENAME=$(basename &quot;$0&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;	USAGE=&quot;Usage: $BASENAME /path/to/bin&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	if [ -z &quot;$1&quot; ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;		echo $USAGE&#xD;&#xA;		exit 0&#xD;&#xA;	fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	if [ ! -d &quot;$1&quot; ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;		echo &quot;$1 is not a directory&quot; &gt;&amp;2&#xD;&#xA;		exit 1&#xD;&#xA;	fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	cd &quot;$1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	HOSTS=$(grep '^Host ' &lt; ~/.ssh/config | cut -d' ' -f2)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	for HOST in $HOSTS ; do&#xD;&#xA;		if [ ! -e &quot;$HOST&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;			echo ln -s simple_ssh &quot;$HOST&quot;&#xD;&#xA;			ln -s simple_ssh &quot;$HOST&quot;&#xD;&#xA;		fi&#xD;&#xA;	done&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23546" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12990" RevisionGUID="5f47aa41-42b2-4706-94b1-ac962bb4c497" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:04:10.797" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23547" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12991" RevisionGUID="d47d509c-e4d4-4e58-a299-5fd1078fafd5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:04:42.400" UserId="4226" Text="What does the Cluster Log say?   And the event log?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What type of output do you get when trying:&#xD;&#xA;cluster /destroy&#xD;&#xA;or if the cluster still exists, what do you get when trying:&#xD;&#xA;cluster node&#xD;&#xA;cluster res&#xD;&#xA;cluster group&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;???&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, it would help to post any of the errors from the Cluster Validation Wizard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12992" RevisionGUID="a55e1918-9409-4bd4-8e55-e98e2c5dd8eb" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:04:54.583" UserId="4135" Text="I had this problem with Vista, but not XP. When I would come out of hibernate, it would take 5-10 minutes to connect back to the wireless. I disabled Ipv6 and it sped the process to 2-5 minutes! In my mind, that was still too long. The next idea I tried was to disable the security on my wireless router. That fixed the problem instantly. I WAS using WPA2, but it takes so long to reconnect so I had to downgrade to WPA. I know this is a bad idea, but I couldn't take the delay anymore." />
  <row Id="23549" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12952" RevisionGUID="21050f24-fb81-448c-843e-d90e07ddbd69" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:06:10.090" UserId="613" Comment="deleted 92 characters in body; edited tags" Text="Which one is preferred?  I am comfortable in Unix-esque environments and recently purchased a Macbook.  I am currently using macports, as it is from Apple, but dont like how python 3.1 becomes /opt/local/bin/python31 (actually, i dont mind the path, that part is great, i dont like having to symlink it though).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A better example: I use python 2.6 for django development, but 2.5 ships with os x.  That is fine until i run django server locally, 2.5 will be found first in my path.. (and prepending /opt/local/bin to path might break something depending on 2.5... id prefer to not touch anything installed explicitly by apple).  is creating an alias really the best solution here?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What tips can you offer for using macports?  is fink better?  &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23550" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12952" RevisionGUID="21050f24-fb81-448c-843e-d90e07ddbd69" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:06:10.090" UserId="613" Comment="deleted 92 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;package-management&gt;&lt;macports&gt;" />
  <row Id="23551" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12993" RevisionGUID="d8683b7e-516a-485e-8744-3242408e9017" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:06:53.863" UserId="3543" Text="&#xD;&#xA;Manager who mistrust the admin is a smart manager because he realizes that most probably the admin is the one holding the keys to the kingdom.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nothing really you can do about it except be honest, do your best and hope that it will get better with time, being aware that it might not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been working for almost 10 years in the same company and I can still feel that my boss doesn't trust me with everything." />
  <row Id="23552" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12994" RevisionGUID="b4adebf2-403e-4642-823f-90b214eedac5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:07:03.893" UserId="2783" Text="Take a look at the Security Configuration Wizard (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc194400.aspx) and the Windows Server 2008 Security Compliance Management Toolkit (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc514539.aspx).  Both are free and will do everything you need.  The wizard will help you secure a single server, and the toolkit includes the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Security guide – The updated security guide for Windows Server 2008. The guidance provides you with best practices and information about automated tools to help you plan and deploy your security baseline. &#xD;&#xA; - Attack Surface Reference workbook – A resource that lists the changes introduced as server roles are installed on computers running Windows Server 2008. &#xD;&#xA; - Security Baseline Settings workbook – A resource that lists the prescribed settings for each of the preconfigured security baselines that the guide recommends. &#xD;&#xA; - Security Baseline XML – An XML file that allows customers to consume the data defined in the Security Baseline Settings workbook. &#xD;&#xA; - GPOAccelerator tool – A tool that you can use to create all the GPOs you need to deploy your chosen security configuration. &#xD;&#xA; - INF Files – INF files for Windows Server 2008. &#xD;&#xA; - Baseline Compliance Management Overview – An overview that includes best practices about how to monitor security baselines for computers running Windows Server 2008. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23553" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12995" RevisionGUID="3c970f62-43c0-434a-a1ce-8a794a6ca013" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:07:39.447" UserId="3557" Text="Depending on what you are trying to do will determine greatly what the real answer is.  If you want the powershell script to run on the remote machine and you want the user to be able to run it.  Your only option is to have credentials embedded into the script.  This is dangerous and should not be done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can launch the scripts remotely, your options become much better.  In Powershell V2 you have remoting as an option to complete many tasks which will use the rights of the user running the script (i.e. the admin) on the target machine (the user's PC).  In V1 you have the option of launching the script remotely via PSExec to use the credentials of the Admin.  You also have the option of running the script on the Admin's PC and building it to interact with the remote machine via WMI/PSExec/etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The short answer to your direct question is No you cannot do that.  However, you can accomplish the same thing by approaching it from a slightly different angle." />
  <row Id="23554" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12996" RevisionGUID="31635b64-2f65-4cba-8af0-1f3f65056f7e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:08:18.620" UserId="4182" Text="With Apache, if `MaxClients` is set to `150`, does that mean Apache will try to serve up to 150 concurrent requests, and queue subsequent requests until all one of the 150 clients is available to serve? This assumes `KeepAlive` is off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if `ServerCount` is `2`, does this mean that Apache will create 2 instances that can each process 150 concurrent requests, or that 150 concurrent requests could be served across the 2 instances?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance!" />
  <row Id="23555" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12996" RevisionGUID="31635b64-2f65-4cba-8af0-1f3f65056f7e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:08:18.620" UserId="4182" Text="Apache Processes/Clients per Page View" />
  <row Id="23556" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12996" RevisionGUID="31635b64-2f65-4cba-8af0-1f3f65056f7e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:08:18.620" UserId="4182" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;" />
  <row Id="23557" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12997" RevisionGUID="fd2760cf-5a68-4436-8457-c9915cdef211" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:08:29.757" UserId="4054" Text="&#xD;&#xA;I used Fink for quite a while.  One day, I tried out MacPorts once, and never switched back to fink.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found (subjectively) that the packages in MacPorts were kept more up to date, and had fewer tendencies on install to get into mutual-dependency loops of death.  Fink packages would often just simply not install, or have versioning/testing issues that I had to go in and fix myself from the source.  My MacPorts repository of software is also more compact for some reason; it's about half the disk space of the similarly-equipped fink tree I used to maintain.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MacPorts is a source-based distribution mechanism much like FreeBSD, so it offers you the chance to just let it handle everything for you if you really don't care which compiler flags you pass to the cowsay utility, but do want more fine-grained control over what goes into apache, mysql, etc.  I think it's a good compromise between typing ./configure make make install ten thousand times and giving up your system to the whims of a bunch of unknown package maintainers." />
  <row Id="23558" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="12920" RevisionGUID="f9b9e79b-7603-4c49-b730-3b0f6de62dcb" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:09:04.013" UserDisplayName="Michael Scott" Comment="edited title" Text="Web Designer Permissions on a Production Web Server" />
  <row Id="23559" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12998" RevisionGUID="6618f1bc-9848-4f82-ac8a-4cfd50fa9c5d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:10:05.150" UserId="3505" Text="Hi Alan,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can simply email Laura Hall (lhall at aquion dot com dot au), and ask her for a full-version trial.  I'm sure she'd be more than happy to give you that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't played with it enough to have anything more to say about it though :)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23560" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12736" RevisionGUID="94a6d9be-1f3a-4b22-8956-66ffacf14743" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:11:27.007" UserId="613" Comment="fixed spelling and grammar" Text="I need to setup a dynamic test environment on top of VMware Infrastructure, the goal is to have my test application call some service that triggers the whole provision process:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Create a VM&#xD;&#xA;- Install my application's most recent build&#xD;&#xA;- Run a list of configurations&#xD;&#xA;- Start/Stop services&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Later I need to be able do destroy the machine!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a piece of software that can handle this process? Or do I need to assemble one custom made?" />
  <row Id="23561" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="12999" RevisionGUID="c9b1fb6d-2939-4154-afa6-b61cb1bcc014" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:11:41.933" UserId="1054" Text=" - SLA = Service Level Agreement&#xD;&#xA; - OLA = Operating/Operational Level Agreement&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's the difference between the two?  Or is there really a difference?" />
  <row Id="23562" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="12999" RevisionGUID="c9b1fb6d-2939-4154-afa6-b61cb1bcc014" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:11:41.933" UserId="1054" Text="What's the difference between a SLA and an OLA?" />
  <row Id="23563" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="12999" RevisionGUID="c9b1fb6d-2939-4154-afa6-b61cb1bcc014" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:11:41.933" UserId="1054" Text="&lt;sla&gt;" />
  <row Id="23564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13000" RevisionGUID="051f1473-5cfa-4b4a-a86a-62ea74888be7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:13:04.473" UserId="4268" Text="The DSAccess component of Exchange 2003 does topology discovery every 15 minutes. The discovery process has seven steps, described in the Microsoft documentation at &quot;technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124641(EXCHG.65).aspx&quot;. The behavior you're seeing is not uncommon; when the GC Exchange is using goes away, it may take up to 15 minutes for it to kick off a topology rediscovery and try again. The suggestion of restarting the SA will fix the problem, but it may also interrupt users who are currently connected, so beware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23565" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13001" RevisionGUID="d3a1efae-e994-4d3a-94aa-887bb8ac4c2e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:14:21.023" UserDisplayName="jarek" Text="I have have a small network (20 users) running ISA Server 2000 under Windows Server 2003. Although I'm no security experty, I feel I have a good understanding of ISA Server. To my knowledge, anonymous outbound access is disabled, although this doesn't mean that something may be configured incorrectly. Here's my question: &#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;1. Why would there be unknown (anonymous) IPs listed under client sessions? None of the IPs belong to the network. A WhoIs lookup shows countries of origin such as China, Canada, and Latin America. I can't imagine this being a good thing. &#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;2. What would the benefit be for someone to connect (or piggy-back) one's network, assuming that's the case? &#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;Any insight would be greatly appreciated! " />
  <row Id="23566" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13001" RevisionGUID="d3a1efae-e994-4d3a-94aa-887bb8ac4c2e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:14:21.023" UserDisplayName="jarek" Text="ISA 2000 Anonymous Web Sessions (Unknown Client Addresses) " />
  <row Id="23567" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13001" RevisionGUID="d3a1efae-e994-4d3a-94aa-887bb8ac4c2e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:14:21.023" UserDisplayName="jarek" Text="&lt;isa&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;hacking&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="23568" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13002" RevisionGUID="6eeb5c4c-98ae-43d4-98fb-b9e6defe011d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:14:23.397" Text="I would use qmail, just follow that very good book &quot;life with qmail&quot;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23569" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13003" RevisionGUID="87e39c92-54df-4b9c-9666-af51c339ade4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:15:24.640" UserId="3920" Text="CPU needs recalibration!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTTPD Error 666 : BOFH was here &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That function is not currently supported, but Bill Gates assures us it will be featured in the next upgrade. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A plumber is needed, the network drain is clogged &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Taken from pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ballard/bofh/bofhserver.pl for those of who still remember BOFH" />
  <row Id="23570" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13003" RevisionGUID="87e39c92-54df-4b9c-9666-af51c339ade4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:15:24.640" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13004" RevisionGUID="78ff3194-9857-4224-9521-d623b81d9315" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:16:13.890" UserId="1736" Text="Yes, that's what `MaxClients` means.  Note that connections over your `ListenBacklog` will be dropped.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is no `ServerCount` directive.  You probably don't mean `ServerLimit`; possibly then you're talking about `StartServers`, which is only about how many server instances get spawned initially." />
  <row Id="23572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13005" RevisionGUID="9a7e3518-5baa-4859-b7f9-7a7c42dd07d0" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:16:15.170" UserId="613" Text="Yes, that's correct. `MaxClients` determines how many simultaneous requests will be serviced - futher requests will be queued.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`ServerCount` isn't a valid apache config option, I don't think - you may mean `StartServers`, which determines how many servers apache will start out running to serve the above number of client requests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This page][1] describes these directives in detail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mpm_common.html" />
  <row Id="23573" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13006" RevisionGUID="1441287b-d35b-4f50-90b3-d55e428d8046" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:17:06.790" UserId="48" Text="SLA's are generally an agreement between the IT department/provider and the business, to provide a particular level of service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OLA's are usually agreements between different areas of the IT department/providers, often to provide a particular SLA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For, an organisation may have a particular SLA that states no more than 30 minutes downtime per month. For the IT department to adhere to this, there needs to be an OLA between the Network team and Hardware team, to arrange patches and outages inside a standard time window etc." />
  <row Id="23574" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13007" RevisionGUID="89ef497c-b975-4490-a1d6-85b286edc1de" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:17:38.523" UserId="4131" Text="Buy 2 Hard Drive Docks and at least 2 (a 3rd protects against loss in transit) Hard Drives. Keep one dock at home and one at you office. Cycle your drive between locations so that you have 2 copies of your data and protection against theft or fire at any one location. Instead of moving the drives physically, I have a nightly cron job on my office workstation that uses rsync over ssh to connect to my home server.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13008" RevisionGUID="5f80a02a-cc13-4ca2-b1e0-8cdca297353c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:17:45.010" UserId="4271" Text="&gt; The difference between a Service Level Agreement (SLA) and an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Operational Level Agreement (OLA) is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; what the IT organization as a whole is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; promising to the customer (SLA), and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; what the functional IT groups promise&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to each other (OLA).&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; The SLA can state that &quot;IT will ensure&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that computer equipment will be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; maintained&quot;. Of course that statement&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is a generalization that cannot be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; measured, so perhaps a better&#xD;&#xA;&gt; statement would be &quot;There will be less&#xD;&#xA;&gt; than 100 lost man-hours per year due&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to lack of computer equipment&#xD;&#xA;&gt; maintenance&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; The OLA will need to state everything&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that the functional IT groups will&#xD;&#xA;&gt; need to do in relation to each other&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to support the SLA. This will include&#xD;&#xA;&gt; what the server team will do for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; patching of the servers, what the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; desktop team will do to patch the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; desktop systems, what the DBAs will do&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to optimize the databases, etc, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; The idea is that the promise made in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the SLA has to be measurable and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; completely supported by the OLAs that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the SLA is reliant on.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13009" RevisionGUID="34998b55-7ee3-448b-974c-a453e0960ee6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:18:08.130" UserId="4226" Text="The Cisco 871w is a phenomeninal SOHO router that does everything you've required and more." />
  <row Id="23577" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13009" RevisionGUID="34998b55-7ee3-448b-974c-a453e0960ee6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:18:08.130" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13010" RevisionGUID="2eb434db-4e8f-4cab-bc07-c25dca142602" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:18:49.597" UserId="2783" Text="Not sure if this is a theoretical or a practical question... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Theoretically it is possible although there are not any antivirus vendors that offer this functionality.  Practically, file-level antivirus applications will cause problems with the ability of the OS to access important files such as the VHDs themselves (this situation is similar with Exchange or SharePoint or many other server applications), and you need to exclude specific files from being scanned by AV. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For an official answer, this question has been answered by Ben Armstrong (one of the Hyper-V developers) here: http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2009/03/17/antivirus-and-hyper-v-or-why-can-t-i-start-my-virtual-machine.aspx" />
  <row Id="23579" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12913" RevisionGUID="38b4c688-aa0f-43f2-a860-2cd3743631fb" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:19:59.127" UserId="1584" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="23580" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13011" RevisionGUID="3d4c420e-0e0f-4776-8761-c33d9f082890" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:20:27.737" UserId="4276" Text="You can use **[kibitz][1]**. Quoting from the man page:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; kibitz allows two (or more) people to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; interact with one shell (or any&#xD;&#xA;&gt; arbitrary program).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Fedora, at least, it is included in the *expect* package.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://expect.nist.gov/example/kibitz.man.html" />
  <row Id="23581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13012" RevisionGUID="ee88ce34-32aa-4bc0-abfa-ca4e3f641821" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:20:38.173" UserId="2744" Text="We've been noticing a significant slowdown of one of our applications when migrated to Ubuntu Hardy, amd64. It runs perfectly well on Debian Sarge i386.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running an 'strace -r' against the (Apache 1.3) httpd process has shown the following troubling section:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;     0.000083 poll([{fd=8, events=POLLIN|POLLERR, revents=POLLIN}], 1, -1) = 1&#xD;&#xA;     0.000026 recvfrom(8, &quot;_323-412D\0\0\0000\0\2\0\0\0\17recueil-cours&quot;..., 32727, 0, NULL, NULL) = 8192&#xD;&#xA;     0.000061 poll([{fd=8, events=POLLIN|POLLERR, revents=POLLIN}], 1, -1) = 1&#xD;&#xA;     0.000026 recvfrom(8, &quot;\0\0\0000\0\2\0\0\0\17recueil-courses\0\0\0\23er2&quot;..., 32767, 0, NULL, NULL) = 2369&#xD;&#xA;     0.117422 brk(0x397a000)            = 0x397a000&#xD;&#xA;     0.140721 brk(0x399b000)            = 0x399b000&#xD;&#xA;     4.457037 brk(0x39bc000)            = 0x39bc000&#xD;&#xA;     0.078792 stat(&quot;/opt/semantico/slot/nijhoff/3/sitecode/live/public_home.html&quot;, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2194, ...}) = 0&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note the brk on the last-but-one line - implying that the brk(0x399b000) took 4.45 seconds!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've checked out the man page for brk, which points at it being used for requesting a larger data segment/heap, but I can't find any reason why it would take so long.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone got any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23582" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13012" RevisionGUID="ee88ce34-32aa-4bc0-abfa-ca4e3f641821" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:20:38.173" UserId="2744" Text="Why would brk() be taking several seconds?" />
  <row Id="23583" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13012" RevisionGUID="ee88ce34-32aa-4bc0-abfa-ca4e3f641821" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:20:38.173" UserId="2744" Text="&lt;kernel&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;debugging&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="23584" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13013" RevisionGUID="54446d28-c744-4df6-b17a-c6cd0b64fa20" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:20:43.010" UserId="4268" Text="The Entourage team is about to release a version of Entourage 2008 that uses Exchange Web Services instead of WebDAV. (Check mactopia.com and you should be able to find the public preview version). EWS is much more performant than WebDAV or MAPI, and the fact that Apple said that Snow Leopard will support Exchange 2007 (see www.apple.com/macosx/snowleopard/) indicates very strongly that they won't be using MAPI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said that: it's tough to build a fully-featured EWS client. Apple will ship &quot;Exchange support&quot;, but what will they support? There are lots of Exchange features (folder access delegation, S/MIME, multiple account support) that Entourage has now that I don't expect Apple to bother with. For that reason, I'd lean towards Entourage, especially given that MS has a &quot;try before you buy&quot; version available for download *now* and Snow Leopard isn't shipping until some unspecified future date." />
  <row Id="23585" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13014" RevisionGUID="2ac34b6f-f434-45c3-bba8-4fcc38a4b7fa" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:20:59.140" UserId="4264" Text="What is the best way to manage user accounts for Windows servers in a DMZ? We are expanding our web presence and adding several IIS servers to our DMZ. I would prefer not to manage a bunch of local accounts or, on the other hand, expose our internal Active Directory servers directly to the DMZ either. Is their a standard approach to this problem?" />
  <row Id="23586" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13014" RevisionGUID="2ac34b6f-f434-45c3-bba8-4fcc38a4b7fa" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:20:59.140" UserId="4264" Text="Active Directory in a DMZ" />
  <row Id="23587" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13014" RevisionGUID="2ac34b6f-f434-45c3-bba8-4fcc38a4b7fa" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:20:59.140" UserId="4264" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;dmz&gt;" />
  <row Id="23588" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13015" RevisionGUID="b64bea13-cec0-400b-9f8e-c728699b864a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:22:36.327" UserId="3557" Text="I strongly recommend #powershell on the FreeNode IRC Network.  Several of the MVPs are in regular attendance and questions tend to get quick and excellent answers that include not only how by why." />
  <row Id="23589" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13016" RevisionGUID="2e6f9b24-1cf4-4f29-b3d8-809a56f07a13" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:23:18.103" UserId="613" Text="brk() is how malloc expands its available memory pool.  This means it that the kernel could be swapping or playing memory shell games to find a large enough new memory segment to hand back, so performance is... unpredictable.  That said, you might want to look at some of the memory-use tunables (sysctl -a | grep ^vm should give you a good place to start looking) to change your memory allocation strategy some." />
  <row Id="23590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13017" RevisionGUID="525732a9-6e45-4eaf-aa48-721e8f7495ed" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:23:22.020" UserId="3459" Text="You can create a separate AD for the DMZ and really lock down the domain controllers in the DMZ.  That way you have two spots to maintain accounts, and you can take it a step further by establishing a trust so that you can log into your DMZ AD with your internal AD accounts." />
  <row Id="23591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13018" RevisionGUID="1f506a07-c98a-44e0-952b-157498044e98" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:23:58.150" UserId="3853" Text="while I appreciate the effort, I needed to get on with testing, so I went with the solution to all problems: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;format c:\" />
  <row Id="23592" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13019" RevisionGUID="87dae2de-c704-4069-86da-891d2637e61a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:24:42.470" UserId="1803" Text="Lock down those machines - remove admin rights.  They're acting like spoiled children, and the only thing you can really do is treat them that way." />
  <row Id="23593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13020" RevisionGUID="2026b031-62d3-4306-83f6-321fe8c6edde" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:25:38.270" UserId="4226" Text="It would depend on how you intend to manage the users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the users already exist internally, my approach would be to use the existing AD structure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's just a matter of having 10 IIS boxes, that all need the same user account access, then stand up a seperate AD structure inside the DMZ.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the user accounts only need to exist on each box.  Then local accounts will be the best approach.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As with everything, exposure is a trade-off for security.  But a properly configured firewall will not put your AD at significant risk, just by joinging your IIS boxes to the domain." />
  <row Id="23594" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13021" RevisionGUID="54771526-469b-48f2-9730-035f121c6005" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:14:13.890" Text="&lt;p&gt;This might not seem as a development question, but in essence it is.  Let me explain how.  Our main development focus is dynamic content pages.  Some of our customers have asked us to allow them space in our servers (which they pay) for their old static content.  We use to accomplish this by giving the customer a ftp account to a different domain.  (e.g. Customer domain is customer.com but they were accessing their static content through otherdomain.com/customerstatic).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now we want to increase the security giving customers sftp accounts in their linux servers.  I am using openssh/sftp-server in their shell environment so they are unable to log in or execute commands.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is that by nature many file system files are by default (drwxr-xr-x) which means that any user will be able to read the content of the directory and possibly some files.  I don't think that changing the whole file system to -rwxr-x--x is a wise move since I don't know how many system files will need that read permission.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have someone confronted this issue in the past.  If you have, could you enlighten the way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23595" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13021" RevisionGUID="54771526-469b-48f2-9730-035f121c6005" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:14:13.890" Text="Is SFTP access only risky for a linux production server?" />
  <row Id="23596" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13021" RevisionGUID="54771526-469b-48f2-9730-035f121c6005" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:14:13.890" Text="&lt;sftp&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;dynamic&gt;&lt;html&gt;" />
  <row Id="23597" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13022" RevisionGUID="12efc3f6-27d7-4367-818d-4157cfb9d38f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:17:20.480" Text="&lt;p&gt;SFTP by nature isn't insecure; letting them into your whole filesystem is. Check &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.minstrel.org.uk/papers/sftp/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this out&lt;/a&gt; to see how you can enable SFTP access on a &lt;strong&gt;chroot&lt;/strong&gt; basis, which will lock in the directories they can access to, say, their home directories, or wherever you want them to upload.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On Linux, I would pay attention to this part (configuring /etc/ssh/sshd_config):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  Match Group sftponly&#xA;         ChrootDirectory %h&#xA;         ForceCommand internal-sftp &#xA;         AllowTcpForwarding no&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that anyone in the 'sftponly' user group would be restricted to their home directories.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See the link for more, and also read the sshd_config manpage. Hope that helps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13023" RevisionGUID="d45ff614-28ed-4baa-b0ff-427ebd0bf3c6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:26:11.610" UserId="1079" Text="The exact definition of a &quot;netbook&quot; is a little vauge, but generally they're cheap, small, ultra-portable PCs, the kind of thing that you can carry around with you to check your email on the train or whatever, and it wouldn't be a complete diaster if you lost/dropped/broke it. Netbooks do generally come with an external VGA port for plugging in to a large screen but that still doesn't give them a higher display resolution, and you can of course plug them in to as many USB keyboards and mice as you like, but I haven't seen any yet that come with a snazzy all-in-one docking station.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you're on a very tight budget you are probably best letting your developers have whatever computer equipment they want within reason, or simply buying them a desktop, laptop and/or netbook and save the messing around." />
  <row Id="23599" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13024" RevisionGUID="f9c84f5d-1784-4d40-be7d-3b3027e61d5d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:26:52.963" UserId="3459" Text="What do the users need to archive?  Do you have to use 7zip?  Windows has a native zip functionality. If you need to handle other archive formats, you could try other archivers and their command line versions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think more information is needed to give a specific solution." />
  <row Id="23600" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4570" RevisionGUID="552a49a6-ddcc-4995-811d-4cdd624525b9" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:28:13.273" UserId="1079" Comment="Expanded answer to be longer than one word." Text="&gt; I want to be able to, lets say check a few boxes which software should be installed, click a button and 15 min later I have my image which I could copy on a USB stick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Slax][1]. The build-a-distribution feature you desire is the third icon along on the project's main web page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.slax.org/" />
  <row Id="23601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13025" RevisionGUID="0a27090a-3547-4b39-9f3f-878caf530451" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:29:44.660" UserId="3543" Text="Deleted a disk image file of a vmware guest VM, I didn't have the backup of.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Luckily the guest was still running so I've managed to back it up and restore in the new VM. It's still running, two years later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But the worst thing happened not when I was logged in. I was messing around, moving things in the rack and suddenly 500GB external disk containg the archives for last year for 3 customers fell on the floor. All gone. And it was double-disk, RAID1. I have learned the hard way RAID1 wasn't a catch-all solution for disk failure ;)" />
  <row Id="23602" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13026" RevisionGUID="a6e44653-0d86-4951-97fe-554992d9d4c8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:30:04.300" UserId="4226" Text="A SOHO Router like a Cisco 871w has the ability to do deep packet inspection.  You would be able to deny P2P on all ports without affecting other traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The same goes for Instant Messaging, RDP, etc...   Some instant messaging clients can be configured to go out through Port 80 (HTTP), which you would be unlikely to block. But a router like the Cisco 871w actually operates at a higher level of the OSI model and can detect whether or not the traffic going across port 80 is HTTP or some other protocol." />
  <row Id="23603" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12948" RevisionGUID="4c96deb7-a2a1-43c4-8ea2-b3e4221f1c41" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:30:15.033" UserId="4160" Comment="added 222 characters in body" Text="I'm looking for a database schema comparison tool that runs on Linux, handles Oracle databases, and can generate a synchronization script to migrate one schema to another. TOAD does this very well on Windows, but doesn't run on Linux. Free and open source is preferred, but not required. It would also be nice if it is scriptable, enabling it to be run as a cron job, for example. Anything like that out there?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW- I have looked at Oracle's own SQL Developer tool, and although it supports comparisons, there were a lot of false positives in my tests. For example, it flagged foreign keys that were identical as being different." />
  <row Id="23604" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13027" RevisionGUID="3cbdbefd-6387-4464-9265-5088ee734415" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:30:45.593" UserId="2783" Text="The Active Directory team at Microsoft has released a guide with best practices for running AD in a DMZ.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Active Directory Domain Services in the Perimeter Network (Windows Server 2008)][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The guide covers the following AD models for the perimeter network:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - No Active Directory (local accounts) &#xD;&#xA; - Isolated forest model &#xD;&#xA; - Extended corporate forest model &#xD;&#xA; - Forest trust model &#xD;&#xA; - Overview&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*This guide contains direction for determining whether Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) is appropriate for your perimeter network (also known as the DMZs or extranets), the various models for deploying AD DS in perimeter networks, and planning and deployment information for Read Only Domain Controllers (RODCs) in the perimeter network.&#xD;&#xA;Because RODCs provide new capabilities for perimeter networks, most of the content in this guide describes how to plan for and deploy this new Windows Server 2008 feature. However, the other Active Directory models introduced in this guide are also viable solutions for your perimeter network.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;FamilyID=c1d0fd00-bf31-4b20-95c6-279a4ce7c2b4#tm" />
  <row Id="23605" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13028" RevisionGUID="6ecee045-33ea-4ae6-b8ea-676c74b51353" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:31:17.840" UserId="1944" Text="The keyboard shortcut for X11's full-screen mode is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Alt-Command A&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, it works only if I click the X11 icon and then press the combination.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**How can you make a system-wide keyboard combination for the command in Mac?**" />
  <row Id="23606" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13028" RevisionGUID="6ecee045-33ea-4ae6-b8ea-676c74b51353" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:31:17.840" UserId="1944" Text="Unable to make X11's system-wide full-screen in Mac" />
  <row Id="23607" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13028" RevisionGUID="6ecee045-33ea-4ae6-b8ea-676c74b51353" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:31:17.840" UserId="1944" Text="&lt;x11&gt;&lt;mac&gt;" />
  <row Id="23608" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13029" RevisionGUID="00dd0c1e-b5aa-48f8-8d10-021aa9292ac3" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:33:13.140" UserId="846" Text="I would **not** use netbooks for any of the users you mention, except as secondary devices for checking email and doing the occasional support or bug fix when on the road.  Even with come kind of monitor expansion and external keyboard, they simply don't have the horsepower.  I would be surprised if modern IDEs will even load on a netbook.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might consider a small screen but highly-powered laptop with a docking station and external monitor for a primary workspace. You might even consider two docking station setups if they have two primary (i.e. home and office).  If time actually on the road is relatively small, you might consider desktops for the primary workspace and netbooks as extra devices, using GoToMyPC or an equivalent to access the desktop when out of the office.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1- Developers and designers tend to love lots of screen real estate.  When mobile, that needs to be sacrificed.  If they have no primary workspace, then they likely never will get it.  &#xD;&#xA;--&gt; check out the [Lenovo laptop][1] with the &quot;sidecar&quot; extra display and the digital tablet built in!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2- These are expensive people.  Be careful weighing productivity against upfront cost .. slow and frustrated developers are a cost that keep on costing.  I would err on the side of power, memory and screen size.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3- Include connectivity in your consideration.  If they will be frequently mobile also include cases and some kind of remote backup as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck.  Please update the post or add a comment with what actually happens!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tinyurl.com/72244t" />
  <row Id="23609" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13030" RevisionGUID="f24cdb77-c24c-4d41-85b7-64f0a7be49d8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:35:58.297" UserId="3505" Text="Does anyone here write their own customized AutoYaST scripts for building SLES servers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not talking about generating them with `yast2 autoyast`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, have you found a way to verify the syntax?  `xmllint` is good as far as telling you that the XML syntax is valid, but with an upto date DTD, it can't tell you anything more, and the shipped DTDs are out-of-date.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've opened a ticket with Novell on this, but who knows when and what I'll hear back." />
  <row Id="23610" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13030" RevisionGUID="f24cdb77-c24c-4d41-85b7-64f0a7be49d8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:35:58.297" UserId="3505" Text="SLES AutoYaST Script Validity Verification" />
  <row Id="23611" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13030" RevisionGUID="f24cdb77-c24c-4d41-85b7-64f0a7be49d8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:35:58.297" UserId="3505" Text="&lt;sles&gt;&lt;suse&gt;&lt;autoyast&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="23612" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13031" RevisionGUID="64a59a47-6d88-4416-bf42-86a30286e5dc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:35:58.780" UserId="1654" Text="The PowerScripting Podcast is pretty good; polished and listenable.  I second PowerShell In Action, too.  Great book.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are starting a Script Club here, too - getting together and scripting with a bunch of other geeks is a great way to bounce ideas around and learn.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The BEST way to learn is to get your hands dirty.  Pick a task and work through it, Googling as necessary.  As new as PowerShell is, there are TONS of great blogs and resources out there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23613" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13032" RevisionGUID="4b3b1b21-f0e0-4765-bcb9-df8d10ad2b6b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:36:45.207" UserId="4209" Text="I have an ETL process that opens files from an NFS mount to process them.  The number of files to be opened simultaneously is configurable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't have shell access to the NFS server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are some good shell utilities I can use on the client to determine how effectively I'm using the NFS share?  I want to maximize my throughput (balanced against flooding my ETL with too much data) and obviously, I don't want to put too great a strain on the NFS server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How much can I do from the client vs. having to log on to the NFS server and run IO monitoring utilities there?" />
  <row Id="23614" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13032" RevisionGUID="4b3b1b21-f0e0-4765-bcb9-df8d10ad2b6b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:36:45.207" UserId="4209" Text="What are some good ways to monitor IO throughput and load from the client of an NFS share?" />
  <row Id="23615" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13032" RevisionGUID="4b3b1b21-f0e0-4765-bcb9-df8d10ad2b6b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:36:45.207" UserId="4209" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;nfs&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="23616" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13033" RevisionGUID="a82cca3f-d5a3-4833-9260-0d8deaec5f27" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:37:02.447" UserId="1054" Text=" 1. These could be incoming connections hitting your inbound packet filters / publishing rules.  Do you have any inbound access allowed?  ISA would see them as clients.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Assuming #1 is the case, especially with the origins you're coming up with, it's most likely someone snooping around." />
  <row Id="23617" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13034" RevisionGUID="0cf1bb55-1fb5-4a9a-9f56-29206217f33b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:38:48.167" UserId="4287" Text="     I manage a shop of arround 30 machines and 2 terminal servers (one production, one standby) should i really deploy Active Directory in our network ? &#xD;&#xA;     Are there any really benefits, that could ballance the existance of another AD server? (our Terminal Server is to run independent, with no other services on it , except our corporate APP). What great features am i missing if i will still run it without AD?" />
  <row Id="23618" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13034" RevisionGUID="0cf1bb55-1fb5-4a9a-9f56-29206217f33b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:38:48.167" UserId="4287" Text="Do i really need MS Active Directory ?" />
  <row Id="23619" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13034" RevisionGUID="0cf1bb55-1fb5-4a9a-9f56-29206217f33b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:38:48.167" UserId="4287" Text="&lt;microsoft&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="23620" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13035" RevisionGUID="85e75bb4-a0d2-4570-a8d6-31677aba6c1a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:39:15.577" UserId="4113" Text="Take a look at [www.powershell.com][1]. They have a very good and a comprehensive free e-book called [Master-Powershell][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://powershell.com/cs/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/ebook/" />
  <row Id="23621" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13034" RevisionGUID="ee31ea05-7967-4b28-98f7-0db4fc347dca" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:39:56.370" UserId="48" Comment="deleted 7 characters in body" Text="&#xD;&#xA;I manage a shop of arround 30 machines and 2 terminal servers (one production, one standby) should i really deploy Active Directory in our network ? &#xD;&#xA; Are there any really benefits, that could ballance the existance of another AD server? (our Terminal Server is to run independent, with no other services on it , except our corporate APP). What great features am i missing if i will still run it without AD?" />
  <row Id="23622" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12408" RevisionGUID="3c73d25b-32de-49ee-801b-a70f9df41a53" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:39:59.553" UserId="2914" />
  <row Id="23623" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13036" RevisionGUID="7833bf91-4f6d-4f3e-ba68-82dbcdb54768" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:42:38.113" UserId="4271" Text="All IP addresses on the internet are constantly scanned for vulnerabilities. ISA counts any connection as a client session. So, these IP addresses are from external sources scanning your IP address for ways into your network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How to fix? Install a firewall or otherwise gateway your server so that it does not have a public IP address. You can also 'whitelist' incoming ip addresses depending on how you use your server." />
  <row Id="23624" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13037" RevisionGUID="20c88906-1f81-4938-9878-56b1b2ef2c67" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:42:44.773" UserId="4305" Text="&#xD;&#xA;I often use Putty (www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/) to connect to Ubuntu boxes (9.04 now). It works well, but I can't figure out the correct combination of Putty font, character encoding, character translation, and terminal configuration on the Ubuntu end so that the terminal displays everything correctly. The problem is most obvious when running an ncurses program such as &quot;screen-profiles&quot; or &quot;w3m&quot;. The box drawing characters are messed up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone got this combination working to their satisfaction?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23625" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13037" RevisionGUID="20c88906-1f81-4938-9878-56b1b2ef2c67" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:42:44.773" UserId="4305" Text="Correct Putty configuration for Ubuntu 9.04" />
  <row Id="23626" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13037" RevisionGUID="20c88906-1f81-4938-9878-56b1b2ef2c67" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:42:44.773" UserId="4305" Text="&lt;putty&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="23627" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13038" RevisionGUID="9f014989-4a40-4478-9592-a19f926bcd7f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:43:32.213" UserId="2561" Text="You might consider setting up an OpenVZ server, and then creating a separate small VM ftp/sftp 'container' for each company.  This keeps them all separate, and once you get the hang of OpenVZ it really handy for these sort of small things." />
  <row Id="23628" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13038" RevisionGUID="9f014989-4a40-4478-9592-a19f926bcd7f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:43:32.213" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23629" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13039" RevisionGUID="1c24d3a4-0d60-429b-abf4-90cc961dcd58" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:43:39.593" UserId="1715" Text="off the top of my head:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. centralized user management and auditing&#xD;&#xA; 2. computer group policies centralized&#xD;&#xA; 3. software deployment (via GPO)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13041" RevisionGUID="ec26478d-098b-4106-8297-66e5e4eeca15" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:44:05.193" UserId="48" Text="Using Active Directory brings a number of advantages to your network, a few I can think of off the top of my head:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Centralised user account management&#xD;&#xA;- Centralised policy management (group policy)&#xD;&#xA;- Better security management&#xD;&#xA;- Replication of information between DC's&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously these benefits also bring some overhead, and a good deal of work and time is needed to setup an AD environment, especially if you have an existing setup, however the benefits of the centralise management that AD brings are well worth it, in my opinion.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23635" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13042" RevisionGUID="d1d9834b-640a-47d3-9e41-07471eef2127" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:44:39.590" UserId="4268" Text="Glen Scales, Exchange MVP and all-around smart guy, has a nifty PowerShell script that gives you a GUI to set calendar permissions (see gsexdev.blogspot.com/2008/03/default-calendar-permission-powershell.html). He also has a script usable with earlier versions of Exchange (see gsexdev.blogspot.com/2005/05/changing-default-permissions-on.html). However, setperm will probably be easier to use than either of these :)" />
  <row Id="23636" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13043" RevisionGUID="72662724-b732-4492-abc5-b4745e6409d7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:44:51.167" UserId="4278" Text="No offense, but frankly if some IT guy was trying to impose netbooks on Information workers at work, I would try to have him fired asap. And I am an IT guy. Just multiply people salaries by the productivity loss to understand the problem." />
  <row Id="23637" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13044" RevisionGUID="6a79efa9-a497-4003-b3a0-c619e57a127e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:44:55.253" UserId="3038" Text="In my opinion once of the biggest is single-sign-on. While it sounds like your end user probably don't notice, it certainly is a nice thing from an admin standpoint. You only have one password to keep track of, and when it comes to changing it you only have to do it one one spot, not 32. There are loads of things you can do manage your environment if you're not afraid of scripting." />
  <row Id="23638" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13045" RevisionGUID="1ecc435f-bfa7-401a-9531-848be4da630f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:45:57.467" UserDisplayName="Matthew" Text="rm rf / instead of rm -rf * on a mail server. I recovered by getting a new job and learning to sudo /bin/bash only when necessary." />
  <row Id="23639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13046" RevisionGUID="21467341-3ded-490f-97ef-f96294f57142" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:46:45.170" UserId="3557" Text="AD has many features that you may find very useful.  The first of which is Centralized Authentication.  All user accounts are managed in a single location.  This means that you can use your credentials among any of the machines in the environment. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another item this allows is better security for sharing resources.  Security groups are very useful for targeting access to resources such as file shares.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Group policy allows to you enforce settings across a number of machines or users.  This would allow you to set different policies for users logging into the Terminal servers vs users logging into their workstations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you setup your terminal servers properly and depending on the applications, the centralized authentication, access rights via Security Groups and GPO policies would allow you to utilize both Terminal servers in more of a clustered style than in your current setup where one is idle all of the time this will allow you to scale up to more terminal servers (N+1 style) as the need for resources increases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The downside is that you are only thinking about 1 Domain Controller.  I strongly recommend 2.  This ensures that you do not have a single point of failure for your Active Directory Domain." />
  <row Id="23640" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13047" RevisionGUID="c3202fca-6c52-41fd-b7f4-2a5c638e5547" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:47:45.200" UserId="4209" Text="If I want to be able to search around the file in addition to just tailing it, I use less with the &quot;F&quot; command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When using tail, keep in mind that additional arguments are needed if the file might be rolling over or replaced by edit (default mode for vim's :w).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;tail -f &lt;filename&gt; will cause tail to store the file descriptor and follow it.  If the file is replaced the descriptor will be changed.  The benefit of following the file descriptor is that if the file is renamed, you will still be following it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;tail --follow=&lt;filename&gt; will make tail track the named file by reopening it periodically to see if it has been replaced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--retry is another useful option if you want to tail a log file but the file hasn't been created yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;tail -F &lt;filename&gt; is a shortcut for --follow=&lt;filename&gt; --retry." />
  <row Id="23641" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13048" RevisionGUID="fe7c6247-72b7-4e0f-9655-5573a149548b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:48:58.223" UserId="1470" Text="[Nikto][1] is a nice start to look for well known vulnerabilities.  Works on Windows and Linux, etc.  Simple enough even for noobs like me :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cirt.net/nikto2 &quot;Nikto&quot;" />
  <row Id="23642" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13039" RevisionGUID="22e60f55-2590-409c-869a-2ee7eb6e79f5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:49:39.907" UserId="1715" Comment="added 265 characters in body" Text="off the top of my head:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. centralized user &amp; security management and auditing&#xD;&#xA; 2. computer group policies centralized&#xD;&#xA; 3. software deployment (via GPO)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AD is also required for applications such as exchange.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MS has a whitepaper just [for you][1] on this topic.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/c/c/9cc119b8-2c03-4f12-b4dd-14ba60c536bc/AD%20Business%20Benefits%20for%20Mid-market.doc" />
  <row Id="23643" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13049" RevisionGUID="10eb5442-67af-4746-ba16-efad2a791cce" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:50:23.150" UserDisplayName="stephen mulcahy" Text="This may be of interest - http://sublimation.org/scponly/wiki/index.php/Main_Page&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Allowing you to restrict some users to scp only - and also optionally chroot'ing them." />
  <row Id="23644" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13049" RevisionGUID="10eb5442-67af-4746-ba16-efad2a791cce" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:50:23.150" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23645" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13000" RevisionGUID="ebab5316-3d15-40c0-964d-0fd40ba81f6d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:51:25.943" UserId="45" Comment="added 15 characters in body" Text="The DSAccess component of Exchange 2003 does topology discovery every 15 minutes. The discovery process has seven steps, described in the [Microsoft documentation][1]. The behavior you're seeing is not uncommon; when the GC Exchange is using goes away, it may take up to 15 minutes for it to kick off a topology rediscovery and try again. The suggestion of restarting the SA will fix the problem, but it may also interrupt users who are currently connected, so beware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124641(EXCHG.65).aspx" />
  <row Id="23646" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13050" RevisionGUID="c68ffb41-b8a2-4c19-a629-197c0da01222" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:51:35.770" UserId="4131" Text="Do not mess with the mysql db. There is a lot more going on there than just the users table. Your best bet is the &quot;SHOW GRANTS FOR&quot; command. I have a lot of CLI maintenance aliases and functions in my .bashrc (actually my .bash_aliases that I source in my .bashrc). This function:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mygrants()&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;      mysql -B -N $@ -e &quot;SELECT DISTINCT CONCAT(&#xD;&#xA;        'SHOW GRANTS FOR ''', user, '''@''', host, ''';'&#xD;&#xA;        ) AS query FROM mysql.user&quot; | \&#xD;&#xA;      mysql $@ | \&#xD;&#xA;      sed 's/\(GRANT .*\)/\1;/;s/^\(Grants for .*\)/## \1 ##/;/##/{x;p;x;}'&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first mysql command uses SQL to generate valid SQL which is piped to the second mysql command. The output is then piped through sed to add pretty comments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The $@ in the command will allow you to call it as:&#xD;&#xA;mygrants --host=prod-db1 --user=admin --password=secret&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use your full unix tool kit on this like so:&#xD;&#xA;mygrants --host=prod-db1 --user=admin --password=secret | grep rails_admin | mysql --host=staging-db1 --user=admin --password=secret&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That is THE right way to move users. Your MySQL ACL is modified with pure SQL." />
  <row Id="23647" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13051" RevisionGUID="6b9d06c8-ed98-4901-b0bd-20bef3eb497f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:52:39.293" UserId="4307" Text="Try going to PuTTY's &quot;Translation&quot; settings and setting the code page to &quot;UTF-8&quot;. Then relogin or redraw your screen (^L). That should do it." />
  <row Id="23648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13052" RevisionGUID="06395494-34e2-436b-95c7-6718b729aa76" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:55:39.397" UserId="1464" Text="andy,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you may also look to configure some index maintenance on the database as well. You can configure a separate maintenance plan for those activities, perhaps run them nightly or weekly when users are not connected." />
  <row Id="23649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13053" RevisionGUID="431e24e9-87a2-41f4-aa4f-9c24e2b58479" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:56:36.180" UserId="2101" Text="I would start with nfsstat and iostat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, you might want to watch:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    watch -n1 'nfsstat -c'&#xD;&#xA;    iostat -n 1 1" />
  <row Id="23651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13054" RevisionGUID="8dd3ec4e-eb0c-4d6c-83a1-196142d232fa" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:56:40.050" UserId="4313" Text="I'm have a VPS on slicehost myself, and they've never upgraded the dist for me. I'm not totally sure why they suggested a new slice to do the upgrades. What I've done with my slice since Ubuntu 6 something, is just update the sources list, and upgrade up one step at a time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Like jldugger mentioned, you have to upgrade to 8.04 before going to 8.10." />
  <row Id="23652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13055" RevisionGUID="a71b0a17-0d7f-465b-9ed2-9e57a833d52b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:57:14.510" UserId="4317" Text="I'm not sure that &quot;trusting Gmail&quot; is the issue really. It's a governance matter - do you know where your corporate information is? Has your Intellectual Property remained at all times under your control? etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I work with Loa PowerTools, a company that provides a virtual local SMTP service. We have users whose employers cannot, for accountability, liability and regulatory reasons allow their corporate email to reside on Google servers that may be mined (by software, admittedly) for information of use to Google.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.loapowertools.com" />
  <row Id="23653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13056" RevisionGUID="28f31f28-af03-4d8f-ba74-c892b38bc253" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:58:34.850" UserId="659" Text="I am running Ubuntu 9.04 and I would like to setup Gnome Evolution to read my mail/calendar from our Exchange 2007 server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone successfully done this? If so, can you provide any tips or resources that helped you to configure this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried to use the Gnome Evolution Account Creation wizard, but that hasn't worked for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
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  <row Id="23657" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12398" RevisionGUID="6193b559-f469-4183-8432-f96cea5463c5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:58:34.990" UserId="2304" Comment="Additional info" Text="We're getting a few sporadic customer calls (less than 0.1% of our users) complaining of not being able to access my company's website - either they get a blank page (if they use IE), or a &quot;Content Encoding Error&quot; that says the page uses an invalid or unsupported form of compression (if they use FireFox).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The current suspicion is that when an HTTP 1.1 browser request comes through an HTTP 1.0 proxy, we're sending back the compressed HTTP 1.1 browser request, which is somehow being mangled by the HTTP 1.0 proxy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The website is a Tomcat 4.2.2 back end with an IIS 6.0 front end with GZIP and DEFLATE enabled on the IIS servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone encountered this sort of error before?  Is there a recommended fix to avoid breaking older proxy implementations?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: We can replicate the issue with a default setup of squid-2.5, however newer versions of squid seem to work just fine." />
  <row Id="23658" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12398" RevisionGUID="6193b559-f469-4183-8432-f96cea5463c5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:58:34.990" UserId="2304" Comment="Additional info" Text="&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;tomcat&gt;&lt;compression&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;" />
  <row Id="23659" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13057" RevisionGUID="410be463-87a3-4536-8258-865852211874" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:58:41.170" UserId="4077" Text="Looks like it was an issue with not having access to the temp folder (even though I was running as administrator...)" />
  <row Id="23660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13058" RevisionGUID="468a4810-a21a-4202-82b9-374826e1ae9d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:59:10.607" UserId="4203" Text="At a minimum, I'd wait until after Apple's WWDC conference in the first week of June. During the show, info about native Exchange support in the iApps will likely be shown in the keynote (then covered by the press) and discussed in the NDA-covered sessions (leaked to the press).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wait another two weeks and you'll know more about what is coming from Apple. As to whether or not it will **work**, well, that's a horse of a different color." />
  <row Id="23661" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13059" RevisionGUID="dcebdef0-f5a8-43e0-81d9-00f002091e64" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:59:31.777" UserId="4207" Text="I have the following in my bashrc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    function __setprompt {&#xD;&#xA;      local BLUE=&quot;\[\033[0;34m\]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      local NO_COLOUR=&quot;\[\033[0m\]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      local SSH_IP=`echo $SSH_CLIENT | awk '{ print $1 }'`&#xD;&#xA;      local SSH2_IP=`echo $SSH2_CLIENT | awk '{ print $1 }'`&#xD;&#xA;      if [ $SSH2_IP ] || [ $SSH_IP ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;        local SSH_FLAG=&quot;@\h&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      fi&#xD;&#xA;      PS1=&quot;$BLUE[\$(date +%H:%M)][\u$SSH_FLAG:\w]\\$ $NO_COLOUR&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      PS2=&quot;$BLUE&gt;$NO_COLOUR &quot;&#xD;&#xA;      PS4='$BLUE+$NO_COLOUR '&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    __setprompt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a local machine it looks like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [17:57][user:~]$&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but on a remote (through ssh) it is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [17:57][user@machine:~]$&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23662" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13059" RevisionGUID="dcebdef0-f5a8-43e0-81d9-00f002091e64" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:59:31.777" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23663" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13060" RevisionGUID="e6e43b35-1459-453a-aca0-affccc242259" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:00:18.607" UserId="1944" Text="I run&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    fink install meld&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, the command `meld` cannot be found when I run&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    meld&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**How can you run apps installed by Fink in Mac?**" />
  <row Id="23664" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13060" RevisionGUID="e6e43b35-1459-453a-aca0-affccc242259" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:00:18.607" UserId="1944" Text="Unable to start programs installed by Fink in Mac" />
  <row Id="23665" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13060" RevisionGUID="e6e43b35-1459-453a-aca0-affccc242259" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:00:18.607" UserId="1944" Text="&lt;mac&gt;" />
  <row Id="23666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13061" RevisionGUID="9ddbcf72-d6a6-45e1-ae99-797cb4943c6e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:00:57.560" UserId="1466" Text="I know there is a new plugin for Evolution in Ubuntu Jaunty called **evolution-mapi** (install with &quot;apt-get evolution-mapi&quot; from the command line) which is supposed to add native MAPI support to Evolution.  I have had it working for mail, but didn't look at calendaring.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Might be worth looking at though." />
  <row Id="23667" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13061" RevisionGUID="9ddbcf72-d6a6-45e1-ae99-797cb4943c6e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:00:57.560" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23668" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13062" RevisionGUID="9abf257e-249f-405c-ab09-7e3fab109e74" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:01:20.930" UserId="3351" Text="I've been using Putty to ssh to both Xubuntu and Ubuntu boxes, and usually the settings have been fine as default - I'm using Putty Tray 0.60 (r3), which is a portable variant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not using the same translation character settings as Josh K, but everything still works fine for me." />
  <row Id="23669" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13063" RevisionGUID="b7ba395b-c3c4-42fd-8bf4-d404f3afaf68" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:01:37.700" UserId="4307" Text="This is one of my favorites:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias ssh='if [ &quot;$(ssh-add -l)&quot; = &quot;The agent has no identities.&quot; ]; then ssh-add; fi; /usr/bin/ssh &quot;$@&quot;'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If i've forgotten to authenticate, it lets me do so without having to waste my typing doing ssh-add *after* the ssh session." />
  <row Id="23670" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13063" RevisionGUID="b7ba395b-c3c4-42fd-8bf4-d404f3afaf68" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:01:37.700" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23671" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13064" RevisionGUID="2f8453c2-35e6-4058-b4a4-9a967bb02c58" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:01:43.317" UserId="4209" Text="It isn't a shell prompt, but it is a customization that might fit the spirit of what you are asking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I set the following environment variable:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -z &quot;$PROMPT_COMMAND&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;        export PROMPT_COMMAND='history -a'&#xD;&#xA;    else&#xD;&#xA;        export PROMPT_COMMAND=&quot;history -a;$PROMPT_COMMAND&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This way, if I have multiple terminals open via screen or whatever, I won't lose history when they clobber each others changes." />
  <row Id="23672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13065" RevisionGUID="5bec6688-9740-487d-809a-49b3e177329f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:01:46.793" UserId="846" Text="Some &quot;drive-by&quot; responses ... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1- If you are using Exchange for email, then AD is required.  You likely are not using Exchange or you would know that, but I include it for those who may be considering this.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2- AD manages a &quot;centralized authentication&quot; system.  You control users, groups, and passwords in a single place.  If you don't have AD, you will likely have to setup your users separately on each terminal server, or have a generic user on each for access and use security in the application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3- If you have other Windows servers, AD allows for straight-forward securing on resources on those servers in a single place (AD).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4- AD includes some other services (DNS, DHCP) which otherwise have to be managed separately.  I suspect you may not be using them if the only Windows servers you have are the terminal servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5- Although not required, there is benefit to having the workstations in the domain.  This allows for some (not comprehensive) single sign-on capabilities as well as significant control and management of the workstations through &quot;group policies&quot;.  &#xD;&#xA;*--&gt; For instance, through GP you can control the screen saver settings, requiring that the screen saver lock the workstation after x minutes and requiring the password to unlock.*  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6- You might be a good candidate for Microsoft Small Business Server if you need email, file sharing, remote access and web serving.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I second the note about having two domain controllers.  If you only have one DC and it fails, you are in for real pain getting access to things.  It is (I believe) possible to have the terminal servers also be domain controllers, although I suspect many will not recommend it.  In a small network like yours the DC workload will be insignificant, so it might work." />
  <row Id="23673" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13066" RevisionGUID="9a2b2690-ac9f-40a5-880d-3e88819e58d8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:01:53.470" UserId="4168" Text="The 169.X.Y.Z APIPA addresses would only be appearing as a result of a lack of connectivity between your computers and the DHCP server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A quick workaround (but not without issues) might be to simply configure static addresses while you diagnose the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To diagnose, I would grab one of the computers with the problem and renew the IP address while monitoring the firewall log. Or simply check the firewall log around when the users arrive, or when the systems renew their DHCP lease.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23676" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13068" RevisionGUID="66c40117-3b30-483f-93b6-aa283c1bfc30" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:17:32.337" Text="&lt;p&gt;I have an admin directory on my web server (&lt;a href=&quot;http://test.com/admin&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://test.com/admin&lt;/a&gt;) and I don't want unauthorized parties to access this /admin/ directory instead I want to return 404 error code for all unauthorized accesses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, is there any way to return 404 error code for all access attempts except a few specific IP addresses?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My web server is Apache on Linux (plesk).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23677" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13068" RevisionGUID="66c40117-3b30-483f-93b6-aa283c1bfc30" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:17:32.337" Text="Returning 404 code for unauthorized attempts" />
  <row Id="23678" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13068" RevisionGUID="66c40117-3b30-483f-93b6-aa283c1bfc30" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:17:32.337" Text="&lt;.htaccess&gt;&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="23679" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13069" RevisionGUID="9fd50e64-d6e2-428b-8d07-356d12f5821e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:21:52.703" Text="&lt;p&gt;check the &quot;allow from&quot; attribute in the configuration guide&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23680" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13070" RevisionGUID="28e4f5ac-7f86-49eb-a698-570fb90d9d47" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:22:05.637" UserId="1736" Text="&lt;p&gt;Well, close:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;Location /admin&amp;gt;&#xA;     Order deny,allow&#xA;     Allow from 10.0.0.1&#xA;     Allow from 192.168.1.1&#xA;     Deny from all&#xA;&amp;lt;/Location&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though what this actually does is return a 403 Forbidden, not a 404 Not Found, which is, y'know, correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're putting this in a .htaccess in the admin directory, you don't need the Location container.  The example is written for a server or virtual host configuration file.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod%5Faccess.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;mod_access docs&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For what it's worth, as time has worn on I've increasingly come to find value in putting the site admin on an entirely separate virtual host.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13071" RevisionGUID="773c4730-3e66-4682-9c94-072c7fd8b7f8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T15:50:11.397" Text="&lt;p&gt;You can use &lt;a href=&quot;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod%5Frewrite.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;mod_rewrite&lt;/a&gt; to do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;RewriteEngine on&#xA;RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !=10.0.0.1 [OR]&#xA;RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !=10.0.0.1&#xA;RewriteRule ^admin($|/) - [L,R=404]&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the &lt;code&gt;R=404&lt;/code&gt; flag requires at least Apache 2.1.1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13072" RevisionGUID="709ab2af-c3d8-4561-9d6c-0d34fc91eedb" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:05:11.750" UserId="1886" Text="In the past I've used [pgAccess](https://sourceforge.net/projects/pgaccess/), which wasn't flashy but it did the job. It looks like the last release was five years ago, so it might not be the right answer." />
  <row Id="23683" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13073" RevisionGUID="b117c061-7685-4cdd-9502-71b2b235b63f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:06:20.873" UserId="2783" Text="Take a look at question 8.4 on the Fink F.A.Q (http://www.finkproject.org/faq/usage-general.php):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Q8.4: I can't run any of my Fink-installed applications using the Applications menu in Apple X11.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A: Apple X11 doesn't keep track of the Fink environment settings, which means that the Applications menu doesn't have the PATH set correctly to find your Fink applications. The solution is to preface the name of a Fink-installed application with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;source /sw/bin/init.sh ;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The site gives examples of how to add your new application to the X11 Path." />
  <row Id="23684" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13074" RevisionGUID="c920e62c-4d0a-4fd4-bfa4-a26964e70cf0" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:07:51.837" UserId="3696" Text="&gt; By: Igor Pavlov (ipavlovProject — 7zip developer)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2009-04-20 08:14 No way now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Found that at [sourceforge][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=3228692&amp;forum_id=45797" />
  <row Id="23687" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13075" RevisionGUID="afd45d57-126d-482f-bcf9-aa5ca650bd94" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:08:33.567" UserId="4183" Text="The reason for the technical solution is that it's usually the management types that are doing it.    &#xD;&#xA;It's the same problem with security, those with the most sensitive data are the ones that don't bother with a password, send confidential email from Yahoo while logged onto unencrypted airport wifi and lose laptops.    &#xD;&#xA;Since you can't enforce the rules with them - they make the rules - the only solution is one they don't know about. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23688" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13076" RevisionGUID="f3374dfc-6821-482a-8c36-1157248a0bfd" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:09:18.527" UserId="1466" Text="When you say &quot;Many filesystems are by default 755 permissions&quot;, that *actually* means the default **umask** is set to 022.  You can change this default (for new files) by setting the umask to 027, which would make the default permissions 750, or set the umask to 007, which would make the default permissions 770.  " />
  <row Id="23689" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13076" RevisionGUID="f3374dfc-6821-482a-8c36-1157248a0bfd" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:09:18.527" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13077" RevisionGUID="bec56d39-1785-4419-976c-59764e48cd3e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:09:55.110" UserId="3038" Text="Without using the evolution-mapi plugin, the only way I've done it is through IMAP. It doesn't provide a calendar, though which makes it of limited use in the office. " />
  <row Id="23691" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13077" RevisionGUID="bec56d39-1785-4419-976c-59764e48cd3e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:09:55.110" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23692" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13078" RevisionGUID="d6b222d7-836b-41b7-be32-ffee52483280" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:10:15.093" UserId="1681" Text="The way you have your backup strategy if fine, your restore window is every three hours.  As long as you can live with losing three hours of data at the absolute worse possible time, everything is fine.  " />
  <row Id="23693" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13079" RevisionGUID="fe885b5f-821e-4446-96f6-69479b95e20a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:11:50.923" UserId="4313" Text="Depending on the kinds of things you need to manage, there are also options like [Webmin][1] to manage DNS, users, apache. I've only used with some other hosts, but it seems to work pretty well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.webmin.com/index.html" />
  <row Id="23694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13080" RevisionGUID="6d4a1746-cc8e-4c3a-8d38-7e4fa65b365b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:11:55.557" UserId="4209" Text="In my home business network, I use my Linksys router to enable *priority based QoS*.  This is protocol and port based rules.  My configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. VoIP has high priority&#xD;&#xA; 2. Bittorrent downloading and my FTP download requests have medium priority&#xD;&#xA; 3. Bittorrent seeding and connections from people downloading files from my FTP have low priority&#xD;&#xA; 4. Everything else has normal priority which is between medium and low.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also define *rate control based QoS*.  This is normally source or destination IP based rules.  Sometimes you can also limit it to a particular protocol/port on that IP.&#xD;&#xA;This configuration is useful if you have a particular machine or service on a machine that should take priority over other machines or services in your network." />
  <row Id="23695" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13034" RevisionGUID="fd9e0379-6764-4b7c-9bd5-9456b94baf53" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:12:06.337" UserId="45" Comment="typos capitalizations etc." Text="I manage a shop of arround 30 machines and 2 terminal servers (one production, one standby.) Should I really deploy Active Directory in our network?&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Are there any really benefits, that could ballance the existence of another AD server? Our Terminal Server is to run independent, with no other services on it, except our corporate APP. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What great features am I missing if I will still run it without AD?" />
  <row Id="23696" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="13034" RevisionGUID="fd9e0379-6764-4b7c-9bd5-9456b94baf53" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:12:06.337" UserId="45" Comment="typos capitalizations etc." Text="Do I really need MS Active Directory?" />
  <row Id="23697" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13081" RevisionGUID="fabf16bc-4bae-48c1-a6ad-8e84d4cc80fe" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:12:40.673" UserId="3038" Text="I've found that if the &quot;From:&quot; address is not an address within the Exchange server's configured email domains, it won't pass it along. Messages like, &quot;powerchute@ahups1&quot; will get bounced, but &quot;powerchute@ahups1.maildomain.org&quot; will get passed along. In general. It just may be that the Exchange servers need to have that IP address added to the allowed-relay list." />
  <row Id="23698" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13082" RevisionGUID="94078123-8e0b-4240-898a-8633deead4e3" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:12:58.923" UserId="613" Text="After much trial and error, the following recipe was found to work:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # tag the root-most commit so we can reference it&#xD;&#xA;    git tag root `git rev-list HEAD | tail -1`&#xD;&#xA;    # check it out on its own branch&#xD;&#xA;    git checkout -b new-root root&#xD;&#xA;    # amend the commit&#xD;&#xA;    git commit --amend&#xD;&#xA;    # now you've changed the commit message, so checkout the original branch again&#xD;&#xA;    git checkout @{-1}&#xD;&#xA;    # and rebase it onto your new root commit&#xD;&#xA;    git rebase --onto new-root root&#xD;&#xA;    # then nuke the temporary branch and tag we created&#xD;&#xA;    git branch -d new-root&#xD;&#xA;    git tag -d root&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;true credit should go to drizzd on #git for this answer." />
  <row Id="23699" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13083" RevisionGUID="75cf525b-661e-47fc-9b05-7e4bce7d10a4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:16:21.180" UserId="3351" Text="You might also find [pipe viewer][1] useful, depending on what your ETL process is doing with your data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As per the following [tutorial][2], it's basic usage is of the form:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    pv access.log | gzip &gt; access.log.gz&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where it would let you know how much data is completed vs how much is left to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also chain commands through it as so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    pv -cN source access.log | gzip | pv -cN gzip &gt; access.log.gz&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ivarch.com/programs/pv.shtml&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.catonmat.net/blog/unix-utilities-pipe-viewer/" />
  <row Id="23700" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13074" RevisionGUID="96a5fc19-dfb5-41b5-bdfd-9c131a232358" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:19:08.070" UserId="3696" Comment="added 17 characters in body" Text="&gt; By: Igor Pavlov (ipavlovProject — 7zip developer)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2009-04-20 08:14 No way now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Found that at [sourceforge][1]. No GPO support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=3228692&amp;forum_id=45797" />
  <row Id="23702" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13085" RevisionGUID="af321f10-a2cf-4043-acd9-7f40c8bb7311" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:23:55.783" UserId="1840" Text="&lt;h3&gt;To add to the other comments&lt;/h3&gt;QoS has a few different capabilities/features - one of them being CoS.  Class of Service allows you to simply prioritize specific traffic by adding the class of service bits to the frame header (per [IEEE802.1p][1]).  This is commonly used in VoIP for marking these kind of traffic to a high class number like 3, 4, 5.   This is the simplest way of configuring QoS on your network, other implementations include traffic shaping, intelligent congestion rules, and scheduling are considered more advanced and needing greater QoS configuration knowledge to implement successfuly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.1p" />
  <row Id="23703" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13034" RevisionGUID="e3a1a2e3-de1a-4f53-9680-534b1ecaf1cb" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:25:24.173" UserId="4287" Comment="added 7 characters in body" Text="I manage a shop of arround 30 machines and 2 terminal servers (one production, one standby.) Should I really deploy Active Directory in our network?&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Are there any really benefits, that could ballance the existence of another AD server? Our Terminal Server is to run independent, with no other services on it, except our corporate APP. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What great features am I missing if I will still run it without AD?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;update&lt;/b&gt;: but are any of you running a successful shop without AD?" />
  <row Id="23704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13086" RevisionGUID="d736bd78-019f-46bd-a153-82da630cdde6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:26:09.147" UserId="4168" Text="You could also boot into the recovery console, or something along those lines. That should completely ignore any wierd issues with the OS." />
  <row Id="23705" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13021" RevisionGUID="23c7c729-235d-4849-b6bb-376b73701a92" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:26:24.170" UserId="1674" Comment="added 9 characters in body; edited title" Text="&lt;p&gt;This might not seem as a development question, but in essence it is.  Let me explain how.  Our main development focus is dynamic content pages.  Some of our customers have asked us to allow them space in our servers (which they pay) for their old static content.  We use to accomplish this by giving the customer a ftp account to a different domain.  (e.g. Customer domain is customer.com but they were accessing their static content through otherdomain.com/customerstatic).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now we want to increase the security giving customers sftp accounts in their linux servers.  I am using openssh/sftp-server in their shell environment so they are unable to log in or execute commands.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is that by nature many file system files are by default (drwxr-xr-x) which means that any user will be able to read the content of the directory and possibly some files.  I don't think that changing the whole file system to -rwxr-x--x is a wise move since I don't know how many system files will need that read permission.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have someone confronted this issue in the past.  If you have, could you enlighten the way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23706" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="13021" RevisionGUID="23c7c729-235d-4849-b6bb-376b73701a92" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:26:24.170" UserId="1674" Comment="added 9 characters in body; edited title" Text="Securing file system for secure SFTP server." />
  <row Id="23707" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13087" RevisionGUID="afbb8762-6007-4f74-8de7-c31a436c1a39" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:29:26.427" UserId="2783" Text="WS08 SP2 comes with the latest Integration Components already installed. If you were to try to &quot;insert Integration Services disk&quot;, it should detect that the ICs are already installed and prompt you for confirmation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Long story short... you're good.  No need to do anything :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23708" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13088" RevisionGUID="fb40e5b4-9add-46d8-8325-c2e582e0c142" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:29:35.117" UserId="1992" Text="Some interesting suggestions here, which all seem to show misunderstanding abot how log backups work. A log backup contains ALL transaction log generated since the previous log backup, regardless of what full or differential backups are taken in the interim. Stopping log backups or moving to daily full backups will have no effect on the log backup sizes. The only thing that affects the transaction log is a log backup, once the log backup chain has started.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only exception to this rule is if the log backup chain has been broken (e.g. by going to the SIMPLE recovery model, reverting from a database snapshot, truncating the log using BACKUP LOG WITH NO_LOG/TRUNCATE_ONLY), in which case the first log backup will contain all the transaction log since the last full backup - which restarts the log backup chain; or if the log backup chain hasn't been started - when you switch into FULL for the first time, you operate in a kind of pseudo-SIMPLE recovery model until the first full backup is taken.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To answer your original question, without going into the SIMPLE recovery model, you're going to have to suck up backing up all the transaction log. Depending on the actions you're taking, you could take more frequent log backups to reduce their size, or do more targeted database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can post some info about the maintenance ops you're doing, I can help you optimize them. Are you, by any chance, doing index rebuilds followed by a shrink database to reclaim the space used by the index rebuilds?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have no other activity in the database while the maintenance is occuring, you could do the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- make sure user activity is stopped&#xD;&#xA;- take a final log backup (this allows you to recover right up to the point of maintenance starting)&#xD;&#xA; - switch to the SIMPLE recovery model&#xD;&#xA; - perform maintenance - the log will truncate on each checkpoint&#xD;&#xA; - switch to the FULL recovery model and take a full backup&#xD;&#xA; - continue as normal&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps - looking forward to more info.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="23709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13089" RevisionGUID="6390c27e-9f4c-4706-9518-1ddec7992331" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:29:43.510" UserId="1466" Text="I have done this in the past using a **google calendar** as an intermediate.  Evolution hooks into the google calendar easily, and there was a plugin I found for evolution which allowed 2-way synching of my Exchange calendar with my google calendar (unfortunately I recently replaced my windows XP with windows 7, and didn't re-install this plugin - and forget what it was called)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, **this does require that outlook be running** somewhere with this plugin to keep it in synch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This solution **didn't work with extra (shared) calendars** either.  (well, it might if you could convince the &quot;sharee&quot; to set up the same plugin linked to a second google calendar).  I was only able to sync my primary calendar." />
  <row Id="23710" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13089" RevisionGUID="6390c27e-9f4c-4706-9518-1ddec7992331" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:29:43.510" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13090" RevisionGUID="a814a95c-56e9-4a1b-ac69-5a624a3ecd54" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:30:06.910" UserDisplayName="Jay Paroline" Text="In my experience as a developer, netbooks and all but your most powerful notebooks are inadequate for every day development, and even the more powerful notebooks leave something to be desired.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a lot to be said for having a great workstation setup, not just the power issue that others have brought up, but the ergonomics and the monitors! Very few notebooks can handle 3 monitors (and no netbooks can), and even fewer can even handle 2 monitors @ 1680x1050 or higher, as far as I know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your developers may be mobile enough that notebooks make more sense than desktops, but I would greatly prefer a desktop for primary development and a netbook for checking email and occasionally SSHing in to servers remotely to provide support." />
  <row Id="23712" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13091" RevisionGUID="3a74d4b4-1818-4dfd-827a-af87b5392628" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:31:36.640" UserId="4339" Text="What is the easiest VCS to use to track /etc with?  What are the challenges in storing the etc directory in version control, best practices?  Should I use a centralized or distributed VCS?" />
  <row Id="23713" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13091" RevisionGUID="3a74d4b4-1818-4dfd-827a-af87b5392628" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:31:36.640" UserId="4339" Text="Advice on Storing /etc in a VCS?" />
  <row Id="23714" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13091" RevisionGUID="3a74d4b4-1818-4dfd-827a-af87b5392628" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:31:36.640" UserId="4339" Text="&lt;vcs&gt;" />
  <row Id="23715" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="12809" RevisionGUID="3edd6d44-4266-431b-892b-114131d8fac2" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:32:14.660" UserId="1674" />
  <row Id="23716" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13092" RevisionGUID="7904d754-470b-43b7-9a51-59047da28db4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:35:07.883" UserId="4339" Text="Google found this: [4.0.3 Download][1] when I searched for &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sun active server pages  4.0.3 download&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTH&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/sjs.asp403?l=en&amp;a=view" />
  <row Id="23717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13093" RevisionGUID="b8adafb7-3606-4dca-aa82-30b9cee003ed" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:36:21.547" UserId="1470" Text="A damaged partition from deleting files?  That's a major problem with the disk, regardless of the number of files being deleted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd try the command line delete and delete as many as you can until you come across one that is locked.  Then use [Process Explorer][1] to find what process has that file open.  Kill that process (if you can), and then do the delete again.  Rinse, repeat :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx" />
  <row Id="23718" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13094" RevisionGUID="9c7eefeb-05ad-4bca-8176-cdc88420799c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:39:16.517" UserDisplayName="davidcoxon" Text="How is this a big question, and some great replies so far, on the technical and legal and logistical issues. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess my view would be that whether your users want to forward mail to gmail or hotmail or any other mail, its going to be pretty hard to stop them from forwarding, creating mail rules or manually hitting forward. Maybe what you should ask is, is your existing mail system brocken? ie if you or your users feel the need the forward to email is their a better system that would do what you want to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as users using personal gmail accounts for business mail, guess that while your on good terms with them, your fine provided they're playing by your company rules now, but what if you ever fall out with them, they leave, they're unexpectantlly ill you have no way to access the mail. " />
  <row Id="23719" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="10088" RevisionGUID="2d248900-b32c-453c-b2ef-8d96e3e62519" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:40:41.053" UserId="1674" CloseReasonId="4" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1674,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;mrdenny&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="23720" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13095" RevisionGUID="b92b12df-4e83-46b1-b544-074e1b3e8754" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:42:12.190" UserId="984" Text="You could setup a third router between your 2 existing routers and the rest of the computers.  Then use the that third router as a traffic copy to direct some traffic one direction and some the other direction.  If you choose to setup Linux on that third system you can do some pretty advanced policy routing.  You can direct traffic by protocol, by port, by source address, or basically anything that you could identify and mark with an iptables rule.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See the [LARTC Howto][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I currently have an [open question][2] looking for tools to make managing the advanced routing system easier, but I haven't seen many answers.  I have mostly given up and started to build my own tool, but it isn't ready to share yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lartc.org/howto/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2986/linux-tc-policy-routing-tools" />
  <row Id="23721" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13096" RevisionGUID="9a9f26d9-c79a-484a-b700-82a1fa02a610" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:42:15.527" UserId="2329" Text="I'm thinking not since that violates the principle of batching.  So what are my options if I want to launch two apps in windows in one script. " />
  <row Id="23722" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13096" RevisionGUID="9a9f26d9-c79a-484a-b700-82a1fa02a610" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:42:15.527" UserId="2329" Text="Is there a &amp; (BASH) equivalent for DOS Batch files?" />
  <row Id="23723" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13096" RevisionGUID="9a9f26d9-c79a-484a-b700-82a1fa02a610" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:42:15.527" UserId="2329" Text="&lt;dos&gt;&lt;bash&gt;&lt;batch-file&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
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  <row Id="23726" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13097" RevisionGUID="a8906f16-a626-410c-9feb-c32192add963" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:42:32.343" UserId="4349" Text="&lt;license&gt;&lt;solaris&gt;" />
  <row Id="23727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13098" RevisionGUID="2ddb50b6-cb02-4195-8422-788c9c3a7e55" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:42:54.263" UserId="1054" Text="I think a lot of the beef that upper management has with IT is that they think, by and large, IT is simply overhead that costs their business money.  They may understand the need for technology but they don't understand the technology.  That and the commodity aspect of things like email, file sharing and even ERP give them the sense of a necessary evil that they have to trust someone else with instead of being able to control on their own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is why it's absolutely ESSENTIAL that today's CIO's and IT departments are not merely service entities, but rather full business partners.  IT *has* to provide solutions that give a business a competitive edge in order to gain full trust from up above.  It's no longer a matter of providing an email system that works.  It's now an email system that lets your sales team work better.  It's now a file system that lets users find things faster and track changes in real-time.  It's now... [fill in the blank]" />
  <row Id="23728" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13099" RevisionGUID="89de1156-a6fa-49eb-b3de-eb6d024c3473" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:42:58.177" UserId="530" Text="On our SQL servers (2000, 2005, and 2008), we run full backups once a day in the evening, and transaction log backups every 2 hrs. We haven't really worried about these two processes conflicting, but lately we've run into some of the following issues:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. On one server, the trans log backup occasionally blocks the full backup, and must be manually stopped before the full backup can complete&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. We sometimes end up with a massively-sized trans log backup file (sometimes larger than the full backup!) that seems to occur at the same time the full backup is running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found a reference that indicate that these are &quot;not allowed&quot; to run at the same time, whatever that means: [SQL 2000 Books Online][1] and [SQL 2005 Books Online][2]. I'm not sure whether that means that the server will simply *prevent* them from running simultaneously, or if we ought to be explicitly stopping the log backups while the full backups are running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So are there known conflicts/issues between these? Does the answer differ between SQL versions? Should I have the Trans log backup job check to see if the full backup is running before it executes? (and how do I do that...?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa213772(SQL.80).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189315(SQL.90).aspx" />
  <row Id="23729" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13099" RevisionGUID="89de1156-a6fa-49eb-b3de-eb6d024c3473" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:42:58.177" UserId="530" Text="sql transaction log backups conflicting with full backups?" />
  <row Id="23730" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13099" RevisionGUID="89de1156-a6fa-49eb-b3de-eb6d024c3473" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:42:58.177" UserId="530" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;dba&gt;&lt;transaction-log&gt;&lt;backups&gt;" />
  <row Id="23731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13100" RevisionGUID="9357239b-252b-4c37-8bb5-4465d48212a2" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:43:10.410" UserId="4339" Text="start:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    start .                (opens explorer to the pwd)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    start c:\              (opens explorer to the root of C:)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    start document.doc     (open the document - just like double-clicking on it)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    start wordpad file.txt (open wordpad for the file, creating if necessary)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    start calc             (launch the calculator app)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23732" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13100" RevisionGUID="9357239b-252b-4c37-8bb5-4465d48212a2" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:43:10.410" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23733" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13101" RevisionGUID="d6299069-85ec-4fc0-af13-7b4bfb9d97c5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:44:37.147" UserId="4136" Text="Another way to really speed up SSMS opening is right-click the shortcut for it, choose properties. Change the Target to this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE\Ssms.exe&quot; -nosplash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The change is the addition of the -nosplash flag at the end. This will speed you up quite a bit opening. I learned this trick at SQL Saturday." />
  <row Id="23734" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13102" RevisionGUID="bfecd67f-67f9-481f-ab23-f408f6959140" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:44:50.950" UserId="3038" Text="I've spent some time prototyping Microsoft's Identity Lifecycle Manager a year ago. They've move things around since then, so this may not be accurate of the current state of the product. At the same time I did spend time working with Novell IDM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ILM had some marked differences from IDM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * **Significantly more connectors out of the box**. Unlike Novell IDM, you're not going to pay extra to get things like your Oracle and MS-SQL connectors. If you're at all cost-conscious, this is a biggie. In our environment the cost difference was $100K versus $15K.&#xD;&#xA; * **New-object replication requires custom code** At least as of my review of the product, the &quot;New Object&quot; event requires linking to a compiled DLL that actually handles the object-create process in the remote environment. Presumably compiled in VisualStudio, this contains the functions required to actually set up a new object and related environment in a remote identity domain. On the one hand, this gives you complete control of the setup process, which is something that Novell IDM isn't that great about. On the other hand, you need to be able to create C#/VB programs in Visual Studio.&#xD;&#xA; * **Not nearly as well defined transform stages** IDM was very good about creating a visual environment that described the various stages of object transformation between two environments. ILM doesn't have this. IDM is intuitive. ILM requires a good deal of reading. What's more, to get fancy in the intermediary transform stages in ILM requires a compiled DLL, where in IDM it's handled in large part through the DirXML script Novell has evolved since 1999.&#xD;&#xA; * **Poor design tools** There is no equivalent to the Identity Manager Designer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Novell IDM really is the top tier of identity management solutions. It has been on the market for the longest and has had a chance to really solidify its feature set and mind-share. Even though it cost w-a-y more than ILM, you really do get what you pay for. In the end, in our environment the cost of ILM versus IDM would have been a wash due to the additional man-hours required to get an ILM-based environment up and running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the end we decided that the cheapest way was to continue rolling our own. We already had a home-built system in place, and the cost projections were not that much different than an IDM/ILM implementation project would have been. Inertia won." />
  <row Id="23735" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13103" RevisionGUID="3c84693e-13a3-4e0a-99cd-d59d79f6ea4d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:45:41.370" UserId="4339" Text="In addition, you can add that line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    source /sw/bin/init.sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to the .bashrc file in your $HOME directory, log out and log back in and then Fink commands will all work w/o having to type that as a prefix each time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13104" RevisionGUID="f10ecde0-e5ba-409a-8086-2d4d2e08fd01" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:45:54.180" UserId="2706" Text="Combining the answer from [How do I fix the metainformation on the first commit in git?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ### Fix the first commit ###    &#xD;&#xA;    # create a temporary tag for the root-most commit so we can reference it&#xD;&#xA;    git tag root `git rev-list HEAD | tail -1`&#xD;&#xA;    # check it out on its own temporary branch&#xD;&#xA;    git checkout -b new-root root&#xD;&#xA;    # amend the commit&#xD;&#xA;    git commit --amend --author &quot;Foo foo@example.com&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    # now you've changed the commit message, so checkout the original branch again&#xD;&#xA;    git checkout @{-1}&#xD;&#xA;    # and rebase it onto your new root commit&#xD;&#xA;    git rebase --onto new-root root&#xD;&#xA;    ### Fix the rest of the commits ###&#xD;&#xA;    git rebase -i root&#xD;&#xA;    # edit the file to read &quot;edit &lt;commit number&gt; for each entry&#xD;&#xA;    # amend the commit&#xD;&#xA;    git commit --amend --author &quot;Foo foo@example.com&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    # move to the next commit&#xD;&#xA;    git rebase --continue    &#xD;&#xA;    # continue running the last two commands until you see&#xD;&#xA;    # Successfully rebased and updated refs/heads/master.&#xD;&#xA;    ### Clean up ###&#xD;&#xA;    # nuke the temporary branch we created&#xD;&#xA;    git branch -d new-root&#xD;&#xA;    # nuke the temporary tag we created&#xD;&#xA;    git tag -d root&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/12918&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13105" RevisionGUID="fb548edf-4125-4b39-b2bd-4c667ac9787a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:46:21.120" UserId="1758" Text="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/298562/windows-xp-or-vista-how-can-i-run-a-batch-file-in-the-background-no-windows-dis&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, &quot;start /b&quot; is the dos solution, but there are a few other options depending on your environment." />
  <row Id="23738" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13106" RevisionGUID="d5e0c7b0-306f-43d1-ad6e-259c8cd4f20a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:46:41.853" UserDisplayName="jbeynon" Text="I've used Evolution back in Ubuntu 8 and you just point it at your Exchange 2007 Outlook Web Access URL and it just works fine for mail, contacts, calenders etc.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23739" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13106" RevisionGUID="d5e0c7b0-306f-43d1-ad6e-259c8cd4f20a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:46:41.853" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23740" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13107" RevisionGUID="df927eee-3fca-48f0-bb0f-c1c19d071869" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:46:50.697" UserId="2318" Text="Let's say you have an office with 20 free range iMacs. One day they buy an Xserve to host network home folders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What steps would you perform to move their local accounts, and local home folders, to the Xserve?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do you handle file permissions? What &quot;gotchas&quot; (I hate that word too) would you look out for (any common plists that get broken? any problems with keychain? etc)?" />
  <row Id="23741" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13107" RevisionGUID="df927eee-3fca-48f0-bb0f-c1c19d071869" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:46:50.697" UserId="2318" Text="Easy workflow for migrating home folders (from clients to OS X server)?" />
  <row Id="23742" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13107" RevisionGUID="df927eee-3fca-48f0-bb0f-c1c19d071869" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:46:50.697" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;network-home-folders&gt;&lt;user-management&gt;&lt;macosxserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="23743" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12925" RevisionGUID="3b458037-a85b-4bde-9b76-50314710d085" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:46:54.957" UserId="1233" Comment="Add bit about graphics." Text="I wouldn't recommend Netbooks personally for the following reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Small keyboard. Your programmers are most likely going to hate the small keyboard after a short time period. Productivity killer.&#xD;&#xA;  - Possibly slow speed. For running the software depending on which processor you get it may be quite slow compared to what they could use - this could be a big productivity killer.&#xD;&#xA;  - Small screen. The tradeoff here is more a personal preference to the user and how well they can work with their constraints. At least with code it's nice to be able to bring up two documents and not need to squint.&#xD;&#xA;  - Hard Drive space. There isn't much and depending on how much data you're dealing with is a point worth noting.&#xD;&#xA;  - Graphics. Depending on the netbook the graphics card will be sufficient to run an external monitor and you *could* use an external keyboard/mouse via USB. It's worth noting that the vast majority of netbooks provide VGA out so you'll have to double check the monitor being used can still use VGA - that said how well your programmers can cope with the massive discrepancy in screen size may be more of a hassle both than it's worth. That's in terms of both managing dual monitors or having everything sized for a larger monitor and going back to a very small monitor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Summation: If the constraints of a netbook don't hinder your users, sure. If they do you'll only be frustrating your users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** Added last note about graphics cards to address edit in question." />
  <row Id="23744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13108" RevisionGUID="085a08e8-efbd-481e-8954-b5835f53e4cb" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:48:17.777" UserId="3156" Text="I find git to be best at this job (although Mercurial would probably work just as well).  A simple 'git init' in /etc, and you're on you're way.  After that, just add the files you care about, and then any time they change, you can check it in.  You can even set up cron to automatically do a checkin every time there is a change (although then you don't get log files).  You can also push the repo around if you want to set a second machine that has all the same configs as the first, or just as a backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I started sysadmining, rcs was the method of choice for /etc.  Then came CVS, then SVN.  I suspect when something new comes around, I'll switch to that.  :)  But with every new paradigm in VCS, my life has in fact gotten easier." />
  <row Id="23745" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13109" RevisionGUID="89e33744-5a56-445c-8b99-7ed73dcc1986" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:51:07.630" UserId="1674" Text="Database backups should normally be serialized.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The large log backup is probably happening because of database maintenance operations which happen between the last log backup and the full backup.  Reducing the interval between log backups may help with this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can run some T/SQL to check the sysprocesses table (or DMV if SQL 2005+) to see if a backup is already being performed on that database. If not do the backup, if so bail out gracefully." />
  <row Id="23746" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13110" RevisionGUID="4c95e29e-d3ac-47f4-864d-1af57ecf631d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:52:26.413" UserDisplayName="Jeff" Text="its also key to remember that as systems administrators, the common misconception is that we're here to fix computers. in truth, we're here to keep the business running and the users working. if you start to think your responsibility is primarily to the electronics, you will set yourself for an adversarial relationship with &quot;The Business&quot; and undermine any initiatives you wish to complete. keep in mind that without the users and the business, you don't get paid. keep their needs foremost in your mind; it goes a long way toward the trust issue." />
  <row Id="23747" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11736" RevisionGUID="65ce9806-e0d3-46dd-9d74-be30e0b9086e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:52:38.657" UserId="984" Comment="removed superfluous system-administration tag" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;bash&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="23748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13111" RevisionGUID="1416411e-e76e-4789-9dd5-787054dc1053" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:52:44.990" UserId="1054" Text="What are the steps required for deploying a software package via Active Directory / GPO?" />
  <row Id="23749" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13111" RevisionGUID="1416411e-e76e-4789-9dd5-787054dc1053" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:52:44.990" UserId="1054" Text="How is software deployed via Active Directory?" />
  <row Id="23750" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13111" RevisionGUID="1416411e-e76e-4789-9dd5-787054dc1053" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:52:44.990" UserId="1054" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;software&gt;&lt;deployment&gt;" />
  <row Id="23751" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13112" RevisionGUID="56969f32-aee3-4aa4-8952-e08b5b380496" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:53:44.943" UserDisplayName="John" Text="I agree with jedberg, however do the inverse.  Use a git repository but create a .gitignore&#xD;&#xA;ignoring all files, then add an unignore for the files you care about.  At least this way your git status isn't continually dirty.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ie: .gitignore&#xD;&#xA;*&#xD;&#xA;!hosts&#xD;&#xA;!resolv.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John" />
  <row Id="23752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13113" RevisionGUID="4bab909b-6960-4c16-b2d9-4f2bdee3a8de" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:55:40.413" UserId="2028" Text="Without any religious intentions: I can highly recommend using a distributed VCS, preferably Bazaar. This is because:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Bazaar is easy to install (on Ubuntu and Debian servers it's just a matter of `apt-get install bzr`)&#xD;&#xA;* It's easy to setup and get started:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     cd /etc&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     bzr init .&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     bzr add .&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     bzr commit . -m &quot;Initial configuration&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* No server setup required. Bazaar can connect and push to a remote repository without any remote Bazaar server running. Will work great with any FTP server or WEBDAV, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Git and Mercurial are the other two contestants (as been pointed out in other answers) but they lack the ability to push to a remote server without setup (at least yet).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13114" RevisionGUID="9a3382aa-5bcc-4fc4-bfc5-de7f03d92aef" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:55:54.453" UserId="640" Text="It appears to be. Here's the [users guide][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.quantumwise.com/documents/FLEXlm/FLEXlm_End_User_Guide.pdf" />
  <row Id="23754" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12997" RevisionGUID="0884642c-20fc-46d8-81e6-af0209c98fe1" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:55:54.703" UserId="4054" Comment="some style things" Text="I used Fink for quite a while.  One day, I tried out MacPorts, and never switched back to fink.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found (subjectively) that the packages in MacPorts were kept more up to date, and had fewer tendencies on install to get into mutual-dependency loops of death.  Fink packages would often just simply not install, or have versioning/testing issues that I had to go in and fix myself from the source.  My MacPorts repository of software is also more compact for some reason; it's about half the disk space of the similarly-equipped fink tree I used to maintain.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MacPorts is a source-based distribution mechanism much like FreeBSD's ports, so it offers you the chance to just let it handle everything for you if you really don't care which compiler flags you pass to the cowsay utility, but do want more fine-grained control over what goes into apache, mysql, etc.  I think it's a good compromise between typing ./configure make make install ten thousand times and giving up your system to the whims of a bunch of unknown package maintainers." />
  <row Id="23755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13115" RevisionGUID="93a94591-c679-4fd3-8901-27f290a67d7b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:58:16.760" UserId="4352" Text="Approach documenting a network as a developer approaches developing a system...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Consider the requirements - this has been well noted above, but consider WHO is going to consult the doc-o and for WHAT PURPOSE.  Auditors will look for and read different artifacts than a peer SysAdmin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Doing doc maintenance - many folks have mentioned the value of diagrams and maps, and as a visual thinker I heartily agree. BUT those things can be invalidated with a single act of adding/removing a host. Think about the 'right level' of doc-o - one that your group can actually maintain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Date everything and include notes as to WHY you configured the network the way you did. Many, many folks forget to include a date - but the DATE provides a pointer into the history of the network. Invaluable for problem solving and it mitigates the inherent out-of-dateness of most network diagrams.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Offload documentation into &quot;processes&quot; - many times solid and well-crafted build/deployment procedures end up streamlining &quot;network documentation&quot; because the details of machine configuration and naming are better described in the procedures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Key Takeaway: approach documentation as a 'system'; it must provide value from day 1 and it carries with it an inherent responsibility to maintain it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23756" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12952" RevisionGUID="d6544bc2-44d3-414c-aa30-0089606a625e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:58:49.643" UserId="1233" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;package-management&gt;&lt;macports&gt;" />
  <row Id="23757" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3970" RevisionGUID="b861a80f-19ae-4027-88e4-d7be4b96484e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:59:16.133" UserId="1804" Comment="edit about using nagios as documentation" Text="&lt;body&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Are you using a wiki format? If so, which product? (MediaWiki, Confluence, Sharepoint etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you create a knowledge base? (Problem/solution-oriented short documents.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What challenges do you find with creating documentation that works, so you don't get the call when you're off on holiday?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For me, I find there is often a certain amount of organisational &quot;inertia&quot; involved with getting documentation done. It seems to be a different kind of person who can do a task, then think about *how* they did the task and describe it so someone else can do it - kind of forces to you &quot;go meta&quot; and not everyone is comfortable doing that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;Update&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Answers so far include &#xD;&#xA;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; Confluence &lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; Flexwiki &lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; Fogbugz &lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; Mediawiki (with plugins such as fckeditor) &lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; Sharepoint &lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; TWiki &lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; Word/Excel/Visio Docs &lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; Documented Scripts &lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;Edit: &lt;/b&gt;Aren't you implicitly documenting your network with your monitoring system? Nagios has always encouraged the use of the &lt;em&gt;parents&lt;/em&gt; directive to reflect your network's structure, and the &lt;em&gt;notes_url&lt;/em&gt; directive is designed to allow you to link to a wiki or other browser-based documentation. So here the &quot;documentation&quot; is split between the &quot;living document&quot; of the monitoring system and more detailed, offline documentation in a wiki. Since I spend a lot of time staring at Nagios it makes sense to put effort into making it as informative as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/body&gt;" />
  <row Id="23758" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3970" RevisionGUID="b861a80f-19ae-4027-88e4-d7be4b96484e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:59:16.133" UserId="1804" Comment="edit about using nagios as documentation" Text="&lt;documentation&gt;" />
  <row Id="23759" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13116" RevisionGUID="6485a6ed-2f74-4722-8a93-ccfcad56e471" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:59:21.717" UserId="4341" Text="At $work, the official email solution is Outlook on Windows, connected to an Exchange server. That's problematic for people with Linux on their desktop machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Exchange server supports IMAP, and e-mail works fairly well using the usual suspects, e.g. Thunderbird. It also provides the web mail interface, which is fairly crap unless you use IE. (Any other favorite e-mail clients?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The biggest problem is the Outlook Calendar. I still have found no viable Linux client that can replace it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any recommendations?" />
  <row Id="23760" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13116" RevisionGUID="6485a6ed-2f74-4722-8a93-ccfcad56e471" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:59:21.717" UserId="4341" Text="Linux clients for Exchange (email and) calendar" />
  <row Id="23761" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13116" RevisionGUID="6485a6ed-2f74-4722-8a93-ccfcad56e471" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:59:21.717" UserId="4341" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;calendar&gt;&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="23762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13117" RevisionGUID="e9072fa6-55fa-451e-b38c-06cc6b4f042e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T16:59:58.533" UserId="4370" Text="I think you might be confused here about what the service is. The service account runs the SQL Server database service, and that is what logs onto your computer and then accepts queries from a client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The windows user you use to &quot;logon&quot; to SQL Server is a &quot;login&quot; in SQL Server. You authenticate separately to SQL Server, just as you log onto Windows. By default the local administrators on the machine (BUILTIN\Adminstrators) are added as logins to SQL Server, so you can access the server and run queries, add data, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the SQL Server service needs to access the network, then the Network Service is recommended. If not, Local Service is the choice recommended.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your SQL Server needs to get to resources on other machines, then you typically create a domain user, and use that as the service account." />
  <row Id="23763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13118" RevisionGUID="510f51ac-17f2-414b-9d7d-352d4129316b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:00:02.090" UserId="846" Text="One other thought.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The answers so far have been about &quot;generic&quot; trust ... &quot;bosses&quot; to admins, customers to auto mechanics, &quot;business people&quot; to &quot;tech jockeys&quot;.  And the observations made in other answers are for the most part valid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But there is a personal element as well, and trust is at heart a **personal** thing.  One earns trust by being worthy of it.  It is earned from results.  It is also earned from relationships and communication.  Don't worry about the generic trust, worry about the personal trust.  Who cares if the &quot;boss&quot; doesn't trust the &quot;tech&quot;!  **But you need to be trusted by your bosses.** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The fastest way to become trusted is to do what you way you are going to do, when you say you will do it, for the cost you said it would cost.  But you can speed the process by building relationships and by communicating early, often, and in terms that the bosses can understand.  I have found that bosses are **eager** to find a technical-type they can trust, because the arena is so difficult for them to understand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take care." />
  <row Id="23764" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13119" RevisionGUID="0080c5fe-ae27-431d-9454-779b26d14968" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:00:18.347" UserId="3220" Text="I recently purchased an IBM BladeCenter E chassis with HS21 blades. I'd like to build a SAN so the HS21 blades will have more storage space. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From everything I've read, iSCSI seems to be the best choice for a cheap SAN. I can't afford Fibre Channel, and ATA over Ethernet means I can't use the network for TCP/IP at the same time, right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The HS21 blades have Broadcom NICs that are also iSCSI Host Bus Adapters. I'd like to use my Linux desktop as the iSCSI target.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't used iSCSI with Linux before, what are the choices? I've seen a few kernel modules and various userspace tools, but I haven't been able to figure out which is the most used, best supported, etc.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23765" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13119" RevisionGUID="0080c5fe-ae27-431d-9454-779b26d14968" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:00:18.347" UserId="3220" Text="What are the choices for iSCSI target support for Linux?" />
  <row Id="23766" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13119" RevisionGUID="0080c5fe-ae27-431d-9454-779b26d14968" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:00:18.347" UserId="3220" Text="&lt;san&gt;&lt;iscsi&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;bladecenter&gt;" />
  <row Id="23767" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13120" RevisionGUID="856b9f24-0fae-4f88-a92b-a66472c69d37" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:00:31.170" UserId="4209" Text="In this specific instance, I'm trying to find out if there is a package of the Apache Tomcat Native library available for RHEL5.  When I search on the web, I tend to find lots of package browsing sites that just aren't clear at all whether the package can be used on my RHEL5 or not." />
  <row Id="23768" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13120" RevisionGUID="856b9f24-0fae-4f88-a92b-a66472c69d37" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:00:31.170" UserId="4209" Text="Where can I search for RHEL5 packages that yum search doesn't find?" />
  <row Id="23769" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13120" RevisionGUID="856b9f24-0fae-4f88-a92b-a66472c69d37" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:00:31.170" UserId="4209" Text="&lt;rhel5&gt;&lt;package-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="23770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13121" RevisionGUID="7f7eaf98-2f71-41a0-b0d6-064bc818e5e0" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:01:02.480" UserId="44010" Text="Macports is definitely a more up to date project. I've been using it since it was named Darwinports, and always suited me best (I'm a programmer)." />
  <row Id="23771" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13122" RevisionGUID="8542a0ef-5582-4d97-925f-305bb700af7a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:01:32.663" UserId="4352" Text="FYI, **PING** actually stands for *Packet Internet Groper*.&#xD;&#xA;Read it in an HP network analysis tool manual.&#xD;&#xA;You can look it up." />
  <row Id="23772" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13122" RevisionGUID="8542a0ef-5582-4d97-925f-305bb700af7a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:01:32.663" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13123" RevisionGUID="dd36298d-2cf9-47d4-aabc-5125eee5d435" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:02:59.823" UserId="2304" Text="Ok, I think we've figured it out...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the client side, Squid 2.5 and earlier doesn't understand &quot;Transfer-encoding: chunked&quot;, so it delivers each chunk as the entire client request.  Since it's only 1 chunk of the entire compressed request, it's invalid data and can't be read by the browser.  (Not sure if this is an issue with other proxies)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the server side, IIS always sends chunked encoding for Dynamic Compression (since IIS doesn't cache application responses, it has to compress each response on the fly, hence the chunked encoding).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only way we can think of to fix this is to completely disable compression for HTTP 1.0 clients and only compress for HTTP 1.1 responses.  The drawback is that anyone behind a proxy that sends 1.0 requests won't get compressed data and the site will load 0.5 - 1 second slower.  If anyone has another solution, please let me know!" />
  <row Id="23774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13124" RevisionGUID="1b715af0-ca37-4a1b-bd01-4488267e6ffa" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:03:19.870" UserId="44010" Text="Have you tried the DAG repository? http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/" />
  <row Id="23775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13125" RevisionGUID="4bfca85e-ab8b-40bf-8419-c5a9a3b64b09" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:05:04.903" UserId="4268" Text="You didn't specify which version of Windows your domain controllers are using. However, the steps are basically the same for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. Microsoft knowledge base [816102][1] explains the steps you need to follow. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816102/ &quot;article 816102&quot;" />
  <row Id="23776" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13126" RevisionGUID="f92af2ec-3c72-49ef-bc44-115ca99dfdca" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:06:20.813" UserId="3038" Text=" 1. Create an MSI package that requires no user input at all. This may require you to repackage a vendor-supplied MSI file.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; 1. Place this MSI file in a location that all users can access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Create a new GPO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3.1 Under &quot;Computer Configuration&quot; -&gt; Software Settings is a &quot;Software Installation&quot; section.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3.2 Right click on &quot;Software Installation&quot; and pick New Package&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3.3 Browse to the location of the MSI on a UNC path. Do not use drive-letter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3.4 Select a Deployment Type of *Assigned* if you want it pushed to all workstations assigned to the GPO, or *Published* if you just want it available in Add/Remove Programs.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; 3.5 Under modifications add any transform files (.MST files) needed. Do this now, you will not be able to add any transforms once the create process is completed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Associate the GPO with the right group of workstations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. On an associated workstation log out and back in again twice for the policy to apply (learn of the new GPO) and then execute (app installs only happen after a reboot).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That should be enough to get you going. Test first, learn how it works, and then move to production. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Deployment failures can cause repeated installation (and associated instant roll-back) of the same package every time a user logs in. If the application is very large, this can mean major delays in login times. These errors are logged to the workstation's event log." />
  <row Id="23777" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13127" RevisionGUID="a3321475-9eb5-4cb4-9bfa-ac14b9fbb6f2" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:08:44.460" UserId="4054" Text="Accounts won't translate over easily; you'll have to create a new account for the user on the Xserve.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, that's easier than having to re-create the data.  There's really nothing too special about a mac home directory; as long as all the user's data is contained in the home directory of the local mac, simply copying it over to the network drive location with your tool of choice (rsync in the command shell works well) will do the trick.  If anything is elsewhere on the hard drive, move it into the home directory first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, you have to make sure permissions match.  If you created a new account on the Xserve, likely it will have a different numeric UID than the accounts on the local macs did.  You will have to do a chown on each home directory on the Xserve to give the users' Xserve account permission to their data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's also a good idea to move the local /Users directory on the Macs themselves over to a different location before binding them to the OpenDirectory domain that the Xserve serves; the Xserve will want to mount its network directories into /Users, which means if you flub something up on the copy you won't easily be able to access the local version to correct it." />
  <row Id="23778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13128" RevisionGUID="9389b727-ca67-4215-9b68-db8596cdb587" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:09:09.250" UserId="4365" Text="Have you tried Evolution? I used it for a while against an exchange server, and had no problem with calendar items." />
  <row Id="23779" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13097" RevisionGUID="e3f72fb6-6027-4958-badd-a00435009d66" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:10:22.787" UserId="4349" Comment="Silly typo - I mean v9.2 not 9.5" Text="Is FlexLM 9.2 supported on Solaris 9?" />
  <row Id="23780" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="13097" RevisionGUID="e3f72fb6-6027-4958-badd-a00435009d66" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:10:22.787" UserId="4349" Comment="Silly typo - I mean v9.2 not 9.5" Text="FlexLM 9.2 on Solaris 9?" />
  <row Id="23781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13129" RevisionGUID="5ca0fe95-a8c3-46a7-a5fa-9750b2f26daf" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:11:26.937" UserId="4268" Text="[This FDCC blog post][1] says explicitly that you can retire ActiveX controls and replace them with ClickOnce applications. Sorry, no help for any of your other questions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/fdcc/archive/2008/11/12/fdcc-and-internet-explorer-7-part-2-impact-on-users.aspx/ &quot;This FDCC blog post&quot;" />
  <row Id="23782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13130" RevisionGUID="2c6cba3b-11b1-4e28-860b-9bbeb5ca9601" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:12:46.793" UserId="4225" Text="I wish to connect an external enclosure of discs in a JBOD configuration to a computer running Ubuntu 8.10 server edition. I have the Ubuntu installation running smoothly on an internal IDE drive that's been functioning well for months. The external enclosure will be for used for storage as a file server only. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The enclosure I have is the &quot;SANS DIGITAL TR5M-B 5 Bay SATA&quot; (search on newegg, would add a link but I can't since I'm a new user)   and since my motherboard doesn't have a PCI-E slot, I bought this PCI card to add eSata support to the machine: &quot;Rosewill RC-210 Silicon Image e-SATA PCI&quot; (again, on newegg.com)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After connecting the PCI card, I added the 2 hard drives to the enclosure, plugged in the external enclosure and turned it on, then I turned on the Ubuntu machine. After seeing the customary boot procedures (Post -&gt; LILO, etc.) Ubuntu appears to begin to start, then i see the following messages:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=-19)&#xD;&#xA;    ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After 3 of these cycles of messages, I see:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Cannot find /dev/sda1 dropping to shell&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since /dev/sda1 is where the root install is located, I can understand why this is a problem. My thought at this point was that it had something to do with the external enclosure, so I turn it off, and unplug it from the computer, then restart. Ubuntu starts normally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I beleive the PCI eSata card was recognized correctly, because I see the following output from &quot;lspci -v&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    00:0b.0 Mass storage controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3512 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 01)&#xD;&#xA;        Subsystem: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3512 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller&#xD;&#xA;        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5&#xD;&#xA;        I/O ports at a000 [size=8]&#xD;&#xA;        I/O ports at 9800 [size=4]&#xD;&#xA;        I/O ports at 9400 [size=8]&#xD;&#xA;        I/O ports at 9000 [size=4]&#xD;&#xA;        I/O ports at 8800 [size=16]&#xD;&#xA;        Memory at ed000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]&#xD;&#xA;        [virtual] Expansion ROM at 30000000 [disabled] [size=512K]&#xD;&#xA;        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2&#xD;&#xA;        Kernel driver in use: sata_sil&#xD;&#xA;        Kernel modules: sata_sil&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this point, just to see if it would work, I connected the enclosure, and turned it on, hoping that I'd see new devices attached in /dev. Unfortunately, I only saw my internal IDE drive at /dev/sdaX&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my question is this, what do I need to do to configure the 2 SATA drives I have in the enclosure so that the OS sees these drives and can mount them? Do I have something configured incorrectly that would have caused the boot time error? Any help would be apprerciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816111057&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132007" />
  <row Id="23783" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13130" RevisionGUID="2c6cba3b-11b1-4e28-860b-9bbeb5ca9601" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:12:46.793" UserId="4225" Text="Ubuntu Server fails to boot when eSata external enclosure is connected" />
  <row Id="23784" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13130" RevisionGUID="2c6cba3b-11b1-4e28-860b-9bbeb5ca9601" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:12:46.793" UserId="4225" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="23785" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13131" RevisionGUID="77b98610-be35-4c42-aaaa-41ef5d4f2725" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:13:08.633" UserId="4369" Text="&quot;Test-Path&quot; finding this useful for checking if data is already there or if a default needs to be added." />
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  <row Id="23788" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13126" RevisionGUID="5d6b3281-1e3e-4147-b9cd-075c8e5b9795" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:13:53.497" UserId="3038" Comment="clarify an unclear sentence." Text=" 1. Create an MSI package that requires no user input at all. This may require you to repackage a vendor-supplied MSI file.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; 1. Place this MSI file in a location that all users can access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Create a new GPO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3.1 Under &quot;Computer Configuration&quot; -&gt; Software Settings is a &quot;Software Installation&quot; section.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3.2 Right click on &quot;Software Installation&quot; and pick New Package&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3.3 Browse to the location of the MSI on a UNC path. Do not use drive-letter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3.4 Select a Deployment Type of *Assigned* if you want it pushed to all workstations assigned to the GPO, or *Published* if you just want it available in Add/Remove Programs.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; 3.5 Under modifications add any transform files (.MST files) needed. Do this now, you will not be able to add any transforms once the create process is completed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Associate the GPO with the right group of workstations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. On an associated workstation log out and back in again twice: first for the policy to apply (learn of the new GPO) and then execute (app installs only happen after a reboot).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That should be enough to get you going. Test first, learn how it works, and then move to production. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Deployment failures can cause repeated installation (and associated instant roll-back) of the same package every time a user logs in. If the application is very large, this can mean major delays in login times. These errors are logged to the workstation's event log." />
  <row Id="23789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13133" RevisionGUID="8b185a1e-2ce2-4816-9ef8-5cb0898b0c82" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:14:35.087" UserId="1992" Text="In 2000, log backups could not run at the same time as diff or full backups (because a log backup will clear some transaction log and full/diffs must backup some log to allow the restored copy of the database to be transactionally-consistent).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In 2005 this restriction was lifted. They can occur at the same time but a log backup concurrent with a full or diff will not clear the log. The log clearing will be delayed until the full or diff completes - this adds to the myth that full and diff backups clear the log - they do not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="23790" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13085" RevisionGUID="f255a3a2-c9ed-4f56-ad8b-526057deba6a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:14:44.993" UserId="1840" Comment="made it more human" Text="&lt;h3&gt;To add to the other comments&lt;/h3&gt;QoS has a few different capabilities/features - one of them being CoS.  Class of Service allows you to simply prioritize specific traffic by adding the class of service bits to the frame header (per [IEEE802.1p][1]).  This is commonly used in VoIP for marking these kind of traffic to a high class number like 3, 4, 5.   This is the simplest way of configuring QoS on your network, other implementations include traffic shaping, intelligent congestion rules, and scheduling which are considered more advanced, and needing greater QoS configuration knowledge to implement successfuly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.1p" />
  <row Id="23791" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9457" RevisionGUID="b91a9e3f-81f5-489f-8a3e-521513df058d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:15:19.173" UserId="1803" Comment="localized" Text="We're currently using a provider with a $.06/min US rate on domestic conference calls with a fairly large limit on call-ins (150, I believe) - international @ .08/min.  It seems like a reasonable rate to me, and I can't find anything lower outside of free services (at which point you give up guaranteed scheduling - not something I would think we should use with customers or prospects).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, there are some who think I should be able to find something cheaper/better.  Looks like there's not a whole lot of interest or new information in this area?" />
  <row Id="23792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13134" RevisionGUID="93144c77-3c1e-4ff5-8b9d-0b06901b8b81" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:16:13.820" UserId="4352" Text="Previous answers have really nailed the most common reasons for this frequently encountered situation, so why don't we prattle a bit on what you can do about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IF GIVEN a situation of natural/typical distrust between the front and back offices (well described above), you'll have to actually *do something* to break out of the pattern.  This is easier to do in SMB than enterprise situations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A couple of things will generally get the attention of management and provide a basis for some trust to form: (1) show real interest, and (2) show real business sense.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**SHOWING INTEREST**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This isn't as hard as it may seem, but it will require a change of mindset. (Suspend any beliefs that 'users' are 'stupid'.)  Get some time with management and ask how the business works.  How does the firm make money?  How does it differ from its competitors?  What are the top three problems management is trying to overcome?  *Note:* don't talk IT here - and if they try to steer the conversation that way, put them back on track.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**SHOWING BUSINESS SENSE**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assume that your budget (if you have one) is funded by YOU; be very, very careful about how each penny is spent.  Before purchasing something, line out the Pros &amp; Cons to the business of (a) acquiring the asset and (b) NOT acquiring the asset.  (Hint: some call this the business case.) Ask management to review it before making a request for purchase.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Put effort into demonstrating the stuff you are retiring from inventory and/or how you are saving the firm money.  Again, be very transparent and unemotional. Ask management to review your report and provide feedback.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In SMB the 'distance' between the decision-makers and IT doesn't have to be great. But, it is up to the IT staff to come out of the cave on a sustained and consistent basis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It works and you'll be a better resource for it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13135" RevisionGUID="14218230-0930-486a-81dc-62dd63152a9f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:17:52.803" UserId="4165" Text="I have to go with get-help.  This cmdlet is the key to finding the functionality of other cmdlets.  A close second would be get-member." />
  <row Id="23794" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13135" RevisionGUID="14218230-0930-486a-81dc-62dd63152a9f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:17:52.803" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23795" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12836" RevisionGUID="f040f9a0-3bbc-4c07-bb43-91c58827e1d5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:19:55.263" UserId="3110" Comment="added 1229 characters in body" Text="Hi All:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've just run into an issue with my exchange OWA.  It returns a blank page with the url string https://www.xxxxxxxx/&amp;reason=0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nothing in the logs gives me any good reasons.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what I've done so far;&#xD;&#xA;1) reinstall Exchange roll-up 7.&#xD;&#xA;2) recreate virtual directories.&#xD;&#xA;3) reboot.  (this was mostly a shot in the dark, but what the hell)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Exchange via rpc/https is still working great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone run into this before?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT&#xD;&#xA;Here is the last snippet from the OWASetupLog.  doesn't look like anything blew up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[09:45:36] ***********************************************  &#xD;&#xA;[09:45:36] * UpdateOwa.ps1: 5/27/2009 9:45:36 AM  &#xD;&#xA;[09:45:40] Updating OWA on server HOMER  &#xD;&#xA;[09:45:40] Finding OWA install path on the filesystem  &#xD;&#xA;[09:45:40] Updating OWA to version 8.1.375.2  &#xD;&#xA;[09:45:40] Copying files from 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\ClientAccess\owa\Current' to 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\ClientAccess\owa\8.1.375.2'  &#xD;&#xA;[09:45:41] Getting all Exchange 2007 OWA virtual directories  &#xD;&#xA;[09:45:42] Found 1 OWA virtual directories.  &#xD;&#xA;[09:45:42] Updating OWA virtual directories  &#xD;&#xA;[09:45:42] Processing virtual directory with metabase path 'IIS://HOMER.DG.LOCAL/W3SVC/1/ROOT/owa'.  &#xD;&#xA;[09:45:42] Metabase entry 'IIS://HOMER.DG.LOCAL/W3SVC/1/ROOT/owa/8.1.375.2' exists. Removing it.  &#xD;&#xA;[09:45:42] Creating metabase entry IIS://HOMER.DG.LOCAL/W3SVC/1/ROOT/owa/8.1.375.2.  &#xD;&#xA;[09:45:42] Configuring metabase entry 'IIS://HOMER.DG.LOCAL/W3SVC/1/ROOT/owa/8.1.375.2'.  &#xD;&#xA;[09:45:43] Saving changes to 'IIS://HOMER.DG.LOCAL/W3SVC/1/ROOT/owa/8.1.375.2'  &#xD;&#xA;[09:45:43] Saving changes to 'IIS://HOMER.DG.LOCAL/W3SVC/1/ROOT/owa'  " />
  <row Id="23796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13136" RevisionGUID="e0cc6a51-366c-4c23-afa5-8d0d992d102e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:20:31.160" UserId="4268" Text="Evolution is probably your best bet, presuming you can find a build that works on whatever your standardized distribution is." />
  <row Id="23797" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13137" RevisionGUID="4dee8fd6-50a0-4aea-870b-727ca6328eb3" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:21:40.503" UserId="2318" Text="This is a wiki for uncommon services that can be hosted on a server, so we can all stay aware of what's out there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please add any service or protocol which doesn't ship stock with the big three server OSes, be it due to obsolence (eg: gopher protocol), or newness (eg: Podcast Producer service), or just limited appeal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*I won't submit any out of propriety, but if you have more than one to contribute please post them separately so we can vote for the one we find most interesting.* " />
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  <row Id="23801" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13065" RevisionGUID="b5215e4a-50d9-4a6c-aa06-49633d14da4a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:23:03.183" UserId="846" Comment="Answer question from comment on another answer" Text="Some &quot;drive-by&quot; responses ... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1- If you are using Exchange for email, then AD is required.  You likely are not using Exchange or you would know that, but I include it for those who may be considering this.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2- AD manages a &quot;centralized authentication&quot; system.  You control users, groups, and passwords in a single place.  If you don't have AD, you will likely have to setup your users separately on each terminal server, or have a generic user on each for access and use security in the application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3- If you have other Windows servers, AD allows for straight-forward securing of resources on those servers in a single place (AD).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4- AD includes some other services (DNS, DHCP) which otherwise have to be managed separately.  I suspect you may not be using them if the only Windows servers you have are the terminal servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5- Although not required, there is benefit to having the workstations in the domain.  This allows for some (not comprehensive) single sign-on capabilities as well as significant control and management of the workstations through &quot;group policies&quot;.  &#xD;&#xA;*--&gt; For instance, through GP you can control the screen saver settings, requiring that the screen saver lock the workstation after x minutes and requiring the password to unlock.*  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6- You might be a good candidate for Microsoft Small Business Server if you need email, file sharing, remote access and web serving.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I second the note about having two domain controllers.  If you only have one DC and it fails, you are in for real pain getting access to things.  It is (I believe) possible to have the terminal servers also be domain controllers, although I suspect many will not recommend it.  In a small network like yours the DC workload will be insignificant, so it might work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: in a [comment][1] s.mihai asked: *&quot;it's their interest to make us buy all we can. but can i be OK without AD ? local accounts, no exchange.... ?!&quot;*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Were I in your shoes, I would use the TS project as an excuse to add AD for the benefits, particularly on the workstations.  But it sounds like your mind is made up and you want cover, so here it is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**ABSOLUTELY you can be OK without AD.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/13034/do-i-really-need-ms-active-directory/13039#13039" />
  <row Id="23802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13138" RevisionGUID="6e5aaee3-9b75-43b6-9c1c-ea736b9799db" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:24:48.670" UserId="4268" Text="Remember that BitLocker provides full-volume encryption. You can easily use an online-based backup tool like Mozy or Carbonite, which will read the files from disk (decrypting them in the process) and then back them up to a separate cloud-based repository. These solutions typically provide their own encryption implementation. While you lose a bit of the bare-metal-restore capability of the Acronis solution, this may still be a viable alternative that's less expensive than deploying WHS. " />
  <row Id="23803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13139" RevisionGUID="4891f86f-e944-432e-a989-dc205b987609" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:25:29.573" UserId="103" Text="After upgrading to Drupal 6.12 I can no longer access the admin section on my site - I get a page not found error.   &#xD;&#xA;Things I've been able to test/check:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - I have clean URLs enabled but trying to bypass them doesn't work either, and urls in the rest of the site are fine. So I doubt it's that.&#xD;&#xA; - The menu_router table is also looks fine. &#xD;&#xA; - I've confirmed the .htaccess is setup correct and so is Mod_Rewrite. &#xD;&#xA; - The rest of the site works fine&#xD;&#xA; - I have set the base url in the settings.php with no effect&#xD;&#xA; - I had rootcandy for the theme for the admin section and have removed that to be sure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas for other things to try?" />
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  <row Id="23806" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13140" RevisionGUID="8277cb88-8583-4667-9560-770e58f5a372" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:26:22.367" UserId="1464" Text="Is there a way to register a server to your CMS and use SQL Authentication?" />
  <row Id="23807" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13140" RevisionGUID="8277cb88-8583-4667-9560-770e58f5a372" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:26:22.367" UserId="1464" Text="SQL 2008 Central Management Server" />
  <row Id="23808" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13140" RevisionGUID="8277cb88-8583-4667-9560-770e58f5a372" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:26:22.367" UserId="1464" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="23809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13141" RevisionGUID="17c4dcf1-56b3-4f83-99da-846f02a07d37" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:26:34.703" UserId="4385" Text="I'm using SQL Server 2005 and I have a column where I need to store large amounts of text (sometimes over 8000 characters, the varchar limit).  Is there a disadvantage to using the &quot;text&quot; data type?  I also read about using varchar(MAX) -- would that be better if most of my data stored in there was less than 8000 characters, but I needed to be able to support more?" />
  <row Id="23810" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13141" RevisionGUID="17c4dcf1-56b3-4f83-99da-846f02a07d37" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:26:34.703" UserId="4385" Text="Use SQL varchar(max) or text?" />
  <row Id="23811" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13141" RevisionGUID="17c4dcf1-56b3-4f83-99da-846f02a07d37" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:26:34.703" UserId="4385" Text="&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;sql&gt;" />
  <row Id="23812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13142" RevisionGUID="50f5e4e9-69ae-417d-a8d4-8f4b2d531c4a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:28:07.743" UserId="4268" Text="The Exchange utility you're thinking of is probably esefile, the functionality of which has now been baked into the eseutil utility. &quot;eseutil /y&quot; is the switch you use. I haven't tested it against robocopy or the Vista copy utility, so I don't know if it actually still provides a speed advantage." />
  <row Id="23813" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13099" RevisionGUID="7143baa3-833d-467d-8354-d954e3b5a865" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:29:23.687" UserId="45" Comment="edited body; edited title" Text="On our SQL servers (2000, 2005, and 2008), we run full backups once a day in the evening, and transaction log backups every 2 hrs. We haven't really worried about these two processes conflicting, but lately we've run into some of the following issues:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. On one server, the trans log backup occasionally blocks the full backup, and must be manually stopped before the full backup can complete&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. We sometimes end up with a massively-sized trans log backup file (sometimes larger than the full backup!) that seems to occur at the same time the full backup is running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found a reference that indicate that these are &quot;not allowed&quot; to run at the same time, whatever that means: [SQL 2000 Books Online][1] and [SQL 2005 Books Online][2]. I'm not sure whether that means that the server will simply *prevent* them from running simultaneously, or if we ought to be explicitly stopping the log backups while the full backups are running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So are there known conflicts/issues between these? Does the answer differ between SQL versions? Should I have the trans log backup job check to see if the full backup is running before it executes? (and how do I do that...?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa213772(SQL.80).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189315(SQL.90).aspx" />
  <row Id="23814" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="13099" RevisionGUID="7143baa3-833d-467d-8354-d954e3b5a865" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:29:23.687" UserId="45" Comment="edited body; edited title" Text="SQL transaction log backups conflicting with full backups?" />
  <row Id="23815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13143" RevisionGUID="0ad6f84c-b6eb-4508-85ed-62068e4ce280" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:29:31.423" UserId="1992" Text="As an aside, be careful with enabling everything to be compressed. The data is compressed in memory and decompressed *every* time it is accessed. For an OLTP system with lots of changes and memory-resident data, compression is not suitable as you'll burn more CPU for no gain in IOs. For data that is read-occasionally, like a data warehouse, it's much more suitable because you get a big trade-off in reduced IOs against the extra CPU. Compression is a data warehousing feature, not an OLTP feature. Not sure if this applies to you, but worth pointing out just-in-case, and for others reading the thread.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One other point - it may be that you don't get a significant gain from compression so it isn't worth turning out. Best practice to check the compression gain before enabling using the sp_estimate_data_compression_savings stored-proc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="23816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13144" RevisionGUID="7439022e-d8e5-4476-8d72-9f2d12445591" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:30:28.160" UserId="3125" Text="Years ago I started using sync.exe (for file cache flushing) from the NTinternals guys.  I've been migrating that binary around for maybe a decade, and it still works.  Their company got assimilated by Microsoft, but the binaries are still hanging around on the net if you search." />
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  <row Id="23818" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13137" RevisionGUID="04ee4ce2-40d7-4d51-a2c7-b6e9f9dda43e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:30:59.923" UserId="2318" Comment="edited tags" Text="This is a wiki for uncommon services that can be hosted on a server, so we can all stay aware of what's out there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please add any service or protocol which doesn't ship stock with the big three server OSes, be it due to obsolence (eg: gopher protocol), or newness (eg: Podcast Producer service), or just limited appeal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23819" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="13137" RevisionGUID="04ee4ce2-40d7-4d51-a2c7-b6e9f9dda43e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:30:59.923" UserId="2318" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;services&gt;&lt;protocols&gt;" />
  <row Id="23821" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13146" RevisionGUID="9849da8c-043e-4562-9db4-943b19b6561e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:33:53.537" UserId="4136" Text="When you register your CMS there's a drop down with Authentication. Change that to SQL Server Authentication (if I'm understanding you correctly)" />
  <row Id="23822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13147" RevisionGUID="4a8c4f0b-622c-4e23-8562-fc998219f7cd" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:34:15.360" UserId="1992" Text="You should always go for the new LOB types in 2005 instead of the legacy types (text, ntext, image) as long as you have the potential for data over 8000 bytes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The new types work with the majority of the intrinsic string-manipulation functions, whereas the legacy types do not. They are stored in the database in the same exact way, but there are some small tweaks to read algorithms for the new types too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some things to be aware of though:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - legacy types are stored off-row by default, which means there's a random-IO to get to the data regardless of data size. You can of course change this with the 'text in-row' option&#xD;&#xA; - new types are stored *ON* row by default, up to an 8000-byte limit and as long as there's space in the record. This reduces the chance of taking that random-IO to get to the value BUT makes your data records much longer leading to other problems. You can change whether data is stored in-row or out-of-row by changed the large-values-types-off-row option&#xD;&#xA; - any time you have either a new or legacy LOB type in your table definition means that the table's clustered index cannot make use of online index operations in Enterprise edition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I posted a blog post that discusses this in more detail at http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/Importance-of-choosing-the-right-LOB-storage-technique.aspx.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps" />
  <row Id="23823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13148" RevisionGUID="1861c9bd-1021-4879-89d7-dc534f133bc6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:35:19.507" UserId="1219" Text="Use varchar(max), it's the recommended approach going forward, so it will save you upgrading problems, it's also much easier to work with then the text data type." />
  <row Id="23824" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13149" RevisionGUID="07ef1f22-eea4-42b3-b862-a9b9295472ce" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:35:36.247" UserId="1249" Text="Evolution can communicate with the Exchange server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To connect to the Exchange 2007 server, you need to install the mapi-exchange package.&#xD;&#xA;http://library.gnome.org/users/evolution/stable/usage-mainwindow-starting.html.en#second-step" />
  <row Id="23825" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13150" RevisionGUID="5bfa0f3e-9ff7-4da1-8f3a-841d4b21d167" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:35:44.203" UserId="1848" Text="Use varchar(MAX). The limit for varchar(MAX) is 2GB. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the content is less than 8,000 bytes it will be stored inline. However, if the content is greater than 8,000 bytes, it gets stored in the LOB just like a text field.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, TEXT, NTEXT, and IMAGE data types are going to be deprecated at some point in the future.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Reference][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://geekswithblogs.net/johnsPerfBlog/archive/2008/04/16/ntext-vs-nvarcharmax-in-sql-2005.aspx" />
  <row Id="23826" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13137" RevisionGUID="7e02b360-946c-462b-9f3d-a792ce24f2b5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:36:07.370" UserId="2318" Comment="frantically editing to fend off downvotes ;)" Text="This is a wiki for uncommon services that can be hosted on a server. I'd interested in anything which is less common whether it's due to obsolence (eg: gopher protocol), or newness (eg: Podcast Producer service), or just limited user base.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13151" RevisionGUID="182430c2-0cb9-4035-a7f4-f650a49183d6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:36:14.217" UserId="2304" Text="[Open-iSCSI][1] is the primary implementation for most of the Linux distros that I've run into, and the kernel has had pretty solid iSCSI support since 2.6.11... As long as everything adheres to [RFC 3720][2], it should pretty much just work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HowtoForge also has a pretty decent [setup walkthrough][3] if you're interested.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.open-iscsi.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3720&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.howtoforge.com/iscsi_on_linux" />
  <row Id="23828" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9908" RevisionGUID="401347cb-9d75-4b64-9475-7d0cd3064949" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:36:23.373" UserId="1466" Comment="deleted 27 characters in body" Text="&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The second attempt in **/etc/logwatch/conf/ignore.conf** is correct, except that **the brackets need to be escaped**.  Adding a backslash before each bracket caused logwatch to correctly ignore the lines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23829" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13152" RevisionGUID="2c0a72a1-adda-471a-8eea-0a51e32a4286" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:37:38.147" UserId="4268" Text="You can set the [msExchBaseDN][1] attribute, although users cannot easily change the value themselves if they want a different address list later. To make bulk changes easier, consider these [short PowerShell scripts][2] (the first of which will run using PowerShell against Exchange 2003). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817218&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/dgoldman/archive/2009/01/08/how-to-set-the-msexchquerybasedn-via-powershell.aspx" />
  <row Id="23830" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13153" RevisionGUID="65441afc-a693-4f2e-ab3f-26912e97d666" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:40:40.433" UserId="4168" Text="You could also run the 'gpresult' command while logged onto the server as the user in question. (if that is possible in this case)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll get a nice list of the groups they're a member of, including BUILTIN\Administrators." />
  <row Id="23831" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13154" RevisionGUID="343ad57c-645b-466f-a5ad-e9e804f90f19" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:40:45.830" UserId="4136" Text="For those who don't know the Browser service allows clients to see Named Instances, which SQLEXpress (by default) creates a named instance called SERVERNAME\SQLExpress. Without browser service running you won't be able to see it remotely. Also let the service run as Network Service (or trusted AD account is preferred, admin rights not needed) so you can see it without issue over your network." />
  <row Id="23832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13155" RevisionGUID="146c29f0-147a-451e-84f3-1e3649786cf9" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:41:33.333" UserId="2413" Text="although i'm unsure if any of 'big three server oses' supports them I'll list some of of more uncommon protocols:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [IP over Avian Carriers][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [IPv6 over Social Networks][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you can find more of them [here][3]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;since you did not mentioned which OSI level protocol you are interested in i'll start with lower parts of the stack - i wished those ware gone away long time ago but yet they still lurk around:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [x.25][4] / [frame relay][5]&#xD;&#xA; - [atm][6]&#xD;&#xA; - [token ring][7]&#xD;&#xA; - [SNA][8]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and more of telecoms archeology.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and maybe ethernet - although +30 years old it seems to be still in use ;-]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1149&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5514&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.rfc-humor.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.25&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame_relay&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asynchronous_Transfer_Mode&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Token_Ring&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Systems_Network_Architecture" />
  <row Id="23833" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13155" RevisionGUID="146c29f0-147a-451e-84f3-1e3649786cf9" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:41:33.333" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23834" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13156" RevisionGUID="7f04172e-c98b-4198-8457-904fcbcf4a4c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:42:47.120" UserId="4398" Text="I have a Windows 2008 server connecting to an iSCSI target on an OpenSolaris box (yay ZFS!). I'd like to create a private network between the 2 boxes that is totally separate of my Windows domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the best way to configure the additional network adapter on the Windows machine so it doesn't think the new subnet is part of the Windows domain? I want to make sure Windows doesn't magically start spewing active directory communications over the private wire and that it doesn't start poisoning the DNS with IPs from the private network." />
  <row Id="23835" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13156" RevisionGUID="7f04172e-c98b-4198-8457-904fcbcf4a4c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:42:47.120" UserId="4398" Text="Multiple network connections on a Windows 2008 domain controller (private network for NAS)" />
  <row Id="23836" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13156" RevisionGUID="7f04172e-c98b-4198-8457-904fcbcf4a4c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:42:47.120" UserId="4398" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;windows-domain&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;nas&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="23837" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13157" RevisionGUID="4de38c3d-0c8c-4926-9409-2eab44fca67e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:43:29.070" UserId="1464" Text="i am looking for some custom scripts to pull information on perfomance data counters being collected by OpsMgr. Does anyone have any scripts they are currently using?" />
  <row Id="23838" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13157" RevisionGUID="4de38c3d-0c8c-4926-9409-2eab44fca67e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:43:29.070" UserId="1464" Text="Operations Manager 2007" />
  <row Id="23839" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13157" RevisionGUID="4de38c3d-0c8c-4926-9409-2eab44fca67e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:43:29.070" UserId="1464" Text="&lt;opsmgr&gt;&lt;2007&gt;" />
  <row Id="23840" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13158" RevisionGUID="d6854f3b-14f8-4743-8d63-4d5a53776a3f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:45:56.460" UserId="1803" Text="The benefit of foregoing AD is obviously cost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AD benefits boil down to 2 factors, if you don't care about them, the answer is &quot;No&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Centralized management: of users, computer accounts, lots, automatic updates, software deployment, group policy etc.  (Lest I oversimplify this, be sure you understand the effects of &quot;thinking small&quot; in fundamental matters.  A single example: 30 static IP addresses is maintainable.  How about 100?  256?)&#xD;&#xA; - Expansion foundation: 2 AD controllers seems excessive for a network of 30, but they're sufficient for 1000-1500 users, I believe?  Set up properly, AD doesn't need to be altered until you get much larger.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think the best advice is to peruse the active directory tag here on SF as it fills out - to see if you can spot enough features (e.g. Hyper V with 2008 server) that'll benefit your shop to make the purchase worthwhile." />
  <row Id="23841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13159" RevisionGUID="70a0a58b-91cf-410b-95cc-76ceb609661a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:47:19.670" UserId="348" Text="I recently used Parallels to run a Windows application (Shockwave flash executable).  The application started, but was only partly navigable.  The audio and video bundled in the application did not play, only the static content (pictures).  I will try VMWare as soon as I find my misplaced Windows XP CD." />
  <row Id="23842" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3780" RevisionGUID="8846881e-c668-45e9-a5be-3798d3f016ac" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:48:13.180" UserId="1224" Comment="added 178 characters in body" Text="The aim for this Wiki is to promote using a command to open up commonly used applications without having to go through many mouse clicks - thus saving times on monitoring, troubleshooting Windows machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Answer entries need to specify&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Application name&#xD;&#xA; - Commands&#xD;&#xA; - Screenshot (Optional)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shortcut to commands&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [&amp;&amp;][1] - Command Chaining&#xD;&#xA;- [%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\rcimlby.exe -LaunchRA][2] - Remote Assistance (Windows XP)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl][3] - Programs and Features (Formerly Known as &quot;Add or Remove Programs&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl @,2][4] - Turn Windows Features On and Off (Add/Remove Windows Components pane)&#xD;&#xA;- [calc][5] - 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http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3799#3799&#xD;&#xA;  [15]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/5104#5104&#xD;&#xA;  [16]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3891#3891&#xD;&#xA;  [17]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3874#3874&#xD;&#xA;  [18]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3793#3793&#xD;&#xA;  [19]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3795#3795&#xD;&#xA;  [20]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4582#4582&#xD;&#xA;  [21]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/4083#4083&#xD;&#xA;  [22]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3898#3898&#xD;&#xA;  [23]: 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http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6468#6468&#xD;&#xA;  [69]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6901#6901&#xD;&#xA;  [70]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4847#4847&#xD;&#xA;  [71]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4431#4431" />
  <row Id="23843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13160" RevisionGUID="17c358cd-2ad1-4cae-94b1-3ebb057cca9f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:48:35.283" UserId="846" Text="[This question][1] was a discussion about whether Active Directory is necessary to run Terminal Services.  But a chain of answers and comments (mostly by me) brought up a related question around Domain Controllers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is clearly poor practice to have only one Domain Controller in an AD environment.  It is also clearly best practice to have each domain controller on a separate (physical or virtual) single function server.  However, not everyone can follow best practices all of the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it OK to use servers filling other roles as domain controllers?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What things should be considered in determining whether to &quot;dual-purpose&quot; a server?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does the domain controller role change how Windows operates the file system or on the hardware?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there difference between versions of Windows Server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/13034/do-i-really-need-ms-active-directory" />
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  <row Id="23846" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13161" RevisionGUID="c18d5000-b43b-420e-98fe-2b6c35c80d4a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:48:59.853" UserId="3281" Text="While not &quot;textual&quot;  VNC is great.  It can run as client or server on both windows and linux.  I use the Ultravnc version. " />
  <row Id="23847" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13162" RevisionGUID="5bb9db44-60ab-4c21-a152-055edf395d31" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:51:05.060" UserId="4406" Text="You can go back and fix all your commits with a single call to git filter-branch. This has the same effect as rebase, but you only need to do one command to fix all your history, instead of fixing each commit individually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think you could fix all the wrong emails with this line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        git filter-branch --env-filter '&#xD;&#xA;          if [ &quot;$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL&quot; = &quot;(wrong email)&quot; ];&#xD;&#xA;          then&#xD;&#xA;              export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL = &quot;(correct email)&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;          fi&#xD;&#xA;          if [ &quot;$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL&quot; = &quot;(wrong email)&quot; ];&#xD;&#xA;          then&#xD;&#xA;              export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL = &quot;(correct email)&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;          fi&#xD;&#xA;          ' HEAD&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Warning: that above script is untested)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More information is available from the docs: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-filter-branch.html" />
  <row Id="23852" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13164" RevisionGUID="58514176-97dc-4b0e-b60c-c6e8ad0a981d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:52:57.430" UserId="4136" Text="The Y2K &quot;bug&quot;" />
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  <row Id="23854" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13165" RevisionGUID="a9ab158f-9e09-47c5-bac4-630ce0c96cf7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:52:59.580" UserId="2476" Text="What is special about Ubuntu distributions that run on a PS3?  Is there an 8.10 PS3 version out yet?" />
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  <row Id="23856" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13165" RevisionGUID="a9ab158f-9e09-47c5-bac4-630ce0c96cf7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:52:59.580" UserId="2476" Text="&lt;ps3&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="23857" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13166" RevisionGUID="b88027f8-6478-4e44-b5fc-ba361dede081" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:53:26.367" UserId="4413" Text="If you want asynchronous master/slave replication consider Londiste (part of the skytools package from Skype) wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Londiste_Tutorial&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's easy to install, adding a new DB is easy, replication just &quot;catches up.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Failover is not built-in though.  You will need to change your application connection strings or obfuscate the DB connection behind another layer of software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some schema changes are easy.  Others are more difficult.  It depends on your application.  The next version of skytools (ver 3.0) is supposed to handle DDL and include facilities to make failover easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We moved to Londiste after finding Slony too painful to use." />
  <row Id="23858" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13167" RevisionGUID="16be9914-7081-4255-b70e-458a307f2105" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:54:43.900" UserId="4410" Text="Check your .htaccess. Did you modify BaseRewrite on the old install?" />
  <row Id="23859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13168" RevisionGUID="a1d53632-4513-41d8-bb7a-3d3206e18255" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:22:04.770" Text="&lt;p&gt;I'm interested in learning about tools and techniques used to manage many linux machines. For instance- deploying updates and what not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One way that I thought of to do this is write a bash script that uploads another script to the servers and executes the script for each server sequentially.&#xA;eg-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;foreach server&#xA;{&#xA;     connect to server and scp update_script.sh to ~/scripts&#xA;     ssh user@server -e &quot;sh ~/scripts/update_script.h&quot;&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and update_script would use apt-get/aptitude or yum, or whatever to update packages on the server.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there better ways to do things like this?  I hope my question is not too general.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23860" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13168" RevisionGUID="a1d53632-4513-41d8-bb7a-3d3206e18255" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:22:04.770" Text="managing a linux cluster" />
  <row Id="23861" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13168" RevisionGUID="a1d53632-4513-41d8-bb7a-3d3206e18255" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:22:04.770" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;cluster&gt;&lt;management&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="23862" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13169" RevisionGUID="1abc0997-e25c-4c50-9683-c47a9c1c6c34" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:37:43.320" Text="&lt;p&gt;I don't know much about script deployment even if you idea does not seem to bad to me.&#xA;However, if you want to monitor your linux machines in your process of managing them, I strongly recommand &lt;strong&gt;Nagios&lt;/strong&gt; for this task.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nagios&lt;/strong&gt; is a bit a pain to configure (like any linux software, mind you) if you want it to handle more than the usual default tasks, but you have an &lt;strong&gt;extensive documentation&lt;/strong&gt; on their &lt;strong&gt;website&lt;/strong&gt;: nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/toc.html&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, it is free ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13170" RevisionGUID="ae1e075c-6286-4379-95d2-9bb5d6a6dfad" CreationDate="2009-05-27T09:52:36.253" UserId="3925" Text="&lt;p&gt;Try &lt;a href=&quot;http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;puppet&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another excellent (truly excellent) tool is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.webmin.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Webmin&lt;/a&gt;, if you add several servers running webmin together (in the webmin interface) you can push updates and view package configurations in its cluster pages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An alternative, which is more geared to rolling out images, is &lt;a href=&quot;http://wiki.systemimager.org/index.php/Main%5FPage&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SystemImager&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13171" RevisionGUID="28e26f61-a22d-40b8-b62a-c18f6e9c7d50" CreationDate="2009-05-27T13:39:03.457" UserDisplayName="stephen mulcahy" Text="&lt;p&gt;If you want to be able to run commands in parallel on a cluster of Linux systems then one of the following may be of interest,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;https://computing.llnl.gov/linux/pdsh.html&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theether.org/pssh/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.theether.org/pssh/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But as a general way of configuring a large network of systems - you probably want to be using tools already mentioned such as cfengine and puppet&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23865" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13172" RevisionGUID="878a35da-0a06-4732-b94e-38682ac41fbc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T14:00:09.250" Text="&lt;p&gt;Someone else already mentioned &lt;a href=&quot;http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Puppet&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the same vein, I can recommend &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cfengine.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Cfengine&lt;/a&gt;.  The learning curve can be a little steep, but once you get the hang of it, it's great.  I use it to manage about 50 servers and can't believe I ever got along without it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13173" RevisionGUID="4d095cc4-1960-4556-a2e4-5dc64efeceae" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:44:32.977" Text="&lt;p&gt;How big of a group is &quot;many&quot;?  As mentioned already, Webmin is good if it does what you want - you can run arbitrary commands and do some common admin tasks (like synchronizing local users) using https.  So, you have less overhead than the ssh method.  Webmin's cluster tools are good for &quot;tens&quot; of machines; I've never tried it on larger groups.  There's also cfengine, which was mentioned - it can be used for small to extremely large groups of machines (as in, thousands), because it can do tiered management as needed (one master, then some sub-masters, etc).  I'm currently using this to manage a network which is about 3500 Unix machines of different flavors.  As the other poster said, it's a pain to initially learn, but works very well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your systems are homegeneous, or at least fairly homogeneous groups, and you don't have a whole lot (like, under a few hundred), there are several good cluster management toolsets out there.  The Oscar project has some admin tools already assembled for use in managing a cluster: &lt;a href=&quot;http://svn.oscar.openclustergroup.org/trac/oscar&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://svn.oscar.openclustergroup.org/trac/oscar&lt;/a&gt;, and there are other similar projects whose names escape me (I'll probably remember as soon as I post).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In simpler terms, there are a few paralell ssh tools discussed at the Linux Journal: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/151340&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/151340&lt;/a&gt;.  Like the other ssh-based cluster tools though, you'll still start running into problems when you try to open too many concurrent ssh connections.  Depending on your hardware, my esperience is that you'll probably want to keep paralelism below 20-30 simultaneous ssh links.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, there are a whole lot of pre-made solutions for this, and there are just as many home-grown solutions.  Look around freshmeat.net and google and you'll find several.  Or roll your own; it's not a particularly difficult challenge to solve acceptably if you're just doing 10-20 machines... :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23868" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13174" RevisionGUID="71623e77-e9b1-4cc7-adc0-b0e25a9364de" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:56:09.933" UserId="4392" Text="There is nothing that inherently denies a domain controller from functioning in other capacities. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have an existing AD infrastructure and you only have one domain controller, I'd say that any drawbacks of promoting another server would be outweighed by the advantages of getting another DC. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember that after you run dcpromo, you'll have to reboot, so any services provided by the newly promoted machine will be interrupted. Also, if you have any domain controller security policies, they will apply to that server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13175" RevisionGUID="b3ac81f1-236b-4caf-981e-a99147ad4f7c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:56:10.747" UserDisplayName="Tamas Kalman" Text="My favorite story is &quot;500 mile E-mail&quot;. Since I'm a newbie I don't have rights to post links, but you can Google it." />
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  <row Id="23873" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13176" RevisionGUID="41192042-416d-4cc4-a7d7-fa4ea11aa6c2" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:56:11.527" UserId="4410" Text="&lt;drupal&gt;&lt;iis&gt;" />
  <row Id="23874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13177" RevisionGUID="5e2a02a6-ae7e-42af-9c83-24d84a974677" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:56:30.620" UserId="3557" Text="Multi-Role Domain controllers are pretty common.  Although, most roles they perform are network infrastructure roles.  Good examples are File Servers, DHCP and DNS. They are poor choices for things like Terminal servers (Users do not have rights to log into a Domain Controller and giving them said rights grants requires Domain Admins), Web Application Servers, Line of Business App Servers, Firewall/Proxy/ISA servers, etc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my environments, I prefer to have all internal DNS Servers running on Domain Controllers as well as my DHCP services.  This seems to be a good mix of roles on the DCs to reduce cost and make the best use of the hardware possible." />
  <row Id="23875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13178" RevisionGUID="dcf49d94-d631-4740-9aef-d45cf4223ced" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:56:43.147" UserId="4136" Text="You COULD but why would you want to? Theoretically you can have the whole shebang of services on same box (Small Business Server). Just because you CAN do something, however, doesn't necessarily mean you should. The Domain controller holds the AD database so if you want to risk bogging that down with printing (and god forbid) file sharing then that's a risk you'll have to assess yourself. If you want to play it safe stand up a Linux server for free and use that as a network file share or print server and try to keep your Domain Server boxes as just that." />
  <row Id="23877" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13180" RevisionGUID="819e4595-c495-4095-9ab5-eac14bdbacba" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:56:56.610" UserId="4396" Text="So I can disable System Restore on my USB External Disk by going to &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **System Properties** -&gt; **System Restore** -&gt; (selecting the drive) -&gt; **Settings** -&gt; **Turn off System Restore on this drive** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and this works wonderfully my own system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But can I set an option (via an autorun.inf or some other mechanism) that will prevent System Restore from storing data on this drive when plugged into other Windows machines?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23878" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13180" RevisionGUID="819e4595-c495-4095-9ab5-eac14bdbacba" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:56:56.610" UserId="4396" Text="Disabling System Restore on a USB External Disk on *all* Windows machines?" />
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  <row Id="23880" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="13160" RevisionGUID="b37935c9-a7dc-47ed-ac38-022c243db01a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:57:30.930" UserId="1803" Comment="tagged" Text="&lt;windows-domain&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="23881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13181" RevisionGUID="080da661-4649-414b-b76f-de009c590bbd" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:57:56.967" Text="We were able to achieve this by making our linux servers act as a router (using zebra + ospf) &#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some details if anyone is interested&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;-DRBD replicating using a different subnet advertised on lo:1 interface on both machines&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;-have Virtual IP configured on lo:2 that fails over &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;- For heartbeat use unicast for talking to the other node&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23882" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13181" RevisionGUID="080da661-4649-414b-b76f-de009c590bbd" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:57:56.967" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13182" RevisionGUID="6fb937c4-131e-4b8a-a096-f37bd87073f6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:58:20.833" UserId="385" Text="Yes, they can, but from a security perspective, the usual answer is no. The reason is a simple one: the more that's running on a domain controller, the greater the surface area which can be exploited to take the box. Take the box and you've got the domain. Typically it's not unusual to see DNS running with Active Directory integrated zones. However, anything else, I would say no unless you're a small shop and simply can't afford to break out the services.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13183" RevisionGUID="52de78fa-5a74-42c3-8c0f-99d9d142a31f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:59:03.250" UserId="4415" Text="Perhaps you can use GPO to push out IESpell to your workstations?" />
  <row Id="23885" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13184" RevisionGUID="63231401-4354-4bf1-8a9c-e1119a03409d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T17:59:33.733" UserId="4410" Text="(don't take me too seriously, but you know I have a point)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sure, just install VMware, and on it Debian and you have a great multi-purpose server. That is, if the load on the host is small enough." />
  <row Id="23886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13185" RevisionGUID="026026d3-a8d6-4dc9-b89c-0c4877ee12cd" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:00:15.590" UserDisplayName="Dave Christian" Text="Reboot using a 'Live' Linux CD, the rm -rf" />
  <row Id="23887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13186" RevisionGUID="620869e6-c53c-4bf9-9074-cab76853eb91" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:00:45.713" UserId="4413" Text="+1 for puppet.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try capistrano too.  Capistrano works just like your bash foreach loop above but it is based on ruby instead of bash.  Puppet is a good fit for idempotent operations that leave a system in a known state.  Capistrano is used for operational tasks (a la: put server in maintenance mode, take out of maintenance mode)" />
  <row Id="23888" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13186" RevisionGUID="620869e6-c53c-4bf9-9074-cab76853eb91" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:00:45.713" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13187" RevisionGUID="1c492c76-ab42-4158-87a2-ffa76112b8dc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:02:30.670" UserId="4418" Text="You didn't mention having a hot read-slave as a requirement, so I'm going to propose using Heartbeat with either shared storage or DRBD. It just does the right thing and administration is a breeze. It's the Linux equivalent of older Microsoft SQL Server clustering. One node is active and the other node is passive while the data is shared between the two. You don't have to worry about SQL-based replication because it's all handled lower down at the block level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seriously, it's by far the best solution if you don't need read slaves. The WAL archive stuff was hokey at best and you must set everything up again if you ever disrupt the shipping process for a server reboot. slony and londiste don't cut the mustard. If you want to stay on the main source tree and not go commercial, Heartbeat is your best bet." />
  <row Id="23890" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12805" RevisionGUID="ece48e85-b2fa-4fdd-aa1c-10b45480630c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:02:50.153" UserId="891" Comment="subnet" Text="On Windows, the [Routing table][1] is accessible with the `route` command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You add [static routes][2] like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        &gt; route ADD 157.0.0.0 MASK 255.0.0.0  157.55.80.1 METRIC 3 IF 2&#xD;&#xA;                 destination^      ^mask      ^gateway     metric^    ^&#xD;&#xA;                                                             Interface^&#xD;&#xA;To learn about using masks (or `CIDR`, e.g. /24) see the [Subnetwork][3] entry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; A routing prefix is the sequence of leading bits of an IP address that precede the portion of the address used as host identifier. In IPv4 networks, the routing prefix is often expressed as a &quot;subnet mask&quot;, which is a bit mask covering the number of bits used in the prefix. An IPv4 subnet mask is frequently expressed in quad-dotted decimal representation, e.g., 255.255.255.0 is the subnet mask for the 192.168.1.0 network with a 24-bit routing prefix (192.168.1.0/24).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Routing_table&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_route&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subnetwork" />
  <row Id="23891" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13188" RevisionGUID="2d469a29-d00b-4121-b39a-3651c13c1306" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:02:57.550" UserId="3328" Text="I've been looking at my raid setups and I am beginning to really hate raid 1.  During a drive failure, you don't know if the data on the other drive is correct or not.  And what if one drive reads 1 and the other 0 without failure?  How do you know which drive is correct?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sure you could go with raid 6, but its a minimum of 4 drives.  I think you can do the same with just 2 drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've come up with a few raid levels, but why don't they exist?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Raid on a single drive that also uses forward error correction like par2&#xD;&#xA;2. Like #1 but also mirrored (now you can ensure data is correct during failure)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This would require some custom hardware to perform the par2 calculation quickly.  Also since its par2, for each drive you add to the array the par2 files can be smaller and smaller, since the amount of redundancy is the sum of the total size of the par2 files.  See this to learn more about par2: &lt;http://www.quickpar.org.uk/AboutPAR2.htm&gt;" />
  <row Id="23892" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13188" RevisionGUID="2d469a29-d00b-4121-b39a-3651c13c1306" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:02:57.550" UserId="3328" Text="Why don't these raid levels exists?" />
  <row Id="23893" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13188" RevisionGUID="2d469a29-d00b-4121-b39a-3651c13c1306" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:02:57.550" UserId="3328" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;mirror&gt;" />
  <row Id="23894" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13189" RevisionGUID="f8b040dc-5be6-4609-8ea9-98b4cc65187a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:03:27.033" UserId="4410" Text="rssh does exactly that. From the site:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; rssh is a restricted shell for use&#xD;&#xA;&gt; with OpenSSH, allowing only scp and/or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sftp. It now also includes support for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; rdist, rsync, and cvs. For example, if&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you have a server which you only want&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to allow users to copy files off of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; via scp, without providing shell&#xD;&#xA;&gt; access, you can use rssh to do that.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; For a list of platforms on which rssh&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is known to work, see the Platform&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Support Page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www  dot pizzashack dot org/rssh/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(sorry, n00b and can't post links yet)" />
  <row Id="23895" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13190" RevisionGUID="0a0715d9-b864-436b-95f9-57f325ce37d9" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:03:35.130" UserId="4398" Text="I have an OpenSolaris box sharing out two ZFS filesystems. One is an NFS connection to a CentOS box running VMware server (the disk images are stored in ZFS). The other is an iSCSI connection to a Windows 2008 server with NTFS formatting on top of the ZFS. Both connections are direct over gig-E (no switches).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm running munin to monitor the boxes, but I'm not sure what kind of numbers I should be expecting. Can anybody give me some baseline numbers to compare against or make any suggestions on where to start tuning?" />
  <row Id="23896" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13190" RevisionGUID="0a0715d9-b864-436b-95f9-57f325ce37d9" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:03:35.130" UserId="4398" Text="What are &quot;good&quot; speeds for iSCSI and NFS over 1GB ethernet?" />
  <row Id="23897" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13190" RevisionGUID="0a0715d9-b864-436b-95f9-57f325ce37d9" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:03:35.130" UserId="4398" Text="&lt;zfs&gt;&lt;iscsi&gt;&lt;nfs&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="23898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13191" RevisionGUID="605f7596-806c-4698-9fed-a66309aa446d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:04:08.747" UserId="4415" Text="I recall an issue like this on Dell Latitudes and they eventually came out with a driver patch.  Will this only happen while the machine is on Battery, or plugged in too?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tom" />
  <row Id="23899" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13192" RevisionGUID="ff880b15-3327-4486-91d3-1f5b5287c056" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:04:35.893" UserId="4401" Text="&#xD;&#xA;We are a small company that does video editing, among other things, and need a place to keep backup copies of large media files and make it easy to share them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've got a box set up with Ubuntu Server and 4 x 500 GB drives.  They're currently set up with Samba as four shared folders that Mac/Windows workstations can see fine, but I want a better solution.  There are two major reasons for this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. 500 GB is not really big enough (some projects are larger)&#xD;&#xA;2. It is cumbersome to manage the current setup, because individual hard drives have different amounts of free space and duplicated data (for backup).  It is confusing &lt;em&gt;now&lt;/em&gt; and that will only get worse once there are multiple servers. (&quot;the project is on sever2 in share4&quot; etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I need a way to combine hard drives in such a way as to avoid complete data loss with the failure of a single drive, and so users see only a single share on each server.  I've done linux software RAID5 and had a bad experience with it, but would try it again.  LVM looks ok but it seems like no one uses it.  ZFS seems interesting but it is relatively &quot;new&quot;.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the most efficient and least risky way to to combine the hdd's that is convenient for my users?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23900" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13192" RevisionGUID="ff880b15-3327-4486-91d3-1f5b5287c056" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:04:35.893" UserId="4401" Text="File Server - Storage configuration: RAID vs LVM vs ZFS something else... ?" />
  <row Id="23901" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13192" RevisionGUID="ff880b15-3327-4486-91d3-1f5b5287c056" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:04:35.893" UserId="4401" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;file-server&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;raid&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="23902" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13193" RevisionGUID="fcf5a5d5-10d8-4eed-9af4-2ad95237b68c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:05:00.900" UserId="4370" Text="You might also look into a third party tool (Litespeed from Quest, SQL Backup from Red Gate, Hyperbac) to reduce the sizes of the backups and logs. They can pay for themselves quickly in tape savings.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23903" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13194" RevisionGUID="a32df3b5-d636-429b-a715-b914b992351a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:05:10.697" UserId="4407" Text="I think that a netbook would be fine for the users you described as only needing to use office applications. Developers would need something a bit stronger. what they need depends on the complexity and requirements of the applications they are working on. I think that as developers we tend to ignore the difference between what we need and what we want. I use a very powerful laptop at work, which is understandable as the applicaton I work on is very performance intense and interacts with several external devices and software components. My work at home is done on a 6 year old laptop on which I mainly do web development using asp.net. That old laptop is easily able to handle all the tools I use, visual studio, dream weaver, photoshop, etc. What you get your devs doenst have to be state of the art 2500 dollar laptops, even though every dev including myself would love to have one. " />
  <row Id="23904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13195" RevisionGUID="0783362a-748a-44c6-818c-92464fe4b0b3" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:06:30.117" UserId="2513" Text="A quick google search returned this guide, [Drupal Clean URL's on IIS][1].  Is this helpful?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.riff.org/2005_09_04_drupal_admin_clean_urls_for_drupal_using_iis" />
  <row Id="23905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13196" RevisionGUID="f7b6b459-81c9-4ec5-8d7d-561247c4551d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:06:56.480" UserId="1803" Text="It looks like it boils down to Security and Performance.  I don't think performance is much of an issue on small networks, AD uses a miniscule amount of the cheapest server you could put together right now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At that point, you can just weigh security vs. cost - which is what all security questions boil down to in a small network..." />
  <row Id="23906" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13197" RevisionGUID="12be8c04-cc17-4a05-948a-728a3b16ccc3" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:07:02.797" UserId="2304" Text="Ubuntu 8.10 for the PS3 was released Oct 30, 2008: Wiki [here][1], and downloads [here][2].  The [9.04 release][3] is a bit behind schedule, but should hopefully be out soon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for what's special about it, the packages are compiled to run on the PS3's cell processor and by default include packages &amp; configurations to support the PS3's standard hardware...  If you're looking for more specifics than that, you'd have to check out the [documentation][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuPS3&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuPS3/Releases&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-ps3-port&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PlayStation_3" />
  <row Id="23908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13198" RevisionGUID="8e752ee1-e6b9-4b15-8c7e-190dc78bf0f1" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:08:04.840" UserId="1561" Text="&quot;You can even cut a tin can with it, but you wouldn't want to!&quot; - [*Mr. Popeil*][1], lyrics Weird Al Yankovic&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess the question is: do you want to?  Sure, you can turn your domain controller into a file and print server, or a SQL Server box, or any number of other functions.  But there's a downside to this, a price to pay in the form of degraded functionality on that box.  If you have very few users (say under 25-50), or you are squeezed by budget constraints and you need to make this an &quot;all in one&quot; box, you could get away with doing so.  But there are performance issues, security issues, and even the potential for incompatibilities between services.  Doing &quot;all in one&quot; boxes is a function of evil budgets set forth by keepers-of-the-pursestrings that don't understand the price they'll pay.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can afford it, put the domain controller on a separate box.  Heck, if at all possible, get a cheap yet server-grade box, probably a department-level box, and put your DC services on that; then get a twin of that box, and put DC services on that as well.  This is the model that Windows would like you have, and you really, *really*, should have at least two domain controllers for each domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sing365.com/music/Lyric.nsf/Mr-Popeil-lyrics-Weird-Al-Yankovic/C4B4AB306992CE704825690F00148DB8" />
  <row Id="23909" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13199" RevisionGUID="df7bc881-a2bf-46ea-8756-c9413f28a7f7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:08:10.673" UserId="4419" Text="These are the ones I often use are 'pbone' and 'freshrpms'. I'd suggest google-ing those as I can't post links yet :-P" />
  <row Id="23910" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13200" RevisionGUID="e9d1523e-dfab-46bc-be8f-24afbd1c3ba2" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:09:09.847" UserId="984" Text="RAID vs LVM isn't really a good comparison they perform separate roles, and are frequently used together.  RAID is used for drive redundancy, LVM can be used to break up your RAID device into logical volumes, it is used for easy resizing, and for taking snapshots." />
  <row Id="23911" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13201" RevisionGUID="aac741c8-d392-4e5c-b980-459996d86a8f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:09:21.233" UserId="4420" Text="ZFS is really reliable and it sure does make your storage management hell of a lot easier.&#xD;&#xA;As a bonus: smb is integrated with ZFS in OpenSolaris and it handles Raid very well.&#xD;&#xA;Wait a few days, download the by then released 2009.6 version and give it a go on a test machine. I am sure you will love ZFS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And about your comment ZFS being new: not very new anymore!" />
  <row Id="23912" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13202" RevisionGUID="16b771de-3a11-49f6-a4de-54c9a27b7b69" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:09:55.133" UserId="4145" Text="Use the &quot;mdadm&quot; utility to create a RAID-5 array out of your drives.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This provides the redundancy you need, so if a drive goes dead you can replace it with no data loss, and also gives you usage of 3 out of the 4 drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd also recommend you create an LVM volume on top of the RAID, so you can partition the space out as needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13203" RevisionGUID="6ad41c0d-c7f4-4a56-a1f2-465cd1f11e1a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:10:26.020" UserId="2783" Text="If the question is &quot;why can you not have RAID with a single drive that has error correction&quot;, the answer is in the &quot;R&quot; of RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)... There would be no redunancy for disk failure.  RAID is not designed to protect against data corruption (as par2 is), it is designed to protect against disk failure.  A disk failure on a single disk with par2 would take the error correcting checksum down with the data, leaving you with no data at all." />
  <row Id="23914" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13204" RevisionGUID="db40a0df-2612-468a-a3b2-3286383ffb01" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:10:32.540" UserId="4234" Text="    cipher /w:C:\&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /W        Removes data from available unused disk space on the entire volume. If this option is chosen, all other options are ignored. The directory specified can be anywhere in a local volume. If it is a mount point or points to a directory in another volume, the data on that volume will be removed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;support.microsoft.com/kb/814599" />
  <row Id="23915" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13204" RevisionGUID="db40a0df-2612-468a-a3b2-3286383ffb01" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:10:32.540" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="23916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13205" RevisionGUID="988784a5-616f-430a-8f9b-d758b1092dcf" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:10:36.097" UserId="431" Text="No, you can't use SQL authentication with the CMS.  It's Windows authentication only.  It doesn't store any authentication data inside the CMS - it's only a list of registered servers." />
  <row Id="23917" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13206" RevisionGUID="435fe43a-a7d5-4c59-ae64-58e7205069a8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:10:42.290" UserId="4352" Text="@Spoike (I can't comment on answers yet..)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IT implementors (the role will vary by firm type and size) must work consistently to achieve the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Install/turnover Minimum Requirements** - in other words, IT cannot be passive and expect developers to &quot;know&quot; what information is needed at install/turnover time. I have found that there is often considerable confusion/disagreement in IT as to what constitutes proper documentation of an app.  Dev understands requirements (we hope) and IT must caucus to find what - at a minimum - is required.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **An install/turnover procedure** - in enterprise settings you might call this Change Control or Governance, but it is essentially a standard review cycle wherein IT sits down with Dev PRIOR top install to get a briefing on the product and its needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Installing an app is not unlike debuting a theatrical production. Before the curtain goes up, the director (lead developer) meets repeatedly with the stage production team (IT implementors) to make sure everything is &quot;just so&quot; for opening night (the public install).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You cannot change the Dev persona (why would you want to?), but you can point to your shared goal of a fantastic app that runs blazingly fast for all users.  Your consensus IT doc requirements are just one of the things needed to ensure that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23918" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13207" RevisionGUID="29ddb9ec-444d-4c9a-9e66-cd1504598734" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:11:52.943" UserId="108" Text="Kinda hacky, but you can create a script that will chunk delete the files, i don't know the format, but assuming it's files that start with the letters a-z, you can do&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    deltree /y a*&#xD;&#xA;    deltree /y b*&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;    deltree /y z*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;change deltree with your removal method of choice.  probably be slower, but less error prone?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;sidenote: you can also try installing cygwin to get commands like rm which *probably* would continue deleting files even after it encounters an error with one file." />
  <row Id="23922" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13209" RevisionGUID="f0e892c2-3b00-421a-9153-9fa6b1aadadb" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:12:53.753" UserId="4410" Text="IMHO, move this to stackoverflow ... it should not be in this site." />
  <row Id="23923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13210" RevisionGUID="2525513e-cdd7-400e-9a9a-1e378cb9c7d6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:12:54.657" UserId="431" Text="I get around 90 MB/sec to my EMC AX150i arrays over iSCSI on 1GB ethernet." />
  <row Id="23924" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13211" RevisionGUID="9a285470-3b51-4e55-8634-246331a2da25" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:13:01.477" UserId="1674" Text="RAID by definition can't be done on a single drive as RAID is &quot;Redundant Array of Independent Disks&quot; or &quot;Redundant Array of Independent Disks&quot; depending on who you ask.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A proper raid controller won't write different data to each drive.  As the data is written to one disk, it is also written to the other disk.  If one disk doesn't accept the write then the block should be marked as bad.  If the disk still isn't usable it should be marked as failed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As smearp wrote RAID isn't designed to protect against data problems.  It is a hardware redundancy solution." />
  <row Id="23925" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13198" RevisionGUID="03d26735-dde5-4c43-bb51-0be83983d47f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:13:11.333" UserId="1561" Comment="added 1046 characters in body" Text=" - Is it OK to use servers filling other roles as domain controllers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;You can even cut a tin can with it, but you wouldn't want to!&quot; - [*Mr. Popeil*][1], lyrics Weird Al Yankovic&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess the question is: do you want to?  Sure, you can turn your domain controller into a file and print server, or a SQL Server box, or any number of other functions.  But there's a downside to this, a price to pay in the form of degraded functionality on that box.  If you have very few users (say under 25-50), or you are squeezed by budget constraints and you need to make this an &quot;all in one&quot; box, you could get away with doing so.  But there are performance issues, security issues, and even the potential for incompatibilities between services.  Doing &quot;all in one&quot; boxes is a function of evil budgets set forth by keepers-of-the-pursestrings that don't understand the price they'll pay.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can afford it, put the domain controller on a separate box.  Heck, if at all possible, get a cheap yet server-grade box, probably a department-level box, and put your DC services on that; then get a twin of that box, and put DC services on that as well.  This is the model that Windows would like you have, and you really, *really*, should have at least two domain controllers for each domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Buy the beefer boxes for those services that are used most - databases, email, file &amp; print, etc.  These are the &quot;everyday&quot; boxes that users see regularly; the domain controllers are best left rubber-stamping user credentials across the domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What things should be considered in determining whether to &quot;dual-purpose&quot; a server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you get away with degraded levels of performace?  Will there be an incompatibility between the service you're installing, and any other services that may run?  Will it interfere with AD authentication?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Does the domain controller role change how Windows operates the file system or on the hardware?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No.  But it will increase its workload.  And if you integrate other non-windows functions (say, using a PAM stack to authenticate a linux box via Kerberos as part of an IMAP service) then expect that workload to increase.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Are there difference between versions of Windows Server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each release increases the number of features, although it's safe to say that you want at least Windows 2000 if not better.  Most folks are on Windows 2003 (and cousins), which includes enhancements to file services, volume shadow copy, etc.  2008 provides even more enhancements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sing365.com/music/Lyric.nsf/Mr-Popeil-lyrics-Weird-Al-Yankovic/C4B4AB306992CE704825690F00148DB8" />
  <row Id="23926" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11455" RevisionGUID="bacfedc7-578b-46e8-9352-afb56e94b8e2" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:14:23.173" UserId="3400" Comment="word of thanks" Text="Given a mixed environment of Windows servers, Linux (RHEL5) servers, and XP clients, can anyone foresee benefits and/or problems attempting to use Perl 5.10 for logon/logout scripts?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using *.cmd files will be much easier and faster for the simple things I'll attempt with logon/logout scripts.  Thanks for your insight." />
  <row Id="23927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13212" RevisionGUID="58ea97ed-d742-4d1b-a0bb-c416cc56c1a2" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:14:28.837" UserId="2513" Text="I am pretty sure this is not possible by simply adding some sort of file to the drive.  Although, I have never personally had a problem with other PC's trying to use an external drive for system restore automatically after I plug it in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have heard that if you unplug the drive while windows is running, without doing a &quot;Safe Removal of Hardware&quot;, windows will not use that drive for System Restore though." />
  <row Id="23928" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12950" RevisionGUID="3a4bb847-eebf-4fa1-9689-2745d02f5e71" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:14:41.190" UserId="4131" Comment="made my MSFT statement sound less harsh" Text="I have no recent experience with MSFT anything, so I can't speak to that need. However, my instinct says: If you have to develop using an MSFT tool, then yes, lock 'em down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't use MSFT machines or issue them to developers, and that mitigates the majority of the problem. I take the responsibility upon myself to hire developers and sys admins that do not need such baby sitting. I provide all the tools needed to store backups and protect source code with version control. The developers know that loosing code may be a firing offense, and they are diligent. I don't like tinkering when you should be working. I encourage people to do it on their own time. (We issue laptops.) Sometimes they have to spend a few days bellied up to a &quot;dev server&quot; until they get their laptop fixed. If it becomes an issue, as simple conversation resolves it. Locking down a developer or engineer's machine is a waste of resources." />
  <row Id="23929" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13213" RevisionGUID="478e32e3-64b3-4c10-8492-53c5cc8ef5a1" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:15:24.920" UserId="4422" Text="Maybe external device changing adressing, like:&#xD;&#xA;past:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Port1 - sda&#xD;&#xA;    Port2 - sdb&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;now&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Eport - sda&#xD;&#xA;    Port1 - sdb&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or enclosure not have enough power to spin up new disks. Can you connect enclosure after system boot and check, how it works?" />
  <row Id="23930" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13214" RevisionGUID="50c75071-6702-4a46-95dc-be90e92c5608" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:15:39.817" UserId="1674" Text="I've been able to push data over iSCSI to about 200 Mbit/sec over 1GB links.  But I had a 14 disk RAID 6 hosted by an EMC CX4-240 with not much else using the cache at the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The biggest bottleneck will probably be the amount of controller cache and speed of the disks (for when the cache gets full)." />
  <row Id="23931" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13215" RevisionGUID="33878e28-911b-4772-ae97-7e26f37a09ce" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:15:47.740" UserId="3567" Text="I am attempting to allow a wordpress installation to install plugins.  I am not quite sure how to securely set the permissions of my wordpress installation.  I think chown -R www-data on the entire installation would work, but I think that is insecure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instead I am attempting to allow wordpress to install plugins via sftp/ssh.  In [this tutorial on how to get that working][1], it shows that I would need to generate a key pair to keep on the server.  I thought the whole point of key pairs is that you keep the public key on the server and the private key on the computer.  I realize it is probably requiring this because the wordpress installer is on the server (the installer needs the private key) and the destination is the wordpress installation.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So am I being ridiculous requiring that my wordpress plugin installer script must ssh into a sub-directory of where it exists?  If so, why are people raving about this as a secure way to install plugins?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the better option is to set permissions, does anyone know how to securely set the proper permissions for my wordpress installation?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.firesidemedia.net/dev/wordpress-install-upgrade-ssh/" />
  <row Id="23932" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13215" RevisionGUID="33878e28-911b-4772-ae97-7e26f37a09ce" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:15:47.740" UserId="3567" Text="Are server side ssh keys secure?" />
  <row Id="23933" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13215" RevisionGUID="33878e28-911b-4772-ae97-7e26f37a09ce" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:15:47.740" UserId="3567" Text="&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;keys&gt;&lt;sftp&gt;" />
  <row Id="23938" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13216" RevisionGUID="065219f4-57b5-41ad-bcdc-a908a8255e5a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:17:52.340" UserId="3500" Text="You just need a ZFS.  You're guaranteed consistent data based on COW and constant checksumming." />
  <row Id="23939" PostHistoryTypeId="18" PostId="11553" RevisionGUID="500fe984-0b26-43d0-b7aa-98f706170c69" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:18:06.410" UserId="1674" Comment="Merged question 'Best IT Joke Ever?' by Lucas Aardvark" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1674,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;mrdenny&quot;}]" />
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  <row Id="23941" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13217" RevisionGUID="e6fde8ad-b0e5-435f-9fe4-a94fb7b59f98" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:18:48.873" UserId="3668" Text="the original (from openbsd) sshd can do a full chroot, quoting from sshd_config:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ChrootDirectory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;             Specifies a path to chroot(2) to after authentication.  This&#xD;&#xA;             path, and all its components, must be root-owned directories that&#xD;&#xA;             are not writable by any other user or group.  After the chroot,&#xD;&#xA;             sshd(8) changes the working directory to the user's home directo-&#xD;&#xA;             ry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;             The path may contain the following tokens that are expanded at&#xD;&#xA;             runtime once the connecting user has been authenticated: %% is&#xD;&#xA;             replaced by a literal '%', %h is replaced by the home directory&#xD;&#xA;             of the user being authenticated, and %u is replaced by the user-&#xD;&#xA;             name of that user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;             The ChrootDirectory must contain the necessary files and directo-&#xD;&#xA;             ries to support the user's session.  For an interactive session&#xD;&#xA;             this requires at least a shell, typically sh(1), and basic /dev&#xD;&#xA;             nodes such as null(4), zero(4), stdin(4), stdout(4), stderr(4),&#xD;&#xA;             arandom(4) and tty(4) devices.  For file transfer sessions using&#xD;&#xA;             ``sftp'', no additional configuration of the environment is nec-&#xD;&#xA;             essary if the in-process sftp server is used, though sessions&#xD;&#xA;             which use logging do require /dev/log inside the chroot directory&#xD;&#xA;             (see sftp-server(8) for details).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;             The default is not to chroot(2).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13218" RevisionGUID="935838e5-9b3d-4b25-b1e9-75d51a2b092f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:19:06.643" UserId="2304" Text="* [DAG][1]&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* [pbone][2]&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* [rpmfind][3]&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* [Dries][4]&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* [Livna][5]&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* [RPMFusion][6]&#xD;&#xA;* [RPMForge][7]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://rpm.pbone.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://rpmfind.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://dries.ulyssis.org/rpm/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://rpm.livna.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://rpmfusion.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: https://rpmrepo.org/RPMforge" />
  <row Id="23944" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12619" RevisionGUID="53262965-de4c-44c6-b8df-e569ef9b9d2b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:20:08.310" UserId="1674" Comment="Removed the profanity and site bashing." Text="Since you're already doing Java, you might want to take a look at [Sun's DarkStar project][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know any commercial games using it (I believe it's still in development).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.projectdarkstar.com/" />
  <row Id="23945" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13219" RevisionGUID="18ab6c64-8f18-4caa-b523-d0b5debe7e5c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:21:41.053" UserId="1770" Text="LVM is actually quite heavily used.  More and more distributions are defaulting to it, and it makes everything else much easier.  Definitely use LVM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for RAID, with disk prices as cheap as they are, I'd go with RAID1 or RAID10.  Faster, simpler, and much more robust.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Honestly though, unless you're wedded to Ubuntu (which I would normally recommend), or if the box is performing other tasks, you might want to look into [OpenFiler][1].  It turns your box into a storage appliance with a web interface and will handle all of the RAID/LVM/etc for you, and allow you to export the storage as SMB, NFS, iSCSI, etc.  Slick little setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.openfiler.com/" />
  <row Id="23946" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12795" RevisionGUID="1d2a31b2-664a-419a-ac06-e440fdfe9cea" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:21:54.703" UserId="1803" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;gateway&gt;&lt;routing&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="23947" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13220" RevisionGUID="1bf8dcae-57a7-4f46-a664-9313e1d17e46" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:23:07.430" UserId="4422" Text="RAID is NOT like LVM. You can use RAID to make fault-tolerance partitions, but LVM is used to easy disk partitioning and filesystem edition. &#xD;&#xA;You can use RAID over LVM or ZFS (ZFS is can work both RAID and LVM).&#xD;&#xA;In my opinion, ZFS works better than LVM, but:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - on Solaris 10/11/OpenSOlaris only, you can't use it from linux&#xD;&#xA; - ZFS is disk management and filesystem, LVM allow to use any filesystem you need&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Ubuntu i prefer to use RAID5 MD with LVM. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13221" RevisionGUID="7fe0237c-8f49-444c-a198-f8a29671e08c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:23:28.740" UserId="919" Text="The PS3 Cell processor is a PowerPC (PPC) processor, which is different than ARM or x86. So right there, you need to rebuild the whole Ubuntu archive for PPC just run the damn thing. Frequently things that build on normal Ubuntu platforms fail to build from source (FTBFS) on PPC due to assumptions built into the code about datatype implementation etc. In addition, the PS3 is not common hardware and needs some kernel patches regarding SPEs and other features only present on the PS3." />
  <row Id="23949" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12415" RevisionGUID="4ef01619-1eb8-4bc8-a514-0758d8ed776e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:24:10.407" UserId="3454" Comment="New CM tag" Text="&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;management&gt;&lt;configuration-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="23950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13222" RevisionGUID="cef2b2e0-8b06-445f-ba05-8b03c098c0b5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:24:45.227" UserId="3500" Text="We've pushed a Sun X4100 writing over bonded GigE and iSCSI to an Sun X4500 to 280MB/s.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a lot that can be done to tune the TCP stack on Solaris to help things out, this my my stock tuning config. (take from some collection of Sun whitepapers):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ cat /etc/rc3.d/S99ndd&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    NDD=/usr/sbin/ndd&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    $NDD -set /dev/tcp tcp_xmit_hiwat 1048576&#xD;&#xA;    $NDD -set /dev/tcp tcp_recv_hiwat 8388608&#xD;&#xA;    $NDD -set /dev/tcp tcp_max_buf 8388608&#xD;&#xA;    $NDD -set /dev/udp udp_xmit_hiwat 1048576&#xD;&#xA;    $NDD -set /dev/udp udp_recv_hiwat 8388608&#xD;&#xA;    $NDD -set /dev/udp udp_max_buf 8388608&#xD;&#xA;    $NDD -set /dev/tcp tcp_conn_req_max_q 65536&#xD;&#xA;    $NDD -set /dev/tcp tcp_conn_req_max_q0 65536&#xD;&#xA;    $NDD -set /dev/tcp tcp_fin_wait_2_flush_interval 67500&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, worth looking into on your OpenSolaris machine is changing the fsflush internal, the interrupt adjustment and disabling soft rings.  Append the following to /etc/system (reboot required):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;fsflush&quot; tuning&#xD;&#xA;set tune_t_fsflushr = 5&#xD;&#xA;set autoup = 300&#xD;&#xA;* Disable the Automatic Interrupt Adjustment&#xD;&#xA;set dld:dld_opt = 2&#xD;&#xA;* Disable &quot;soft rings&quot;&#xD;&#xA;set ip:ip_squeue_fanout = 0&#xD;&#xA;set ip:ip_soft_rings_cnt = 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Worth mentioning, I do this on Solaris 10 -- not OpenSolaris -- but I think the tunables should work for you just the same.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13223" RevisionGUID="505516f8-a891-40cb-831a-613b8f1f7ed0" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:26:01.543" UserId="4268" Text="Outlook won't let you delete these folders, but they can be removed with OWA. There's no good way to remove them with a script, though. There's also no automated way to clean out their contents. Your best bet will be to train your users so they understand that the contents of these folders are a troubleshooting tool for *you*, not something they need to worry about." />
  <row Id="23952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13224" RevisionGUID="1ceadbef-9ae0-459a-9266-063c6b605cc0" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:27:10.510" UserId="4352" Text="This is one of those things like &quot;What wine is the best?&quot; or &quot;Do these jeans make me look fat?&quot; - but here goes...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The tools noted above and on the &quot;round up&quot; are solid, although I have found Captivate to be too much for the typical user to master IF all that is wanted is to bang out a quick tutorial.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps the key questions are these - and I admit the answers will vary wildly based on what you are trying to accomplish...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **SOUND** - is a voiceover (VO) actually necessary? In other words, are spoken words critical to communicating the content and ideas?  If so, then you are talking about the tools already noted on this thread.  Be aware however that getting the sound 'right' takes practice. Why?  Using sound requires more upfront and post-production work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Upfront work involves preparing a tight script, practicing to remove the &quot;uhs&quot; from your delivery, and knowing/investing enough to get a decent mic (not the crappy one in your laptop, please!).  Bad sound is the #1 reason people click away from a podcast or video. (Slow pacing being #1b...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Post-production work involve editing; getting the pacing right or combining two different tracks for the right cadence.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **ACTION** - is live action *really* the best way.  I know we all want to free our inner JJ Abrams, but sometimes the viewer can be distracted and confused by too much motion and detail.  As an example, check out [InPics][1] which does a great job educating people on Open Office using static screen shots.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again, live action means using a dedicated tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NOW, if sound and action are not essential, explore using Google's free Picasa which does a great job producing a 'slide show' type presentation of a sort of kiosk nature.  Powerpoint does the same, but hey, let's try to use the free stuff, right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A picture can be worth 1k words to be sure, but that doesn't necessary mean a Moving Picture is worth any more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS. Contact me offline for more on this topic as this is a LOB (line of business) for me but this answer is *not* offered as a solicitation...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.inpics.net/index.html &quot;InPics&quot;" />
  <row Id="23953" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13046" RevisionGUID="47eb79be-9dc3-4eb4-8f24-9a1f8ac721ca" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:29:34.577" UserId="3557" Comment="added some details based on comments" Text="AD has many features that you may find very useful.  The first of which is Centralized Authentication.  All user accounts are managed in a single location.  This means that you can use your credentials among any of the machines in the environment. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another item this allows is better security for sharing resources.  Security groups are very useful for targeting access to resources such as file shares.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Group policy allows to you enforce settings across a number of machines or users.  This would allow you to set different policies for users logging into the Terminal servers vs users logging into their workstations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you setup your terminal servers properly and depending on the applications, the centralized authentication, access rights via Security Groups and GPO policies would allow you to utilize both Terminal servers in more of a clustered style than in your current setup where one is idle all of the time this will allow you to scale up to more terminal servers (N+1 style) as the need for resources increases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The downside is that you are only thinking about 1 Domain Controller.  I strongly recommend 2.  This ensures that you do not have a single point of failure for your Active Directory Domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As mentioned in several comments.  Cost is likely to be a significant factor here. If the original questioner has a fully working setup, it may be out of his budget to bring in the hardware and software required to stand up an Active Directory domain environment without an overwhelming case to justify the costs. If everything is working, AD is certainly not a required for an environment to work.  Those of us who have used it in corporate environments in the past however are very strong proponents. This is largely due to the fact that it makes the Administrators job much easier in the long run." />
  <row Id="23954" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13225" RevisionGUID="47449c92-ca1e-49c1-8ab7-4c95e44a6a0b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:30:09.973" UserId="4268" Text="You can't disable Autodiscover. Outlook uses it at launch to locate the mailbox server for a given user, but it also runs periodically while Outlook is open so that it will notice changes to a user's mailbox." />
  <row Id="23955" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13222" RevisionGUID="df9a0872-7a05-4375-8165-89d57ca21640" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:30:54.623" UserId="3500" Comment="typo and an additon" Text="We've pushed a Sun X4100 writing over bonded GigE and iSCSI to an Sun X4500 to 280MB/s.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a lot that can be done to tune the TCP stack on Solaris to help things out, this my my stock tuning config. (take from some collection of Sun whitepapers):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ cat /etc/rc3.d/S99ndd&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    NDD=/usr/sbin/ndd&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    $NDD -set /dev/tcp tcp_xmit_hiwat 1048576&#xD;&#xA;    $NDD -set /dev/tcp tcp_recv_hiwat 8388608&#xD;&#xA;    $NDD -set /dev/tcp tcp_max_buf 8388608&#xD;&#xA;    $NDD -set /dev/udp udp_xmit_hiwat 1048576&#xD;&#xA;    $NDD -set /dev/udp udp_recv_hiwat 8388608&#xD;&#xA;    $NDD -set /dev/udp udp_max_buf 8388608&#xD;&#xA;    $NDD -set /dev/tcp tcp_conn_req_max_q 65536&#xD;&#xA;    $NDD -set /dev/tcp tcp_conn_req_max_q0 65536&#xD;&#xA;    $NDD -set /dev/tcp tcp_fin_wait_2_flush_interval 67500&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, worth looking into on your OpenSolaris machine is changing the fsflush interval, the interrupt adjustment &quot;magic&quot; and disabling soft rings.  Append the following to /etc/system (reboot required):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;fsflush&quot; tuning&#xD;&#xA;set tune_t_fsflushr = 5&#xD;&#xA;set autoup = 300&#xD;&#xA;* Disable the Automatic Interrupt Adjustment&#xD;&#xA;set dld:dld_opt = 2&#xD;&#xA;* Disable &quot;soft rings&quot;&#xD;&#xA;set ip:ip_squeue_fanout = 0&#xD;&#xA;set ip:ip_soft_rings_cnt = 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Worth mentioning, I do this on Solaris 10 -- not OpenSolaris -- but I think the tunables should work for you just the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The (recently renamed) OpenSolaris 2009.06 release looks to be very exciting in the world of iSCSI and ZFS.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23956" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13190" RevisionGUID="f4b7ed2a-d00b-4549-a086-552ebf433834" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:32:05.073" UserId="4398" Text="I have an OpenSolaris box sharing out two ZFS filesystems. One is an NFS connection to a CentOS box running VMware server (the disk images are stored in ZFS). The other is an iSCSI connection to a Windows 2008 server with NTFS formatting on top of the ZFS. Both connections are direct over gig-E (no switches).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm running munin to monitor the boxes, but I'm not sure what kind of numbers I should be expecting. Can anybody give me some baseline numbers to compare against or make any suggestions on where to start tuning?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are the NFS stats I'm seeing, I'll post iSCSI once I fix munin on the solaris box :P&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![interface](http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/121/localifeth1week.png)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![nfs client](http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/8554/localnfsclientweek.png)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13227" RevisionGUID="7d49f4b2-12cf-4388-bc81-32618e098ab4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:35:07.047" UserId="1404" Text="You could use [etckeeper][1] to handle it, which would let you use git, mercurial, darcs, or bzr for the repository.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/etckeeper/" />
  <row Id="23961" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13228" RevisionGUID="49e9f488-b55f-4668-92c8-2a00255290b1" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:35:19.277" UserId="2108" Text="The central question is: &quot;How important is this data?&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the answer is &quot;I can recreate it easily&quot; you want RAID5, possibly with LVM on top of it for simplicity of management. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the answer is &quot;I can recreate it but it would take a while and people would complain&quot; you want RAID 6 or more likely RAID 1/10. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the answer is &quot;Nobody does any work while I recreate it and make sure it's bit-perfect&quot;  you want ZFS/Raid-Z &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that you're always able to recreate it. RAID isn't a backup." />
  <row Id="23962" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13222" RevisionGUID="24b293f9-475a-45cd-8403-b9b2cdac4582" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:36:01.100" UserId="3500" Text="We've pushed a Sun X4100 writing over bonded GigE and iSCSI to an Sun X4500 to 280MB/s.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a lot that can be done to tune the TCP stack on Solaris to help things out, this my my stock tuning config. (take from some collection of Sun whitepapers):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ cat /etc/rc3.d/S99ndd&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    NDD=/usr/sbin/ndd&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    $NDD -set /dev/tcp tcp_xmit_hiwat 1048576&#xD;&#xA;    $NDD -set /dev/tcp tcp_recv_hiwat 8388608&#xD;&#xA;    $NDD -set /dev/tcp tcp_max_buf 8388608&#xD;&#xA;    $NDD -set /dev/udp udp_xmit_hiwat 1048576&#xD;&#xA;    $NDD -set /dev/udp udp_recv_hiwat 8388608&#xD;&#xA;    $NDD -set /dev/udp udp_max_buf 8388608&#xD;&#xA;    $NDD -set /dev/tcp tcp_conn_req_max_q 65536&#xD;&#xA;    $NDD -set /dev/tcp tcp_conn_req_max_q0 65536&#xD;&#xA;    $NDD -set /dev/tcp tcp_fin_wait_2_flush_interval 67500&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, worth looking into on your OpenSolaris machine is changing the fsflush interval, the interrupt adjustment &quot;magic&quot; and disabling soft rings.  Append the following to /etc/system (reboot required):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * &quot;fsflush&quot; tuning&#xD;&#xA;    set tune_t_fsflushr = 5&#xD;&#xA;    set autoup = 300&#xD;&#xA;    * Disable the Automatic Interrupt Adjustment&#xD;&#xA;    set dld:dld_opt = 2&#xD;&#xA;    * Disable &quot;soft rings&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    set ip:ip_squeue_fanout = 0&#xD;&#xA;    set ip:ip_soft_rings_cnt = 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Worth mentioning, I do this on Solaris 10 -- not OpenSolaris -- but I think the tunables should work for you just the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm a big fan of Filebench for playing around with tuning options and doing throughput tests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [FileBench on SolarisInternals&#xD;&#xA;   Wiki][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [FileBench on SourceForge][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The (recently renamed) OpenSolaris 2009.06 release looks to be very exciting in the world of iSCSI and ZFS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps some!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/FileBench&#xD;&#xA;[2]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/filebench/" />
  <row Id="23963" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13229" RevisionGUID="557a9af8-f26b-4cac-8032-c091d883aaba" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:37:04.593" UserId="4436" Text="Can you specially backup your transaction log at various points during your database optimization? The total size of the t-logs would be the same, but each one would be smaller, possibly helping you in some way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you do more targeted database optimization so less transactions are created (someone mentioned this but I'm not sure the implications were spelled out). Such as tolerating a certain amount of fragmentation or wasted space for a while. If 40% of your tables are only 5% fragmented, not touching them could save quite a bit of activity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you do your optimization daily just before or after the differential (or full) so there is less to optimize being 1 day since the last time instead of 7?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you do 1/7th of the optimization just before or after each differential, (broken up by tables, perhaps) so that each week all the optimization is cycled through once?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13230" RevisionGUID="a5895642-c076-496d-b7dd-f0b1f5c00ff1" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:37:22.627" UserId="4352" Text="You will have to wade through some of the stuff, but you may find this site worthwhile:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [ShowMeDo][1] - Showmedo is about learning and (Free and) Open-source software (FOSS). We were inspired to start Showmedo by watching some very effective web video-tutorials/screencasts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look for the &quot;Installing and using Linux&quot; or the Ubuntu series.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Note: don't be put off by all the dev stuff...*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://showmedo.com/videotutorials/linux &quot;ShowMeDo&quot;" />
  <row Id="23965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13231" RevisionGUID="9a879514-db81-4c5b-bc4f-fade5e63ef90" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:38:20.880" UserId="2101" Text="Connecting your external drive has caused the drive names to change. To avoid this, you can reference &amp; mount filesystems via UUID or label. This will prevent any renaming from messing up your system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other ways you can do this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Change the module load order to load the IDE driver before the SAS drive&#xD;&#xA;- Use LVM instead. LVM will find its physical volumes even if they move around a bit. (Not really applicable for you, but may be for others)." />
  <row Id="23966" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="13229" RevisionGUID="e3181f59-90bd-45e3-832b-ac855b5236fc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:38:36.633" UserId="4436" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:4436,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Emtucifor&quot;}]" />
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  <row Id="23968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13232" RevisionGUID="afdb970e-0da7-47ee-b05e-d077f7669dc8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:39:47.473" UserId="1840" Text="&lt;h2&gt;Jing&lt;/H2&gt; ([http://www.jingproject.com/][1])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[**Jing**][2] (Win/OSX) is pretty useful for **'fly-by'** tutorials and has saved me lots of time when someone is stuck with something and can't access their computer remotely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just created this in less than a minute: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Launch Jing&#xD;&#xA; 2. Choose capture (video or picture)&#xD;&#xA; 3. Upload (this action uploads the video or picture to your profile and copies the URL to the clipboard&#xD;&#xA; 4. share: [**http://screencast.com/t/7tUvVAXR**][3] &lt;i&gt;(This is what I quickly created for this post)&lt;/i&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jingproject.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.jingproject.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://screencast.com/t/7tUvVAXR" />
  <row Id="23969" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13233" RevisionGUID="b8253845-cf21-4c3a-92aa-62499b89b9be" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:41:52.057" UserId="4437" Text="    su -c 'rpm -Uvh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-3.noarch.rpm'&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;    su -c 'yum install foo'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23970" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13234" RevisionGUID="46e08e33-029b-49d3-8205-3323a316e227" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:43:00.930" UserId="2004" Text="I have used the [community clips][1] recorder to do a quick how-to in windows. It worked very well and produced high quality videos. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.officelabs.com/projects/communityclips/Pages/Default.aspx" />
  <row Id="23971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13235" RevisionGUID="d04c49e9-5f05-4993-8243-620c522d7b33" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:45:13.453" UserId="4370" Text="A few good blog postings from MVP Simon Sabin on these at his blog. Search for Simon Sabin varchar(max)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd agree with Paul, use varchar(max) whenever possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23972" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13236" RevisionGUID="69f980b2-1fe4-4150-ab16-68763974a576" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:45:37.823" UserId="3500" Text="Take a look at what Nexenta and OpenSolaris are offering and I think you'll be very pleased with that you can get for nothing.  It's rumoured that the next releases of OpenFiler will use the FreeBSD ZFS port as well (though, they're quite behind from a feature perspective).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, I try to avoid doing RAID5, RAID6 or RAID50 in software and prefer to use hardware controllers to offload all the XOR work.  RAID1 and RAID10 in Linux software work pretty well, and from there I put LVM on top of them to allow more flexibility in what's done with the blocks I have after the fact.  RAID+LVM+XFS is my favorite Linux config., but I'd take ZFS over it anyday." />
  <row Id="23973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13237" RevisionGUID="21cef6e8-fa7d-4d67-ab16-29f62ed5b5be" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:46:12.047" UserId="3146" Text="Are you trying to stick with Ubuntu for some reason?  If not, [Yellow Dog Linux][1] is the more mature platform for the PS3.  It's designed for the PowerPC (PPC) based processors such as the Cell processor used in the PS3.  This includes its package repositories.  The company even sells Cell based PC's if you have a PowerPC fetish.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://us.fixstars.com/products/ydl/" />
  <row Id="23974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13238" RevisionGUID="cc95486f-083e-4ca5-abb1-db4bea36e3a3" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:46:38.833" UserDisplayName="Jeremy Lowell" Text="Easy answer:  Change your weekly optimization job to run in a more balanced manner on a nightly basis.  i.e. re-index tables a-e on Sunday night, f - l on Monday night etc... find a good balance, your log will be roughly 1/6th of the size on average.  Of course this works best if you aren't using the built-in ssis index maintenance job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The downside to this and it's significant depending on the load your db experiences is that it wreaks havoc with the optimizer and the re-use of query plans.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But if all you care about is the size of your t-log on a weekly basis, split it up from day to day or hour to hour and run the t-log backups in-between." />
  <row Id="23975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13239" RevisionGUID="a475f811-a09d-4fca-b4f8-60a119b0ce31" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:46:53.933" UserId="4443" Text="Since this has zero answers, I'll give what I remember. Seems like Windows network stack is smart enough to route that traffic by knowing which adapter has an IP address on that subnet. Also, you can leave DNS blank on the private connection under TCP/IP settings under properties. You can also go into advanced from there and delete the domains it searches for. This will at least optimize data flow, and I believe this is how we have it set up going from server 2003 to a Dell md3000i. I haven't noticed anything crazy on the traffic monitor and there is a good bit of data running through there. hope that helps." />
  <row Id="23976" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13240" RevisionGUID="732d89fa-731d-4c0b-a682-0cd08ee05572" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:48:15.663" UserId="4437" Text="    rpmbuild --rebuild http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/development/source/SRPMS/python-2.6-7.fc11.src.rpm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if you really want 3.0 (which is almost broken because a bottleneck in io) just change .spec file" />
  <row Id="23977" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13241" RevisionGUID="8c28e73c-3cba-407c-ab5a-2bc80e2210eb" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:50:25.473" UserId="4131" Text="Replication changed dramatically in MySQL 5.1. In 5.0 only Statement Based Replication was used. You now have the option to do Row Based Replication or Mixed Based Replication. This will greatly affect how you replicate over a WAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have the ability to either:&#xD;&#xA;A) Do IP take over (if your servers are geographically separated this is not likely)&#xD;&#xA;B) Make agile DNS changes&#xD;&#xA;You can avoid modifying the app code/configuration to change the masters. We use internal DNS with short caching and fake .internal domains. If we need to change masterdb.internal to be some other server, in 5 seconds the change propigates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Within a single data center we use IP take over. All of the DB servers have virtual interfaces (eth0:1, eth0:2, eth0:3) which are not ifup'ed on boot. If one of the slaves needs to take over, you just ifup eth0:2 and it's the master. In this scenario, eth0 is the 'if' that we use to shell in and such. The apps connect on eth0:1 which will not be activated on boot if my script detects that the IP is taken. (wikipedia STONITH) The other ifs are for taking over the IPs of masters that may need to be failed over." />
  <row Id="23978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13242" RevisionGUID="26e04c6e-72e7-406c-aa1e-5a3d9f082595" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:51:51.663" UserId="4370" Text="Camtasia is great for screen casts. If you want to edit later, you can do some editing, but it's not full featured. It allows simple editing, and 2 video tracks you can put together. Lots of export possibilities as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For training/tutorials, it's hard to beat.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13243" RevisionGUID="d2a4e3c5-cc22-4b36-96e6-644a5271d046" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:53:28.790" UserId="2744" Text="Another vote for Puppet here. We use it extensively to perform all server and application installation and configuration management. 200+ nodes and counting. Windows support is apparently in development, though in what state I'm not sure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're still looking into the initial OS bootstrap side of things, but as mentioned above Cobbler looks interesting. We're currently using a mix of PXE booting with Debian/Ubuntu preseeding, but it's hardly optimal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13244" RevisionGUID="6314cde2-7212-4f28-baf0-5a437617454b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:54:25.993" UserId="2359" Text="I have 9 Dell 1850 servers that we are going to be relocating from our office to our remote data center.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In any new servers that I purchase I've been including the DRAC card in them for remote management.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to know if anyone has been sucsessful in adding a DRAC card to a server themselves. Ebay has a good selection of cards but I wanted to see if anyone has any experince with this and if there is anything specific I should be aware of.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
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  <row Id="23982" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13244" RevisionGUID="6314cde2-7212-4f28-baf0-5a437617454b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:54:25.993" UserId="2359" Text="&lt;dell&gt;&lt;drac&gt;&lt;remote-access&gt;" />
  <row Id="23983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13245" RevisionGUID="7ffa0ead-8cce-45d4-88f3-a42e980a9c2a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:56:13.340" UserId="4439" Text="By far the most useful howto site for Linux Admin I have found is HowtoForge followed closely by &quot;debian administration&quot;" />
  <row Id="23984" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13218" RevisionGUID="3fbcfdb3-afaf-4b4a-80a7-2e57f3013007" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:56:17.410" UserId="2304" Comment="added 334 characters in body" Text="* [DAG][1]&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* [pbone][2]&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* [rpmfind][3]&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* [Dries][4]&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* [Livna][5]&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* [RPMFusion][6]&#xD;&#xA;* [RPMForge][7]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can add these repositories to your /etc/yum.conf, which will expand the repos that yum will check.  Beyond that, I wasn't able to find any pre-compiled RPMs for the native library... only a quick [howto article][8] on compiling &amp; setting it up for RHEL 5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://rpm.pbone.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://rpmfind.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://dries.ulyssis.org/rpm/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://rpm.livna.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://rpmfusion.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: https://rpmrepo.org/RPMforge&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://i-proving.ca/space/Barry+O%27Driscoll/blog/2008-09-16_1" />
  <row Id="23985" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13246" RevisionGUID="bc679158-d35a-40e8-aacd-c7d209f63287" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:56:51.433" UserId="2629" Text="[ScreenFlow][1] for the Mac is great -- worth the $100.  It will let you do a screencast in one or several passes, you can have multiple video streams [such as the screen and a webcam capture of you talking], and it'll let you highlight the active window or a circle around the mouse.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.telestream.net/screen-flow/overview.htm" />
  <row Id="23986" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12950" RevisionGUID="b100b949-7d4c-4ce6-9f1a-dd10665eb9ef" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:57:34.397" UserId="4131" Comment="clarity" Text="I have no recent experience with MSFT anything, so I can't speak to that need. However, my instinct says: If you have to develop using an MSFT tool, then yes, lock 'em down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't use MSFT machines or issue them to developers, and that mitigates the majority of the problem. I take the responsibility upon myself to hire developers and sys admins that do not need such baby sitting. I provide all the tools needed to store backups and protect source code with version control. The developers know that loosing code may be a firing offense, and they are diligent. I don't like tinkering (loosing days to problems you caused, forcing others to pick up the slack) when you should be working. I encourage people to do it on their own time. (We issue laptops.) Sometimes they have to spend a few days bellied up to a &quot;dev server&quot; until they get their laptop fixed. If it becomes an issue, a simple conversation resolves it. Locking down a developer or engineer's machine is a waste of resources." />
  <row Id="23987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13247" RevisionGUID="5b876cdc-a800-4881-8917-8fe214012aa0" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:59:39.633" UserId="4418" Text="+1 for Puppet and Capistrano. " />
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  <row Id="23989" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13248" RevisionGUID="ddb45661-050a-4ab8-9a3c-b83cbb638d7c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:01:11.770" UserId="4392" Text="Would it be possible to configure the firewall on that specific interface to filter outgoing active directory traffic, after taking the steps outlined by therulebookman? " />
  <row Id="23990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13249" RevisionGUID="699caa55-d6c9-47b7-ae6a-76017486a60e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:02:04.420" UserId="2908" Text="Probably the easiest method would be to use a “Public Link/Private Link” configuration similar to clustered servers. The public link would be the connection to your Windows domain, and the private link would connect to the NAS. The trick in this situation is to configure the private link with a completely dissimilar IP address from the subnet used in you Windows domain. For example if your Windows network runs on the 10.0.0.0 subnet, you might use the 192.168.0.0 subnet for the private link. You also want to use the bare minimum amount of information when configuring the connection. You should only need the IP address and the subnet mask.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Two other methods you could use are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Implement an IPSec policy.&#xD;&#xA; - Add persistent routes to the windows routing table.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With either of these methods you would be specifying that any traffic bound for the 10.0.0.0 subnet must use 10.x.x.x (insert actual IP address of public link here), and any traffic bound for the 192.168.0.0 subnet must use 192.168.x.x (insert actual IP address of private link here). All of these methods can be used together if you want to ensure additional safeguards to prevent cross-contamination.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13250" RevisionGUID="501c45ff-b0a9-4c75-9c9a-8d3253757b18" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:02:08.333" UserId="4370" Text="I added one years ago (2003/2004) and it worked fine. Some network config to give it its own IP, but seemed to be simple.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd double check the RAC card v your firmware with DELL support, though.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="23992" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13251" RevisionGUID="f08caeef-b4af-47f3-902f-150fdf867ba4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:03:07.677" UserId="4441" Text="install OSSEC.  not only it monitors for repeated logins, it will enter a temporary block with iptables for the offending ip.  And at the end it will send you a report stating the details.  it logs everything, which is nice.  Somone once tried over 8000 login names to log in with.  i parsed the logs and got a nice user list out of deal ;)" />
  <row Id="23993" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13252" RevisionGUID="5265f175-a865-4eda-a7a4-0cd232f8f5fb" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:05:46.627" UserDisplayName="Ali" Text="Hi, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've already installed Bugzilla and I'm trying to the mailing functionality working. Apparently it can use the linux sendmail to do so. I don't know the first thing about how email even works. I've looked online a LOT for a tutorial to explain how the whole process works (sendmail, SMTP, domains, etc.) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can someone please point me to a tutorial that explains the basics, and then help install sendmail so that Bugzilla can send outbound emails? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;p.s. I don't have a domain. This is going to be running off of our dev server. Do you NEED a separate mail server or domain to get sendmail working? I don't need to receive any email, just send them out!" />
  <row Id="23994" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13252" RevisionGUID="5265f175-a865-4eda-a7a4-0cd232f8f5fb" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:05:46.627" UserDisplayName="Ali" Text="How to setup sendmail (for Bugzilla)" />
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  <row Id="23996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13253" RevisionGUID="29023281-013f-4443-8023-c4e701749590" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:09:25.870" UserId="4391" Text="Given a windows server 2003 domain server, I'd like to sync it's time to (any) external time services (it's off a couple of minutes). How to do this 1, manually; 2, in an automated manner every week?&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="23998" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13253" RevisionGUID="29023281-013f-4443-8023-c4e701749590" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:09:25.870" UserId="4391" Text="&lt;time&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="23999" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13192" RevisionGUID="bd14c918-3aed-4070-93e3-1f8d65eb848d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:12:55.800" UserId="4401" Comment="expanded question" Text="We are a small company that does video editing, among other things, and need a place to keep backup copies of large media files and make it easy to share them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've got a box set up with Ubuntu Server and 4 x 500 GB drives.  They're currently set up with Samba as four shared folders that Mac/Windows workstations can see fine, but I want a better solution.  There are two major reasons for this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. 500 GB is not really big enough (some projects are larger)&#xD;&#xA;2. It is cumbersome to manage the current setup, because individual hard drives have different amounts of free space and duplicated data (for backup).  It is confusing &lt;em&gt;now&lt;/em&gt; and that will only get worse once there are multiple servers. (&quot;the project is on sever2 in share4&quot; etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I need a way to combine hard drives in such a way as to avoid complete data loss with the failure of a single drive, and so users see only a single share on each server.  I've done linux software RAID5 and had a bad experience with it, but would try it again.  LVM looks ok but it seems like no one uses it.  ZFS seems interesting but it is relatively &quot;new&quot;.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the most efficient and least risky way to to combine the hdd's that is convenient for my users?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: The Goal here is basically to create servers that contain an arbitrary number of hard drives but limit complexity from an end-user perspective. (i.e. they see one &quot;folder&quot; per server)  Backing up data is not an issue here, but how each solution responds to hardware failure is a serious concern.  That is why I lump RAID, LVM, ZFS, and who-knows-what together.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My prior experience with RAID5 was also on an Ubuntu Server box and there was a tricky and unlikely set of circumstances that led to complete data loss.  I could avoid &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; again but was left with a feeling that I was adding an unnecessary additional point of failure to the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't used RAID10 but we are on commodity hardware and the most data drives per box is pretty much fixed at 6.  We've got a lot of 500 GB drives and 1.5 TB is pretty small.  (Still an option for at least one server, however)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have no experience with LVM and have read conflicting reports on how it handles drive failure.  If a (non-striped) LVM setup could handle a single drive failing and only loose whichever files had a portion stored on that drive (and stored most files on a single drive only) we could even live with that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But as long as I have to learn something totally new, I may as well go all the way to ZFS.  Unlike LVM, though, I would also have to change my operating system (?) so that increases the distance between where I am and where I want to be.  I used a version of solaris at uni and wouldn't mind it terribly, though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other end on the IT spectrum, I think I may also explore FreeNAS and/or Openfiler, but that doesn't really solve the how-to-combine-drives issue.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24000" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13254" RevisionGUID="812ca208-5f93-4ed8-8961-028b000f395a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:13:15.847" UserId="4419" Text="I recently moved into a (relatively large / successful) shop without MS AD. Sure, you miss out on Microsoft/Windows Single Sign On but there are other solutions for that such as Authentication Proxies (SiteMinder, webseal etc) &#xD;&#xA;As for Centralized user management any LDAP (or SiteMinder) could be an option as well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So yes, you can be a successful shop without (MS) AD, you just need to find the alternative. " />
  <row Id="24001" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13255" RevisionGUID="87a48f95-2cd7-438b-8412-49f58ee904cc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:13:27.907" UserId="2304" Text="From the [TechNet article][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To synchronize the domain controller with an external time source:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. Click Start, and then click Command Prompt.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;   2. In the Command Prompt window, type the following line, where peers is a comma-separated list of IP addresses of the appropriate time sources, and press ENTER:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      w32tm /config /manualpeerlist: peers /syncfromflags:MANUAL&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      The time sources you choose depend on your time zone. For example, if your domain controller is located in the Pacific Time zone, this line might read:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:131.107.1.10 /syncfromflags:MANUAL&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      In this example, the IP address of the timeserver is used instead of the fully qualified domain name for security purposes.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;   3. Press ENTER. You should get a message that the command completed successfully.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;   4. Type w32tm /config /update&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;   5. Press ENTER. You should get a message that the command completed successfully.&#xD;&#xA;      W32time uses a variable poll interval based on the quality of timesync with the server. On DCs, this interval defaults to between 64 and 1024 seconds.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;   6. To immediately synchronize with the external time server, type w32tm /resync and press ENTER. You should get a message that the command completed successfully.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;   7. Type Exit and press ENTER.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc784553.aspx" />
  <row Id="24002" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13256" RevisionGUID="2d07e8fe-dfcb-4d54-ad1c-98eda7102c08" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:13:49.560" UserId="103" Text="I managed to resolve it by disabling the update module in the system database using a SQL command similar to this: update system set status=0 where name='update'" />
  <row Id="24003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13257" RevisionGUID="7d926e73-ea7b-430d-9845-32367ee99117" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:14:32.630" UserDisplayName="Pat Richard" Text="You can also get those cards pretty cheap on ebay. I've added them to probably a dozen servers and they all work fine." />
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  <row Id="24005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13258" RevisionGUID="7aa0f402-e182-44d5-a8d7-524dea4ade29" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:16:11.537" UserId="4458" Text="net time /setsntp:ntpserver&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;List of ntp servers www.pool.ntp.org&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13259" RevisionGUID="3dd9089b-e284-4ee1-bca3-54790df31dbe" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:18:02.560" UserDisplayName="Pat Richard" Text="Keep in mind that in an AD domain, the holder of the PDC emulator FSMO role is responsible for time sync, and should be the only one you configure for external access to a time source." />
  <row Id="24007" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13260" RevisionGUID="6bbe1489-5094-4f3e-8917-ff59c61c7578" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:18:36.617" UserId="4109" Text="I have installed countless dracs at my job.  I have installed them in Dell Poweredge 1950's, but I'm sure they will work in the 1850's.  They are very easy to physically install in the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They are easy to configure, you press Control E during bootup when prompted to access the drac setup.  There you set IP information, and initial login account.  If you use dhcp, you'll see the drac's ip address upon reboot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I highly recommend updating the firmware on any drac as a first step, it seems to help save headaches in the future.  You do that via the web interface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DRAC's will work in Windows and Linux, with IE you need to tweek active x settings so the plugins will install properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24008" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13255" RevisionGUID="a12f4874-3242-4cb7-8669-058835172e93" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:18:39.643" UserId="2304" Comment="Improved formatting" Text="From the [TechNet article][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To synchronize the domain controller with an external time source:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Open a command prompt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. In the Command Prompt window, type the following line, where peers is a comma-separated list of IP addresses of the appropriate time sources, and press ENTER:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    **w32tm /config /manualpeerlist: peers /syncfromflags:MANUAL**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    The time sources you choose depend on your time zone. For example, if your domain controller is located in the Pacific Time zone, this line might read:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    **w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:131.107.1.10 /syncfromflags:MANUAL**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Press ENTER. You should get a message that the command completed successfully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. Type w32tm /config /update&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5. Press ENTER. You should get a message that the command completed successfully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6. To immediately synchronize with the external time server, type w32tm /resync and press ENTER. You should get a message that the command completed successfully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;7. Type Exit and press ENTER.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc784553.aspx" />
  <row Id="24009" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="13252" RevisionGUID="ade45202-1e63-47c3-8fac-c444290eaea3" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:19:15.740" UserId="2561" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sendmail&gt;&lt;install&gt;&lt;emailserver&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="24010" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7069" RevisionGUID="d9d3f949-95e9-47cb-b761-b82231f74d3d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:19:27.177" UserId="984" Comment="added tag" Text="&lt;ntp&gt;&lt;time&gt;" />
  <row Id="24011" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13261" RevisionGUID="2e08d94e-c85d-4f90-98f0-6125a2bea60d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:20:38.157" UserDisplayName="CycyX" Text="Use something like that with PF:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table &amp;lt;ssh-brute&amp;gt; persist&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;block in quick log from &lt;ssh-brute&gt; label ssh_brute&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;pass in on $ext_if proto tcp to ($ext_if) port ssh modulate state \&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        (max-src-conn-rate 3/10, overload &lt;ssh-brute&gt; flush global)    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24012" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13262" RevisionGUID="1d3c32d9-6abb-474f-a58b-1e2572c19b77" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:20:46.767" UserId="1466" Text="The way ssh key pairs work is that you keep the private key on the server, and give the public key to whoever you want to have access to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ssh keys are about **as secure as they come** as far as the encryption goes.  There are different viewpoints on whether having a public key stored on a hard drive is more or less secure than a memorized password.  I think keys are better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't give you any direction regarding the applicability of ssh to your wordpress application though." />
  <row Id="24013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13263" RevisionGUID="86a00dcc-cd8c-49a7-a65e-3da34a5f2d30" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:20:55.880" UserId="1671" Text="I was boasting to some of my co-workers yesterday that my Windows Home Server (WHS) had my entire home network backed up and that is my recovery plan for a failed hard disk on one of the home computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was then asked what I'd do if the boot hard disk failed on the (HP MediaSmart) WHS or if some other hardware component (such as the built in network card) failed. How do I recover from that?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't have an answer for that...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my questions are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Can WHS duplicate its boot partition&#xD;&#xA;    onto the other disks in the server?&#xD;&#xA;    (If so, is this automatically done?)&#xD;&#xA; 2. How do you recover if the boot partition fails?&#xD;&#xA; 3. How do you recover if other hardware fails?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24014" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13263" RevisionGUID="86a00dcc-cd8c-49a7-a65e-3da34a5f2d30" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:20:55.880" UserId="1671" Text="What happens if my WHS boot disk or other hardware component failes ?" />
  <row Id="24015" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13263" RevisionGUID="86a00dcc-cd8c-49a7-a65e-3da34a5f2d30" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:20:55.880" UserId="1671" Text="&lt;windows-home-server&gt;&lt;failover&gt;&lt;recovery&gt;" />
  <row Id="24016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13264" RevisionGUID="1bb28f97-daf1-4ef0-94c9-d8e8bfa9a5bc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:22:37.887" UserId="2561" Text="That tutorial is a bit unclear, I think when they are say with 'setting up the server side key', they actually mean generating your public key and then uploading it to the server.  So you would do this on your home machine, and then upload the public key to your server. " />
  <row Id="24017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13265" RevisionGUID="3fabfe7e-71ae-4726-9213-a47ba669126e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:23:40.820" UserId="4458" Text="Bugzilla -&gt; Configuration -&gt; Email&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes you need a SMTP server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Select sendmail if running in a Linux server that has sendmail installed and is working (try service sendmail start in a shell)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or select SMTP and add the smtp server in smtpserver, if you have a &quot;free&quot; account somewhere maybe they have a SMTP server that you can use (will need user/password).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24018" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13266" RevisionGUID="7d6f74d6-8ac5-4433-8b6e-c051b5b0a472" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:25:35.853" UserId="875" Text="Frankly, there's no reason NOT to run Transaction Log backups at a much more frequent rate. A transaction log backup doesn't HURT anything. (In MOST scenarios it's just going to take a bit of CPU and disk activity - but it's typically almost negligible.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Moreover, you can both increase your coverage AND boost performance by moving log-file backups to less performant disk:&#xD;&#xA;[SQL Server Magazing: Maximize Storage Performance][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By increasing frequency of your backups, you'll decrease your window of potentially lost data. (Technically, if SQL Server crashes you can sometimes recover lost transactions since the last FULL/DIFFERNTIAL backup IF your log file is still intact. But usually, if something has gone wrong enough for you to be backing up in the first place, there's a DECENT chance your log file is gone/toast.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Feel free to check out the following videos for a bit more background and information on what's going on in terms of backups, logs, and best practices:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SQL Server Backups Demystified][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SQL Server Logging Essentials][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Managing SQL Server 2005/2008 Log Files][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SQL Server Backup Best Practices][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlmag.com/Article/ArticleID/100893/sql_server_100893.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sqlservervideos.com/video/backups-demystified&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.sqlservervideos.com/video/logging-essentials&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.sqlservervideos.com/video/sql2528-log-files&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.sqlservervideos.com/video/sqlbackup-best-practices" />
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  <row Id="24020" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13267" RevisionGUID="20419c69-f3f2-44da-a901-b7379ba106c5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:28:39.343" UserId="4451" Text="git and mercurial" />
  <row Id="24021" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13267" RevisionGUID="20419c69-f3f2-44da-a901-b7379ba106c5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:28:39.343" UserId="4451" Text="&lt;git&gt;&lt;mercurial&gt;&lt;scm&gt;" />
  <row Id="24022" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13268" RevisionGUID="c4c5be02-94e7-4124-8ccc-0b3a1f62b08a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:29:12.117" UserId="4392" Text="Here are the questions that should really be answered by you before any useful answers can be given: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You want people to receive email from Bugzilla. Do you want them to receive it at email addresses that already exist (like someone's gmail account), or are you wanting to create email addresses for them to access? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By default, sendmail will probably be running on your server. I don't know what distribution you are using, but chances are very good that one of two commands will install it if it isn't: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For RedHat based systems, 'yum -y install sendmail' will do it, and for debian based systems, 'apt-get install sendmail' will do the same. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By default, sendmail should allow you to send email to existing domains. To test this, from the command line, type &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;echo test | mail -s &quot;Test 1&quot; your-email@domain.com &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because I'm a new member, I'm not allowed to post hyperlinks, but a quick google search for linux sendmail tutorial will give you plenty. " />
  <row Id="24023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13269" RevisionGUID="b04351b3-c4c7-4b51-9c83-bf726371f397" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:30:58.917" UserId="4458" Text="Create a file info.php with &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;?php&#xD;&#xA;      phpinfo();&#xD;&#xA;     ?&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Save it to the web published directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And use a browser to see output of the file, see the value of &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Configuration File (php.ini) Path	&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="24027" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13218" RevisionGUID="e2e7ac09-7fba-4de8-95ca-7ea9f689c9d1" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:35:24.413" UserId="2304" Comment="added 101 characters in body" Text="* [DAG][1]&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* [pbone][2]&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* [rpmfind][3]&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* [Dries][4]&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* [Livna][5]&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* [RPMFusion][6]&#xD;&#xA;* [RPMForge][7]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can add these repositories to your /etc/yum.conf, which will expand the repos that yum will check.  Beyond that, I wasn't able to find any pre-compiled RPMs for the native library... only a quick [howto article][8] on compiling &amp; setting it up for RHEL 5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: &#xD;&#xA;The howto article is here: http://i-proving.ca/space/Barry+O%27Driscoll/blog/2008-09-16_1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://rpm.pbone.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://rpmfind.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://dries.ulyssis.org/rpm/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://rpm.livna.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://rpmfusion.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: https://rpmrepo.org/RPMforge&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://i-proving.ca/space/Barry+O%27Driscoll/blog/2008-09-16_1" />
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  <row Id="24035" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13274" RevisionGUID="b875a528-e24b-483c-ad3a-952053dc0a78" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:39:37.400" UserId="4474" Text="&lt;users&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="24036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13275" RevisionGUID="7183dd2d-6f17-4754-bb50-c9feee043aa6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:41:54.493" UserId="613" Text="For a biased comparison, see [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://whygitisbetterthanx.com/" />
  <row Id="24037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13276" RevisionGUID="10edbb4a-a295-463d-ab2c-771981c32eb7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:42:09.750" UserId="1886" Text="A user has a local account on the server; an Active Directory user has an account through Active Directory. You can manage local accounts from the server." />
  <row Id="24038" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13216" RevisionGUID="ccade5d9-20c2-494b-8475-021c95bc6f8a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:42:26.100" UserId="3500" Comment="corrected spelling" Text="You just need a ZFS mirror.  You're guaranteed consistent data based on COW and constant checksumming." />
  <row Id="24039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13277" RevisionGUID="5515b04c-e588-4d53-89ed-cb42708bdd85" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:43:37.020" UserId="4445" Text="I have a SharePoint 2007 wiki.  Within the wiki site document library I've successfully created a view where I use a [ME] filter to filter on an added column to show only documents where the added column = [ME].  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to display this wiki view view using a shared web part on the parent side default page using the out of the box tools to add a shared web part?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The structure of the site is somethign like this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SharePoint Parent Site  &#xD;&#xA; -- Doc Lib  &#xD;&#xA; -- List  &#xD;&#xA; -- Wiki Site  &#xD;&#xA; ------ Wiki Doc Lib with added column  &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to add a web part on the default page of the parent site (the parent of the wiki site).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Option 1 - the Wiki Site and wiki document library aren't visible in the &quot;Lists and Libraries&quot; add web part dialogue to add. &#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;Option 2 - I've tried a content query web part.  the content query web part does allow the selection of the child site adn wiki library but i can't get it to show the page records.  It also doesn't display the added column in the filter list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24040" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13277" RevisionGUID="5515b04c-e588-4d53-89ed-cb42708bdd85" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:43:37.020" UserId="4445" Text="In sharepoint (MOSS) how to add a web part to a parent site to display wiki content" />
  <row Id="24041" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13277" RevisionGUID="5515b04c-e588-4d53-89ed-cb42708bdd85" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:43:37.020" UserId="4445" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;wiki&gt;" />
  <row Id="24042" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13278" RevisionGUID="fe138083-69bd-4940-a78a-8e39a9a94ada" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:43:55.817" UserId="2609" Text="Git and Mercurial have more in common than they differ. Both are excellent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use Mercurial and have no experience with Git. From friends that use Git I hear that it takes some getting used to, but after that it's awesome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows support... I believe there are GUI front ends for both. Mercurial is written in Python, so no problems there." />
  <row Id="24043" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13279" RevisionGUID="98f2270f-dc3b-4658-b6a2-0dbce855b39b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:45:50.213" UserId="993" Text="The difference is the source of their authentication. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - AD users are authenticated by a domain controller &#xD;&#xA; - Local users are authenticated locally&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as which to use, it depends. See [Do I really need MS Active Directory?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/13034/do-i-really-need-ms-active-directory" />
  <row Id="24044" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13280" RevisionGUID="7f7daffd-8dc7-4dad-b5f0-3e7fa700245f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:46:31.957" UserId="2341" Text="See [Smart and Gets Things Done][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/06/05.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;... and ask them what books they've read lately, what blogs they read, and what podcasts they listen to.  And ask if they participate on stackoverflow.com and serverfault.com ;-)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13281" RevisionGUID="13188da5-4510-4c05-ab8b-8cb53d642bef" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:47:02.020" UserId="1054" Text="You set up a reverse lookup zone in DNS Manager and create pointer (PTR) records in that zone for your IP addresses.  The IP will point to a fqdn of the host that has that IP assigned to it.  The reverse lookup zone will need to be accessible to the mail servers doing reverse lookups." />
  <row Id="24046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13282" RevisionGUID="3b540f0b-f161-44bc-a938-2f75116ee757" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:49:22.967" UserId="2609" Text="I'm afraid I like the old school approach of using the native dbms tools to dump the schema to a text file and putting that in version control. I'm sure some of the fancy tools do a nice job, but my existing box of tools works just fine for my needs. I'd only consider the fancy stuff if I *needed* automated migration or something like that. YMMV." />
  <row Id="24047" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13283" RevisionGUID="9558742d-bfc5-4638-9ac5-e050b2f36dbf" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:49:23.107" UserId="4476" Text="I recommend Gentoo. I've been using Gentoo on a ps3 for nearly a year with no problems, and performance is not bad, much better than the alternatives I tried. When I was looking at Ubuntu and Yellow Dog at the time, it was very difficult to get wifi working in both, whereas it worked perfectly after a few minutes of configuration in Gentoo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, the ps3 does not make a very good 24/7 HTPC due to the 256MB memory (which can't be expanded), and the very high power consumption. It's a shame because otherwise it's almost perfect.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24048" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12898" RevisionGUID="79d68a0e-3beb-4eab-856d-0379c2c37c90" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:49:51.937" UserId="45" Comment="edited body; edited title" Text="We run exchange 2007 and have macs, we don't want to buy office just for entourage but we can't find an alternative. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apple's mail stops working randomly, Thunderbird doesn't let us see sub folders in the inbox and Zimbra doesn't seem to sync with sub folders (at least we can't get it to work). The outlook webmail on mac (firefox or safari) is rubbish. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there an alternative or do we need to buy Office?" />
  <row Id="24049" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="12898" RevisionGUID="79d68a0e-3beb-4eab-856d-0379c2c37c90" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:49:51.937" UserId="45" Comment="edited body; edited title" Text="Alternative to Entourage for use with Exchange 2007" />
  <row Id="24050" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13284" RevisionGUID="3b48182f-51ea-4ad2-bd48-ef40e7155159" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:50:34.290" UserId="4477" Text="I like this link:  *For some reason I can't post a link*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Search for git vs mecurial and it should be the first link on google&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;is a series of tools just like unix and contains a few layers such as it's plumbing and porcelin where as mercurial is more of a single tool ala svn.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also found mecurial to work better on windows when I started to learn both.  To be fair git for windows  is pretty stable now." />
  <row Id="24051" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13285" RevisionGUID="91f73aec-8e02-4e01-94e7-5d3d1dd1b670" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:51:25.973" UserId="1993" Text="Without having the same environment to test with, I'm not certain this will work, but a script like this called via the RunAfterJob directive in bacula-dir.conf should work:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;unmount &lt;device-name&gt;&quot; | &lt;bacula-path&gt;/bconsole -c bconsole.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to avoid calling external scripts, you might experiment with the AlwaysOpen, RequiresMount/MountCommand/UnmountCommand, and/or OfflineOnUnmount directives. All of these are in the Device resource of your Storage Daemon configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, can you clarify why this is desirable for you? Perhaps there's a solution to the root problem we're overlooking." />
  <row Id="24052" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="13267" RevisionGUID="15b2a762-ec93-49ab-8a29-1d98a9e77919" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:51:55.457" UserId="1993" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;git&gt;&lt;mercurial&gt;&lt;scm&gt;" />
  <row Id="24053" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13284" RevisionGUID="c98dbeb3-69cc-4647-ae83-d939342d80f5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:52:37.687" UserId="1054" Comment="added the link that I think the poster was referring to" Text="I like [this link][1]:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Edited to include the link]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;is a series of tools just like unix and contains a few layers such as it's plumbing and porcelin where as mercurial is more of a single tool ala svn.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also found mecurial to work better on windows when I started to learn both.  To be fair git for windows  is pretty stable now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.russellbeattie.com/blog/distributed-revision-control-systems-git-vs-mercurial-vs-svn" />
  <row Id="24054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13286" RevisionGUID="1ddf2b60-0b41-47cf-befe-77b9843587fb" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:52:38.153" UserId="993" Text="There is a great series of articles by K. Scott Allen via [Coding Horror: Get Your Database Under Version Control][1] about database version control. They have a SQL Server focus, but it could be applicable to other environments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. [Three rules for database work ][2] &#xD;&#xA; 2. [The Baseline][3]&#xD;&#xA; 3. [Change Scripts][4]&#xD;&#xA; 4. [Views, Stored Procedures and the Like][5]&#xD;&#xA; 5. [Branching and Merging][6]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001050.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://odetocode.com/Blogs/scott/archive/2008/01/30/11702.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://odetocode.com/Blogs/scott/archive/2008/01/31/11710.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://odetocode.com/Blogs/scott/archive/2008/02/02/11721.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://odetocode.com/Blogs/scott/archive/2008/02/02/11737.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://odetocode.com/Blogs/scott/archive/2008/02/03/11746.aspx" />
  <row Id="24055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13287" RevisionGUID="b50985a6-1bdb-4c9f-86a0-906277dd37f7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:53:14.597" UserId="2417" Text="It is very error prone to calculate non trivial networks by hand. Try a [CIDR Calculator](http://www.subnet-calculator.com/cidr.php) instead." />
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  <row Id="24058" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3780" RevisionGUID="f9582b4d-f23e-4e5f-8319-57011eb76c48" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:57:04.527" UserId="1224" Comment="added 192 characters in body" Text="The aim for this Wiki is to promote using a command to open up commonly used applications without having to go through many mouse clicks - thus saving times on monitoring, troubleshooting Windows machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Answer entries need to specify&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Application name&#xD;&#xA; - Commands&#xD;&#xA; - Screenshot (Optional)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shortcut to commands&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [&amp;&amp;][1] - Command Chaining&#xD;&#xA;- [%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\rcimlby.exe -LaunchRA][2] - Remote Assistance (Windows XP)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl][3] - Programs and Features (Formerly Known as &quot;Add or Remove Programs&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl @,2][4] - Turn Windows Features On and Off (Add/Remove Windows Components pane)&#xD;&#xA;- [calc][5] - 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  <row Id="24059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13289" RevisionGUID="598ed223-6c86-454f-b5ee-90622d4f9a22" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:57:34.230" UserId="613" Text="My reading of the docs and experience running similar servers (Asterisk and ventrilo) lead me to say that a dozen users should run almost unnoticeably on any reasonably modern machine.  Bandwidth consumption maxes out at 64kbps/user, RAM and disk are likely fairly minimal, I can't see more than a couple hundred megs of RAM at most (if written very poorly) and likely much less.  Disk space should only be the install size + whatever logging you're doing unless you're recording conversations or something.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your best bet is to try it and take some measurements.  " />
  <row Id="24060" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13290" RevisionGUID="d021cfc5-dfdc-482d-b007-644f27aeea98" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:58:41.620" UserId="4480" Text="One of my users cannot vpn into my network and is getting a &quot;connection refused&quot; error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I'm using Win2K Routing and Remote access for vpn, via PPTP.  However, other users have no problems getting in and this particular user is able to telnet into the server at port 1723 without a failed connection (though obviously he can't do anything after telnetting in).  I am able to VPN using his username without a connection refused error (I get accessed denied instead).  He has turned off all of his firewalls and is just using a linksys router.  He is able to vpn into other machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The protocol in use for Logon Security is RSA Security EAP (encryption enabled)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="24061" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13290" RevisionGUID="d021cfc5-dfdc-482d-b007-644f27aeea98" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:58:41.620" UserId="4480" Text="One user not able to VPN into a machine" />
  <row Id="24062" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13290" RevisionGUID="d021cfc5-dfdc-482d-b007-644f27aeea98" CreationDate="2009-05-27T19:58:41.620" UserId="4480" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;rras&gt;&lt;securid&gt;" />
  <row Id="24063" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13291" RevisionGUID="ff2ce524-1128-4dca-9db9-bd862dc965ee" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:02:26.620" UserId="4479" Text="Tim,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I went through a P2V early this year on an Exchange 2K3 system with a scale similar to yours.  I did a short blog about it: jeffhengesbach.blogspot.com/2009/02/ms-exchange-p2v.html (sorry I'm not allowed to post proper links yet).  Exchange is 90%+ about IO and RAM when it comes to performance.  Take some performance monitor numbers in the current environment and make sure those same numbers and better are available to the VM.  My VM sits on NFS with a few other VMs, the datastores sit out on (software)iscsi Raid10 15kSAS backed storage.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24064" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13292" RevisionGUID="68288a41-f9e8-4c36-826f-8fa6d11f0500" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:04:21.907" UserId="3550" Text="When deploying web applications (.net) to a production environment, is it better to use integrated security or does it even matter?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems to me that if a hacker breaks the web server, it won't really matter as they can easily impersonate the machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thoughts?" />
  <row Id="24065" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13292" RevisionGUID="68288a41-f9e8-4c36-826f-8fa6d11f0500" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:04:21.907" UserId="3550" Text="Is using integrated security (SSPI) for accessing SQL Server better for web applications?" />
  <row Id="24066" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13292" RevisionGUID="68288a41-f9e8-4c36-826f-8fa6d11f0500" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:04:21.907" UserId="3550" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;web-apps&gt;" />
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  <row Id="24068" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8795" RevisionGUID="926c90f9-27ee-44f1-ade4-221fc308484a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:06:42.510" UserId="1054" Comment="Change to community wiki" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="24069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13293" RevisionGUID="f6ae4c7b-bd58-409e-834b-111596748ae9" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:07:54.503" UserId="3174" Text="Another good document to have, if you just want a desk reference, is RFC 1878 - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1878.txt&quot;&gt;Variable Length Subnet Table For IPv4&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24070" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13294" RevisionGUID="94af50e2-55f5-411b-9ef1-e0322080c7cb" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:08:10.370" UserId="3557" Text="The best thing to do is limit what they can do If/When they break into the web server.  That means granting only the SQL rights required for the application to function.  It's much easier to give the application DBO rights, but it makes he DB much more vulnerable in the event of a successful attack on the webserver." />
  <row Id="24071" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13295" RevisionGUID="c1ac4147-87fa-4b96-99cc-078c42b25e9f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:08:52.210" UserId="4487" Text="Creating reverse DNS zones with the Windows Server 2003 DNS service is quite easy, take a look here: ptth://www.windowsreference.com/dns/how-to-create-dns-reverse-lookup-zone-in-windows-server-2003/.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I suspect that you will not be able to solve your problem by configuring your own reverse zone on your internal DNS server. The reason is that DNS PTR records (i.e. reverse DNS) for public IP addresses are usually managed by the ISP to which the relevant IP addresses has been allocated. In other words, when remote servers attempt to lookup the DNS name for your IP, they will query the ISP's DNS servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will have to contact your ISP and ask if they are able to modify the DNS PTR record for your IP address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternately, your ISP may offer an SMTP relay service, i.e. you configure your mail server to relay via an SMTP server provided by the ISP. Most mail servers refer to this as delivery via smart host." />
  <row Id="24072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13296" RevisionGUID="31b7ec2e-9150-4552-bcb8-a14d1e1f590b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:10:03.393" UserId="4418" Text="I'm not 100% sure here, but I think the main point is that SQL auth is insecure, so it's better to use Windows auth. Depending on how your app is setup, you can also store the proper credentials in an encrypted form on the machine using Windows auth. I don't think that's really possible with SQL auth. You can obfuscate it, but ultimately it must be in the clear.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, just because a hacker can get into a server doesn't mean it's game over. A hacker might gain control of an unprivileged process but not do anything else on the server. That's why it's important not to run everything as administrator or system, but instead to use minimum privilege service accounts." />
  <row Id="24073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13297" RevisionGUID="21113822-acf7-4f27-af17-5dcdfc9e5642" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:11:07.570" UserId="1840" Text="On the contrary, I think it's good to completely understand **CIDR** and be able to do calculations in your brain... but sometimes you want to double check your calculations.  I like to use the **PHP Subnet Calculator**: [**http://share-foo.com/SubnetCalc.php**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://share-foo.com/SubnetCalc.php&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://locobox.googlepages.com/phpsubnet.png" />
  <row Id="24074" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13298" RevisionGUID="f2da1f3b-0bab-47fd-b6bc-3b7b6c723d5c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:11:16.010" UserId="1054" Text="If the users will not be manipulating the database directly (via other client tools such as SQL Server Management Studio) then I will typically just create a single SQL login for the application and grant it the access it needs.  At that point the user is restricted in what they can do as allowed by the web app interface." />
  <row Id="24075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13299" RevisionGUID="8b1198e3-7a1b-42a8-bbe2-fc795a0630ae" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:11:40.970" UserId="3329" Text="Here are some log files that might help you troubleshoot this issue (from Metalink):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- ORACLE_HOME/hostname_sid/sysman/log/emdb.nohup - contains the standard output from the Console main Java process at each start/exit (dbconsole and agent). It is appended with each new output of the Console main Java process.&#xD;&#xA;- ORACLE_HOME/hostname_sid/sysman/log/emagent.log and emagent.trc - main agent log &amp; trace files&#xD;&#xA;- ORACLE_HOME/hostname_sid/sysman/log/emoms.log and emoms.trc - main management service log &amp; trace files&#xD;&#xA;- ORACLE_HOME/hostname_SID/sysman/log/emdctl.log and emdctl.trc - emctl log &amp; trace files&#xD;&#xA;- ORACLE_HOME/hostname_SID/sysman/log/emagentfetchlet.trc and emagentfetchlet.log - log and trace file for Java Fetchlets&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24076" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13300" RevisionGUID="dc4b1776-bcbd-4c6e-8545-a7ba90bfc96d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:15:38.670" UserId="1466" Text="It sounds almost certainly like it is a problem with his client.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First step would be if he has somewhere else he can VPN to (probably not), to test that.&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise, go over the config details and make sure they are correct (including any passwords)&#xD;&#xA;Finally, remove, and re-install the client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One other option - if your system uses passwords that could be locked out - check that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you know how to use tcpdump or something similar, you could also watch to see if you can see traffic from his IP address when the actual client is being used to connect. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24077" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13301" RevisionGUID="117c4aa7-fa68-4244-a429-66940944b7bf" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:15:56.063" UserId="3565" Text="I believe Jeff Atwood authored the definitative post on the subject: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Coding Horror: The Programmer's Bill of Rights][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...Jeff's post is the best outline for developer productivity (and morale) enhancement I've seen. And it's not just the *what* but the *why*, which helps make the business case for the investment required. Take this post to heart when selecting computers for your developers.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The netbook does have its place in the workplace, just not as anyone's primary workstation. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The upside is portability and price. The downside is productivity and performance. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A netbook is best suited to casual web browsing on the sofa, at the coffee shop, or while lying in the hammock in the back yard. It also can be useful as a business traveling companion; it fits nicely on the tray table (even when the guy in front of you decides to recline and take a nap) and, once you get where you're going, it works fine to connect to a projector for PowerPoint presentation client dazzlement (though you won't want to author your presentation on one). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A netbook can be an acceptable Outlook client (though the screen is a bit small even for that) and can capabily run Office applications. Most likely you'll only use it to reference existing documents or make minor edits. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might even be able to get by with Outlook Anywhere (formerly OWA) and the free-to-download Office document viewer applications if you only need to reference documents (and pinch pennies). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;None of the netbooks I've seen have a true docking solution; VGA and USB is all you get. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Key things to look for are memory expandability (some come with 1 GB and will accept no more), screen size (some are just too small to be useful), and a six-cell battery (that should get you at least 7 hours unplugged). Keyboard quality and size are also important if you expect to do anything other than web browsing (even a quick email response can be frustrating on a cramped chicklet keyboard). No optical media, so you're stuck with the in-flight movie (does anyone still do that?). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All portable computers are an amalgamation of compromises; understand the trade-offs. David Pogue of the New York Times does his take on the netbook as &quot;[Mr. Compromise][2]&quot; (video). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I picked up an ASUS Eee PC to play around with a few weeks ago. My primary interest was for casual use around the house and when traveling. I upgraded to a 2GB DIMM and have Windows 7 RC and Office loaded. I find I use it more than I expected (the whole family does), but I certainly wouldn't want it to be my only computing device. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000666.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/03/26/technology/personaltech/1194838920935/the-great-netbook-compromise.html?scp=5&amp;sq=video%20netbook&amp;st=cse" />
  <row Id="24078" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13302" RevisionGUID="f464025e-732a-4027-8d35-d9b4c60abe4c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:18:02.923" UserDisplayName="Yves" Text="I think your problem is on the link on the provider.&#xD;&#xA;Try to reduce MTU on the link on windows with registry key in this article :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B900926&amp;x=15&amp;y=8&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You must reboot the computer before give it a test ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yves" />
  <row Id="24079" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13299" RevisionGUID="57855b5e-9995-4eed-af0f-37ee5e9b67f4" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:22:56.580" UserId="3329" Comment="added 280 characters in body" Text="Here are some log files that might help you troubleshoot this issue (from Metalink):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- ORACLE_HOME/hostname_sid/sysman/log/emdb.nohup - contains the standard output from the Console main Java process at each start/exit (dbconsole and agent). It is appended with each new output of the Console main Java process.&#xD;&#xA;- ORACLE_HOME/hostname_sid/sysman/log/emagent.log and emagent.trc - main agent log &amp; trace files&#xD;&#xA;- ORACLE_HOME/hostname_sid/sysman/log/emoms.log and emoms.trc - main management service log &amp; trace files&#xD;&#xA;- ORACLE_HOME/hostname_SID/sysman/log/emdctl.log and emdctl.trc - emctl log &amp; trace files&#xD;&#xA;- ORACLE_HOME/hostname_SID/sysman/log/emagentfetchlet.trc and emagentfetchlet.log - log and trace file for Java Fetchlets&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a [discussion][1] on a similar issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, no underscores should be in the hostname; you shouldn't be using DHCP; nslookup must resolve FQN and reverse lookup must work; IPV6 not yet supported.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=709293" />
  <row Id="24080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13303" RevisionGUID="36a6902d-53e8-45cf-82d0-25d303220fe5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:23:12.023" UserId="4370" Text="The big thing for controlling this is to limit permissions and have a choke point through which deployment changes go. You can use a VCS system with a database, just be sure people check script files in and out. Even if they use a tool to make changes, they should get the script used to actually make those changes (SQL Server includes this capability, not sure about other platforms).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Save the script files like any other file for your app in a VCS." />
  <row Id="24081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13304" RevisionGUID="6f7695ad-3272-4845-8280-f390b6172aa9" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:25:00.897" UserId="3306" Text="I do not believe there is a way to re-initialize without a new snapshot, at least I've always had to and I can't find anything now either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I thought I had seen some kb article describing a way to adjust the time out for slow connections, but that seems to have disappeared, or may have been a dream.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm going to keep watching this space to see if some guru knows of way." />
  <row Id="24082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13305" RevisionGUID="16eb1cc7-7cef-449f-bd2b-e8301e0047ec" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:26:26.557" UserId="4" Text="If you don't use SSPI, you're hardcoding the username and password into the source files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're hardcoding the username and password into the source files, all your employees have access to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is relatively insecure. A disgruntled ex-employee could use the information maliciously. A visitor might see the code up on a screen somewhere. Or the source code might accidentally get out in the wild.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The advantage of SSPI is that the password is never stored anywhere in the clear." />
  <row Id="24083" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12675" RevisionGUID="b0f04cf3-ea87-43ad-9b78-8aa6787ab076" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:26:57.977" UserId="254" Comment="added 330 characters in body" Text="I'm trying to access some hosted WinXP machines inside Virtual Server 2005 RC2 using IE8 (via the ActiveX control in the web admin page), but when I do the mouse cursor behave erratically. A tiny movement of the mouse moves the cursor from one side of the virtual screen to the other, making it impossible to use the mouse.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way round this, or do I just have to make sure I use an older version IE8 to access these virtual machines?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm already using IE8 Compatibility View, and I've tried this from a few machines (Vista and Windows 7 so far) running IE8 and had the same problem on each. Sometimes it looks as though the mouse cursor isn't visible, but I think that's because it's locked up against the right (or bottom) of the screen of the virtual machine." />
  <row Id="24084" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="13160" RevisionGUID="f775dfaa-a2c5-4268-9dd8-1235fba26a20" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:28:13.310" UserId="1561" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-domain&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="24086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13307" RevisionGUID="3a2dc0b6-9394-4ce9-8a94-4169243efdbb" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:33:30.740" UserId="431" Text="The other answers so far have been good, but I'll throw in another one: management.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sooner or later, you're probably going to end up with multiple SQL Servers.  Managing the SQL authentication between your app and multiple SQL Servers gets to be a little painful, especially when you run into security problems.  If you change a Windows authentication password once, it changes right away across all your servers.  If you need to rotate your SQL authentication passwords, it's more painful - to the point where you probably won't do it at all.  That's a security risk." />
  <row Id="24087" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13308" RevisionGUID="f6f5a852-e2ae-4b3b-833f-9e9602e65545" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:35:27.913" UserDisplayName="Yves" Text="First :&#xD;&#xA;- try to disconnect all devices (except Hard disk of course),&#xD;&#xA;perhaps windows try to check a device or something else ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second :&#xD;&#xA;- try with &quot;bootvis&quot; utilities that can display boot time report.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yves." />
  <row Id="24088" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13309" RevisionGUID="8175ba1d-c8d7-4415-b36e-4ec424f41555" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:36:46.270" UserId="4494" Text="When using Small Business Server 2003, keep in mind that only users that are stored in Active Directory will be able to gain all the benefits, such as an Exchange mailbox." />
  <row Id="24089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13310" RevisionGUID="480ad738-e8e1-4367-8436-e70f698c0282" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:39:23.193" UserId="4131" Text="Pardon me for assuming the OS is Linux. If you are not using LVM, you should be. If you are, here is a very simple way to make backups via snapshot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Define these vars to meet your needs. These meet mine.&#xD;&#xA;    lvol=&quot;/dev/VolGroup03/lvol0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    snap_name=&quot;nightly_snapshot&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    snap_vol=&quot;$(dirname $lvol)/$snap_name&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    snap_path=&quot;/mnt/$snap_name&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    snap_size=&quot;10g&quot; # Not the size of your data, anticipated data changes during the backup&#xD;&#xA;    backup_path=&quot;/backups/$snap_name&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/bin/time -f 'Databases were locked for %E' -- \&#xD;&#xA;    mysql &lt;&lt;- MYSQL&#xD;&#xA;    # based on http://pointyhair.com/tiki-view_blog_post.php?blogId=1&amp;postId=5&#xD;&#xA;    FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK;&#xD;&#xA;    \! lvcreate --size $snap_size --snapshot --name $snap_name $lvol&#xD;&#xA;    UNLOCK TABLES;&#xD;&#xA;    MYSQL&#xD;&#xA;    mount $snap_vol $snap_path&#xD;&#xA;    rsync -av --delete $snap_path/mysql $backup_path/&#xD;&#xA;    umount $snap_path&#xD;&#xA;    lvremove -f $snap_vol&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will allow you to make nightly backups without having to add a slave server. I am very much in favor of having a slave server for High Availability, but I don't want you the think that you are stuck until you can create that slave." />
  <row Id="24090" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13310" RevisionGUID="480ad738-e8e1-4367-8436-e70f698c0282" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:39:23.193" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="24091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13311" RevisionGUID="4219cfab-a26b-42f7-aa98-6ba7cb09b1b0" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:40:34.313" UserDisplayName="Ali" Text="Hi All, &#xD;&#xA;I'll try to answer all your questions in here: (sorry I had a temp account here, which after I deleted my cookies, I can't access any longer :S)&#xD;&#xA;@Kyle&#xD;&#xA;- I'm trying to send email to normal domains like yahoo, gmail, etc. Nothing fancy going on here&#xD;&#xA;- I don't think I can use postfix, since Bugzilla only has the following options: SMTP, Sendmail, None.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;@Javier&#xD;&#xA;- I do have sendmail installed and the daemon is running (ps aux | grep sendmail)&#xD;&#xA;- I tried putting in a gmail account with the following:&#xD;&#xA;* SMTP server: smtp.google.com&#xD;&#xA;* smpt_user and stmp_pass were set as well (checked them)&#xD;&#xA;Now, it says that it has sent emails (no longer complains that it can't send emails) but nothing arrives in the inbox! I would REALLY like to use this option, since it seems like the easiest way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;@standalone-sysadmin&#xD;&#xA;- I'm running Ubuntu 8.10&#xD;&#xA;- tested echo test | mail -s &quot;Test 1&quot; your-email@domain.com and here's what I get: &#xD;&#xA;The program 'mail' can be found in the following packages:&#xD;&#xA; * heirloom-mailx&#xD;&#xA; * mailutils&#xD;&#xA;Try: apt-get install &lt;selected package&gt;&#xD;&#xA;-bash: mail: command not found&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did &quot;apt-get install mailutils&quot; and now when I run the command, it doesn't complain or say anything, but no mail arrives in my inbox.&#xD;&#xA;- I've already looked for sendmail tutorials a lot, but most of them are REALLY complicating stuff, so I couldn't quite follow them. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks again for all of your help guys. " />
  <row Id="24092" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13312" RevisionGUID="890b05e9-6d16-4306-8922-9eda2ab97352" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:41:08.400" UserId="3497" Text="If you have at least one small business server you should probably be using Active Directory users.  I say this because having a small business server implies hosting shared data of some kind as well as running a domain.  To expand on what aardvark and bofe have already said:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - A local user account is stored entirely on a machine.  If UserA needs to log onto 3 different machines then you have to set up a local user account and manage permissions on all 3 machines.  This could get cumbersome quickly with more than a handful of machines in your organization.&#xD;&#xA; - An Active Directory account is used in a domain environment.  A user can log onto any machine on the domain using the same username and password and you only have to create one account - the Active Directory account.  Your usernames, passwords and permissions are largely centralized in this environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using Active Directory also brings up all kinds of new possibilities, such as using Roaming Profiles, Group Policy, etc.  You should read the article that bofe posted in his reply, but I would say that since you already paid for a Small Business Server, go ahead and create the domain and Active Directory user accounts.  It will be easier in almost all circumstances in the long run.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24093" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13313" RevisionGUID="0db2d8ae-f9cc-444d-ac81-02e68a88b13e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:48:30.803" UserId="4494" Text="Is the user getting a specific error?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One problem that I've seen in my own environment is one of the users has a switch or router somewhere along the way that is preventing all of the traffic. For Windows VPNs, you need ot have port 1723 open, but you also need the ability to pass along GRE traffic[1]. This prevented the link from being established and the end user was getting an &quot;Connection Refused&quot; error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1] read about it here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_Routing_Encapsulation" />
  <row Id="24094" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13314" RevisionGUID="02481740-afcf-4a8b-8c84-9388e582965a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:49:03.517" UserId="4488" Text="I have been looking into Chef lately.  Not only does it keep templatable (.erb) configs in version control, but allows you to perform actions (like restarting a server after you uploaded the configs to the node).  Chef helps with package management so you can verify dependencies with any node you interface with (i.e. has to have sudo package installed). Chef seems to be easily extensible in Ruby, so if you have any custom processes you can just script it out within the framework provided.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But still have not tried it and you do have to install Ruby on the client and server with the appropriate gems (this really isn't that hard).  Overall looks really easy to manage many servers at once.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its at:&#xD;&#xA;wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Home&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(sorry, won't allow me to post links, :(   )" />
  <row Id="24095" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13315" RevisionGUID="1f14411e-37e9-47e8-a876-50a75a054c40" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:51:34.790" UserId="4505" Text="A while ago Google did a [study][1] (PDF) &quot;**Failure Trends in a Large Disk Drive Population**&quot;. They have tons of drives that use and the study showed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Our analysis identiﬁes several&#xD;&#xA;&gt; parameters from the drive’s self&#xD;&#xA;&gt; monitoring facility (SMART) that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; correlate highly with failures.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Despite this high correlation, we&#xD;&#xA;&gt; conclude that models based on SMART&#xD;&#xA;&gt; parameters alone are unlikely to be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; useful for predicting individual drive&#xD;&#xA;&gt; failures. Surprisingly, we found that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; temperature and activity levels were&#xD;&#xA;&gt; much less correlated with drive&#xD;&#xA;&gt; failures than previously reported.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So temperature is a much bigger factor then stress on the drive. Plus with all the error correction that happens in this new drives ALL the time, so much more stress is added that you don't have control over. If you are looking for a tool to provide maintenance (or recovery) on your drives I would recommend [SpinRite][2]. Its by Steve Gibson and its an amazing product.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://labs.google.com/papers/disk_failures.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm" />
  <row Id="24096" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13316" RevisionGUID="72fa0802-f5a2-4a01-9278-c2db649aca38" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:51:56.460" UserId="1417" Text="In short, I expect the documentation I specify and contract for. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Too many times this critical detail is left out of an agreement. The end user expects it and wants it for free of course. Good developers will correct this oversight early in process and set expectations including a price and time requirement." />
  <row Id="24097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13317" RevisionGUID="b34ddbda-14e1-4c62-9978-bf6106117aca" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:52:48.300" UserId="4077" Text="I have 2 versions of Windows 7 on my boot menu, but only one works. How do I remove one?" />
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  <row Id="24100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13318" RevisionGUID="d02d02d6-b68e-443a-b0f7-0bc49ab98f85" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:53:27.767" UserId="2357" Text="You may want to read this question on stackoverflow:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[What are the relative strengths and weaknesses of Git, Mercurial, and Bazaar?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/77485/" />
  <row Id="24101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13319" RevisionGUID="2c7ef37e-d221-456e-900b-eb0634098f0a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:54:26.970" UserId="4505" Text="Have you tried [**TrueCrypt**][2]? Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux. I also like [PGP Whole Disk][1] Encryption like Dave. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pgp.com/products/wholediskencryption/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.truecrypt.org/" />
  <row Id="24102" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13320" RevisionGUID="c7201020-1811-46a6-b967-f5f392cf6829" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:54:58.030" UserId="4491" Text="Option 2 (CQWP) is the way to go, but it will take a little bit of customizing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After you point the CQWP at your list, you need to change the &quot;Library Type&quot; to be &quot;Wiki Page Library&quot; or your data won't show up properly. It defaults to &quot;Pages Library&quot; which doesn't work for Wiki's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as adding your custom field, you need to edit the CAML code for the web part and edit the field data. Here is a tutorial page with a section on how to do that (the section title is &quot;Modify the CQWP to Include Additional Data&quot;):&#xD;&#xA;www.heathersolomon.com/blog/articles/CustomItemStyle.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, here is the technical details from MSDN on customizing the CQWP:&#xD;&#xA;msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa981241.aspx" />
  <row Id="24103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13321" RevisionGUID="a6514c6a-f8f8-4fb9-8d1b-0833b83f9858" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:55:56.733" UserId="1417" Text="VINES was an early network protocol. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We also used to transfer files using KERMIT over serial lines. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another specialist serial protocol used in semiconductor manufacturing was SECS and SECS II (pronounced &quot;sex&quot;, a vendor had buttons made up for a trade show that said &quot;talk SECS to me&quot;)" />
  <row Id="24104" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13321" RevisionGUID="a6514c6a-f8f8-4fb9-8d1b-0833b83f9858" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:55:56.733" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="24105" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13322" RevisionGUID="53b24f14-7e63-4ad6-84a6-bbaa2bc01605" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:58:10.130" UserId="4209" Text="I've been searching and collecting links for a lot of them, but many of these tools don't have enough use case or demonstration documentation to be able to evaluate their potential worth without installing and trying them out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am hoping that people here have experience with some of them and can offer feedback regarding how easy they are to install, and use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My personal use case is a couple of machine pools that are typically used in concert to work on distributed tasks.  The machines are not an actual cluster (like beowulf), and my primary need is to aid in the configuration and administration of the machines.  If the utility provided the ability to actually break up the work into parts and distribute those parts, that is interesting, but I need the primary use case first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the list of projects I've found that are free and open source:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [pdsh][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [clusterssh][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [pssh][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [clusterit][4]&#xD;&#xA; - [fanout][5]&#xD;&#xA; - [omnitty][6]&#xD;&#xA; - [taktuk][7]&#xD;&#xA; - [dish][8]&#xD;&#xA; - [dsh][9]&#xD;&#xA; - [pydsh][10]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am eager to hear your thoughts!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://computing.llnl.gov/linux/pdsh.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://clusterssh.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.theether.org/pssh/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://clusterit.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.stearns.org/fanout/README.html&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://omnitty.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://taktuk.gforge.inria.fr/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://directory.fsf.org/project/dish/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/software/dsh.html&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://pydsh.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24106" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13322" RevisionGUID="53b24f14-7e63-4ad6-84a6-bbaa2bc01605" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:58:10.130" UserId="4209" Text="What distributed shell utilities do people feel are good, flexible, and easy to use?" />
  <row Id="24107" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13322" RevisionGUID="53b24f14-7e63-4ad6-84a6-bbaa2bc01605" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:58:10.130" UserId="4209" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;shell&gt;&lt;cluster&gt;&lt;management&gt;" />
  <row Id="24108" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13323" RevisionGUID="2538994c-a3ce-4366-8cf3-6b8c99e6c25a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:58:56.430" UserId="3550" Text="I think all of the answers can be summed up by Small Business Server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sure, MS was able to throw nearly EVERYTHING (AD, Exchange, SQL, etc) onto a single box.  But it runs like crap and is only useful in very limited situations." />
  <row Id="24109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13324" RevisionGUID="6b9c4169-1b8b-4c8f-a009-26dae2e568ef" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:59:04.353" UserId="4507" Text="In short, can you do it? Yes. Should you do it? I don't recommend it, but it can work if you are in a bind.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From a performance standpoint, it depends on the load of the two services. On a smaller network, a DC could also double as a DNS or DHCP server without issue. On a larger network, it's asking for trouble.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would highly recomend that you do not put more than one &quot;primary&quot; server on the same physical box. IE, if this is your master DC, using it as a secondary DNS server or backup DHCP server would be acceptable. Reason being, you don't want a failure on one box to take out to take out two services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would highly discourage anyone from running more demanding services, such as a web server (IIS or Apache, etc) or Databases of any sort.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do decide to run more than one type of service on the same physical box, I would highly recomend getting as &quot;beefy&quot; of a box as possible, and using it as a host for Virtualized servers. This way, all your services are still somewhat independant of each other on the OS level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13325" RevisionGUID="2334011b-e1a3-43e7-b948-bbead9c601da" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:00:16.117" UserId="4501" Text="Since you are using RHEL, I would also caution that you are adding unsupported software. If you are tuning for top performance and absolutely need support, you should consider purchasing JBoss Enterprise Application Platform which includes tomcat-native. (And if you're just looking to save money, look at CentOS.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Typically you can tell if an RPM was built for EL5 with a &quot;el5&quot; tag in the RPM name, i.e., tomcat-native-1.1.16-1.**el5**.i386.rpm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my opinion EPEL is the safest route, read more about it at fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dag/RPMForge also produce top quality builds. If you're new to this carefully read the website and test installs, some projects replace core OS components so make sure you're prepared.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13326" RevisionGUID="47b502b0-abe1-44ac-b9fb-d2e72819fa6c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:01:26.177" UserId="4510" Text="My team has a fairly significant dependency on virtual machines, and we're currently looking to add Hyper-V support in addition to our current solution using Virtual Server 2005 (value adds mainly being x64 and multi-core VMs).  The majority of our team members, however, are still running on Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP, and might not be in the mood to upgrade to Windows Server 2008 x64.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As such, I'm trying to find how we can provide a pool of Hyper-V machines that are easily available for these users.  For Windows Vista, Server 2008, and Win7, I've found tools for remote Hyper-V role management, which allows the remote user to use the VMC tool locally for a remote VM host.  I haven't been able to find anything for older versions of Windows; is there a RSAT tool (or similar) for downlevel Windows OSs to interact with newer versions?" />
  <row Id="24112" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13326" RevisionGUID="47b502b0-abe1-44ac-b9fb-d2e72819fa6c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:01:26.177" UserId="4510" Text="Is there a tool to remotely manage Hyper-V from a Windows XP/2003 machine?" />
  <row Id="24113" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13326" RevisionGUID="47b502b0-abe1-44ac-b9fb-d2e72819fa6c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:01:26.177" UserId="4510" Text="&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="24114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13327" RevisionGUID="136daf9e-3494-42d7-a5dd-aa29014fb1ed" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:01:43.727" UserId="55760" Text="You'll use BCDEdit to edit the boot menu settings.  A good tutorial is [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2676-bcdedit-how-use.html" />
  <row Id="24115" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13328" RevisionGUID="961bcfb9-6e4a-4fb3-a767-aa76a4ccf00d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:01:56.597" UserId="4418" Text="Add Capistrano to your list. http://www.capify.org/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not strictly a distributed shell, but suits your needs." />
  <row Id="24116" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13329" RevisionGUID="82a53795-f497-42ec-af2b-2ba61914a1f3" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:03:11.617" UserId="2304" Text="You can either use [EasyBCD][1] or the built-in BCDEdit, as Kevin mentioned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1" />
  <row Id="24117" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12867" RevisionGUID="7503391d-a7f7-4a6e-9a3a-3ef565635106" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:04:10.333" UserId="1406" Comment="retag" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;anonymized&gt;" />
  <row Id="24118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13330" RevisionGUID="abf2fe56-08d0-493a-8601-c8b9303b8341" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:06:31.703" UserId="4501" Text="Please note that many of the tools redhat ships rely on python, so you're probably better off building from source and installing in /usr/local/ or using a bleeding edge release like Fedora 11." />
  <row Id="24119" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9774" RevisionGUID="5a4b4bb7-f63f-4dce-bce2-6e8682660b34" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:13:27.743" UserId="1840" Comment="Added that I didn't write that list" Text="&lt;h1&gt;On the personal level:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; A really good skill that I hope you acquire on your way towards becoming a sysadmin is the ability to **quickly** recover from your mistakes... this should become second nature (an automatic reaction).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;i&gt;**While browsing once, I found this strictly unofficial, highly-debatable, yet potentially useful list:&lt;/i&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[&lt;h2&gt;**SysAdmin Ten Commandments**&lt;/h2&gt;][1]:&#xD;&#xA;**I. Thou shalt respect thy user**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;It is paramount that you respect the user and their data. Don't steal their MP3s, don't look at their porn. When working with email, look without reading. Respect them and they will respect you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**II. Thou shalt empower the user**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;The user is the customer. The system is not yours, it is theirs. Provide users the tools they need to be successful and they will be happy. Give them space to experiment, learn and create. Do not hold users back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**III. Thou shalt keep it simple**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Keep It Simple, Stupid. The KISS principle will keep you from building barrels to keep a bottle's worth of wine. Do not mistake over-engineering for quality. Quality work is concise and scalable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**IV. Thou shalt expect catastrophe**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Expect the worst surprises. Make your resources redundant, backup your data, test your backups, and then backup the backups. The shit will hit the fan someday. Be prepared.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**V. Thou shalt plan**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Great work follows great plans. Stay on target by first identifying it. Plan your work carefully and surprises will be easier to handle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**VI. Thou shalt stay informed**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Gather all the news, information, logs and statistics you can. Without the raw data to analyze, you cannot be secure, you cannot debug problems and you cannot forecast. Without new information, you cannot learn.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**VII. Thou shalt share**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;No one is alone in this world. Pass your knowledge on to others. Give to others, contribute to the community and you will reap many rewards. It is not wise to horde knowledge. Don't be an asshole.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**VIII. Thou shalt automate**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Do more, faster by automating tasks. You are the puppet master, do not waste your time with menial work. Work smarter, not harder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**IX. Thou shalt document**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Always document your work, your code and your plans. Then document their execution and maintenance. Document for others and document for yourself. Documentation should be an extension of your mind and a resource for others.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**X. Thou shalt respect thy organization**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Without organization, there is no system, there is no user and there is no job. Understand the organization and it's business. Respect it and help it thrive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://hacktux.com/sysadmin/ten/commandments" />
  <row Id="24120" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13331" RevisionGUID="4272a9f8-e2bd-41ab-ba17-32dbb03fbf47" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:21:29.457" UserId="846" Text="I have a total hack ...  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - create an account on Google &#xD;&#xA; - Use [Google Calendar Sync][1] to load the entries from the *old* account to Google &#xD;&#xA; - Close up the old PST file&#xD;&#xA; - Force the Google Sync to go the other direction&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=89955" />
  <row Id="24121" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13332" RevisionGUID="5c5499cf-c98b-44e2-8803-c7a44df595ea" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:21:32.640" UserId="4370" Text="AFAIK, because all development for XP has ended, there won't be a tool built or backported for Hyper-V management.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could build a VM with Win7 for Virtual PC that will run on Xp." />
  <row Id="24122" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13333" RevisionGUID="b59c568b-4efe-4c08-b7f5-b73d38031521" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:22:06.273" UserId="4418" Text="Technically, the username is half of a cipher so using an easily guessable username is the same thing as using an easily guessable passphrase." />
  <row Id="24123" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13334" RevisionGUID="a0d175b8-dbf8-40af-a8b2-b87be03508d6" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:25:43.473" UserId="3557" Text="Have you tried VMM (System Center Virtual Machine Manager)?  There is cost involved here but it may be worth it for you in this case." />
  <row Id="24124" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13335" RevisionGUID="8f3fa644-d951-44ec-8a44-4fd20c24c0cd" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:26:00.807" UserId="2329" Text="So it may just be a Delphi related issue after all, although sysadmins should be aware in case they want to run an app written in Delphi. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [One Fix][1] is to recompile in &gt; Delphi 2007 with &#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;Application.MainFormOnTaskbar := True &lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;before the application.initialize (not very sysadminny)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Another is to use a batch file to launch your program. (that's odd, but it makes sense)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://forums.codegear.com//thread.jspa?threadID=18222" />
  <row Id="24125" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13336" RevisionGUID="33f0786b-a874-40ab-94bf-99de2a4be95d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:35:22.957" UserDisplayName="Matt" Text="Regardless of the technology you need to know the threats.  You need to know what is the data that you are trying to protect?  You need to know how your website works.  Do a threat model first forgetting about these magical security bullet technology methods.  You need to figure out where you are at before you spend wasteless money on a penetration test.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Matt Parsons&#xD;&#xA;CISSP&#xD;&#xA;mparsons1980 [at] gmail.com" />
  <row Id="24126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13337" RevisionGUID="2f3b9494-8334-4e67-91c7-81d9fe81326d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:35:29.210" UserId="3600" Text="I'm running a mixed environment at home and at work. My server machines are Win Vista, and I have a Unibody Macbook Pro running 10.5.7 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On my mac, I can ping some home windows by name (If I use the full name such as stallion-main.local), but other machines, I can't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My machines get dynamic ips from DHCP, so I can't edit the hosts file on the mac, or rather I want to avoid that solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a PITB when I try to RDP from my mac into my windows machine; as I have to log into my router to determine the ip address of windows machines that I can't resolve their name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure why some names resolve, while others do not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Help me obi-wan-serverfault, you're my only hope." />
  <row Id="24127" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13337" RevisionGUID="2f3b9494-8334-4e67-91c7-81d9fe81326d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:35:29.210" UserId="3600" Text="OS X: Can't Resolve Windows Machine Names" />
  <row Id="24128" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13337" RevisionGUID="2f3b9494-8334-4e67-91c7-81d9fe81326d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:35:29.210" UserId="3600" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;name-resolution&gt;&lt;ping&gt;" />
  <row Id="24129" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13338" RevisionGUID="8ad5a76d-e99d-4edf-b881-6b00abc9a3f7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:37:48.787" UserId="2914" Text=" - [IP over DNS][1]  to circumvent captive portals etc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://thomer.com/howtos/nstx.html" />
  <row Id="24130" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13338" RevisionGUID="8ad5a76d-e99d-4edf-b881-6b00abc9a3f7" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:37:48.787" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="24131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13339" RevisionGUID="aa8438d5-7d64-4a12-aea2-fe445da832e2" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:38:21.717" UserId="3528" Text="Here's some sql to get you started:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    use operationsmanagerdw&#xD;&#xA;    SELECT TOP 100 pr.ObjectName, pr.CounterName, pri.InstanceName,&#xD;&#xA;    p.SampleValue&#xD;&#xA;    FROM Perf.vPerfRaw p&#xD;&#xA;    INNER JOIN vManagedEntity me ON me.ManagedEntityRowID =&#xD;&#xA;    p.ManagedEntityRowID&#xD;&#xA;    INNER JOIN vPerformanceRuleInstance pri ON pri.PerformanceRuleInstanceRowId&#xD;&#xA;    = p.PerformanceRuleInstanceRowId&#xD;&#xA;    INNER JOIN vPerformanceRule pr ON pr.RuleRowId = pri.RuleRowId&#xD;&#xA;    WHERE me.[Path] = 'server FQDN'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Works with SCOM 2007 SP1, SQL 2005 backend. Other performance tables in the data warehouse are Perf.vPerfHourly , and Perf.vPerfDaily" />
  <row Id="24132" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12874" RevisionGUID="f9f262b1-bcb0-4cab-9d7c-a45e6ad5aacd" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:38:55.180" UserId="2502" Comment="added 268 characters in body" Text="They also can be of use in masking data between employees.  People writing reports for payroll etc don't see exactly who is making what.  Other situations where if management is choosing layoffs and data on employee performance is presented with anonymous usernames can't be accused of picking and choosing.  Random things like that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It makes a bigger difference for large organizations where taking parts of first names and last names will cause a lot of overlap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Obscuring usernames also makes it a bit harder to figure out which user accounts you want to bother trying to hack.  With a standard scheme everyone will know the CEO/CIO/CFO/Director usernames.  Its a lot harder to figure out which employee number they are." />
  <row Id="24133" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="79" RevisionGUID="a478892c-0d4f-45de-bbd8-aae5a3499715" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:39:05.460" UserId="1349" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;system-restore&gt;&lt;live-cd&gt;" />
  <row Id="24134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13340" RevisionGUID="7d8454f4-9586-44ac-a384-8b33f697a3b1" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:42:36.980" UserId="1565" Text="Hyper-V Management Console might be what you are looking for.  It is not free though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.utharam.com/" />
  <row Id="24135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13341" RevisionGUID="d9d47b0c-3159-4797-8501-3fb4794f0288" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:46:18.567" UserId="3528" Text="for future reference, you could have tried to run `cluster/forcecleanup` then deleted any values from `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ClusDisk\Parameters\AttachedDisks`" />
  <row Id="24136" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13342" RevisionGUID="f382f23c-461e-4268-83fc-bc65540b2311" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:47:37.533" UserId="4451" Text="Found Distributed SCM in GNOME -&gt; http://live.gnome.org/DistributedSCM" />
  <row Id="24137" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13343" RevisionGUID="0d3036c1-1b69-47cf-a3f5-1ea01eb86590" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:52:26.837" UserId="4486" Text="Found the perfect solution for setting up Bugzilla with gmail SMTP. It's a little hacky but haven't been able to find anything better. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that Gmail's SMTP is running over SSL, and bugzilla doesn't have support for that. So you need to install the perl Email::Send::SMTP::TLS module and tweek Bugzilla's code. All of it is explained here: --www.dawood.in/bugzilla_alerts_using_gmail.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WARNING: you need to add the following two lines of code (omitted from tutorial) in Mailer.pm, line 57:&#xD;&#xA;my $smtp_server;&#xD;&#xA;my $emtp_port;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best of luck!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24138" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13344" RevisionGUID="fc912c8d-6d1f-4080-b901-0c4e477ae87f" CreationDate="2009-05-27T21:53:10.080" UserId="3038" Text="Working for a .EDU this has come up, but not for security reasons. Like many, we base our usernames (still stuck on 8-character limits due to the presence of older Solaris servers in our user's environment) on the real name at time of registration. Since we have between 19,000 and 23,000 active students at any given time this is done by an algorithm, so guessing what a given user's username is from their real name is not that hard. Depending on how you read the regulations (FERPA), this could count as a 'directory service' of the type that they have a right to opt out of.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the problem. If a user with a pretty unique name registers, Farheed Zakaria for example, the account generation process will assign them a username. That would be 'zakarif' in this case. Easy to guess. If you consider this a directory and they opt out, then we'd have to change the username. Changing usernames is a tricky process, and isn't automated. When students get married and change their last names, we do not change their username. We have staff that married in the early 90's that still have usernames that include their old last names.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, goes the thinking, what if at account-creation we assign users with less easy to derive names? At the university I graduated from, the above name would be &quot;zaka0008&quot;; the first four letters of the last name and a numeric for uniqueness. That isn't easy to derive from the given name, yet still contains some identifiers to help users remember it. That would allow us to avoid doing account renames.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We haven't done this yet, since we haven't had a firm ruling of the applicability of FERPA to this situation. But this is a real world example of going to less obvious usernames." />
  <row Id="24139" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13345" RevisionGUID="020519e5-6217-4c19-8d9b-57d36bf1b83b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:00:13.467" UserId="539" Text="I recently purchased a SansDigital external RAID enclosure for my WHS.  I have 4 drives I was going to use in it.  Should I use the disks individually and let WHS handle the duplication or should I use the software RAID to do RAID 10 or RAID 5?" />
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  <row Id="24141" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13345" RevisionGUID="020519e5-6217-4c19-8d9b-57d36bf1b83b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:00:13.467" UserId="539" Text="&lt;windows-home-server&gt;&lt;raid&gt;" />
  <row Id="24142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13346" RevisionGUID="0746a045-bd9e-4db2-96a9-09854675ed1e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:02:32.557" UserId="4392" Text="**dmidecode** - Excellent for getting all sorts of information about the machine it's running on &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**strace** - for when you can't figure out why the command you're issuing doesn't work the way you wish it did&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**find** - There are more options to this little command than you are probably aware of. Read the man page and be enlightened&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**xargs** - Very, very handy when you need to deal with lists of things&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**rsync** - Knowing rsync and its various options is vital to moving data securely and quickly around your network&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**telnet** - the humble telnet command has probably assisted me in diagnosing more network connectivity problems though the years than any other command&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**nmap** - except maybe nmap&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**nc** - netcat is awesome for setting up quick servers to see what clients are trying to do, or even for &quot;telnet&quot; using udp. Read the tutorials to see how powerful it really is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**openssl's s_client** Telnet over a secure connection into https servers to diagnose weirdness. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sure there are a ton more I'll remember eventually. Check back for updates ;-)" />
  <row Id="24143" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13347" RevisionGUID="a474925e-1c3f-463e-b775-f937dfad0ef9" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:10:18.423" UserId="3002" Text="If your boxes are using mDNS (multicast DNS / zeroconf dns system, see wikipedia/RFCs for details), possible culprits are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Ensure that all your computers are within the .local domain, I'm not sure if it's part of the specification or not, but the name resolution &quot;stacks&quot; I've come across have only passed .local names to the mDNS resolvers, and the rest went to dns and/or hostsfile.&#xD;&#xA; - The service responsible for replying to mDNS queries don't have the appropriate services running.&#xD;&#xA; - The firewall software running on the computers that don't resolve are blocking either the mDNS queries and/or replies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason it sounds like mDNS is that you specifically mention that you query by their full name which includes .local. To check if it's actually mDNS you could try querying the nameserver(s) listed in /etc/hosts directly with i.e. tools like dig, host or nslookup and see if they give you any sensible response.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it turns out not to be name-resolution by mDNS, then it's probably off to troubleshoot your dhcp and dns server(s).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24144" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13348" RevisionGUID="33130dea-f0f7-4fc8-88d9-8047ac3a742a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:11:35.083" UserId="33522" Text="You may want to give a look at AFS. This will give you some measure of both availability (you can access these files both on and off your network) and redundancy (files can be replicated). For a workflow where you open a file, work on it for some time and then save it, this would be better (from a network standpoint) than NFS, at least older NFS.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24145" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13349" RevisionGUID="83268cbc-2820-4904-a57a-e0d52daa35ea" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:12:53.113" UserId="4392" Text="I wouldn't recommend RAID5 for data that you really want protected. RAID 6 would at least guarantee that you could lose 2 disks, but you lose half of your storage space. With RAID 10, you have a 25% chance of data loss with 2 drives dying. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I vote software RAID 6." />
  <row Id="24146" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13350" RevisionGUID="d022cf08-82ef-4c49-af2f-b1226314620e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:14:52.377" UserId="3038" Text="Windows name-resolution problems like this tend to be the result of the machines not being in the same workgroup. If all of your machines are in the same workgroup they should be able to browse and talk to each other. Without control of your local DNS environment, this is probably the easiest way to make it work." />
  <row Id="24147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13351" RevisionGUID="a4a16070-c502-4912-b75a-eed0690b9a1a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:14:56.683" UserId="1466" Text="I have noticed a similar problem with .local domains under ubuntu - perhaps the same trick will work on a mac?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is what I did:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Edit **/etc/nsswitch.conf**&#xD;&#xA; - change the order of the **hosts:** line so that **dns** comes before any mdns4 entries&#xD;&#xA; - my line ends up being like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    hosts:          files dns mdns4_minimal mdns4&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24148" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13347" RevisionGUID="e4d5d41a-9c3e-43da-89e9-c479862b06cc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:16:29.190" UserId="3002" Text="If your boxes are using mDNS (multicast DNS / zeroconf dns system, see wikipedia/RFCs for details), possible culprits are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Ensure that all your computers are within the .local domain, I'm not sure if it's part of the specification or not, but the name resolution &quot;stacks&quot; I've come across have only passed .local names to the mDNS resolvers, and the rest went to dns and/or hostsfile.&#xD;&#xA; - The service responsible for replying to mDNS queries don't have the appropriate services running.&#xD;&#xA; - The firewall software running on the computers that don't resolve are blocking either the mDNS queries and/or replies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason it sounds like mDNS is that you specifically mention that you need to query by their full name which includes .local. To check if it's actually mDNS you could try querying the nameserver(s) listed in /etc/hosts directly with i.e. tools like dig, host or nslookup and see if they give you any sensible response.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it turns out not to be name-resolution by mDNS, let us know which dhcpd and dns/named you're running, check their logs and see if they provide any indication to why some of the names for the dhcp-leases haven't been registered in dns.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24149" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13352" RevisionGUID="68ce86e8-0849-415c-8ca0-2a6f5a2d1d87" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:19:56.283" UserId="4494" Text="This is a home server. I think that RAID 5 is quite sufficent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The long and the short of it is that the lower you can implement the redundancy the better. If the device uses a hardware level RAID, go with that. Even if the device offers a software level, it is bound to be optimized for the hardware. I would suggest that you use the Windows OS to implement RAID5 or mirroring only as a last resort. It is easier to manage from the OS GUI, but there can be a performance hit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, it IS a home server, so there will always be some trade-offs between &quot;safe&quot; and &quot;cost effective&quot;." />
  <row Id="24150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13353" RevisionGUID="2b312c66-341b-443a-b5b0-5cbbff533bda" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:22:21.177" UserId="33522" Text="Perhaps as a viable workaround: DHCP can be configured to always give the same IP to a host when it connects. &quot;The same host&quot; is defined by the MAC address. Even most routers have a setting that allows you to do this. This will save you the pain of trying to figure out the IP address." />
  <row Id="24151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13354" RevisionGUID="6f4f3931-43e8-4f8f-aceb-6d8732961d1e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:32:34.040" UserId="4538" Text="I've got several client computers (i.e. laptops, desktops, etc.), and I connect to several server machines that I manage, and I log into them all via SSH.  I can imagine several schemes of managing ssh keys that would make sense, and I'm curious about what others do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Option 1: One global public/private keypair. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would generate one public/private keypair, and put the public key on every client machine, and the public key on every server machine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Option 1: One keypair per server machine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would generate one keypair on each server machine, and put each private key on my client machines.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Option 3: One keypair per client machine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each client machine would have a unique private key, and each server machine would have the public keys for every client machine that I'd like to connect from. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Option 4: One keypair per client/server pair &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Totally overboard? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which of these is best?  Are there other options?   What criteria to you use for evaluating the right configuration? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24152" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13354" RevisionGUID="6f4f3931-43e8-4f8f-aceb-6d8732961d1e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:32:34.040" UserId="4538" Text="Best system for managing ssh keys?" />
  <row Id="24153" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13354" RevisionGUID="6f4f3931-43e8-4f8f-aceb-6d8732961d1e" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:32:34.040" UserId="4538" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;" />
  <row Id="24154" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13355" RevisionGUID="2dcdd81d-65fc-4ae7-aab8-afa94628548c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:32:51.123" UserId="2455" Text="&#xD;&#xA;Files can be locked on OS X by going to the &quot;Get Info&quot; panel for the specific file and clicking the lock button.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would need to remove locks from a shell script. What unix command can do that?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24155" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13355" RevisionGUID="2dcdd81d-65fc-4ae7-aab8-afa94628548c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:32:51.123" UserId="2455" Text="releasing file locks from OS X shell script" />
  <row Id="24156" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13355" RevisionGUID="2dcdd81d-65fc-4ae7-aab8-afa94628548c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:32:51.123" UserId="2455" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;locked-file&gt;" />
  <row Id="24157" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13356" RevisionGUID="f1ca1cfa-aabb-4b87-8d0b-79230c7cbddc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:35:14.927" UserId="1634" Text="For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setting up a server as an secure HTTP proxy to use in a filtered internet connection.&#xD;&#xA;Altering a computer's/network's DNS to reroute traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are some other fun and useful tricks you think we should all know about?" />
  <row Id="24158" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13356" RevisionGUID="f1ca1cfa-aabb-4b87-8d0b-79230c7cbddc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:35:14.927" UserId="1634" Text="What are some cool or useful server/networking tricks?" />
  <row Id="24159" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13356" RevisionGUID="f1ca1cfa-aabb-4b87-8d0b-79230c7cbddc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:35:14.927" UserId="1634" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;tricks&gt;" />
  <row Id="24160" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12261" RevisionGUID="a11a0fda-236b-4b83-a99a-a3f6d23001dc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:36:01.430" UserId="2719" Comment="deleted 335 characters in body" Text="Hello, everyone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of our servers has died recently. So I've took those disks from it and installed them all to the new server running Windows Server 2008. Along with disks I've moved two simple two-port controllers on a Silicon Image SiI 3132 chip.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So here is a problem. There was two software Windows-driven RAID5 arrays. After reinstallation those disks plugged in thought controllers are shown **offline** or **foreign** in *diskpart* utility. I could not import them because they are reported somehow as **readonly**. If, after all, I clear **readonly** flag from those disks and **import** them, *diskpart* reports that array is OK and resyncing. And then, soon or late, I'm getting BSOD of some random error (it was disk manager only once) and Windows won't boot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've returned to last known configuration several times and tried to trace an error, but I could not. Any thoughts besides hardware fault in controller, guys?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS. Here is system log entries IMHO related:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - An online volume in an online pack has no name. This is incorrect. Error code: 1@020A000F&#xD;&#xA; - VDS received bad data from a provider. Error code: 1@020A0005&#xD;&#xA; - The previous system shutdown at 2:20:16 AM on ‎5/‎28/‎2009 was unexpected.&#xD;&#xA; - The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck.  The bugcheck was: 0x0000003b (0x00000000c0000005, 0xfffff80001edc125, 0xfffff88004410000, 0x0000000000000000). A dump was saved in: C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP. Report Id: 052809-25209-01.   " />
  <row Id="24161" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13357" RevisionGUID="70a6a3d6-837c-41fc-8432-17e8cd7b8616" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:44:28.790" UserId="4494" Text="A lot of these steps would be quite a bit of overkill!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From my own experience, all I've needed to do to segregate the traffic is just keep a default gateway off of the second (SAN) NIC. Windows Server 2008 is smart enough to recogniza the &quot;Domain&quot; network and route all domain traffic accordingly. If you look at the NIC status, when WS2K8 is doing it's thing, the domain NIC will actually display the DN of the Domain Network. Your SAN NIC will say &quot;Unidentified&quot;." />
  <row Id="24162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13358" RevisionGUID="59fb988f-ccdb-4f7a-a76d-65f1c3aca550" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:44:56.183" UserId="2609" Text="I use **Option 3: One keypair per client machine** and it makes the most sense to me. Here are some of the reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If a client is compromised then that key (and only that key) needs to be removed from servers.&#xD;&#xA; - It's flexible enough to decide what I can access from where, without granting blanket access to all servers from all clients.&#xD;&#xA; - Very convenient. There's only 1 key for ssh-add, no confusion.&#xD;&#xA; - Easy to set up and administer over **Option 4**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Option 4** is nice, but is just too much work. **Option 3** gets you 98% there with much less hassle." />
  <row Id="24163" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13359" RevisionGUID="c347fad5-341e-4454-a1d1-fea5c4abd023" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:44:58.790" UserId="48" Text="An SBS 2003 server is a domain controller and therefore CANNOT have local user accounts, they are removed when the server is promoted to a DC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SBS stores the user accounts you create, in the Users page, in a specific OU in AD. The users area in the SBS console just takes you straight to that OU and presents some wizards for creating users. Using AD Users and Computers would still get you to the same user information, but you would need to go the the SBS OU.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its best to use the User option in the SBS console as it will ensure all your users will end up in the right area of AD, and give you wizards to do so, but you can use AD users and computers if you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SBS 2003 servers, do not have local user accounts, despite what the other answers say." />
  <row Id="24164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13360" RevisionGUID="7009edde-f279-4b5b-ae0f-4a3d428c144b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:47:14.323" UserDisplayName="razor" Text="I searched online and I see a few other people have had this issue on other lists/boards.  When I run sudo puppetd --waitforcert 60 --test for the 2nd time after signing the cert on the master server I get this error-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;notice: Got signed certificate&#xD;&#xA;warning: Certificate validation failed; considering using the certname configuration option&#xD;&#xA;err: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib]: Failed to generate additional resources during transaction: Certificates were not trusted: hostname was not match with the server certificate&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure I understand what the problem or how to fix it.  So that is why I ask.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm setting puppet up on two servers on my LAN. The puppetmaster is named 'puppet' and the other server is named 'puppetclient'.  I put puppet into /etc/hosts on puppetclient.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;running hostname -f will display puppet and pupperclient on the respective servers.  I'm not sure what else to try.  Does anyone have any insight?" />
  <row Id="24165" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13360" RevisionGUID="7009edde-f279-4b5b-ae0f-4a3d428c144b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:47:14.323" UserDisplayName="razor" Text="puppet hostname problem" />
  <row Id="24166" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13360" RevisionGUID="7009edde-f279-4b5b-ae0f-4a3d428c144b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:47:14.323" UserDisplayName="razor" Text="&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="24167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13361" RevisionGUID="988efa2f-ae6d-4f19-97c2-99dcd06b4469" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:52:22.207" UserId="3002" Text="ssh's various tunneling options&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - -R forward port from remote host to/through the initiating end of the ssh session&#xD;&#xA; - -L forward port from initiating host through the remote host&#xD;&#xA; - -D ssh's socks-proxy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="24168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13362" RevisionGUID="a1c58639-864b-4ff2-9ac0-dada4e2ed9a1" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:53:41.113" UserId="1992" Text="There's a new initialize-from-LSN method but it was only introduced in 2008. There's no way to do the equivalent in earlier versions, including 2000. Sorry." />
  <row Id="24169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13363" RevisionGUID="0c88ee34-96fb-4d3e-9bb6-b48f9c4f60bf" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:55:48.270" UserId="4203" Text="Unlock &quot;Locked&quot; flag on a folder recursivly&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;chflags -R nouchg /folder/path" />
  <row Id="24170" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13364" RevisionGUID="92874528-1143-43b4-bfa2-a252a0b5a621" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:58:21.493" UserId="4307" Text="Try `chflags nouchg YOUR_FILE`. To re-enable the lock, `chflags uchg YOUR_FILE`." />
  <row Id="24171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13365" RevisionGUID="d9e6cdc6-2e3c-47e3-8819-1add33b3c4ac" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:58:44.380" UserDisplayName="Jay Soffian" Text="If you've got xcode installed, `/Developer/Tools/SetFile`. To unlock:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    % SetFile -a l &lt;path&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To lock:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    % SetFile -a L &lt;path&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To query, you can use `/Developer/Tools/GetFileInfo`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24172" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13130" RevisionGUID="9fab009b-6f7c-4c7a-b3e2-37580925fca5" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:00:12.923" UserId="4225" Comment="Added /etc/fstab file contents for reference" Text="I wish to connect an external enclosure of discs in a JBOD configuration to a computer running Ubuntu 8.10 server edition. I have the Ubuntu installation running smoothly on an internal IDE drive that's been functioning well for months. The external enclosure will be for used for storage as a file server only. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The enclosure I have is the &quot;SANS DIGITAL TR5M-B 5 Bay SATA&quot; (search on newegg, would add a link but I can't since I'm a new user)   and since my motherboard doesn't have a PCI-E slot, I bought this PCI card to add eSata support to the machine: &quot;Rosewill RC-210 Silicon Image e-SATA PCI&quot; (again, on newegg.com)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After connecting the PCI card, I added the 2 hard drives to the enclosure, plugged in the external enclosure and turned it on, then I turned on the Ubuntu machine. After seeing the customary boot procedures (Post -&gt; LILO, etc.) Ubuntu appears to begin to start, then i see the following messages:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=-19)&#xD;&#xA;    ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After 3 of these cycles of messages, I see:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Cannot find /dev/sda1 dropping to shell&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since /dev/sda1 is where the root install is located, I can understand why this is a problem. My thought at this point was that it had something to do with the external enclosure, so I turn it off, and unplug it from the computer, then restart. Ubuntu starts normally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I beleive the PCI eSata card was recognized correctly, because I see the following output from &quot;lspci -v&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    00:0b.0 Mass storage controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3512 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 01)&#xD;&#xA;        Subsystem: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3512 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller&#xD;&#xA;        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5&#xD;&#xA;        I/O ports at a000 [size=8]&#xD;&#xA;        I/O ports at 9800 [size=4]&#xD;&#xA;        I/O ports at 9400 [size=8]&#xD;&#xA;        I/O ports at 9000 [size=4]&#xD;&#xA;        I/O ports at 8800 [size=16]&#xD;&#xA;        Memory at ed000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]&#xD;&#xA;        [virtual] Expansion ROM at 30000000 [disabled] [size=512K]&#xD;&#xA;        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2&#xD;&#xA;        Kernel driver in use: sata_sil&#xD;&#xA;        Kernel modules: sata_sil&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this point, just to see if it would work, I connected the enclosure, and turned it on, hoping that I'd see new devices attached in /dev. Unfortunately, I only saw my internal IDE drive at /dev/sdaX&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my question is this, what do I need to do to configure the 2 SATA drives I have in the enclosure so that the OS sees these drives and can mount them? Do I have something configured incorrectly that would have caused the boot time error? Any help would be apprerciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For reference, here is my /etc/fstab file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;# /etc/fstab: static file system information.&#xD;&#xA;#&#xD;&#xA;# &lt;file system&gt; &lt;mount point&gt;   &lt;type&gt;  &lt;options&gt;       &lt;dump&gt;  &lt;pass&gt;&#xD;&#xA;proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0&#xD;&#xA;# /dev/sda1&#xD;&#xA;UUID=6cbaa9de-3ba1-43c0-ac8c-63c19e1ad1b4 /               ext3    relatime,errors=remount-ro 0       1&#xD;&#xA;# /dev/sda6&#xD;&#xA;UUID=0106ad4f-2fcc-44db-9475-154425032126 /home           ext3    relatime        0       2&#xD;&#xA;# /dev/sda5&#xD;&#xA;UUID=8be1601c-0380-4aaa-8cb4-b64ed262dae3 none            swap    sw              0       0&#xD;&#xA;/dev/scd0       /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0       0&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="24173" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13366" RevisionGUID="20a28ba2-7bce-4f29-a8da-6333d1ec5e93" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:07:22.787" UserId="2115" Text="I would eliminate both your option 1s (of which I suspect one was supposed to be option 2 ;-) because private keys are sensitive data, and it makes sense to keep them in as few places as possible. I personally would never copy a private key from one computer to another (or even from one file to another on the same computer), except maybe for making backups. Although unlike most encryption keys, if an SSH key gets lost it's not the end of the world (just create a new one, you don't lose any data)." />
  <row Id="24174" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13219" RevisionGUID="9e0bd71c-aaab-477a-ba09-c8f1125ae715" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:07:57.823" UserId="1770" Comment="Edited to expand on LVM in relation to the others, to clear up confusion." Text="LVM is actually quite heavily used.  Basically, LVM sits above the hardware (driver) layer.  It doesn't add any redundancy or increased reliability (it relies on the underlying storage system to handle reliability).  Instead, it provides a lot of added flexibility and additional features.  LVM should never see a disk disappear or fail, because the disk failure should be handled by RAID (be it software or hardware).  If you lose a disk and can't continue operating (rebuild the RAID, etc), then you should be going to backups.  Trying to recover data from an incomplete array should never be needed (if it is, you need to reevaluate your entire design).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Among the things you get with LVM are the ability to easily grow and shrink partitions/filesystems, the ability to dynamically allocate new partitions, the ability to snapshot existing partitions, and mount the snapshots as read only or writable partitions.  Snapshots can be incredibly useful, particularly for things like backups.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I use LVM for every partition (except /boot) on every box I build, and I've been doing so for the past 4 years.  Dealing with non-LVM'ed boxes is a huge pain when you want to add or modify your disk layout.  If you're using Linux, you definitely want use LVM.  *[Note: This above stuff on LVM has been updated to better explain what it is and how it fits into the storage equation.]*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for RAID, I don't do servers without raid.  With disk prices as cheap as they are, I'd go with RAID1 or RAID10.  Faster, simpler, and much more robust.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Honestly though, unless you're wedded to Ubuntu (which I would normally recommend), or if the box is performing other tasks, you might want to look into [OpenFiler][1].  It turns your box into a storage appliance with a web interface and will handle all of the RAID/LVM/etc for you, and allow you to export the storage as SMB, NFS, iSCSI, etc.  Slick little setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.openfiler.com/" />
  <row Id="24175" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13367" RevisionGUID="c5ac7603-7aa1-49af-b84a-a68b7209526a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:09:01.223" UserId="4493" Text="Do puppet and puppetclient both resolve in DNS? If not you can edit the /etc/hosts file to map the IPs and hostnames. IIRC, you should only need to do this on the client." />
  <row Id="24176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13368" RevisionGUID="4756a814-d84b-418a-9947-fb5766dd3abc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:13:00.357" UserId="54243" Text="Is there a way to recover contents of a bad USB Flash Drive?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know something has gone wrong when you get asked to format the stick when you plug it in." />
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  <row Id="24178" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13368" RevisionGUID="4756a814-d84b-418a-9947-fb5766dd3abc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:13:00.357" UserId="54243" Text="&lt;usb-flash-drive&gt;&lt;usb&gt;" />
  <row Id="24179" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13369" RevisionGUID="8d5642a8-40f6-4658-a6f7-c760371fffb2" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:13:40.870" UserId="3059" Text="Here’s the situation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a MacBook and while I can and do connect a second monitor to it, I’d like to be able to use the larger/nicer/identical monitors connected to my PC to interact with my MacBook.  It seems like it should be possible (using some manner of VNC magic) to configure the MacBook to simulate two monitors, and to access them via VNC on my desktop PC.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh sure, there are alternatives...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Hackintoshing – not so great with AMD&#xD;&#xA;   CPU &#xD;&#xA; - “Just deal with” the awkward MacBook-and-huge-monitor setup&#xD;&#xA; - Buy a Mac Mini&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...but that’s not necessarily the purpose of this site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For those who grok my strange request – any thoughts?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24180" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13369" RevisionGUID="8d5642a8-40f6-4658-a6f7-c760371fffb2" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:13:40.870" UserId="3059" Text="Using a dual-monitor PC and a MacBook to create a dual-monitor OS X development environment?" />
  <row Id="24181" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13369" RevisionGUID="8d5642a8-40f6-4658-a6f7-c760371fffb2" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:13:40.870" UserId="3059" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;vnc&gt;&lt;rdp&gt;&lt;pc&gt;" />
  <row Id="24182" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13370" RevisionGUID="66ae3add-ba48-460d-b2dc-47afd93b3c6c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:20:50.917" UserId="2783" Text="Wait! Wait!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The question about what the best RAID level is for a generic server at home, and whether/what RAID to use for Windows Home Server are two *very* different questions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows Home Server uses a special technology called Drive Extender that works in the background to ensure that data is always on two physical drives.  If any given drive dies, you can replace the drive and your data will be replicated back to the new drive.  All of the benefits of RAID with none of the hassles.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, in order to work it's magic, Drive Extender works at a very low level (specifically, it uses a file system mini-filter driver in addition to the NTFS file system to implement Shared Folders storage technology). From [KB 946676][1] &quot;File system mini-filter drivers are an extensibility mechanism that is provided by Windows to enable storage scenarios. For distributing data across the different hard drives that are managed by Windows Home Server, the Windows Home Server mini-filter driver redirects I/O between files that are stored on the main hard drive and files that are stored on other hard drives&quot;.  All well and good, but when you have two low-level file technologies (the Drive Extender mini-filter driver and the RAID software) working low-level magic to make multiple drives appear as one, duplicate data, and place it on multiple drives, you run a STRONG risk of having something go wrong. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to be sure that your data is safe in the event of a drive failure, use the technology built into Windows Home Server to do this.  Your backed-up data will always be on at least three physical disks (your main computer and two physical disks in the Windows home Server).  Also better than RAID is the fact that you can add any hard drive any time and it will be added to the pool. No worries about matching drive sizes for your RAID volumes, drive letters, LUNs, etc).  You can add internal or external drives and they all join the same pool.  If you want to remove any of the drives, again no problem (it would be with several of the RAID levels mentioned above).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All right... I'll get off my soapbox.  :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to read the white paper on how the technology works behind the scenes, you can do so here: [Technical Brief: Windows Home Server Drive Extender][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the white paper:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*It is highly recommended that you not use hardware RAID technologies for your home server. Recovering from hard-drive failures becomes increasingly complex when hardware RAID systems are used. The recommended and supported approach is to use multiple hard drives that are configured as Just a Bunch of Disks (JBOD).*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946676&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=40C6C9CC-B85F-45FE-8C5C-F103C894A5E2&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="24183" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13371" RevisionGUID="c1d033a2-1af8-4103-ab8b-cf4ce1f02047" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:22:52.973" UserId="3002" Text="CPU consumption should be minimal, for the most part it resides in the network libraries / ip-stack. murmur doesn't do decode-multiplex-reencode. The audio-streams are forwarded/copied to the appropriate clients verbatim.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAM working set are limited to input/output buffers for the clients (which would be small since one of the project goals is optimizing for low latency), user metadata, some state and acl's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;According to the [mumble/murmur FAQ][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Worst case scenario: Number of users × Number of talking users × 60 kbit/s. With less aggressive quality settings, it's ~20 kbit/s, and the bare minimum is 12kbit/s. Note that Mumble is geared towards social gaming; its quality enables people to talk naturally to each other instead of just barking short commands, so the amount of &quot;users talking at the same time&quot; can be somewhat higher than expected.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This means that a server with 20 players and 2 players talking at once requires 0.8-2.4 Mbit/s, depending on quality settings. In the server's .ini file, you can specify the maximum allowed bitrate for users as well as the maximum number of clients to allow. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disk IO and storage space needed, is going to be minimal, maintaining userdatabase and acl's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want a more authoritative answer you could check out the [contact section of the FAQ][2], this sounds like something that possibly should be included in the FAQ.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mumble.sourceforge.net/FAQ#What_sort_of_bandwidth_will_I_need_for_the_server.3F&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://mumble.sourceforge.net/FAQ#How_can_I_help_or_contact_you.3F" />
  <row Id="24184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13372" RevisionGUID="e7ca96f1-1039-4e78-81b0-60ed298c0333" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:24:17.493" UserId="2783" Text="You could also look into Remote Desktop/Terminal Services...  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to manage the guests within the Hyper-V Management Console, they could TS/RDP into a Vista/W2K8 box that has the management tools, and manage from there.  In order to work within the guest VMs, they could simply TS/RDP into the guest (they wouldn't even know the guest was running as a VM)." />
  <row Id="24185" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13373" RevisionGUID="295fae0d-a0fe-4dc7-b2f1-1926083c1461" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:24:24.483" UserId="1840" Text="&lt;h1&gt;Screen&lt;/h1&gt; &#xD;&#xA;(linux &amp; OS X/macports)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It allows console users to run any number of text-based applications, interactive command shells, curses-based applications, text editors etc, within a single terminal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I barely started using it fluently, thanks to a few online tutorials out there: [**http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNU-Screen-Tutorial-44274.shtml**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**&lt;i&gt;Quick reference:&lt;/i&gt;**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Start a new session: **#screen -S sessioname**&#xD;&#xA; - **Ctrl+a d** to detach&#xD;&#xA; - List running sessions: **#screen -ls**&#xD;&#xA; - Connect to running session: **#screen -x sessioname**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some Pros here who might want to add to this post their useful commands for screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's another useful [**tutorial**][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNU-Screen-Tutorial-44274.shtml&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.linuxforums.org/applications/the_screen_program.html" />
  <row Id="24186" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13374" RevisionGUID="caf85f2b-5a7b-4865-bd31-703ec519ed28" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:28:38.797" UserId="3600" Text="I don't know if it's possible to have a Macbook emulate 2 displays. There are some USB add-ons that give you the ability to run a 2nd monitor, but it is extra hardware that you're looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use Synergy to access your macbook via keyboard and mouse, so you could conceivably use 3 LCDs (which i believe you already do today) 2 on the PC, and one on your Macbook, but you want dual lcd's on your macbook. I believe the only way to achieve this is with a [device like this][1]. You could use the same two LCD's that you use for your pc (assuming they each have dual inputs) and just switch between inputs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://us.kensington.com/html/14499.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know it's not an ideal solution, but it should work." />
  <row Id="24187" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13203" RevisionGUID="23c39a80-c5fd-439a-87b1-c173be2ecd89" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:29:47.203" UserId="2783" Comment="Fixed a misspelling :(" Text="If the question is &quot;why can you not have RAID with a single drive that has error correction&quot;, the answer is in the &quot;R&quot; of RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)... There would be no redundancy for disk failure.  RAID is not designed to protect against data corruption (as par2 is), it is designed to protect against disk failure.  A disk failure on a single disk with par2 would take the error correcting checksum down with the data, leaving you with no data at all." />
  <row Id="24188" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13354" RevisionGUID="4dfb9748-1855-4ae4-a1fd-6b4dec389f32" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:30:00.540" UserId="4538" Comment="edited body" Text="I've got several client computers (i.e. laptops, desktops, etc.), and I connect to several server machines that I manage, and I log into them all via SSH.  I can imagine several schemes of managing ssh keys that would make sense, and I'm curious about what others do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Option 1: One global public/private keypair. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would generate one public/private keypair, and put the public key on every client machine, and the public key on every server machine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Option 2: One keypair per server machine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would generate one keypair on each server machine, and put each private key on my client machines.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Option 3: One keypair per client machine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each client machine would have a unique private key, and each server machine would have the public keys for every client machine that I'd like to connect from. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Option 4: One keypair per client/server pair &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Totally overboard? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which of these is best?  Are there other options?   What criteria to you use for evaluating the right configuration? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24189" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13375" RevisionGUID="0615060f-147d-4c80-8c7c-19e55138e309" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:30:27.513" UserId="1634" Text="I've got a bunch of modules installed in Apache2, enabled at compile-time.  The command `httpd -M` gives me:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; core_module (static)&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA; authn_file_module (static)&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA; ...snip...&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA; auth_basic_module (static)&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA; include_module (static)&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA; filter_module (static)&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA; deflate_module (static)&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA; ...and so on...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to remove any of these static modules, or add static modules?  (Although I've got so_module loaded, so I the addition of static modules isn't so necessary.  I'd like to know how to remove static modules without recompiling the server, if possible." />
  <row Id="24190" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13375" RevisionGUID="0615060f-147d-4c80-8c7c-19e55138e309" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:30:27.513" UserId="1634" Text="How Can I Enable or Disable Static Modules in Apache2?" />
  <row Id="24191" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13375" RevisionGUID="0615060f-147d-4c80-8c7c-19e55138e309" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:30:27.513" UserId="1634" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;modules&gt;" />
  <row Id="24192" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13376" RevisionGUID="f285e50c-d5ad-4326-bde5-bfe6a601d4bc" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:31:02.957" UserId="4418" Text="Sounds like the puppetmaster certificate was created when the host was named something other than &quot;puppet&quot;. Recreate the certificate and you should be good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The name stored in the certificate has to match what you configured your client to connect to (exactly). For instance, if you configure your client to connect to &quot;puppet.domain.com&quot;, you'll get an error if the certificate is named &quot;puppet&quot; and vice versa." />
  <row Id="24193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13377" RevisionGUID="e1e06660-af03-409b-a9a1-7b505cab3b53" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:33:23.950" UserId="3552" Text="Everything was working fine with my machine. I had an additional case fan around so I decided to pop that in. Now when I boot, my BIOS fails to detect any SATA hard drives. The hard drives are good and working in another machine. I have tried new SATA cables, every sinlge (4) port, and even reseting all BIOS settings. Am I SOL? Is it likely that the SATA controller/all ports just crapped out? This is an ASUS p5b motherboard. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="24194" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13377" RevisionGUID="e1e06660-af03-409b-a9a1-7b505cab3b53" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:33:23.950" UserId="3552" Text="How can I troubleshoot a BIOS being unable to detect any SATA hard drives?" />
  <row Id="24195" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13377" RevisionGUID="e1e06660-af03-409b-a9a1-7b505cab3b53" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:33:23.950" UserId="3552" Text="&lt;sata&gt;&lt;hard-disk&gt;&lt;motherboard&gt;" />
  <row Id="24196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13378" RevisionGUID="baf7601e-e45c-4591-a5b5-0bcbc91d9059" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:39:37.090" UserId="984" Text="If it is static, that means it is compiled in.  There is no easy way to remove them." />
  <row Id="24197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13379" RevisionGUID="f1e393df-7360-4907-bf25-de826da9f548" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:41:40.033" UserId="4418" Text="Option 3 and use something like Puppet to handle the key management." />
  <row Id="24198" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13380" RevisionGUID="964972c0-f7f8-47cf-9c00-79f7dc9bbbed" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:41:57.023" UserId="3600" Text="You know the hdd's are good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Did you ensure to properly seed the power cables for your drives?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next, you'll need to check that your bios settings for SATA are correct. Does your SATA controller support RAID? With my Asus Rampage, since I have my SATA drives in RAID configuration, the JMicron SATA controller doesn't detect the drives, but they are detected by the RAID controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is possible that you fux0red your board. Static electricity, electrical short, and a combination of bad karma can do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm assuming you have an adequate power supply, correct? What happens if you try unplugging the case fan u just installed?" />
  <row Id="24200" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13377" RevisionGUID="bd48e4b7-f453-42d1-ba89-8d9a02d8ec8d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:44:40.370" UserId="3552" Comment="added 243 characters in body" Text="Everything was working fine with my machine. I had an additional case fan around so I decided to pop that in. Now when I boot, my BIOS fails to detect any SATA hard drives. The hard drives are good and working in another machine. I have tried new SATA cables, every sinlge (4) port, and even reseting all BIOS settings. Am I SOL? Is it likely that the SATA controller/all ports just crapped out? This is an ASUS p5b motherboard. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit, I just found a hidden SATA port, so there are five total. This was apparently the RAID port (I don't understand why there is only one RAID port). The hard drives are detected there. Also, the drives are getting power. There should be ample power for the case fan. I have also tried removing the power from the fan. The power supply is an ANtex Neo 480W. The only connections from the power supply go to the two motherboard connections, and the two hard drives." />
  <row Id="24201" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13378" RevisionGUID="2ea75071-0fb6-4411-96a6-aca73e094f66" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:45:16.313" UserId="984" Comment="added 61 characters in body" Text="If it is [static][1], that means it is compiled in.  There is no easy way to remove them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_library" />
  <row Id="24202" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13027" RevisionGUID="93341be8-85c1-4b35-8343-556a1c16ca64" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:47:40.273" UserId="2783" Comment="Removed an accidental bullet" Text="The Active Directory team at Microsoft has released a guide with best practices for running AD in a DMZ.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Active Directory Domain Services in the Perimeter Network (Windows Server 2008)][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The guide covers the following AD models for the perimeter network:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - No Active Directory (local accounts) &#xD;&#xA; - Isolated forest model &#xD;&#xA; - Extended corporate forest model &#xD;&#xA; - Forest trust model&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*This guide contains direction for determining whether Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) is appropriate for your perimeter network (also known as the DMZs or extranets), the various models for deploying AD DS in perimeter networks, and planning and deployment information for Read Only Domain Controllers (RODCs) in the perimeter network.&#xD;&#xA;Because RODCs provide new capabilities for perimeter networks, most of the content in this guide describes how to plan for and deploy this new Windows Server 2008 feature. However, the other Active Directory models introduced in this guide are also viable solutions for your perimeter network.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;FamilyID=c1d0fd00-bf31-4b20-95c6-279a4ce7c2b4#tm" />
  <row Id="24203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13382" RevisionGUID="98109ac9-2327-4de1-bd02-a34e2e7c87a8" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:49:24.080" UserId="3600" Text="[Using your host file to send ad crap to localhost][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13383" RevisionGUID="38dd751d-5299-4307-9f00-33ed4b3b9734" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:51:35.297" UserId="4567" Text="I guess what you need is **transaction** performance monitoring? In other words, not just page load times but the performance of a series of steps (transactions) on your website?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, I can recommend AlertFox. It is by a wide margin the best transaction monitoring tool and very cost effective. They also have free plans so you can test for yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13384" RevisionGUID="70fd906b-6bf4-4e6a-bb1f-41a5ea305619" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:54:09.960" UserId="4566" Text="Take a look at ScreenRecycler, it's exactly what you want.  Can't vouch for performance since I haven't used it directly myself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a new user, can't post the URL, but it's what you'd expect...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Tom" />
  <row Id="24206" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13377" RevisionGUID="59d9b3ec-a8a3-40fe-bbb4-ece186ec969d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:55:25.967" UserId="3552" Comment="added 352 characters in body" Text="Everything was working fine with my machine. I had an additional case fan around so I decided to pop that in. Now when I boot, my BIOS fails to detect any SATA hard drives. The hard drives are good and working in another machine. I have tried new SATA cables, every sinlge (4) port, and even reseting all BIOS settings. Am I SOL? Is it likely that the SATA controller/all ports just crapped out? This is an ASUS p5b motherboard. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit, I just found a hidden SATA port, so there are five total. This was apparently the RAID port (I don't understand why there is only one RAID port). The hard drives are detected there. Also, the drives are getting power. There should be ample power for the case fan. I have also tried removing the power from the fan. The power supply is an Antex Neo 480W. The only connections from the power supply go to the two motherboard connections, and the two hard drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also just noticed the HDD LED on the case lights up when any drive is plugged in, but does not light up when nothing is plugged in. Also, the BIOS is hitting the timeout value when detecting the hard drives from the normal ports. When they are connected it waits 30 seconds to try and detect it. When I disconnect all drives, there is no waiting." />
  <row Id="24207" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13378" RevisionGUID="6543af28-deb0-4655-ae2d-d3e3a148a76d" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:56:22.890" UserId="984" Comment="added 22 characters in body" Text="If it is [static][1], that means it is compiled in.  There is no easy way to add/remove them without recompiling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_library" />
  <row Id="24208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13385" RevisionGUID="344f6903-cd37-4fe8-aa3f-23a585948e28" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:56:29.880" UserId="4567" Text="If freeware: Some editions of Vista/Win7 include a built-in monitor, that works ok.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But if you ask me: Do not monitor,  I would rather block.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="24209" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13386" RevisionGUID="b44c2f72-2af8-4695-8e47-732c9c1eda0b" CreationDate="2009-05-27T23:57:54.357" UserId="4418" Text="Not SSD's per se, but we used Fusion IO in our search engine product. Blazing fast for us and remove all kinds of I/O bottlenecks. Products like Fusion IO should rapidly replace huge SANs in the next 5 years or so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We used the Fusion IO products since early alpha, and they've improved with each revision. Quality stuff." />
  <row Id="24210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13387" RevisionGUID="191fa995-fa54-446f-9e43-37cf97556106" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:04:08.333" UserId="2108" Text="I don't know of a way to remove them without recompiling but if you do want them gone editing the build spec for your distribution will let you keep the same (presumably) known-good build settings (other than removing a ./configure flag usually) without having to go through trial and error all over again. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Building from SRPMs is usually fairly simple ([overview][1]), rebuilding debian-based packages is a [little more complicated][2] but still reasonable. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://bradthemad.org/tech/notes/patching_rpms.php&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/20" />
  <row Id="24211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13388" RevisionGUID="be216567-bdeb-4e8c-b7ee-7eec06dafba9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:07:26.037" UserId="2203" Text="I want to backup the schema of a sql server 2005 database from the command line.  Whats the best way to do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24212" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13388" RevisionGUID="be216567-bdeb-4e8c-b7ee-7eec06dafba9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:07:26.037" UserId="2203" Text="What is the best way to backup the schema of a sql server 2005 express database?" />
  <row Id="24213" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13388" RevisionGUID="be216567-bdeb-4e8c-b7ee-7eec06dafba9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:07:26.037" UserId="2203" Text="&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;database&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="24214" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12485" RevisionGUID="131e6c99-63f7-4112-ae28-293a9ff9fc02" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:10:52.900" UserId="2617" Comment="More complete diagnosis information" Text="The two main candidates are hardware fault, and driver errors.  A list of the STOP errors that occur over time is essential to establish a pattern.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there are multiple different &quot;blue screen&quot; fault codes, chances are that it is a hardware error and you should probably skip to step 3 and start replacing gear.  For a single error, there are three main methods for trying to resolve/diagnose further:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Upgrade Drivers: Find and install all the latest drivers for the main system devices&#xD;&#xA; 2. &quot;Spray and Pray&quot; with hotfixes: Search TechNet for all hotfixes that reference the particular STOP error (e.g. 0x3b or 0x0000003b), and install&#xD;&#xA; 3. General kernel debug dumps and use the kernel debug tools ([Debugging Tools for Windows - Native x6][1]) to try and locate the exact culprit&#xD;&#xA; 4. Change hardware: start swapping the suspect components&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hardware faults are messy to accurately diagnose, particularly on a new server - it could be just about any component.  I would suggest testing with the following in mind:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If the controller was in use in the old server it's probably OK and just a driver update might solve the problem. Unless it was a power issue that caused the old server to fail...&#xD;&#xA; - Faulty RAM would easily be the most common fault I've seen that causes STOP errors.  Try a complete replacement, or test one stick at a time if possible.&#xD;&#xA; - Don't discount a faulty mainboard/motherboard, they do happen&#xD;&#xA; - Inadequate power supplies can sometimes cause irregular faults when too many disks are active&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/install64bit.mspx#EJD" />
  <row Id="24215" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13389" RevisionGUID="2d491286-436f-467b-8e00-1dc1229beb6e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:13:09.437" UserId="2108" Text="[Set up some magic in your ~/.ssh/config to do automagic jump host forwarding.][1] Lets you do things like `ssh login1%host1+login2%host2+host3` right from the command line without breaking flow to go set up a tunnel and remember the ProxyCommand syntax. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://glandium.org/blog/?p=308" />
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  <row Id="24217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13391" RevisionGUID="20b0a7ab-04d4-41c2-b77c-463c834cf1c2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:16:19.747" UserId="4372" Text="Lately I have been receiving a lot of segmentation fault warnings on my web-server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The warnings look like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [notice] child pid xxxx exit signal Segmentation fault (11)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have consulted with the server provider (it is a dedicated redhat enterprise server) and they could not find anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I have done so far:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since the error I have already tried the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - I have added more ram&#xD;&#xA; - I have turned off / turned on several php modules (they sent me to a web-page someone had the same problem, caused by an excessive amount of php modules)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the moments the warnings occur, there seems to be plenty of free ram left and the number of processes is very low (the number of httpd processes is about a quarter of the maximum allowed).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What can be causing these errors?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="24218" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13391" RevisionGUID="20b0a7ab-04d4-41c2-b77c-463c834cf1c2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:16:19.747" UserId="4372" Text="Linux / apache web-server segmentation fault warnings" />
  <row Id="24219" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13391" RevisionGUID="20b0a7ab-04d4-41c2-b77c-463c834cf1c2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:16:19.747" UserId="4372" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;redhat&gt;&lt;enterprise&gt;&lt;php&gt;" />
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  <row Id="24223" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13359" RevisionGUID="e5fc12a4-ace8-4582-97d3-9cfd49bad3c6" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:22:52.910" UserId="48" Comment="edited body" Text="An SBS 2003 server is a domain controller and therefore cannot have local user accounts, they are removed when the server is promoted to a DC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SBS stores the user accounts you create, in the Users page, in a specific OU in AD. The users area in the SBS console just takes you straight to that OU and presents some wizards for creating users. Using AD Users and Computers would still get you to the same user information, but you would need to go the the SBS OU.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its best to use the User option in the SBS console as it will ensure all your users will end up in the right area of AD, and give you wizards to do so, but you can use AD users and computers if you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SBS 2003 servers, do not have local user accounts, despite what the other answers say." />
  <row Id="24224" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13393" RevisionGUID="9ac65cea-4d5e-4489-a74a-5c686fbe6e4f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:25:22.707" UserId="1997" Text="Have you updated apache or any of its modules lately? I've seen this issue when you have a mod which was built against a different interface version (expat in my case) I think. If you can narrow it down to a few pieces of software, check all the version info for this. See [http://www.dscpl.com.au/wiki/ModPython/Articles/ExpatCausingApacheCrash][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dscpl.com.au/wiki/ModPython/Articles/ExpatCausingApacheCrash" />
  <row Id="24225" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13394" RevisionGUID="baa4fbe5-b2dc-48d4-bb80-4236253e2469" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:26:17.370" UserId="2444" Text="Often when I've seen this it's been caused by a PHP script doing infinite recursion.  You can use the timestamp on your error_log to identify the requests from the access_log which might have caused the problem.  If there are any PHP script requests there, you (or your developers) should take a look at those pages and see if there's any potential problems there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Jim." />
  <row Id="24226" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13395" RevisionGUID="f6916a71-7784-4b62-8edd-3f8fb8f31296" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:31:54.857" UserId="4575" Text="I've installed an OCS/GLPI configuration using RHEL5. I've configured GLPI to authenticate to our AD, which it does, however, none of the AD user details appear after logging in. It will create the user account &amp; just show a number. I am able to successfully see AD groups but not users. I verified the data request &amp; response using wireshark &amp; it is returning the proper syntax for rootdn &amp; basedn yet no data will populate. We are a small company with few users so no elaborate OU's are present. To compound matters, the project is primarily in French which I unfortunately do not speak. I've tried posting to their boards but am getting very little response so I was hoping some of you might have some ideas that I could try ? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  blog.famillecollet.com/pages/OCS-GLPI-en &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  glpi-project.org/wiki/doku.php?id=en:ldap&amp;s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  glpi-project.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=14980" />
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  <row Id="24230" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6353" RevisionGUID="0cbd6e3b-f37b-4436-a707-378d807ad4ce" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:34:16.367" UserId="533" Comment="retag" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;vmware-esx&gt;" />
  <row Id="24231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13396" RevisionGUID="f2e370e4-b70f-4598-a102-f9875053c113" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:35:08.067" UserId="984" Text="&gt; What can be causing these errors?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing that would be helpful in diagnosing the issue is if you try and find what pages/resources are being viewed when this error happens.  If you are able check your access log to see what is happening at the same time the segfault happens.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is possible that some php script or something else is doing something that is causing the crash.  Once you figure out what page/file is causing the crash, then you can dig into figuring out what it is doing, or if there are an bug fixes available." />
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  <row Id="24233" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3780" RevisionGUID="0c4e0deb-9a8c-4edd-8826-e3b111e06fa3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:36:26.913" UserId="533" Comment="retag" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;commands&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;management&gt;" />
  <row Id="24234" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13277" RevisionGUID="51e7d109-8f55-4f18-964e-23f09f60da71" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:37:01.997" UserId="4445" Comment="corrected spelling" Text="I have a SharePoint 2007 wiki.  Within the wiki site document library I've successfully created a view where I use a [ME] filter to filter on an added column to show only documents where the added column = [ME].  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to display this wiki view view using a shared web part on the parent side default page using the out of the box tools to add a shared web part?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The structure of the site is somethign like this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SharePoint Parent Site  &#xD;&#xA; -- Doc Lib  &#xD;&#xA; -- List  &#xD;&#xA; -- Wiki Site  &#xD;&#xA; ------ Wiki Doc Lib with added column  &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to add a web part on the default page of the parent site (the parent of the wiki site).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Option 1 - the Wiki Site and wiki document library aren't visible in the &quot;Lists and Libraries&quot; add web part dialogue to add. &#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;Option 2 - I've tried a content query web part.  the content query web part does allow the selection of the child site and wiki library but i can't get it to show the page records.  It also doesn't display the added column in the filter list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13397" RevisionGUID="a6b0437a-25fc-482c-8da9-0f9646600ef0" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:38:06.023" UserId="2221" Text="What are the steps to properly configure a NLB cluster between two win2003 virtual machines in Hyper-V, if possible with focus on the network settings?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have two physical servers running Win2008 Enterprise, with 4 virtual machines each. I need to create a cluster between two virtual machines, where each one resides in a different physical server." />
  <row Id="24236" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13397" RevisionGUID="a6b0437a-25fc-482c-8da9-0f9646600ef0" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:38:06.023" UserId="2221" Text="What do I need to do to configure Load Balancing between two Win2003 virtual machines running on Hyper-V?" />
  <row Id="24237" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13397" RevisionGUID="a6b0437a-25fc-482c-8da9-0f9646600ef0" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:38:06.023" UserId="2221" Text="&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;load-balancing&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="24238" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13398" RevisionGUID="513daf8b-6879-4030-ab48-728a7e99d141" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:38:46.757" UserId="2617" Text="The DisablePagingExecutive tweak does not stop paging, it's purpose was to prevent the &quot;Executive&quot; (i.e. the Kernel itself) being paged and thus causing whole system slowdown, not just individual paged apps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can try and disable paging completely by removing all pagefiles in System Properties (or in HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PagingFiles).  This works well for me, but things get rather unpleasant when you run out of physical memory, and you must have a page file to debug STOP errors." />
  <row Id="24239" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10848" RevisionGUID="a23ccd86-6230-4424-aeb9-363ce1b21403" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:39:22.590" UserId="533" Comment="retag" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;systempath&gt;" />
  <row Id="24240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13399" RevisionGUID="4a1cedd7-8390-485b-b179-e8cfa4ea878f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:39:58.457" UserId="1674" Text="Add a second NIC to each VM and install NLB on the VMs and configure it just as you normally would if they were physical machines.  You can configure NLB with a single NIC in each VM, but it's recommended to use two NICs just like it is on physical machines." />
  <row Id="24241" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13400" RevisionGUID="ed3f8dce-95f2-43c0-828c-99326a898248" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:40:11.123" UserId="4253" Text="Maybe not commands per se, but I've found knowing that you can set bash to use emacs or vi-style shortcuts to navigate the prompt to be especially useful. Ctrl+A to move to the beginning of the line, Ctrl+E to move to the end of the line, and all the others (c.f. http://www.hypexr.org/bash_tutorial.php)." />
  <row Id="24242" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13400" RevisionGUID="ed3f8dce-95f2-43c0-828c-99326a898248" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:40:11.123" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="24243" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13401" RevisionGUID="f1bc2af6-847f-43a8-bf67-76b2fcf5246b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:41:28.313" UserId="1674" Text="Use the [BACKUP DATABASE][1] command to backup the entire database.  This will backup the schema and the data.  There isn't a single command to script out just the schema.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sql-server/back-to-basics-the-backup-database-command/" />
  <row Id="24244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13402" RevisionGUID="15b97816-f650-46e2-996d-fbbb4b28cdfc" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:42:01.700" UserDisplayName="Forrest" Text="Looking for something that looks nice, is flexable with reporting, and can track everything you would expect with good IT asset management." />
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  <row Id="24247" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4045" RevisionGUID="76bf0208-abe2-4905-83b7-8a0f60763d22" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:42:41.747" UserId="533" Comment="retag" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;batch-file&gt;&lt;output&gt;" />
  <row Id="24248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13403" RevisionGUID="297bba86-a0ff-429d-9952-18e7a15a2f79" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:43:05.537" UserId="4576" Text="Yes.  It is just like a physical Machine.  We have a NLB cluster in VMware ESX, and it works great.  Different host type, but same concept." />
  <row Id="24252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13404" RevisionGUID="569a1a16-4485-4186-adf7-16431ab14b83" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:44:33.227" UserId="2614" Text="The schema specifically, and not the data?  Why are you backing up just the schema?  You should be preserving your source code, not trying to retrieve it from your database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To specifically script schema objects, have a look at SMO or PowerShell.  [This][1] SMO method (Schema.Script) might be useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For full backups (schema and data) you can issue a [BACKUP DATABASE][2] command via [SQLCMD][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms209806.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186865.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162773.aspx" />
  <row Id="24253" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13211" RevisionGUID="a8ee4757-09ac-411f-8248-4e89025ce7fb" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:44:40.653" UserId="1674" Comment="Corrected Independent." Text="RAID by definition can't be done on a single drive as RAID is &quot;Redundant Array of Independent Disks&quot; or &quot;Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks&quot; depending on who you ask.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A proper raid controller won't write different data to each drive.  As the data is written to one disk, it is also written to the other disk.  If one disk doesn't accept the write then the block should be marked as bad.  If the disk still isn't usable it should be marked as failed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As smearp wrote RAID isn't designed to protect against data problems.  It is a hardware redundancy solution." />
  <row Id="24254" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2551" RevisionGUID="9ef8c566-0ae2-4bf6-bc1f-63212957f17b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:44:43.943" UserId="533" Comment="retag" Text="&lt;office&gt;&lt;upgrade&gt;&lt;compatibility&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="24255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13405" RevisionGUID="6950ded4-2f60-45ff-98e2-92b1e461a8b3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:50:30.023" UserId="2914" Text=" - [Shell-fu.org][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Command Line Interface Ninja Howto][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.shell-fu.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.involution.com/clguide.html" />
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  <row Id="24257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13406" RevisionGUID="2ac3fbbf-1988-4b61-9a31-6c3c2b72c3b4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:51:42.830" UserId="4578" Text="Has anyone run across a nice small Windows Explorer Shell Extension that simply adds toolbar buttons at the top of the window to Hide/Show Hidden files and to Hide/Show System files?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know about the Folder settings for these that are buried in the &quot;Folder and Search Options&quot; dialog, I'd just like easy-to-click access to those settings. I don't like the clutter of running with the Hidden and System Files visible, but I'm constantly having to turn the options on so I can do work in those folders. I'd love to see a toolbar button (or two) added for convenience. I'll want to use this is Windows 7 if that makes any difference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some quick googling didn't really bring up anything useful so I thought I'd ask here. Thanks!" />
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  <row Id="24259" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13406" RevisionGUID="2ac3fbbf-1988-4b61-9a31-6c3c2b72c3b4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:51:42.830" UserId="4578" Text="&lt;windows-explorer&gt;&lt;shell&gt;" />
  <row Id="24260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13407" RevisionGUID="d4d4bc9a-092e-48ac-bc8d-7df52e2c50f3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:53:11.797" UserId="4562" Text="Are we thinking the .PST is somehow corrupted? Have you tried any of the repair steps? TechRepublic has a good article explaining the steps.  Just google for &quot;Repair corrupt Outlook PST files.&quot;" />
  <row Id="24261" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13408" RevisionGUID="b6474d04-7362-402e-b71b-13bd6a5ba77d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T00:59:12.587" UserId="3002" Text="In between your san and the machines running CVS you're going to need some form of networked filesystem (at least, I can't think of any filesystem which copes with concurrent access to the same device, and I'm assuming that by SAN you mean storage presented to the server/OS as a storage device). A few years back there was a discussion on [CVS over NFS][1], and you're going to potentially run into the same/similar kinds of problems with any network filesystems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You want a networked filesystem which handles locks well&#xD;&#xA; - Ideally you also want a networked filesystem which handles filesystem cache coherency between your CVS frontends&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mongers.org/cvs#cvs_nfs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, I don't know exactly how sourceforge is structured for CVS, however, my guess would be something along the lines of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - A small number boxes that allows CVS commits, this is possibly partitioned in such a way that one project is associated with one box/filesystem where they do their commits.&#xD;&#xA; - The state from the CVS commit boxes are then replicated to a large number of boxes/filesystems which they load-balance and handle failovers for anonymous CVS reads, CVS-&gt;html browsing, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(The reasoning behind my guesses are that anonymous CVS has on occasion served a CVS state that has been several hours old, and I have a vague recollection of speaking to the sf CVS commit boxes on occasion crawling very slowly).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24262" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13409" RevisionGUID="f7fd178e-4567-48f1-9316-1fcbac90a6a9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:00:51.693" UserId="2617" Text="As mentioned by Kevin, there is a manual process and an add-in to manage the data for connected PC backups: [Backing Up Windows Home Server][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://usingwindowshomeserver.com/2009/03/21/backing-up-windows-home-server-on-a-friday-night/" />
  <row Id="24263" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13410" RevisionGUID="982fdb09-35cc-4491-add5-97169a2ccdc7" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:01:23.283" UserId="4576" Text="I think the bigger question is why not?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you leaving the User accounts separate for security?  Do the users of each machine only use that machine?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the same users need to use all the machines, AD will give them these benefits:&#xD;&#xA;If the login into the domain they are trusted in the all the places they and their groups are trusted.  If they change their password, it is the same everywhere; they don't have to remember to change it on all 10 machines (or worse forget it and need you to reset it for them, every other week).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For you it gives the benefit of central/global control of permissions.  If you have folders that have special permissions for groups and a new person is hired, you just add them to the group and done.  you don't have to attach to each machine and create the same user over and over and set the permissions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also each user's machine will be in the domain, so can be controlled by the domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think the biggest benefit, is GPO's  When they log-in to the domain to can send policies to their PC that can protect the security of your entire network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said my office is small (about 15), and we have no official IT department.  So we (over)use MS Groove as our Infrastructure, and have no AD or any central servers really; We are Laptop based." />
  <row Id="24264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13411" RevisionGUID="8c30b131-1a8a-4513-a7d8-cb32104cccbc" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:01:46.060" UserId="4569" Text="I am trying to get some guidance on working solutions for corporate portal setups? What hardware and software were involved in such a setup?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both proprietary and non-proprietary solutions would be useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have seen such a setup in use, how has it worked out? What were the advantages/disadvantages?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Background: My company operates in different locations and has hundreds to over a thousand users at some locations. It has both mobile and office workers." />
  <row Id="24265" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13411" RevisionGUID="8c30b131-1a8a-4513-a7d8-cb32104cccbc" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:01:46.060" UserId="4569" Text="What Are Recommended Corporate Portal Setup (Hardware/Software)?" />
  <row Id="24266" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13411" RevisionGUID="8c30b131-1a8a-4513-a7d8-cb32104cccbc" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:01:46.060" UserId="4569" Text="&lt;portal&gt;&lt;intranet&gt;&lt;software&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="24267" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13412" RevisionGUID="e5333264-fc53-48da-b1a5-52ee488a1fcd" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:07:40.610" UserId="4481" Text="OKay, a segmentation fault is an indication of a program bug; it's not a matter of having too little memory.  It occurs when a program tries to access memory it's not allowed to access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's happening in Apache, you need to enable core dumps and restart the httpd process.  There's a guide to doing this in the [Apache documentation][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/dev/debugging.html" />
  <row Id="24268" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13413" RevisionGUID="a60d3c15-b5bd-4ca6-ad2b-e1dbc95213cd" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:10:20.560" UserId="4585" Text="(Commands posted here work on UNIX systems as that's how I solve most of these types of problems)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Before doing much, I would make a copy of the current state of the Flash drive:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;$ cat /dev/sdc &gt; drivedump&#xD;&#xA;or:&#xD;&#xA;$ dd if=/dev/sdc of=drivedump bs=4k conv=noerror&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Substitute sdc with the address of your drive.  You can try to figure out what it should be by putting it in, and typing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;$ dmesg | less&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And seeing what was created at the end.  Should be /dev/sd&lt;letter&gt; and is probably the lowest letter that exists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the memory is going bad, you want to get everything off of it ASAP before it gets worse.  If not, a copy won't hurt when you run tools on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now that you have a copy of the drive, you have to figure out what got mangled.  You can see if fdisk has some idea what the partition looked like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/sbin/fdisk -l drivedump&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it gets very confused, you have a partition failure of some kind: you have to rebuild the partition table of the file.  If it knows exactly what's up and it all looks right (one partition, and it's the size of the stick) then you can try mounting it to see if it works.  If you're missing tons of files after mounting it, you can run any of the usual suspects of file recovery tools.  I don't know what they are, but someone else can help with that  :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make copies of that dump every time you mess with it... you don't want a tool to hose your only copy." />
  <row Id="24269" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13414" RevisionGUID="bb7b2d1b-1fe6-4930-915d-e591437a738a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:10:53.583" UserId="4576" Text="It depends if it is a physical or hardware failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Chances are it was a USB glitch that messed up the Partition Table.  I have had that happen a few times with USB drives; really ticks me off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have had success with TestDisk - www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It may be able to find and recover the partition table and/or FAT/MFT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that doesn't work try other file based recovery tools like File Scavenger." />
  <row Id="24270" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13415" RevisionGUID="43539f9b-2e19-42d5-841b-06efe7c724c4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:11:18.453" UserId="108" Text="If you use web sites with Office Web Components (OWC) you'll have issues, but typically these are restricted to intranet sites, and sharepoint (which Andy Mikula already mentioned)" />
  <row Id="24271" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13416" RevisionGUID="99089f9a-012f-4d5b-a49b-60524b7e1095" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:14:11.600" UserId="4587" Text="I have a server running Windows Server 2003. I want to only allow traffic from my IP address and block all other traffic from all other addresses. I'd like to know how to correctly configure this IP Security Policy using the MMC within Windows." />
  <row Id="24272" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13416" RevisionGUID="99089f9a-012f-4d5b-a49b-60524b7e1095" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:14:11.600" UserId="4587" Text="Allow traffic from single IP address, block all other addresses." />
  <row Id="24273" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13416" RevisionGUID="99089f9a-012f-4d5b-a49b-60524b7e1095" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:14:11.600" UserId="4587" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;ipsec&gt;&lt;mmc&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="24274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13417" RevisionGUID="7697ec19-1ba7-461d-a4cb-898e2a9121ec" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:14:42.067" UserId="2617" Text="I think the auditing, accountability, and general security concerns have been adequately addressed, so I'll try a different answer :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a [Password Change Notification Service][1] that can be installed on all domain controllers which will forward all password changes securely to a receiving service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This was designed for Identity Integration Server (now Identity Lifecycle Manager) as a target, but it should be possible to write your own target, or even use MIIS/MILM to receive the password and forward it via another connector to your own system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c0964f2e-fa9f-4fc7-ac13-c43928efee9d&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="24275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13418" RevisionGUID="be1e7dd2-4e45-44f9-89d5-d862292fbd01" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:15:08.510" UserId="2914" Text=" - `od` - dump files in octal and other formats. Useful to check for example if there's some BOM crap in the beginning of file&#xD;&#xA; - `file` - what might be the filetype of given file?&#xD;&#xA; - `lshw`, `lsusb`, `lspci` - list hardware&#xD;&#xA; - `tracepath` - are we dealing with MTU problem here?&#xD;&#xA; - `netwox` **contains 200+ network related tools**&#xD;&#xA; - `ip` - for network config/info&#xD;&#xA; - `sysctl` - filesystem/network/kernel info&#xD;&#xA; - `ebtables` - iptables for bridge&#xD;&#xA; - `vconfig` - VLAN configuration&#xD;&#xA; - `brctl` - Bridge configuration&#xD;&#xA; - `socat` - `netcat` on steroids&#xD;&#xA; - `ipgrab` - `tcpdump`-like utility that prints detailed header information&#xD;&#xA; - `dig` - What's up with DNS server now?" />
  <row Id="24276" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13418" RevisionGUID="be1e7dd2-4e45-44f9-89d5-d862292fbd01" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:15:08.510" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="24277" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13419" RevisionGUID="1c11095b-01b9-40eb-abb7-222f12df8705" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:16:40.817" UserId="4569" Text="I'm looking for a good open-source alternative to active directory that can handle:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Authorization/Authentication&#xD;&#xA;- Group Policy&#xD;&#xA;- Replication and Trust Monitoring&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition, are there any consolidated systems out there that handle these responsibilities?" />
  <row Id="24278" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13419" RevisionGUID="1c11095b-01b9-40eb-abb7-222f12df8705" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:16:40.817" UserId="4569" Text="What Are Some Good Open Source Alternatives to Active Directory?" />
  <row Id="24279" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13419" RevisionGUID="1c11095b-01b9-40eb-abb7-222f12df8705" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:16:40.817" UserId="4569" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;user-management&gt;&lt;opensource&gt;" />
  <row Id="24280" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13420" RevisionGUID="798d4f06-dedf-4ef9-adf1-d5cc18e3f48c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:18:21.827" UserId="4585" Text="Since what you installed shouldn't touch any software / BIOS, I would focus on what happened when you installed the hardware.  As Alan points out, you could have messed up the board with static, jostling around, etc.  Do the drives work in another system?  That should be pretty fast to test if you have one laying around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can rule out drive failures of any kind, you can try resetting the CMOS.  Sometimes it goes wonky on me and that gets you back.  Figure out which jumper to move, remove the battery / unplug the PS, get a sammich, then move the jumper back and give it a go.  At the least, it should reset whatever you screwed up with that could be breaking it more when you were messing with your BIOS settings (I've done this before).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After that, I would triple-check all of the plugs to make sure you didn't accidentally unplug something, esp. power.  Try unplugging everything and replugging just to make sure.  Also check all capacitors on your motherboard (look for bulges, leaks, black crud) that could have happened at some point.  Flashlight at close range should do the trick." />
  <row Id="24281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13421" RevisionGUID="93a3dec5-1cec-445d-b2dc-bd98ac5e6729" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:19:02.920" UserId="1233" Text="The easiest way to find out what packages are out of date is to run `port outdated`. I'm not aware (and couldn't find when researching my facts) of an RSS feed or something similar to let you know when ports are updated. However you could run a script every week or something similar to check to see what is outdated and let you know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I check my port installations once a month or so manually." />
  <row Id="24282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13422" RevisionGUID="ac5e09c8-183e-458f-9f54-c4316a61e84a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:19:36.973" UserId="3181" Text="I have configured my built-in Windows Firewall (Windows XP SP3) to allow this box to serve as a local FTP server (FileZilla server). My configuration was working until May 23, 2009.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically, I had configured these exceptions on the Windows Firewall -&gt; Exceptions tab:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Fire Transfer Program (C:\WINDOWS\system32\ftp.exe) scope of &quot;My network (subnet) only&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FileZilla (C:\Program Files\FileZilla\FileZilla.exe) scope of &quot;My network (subnet) only&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ftp-data01 (Port number: TCP 2001) scope of &quot;My network (subnet) only&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  . . . similar rules down to port 2010&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;As mentioned, this configuration was working until recently. If I look at the Windows Firewall Security Logging, I can see that the TCP SYN packets from my client to this server's port 21 are being dropped.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How should I configure Windows Firewall to allow the packets?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One solution that works is to use the &quot;Advanced&quot; tab -&gt; &quot;Local Area Connection&quot; settings and enable &quot;FTP Server&quot;, but the dialog box states that opens the exception for Internet access. I am looking for a solution that allows access for only the local subnet." />
  <row Id="24283" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13422" RevisionGUID="ac5e09c8-183e-458f-9f54-c4316a61e84a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:19:36.973" UserId="3181" Text="How do I fix the built-in Windows Firewall which is blocking packets despite a configured exception?" />
  <row Id="24284" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13422" RevisionGUID="ac5e09c8-183e-458f-9f54-c4316a61e84a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:19:36.973" UserId="3181" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="24285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13423" RevisionGUID="4f17f0a4-5794-4daf-b71d-f3e9b87c5213" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:20:35.397" UserId="1674" Text="I've used this trick before to kickstart replication.  Assuming that the sites have faster internet access then the link between them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setup your replication, but use a local path that exists on both servers for the snapshot location.  Run the snapshot.  Compress the text files that are created (they will compress a lot).  FTP the files to an outside FTP server that you can access from both sites.  When they are done uploading, download them at the other site.  Decompress them and put them in the correct folder.  Startup the distribution agent at the REMOTE site so that it is reading the local files and inserting into the local database.  Once it has loaded up the snapshot you can run the distribution agent at which ever site you prefer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used this technique to setup replication between the US and China and it cut the time from 43 days to 17 hours which is well within the subscriber timeout window." />
  <row Id="24286" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8264" RevisionGUID="2db76128-a3bc-46f8-8a5e-e6c240d41e30" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:22:21.823" UserId="1645" Comment="Added step-by-step instructions." Text="In addition to the things already mentioned, I disable weak SSL ciphers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: I found the step-by-step instructions I wrote a few years ago.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.	Click Start, click Run, type regedt32 or type regedit, and then click OK.&#xD;&#xA;2.	In Registry Editor, locate the following registry key:&#xD;&#xA;HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL&#xD;&#xA;3.	Perform steps 4 thru 8 for the following keys:&#xD;&#xA;a.	Ciphers\DES 56/56&#xD;&#xA;b.	Ciphers\RC2 40/128&#xD;&#xA;c.	Ciphers\RC4 40/128&#xD;&#xA;d.	Ciphers\RC4 56/128&#xD;&#xA;e.	Protocols\SSL 2.0\Client&#xD;&#xA;f.	Protocols\SSL 2.0\Server&#xD;&#xA;4.	On the Edit menu, click Add Value.&#xD;&#xA;5.	In the Data Type list, click DWORD.&#xD;&#xA;6.	In the Value Name box, type Enabled, and then click OK.&#xD;&#xA;7.	Type 00000000 in Binary Editor to set the value of the new key equal to “0”.&#xD;&#xA;8.	Click OK.&#xD;&#xA;9.	When you have finished modifying the registry, restart the computer.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13424" RevisionGUID="0efaa7d9-a682-49fc-9666-ff62192dae33" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:24:38.200" UserId="3181" Text="One solution is, on the Windows Firewall Exceptions tab, create an exception for Port 21 TCP and then scope the exception for &quot;My network (subnet) only&quot;" />
  <row Id="24288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13425" RevisionGUID="e3f3d3df-03b2-473c-a206-33cd9b1a26f5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:25:26.920" UserId="4268" Text="Samba can do some of the things that AD can, but I'm not sure I'd call it a full-blown alternative. Take a look at [this Samba intro][1] to see if it will suit your needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/SambaIntro.html" />
  <row Id="24289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13426" RevisionGUID="efa81c3b-952e-4732-9744-626679da373d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:27:54.157" UserId="3570" Text="I'm looking for an easy way to monitor free disk space on a large number of servers.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I would also like to be able to count files in certain folders on those servers" />
  <row Id="24290" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13426" RevisionGUID="efa81c3b-952e-4732-9744-626679da373d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:27:54.157" UserId="3570" Text="Easy way to monitor disk space on multiple MS 2003 servers" />
  <row Id="24291" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13426" RevisionGUID="efa81c3b-952e-4732-9744-626679da373d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:27:54.157" UserId="3570" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="24292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13427" RevisionGUID="7e3b3721-6a5c-481c-8490-fcc7a8e9cdb9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:28:13.423" UserId="2467" Text="There is no open-source alternative that can do all that. Samba can do a useful subset. Why are you asking?" />
  <row Id="24293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13428" RevisionGUID="4217e66c-349b-410b-9c42-f1f43034a443" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:29:20.597" UserId="4591" Text="If you are taking about Windows Systems, I dont think there is any framework which is complete. In the Unix world some projects try to cover most of it by use of LDAP,NIS,PAM,NFS/AFS-trees and some provisioning tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look into Project thena and Andrew for example (sorry cant add links, how stupid is that):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;wikipedia.org:Project_Athena&#xD;&#xA;wikipedia.org:Andrew_Project&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some projects like OpenSSO are going to support some of the policy aspects, but optimized for applications." />
  <row Id="24294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13429" RevisionGUID="eef0569b-e7e6-4e91-9ffb-bc4a9c9862ad" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:30:49.737" UserId="4268" Text="Best place to start is at the Microsoft TechNet [IPsec page][1]. It's fairly simple to set up a local IPsec policy that will accept packets from a single address only. I think you'll need two rules:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rule 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Filter list with one filter: from&#xD;&#xA;   any-address:any-port to&#xD;&#xA;   my-address:any-port&#xD;&#xA; - Filter action:&#xD;&#xA;   block Rule: link the list with the&#xD;&#xA;   action; all interfaces; no tunnel;&#xD;&#xA;   any authentication method &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rule 2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Filter list with two filters: from&#xD;&#xA;   your-workstation-address:any-port to&#xD;&#xA;   my-address:any-port&#xD;&#xA; - Filter action: permit&#xD;&#xA; - Rule: link the list with the action; all interfaces; no tunnel; any authentication method &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/network/bb531150.aspx" />
  <row Id="24295" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13430" RevisionGUID="387a0c7d-a440-4193-8acd-a782b408a8b2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:35:03.913" UserId="4488" Text="I was wondering about peoples experiences with mounting users home directories from an Active Directory authenticated CIFS server under Linux.  Preferably the mount would be accomplished upon login instead of mounting every home directory on boot (or just mounting /home) and would be Kerberos/SMB authenticated and authorized.  I have looked at two solutions so far:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Automount - an NFS carry over (currently in a mixed Solaris environment).  Supposedly works, but haven't seen examples of user directory mounts for CIFS, only auto_direct.  And don't know how well winbind works with AD automount configiruation (via SFU or rfc2307)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*pam_mount - Just got out of beta and requires suid on mount.cifs and umount.cifs.  Also does not work with SSH.  Also prone to leaving directories mounted after logout.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What has everyone's experiences been with this same problem?  Could you provide any gotchas or trouble you ran into?  Any experiences with FUSE or user space tools?" />
  <row Id="24296" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13430" RevisionGUID="387a0c7d-a440-4193-8acd-a782b408a8b2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:35:03.913" UserId="4488" Text="Mounting Linux user home directories from CIFS server" />
  <row Id="24297" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13430" RevisionGUID="387a0c7d-a440-4193-8acd-a782b408a8b2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:35:03.913" UserId="4488" Text="&lt;cifs&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;home-directory&gt;&lt;mount&gt;" />
  <row Id="24298" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13424" RevisionGUID="00e19b56-47a4-4c53-8386-7231bb572592" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:38:29.387" UserId="3181" Comment="Additional findings" Text="One solution is, on the Windows Firewall Exceptions tab, create an exception for Port 21 TCP and then scope the exception for &quot;My network (subnet) only&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This exception allows one to delete the &quot;File Transfer Program&quot; exception and the &quot;FileZilla&quot; exception and still permit access to the ftp server. There may, however, be other consequences of the port based configuration." />
  <row Id="24299" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13422" RevisionGUID="edc1494d-33b2-4905-bea2-52bfd87d352e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:39:52.440" UserId="3181" Comment="edited body" Text="I have configured my built-in Windows Firewall (Windows XP SP3) to allow this box to serve as a local FTP server (FileZilla server). My configuration was working until May 23, 2009.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically, I had configured these exceptions on the Windows Firewall -&gt; Exceptions tab:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;File Transfer Program (C:\WINDOWS\system32\ftp.exe) scope of &quot;My network (subnet) only&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FileZilla (C:\Program Files\FileZilla\FileZilla.exe) scope of &quot;My network (subnet) only&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ftp-data01 (Port number: TCP 2001) scope of &quot;My network (subnet) only&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  . . . similar rules down to port 2010&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;As mentioned, this configuration was working until recently. If I look at the Windows Firewall Security Logging, I can see that the TCP SYN packets from my client to this server's port 21 are being dropped.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How should I configure Windows Firewall to allow the packets?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One solution that works is to use the &quot;Advanced&quot; tab -&gt; &quot;Local Area Connection&quot; settings and enable &quot;FTP Server&quot;, but the dialog box states that opens the exception for Internet access. I am looking for a solution that allows access for only the local subnet." />
  <row Id="24300" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13431" RevisionGUID="d4670223-dee5-4de3-96bc-a6b779ed03d3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:40:56.917" UserId="4136" Text="Your answer lies in Powershell but I lack the programming knowledge in that language to give you an exact solution" />
  <row Id="24301" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13377" RevisionGUID="4bed75cb-97c5-43c5-9811-c2ccf6d705dc" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:42:37.133" UserId="3552" Comment="added 379 characters in body" Text="Everything was working fine with my machine. I had an additional case fan around so I decided to pop that in. Now when I boot, my BIOS fails to detect any SATA hard drives. The hard drives are good and working in another machine. I have tried new SATA cables, every sinlge (4) port, and even reseting all BIOS settings. Am I SOL? Is it likely that the SATA controller/all ports just crapped out? This is an ASUS p5b motherboard. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit, I just found a hidden SATA port, so there are five total. This was apparently the RAID port (I don't understand why there is only one RAID port). The hard drives are detected there. Also, the drives are getting power. There should be ample power for the case fan. I have also tried removing the power from the fan. The power supply is an Antex Neo 480W. The only connections from the power supply go to the two motherboard connections, and the two hard drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also just noticed the HDD LED on the case lights up when any drive is plugged in, but does not light up when nothing is plugged in. Also, the BIOS is hitting the timeout value when detecting the hard drives from the normal ports. When they are connected it waits 30 seconds to try and detect it. When I disconnect all drives, there is no waiting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;LATEST EDIT: On a hunch, I thought this crappy generic case might be the issue. I took the motherboard out and laid it on a anti static bag. Hooked everything back up, cables going every which way, and everything booted up and worked fine. I guess something with the case is causing some type of short. Very strange. I guess I am going to pick myself up a new case tomorrow. " />
  <row Id="24302" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13432" RevisionGUID="f47f016c-4ffc-4b2a-a41c-e4934f13cf41" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:43:33.107" UserId="4392" Text="I think it depends on what you're using for a monitoring system. Nagios has NSC++, you can always setup a Windows based snmpd, and various commercial monitoring software packages provide other agents for you to install. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have a monitoring system up and running yet, or is that what your goal is? " />
  <row Id="24303" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13433" RevisionGUID="7c3144c7-ad34-4093-beb6-eb8ad833e6b4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:44:56.193" UserId="1171" Text="&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a batch file with the following code:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for /f &quot;tokens=*&quot; %%a in ('dir /b /a-d') do (&#xD;&#xA;     echo Processing %%a &gt;&gt;%LOG%&#xD;&#xA;     dtsrun /S(local) /NNotesLoad /A&quot;FilePath:8=&quot;%NOTESDIR%\%%a&quot; /AClientID=%1 &gt;&gt;%LOG%&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;     echo Deleting %%a &gt;&gt;%LOG%&#xD;&#xA;     del %%a /q&#xD;&#xA;    )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is returning an error message of &quot;/NNotesLoad was unexpected at this time&quot; because the second bracket is effectively closing the FOR block.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have to leave the (local) as the /S parameter.&#xD;&#xA;How do I escape the brackets in the dtsrun line?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24304" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13433" RevisionGUID="7c3144c7-ad34-4093-beb6-eb8ad833e6b4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:44:56.193" UserId="1171" Text="batch for loop with bracket in the command" />
  <row Id="24305" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13433" RevisionGUID="7c3144c7-ad34-4093-beb6-eb8ad833e6b4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:44:56.193" UserId="1171" Text="&lt;batch-file&gt;&lt;for-loop&gt;&lt;escaping&gt;" />
  <row Id="24306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13434" RevisionGUID="9b6ef4f2-fdbd-45eb-90c9-52d50de33283" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:48:29.090" UserId="4576" Text="What is/are the best way(s) of backuping up the Active Directory on a regular basis?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Background:**&#xD;&#xA;We have a small system with 2 Win2003 Domain controller.  We have periodic backups of these machines, and daily backups of the important file share data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Recently we had 2 failures that lead to a loss of about 2 weeks worth of Active directory, which was a major pain.  One of the servers was wiped (by accident), so we recovered it, but a reboot of the other DC showed that the boot drive was corrupted, and rebooted to repeating BSOD.  So we had to rely on the two week old backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is NTBackup - System State the only / best method of backing up the AD?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We want a solution that if all the servers die, we can load up a fresh DC and load the AD to a configuration within an hour or two of failure; to minimize re-work and lost data." />
  <row Id="24307" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13434" RevisionGUID="9b6ef4f2-fdbd-45eb-90c9-52d50de33283" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:48:29.090" UserId="4576" Text="Backup of Active Directory" />
  <row Id="24308" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13434" RevisionGUID="9b6ef4f2-fdbd-45eb-90c9-52d50de33283" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:48:29.090" UserId="4576" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;domain&gt;" />
  <row Id="24309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13435" RevisionGUID="12797e5f-ac0b-4a8f-be74-21588dae6a96" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:50:39.273" UserId="4596" Text="`tee` is awesome. Output to screen *and* logfile? Check." />
  <row Id="24310" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13435" RevisionGUID="12797e5f-ac0b-4a8f-be74-21588dae6a96" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:50:39.273" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="24311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13436" RevisionGUID="b74048cf-c739-46ee-9627-9b60846c565f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:50:49.273" UserId="4562" Text="I was in the exact same boat. You've certainly found that Linux is a viable OS but you will run into snags when trying to connect to Exchange.  Evolution will be your best bet but I don't think you'll be incredibly happy.  Running Windows/Outlook on a virtual machine is a viable solution but it's a bit of a pain when you need to open links or attachments and want to do it on the Linux side.  I ran an XP virtual machine on VMWare for a few incarnations of Ubuntu but recently rebuilt with Win7 RC1.  Definitely play with it and see what suits you, but I found that it's best to play with Linux on the servers until I find a better challenger to Outlook." />
  <row Id="24312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13437" RevisionGUID="fcbf5392-570b-443f-a193-fc160a732b48" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:51:36.480" UserId="1171" Text="using joeware ad tools I had a script which was supposed to change a user account from 512 (active) to 514 (disabled user) in the useraccountcontrol attribute.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the command was:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     admod -b &quot;userdn&quot; useraccountcontrol::514&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but I was also attempting to redirect the output by putting a 2&gt;nul on the end, but I missed the space and the 514 became 5142 which caused AD to change user accounts to Computer accounts, this was run on a the production domain against all accounts." />
  <row Id="24313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13438" RevisionGUID="6ef99508-1fe4-4df7-9648-b6f2527b31f0" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:52:21.893" UserId="2711" Text="There is no open-source alternative that is even close to the functionality of Active Directory, as of 2009 anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As MrDenny commented on your question - if you need all that, just use Active Directory, assuming you are supporting Windows clients." />
  <row Id="24314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13439" RevisionGUID="d98f8565-5f11-4a6e-abba-5e5af358a118" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:53:51.470" UserId="1674" Text="Yes, backing up session state is the correct method.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may want to bring up another DC if your hardware is that flaky.  That way you have a DC running still.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When ever you do a lot of work within AD do a quick session state backup.  They aren't that big, and shouldn't take very long unless your AD is huge, in which case you'll want more DCs anyway." />
  <row Id="24315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13440" RevisionGUID="16730dad-e832-409f-a1d9-407a30767c5a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:57:04.350" UserId="3580" Text="From [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc137791.aspx][1]: create a file with the names of the machines you wish to check, then execute this PowerShell script:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      Get-Content C:\Computers.txt | &#xD;&#xA;      ForEach-Object { &#xD;&#xA;        $_; Get-WMIObject –computername $_ &#xD;&#xA;        Win32_LogicalDisk -filter &quot;DriveType=3&quot; |&#xD;&#xA;        ForEach-Object { &#xD;&#xA;          $_.DeviceID; $_.FreeSpace/1GB&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;      }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may wish to re-format that; it's pretty ugly, but works ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc137791.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: of course, you'll need to have appropriate security privileges to query other machines." />
  <row Id="24316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13441" RevisionGUID="04472712-40b7-4150-869d-55fd9ba82f7c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:57:09.637" UserId="385" Text="System state backup is the way to go. For a disaster recovery solution we had two VMed DCs which we had system state backups up running nightly (in addition to the physical DCs having nightly backups). That made recovery very easy. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also consider looking at tools like Quest's AD Recovery Manager. It'll help track backups and allow you to do recovery of AD objects from a backup without having to do the typical object recovery mechanisms, which are a royal pain. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, as Mr. Denny has pointed out, if you've got flaky hardware, get on something stable and quick. The last thing you need is further corruption.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13442" RevisionGUID="ba6aee3d-bb4f-42df-83df-50c61f436538" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:58:55.330" UserId="385" Text="What happened on May 23? Are you running antivirus which has a built-in firewall? I've had cases where I enabled an exception in the Windows firewall and not realized my AV's firewall was also blocking.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13443" RevisionGUID="f9d5b7e9-3bb1-4a1e-9f4b-2b3c669a3d75" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:03:43.480" UserId="4591" Text="Yes you can run the smaller drivers on newer java versions. It is just that ojdbc14.jar does not contain JDBC3 and JDBC4 features.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You have to differentiate between runtime and compile time. At runtime you can use ojdbc14.jar in a JRE6 as long as your app code is not using JDBC4 features. If you want to use ojdbc14.jar in the buildpath you might experience probems with not implemented method.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However I generely suggest to use the latest (i.e. 11.1.0.7) JDBC drivers and the highest version possible. (No matter what the DB version is).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you using OCI or THIN mode?" />
  <row Id="24319" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13440" RevisionGUID="35efc9d7-c94a-40b8-add9-47b233c0338c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:04:13.573" UserId="3580" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="From [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc137791.aspx][1]: create a file C:\Computers.txt with the names of the machines you wish to check, then execute this PowerShell script:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Get-Content C:\Computers.txt | &#xD;&#xA;    ForEach-Object { &#xD;&#xA;      $_; Get-WMIObject –computername $_ &#xD;&#xA;      Win32_LogicalDisk -filter &quot;DriveType=3&quot; |&#xD;&#xA;      ForEach-Object { &#xD;&#xA;        $_.DeviceID; $_.FreeSpace/1GB&#xD;&#xA;      }&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may wish to re-format that; it's pretty ugly, but works ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc137791.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: of course, you'll need to have appropriate security privileges to query other machines." />
  <row Id="24320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13444" RevisionGUID="260d14ef-3b77-4db3-ac84-b34a3063723e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:05:13.087" UserId="4599" Text="We have a 3 MB pipe whose background noise is usually around 1.5 - 2 MB/S. This tends to burst up to capacity when when someone heads over to ESPN stream a video. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would be nice to be able to isolate those events and throttle the bandwidth of the offender or segment out a &quot;standard&quot; vs. &quot;non-standard&quot; traffic scheme and put non-white listed websites on the non-standard side. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there open source tools to allow our small business to do this?" />
  <row Id="24321" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13444" RevisionGUID="260d14ef-3b77-4db3-ac84-b34a3063723e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:05:13.087" UserId="4599" Text="What are the best open source tools for shaping office bandwidth usage?" />
  <row Id="24322" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13444" RevisionGUID="260d14ef-3b77-4db3-ac84-b34a3063723e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:05:13.087" UserId="4599" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;bandwidth&gt;" />
  <row Id="24323" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13445" RevisionGUID="b7692e0c-e663-4243-8eea-5304b56409e4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:11:56.667" UserDisplayName="Kevin" Text="On a VMS system, I had been using the ASSIGN DCL command to assign logical names, and I wanted to RECALL a previous ASSIGN command line. Now, in VMS, you only typed as many characters of a command to make it unambiguous. So I intended to type&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;REC ASS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but I accidentally typed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;REQ ASS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;instead. REQ was sufficiently unambigous for the REQUEST command, which broadcasts the argument to everyone with operator privs (which was everyone in IT). So the entire department received my broadcast message which was simply &quot;ASS&quot;." />
  <row Id="24324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13446" RevisionGUID="154719cd-3f5c-4ec2-9008-38187ce89cc5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:17:00.853" UserId="2711" Text="At the possible loss of some readability, you can put all those commands on the same line and do away with the need for brackets in your for loop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for blah blah blah do command 1 &amp;&amp; command 2 &amp;&amp; command 3 &amp;&amp; command 4" />
  <row Id="24325" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13447" RevisionGUID="133bb432-db54-422d-9122-a69af185437f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:17:01.913" UserId="4591" Text="If you suspect a certain process (like JVM) to be the reason for the high fork count (2/s is not high and not a problem) you can use strace/ltrace to see what it is doing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically fork should also be visible in process accounting (higher impact) with the accton command. But I dont think it covers clone() for starting threads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you get into the range of 100 clones/s then you should really have a look at the applicaton.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW: regarding the comment above (cant comment on it yet): no Tomcat does not fork, it only starts threads, but not for each request, it uses a pool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24326" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13448" RevisionGUID="9f4a02ea-bf1b-48ad-8d06-dec4ebd489d9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:23:46.973" UserId="2914" Text="I've used [tcng][1] with good results. Check this [QoS article @wikipedia too][2]. There's also [WonderShaper][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tcng.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_of_service#Open_Source_QoS_Software&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://lartc.org/wondershaper/" />
  <row Id="24327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13449" RevisionGUID="d5c0ad19-00e7-424c-a44f-da0faf71ca94" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:24:49.903" UserId="385" Text="I'm going to preface all this by saying I'm making the assumption that you're talking about an internal web server on the internal private network. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's start with the impersonating the machine. If the application pool identity is Network Service and there is no impersonation in the .NET application, then yes, the web application will connect to the back-end SQL Server using the machine's computer account. And that would mean you've granted access to said machine account. Microsoft's CRM works this way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if you've specified an identity, that user account will need access to the SQL Server. While you're right that if an attacker compromised the web server they effectively have the same access as the identity account, the truth of the matter is that using a SQL Server logon doesn't change anything here. Once I have access, I can modify the web application to do what I want and it will, to the maximum your security permits on the back-end SQL Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now as to why to use SSPI. First and foremost, you aren't using a SQL Server based login. That means Active Directory is the sole source for security. That means you have the normal audit means to determine invalid access. Second, it means that unless there are other apps that require it, you can leave your SQL Server in Windows authentication only mode. That means no SQL Server logins are permitted. That means any attacks against sa are stopped before they even start. And finally, it makes recovery easier. If you use a SQL Server based login you'll need to extract the login with SID and encrypted password. If you're using a Windows based user account as a &quot;service account,&quot; when you go to a new SQL Server, by creating the login, everything will be reconnected once you restore the database because the SIDs will match between login and database user.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13450" RevisionGUID="db208fab-479f-454b-bf13-bbbd626bb1f7" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:25:42.383" UserId="4526" Text="Try replaceing /S(local) with /S%computername% or /S. or /Slocalhost.  All of these should accomplish the same thing w/o using parens.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, you can use the caret ^ to escape the parens:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dtsrun /S^(local^) ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks,&#xD;&#xA;mark&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13451" RevisionGUID="fd620b88-0d50-454a-84ae-0bf0dd05fbb7" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:27:58.340" UserId="4578" Text="Is there a simple utility to log terminal server use? I'd like to be able to do some simple monitoring of our terminal server and don't seem to be able to find any good way to do it. I'd want to track logins, session durations, disconnections, and failed login attempts. Ideally it'd just be something simple for a dashboard-style review to make sure everything's cool and there's no problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It'll have to be free (or very inexpensive) as this is just a lightly used terminal server with limited use. I'd have thought there'd be something built into Windows to track this, but if there is I can't find it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="24330" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13451" RevisionGUID="fd620b88-0d50-454a-84ae-0bf0dd05fbb7" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:27:58.340" UserId="4578" Text="Terminal Server Logging" />
  <row Id="24331" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13451" RevisionGUID="fd620b88-0d50-454a-84ae-0bf0dd05fbb7" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:27:58.340" UserId="4578" Text="&lt;logging&gt;&lt;terminal-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="24332" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13452" RevisionGUID="3488007a-a4ef-46eb-bd7d-b8ea3fb34a69" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:29:24.173" UserId="1248" Text="##Contacts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To move the contact I used the Import/Export links in the contacts window. Even though I selected &quot;Google's CSV format&quot; it lost the group information. You could get around this by exporting each group individually.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;##Filters&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In GMail labs there is a &quot;Filter import/export&quot; tool by &quot;Luke B, Slava C and the Data Liberation team&quot;. This worked brilliantly.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;##Mail&#xD;&#xA;To copy the mail over I took these steps:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Add both accounts to Outlook&#xD;&#xA;  - Made a folder in the destination account for each label&#xD;&#xA;  - Copy all the mail from the source label to the destination label&#xD;&#xA;  - Copy all mail under &quot;Google Mail/All Mail&quot; from the source to the destination.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Google's IMAP provider was smart enough not to duplicate the messages.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;##Calendar&#xD;&#xA;I haven't migrated my calendar yet, however [Jona's][1] solution looks like the best option for that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/users/2623/jona" />
  <row Id="24333" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="13430" RevisionGUID="ee0e55b7-4291-4fc3-949b-5e78c88437d4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:31:14.403" UserId="4488" Comment="edited title" Text="Mounting Linux user home directories on CIFS server" />
  <row Id="24334" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13453" RevisionGUID="9a82ac34-57cf-4beb-bbeb-268284d0ead6" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:31:43.700" UserId="1840" Text="There were a few posts about this here: [http://serverfault.com/questions/8961/traffic-management-recommendations][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8961/traffic-management-recommendations" />
  <row Id="24335" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13454" RevisionGUID="6d6857ab-8371-4d66-9121-f75fe5b2ad9d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:34:15.147" UserId="385" Text="Logging the login attempts are pretty simple. They show up in the security event log as the appropriate event with a logon type of 10. More here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Logon Types][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as the rest of the information, I know we ended up deploying Citrix and looking at Resource Manager and also using EdgeSight. Perhaps someone else knows a way to monitor exactly what you're looking for in a strictly terminal services environment, but I know we struggled with this until Citrix developed better reporting tools, so I'm not sure there is a terminal services option that is sufficient for what you're trying to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Logon-Types.html" />
  <row Id="24336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13455" RevisionGUID="7df93e1d-3f1e-43e1-8cf5-0f5741b98b94" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:35:16.067" UserId="385" Text="What feature set are you looking to deploy? What are your organization's technical strengths? " />
  <row Id="24337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13456" RevisionGUID="8d7e810d-7bdb-4444-afcb-4e949c5d3a85" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:35:33.193" UserId="3657" Text="[Zenoss][1] is a good tool combined with SNMP informant.   Another that costs money would be [PRTG][2].  Both are very easy web based systems to set up.  Zenoss comes as a preconfigured virtual machine also that can be easily used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.zenoss.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.paessler.com/prtg" />
  <row Id="24338" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13457" RevisionGUID="ac3a498f-0ba2-4138-8683-14ca853e1891" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:40:49.160" UserId="4603" Text="First, either one is going to be a huge step up from older systems - there's really not a bad option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Git is a little harder to use but noticeably faster and arguably more powerful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mercurial is friendlier and - thanks to TortoiseHg - much easier to use on Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In either case you have the option of excellent hosting (GitHub, Bitbucket, eventually Google Code), lots of guides and migration tools from other systems. If you need Windows users, I'd recommend Mercurial - otherwise it'd probably make sense to try both and see which one you prefer. I find Mercurial more comfortable but Git isn't that far behind and has some scary-cool features (i.e.rebase -i)." />
  <row Id="24339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13458" RevisionGUID="86e9cc91-4fec-4a73-8df1-602044b872fa" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:42:10.610" UserId="4392" Text="I imagine that you have significant resources available at your disposal, so I'll dispense with the rsync/mysql-dump advice and go straight to &quot;get a content delivery system&quot;. I know that Cisco makes one (you'll have to Google, I can't post links yet), and I'm assuming that since this will be in your intranet that akamai is out of the question. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may be able to do it cheaper by using global server load balancing (GSLB) to point people to the &quot;right&quot; server, if you do decide to do the sync-and-distribute on your own. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're asking about actual front-end software, Drupal has been a very popular choice for portal/gateway/website/* because it's nearly infinitely flexible. Since it's essentially just PHP and MySQL, you could do it on the cheap with database replication and revision control. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've never been a part of an organization that large, so I can't tell you firsthand, but I'll be paying attention to the rest of this thread. Cool question. " />
  <row Id="24340" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13459" RevisionGUID="a9faf86e-1f98-489e-944b-84854605b9bd" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:42:22.887" UserId="3657" Text="Quite often this function can be handled by your router.  Even a simple home/gaming router like the D-Link DGL-4100 contains QoS functionality.  Other more &quot;business&quot; level products like Sonicwall are affordable and will do this as well.  I think you will find a hardware solution much more manageable than something open source in the long run and the cost is negligible. " />
  <row Id="24341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13460" RevisionGUID="9184d2d0-85cc-4407-b510-a72ac6453e1a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:45:02.493" UserDisplayName="Matthew Savage" Text="I've been tasked with migrating a bunch (20-or so) websites, some with SSL certificates, some with databases, from an old server to a new server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The servers in question are dedicated hosted linux boxes (old one is RedHat, new one is CentOS), and both only have Webmin installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to try and remove the tediousness from the task of a) migrating the sites and b) setting up new sites or changing settings. I'm wondering if it would be worthwhile setting up cPanel or similar to help abstract the work away from the shell (less manual...), or perhaps another tool...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The business in question doesn't resell hosting to Joe Public, more just for hosting websites created and managed by them, so the site owner doesn't necessarily need access to change settings etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thoughts, suggestions?" />
  <row Id="24342" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13460" RevisionGUID="9184d2d0-85cc-4407-b510-a72ac6453e1a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:45:02.493" UserDisplayName="Matthew Savage" Text="Recommended way to manage Apache web servers" />
  <row Id="24343" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13460" RevisionGUID="9184d2d0-85cc-4407-b510-a72ac6453e1a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:45:02.493" UserDisplayName="Matthew Savage" Text="&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;web-hosting&gt;&lt;apache2&gt;" />
  <row Id="24344" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13461" RevisionGUID="4e6bdd05-085e-40d8-9e3a-63f15219cbe5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:45:35.283" UserId="4392" Text="Not really what you asked, but you might want to investigate running a Squid proxy internally there. It will at least cut back the duplicated traffic of everyone going to CNN, etc" />
  <row Id="24345" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13430" RevisionGUID="d0e7642c-bfc7-4b23-bdfb-19dde23b6a66" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:46:37.387" UserId="4488" Comment="Grammar" Text="I was wondering about peoples experiences with mounting users home directories from an Active Directory authenticated CIFS server under Linux.  Preferably the mount would be accomplished upon login instead of mounting every home directory on boot (or just mounting /home) and would be Kerberos/SMB authenticated and authorized.  I have looked at two solutions so far:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Automount - an NFS carry over (currently in a mixed Solaris environment).  Supposedly works, but haven't seen examples of user directory mounts for CIFS, only auto_direct.  And don't know how well winbind works with AD automount configuration (via SFU or rfc2307)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*pam_mount - Just got out of beta and requires suid on mount.cifs and umount.cifs.  Also does not work with SSH.  Also prone to leaving directories mounted after logout.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What has everyone's experiences been with this same problem?  Could you provide any gotchas or trouble you ran into?  Any experiences with FUSE or user space tools?" />
  <row Id="24346" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13462" RevisionGUID="dbc387e5-4ecc-43fe-86f2-0de6c8ba450b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:48:38.493" UserId="4392" Text="I have had a lot of success with GLPI (I would provide a link, but aren't allowed to yet). Google will tell you where it is. It's a nice looking, easy to use web-based asset management system. " />
  <row Id="24347" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13463" RevisionGUID="214444cb-82ea-45fa-b06e-4e1394761158" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:48:59.070" UserId="4289" Text="FreeIPA is one project that aims to replicate much of the functionality provided by Active Directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.freeipa.org" />
  <row Id="24348" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13464" RevisionGUID="eb46ef79-418e-4baa-90af-8dbba284977c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:52:32.073" UserId="3657" Text="Sam is correct.  Unauthenticated connections cannot relay by default in Exchange 2000/2003.  What I did is create a second virtual SMTP server on another IP address and check the Anonymous authentication option in the Access tab.  Then I configure any internal notification system to connect to that IP address.  Since this virtual SMTP is not used by your normal mail flow, you are not compromising your normal mail traffic.  If desired, you can set up IP restrictions on the virtual SMTP server for each notification server so that you don't get unauthenticated email coming from unknown sources." />
  <row Id="24349" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13465" RevisionGUID="3ce73138-d290-4314-8aa7-b7c75c295b4a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T02:58:09.067" UserId="3657" Text="My understanding of SnapManager for SQL is that even if you were to offload these snapshots to tape, you could not use SnapManager to restore them in the future.  While this may not answer your question, this may affect the validity of what you are trying to accomplish.  My understanding is that tape dumped snapshosts from SnapManager are not restorable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I personally would use a SQL agent on TSM to perform backups of SQL for tape storage purposes.  This is what I'm doing for my BackupExec/Netapp system." />
  <row Id="24350" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13466" RevisionGUID="6e34cacc-6c30-47e2-8519-fb594573cb59" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:00:58.513" UserId="4605" Text="I'd say there are only two valid reasons to use SQL auth:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. You are connecting from outside the domain, so integrated auth.&#xD;&#xA; 2. You're running a TPC-C benchmark and every cycle counts. SQL auth is a tiny bit faster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the scenario you're proposing (the the web server host is completely compromised) nothing can protect you. The hacker can do on the DB server at a minimum *everything the web server can do*. And I'd say that defense in depth can teach you to minimize the loss in such case: reduce the DB rights of the account used by ur web server to the absolutely bare minimum required and nothing more. Second make sure if the web server host is compromised it cannot be used to elevate privileges higher than the web server account (ie. there is no other service on the WWW host that uses credentials with higher privileges on the DB than the WWW account). These are basic security principles and have nothing to do with the authentication scheme used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While the sql auth vs. windows auth gives neither a  clear advantage in your scenario, there are other issues to consider:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Centralized policies enforcement: you have one place to set up your password policies, including password lifetime and expiration, account termination etc.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Control over impersonation and delegation of trust. Once sql auth is used in a trust delegation chain, all bets are off as that is not real 'delegation' and thus is no longer under the restrictions your policies impose&#xD;&#xA; 3. Auditing: sql auth is not even seen by your LSA so your entire auditing infrastructure is simply bypassed. You need to explictly add the records SQL produce about sql auth events, but is mixing apples and oranges as those events have different source, provider and schema in the event log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One last note: the TDS protocol exposes the sql auth password in clear text over the traffic, but that is usually mitigated by requesting SSL encryption of the traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So why do you see still sql auth WWW hosts that store password in clear in web.config? Those are the *bad* developers/admins, don't be one of them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa378326(VS.85).aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189067.aspx" />
  <row Id="24351" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13467" RevisionGUID="38dcadf7-e66a-4390-b26f-9044e5b36153" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:02:46.140" UserId="4392" Text="A free cookie to anyone who can tell me why I was an idiot for trying to remove all hidden files and directories thusly: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;rm -rf .* " />
  <row Id="24352" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13468" RevisionGUID="cfce6fb2-b0ce-4f90-aa1d-0675e0888690" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:04:53.763" UserId="3657" Text="The Bluecoat reporter is based on Sawmill originally.  I'm not sure I would recommend it but it may point you in the right direction.  Webtrends is another product but I've found it cumbersome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I personally continue to use the Bluecoat Reporter.  The latest version I have has been much more stable than past versions.  I don't use the streaming functionality of the logs but process logs FTP-ed to our server.  This has helped our stability.  Occasionally, maybe once a year, I have an issue (mostly due to an out of disk error on my part) that corrupts the DB but then I just rebuild from the logs again (which takes time but works) and it's off and running." />
  <row Id="24353" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13469" RevisionGUID="1eca6a84-904b-4c7e-a8d0-0165eac90410" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:06:07.973" UserId="1674" Text="We use ServersAlive to handle our monitoring.  Has builtin disk space and files in folder monitoring." />
  <row Id="24354" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13470" RevisionGUID="ecc21316-e7fa-4bfa-a9d7-c0f2ded14db1" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:08:52.070" UserId="4004" Text="I'm trying to learn to run a simple server (and python simultaneously, but that's beside the point). The tutorials available at the websites of the aforementioned technologies were enough to get the thing running, but that doesn't mean I know what I'm doing or know how to keep it running. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The advantage is that I don't care if I break something, because the server is virtual. I have no problem starting from scratch to do it right if that's what it takes. I have no existing applications or data to worry about migrating.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, what are some good resources for learning more? If there's a great website/blog/podcast, great. If there's a great book, perhaps better since books tend to go into more detail. If there's any chance of finding something that specifically discusses this stack (aside from the webpy website), then well... that'll just make my day." />
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  <row Id="24356" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13470" RevisionGUID="ecc21316-e7fa-4bfa-a9d7-c0f2ded14db1" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:08:52.070" UserId="4004" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;lighttpd&gt;&lt;postgresql&gt;&lt;python&gt;" />
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  <row Id="24359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13472" RevisionGUID="64f84a97-8d78-40c2-be90-7d5b15de3a52" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:12:36.383" UserId="4612" Text="I had DSL and then signed up for Comcast Cable internet coz it is said that it is really fast (even though can be unreliable sometimes).  And then I upgraded from DSL to AT&amp;T U-verse's fiber optics with 6Mbps down and 1Mbps up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So now some of my PCs are on the Comcast network hooked up to the Linksys wireless router, and some PCs / notebook / Mac are connected to the AT&amp;T U-verse fiber optics that has a wireless router provided with the service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So it became very hard to access files between these 2 networks.  If I want to read a file that happens to be on another network, I may need to connect to a different wireless... or unplug the cable from one router to another...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the same is true if i want to SVN commit some files.  If the PC is not on that network, then I either need to find out the SVN's PC's IP address, or connect to a different network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So is there a way to make it easier?   There is a PC that has both a LAN card and a wireless card.  So that computer might be able to connect to both networks and pass data around?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24360" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13472" RevisionGUID="64f84a97-8d78-40c2-be90-7d5b15de3a52" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:12:36.383" UserId="4612" Text="if I got Cable Internet and DSL (or AT&amp;T u-verse) at the same time, how do i access files or use SVN across 2 different networks?" />
  <row Id="24361" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13472" RevisionGUID="64f84a97-8d78-40c2-be90-7d5b15de3a52" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:12:36.383" UserId="4612" Text="&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="24362" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13473" RevisionGUID="49f7a588-d689-4f9f-b9d3-675268a7cf25" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:18:28.057" UserId="4613" Text="I currently run a small website which is being used to host large amounts of (generated) static HTML.  The problem is that disk space is limited, and the HTML is growing by 1GB a week.  (The files are grouped into directories, with around 500 files each, and total to 10B-100MB.  The files compress very well [under 10%])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally I'm looking at a way to compress all the HTML files on the HDD while still being able to serve them easily." />
  <row Id="24363" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13473" RevisionGUID="49f7a588-d689-4f9f-b9d3-675268a7cf25" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:18:28.057" UserId="4613" Text="Compress and host large amounts of static HTML" />
  <row Id="24364" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13473" RevisionGUID="49f7a588-d689-4f9f-b9d3-675268a7cf25" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:18:28.057" UserId="4613" Text="&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;compression&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="24365" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13474" RevisionGUID="f6ea3aea-2807-4028-97de-e8a44d4c69b8" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:20:37.117" UserId="4392" Text="This sounds like it's asking for a script. I'm very shell-script-centric, but perl would probably be much handier for parsing out the relevant virtual host configs (I'm assuming here that you're using virtual host configurations). I don't know of an automated tool, but I suggest that when you migrate them to the new site, that you concentrate on making them much more accessible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're running that many virtual sites, it would pay you to encapsulate each config in its own subdirectory under the httpd.conf, perhaps /etc/httpd.d/sites/siteA, siteB, etc etc. In these subdirectories you can also store any relevant certs and the like. With a similarly named subdirectory under /var/www/sites/, this would become significantly easier to use in the future. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13475" RevisionGUID="afdd2bcb-e35e-45d3-ab03-346af6f7dcc3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:25:22.583" UserId="4392" Text="Have you looked at mod_gunzip? I'm too new to link to it, but a google search should point you in the right direction. " />
  <row Id="24367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13476" RevisionGUID="f2467396-9328-4211-a93e-1e5c0ce498b3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:28:41.640" UserId="3505" Text="I *think* the tool you're after is &lt;b&gt;Oracle Data Pump&lt;/b&gt;.  I blab on about it because Oracle provides a good tutorial for it [here][1].  The tools specifically are...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * &lt;b&gt;expdp&lt;/b&gt; for exporting the data&#xD;&#xA; * &lt;b&gt;impdp&lt;/b&gt; for importing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.oracle.com/technology/obe/obe10gdb/storage/datapump/datapump.htm" />
  <row Id="24370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13478" RevisionGUID="5d893fb5-bb2c-4759-8d21-807fb333ebd2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:31:11.650" UserId="3459" Text="Counting the number of files in a directory will require scripting but you can use perfmon to monitor disk space.  You can also have it alert you if certain thresholds are met.  You can use perfmon on a central system and connect it to your servers so all the monitoring is performed in one location." />
  <row Id="24371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13479" RevisionGUID="ff750f6f-377a-4200-a129-63266225b434" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:35:47.803" UserId="4612" Text="what ISP should I use for home and work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the options I see are:  (assuming about $39 to $50 a month.  $70 max)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Comcast: FAST, 15Mbps down and 9Mbps up.  But goes down once every 2 days on average and need to reboot cable modem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DSL: slow.  384kbps up and that's a joke... compared to Comcast's 9Mbps.  But almost never failed for 2 years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AT&amp;T U-verse fiber optics: 5.8Mbps down and 1Mbps up.  Seems reliable so far.  Amazing how it can handle digital TV (2 channels of HD, 2 channels of SD), Internet, phone, all at the same time using 1 router!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Verizon: knows nothing about it yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any other options?  I thought of using 2 but to access files between 2 networks and using SVN seems troublesome.  So maybe I will choose one and settle with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24372" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13479" RevisionGUID="ff750f6f-377a-4200-a129-63266225b434" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:35:47.803" UserId="4612" Text="is DSL, Cable internet, or AT&amp;T U-verse better for a home office?" />
  <row Id="24373" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13479" RevisionGUID="ff750f6f-377a-4200-a129-63266225b434" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:35:47.803" UserId="4612" Text="&lt;internet&gt;" />
  <row Id="24374" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13480" RevisionGUID="0cf82ecd-d044-4c4d-86d0-fcbb6f7512b8" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:36:05.697" UserId="919" Text="I like the debian-goodies package:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;Description: Small toolbox-style utilities for Debian systems&#xD;&#xA; These programs are designed to integrate with standard shell tools,&#xD;&#xA; extending them to operate on the Debian packaging system.&#xD;&#xA; .&#xD;&#xA;  dgrep  - Search all files in specified packages for a regex&#xD;&#xA;  dglob  - Generate a list of package names which match a pattern&#xD;&#xA; .&#xD;&#xA; These are also included, because they are useful and don't justify&#xD;&#xA; their own packages:&#xD;&#xA; .&#xD;&#xA;  debget       - Fetch a .deb for a package in APT's database&#xD;&#xA;  dpigs        - Show which installed packages occupy the most space&#xD;&#xA;  debman       - Easily view man pages from a binary .deb without extracting&#xD;&#xA;  debmany      - Select manpages of installed or uninstalled packages&#xD;&#xA;  checkrestart - Help to find and restart processes which are using old&#xD;&#xA;                 versions of upgraded files (such as libraries)&#xD;&#xA;  popbugs      - Display a customized release-critical bug list based on&#xD;&#xA;                 packages you use (using popularity-contest data)&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and also moreutils, which is basically awesome pipe tools on wheels:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Description: additional unix utilities&#xD;&#xA; This is a growing collection of the unix tools that nobody thought&#xD;&#xA; to write thirty years ago.&#xD;&#xA; .&#xD;&#xA; So far, it includes the following utilities:&#xD;&#xA;  - sponge: soak up standard input and write to a file&#xD;&#xA;  - ifdata: get network interface info without parsing ifconfig output&#xD;&#xA;  - ifne: run a program if the standard input is not empty&#xD;&#xA;  - vidir: edit a directory in your text editor&#xD;&#xA;  - vipe: insert a text editor into a pipe&#xD;&#xA;  - ts: timestamp standard input&#xD;&#xA;  - combine: combine the lines in two files using boolean operations&#xD;&#xA;  - pee: tee standard input to pipes&#xD;&#xA;  - zrun: automatically uncompress arguments to command&#xD;&#xA;  - mispipe: pipe two commands, returning the exit status of the first&#xD;&#xA;  - isutf8: check if a file or standard input is utf-8&#xD;&#xA;  - lckdo: execute a program with a lock held&#xD;&#xA;Homepage: http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/moreutils/&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24375" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13480" RevisionGUID="0cf82ecd-d044-4c4d-86d0-fcbb6f7512b8" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:36:05.697" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="24376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13481" RevisionGUID="5ab5097d-c85d-451b-b9c6-bec53a59d369" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:38:17.987" Text="Delete the payroll database... :(&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rm PAYROLL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Had intended to delete a text file of a similar name, PAYROLL.txt. Spent the rest of the afternoon restoring the previous backup and then running a series of audits to rebuild the payroll based on other supporting tables. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All in all, it was a pretty freaky experience (both the loss and the recovery)... :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Piko&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24377" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13482" RevisionGUID="8f68cd87-d4f5-426e-9987-433165e3e499" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:42:47.760" UserId="3505" Text="&lt;b&gt;Python&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * [Thinking in Python][1] by Bruce Eckel&#xD;&#xA; * Most of the Reilly books on Python are good - but you should at them yourself first to see what specifically each have to offer.&#xD;&#xA; * Also I think you should read reviews on Amazon - I almost never buy a book without reading the Amazon page for it first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIPython&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24378" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13479" RevisionGUID="f6940107-6f24-4d1c-8199-d74a5b5793bf" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:44:10.550" UserId="4612" Comment="deleted 2 characters in body" Text="what ISP should I use for home and work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the options I see are:  (assuming about $39 to $50 a month.  $70 max)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Comcast: FAST, 15Mbps down and 9Mbps up.  But goes down once every 2 days on average and need to reboot cable modem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DSL: slow.  1.5Mbps down and 384kbps up and that's a joke... compared to Comcast's 9Mbps.  But almost never failed for 2 years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AT&amp;T U-verse fiber optics: 6Mbps down and 1Mbps up.  Seems reliable so far.  Amazing how it can handle digital TV (2 channels of HD, 2 channels of SD), Internet, phone, all at the same time using 1 router!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Verizon: knows nothing about it yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any other options?  I thought of using 2 at the same time but to access files between 2 networks and using SVN seems troublesome.  So maybe I will choose one and settle with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24379" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="12950" RevisionGUID="92ade651-6737-41b4-98ed-60e92a43710a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:48:08.217" UserId="4131" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:4131,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Richard Bronosky&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="24380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13483" RevisionGUID="e821631b-9a4a-4cc8-898d-e090efe9ddd5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:48:22.863" UserId="4618" Text="On windows try the Hewlett Packard USB Key formating utility:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&amp;cc=us&amp;swItem=MTX-UNITY-I23839&amp;jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also try any one of dozens of recovery tools to read files off corrupt flash drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This one's freeware: www.fileguru.com/Smart-Flash-Recovery/info&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll have to manually copy those links and add the http stuff @ the beginning as I'm a newb here &amp; not allowed to insert links properly." />
  <row Id="24381" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13484" RevisionGUID="45204284-de55-4f24-b1ff-656ec25b5f29" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:49:41.397" UserId="3505" Text="**Compressed Filesystem** - Another solution is to deal with the compression a layer below the web server and files - at the filesystem level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've not done with myself, but you can try out something like [fusecompress][1] - so separate out your `www` if you already haven't, and make it a compressed fs of some sort.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously this will cont you in some performance, but if the processor is decent, then it might be ok.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://miio.net/fusecompress/" />
  <row Id="24382" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="12950" RevisionGUID="8cbe0a5e-e883-4709-be55-25900fbefe08" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:49:42.207" UserId="4131" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:4131,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Richard Bronosky&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="24383" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13485" RevisionGUID="f6886154-e592-40ad-84b0-71e5bc879ecf" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:50:17.337" UserId="2711" Text="It's only 20 websites. Doing it manually is the most time-effective solution, assuming you don't have to do the migration regularly." />
  <row Id="24384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13486" RevisionGUID="a77dd0f3-f7be-4cdd-b652-8fa4c7e83f79" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:51:01.517" UserId="4619" Text="ssh-copy-id for transferring ssh keys.  The old way was to cat the key over ssh and even older was to scp the key and then cat the key.  If you are using a non-standard ssh port then this will do the trick for you ..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ssh-copy-id -i /path/to/key '-p nonstandardport hostname'  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other wise..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ssh-copy-id -i /path/to/key hostname  " />
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  <row Id="24386" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13487" RevisionGUID="f7f9cd01-79e4-4d0a-88e0-251a51c023d8" CreationDate="2009-05-28T03:54:55.317" UserId="919" Text="People are going to recommend you Keepass, 2.0 specifically. They are wrong, and you should listen to me instead. Keepass is not yet the tool you want:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - It's built on .NET, so getting it to work with your combination of Windows, Linux and OSX is a pain.&#xD;&#xA; - It's written by a single developer, with no particular schedule or incentive to fix bugs.&#xD;&#xA; - It only synchronizes over FTP and HTTP, because it's hard work and &quot;the database is encrypted anyways.&quot; Nevermind the insanity of deploying FTP in 2009. You can find a plugin to sync via SFTP and a few others, but for the next problem.&#xD;&#xA; - Every upgrade changes the version and breaks all your plugins. Even a minor rebuild. I think it has to do with authenticated assemblies, but I'm not a .net expert.&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;b&gt;Nonstandard format&lt;/b&gt;.  Ideally KeePass is a clever UI to some common algorithms. Our previous system was a GPG file, which wasn't great for usability, but worked no matter the scenario. With KeePass, if KeePass is broke, you're hosed. &#xD;&#xA; - **The sync is a lie.** You will test it on your box, and it will appear to work. Then someone tries something you didn't and discover some changes won't propagate, like say moving an entry from one folder to another. This report was marked &quot;missing feature, notabug&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I recommend instead is choosing among the many formats and systems that handle everything you need except sync; even Keepass 1.x fits this bill. Then set up an SVN repo; there's no way you're changing it so often to need conflicting changes. If you screw up, you'll at least have a revision history to fall back on." />
  <row Id="24387" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13488" RevisionGUID="c32dcfce-e96d-481e-8259-012e7d7fe0bc" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:01:49.250" UserId="919" Text="When comparing open source projects to commercial software, or even other open source projects, what situations raise a red flag and cause you to hit the eject button and look elsewhere?" />
  <row Id="24388" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13488" RevisionGUID="c32dcfce-e96d-481e-8259-012e7d7fe0bc" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:01:49.250" UserId="919" Text="What warning flags should I watch for when selecting open source software?" />
  <row Id="24389" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13488" RevisionGUID="c32dcfce-e96d-481e-8259-012e7d7fe0bc" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:01:49.250" UserId="919" Text="&lt;opensource&gt;&lt;quality-assurance&gt;" />
  <row Id="24390" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13479" RevisionGUID="c0c0516a-adce-4e35-a3b6-b590c78dca07" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:05:19.617" UserId="4612" Comment="deleted 2 characters in body" Text="what ISP should I use for home and work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the options I see are:  (assuming about $39 to $50 a month.  $70 max)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Comcast: FAST, 15Mbps down and 9Mbps up.  But goes down once every 2 days on average and need to reboot cable modem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DSL: slow.  3Mbps down and 384kbps up and that's a joke compared to Comcast's 9Mbps up.  But almost never failed for 2 years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AT&amp;T U-verse fiber optics: 6Mbps down and 1Mbps up.  Seems reliable so far.  Amazing how it can handle digital TV (2 channels of HD, 2 channels of SD), Internet, phone, all at the same time using 1 router!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Verizon: knows nothing about it yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any other options?  I thought of using 2 at the same time but to access files between 2 networks and using SVN seems troublesome.  So maybe I will choose one and settle with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13489" RevisionGUID="5482ffa7-fed7-4608-90f0-731f8eda59c7" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:13:18.243" UserId="4307" Text="Every week or two, I do&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    port selfupdate&#xD;&#xA;    port upgrade installed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is basically the equivalent of&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    apt-get update&#xD;&#xA;    apt-get upgrade&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if you are familiar with Debian/Ubuntu." />
  <row Id="24392" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13490" RevisionGUID="7b5d6bbd-8d7e-4e0b-ad96-c442a82da3a9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:17:38.547" UserId="4392" Text="Password Safe with a centralized version control server should take care of this. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used password safe for a couple of years now, and it's great. Highly recommended. " />
  <row Id="24393" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13491" RevisionGUID="ba4fed45-7707-47a9-a8e1-f06fb2e389fa" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:18:50.510" UserId="3867" Text="This is what I use and suggest.&#xD;&#xA;For linux the best recommendation would be &quot;Linux Administration Handbook&quot; by Evi Nemeth.&#xD;&#xA;For Python the best recommendation would be &quot;Dive Into Python&quot; by Mark Pilgrim." />
  <row Id="24394" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13492" RevisionGUID="76325ee8-d2ea-46e9-9931-25c3bd1f21fe" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:20:31.723" UserId="4612" Text="i frequently install an apache on my local PC so as to test files or experiment with hosting right at my PC.  The server i used is usually Apache.  Is there any reason to try other ones like lighttp or nginx?  " />
  <row Id="24395" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13492" RevisionGUID="76325ee8-d2ea-46e9-9931-25c3bd1f21fe" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:20:31.723" UserId="4612" Text="is there a reason to install a webserver other than Apache, such as lighttp or nginx?" />
  <row Id="24396" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13492" RevisionGUID="76325ee8-d2ea-46e9-9931-25c3bd1f21fe" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:20:31.723" UserId="4612" Text="&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="24397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13493" RevisionGUID="27ebeda4-d553-4738-90eb-4f45161813e0" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:21:26.603" UserId="1715" Text="I keep reading everywhere that powershell is the way of the future. &#xD;&#xA;When it was first released i did a whole bunch of virtual labs, but since then I still haven't used it in a production environment.  I know the day will come when I'm dealing with OS's where its already installed, so i want to be ready.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to know what your 'boot strapping' process has been for using powershell?  &#xD;&#xA;What kind of admin tasks have you scripted with it?&#xD;&#xA;I'm a SQL Server DBA, tell me what powershell can do for me? &amp; why i should invest time in skilling on it?  Will it save me time? make me richer? help me shed some weight?  show me how!" />
  <row Id="24398" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13493" RevisionGUID="27ebeda4-d553-4738-90eb-4f45161813e0" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:21:26.603" UserId="1715" Text="Powershell?  will it go away like JScript?" />
  <row Id="24399" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13493" RevisionGUID="27ebeda4-d553-4738-90eb-4f45161813e0" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:21:26.603" UserId="1715" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="24400" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13491" RevisionGUID="e23b6bd4-b04d-41cb-b533-10d8d9c93a28" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:25:14.537" UserId="3867" Comment="added 262 characters in body" Text="This is what I use and suggest.&#xD;&#xA;For linux the best recommendation would be &quot;Linux Administration Handbook&quot; by Evi Nemeth.&#xD;&#xA;For Python the best recommendation would be &quot;Dive Into Python&quot; by Mark Pilgrim.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Refer this thread for books for linux:&#xD;&#xA;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/143184/which-book-would-you-recommend-for-a-linux-sysadmin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Refer this thread for python:&#xD;&#xA;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34570/what-is-the-best-quick-read-python-book-out-there" />
  <row Id="24401" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13494" RevisionGUID="7a8ecd30-2dc6-4501-9100-c40b9a541be3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:25:18.920" UserId="3920" Text="Some time back google did an analysis of Git and Mercurial. You can read it online on &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;code.google.com/p/support/wiki/DVCSAnalysis" />
  <row Id="24402" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13495" RevisionGUID="73dae270-d618-4853-bbb7-6f46814e9297" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:26:14.597" UserId="3580" Text="Given that Microsoft's server products are going to be PowerShell-enabled from the outset (I believe the next version of Exchange has *all* config available through PowerShell), and that books like [PowerShell in Practice][1] describe some great ways to automate otherwise monotonous tasks, I think it's reasonable to suggest that PowerShell will be a prevalent technology in Windows serverland for a while yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.manning.com/siddaway/" />
  <row Id="24403" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13496" RevisionGUID="cb4202b3-9bf9-47eb-9a40-5e79c106c3e1" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:27:53.080" UserId="3505" Text="**Open Source**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look at the project web site&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Look at the documentation&#xD;&#xA; * Look at the mailing list archives&#xD;&#xA; * Look at the SCM (svn, git, hg, etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In doing so, pick up on the following points...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * How mature is the software&#xD;&#xA; * What is the user-base size (lots of people? 3 people?)&#xD;&#xA; * Who are the people in the user-base (corporate, home user, small business, etc)&#xD;&#xA; * Is development active? How long has it been active for?&#xD;&#xA; * The mailing list archives also leak a lot of information about the &quot;team spirit&quot; amongst the developers, amongst other things.  Does it look healthy, hostile, bored etc?&#xD;&#xA; * Is the documentation decent?&#xD;&#xA; * Has the package/project been accepted into any Distros such as Fedora, Debian, RHEL, SLES, Ubuntu etc? If so - that's a good thing - at least more than one other person out there has faith in the project.&#xD;&#xA; * Does the site have a proper ticketing system?  If so - How many tickets are open from 5 years ago?  This is another indication of how &quot;live&quot; the project is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Enterprise Software**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't have too much to say here other than...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Looking at the reputation of the vendor&#xD;&#xA; * Never ever buying any closed-source security software - ever&#xD;&#xA; * (subjective): ...and never never trust anything a sales rep says - they're all liars and snakes, no exceptions." />
  <row Id="24404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13497" RevisionGUID="6fc22553-6bb1-4ae0-81b9-ab8e54b9ddc8" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:29:18.383" UserId="4392" Text="There are plenty, really. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Deceptive Licensing** - Too many solutions are trying to nickel and dime me to death. The package costs X, but if you want advertised options 1, 2, and 3, that'll be $500-1500 more per option. No thank you. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**No one uses it** - Or at least, Google can't find anyone talking about it. It's either brand new (in which case, you're a guinea pig) or so bad that everyone knows better&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**It's the root of several forks** - If something has been forked many times over, there's probably a good reason for it, and one of the forks has probably solved the problem better than the source did. Investigate those instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Consistently bad interface design** - I don't just mean the GUI. Crazy, unidentified, or mislabeled CLI flags or options drive me insane&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**It doesn't work** - or it pretends that a situation that needs to be solved shouldn't (or doesn't) exist, and therefore doesn't address it&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24405" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13498" RevisionGUID="b72e5ddd-db8b-408d-8b6c-25fea45eb05a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:30:07.337" UserId="4545" Text="We are getting more and more outside developers (from different clients) and are beginning to need a better strategy than adhoc adding to our server and adding to them ourcompany group (which owns everything in /var/www/ - our workspace)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And optimal solution would be to able to nest groups, so if I could @ourcompany would be all members the group @ourcompany.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ourcompany:xxx:john,joe,bob&#xD;&#xA;guestcompany:xxx:guest1,guest2,@ourcompany&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But that's not possible. I am toying with the idea of having a template system, where i do some simple sed stuff to get substitute and create a new /etc/group &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(The reason I dont want guestcompany:xxx:guest1,guest2,john,joe,bob is because if we add or remove people from our company than someone will have to go through and make sure everything is updated, which probably could fall off the edge)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess the next logical step is ACLs but from my past experience is that they're somewhat a hassle to deal with, so I just wanted to see if any of you knew any other solutions that would work. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
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  <row Id="24408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13499" RevisionGUID="af8c3894-b165-455e-8c32-867c75369eaa" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:31:02.437" UserId="4623" Text="Having used unix shell scripts in a previous career, then moving to windows server administration, I can say that I really, really appreciate powershell--I don't have time nor ability to learn too much arcane syntax and was pleasantly surprised that a lot of powershell scripts can be written with very straightforward language...take that what its worth as I was used to ksh!!  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I predict it will be around for a long time." />
  <row Id="24409" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13500" RevisionGUID="77dee55c-da6a-4f93-9804-98099a9a0c8d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:34:43.520" UserId="4392" Text="I'm not suggesting that you do it this way, but I've gotten around this problem by using Active Directory to manage my centralized authentication and implemented Likewise Open to authenticate my Linux machines. LWO gives a consistent UID and GID across all machines because they're based on a hash. This makes things like NFS and rsync very easy to deal with. It also solves nested groups nicely. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you using any sort of centralized authentication like NIS or LDAP?" />
  <row Id="24410" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13501" RevisionGUID="e6bfbe26-5e33-4d4a-8ac5-65cc6ab56d7d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:35:24.797" UserId="919" Text="[ClusterSSH][1] is what you're looking for. It provides a way to broadcast commands to all nodes in a cluster. Think of it like [BashReduce][2] sans Reduce.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/clusterssh/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://github.com/erikfrey/bashreduce/tree/master" />
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  <row Id="24412" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13502" RevisionGUID="fc17da74-3f16-4429-9a29-d9607cd2fee3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:37:28.600" UserDisplayName="Pat Richard" Text="I have a Comcast business connection, and I'm very happy with it. I've never had to reboot the cable modem in the ~5 years that I've had it. Very fast, very stable. And I have dedicated IP addresses." />
  <row Id="24413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13503" RevisionGUID="f0d99307-1851-4a7d-8184-5179fee019a4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:40:59.873" UserId="2366" Text="I run the following&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    port -v sync # sync the latest definitions&#xD;&#xA;    port -v outdated # see what's outdated&#xD;&#xA;    port -v upgrade outdated # upgrade what's outdated&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can run&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    port -v selfupdate&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;every so once in a while to upgrade the MacPorts software itself.  It's only infrequently updated, so I only do this when I know there is a new release." />
  <row Id="24414" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13504" RevisionGUID="fdbf8ab4-0777-422f-b572-0a5297c84264" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:41:17.343" UserId="4612" Text="if i use ftp or telnet by accident (usually on the bash shell), to what extend is my password visible?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. can my coworker see it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. can my neighbor see it if i work at home (if not using wireless)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. can someone working at a data center along the way see it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. can someone working at a university data center see it? (if it is on the route)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5. if i use it on a wireless WEP network, it maybe be viewable for anyone who broke the WEP network key by monitoring 1GB of data?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6. if i use Starbucks, Pete's Cafe, or McDonald's wireless, and usually they are not WEP or WPA encrypted, can the person setting up the network there possibly see it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24415" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13504" RevisionGUID="fdbf8ab4-0777-422f-b572-0a5297c84264" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:41:17.343" UserId="4612" Text="if i use ftp or telnet by accident, to what extend is my password visible?" />
  <row Id="24416" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13504" RevisionGUID="fdbf8ab4-0777-422f-b572-0a5297c84264" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:41:17.343" UserId="4612" Text="&lt;ftp&gt;&lt;sftp&gt;&lt;telnet&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="24417" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13505" RevisionGUID="4350843c-0802-4dad-ba37-2e1df04d5ed5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:42:46.047" UserId="4624" Text="SQL Server 2008 now has PowerShell context options in Management Studio, so more than Exchange is embracing it. Also, think of it as the replacement for DOS, as that is pretty much what MS was thinking as they just can't improve the security of DOS for backwards compatibility issues, so they just created something new and wammo, problem solved!" />
  <row Id="24418" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13506" RevisionGUID="ccc231c4-535b-4224-8655-e30574006f3a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:46:17.850" UserId="4624" Text="I would also add that the code churn rate is consistant and done by many people, not just a few. You don't want one person cranking out code part-time when he gets excited about his project then gets bored of it and leaves it up for community to continue to support. Drupal and Joomla are two good examples." />
  <row Id="24419" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13507" RevisionGUID="92347359-4a7a-408a-b0a3-e6c6c9d5bdb0" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:46:21.937" UserId="3867" Text="Have observed &quot;exit signal Segmentation fault (11)&quot; error lot of times.&#xD;&#xA;This happens when some scripts dont complete while apache crashes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using PHP based website on apache this is very likely to happen. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If at all you are using PHP&#xD;&#xA;Check following config in php config in conf.d/php.conf:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;Files *.php&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    SetOutputFilter PHP&#xD;&#xA;    SetInputFilter PHP&#xD;&#xA;    LimitRequestBody 524288&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/Files&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remove the LimitRequestBody line. and observe. The error should go away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also if you are using apache with php following versions work perfectly.&#xD;&#xA;apache 2.0.43 and php 4.3.0_RC1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: This answer is purely based on my past research on the error and issue faced by me.&#xD;&#xA;Let me know your current configuration and feedback." />
  <row Id="24420" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13508" RevisionGUID="b282f967-f222-4697-87ab-1b58d345688e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:46:31.937" UserId="3601" Text="For the vast majority of people, Apache provides more than enough performance, features and flexibility.  Just spend an evening or two perusing the [Apache Documentation][1] To get a sense of the wealth of features.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a colleague who worked at shopping.com who said they built an entire company on [mod_rewrite][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some corner cases where alternative web servers do make sense - typically in ultra-high performance and large-scale hosting environments, and, conversely, in situations where you may be memory limited (such as a slicehost/linode VPS)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Advantages of the various alternative web servers:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt; lighttpd - well known for managing to serve large numbers of connections (as many as 10,000)&#xD;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;  nginx - works well in limited memory configuration.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;In general, if Apache isn't causing you any difficulty, you have all the features and functionality you need.  On the flip side, if you are trying to squeeze a few thousand simultaneous connections out of a 256 MByte VPS - you may want to consider checking out nginx.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/rewrite/" />
  <row Id="24421" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13509" RevisionGUID="d6f3b878-2bec-4be4-a27f-f4619198fe2d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:50:06.297" UserId="984" Text="When you say, on the bash shell, I am assuming this shell is running on the computer at the locations you mention.  If you have SSH to some other host and ran ftp/telnet then these answers are irrelevant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can my coworker see it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe, if your are both connected to a hub, if you are on a switch and he hasn't done anything evil like arp poisoning he can't see it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can my neighbor see it if i work at&#xD;&#xA;&gt; home (if not using wireless)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It depends on what type of ISP you are using, but probably not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can someone working at a data center&#xD;&#xA;&gt; along the way see it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can someone working at a university&#xD;&#xA;&gt; data center see it? (if it is on the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; route)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; if i use it on a wireless WEP network,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; it maybe be viewable for anyone who&#xD;&#xA;&gt; broke the WEP network key by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; monitoring 1GB of data?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone on the network can see it.  A wireless network works like a hub.  Everyone on the network sees everything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; if i use Starbucks, Pete's Cafe, or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; McDonald's wireless, and usually they&#xD;&#xA;&gt; are not WEP or WPA encrypted, can the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; person setting up the network there&#xD;&#xA;&gt; possibly see it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes." />
  <row Id="24422" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13504" RevisionGUID="5e7060b6-c790-4810-990c-2060725acbfe" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:50:17.933" UserId="4612" Comment="added 80 characters in body" Text="if i use ftp or telnet by accident (usually on the bash shell), to what extend is my password visible?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. can my coworker see it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. can my neighbor see it if i work at home (if not using wireless)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. can someone working at a data center along the way see it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3b. can someone working at a company along the way that has T1 or T3 see it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. can someone working at a university data center see it? (if it is on the route)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5. if i use it on a wireless WEP network, it maybe be viewable for anyone who broke the WEP network key by monitoring 1GB of data?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6. if i use Starbucks, Pete's Cafe, or McDonald's wireless, and usually they are not WEP or WPA encrypted, can the person setting up the network there possibly see it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24423" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="13504" RevisionGUID="26765133-7354-44a4-8ed3-2b64865113f9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:51:40.663" UserId="1233" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ftp&gt;&lt;telnet&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="24424" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13504" RevisionGUID="0e4480a1-75f9-4257-aee1-39d05a46466c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:51:44.080" UserId="4612" Comment="edited title" Text="if i use ftp or telnet by accident (usually on the bash shell), to what extend is my password visible?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. can my coworker see it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. can my neighbor see it if i work at home (if not using wireless)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. can someone working at a data center along the way see it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. can someone working at a company along the way that has T1 or T3 see it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5. can someone working at a university data center see it? (if it is on the route)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6. if i use it on a wireless WEP network at home (only i know the WEP key), it maybe be viewable for anyone who broke the WEP network key by monitoring 1GB of data?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;7. if i use Starbucks, Pete's Cafe, or McDonald's wireless, and usually they are not WEP or WPA encrypted, can the person setting up the network there possibly see it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24425" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="13504" RevisionGUID="0e4480a1-75f9-4257-aee1-39d05a46466c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:51:44.080" UserId="4612" Comment="edited title" Text="if i use ftp or telnet by accident, to what extend is my password unsafe?" />
  <row Id="24426" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13510" RevisionGUID="e8df0708-8b14-4c7c-89a1-91dbddf7bad4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:53:20.020" UserId="1233" Text="Followup to Zoredache's excellent answer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Can someone working at a company along the way that has T1 or T3 see it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The person's connection speed has little to anything to do with whether they can see the packet with your password. If they are on the route they can view it. The only time speed may come into question is if they are receiving too many packets for the packet recording software to keep up." />
  <row Id="24427" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13511" RevisionGUID="9bdba06c-cd08-4a74-85d5-2fe579bfb761" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:57:01.197" UserId="2744" Text="Anyone with the ability to sniff the traffic between you and the site that you have connected to can potentially read your ftp password, or any data that travels unencrypted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, realistically, all scenarios above will be possible, with the following notes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Your co-worker would either have to be able to tap into your external network, or be able to convince the local switches to send him your traffic - very possible if they have admin rights to the switch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) If you are using cable with your ISP, then yes - your neighbour could stiff your external traffic. If not, then they would need some serious kit to sniff your local network - very unlikely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3-5) Totally possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are concerned about people reading your passwords, I would recommend using secure protocols: SSH/SFTP/SCP instead of telnet/FTP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24428" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13512" RevisionGUID="bdbba617-c531-49ef-9e5c-244454f908b3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:58:37.870" UserId="4117" Text="Get the one that gives you the best SLA.  Nothing in the consumer line will do that at all, so let that guide you." />
  <row Id="24429" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13513" RevisionGUID="708632ff-7be6-4e6b-a550-112b69a9d7da" CreationDate="2009-05-28T04:59:18.573" UserId="984" Text="In my experience the quality of home-network providers varies by region.  I doubt anyone can give you a useful answer to this, unless they happen to live in the same place as you do.  You are probably better off asking other people near you.  Perhaps ask on at local linux-user-group mail list." />
  <row Id="24430" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13496" RevisionGUID="ae323992-3c2d-48dd-9535-63fea45eda5f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:00:36.447" UserId="3505" Comment="Missed very important points" Text="**Open Source**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look at the project web site&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Look at the documentation&#xD;&#xA; * Look at the mailing list archives&#xD;&#xA; * Look at the SCM (svn, git, hg, etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In doing so, pick up on the following points...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * How mature is the software&#xD;&#xA; * What is the user-base size (lots of people? 3 people?)&#xD;&#xA; * Who are the people in the user-base (corporate, home user, small business, etc)&#xD;&#xA; * Is development active? How long has it been active for?&#xD;&#xA; * The mailing list archives also leak a lot of information about the &quot;team spirit&quot; amongst the developers, amongst other things.  Does it look healthy, hostile, bored etc?&#xD;&#xA; * Is the documentation decent?&#xD;&#xA; * Has the package/project been accepted into any Distros such as Fedora, Debian, RHEL, SLES, Ubuntu etc? If so - that's a good thing - at least more than one other person out there has faith in the project.&#xD;&#xA; * Does the site have a proper ticketing system?  If so - How many tickets are open from 5 years ago?  This is another indication of how &quot;live&quot; the project is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Enterprise Software**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't have too much to say here other than...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Make sure (don't ask the sales guy - he'll just lie) that the **application does not run as `root`**.  *Specially* if it is going to be listening on a TCP/IP port. * Looking at the reputation of the vendor&#xD;&#xA; * Make sure that the vendors are aware that people administrating this product (i.e. will not be given `root` access, and so the product **must support sudo**.  Anyone who argues that `sudo` is not supported is generally just senile, but they're the vendors, and they will be the ones that have to support you - you don't want to buy the product and later have them tell you &quot;No you can't use sudo, you must su to root&quot;.&#xD;&#xA; * Never ever buying any closed-source security software - ever&#xD;&#xA; * (subjective): ...and never never trust anything a sales rep says - they're all liars and snakes, no exceptions.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24431" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13514" RevisionGUID="5c669ab0-ca31-4e40-893d-f01f13ccb2d1" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:02:15.540" UserId="4131" Text="I hear a lot of people cringe when you mention running a database in a VM. Truth is, it depends on the VM. If you are not virtualizing hardware, you do not suffer the performance penalty that they fear. Using paravirtualization via Xen (I've heard good things about OpenVZ, but haven't used it.) you can do exactly what Dave Cheney said (which is the right approach) and only have to use one piece of hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The tools/concepts in play would be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Xen Virtualization (for paravirtualization)&#xD;&#xA; 2. LVM (for copying your data via snapshot)&#xD;&#xA; 3. virtual interfaces (eth0:1, eth0:2, etc.), ifup &amp; ifdown to implement...&#xD;&#xA; 4. STONITH&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This, of course is not a complete guide, but a recommendation for a sound combination of technologies that you can research and implement in a manner that fits your need. My approach is a little more about being prepared for the future, where Dave Cheney's is dealing with what you (probably) have today." />
  <row Id="24432" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13511" RevisionGUID="30df067a-c630-4246-b400-d3bcea8b61ba" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:02:32.963" UserId="2744" Comment="edited body" Text="Anyone with the ability to sniff the traffic between you and the site that you have connected to can potentially read your ftp password, or any data that travels unencrypted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, realistically, all scenarios above will be possible, with the following notes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Your co-worker would either have to be able to tap into your external network, or be able to convince the local switches to send him your traffic - very possible if they have admin rights to the switch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) If you are using cable with your ISP, then yes - your neighbour could sniff your external traffic. If not, then they would need some serious kit to sniff your local network - very unlikely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3-5) Totally possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are concerned about people reading your passwords, I would recommend using secure protocols: SSH/SFTP/SCP instead of telnet/FTP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24433" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13515" RevisionGUID="d2b45291-7c14-4607-b33f-79c4baff2ad0" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:02:52.607" UserId="4624" Text="I have also used Denny's tricks, but you may also need to optimize the traffic flow to get optimal speed. There are two different areas you have to tweak, SQL Replication and Network TCPIP tweaks. I have TCPIP written up on a blog http://www.sqlwebpedia.com/content/tcp-optimization-windows but haven't done the replication tweaks yet. I will add one now on my blog site as it is detailed..." />
  <row Id="24434" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13516" RevisionGUID="092f9f1a-e7d4-41b4-83ff-260b5c796bee" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:03:45.427" UserId="919" Text="Use [etckeeper][1] to do it for you. There's lot of reasons for this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You will forget to use it on occasion&#xD;&#xA; - You will screw up file permissions&#xD;&#xA; - It hooks into package managers, giving you a pre-inst and post-inst state to roll back to&#xD;&#xA; - You will screw up handling the shadow passwd file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/etckeeper/" />
  <row Id="24435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13517" RevisionGUID="24103637-258d-45bd-b5ba-c6f163d6cc32" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:04:57.640" UserId="4117" Text="You could wrap all of your pages in a script that looks something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  bzcat $1.bz2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where $1 is the requested file.  A quick PHP/Perl/whatever script can pretty effectively pull the path out of the request variables, and there you go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You do lose the speed of static files, but that might not matter for your use case." />
  <row Id="24436" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13509" RevisionGUID="dbb05ef2-244f-4eb1-ae56-a31e10544036" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:05:05.830" UserId="984" Comment="added 246 characters in body" Text="When you say, on the bash shell, I am assuming this shell is running on the computer at the locations you mention.  If you have SSH to some other host and ran ftp/telnet then these answers are irrelevant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can my coworker see it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe, if your are both connected to a hub, if you are on a switch and he hasn't done anything evil like arp poisoning he can't see it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can my neighbor see it if i work at&#xD;&#xA;&gt; home (if not using wireless)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It depends on what type of ISP you are using, but probably not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can someone working at a data center&#xD;&#xA;&gt; along the way see it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can someone working at a university&#xD;&#xA;&gt; data center see it? (if it is on the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; route)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; if i use it on a wireless WEP network,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; it maybe be viewable for anyone who&#xD;&#xA;&gt; broke the WEP network key by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; monitoring 1GB of data?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone on the network can see it.  A wireless network works like a hub.  Everyone on the network sees everything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; if i use Starbucks, Pete's Cafe, or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; McDonald's wireless, and usually they&#xD;&#xA;&gt; are not WEP or WPA encrypted, can the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; person setting up the network there&#xD;&#xA;&gt; possibly see it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can someone working at a company along&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the way that has T1 or T3 see it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone who has access to a router connecting any of the links between your computer and the server could see your traffic, the type of the link doesn't matter.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24437" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13518" RevisionGUID="3a7ec5dc-11a8-4ce4-897a-620e3b704b00" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:08:38.803" UserId="4117" Text="I use cfengine to administrate ~150 Linux machines.  I have to log in to any given machine less than once a week, and cfengine does the rest.  Adding users, removing them, installing packages, etc." />
  <row Id="24438" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13518" RevisionGUID="3a7ec5dc-11a8-4ce4-897a-620e3b704b00" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:08:38.803" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="24439" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13519" RevisionGUID="59abbdb9-f635-40fc-aabc-09306c9d8d96" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:11:03.760" UserId="984" Text="I have tried doing that on my workstation with pam_mount, and while I did get it working with SSH, I had lots of problems with the mounts staying around after logout." />
  <row Id="24440" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="13504" RevisionGUID="f95980d2-46c8-4fbe-8b08-13ea5fcdea87" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:11:42.820" UserId="984" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ftp&gt;&lt;telnet&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="24441" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13520" RevisionGUID="fa27ba53-7c60-4c84-abf4-91837fd4905f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:15:08.510" UserId="4587" Text="I'm trying to ship transaction logs from Server A to Server B. I keep getting permission denied errors when the agent tries to run because it isn't using the right credentials to connect to the backup folder share. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Neither server is in a domain (and that's not an option). &#xD;&#xA; - I've setup a shared folder on Server B in which to place the files, but Server A needs access to write to it. (Or vice-versa, Server B needs to read from a share that Server A provides.)&#xD;&#xA; - I can't grant permission on Server B's share to Server A's SQL Agent because the servers are separated. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way I can specify the login credentials for Server A to use when connecting to Server B? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm referring to the first textbox on this screen:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/4717/79838132.jpg" />
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  <row Id="24443" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13520" RevisionGUID="fa27ba53-7c60-4c84-abf4-91837fd4905f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:15:08.510" UserId="4587" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;&lt;login&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="24444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13521" RevisionGUID="eef12620-c62b-41b4-9b00-4a860eb4e9e4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:20:56.033" UserId="1715" Text="i think if you make the login credentials have the same username &amp; password on each server it might work.  Or have you already tried this?" />
  <row Id="24445" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13522" RevisionGUID="0f8ea6c1-7969-4fa5-9243-aa566530e989" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:23:46.463" UserId="4627" Text="If you are looking at the software for your company, to sell it, change it, etc. &#xD;&#xA;the most important aspect is the license. Looking at the inclusion of busybox on WLAN routers and following legal actions, companies think &quot;open source = do whatever you like&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some other things:&#xD;&#xA;I am also looking for the date last updated and an active community, so forum, maybe other pages that have the software as topic." />
  <row Id="24446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13523" RevisionGUID="723e7938-7570-4bf6-a6a6-13546d11bc5c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:24:13.827" UserId="2662" Text="My Tomcat instance is sitting on a drive with little remaining space. The application I'm running does move file uploads off the server and into a NAS. During the upload, however, Tomcat keeps this file locally, presumably in the /temp directory. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My server has a second data drive with plenty of space where I'd like to relocate this temp directory to. How can I configure Tomcat so that it uses a temp directory on this other drive, ie. how can I relocate this directory?" />
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  <row Id="24448" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13523" RevisionGUID="723e7938-7570-4bf6-a6a6-13546d11bc5c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:24:13.827" UserId="2662" Text="&lt;tomcat&gt;" />
  <row Id="24449" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13515" RevisionGUID="b4870d3b-6914-413f-ad72-ba22d4dd785d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:24:32.360" UserId="4624" Comment="added 8 characters in body" Text="I have also used Denny's tricks, but you may also need to optimize the traffic flow to get optimal speed. There are two different areas you have to tweak, SQL Replication and Network TCPIP tweaks. I have TCPIP written up on a blog http://www.sqlwebpedia.com/content/tcp-optimization-windows and one now for Replication: http://www.sqlwebpedia.com/content/transactional-replication-over-wan-tips&#xD;&#xA;HTH" />
  <row Id="24450" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13524" RevisionGUID="4d56227e-9249-4adf-9599-a8836f889884" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:24:54.043" UserId="3611" Text="Some of the employees are using the internet for non-work related activity (accessing naughty websites, online shopping, MySpace etc.. etc.. after business hours). I would like to stop internet abuse and be aware of how bandwidth is being used. I want to be able to view top visited websites, search engine queries as well as disable IM and P2P protocols.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would really appreciate it if someone showed me how to set up *Squid* on a Windows box, add rules, create reports and direct users into the new proxy server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and as always, thanks in advance" />
  <row Id="24451" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13524" RevisionGUID="4d56227e-9249-4adf-9599-a8836f889884" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:24:54.043" UserId="3611" Text="Walkthrough for setting up Proxy Server using Squad on Windows" />
  <row Id="24452" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13524" RevisionGUID="4d56227e-9249-4adf-9599-a8836f889884" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:24:54.043" UserId="3611" Text="&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;internet&gt;&lt;webfilter&gt;" />
  <row Id="24453" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13525" RevisionGUID="79fbee3a-1e76-4bf5-9797-9ffb67d7f619" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:37:04.737" UserId="4628" Text="I found this by searching google with a very basic questions.&#xD;&#xA;www.reaper-x.com/2006/07/18/complete-guide-on-installing-and-configuring-squid-proxy-server-for-windows/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24454" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13526" RevisionGUID="817da366-a0a7-4d39-9359-dc9bdadf69b4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:37:23.800" UserId="984" Text="The mod_gunzip mentioned by [Matt Simmons][1] doesn't appear to exist for Apache 2.x.  The replacement mentioned by the developer is to use Apache Module [mod_ext_filter][2].  I haven't tested, but it looks like it should be pretty easy to build a filter that decompresses files to be served.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other thing you should consider is that most current browser accept content that has been gzip compressed.  It may be possible for you to gzip your files and serve the gzip'd files without doing anything special.  Here is a [link][3] with some details.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/users/4392/matt-simmons&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_ext_filter.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://schroepl.net/projekte/mod_gzip/browser.htm" />
  <row Id="24455" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13527" RevisionGUID="8333db07-0cfe-49e3-8a81-fb7ea4c523de" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:39:38.443" UserId="1674" Text="I'm in Riverside County, CA and have AT&amp;T UVerse.  The Internet here is great.  Speed is always good, and the uptime is great.  I work from home daily, going into the office maybe once a month at most.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You also get to use the Internet at all Starbucks for free if there is ever an issue." />
  <row Id="24456" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="13524" RevisionGUID="bf52fcc5-8188-44b3-aa0d-5a75af5c8f14" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:41:16.803" UserId="984" Comment="corrected spelling" Text="Walkthrough for setting up Proxy Server using Squid on Windows" />
  <row Id="24457" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13528" RevisionGUID="db920ecd-9530-40e6-be27-2439de1ef379" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:41:39.733" UserId="1674" Text="You'll need to create an account on both servers with the same name and the same password.  You'll need to configure the SQL Server and SQL Agent to run under these logins on which ever server is going to be pushing/pulling the files to the other machine." />
  <row Id="24458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13529" RevisionGUID="c0f91344-1e1e-4280-ad81-8e747b791106" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:46:39.817" UserDisplayName="James" Text="I'll buck the trend and say that you should go with 2 - 1 for your web content and another (likely bigger) for your DB.  Hell, I'm in a situation where I'm running a single VPS for all my needs, including DB, with appropriate subdomains set up:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;static.example.org: handles css, js, images, etc content.  Set with keep-alives on and future expires on. (content doesn't expire for a year or more, so no further requests are made.  Keep-alives on as most web page views will try to load many static pages, so this will speed up these requests)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.example.org: handle the dynamic requests.  Keeping static requests separate from dynamic ones is important for the future scalability of your system - and it's not that much in the way of pre-mature optimization.  Set with keep-alives off and future expires off. (content validation must occur with dynamic content.  Having keep-alives off (or really low) allows you to save connections for incoming requests... especially when many hits will be single and slower view requests.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having nginx as your front-end proxy that handles the static.example.org requests itself but passes off www.example.org requests to a FastCGI backend (for example) has proven to be a speedy solution for us - and a memory conservative one too.  Alternatively, you could put all of your static content on Amazon S3 or something and point your web pages to that instead (with future expires on).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My first point of expansion will likely be to move my DB to a separate server.  I'll be able to scale out the web server FastCGI processes to multiple systems using nginx easily enough - spreading the load should be fairly easy... in theory." />
  <row Id="24459" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13472" RevisionGUID="3b16eff1-cf19-4c1c-a19e-b8ef1075e722" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:49:12.807" UserId="45" Comment="added 2 characters in body; edited title" Text="I had DSL and then signed up for Comcast Cable internet coz it is said that it is really fast (even though can be unreliable sometimes).  And then I upgraded from DSL to AT&amp;T U-verse's fiber optics with 6Mbps down and 1Mbps up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So now some of my PCs are on the Comcast network hooked up to the Linksys wireless router, and some PCs / notebook / Mac are connected to the AT&amp;T U-verse fiber optics that has a wireless router provided with the service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So it became very hard to access files between these two networks.  If I want to read a file that happens to be on another network, I may need to connect to a different wireless... or unplug the cable from one router to another...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the same is true if i want to SVN commit some files.  If the PC is not on that network, then I either need to find out the SVN's PC's IP address, or connect to a different network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So is there a way to make it easier?   There is a PC that has both a LAN card and a wireless card.  So that computer might be able to connect to both networks and pass data around?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24460" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="13472" RevisionGUID="3b16eff1-cf19-4c1c-a19e-b8ef1075e722" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:49:12.807" UserId="45" Comment="added 2 characters in body; edited title" Text="Cable Internet and DSL (or AT&amp;T u-verse) at the same time, how to access files or use SVN across two different networks?" />
  <row Id="24461" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2483" RevisionGUID="840c6320-0e43-41c6-8760-e184918772df" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:52:32.647" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="I recommend reading this article, which is a really comprehensive resource of the state of the art:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[The SSD Anthology: Understanding SSDs and New Drives from OCZ][1] (march 18, 2009)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On page 8 there is a section *&quot;Putting Theory to Practice: Understanding the SSD Performance Degradation Problem&quot;* which is particulary interesting and important in order to understand why SSDs get slower the more you use them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The conclusion of the author:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; While personally I'm not put off by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the gradual slowdown of SSDs, I can&#xD;&#xA;&gt; understand the hesitation. In the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; benchmarks we've looked at today, for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the most part these drives perform&#xD;&#xA;&gt; better than the fastest hard drives&#xD;&#xA;&gt; even when the SSDs are well worn. But&#xD;&#xA;&gt; with support for TRIM hopefully&#xD;&#xA;&gt; arriving close to the release of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows 7, it may be very tempting to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; wait. Given that the technology is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; still very new, the next few revisions&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to drives and controllers should hold&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tremendous improvements.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Drives will get better and although&#xD;&#xA;&gt; we're still looking at SSDs in their&#xD;&#xA;&gt; infancy, as a boot/application drive I&#xD;&#xA;&gt; still believe it's the single best&#xD;&#xA;&gt; upgrade you can do to your machine&#xD;&#xA;&gt; today. I've moved all of my testbeds&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to SSDs as well as my personal&#xD;&#xA;&gt; desktop. At least now we have two&#xD;&#xA;&gt; options to choose from: the X25-M and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the Vertex.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=3531" />
  <row Id="24462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13530" RevisionGUID="db9867a2-a709-4d59-b0e2-e7a5f539dc27" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:53:29.133" UserId="3038" Text="Microsoft is doing all it can to make PowerShell the choice of power-users and automation writers everywhere. Gone are the days of compiling code in .NET in order to do the same thing, now you just need notepad.exe and google. We're big fans of it in the office, especially since Exchange 2007's Management Console does NOT include everything that you can do in PowerShell. Microsoft deliberately failed to implement things that only get done once in a great while, easier to develop that way, which downright forces its use if you have anything resembling a complex environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Managing Microsoft's newer generation of products (Win7, Windows Server 2008, Exchange 2007/2010, SQL Server 2008) all have very rich PowerShell hooks. Once Remote Powershell (PowerShell 2.0 IIRC) gets deployed with Server 2008 R2, it'll become even MORE useful for automation writers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What we've done with it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Create a web-page to delegate certain admin tasks to helpdesk users. The web-page fires off commands that get executed in PowerShell. Things it does:&#xD;&#xA;   * Create and delete user accounts, including provisioning Exchange 2007 mailboxes and home directories&#xD;&#xA;   * Unlocks locked out accounts&#xD;&#xA;   * Create/delete groups&#xD;&#xA;   * Add/remove users from groups&#xD;&#xA;   * Move users between mail-stores&#xD;&#xA;   * Set passwords&#xD;&#xA; * Take extracts from the ERP system and push global-address-book data into Active Directory nightly.&#xD;&#xA; * Solve the LegacyExchangeDN problem that cropped up with our Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 migration. Had to add an X500 address to everyone that used to be on Exchange 2003. A fairly short PowerShell script fixed it.&#xD;&#xA; * Scripted creation of &quot;group mailboxes&quot; (shared mailboxes in Exchange where multiple users have access to the mailbox), an otherwise manual process due to the nature of the data we need before kicking it off. It greatly standardized the setup of these mailboxes.&#xD;&#xA; * Created a script that walked through all domained machines resetting a specific registry key and restarting a service. It took 18 hours to complete, but it got the job done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So yes, PowerShell is going to be with us for quite some time." />
  <row Id="24463" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13531" RevisionGUID="608783e9-2a14-47da-8b71-67cd00e36059" CreationDate="2009-05-28T05:55:36.367" UserId="3505" Text="I would recommend using **[Linux trustees][1]**.  It is inspired by Novell's trustees from a long time ago, and it's (imho) superior to anything else I've seen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Without going into too much detail, you have a single configuration file to maintain; Trying to use ACLs and such, your visibility is not so great as you have to query files individually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With Linux trustees, you can also opt to AND with Unix permissions, or ignore them all together.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only downside is that it is a kernel module (which itself is not a bad thing), but you will probably need to recompile the kernel with appropriate support (as per the trustees docs).  This is again not a problem, but if you have support, for example from Red Hat, then recompiling/modifying the kernel would not be an option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://freshmeat.net/projects/linuxtrustees/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24464" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13532" RevisionGUID="6ad11f05-6380-4a25-8db0-45ddbad9d18d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T06:00:56.030" UserId="1561" Text=" - **Lack of activity.**  If the project has not released new code, show lots of unclosed bugs (or bugs that are very very old with no new bugs), or have user forums that have a very high spam-to-post ratio, that's a sure smell of a decaying codebase.  Active projects have regular releases, bug-churn that indicates new ones openned are not outpacing the old ones closed, and user forums with daily activity.  All three of these are vital to keeping the code alive and well - release, feeback, and debugging/refactoring, forming a complete loop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Activity is proportional to the size, complexity, and maturity of the codebase.**  The larger the program/project, the more infrequent the point-releases, but there should be a consistent stream of point releases.  For a project like Samba, with a large complex code base, expect point releases after a month or so.  For a project like gcc, which is a matured codebase with more conservative design goals, point releases are longer in-between, but larger.  Fast-moving targets on very small amounts of code also shows potential issues - it could be that the developers are still battling bugs or don't have all of the goals/features coded yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These two criteria alone can ferret out better than 85% of projects that are not ready for prime-time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  " />
  <row Id="24465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13533" RevisionGUID="56348b5b-46bf-4983-9284-76cfd1f5f780" CreationDate="2009-05-28T06:01:13.703" UserId="3505" Text="To avoid both...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. management-overhead&#xD;&#xA; 2. and human-error&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...Why don't you look at [cfengine][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many would argue that this may be an overkill, but if you think about it, you don't want to implement your sever management framework *after* your network is complex enough to warrant it.  Start now while it's simple, and as your needs grow (for example more web server, addition of other services in general), you don't have to make drastic changes and will already be familiar and experienced with the management tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;cfengine is not the only tool, there are others (e.g. puppet).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://cfengine.org" />
  <row Id="24466" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13534" RevisionGUID="95a24a99-287e-4ab5-8df8-9700527fed7a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T06:01:34.530" UserId="4634" Text="Hello. Is it possible to get a file name of a process using PID? ps &lt;pid&gt; displays a lot of useful information about a process, but not a hint about a process executable file location." />
  <row Id="24467" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13534" RevisionGUID="95a24a99-287e-4ab5-8df8-9700527fed7a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T06:01:34.530" UserId="4634" Text="how to get process file name from PID in MacOS?" />
  <row Id="24468" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13534" RevisionGUID="95a24a99-287e-4ab5-8df8-9700527fed7a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T06:01:34.530" UserId="4634" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;processes&gt;" />
  <row Id="24469" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13532" RevisionGUID="d2e7b9e5-0d87-4ed5-a02c-9efa6b36c98a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T06:10:04.357" UserId="1561" Comment="added 11 characters in body" Text=" - **Lack of activity.**  If the project has not released new code, show lots of unclosed bugs (or bugs that are very very old with no new bugs), or have user forums that have a very high spam-to-post ratio, that's a sure smell of a decaying codebase.  Active projects have regular releases, bug-churn that indicates new ones openned are not outpacing the old ones closed, and user forums with daily activity.  All three of these are vital to keeping the code alive and well - release, feeback, and debugging/refactoring, forming a complete loop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Activity is proportional to the size, complexity, and maturity of the codebase.**  The larger the program/project, the more infrequent the point-releases, but there should be a consistent stream of point releases.  For a project like Samba, with a large complex code base, expect point releases after a month or so.  For a project like gcc, which is a matured codebase with more conservative design goals, point releases are longer in-between, but larger.  Fast-moving targets on very small amounts of code also shows potential issues - it could be that the developers are still battling bugs or don't have all of the goals/features coded yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Source code *must* be readily accessible.**  Point blank, if it's *true* open source, there shouldn't be any magic handshake, voodoo offerings, or candlelit incantations involved to see the source code.  It doesn't matter if it's accessible through CVS, SVN, Git, Mercurial, or even carrier pigeon, *provided that you can get to it without a click-wrap license agreement.*  If you sign a waiver, NDA, or agree to some un-heard-of license scheme, you're not dealing with open source, you're dealing with a commercial vendor that has agreed to open their source to you - for a price.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  " />
  <row Id="24470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13535" RevisionGUID="ad6e1a18-72f8-4b35-96dc-eebe6a12e3a4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T06:10:05.700" UserId="4630" Text="You're right: with a mirror, it's hard to know which side is correct if they disagree. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's an analogous problem with RAID: parity inconsistency. If a data block is damaged, you want to be able to reconstruct from parity — but what if a parity block is damaged? When a drive fails, the data in the matching reconstructed block will become damaged. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Strong checksums over blocks spanning multiple sectors can help: if the data block checksum fails but the parity block checksum succeeds, you can confidently reconstruct the data block. Strong checksums are no guarantee by themselves, however: if a drive misses out on a whole block write, it'll still carry its last validating checksum despite being out of date.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After a decade working for an enterprise storage vendor, I'm under no illusions: RAID is harder than it looks. It's easy to survive basic failure modes like full drive loss. It takes considerable more work and experience to survive more obscure failure modes like drives discarding writes or putting them in the wrong place. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally: [RAID6 requires at least three drives][1], as it's designed to survive two simultaneous drive failures. It also protects you from the more common problem of media errors preventing full RAID5 reconstruction. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_RAID_levels#RAID_6" />
  <row Id="24471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13536" RevisionGUID="e2042e77-a6c6-48b1-9e0f-5da526761417" CreationDate="2009-05-28T06:10:22.390" UserId="3505" Text="To simplify this, just think of it this way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A protocol that operates across an insecure channel (TCP/IP), needs to implement it's own layer of security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, if there exists someone that can listen in on the conversation, anywhere between the two end-points (server/client), then they can see your communication if they so desire.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can't stop them seeing it, but you can make it difficult for them to make any sense of it - and the only way to do that is by encrypting it - and that's why telnet, ftp should be replaced with ssh, sftp, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can enforce this by simply not having any telnet servers - if that's an option for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: You also don't get much added security by using a switch, despite what some people think, because IP-spoofing, ARP-poisoning etc are not difficult tasks." />
  <row Id="24472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13537" RevisionGUID="827494ab-cc5b-4378-8151-8905a90709e2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T06:13:29.607" UserId="4515" Text="try&#xD;&#xA;ps aux" />
  <row Id="24473" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13538" RevisionGUID="b569b160-6a97-4be3-b9c8-1bb7574b774a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T06:13:44.787" UserId="3505" Text="Example: you're after the associate process command name for `PID 45109`...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;    % ps awx | awk '$1 == 45109 { print $5 }'&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;    /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24474" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13539" RevisionGUID="e7e6377b-6208-4765-b4e8-acec204a3692" CreationDate="2009-05-28T06:13:53.243" UserId="2366" Text="One way of getting the process's binary location is to use lsof and grep for the first txt segment.  For example, in the shell to see what binary the shell is, use the shell's PID in $$&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ lsof -p $$ | grep txt&#xD;&#xA;    bash    78228 blair  txt    REG   14,2   1244928   6568359 /bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    bash    78228 blair  txt    REG   14,2   1059792  23699809 /usr/lib/dyld&#xD;&#xA;    bash    78228 blair  txt    REG   14,2 136368128  81751398 /private/var/db/dyld/dyld_shared_cache_i386&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can see that the shell is using /bin/bash.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24475" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13539" RevisionGUID="2172bb82-9c2f-4457-a5de-01bdd51e65e9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T06:20:31.467" UserId="2366" Comment="added 78 characters in body" Text="One way of getting the process's binary location is to use lsof and grep for the first txt segment.  For example, in the shell to see what binary the shell is, use the shell's PID in $$&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ lsof -p $$ | grep txt&#xD;&#xA;    bash    78228 blair  txt    REG   14,2   1244928   6568359 /bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    bash    78228 blair  txt    REG   14,2   1059792  23699809 /usr/lib/dyld&#xD;&#xA;    bash    78228 blair  txt    REG   14,2 136368128  81751398 /private/var/db/dyld/dyld_shared_cache_i386&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can see that the shell is using /bin/bash.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This technique works if the process was launched using an absolute or relative path.  For example, going into one shell and running&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sleep 1234567&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and using ps in another shell only shows how it was launched:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ps auxww|grep '[s]leep'&#xD;&#xA;    blair    79462   0.0  0.0   600908    744 s011  S+   11:17PM   0:00.00 sleep 1234567&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;using lsof shows which binary it ran:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ lsof -p 79462 | awk '$4 == &quot;txt&quot; { print $9 }'&#xD;&#xA;    /opt/local-development/bin/gsleep&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have MacPorts coreutils +with_default_names installed, which explains that I picked up gsleep and not /bin/sleep." />
  <row Id="24476" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13540" RevisionGUID="d2b89141-84e5-40b4-9660-f083b9f81e68" CreationDate="2009-05-28T06:24:43.173" UserDisplayName="Frank Carius" Text="Have you seen&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.lansweeper.com/&#xD;&#xA;www.i-doit.de/&#xD;&#xA;Jose - Dokumentation (germany)&#xD;&#xA;www.faq-o-matic.net/2008/11/10/jose-21-schon-wieder-ein-kleines-update/&#xD;&#xA;SYDI   sydiproject.com or httxxxp://ogenstad.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also mabye &quot;Winventory&quot; may be a good option&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13541" RevisionGUID="60d39550-8073-4267-a806-13ec492ed021" CreationDate="2009-05-28T06:30:55.813" UserId="45" Text="You could enable RDP Connection Auditing. This way you can monitor actions that one user session performs against another or performs directly on the connection configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actions such as modifying connection properties or remotely controlling a user's session can be monitored when RDP-TCP connection auditing has been enabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  1. Open Terminal Services Configuration in Administrative Tools on the Start menu&#xD;&#xA;  2. Right-click desired RDP and select Properties&#xD;&#xA;  3. On the Permissions tab, click the &quot;Advanced&quot; button and select the Auditing tab, where you are presented with the familiar Audit dialog box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it isn't configure yet, you must first enable auditing on the system itself. Terminal Server auditing can be enabled using a group policy object in the Active Directory or in the local security settings: Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\.  For your purposes enable *&quot;Audit Account Logon Events&quot;* and *&quot;Audit Logon Events (success and failure).&quot;*&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13542" RevisionGUID="7554f6de-f28b-4cd7-a4f9-ba1573002732" CreationDate="2009-05-28T06:45:22.790" UserDisplayName="chetanM" Text="-Vps has memory killer programs one ram allotted exceed .&#xD;&#xA;-No logs avalable to check in system . &#xD;&#xA;-and if ours  apps need  more memmory  we demand RAM and Hosting providers demand Money .&#xD;&#xA;-Best to go mid size VPS plan db-app server distributed .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13543" RevisionGUID="ed354305-392b-4423-98c5-b616e6988391" CreationDate="2009-05-28T06:53:39.120" UserDisplayName="loren Siebert" Text="StackHub does what you are asking: &quot;monitor, alert and report on internal application events, conditions, and counters&quot;. It's a SaaS itself, so you don't have to install and config anything bulky like Nagios/Zenoss/etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The service is in beta right now and initially targets Java apps (e.g., Log4J/Logback), so early feedback is welcome." />
  <row Id="24480" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13544" RevisionGUID="59e45090-3ab5-498b-9e57-8796ae3b524c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:00:16.953" UserId="1484" Text="My problem is that I lose IRC connection regularly after 5 to 15 minutes. It does not matter whether I talk or am idle. The number of users in the channels does not make a difference either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am completely at a loss with this issue. It happens on every server and with every IRC client I tried. It happens on Windows XP and on Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only exception is a vmware machine running Windows 2000. That one does not lose connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only slightly meaningful message I saw so far is &quot;connection reset by peer&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have any ideas what is happening to me? How can I fix it?" />
  <row Id="24481" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13544" RevisionGUID="59e45090-3ab5-498b-9e57-8796ae3b524c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:00:16.953" UserId="1484" Text="How to fix losing connection with IRC server?" />
  <row Id="24482" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13544" RevisionGUID="59e45090-3ab5-498b-9e57-8796ae3b524c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:00:16.953" UserId="1484" Text="&lt;irc&gt;&lt;connection&gt;" />
  <row Id="24483" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13314" RevisionGUID="983a64a0-d4bf-4262-b48a-fd59d8416b48" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:01:11.337" UserId="4488" Comment="added 187 characters in body" Text="I have been looking into **[Chef][1]** lately.  Not only does it keep [templatable][2] (.erb) configs in version control, but allows you to perform actions (like [restarting a service][3] after you uploaded the configs to the node).  Chef helps with package management so you can [verify dependencies][4] with any node you interface with (i.e. has to have sudo package installed). Chef seems to be easily extensible in Ruby, so if you have any custom processes you can just script it out within the framework provided.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But still have not tried it and you do have to install Ruby on the client and server with the appropriate gems (this really isn't that hard).  Overall looks really easy to manage many servers at once.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Home&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Templates&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Resources#Resources-Service&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Recipes#Recipes-Asimplerecipe" />
  <row Id="24484" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13545" RevisionGUID="26b5eb40-a3ae-4002-82f5-636538d745aa" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:03:14.280" UserId="891" Text="I have no experience with the Windows version, but [`the webalizer`][1] can analyze Squid logs and generate the statistics you are looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The Webalizer is a fast, free web server log file analysis program. It produces highly detailed, easily configurable usage reports in HTML format, for viewing with a standard web browser.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Handles standard Common  logfile format (CLF) server logs, several variations of the NCSA Combined  logfile format, wu-ftpd/proftpd  xferlog (FTP) format logs,  **Squid proxy server native format**, and W3C Extended log formats. In addition, gzip (.gz) and bzip2 (.bz2) compressed logs may be used directly without the need for uncompressing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The download page contains a reference to a windows port (uses included `Cygwin dll`).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.webalizer.org/" />
  <row Id="24485" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13546" RevisionGUID="384ec6d9-a2b5-401f-8ca2-060b0a486b11" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:09:34.970" UserId="3505" Text="I would try doing a tcpdump on the machine you are on, and check for a tcp segment sent to you from the server with the RST bit set.  This is just one thing to try as that's what the &quot;connection reset by peer&quot; suggests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you do a tcpdump and post the relevant (i.e. filter our irrelevant packets with a tcpdump filter) output here?" />
  <row Id="24486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13547" RevisionGUID="a04e0178-74ef-4c11-8aa7-30e003b0af6c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:09:50.867" UserId="2299" Text="Download the network monitor from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;FamilyID=983b941d-06cb-4658-b7f6-3088333d062f and use it to watch the connection to the POP3 server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;POP3 is a simple protocol and POP3 commands are plain text. In the output from the network monitor you'll be able to see the commands sent by your server and the responses from the POP3 server. It should be easy to see exactly what the problem is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The latest version of the network monitor is a bugger to use, but the help is reasonably good and has examples.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24487" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13548" RevisionGUID="c8bbf96b-ea8b-4207-9a9a-5a26301fb78b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:10:50.273" UserId="4648" Text="Install Irssi on some remote machine, define all connections there, configure and load Irssi Proxy and Bob’s your uncle." />
  <row Id="24488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13549" RevisionGUID="21b58158-ba9d-460e-8750-3c6c606dfa50" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:13:21.187" UserDisplayName="ctrlz" Text="zabbix&#xD;&#xA;still has a lot of quirks, but works good for me." />
  <row Id="24489" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13550" RevisionGUID="b906e3bb-2a3c-4eae-976f-e9d45c0ac000" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:14:04.930" UserId="2299" Text="I don't use PHP, but with SQUID I have a batch file that runs at midnight and stops SQUID, renames the log file and restarts SQUID. To generate the file name use something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for /f &quot;tokens=1&quot; %%i in ('date /t') do set THEDATE=%%i&#xD;&#xA;    set THEDAY=%THEDATE:~0,2%&#xD;&#xA;    set FILENAME=Squid-%THEDAY%.log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is UK date format where the day is the first two characters. You can pick out any bits of the date just by changing the second line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24490" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="13034" RevisionGUID="7a6f1fb3-76be-483b-b1b5-09bce6535806" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:17:36.187" UserId="4287" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;microsoft&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="24491" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13546" RevisionGUID="de145e68-7bfe-40c8-8b78-28550d3be4f2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:18:58.290" UserId="3505" Comment="Example tcpdump command" Text="I would try doing a tcpdump on the machine you are on, and check for a tcp segment sent to you from the server with the RST bit set.  This is just one thing to try as that's what the &quot;connection reset by peer&quot; suggests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you do a tcpdump and post the relevant (i.e. filter our irrelevant packets with a tcpdump filter) output here?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Something like...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tcpdump -i ethX -s500 host &lt;irc-server&gt; and host &lt;irc-client&gt; and portrange 6665-6668&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24492" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13424" RevisionGUID="2ebced21-50f3-436c-8ee1-ed87b6923673" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:19:28.867" UserId="3181" Comment="deleted 42 characters in body" Text="One solution is, on the Windows Firewall Exceptions tab, create an exception for Port 21 TCP and then scope the exception for &quot;My network (subnet) only&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This exception allows one to delete the &quot;FileZilla&quot; exception and still permit access to the ftp server. There may, however, be other consequences of the port based configuration." />
  <row Id="24493" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13422" RevisionGUID="fdc49f92-a046-4e6d-8e82-38a434f2fd53" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:21:13.667" UserId="3181" Comment="deleted 12 characters in body" Text="I have configured my built-in Windows Firewall (Windows XP SP3) to allow this box to serve as a local FTP server (FileZilla server). My configuration was working until May 23, 2009.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically, I had configured these exceptions on the Windows Firewall -&gt; Exceptions tab:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;File Transfer Program (C:\WINDOWS\system32\ftp.exe) scope of &quot;Any computer&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FileZilla (C:\Program Files\FileZilla\FileZilla.exe) scope of &quot;My network (subnet) only&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ftp-data01 (Port number: TCP 2001) scope of &quot;My network (subnet) only&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  . . . similar rules down to port 2010&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;As mentioned, this configuration was working until recently. If I look at the Windows Firewall Security Logging, I can see that the TCP SYN packets from my client to this server's port 21 are being dropped.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How should I configure Windows Firewall to allow the packets?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One solution that works is to use the &quot;Advanced&quot; tab -&gt; &quot;Local Area Connection&quot; settings and enable &quot;FTP Server&quot;, but the dialog box states that opens the exception for Internet access. I am looking for a solution that allows access for only the local subnet." />
  <row Id="24494" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13551" RevisionGUID="30cdfce9-ceea-4d14-ab36-3b6c6699ab4d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:22:40.093" UserId="2299" Text="To count files (from the command line) see http://ratsauce.sourceforge.net/index.html#dirspace.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you plan to do with the disk space figures? For example will you be running regular queries of them to generate reports? I have a similar requirement, and I use a mix of batch files and VBScript to write the figures into a SQL database. That allows me to generate warnings when disk space is low, but also to track disk usage over time and even predict when disks will fill up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John Rennie&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24495" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13496" RevisionGUID="cef25898-7093-427e-b9a8-70c361d80743" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:23:49.810" UserId="3505" Comment="A note on Licensing" Text="**Open Source**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look at the project web site&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Look at the documentation&#xD;&#xA; * Look at the mailing list archives&#xD;&#xA; * Look at the SCM (svn, git, hg, etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In doing so, pick up on the following points...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * How mature is the software&#xD;&#xA; * What is the user-base size (lots of people? 3 people?)&#xD;&#xA; * Who are the people in the user-base (corporate, home user, small business, etc)&#xD;&#xA; * Is development active? How long has it been active for?&#xD;&#xA; * The mailing list archives also leak a lot of information about the &quot;team spirit&quot; amongst the developers, amongst other things.  Does it look healthy, hostile, bored etc?&#xD;&#xA; * Is the documentation decent?&#xD;&#xA; * Has the package/project been accepted into any Distros such as Fedora, Debian, RHEL, SLES, Ubuntu etc? If so - that's a good thing - at least more than one other person out there has faith in the project.&#xD;&#xA; * Does the site have a proper ticketing system?  If so - How many tickets are open from 5 years ago?  This is another indication of how &quot;live&quot; the project is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, make sure that you take note of the License under which the software is distributed.  Some may not be suitable for your needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Enterprise Software**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't have too much to say here other than...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Make sure (don't ask the sales guy - he'll just lie) that the **application does not run as `root`**.  *Specially* if it is going to be listening on a TCP/IP port. * Looking at the reputation of the vendor&#xD;&#xA; * Make sure that the vendors are aware that people administrating this product (i.e. will not be given `root` access, and so the product **must support sudo**.  Anyone who argues that `sudo` is not supported is generally just senile, but they're the vendors, and they will be the ones that have to support you - you don't want to buy the product and later have them tell you &quot;No you can't use sudo, you must su to root&quot;.&#xD;&#xA; * Never ever buying any closed-source security software - ever&#xD;&#xA; * (subjective): ...and never never trust anything a sales rep says - they're all liars and snakes, no exceptions.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13552" RevisionGUID="d56e922c-3b4b-4ed3-9e73-ff77ee4fa77e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:24:31.197" UserId="32988" Text="http://www.ocsinventory-ng.org/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Automated with agents to monitor computers (hardware and installed software). Agents available for Win/Mac/Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used this solution myself, and I'm very happy with it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24497" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13553" RevisionGUID="d8d9dd07-f690-44cb-bb18-5fe922717c67" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:25:21.693" UserId="1814" Text="When I receive an appointment or meeting invitation in Outlook I am given the option to accept or decline it. If I accept the appointment the event is added to my calendar and the e-mail disappears from my inbox. Is it possible to prevent the e-mail from disappearing?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know I can find the event in the calendar, but I would like to keep the original invitation as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: I am using Outlook 2003." />
  <row Id="24498" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13553" RevisionGUID="d8d9dd07-f690-44cb-bb18-5fe922717c67" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:25:21.693" UserId="1814" Text="Preventing Outlook from hiding/deleting my appointment e-mails?" />
  <row Id="24499" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13553" RevisionGUID="d8d9dd07-f690-44cb-bb18-5fe922717c67" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:25:21.693" UserId="1814" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;calendar&gt;&lt;e-mail&gt;" />
  <row Id="24500" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13554" RevisionGUID="8a10518c-1f97-43ef-b9ee-2033ee506760" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:27:54.230" UserId="4650" Text="ps -ef with grep works for me.  For a specific file name, simply pipe through grep thus:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    MacBook:~ Me$ ps -ef | grep Safari | grep -v grep&#xD;&#xA;      501 15733   301   0   0:25.76 ??         1:58.24 /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari -psn_0_4977855&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(That final 'grep -v grep' simply stops you getting your own grep command in the output)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13555" RevisionGUID="871ecd74-6c23-4ce2-9de7-edd89f80d33b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:30:14.117" UserId="2141" Text="I have Outlook 2002 and this is in&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tools &gt; Options &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Preferences Tab &gt; Email Options &gt; Advanced Email Options&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a check box called &quot;Delete meeting request from Inbox when responding&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's the same in 2003, I'd uncheck that!" />
  <row Id="24502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13556" RevisionGUID="99006d62-3241-4a2e-b588-f73f387d5de0" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:31:44.287" UserId="1840" Text="All incoming events are automatically sent to the &quot;Sent&quot; folder once they're accepted, declined, or set as tentative.  You could just get access it from there, or create a filter to archive this once the action has taken place." />
  <row Id="24503" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13422" RevisionGUID="d4b0d359-a38a-443a-9774-127df9f1b035" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:36:33.730" UserId="3181" Comment="made question more generic" Text="I have configured my built-in Windows Firewall (Windows XP SP3) to allow this box to serve as a local FTP server (FileZilla server). The configuration was working until &amp;lt;insert some recent date&amp;gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically, I had configured these exceptions on the Windows Firewall -&gt; Exceptions tab:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;File Transfer Program (C:\WINDOWS\system32\ftp.exe) scope of &quot;Any computer&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FileZilla (C:\Program Files\FileZilla\FileZilla.exe) scope of &quot;My network (subnet) only&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ftp-data01 (Port number: TCP 2001) scope of &quot;My network (subnet) only&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  . . . similar rules down to port 2010&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As mentioned, this configuration was working until recently. If I look at the Windows Firewall Security Logging, I can see that the TCP SYN packets from my client to this server's port 21 are being dropped.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How should I configure Windows Firewall to allow the packets?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One solution that works is to use the &quot;Advanced&quot; tab -&gt; &quot;Local Area Connection&quot; settings and enable &quot;FTP Server&quot;, but the dialog box states that opens the exception for Internet access. I am looking for a solution that allows access for only the local subnet." />
  <row Id="24504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13557" RevisionGUID="138e2bd9-4d28-4808-8f09-1249cc203abd" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:36:36.023" UserId="4651" Text="On Linux, I would check to see what software is packed by your distro.  Packaged software is not limited to just just opensource/GPL - Ubuntu, Gentoo and SLES at minimum include proprietry software in their package lists.  While there is no guarantee that these packages will work as effectively as the core software in the distro - someone has invested time and effort to prepare a package.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13558" RevisionGUID="f588a650-9223-4b51-8bb7-dcc0ee29bb87" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:42:16.323" UserId="4650" Text="You could consider installing DarwinPorts and use &quot;cadaver&quot;, the command-line WebDAV client which can give verbose info when connecting to WebDAV shares. " />
  <row Id="24506" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13559" RevisionGUID="a3ed5323-15e4-4eb3-8053-c9be3787f24d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:43:52.187" UserId="4651" Text="If you want to test throughput on slightly more realistic disk loads, the samba project has developed a tool called dbench to simulate a number of clients moving small amounts of data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24507" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13493" RevisionGUID="45dc4ef2-2e68-4206-a0e4-88191a5612db" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:45:19.687" UserId="1715" Comment="deleted 83 characters in body" Text="I keep reading everywhere that powershell is the way of the future. &#xD;&#xA;When it was first released i did a whole bunch of virtual labs, but since then I still haven't used it in a production environment.  I know the day will come when I'm dealing with OS's where its already installed, so i want to be ready.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to know:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Do you use it? &#xD;&#xA; 2. what has your 'boot strapping' process has been for using powershell?  &#xD;&#xA; 3. What kind of admin tasks have you scripted with it?&#xD;&#xA; 4. I'm a SQL Server DBA, show me some cool things to do with it?" />
  <row Id="24508" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13424" RevisionGUID="22235696-15ad-437d-8e16-f98d994445cb" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:48:54.423" UserId="3181" Comment="Incorporated advice from other answer." Text="First, try to figure out what happened on the date in question. Did your system install an update? Did you change the configuration of some other security related application, such as an Anti-Virus or Anti-Spyware application? Did something change your network configuration? Did you install a VPN or SSL-VPN client which may have affected your systems internal routing tables?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can figure out what changed, try and see if you can undo the change. Just be warned, undoing may not be possible for a variety of reasons. For the case that raised this question, it a change to the anti-spyware application coincided with the break in FTP service, but it was not possible to restore functionality by restoring the anti-spyware application configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One solution is, on the Windows Firewall Exceptions tab, create an exception for Port 21 TCP and then scope the exception for &quot;My network (subnet) only. Essentially, one is duplicating the functionality from the &quot;Advanced Tab&quot;, but the Exceptions tab allows for the limit of scope.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This exception allows one to delete the &quot;FileZilla&quot; application exception and still permit access to the ftp server. The File Transfer Program exception is a red herring - that entry allows the ftp client on the server to access ftp servers on other hosts. The next time one tries to use the ftp client, Windows Firewall will pop-up a dialog box to create the exception, assuming a default configuration of Windows Firewall." />
  <row Id="24509" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13560" RevisionGUID="1c2fe64b-5f90-4f74-8a18-ae93947b413a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T07:49:10.430" UserDisplayName="dpzeh" Text="I was once comparing data in two folders and ran rsync with the -d option (delete files on destination that are not on the source). And then I switched around source and destination when I ran rsync. That deleted all the new files, that I wanted to backup. Now I learned running rsync with -n (dry-run).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rsync -trvd --stats --progress /destination /source&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had no backup." />
  <row Id="24510" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13561" RevisionGUID="1d997354-d613-4462-9f1e-3839b4c14ffe" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:00:59.720" UserId="3431" Text="You would be better off stress testing services instead of the machine itself. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Apache testing [ab][1] is an incredible tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/programs/ab.html" />
  <row Id="24511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13562" RevisionGUID="3f8f83d9-6afe-47d5-9ca9-ae13a3e968b8" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:05:27.103" UserId="4076" Text="When removing a config snippet I had just added into a core mpls router I was doing it by typing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    no&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then pasting in the line to remove. Unfortunately I had the wrong line in my paste buffer. I thought I had &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    vll id X&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was wrong and I still had the previous command in the buffer. The last thing I saw from that router before it stopped responding was&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    router(config)#no router mpls&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thankfully we had out of band management so I was able to get back in and restore all the mpls config from backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for making sure it never happens again. First I argued with upper management that we should have automatic service deployment like we did for the switch network and I made sure &quot;router mpls&quot; never ever went near my paste buffer again. I always typed that line in by hand." />
  <row Id="24512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13563" RevisionGUID="dd9b7a1c-2541-45e8-805d-dece6b5446d3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:09:26.567" UserId="4654" Text="It depends on website type, load, content type etc. nginx and lighttpd have high performance and small memory/cpu footprint. In general, if your site serves only static content (pictures, media etc, no dynamic pages as php) and it has lots of simultaneous connections - nginx or lighttpd may be a better choice. apache is a versatile but more heavyweight web server, it's highly configurable and you can serve any type of content with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An interesting and extremely useful application of nginx/lighttpd is proxying an apache server behind them. In this case nginx (or lighty) accepts connections from users and also serves static content directly to them, but sends queries to dynamic pages (php, cgi etc) to apache. Thus apache only processes dynamic pages and sends them back to proxy (nginx, lighty) which in turn simply serve them to users. This scheme is very effective on high-load sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But in general i'd agree with **ghs0** - in most cases &quot;you have all the features and functionality you need&quot; with apache." />
  <row Id="24513" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13564" RevisionGUID="3573c472-9017-48f5-b69a-b9d2d4da0a31" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:11:23.223" UserId="3431" Text="I will first suppose that both of your networks are physically close to each other and that you can easily pull a cable from one to another. This will enable you to pull a little routing trick if your router is good enough (can't know, not enough details)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have the two networks in two distinct subnets, let's say 192.168.1.0/24 and 192.168.2.0/24 with the routers at .1. Pull a cable in between your routers and create a little subnet for that, let's say 192.168.254.0/30. Then all you have to do is to add static routes to point one router to the other :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another simpler option is to have a big network with a big subnet let's say 192.168.0/22. So yes, this means putting all of your PCs in the same LAN. Then all you have to do is point the PCs you want to use FO to the FO gateway and point the PCs you want to use Cable to the cable gateway. Disable one of the DHCPs (or all) because this will create strange conflicts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option is to put an IPsec gateway between the two routers but that means having your interco traffic passing via the internet which is not so good of an idea." />
  <row Id="24514" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13565" RevisionGUID="9fa7d715-1035-47e4-8ce7-5cbc657535f3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:17:12.183" UserId="2277" Text="Easy one in - and I've done it more than once:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Del from Some_Table&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;without any qualification. Always do a 'select from' first now to make sure I've got the correct data." />
  <row Id="24515" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13563" RevisionGUID="205e32f4-15e0-4773-9d46-05dc5ba83891" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:18:01.433" UserId="4654" Comment="corrected spelling" Text="It depends on website type, load, content type etc. nginx and lighttpd have high performance and small memory/cpu footprint. In general, if your site serves only static content (pictures, media etc, no dynamic pages as php) and it has lots of simultaneous connections - nginx or lighttpd may be a better choice. apache is a versatile but more heavyweight web server, it's highly configurable and you can serve any type of content with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An interesting and extremely useful application of nginx/lighttpd is proxying an apache server behind them. In this case nginx (or lighty) accepts connections from users and also serves static content directly to them, but sends queries for dynamic pages (php, cgi etc) to apache. Thus apache only processes dynamic pages and sends them back to proxy (nginx, lighty) which in turn simply serve them to users. This scheme is very effective on high-load sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But in general i'd agree with **ghs0** - in most cases &quot;you have all the features and functionality you need&quot; with apache." />
  <row Id="24516" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13556" RevisionGUID="cabdb7df-310f-47e8-80f2-dbb5f5fabe7a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:18:48.887" UserId="1840" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="All incoming events are automatically sent to the **&quot;Sent&quot;** folder once they're accepted, declined, or set as tentative.  You could just get access it from there, or create a filter to archive this once the action has taken place." />
  <row Id="24519" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13567" RevisionGUID="4550f337-f7da-42a1-aea1-e3a7622f2ffc" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:29:40.427" UserDisplayName="Andrew" Text="I'm currently evaluating a Win2k8 two node file server cluster that is connected to a Win2k8 Storage Server iSCSI SAN.&#xD;&#xA;The failover is working perfectly, but I'm now wondering what will happen if the iSCSI SAN box falls over.&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to make the SAN highly available? I was thinking that using dfs would help replicate the data to another SAN, but I'm not sure if there was a way of automatically failing over from one SAN to another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many thanks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Andrew" />
  <row Id="24520" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13567" RevisionGUID="4550f337-f7da-42a1-aea1-e3a7622f2ffc" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:29:40.427" UserDisplayName="Andrew" Text="Is iSCSI SAN still a spof in a cluster? Can it be highly available?" />
  <row Id="24521" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13567" RevisionGUID="4550f337-f7da-42a1-aea1-e3a7622f2ffc" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:29:40.427" UserDisplayName="Andrew" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;iscsi&gt;&lt;san&gt;&lt;cluster&gt;" />
  <row Id="24522" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13568" RevisionGUID="70eb26bf-b012-442f-aaf2-3a6f9c591ec8" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:31:09.220" UserId="3918" Text="I have a virtual server with 256M RAM. To host my PHP application and save on RAM, I decided to go with _lighttpd/PHP-fcgi_ instead of _Apache/mod\_php_. In my current setup I have 6 PHP processes (sweet-spot for 4 core CPU) handling the request which a single lighttpd process dispatches to them. So the memory usage always stays flat, no matter how many users come the the site. Although I did no load tests, it wouldn't surprise me if this setup could handle a slashdotting. As a bonus, there was some RAM left for memcached.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lighttpd is pretty full-featured. It starts the fcgi processes on startup, closes them on shutdown (which ngingx doesn't), has mod_rewrite and tons of other goodies. On top of that the configuration-file is way more powerful than Apache's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Granted, given enough time I think you could configure Apache to something like this as well but I guess it would be no fun and probably use more RAM." />
  <row Id="24523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13569" RevisionGUID="9cca92fd-93ad-48b1-ac84-55addb6228ac" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:32:37.703" UserId="3431" Text="You can always replicate the SAN data indeed but considering the price and specs of SAN boxes, there are highly available to themselves. This is only true if you actually get a decent SAN obviously.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This does not mean that your disks become more reliable though... Always use some sort of RAID technology to protect (i.e. not RAID0) your data accross disks." />
  <row Id="24524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13570" RevisionGUID="2feb1258-e468-4e0e-89f5-6de02cc3c6f9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:33:17.547" UserId="4076" Text="Not sure if it is an exact fit for what you are after but monit may do what you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd post a link, but I'm a new user. So you will just have to google it :(" />
  <row Id="24525" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13571" RevisionGUID="d5325d3d-8bc6-4a23-8b72-3bb3fc792fb0" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:35:07.763" UserId="4654" Text="If you're on UNIX/Linux you can just symlink your temp directory on a first drive to the corresponding directory on a second drive. Maybe not a most elegant solution but it worked for me sometime." />
  <row Id="24526" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13572" RevisionGUID="6da61a16-0a47-4d36-bdb1-15a98ffec560" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:38:23.277" UserDisplayName="littlegeek" Text="In my software team as part of the interview we test for Databases understanding.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We present - a very poor design (think CRM type application) and ask them to improve the design, after around 30 mins of thinking time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We then ask them more questions based on what they talk about.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are probing for understanding of &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Performance V Normalistion&#xD;&#xA; - Key Design and Referenital Integrity&#xD;&#xA; - Places for improvment -ie Alternative DB Structure - Triggers, View, Procuedures &#xD;&#xA; - Areas that are weak in the design - how to overcome many to many relationships&#xD;&#xA; - How this affects the server - maintaince &#xD;&#xA; - Data Security Issues&#xD;&#xA; - Application Security Issues&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We as a team have then thought about what we would consider to be Junior/Senior/Architect type answers to these types of questions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So for&#xD;&#xA; - Performance v Normisalation - &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;would see the issue in the first place and be able to discuss why (Junior)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;would recommend 4/5 NF but undestand the issue with performance would they denormalise and understand how to articlate the issue(Senior)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;would they recommend a different type of design eg Star Schema and discuss the implications on many levels(Architect)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Key Design and Referenital Integrity&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would see the ref integrity is needed to enforce data relationships and be able to discuss this but would not see the issue with Key Choice and Design (Junior)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would discuss issues to do with data volumes and data types v looking for natural keys in the data and would be able to discuss why they are looking at these - and the issues that follow with referential integrity (Senior)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could argue various viewpoints to do with Keys and Integrity and be able to come up with various actual models for fast design (Architect)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You get the picture.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want me to add more then post comment and will detail what we think about the rest but just included the first two to give you the idea on what we thought.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The point is to think about the 1. the questions 2. We as a **team** have then thought about what we would consider to be Junior/Senior/Architect type answers to these types of questions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I emphasis the team as the candidate and the team have to be confident in the skills of the person coming in, and if they have come up with what they see as answers to different levels the person coming in will hopefully fit with team better. It also gives the team teh ability to influence the candidate choice.  They also nominate a person to be on the question panel.  Helps alot with team buy-in. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13573" RevisionGUID="b4b8c435-2ec3-4487-b2cb-7b7bd3938721" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:41:08.717" UserId="4612" Text="I have Comcast internet for residential service, and I can upload a file at 10Mbps, but when I open the port 80 and run Apache, and use my other PC on DSL to download the file, it was only at 20 to 30 kbyte/second.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The DSL can download at about 3Mbps, so it should be at least 300kbype/second.  Does anybody know why it is 20-30 kbyte/second running an apache server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="24530" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13574" RevisionGUID="a88a85df-e74c-4934-9c8d-5ad7f8cbe795" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:44:21.473" UserId="4670" Text="I am running a typical LAMP server. I need to back up the data on this machine over the network without service interruption. The backup system understands SSH, FTP, SMB, NFS &amp; iSCSI. What would be the best approach to accomplish this?" />
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  <row Id="24532" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13574" RevisionGUID="a88a85df-e74c-4934-9c8d-5ad7f8cbe795" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:44:21.473" UserId="4670" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="24534" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13576" RevisionGUID="a5c535cf-974b-44d4-8ee0-2d4c8835313a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:49:29.013" UserId="3194" Text="How do I write a command line in a .bat or .cmd that maps a network drive? I want the script to first check if the drive-letter is mapped, and if it is delete it and then map the drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I only have the mapping-command right now. Please help me fill in the blanks:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -- TODO: Check if drive exists, if it does, delete it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    @echo off&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    net use q: /persistent:yes \\localhost\C$\DevProjects\COMET45\Main\Source&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    pause&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any of the parameters wrong? Any that should be added?" />
  <row Id="24535" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13576" RevisionGUID="a5c535cf-974b-44d4-8ee0-2d4c8835313a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:49:29.013" UserId="3194" Text="Command line: Map network drive" />
  <row Id="24536" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13576" RevisionGUID="a5c535cf-974b-44d4-8ee0-2d4c8835313a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:49:29.013" UserId="3194" Text="&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="24537" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13577" RevisionGUID="deabca38-97e3-4fe0-b784-1d51707b907b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:52:16.730" UserId="3431" Text="Rsync is the way to go for simple setups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For bigger setups, consider BackupPC :-)" />
  <row Id="24538" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="13504" RevisionGUID="6f3c9f0e-5ce6-4547-8bf5-97dd4a85fc54" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:52:28.460" UserId="1787" Comment="edited title" Text="If I use ftp or telnet by accident, to what extent is my password unsafe?" />
  <row Id="24539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13578" RevisionGUID="a1cbb822-8090-4e62-9981-e8c6c01063a9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:52:38.430" UserId="49964" Text="I'd look mainly at maturity and activity. If it appears reasonably mature and there seems to be a decent amount of activity (forum or wiki activity for instance) then I can feel pretty comfortable. Then I know that there's a good chance that bugs will be solved and that I can get help with issues that arise. I'd choose an active project that doesn't match my needs perfectly, over a project that seems like a perfect match but appears dead, any day of the week.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When it comes to maturity it pretty much depends on the intended use. If it's something that I need to roll out instantly and that cannot be allowed to fail or cause trouble, maturity will obviously be a pretty important factor. If I can live with a few quirks and it's not critical with some downtime, then I'd rather look at the future outlook." />
  <row Id="24540" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13579" RevisionGUID="c1861ce9-0167-495c-814c-a14cf7f57700" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:54:30.623" UserId="160" Text="You could use this command to delete the mapping (no check required):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net use q: /d" />
  <row Id="24541" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13580" RevisionGUID="642c860e-e8a5-4a4a-aaac-eda5f5595715" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:56:20.917" UserId="4664" Text="By that I mean, the phone's finally off the hook, nobody seems to be knocking on your door, pretty much everything on your todo list has been written off, but yet, it's still three hours till 'closing' time. What do you usually do ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Decide to ... or something more creative ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.coool-stuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/when-your-sysadmin-is-bored.jpg" />
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  <row Id="24543" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13580" RevisionGUID="642c860e-e8a5-4a4a-aaac-eda5f5595715" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:56:20.917" UserId="4664" Text="&lt;fun&gt;&lt;humor&gt;" />
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  <row Id="24545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13581" RevisionGUID="5631c7cd-eec0-479c-a74c-e8c2676706ad" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:57:32.693" UserId="3174" Text="I'm amazed you know sysadmins with enough free time to be bored." />
  <row Id="24546" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13581" RevisionGUID="5631c7cd-eec0-479c-a74c-e8c2676706ad" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:57:32.693" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="24547" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13582" RevisionGUID="08011dba-07ff-4337-ae4b-5163578539bc" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:58:08.853" UserId="4419" Text="You could use 'scp' (which uses SSH) to backup the data but the better option to look into is setting up 'rsync' : [Replicating Webservers][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linh.dgc.vn/blog/index.php/2009/04/22/replicating-web-servers-using-rsync/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;rsync is pretty fast as it only mirrors the difference as opposed to doing a full copy. " />
  <row Id="24548" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13553" RevisionGUID="dde65c90-bf98-488d-a854-bc8cf305083e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:58:21.227" UserId="1814" Comment="deleted 296 characters in body" Text="When I receive an appointment or meeting invitation in Outlook I am given the option to accept or decline it. If I accept the appointment the event is added to my calendar and the e-mail disappears from my inbox. Is it possible to prevent the e-mail from disappearing?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know I can find the event in the calendar, but I would like to keep the original invitation as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: I am using Outlook 2003." />
  <row Id="24549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13583" RevisionGUID="a44f57c1-d859-4736-9537-a53abcc756fc" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:58:33.097" UserId="2991" Text="Don't bother checking for it, just use &quot;net use q: /delete&quot;, which deletes it if it exists otherwise it just return an error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you then run the script silently using a bit of vb, the error message won't be displayed (nor will the dos window)." />
  <row Id="24550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13584" RevisionGUID="790b37c4-02a1-41a8-b20f-52d7fb2de213" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:58:45.593" UserDisplayName="Telos" Text="Scripting ?" />
  <row Id="24551" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13584" RevisionGUID="790b37c4-02a1-41a8-b20f-52d7fb2de213" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:58:45.593" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="24552" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13585" RevisionGUID="4d3ab6dd-217c-479a-9a58-594d7aa3bc20" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:58:46.123" UserId="4671" Text="I'm running an Exchange 2000 server, with only a few users (around 10). Some of them manage all of their whole work in email. They often send/get documents several megabytes large, and send/receive revisions of that file several times a day. Consequently, they have mailboxes of 5 gb or more. I can only support a few of those users on an Exchange 2000 server, with its 16 gb store limit. Every now and then I make them archive old mail into a pst; however very large psts (&gt; 2 gb) are slow and unreliable and splitting their mail over several pst's + their exchange mailbox isn't convenient for them (difficult to search for all mail from one person when those mails are spread over, what are in outlook, different email accounts; plus, they don't have access to the pst from other computers or through webmail).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have, of course, also tried to educate users that they shouldn't send 'too large' documents. Most of them have no concept of size of electronic documents, let alone that would have a change to make an informed decision on whether or not a file is suitable for transport via email. Getting them to use other ways to transfer files is out of the question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, as fas as I see, the options are:&#xD;&#xA; - Tell users to suck it up and manually manage their pst collection (not really an option, they'll screw up and blame me)&#xD;&#xA; - Find some way for users to manage large amounts of email offline. Not sure there is a way to do this in Outlook.&#xD;&#xA; - Find another (non-Outlook) way to manage loads of offline email, synchronized with Outlook. Not very feasible IMO, but I'm happy to be shown wrong.&#xD;&#xA; - Would upgrading Exchange help? Can I run Exchange 2007 with mailboxes of 10's of GB? Can Outlook handle that?&#xD;&#xA; - Other?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas? Thanks." />
  <row Id="24553" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13585" RevisionGUID="4d3ab6dd-217c-479a-9a58-594d7aa3bc20" CreationDate="2009-05-28T08:58:46.123" UserId="4671" Text="Managing huge mailboxes" />
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  <row Id="24557" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13587" RevisionGUID="facdb682-4382-44ad-98aa-e7dce0b36a1c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:01:33.200" UserId="4634" Text="Hello.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a .dmg MacOS package (with 'continue' buttons, EULA etc) that i need to install on multiple computers. Is it a way to do so silently via a bash/python/ruby/etc script just like silent MSI installation in Windows? I can automate installation writing script that will click buttons for me, but that looks kinda unnatural :).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24558" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13587" RevisionGUID="facdb682-4382-44ad-98aa-e7dce0b36a1c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:01:33.200" UserId="4634" Text="how to silently install .dmg in MacOS?" />
  <row Id="24559" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13587" RevisionGUID="facdb682-4382-44ad-98aa-e7dce0b36a1c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:01:33.200" UserId="4634" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;install&gt;" />
  <row Id="24560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13588" RevisionGUID="f82678de-8732-42c1-9930-ef39079a5252" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:02:25.617" UserId="1787" Text="&gt; can my coworker see it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not on switched Ethernet, unless he tampered with cabling or he has sniffer on the router. In case of hub's it's possible. But that would have to be really old network. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can my neighbor see it if i work at home (if not using wireless)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not, unless he's using very expensive eavesdropping equipment. Beyond reach of normal folk. On the other hand government agencies are capable of seeing it from the orbit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course that assuming that you have xDSL/cable modem at home. If it's neighborhood-wide LAN, then it's the same case, as with coworker.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can someone working at a data center along the way see it?&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can someone working at a company along the way that has T1 or T3 see it?&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can someone working at a university data center see it? (if it is on the route)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course. All of them can. It's their job to monitor traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  if i use it on a wireless WEP network at home (only i know the WEP key), it maybe be viewable for anyone who broke the WEP network key by monitoring 1GB of data?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; if i use Starbucks, Pete's Cafe, or McDonald's wireless, and usually they are not WEP or WPA encrypted, can the person setting up the network there possibly see it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Doesn't mater if they encrypted or nor, even if they were, other ppl in same Starbucks have same encryption key.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24561" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13589" RevisionGUID="a032f1ed-0fa9-4528-8e14-35214a8157cd" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:04:00.560" UserId="3867" Text="When current issues get over they just do root cause analysis of pending issues. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Learn about a new technology which they want to work on or implement.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As said by one of previous answer &quot;Automation&quot;." />
  <row Id="24562" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13589" RevisionGUID="a032f1ed-0fa9-4528-8e14-35214a8157cd" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:04:00.560" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="24563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13590" RevisionGUID="28940d19-ba89-405b-bbf9-d5f49de7da34" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:04:08.233" UserId="2991" Text="I was looking at poweshell to replace our client batch scripts - running programs, logon scripts etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But found that it added at least 10 seconds to logon time - thats with all the &quot;tweaks&quot; in place.  So ended up staying with what we were using." />
  <row Id="24564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13591" RevisionGUID="9f8fee26-4c01-4135-b989-2bd35384cc58" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:04:25.020" UserId="3351" Text="Browse ServerFault" />
  <row Id="24565" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13591" RevisionGUID="9f8fee26-4c01-4135-b989-2bd35384cc58" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:04:25.020" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="24566" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13592" RevisionGUID="51e85e90-ecb0-4f30-8bc3-30603959bc96" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:04:34.583" UserId="4487" Text="You can test for the existence of a drive or folder by testing if the special file &quot;nul&quot; exists in it, i.e.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`REM Test if drive exists`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`IF EXISTS Q:\NUL GOTO Unmap`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`GOTO Continue`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`:Unmap`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`NET USE Q: /DELETE`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`:Continue`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`NET USE Q: /persistent:yes \\localhost\C$\DevProjects\COMET45\Main\Source`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, since you are going to delete it anyway, you could simply delete it and not bother checking for existence first.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24567" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13593" RevisionGUID="93f3afa2-4d4e-4128-9dbc-471364f9fbee" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:07:26.933" UserId="3867" Text="I would go with DRBD to sync the web content and the web configs onto another server or share." />
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  <row Id="24573" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13596" RevisionGUID="7a6ba165-308d-4a02-87a5-0f115f14f891" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:08:36.867" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="24574" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13580" RevisionGUID="a44287b0-f574-4107-b7e8-ded5c6208e5a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:09:12.967" UserId="4664" Comment="added 161 characters in body" Text="By that I mean, the phone's finally off the hook, nobody seems to be knocking on your door, pretty much everything on your todo list has been written off, but yet, it's still three hours till 'closing' time. What do you usually do ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Decide to ... or something more creative ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.coool-stuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/when-your-sysadmin-is-bored.jpg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Of course, I'm in no way implying that sysadmins *are usually* bored most of the time. It is a **fun** question to which I just needed an introduction." />
  <row Id="24575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13597" RevisionGUID="e84241bc-b1ce-4425-ab3f-08bbf5f58d3b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:09:23.620" UserId="3853" Text="I am soon going to be graduating from college, and am looking for job offers right now. There is one that I have a lot of interest in, involving Linux system administration (PHP, MySQL, Apache Webserver, BIND, bash, postfix, and of course general system maintenance and security).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, during my internship most of my assignments involved Hyper-V virtualization and Windows in general, and I didn't get much Linux-time. In my spare time, I'm usually a windows user as well with only very basic Linux knowledge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What knowledge and skills would you say a new Junior job applicant needs to posess before he is really ready for the job (and the interview)? Any sources, going from books to e-books, tutorials, general skill descriptions, commands, websites, blogs, ... will help me a bunch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Help me become a better Linux administrator, and getting ready for this interview!&#xD;&#xA;Thanks a lot :-)" />
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  <row Id="24579" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13598" RevisionGUID="308fcce9-e197-4035-8d3d-56abcf678739" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:11:47.830" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="24580" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13599" RevisionGUID="38079f72-5620-4841-bc05-5a0b30a3137f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:11:58.610" UserId="2991" Text="Performance , which comes as standard with windows, would probably be useful for you.  The terminal server basic monitoring includes three good counters, and when married up with CPU% etc will give you some good stats.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also remotely monitor your terminal servers in real time." />
  <row Id="24581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13600" RevisionGUID="4696cf65-78a7-446c-b8f1-659f6cf88ac5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:12:20.433" UserId="1840" Text="In our spare time:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - we usually try to think of ways to improve the technologies we've implemented. &#xD;&#xA; - We research the net towards finding more effective tools than what we're using.&#xD;&#xA; - We also try to figure out if what we've implemented is secure enough.\&#xD;&#xA; - We try to document " />
  <row Id="24582" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13600" RevisionGUID="4696cf65-78a7-446c-b8f1-659f6cf88ac5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:12:20.433" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="24583" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13601" RevisionGUID="b248de31-7b54-4242-8d01-ae3c109f68d3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:15:09.727" UserId="412" Text="Since you're on a residential connection, you probably have an asymmetric line... ie the upload speed will be significantly slower than the download speed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason is that this reflects what most typical home users do... download a *lot* more than they upload.  Watching videos / downloading email etc takes a lot less bandwidth than the few http/whatever calls necessary to retrieve it." />
  <row Id="24584" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13602" RevisionGUID="74da71e7-d07f-489b-a993-088456e6a0d1" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:15:28.430" UserId="151" Text="I'd recommend [Scott Hanselman's Podcast #162][1]. It seems like all the Microsoft server teams are &quot;forced&quot; to provide PowerShell cmdlets, and also to follow a single, consistent syntax.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, third parties like [VMWare][2] are adopting it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, I believe that PowerShell starting with 2.0 is seriously in the business of replacing batch files for all but the most trivial tasks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HanselminutesPodcast162PowerShell20.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://communities.vmware.com/community/developer/windows_toolkit" />
  <row Id="24585" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13603" RevisionGUID="a493131e-5b48-4131-ae0f-0215586abb90" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:18:36.113" UserId="3351" Text="There are a lot of free, open resources [out there][1] for linux knowledge. You've mentioned bash knowledge specifically, and the best way of getting that is by playing around with bash and shell scripting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition to any other books and links that people recommend, I advise getting some real linux-time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good options for getting some more time are dual-booting, running pen drive linux or running portable ubuntu - there aren't really any good excuses for not putting some time into Linux if you want more experience with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=guide+to+linux" />
  <row Id="24586" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13604" RevisionGUID="7a14f184-74fb-4c4f-9e1f-01ad3246cb60" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:18:41.327" UserId="2123" Text="My laptop has a 5.4k drive - plus i have an external 7.2k drive.  Where to put the vm... hmmm?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone faced this dilemma?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not I'll post my results.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ash" />
  <row Id="24587" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13604" RevisionGUID="7a14f184-74fb-4c4f-9e1f-01ad3246cb60" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:18:41.327" UserId="2123" Text="Would my VM (winxp) perform better if the disk images were stored on a 5.4k drive over SATA, or an external 7.2k SATA drive over USB2? " />
  <row Id="24588" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13604" RevisionGUID="7a14f184-74fb-4c4f-9e1f-01ad3246cb60" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:18:41.327" UserId="2123" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="24589" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13605" RevisionGUID="80abc94a-5491-41f1-b46e-e9582bb8e4cb" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:19:33.070" UserId="1840" Text="There's already plenty of information(Questions/Posts) in **ServerFault** for a beginner Linux administrator:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [**Linux How-to/Tutorial sites**][7]&#xD;&#xA; - [**Setting-up Linux at home**][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [**Tools you should absolutely know as a Windows/Linux Admin**][4]&#xD;&#xA; - [**Good Linux Podcasts/Links for beginners**][5]&#xD;&#xA; - [**Hidden Features in Linux**][6]&#xD;&#xA; - [**How to recruit a Linux Guru**][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [**What a beginner should know about a SysAdmin Job**][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8623/how-to-recruit-a-linux-guru&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2289/could-someone-point-me-at-some-basic-setting-up-linux-at-home-type-docs&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/9766/what-a-beginner-should-know-learn-for-sysadmin-job&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://serverfault.com/questions/906/what-tools-should-you-absolutely-know-as-a-windows-linux-sysadmin&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://serverfault.com/questions/5303/good-linux-podcasts-links-for-beginners&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2817/hidden-features-of-linux&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://serverfault.com/questions/11761/linux-howto-tutorial-help-sites" />
  <row Id="24590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13606" RevisionGUID="0c04534c-e6a3-4866-8a3d-4b0a77a950d0" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:23:52.673" UserId="3925" Text="[Rsync][1] is the best thing ever. However, as a general purpose backup tools it has a couple of failings (not failings in itself, its a fine file-copy tool). You have 2 issues:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. backup sets will be made over time, so the first file copied will be older than the last file copied. Yup, obvious, but if both files need to be in sync, then you have a backup that doesn't reflect the server state. This might not be an issue most times, but if it ever is, you will have a problem when you restore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. some data doesn't copy well, eg a MySQL DB file. If the file is open, and some of its contents are in-memory, then the true state of the server will not be backed up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The solution is reasonably simple: ensure all running services that are important flush their data to disk immediately before backup, and then ensure you take a snapshot of the disk state.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MySQL has tools to dump the databases - mysqldump. I use this to create a backup sql file that is backed up, I ignore the mysql files themselves after this, when I come to restore, I know I can restore the dumps.&#xD;&#xA;[LVM has the facilities to take disk snapshots][2]. These create a spare partition and all disk writes from the time the snapshot is taken transparently go to the snapshot partition, meaning your original drive remains unchanged. After you have taken the backup, delete the snapshot and all changes are 'committed' to the main disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, you could use a virtualization system to hold your web server, then backups involve suspending the VM image, and copying its files (using rsync!) to a backup destination. Restoring is as simple as copying the backup files back and un-suspending them (you will have a short downtime while this happens, though some VM systems can minimise the downtime if you suspend and use a snapshot filesystem).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best alternative, if you have money, is to use something like [r1soft's continuous data protection][3], which constantly backs up changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.samba.org/rsync/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/snapshots_backup.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.r1soft.com/product-overview/" />
  <row Id="24591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13607" RevisionGUID="147a113f-758f-4982-bfff-d97679609308" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:24:40.657" UserId="151" Text="I'd go with the external drive. Not because it's 7.2k vs. 5.4k, but because it's a different drive than your operating system drive (that is assuming your laptop only has one hard drive, which is the 5.4k in question)." />
  <row Id="24592" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13608" RevisionGUID="f4556da0-0b31-4f2f-92a6-66b5bb46dbcd" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:26:42.243" UserId="1723" Text="Where can get depot (or just precompilled package) with Python 3.* or at least 2.6.* for ia64-hp-hpux11* ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Packages for hppa64-hp-hpux11* (PA-RISC) can be found at [ActiveState][1] but not for Itanium.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't compile it by myself because of different HP-UX and ANSI-C related problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.activestate.com/activepython/downloads/" />
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  <row Id="24594" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13608" RevisionGUID="f4556da0-0b31-4f2f-92a6-66b5bb46dbcd" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:26:42.243" UserId="1723" Text="&lt;python&gt;&lt;hp-ux&gt;" />
  <row Id="24596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13610" RevisionGUID="ac859133-bd9b-4b74-b149-f91e424e4eb1" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:27:37.330" UserId="2991" Text="If I had the choice of having just one Domain Controller, or running another DC say on an SQL box, then I would take that option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In fact, I'd probably rather run a Virtual Server than actually turning any other working server into a domain controller - even if it was just running on a workstation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My personal opinion is that for stability you need a minimum of three domain controllers which allows you to split the operation master roles, and you should always have at least two global catalogues - but taking into account that the infrastucture master shouldn't be a GC." />
  <row Id="24597" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13605" RevisionGUID="e0ecd1d6-2e8e-4e64-a1c5-7108767c44aa" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:30:28.290" UserId="1840" Comment="added 462 characters in body" Text="There's already plenty of information(Questions/Posts) in **ServerFault** for a beginner Linux administrator:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [**Linux How-to/Tutorial sites**][7]&#xD;&#xA; - [**Setting-up Linux at home**][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [**Tools you should absolutely know as a Windows/Linux Admin**][4]&#xD;&#xA; - [**Good Linux Podcasts/Links for beginners**][5]&#xD;&#xA; - [**Hidden Features in Linux**][6]&#xD;&#xA; - [**How to recruit a Linux Guru**][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [**What a beginner should know about a SysAdmin Job**][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**In addition**, I will suggest you find an old computer and install Linux on it.  Play with it, setup a firewall, DNS, DHCP on it to start and test things.  You could even set it up in a VM and do stuff in it.  Nothing is going to help you better than getting yourself in there for the real experience.  Decide of a good use for it and try to use it as much as you can.  Ask questions when you get stuck (research it first, though), that's why we're here for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8623/how-to-recruit-a-linux-guru&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2289/could-someone-point-me-at-some-basic-setting-up-linux-at-home-type-docs&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/9766/what-a-beginner-should-know-learn-for-sysadmin-job&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://serverfault.com/questions/906/what-tools-should-you-absolutely-know-as-a-windows-linux-sysadmin&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://serverfault.com/questions/5303/good-linux-podcasts-links-for-beginners&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2817/hidden-features-of-linux&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://serverfault.com/questions/11761/linux-howto-tutorial-help-sites" />
  <row Id="24598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13611" RevisionGUID="c1e82b6a-9391-4014-aa8f-edf604bf0e8e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:30:42.067" UserId="165" Text="Stop using Windows (at least for a time) except you want to play games. Setup your own webserver for fun with some webpage (or better a CMS) and use some DBs." />
  <row Id="24600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13613" RevisionGUID="b431ced3-e459-4581-9e2d-310bec407ce1" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:30:51.753" UserId="1447" Text="The 'A' in ADSL stands for 'Asymmetric'.  More bandwidth on an Asymmetric DSL connection is allocated for download than upload so you cannot upload as quickly.  Symmetric DSL connections are available, but (typically) not through residential programmes so they are much more expensive." />
  <row Id="24601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13614" RevisionGUID="dfe73bb7-a085-4328-83c4-f3277c25823a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:30:55.653" UserId="4679" Text="You say that your cable connection can upload at 10Mbps, and if that's true then the asymmetry of the connection can't be to blame for getting what sounds like a 256Kbps upload speed. However, I assume you've actually tested this, as opposed to just assuming it - many ISPs won't give those sorts of upload speeds, even on the high-end cable packages. If you've actually seen real upload speeds to read sites of 10Mbps, then that rules out one option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The same goes for your DSL link - I'm assuming you've seen real download speeds of 300KB/s. Never assume your ISP's advertised speeds are correct without real-world testing, they can't guarantee the quality of DSL lines (and some of them just plain lie through their teeth).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, Comcast is infamous of being one of the worst ISPs for traffic shaping and blocking - they use Sandvine network monitoring equipment to prevent BitTorrent seeding, for example. They always used to deny this, but it's fairly conclusively been demonstrated that they do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, it's possible that Comcast are also doing something nasty to incoming connections on port 80, in an attempt to stop people running high traffic websites on their home connections. Some ISPs just plain block it, but it sounds like perhaps they're just throttling. I would suggest reconfiguring Apache to listen on an alternate high-numbered port - something unassociated with any existing service, like 4477. If you want to test this, you need to put the port number after the domain name, separated with a colon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that still runs slowly, you could try making it a HTTPS connection on a random port, but SSL is a bit of a pain to set up in Apache if you haven't done it before.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24603" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13576" RevisionGUID="b6d78648-0ff4-4ee9-987e-e2ffad34522e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:31:49.147" UserId="3194" Comment="deleted 28 characters in body" Text="How do I write a command line in a .bat or .cmd that maps a network drive? I want the script to first check if the drive-letter is mapped, and if it is delete it and then map the drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I only have the mapping-command right now. Please help me fill in the blanks:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    REM Check if drive exists, if it does, delete it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    @echo off&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    net use q: /persistent:yes \\localhost\C$\MyFolder&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    pause&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any of the parameters wrong? Any that should be added?" />
  <row Id="24604" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13615" RevisionGUID="1fc14c1b-190a-4cda-b1f7-7a20833280a9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:32:18.270" UserId="4076" Text="Try a different port (say port 81) and see if you have the same performance problems. If you don't your ISP is throttling that port." />
  <row Id="24605" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13616" RevisionGUID="0cc3c632-b01f-4b1c-b80c-a58d6849c1d5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:32:30.393" UserId="1715" Text="Microsoft Small Business Server is AD + Exchange + File server  + router/VPN Server + Sharepoint + SQL Server.. and more all rolled into a single server.  So i wouldn't say its 'best practice' to have every function on a different server.  For small operations it doesnt make sense to run everything in different hardware. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13617" RevisionGUID="fe3a4db8-9f1e-43c1-b8ae-a7abb8eb1601" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:33:51.043" UserId="3739" Text="I've set up a solution with [DNSMadeEasy][1]. They have a nice [screencast][2] regarding DNS failover. They have reasonable pricing. In our system we have implemented a simple service which &quot;pings&quot; the different components in our system (database, JMS queue, S3 connection) and returns OK which DNSMadeEasy can utilize. Whenever an exception comes, DNSMadeEasy will remove that server from the list of servers which answers on that DNS lookup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dnsmadeeasy.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.dnsmadeeasy.com/s0306/movies/dnsfosm_rr.htm" />
  <row Id="24611" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13620" RevisionGUID="277db7d4-034a-423f-ba18-db9573b88a57" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:37:28.433" UserId="4101" Text="I have a web server with apache 2.0 installed. Sometimes, probably when load increase, it serves a blank page with 503 service unavailable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server load is not too high, is there a solution in apache configuration to solve this problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you" />
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  <row Id="24613" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13620" RevisionGUID="277db7d4-034a-423f-ba18-db9573b88a57" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:37:28.433" UserId="4101" Text="&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="24614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13621" RevisionGUID="20d0f1af-4d9d-4e55-a349-9ca206ac18f9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:39:41.720" UserId="1463" Text="How can I not use it? All Microsoft server applications coming out/being upgraded are now managed using Powershell. Some more or less annoying UI/Management Console are then provided built on-top of this core which often is dog slow and as someone pointed out, lacks features that are available... so I can't say we have much choice actually ^^" />
  <row Id="24615" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13622" RevisionGUID="81f23b22-c41a-4bc6-81cd-0e784e4e81f3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:40:12.420" UserId="151" Text="[Re-Purposing obsolete Servers][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.geekstir.com/imac-beer-tap-mod" />
  <row Id="24616" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13622" RevisionGUID="81f23b22-c41a-4bc6-81cd-0e784e4e81f3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:40:12.420" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="24617" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13623" RevisionGUID="d29acd5b-b285-429c-afd9-33d53db4ac4f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:40:16.773" UserId="3853" Text="Maybe I underestimated my knowledge a bit, or posed my question in a way that you guys underestimate what I know, but again: I'm looking for more ADVANCED knowledge I really need to have, setting up webservers, databases, dns, dhcp and firewalls are something I've done before and just need to repeat in order to have it fresh in my memory (although they're so easy I'd hardly have to brush up on that a lot)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;l0c0b0x's links helped for sure and I'm going to read most of the stuff I find through it later today, but more is always welcome." />
  <row Id="24619" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13624" RevisionGUID="6605da11-d172-419a-be28-0e85182eac87" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:43:46.827" UserId="3096" Text="We have an application running on WebSphere which does (apart from other things) logging with timestamps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These timestamps are GMT. We are in the CET Timezone (Germany).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WebSphere allows to specify in which Timezone you are, by way of specifying a custom property for the JVM: TZ=CET-1CEST-2,M3.5.0/02:00:00,M10.5.0/03:00:00 (just like in Unix). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem:&#xD;&#xA;It only works kind of... Instead of GMT the timestamps seem to be GMT-1 (instead of 15:00 we have 14:00). So the Daylight Savings time is not accounted for, although it is specified in the Variable...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone has an idea how to set that right?" />
  <row Id="24620" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13624" RevisionGUID="6605da11-d172-419a-be28-0e85182eac87" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:43:46.827" UserId="3096" Text="Timezone settings for WebSphere 6.1" />
  <row Id="24621" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13624" RevisionGUID="6605da11-d172-419a-be28-0e85182eac87" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:43:46.827" UserId="3096" Text="&lt;application-server&gt;&lt;time&gt;&lt;settings&gt;&lt;time-zone&gt;" />
  <row Id="24622" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13625" RevisionGUID="5a0709d0-94dc-491b-8859-664cb81be0ce" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:45:25.170" UserId="1865" Text="If you're administrating multiple Macs, I highly recommend investing in a copy of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.apple.com/remotedesktop/&quot;&gt;ARD&lt;/a&gt; - I'm sure there is a scripting answer to your question, but I've been using ARD for so long, I'm afraid I don't know it!" />
  <row Id="24623" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13626" RevisionGUID="18e377b2-f9b7-411f-83b8-f05b29a20e77" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:48:04.730" UserId="4679" Text="You could try changing to a different MPM, which you can do in the configuration, or tweaking the parameters of your MPM. For example, if you're using the prefork or worker MPMs then you can increase the MaxClients value. In the latter case, ThreadsPerChild might also be a useful configuration value to tweak.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can find information on the MPMs in the standard Apache documentation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, unless you're running a really busy website, I'm surprised you're seeing 503 errors at all - is it possible that there's some really slow server-side code that's tying up Apache requests for far too long? If so, you might get more mileage improving that than just trying to work around it in Apache.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24624" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13627" RevisionGUID="6a8fc3e3-6751-427b-bac7-9a6e21816d71" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:48:27.083" UserId="301" Text="Check your error log, which by default will be in&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /var/log/httpd/error_log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it mentions that you are our of worker processes then that could be your problem. " />
  <row Id="24625" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13628" RevisionGUID="607055b4-4fdb-49d8-a338-d179cc1f1956" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:49:24.850" UserId="2991" Text="You could try NetSupport DNA&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.netsupportdna.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tracks all hardware and software, and will notify you of changes.  It also includes an application stopper and internet filtering." />
  <row Id="24626" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13592" RevisionGUID="8bba6277-f0b4-4387-ad23-fcf552b5d93b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:49:42.980" UserId="4487" Comment="Changed path as requested" Text="You can test for the existence of a drive or folder by testing if the special file &quot;nul&quot; exists in it, i.e.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`REM Test if drive exists`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`IF EXISTS Q:\NUL GOTO Unmap`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`GOTO Continue`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`:Unmap`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`NET USE Q: /DELETE`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`:Continue`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`NET USE Q: /persistent:yes \\localhost\C$\MyFolder`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, since you are going to delete it anyway, you could simply delete it and not bother checking for existence first.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24627" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13629" RevisionGUID="b343ffe8-b574-4cd1-aeaa-802a89798df3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:50:24.600" UserId="2061" Text="Is that a DMG plus a PKG?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because DMG, as is, cannot be installed, it just a volume, an image, like an ISO. So probably what you have is a DMG plus a PKG or an installer inside...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's a PKG, probably can be installed remotely or silently, but if it's another installer, it can be more tricky, note sure right now...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remote desktop also, as adamvs says, can deploy packages into your installs..." />
  <row Id="24628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13630" RevisionGUID="15cb62e0-3fa1-47d9-af1e-9b817af0200e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:54:14.670" UserId="4681" Text="I'm looking at a QNAP NAS setup, and in the options for disks they have the very enterprisey Western Digital RE3.  I'll be using the box for backing up my laptop, and streaming media either to the laptop or a media device using the built-in media server, possibly both at once.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is, would I notice any benefit at all in splashing out for the high-performance drive, or should I stick with something quiet and cool (and cheap) like the Caviar Green?" />
  <row Id="24629" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13630" RevisionGUID="15cb62e0-3fa1-47d9-af1e-9b817af0200e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:54:14.670" UserId="4681" Text="Is it worth putting high-performance drives in a home NAS?" />
  <row Id="24630" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13630" RevisionGUID="15cb62e0-3fa1-47d9-af1e-9b817af0200e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T09:54:14.670" UserId="4681" Text="&lt;nas&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;home-network&gt;" />
  <row Id="24633" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13632" RevisionGUID="4a3f2b06-87e6-4ce3-9b84-4029549ec942" CreationDate="2009-05-28T10:01:44.017" UserId="711" Text="to instal a DMG you can do this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cd ~/Desktop&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    curl -O http://darwinports.opendarwin.org/downloads/DarwinPorts-1.2-10.4.dmg&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    hdiutil attach DarwinPorts-1.2-10.4.dmg&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    cd /Volumes/DarwinPorts-1.2/&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    sudo installer -pkg DarwinPorts-1.2.pkg -target &quot;/&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    hdiutil detach /Volumes/DarwinPorts-1.2/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a nutshell, this &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. goes to your Desktop folder &#xD;&#xA; 2. grabs DarwinPorts from the opendarwin site &#xD;&#xA; 3. mounts the dmg &#xD;&#xA; 4. goes to the newly mounted DarwinPorts volume &#xD;&#xA; 5. installs the package, targeted to the root, as the root user &#xD;&#xA; 6. ejects the mounted disc image.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you then can use [Automator][1] to do this...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://automatorworld.com/" />
  <row Id="24634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13633" RevisionGUID="05c3ecc9-ab6c-42a8-a4ad-a2c3c77052bf" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:16:36.453" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just created a new user as root with the command&#xA;        useradd newuser&#xA;I then assign a password with the command:&#xA;        passwd newuser&#xA;I assign password with success and then I open another shell window and attempt to login with the new user.  Each time I get to the point where I enter my password I get permission denied.  I've changed the password several times for this user but I still keep getting permission denied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone no what's going on?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24635" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13633" RevisionGUID="05c3ecc9-ab6c-42a8-a4ad-a2c3c77052bf" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:16:36.453" Text="Can't login to a linux server with new user" />
  <row Id="24636" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13633" RevisionGUID="05c3ecc9-ab6c-42a8-a4ad-a2c3c77052bf" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:16:36.453" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;password&gt;" />
  <row Id="24637" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13634" RevisionGUID="88fbdd41-b68d-476f-bff0-779093abcb4c" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:22:55.770" Text="&lt;p&gt;Look into (OSX: /var/log/secure.log, Debian: /var/log/auth.log) after you attempt to log in. What is the error?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have you made sure he has an accessible home directory to log into?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24638" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13635" RevisionGUID="6b1134e7-9b73-4f7b-bcb2-a9ad851db15a" CreationDate="2009-05-27T22:38:47.423" Text="&lt;p&gt;Your newly created user would also need a valid shell listed in /etc/shells.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;getent passwd &amp;lt;username&amp;gt; | cut -d: -f7&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should yield sometihing like /bin/bash, /bin/sh, etc. (something listed in /etc/shells).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To change the shell for your newly created user could be done by using the chsh command, example to :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;chsh -s /bin/bash &amp;lt;username&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13636" RevisionGUID="f0d3aa86-d61a-47f5-9707-abb241aade95" CreationDate="2009-05-28T10:08:19.120" UserId="151" Text="Not for speed purposes. Sure, if the QNAP has a 1 GBit Network, that would be fast enough for hard drives, but as Media Files have a fairly low data rate, I doubt you'll saturate it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I would pick the Caviar Green (I'm running them in my own Home NAS) for power consumption and temperature reasons ([3.7 Watt][1] vs. [7.8 Watt][2] when idle), but the RE3 are specifically meant for 24/7 raid usage, with 1.2 million hours MTBF. I'm not sure how important MTBF really us, especially when you only have 3 or 4 hard drives, but if it really matters, Western Digital also has the [RE4-GP][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=576#jump44&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=503&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=610" />
  <row Id="24640" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13637" RevisionGUID="2acb2f4a-cce4-4cef-b205-bafc0565512b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T10:08:22.863" UserId="301" Text="I would stay with the slow cheap drive. Especially if there is only one drive. Even the economy drives can push over 100MB/sec sequentially which is close to the raw speed of GbE. Once you get into random read territory, mixing reads and write, or fragmentation then your throughput will drop substantially, probably into the realm of 100mbit ethernet or 802.11n.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My advice would be to stick with the slower, cheeper or higher capacity drive." />
  <row Id="24641" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13638" RevisionGUID="bc1f87f7-4896-4bee-8559-a53f18ffd9c4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T10:12:04.400" UserId="3925" Text="Almost certainly it'd perform better using the SATA drive. USB has quite a slower latency - 100 microseconds compared to 0.5 for PCI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The disk speed won't matter so much so if you're reading and writing large files, you're not interested in seek times for small files, the burst time taken to fill an read from the buffers will be more important than the speed of the drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, if you had an attached 15k SAS RAID array, that's be another story. I'm not sure you'll notice too much of a difference whichever you choose.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24645" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13580" RevisionGUID="f70ea368-9c2c-41cd-bde8-aaef89ddb248" CreationDate="2009-05-28T10:16:06.297" UserId="4664" Comment="deleted 32 characters in body" Text="By that I mean, the phone's finally off the hook, nobody seems to be knocking on your door, pretty much everything on your todo list has been written off, but yet, it's still three hours till 'closing' time. What do you usually do ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Decide to ... or something more creative ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lemonnier.se/erwan/talks/pix/BoredSysadmin.jpg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Of course, I'm in no way implying that sysadmins *are usually* bored most of the time. It is a **fun** question to which I just needed an introduction." />
  <row Id="24646" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13640" RevisionGUID="52678d74-0f3c-41eb-a9c1-c4e5d2ae34c4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T10:21:28.267" UserId="3320" Text="How to tune Ubuntu to automatically deactivate a touchpad on mouse connect and activate on its disconnect?" />
  <row Id="24647" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13640" RevisionGUID="52678d74-0f3c-41eb-a9c1-c4e5d2ae34c4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T10:21:28.267" UserId="3320" Text="Mouse/touchpad toggle in Ubuntu" />
  <row Id="24648" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13640" RevisionGUID="52678d74-0f3c-41eb-a9c1-c4e5d2ae34c4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T10:21:28.267" UserId="3320" Text="&lt;mouse&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;touchpad&gt;" />
  <row Id="24649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13641" RevisionGUID="d1e5029c-d2cb-4e90-9370-c66f34522a7b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T10:24:36.810" UserId="22" Text="One of our designers is struggling for resources with this current workstation with the following specs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - CPU: AMD Athlon X64 X2 4000+ (2GHZ)&#xD;&#xA; - RAM: 2x 1GB&#xD;&#xA; - GFX: nVIDIA Geforce 8400 GS&#xD;&#xA; - HDD: Samsung HD161HJ (7200RPM)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Applications that are mainly used include **Photoshop**, **Illustrator** and **Indesign**. Occasionally, 3D application such as **Cinema4D** and **AfterEffects** are used. Operating system is **Windows XP 32 bit**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is most likely the current bottleneck and is it worth buying a new system? If so, what are the most important factors that could speed up the system for these applications?" />
  <row Id="24650" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13641" RevisionGUID="d1e5029c-d2cb-4e90-9370-c66f34522a7b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T10:24:36.810" UserId="22" Text="Current minimum hardware requirements for a designer workstation?" />
  <row Id="24651" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13641" RevisionGUID="d1e5029c-d2cb-4e90-9370-c66f34522a7b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T10:24:36.810" UserId="22" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;requirements&gt;&lt;workstation&gt;&lt;efficiency&gt;" />
  <row Id="24653" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13597" RevisionGUID="806d9ed0-3273-4058-bc2b-9f405a8e539e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T10:28:45.723" UserId="3853" Comment="explained a bit better what I'm looking for" Text="I am soon going to be graduating from college, and am looking for job offers right now. There is one that I have a lot of interest in, involving Linux system administration (PHP, MySQL, Apache Webserver, BIND, bash, postfix, and of course general system maintenance and security).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, during my internship most of my assignments involved Hyper-V virtualization and Windows in general, and I didn't get much Linux-time. In my spare time, I'm usually a windows user as well with only very basic Linux knowledge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What knowledge and skills would you say a new Junior job applicant needs to posess before he is really ready for the job (and the interview)? Any sources, going from books to e-books, tutorials, general skill descriptions, commands, websites, blogs, ... will help me a bunch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Help me become a better Linux administrator, and getting ready for this interview!&#xD;&#xA;Thanks a lot :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** As some people suggested, I'll update the original question: I stated that I am a Junior in the question title, and that refers to the title of the job I am applying for (without experience, there's almost no chance you'll get a job as a Senior, obviously). My Linux knowledge might be a bit better than I let you guys understand; I am way past the &quot;how do I set up a dns server?&quot; stage, dns, dhcp, webserver etc, I've set those up before several times.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am looking for more advanced knowledge, stuff I'll need in my daytime job, or questions I may be asked in a job interview. I want to be prepared for it as I can be.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for the input so far!" />
  <row Id="24654" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13642" RevisionGUID="5ade6bd1-8bb7-470f-b59e-ce239f0f0eb5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T10:30:29.323" UserDisplayName="Dave" Text="root@dbhost# find / -name core -exec rm -f {} \;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Me: &quot;You can't get in? OK. What's the DB name?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cu: &quot;Core.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Me: &quot;Oh.&quot;" />
  <row Id="24655" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13642" RevisionGUID="5ade6bd1-8bb7-470f-b59e-ce239f0f0eb5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T10:30:29.323" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="24656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13643" RevisionGUID="304a721a-1e11-4921-a115-88e911c75c0e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T10:34:56.583" UserId="1865" Text="RAM, RAM and more RAM! Those are all RAM-hungry monster apps (I include WinXP in that), so before spending thousands on a new machine or hundreds on a new graphics card, I recommend trying a few tens on some more good quality main memory (which you can always re-use in a new machine later)." />
  <row Id="24657" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13644" RevisionGUID="f8bd8afc-669e-4acf-88c0-1439f7e5b258" CreationDate="2009-05-28T10:35:27.770" UserId="4685" Text="Since exchange 2007 has 64-bit support you could cram in more memory in the machine, always good. Exchange 2007 std has no storage limit in software, so you could have an 16TB exchange store if you wish.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you upgrade to exchange 2003 you could enlarge the Informations Store by editing registry values and restart the Information Store&#xD;&#xA;Google: aa998066 (technet link)&#xD;&#xA;It seems to go up to 75GB with Exchange standard.&#xD;&#xA;Then you wouldn't need to use PST files because of storage reasons.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Establish an brick-level backup of the mail store and then make the users remove stuff thats really old and ensure them you can recover the emails for them lateron. To lessen the load on the exchange server. Maybe set restrictions on incomming/outgoing emailst to 5MB?&#xD;&#xA;Limite mailbox sizes also? so users have to do some cleaning up now and then.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just some ideas, im no fan of pst files.&#xD;&#xA;As for the client, sure it can handle it. We got an really wierd setup for the US-folks here, a user inbox they forward every single email to.. 28GB with approx 200k items in the inbox. Use non cached mode on the client and you should be safe." />
  <row Id="24658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13645" RevisionGUID="3ad4972a-3e41-4549-a5ac-41eec58171dd" CreationDate="2009-05-28T10:36:17.410" UserId="4268" Text="Exchange 2007 will make this particular problem disappear... no, really. (Check [here][1] for a detailed explanation of why). First, it removes the 16GB limit. Second, its I/O footprint is hugely improved over Exchange 2003, which in turn is an improvement over 2000. Third, it features a ton of other performance and security improvements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Outlook 2007 SP2 also includes a bunch of fixes to provide better performance for large mailboxes, too. With the combination of the two products you should be good to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on PSTs is asking for trouble, as they aren't centrally managed or backed up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More broadly, you might want to investigate SharePoint as a document store so that your users gain revision control and check-in/check-out functionality, not to mention moving all those documents out of your Exchange databases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2006/09/08/428860.aspx" />
  <row Id="24661" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13646" RevisionGUID="09ce100a-9405-43a1-8ff1-bd253defa1d0" CreationDate="2009-05-28T10:49:51.953" UserId="3803" Text="Try to re-configure em completely&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    emctl stop dbconsole&#xD;&#xA;    emca -repos drop&#xD;&#xA;    emca -repos create&#xD;&#xA;    emca -deconfig dbcontrol db&#xD;&#xA;    emca -config dbcontrol db&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best regards&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24662" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13647" RevisionGUID="17171a10-7751-4bb5-b9c1-4799efce4413" CreationDate="2009-05-28T10:50:34.727" UserId="4634" Text="Hello.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm often tasked to examine MSI installation logs in order to find why some installation fails. But such logs are VERY large and has hundred of strings with &quot;error&quot; text in them. Moreover, it's a lot of steps logged that are unclear what they are doing, and sometimes an error in operation &quot;calculating cost&quot; says nothing about error origins since where is no info what &quot;calculating cost&quot; is expected to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it a good manual available that explains all MSI actions that are performed during installation? Ideally with a short hints how they will look in log file" />
  <row Id="24663" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13647" RevisionGUID="17171a10-7751-4bb5-b9c1-4799efce4413" CreationDate="2009-05-28T10:50:34.727" UserId="4634" Text="MSI installation log file" />
  <row Id="24664" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13647" RevisionGUID="17171a10-7751-4bb5-b9c1-4799efce4413" CreationDate="2009-05-28T10:50:34.727" UserId="4634" Text="&lt;msi&gt;&lt;log-files&gt;" />
  <row Id="24665" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13648" RevisionGUID="63a9b9d6-1656-45e5-a820-c03ae51419eb" CreationDate="2009-05-28T10:52:42.803" UserId="3925" Text="Typically you don't replicate the entire SAN - you replicate the switch to provide an alternative router to the disk arrays, and ensure the disks are in a RAID configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I couldn't find my favourite link explaining it, but Google went one better: [IBM's redbook on SAN redundancy][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0033.html?Open" />
  <row Id="24666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13649" RevisionGUID="3ac4055a-c4ee-41dc-84c1-cbc1e4aef1b8" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:00:37.437" UserId="1787" Text="Get 64-bit system and at least 6GB of RAM. New versions of Photoshop use GPU, so you might consider getting something decent (GF9600 would be good choice of value/$). It's also working well with multiple cores, so get something at least dual-core.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24667" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13650" RevisionGUID="7c6684da-8437-40e4-8e3e-b09ecc4b9f19" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:03:55.293" UserId="4053" Text="Not sure about a guide but [this page][1] lists a utility called  WiLogUtl.exe, or the Windows Installer Verbose Log Analyzer. [This page][2] gives information about some version limitations and a workarounds with the tool. Finally [this page][3] lists some other resources that may be useful. Personally I find them extremely difficult to decode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The last link offers this advice&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Return Values&#xD;&#xA;After each action the Installer will record the 'return value' in the log. This is an indicator of the success or otherwise of the action. Possible values are: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  Value	Meaning &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 0	Action was invoked,  but did not run (not necessarily a   bad thing, maybe there was nothing    for it to do) &#xD;&#xA; - 1	Action was a success&#xD;&#xA; - 2	Action was cancelled by user &#xD;&#xA; - 3	An  unrecoverable error has occurred&#xD;&#xA; - 4	The installation was suspended&#xD;&#xA;   awaiting a reboot&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX415447&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2005/08/18/453415.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://blogs.technet.com/richard_macdonald/archive/2007/04/02/How-to-Interpret-Windows-Installer-Logs.aspx" />
  <row Id="24668" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13649" RevisionGUID="e03fe7f1-d76f-40e5-a796-292e4e7c7845" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:05:40.843" UserId="1787" Comment="added 47 characters in body" Text="- get at least 6GB (preferably even 12GB) of DDR3 RAM&#xD;&#xA;- you'll need 64-bit system to support that much RAM&#xD;&#xA;- new versions of Adobe CS (including Photoshop) can use GPU, so get some decent nVidia. If you're thinking cost effectiveness, GF9600 is fine.&#xD;&#xA;- AFAIR, CS has been optimized for multiple cores, so get something quad-core.&#xD;&#xA;- at least two disk in RAID, preferably more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24670" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13651" RevisionGUID="e08cb15c-68c0-4483-81be-39a7ea0ecaea" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:08:57.187" UserId="711" Text="how about a utility like [View Verbose MSI Log][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;at least it show the errors coloured ... it might help :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://makemsi-manual.dennisbareis.com/view_verbose_msi_log.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://makemsi-manual.dennisbareis.com/wilogutl.gif" />
  <row Id="24671" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13580" RevisionGUID="2574c254-5e81-4f7f-b625-7e5a5eb567a5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:09:10.243" UserId="4664" Comment="added 117 characters in body" Text="By that I mean, the phone's finally off the hook, nobody seems to be knocking on your door, pretty much everything on your todo list has been written off, but yet, it's still three hours till 'closing' time. What do you usually do ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Decide to ... or something more creative ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Of course, I'm in no way implying that sysadmins *are usually* bored most of the time. It is a **fun** question to which I just needed an introduction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Something alike [The Silicon Graphics Refrigerator Project][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lemonnier.se/erwan/talks/pix/BoredSysadmin.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://home.planet.nl/~mourits/koelkast/" />
  <row Id="24672" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13649" RevisionGUID="0d541c99-9aff-4ce2-8495-e3773ff90c6c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:11:25.107" UserId="1787" Comment="added 220 characters in body" Text="Your current bottleneck is principally RAM. With 32-bit XP upgrading it beyond 3GB won't help much. Single HDD might also be problem, especially for graphics prepared for printing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For next workstation you should get:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- at least 6GB (preferably even 12GB) of DDR3 RAM&#xD;&#xA;- you'll need 64-bit system to support that much RAM&#xD;&#xA;- new versions of Adobe CS (including Photoshop) can use GPU, so get some decent nVidia. If you're thinking cost effectiveness, GF9600 is fine.&#xD;&#xA;- AFAIR, CS has been optimized for multiple cores, so get something quad-core.&#xD;&#xA;- at least two disk in RAID, preferably more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24673" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13094" RevisionGUID="352403b6-86db-4910-9a2b-5139001b7abf" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:13:12.420" UserDisplayName="davidcoxon" Comment="deleted 54 characters in body" Text="Wow this a big question,with some great replies so far.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess my view would be that whether your users want to forward mail to gmail or hotmail or any other mail, its going to be pretty hard to stop them from forwarding, creating mail rules or manually hitting forward. Maybe what you should ask is, is your existing mail system brocken? ie if you or your users feel the need the forward to email is their a better system that would do what you want to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as users using personal gmail accounts for business mail, guess that while your on good terms with them, your fine provided they're playing by your company rules now, but what if you ever fall out with them, they leave, they're unexpectantlly ill you have no way to access the mail. " />
  <row Id="24674" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13652" RevisionGUID="0b6404f0-5e2b-4e85-971b-d45f511d3bab" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:14:34.197" UserId="3123" Text="Net Send messages aren't being received even though I have followed the instructions about starting the Messenger service from the KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839018&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Open Windows Explorer.  &#xD;&#xA;&gt;In the left pane, right-click My Computer, and then click Manage.  &#xD;&#xA;&gt;In the Computer Management window, expand Services and Applications in the left pane, and then click Services.  &#xD;&#xA;&gt;In the right pane, double-click Messenger.  &#xD;&#xA;&gt;In the Messenger Properties (Local Computer) dialog box, click the General tab.  &#xD;&#xA;&gt;On the General tab, select Automatic from the Startup type list, and then click Apply.  &#xD;&#xA;&gt;Under Service status, click Start, and then click OK.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24675" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13652" RevisionGUID="0b6404f0-5e2b-4e85-971b-d45f511d3bab" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:14:34.197" UserId="3123" Text="Net send messages aren't working even though Messanger service is started" />
  <row Id="24676" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13652" RevisionGUID="0b6404f0-5e2b-4e85-971b-d45f511d3bab" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:14:34.197" UserId="3123" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;sp2&gt;" />
  <row Id="24677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13653" RevisionGUID="902eb445-1b4a-4f90-86d4-807eeaa4b456" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:15:54.223" UserId="3123" Text="The Messanger Service appears to require the Alerter service. If you turn that on the net send messages will work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I am asking and answering my own question because I couldn't find any answer anywhere on the internet)" />
  <row Id="24678" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13654" RevisionGUID="5d18c4dd-6d51-4121-adf9-95c004c518c0" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:20:00.613" UserId="1930" Text="Recommend Fiddler and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler2/&quot;&gt;Fiddler2&lt;/a&gt; [&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/users/24/mark-s-rasmussen&quot;&gt;Mark. Rasmussen&lt;/a&gt; above], and another GUI http(s) capture that runs on MS Windows and 'other' systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_WebScarab_Project&quot;&gt;WebScarab&lt;/a&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looks to have the same feature/functionality as Fiddler2, with the addition that it can run on non MS platforms (could be useful for some.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Sales Pitch?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; WebScarab is a framework for analysing applications that communicate using the HTTP and HTTPS protocols. WebScarab has several modes of operation, implemented by a number of plugins. In its most common usage, WebScarab operates as an intercepting proxy, allowing the operator to review and modify requests created by the browser before they are sent to the server, and to review and modify responses returned from the server before they are received by the browser. WebScarab is able to intercept both HTTP and HTTPS communication. The operator can also review the conversations (requests and responses) that have passed through WebScarab&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of the basic functionality of value to web developers, security reviews, in WebScarab include: (from their website)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Fragments - extracts Scripts and HTML comments&#xD;&#xA;   from HTML pages as they are seen via&#xD;&#xA;   the proxy, or other plugins&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Proxy - observes traffic between the&#xD;&#xA;   browser and the web server. The&#xD;&#xA;   WebScarab proxy is able to observe&#xD;&#xA;   both HTTP and encrypted HTTPS&#xD;&#xA;   traffic, by negotiating an SSL&#xD;&#xA;   connection between WebScarab and the&#xD;&#xA;   browser instead of simply connecting&#xD;&#xA;   the browser to the server and&#xD;&#xA;   allowing an encrypted stream to pass&#xD;&#xA;   through it. Various proxy plugins&#xD;&#xA;   have also been developed to allow the&#xD;&#xA;   operator to control the requests and&#xD;&#xA;   responses that pass through the&#xD;&#xA;   proxy. &#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA; - Manual intercept - allows the user to&#xD;&#xA;   modify HTTP and HTTPS requests and&#xD;&#xA;   responses on the fly, before they&#xD;&#xA;   reach the server or browser. &#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA; - Beanshell - allows for the execution&#xD;&#xA;   of arbitrarily complex operations on&#xD;&#xA;   requests and responses. Anything that&#xD;&#xA;   can be expressed in Java can be&#xD;&#xA;   executed. &#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA; - Reveal hidden fields - sometimes it&#xD;&#xA;   is easier to modify a hidden field in&#xD;&#xA;   the page itself, rather than&#xD;&#xA;   intercepting the request after it has&#xD;&#xA;   been sent. This plugin simply changes&#xD;&#xA;   all hidden fields found in HTML pages to text fields, making them visible, and editable. &#xD;&#xA;Bandwidth simulator - allows the user to emulate a slower network, in order to observe how their website would perform when accessed over, say, a modem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.owasp.org/&quot;&gt;OWASP&lt;/a&gt;, the developers of WebScarab also have a number of other Open Source &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Project&quot;&gt;Projects&lt;/a&gt; relevant to reviewing website performance, functionality, security et. al. " />
  <row Id="24679" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13655" RevisionGUID="e1c3d69d-0b32-4125-9ad4-c92c8bcf7045" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:20:06.820" UserId="1787" Text="Speed of &quot;green&quot; drives is close to speed of 1Gb Ethernet and in that NAS you can set up RAID, which will double the HDD read speed. So there is absolutely no point in buying fast drives.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24680" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13588" RevisionGUID="2f6c0e55-a792-432e-88bf-5e2ede171dad" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:23:35.893" UserId="1787" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="&gt; can my coworker see it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not on switched Ethernet, unless he tampered with cabling or he has sniffer on the router. In case of hubs (unswitched network) it's possible. But that would have to be really old network. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can my neighbor see it if i work at home (if not using wireless)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not, unless he's using very expensive eavesdropping equipment. Beyond reach of normal folk. On the other hand government agencies are capable of seeing it from the orbit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course that assuming that you have xDSL/cable modem at home. If it's neighborhood-wide LAN, then it's the same case, as with coworker.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can someone working at a data center along the way see it? &lt;/br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can someone working at a company along the way that has T1 or T3 see it?  &lt;/br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can someone working at a university data center see it? (if it is on the route)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course. All of them can. It's their job to monitor traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  if i use it on a wireless WEP network at home (only i know the WEP key), it maybe be viewable for anyone who broke the WEP network key by monitoring 1GB of data?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; if i use Starbucks, Pete's Cafe, or McDonald's wireless, and usually they are not WEP or WPA encrypted, can the person setting up the network there possibly see it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Doesn't mater if they encrypted or nor, even if they were, other ppl in same Starbucks have same encryption key.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13656" RevisionGUID="b56a6253-525b-442c-9b85-44fc05d9df2e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:24:00.777" UserDisplayName="Tom Alderman" Text="&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    DROP TABLE [dbo].[WRONGTABLEHERE]&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then the immediate feeling of terror as soon as I executed it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13657" RevisionGUID="2d38373b-a762-4bfc-9d87-793e4a71bc68" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:26:35.933" UserId="640" Text="    format c:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;oops... I meant a:" />
  <row Id="24683" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13658" RevisionGUID="bab3cb88-cd39-4f61-b936-ad1d43d1a173" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:29:12.700" UserId="4289" Text="If you can use additional RPM repositories, one option is to see if the Python package you're looking for is available in the EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) repository.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL" />
  <row Id="24684" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13659" RevisionGUID="53f0a68e-b942-40a0-b6de-750b54ed2791" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:31:02.323" UserId="2908" Text="Sounds like you are looking for something like these:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**File Extension Toggle 3.0** &#xD;&#xA;- Shell extension that toggles between displaying and hiding file extensions.*. Same thing as if you went to Windows Explorer's Tools Menu and choose Folder Options-&gt;{View Tab}, &#xD;&#xA;but this is quicker &amp; easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Hidden Files Toggle 3.0**&#xD;&#xA;- Shell extension that toggles between displaying and hiding hidden files. Same thing as if you went to Windows Explorer's Tools Menu and choose Folder Options-&gt;{View Tab}, but this is quicker &amp; easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They can be found here: [http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=52524][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=52524" />
  <row Id="24685" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13660" RevisionGUID="d9df8df9-38ce-4a57-b6e2-47235aacd90d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:32:13.723" UserId="787" Text="http://members.iinet.net.au/~bofh/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;:-)" />
  <row Id="24686" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13660" RevisionGUID="d9df8df9-38ce-4a57-b6e2-47235aacd90d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:32:13.723" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="24687" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13580" RevisionGUID="e47d7b53-faa4-4e44-941b-7a02f1759f11" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:32:55.767" UserId="4664" Comment="deleted 23 characters in body; edited title" Text="By that I mean, the phone's finally off the hook, nobody seems to be knocking on your door, pretty much everything on your todo list has been written off, you've done your duty for the day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You've got a little time to relax. What do you usually do ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe reorganize the hardware stock, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or try to improve the working conditions with [The Silicon Graphics Refrigerator Project][3] :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lemonnier.se/erwan/talks/pix/BoredSysadmin.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/archives/03sep/uf005921.gif&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://home.planet.nl/~mourits/koelkast/" />
  <row Id="24688" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="13580" RevisionGUID="e47d7b53-faa4-4e44-941b-7a02f1759f11" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:32:55.767" UserId="4664" Comment="deleted 23 characters in body; edited title" Text="What do sysadmins do in their spare time ?" />
  <row Id="24689" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13661" RevisionGUID="8edb6c93-7d48-4610-b485-f8e86b3b9326" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:35:20.830" UserId="4634" Text="Hello.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using two panel file manager really helps for some file operations. Of course it's a Midnight Commander available in any distribution, Servant Salamander for windows, Total Commander and much more. But is it any cross-platform file manager that works good on windows/macos/ubuntu? The only one i found is mucommander, it's pretty good but lacks file search - one of the most used operations.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="24691" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13661" RevisionGUID="8edb6c93-7d48-4610-b485-f8e86b3b9326" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:35:20.830" UserId="4634" Text="&lt;files&gt;" />
  <row Id="24692" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13662" RevisionGUID="a812e392-3bc3-449f-999a-a88388c1fb9e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:36:59.503" UserId="422" Text="I alas do not get the luxury of a desktop and have to live with what I can cram into a laptop I can carry. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Video, with the highest resolution possible is critical.  My Dell D830 is running at 1920X1200 and I could not live with any less, and would love more.  (15&quot; too!  Not the 17&quot; monstrosity!  I love it!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next most important is hard drive speed.  (I take 4GB RAM at a minimum as a given, RAM is cheap, as much as the system will take!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I foolishly traded in my 100GB 7200 rpm SATA drive, for a 300GB 5400 rpm SATA drive and I regret it daily.   I needed the extra space, but the performance hit surprised me!  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Spend what it takes for the fastest drive you can afford!  Consider an SSD for a boot partition.  Disk performance is crippling, when it is the bottleneck.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24693" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13663" RevisionGUID="ef3256e9-edfd-455d-95e0-e2b0c8ed41e4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:37:01.000" UserId="4664" Text="[FAR Manager][1] - unfortunatelly, only on Win platform.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.farmanager.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.farmanager.com/img/screen2.gif" />
  <row Id="24694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13664" RevisionGUID="6a289a19-8be2-406a-8045-d261a409712a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:38:26.300" UserDisplayName="davidcoxon" Text="te he. Spare time, finish to do list, no one knowing on your door, no telephones ringing...like that is ever going to happen. If it does where do you guys work, and are ther any more going?" />
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  <row Id="24696" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13665" RevisionGUID="9cb21349-a6d5-46f0-8233-9be1b53020cc" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:40:45.173" UserId="422" Text="A colleague who is a technical sales person, found on his Dell laptop that getting an SSD as a disk to host VM's for demos, using the CD/DVD drive bay with an adapter (So I assume it is PATA at least, if not SATA, rather than USB, or maybe it is USB?  Don't really know) was a huge performance booster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The nice thing is that if you get a second drive, a USB enclosure is about $10.  So the experiment is pretty cheap, and if it fails, you can always swap the new drive for you current internal to boost performance overall, and still have a spare USB drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I foolishly swapped my internal 100GB 7200 rpm SATA drive for a 300GB 5400 rpm SATA drive and I am currently deeply regretting it.  Performance is very noticeably slower.  If I did not absolutely require the extra space, I would move back to the 7200 drive in a moment!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24697" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6269" RevisionGUID="f6b2c5c2-39a0-45e1-8c5f-6116c10ca043" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:45:17.643" UserId="629" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;commands&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="24698" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13585" RevisionGUID="6c8728e0-0d4b-4ad8-b374-17258712ec9c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:50:50.297" UserId="4671" Comment="cleaned up formatting of bullet list" Text="I'm running an Exchange 2000 server, with only a few users (around 10). Some of them manage all of their whole work in email. They often send/get documents several megabytes large, and send/receive revisions of that file several times a day. Consequently, they have mailboxes of 5 gb or more. I can only support a few of those users on an Exchange 2000 server, with its 16 gb store limit. Every now and then I make them archive old mail into a pst; however very large psts (&gt; 2 gb) are slow and unreliable and splitting their mail over several pst's + their exchange mailbox isn't convenient for them (difficult to search for all mail from one person when those mails are spread over, what are in outlook, different email accounts; plus, they don't have access to the pst from other computers or through webmail).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have, of course, also tried to educate users that they shouldn't send 'too large' documents. Most of them have no concept of size of electronic documents, let alone that would have a change to make an informed decision on whether or not a file is suitable for transport via email. Getting them to use other ways to transfer files is out of the question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, as fas as I see, the options are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Tell users to suck it up and manually manage their pst collection (not really an option, they'll screw up and blame me)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Find some way for users to manage large amounts of email offline. Not sure there is a way to do this in Outlook.&#xD;&#xA;- Find another (non-Outlook) way to manage loads of offline email, synchronized with Outlook. Not very feasible IMO, but I'm happy to be shown wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Would upgrading Exchange help? Can I run Exchange 2007 with mailboxes of 10's of GB? Can Outlook handle that?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Other?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas? Thanks." />
  <row Id="24699" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13666" RevisionGUID="19631a46-c20f-446b-9526-7ba7689b4d6a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:53:23.120" UserId="3526" Text="My partition detail is like this &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00&#xD;&#xA;                       57G  8.8G   46G  17% /&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol05&#xD;&#xA;                      259G  7.0G  239G   3% /home&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol02&#xD;&#xA;                       19G  493M   18G   3% /var&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol03&#xD;&#xA;                       19G  458M   18G   3% /tmp&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol04&#xD;&#xA;                      9.5G  152M  8.9G   2% /opt&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;/dev/sda1             965M   33M  883M   4% /boot&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;tmpfs                 7.7G  3.7G  4.0G  48% /dev/shm&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to increase the size of the / by reducing the size of the /home partition, without lose of data in the / and home.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anybody help me in solving this issue?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24700" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13666" RevisionGUID="19631a46-c20f-446b-9526-7ba7689b4d6a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:53:23.120" UserId="3526" Text="How can I resize a LVM partition in Red Hat without lose of data? " />
  <row Id="24701" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13666" RevisionGUID="19631a46-c20f-446b-9526-7ba7689b4d6a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:53:23.120" UserId="3526" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;redhat&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;partition&gt;" />
  <row Id="24702" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1333" RevisionGUID="560bac2e-926f-4398-bac9-969c09b94dba" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:54:55.320" UserId="629" Comment="Added being able to comment out items" Text="Aswell as the dpkg tricks mentioned by pjz, you may also want to look at [etckeeper](http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/etckeeper/) ([tutorial](http://daniel.hahler.de/track_changes_to_etc_configuration_files) ) - an app that puts your /etc/* under version control, making it easier to find any changes you've done and replicate them to other servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, for a shorter list than that produced by pjz's method, you can use &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ deborphan -a --no-show-section &gt; /tmp/mypackagelist&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will give you a list of packages that will install all the other packages you require as dependencies. Can be useful if you actually want to look through the list. (dpkg --get-selections will produce a *loooong* list). In addition the list is short enough that you could add newlines and comment out entries with '#'. Then when installing the extra packages you can do&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ grep -v '#' /tmp/mypackagelist | xargs apt-get install -y&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This way, if there are some packages you only want to install on some machines, you don't have to delete them from the package list altogether." />
  <row Id="24703" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13667" RevisionGUID="9d943b4d-1a05-40cb-a350-8413756b05b5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:56:56.987" UserId="4131" Text="Once again Dave Cheney really knocked it out of the park here. I really can't add anything to his answer to your question. However, I'd like to point out what you didn't ask. As Jeremy Zawodny and Peter Zaitsev taught me years ago, your ROI for time spent tracking down and optimizing bad queries is going to out perform your ROI for time spent making configuration changes 10 fold. Sure, you don't want to have a poor configuration, the wrong RAID setup, or insufficient RAM. But, among excellent, and even marginal, MySQL DBAs bad queries (usually from developers/frameworks, not the DBA) is a *chronic* condition, where bad configuration is an *endurable* one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*(I dug for those adjectives for a while and still am not pleased with the ones I chose.)*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to stress again that if your developers are using an ORM like those common in frameworks like Ruby on Rails and Django, you REALLY MUST monitor the queries that hit your DB. When developers stop thinking about SQL and let the DB get abstracted away, really nasty this creep in. I love the two frameworks I just mentioned. (Don't vote me down for bad mouthing them.) It just makes Query Sleuthing very important. (Read: Job Security)" />
  <row Id="24704" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13667" RevisionGUID="9d943b4d-1a05-40cb-a350-8413756b05b5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:56:56.987" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="24705" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13668" RevisionGUID="030c9364-3b32-46d2-9356-34e61bf90a7c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T11:57:37.957" UserId="4479" Text="Because Win2k8 Storage Server is not a 'dual' controller, cache coherent SAN device, a secondary system would be needed to provide redundancy.  I don't know if Win2k8 Storage Server offers any built in cluster features that could accomplish this or if a product like Double-Take would better accomplish the end goal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Jeff" />
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  <row Id="24708" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13669" RevisionGUID="c2dcf731-ea86-4c94-b5ab-d86269aa22b1" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:01:34.133" UserId="457" Text="Is it possible to create an installation of Windows where there is no drive C? I've tried a number of approaches with having blank disks and other things, but never managed to get it to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to reproduce an environment a customer has where installing software fails because there is no drive C.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24709" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13669" RevisionGUID="c2dcf731-ea86-4c94-b5ab-d86269aa22b1" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:01:34.133" UserId="457" Text="Is there a way of installing Windows without a Drive C" />
  <row Id="24710" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13669" RevisionGUID="c2dcf731-ea86-4c94-b5ab-d86269aa22b1" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:01:34.133" UserId="457" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="24711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13670" RevisionGUID="8578b104-e512-4394-b44c-ae9eb0fff284" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:01:36.490" UserId="2018" Text="i want to protect my mailserver with dns blacklists for fighting the spam.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;there a so many blacklists out there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;currently i use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ix.dnsbl.manitu.net&#xD;&#xA;    cbl.abuseat.org&#xD;&#xA;    bl.spamcop.net&#xD;&#xA;    safe.dnsbl.sorbs.net&#xD;&#xA;    dnsbl.njabl.org&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;should i add/remove some entries?&#xD;&#xA;which are the best blacklists?&#xD;&#xA;which blacklists shouldn't used (like spamhouse)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24712" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13670" RevisionGUID="8578b104-e512-4394-b44c-ae9eb0fff284" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:01:36.490" UserId="2018" Text="which anti spam DNS blacklists should used?" />
  <row Id="24713" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13670" RevisionGUID="8578b104-e512-4394-b44c-ae9eb0fff284" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:01:36.490" UserId="2018" Text="&lt;antispam&gt;&lt;emailserver&gt;&lt;blacklist&gt;" />
  <row Id="24714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13671" RevisionGUID="4bd19308-b630-4f2b-9f60-8174a60d4435" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:02:15.223" UserId="3515" Text="Personally I'd go with the 5400 option only for the fact that when using a laptop I do not want to have to plug stuff into it (extra drive = extra weight, usb = more power draw on battery too).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could swap the 5400 and 7200 drives around as another option." />
  <row Id="24715" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13672" RevisionGUID="bf84edb8-e3d0-450e-ab1e-d6779385d34c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:04:29.717" UserId="4410" Text="Get a good, but very good screen. If you give him/her a bad monitor, he will not be able to distinguish between colors properly and give you bad results.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The HW you listed is OK. For XP, I am not sure about vista. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS: why not a mac?" />
  <row Id="24716" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13673" RevisionGUID="6e3bd74a-ba71-4a8b-9d22-16308c4fb5fd" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:04:41.463" UserId="284" Text="In a pinch I've used [7-zip][1]. At least in the Windows version (and I'm assuming its in the Linux and Mac version) on the View menu there is a &quot;2 panel&quot; option. Its not the best, but its gotten me by in an emergency. After re-reading your post a few times I'm not sure it will do what you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since I work in a primarily with Windows I usually use PowerDesk Pro. Way back in version 5 I got a free copy with another program I bought and I've been a paying customer since. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.7-zip.org/" />
  <row Id="24717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13674" RevisionGUID="e88bceea-814c-49f4-b00b-31100fb5b6f0" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:05:17.440" UserId="2018" Text="i link using packetyzer for capturing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;its free and it has a easy to use gui.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://sourceforge.net/projects/packetyzer/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/packetyzer/" />
  <row Id="24718" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13675" RevisionGUID="c1d886a3-9569-4398-bc6a-7813dac62dc1" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:05:18.580" UserId="2489" Text="'zen.spamhaus.org' is pretty good.  I recommend it." />
  <row Id="24719" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13670" RevisionGUID="653db355-b0b8-4134-893c-ecbabd9004c7" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:06:50.357" UserId="2018" Comment="typo" Text="i want to protect my mailserver with dns blacklists for fighting the spam.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;there a so many blacklists out there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;currently i use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ix.dnsbl.manitu.net&#xD;&#xA;    cbl.abuseat.org&#xD;&#xA;    bl.spamcop.net&#xD;&#xA;    safe.dnsbl.sorbs.net&#xD;&#xA;    dnsbl.njabl.org&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;should i add/remove some entries?&#xD;&#xA;which are the best blacklists?&#xD;&#xA;which blacklists shouldn't used (like spamhaus)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24720" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="13670" RevisionGUID="653db355-b0b8-4134-893c-ecbabd9004c7" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:06:50.357" UserId="2018" Comment="typo" Text="Which anti spam DNS blacklists should used?" />
  <row Id="24721" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13676" RevisionGUID="390aa1b9-1627-425d-b24e-fdbd6928adc4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:07:42.853" UserId="160" Text="It would be nice to use ASP.NET, but PHP is ok too, and should be hosted in IIS6." />
  <row Id="24722" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13676" RevisionGUID="390aa1b9-1627-425d-b24e-fdbd6928adc4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:07:42.853" UserId="160" Text="Any freeware IIS log analyzer?" />
  <row Id="24723" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13676" RevisionGUID="390aa1b9-1627-425d-b24e-fdbd6928adc4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:07:42.853" UserId="160" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;log-files&gt;" />
  <row Id="24724" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13677" RevisionGUID="d1d80241-e74e-4af3-aea9-603d016dd065" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:07:53.743" UserId="2368" Text="First of all, there is no such blacklist as 'spamhouse', there is one at 'spamhaus.org', that's true. I am curious to hear why shouldn't one use spamhaus one, I've seen zen.spamhaus.org (that's the one that combines all spamhaus banlists in one) put to very good use. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any dnsbl is going to get you false positives, that can not be avoided. Or rather it can, - just consider not dropping the mail failing the check, but running it through a system such as spamassassin." />
  <row Id="24725" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13678" RevisionGUID="51de7bfe-3d44-4968-810d-d01a6a5807d9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:08:54.023" UserId="160" Text="Command line only: I am using `mkisofs.exe` from the installation kit of [nLite][1] or [BartPE][2], from where I also learned the required parameters for building a bootable cd.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nliteos.com/download.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/#download" />
  <row Id="24726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13679" RevisionGUID="91f3652e-2d73-4a58-979e-34100be1ad0e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:08:56.753" UserId="4479" Text="All good answers here.  I'll put my thumbs up for having two domain controllers as well.  In  a small environment even putting both of them as VM's on the same piece of hardware would be - OK.  Someone can probably chime in on this more authoritatively, but if you use MS Hyper-V (server 2K8) as the host you may have some OS licensing benefits?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having Single Sign On(SSO) / unified authentication will save you so much work creating accounts and setting folder permissions all over the place.  Of course putting AD in place and adding the systems &amp; users to the domain will take some effort.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Jeff" />
  <row Id="24727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13680" RevisionGUID="d4bd6b42-2756-40f7-bad5-361a302bc8ec" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:09:12.527" UserId="48" Text="[This article][1] tells you how to change the drive letter of the system drive after windows is installed, this should do what you want. The article is for changing from D to C, but will work the other way as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223188" />
  <row Id="24728" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13681" RevisionGUID="5a7a4f16-cf83-46d8-a92e-656fa7bf4cd8" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:09:17.190" UserDisplayName="frozzzen" Text="Howto configure postfix MTA, that they deny relaying from smtp proxy (who point to postfix MTA) and allow relaying from two internal lan hosts? " />
  <row Id="24729" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13681" RevisionGUID="5a7a4f16-cf83-46d8-a92e-656fa7bf4cd8" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:09:17.190" UserDisplayName="frozzzen" Text="POSTFIX RELAY" />
  <row Id="24730" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13681" RevisionGUID="5a7a4f16-cf83-46d8-a92e-656fa7bf4cd8" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:09:17.190" UserDisplayName="frozzzen" Text="&lt;postfix&gt;&lt;smtp&gt;&lt;mail&gt;" />
  <row Id="24731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13682" RevisionGUID="60ccdb02-2c25-4b86-a7fb-ccfc5aa1cb18" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:09:40.480" UserId="368" Text="If you're not a CLI fan (although you really should be), you can use the Synaptic package manager to save the image of the installed packages, and use that file (again through Synaptic) to load the new machine. Under the file/save markings option, there is a checkbox called &quot;save full state&quot;. " />
  <row Id="24732" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13683" RevisionGUID="1b61a393-e367-4342-ab33-3f5571bda731" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:11:29.310" UserDisplayName="Clemens" Text="Hi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just had a quick look so far at the documentation of the SPEC2006 benchmark. However, until now I was not able to find some information how I can nicely present the performance measurements I got from the benchmark. So I am wondering if some of you have played around with it and can lead me where I could find a &quot;SPEC2006 for dummies&quot;. Basically, I wanna run all the benchmarks, for int as well as fp, and I wanna display (visualise) then the performance values for all the different benchmarks in one graph. I guess there must be a way to do that easily, cant imagine that I have to copy all the timings results from the single benchmarks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24733" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13683" RevisionGUID="1b61a393-e367-4342-ab33-3f5571bda731" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:11:29.310" UserDisplayName="Clemens" Text="How to use the SPEC benchmark (for dummies)" />
  <row Id="24734" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13683" RevisionGUID="1b61a393-e367-4342-ab33-3f5571bda731" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:11:29.310" UserDisplayName="Clemens" Text="&lt;benchmarks&gt;" />
  <row Id="24735" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13684" RevisionGUID="186ce9df-e96a-4fae-adfc-416aca52c61a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:11:49.640" UserId="2566" Text="Analog: [http://www.analog.cx/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, check out this blog entry:  [http://weblogs.asp.net/steveschofield/archive/2007/09/04/log-analsyis-software-for-iis.aspx][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.analog.cx/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://weblogs.asp.net/steveschofield/archive/2007/09/04/log-analsyis-software-for-iis.aspx" />
  <row Id="24736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13685" RevisionGUID="d7e5c52f-bb13-454f-b27e-288e1a6bf50f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:12:09.810" UserId="1408" Text="Is there a website I can log into that will can check various exploits on my system, and basically tell me if it's patched up-to-date?" />
  <row Id="24737" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13685" RevisionGUID="d7e5c52f-bb13-454f-b27e-288e1a6bf50f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:12:09.810" UserId="1408" Text="Vulnerability check via web interface?" />
  <row Id="24738" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13685" RevisionGUID="d7e5c52f-bb13-454f-b27e-288e1a6bf50f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:12:09.810" UserId="1408" Text="&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="24739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13686" RevisionGUID="2b661468-2c6b-45f2-bee2-6975ff2c8a13" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:13:10.030" UserId="2273" Text="We use awstats.  http://awstats.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="24740" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13687" RevisionGUID="88cce34a-0404-439f-a41b-5a4caa93d56f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:14:58.703" UserId="4634" Text="Separate drive in two partitions. Install windows on first one. Install second windows on second one. In boot menu (will be set by second windows install) boot second windows. It will live on drive &quot;D:&quot; :)" />
  <row Id="24741" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13688" RevisionGUID="b3cd91bd-dab1-4a50-b169-524a8abc4527" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:16:03.820" UserId="301" Text="You can try setting up mod_status to get some insight into your server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Listen 127.127.127.127:10127&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ExtendedStatus On&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost 127.127.127.127:10127&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        ServerName 127.127.127.127:10127&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;        #&#xD;&#xA;        # Allow server status reports generated by mod_status&#xD;&#xA;        #&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Location /server-status&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            SetHandler server-status&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The status vhost is bound to the localhost on your server. You can access it with a text mode browser like elinks, or ssh forward that port to your machine." />
  <row Id="24742" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="13553" RevisionGUID="231c6c1b-9f86-49cf-a15f-c154a253ed9a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:17:47.220" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="24743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13689" RevisionGUID="8c3136c4-eb1a-49ba-8ff9-7d9f80b04eba" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:21:40.417" UserId="1715" Text="The Microsoft [IIS resource kit][1] has a log parser that lets your run SQL like queries on IIS Logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also rate awstats if your dont know what your looking for &amp; would just like some stock reports.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe [google analytic][2]s is probably the best value you'll get for free, you dont even need your log then :)  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are you looking for by analyzing logs?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=56FC92EE-A71A-4C73-B628-ADE629C89499&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.google.com/analytics/" />
  <row Id="24744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13690" RevisionGUID="17eafdc8-b1fe-4c77-a752-4a7ca01cec92" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:24:57.983" UserDisplayName="Kortex786" Text="I have to set up a &quot;secure&quot; network for my boss.&#xD;&#xA;For now, I have a ADSL router linked to a switch. All users are connected to this switch.&#xD;&#xA;Security is obviously bad.&#xD;&#xA;I want to put a server between the ADSL router and the switch. &#xD;&#xA;This server will, I think, be a bridge. But it has to be a firewall, a proxy and a web content filter.&#xD;&#xA;There are about 20 users (who use a lot the Internet for surfing no downloading).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What kind of hardware should I use for the server ?&#xD;&#xA;Of course, I need two NICs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* How many RAM would be enough ?&#xD;&#xA;* Is the bridge solution a good one in term of performance ? (perhaps NAT, or static route ...)&#xD;&#xA;* Should I use Debian or NetBSD ? I read that NetBSD is good for that kind of job&#xD;&#xA;* SHould th server be the router for the lan or I keep the ADSL router ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you for your answers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS : Sorry for my poor english&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24745" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13690" RevisionGUID="17eafdc8-b1fe-4c77-a752-4a7ca01cec92" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:24:57.983" UserDisplayName="Kortex786" Text="Which hardware for an entreprise router/firewall/content filter/proxy on a single server" />
  <row Id="24746" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13690" RevisionGUID="17eafdc8-b1fe-4c77-a752-4a7ca01cec92" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:24:57.983" UserDisplayName="Kortex786" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;router&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="24747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13691" RevisionGUID="a5b22687-f5ef-42d9-a8f1-0ec6f48fa35e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:27:08.343" UserId="3116" Text="- Boot with a live distro (lvm capable)&#xD;&#xA;- don't mount your lvm partitions&#xD;&#xA;- fsck LogVol00 and LogVol05 (twice this step)&#xD;&#xA;- lvreduce -L-xG /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol05&#xD;&#xA;- resize2fs -p /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol05&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;do the same for /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 with lvextend instead of lvreduce&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13692" RevisionGUID="625d40f2-ff07-44c6-baf7-738c1d5c8e7d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:27:09.467" UserId="2108" Text="[Basic instructions here.][1] I wouldn't try it without a recent known-good backup personally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.netadmintools.com/art367.html" />
  <row Id="24749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13693" RevisionGUID="4d457c82-7d54-49a9-9de0-4dd5f5fb71ef" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:27:46.783" UserId="32988" Text="I think you would be better of by installing Nessus on your own computer. Nessus is free (but have a commercial version available too) and it lets you actively probe servers with a wide range of plugins.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check it out: http://www.nessus.org/nessus/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also.. could you trust a public webpage that probed your computer for errors? Setting up such a server would probably mean lots of problems for the host, since it would trigger IDS-alerts from other network providers. And you have no guarantee that they won't abuse their findings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13694" RevisionGUID="3a89da8e-9251-4be1-9d8f-4aa1706a5f60" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:28:21.573" UserId="4478" Text="Basic: what's the size on disk of my DB?&#xD;&#xA;More: can I quickly see where the data is? i.e. which tables, logs, etc" />
  <row Id="24751" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13694" RevisionGUID="3a89da8e-9251-4be1-9d8f-4aa1706a5f60" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:28:21.573" UserId="4478" Text="How do I determine the size of my SQL Server database?" />
  <row Id="24752" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13694" RevisionGUID="3a89da8e-9251-4be1-9d8f-4aa1706a5f60" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:28:21.573" UserId="4478" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="24753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13695" RevisionGUID="ef6ceed1-6e78-449a-b4bc-048b85e93411" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:28:48.343" UserId="4076" Text="In the main.cf config file there is a section that will look like this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Postfix will relay for any ip address or network listed under mynetworks Add to that a comma seperated list of your internal subnets or hosts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8, 192.168.1.0/24, 192.168.200.200/32&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/32 is the cidr notation for a single host.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24754" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13696" RevisionGUID="2f89f6b3-e563-4a8e-acd2-3f1aaad305aa" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:29:24.270" UserId="1803" Text="If you insist on using a tractor to mow your lawn, can you really be surprised when it turns into a huge mess?  Email is not a *good* file transfer method... at least it hasn't been with Exchange 2003 and earlier.  It'll be handy if 2007 fixes this." />
  <row Id="24755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13697" RevisionGUID="61ca11e9-09e1-435a-90a2-2c554c50db6d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:30:44.847" UserId="3096" Text="Ok, countless tries later:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The correct Answer is: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    TZ=CET-1CEST&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems that 3 Parts are necessary:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. CET (Name of Standard Local time/Documentation gives a list of those)&#xD;&#xA; 2. -1 (Offset from UTC. &quot;-&quot; means to the east, not less in absolut time)&#xD;&#xA; 3. CEST (Name of a Daylight savings time scheme, without it no dst is used. This has to be an official value, I guess, 'cause fictional names just don't work, but IBM's documentation doesn't give those).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One letter more or less and it stops working. Guess IBM's documentation is just faulty." />
  <row Id="24756" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13698" RevisionGUID="d841e291-648d-4e68-99fb-cc064ea921ff" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:30:45.970" UserId="1404" Text="The `java.io.tmpdir` in Tomcat is set to `$CATALINA_BASE/temp`. You can change it by setting the `$CATALINA_TMPDIR` environment variable before running `startup.sh` for Tomcat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From `catalina.sh`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #   CATALINA_TMPDIR (Optional) Directory path location of temporary directory&#xD;&#xA;    #                   the JVM should use (java.io.tmpdir).  Defaults to&#xD;&#xA;    #                   $CATALINA_BASE/temp." />
  <row Id="24757" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13699" RevisionGUID="15830d90-8add-4b75-ab15-673f5c09c075" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:30:59.963" UserId="4562" Text="I have always had the best luck running this through a dual wan router like one of the many DrayTek devices. These work fine for typical web surfing but you have to worry about more advanced applications that are session-aware or checking referring IP address. In certain instances such as VPN connectivity or voip/video conferencing you might run into connectivity issues which negate the benefits of the increased bandwidth.  Generally you can get around this by statically assigning ports to a single connection." />
  <row Id="24758" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13699" RevisionGUID="15830d90-8add-4b75-ab15-673f5c09c075" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:30:59.963" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="24759" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13700" RevisionGUID="7204ac6f-980d-48a1-809b-a380af17b8cc" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:31:05.160" UserDisplayName="Adam" Text="I have a Virtual machine and i am using VMWare Workstation to run it. The vmdk file, which is the virtual hard drive, is in excess of 40GB. When i start the virtual Machine i can see that i have only 2 Partions. One is a 6GB with Windows XP and the required software installed and the second partition is 3.91GB. This makes just less than 1GB of space in use while the other 30GB is not being used. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am trying to find a way to shrink this VM HDD file down. I have tried to use the VM tools and another third party tool called Virtual Disk Factory. It might be the case that I am not doing it right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would be very much grateful if I can have some help on this matter," />
  <row Id="24760" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13700" RevisionGUID="7204ac6f-980d-48a1-809b-a380af17b8cc" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:31:05.160" UserDisplayName="Adam" Text="Can a Virtual HDD be shrink down?" />
  <row Id="24761" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13700" RevisionGUID="7204ac6f-980d-48a1-809b-a380af17b8cc" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:31:05.160" UserDisplayName="Adam" Text="&lt;virtual-machines&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;partition&gt;" />
  <row Id="24762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13701" RevisionGUID="6d83d5ff-44b9-445c-a88d-70ae2b346f08" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:32:32.257" UserId="4703" Text="If you want to do log analysis for compliance reasons (detecting attacks, etc) I would suggest using the open source OSSEC (can't post a link because I am a new user, but just google for it)." />
  <row Id="24763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13702" RevisionGUID="9a8e66fb-7045-4a1d-a291-4a3eeab31f02" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:32:48.217" UserId="4410" Text="Why aren't you just clonning the machine using `dd`?" />
  <row Id="24765" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13704" RevisionGUID="ef008192-525e-4c65-9070-f51962298b1f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:38:42.943" UserId="1806" Text="As for fast and free solution you can install a Linux server with IMAP service which stores messages in Maildir format - that is every mail in separate file. CentOS with Dovecot will do." />
  <row Id="24766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13705" RevisionGUID="8eb554a8-c5e9-430a-b97e-ba218d2398ce" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:39:37.233" UserId="2467" Text="Have you installed the VMware Tools into the guest? I seem to recall there being a shrink option in there. Hang on, I'll just check...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...hmmm apparently the Tools shrink option doesn't work for pre-allocated disk (or one with snapshots). Did you pre-allocate the disk? Or did you just let it grow to the current size?" />
  <row Id="24767" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13706" RevisionGUID="9eadfad2-f41b-4429-b206-a04fa0875e07" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:39:44.583" UserId="1847" Text="You'll probably want to start with the sp_spaceused command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**sp_spaceused**&#xD;&#xA;*Returns information about the total size of the database*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**sp_spaceused 'MyTable'**&#xD;&#xA;*Returns information about the size of MyTable*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Read the docs for all the things you can get information about. You can also use the sp_msforeachtable command to run sp_spaceused against all tables at once.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Be aware the command sometimes returns multiple datasets, each set containing a different chunk of stats.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24768" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13707" RevisionGUID="0b892c8e-e2f0-4b14-a0ff-e2a686fe8daf" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:39:51.523" UserId="2991" Text="I'd suggest that you put quotas on the mailboxes, then rather than using Exchange as a filestore, you educate the users how to save the attachments and messages to a shared folder/nework drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could even create a folder structure for them on the network share - It's then searchable by normal windows methods.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24769" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13708" RevisionGUID="3869b359-4648-4d9c-8fdd-1f0401051496" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:40:28.047" UserId="2546" Text="Have you seen [this thread?][1] Looks like they're almost there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1123428" />
  <row Id="24770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13709" RevisionGUID="dc29ab3e-97be-40b2-90ab-c32a6643dceb" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:40:38.590" UserDisplayName="nerf" Text="Run Start\ Programs\ Microsoft SQL Server\ Enterprise Manager. Open Database sheet, in property %databasename% you can see location Data filrs &amp; Transaction files." />
  <row Id="24771" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13710" RevisionGUID="23618328-9e4d-4a02-b38b-67c6fddecce9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:40:45.860" UserId="2299" Text="Just create a new vmdk file of the required size and copy the files to it from the old vmdk. You can use any of the disk imaging utilities like Snapshot (www.drivesnapshot.de) to make the copy easier, as they will copy the boot sectors, ACLs etc, but you could actually just copy the files. There's a VMWare utility that will mount a vmdk so the host can see it as a drive letter, or you can boot the VM of a BartPE CD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24772" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13711" RevisionGUID="8f3bed90-7057-4569-b8c9-9cf800b31415" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:41:16.517" UserId="1787" Text="If you're thinking about local &lt;~&gt; remote dirs, [**FireFTP**][1] is great two panel manager. Has most of the features you require. Being Firefox add-on, it's completely cross-platform. The problem is I don't see how could you use it for local &lt;~&gt; local.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fireftp.mozdev.org/images/fireftp.png&quot;&gt;![fireftp][2]&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://fireftp.mozdev.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://fireftp.mozdev.org/images/fireftpthumb.jpg" />
  <row Id="24773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13712" RevisionGUID="fb9c343c-3d12-48fc-985e-da3ad57feb3b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:41:36.827" UserId="1447" Text="You can see the physical files in `sys.database_files`.  This has the path to the file and the size (in blocks IIRC).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`sp_spaceused` will show you how much space an individual object takes up." />
  <row Id="24774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13713" RevisionGUID="682ac05d-95f9-4f4a-80f0-f4975224666e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:42:32.023" UserId="3806" Text="We are using it in production for a company info website. And we havnt had any problem at all with it yet. And it works smooth to take down servers and loadbalancing also work nice. Using least reponsetime so one of the server is getting some more requests. We are going to move one of our ecommerce stores also that have alot more trafic then the company info site. So we will see how it works under more heavy load. But our tests have showed that it should handle it without problems" />
  <row Id="24779" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13714" RevisionGUID="5927e19e-f74b-4341-a614-fea4cd7c2177" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:44:47.937" UserId="4562" Text="I agree with Martin.  The DrayTek devices are rock solid and can be found for just a little more money than the less reliable SOHO devices.  They even sell devices with the ADSL modem built in which will keep you from buying or renting one from the provider.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, as Portman stated, you can find routers that will fail over to a 3G wireless adapter.  These are great if you travel much because you're able to bring your backup connection with you.  Look up the DrayTek Vigor 2910 series routers as they can accomplish both of these options.  This is definitely my preferred route." />
  <row Id="24780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13715" RevisionGUID="d5a8cf24-30c8-444e-8006-933e2052a81d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:47:33.190" UserId="1447" Text="[This Stackoverflow posting][1] has a rundown on workstation hardware.  Media production types are a major user of such hardware.  You may find something of interest there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're doing anything with video, make sure your disk subsystem is fast enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/403084/optimal-off-the-shelf-development-machine/403558#403558" />
  <row Id="24781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13716" RevisionGUID="33ee733f-5847-408b-9725-1f3a7df9d625" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:50:13.980" UserId="2299" Text="The Western Digital drives are designed for 24x7 operation, so in a NAS that is on all the time they would be ideal. Cheaper drives will be just as fast, but will fail more frequently. At work we use the RE3 drives in Poweredge 2950s with a Perc5/i to run Hyper-V, and they work very well, though I'd stick with SAS for the really disk intensive stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On my home server I paid the extra for Western Digital RE3 drives because getting the server down from the loft to replace a failed disk is more pain that the extra cost of buying the RE3 disks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13717" RevisionGUID="77b8a1a2-c76b-40ed-8364-c87e1a5cfcaa" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:50:33.293" UserId="334" Text="At a start-up company where we have probably now grown sufficiently to warrant a dedicated system administrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Is it worth using a recruiter to find a good system administrator? Or, would the cost likely outweigh any benefits?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From a technical perspective, we don't have any unusual or significant requirements. The successful candidate would need to support a heterogeneous set of systems (Windows and Linux), with users who are highly computer literate (about half of the employees are experienced software developers). If the candidate has experience in our business domain then that is a bonus, but certainly not essential.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From an recruitment perspective, we don't actually know what the going rate for a suitable candidate would be. This is an aspect were advice from a reliable recruiter might be valuable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the current climate, how easy is it to find that one *good* SysAdmin to join our team? Will we get no applicants?  Will we get thousands of poor applicants to filter?" />
  <row Id="24783" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13717" RevisionGUID="77b8a1a2-c76b-40ed-8364-c87e1a5cfcaa" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:50:33.293" UserId="334" Text="Is it worth using a recruiter to find a SysAdmin?" />
  <row Id="24784" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13717" RevisionGUID="77b8a1a2-c76b-40ed-8364-c87e1a5cfcaa" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:50:33.293" UserId="334" Text="&lt;jobhunting&gt;&lt;recruitment&gt;" />
  <row Id="24785" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13718" RevisionGUID="3ed1e325-1b48-4b19-98cb-4166308da079" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:50:58.893" UserId="4392" Text="Have you considered using an email retention service like Global Relay? We use them to archive our email for compliance reasons, but that has also had the side effect of shrinking my users' email boxes, since they know that if they want a deleted message, they can log into the Global Relay site and retrieve it. " />
  <row Id="24787" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13720" RevisionGUID="c707b6e3-956e-4932-acf8-0164494b9186" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:51:18.253" UserId="3320" Text="How do I get root access from shell? When I'm trying to use `su` I get:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        default@default-laptop:~/home/default$ su&#xD;&#xA;        Password: &#xD;&#xA;        su: Authentication error&#xD;&#xA;        default@default-laptop:~/home/default$&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="24789" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13720" RevisionGUID="c707b6e3-956e-4932-acf8-0164494b9186" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:51:18.253" UserId="3320" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;root&gt;&lt;shell&gt;" />
  <row Id="24790" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13721" RevisionGUID="e5ec4c44-68b9-4a81-9c66-73e8c735928f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:52:46.130" UserId="2108" Text="su wants the root password, if you're running Ubuntu that will be scrambled. Try `sudo -s -H` or `sudo su -` and give your user password. " />
  <row Id="24791" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13722" RevisionGUID="844a5a13-8e99-436d-b4ac-3a1d3fbccba4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:53:04.320" UserId="4648" Text="Currently Mac user but will switch to ThinkPad soon, with Arch Linux, Debian or some BSD loaded on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everything except T and SL series is out of the consideration for me. I am leaning towards T500. Wondering what are the experiences with those laptops regarding Linux and/or *BSD?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any other laptop recommendations besides ThinkPads? Thanks." />
  <row Id="24792" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13722" RevisionGUID="844a5a13-8e99-436d-b4ac-3a1d3fbccba4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:53:04.320" UserId="4648" Text="What's the best ThinkPad regarding Linux support?" />
  <row Id="24793" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13722" RevisionGUID="844a5a13-8e99-436d-b4ac-3a1d3fbccba4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:53:04.320" UserId="4648" Text="&lt;laptop&gt;&lt;notebook&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;bsd&gt;" />
  <row Id="24794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13723" RevisionGUID="e83e8acb-342e-42f2-b6bd-619468826b27" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:54:01.040" UserId="517" Text="On a default Ubuntu installation you cannot su as root. You can use sudo to launch any command you need. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also do &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    su passwd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;after entering your password you will be able to give root a password. After you will be able to su as root." />
  <row Id="24795" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13724" RevisionGUID="c851094c-3cff-49e4-9f8a-9e1673338d9b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:54:36.640" UserId="3096" Text="A VMWare virtual disk is defined with a certain size (e.g. 40 GB), and can be allocated in two ways:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. **Pre-allocated** &#xD;&#xA;In this case the disk can not be shrunk. Your best option is the one suggested by renniej: Copy the files to a new disk&#xD;&#xA; 2. **Sparse Files** Meaning, that the file which represents the virtual disk is grown with its space needs until it reaches the predefined size. In this case you can shrink the disk, if you are willing to delete things or (like in your case) there is still free space in the disk image. The procedure is described in this [VMWare support document][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/doc/ws_disk_shrink.html" />
  <row Id="24796" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13057" RevisionGUID="dc2617b9-58af-4b2d-a355-15018a788ef1" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:54:42.787" UserId="4077" Comment="added 261 characters in body" Text="Looks like it was an issue with not having access to the temp folder (even though I was running as administrator...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After looking into this even more (it still didn't work) it seemed like an issue with running vlite itself on windows 7. I copied everything over to an xp box and it worked flawlessly. My eee now runs Windows 7 with about 600 mb to spare on its 4 gig drive." />
  <row Id="24798" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13725" RevisionGUID="30f3e844-734f-4e04-85dc-967ce6d5b633" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:55:45.640" UserId="4445" Text="for finding and sync operations beyond compare http://www.scootersoftware.com/ has been a help in the past.  Linux and windows versions." />
  <row Id="24799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13726" RevisionGUID="0ee7955a-9fb9-47f2-8078-01688a89f083" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:56:56.607" UserId="640" Text="You'll need to filter the applicants either way. A recruiter is going to try to sell you whoever they have available, and the applicants will vary in quality quite a bit. In general, I would only use a recruiter for hard to find candidates (unique skill sets, etc). In this case, I think you'll have no problem finding plenty of candidates - you just need to sort through them." />
  <row Id="24800" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13277" RevisionGUID="d7166e42-bdf5-4a1c-9fa8-ea8c4f33907a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:58:01.690" UserId="4445" Comment="one more spelling correction and deleted a repeated word" Text="I have a SharePoint 2007 wiki.  Within the wiki site document library I've successfully created a view where I use a [ME] filter to filter on an added column to show only documents where the added column = [ME].  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to display this wiki view using a shared web part on the parent side default page using the out of the box tools to add a shared web part?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The structure of the site is something like this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SharePoint Parent Site  &#xD;&#xA; -- Doc Lib  &#xD;&#xA; -- List  &#xD;&#xA; -- Wiki Site  &#xD;&#xA; ------ Wiki Doc Lib with added column  &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to add a web part on the default page of the parent site (the parent of the wiki site).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Option 1 - the Wiki Site and wiki document library aren't visible in the &quot;Lists and Libraries&quot; add web part dialogue to add. &#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;Option 2 - I've tried a content query web part.  the content query web part does allow the selection of the child site and wiki library but i can't get it to show the page records.  It also doesn't display the added column in the filter list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24801" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13727" RevisionGUID="fa193e5c-5eb5-484c-82c4-5397e922acf4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T12:59:18.350" UserId="4535" Text="On non-Ubuntu systems, you will need to ensure that your username is part of the &quot;wheel&quot; group in the /etc/group file. See &quot;man group&quot; for syntax, etc." />
  <row Id="24802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13728" RevisionGUID="9a3b81eb-56ca-4940-ab94-c1671f830cc1" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:00:33.573" UserId="1736" Text="If not knowing the going rate is the stumbling block, paying a recruiter's fees for that information is a pretty damn steep rate.  You can research that for a good bit less.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general, I'd say do it yourself, especially if you have anyone in the shop who knows a sysadmin from a hole in the ground.  Because a recruiter won't.  Recruiters match keywords, then check out the candidate to see if he appears to be a conformist, so that if he turns out to be utterly useless, there's nothing for people to point at and say &quot;but you should have known because of his tribal tattoos&quot;.  Useless." />
  <row Id="24803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13729" RevisionGUID="cfd910de-83db-4cf9-add5-1140154937a6" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:00:33.667" UserId="2546" Text="Midnight Commander has been [ported to Windows][1] and can be [installed on OSX][2]. A bit messy, but should get you what you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.siegward-jaekel.de/mc-gb.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://michigantelephone.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/how-to-install-midnight-commander-under-mac-os-x-the-easy-way-using-rudix/" />
  <row Id="24804" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13730" RevisionGUID="11652214-afbd-4cb7-ace8-b71e5955bc74" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:02:20.043" UserId="711" Text="run this to get the size per table:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /******************************************************************************&#xD;&#xA;    **    File: “GetTableSpaceUsage.sql”&#xD;&#xA;    **    Name: Get Table Space Useage for a specific schema&#xD;&#xA;    **    Auth: Robert C. Cain&#xD;&#xA;    **    Date: 01/27/2008&#xD;&#xA;    **&#xD;&#xA;    **    Desc: Calls the sp_spaceused proc for each table in a schema and returns&#xD;&#xA;    **        the Table Name, Number of Rows, and space used for each table.&#xD;&#xA;    **&#xD;&#xA;    **    Called by:&#xD;&#xA;    **     n/a – As needed&#xD;&#xA;    **&#xD;&#xA;    **    Input Parameters:&#xD;&#xA;    **     In the code check the value of @schemaname, if you need it for a&#xD;&#xA;    **     schema other than dbo be sure to change it.&#xD;&#xA;    **&#xD;&#xA;    **    Output Parameters:&#xD;&#xA;    **     NA&#xD;&#xA;    *******************************************************************************/&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    /*—————————————————————————*/&#xD;&#xA;    /* Drop the temp table if it's there from a previous run                     */&#xD;&#xA;    /*—————————————————————————*/&#xD;&#xA;    if object_id(N'tempdb..[#TableSizes]') is not null&#xD;&#xA;      drop table #TableSizes ;&#xD;&#xA;    go&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    /*—————————————————————————*/&#xD;&#xA;    /* Create the temp table                                                     */&#xD;&#xA;    /*—————————————————————————*/&#xD;&#xA;    create table #TableSizes&#xD;&#xA;      (&#xD;&#xA;    	[Table Name] nvarchar(128)   /* Name of the table */&#xD;&#xA;      , [Number of Rows] char(11)    /* Number of rows existing in the table. */&#xD;&#xA;      , [Reserved Space] varchar(18) /* Reserved space for table. */&#xD;&#xA;      , [Data Space] varchar(18)    /* Amount of space used by data in table. */&#xD;&#xA;      , [Index Size] varchar(18)    /* Amount of space used by indexes in table. */&#xD;&#xA;      , [Unused Space] varchar(18)   /* Amount of space reserved but not used. */&#xD;&#xA;      ) ;&#xD;&#xA;    go&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    /*—————————————————————————*/&#xD;&#xA;    /* Load the temp table                                                        */&#xD;&#xA;    /*—————————————————————————*/&#xD;&#xA;    declare @schemaname varchar(256) ;&#xD;&#xA;    -- Make sure to set next line to the Schema name you want!&#xD;&#xA;    set @schemaname = 'dbo' ;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    -- Create a cursor to cycle through the names of each table in the schema&#xD;&#xA;    declare curSchemaTable cursor&#xD;&#xA;      for select sys.schemas.name + '.' + sys.objects.name&#xD;&#xA;    	  from    sys.objects&#xD;&#xA;    			, sys.schemas&#xD;&#xA;    	  where   object_id &gt; 100&#xD;&#xA;    			  and sys.schemas.name = @schemaname&#xD;&#xA;    			  /* For a specific table uncomment next line and supply name */&#xD;&#xA;    			  --and sys.objects.name = 'specific-table-name-here'    &#xD;&#xA;    			  and type_desc = 'USER_TABLE'&#xD;&#xA;    			  and sys.objects.schema_id = sys.schemas.schema_id ;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    open curSchemaTable ;&#xD;&#xA;    declare @name varchar(256) ;  /* This holds the name of the current table*/&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    -- Now loop thru the cursor, calling the sp_spaceused for each table&#xD;&#xA;    fetch curSchemaTable into @name ;&#xD;&#xA;    while ( @@FETCH_STATUS = 0 )&#xD;&#xA;      begin    &#xD;&#xA;    	insert into #TableSizes&#xD;&#xA;    			exec sp_spaceused @objname = @name ;       &#xD;&#xA;    	fetch curSchemaTable into @name ;   &#xD;&#xA;      end&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    /* Important to both close and deallocate! */&#xD;&#xA;    close curSchemaTable ;     &#xD;&#xA;    deallocate curSchemaTable ;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    /*—————————————————————————*/&#xD;&#xA;    /* Feed the results back                                                     */&#xD;&#xA;    /*—————————————————————————*/&#xD;&#xA;    select [Table Name]&#xD;&#xA;    	  , [Number of Rows]&#xD;&#xA;    	  , [Reserved Space]&#xD;&#xA;    	  , [Data Space]&#xD;&#xA;    	  , [Index Size]&#xD;&#xA;    	  , [Unused Space]&#xD;&#xA;    from    [#TableSizes]&#xD;&#xA;    order by [Table Name] ;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    /*—————————————————————————*/&#xD;&#xA;    /* Remove the temp table                                                     */&#xD;&#xA;    /*—————————————————————————*/&#xD;&#xA;    drop table #TableSizes ;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[taken][1] from [Robert Caine][2] blog&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This code is for Microsoft SQL 2005+&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://arcanecode.com/2008/01/28/getting-table-space-usage-in-sql-server-2005/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://arcanecode.com/" />
  <row Id="24805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13731" RevisionGUID="cbc347ee-8562-4479-ba17-cc6ab8211501" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:02:32.570" UserId="431" Text="This script loops through all of the tables in the current database and shows how much space each one takes up for data, indexes, and unused space:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://sqlserverpedia.com/wiki/Calculate_Current_Table_Sizes" />
  <row Id="24806" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13732" RevisionGUID="8f50344f-34a2-4d58-916e-9575f6f363f3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:04:14.957" UserId="4648" Text="*BSD is a **complete OS**, meaning the kernel and the userland is developed from the same source tree, whereas Linux distributions are butchered together from various sources. This is why BSD systems feel much more cohesive and solid. Also better documented." />
  <row Id="24807" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13715" RevisionGUID="a280297a-6d7e-4e72-96ff-45783716654a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:06:11.083" UserId="1447" Comment="added 1119 characters in body" Text="[This Stackoverflow posting][1] has a rundown on workstation hardware.  Media production types are a major user of such hardware.  You may find something of interest there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're doing anything with video, make sure your disk subsystem is fast enough.  Software RAID on Windows in general and XP in particular is pretty rubbish.  You might want to benchmark a H/W SATA RAID controller.  Some will do stripe sizes up to 1024K, so you could get pretty good streaming performance from a RAID-0 of (say) 4 inexpensive SATA drives.  A basic 4 or 8 drive one from Areac, 3Ware, LSI or Adaptec is just a few hundred dollars.  The whole disk subsystem would be just a fraction of the cost of Adobe Creative Suite.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The more memory the better.  Single-socket PC's tend to max out at 4GB or sometimes 8GB&#xD;&#xA;of RAM.  Two-socket machines tend to be more expensive.  Look into something with intel 'Nelahem' processors like a current-gen Mac Pro or HP (Z400, Z600 or Z800).  These processors are (a) very fast and (b) can take quite a lot of memory, even on single socket models.  Check out pricing on third-party memory as the manufacturers of this kit will charge a fairly steep price for bits.  16GB or more is quite feasible on these machines without breaking the bank.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that you will need a 64-bit O/S and 64-bit apps to use this RAM.  Hope you don't mind Vista.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/403084/optimal-off-the-shelf-development-machine/403558#403558" />
  <row Id="24809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13733" RevisionGUID="d51f34b4-dd70-467a-8551-7a47a1dafae9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:09:19.923" UserId="4712" Text="I've switched over to Windows 7 full time but really miss using Ultramon, is there any other   similar software out there that works on Windows 7?" />
  <row Id="24810" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13733" RevisionGUID="d51f34b4-dd70-467a-8551-7a47a1dafae9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:09:19.923" UserId="4712" Text="Multiple Monitor Software for Windows 7" />
  <row Id="24811" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13733" RevisionGUID="d51f34b4-dd70-467a-8551-7a47a1dafae9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:09:19.923" UserId="4712" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;monitors&gt;" />
  <row Id="24812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13734" RevisionGUID="f7b42fc5-e83b-4d0d-b22f-1e7a1b9613de" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:09:26.943" UserId="4535" Text="I expect that a reasonably modern computer (Pentium 4+) with ~1 to 2 GB of RAM should be sufficient to maintain your current user set and expand well for the future. It's ridiculous how many small tasks you can run off of &quot;old&quot; hardware these days, particularly when using a Linux or BSD-based OS. Just keep the non-essential tasks to a minimum (such as a graphical server).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd say go pick the operating system that you're most familiar with; they can both handle that job well. BSD probably has less overhead, but if it comes down to &quot;I read about BSD in an article but I have experience with Debian&quot;, I'd recommend that you go with the OS you're familiar with. You can always experiment with BSD on a non-production system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would probably be easiest if you set the new computer up as both the router and the firewall, but by keeping it as a bridge, you're adding an extra layer of firewall between the users and the web. Either method should be sufficient to handle the bridging and web content filter you need." />
  <row Id="24813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13735" RevisionGUID="d92a3cd0-8efd-4071-88f2-c7f281fe370c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:10:21.013" UserId="4109" Text="I currently backup several unix systems using ssh keys and rsync over ssh.  It works great and is fast as rsync only syncs over the differences.  I dump a bunch of rsync backups to one linux box, then backup exec can run a job to send that data to tape later on.  The bash scripts are simple enough to write" />
  <row Id="24814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13736" RevisionGUID="d1dd6d6a-28e5-4121-b890-62167c009df9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:11:15.897" UserId="2108" Text="There are a **lot** of clowns in the IT market. Clowns with impressive resumes and work experience who, on further examination, don't know the difference between ext2 and ext3. (Or say it's &quot;in the networking&quot;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless your recruiter is competent and technical enough to see through buzzword bingo and smooth talking you will either waste a lot of time interviewing idiots or end up with someone less than qualified. " />
  <row Id="24815" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13715" RevisionGUID="e71d1502-def3-40f2-8117-4e611a87cac2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:11:19.470" UserId="1447" Comment="added 571 characters in body" Text="[This Stackoverflow posting][1] has a rundown on workstation hardware.  Media production types are a major user of such hardware.  You may find something of interest there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're doing anything with video, make sure your disk subsystem is fast enough.  Software RAID on Windows in general and XP in particular is pretty rubbish.  You might want to benchmark a H/W SATA RAID controller.  Some will do stripe sizes up to 1024K, so you could get pretty good streaming performance from a RAID-0 of (say) 4 inexpensive SATA drives.  A basic 4 or 8 drive one from Areac, 3Ware, LSI or Adaptec is just a few hundred dollars.  The whole disk subsystem would be just a fraction of the cost of Adobe Creative Suite.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The more memory the better.  Single-socket PC's tend to max out at 4GB or sometimes 8GB&#xD;&#xA;of RAM.  Two-socket machines tend to be more expensive.  Look into something with intel 'Nelahem' processors like a current-gen Mac Pro or HP (Z400, Z600 or Z800).  These processors are (a) very fast and (b) can take quite a lot of memory, even on single socket models.  Check out pricing on third-party memory as the manufacturers of this kit will charge a fairly steep price for bits.  16GB or more is quite feasible on these machines without breaking the bank.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that you will need a 64-bit O/S and 64-bit apps to use this RAM.  Hope you don't mind Vista.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have GPU support on your software, consider getting something like a NVidia [Tesla C1060][2] to accelerate this.  You will need a machine with a suitable motherboard and power supply.  Off-the shelf, a HP Z800 or a similar machine would do this if you have the money (they are quite expensive).  If you want to do it on the cheap, there are a range of single-socket workstation and gaming board available from most motherboard manufacturers that a custom white-box outfit could put into a machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/403084/optimal-off-the-shelf-development-machine/403558#403558&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_tesla_c1060_us.html" />
  <row Id="24816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13737" RevisionGUID="7899e50b-c407-49e2-9e13-c90bbead79ae" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:12:36.253" UserId="10706" Text="The best solution to your problem (as clarified in your comment) is NOT to analyze the logfile at all.  Use **[Google Analytics][1]**.  It will give you all the details about traffic you're likely to need and even some customizations (via the API, that is a simple javascript call) necessary to track stuff that's typically un-trackable via log parsing anyway (client-side clicks etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are very few use cases that REQUIRE customized or DIY log parsing (even if they're free).  You can always keep the logs archived for a rainy day if you run into one of those cases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/analytics" />
  <row Id="24817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13738" RevisionGUID="d61a3b0c-0385-4e5d-8724-ed94fcb5e620" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:14:38.137" UserId="4576" Text="If you set the Disk(s) to grow rather than being pre-allocated, and don't have snapshots (this is the hard part).  you can use the Shrink option in the VM Tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I perform periodic maintenance on my VMs by running all important updates (OS and other software), clearing all the snapshots, and then shrinking the drives.  Then I snapshot the baseline again.  Of course some of my VMs are loaded with development snapshots for different customers, that I want to keep, so these VMs stay un-updated. " />
  <row Id="24818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13739" RevisionGUID="3d989801-fac0-48e3-946b-5cb3ece4281a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:15:10.850" Text="Also, you can try XSpider" />
  <row Id="24819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13740" RevisionGUID="97520722-e496-4b11-915d-5d8baaaca23e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:16:08.540" UserId="2546" Text="[DisplayFusion][1] is advertised as working with Windows 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.binaryfortress.com/displayfusion/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://images.betanews.com/screenshots/1225079293-1.jpg" />
  <row Id="24820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13741" RevisionGUID="dbc5321e-2838-47f2-bc74-9bc704b99038" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:17:02.190" UserId="431" Text="The other responses about not having a command line tool are true, but there are third party applications to do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disclaimer: I work for Quest Software, who sells [Change Director for SQL Server][1].  It does schema-only snapshots, plus notifies you if the schema changes.  It can monitor tons of servers, and you can use it to sync schemas between multiple servers, like development and production.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.quest.com/change-director-for-sql-server/" />
  <row Id="24821" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13742" RevisionGUID="6bafbbbf-fa30-469e-9ab3-14cf1f99daab" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:18:34.963" UserId="4715" Text="I currently use Apache 2.0 and FastCGI to serve my Django sites (I host multiple sites from a single server / IP). Each site has it's own FastCGI process which stops Apache forking multiple copies which can use a lot of memory and means I can restart a single Django site back end without restarting Apache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this a sensible way to do things and are there other/better alternatives?" />
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  <row Id="24823" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13742" RevisionGUID="6bafbbbf-fa30-469e-9ab3-14cf1f99daab" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:18:34.963" UserId="4715" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;django&gt;&lt;fastcgi&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="24824" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13743" RevisionGUID="6caed341-4227-4d01-88ee-b6a6c86d6d75" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:18:54.447" UserId="3762" Text="Found this article, for using vmware-vdiskmanager. I use this all the time for splitting and expanding and it has a shrink option too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See here which has details for Windows and Linux hosts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http: // www.howtoforge.com/how-to-shrink-vmware-virtual-disk-files-vmdk&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;hope this helps" />
  <row Id="24825" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13744" RevisionGUID="791747fd-25af-429e-ad57-c9dbef620c62" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:19:00.237" UserId="3431" Text="I have the exact the same problem as you but for a slighty bigger network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would suggest you to use [Pfsense][1] which is based on BSD and is configured via an extremely powerful yet simple and clear web interface. It is firewalling a zones of 70 servers on a Celeron 3Ghz processor with 2GB of RAM (largely unused).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Configuring it as a transparent bridge was the most efficient setup as it allowed to modify practically nothing on the actual architecture.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I therefore suggest you either get one nice Dell server (low end will be far enough) for reliability of the hardware components and install pfsense on it. Or you can reuse two older servers on PFsense with redundancy (CARP) which is really simple to configure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pfsense.com/" />
  <row Id="24826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13745" RevisionGUID="11d10907-e668-49f7-b604-1e0ab04ff2c4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:19:45.663" UserId="4718" Text="When installing windows, delete any existing partitions on the disk.&#xD;&#xA;Create 2 (or more new partitions) the first partition you create should be labelled as C: the second D: etc.&#xD;&#xA;Select to install windows to the second partition. Proceed with installation as normal.&#xD;&#xA;WHen installation is completed, open up Local DIsk Managment (diskmgmt.msc) and delete your C: partition (which may not even be formatted)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Job Done." />
  <row Id="24827" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13715" RevisionGUID="b8f84369-4466-46a4-a280-4ed3f7f61ed4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:20:32.557" UserId="1447" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="[This Stackoverflow posting][1] has a rundown on workstation hardware.  Media production types are a major user of such hardware.  You may find something of interest there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're doing anything with video, make sure your disk subsystem is fast enough.  Software RAID on Windows in general and XP in particular is pretty rubbish.  You might want to benchmark a H/W SATA RAID controller.  Some will do stripe sizes up to 1024K, so you could get pretty good streaming performance from a RAID-0 of (say) 4 inexpensive SATA drives.  A basic 4 or 8 drive controller from [Areca][2], [3Ware][3], [LSI][4] or [Adaptec][5] is just a few hundred dollars.  The whole disk subsystem would be just a fraction of the cost of Adobe Creative Suite.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The more memory the better.  Single-socket PC's tend to max out at 4GB or sometimes 8GB&#xD;&#xA;of RAM.  Two-socket machines tend to be more expensive.  Look into something with intel 'Nelahem' processors like a current-gen [Mac Pro][6] or HP ([Z400][7], [Z600][8] or [Z800][9]).  These processors are (a) very fast and (b) can take quite a lot of memory, even on single socket models.  Check out pricing on third-party memory as the manufacturers of this kit will charge a fairly steep price for bits.  16GB or more is quite feasible on these machines without breaking the bank.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that you will need a 64-bit O/S and 64-bit apps to use this RAM.  Hope you don't mind Vista.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have GPU support on your software, consider getting something like a NVidia [Tesla C1060][10] to accelerate this.  You will need a machine with a suitable motherboard and power supply.  Off-the shelf, a HP Z800 or a similar machine would do this if you have the money but they are quite expensive.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to do it on the cheap, there are a range of single-socket workstation and gaming boards available from most motherboard manufacturers that a custom white-box outfit could put into a machine.  Also, older workstation models like a XW8600 or XW9400 can be bought off ebay fairly cheaply.  They are not quite as fast as the newer Nelahem boxes but the big ones have two pcie-x16 slots and beefy power supplies that can support a high-spec video card and a second Tesla card.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/403084/optimal-off-the-shelf-development-machine/403558#403558&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.areca.com.tw/products/pcie.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.3ware.com/products/sas-9690SA.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/internal_raid/megaraid_sata/megaraid_sata_3008x/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/products/Controllers/Hardware/sata/entry/SAS-2405/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.apple.com/macpro/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/12454-12454-296719-307907-296721-3718668.html&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/12454-12454-296719-307907-296721-3718663.html&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/au/en/sm/WF05a/12454-12454-296719-296721-296721-3718645.html&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_tesla_c1060_us.html" />
  <row Id="24828" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13746" RevisionGUID="5e9b4414-1a76-4c6a-90d7-6c9bb11e6c3a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:22:40.137" UserDisplayName="open" Text="Hi.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The system is not overloaded and there is no huge process that eats memory (RAM) but still it has only 20-40 MB free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Who is taking RAM and should I avoid it? (how?)" />
  <row Id="24829" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13746" RevisionGUID="5e9b4414-1a76-4c6a-90d7-6c9bb11e6c3a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:22:40.137" UserDisplayName="open" Text="linux eats all memory, seems like it is not for specific application." />
  <row Id="24830" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13746" RevisionGUID="5e9b4414-1a76-4c6a-90d7-6c9bb11e6c3a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:22:40.137" UserDisplayName="open" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;memory&gt;" />
  <row Id="24831" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13740" RevisionGUID="26d0472a-657b-45b8-be04-7148e29d9048" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:22:46.907" UserId="2546" Comment="more details" Text="[DisplayFusion][1] works with Windows 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Features list from its website:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Advanced Multi-Monitor Taskbar support&#xD;&#xA; - Use a different desktop wallpaper image on each monitor &#xD;&#xA; - Use a desktop wallpaper image that spans all monitors&#xD;&#xA; - Randomly change your desktop wallpaper using local images or images from Flickr&#xD;&#xA; - Drag or middle-click the taskbar of maximized windows to move them to other screens&#xD;&#xA; - Auto-snap windows to the edge of your monitor&#xD;&#xA; - Integrated Flickr.com image search &amp; download&#xD;&#xA; - Integrated Vladstudio.com image search &amp; download&#xD;&#xA; - Manage application windows with fully customizable hotkeys:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.binaryfortress.com/displayfusion/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://images.betanews.com/screenshots/1225079293-1.jpg" />
  <row Id="24832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13747" RevisionGUID="ee143a15-98ff-49c0-9a05-eea460b43cf9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:22:54.083" UserId="385" Text="Qualys (http://www.qualys.com) provides a service that does this, but as with my comment to Commander Keen, it's not free. Qualys is generally recognized, too, having spoken with several IDS/IPS providers who also provide security monitoring services. The advantage with Qualys is you can get an appliance for inside your network, but you can also schedule a scan from one of their devices on the Internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also solutions like [McAfee Secure][1] (formerly HackerSafe) which provide those type of scanning services automatically. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mcafeesecure.com/" />
  <row Id="24833" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13748" RevisionGUID="9504aa43-4c11-46f4-8937-a7f1958fcdd1" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:23:01.243" UserId="3526" Text="when I tried to run my .sh file in Redhat using ./test.sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am getting a error like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[test@tester unix_scripts]$ ./test.sh&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;: No such file or directory&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[test@tester unix_scripts]$ &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have also set the permission of the file with chmod 777 test.sh&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;still the same error&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anybody help me?" />
  <row Id="24834" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13748" RevisionGUID="9504aa43-4c11-46f4-8937-a7f1958fcdd1" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:23:01.243" UserId="3526" Text="How to run a .sh file in Red Hat?" />
  <row Id="24835" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13748" RevisionGUID="9504aa43-4c11-46f4-8937-a7f1958fcdd1" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:23:01.243" UserId="3526" Text="&lt;shell&gt;&lt;redhat&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="24836" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13749" RevisionGUID="fa5ad910-e1fa-4aa2-bf4f-8a46dc25bf4e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:23:13.957" UserId="4535" Text="I was very, very pleased with lighttpd/fast-cgi on my old webserver, which was a Pentium II at 500Mhz with 192MB of RAM. With apache I was routinely 200MB into swap file, whereas lighttpd/fast-cgi almost never forced the system to touch swap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you've got the RAM and processing power to handle Apache, and you already have experience with it, no, I doubt there's any pressing need for you to change. If you're looking for something more lightweight that's Apache-like and covers a good range of webserving applications (although not quite the plethora that Apache has), lighttpd with fast-cgi is an excellent option to look into." />
  <row Id="24837" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13750" RevisionGUID="7291e2ec-b10a-44fa-9d6b-0364b4c63c1d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:23:29.603" UserId="4576" Text="We use Alt-N's MDaemon server for our small office, and it comes preloaded with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**opm.blitzed.org**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**dnsbl.ahbl.org**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;bl.spamcop.net&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;zen.spamhaus.org&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The bold ones seem to be not in your list.  I can't speak for them individually, but in total they have been rather useful to us.  I think there was another, but it was blocking too many actual customers, so we had to cut it.  I wish I remember the list, Sorry.." />
  <row Id="24838" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13751" RevisionGUID="71746b20-c9b1-4151-b054-f73b3e1f436c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:24:57.560" UserId="2273" Text="One more alternative is to use the vCenter converter.  There is a standalone version that is a free (registration required) download.  You can &quot;convert&quot; a VM to the same or other formats, and in the same process you can make modifications such as the size of the virtual disk as long as you leave enough room for the current contents.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found this when trying to shrink a VD that the virtual disk manager would not allow me to shrink and it worked like a champ." />
  <row Id="24839" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13752" RevisionGUID="8b47e3f4-2bd2-4096-9a9f-17d68ab84f23" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:26:20.410" UserId="1041" Text="Is test.sh in the unix_scripts directory?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a file or directory that is being referenced in test.sh that doesn't exist?  Because the error could be coming from within the script, not from the execution of the script..." />
  <row Id="24840" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13753" RevisionGUID="4cbfacc9-d6f6-4906-93a9-44c2aad26faa" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:26:24.000" UserId="4535" Text="See: linuxatemyram.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See also: virtualthreads.blogspot.com/2006/02/understanding-memory-usage-on-linux.html" />
  <row Id="24841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13754" RevisionGUID="fd67d1fd-1b4b-4035-b065-8fdb75cf3655" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:27:18.990" UserId="2408" Text="Double check that you are in the right directory (you can view what is in the directory by typing &quot;ls&quot;) and the file's name is &quot;test.sh&quot;. You may also want to try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [test@tester unix_scripts]$ sh test.sh" />
  <row Id="24842" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13755" RevisionGUID="7fcdfe17-1a8e-4ef4-94c3-03dbb9c12570" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:27:37.647" UserId="4076" Text="Linux considers free RAM a waste of resources. Any memory not being used to store a program is used as buffer space to cache recent disk activity etc. It will flush the buffers to disk to make space as required for program memory allocation needs." />
  <row Id="24843" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13715" RevisionGUID="285f09ad-f3c4-46ab-90e9-2019a0542558" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:27:39.193" UserId="1447" Comment="added 205 characters in body" Text="[This Stackoverflow posting][1] has a rundown on workstation hardware.  Media production types are a major user of such hardware.  You may find something of interest there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're doing anything with video, make sure your disk subsystem is fast enough.  Software RAID on Windows in general and XP in particular is pretty rubbish.  You might want to benchmark a H/W SATA RAID controller.  Some will do stripe sizes up to 1024K, so you could get pretty good streaming performance from a RAID-0 of (say) 4 inexpensive SATA drives.  A basic 4 or 8 drive controller from [Areca][2], [3Ware][3], [LSI][4] or [Adaptec][5] is just a few hundred dollars.  The whole disk subsystem would be just a fraction of the cost of Adobe Creative Suite.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The more memory the better.  Single-socket PC's tend to max out at 4GB or sometimes 8GB&#xD;&#xA;of RAM.  Two-socket machines tend to be more expensive.  Look into something with intel 'Nelahem' processors like a current-gen [Mac Pro][6] or HP ([Z400][7], [Z600][8] or [Z800][9]).  These processors are (a) very fast and (b) can take quite a lot of memory, even on single socket models.  Check out pricing on third-party memory as the manufacturers of this kit will charge a fairly steep price for bits.  16GB or more is quite feasible on these machines without breaking the bank.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that you will need a 64-bit O/S and 64-bit apps to use this RAM.  Hope you don't mind Vista.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have GPU support on your software, consider getting something like a NVidia [Tesla C1060][10] to accelerate this.  You will need a machine with a suitable motherboard and power supply.  Off-the shelf, a HP Z800 or a similar machine would do this if you have the money but they are quite expensive.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to do it on the cheap, there are a range of single-socket workstation and gaming boards available from most motherboard manufacturers that a custom white-box outfit could put into a machine.  Also, older workstation models like a XW8600 or XW9400 can be bought off ebay fairly cheaply.  They are not quite as fast as the newer Nelahem boxes but the big ones have two pcie-x16 slots and beefy power supplies that can support a high-spec video card and a second Tesla card.  They also have the advantage over generic white-box kit that somebody has put some thought into the airflow in the case and the machine is rated by the manufacturer to support this type of configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/403084/optimal-off-the-shelf-development-machine/403558#403558&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.areca.com.tw/products/pcie.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.3ware.com/products/sas-9690SA.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/internal_raid/megaraid_sata/megaraid_sata_3008x/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/products/Controllers/Hardware/sata/entry/SAS-2405/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.apple.com/macpro/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/12454-12454-296719-307907-296721-3718668.html&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/12454-12454-296719-307907-296721-3718663.html&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/au/en/sm/WF05a/12454-12454-296719-296721-296721-3718645.html&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_tesla_c1060_us.html" />
  <row Id="24844" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13756" RevisionGUID="db56a3a9-242f-4bf4-9eba-04c303183096" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:28:21.813" UserId="4310" Text="I imagine many of you have production environments and the option for recompiling a software package like OpenSSH, that is widely use is not an option, at least all the time.  The post Securing SFTP solution requires you to rebuild OpenSSH at least for CentOS_5.1.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was hoping to get another way of preventing my end-users (using sftp) not to see other directories other than their allowed folder.  Similar to isolation mode in Windows FTP server.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After various google searches I thought about looking here, but nothing I found other than the post above.  Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS. I had to take out the hyperlink, but is a community link within this same forum called securing file system for secure sftp server.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24845" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13756" RevisionGUID="db56a3a9-242f-4bf4-9eba-04c303183096" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:28:21.813" UserId="4310" Text="How to secure SFTP wihtout re-compiling OpenSSH? " />
  <row Id="24846" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13756" RevisionGUID="db56a3a9-242f-4bf4-9eba-04c303183096" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:28:21.813" UserId="4310" Text="&lt;sftp&gt;&lt;openssh&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;centos&gt;" />
  <row Id="24847" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13757" RevisionGUID="6bf531ec-a432-406f-8a80-9bb8d34132dd" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:29:08.830" UserId="3131" Text="you may have forgotten to put at the first ligne of your script:&#xD;&#xA;#!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for example:&#xD;&#xA;          #!/bin/bash          &#xD;&#xA;          echo Hello World  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;hope this helps" />
  <row Id="24848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13758" RevisionGUID="aca2925c-6091-45d2-91ef-aa58406c34c4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:29:37.270" UserId="3762" Text="I found this on - jens-schaller.de&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  Disabling the window buttons in the registry will allow you to use UltraMon, to do this run regedit.exe, go to 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Realtime Soft\UltraMon\&lt;version&gt;\Window Buttons', then change the value of 'Maximize to Desktop Button' and 'Move Window Button' from one to zero.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe this will get your current setup, up and running. (Preferable as you dont have to buy a new package :) )" />
  <row Id="24849" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13759" RevisionGUID="059f7d03-c5bf-4c57-b5db-494fe51e925a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:29:53.400" UserId="2408" Text="In my experience IBM hardware is pretty much universally supported by the Linux kernel.&#xD;&#xA;If your particularly worried, look around at the ThinkPads your interested in for what hardware is in them and see if their are drivers available for them. I'm willing to bet that not only are good drivers available but they will be compiled into whatever distributions kernel that you end up going with." />
  <row Id="24850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13760" RevisionGUID="306414e8-32a7-4048-9ea1-e34f532604f2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:32:06.500" UserId="995" Text="You shouldn't be using DNSBL's directly. They cause too many false positives. The goal isn't necessarily to block spam, but to let *all* the good mail through. If you use a blacklist as an authority on what is spam, you'll have your bosses upset and nobody wants that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instead, use a composite approach. Tools like Spam Assassin or the various anti spam appliances use multiple sources and techniques. No one test determines if an email is spam." />
  <row Id="24851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13761" RevisionGUID="21f6b2f9-8a1a-44c4-aaad-218be61a5b38" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:33:23.490" UserId="3810" Text="Early I use nginx and supervisord ( little howto on Russia http://buzzja.mine.nu/blog/2009/02/21/dzhango-za-stenoj/ )" />
  <row Id="24852" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13715" RevisionGUID="32e2b60f-4c12-46f8-8081-acba0ef03d63" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:33:46.420" UserId="1447" Comment="deleted 2 characters in body" Text="[This Stackoverflow posting][1] has a rundown on workstation hardware.  Media production types are a major user of such hardware.  You may find something of interest there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're doing anything with video, make sure your disk subsystem is fast enough.  Software RAID on Windows in general and XP in particular is pretty rubbish.  You might want to benchmark a H/W SATA RAID controller.  Some will do stripe sizes up to 1024K, so you could get pretty good streaming performance from a RAID-0 of (say) 4 inexpensive SATA drives.  A basic 4 or 8 drive controller from [Areca][2], [3Ware][3], [LSI][4] or [Adaptec][5] is just a few hundred dollars.  The whole disk subsystem would be just a fraction of the cost of Adobe Creative Suite.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The more memory the better.  Single-socket PC's tend to max out at 4GB or sometimes 8GB&#xD;&#xA;of RAM.  Two-socket machines tend to be more expensive.  Look into something with intel 'Nelahem' processors like a current-gen [Mac Pro][6] or HP ([Z400][7], [Z600][8] or [Z800][9]).  These processors are (a) very fast and (b) can take quite a lot of memory, even on single socket models.  Check out pricing on third-party memory as the manufacturers of this kit will charge a fairly steep price for bits.  16GB or more is quite feasible on these machines without breaking the bank.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that you will need a 64-bit O/S and 64-bit apps to use this RAM.  Hope you don't mind Vista.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have GPU support on your software, consider getting something like a NVidia [Tesla C1060][10] to accelerate this.  You will need a machine with a suitable motherboard and power supply.  Off-the shelf, a HP Z800 or a similar machine would do this if you have the money but they are quite expensive.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to do it on the cheap, there are a range of single-socket workstation and gaming boards available from most motherboard manufacturers that a custom white-box outfit could put into a machine.  Also, older workstation models like a XW8600 or XW9400 can be bought off ebay fairly cheaply.  They are not quite as fast as the newer Nelahem boxes but the big ones have two pcie-x16 slots and beefy power supplies that can support a high-spec video card and a second Tesla card.  They also have the advantage over generic white-box kit that somebody has put some thought into the airflow in the case and the machine is rated by the manufacturer to support this type of configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, consider getting a calibrated monitor like these ones from [Barco][11], [HP][12] or [Eizo][13].  If you're doing work for production video or print you can tune these monitors to replicate the characteristics of your target medium.  This type of monitor can pay for iteslf on a single print job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/403084/optimal-off-the-shelf-development-machine/403558#403558&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.areca.com.tw/products/pcie.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.3ware.com/products/sas-9690SA.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/internal_raid/megaraid_sata/megaraid_sata_3008x/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/products/Controllers/Hardware/sata/entry/SAS-2405/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.apple.com/macpro/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/12454-12454-296719-307907-296721-3718668.html&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/12454-12454-296719-307907-296721-3718663.html&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/au/en/sm/WF05a/12454-12454-296719-296721-296721-3718645.html&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_tesla_c1060_us.html&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://www.barco.com/corporate/en/products/category.asp?catid=182&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/382087-382087-64283-72270-444767-3648397.html&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://www.eizo.com/products/graphics/index.asp" />
  <row Id="24853" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13762" RevisionGUID="30ec6c4f-68a9-4ced-8ed0-7a4f52c286d5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:35:42.767" UserId="215" Text="I often have to remote onto live servers. When I'm done, I go to the Start menu to log off, but the Shut Down button is always lying in wait for me and trying to get me to shut down a live server. Is there any way that it can be removed from my Start menu e.g. registry switch? If it could be removed on a per-user basis, that would be even better." />
  <row Id="24854" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13762" RevisionGUID="30ec6c4f-68a9-4ced-8ed0-7a4f52c286d5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:35:42.767" UserId="215" Text="Can the Shut Down button be removed from the Start Menu?" />
  <row Id="24855" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13762" RevisionGUID="30ec6c4f-68a9-4ced-8ed0-7a4f52c286d5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:35:42.767" UserId="215" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;start-menu&gt;" />
  <row Id="24856" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13763" RevisionGUID="23004b91-14dc-408f-983c-99a1bc838333" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:37:03.593" UserDisplayName="Dean" Text="I have a perl script that does polling a file's existence in every 600 seconds before it goes on to finish its task.  I am using crontab to schedule my script.  I wonder is there an event system on linux that I could register my perl script so that system does the call-back if the file exists?" />
  <row Id="24857" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13763" RevisionGUID="23004b91-14dc-408f-983c-99a1bc838333" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:37:03.593" UserDisplayName="Dean" Text="Is there a way to automate perl script in call-back style on linux platform?" />
  <row Id="24858" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13763" RevisionGUID="23004b91-14dc-408f-983c-99a1bc838333" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:37:03.593" UserDisplayName="Dean" Text="&lt;crontab&gt;" />
  <row Id="24859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13764" RevisionGUID="4522038a-2ec5-4644-a9a3-082f7f59f0d3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:37:28.817" UserId="2514" Text="You need centralized authentication and management if you intend to grow this environment at all. Even if you *don't* intend to grow the environment, you'll see very real time savings in day to day operation by implementing centralized authentication and authorization now. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's a Windows environment, AD is the easy, but costly fix.  If cost is the sticking point for AD, then implement Samba. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will seem harder at first, but you'll get used to the tools and you'll look back and wonder how it wasn't completely obvious to you that you needed to do this. " />
  <row Id="24860" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13765" RevisionGUID="8ac8eb66-0e14-4f67-beda-659b4db52c53" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:39:31.543" UserDisplayName="Andrew" Text="I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T61 (note: its Lenovo now, not IBM), and Gentoo runs perfectly on it.  In my experience, all the hardware on it--even its oft-knocked Intel Wifi card--runs just fine on it.  If you want to double check, just check the specific hardware, not the overall machine.  The two key pieces of hardware to look out for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Video card (nVidia seems to beat ATI, some integrated Intels have issues)&#xD;&#xA;* Wireless Card (Atheros [Thinkpad a/b/g/etc] is best, from what I've heard, although Intel works fine)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ubuntu and RedHat support the above out of the box, although you will be prompted to install the &quot;restricted&quot; nVidia drivers on Ubuntu.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The rest of the hardware is pretty much standard, although things such as the fingerprint reader, UltraNav scrolling (using the trackpoint to scroll), and volume keys may not work out of the box, but all of these have well-documented instructions on Thinkwiki." />
  <row Id="24861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13766" RevisionGUID="8c6ac8aa-3ced-47f7-8bf3-18b79f7f7e15" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:40:07.363" UserId="2390" Text="In windows 7 we now have the ability to create and attach VHD files as drives.  Does anyone know how we can compact the dynamic disks from within windows 7?" />
  <row Id="24862" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13766" RevisionGUID="8c6ac8aa-3ced-47f7-8bf3-18b79f7f7e15" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:40:07.363" UserId="2390" Text="Windows 7 compact dynamic VHD" />
  <row Id="24863" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13766" RevisionGUID="8c6ac8aa-3ced-47f7-8bf3-18b79f7f7e15" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:40:07.363" UserId="2390" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;vhd&gt;" />
  <row Id="24864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13767" RevisionGUID="9ae9059e-5f16-4905-baa8-5e4dc6ff0de5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:41:17.750" UserId="1463" Text="As it 1) brings up a dialog with options to log off, restart, shut down or disconnect and 2) if you select shutdown it will warn you and require another confirm - doing it by accident doesn't seem too likely...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...if the user is not an administrator, only the log off and disconnect options will be enabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:** dkbits answer would be the best way to go if you really want to remove the button ^^" />
  <row Id="24865" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12266" RevisionGUID="c0bd30ce-389f-4e3f-9f90-345c9854eef6" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:41:52.977" UserId="1715" Comment="Does the link help? " Text="you could do *poorman's* round-robin DNS load balancing with them?&#xD;&#xA;basically 2 a records with the same hostname for each box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Write a script on each box to check if the other box is up.  &amp; if its down, remove it's a record from dns.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.zytrax.com/books/dns/ch9/rr.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13768" RevisionGUID="72833d01-725d-4e08-84f8-46a9eb33f96a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:42:09.917" UserId="1589" Text="Here's a good Microsoft KB article that describes what you are after.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Lock down Win2k3 Server using group policies][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Relevant section:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu &amp; Taskbar]&#xD;&#xA;    * Disable and remove the Shut Down command or Remove and prevent access to the Shut Down command&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278295&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24867" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13769" RevisionGUID="479843d6-a8bc-44e5-8b18-03b6f3de238f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:42:37.217" UserDisplayName="Andrew" Text="Yes, it should be #! (crash bang!) :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you post the results of the following commands, executed in the directory your script is in?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ls -l&#xD;&#xA;    cat test.sh" />
  <row Id="24868" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13770" RevisionGUID="42353668-c1d0-4e7b-8922-b55653f6ddb4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:42:42.117" UserId="1466" Text="**su** requires the root password&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**sudo su** will accomplish the same thing, with your own password (not root's) - but you have to be set up properly in advance to do this.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some distro's like Ubuntu give the *first user full sudo access*.  Others, like Debian, require you to *set up the root account* during the install." />
  <row Id="24869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13771" RevisionGUID="273e2af7-1935-40cd-8431-3f40690ce269" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:44:19.897" UserId="3096" Text="Actually it should be the other way around:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Alerter Service is dependent on the Messenger Service. They are both set to not start since Windows XP Service Pack 2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And I think both Services are not supported on Windows Vista and above." />
  <row Id="24870" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="13493" RevisionGUID="993f32f2-5270-46ff-96b6-df74e8f701e5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:45:01.487" UserId="1715" Comment="edited title" Text="Powershell?  Do you use it?  Show me some cool sysadmin things i can do with it?" />
  <row Id="24874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13773" RevisionGUID="eed5e604-31bd-4b59-8134-94b181e4edfc" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:47:17.210" UserId="385" Text="It also depends on the target. NET SEND will send to the first location matching... so if you send to a user, and that user is logged on more than one place, you get the idea. If you send to the computer, that generally works. However, NET SEND isn't a guaranteed delivery type of protocol. So if you're looking to depend on delivery, I'd go with something else.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13774" RevisionGUID="1d160afe-ed20-4be0-8984-40f16d068fc9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:47:43.217" UserId="3762" Text="It can be removed using group policies. Either with a domain controller security policy or a custom one applied to the server or user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Expand, Configuration&gt;admin templates&gt;start menu and taskbar and choose the remove and prevent access to the shut down command and enable this policy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if you need to shutdown the server with the button missing you can use &quot;shutdown -i&quot; from the command prompt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24876" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13775" RevisionGUID="11ea2805-e1d4-4b47-ae4d-15bbe9068857" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:48:36.647" UserId="2299" Text="I've used dozens (literally!) of Draytek 2910s and 2820s with a dual WAN configuration. They are very easy to set up, work very well and are reasonably priced. The 2910 has two ethernet ports while the 2820 has WAN1 as one ADSL port (i.e. plugs straight into the phone line) and WAN2 as an ethernet port. The 3300 that Martin mentioned is even better, but it's two or three times the price.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Drayteks can use either ping detection or arp detection to detect line failure. If you're using a router on the WAN side of the Draytek you need ping detection as arp detection effectively just tells you that the link light is on. With a cable modem or an ADSL modem like the Vigor 100 you can use arp detection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Downsides:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. you probably want to configure the router to use only one port for HTTPS. In the UK at least a lot of banking sites will panic if they see requests for the same account coming from different IP addresses. The end result is that you are continuously prompted to log in again. On the Drayteks you do this with a load balancing rule.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. err, that's it :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24877" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13776" RevisionGUID="45bb849d-906c-456b-bb6f-b9c1f59a3ddf" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:48:46.567" UserDisplayName="Andrew" Text="On Ubuntu, an easier way is to use the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo -s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This tells **sudo** to launch a shell.  Make sure that you are in the **admin** group on Ubuntu.  You can check your groups by using:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ groups&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are not in the group, you can add yourself by using the following&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo gpasswd -a &lt;username&gt; admin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also to note, on a default Ubuntu install, root's password will be the same password as the default user." />
  <row Id="24878" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13777" RevisionGUID="295286e0-e560-49bb-9d37-126a0955047a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:48:54.320" UserId="1466" Text="Restricting access for SFTP users should not require re-compiling openssh.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should be able to set your **home directory permissions** and **umask** such that a user can only see his own home directory.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, users will be able to see (but not modify) many system files as well.  If you are wanting to restrict even this, I think you can make sftp sessions run in a **jail**." />
  <row Id="24879" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13778" RevisionGUID="f4eb0458-bb6e-4298-a973-48bb130b3bea" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:50:17.890" UserId="1692" Text="I'm a big fan of clusterssh.  It pops up a terminal window for each host you're contacting, and another smaller window.  Text typed in the smaller window goes to all terminal windows.  If you need to enter input for some hosts (eg answering 'y' to the &quot;trust this key&quot; question for new hosts), you can just type it in the terminal window." />
  <row Id="24880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13779" RevisionGUID="9d2bb2ec-4003-4a27-877d-768929128b74" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:51:51.367" UserId="1466" Text="Are you using **sh** or **bash**?&#xD;&#xA;(ie. what is the first line of your script?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using **#!/bin/sh**, then you need to ensure /bin/sh exists (type *which sh*)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may need to try **#!/bin/bash** or another shell if /bin/sh is not installed." />
  <row Id="24881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13780" RevisionGUID="3e7673ec-8e60-4c53-b281-a49f2837e6ac" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:52:11.257" UserId="4733" Text="I used to use an application that could ping or maybe run a port scan on a machine even if the machine was configured to not allow it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am currently trying to ping a remote machine on our WAN, but I have configured the machine to not allow ping.  Is there something similar to ping that I can use?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again, this a machine located in another city that is part of out wan.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24882" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13780" RevisionGUID="3e7673ec-8e60-4c53-b281-a49f2837e6ac" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:52:11.257" UserId="4733" Text="How can I determine if a machine is online without using ping?" />
  <row Id="24883" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13780" RevisionGUID="3e7673ec-8e60-4c53-b281-a49f2837e6ac" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:52:11.257" UserId="4733" Text="&lt;ping&gt;" />
  <row Id="24884" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="13661" RevisionGUID="5dc7cdad-f550-4dd6-b332-440148292f59" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:52:49.930" UserId="2546" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;files&gt;&lt;cross-platform&gt;&lt;software&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="24885" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10028" RevisionGUID="35672ed1-7e38-432a-b451-ef2f2909c07a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:53:34.063" UserId="2482" Comment="Added Tip about hiding other partitions." Text="I am using [grub4dos][1] to dual boot XP and XP64.  Both systems are on NTFS filesystems.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setup was simple:  I copied the grub4dos folder onto my NTFS file system.  Renamed the windows boot loader &quot;ntldr&quot; out of the way and copied the grub4dos boot loader &quot;grldr&quot; to &quot;ntldr&quot;.  That way I am still using a microsoft standard MBR which makes my corporate required virus scanner happy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This method also keeps my partitions independent.  I can dump a partition off to an external drive and load a different operating system in it's place.  I keep Vista32, XP32, Vista64 and XP64 images on my external drive.  In about 1.5 hrs I can load any one of those images onto either of my two laptop partitions and be ready to go without fussing with boot configurations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:  One more tip.  When you do a windows install set the hidden bit on all partitions except the  one on which you are installing windows.  The window installer will replace the boot sequence on the bootable partition and you loose partition independence.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://gna.org/projects/grub4dos/" />
  <row Id="24886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13781" RevisionGUID="40282817-51e1-4f35-a541-caedf408fe40" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:54:02.690" UserId="1463" Text="[Secunia][1] has some more advanced remote and local services but in this case, their free tool [PSI][2] thoroughly checks for unpatched software on a consumer level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://secunia.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/" />
  <row Id="24887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13782" RevisionGUID="0c3238a9-f0a6-4b61-b8ca-d567a76f3155" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:55:21.627" UserId="2299" Text="Currently learning Powershell. I have many thousands of lines of VBScript doing various admin jobs on several hundred servers, and I'm going to try and rewrite it as Powershell. That should keep me busy for a while and it's fun learning the new stuff (yes, I am a nerd; I admit it :-).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My main reason/excuse for doing this is that do anything useful in VBScript needs lots of third party COM servers and keeping track of them all is a pain. Also many aren't available in x64 versions so you end up hacking your batch files to use the 32 bit version of cscript.exe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Am I taking this question too seriously :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24888" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13782" RevisionGUID="0c3238a9-f0a6-4b61-b8ca-d567a76f3155" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:55:21.627" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="24889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13783" RevisionGUID="0ac2d2dd-c926-4d4e-92c9-625c8885f45c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:56:30.173" UserId="2561" Text="A very simple approach is to telnet to a TCP port that should be open on the server, ie `telnet theServerHostname 80`.  Although if the service is down you would get the same result as if the host was down.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are all sorts of scans that can be done with nmap, learn about them on [nmap's site][1] and you should become an expert on how to test if a host is up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; Also, if you want something that includes the ability to connect to udp, that is similar to telnet in this sense, consider [netcat][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nmap.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://netcat.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="24890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13784" RevisionGUID="06dd1037-256b-48b4-9f89-02596d4696ad" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:57:11.157" UserId="3526" Text="Actually the issue was the script that i used was created in dos, so i converted my script to unix by using dos2unix command. Thanks to all for your valuable help." />
  <row Id="24891" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13785" RevisionGUID="049b82ec-5fa9-48d6-9bee-a8fb167f375a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:57:31.203" UserId="1466" Text="You can telnet to an open tcp port on the machine.  For instance, if the machine is a web server, and has port 80 open, just:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    telnet ip.ad.dre.ss 80&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will work even on encrypted ports (although you won't be able to understand the data)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some other ports to try are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 443 for an https server&#xD;&#xA; - 22 for ssh" />
  <row Id="24892" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13786" RevisionGUID="b0642acf-5af8-4e68-8545-3bbb0ddfd585" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:57:35.523" UserId="1681" Text="Are there any services available on the machine? One way to see if a machine is there is to use the telnet client to connect to it, but changing the port you need to hit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So lets say the machine is running MS SQL which runs on port 1433 by default.  You use the following command&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    telnet machine-name-address 1433&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If Telnet connects the the machine is up and running, Doesn't mean it's running properly, but listening to that port nonetheless" />
  <row Id="24893" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13787" RevisionGUID="82f43f9b-aabb-4f1b-b29a-b3c0c383992d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:57:57.100" UserDisplayName="jlan" Text="You can install a simple web server and use a web page saying &quot;ONLINE&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;The you only have to connect to it wherever you want&#xD;&#xA;Of course you need a statin ip or services linke dyndns" />
  <row Id="24894" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13788" RevisionGUID="754e61c8-a4b1-4f5b-8f94-a8d8f27faf33" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:58:09.937" UserId="385" Text="Soccer / Football (not American football). Is there anything else of importance? ;-)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24895" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13788" RevisionGUID="754e61c8-a4b1-4f5b-8f94-a8d8f27faf33" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:58:09.937" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="24896" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13789" RevisionGUID="715f5514-e8c6-4dae-97a3-331800486f26" CreationDate="2009-05-28T13:58:57.520" UserId="2273" Text="If you're looking for a disk based system (rather than tape or offsite or somethign), I would suggest looking at [BackupPC][1]. We have had good experience with it.  It seems to do a good job of pooling files to get good use out of the disk space, it's very configurable and has been rock solid for us.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/index.html" />
  <row Id="24897" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13790" RevisionGUID="ea938863-63d3-4e43-ac4c-6aea59feef2b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:00:25.130" UserId="1810" Text="Inotify should be your friend for this one... . There seem to be perl bindings as well. Your kernel needs to support this though... ." />
  <row Id="24898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13791" RevisionGUID="70a17299-35ca-41cc-8a4d-4a8afc99a4de" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:01:24.503" UserId="640" Text="Run an SNMP agent on the remote machine, and use a manager to read one of the values out of the standard MIB." />
  <row Id="24899" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13792" RevisionGUID="d58690cb-e1be-485f-bd9c-ef215687bb40" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:02:32.660" UserId="3920" Text="Check out http://search.cpan.org/~mlehmann/Linux-Inotify2-1.2/Inotify2.pm (Linux::Inotify2 - scalable directory/file change notification). " />
  <row Id="24900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13793" RevisionGUID="54b1024e-197f-43ff-8c9f-85da0932bb80" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:02:40.273" UserId="301" Text="A similar question to this was asked in ServerFault recently&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://serverfault.com/questions/9442/why-does-red-hat-linux-report-less-free-memory-on-the-system-than-is-actually-ava/9450#9450&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_disclaimer: I am currently the highest rated answer on that question_" />
  <row Id="24901" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13794" RevisionGUID="a997527b-e680-4603-9a0a-93aa0a2ebb04" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:02:53.550" UserId="3116" Text=" for i in `seq 1 65535` ; do tcpconnect -v remotehost $i ; done" />
  <row Id="24902" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13795" RevisionGUID="65836426-45b4-4df0-87fb-628873cdb75b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:02:59.323" UserId="1681" Text="I have had very good luck running Suse, OpenBSD, and CentOS on my T40 machine.  I have recently loaded a T500 with CentOS and have had no issues with it thus far" />
  <row Id="24903" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13796" RevisionGUID="f1b82de3-4fd1-41b8-a4a4-01973bd39eae" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:03:12.863" UserId="4718" Text="I can confirm that Display Fusion works in Windows 7. Am posting from it now." />
  <row Id="24904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13797" RevisionGUID="2c63e51a-c0b3-46d1-aa6f-752d0432dc84" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:05:44.357" UserId="1247" Text="If your using XP/2003+ (this includes Vista/2008/7), then you can use the [Win32_PingStatus][1].  The machines inwhich is running the script code is the only system which needs to be XP/2003+, and it works just like using Ping.exe, only it's not using ping.exe so it should act as a loophole security setting to not allow the execution of ping.exe.  See the Scripting Guy article for more info on how to use Win32_PingStatus:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/sept04/hey0914.mspx][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394350(VS.85).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/sept04/hey0914.mspx" />
  <row Id="24905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13798" RevisionGUID="05a1fb94-c491-4992-a5f8-7e961ad50423" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:05:47.163" UserId="2408" Text="Where would you like to backup to? rsync can be an invaluable tool for keeping a copy of directories in sync if you would like to backup to another linux server. You can keep time based backups by sourcing a previous backup. You are essentially getting a full backup every time but it will only pull files that have changed. Here is an example bash script that will use rsync, don't forget to read the comments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # If you want to automate this script you will need to generate public/private&#xD;&#xA;    # key pairs for the user executing this script on the remote server. &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Change these variable to reflect where you want the backups to be stored&#xD;&#xA;    # and what servers will get backed up. Servers are seperated by spaces, do&#xD;&#xA;    # not use commas.&#xD;&#xA;    BACKUPLOCATION='/backups'&#xD;&#xA;    SERVERS=( testserver.example.com )&#xD;&#xA;    RSYNC='/usr/bin/rsync'&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # These are variables used internally to the script DO NOT CHANGE!&#xD;&#xA;    TODAYSDATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d-%H`&#xD;&#xA;    FOLDERNAME='Backup-'$TODAYSDATE&#xD;&#xA;    CURRENTBACKUP='CurrentBackup'&#xD;&#xA;    USELINK=0&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    backup() {&#xD;&#xA;    	# Test and make sure that the folder we are backing up to is writable&#xD;&#xA;    	if [ -w $BACKUPLOCATION ]; then&#xD;&#xA;    		# The folder we are backing up to is writable no problems&#xD;&#xA;    		echo The backup destination is writable, continuing.&#xD;&#xA;    	else&#xD;&#xA;    		mkdir -p $BACKUPLOCATION&#xD;&#xA;    		if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then&#xD;&#xA;    			echo &quot;Backup directory '$BACKUPLOCATION' was created&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		else&#xD;&#xA;    			# We can't write to the folder alert the user and stop the backup&#xD;&#xA;    			echo The backup destination is not writable! Backup Failed!&#xD;&#xA;    			exit 1&#xD;&#xA;    		fi&#xD;&#xA;    	fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	# If there are older backups then use them as a source directory&#xD;&#xA;    	if [ -h &quot;$BACKUPLOCATION/$CURRENTBACKUP&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;    		echo&#xD;&#xA;    		echo &quot;Previous backup found... Will link to unchanged files...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		LASTBACKUP=`ls -l $BACKUPLOCATION | grep $CURRENTBACKUP | awk '{ print $11 }'`&#xD;&#xA;    		echo $LASTBACKUP&#xD;&#xA;    		echo &quot;Deleting Old Link...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		rm -f $BACKUPLOCATION/$CURRENTBACKUP&#xD;&#xA;    		USELINK=1&#xD;&#xA;    	fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	for SERVER in ${SERVERS[@]}&#xD;&#xA;    	do&#xD;&#xA;    		echo&#xD;&#xA;    		THISRUNLOC=$BACKUPLOCATION/$FOLDERNAME/$SERVER&#xD;&#xA;    		mkdir -p $THISRUNLOC&#xD;&#xA;    		&#xD;&#xA;    		if [ $USELINK -eq 1 ]; then&#xD;&#xA;    			OPT=&quot;-a --exclude=/dev --exclude=/proc --exclude=/tmp --delete --link-dest=$LASTBACKUP/$SERVER $SERVER:/ $THISRUNLOC&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		else&#xD;&#xA;    			OPT=&quot;-a --exclude=/dev --exclude=/proc --exclude=/tmp $SERVER:/ $THISRUNLOC&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		fi&#xD;&#xA;    		#echo &quot;Performing: rsync $OPT&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		echo &quot;Backing up server: $SERVER&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		$RSYNC $OPT&#xD;&#xA;    		if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then&#xD;&#xA;    			echo &quot;Success!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		else&#xD;&#xA;    			echo &quot;Backup failed with an error code of $?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		fi&#xD;&#xA;    		echo&#xD;&#xA;    	done&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	echo &quot;Creating New Link...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	ln -s $BACKUPLOCATION/$FOLDERNAME $BACKUPLOCATION/$CURRENTBACKUP&#xD;&#xA;    	echo &quot;Backup Complete!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    restore() {&#xD;&#xA;    		# I didn't write the restore code you can simply copy the files back&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    case $1 in&#xD;&#xA;    	backup)&#xD;&#xA;    		echo &quot;Running the backup...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		backup&#xD;&#xA;    		;;&#xD;&#xA;    	restore)&#xD;&#xA;    		echo &quot;Restoring backup...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		;;&#xD;&#xA;    	*)&#xD;&#xA;    		echo &quot;Run this command with either backup or restore&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		;;&#xD;&#xA;    esac&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24906" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13783" RevisionGUID="6f520d6c-43f5-4f59-a5a1-d78c35249411" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:06:07.303" UserId="2561" Comment="added 6 characters in body" Text="A very simple approach is to telnet to a TCP port that should be open on the server, ie:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`telnet theServerHostname 80` &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although if the service is down you would get the same result as if the host was down.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are all sorts of scans that can be done with nmap, learn about them on [nmap's site][1] and you should become an expert on how to test if a host is up.  These include using protocols other than icmp (ping), such as TCP (as telnet does) and UDP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; Also, if you want something that includes the ability to connect to udp, that is similar to telnet in this sense, consider [netcat][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nmap.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://netcat.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="24907" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13799" RevisionGUID="8d8a9774-522d-445c-a3de-d2375d24152e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:07:26.787" UserId="4735" Text="I have this weird mount icon after a trojan cleanup days ago for a client. The icon when clicked takes you to the My Computer guid. The file properties are Type: File, Location: C:\, Size: 6.76. If we try to delete it will not complete. I search registry for a reference and couldn't find. They ran utility for virus removal 'combofix', sdfix, smithfraud, ect. Im gessing this could be related (mount).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The icon on the file structure in My Computer shows a device similar icon. When this icon is clicked it goes back to my computer browser.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i77.photobucket.com/albums/j65/speedcoder/snap.jpg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I take this guy off?" />
  <row Id="24908" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13799" RevisionGUID="8d8a9774-522d-445c-a3de-d2375d24152e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:07:26.787" UserId="4735" Text="Unknown Directory Shortcut File or Mount | VISTA" />
  <row Id="24909" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13799" RevisionGUID="8d8a9774-522d-445c-a3de-d2375d24152e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:07:26.787" UserId="4735" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;antivirus&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="24910" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13800" RevisionGUID="2c488735-5a6e-4148-a916-cc91236999e8" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:07:37.613" UserId="4718" Text="I would suggest something similar to Antoine, get a nice low-end Dell Server. 2-4GB RAM should be more than plenty.&#xD;&#xA;Install SHorewall as a 2 interface bridge on Debian (my Server OS of choice) - Firewall&#xD;&#xA;Install Squid and SquidGuard as your proxy and blacklist (can block ads as well, which users like!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shorewall will route the traffic and should be set as your machines default gateway.&#xD;&#xA;I would also recommend installing Apache on it and serving your proxy details via a proxy.pac, and/or WPAD.dat file if you are a windows house." />
  <row Id="24911" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13785" RevisionGUID="60b2109b-2f60-4a13-8132-22d847d8414e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:08:30.687" UserId="1466" Comment="added 79 characters in body" Text="You can telnet to an open tcp port on the machine.  For instance, if the machine is a web server, and has port 80 open, just:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    telnet ip.ad.dre.ss 80&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will work even on encrypted ports (although you won't be able to understand the data)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some other ports to try are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 443 for an https server&#xD;&#xA; - 22 for ssh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(there is a list of ports/services in **/etc/services** on  linux machines)" />
  <row Id="24912" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13780" RevisionGUID="2db1472d-058c-42c8-822a-dca3f0bc8097" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:09:46.470" UserId="1466" Comment="spelling" Text="I used to use an application that could ping or maybe run a port scan on a machine even if the machine was configured to not allow it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am currently trying to ping a remote machine on our WAN, but I have configured the machine to not allow ping.  Is there something similar to ping that I can use?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again, this a machine located in another city that is part of our wan.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13801" RevisionGUID="0a5d3b7a-c802-41f3-af4b-066e6cb89e44" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:09:54.850" UserId="4498" Text="Spamhaus and spamcop are the only two that I would recommend.  yes, there is always the chance of getting a false positive with an RBL.  But the Spamhaus and Spamcop are pretty reputable RBLs so your chances are pretty low. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would personally recommend using an appliance or some sort of hosted service.  Postini is nice, but can be fairly expensive. MailFoundry is the solution that I would recommend to most people. Besides having some low cost appliances, they also have a hosted service.  Depending on the size of your domain, I think it is free for the first 5 or 10 accounts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24914" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13792" RevisionGUID="3a40dfda-1be4-44e6-a142-45a9a1acc4a7" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:11:33.613" UserId="3920" Comment="added 12 characters in body" Text="Check out http://search.cpan.org/~mlehmann/Linux-Inotify2-1.2/Inotify2.pm (Linux::Inotify2 - scalable directory/file change notification). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also check out [incron][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    It consists of a daemon and a table manipulator. You can use it a similar way as the &#xD;&#xA;    regular cron. The difference is that the inotify cron handles filesystem events rather &#xD;&#xA;    than time periods. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://inotify.aiken.cz/?section=incron&amp;page=about&amp;lang=en" />
  <row Id="24915" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13802" RevisionGUID="4550fcab-6a34-4d27-9828-a15a63f1151c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:12:04.313" UserId="3955" Text="testdisk - saved my ass a when my raid screwed up, was able to copy the data off it to another drive even though it wasn't showing up in windows. now i can't live without it." />
  <row Id="24916" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13802" RevisionGUID="4550fcab-6a34-4d27-9828-a15a63f1151c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:12:04.313" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="24917" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13803" RevisionGUID="08c96053-a2e3-48ad-a65c-454ec0a3176c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:12:38.057" UserId="2629" Text="There is a tool called [fsdiff][1] [I could not find the homepage] that will compare a filesystem to its transcript.  A free, multi-platform tool called [radmind][2] includes it and claims, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; At its core, radmind operates as a tripwire. It is able to detect changes to any managed filesystem object, e.g. files, directories, links, etc. However, radmind goes further than just integrity checking: once a change is detected, radmind can optionally reverse the change.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.die.net/man/1/fsdiff&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/radmind/" />
  <row Id="24918" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13804" RevisionGUID="abadf779-5e70-435d-b69f-bf3f16dddd42" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:13:17.153" UserId="4737" Text="Say I've got a web application running on a Linux VPS box. In order to apply kernel upgrades and some security fixes, I'll need to reboot the server. During this period, the server isn't reachable. I'm wondering if it's possible to display a maintenance notice to the user (via HTTP) at this time. The notice will be sent by a PHP script, which will handle requests to provide maintenance notice in either HTML format, a picture, or web service XML to clients. Or if possible, provide a partially running service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What kinds of hardware and software do I need for this to happen (minimum budget please, and I'm hoping that a typical VPS/dedicated hosting provider can support these)? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I already knew that I could use software like squid to provide load balancing between 2 HTTP servers. But what do I do if squid itself needed an upgrade, or the CentOS server that's hosting squid? Plus, I don't actually need load balancing, it's fine if I have to &quot;switch&quot; to maintenance mode manually. Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance." />
  <row Id="24919" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13804" RevisionGUID="abadf779-5e70-435d-b69f-bf3f16dddd42" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:13:17.153" UserId="4737" Text="Upgrade server software without blackout period" />
  <row Id="24920" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13804" RevisionGUID="abadf779-5e70-435d-b69f-bf3f16dddd42" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:13:17.153" UserId="4737" Text="&lt;deployment&gt;&lt;redundancy&gt;&lt;http&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="24921" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13797" RevisionGUID="3dd1366c-20dd-4bf7-8b14-9c41da39ae4d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:13:18.667" UserId="1247" Comment="added 402 characters in body" Text="If your using XP/2003+ (this includes Vista/2008/7), then you can use the [Win32_PingStatus][1].  The machines inwhich is running the script code is the only system which needs to be XP/2003+, and it works just like using Ping.exe, only it's not using ping.exe so it should act as a loophole to your security setting which does not allow the execution of ping.exe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    strComputer = &quot;192.168.1.1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set objWMIService = GetObject(&quot;winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery _&#xD;&#xA;        (&quot;Select * from Win32_PingStatus &quot; &amp; _&#xD;&#xA;            &quot;Where Address = '&quot; &amp; strComputer &amp; &quot;'&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    For Each objItem in colItems&#xD;&#xA;        If objItem.StatusCode = 0 Then &#xD;&#xA;            WScript.Echo &quot;Reply received.&quot;          &#xD;&#xA;        End If&#xD;&#xA;    Next&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See the Scripting Guy article for more info on how to use Win32_PingStatus:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/sept04/hey0914.mspx][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394350(VS.85).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/sept04/hey0914.mspx" />
  <row Id="24923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13805" RevisionGUID="ef96ff8b-4a6d-4ee7-b0f0-17e08460310a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:14:17.103" UserId="3762" Text="We currently run blackberry professional (express?) to handle our small number of blackberry handsets with exchange.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am currently studying for BCP-211 and BCP-213 exams and would like to load full BES trial on a virtual machine (along with its own srp key) and this will have internet access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At present we only have the one external ip nat'd via a netgear dg834 router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will this cause problems with the production server which runs on the standard 3101 port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="24924" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13805" RevisionGUID="ef96ff8b-4a6d-4ee7-b0f0-17e08460310a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:14:17.103" UserId="3762" Text="Is it possible to run 2xBlackberry Enterprise Servers off one external i.p." />
  <row Id="24925" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13805" RevisionGUID="ef96ff8b-4a6d-4ee7-b0f0-17e08460310a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:14:17.103" UserId="3762" Text="&lt;blackberry-enterprise&gt;&lt;blackberry&gt;&lt;nat&gt;" />
  <row Id="24926" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13806" RevisionGUID="0aa4a15a-3bd5-41c7-8e70-a191db0c6b36" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:15:58.410" UserId="2190" Text="I would suggest just giving a notice to the users on the site informing them of the blackout times.  Then during the blackout period they would get the 404 or 500 errors." />
  <row Id="24927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13807" RevisionGUID="63ab9fe5-15fb-4817-8cc7-4c8015c7c28b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:17:55.133" UserId="4718" Text="nmap -T5 -sS -P0 ho.st.ip.addr&#xD;&#xA;That will see what's available port wise on that machine.. Recommend installing cygwin if you are running on windows or don't have access to a linux machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24928" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13808" RevisionGUID="e690b57a-b2c9-4973-b585-7f709eaa8b23" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:17:56.833" UserId="3562" Text="**opm.blitzed.org**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*The OPM project ended in May 2006. &#xD;&#xA;Please stop querying the opm.blitzed.org zone. As of May 2007 in order to reduce query load on our servers opm.blitzed.org is pointing at a blackholed nameserver -- queries will take a long time and result in a SERVFAIL.* &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Might want to avoid this one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm using most of the blacklists you used, and I've been fairly happy with them. You might also want to think about country IP blacklists from say ipdeny.com - blocking China and Korea cut down on spam by a lot, and Brazil is likely to go on there next.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This of course depends on your business - if you absolutely can't miss a client's email, consider using DNS blacklist and country IPs not as blacklists but as a big bump to score in SpamAssassin or a similar spam filtering program." />
  <row Id="24929" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13809" RevisionGUID="bad1ff91-a871-435e-b46a-879aee76de96" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:18:21.090" UserId="306" Text="There's a context menu extension: [HiddenFilesToggle Context-Menu Shell Extension][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but I'd love to see this written as a button on the explorer toolbar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://students.kennesaw.edu/~rzillige/shell/HiddenFilesToggle.html" />
  <row Id="24930" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13810" RevisionGUID="d7cab50a-0fa6-4e61-bbc6-2485ea56e0ee" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:18:30.747" UserId="1466" Text="Some DNS providers (such as dnsmadeeasy.com) provide a **failover dns** service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This service will regularly check to ensure your primary IP address is up, and if it is not, it will start responding with a backup IP address - which could be pointed to a &quot;Server Unavailable - please try again later&quot; page on another host somewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This would probably not be suitable for reboots however, as the TTL on dns entries would prevent people from getting the failover page during the 2 or 3 minutes it takes to reboot.  It works great for longer (or unplanned) outages however." />
  <row Id="24931" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13811" RevisionGUID="49ae114c-1950-4da7-944b-ae951edf8225" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:18:47.550" UserId="4136" Text="![SysAdmins and others have spare time][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.eviljaymz.com/files/whypeopleseemtohavefreetime.png" />
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  <row Id="24933" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13812" RevisionGUID="8a1c9246-8109-484a-b0f5-8f4002393479" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:19:01.060" UserId="2514" Text="Unfortunately, there's no good recent books for WebLogic administration. The Bea/Oracle J2EE admin space in general suffers from a dearth of good technical books aimed at administrators. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The admin docs for WebLogic server are pretty good, but they assume a working knowledge of J2EE. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To supplement the docs, If you're just getting started with J2EE administration, be sure to familiarize yourself with the core technologies of J2EE. JMS,JDBC, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This [doc][1] is aimed at devs, but you can get a lot out of it as an admin. You'll find the J2EE world in general is *highly* developer centric. You really can't be a good J2EE admin without learning at least a tiny bit of Java.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an admin, it is critical that you have a good understanding of the Java package structure. Unless you have the pleasure of working with a better than average team, the devs *will* give you broken packages to deploy. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you tell them the package is broken, they *will* blame &quot;your configuration&quot;. After all, it &quot;works on my box&quot;  You *will* have to open up the j/e/war and diagnose the problem yourself. About half the time, the deployment descriptor will have some problem. The other half of the time, libraries will be missing from the package, or the package will contain versions of opensource libraries that conflict with the version WebLogic uses. Occasionally, the problem will actually be &quot;your configuration&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/Web-Authoring/Building-and-Deploying-an-EAR/&#xD;&#xA;http://e-docs.bea.com/wls/docs81/programming/concepts.html#1050656&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should know ant backwards and forwards. [The O'Reilly Ant book][2] is good. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[WLST][3] is vital. You'll get more out of it if you know some [Python][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/tutorial/doc/JavaEETutorial.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596001841/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://edocs.bea.com/wls/docs91/config_scripting/using_WLST.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.diveintopython.org/" />
  <row Id="24934" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13812" RevisionGUID="8a1c9246-8109-484a-b0f5-8f4002393479" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:19:01.060" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="24935" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13813" RevisionGUID="bedfd236-c710-4965-a36f-0e7fd2723651" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:19:03.447" UserId="2101" Text="Nope, won't cause problems at all. Each server maintains its own TCP SRP connection with the Blackberry network." />
  <row Id="24936" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13814" RevisionGUID="0e936f0b-2f2c-40b2-b5d2-0ab6297883bb" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:20:51.617" UserId="523" Text="We are setting up netlogin on our network switches to authenticate computers prior to letting them on the network. In the process, the switch will send the MAC address of the computer to the RADIUS server (we are using Windows Server 2003 IAS) to determine what VLAN the computer should be in. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In IAS there is an option for logging where you can log all authentication attempts to a central SQL server (we are using MSSQL Server 2005). This works great... until the SQL server is unavailable. According to [Microsoft's own documentation][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If the IAS server cannot establish a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; connection with SQL Server 2000, the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; IAS server stops processing&#xD;&#xA;&gt; authentication and accounting requests&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and users cannot log on to the network&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I couldn't believe what I read, until I tested it. If the logging server is unavailable users cannot log onto the network?!?! Since when is logging a critical function? We have offices in many locations and the SQL server in a central office, so if a link to an outlying office goes down, the users would no longer be able to log onto the network because the SQL server would be unreachable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to log IAS actions without having the whole process fail if the SQL server cannot be reached? &#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6E4357F7-4070-4902-95F1-3AD411D963B2&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="24937" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13814" RevisionGUID="0e936f0b-2f2c-40b2-b5d2-0ab6297883bb" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:20:51.617" UserId="523" Text="Internet Authentication Service (IAS) failure when SQL logging server unavailable" />
  <row Id="24938" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13814" RevisionGUID="0e936f0b-2f2c-40b2-b5d2-0ab6297883bb" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:20:51.617" UserId="523" Text="&lt;ias&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="24939" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13815" RevisionGUID="1e15e067-21e7-4cc8-9634-c541a6670c0e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:20:58.340" UserId="1993" Text="We're a dev shop so we make heavy use of VMs and snapshots for testing. This works great most of the time, but occasionally I discover some setting in a VM that needs to be changed across all my snapshots. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, I recently created a Vista VM and only gave it 512MB of RAM. The VM already has about 18 snapshots, and I'd really, really like to avoid recreating all of them if possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a quick way to propagate VMWare-level changes like this across all the VM's snapshots? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm using ESX 3.5 but advice from any other versions (especially Workstation) is welcome." />
  <row Id="24940" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13815" RevisionGUID="1e15e067-21e7-4cc8-9634-c541a6670c0e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:20:58.340" UserId="1993" Text="Changing settings in VMWare snapshots" />
  <row Id="24941" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13815" RevisionGUID="1e15e067-21e7-4cc8-9634-c541a6670c0e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:20:58.340" UserId="1993" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;vmware-esx&gt;&lt;snapshot&gt;" />
  <row Id="24942" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13523" RevisionGUID="4aa29ade-cf1c-40e4-a627-b5d7f004aee8" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:21:20.167" UserId="2662" Comment="added 45 characters in body" Text="My Tomcat instance is sitting on a drive with little remaining space. The application I'm running does move file uploads off the server and into a NAS. During the upload, however, Tomcat keeps this file locally, presumably in the /temp directory. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My server has a second data drive with plenty of space where I'd like to relocate this temp directory to. How can I configure Tomcat so that it uses a temp directory on this other drive, ie. how can I relocate this directory?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** I'm running no a Windows server" />
  <row Id="24943" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13806" RevisionGUID="3f833bcb-297b-4fb5-ae0e-4c29638dee0a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:21:32.753" UserId="2190" Comment="added 69 characters in body" Text="I would suggest just giving a notice to the users on the site informing them of the blackout times.  Then during the blackout period they would get the 404 or 500 errors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit:&#xD;&#xA;They would not get the 404/500 but rather a timeout error." />
  <row Id="24944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13816" RevisionGUID="8157edbd-2564-4de3-bd4d-d4f678087a2b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:22:49.477" UserId="4136" Text="Does the application throw up any errors? Is there anything in the Application/System log that could point to a possible issue? Maybe the app has some sort of memory leak. Also is this x32 or x64 system?" />
  <row Id="24945" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13817" RevisionGUID="ec7cbe16-430a-4a51-8af3-24f99528c1b3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:24:48.037" UserId="4619" Text="I'd suggest Bacula I currently use it in our shop. It also works with windows, if you ever find you have a need for it. :) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another suggestion might be Amanda, however I've never used it, although the two are often compared against one another. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Bacula is a set of computer programs that permit you (or the system&#xD;&#xA;administrator) to manage backup, recovery, and verification of&#xD;&#xA;computer data across a network of computers of different kinds.&#xD;&#xA;In technical terms, it is a network Client/Server based backup program.&#xD;&#xA;Bacula is relatively easy to use and efficient, while offering many&#xD;&#xA;advanced storage management features that make it easy to find and&#xD;&#xA;recover lost or damaged files. Due to its modular design, Bacula is&#xD;&#xA;scalable from small single computer systems to systems consisting of&#xD;&#xA;hundreds of computers located over a large network. " />
  <row Id="24946" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13818" RevisionGUID="5e15e3f1-ad30-43e7-8a07-f9425d823444" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:25:03.590" UserId="1466" Text="If it is important to you to have this much uptime (ie. during a &lt;5 minute server reboot) then I would recommend setting up a second virtual server.  It could be very minimal, running lighttp and a single static page - or it could be a duplicate of your live site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then set up **heartbeat2** on both servers, and give them a **shared IP address**.  While the main machine is up, it will respond to the address, but if it goes offline the IP address will automatically be brought up on the second machine **within seconds**. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you decide to put a full version of your site on both servers, I would install **ldirectord** in addition to **heartbeat2** which is a load balancer application that will run on the same machines as your webservers.  In this case **there will not even be seconds of downtime** when either server is down." />
  <row Id="24947" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13798" RevisionGUID="dee604e6-121a-4337-a7a6-577e4dabe89a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:25:47.600" UserId="2408" Comment="added 15 characters in body" Text="Where would you like to backup to? rsync can be an invaluable tool for keeping a copy of directories in sync if you would like to backup to another linux server. You can keep time based backups by sourcing a previous backup. You are essentially getting a full backup every time but it will only pull files that have changed. Here is an example bash script that will use rsync, don't forget to read the comments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # If you want to automate this script you will need to generate public/private&#xD;&#xA;    # key pairs for the user executing this script on the remote server. &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Change these variable to reflect where you want the backups to be stored&#xD;&#xA;    # and what servers will get backed up. Servers are seperated by spaces, do&#xD;&#xA;    # not use commas.&#xD;&#xA;    BACKUPLOCATION='/backups'&#xD;&#xA;    SERVERS=( testserver.example.com )&#xD;&#xA;    RSYNC='/usr/bin/rsync'&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # These are variables used internally to the script DO NOT CHANGE!&#xD;&#xA;    TODAYSDATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d-%H`&#xD;&#xA;    FOLDERNAME='Backup-'$TODAYSDATE&#xD;&#xA;    CURRENTBACKUP='CurrentBackup'&#xD;&#xA;    USELINK=0&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    backup() {&#xD;&#xA;    	# Test and make sure that the folder we are backing up to is writable&#xD;&#xA;    	if [ -w $BACKUPLOCATION ]; then&#xD;&#xA;    		# The folder we are backing up to is writable no problems&#xD;&#xA;    		echo The backup destination is writable, continuing.&#xD;&#xA;    	else&#xD;&#xA;    		mkdir -p $BACKUPLOCATION&#xD;&#xA;    		if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then&#xD;&#xA;    			echo &quot;Backup directory '$BACKUPLOCATION' was created&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		else&#xD;&#xA;    			# We can't write to the folder alert the user and stop the backup&#xD;&#xA;    			echo The backup destination is not writable! Backup Failed!&#xD;&#xA;    			exit 1&#xD;&#xA;    		fi&#xD;&#xA;    	fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	# If there are older backups then use them as a source directory&#xD;&#xA;    	if [ -h &quot;$BACKUPLOCATION/$CURRENTBACKUP&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;    		echo&#xD;&#xA;    		echo &quot;Previous backup found... Will link to unchanged files...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		LASTBACKUP=`ls -l $BACKUPLOCATION | grep $CURRENTBACKUP | awk '{ print $11 }'`&#xD;&#xA;    		echo $LASTBACKUP&#xD;&#xA;    		echo &quot;Deleting Old Link...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		rm -f $BACKUPLOCATION/$CURRENTBACKUP&#xD;&#xA;    		USELINK=1&#xD;&#xA;    	fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	for SERVER in ${SERVERS[@]}&#xD;&#xA;    	do&#xD;&#xA;    		echo&#xD;&#xA;    		THISRUNLOC=$BACKUPLOCATION/$FOLDERNAME/$SERVER&#xD;&#xA;    		mkdir -p $THISRUNLOC&#xD;&#xA;    		&#xD;&#xA;    		if [ $USELINK -eq 1 ]; then&#xD;&#xA;    			OPT=&quot;-a --exclude=/dev --exclude=/proc --exclude=/sys --exclude=/tmp --delete --link-dest=$LASTBACKUP/$SERVER $SERVER:/ $THISRUNLOC&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		else&#xD;&#xA;    			OPT=&quot;-a --exclude=/dev --exclude=/proc --exclude=/sys --exclude=/tmp $SERVER:/ $THISRUNLOC&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		fi&#xD;&#xA;    		#echo &quot;Performing: rsync $OPT&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		echo &quot;Backing up server: $SERVER&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		$RSYNC $OPT&#xD;&#xA;    		if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then&#xD;&#xA;    			echo &quot;Success!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		else&#xD;&#xA;    			echo &quot;Backup failed with an error code of $?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		fi&#xD;&#xA;    		echo&#xD;&#xA;    	done&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	echo &quot;Creating New Link...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	ln -s $BACKUPLOCATION/$FOLDERNAME $BACKUPLOCATION/$CURRENTBACKUP&#xD;&#xA;    	echo &quot;Backup Complete!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    restore() {&#xD;&#xA;    		# I didn't write the restore code you can simply copy the files back&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    case $1 in&#xD;&#xA;    	backup)&#xD;&#xA;    		echo &quot;Running the backup...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		backup&#xD;&#xA;    		;;&#xD;&#xA;    	restore)&#xD;&#xA;    		echo &quot;Restoring backup...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		restore&#xD;&#xA;    		;;&#xD;&#xA;    	*)&#xD;&#xA;    		echo &quot;Run this command with either backup or restore&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		;;&#xD;&#xA;    esac&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13819" RevisionGUID="eff9695f-8777-4af9-a3c6-e67132952f8e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:25:53.123" UserId="3550" Text="Number one on the list is RAM.  It is by far your cheapest upgrade option so put the maximum amount in that the motherboard can handle.  XP / Vista x32 will truncate this down to somewhere between 3 and 3.5GB; however, every little bit helps.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second, put two of the fastest harddrives you can find in it.  One for a scratch disk, the other as the primary.  Assuming you don't want to use SCSI or SAS, some of the 1TB and 1.5TB drives actually out perform Western Digital's Raptors in terms of transfer rates.  You might even consider using RAID 0 to eak a bit more out of them.  If you do this, make sure you have a good quality RAID controller (not the one on the motherboard).  As a side note, do NOT use SSD disks.  They start off fast but slow down over time when attempting to overwrite old files.  Stick with the regular ones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Third, that 8400GS is not a good video card.  It was sold as a low level card when it first came out, so get a better one.  The latest versions of Adobe, and just about every other piece of graphic software, can actually put the graphic processor to good use.  Consider spending between $300 and $1200 here depending on what you can afford.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, that processor is a bit long in the tooth.  Get a new motherboard / processor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, dump that machine and start over.  [NewEgg][1] is your friend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.newegg.com" />
  <row Id="24949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13820" RevisionGUID="6a1cd2b5-1d16-4f1d-8ea5-aba9060348b3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:26:03.183" UserId="4136" Text="How long have those snapshots been in place? Typically you don't want a snapshot around longer than a few days otherwise you're liable to run into issues. Best thing I can recommend is either committing those snapshots (might take awhile if they're large/have been running for awhile. Virtual Center might time out but its still deleting in the ESX if its really large). Snapshots are just delta files of a particular VM so there's no way of applying system-wide changes across multiple ones." />
  <row Id="24950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13821" RevisionGUID="087e64f0-7a29-4772-82a6-1718f3bda2a6" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:27:08.207" UserId="1247" Text="Keep in mind that with Service Pack 2 on Windows XP came their firewall.  I believe that the  default configuration of the firewall blacks all net send traffic. This should be easy to test by toggling the firewall on and off.  If this is your issue I **DON'T** recommend disabling it, but rather adding an exception in the firewall configuration to allow the net send traffic.  The exception rule I believe is to allow TCP port 139, please note I  believe that this port should already be opened up if you have &quot;File and Printer Sharing&quot; in the firewall configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;see these links for more info:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.cezeo.com/tips-and-tricks/windows-xp-firewall/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330904][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cezeo.com/tips-and-tricks/windows-xp-firewall/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330904" />
  <row Id="24951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13822" RevisionGUID="8dd7daf2-0c98-4157-8819-a0d49aee9011" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:27:56.067" UserId="4136" Text="If this is going to be a mission critical thing I'd suggest clustering your SQL Server. That particular drawback is specific to IAS so you'd have to take that up with Microsoft. Sorry :-/" />
  <row Id="24952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13823" RevisionGUID="061aae82-7c61-4589-9d94-b2a299766aa9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:29:33.537" UserId="1428" Text="I've got a collection of SunFire hardware here, X2100, X2200 and X4250.  Sun seem to have made it spectacularly difficult to find MIBs that I can use with net-snmp to monitor the state of the hardware using the LOM hardware.  Can anyone point me in the right direction?  I need MIBs for&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      SNMPv2-MIB::sysObjectID.0 = OID: SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.42.2.208.3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="24956" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="13479" RevisionGUID="05738355-4272-43ae-a4d4-2295c0be5957" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:30:14.910" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:984,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Zoredache&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="24960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13825" RevisionGUID="721d30bc-aa4f-45f2-aa3f-0fe6d6168cca" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:23:03.557" Text="&lt;p&gt;What we typically do for upgrades is to build a new machine with the upgraded components (software, hardware, etc.). We then load production data onto the system and test it thoroughly. Once we're ready, we reload the latest production data, and point DNS to the new machine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That way, there's constant availability between the old box and the new one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24961" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13826" RevisionGUID="8d2ef433-81a4-4e3e-b083-9e50f31d79eb" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:31:07.433" UserId="4271" Text="I think you are talking about two different kinds of security here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first one, which does require recompilation (or installation of a packaged binary) is end-to-end communication security. Anything you do on the server with regards to files/folders a user can access will not secure the communications between the client-server. Actually, if you do not keep Openssh up to date, there is a possibility that someone could use this as an attack vector to get into your server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The second is file/folder security. You can restrict the folder settings (chroot, or isolation mode) and this will restrict the files that can be accessed by the logged in user. Note that this does not help to secure the actual communications of the files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps!" />
  <row Id="24962" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13827" RevisionGUID="194b5d06-e88d-4c6d-bb23-42d3657dbe0e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:31:34.360" UserId="4567" Text="For transaction and performance monitoring, I found AlertFox even more powerful than Keynote systems. When I checked (April 09) it was the only service that can monitor *Flash* and Java applet performance for a fair price. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alertfox does only one thing (transaction monitoring) and it does that *very* well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24963" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13818" RevisionGUID="5e703d70-8d6f-4beb-a4e0-7efa30f2bbd3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:31:41.023" UserId="1466" Comment="added 210 characters in body" Text="If it is important to you to have this much uptime (ie. during a &lt;5 minute server reboot) then I would recommend setting up a second virtual server.  It could be very minimal, running lighttp and a single static page - or it could be a duplicate of your live site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then set up **heartbeat2** on both servers, and give them a **shared IP address**.  While the main machine is up, it will respond to the address, but if it goes offline the IP address will automatically be brought up on the second machine **within seconds**. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you decide to put a full version of your site on both servers, I would install **ldirectord** in addition to **heartbeat2** which is a load balancer application that will run on the same machines as your webservers.  In this case **there will not even be seconds of downtime** when either server is down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, if you want to get fancy you can mount your website content and configs from an **nfs share** on another server (or server cluster), so that no synching or duplication between webservers is necessary." />
  <row Id="24966" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13828" RevisionGUID="04a7b963-524e-4d5a-9365-d67095df84a5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:37:54.960" UserId="4271" Text="If you need to do an upgrade on a server that requires a reboot, you need at least one alternate machine to host the temporary site while the original machine is offline. One option is to use DNS with a low TTL to point to the new server while the original website is offline.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another like you said is using squid to proxy. I believe squid can also work in a round-robin DNS situation with multiple squid servers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, any DNS propagation you do, if choosing to go that way, may be cached by the downstream servers. You can try to alleviate this with a 30 second TTL or something ridiculously small, but some DNS server will ignore that and still cache the value for longer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are switching to maintenance mode anyway, why not just weather the 5 min it takes to reboot and send out a notice to users beforehand? This should work fine in everything except the extremely high-availability situations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="24968" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12407" RevisionGUID="21845307-4f4f-4415-93ff-1215468c13a6" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:37:55.847" UserId="1293" Comment="added a mode to use for weekly cron jobs" Text="See if this does what you're looking for. You can set the warning time using the chage command or passwd -w:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # notifypwexp - send mail to users whose passwords are expiring soon&#xD;&#xA;    # designed to be run daily or weekly from cron&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # call with -w for weekly mode (checks to see if warning period begins in the next 7 days&#xD;&#xA;    # use -w for a weekly cron job, avoiding excessive emails&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # with no option, it only checks whether we're in the warning period now&#xD;&#xA;    # use this for a daily cron job&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # by Dennis Williamson&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # ### SETUP ###&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [[ $1 == &quot;-w&quot; ]] # check for expiration warnings beginning during the next seven days&#xD;&#xA;    then&#xD;&#xA;    	weekmode=7&#xD;&#xA;    else&#xD;&#xA;    	weekmode=0&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    admins=&quot;root postmaster&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    hostname=$(hostname --fqdn)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # /etc/shadow is system dependent&#xD;&#xA;    shadowfile=&quot;/etc/shadow&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    # fields in /etc/shadow&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r last=2&#xD;&#xA;    #declare -r may=3 # not used in this script&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r must=4&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r warn=5&#xD;&#xA;    #declare -r grace=6 # not used in this script&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r disable=7&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    declare -r doesntmust=99999&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r warndefault=7&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    passwdfile=&quot;/etc/passwd&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r uidfield=3&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r unamefield=1&#xD;&#xA;    # UID range is system dependent&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r uidmin=1000&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r uidmax=65534 # exclusive&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # remove the hardcoded path from these progs to use them via $PATH&#xD;&#xA;    # mailx is system dependent&#xD;&#xA;    notifyprog=&quot;/bin/mailx&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    grepprog=&quot;/bin/grep&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    awkprog=&quot;/usr/bin/awk&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    dateprog=&quot;/bin/date&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # comment out one of these&#xD;&#xA;    #useUTC=&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    useUTC=&quot;-u&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # +%s is a GNUism - set it to blank and use dateformat if you have&#xD;&#xA;    # a system that uses something else like epochdays, for example&#xD;&#xA;    epochseconds=&quot;+%s&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    dateformat=&quot;&quot;	# blank for GNU when epochseconds=&quot;+%s&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    secondsperday=86400	# set this to 1 for no division&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    today=$(($($dateprog $useUTC $epochseconds $dateformat)/$secondsperday))&#xD;&#xA;    oIFS=$IFS&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # ### END SETUP ###&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # get real users&#xD;&#xA;    users=$($awkprog -F:	-v uidfield=$uidfield \&#xD;&#xA;    			-v unamefield=$unamefield \&#xD;&#xA;    			-v uidmin=$uidmin \&#xD;&#xA;    			-v uidmax=$uidmax \&#xD;&#xA;    			-- '$uidfield&gt;=uidmin &amp;&amp; $uidfield&lt;uidmax \&#xD;&#xA;    				{print $unamefield}' $passwdfile)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    for user in $users;&#xD;&#xA;    do&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	IFS=&quot;:&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	usershadow=$($grepprog ^$user $shadowfile)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	# make an array out of it&#xD;&#xA;    	usershadow=($usershadow)&#xD;&#xA;    	IFS=$oIFS&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	mustchange=${usershadow[$must]}&#xD;&#xA;    	disabledate=${usershadow[$disable]:-$doesntmust}&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	# skip users that aren't expiring or that are disabled&#xD;&#xA;    	if [[ $mustchange -ge $doesntmust || $disabledate -le $today  ]] ; then continue; fi;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	lastchange=${usershadow[$last]}&#xD;&#xA;    	warndays=${usershadow[$warn]:-$warndefault}&#xD;&#xA;    	expdate=$(($lastchange + $mustchange))&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	threshhold=$(($today + $warndays + $weekmode))&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	if [[ $expdate -lt $threshhold ]];&#xD;&#xA;    	then&#xD;&#xA;    		if [[ $expdate -ge $today ]];&#xD;&#xA;    		then&#xD;&#xA;    			echo &quot;Your password on $hostname expires in $(($expdate - $today)) days&quot; | $notifyprog -s &quot;Password expiring soon&quot; $user &#xD;&#xA;    		else&#xD;&#xA;    			echo &quot;The password for user $user on $hostname expired $(($today - $expdate)) days ago.&quot; | $notifyprog -s &quot;User Password Expired: $user&quot; $admins &#xD;&#xA;    		fi&#xD;&#xA;    	fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24969" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13239" RevisionGUID="bdb140d6-cb81-4d12-b7d9-39679b80576b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:37:59.903" UserId="4443" Comment="remembered some more stuff (thanks tim)" Text="Since this has zero answers, I'll give what I remember. Seems like Windows network stack is smart enough to route that traffic by knowing which adapter has an IP address on that subnet. Also, you can leave DNS blank on the private connection under TCP/IP settings under properties. You can also go into advanced from there and delete the domains it searches for. This will at least optimize data flow, and I believe this is how we have it set up going from server 2003 to a Dell md3000i. I haven't noticed anything crazy on the traffic monitor and there is a good bit of data running through there. hope that helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tim made an excellent point I forgot which is leave off the gateway. So in other words, like he said, just use a IP and subnet mask. But windows fills in some other stuff on its own and I like to get rid of that stuff too. Another thing you can do to optimize traffic is to delete all but &quot;TCP/IP&quot; from the connection properties on the SAN connection." />
  <row Id="24970" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13829" RevisionGUID="7210667c-dc8e-48f7-a264-1dd480910808" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:39:22.647" UserId="4715" Text="Read &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theregister.co.uk/odds/bofh/&quot;&gt;BOFH&lt;/a&gt;?" />
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  <row Id="24972" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13830" RevisionGUID="a5567253-d5e9-41ca-9afa-9d3f9994bdf9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:40:37.717" UserId="4567" Text="Check out Zoneedit DNS. For a **very** low cost they offer DNS fail over." />
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  <row Id="24974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13831" RevisionGUID="b076811c-412a-4939-a4cb-d3b6478dd570" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:41:07.747" UserId="4619" Text="If you go the roll your own route with rsync, then you might also try Unison.  If you'd prefer a backup system then I would try either Bacula or Amanda. " />
  <row Id="24975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13832" RevisionGUID="5a808219-3747-4fa2-8cca-434800040813" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:41:10.507" UserId="1654" Text="We just replaced a fifty-year-old print server and are attempting to use HP Universal Print Driver (per their engineers' suggestion) for all of our printers (the PCL 5 4.7 version).  We thought this would *solve* some printing problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, this is not working out.  We have tens of users complaining that they can't print, and they're reporting multiple issues:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Printers that are supposed to be supported are reporting &quot;not a supported HP device.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;- Multiple people have received the &quot;application error&quot; dialog with an 0x error code and a debug button. (I'm trying to dig up more info on this.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are finding that restarting the spooler service and/or reinstalling the printer objects on these machines will resolve the problem temporarily, but they soon die again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have experimented with loosening permissions on the printer objects on the server but that seems to have no effect.  Here are our current workaround steps, but they only seem to work temporarily.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- First, under the user's account, remove the printers (you may have to start their spooler.exe first to do so)&#xD;&#xA;- Make sure you are logged in under an admin account&#xD;&#xA;- Open compmgmt.msc&#xD;&#xA;- Where it says computer management(local), right click and select connect to another computer&#xD;&#xA;- Where it has another computer, put in the remote computer name then hit enter&#xD;&#xA;- It will then show you the management settings for that computer&#xD;&#xA;- Start the print spooler.&#xD;&#xA;- Once the printers are removed, restart and remote in under an admin account&#xD;&#xA;- Remove the printers from that profile&#xD;&#xA;- Add the printers back on&#xD;&#xA;- Log off&#xD;&#xA;- Have the user log back in&#xD;&#xA;- Re-Add the printers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Clearly a hassle.  And not reliable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TL;DR:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Experience using the HP &quot;Universal&quot; driver in a large enterprise with ~100 printers&#xD;&#xA;- Suggestions for print server troubleshooting that have worked for you?" />
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  <row Id="24983" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13723" RevisionGUID="1ac07706-f097-43f4-ba87-82a4b88284b4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:44:15.837" UserId="517" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="On a default Ubuntu installation you cannot su as root. You can use sudo to launch any command you need. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also do &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo passwd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;after entering your password you will be able to give root a password. After you will be able to su as root." />
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  <row Id="24986" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13835" RevisionGUID="1f5bfb25-e569-4af1-a492-71e02eebcd5f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:46:06.223" UserId="4443" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;windows-domain&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="24987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13836" RevisionGUID="b8da454d-44f5-4f22-9c43-a863abe8c4aa" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:46:09.297" UserId="2546" Text="Try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Deleting it in Safe Mode&#xD;&#xA;  - [Taking ownership][1] of it&#xD;&#xA;  - Running chkdsk&#xD;&#xA;  - Booting from a LiveCD like [SystemRescueCd][2] or even just an Ubuntu CD and deleting it from there.&#xD;&#xA;  - Working through this [MS KB][3] article&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67717-take-ownership-file.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320081" />
  <row Id="24988" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13837" RevisionGUID="b75fdf76-2e72-4b57-a23d-d0d927161652" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:47:35.770" UserId="3505" Text="If you have not firewalls and routers in the way, i.e., if you're on the same segment as the host you're trying to check - most of the solutions above are a little exhaustive imho.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It doesn't matter what port you connect to, and in fact, if you connect to a port that's unlikely to have a service running, you can get the job done without being detected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use any tool you like, but we can just use telnet...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    % telnet &lt;host&gt; 313373&#xD;&#xA;    Trying 10.211.55.3...&#xD;&#xA;    telnet: connect to address 10.211.55.3: Connection refused&#xD;&#xA;    telnet: Unable to connect to remote host&#xD;&#xA;    %&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should happen immediately, unless the host is dropping packets.  What's actually happening is that the TCP/IP stack on the host is sending you back a TCP segment with the RST bit set - i.e. terminating your SYN packet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The fact that you received a RST packet means that there is indeed a host up at the other end, and as a bonus - you've done so undetected (The TCP/IP had no upper-layer application to talk to about this connection).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rather than telnet however, I'd probably use something like scapy, write up something that looks for the RST flag and let's you know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just to complete this, if there is no host on the IP that you try - it will hang for a little while, and the timeout - the same thing that *would* happen if the receiving host had a firewall with a drop filter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If firewalls are involved, then as others have suggested, make use of tools such as `nmap` and whatever else." />
  <row Id="24989" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13838" RevisionGUID="1bb64239-6c12-481d-9100-e0697f747801" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:48:04.520" UserId="1417" Text="Check to see why the phones, e-mail, and instant messaging is down. " />
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  <row Id="24991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13839" RevisionGUID="1511401c-eebc-4d12-994b-e8f019b3a20b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:49:25.500" UserId="3552" Text="Are there any studies or evidence which show that mounting a hard drive horizontally is better than vertically for the lifespan of the device? Or upside down, or any direction for that matter." />
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  <row Id="24994" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13840" RevisionGUID="ecf93a96-3d33-441e-99bb-6ece775091a3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:51:22.907" UserId="3281" Text="Look at the long list of projects that would be &quot;nice to do&quot;  but don't have a sponsor, deadline, etc.  &#xD;&#xA;Documentation&#xD;&#xA;Start reading about the next latest and greatest.  You can never know too much about the OS's, hardware, and devices you are working with." />
  <row Id="24995" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13840" RevisionGUID="ecf93a96-3d33-441e-99bb-6ece775091a3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:51:22.907" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="24996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13841" RevisionGUID="7daeb973-8e37-498f-9c59-b6a9198ea677" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:52:11.377" UserId="2546" Text="The quotes in [this thread][1] from WD and Seagate suggest not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/whshardware/thread/591e27c6-5e02-40a0-8b4a-129dcbe769c3" />
  <row Id="24997" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13832" RevisionGUID="553610cc-22c3-49b5-9fe2-5c5d5e07aea9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:52:45.307" UserId="1654" Comment="deleted 791 characters in body" Text="We just replaced a fifty-year-old print server and are attempting to use HP Universal Print Driver (per their engineers' suggestion) for all of our printers (the PCL 5 4.7 version).  We thought this would *solve* some printing problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, this is not working out.  We have tens of users complaining that they can't print, and they're reporting multiple issues:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Printers that are supposed to be supported are reporting &quot;not a supported HP device.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;- Multiple people have received the &quot;application error&quot; dialog with an 0x error code and a debug button. (I'm trying to dig up more info on this.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are finding that restarting the spooler service and/or reinstalling the printer objects on these machines will resolve the problem temporarily, but they soon die again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have experimented with loosening permissions on the printer objects on the server but that seems to have no effect.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TL;DR:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Experience using the HP &quot;Universal&quot; driver in a large enterprise with ~100 printers&#xD;&#xA;- Suggestions for print server troubleshooting that have worked for you?" />
  <row Id="24998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13842" RevisionGUID="1aa4ced9-333f-4a66-9e1a-0388b4f7dda7" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:53:34.523" UserId="843" Text="You can just add the computer name to Active Directory&#xD;&#xA;right click on the computers object, choose new -&gt; computer. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="24999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13843" RevisionGUID="62e81ee4-9cb4-437f-88b4-a45dc812ceb7" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:53:39.860" UserId="1840" Text="Sounds like you need to generate a new **Security Identifier (SID)**.  Make sure the machine is joined to a &quot;Workgroup&quot; instead of &quot;Domain&quot; (If you've tried to make it be in the domain and it failed but still shows as being in the domain, disjoin and reboot).  Next download and run **SysInternal's NewSID Application** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From: [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897418.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;h2&gt;How it Works&lt;/h2&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; NewSID starts by reading the existing&#xD;&#xA;&gt; computer SID. A computer's SID is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; stored in the Registry's SECURITY hive&#xD;&#xA;&gt; under SECURITY\SAM\Domains\Account.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This key has a value named F and a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; value named V. The V value is a binary&#xD;&#xA;&gt; value that has the computer SID&#xD;&#xA;&gt; embedded within it at the end of its&#xD;&#xA;&gt; data. NewSID ensures that this SID is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; in a standard format (3 32-bit&#xD;&#xA;&gt; subauthorities preceded by three&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 32-bit authority fields).&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Next, NewSID generates a new random&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SID for the computer. NewSID's&#xD;&#xA;&gt; generation takes great pains to create&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a truly random 96-bit value, which&#xD;&#xA;&gt; replaces the 96-bits of the 3&#xD;&#xA;&gt; subauthority values that make up a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; computer SID.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Three phases to the computer SID&#xD;&#xA;&gt; replacement follow. In the first&#xD;&#xA;&gt; phase, the SECURITY and SAM Registry&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hives are scanned for occurrences of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the old computer SID in key values, as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; well as the names of the keys. When&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the SID is found in a value it is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; replaced with the new computer SID,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and when the SID is found in a name,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the key and its subkeys are copied to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a new subkey that has the same name&#xD;&#xA;&gt; except with the new SID replacing the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; old.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Reboot after computer has been renamed, and try joining it to the Domain again.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897418.aspx" />
  <row Id="25000" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13844" RevisionGUID="4d57e9d2-0e2a-4ba1-b40b-1165a31ffc3f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:54:10.513" UserId="4743" Text="I help manage a small network of about 40 computers. We are running an Exchange 2003 mail server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the best way to find which machine is infected by a spambot? I've tried installing anti-virus and anti-malware programs on each computer. After scanning the computers I did find a few that had lots of malicious programs and thought that our problem was solved. However our domain keeps getting blocked by DNS Blacklists and I have to remove them daily for our clients to receive our e-mail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: We are being attacked by Directory Harvest and Backscatter tactics." />
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  <row Id="25003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13845" RevisionGUID="5da7b7e7-f016-44a6-8011-423942712cc6" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:54:39.857" UserId="4136" Text="Run [sysprep][1] on the system. This will reset the SID and should fix whatever machine account conflict the network is seeing. Was this machine cloned?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;ct=res&amp;cd=2&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Ftechnet.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Flibrary%2Fbb457073.aspx&amp;ei=dqUeSsjUHpHCM9HclfAF&amp;usg=AFQjCNETMKmPEbzIYPwBXM7Qy1mRtyc02A" />
  <row Id="25004" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13846" RevisionGUID="c65d36e1-f492-4985-ae0f-a99d35e2dcd7" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:56:03.677" UserId="4745" Text="This is one of the more bizarre issues I've seen. One of the guys at my company has Vista on his laptop which worked just fine until earlier this week. All of a sudden, everything would run really slowly, but only intermittently. AFter playing with it a bit, it seems like windows is sometimes trying to access the C: drive like a network share or something.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Outlook or Word, for example, it'll hang with a message in the toolbar of &quot;Contacting C:\Users\[username]\AppData\...&quot;. This will usually eventually timeout, with the program saying it couldn't find the relevant file. (Either a Word doc or Outlook PST). And then sometimes if you try it again it'll immediately pop up and work like normal. IE exhibits similar behavior, but it's harder to tell what it's actually doing. But for example I'll open up one IE and it just hangs, but I can wait a little while and start another IE and it'll immediately work fine, while the first one is still hung.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anybody have any idea what's going on? It's got Norton on there and it reports no problems. I've tried stopping just about every service and it still seems to do it. It did seem to work better in Safe Mode, but I can't be sure because of the intermittent nature of the issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm also a programmer, not a Windows admin, I just have to play one because this is a tiny company, so I could be missing something really basic." />
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  <row Id="25006" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13846" RevisionGUID="c65d36e1-f492-4985-ae0f-a99d35e2dcd7" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:56:03.677" UserId="4745" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="25007" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13847" RevisionGUID="6d6572a9-8f05-4799-be84-2a240c6d03ec" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:56:16.377" UserId="526" Text="Is it possible to script commands using batch commands, VBScript, or anything else?  I need to modify a few DCOM components to grant permissions to local groups." />
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  <row Id="25009" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13847" RevisionGUID="6d6572a9-8f05-4799-be84-2a240c6d03ec" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:56:16.377" UserId="526" Text="&lt;dcom&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;" />
  <row Id="25010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13848" RevisionGUID="fdad75d7-b69b-4bde-bec0-2345c98c813f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:56:54.347" UserId="385" Text="It sounds like you need to scrap that universal driver. The steps you're taking having nothing to do with security. They basically have to do with stopping and restarting the drivers on each workstation. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what I would try to see if the driver is a problem:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Create a new printer queue using the driver for that printer (not the universal) while keeping a separate printer queue using the universal for the normal users.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Select a subset of solid test users to add that printer queue for.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Monitor to see if they have issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that test group doesn't have issues but the normal group continues to, then you know it's the universal print driver. " />
  <row Id="25011" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13835" RevisionGUID="2d989ef1-2094-4747-8d69-6a728d65ed0e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:57:24.690" UserId="4443" Text="I joined a freshly wiped and reinstalled XP pro machine to my domain, and deleted the old computer as a pre-emptive measure to it telling me my PC was already on the domain and duplicates are not allowed. Now it says it cannot find my computer account when I try to log in. I've taken it off and put it back on the domain and it still says not found. I've looked in AD and can't find the PC so this makes sense. I don't know how else to create a computer in AD except to join it to the domain. Is another wipe the only solution?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should probably add that I'm trying to avoid changing the computer name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is a physical machine, so no, not cloned." />
  <row Id="25012" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13849" RevisionGUID="d9e18ede-86b0-41a0-b22c-de06c82f43f9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:58:21.067" UserId="385" Text="If you didn't pre-create the computer account in Active Directory, the default location for it is in the Computers folder. If it's not there, try and pre-create the computer account in the proper location with the name that you're using. Then drop your computer into a workgroup, reboot, add it to the domain, reboot, and verify its domain membership.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13850" RevisionGUID="e8a78546-e603-4f09-9737-ac2af1b73261" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:58:47.277" UserId="2561" Text="I have the following Error repeated in my Windows 2003 server event viewer, which I am thinking is related to my blackberry server because it is the user 'besadmin'.  Anyone know what might be causing this error?  Also, if I can't figure it out, how would I increase the quota as a workaround?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Event Type:	Error Event&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Source:	MSExchangeIS Event&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Category:	General  Event ID:	9667&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Date:		5/28/2009 Time:		10:44:31 AM&#xD;&#xA;&gt; User:		N/A Computer:	MAILSERVER&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Description: Failed to create a new&#xD;&#xA;&gt; named property for database&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;MYDOMAIN\MAILSTORENAME&quot; because the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; number of named properties reached the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; quota limit (8192).  User attempting&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to create the named property:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;besadmin&quot;  Named property GUID:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 0002...............  Named property name/id: &quot;X-Vitals&quot;" />
  <row Id="25014" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13850" RevisionGUID="e8a78546-e603-4f09-9737-ac2af1b73261" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:58:47.277" UserId="2561" Text="Exchange 2003 / Blackberry Event Error 9667" />
  <row Id="25015" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13850" RevisionGUID="e8a78546-e603-4f09-9737-ac2af1b73261" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:58:47.277" UserId="2561" Text="&lt;blackberry&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;exchange-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="25016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13851" RevisionGUID="7f5f0bce-6e5f-40e0-94fa-200624f54f82" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:58:57.027" UserId="4498" Text="I'd skip the recruiter for now.  I'm willing to bet that no matter where you live, your area has been hit with some sort of economic downturn which has flooded the market with a bunch of qualified people needing jobs.  Will a recruiter help you find people, yes.  Will you be able to get a bunch of qualified people on your own, absolutely! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No matter where the resume comes from, you're going to have to weed out the crap and hire the best person for the job.  Figure out what you need and what you are willing to pay.  There are plenty of sites out there that can help you determine what sys admin jobs are going for in your area and they will give you a rough range. I think salary.com actually has a wizard for finding this out if I recall correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, if you are thinking that you don't want a full time person, it might make sense to find a good consulting company that can come in and give you 4-8 hours of sys admin time a week or whatever your needs happen to be.  A lot of times, if you find a good consultant and want to hire them full time, a deal can be worked out depending on the nature of the consulting company.  Some are purely there to consult, some play the recruiting side of the world as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13852" RevisionGUID="c951ee41-c18e-46fe-b662-b1bd79b84017" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:59:21.657" UserId="3926" Text="Heh... Norton Comander..&#xD;&#xA;I like console (since DOS/Windows 3.x) and i use FAR Manager (farmanager.com) as my file manager for a long time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now new version (2.0) with Unicode support(!) is availible. And this version not shareware, it's FREE (BSD-like license).&#xD;&#xA;It's still in &quot;alpha&quot; and a bit tricky to install but fully working (even x64). " />
  <row Id="25018" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13852" RevisionGUID="c951ee41-c18e-46fe-b662-b1bd79b84017" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:59:21.657" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="25019" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13853" RevisionGUID="41ee23a0-0294-482d-b3a4-bc41d54c7a45" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:59:48.443" UserId="1734" Text="I have multiple subversion repositories which are served up through Apache 2.2 and WebDAV. They are all located in a central place, and I used this [debian-administration.org][1] article as the basis (I dropped the use of the database authentication for a simple htpasswd file though).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since then, I have also started using [WebSVN][2]. My issue is that not all users on the system should be able to access the different repositories, and the default setup of WebSVN is to allow anyone who can authenticate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;According to the WebSVN documentation, the best way around this is to use subversion's path access system, so I looked to create this, using the AuthzSVNAccessFile directive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I do this though, I keep getting &quot;403 Forbidden&quot; messages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My files look like the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have default policy settings in a file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /svn/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      DAV svn&#xD;&#xA;      SVNParentPath  /var/lib/svn/repository&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      Order deny,allow&#xD;&#xA;      Deny from all&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each repository gets a policy file like below:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /svn/sysadmin/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        Include  /var/lib/svn/conf/default_auth.conf&#xD;&#xA;        AuthName &quot;Repository for sysadmin&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        require user joebloggs jimsmith mickmurphy&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The default_auth.conf file contains this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SVNParentPath      /var/lib/svn/repository&#xD;&#xA;    AuthType           basic&#xD;&#xA;    AuthUserFile       /var/lib/svn/conf/.dav_svn.passwd&#xD;&#xA;    AuthzSVNAccessFile /var/lib/svn/conf/svnaccess.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not fully sure why I need the second SVNParentPath in default_auth.conf, but I just added that today as I was getting error messages as a result of adding the AuthzSVNAccessFile directive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With a totally permissive access file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [/]&#xD;&#xA;    joebloggs = rw&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the system worked fine (and was essentially unchanged), but as I soon as I start trying to add any kind of restrictions such as&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [sysadmin:/]&#xD;&#xA;    joebloggs = rw&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;instead, I get the 'Permission denied' errors again. The log file entries are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu May 28 10:40:17 2009] [error] [client 89.100.219.180] Access denied: 'joebloggs' GET websvn:/&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu May 28 10:40:20 2009] [error] [client 89.100.219.180] Access denied: 'joebloggs' GET svn:/sysadmin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do I need to do to get this to work? Have configured apache wrong, or is my understanding of the svnaccess.conf file incorrect?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I am going about this the wrong way, I have no particular attachment to my overall approach, so feel free to offer alternatives as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/208&#xD;&#xA;[2]: http://websvn.tigris.org/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25020" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13853" RevisionGUID="41ee23a0-0294-482d-b3a4-bc41d54c7a45" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:59:48.443" UserId="1734" Text="How Do I Restrict Repository Access via WebSVN?" />
  <row Id="25021" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13853" RevisionGUID="41ee23a0-0294-482d-b3a4-bc41d54c7a45" CreationDate="2009-05-28T14:59:48.443" UserId="1734" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;svn&gt;&lt;websvn&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;access-control&gt;" />
  <row Id="25022" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13854" RevisionGUID="c6414670-74df-4232-b3c6-d295a7148b95" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:00:10.160" UserId="43591" Text="Microsoft's own PortQry Command Line Port Scanner Version 2.0&#xD;&#xA;(Google it, I cannot post link yet, boo)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use it to test SQL Server ports often&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;open port = LISTENING or NOT LISTENING&#xD;&#xA;firewall = FILTERED" />
  <row Id="25023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13855" RevisionGUID="d699b0db-a6c4-48b4-b06d-be68af224922" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:01:16.273" UserId="1054" Text="It seems that FF has a problem with 403 Access Denied responses from proxies, at least for ssl.google-analytics.com.  I've found [this post][1] which describes my problem.  I'm posting my workaround as an answer, but would also welcome any more information if anyone has it as I can't find anything!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?comments_parentId=350798&amp;forumId=1" />
  <row Id="25024" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13855" RevisionGUID="d699b0db-a6c4-48b4-b06d-be68af224922" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:01:16.273" UserId="1054" Text="Firefox hangs waiting for ssl.google-analytics.com" />
  <row Id="25025" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13855" RevisionGUID="d699b0db-a6c4-48b4-b06d-be68af224922" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:01:16.273" UserId="1054" Text="&lt;firefox&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;" />
  <row Id="25026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13856" RevisionGUID="b9189fac-8ce8-405e-bdbc-e2904f3e2eda" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:03:02.367" UserId="1054" Text="My workaround was this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Put an entry in your hosts file for ssl.google-analytics.com pointing to 127.0.0.1 file &#xD;&#xA; 2. Use a manual proxy settings in FF&#xD;&#xA; 3. Add ssl.google-analytics.com to the proxy exception list&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This fails the connection to ssl.google-analytics.com and allows FF to proceed." />
  <row Id="25027" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13857" RevisionGUID="c40dc8cc-a0f8-48a3-a59a-d89ffea01461" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:03:19.950" UserId="3762" Text="Norton is prone to thrashing even the most powerful of computers and bringing them to a grinding halt so it might be worth disabling the onaccess scanning in norton whilst booted up normally to see if this has any effect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionaly it might be worth checking the state of the drive to see if its having read issues. You can use chkdsk (Right click drive in my compiter and its on one of the properties tabs) It will probably ask you to reboot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also you could build an UBCD4Win boot disc which loads a cutdown version of windows into memory off a bootable cd which allows you to run a host of included diagnostics tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25028" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="13844" RevisionGUID="7330b12f-f9ab-4dfa-9f9a-127b2cb21668" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:03:53.770" UserId="4743" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;spam&gt;&lt;exchange-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="25029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13858" RevisionGUID="227c8193-522f-43c7-8717-ab0d625f6d48" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:04:44.813" UserId="4168" Text="Do you have multiple domain controllers? The computer may be logging on to a domain controller that has not replicated recently..." />
  <row Id="25030" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13859" RevisionGUID="9ffaf277-97f6-40c4-b633-b3d8b0ac70a7" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:06:25.857" UserId="3762" Text="Have you checked the Logs on the blackberry server to see if there is anything reported at the blackberry end?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25031" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13860" RevisionGUID="0e1d9903-43be-4115-bbd8-fde76a271b3f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:08:10.097" UserId="2546" Text="Where is your data stored? Is the hardware mostly identical? It might be easiest to reimage the lot of them." />
  <row Id="25032" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13861" RevisionGUID="fad7f060-3b8f-4055-9c25-200e004aeaff" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:08:47.927" UserId="4751" Text="check out eventid, i found something there but can't post the link yet" />
  <row Id="25033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13862" RevisionGUID="a4cd3353-dd4a-4be4-9ffc-78ca6f24a4e5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:09:20.157" UserId="2541" Text="The problem could be that that your exchange server is allowing RELAY. Make sure that setting is turned off or set only the IPs which are allowed to relay via that server. Your network design should only allow the exchange server to send traffic out of your network via port 25. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most spambots use port 25. Once you have setup like that, then if any other machine try to send via port 25 it will show up in the firewall logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good Luck!" />
  <row Id="25034" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13863" RevisionGUID="84228f55-87ea-4a97-a2d7-5bc64f727a44" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:09:27.830" UserId="3762" Text="I have used a program called Showtraf before now which monitors traffic on the network. We had a similar problem before and it showed the ip that was sending out vasts amounts of data on port 25.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Available here - http://demosten.com/showtraf/" />
  <row Id="25035" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13864" RevisionGUID="532afc90-dd5e-4065-91bd-f9bc7f89b2ca" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:09:49.327" UserId="4271" Text="If you need to do an upgrade on a server that requires a reboot, you need at least one alternate machine to host the temporary site while the original machine is offline. One option is to use DNS with a low TTL to point to the new server while the original website is offline.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another like you said is using squid to proxy. I believe squid can also work in a round-robin DNS situation with multiple squid servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, any DNS propagation you do, if choosing to go that way, may be cached by the downstream servers. You can try to alleviate this with a 30 second TTL or something ridiculously small, but some DNS server will ignore that and still cache the value for longer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are switching to maintenance mode anyway, why not just weather the 5 min it takes to reboot and send out a notice to users beforehand? This should work fine in everything except the extremely high-availability situations." />
  <row Id="25036" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13846" RevisionGUID="19da945a-3d0e-4095-9803-b2673bc20a5e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:11:22.867" UserId="4745" Comment="added 24 characters in body" Text="This is one of the more bizarre issues I've seen. One of the guys at my company has Vista on his laptop which worked just fine until earlier this week. All of a sudden, everything would run really slowly, but only intermittently. AFter playing with it a bit, it seems like windows is sometimes trying to access the C: drive like a network share or something.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Outlook or Word, for example, it'll hang with a message in the toolbar of &quot;Contacting C:\Users\[username]\AppData\...&quot;. This will usually eventually timeout, with the program saying it couldn't find the relevant file. (Either a Word doc or Outlook PST). And then sometimes if you try it again it'll immediately pop up and work like normal. IE exhibits similar behavior, but it's harder to tell what it's actually doing. But for example I'll open up one IE and it just hangs, but I can wait a little while and start another IE and it'll immediately work fine, while the first one is still hung.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anybody have any idea what's going on? It's got Norton on there and it reports no problems. I've tried stopping just about every service and it still seems to do it. It did seem to work better in Safe Mode, but I can't be sure because of the intermittent nature of the issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm also a programmer, not a Windows admin, I just have to play one because this is a tiny company, so I could be missing something really basic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ETA: UAC is running." />
  <row Id="25037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13865" RevisionGUID="227bbf85-979f-412b-a1f7-82b26380dc7e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:11:38.607" UserId="2609" Text=" 1. You should sniff your network traffic. There are many nice tools available, all the way from plain packet dumps similar to tcpdump all the way to fancy GUI visualization apps. Typically you will need to either: a) plug into a special port on your switch, b) configure another port to see all traffic, or c) do the sniffing from your firewall/router. First just focus on finding SMTP traffic to the outside world from any machine that's not the Exchange sever. Later you should examine all traffic to see if anything else is going on: IRC from someone's machine who doesn't even know what IRC is, for instance.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Write a plain language statement of what traffic should be allowed *out* of your network, and implement outbound rules at your firewall/router, with logging. You will be surprised how well this works. And it will also mean that **you** will know when something bad is happening **before** you hear it from an outside party!" />
  <row Id="25038" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13866" RevisionGUID="38d05932-2512-4d23-9af8-460c69eb118d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:12:12.273" UserId="48" Text="The problem you have here is not BES related, but Exchange. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Error 9667 indicates you have run out of Named Properties for Exchange to user. This [Technet Article][1] does a better job than I could of explaining what they are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This article][2] provides details of how to recover from this problem. You can increase the number of Named Properties availble using the instructions described [here][3]. However if you have allready preciously done this, and you are at the maximum number of named properties, 32,766 then the only way to recover from this is to create a new mailbox database and move your mailboxes to that DB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb851492.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb851495.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb851493.aspx" />
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  <row Id="25040" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13867" RevisionGUID="eb49997e-021f-428a-9351-e7975ce60380" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:12:36.577" UserId="4113" Text="What is the difference between LVM and LUN" />
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  <row Id="25042" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13868" RevisionGUID="867bff2f-7d6d-4d82-9258-7d14d6ffc7cb" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:12:42.833" UserId="3834" Text="I have had this problem twice (on two different computers), that the localhost entry is missing from the host file. How could this have happened?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The computer was installed with Windows Vista SP1, and I know Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2005 Express ed. and VMWare Player were installed on the computer. Never had probs with the first two before. Can it be the VMWare install?" />
  <row Id="25043" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13868" RevisionGUID="867bff2f-7d6d-4d82-9258-7d14d6ffc7cb" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:12:42.833" UserId="3834" Text="Why is the localhost entry missing in hosts file?" />
  <row Id="25044" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13868" RevisionGUID="867bff2f-7d6d-4d82-9258-7d14d6ffc7cb" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:12:42.833" UserId="3834" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;tcpip&gt;&lt;localhost&gt;" />
  <row Id="25045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13869" RevisionGUID="f70265a4-f83b-4aa0-be25-849620bb0bf4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:13:02.770" UserId="4757" Text="What you're looking for is a chroot, aka jail. The setup can be somewhat complex, and it's unlikely the tools required exist in package form in the default CentOS repos. However, here's a debian tutorial I've used before, it should put you on the right track: www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ap-chroot-ssh-env.en.html" />
  <row Id="25046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13870" RevisionGUID="cd8d05ba-438b-438f-b7b2-375e163b43b9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:16:32.560" UserId="4756" Text="Can someone explain the different system multipliers?  I know this is a base clock (a.k.a the System clock) then there is a multiplier for the Front side bus (FSB), RAM module, maybe for the RAM chips, and other internal busses like PCI, AGP, etc.  Also, are some multipliers based on other multipliers?" />
  <row Id="25047" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13870" RevisionGUID="cd8d05ba-438b-438f-b7b2-375e163b43b9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:16:32.560" UserId="4756" Text="Hardware multipliers" />
  <row Id="25048" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13870" RevisionGUID="cd8d05ba-438b-438f-b7b2-375e163b43b9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:16:32.560" UserId="4756" Text="&lt;clock&gt;&lt;ram&gt;" />
  <row Id="25049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13871" RevisionGUID="d13fc354-9072-4869-8e8c-825c21d8b3a2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:16:45.117" UserId="2187" Text="**Is there a good manual for the Windows Performance tool?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to find something I can read to describe what the data means that it is collecting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have output from Perfmon that shows that I have a process using more then 100% of the CPU.  I don't know how that is possible." />
  <row Id="25050" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13871" RevisionGUID="d13fc354-9072-4869-8e8c-825c21d8b3a2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:16:45.117" UserId="2187" Text="Is there a good manual for the Windows Performance tool?" />
  <row Id="25051" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13871" RevisionGUID="d13fc354-9072-4869-8e8c-825c21d8b3a2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:16:45.117" UserId="2187" Text="&lt;performance&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="25052" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13872" RevisionGUID="4e316fb4-87c7-4a74-bfcf-25d34c3c2f8a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:17:15.443" UserId="4271" Text="Do you have the ability to check before/after the VMWare install? Are you sure a Vista install includes localhost in the hosts file (I'm not sure on that one)." />
  <row Id="25053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13873" RevisionGUID="955ac020-c6a9-432a-a0ac-ad72466c9267" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:17:18.940" UserId="2513" Text="LVM is a piece of software used to &quot;carve&quot; up a disk, usually a locally attached disk, into smaller sections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; LVM is a method of allocating hard drive space into logical volumes that can be easily resized instead of partitions. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A LUN is a construct, usually on a storage array, with which you present a &quot;slice&quot; of a disk array/volume to a host, where it appears as a physically attached local disk via some connection, usually SAN (iSCSI/FC).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, if you presented a LUN to a host, you could then use LVM to further customize the layout of what the system thought was a local disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; A LUN is a Logical Unit Number. It can be used to refer to an entire physical disk, or a subset of a larger physical disk or disk volume. The physical disk or disk volume could be an entire single disk drive, a partition (subset) of a single disk drive, or disk volume from a RAID controller comprising multiple disk drives aggregated together for larger capacity and redundancy. LUNs represent a logical abstraction or, if you prefer, virtualization layer between the physical disk device/volume and the applications." />
  <row Id="25054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13874" RevisionGUID="40892660-4c9f-463e-9fc2-a278833b98fe" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:18:10.637" UserId="4751" Text="We just built a new cluster to replace to stand alone  BI servers. Its running Windows 2003 x64 and SQL 2005. One instance is already running in production and we're getting ready to move another server's data onto a named instance of this cluster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This legacy server is SQL 2000 SP4 running SQL 2000 SSRS as well. There are around 10 databases that will be moved along with something like 1000 reports.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;what is the easiest way to migrate the reports to the new hardware? no one wants to manually export and import the rdl's. The cluster will host the reportserver db and the databases. we have 2 new servers running SSRS in scale out mode that will host the reports." />
  <row Id="25055" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13874" RevisionGUID="40892660-4c9f-463e-9fc2-a278833b98fe" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:18:10.637" UserId="4751" Text="How to move a SQL Server Reporting Services installation to new server?" />
  <row Id="25056" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13874" RevisionGUID="40892660-4c9f-463e-9fc2-a278833b98fe" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:18:10.637" UserId="4751" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;ssrs&gt;" />
  <row Id="25057" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13866" RevisionGUID="0cc7b9f8-5b36-4ea4-bcb3-0babd8af3c93" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:18:16.223" UserId="48" Comment="added 143 characters in body" Text="The problem you have here is not BES related, but Exchange. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Error 9667 indicates you have run out of Named Properties for Exchange to user. This [Technet Article][1] does a better job than I could of explaining what they are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This article][2] provides details of how to recover from this problem. You can increase the number of Named Properties availble using the instructions described [here][3]. However if you have allready preciously done this, and you are at the maximum number of named properties, 32,766 then the only way to recover from this is to create a new mailbox database and move your mailboxes to that DB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whilst these articles talk about Exchange 2007, the registry key for increasing the number of named properties is the same for Exchange 2003.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb851492.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb851495.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb851493.aspx" />
  <row Id="25058" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13875" RevisionGUID="94e4f782-fa34-480f-b647-f4a54ead4013" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:20:43.783" UserId="4271" Text="Try running Filemon from Microsoft SysInternals toolset.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb545027.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will give you a listing of files being accessed as well as if the access was successful or not. Some of the other tools on that site may also be of assistance to you figuring out what is slowing down the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is some boutique spyware/viruses out there that can really get into the system, and Norton can not find it. Hopefully that isn't the problem." />
  <row Id="25059" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12091" RevisionGUID="a6e2ebc5-b06a-4a55-99c7-08a3b84edf42" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:21:02.970" UserId="814" Comment="added 270 characters in body" Text="I just installed SQL Server Standard Edition with the Management Studio. I'm able to connect to my SQL server instance but I can't connect to a SQL Server Express instance on a remote computer.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is the Management Studio Standard able to connect to an Express database or do I have to install the SQL Server Management Studio Express ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used to be able to connect to the remote instance under Vista but I installed 7 recently and I can't remember if I installed the Express version of the management studio under Vista...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should also add that I can connect to the remote database using Visual Studio 2008's Server Explorer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: I am still unable to connect to this specific instance...  &#xD;&#xA;Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I'm connected to the server via a VPN connection?  &#xD;&#xA;Also, are Visual Studio and SSMS using the same provider? Could it have something to do with that?" />
  <row Id="25060" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13850" RevisionGUID="45d57ef3-8617-420a-80d4-cbc231339d47" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:21:32.580" UserId="2561" Comment="added 136 characters in body" Text="I have the following Error repeated in my Windows 2003 server event viewer, which I am thinking is related to my blackberry server because it is the user 'besadmin'.  Anyone know what might be causing this error?  Also, if I can't figure it out, how would I increase the quota as a workaround?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Also, I haven't actually noticed any problems from a users standpoint. Can anyone explain what this error might actually mean?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Event Type:	Error Event&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Source:	MSExchangeIS Event&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Category:	General  Event ID:	9667&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Date:		5/28/2009 Time:		10:44:31 AM&#xD;&#xA;&gt; User:		N/A Computer:	MAILSERVER&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Description: Failed to create a new&#xD;&#xA;&gt; named property for database&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;MYDOMAIN\MAILSTORENAME&quot; because the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; number of named properties reached the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; quota limit (8192).  User attempting&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to create the named property:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;besadmin&quot;  Named property GUID:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 0002...............  Named property name/id: &quot;X-Vitals&quot;" />
  <row Id="25061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13876" RevisionGUID="00a0ce20-9a91-4a11-bf03-6317ac0939dc" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:21:43.453" UserId="55" Text="To date I haven't had a satisfactory answer to this question, but I am constantly gob-smacked by the obscene number under the &quot;Working Set&quot; column in Sysinternals Process Explorer.  Can someone define this in an easy-to-understand manner?" />
  <row Id="25062" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13876" RevisionGUID="00a0ce20-9a91-4a11-bf03-6317ac0939dc" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:21:43.453" UserId="55" Text="Under Windows, what is a processes &quot;working set&quot;?" />
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  <row Id="25064" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="13870" RevisionGUID="97de7a9d-0d7a-4a88-a829-27c856b00dcf" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:22:03.220" UserId="4756" Comment="added tag" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;clock&gt;&lt;ram&gt;" />
  <row Id="25065" PostHistoryTypeId="18" PostId="13804" RevisionGUID="504b35ec-a05d-4f78-998d-8c85f76f07f5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:23:18.567" UserId="1803" Comment="Merged question 'Upgrade server software without blackout period' by He Shiming" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="25066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13877" RevisionGUID="ae941c51-6ce5-4176-8ced-664e18aa4a17" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:23:30.127" UserDisplayName="joh6nn" Text="if you can, take some time and do this: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/" />
  <row Id="25067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13878" RevisionGUID="dd620638-6a86-428e-8f72-7ad3715d87d0" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:23:56.663" UserId="2185" Text="Assuming that you're building a machine that's going to last a while,&#xD;&#xA;would be inconvenient to rebuild, and needs to be pretty flexible, you&#xD;&#xA;might like a scheme similar to the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Install a minimum of two physical drives, the same size; for the&#xD;&#xA;purposes of this example, I'm going to assume 500GB SATA drives, but the&#xD;&#xA;principles work just fine with other sizes of drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Partition each drive as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        /dev/sda1   100MB&#xD;&#xA;        /dev/sda2   100GB&#xD;&#xA;        /dev/sda3   the rest&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    The goal is to have a dinky 100MB partition up front, a sizeable&#xD;&#xA;    partition in the middle for the OS and applications, and the bulk of&#xD;&#xA;    the drive at the back for additional data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Build a SW RAID 1 set, `/dev/md0`, from `/dev/sda1` and `/dev/sdb1`;&#xD;&#xA;build additional SW RAID 1 sets `/dev/md1` and `/dev/md2` from the&#xD;&#xA;corresponding paritions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. Format `/dev/md0` as ext3; this will be `/boot`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5. Format `/dev/md1` and `/dev/md2` as LVM physical volumes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6. Create a LVM volume group, `vg_system`, which contains `/dev/md1`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;7. Create appropriate LVM volumes inside `vg_system` for your various OS&#xD;&#xA;partitions; at the very least, you'll want `swap`, `/var` of a couple&#xD;&#xA;GB, and `/` of 10GB or so.&#xD;&#xA;    **NOTE**: do not allocate all of `vg_system`!  When you later decide&#xD;&#xA;    that you want to increase the size of `\var`, or you want to add an&#xD;&#xA;    `/opt` or whatnot, then you'll want that additional space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;8. Create a LVM volume group, `vg_data`, which contains `/dev/md2`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;9. Create LVM volumes inside `vg_data` as desired; at the very least&#xD;&#xA;you'll want a sizeable `/home`, and you may want additional volumes&#xD;&#xA;for, say, mail spools, or databases, or web roots, or any other data&#xD;&#xA;that isn't part of the OS.&#xD;&#xA;    Again, don't allocate all of `vg_data`, for reasons similar to the&#xD;&#xA;    ones listed above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The advantages of this strategy include the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* It's tolerant of hardware failures; either drive can fail without&#xD;&#xA;causing a system failure, and if you invest in a hot-swap controller,&#xD;&#xA;you can recover without downtime.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* It's future-proof and expandable; when you buy 2TB drives a few years&#xD;&#xA;down the road, you can slap them into the machine, make them into&#xD;&#xA;another SW RAID set, format it as an LVM physical volume, add it to&#xD;&#xA;whichever volume group needs more space (probably `lv_data`), then use&#xD;&#xA;`pvmove` to migrate your data off the old drives and onto the new.&#xD;&#xA;    In addition, major OS updates can be rendered significantly less&#xD;&#xA;    painful; if you need to reinstall the OS for a major upgrade (ahem&#xD;&#xA;    Red Hat :( ), you can do so while preserving home directories (and&#xD;&#xA;    mail spools and whatever all else you put in `vg_data`).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The disadvantages of this strategy are few; I suppose it's a bit&#xD;&#xA;complex, and you do take a performance hit on writes because of the RAID&#xD;&#xA;1.  However, I've been building workstations and standalone servers&#xD;&#xA;according to these principles for some years now, and in my experience&#xD;&#xA;every time I don't build a machine along these lines, before long I wish&#xD;&#xA;I had.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-steve&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. I should add that if you have the infrastructure in place to&#xD;&#xA;quickly and painlessly provision a new machine, then a system like this&#xD;&#xA;is overkill; rather than tinkering with RAID sets and LVM, just rebuild&#xD;&#xA;the machine if you need something changed.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25068" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13879" RevisionGUID="da706cfe-3abd-4b3a-a72a-db79c874c17b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:24:34.087" UserId="4443" Text="softperfect network scanner.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;google for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use it alot. Works great" />
  <row Id="25069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13880" RevisionGUID="6e8c07f0-25c0-4af9-8a2f-f2b0eb60ec77" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:24:38.190" UserId="843" Text="You can read all about this at [wikipedia][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front-side_bus" />
  <row Id="25070" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13881" RevisionGUID="90533b24-1fa7-45e6-86d1-772c117916ca" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:24:57.580" UserId="3762" Text="I have just checked my Vista Business SP1 laptop and it does indeed have a localhost entry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also have vmware installed so seems unlikly culprit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you checked for viruses/malware fiddling with your hosts file?" />
  <row Id="25071" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13882" RevisionGUID="183e1dc5-70d4-4f99-93de-80eca915b066" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:26:03.943" UserId="4392" Text="Different layers of abstraction. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you've got a large storage array, you probably don't want one server to use the whole thing, so you divide it into logical units (LUN is actually Logical Unit Number, but hey, it helps me remember). So you've got your storage sliced into usable chunks, and now you present it to the server. In a simple example, suppose it shows up as /dev/sdb. No partitions on it, it's just a disk, so far as the server cares. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why throw LVM on top of it? For me, it's because of growth. If I fill up that disk, I want to be able to add more space to it. LVM makes it easier and (in my mind) less risky, because I can resize that LUN on the storage array (or even create another LUN and present that to the server) and using LVM, I can grow the &quot;virtual&quot; disk without rebooting. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wrote an introduction to LVM here: http://standalone-sysadmin.blogspot.com/2008/09/introduction-to-lvm-in-linux.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which I referenced when talking about resizing LUNs here: http://standalone-sysadmin.blogspot.com/2009/05/resizing-storage-luns-in-linux-on-fly.html" />
  <row Id="25072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13883" RevisionGUID="0b6de010-645d-4010-a9c5-f2a3b6c96541" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:26:41.057" UserId="3505" Text="I've never heard of that being a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With older drives however, I do remember the life of a drive coming to an end if it had been running in one orientation for a prolonged period of time, and then turned.  For example a server that had been running for several years, when relocated and rotated into a new position, soon after disks would begin to fail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I haven't seen that with newer drives." />
  <row Id="25073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13884" RevisionGUID="ea3d4469-d460-4e2f-8ab8-6a5e1f030baa" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:27:23.740" UserId="288" Text="I'm currently running a hybrid home/office network comprising of several iPhones, laptops, and desktops (Windows, Mac), and gaming consoles - an average of 10+ devices connected at once. Vitally, I have a linux server which is publically exposed. The internet connection via ADSL2 with Annex M and a static IP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm having major trouble finding a stable and well featured router. I've tried the router my ISP sent me (Thomson Speedtouch), which crashed several times daily. At them moment, I'm using a Netgear DG384N, which is more stable, but randomly turns off its wireless, really hates Vista laptops, and tends to lock up when the throughput is high. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I need is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Stability. I'm so tired of random failures&#xD;&#xA;  - Reasonably wireless range - The Wireless N feature of the Netgear has been useful&#xD;&#xA;  - A decent NAT, with UPNP (so it can support multi XBox Live connections)&#xD;&#xA;  - Some form of DMZ, or at least robust port forwarding, so the server can be exposed on the static IP.&#xD;&#xA;  - At least one ethernet port. Preferably 4+, gigabit (though I'm happy to get a separate wired router).&#xD;&#xA;  - ADSL 2/M support&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I realise that's quite a lot, but has anyone come across a router that ticks at least most of these boxes?" />
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  <row Id="25075" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13884" RevisionGUID="ea3d4469-d460-4e2f-8ab8-6a5e1f030baa" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:27:23.740" UserId="288" Text="&lt;router&gt;&lt;adsl&gt;" />
  <row Id="25076" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13391" RevisionGUID="a4f998f5-bb71-4ed7-bc39-235d4160ce36" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:29:23.360" UserId="4372" Comment="Version information" Text="Lately I have been receiving a lot of segmentation fault warnings on my web-server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The warnings look like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [notice] child pid xxxx exit signal Segmentation fault (11)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have consulted with the server provider (it is a dedicated redhat enterprise server) and they could not find anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I have done so far:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since the error I have already tried the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - I have added more ram&#xD;&#xA; - I have turned off / turned on several php modules (they sent me to a web-page someone had the same problem, caused by an excessive amount of php modules)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the moments the warnings occur, there seems to be plenty of free ram left and the number of processes is very low (the number of httpd processes is about a quarter of the maximum allowed).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What can be causing these errors?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** current versions&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - apache: 2.0.52&#xD;&#xA; - php: 5.2.8&#xD;&#xA; - RHEL 4" />
  <row Id="25077" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13236" RevisionGUID="cc2773f7-4162-47bd-92fd-ffe114f5b8b1" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:29:51.223" UserId="3500" Comment="fixed a typo" Text="Take a look at what Nexenta and OpenSolaris are offering and I think you'll be very pleased with that you can get for nothing.  It's rumoured that the next releases of OpenFiler will use the FreeBSD ZFS port as well (though, they're quite behind from a feature perspective).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, I try to avoid doing RAID5, RAID6 or RAID50 in software and prefer to use hardware controllers to offload all the XOR work.  RAID1 and RAID10 in Linux software work pretty well, and from there I put LVM on top of them to allow more flexibility in what's done with the blocks I have after the redundancy in place.  RAID+LVM+XFS is my favorite Linux config., but I'd take ZFS over it anyday." />
  <row Id="25078" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10102" RevisionGUID="17c9f66c-1932-4918-85eb-4cf6dac5fe42" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:31:05.323" UserId="706" Comment="added 663 characters in body" Text="There are a variety of consumer level solutions for this, depending on your budget.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Get two good speakerphones for the audio conferencing and use them rather than a computer setup.  That way when (not if) the computer/video goes down you don't have to drop the whole meeting.  Another reason to go with regular teleconferencing is that most of these good phones have the built in echo cancellation that the computer software often does a poor job of handling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can get $100 video broadcast boxes, such as Slingbox or Hava and a consumer grade video camera (cheap $100 device).  Webcams may be acceptable, but there's a world of difference between an expensive webcam and a real video camera - latency and lag are going to be your biggest problems.  A good realtime video encoder is going to do much better than a computer and webcam combination.  Beyond that, basic photographic principles - bigger glass (lens) and bigger sensor = better image - even cheap video cameras will have better rendering than webcams.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use the computer on the other end to catch the video sent from the video broadcaster.  Eliminate the computer with a slingcatcher or another media receiver for the better hands-off video conferencing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Downside is that you've got 5 devices on each end to deal with - phone, camera, encoder, PC, monitor.  The big advantage of going with a polycom or similar device is that it's essentially all in one - and even controls the TV or monitor it's attached to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you set up a fast VPN between the two locations and put the cameras on the same subnet, in the case of the Hava appliance, you can get the nearly dvd quality mpeg2 video over the line.  If they aren't on the same subnet it reverts to the 320x240 300kbps mpeg4 video - good enough, but if you've got a fast line it could be better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that most of these consumer grade streaming encoders are meant for TV and other broadcast sources, which means they focus more on quality than latency.  This may be an issue if your only purpose is to look the other person in the face while talking, but if a large part of the reasoning is to be able to view whiteboard stuff, physical objects, etc then this isn't an issue.  Also most of these devices have a variety of inputs, so you could have two streamers on one end and one computers to receive them both on the other end and transmit presentations, or a second view for significantly cheaper than a similar setup with a 'real' telepresence system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Adam" />
  <row Id="25079" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13885" RevisionGUID="f5118fec-e478-4346-b2d7-1c5390d054e9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:31:13.420" UserId="4767" Text="In my file c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts it has only one entry for localhost&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;::1          localhost&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They don't use the 127.0.0.1 any more, as ::1 is the IPv6 representation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the entirety of your hosts file, without the localhost? ie, what do you see?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dave" />
  <row Id="25080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13886" RevisionGUID="0d8bdf25-b9d2-4ef5-8bc8-fd6247f82c73" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:31:31.420" UserId="1363" Text="[See MSDN?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;The working set of a program is a collection of those pages in its virtual address space that have been recently referenced&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So in short: ranges of addresses (pages) that are currently being directly used by the app.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms684891(VS.85).aspx" />
  <row Id="25081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13887" RevisionGUID="612e95b3-2994-40fe-bb07-1fcdfabbd705" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:32:33.620" UserId="3766" Text="The working set can be defined as :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Working Set Bytes = Sizeof(RAM) – (Available Bytes + Pool Nonpaged Bytes&#xD;&#xA;+ Pool Paged Resident Bytes + System Cache Resident Bytes + System Code Resident Bytes + System Driver Resident Bytes)*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;wifth the following definitions :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Pool Nonpaged Bytes**: these represent allocations directed to the nonpaged pool, which is a set virtual memory pages that always remain resident in RAM. (These are nonpageable bytes.) Device drivers and the OS use the nonpaged pool to store data structures that must stay in physical memory and can never be paged out to disk. (For example, the TCP/IP driver must allocate some amount of nonpaged memory for every TCP/IP connection that is active on the computer for data structures that are required during processing of network adaptor interrupts when page faults cannot be tolerated.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Pool Paged Resident Bytes**: Most virtual memory pages that are acquired in the Operating System range of virtual addresses can be paged out. The Pool Paged Resident Bytes represent memory locations from the pageable pool that currently reside in RAM.&#xD;&#xA;System Cache Resident Bytes: the system’s file cache occupies a reserved range of virtual memory addresses, some of which may currently reside in RAM. (Cached file segments can also be non-resident, in which case they must be fetched from disk when they are referenced by executing processes.) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**System Cache Resident Bytes** : represents segments of the file cache that are currently resident in RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**System Code Resident Bytes**: memory locations associated with system code that is currently resident in RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**System Driver Resident Bytes**: memory locations associated with device driver code that is currently resident in RAM." />
  <row Id="25082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13888" RevisionGUID="6736e242-1902-4da1-addb-52bbfcb391de" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:36:16.327" UserId="4771" Text="I suggest you to try and install Archlinux. Is not as hardcore as building a linux from scratch but you will learn the internals of a linux system. They have a nice install guide which explains basic linux setup and administration. Then just float arround the wiki to get into inner details. Do it in a virtual machine and make sure to take snapshots in order to be able to rollback and try again." />
  <row Id="25083" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13889" RevisionGUID="765f77e6-1d78-4278-8c7b-2ffdb843703e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:36:30.397" UserId="3500" Text="I use Apache2 and mod_python with good success.  You just end up adding some django-app. specific stuff to apache similar to this (example pulled from a VHost running ReviewBoard from review-board.org):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location &quot;/reviewboard&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        SetHandler mod_python&#xD;&#xA;        PythonPath &quot;['/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django'] + ['/usr&#xD;&#xA;    /local/reviewboard'] + ['/usr/local/reviewboard/djblets', '/usr/local'] + sys.pa&#xD;&#xA;    th&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE reviewboard.settings&#xD;&#xA;        PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython&#xD;&#xA;        PythonAutoReload Off&#xD;&#xA;        PythonDebug Off&#xD;&#xA;        PythonInterpreter reviewboard&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The important setting in this case is the uniqueness of 'PythonInterpreter' across your different django applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck." />
  <row Id="25084" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13890" RevisionGUID="2b484327-f3df-413b-8d25-548e49363681" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:38:07.663" UserId="4740" Text="&gt; The successful candidate&#xD;&#xA;&gt; would need to support a heterogeneous&#xD;&#xA;&gt; set of systems (Windows and Linux),&#xD;&#xA;&gt; with users who are highly computer&#xD;&#xA;&gt; literate (about half of the employees&#xD;&#xA;&gt; are experienced software developers).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This could make for something unusual if those highly computer literate users are selective and zealous about software or hardware they use.  For example, where I used to work a decade ago now, there was a developer that had to have a [Quantum Fireball][1] drive in his box which may have been outside a typical machine.  Discussing the advantages/disadvantages of hard drive specifications, how much RAM to have, and other features of a machine is something to check on applicants to some extent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd also suggest mapping out what that dedicated SysAdmin would do most of the time and whether you need that to be in-house or could outsource the duties to another company that comes in as needed which may be better in some cases.  I used to work at a place where they did this for our system administration and it worked out well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.quantum.com/" />
  <row Id="25085" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13835" RevisionGUID="d272a1f5-6139-4d65-9eea-ab075eaaa9ae" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:38:24.327" UserId="4443" Comment="updates" Text="I joined a freshly wiped and reinstalled XP pro machine to my domain, and deleted the old computer as a pre-emptive measure to it telling me my PC was already on the domain and duplicates are not allowed. Now it says it cannot find my computer account when I try to log in. I've taken it off and put it back on the domain and it still says not found. I've looked in AD and can't find the PC so this makes sense. I don't know how else to create a computer in AD except to join it to the domain. Is another wipe the only solution?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should probably add that I'm trying to avoid changing the computer name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is a physical machine, so no, not cloned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;domain is replicating properly, checked another DC to be sure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried the new SID thing and that didn't work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So now I've just created the computer manually in AD, but how do I know if it is actually using the appropriate group policy? In other words, how do I know that the actual machine is linked with the name created in AD?" />
  <row Id="25086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13891" RevisionGUID="7d0fa5d7-55f8-404c-acb3-ec84abd1ae8f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:38:38.707" UserId="4757" Text="Billion modems are very capable and will do everything you want. I run a 7404VGP-M at home in a similar configuration to that. It has only average wireless signal strength (802.11g) but is the closest thing you'll find to a 'Real' Cisco modem or a Linux box.&#xD;&#xA;See www.billion.com ." />
  <row Id="25087" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13866" RevisionGUID="7cdb5565-5f64-4b97-80df-491ee062b39e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:38:48.943" UserId="48" Comment="added 53 characters in body" Text="The problem you have here is not BES related, but Exchange. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Error 9667 indicates you have run out of Named Properties for Exchange to user. This [Technet Article][1] does a better job than I could of explaining what they are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This article][2] provides details of how to recover from this problem. You can increase the number of Named Properties availble using the instructions described [here][3]. However if you have allready preciously done this, and you are at the maximum number of named properties, 32,766 then the only way to recover from this is to create a new mailbox database and move your mailboxes to that DB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whilst these articles talk about Exchange 2007, the registry key for increasing the number of named properties is the same for Exchange 2003, I have used these myself on an Exchange 2003 server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb851492.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb851495.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb851493.aspx" />
  <row Id="25088" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13892" RevisionGUID="9fec9a78-c0fc-48ec-b5b0-d497c5fb1f01" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:39:45.587" UserId="4268" Text="You're out of named properties for your mailbox store (see Jason Nelson's very funny [article on named properties][1] at the EHLO blog). This problem was just fixed in Exchange 2007 SP1 rollup 8, but that doesn't help you because you're on Exchange 2003. You can adjust the limit used for the named property list by following the directions in MS KB article 820379 (it seems to have been pulled but you can find a copy [here][2]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/04/06/451003.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.netomatix.com/Articles/KBArticle.aspx?a=820379" />
  <row Id="25089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13893" RevisionGUID="826f44d0-7502-416a-ba9d-dc4f028179ca" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:39:50.733" UserId="2278" Text="There's a tool called &quot;dcomperm&quot;, which might really be a piece of sample code - a colleague of mine says he found a project for it in the visual studio 6 SDK. It apparently will do what you want, assuming you can find/build it." />
  <row Id="25090" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13894" RevisionGUID="40c8d97f-4e87-4dc1-8433-13b73e3020ce" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:44:11.427" UserId="3500" Text="The MIBS you need are in Sun's &quot;Tools and Drivers&quot; ISOs for each server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [http://www.sun.com/servers/x64/x2100/downloads.jsp][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [http://www.sun.com/servers/x64/x2200/downloads.jsp][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [http://www.sun.com/servers/x64/x4250/downloads.jsp][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sun.com/servers/x64/x2100/downloads.jsp&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sun.com/servers/x64/x2200/downloads.jsp&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.sun.com/servers/x64/x4250/downloads.jsp" />
  <row Id="25091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13895" RevisionGUID="1ea8d78e-82cc-48c2-b57c-d99e5c6d7902" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:44:31.350" UserId="4740" Text="* [IT Toolbox][1] has a few good blogs on a variety of IT topics.&#xD;&#xA;* [Compsci.ca][2] can also have some good blog posts at times if you are ok with it being university students posting mostly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/IT-blogs&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://compsci.ca/blog/" />
  <row Id="25092" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13896" RevisionGUID="4e4dba49-97ca-45cb-b858-535af6220ce5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:44:47.447" UserId="2711" Text="Here is my go at an easy-to-understand explanation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A process working set is the amount of physical RAM it is currently using (referencing), in total, to do its work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It can be a little confusing because it counts &quot;shared&quot; space in the RAM as well. For example, if process1 needs to run some system dll, the OS will read into RAM. If process2 also needs to run that system dll, the OS doesn't need to read it into RAM, as it is already there. HOWEVER, the amount of RAM used to store that system dll code will show up under the working set of *both* processes, as they are both using that code to do their work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So when you see a process with a huge working set, there may be a fair amount of that RAM it is claiming to use that is actually being shared with other processes, like the OS." />
  <row Id="25093" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13844" RevisionGUID="f895602d-2e9d-4481-aa38-09bd84087e94" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:44:54.017" UserId="4743" Comment="added 114 characters in body" Text="I help manage a small network of about 40 computers. We are running an Exchange 2003 mail server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the best way to find which machine is infected by a spambot? I've tried installing anti-virus and anti-malware programs on each computer. After scanning the computers I did find a few that had lots of malicious programs and thought that our problem was solved. However our domain keeps getting blocked by DNS Blacklists and I have to remove them daily for our clients to receive our e-mail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: We are being attacked by Directory Harvest and Backscatter tactics.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit: Our e-mail server doubles as a DNS server. Could this possibly open up vulnerabilities for spam attacks?" />
  <row Id="25094" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13893" RevisionGUID="de1f9260-73cf-4cc4-8a23-93920cffc330" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:45:40.927" UserId="2278" Comment="added link to a download location" Text="There's a tool called &quot;dcomperm&quot;, which might really be a piece of sample code - a colleague of mine says he found a project for it in the visual studio 6 SDK. It apparently will do what you want, assuming you can find/build it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See also [http://www.myitforum.com/articles/11/view.asp?id=9323][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.myitforum.com/articles/11/view.asp?id=9323" />
  <row Id="25095" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13897" RevisionGUID="a32cb23e-63f5-47cf-94d1-04a5b0a2f3c9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:46:30.940" UserId="4209" Text="I found [Bug 492558][1] that sounds like exactly what you are running into.  I'd recommend adding yourself to the CC list for the bug and clicking the &quot;vote&quot; link next to the priority.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=492558" />
  <row Id="25096" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13832" RevisionGUID="bb2cb7e7-018a-4aee-a522-7be34099ae3e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:47:01.593" UserId="1654" Comment="added 64 characters in body" Text="We just replaced a fifty-year-old print server and are attempting to use HP Universal Print Driver (per their engineers' suggestion) for all of our printers (the PCL 5 4.7 version).  We thought this would *solve* some printing problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, this is not working out.  We have tens of users complaining that they can't print, and they're reporting multiple issues:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Printers that are supposed to be supported are reporting &quot;not a supported HP device.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;- Multiple people have received the &quot;application error&quot; dialog with an 0x error code and a debug button. (I'm trying to dig up more info on this.)&#xD;&#xA;- People report a &quot;Printer error: ENUM printer failed&quot; dialog.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are finding that restarting the spooler service and/or reinstalling the printer objects on these machines will resolve the problem temporarily, but they soon die again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have experimented with loosening permissions on the printer objects on the server but that seems to have no effect.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TL;DR:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Experience using the HP &quot;Universal&quot; driver in a large enterprise with ~100 printers&#xD;&#xA;- Suggestions for print server troubleshooting that have worked for you?" />
  <row Id="25097" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13884" RevisionGUID="8123c6d0-59f5-4e55-96b3-c12591b2706e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:47:28.300" UserId="288" Comment="Spelling errors" Text="I'm currently running a hybrid home/office network comprising of several iPhones, laptops, and desktops (Windows, Mac), and gaming consoles - an average of 10+ devices connected at once. Vitally, I have a linux server which is publically exposed. The internet connection via ADSL2 with Annex M and a static IP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm having major trouble finding a stable and well featured router. I've tried the router my ISP sent me (Thomson Speedtouch), which crashed several times daily. At the moment, I'm using a Netgear DG384N, which is more stable, but randomly turns off its wireless, really hates Vista laptops, and tends to lock up when the throughput is high. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I need is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Stability. I'm so tired of random failures&#xD;&#xA;  - Reasonable wireless range - The Wireless N feature of the Netgear has been useful&#xD;&#xA;  - A decent NAT, with UPNP (so it can support multiple XBox Live connections)&#xD;&#xA;  - Some form of DMZ, or at least robust port forwarding, so the server can be exposed on the static IP whilst stilling NATing.&#xD;&#xA;  - At least one ethernet port. Preferably 4+, gigabit (though I'm happy to get a separate wired router).&#xD;&#xA;  - ADSL 2/M support&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I realise that's quite a lot, but has anyone come across a router that ticks at least most of these boxes?" />
  <row Id="25098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13898" RevisionGUID="9c0649d7-c5e0-43d3-8e30-c0ff94668027" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:47:34.790" UserId="4298" Text="I'm setting up the CPAN module for perl on CentOs 5, and one of the questions is 'Does your terminal support UTF-8?' (paraphrased). How do I find out?" />
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  <row Id="25100" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13898" RevisionGUID="9c0649d7-c5e0-43d3-8e30-c0ff94668027" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:47:34.790" UserId="4298" Text="&lt;terminal&gt;&lt;utf-8&gt;" />
  <row Id="25101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13899" RevisionGUID="b9d788d5-83ff-4c05-96d3-7aea156b969a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:47:42.137" UserId="4268" Text="Exchange ActiveSync is on by default in Exchange 2003 and later, although there may be things that you need to set up to get EAS access through your firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apple's so-called [Enterprise Integration][1] web page has two docs that may help: this one covers the s[etup steps required for Exchange 2003][2], and [this one][3] covers what the iPhone user has to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apple.com/iphone/enterprise/integration.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://images.apple.com/iphone/enterprise/docs/iPhone_MS_Exchange.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://images.apple.com/iphone/enterprise/docs/How_To_Setup_Guide.pdf" />
  <row Id="25102" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13855" RevisionGUID="a9e54e9e-f321-4cb3-8e95-240d4698410f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:47:45.883" UserId="1054" Comment="add note for current FF version" Text="It seems that FF has a problem with 403 Access Denied responses from proxies, at least for ssl.google-analytics.com.  I've found [this post][1] which describes my problem.  I'm posting my workaround as an answer, but would also welcome any more information if anyone has it as I can't find anything!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** Note that the current version of Firefox which is experiencing this issue is 3.0.10&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?comments_parentId=350798&amp;forumId=1" />
  <row Id="25103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13900" RevisionGUID="8643c25c-e055-43f7-b826-b0cdd57f610b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:47:53.777" UserId="4770" Text="I've inherited a terminal server and have found one major problem, the user profiles are filling up the C drive, I have  3.9 gigs free but that is going fast. I have a D drive on this server with plenty of free space, is there a method to change were the profiles are stored and move the existing information?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25104" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13900" RevisionGUID="8643c25c-e055-43f7-b826-b0cdd57f610b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:47:53.777" UserId="4770" Text="Terminal Server Filling Up" />
  <row Id="25105" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13900" RevisionGUID="8643c25c-e055-43f7-b826-b0cdd57f610b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:47:53.777" UserId="4770" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;thin-client&gt;" />
  <row Id="25106" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13894" RevisionGUID="1b1b83f9-7363-46f9-8b7d-171aa7d11e06" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:50:50.603" UserId="3500" Comment="Fix grammatical or spelling errors." Text="The MIBs you need are in Sun's &quot;Tools and Drivers&quot; ISO for each server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [http://www.sun.com/servers/x64/x2100/downloads.jsp][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [http://www.sun.com/servers/x64/x2200/downloads.jsp][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [http://www.sun.com/servers/x64/x4250/downloads.jsp][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sun.com/servers/x64/x2100/downloads.jsp&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sun.com/servers/x64/x2200/downloads.jsp&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.sun.com/servers/x64/x4250/downloads.jsp" />
  <row Id="25107" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13901" RevisionGUID="f6f9f083-0791-4262-aad9-83f7a100fa5d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:50:54.410" UserId="4268" Text="BlackBerry devices rely on mail transiting RIM's network operations center (NOC). Because the mail is encrypted by the sending endpoint (either the BES server or whatever they now call the desktop client) the risk is relatively low. However, it's not non-zero. The bigger risk with RIM's setup is probably downtime, not interception or tampering of messages in transit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As spoulson points out, the iPhone answer depends on whether you're using IMAP/POP or Exchange ActiveSync (EAS). EAS devices, like the iPhone, connect directly to the Exchange server using SSL. That means that all inbound and outbound traffic is SSL-secured, so it's quite safe." />
  <row Id="25108" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13902" RevisionGUID="bb152a3d-5cff-42c4-93fb-a918439094ef" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:52:51.347" UserId="4742" Text="More votes for Powershell, Notepad++, Putty, pscp, cygwin, sdelete, WinDirStat, and System Internals.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also some sort of Remote control software be it UltraVNC, RDP, or whatever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Steve" />
  <row Id="25109" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13902" RevisionGUID="bb152a3d-5cff-42c4-93fb-a918439094ef" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:52:51.347" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="25110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13903" RevisionGUID="a68a631a-0ee9-4311-9c94-834f18f821c4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:53:05.153" UserId="2609" Text="If I've got your question right then you can do this from with the config files. See [this ServerFault question][1] for some help setting up chroot in the config. The OpenSSH suite of tools has seen some really nice options lately available in the configs. It's well worth your time to read the documentation, even if your read it thoroughly a year or two ago.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When do you *ever* need to recompile OpenSSH to get security? OpenSSH's track record for security is something other projects (even security related ones) can only dream about. Beware of patches from third parties thinking they're going to improve security in OpenSSH. Don't forget Debian's goof.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/13021/securing-file-system-for-secure-sftp-server" />
  <row Id="25111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13904" RevisionGUID="35d822c1-0f7b-47ca-b1e3-0ae27c208070" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:54:00.410" UserId="1944" Text="&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My X11 keeps crashing immediately after I open it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I once solved the problem by disabling some dotFile. However, I cannot remember how I did it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have blocked the following files by appeding them with OLD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. ~/.xinitrc&#xD;&#xA;   2. ~/.Xresources&#xD;&#xA;   3. ~/.Xmodmap&#xD;&#xA;   4. ~/.Xsession&#xD;&#xA;   5. ~/.Xdefaults&#xD;&#xA;   6. ~/.Xauthority&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, the problem still persists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which files do control X11's startup in Mac?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25112" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13904" RevisionGUID="35d822c1-0f7b-47ca-b1e3-0ae27c208070" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:54:00.410" UserId="1944" Text="Which files do control X11’s startup in Mac?" />
  <row Id="25113" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13904" RevisionGUID="35d822c1-0f7b-47ca-b1e3-0ae27c208070" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:54:00.410" UserId="1944" Text="&lt;x11&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;startup&gt;" />
  <row Id="25114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13905" RevisionGUID="d329cbce-225e-4ee6-a7ff-48f8149c3a00" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:54:48.753" UserId="3038" Text="The desktop folk here don't like the HP Universal Driver. I believe they got burned by it several years ago shortly after it came out. They like to use per-device drivers whenever possible. So our experience with it hasn't been great. We're a university with general computing labs, so driver quality is something we really care about as we have over 1400 lab workstations and 60 printers that print between 3 to 4 million pages an academic quarter. " />
  <row Id="25115" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13906" RevisionGUID="7d6ee415-be01-493e-ab86-d9ca409e2ee2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:55:30.250" UserId="978" Text="I have a problem in my sharing hosting that all websites in subfolders, their URL appear like this: http://picghost.com/picghost/ &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I sent to godaddy, and they sent me that its because of IIS7 and they can't solve, any one can tell me how to fix that?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here what i sent to godaddy and their reply:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*&quot;as i saw before on this page http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/hosting/shared.asp?ci=9009 compare windows plans, &quot;Multiple Web sites: unlimited&quot; so i have the right to run more than one website inside my hosting.&#xD;&#xA;But what i am facing now that i can't make more than website as a primary website.&#xD;&#xA;I have igurr.com as a primary website, i want to make others as primary because:&#xD;&#xA;I am facing a problem that all home pages for the other websites &quot;which physically in sub folders&quot; are like that &quot;http://picghost.com/picghost/&quot; the URL + the folder name and that what i don't want.&quot;*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**GODADDY**&#xD;&#xA;*&quot;Thank you for contacting Hosting Support. The behavior you are describing is standard for IIS 7.0 accounts. All alias domains in this environment will append the foldername their located in. I.E. a an alias domain www.coolexample.com pointed to the '/example' directory will display in a browser as &quot;www.coolexample.com/example&quot;. This is due to the way IIS 7.0 handles virtual directories. Unfortunately we do not have any direct work around for this. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. &quot;*" />
  <row Id="25116" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13906" RevisionGUID="7d6ee415-be01-493e-ab86-d9ca409e2ee2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:55:30.250" UserId="978" Text="How to fix subfolders IIS7 functionality?" />
  <row Id="25117" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13906" RevisionGUID="7d6ee415-be01-493e-ab86-d9ca409e2ee2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:55:30.250" UserId="978" Text="&lt;domain&gt;&lt;web-hosting&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;iis7&gt;" />
  <row Id="25118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13907" RevisionGUID="1d11c799-c97e-440f-b361-ca587e64f533" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:56:01.823" UserId="1447" Text="SSRS exports a web service that allows reports to be downloaded and uploaded programatically (amongst other things).  It comes with utility called rs.exe that lets you script this type of process using vb.net.  All this really does is top and tail the script and then compile and execute it.  IronPython or any .net language can also be used to do this type of scripting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although doing this programatically is quite simple there is a tool called [Reporting Services Scripter][1] that does this sort of thing with a GUI and might be all you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqldbatips.com/showarticle.asp?ID=62" />
  <row Id="25119" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13908" RevisionGUID="be1ab3ef-3ee8-4d4a-b600-30deafddbce1" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:56:12.650" UserId="4268" Text="Each BES user generates about 3.8x as much I/O load as the same user running Outlook. This isn't a big deal for a few dozen users, but that multiplier makes I/O loads, well, *multiply* pretty quickly in larger environments. However, the BES software offers some pretty nifty device management, inventory, update, and security features, and many users are accustomed to the end-user experience of RIM's hardware." />
  <row Id="25120" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13909" RevisionGUID="255f5499-1ab7-4e89-9c98-4e964df7399d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:56:46.970" UserId="1185" Text="you could try this, not sure between 2000 and 2005 if it will work, but I have had luck with it in the past http://www.sqldbatips.com/showarticle.asp?ID=62" />
  <row Id="25121" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13910" RevisionGUID="d07598e3-789a-431c-8235-969d7d2971d6" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:58:36.577" UserId="3505" Text="A zombie process has no resources allocated to it whatsoever, other than the entry in the process tree.  This happens when a process completes, however the parent process has not yet *reaped* it, (i.e., `wait`ed on it).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can try and force the parent to do this if you want by sending it a SIGCHLD (`kill -20`), to the parent, but there's no guarantee that the parent will honor it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll often see them for short periods of time (for example while viewing the process tree using top) - this is normal; In the time slice between the time that a child process completes, and the parent polls for it - the child process will appear as a zombie.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you see zombie processes that continually exist however - which is not normal - there is still no need to be concerned - again as there is not resource allocated to a dead process - it generally means that the application is poorly written by crappy developers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only time that you should be concerned from zombie processes, is when you see lots and lots of them, for example if the same crappy application mentioned above is placed under load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have alot of crappy developers where I work, and so I have the privilege of dealing with such issues and learning all sorts of useless stuff while doing so.  In fact - my team often resorts to using the crappy shell scripts written by out crappy developers in interviews - if the candidate can pick that the script is indeed crapy, and tell us why it's crappy, he has a good foot in the door.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25122" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13832" RevisionGUID="90c52211-d9d5-4ad9-a910-44a330ad1448" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:58:40.760" UserId="1654" Comment="added 470 characters in body" Text="We just replaced a fifty-year-old print server and are attempting to use HP Universal Print Driver (per their engineers' suggestion) for all of our printers (the PCL 5 4.7 version).  We thought this would *solve* some printing problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, this is not working out.  We have tens of users complaining that they can't print, and they're reporting multiple issues:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Printers that are supposed to be supported are reporting &quot;not a supported HP device.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;- Multiple people have received the &quot;application error&quot; dialog with an 0x error code and a debug button. (I'm trying to dig up more info on this.)&#xD;&#xA;- People report a &quot;Printer error: ENUM printer failed&quot; dialog.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are finding that restarting the spooler service and/or reinstalling the printer objects on these machines will resolve the problem temporarily, but they soon die again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have experimented with loosening permissions on the printer objects on the server but that seems to have no effect.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried to add a printer NOT using the Universal driver, and I'm getting this error on the server side:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And this when trying to get properties on a specific printer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm starting to think there's something more going on here than a bad driver - corruption in the server install?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TL;DR:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Experience using the HP &quot;Universal&quot; driver in a large enterprise with ~100 printers&#xD;&#xA;- Suggestions for print server troubleshooting that have worked for you?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/4449/addprinterprng049.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/6296/getpropertiesddsprng049.jpg" />
  <row Id="25123" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13911" RevisionGUID="a4bdfc1e-03fb-4d84-b307-cb9704a69bf0" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:58:48.043" UserId="4217" Text="Really, the surefire way to test is to download a [text file][1] and cat it in the terminal and see if everything looks ok.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or, if you can, recompile the terminal enabling the unicode option (assuming it has one).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;what does $TERM and $LANG look like?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk/~garabik/debian-utf8/download/UTF-8-demo.txt.gz" />
  <row Id="25124" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13912" RevisionGUID="d071ec84-ca31-4971-82cd-d12933d6a392" CreationDate="2009-05-28T15:59:05.157" UserId="4757" Text="The issue is probably relating to the splitting of configuration between two location directives, but I'm not sure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rather than defining permissions in two places (apache config and the authz file), just define them in the authz file. Like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**httpd.conf**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /svn&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      DAV svn&#xD;&#xA;      SVNParentPath /var/lib/svn/repository&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      Require valid-user&#xD;&#xA;      AuthType Basic&#xD;&#xA;      AuthName &quot;Subversion Repository&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      AuthUserFile /path/to/.htpasswd&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      SVNPathAuthz on&#xD;&#xA;      AuthzSVNAccessFile /path/to/svn.authz&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**svn.authz**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [groups]&#xD;&#xA;    sysadmins = joebloggs jimsmith mickmurphy&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # By default, nobody has any permissions&#xD;&#xA;    [/]&#xD;&#xA;    * = &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # sysadmins get access to the sysadmin repository&#xD;&#xA;    [sysadmin:/]&#xD;&#xA;    @sysadmins = rw&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You would need the appropriate users in the htpasswd file too, obviously." />
  <row Id="25125" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13913" RevisionGUID="3a81acf7-53f5-4000-b5d0-c874df626e3f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:00:27.277" UserId="4703" Text="Qualys offers that (not free), but you can get a free trial:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.qualys.com/products/trials/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also a little project that I am developing (free) to look for &#xD;&#xA;leaking data on a web site:&#xD;&#xA;http://sucuri.net/?page=scan&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25126" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13907" RevisionGUID="e032bbfe-8f32-4bb9-bc13-a7ec9698a815" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:01:06.480" UserId="1447" Comment="added 478 characters in body" Text="SSRS exports a web service that allows reports to be downloaded and uploaded programatically (amongst other things).  It comes with utility called rs.exe that lets you script this type of process using vb.net.  All this really does is top and tail the script and then compile and execute it.  IronPython or any .net language can also be used to do this type of scripting.  IIRC RS2000 uses a different mechanism but it is not complex to programatically extract a rdl.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although doing this programatically is quite simple there is a tool called [Reporting Services Scripter][1] that does this sort of thing with a GUI and might be all you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note, however, that the RS2000 reports will not necessarily convert cleanly to RS2005.  You may still have to do some manual conversion.  This means that (like it or not) you are probably up for regression testing all 1000 of the reports, which will be very time consuming.&#xD;&#xA;Now would be a good time to be somewhat ruthless about requiring a business case to retain each report.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqldbatips.com/showarticle.asp?ID=62" />
  <row Id="25127" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13914" RevisionGUID="5e26e446-69d0-41f3-8917-c6924a27ef37" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:03:25.430" UserId="4757" Text="What OS is this? Or are you saying this happens before POST completes? For windows, poke the power settings, which are in the power management section of control panel. Linux (and other Unix), take a look at `hdparm/sdparm -B` (you probably want `-B 254`)." />
  <row Id="25128" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13915" RevisionGUID="15cc1cef-8cfe-4ed3-8164-248a85176299" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:03:33.150" UserId="3505" Text="Do you get anything useful logs in `console`?" />
  <row Id="25129" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13916" RevisionGUID="9f7d078e-5c24-4289-8e01-b03401f3db3c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:04:53.290" UserId="4762" Text="The lamest way: run following and check the output. It should be a capital O with circumflex.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    perl -le 'print &quot;\x{d4}&quot;'&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25130" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13917" RevisionGUID="185fa99e-7ec6-4c9b-b390-5afd6935afb2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:05:23.537" UserId="4217" Text="step 1 - check for a shebang on first line of file&#xD;&#xA;step 2 - does the shebang point to a real binary?  (try `which [path after shebang]`)&#xD;&#xA;step 3 - if step 2 checks out, ./test.sh should work, else..&#xD;&#xA;step 4 - try `/full/path/to/sh test.sh`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;what you posted, charly, makes no sense whatsoever" />
  <row Id="25131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13918" RevisionGUID="6558b817-9070-42c8-840c-d9754d94a87f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:05:38.700" UserId="2711" Text="Google for &quot;nmap&quot;. I use this all the time. Great for verifying your firewalls are operating as expected too. Plus I believe it was referenced in a Matrix movie which makes it doubly awesome." />
  <row Id="25132" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13676" RevisionGUID="22878d19-aa0a-46d5-b975-18379af4dced" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:07:50.130" UserId="160" Comment="added 50 characters in body" Text="It would be nice to use ASP.NET, but PHP is ok too, and should be hosted in IIS6.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** the logs are from our intranet site." />
  <row Id="25136" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13920" RevisionGUID="92b3a665-7737-4f89-9557-13da683cf908" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:08:41.970" UserId="4217" Text="i was told once that a lot of job postings will list requirements for knowledge in a wide area of topics [as you posted], not cause thats what they really want, but they want to see what is out there in terms of future employees.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;stop using windows and start using *nix.  also, the command line is your friend" />
  <row Id="25142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13925" RevisionGUID="a884d11b-2580-471a-a190-45e9af472e65" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:11:17.677" UserId="2304" Text="I've always had poor experience with all-in-one router/modem/wireless devices... it seems like the more features that get added, the lower the quality gets per feature.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's more money and more devices to manage, but the best change I've ever made to my home network was to move to individual &amp; dedicated devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Cisco ASA5505 router&#xD;&#xA; - Linksys WET610N wireless&#xD;&#xA; - Netgear GS108 switch&#xD;&#xA; - ISP provided modem&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A problem with one device doesn't affect the others, and since they're isolated, it makes troubleshooting a heck of a lot easier." />
  <row Id="25143" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13904" RevisionGUID="fbca50f2-97bf-4ed4-8c64-e09e3a86b028" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:13:54.817" UserId="1944" Comment="added 3517 characters in body" Text="My X11 keeps crashing immediately after I open it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I once solved the problem by disabling some dotFile. However, I cannot remember how I did it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have blocked the following files by appeding them with OLD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. ~/.xinitrc&#xD;&#xA;   2. ~/.Xresources&#xD;&#xA;   3. ~/.Xmodmap&#xD;&#xA;   4. ~/.Xsession&#xD;&#xA;   5. ~/.Xdefaults&#xD;&#xA;   6. ~/.Xauthority&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, the problem still persists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**My logs in console in an unsuggessful attempt**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 18:58:44 a-fe3bdd00-82 org.x.startx[45728]: DarwinPressModifierKey bad keycode: key=3&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 18:59:20: --- last message repeated 11 times ---&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 18:59:32 a-fe3bdd00-82 /usr/sbin/spindump[45917]: process 45785 is being monitored&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 18:59:32 a-fe3bdd00-82 /usr/sbin/spindump[45917]: process 45785 is being force quit&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 18:59:38 a-fe3bdd00-82 /usr/sbin/spindump[45917]: process 45785 is being no longer being monitored&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 18:59:38 a-fe3bdd00-82 org.x.startx[45728]: Xquartz: start_x11_server: (ipc/mig) server died&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 18:59:38 a-fe3bdd00-82 GoogleDesktopDaemon[44]: Worker failed while sending the import path &quot;/Library/Logs/HangReporter/X11.bin/2009-05-28-185938-X11.bin.hang&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 18:59:38 a-fe3bdd00-82 com.google.Desktop.Daemon[44]: 2009-05-28 18:59:38 GoogleDesktopDae[44] 0xb0289000 Worker failed while sending the import path &quot;/Library/Logs/HangReporter/X11.bin/2009-05-28-185938-X11.bin.hang&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:00:08 a-fe3bdd00-82 login[45926]: USER_PROCESS: 45926 ttys002&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:09:54 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15c15c].org.x.X11[46006]: X11.app: main(): argc=2&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:09:54 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15c15c].org.x.X11[46006]: 	argv[0] = /Applications/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11.bin&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:09:54 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15c15c].org.x.X11[46006]: 	argv[1] = -psn_0_1425756&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:09:54 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15c15c].org.x.X11[46006]: Waiting for startup parameters via Mach IPC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**My logs in a successful attempt**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:01 a-fe3bdd00-82 com.apple.launchd[83] ([0x0-0x15c15c].org.x.X11[46006]): Stray process with PGID equal to this dead job: PID 46020 PPID 1 X11.bin&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:01 a-fe3bdd00-82 com.apple.launchd[83] ([0x0-0x15c15c].org.x.X11[46006]): Exited: Terminated&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:04 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: X11.app: main(): argc=2&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:04 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: 	argv[0] = /Applications/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11.bin&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:04 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: 	argv[1] = -psn_0_1433950&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:04 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: Waiting for startup parameters via Mach IPC.&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:04 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: X11.app: Could not connect to server (DISPLAY=&quot;/tmp/launch-XTPOng/:0&quot;, unsetting).  Starting X server.&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:04 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: X11.app: Launching /usr/X11/bin/startx:&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:04 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: 	argv[0] = /bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:04 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: 	argv[1] = -c&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:04 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: 	argv[2] = /usr/X11/bin/startx&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:04 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: font_cache: Scanning user font directories to generate X11 font caches&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:04 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: font_cache: Updating FC cache&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:04 a-fe3bdd00-82 org.x.privileged_startx[46077]: font_cache: Scanning system font directories to generate X11 font caches&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:04 a-fe3bdd00-82 defaults[46095]: \nThe domain/default pair of (org.x.X11, dpi) does not exist&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:04 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: xauth:  creating new authority file /Users/Sam/.serverauth.46070&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:04 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: xauth:  creating new authority file /Users/Sam/.Xauthority&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:04: --- last message repeated 1 time ---&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:04 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: X11.app: do_start_x11_server(): argc=6&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:04 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: 	argv[0] = /usr/X11/bin/X&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:04 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: 	argv[1] = :2&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:04 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: 	argv[2] = -nolisten&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:04 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: 	argv[3] = tcp&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:04 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: 	argv[4] = -auth&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:04 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: 	argv[5] = /Users/Sam/.serverauth.46070&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:05 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: Xquartz starting:&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:05 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: X.Org X Server 1.4.2-apple42&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:05 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: Build Date: 20090517&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:05 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: (EE) XKB: Couldn't open rules file /usr/X11/share/X11/xkb/rules/base&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:05: --- last message repeated 1 time ---&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:05 a-fe3bdd00-82 org.x.privileged_startx[46077]: font_cache: Updating FC cache&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:06 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: font_cache: Done&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:07 a-fe3bdd00-82 org.x.privileged_startx[46077]: font_cache: Done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which files do control X11's startup in Mac?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25144" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13926" RevisionGUID="be52ea40-9ae3-4abb-824e-64b4479f01d3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:13:57.983" UserId="2626" Text="Agreeing with everyone above, I would also like to add that it works great with Novell GroupWise 6.5.  Previously we used NotifyLink to sync GroupWise with multiple phones, and while it worked well for emails, it was a bit quirky for attachments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BES is pretty seamless in integrating it with GroupWise and the power to brick a phone if one becomes lost or stolen can prove valuable, along with them setting up the user with a new phone." />
  <row Id="25145" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13927" RevisionGUID="0f82c1fc-017a-4153-ad6e-ca017265c3d1" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:13:58.950" UserId="1618" Text="If I'm connecting to an ssh server and I noticed I made a mistake in the username, how do I cancel the session when the server is prompting me for password?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only way I know is to press ctrl-c to kill the ssh process, is there a better way?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't necessarily need to cancel the session, just change the username." />
  <row Id="25146" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13927" RevisionGUID="0f82c1fc-017a-4153-ad6e-ca017265c3d1" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:13:58.950" UserId="1618" Text="ssh cancelling session at the password prompt" />
  <row Id="25147" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13927" RevisionGUID="0f82c1fc-017a-4153-ad6e-ca017265c3d1" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:13:58.950" UserId="1618" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;ui&gt;" />
  <row Id="25148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13928" RevisionGUID="f082b9b5-6fb8-4975-843b-2a50feddd955" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:13:59.120" UserId="4703" Text="http://sucuri.net&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Focus is on integrity/availability monitoring, not on performance. But can be useful..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*free, alerts via email, sms and twitter, unlimited too...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25149" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13929" RevisionGUID="bb18ed37-5678-4646-95da-81121d9e646c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:13:59.963" UserId="4517" Text="From what I remember back in the day the orientation of a drive when it was formatted was the orientation the drive was suppose to run with. Of course this was well over a decade ago (over 2?). I have not seen any actual test of this, but it's fair to say it doesn't matter anymore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think we can believe the manufacturers with this one." />
  <row Id="25151" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13728" RevisionGUID="32b5c7a8-50b6-4fc7-8c6a-22424e4f3298" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:17:36.820" UserId="1736" Comment="added 108 characters in body" Text="If not knowing the going rate is the stumbling block, paying a recruiter's fees for that information is a pretty damn steep rate.  You can research that for a good bit less.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general, I'd say do it yourself, especially if you have anyone in the shop who knows a sysadmin from a hole in the ground.  Because a recruiter won't.  Recruiters match keywords, then check out the candidate to see if he appears to be a conformist, so that if he turns out to be utterly useless, there's nothing for people to point at and say &quot;but you should have known because of his tribal tattoos&quot;.  So what that accomplishes is to filter out some of your best candidates because they don't look corporate.  Awesome." />
  <row Id="25152" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13931" RevisionGUID="d1d1769f-7481-4352-9052-cb99c509b4db" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:17:51.453" UserId="2629" Text="I wouldn't advise doing this for other people, and none of these reference your specific questions, but here is what I did to tweak Terminal to my liking:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- The following require the use of [SIMBL][1] so that can extend the application:&#xD;&#xA; - [TerminalColors][2] allows you to change the the standard text colours (so, for example, a colorized `ls` output won't look awful)&#xD;&#xA; - [Tab Namer][3] let you name your tabs.&#xD;&#xA; - [Terminal Tab Switcher][4] let you use hotkeys to switch between tabs (instead of windows).&#xD;&#xA; - [Visor][5], makes terminal drop down (like the Quake console) at the push of a key combo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you may want to set up a few themes.  The [IR_Black][6] theme is nice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lastly, I'd install some [programmer fonts][7].  I like [Droid Sans Mono][8], [Envy Code R][9], and [Inconsolata][10].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.culater.net/software/SIMBL/SIMBL.php&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.culater.net/software/TerminalColors/TerminalColors.php&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://ericanderson.us/2008/03/02/terminalapp-tab-namer-v01-alpha/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://ciaranwal.sh/2007/12/10/tab-switching-in-terminal&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://docs.blacktree.com/visor/visor&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://blog.infinitered.com/entries/show/6&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://keithdevens.com/wiki/ProgrammerFonts&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://damieng.com/blog/2007/11/14/droid-sans-mono-great-coding-font&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://damieng.com/blog/2006/12/26/Envy-Code-R-programming-font--preview-available-for-download&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html" />
  <row Id="25153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13932" RevisionGUID="d25c9a2e-f8ff-4c75-bb98-8959245cd838" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:18:31.203" UserId="216" Text="See [my answer][1] to a similar question where I define:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- authoritative servers&#xD;&#xA;- recursive servers&#xD;&#xA;- stub resolvers&#xD;&#xA;- forwardedrs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2966/is-there-a-good-overview-of-the-dns-system/3052#3052" />
  <row Id="25154" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13932" RevisionGUID="d25c9a2e-f8ff-4c75-bb98-8959245cd838" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:18:31.203" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="25155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13933" RevisionGUID="40070a0b-ae54-4bdb-a2d6-23df2ae24223" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:19:32.103" UserId="984" Text="You should be able to redirect folders like the users desktop, and my documents folder to some other location by updating the local policy or creating a group policy..  Those 2 folders mostly use up the majority of the storage space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also probably enforce a limit on the browser cache size.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could write a script to loop through everyone's folders and delete junk from the temp folder at sometime when they aren't using the system." />
  <row Id="25156" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13934" RevisionGUID="7ff56f16-59df-4e6b-ac1d-5ae2d2f4c999" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:19:43.803" UserId="48" Text="As stated in the previous answers given to you, you need to create each site as a virtual host of its own in IIS. However the godaddy account does not seem to allow this, it only lets you have 1 primary domain, and all the other domains as subfolders of that domain. Basically godaddy are only allowing you 1 virtual host in IIS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to upgrade your account to one that allows multiple virtual hosts, or change providers, to do what you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25157" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13832" RevisionGUID="2762bc20-1926-4510-b280-b1d621e555b1" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:20:12.820" UserId="1654" Comment="deleted 5 characters in body" Text="We just replaced a fifty-year-old print server and are attempting to use HP Universal Print Driver (per their engineers' suggestion) for all of our printers (the PCL 5 4.7 version).  We thought this would *solve* some printing problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, this is not working out.  We have tens of users complaining that they can't print, and they're reporting multiple issues:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Printers that are supposed to be supported are reporting &quot;not a supported HP device.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;- Multiple people have received the &quot;application error&quot; dialog with an 0x error code and a debug button. (I'm trying to dig up more info on this.)&#xD;&#xA;- People report a &quot;Printer error: ENUM printer failed&quot; dialog.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are finding that restarting the spooler service and/or reinstalling the printer objects on these machines will resolve the problem temporarily, but they soon die again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have experimented with loosening permissions on the printer objects on the server but that seems to have no effect.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried to add a printer NOT using the Universal driver, and I'm getting this error on the server side:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And this when trying to get properties on a specific printer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm starting to think there's something more going on here than a bad driver - corruption in the server install?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TL;DR:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Experience using the HP &quot;Universal&quot; driver in an enterprise with ~100 printers&#xD;&#xA;- Suggestions for print server troubleshooting that have worked for you?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/4449/addprinterprng049.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/6296/getpropertiesddsprng049.jpg" />
  <row Id="25158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13935" RevisionGUID="49e8ad01-16c1-43c0-b690-9c14c00aadef" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:20:41.977" UserId="2711" Text="A laptop at a company - does the user have some sort of roaming profile, or rather, do you have any of the profiles user settings pushed off to a network share somewhere? Using offline files or some such? You may have some sort of network connectivity problem that Vista is reporting in a non-intuitive way." />
  <row Id="25159" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13936" RevisionGUID="040534e6-4d60-459f-9dbd-6a94b0d84f72" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:21:58.497" UserId="4703" Text="The only way to really learn is by trying and &quot;playing&quot; with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Install a Linux server at home.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Install Apache, trying enabling php, perl, bugzilla, wordpress and a few other apps&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Install postfix, try enabling tls support&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Install named, enable dnssec, build a small network at home..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are just suggestions. As you try to setup them, google for manuals, ideas, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Learn scripting( bash and perl at least) to automate your work. All good admins know how&#xD;&#xA;to automate their tasks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25160" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13937" RevisionGUID="92a2e757-45a7-4c8e-9649-57b02f0e5ae4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:22:22.520" UserId="3038" Text="I'm pretty sure there isn't a way to do that. If you feel masochistic and launch the sshd daemon on the server side in userspace with debug logging turned on, you'll see it. I don't have any log examples to hand, but what it does is take the username and anything after that is used to authenticate the username. The only way to change the username is to terminate the session and reconnect. You only get one shot per session." />
  <row Id="25161" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13938" RevisionGUID="380a3ecb-a70c-4bb3-9190-e2395894d4b7" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:22:43.097" UserDisplayName="Wayu" Text="1. Open image in &quot;UltraISO&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Open folder &quot;sources&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Delete file &quot;ei.cfg&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. Save image.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13939" RevisionGUID="61dcf3a8-e5a2-4df7-946a-f8076de83de2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:23:48.523" UserId="3505" Text="You can't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Come 'on, I mean really - just do it again - it's really not that bad. =)" />
  <row Id="25163" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13940" RevisionGUID="2544b1e0-07b4-4f5d-94ff-8550471e851d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:25:47.270" UserId="4703" Text="Not a blog per se, but hacker news has an awesome collection of posts (voted by the users).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://news.ycombinator.com" />
  <row Id="25164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13941" RevisionGUID="8361673c-ff3e-4332-ae58-fe8848edd442" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:25:52.293" UserId="4664" Text="Vertical is fine for the life of the drive if you need it. Enterprise class storage arrays often have the drives mounted vertically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From a purely mechanical engineer's point of view, drives do have their head positioned in a certain position to the cylinders. If their heads were heavy, and sagging was a problem I'd say that horizontal position would be better. But those masses are neglieable, so it probably doesn't matter even in most idealistic test cases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Conclusion: don't worry about it." />
  <row Id="25165" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13933" RevisionGUID="7dcc6baf-c8ac-4efb-8265-2408b1a8675f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:26:47.940" UserId="984" Comment="added 401 characters in body" Text="You should be able to redirect folders like the users desktop, and my documents folder to some other location by updating the local policy or creating a group policy..  Those 2 folders mostly use up the majority of the storage space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also probably enforce a limit on the browser cache size.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could write a script to loop through everyone's folders and delete junk from the temp folder at sometime when they aren't using the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is a bit harsh, but you could enable disk quotes, and limit every user to some appropriate amount of storage space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To correct the current issue you may need to use some tool to figure out who is using all the storage space, and if their usage of the space is appropriate.   If someone is using the server to store their collection of MP3s you may need to tell them they need to clean it up." />
  <row Id="25169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13943" RevisionGUID="7986fade-5d0c-4c66-a8c5-f8ce352affd5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:28:15.863" UserId="4780" Text="I've got this process running on my work computer and it's starting to take up quite a bit of memory. I know it belongs to McAffee but, is it possible to disable it directly? killing it from the Task Manager doesn't work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Niall" />
  <row Id="25170" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13943" RevisionGUID="7986fade-5d0c-4c66-a8c5-f8ce352affd5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:28:15.863" UserId="4780" Text="What is EngineServer.exe and should I kill it?" />
  <row Id="25171" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13943" RevisionGUID="7986fade-5d0c-4c66-a8c5-f8ce352affd5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:28:15.863" UserId="4780" Text="&lt;mcafee&gt;&lt;task-manager&gt;&lt;processes&gt;" />
  <row Id="25172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13944" RevisionGUID="5d19665d-b913-4a48-97c7-149ba67d0f5a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:28:57.063" UserId="4517" Text="Essentially everything internal has a multiplier due to it's need to run synchronously, whereas most (all?) external devices run asynchronously. Some of these internal devices are only at a multiplier of 1. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What a multiplier does is it takes a base cycle time and shortens it (since frequency is inverse to the cycle time it thus multiplies it's frequency). Because of their synchronisity operations will happen on either a rising or falling or both clock edges and shortening the cycle time will then increasing their data throughput. The most important of these is the FSB which interconnects the CPU to Memory. This is a major choke point in system performance due to the slowness of memory compared to CPU cycle time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Off topic a bit SRAM runs at about .5-5 nanoseconds, DRAM 50-70 nanoseconds, magnetic disks 2-5MS. Also the width of the bus from the CPU to Memory also effects performance greatly, but this is not configurable by an end user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The south bridge and south side bus interfaces with PCI and AGP mezzanine buses and to my knowledge these cannot have their clock rates altered by an end user." />
  <row Id="25173" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13903" RevisionGUID="b165c8fa-5466-410d-8ffd-9b730df69559" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:29:28.637" UserId="2609" Text="If I've got your question right then you can do this from with the config files. See [this ServerFault question][1] for some help setting up chroot in the config. The OpenSSH suite of tools has seen some really nice options lately available in the configs. It's well worth your time to read the [manuals][2] and the [FAQ][3], even if you've read them thoroughly a year or two ago.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When do you *ever* need to recompile OpenSSH to get security? [OpenSSH's track record][4] for security is something other projects (even security related ones) can only dream about. Beware of patches from third parties thinking they're going to improve security in OpenSSH. Don't forget Debian's goof.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/13021/securing-file-system-for-secure-sftp-server&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.openssh.com/manual.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.openssh.com/faq.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.openssh.com/security.html" />
  <row Id="25174" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13945" RevisionGUID="2319a636-2300-400d-9fc7-f64ae5c5fdea" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:29:42.817" UserId="3557" Text="Changing username during the authentication phase is not supported in anything less than SSH 2.  Most SSH clients however do not support this feature of the protocol (I have yet to find one that actually does)." />
  <row Id="25175" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13946" RevisionGUID="b97d39f5-b7c1-4b32-95a9-5a6edce4fb2e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:31:04.140" UserId="919" Text="The working set is the set of pages of RAM a process needs at any given time. It can vary with time, grow, or shrink. Imagine a spreadsheet: most of the time, you add or change values near the end of the sheet, but every night you run a report working with the entire sheet. Since this is stored in RAM, the working set will be small during the day, and grow to cover the entire dataset when the report is run.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is important because if your program's working set is bigger than RAM, you'll start thrashing--continually swapping out pages of RAM on disk. The above example may be fine or unavoidable if you only access each cell once, but if you repeatedly need everything, you're effectively limited to the speed of swap. Cheapest solution: add more RAM. More complicated solution: rewrite your program to be cache aware (access (m*n) arrays with a stride of 1, 2, 3, 4, ... m+1, m+2, rather than 0*m+0, 1*m+0, 2*m+0... n*m+0, 0*m+1... n*m+n." />
  <row Id="25176" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8785" RevisionGUID="75210dbd-027c-4a5a-87a4-c5bf5e1347f2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:31:14.763" UserId="1156" Comment="gave a real world example of identifying a bad DIMM based on EDAC errors" Text="MC0, row 2, and channel 0 are significant.  Try replacing DIMMA1 on CPU0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By way of example, I had to identify a bad DIMM in a Linux server with 16 fully populated DIMM slots and two CPUs.  These are the errors I saw on the console:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    EDAC k8 MC1: general bus error: participating processor(local node origin), time-out(no timeout) memory transaction type(generic read), mem or i/o(mem access), cache level(generic)&#xD;&#xA;    EDAC MC1: CE page 0x103ca78, offset 0xf88, grain 8, syndrome 0x9f65, row 1, channel 0, label &quot;&quot;: k8_edac&#xD;&#xA;    EDAC MC1: CE - no information available: k8_edac Error Overflow set&#xD;&#xA;    EDAC k8 MC1: extended error code: ECC chipkill x4 error&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The bad DIMM in my server was DIMMA0 on CPU1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDAC stands for Error Detection And Correction and is documented at http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/edac.txt and /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-2.6*/Documentation/drivers/edac/edac.txt on my system (RHEL5).  CE stands for &quot;correctable errors&quot; and as the documentation indicates, &quot;CEs provide early indications that a DIMM is beginning to fail.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Going back to the EDAC errors above I saw on my server's console, MC1 (Memory Controller 1) means CPU1, row 1 is referred to as csrow1 (Chip-Select Row 1) in the Linux EDAC documentation, and channel 0 means memory channel 0.  I checked the chart at http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/edac.txt to see that csrow1 and Channel 0 correspond to DIMM_A0 (DIMMA0 on my system):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;                Channel 0       Channel 1&#xD;&#xA;        ===================================&#xD;&#xA;        csrow0  | DIMM_A0       | DIMM_B0 |&#xD;&#xA;        csrow1  | DIMM_A0       | DIMM_B0 |&#xD;&#xA;        ===================================&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        ===================================&#xD;&#xA;        csrow2  | DIMM_A1       | DIMM_B1 |&#xD;&#xA;        csrow3  | DIMM_A1       | DIMM_B1 |&#xD;&#xA;        ===================================&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(As another example, if I had seen errors on MC0, csrow4, and Channel 1, I would have replaced DIMMB2 on CPU0.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, there are actually two DIMM slots called DIMMA0 on my server (one for each CPU), but again the MC1 error corresponds to CPU1, which is listed under &quot;Bank Locator&quot; in the output of dmidecode:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@rce-8 ~]# dmidecode -t memory | grep DIMMA0 -B9 -A8&#xD;&#xA;    Handle 0x002E, DMI type 17, 27 bytes.&#xD;&#xA;    Memory Device&#xD;&#xA;            Array Handle: 0x002B&#xD;&#xA;            Error Information Handle: Not Provided&#xD;&#xA;            Total Width: 72 bits&#xD;&#xA;            Data Width: 64 bits&#xD;&#xA;            Size: 4096 MB&#xD;&#xA;            Form Factor: DIMM&#xD;&#xA;            Set: None&#xD;&#xA;            Locator: DIMMA0&#xD;&#xA;            Bank Locator: CPU0&#xD;&#xA;            Type: DDR2&#xD;&#xA;            Type Detail: Synchronous&#xD;&#xA;            Speed: 533 MHz (1.9 ns)&#xD;&#xA;            Manufacturer:  &#xD;&#xA;            Serial Number:  &#xD;&#xA;            Asset Tag:  &#xD;&#xA;            Part Number:  &#xD;&#xA;    --&#xD;&#xA;    Handle 0x003E, DMI type 17, 27 bytes.&#xD;&#xA;    Memory Device&#xD;&#xA;            Array Handle: 0x002B&#xD;&#xA;            Error Information Handle: Not Provided&#xD;&#xA;            Total Width: 72 bits&#xD;&#xA;            Data Width: 64 bits&#xD;&#xA;            Size: 4096 MB&#xD;&#xA;            Form Factor: DIMM&#xD;&#xA;            Set: None&#xD;&#xA;            Locator: DIMMA0&#xD;&#xA;            Bank Locator: CPU1&#xD;&#xA;            Type: DDR2&#xD;&#xA;            Type Detail: Synchronous&#xD;&#xA;            Speed: 533 MHz (1.9 ns)&#xD;&#xA;            Manufacturer:  &#xD;&#xA;            Serial Number:  &#xD;&#xA;            Asset Tag:  &#xD;&#xA;            Part Number:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(On my workstation, dmidecode actually shows the Part Number and Serial Number for my DIMMs, which is very useful.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition to looking at errors on the console and in logs, you can also see errors per MC/CPU, row/csrow, and channel by examining /sys/devices/system/edac.  In my case the errors were only on MC1, csrow1, channel 0:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@rce-8 ~]# grep &quot;[0-9]&quot; /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc*/csrow*/ch*_ce_count&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/csrow0/ch0_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/csrow0/ch1_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/csrow1/ch0_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/csrow1/ch1_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/csrow2/ch0_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/csrow2/ch1_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/csrow3/ch0_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/csrow3/ch1_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/csrow4/ch0_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/csrow4/ch1_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/csrow5/ch0_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/csrow5/ch1_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/csrow6/ch0_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/csrow6/ch1_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/csrow7/ch0_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/csrow7/ch1_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc1/csrow0/ch0_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc1/csrow0/ch1_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc1/csrow1/ch0_ce_count:6941652&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc1/csrow1/ch1_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc1/csrow2/ch0_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc1/csrow2/ch1_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc1/csrow3/ch0_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc1/csrow3/ch1_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc1/csrow4/ch0_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc1/csrow4/ch1_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc1/csrow5/ch0_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc1/csrow5/ch1_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc1/csrow6/ch0_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc1/csrow6/ch1_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc1/csrow7/ch0_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;    /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc1/csrow7/ch1_ce_count:0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope this example is helpful for anyone trying to identify a bad DIMM based on EDAC errors.  For more information, I highly recommend reading all of the Linux EDAC documentation at http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/edac.txt" />
  <row Id="25177" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13947" RevisionGUID="d14a35d3-9850-4cbd-90b6-16765a76c402" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:32:13.360" UserId="4781" Text="I have a Linksys WRT54G2 router. I have an network with the router as the default gateway at 205.1.1.100/ The DHCP starts at 101 and allows for 50 licenses. My hardwired computers go from 205.1.1.1 to .4. When I try to forward a port to 205.1.1.1, and hit save settings, a message pops up that says &quot;Invalid ip address&quot;. I do not get the issue, I can ping 205.1.1.1 from the router." />
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  <row Id="25179" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13947" RevisionGUID="d14a35d3-9850-4cbd-90b6-16765a76c402" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:32:13.360" UserId="4781" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;router&gt;" />
  <row Id="25180" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13948" RevisionGUID="c6f32e2c-0563-42d7-82b4-f4c6b7ae24f5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:33:17.710" UserId="3505" Text="Have a look at [sarface][1] - it depends on sar data, and you can monitor your memory usage (and all other sar/sysstat data) live.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://projects.autonomy.net.au/sarface/" />
  <row Id="25181" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13949" RevisionGUID="f81cc834-0068-49f8-994a-1247f417006a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:38:43.500" UserId="4168" Text="The first and last IP addresses in any range are reserved. In this case, 205.1.1.1 is the gateway address, and should normally be the address of the gateway router. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try putting your Linksys at 205.1.1.1 and/or moving the other machine to a new address." />
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  <row Id="25183" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13821" RevisionGUID="9d241d39-e041-4330-aea4-373d02d2b0f2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:38:51.987" UserId="1247" Comment="edited body" Text="Keep in mind that with Service Pack 2 on Windows XP came their firewall.  I believe that the  default configuration of the firewall blocks all net send traffic. This should be easy to test by toggling the firewall on and off.  If this is your issue I **DON'T** recommend disabling it, but rather adding an exception in the firewall configuration to allow the net send traffic.  The exception rule I believe is to allow TCP port 139, please note I  believe that this port should already be opened up if you have &quot;File and Printer Sharing&quot; in the firewall configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;see these links for more info:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.cezeo.com/tips-and-tricks/windows-xp-firewall/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330904][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cezeo.com/tips-and-tricks/windows-xp-firewall/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330904" />
  <row Id="25184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13950" RevisionGUID="d91e3532-adde-4cba-952e-359d2ff55659" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:39:27.167" UserId="1054" Text="Check out [this post][1] on the McAfee forums (kinda old) regarding a possible memory leak with that binary.  There's a suggestion of upgrading near the bottom.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://community.mcafee.com/showthread.php?t=225253" />
  <row Id="25185" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13951" RevisionGUID="897dab01-3c97-417e-9a6f-e0ba5771b52a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:39:40.253" UserId="3038" Text="I have fibre channel storage arrays here that mount both vertically (FC) and horizontally (FATA). If the big-boys don't care, then there isn't a fundamental difference. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The one area where it *might* come into play is changing the orientation halfway through the drive's life. That might cause a slight misalignment. However, with drive densities where they are these days read heads are doing statistical analysis anyway to figure out which block it is reading, and a slight misalignment is probably 'noise' in that analysis. It may have mattered more back when densities were in the 2GB range, but not when we're throwing around 1TB SATA drives." />
  <row Id="25186" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13952" RevisionGUID="70663ae2-4d4c-4342-b4fa-6e9a3b65bb70" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:41:16.680" UserId="843" Text="Maybe the firmware just assumes the the first IP address in the range is a router or gateway, which you wouldn't likely be forwarding ports to. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you set it to forward to 205.1.1.2?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25187" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13952" RevisionGUID="70663ae2-4d4c-4342-b4fa-6e9a3b65bb70" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:41:16.680" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="25188" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13632" RevisionGUID="00088ce0-88bb-43aa-bdeb-0a927f2875fd" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:42:19.063" UserId="711" Comment="added 88 characters in body" Text="to instal a DMG you can do this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cd ~/Desktop&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    curl -O http://darwinports.opendarwin.org/downloads/DarwinPorts-1.2-10.4.dmg&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    hdiutil attach DarwinPorts-1.2-10.4.dmg&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    cd /Volumes/DarwinPorts-1.2/&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    sudo installer -pkg DarwinPorts-1.2.pkg -target &quot;/&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    hdiutil detach /Volumes/DarwinPorts-1.2/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a nutshell, this &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. goes to your Desktop folder &#xD;&#xA; 2. grabs DarwinPorts from the opendarwin site &#xD;&#xA; 3. mounts the dmg &#xD;&#xA; 4. goes to the newly mounted DarwinPorts volume &#xD;&#xA; 5. installs the package, targeted to the root, as the root user &#xD;&#xA; 6. ejects the mounted disc image.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you then can use [Automator][1] to do this...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;code taken from [this page][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://automatorworld.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://codesnippets.joyent.com/posts/show/322" />
  <row Id="25189" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13953" RevisionGUID="4e979cbd-ddf5-437c-a40d-8088904867e7" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:42:50.997" UserId="3505" Text="Assumption is that you're trying to DNAT traffic from the outside to a specific port, to 205.1.1.1 on the same or some other port; Your rule needs to include the following components...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * source 0.0.0.0/0 (or equivalent - the Internet/Any)&#xD;&#xA; * destination (**your router's Internet-facing IP address, not 205.1.1.100 which seems to be your internal network**)&#xD;&#xA; * destination port - whatever port you want to DNAT&#xD;&#xA; * DNAT destination - 205.1.1.1&#xD;&#xA; * DNAT port - whatever&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="25193" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11446" RevisionGUID="6d09f32f-979d-4d8d-90dd-d2d689e245eb" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:46:54.890" UserId="3038" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;seagate&gt;&lt;firmware&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;" />
  <row Id="25194" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13955" RevisionGUID="0687989e-7bfe-46b0-ac54-1a119bdb173e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:46:54.967" UserId="431" Text="For security purposes, logging is critical because the first thing hackers will do is disable logging to prevent being busted.  SQL Server's own security auditing can be set up to function this same way - if logging stops working, then the instance stops.  It's hard-core, but the security geeks say that's the way to go." />
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  <row Id="25197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13956" RevisionGUID="17d14331-7f56-4b80-8ce7-8bbb492352a2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:48:44.370" UserId="2514" Text="I can't seem to find a clear answer to this question. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What type of licenses do I need to buy ensure that everyone in my organization is licensed to use Active Directory. We want to use AD to authenticate users in our timekeeping system. Am I going to need server CALS? Is there a special AD license? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have about 5000 users who'd need to authenticate to this system." />
  <row Id="25198" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13956" RevisionGUID="17d14331-7f56-4b80-8ce7-8bbb492352a2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:48:44.370" UserId="2514" Text="Active Directory Licensing" />
  <row Id="25199" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13956" RevisionGUID="17d14331-7f56-4b80-8ce7-8bbb492352a2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:48:44.370" UserId="2514" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;licensing&gt;" />
  <row Id="25203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13958" RevisionGUID="b7c5206a-9f7f-47f9-9f7e-500228cd8c6a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:56:00.347" UserId="385" Text="You'll need a server license for each AD server. You'll need a CAL for each user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Windows Server 2008 Licensing FAQ][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/licensing-faq.aspx" />
  <row Id="25204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13959" RevisionGUID="da463472-3ef7-4b19-a990-ab1235ce5b2d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:56:52.077" UserId="4479" Text="@Zoredache has it.  Use Group Policy to redirect those key folders as well as set a reasonable IE cache size.  In your situation I think you'll really want to turn on disk quota's (maybe not enforced at first), that way you can see who is using up space and prevent any run away space use.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's slower but you could also keep the profiles out on the network somewhere else, have them load at login, and then delete at logoff.  This is good if you have 'shifts' of different users in and out throughout the day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A neat little tool I love using for digging through disk use is &quot;TreeSize&quot;.  Google for &quot;Treesize Free&quot;." />
  <row Id="25205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13960" RevisionGUID="612cb23f-cd2c-4c78-8f90-b2b1c3f70a30" CreationDate="2009-05-28T16:59:22.710" UserId="385" Text="Install a local version of SQL Server on each IAS server. If logging isn't critical for you, that should work. It may mean a beefier solution, but that's the only way of doing this without deploying a separate server (which would be my normal preference) just for the SQL Server in each location. You can then use some sort of process to periodically pull records out of each local SQL Server instance to post to a centralized SQL Server for reporting purposes.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13961" RevisionGUID="3c559df2-05fd-4e3f-a92c-a2adbaaec0f1" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:00:57.030" UserId="3600" Text="In addition to a license for each DC to run Windows Server, you will need CALS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For win2003, there are device CALS and User CALS, which you choose depends on how your company is setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have shift-workers sharing the same machines, then you'll need at least as many Device CALS as you have computers authenticating against the DC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If instead you have 5000 employees each with their own device authenticating, you will need 5000 user CALs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope this helps." />
  <row Id="25207" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13962" RevisionGUID="1e339f6a-7464-4140-b41e-44c89333a449" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:01:06.093" UserId="4125" Text="get current day month and year into env. vars (adjust for locale)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;command line&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for /f &quot;tokens=2,3,4 delims=/ &quot; %a in ('echo %date%') do set mon=%a &amp;&amp; set day=%b &amp;&amp; set year=%c&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or in batch&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for /f &quot;tokens=2,3,4 delims=/ &quot; %%a in ('echo %date%') do set mon=%%a &amp;&amp; set day=%%b &amp;&amp; set year=%%c&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;Other stuff&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ipconfig /displaydns&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WMIC  - command line access to WMI&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dsqery,dsget,dsmod,dsadd  - command line access to AD&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;net localgroup&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for /f %%a (' some command ') do call :sub %%a&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;use :: instead of REM in batch files&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;nbtstat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NTRIGHTS.EXE  grant sePriveleges&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;set /P for prompting&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IF ELSE in batch:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    IF EXIST filename. (&#xD;&#xA;        del filename.&#xD;&#xA;    ) ELSE (&#xD;&#xA;        echo filename. missing.&#xD;&#xA;    )&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25208" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13962" RevisionGUID="1e339f6a-7464-4140-b41e-44c89333a449" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:01:06.093" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="25209" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13848" RevisionGUID="a6a3acc5-7e10-48e1-b933-ed3c26f22437" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:04:50.750" UserId="385" Comment="More troubleshooting steps after initial revealed more issues." Text="Yes, it does look like there's more going on than just the drivers. Anything else in the logs? Any signs of pressure/bottlenecks? Do you have another server that can be temporarily pressed into service to test a few print queues using the universal print driver? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Previous:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It sounds like you need to scrap that universal driver. The steps you're taking having nothing to do with security. They basically have to do with stopping and restarting the drivers on each workstation. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what I would try to see if the driver is a problem:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Create a new printer queue using the driver for that printer (not the universal) while keeping a separate printer queue using the universal for the normal users.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Select a subset of solid test users to add that printer queue for.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Monitor to see if they have issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that test group doesn't have issues but the normal group continues to, then you know it's the universal print driver. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13963" RevisionGUID="fce8c731-c23e-411e-9185-a3985ef2e511" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:09:57.167" UserId="1447" Text="There's always posting answers to wiki questions on Serverfault." />
  <row Id="25211" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13963" RevisionGUID="fce8c731-c23e-411e-9185-a3985ef2e511" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:09:57.167" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="25212" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13964" RevisionGUID="b5aebed5-929e-4ad9-8ace-34797f49589b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:13:12.653" UserId="4403" Text="This is a query/view that gets all of this info, and more, without any &quot;evil&quot; cursors or loops. ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        /*&#xD;&#xA;    	vwTableInfo - Table Information View&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;     This view display space and storage information for every table in a&#xD;&#xA;    SQL Server 2005 database.&#xD;&#xA;    Columns are:&#xD;&#xA;    	Schema&#xD;&#xA;    	Name&#xD;&#xA;    	Owner		may be different from Schema)&#xD;&#xA;    	Columns		count of the max number of columns ever used)&#xD;&#xA;    	HasClusIdx	1 if table has a clustered index, 0 otherwise&#xD;&#xA;    	RowCount&#xD;&#xA;    	IndexKB		space used by the table's indexes&#xD;&#xA;    	DataKB		space used by the table's data&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;     16-March-2008, RBarryYoung@gmail.com&#xD;&#xA;     31-January-2009, Edited for better formatting&#xD;&#xA;    */&#xD;&#xA;    --CREATE VIEW vwTableInfo&#xD;&#xA;    -- AS&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;        SELECT SCHEMA_NAME(tbl.schema_id) as [Schema]&#xD;&#xA;        , tbl.Name&#xD;&#xA;        , Coalesce((Select pr.name &#xD;&#xA;                From sys.database_principals pr &#xD;&#xA;                Where pr.principal_id = tbl.principal_id)&#xD;&#xA;            , SCHEMA_NAME(tbl.schema_id)) as [Owner]&#xD;&#xA;        , tbl.max_column_id_used as [Columns]&#xD;&#xA;        , CAST(CASE idx.index_id WHEN 1 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS bit) AS [HasClusIdx]&#xD;&#xA;        , Coalesce( (Select sum (spart.rows) from sys.partitions spart &#xD;&#xA;            Where spart.object_id = tbl.object_id and spart.index_id &lt; 2), 0) AS [RowCount]&#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;        , Coalesce( (Select Cast(v.low/1024.0 as float) &#xD;&#xA;            * SUM(a.used_pages - CASE WHEN a.type &lt;&gt; 1 THEN a.used_pages WHEN p.index_id &lt; 2 THEN a.data_pages ELSE 0 END) &#xD;&#xA;                FROM sys.indexes as i&#xD;&#xA;                 JOIN sys.partitions as p ON p.object_id = i.object_id and p.index_id = i.index_id&#xD;&#xA;                 JOIN sys.allocation_units as a ON a.container_id = p.partition_id&#xD;&#xA;                Where i.object_id = tbl.object_id  )&#xD;&#xA;            , 0.0) AS [IndexKB]&#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;        , Coalesce( (Select Cast(v.low/1024.0 as float)&#xD;&#xA;            * SUM(CASE WHEN a.type &lt;&gt; 1 THEN a.used_pages WHEN p.index_id &lt; 2 THEN a.data_pages ELSE 0 END) &#xD;&#xA;                FROM sys.indexes as i&#xD;&#xA;                 JOIN sys.partitions as p ON p.object_id = i.object_id and p.index_id = i.index_id&#xD;&#xA;                 JOIN sys.allocation_units as a ON a.container_id = p.partition_id&#xD;&#xA;                Where i.object_id = tbl.object_id)&#xD;&#xA;            , 0.0) AS [DataKB]&#xD;&#xA;        , tbl.create_date, tbl.modify_date&#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;         FROM sys.tables AS tbl&#xD;&#xA;          INNER JOIN sys.indexes AS idx ON (idx.object_id = tbl.object_id and idx.index_id &lt; 2)&#xD;&#xA;          INNER JOIN master.dbo.spt_values v ON (v.number=1 and v.type='E')&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Enjoy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25213" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13868" RevisionGUID="74040298-f34f-4eee-8f99-ceea579bc250" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:16:22.443" UserId="3834" Comment="added 97 characters in body" Text="I have had this problem twice (on two different computers), that the localhost entry is missing from the host file. How could this have happened?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The computer was installed with Windows Vista SP1, and I know Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2005 Express ed. and VMWare Player were installed on the computer. Never had probs with the first two before. Can it be the VMWare install?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: On the computers with this problem, there was an IPV6 entry of&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ::1 localhost&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25214" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13965" RevisionGUID="ad192e4e-48d1-4f9c-b78b-035d236ffd9d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:18:26.900" UserId="2514" Text="Don't type the username to begin with. Just type the hostname. If your username is different on the remote host, put the username in your .ssh/config like so. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Host hostname&#xD;&#xA;    User remote_username&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While you're at it, configure [ssh keys][1] so you don't have to put in your password. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1812&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25215" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13966" RevisionGUID="f7dc7541-b574-45df-b27b-f3d64b3253cf" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:20:51.607" UserId="4268" Text="If you have a firewall, a simple solution is to block all outbound port 25 traffic except for your Exchange server. Individual machines are likely trying to send spam on their own. Once you've put the block in place, check the firewall logs to see which IP is trying, and failing, to hit port 25 outbound." />
  <row Id="25216" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13967" RevisionGUID="26375805-0580-4ad2-8803-c21ce0ad0527" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:21:42.447" UserId="846" Text="First, you need to stop the spam.  &#xD;&#xA;a- set your firewall to *not* allow outbound SMTP/POP except from the email server.  &#xD;&#xA;b- set your mail server to *not* allow outbound relay.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, you need to find the problem machine(s).  &#xD;&#xA;1- Look at the firewall logs to see which machine(s) are actually trying to do outbound mail and getting blocked.  Those machines are infected.  &#xD;&#xA;2- Make sure each machine has current A/V, and do a thorough scan on each machine.  &#xD;&#xA;3- You may want to implement the Windows Firewall on each machine.  &#xD;&#xA;4- If still not found you will need to use a sniffer.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: I don't think that DNS and email on the same server is an issue." />
  <row Id="25217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13968" RevisionGUID="0348c4a9-c58c-4549-9a53-77b9dc340391" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:24:53.953" UserId="1803" Text="No special license required for AD, other than what's been mentioned.  AD is covered by the server license, connections to it covered by the CALs." />
  <row Id="25220" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13969" RevisionGUID="f13f1bff-867b-4c30-a9c3-43f75cfc9c3a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:27:37.757" UserId="3328" Text="I have a raid 1 that has failed partially.  The controller tells me the raid is degraded, but does not tell me which drive is failing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I look in My Computer, I see that the controller split my raid 1 two the separate drives, so now I have two of the same partitions.  I can read data from both them just fine.  The SMART status is being dumb and says no errors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One drive is making a clicking sound, but I can't tell which one.  Can I amplify the sound some how to local it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What are some tricks/tips I can do to figure out which drive is failing without taking the computer down and swapping drives?  I am trying to minimize down time.**" />
  <row Id="25221" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13969" RevisionGUID="f13f1bff-867b-4c30-a9c3-43f75cfc9c3a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:27:37.757" UserId="3328" Text="Which hard drive is dying?" />
  <row Id="25222" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13969" RevisionGUID="f13f1bff-867b-4c30-a9c3-43f75cfc9c3a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:27:37.757" UserId="3328" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;failure&gt;&lt;mirror&gt;" />
  <row Id="25223" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13970" RevisionGUID="d88c8bd7-3ac4-4888-a6c5-e5492b64c679" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:27:54.480" UserId="284" Text="See also: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/344693 and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/915207&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking at checking out the accepted answer from the latter question sometime in the next week." />
  <row Id="25224" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13971" RevisionGUID="7ea0b60e-a06d-4f93-a9d3-298a98f88377" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:28:11.390" UserId="4792" Text="I customize my Terminal.app with a SIMBL plugin that adds the 'copy-on-select' feature. See&#xD;&#xA;http blog.s21g.com/articles/1077 and http github.com/genki/terminalcopyonselect/tree/master .&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25225" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13972" RevisionGUID="b3001d35-e2be-4090-b788-4d84162bfbd2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:28:19.470" UserId="3437" Text="A couple more valuable resources are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows 2003 registry reference: &#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc778196.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows 2000 Registry reference: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="25226" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13973" RevisionGUID="b74e75eb-b09c-48d7-b183-8ff9e5554e12" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:28:41.920" UserId="4526" Text="There is a chapter or two in the Windows Resource Kit that covers performance monitor that I've always found helpful.  In addition, the blog of the performance team has been a good resource.  The blog address is: [http://blogs.technet.com/askperf/][1] and you can find more information about the resource kit at [http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Books/10345.aspx][2]  (Even though this is a server reource kit, much of the information will still apply)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In particular, I believe what you are seeing is that %Process Time counter under the **Process** object shows a *SUM* of all CPUs on the machine, which can result in values over 100%.  The %Process Time counter under the **Proccesor** object shows the *AVE* across all CPUs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;Mark&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/askperf/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Books/10345.aspx" />
  <row Id="25227" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13974" RevisionGUID="5817aff6-c836-4d4a-997b-3338eb7ba49f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:31:00.493" UserId="3047" Text="The easiest way (no typing!): In SQL 2005/8 from Management Studio, right click the database, select Reports, Standard Reports, Disk Usage (also By Top Tables, Table and Partition). " />
  <row Id="25228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13975" RevisionGUID="d9041c0d-7559-47fc-9699-162da0feab3f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:31:34.237" UserId="48" Text="If you can get at the drives, and the clicking sound is quite regular you can place your hand on top of the drive and often feel when the click occurs in one drive or the other." />
  <row Id="25229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13976" RevisionGUID="1401b55a-8a95-4aef-8a6b-d554e92a3e71" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:33:57.383" UserId="4392" Text="If you can physically touch the drives, you should be able to determine which one is clicking, since the click is (I believe?) caused by the motor moving the head to the end of the platter repeatedly. " />
  <row Id="25230" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13969" RevisionGUID="5ebb50fb-3213-4e11-98b9-8240f5076a32" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:34:11.533" UserId="3328" Comment="typo" Text="I have a raid 1 that has failed partially.  The controller tells me the raid is degraded, but does not tell me which drive is failing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I look in My Computer, I see that the controller split my raid 1 two the separate drives, so now I have two of the same partitions.  I can read data from both them just fine.  The SMART status is being dumb and says no errors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One drive is making a clicking sound, but I can't tell which one.  Can I amplify the sound some how to locate it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What are some tricks/tips I can do to figure out which drive is failing without taking the computer down and swapping drives?  I am trying to minimize down time.**" />
  <row Id="25231" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13693" RevisionGUID="12274348-064e-4908-8ed3-b04e2eb7a58e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:34:22.703" UserId="32988" Comment="added 142 characters in body" Text="I think you would be better of by installing Nessus on your own computer. Nessus is free for home use and have a commercial version available too, and it lets you actively probe servers with a wide range of plugins.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check it out: http://www.nessus.org/nessus/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also.. could you trust a public webpage that probed your computer for errors? Setting up such a server would probably mean lots of problems for the host, since it would trigger IDS-alerts from other network providers. And you have no guarantee that they won't abuse their findings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*EDIT*: Didn't know that they had changed the license on the plugin-feeds. Thanks K. Brian Kelley. Still worth it though. Superb software." />
  <row Id="25232" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13977" RevisionGUID="56475ef5-ce2f-4b59-9996-359ec391062f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:36:55.083" UserId="1803" Text="Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc) may give an indication." />
  <row Id="25233" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13978" RevisionGUID="d4a9d3cc-54d1-4f8d-b515-d3a44ad2d839" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:36:58.220" UserId="4403" Text="The process working set is those pages of the process's virtual address space that are *currently* in-memory (and marked as belonging to that process's working set).  Thus it is also the amount of physical pages (or pretty close) currently allocated to the process&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are *usually* the in-use and most-recently used pages, on the theory that these are also the pages that it will most likely need in the future, but not necessarily.  It is quite possible for a process working set to include many pages that it has not used recently, or that it may never need in the future (i.e. &quot;bloat&quot;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a general tendency in most virtual memory OS's because there is no reason not to give a process more physical memory (and thus, working set) if no other process needs it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that WS (working set) is not the amount of physical space that a program needs, it is the amount the it currently *has*.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25234" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13979" RevisionGUID="ca93ed8c-ef79-4700-9374-115f5638cd6b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:38:36.297" UserId="4797" Text="There are a handful of different standard desktops and laptops at my company that I could choose from for developers on my team.  Each is from a different company and comes with different load-outs of CPU, RAM, OS, etc.  I'd like a test to determine which one of them will run Eclipse most quickly with some sort of impartial test.  Since the task most critical to our team is running Java programs, I was considering using SciMark 2 scores.  Is this a relatively good rough idea of how Eclipse will perform of this machine, or is there a better way?" />
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  <row Id="25236" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13979" RevisionGUID="ca93ed8c-ef79-4700-9374-115f5638cd6b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:38:36.297" UserId="4797" Text="&lt;performance&gt;&lt;java&gt;" />
  <row Id="25237" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13980" RevisionGUID="7dfaa469-5278-40a0-8ff3-6a6e1e83a742" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:41:27.557" UserId="846" Text="I hate CALs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My basic understanding of CALs:  &#xD;&#xA;1- A &quot;device&quot; CAL allows unlimited users on a single computer to contact all servers in the organization.  &#xD;&#xA;2- A &quot;user&quot; CAL allows a single user on any computer to connect to all servers in the organization.  &#xD;&#xA;3- You don't need a &quot;device&quot; CAL for the computer *and* a &quot;user&quot; CAL for the user. Either a user CAL or a device CAL is must be available when the connection is made to the server.  &#xD;&#xA;4- Windows Server CALs cover authentication through AD (i.e. logging in to the domain), accessing file shares, authenticated access to IIS, etc.  &#xD;&#xA;5- There are separate CALs for most other MS products, including Exchange and the non-bundled SharePoint.  &#xD;&#xA;6- I **believe** that an Exchange CAL is included with Office Pro.  I suspect that a SharePoint CAL is as well, although I don't know that with certainty.  &#xD;&#xA;7- MS CALs are &quot;named&quot; rather than &quot;concurrent&quot;.  A device consumes a device CAL even when powered off, and a user consumes a user CAL even when logged off. However they can be transferred from one device/user to another as long as the first consumer is disabled or removed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is likely a vast over-simplification, and there are certainly loads of exceptions, caveats and gotchas.  Any corrections/additions/etc. are welcomed through the comments!" />
  <row Id="25239" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13982" RevisionGUID="fb46b382-997d-412d-b8b0-079efb364e09" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:41:49.037" UserId="2948" Text="I'm in the middle of moving our public facing internet site over to a new farm with a new set of IP Addresses.  My site has several alias setup that point main site name.  Some of the these alias are managed by the internal IT department and others are managed by external ISPs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I am wondering if there is a way to do a lookup against DNS using either the main site name or the IP Address to get a list of all the sites that are aliased to that site?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm a DNS noobie so please execuse me if I have the DNS terminolgy wrong." />
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  <row Id="25242" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13983" RevisionGUID="81843518-f319-4378-a46d-67a478fb7410" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:43:57.053" UserId="4084" Text="In the order:&#xD;&#xA; 1. Check while the IP Phones are not working anymore,&#xD;&#xA; 2. Check why the fire alarm had not ring in my office,&#xD;&#xA; 3. Investigate on who restored a five years old todo list,&#xD;&#xA; 4. Check if the Time zone has the correct value on my computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If every thing is OK, it must be a week-end or something!" />
  <row Id="25243" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13983" RevisionGUID="81843518-f319-4378-a46d-67a478fb7410" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:43:57.053" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="25244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13984" RevisionGUID="ecfb3373-9be3-4bc3-bff8-9a7b9a2e4b84" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:45:09.157" UserId="3328" Text="I don't understand why you even need to test for this.  You should know generally which is faster than what.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OS shouldn't matter, since you should be reformatting everything to be the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just pick the fastest (non server) CPU, and then max out ram.  Simple." />
  <row Id="25245" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13985" RevisionGUID="d4560732-162a-4b07-b1b0-7031206314c9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:47:50.647" UserId="3611" Text=" - [BNET][1] [Bink.nu][2] [Ars&#xD;&#xA;   Technica][3] [Techmeme][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bnet.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://bink.nu/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://arstechnica.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.techmeme.com/" />
  <row Id="25247" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13986" RevisionGUID="a3874d26-d3ab-451f-a263-8e63310aec25" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:51:01.890" UserId="4664" Text="[ghacks][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ghacks.net/" />
  <row Id="25248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13987" RevisionGUID="bde3ca64-1832-4aa4-ba5d-ddbf1cef9ea6" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:52:17.457" UserId="984" Text="No, it is not possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect what you may be able to do is enable logging on your web server to get the hostnames that people are using to to connect." />
  <row Id="25249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13988" RevisionGUID="d292a2cf-6965-49d2-b820-e616b10bc2c4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:53:27.657" UserId="4664" Text="I use it regularly (cmd), but let's be frank, its environment sucks. No tabs, resizing the window is a pain, ... and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Console2][1] fixes some of these problems. But still, I'd love to know are there any other environments for cmd shell.&#xD;&#xA;If you know of any, do tell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/" />
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  <row Id="25251" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13988" RevisionGUID="d292a2cf-6965-49d2-b820-e616b10bc2c4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:53:27.657" UserId="4664" Text="&lt;cmd&gt;&lt;shell&gt;" />
  <row Id="25252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13989" RevisionGUID="3e96acb4-0089-4874-b619-a6f5d40b7eba" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:55:41.757" UserId="4805" Text="Is there any reliable way to monitor failed logon attempts on-the-fly in Windows XP? (well, Vista too for that matter).&#xD;&#xA;I need to monitor failed logon attempts programmatically which is currently accomplished with a simple [GINA Stub][1] by subclassing the Login dialog from MSGINA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, my current solution is not waterproof if there are other GINAs in the chain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**So my question is**: Is there any (other) API I can rely on? Or do I have to roll out an entire GINA replacement DLL?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa375198(VS.85).aspx" />
  <row Id="25253" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13989" RevisionGUID="3e96acb4-0089-4874-b619-a6f5d40b7eba" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:55:41.757" UserId="4805" Text="How do I monitor failed logon attempts in Windows?" />
  <row Id="25254" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13989" RevisionGUID="3e96acb4-0089-4874-b619-a6f5d40b7eba" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:55:41.757" UserId="4805" Text="&lt;gina&gt;&lt;login&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;winlogon&gt;" />
  <row Id="25255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13990" RevisionGUID="47f3651f-e04c-48de-be8f-4ea7ab8e35a0" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:55:55.047" UserId="1936" Text="Poor man's stethoscope:  Long'ish screwdriver. Tip on the drive, handle on your ear. Listen to each drive. If either clicks you should be able to quickly isolate it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Works great with valve-covers on your old cars when listening for valve noise too ;-) )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, this assumes clearance and common sense about where on the drive you touch..." />
  <row Id="25256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13991" RevisionGUID="bb9d6cf6-32f1-487a-91c2-61c1487d7e48" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:57:02.877" UserId="2240" Text="Say, I have a default Gentoo install with all the modules (e.g. device drivers) compiled. From this point, is there an easy way to exclude the unused modules the next time I recompile the kernel?" />
  <row Id="25257" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13991" RevisionGUID="bb9d6cf6-32f1-487a-91c2-61c1487d7e48" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:57:02.877" UserId="2240" Text="Howdo I tell which kernel modules are required?" />
  <row Id="25258" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13991" RevisionGUID="bb9d6cf6-32f1-487a-91c2-61c1487d7e48" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:57:02.877" UserId="2240" Text="&lt;kernel-modules&gt;" />
  <row Id="25259" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13992" RevisionGUID="358e2d58-d9ab-499f-a27d-a52be3a9eee3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:57:15.760" UserId="2108" Text="In no particular order: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Scott Lowe's blog][1] is quite specialized to Virtualization and enterprise storage but it's excellent in that niche. &#xD;&#xA; - [High Scalability][2] is an aggregator of all things massively scaled, not much content there that won't appear in other places but it does bring it all together in one RSS feed.&#xD;&#xA; - [Bitdroppings][3] is good, low traffic though. &#xD;&#xA; - [Matasano Chargen][4] is extremely focused on security and pen testing but it's fantastically well written. &#xD;&#xA; - [Max Indelicato's blog][5] on 'distributed, scalable, software systems design and development.' &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.scottlowe.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://highscalability.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://bitdrop.st0w.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.matasano.com/log/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://blog.maxindelicato.com/" />
  <row Id="25260" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13987" RevisionGUID="7610869d-fd22-419d-bca9-3450bbbae9af" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:57:46.353" UserId="984" Comment="added 514 characters in body" Text="No, it is not possible.  If I knew your IP I could easily add an A record to my zone pointing at your IP address and you would have no way of knowing I had done this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect what you may be able to do is enable logging on your server to get the hostnames that people are using to to connect.  If that isn't an option perhaps you may need to setup a transparent proxy in front of the web server temporarily to log all requests.  Most browsers these days will send the name they used to connect as part of the HTTP request.  This is what allows name-based virtual hosting to work.  Or you could even just run a network capture and just grab the requests to the server." />
  <row Id="25261" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13993" RevisionGUID="3f60a956-7b2c-480e-b1f9-eee860d01b6f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:58:15.290" UserId="3600" Text="Sadly, you can't use GINA for Vista. Vista uses Credential Providers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you looked at parsing the Security Event Log? It's not pretty but it avoids mucking with GINA." />
  <row Id="25262" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13994" RevisionGUID="8032d9d6-d316-4994-bfbd-b411d252123e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:58:42.013" UserId="1565" Text="During my free time I look at websites and content that are the responsibility of sysadmins to block in a work environment.  Let's call it research." />
  <row Id="25263" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13994" RevisionGUID="8032d9d6-d316-4994-bfbd-b411d252123e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:58:42.013" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="25264" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13988" RevisionGUID="13a8bb69-0265-47cd-af71-a8bfb2ceb346" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:00:50.480" UserId="4664" Comment="added 45 characters in body" Text="I use it regularly (cmd), but let's be frank, its environment sucks. No tabs, resizing the window is a pain, ... and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Console2][1] and [PowerCmd][2] fix some of these problems. But still, I'd love to know are there any other environments for cmd shell.&#xD;&#xA;If you know of any, do tell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.powercmd.com/" />
  <row Id="25265" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13995" RevisionGUID="63044b01-0cf4-444b-9d94-c9c9cb1630ab" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:01:04.707" UserId="4803" Text="So I setup a linux server and forgot to disable clear text ssh password or install denyhosts or enable any kind of password policy. Usually I have deny hosts and it works well. As a result of missing this vital step (yes I should automate the process) a user with a weak password has been hacked. Now on the assumption that the general permissions are good what can I do to work out what they did and remove it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the way I am a programmer by nature not a system admin so please be kind!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25266" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="13995" RevisionGUID="63044b01-0cf4-444b-9d94-c9c9cb1630ab" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:01:04.707" UserId="4803" Text="How to clean up hacked user account (not root)?" />
  <row Id="25267" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="13995" RevisionGUID="63044b01-0cf4-444b-9d94-c9c9cb1630ab" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:01:04.707" UserId="4803" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;hacking&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;password&gt;" />
  <row Id="25268" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13996" RevisionGUID="c434eec8-9f15-4587-8e56-38a6c4d3e0b3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:01:27.140" UserId="3557" Text="Microsoft ACS does this very well.  It is a component of System Center Configuration manager.  You can look at the logon failures from the DC perspective or from the client perspective depending on your specific needs.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are MS Partner Solutions that also aid in this from the Management Pack side as well as the ACS reporting side.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Full Disclosure: I work for one of said MS Partners" />
  <row Id="25269" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13997" RevisionGUID="386e42b7-6b4f-43a2-9730-3b89de4d25ad" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:02:15.127" UserId="4392" Text="It might be possible to contact the provider, ask to speak with an engineer, and explain the situation to them. They might be able to help you by pulling their records or configs for you to look at. " />
  <row Id="25270" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13998" RevisionGUID="27f4753c-a632-4b82-a78e-4b9d701fd0a9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:02:19.887" UserId="3314" Text="An old back-woods mechanic trick can come in handy for this kind of thing. I once saw an old mechanic old a long straight stick hard against the palm of his hand and then press his knuckle up against his ear. He placed the other end of the stick on parts of the engine and could hear which cylinder was not firing correctly. Wood conducts sound well if it has no gap air gap to jump. If your old enough you might remember in movies a cowboy putting his ear to the train track to tell if a train is coming or the Indian listening to the ground to hear the buffalo. The same principle applies here. As crazy as this sounds you can use it to track down the clicking sound, give it a try." />
  <row Id="25271" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="13999" RevisionGUID="b89f6aa6-ecdb-4ba2-87b9-49d198f2cfaf" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:02:24.860" UserId="4268" Text="Have you looked into [PowerShell][1]? It doesn't have tabs, and its resizing isn't great, but it's a huge advance over the cmd shell language. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/powershell/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="25272" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14000" RevisionGUID="8d4e6aa3-6730-4a54-8c49-4846b84ea143" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:03:56.310" UserId="2561" Text="As people have already answered this approach won't work.  However, with a webserver like Apache you might be able to achieve your goals by parsing out the domain name of the http request in your logs and then piping it to uniq then sort." />
  <row Id="25274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14002" RevisionGUID="a18308e5-e1df-4035-aa73-5082985e1aa8" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:06:48.940" UserId="4217" Text="if we were going to get into technicalities, i would say you could just unload those modules, and then you would not need to recompile.  However, I think you meant &quot;to include only drivers to my specific hardware&quot;.  In that case, I would suggest:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dmesg | less&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;look through that and see what hardware details you can extrapolate.  Then, when you go to compile the kernel, look through all the components and see if it makes a mention to your hardware.  After rebooting, check to make sure all the hardware works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In archlinux, there is a bash script called `hwd`, i assume it would work on gentoo (perhaps a bit of hacking required), but it will tell  you about what you got under the hood.  This is my work computer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [theman@work]# hwd -s&#xD;&#xA;    HARDWARE DETECT ver 5.5 (simple mode)&#xD;&#xA;    Kernel     : 2.6.29-ARCH&#xD;&#xA;    CPU &amp; Cache: Processor 0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual  CPU  E2200  @ 2.20GHz 2194MHz, 1024 KB Cache&#xD;&#xA;    Processor 1: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual  CPU  E2200  @ 2.20GHz 2194MHz, 1024 KB Cache&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Sound(a)   : 82801G ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller module: snd-hda-intel &#xD;&#xA;    Video      : GeForce 8400 GS server: Xorg (vesa)  &#xD;&#xA;    Driver     : xf86-video-vesa   module: - &#xD;&#xA;    Monitor    : Generic Monitor  H: 28.0-96.0kHz V: 50.0-75.0Hz&#xD;&#xA;    Mouse      : Logitech, Inc. Marble Mouse (4-button)  xtype: IMPS2 device: /dev/input/mice&#xD;&#xA;    HDD        : 82801GB/GR/GH ICH7 Family SATA IDE Controller module: ata_piix &#xD;&#xA;    USB        : 82801G ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 module: uhci_hcd &#xD;&#xA;    USB2       : 82801G ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller module: ehci_hcd &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Ethernet   : RTL8139/8139C/8139C+ module: 8139too &#xD;&#xA;    Network    : No wireless card&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Menu       : Main menu: hwd&#xD;&#xA;    All        : Detect all hardwares: hwd -e&#xD;&#xA;    X sample   : Generate X sample: hwd -x &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25276" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13984" RevisionGUID="3723d3ad-a403-4374-80e8-a8223abcbc97" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:09:17.140" UserId="3328" Comment="added 91 characters in body" Text="I don't understand why you even need to test for this.  You should know generally which is faster than what.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OS shouldn't matter, since you should be reformatting everything to be the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just pick the fastest (non server) CPU, and then max out ram.  Simple.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll also want to read this:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001198.html&gt;" />
  <row Id="25277" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14003" RevisionGUID="69e208df-68b3-4d8e-9130-7b5341770d18" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:09:20.573" UserId="2101" Text="You can never be completely sure what they did on the user account. But places to start are the .*history files in the home directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My advice would be to *copy out* the known good/important data and then blow the rest away. The intruder could have left any sorts of nasty surprises in configuration files, .bashrc, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also check to see if any files owned by the user are on the system and look for running processes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # find / -user USERNAME&#xD;&#xA;    # ps -a -u USERNAME&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the future, I would advise turning on process accounting. You can then check previously run commands using 'lastcomm'." />
  <row Id="25278" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14004" RevisionGUID="bbbd9a8d-b1df-4282-8db1-88713ba48ff7" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:09:20.947" UserId="3314" Text="[Cygwin][1] is the closest thing I can think of to a full featured shell environment on a windows machine. If you are at all familiar with a *nix environment check out Cygwin.  [PowerShell][2] is also a great option and a drastic improvement of cmd.exe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cygwin.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/powershell/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="25279" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14005" RevisionGUID="9f759ebc-520b-4718-a5e1-48556b8e950c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:10:26.217" UserId="4810" Text="As a smallish part of my former life I administered the company's file server, a netware 4:11 box.  It hardly EVER needed any input at all, but if it did, you opened up a remote console window.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Used to using DOS all the time, when I was finished, I naturally would type &quot;Exit&quot;.  For Netware, &quot;exit&quot; is the command to shut down the OS.  Luckily, it won't let you shut down unless you first &quot;Down&quot; the server.(Make it unavailable to the network/clients)  So when you type &quot;Exit&quot; in the console, it helpfully says, &quot;You must first type &quot;Down&quot; before you can exit&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ask me how many times I &#xD;&#xA;1: typed &quot;exit&quot; in the console session&#xD;&#xA;and &#xD;&#xA;2: Obediently typed &quot;Down&quot; and then &quot;Exit&quot; so I could &quot;finish what I was trying to do&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then the phone starts ringing.....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;LOL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="25283" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14006" RevisionGUID="e8366cde-29c2-45cc-a315-9b62da178dd5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:11:50.460" UserId="1404" Text="If you have a backup handy, you could compare that to the current filesystem to see what has changed. Pay particular attention to directories that would normally be in the path, such as /bin, /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin, /sbin, /usr/sbin, /usr/local/sbin, /opt/bin, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also look for a rootkit: [http://serverfault.com/questions/6149/a-list-of-windows-rootkit-detection-and-removal-tools][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But you can't know that you found everything that they did. Better to go back to a known good state (e.g., last backup) and bring the carefully checked data that has changed since then with you. Even better would be to wipe the system, and install an IDS before hooking it up to the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you are running aide or tripwire or something similar, you don't have too many other options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6149/a-list-of-windows-rootkit-detection-and-removal-tools" />
  <row Id="25284" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14002" RevisionGUID="97e9d17f-2982-4f68-9529-d809335276f9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:13:09.567" UserId="4217" Comment="added 66 characters in body" Text="if we were going to get into technicalities, i would say you could just unload those modules, and then you would not need to recompile.  However, I think you meant &quot;to include only drivers to my specific hardware&quot;.  In that case, I would suggest:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dmesg | less&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;look through that and see what hardware details you can extrapolate.  Then, when you go to compile the kernel, look through all the components and see if it makes a mention to your hardware.  After rebooting, check to make sure all the hardware works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In archlinux, there is a bash script called `[hwd][1]`, i assume it would work on gentoo (perhaps a bit of hacking required), but it will tell  you about what you got under the hood.  This is my work computer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [theman@work]# hwd -s&#xD;&#xA;    HARDWARE DETECT ver 5.5 (simple mode)&#xD;&#xA;    Kernel     : 2.6.29-ARCH&#xD;&#xA;    CPU &amp; Cache: Processor 0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual  CPU  E2200  @ 2.20GHz 2194MHz, 1024 KB Cache&#xD;&#xA;    Processor 1: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual  CPU  E2200  @ 2.20GHz 2194MHz, 1024 KB Cache&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Sound(a)   : 82801G ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller module: snd-hda-intel &#xD;&#xA;    Video      : GeForce 8400 GS server: Xorg (vesa)  &#xD;&#xA;    Driver     : xf86-video-vesa   module: - &#xD;&#xA;    Monitor    : Generic Monitor  H: 28.0-96.0kHz V: 50.0-75.0Hz&#xD;&#xA;    Mouse      : Logitech, Inc. Marble Mouse (4-button)  xtype: IMPS2 device: /dev/input/mice&#xD;&#xA;    HDD        : 82801GB/GR/GH ICH7 Family SATA IDE Controller module: ata_piix &#xD;&#xA;    USB        : 82801G ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 module: uhci_hcd &#xD;&#xA;    USB2       : 82801G ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller module: ehci_hcd &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Ethernet   : RTL8139/8139C/8139C+ module: 8139too &#xD;&#xA;    Network    : No wireless card&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Menu       : Main menu: hwd&#xD;&#xA;    All        : Detect all hardwares: hwd -e&#xD;&#xA;    X sample   : Generate X sample: hwd -x &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:  http://user-contributions.org/projects/hwd/hwd.html" />
  <row Id="25285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14007" RevisionGUID="990541ee-00d7-41ec-bdb4-8130f4689e9b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:16:04.163" UserId="2561" Text="Eclipse is *very* memory hungry.  Assuming the CPU's are roughly in the same range, I would try to give them the ones with the most memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best way to test for Eclipse would be to run Eclipse:-)  I don't think any sort of benchmark would help that much." />
  <row Id="25286" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13853" RevisionGUID="d8e060ff-6039-40e1-9022-61b80c9ccf55" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:16:32.213" UserId="1734" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="I have multiple subversion repositories which are served up through Apache 2.2 and WebDAV. They are all located in a central place, and I used this [debian-administration.org][1] article as the basis (I dropped the use of the database authentication for a simple htpasswd file though).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since then, I have also started using [WebSVN][2]. My issue is that not all users on the system should be able to access the different repositories, and the default setup of WebSVN is to allow anyone who can authenticate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;According to the WebSVN documentation, the best way around this is to use subversion's path access system, so I looked to create this, using the AuthzSVNAccessFile directive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I do this though, I keep getting &quot;403 Forbidden&quot; messages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My files look like the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have default policy settings in a file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /svn/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      DAV svn&#xD;&#xA;      SVNParentPath  /var/lib/svn/repository&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      Order deny,allow&#xD;&#xA;      Deny from all&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each repository gets a policy file like below:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /svn/sysadmin/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        Include  /var/lib/svn/conf/default_auth.conf&#xD;&#xA;        AuthName &quot;Repository for sysadmin&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        require user joebloggs jimsmith mickmurphy&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The default_auth.conf file contains this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SVNParentPath      /var/lib/svn/repository&#xD;&#xA;    AuthType           basic&#xD;&#xA;    AuthUserFile       /var/lib/svn/conf/.dav_svn.passwd&#xD;&#xA;    AuthzSVNAccessFile /var/lib/svn/conf/svnaccess.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not fully sure why I need the second SVNParentPath in default_auth.conf, but I just added that today as I was getting error messages as a result of adding the AuthzSVNAccessFile directive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With a totally permissive access file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [/]&#xD;&#xA;    joebloggs = rw&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the system worked fine (and was essentially unchanged), but as I soon as I start trying to add any kind of restrictions such as&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [sysadmin:/]&#xD;&#xA;    joebloggs = rw&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;instead, I get the 'Permission denied' errors again. The log file entries are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu May 28 10:40:17 2009] [error] [client 89.100.219.180] Access denied: 'joebloggs' GET websvn:/&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu May 28 10:40:20 2009] [error] [client 89.100.219.180] Access denied: 'joebloggs' GET svn:/sysadmin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do I need to do to get this to work? Have configured apache wrong, or is my understanding of the svnaccess.conf file incorrect?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I am going about this the wrong way, I have no particular attachment to my overall approach, so feel free to offer alternatives as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE:**&#xD;&#xA;I attempted to implement [this answer][3], but I still cannot get it to work properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know most of the configuration is correct, as I have added&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [/]&#xD;&#xA;    joebloggs = rw&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;at the start and 'joebloggs' then has all the correct access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I try to go repository-specific though, doing something like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [/]&#xD;&#xA;    joebloggs = rw&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [sysadmin:/]&#xD;&#xA;    mickmurphy = rw&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then I got a permission denied error for mickmurphy (joebloggs still works), with an error similar to what I already had previously&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu May 28 10:40:20 2009] [error] [client 89.100.219.180] Access denied: 'mickmurphy' GET svn:/sysadmin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, I forgot to explain previously that all my repositories are underneath&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /var/lib/svn/repository&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/208&#xD;&#xA;[2]: http://websvn.tigris.org/&#xD;&#xA;[3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/13853/how-do-i-restrict-repository-access-via-websvn/13912#13912&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14008" RevisionGUID="bc584032-1919-4758-9366-38014512dc3d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:17:04.567" UserId="3356" Text="The most sure fire way is to use the ‘locale’ command.  It will print out all the various and sundry variables that dictate what character set to use.  For instance, this is my output on RHEL5.3, set to only use UTF-8 by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    LANG=&quot;en_US.UTF-8&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    LC_COLLATE=&quot;en_US.UTF-8&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    LC_CTYPE=&quot;en_US.UTF-8&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    LC_MESSAGES=&quot;en_US.UTF-8&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    LC_MONETARY=&quot;en_US.UTF-8&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    LC_NUMERIC=&quot;en_US.UTF-8&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    LC_TIME=&quot;en_US.UTF-8&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    LC_ALL=" />
  <row Id="25288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14009" RevisionGUID="bae755e2-fa80-4483-b437-c1b920777bab" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:17:46.423" UserId="4217" Text="&#xD;&#xA;    1. ~/.xinitrc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this guy gets called when you type &quot;startx&quot;.  Mine looks like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    exec /Users/theman/bin/dwm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I bet your problem is this file.  This is called when X starts.  dwm is my window manager, if that path doesnt exist, its trying to execute somethign that isnt there, and obviously will crash.  reply with your ~/.xinitrc &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    2. ~/.Xresources&#xD;&#xA;not quite sure&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    3. ~/.Xmodmap&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this is key bindings and such&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    4. ~/.Xsession&#xD;&#xA;not quite sure&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    5. ~/.Xdefaults&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this sets defaults, such as background color, for your terminal and/or other X apps&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    6. ~/.Xauthority&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;not quite sure to be honest&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, what version os and X are you using?" />
  <row Id="25289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14010" RevisionGUID="ec7a4a34-cb77-47d5-8887-405a1d1481bd" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:18:37.903" UserId="4502" Text="There is a way to do this, but it is unreliable and requires a service provider to manage a database.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One example is at DomainTools, www.domaintools.com/reverse-ip/&#xD;&#xA;(Sorry, I can't make that a hyperlink because my account is new and ServerFault won't let me.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, someone with access to lots of network traffic records domain name resolutions and aggregates them into a searchable database.  This will only work with routable IP addresses, so if you are trying to do this on a large internal network, tools like this one will not help you. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that this is **NOT** comparable to a reverse DNS query.  A reverse DNS query is RFC sanctioned functionality and there are many tools for performing those lookups.  That is something to keep in mind when communicating your intentions to other network folks.  &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14011" RevisionGUID="cc8ef712-8452-44b6-aa6c-71ddafa38428" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:19:05.217" UserId="1101" Text="My company has a software product that's written in C for a Linux platform, built with autotools and distributed via binary packages. To make the binaries, we first produce a source RPM and then compile the source from the SRPM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently we only provide RPM packages for 64-bit Fedora 10, but we want to start providing packages for multiple Linux distributions - 32-bit as well as 64-bit - and possibly different versions of each distribution as well (e.g. Fedora 11 as well as Fedora 10).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've heard that the best way to produce builds for multiple Linux flavours is to have a single build server and use a different chrooted environment for each set of packages that you want to build. Does anyone have a good resource that explains this in more detail, maybe with examples of well known projects that use this build mechanism, or have a better alternative to achieve the same goal ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NOTE - I'm fairly familiar with how to use tools like checkinstall to produce packages in the right format for different distros.  What I'm less familiar with is how to compile the same code multiple times on the same machine and end up with the correct binary files for each distro that I want to package for.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="25292" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14011" RevisionGUID="cc8ef712-8452-44b6-aa6c-71ddafa38428" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:19:05.217" UserId="1101" Text="&lt;build&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;package-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="25293" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14002" RevisionGUID="78ede7b3-02ce-4b09-a11e-9e55551f1aa3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:19:17.027" UserId="4217" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="if we were going to get into technicalities, i would say you could just unload those modules, and then you would not need to recompile.  However, I think you meant &quot;to include only drivers to my specific hardware&quot;.  In that case, I would suggest:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dmesg | less&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;look through that and see what hardware details you can extrapolate.  Then, when you go to compile the kernel, look through all the components and see if it makes a mention to your hardware.  After rebooting, check to make sure all the hardware works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In archlinux, there is a bash script called `[hwd][1]`, i assume it would work on gentoo (perhaps a bit of hacking required), but it will tell  you about what you got under the hood.  This is my work computer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [theman@work]# hwd -s&#xD;&#xA;    HARDWARE DETECT ver 5.5 (simple mode)&#xD;&#xA;    Kernel     : 2.6.29-ARCH&#xD;&#xA;    CPU &amp; Cache: Processor 0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual  CPU  E2200  @ 2.20GHz 2194MHz, 1024 KB Cache&#xD;&#xA;    Processor 1: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual  CPU  E2200  @ 2.20GHz 2194MHz, 1024 KB Cache&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Sound(a)   : 82801G ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller module: snd-hda-intel &#xD;&#xA;    Video      : GeForce 8400 GS server: Xorg (vesa)  &#xD;&#xA;    Driver     : xf86-video-vesa   module: - &#xD;&#xA;    Monitor    : Generic Monitor  H: 28.0-96.0kHz V: 50.0-75.0Hz&#xD;&#xA;    Mouse      : Logitech, Inc. Marble Mouse (4-button)  xtype: IMPS2 device: /dev/input/mice&#xD;&#xA;    HDD        : 82801GB/GR/GH ICH7 Family SATA IDE Controller module: ata_piix &#xD;&#xA;    USB        : 82801G ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 module: uhci_hcd &#xD;&#xA;    USB2       : 82801G ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller module: ehci_hcd &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Ethernet   : RTL8139/8139C/8139C+ module: 8139too &#xD;&#xA;    Network    : No wireless card&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Menu       : Main menu: hwd&#xD;&#xA;    All        : Detect all hardwares: hwd -e&#xD;&#xA;    X sample   : Generate X sample: hwd -x &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:  http://user-contributions.org/projects/hwd/hwd.html" />
  <row Id="25294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14012" RevisionGUID="efb45a18-cd24-48ab-8467-5f5cb172b8c8" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:19:41.160" UserId="4813" Text="Here at work, we have a non-root shared login account on UNIX that is used to admin a particular application. The policy is to not allow direct logins to the shared account; you must login as yourself and use the &quot;su&quot; command to change over to the shared account. This is for logging/security purposes. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've started using SSH public/private key authentication with an agent to allow me to enter my password once a day and let the agent forwarding eliminate the password prompts for the rest of the day. It is really nice. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, some systems are locked down so I really have to use the &quot;su&quot; command to get to the shared account. Arg! Back to entering passwords all the time!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there enough info logged with SSH public/private key authentication such that I could have a reasonable chance of requesting a policy change to allow remote logins to a shared account if public/private keys are used?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had an admin look in /var/log/secure and it just says that a public key was accepted for a user account from a particular IP address. It didn't say who's public key it was, or who's private key did the authentication. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25295" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14012" RevisionGUID="efb45a18-cd24-48ab-8467-5f5cb172b8c8" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:19:41.160" UserId="4813" Text="Is SSH logging capabilities equivalent to su logging for private/public key authentication?" />
  <row Id="25296" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14012" RevisionGUID="efb45a18-cd24-48ab-8467-5f5cb172b8c8" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:19:41.160" UserId="4813" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;logging&gt;" />
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  <row Id="25301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14013" RevisionGUID="42193682-4ee8-4ce2-b670-88a3a653a436" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:21:24.620" UserId="4806" Text="My official title is a Network administrator. I pretty much go out on trouble calls, patch security holes, and help out with administrating some of our network encryption gear, setting up fiber paths, and occasionally messing with switches. Have I described the job of a sys admin or a IT Consultant? What's the difference?" />
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  <row Id="25306" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14014" RevisionGUID="7ad4678e-d103-4bbc-a80d-ad7b4a65a10f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:22:33.823" UserId="3968" Text="&lt;vnc&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="25307" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14015" RevisionGUID="a9a45125-d1ff-4bd5-946b-1e22f429aa1b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:22:40.967" UserId="2629" Text="[fseventer][1] will let you see what files are in use, graphically.  (Try [fs_usage][2] if you want a command-line app.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One more file to look at is ~/Library/Preferences/org.x.X11.plist.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.fernlightning.com/doku.php?id=software:fseventer:start&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://rentzsch.com/macosx/fs_usageIntro" />
  <row Id="25308" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13920" RevisionGUID="75f2a0be-595c-42f8-9446-c4aa18c711a9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:22:55.600" UserId="4217" Comment="added 49 characters in body" Text="i was told once that a lot of job postings will list requirements for knowledge in a wide area of topics [as you posted], not cause thats what they really want, but they want to see what is out there in terms of future employees.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;stop using windows and start using *nix.  also, the command line is your friend&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;also, when in doubt, consult the distros wiki" />
  <row Id="25309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14016" RevisionGUID="a8175129-11db-4109-9584-ae64eacd47ba" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:25:30.183" UserId="393" Text="We have a 3Com OfficeConnect Wireless 11g Cable/DSL Router in our livingroom. It connects via ethernet cables to a server and a couple desktops, and via wi-fi to the Wii and a couple laptops (one running WinXP Home, the other Ubuntu 9.04).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The server and the desktops get their IP from the router using DHCP without problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The laptops and the Wii often end up requesting an IP 4-5 times before giving up. Sometimes it works if you just retry, other times it wont work for 10-15 minutes and then suddenly work, and some times it wont work at all until the router has been power-cycled (causing the server and the desktops to get disconnected from the internet).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking at the logs from the ubuntu laptop and the router, I can see that when it isn't working, the laptop sends a discover request, the router sees the request and issues an offer. The laptop sees no offer and sends a new discover, which the router replies to with a new offer. Repeat until the laptop gives up after a minute or so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since the router claims to be sending the offer, and the laptop doesn't see it, I was going to write it down as an ubuntu problem, until I realised the WinXP laptop had the same problem (although less often), and so does the Wii. I'm now wondering if it's a problem with the router, and if it's fixable or if I have to get a new one?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other related information:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - There are atleast 15 other wlans available in our apartment block&#xD;&#xA; - We use WPA encryption on the connection&#xD;&#xA; - There is no such problem when connecting to our neighbours unencrypted wlan (probably using a dlink router of some sort)." />
  <row Id="25310" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14016" RevisionGUID="a8175129-11db-4109-9584-ae64eacd47ba" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:25:30.183" UserId="393" Text="3Com OfficeConnect 11g router sometimes fails to deliver IP by DHCP over wlan" />
  <row Id="25311" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14016" RevisionGUID="a8175129-11db-4109-9584-ae64eacd47ba" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:25:30.183" UserId="393" Text="&lt;wifi&gt;&lt;router&gt;&lt;dhcp&gt;" />
  <row Id="25312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14017" RevisionGUID="01f14905-3e29-4fb2-9bfe-e5194ddd4d82" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:27:57.883" UserId="919" Text="What are the dangers of a public organization, like a college or university, publishing monitoring services like Nagios in a publicly available read only format?" />
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  <row Id="25314" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14017" RevisionGUID="01f14905-3e29-4fb2-9bfe-e5194ddd4d82" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:27:57.883" UserId="919" Text="&lt;nagios&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="25315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14018" RevisionGUID="e04abf47-e527-4ede-9795-92c960db869f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:28:48.833" UserId="4664" Text="That pretty much fits the description of a sysadmin's job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although I can't say I know exactly the job description that would fit an IT consultant, the consultants are usually hired from outside. They do not work on a payroll in a company.&#xD;&#xA;For example, a systems engineer which was hired to help install a new system (like SAP) would be my definition of IT consultant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/archives/98jun/uf980630.gif" />
  <row Id="25316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14019" RevisionGUID="2592218c-9162-4e99-b044-0c6a32b6cfa4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:29:12.623" UserId="4762" Text="If I may throw my own $0.2 I'd recommend DSpam as an anti-spam tool. If you're not afraid of using greylisting (like postgrey) it's worth giving a try. I personally just love OpenBSD's spamd and I can see there's a FreeBSD fork in **mail/spamd**." />
  <row Id="25317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14020" RevisionGUID="f4899127-762b-46d3-9dff-5ed8ef9d3970" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:29:52.623" UserId="4502" Text="The actual workload and expertise would be similar, though based on my experience, I would expect an IT Consultant to be an independent contractor, work with high-level officers in the organization, and not have a manager.  I'd consider a system administrator to be staff, have a manager, and rarely interact directly with high level management.  " />
  <row Id="25318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14021" RevisionGUID="6e10ac51-3888-4c4d-8f7b-213129767e72" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:31:07.580" UserId="48" Text="The job you have described is that of a sysadmin. A consultant is usually someone with a large amount of expertiese and experience who will advise a client on a particular task or project. The consultant may do the work, but often is just there to advise and provide a high level overview." />
  <row Id="25319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14022" RevisionGUID="35a2f0f6-ce9f-4283-a849-49479faf2761" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:31:09.203" UserId="4789" Text="In my experience Windows Remote Desktop is usually faster than VNC but on the same network VNC shouldn't be running super slowly. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your video card drivers are not up to date you could see some lag caused by that. You might also try turning off Differential Compression. You can do this by clicking Start and typing optionalfeatures.exe into the searchbox and press enter. Then just find it and untick it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14023" RevisionGUID="44940708-5c75-4452-beb6-b43747042156" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:33:22.693" UserId="4810" Text="2 things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1:  Use UltraVNC (Or tightVNC)  They're both optimized for speed.&#xD;&#xA;2:  If using UltraVNC, install their Mirror driver.  It makes the control session very smooth and flicker-free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14024" RevisionGUID="a4ea624b-ab77-462f-af18-b5b88e5ae964" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:34:41.550" UserId="1815" Text="What are differences of SSL certificates for web server, such like extended validation, Smart Seal, wildcards, single root? What certificates are appropriate for what needs?" />
  <row Id="25322" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14024" RevisionGUID="a4ea624b-ab77-462f-af18-b5b88e5ae964" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:34:41.550" UserId="1815" Text="differences of SSL certificates?" />
  <row Id="25323" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14024" RevisionGUID="a4ea624b-ab77-462f-af18-b5b88e5ae964" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:34:41.550" UserId="1815" Text="&lt;ssl&gt;&lt;certificate&gt;" />
  <row Id="25325" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14026" RevisionGUID="84037aac-8d62-4833-ac99-6dac2948d35a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:36:24.840" UserId="4253" Text="When I was in college, they used to provide Big Brother as a public read-only service, so it's not unheard of. Knowing the topology of the network could open up risk if the machines are not all secure, and if you're also reporting version numbers, that piece of information is useful for determining possible vulnerabilities. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can, and should, limit the information available to the public, but we found knowing what services were down and when they came back up valuable for our support staff in communicating with the rest of the college." />
  <row Id="25326" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14027" RevisionGUID="e00223f1-04b2-4100-8757-97f0567bd9f9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:39:31.043" UserId="4392" Text="I call myself an IT Administrator, because I do servers (~100 total) and networks (~6/7 WAN links) across 4 physical sites. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A consultant is, in my view, someone hired by the company to accomplish a specific task, where as a full time position of monitoring and maintaining the infrastructure would be considered outsourcing. " />
  <row Id="25327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14028" RevisionGUID="08291814-9bdf-4a63-8de9-0d2ef3349e64" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:40:27.437" UserId="4418" Text="With the exception of wildcards, the differences are largely cosmetic and affect browser UI behavior. All certs from trusted CA's will show the key, lock, or what have you in a browser. Some of the more vetted certs will do things like turn the address bar green in Internet Explorer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wildcards are different in that they can be used for any single wildcard underneath that domain. They're not restricted to a static hostname. If you have a wildcard for *.domain.com, you can use the same cert for mail.domain.com, www.domain.com, foo.domain.com, etc. However, you cannot use it for domain.com nor can you use it for subdomains such as www.corp.domain.com nor mail.corp.domain.com. You'd need a *.corp.domain.com wildcard in that case." />
  <row Id="25328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14029" RevisionGUID="6bf1c1b3-f086-4734-ab56-8a2468baf7c4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:40:45.800" UserId="4535" Text="I highly recommend you look into the openSUSE Build Service. They've got all the various distros and architectures set up in Xen virtual servers, and they support a wide variety of packages, including RPM and DEB formats. It will save you loads of time and hassle setting up every one of those servers yourself, much less the time it'd take to get all of the includes and build-depends right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://en.opensuse.org/Build_Service&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: As a side note, if you have security concerns, you can download the code and set up an OBS on one of your own servers instead of using the public ones." />
  <row Id="25329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14030" RevisionGUID="2ab28baf-7ccc-4f7f-8ed9-0722322b3aea" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:42:23.173" UserId="4419" Text="Extended validation requires the CA to go and validate the identity of the person/company requesting the Certificate (and verify the domain to go onto the certificate to be registered to him) which doesn't happen for a &quot;normal Certificate&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE:** and yes depending on the browser different colors will be displayed to differentiate it from other Certificates. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess unless you offer highly sensitive content I'd suggest to go for the normal certificate." />
  <row Id="25330" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14031" RevisionGUID="3e88b9a5-7788-42ff-8aae-b71e4ab1376f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:42:30.460" UserId="2561" Text="I think it might be easier from a security standpoint as well as a user standpoint to have a script generate a static HTML page with the status of the services / servers.  This would be much simpler for most people to understand, and it wouldn't expose any of the Nagios interface." />
  <row Id="25331" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14032" RevisionGUID="ee977474-b7ff-4370-aa45-71a9db54a893" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:43:08.977" UserId="4816" Text="My SQL Server recently suffered a raid controller/hard drive crash.  After getting my hard drive problem corrected I soon found that some of my databases were (suspect) namely msdb.  I am not a DBA by any means however am somewhat familiar with the daily SQL activities that happen on my server.  So I restored from backup, and tried to bring my msdb database online.  It is now forever stuck in (Loading\Suspect) and I am unable to script backups for my important databases.  I can recreate all of the backup plans etc if i can somehow get a working msdb.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am currently using: &#xD;&#xA;Microsoft SQL Server 2000&#xD;&#xA;Version:  8.00.194&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25332" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14032" RevisionGUID="ee977474-b7ff-4370-aa45-71a9db54a893" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:43:08.977" UserId="4816" Text="SQL 2000 msdb (loading/suspect)" />
  <row Id="25333" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14032" RevisionGUID="ee977474-b7ff-4370-aa45-71a9db54a893" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:43:08.977" UserId="4816" Text="&lt;sql&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;database&gt;" />
  <row Id="25334" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14033" RevisionGUID="daf8a907-1ba9-4a69-b540-631149eb72e9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:43:29.007" UserDisplayName="Alexander" Text="Hot to fix corruption of taskbar (multiple language panels) in Terminal Services in Win2003?&#xD;&#xA;I know how to close many language panels and then check one.&#xD;&#xA;How to disable occurrence  multiple language panels after log-in terminal session ?" />
  <row Id="25335" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14033" RevisionGUID="daf8a907-1ba9-4a69-b540-631149eb72e9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:43:29.007" UserDisplayName="Alexander" Text="Hot to fix corruption of taskbar (multiple language panels) in Terminal Services in Win2003?" />
  <row Id="25336" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14033" RevisionGUID="daf8a907-1ba9-4a69-b540-631149eb72e9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:43:29.007" UserDisplayName="Alexander" Text="&lt;taskbar&gt;&lt;language&gt;&lt;terminal&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="25337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14034" RevisionGUID="c6f000fb-5849-4d81-8a42-c40ef150ad1a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:44:15.590" UserId="846" Text="I would be inclined to give the role you describe the title &quot;Network Administrator&quot;.  It doesn't sound there is involvement with servers or core equipment, so I might prefix it with &quot;Junior&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Consultant&quot; is a generic term and can apply to anything.  Generally, it implies vendor rather than employee, temporary assignments rather than permanent duties, and the giving of advice or recommendations rather than execution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I **disagree** with [l0c0b0x][1] that &quot;IT consultant and SysAdmin go hand&quot;.  Consultants might give advice on SysAdmin stuff, and SysAdmins might be called to give advice on their area of expertise, but the actual responsibilities only overlap slightly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/14013/whats-the-difference-between-sysadmin-and-an-it-consultant/14025#14025" />
  <row Id="25338" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14035" RevisionGUID="f466d2ec-e09e-4305-bd76-44ea9677a84d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:46:49.607" UserId="4418" Text="For a central solution, use one of the Windows syslog providers to forward security log entries to a central syslog aggregator. Watch for the right events and then take whatever actions you want after that. Same deal as in the UNIX world. Back in my Windows days we used NTsyslog on each host to feed the event log into a server running SL4NT. SL4NT is actually a pretty powerful syslog daemon and more fully featured than a lot of the UNIX versions. Both SL4NT and NTsyslog are very easy to setup." />
  <row Id="25339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14036" RevisionGUID="41c498bd-ee5c-4bdd-a9e6-af817bf9ed44" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:47:18.780" UserId="49149" Text="**Extended Validation SSL Certificates** validates a web site as secured with an SSL Certificate that meets the Extended Validation Standard by causing the URL address bar to turn green.  It should list the organization name in the certificate and the Certificate Authority (VeriSign® or GeoTrust, for example). Firefox and Opera have announced their intention to support Extended Validation SSL in upcoming releases. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Smart Seal** is basically a visual cue to your online users that your website is protected  using SSL - well really that the traffic is encrypted.  These typically display the Date and Time  to ensure the most up-to-date security." />
  <row Id="25340" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14037" RevisionGUID="cb0c0336-88ab-41bb-8fc1-4aab19ac9b3e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:48:47.047" UserId="4392" Text="I think the biggest risk to providing public interface to Nagios is that the Nagios CGIs haven't been written in a hardened fashion (at least they've never claimed to be). A raw Nagios interface leaks internal information like a sieve. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's nothing inherently insecure about sharing the information (as long as you take into account the value of the information you're giving away), and you're aware of decreasing your security-through-obscurity. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best solution may be to use NagVis (http://www.nagvis.org/) to create a user-friendly page where people can see status updates in a way that's more meaningful to them than the raw service list from Nagios. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do decide to just display the output, make sure to read the Nagios security considerations page (http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/security.html)" />
  <row Id="25341" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14031" RevisionGUID="f4b31f26-d46e-4801-9248-c582a4240d82" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:49:31.663" UserId="2561" Comment="added 97 characters in body" Text="I think it might be easier from a security standpoint as well as a user standpoint to have a script generate a static HTML page with the status of the services / servers that are important to users.  This would be much simpler for most people to understand -- I think many will find soft and hard states etc confusing. Also this way none of the Nagios interface will be exposed." />
  <row Id="25342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14038" RevisionGUID="deb81f1b-13ea-4212-b68f-18e3bb55d448" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:49:44.923" UserId="1247" Text="I think you described the job of a Network Administrator.  Not a System administrator because you never mention any type of system that you would administer, except for your comment that you &quot;patch security holes&quot; which is a pretty vague statement.  I really wouldn't consider you a consultant either because consultants typically are hired on a short contract or temporary basis, where you specialize in a specific area (HP hardware tech, Dell hardware tech, Terminal Server tech, VMware tech, etc.), and you didn't describe anything in your job which fits you into that position.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure how big of an IT department you have where you are, but typically in larger environments IT is broken up into multiple areas Network Admins, Network Engineers, System Admins, System Engineers, Help Desk, etc. But when it comes to smaller environments you can play the roles within IT, for example the Help Desk, Network Admins and System Admins could be coupled into one job.  Where I work at we have around 30-40 IT guys so we are broken up into the different titles that I listed above, which keeps us focused on certain specialties within our infrastructure." />
  <row Id="25343" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14022" RevisionGUID="b92fd66b-2c16-491d-8f2a-450201e2560d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:50:22.847" UserId="4789" Comment="added 248 characters in body" Text="In my experience Windows Remote Desktop is usually faster than VNC but on the same network VNC shouldn't be running super slowly. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your video card drivers are not up to date you could see some lag caused by that. You might also try turning off Differential Compression. You can do this by clicking Start and typing optionalfeatures.exe into the searchbox and press enter. Then just find it and untick it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As Bob mentioned, part of this is also going to depend on which VNC you are using. Other than the two mentioned by him I have also used Crossloop which was only little slower than RDP. You might also notice an issue between Vista and XP machines.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25344" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14039" RevisionGUID="bd1bd9a2-32e5-4c54-a6ba-9c506e37a189" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:14:24.603" Text="&lt;p&gt;Editing Apache Conf File&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using Notepad open httpd.conf (should be start-menu shortcut &quot;Apache HTTP Server 2.2 &gt; Configure Apache Server &gt; Edit the Apache httpd.conf Configuration File&quot;). Either at the very beginning or end of the file add the following lines: (NOTE: be sure to change BOTH C:/php parts to the directory you installed your php to)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;LoadModule php5_module &quot;C:/php/php5apache2_2.dll&quot;&#xA;AddType application/x-httpd-php .php&#xA;PHPIniDir &quot;C:/php&quot;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I done the above procedure given in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ricocheting.com/server/php.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.ricocheting.com/server/php.html&lt;/a&gt; for installing php and apache.When i start the apache server,it is displaying &quot;invalid command PHPIniDir&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wanted to learn php.When i started installing i came with this problem.Please help me..Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25345" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14039" RevisionGUID="bd1bd9a2-32e5-4c54-a6ba-9c506e37a189" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:14:24.603" Text="installing php and apache server" />
  <row Id="25346" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14039" RevisionGUID="bd1bd9a2-32e5-4c54-a6ba-9c506e37a189" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:14:24.603" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;php&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="25347" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14040" RevisionGUID="1a7ce024-0260-487d-990d-3553f647a158" CreationDate="2009-05-27T18:18:59.180" Text="&lt;p&gt;I would recommend you using XAMPP... It ist a complete package of Apache, PHP, MySQL and so on... You don't have too configure and you can easily stop the processes so that you don't have an open webserver running on your computer all the time which can be risky if accessible over the internet...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;try: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.apachefriends.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;xampp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25348" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14041" RevisionGUID="265d6118-e7be-4ee0-ab7f-168c1b267056" CreationDate="2009-05-28T01:11:15.463" UserId="1205" Text="&lt;p&gt;I vaguely remember having this problem as well. If I remember correctly you might need to add a trailing / to the PHPIniDir&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;PHPIniDir &quot;C:/php/&quot;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25349" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14042" RevisionGUID="1a2a4a72-849f-4c60-9ed0-3f237462841f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:53:06.227" UserId="1815" Text="Had two Debian stable (as of 2009-05-28) servers suddenly broken, when /dev/null became unwritable. It appeared that when I restart udev it sometimes (randomly) changes /dev/null permissions sometimes making it unwritable. Server configuration is pretty standard and no udev rules are changed. Does anyone know what kind of a bug this can be?" />
  <row Id="25350" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14042" RevisionGUID="1a2a4a72-849f-4c60-9ed0-3f237462841f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:53:06.227" UserId="1815" Text="udev makes /dev/null unwritable?" />
  <row Id="25351" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14042" RevisionGUID="1a2a4a72-849f-4c60-9ed0-3f237462841f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:53:06.227" UserId="1815" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;udev&gt;" />
  <row Id="25352" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="13969" RevisionGUID="71303fc7-1560-4465-833a-a3f2e0aab630" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:53:32.480" UserId="3328" Comment="title change" Text="Tips and tricks for identifying the dying hard drive" />
  <row Id="25353" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14043" RevisionGUID="c5d27817-a300-4eb9-891d-03be6fd03061" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:22:14.500" UserId="2098" Text="&lt;p&gt;example&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;-rwxr--r--    1 me     users             0 May 27 13:58 file_0&#xA;-rw-rwxrw-    1 me     users             0 May 27 13:58 file_1&#xA;-rw-rw-rwx    1 me     users             0 May 27 13:59 file_2&#xA;-rwxrwxrwx    1 me     users             0 May 27 14:02 file_3&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would need to list all 4 files in the current dir&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;AIX&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;non-gnu 'find', so &quot;find . -executable&quot; won't work&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25354" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14043" RevisionGUID="c5d27817-a300-4eb9-891d-03be6fd03061" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:22:14.500" UserId="2098" Text="How to find all executable files?" />
  <row Id="25355" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14043" RevisionGUID="c5d27817-a300-4eb9-891d-03be6fd03061" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:22:14.500" UserId="2098" Text="&lt;shell&gt;&lt;unix&gt;" />
  <row Id="25356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14044" RevisionGUID="49bf54fc-8025-442a-ae91-65be23d01911" CreationDate="2009-05-27T20:23:22.440" UserId="2098" Text="&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;find . -type f \( -perm -u=x -o -perm -g=x -o -perm -o=x \)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;worked for me. any other solutions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25357" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14045" RevisionGUID="4b228636-203a-4f8c-b279-889425cbd441" CreationDate="2009-05-28T17:43:29.847" Text="&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;find . -type f -perm +111&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;code&gt;find(1)&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-perm&lt;/strong&gt; [-|+]&lt;em&gt;mode&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;mode&lt;/em&gt; may be either symbolic (see &lt;code&gt;chmod(1)&lt;/code&gt;) or an octal number. If the &lt;em&gt;mode&lt;/em&gt; is symbolic, a starting value of zero is assumed and the &lt;em&gt;mode&lt;/em&gt; sets or clears permissions without regard to the process’ file mode creation mask. If the &lt;em&gt;mode&lt;/em&gt; is octal, only bits 07777 (&lt;code&gt;S_ISUID | S_ISGID | S_ISTXT | S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO&lt;/code&gt;) of the file’s mode bits participate in the comparison. If the &lt;em&gt;mode&lt;/em&gt; is preceded by a dash (&quot;&lt;code&gt;-&lt;/code&gt;&quot;), this primary evaluates to true if at least all of the bits in the mode are set in the file’s mode bits. If the &lt;em&gt;mode&lt;/em&gt; is preceded by a plus (&quot;&lt;code&gt;+&lt;/code&gt;&quot;), this primary evaluates to true if any of the bits in the &lt;em&gt;mode&lt;/em&gt; are set in the file’s mode bits. Otherwise, this primary evaluates to true if the bits in the &lt;em&gt;mode&lt;/em&gt; exactly match the file’s mode bits. Note, the first character of a symbolic mode may not be a dash (&quot;&lt;code&gt;-&lt;/code&gt;&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not specified in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SUSv3&lt;/a&gt;, but portable across *BSD and Linux at least (I haven't tested others).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25358" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14046" RevisionGUID="9c3c5bc2-115a-464f-b3c1-286a7334d805" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:54:59.593" UserId="49149" Text="Follow the directions in this [article][1].  It has to do with the suspect database caused by a missing or new device.  I hope this helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/180500" />
  <row Id="25359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14047" RevisionGUID="867a1747-86c8-4ca3-8927-07d9c411068f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:55:48.420" UserId="3546" Text="We are working on a client's sever that has PHP running without GD. We would like to enable GD support in PHP on that machine. What is the most straightforward way to enable GD. Is there a way to do it via RPM?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="25360" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14047" RevisionGUID="867a1747-86c8-4ca3-8927-07d9c411068f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:55:48.420" UserId="3546" Text="How do you enable GD in PHP when installing via RPM?" />
  <row Id="25361" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14047" RevisionGUID="867a1747-86c8-4ca3-8927-07d9c411068f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:55:48.420" UserId="3546" Text="&lt;php&gt;&lt;gd&gt;&lt;image&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;rpm&gt;" />
  <row Id="25362" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14048" RevisionGUID="ffe9c4ad-0185-431a-bf1d-2df708425aba" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:56:29.433" UserId="3220" Text="I use the discover package in debian to figure out what kernel modules I could possibly load. I forget the exact command line, but it filters the result of discover to only show kernel modules that would fit with your hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a [short essay][1] on hardware detection in linux, including some text on using discover.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linuxgazette.net/issue88/tag/2.html" />
  <row Id="25363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14049" RevisionGUID="f7c64d0f-f75e-441e-80b9-3b87d701ba2d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T18:59:49.503" UserId="3557" Text="Typically in most modern packages this is done by installing the php-gd package or something similar. What Distro and Package manager are you using?" />
  <row Id="25364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14050" RevisionGUID="a9ca515a-4ed1-4b42-afaf-b923822706f9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:00:55.070" UserId="2390" Text="Reinstalling the integration services components didn't help at all.  The lockups seem to be either network or disk related - since they appear to happen during the schedule backups of all the PCs at my house in the overnight hours.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Based on the idea that maybe the disks were the problme, earlier this week I decided to move 2 of the 3 VHD files on the virtual SCSI to virtual IDE.  I moved the 2 files that were sitting on firewire attached drives - and my WHS VM has been lockup-free since.  Based on that - i'm wondering if the problem was with the firewire attached drives on the host, or with the virtual SCSI, or maybe a combination of both of those." />
  <row Id="25365" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14046" RevisionGUID="bbda2962-e8c9-4d8e-b5b3-8a31d4aeb9bc" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:02:33.367" UserId="49149" Comment="added 772 characters in body" Text="Follow the directions in this [article][1].  It has to do with the suspect database caused by a missing or new device.  I hope this helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that doesn't work, you will have to recreate the MSDB database yourself.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. Detach the damaged msdb. You can't just detach msdb because you're not allowed to detach system databases. However, you can if you start the server with trace flag 3608. I did this by shutting down the server, navigating to the directory 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Binn' and doing the following: start sqlservr.exe -c -T3608&#xD;&#xA;   2. Move or rename the damaged msdb files (msdbdata.mdf and msdblog.ldf in the 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data' directory)&#xD;&#xA;   3. Run the instmsdb.sql script in the 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Install' directory&#xD;&#xA;   4. Shutdown and restart the server without the 3608 trace flag&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/180500" />
  <row Id="25366" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14047" RevisionGUID="a17ccd89-d8f7-4b03-8f09-cc0af0f09bd9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:05:01.147" UserId="3546" Comment="Add server info" Text="We are working on a client's sever that has PHP running without GD. We would like to enable GD support in PHP on that machine. What is the most straightforward way to enable GD. Is there a way to do it via RPM?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently running:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RedHat Enterprise Linux Server version 5.3&#xD;&#xA;Using RPM" />
  <row Id="25367" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13820" RevisionGUID="8de0d110-2a21-40f2-ba59-b284f6800f32" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:10:56.283" UserId="4136" Comment="added 410 characters in body" Text="How long have those snapshots been in place? Typically you don't want a snapshot around longer than a few days otherwise you're liable to run into issues. Best thing I can recommend is either committing those snapshots (might take awhile if they're large/have been running for awhile. Virtual Center might time out but its still deleting in the ESX if its really large). Snapshots are just delta files of a particular VM so there's no way of applying system-wide changes across multiple ones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why snapshots can stop machines for long time: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;externalId=1002836&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VMware Admin guide (PDF): http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_301_201_admin_guide.pdf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Horror story of &quot;the long snapshot&quot; which should be quite painful for you guys if you decide to commit: http://www.vmwarez.com/2006/11/beware-long-snapshot.html" />
  <row Id="25368" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14049" RevisionGUID="adf5f9b8-be66-4a05-afb2-cd6540535ce1" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:20:11.287" UserId="3557" Comment="added 6 characters in body" Text="Typically in most modern packages this is done by installing the php-gd package with your package manager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for RHEL 5.3 try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    yum install php5-gd" />
  <row Id="25369" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14051" RevisionGUID="7f60c35a-548d-4a02-8509-7cf5e8d70635" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:21:17.010" UserId="4392" Text="[root@a-sys1 ~]# **yum search &quot;php&quot; | grep -i gd**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;php-gd.i386 : A module for PHP applications for using the gd graphics library&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[root@a-sys1 ~]# **yum install php-gd**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Loading &quot;dellsysidplugin2&quot; plugin&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;etc etc " />
  <row Id="25370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14052" RevisionGUID="9cc38d68-79d3-461b-b106-4fa614903eeb" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:22:51.767" UserId="2609" Text="There are many levels of logging available through the `sshd_config` file. See the [man page][1] and look for `LogLevel`. The default level is `INFO` but it's trivially easy to bump it up to `VERBOSE` or even one of the `DEBUG#` levels.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, you should explore [`sudo`][2] as an alternative to `su`. A full discussion of the benefits of `sudo` would be a question of its own. But I can say that with `sudo` you can tailor how often you have to enter your password, which commands may be run, etc., all controllable through the [sudoers][3] config file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd_config&amp;sektion=5&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sudo.ws/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/man/sudoers.html" />
  <row Id="25371" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13904" RevisionGUID="df7567d4-885f-41e1-a77a-36cc226b9ffe" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:24:47.957" UserId="1944" Comment="added 110 characters in body" Text="My X11 keeps crashing immediately after I open it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I once solved the problem by disabling some dotFile. However, I cannot remember how I did it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have blocked the following files by appeding them with OLD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. ~/.xinitrc&#xD;&#xA;   2. ~/.Xresources&#xD;&#xA;   3. ~/.Xmodmap&#xD;&#xA;   4. ~/.Xsession&#xD;&#xA;   5. ~/.Xdefaults&#xD;&#xA;   6. ~/.Xauthority&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Theman's answer solved the main problem. The bug seems to be in .xinitrc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, the problem still persists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**My logs in console in an unsuggessful attempt when I all files blocked**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 18:58:44 a-fe3bdd00-82 org.x.startx[45728]: DarwinPressModifierKey bad keycode: key=3&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 18:59:20: --- last message repeated 11 times ---&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 18:59:32 a-fe3bdd00-82 /usr/sbin/spindump[45917]: process 45785 is being monitored&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 18:59:32 a-fe3bdd00-82 /usr/sbin/spindump[45917]: process 45785 is being force quit&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 18:59:38 a-fe3bdd00-82 /usr/sbin/spindump[45917]: process 45785 is being no longer being monitored&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 18:59:38 a-fe3bdd00-82 org.x.startx[45728]: Xquartz: start_x11_server: (ipc/mig) server died&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 18:59:38 a-fe3bdd00-82 GoogleDesktopDaemon[44]: Worker failed while sending the import path &quot;/Library/Logs/HangReporter/X11.bin/2009-05-28-185938-X11.bin.hang&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 18:59:38 a-fe3bdd00-82 com.google.Desktop.Daemon[44]: 2009-05-28 18:59:38 GoogleDesktopDae[44] 0xb0289000 Worker failed while sending the import path &quot;/Library/Logs/HangReporter/X11.bin/2009-05-28-185938-X11.bin.hang&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:00:08 a-fe3bdd00-82 login[45926]: USER_PROCESS: 45926 ttys002&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:09:54 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15c15c].org.x.X11[46006]: X11.app: main(): argc=2&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:09:54 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15c15c].org.x.X11[46006]: 	argv[0] = /Applications/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11.bin&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:09:54 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15c15c].org.x.X11[46006]: 	argv[1] = -psn_0_1425756&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:09:54 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15c15c].org.x.X11[46006]: Waiting for startup parameters via Mach IPC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**My logs in a successful attempt when I had all file blocked**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:01 a-fe3bdd00-82 com.apple.launchd[83] ([0x0-0x15c15c].org.x.X11[46006]): Stray process with PGID equal to this dead job: PID 46020 PPID 1 X11.bin&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:01 a-fe3bdd00-82 com.apple.launchd[83] ([0x0-0x15c15c].org.x.X11[46006]): Exited: Terminated&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:04 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: X11.app: main(): argc=2&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:04 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: 	argv[0] = /Applications/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11.bin&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:04 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: 	argv[1] = -psn_0_1433950&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:04 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: Waiting for startup parameters via Mach IPC.&#xD;&#xA;    May 28 19:15:04 a-fe3bdd00-82 [0x0-0x15e15e].org.x.X11[46056]: X11.app: Could not connect to server (DISPLAY=&quot;/tmp/launch-XTPOng/:0&quot;, unsetting).  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  <row Id="25372" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14053" RevisionGUID="825b40ce-f2af-4661-8420-e454595014b7" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:26:03.540" UserId="4627" Text="As an IT consultant myself, i hope i know what i'm doing ;)&#xD;&#xA;I am working for a company, which also does selling of software/appliances.&#xD;&#xA;The consultants in the company are asked in house by salespeople on ideas/advice/estimations and plan projects for customers. Besides that, i do execute, program and also administrate servers. I wouldn't consider programming (rather than designing the software) or administering servers for our customer as part of the consulting job. It's just that in real life, what counts is practicality ;)" />
  <row Id="25373" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14054" RevisionGUID="ef998f40-24ad-4634-8061-2f25a56576e8" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:26:44.940" UserId="4664" Text="What tools are available for reputation tracking on ServerFault ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For StackOverflow for example, there used to be an Update Script at [http://sof.modos.org/tracker/update/your_user_number][1]. Does something similar exists for ServerFault ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any other tools ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sof.modos.org/tracker/update/your_user_number" />
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  <row Id="25376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14055" RevisionGUID="4b059991-0516-422f-a478-ed51d0ae3c27" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:32:08.567" UserId="3490" Text="I'm running debian lenny server, and I've installed git on it. Now there is a git-daemon process (and appropriate opened port), but there is no /etc/init.d/git script that I could stop. I know there is /etc/sv/git-daemon/run but that doesn't help me stopping it either." />
  <row Id="25377" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14055" RevisionGUID="4b059991-0516-422f-a478-ed51d0ae3c27" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:32:08.567" UserId="3490" Text="How to stop git-daemon on debian" />
  <row Id="25378" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14055" RevisionGUID="4b059991-0516-422f-a478-ed51d0ae3c27" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:32:08.567" UserId="3490" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;git-daemon&gt;&lt;git&gt;&lt;services&gt;" />
  <row Id="25379" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14056" RevisionGUID="04595a81-b8fb-4c93-99c6-be8919f0c53a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:32:46.333" UserId="4627" Text="You should check the users history and roots history.  &#xD;&#xA;Look into /tmp for suspicious files (source code, executables, files owned by that user).  &#xD;&#xA;Use http://www.chkrootkit.org/ and/or http://rkhunter.sourceforge.net to check the system.  &#xD;&#xA;pstree/top/ps aux to check for running processes.  &#xD;&#xA;Look at the logfiles in /var/log for the specific time of the hack, if you have it." />
  <row Id="25380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14057" RevisionGUID="daacf675-148f-45e2-86ea-ebbae4802261" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:33:44.973" UserId="4392" Text="Do any of the issues here pertain to your situation? &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2006-March/069626.html" />
  <row Id="25381" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14058" RevisionGUID="3506196d-d0cd-4e85-8d14-fd90d7e47994" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:35:44.580" UserId="584" Text="What's wrong with [the built-in one][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/users/4664?tab=reputationhistory" />
  <row Id="25382" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14059" RevisionGUID="ff766c61-8d3f-4ed3-a82a-d3a9dc8cdb86" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:37:34.640" UserId="4419" Text="As far as I recall the git-daemon-run package should provide the /etc/init.d/git-daemon" />
  <row Id="25383" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14060" RevisionGUID="ee2d0c5e-521a-4a42-97d4-59c9acf89fe7" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:37:44.763" UserId="326" Text="`git-daemon` under Debian is managed by [runit][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sv stop git-daemon&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;should do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://smarden.org/runit/" />
  <row Id="25384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14061" RevisionGUID="1e4b13b5-8b05-4315-8314-b8a5302e1085" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:38:07.773" UserId="4156" Text="hi!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to use SSH between two computers on the same domain with the same user, and I don't want to type the password. here's an example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [user@pc1 ~]$ ssh pc2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if _pc1_ and _pc2_ are on the same domain, with NIS authentication, and I'm logging in through SSH with the same user (as I didn't specify one), I wish I didn't have to type the password again, as I already did it when logging in at _pc1_." />
  <row Id="25385" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14061" RevisionGUID="1e4b13b5-8b05-4315-8314-b8a5302e1085" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:38:07.773" UserId="4156" Text="disable SSH authentication on same domain, if the same user" />
  <row Id="25386" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14061" RevisionGUID="1e4b13b5-8b05-4315-8314-b8a5302e1085" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:38:07.773" UserId="4156" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;password&gt;" />
  <row Id="25387" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14062" RevisionGUID="cb731224-2b2c-4074-b42c-ae1126c5f2a4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:39:42.590" UserId="4762" Text="Another way would be to move `autorhized_keys` outside of the user's scope (for example to `/etc/ssh/authorized_keys`) so that only sysadmins would control which public keys can be used to log to given accounts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We used to change the `AuthorizedKeysFile` directive in `sshd_config` to something like the following.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    AuthorizedKeysFile /etc/ssh/authorized_keys/%u&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then create and populate `/etc/ssh/authorized_keys` directory with files for each user that's supposed to be able to login, making sure `root` file is readable/writable only to root and other files readable by an appropriate user, like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -rw-------  1 root root    1,7K 2008-05-14 14:38 root&#xD;&#xA;    -rw-r-----  1 root john     224 2008-11-18 13:15 john&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each file contain a set of public keys that will be allowed to log into given account. It is quite common that for each user account there is a respective group as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IMO using public/private keys is a way better method for controling remote user access. You don't have to change the password every month (you don't have to set it either), and don't have to change it just because an employer left your company (just remove his public key). And of course with SSH options (`http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sshd&amp;sektion=8#SSHRC`) you can fine-grain to what and from where a given user might have an access." />
  <row Id="25388" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14063" RevisionGUID="70f9de44-92b8-45c5-a174-53caabc48804" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:40:39.280" UserId="1820" Text="It should be noted that Windows Mobile 5 does not support wildcard certificates at all. Apparently Windows Mobile 6 and up do." />
  <row Id="25389" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14064" RevisionGUID="c97ab935-617a-45a9-976d-1eeab20b8f00" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:44:48.867" UserId="3174" Text="Well, if you like &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg_machine&quot;&gt;Rube Goldberg devices&lt;/a&gt;, you could use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;ls -l | grep '^[^d]\(..x\|.\{5\}x\|.\{8\}x\)' | awk '{ print $8 }'&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Though this only lists the current directory." />
  <row Id="25390" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14064" RevisionGUID="c97ab935-617a-45a9-976d-1eeab20b8f00" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:44:48.867" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="25391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14065" RevisionGUID="cfa62b8d-ad43-44cf-8e08-0ce37aa9794e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:44:54.437" UserId="919" Text="Under no circumstances should you blindly trust a network connection to be who they say they are. Instead, what you can do is set up [SSH keys.][1] By distributing the public key to all the servers you want to SSH *into*, and the private key to those trusted computers you want to SSH *from*, you can get the same thing with some amount security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Normally you should give a private key a password, to prevent disclosure, but if you make a key-pair exclusively for network authentication, it should suffice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://pkeck.myweb.uga.edu/ssh/" />
  <row Id="25392" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14066" RevisionGUID="c36bec70-71e1-4587-86e7-8c534afd40ee" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:46:15.167" UserId="4392" Text="Your simplest path to success is with public keys. &#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Look in your home directory, under .ssh and see if you have id_dsa or id_rsa (and an accompanying .pub file). &#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;The id_dsa (or rsa) is your private key. The .pub is your public key. It's a text file, so you can cat it. &#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Note - if you don't have these, you can create them with the ssh-keygen command. &#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other machine, cd to the .ssh directory, and edit a new file called &quot;authorized_keys&quot;. Paste the contents of the .pub file into this (it's all one big line). &#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do the same thing for the other machine, just in reverse. &#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just to make sure permissions are right, run &quot;chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys&quot; on both machines. &#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this point, you should be able to ssh without passwords from one machine to the other. " />
  <row Id="25396" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14068" RevisionGUID="e2b9beee-7ae4-47a7-ae7a-2140a74bfaec" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:48:04.273" UserId="1645" Text="I had an employee complain that his laptop was slow, so I checked the hard drive fragmentation and it was (and is to this day) the worst I had ever seen. Attempts to defragment the drive were fruitless because there was not enough free space. I tried cleaning up temporary files (not sure why I didn't just move stuff to the server temporarily) and stupidly deleted his entire outlook.pst thinking that it was a backup of his e-mail and not his actual e-mail. He forgave me, but never let me forget it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(This happened many years ago shortly after I graduated university. I'm much more competent now.)" />
  <row Id="25397" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14068" RevisionGUID="e2b9beee-7ae4-47a7-ae7a-2140a74bfaec" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:48:04.273" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="25398" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14069" RevisionGUID="bddf4e94-e4cb-407b-ac2d-494be2a24709" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:48:14.257" UserId="4762" Text="If you're using SSH public/private keys (and you should IMHO) and you're using some kind of SSH agent, like `ssh-agent(1)`, log to pc1 with `-A` flag, like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh -A user@pc1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will also allow you to use agent forwarding to connect to other accounts (not necessarily with the same username), as long as your public key is propagated to given accounts@hosts." />
  <row Id="25399" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14070" RevisionGUID="042978ae-6836-4fa5-b8bc-789718215caf" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:49:19.903" UserId="1645" Text="I've found it does a better job than the built-in defragger (Diskeeper Lite in disguise), but so far the best defragger I've used has been O&amp;O Defrag Professional. (I do not work for them.)" />
  <row Id="25400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14071" RevisionGUID="3db52c67-521b-4794-9a0d-9de26b093971" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:50:21.103" UserId="2666" Text="Am looking for a powershell script that cleans (removes) all the items from the most-recently used programs from the Vista/Windows 7 Start menu.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NOTE: Cleaning the items does not mean disabling the MRU behavior - I still want it keep the MRU behavior on; just clean the immediate list of any entries. " />
  <row Id="25401" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14071" RevisionGUID="3db52c67-521b-4794-9a0d-9de26b093971" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:50:21.103" UserId="2666" Text="Powershell script to clean the most recently used programs on the Start Menu in Vista and Windows 7" />
  <row Id="25402" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14071" RevisionGUID="3db52c67-521b-4794-9a0d-9de26b093971" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:50:21.103" UserId="2666" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;start-menu&gt;&lt;cleanup&gt;" />
  <row Id="25403" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14072" RevisionGUID="ddc0ab2a-9afe-4230-972c-819b55f219bb" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:53:22.407" UserId="49149" Text="I've used IOBit Smart Defrag without any problems.  As you mentioned, I like how it defrags in the background.  (I too do not work for them)" />
  <row Id="25404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14073" RevisionGUID="b9a00ade-c4ae-4491-b76d-3d72d227c023" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:55:22.637" UserId="4042" Text="Hi, everybody&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My company is using Microsoft Mail and the company want to upgrade the mail server, but does not have enough cash for expending on an Exchange, so I was wondering what are the free alternatives out there that permits us to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Configure a Mail Server for Intranet&#xD;&#xA; - Configure a Mail Server for Internet (optional, not too important right now, but cool)&#xD;&#xA; - Permit working with various mail clients (Outlook Express, Office Outlook, Maybe ThunderBird, something easy for users)&#xD;&#xA; - Basic Mail Features (inbox, folders, attach files, groups)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance" />
  <row Id="25405" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14073" RevisionGUID="b9a00ade-c4ae-4491-b76d-3d72d227c023" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:55:22.637" UserId="4042" Text="Mail Server Free Alternatives on Windows" />
  <row Id="25406" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14073" RevisionGUID="b9a00ade-c4ae-4491-b76d-3d72d227c023" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:55:22.637" UserId="4042" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;opensource&gt;" />
  <row Id="25407" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14074" RevisionGUID="ecbfc495-f0da-4412-a3c8-c9f73166d84d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:55:31.280" UserId="4831" Text="Is there a command or anything in Windows that let me view the list of the domain names that are currently resolved by the system?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Something similar to the `arp` command but for domain names.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25408" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14074" RevisionGUID="ecbfc495-f0da-4412-a3c8-c9f73166d84d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:55:31.280" UserId="4831" Text="List of currently resolved domain names" />
  <row Id="25409" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14074" RevisionGUID="ecbfc495-f0da-4412-a3c8-c9f73166d84d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:55:31.280" UserId="4831" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="25410" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14075" RevisionGUID="37a55f6e-53af-435c-be22-825667a15dee" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:58:38.043" UserId="4392" Text="ipconfig /displaydns" />
  <row Id="25413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14077" RevisionGUID="3a9a4019-830b-4687-80e7-187ec9adf055" CreationDate="2009-05-28T19:59:44.063" UserId="4392" Text="Maybe hMailServer? &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.hmailserver.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It sounds like it does what you want, but I've never used it. " />
  <row Id="25414" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="14077" RevisionGUID="8987bf73-ef52-4963-b152-280b15e5e241" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:00:15.060" UserId="4392" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:4392,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Matt Simmons&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="25415" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14078" RevisionGUID="e9fd9b08-2f39-40d2-9adf-5fbe49f69a9a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:00:35.450" UserId="2359" Text="You might want to check out http://www.imailserver.com/. It's not free, but it's a full featured and **supported** product. They have a 30 day free trail available and prices start at $595.00 for 10 users." />
  <row Id="25416" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14079" RevisionGUID="e602e21f-55f8-4967-a5fa-d614e91d14ae" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:01:54.433" UserId="2655" Text="It all depends what kind of Java development your team is about to do. If all they do is console based number crunching, sure SciMark might do the trick as far as I can tell, since it is benchmarking just that: number crunching. And in this case, that would be CPU first, then memory. On the other hand, if they're developing JEE applications with an ant/maven deployment and, say, a local database for tests, disk access and memory would be number one factors. And if they are developing graphical interfaces with for examples a 3D rendering, you might want to take care of the GPU.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best test for you, if the project already exists, would be to load up Eclipse and run builds and tests for your application being developed. No generic benckmark can really help you there unless it matches your exact needs." />
  <row Id="25417" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="14077" RevisionGUID="604057db-b7ba-4cfb-b2dc-14d531054d00" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:02:30.593" UserId="4392" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:4392,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Matt Simmons&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="25418" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14080" RevisionGUID="22cbff61-9b92-408f-a7dc-3a186800bf88" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:02:56.787" UserId="1094" Text="[MailEnable][1] offers free versions of their product.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mailenable.com/" />
  <row Id="25419" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14081" RevisionGUID="a7cf22b9-00b2-45aa-af3f-f6101f5edf0c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:07:41.490" UserId="1968" Text="[http://sof.modos.org/tracker/sfupdate/your-sf-user-number-here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sof.modos.org/tracker/sfupdate/your-sf-user-number-here" />
  <row Id="25420" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14082" RevisionGUID="32d876a8-2c83-4685-bb31-d5b17ae04a32" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:08:00.990" UserId="3552" Text="I am considering switching from FreeNAS to OpenFiler. One issue I see with this is that all the hard drives in my NAS are formatted to UFS. I tried but was unable to mount them in Fedora. Is there any way I can extract my data from the UFS hard drive without a FreeBSD OS?" />
  <row Id="25421" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14082" RevisionGUID="32d876a8-2c83-4685-bb31-d5b17ae04a32" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:08:00.990" UserId="3552" Text="How can I mount a UFS drive in linux?" />
  <row Id="25422" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14082" RevisionGUID="32d876a8-2c83-4685-bb31-d5b17ae04a32" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:08:00.990" UserId="3552" Text="&lt;freenas&gt;&lt;openfiler&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="25423" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14083" RevisionGUID="31d52984-db61-4a0e-89cf-a5be1736c4e2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:11:14.803" UserId="4392" Text="Linux should be able to mount UFS easily as read-only. Try modprobe ufs2 if it has trouble mounting it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What distro are you using?" />
  <row Id="25424" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14084" RevisionGUID="d2b48df3-c988-4c72-9a1d-cb5268c8609f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:12:16.720" UserId="4654" Text="UFS2 read only support is included into linux kernel 2.6.5 and above.&#xD;&#xA;For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mount -t ufs -o ufstype=ufs2 -o ro  /dev/hda3 /mnt/bsd/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You still need an extra HDD to copy info from UFS drive.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14085" RevisionGUID="7005d11e-0a6e-447b-ba8d-df4c09565b60" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:14:14.330" UserId="4767" Text="I'd recommend Mercury Mail System, from the makers of Pegasus mail.&#xD;&#xA;[http://community.pmail.com/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;it's a community edition and free!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://community.pmail.com/pmail/MercuryFeatures.aspx][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://community.pmail.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://community.pmail.com/pmail/MercuryFeatures.aspx" />
  <row Id="25426" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14086" RevisionGUID="f1e4c644-fb2a-4e33-93be-1a3d8e3a8fd9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:16:37.523" UserId="1156" Text="http://linux.byexamples.com" />
  <row Id="25430" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14088" RevisionGUID="cd491cdc-2145-4ee8-976d-ce1da9713e8f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:18:55.070" UserId="3550" Text="Consultants are temporary workers.  They are usually either direct contract or brought in as part of a larger contract between two companies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The &quot;IT Consultant&quot; title is pretty nebulous and can just as easily be focused on development, administration, design, or even just operations.  In other words, it's very generic and is almost always appended with something like &quot;for Networking&quot;; as in, &quot;I just brought in a couple IT Consultants to help with our network.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, if you are frequently billed out to complete work for other companies or individuals then congratulations, you are now an IT Consultant.  If, on the other hand, your work is solely for the company you are currently employed with, then based on your job description you are a Network Admin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25431" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14084" RevisionGUID="15e2876e-a647-4d7d-b776-d6e805e39ccd" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:19:13.447" UserId="4654" Comment="corrected spelling" Text="UFS2 read only support is included into linux kernel since version 2.6.5.&#xD;&#xA;For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mount -t ufs -o ufstype=ufs2 -o ro  /dev/hda3 /mnt/bsd/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You still need an extra HDD to copy data from UFS drive.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14089" RevisionGUID="8737d8d9-d300-479a-913c-7e8ef28e534b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:22:05.937" Text="Search for zarafa, zimbra, citadel, scalix...." />
  <row Id="25433" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14090" RevisionGUID="d2f2076d-7271-427a-bf6f-d3a6423b294f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:23:09.633" UserId="4840" Text="For security: [Home Of PaulDotCom Security Podcast][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://pauldotcom.com/" />
  <row Id="25435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14092" RevisionGUID="072cfc7b-88d7-4322-ab2c-dde215b1373f" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:25:48.567" UserId="984" Text="&gt; I was wondering what are the free&#xD;&#xA;&gt; alternatives out there that permits us&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instead of running your own mail server you should at least consider using something like [Google Apps][1] or another hosted service.  You may be able to get the service for free.  You won't have to maintain servers yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/a" />
  <row Id="25436" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13662" RevisionGUID="fa0f653b-daf0-42bd-90b3-601b80289e25" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:26:00.610" UserId="422" Comment="added 336 characters in body" Text="I alas do not get the luxury of a desktop and have to live with what I can cram into a laptop I can carry. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Video, with the highest resolution possible is critical.  My Dell D830 is running at 1920X1200 and I could not live with any less, and would love more.  (15&quot; too!  Not the 17&quot; monstrosity!  I love it!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next most important is hard drive speed.  (I take 4GB RAM at a minimum as a given, RAM is cheap, as much as the system will take!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I foolishly traded in my 100GB 7200 rpm SATA drive, for a 300GB 5400 rpm SATA drive and I regret it daily.   I needed the extra space, but the performance hit surprised me!  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Spend what it takes for the fastest drive you can afford!  Consider an SSD for a boot partition.  Disk performance is crippling, when it is the bottleneck.  And it is, a surprising amount of the time!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Run Process Explorer, add on I/O Read counters, and look at how many read bytes, your AV software had done!  I was running for about 2 weeks between reboots, and the counter for Symantec Endpoint was on the order of 19 TB!!!  Now I do a LOT of 'stuff' but that seems extreme even for me!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25437" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14093" RevisionGUID="b1bcee88-ec71-4374-8b22-11c1590c1032" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:27:38.517" UserId="4767" Text="I'd guess you just need to clean the folder %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent&#xD;&#xA;(this is for Windows Vista)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for a script to do that, you could use a regular old command shell (.cmd)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;del /F %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Mircosoft\Windows\Recent\*.lnk&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="25438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14094" RevisionGUID="70433e6a-2732-4f18-9c12-5ad8f66beb3d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:28:14.660" UserId="4844" Text="I'm calling scp from a script and want it to prompt the user running the script for their password.  How do I do that?" />
  <row Id="25439" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14094" RevisionGUID="70433e6a-2732-4f18-9c12-5ad8f66beb3d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:28:14.660" UserId="4844" Text="Can I make scp prompt me for a username and password?" />
  <row Id="25440" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14094" RevisionGUID="70433e6a-2732-4f18-9c12-5ad8f66beb3d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:28:14.660" UserId="4844" Text="&lt;scp&gt;" />
  <row Id="25441" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14095" RevisionGUID="126c706c-ec30-4de9-b716-c73c6ba4ed55" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:31:23.767" UserId="4392" Text="Write the prompt first, read the variable, then use the variable to connect with scp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;echo -n &quot;username:&quot; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;read USERNM&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;scp $USERNM@whatever&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14096" RevisionGUID="4ca71772-c50b-425e-846b-a05189be6ec1" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:32:53.153" UserId="984" Text="It is possible (depending on your ssh client) to setup keys for the entire host, instead of keys for individuals.  I have never used this, but there are some related links.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.snailbook.com/faq/trusted-host-howto.auto.html&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.snailbook.com/discussion.html#hostbased&#xD;&#xA; - https://wiki.systemsx.ch/display/ITDOC/OpenSSH+hostbased+authentication+HOWTO&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.ssh.com/support/documentation/online/ssh/adminguide/32/Host-Based_Authentication.html&#xD;&#xA; - " />
  <row Id="25444" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13547" RevisionGUID="b2f077c8-d3ef-4c39-987e-9b9da3548f56" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:37:02.960" UserId="2299" Comment="Response to Charlie" Text="Download the network monitor from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;FamilyID=983b941d-06cb-4658-b7f6-3088333d062f and use it to watch the connection to the POP3 server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;POP3 is a simple protocol and POP3 commands are plain text. In the output from the network monitor you'll be able to see the commands sent by your server and the responses from the POP3 server. It should be easy to see exactly what the problem is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The latest version of the network monitor is a bugger to use, but the help is reasonably good and has examples.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----8&lt;----&#xD;&#xA;Response to Charlie's comment:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I doubt the segment lost is significant. TCP is a fault tolerant protocol and even if packets were lost TCP will correct the loss.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the trace actually shows the mail then the POP3 connector is getting as far as downloading the message. The packet before the mail should be a packet from your server to the POP3 server with the RETR command in it. The POP3 server responds to RETR by sending the mail. After the packet with the mail in, your server should send a DELE command, then finally a QUIT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there are no packets after the mail is sent to your server, that suggests your server is failing to spot the end of the message so it's hung waiting." />
  <row Id="25445" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14097" RevisionGUID="cc4e841d-30c2-4c56-93cf-03de247ed4bf" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:37:28.137" UserId="4767" Text="In addition to Matt Simmons,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;read -p &quot;Username: &quot; USERNM&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;prompts before reading&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;read -s -p&quot;Password: &quot; PASS&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;would read a password, ALTHOUGH, you're not able to pass that to SCP, so it's probably not useful!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, put&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;echo&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;after your read so that it puts a new line&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;eg:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;read -p &quot;Username: &quot; USERNM; echo&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14098" RevisionGUID="5578cb19-9841-479f-835a-8f5572130283" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:38:38.573" UserId="4848" Text="Hi all&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On our primary windows 2003 print server we share about 500 printers. We typically have about 50 stuck print jobs. Although far from the end of the world it bugs the hell out of me and I tend to end up spending 30 odd mins a week searching for and deleting stuck jobs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I would really like is a script to delete all print jobs on all printers older than 24 hours.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Coming from a UNIX background I find windows scripting pretty confusing. Any advice on how I can get started with this task would be appreciated. Any complete solutions would be amazing. ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mat." />
  <row Id="25447" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14098" RevisionGUID="5578cb19-9841-479f-835a-8f5572130283" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:38:38.573" UserId="4848" Text="Delete old windows print jobs" />
  <row Id="25448" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14098" RevisionGUID="5578cb19-9841-479f-835a-8f5572130283" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:38:38.573" UserId="4848" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;printer&gt;&lt;administration&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;" />
  <row Id="25449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14099" RevisionGUID="eabe6417-5c70-49a1-8da0-7e3ff23a1c06" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:39:49.023" UserId="4842" Text="Here are 2 alternatives:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Hosted Messaging Solution - Checkout Google Apps, Microsoft Exchange Online or any other 3rd party hosting solution. You will pay per mailbox, but will save greatly Hardware, Licensing (if any), Implementation and regular manitainence costs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Open Source Message products - EXIM is the best. Simple &amp; Stable. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;hth's&#xD;&#xA;./sairajesh&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25452" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13547" RevisionGUID="d1871780-c070-44e0-bbf6-012d5a1d6e6b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:42:19.390" UserId="2299" Comment="Response to Charlie 2" Text="Download the network monitor from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;FamilyID=983b941d-06cb-4658-b7f6-3088333d062f and use it to watch the connection to the POP3 server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;POP3 is a simple protocol and POP3 commands are plain text. In the output from the network monitor you'll be able to see the commands sent by your server and the responses from the POP3 server. It should be easy to see exactly what the problem is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The latest version of the network monitor is a bugger to use, but the help is reasonably good and has examples.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----8&lt;----&#xD;&#xA;Response to Charlie's comment:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I doubt the segment lost is significant. TCP is a fault tolerant protocol and even if packets were lost TCP will correct the loss.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the trace actually shows the mail then the POP3 connector is getting as far as downloading the message. The packet before the mail should be a packet from your server to the POP3 server with the RETR command in it. The POP3 server responds to RETR by sending the mail. After the packet with the mail in, your server should send a DELE command, then finally a QUIT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there are no packets after the mail is sent to your server, that suggests your server is failing to spot the end of the message so it's hung waiting. This rings a faint bell with SBS 2003. I have only a faint recollection of this, but I'm fairly sure I've seen something similar in 2003 and that was due to the anti-virus. Someone had installed an AV that processed mail downloads and that was interfering with the connector.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you considered uninstalling the AV from the server to see if that helps? We've only done a couple of SBS 2008 installs, and only one of those uses the POP3 connector, but it does work. As a last resort I have actually written a POP3 downloader that I'd be happy to pop on Sourceforge." />
  <row Id="25455" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14102" RevisionGUID="4dfaf44d-0897-46fc-b65e-aaa60d0b6b7b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:45:31.287" UserId="4848" Text="I am working on a secure printing project at the moment, we are using CUPS. However our secure part is from the CUPS server to the printer, not from the client to the CUPS print server. Having said that you should be able enter a https not a http address in the windows printer configuration dialog. - Not tried it myself, I would be interested to hear how successful you are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may find the CUPS user forums helpful, they are very active with core CUPS developers on it. " />
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  <row Id="25460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14105" RevisionGUID="f1791b69-1794-4909-b59f-4881b787c9d2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:47:14.170" UserId="2609" Text="A lot of [OpenBSD developers use ThinkPads][1]. So support is quite good in OpenBSD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/merdely/2503297863/sizes/o/" />
  <row Id="25461" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14106" RevisionGUID="b0fb68b8-b52c-415a-a801-66b7d7e61712" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:49:13.653" UserId="3557" Text="This should be fairly simple to do in Powershell.  You will find powershell a little more to your liking coming from *nix.  You will however be working with WMI, which is truely a blessing and a curse.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some example code to show print jobs stolen from TechNet is below:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $strComputer = &quot;.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    $colItems = get-wmiobject -class &quot;Win32_PrintJob&quot; -namespace &quot;root\CIMV2&quot; `&#xD;&#xA;    -computername $strComputer&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    foreach ($objItem in $colItems) {&#xD;&#xA;          write-host &quot;Caption: &quot; $objItem.Caption&#xD;&#xA;          write-host &quot;Data Type: &quot; $objItem.DataType&#xD;&#xA;          write-host &quot;Description: &quot; $objItem.Description&#xD;&#xA;          write-host &quot;Document: &quot; $objItem.Document&#xD;&#xA;          write-host &quot;Driver Name: &quot; $objItem.DriverName&#xD;&#xA;          write-host &quot;Elapsed Time: &quot; $objItem.ElapsedTime&#xD;&#xA;          write-host &quot;Host Print Queue: &quot; $objItem.HostPrintQueue&#xD;&#xA;          write-host &quot;Installation Date: &quot; $objItem.InstallDate&#xD;&#xA;          write-host &quot;Job ID: &quot; $objItem.JobId&#xD;&#xA;          write-host &quot;Job Status: &quot; $objItem.JobStatus&#xD;&#xA;          write-host &quot;Name: &quot; $objItem.Name&#xD;&#xA;          write-host &quot;Notify: &quot; $objItem.Notify&#xD;&#xA;          write-host &quot;Owner: &quot; $objItem.Owner&#xD;&#xA;          write-host &quot;Pages Printed: &quot; $objItem.PagesPrinted&#xD;&#xA;          write-host &quot;Parameters: &quot; $objItem.Parameters&#xD;&#xA;          write-host &quot;Print Processor: &quot; $objItem.PrintProcessor&#xD;&#xA;          write-host &quot;Priority: &quot; $objItem.Priority&#xD;&#xA;          write-host &quot;Size: &quot; $objItem.Size&#xD;&#xA;          write-host &quot;Start Time: &quot; $objItem.StartTime&#xD;&#xA;          write-host &quot;Status: &quot; $objItem.Status&#xD;&#xA;          write-host &quot;Status Mask: &quot; $objItem.StatusMask&#xD;&#xA;          write-host &quot;Time Submitted: &quot; $objItem.TimeSubmitted&#xD;&#xA;          write-host &quot;Total Pages: &quot; $objItem.TotalPages&#xD;&#xA;          write-host &quot;Until Time: &quot; $objItem.UntilTime&#xD;&#xA;          write-host&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically you will just need to get all objects from WMI where the Start Time is less than now - 24 hours.  " />
  <row Id="25462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14107" RevisionGUID="4c909ba7-f98b-41dc-8cd5-567d05a0a74b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:49:27.427" UserId="4845" Text="I'm wondering if I can export my Lab Manager templates directly into a cheaper ESX host. Easy enough to import from other ESX hosts. I imagine validating machines in LM and then moving the nicely configured templates off to a plain ESX host. That would save Lab Manager resources for things that really need to be there.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Possible? Seems like it ought to be - Lab Manager just runs on ESX. Anyone tried it? How?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using LM 3, ESX 3.5. (I'm also digging around LM forums, will let you know what we find out)" />
  <row Id="25463" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14107" RevisionGUID="4c909ba7-f98b-41dc-8cd5-567d05a0a74b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:49:27.427" UserId="4845" Text="How to export a Lab Manager machine to ESX? " />
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  <row Id="25471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14109" RevisionGUID="bf24a3cd-c022-4aab-bd99-b5cab3075eb2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:59:05.503" UserId="2203" Text="Found that my question was a duplicate to the same question on www.stackoverflow.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3589/backup-sql-schema-only&quot;&gt;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3589/backup-sql-schema-only&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The answer there was to right click on the database and select &lt;b&gt;Tasks-&gt;Generate Scripts&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="25475" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="14104" RevisionGUID="80b806e3-7510-44a7-9409-6dafb88817f3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T21:00:10.947" UserId="1430" Comment="edited title" Text="Best book to learn Sharepoint Administration (MOSS)?" />
  <row Id="25476" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14106" RevisionGUID="1599e710-ed56-4922-a1de-200e01936906" CreationDate="2009-05-28T21:00:40.493" UserId="3557" Text="This should be fairly simple to do in Powershell.  You will find powershell a little more to your liking coming from *nix.  You will however be working with WMI, which is truely a blessing and a curse.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some example code that does what you want (NOT TESTED):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $strComputer = &quot;.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    $PrintJobs = get-wmiobject -class &quot;Win32_PrintJob&quot; -namespace &quot;root\CIMV2&quot; -computername $strComputer | Where-Object { $_.StartTime -lt $($(Get-Date).addDays(-1)) }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    foreach ($job in $PrintJobs) {&#xD;&#xA;    	Write-Host &quot;Canceling job $($job.JobId)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	$job.Delete&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically you will just need to get all objects from WMI where the Start Time is less than now - 24 hours.  " />
  <row Id="25477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14111" RevisionGUID="d8b68a1a-c536-4045-b14a-e31d6514beb4" CreationDate="2009-05-28T21:05:27.207" UserId="663" Text="There is a repository on yum called c5 testing i think. It has PHP 5.2.6 A note though, not all modules in PHP are in this testing repo, and some you have to update yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So this is not something I would recommend on a live server. I did this on a dev server and had some problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    yum --enablerepo=c5-testing install php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think this works, i have the commands at work but you can google some info regarding the c5 testing repo and PHP." />
  <row Id="25478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14112" RevisionGUID="7eae4ecd-aab9-445d-89e4-c41ca29c62eb" CreationDate="2009-05-28T21:08:51.740" UserId="4854" Text="Is there a possibility to &quot;defragmentize&quot; a sparse bundle image and reclaim (most) of the free space?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the background: I am using sparse bundles and every now and then I want to reclaim space from them so I run:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `hdiutil compact image.sparsebundle`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, as explained in the man page, it only reclaims completely unused band files, so in my case it says:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `Reclaimed 0 bytes out of 90.4 GB possible.`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course there is the possibility to copy the contents of this image to a new sparse bundle that is then used in lieu, but that is both cumbersome and requires enough free space for this operation." />
  <row Id="25479" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14112" RevisionGUID="7eae4ecd-aab9-445d-89e4-c41ca29c62eb" CreationDate="2009-05-28T21:08:51.740" UserId="4854" Text="How to reclaim all/most free space from a sparsebundle on OS X" />
  <row Id="25480" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14112" RevisionGUID="7eae4ecd-aab9-445d-89e4-c41ca29c62eb" CreationDate="2009-05-28T21:08:51.740" UserId="4854" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="25481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14113" RevisionGUID="5d955aa1-62f4-4675-b920-8260b8e065ff" CreationDate="2009-05-28T21:10:58.867" UserId="2302" Text="Currently, we can perform and encrypt a Windows backup with ntbackup and GPG in 2 seperate steps in a batch script, as below:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ntbackup backup &quot;@selection_file.bks&quot; /f &quot;backup_file.bak&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    gpg --recipient &quot;recipient&quot; --encrypt &quot;backup_file.bak&quot; --output &quot;encrypted_file&quot; --yes --batch &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm wondering if there's any way to combine these steps to output the backup directly to GPG, without creating an intermediate, unencrypted backup file?" />
  <row Id="25482" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14113" RevisionGUID="5d955aa1-62f4-4675-b920-8260b8e065ff" CreationDate="2009-05-28T21:10:58.867" UserId="2302" Text="Outpt ntbackup directly to GPG" />
  <row Id="25483" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14113" RevisionGUID="5d955aa1-62f4-4675-b920-8260b8e065ff" CreationDate="2009-05-28T21:10:58.867" UserId="2302" Text="&lt;gpg&gt;&lt;ntbackup&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="25484" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14114" RevisionGUID="29787960-cc54-4ec0-89a8-150bebc7171e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T21:14:57.670" UserId="768" Text="Actually I have found that if you have a hard drive that is starting to make a lot of noise, that if you just tip it to some angle other than 0° or 90° that it will run much quieter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So in other words, if you're paranoid, you could tilt every thing by 15° to 75°.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I personally wouldn't worry about it unless you need to work with older drives." />
  <row Id="25485" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14115" RevisionGUID="431efa7b-3283-4fcf-ae24-b1a04132d75c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T21:15:23.257" UserId="915" Text="What is the setting or configuration change in Remote Desktop Connection to display the server information (Server name, IP addresses) when connected to a windows server 2003 server?" />
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  <row Id="25487" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14115" RevisionGUID="431efa7b-3283-4fcf-ae24-b1a04132d75c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T21:15:23.257" UserId="915" Text="&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="25488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14116" RevisionGUID="141c8bdc-c5d5-4b9e-83cc-4fc1642c10e2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T21:16:52.613" UserId="1674" Text="I don't believe that ntbackup supports any sort of encryption natively." />
  <row Id="25489" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11062" RevisionGUID="613f1e7c-e313-4cfe-a467-7de43f09adbf" CreationDate="2009-05-28T21:18:23.640" UserId="846" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="The answer really depends what you are looking to do.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are looking to take **existing** systems and move them into a separate room, that is straight-forward, although likely hard to execute.  You buy devices like [this][1] which convert KVM cables to Cat5, and patch the desk location to the computer location.  The difficulty is more in where you put the computers and how you manage the cooling, power and wire.  This will not scale well.  &#xD;&#xA;*NOTE: if physical security is the concern, it might be easier to use a locking box (like [this][2]) for the CPU units.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are looking to update the infrastructure, there are two approachs.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One is &quot;desktop virtualization&quot; (aka [terminal services][3]).  Basically you put a small number of servers up, setup terminal services (or [Citrix MetaFrame][4]) on the servers, and deploy [thin clients][5] at each desk. The thin client only runs the program to connect to the terminal server, and the terminal server runs all of the desktop applications.  &#xD;&#xA;*NOTE: [PanoLogic][6] has a very interesting desktop virtualization solution.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The second is to implement a &quot;Blade PC&quot; or &quot;Centralized Desktop&quot; solution (like [ClearCube][7]) where you install specialized computers and hardware in the data center, and special connector boxes at the desktop.  Conceptually similar to the &quot;use your own PC&quot; method, but it scales well, works well, but is somewhat costly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope this helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.42u.com/phantom-specter.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.123securityproducts.com/pclockbox.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_Services&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.citrix.com/lang/English/home.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_client&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://panologic.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.clearcube.com/controller/home.php" />
  <row Id="25490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14117" RevisionGUID="ec9509ca-cbb1-4d0c-8727-48874dd3882a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T21:18:52.687" UserId="3437" Text="You might be thinking of [BGinfo][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897557.aspx" />
  <row Id="25491" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14118" RevisionGUID="f120e8c4-edf8-4d2f-b5eb-d513062448d5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T21:23:58.357" UserId="45" Text="This could be your strategy. Stop the spooler service, delete all old files and restart the service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Write this script code in a text file and name it &quot;DeleteOldQueuedFile.vbs&quot;:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Dim Fso, Directory, Modified, Files&#xD;&#xA;    Set Fso = CreateObject(&quot;Scripting.FileSystemObject&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    Set Directory = Fso.GetFolder(&quot;%systemroot%\system32\spool\printers&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    Set Files = Directory.Files&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    For Each Modified in Files  &#xD;&#xA;       If DateDiff(&quot;D&quot;, Modified.DateLastModified, Now) &gt;= 1 Then Modified.Delete&#xD;&#xA;    Next&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Write a batch file which you could schedule as a nightly job:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net stop spooler&#xD;&#xA;    DeleteOldQueuedFile.vbs&#xD;&#xA;    net start spooler&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25492" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14074" RevisionGUID="a4c77465-c7d1-49d2-965f-7ed5b36d1f02" CreationDate="2009-05-28T21:28:17.753" UserId="4831" Comment="follow-up" Text="Is there a command or anything in Windows that let me view the list of the domain names that are currently resolved by the system?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Something similar to the `arp` command but for domain names.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**  &#xD;&#xA;I've been doing some testing with the command given by Matt, and I noticed that domain names that have a low refresh time and/or retry time, are not showed in the list given by `ipconfig`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, `google.com` doesn't appear in my list, but according to the the dns responce it should be cached:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    google.com&#xD;&#xA;        primary name server = ns1.google.com&#xD;&#xA;        responsible mail addr = dns-admin.google.com&#xD;&#xA;        serial  = 2009052800&#xD;&#xA;        refresh = 7200 (2 hours)&#xD;&#xA;        retry   = 1800 (30 mins)&#xD;&#xA;        expire  = 1209600 (14 days)&#xD;&#xA;        default TTL = 300 (5 mins)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whereas `serverfault.com`, which has higher refresh and retry times, does appear on the list given by ipconfig.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    serverfault.com&#xD;&#xA;        primary name server = ns21.domaincontrol.com&#xD;&#xA;        responsible mail addr = dns.jomax.net&#xD;&#xA;        serial  = 2009031400&#xD;&#xA;        refresh = 28800 (8 hours)&#xD;&#xA;        retry   = 7200 (2 hours)&#xD;&#xA;        expire  = 604800 (7 days)&#xD;&#xA;        default TTL = 86400 (1 day)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The following is another domain which is never shown by `ipconfig`, even though it has a high TTL:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    minijuegostop.com.mx&#xD;&#xA;        primary name server = ns1.theplanet.com&#xD;&#xA;        responsible mail addr = support.minijuegostop.com.mx&#xD;&#xA;        serial  = 2008122302&#xD;&#xA;        refresh = 900 (15 mins)&#xD;&#xA;        retry   = 900 (15 mins)&#xD;&#xA;        expire  = 1209600 (14 days)&#xD;&#xA;        default TTL = 86400 (1 day)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apparently Windows decide not to cache some domains, and the refresh and retry times has something to do with it. Either that or Internet Explorer maintains its own domain name list. But I dont think so because as soon as I open a new webpage, the domain name of that page is shown by the ipconfig command; unless it has a low refresh or retry time, in which case it's not shown in the list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know what could be the problem or whether it's possible to show a complete list of cached domain names? (becasue apparently the list given by `ipconfig` is not complete)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25493" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10985" RevisionGUID="5c02ed15-4961-4695-97e9-1dc34355b25d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T21:28:28.550" UserId="45" Comment="tcpip tag added" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;tcpip&gt;" />
  <row Id="25494" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14119" RevisionGUID="b0fe152b-e0f7-4568-8996-8939e685b123" CreationDate="2009-05-28T21:32:57.620" UserId="905" Text="Check out this Server Fault question for a few mail servers [What kind of mail server do you use?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/722/what-kind-of-mail-server-do-you-use" />
  <row Id="25495" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14120" RevisionGUID="bf7e89ef-138d-456b-bfd1-d006d8526da3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T21:33:00.320" UserId="984" Text="I don't think you'll be able to do that.  But as an alternative you could probably backup to a mounted truecrypt volume." />
  <row Id="25496" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9988" RevisionGUID="927e54d5-c60a-4e67-84dc-6787268f5661" CreationDate="2009-05-28T21:34:31.267" UserId="2349" Comment="added 98 characters in body" Text="Create the following script (and make it executable):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    exec 5&lt;&gt; /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/11211&#xD;&#xA;    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;stats&quot; &gt;&amp;5&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;quit&quot; &gt;&amp;5&#xD;&#xA;            while read -u 5 -d $'\r' stat name value;&#xD;&#xA;            do&#xD;&#xA;                    echo $value&#xD;&#xA;            done&#xD;&#xA;            exit 0&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    exit 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mine is */usr/local/bin/memcached_stats.sh*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It connects to the memcached daemon and spits out a sanitized version of the memcached stats command and output something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    2754&#xD;&#xA;    2129139&#xD;&#xA;    1243545563&#xD;&#xA;    1.2.2&#xD;&#xA;    64&#xD;&#xA;    2299.898362&#xD;&#xA;    7336.774640&#xD;&#xA;    217721&#xD;&#xA;    7091925&#xD;&#xA;    1909177049&#xD;&#xA;    108&#xD;&#xA;    27653&#xD;&#xA;    633&#xD;&#xA;    234138327&#xD;&#xA;    7091925&#xD;&#xA;    220430936&#xD;&#xA;    13707391&#xD;&#xA;    352833&#xD;&#xA;    89610818966&#xD;&#xA;    1385141563315&#xD;&#xA;    2147483648&#xD;&#xA;    4&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add the following to your */etc/snmp/snmpd.conf* and restart snmpd:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    extend .1.3.6.1.4.1.1.900.100 memcached /usr/local/bin/memcached_stats.sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This creates a table based on the output of the script where each line gets its own node.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to confirm this run the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    snmpwalk -v2c -c public 127.0.0.1 .1.3.6.1.4.1.1.900.100&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should get something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.1.900.100.3.1.3.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100 = INTEGER: 23&#xD;&#xA;    SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.1.900.100.3.1.4.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100 = INTEGER: 0&#xD;&#xA;    SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.1 = STRING: &quot;2754&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.2 = STRING: &quot;2123005&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.3 = STRING: &quot;1243539429&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.4 = STRING: &quot;1.2.2&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.5 = STRING: &quot;64&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.6 = STRING: &quot;2290.369810&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.7 = STRING: &quot;7308.630919&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.8 = STRING: &quot;217652&quot;&#xD;&#xA; 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   SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.18 = STRING: &quot;348593&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.19 = STRING: &quot;89233569948&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.20 = STRING: &quot;1380956068373&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.21 = STRING: &quot;2147483648&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.22 = STRING: &quot;4&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From that you can extrapolate which node is which stat, but lucky for you I've done all that already.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In *datacollection-config.xml* add the following to the top, but after all the rrd config:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;resourceType name=&quot;MemcachedStats&quot; label=&quot;memcached stats&quot; resourceLabel=&quot;memcached&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;persistenceSelectorStrategy class=&quot;org.opennms.netmgt.collectd.PersistAllSelectorStrategy&quot;/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;storageStrategy class=&quot;org.opennms.netmgt.dao.support.IndexStorageStrategy&quot;/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/resourceType&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then in the *groups* section add the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;group name=&quot;memcached_stats&quot; ifType=&quot;all&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;mibObj oid=&quot;.1.3.6.1.4.1.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.1&quot; instance=&quot;MemcachedStats&quot; alias=&quot;pid&quot; type=&quot;integer&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;mibObj oid=&quot;.1.3.6.1.4.1.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.2&quot; instance=&quot;MemcachedStats&quot; alias=&quot;uptime&quot; type=&quot;integer&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;mibObj oid=&quot;.1.3.6.1.4.1.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.3&quot; instance=&quot;MemcachedStats&quot; alias=&quot;time&quot; type=&quot;integer&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;mibObj oid=&quot;.1.3.6.1.4.1.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.4&quot; instance=&quot;MemcachedStats&quot; alias=&quot;version&quot; type=&quot;string&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;mibObj oid=&quot;.1.3.6.1.4.1.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.5&quot; instance=&quot;MemcachedStats&quot; alias=&quot;pointer_size&quot; type=&quot;integer&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;mibObj oid=&quot;.1.3.6.1.4.1.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.4&quot; instance=&quot;MemcachedStats&quot; alias=&quot;rusage_user&quot; type=&quot;integer&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;mibObj oid=&quot;.1.3.6.1.4.1.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.7&quot; instance=&quot;MemcachedStats&quot; alias=&quot;rusage_system&quot; type=&quot;integer&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;mibObj oid=&quot;.1.3.6.1.4.1.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.8&quot; instance=&quot;MemcachedStats&quot; alias=&quot;curr_items&quot; type=&quot;integer&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;mibObj oid=&quot;.1.3.6.1.4.1.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.9&quot; instance=&quot;MemcachedStats&quot; alias=&quot;total_items&quot; type=&quot;integer&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;mibObj oid=&quot;.1.3.6.1.4.1.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.10&quot; instance=&quot;MemcachedStats&quot; alias=&quot;bytes&quot; type=&quot;integer&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;mibObj oid=&quot;.1.3.6.1.4.1.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.11&quot; instance=&quot;MemcachedStats&quot; alias=&quot;curr_connections&quot; type=&quot;integer&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;mibObj oid=&quot;.1.3.6.1.4.1.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.12&quot; instance=&quot;MemcachedStats&quot; alias=&quot;total_connections&quot; type=&quot;integer&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;mibObj oid=&quot;.1.3.6.1.4.1.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.13&quot; instance=&quot;MemcachedStats&quot; alias=&quot;connection_structures&quot; type=&quot;integer&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;mibObj oid=&quot;.1.3.6.1.4.1.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.14&quot; instance=&quot;MemcachedStats&quot; alias=&quot;cmd_get&quot; type=&quot;integer&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;mibObj oid=&quot;.1.3.6.1.4.1.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.15&quot; instance=&quot;MemcachedStats&quot; alias=&quot;cmd_set&quot; type=&quot;integer&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;mibObj oid=&quot;.1.3.6.1.4.1.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.16&quot; instance=&quot;MemcachedStats&quot; alias=&quot;get_hits&quot; type=&quot;integer&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;mibObj oid=&quot;.1.3.6.1.4.1.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.17&quot; instance=&quot;MemcachedStats&quot; alias=&quot;get_misses&quot; type=&quot;integer&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;mibObj oid=&quot;.1.3.6.1.4.1.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.18&quot; instance=&quot;MemcachedStats&quot; alias=&quot;evictions&quot; type=&quot;integer&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;mibObj oid=&quot;.1.3.6.1.4.1.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.19&quot; instance=&quot;MemcachedStats&quot; alias=&quot;bytes_read&quot; type=&quot;integer&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;mibObj oid=&quot;.1.3.6.1.4.1.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.20&quot; instance=&quot;MemcachedStats&quot; alias=&quot;bytes_written&quot; type=&quot;integer&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;mibObj oid=&quot;.1.3.6.1.4.1.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.21&quot; instance=&quot;MemcachedStats&quot; alias=&quot;limit_maxbytes&quot; type=&quot;integer&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;mibObj oid=&quot;.1.3.6.1.4.1.1.900.100.4.1.2.9.109.101.109.99.97.99.104.101.100.22&quot; instance=&quot;MemcachedStats&quot; alias=&quot;threads&quot; type=&quot;integer&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/group&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And finally further down you want to find the *systemDef* tags for *Net-SNMP* &amp; *Net-SNMP (UCD)* and add the following within the *collect* tags:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;includeGroup&gt;memcached_stats&lt;/includeGroup&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Restart OpenNMS and and there you have it... when capsd rescans the hosts it'll start gathering these statistics&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Below is a reference for the data that can be got from memcached:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - pid: process id of this serverprocess  &#xD;&#xA; - uptime: number of seconds this server has been running&#xD;&#xA; - time: current UNIX time according to the server&#xD;&#xA; - version: version string of this server&#xD;&#xA; - pointer_size: default size of pointers on the host OS &#xD;&#xA; - rusage_user: accumulated user time for this process&#xD;&#xA; - rusage_system: accumulated system time for this process&#xD;&#xA; - curr_items: current number of items stored by the server &#xD;&#xA; - total_items: total number of items stored by this server ever since it started&#xD;&#xA; - bytes: current number of bytes used by this server to store items  &#xD;&#xA; - curr_connections: number of open connections  &#xD;&#xA; - total_connections: total number of connections opened since the server started running&#xD;&#xA; - connection_structures: number of connection structures allocated by the server  &#xD;&#xA; - cmd_get: cumulative number of retrieval requests  &#xD;&#xA; - cmd_set: cumulative number of storage requests&#xD;&#xA; - get_hits: number of keys that have been requested and found present  &#xD;&#xA; - get_misses: number of items that have been requested and not found&#xD;&#xA; - evictions: number of valid items removed from cache to free memory for new items  &#xD;&#xA; - bytes_read: total number of bytes read by this server from network  &#xD;&#xA; - bytes_written: total number of bytes sent by this server to network&#xD;&#xA; - limit_maxbytes: number of bytes this server is allowed to use for storage&#xD;&#xA; - threads: number of worker threads requested&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All that is left is to build whatever graphing or reporting you'd like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Works on CentOS 5.2, OpenNMS 1.5.93-1, net-snmp 5.3.1, memcached 1.2.2) &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25499" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14117" RevisionGUID="38abede8-6598-42c9-bd91-e8010a17ce60" CreationDate="2009-05-28T21:40:38.960" UserId="3437" Text="You might be thinking of [BGinfo][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT to add:&#xD;&#xA;If you put this line in a logon script for the system (or the user profile, GPO, whatever your preferred way), you'll get the BGinfo information &quot;tattoo&quot; on your desktop without actually installing BGinfo to the system:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    \\server\share\bginfo.exe /I\\server\share\bginfo-std.bgi /accepteula /timer:0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This assumes you've previously run BGinfo to create the bginfo.bgi config file, and placed it and the bginfo executable at \\\server\share&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897557.aspx" />
  <row Id="25500" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14122" RevisionGUID="79a22f1b-c77d-48b7-a596-04719c2bf5fd" CreationDate="2009-05-28T21:40:46.683" UserId="4310" Text="I try to got open source before recommending or even considering a paid software version.  I am by no mean related to this recommendation, is only based on my needs.  I spent too much time trying to find the right solution for my requirements.  The options I tried was:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Installing OpenSSH 4.9 or higher which did not work that well for many technical reasons.&#xD;&#xA; - rssh from pizzashack.org &#xD;&#xA; - jailkit&#xD;&#xA; - and the Debian tutorial mentioned here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am sure all the above solutions work fine, but they did not met my requirements for this project.  One that is not free is the Vshell Server from VanDyke.  It was easy to install (at least the evaluation version) and super-easy to setup chroot access to my users.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now my sftp or scp users will only see their home directory and they will not be able to execute anything.  It is easy to maintain just add users to a group and assign them a home directory.  " />
  <row Id="25501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14123" RevisionGUID="5c2e7594-81f8-4840-9a88-da40a7a8b27b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T21:41:09.927" UserId="4860" Text="there is al easy alternative. make IIS to log to an MSSQL table. After you can work with it like a normal database. search for a ODBC conection on the root of you site." />
  <row Id="25502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14124" RevisionGUID="9242ab24-6b6a-4cee-8ba7-b4eab893b48c" CreationDate="2009-05-28T21:45:27.970" UserId="984" Text="&gt; For example, google.com doesn't appear&#xD;&#xA;&gt; in my list, but according to the the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; dns responce it should be cached:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      google.com&#xD;&#xA;          primary name server = ns1.google.com&#xD;&#xA;          responsible mail addr = dns-admin.google.com&#xD;&#xA;          expire  = 1209600 (14 days)&#xD;&#xA;          default TTL = 300 (5 mins)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The value that controls how long a record is cached for is the TTL (Time to live), not the retry or refresh.  The default TTL for Google according to what you posted is 5 minutes, but a specific record can have a much lower TTL.  In my testing the TTL for A records associated with www.google.com records tend to between 30-60 seconds.  If you aren't hitting Google and then immediately checking the cache, it is possible the record has expired too fast for you to notice.  Try doing a **ping www.google.com** and then running **ipconfig /displaydns** immediately.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="25516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14131" RevisionGUID="064c828e-e097-4c16-af84-25dcf7021e74" CreationDate="2009-05-28T22:21:18.507" UserId="2348" Text="If you ask me, the BEST books about SharePoint administration are these two, both written by [Bill English][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. [Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 Administrator's Companion][2]&#xD;&#xA; 2. [Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Best Practices][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&amp;search-type=ss&amp;index=books&amp;field-author=Bill%20English&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://tinyurl.com/kpva6o&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Office-SharePoint-Server-Practices/dp/0735625387/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1243549035&amp;sr=8-3" />
  <row Id="25517" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14132" RevisionGUID="3356dc47-cd42-43cc-a7af-2e4ab78bb2c9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T22:22:05.260" UserDisplayName="Brett" Text="It would involve installing an extra server but you could use a centralised configuration management system such as cfengine or puppet to push out new resolv.conf to your server(s)&#xD;&#xA;Brett" />
  <row Id="25519" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14133" RevisionGUID="9c156e50-23b1-436f-ab06-cf1f26e547e9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T22:33:26.030" UserId="3459" Text="In my mind Administrators handle day to day tasks and needs of an organization.  These positions tend to be internal.  A consultant as some have mentioned before is a bit nebulous but typically they're called in with an area of expertise outside of the current operations staff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The consultant can be a higher level &quot;architecture&quot; role or the nuts and bolts of a complex system in place (or implementation of a new system).  A consultant might be called in because the organization is planning to make changes (which are outside the experience of the administrators) and they want someone who has been in different environments and has experience in what does and doesn't work.  Naturally the quality of different consultants vary depending on how much experience they have and how sharp they are." />
  <row Id="25520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14134" RevisionGUID="b7583b2e-3a79-4e2f-8e5a-f26fcbc75958" CreationDate="2009-05-28T22:39:07.737" UserId="4264" Text="According to Microsoft, Systems Center Operations Manager cannot monitor clustered MSMQ's on Server 2003. The Microsoft rep referenced this [article][1] and said it applied to our problem. So, my question is: what does the serverfault community recommend to monitor msmq's in a Server 2003 cluster?" />
  <row Id="25521" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14134" RevisionGUID="b7583b2e-3a79-4e2f-8e5a-f26fcbc75958" CreationDate="2009-05-28T22:39:07.737" UserId="4264" Text="Monitoring Clustered MSMQ" />
  <row Id="25522" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14134" RevisionGUID="b7583b2e-3a79-4e2f-8e5a-f26fcbc75958" CreationDate="2009-05-28T22:39:07.737" UserId="4264" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;clustering&gt;" />
  <row Id="25526" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14136" RevisionGUID="ddb07efc-b4d6-4d04-b140-fbf0cab4446a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T22:42:26.573" UserId="4866" Text="There is third party tool for this. Tool supports Citrix and Terminal Services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Monitor session start (date and hour)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Monitor Total, Idle, and Active times&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Report user states when they occur&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Applications opened by user per session&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Summary reports for all users&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Compliance ready reports&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;IP addresses and Client names monitoring&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Software license usage&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tool name is **Terminal Services Log**. Google for it. " />
  <row Id="25527" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14136" RevisionGUID="ddb07efc-b4d6-4d04-b140-fbf0cab4446a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T22:42:26.573" UserId="4866" />
  <row Id="25528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14137" RevisionGUID="cd1adb53-73fd-4ecb-a2ea-a5ff9eca18b0" CreationDate="2009-05-28T22:43:37.837" UserId="1349" Text="Within the DHCP snap-in, I have many DHCP reserverations in my list of address leases. Some of these reservations I suspect are ancient and are not being used any more. Under Address Leases, some of the leases are marked as `Reservation (inactive)` in the Lease Expiration column. Is there a way to see the last time that an inactive lease was indeed active?" />
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  <row Id="25530" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14137" RevisionGUID="cd1adb53-73fd-4ecb-a2ea-a5ff9eca18b0" CreationDate="2009-05-28T22:43:37.837" UserId="1349" Text="&lt;dhcp&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="25531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14138" RevisionGUID="5748f65a-38be-4f92-a203-8e4f423e8ed9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T22:43:40.223" UserId="4868" Text="I have an disabled Windows 2003 SBS user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like so save the users mail box but stop it from receiving mail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I can't do that I would like to export the mail box and delete the user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the simplest way to do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25532" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14138" RevisionGUID="5748f65a-38be-4f92-a203-8e4f423e8ed9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T22:43:40.223" UserId="4868" Text="Stoping incomming mail for an Exchange Mail box" />
  <row Id="25533" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14138" RevisionGUID="5748f65a-38be-4f92-a203-8e4f423e8ed9" CreationDate="2009-05-28T22:43:40.223" UserId="4868" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;sbs2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="25534" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14139" RevisionGUID="cffefb2d-9378-4fc0-b81c-1c6ad217c97b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T22:44:33.140" UserId="3437" Text="Always, always, always take the time to strip out those cables you aren't using anymore. Pull it all the way out of the rack/patch panel, coil it up and put it away (or throw it away, as appropriate).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And when you're getting rid of dodgy cables. Cut off one or both ends. They will come back and haunt you if you don't." />
  <row Id="25535" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14140" RevisionGUID="10b66ebc-9b48-4ca8-ae81-c7654aec6f30" CreationDate="2009-05-28T22:46:08.860" UserId="4866" Text="You can set environment settings for every user on the Terminal server. &#xD;&#xA;Check in user environment settings to set startup program. &#xD;&#xA;It is built in feature. And if they close application, session will log off. " />
  <row Id="25536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14141" RevisionGUID="8e5d362e-2be3-4902-af86-408347e7ddb5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T22:46:29.797" UserId="1871" Text="The word &quot;actioned&quot;, used instead of &quot;done&quot;." />
  <row Id="25537" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14141" RevisionGUID="8e5d362e-2be3-4902-af86-408347e7ddb5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T22:46:29.797" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="25538" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14010" RevisionGUID="ca18893d-520b-4a73-bad0-c80417180005" CreationDate="2009-05-28T22:47:18.860" UserId="4502" Comment="I added a hyperlink now that my reputation score allows me to do so.  " Text="There is a way to do this, but it is unreliable and requires a service provider to manage a database.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One example is at  [DomainTools][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, someone with access to lots of network traffic records domain name resolutions and aggregates them into a searchable database.  This will only work with routable IP addresses, so if you are trying to do this on a large internal network, tools like this one will not help you. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that this is **NOT** comparable to a reverse DNS query.  A reverse DNS query is RFC sanctioned functionality and there are many tools for performing those lookups.  That is something to keep in mind when communicating your intentions to other network folks.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.domaintools.com/reverse-ip/" />
  <row Id="25539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14142" RevisionGUID="8a97ae29-5abe-46b7-8fe6-8e561532fe9b" CreationDate="2009-05-28T22:49:13.003" UserId="2417" Text="You can do that with enabling &quot;runner&quot; service throug &quot;listen&quot; option in puppet client." />
  <row Id="25540" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14143" RevisionGUID="ec70749a-df58-40e6-b43c-57d719eb48de" CreationDate="2009-05-28T22:49:56.933" UserId="4822" Text="i've tried Diskeeper, O&amp;O Defrag and the rest. i find **PerfectDisk** to be the best. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It actually defragments my hard drive, rather than complaining when there isn't 20% free space. It also *doesn't* try to be an enterprise defragmenter, or a defragment-while-you-work product - taking up computer resources and causing I/O delays while i'm working or playing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i schedule it to run at 1:00 AM. It runs at 1:00 AM, and then stops running." />
  <row Id="25541" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14144" RevisionGUID="6dd093b2-d262-4fc3-aae7-da350de71abc" CreationDate="2009-05-28T22:50:10.850" UserId="4502" Text="The simplest way would be to change their SMTP address to something arbitrary.  They will still exist and the mailbox would still be accessible, but mail to the previous address(es) will start bouncing.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In an active directory environment, this would mean opening Active Directory Users and Computers, right-clicking their account, choosing the &quot;E-mail Addresses&quot; tab, then modifying the list entries that match the type &quot;SMTP.&quot; " />
  <row Id="25542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14145" RevisionGUID="954d209f-98ae-4cd3-b12f-c4ff410fa392" CreationDate="2009-05-28T22:50:19.320" UserId="3038" Text="Set a delivery restriction to the user itself. I don't have an Exchange 2003 system any more so I can't guide you to the steps, but this is what we did to 'fully disable' a mailbox. Once you set the delivery restriction, mail sent to that user gets bounced with an, &quot;access denied,&quot; error." />
  <row Id="25543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14146" RevisionGUID="1ea97f3e-6c96-44b3-8dce-f2cf3b497a48" CreationDate="2009-05-28T22:52:12.593" UserId="4352" Text="**AT THE DAY OF THE DAY**...&#xD;&#xA;I agree with all of your answers." />
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  <row Id="25545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14147" RevisionGUID="cc258123-00de-4b30-a6e1-59d637b30792" CreationDate="2009-05-28T22:54:59.403" UserId="4822" Text="DELETE statement without a WHERE clause, on a live database." />
  <row Id="25546" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14147" RevisionGUID="cc258123-00de-4b30-a6e1-59d637b30792" CreationDate="2009-05-28T22:54:59.403" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="25548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14149" RevisionGUID="193f00ee-235d-44aa-b094-3c73fb82e8b3" CreationDate="2009-05-28T22:56:10.773" UserId="816" Text="Have you considered using Remote Desktop, VNC or similar software to manage your servers.  All you will need is an Ethernet cable." />
  <row Id="25549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14150" RevisionGUID="f9e8312f-e610-459f-b4be-0c8c05d9f388" CreationDate="2009-05-28T22:57:13.863" UserId="3179" Text="I realize that you went with Vshell, but I've had pretty good luck using scponly. Not sure about CentOS, but there is a debian package that's pretty easy to get going: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo aptitude install scponly&#xD;&#xA;    sudo dpkg-reconfigure scponly&#xD;&#xA;    cd /usr/share/doc/scponly/setup_chroot/&#xD;&#xA;    sudo gunzip setup_chroot.sh.gz&#xD;&#xA;    sudo chmod +x setup_chroot.sh&#xD;&#xA;    sudo ./setup_chroot.sh #this creates the user and home dir&#xD;&#xA;    mkdir /home/&lt;user&gt;/dev&#xD;&#xA;    mknod -m 666 /home/&lt;user&gt;/dev/null c 1 3 #apparently there's a bug in setup_chroot.sh" />
  <row Id="25550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14151" RevisionGUID="94635bfb-8ae4-4cad-b8f4-54ecededce20" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:03:09.387" UserId="2417" Text="If you have access to another machine on the same LAN as your target machine, you can use [arping](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arping). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Arping works by sending ARP packets targeting the machine, this works perfectly because you cannot block arp packets if you want to use the network (well, you can set up static arp tables everywhere :D ) But the downside is you have to be within the same LAN as your arping target." />
  <row Id="25551" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14152" RevisionGUID="5d66beac-51ba-4193-a966-b6d1cf18de1a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:03:18.623" UserId="1037" Text="I've finally found it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Right click on computer, and select&#xD;&#xA;    propertie&#xD;&#xA; 2. Right click on computer, and select&#xD;&#xA;    properties&#xD;&#xA; 3. Click on System Advanced&#xD;&#xA;    Configuration&#xD;&#xA; 4. Select Advanced options Tab&#xD;&#xA; 5. On user profiles frames click on&#xD;&#xA;    configuration&#xD;&#xA; 6. Select the user from the list and&#xD;&#xA;    then delete it&#xD;&#xA; 7. Now the profile will be respawned&#xD;&#xA;    the next time the user logs on&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25552" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14134" RevisionGUID="2a435c18-ec60-4ecc-8633-11f36c757679" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:03:59.433" UserId="4264" Comment="added 21 characters in body" Text="According to Microsoft, Systems Center Operations Manager cannot monitor clustered MSMQ's on Server 2003. The Microsoft rep referenced this [article][1]. and said it applied to our problem. So, my question is: what does the serverfault community recommend to monitor msmq's in a Server 2003 cluster?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/884975" />
  <row Id="25553" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14153" RevisionGUID="2d54d8a9-1b17-4f5a-83c1-a960239ae2ae" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:05:05.093" UserId="658" Text="Scenario:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows 2003 with SP2 running as a guest in vmWare. &#xD;&#xA; - 20gb HDD and 1GB RAM.&#xD;&#xA; - SQL Express 2005 with Service Pack 3 as Named Instance.&#xD;&#xA; - SQL 2005 is well configured; known working good; can login, no security problems, etc.&#xD;&#xA; - installing from the 90 day trial disc: [VS2008TeamFoundationServerENU90DayTrialX1429244.iso][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem occurs at the screen asking:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Type the name of the server that hosts the Team Foundation Server database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The wording seems to indicate that you'd have already installed a DB!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I soldiered on with gusto, typing in the server's DB instance:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; MyServer\SQLExpress&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The official error description:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA; Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server Setup&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TF220059: An error occurred while the Setup program was querying the&#xD;&#xA;installation settings for Team Foundation Server.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[MSDN Social has a good thread on TF220059][2], but none of those suggestions didn't work for me. Initially, I didn't have a service pack on my SQL Express. I have since upgraded to SP3 (+ rebooted), but that did not help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The MSDN Social thread suggests for some people that installing SQL Reporting Services solves the problem. Some reported that it did NOT solve the TF220059 problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Question**: Any suggestions on what needs to be configured/installed to solve the TF220059 problem?&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/DownLoads/info.aspx?na=45&amp;p=1&amp;SrcDisplayLang=en&amp;SrcCategoryId=&amp;SrcFamilyId=0ed12659-3d41-4420-bbb0-a46e51bfca86&amp;u=details.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dB0155166-B0A3-436E-AC95-37D7E39A440C%26displaylang%3den&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/tfssetup/thread/75755de5-8b1a-4b70-9559-f5e8d058ddbb" />
  <row Id="25554" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14153" RevisionGUID="2d54d8a9-1b17-4f5a-83c1-a960239ae2ae" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:05:05.093" UserId="658" Text="Installing Team Foundation Server 2008: error TF220059" />
  <row Id="25555" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14153" RevisionGUID="2d54d8a9-1b17-4f5a-83c1-a960239ae2ae" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:05:05.093" UserId="658" Text="&lt;team-foundation-server&gt;&lt;tfs&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="25556" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14154" RevisionGUID="c7dc26e0-7cab-46c5-9ca9-505d16680451" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:08:12.670" UserId="3437" Text="[dhcploc.exe][1] is the quickest and handiest way on Windows systems. It is available in the XP Support Tools. The Support Tools are on every OEM/retail XP disk, but may or may not be on &quot;recovery disks&quot; provided by some OEMs. You can also [download][2] them from MS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a simple commandline tool. You run *dhcploc {yourIPaddress}* and then press the 'd' key to do a fake discovery. If you leave it running without pressing any keys, it will display every DHCP request and answer it hears. Press 'q' to quit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc759117(WS.10).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;FamilyID=49ae8576-9bb9-4126-9761-ba8011fabf38" />
  <row Id="25557" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14155" RevisionGUID="a3221467-02c3-4b03-a6bf-d1e1bd5bb9ae" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:10:41.900" UserId="4872" Text="You could have the machine send an snmp trap (packet) once a minute to a remote monitor and set up a rule to monitor that you were receiving the trap each minute." />
  <row Id="25558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14156" RevisionGUID="87c65918-93d1-4695-a3db-cd44e268092a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:12:41.227" UserId="4822" Text="i found a vbs script that uses SQL-DMO to script out the ojbects, and then uses SourceSafe integration to check them into source-control. Run it nightly and you have historical DDL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;C:\WINNT\system32\cscript.exe vssAgent.vbs theServerName&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;vssAgent.vbs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Option Explicit &#xD;&#xA;    'constants&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    CONST VSSPath = &quot;\\vader\SourceSafe\srcsafe.ini&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    CONST VSSRoot=&quot;$/SQLCode&quot; ' note if you are going to use the root of your Source Safe Database use $, not $/&#xD;&#xA;    CONST VSSAdminAccount = &quot;admin&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    CONST VSSAdminAccountPassword = &quot;password&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    CONST FileRepositoryPath = &quot;c:\SQL Scripts\DatabaseScripts&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    CONST SQLLogin = &quot;sa&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    CONST SQLPassword = &quot;password1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Const adOpenStatic = 3&#xD;&#xA;    Const ForReading = 1&#xD;&#xA;    Const adLockReadOnly = 1&#xD;&#xA;    Const adCmdStoredProc = 4&#xD;&#xA;    Const adVarChar = 200 &#xD;&#xA;    Const adParamInput = 1&#xD;&#xA;    Const SQLDMOScript2_ExtendedProperty = 4194304&#xD;&#xA;    Const SQLDMOScript2_Default = 0&#xD;&#xA;    Const SQLDMOScript_Default = 4&#xD;&#xA;    Const SQLDMOScript_Drops = 1&#xD;&#xA;    Const SQLDMOScript_ObjectPermissions = 2&#xD;&#xA;    Const SQLDMOScript_Indexes = 73736 &#xD;&#xA;    Const SQLDMOScript_DRI_All = 532676608 &#xD;&#xA;    Const SQLDMOScript_Triggers = 16&#xD;&#xA;    Const VSSFLAG_BINTEXT = 3145728 &#xD;&#xA;    Const ForAppending = 8&#xD;&#xA;    Const ForWriting = 2&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    'variables&#xD;&#xA;    Dim path, ProjectPath, versionNumber, ConnectionString, VSSDate, VSSComment&#xD;&#xA;    Dim VSSLabelComment, VSSUserName, VSSVersionNumber, ServerName, RecordCount, objTS, DatabaseName&#xD;&#xA;    Dim MyArray, arraymember, totalpath, objSQLServer, objFso, objVSS, database, SQLServerVersion, NormalizedSQLServerName&#xD;&#xA;    Dim VSSItem, Item, flag, StoredProcedure, VSSProjectPath, objCommand, objConnection, objRecordSet, ConnectionString1, strSelect&#xD;&#xA;    Dim ErrorNumber, ErrorDescription, version, LogFileName, LogFile, objFile, DifferenceLogFileName, DifferenceLogFile, Table, ObjectType, View&#xD;&#xA;    dim UserDefinedFunction&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    'On Error Resume Next&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    'object creation&#xD;&#xA;    Set objSQLServer = CreateObject(&quot;SQLDMO.SQLServer&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    Set objFso = CreateObject(&quot;Scripting.FileSystemObject&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    set objVSS = CreateObject(&quot;SourceSafe&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    'retreiving the Server Name &#xD;&#xA;    ServerName = wscript.arguments(0)&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    'fixing SQL Server Instance Names - our project path in VSS and the file system replaces the instance name with an underscore&#xD;&#xA;    NormalizedSQLServerName = replace(ServerName,&quot;\&quot;,&quot;_&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    wscript.echo &quot;NormalizedSQLServerName: &quot; +  NormalizedSQLServerName &#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    CreateFileRepositoryPath FileRepositoryPath + &quot;\&quot; + NormalizedSQLServerName &#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    'Creating Run Log &#xD;&#xA;    CreateRunLogFile&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    'Creating Difference Log &#xD;&#xA;    CreateDifferenceLogFile&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    'connecting to Visual Source Safe&#xD;&#xA;    ConnectToVSS&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    flag=0&#xD;&#xA;    'Connecting To SQL Server&#xD;&#xA;    ConnecttoSQL&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    if flag=0 then&#xD;&#xA;    CreateFileRepositoryServerAndDatabasesPaths&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    if ErrorNumber=0 then&#xD;&#xA;    	on error goto 0&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    	'determining SQL Server version&#xD;&#xA;    	SQLServerVersion = objSQLServer.VersionMajor&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    	'creating the project paths for the databases&#xD;&#xA;    	set VSSItem = objVSS.VSSItem(&quot;$/&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    	flag = 0&#xD;&#xA;    	for each item in VSSItem.Items&#xD;&#xA;    		if lcase(&quot;$/&quot; + item.Name) = lcase(VSSRoot) then&#xD;&#xA;    			flag = 1&#xD;&#xA;    			exit for&#xD;&#xA;    		end if&#xD;&#xA;    	next&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    	if flag = 0 then&#xD;&#xA;    		'this means the SQL Server VSS code repository folder has not been created yet&#xD;&#xA;    								&#xD;&#xA;    		'creating the visual source safe path&#xD;&#xA;    		wscript.echo &quot;Creating the VSS Project Path &quot; + VSSRoot + &quot;for SQL Server code&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		WriteLog &quot;Creating the VSS Project Path &quot; + VSSRoot + &quot;for SQL Server code&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		objVSS.VSSItem(&quot;$/&quot;).NewSubProject (VSSRoot)&#xD;&#xA;    		if err.number&lt;&gt; 0 then&#xD;&#xA;    			WriteLog &quot;ERROR: &quot; + Err.description&#xD;&#xA;    		else &#xD;&#xA;    			WriteLog &quot;new project for &quot; + VSSRoot + &quot; created&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		end if  &#xD;&#xA;    	end if&#xD;&#xA;    		&#xD;&#xA;    	set VSSItem = objVSS.VSSItem(VSSRoot)&#xD;&#xA;    	flag = 0&#xD;&#xA;    	for each item in VSSItem.Items&#xD;&#xA;    		if lcase(item.Name) = lcase(NormalizedSQLServerName) then&#xD;&#xA;    			flag = 1&#xD;&#xA;    			exit for&#xD;&#xA;    		end if&#xD;&#xA;    	next&#xD;&#xA;    	if flag = 0 then&#xD;&#xA;    		'this means the SQL Server is not yet under version control&#xD;&#xA;    		wscript.echo &quot;adding &quot; + NormalizedSQLServerName + &quot; to version control&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		WriteLog &quot;adding &quot; + NormalizedSQLServerName + &quot; to version control&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		objVSS.VSSItem(VSSRoot).NewSubProject (NormalizedSQLServerName)&#xD;&#xA;    		if err.number&lt;&gt; 0 then&#xD;&#xA;    			WriteLog &quot;ERROR: &quot; + Err.description&#xD;&#xA;    		else &#xD;&#xA;    			WriteLog &quot;new project for &quot; + NormalizedSQLServerName + &quot; created&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		end if  &#xD;&#xA;    	end if&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    	for each database in objSQLServer.Databases&#xD;&#xA;    		DatabaseName = Database.Name&#xD;&#xA;    		If not database.systemobject and database.Status = 0 then&#xD;&#xA;    			Set VSSItem = objVSS.VSSItem(VSSRoot + &quot;/&quot; + NormalizedSQLServerName )&#xD;&#xA;    			flag = 0&#xD;&#xA;    			path = FileRepositoryPath + &quot;\&quot; + NormalizedSQLServerName + &quot;\&quot; + DatabaseName&#xD;&#xA;    			for each item in VSSItem.Items&#xD;&#xA;    				if lcase(item.Name) = lcase(DatabaseName) then&#xD;&#xA;    					wscript.echo &quot;database &quot; + DatabaseName + &quot; already under version control&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    					flag = 1&#xD;&#xA;    					exit for&#xD;&#xA;    				end if&#xD;&#xA;    			next&#xD;&#xA;    			if flag = 0 then&#xD;&#xA;    				'this means the SQL Server database is not yet under version control&#xD;&#xA;    							&#xD;&#xA;    				'creating the visual source safe path&#xD;&#xA;    				wscript.echo &quot;adding &quot; + DatabaseName + &quot; to version control&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    				WriteLog &quot;adding &quot; + DatabaseName + &quot; to version control&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    				objVSS.VSSItem(VSSRoot).NewSubProject (NormalizedSQLServerName + &quot;/&quot; + DatabaseName)&#xD;&#xA;    				if err.number&lt;&gt; 0 then&#xD;&#xA;    					WriteLog &quot;ERROR: &quot; + Err.description&#xD;&#xA;    				else &#xD;&#xA;    					WriteLog &quot;new sub project for &quot; + NormalizedSQLServerName + &quot;/&quot; + DatabaseName  + &quot; created&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    				end if  &#xD;&#xA;    			end if&#xD;&#xA;    			StoredProcedures&#xD;&#xA;    			Tables&#xD;&#xA;    			Views&#xD;&#xA;    			if objSQLServer.VersionMajor &gt; 7 then&#xD;&#xA;    				UserDefinedFunctions&#xD;&#xA;    			end if &#xD;&#xA;    		end if&#xD;&#xA;    	next&#xD;&#xA;    end if &#xD;&#xA;    end if&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    Sub StoredProcedures&#xD;&#xA;    	ObjectType=&quot;Procedure&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	wscript.echo &quot;Checking in Stored Procedures&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	WriteLog &quot;Checking in Stored Procedures&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	VSSProjectPath = VSSRoot+&quot;/&quot;+ NormalizedSQLServerName+&quot;/&quot; + DatabaseName&#xD;&#xA;    	WriteLog &quot;[StordProcedures] path is : &quot; + path&#xD;&#xA;    	WriteLog &quot;VSSProjectPath is : &quot; + VSSProjectPath&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    	For Each StoredProcedure In Database.StoredProcedures&#xD;&#xA;    		if StoredProcedure.SystemObject = false then&#xD;&#xA;    			'existence check&#xD;&#xA;    			Wscript.echo &quot;Proc Name: &quot; + StoredProcedure.Name&#xD;&#xA;    			WriteLog &quot;Proc Name: &quot; + StoredProcedure.Name&#xD;&#xA;    		&#xD;&#xA;    			'check to see if the proc is under source control - if not add it&#xD;&#xA;    			'check to see if the proc is checked out - if so bail&#xD;&#xA;    			'if proc is checked in, compare to see if it is different from what is in the database&#xD;&#xA;    			'if the same, bail&#xD;&#xA;    			'if so check in &#xD;&#xA;    			&#xD;&#xA;    			'checking to see if proc is under source control &#xD;&#xA;    			Set VSSItem = objVSS.VSSItem(VSSRoot + &quot;/&quot; + NormalizedSQLServerName + &quot;/&quot; + DatabaseName)&#xD;&#xA;    			flag = 0&#xD;&#xA;    			for each item in VSSItem.Items&#xD;&#xA;    				if lcase(item.Name) = lcase(StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot;.PRC&quot;) then&#xD;&#xA;    					wscript.echo &quot;proc &quot; + StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot;.PRC&quot; + &quot; already under version control&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    					flag = 1&#xD;&#xA;    					exit for&#xD;&#xA;    				end if&#xD;&#xA;    			next&#xD;&#xA;    			set VSSItem=Nothing&#xD;&#xA;    			if flag=1 then &#xD;&#xA;    				'stored procedure is already under source control&#xD;&#xA;    				'checking to see if it is checked out&#xD;&#xA;    				if objVSS.VSSItem(VSSProjectPath).Items(False).Item(StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot;.PRC&quot;).IsCheckedOut = False then&#xD;&#xA;    					WriteLog &quot;proc &quot;+ StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot;.PRC&quot;+&quot;is under version control already and is not checked out&quot; &#xD;&#xA;    									&#xD;&#xA;    					wscript.echo DatabaseName + &quot;\&quot; + StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot; is in VSS and not checked out &quot;&#xD;&#xA;    					WriteLog DatabaseName + &quot;\&quot; + StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot; is in VSS and not checked out&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    				&#xD;&#xA;    					'check it out. You must check the proc out to release read only lock&#xD;&#xA;    					WriteLog &quot;Checking &quot; + DatabaseName + &quot;\&quot; + StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot; out of VSS&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    					&#xD;&#xA;    					objVSS.VSSItem(VSSProjectPath).Items(False).Item(StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot;.PRC&quot;).Checkout &quot;Versioning System&quot;, path + &quot;\&quot; + StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot;.PRC&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    					&#xD;&#xA;    					'script it out&#xD;&#xA;    					StoredProcedure.Script SQLDMOScript_Default + SQLDMOScript_Drops + SQLDMOScript_ObjectPermissions, path + &quot;\&quot; + StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot;.PRC1&quot;, SQLDMOScript2_ExtendedProperty&#xD;&#xA;    					&#xD;&#xA;    					'check for differences, if so check in&#xD;&#xA;    					Wscript.echo &quot;Checking in &quot; + StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name&#xD;&#xA;    					WriteLog &quot;Checking in &quot; + StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot; to check for differences&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    					If objVSS.VSSItem(VSSProjectPath).Items(False).Item(StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot;.PRC&quot;).IsDifferent(path + &quot;\&quot; + StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot;.PRC1&quot;) = True Then&#xD;&#xA;    						'before we script this proc out, let's make sure it has versioning info on it.&#xD;&#xA;    						'SQLDMO does not support versioning so we have to use ADO to connect and add the versioning&#xD;&#xA;    						For Each Version In objVSS.VSSItem(VSSProjectPath).Items(False).Item(StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot;.PRC&quot;).Versions&#xD;&#xA;    							VSSVersionNumber = Version.versionNumber&#xD;&#xA;    						Next&#xD;&#xA;    						wscript.echo &quot;proc &quot; + StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot;.PRC&quot; + &quot;is different, updating VSS&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    						&#xD;&#xA;    						if objSQLServer.VersionMajor&gt;7 then&#xD;&#xA;    							'now we have the latest extended properties let's update the proc with them.&#xD;&#xA;    							Call ExtendedProperties(&quot;VSSDate&quot;, Date, StoredProcedure.Owner, StoredProcedure.Name)&#xD;&#xA;    							Call ExtendedProperties(&quot;VSSComment&quot;, &quot;This is the &quot; &amp; (VSSVersionNumber + 1) &amp; &quot; version of this proc&quot;, StoredProcedure.Owner, StoredProcedure.Name)&#xD;&#xA;    							Call ExtendedProperties(&quot;VSSUserName&quot;, objVSS.UserName, StoredProcedure.Owner, StoredProcedure.Name)&#xD;&#xA;    							Call ExtendedProperties(&quot;VSSVersionNumber&quot;, VSSVersionNumber + 1, StoredProcedure.Owner, StoredProcedure.Name)&#xD;&#xA;    						end if &#xD;&#xA;    						&#xD;&#xA;    						'we have to script it out again to get the version info correct&#xD;&#xA;    						'first we delete the old script&#xD;&#xA;    						on error goto 0&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    						objFso.DeleteFile(path + &quot;\&quot; + StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot;.PRC1&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    						objFso.DeleteFile(path + &quot;\&quot; + StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot;.PRC&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    						&#xD;&#xA;    						StoredProcedure.Script SQLDMOScript_Default + SQLDMOScript_Drops + SQLDMOScript_ObjectPermissions, path + &quot;\&quot; + StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot;.PRC&quot;, SQLDMOScript2_ExtendedProperty&#xD;&#xA;    						objVSS.VSSItem(VSSProjectPath).Items(False).Item(StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot;.PRC&quot;).Checkin &quot;Versioining System&quot;, path + &quot;\&quot; + StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot;.PRC&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    						WriteDifferenceLog &quot;Proc &quot; + StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot;.PRC in Database &quot; + DatabaseName + &quot; on Server &quot; + ServerName + &quot; has changed&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    					Else&#xD;&#xA;    						'proc is the same, check it back in&#xD;&#xA;    						objVSS.VSSItem(VSSProjectPath).Items(False).Item(StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot;.PRC&quot;).UndoCheckout path + &quot;\&quot; + StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot;.PRC&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    						objFso.DeleteFile(path + &quot;\&quot; + StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot;.PRC1&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    					End If&#xD;&#xA;    				else &#xD;&#xA;    					WriteLog StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot;.PRC is checked out&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    					'objFso.DeleteFile(path + &quot;\&quot; + StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot;.PRC1&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    				End If&#xD;&#xA;    			else&#xD;&#xA;    				wscript.echo DatabaseName + &quot;\&quot; + StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot; is not in VSS&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    				Wscript.echo &quot;Proc does not exist, lets add it&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    				if objSQLServer.VersionMajor&gt;7 then&#xD;&#xA;    					Wscript.echo &quot;Before we do that, let's tag it with extended properties&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    									'before we add it we must add the extended properties to the proc&#xD;&#xA;    												&#xD;&#xA;    									Wscript.echo &quot;adding Extended Properties to &quot; + StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name&#xD;&#xA;    											&#xD;&#xA;    									Call ExtendedProperties(&quot;VSSDate&quot;, Date, StoredProcedure.Owner, StoredProcedure.Name)&#xD;&#xA;    									Call ExtendedProperties(&quot;VSSComment&quot;, &quot;This is the initial sync of the proc&quot;, StoredProcedure.Owner, StoredProcedure.Name)&#xD;&#xA;    									Call ExtendedProperties(&quot;VSSUserName&quot;, objVSS.UserName, StoredProcedure.Owner, StoredProcedure.Name)&#xD;&#xA;    									Call ExtendedProperties(&quot;VSSVersionNumber&quot;, &quot;1&quot;, StoredProcedure.Owner, StoredProcedure.Name)&#xD;&#xA;    								end if&#xD;&#xA;    											&#xD;&#xA;    								Wscript.echo &quot;Checking in &quot; + StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name&#xD;&#xA;    								wscript.echo &quot;path is &quot; + path&#xD;&#xA;    								StoredProcedure.Script SQLDMOScript_Default + SQLDMOScript_Drops + SQLDMOScript_ObjectPermissions, path + &quot;\&quot; + StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot;.PRC&quot;, SQLDMOScript2_ExtendedProperty&#xD;&#xA;    								wscript.echo VSSProjectPath&#xD;&#xA;    				objVSS.VSSItem(VSSProjectPath).Add path + &quot;\&quot; + StoredProcedure.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + StoredProcedure.Name + &quot;.PRC&quot;, VSSFLAG_BINTEXT&#xD;&#xA;    			end if&#xD;&#xA;    		end if&#xD;&#xA;    	Next&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    End Sub&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    Sub ExtendedProperties (PropertyName, PropertyValue, OwnerName, ProcedureName)&#xD;&#xA;    	Dim RecordCount &#xD;&#xA;    	set objCommand = CreateObject(&quot;ADODB.Command&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    	set objConnection  = CreateObject(&quot;ADODB.Connection&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    	set objRecordSet = CreateObject(&quot;ADODB.Recordset&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    	wscript.echo connectionstring&#xD;&#xA;    	wscript.echo DatabaseName&#xD;&#xA;    	ConnectionString = &quot;Provider = SQLOLEDB.1;Integrated Security = SSPI;Persist Security Info = False;Data1 Source = .;Initial Catalog = ;&quot; &#xD;&#xA;    	ConnectionString1 = replace(ConnectionString,&quot;Catalog = ;&quot;,&quot;Catalog = &quot; + DatabaseName + &quot;;&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    	ConnectionString = replace(ConnectionString1,&quot;;Data1 Source = .;&quot;,&quot;;Data Source = &quot; + ServerName + &quot;;&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    	wscript.echo ConnectionString &#xD;&#xA;    				objConnection.ConnectionString = ConnectionString &#xD;&#xA;    				objConnection.Open&#xD;&#xA;    				'lets check to see if the functions exist&#xD;&#xA;    	strSelect = &quot;SELECT name FROM  ::fn_listextendedproperty ('&quot; + PropertyName + &quot;', 'user', '&quot; + OwnerName + &quot;', '&quot; + ObjectType + &quot;', '&quot; + ProcedureName + &quot;', NULL, default)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	wscript.echo strSelect &#xD;&#xA;    				objRecordSet.Open strSelect, objConnection, adOpenStatic, adLockReadOnly&#xD;&#xA;    				RecordCount = objRecordSet.RecordCount&#xD;&#xA;    				wscript.echo recordcount&#xD;&#xA;    				objRecordSet.Close&#xD;&#xA;    				objCommand.ActiveConnection = objConnection&#xD;&#xA;    				objCommand.CommandType = adCmdStoredProc&#xD;&#xA;    				If RecordCount = 0 Then&#xD;&#xA;    	wscript.echo &quot;Adding&quot; &#xD;&#xA;    	objCommand.CommandText = &quot;sp_addextendedproperty&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    				Else&#xD;&#xA;    	objCommand.CommandText = &quot;sp_updateextendedproperty&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	wscript.echo &quot;updating&quot; &#xD;&#xA;    				End If&#xD;&#xA;    				&#xD;&#xA;    				objCommand.Parameters.Append objCommand.CreateParameter(&quot;@name&quot;, adVarChar, adParamInput, 256, PropertyName)&#xD;&#xA;    				objCommand.Parameters.Append objCommand.CreateParameter(&quot;@value&quot;, adVarChar, adParamInput, 128, PropertyValue)&#xD;&#xA;    				objCommand.Parameters.Append objCommand.CreateParameter(&quot;@level0type&quot;, adVarChar, adParamInput, 128, &quot;user&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    				objCommand.Parameters.Append objCommand.CreateParameter(&quot;@level0name&quot;, adVarChar, adParamInput, 256, OwnerName)&#xD;&#xA;    				objCommand.Parameters.Append objCommand.CreateParameter(&quot;@level1type&quot;, adVarChar, adParamInput, 128, ObjectType)&#xD;&#xA;    				objCommand.Parameters.Append objCommand.CreateParameter(&quot;@level1name&quot;, adVarChar, adParamInput, 256, ProcedureName)&#xD;&#xA;    				objCommand.Execute&#xD;&#xA;    				Set objCommand = Nothing&#xD;&#xA;    				objConnection.Close&#xD;&#xA;    End Sub&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    Sub CreateFileRepositoryPath (path)&#xD;&#xA;    	'this function creates the necessary file structure for the file repository&#xD;&#xA;    	wscript.echo &quot;[CreateFileRepository] Path is : &quot; + path &#xD;&#xA;    	totalpath=&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	If objFso.FolderExists(path) = False Then&#xD;&#xA;    		MyArray = Split(path, &quot;\&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    		For arraymember = 0 To UBound(MyArray)&#xD;&#xA;    			If objFso.FolderExists(totalpath +  MyArray(arraymember) ) Then&#xD;&#xA;    				totalpath = totalpath + MyArray(arraymember) + &quot;\&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    					Else&#xD;&#xA;    						totalpath = totalpath + MyArray(arraymember) + &quot;\&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    						wscript.echo &quot;[CreateFileRepository] TotalPath=&quot; &amp; totalpath &#xD;&#xA;    				objFso.CreateFolder (totalpath)&#xD;&#xA;    				errornumber=Err.Number &#xD;&#xA;    				errordescription=Err.Description&#xD;&#xA;    				if errornumber&lt;&gt; 0 then  &#xD;&#xA;    					wscript.echo &quot;[CreateFileRepository] Error Creating Path &quot; + path  + &quot; Error description &quot; + errordescription&#xD;&#xA;    				else&#xD;&#xA;    					wscript.echo &quot;[CreateFileRepository] Path &quot; + path  + &quot; Created&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    				end if &#xD;&#xA;    			End If&#xD;&#xA;    		Next &#xD;&#xA;    	End If&#xD;&#xA;    End Sub&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    Sub WriteLog (Message)&#xD;&#xA;    	logFile.WriteLine Message&#xD;&#xA;    end sub&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    Sub WriteDifferenceLog (Message)&#xD;&#xA;    	DifferenceLogFile.WriteLine Message&#xD;&#xA;    end sub&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Sub CreateRunLogFile&#xD;&#xA;    	LogFileName = FileRepositoryPath + &quot;\RunLog&quot;+replace(cstr(date),&quot;/&quot;,&quot;-&quot;)+ &quot;.log&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	wscript.echo &quot;[CreateRunLogFile] logFileName= &quot;&amp;logFileName&#xD;&#xA;    	if objFso.FileExists(LogFileName) = TRUE then &#xD;&#xA;    		set objFile = objFso.GetFile(LogFileName)&#xD;&#xA;    		set logFile = objFile.OpenAsTextStream(ForAppending)&#xD;&#xA;    		WriteLog &quot;Hello from &quot; + ServerName&#xD;&#xA;    	else&#xD;&#xA;    		set logFile = objFso.CreateTextFile(LogFileName)&#xD;&#xA;    		WriteLog &quot;Hello from &quot; + ServerName&#xD;&#xA;    	end if &#xD;&#xA;    End Sub&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    Sub ConnectToVSS&#xD;&#xA;    	WriteLog &quot;connecting to Visual Source Safe&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	objVSS.Open VSSPath, VSSAdminAccount, VSSAdminAccountPassword&#xD;&#xA;    	if Err.Number &lt;&gt; 0 then&#xD;&#xA;    		WriteLog &quot;ERROR: &quot; + Err.Description&#xD;&#xA;    	else&#xD;&#xA;    		WriteLog &quot;Connected to VSS&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	End If &#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    End Sub&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    Sub ConnectToSQL&#xD;&#xA;    	WriteLog &quot;Connecting to SQL Server &quot; + ServerName&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    	objSQLServer.LoginSecure = True&#xD;&#xA;    	objSQLServer.Login = SQLLogin&#xD;&#xA;    	objSQLServer.Password = SQLPassword&#xD;&#xA;    	on error resume next&#xD;&#xA;    	obJSQLServer.Connect ServerName&#xD;&#xA;    	errorNumber=Err.Number&#xD;&#xA;    	errorDescription=Err.description&#xD;&#xA;    		&#xD;&#xA;    	if errorNumber =-2147467259 then&#xD;&#xA;    		WriteLog &quot;ERROR: can't connect to &quot; + ServerName&#xD;&#xA;    		flag=1&#xD;&#xA;    	elseif errorNumber &lt;&gt; 0 then&#xD;&#xA;    		WriteLog &quot;ERROR: &quot; + errorDescription&#xD;&#xA;    	else&#xD;&#xA;    		WriteLog &quot;Successfully connected to &quot; + ServerName&#xD;&#xA;    	end if &#xD;&#xA;    	on error goto 0&#xD;&#xA;    End Sub&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    Sub CreateDifferenceLogFile&#xD;&#xA;    	DifferenceLogFileName = FileRepositoryPath + &quot;\DifferenceLog&quot;+replace(cstr(date),&quot;/&quot;,&quot;-&quot;)+ &quot;.log&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	wscript.echo &quot;[CreateDifferenceLogFile] DifferenceLogFilename = &quot;&amp;DifferencelogFileName&#xD;&#xA;    	if objFso.FileExists(DifferenceLogFileName) = TRUE then &#xD;&#xA;    		set objFile = objFso.GetFile(DifferenceLogFileName)&#xD;&#xA;    		set DifferencelogFile = objFile.OpenAsTextStream(ForAppending)&#xD;&#xA;    		WriteDifferenceLog &quot;Hello from &quot; + ServerName&#xD;&#xA;    	else&#xD;&#xA;    		set DifferencelogFile = objFso.CreateTextFile(DifferenceLogFileName)&#xD;&#xA;    		WriteDifferenceLog &quot;Hello from &quot; + ServerName&#xD;&#xA;    	end if &#xD;&#xA;    end sub&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Sub Tables&#xD;&#xA;    	ObjectType=&quot;Table&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	wscript.echo &quot;Checking in Tables&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	WriteLog &quot;Checking in Tables&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	VSSProjectPath = VSSRoot+&quot;/&quot; + NormalizedSQLServerName+&quot;/&quot; + DatabaseName&#xD;&#xA;    	WriteLog &quot;path is : &quot; + path&#xD;&#xA;    	WriteLog &quot;VSSProjectPath is : &quot; + VSSProjectPath&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    	For Each Table In Database.Tables&#xD;&#xA;    		if Table.SystemObject = false then&#xD;&#xA;    			'existence check&#xD;&#xA;    			Wscript.echo &quot;Proc Name: &quot; + Table.Name&#xD;&#xA;    			WriteLog &quot;Proc Name: &quot; + Table.Name&#xD;&#xA;    		&#xD;&#xA;    			'check to see if the Table is under source control - if not add it&#xD;&#xA;    			'check to see if the Table is checked out - if so bail&#xD;&#xA;    			'if Table is checked in, compare to see if it is different from what is in the database&#xD;&#xA;    			'if the same, bail&#xD;&#xA;    			'if so check in &#xD;&#xA;    			&#xD;&#xA;    			'checking to see if Table is under source control &#xD;&#xA;    			Set VSSItem = objVSS.VSSItem(VSSRoot + &quot;/&quot; +  NormalizedSQLServerName + &quot;/&quot; + DatabaseName)&#xD;&#xA;    			flag = 0&#xD;&#xA;    			for each item in VSSItem.Items&#xD;&#xA;    				if lcase(item.Name) = lcase(Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot;.TAB&quot;) then&#xD;&#xA;    					wscript.echo &quot;proc &quot; + Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot;.TAB&quot; + &quot; already under version control&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    					flag = 1&#xD;&#xA;    					exit for&#xD;&#xA;    				end if&#xD;&#xA;    			next&#xD;&#xA;    			set VSSItem=Nothing&#xD;&#xA;    			if flag=1 then &#xD;&#xA;    				'stored procedure is already under source control&#xD;&#xA;    				'checking to see if it is checked out&#xD;&#xA;    				if objVSS.VSSItem(VSSProjectPath).Items(False).Item(Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot;.TAB&quot;).IsCheckedOut = False then&#xD;&#xA;    					WriteLog &quot;proc &quot;+Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot;.TAB&quot;+&quot;is under version control already and is not checked out&quot; &#xD;&#xA;    									&#xD;&#xA;    					wscript.echo DatabaseName + &quot;\&quot; + Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot; is in VSS and not checked out &quot;&#xD;&#xA;    					WriteLog DatabaseName + &quot;\&quot; + Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot; is in VSS and not checked out&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    				&#xD;&#xA;    					'check it out. You must check the Table out to release read only lock&#xD;&#xA;    					WriteLog &quot;Checking &quot; + DatabaseName + &quot;\&quot; + Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot; out of VSS&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    					&#xD;&#xA;    					objVSS.VSSItem(VSSProjectPath).Items(False).Item(Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot;.TAB&quot;).Checkout &quot;Versioning System&quot;, path + &quot;\&quot; + Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot;.TAB&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    					&#xD;&#xA;    					'script it out&#xD;&#xA;    					Table.Script SQLDMOScript_Default + SQLDMOScript_Drops + SQLDMOScript_ObjectPermissions + SQLDMOScript_Triggers+ SQLDMOScript_Indexes + SQLDMOScript_DRI_All, path + &quot;\&quot; + Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot;.TAB1&quot;,, SQLDMOScript2_ExtendedProperty&#xD;&#xA;    					&#xD;&#xA;    						&#xD;&#xA;    					'check for differences, if so check in&#xD;&#xA;    					Wscript.echo &quot;Checking in &quot; + Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name&#xD;&#xA;    					WriteLog &quot;Checking in &quot; + Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot; to check for differences&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    					If objVSS.VSSItem(VSSProjectPath).Items(False).Item(Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot;.TAB&quot;).IsDifferent(path + &quot;\&quot; + Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot;.TAB1&quot;) = True Then&#xD;&#xA;    						if objSQLServer.VersionMajor&gt;7 then&#xD;&#xA;    							'before we script this Table out, let's make sure it has versioning info on it.&#xD;&#xA;    							'SQLDMO does not support versioning so we have to use ADO to connect and add the versioning&#xD;&#xA;    							For Each Version In objVSS.VSSItem(VSSProjectPath).Items(False).Item(Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot;.TAB&quot;).Versions&#xD;&#xA;    								VSSVersionNumber = Version.versionNumber&#xD;&#xA;    							Next&#xD;&#xA;    							wscript.echo &quot;proc &quot; + Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot;.TAB&quot; + &quot;is different, updating VSS&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    							'now we have the latest extended properties let's update the Table with them.&#xD;&#xA;    							Call ExtendedProperties(&quot;VSSDate&quot;, Date, Table.Owner, Table.Name)&#xD;&#xA;    							Call ExtendedProperties(&quot;VSSComment&quot;, &quot;This is the &quot;  &amp; (VSSVersionNumber + 1) &amp; &quot; version of this proc&quot;, Table.Owner, Table.Name)&#xD;&#xA;    							Call ExtendedProperties(&quot;VSSUserName&quot;, objVSS.UserName, Table.Owner, Table.Name)&#xD;&#xA;    							Call ExtendedProperties(&quot;VSSVersionNumber&quot;, VSSVersionNumber + 1, Table.Owner, Table.Name)&#xD;&#xA;    						end if&#xD;&#xA;    						'we have to script it out again to get the version info correct&#xD;&#xA;    						'first we delete the old script&#xD;&#xA;    						on error goto 0&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    						objFso.DeleteFile(path + &quot;\&quot; + Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot;.TAB1&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    						objFso.DeleteFile(path + &quot;\&quot; + Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot;.TAB&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    						&#xD;&#xA;    						Table.Script SQLDMOScript_Default + SQLDMOScript_Triggers + SQLDMOScript_Drops + SQLDMOScript_ObjectPermissions + SQLDMOScript_Indexes + SQLDMOScript_DRI_All, path + &quot;\&quot; + Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot;.TAB&quot;,, SQLDMOScript2_ExtendedProperty &#xD;&#xA;    						objVSS.VSSItem(VSSProjectPath).Items(False).Item(Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot;.TAB&quot;).Checkin &quot;Versioining System&quot;, path + &quot;\&quot; + Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot;.TAB&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    						WriteDifferenceLog &quot;Proc &quot; + Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot;.TAB in Database &quot; + DatabaseName + &quot; on Server &quot; + ServerName + &quot; has changed&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    					Else&#xD;&#xA;    						'proc is the same, check it back in&#xD;&#xA;    						objVSS.VSSItem(VSSProjectPath).Items(False).Item(Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot;.TAB&quot;).UndoCheckout path + &quot;\&quot; + Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot;.TAB&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    						objFso.DeleteFile(path + &quot;\&quot; + Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot;.TAB1&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    					End If&#xD;&#xA;    				else &#xD;&#xA;    					WriteLog Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot;.TAB is checked out&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    					'objFso.DeleteFile(path + &quot;\&quot; + Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot;.TAB1&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    				End If&#xD;&#xA;    			else&#xD;&#xA;    				wscript.echo DatabaseName + &quot;\&quot; + Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot; is not in VSS&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    				Wscript.echo &quot;Proc does not exist, lets add it&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    				&#xD;&#xA;    				if objSQLServer.VersionMajor &gt; 7 then&#xD;&#xA;    					Wscript.echo &quot;Before we do that, let's tag it with extended properties&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    									'before we add it we must add the extended properties to the proc&#xD;&#xA;    													&#xD;&#xA;    									Wscript.echo &quot;adding Extended Properties to &quot; + Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name&#xD;&#xA;    								&#xD;&#xA;    									Call ExtendedProperties(&quot;VSSDate&quot;, Date, Table.Owner, Table.Name)&#xD;&#xA;    									Call ExtendedProperties(&quot;VSSComment&quot;, &quot;This is the initial sync of the proc&quot;, Table.Owner, Table.Name)&#xD;&#xA;    									Call ExtendedProperties(&quot;VSSUserName&quot;, objVSS.UserName, Table.Owner, Table.Name)&#xD;&#xA;    									Call ExtendedProperties(&quot;VSSVersionNumber&quot;, &quot;1&quot;, Table.Owner, Table.Name)&#xD;&#xA;    								end if &#xD;&#xA;    											&#xD;&#xA;    								Wscript.echo &quot;Checking in &quot; + Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name&#xD;&#xA;    								wscript.echo &quot;path is &quot; + path&#xD;&#xA;    								Table.Script SQLDMOScript_Default + SQLDMOScript_Triggers+ SQLDMOScript_Drops + SQLDMOScript_ObjectPermissions + SQLDMOScript_Indexes + SQLDMOScript_DRI_All, path + &quot;\&quot; + Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot;.TAB&quot;,, SQLDMOScript2_ExtendedProperty &#xD;&#xA;    								&#xD;&#xA;    				objVSS.VSSItem(VSSProjectPath).Add path + &quot;\&quot; + Table.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + Table.Name + &quot;.TAB&quot;, VSSFLAG_BINTEXT&#xD;&#xA;    			end if&#xD;&#xA;    		end if&#xD;&#xA;    	Next&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    End Sub&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Sub Views&#xD;&#xA;    	ObjectType=&quot;View&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	wscript.echo &quot;Checking in Views&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	WriteLog &quot;Checking in Views&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	VSSProjectPath = VSSRoot +&quot;/&quot; + NormalizedSQLServerName+&quot;/&quot; + DatabaseName&#xD;&#xA;    	WriteLog &quot;path is : &quot; + path&#xD;&#xA;    	WriteLog &quot;VSSProjectPath is : &quot; + VSSProjectPath&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    	For Each View In Database.Views&#xD;&#xA;    		if View.SystemObject = false then&#xD;&#xA;    			'existence check&#xD;&#xA;    			Wscript.echo &quot;Proc Name: &quot; + View.Name&#xD;&#xA;    			WriteLog &quot;Proc Name: &quot; + View.Name&#xD;&#xA;    		&#xD;&#xA;    			'check to see if the View is under source control - if not add it&#xD;&#xA;    			'check to see if the View is checked out - if so bail&#xD;&#xA;    			'if View is checked in, compare to see if it is different from what is in the database&#xD;&#xA;    			'if the same, bail&#xD;&#xA;    			'if so check in &#xD;&#xA;    			&#xD;&#xA;    			'checking to see if View is under source control &#xD;&#xA;    			Set VSSItem = objVSS.VSSItem(VSSRoot + &quot;/&quot; +  NormalizedSQLServerName + &quot;/&quot; + DatabaseName)&#xD;&#xA;    			flag = 0&#xD;&#xA;    			for each item in VSSItem.Items&#xD;&#xA;    				if lcase(item.Name) = lcase(View.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + View.Name + &quot;.VIEW&quot;) then&#xD;&#xA;    					wscript.echo &quot;proc &quot; + View.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + View.Name + &quot;.VIEW&quot; + &quot; already under version control&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    					flag = 1&#xD;&#xA;    					exit for&#xD;&#xA;    				end if&#xD;&#xA;    			next&#xD;&#xA;    			set VSSItem=Nothing&#xD;&#xA;    			if flag=1 then &#xD;&#xA;    				'stored procedure is already under source control&#xD;&#xA;    				'checking to see if it is checked out&#xD;&#xA;    				if objVSS.VSSItem(VSSProjectPath).Items(False).Item(View.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + View.Name + &quot;.VIEW&quot;).IsCheckedOut = False then&#xD;&#xA;    					WriteLog &quot;proc &quot;+View.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + View.Name + &quot;.VIEW&quot;+&quot;is under version control already and is not checked out&quot; &#xD;&#xA;    									&#xD;&#xA;    					wscript.echo DatabaseName + &quot;\&quot; + View.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + View.Name + &quot; is in VSS and not checked out &quot;&#xD;&#xA;    					WriteLog DatabaseName + &quot;\&quot; + View.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + View.Name + &quot; is in VSS and not checked out&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    				&#xD;&#xA;    					'check it out. You must check the View out to release read only lock&#xD;&#xA;    					WriteLog &quot;Checking &quot; + DatabaseName + &quot;\&quot; + View.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + View.Name + &quot; out of VSS&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    					&#xD;&#xA;    					objVSS.VSSItem(VSSProjectPath).Items(False).Item(View.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + View.Name + &quot;.VIEW&quot;).Checkout &quot;Versioning System&quot;, path + &quot;\&quot; + View.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + View.Name + &quot;.VIEW&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    					&#xD;&#xA;    					'script it out&#xD;&#xA;    					View.Script SQLDMOScript_Default + SQLDMOScript_Drops + SQLDMOScript_ObjectPermissions, path + &quot;\&quot; + View.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + View.Name + &quot;.VIEW1&quot;, SQLDMOScript2_ExtendedProperty&#xD;&#xA;    					&#xD;&#xA;    					'check for differences, if so check in&#xD;&#xA;    					Wscript.echo &quot;Checking in &quot; + View.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + View.Name&#xD;&#xA;    					WriteLog &quot;Checking in &quot; + View.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + View.Name + &quot; to check for differences&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    					If objVSS.VSSItem(VSSProjectPath).Items(False).Item(View.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + View.Name + &quot;.VIEW&quot;).IsDifferent(path + &quot;\&quot; + View.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + View.Name + &quot;.VIEW1&quot;) = True Then&#xD;&#xA;    						if objSQLServer.VersionMajor &gt; 7 then&#xD;&#xA;    							'before we script this View out, let's make sure it has versioning info on it.&#xD;&#xA;    							'SQLDMO does not support versioning so we have to use ADO to connect and add the versioning&#xD;&#xA;    							For Each Version In objVSS.VSSItem(VSSProjectPath).Items(False).Item(View.Owner + &quot;.&quot; + View.Name + &quot;.VIEW&quot;).V" />
  <row Id="25559" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14157" RevisionGUID="632774fc-7f66-42a0-afee-9e5513d675e2" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:13:47.883" UserId="4451" Text="Here's an article about distributed scm by eric sink.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mercurial, Subversion, and Wesley Snipes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.ericsink.com/entries/hg_denzel.html" />
  <row Id="25560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14158" RevisionGUID="248839fe-1adb-4352-ad68-9e427ead841e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:14:53.670" UserId="4871" Text="Nice work, Nathan!  Just a few comments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You made this a tad harder than it needed to be -- the use of a custom resourceType is not necessary for objects that are scalar, i.e. that appear just one time per node.  If you drop the resourceType, you'll just need to migrate the last digit of each &amp;lt;mibObj&amp;gt;'s &quot;oid&quot; attribute into its &quot;instance&quot; attribute, and change the &quot;ifType&quot; attribute of your &amp;lt;group&amp;gt; from &quot;all&quot; to &quot;ignore&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're definitely going to need to treat some of these stats as counters (monotonically increasing values, such that the delta between two samples is what really matters) by specifying &quot;counter&quot; instead of &quot;integer&quot; (or &quot;gauge&quot;, which is equivalent but clearer) for their type.  A good mnemonic for remembering what's a gauge and what's a counter is that a gauge represents e.g. the number of people in a room right now, whereas a counter represents e.g. the number of people who have ever passed through a turnstile to enter a room.  So  &quot;curr_items&quot; should be a gauge and &quot;total_items&quot; should be a counter.  Others need changing too, but that should be enough to get you going.  You'll need to restart and delete any RRD files that were created with the wrong type; OpenNMS will automatically recreate the files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, you could have done this using theHTTP Collector as well, but then you wouldn't have experienced the joys of working with SNMP ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One very last thing -- it's generally preferable to document these kinds of &quot;recipes&quot; on the opennms.org wiki rather than on external sites like ServerFault.  That's because years from now the XML schema for SNMP data collection may change, and it's nice to be able to update the instructions accordingly without having to create accounts on a million sites or track down e-mail addresses for a million authors." />
  <row Id="25561" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14159" RevisionGUID="945c02b4-b052-4838-9cba-6b0735d339f0" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:16:54.243" UserId="3437" Text="In line with Oskar's solution. I've written a more comprehensive WUA [script][1] which can be used to force updates on client systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://quux.wiki.zoho.com/Windows-Updates.html" />
  <row Id="25562" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14156" RevisionGUID="6181f312-e54c-41cf-8124-de565c31396a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:21:38.103" UserId="4822" Comment="deleted 29266 characters in body" Text="i acquired a VBS script that uses SQL-DMO to script **SQL Server**'s objects. It then uses **SourceSafe** integration to check them into source-control. Run it nightly and you have historical DDL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\WINNT\system32\cscript.exe vssAgent.vbs theServerName&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;vssAgent.vbs (Link 1, Link 2, Link 3)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll have to customize some login/passwords in the `vbs` to match your VSS credentials.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1: searchsqlserver.techtarget.com/digitalguide/images/Misc/Version%20control_sourcecode.doc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2: www.sqlmonster.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/sql-server/50677/Version-Control-suggestions&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3: www.google.com/search?q=%22And+for+the+benefit+of+google+caching+it%2C+here%27s+the+script+contents&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;todo: make links functional when i get enough cred" />
  <row Id="25563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14160" RevisionGUID="6299e16e-0b36-43c7-96d9-3d976aa1be35" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:23:21.907" UserId="4624" Text="I have a complex environment, many highend cisco network boxes, firewalls, and routers. I have many (100-200) connection timeout errors (just authenticating, not running any queries) connecting from IIS to SQL server 2005 using windows authentication. Our network engineers have poured over tcp/ip dumps, we don't have AD experts in house, Kerberos doesn't seem to work in our db environment, so I thought you all might be able to point to documentation on how IIS makes a connection to SQL server where the domain of the servers are different from the domain of the user and the user's domain is housed in another state over dedicated leased lines. Both locations have redundant DC controllers and site metrics setup. Network geeks think that the time it takes kerberos to fail and default to NTLM could be issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TIA,&#xD;&#xA;Chuck" />
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  <row Id="25565" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14160" RevisionGUID="6299e16e-0b36-43c7-96d9-3d976aa1be35" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:23:21.907" UserId="4624" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="25566" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14145" RevisionGUID="e47fd62c-9a4a-469f-9e2c-f9df62e4f8f5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:24:01.810" UserId="3038" Comment="More clear steps" Text="Set a delivery restriction to the user itself. I don't have an Exchange 2003 system any more so I can't guide you to the steps, but this is what we did to 'fully disable' a mailbox. Once you set the delivery restriction, mail sent to that user gets bounced with an, &quot;access denied,&quot; error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By default everyone gets the ability to accept messages &quot;From Everyone&quot;. What we did was to set that to, &quot;only from:&quot; an added themselves to the list." />
  <row Id="25567" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14161" RevisionGUID="c6c2f4f7-32b0-4a61-8494-c1680e48060a" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:24:06.803" UserId="4762" Text="I don't know about MSMQ but if it supports STOMP (and as a message broker I guess it should) you can use Perl's [Net::Stomp][1] module to send and receive a test message. I've been using [following Nagios plugin][2] to check ActiveMQ.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The point is that you can use whatever monitoring system you employ (whether it be Nagios or anything else) and check if your message broker works properly sending STOMP messages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-Stomp/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.monitoringexchange.org/cgi-bin/page.cgi?g=Detailed=2856.html;d=1" />
  <row Id="25568" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14162" RevisionGUID="adb4de58-589c-4410-9157-610fac2d3576" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:26:02.663" UserId="4840" Text="Related: [Does orientation affect hard drive lifespan?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been told that optical media must be placed in the horizontal position during storage, the theory being that gravity can affect the particles in the media when stored vertically and make it go bad faster than it normally would.  I probably have the time to test this theory, but don't want to wait that long for the results, if they come in time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think it doesn't matter at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/13839/does-orientation-affect-hard-drive-lifespan" />
  <row Id="25569" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14162" RevisionGUID="adb4de58-589c-4410-9157-610fac2d3576" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:26:02.663" UserId="4840" Text="Does orientation during storage affect CD-ROM or DVD lifespans?" />
  <row Id="25570" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14162" RevisionGUID="adb4de58-589c-4410-9157-610fac2d3576" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:26:02.663" UserId="4840" Text="&lt;cd&gt;&lt;dvd&gt;&lt;storage&gt;&lt;storage-media&gt;&lt;optical-media&gt;" />
  <row Id="25571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14163" RevisionGUID="b123c262-1777-4104-8a0f-991de99e942d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:27:49.103" UserId="4872" Text="I got called to investigate an alert coming from a Windows machine that was indicating that the monitoring system had no license file. I opened up the command prompt and started to investigate the problem and found that the basic windows commands were not even there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A sysadmin who had run a script remotely had written a script which used the del command to delete a folder specified by a root and subfolder with the folders specified in Environment Variables. If the Environment Variables were not set, it silently deleted the whole partition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When told, the sysadmin was so surprised that they confirmed the action by running the said script on their own notebook, thus trashing it too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The amazing thing was that Windows was running fine, until we rebooted the server. Only the stingy monitoring software complained.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It was the secondary Active Directory server for a political party. Oops." />
  <row Id="25572" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14163" RevisionGUID="b123c262-1777-4104-8a0f-991de99e942d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:27:49.103" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="25573" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14164" RevisionGUID="7b9c091b-5612-46e0-9bb8-c979565259de" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:29:36.433" UserId="4822" Text="Looking in the event log, you should have an event from the `disk` source:&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;    Log: System&#xD;&#xA;    Source: disk&#xD;&#xA;    Event ID: 7&#xD;&#xA;    Message: The device, \Device\Harddisk4\DR4, has a bad block.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i41.tinypic.com/5cdmol.jpg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Todo: Convert image to image once i get enough cred." />
  <row Id="25575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14165" RevisionGUID="5e6c4692-fb30-4333-8fe9-80b07ea35855" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:33:58.140" UserId="3505" Text="I think if it made any difference at all, that difference would be so minute - that the chance of merely its detection would be significantly lower than that of dust particles spontaneously springing into life." />
  <row Id="25576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14166" RevisionGUID="c0df3ef4-7890-42ed-92a2-67ab79396dea" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:41:14.350" UserId="4664" Text="What &quot;particles in the media&quot;? There are no particles in cd or dvd's, apart the ones they're made of. There is no mass transfer while recording them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess discs if stored vertically in higher temperatures could due to their (minor) mass and temperature deform somehow, but that's really going a little bit too far. &#xD;&#xA;I have some cd's almost 10 years old that have been positioned in pretty much all orientations and they still work. Same goes for old vinyl's (40-50 years old).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Conclusion: don't worry about it." />
  <row Id="25577" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14167" RevisionGUID="5d865dd6-0b81-408c-ac0e-1ddf5cca7b9d" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:43:44.860" UserId="4502" Text="If you search for the MAC address in the plain text log files at this path:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`%system32%\dhcp\DhcpSrvLog.*`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...you will be able to see each time that MAC address checked in with the server within the last 7 days.  Note that I tried this on a Server 2000 machine -- the path may be slightly different in a 2003 environment.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To find the MAC address, you can look it up in the DHCP reservation or run  `ipconfig /all`  on the computer with the reservation.  " />
  <row Id="25579" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14169" RevisionGUID="3007c318-f926-4fad-9d28-6e59485a152e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:56:35.850" UserId="3328" Text="Let's say there are two locations.  Both locations have their own fast Internet connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do you join these two networks together such that every computer can see every other computer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you need a domain controller, or can you do this with workgroups?" />
  <row Id="25580" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14169" RevisionGUID="3007c318-f926-4fad-9d28-6e59485a152e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:56:35.850" UserId="3328" Text="How to securly join two networks together over the Internet?" />
  <row Id="25581" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14169" RevisionGUID="3007c318-f926-4fad-9d28-6e59485a152e" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:56:35.850" UserId="3328" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;routing&gt;&lt;internet&gt;&lt;secure&gt;" />
  <row Id="25582" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14170" RevisionGUID="44f2df10-c59d-4334-a188-838cb478e2c5" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:58:38.690" UserId="984" Text="You use a VPN between the two routers, and you adjust the routing so all LAN-to-LAN traffic crosses the VPN.    Domains/Workgroups are really not related at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are lots of VPN options, I really like OpenVPN as a solution." />
  <row Id="25583" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14171" RevisionGUID="8e8daaf1-5fe6-4a5f-8d55-01d1a8d185e8" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:59:56.097" UserId="4612" Text="i have wanted to learn about networking and how they work.  Are there books or websites that are good for them?   Some things I wanted to learn about:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - how to write a program that works like traceroute / tracert&#xD;&#xA; - how subnet masks work&#xD;&#xA; - how http://192.168.1.105 works &#xD;&#xA; - how http://127.0.0.1 works&#xD;&#xA; - how http://localhost works&#xD;&#xA; - how http://room3pc works &#xD;&#xA; - how smb://room3pc works&#xD;&#xA; - how a LAN works with or without DHCP&#xD;&#xA; - how to connect to a mac using a URL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25584" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14171" RevisionGUID="8e8daaf1-5fe6-4a5f-8d55-01d1a8d185e8" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:59:56.097" UserId="4612" Text="any good networking book recommended?" />
  <row Id="25585" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14171" RevisionGUID="8e8daaf1-5fe6-4a5f-8d55-01d1a8d185e8" CreationDate="2009-05-28T23:59:56.097" UserId="4612" Text="&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="25586" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14172" RevisionGUID="e81fe4af-f4fa-4259-93ae-3f49a0ae9b1f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:00:05.693" UserId="3328" Text="Since each Internet connection has its own IP, I see that as a problem.  Or can you use one connection as the primary connection, and then use the other connection to spoof packets coming from the primary one?" />
  <row Id="25587" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14172" RevisionGUID="e81fe4af-f4fa-4259-93ae-3f49a0ae9b1f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:00:05.693" UserId="3328" Text="Is it possible to use two internet connections and combine their upload for bittorrent?" />
  <row Id="25588" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14172" RevisionGUID="e81fe4af-f4fa-4259-93ae-3f49a0ae9b1f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:00:05.693" UserId="3328" Text="&lt;internet&gt;&lt;bittorrent&gt;&lt;load-balancing&gt;" />
  <row Id="25589" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14173" RevisionGUID="db2b6a96-0152-4d2d-9b3a-bb6da2fe589b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:01:41.840" UserId="4828" Text="Check insecure Dot Org... and web scanner&#xD;&#xA;There are lots of great security tools there.&#xD;&#xA;Some are open source, other are commercial.. &#xD;&#xA;nikto&#xD;&#xA;praros proxy&#xD;&#xA;web scarab&#xD;&#xA;web inspect&#xD;&#xA;burpsuit&#xD;&#xA;whisker&#xD;&#xA;wikto&#xD;&#xA;acunetix wvs&#xD;&#xA;watchfire appscan&#xD;&#xA;n-Stealth" />
  <row Id="25590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14174" RevisionGUID="b10a0af3-2429-4da0-9e43-28f4d525f328" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:05:29.123" UserId="4502" Text="I am not sure you will get a good answer unless you break up your problem into smaller chunks.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would start with these steps, undoing any changes that don't help.  Please update your question as you obtain more information about the problem:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Check DNS -- make sure your DNS servers are responding promptly:&#xD;&#xA;   - try using a hard-coded IP address in your data source, or&#xD;&#xA;   - add an entry in the hosts file to eliminate name resolution latency as a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Rule out NT auth as the problem by switching your web app to use SQL auth.  Normally I would not even think of this but you mentioned some authentication problems in your question.&#xD;&#xA; - Verify that there is no packet loss between the web server and the DB server.  &#xD;&#xA;  - Try ping with a high packet size, even running several instances of the following ping command at once:  `ping -t -w 100 -l 5000 dbhost`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Try altering your connection pooling settings." />
  <row Id="25591" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14170" RevisionGUID="c376202f-e274-4fc4-962e-e48428f64c0a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:06:30.307" UserId="984" Comment="added 370 characters in body" Text="The standard solution is to use use a [VPN][1] between two routers, and you adjust the routing so all LAN-to-LAN traffic crosses the VPN.    Domains/Workgroups are really not related at all.  A more relevant bit of information would be what type of routers both sites have, and if they  can create L2TP, PPTP, or some other encrypted tunnel, or if they are running a standard OS like Linux where you can install software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I really like OpenVPN as a solution if have s system that will support it.  Many other good VPN solutions exist.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network" />
  <row Id="25592" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14175" RevisionGUID="4c2eae3c-47bd-4102-8efb-a906f623b457" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:09:15.157" UserId="2149" Text="I am quite new to linux. I have to install Mono on a linux machine from souce code. I know the general method: read-instructions, install-dependencies, ./configure, make, make install. However this approach doesn't fit into the general Ubuntu package management routine. Other programs I install from .debs won't be able to notice the version of Mono. Also I can't remove Mono using standard Ubuntu package management tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there an easy solution?  I have seen that Ubuntu actually has several separate packages for the Mono project. Should I build packages from Mono? How can I follow the same conventions as the ubuntu packagers? Where should I look for info on packaging? Can you give step by step instructions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="25593" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14175" RevisionGUID="4c2eae3c-47bd-4102-8efb-a906f623b457" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:09:15.157" UserId="2149" Text="Installing trunk Mono on Ubuntu" />
  <row Id="25594" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14175" RevisionGUID="4c2eae3c-47bd-4102-8efb-a906f623b457" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:09:15.157" UserId="2149" Text="&lt;mono&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;package-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="25595" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14176" RevisionGUID="c2808470-056f-4338-8428-e2ce110828b3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:13:24.000" UserId="919" Text="The closest solution to easy is to build a new package. apt-get source the source and replace the old upstream tarball with a checkout. bump the version as appropriate, then rebuild, install, and hope you didn't mess anything else up. Note that anything that needed a specific library version will be hosed, and usually replacing something like mono requires rebuilding everything it depends on. " />
  <row Id="25596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14177" RevisionGUID="1a2fbdc7-31fb-4958-8f50-f14b29bfc453" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:16:06.777" UserId="919" Text="There is one book you need on your desk: Tannenbaum's *Computer Networks*. It will cover a wide range of networking topics, with insightful diagrams and most importantly, citations for further reading. It does not restrict itself to TCP/IP or &quot;the internet&quot; but covers a wide range of possible networks, local, cellular, ad-hoc wireless, etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25597" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14178" RevisionGUID="277f2577-c4ec-4286-b7f2-335f268c7e0c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:16:46.497" UserId="4828" Text="Change the password and place a quota on it that is below the total size. &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;It will stop mail for that user and allow you to continue accessing the mailbox via sharing in exchange if you add yourself to the permission list. Re-enable the user if you want to access the mailbox via outlook web access or outlook. Also, you can remove the address e-mail address from the mailbox via user and computers under active directory.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Use exmerge to export the mail or use outlook to export the mail to a pst file." />
  <row Id="25598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14179" RevisionGUID="030c6a37-b727-4f5f-acc1-62b3fbef8734" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:19:46.090" UserId="984" Text="&gt; Is there an easy solution?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Before you spend too much time look around and check the packages in Debian SID, and Launchpad.  Check out to see if the mono project already has the scripts in their repository for building a **.deb** package.  It is possible that there is already a development version someone is working on that is newer.  If the version you want isn't available already check with the Debian/Ubuntu developers and see if they are working on building it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is available in the unstable branch, then you maybe able to simply recompile it for version of the distribution you are currently running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; How can I follow the same conventions&#xD;&#xA;&gt; as the Ubuntu packagers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are interested in this you probably should start with the [Debian New Maintainers' Guide][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Can you give step by step instructions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not really, each program is different, and I have no experience with mono.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25599" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14179" RevisionGUID="54dec032-1835-4777-abb7-e132b72f97a4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:25:14.777" UserId="984" Comment="added 372 characters in body" Text="&gt; Is there an easy solution?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Before you spend too much time building something yourself look around and check the packages in Debian SID, and Launchpad.  Check out to see if the mono project already has the scripts in their repository for building a **.deb** package.  It is possible that there is already a development version someone is working on that is newer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the version you want isn't available already check with the Debian/Ubuntu maintainers for that package and see if they are working on building it.  Try and find a way for you to help the current maintainers.  If you help them, then you might be able to avoid having to always maintain your package.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the version you need is already available in the unstable branch of Debian or Ubuntu, then you may be able to simply download the source package recompile it for version of the distribution you are currently running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; How can I follow the same conventions&#xD;&#xA;&gt; as the Ubuntu packagers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are interested in this you probably should start with the [Debian New Maintainers' Guide][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Download the source package for mono to get an idea about how the package is currently built.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Can you give step by step instructions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not really, each program is different, and I have no experience with mono.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25600" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14169" RevisionGUID="2e46c89e-d1fc-451d-be1e-a4dda801247f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:29:34.260" UserId="3328" Comment="added 158 characters in body" Text="Let's say there are two locations.  Both locations have their own fast Internet connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do you join these two networks together such that every computer can see every other computer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you need a domain controller, or can you do this with workgroups?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The obvious solution seems to be VPN, but can VPN be implemented on the routers only?  Can the computers on the network be configuration free?" />
  <row Id="25601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14180" RevisionGUID="a2132171-2e92-4c2e-90f6-93e2400f4429" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:29:43.993" UserId="1799" Text="* [TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols.][1] (probably the best book on TCP/IP)&#xD;&#xA;![TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols.][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [The TCP/IP Guide.][3] (free online book)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/TCP-Illustrated-Protocols-Addison-Wesley-Professional/dp/0201633469&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21NraFSkMOL._SL500_AA180_.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.tcpipguide.com/free/t_toc.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HSiV3LppL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU01_.jpg" />
  <row Id="25603" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14113" RevisionGUID="8612230d-88d7-42a1-9178-e34eb32826ca" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:33:36.800" UserId="2302" Comment="fixed spelling error in title, moved comment to question" Text="Currently, we can perform and encrypt a Windows backup with ntbackup and GPG in 2 seperate steps in a batch script, as below:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ntbackup backup &quot;@selection_file.bks&quot; /f &quot;backup_file.bak&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    gpg --recipient &quot;recipient&quot; --encrypt &quot;backup_file.bak&quot; --output &quot;encrypted_file&quot; --yes --batch &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm wondering if there's any way to combine these steps to output the backup directly to GPG, without creating an intermediate, unencrypted backup file?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To clarify, I'm looking for something like standard input redirection or piping &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    prog.exe | prog2.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;that works with GPG at the command line. Thanks for your time." />
  <row Id="25604" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="14113" RevisionGUID="8612230d-88d7-42a1-9178-e34eb32826ca" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:33:36.800" UserId="2302" Comment="fixed spelling error in title, moved comment to question" Text="Output/pipe ntbackup directly to GPG" />
  <row Id="25605" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14182" RevisionGUID="781135b4-d9a8-470b-88e4-f4713b1d5bdc" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:33:52.120" UserId="4630" Text="In short: no. Other BitTorrent clients will contact you on the IP address and port you gave the tracker. In theory, your client could pretend to be two clients each of which never download from the other. In practice, I don't think any BitTorrent clients do this. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I worked on the BitTorrent code for iPodder, and also used the last open version of the BitTorrent Python library for an internal application. The protocol isn't designed for what you're trying.)" />
  <row Id="25606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14183" RevisionGUID="70bc2fbe-f437-417d-9b15-a4564ddd0eb1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:34:36.130" UserId="2417" Text="I have performed the same upgrade, and have taken some notes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Start with the guests:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [dist-upgrade](http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html)&#xD;&#xA;* Install packages. Some scripts I used had removed udev, so had to reinstall it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    aptitude install udev  linux-modules-2.6-xen-amd64&#xD;&#xA;* Add the following to /etc/inittab, otherwise you lose your `xm console` option (Then no ssh means no access without manual mount &amp; modify)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    0:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 hvc0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;I shut down guests at this stage, until dom0 reboot. This may not be suitable for all, but I do to be on the safe side.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Continue with host:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* dist-upgrade&#xD;&#xA;* Have all relevant packages installed, make sure xen package versions are all 3.2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    aptitude install xen-utils bridge-utils xen-hypervisor linux-image-xen-amd64 linux-modules-xen-amd64&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Check grub menu.lst&#xD;&#xA;* Check domU configs and update them with new kernel&#xD;&#xA;* Reboot&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25608" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14184" RevisionGUID="0d79227c-2ef0-4fd1-b758-e5ab2dac9482" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:36:54.503" UserId="4828" Text="\\\live.sysinternals.com\Tools\Bginfo.exe is on the internet (via smb or CIFS)... your going to take a performance hit if you use it but at least you do not have install on the local network." />
  <row Id="25609" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14182" RevisionGUID="f4f592f6-37ad-4df2-af30-35529e592ca2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:39:09.590" UserId="4630" Comment="Added detail on load balancing. " Text="In short: no. Other BitTorrent clients will contact you on the IP address and port you gave the tracker. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In theory, your client could pretend to be two clients each of which never download from the other. In practice, I don't think any BitTorrent clients do this. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Load balancing solutions still expose both your external IP addresses: they just route each of your TCP sessions via whichever link is least used right now. That's fine for browsing web sites, but causes problems with anything which expects to deal with a single IP address. See [pfSense's documentation on sticky connections][1], for example. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I worked on the BitTorrent code for iPodder, and also used the last open version of the BitTorrent Python library for an internal application. The protocol isn't designed for what you're trying.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/MultiWanVersion1.2#Sticky_Connections" />
  <row Id="25610" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14170" RevisionGUID="01dcbc97-cafd-4c30-a603-c54eeb005743" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:39:23.177" UserId="984" Comment="added 520 characters in body" Text="The standard solution is to use use a [VPN][1] between two routers, and you adjust the routing so all LAN-to-LAN traffic crosses the VPN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Domains/Workgroups are really not related at all.  A more relevant bit of information would be what type of routers both sites have, and if they  can create L2TP, PPTP, or some other encrypted tunnel, or if they are running a standard OS like Linux where you can install software.  There are many routers that already support VPN connections.  Even some home-routers can do it if you install custom firmware.  You can create a VPN between your servers, though getting the routing right may be a bit tricky.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I really like OpenVPN as a solution if have s system that will support it.  Many other good VPN solutions exist.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The obvious solution seems to be VPN,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; but can VPN be implemented on the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; routers only? Can the computers on the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network be configuration free?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These completely depends on what type of router you have.  If your router is a computer running Linux then yes.  If your router is an inexpensive broadband router, then maybe your current hardware can do this.  If your current hardware can't do this, you can certainly buy routers that will.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The clients really shouldn't need to know anything about the VPN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network" />
  <row Id="25611" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14185" RevisionGUID="0b54f124-ebef-4a98-b44e-3e3670d36190" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:45:02.067" UserId="4552" Text="I would like to measure the performance drop-off in solid state drives when the drives are getting close to full capacity. In particular, I would like to benchmark random and sequential read/writes. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this possible in IOmeter? How should I configure IOmeter to run a test like this?   &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25612" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14185" RevisionGUID="0b54f124-ebef-4a98-b44e-3e3670d36190" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:45:02.067" UserId="4552" Text="Measuring performance drop-off of solid state drives with IOmeter" />
  <row Id="25613" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14185" RevisionGUID="0b54f124-ebef-4a98-b44e-3e3670d36190" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:45:02.067" UserId="4552" Text="&lt;ssd&gt;&lt;benchmarking&gt;" />
  <row Id="25616" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14187" RevisionGUID="06666314-f877-48fb-93f5-c040af64a5fd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:52:38.747" UserId="3038" Text="Anandtech had a really, really great article on SSD's, benchmarking, and what they're good for. They used IOmeter to run their benchmarks, and gave some tips as to what kinds of problems they ran in to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3531&quot;&gt;http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3531&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3531&amp;p=12&quot;&gt;page 12&lt;/a&gt; describes how they simulated a 'used' drive that has been hammered on a lot. They did this in order to benchmark how much performance would degrade over the life of the drive." />
  <row Id="25617" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14188" RevisionGUID="78e54bd0-46b8-4d90-b497-e688fa1c75f0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:55:37.650" UserId="3045" Text="I am currently preparing to deploy a JBoss AS into production for the first time.  My Linux distribution is **Ubuntu Server 8.10** .   My original plan was to use aptitude to install JBoss.  Currently JBoss AS 4 is the highest version available and my requirements are to use **JBoss AS 5**. So, I will need to install this manually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ask the following because I am under the belief that most of the automated installs using tools like apt-get and aptitude do all sorts of modifications, different than what you see from downloading the JBoss AS standalone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- What is the best way to layout my directory structure?&#xD;&#xA;- What about logs, should they map to any particular location?&#xD;&#xA;- What is the best way to manage start and stop scripts on Ubuntu Server 8.10 for a Java Application Server?&#xD;&#xA;- Any particular security concerns?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25618" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14188" RevisionGUID="78e54bd0-46b8-4d90-b497-e688fa1c75f0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:55:37.650" UserId="3045" Text="Proper manual deployment of a Java Application Server on Ubuntu Server 8.10 - Linux" />
  <row Id="25619" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14188" RevisionGUID="78e54bd0-46b8-4d90-b497-e688fa1c75f0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:55:37.650" UserId="3045" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;java&gt;&lt;jboss&gt;&lt;deployment&gt;" />
  <row Id="25620" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14189" RevisionGUID="701b1177-bdf4-4e9d-b4ff-bb680532bc80" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:59:49.767" UserId="3631" Text="The main advantage of SSD drives is better performance. I am interested in their reliability. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are SSD drives more reliable then normal hard drives? Some people say they must be because they have no moving parts, but I am concerned about the fact that this is a new technology that is possibly not completely matured yet. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25621" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14189" RevisionGUID="701b1177-bdf4-4e9d-b4ff-bb680532bc80" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:59:49.767" UserId="3631" Text="Reliability of ssd drives " />
  <row Id="25622" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14189" RevisionGUID="701b1177-bdf4-4e9d-b4ff-bb680532bc80" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:59:49.767" UserId="3631" Text="&lt;ssd&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="25623" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14190" RevisionGUID="0f7a138b-4c1a-4c52-848f-2affe5f65912" CreationDate="2009-05-29T01:07:14.823" UserId="2221" Text="I have two physical servers running Win2008 Enterprise, with 4 virtual machines each running on Hyper-V. I created a cluster using one of the virtual machines in each server, using Network Load Balancing under Windows 2003, using the multicast option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;THe cluster nodes are converging correctly, I can ping the virtual IP from any of my machines in the datacenter (they share a single rack and a switch) but can't ping it from machines outside this switch, making the cluster invisible to the public internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All server use public IPs from the same VLAN, gateway and subnet mask. Is there anything else I need to configure on the machines, on the switch, or even in the datacenter router?" />
  <row Id="25624" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14190" RevisionGUID="0f7a138b-4c1a-4c52-848f-2affe5f65912" CreationDate="2009-05-29T01:07:14.823" UserId="2221" Text="Windows 2003 Networ Load Balancing Virtual cluster IP not visible outside datacenter" />
  <row Id="25625" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14190" RevisionGUID="0f7a138b-4c1a-4c52-848f-2affe5f65912" CreationDate="2009-05-29T01:07:14.823" UserId="2221" Text="&lt;load-balancing&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="25626" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14191" RevisionGUID="af4ff417-0ec6-42e2-aa43-a6e02f6c6016" CreationDate="2009-05-29T01:07:39.830" UserId="3038" Text="They haven't been around long enough in enough quantities to develop an *earned* reputation. Flash-wear is the really big one everyone is concerned about, which is why the enterprise SSD drives allocate so many blocks to the bad-block store. Anandtech has run several articles about SSD's over the last couple months and they go into a lot of detail. From what I've read, stability problems are primarily in the consumer market where corners are being cut to bring prices down out of orbit. The SSD's you can buy to put in your fibre channel arrays are a completely different class than the OCZ drives. There is perhaps a much larger stability divide between consumer grade SSD's and enterprise SSD's than there are in consumer SATA drives and enterprise SATA drives." />
  <row Id="25627" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14192" RevisionGUID="31fdf785-3d1d-46c7-85bd-0974d0b79602" CreationDate="2009-05-29T01:08:50.437" UserId="4792" Text="OpenBSD and IPSEC. Use an OpenBSD server at the respective ends of the link to act as an IPSEC gateway. It is very easy to setup." />
  <row Id="25628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14193" RevisionGUID="d22c437e-b580-4cdb-8f98-765563da0551" CreationDate="2009-05-29T01:15:16.323" UserId="4792" Text="an alternative approach, in case you need more sophisticated handling of the interactive app you are spawning, is to use Expect ( http //expect.nist.gov/ )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25629" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14194" RevisionGUID="8e1bda43-8c1d-4992-b924-9829dc960efd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T01:16:54.637" UserId="4502" Text="An average SSD is mature enough for everyday use, and depending on the use cases, could have a better lifespan than a traditional drive.  In cases where a lot of physical abuse is likely -- lots of heat or vibration -- SSDs will generally be more reliable than a traditional mechanical drive.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's up to you to balance the cost/benefit ratio, but I upgraded my 3 year old laptop with an SSD and the difference is absolutely amazing.  I went with the Intel 80GB model for about $400.  It is pricey, but not compared to the cost of a brand new laptop.  The laptop feels brand new -- even though the processor and RAM are medium-range from 3 years ago, the hard disk was the bottleneck.  Hard disks have been the biggest bottleneck in non-gaming computing for the past decade.  They have become bigger but not much faster.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using other people's laptops with their 5400rpm drives is pretty much unbearable now.  Seconds feel like minutes while waiting for those ancient things to spin and churn.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, you should always be backing up regularly, because mechanical drives are relatively likely to fail.  With SSDs the importance of backing up is not diminished at all.  " />
  <row Id="25630" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14195" RevisionGUID="52302508-849e-4e83-ac60-2eeac40f70de" CreationDate="2009-05-29T01:22:23.690" UserId="4632" Text="On [SO hidden features SQL Server][1] we got a lot of useful stored procedures.   &#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;What hidden features should we know to tune our SQLServer database server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS &#xD;&#xA;[Here is the similiar question about Oracle][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/121243/hidden-features-of-sql-server&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3732/hidden-features-of-oracle-database" />
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  <row Id="25633" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14196" RevisionGUID="d47d4b69-7667-4b3e-889b-f6971099e176" CreationDate="2009-05-29T01:25:16.057" UserId="3505" Text="Okay I finally figured this out, but the solution is not as elegant as I had hoped for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One the server side, you need to add the following to the authorized_keys file for the relevant user...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    no-pty, command=&quot;exit&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the client, you can then create a tunnel as follows...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh -l username -fNTL 8073:server:873&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once the tunnel is establised, you can rsync as per usual - using the double-colon syntax is not possible - to localhost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The localhost port number you select (8073) are entirely optional obviously, just remember that that's what you have to rsync *to*...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rsync --port=8073 -a user@localhost::mySecureStore /srv/some/place/" />
  <row Id="25634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14197" RevisionGUID="e72277e4-08e6-4f5e-895d-73dd790c9f23" CreationDate="2009-05-29T01:32:44.143" UserId="3356" Text="I have been using Comer's Internetworking series for years. It was introduced to me as the text used in Ohio University's networking courses.  It has since become my go to reference book in my professional career.  It describes all the general purpose protocols in depth, as well as excellent diagrams on the different protocol headers. [Amazon Link][1], [Google Books][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Internetworking-TCP-Vol-1-Principles-Architecture/dp/0130183806/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1243560252&amp;sr=1-3&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://books.google.com/books?id=BuYDAAAACAAJ" />
  <row Id="25635" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13130" RevisionGUID="b263b40e-3daa-4e24-9b2c-2d6251cd73d7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T01:32:47.917" UserId="4225" Comment="Addding more output from the system" Text="I wish to connect an external enclosure of discs in a JBOD configuration to a computer running Ubuntu 8.10 server edition. I have the Ubuntu installation running smoothly on an internal IDE drive that's been functioning well for months. The external enclosure will be for used for storage as a file server only. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The enclosure I have is the &quot;SANS DIGITAL TR5M-B 5 Bay SATA&quot; (search on newegg, would add a link but I can't since I'm a new user)   and since my motherboard doesn't have a PCI-E slot, I bought this PCI card to add eSata support to the machine: &quot;Rosewill RC-210 Silicon Image e-SATA PCI&quot; (again, on newegg.com)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After connecting the PCI card, I added the 2 hard drives to the enclosure, plugged in the external enclosure and turned it on, then I turned on the Ubuntu machine. After seeing the customary boot procedures (Post -&gt; LILO, etc.) Ubuntu appears to begin to start, then i see the following messages:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=-19)&#xD;&#xA;    ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After 3 of these cycles of messages, I see:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Cannot find /dev/sda1 dropping to shell&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since /dev/sda1 is where the root install is located, I can understand why this is a problem. My thought at this point was that it had something to do with the external enclosure, so I turn it off, and unplug it from the computer, then restart. Ubuntu starts normally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I beleive the PCI eSata card was recognized correctly, because I see the following output from &quot;lspci -v&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    00:0b.0 Mass storage controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3512 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 01)&#xD;&#xA;        Subsystem: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3512 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller&#xD;&#xA;        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5&#xD;&#xA;        I/O ports at a000 [size=8]&#xD;&#xA;        I/O ports at 9800 [size=4]&#xD;&#xA;        I/O ports at 9400 [size=8]&#xD;&#xA;        I/O ports at 9000 [size=4]&#xD;&#xA;        I/O ports at 8800 [size=16]&#xD;&#xA;        Memory at ed000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]&#xD;&#xA;        [virtual] Expansion ROM at 30000000 [disabled] [size=512K]&#xD;&#xA;        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2&#xD;&#xA;        Kernel driver in use: sata_sil&#xD;&#xA;        Kernel modules: sata_sil&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this point, just to see if it would work, I connected the enclosure, and turned it on, hoping that I'd see new devices attached in /dev. Unfortunately, I only saw my internal IDE drive at /dev/sdaX&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my question is this, what do I need to do to configure the 2 SATA drives I have in the enclosure so that the OS sees these drives and can mount them? Do I have something configured incorrectly that would have caused the boot time error? Any help would be apprerciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For reference, here is my /etc/fstab file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;# /etc/fstab: static file system information.&#xD;&#xA;#&#xD;&#xA;# &lt;file system&gt; &lt;mount point&gt;   &lt;type&gt;  &lt;options&gt;       &lt;dump&gt;  &lt;pass&gt;&#xD;&#xA;proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0&#xD;&#xA;# /dev/sda1&#xD;&#xA;UUID=6cbaa9de-3ba1-43c0-ac8c-63c19e1ad1b4 /               ext3    relatime,errors=remount-ro 0       1&#xD;&#xA;# /dev/sda6&#xD;&#xA;UUID=0106ad4f-2fcc-44db-9475-154425032126 /home           ext3    relatime        0       2&#xD;&#xA;# /dev/sda5&#xD;&#xA;UUID=8be1601c-0380-4aaa-8cb4-b64ed262dae3 none            swap    sw              0       0&#xD;&#xA;/dev/scd0       /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0       0&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** Here are some more details I was able to pull. I followed Paul Rudnitskiy's suggestion, and attached the external enclosure after starting the maching normally, and I found this on the tail of dmesg:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[  135.367537] ata3: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x50000 action 0xe frozen&#xD;&#xA;[  135.367639] ata3: SError: { PHYRdyChg CommWake }&#xD;&#xA;[  135.367713] ata3: hard resetting link&#xD;&#xA;[  141.150055] ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=-19)&#xD;&#xA;[  145.410073] ata3: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)&#xD;&#xA;[  145.410165] ata3: hard resetting link&#xD;&#xA;[  151.200062] ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=-19)&#xD;&#xA;[  155.460053] ata3: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)&#xD;&#xA;[  155.460145] ata3: hard resetting link&#xD;&#xA;[  161.250058] ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=-19)&#xD;&#xA;[  190.470198] ata3: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)&#xD;&#xA;[  190.470291] ata3: hard resetting link&#xD;&#xA;[  195.480055] ata3: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)&#xD;&#xA;[  195.480144] ata3: reset failed, giving up&#xD;&#xA;[  195.480213] ata3: EH complete&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="25636" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14198" RevisionGUID="1b0f8c38-7b8b-477d-b154-1fec74607d4f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T01:45:13.763" UserId="4838" Text="I'm looking for security solutions for my web servers from within the web service level. Is there any software that can run on top of IIS in Windows? Further, are there any best-practices that web administrators follow to secure their servers?&#xD;&#xA;(ASP.NET, IIS6 or IIS7, and server 2003 or 2008 supported)&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="25639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14199" RevisionGUID="a5d85ee2-9837-4012-8c61-c99b125f6463" CreationDate="2009-05-29T01:45:20.907" UserId="3505" Text="Hi Linux/UNIX Overlords,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do any of you have a rule of thumb as to how many context switches (per processor core) is *Normal* on a Linux server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My college here brought it up, and he's seeing 16K on a 8-core `x86_64` machine." />
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  <row Id="25641" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14199" RevisionGUID="a5d85ee2-9837-4012-8c61-c99b125f6463" CreationDate="2009-05-29T01:45:20.907" UserId="3505" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;context-switch&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="25642" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14200" RevisionGUID="5d0c4a9f-530b-40e7-b299-f12dcf90834d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T01:51:52.703" UserId="4276" Text="**[IBM Redbooks - TCP/IP Tutorial and Technical Overview][1]** is good both for learning some concepts and as a reference. I didn't have *TCP/IP Illustrated* when I started learning about networks, but fortunately this book helped me a lot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I'm not sure if the link points to the latest version)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/gg243376.pdf" />
  <row Id="25643" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14201" RevisionGUID="3bb04c9e-f607-43ca-a3c1-17ece679830a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T01:53:20.563" UserDisplayName="Dimiter Stanev" Text="The only way I've found of resizing the &quot;Change Journal&quot; in Vista, is by going to safe-mode. That works fine, but I wonder if there is a better solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is resizing it from 32MB by default on my HDD to 256MB with 1MB increments:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;fsutil usn deletejournal /D /N c:&#xD;&#xA;fsutil usn createjournal m=268435456 a=1048576 c:&#xD;&#xA;fsutil usn queryjournal c:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The code above if executed normally won't do anything (and it worked on XP). It also worked for my Vista's machine D: drive, but not C:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And the code would work once you boot in Safe mode + Command Promprt (hint: press F8 at boot and select it).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess the reason is some Windows Service, and usually that would be the old Indexing one, but I don't have it enabled. What others might be causing it?&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="25650" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14203" RevisionGUID="8c6fddcd-65c6-4529-bea2-be5e4995692b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T01:58:46.093" UserId="623" Text="Too many clients using a single served desktop will cause wicked latency and lag because control of the screen is round-robin scheduled (like a token ring network). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How many is too many depends on CPU, network latencies, etc..." />
  <row Id="25652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14204" RevisionGUID="cc1bc91b-1ec0-4c76-90de-abfd847d5816" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:02:10.843" UserId="4757" Text="There's no rule of thumb. A context switch is just the CPU moving from processing one thread to another. If you run lots of processes (or a few highly threaded ones) you'll see more switches.&#xD;&#xA;Luckily, you don't need to worry about how many context switches there are -- the cost is small and more or less unavoidable." />
  <row Id="25653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14205" RevisionGUID="ea160bc5-a617-4e1c-b87e-4bfb07ed28e7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:03:35.847" UserId="4767" Text="You might try running in an elevated command prompt. Find Command Prompt in the start menu, and right-click then Run As Administrator. Agree to allow the program to run in Elevated Privileges.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try running the command then." />
  <row Id="25654" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14206" RevisionGUID="30183b4d-4f16-4cd0-8df6-a42394198366" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:04:19.467" UserId="4889" Text="If you go into the windows 2003 resource kit, there is a tool designed to do this called Cleanspl.exe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Resource Kit: mircosoft url /downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9D467A69-57FF-4AE7-96EE-B18C4790CFFD&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or you can script it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo Printers - Shutting down the print spooler&#xD;&#xA;    net stop &quot;pcounter printer control&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    net stop &quot;print spooler&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    echo Printers - Deleting print queues&#xD;&#xA;    del c:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\PRINTERS\*.* /q&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    net start &quot;print spooler&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    net start &quot;pcounter printer control&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    echo Printers - Print spooler Started" />
  <row Id="25655" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14207" RevisionGUID="6d32d414-318b-4861-b45d-39eddee9124d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:05:15.610" UserId="4757" Text="If you want to build JBoss 5 in a similar way to the JBoss 4 package does, you should grab the source data which is used to build the ver4 package. The specific details relating to this package will be there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can find links to this and other resources relating to the packages at packages.ubuntu.com. There are also lots of guides for this (building dpkgs) on the Debian site, which is where the format originated." />
  <row Id="25656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14208" RevisionGUID="bc862cba-62a4-45a6-9092-8a86d76fc873" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:05:16.093" UserId="4828" Text="Windows 2003 Small business server has a Remote desktop protocol portal to act as a web vpn if you use IE 6 or later. Can you setup Remote workplace portal for Windows 2003 Standard via IIS?" />
  <row Id="25657" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14208" RevisionGUID="bc862cba-62a4-45a6-9092-8a86d76fc873" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:05:16.093" UserId="4828" Text="Remote workplace " />
  <row Id="25658" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14208" RevisionGUID="bc862cba-62a4-45a6-9092-8a86d76fc873" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:05:16.093" UserId="4828" Text="&lt;rdp&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;sbs2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="25659" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14209" RevisionGUID="667903cb-8079-4f55-8893-b40da8e28472" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:08:11.440" UserId="919" Text="&gt; What about logs, should they map to any particular location?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Traditionally, you use `/var/log/`, or a directory therein.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; What is the best way to manage start and stop scripts on Ubuntu Server 8.10 for a Java Application Server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ubuntu 8.10 still uses sysvinit for it's setup.  Find the runlevel you need, and add a small initscript for `run-parts`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Any particular security concerns?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a reason you've selected Ubuntu 8.10 as the platform? It's only going to receive &#xD;&#xA;support (security patches, bug fixes) for another 12 months. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to know what an Ubuntu package does differently than you would:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. `apt-get source package-name`&#xD;&#xA; 2. Open package-name.*.diff.gz&#xD;&#xA; 3. Make sure all the changes apply to files in debian/&#xD;&#xA; 4. review the build options in package-name/debian/rules&#xD;&#xA; 5. review patches to the source itself in package-name/debian/patches&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That should pretty much demonstrate for you what all they changed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25660" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="14172" RevisionGUID="d2782fca-2523-4f40-882b-5a02b09411fb" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:11:09.623" UserId="2318" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;internet&gt;&lt;bittorrent&gt;&lt;load-balancing&gt;&lt;offtopic&gt;" />
  <row Id="25661" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14210" RevisionGUID="1702f69d-e625-4cf6-93d7-427cace7c342" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:11:17.160" UserId="4757" Text="Scp will only ask for a password if it needs one (ie no public key auth available) and thinks it's running in an interactive session. If there's a working public key available this question is moot, so you just need to make sure scp knows it's running in an interactive session. If the user directly runs a script from their shell which directly runs `scp`, they should be fine." />
  <row Id="25662" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14211" RevisionGUID="f124411d-4f25-4e80-a581-85fe56f080b8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:12:01.057" UserId="3528" Text="Change the Precision boost in the intellipoint software.  It's likely you have it set too sensitive for general use. Make sure you have the latest version of intellipoint (available here: [Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Hardware - Download Software][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/download/DownloadResult.aspx?category=MK&amp;type=Sets&amp;name=m_wod4000&amp;os=WVista_64&amp;lang=en" />
  <row Id="25663" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14212" RevisionGUID="f72a21f6-bb84-41e8-89a1-1a4c61967d4a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:12:43.600" UserId="919" Text="I've got two snmpd.conf files, one on a server that works, and one that doesn't. How can I diff the two config files while stripping out irrelevant comments?" />
  <row Id="25664" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14212" RevisionGUID="f72a21f6-bb84-41e8-89a1-1a4c61967d4a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:12:43.600" UserId="919" Text="How can I diff two config files?" />
  <row Id="25665" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14212" RevisionGUID="f72a21f6-bb84-41e8-89a1-1a4c61967d4a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:12:43.600" UserId="919" Text="&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;diff&gt;&lt;snmp&gt;&lt;redhat&gt;" />
  <row Id="25666" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="14201" RevisionGUID="b2b58f54-251c-46e2-99f7-fb1e1facbf92" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:15:11.130" UserId="1054" Text="Resizing the &quot;Change Journal&quot; in Vista" />
  <row Id="25667" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14177" RevisionGUID="0d272cb5-9fa8-44e3-9198-3b61cee7c464" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:16:03.670" UserId="919" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="There is one book you need on your desk: Tannenbaum's [*Computer Networks*][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![cover courtesy google][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will cover a wide range of networking topics, with insightful diagrams and most importantly, citations for further reading. It does not restrict itself to TCP/IP or &quot;the internet&quot; but covers a wide range of possible networks, local, cellular, ad-hoc wireless, etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://books.google.com/books?id=Pd-z64SJRBAC&amp;dq=computer+networking+tannenbaum&amp;source=gbs_summary_s&amp;cad=0&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://bks7.books.google.com/books?id=Pd-z64SJRBAC&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;img=1&amp;zoom=1&amp;sig=ACfU3U1l-Q_uuKEugvWLX-N3dBL046i_RQ" />
  <row Id="25668" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14201" RevisionGUID="b2b58f54-251c-46e2-99f7-fb1e1facbf92" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:15:11.130" UserId="1054" Text="The only way I've found of resizing the &quot;Change Journal&quot; in Vista, is by going to safe-mode. That works fine, but I wonder if there is a better solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is resizing it from 32MB by default on my HDD to 256MB with 1MB increments:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    fsutil usn deletejournal /D /N c:&#xD;&#xA;    fsutil usn createjournal m=268435456 a=1048576 c:&#xD;&#xA;    fsutil usn queryjournal c:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The code above if executed normally won't do anything (and it worked on XP). It also worked for my Vista's machine D: drive, but not C:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And the code would work once you boot in Safe mode + Command Promprt (hint: press F8 at boot and select it).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess the reason is some Windows Service, and usually that would be the old Indexing one, but I don't have it enabled. What others might be causing it?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25669" PostHistoryTypeId="8" PostId="6485" RevisionGUID="f82cb7c3-d7bd-4f1a-ae4d-33ea831b0840" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:18:25.053" UserId="991" Comment="Rollback to [3cbed8dd-5565-4004-86aa-550bdcb272c4]" Text="Howdy,  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are looking to publish a ClickOnce application to a large Active Directory network which has to abide by the [FDCC](http://nvd.nist.gov/fdcc/fdcc_faq.cfm#1) (Federal Desktop Core Configuration) which is an OMB-mandated security configuration.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have experience with this security configuration and ClickOnce applications?  The application requires the ability to read a file the logged in user has access to.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are also concerned with extra security setting being placed in the future that may stop the ClickOnce application from working.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How robust is the ClickOnce method for deployment when you start to lock down the computer?  &#xD;&#xA;What settings *must* be in place for a ClickOnce to function?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you,  &#xD;&#xA;Keith&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit:&#xD;&#xA;I am also asking this on [stackoverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/841825/does-a-clickonce-application-deploy-to-a-fdcc-locked-down-computer) since it kind of rides both sides.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25670" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14213" RevisionGUID="0b731629-808e-4a0b-aadf-96384983456b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:22:43.860" UserId="533" Text="There might be a more elegant way to do it, but pragmatically (and quickly):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    grep -v '^#' server1-snmpd.conf | grep -v '^ *$' &gt; server1-snmpd.conf-clean&#xD;&#xA;    grep -v '^#' server2-snmpd.conf | grep -v '^ *$' &gt; server2-snmpd.conf-clean&#xD;&#xA;    diff server1-snmpd.conf-clean server2-snmpd.conf-clean" />
  <row Id="25671" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14214" RevisionGUID="b96574cd-fb41-4024-8057-a5d35965f7d9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:23:35.590" UserId="1054" Text="What is it that you're hoping to accomplish?  Most security on the site itself is handled via web site permissions, NTFS permissions, and/or internal application authorizations.  Beyond that you're really looking at a full out firewall or web proxy." />
  <row Id="25672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14215" RevisionGUID="341fde5c-f9ec-481a-8b1b-2ee3798e450f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:23:40.347" UserId="4117" Text="WebInspect is pretty good, but pricey.  It takes a lot of handholding as well, not a lot of automated use." />
  <row Id="25673" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13129" RevisionGUID="6d8af740-25d8-486e-b39a-47b3461f47e3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:24:55.710" UserId="4268" Comment="fixed a bad link" Text="[This FDCC blog post][1] says explicitly that you can retire ActiveX controls and replace them with ClickOnce applications. Sorry, no help for any of your other questions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/fdcc/archive/2008/11/12/fdcc-and-internet-explorer-7-part-2-impact-on-users.aspx &quot;This FDCC blog post&quot;" />
  <row Id="25677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14217" RevisionGUID="6c04b900-5844-49fa-ad6e-8675bd9cd581" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:29:47.043" UserId="3505" Text="    diff &lt;(grep -v '^#' f1) &lt;(grep -v '^#' f2)" />
  <row Id="25681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14219" RevisionGUID="ae98dc67-e861-4000-951a-857dea707485" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:38:17.027" UserId="4268" Text="The [fsutil doc pages][1] say that you must run fsutil as administrator, which would explain the behavior you're seeing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753059.aspx" />
  <row Id="25683" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1603" RevisionGUID="e1aed9eb-05ad-4d31-9579-876a5b017f3d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:42:46.363" UserId="2546" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="25684" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14220" RevisionGUID="e56339fc-9e3a-4180-9980-b15a1fed390f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:46:04.437" UserId="3657" Text="If you're only uploading/seeding, you could easily set up a tracker on each of your public IP addresses to seed files.  Unfortunately due to the way bittorrent connects, each tracker would only utilize one line.  You would effectively be maximizing your uploads, just not to the same set of clients." />
  <row Id="25685" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14221" RevisionGUID="cf318e99-4ed4-4d78-9991-388f6f6b4439" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:47:01.783" UserId="1054" Text="[Microsoft's KB319723][1] describes using Kerberos with SQL Server and IIS.  It should not be a problem to authenticate to SQL servers in one domain using user accounts from another domain, so long as they're within the same AD forest.  I have, however, seen issues connecting to named instances of SQL server from outside of the domain.  You have to set up a SQL alias for the named instance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319723/" />
  <row Id="25686" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14198" RevisionGUID="e74e93de-50a3-4271-8e33-035da3ef2e31" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:47:55.883" UserId="4838" Comment="Added details" Text="I'm looking for security solutions for my web servers from within the web service level. Is there any software that can run on top of IIS in Windows? Further, are there any best-practices that web administrators follow to secure their servers?&#xD;&#xA;(ASP.NET, IIS6 or IIS7, and server 2003 or 2008 supported)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've heard of application firewalls such as dotDefender, but it's costly. I see this as an extra level of security that could help stop intruders breaking not so well coded sites." />
  <row Id="25687" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14222" RevisionGUID="48e4e497-3515-4d66-94b2-3327ef54fb85" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:48:16.087" UserId="4618" Text="I'd second PerfectDisk as my defragger of choice. Newer versions also have &quot;enterprise defrag&quot; options like particular defrag strategies for specific environments (eg: VMWare virtual machines &amp; SQL)" />
  <row Id="25688" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14223" RevisionGUID="bbf6f754-83c5-43f0-9673-a281352de569" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:50:57.623" UserId="3657" Text="No.  Remote workplace is only a feature of Windows 2003 Small Business server.  We use an SSL-VPN product like the SonicWall SSL-VPN 2000 to provide bookmarked RDP sessions to users.  A built-in option would be to use the PPTP VPN functionality of 2003 Standard and then have users RDP to their local desktops manually." />
  <row Id="25689" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14153" RevisionGUID="1a66f17f-b13c-4721-b8a3-d83c99df09d7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:52:36.013" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix a grammar thing..." Text="Scenario:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows 2003 with SP2 running as a guest in vmWare. &#xD;&#xA; - 20gb HDD and 1GB RAM.&#xD;&#xA; - SQL Express 2005 with Service Pack 3 as Named Instance.&#xD;&#xA; - SQL 2005 is well configured; known working good; can login, no security problems, etc.&#xD;&#xA; - installing from the 90 day trial disc: [VS2008TeamFoundationServerENU90DayTrialX1429244.iso][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem occurs at the screen asking:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Type the name of the server that hosts the Team Foundation Server database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The wording seems to indicate that you'd have already installed a DB!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I soldiered on with gusto, typing in the server's DB instance:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; MyServer\SQLExpress&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The official error description:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA; Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server Setup&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TF220059: An error occurred while the Setup program was querying the&#xD;&#xA;installation settings for Team Foundation Server.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[MSDN Social has a good thread on TF220059][2], but none of those suggestions worked for me. Initially, I didn't have a service pack on my SQL Express. I have since upgraded to SP3 (+ rebooted), but that did not help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The MSDN Social thread suggests for some people that installing SQL Reporting Services solves the problem. Some reported that it did NOT solve the TF220059 problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Question**: Any suggestions on what needs to be configured/installed to solve the TF220059 problem?&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/DownLoads/info.aspx?na=45&amp;p=1&amp;SrcDisplayLang=en&amp;SrcCategoryId=&amp;SrcFamilyId=0ed12659-3d41-4420-bbb0-a46e51bfca86&amp;u=details.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dB0155166-B0A3-436E-AC95-37D7E39A440C%26displaylang%3den&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/tfssetup/thread/75755de5-8b1a-4b70-9559-f5e8d058ddbb" />
  <row Id="25693" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14225" RevisionGUID="269a859f-7de9-4b18-ab8c-8242439993b0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:55:50.343" UserId="3657" Text="While the &quot;open&quot; suggestions are great, if you're asking this question, my guess is that you're unlikely to have success implementing them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Save yourself alot of trouble and pick up two routers with VPN capabilities from a vendor like Linksys, Netgear, D-Link, or even Sonicwall.  They are very easy to set up and will connect two networks together securely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once that is done, whether the computers &quot;see&quot; each other, is very dependent on the network being run and how that traffic passes over the VPN.  Windows Workgroups are broadcast based systems which may interfere with the &quot;network neighborhood&quot; showing all the systems.  Use of &quot;lmhosts&quot; files can help with name resolution.  This is typically what domains are used for along with trusts between domains if they are different.  By having a central registration for computers (Active Directory and DNS), they are able to &quot;find&quot; each other without configuring name resolution on each machine." />
  <row Id="25694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14226" RevisionGUID="9a7723c4-6d23-4d0d-abc7-1b09d46932e8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:56:44.197" UserId="4815" Text="If you are somewhat comfortable with **vim**, I would strongly suggest to use **vimdiff**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    vimdiff file1 file2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That will open a split window with a file at each side, and all identical parts on both files folded.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, if you want to bring or put the differences from one file to the other, you can use the following commands:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Consider the &quot;current file&quot; the one where the cursor is)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**^W^W**  to change the cursos from one file's window to the other file's window&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**]c**   to advance to the next block with differences&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**do**   (**d**iff **o**btain)  to bring changes from the other file to the current file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**dp**   (**d**iff **p**ut) to send changes from the current file to the other file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**u**  to **u**ndo&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both **do** and **dp** work if you are on a block or just one line under a block.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you start sending or bringing time, the (now) identical parts will start to fold too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you are finished, you can quit writing both files with **:xa!**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, of course you can use all the common vim commands to edit the files at will, I just described the most useful commands in a vimdiff setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't like the automatic folding, with **zr** you can unfold both files completely (see **:help fold** for more commands on folding )&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25695" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14227" RevisionGUID="f7d703ab-dd8e-46a9-86c8-661069ec6a0e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T02:58:51.523" UserId="4618" Text="I have found that, when recovering a failing drive (one that sometimes spins down after power-up, or is excessively noisy, or that recalibrates with a click every second), they can be encouraged to spin up &amp; stay up and running if you do re-orient them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another weird but wonderful trick is to put them in a freezer for a while. When the drive is powered back on it can generally be read for a while until it heats up again. You can extend their &quot;cool&quot; operation by putting one of those &quot;freezer bricks&quot; on top of the drive. Of course you have to watch out for condensation so plastic bags &amp; tea towels are useful too." />
  <row Id="25697" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14229" RevisionGUID="a096ad24-2827-4d02-8aac-4dea8d8f4c65" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:00:46.187" UserId="4892" Text="pdsh is very useful for &quot;cluster&quot; work. The host name handling (host[1-N]) and variable fanout, and ability to set a timeout on how long you are willing to wait for a command to return are very useful on larger machines.  In addition it supports several methods for remote access. (ssh, rsh etc.).  It even can come in handy some times for running multiple simultaneous commands on the same node. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For an added bonus combine pdsh with dshbak for easy combining the output of similar hosts into one output chunk." />
  <row Id="25698" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14230" RevisionGUID="fcc6090c-64c7-410b-b9f9-7686ca0847c3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:01:45.480" UserId="598" Text="Beyond Compare is the ultimate tool for this!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Link:&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.scootersoftware.com/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.scootersoftware.com/" />
  <row Id="25699" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14231" RevisionGUID="42072c05-e5bf-4b83-8750-b9d4c08d741a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:01:57.493" UserId="4883" Text="Have you looked at perlbal?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.danga.com/perlbal/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14233" RevisionGUID="f4f9e90b-1dbd-48fb-83c2-2b395f3b66e9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:04:59.080" UserId="1715" Text="There's the a whole bunch of 'undocumented DBCC commands such as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**DBCC PAGE** and **DBCC IND**  That let you peek inside the storage engine.  [Paul Randal has blogged about them!][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/Inside-the-Storage-Engine-Using-DBCC-PAGE-and-DBCC-IND-to-find-out-if-page-splits-ever-roll-back.aspx" />
  <row Id="25703" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13484" RevisionGUID="0d49c109-5fa8-40a0-a955-67a22ab70589" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:16:22.097" UserId="3505" Comment="edited body" Text="**Compressed Filesystem** - Another solution is to deal with the compression a layer below the web server and files - at the filesystem level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've not done with myself, but you can try out something like [fusecompress][1] - so separate out your `www` if you already haven't, and make it a compressed fs of some sort.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously this will cost you in some performance, but if the processor is decent, then it might be ok.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://miio.net/fusecompress/" />
  <row Id="25704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14235" RevisionGUID="abc95ef4-1d99-402c-9ac0-273ba392cb02" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:19:37.927" UserId="4895" Text="I need some advice on what file system to use for my new 1TB media server hosted on my Linux box.  I have a few requirements:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Needs to be shareable to a different Windows machine (not dual booting, totally different box).  I see that there might at least be options to do this with ext3, and as I think this will be a rather rare scenario, I'm able to live with this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Definitely needs to be able to be accessed via Samba on my Xbox running XBMC (and sharing with an Xbox 360 might be in its future).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Needs to allow file size greater than 4GB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. Needs to be shareable with any future media servers/front-ends I build (all would be running a Linux variant such as Boxee, XBMC, Myth*).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm guessing Fat32 is out due to the file size requirement, and while I've used NTFS before, I'd prefer something native to Linux.  I'm open to just about anything, thanks." />
  <row Id="25705" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14235" RevisionGUID="abc95ef4-1d99-402c-9ac0-273ba392cb02" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:19:37.927" UserId="4895" Text="Best file system for media server?" />
  <row Id="25706" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14235" RevisionGUID="abc95ef4-1d99-402c-9ac0-273ba392cb02" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:19:37.927" UserId="4895" Text="&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;media-centre&gt;&lt;ext3&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;fat32&gt;" />
  <row Id="25708" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9265" RevisionGUID="efc476c2-13b2-4a0e-bfaa-0c3ae6a4202c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:23:38.963" UserId="2318" Comment="deleted 39 characters in body; edited title" Text="Does &quot;[CreateGroupFolder][1]&quot; do anything aside from creating folders in the file-system and setting correct permissions for them?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Yep, nothing more, nothing less. As Chealion suggested, I ran it with the verbose flag (doh!) and got:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo CreateGroupFolder -v&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Attempting to create group home directory for group 1026 at &quot;/Groups/FooGroup&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;    Created directory &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Documents&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Created directory &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Library&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Created directory &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Public&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Created directory &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Public/Drop Box&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set ownership to user 1000, group 1026: &quot;/Groups/FooGroup&quot; and all sub-directories and files.&#xD;&#xA;    Set permissions to rwxr-xr-x (755): &quot;/Groups/FooGroup&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set permissions to rwxrwxr-x (775): &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Public&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set permissions to rwxr-x--- (750): &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Documents&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set permissions to rwxr-x--- (750): &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Library&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set permissions to rwx-w---- (730): &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Public/Drop Box&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Successfully created group home directory for group 1026 at &quot;/Groups/FooGroup&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: x-man-page://CreateGroupFolder" />
  <row Id="25709" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="9265" RevisionGUID="efc476c2-13b2-4a0e-bfaa-0c3ae6a4202c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:23:38.963" UserId="2318" Comment="deleted 39 characters in body; edited title" Text="What exactly does /usr/sbin/CreateGroupFolder do?" />
  <row Id="25711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14236" RevisionGUID="f3e30ec3-cc69-4458-b5dc-1f0d848970cc" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:25:45.980" UserId="3657" Text="One answer would be to run the website on a Windows host and simply compress the NTFS filesystem&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option would be an OpenSolaris system running ZFS" />
  <row Id="25712" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14237" RevisionGUID="05e67e23-1b4e-4c02-a460-3562931e7cd2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:26:17.803" UserId="1843" Text="If you're using a bash-like shell, you can try this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Name this diff-stripped&#xD;&#xA;    STRIPPED=&#xD;&#xA;    for i in $*; do&#xD;&#xA;        egrep -v &quot;^#|^\s*&quot; &quot;$i&quot; &gt; &quot;$i.stripped&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        STRIPPED=&quot;$STRIPPED $i.stripped&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    diff $STRIPPED&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then invoke it like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     diff-stripped file1 file2 ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also change `diff` to `vimdiff` or `gvimdiff` which both come with `vim`." />
  <row Id="25713" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14226" RevisionGUID="f244b348-9b8e-4742-a841-7a46d31f2ada" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:26:41.500" UserId="4815" Comment="fixed some typos" Text="If you are somewhat comfortable with **vim**, I would strongly suggest to use **vimdiff**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    vimdiff file1 file2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That will open a split window with a file at each side, and all identical parts on both files folded.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, if you want to bring or put the differences from one file to the other, you can use the following commands:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Consider the &quot;current file&quot; the one where the cursor is)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**^W^W**  to change the cursor from one file's window to the other file's window&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**]c**   to advance to the next block with differences&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**do**   (**d**iff **o**btain)  to bring changes from the other file to the current file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**dp**   (**d**iff **p**ut) to send changes from the current file to the other file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**u**  to **u**ndo&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both **do** and **dp** work if you are on a block or just one line under a block.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you start sending or bringing the changes, the (now) identical parts will start to fold too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you are finished, you can quit writing both files with **:xa!**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, of course you can use all the common vim commands to edit the files at will, I just described the most useful commands in a vimdiff setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't like the automatic folding, with **zr** you can unfold both files completely (see **:help fold** for more commands on folding )&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14238" RevisionGUID="6e566391-b58e-479f-aa86-331bbce3491e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:27:10.437" UserId="4747" Text="We've been using Coyote Point Equalizers (hardware load balancers) for years and have been very happy with them.  They may not have all the features of an F5, but they still have a lot of features, and they cost far less.  Performance and reliability have both been excellent." />
  <row Id="25715" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13476" RevisionGUID="9794473a-8fa6-4aa6-99d1-313726304f24" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:29:46.877" UserId="3505" Comment="A new solution" Text="I *think* the tool you're after is &lt;b&gt;Oracle Data Pump&lt;/b&gt;.  I blab on about it because Oracle provides a good tutorial for it [here][1].  The tools specifically are...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * &lt;b&gt;expdp&lt;/b&gt; for exporting the data&#xD;&#xA; * &lt;b&gt;impdp&lt;/b&gt; for importing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To do a &quot;diff&quot; between 2 tables (with identical columns), betweeb 2 separate databases...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Select table_name from dba_tables \&#xD;&#xA;      where owner='OWNER_NAME' \&#xD;&#xA;        minus \&#xD;&#xA;          select table_mame from dba_tables@remote_database \&#xD;&#xA;            where owner='OWNER_NAME'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to create the database link in the first database obviously.  This is probably only a partial solution to what you're after though, but I can't come up with anything better. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.oracle.com/technology/obe/obe10gdb/storage/datapump/datapump.htm" />
  <row Id="25716" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14239" RevisionGUID="98487d10-67e5-4a1b-8c53-0e2dbd2ad84e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:30:20.837" UserId="4619" Text="I second vishaal's answer, however he left out a couple steps..as well as the fact you can do this with linux rescue&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Boot into linux rescue &#xD;&#xA;2. skip mounting &#xD;&#xA;3. run lvm vgchange -a y (in rescue mode you preface the commands with lvm)&#xD;&#xA;4. verify visibility by OS with ls /dev/VolGroup00/&#xD;&#xA;5. The rest is much like vishaal described, but you'll want to force the e2fsck with a -f ie:&#xD;&#xA;   e2fsck -f /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol..&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;6. IMPORTANT, you resize the filesystem before you reduce the volume, so..&#xD;&#xA;7. resize2fs -f /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol.. 40G (if you wanted the size to be exactly 40G)&#xD;&#xA;8. lvm lvreduce -L40G /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol.. (again if you wanted the size to be exactly 40G and not reduced by 40G)  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mine is simply an addition to what advice vishaal has already given. " />
  <row Id="25717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14240" RevisionGUID="22145666-12b1-478e-841b-c8b56cc39ea2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:31:40.787" UserId="3601" Text="I've read all of the books listed by **Ayman**, **jldugger**  and **packs**, and I think they are all excellent suggestions.  The _TCP/IP Guide_ is more &quot;How does it work&quot;, _TCP/IP Illustrated Volume_ is more about the nuts and bolts of the protocol and, is somewhat dated (though still a must have classic for your bookshelf) -  particularly with it's discussion of classful addressing, a topic which the TCP/IP Guide handles masterfully. TCP/IP guide is actually a very good practical intro to the protocol; in addition to providing a phenomenal history of CIDR, it also gives you an insane level of detail on PPP and other protocols not often gone into in much detail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tanenbaum is more about the holistic &quot;What do networks consist of.&quot; and is an excellent addition to fill out your library.  Comer is a classic which has also taught a lot of people in the networking profession practical TCP/IP.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, those four books make for an _excellent_ library on the topic of TCP/IP networking, and I would really like to suggest one more, which provides a _fundamental_ discussion on networking protocols, referencing TCP/IP (among others) as a teaching aid to protocols:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Interconnections is my &quot;Desert Island&quot; book - you can read, and re-read some of the pages and chapters and continue to get deeper insight into the whirling maze of protocols that you interact with.  Highly recommended and I think an must-have for every complete bookshelf on computer networking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://vig-fp.prenhall.com/coverimage/0201634481.jpg &quot;Interconnections&quot;" />
  <row Id="25718" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9265" RevisionGUID="20094e5c-5f9c-4104-aff4-cbed138ac386" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:36:08.063" UserId="2318" Comment="added 18 characters in body" Text="Does &quot;[CreateGroupFolder][1]&quot; do anything aside from creating folders in the file-system and setting correct permissions for them?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Yep, nothing more, nothing less. As Chealion suggested, I ran it with the verbose flag (doh!) and got:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo CreateGroupFolder -v&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Attempting to create group home directory for group 1026 at &quot;/Groups/FooGroup&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;    Created directory &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Documents&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Created directory &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Library&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Created directory &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Public&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Created directory &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Public/Drop Box&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set ownership to user 1000, group 1026: &quot;/Groups/FooGroup&quot; and all sub-directories and files.&#xD;&#xA;    Set permissions to rwxr-xr-x (755): &quot;/Groups/FooGroup&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set permissions to rwxrwxr-x (775): &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Public&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set permissions to rwxr-x--- (750): &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Documents&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set permissions to rwxr-x--- (750): &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Library&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set permissions to rwx-w---- (730): &quot;/Groups/FooGroup/Public/Drop Box&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Successfully created group home directory for group 1026 at &quot;/Groups/FooGroup&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.makemacwork.com/share-group-folders.htm" />
  <row Id="25719" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14241" RevisionGUID="c7f77555-3dca-4ce0-90f3-390e0a04e642" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:36:42.853" UserId="4" Text="Try this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. In Internet Information Services, right click on the web site and choose **Properties**&#xD;&#xA;2. Go to the **Home Directory** Tab&#xD;&#xA;3. Click **Unload** (in the bottom right hand corner)" />
  <row Id="25721" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14243" RevisionGUID="7c443a51-8240-4b74-b6fc-45d60cd3dfe5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:38:42.753" UserId="4651" Text="Samba should be capable of communicating with your windows boxen and myth frontends, but it does not care what filesystem it's data is stored on as long as it can be read by the kernel.&#xD;&#xA;I would pick what ever is the default for distro that you are installing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ext3 can definately accomodate files &gt; 4GB.  If you are going to be storing large files primarily, there are some tuning parameters you can set to make this more efficient." />
  <row Id="25722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14244" RevisionGUID="fa2bf339-9708-4d58-b8cc-c300d73838be" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:38:51.710" UserId="2629" Text="All of the standard services (DHCP, DNS, HTTP) work fine.  I can't speak to things like iCal Server or Podcast Producer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think most of the differences you'd see in managing clients are marked as &quot;Leopard Only&quot; in Workgroup Manager.  Tiger clients bind to a Leopard Open Directory readily enough.  I believe you will not have support for nested user and computer groups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will need a leopard box to run the server admin tools from.  (You can run them on the server in a pinch).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is also an AFP 548 thread that someone addresses your question: http://www.afp548.com/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=18515&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, take a look at [Tips and Tricks for Mac Management][1] and do a search for &quot;Tiger&quot; -- the author highlights some differences between managing Tiger and Leopard clients using a Leopard server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://web.me.com/johnd/JohnDs_Site/Tips_%26_Tricks/Entries/2008/10/27_Tips_%26_Tricks_for_Macintosh_Management_-_Leopard.html" />
  <row Id="25723" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14244" RevisionGUID="fa2bf339-9708-4d58-b8cc-c300d73838be" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:38:51.710" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="25724" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14245" RevisionGUID="64471917-8a49-4f96-b0ae-3ab4771c58df" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:38:56.763" UserId="4891" Text="Orientation does not affect a drive.  Think about iPods with hard drives.  They are changing orientation all the time.  The most important thing in a drives life is writing to the sectors. Current versions of NTFS do a write leveling (Novell was doing it in the 80's) that will use all the disk surface.  Older OS's and file systems under Windows reused portions of the disk when files were erased.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With write leveling the center of the disk gets used as well as the outsides.  This will increase the disk life for multiple reasons that are off this topic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dan " />
  <row Id="25725" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14246" RevisionGUID="70e395d8-a22a-4ad9-8292-2b39ba5dcdcd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:39:42.097" UserId="4757" Text="Given all access to the filesystem from non-Linux systems will be through an abstraction layer, pick whatever you want! I'd suggest your distro's default (ext3 probably). Media storage has no special needs in terms of speed or reliability, so you'll just add unnecessary complexity picking an exotic filesystem. In terms of the specific use cases you mentioned:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Vista includes an NFS client, and of course you can share the drive via Samba too. If you mean direct physical access to the drive, I would change my recommendation for the filesystem to NTFS, as it has the best cross platform compatibility between Windows and Linux.&#xD;&#xA; - Any filesystem works here - Samba abstracts that away from what the client sees.&#xD;&#xA; - Just don't pick FAT32!&#xD;&#xA; - Any current, non-exotic filesystem will be fine here. Even the 'exotic' filesystems like XFS/JFS will be supported in the kernel for years to come." />
  <row Id="25726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14247" RevisionGUID="0895892a-a270-4538-8e14-819ae0948ee1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:40:02.033" UserId="4619" Text="After you added the home directory did you make sure to chown appropriately? ie: newuser would need their homedir chowned as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;chown -R newuser:(newusers's group) /home/newuser  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, what do you get when you run the command id username ie:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;id newuser&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you first create the account you should run it as follows to ensure the homedir is created, if it already exists it will notify you. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;useradd -m newuser" />
  <row Id="25727" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14247" RevisionGUID="0895892a-a270-4538-8e14-819ae0948ee1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:40:02.033" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="25728" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14248" RevisionGUID="df656944-38d4-42a2-a9f0-ffb0eb6a5fe4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:40:18.133" UserId="1006" Text="Yes, it matters, but not for the reason you're thinking. According to the NIST:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The disc should be stored in its case and placed vertically, like a book, on a shelf. Long-term horizontal storage, particularly in a heated environment, can cause the disc to become permanently bowed. (from §5.2.6)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recommend reading the entire document if you're responsible for archiving optical media.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.itl.nist.gov/iad/894.05/docs/CDandDVDCareandHandlingGuide.pdf&quot;&gt;NIST Special Publication 500-252, Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs — A Guide for Librarians and Archivists&lt;/a&gt;." />
  <row Id="25729" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14249" RevisionGUID="167534f4-8aab-4607-a0f9-be0ebd85d27a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:41:22.843" UserId="3920" Text="Check out [Remi Collet Repository][1]. Repo configs for RHEL/CentOS 4 are available ([i386][2] and [x86_64][3] )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://rpms.famillecollet.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://rpms.famillecollet.com/el4.i386/repoview/remi-release.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://rpms.famillecollet.com/el4.x86_64/repoview/remi-release.html" />
  <row Id="25731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14250" RevisionGUID="425e0b79-7cb6-4263-aefc-281a32a7a89d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T03:51:43.133" UserId="4651" Text="Early PC hard drives such as the ST506 were based on stepper motors.  These did not have any feedback mechanism for head vs track position and thus had to be used in the same orientation that they were formatted in.  Voice coil harddrives have a feedback loop that allow them to correct for errors such as changes in orientation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would expect that a vertically aligned drive will have to expend a small amount of power to correct for the effect of gravity in a manner that a horizontally aligned drive would not.  However since as at least as many disk arrays seems to be vertically oriented as horizontal, I would expect such an effect to be minor." />
  <row Id="25733" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14252" RevisionGUID="723d570c-fe27-4c80-a254-bb0b7045a9ee" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:03:11.317" UserId="2629" Text="I used iTerm under Tiger, and was pleased that Terminal had been enhanced for Leopard.  It wasn't quite good enough, but I found that with some tweaking, Terminal is pretty good.  [This echoes [my answer][1] to the [How to setup the Mac OS X Terminal so it’s *just peachy*?][2]]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Here is what I did to tweak Terminal to my liking:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Install [SIMBL][3] so that the application can be extended, with things like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [TerminalColors][4] allows you to change the the standard text colours (so, for example, a colorized `ls` output won't look awful)&#xD;&#xA;- [Tab Namer][5] let you name your tabs.&#xD;&#xA;- [Terminal Tab Switcher][6] let you use hotkeys to switch between tabs (instead of windows).&#xD;&#xA;- [Visor][7], makes terminal drop down (like the Quake console) at the push of a key combo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, install some nice mono-spaced [programmer fonts][8].  I like [Droid Sans Mono][9], [Envy Code R][10], and [Inconsolata][11].  Set up a nice theme.  ([IR_Black][12] is a nice one to download.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lastly, and not really relevant to which terminal emulator you are using, the [`open`][13] command is really nice when working on the Mac in conjunction with the GUI.  `open .` opens the current directory in the finder, and `open filename` opens the file as though you'd double-clicked on it in the Finder.   [`pbcopy` and `pbpaste`][14] are handy, too. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10125/how-to-setup-the-mac-os-x-terminal-so-its-just-peachy/13931#13931&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10125/how-to-setup-the-mac-os-x-terminal-so-its-just-peachy&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.culater.net/software/SIMBL/SIMBL.php&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.culater.net/software/TerminalColors/TerminalColors.php&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://ericanderson.us/2008/03/02/terminalapp-tab-namer-v01-alpha/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://ciaranwal.sh/2007/12/10/tab-switching-in-terminal&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://docs.blacktree.com/visor/visor&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://keithdevens.com/wiki/ProgrammerFonts&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://damieng.com/blog/2007/11/14/droid-sans-mono-great-coding-font&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://damieng.com/blog/2006/12/26/Envy-Code-R-programming-font--preview-available-for-download&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://www.levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://blog.infinitered.com/entries/show/6&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7346/useful-commandline-commands-on-mac-os/7468#7468&#xD;&#xA;  [14]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7346/useful-commandline-commands-on-mac-os/10152#10152" />
  <row Id="25736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14254" RevisionGUID="d63a4b1f-2e47-4022-96ec-0fa92dd216d2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:06:34.070" UserId="3256" Text="What is the best way to turn a Level 1 help desk person into a systems administrator.  Ideally avoiding external training when possible?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We normally focus on how to further ourselves, so to turn it around how can we help someone else?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In our case it's a Windows server environment, but I'd be interested to know Linux views as well." />
  <row Id="25737" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14254" RevisionGUID="d63a4b1f-2e47-4022-96ec-0fa92dd216d2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:06:34.070" UserId="3256" Text="Teaching &quot;Juniors&quot; to be Administrators" />
  <row Id="25738" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14254" RevisionGUID="d63a4b1f-2e47-4022-96ec-0fa92dd216d2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:06:34.070" UserId="3256" Text="&lt;learning&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;" />
  <row Id="25739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14255" RevisionGUID="328c6ec8-a7e1-4aab-831d-baa44925fe8b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:06:41.870" UserId="2629" Text="[iTerm][1] has [good scripting support][2].  AFP 548 has an example that [opens multiple ssh sessions in different tabs][3].  [I suspect this will be easier to do and more reliable than GUI scripting.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://iterm.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://iterm.sourceforge.net/scripting.shtml&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20070711123202297" />
  <row Id="25740" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14256" RevisionGUID="b93364f7-3f0f-4b3c-8e21-68e99e371830" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:07:34.413" UserId="671" Text="Here is my list and why I use them:&#xD;&#xA;-----------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**zen.spamhaus.org** - Comprehensive RBL, catches a ton of spam sources, updated regularly.  They have a long history and decent reputation in the spam filtering community.  I have heard some negative things about them from time to time, but those are generally without real merit.  Downside is that if your volume of traffic is high enough they will block access to the free list and you'll need to setup a paid account.  Personal or small business mail servers usually do not have this problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**b.barracudacentral.org** - Another very good list from another major industry player.  I've heard a lot of negative things about the Barracuda devices themselves, but their RBL is top-notch.  Downside is that you have to register with them in order to use it.  We've never had a false positive reported that was caused by this list, and it blocks a lot of traffic for us.  See http://www.barracudacentral.org/rbl for details.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've found that using these two lists alone, we see a significant reduction in spam intake on the server.  The other lists that we've tried did not even come close to being as productive as either of these lists and essentially just wasted network resources and time while processing the incoming messages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some that I do **not** use and why (your experience may vary):&#xD;&#xA;----------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**bl.spamcop.net** - Too many false positives for our taste.  They rely almost entirely on user submissions to power the list, and the people submitting are usually trigger happy and submit even legitimate messages as spam to their service, causing popular providers to get blocked when they probably shouldn't be.  I have heard that this has been improved recently but we got burned too many times to go back and try again just yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**dnsbl.sorbs.net** - They run a comprehensive list, but there are too many options for my taste.  They have a lot of coverage, and block a lot of traffic, but finding the right mix of lists that they supply requires a lot of trial and error.  The removal process for their spam list requires a verifiable minimum donation to one of their approved charities.  If one of my clients ends up on their list (whatever the cause) and we block their traffic, I don't want to have to tell them that they have to donate to a charity to appease a blacklist that we use.  They are, of course, free to run their list however they like, but that is not the kind of news I want to deliver to my clients if they end up on the SORBS list and are unable to send me e-mail.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25741" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14257" RevisionGUID="2cb2930f-6de0-4779-9719-9f872cf7423e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:10:18.527" UserId="4838" Text="This is unrelated to msdeploy, but I use SureSync (by SoftwarePursuits) to keep IIS6 servers in sync. It's your typical replication software, on crack." />
  <row Id="25742" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14195" RevisionGUID="32b989bd-8cdd-4bf4-97f0-b55b336fddfd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:13:10.983" UserId="4632" />
  <row Id="25743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14258" RevisionGUID="1e00a00b-0667-419a-9730-c042ed7cabf4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:15:07.643" UserId="1164" Text="Trying to set up Firefox to run as limited user in admin account using [DropMyRights][1] (Firefox 3, Windows XP Pro, SP3).  I had it working fine for a while, then it starting failing.  Firefox process starts and immediately exits when run under DropMyRights.  Works fine when I go back to the standard shortcut launch.  Anyone with DropMyRights experience, what should I try to figure out what the problem is??&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://cybercoyote.org/security/drop.shtml" />
  <row Id="25744" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14258" RevisionGUID="1e00a00b-0667-419a-9730-c042ed7cabf4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:15:07.643" UserId="1164" Text="Problem with Firefox and DropMyRights" />
  <row Id="25745" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14258" RevisionGUID="1e00a00b-0667-419a-9730-c042ed7cabf4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:15:07.643" UserId="1164" Text="&lt;firefox&gt;&lt;limited-user&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="25746" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14259" RevisionGUID="35dc9904-8e00-45ad-ae3e-24664d9690b5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:15:53.383" UserId="3601" Text="Yes, you can do this if you have the co-operation of both your Internal IT Department, as well as the external ISP that is hosting your DNS.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think that you are describing a scenario in which you have zone files that look like the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;Corporate IT for foo.com&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;    internalwww         A     55.32.10.7&#xD;&#xA;    internalwww         A     55.32.10.8&#xD;&#xA;    internalwww2       CNAME  internalwww&#xD;&#xA;    othersitename      CNAME  internalwww&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;External ISP bar.com&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    externalwww       CNAME   internalwww.foo.com.&#xD;&#xA;    externalwww2      CNAME   internalwww.foo.com. &#xD;&#xA;    differentsite     A       55.32.10.7&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In which your web farm consists of the servers 55.32.10.7,55.32.10.8.  You are about to migrate to a new webfarm, and you want to make sure that both the internal hosts are updated, as well as the external hosts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I have your scenario correct, then what you want to do is take a zone transfer of both foo.com and bar.com.  This can be done with the commands:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dig @internaldnsserver.foo.com. axfr&#xD;&#xA;    dig @externaldnsserver.bar.com. axfr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Though, you'll need them to configure their DNS server to allow a transfer to the client you are making these requests from.  Once you have these zone files, you'll want to use grep a few times to track down the appropriate hosts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I.E.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    egrep -i 55.32.10.7 externalzonefile internalzonefile&#xD;&#xA;    egrep -i internalwww externalzonefile internalzonefile&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternativey, you can provide the DNS Administrators for these servers the queries that you are interested in, and they can run them for you without having to bother about providing a full zone transfer, which, for administrative and security purposes, may be a problematic request to service." />
  <row Id="25747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14260" RevisionGUID="f5e56c40-60c8-48da-a61d-586ad56d6fe7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:25:23.940" UserId="4901" Text="For a filesystem that will have mostly large files, I would recommend using XFS.  It has great performance for large file sizes and is very mature.  JFS is worth mentioning, as well and has similar performance to XFS and is just as mature.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, depending on your distro, it might do you well to put the filesystem on top of LVM so that you can expand your storage seamlessly.  Going one step further, I'd put the filesystem on LVM on top of a RAID array.  This way you gain fault tolerance and performance while maintaining your ability to scale.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option for direct storage (in addition to Alex's NFS recommendation), is to use iSCSI.  I export storage to my Windows and Linux boxes via iSCSI using iSCSI Enterprise Target.  Failing the need for direct access, samba will do the trick just fine.  Just don't export over samba storage that you've imported over NFS; you'll have file locking problems." />
  <row Id="25748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14261" RevisionGUID="298f4e04-7f2c-4ae0-8392-aa31b424fd71" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:47:06.603" Text="&lt;p&gt;We are trying to get an F5 BIG-IP LTM iRule working properly with SharePoint 2007 in an SSL termination role. This architecture offloads all of the SSL processing to the F5 and the F5 forwards interactive requests/responses to the SharePoint front end servers via HTTP only (over a secure network).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the purposes of this discussion, iRules are parsed by a Tcl interpretation engine on the F5 Networks BIG-IP device.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As such, the F5 does two things to traffic passing through it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Redirects any request to port 80 (HTTP) to port 443 (HTTPS) through HTTP 302 redirects and URL rewriting.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Rewrites any response to the browser to selectively rewrite URLs embedded within the HTML so that they go to port 443 (HTTPS). This prevents the 302 redirects from breaking  DHTML generated by SharePoint.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've got part 1 working fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main problem with part 2 is that in the response rewrite because of XML namespaces and other similar issues, not ALL matches for &quot;http:&quot; can be changed to &quot;https:&quot;. Some have to remain &quot;http:&quot;. Additionally, some of the &quot;http:&quot; URLs are difficult in that they live in SharePoint-generated JavaScript and their slashes (i.e. &quot;/&quot;) are actually represented in the HTML by the UNICODE 6-character string, &quot;\u002f&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, in the case of these tricky ones, the literal string in the outgoing HTML is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;http:\u002f\u002fservername.company.com\u002f&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And should be changed to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;https:\u002f\u002fservername.company.com\u002f&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently we can't even figure out how to get a match in a search/replace expression on these UNICODE sequence string literals. It seems that no matter how we slice it, the Tcl interpreter is interpreting the &quot;\u002f&quot; string into the &quot;/&quot; translation before it does anything else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've tried various combinations of Tcl escaping methods we know about (mainly double-quotes and using an extra &quot;\&quot; to escape the &quot;\&quot; in the UNICODE string) but are looking for more methods, preferably ones that work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have any ideas or any pointers to where we can effectively self-educate about this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks very much in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25749" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14261" RevisionGUID="298f4e04-7f2c-4ae0-8392-aa31b424fd71" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:47:06.603" Text="F5 Networks iRule/Tcl - Escaping UNICODE 6-character escape sequences so they are processed as and reinserted as the 6-character sequence?" />
  <row Id="25750" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14261" RevisionGUID="298f4e04-7f2c-4ae0-8392-aa31b424fd71" CreationDate="2009-05-28T20:47:06.603" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;tcl&gt;" />
  <row Id="25751" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14262" RevisionGUID="9ce89e83-4615-4ef0-a73f-4d7beabc674d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T00:49:25.197" Text="&lt;p&gt;What you are trying to do is not recommended with SharePoint.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The recommended approach is to use Alternate Access Maps inside of SharePoint.  You will create a public URL of https:// and have an internal name of http://.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will cause all URLs on your page to be created using https://&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may want to ask this on ServerFault &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com&lt;/a&gt; if you do not like the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14263" RevisionGUID="870225ce-7472-4433-a792-4e873bd77168" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:36:47.333" UserId="2629" Text="    last&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;shows who has logged into a system, how long they used it, and when the system has been restarted.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a sample of the output:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    clinton   ttys000                   Thu May 28 22:33   still logged in&#xD;&#xA;    clinton   console                   Thu May 28 08:05   still logged in&#xD;&#xA;    reboot    ~                         Thu May 28 08:05 &#xD;&#xA;    shutdown  ~                         Wed May 27 20:15 &#xD;&#xA;    clinton   console                   Wed May 27 17:33 - 20:15  (02:42)&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    wtmp begins Thu May 14 09:26 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25753" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14263" RevisionGUID="870225ce-7472-4433-a792-4e873bd77168" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:36:47.333" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="25754" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14264" RevisionGUID="d26d36de-0f63-4a7b-bcac-52f137d8106c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:37:51.077" UserDisplayName="Stacy Murray" Text="Drop the AppOffline.aspx file in the directory where you want to make changes. That will allow you to rename or delete that directory or any folders/files therein. I always deploy with a file named AppOfflineNOT.aspx. Then remove/replace the &quot;NOT&quot; as needed. This way you don't have to mess with iis when updating your site." />
  <row Id="25755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14265" RevisionGUID="561bb0dd-3d87-4aee-9d05-d391aacbfdee" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:39:25.673" UserId="4357" Text="Is there any OS-agnostic standard these days better then RFC 1514?  I hope so!" />
  <row Id="25756" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14265" RevisionGUID="561bb0dd-3d87-4aee-9d05-d391aacbfdee" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:39:25.673" UserId="4357" Text="Is RFC 1514 still relevant?" />
  <row Id="25757" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14265" RevisionGUID="561bb0dd-3d87-4aee-9d05-d391aacbfdee" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:39:25.673" UserId="4357" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;snmp&gt;" />
  <row Id="25758" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14266" RevisionGUID="6d7b6b20-1d89-4ba8-bab3-475bae6c6a91" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:39:29.513" UserId="4651" Text="my moderately loaded webserver sits at around 100-150 switches a second most of the time with peaks into the thousands.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;High context switch rates are not themselves an issue, but they may point the way to a more significant problem.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25759" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14267" RevisionGUID="e45a1a62-088a-4f4e-9cab-ae1fbbd743b6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:39:32.070" UserId="1348" Text="Have someone who knows what they're doing document a manual task in sufficient detail to allow a level helpdesk person to perform it.  Have them perform these tasks; possibly under supervision, but &lt;i&gt;certainly&lt;/i&gt; with some sort of audit log of what they did.  Review their work afterwards for accuracy.  They should be encouraged to communicate any issues with the procedure, any unexpected output or unclear instructions, etc.  They should also be encouraged to &lt;i&gt;stop&lt;/i&gt; if they encounter something unexpected, and pass it on to an admin. You may choose to have them present when the admin diagnoses the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Helpdesk staff who are capable of following basic instructions accurately are possible candidates for junior admin roles.  Staff who contribute improvements to the instructions (e.g. clarifying ambiguities, noticing and clarifying issues with unexpected output) are even better.  Staff who can do all that &lt;i&gt;and&lt;/i&gt; suggest process improvements (while also having the discipline to communicate their suggestions without trying them out on production systems first) are &lt;i&gt;definite&lt;/i&gt; candidates for admin roles, and may actually have a career ahead of them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;People showing this sort of promise should definitely be present when an admin is diagnosing (non-mission-critical) problems, and encouraged to discuss how to automate the process. You'll soon know whether or not the person is ready for a junior admin role!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25760" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14268" RevisionGUID="8887903e-6419-42b8-ad6f-85878e062a13" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:42:34.827" UserId="32988" Text="I know you asked for Terminal, but really - you should be using iTerm :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is from a script written by a coworker for iTerm:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;      osascript &lt;&lt;-eof&#xD;&#xA;		tell application &quot;iTerm&quot;&#xD;&#xA;			set myterm to (make new terminal)&#xD;&#xA;			tell myterm&#xD;&#xA;				launch session &quot;Default session&quot;&#xD;&#xA;				tell the last session&#xD;&#xA;					set name to &quot;Server&quot;&#xD;&#xA;					write text &quot;cd \&quot;$PROJECT_DIR\&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;					write text &quot;script/server&quot;&#xD;&#xA;				end tell&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;				launch session &quot;Default session&quot;&#xD;&#xA;				tell the last session&#xD;&#xA;					set name to &quot;Console&quot;&#xD;&#xA;					write text &quot;cd \&quot;$PROJECT_DIR\&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;					write text &quot;script/console&quot;&#xD;&#xA;				end tell&#xD;&#xA;		&#xD;&#xA;			end tell&#xD;&#xA;		end tell&#xD;&#xA;	eof&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It launches a new iTerm-window with multiple tabs, and does some small commands in them (for Rails development)." />
  <row Id="25761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14269" RevisionGUID="7937ed0b-c853-4514-8cbb-e3e48c92ff9c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:50:15.077" UserId="4392" Text="I've got an older Apple XRAID, and in order to administer it, I've had to rely on the Apple XRAID software utility that is native only on OSX. My only Mac laptop is going to be heading the way of the dinosaur soon, and I'd love to have another way to address this piece of hardware. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone found, used, or even heard of a software solution for admining these things without a Mac? " />
  <row Id="25762" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14269" RevisionGUID="7937ed0b-c853-4514-8cbb-e3e48c92ff9c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:50:15.077" UserId="4392" Text="Non-Apple methods to administer XRAID?" />
  <row Id="25763" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14269" RevisionGUID="7937ed0b-c853-4514-8cbb-e3e48c92ff9c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:50:15.077" UserId="4392" Text="&lt;apple&gt;&lt;storage&gt;&lt;san&gt;&lt;xraid&gt;" />
  <row Id="25764" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14265" RevisionGUID="4e404d05-1e92-481b-9256-b9128ccfc1ec" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:55:33.753" UserId="984" Comment="added link to the rfc" Text="Is there any OS-agnostic standard these days better then [RFC 1514][1]?  I hope so!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1514" />
  <row Id="25765" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14270" RevisionGUID="9c9d23b2-7088-4704-9071-bf835431962f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:57:12.893" UserId="2546" Text="Better in what way specifically?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[RFC 2790][1] obsoleted RFC 1514.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2790.html" />
  <row Id="25766" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="14269" RevisionGUID="d02e047e-451d-4edc-af13-babbdcfba7bf" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:58:22.640" UserId="2318" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;apple&gt;&lt;storage&gt;&lt;san&gt;&lt;xraid&gt;&lt;xserve-raid&gt;" />
  <row Id="25767" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14271" RevisionGUID="162a1860-ce63-4950-a9eb-752ebd70bfa8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T04:58:49.457" UserId="3505" Text="No, it has been obsoleted by RFC 2790." />
  <row Id="25768" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14272" RevisionGUID="247621a3-5079-46a5-914f-9b83395ad06d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:06:45.370" UserId="3038" Text="I use XFS on my MythTV server, and it works very well. I've also shared out certain directories by way of Samba so my Windows workstations can get access to it. I have a script that transcodes shows into a format usable on my iriver clix2, which dumps to a directory I map to from my Windows laptop and transfer to the media player. One of the nicer things about using XFS for a media server is that XFS has a defragger, as keeping those very large files sequential on that undoubtedly SATA drive is a good idea.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A suggestion that helped me out, is use the &quot;allocsize=256m&quot; mount option for XFS. This tells the kernel to allocate 256MB hunks of space when writing a file. As SD shows are taking 2.2GB/hour on my rig, this reduces frag significantly. The few HD shows I've managed to record are on the order of 15GB/hour, and my file-system hasn't blinked at it. It'd blink even less if I were running 64-bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;XFS support is relatively new in the land of Linux, but by 2.6.30 it has been in there a long time. I haven't had any corruption problems with it at home or at work. It isn't so hot for massively random I/O on SATA drives, such as the load VMWare Workstation puts on (ahem), but for sequential access it smokes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm actively in the planning stages of setting up another media server in the back room to supplement the storage on the encoder box. This will also be XFS, but shared out over NFS to the MythTV box for minimal network overhead. It *might* go ext4, but I haven't done anything with that FS yet." />
  <row Id="25769" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14273" RevisionGUID="3c0d43d7-b075-4c83-8b92-b72ee2a3464e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:08:20.110" UserId="3459" Text="When you setup a VPN connection, you probably want to have each location with its own subnet to limit the broadcast domain.  Why clog your limited bandwidth connection with extraneous traffic?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your router/vpn devices should have routes to the other locations, just setup the local DNS servers to address the machines the &quot;other&quot; side." />
  <row Id="25770" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14271" RevisionGUID="1de48abb-35d3-4643-a043-8fd2994255c2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:08:34.023" UserId="3505" Comment="Explain a little more" Text="No, it has been obsoleted by RFC 2790 (which is a draft standard).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For RFCs, [this][1] is my favorite site...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/" />
  <row Id="25771" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14274" RevisionGUID="590aca4f-3661-491f-89af-199b7b72fb20" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:11:07.983" UserId="4562" Text="I think specifically avoiding external training is a rather strange goal. With the wealth of knowledge available online you can become quite the expert for little to no money.  Perhaps by external training you mean expensive training or classroom training, which certainly isn't right for everyone.  My recommendation would be to look no further than Microsoft's website for all their sysadmin reports, white papers, and demos.  Someone who really wants to make that leap up from Level 1 support should have no problem finding the necessary knowledge to get them there." />
  <row Id="25772" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14275" RevisionGUID="8067999b-62b0-4200-9ce5-16488ac74388" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:11:59.617" UserId="4451" Text="how do i verify if a cpu has the necessary requirements to run hyper v ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25773" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14275" RevisionGUID="8067999b-62b0-4200-9ce5-16488ac74388" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:11:59.617" UserId="4451" Text="what cpu will work with hyper v" />
  <row Id="25774" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14275" RevisionGUID="8067999b-62b0-4200-9ce5-16488ac74388" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:11:59.617" UserId="4451" Text="&lt;hyper-v&gt;" />
  <row Id="25775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14276" RevisionGUID="f9460780-20e0-44c5-ab2e-917984f889e8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:16:03.213" UserId="4451" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;what's more important for a development machine ?  better cpu or more memory ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Michael" />
  <row Id="25776" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14276" RevisionGUID="f9460780-20e0-44c5-ab2e-917984f889e8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:16:03.213" UserId="4451" Text="better cpu or more memory for development machine" />
  <row Id="25777" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14276" RevisionGUID="f9460780-20e0-44c5-ab2e-917984f889e8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:16:03.213" UserId="4451" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="25778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14277" RevisionGUID="534c0e4d-a16b-4dbc-b999-67f21985472a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:16:28.017" UserId="984" Text="There is a lot of overlap with this [question][1].  Just take that as a list of thing things you need to teach.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One important thing to do is to correctly assess their readiness level so you can respond appropriately. I created a [cheat-sheet][2] for myself that is based a model from [Management of Organizational Behavior][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If **junior** is unwilling or unable you need to provide specific instructions and supervise performance. Do: Tell, Guide, Direct, Establish.&#xD;&#xA; - If **junior** is unable but willing or confident you need to explain decisions and provide opportunity for clarification.  Do: Sell, Explain, Clarify, Persuade.&#xD;&#xA; - If **junior** is able but unwilling or insecure you need to share ideas and facilitate decision making.  Do: Participate, Encourage, Support, Empower.&#xD;&#xA; - If **junior** is able, willing and confident then you need to turn over responsibility and implementation, he may no longer be **junior**.  Do: Delegate, Observe, Entrust, Assign.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/9766/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://sites.google.com/site/francyci/Home/geek-advice/readinesslevel&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.amazon.com/Management-Organizational-Behavior-Paul-Hersey/dp/0131441396/" />
  <row Id="25779" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14278" RevisionGUID="f02aac07-ff74-485d-a64c-99408bcdbc30" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:16:56.923" UserId="3459" Text="John Dalton has absolutely invaluable advice.  I would just add that one of the best places to start involving the level 1 person is in basic infrastructure changes such as servers and/or switches.  Have them step through basic physical setup, configuration, and observation of the process to add the servers to the domain (or switches into the network).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once they have basic level knowledge of the network (where things are, how things are connected, TCP/IP etc...) then you can build on that.  I think it's important not only to instill in them the proper way of doing things (not trying things on production) but also build their knowledge level from the ground up and not necessarily assume they already know &quot;things&quot;." />
  <row Id="25780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14279" RevisionGUID="e3dd1b30-0fbd-486f-b1de-c79a7c5a0818" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:18:24.847" UserId="813" Text="Your CPU must support [Virtualization extensions][1].  An easy way to check this is to put your CPU model number into NewEgg.com and look at the specs.  Also, these are frequently not enabled in the BIOS by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization" />
  <row Id="25781" PostHistoryTypeId="8" PostId="14153" RevisionGUID="083ff623-0f12-4ac4-8828-9847cf41b5af" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:19:42.597" UserId="658" Comment="Rollback to [2d54d8a9-1b17-4f5a-83c1-a960239ae2ae]" Text="Scenario:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows 2003 with SP2 running as a guest in vmWare. &#xD;&#xA; - 20gb HDD and 1GB RAM.&#xD;&#xA; - SQL Express 2005 with Service Pack 3 as Named Instance.&#xD;&#xA; - SQL 2005 is well configured; known working good; can login, no security problems, etc.&#xD;&#xA; - installing from the 90 day trial disc: [VS2008TeamFoundationServerENU90DayTrialX1429244.iso][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem occurs at the screen asking:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Type the name of the server that hosts the Team Foundation Server database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The wording seems to indicate that you'd have already installed a DB!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I soldiered on with gusto, typing in the server's DB instance:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; MyServer\SQLExpress&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The official error description:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA; Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server Setup&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TF220059: An error occurred while the Setup program was querying the&#xD;&#xA;installation settings for Team Foundation Server.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[MSDN Social has a good thread on TF220059][2], but none of those suggestions didn't work for me. Initially, I didn't have a service pack on my SQL Express. I have since upgraded to SP3 (+ rebooted), but that did not help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The MSDN Social thread suggests for some people that installing SQL Reporting Services solves the problem. Some reported that it did NOT solve the TF220059 problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Question**: Any suggestions on what needs to be configured/installed to solve the TF220059 problem?&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/DownLoads/info.aspx?na=45&amp;p=1&amp;SrcDisplayLang=en&amp;SrcCategoryId=&amp;SrcFamilyId=0ed12659-3d41-4420-bbb0-a46e51bfca86&amp;u=details.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dB0155166-B0A3-436E-AC95-37D7E39A440C%26displaylang%3den&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/tfssetup/thread/75755de5-8b1a-4b70-9559-f5e8d058ddbb" />
  <row Id="25782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14280" RevisionGUID="71f092f4-e36f-4e9a-af58-89bfc375f818" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:21:47.727" UserId="1349" Text="You'll go through more CPU cycles before you start using up all your memory. The exception would be if you're running virtual machines on the same machine for testing." />
  <row Id="25783" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14279" RevisionGUID="c79db9b7-7284-4d64-b1eb-a8dedbfcd408" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:24:06.303" UserId="813" Comment="specifics" Text="Your CPU must support [Virtualization extensions][1].  An easy way to check this is to search for your CPU model number in Google and look for a NewEgg.com link (this will find old models, unlike NewEgg's search).  Check the &quot;Virtualization Technology Support&quot; field.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be aware that this feature is typically disabled by default in the BIOS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization" />
  <row Id="25784" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14277" RevisionGUID="cd529c6b-4c28-40bc-bcbc-3b2bc81d2fe4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:24:25.757" UserId="984" Comment="added 212 characters in body" Text="There is a lot of overlap with this [question][1].  Just take that as a list of thing things you need to teach.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One important thing to do is to correctly assess their readiness level so you can respond appropriately. I created a [cheat-sheet][2] for myself that is based a model from [Management of Organizational Behavior][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If **junior** is unwilling or unable you need to provide specific instructions and supervise performance. Do: Tell, Guide, Direct, Establish.&#xD;&#xA; - If **junior** is unable but willing or confident you need to explain decisions and provide opportunity for clarification.  Do: Sell, Explain, Clarify, Persuade.&#xD;&#xA; - If **junior** is able but unwilling or insecure you need to share ideas and facilitate decision making.  Do: Participate, Encourage, Support, Empower.&#xD;&#xA; - If **junior** is able, willing and confident then you need to turn over responsibility and implementation, he may no longer be **junior**.  Do: Delegate, Observe, Entrust, Assign.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect the more promising **junior** candidates will be not be unwilling, if they are you may be fighting a loosing battle.  As the saying goes, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/9766/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://sites.google.com/site/francyci/Home/geek-advice/readinesslevel&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.amazon.com/Management-Organizational-Behavior-Paul-Hersey/dp/0131441396/" />
  <row Id="25785" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14281" RevisionGUID="8553e196-b641-4156-8f8a-0c835f4e90e8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:26:17.967" UserId="813" Text="Personally, I like to be able to run a couple virtual machines and several instances of Visual Studio, so I'd go for RAM or a faster disk before I worried about CPU.  A Core 2 duo with 8 GB RAM is working fine." />
  <row Id="25786" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14266" RevisionGUID="bf4b4cff-1507-4df1-bee4-8c3181eb6e72" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:26:50.663" UserId="4651" Comment="added 286 characters in body" Text="my moderately loaded webserver sits at around 100-150 switches a second most of the time with peaks into the thousands.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;High context switch rates are not themselves an issue, but they may point the way to a more significant problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit:  Context switches are a symptom, not a cause.&#xD;&#xA;What are you trying to run on the server?  If you have a multiprocessor machine, you may want to try setting cpu affinity for your main server processes.&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;Alternatively if you are running X, try dropping down into console mode." />
  <row Id="25787" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14282" RevisionGUID="ea034c71-9b26-48e8-b431-d91f6dfa4d90" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:27:06.607" UserId="984" Text="It depends on the machine, why not setup a some kind of scheduled performance data collection (perfmon, atsar) to collect data so you can figure out what the bottle-necks are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or if you have the spare cash, just buy both." />
  <row Id="25788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14283" RevisionGUID="f374473a-b23b-49d6-b6ee-0830064ce09e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:28:02.473" UserId="2541" Text="VPN tunnels. I prefer hardware based VPN, this is at router level. There are many out there from very cheap to very expensive. On the cheap side there is Linksys, DLINK and on the other side you have Cisco, sonicwall and others.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The expensive routers allow more configurations for routing and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the catch...your VPN is only as efficient as the lines supporting the tunnels, for heavens sake, please don't try to load group policy from a domain controller down to a client half way around the world over a 512KB line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also try to control your broadcast traffic accross network if both sites will have different subnets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good Luck!" />
  <row Id="25789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14284" RevisionGUID="fa85633e-250c-4144-9fbf-cfb493175fe3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:32:18.890" UserId="1736" Text="It kinda depends on how much we're talking about.  If you have less than 4 gig of memory, then definitely get more memory.  If you have more than 16 gig of memory, then definitely get more CPU." />
  <row Id="25790" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14191" RevisionGUID="6ccd4a14-a005-492e-8ef9-4dd0dfed1142" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:42:11.103" UserId="3038" Comment="supplied requested clarifying details" Text="They haven't been around long enough in enough quantities to develop an *earned* reputation. Flash-wear is the really big one everyone is concerned about, which is why the enterprise SSD drives allocate so many blocks to the bad-block store. Anandtech has run several articles about SSD's over the last couple months and they go into a lot of detail. From what I've read, stability problems are primarily in the consumer market where corners are being cut to bring prices down out of orbit. The SSD's you can buy to put in your fibre channel arrays are a completely different class than the OCZ drives. There is perhaps a much larger stability divide between consumer grade SSD's and enterprise SSD's than there are in consumer SATA drives and enterprise SATA drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more information about enterprise SSDs like the Intel X25, Anandtech has several article about that. Their &lt;a href=&quot;http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3403&amp;p=1&quot;&gt;introductory article about the X25&lt;/a&gt; practically gushed. On the desktop side a recent article about the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3535&quot;&gt;OCZ Vertex&lt;/a&gt; went into some detail about how bad the consumer side of the SSD market really was, and linked to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=669&quot;&gt;another article&lt;/a&gt; where the problem was originally identified in the tech media. In short, consumer-grade SSDs were tweaked to provide massive sequential I/O numbers with little regard to actual usage patterns. The OCZ Vertex is a consumer-grade SSD that can approach the Intel for performance, but it requires babying to get there. Again, none of these have been on the market long enough for outright failure rates to really emerge. It has only been in the last, oh, 6-8 months that consumer SSD's have gotten cheap enough for mass adoption." />
  <row Id="25791" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14285" RevisionGUID="dc311ad2-8e61-42d6-a2ad-7b1c8c04e884" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:42:29.307" UserId="4883" Text="It depends how much memory you have and what development tools you have installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically unless you have a really old processor, memory is cheap, get more memory." />
  <row Id="25792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14286" RevisionGUID="8f9960a3-5c90-41ef-9e85-239ed60fd8dd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:44:16.760" UserId="3867" Text="Clear the user account by moving important data if any.&#xD;&#xA;Check for users command history to see if any script was run or any non-required command was run.&#xD;&#xA;Delete the user from the system and remove the home directory.&#xD;&#xA;Check if any cronjobs were set.&#xD;&#xA;Check all processes in detail to see if there was any background processes set by the compromised account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope it helps." />
  <row Id="25793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14287" RevisionGUID="574a951d-6492-4dfc-86c6-9404c1b16056" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:44:24.827" UserId="3146" Text="It depends on what your needs are now.  If you're looking toward the future then I would get the fastest CPU I could afford now.  You're not likely to upgrade the CPU later but RAM upgrades can usually be done on the cheap (an easy).  More to your direct question; I tend to prefer a faster CPU as long as I have sufficient RAM, i.e. enough that the compiler is not having to thrash the disk just to make the build.  Of course I'm giving you the perspective of an embedded C developer and not a Windows developer (or some other GUI intensive development environment) view." />
  <row Id="25794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14288" RevisionGUID="f72cc64d-c40f-4a64-89f4-6b09d9c9c002" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:45:06.230" UserId="4627" Text="In my experience, memory is important.&#xD;&#xA;4GB is a good amount, you probably won't need more, but you also don't want to have 2GB, that's not enough (vmware, eclipse/visual studio, device emulators, several desktops with lots of firefox windows, thunderbird, etc. eat a lot memory).&#xD;&#xA;Of course, if you have some very old one-core cpu, you may want to upgrade that, first." />
  <row Id="25795" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14289" RevisionGUID="bff31770-6a87-4a2a-a870-3da9964dc236" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:50:30.040" UserId="4883" Text="XFS is best for storing video because it's very stable and has excellent large file support. It's not even exotic anymore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sharing (with another computer) is unrelated to the filesystem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, if you're sharing with windows - choose Samba because it's easiest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While Samba works fine, if XBMC is your focus you might also like to consider UPNP (DLNA).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DLNA is designed EXACTLY for sharing media across a network, there are several choices for linux - like mediatomb or ushare.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;mediatomb.cc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ushare.geexbox.org&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Summary: Use XFS for the media partition, and Samba or DLNA for sharing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/ Richy" />
  <row Id="25796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14290" RevisionGUID="406dae6a-2e48-4fd1-a77f-0620fffa2b78" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:51:43.533" UserId="4632" Text="What are the pros and cons on this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am thinking on security, ease of replacement and maintainance, ..." />
  <row Id="25797" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14290" RevisionGUID="406dae6a-2e48-4fd1-a77f-0620fffa2b78" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:51:43.533" UserId="4632" Text="Notebooks or Desktop PCs for developers" />
  <row Id="25798" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14290" RevisionGUID="406dae6a-2e48-4fd1-a77f-0620fffa2b78" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:51:43.533" UserId="4632" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;developer&gt;" />
  <row Id="25799" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14290" RevisionGUID="406dae6a-2e48-4fd1-a77f-0620fffa2b78" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:51:43.533" UserId="4632" />
  <row Id="25800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14291" RevisionGUID="9227fbac-a65c-47e8-9208-8f40f8cf7f6b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:51:51.677" UserId="2541" Text="If you are running Windows Server 2008 there is no need for installing an additional  firewall. It already has a very defined firewall which can also be configured from the command prompt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Web Servers should also be behind a controlled set of hardware firewalls which should allow additional restrictions to ports and IP addresses. Since you are a MS shop you may want to look at ISA as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;configure your NTFS permissions like squillman said.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck!" />
  <row Id="25801" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14292" RevisionGUID="4e0f1bfd-a8da-4db1-82ad-520a2f552266" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:52:48.427" UserId="4632" Text="Notebooks: Developers can easily work at home (even **after hours** :-)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25802" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14292" RevisionGUID="4e0f1bfd-a8da-4db1-82ad-520a2f552266" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:52:48.427" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="25803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14293" RevisionGUID="5fe3dae7-7633-4e36-b99c-250a815337bf" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:56:28.763" UserId="4632" Text="Running 1 SQL Server instance (2005, 2008), sometimes an Oracle DB, Visual Studio, Communication applications (Email, IM, ...), and a couple of Virtual Machines at the same time.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Notebook or Desktop PC? &#xD;&#xA;What about the rest of the environment to make devs most productive? 2 monitors?" />
  <row Id="25804" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14293" RevisionGUID="5fe3dae7-7633-4e36-b99c-250a815337bf" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:56:28.763" UserId="4632" Text="What is the perfect developer machine/environment?" />
  <row Id="25805" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14293" RevisionGUID="5fe3dae7-7633-4e36-b99c-250a815337bf" CreationDate="2009-05-29T05:56:28.763" UserId="4632" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;developer&gt;" />
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  <row Id="25808" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14295" RevisionGUID="5060a728-7ade-4ee1-9e22-dde8739e15f5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:02:26.130" UserId="2617" Text="I'm only involved on the periphery of a Sun IdM project, and then only consistent comments I've heard so far are about the rather odd XPRESS scripting language involved.  It's xml-based, and like no other scripting language.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Strangely, even though the Sun IdM is almost completely built with Java, you can't use Java or any other common language to write the data tranforms, workflow, import/exports, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only part I can vouch for, the Active Directory connector appears to work quite nicely and is highly customisable, allowing virtually unlimited attribute and class management (not out of the box mind you) and well as some AD security management." />
  <row Id="25809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14296" RevisionGUID="082ee059-aa6b-44ab-966b-06fa50822448" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:02:29.657" UserId="1233" Text="The following services don't work at all:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * iCal Server&#xD;&#xA;  * Time Machine&#xD;&#xA;  * Directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a handful of MCX settings that don't cross over as well but they aren't server features and don't apply here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The services abovie do not work with Tiger client because the client does not support the features. iCal for Tiger is not able to handle CalDAV accounts, has no idea what Time Machine is and the Directory application that will list people and the various information contained in the expanded LDAP schema used in Leopard versus Tiger." />
  <row Id="25810" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14296" RevisionGUID="082ee059-aa6b-44ab-966b-06fa50822448" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:02:29.657" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="25811" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14297" RevisionGUID="8b65d7fc-cde5-4265-a4fe-19bf5556c4c5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:07:58.570" UserId="4911" Text="2 hard drives configured in as a stripped array (RAID0) - Get latest and builds are IO intensive, as long as code is stored in some type of source control.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Scheduled system state backup, in case things do go bad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lots of RAM to host those VMs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Local administrator rights, pretty much a give.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows x86 if you are running Visual Studio - VS is a 32bit app and although it can be WOW'ed on a 64bit OS it still slower (same with MSBuild).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25812" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14297" RevisionGUID="8b65d7fc-cde5-4265-a4fe-19bf5556c4c5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:07:58.570" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="25814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14299" RevisionGUID="8000700e-9deb-4fa9-9fa4-220c56279db6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:09:39.220" UserId="813" Text="This doesn't work for all cases since it requires a network connection, but I've been doing development/testing in a sandbox domain running entirely on virtual machines.  I have two virtual NICs on the dev machine spanning the sandbox and corporate network and sufficient resources to run Visual Studio comfortably.  So I just Remote Desktop in to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been impressed with the experience because I can easily revert to older snapshots if necessary (as I had to do recently when I forgot to turn off automatic updates).  As long as source files are checked in, there is nothing on the machine that needs to be persisted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This doesn't fit all usage scenarios, but for ease of replacement and maintenance it's very good." />
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  <row Id="25816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14300" RevisionGUID="a6398507-24bb-4225-9068-2cd174962525" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:10:36.160" UserId="1681" Text="What I always liked about laptops for developers is all you need is an extra monitor to run dual, a huge benefit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most laptops come with 5400 RPM drives which just doesn't cut it and increases compiling time, so be mindful of the build. Sure you can lock the laptop down with drive encryption and other things, but they just make the developer whinny and they go out of their way to disable them.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25817" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14300" RevisionGUID="a6398507-24bb-4225-9068-2cd174962525" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:10:36.160" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="25818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14301" RevisionGUID="8bb32b31-8f4a-431a-b57b-288989c3547c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:14:07.853" UserId="1740" Text="I run an almost exact set of applications on my developer workstation, and I'm very satisfied my setup:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Workstation (Not laptop)&#xD;&#xA; - 2 SATA harddrives 10.000 RPM. OS and applications on one, code on the other. This makes the compile/build very fast.&#xD;&#xA; - 4 GB RAM (Windows can not use more than this if you are running on 32bits)&#xD;&#xA; - 2 monitors, 22&quot; widescreen. One horizontal as main screen (VS), and the other set up vertical on the right side for documentation/MSDN/outlook/VM.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25819" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14301" RevisionGUID="8bb32b31-8f4a-431a-b57b-288989c3547c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:14:07.853" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="25820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14302" RevisionGUID="066bbaa0-6bbb-4c66-91be-be992c146e98" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:14:52.737" UserId="4911" Text="Additionally, IIS 7 comes with request filtering also recently release URLScan 3." />
  <row Id="25822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14303" RevisionGUID="1f760d56-a019-42d3-baff-3ee4ee3db3e0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:19:15.083" UserId="4578" Text="I'm just tweaking out my new Windows 7 laptop and wanted to disable the automatic Java updating (and thus kill the silly jusched.exe background process), but I can't seem to get it to actually turn it off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found the Java Control Panel applet and found the settings on the Update tab that should control it. I can turn them off, apply them, and close the dialog successfully. But if I just open the dialog backup again right away, I see that the changes weren't actually made. I've tried it numerous times and it just doesn't take. What's up with that?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also tried to disable the icon in the system tray and got the same effect. Changing the size of the Temporary Internet Files cache work however.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas? Thanks!" />
  <row Id="25823" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14303" RevisionGUID="1f760d56-a019-42d3-baff-3ee4ee3db3e0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:19:15.083" UserId="4578" Text="Can't seem to disable Java Automatic Update" />
  <row Id="25824" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14303" RevisionGUID="1f760d56-a019-42d3-baff-3ee4ee3db3e0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:19:15.083" UserId="4578" Text="&lt;java&gt;&lt;automaticupdates&gt;" />
  <row Id="25825" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14304" RevisionGUID="55076c97-1d25-4612-8fc5-432814018d53" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:21:52.160" UserId="58" Text="I prefer a desktop for home and a desktop for work. This way, I can have dual monitors running. I know peeps say 'use the notebook display + an external', but that's not big enough / good enough, for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Security? Because it's not mobile, it's as secure as the location you work at. if anything, i won't loose it or break it (eg. drop it, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Work from home? sure!! VPN + Remote Desktop to your machine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can u work at a cafe? nope :( Care factor though? zero :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I love the new Macbook pro's and want one bad. But i couldn't do my programming on it because i'm greedy now and need 2x 24&quot; LCD's. I can't go back. I've bitten the apple.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If u don't need 2x LCD's, then i would be all over a macbook pro for everything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTH :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25826" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14304" RevisionGUID="55076c97-1d25-4612-8fc5-432814018d53" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:21:52.160" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="25827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14305" RevisionGUID="2dce54eb-4c44-4447-a9c5-5ac9ba027ff8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:22:20.817" UserId="4757" Text="Before you consider any other points, first decide if you can justify the increased security risk from laptops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If employees have laptops they can take home, there is significantly increased risk for either the hardware or data getting stolen or copied. Outside of your corporate network the machines are at a higher risk of infection for virii, spyware, etc. If they connect to the net in a public place they risk sending data in cleartext that should never be seen outside your company. And if the unthinkable happens and a laptop is physically stolen, there is a very small - but very real - chance of the source code to your company's entire code base getting in to the wrong hands.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't want to sound like the end of the world here, but letting your data leave the company premises is a major potential risk. There are ways to secure this (forcing data to go through a company VPN, etc), but those will take time and effort from you." />
  <row Id="25828" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14305" RevisionGUID="2dce54eb-4c44-4447-a9c5-5ac9ba027ff8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:22:20.817" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="25829" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14306" RevisionGUID="bcfca1db-9f51-4727-aefe-23a7cb844b38" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:23:46.027" UserId="3256" Text="Just remove the program from starting up in the registry - delete if from HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\CurrentVersion\Run" />
  <row Id="25830" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14307" RevisionGUID="98cf1078-e5ac-4e21-abfa-29aaf6c2d5d0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:23:54.573" UserDisplayName="hashei" Text="I'm more inclined to concern about the CPU occupancy rate of the system state. If it's close to 10% or higher, that means your OS is spending too much time doing the context switches.Although move some processes to another machine is *much* slower,it deserves to do so." />
  <row Id="25831" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14199" RevisionGUID="e39ca907-2f55-40b6-818e-ca0a14e30cd6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:23:57.053" UserId="3505" Comment="Added some stats" Text="Hi Linux/UNIX Overlords,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do any of you have a rule of thumb as to how many context switches (per processor core) is *Normal* on a Linux server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My college here brought it up, and he's seeing 16K on a 8-core `x86_64` machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some stats from sarface over the last few days...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And to see the process creation stats, here's a logarithmic view of the same graph...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://src.autonomy.net.au/imagebin/81895e338fae67d3d205c09db44a81e6-Picture_10.png&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://src.autonomy.net.au/imagebin/7481f7e52bead4effc90248fc23c72fe-Picture_11.png" />
  <row Id="25832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14308" RevisionGUID="312a8c0e-c3c9-47fc-8157-16454d46568a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:27:55.377" UserId="58" Text="This is for windows based development (as suggested by the apps listed in the opening post).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - OS: Windows 7 RC1. x64bit a must.&#xD;&#xA; - CPU: Any dual or quad core&#xD;&#xA; - HD: Raid 0 if u can afford it - but make sure u don't have any important info on the  - machine. Keep it on a network drive or backup device.&#xD;&#xA; - Monitors: 2x 22&quot; min. 24&quot; are sweet. 30&quot; are generally faaar to big.&#xD;&#xA; - RAM: as much as possible. 4GIG minimum.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If u can, try getting a RAM DISK and putting stuff on that, like IO intesive stuff (code for builds, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't buy a branded computer. Make it yourself. Save some $$$ and u get premium parts. Notebooks are the exception here, if u're going down that path.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If u're really lucky, grab SSD hard disks instead. &#xD;&#xA;Lastly, don't install crap u don't need. less bloat on a windows os, the better. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25833" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14308" RevisionGUID="312a8c0e-c3c9-47fc-8157-16454d46568a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:27:55.377" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="25834" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14309" RevisionGUID="3ae97530-b7e4-403f-9ec7-d70179679fc1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:29:43.940" UserId="3542" Text="Download Autoruns (live.sysinternals.com/autoruns.exe) from Sysinternals / Microsoft, and uncheck &quot;SunJavaUpdateSched&quot; under the tab &quot;Logon&quot;." />
  <row Id="25835" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14310" RevisionGUID="c16be7f8-5a4e-4664-984e-c77f701cc512" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:30:52.220" UserId="4654" Text="Notebook may be not fast running such applications simultaneously, so I'd recommend a desktop workstation. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Multi-core CPU with VT support for Virual Machines&#xD;&#xA; 2. As much RAM as you can afford - it's cheap now. I'd recommend 3-4 GB for 32-bit OS or 4+ GB for 64-bit. &#xD;&#xA; 3. Fast HDDs. 10000 RPM are fine but some modern 7200s are good too. And yes, separate drives for OS and work files. RAID 0 may increase disk speed but beware of possible data loss.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Widescreen monitor or two. See **Espo**'s comment.&#xD;&#xA; 5. Good big case with proper cooling and powerful and reliable power supply unit. Believe me, it's important for the health of all the system components!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My home rig has a Core2Duo 3.2GHz, 4 GB RAM, 3 7200 RPM HDDs (non-raid) and a 24&quot; monitor. It runs applications similar to yours rather smooth, I'm satisfied. " />
  <row Id="25836" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14310" RevisionGUID="c16be7f8-5a4e-4664-984e-c77f701cc512" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:30:52.220" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="25837" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14199" RevisionGUID="f9350197-1ce6-42cf-b421-96d7bcdc275a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:31:24.840" UserId="3505" Text="Hi Linux/UNIX Overlords,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do any of you have a rule of thumb as to how many context switches (per processor core) is *Normal* on a Linux server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My college here brought it up, and he's seeing 16K on a 8-core `x86_64` machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some stats from sarface over the last few days...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And to see the process creation stats, here's a logarithmic view of the same graph...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And the 8 cores are bored to death...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://src.autonomy.net.au/imagebin/81895e338fae67d3d205c09db44a81e6-Picture_10.png&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://src.autonomy.net.au/imagebin/7481f7e52bead4effc90248fc23c72fe-Picture_11.png&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://src.autonomy.net.au/imagebin/0e94326652e977fd74edcd840f94200f-Picture_12.png" />
  <row Id="25838" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14266" RevisionGUID="51180164-95f0-4e67-8cfe-a003b04df1bd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:31:34.793" UserId="4651" Comment="added 187 characters in body" Text="my moderately loaded webserver sits at around 100-150 switches a second most of the time with peaks into the thousands.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;High context switch rates are not themselves an issue, but they may point the way to a more significant problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit:  Context switches are a symptom, not a cause.&#xD;&#xA;What are you trying to run on the server?  If you have a multiprocessor machine, you may want to try setting cpu affinity for your main server processes.&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;Alternatively if you are running X, try dropping down into console mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit again: at 16k cs per second, each cpu is averaging two switches per millisecond - that is half to a sixth of the normal timeslice.  Could he be running a lot of IO bound threads?" />
  <row Id="25839" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12766" RevisionGUID="6277f3ed-c0d7-43b1-bf3c-4443e9359ee5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:31:50.487" UserId="3950" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="VMwareTools SyncTime is not a good option for virtual machines on ESX! VMware itself has altered their recommendations for timekeeping in VM's to using NTP instead of vmware-tools if you experience problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I talked about this to an engineer from VMware at VMworld once and was told vmware-tools was never designed to do the job it is doing now. In the old days, lost interrupts was a big problem. Today much less. This is the reason why vmware-tools is able to correct your machine time if the machine is behind, but not when the machine is ahead. In fact, once the machine goes ahead of 'real' time, your pretty much screwed if you use vmware-tools to do timekeeping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Better still: when using ntp, the process that corrects your time actually wakes up less often compared to using vmware-tools. So for virtual machines ntp will provide *less* overhead instead of more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Therefore, for Linux you should *always* use ntp in VMware virtual machines. Disable vmware-tools synctime completely. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Windows VM's on Vmware, I'm less sure, but I think it is pretty much the same. Use the built-in time synchronization stuff in AD, which works better than VMware SyncTime. (Even though AD time synchronization sucks pretty bad by itself; it's sole reason for existence is to keep Windows boxen in sync with their domain controllers and Kerberos will still work as long as the clock difference is less than about 5 minutes, so there is much less need to accuracy.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can read about VMware time synchronization on Linux a bit more [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&amp;docType=kc&amp;externalId=1006427&amp;sliceId=1&amp;docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&amp;dialogID=24770738&amp;stateId=1%200%2024774167" />
  <row Id="25840" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14311" RevisionGUID="b4bd9c38-1a54-41dd-91df-d2665471c959" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:36:23.550" UserId="813" Text="You can probably do this from System Configuration (Run: msconfig).  In the Startup tab uncheck the unwanted service." />
  <row Id="25841" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14199" RevisionGUID="38efae32-e668-4609-8c7a-01515964a4bf" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:37:34.470" UserId="3505" Comment="Other useless stats" Text="Hi Linux/UNIX Overlords,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do any of you have a rule of thumb as to how many context switches (per processor core) is *Normal* on a Linux server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My college here brought it up, and he's seeing 16K on a 8-core `x86_64` machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some stats from sarface over the last few days...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And to see the process creation stats, here's a logarithmic view of the same graph...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And the 8 cores are bored to death...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More useless information in case anyone asks..&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA; * The storage that the server works on is a 0.5TB SAN via FC&#xD;&#xA; * There's 8GB of RAM, mostly cache - no swapping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://src.autonomy.net.au/imagebin/81895e338fae67d3d205c09db44a81e6-Picture_10.png&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://src.autonomy.net.au/imagebin/7481f7e52bead4effc90248fc23c72fe-Picture_11.png&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://src.autonomy.net.au/imagebin/0e94326652e977fd74edcd840f94200f-Picture_12.png" />
  <row Id="25842" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14266" RevisionGUID="3bd22a54-675a-4232-bc46-ebd8ae04428e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:38:02.970" UserId="4651" Comment="added 137 characters in body; added 153 characters in body" Text="my moderately loaded webserver sits at around 100-150 switches a second most of the time with peaks into the thousands.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;High context switch rates are not themselves an issue, but they may point the way to a more significant problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit:  Context switches are a symptom, not a cause.&#xD;&#xA;What are you trying to run on the server?  If you have a multiprocessor machine, you may want to try setting cpu affinity for your main server processes.&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;Alternatively if you are running X, try dropping down into console mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit again: at 16k cs per second, each cpu is averaging two switches per millisecond - that is half to a sixth of the normal timeslice.  Could he be running a lot of IO bound threads?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit again post graphs: Certainly looks IO bound.  is the system spending most of its time in SYS when the context switches are high?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit once more: High iowait and system in that last graph - completely eclipsing the userspace.  You have IO problems.  &#xD;&#xA;What FC card are you using?" />
  <row Id="25843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14312" RevisionGUID="737c3a33-dd75-46fb-ba9e-b9ee80df6f23" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:40:38.287" UserId="3431" Text="If al else fails, you can always compile from source. I've done it before on CentOS and it actually works quite smoothly." />
  <row Id="25844" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14313" RevisionGUID="f8eb7fc9-ad00-4da8-8862-99f09732f97e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:45:50.677" UserId="3959" Text="Currently I have Reporting Services install in SQL EE 2005. But reporting database is routing to another server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My intention is uninstall SQL 2005 EE from current server and install SQL 2005 Express. Then routing back the reporting database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure whether the Reporting Services working fine after running in SQL 2005 Express." />
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  <row Id="25846" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14313" RevisionGUID="f8eb7fc9-ad00-4da8-8862-99f09732f97e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:45:50.677" UserId="3959" Text="&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="25851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14316" RevisionGUID="34ecfa9c-7c27-46e2-b538-dff6e316fae9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:49:57.767" UserId="2711" Text="From the Hyper-V FAQ:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Q.  What are the system requirements for Hyper-V?&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    A.  In addition to the systems requirement for Windows Server 2008, &#xD;&#xA;        the two key requirements for the Hyper-V platform are the need &#xD;&#xA;        to ensure that the server is a 64-bit environment and supports &#xD;&#xA;        hardware-assisted virtualization (Intel VT or AMD-V) technology.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-faq.aspx&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25852" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14317" RevisionGUID="a3725f6e-5ace-487f-bab1-46691a98262a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:50:22.900" UserId="4916" Text="RAM, RAM , you can never have too much RAM.  OK, well, you actually can, if you're going over 4GB you will need 64bit to take advantage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most processors today are dual or quad core, and if you don't have enough memory, your machine spends too much time swapping memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have 2GB at work and I'm constantly bumping up against it.  RAM is cheap right now, so go for it!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wish I could have 8GB in my work machine, one can dream can't they." />
  <row Id="25856" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="14054" RevisionGUID="4f9ba48d-4433-40bf-8ed3-b9d023f2f569" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:56:10.733" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:984,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Zoredache&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="25857" PostHistoryTypeId="18" PostId="1697" RevisionGUID="9a4da5a2-bc4b-420e-860d-a2a516753904" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:57:42.587" UserId="1" Comment="Merged question 'Smart Defrag' by Ken Dalenberg" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="25858" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="13165" RevisionGUID="bea95b75-b56a-459f-9443-61d38e662bab" CreationDate="2009-05-29T06:58:39.917" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:984,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Zoredache&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="25861" PostHistoryTypeId="18" PostId="3218" RevisionGUID="a208abc8-8516-47cf-9e83-1f86af2e96fe" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:01:55.700" UserId="1" Comment="Merged question 'Backup system for FreeBSD/Linux' by dmitrit" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="25862" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14277" RevisionGUID="a5241fe5-55f0-49a8-b355-e2c5c828e707" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:04:16.397" UserId="984" Comment="added 529 characters in body" Text="There is a lot of overlap with this [question][1].  Just take that as a list of thing things you need to teach.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One important thing to do is to correctly assess their readiness level so you can respond appropriately. I created a [cheat-sheet][2] for myself that is based a model from [Management of Organizational Behavior][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If **junior** is unwilling or unable you need to provide specific instructions and supervise performance. Do: Tell, Guide, Direct, Establish.&#xD;&#xA; - If **junior** is unable but willing or confident you need to explain decisions and provide opportunity for clarification.  Do: Sell, Explain, Clarify, Persuade.&#xD;&#xA; - If **junior** is able but unwilling or insecure you need to share ideas and facilitate decision making.  Do: Participate, Encourage, Support, Empower.&#xD;&#xA; - If **junior** is able, willing and confident then you need to turn over responsibility and implementation, he may no longer be **junior**.  Do: Delegate, Observe, Entrust, Assign.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect the more promising **junior** candidates will be not be unwilling, if they are unwilling to learn you may be fighting a loosing battle.  As the saying goes, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keeping in mind their readiness level, start assigning them tasks.  Try to give them tasks that are just a small bit beyond their comfort zone or current ability.  Then help them grow their skills to accomplish the task.  Don't use them purely to do the stuff you don't want to do, (write docs, review logs, etc) give some tasks that you think they would find interesting on occasion.  When there is minor outage take advantage of it and encourage the **junior** admin to take lead for solving the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/9766/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://sites.google.com/site/francyci/Home/geek-advice/readinesslevel&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.amazon.com/Management-Organizational-Behavior-Paul-Hersey/dp/0131441396/" />
  <row Id="25863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14319" RevisionGUID="65772b29-19ca-47e5-bfae-e171f68a5316" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:07:23.083" UserId="2627" Text="With reasonable laptops going so cheap nowadays, I would suggest that the middle way is the best: a powerful desktop for day-to-day operations and a laptop too for travel, work from home, VPN+RDP to the desktop from anywhere, etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This solution has better chances of keeping developers productive and data safe, since a stolen laptop will be less likely to have tons of information on it. Convenience will always erode security -- it is easier to keep everything nicely encrypted ([TrueCrypt][1] FTW!) on a side machine, that is not in constant use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://truecrypt.org" />
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  <row Id="25865" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="14171" RevisionGUID="18c1ebda-ad9b-447c-8ce6-faaa228f8802" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:09:11.020" UserId="816" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;book&gt;" />
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  <row Id="25867" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14321" RevisionGUID="b18b415e-a8d6-4dea-ac8d-01beef67dfc2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:17:38.663" UserId="2117" Text="Expanding on nima's one-liner, you could do that as a shell function and drop it in your .bashrc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    diff &lt;(grep -v '^#' f1) &lt;(grep -v '^#' f2)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;becomes (using -u because I like unified diffs)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    function cleandiff {&#xD;&#xA;      diff -u &lt;(grep -v '^#' $1| grep -v '^ *$') &lt;(grep -v '^#' $2 | grep -v '^ *$')&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you like GUI diff viewers, meld is nice, and understands revision controlled dirs/files." />
  <row Id="25868" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14322" RevisionGUID="f2b263ec-8afa-4c35-9422-e271990c0772" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:20:45.460" UserDisplayName="Gerhard Fourie" Text="Maybe to answer your question is to show where We went wrong. Our business was very small about 3 years ago. We got sbs2003 which worked well, including exchange server (included). We had about 10+ pc (locally) connecting to domain. Then we started expanding very fast. 4 new depots + 20 new clients wanting to use domain controller. We expanded our out of the box accounting packaged and decided to go the terminal server route. NOW. SBS2003 cannot be setup as a terminal server and having a dedicated server 2003 machine running as a DC and terminal server is not recommended. So we got another server handling the accounting package through terminal service. Another problem we had was that one of the remote depots also got a server running server 2003 (without consulting me) and wanted to setup a trust relationships with my sbs DC. BIG Problem. sbs 2003 cannot create a trust relationship with another server 2003 so they cannot authenticate on my DC. We are now stuck with a disjointed network. Also please have someone explain to you the NIGHtMARE of windows lisencing. It will save you a huge, and I mean, HUGE amount of money in the future. So, be carefull of sbs2003. though it is a great bundle, it can cause you allot of headaches in the future&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I am getting at is if you are going to expand. Fork out the money now to prevent the scenario we are in now." />
  <row Id="25869" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14322" RevisionGUID="f2b263ec-8afa-4c35-9422-e271990c0772" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:20:45.460" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="25870" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10533" RevisionGUID="cfbc0804-45f2-421f-8e8c-6236f7a877d3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:22:10.823" UserId="22" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;Looking to find the right hardware/software for a new computer system for a retail company with about 10 on-site computers.  The company is growing and has no online business yet but is ripe to expand at some stage in the near future.  Need a new server and other hardware pool due to rebate purchases before the end of June.  Plan to run &quot;out of the box&quot; accounting and database package with the option to change software later.  Concerned about whether it is best to run with a Vista oriented OS over other Windows, curious about Ubuntu for small business and other open source options down the track.  Any thoughts on this would be much appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25871" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10533" RevisionGUID="cfbc0804-45f2-421f-8e8c-6236f7a877d3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:22:10.823" UserId="22" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;server-hardware&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="25872" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14323" RevisionGUID="bd19a8ea-4139-4d84-83b5-29858f642f5d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:22:44.457" UserId="4919" Text="Hello! Anyone here who knows how to get the +-*/ on the numerical keypad to work in gnu screen from putty? Number work fine but not the operators. the / seems to be bind to renme the current shell or maybe start a new shell. My host os is ubuntu 9.04 ( the os i run screen on ).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best Regards Anders Olme" />
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  <row Id="25874" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14323" RevisionGUID="bd19a8ea-4139-4d84-83b5-29858f642f5d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:22:44.457" UserId="4919" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;putty&gt;&lt;screen&gt;" />
  <row Id="25875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14324" RevisionGUID="686ef619-6670-4df6-b8a5-e3f66106aba8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:24:22.457" UserId="3947" Text="The easy solution to install packages in ubuntu &amp; as well as debian is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.apt-get install ( Installation Of Packages)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.apt-cache search (Search for package)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. apt-cache policy ( To search installed package)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try using this..:)" />
  <row Id="25876" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14325" RevisionGUID="7993f569-53ed-4d9e-896d-5472986ca1d3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:26:43.887" UserId="2711" Text="The only thing I can think of is that you have a zealous firewall configured on the router which is locking down incoming traffic to the specific IPs of the servers you already have. If so you would need to add the VIP into the router firewall rules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You state that the VIP is on the same VLAN as your servers (at least, I think that is what you are saying) so... you appear to have configured everything appropriately if the cluster works internally to the VLAN." />
  <row Id="25877" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14326" RevisionGUID="cff74931-1e44-48ee-af5b-fff2356037a6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:32:02.767" UserId="3527" Text="You can check the configuration, go to &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Terminal&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    --&gt; Keyboard&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;         --&gt; Function keys and keypad&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Choose whichever works for you. Usually, Linux / Xterm R6" />
  <row Id="25878" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14199" RevisionGUID="d849e124-9149-4c31-9ea2-7992384f65ed" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:37:23.147" UserId="3505" Comment="CS vs IOwait" Text="Hi Linux/UNIX Overlords,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do any of you have a rule of thumb as to how many context switches (per processor core) is *Normal* on a Linux server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My college here brought it up, and he's seeing 16K on a 8-core `x86_64` machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some stats from sarface over the last few days...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And to see the process creation stats, here's a logarithmic view of the same graph...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And the 8 cores are bored to death...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**CS vs IOwait (x10000 scale)**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More useless information in case anyone asks..&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA; * The storage that the server works on is a 0.5TB SAN via FC&#xD;&#xA; * There's 8GB of RAM, mostly cache - no swapping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://src.autonomy.net.au/imagebin/81895e338fae67d3d205c09db44a81e6-Picture_10.png&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://src.autonomy.net.au/imagebin/7481f7e52bead4effc90248fc23c72fe-Picture_11.png&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://src.autonomy.net.au/imagebin/0e94326652e977fd74edcd840f94200f-Picture_12.png&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://src.autonomy.net.au/imagebin/a52a2a8a120394849c0da4045933e306-Picture_13.png" />
  <row Id="25879" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12766" RevisionGUID="5acd47db-714a-4998-a304-51d7cb58047c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:41:03.530" UserId="3950" Comment="added 3 characters in body" Text="VMwareTools SyncTime is not a good option for virtual machines on ESX! VMware itself has altered their recommendations for timekeeping in VM's to using NTP instead of vmware-tools if you experience problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I talked about this to an engineer from VMware at VMworld once and was told vmware-tools was never designed to do the job it is doing now. In the old days, lost interrupts was a big problem. Today much less. This is the reason why vmware-tools is able to correct your machine time if the machine is behind, but not when the machine is ahead. In fact, once the machine goes ahead of 'real' time, you're pretty much screwed if you use vmware-tools to do timekeeping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Better still: when using ntp, the process that corrects your time actually wakes up less often compared to using vmware-tools. So for virtual machines ntp will provide *less* overhead instead of more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Therefore, for Linux you should *always* use ntp in VMware virtual machines. Disable vmware-tools synctime completely. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Windows VM's on Vmware, I'm less sure, but I think it is pretty much the same. Use the built-in time synchronization stuff in AD, which works better than VMware SyncTime. (Even though AD time synchronization sucks pretty bad by itself; it's sole reason for existence is to keep Windows boxen in sync with their domain controllers and Kerberos will still work as long as the clock difference is less than about 5 minutes, so there is much less need for accuracy.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can read about VMware time synchronization on Linux a bit more [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&amp;docType=kc&amp;externalId=1006427&amp;sliceId=1&amp;docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&amp;dialogID=24770738&amp;stateId=1%200%2024774167" />
  <row Id="25880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14327" RevisionGUID="5529d1be-81c4-451a-89f6-851f3df04302" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:41:11.110" UserId="3216" Text="let's say money is not an issue - &#xD;&#xA;what is the fastest possible computer that makes no noise at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;some ideas:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SSD: Intel X25-M&#xD;&#xA;graphics: GeForce 9600 GT  passively cooled&#xD;&#xA;zalman TNN 300 case&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but which processor has the best heat/speed ratio?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this would be quite exiting since it would have no moving parts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;bonus points for finding silent keyboards :)" />
  <row Id="25881" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14327" RevisionGUID="5529d1be-81c4-451a-89f6-851f3df04302" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:41:11.110" UserId="3216" Text="fastest possible computer that is totally silent " />
  <row Id="25882" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14327" RevisionGUID="5529d1be-81c4-451a-89f6-851f3df04302" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:41:11.110" UserId="3216" Text="&lt;silent&gt;&lt;cooling&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;passive&gt;" />
  <row Id="25883" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14266" RevisionGUID="e078e1a2-24c7-4423-9dbe-6a02a3e36d37" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:41:13.547" UserId="4651" Comment="added 182 characters in body" Text="my moderately loaded webserver sits at around 100-150 switches a second most of the time with peaks into the thousands.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;High context switch rates are not themselves an issue, but they may point the way to a more significant problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit:  Context switches are a symptom, not a cause.&#xD;&#xA;What are you trying to run on the server?  If you have a multiprocessor machine, you may want to try setting cpu affinity for your main server processes.&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;Alternatively if you are running X, try dropping down into console mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit again: at 16k cs per second, each cpu is averaging two switches per millisecond - that is half to a sixth of the normal timeslice.  Could he be running a lot of IO bound threads?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit again post graphs: Certainly looks IO bound.  is the system spending most of its time in SYS when the context switches are high?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit once more: High iowait and system in that last graph - completely eclipsing the userspace.  You have IO problems.  &#xD;&#xA;What FC card are you using?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit: hmmm. any chance of getting some benchmarks going on your SAN access with bonnie++ or dbench during deadtime?  I would be interested in seeing if they have similar results." />
  <row Id="25884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14328" RevisionGUID="4a40c653-e755-452f-9b54-c313bed17172" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:44:04.320" UserId="2832" Text="Lab Manager templates and VM instances from within Lab Manager (as long they're not currently running) can be exported as a series of 2GB (or less) vmdk files.  Those files can then be used by any VMware product (ESX, VMware Workstation, Fusion, etc).  Depending on the size of the template/VM, it can take an hour or more to export to a network share so don't freak out if you see it spinning for a bit. " />
  <row Id="25885" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14329" RevisionGUID="3748b816-d308-42d2-b1f1-df138b3798a4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:47:32.377" UserId="3431" Text="Hello everyone,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a tricky question for you, well at least seems tricky to me. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the setup. I have a linux file server and another linux server. I am looking to use the disk space from the filer server on the other linux server. The only catch is that I would like the data to be encrypted on the filer server to avoid have random people looking into the data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So to sum up, the data needs to be encrypted on the file server but mountable on the other linux server via NFS or some other protocol.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The solution needs to be at least free and/or open source.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you in advance for your help !" />
  <row Id="25886" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14329" RevisionGUID="3748b816-d308-42d2-b1f1-df138b3798a4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:47:32.377" UserId="3431" Text="Storing files encrypted and sharing them over NFS or other" />
  <row Id="25887" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14329" RevisionGUID="3748b816-d308-42d2-b1f1-df138b3798a4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:47:32.377" UserId="3431" Text="&lt;nfs&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;encryption&gt;" />
  <row Id="25888" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14330" RevisionGUID="0607f68c-74b5-4d91-aa8d-7b2607b570de" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:48:30.363" UserId="4629" Text="What are some good alternatives to the virtual private server company sliceshost? I would like a few alternates providers." />
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  <row Id="25890" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14330" RevisionGUID="0607f68c-74b5-4d91-aa8d-7b2607b570de" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:48:30.363" UserId="4629" Text="&lt;slicehost&gt;&lt;vps&gt;&lt;virtual&gt;&lt;private&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="25891" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14331" RevisionGUID="cec72481-955b-40b7-bc5c-2bdf43017867" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:49:38.503" UserId="2299" Text="My experience is that memory is more important than CPU. However disk speed is more important than either. Put a decent RAID controller like a Perc5/i in the workstation and a three disk RAID0 and it will make a big difference. It may seem a luxury to have a Perc card in a workstation, but it's not :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25892" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14332" RevisionGUID="1189edb1-9bf0-4c7a-8882-e3db1fa48780" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:51:02.963" UserId="3523" Text="Nothing would stop you running a client bound to each IP. That way you'll show up as two clients but you'll be able to use both connections." />
  <row Id="25893" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14333" RevisionGUID="4a790ff9-31a6-428c-9f53-169214cc4194" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:52:31.807" UserId="4373" Text="There are many, [SolarVPS][1] is very good for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.solarvps.com" />
  <row Id="25894" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14334" RevisionGUID="05ced57e-fea1-4eb8-a42f-426f437e8879" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:52:33.727" UserId="1352" Text="SQL Server Express by default does not expose TCP/IP connectivity. Goto All Programs &gt; Microsoft SQL Server 2005 &gt; Configuration Tools &gt; **SQL Server Configuration Manager**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the SQL Server 2005 Network Configuration, look at the Protocols for SQLEXPRESS and enable TCP/IP if it is disabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Verify that all ports stated in the TFS installation guide are open at the database server for the app-tier server to make a connection to. [You may also want to ensure WMI ports are open for discovery][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://community.sgdotnet.org/groups/vsts/wiki/installation-problems-windows-2008.aspx" />
  <row Id="25895" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14335" RevisionGUID="5dcc8329-b837-4fa1-9afe-9f2a0b4d1e6e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:52:34.973" UserId="1674" Text="It should work fine as SQL Express with Advanced Services includes reporting services.  Just backup the SSRS databases, then restore them back to SQL Express after you install it." />
  <row Id="25896" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14336" RevisionGUID="4cea0739-ee4c-41c5-b653-e35d6dd6b212" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:53:18.387" UserId="3523" Text="Have a look at [OVH][1], they offer the RPS service which is essentially a diskless system connected to a large SAN. They also offer VPS style services as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ovh.co.uk/" />
  <row Id="25897" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14337" RevisionGUID="abbe3eac-16cd-4acd-8e79-16c51aa7b36f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:53:44.613" UserId="2277" Text="nircmd.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Invaluable command line tool I primarily use for killing programs and processes although it does allow a fairly high degree of control over hardware." />
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  <row Id="25899" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14338" RevisionGUID="da5cc064-d30d-4b5a-ad8b-8a0d5e2ded60" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:54:29.277" UserId="4629" Text="I use VMware on a daily basis, it is slow even though I have a brand new machine with 4 gigs of RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I speed up my VMWare software? I know one bottle neck is my hard drive, it is a laptop so the hard drive isn't have the fastest RPM's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am running Ubuntu Linux in VMware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="25901" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14338" RevisionGUID="da5cc064-d30d-4b5a-ad8b-8a0d5e2ded60" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:54:29.277" UserId="4629" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="25902" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14339" RevisionGUID="3542196f-c9b2-4859-a62c-1c1e1ee4f9c9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:54:50.023" UserId="3271" Text="I'm surprised nobody mention [SSD][1]...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2009/03/27.html" />
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  <row Id="25904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14340" RevisionGUID="27279120-f2de-42c7-8130-1ac8d05422f6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:57:23.030" UserId="3082" Text="A minor tweak to the process given by vishaal and Bobby Cox:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- *resize2fs* the /home LV down to a bit smaller than you really want&#xD;&#xA;- *lvm lvreduce* it down to the size you really want&#xD;&#xA;- *resize2fs* it back up to fill the LV (by not specifying a size)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This leaves a safety margin on the off-chance that the two commands interpret explicit sizes differently (I know the *lvm* commands round to an integer number of Extents; how the default Extent size is determined I'm not sure, and don't really care).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When increasing an LV's size the procedure is somewhat simpler:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- *lvm lvextend* to the size you want&#xD;&#xA;- *resize2fs* to fill" />
  <row Id="25905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14341" RevisionGUID="8f939619-6835-40f7-a461-a9f7e94d4ee5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:59:09.687" UserId="4634" Text="scite for text editing and servant salamander as file manager. Unfortunately, salamander is a commercial product, but it is exceptionally good for working with files and folders.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25906" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14341" RevisionGUID="8f939619-6835-40f7-a461-a9f7e94d4ee5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T07:59:09.687" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="25908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14343" RevisionGUID="fe55fd76-82ea-4391-bf7a-7f1e50870660" CreationDate="2009-05-29T08:01:54.237" UserId="4757" Text="Linode are who I am with. They have very good pricing, good performance (google search &quot;slicehost vs linode&quot; for example) and a very active support community in the forums and IRC if you need help. Highly recommended!" />
  <row Id="25912" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14345" RevisionGUID="04bd23f8-82f3-43df-bac5-02b1114a3f83" CreationDate="2009-05-29T08:06:17.830" UserId="4084" Text="&gt; The obvious solution seems to be VPN,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; but can VPN be implemented on the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; routers only?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It depends what your routers are.&#xD;&#xA;A lot  of low/mid range routeurs are able to act as VPN server/Client.&#xD;&#xA;If your router are some Unix box it shouldn't be too hard to configure OpenVPN on them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your computers are running Windows, you may want to configure a Wins server on each site. Again, an unix box could do the stuff using samba. " />
  <row Id="25914" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14346" RevisionGUID="41338938-7b82-4838-8e93-5d8966bb6ae1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T08:09:26.873" UserId="984" Text="&gt; The only catch is that I would like the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; data to be encrypted&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since this is Linux look at [dm-crypt][1], or [truecrypt][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The data needs to be encrypted on the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; file server but mountable on the other&#xD;&#xA;&gt; linux server via NFS or some other&#xD;&#xA;&gt; protocol.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How the data is encrypted on the server is generally unrelated to how you serve it.  Keep in mind that most file serving protocols you will use will not be encrypted, so people will be able to see your files as they are used over the network unless you do something to encrypt them in transit.  You could use something like IPSEC, a VPN between the hosts, or sshfs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.truecrypt.org/" />
  <row Id="25915" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14347" RevisionGUID="5dfa1539-4637-42e9-9afe-650e5c96a17e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T08:12:17.617" UserId="2783" Text="Really not an IT-related question... probably better posted on one of the forums listed here: http://serverfault.com/questions/1504/where-can-i-ask-questions-that-arent-it-questions" />
  <row Id="25916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14348" RevisionGUID="ac3289a6-b34f-41a6-b289-793c64551f3b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T08:17:40.710" UserId="3505" Text="I think `encfs` is a good starting point.  Since I'm also interested in this, I'll try and set one up and let you know how it goes." />
  <row Id="25917" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14349" RevisionGUID="7c5bcc28-ead1-4941-9be6-e95317e21ae8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T08:17:52.783" UserId="3950" Text="Things like this are why you should try and keep performance baselines for your servers. That way, you can compare things you notice all of a sudden with things you have recorded in the past.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, I have servers running (not very busy Oracle servers, mainly), which are steady around 2k with some 4k peaks. For my servers, that is normal, for other people's servers that might be way too low or too high.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How far can you go back in your data?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What kind of CPU information can you give us?" />
  <row Id="25918" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14350" RevisionGUID="3bbb7736-4f19-4e2e-b028-cc55670bbb9d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T08:18:40.240" UserId="4923" Text="Hi. I'm thinking of migrating my server park to ZFS, but this live demo makes me suspicious. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Is what we see here normal behavior for ZFS?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN6iDzesEs0&amp;feature=player_embedded#t=4m40s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any whay, this is a Kodak moment. The speaker seems not to expect what he see during the first 2 seconds. Hilarious!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="25919" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14350" RevisionGUID="3bbb7736-4f19-4e2e-b028-cc55670bbb9d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T08:18:40.240" UserId="4923" Text="ZFS failing on stage during demo. Is this normal behavior?" />
  <row Id="25920" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14350" RevisionGUID="3bbb7736-4f19-4e2e-b028-cc55670bbb9d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T08:18:40.240" UserId="4923" Text="&lt;zfs&gt;" />
  <row Id="25921" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14351" RevisionGUID="cf1e56bc-73f5-4424-98d7-1c1d400db5c5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T08:20:12.123" UserId="1326" Text="I'm curious if anyone out there has done any experimentation or comparisons between file systems and database performance. On Linux, I'm wondering what is the optimal file system for a postgres database. Also, what settings (inode, etc) are ideal for it? Is this something that may drastically differ based on the data in the database?" />
  <row Id="25922" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14351" RevisionGUID="cf1e56bc-73f5-4424-98d7-1c1d400db5c5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T08:20:12.123" UserId="1326" Text="What is the best filesystem for insert performance on PostgreSQL?" />
  <row Id="25923" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14351" RevisionGUID="cf1e56bc-73f5-4424-98d7-1c1d400db5c5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T08:20:12.123" UserId="1326" Text="&lt;postgresql&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;database&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;" />
  <row Id="25924" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14352" RevisionGUID="6a51f222-0d75-46c5-9002-ebd920581230" CreationDate="2009-05-29T08:21:20.220" UserId="4901" Text="Always, always, always pre-allocate your VMDKs!  Also, if you can, partition your drive so that the virtual machines will have their own partition as close to the beginning (physically towards the outside of the platter) of the drive as possible, next to parts of your OS that will be written to (/var, swap, /home).  If the host OS and VMDKs are all on one half of the platter, you've cut your seek time in half for most operations (static files are read once and then held in memory - take advantage of this!).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Changing out the CFQ for the anticipatory or deadline I/O schedulers may increase performance, depending your usage.  Also, check out these kernel settings to optimize how your RAM is used:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - /proc/sys/vm/swappiness&#xD;&#xA; - /proc/sys/vm/vfs_cache_pressure&#xD;&#xA; - /proc/sys/vm/dirty_background_ratio&#xD;&#xA; - /proc/sys/vm/dirty_ratio&#xD;&#xA; - /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_ratio&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And these for your I/O:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - /sys/block/&lt;device&gt;/queue/scheduler&#xD;&#xA; - /sys/block/&lt;device&gt;/queue/&lt;scheduler dependent settings&gt;" />
  <row Id="25925" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14353" RevisionGUID="5f4f2ca8-b6b1-49d0-91bd-6a5cfdc53278" CreationDate="2009-05-29T08:21:50.093" UserId="4923" Text="My best upgrade was a SSD disk. (not OCZ Vertex, go for intel)" />
  <row Id="25926" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14346" RevisionGUID="befd6b84-1e9d-48ac-8690-62f0df70072a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T08:22:18.923" UserId="984" Comment="added 641 characters in body" Text="&gt; The only catch is that I would like the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; data to be encrypted&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since this is Linux look at [dm-crypt][1], or [truecrypt][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; With&#xD;&#xA;&gt; dm-crypt or truecrypt, will anyone&#xD;&#xA;&gt; with access to the filesystem be able&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to access the data ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This depends on what you mean by anyone and access.  If you haven't stored your keys on the box and some evil person steals the the computer or the drive, the encrypted data is going to be unreadable.  If the system is left on and the encrypted filesystem is left mounted, and a person is able to login to the system with an account that has permissions on the files then then yes, they will be able to access the data.  If you control access correctly, the nobody but authorized users should be able to access the data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The data needs to be encrypted on the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; file server but mountable on the other&#xD;&#xA;&gt; linux server via NFS or some other&#xD;&#xA;&gt; protocol.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How the data is encrypted on the server is generally unrelated to how you serve it.  Keep in mind that most file serving protocols you will use will not be encrypted, so people will be able to see your files as they are used over the network unless you do something to encrypt them in transit.  You could use something like IPSEC, a VPN between the hosts, or sshfs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.truecrypt.org/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14354" RevisionGUID="a8cd7f8a-1fb9-4e66-a042-850ead99fd39" CreationDate="2009-05-29T08:24:17.500" UserId="2944" Text="You can use a tool called [SecurAble][1] which will tell you if your CPU supports Virtualisation Technologies, which is what you need to run Hyper-V.  It will also tell you the number of bits supported by your CPU and if it supports DEP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.grc.com/files/securable.exe" />
  <row Id="25928" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14355" RevisionGUID="66c97043-474e-4271-8ea3-17fd68d2ea5d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T08:31:20.777" UserId="66" Text="We have this exact scenario with 4 sites accross the UK.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each site has a draytek VPN device that are a few hundred quid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They are all connected to one another by VPN and it works like a charm." />
  <row Id="25930" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14350" RevisionGUID="d1725120-4fe3-4c67-9e05-1cc6342a1339" CreationDate="2009-05-29T08:42:08.867" UserId="4923" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body; added 12 characters in body" Text="Hi. I'm thinking of migrating my server park to ZFS(not really), but this live demo makes me suspicious. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Is what we see here normal behavior for ZFS?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN6iDzesEs0&amp;feature=player_embedded#t=4m40s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any way, this is a Kodak moment. The speaker seems not to expect what he see during the first 2 seconds. Hilarious!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="25931" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14357" RevisionGUID="62f32be4-d598-4e81-a1c3-fc8c5123d25d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T08:46:21.603" UserDisplayName="razor" Text="puppetrun doesn't report errors my puppetclients encounter.  for instance, if I put jibberish into site.pp and run puppetd --test on the clients I get an error.  if I run puppetrun on the puppetmaster it says the client finished with exit code 0.  Shouldn't it finish with an error code so that I can easily know there's an error in a manifest file?" />
  <row Id="25932" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14357" RevisionGUID="62f32be4-d598-4e81-a1c3-fc8c5123d25d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T08:46:21.603" UserDisplayName="razor" Text="puppetrun not reporting client errors" />
  <row Id="25933" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14357" RevisionGUID="62f32be4-d598-4e81-a1c3-fc8c5123d25d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T08:46:21.603" UserDisplayName="razor" Text="&lt;administration&gt;&lt;cluster&gt;" />
  <row Id="25934" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14327" RevisionGUID="d745b767-ef46-4b21-94d4-7fe72da6fa21" CreationDate="2009-05-29T08:48:12.647" UserId="3216" />
  <row Id="25936" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14358" RevisionGUID="48f91c9c-12e5-4990-8fdc-a690698d28bb" CreationDate="2009-05-29T08:55:38.277" UserId="3181" Text="This kind of configuration has been used for years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Establish VPNs between sites. Then enable a dynamic routing protocol to share network information between the sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my experience, the routers will have some kind of virtual Point-to-Point link between them, perhaps a GRE tunnel or L2TP. The dynamic routing protocols treat this link like any other interface. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some vendor/implementation specific configuration issues with the VPN configuration - consult the documentation, the vendor's support organization, or describe what products you are using.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One key point relating to network design - you need to treat all the sites as part of one large network. For example, you can't configure all the remote sites to have a 192.168.1.0 subnet. Rather, you might be able to get such a nightmare to work with NAT and with a very convoluted routing configuration, but it is so much easier to design all the sites as being part of one network space." />
  <row Id="25938" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14359" RevisionGUID="1f11def0-11a7-4df6-aab8-15b0a06866e9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:13:13.563" UserDisplayName="Matt Ross" Text="I have a Windows 2008 server with NLB installed.&#xD;&#xA;From this I want to run the wlbs command to enable/disable Windows 2003 webservers in a webfarm.&#xD;&#xA;I have been doing this from an old Windows 2000 server with success, but when I try and run wlbs drain 80 10.0.0.159:1 from the command line on the Win2K8 box I just get the help documentation.&#xD;&#xA;The Windows 2008 box has NLB installed and I've successfully connected to the cluster via the NLB Manager on this box. I also have a password set for remote admin in the cluster and I'm passing this via the /PASSW argument." />
  <row Id="25939" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14359" RevisionGUID="1f11def0-11a7-4df6-aab8-15b0a06866e9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:13:13.563" UserDisplayName="Matt Ross" Text="Network Load Balancing: wlbs on Windows 2008 not working with Windows 2003 boxes" />
  <row Id="25940" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14359" RevisionGUID="1f11def0-11a7-4df6-aab8-15b0a06866e9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:13:13.563" UserDisplayName="Matt Ross" Text="&lt;load-balancing&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="25941" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14360" RevisionGUID="5b891d02-23a6-4db5-a36f-37602e87118a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:14:49.690" UserId="2711" Text="It *sounds* like what you did was:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Joined new machine to domain.&#xD;&#xA;* Deleted computer account after join.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regardless as to whether that is the case, following these steps will fix it no matter what your SID is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* On the Workstation, log on as *local* administrator and remove the machine from the domain and reboot. When it prompts for credentials to leave the domain, just leave it blank and hit OK.  You do not need to use AD Users and Computers at any point.&#xD;&#xA;* On the Workstation, after rebooting, log on as local admin and rejoin the domain. When it asks for credentials enter your Domain Admin or other privileged account. Again, you don't need to touch AD Users and Computers.&#xD;&#xA;* After rebooting, go look in AD Users and Computers. Search for your computer name (make sure when you search you change &quot;Find&quot; from &quot;Users, Contacts and Groups&quot; to &quot;Computers&quot; or your system won't show up. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your workstation should be there somewhere, assuming you don't have more issues with your domain." />
  <row Id="25942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14361" RevisionGUID="c7993482-20d2-49a4-b1a0-767dd3d0e70d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:14:57.990" UserId="1447" Text="Database management systems implement their own journalling through the database logs, so installing such a DBMS on a journalled file system degrades performance through two mechanisms:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Redundant journalling increases the amount of disk activity&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. Physical disk layout can be fragmented (although some journalling file systems do have mechanisms to clean this up).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. Lots of disk activity can fill up the journal, causing spurious 'disk full' conditions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have seen an instance some years ago where this was done on LFS file system on a Baan installation on a HP/UX box.  The system had persistent performance and data corruption issues that went undiagnosed until someone worked out that the file systems were formatted with LFS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Volumes holding database files will normally have a small number of large files.  DBMS servers will normally have a setting that configures how many blocks are read in a single I/O.  Smaller numbers would be appropriate for high volume transaction processing systems as they would minimise caching of redundant data.  Larger numbers would be appropriate for systems such as data warehouses that did a lot of sequetial reads.  If possible, tune your file system allocation block size to be the same size as the multi-block read that the DBMS is set to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some database management systems can work off raw disk partitions.  This gives varying degrees of performance gain, typically less so on a modern system with lots of memory.  On older systems with less space to cache file system metadata the savings on disk I/O were quite significant.  Raw partitions make the system harder to manage, but provide the best performance available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID-5 volumes incur more write overhead than RAID-10 volumes, so a busy database with lots of write traffic will perform better (often much better) on a RAID-10.  Logs should be put physically separate disk volumes to the data.  If your database is large and mostly read only (e.g. a data warehouse) there may be a case to put it on RAID-5 volumes if this does not unduly slow down the load process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Write-back caching on a controller can give you a performance win at the expense of creating some (reasonably unlikely but possible) failure modes where data could be corrupted.  The biggest performance win for this is on highly random access loads.  If you want to do this, consider putting the logs on a separate controller and disabling write-back caching on the log volumes.  The logs will then have better data integrity and a single failure cannot take out both the log and data volumes.  This allows you to restore from a backup and roll forward from the logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14362" RevisionGUID="f1c6cbc8-3dc7-48c7-82de-c9c152dad144" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:17:41.230" UserId="3740" Text="I'm currently on a Linux VPS (Centos) and my daily traffic is about 15GB (for about ~40000 visits). I want to see the top files which generate the most traffic to move them to another place cause i'm running out of traffic quota this month.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anytip to preserver bandwidth is also appreciated." />
  <row Id="25944" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14362" RevisionGUID="f1c6cbc8-3dc7-48c7-82de-c9c152dad144" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:17:41.230" UserId="3740" Text=" Which analytic tool can point out the top files that generate the most traffic ?" />
  <row Id="25945" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14362" RevisionGUID="f1c6cbc8-3dc7-48c7-82de-c9c152dad144" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:17:41.230" UserId="3740" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;analysis&gt;&lt;bandwidth&gt;" />
  <row Id="25946" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14363" RevisionGUID="cb7725fd-f4cb-40bd-bc52-2667629d8210" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:18:09.357" UserId="1447" Text="[This article on Stackoverflow][1] has a discussion of workstation-grade hardware from various manufacturers.  The material in it may be of interest.  (Disclaimer: I wrote the accepted answer).  [This article][2] discusses buying machines of this sort secondhand off ebay.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/403084/optimal-off-the-shelf-development-machine/403558#403558&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/181050/can-you-allocate-a-very-large-single-chunk-of-memory-4gb-in-c-or-c/188564#188564" />
  <row Id="25947" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14363" RevisionGUID="cb7725fd-f4cb-40bd-bc52-2667629d8210" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:18:09.357" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="25948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14364" RevisionGUID="c2797bcd-54fe-4936-9100-3414a8995653" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:24:51.323" UserId="4848" Text="Yeh, I noticed that too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect that it is down to the disks being USB attached and the USB controllers not being smart enough to report that the disk has failed. As soon as the usb cable is disconnected the disk subsystem springs back into life." />
  <row Id="25949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14365" RevisionGUID="f3441221-1d1e-42a6-bfbc-24dd25042e5e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:27:03.177" UserId="3181" Text="As an alternative to &quot;rolling your own&quot;, consider the appliance vendors. Over the years, I used a number of &quot;White Box&quot; distributions and been quite satisfied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_router_or_firewall_distributions][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are two big benefits to you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. These purpose built distributions take a lot less of your time to get locked down and running&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. Management drudgery can be handed off more easily&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The distributions I have seen clearly state the minimum requirements for your white box. Go 1.5x to 2x those recommendations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_router_or_firewall_distributions" />
  <row Id="25950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14366" RevisionGUID="187990c1-c41d-4841-8401-74772412dd51" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:31:17.567" UserId="3431" Text="[Awstats][1] will put out results that will have such info.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://awstats.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="25951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14367" RevisionGUID="f0fabf52-5570-434e-9c2e-9f41ef175961" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:31:45.583" UserId="1974" Text="A great site to see if your intel-cpu supports virtualisation is the [Intel Processorfinder][1], the cheaper cpu's often doesn't support VT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Almost all recent AMD processors support AMD-V.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://processorfinder.intel.com/" />
  <row Id="25952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14368" RevisionGUID="91880672-9401-45bb-8501-ab27e9a586b7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:32:58.467" UserId="3755" Text="Projected volume size is around 1TB,.&#xD;&#xA;Filesystem should perform fast when dealing with LOTS of files in every folder. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Snapshots support would be great, for backup purpose, but not compulsory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will be created over a hardware RAID 0+1 system, but I hardly doubt this will be an issue." />
  <row Id="25953" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14368" RevisionGUID="91880672-9401-45bb-8501-ab27e9a586b7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:32:58.467" UserId="3755" Text="What is the best filesystem for Maildir folders storage?" />
  <row Id="25954" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14368" RevisionGUID="91880672-9401-45bb-8501-ab27e9a586b7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:32:58.467" UserId="3755" Text="&lt;maildir&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="25955" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14369" RevisionGUID="0b2d4ee7-87a3-4212-8969-2c68256246eb" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:33:21.587" UserId="4287" Text="i am currently using:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $emailFrom = &quot;user@host.com&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    $emailTo = &quot;destination@host.com&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    $subject = &quot;subject&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    $body = &quot;message&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    $smtpServer = &quot;mail.dovis.ro&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    $smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)&#xD;&#xA;    $smtp.Send($emailFrom, $emailTo, $subject, $body)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and i know that with the folowing command i can find out the free space on all of my hdd:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Get-WmiObject WIN32_logicaldisk | sort -desc freespace | select -first 3 | format-table -autosize deviceid,devicetype,providername,freespace,size,volumename;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;when i try to do this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $body = Get-WmiObject WIN32_logicaldisk | sort -desc freespace | select -first 3 | format-table -autosize deviceid,devicetype,providername,freespace,size,volumename;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but all i get in my email is the folowing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatStartData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.GroupStartData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEntryData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEntryData &#xD;&#xA;    Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEntryData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.GroupEndData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEndData&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;how can i get my free space via email using powershell???&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25956" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14369" RevisionGUID="0b2d4ee7-87a3-4212-8969-2c68256246eb" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:33:21.587" UserId="4287" Text="Powershell - email free space" />
  <row Id="25957" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14369" RevisionGUID="0b2d4ee7-87a3-4212-8969-2c68256246eb" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:33:21.587" UserId="4287" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;microsoft&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="25958" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14370" RevisionGUID="46bc86e2-10ed-4932-a70f-c63284068f6c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:35:09.087" UserId="4934" Text="I'm known as a hater of RPM/Yum based OS, just because i think their lacking of decent package repositories (at least for recent software).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While in Debian/Ubuntu, there are a lot of good repositories with recent packages. I'm not  &quot;bleeding edge&quot; admin (for that i could use Gentoo) i just don't like being forced to install things from source or trust any random RPM found on the web.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know any decent sysadmin should be able to maintain is own repositories, but since I'm mainly a programmer i like to leave this work to a 3rd party.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are your choices to maintain software/repositories on CentOS/Fedora?" />
  <row Id="25959" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14370" RevisionGUID="46bc86e2-10ed-4932-a70f-c63284068f6c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:35:09.087" UserId="4934" Text="Is there any decent repositories for CentOS or Fedora?" />
  <row Id="25960" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14370" RevisionGUID="46bc86e2-10ed-4932-a70f-c63284068f6c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:35:09.087" UserId="4934" Text="&lt;yum&gt;&lt;centos&gt;&lt;fedora&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;package-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="25961" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14371" RevisionGUID="194806c8-7ffb-42ff-96b4-cb1fcd01b122" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:38:28.987" UserId="4965" Text="I have a Window 2000 server running MS SqlServer that store over 20GB of data. The database is backed-up everyday to the second harddrive. I want to transfer those backup files to another computer to build another test server and for recovery practicing. (the backup never actually get restore for almost 5 years. Don't tell my boss about that)  I have trouble transfering that huge file through the network. I've tried plain network copy, apache download, and ftp. Any method I tried end up failing when the amount of data transfered reach 2GB. The last time that I successfully transfer the file is via a usb attached external harddrive. But I want to perform this task routinely and preferably automatically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wonder what is the most pragmatic approach for this situation ?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25962" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14371" RevisionGUID="194806c8-7ffb-42ff-96b4-cb1fcd01b122" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:38:28.987" UserId="4965" Text="What is the simplest and fastest way to transfer large file through windows network ?" />
  <row Id="25963" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14371" RevisionGUID="194806c8-7ffb-42ff-96b4-cb1fcd01b122" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:38:28.987" UserId="4965" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;largefiles&gt;&lt;file-transfer&gt;" />
  <row Id="25964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14372" RevisionGUID="48054357-1e1e-47e2-8470-cfafc02a70f1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:39:56.490" UserId="3839" Text="Webbynode -  cheaper but not better than Slicehost.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14373" RevisionGUID="77cc4b91-0d54-4cfe-9529-a954a53c27bf" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:40:23.180" Text="At your router/firewall look for outgoing packets with a lower TTL than normal.  The router part of the WiFi router will lower the TTL value of a packet when if flows through it." />
  <row Id="25966" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14374" RevisionGUID="b961839c-693a-4e80-b059-19eb532f32de" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:40:35.660" UserDisplayName="Kosta" Text="After cleaning the comments, I would advise using KDiff3, it's a pretty good diff/merge tool and you dont need vim fu to use it :)" />
  <row Id="25967" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14375" RevisionGUID="7f8b144b-606b-4e25-ade4-e8a8f5ba3f90" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:41:05.487" UserId="3950" Text="Your VM's will be competing heavily on IO. Be sure as to not cause IO starvation, especially for reads. When a process (and that includes VM's) cannot read data, the process will keep waiting until it does. Being able to read data is extremely important; more so than writing data, which will go into buffers in the first place anyway. You'll see this in your performance monitoring tool (like the various *tops) as high iowait values.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To help this, I agree with the previous poster to choose another scheduler. You'd have to try which one works our best for your workload, but deadline sound like a good choice for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am curious as for how many VM's you run concurrently." />
  <row Id="25968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14376" RevisionGUID="024ba646-0d40-4388-8ad2-e1a8192088d8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:41:30.633" UserId="4634" Text="Hello.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a common task to check network 'quality' - latency, number of dropped packets etc. But 'ping' has a number of drawbacks:&#xD;&#xA;- It uses ICMP. Many ISP has different shapers for ICMP and TCP traffic, so 'ping' will show 10ms latency, but TCP connections will experience 1000ms+.&#xD;&#xA;- It sends very small amount of packets. By default, one packet every second. Since TCP protocol tolerates packets loss (it can operate very well is half packets are lost - it's normal), it's absolutely unclear if ping's &quot;30% packet loss&quot; killing connection or if it's absolutely normal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, is it any alternative for ping that use TCP connection instead of ICMP and checks internet connection quality?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="25969" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14376" RevisionGUID="024ba646-0d40-4388-8ad2-e1a8192088d8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:41:30.633" UserId="4634" Text="ping alternative for tcp?" />
  <row Id="25970" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14376" RevisionGUID="024ba646-0d40-4388-8ad2-e1a8192088d8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:41:30.633" UserId="4634" Text="&lt;tcp&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="25972" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14377" RevisionGUID="0f3acae7-fe7b-44cc-b30e-1b77c0be1c6d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:44:08.897" UserId="4997" Text="I haven't used Fedora in quite some time, but I used CentOS a lot, and swear by the RPMForge repositories. The CentOS Wiki has instructions for setting up &quot;repository protections&quot; that will stop RPMForge from replacing core CentOS packages that it has bigger version numbers for. This makes it quite safe to add the RPMForge repo&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I had to insert the link as a comment because new users are not allowed to post links.)" />
  <row Id="25973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14378" RevisionGUID="bad00685-6e5c-42d1-99d2-3f231088240c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:44:51.003" UserId="4964" Text="I have a sharepoint server (WSS 3) set up which users log into from their PC with a user name and password (so no NT authentication). They can then go to a document library and check out a Word 2007 file for editing in Word 2007.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I then go directly to the document (which is now in Sharepoint Drafts under My Documents), I can open it (it requires authentication again). I can then edit the document and save it and close it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I then go back to the document library and do a check in, I get an error that &quot;**This document was checked out to your local drafts Folder but the local copy could not be found or is on a different computer. Upload the local changes or discard your checkout to continue editing.&quot;**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The document is on the PC and is in the drafts folder where it was originally put.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing I've noticed is that after I go into Word and authenticate, a registry key to do with the offline files disappears.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone else seen this issue?" />
  <row Id="25974" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14378" RevisionGUID="bad00685-6e5c-42d1-99d2-3f231088240c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:44:51.003" UserId="4964" Text="Problem editing checked out word document from sharepoint offline" />
  <row Id="25975" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14378" RevisionGUID="bad00685-6e5c-42d1-99d2-3f231088240c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:44:51.003" UserId="4964" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;msword&gt;" />
  <row Id="25977" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14379" RevisionGUID="524c6937-0943-40aa-a4a7-b33902199e2a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:45:46.540" UserId="3505" Text="Regardless of the fact that TCP can tolerate packet-loss/packet-ordering issues, a ping loss of 30% is still quite significant if the &quot;population&quot; is large enough - i.e., more than say 100 pings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But to answer the question, you can look at nmap.  I'm sure examples will come flooding in shortly :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More importantly though, you don't want just a round-trip time, you really want to see the performance from your machine to the server and back at every (possible) hop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can do this with `traceroute` - however the most commonly found version of this is done using ICMP or UDP, but search for `tcp traceroute` - and start there." />
  <row Id="25978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14380" RevisionGUID="cfd260fe-79d4-48ea-8f52-ec595cfb3f91" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:46:47.753" UserId="2277" Text="What file system are you using on the disk that you are transferring to?" />
  <row Id="25979" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14375" RevisionGUID="1cb534a5-1b48-497c-8279-2b6d44654220" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:47:03.527" UserId="3950" Comment="added 435 characters in body" Text="Your VM's will be competing heavily on IO. Be sure as to not cause IO starvation, especially for reads. When a process (and that includes VM's) cannot read data, the process will keep waiting until it does. Being able to read data is extremely important; more so than writing data, which will go into buffers in the first place anyway. You'll see this in your performance monitoring tool (like the various *tops) as high iowait values.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To help this, I agree with the previous poster to choose another scheduler. You'd have to try which one works our best for your workload, but deadline sound like a good choice for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am curious as for how many VM's you run concurrently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A couple of months back, I was building a FreeIPA setup for someone, with both the server and the client on my machine in VMware Workstation VM's. Slow as hell. Recently, I started using KVM and my performance trouble is solved. KVM makes the kernel a hypervisor itself, which means that the virtualization stuff takes place in ring 0 instead of in, say, ring 3. This means massive performance increases. I suggest you try it out. " />
  <row Id="25980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14381" RevisionGUID="ea2cf82f-5604-4f4c-886e-0f74b9c98a6c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:49:57.950" UserId="4990" Text="You don't *have* to reboot to do this; however make sure you have a fresh backup at hand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Close all your user sessions.&#xD;&#xA;* Login as root. If you need to login as a user first, use &quot;exec su -&quot; or &quot;exec sudo -i&quot; so as not to leave your user logged in and preventing a clean umount&#xD;&#xA;* Find out if anything is still using /home with &quot;lsof -n | grep /home&quot;; terminate the processes that do&#xD;&#xA;* umount /home&#xD;&#xA;* Figure the new size you want in bytes, make it a multiple of the LVM extents size, let's call it $newsize&#xD;&#xA;* fsck /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol05&#xD;&#xA;* resize2fs -P /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol05 $newsize&#xD;&#xA;* lvreduce -L $newsze /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol05&#xD;&#xA;* mount /home&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's, of course, assuming you use ext[234]." />
  <row Id="25981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14382" RevisionGUID="df45cc9c-c0f0-4b02-a15b-fcbaabb876f1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:51:08.430" UserDisplayName="JRHunter" Text="i see the following problems:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **authentication**: how to reuse the linux username/password for the cifs share? PAM can probably solve this&#xD;&#xA;- **multiple user sessions**:&#xD;&#xA; - only mount if the home directory is unmounted&#xD;&#xA; - after the last session is closed, the cifs share can be unmounted&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a nice solution for the second problem would be: &#xD;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;linux filesystem namespaces&lt;/em&gt; because every session gets its own cifs share mount" />
  <row Id="25982" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14383" RevisionGUID="e07f0ed1-5a95-4d37-8f22-02490d872706" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:52:49.537" UserId="4990" Text="Centos has a few repos of its own; RedHat sponsors [Epel][1] which contains a limited, but high quality number of Fedora packages ported to RHEL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL" />
  <row Id="25983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14384" RevisionGUID="5e5fc14c-74a0-4787-b8f9-5c2b992e8983" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:53:27.117" UserId="4757" Text="ICMP packets are generally delivered slower (if there is a difference at all), because most networks deprioritise them, especially ping packets.&#xD;&#xA;Generally, if you are seeing such divergent results from ICMP and TCP responses, the issue is either an overloaded server or specific TCP shaping at a firewall along the way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should investigate `traceroute -P tcp`, `tcptraceroute`, `lft` and of course `telnet`." />
  <row Id="25984" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14379" RevisionGUID="ced5a052-035b-4dcd-b115-50e7ee5f6b26" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:55:32.480" UserId="3505" Comment="Added some useful tools" Text="Regardless of the fact that TCP can tolerate packet-loss/packet-ordering issues, a ping loss of 30% is still quite significant if the &quot;population&quot; is large enough - i.e., more than say 100 pings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But to answer the question, you can look at nmap.  I'm sure examples will come flooding in shortly :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More importantly though, you don't want just a round-trip time, you really want to see the performance from your machine to the server and back at every (possible) hop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can do this with `traceroute` - however the most commonly found version of this is done using ICMP or UDP, but search for `tcp traceroute` - and start there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some fun tools to try while you're at it...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * [lft][1]&#xD;&#xA; * [paketto][2]&#xD;&#xA; * [hping][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mainnerve.com/lft/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.doxpara.com/read.php/code/paketto.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.hping.org/" />
  <row Id="25986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14386" RevisionGUID="9207031c-52c8-4a99-9940-0fad183a0c85" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:57:37.107" UserId="1135" Text="I have found [Dag Wieers][1] repository useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/" />
  <row Id="25987" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14377" RevisionGUID="36ef4825-3e23-4301-8ba4-8a400c2b8942" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:57:42.460" UserId="4997" Comment="fix tenses" Text="I haven't used Fedora in quite some time, but I use CentOS a lot, and swear by the RPMForge repositories. The CentOS Wiki has instructions for setting up &quot;repository protections&quot; that will stop RPMForge from replacing core CentOS packages that it has bigger version numbers for. This makes it quite safe to add the RPMForge repo&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I had to insert the link as a comment because new users are not allowed to post links.)" />
  <row Id="25988" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14387" RevisionGUID="8c590806-25d7-44c5-8479-a769230a71ad" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:59:20.380" UserId="4965" Text="We are maintaining a database server that serve a large number of clients. Each client typically running serveral client-applications. The total number of connections to the database server (Oracle 9i) is reaching 800 connections on peak load.  The windows 2003 server is starting to run out of memory.  We are now planning to move to 64bit Windows in order to gain higher memory capability.  As a developer I suggest moving to multi-tier architecture with conneciton pooling, which I believe is a natural solution to this problem.  However, in order to support my idea, I want the information on:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. what exactly is the typical number of connections allowed for Oracle database ?  &#xD;&#xA;2. What is the effect when there are too many ? &#xD;&#xA;3. What is the typical the problem when the number connections is too high ?  Too much memory comsumption ? or too many sockets opened ? or too many context switching between threads ?&#xD;&#xA;4. To be a little bit specific, how could Oracle Forms application scale to thousand of users without facing this problem ? Shall Oracle RAC applied to this case ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sure the answer to this question should depend on quite a number of factor, like the exact spec of the hardware being used.  I'm expecting a rough estimation or some experience from the real world." />
  <row Id="25989" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14387" RevisionGUID="8c590806-25d7-44c5-8479-a769230a71ad" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:59:20.380" UserId="4965" Text="What is the typical maximum number of database connections for Oracle running on Windows server ?" />
  <row Id="25990" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14387" RevisionGUID="8c590806-25d7-44c5-8479-a769230a71ad" CreationDate="2009-05-29T09:59:20.380" UserId="4965" Text="&lt;database&gt;&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;connection&gt;" />
  <row Id="25991" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="12830" RevisionGUID="6e894bc8-96ee-4cf5-a0e7-06f5821d8330" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:00:09.990" UserId="4053" Comment="corrected title" Text="Is locking down a developers machine more effort than its worth?" />
  <row Id="25992" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14388" RevisionGUID="b462a9ca-cf29-4f55-b671-44b779c6e655" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:02:18.330" UserId="3580" Text="You could possibly adapt from my post in [this thread][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/13426/easy-way-to-monitor-disk-space-on-multiple-ms-2003-servers/13440#13440" />
  <row Id="25993" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14389" RevisionGUID="534005a7-6cdb-4079-abda-c8c3c2c7ad73" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:03:16.380" UserId="4757" Text="Using `ssh -t` instead of `ssh` for connections to remote servers has several advantages. For example, I can directly edit a file with vim: `ssh -t vim foo.txt`, which would fail otherwise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any circumstances under which allocating a (pseudo)-tty would be a bad thing when using ssh?" />
  <row Id="25994" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14389" RevisionGUID="534005a7-6cdb-4079-abda-c8c3c2c7ad73" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:03:16.380" UserId="4757" Text="When would ssh -t not be appropriate instead of ssh?" />
  <row Id="25995" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14389" RevisionGUID="534005a7-6cdb-4079-abda-c8c3c2c7ad73" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:03:16.380" UserId="4757" Text="&lt;openssh&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="25996" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14387" RevisionGUID="2bef2008-3cec-4ca3-890d-349558bfefcd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:04:32.447" UserId="4965" Comment="deleted 62 characters in body" Text="We are maintaining a database server that serve a large number of clients. Each client typically running serveral client-applications. The total number of connections to the database server (Oracle 9i) is reaching 800 connections on peak load.  The windows 2003 server is starting to run out of memory.  We are now planning to move to 64bit Windows in order to gain higher memory capability.  As a developer I suggest moving to multi-tier architecture with conneciton pooling, which I believe is a natural solution to this problem.  However, in order to support my idea, I want the information on:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. what exactly is the typical number of connections allowed for Oracle database ?  &#xD;&#xA;2. What is the problem when the number connections is too high ?  Too much memory comsumption ? or too many sockets opened ? or too many context switching between threads ?&#xD;&#xA;3. To be a little bit specific, how could Oracle Forms application scale to thousand of users without facing this problem ? Shall Oracle RAC applied to this case ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sure the answer to this question should depend on quite a number of factor, like the exact spec of the hardware being used.  I'm expecting a rough estimation or some experience from the real world." />
  <row Id="25997" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14390" RevisionGUID="cb23b00a-2403-44f9-8abb-0c1ec858c330" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:09:45.040" UserId="3351" Text="If you set the following in your .screenrc the numpad keys will work&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    termcapinfo xterm ks@:ke@&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know if this will change any other important settings you might be using, however, so it would be worth giving things a test.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It might be that there is a better setting string, but so far I haven't been able to find one." />
  <row Id="25998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14391" RevisionGUID="4af7bcc5-f044-4718-bed6-ad43c56f9684" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:09:45.413" UserId="301" Text="[xfs][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/" />
  <row Id="25999" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14048" RevisionGUID="f77f7642-78fe-41d7-a850-32f319d7f5a6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:09:59.640" UserId="3220" Comment="added exact command, and results of that command on my desktop" Text="I use the discover package in debian to figure out what kernel modules I could possibly load. Specifically:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    apt-get install discover&#xD;&#xA;    discover --data-path=linux/module/name|sort|uniq&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For my amd dual core desktop with an nvidia chipset I get:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    amd74xx&#xD;&#xA;    emu10k1&#xD;&#xA;    emu10k1-gp&#xD;&#xA;    forcedeth&#xD;&#xA;    i2c-nforce2&#xD;&#xA;    ohci1394&#xD;&#xA;    sata_nv&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a [short essay][1] on hardware detection in linux, including some text on using discover.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linuxgazette.net/issue88/tag/2.html" />
  <row Id="26000" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14392" RevisionGUID="c335d554-2d4c-470d-b8bb-076ae337319f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:11:30.637" UserDisplayName="Roberto" Text="You could use some QoS application to measure this kind of network parameters.&#xD;&#xA;For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**NetPerf** (www.netperf.org/netperf/):&#xD;&#xA;Netperf is a benchmark that can be used to measure the performance of many different types of networking. It provides tests for both unidirecitonal throughput, and end-to-end latency. The environments currently measureable by netperf include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * TCP and UDP via BSD Sockets for both IPv4 and IPv6&#xD;&#xA;    * DLPI&#xD;&#xA;    * Unix Domain Sockets&#xD;&#xA;    * SCTP for both IPv4 and IPv6 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OR&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**IPerf** (sourceforge.net/projects/iperf)&#xD;&#xA;Iperf was developed by NLANR/DAST as a modern alternative for measuring maximum TCP and UDP bandwidth performance. Iperf allows the tuning of various parameters and UDP characteristics. Iperf reports bandwidth, delay jitter, datagram loss.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26001" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14393" RevisionGUID="9c62375b-1513-466a-b491-7ff32361d142" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:11:53.973" UserId="4757" Text="Or the (older, but simpler) [Analog][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://analog.cx/" />
  <row Id="26002" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14394" RevisionGUID="bff537bb-04be-4eb1-9ce9-d3df446d9d90" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:11:59.263" UserId="3505" Text="I'm tired of the old fart at work who keeps coming upto my desk and telling me all about his &quot;years of experience in working with Unix and **Lye-nix**&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I couldn't vent it out at him because that would be wrong, so I'm going to vent it out here - because obviously (that's the *right thing* to do...).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, for all the people that practice in this disgusting behaviour - the pronunciation is.... (Hmmm - anyone know phonetics?) - &quot;Li-nix&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: Despite hating him for this - he is otherwise a very nice (but sometimes rather annoying) person.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now... to formally make this a &quot;question&quot; - Could someone write the phonetics for pronouncing &quot;Linux&quot;, and also the notorious &quot;Lye-nix&quot;, so I can make a note of it for future ventings?" />
  <row Id="26003" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14394" RevisionGUID="bff537bb-04be-4eb1-9ce9-d3df446d9d90" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:11:59.263" UserId="3505" Text="How do you pronounce Linux?" />
  <row Id="26004" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14394" RevisionGUID="bff537bb-04be-4eb1-9ce9-d3df446d9d90" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:11:59.263" UserId="3505" Text="&lt;offtopic&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;humor&gt;" />
  <row Id="26005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14395" RevisionGUID="a6a151db-82c8-48a1-b09a-a5ea1643dea3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:13:27.980" UserId="3947" Text="You can use &quot;lsmod&quot; to know the kernel modules " />
  <row Id="26006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14396" RevisionGUID="853e2dbb-08c9-48bc-8729-ad4dd9039111" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:15:04.407" UserId="3351" Text="[Linus Torvalds][1] take on the matter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jx90.com/linux.html" />
  <row Id="26007" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14389" RevisionGUID="2a8078c1-20eb-4719-a3be-f7b511fccfab" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:15:17.760" UserId="4757" Comment="added 5 characters in body" Text="Using `ssh -t` instead of `ssh` for connections to remote servers has several advantages. For example, I can directly edit a file with vim: `ssh -t host vim foo.txt`, which would fail otherwise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any circumstances under which allocating a (pseudo)-tty would be a bad thing when using ssh?" />
  <row Id="26008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14397" RevisionGUID="723323df-b93d-40bf-b7b2-21a78361134b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:15:25.933" UserId="2489" Text="I don't have experience with such a large file, but could you use robocopy or even xcopy with the /Z option that claims to be restartable.  It seems like this is intended for large file copies where the network is not reliable." />
  <row Id="26009" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14398" RevisionGUID="a9d525ab-7c94-44eb-972b-583b185cce10" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:15:34.093" UserId="5032" Text="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IfHm6R5le0" />
  <row Id="26010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14399" RevisionGUID="ecbe1944-19f0-458b-ae36-0f3c7a4465cb" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:15:54.777" UserId="3431" Text="I would say &quot;Li-nix&quot;." />
  <row Id="26011" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14400" RevisionGUID="12ae5221-7da3-4645-afc7-dae8d1fb34e4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:17:14.137" UserId="3947" Text="As for i know I used to pronounce LINUX. L I N U X.. :-)" />
  <row Id="26012" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="14400" RevisionGUID="39bab333-afb4-4ea5-a83d-5dfcaeaf9b80" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:17:42.090" UserId="3947" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:3947,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Caterpillar&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="26013" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="14400" RevisionGUID="811bfc1e-41d4-44f2-823e-3e6fab13e774" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:17:55.180" UserId="3947" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:3947,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Caterpillar&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="26014" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14401" RevisionGUID="ff98d53d-47a0-4445-b20f-fbbb2d00fce5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:18:49.140" UserId="3220" Text="[Netcat Power Tools][1] describes how to do [TCP Ping][2] with netcat. Specifically, every unsolicited ACK packet should return RST.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.elsevierdirect.com/product.jsp?isbn=9781597492577&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://books.google.com/books?id=SyXFg6uMLykC&amp;pg=PA68&amp;lpg=PA68&amp;dq=tcp+ping+netcat&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=TZp82pfDvY&amp;sig=ksj76eZewoaPpKN9yBJ8PPoex-0&amp;hl=en&amp;ei=B7UfSsLrAofhtgfS2qGuBg&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=2" />
  <row Id="26015" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14402" RevisionGUID="dde5b5c3-0ef9-495e-b6d4-9c60438a053c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:18:55.223" UserId="5031" Text="I'm personally a big fan of mtr ( http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/ ), mtr is an ncurses based traceroute clone which can work using both icmp and udp. It shows you the weak spots in your link to a certain host and is in that way non intrusive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When it really comes to some load tests I would go with iperf (which is client/server). " />
  <row Id="26016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14403" RevisionGUID="8d5877f2-c902-443c-abc3-50ec64ec2eab" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:19:26.753" UserId="5039" Text="Tread lightly with Dag repos in CentOS. Normally, they're quite okay. But every so often we've had trouble rolling back when things don't play nice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, it's not often that I need to resort to dag in CentOS." />
  <row Id="26018" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14405" RevisionGUID="b0e75481-114a-4f73-afbd-2ba570871cab" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:22:01.880" UserId="4934" Text="I don't have a problem with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zmanda.com/&quot;&gt;Zmanda&lt;/a&gt; but i wonder if there is any better or popular solutions out there other than doing it by hand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My requirements are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Online backups&#xD;&#xA;- The tool should decide to use mysqldump or mysqlhotcopy depending on the database&#xD;&#xA;- Verify integrity of backups&#xD;&#xA;- Send status emails &#xD;&#xA;- Clean old backups (optional)&#xD;&#xA;- Be able to choose between incremental or full backups (optional)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Replication seems to be the &quot;best way to do backups&quot; but I'm not gonna do that on this project." />
  <row Id="26019" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14405" RevisionGUID="b0e75481-114a-4f73-afbd-2ba570871cab" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:22:01.880" UserId="4934" Text="Alternatives to Zmanda for MySQL backups?" />
  <row Id="26020" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14405" RevisionGUID="b0e75481-114a-4f73-afbd-2ba570871cab" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:22:01.880" UserId="4934" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;database&gt;&lt;database-adminstration&gt;" />
  <row Id="26021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14406" RevisionGUID="e553b056-ceb8-4427-94d3-af7b9dd01dda" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:22:29.773" UserId="5040" Text="Crikey! Do you all say &quot;..ix&quot;? I've always pronounced the &quot;u&quot; as a &quot;u&quot;..." />
  <row Id="26022" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14407" RevisionGUID="c59a8532-75cb-41b0-a65f-dc091840de00" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:23:03.703" UserId="1626" Text="**Its possibly a bad batch**. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had some friends get new computers all at once from the same supplier and they all got Microsoft mice for them. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, they had an interesting flaw in them where the mouse would randomly report exponential speed increases. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a test, I set up a image with a square box 1/3rd of the width of the screen, and spent 10 minutes just drawing circles inside that box, and found it impossible to stay inside the box. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As usual, Microsoft Knowledge Base articles on the subject were useless, they suggested simply upgrading the drivers, which were already up to date, or using &quot;mouse smoothing&quot;.  Neither of these solutions worked of course, because the mouse was sending errors that were 3 times larger than any reasonable movement that could be expected from a user.( ie: how are you going to smooth out noise that is greater than signal ? )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, as this symptom occurred on non-windows platforms as well as windows platforms, I found the windows-only solutions unacceptable in principal, and requested replacements from the suppliers. ( They replaced them with equivalent Logitechs, which JustWorked as expected ).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Notedly, these weren't exactly high end mice so manufacturing defects are more expected of them, but the concept still holds.  IMHO, your mouse has a manufacturing default, and should be subject to warranty replacement. " />
  <row Id="26023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14408" RevisionGUID="d76d8248-8976-40cf-ab3e-1b0dd5876be1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:24:31.157" UserId="3527" Text="If you are recompiling the kernel. The best thing to do is to know your hardware well. List all your components. You just have to uncheck / exclude the modules from the menu (i.e. if you are recompiling it via make menuconfig / make xconfig). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also unload modules that are loadable on the fly using &quot;rmmod.&quot;" />
  <row Id="26024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14409" RevisionGUID="483c2585-a8c5-457b-9b21-b58ff4f39f51" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:26:05.320" UserId="4979" Text="I'm looking to build a decent &lt; 1.500$ dedicated Hyper-V solution for development and testing purposes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The parts list I was thinking of is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Intel Core I7 920 $279&#xD;&#xA;- Asus P6T Deluxe V2 $279&#xD;&#xA;- 12GB - 2x CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) $182&#xD;&#xA;- 5x Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB $275&#xD;&#xA;- Samsung WriteMaster SH-S223F $25&#xD;&#xA;- Antec P183 $160&#xD;&#xA;- EnerMax Modu82+ 625W $178&#xD;&#xA;- Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 $80&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Total: $1.458&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would this be a good solution? All suggestions for improvement welcome." />
  <row Id="26025" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14409" RevisionGUID="483c2585-a8c5-457b-9b21-b58ff4f39f51" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:26:05.320" UserId="4979" Text="Decent hardware (&lt; $1.500) for Hyper-V dev/test machine" />
  <row Id="26026" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14409" RevisionGUID="483c2585-a8c5-457b-9b21-b58ff4f39f51" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:26:05.320" UserId="4979" Text="&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="26027" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14410" RevisionGUID="ea6fe0cb-a8b1-423a-b4f1-381585404f88" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:26:48.610" UserId="5043" Text="I've used robocopy to well over 1gb and had no problems.&#xD;&#xA;ss64.com has a good explanation of the switches. I can't post the link though :-(" />
  <row Id="26028" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14411" RevisionGUID="b5ff137e-08c4-48f2-afae-9066222a206b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:28:07.017" UserId="5038" Text="If the WAN-connecting routers on both sites support it, an IPSEC VPN sounds like the sensible option. Alternatively, a firewall or dedicated VPN-termination box (and possibly some static routing) should make it transparent to the individual computers that you're hauling the packets across a VP{N." />
  <row Id="26029" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14408" RevisionGUID="35b5371c-92b9-4d0b-b4b5-9c2030c160b5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:31:38.520" UserId="3527" Comment="added 21 characters in body; added 33 characters in body" Text="If you are recompiling the kernel. The best thing to do is to know your hardware well using the method presented above. List all your components. You just have to uncheck / exclude the modules (that aren't needed) from the menu (i.e. if you are recompiling it via make menuconfig / make xconfig). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also unload modules that are loadable on the fly using &quot;rmmod.&quot;" />
  <row Id="26031" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13868" RevisionGUID="49f2098e-0845-49c1-a1a7-8f8afec414e7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:33:19.547" UserId="3834" Comment="added 93 characters in body" Text="I have had this problem twice (on two different computers), that the localhost entry is missing from the host file. How could this have happened?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The computer was installed with Windows Vista SP1, and I know Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2005 Express ed. and VMWare Player were installed on the computer. Never had probs with the first two before. Can it be the VMWare install?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: On the computers with this problem, there was an IPV6 entry of&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ::1 localhost&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT2: I just installed VMWare Player on a clean machine, and it didn't touch the hosts file." />
  <row Id="26032" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14412" RevisionGUID="350df4bc-8674-4d4d-ad7a-416c8d4c56eb" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:33:44.227" UserId="3220" Text="I'd just look for any internal ip address that has more http connections that can easily be explained by a single human. Automated mirroring of a website should be easy to filter out since it'll be lots of traffic to a single domain. That should find any flagrant external access to the company network." />
  <row Id="26034" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14414" RevisionGUID="4a21a3a8-4b98-4821-a208-f7c87cb60af0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:35:44.973" UserId="5039" Text="I agree with the notion of using virtual machines on top of a restricted desktop-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless otherwise necessitated, I feel the best setup is a restricted linux desktop with a free-for-all vm on top. Linux lessens overhead for me, a vm can not only be whatever-the-hell OS they want, but also be restored to snapshots or backups, and generally the world looks a bit brighter when there aren't a whole slew of different setups needing support." />
  <row Id="26035" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="14369" RevisionGUID="116e5b96-bda8-4bac-b380-d7399420a075" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:36:18.747" UserId="4287" Comment="edited title" Text="Powershell - email free space information" />
  <row Id="26036" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14408" RevisionGUID="821d37c8-b9c0-4e72-8ee8-9f2b7e5bf2b7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:37:25.997" UserId="3527" Comment="added 72 characters in body; added 2 characters in body" Text="If you are recompiling the kernel. The best thing to do is to know your hardware well using the method presented by [theman_on_osx][1]. List all your components. You just have to uncheck / exclude the modules (that aren't needed) from the menu (i.e. if you are recompiling it via make menuconfig / make xconfig). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also unload modules that are loadable on the fly using &quot;rmmod.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/users/4217/themanonosx" />
  <row Id="26037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14415" RevisionGUID="999083fa-9ab2-4217-9b0c-4984dcd3ad1e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:39:03.157" UserId="4053" Text="I always say unix - but that doesn't endear me to the devs..." />
  <row Id="26038" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14416" RevisionGUID="568f5772-529c-4272-931f-b884eae5b93f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:40:11.470" UserId="5055" Text="    df -h&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To check how many disk space I currently have on all the disk." />
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  <row Id="26040" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14417" RevisionGUID="44e846ad-360a-478b-af18-63e847b1ba19" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:40:31.063" UserId="3893" Text="You can try this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $body_array = Get-WmiObject WIN32_logicaldisk | sort -desc freespace | select -first 3 | format-table -autosize deviceid,devicetype,providername,freespace,size,volumename;&#xD;&#xA;    $body = $body_array.ToString();" />
  <row Id="26041" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14409" RevisionGUID="ab239244-f8c5-4776-8f5a-853a560dc2d6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:41:19.080" UserId="4979" Comment="Updated currency and price reference info" Text="I'm looking to build a decent &lt; 1.500$ dedicated Hyper-V solution for development and testing purposes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The parts list I was thinking of is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Intel Core I7 920 $279&#xD;&#xA;- Asus P6T Deluxe V2 $279&#xD;&#xA;- 12GB - 2x CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) $182&#xD;&#xA;- 5x Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB $275&#xD;&#xA;- Samsung WriteMaster SH-S223F $25&#xD;&#xA;- Antec P183 $160&#xD;&#xA;- EnerMax Modu82+ 625W $178&#xD;&#xA;- Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 $80&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Total: $1.458&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would this be a good solution? All suggestions for improvement welcome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(All prices are in USD, I used Newegg as a reference)" />
  <row Id="26043" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14418" RevisionGUID="301fe3be-ecd4-4176-92e6-f7488b106c3d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:45:51.973" UserId="5049" Text="ZFS had it's fair share of issues, but it gets very much attention at Sun. I wouldn't be surprised if the problems at hand are already solved. And drive failure like shown in that case is something every RAID-Controller/Filesystem loathes. I've seen more than one RAID-Controller causing the OS to panic/hang due to drive electronics talking dirty to it (and that was without sledgehammers ;) ).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other side I don't think that the question is if &quot;ZFS is any good&quot; but &quot;When will it take over the storage sector&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the positive things about ZFS (_VERY_ easy block device management, lean provisioning of filesystems, variable block sizes, non-dependency on battery backed write caches for safe operation, snapshots &quot;for free&quot;, etc.) are going to be noticed and requested by the customers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And this is probably why every storage vendor that is not NetApp is slowly becoming nervous these days (they're stuck with their archaic storage designs since a very long time) and Oracle sponsors btrfs development on Linux (though this has become some sort of a moot point since they've vowed to acquire Sun...)." />
  <row Id="26044" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14419" RevisionGUID="ab11611b-6104-421e-8c18-2c642e3fa3ea" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:46:26.760" UserId="282" Text="An important thing to consider is the warranty, a typical enterprise SAS hard drive comes with a 5 year warranty. I have yet to see a SSD with a warranty over 1 year, this is probably due to the drives being relatively untested in production systems, it could also indicate the manufacturer believes that the drives are not as reliable as platter based disks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This topic was recently discussed in an [episode of .NET Rocks][1] and they came to the conclusion that RAID based mirroring was probably the answer, as long as the disc is replaced quickly the data will always be protected from hardware failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=447" />
  <row Id="26045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14420" RevisionGUID="1cc36a9f-f02b-4d5a-abc9-41e18148fd4a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:46:32.267" UserId="5063" Text="Robocopy with the /MIR option is very useful for quick and dirty backups between machines.&#xD;&#xA;You can find robocopy in the Windows Server 200X Resouce Kit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MIR will MIRror the contents of one directory to another server.&#xD;&#xA;It will only copy files that have changed." />
  <row Id="26046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14421" RevisionGUID="08899839-cb67-40df-ac0c-90bc4fe6fcd1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:48:34.930" UserId="3950" Text="I think the most important thing would be to stimulate learning and gathering of knowledge. Google, wiki's, repeating steps from a manual, that all nice, no offense meant, but what really matters is to *know* and to *want to know*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Knowledge is not something you acquire by just following steps in a manual. Knowledge is something you have to gather for yourself by reading, combining, trying out, experimenting...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, stimulate reading Serverfault and Staveoverflow, and sites like that. Give them a virtual environment to practice in. Give them tasks, both real (supervised!) and in the virtual environment. Stimulate them asking you question about what happens under the hood, not only where to click.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most importantly: choose someone who is eager to learn, but also is able to admit mistakes. An eager learner will accomplish in a month, what takes people who *have to* learn a multiple of that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, learning comes at a price. Courses cost money. Learning time is not (directly) productive, it's an investment, an investment in better co-workers or employees. Make sure you choose the right courses if you decide onto going that way though. Don't pick the 'MCSE in a week' kinda thingies. That's not going to help much." />
  <row Id="26047" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14422" RevisionGUID="eacf42ee-61ed-4f89-bde2-f497b588d92c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:49:27.440" UserId="1787" Text="AFAIK, you should pronounce it &quot;*lee-nooks*&quot;" />
  <row Id="26048" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14423" RevisionGUID="5c3c2fd3-dc37-4d72-898c-3ed60faeb167" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:55:43.480" UserId="4848" Text="check out [hping][1] and then have a look at [bing][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hping.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://fgouget.free.fr/bing/index-en.shtml" />
  <row Id="26049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14424" RevisionGUID="2a2bf817-57fd-4d59-8f02-ddcb49144167" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:55:57.613" UserId="3505" Text="Yes, sometimes you want to make a silent, backgrounded connection, for example when setting up a tunnel (e.g. SOCKS proxy).  In such examples, you want the process to NOT have a tty.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's an example of setting up port forwarding from localhost to some remote host...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh -l username -fNTL 8073:server:873&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After this has been set up, you can then rsync to localhost, instead of to the remote host, hence effectively, tunneling your rsync via `ssh`...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rsync --port=8073 -a me@localhost::myStuff /tmp/myStuff/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'd do this say if rsync going out to `server` was blocked, but `ssh` wasn't." />
  <row Id="26050" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14425" RevisionGUID="a57a578f-d86c-4d78-9a81-6830c151c136" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:57:15.973" UserId="3947" Text="The alternative to ping, you can use 'netstat' &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Options: &#xD;&#xA;1.netstat -antp&#xD;&#xA;2.netstat -anup&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-a = all, -n = Address and port number of the local end of the socket, -t  = tcp, -p = program&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-u = udp.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26051" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14426" RevisionGUID="56fb5abe-a11b-4f45-b7ac-f4fba93e89f5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:57:43.587" UserId="4990" Text="When piping the input or getting the input back, which is the typical use of &quot;ssh host command&quot;. Control characters could be interpreted by the TTY layer (^S for ex.)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26052" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14427" RevisionGUID="ae8fa8be-2a46-4932-b7ca-fbf0d5279e61" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:58:30.590" UserId="1625" Text="in Italy: &quot;leenooks&quot; (in phonetic symbols: l'inucs)" />
  <row Id="26053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14428" RevisionGUID="73e77784-4daa-4218-83af-d1d47728a5ad" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:58:53.740" UserId="2299" Text="I would look on eBay for a Dell Poweredge. In the UK Poweredge 2950s with a Perc5/i can be had for £500-700 if you're patient. That leaves you some money over to get some SATA disks (Perc5/i controllers work very well with SATA disks), though you'll probably have to live with 4GB RAM for a bit. Best of all you're likely to get one to two years of the Dell warranty left.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is actually exactly what I did, though I spent a bit more to get 6 1TB disks and 16GB of RAM. The result is a very very fast Hyper-V server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14429" RevisionGUID="793f7c3d-4ad6-4ba8-b835-ff599e8e6781" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:59:24.550" UserId="75" Text="Is there any command I can run from bash that will tell me whether a port is already open?" />
  <row Id="26055" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14429" RevisionGUID="793f7c3d-4ad6-4ba8-b835-ff599e8e6781" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:59:24.550" UserId="75" Text="How do I find out whether a port is available on Ubuntu 8.04?" />
  <row Id="26056" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14429" RevisionGUID="793f7c3d-4ad6-4ba8-b835-ff599e8e6781" CreationDate="2009-05-29T10:59:24.550" UserId="75" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;ports&gt;&lt;bash&gt;" />
  <row Id="26058" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14430" RevisionGUID="22d16a62-fbad-433e-ad5e-b1b64237296a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:00:15.017" UserId="2413" Text="i know it does not fully answer your question but anyway:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   * lvm - based snapshots + rdiff-backup or anything else to make differential backup [ it's brutal, it might fail you but tends to work for me ]&#xD;&#xA;   * [xtrabackup][1] - free &amp; opensource from percona - young but promising, provides ability to run live full and incremental backups of innodb&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;for all of those you'll need to put some scripts around, i'm happy user of [backupninja][2] that i use as wrapper for my scripts. backupninja will mail you when things fail, will log output of commands etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;take a look [here][3] as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2009/05/21/xtrabackup-07-rc/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://riseuplabs.org/backupninja&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8044/backup-mysql-server" />
  <row Id="26059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14431" RevisionGUID="78ad3722-ef4d-4565-a5e5-ca83a336b221" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:00:28.137" UserDisplayName="Daniel boone" Text="mremote for remote connections&#xD;&#xA;edit pad pro for text editing&#xD;&#xA;wireshark for sniffing" />
  <row Id="26060" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14431" RevisionGUID="78ad3722-ef4d-4565-a5e5-ca83a336b221" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:00:28.137" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14432" RevisionGUID="6726da1e-3806-41c4-8cb3-afcb102d1b01" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:00:56.387" UserId="4826" Text="You can manually disable an input device via:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`xinput set-int-prop &quot;B16_b_02 USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse&quot; 'Device Enabled' 8  0`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and reenable it via:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`xinput set-int-prop &quot;B16_b_02 USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse&quot; 'Device Enabled' 8  1`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can get the list of device names via:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`xinput list`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to automate the whole process you could write a script to listen to HAL, which will tell you when devices are plugged in or removed. As a starting point you can have a look at [xboxdrv-daemon.py][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://github.com/Grumbel/xboxdrv/blob/8d80fa7c497d6e05c3c4215e239915a8dc6ee18e/tools/xboxdrv-daemon.py" />
  <row Id="26062" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14409" RevisionGUID="1eb571a9-10da-49da-a1c8-82a09b4774e3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:01:33.720" UserId="4979" Comment="Added the video card" Text="I'm looking to build a decent &lt; 1.500$ dedicated Hyper-V solution for development and testing purposes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The parts list I was thinking of is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Intel Core I7 920 $279&#xD;&#xA; - Asus P6T Deluxe V2 $279&#xD;&#xA; - 12GB - 2x CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) $182&#xD;&#xA; - 5x Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB $275&#xD;&#xA; - Samsung WriteMaster SH-S223F $25&#xD;&#xA; - Antec P183 $160&#xD;&#xA; - EnerMax Modu82+ 625W $178&#xD;&#xA; - Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 $80&#xD;&#xA; - ASUS EAH4350 SILENT $38&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Total: $1.496&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would this be a good solution? All suggestions for improvement welcome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(All prices are in USD, I used Newegg as a reference)" />
  <row Id="26063" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14433" RevisionGUID="e702be02-6d61-4958-8956-cf2f9810176c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:01:46.010" UserId="2299" Text="Are you copying the file over a LAN or through some WAN connection like ADSL? I assume it's a WAN because 20GB is not a big file to copy over a LAN. I copy many such files every day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's a WAN connection then the way I do it is to use the Cygwin version of rsync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26064" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14394" RevisionGUID="102cb739-1373-41d2-935d-cc6bf53adb67" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:02:19.910" UserId="3505" Comment="added 77 characters in body; added 76 characters in body" Text="I'm tired of the old fart at work who keeps coming upto my desk and telling me all about his &quot;years of experience in working with Unix and **Lye-nix**&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I couldn't vent it out at him because that would be wrong, so I'm going to vent it out here - because obviously (that's the *right thing* to do...).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, for all the people that practice in this disgusting behaviour - the pronunciation is.... (Hmmm - anyone know phonetics?) - &quot;Li-nix&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: Despite hating him for this - he is otherwise a very nice (but sometimes rather annoying) person.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now... to formally make this a &quot;question&quot; - Could someone write the phonetics for pronouncing &quot;Linux&quot;, and also the notorious &quot;Lye-nix&quot;, so I can make a note of it for future ventings?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I *think* this is right...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * **Lɪnɪx, NOT Lɚnɪx**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...or perhaps...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * **Lɪnʌx, NOT Lɚnʌx***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can someone confirm the correct phonetics? " />
  <row Id="26065" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14434" RevisionGUID="c23b97ad-5a34-4ee7-8294-7dc3c0189500" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:04:16.490" UserId="301" Text="Try &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    lsof -i :&lt;port number&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you get any results, something is listening and bound, eg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # lsof -i :80&#xD;&#xA;    COMMAND   PID   USER   FD   TYPE   DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME&#xD;&#xA;    nginx    1833 nobody    3u  IPv4 51091229      0t0  TCP odessa.cheney.net:http-&gt;79.173.188.214:52918 (ESTABLISHED)&#xD;&#xA;    nginx    1833 nobody    5u  IPv4 46221856      0t0  TCP odessa.cheney.net:http-&gt;66.36.243.182:37876 (CLOSE_WAIT)&#xD;&#xA;    nginx    1833 nobody    9u  IPv4 34733048      0t0  TCP localhost.localdomain:http (LISTEN)&#xD;&#xA;    nginx    1833 nobody   10u  IPv4 34733049      0t0  TCP odessa.cheney.net:http (LISTEN)&#xD;&#xA;    nginx    1833 nobody   14u  IPv4 46221857      0t0  TCP odessa.cheney.net:http-&gt;66.36.243.182:37880 (CLOSE_WAIT)&#xD;&#xA;    nginx    1833 nobody   15u  IPv4 51091030      0t0  TCP odessa.cheney.net:http-&gt;msnbot-65-55-106-132.search.msn.com:51708 (ESTABLISHED)&#xD;&#xA;    nginx   11832   root    9u  IPv4 34733048      0t0  TCP localhost.localdomain:http (LISTEN)&#xD;&#xA;    nginx   11832   root   10u  IPv4 34733049      0t0  TCP odessa.cheney.net:http (LISTEN)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14435" RevisionGUID="0d83a40e-99a9-40b3-a2b1-bfb6d6218581" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:06:07.627" UserId="5066" Text="lsof (list open files) is a good tool to see if a process is listening on a port&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; lsof -P | grep :&amp;lt;port-number&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;netstat is a good tool for seeing if there are any active connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; netstat -n | grep :&amp;lt;port-number&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14436" RevisionGUID="9526b3f2-4e8d-48e1-98aa-fe736a12c4b0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:06:22.493" UserId="5078" Text="Lye nucks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know people who say lih nucks, but its just sounds wrong to me" />
  <row Id="26068" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14437" RevisionGUID="51cfe134-50b1-44a3-a016-a10e37fea21b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:06:59.417" UserId="3834" Text="I (as a dev myself) prefer to have full control of my machinery, meaning; running as admin when needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could provide special training for devs before they are allowed full access to their computers. Set some rules for them, and maybe you could do an audit every once-in-a-while to see that they follow best practices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mostly they'll need to know more about IT infrastructure from a IT admin/IT support view, security-related stuff, as well as why not to develop with elevated rights. (and how to make sure of that you don't...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_&quot;Dont blindly trust us when we tell you that we know all __we__ need to know about computers&quot; ;-)_&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll still have to support them with networking, domain- and account-stuff, software-installs of non-dev tools etc." />
  <row Id="26069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14438" RevisionGUID="a9469df1-30a8-4ccc-8b44-39626baf0eaf" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:08:17.387" UserId="3947" Text="Use &quot;netstat&quot; to check the presently using ports. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;netstat -antp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       PID/Program name&#xD;&#xA;tcp        0      0 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx         0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      16297/named     &#xD;&#xA;tcp        0      0 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:53         0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      16297/named     &#xD;&#xA;tcp        0      0 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:53          0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      16297/named     &#xD;&#xA;tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:53            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      16297/named     &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26070" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11841" RevisionGUID="3972cec9-badd-4247-8a32-ac6d8d030382" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:08:45.030" UserId="1082" Comment="added 151 characters in body" Text="For test/development I need to (repeatedly, e.g. daily) create a portable (partial) copy of an oracle database using SQLite. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By &quot;copy&quot; I mean: table structure and a subset of the data. No indexes, triggers or all the other goodness ..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to save on bandwidth and local storage, I'd like to be able to pass table names and data restricting conditions for each table.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does such a tool exist or am I better off writing my own?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** I've written my own by now, it's a typical QDH (Quick, Dirty Hack) .. I shudder when I consider who will have to bugfix in the future .. " />
  <row Id="26071" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14439" RevisionGUID="e3de38a7-c2c4-41a6-8a4e-e1165d334838" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:09:32.080" UserId="5079" Text="I have nothing but bad experiences in using built in raid controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a possibility to use the software raid features of windows 2003 in Windows XP?" />
  <row Id="26072" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14439" RevisionGUID="e3de38a7-c2c4-41a6-8a4e-e1165d334838" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:09:32.080" UserId="5079" Text="Build a software raid 1 on windows XP" />
  <row Id="26073" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14439" RevisionGUID="e3de38a7-c2c4-41a6-8a4e-e1165d334838" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:09:32.080" UserId="5079" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;raid&gt;" />
  <row Id="26074" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14440" RevisionGUID="12181ee8-048b-4be7-ab55-75fe5f78e7dd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:10:42.313" UserId="5070" Text="I am evaluating drivesnapshot (www.drivesnapshot.de) for backing up and restoring disk images for Vista PCs. I have drivesnapshot backups working on 2 Vista PCs, but on the x64 PC, I cannot get a boot disk working that allows me to see/access the hard disk so I can restore to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is what I have tried and the results:&#xD;&#xA;- Restore disk that came with PC: goes into a custom utility which does not allow me to get to a command prompt. &#xD;&#xA;- Restore disk that came with and worked with the Vista x32 PC: can access external drive, can run snapshot.exe, but C drive is not mounted, so I cannot restore to it. &#xD;&#xA;- Vista x64 recovery disk, burned from HP PC: can access external drive, can run snapshot.exe, but C drive is not mounted, so I cannot restore to it. &#xD;&#xA;- Vista x64 recovery disk, burned from iso from neosmart.net: can access external drive, can run snapshot.exe, but C drive is not mounted, so I cannot restore to it. &#xD;&#xA;- Windows XP recovery disk: BSOD &#xD;&#xA;- Norton Ghost 9 rescue disk: BSOD&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems like I'm so close. There must be a way I can mount the hard disk after booting with one of these disks." />
  <row Id="26075" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14440" RevisionGUID="12181ee8-048b-4be7-ab55-75fe5f78e7dd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:10:42.313" UserId="5070" Text="Need Vista x64 boot disk to access hard drive &amp; external drive" />
  <row Id="26076" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14440" RevisionGUID="12181ee8-048b-4be7-ab55-75fe5f78e7dd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:10:42.313" UserId="5070" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;image&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;boot&gt;" />
  <row Id="26077" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14379" RevisionGUID="a1d4d879-9704-4765-8306-98997889ce1b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:11:01.407" UserId="3505" Comment="Added an LFT example" Text="Regardless of the fact that TCP can tolerate packet-loss/packet-ordering issues, a ping loss of 30% is still quite significant if the &quot;population&quot; is large enough - i.e., more than say 100 pings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But to answer the question, you can look at nmap.  I'm sure examples will come flooding in shortly :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More importantly though, you don't want just a round-trip time, you really want to see the performance from your machine to the server and back at every (possible) hop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can do this with `traceroute` - however the most commonly found version of this is done using ICMP or UDP, but search for `tcp traceroute` - and start there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some fun tools to try while you're at it...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * [lft][1]&#xD;&#xA; * [paketto][2]&#xD;&#xA; * [hping][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's an example with `lft`...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     % lft -S 4.2.2.2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     Hop  LFT trace to vnsc-bak.sys.gtei.net (4.2.2.2):80/tcp&#xD;&#xA;      1   ln-gateway.centergate.com (206.117.161.1) 0.5ms&#xD;&#xA;      2   isi-acg.ln.net (130.152.136.1) 2.3ms&#xD;&#xA;      3   isi-1-lngw2-atm.ln.net (130.152.180.21) 2.5ms&#xD;&#xA;      4   gigabitethernet5-0.lsanca1-cr3.bbnplanet.net (4.24.4.249) 3.0ms&#xD;&#xA;      5   p6-0.lsanca1-cr6.bbnplanet.net (4.24.4.2) 3.4ms&#xD;&#xA;      6   p6-0.lsanca2-br1.bbnplanet.net (4.24.5.49) 3.3ms&#xD;&#xA;      7   p15-0.snjpca1-br1.bbnplanet.net (4.24.5.58) 10.9ms&#xD;&#xA;      8   so-3-0-0.mtvwca1-br1.bbnplanet.net (4.24.7.33) 11.1ms&#xD;&#xA;      9   p7-0.mtvwca1-dc-dbe1.bbnplanet.net (4.24.9.166) 11.0ms&#xD;&#xA;     10   vlan40.mtvwca1-dc1-dfa1-rc1.bbnplanet.net (128.11.193.67) 11.1ms&#xD;&#xA;     **   [neglected] no reply packets received from TTLs 11 through 20&#xD;&#xA;     **   [4.2-3 BSD bug] the next gateway may errantly reply with reused TTLs&#xD;&#xA;     21   [target] vnsc-bak.sys.gtei.net (4.2.2.2) 11.2ms&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mainnerve.com/lft/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.doxpara.com/read.php/code/paketto.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.hping.org/" />
  <row Id="26078" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14394" RevisionGUID="4d0459d0-b9ae-4361-9342-7ee0756bdcac" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:12:54.680" UserId="3505" Comment="added 100 characters in body" Text="I'm tired of the old fart at work who keeps coming upto my desk and telling me all about his &quot;years of experience in working with Unix and **Lye-nix**&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I couldn't vent it out at him because that would be wrong, so I'm going to vent it out here - because obviously (that's the *right thing* to do...).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, for all the people that practice in this disgusting behaviour - the pronunciation is.... (Hmmm - anyone know phonetics?) - &quot;Li-nix&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: Despite hating him for this - he is otherwise a very nice (but sometimes rather annoying) person.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now... to formally make this a &quot;question&quot; - Could someone write the phonetics for pronouncing &quot;Linux&quot;, and also the notorious &quot;Lye-nix&quot;, so I can make a note of it for future ventings?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I *think* this is right...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * **Lɪnɪx, NOT Lɚnɪx**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...or perhaps...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * **Lɪnʌx, NOT Lɚnʌx***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can someone confirm the correct phonetics? (**[Listen][1] to Linus** on the matter).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IfHm6R5le0&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14441" RevisionGUID="735ceeca-71d7-4069-a0c9-1f329848b2b9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:13:07.457" UserId="3968" Text="Dumb terminals were common in the age of mainframes, but they faded upon the rapid proliferation of desktop computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nowadays most companies own modest datacenters that take advantage of virtualization to support hundreds of machines, and cloud services are more popular than ever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are we advancing towards the rebirth of dumb terminals in companies? What are the currently available solutions on this matteR?" />
  <row Id="26081" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14441" RevisionGUID="735ceeca-71d7-4069-a0c9-1f329848b2b9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:13:07.457" UserId="3968" Text="Dumb Terminals" />
  <row Id="26082" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14441" RevisionGUID="735ceeca-71d7-4069-a0c9-1f329848b2b9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:13:07.457" UserId="3968" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="26083" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14442" RevisionGUID="11a5a739-8d02-49ee-84d6-32868427c779" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:13:32.213" UserId="2299" Text="Try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;$body = Get-WmiObject WIN32_logicaldisk | sort -desc freespace | select -first 3 | format-table -autosize deviceid,devicetype,providername,freespace,size,volumename | out-string&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've just tried it on my PC and it worked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For some background on why this works see:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2006/04/25/how-does-select-string-work-with-pipelines-of-objects.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26084" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14409" RevisionGUID="882965b3-f57f-43c6-bbcf-53f7cd4ec115" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:15:56.637" UserId="4979" Comment="Added silence requirement" Text="I'm looking to build a decent &lt; 1.500$ dedicated Hyper-V solution for development and testing purposes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The parts list I was thinking of is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Intel Core I7 920 $279&#xD;&#xA; - Asus P6T Deluxe V2 $279&#xD;&#xA; - 12GB - 2x CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) $182&#xD;&#xA; - 5x Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB $275&#xD;&#xA; - Samsung WriteMaster SH-S223F $25&#xD;&#xA; - Antec P183 $160&#xD;&#xA; - EnerMax Modu82+ 625W $178&#xD;&#xA; - Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 $80&#xD;&#xA; - ASUS EAH4350 SILENT $38&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Total: $1.496&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since the machine would sit close to where I work, noise levels will be an issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would this be a good solution? All suggestions for improvement welcome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(All prices are in USD, I used Newegg as a reference)" />
  <row Id="26085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14443" RevisionGUID="330f9cdc-f55f-4722-9080-5e2fef1b7c1f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:16:27.387" UserId="4848" Text="&gt; Evil answer..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use [Netcat][1]. A unix oriented tutorial for transferring files can be found [here][2]. You can further speed things up by:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Compress on the sender side and decompress on the destination side. (chuck windows equivalent of gzip in the middle of the command lines.)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Choose to send data via udp instead of by tcp (hey man, who cares about data integrity??!!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Joking aside, netcat is likely the quickest way to transfer large files on a LAN. As no checksum is done you may wish to do a MD5 sum of the file before sending it and compare it to the MD5 sum of the received file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have used netcat a lot in this way, never seen it fail, never seen it fail to max out the network either..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.securityfocus.com/tools/139&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://oreilly.com/pub/h/1058" />
  <row Id="26086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14444" RevisionGUID="aa47e7ad-c40f-4154-a2ef-391ba6647c15" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:16:35.967" UserId="5038" Text="At a guess, making sure there were blackhole routes in place on most (all?) ISPs' connection to &quot;outside of Moldova&quot;. This would tie in nicely with &quot;works to bypass via TOR&quot; (as the packet destined for the server IP would be encapsulated until quite probably outside of Moldova).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I understand TOR, name resolution still happens as per normal on the client machine, so any DNS intercept would still have caused a block. The blackhole route option is also good from a network performance perspective, as it doesn't require any extra work to be done for either &quot;blocked&quot; or &quot;unblocked&quot; packets, it's still just normal routing packet forwarding." />
  <row Id="26087" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14444" RevisionGUID="aa47e7ad-c40f-4154-a2ef-391ba6647c15" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:16:35.967" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26088" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14445" RevisionGUID="b6ee141f-ec26-4db9-a764-ddcba68edc57" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:17:38.460" UserId="3867" Text="There is a you-tube video where Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, explains how the word should be pronounced.&#xD;&#xA;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IfHm6R5le0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;some more referrance:&#xD;&#xA;http://safalra.com/science/linguistics/linux-pronunciation/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;gives you audio files. " />
  <row Id="26089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14446" RevisionGUID="8e7a8753-6c60-4088-8a03-49ad86a3603a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:17:41.800" UserId="5078" Text="A failure predictable at 2Gb sounds like the target filesystem is to blame... Are both on NTFS? Are you piping through any compression (zip used to fail at 2gb boundaries) ((is apache doing compression))&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have copied many files over 20Gb using robocopy (as others have mentioned) but I'd avoid using the /MIR switch until you are sure you have got the copy doing what you want - since it will delete files as well as copy them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SMB suffers from a one packet at a time limit so is often the slower way to copy files - you have the option to copy using push or pull. Personally, I prefer the push method (copy is initiated by the source)." />
  <row Id="26090" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14447" RevisionGUID="18e47433-3746-4345-b67f-8f8197477d7d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:22:03.490" UserId="3950" Text="Dumb terminals have long returned in the incarnation of the thin-client. Bit different, but much the same. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Current solutions include VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) from a host of different vendors (ranging from VMware to Red Hat and way beyond that), Citrix, Sun Ray... I could keep going for quite some time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you ask me, it's a circle. Sure, the cloud will have it's day. Just until Intel figures out a way to get people to move back to individual workstations (=profit). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've moved half-way around, from mainframe to pc to cloud now. It'll not happen tomorrow, but sooner or later the wheel will continue spinning and initiate the move back to more powerful workstations. Maybe it'll be a resource hungry OS, maybe it'll be cheap and green power, maybe it'll be the realization virtualization is not the egg of Columbus either. Who knows." />
  <row Id="26091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14448" RevisionGUID="6039e567-f0de-4442-a29a-9ad44a2e8415" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:22:34.817" UserId="3867" Text="I generally use or search RPMs or Packages on http://rpm.pbone.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It gives a history and details on files and dependencies too." />
  <row Id="26092" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14449" RevisionGUID="83c7eaac-f318-46ef-9d4e-57cdb6413ed2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:22:50.710" UserId="1447" Text="Back in 1980, a dumb terminal might have had a Z80 process or or something similar running the terminal's embedded software.  This meant that the hardware cost a few thousand dollars instead of the cost of a PDP-11, Vax or mainframe.  However, this technology had mostly died out by the end of the 1990s.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nowadays, the cost of a PC CPU is such that there isn't much advantage to making dedicated 'dumb' terminal hardware in anything but highly specialised instances.  In some cases (such as POS machines) the handset is actually connected via a serial link and works like a serial terminal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some companies such as WYSE still make thin client hardware that have x-server, citrix or RDP software.  There is still a market for this type of machine, although they are not much less expensive than a cheap PC.  Sometimes this type of hardware has serial ports and a terminal emulator so it can pretend to be an ordinary serial terminal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Arguably, the browser acts as a terminal interface to a remote application.  In many ways it acts like an old-style 3270/5250 type block mode terminal, submitting a completed 'form' request to an application. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The most common solution these days is to run terminal emulation software or remote desktop connections (depending on the type of host) on a general purpose PC.  There are few situations where this is not the optimal solution - in most instances the user of this software also uses general PC software such as word processors or email.  " />
  <row Id="26093" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14450" RevisionGUID="11c048c4-0593-4123-bee6-1e5e8407fc06" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:23:01.350" UserId="3505" Text="This (netstat) is the fastest solution...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netstat -lnt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...but this gives you more control (at the cost of speed (sometimes a lot of speed))...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    lsof -n -i -a -u www-data&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The above example for example shows you all the TCP ports open and in the `LISTEN` state, AND (`-a`) belonging to the Apache (`www-data`) user." />
  <row Id="26094" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14451" RevisionGUID="1abac180-f61e-495b-b7f8-23cd26488092" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:23:08.073" UserId="1787" Text="Install [htop][1] to actually have that visualized. &lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![htop][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that memory occupied by applications or **really** occupied is marked green. Blue and orange are buffers and cache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://htop.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Htop.png" />
  <row Id="26095" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14452" RevisionGUID="98b8608c-a420-4e96-99c9-557fc4444bde" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:24:03.453" UserId="5091" Text="Windows XP Pro allow you to define software RAID volumes, see this tutorial:&#xD;&#xA;www.techimo.com/articles/index.pl?photo=149&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26096" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14453" RevisionGUID="0216e7a9-eeec-4289-9d94-1d76f690e7da" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:24:47.230" UserId="5094" Text="rpmfusion.org is a very good repo for Fedora. RPM Fusion is a merger of Dribble, Freshrpms, and Livna." />
  <row Id="26097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14454" RevisionGUID="80189f7a-ca00-40c0-bd6c-770c99b1870b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:25:35.510" UserId="4979" Text="I use syncback ( www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/sbse.html ) daily for transferring files several times larger than yours. Never had a problem with it." />
  <row Id="26098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14455" RevisionGUID="8a20f8e6-181b-4060-89d3-2af6f84c2b9d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:26:54.870" UserId="3950" Text="The 'free' command will show you buffers and cache. The line that starts with -/+ buffers/cache shows the amount of *really* used and free memory with the buffers and cache subtracted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;                 total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached&#xD;&#xA;    Mem:           373        350         23          0        135        109&#xD;&#xA;    -/+ buffers/cache:        105        268&#xD;&#xA;    Swap:          511          0        511&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Notice that: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- this machine has 373MB of RAM, of which 350MB is use, leaving 23MB memory free&#xD;&#xA;- that 350MB includes 135MB of buffers and 109MB of cache&#xD;&#xA;- when we disregard those amounts, only 105MB is actually used, leaving 268MB memory free&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The moment it is needed, cache is dropped and buffers are flushed to free memory. This provides very little overhead when the memory the moment the memory needs to be freed and provides significant performance increase as long as the memory can be used as buffers / cache." />
  <row Id="26100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14457" RevisionGUID="5040d97c-fa05-41ad-9424-d4fcd076f0b2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:28:35.210" UserId="5082" Text="I have just attached a Solaris box (an old Enterprise 420R) to a Clariion storage array via an Emulex HBA but the Navisphere software is only seeing the system via a hexadecimal reference ID not by the agent's hostname.  When trying to assign storage my server is missing and the online help says:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Verify that the server is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* physically connected to the storage system.&#xD;&#xA;* the server's HBAs or NICs are registered to the storage system (either manually or via the Navisphere Server Utility or Host Agent).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Clearly the Clariion is seeing the server path (hence the hex code) so how do I register the HBAs to the storage system?" />
  <row Id="26101" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14457" RevisionGUID="5040d97c-fa05-41ad-9424-d4fcd076f0b2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:28:35.210" UserId="5082" Text="How to register server HBAs to an EMC Clariion storage system" />
  <row Id="26102" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14457" RevisionGUID="5040d97c-fa05-41ad-9424-d4fcd076f0b2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:28:35.210" UserId="5082" Text="&lt;emc&gt;&lt;clariion&gt;&lt;emulex&gt;&lt;hba&gt;" />
  <row Id="26103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14458" RevisionGUID="5c02540b-79c3-4cc3-bbf7-2f43150c5e32" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:29:00.433" UserId="388" Text="I have a shared home directory that is automounted via NFS on all the UNIX servers I log in to. I would like to have a single .screenrc that (for example) puts the hostname in the hardstatus line in a different colour to indicate when I am logged on to production versus development; our hostnames are such that this can easily be done through the use of pattern matching. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way of putting conditional statements into .screenrc? A quick grep of the man page doesn't seem to reveal anything obvious." />
  <row Id="26104" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14458" RevisionGUID="5c02540b-79c3-4cc3-bbf7-2f43150c5e32" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:29:00.433" UserId="388" Text="How can you change the GNU screen status line based on hostname?" />
  <row Id="26105" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14458" RevisionGUID="5c02540b-79c3-4cc3-bbf7-2f43150c5e32" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:29:00.433" UserId="388" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;screen&gt;&lt;shell&gt;&lt;terminal&gt;" />
  <row Id="26106" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14459" RevisionGUID="033f6d23-3921-47d9-b1f1-41f648290f57" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:31:03.503" UserId="4990" Text="TCP cannot &quot;tolerate&quot; 50% packet loss. It will simply grind to a halt, for a simple reason: it adapts its transmission speed based on the loss of packets. When packets are lost, they are understood to indicate congestion. If you drop 50% of packets (say, with a _random_ drop firewall rule) regardless of traffic, it will see an ever decreasing bandwidth availability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Furthermore I doubt ISPs shape ICMP vs TCP. Some might do, as there are some really stupid people out there, but it doesn't make much sense to do so. Most will shape the whole connection, or it will &quot;shape itself&quot; because of congestion. In either cases packets are typically dropped randomly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, you can ping with TCP, but there are several caveats. The first is to just send the initial packet in a TCP connection, which will elicit a response from a server with an open port, but will be seen as a connection attempt. Ideally you could use the &quot;echo&quot; service (TCP port 7) ... but actually you can't because it's now disabled by default everywhere. Anyway, if you can get someone to enable it for you on the machine you want to test, a program could use that to check the round-about time for packets inside a TCP connection. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, you probably have the &quot;tracepath&quot; command installed on your machine; it's similar to traceroute but uses neither TCP or ICMP, but UDP. For TCP there are various utilities out there, you can try [hping][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hping.org/" />
  <row Id="26107" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14449" RevisionGUID="812a1eff-30ff-4287-880a-9ceabfbd4fc9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:31:08.213" UserId="1447" Comment="added 37 characters in body" Text="Back in 1980, a dumb terminal might have had a Z80 process or or something similar running the terminal's embedded software.  This meant that the hardware cost a few thousand dollars instead of the cost of a PDP-11, Vax or mainframe.  However, this technology had mostly died out by the end of the 1990s.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nowadays, the cost of a PC CPU is such that there isn't much advantage to making dedicated 'dumb' terminal hardware in anything but highly specialised instances.  In some cases (such as POS machines) the handset is actually connected via a serial link and works like a serial terminal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some companies such as [WYSE][1] still make thin client hardware that have x-server, citrix or RDP software.  There is still a market for this type of machine, although they are not much less expensive than a cheap PC.  Sometimes this type of hardware has serial ports and a terminal emulator so it can pretend to be an ordinary serial terminal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Arguably, the browser acts as a terminal interface to a remote application.  In many ways it acts like an old-style 3270/5250 type block mode terminal, submitting a completed 'form' request to an application. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The most common solution these days is to run terminal emulation software or remote desktop connections (depending on the type of host) on a general purpose PC.  There are few situations where this is not the optimal solution - in most instances the user of this software also uses general PC software such as word processors or email.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wyse.com" />
  <row Id="26108" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14460" RevisionGUID="8b013ce4-3711-486c-9d91-109c2e071577" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:32:04.670" UserId="5093" Text="Yes, we are. Developing web applications is simpler than desktop applications (for many tasks). But the terminals have become less dumb.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These days thin client means RDP / Citrix / X / Web browser." />
  <row Id="26109" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14452" RevisionGUID="76a82aa1-e958-4aac-91cd-e17d0098f5ab" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:32:47.417" UserId="5091" Comment="added 234 characters in body" Text="Windows XP Pro allow you to define software RAID volumes, but only RAID 0, see this tutorial:&#xD;&#xA;www.techimo.com/articles/index.pl?photo=149&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to configure RAID 1 or RAID 5 volumes on Windows XP this will require some hacking. If you google for &quot;windows XP software RAID&quot; there are plenty of tutorials on how to enable this features on Windows XP" />
  <row Id="26110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14461" RevisionGUID="0d2df3ec-bc8c-4ec9-bf46-6ef474a02f1c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:32:56.480" UserId="3058" Text="The Control -vs- Capability argument has been going on for years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The biggest factor seems to be the network.  Many of the &quot;Terminal style&quot; systems available move everything, including drawing to the screen to the server, requiring the entire screen be sent across the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another factor is energy costs.  Many computers capable of running as &quot;terminals&quot; use FAR less power than a typical desktop PC.  (10's of watts instead of 100's of watts) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As networks become more powerful, and energy costs go up, consolidating processing becomes once again a viable alternative." />
  <row Id="26111" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14455" RevisionGUID="afc64f5d-1069-4cf1-a737-497d68687494" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:33:09.410" UserId="3950" Comment="added 181 characters in body" Text="The 'free' command will show you buffers and cache. The line that starts with -/+ buffers/cache shows the amount of *really* used and free memory with the buffers and cache subtracted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;                 total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached&#xD;&#xA;    Mem:           373        350         23          0        135        109&#xD;&#xA;    -/+ buffers/cache:        105        268&#xD;&#xA;    Swap:          511          0        511&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Notice that: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- this machine has 373MB of RAM, of which 350MB is use, leaving 23MB memory free&#xD;&#xA;- that 350MB includes 135MB of buffers and 109MB of cache&#xD;&#xA;- when we subtract those buffers and cache amounts, only 105MB is actually used, leaving 268MB of memory free&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The moment it is needed, cache is dropped and buffers are flushed to free memory. This provides very little overhead when the memory the moment the memory needs to be freed and provides significant performance increase as long as the memory can be used as buffers / cache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, if you want to know the total amount of free (as in: usable by programs) memory, look at the amount in the 'free'-column in the '-/+ buffers/cache' row. " />
  <row Id="26112" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14462" RevisionGUID="069d3563-01b9-45aa-be03-709948cd5308" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:35:39.593" UserId="4848" Text="All good answers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However you don't mention if you are logged onto the computer in question.  ;P&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not [nmap][1] is your friend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for starters try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;nmap -O **target**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[amap][2] is also a good choice which will also attempt to guess server software by grabbing banner pages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for starters try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;amap **target** 1-6000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nmap.org/bennieston-tutorial/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://freeworld.thc.org/thc-amap/README" />
  <row Id="26113" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14265" RevisionGUID="4c61e856-2ad5-4ce2-8826-9cb5d1093082" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:37:42.040" UserId="4357" Comment="deleted 12 characters in body" Text="Is there any OS-agnostic standard these days better than [RFC 1514][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1514" />
  <row Id="26114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14463" RevisionGUID="83fa3839-07a1-4796-8133-14df956fc54b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:38:56.810" UserId="5093" Text="&gt; can VPN be implemented on the routers&#xD;&#xA;&gt; only? Can the computers on the network&#xD;&#xA;&gt; be configuration free?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes. Assuming reasonable routers and a reasonable network layout. If your sites are all sharing the same IP range (i.e. they are all using 192.168.0.0/24 and therefore overlapping) then you'll have to do full NAT and things get messy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you provisioned each site in its own subnet, then this is simple, and your only considerations are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - minimising traffic over the VPN&#xD;&#xA; - security of the VPN (i.e. use the right type of VPN)&#xD;&#xA; - integrating systems across the VPN (i.e. cross-subnet Windows network browsing)" />
  <row Id="26115" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14464" RevisionGUID="611c5e87-c734-4a43-be86-deb74321f752" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:39:58.867" UserId="3950" Text="An easy workaround would be to put the hostname of the currently logged in machine in $PS1, so your prompt will, for example, look something like this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [username@hostname working_directory]$&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Optionally, you can (like I do) colorcode the hostname based on the different tiers in your environment (like test and production).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You are good to go if you put this in your .bashrc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PS1=&quot;${color}[\u@\h \W]\$${Normal}\n&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You would have to define the ${color} variable somewhere, of course.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe you already have this, I don't know, but it'll be a lot more useful than using (possible) screen functionality for this, because it'll also work when you are not using screen." />
  <row Id="26116" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14465" RevisionGUID="986cf625-5c04-4557-8ac4-b4f3831185d1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:43:55.957" UserId="1813" Text="The simplest way to use the upload of the 2 lines is to **send the packets on the 2 lines just like if you route** half the packets to WAN1 and the other half to WAN2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But **in practice it usually doesn't work that well**, since you have some things to consider : &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Your **ISP may think** you try to **spoof** the IP source address when routing over from the other interface and **drop** them.&#xD;&#xA; * The so-called &quot;spoofed&quot; packets will have their answer on the real interface, so **only one line** will be used for **downstream**&#xD;&#xA; * The latency between the packets might be much different (ie: **more jitter**), so the packets will be received out-of-order. That should not be a big deal for TCP-based data streams, but for more RT-oriented one that are quite sensible to jitter (such as TCP-interactive : with nagle's algorithm disabled or VoIP) it can introduce **nasty delays due to buffering**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*@Garth*: I don't think he wants to use 2 IP addresses, just the 2 connections, so I don't see the prob with BT (It's only level 2 related) but **the usual level 2 caveats do apply**." />
  <row Id="26117" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14466" RevisionGUID="d864cf57-7efa-4d57-ad42-fb2b9820a07d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:46:37.967" UserId="4848" Text="A VPN, as everybody else has mentioned is the way to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I humbly suggest [monowall][1] as being the quickest way to set up a dedicated point to point VPN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The most common issues with VPNs are incorrect subnets and gateways.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://m0n0.ch/wall/features.php" />
  <row Id="26119" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14468" RevisionGUID="74852160-828e-4cd7-a935-0d0a85c4fb70" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:47:59.353" UserId="3526" Text="I want to install Oracle 11g for 64bit on a Ubuntu 8.04 64bit server.Can anybody help in installing the oracle 11g on ubuntu from the scratch(pre-installation to post-installation)?  " />
  <row Id="26120" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14468" RevisionGUID="74852160-828e-4cd7-a935-0d0a85c4fb70" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:47:59.353" UserId="3526" Text="Can anybody help me in installing Oracle 11g for 64bit on Ubuntu 8.04 server 64bit?" />
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  <row Id="26122" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13853" RevisionGUID="6d38591d-3bee-4725-a44c-c00515b15e58" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:49:05.220" UserId="1734" Comment="Added the second update and raised the idea of asking the question on StackOverflow" Text="I have multiple subversion repositories which are served up through Apache 2.2 and WebDAV. They are all located in a central place, and I used this [debian-administration.org][1] article as the basis (I dropped the use of the database authentication for a simple htpasswd file though).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since then, I have also started using [WebSVN][2]. My issue is that not all users on the system should be able to access the different repositories, and the default setup of WebSVN is to allow anyone who can authenticate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;According to the WebSVN documentation, the best way around this is to use subversion's path access system, so I looked to create this, using the AuthzSVNAccessFile directive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I do this though, I keep getting &quot;403 Forbidden&quot; messages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My files look like the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have default policy settings in a file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /svn/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      DAV svn&#xD;&#xA;      SVNParentPath  /var/lib/svn/repository&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      Order deny,allow&#xD;&#xA;      Deny from all&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each repository gets a policy file like below:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /svn/sysadmin/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        Include  /var/lib/svn/conf/default_auth.conf&#xD;&#xA;        AuthName &quot;Repository for sysadmin&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        require user joebloggs jimsmith mickmurphy&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The default_auth.conf file contains this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SVNParentPath      /var/lib/svn/repository&#xD;&#xA;    AuthType           basic&#xD;&#xA;    AuthUserFile       /var/lib/svn/conf/.dav_svn.passwd&#xD;&#xA;    AuthzSVNAccessFile /var/lib/svn/conf/svnaccess.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not fully sure why I need the second SVNParentPath in default_auth.conf, but I just added that today as I was getting error messages as a result of adding the AuthzSVNAccessFile directive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With a totally permissive access file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [/]&#xD;&#xA;    joebloggs = rw&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the system worked fine (and was essentially unchanged), but as I soon as I start trying to add any kind of restrictions such as&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [sysadmin:/]&#xD;&#xA;    joebloggs = rw&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;instead, I get the 'Permission denied' errors again. The log file entries are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu May 28 10:40:17 2009] [error] [client 89.100.219.180] Access denied: 'joebloggs' GET websvn:/&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu May 28 10:40:20 2009] [error] [client 89.100.219.180] Access denied: 'joebloggs' GET svn:/sysadmin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do I need to do to get this to work? Have configured apache wrong, or is my understanding of the svnaccess.conf file incorrect?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I am going about this the wrong way, I have no particular attachment to my overall approach, so feel free to offer alternatives as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE (20090528-1600):**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I attempted to implement [this answer][3], but I still cannot get it to work properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know most of the configuration is correct, as I have added&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [/]&#xD;&#xA;    joebloggs = rw&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;at the start and 'joebloggs' then has all the correct access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I try to go repository-specific though, doing something like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [/]&#xD;&#xA;    joebloggs = rw&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [sysadmin:/]&#xD;&#xA;    mickmurphy = rw&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then I got a permission denied error for mickmurphy (joebloggs still works), with an error similar to what I already had previously&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu May 28 10:40:20 2009] [error] [client 89.100.219.180] Access denied: 'mickmurphy' GET svn:/sysadmin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, I forgot to explain previously that all my repositories are underneath&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /var/lib/svn/repository&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE (20090529-1245):**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still no luck getting this to work, but all the signs seem to be pointing to the issue being with path-access control in subversion not working properly. My assumption is that I have not configured apache or svn to properly recognise my repository structure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is because the '[/]' entry seems to work perfectly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It also occurs to me that this is question that may belong better on StackOverflow?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/208&#xD;&#xA;[2]: http://websvn.tigris.org/&#xD;&#xA;[3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/13853/how-do-i-restrict-repository-access-via-websvn/13912#13912&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26123" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14469" RevisionGUID="c2422c3f-bcbf-42b8-b64e-1a1972b0a655" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:51:33.753" UserId="5116" Text="Is this important?" />
  <row Id="26124" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14464" RevisionGUID="da1bc767-f07c-4b57-83fb-8a0cc4110e95" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:53:16.997" UserId="3950" Comment="added 13 characters in body" Text="An easy workaround would be to put the hostname of the currently logged in machine in $PS1, so your prompt will, for example, look something like this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [username@hostname working_directory]$&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Optionally, you can (like I do) colorcode the hostname based on the different tiers in your environment (like test and production).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You are good to go if you put this in your .bashrc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PS1=&quot;${color}[\u@\h \W]\$${Normal}&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You would have to define the ${color} and ${normal} variables somewhere, of course.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe you already have this, I don't know, but it'll be a lot more useful than using (possible) screen functionality for this, because it'll also work when you are not using screen." />
  <row Id="26125" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14470" RevisionGUID="8c848e50-712e-4440-b9d2-171951328e76" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:53:24.627" UserId="3505" Text="You `grep` man pages?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anywho - have a look again at the man page...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    hardstatus on&#xD;&#xA;    hardstatus alwayslastline&#xD;&#xA;    hardstatus string &quot;%{kR}%H&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The above is a simple example which makes the bottom bar bold red with black writing, showing the hostname.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look for `STRING ESCAPES` and `CUSTOMIZATION` in the man page.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14471" RevisionGUID="12614929-1309-4935-8552-ab887e24756e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:54:20.867" UserId="1802" Text="Logparser is a must." />
  <row Id="26127" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14471" RevisionGUID="12614929-1309-4935-8552-ab887e24756e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:54:20.867" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26128" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14472" RevisionGUID="7786e150-5bfa-4e2c-99d0-ab1430a8e682" CreationDate="2009-05-29T11:54:51.630" UserId="1626" Text="In addition to [wzzrd](http://serverfault.com/questions/14458/how-can-you-change-the-gnu-screen-status-line-based-on-hostname/14464#14464) 's answer, here is how to type a literal colour code with vim. &#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[I]       # enter insert mode if you're not already in it &#xD;&#xA;[CTRL][V] # Tell it to enter the next literal key press you type &#xD;&#xA;[ESC]     # Escape key &#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All things going well you should now see &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ^[&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;on your screen. &#xD;&#xA;Thats 1 Character, not 2. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then just add the ascii escape sequence after it. ie:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ^[[31m My Text Here ^[[0m&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`ESC,[,3,1,m`  is the ascii code for &quot;Red Foreground.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`ESC,[,0,m`    is the ascii code for &quot;Return to normal&quot;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26129" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14473" RevisionGUID="f742e36d-09d9-4c43-9df4-0a60c9db8eb4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:00:26.277" UserDisplayName="Dvanes" Text="Maybe you can take look here:&#xD;&#xA;www.pythian.com/news/968/installing-oracle-11g-on-ubuntu-804-lts-hardy-heron&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;www.pythian.com/news/1355/installing-oracle-11gr1-on-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26130" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14470" RevisionGUID="db98ff65-8f76-4fba-ae86-98035c9b624f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:00:41.890" UserId="3505" Comment="Another tip" Text="You `grep` man pages?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anywho - have a look again at the man page...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**~/.screenrc**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    hardstatus on&#xD;&#xA;    hardstatus alwayslastline&#xD;&#xA;    hardstatus string &quot;%{kR}%H&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The above is a simple example which makes the bottom bar bold red with black writing, showing the hostname.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look for `STRING ESCAPES` and `CUSTOMIZATION` in the man page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, to get rid of the annoying first copyright notice, add...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    startup_message off" />
  <row Id="26131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14474" RevisionGUID="b2fd750b-447d-41fa-8fba-e599de221b72" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:02:33.140" UserDisplayName="Spakman" Text="I quite like using rdiff-backup. This uses rsync under-the-hood to store revisions of files (diffs), allowing you to easily rollback a file or tree to a certain time." />
  <row Id="26132" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14475" RevisionGUID="11fc25e0-4a6c-4d5f-8d0b-ce0783690abc" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:03:40.673" Text="Hi there&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;my girlfriend has a laptop with Vista x64 on it. When she buyed the laptop, the OS did a self installing procedure from a hidden partition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I plan to reinstall windows for her, using the kit from that hidden partition. How can I do that? Do I have to burn the content of that partition on DVD? Isn't this a non-sense?" />
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  <row Id="26136" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14190" RevisionGUID="923f8690-f496-40ef-a4dd-7ea842769370" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:10:17.160" UserId="48" Comment="Fixed title" Text="I have two physical servers running Win2008 Enterprise, with 4 virtual machines each running on Hyper-V. I created a cluster using one of the virtual machines in each server, using Network Load Balancing under Windows 2003, using the multicast option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The cluster nodes are converging correctly, I can ping the virtual IP from any of my machines in the datacenter (they share a single rack and a switch) but can't ping it from machines outside this switch, making the cluster invisible to the public internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All server use public IPs from the same VLAN, gateway and subnet mask. Is there anything else I need to configure on the machines, on the switch, or even in the datacenter router?" />
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  <row Id="26138" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14477" RevisionGUID="89fd9f14-08e0-42e7-b5df-7af7a24575e4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:14:10.620" UserId="3839" Text="I'm running Linux server with OpenVZ containers. I back up data with rdiff-backup in two steps (to minimalize downtime). First step is on live containter, and second step is on suspended container.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a better way to back up OpenVZ containters?" />
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  <row Id="26142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14479" RevisionGUID="b091edc2-abfb-4221-a0d2-7062d427458a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:19:14.097" UserId="278" Text="I installed some Apple software (either Quicktime or Safari) on my computer.  I removed them both long ago, but I've been unable to disable those pesky &quot;reminders&quot; from Apple to upgrade my Apple software.  How can I remove the updater from my computer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="26144" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14479" RevisionGUID="b091edc2-abfb-4221-a0d2-7062d427458a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:19:14.097" UserId="278" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;apple&gt;&lt;remove&gt;" />
  <row Id="26145" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14480" RevisionGUID="b8fd6c4c-4245-4124-bd2d-2ec166dd81c9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:19:41.243" UserId="2561" Text="[This website][1] lists the different ways of doing it.  If you have LVM that is really the best.  One thing I would make sure of is that if you are running any database apps, to do a database dump of all the databases before backing up the container (ie mysqldump).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.openvz.org/Backup_of_a_running_VE_with_vzdump" />
  <row Id="26146" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14481" RevisionGUID="7a863feb-1bee-487f-892b-d5a1fdb2e890" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:21:11.023" UserId="2277" Text="Generally when a machine comes with the install software on a partition the machine will come with a CD that you use to boot into that partiton to do the restore. Alternatively there will be a key combination to hold down after you turn the machine on that will open up an interface to let you do the rebuild. This combination will be detailed in the documentation that came with the machine or possibly on the vendor's website.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Very occasionally there will be a program within windows that the vendor has written that will let you do the rebuild, i.e. start the program and follow instructions to rebuild the machine." />
  <row Id="26147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14482" RevisionGUID="85626623-da20-4fd8-b311-270daa632ad6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:21:38.637" UserId="1723" Text="Does anybody know any good free [Clam][1] alternative&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.clamav.net/" />
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  <row Id="26149" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14482" RevisionGUID="85626623-da20-4fd8-b311-270daa632ad6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:21:38.637" UserId="1723" Text="&lt;antivirus&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="26150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14483" RevisionGUID="7506df2d-3e1f-47f1-955b-930e50a734be" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:23:13.910" UserId="5133" Text="XCopy (although RoboCopy is more capable) and Ping (cmd), along with .bat files for scripting." />
  <row Id="26151" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14483" RevisionGUID="7506df2d-3e1f-47f1-955b-930e50a734be" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:23:13.910" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26152" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14484" RevisionGUID="087fe2df-3d27-4035-bbbf-cee16fecb9aa" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:23:14.220" UserId="1447" Text="There are quite a few oracle-on-linux HOWTO documents on the web.  Do a google search for some keywords in this space - there's quite a good chance you will come up with relevant documents." />
  <row Id="26153" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14458" RevisionGUID="2150d854-03a3-4305-b071-d0af6afd90da" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:23:29.667" UserId="388" Comment="Added some clarifications." Text="I have a shared home directory that is automounted via NFS on all the UNIX servers I log in to. I would like to have a single .screenrc that (for example) puts the hostname in the hardstatus line in a different colour to indicate when I am logged on to production versus development; our hostnames are such that this can easily be done through the use of pattern matching. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way of putting conditional statements into .screenrc? A quick grep of the man page doesn't seem to reveal anything obvious.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To clarify, I already have a custom hard status line; I want to change some of the colouring/fields displayed based on the hostname that screen is invoked on. I already have something like this for my PS1, however I would rather do this in the screen status line as I jump off from these hosts to routers/switches, which don't allow me to do any prompt colourisation. This way, I can have one window for production, and one for development, with the colour of the screen status line telling me which one I am on at a glance." />
  <row Id="26154" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14485" RevisionGUID="966a7393-006d-4b60-93d5-f98dee367a9a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:25:41.490" UserId="2277" Text="The reminders are usually a 'Scheduled Task' in Windows XP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Click on 'Start', then 'All Programs', then 'Accessories', then 'System Tools' then 'Scheduled Tasks'.&#xD;&#xA;There will generally be one in there called 'AppleSoftwareUpdate'.&#xD;&#xA;You can delete this job, or alternatively double click it to change the schedule it runs to." />
  <row Id="26155" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13541" RevisionGUID="672ee348-485e-4d2c-a26d-2ed5d1d5ebcb" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:26:19.743" UserId="45" Comment="monitoring" Text="You could enable RDP Connection Auditing. This way you can monitor actions that one user session performs against another or performs directly on the connection configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actions such as modifying connection properties or remotely controlling a user's session can be monitored when RDP-TCP connection auditing has been enabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  1. Open Terminal Services Configuration in Administrative Tools on the Start menu&#xD;&#xA;  2. Right-click desired RDP and select Properties&#xD;&#xA;  3. On the Permissions tab, click the &quot;Advanced&quot; button and select the Auditing tab, where you are presented with the familiar Audit dialog box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it isn't configure yet, you must first enable auditing on the system itself. Terminal Server auditing can be enabled using a group policy object in the Active Directory or in the local security settings: Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\.  For your purposes enable *&quot;Audit Account Logon Events&quot;* and *&quot;Audit Logon Events (success and failure).&quot;*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For event log monitoring/reporting use a tool like [EventSentry][1]. It allows real-time monitoring and many ways to filter data and build reports from the generated output.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.eventsentry.com" />
  <row Id="26156" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14482" RevisionGUID="f02a2b4f-57e8-4c2f-b10b-7559e5260e95" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:27:19.773" UserId="1723" Comment="added 24 characters in body" Text="Does anybody know any good **free** or **open source** [Clam][1] alternative?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.clamav.net/" />
  <row Id="26157" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14486" RevisionGUID="c0668e0b-ff7d-425d-be29-ecb5945cbc18" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:27:52.033" UserId="2061" Text="Using webmin, you can get awstats or webalizer to work easily...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, i.e. on awstats, you can see on your top urls list, which downloads are the most &quot;downloaded&quot;. Also, on the file types list, you can see which kind of file type is the most downloaded (images, isos, pdfs), you can tune the config for getting more detail, and avoid that awstats exclude images or some kind of file type from the stats...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, easier on the standard install, webalizer generates a &quot;Top ten urls by kbytes&quot;, that shows you which exact file is using the most bandwidth..." />
  <row Id="26158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14487" RevisionGUID="ca82c7f0-12d8-43da-a59d-af88194da6c3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:28:18.617" UserId="45" Text="I'm looking for a Windows event logs analyzing and monitoring softwarefor Windows Server 2000/2003 (there are some new features in Windows Server 2008.) The feature set should include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- real-time monitoring (alerts via email or other messages)&#xD;&#xA;- definition of events/event groups which are watched&#xD;&#xA;- multiple-server&#xD;&#xA;- reporting (daily/weekly etc. reports)&#xD;&#xA;- nice client tools&#xD;&#xA;- not necessarily free or open-source, but that would be nice (of course)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any recommendation or tip how to implement this using standard tools?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Thanks!*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="26160" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14487" RevisionGUID="ca82c7f0-12d8-43da-a59d-af88194da6c3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:28:18.617" UserId="45" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;event-log&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;reporting&gt;" />
  <row Id="26161" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14488" RevisionGUID="0be77889-9259-4eb3-8008-be9d49d28522" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:30:45.497" UserId="5133" Text="I had network transfers fail at around the 2GB mark - it turned out to be a faulty NIC." />
  <row Id="26162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14489" RevisionGUID="aaad1b71-f16f-4920-9a4b-6d2cb4c5fe38" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:31:52.203" UserId="997" Text="We have a need to authenticate local users on an AIX server against OID using LDAP.  We have a branch within OID where we've placed and synchronized Active Directory users.  We've also configured external authentication on OID so that it verifies username/passwords against AD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone configured authentication for AIX in this type of environment?  We believe we need to populate unix specific attributes on the user's directory entry in OID, but are unsure which attributes are needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, we are looking to authenticate Oracle database users against OID but because of external authentication we are unable to populate the ORCLPASSWORD attribute on the user's directory entry on OID (which is the attribute Oracle is looking for password in).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Help with either or both are welcome." />
  <row Id="26163" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14489" RevisionGUID="aaad1b71-f16f-4920-9a4b-6d2cb4c5fe38" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:31:52.203" UserId="997" Text="Authenticating AIX Users Against OID (Oracle Internet Directory)" />
  <row Id="26164" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14489" RevisionGUID="aaad1b71-f16f-4920-9a4b-6d2cb4c5fe38" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:31:52.203" UserId="997" Text="&lt;aix&gt;&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;oid&gt;&lt;ldap&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="26165" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14490" RevisionGUID="206d356d-7773-4f69-89fc-4ad5b406f27e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:32:46.773" UserId="3766" Text="You have the solution from Avira (Antivir), a free edition is available for Linux :&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.free-av.com/en/download/download_servers.php][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.free-av.com/en/download/download_servers.php" />
  <row Id="26166" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14491" RevisionGUID="71aa3e60-f4e5-46a2-a1e7-1a86bf03ecff" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:34:29.503" UserId="3527" Text="Listed in no particular order. These are the antivirus applications I know that run on Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Sophos&#xD;&#xA;2. Trend Micro Server Project&#xD;&#xA;3. RAV Antivirus&#xD;&#xA;4. Vexira Antivirus&#xD;&#xA;5. Panda Antivirus&#xD;&#xA;6. AVG Antivirus&#xD;&#xA;7. Avira Antivir&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also check [Open Antivirus][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/openantivirus/" />
  <row Id="26167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14492" RevisionGUID="245aeda7-4e3d-4eff-9074-0bfcffb63330" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:34:40.737" UserId="5152" Text="If you want an antivirus that's probably because you want to protect a closed-source, non-free operating system. Then why want a free antivirus?" />
  <row Id="26168" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14486" RevisionGUID="b778ac44-ac32-4398-a609-e014d2e611dd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:36:59.597" UserId="2061" Comment="added 127 characters in body" Text="Using webmin, you can get awstats or webalizer to work easily...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, i.e. on awstats, you can see on your top urls list, which downloads are the most &quot;downloaded&quot;. Also, on the file types list, you can see which kind of file type is the most downloaded (images, isos, pdfs), you can tune the config for getting more detail, and avoid that awstats exclude images or some kind of file type from the stats...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Also, easier on the standard install, webalizer generates a &quot;Top ten urls by kbytes&quot;, that shows you which exact file is using the most bandwidth...**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: I saw your comment on Antoine answer, so I'm going to mark bold the most interesting approach for you, I think..." />
  <row Id="26169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14493" RevisionGUID="3626da6f-a521-40eb-8577-ea20a543b425" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:38:18.567" UserId="5152" Text="rsync is the simplest solution. Personally I use DAR to make differential backups and then rsync to transfer them to another server. Don't forget that you can't backup your MySQL database by simply backuping /var/lib/mysql ; it will be likely be in a corrupt state. Use mysqldump instead.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14494" RevisionGUID="a676e539-392b-4f23-bfdc-5bec1f52edb6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:39:18.987" UserId="5132" Text="How about a KIV-21? It is a stand-alone network incryptor. You put one on each network, and everything between the two networks is encrypted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Easy to setup &#xD;&#xA;- Very secure&#xD;&#xA;- Very good training available&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Expensive&#xD;&#xA;- Purchase may be restricted&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http:// gateway.viasat.com/_files/KIV_21_01.pdf&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26172" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="14479" RevisionGUID="9d73a5db-5527-4d20-8c0d-9f5d700414f9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:39:40.890" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="26173" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14495" RevisionGUID="dbaa5bc0-f928-4ab8-a964-112ac9b64779" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:41:32.807" UserId="301" Text="The XRAID utility is written in java, it may be possible (although I haven't tried) to jumpstart it on a linux machine. The actual interface to the XRAID utility is a variant of webmin over http, on a non standard port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My suggestion your be to look in the `info.plist` file for hints about the command line arguments that are passed by the finder when it launches&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also check out [lithium][1], a 3rd party monitoring solution designed to work with the XRAID&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.lithiumcorp.com/" />
  <row Id="26174" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="14475" RevisionGUID="50b238df-8243-4b0f-83b4-bdfe87d5eb00" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:41:59.907" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="26175" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14496" RevisionGUID="119253c2-cede-479c-97b8-25ba88cb5545" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:44:32.777" UserId="5152" Text="Most browsers understand gzipped HTML pages.&#xD;&#xA;One solution is to gzip each page and to have your web server add a &quot;Content-Encoding: gzip&quot; header to each response." />
  <row Id="26176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14497" RevisionGUID="91f08765-8c7c-4edc-9a93-b4987d7a669c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:47:32.117" UserId="5080" Text="The easiest way to set up auth with SSH keys is as follows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cd ~&#xD;&#xA;    ssh-keygen -t rsa&#xD;&#xA;    ssh-copy-id -i .ssh/id_rsa.pub user@remote.host&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26177" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14498" RevisionGUID="7196160b-a769-4573-ae90-4d1207cb6a2c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:47:43.990" UserId="5152" Text="    glsa-check -t all&#xD;&#xA;    glsa-check -f all&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's what you should run first. It's unneeded if you upgrade all the packages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh and I prefer cfg-update ;)" />
  <row Id="26178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14499" RevisionGUID="8554238b-fc80-4b76-bde8-3440db0a0dd9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:51:31.893" UserId="5169" Text="We recently had a server fail; on this server we had several jobs scheduled to run nightly.  We've backed up the SQL Server (2005) database prior to the server dying and restored it, however I don't see any of the jobs in the SQL Server Agent.  Does backing up the database not back up the jobs?  I'm not aware of the jobs being saved anywhere... am I screwed?" />
  <row Id="26179" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14499" RevisionGUID="8554238b-fc80-4b76-bde8-3440db0a0dd9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:51:31.893" UserId="5169" Text="Backing up and restoring SQL Server scheduled jobs" />
  <row Id="26180" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14499" RevisionGUID="8554238b-fc80-4b76-bde8-3440db0a0dd9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:51:31.893" UserId="5169" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="26181" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14500" RevisionGUID="1265b411-9f71-4402-80ae-d8275bf8db15" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:53:44.747" UserDisplayName="Eugene Morozov" Text="I use the following command in the Awesome startup script:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    lsusb | egrep -i 'Mouse' &gt; /dev/null &amp;&amp; synclient TouchpadOff=1 || synclient TouchpadOff=0" />
  <row Id="26182" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14501" RevisionGUID="93eea718-ba77-46ad-8a4b-b3d085e166e0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:54:56.100" UserId="3431" Text="I would suggest you use [OSSEC][1]. It can agregate all the information in a single server and has a nice web interface that allows you to display the alerts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ossec.net/main/downloads/" />
  <row Id="26183" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14502" RevisionGUID="e3dd0e9f-6ec6-4a0a-aac2-83111ba48b47" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:55:14.777" UserId="5075" Text="I have Symantec Endpoint Protection Installed on a Windows Server 2003 machine, this has VPN links to two other offices with Windows Server 2003 machines. I am trying to replicate Symantec Endpoint Protection to these machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have installed the software at the other sites and started the replication wizard, but it is still going and  I started it a few days ago. I know it is doing something because the out.log file is updated every 10 minutes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have any experience of setting this up or any idea how long the process will take?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for any help anyone can provide." />
  <row Id="26184" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14502" RevisionGUID="e3dd0e9f-6ec6-4a0a-aac2-83111ba48b47" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:55:14.777" UserId="5075" Text="Symantec Endpoint Protection - Replicating my sites" />
  <row Id="26185" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14502" RevisionGUID="e3dd0e9f-6ec6-4a0a-aac2-83111ba48b47" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:55:14.777" UserId="5075" Text="&lt;antivirus&gt;&lt;symantec&gt;&lt;windowsserver2003&gt;&lt;replication&gt;" />
  <row Id="26186" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14503" RevisionGUID="d060b94d-bb0a-4749-9f66-00e800ca41f5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:56:09.703" UserId="5137" Text="My company has multiple offices connected over a WAN.  We would like to deploy a centrally-managed configuration to all offices, with the following characteristics:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Two SSIDs (simultaneously available on each AP):  One public and routed only to the Internet, and one private and connected to our LAN.&#xD;&#xA;* Central management of AP configurations across the WAN.  This could be a canned tool, or scripted bulk upload of text-based config files.&#xD;&#xA;* RADIUS authentication for the private network.&#xD;&#xA;* Direct routing from each AP to a local address or to the appropriate router for the next hop.&#xD;&#xA;* APs that can use Power over Ethernet (though not all locations have PoE switches).&#xD;&#xA;* Reasonable price, possibly in exchange for some DIY effort on the config side.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of our offices currently uses a commercial product which satisfies most of these criteria, but it needs a central controller in each office.  Traffic is tunneled from the APs back to the controller, and from there to the destination.  If we were to deploy APs across the WAN, all traffic would be tunneled from site B back to the controller in site A, then back to a &quot;local&quot; destination in site B.  Putting controllers in each office, though, gets expensive very quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I'm looking for leads on individual APs or complete solutions that will satisfy these criteria at a reasonable price.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you in advance." />
  <row Id="26187" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14503" RevisionGUID="d060b94d-bb0a-4749-9f66-00e800ca41f5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:56:09.703" UserId="5137" Text="Centrally-Managed, Dual-Network 802.11 APs?" />
  <row Id="26188" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14503" RevisionGUID="d060b94d-bb0a-4749-9f66-00e800ca41f5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:56:09.703" UserId="5137" Text="&lt;wifi&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="26189" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14482" RevisionGUID="9acc70f0-02a3-4082-a407-71205755478e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:57:48.983" UserId="1723" Comment="update" Text="Does anybody know any good **free** or **open source** [Clam][1] alternative?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Updete:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is good list at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_antivirus_software][2] of course.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.clamav.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_antivirus_software" />
  <row Id="26190" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14504" RevisionGUID="4465c849-2ea9-4478-95c9-cc1b677ba55d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:59:30.353" UserId="4664" Text="A year ago we bought several *HP Compaq's laptops*. Different models, from *6715s*, *6715b*, *6710s*, *6735* ... (not all of them have gone through my hands so I don't know every one of them). They came with preinstalled Win XP Home, which worked fine (except that we deleted them and installed XP Pro cause we had that on older machines, and to get rid of all the promotional crap which came bundled with the OS).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, for some different reasons, some of the crew decides to put linux debian / opensuse up on them. And lucky me, since I'm working weekends, I'm the one who has to do it ;-(&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of the things work fine except - on the first two models, I can't get wireless to work. They both, I think, have *Broadcom BCM43XX* internal cards, with which I have two problems:  &#xD;&#xA;- 1st - each of those laptops has a wireless turn on/off button, which upon startup doesn't go on, and therefore when opensuse boots, it's off - and cannot be turned on  &#xD;&#xA;- 2nd - I can't find the drivers for that card. I've even tried ndiswrapper, but haven't been able to get it to work&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone managed to get the aforementioned working ?" />
  <row Id="26191" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14504" RevisionGUID="4465c849-2ea9-4478-95c9-cc1b677ba55d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:59:30.353" UserId="4664" Text="hp 6716s, 6715b, and 6710s laptops on linux wireless problem" />
  <row Id="26192" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14504" RevisionGUID="4465c849-2ea9-4478-95c9-cc1b677ba55d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:59:30.353" UserId="4664" Text="&lt;laptop&gt;&lt;wireless&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="26193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14505" RevisionGUID="63bbaa30-38be-46b9-95ec-6b44d1b720fb" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:59:34.427" UserId="2467" Text="The jobs are stored in the system database MSDB. Did you back that up? You need to restore it to get your jobs back." />
  <row Id="26194" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14506" RevisionGUID="44ac9599-5a63-42b8-8674-86ac01f4423c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T12:59:49.107" UserId="601" Text="There are lots of good VPN solutions out there, but sometimes you need something quick and dirty.  You can set up a VPN using [PPP over SSH][1].  This solution has lots of drawbacks but the advantage is that it needs no special tools or programs, just standard ssh and ppp.  It could probably work on Windows too with a little tweaking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/ppp-ssh.html" />
  <row Id="26195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14507" RevisionGUID="4cb8c0f4-6697-41c5-8ad6-9c810a8c709b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:00:29.933" UserId="5152" Text="*lspci* should also help you." />
  <row Id="26196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14508" RevisionGUID="f9642f88-00ba-462e-9cef-4644ab6c018b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:01:42.787" UserId="5173" Text="Many of the commenters have noted that rsync is a fast and convenient way of making backups, but it's important to realise that the most common cause of data loss is not hardware/media failure, but human error (&quot;oops, I just deleted the wrong bunch of files&quot;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having incremental backups, with point in time recovery is essential. Dirvish - www.dirvish.com - is an excellent tool built on top of rsync which allows for efficient snapshot recovery and backups with rsync. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another important consideration is security - performing a backup generally implies giving a remote process root-level visibility of your system. With rsync + ssh, one great way of limiting the potential damage is to use SSH's command limiting. You can limit the actions a public key can execute, e.g.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;command=&quot;sudo /usr/bin/rsync -Rlptd / -&quot;,no-pty,no-port-forwarding,no-X11-forwarding,no-agent-forwarding ssh-rsa AAAAB3N....&lt;/code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in an authorized_keys file - ensuring (together with correct sudo limiting) that a remote key is very restricted in what it is permitted to execute. " />
  <row Id="26197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14509" RevisionGUID="61795b1d-02f8-4262-957b-3ff62b3de59e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:03:08.260" UserId="5174" Text="SQL server internals viewer is a far more powerful tool than dbcc for peeking at the internals of how data is stored in SQL server.  Especially for managing partitions, the allocation viewer provides an at a glance of what data is on which partition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can get it from here: [ url removed... google &quot;Internals Viewer for SQL Server&quot; site:codeplex.com ]" />
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  <row Id="26199" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14510" RevisionGUID="535a50c5-57b0-49d9-9259-459d132af8ee" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:04:17.760" UserDisplayName="Pink Panther" Text="gzip all the files and use `Options +MultiViews` if using Apache." />
  <row Id="26200" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14511" RevisionGUID="ff8a7bb0-e9ea-43d6-b459-aa3eaa383ae3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:05:33.937" UserId="2467" Text="The problem is that most of the new &quot;dumb&quot; terminals like Wyse thin client terminals are actually quite expensive. It can be hard to persuade management to buy machines with reduced functionality compared to a desktop PC of almost equivalent price." />
  <row Id="26201" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14512" RevisionGUID="d131dd0e-1d0f-4df0-b5af-66173c289494" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:10:02.433" UserId="45" Text="In order to handle a database connection, a separate Oracle process is required, which may require up to 2 MB of memory. Normally an Oracle installation limits the number of concurrent connections based on the available memory and CPU configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, let's say you have 50 customer accounts on the database with a maximum of 100 concurrent connections per account. If every account in average uses only 25% = 25 connections, the total average number would be 1250 connections. That means 2500 MB only for storing connection specific data. There is also processor time needed for context switching.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By setting limits on concurrent connections, you can ensure your transactions get through, and that some very active customer accounts don’t start to block your database server's resources. The number of connections is limited by the sessions parameter and your licensing. The sessions parameter controls the total number of connections including the Oracle background processes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Adding more RAM to the server using a 64-bit Windows platform is a good idea, since you don’t have to spend a lot, even adding 16 GB of memory. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For detailed information of how configurations perform on realistic workload scenarios, read the [Oracle E-Business Suite Standard Benchmark][1]. Typically they have a large number of connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.oracle.com/apps_benchmark/html/results.html" />
  <row Id="26202" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14513" RevisionGUID="4b68c477-36d7-4233-bf6c-66b28a9f31f5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:10:06.363" UserId="2869" Text="You can explore the software raid features by right clicking on your &quot;My Computer&quot; icon, choosing &quot;Manage&quot;, and then click the &quot;Disk Management&quot; entry in the tree on the left side of the window that opens." />
  <row Id="26203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14514" RevisionGUID="dfc0346f-84b0-4695-9178-256c8c2ea0dd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:11:12.243" UserId="385" Text="You have two options. If you're planning on basically restoring a server intact, as 20th Century Boy indicated, the job information is stored in the msdn database. In addition to the user databases, you should be backing up master and msdb, which are system databases. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you just want to extract the jobs to bring up on another, existing server, as a recovery option, you can script out the SQL Server Agent jobs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Open up SQL Server Management Studio&#xD;&#xA; 2. Connect to the SQL Server in question using Object Explorer.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Expand SQL Server Agent &#xD;&#xA; 4. Expand the Jobs folder&#xD;&#xA; 5. Right-click on the job to script and you should see Script Job as which have a couple of tiers of options.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26204" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3887" RevisionGUID="151d9345-7a1b-4241-b511-b11505fca4ee" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:12:56.983" UserId="45" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;internet-explorer&gt;&lt;upgrade&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="26205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14515" RevisionGUID="eb200218-c267-4127-bfea-1be6c33cb9f0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:14:08.480" UserId="5188" Text="Some video cards have two vga outputs. But how to have more than two monitors?" />
  <row Id="26206" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14515" RevisionGUID="eb200218-c267-4127-bfea-1be6c33cb9f0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:14:08.480" UserId="5188" Text="What is necessary to have multiple monitors in one desktop?" />
  <row Id="26207" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14515" RevisionGUID="eb200218-c267-4127-bfea-1be6c33cb9f0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:14:08.480" UserId="5188" Text="&lt;monitor&gt;&lt;multiple-monitor&gt;" />
  <row Id="26208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14516" RevisionGUID="ba994a49-d3a3-4081-9dea-e977c971f57c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:16:24.873" UserId="5176" Text="Linux admins usually split their hard-drives into partitions for /usr space, os space and whole other kinds of swapness.&#xD;&#xA;I know windows7 requires 20GB at least for the OS to be installed. What is the best way to partition a single 1TB hard-drive (if any) when using a Windows 7 os?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have 4GB of ram btw. I am running Windows 7 64bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My space requirements are approximately:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - 20-100gb for my documents, programming projects etc... &#xD;&#xA; - about 40gb for all the software (non-games) i will ever install&#xD;&#xA; - 50gb for games&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few questions come to mind:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Do i need a swap partition? (i.e. 8gb)&#xD;&#xA; * Should i create a separate partition for backups? Or just dump my backups to external USB?&#xD;&#xA; * How much space should my main OS take-up and should I account for things like application data that will get stored on that partition?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="26209" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14516" RevisionGUID="ba994a49-d3a3-4081-9dea-e977c971f57c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:16:24.873" UserId="5176" Text="Best way to partition 1TB drive for windows7?" />
  <row Id="26210" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14516" RevisionGUID="ba994a49-d3a3-4081-9dea-e977c971f57c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:16:24.873" UserId="5176" Text="&lt;partition&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;" />
  <row Id="26211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14517" RevisionGUID="ac1ce495-41dd-4874-a47d-d93517cecf53" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:17:29.270" UserId="3950" Text="There is a shellscript in &quot;Linux Kernel in a nutshell&quot; by GKH, which does this by approximation. The script is freely downloadable from the books website and hasn't got a copyright message, so I assume I can post it here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for i in `find /sys/ -name modalias -exec cat {} \;`; do&#xD;&#xA;            /sbin/modprobe --config /dev/null --show-depends $i ;&#xD;&#xA;    done | rev | cut -f 1 -d '/' | rev | sort -u&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The scripts output is a list of module *your hardware* needs to function. It does *not* list modules that are needed to make certain software work, like ipv6.so!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;@Greg: if you don't want this posted like this, I'll remove it ;-)" />
  <row Id="26212" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14518" RevisionGUID="e4aea8f1-0ba1-4f87-a254-30c1a705f807" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:18:07.150" UserId="517" Text="Add another video card. " />
  <row Id="26213" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14519" RevisionGUID="65358e0c-e3b6-4e95-b0e8-363c1f7fd31a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:18:59.317" UserId="2626" Text="You can either use multiple video cards or can check out the [Matrox TripleHead2Go][1] or [DualHead2Go][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/&amp;ei=W-AfSuTCA83gtgeGq7y_Bg&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=smap&amp;resnum=4&amp;ct=result&amp;cd=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFXt1hB3_65yx90LiAWes3w8Mhukg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/dh2go/&amp;ei=W-AfSuTCA83gtgeGq7y_Bg&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=smap&amp;resnum=4&amp;ct=result&amp;cd=2&amp;usg=AFQjCNGrojqYxZLdMV-9BT6e4PA6ggzFUQ" />
  <row Id="26214" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14520" RevisionGUID="d60206e4-879d-4c77-8b30-efe5458a9df9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:18:59.987" UserId="3431" Text="There exists VGA splitters that take a single VGA output and emulate a huge resolution which is split on two or three other screens. Matrox makes these I believe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another way is to go SLI, that will allow you to go up to 4 VGA outputs." />
  <row Id="26215" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14521" RevisionGUID="8de2568f-135f-4356-a103-fbd356d0d94f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:19:19.847" UserId="1447" Text="For a desktop windows O/S you should have one partition with enough room for the O/S and applications and at least another partition for your user data.  That allows you to do a clean rebuild of the machine but leave your data in situ.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows will not swap to a raw partition in the way that Linux does.  By default it will put the swap file on the system drive." />
  <row Id="26216" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14522" RevisionGUID="2099021d-0d2a-4e54-b6d0-e209961124f7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:19:35.727" UserId="4654" Text="Take a look at [Matrox][1] website - they have triple- and quad-head video cards.&#xD;&#xA;You can also use more than one video card in a single computer - not in SLI or Crossfire mode. Of course your OS must support such configurations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.matrox.com" />
  <row Id="26217" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14230" RevisionGUID="75fb2769-473f-4120-89b1-ad94548b1fbd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:19:54.900" UserId="598" Comment="added 32 characters in body" Text="Beyond Compare is the ultimate tool for this!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Link:&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.scootersoftware.com/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Available for Windows and Linux.&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.scootersoftware.com/" />
  <row Id="26218" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14523" RevisionGUID="a37c207b-1f5b-4ca3-adb6-8680de816717" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:20:36.273" UserId="5173" Text="You don't mention what protocol you want to use, i.e. TCP or UDP - and it's also important to realise that &quot;port&quot; isn't quite as granular the system supports to disambiguate sockets. E.g. if your system has multiple IP addresses then port 80 might be in use on all IP addresses (either the application has bound to &quot;0.0.0.0&quot; or &quot;::&quot; or to each IP address in succession), or it might be in use only on a subset of those IP addresses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best, and surest, way to determine if a port/address is free and available is to attempt to bind to it. Netcat is handy for this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;nc -l [-s a.b.c.d] -p NN&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will attempt to bind to TCP port NN on (optional, the default will be all addresses) a.b.c.d. Add the -u option to do the same in UDP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next, to tell if the port is truly &quot;open&quot; as you ask - you need to start looking at potential firewall rules. Again the easiest thing is to try to connect to the port. Use netcat as above, on the server, and from a client use netcat to attempt to the connect to the port you opened.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;nc [-u] a.b.c.d NN&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will connect to port NN on a.b.c.d, using UDP if the -u flag is specified. You can then type input into the client end, and it should show up on the server. If it doesn't, you need to look into system and network specific tools. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14524" RevisionGUID="fae678dd-ffca-470c-8a44-6a3a8ec99413" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:21:03.573" UserId="2176" Text="I've got an extensive selection of these to add to a spreadsheet and don't want to go through by hand.&#xD;&#xA;What it the T-SQL command(s) to generate a list of SQL Server Agent Jobs?" />
  <row Id="26220" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14524" RevisionGUID="fae678dd-ffca-470c-8a44-6a3a8ec99413" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:21:03.573" UserId="2176" Text="Get a list of SQL Server Agent Jobs" />
  <row Id="26221" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14524" RevisionGUID="fae678dd-ffca-470c-8a44-6a3a8ec99413" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:21:03.573" UserId="2176" Text="&lt;sqlserver2000&gt;&lt;sqlserveragent&gt;" />
  <row Id="26222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14525" RevisionGUID="4f73640e-b005-4f5d-b54d-6e83d075643d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:22:28.283" UserId="3981" Text="I tried to do this myself once by adding shortcuts to a couple of .vbs scripts to the Links folder (in IE Favourites) and displaying the Links toobar in explorer windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hide All:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Set Shell = CreateObject( &quot;WScript.Shell&quot; )&#xD;&#xA;    Shell.RegWrite &quot;HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Hidden&quot;, 00000002, &quot;REG_DWORD&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Shell.RegWrite &quot;HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\HideFileExt&quot;, 00000001, &quot;REG_DWORD&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Shell.RegWrite &quot;HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\ShowSuperHidden&quot;, 00000000, &quot;REG_DWORD&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Show All:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Set Shell = CreateObject( &quot;WScript.Shell&quot; )&#xD;&#xA;    Shell.RegWrite &quot;HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Hidden&quot;, 00000001, &quot;REG_DWORD&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Shell.RegWrite &quot;HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\HideFileExt&quot;, 00000000, &quot;REG_DWORD&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Shell.RegWrite &quot;HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\ShowSuperHidden&quot;, 00000001, &quot;REG_DWORD&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately the changes didn't seem to be applied straight away.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26223" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14526" RevisionGUID="ab69dca8-717d-4d0a-ab4d-e40a27723848" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:24:19.263" UserId="5205" Text="Might be worth splitting up the file into smaller chunks as a short term solution until you can pinpoint the problem. We have had problems similar to this in the past, and ftp has always worked for us" />
  <row Id="26224" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14527" RevisionGUID="7d482d79-bef2-4e04-b403-3cf57ed0f97a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:25:04.723" UserId="2277" Text="This may be what you are looking for &lt;a href=&quot;http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/sql-server-bloggers/view-and-disable-sql-agent-jobs-with-tsql&quot;&gt;View (and Disable) SQL Agent Jobs with TSQL&lt;/a&gt;" />
  <row Id="26225" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14528" RevisionGUID="10b77e2b-631c-41ef-94a1-e72021596b6c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:26:53.567" UserId="4443" Text="Well, I wiped it out again and used a different computer name from the start and it finally joined the domain and showed up in AD users and computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried all the solutions mentioned here, plus a few of my own and it just would not co-operate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for everyone's help." />
  <row Id="26227" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14530" RevisionGUID="0d547b2b-064e-42c9-bf33-2d4be6b5710f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:31:18.723" UserId="5210" Text="When I shut down Ubuntu, my router's Ethernet light goes off.  When I reboot into Windows, it says a cable is disconnected. If I reboot into Ubuntu again, the Ethernet light goes on again. If I then forcibly shut down the machine (i.e. hold the power button for 5 seconds until it goes down without shutdown), then Windows can access the router. I'm a little sad to forcibly shutdown all the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm using Windows XP, my Router is an ActionTec GT701-WG.  This happened with Ubuntu 8.10 and now with 9.04.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/296502 (can't hyperlink)." />
  <row Id="26228" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14530" RevisionGUID="0d547b2b-064e-42c9-bf33-2d4be6b5710f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:31:18.723" UserId="5210" Text="How do I not lose my Windows XP router wired connection upon Ubuntu shutdown?" />
  <row Id="26229" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14530" RevisionGUID="0d547b2b-064e-42c9-bf33-2d4be6b5710f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:31:18.723" UserId="5210" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;router&gt;" />
  <row Id="26230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14531" RevisionGUID="f3c1fcf7-3c7d-49cd-ac0f-9e1fd3404118" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:33:28.813" UserId="6472" Text="In addition to the above...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(1) Different tilda escape handling:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The &quot;~.&quot; escape will disconnect you if you have a pty (-t).  For a long-running command, you might want to prevent someone from accidentally halting the process if they type ~.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;$ ssh hostname.tomontime.com -t  sleep 60&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[type ~. and it disconnects]&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Connection to hostname.tomontime.com closed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;$ ssh hostname -T  sleep 60&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[I type ~. and it treats it like normal keystrokes, which the sleep command ignores.]&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;~.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;~.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try the same thing with CTRL-C.  You'll see that with -t you are sending the CTRL-C to the &quot;sleep&quot;.  With -T you are sending the CTRL-C to the ssh program running on your machine.  There may be times when this makes a difference (i.e. the program handles INT differently than HUP)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(2) You just want to minimize the pty or network connection activity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When trying to reboot a machine that is out of ptys you don't want to encourage the system to try to allocate a pty!  This also minimize the network connections that will have to be closed (delaying the reboot).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will work faster and more reliably:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;     ssh -T hostname reboot&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This may have problems:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;     ssh -t hostname reboot" />
  <row Id="26231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14532" RevisionGUID="a1049f23-8824-4b15-a286-c4332c007785" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:33:43.057" UserId="5078" Text="I did a product evaluation for a call centre. I looked at deploying 50+ terminals on an exposed ground floor office. Using VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and the starter packs : 3 back-end servers. Costs came in around 30% cheaper than buying 50 new desktops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As regards deployment - deploying 50 desktops on VMWare VDI would have taken about 2 days. One day to prepare the image we wanted, and another day to convert it to a VMWare image and set up the deployment transformation scripts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Final analysis was that VDI would mean a cost of less than 50% of the cost of buying new PC's and getting them set up in the traditional image/sysprep method. Added advantages of centralised management, easy patching, simple to extend the capabilities to homeworkers using VPN, and no data on the desktop (in case of ram raid and IT equipment theft)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Added IT deployment bonus was that we could set it up in under a week and be ready to drop Wyse terminals on desktops the day people moved in, rather than having to buy 50 PC's and set them up leaving them in an empty exposed office.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We also found Wyse terminals at £200 were a lot more cost effective than desktops at £400 - also, its only the screen they display, the back-end grunt can be upgraded centrally by beefing up the servers, so less IT equipment churn, an a lot lot less PC envy. ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So all in all - I think that centralised computing with dumb terminals on the desktop is coming back - but this is not the first time it has returned. We will continue to centralise, decentralise and so and and so forth until we have the computers embedded in our brains with a hive mesh wireless network to control us all? Was JRR Tolkein actually talking about token networks ????" />
  <row Id="26232" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14533" RevisionGUID="0d6a587d-5a27-49e2-9cad-734d2d8d5b8d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:37:18.357" UserId="4126" Text="Yes, to achieve that you need to add another video card, mind you it's recommended to have 2 cards from the same vendor. Or you'll get some incompatibility problems later on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Jeff has blogged quite clearly about that,&#xD;&#xA;www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000012.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't forget to use ultramon,&#xD;&#xA;www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/overview/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Welcome to the world of multiple monitors,&#xD;&#xA;=)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26233" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14534" RevisionGUID="39473382-6d75-4989-81ae-d0ed1dae64a4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:37:52.290" UserId="4443" Text="I can recommend NOT using GFI event manager. It's a huge bandwidth hog (streams entire logs over the wire repeatedly) and if you have t1 remote sites, this is a big deal. Also, it's flaky, so it requires far too much upkeep for what should be a simple solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SecureWorks has a solution that we will be trying. It looks pretty good." />
  <row Id="26234" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14535" RevisionGUID="507e0dac-0872-4508-a7a9-a1035ec7607f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:38:19.527" UserId="48" Text="With a single drive the only benefits you gain from partitioning are in organisation, and in separating out your data from the OS. This in my mind is the main reason for partitioning, as if you need to re-install your OS then you can do so without needing to move you data elsewhere first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running applications and games from a separate partition won't give you much benefit, as they would need to be re-installed should you re-install the OS anyway. Moving Applications to a separate partition on another disk may give you some speed benefits, as would moving your swap file to another disk, as they would be using a separate spindle. However on a single disk, there is no such benefit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having backups on a separate partition again gives you the benefit of having them separate from your OS, but they are still vulnerable to disk failure, should your 1 disk die you have lost both your OS and your backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Applications like to install themselves on the C: drive, along with the OS, so you would make life easier for your self by just having a large c: drive for os and apps and another large d: drive for documents.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the swap file, see [this question][1] on whether or not a swap file is needed for systems with higher memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6587/eliminating-the-page-file" />
  <row Id="26235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14536" RevisionGUID="dd26ed9f-d06f-4088-b037-76c44b1e58d8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:39:23.503" UserDisplayName="Red Five" Text="I'd use a static SSHFS mount to encrypt the traffic. You can certainly use whatever method you want to encrypt the file store on the server, but as Zoredache said, that's only part of the solution. Most current distros have a package for SSHFS, which usually requires FUSE." />
  <row Id="26236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14537" RevisionGUID="d970769b-5aa6-4b70-b739-6b30aa877843" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:41:00.413" UserId="1466" Text="To add more than 2 monitors, add some more video cards.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, let me share my experience:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used to have 4 big CRT monitors stacked up in front of me.  Besides getting a radiation tan every time I came to work, and living in continual fear of an earthquake :), it was hard to work with, as none of the monitors was in an optimum position for viewing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I now have one screen that monitors my server logs, and my main screen with **5 virtual desktops**.  (I use Ubuntu, so I have them all on a pretty spinning 5-sided-cube :) )  I find this setup MUCH easier to use than the 4 monitor apporach, and much more practical.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OR - *If it's the 360 degree* option you're trying to acheive - see [this][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/elumens.htm/printable" />
  <row Id="26237" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14538" RevisionGUID="44a5d76b-6e0e-4b04-9d43-1df905e7af3d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:41:02.613" UserDisplayName="Xtz" Text="Zenoss Core..." />
  <row Id="26238" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14539" RevisionGUID="6883ff7d-d291-47e6-9414-30df837fee9a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:41:48.773" UserId="5217" Text="As far as file copy utilities go, [TeraCopy][1] is a nice GUI-based one (not command line) that can queue lots of files, supports pausing and resuming, can dynamically change its buffer size to optimize speed, and can optionally replace Windows Explorer's default copy/move with its own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php" />
  <row Id="26239" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14540" RevisionGUID="48dd798e-9285-46bc-b8aa-e9480fc8eee7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:42:06.370" UserId="830" Text="We use NIS to allow all our users to connect to any of our hosts. However, for one particular host, I want to restrict the users that can log in to a subset of the NIS users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this possible?" />
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  <row Id="26241" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14540" RevisionGUID="48dd798e-9285-46bc-b8aa-e9480fc8eee7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:42:06.370" UserId="830" Text="&lt;nis&gt;&lt;yp&gt;&lt;login&gt;" />
  <row Id="26242" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14541" RevisionGUID="6ad278a0-55f8-4cc4-8594-8c55ffeba345" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:42:11.660" UserId="5206" Text="I'm currently running NSClient++ on Windows SBS 2003 and am having horrendous problems with time-outs from Nagios3 generating a load of warnings, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm pretty sure that the errors are caused by load spikes on the SBS as, from time to time, we've had issues with Outlook connectivity as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please bear in mind that reconfiguring / upgrading or generally doing anything drastic on the SBS is not an option as it's the core of the business and works, granted not very quickly but it works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there alternatives to NSClient++ that work reliably and securely on Windows? Is SNMP an option? If there anything I should look at on the server side?" />
  <row Id="26243" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14541" RevisionGUID="6ad278a0-55f8-4cc4-8594-8c55ffeba345" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:42:11.660" UserId="5206" Text="Need alternatives to NSClient++ for Nagios3 Monitoring of a Windows Server" />
  <row Id="26244" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14541" RevisionGUID="6ad278a0-55f8-4cc4-8594-8c55ffeba345" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:42:11.660" UserId="5206" Text="&lt;nagios&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;sbs2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="26245" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14542" RevisionGUID="b30a5423-0791-4f65-8c8d-63b780ca9236" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:43:53.233" UserId="5220" Text="I installed WSS 3.0 as part of Search Server Express 2008 installation package, and used SQL Server 2005 Standard as backend database,  all of them in one server.&#xD;&#xA;What's the best backup strategy for me? I've already upload a lot of document in the site Document Library. Is it enough to just backup the database? can I use stsadm backup on a large data (almost 100 gigs)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26246" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14542" RevisionGUID="b30a5423-0791-4f65-8c8d-63b780ca9236" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:43:53.233" UserId="5220" Text="Backup Windows Sharepoint Services" />
  <row Id="26247" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14542" RevisionGUID="b30a5423-0791-4f65-8c8d-63b780ca9236" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:43:53.233" UserId="5220" Text="&lt;wss-3.0&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;sharepoint&gt;" />
  <row Id="26248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14543" RevisionGUID="e5537fb3-0e93-4da9-9df8-bbd18df6e822" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:46:42.260" UserId="4113" Text="I have a Windows 2003 server running on VMware Virtual Machine. One of our developers wanted to install a service on it. So I decided to give VM snapshot a try on the machine in case if the developer messes it up. I took a snapshot on the machine including RAM and handed it over to the developer. Couple of days later, after confirming with the developer that everything went well, I decided to delete the snapshot so that all the changes are committed back to the original VMDK file. Unfortunately, the developer reported that some files that he had copied to the machine were missing. This left me wondering whether snapshot is an effective way to use as a system recovery tool at all. Please share your experiences on this. " />
  <row Id="26249" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14543" RevisionGUID="e5537fb3-0e93-4da9-9df8-bbd18df6e822" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:46:42.260" UserId="4113" Text="Can I count on VM Snapshot on production machines for system recovery?" />
  <row Id="26250" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14543" RevisionGUID="e5537fb3-0e93-4da9-9df8-bbd18df6e822" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:46:42.260" UserId="4113" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;snapshot&gt;" />
  <row Id="26251" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14544" RevisionGUID="6c3f0b31-8845-4f96-9fe5-9d95d2ece5ce" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:46:52.400" UserId="4535" Text="1. Check for an ethernet firmware update/kernel update.&#xD;&#xA;2. Check for a BIOS update.&#xD;&#xA;3. Ask on the Ubuntu forums/bugzilla, which apparently you have.&#xD;&#xA;4. [ServerFault is not for personal computer questions][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/faq" />
  <row Id="26252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14545" RevisionGUID="03c306c2-2a88-4434-82d8-49e7ba275105" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:46:56.927" UserId="5221" Text="Performing an unsafe shutdown of any OS is a bad idea - it could easily cause data loss including file system corruption to the point where the OS may not boot successfully afterwards.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is unlikely that Linux is affecting the router at all really. It is most likely that it is putting the network adapter in the PC into some sort of low-power state that Windows doesn't know how to wake it up from. The first thing to try is making sure that Windows has the latest driver for the network card in your machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, try completely powering off the PC (and by &quot;completely&quot; powering off I mean flip the switch on the PSU or wall-socket) between shutting down Linux and starting Windows, which should fully reset the network adapter (unless it remembers the state in non-volatile memory so the condition survives a power-cycle). If this has the desired effect, while far from ideal, it will save you needed unsafe shutdowns until you have found the cause of the issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option would be to try another network card if you have a spare one handy. If the problem goes away with another NIC that will prove the problem lies in the old NIC or the drivers for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26253" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14546" RevisionGUID="07386b1c-fcba-4c29-acbf-15c1b5528a83" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:47:04.587" UserId="2273" Text="If you are having timeout issues due to load on the server, then I would submit that Nagios and the NSClient is working correctly.  Other options will try to connect to the sever as well and have the same types of issues if it cannot respond due to load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are getting an overload of notifications that you are positive will be going away, you may want to adjust the conditions that cause the warnings and the number of retries before the notifications are sent.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26254" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14547" RevisionGUID="23892812-4efe-4082-8862-f51b4af4e7e8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:47:13.477" UserId="4443" Text="You do not need to put the page file on another partition, but you should put it on the first partition which should be your OS and applications. Then you should store your data on a second, much larger, partition so that when you have to blow windows away, which you will have to if you are installing RC win7, you wont have to move any data around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In your case, I would make 2 partitions, one 100-140 GB for your OS, games, and apps, then partition the rest of the drive for data files. You will then want to manually set a static page file (or virtual memory, linux calls it swap) to say 2 GB. Conventional wisdom was twice RAM size, but this is not necessary with high amounts of RAM today. Page file in your case will only be used for programs who ask the OS to be able to address page file specifically and 2 GB should be plenty for those purposes." />
  <row Id="26255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14548" RevisionGUID="4dfafd6c-d979-435b-9ab0-b4acc2fdf3f9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:47:14.913" UserId="5234" Text="**Windows Installer Cleanup Utility** - saved my bacon multiple times.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Visual C# Express** - really!  The .NET framework has a LOT of useful classes for automating admin tasks, and I've rolled my own small army of useful utilities.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26256" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14548" RevisionGUID="4dfafd6c-d979-435b-9ab0-b4acc2fdf3f9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:47:14.913" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14549" RevisionGUID="c112e49a-de2e-4c08-afc2-0e7ad6a32817" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:47:40.903" UserId="2561" Text="SNMP is a good option too.  You need to add this using windows Add/Remove components, see [here][1].  Be aware that when you install this it will stop other services such as IIS, smtp, etc. so do this off hours or during a maintenance window.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Myself, I have found NSClient preferable because it is easy to access all the windows performance counters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/11/01/install-and-enable-snmp-service-in-windows-xp-vista-and-2003/" />
  <row Id="26258" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14550" RevisionGUID="a38e0727-aa9f-4d45-a9c0-0fe675d6a55a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:48:02.227" UserId="5223" Text="I've always used the multiple videocard approach.&#xD;&#xA;It has worked for me on both Window (XP) and Linux (RedHat) platforms.&#xD;&#xA;For laptops there are USB 2 Video solutions available, but I've not had to use them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On linux, I've had to either have a dual-display video card, or circa the late 90's needed to run the latest XFree86 in xinerama mode.  I used dual matrox millennium II cards back then.&#xD;&#xA;I had to play with the X11 display config file a bit, but generally got it working after a few tries.  We even got a server to display 4 displays in our NOC at the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm currently using WinXP with an Nvidia Quatro PCIe card and a radeon 7500 PCI card,&#xD;&#xA;each with two displays (though I only have 3 panels).  It took no difficulty in configuring at all.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26259" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14551" RevisionGUID="fc24c92c-df46-4755-b565-05998cf7d2a3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:48:26.453" UserId="4619" Text="Yes, you can setup a netgroup and only place the users you want in that netgroup. Then on the host server that you want to restrict access you modify your nsswitch.conf accordingly and then place the netgroup in your /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow. ie:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;+@netgroupname:x:::::&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; I've done this before but can't quiet recall all the specifics.  But netgroups is definitely the way you want to go.  Netgroups also work well in LDAP for this purpose, if you ever decide to migrate to it some day.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep in mind the approach for Linux vs. Unix may differ slightly. " />
  <row Id="26260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14552" RevisionGUID="0eb44bdf-1542-49c5-818e-ecd8df1b6ffd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:49:23.880" UserId="5078" Text="Use multiple video cards. Some video cards (matrox for example) have two outputs, or one high-density connector (Dell for example) that splits using a converter. Multiple cards can be fitted to provide multiple displays.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why? Flight simulator games (front, left, right, lowered front and elevated front displays) :O, presentations - exhibitions etc, graphic manipulation (one for working, one for the calibrated display of the final image, and one for palettes), 3d rendering (one for mesh, one for render, one for palettes). The largest multiple monitor scenario I saw was done by an IBM reseller who had a 'Wall of Windows' at erm.. 12 wide, but 8 deep? Why? Because they could." />
  <row Id="26261" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14553" RevisionGUID="40297d8b-1273-4d73-9ae2-d0d08659c1cb" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:49:25.783" UserId="3950" Text="&quot;Some files missing&quot; sound like a *really* serious issue! Have you filed a bug about this? We do not use the snapshot functionality ourselves, but I have *never* heard about this happening, and I've worked with VMware product for quite some time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you sure he is not trying to shove his own mistake into your shoes?" />
  <row Id="26262" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14554" RevisionGUID="7bf1fc56-7e20-4583-9960-91982a5b28d5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:49:30.087" UserId="2273" Text="Have you already looked at [this question][1]?  It may give you the answers you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/140/sharepoint-2007-backup-solutions" />
  <row Id="26263" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14555" RevisionGUID="fc44ab5c-8cf1-4a83-83e6-58a7b7c7081b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:49:31.790" UserId="2467" Text="Snapshots are 100% reliable in this scenario. I would be inclined to believe your developer has made a mistake. The snapshot doesn't deal with &quot;files&quot; it deals with low level disk blocks. If there was any problem with the snapshot you would have more serious errors than missing files, more likely you would get partition corruption or disk failure errors (assuming the vmdk could even be mounted)." />
  <row Id="26264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14556" RevisionGUID="61829e29-d06c-49ea-8083-268f96fcf761" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:49:36.843" UserId="5222" Text="This depends on your hardware setup.  Most current moderately priced workstations now have the capability to support 4 monitors.  Usually four is all you need.  Anymore than that and sometime of mounted monitor rig would need to be setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a machine with multiple PCI/PCI-x expansion slots, all you need to do is buy more graphics cards with dual output. I currently have a machine with two PCI-X graphics cards.  Each card has two video outputs.  I have four monitors.  &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26265" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14557" RevisionGUID="9149f800-1be9-493f-9b17-87f38156b3aa" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:49:49.197" UserId="5224" Text="About 95% of outgoing mail goes through, but I get sporadic undeliverable mail notifications while trying to connect to other mail servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;&gt;&gt; STARTTLS&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;&lt;&lt; 500 couriertls: connect: error:1408F10B:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_RECORD:wrong version number&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Courier 0.58.0&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Courier Authlib 0.62.1&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;OpenSSL 0.9.8j&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where should I start to fix this issue?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26266" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14557" RevisionGUID="9149f800-1be9-493f-9b17-87f38156b3aa" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:49:49.197" UserId="5224" Text="Sporadic undeliverable mail notification on Courier mail server" />
  <row Id="26267" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14557" RevisionGUID="9149f800-1be9-493f-9b17-87f38156b3aa" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:49:49.197" UserId="5224" Text="&lt;courier&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;emailserver&gt;&lt;ssl&gt;" />
  <row Id="26268" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14519" RevisionGUID="4d910cad-b03c-488b-a55c-526f44544af2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:51:54.110" UserId="2626" Comment="deleted 260 characters in body" Text="You can either use multiple video cards or can check out the [Matrox TripleHead2Go][1] or [DualHead2Go][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/dh2go/" />
  <row Id="26269" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14558" RevisionGUID="b9b86da6-b49f-4e07-bb54-e8fff49a3482" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:51:54.640" UserId="5230" Text="Trying to set up a headless LDAP server on a linux virtual machine (vmware). Small scope, but needs to be reliable and easy to use. Strong preference for simplicity over features, command-line over gui.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are some of the good options?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also need some sort of client / manager utility for it so I can log in remotely, view the contents of the directory, and make changes as necessary. Web based is fine, but a standalone windows client would be ideal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried to set this up a few times, always got hung up somewhere along the way. Can someone point me in the right direction?" />
  <row Id="26270" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14558" RevisionGUID="b9b86da6-b49f-4e07-bb54-e8fff49a3482" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:51:54.640" UserId="5230" Text="Suggest a simple LDAP server and client" />
  <row Id="26271" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14558" RevisionGUID="b9b86da6-b49f-4e07-bb54-e8fff49a3482" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:51:54.640" UserId="5230" Text="&lt;ldap&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;headless&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;" />
  <row Id="26272" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14547" RevisionGUID="14feb332-eb23-4e77-8ff8-af1ac72741b5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:52:52.487" UserId="4443" Comment="added 213 characters in body" Text="You do not need to put the page file on another partition, but you should put it on the first partition which should be your OS and applications. Then you should store your data on a second, much larger, partition so that when you have to blow windows away, which you will have to if you are installing RC win7, you wont have to move any data around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In your case, I would make 2 partitions, one 100-140 GB for your OS, games, and apps, then partition the rest of the drive for data files. You will then want to manually set a static page file (or virtual memory, linux calls it swap) to say 2 GB. Conventional wisdom was twice RAM size, but this is not necessary with high amounts of RAM today. Page file in your case will only be used for programs who ask the OS to be able to address page file specifically and 2 GB should be plenty for those purposes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Backups should never be on the same drive as primary data. This does not account for drive failure, which is going to be your most likely source of data loss. So yes, go with an external USB drive for backups." />
  <row Id="26273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14559" RevisionGUID="7e94057e-9539-41e2-b5d3-a2d1ef05989e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:53:17.587" UserId="4126" Text="I haven't tried windows server SBS before,&#xD;&#xA;but in my workplace, i use windows server's RRAS feature to vpn in from home, and use it's remote desktop web connection (using IE6 and above, it's a feature under IIS) to connect to any box in the office.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Really simplifies my job alot." />
  <row Id="26274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14560" RevisionGUID="cc4a2013-d89f-4028-a522-94e288b8cf50" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:53:21.173" UserId="5222" Text="Looks like there is a SSL version mismatch.  Looks like your server is trying to handshake mail in v3 format, when the receiving server probably only accepts v2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should try enabling both v2 and v3 handshaking for your server." />
  <row Id="26275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14561" RevisionGUID="c7138b0a-53bf-4ea9-ac8c-a5f34ff598d1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:53:50.767" UserId="4535" Text="The reason you're not seeing the light turn on is because the right driver isn't loading. The hardware expects a signal from the driver telling it to come out of sleep mode; it does this on Windows boots too, if you watch it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're looking for the b43 driver. Don't use the bcm43xx driver unless you absolutely have to because it's legacy now. The latest versions of the drivers are usually packaged up in new vanilla kernel releases, but you can get more information at:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The [wireless card link][2] at the openSUSE WIKI looks a little old, but you could always ask at [http://forums.opensuse.org][3] or browse their Wireless Networking section. They've got quite a few openSUSE + Wireless experts over there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.opensuse.org/Wireless_network_card#BCM43xx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://forums.opensuse.org" />
  <row Id="26276" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14562" RevisionGUID="852bd9ff-315e-4c17-bdc5-4348e300dac6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:53:57.913" UserId="5223" Text="Running a heterogeneous environment is always a challenge.&#xD;&#xA;Having an enterprise with AIX, IRIX, HPUX, Ultrix, Solaris, and several flavors of Linux,&#xD;&#xA;what is a good universal PATH setting that allows a good common set of commands, but also includes the extras, like 'ifconfig', 'ping', and 'make' that are often not there by default?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26277" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14562" RevisionGUID="852bd9ff-315e-4c17-bdc5-4348e300dac6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:53:57.913" UserId="5223" Text="What is a good universal PATH across multiple vendor *nix platforms?" />
  <row Id="26278" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14562" RevisionGUID="852bd9ff-315e-4c17-bdc5-4348e300dac6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:53:57.913" UserId="5223" Text="&lt;systempath&gt;" />
  <row Id="26279" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14563" RevisionGUID="3a3c744b-4ef3-468d-8a97-6d66aea471fc" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:54:50.360" UserDisplayName="Overloaded Constructor" Text="I'm receiving a BSOD on a clean install of Windows 7. The install is booting from a DVD, but when it starts up Windows it dies with a BSOD. I've disabled any &quot;potential&quot; items from the bios and upgraded the bios.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Machine is a Shuttle SX38P2 PRO, Intel Quad Core, 8 gigs of memory, Nvidia 9800 GT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas on how to get around this problem?" />
  <row Id="26280" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14563" RevisionGUID="3a3c744b-4ef3-468d-8a97-6d66aea471fc" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:54:50.360" UserDisplayName="Overloaded Constructor" Text="Windows 7 x64 Installation - BSOD with ACPI.SYS" />
  <row Id="26281" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14563" RevisionGUID="3a3c744b-4ef3-468d-8a97-6d66aea471fc" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:54:50.360" UserDisplayName="Overloaded Constructor" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;" />
  <row Id="26282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14564" RevisionGUID="612c69a7-3eec-4ce0-9876-e2946a5b7bd9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:56:02.167" UserId="5230" Text="I suspect your developer made changes / copies to the **current state** of the system and not the snapshot. When you deleted the snapshot, you merged it with the previous snapshot but didn't incorporate the current work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next time, try making a snapshot of the current state of the VM first, just to make sure." />
  <row Id="26283" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14565" RevisionGUID="2976d443-1668-4760-9123-89b76618692c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:56:02.963" UserId="5223" Text="ssh -t creates a pseudo terminal on the remote machine.&#xD;&#xA;This is useful if you are chaining ssh commands thru multiple servers and want a real terminal on the far side (so you could use 'vi' for example).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might NOT want '-t' when login scripts behave differently if there is a terminal.&#xD;&#xA;This is bad practice IMHO, but I've seen cases where a login script checks for TTY before&#xD;&#xA;1) setting the prompt, and 2) expanding the path to many interactive applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In another instance (mentioned by TomOnTime above), I actually have run into cases where all the TTY (ptys) are used up.  Obviously a mis-configuration, but no need to chew up a resource for a bunch of tunnels and rsyncs." />
  <row Id="26284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14566" RevisionGUID="88ce9929-85ba-4bab-8a08-1e836052b31b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:57:08.140" UserId="3116" Text="make sure the following line is correct in /etc/courier/imapd-ssl:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;TLS\_STARTTLS\_PROTOCOL=SSL3" />
  <row Id="26285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14567" RevisionGUID="46bbaff1-1f29-4dd4-9b15-e2d120aa54c6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:57:29.763" UserId="5234" Text="Omitting the -r from a shutdown command.  On a remote server.  On the other side of the country.  With no IT staff in the remote office.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've all done it, it's almost like a rite of passage at this stage." />
  <row Id="26286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14568" RevisionGUID="2c55df68-4dd8-415c-94d0-fdbfefc4c4ee" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:58:41.820" UserId="613" Text="They're 'there' but often in /sbin and/or /usr/sbin.  My .bashrc includes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # I'm a sysadmin, RAAR!&#xD;&#xA;    PATH=&quot;${PATH}&quot;:/usr/sbin:/sbin&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -d ~/bin ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;        PATH=~/bin:&quot;${PATH}&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    fi  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14569" RevisionGUID="a3ad870a-bbd5-48ce-b310-97cf51a083f5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T13:59:46.950" UserId="385" Text="On each server, you can query the sysjobs table in the msdb. For instance:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SELECT job_id, [name] FROM msdb.dbo.sysjobs;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14570" RevisionGUID="5641c1cb-ace0-4927-9ba1-b5dc252039d7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:00:55.793" UserId="640" Text="I'm looking for a free or inexpensive Windows-based network monitoring tool for a small network. I'm familiar with Nagios, but we run a Windows-only shop and I don't want one oddball Linux machine to worry about. What options do I have?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Note: I read [this question][1], but I'm specifically looking for Windows software)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1259/network-monitoring" />
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  <row Id="26290" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14570" RevisionGUID="5641c1cb-ace0-4927-9ba1-b5dc252039d7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:00:55.793" UserId="640" Text="&lt;networkmanager&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="26291" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14513" RevisionGUID="e218d829-16e4-4982-9ffe-62a6c41609a8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:01:13.783" UserId="2869" Comment="added 155 characters in body" Text="You can explore the software raid features by right clicking on your &quot;My Computer&quot; icon, choosing &quot;Manage&quot;, and then click the &quot;Disk Management&quot; entry in the tree on the left side of the window that opens.  Look for any disks listed as &quot;dynamic&quot; (odds are your system volume is currently &quot;basic&quot;) and right click on them to get a menu of tasks you can perform." />
  <row Id="26292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14571" RevisionGUID="b59ce5b2-3e45-4e4e-a647-f073bcfe86c4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:02:06.137" UserId="2299" Text="This isn't strictly speaking a direct answer to the question, but I think it's relevant. Virtually any scheduled job that you'd normally create within SQL Server can be done as a batch file using osql or sqlcmd. You can run the batch file from the Windows Task Scheduler.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which approach is better is a matter of taste. I like using batch files from Windows because I can run other stuff from the batch file, and the batch file is easy to replicate on new installations without worrying about restoring msdb.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14572" RevisionGUID="f84861ef-afef-4804-8bad-2ed62bdf1501" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:02:09.460" UserId="5250" Text="We have a server machine with very good configuration on our LAN&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 4 GB of RAM&#xD;&#xA; - 1 TB HDD&#xD;&#xA; - Quad Processor&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We can have 2 types of application running on the server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. ASP.NET web application running under the IIS supervision&#xD;&#xA;2. Standard windows application running with administraive account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is how the resources are distributed between these apps. I know the windows application can utilize high resources (100% CPU, 100% RAM etc.), but I am not sure how much access does the asp.net processes does have on these resources. It is limited for them or same like the windows application? Also if there is any limitation then how can we control this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason I am asking this question is from our web application we want to execute some heavy operation. What are best way to do that. Should I go for a windows services, MSMQ, or can use asp.net account?" />
  <row Id="26294" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14572" RevisionGUID="f84861ef-afef-4804-8bad-2ed62bdf1501" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:02:09.460" UserId="5250" Text="Resources distribution to IIS processes and standard windows applications" />
  <row Id="26295" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14572" RevisionGUID="f84861ef-afef-4804-8bad-2ed62bdf1501" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:02:09.460" UserId="5250" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;resources&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="26296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14573" RevisionGUID="4b02ebb5-84fa-42a9-8202-1842a4330579" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:02:31.550" UserId="4619" Text="A good LDAP option is OpenLDAP, there is plenty of information out there on setting this up.  As far as a client/manager I would recommend a web based one named phpLDAPadmin (PLA) and a desktop client that works well in windows would probably be one offered by Softerra. I typically use either a linux or unix client by the name of ldapbrowser (lbe)." />
  <row Id="26297" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14574" RevisionGUID="9c305559-e387-4190-bd42-c2945cfd6ebf" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:02:42.047" UserId="2467" Text="[OpenLDAP][1] is your friend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.openldap.org/" />
  <row Id="26298" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14575" RevisionGUID="1a171beb-e1b7-46b5-be84-a48c07a9bfd2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:02:46.120" UserId="2626" Text="As found on Technet:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Manually install the Standard PC hardware abstraction layer (HAL):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. Reboot the computer to restart Setup.&#xD;&#xA;   2. When Setup starts again, press F7 when you see the &quot;Press F6 if you need to install a third-party SCSI or RAID driver&quot; screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows automatically disables the installation of the ACPI HAL and installs the Standard PC HAL. You should also contact the manufacturer of your computer to obtain a BIOS that is fully ACPI compliant." />
  <row Id="26299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14576" RevisionGUID="7a7d03c9-0e00-44e3-acb9-6503094baa70" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:02:46.947" UserId="2176" Text="My boss actually sorted out what I was after - this gave me the list I was after.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;USE msdb&#xD;&#xA;SELECT     name&#xD;&#xA;FROM         sysjobs" />
  <row Id="26300" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14577" RevisionGUID="0c484ca5-cc6d-45be-9eb6-275c6d11bd67" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:03:48.490" UserId="5248" Text="We have a setup with a few web servers being load-balanced. We want to have some sort of network shared storage that all of the web servers can access. It will be used as a place to store files uploaded by users. Everything is running Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should we use NFS, CIFS, SMB, fuse+sft, fuse+ftp? There are so many choices out there for network file sharing protocols, it's very hard to pick one. We basically just want to permanently mount this one share on multiple machines. Security features are less of a concern because it won't be network accessible from anywhere other than the servers mounting it. We just want it to work reliably and quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which one should we use?" />
  <row Id="26301" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14577" RevisionGUID="0c484ca5-cc6d-45be-9eb6-275c6d11bd67" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:03:48.490" UserId="5248" Text="What network file sharing protocol has the best performance and reliability?" />
  <row Id="26302" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14577" RevisionGUID="0c484ca5-cc6d-45be-9eb6-275c6d11bd67" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:03:48.490" UserId="5248" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;file-server&gt;&lt;nas&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;reliability&gt;" />
  <row Id="26303" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14578" RevisionGUID="ece2b8f2-d1f0-420d-b578-3320253e4613" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:04:49.830" UserId="4126" Text="Try,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[spiceworks][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;it's a web based 'free' network monitoring solution, i've used it before, it's quite good for some small business scenario.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.spiceworks.com/" />
  <row Id="26304" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14514" RevisionGUID="5c8934d3-05e7-4e9a-b2ce-49167ddcddca" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:05:00.127" UserId="1054" Comment="Let's make that msdb database." Text="You have two options. If you're planning on basically restoring a server intact, as 20th Century Boy indicated, the job information is stored in the msdb database. In addition to the user databases, you should be backing up master and msdb, which are system databases. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you just want to extract the jobs to bring up on another, existing server, as a recovery option, you can script out the SQL Server Agent jobs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Open up SQL Server Management Studio&#xD;&#xA; 2. Connect to the SQL Server in question using Object Explorer.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Expand SQL Server Agent &#xD;&#xA; 4. Expand the Jobs folder&#xD;&#xA; 5. Right-click on the job to script and you should see Script Job as which have a couple of tiers of options.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14579" RevisionGUID="4c08752a-72bb-4190-9498-f3128379ed2a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:06:22.167" UserId="613" Text="This gets an order of magnitude simpler if you do one SSID/AP instead of requiring two SSIDs from one AP.  It will change the level of gear you need (to a much cheaper grade).  Given that caveat, you could likely do the whole thing with [openWRT][1] on the software side and any number of APs on the hardware side.  Then management would be via ssh (highly scriptable) and backups would be a matter of downloading a (4-8MB) copy of the flash every so often.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://openwrt.org/" />
  <row Id="26306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14580" RevisionGUID="1f410be3-9ac9-4021-8641-bbcdf5a05871" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:06:32.993" UserId="5222" Text="OpenLDAP for the server.  It is pretty much the standard.  I have used it as a replacement for Active Directory for User/Computer domain authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a GUI, I prefer a cross-platform client.  I use various OSes.  I used to use LDAP Browser (Java) but it was hosted at a University page and is no longer available. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JXplorer is an option for a GUI. It is also in JAVA.   You can also use LDAP Admin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need documentation, there are several documents out on the web that describe step by step.  I highly recommend finding one for your specific OS distribution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also recommend reading the &quot;LDAP Linux HOWTO&quot; from tldp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26307" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14581" RevisionGUID="e5897421-83d5-4876-aa77-9d07a21913f6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:06:49.030" UserId="2467" Text="Yes **stsadm** is fine, it will backup the database contents and site. You should also do a SQL backup of the backend db just in case. We have a scheduled task that runs stsadm daily and dumps the backup to a folder. From there our backup software slurps it up and puts it on tape.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***EDIT*** - it appears my advice above is only good for small (&lt;15GB) sites according to [Technet][1]. For bigger sites they recommend *not* using stsadm. This is news to me too, so I'd better read the link!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc706871.aspx" />
  <row Id="26311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14583" RevisionGUID="7e415769-069c-4c29-9309-f89ec608a0ed" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:08:02.693" UserId="843" Text="Is that harddrive on a raid controller or non-standard hdd controller? If so you will need to load the drivers for it before you will see it as a mounted drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14584" RevisionGUID="66fa4902-b91e-42f0-8b47-61f31d131344" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:08:25.113" UserId="2991" Text="You could try &quot;The Dude&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It'll auto discover all your devices and monitor them as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.mikrotik.com/thedude.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's just the name ..." />
  <row Id="26313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14585" RevisionGUID="7a173451-f49f-407e-ad45-e014617171d8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:08:26.983" UserId="4392" Text="In terms of reliability and security, probably CIFS (aka Samba) but NFS &quot;seems&quot; much more lightweight, and with careful configuration, it's possible not to completely expose your valuable data to every other machine on the network ;-) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No insult to the FUSE stuff, but it still seems...fresh, if you know what I mean. I don't know if I trust it yet, but that could just be me being an old fogey, but old fogeyism is sometimes warranted when it comes to valuable enterprise data. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to permanently mount one share on multiple machines, and you can play along with some of the weirdness (mostly UID/GID issues), then use NFS. I use it, and have for many years. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14586" RevisionGUID="d19a6add-3204-4491-a19e-be780267a08d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:08:59.573" UserId="613" Text="If you've already got webservers everywhere and are good at running them, why not consider WebDAV?" />
  <row Id="26315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14587" RevisionGUID="a58d7ab5-7bd1-40f5-a22e-bd93aae56c3b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:09:02.223" Text="Check out Func for running &quot;things&quot; on several servers at once. Google for &quot;func redhat&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also if you like puppet you should check out Chef opscode dot com. It solves a few of puppets problems and the config files are written in ruby instead of a DSL. also ohai is a more informative version of facter. Bcfg2 is also another config management tool written in python. Its cool for high security or auditing because every single package can be accounted for, so if something gets added outside of bcfg2 it flags an alert. Its down side is the config files them selves are written in XML. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had a bunch of links but I guess new users cant post hyperlinks." />
  <row Id="26316" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14587" RevisionGUID="a58d7ab5-7bd1-40f5-a22e-bd93aae56c3b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:09:02.223" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14589" RevisionGUID="c35b9217-65c0-40c5-895e-2951ff7f874f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:10:17.887" UserId="5078" Text="I think the most stupid thing I ever did was to remove the default route on out external facing firewall cluster - whilst vpn'ed to my desktop over a hundred miles away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fortunately it was in a period designated as planned downtime (just in case), but that did not save me the 200 mile round trip to go and reconfigure the firewall onsite. It also did not help that this took out our internet exposed production systems for the duration of my travel and subsequent fix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We all know the definition of a nano-second. An ohno-second is even smaller, and is the time between hitting 'enter' and realising your mistake.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26319" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14589" RevisionGUID="c35b9217-65c0-40c5-895e-2951ff7f874f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:10:17.887" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14590" RevisionGUID="71b3932a-8df6-4bb6-aa5b-6da3a4699329" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:12:31.407" UserId="3950" Text="If you want something with a client, you might want to consider Fedora or Centos directory server, which is called [389 directory server][1] now. It has everything you want, even - iirc - a Windows standalone console client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://directory.fedoraproject.org/" />
  <row Id="26321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14591" RevisionGUID="6f8243e4-a790-44b4-bbae-3b099dc1091e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:14:05.010" UserId="5078" Text="Can you boot in vga mode? if so - try a less capable video card? I had issues after installing Vista on an nVidia machine. After rebuilding it a couple of times, I discovered that it was a known problem, and there was an updated nVidia driver (the 'even more recent' one on windows update was no good)" />
  <row Id="26322" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14592" RevisionGUID="a902ce87-6cc8-4454-9b23-fda54ae86e08" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:14:19.300" UserId="5234" Text="Scripting is essential, but I'd second the advice that knowing some &quot;real&quot; languages is a definite bonus.  You can do some very useful things with the .NET System.DirectoryServices namespace, for example." />
  <row Id="26323" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14592" RevisionGUID="a902ce87-6cc8-4454-9b23-fda54ae86e08" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:14:19.300" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14593" RevisionGUID="498d0a7f-a0e3-4b5e-9cd7-f03134b4a8c7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:15:00.827" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actually i'm the main creator of a new pentest LiveCD Distro, which is a fork of Backtrack 4.&#xD;&#xA;The Distro embbeds everything needed to make good penetration tests ( OpenVAS, Metasploit, fasttrack, milw0rm exploits...). Its name is shadowcircle, and you can check it out @ &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.shadowcircle.org.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope you'll like it ;)" />
  <row Id="26325" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14594" RevisionGUID="8e54da6d-5bac-40fe-88bc-050652f94074" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:15:04.290" UserId="5258" Text="I vote for NFS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NFSv4.1 added the Parallel NFS pNFS capability, which makes parallel data access possible. I am wondering what kind of clients are using the storage if only Unix-like then I would go for NFS based on the performance figures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26326" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14595" RevisionGUID="1b423bdd-4a49-4144-baf9-42ed421e2bca" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:15:28.203" UserId="843" Text="Take a look at this [Microsoft article][1] - You can also set the affinity on processes in the task manager to restrict processes to a certain number of cores. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/8dbb74b9-b8ed-430b-bbc0-4ba70bcf9ff5.mspx?mfr=true" />
  <row Id="26327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14596" RevisionGUID="a75ce4b1-126a-446e-a638-3c2155b36fb8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:15:35.490" UserDisplayName="Lloyd Petrey" Text="Most of the time I copy that much data I am migrating a server share that users are attached to so I often use Replistor, www.emc.com/products/detail/software/replistor.htm.&#xD;&#xA;It will keep the source and dest directories in sync during the copy and afterward.  " />
  <row Id="26328" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14577" RevisionGUID="474a6506-bbfa-4fb1-a1ec-b936f25df401" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:17:00.417" UserId="5248" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="We have a setup with a few web servers being load-balanced. We want to have some sort of network shared storage that all of the web servers can access. It will be used as a place to store files uploaded by users. Everything is running Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should we use NFS, CIFS, SMB, fuse+sftp, fuse+ftp? There are so many choices out there for network file sharing protocols, it's very hard to pick one. We basically just want to permanently mount this one share on multiple machines. Security features are less of a concern because it won't be network accessible from anywhere other than the servers mounting it. We just want it to work reliably and quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which one should we use?" />
  <row Id="26329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14597" RevisionGUID="52a7336c-dd33-486d-8b22-ca7ec0a760b0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:18:33.630" UserId="3505" Text="For the `root` user, I'd be very careful; and by that I mean to not try and use a common PATH, do it per OS if you have to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    UNAME=`uname -s`&#xD;&#xA;    if [ &quot;x${UNAME}&quot; = &quot;xLinux&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;    elif ....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A little extra work, but you don't want any surprises.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For non-`root`, there's so many...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * /{bin,sbin}&#xD;&#xA; * /usr/{bin,sbin}&#xD;&#xA; * /opt/{bin,sbin}&#xD;&#xA; * /usr/local/{bin,sbin}&#xD;&#xA; * /sw/bin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem I've had in the past, specially with AIX, is that for some commands, you want your 3rd party install to take precedence, so then you place /opt/bin before /bin for example.  Later things break because other utilities rely on the PATH to give them the native tool in /bin/." />
  <row Id="26330" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14598" RevisionGUID="9c741ef5-4693-483f-bda3-2c0de37001fc" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:22:05.543" UserId="5206" Text="Simple answer +1 for NFS. I have NFS shares that have been mounted for years at a stretch without issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're looking for super reliability then consider throwing DRBD into the mix as well for a distributed, auto failover NFS filesystem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only other option (that I'm familiar with) is iSCSI but it can be a pain in the rear to configure..." />
  <row Id="26331" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14599" RevisionGUID="9f4eec10-05b9-4dad-babd-d0642b572e1d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:22:42.093" UserDisplayName="Urgoll" Text="OpenDS. Free software, 100% Java so completely cross-platform ,and supports the latest schemas.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.opends.org&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The install wizard (either command line or GUI) is very simple and will set things up with sample entries if wanted. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for a management client, I second JXplorer." />
  <row Id="26332" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14600" RevisionGUID="379d4447-af1e-4127-94a3-bcc3f247007c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:22:56.977" UserId="5222" Text="I was in / instead of another directory and performed the command below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`rm -Rf *`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the time I canceled the command, nearly all the /usr/ directory had been removed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26333" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14600" RevisionGUID="379d4447-af1e-4127-94a3-bcc3f247007c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:22:56.977" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26335" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14602" RevisionGUID="ae3a5c93-a310-4c38-aa36-db09d934ad9d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:24:23.853" UserId="5258" Text="The Infiniband itself is not a big deal to set up. You have to load the driver for your device and if you don't want to use anything else then IP the ipoib kernel module.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1 IP OVER INFINIBAND&#xD;&#xA;2	&#xD;&#xA;3	  The ib_ipoib driver is an implementation of the IP over InfiniBand&#xD;&#xA;4	  protocol as specified by RFC 4391 and 4392, issued by the IETF ipoib&#xD;&#xA;5	  working group.  It is a &quot;native&quot; implementation in the sense of&#xD;&#xA;6	  setting the interface type to ARPHRD_INFINIBAND and the hardware&#xD;&#xA;7	  address length to 20 (earlier proprietary implementations&#xD;&#xA;8	  masqueraded to the kernel as ethernet interfaces).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After this you are able to use your device as a normal ethernet device." />
  <row Id="26336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14603" RevisionGUID="6ae0cdf4-9e69-4698-bdd4-926c9f3a63f3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:25:16.393" UserId="1672" Text="The short answer is use NFS. According to this [shootout][1] and my own experience, it's faster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, you've got more options! You should consider a cluster FS like GFS, which is a filesystem multiple computers can access at once. Basically, you share a block device via iSCSI which is a GFS filesystem. All clients (initiators in iSCSI parlance) can read and write to it. Redhat has a [whitepaper][2] . You can also use oracle's cluster FS [OCFS][3] to manage the same thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The redhat paper does a good job listing the pros and cons of a cluster FS vs NFS. Basically if you want a lot of room to scale, GFS is probably worth the effort. Also, the GFS example uses a Fibre Channel SAN as an example, but that could just as easily be a RAID, DAS, or iSCSI SAN. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lastly, make sure to look into Jumbo Frames, and if data integrity is critical, use CRC32 checksumming if you use iSCSI with Jumbo Frames.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.brighthub.com/computing/linux/articles/10839.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.redhat.com/magazine/008jun05/features/gfs_nfs/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs/" />
  <row Id="26337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14604" RevisionGUID="97920603-7989-4e15-886a-299ce15b9efc" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:26:03.197" UserId="5078" Text="I would advise against NFS. Simply put - we had a web server farm, with JBoss, Apache, Tomcat and Oracle all using NFS shares for common configuration files, and logging.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When the NFS share disappeared (admittedly a rare-ish occurrence) the whole thing just collapsed (predictable really, and I advised the 'devlopers' against this config time shortcut).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There seems to be an issue with the version of NFS we were using that, if the target disappeared during a write, the client would drop into a never ending wait loop, waiting for the NFS target to come back. Even if the NFS box reattached - the loop still did not end.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We were using a mix of RHEL 3,4,5. Storage was on RHEL4, servers were on RHEL5, storage network was a separate lan, and not running on vlans.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there is a load balanced front end, checking single storage - would this not bottleneck your system?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you considered a read-only iSCSI connection to your storage, with an event driven script to move the uploaded file to the storage via ftp/scp when a file is uploaded?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only time I have implemented a successful centralised storage for multiple read heads was on an EMC storage array... All other cost effective attempts had their drawbacks." />
  <row Id="26338" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14605" RevisionGUID="afe7c43a-b8b8-4630-8240-6a964334e687" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:26:15.207" UserId="3950" Text="Considered GFS? GFS is a cluster filesystem, and in my experience, is pretty reliable. It can have more than one journal, it scales pretty well&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But you would need to install some cluster services and GFS isn't exactly know for its speediness. Otoh, it has always been fast enough for me, but ymmv." />
  <row Id="26339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14606" RevisionGUID="770c3286-c841-4212-af38-c12a0577c714" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:26:26.470" UserId="843" Text="Try this [hotfix][1] from Microsoft for &quot;Language bar is displayed two or more times on the taskbar&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also try disabling it with these: [eggheadcafe][2] or [technet][3] articles. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932039&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.eggheadcafe.com/conversation.aspx?messageid=32141454&amp;threadid=32141452&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/winserverGP/thread/1efaf2b3-ae87-419e-a632-85af2e145075/" />
  <row Id="26340" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14607" RevisionGUID="a023f4a2-77f4-4644-9a4f-f2410453d627" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:26:31.573" UserId="1054" Text="If these are SQL .bak files you're copying, I would highly suggest doing one of the following to shrink your files down prior to copying:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Shrink the database and truncate the log prior to running the backup. OR&#xD;&#xA; - Compress the .bak file prior to copying.  SQL .bak files compress way down if you're not using the fully allocated space in the data and log files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Might eliminate the need for an alternative method for copying large files." />
  <row Id="26341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14608" RevisionGUID="4d7211b6-c5f2-4325-8de8-49d648b919cf" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:27:00.103" UserId="5284" Text="I'm not sure if this is possible, but I'm hoping you guys will know one way or the other!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm going to be reinstalling windows xp on my pc, and the primary master IDE is a smaller 10 gig drive.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm pretty sure that if I tried to install all my games / programs back onto the C:\ drive that they'd not all fit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have other SATA HD's that are larger that I intend to use for storing other media and games and such.  &#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to get my Program Files directory to point to a partition on one of my larger drives, so I don't end up with some of my programs on C:\ and others on D:\, E:\, etc?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26342" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14608" RevisionGUID="4d7211b6-c5f2-4325-8de8-49d648b919cf" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:27:00.103" UserId="5284" Text="Can you remap &quot;C:\Program Files&quot; like you can with &quot;My Documents&quot;?" />
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  <row Id="26344" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14609" RevisionGUID="96f9bceb-3dc4-4a3c-a7d5-7bccddc4f3d6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:27:04.100" UserId="5075" Text="I have active Directory installed on three domain controllers spread over three sites, linked by permanent VPN connections. However I have noticed that in the dns snapin only two of these sites are listed in the sites container for my domain. I haven't encountered any problems and everything looks correct in Active Directory Sites and Services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know if this is going to cause problems for this site and if so what is the safest way to correct it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="26345" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14609" RevisionGUID="96f9bceb-3dc4-4a3c-a7d5-7bccddc4f3d6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:27:04.100" UserId="5075" Text="Active Directory Site not showing up in dns" />
  <row Id="26346" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14609" RevisionGUID="96f9bceb-3dc4-4a3c-a7d5-7bccddc4f3d6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:27:04.100" UserId="5075" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="26347" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14610" RevisionGUID="9d40a92a-02df-4ec1-875c-2c8836b98f67" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:28:10.587" UserId="5268" Text="While I haven't checked out ext4 yet, I'm using xfs with LVM almost everywhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You get the snapshots, you get online partition growing, and instant fsck if you do crash.  When my mail spool fills up, I'm happy to know its a 30 seconds procedure to fix - assuming your LVM volume group has some free space in it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26348" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14394" RevisionGUID="f5845039-949f-479c-af23-96aa71081fb0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:28:40.337" UserId="3505" />
  <row Id="26349" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14611" RevisionGUID="1189dd8a-d586-4c4e-9881-b5d1165330b1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:28:40.307" Text="I am trying to replace a Cisco router with a GNU Debian/Linux router. This Cisco router terminates a VPN connection that was setup using VTI. Could someone please help me what software and configuration to use on Debian?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a summary from the working configuration on the Cisco router. I have replaced some sensible parts with text in angle brackets. I have no control over the other end of the IPSEC tunnel:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    crypto pki trustpoint TP-self-signed-&lt;keyid&gt;&#xD;&#xA;     enrollment selfsigned&#xD;&#xA;     subject-name cn=IOS-Self-Signed-Certificate-&lt;keyid&gt;&#xD;&#xA;     revocation-check none&#xD;&#xA;     rsakeypair TP-self-signed-&lt;keyid&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    !&#xD;&#xA;    no ip subnet-zero&#xD;&#xA;    no ip source-route&#xD;&#xA;    ip auth-proxy max-nodata-conns 3&#xD;&#xA;    ip admission source-interface Vlan1&#xD;&#xA;    ip admission max-nodata-conns 3&#xD;&#xA;    !&#xD;&#xA;    !&#xD;&#xA;    crypto isakmp policy 1&#xD;&#xA;     encr 3des&#xD;&#xA;     authentication pre-share&#xD;&#xA;     group 2&#xD;&#xA;    crypto isakmp key &lt;password&gt; address &lt;remote public IP&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    !&#xD;&#xA;    crypto ipsec transform-set &lt;xform name&gt; esp-3des esp-sha-hmac&#xD;&#xA;    !&#xD;&#xA;    crypto ipsec profile &lt;profile name&gt;&#xD;&#xA;     set transform-set &lt;xform name&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    !&#xD;&#xA;    interface Tunnel98&#xD;&#xA;     ip address &lt;local private tunnel IP&gt; 255.255.255.252&#xD;&#xA;     no ip redirects&#xD;&#xA;     ip mtu 1400&#xD;&#xA;     ip tcp adjust-mss 1360&#xD;&#xA;     tunnel source Dialer1&#xD;&#xA;     tunnel destination &lt;remote public IP&gt;&#xD;&#xA;     tunnel mode ipsec ipv4&#xD;&#xA;     tunnel protection ipsec profile &lt;profile name&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    !&#xD;&#xA;    interface Vlan1&#xD;&#xA;     ip address &lt;local private IP&gt; 255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;     no ip redirects&#xD;&#xA;     no ip unreachables&#xD;&#xA;     no ip proxy-arp&#xD;&#xA;     ip nat inside&#xD;&#xA;     ip virtual-reassembly&#xD;&#xA;    !&#xD;&#xA;    interface Dialer1&#xD;&#xA;     ip address negotiated&#xD;&#xA;     ip access-group to-internet out&#xD;&#xA;     ip mtu 1492&#xD;&#xA;     ip nat outside&#xD;&#xA;     ip virtual-reassembly&#xD;&#xA;     encapsulation ppp&#xD;&#xA;     dialer pool 1&#xD;&#xA;     dialer-group 1&#xD;&#xA;     no cdp enable&#xD;&#xA;     ppp authentication pap callin&#xD;&#xA;     ppp pap sent-username &lt;ppp username&gt; password 7 &lt;ppp password&gt;&#xD;&#xA;     ppp ipcp dns request&#xD;&#xA;     ppp ipcp route default&#xD;&#xA;    !&#xD;&#xA;    no ip forward-protocol nd&#xD;&#xA;    ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 Dialer1&#xD;&#xA;    ip route 10.&lt;remote private subnet 1&gt;.0.0 255.255.0.0 &lt;remote private tunnel IP&gt; name &lt;remote net 1 description&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    ip route 10.&lt;remote private subnet 2&gt;.0.0 255.255.0.0 &lt;remote private tunnel IP&gt; name &lt;remote net 2 description&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    !&#xD;&#xA;    ip nat inside source list natacl interface Dialer1 overload&#xD;&#xA;    !&#xD;&#xA;    ip access-list standard natacl&#xD;&#xA;     permit &lt;local private net&gt; 0.0.0.255&#xD;&#xA;    !&#xD;&#xA;    ip access-list extended to-internet&#xD;&#xA;     deny   ip any 10.0.0.0 0.255.255.255&#xD;&#xA;     deny   ip any 172.16.0.0 0.15.255.255&#xD;&#xA;     deny   ip any 192.168.0.0 0.0.255.255&#xD;&#xA;     permit ip any any&#xD;&#xA;    !&#xD;&#xA;    dialer-list 1 protocol ip permit&#xD;&#xA;    no cdp run&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for your insights in advance!" />
  <row Id="26350" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14611" RevisionGUID="1189dd8a-d586-4c4e-9881-b5d1165330b1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:28:40.307" Text="How to terminate Cisco Virtual Tunnel Interface with Linux?" />
  <row Id="26351" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14611" RevisionGUID="1189dd8a-d586-4c4e-9881-b5d1165330b1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:28:40.307" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;cisco&gt;" />
  <row Id="26352" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14612" RevisionGUID="aedc1a5a-c632-4d31-b24c-f4fd390d0a7d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:28:43.767" UserId="2299" Text="I use a WinPE boot CD. This is actually based on Vista, and has drivers for most modern hardware built in. The WinPE boot CD is created using the Windows AIK, see http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;FamilyID=94bb6e34-d890-4932-81a5-5b50c657de08&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also a version of the AIK for Windows 7, although obviously that's only beta at the moment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Making the boot CD is easy, though the AIK itself doesn't have a simple walkthrough. You can find walkthoughs by Googling, or I have one I can dig out if necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used to use BartPE, which is based on XP or 2003, but these days that needs so many drivers adding that it all becomes a bit of a pain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26353" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14613" RevisionGUID="dd026c14-7c86-41fd-81cc-d6e13ef938b0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:28:55.843" UserId="684" Text="I have Apache set up to serve several Virtual Hosts, and I would like to see how much bandwidth each site uses.  I can see how much the entire server uses, but I would like more detailed reports.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of the things I have found out there are for limiting bandwidth to virtual hosts, but I don't want to do that; I just want to see which sites are using how much bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This isn't for billing purposes, just for information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there an apache module I should use?  Or is there some other way to do this?" />
  <row Id="26354" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14613" RevisionGUID="dd026c14-7c86-41fd-81cc-d6e13ef938b0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:28:55.843" UserId="684" Text="How can I see how much bandwidth each Apache Virtual Host is using?" />
  <row Id="26355" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14613" RevisionGUID="dd026c14-7c86-41fd-81cc-d6e13ef938b0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:28:55.843" UserId="684" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;bandwidth&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;virtualhosts&gt;" />
  <row Id="26356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14614" RevisionGUID="8f7eafbd-2a6d-4f81-9543-a235fa7ff298" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:29:33.440" UserId="5282" Text="You also might want to look into pre SLI'ed or Crossfired(I think these exist) cards.  Basically they combine the two cards for you so you don't have to shop around for ones that work in SLI mode, and you just need the two PCI-express slots to plug them in.  Usually they come with more than 2 ports in the back to plug in monitors.  " />
  <row Id="26357" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14615" RevisionGUID="2c511405-a780-48cc-92ef-175c221565f1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:29:56.247" UserId="4268" Text="If you take a look at the list of [PBX configuration notes][1] that Microsoft maintains, there are several Definity and Merlin models listed. Without knowing exactly what you have, I can't specify which specific gateway you'd need, but you will need one to translate between the native PBX signaling and SIP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your best bet for guidance on how Exchange UM works and how to deploy and install it is probably the &quot;[Unified Messaging Concepts and Planning][2]&quot; section of the Exchange 2007 docs.   As an Exchange consultant, my professional opinion :) is that a competent admin can probably manage a UM deployment provided they understand how UM works and what it does and doesn't do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc411323.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb430784.aspx" />
  <row Id="26358" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14616" RevisionGUID="e66efd20-2a21-4677-b129-7a737405313b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:30:17.777" UserId="5289" Text="The MS Exchange tool eseutil is an excellent utility to copy large files quickly across a network: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;eseutil /y source_file /d dest_file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14617" RevisionGUID="2c118147-c1ff-4533-ace7-df8cc9380461" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:31:13.797" UserId="5206" Text="LVM running ReiserFS - managed a server storing in the region of 20,000,000 quarantined messages and never skipped a beat. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Plus for reasons I never worked out, the LVM on hardware RAID was faster than native file system access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is the potential for an issue with flock, non syncronous updates and Reiser but I never actually ran into it in the best part of 3 years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26360" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14618" RevisionGUID="a6563703-28ea-4d1b-9aad-2e3eba68278d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:32:03.060" UserId="523" Text="This largely depends on the application you are installing. If it allows you to choose another install location then it should work from another folder (or drive, in your case). However, if the installer doesn't ask for an install path, there might be some references to the Program Files folder in the registry keys the program creates, or worse: hardcoded.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would probably try it one app at a time. If some do not work from another drive then you'll likely have to install to C:\Program Files\&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: You could also accomplish this more cleanly in Vista / Windows 7 using symbolic links.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: I just found [this][1] link, but I have never done this... try at your own risk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.kioskea.net/faq/sujet-1328-change-the-default-installation-folder-c-program-files" />
  <row Id="26361" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14619" RevisionGUID="1410abaf-04bc-42b3-94cb-16cb07686d7f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:32:22.670" UserDisplayName="Shawn" Text="NFS.  It's tried and true, and you can have a rock solid setup.  GFS performance is generally awful, especially on filesystems with large numbers of small files.  I haven't used OCFS, but I generally frown on the cluster filesystem concept.  Then there's Lustre, but that's another can of worms..." />
  <row Id="26362" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14620" RevisionGUID="5c654952-bb80-47ae-968e-45d4b4b31c50" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:34:00.280" UserId="3431" Text="[Awstats][1] is one way to do this but probably not the best&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://awstats.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="26363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14621" RevisionGUID="116a25f0-a0a6-462b-9d8a-797d2b603f77" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:34:07.270" UserId="4268" Text="Good news: the solution is coming in Exchange 2007 SP2, coming soon. See [this article][1] for full details. In the meantime, I'd use the MBS-online script that @TonyB mentioned. Michael B. Smith, its author, is a very knowledgeable guy, and his script does a good job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/05/11/451281.aspx" />
  <row Id="26364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14622" RevisionGUID="da47f71c-6562-4268-a35f-b298eb01f756" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:34:07.863" UserId="5286" Text="You'd be out of your mind to consider a distributed FS like GFS, and iSCSI is overkill.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want simple go with NFS.  It's simple and fast, and with soft mounts fairly robust.  Also consider disabling all the locking junk that goes with it.  I have Linux desktops that grab all their home directory and applications from NFS, it works fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want outrageous speed go with Lustre, which is significantly easier than GFS to set up and is a lot like RAID NFS.  We use Lustre for our clusters.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26365" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14623" RevisionGUID="6bad5513-984e-4b73-911c-218be21ed5cc" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:35:30.293" UserId="2299" Text="Microsoft Network Monitor is a free download. Try&#xD;&#xA;http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;FamilyID=983b941d-06cb-4658-b7f6-3088333d062f&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14624" RevisionGUID="762ed84a-2a67-4303-85a8-9bfe3d46d686" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:36:23.490" UserId="5234" Text="You can and it works.  I have about 40 branch offices and - for political reasons - a management decision was made to give each a full server infrastructure.  For financial reasons it was a single-server environment in each, so it's all DC/File/Exchange (this was in the Windows 2000 days).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, management of it is a nightmare, and my preferred rule is &quot;a DC is a DC and nothing else goes on it&quot;.  These are your most important servers, and if your AD goes funny you will have a horrible time getting it back right.  If you can, give yourself the best chance of avoiding this by having dedicated DC roles.  If you can't, beg, scream, whimper, bribe, threaten, prophesy, or whatever it takes to put yourself in a position where you can." />
  <row Id="26367" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14624" RevisionGUID="762ed84a-2a67-4303-85a8-9bfe3d46d686" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:36:23.490" UserId="5234" />
  <row Id="26368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14625" RevisionGUID="7badc462-b006-4e50-bfcc-8ce76d3ed64a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:36:27.390" UserId="4268" Text="Exchange 2007 includes a calendar preprocessor (the &quot;Calendar Concierge&quot;) that automatically processes some types of appointments. It's possible that it's eating the ics file, I guess. Are the messages arriving normally in users' mailboxes, just without the .ics files? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Longer-term, you might want to consider using [Exchange Web Services][1] to add the calendar appointments directly to the recipients' calendars. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb204119.aspx" />
  <row Id="26369" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14618" RevisionGUID="06a82397-68e9-499d-83da-e5344ca499c0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:37:10.073" UserId="523" Comment="added 422 characters in body" Text="This largely depends on the application you are installing. If it allows you to choose another install location then it should work from another folder (or drive, in your case). However, if the installer doesn't ask for an install path, there might be some references to the Program Files folder in the registry keys the program creates, or worse: hardcoded.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would probably try it one app at a time. If some do not work from another drive then you'll likely have to install to C:\Program Files\&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: You could also accomplish this more cleanly in Vista / Windows 7 using symbolic links.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: I just found [this][1] link, but I have never done this... try at your own risk:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Click Start -&gt; Run (or Windows key +&#xD;&#xA;&gt; R) Type regedit and click OK.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Scroll to the key: HKLM \ SOFTWARE \&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; On the right window, double click on&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the key ProgramFilesDir and modify&#xD;&#xA;&gt; data in this key by the new path for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the installation folder.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; *For example, enter the path D: \ Program Files, to change the partition&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on which the facilities are.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.kioskea.net/faq/sujet-1328-change-the-default-installation-folder-c-program-files" />
  <row Id="26370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14626" RevisionGUID="26b61340-fcac-4af3-9521-d27e53765bd2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:37:19.013" UserId="2467" Text="Have you given AD enough time to replicate the DNS data to all domain controllers? Assuming you are using AD-integrated DNS. In the DNS snap-in try connecting to the other sites and see if the DNS is different. " />
  <row Id="26371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14627" RevisionGUID="07d4eed8-3c0c-46e2-9833-2afa28849c51" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:39:27.637" UserId="5288" Text="My (office) Desktop PC have some restrictions to USB devices. From the domain server there are some policies imposed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. If I insert USB Mass Storage device like a memory stick, my system is able to detect&#xD;&#xA;2. If I insert a iPod, mobile or any other kind of devices, the driver installation may fail. the device manager reports error device can't start (error code 10). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think it's the problem with registry permissions. is it possible to change this? Any idea? I'm running windows XP Professional 32 bit" />
  <row Id="26372" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14627" RevisionGUID="07d4eed8-3c0c-46e2-9833-2afa28849c51" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:39:27.637" UserId="5288" Text="Device can't start error code 10" />
  <row Id="26373" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14627" RevisionGUID="07d4eed8-3c0c-46e2-9833-2afa28849c51" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:39:27.637" UserId="5288" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;usb&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="26374" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14628" RevisionGUID="7ef0b281-a081-4a6e-84b0-3c1e9b86d820" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:39:29.727" UserDisplayName="Greedo" Text="I would recommend using OpenBSD as the OS since it includes an excellent firewall application (pf). For the proxy/webfilter, I would use Squid, which can be built from the ports tree very easily. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The advantages of pf are that it's easily one of the most robust firewall packages out there, with traffic shaping/prioritization. And OpenBSD is arguably one of the most secure of the OpenSource *nixes. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your hardware requirements won't be very high with the number of users and the Internet connection you've specified. Any recent workstation with the appropriate number of interfaces will be more than adequate. In fact, buying two cheap systems would let you take advantage of the built in failover available with OBSD and pf." />
  <row Id="26375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14629" RevisionGUID="217c5bab-ef3e-4ff8-ba12-a70a732205e2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:39:39.007" UserId="4491" Text="The way people typically accomplish this is to use a symlink. The process is something along the lines of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- create a bootable windows live CD (bart PE or similar) with the Sysinternals Junction utility on it: [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;- boot onto the CD&#xD;&#xA;- move your program files directory from C:\ to wherever you want it&#xD;&#xA;- create a symlink from C:\Program Files to the new location&#xD;&#xA;- reboot into windows and everything should be good&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx" />
  <row Id="26376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14630" RevisionGUID="3fd1a406-7dba-43c9-8094-d102ba8ee10a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:40:44.450" UserId="4268" Text="Your question isn't all that clear. When you say &quot;three sites&quot;, do you mean three AD sites? Are all three DCs also DNS servers? Have you run dsadiag to check for obvious faults? Are there any errors in the event log? " />
  <row Id="26377" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14631" RevisionGUID="0007a4f9-33ce-4dce-bbc8-fce1279b8fe6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:40:57.553" UserDisplayName="Dougie" Text="Where can I buy an Intel W3520 processor in the UK?" />
  <row Id="26378" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14631" RevisionGUID="0007a4f9-33ce-4dce-bbc8-fce1279b8fe6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:40:57.553" UserDisplayName="Dougie" Text="W3520 processor availability in the UK" />
  <row Id="26379" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14631" RevisionGUID="0007a4f9-33ce-4dce-bbc8-fce1279b8fe6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:40:57.553" UserDisplayName="Dougie" Text="&lt;cpu&gt;&lt;purchase&gt;" />
  <row Id="26380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14632" RevisionGUID="c793d5f1-dd29-40a0-bbcc-5c7b1d4c3927" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:41:15.120" UserId="5206" Text="Hmm, you could get evil with IPTables and string matching to log the packets for later reporting. Will only work for non SSL connections though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or something protocol and session aware like Snort could be shoe horned into use ... " />
  <row Id="26381" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14633" RevisionGUID="dc9dbf72-a35f-404b-b741-ed178ab222ac" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:41:45.837" UserDisplayName="Mateusz Kozak" Text="I suggest You POHMELFS - it's created by russian programmer Evgeniy Polyakov and it's really, really fast." />
  <row Id="26382" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14634" RevisionGUID="1fe76234-0876-48b4-ba80-5d80531d6a6a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:42:02.640" UserId="5234" Text="We have a system like the President and the Bomb - two people each know half of the password.  That way you'll never get a situation where a single rogue admin goes off and makes unapproved changes on their own." />
  <row Id="26383" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14635" RevisionGUID="f215fcb1-0a86-4f17-a22f-2a3688215449" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:42:19.127" UserId="5222" Text="I use vpsFarm for one of my personal images.  I chose it for the un-metered bandwidth." />
  <row Id="26385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14636" RevisionGUID="d811a94e-378a-4e11-a37c-7edd2249c386" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:43:48.423" UserId="2273" Text="We've implemented Nagios for services on our network and it is working great.  The notifications are nice and the wide range of configuration options are very handy.  Up to this point, we've done all of the configuring by hand by modifying the files directly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As we start to open this up a little to some of the other administrators, I'd like to implement a GUI that will reduce the likelihood of errors.  I've checked out a few different GUI projects and so far it seems like [NagiosQL][1] and [NConf][2] are the top contenders so far.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any recommendations between these two, or perhaps others that should be considered?  How about stories of installation and use, &quot;gotchas&quot; and tips that may be useful in deciding?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nagiosql.org/index.php&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://apps.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/nconf/index.php?title=Main_Page" />
  <row Id="26386" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14636" RevisionGUID="d811a94e-378a-4e11-a37c-7edd2249c386" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:43:48.423" UserId="2273" Text="Nagios configuration GUI" />
  <row Id="26387" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14636" RevisionGUID="d811a94e-378a-4e11-a37c-7edd2249c386" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:43:48.423" UserId="2273" Text="&lt;nagios&gt;&lt;gui&gt;&lt;tips&gt;&lt;recommendation&gt;" />
  <row Id="26388" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14637" RevisionGUID="e5d50f5c-c1e1-4f63-997e-527fbd3fc668" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:43:49.110" UserId="3038" Text="I've done exactly this (in my case, move &quot;Program Files&quot; to D:\Program Files) a couple of times. It gets tricky, but can be done. Off the top of my head:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Use NTBackup to take a backup of your Program Files directory&#xD;&#xA; 1. Restore that backup on the partition-of-choice (D:\Program Files, say)&#xD;&#xA; 1. Go into the registry and change [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion]:ProgramFilesDir and CommonFilesDir to reflect the new location.&#xD;&#xA; 1. Reboot&#xD;&#xA; 1. Ensure everything is working right&#xD;&#xA; 1. Use a tool like psexec to check if any process has open files in C:\Program Files, stop the process or close them.&#xD;&#xA; 1. Rename the old Program Files to something else.&#xD;&#xA; 1. use linkd to create a symlink of D:\Program Files on C:\Program files in order to accommodate programs that use &quot;C:\Program Files&quot; instead of &quot;%Program Files%&quot; in their stored file paths.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The alternate method is a bit easier...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Use NTBackup to take a backup of your Program Files directory&#xD;&#xA; 1. Restore that backup on the partition-of-choice (D:\)&#xD;&#xA; 1. Create a new directory C:\Program Files2&#xD;&#xA; 1. Use Disk Manager to multi-mount D:\ to C:\Program Files2&#xD;&#xA; 1. Shut all programs down you can find&#xD;&#xA; 1. Attempt to rename Program Files to something else&#xD;&#xA; 1. Rename Program Files2 to Program Files&#xD;&#xA; 1. Reboot&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've only ever tried this on a freshly installed system. I haven't done it on a system with a year's worth of cruft. I'm uncertain it would work then." />
  <row Id="26389" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14638" RevisionGUID="688e9ef1-fd2e-4088-b314-a01c1e8b4e7a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:43:54.210" UserId="4268" Text="Vista uses a different command-line tool for managing IPsec connections. Check out the [netsh ipsec][1] command and you should be able to get your script running (it might help if you posted excerpts from it here, too).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc739580.aspx" />
  <row Id="26390" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14390" RevisionGUID="17f1871f-987d-4e73-8d6a-e6233f16cfa8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:44:25.163" UserId="3351" Comment="big update after more research" Text="If you set the following in your .screenrc the numpad keys will work&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    termcapinfo xterm ks@:ke@&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know if this will change any other important settings you might be using, however, so it would be worth giving things a test.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It might be that there is a better setting string, but so far I haven't been able to find one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:**  &#xD;&#xA;I've been searching around looking through [termcap][1], [terminfo][2], [terminfo/termcap][3] and [screen][4] [manuals][5], but it looks like no-one is having much luck with getting both the number pad and the arrow keys in ncurses apps to work at the same time (they still seem to work in non-ncurses apps).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The closest I've seen is from [these][6] [threads][7]. Someone spoke to one of the program maintainers regarding an almost identical problem, however as of the 10th of March the problem wasn't resolved.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/termutils/manual/termcap-1.3/html_mono/termcap.html#SEC37&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?terminfo+5&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://catb.org/terminfo/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://sunsite.ualberta.ca/Documentation/Gnu/screen-3.9.4/html_chapter/screen_16.html#SEC99&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/~jnweiger/screen-faq.html&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.mail-archive.com/screen-users@gnu.org/msg02338.html&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.mail-archive.com/screen-users@gnu.org/msg02363.html" />
  <row Id="26391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14639" RevisionGUID="da6370f6-798e-4d1c-8fd3-bfcec0d2998c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:44:32.400" UserId="3997" Text="On a Windows NT 4 domain controller back in the day:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\WINNT\System32&gt;DEL *.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had been working in a subfolder (WINS I think) and was expecting to delete that folder, but wiped out most of System32 instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I make sure that never happens again? I do things a little slower these days.. double check that command line before pressing enter.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26392" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14639" RevisionGUID="da6370f6-798e-4d1c-8fd3-bfcec0d2998c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:44:32.400" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26393" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14640" RevisionGUID="caff2603-77a7-4513-a21f-d4cbe802224d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:44:58.780" UserId="4491" Text="I'm a fan of [Hyperic HQ][1] - the agent is Java based so it runs on many different platforms. The server runs on Windows with a MySQL database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hyperic.com" />
  <row Id="26394" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14641" RevisionGUID="5fa2320c-5731-4c95-ae62-e8c5cf972f8a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:45:45.503" UserId="4392" Text="I've only worked with these in Linux, and with Navisphere Light (or express, or whatever), but I have to either go into the navisphere web interface on the array and assign values to the properties of the server (in 'connections'), or run the /opt/Navisphere/bin/naviserverutilcli command, then scan and update the storage. That &quot;registers&quot; the server on the array for me. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since you're on Solaris, YMMV" />
  <row Id="26395" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14642" RevisionGUID="06800cac-1bee-4497-9c4a-776ee7733948" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:45:48.653" UserDisplayName="Greedo" Text="I wouldn't give them access at all to your workspace. I would set them up with access to a git or subversion repository, and then pull their changes onto your system for deployment. You can script a test server to update from your repository on a periodic basis so that the changes can be tested without developer intervention." />
  <row Id="26396" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14643" RevisionGUID="ab61640a-1b9f-4a7b-82bb-1a301b67113f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:45:53.023" UserId="5303" Text="As &quot;20th Century Boy&quot; wrote, snapshots are 100% percent reliable - most of the time. For example if you are running some kind of database most you could get without vss support on windows is a crashconsistant snapshot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, I would rather point at VMware. Are you up to date on patches and hotfixes? I have experianced some inconsistencies depending on the vmware tools and vmware esx versions. Might help to look into this." />
  <row Id="26397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14644" RevisionGUID="8f355008-556f-48a6-9133-3122f55a6018" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:46:11.227" UserId="2467" Text="One of the best I've used is [PRTG][1] from Paessler. It is relatively cheap for a small number of servers. They charge based on the number of things being monitored (ping, free disk, cpu load etc). It's completely web-based and no agents are required. It comes with a load of predefined WMI queries and of course you can define your own (they supply templates you can modify). Plenty of charting and reporting available to impress management.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.paessler.com/prtg" />
  <row Id="26398" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14645" RevisionGUID="92c39fcb-1121-4213-90e6-2fca5eccecbf" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:47:11.303" UserId="3505" Text="The information you're after is all in the logs, so you should look at a log analyzer such as awstats.  The other option is to use Google Analytics.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For analyzing the logs, here's a rough example which you can use to tell you how many MB of traffic a log file reports...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat /var/log/apache/access.log | awk '{SUM+=$10}END{print SUM/1024/1024}'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26399" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14609" RevisionGUID="553ec5e0-d1f8-466a-8764-cde7c4f2aa14" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:47:19.867" UserId="5075" Comment="added 267 characters in body" Text="I have active Directory installed on three domain controllers spread over three sites, linked by permanent VPN connections. However I have noticed that in the dns snapin only two of these sites are listed in the sites container for my domain. I haven't encountered any problems and everything looks correct in Active Directory Sites and Services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know if this is going to cause problems for this site and if so what is the safest way to correct it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To clarify - I have 3 active directory domain controllers which are each a site, all are dns servers, no errors in the event logs on all 3 servers. This setup has been running for several months with no noticable problems. DNS is the same on all three sites in the snap-in." />
  <row Id="26400" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="741" RevisionGUID="5a468c01-6721-4a9c-9ea8-16f61f89515b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:47:43.220" UserId="919" Comment="corrected spelling" Text="Please provide your tips and best practices for virtualizing SQL Server in VMWare ESX&#xD;&#xA;I am interested in advanced configurations and settings. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please provide reasoning behind your recommendations&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&#xD;&#xA;Just to clarify, I already have over 70 Virtual SQL servers in separate clusters using an ISCSI equallogic San -&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; What I am really looking for are those advanced configurations like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How you configured your disks / RDM's&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you make use of settings like &#xD;&#xA;Mem.ShareScanGHz  - http://communities.vmware.com/thread/143828 - &#xD;&#xA;that are not well documented" />
  <row Id="26401" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="741" RevisionGUID="5a468c01-6721-4a9c-9ea8-16f61f89515b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:47:43.220" UserId="919" Comment="corrected spelling" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;sql&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;vmware-esx&gt;" />
  <row Id="26402" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14646" RevisionGUID="c56ceb1b-105b-4645-9a04-dd3125a030a1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:48:58.350" UserId="5276" Text="We have a 2 server load-blanacing web cluster.We have tried the following methods for syncing content between the servers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Local drives on each server synced with **RSYNC** every 10 minutes&#xD;&#xA; - A central **CIFS (SAMBA)** share to both servers&#xD;&#xA; - A central **NFS** share to both servers&#xD;&#xA; - A shared SAN drive running **OCFS2** mounted both servers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The **RSYNC** solution was the simplest, but it took 10 minutes for changes to show up and RSYNC put so much load on the servers we had to throttle it with custom script to pause it every second. We were also limited to only writing to the source drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The fastest performing shared drive was the **OCFS2** clustered drive right up until it went insane and crashed the cluster. We have not been able to maintain stability with OCFS2. As soon as more than one server accesses the same files, load climbs through the roof and servers start rebooting. This may be a training failure on our part.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The next best was **NFS**. It has been extremely stable and fault tolerant. This is our current setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**SMB (CIFS)** had some locking problems. In particular changes to files on the SMB server were not being seen by the web servers. SMB also tended to hang when failing over the SMB server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Our conclusion** was that OCFS2 has the most potential but requires a LOT of analysis before using it in production. If you want something straight-forward and reliable, I would recommend an NFS server cluster with Heartbeat for failover." />
  <row Id="26403" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11974" RevisionGUID="bb51472a-ce1c-48b2-b897-3df19b244ab4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:49:28.273" UserId="919" Comment="corrected spelling" Text="I just installed Windows 7 RC and forgot to save a few important files that were in Ubuntu 9.04. I did not have Ubuntu installed on a separate partition. I just used the install inside Windows option. Is there anyway I can still recover my files?" />
  <row Id="26404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14647" RevisionGUID="b825b527-8024-4b60-aad4-18e791b076a4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:49:44.560" UserId="5234" Text="Your Data Protection legislation.&#xD;&#xA;Your employer's AUP - know it *inside out* - it applies to you too!" />
  <row Id="26405" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14647" RevisionGUID="b825b527-8024-4b60-aad4-18e791b076a4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:49:44.560" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26406" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14648" RevisionGUID="f05a753f-33ee-4af5-9421-0e8cb2ae7e88" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:49:47.397" UserId="2040" Text="I have been working on a project to map out my organization's network infrastructure.  For the networking devices (we are a Cisco shop) I have been running the `show cdp neighbors` command to see how everything is connected and through which interface.  I am noticing that our ASA is not showing up in the output of these commands (it is connected to a Cisco switch).  I ran a command list via `show ?` and CDP does not show up as an option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is this: is there a command similar to `show cdp neighbors` that will show to which devices the ASA is connected?" />
  <row Id="26407" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14648" RevisionGUID="f05a753f-33ee-4af5-9421-0e8cb2ae7e88" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:49:47.397" UserId="2040" Text="Is there a &quot;show cdp neighbors&quot; type command for Cisco ASA devices? " />
  <row Id="26408" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14648" RevisionGUID="f05a753f-33ee-4af5-9421-0e8cb2ae7e88" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:49:47.397" UserId="2040" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;asa&gt;&lt;network-map&gt;" />
  <row Id="26409" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11308" RevisionGUID="07fb6d2b-2d90-4ac4-899a-665255801d35" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:50:01.860" UserId="919" Comment="corrected spelling" Text="I have two ISPs at two separate locations, both with separate SMTP servers. Neither SMTP server allows relaying from the other ISP, so when taking my laptop between each location, I have to swap between smtp servers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I currently edit the /etc/hosts file to override smtp.magichost.com with the IP addresses of the SMTP server I'm supposed to be using, but that is a pain. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a better way to do this?" />
  <row Id="26410" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14113" RevisionGUID="0d0afd19-4540-417f-a7bd-f0ec452d301d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:50:32.310" UserId="919" Comment="corrected spelling" Text="Currently, we can perform and encrypt a Windows backup with ntbackup and GPG in 2 separate steps in a batch script, as below:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ntbackup backup &quot;@selection_file.bks&quot; /f &quot;backup_file.bak&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    gpg --recipient &quot;recipient&quot; --encrypt &quot;backup_file.bak&quot; --output &quot;encrypted_file&quot; --yes --batch &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm wondering if there's any way to combine these steps to output the backup directly to GPG, without creating an intermediate, unencrypted backup file?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To clarify, I'm looking for something like standard input redirection or piping &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    prog.exe | prog2.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;that works with GPG at the command line. Thanks for your time." />
  <row Id="26411" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14649" RevisionGUID="bcdc9c8f-e9b2-4a5f-8046-1befa5bf9785" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:50:48.753" UserId="5222" Text="Use GPG with the Symmetric option to encrypt a text file with all the passwords in it.  Then all you need to do is provide the one pass-phrase to other admins.  When an admin leaves the company, then just re-encrypt the text file with a new pass-phrase. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26412" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14650" RevisionGUID="038db758-5772-44fd-8081-4f1e2ef649af" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:51:37.253" UserId="3505" Text="For the same reason as you, we had to implement a front-end.  Personally I find them all a little clumsy and would prefer to manage the configuration files by hand (less effort).  But seems like you don't have much choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use monarch, but I don't like it all that much.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't tried anything else either, but you can start here...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.ducea.com/2008/01/16/10-nagios-web-frontends/" />
  <row Id="26413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14651" RevisionGUID="3c6b7666-6940-45c3-8876-6dffc0b5834a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:51:52.277" UserId="5327" Text="I like IPMonitor, it's cheap and you can monitor servers, switches, SMTP, any service or event and you can build dependancies so you won't get alerted by a hundred servers if it's just a switch that is down between your server with IPMonitor and the other servers. " />
  <row Id="26414" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14652" RevisionGUID="e08eaa23-a602-4f00-970a-724922f028c7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:51:56.427" UserDisplayName="Wheeguy " Text="Network Redux has been awesome for me (and afforable)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;networkredux dot com&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26415" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14653" RevisionGUID="a2d5d10c-3f53-408a-ba3e-3ef46ed1b9ec" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:52:23.510" UserId="5286" Text="I've run the Xserve RAID Admin on Windows without any problems - you can download the .zip version from Apple's site.  I'd post a link but apparently I'm not cool enough yet.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26416" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14654" RevisionGUID="9b115662-fdc0-4187-9d01-81ea30998a3b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:52:24.990" UserId="4054" Text="I don't know of a free way to do it, but I believe Prosoft Drive Genius will do what you're needing here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.prosofteng.com/products/drive_genius.php][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You mount the sparsebundle, defrag it using Drive Genius, and then the &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    hdiutil compact&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;command should work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.prosofteng.com/products/drive_genius.php " />
  <row Id="26417" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14608" RevisionGUID="3b0f6794-584c-4796-b3b2-4b61aa3dfbd4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:52:25.553" UserId="1803" Comment="Trimmed up a bit to make it SF appropriate; deleted 9 characters in body" Text="I'm not sure if this is possible, but I'm hoping you guys will know one way or the other!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm going to be reinstalling windows xp, and the primary master IDE is a smaller 10 gig drive.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm pretty sure that if I tried to install all my programs back onto the C:\ drive that they'd not all fit.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to get my Program Files directory to point to a partition on one of my larger drives, so I don't end up with some of my programs on C:\ and others on D:\, E:\, etc?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26418" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14655" RevisionGUID="3b407a66-6871-4b25-aa44-df347bcd353e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:52:42.587" UserId="1602" Text="Say you have a public ASP.NET (or Classic ASP) application on IIS with a script/page that needs to write or update files in a specific folder that is located within the web publishing folder tree.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) What is the proper way to set this up? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My main concern is that I want to let the ASP/ASP.NET apps write to a folder, but I don't want regular http users to be able to PUT files into it. " />
  <row Id="26419" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14655" RevisionGUID="3b407a66-6871-4b25-aa44-df347bcd353e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:52:42.587" UserId="1602" Text="ASP/ASP.NET Best way to handle write permissions?" />
  <row Id="26420" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14655" RevisionGUID="3b407a66-6871-4b25-aa44-df347bcd353e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:52:42.587" UserId="1602" Text="&lt;asp&gt;&lt;asp.net&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="26421" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14656" RevisionGUID="0d0a420f-ed1c-480c-a872-0ce22ea1e447" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:53:16.767" UserId="5321" Text="% dd if=linux_boot_floppy.img of=/dev/hda&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;instead of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;% dd if=linux_boot_floppy.img of=/dev/fda&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/dev/hda == hard drive&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/dev/fda == floppy drive&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First thought was, &quot;Oh wow, that was fast&quot;.  Second thought was, &quot;Oh ****&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26422" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14656" RevisionGUID="0d0a420f-ed1c-480c-a872-0ce22ea1e447" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:53:16.767" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26423" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14657" RevisionGUID="0089b426-12ed-482d-bf85-807a2e149ae9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:54:52.177" UserId="5303" Text="I have successfully deployed multiple HP Accesspoint with your requirement. The Product I used was the AP420. I manage them via the HP Procurve Manager. &#xD;&#xA;They Provide one visible WLAN and I think up to eight hidden SSIDs with different settings for encryption and authentication. They can each come out via different vlans.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26424" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14658" RevisionGUID="99e4a45d-b128-4531-b62a-6899c64c1a19" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:58:23.077" UserDisplayName="Jeff" Text="I believe the wireless network solutions from Trapeze will meet your needs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14659" RevisionGUID="e35d91d1-697c-41ea-b42c-203dc8511e84" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:58:34.837" UserId="919" Text="We use [OpsView][1] at work. It's a web based GUI, and handles things like scaling up the Nagios service via clustering. You can add new hosts, new services, via the web, and acknowledge the outage. It also records a historical view of services, should you wish to know things like how much CPU a server regularly needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You still won't be able to add Nagios scripts via the web, however. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://opsview.org/" />
  <row Id="26426" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14583" RevisionGUID="d9efa4d9-d8a3-48fc-b09a-e84e44e655a3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:59:52.883" UserId="843" Comment="added 267 characters in body" Text="Is that harddrive on a raid controller or non-standard hdd controller? If so you will need to load the drivers for it before you will see it as a mounted drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It looks like most of these disk image programs support loading external harddrive drivers, make sure to download the driver from the motherboard manufacturer. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also boot to the recovery console and press F6 at the beginning to install the necessary driver. " />
  <row Id="26427" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14660" RevisionGUID="087b5827-c08d-4025-bb52-9a8d8197aa5a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:59:57.347" UserId="5337" Text="Having come from a windows enviroment, I was curious if defragmenters are useful in *nix.  More specifically, OS X.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;G-Man" />
  <row Id="26428" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14660" RevisionGUID="087b5827-c08d-4025-bb52-9a8d8197aa5a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:59:57.347" UserId="5337" Text="Defragmenters useful for *nix?" />
  <row Id="26429" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14660" RevisionGUID="087b5827-c08d-4025-bb52-9a8d8197aa5a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T14:59:57.347" UserId="5337" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;defragmentation&gt;" />
  <row Id="26430" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14661" RevisionGUID="51953f6c-aba0-4640-b545-739d389bd8dc" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:00:03.633" UserId="5327" Text="try running dcdiag on your domain controllers. " />
  <row Id="26432" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14653" RevisionGUID="49da61c8-ae12-426a-ac8e-3eb5e17b58f7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:00:15.753" UserId="1233" Comment="Add links." Text="I've run the Xserve RAID Admin on Windows without any problems - you can download the .zip version from Apple's site.  I'd post a link but apparently I'm not cool enough yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [Using RAID Admin with other operating systems](http://support.apple.com/kb/TA21268?viewlocale=en_US) and the download is at [support.apple.com](http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/application_updates/xserveraidadmintools151.html)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26433" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3606" RevisionGUID="806980f7-b7e4-4680-a6d8-800529e1aa88" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:00:27.080" UserId="919" Comment="correct spelling" Text="What if I really need OpenBSD to be installed on 2 slices (on virtual machine and not for production purposes):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- /&#xD;&#xA;- swap&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;instead of 6:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- / &#xD;&#xA;- swap&#xD;&#xA;- /tmp&#xD;&#xA;- /var&#xD;&#xA;- /usr&#xD;&#xA;- /home&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suppose that I must create all that folders on root fs but how can I do that during installation?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please do not duplicate fdisk / installation manuals in your answers." />
  <row Id="26434" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3606" RevisionGUID="806980f7-b7e4-4680-a6d8-800529e1aa88" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:00:27.080" UserId="919" Comment="correct spelling" Text="&lt;openbsd&gt;&lt;installation&gt;&lt;slices&gt;" />
  <row Id="26435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14663" RevisionGUID="13ff676d-93f7-4b15-b01e-8df9c9057c7d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:01:05.613" UserId="1054" Text="Probably betting to look over on [stackoverflow.com][1]...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best practice is to put that folder OUTSIDE of your document root and have your app read from the file system.  Otherwise, make the folder read-only except to the ASP[.NET] user and control the write priviliges with your app's internal authorizations." />
  <row Id="26436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14664" RevisionGUID="ed077c96-f978-4230-b76f-db8f668adfb8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:01:32.727" UserId="5234" Text="Admin Templates/System/Internet Communication Management - there's a LOT of stuff in there you may want to disable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Admin Templates/Desktop/Prohibit user from changing My Documents path - oh yes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise, I've gone from keeping everything tight to leaving it fairly loose.  Technology is supposed to empower people after all, and while you can disable stuff like Start Menu right-clicking, what are you really gaining from it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, never forget: policy is not the same as security." />
  <row Id="26437" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14665" RevisionGUID="3e37c3a1-27ee-4fdd-b642-17a1ab87eeb5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:02:59.010" UserId="3968" Text="I believe you don't have many chances to get it back, as the files certainly were overwritten... you can try something like [TestDisk][1] or [Recuva][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.recuva.com/" />
  <row Id="26438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14666" RevisionGUID="dbaeaac8-68bc-4cef-9c7f-602957f4a08b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:03:25.063" UserDisplayName="Miljan" Text="I would definitely recommend Centreon as a Nagios frontend. It doesn't only ease the configuration process, but can also be used for status display and collection of performance data returned by Nagios checks which is than transformed into nice looking graphs. Thus, in a way, obsoleting Cacti as well." />
  <row Id="26439" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14667" RevisionGUID="14b6a377-cdc8-45c2-acdb-f3b1247ce29e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:03:27.480" UserId="3281" Text="We run Cacti on a Windows XP machine.(virtual)  It works great, and we haven't had much problems with it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Screenshot of our main internet connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://i42.tinypic.com/vxp2f6.jpg" />
  <row Id="26440" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14668" RevisionGUID="818db34b-7b85-42cb-9d1d-e73953abb8ac" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:03:52.877" UserId="2070" Text="I often find myself needing to convert from one type of time to another, and haven't found a way I'm consistently happy with. Every time I do a quick google search, I come up with different (sometimes painfully complex) answers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm happy with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    date -d &quot;Sep 5 1986&quot; &quot;+%s&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for converting a standard date to epoch time, but I can't seem to make the reverse work (and the man pages I've browsed aren't helping much.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    date -d &quot;526276800&quot; &quot;+%m/%d/%y&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;yields an error on my RHEL 5 install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can the community offer me some strategies for easily converting back and forth? I'll take all forms: awk, perl, date. What are the pros and cons of each method?" />
  <row Id="26441" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14668" RevisionGUID="818db34b-7b85-42cb-9d1d-e73953abb8ac" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:03:52.877" UserId="2070" Text="Converting to and from epoch time" />
  <row Id="26442" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14668" RevisionGUID="818db34b-7b85-42cb-9d1d-e73953abb8ac" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:03:52.877" UserId="2070" Text="&lt;unix-time&gt;" />
  <row Id="26443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14669" RevisionGUID="e684352a-47eb-4a03-ab55-31e4a8dd99fa" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:07:20.030" UserId="4054" Text="It may be a little heavy duty, but in perl there's a great module called DateTime that'll convert back and forth between a myriad of date &amp; time formats, including epoch.  It's very simple to use:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://datetime.perl.org/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://datetime.perl.org/" />
  <row Id="26444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14670" RevisionGUID="0cbad13f-1a00-4f24-ac47-30e810b18a17" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:07:34.257" UserId="3997" Text="If you would prefer to set those folders during install, you will have to use an attended installation. UNATTEND.TXT is an INI file that contains the unattended setup settings for Windows XP. Specifically to set system folders to non-default locations, you would add this into your UNATTEND.TXT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [Unattended]&#xD;&#xA;    CommonProgramFilesDir=D:\Programs&#xD;&#xA;    ProgramFilesDir=&quot;D:\Programs\Common Files&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    TargetPath=\WINDOWS&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    [GuiUnattended]&#xD;&#xA;    ProfilesDir=C:\Users&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This site is a great references for creating an unattend installation of Windows XP: unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More reference material can be found in the Windows XP Deployment Tools from the Microsoft Downloads site microsoft.com/downloads" />
  <row Id="26445" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14671" RevisionGUID="a4976dc6-b90f-45eb-9c0d-1ded597fbd15" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:07:35.677" UserId="3968" Text="As far as I know, unix file systems like EXT or HFS don't suffer from fragmentation like FAT or NTSF, al least not in the same order of magnitude.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Read more about it [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.itworld.com/nls_unixfrag040929" />
  <row Id="26446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14672" RevisionGUID="d60cebdf-5e1f-4f9c-8719-9132d70fb5d1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:07:37.550" UserId="1233" Text="It's a bit of a yes, no answer. Useful in certain circumstances but it's less of an issue than it was with FAT or regular HFS. All filesystems will fragment but newer ones are more resistant to fragmenting so badly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Speaking for Mac OS X specifically HFS+ does a decent enough job of trying to keep things from being fragmented compared to older systems but it still happens just not on the same scale. The OS itself also defrags &quot;small&quot; (20MB or smaller) files on the fly since 10.3 (Panther).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fragmenting still happens and you can see performance drop because of it, especially in video editing systems or a workflow that requires the ability to read or write large files quickly to the disk. For your standard user - a near non-issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The most popular options for defragmenting a hard drive for OS X I've used and run across are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Cloning the hard drive to another drive and back. This is done using [Carbon Copy Cloner](http://www.bombich.com/software/index.html) or [SuperDuper](http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html) and requires an extra hard drive. If done as part of a backup routine the time hit may not be terrible but it's free to do it this way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * [iDefrag](http://www.coriolis-systems.com/iDefrag.php), [Drive Genius](http://www.prosofteng.com/products/drive_genius.php) and a handful of other utilities will all defragment your hard drive as well. Personally I prefer iDefrag." />
  <row Id="26447" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14673" RevisionGUID="e85ee7fb-3886-4edd-9711-7ffe69ac44fb" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:07:59.500" UserId="5347" Text="date -d @526276800 &quot;+%m/%d/%y&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26448" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14660" RevisionGUID="b17ff099-4fd0-440d-b846-97d72c046281" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:08:35.300" UserId="1233" Comment="Change tags, clear up question" Text="Having come from a windows enviroment, I was curious if defragmenters are useful in *nix.  More specifically, OS X." />
  <row Id="26449" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="14660" RevisionGUID="b17ff099-4fd0-440d-b846-97d72c046281" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:08:35.300" UserId="1233" Comment="Change tags, clear up question" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;defrag&gt;" />
  <row Id="26450" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14674" RevisionGUID="e11fda23-45e7-4f2c-a40a-a1ad7da904d2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:08:44.943" UserId="5343" Text="On my Mac OS X box, I use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    date -r 526276800 +%m/%d/%y" />
  <row Id="26451" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14675" RevisionGUID="4f3cfcf1-3981-4845-9795-a14145895ac3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:09:01.587" UserId="4822" Text="Having ProgramFiles on anyplace other than the system drive is not supported.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For that matter neither is relocating of the Users folder; although you can specify a different location at install time through the unattend.xml file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Stephen Lodwick [MSFT] on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 11:59 PM said][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Relocation of the &quot;Program Files&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; directory is not supported in Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Vista/7.  This feature is not&#xD;&#xA;&gt; currently planned.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Relocation of the &quot;Users&quot; folder is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; supported through unattend.xml&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (&quot;ProfilesDirectory&quot; setting).&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Why is &quot;Program Files&quot; redirection not&#xD;&#xA;&gt; supported while &quot;Users&quot; is?  It's not&#xD;&#xA;&gt; just meant to be frustrating. :)  We&#xD;&#xA;&gt; encountered a number of technical&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hurdles with servicing components when&#xD;&#xA;&gt; they were in redirected locations.  We&#xD;&#xA;&gt; felt that without significat design&#xD;&#xA;&gt; changes, Setup would not be able to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; redirect folders without cause data&#xD;&#xA;&gt; loss scenarios and unservicable&#xD;&#xA;&gt; images.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Thank you for the feedback!&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Stephen Lodwick [MSFT]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/2d62c6a7-96a4-4179-a797-96f8dacc2785" />
  <row Id="26452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14676" RevisionGUID="0fae5ff5-b149-430b-9bf1-1bf9929c8c21" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:09:15.923" UserId="3950" Text="Personally, I alternatively use Python and bash for this. But since you are annoyed with it ;-) I'd go for making a small script that takes a date as a parameter and write it so as to have --2epoch and --2normal options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That way, you can convert from epoch to normal with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ./script.sh --2normal 1243609635&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and the other way around with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ./script --2epoch &quot;20090529 17:07&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is the input date always formatted the same way? That would make the script a lot easier to write." />
  <row Id="26453" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14677" RevisionGUID="51e3a730-686d-40dd-86a4-bd33e381861d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:11:58.290" UserId="919" Text="Yes, they are. People will give you lies like &quot;UNIX filesystems never fragment.&quot; **They are liars, and you should listen to me instead.** Files like sqlite databases, as used by firefox, will quickly fragment as they deliver small writes regularly as you use the browser. At one point my profile had a sqlite database with over three thousand fragments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These sqlite databases contain the browser history, and are used in places to suggest text strings to you, like URL completion or form autofill. If they are fragmented, you will suffer. Some of this may be masked by OSX's decision to implement POSIX fsync() as a no-op (allowed by the standard, but not very nice). So it's not like you need to edit video to trigger bad conditions, just a large history database that properly calls fsync() on OSX.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26454" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14671" RevisionGUID="4523505f-2886-4046-aeab-d9cd018b8960" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:13:19.847" UserId="3968" Comment="edited body" Text="As far as I know, unix file systems like EXT or HFS don't suffer from fragmentation like FAT or NTSF, at least not in the same order of magnitude.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Read more about it [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.itworld.com/nls_unixfrag040929" />
  <row Id="26455" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14678" RevisionGUID="05b042a1-8bd4-4680-bef5-a62e48f95831" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:13:30.860" UserId="5353" Text="Back in the DOS days I was trying different commands to see what they do.  I knew enough to not mess with fdisk or format but I saw this neat looking command called recover.....wiped out the entire machine....Taught me to never run a command unless you have some idea what it does." />
  <row Id="26456" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14678" RevisionGUID="05b042a1-8bd4-4680-bef5-a62e48f95831" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:13:30.860" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26457" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14679" RevisionGUID="b61a972a-7724-498b-b439-af776af9ae45" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:13:39.427" UserId="2185" Text="We've had good experience with [Opsview](http://www.opsview.org) for&#xD;&#xA;managing Nagios.  However, it's a mistake to think of it as a&#xD;&#xA;&quot;front-end&quot; for Nagios; instead, think of it as a monitoring system that&#xD;&#xA;uses Nagios as its underlying engine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Nagios config is stored in a DB and the Nagios config files are&#xD;&#xA;generated programmatically, so if you're used to, say, storing your&#xD;&#xA;Nagios configs in source control, or generating them using some script&#xD;&#xA;of your own, you'll need to give up those procedures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you get instead includes the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* centralized management of a distributed Nagios system&#xD;&#xA;* integrated SNMP trap management&#xD;&#xA;* integrated Nagiosgraph&#xD;&#xA;* integrated NMIS&#xD;&#xA;* automated stats aggregation and report generation&#xD;&#xA;* no more syntax errors in your Nagios config files :)&#xD;&#xA;* centralized downtime management&#xD;&#xA;* an XML API that exposes a subset of Opsview's management functionality&#xD;&#xA;* automated migration from your existing Nagios config&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-steve" />
  <row Id="26458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14680" RevisionGUID="b5cdfe53-584c-4ec6-93a0-003cf9e6e434" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:13:48.677" UserId="431" Text="About the silent part - I did a writeup recently on how to build a silent PC using the Antec Mini P180 case.  I've been very happy with it - even with five SATA drives, it's hard to tell it's running.  I'm an Apple fanboi, all about the silent machines, and if I say it's quiet, it's really quiet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/05/how-to-build-a-silent-pc/" />
  <row Id="26459" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14681" RevisionGUID="a7dc038f-f5dc-4cff-85cc-30aa4aa859ed" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:13:53.823" UserId="4117" Text="At work I have ~20 XRAIDS.  First of all, I feel your pain :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Download the RAID Admin tool from Apple.  It's written in Java, and you can run it under Linux pretty easily.  (as in, &quot;java (whatever).jar&quot;)  I would strongly suggest not letting it remember the IPs of all of your XRAIDS, it seems to query them all periodically, without letting the GUI update (this could be a problem with the old version of Java I'm running it on too.  Try it and let me know?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will ask you for your read and write passwords when it needs them, and can save them.  If you just unboxed the things, their passwords are &quot;public&quot; and &quot;private&quot; respectively.  I suspect that it's all SNMP under the hood, but I haven't verified that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're not running the latest firmware, upgrade ASAP.  The older one that all of mine came with had a bug where it would occasionally forget how to use the Ethernet port.  Being that you admin it over that Ethernet... bad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck!" />
  <row Id="26461" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14682" RevisionGUID="1ac3f6cf-4c91-456e-94ef-92e02e8388e4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:15:45.053" UserId="431" Text="I held off on answering this one for a couple of weeks to see if anybody else had seen a solution.  I haven't seen one myself other than getting better at Windows scripting, heh." />
  <row Id="26462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14683" RevisionGUID="104e89b9-a9a3-422b-be9a-e6eb71dc15f2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:17:41.990" UserId="1803" Text="Oft-overlooked Windwos Settings/Internet Explorer Maintenance/URLs/Favorites and Links/ - with all the corporate links (a 'Helpdesk Ticket' link that they cannot lose being crucial to my sanity)." />
  <row Id="26463" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14677" RevisionGUID="f04f9261-2e1b-407f-a7f4-589cb475b069" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:17:54.673" UserId="919" Comment="add ubuntu note" Text="Yes, they are. People will give you lies like &quot;UNIX filesystems never fragment.&quot; **They are liars, and you should listen to me instead.** Files like sqlite databases, as used by firefox, will quickly fragment as they deliver small writes regularly as you use the browser. At one point my profile had a sqlite database with over three thousand fragments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These sqlite databases contain the browser history, and are used in places to suggest text strings to you, like URL completion or form autofill. If they are fragmented, you will suffer. Some of this may be masked by OSX's decision to implement POSIX fsync() as a no-op (allowed by the standard, but not very nice). So it's not like you need to edit video to trigger bad conditions, just a large history database that properly calls fsync() on OSX.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Ubuntu you can check how fragmented a file is with the utility `filefrag`, in package `e2fsprogs`. It requires root permissions, but gives you a view of how many non-contiguous regions a file has. As the package name suggests, it is not ext4 aware (yet). Hopefully, ext4's delayed allocation and extents support reduces fragmentation in the wild." />
  <row Id="26464" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14684" RevisionGUID="649a4750-fa49-4b36-bf29-663356a37168" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:18:28.837" UserId="5354" Text="Personally, I've used IPMonitor (new user, can't Link yet) (It was it's own company, got bought by SolarWinds some time ago).  I've also heard of Nagios (can't link yet) depending on what OS you use and how ninja you are with *nix and open source.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IP Monitor is pretty straightforward, offers logging and historical reporting, and even does things like remote restarts, etc.  I manage a MESH Network, and it's pretty handy for keeping track of remote routers and backhaul links.  The number of red cells (downed nodes) generally is a pretty good forecast of the quality of my day! :)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14685" RevisionGUID="0bf4ae07-7127-4751-b88c-940d14533ef4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:18:42.300" UserId="5173" Text="I'm curious as to what other administrators' experiences with timezones, in the context of remotely administered servers, are. In my career I've come across several conventions;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Always, always, always use UTC.  &#xD;&#xA; 2. Always, always, always use the timezone of wherever base HQ is.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Use the local time of the people who happen to be administering. &#xD;&#xA; 4. Use the local time of the server location. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In some places, I've come across multiple and conflicting conventions. My own preference has been to use UTC, always - with no daylight savings. But for one reason or another, it seems that most people prefer to use some concept of local time, with daylight savings. Although it seems like a straightforward technical matter, discussions around changing conventions always seem to trend towards religious schisms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are you using? What do you consider to be the advantages and disadvantages of each approach?" />
  <row Id="26466" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14685" RevisionGUID="0bf4ae07-7127-4751-b88c-940d14533ef4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:18:42.300" UserId="5173" Text="Local timezones on servers considered harmful?" />
  <row Id="26467" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14685" RevisionGUID="0bf4ae07-7127-4751-b88c-940d14533ef4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:18:42.300" UserId="5173" Text="&lt;time-zone&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;time&gt;" />
  <row Id="26468" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14686" RevisionGUID="80aad64a-f681-4553-a37e-8f77c1d101b3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:19:12.097" UserId="5348" Text="Do you want APs that can use PoE *and* a regular power brick source or just PoE? I think they might well be in different price brackets. If it's the latter, you'll have to factor in power injectors for the locations without PoE switches. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Similarly, as pjz pointed out, doing &gt;1 SSID on the same radio might well increase the price dramatically. " />
  <row Id="26469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14687" RevisionGUID="ef9f838c-adf9-41f5-a67a-06f2bc48b0ee" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:19:23.453" UserId="1992" Text="To answer the actual question about tuning, rather than looking at internals, which can help you understand why SQL behaves in some ways, there's only 1 undocumented option I can think of.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to ensure that your transaction log file does not have too many VLFs inside it otherwise log operations will be slowed down. To view the number of VLFs you must use the undocumented DBCC LOGINFO command, and then take corrective action. Kimberly has a great blog post about it at http://sqlskills.com/blogs/Kimberly/post/8-Steps-to-better-Transaction-Log-throughput.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apart from that ,there is no real magic to perf tuning. It's all about having the right design, the right indexing strategy, the right database maintenance, and re-evaluating it all over and over to make sure that your requirements are still met by all of the above. There's no /faster switch for SQL Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps" />
  <row Id="26470" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14687" RevisionGUID="ef9f838c-adf9-41f5-a67a-06f2bc48b0ee" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:19:23.453" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14688" RevisionGUID="b8bbee45-f7e2-48f0-914b-382863a75eda" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:19:43.093" UserId="431" Text="The most pragmatic solution to repeated shuffles of large SQL Server backup files is to use a third party backup compression product or SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition's built-in backup compression.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's several out there from different vendors.  I work for Quest Software, the makers of LiteSpeed, but I'm not here to sell anything.  You want to check out all of the products out there and decide what's best for your needs.  Here's a recent blog post talking about LiteSpeed specifically, but the same concepts apply to other products too:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://blogs.lessthandot.com/index.php/DataMgmt/DBAdmin/title-8" />
  <row Id="26472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14689" RevisionGUID="cc0d39e7-7a73-412a-b0df-57086eb3c4ed" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:20:01.207" UserId="5357" Text="We use What's Up Gold (WUG) for internally and to monitor our clients sites. It's not free, but it's relatively inexpensive (I think about $1200), easy to set up, and monitors just about everything, disk space, CPU load, etc. With a little scripting we monitor connections to outside services such as Medicare and Medicaid. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Works for us." />
  <row Id="26473" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14690" RevisionGUID="5ec069b3-4de9-4d77-9eec-8f454b7dbe84" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:20:07.027" UserId="2600" Text="The ASA's do not support CDP.  About the best you can do is to look at the MAC address of the interface and then look through the switch mac-address or CAM tables." />
  <row Id="26474" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14691" RevisionGUID="fdf23489-2f25-4509-844a-da2d402cccd5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:20:53.717" UserId="4122" Text="We're running a website spread across three severs.  Two of them are load-balanced web servers, and the last is a dedicated mysql server.  The mysql server is running RHEL5 64-bit using a 2.6.18-92.1.6.el5 #1 SMP kernel and MySQL 5.0.45.  It's a pretty beefy server too, with a Xeon L5420 and 8 gigs of RAM.  Our web server's php pages are configured to use mysqli.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Normally we don't really utilize all the resources we're given, we do 20-25 queries a second in the daytime.  However, every so often, we'll smack headfirst into the max database connections limit and with that our site croaks.  What's more, it's seems to happen at night, where the site's traffic should be at a minimum.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We started out at 100 max connections, we upped it to 300 and yet it still occurs.  If it makes a difference, we notice that sometimes there are tons of sleeping MySQL processes, yet nothing that connects to the database utilizes persistent connections.  It does not happen every night, we had some issues where it would croak every night and then it was fine for about a week and a half until today.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We don't have any monster queries that would tie up the database for minutes at a time.  We've tried glancing over the SLOW_QUERY log.  We have a few queries that show up in there, but generally they don't last for more than 1 or 2 seconds and those are quite infrequent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does that sound like anything in particular?  How would we proceed from here in terms of diagnosing the problem?" />
  <row Id="26475" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14691" RevisionGUID="fdf23489-2f25-4509-844a-da2d402cccd5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:20:53.717" UserId="4122" Text="MySQL connection spike out of nowhere" />
  <row Id="26476" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14691" RevisionGUID="fdf23489-2f25-4509-844a-da2d402cccd5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:20:53.717" UserId="4122" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;rhel5&gt;" />
  <row Id="26477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14692" RevisionGUID="a46bb1ee-c3a9-45a6-9ad8-77196ca0a870" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:21:16.570" UserId="5363" Text="After some hangs on our public web application, it was recommended by a friend that I use Profiler in order to view db activity from each user (including sprocs and duration). Is there a more widely used database server profiler that I could use in order to better pinpoint issues like this?" />
  <row Id="26478" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14692" RevisionGUID="a46bb1ee-c3a9-45a6-9ad8-77196ca0a870" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:21:16.570" UserId="5363" Text="Alternative to Profiler for SQL Server" />
  <row Id="26479" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14692" RevisionGUID="a46bb1ee-c3a9-45a6-9ad8-77196ca0a870" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:21:16.570" UserId="5363" Text="&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="26480" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14693" RevisionGUID="0de43aa3-4b24-4aaa-a2e4-39d3b5cc833e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:21:35.227" UserId="5358" Text="I have a web application running on Windows IIS. This app has a database where each item has a unique key (1, 2, 3...), and a list of email addresses (among other things).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like users to send email to the server, using an email address that identifies the item, then have the server relay the message to the email addresses for that item. For example, if a user sends email to the following address:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    item-75@myserver.example.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then the server would receive the email and pipe it to a script. The script would query the database for item 75 to get a list of email addresses, then re-send the email.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I could do this easily on a unix system using sendmail, but I have no idea if a similar setup can be accomplished on a Windows system (or if it would require additional software).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the questions are:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can the server accept multiple on-demand email addresses like item-1, item-2, etc. without having to create an email account for each one?&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can the server pipe the emails received from each of those addresses into a script? Or alternately can a script run periodically to check a file or file for new messages to process?&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26481" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14693" RevisionGUID="0de43aa3-4b24-4aaa-a2e4-39d3b5cc833e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:21:35.227" UserId="5358" Text="Pipe incoming email to a script on Windows IIS SMTP?" />
  <row Id="26482" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14693" RevisionGUID="0de43aa3-4b24-4aaa-a2e4-39d3b5cc833e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:21:35.227" UserId="5358" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;smtp&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="26483" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="14648" RevisionGUID="232a33b8-69b5-4229-baca-047a341db8ee" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:21:48.487" UserId="2040" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;asa&gt;&lt;network-map&gt;&lt;cdp&gt;" />
  <row Id="26484" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14671" RevisionGUID="43f0375e-90f5-4fbb-a980-072a3c66d065" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:22:02.340" UserId="3968" Comment="added 110 characters in body" Text="As far as I know, unix file systems like EXT or HFS don't suffer from fragmentation like FAT or NTSF, at least not in the same order of magnitude.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Read more about it [here][1] and also check this apple [support page][2] about disk maintenance&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.itworld.com/nls_unixfrag040929&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417" />
  <row Id="26485" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14694" RevisionGUID="d66484c4-aec3-400d-86c3-f21e1e8f31c6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:23:43.867" UserId="5234" Text="To be honest, I don't think your reasoning for wanting to do this is valid.  As an admin I get a major dose of the heebeejeebees from the thought of knowing a user's password.  It's their personal territory, and you're asking them to place a HUGE level of trust in you.  Even aside from that, if there's ever a confidential data leak, you will be instantly under suspicion as you would know the user's passwords.  Lack of a verifiable audit trail is a colossal security red flag.  Rule 1 is &quot;protect yourself&quot;, and if this means having to accept some inconvenience, then so be it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think there are alternative solutions that will accomplish what you want without having to go to such an extreme as knowing passwords.  Have you looked at group policy preferences?  What are your scripting skills like?  Use of brute force methods is normally a clear indication that the standard approach is not being used optimally, so I think you would be far better off backtracking and rethinking what you're doing." />
  <row Id="26486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14695" RevisionGUID="0897c33a-2172-434d-a3d7-e1375c6dea7e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:24:54.973" UserDisplayName="Graham Bradshaw" Text="Try ServerAssist (www.serverassist.com). It does agent-based and agentless monitoring of Windows and Linux machines, and is Windows-based itself." />
  <row Id="26487" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14696" RevisionGUID="77adce0c-f12b-4874-a628-28efe8150488" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:25:18.543" UserId="2189" Text="If I create a distribution list in a public folder via Outlook, and add entries to it manually, I cannot send a message to the list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I attempt to send a message to the list, it simply puts the name of the list into the To: field.  I don't mean that it puts the name in bold with a plus sign next to it the way it would if I were sending to a private distribution list.... I mean it just puts the name of the list there.  When I click send Outlook complains that it doesn't understand the address format.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions?  Exchange 2003 + Outlook 2003." />
  <row Id="26488" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14696" RevisionGUID="77adce0c-f12b-4874-a628-28efe8150488" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:25:18.543" UserId="2189" Text="Unable to send messages to distribution lists in Public Folders; Outlook + Exchange 2003" />
  <row Id="26489" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14696" RevisionGUID="77adce0c-f12b-4874-a628-28efe8150488" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:25:18.543" UserId="2189" Text="&lt;exchange-2003&gt;&lt;outlook-2003&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;outlook&gt;" />
  <row Id="26491" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14698" RevisionGUID="b3a49464-ed58-4cab-8bb1-f7c58bfa22aa" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:25:59.790" UserId="5347" Text="I have seen this before.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We had a cron doing a mysqldump of a database with MyISM tables.  Because of the MyISM mysql dump would lock entire tables. causing the queries (and therefore connections) to queue up." />
  <row Id="26492" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14683" RevisionGUID="f9d31eda-dd9b-4489-b62f-b1738b6c0843" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:28:23.997" UserId="1803" Comment="added 557 characters in body; edited body" Text="Oft-overlooked Windows Settings/Internet Explorer Maintenance/URLs/Favorites and Links/ - with all the corporate links (a 'Helpdesk Ticket' link that they cannot lose being crucial to my sanity).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Server OU**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Terminal Services/Client/Server data redirection/Do not allow LPT port recirection ... keeps the driver install failure spam out of my event logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Force bginfo (from Sysinternals) upon login - to paint the server/ip/etc name on the desktop.  Anything to help me out in not rebooting / changing settings on the wrong server (again). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Administrative Templates/Start Menu and Taskbar - remove baloon Tips, Remove... Shut Down (I'd prefer this is kept to commandline), Remove Search/Help." />
  <row Id="26493" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14334" RevisionGUID="6dbd4813-b062-4605-90bd-2e2193992a9a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:30:50.840" UserId="1352" Comment="SQL server edition" Text="SQL Server Express by default does not expose TCP/IP connectivity. Goto All Programs &gt; Microsoft SQL Server 2005 &gt; Configuration Tools &gt; **SQL Server Configuration Manager**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the SQL Server 2005 Network Configuration, look at the Protocols for SQLEXPRESS and enable TCP/IP if it is disabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Verify that all ports stated in the TFS installation guide are open at the database server for the app-tier server to make a connection to. [You may also want to ensure WMI ports are open for discovery][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After getting back to refer back to the installation guide, I do not think SQL Server Express is a supported edition for TFS. The supported editions are Standard or Enterprise edition. SSAS is needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://community.sgdotnet.org/groups/vsts/wiki/installation-problems-windows-2008.aspx" />
  <row Id="26494" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14699" RevisionGUID="c26e8889-60e2-4a06-bcec-dc4776e52c56" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:31:56.970" UserId="1054" Text="I've never had the need to use anything other than SQL Server Profiler.  It's included specifically for purposes such as you mention.  You can see everything you need to see with Profiler.  Have you run a trace against your server yet?  There are quite a few options that you'll need to configure for your trace in order to narrow down the problem.  It won't necessarily happen on the first trace, either.  It's likely you'll have to do some tweaking of your trace config and rerun a few times in order to see the information you need." />
  <row Id="26495" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14700" RevisionGUID="2fca11bb-2722-4a75-b0ed-b3d0c9e12971" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:32:20.933" UserId="5348" Text="I've used SFTP and it worked fine for my purposes - NFS was my first resort but the funkiness of the user/group IDs made me drop it rather quickly. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just setup publickey auth and you'll largely be set. There might be a somewhat heavier CPU overhead for the SSH encryption, but on the plus side I've never run into any issues with data corruption. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FTP could well suit your purposes though, since it's more lightweight. Presumably you want your webservers to be doing the web serving, not the ssh work. " />
  <row Id="26496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14701" RevisionGUID="7c576bc2-5990-451f-a592-6f99c49a754f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:32:31.697" UserId="4276" Text="It depends on what filesystem are you using and most importantly how are you using it. Most modern filesystem are less prone to fragmentation, but defragmentation is always useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use `xfs_fsr` to defragment XFS filesystems. It has some limitations, but it's better than nothing." />
  <row Id="26497" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14702" RevisionGUID="5ecc84d6-95aa-477c-9ff4-d7afaba6107f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:32:31.913" UserDisplayName="Miljan" Text="After 12 hours of weekend work, wanting to check IP address of server hostXYZ and while being logged in to a HP-UX MC/ServiceGuard cluster node, I typed in:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    hostname hostXYZ&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was immediately covered in cold sweat. :) Luckily I managed to revert back to old hostname before ServiceGuard even realized what happened. :)" />
  <row Id="26498" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14702" RevisionGUID="5ecc84d6-95aa-477c-9ff4-d7afaba6107f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:32:31.913" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26499" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14703" RevisionGUID="91bc3f14-0efa-4ced-a72c-7b4e8cc6ce18" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:35:29.973" UserId="2004" Text="I highly recommend using the free utility [RichCopy][1]. It is multithreaded and can pause and resume file copy operations. I have had very good luck using it to transfer files between severs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; My three top tips for using RichCopy&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 1. If you are copying one or a few big files,  set ‘File Copy’ attribute to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; more than '1’.   It uses up resources&#xD;&#xA;&gt; but copies big files down quicker&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2. If you are copying lots of files then set the ‘Thread number’&#xD;&#xA;&gt; attributes to 10-10-1.  This will copy&#xD;&#xA;&gt; multiple files quicker&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 3. If you are copying over a dodgy connection.  You can re run the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; download and it will go and find the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; files it didn't manage to get the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; first time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://blogs.technet.com/markdea/archive/2009/03/24/richcopy-is-it-the-new-sliced-bread.aspx][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.04.utilityspotlight.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.technet.com/markdea/archive/2009/03/24/richcopy-is-it-the-new-sliced-bread.aspx" />
  <row Id="26500" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14683" RevisionGUID="7e0d6312-8fef-487a-83f8-4a4629503fa4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:35:31.970" UserId="1803" Comment="added 571 characters in body" Text="Oft-overlooked Windows Settings/Internet Explorer Maintenance/URLs/Favorites and Links/ - with all the corporate links (a 'Helpdesk Ticket' link that they cannot lose being crucial to my sanity).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Server OU** - Most of my GPOs have to do with making my RDC sessions into servers more consistent, useful, and simple.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Terminal Services/Client/Server data redirection/Do not allow LPT port recirection ... keeps the driver install failure spam out of my event logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Force bginfo (from Sysinternals) upon login - to paint the server/ip/etc name on the desktop.  Anything to help me out in not rebooting / changing settings on the wrong server (again). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Administrative Templates/Start Menu and Taskbar - remove baloon Tips, Remove... Shut Down (I'd prefer this is kept to commandline), Remove Search/Help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Note:* Not to insult anybody's intelligence, but make sure you're using the [Group Policy Management Console][1] (if 2003, SP specific) instead of the godawful built in interface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The [Jeremy Moskowitz book][2] has been a huge help to me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/DOWNLOADS/details.aspx?familyid=86B71A4F-4122-44AF-BE79-3F101E533D95&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.amazon.com/Profiles-IntelliMirror-Windows-Administrator-Library/dp/0782142982" />
  <row Id="26501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14704" RevisionGUID="42a9bde8-132f-4dcd-9266-e0e6d8cf938a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:35:35.153" UserId="5379" Text="I recomend trying the ManageEngine product line. There are full featured free version that cover small networks." />
  <row Id="26502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14705" RevisionGUID="2fb97299-7b3b-4dc0-b5c0-6eb693ffdf23" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:36:30.783" UserId="4575" Text="I have a windows 2003 domain in mixed mode alongside a win2k server as secondary. My users will be browsing the files on the data share when suddenly, windows returns the following error: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;\\\servername\share is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access  permissions. Access is denied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This issue only appears on the one server. This occurs to both admins &amp; normal users. I thought maybe it could be too few CAL's however, we have 4x the amount needed since our company has shrunk within the last 2 years. When the error happens, the user can reboot &amp; all is well for anywhere from 4 hours to 4 weeks. You can also sometimes choose &quot;disconnect mapped network drive&quot;, choose the server &amp; disconnect. You can then use unc path to reconnect &amp; be prompted for Ad credentials. Using the same username will not work but another username will be fine until it happens again. I have noticed that when the problem is more prevelent (it seems to do this in waves), if you connect to your unc share, do your thing briefly &amp; then close the window that the problem will not show up as often. Also, This only happens to people using XP. The following OS's do not disconnect, Win7, Vista, Win2k, OS/2, Win98, RHEL5, DOS. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is driving me nuts ! Anyone have an idea what could be causing it ?" />
  <row Id="26503" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14705" RevisionGUID="2fb97299-7b3b-4dc0-b5c0-6eb693ffdf23" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:36:30.783" UserId="4575" Text="Windows 2003 DC kicks users off intermittantly, why ?" />
  <row Id="26504" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14705" RevisionGUID="2fb97299-7b3b-4dc0-b5c0-6eb693ffdf23" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:36:30.783" UserId="4575" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;network-share&gt;&lt;error-message&gt;" />
  <row Id="26505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14706" RevisionGUID="224f8d27-0a03-4f8a-9201-e78391f01c57" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:36:41.377" UserId="5190" Text="You can always run a hardware firewall. I've used them in the past, look into Netgear's FVS338 or FVX538, they seem very cheap and can do most of the things you want to run. You'd hook up your ISP to the WAN port and then run a connection from the Netgear's LAN to your switch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26506" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14707" RevisionGUID="e3165c1b-6645-4976-95d0-a79ec72ff810" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:36:56.197" UserId="301" Text="My guess is that you have some long running queries in your application. When they are executed they cause the connection to stay checked out of the pool for a long time (relative to the usual usage pattern), this causes your pool to become exhausted, grow, and continue to grow up to its maximum, at which point any remaining workers block waiting on connections to be released.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first thing will be to track down _when_ this happens, that is, is it a cyclical event, or random. If its the former you're in luck, as you can be ready time it happens. If you can't determine a pattern then you'll have to be vigilant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may be able to figure this from looking at your website monitoring logs, or `sar` from your database to see if there are any correlating spikes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can catch your database when its under load, you should execute the following commands on the mysql server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    show innodb status;&#xD;&#xA;    show processlist;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The former will print out diagnostic information about the innodb engine (you are using innodb right?), the latter will print out the first few hundred chars of the query that was executing. Look for queries that have been running for a long time, queries generating temporary tables on disk, and queries that are blocked on a resource. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After that, the hard work begins. Use `EXPLAIN` to estimate the cost of the query, and the resources it uses. Avoid queries that require sorting on disk via a tmp table. Look for long running reporting jobs, or other scheduled maintenance tasks that periodically lock or saturate your database. It could be something as simple as the backup task, or a job that rolls up old purchase order data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recommend having these three settings in your `/etc/my.cnf`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    log_slow_queries&#xD;&#xA;    log-queries-not-using-indexes&#xD;&#xA;    set-variable = long_query_time=1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a web application doing 20-30 requests per second, you can't afford to have anything show up in these logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;btw, IMHO its pointless to increase your connection pool's size beyond your original size as this will only delay the onset of pool exhaustion by at best, a few seconds, and only put more pressure on your db right when it doesn't need it." />
  <row Id="26507" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14708" RevisionGUID="2d553bf9-4eff-4967-98a0-da75a88ee4c6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:37:03.077" UserId="431" Text="I'd echo Paul Randal that there's not much that isn't documented.  The challenge is reading through the ungodly quantities of documentation.  I've recapped the most important (yet not-so-obvious) ones in my SQL Server Setup Checklist:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2008/03/sql-server-2005-setup-checklist-part-1-before-the-install/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some examples include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Setting up security to take advantage of Instant File Initialization&#xD;&#xA; - Aligning your partitions&#xD;&#xA; - Use multipathing, and understand how it works&#xD;&#xA; - Don't overcommit on memory (people RDP into boxes and run things, so plan for that)" />
  <row Id="26508" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14708" RevisionGUID="2d553bf9-4eff-4967-98a0-da75a88ee4c6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:37:03.077" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26509" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14709" RevisionGUID="886b8f38-9be9-4c49-9c3f-42eb603ec405" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:38:16.020" UserId="1569" Text="Mirrored from stackoverflow...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When implementing an RBAC model using an LDAP store (I'm using Apache Directory 1.0.2 as a testbed), some of the actors are obviously mappable to specific objectClasses:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Resources - I don't see a clear mapping for this one. applictionEntity seems only tangentially intended for this purpose&#xD;&#xA;Permissions - a Permission can be viewed as a single-purpose Role; obviously I'm not thinking of an LDAP permission, as they govern access to LDAP objects and attributes rather than an RBAC permission to a Resource&#xD;&#xA;Roles - maps fairly directly to groupOfNames or groupOfUniqueNames, right?&#xD;&#xA;Users - person&#xD;&#xA;In the past I've seen models where a Resource isn't dealt with in the directory in any fashion, and Permissions and Roles were mapped to Active Directory Groups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a better way to represent these actors? How about a document discussing good mappings and intents of the schema?" />
  <row Id="26510" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14709" RevisionGUID="886b8f38-9be9-4c49-9c3f-42eb603ec405" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:38:16.020" UserId="1569" Text="Modeling RBAC actors using LDAP (Core X.5xx)" />
  <row Id="26511" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14709" RevisionGUID="886b8f38-9be9-4c49-9c3f-42eb603ec405" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:38:16.020" UserId="1569" Text="&lt;ldap&gt;&lt;rbac&gt;" />
  <row Id="26512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14710" RevisionGUID="5aa58eb3-fa59-4644-bd63-660bc1f16a6b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:38:48.330" UserId="5392" Text="You have a bunch of options, with a variety of costs. Shared SAN with FC, iSCSI or one of the more recent additions. In any case they can be expensive to set &#xD;&#xA;up and you still need to run a cluster aware file system. Clustered filesystems&#xD;&#xA;are a world of pain. For any hope of success you need separate hi speed, low&#xD;&#xA;latency networks for cluster communication and data. Even with that you are&#xD;&#xA;likely to get glitches that result in a node being ring fenced and killed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only cluster file system I've come across that just works without hassle is&#xD;&#xA;VMFS. But that is so specialised, it would be no use even if it was available &#xD;&#xA;for general use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NFS is probably the way to go for your setup. If you're worried about resilence&#xD;&#xA;you need to get a proper clustered NFS box. You can do a homebrew setup, but&#xD;&#xA;would hit the above problem. Best bet (if you have the money), is clustered&#xD;&#xA;NetApp filers. It's an expensive option, but the clustering actually works&#xD;&#xA;without any hassle. Not only that, they are very fast. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26514" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14712" RevisionGUID="eda65aca-a76d-4f6f-a01e-3610ebb40f1d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:39:40.667" UserId="3281" Text="No answer per se, but please check the Server Event Logs for any errors when this happens and I bet you could get a good idea.  Or post the errors and someone here will know." />
  <row Id="26515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14713" RevisionGUID="237618bb-28cb-4761-bd33-b612f56856e5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:40:18.123" UserId="4979" Text="Low cost solutions that are reported to work include [1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Kernsafe's iStorage Server (&#xD;&#xA;   www.kernsafe.com/Product.aspx?id=5 )&#xD;&#xA;   (USD 99.95 Personal Edition)&#xD;&#xA; - YoungZSoft iSCSI Cake (&#xD;&#xA;   www.iscsicake.com/index.html ) (USD 69, Personal Edition)&#xD;&#xA; - Open-E iSCSI-R3 (&#xD;&#xA;   www.open-e.com/products/iscsi-r3/&#xD;&#xA;   ) (USD 597, 4TB limit)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Low cost hardware solutions such as Thecus, Qnap etc. will not work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1] source: up2v.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/iscsi-software-targets-for-windows-server-2008-clustering/ )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S I'll update the hyperlinks in this answer once I have enough points to be allowed to link :-s" />
  <row Id="26516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14714" RevisionGUID="909653d1-eb93-4d93-8b64-5a9e195d8c84" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:41:25.360" UserId="5379" Text="I prefer option 4. It's the responsibility of applications running on a server to decide weather to store DateTime values in UTC. Also, when a server records system event logs, it's nice to be able to correlate local events whit log entries. For example, if a data center reports a network disruption in local time, you can easily identify any issues that occured without having to convert time values in your head.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26517" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14715" RevisionGUID="32432bd0-9a58-4a53-9357-540e90b5954e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:41:56.920" UserId="4226" Text="I'm trying to square up licensing, and I'm looking at a few SQL 2008 boxes that are in a cluster and I can not see where it says Enterprise Edition anywhere, even though I know that's what it's running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to figure this out, because I have a few Reporting Servers that are on Virtual Machines that may or may not be running Enterprise Edition." />
  <row Id="26518" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14715" RevisionGUID="32432bd0-9a58-4a53-9357-540e90b5954e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:41:56.920" UserId="4226" Text="How do I tell which version of SQL Server 2008 is running on a server?" />
  <row Id="26519" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14715" RevisionGUID="32432bd0-9a58-4a53-9357-540e90b5954e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:41:56.920" UserId="4226" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;licensing&gt;" />
  <row Id="26520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14716" RevisionGUID="4afd57ff-e480-4beb-bd75-da6e25f2e803" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:43:03.407" UserId="5234" Text="It's either a scheduled task, the account is being used for a service on some machine, or the person has logged onto another machine and locked it, and is still logged on and locked, under the old credentials." />
  <row Id="26521" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13123" RevisionGUID="8a8d3bd8-7df6-4afb-be6d-a8bf6b968c34" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:43:19.803" UserId="2304" Comment="Added final fix" Text="Ok, I think we've figured it out...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the client side, Squid 2.5 and earlier doesn't understand &quot;Transfer-encoding: chunked&quot;, so it delivers each chunk as the entire client request.  Since it's only 1 chunk of the entire compressed request, it's invalid data and can't be read by the browser.  (Not sure if this is an issue with other proxies)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the server side, IIS always sends chunked encoding for Dynamic Compression (since IIS doesn't cache application responses, it has to compress each response on the fly, hence the chunked encoding).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only way we can think of to fix this is to completely disable compression for HTTP 1.0 clients and only compress for HTTP 1.1 responses.  The drawback is that anyone behind a proxy that sends 1.0 requests won't get compressed data and the site will load 0.5 - 1 second slower for those users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Changes made in the metabase.xml file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;IIsCompressionSchemes            Location =&quot;/LM/W3SVC/Filters/Compression/Parameters&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;    HcDoOnDemandCompression=&quot;TRUE&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    HcNoCompressionForHttp10=&quot;TRUE&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/IIsCompressionSchemes&gt;&#xD;&#xA;If anyone has a better solution, please let me know!" />
  <row Id="26522" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14717" RevisionGUID="38bd6055-5288-42de-8724-014d17bdfdb9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:44:31.250" UserId="3038" Text="When given the choice, I like to keep the BIOS clock on UTC but the actual server time as local-time. We have no multi-timezone presence so unified log timestamping isn't the problem it would be for, say, 3M." />
  <row Id="26523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14718" RevisionGUID="89e2773a-f615-4415-b5c3-752e9235805c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:44:55.477" UserId="1054" Text="From [KB321185][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('productversion'), SERVERPROPERTY ('productlevel'), SERVERPROPERTY ('edition')&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321185" />
  <row Id="26524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14719" RevisionGUID="0f6b16e1-4506-4c00-9a62-4497cdc4c049" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:45:39.890" UserDisplayName="RustyDBA" Text="use [master]&#xD;&#xA;select @@version" />
  <row Id="26525" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14720" RevisionGUID="4141680d-4719-4024-8c90-c3d059c2cb88" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:45:58.767" UserId="3281" Text="What do you use or recommend for Enterprise Antivirus?  Good and Bad experiences.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please be specific about versions, some products have improved or not over the years.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By Enterprise Antivirus I'm referring to Company or Location wide managed Antivirus solutions that mostly consist of a central server that administers the Antivirus progrma on the desktops.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not limiting it to windows only, although for Business desktops the majority are still Microsoft.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;note:  made into community wiki since there is not an &quot;answer&quot; Just looking for a collection of experiences to help others make a more informed buying decision." />
  <row Id="26526" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14720" RevisionGUID="4141680d-4719-4024-8c90-c3d059c2cb88" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:45:58.767" UserId="3281" Text="Enterprise Antivirus" />
  <row Id="26527" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14720" RevisionGUID="4141680d-4719-4024-8c90-c3d059c2cb88" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:45:58.767" UserId="3281" Text="&lt;antivirus&gt;&lt;enterprise&gt;" />
  <row Id="26528" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14720" RevisionGUID="4141680d-4719-4024-8c90-c3d059c2cb88" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:45:58.767" UserId="3281" />
  <row Id="26529" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14721" RevisionGUID="515561fc-568d-49d8-be52-a7516ace4036" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:46:07.270" UserId="5190" Text="HDTune is a great tool. You can run an error scan and find the over all health of your disks. Go to www.hdtune.com and download the free version." />
  <row Id="26531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14722" RevisionGUID="e7ef6200-b642-43f3-8c34-60fcd4d937ad" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:46:51.697" UserId="2943" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When removing the identity property from a column via the GUI design table option I believe the table (and if the column is a key field; any associated non-clustered indexes) are recreated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know of a way to drop the identity property from a column without causing this overhead?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="26532" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14722" RevisionGUID="e7ef6200-b642-43f3-8c34-60fcd4d937ad" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:46:51.697" UserId="2943" Text="Drop identity property" />
  <row Id="26533" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14722" RevisionGUID="e7ef6200-b642-43f3-8c34-60fcd4d937ad" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:46:51.697" UserId="2943" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;identity&gt;" />
  <row Id="26534" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14723" RevisionGUID="9ad75486-9260-411d-9efb-700fd4e1db31" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:46:59.810" UserId="1569" Text="Another option exists for both server and client: Apache Directory (http://directory.apache.org). They also have an Eclipse RCP based browser/editor which seems very, very nice." />
  <row Id="26535" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14724" RevisionGUID="5fc04d20-74ef-45e9-a6be-55213e9d0685" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:47:04.740" UserId="1602" Text="To keep your server silent do the following: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Get a quiet power supply (newegg.com PSU's usually have comments about their noise levels)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Get a quiet CPU cooler/fan&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) You don't need 5 WD Caviars for a dev/test solution. Go with WD Velociraptors (very quiet and fast drives). Depending on budget, you can have two RAID 0/1 volumes [4 drives] (one for OS and one for VM's) or just one RAID 0/1 volume [2 drives] with everything on it." />
  <row Id="26536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14725" RevisionGUID="43979263-b394-4a36-8746-6e47a577d647" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:47:48.107" UserId="5049" Text="Short answer - there's no such solution yet for PostgreSQL if you need online readonly slaves.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There're two major development projects currently going on in this area which are bound for 8.5 (2010+), namely:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Synchronous Replication:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/NTT's_Development_Projects&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Read only hot standby slaves:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Hot_Standby&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which in combination aim to achieve the ease of use of MySQL-style replication minus the bugs/issues MySQL has plus the reliability users know from PostgreSQL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of this was kicked off by a manifest from the PostgreSQL Core Team in 2008:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2008-05/msg00913.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The PostgreSQL replication solutions to this day with the largest user base are Slony-I (more expensive for writes, makes schema changes fiddly), WAL shipping/walmgr (Slaves can't be used online) and pgQ/londiste from Skype/Skytools (more tools/building blocks than a finished solution).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've written a few things on Log Shipping, walmgr and Slony-I, see&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;blogs.amd.co.at/mt/mt-search.cgi?blog_id=1&amp;tag=pgrep&amp;limit=20 for more information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.s. please edit the hyperlinks and the paragraph accordingly, this &quot;new users aren't allowed to add hyperlinks&quot; really gets on my nerves." />
  <row Id="26537" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14726" RevisionGUID="b2bac32e-2408-43b7-b64c-ee98ddce5670" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:48:40.323" UserId="2609" Text=" - Hardware clock should always be UTC.&#xD;&#xA;   Always.&#xD;&#xA; - Timezone as a setting can be whatever is convenient. Usually. Sometimes it should also be UTC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some reasons why UTC is nice:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Daylight savings rules change, and&#xD;&#xA;   updates do not always happen in a&#xD;&#xA;   timely fashion. UTC makes this go&#xD;&#xA;   away.&#xD;&#xA; - When logs from servers in different location need to be compared, UTC makes a great common standard.&#xD;&#xA; - Typically when servers are in different locations, either people or applications or both must deal with time conversions while performing, say, database inserts. If you have a single conversion (to UTC) then it's **much** easier to get right than if you must convert from one TZ to another, varying by server, TZ." />
  <row Id="26538" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14715" RevisionGUID="eb29671f-b1e6-4602-a015-950a23eb7049" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:50:03.267" UserId="4226" Comment="added 146 characters in body" Text="I'm trying to square up licensing, and I'm looking at a few SQL 2008 boxes that are in a cluster and I can not see where it says Enterprise Edition anywhere, even though I know that's what it's running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to figure this out, because I have a few Reporting Servers that are on Virtual Machines that may or may not be running Enterprise Edition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't do this through a query since the DB Services are not installed on the Reporting Servers. However, I still have to license those boxes" />
  <row Id="26539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14727" RevisionGUID="b1d81658-a455-49d4-ae7f-ec33b35f9ba4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:51:00.987" UserId="1466" Text="Does anyone have experience configuring **drbd** between 2 virtual machines (VMWare Infrastructure)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem I am running into is that drbd likes **multiple data paths** to see its peer node.  For instance, it likes to have a network connection to the peer, maybe one to it's gateway, and a serial cable to its peer - improving the likelihood that when it detects a peer outage, it's actually down, and not due to network congestion or something.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a virtual machine however, the serial port and ethernet port (and all other ports) are virtual - so really, there's only one data path (correct?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I know that VMWare supports physical serial cables between devices, but our vm's are hosted remotely, and physical cables would prevent host migrations, which is not acceptable.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In our case we are seeing timeouts between the drbd peers, even though they are running on the same host machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**How can I configure DRBD to be more robust when running on virtual machines** " />
  <row Id="26540" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14727" RevisionGUID="b1d81658-a455-49d4-ae7f-ec33b35f9ba4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:51:00.987" UserId="1466" Text="DRBD on Virtual Machines" />
  <row Id="26541" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14727" RevisionGUID="b1d81658-a455-49d4-ae7f-ec33b35f9ba4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:51:00.987" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;drbd&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;virtual&gt;&lt;clustering&gt;" />
  <row Id="26542" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14713" RevisionGUID="a15e2002-30b8-4f78-97cf-da1325af86e1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:51:21.923" UserId="4979" Comment="added 161 characters in body" Text="Low cost software solutions that are reported to work include [1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Kernsafe's iStorage Server (&#xD;&#xA;   www.kernsafe.com/Product.aspx?id=5 )&#xD;&#xA;   (USD 99.95 Personal Edition)&#xD;&#xA; - YoungZSoft iSCSI Cake (&#xD;&#xA;   www.iscsicake.com/index.html ) (USD 69, Personal Edition)&#xD;&#xA; - Open-E iSCSI-R3 (&#xD;&#xA;   www.open-e.com/products/iscsi-r3/&#xD;&#xA;   ) (USD 597, 4TB limit)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Low cost software solutions that will not work (at the present time)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Openfiler ( www.openfiler.com/ )&#xD;&#xA; - FreeNAS ( www.freenas.org/ )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Low cost hardware solutions such as Thecus, Qnap etc. do not currently work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1] source: up2v.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/iscsi-software-targets-for-windows-server-2008-clustering/ )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S I'll update the hyperlinks in this answer once I have enough points to be allowed to link :-s" />
  <row Id="26543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14728" RevisionGUID="4ba20d77-587c-4a32-908a-afd2f6440724" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:52:39.830" UserId="4822" Text="Do you have more than on CD/DVD drive? Are you installing on the first hard drive, or first parition?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i've seen Windows (XP) BSOD during gui install portion because the drive letters get mangled after first reboot when devices get switched around and it loses where everything is." />
  <row Id="26544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14729" RevisionGUID="1f9f303f-920f-40c5-90a0-6bdfc0793175" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:52:47.817" UserId="658" Text="For those wishing to have TFS installation tips or a walkthrough, follow the instructions at Peter Stromquist's blog:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Building a virtualized Team Foundation Server development environment][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This has helped clear up a few points on requirements and laying the foundation for installing TFS in a virtual machine. Thanks Peter!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://beyondthispoint.blogspot.com/2005/11/building-virtualized-team-foundation.html" />
  <row Id="26545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14730" RevisionGUID="98045e98-9166-4dc1-a616-01cc6b01890f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:53:25.303" UserId="5401" Text="Does anyone have any good suggestions for a graphical HTTP trace program for OSX? I'm looking for something similar to Fiddler or HTTPWatch. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I already use tcpdump for network traces, but that's far to much info for what I'm trying to accomplish, and the output data isn't as easy to read as it would be in the above Windows HTTP trace programs." />
  <row Id="26546" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14730" RevisionGUID="98045e98-9166-4dc1-a616-01cc6b01890f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:53:25.303" UserId="5401" Text="Good graphical HTTP trace program for OSX?" />
  <row Id="26547" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14730" RevisionGUID="98045e98-9166-4dc1-a616-01cc6b01890f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:53:25.303" UserId="5401" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="26548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14731" RevisionGUID="9955b21a-8db4-4f59-973f-7bdb6e78443d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:53:50.280" UserDisplayName="Kevin Sheehan" Text="You should look at Quest Foglight. It has the standard server-based metrics but also application monitoring for both J2EE, .Net, as well as all the big application suites (PeopleSoft, E-Business Suite, etc.). One feature that might be a very good fit for you is the Foglight Experience Monitor. It captures http requests off the wire (agentless) and reports on response times at the different layers of the tech stack. You can use this to monitor those third parties you rely on and can even provide this as a valued-added feature to your customers who can then monitor the performance of your SaaS offering." />
  <row Id="26549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14732" RevisionGUID="7d025241-ad54-4863-af71-97834eaeb87e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:55:21.620" UserId="5086" Text="I use [fprot](http://www.f-prot.com/products/home_use/linux/) on linux:&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;&gt;F-PROT Antivirus for Linux Workstations is FREE for use by personal users on personal workstations  " />
  <row Id="26550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14733" RevisionGUID="e8de9b75-15c0-4752-a6f1-00e21302f17f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:55:25.143" UserId="2631" Text="My organization uses Symantec Endpoint Protection (version 11). As many of you know, Symantec products were not the best during the last few years. I am happy to report that the newest version performs much better. It has a small memory footprint and thanks to pull updates, it will not clog your network with useless traffic. It has powerful management capabilities, you can define very granular policies that apply to specific organizational groups, users or even locations (i.e. different policies for out of office laptops vs ones currently in the office).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a very powerful tool that is not only an antivirus, but an Endpoint Compliance product as well. With that beings said, I think that the management console has a steep learning curve and is not intuitive at all. Trying to implement something new will often lead you to reading the documentation and FAQs. There is also no real time reporting from the clients like in the old Symantec Antivirus. In case of an infection, you have to generate multiple reports (again, not intuitive), schedule a full scan, and WAIT for results to appear at *some point*, since the client does not report in real time, but rather gives periodic updates to the console.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and of course: Microsoft only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26551" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14733" RevisionGUID="e8de9b75-15c0-4752-a6f1-00e21302f17f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:55:25.143" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26552" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14734" RevisionGUID="7f623175-ff9f-46fc-b2c4-0e02edf1c2ca" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:55:59.543" UserId="4822" Text="i've not used DropMyRights on FireFox, but...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i did see a case where the FireFox shortcut was triggering an elevation (UAC) prompt, but running the executable itself would not trigger an elevation prompt. Somehow the shortcut was marked as requiring administrator - which is not possible through any UI in Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Deleting and recreating the shortcut fixed it, and the user no longer has to elevate to run FireFox when running from a shortcut.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps deleting your shortcut, and recreating.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My other suggestion is to use [Process Explorer][1], and see what the problem is. Filter it to only FireFox.exe, and you should see some ACCESS_DENIED messages before it vanishes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx" />
  <row Id="26553" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14735" RevisionGUID="b795e261-4d67-4f6d-9698-45efea05c4b1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:59:10.830" UserId="2271" Text="You could use wireshark which has a graphical interface (and a CLI one called tshark).  It has a menu entry called &quot;Follow TCP stream&quot;.  That way, you see all requests and answers from a given TCP connection." />
  <row Id="26554" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14736" RevisionGUID="efff26fe-a404-4c00-8529-f33b4d8b14eb" CreationDate="2009-05-29T15:59:48.677" UserId="4822" Text="Does formatting it as FAT32 not prevent system restore data from being added?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TODO: Convert to comment once i have 50 cred" />
  <row Id="26555" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14737" RevisionGUID="11c11b04-62f9-45ac-8a17-60b881f702b9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:00:03.030" UserDisplayName="Name Withheld" Text="It is common for &quot;organizational issues&quot; (such as politics, organizational inertia, and selective hearing -- think Dilbert) to cause more IT problems than computers and servers do?  Likewise, is it common for one's employers to not really know what said person's job entails, or even care, until such time as they have a computer glitch, and want everything dropped to have it fixed *now*?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What can be done to ameliorate such situations?  (How about in a setting one step removed from business concerns -- not needing to increase profits or make clients happy -- such as in a governmental organization?)  How do you take satisfaction in a job well-done when no one knows or really cares what you are doing?  Indeed, how do you stay focused if it doesn't seem to matter if you do anything or not?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assume that I'm exaggerating a little bit, and don't have a pressing desire to quit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26556" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14737" RevisionGUID="11c11b04-62f9-45ac-8a17-60b881f702b9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:00:03.030" UserDisplayName="Name Withheld" Text="&quot;organizational issues&quot; -- sore spots of IT?" />
  <row Id="26557" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14737" RevisionGUID="11c11b04-62f9-45ac-8a17-60b881f702b9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:00:03.030" UserDisplayName="Name Withheld" Text="&lt;organization&gt;&lt;culture&gt;&lt;career&gt;" />
  <row Id="26558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14738" RevisionGUID="c325224c-4b1d-4d90-b72c-715b2743085e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:00:06.790" UserId="1466" Text="Can someone tell me the difference between the different ways **virtual serial ports** can be configured using VMWare Infrastructure?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For instance:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What is the difference between &quot;use output file&quot;  and &quot;use named pipe&quot;?  &#xD;&#xA; - Can &quot;Use Output File&quot; be used to connect 2 machines?&#xD;&#xA; - When using a &quot;named pipe&quot;, can that just be an arbitrary fifo on the shared SAN?  Does it need to be created in advance, or will vmware create it as needed?&#xD;&#xA; - When using a &quot;named pipe&quot;, I assume one server needs to be configured as &quot;server&quot; and the other as &quot;client&quot;, and that it doesn't matter which one is which - is that correct?&#xD;&#xA; - What does &quot;Yield on CPU poll&quot; mean - and which mode is better for a constant serial port connection?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="26559" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14738" RevisionGUID="c325224c-4b1d-4d90-b72c-715b2743085e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:00:06.790" UserId="1466" Text="VMWare serial ports" />
  <row Id="26560" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14738" RevisionGUID="c325224c-4b1d-4d90-b72c-715b2743085e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:00:06.790" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;serial-ports&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="26561" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14739" RevisionGUID="e37a735f-1fd4-4714-81c5-84fb333e5afb" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:00:15.663" UserId="5407" Text="In my company, we had all the servers in a single TZ until this year. We now have servers in 3 new timezones. All the server run with our local timezone. This is pretty useful for **log analysis**, especially as we have distributed websites running across the 3 timezones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, in **one special case**, we have left a server with our customer TZ. The application is supposed to be up most of the day and the maintenance tasks are usually setup to run during the &quot;night&quot;. At first, we set the server in our TZ but the maintenance tasks were slowing stuff too much for our beloved &quot;we work when you sleep&quot; customers...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UTC is also a very nice option. Unless people always refer to the local timezone when looking at logs (which is the case in here)." />
  <row Id="26562" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14740" RevisionGUID="1f446733-6eff-48bc-851a-d597449f4f5d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:03:57.593" UserId="1426" Text="Is there a way to determine what login names have edited a Microsoft Word document? For example student A turns in an assignment completed in class, but student b actually was the one to do it. This could be proven if the author field of the document contained the currently logged in user who edited the document. Ideally I’d like the currently logged in user to be listed as the author, and force track changes to be enabled. Note this is on a windows domain so group policy is an option." />
  <row Id="26563" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14740" RevisionGUID="1f446733-6eff-48bc-851a-d597449f4f5d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:03:57.593" UserId="1426" Text="automatically keeping track of users who have edited a word document" />
  <row Id="26564" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14740" RevisionGUID="1f446733-6eff-48bc-851a-d597449f4f5d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:03:57.593" UserId="1426" Text="&lt;microsoftword&gt;&lt;documentmanagement&gt;&lt;microsoftoffice&gt;" />
  <row Id="26565" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14741" RevisionGUID="a04de63d-1892-4bfc-abc3-5e86e7c395af" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:03:59.340" UserId="5402" Text="Hi everyone,&#xD;&#xA;heres the situation, i have a windows 2008 enterprise server (brand new) so far the only thing installed on it out of the box is SQL Anywhere 9.0.2 and Mysql 5.1 its all setup and working i have transferred a database to the server and set it up as a service, however i cannot get a local or remote connection to the database to view tables, stored procs etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i have setup the windows Firewall to allow traffic into and out of the server on any port for that service but so far nothing has worked. According to Sybase's website 9.0.2 is supported on windows 2008, netstat shows no open connections except my RDP session. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can however connect remotely and locally to the Mysql database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;am i doing something wrong?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26566" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14741" RevisionGUID="a04de63d-1892-4bfc-abc3-5e86e7c395af" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:03:59.340" UserId="5402" Text="Sql Anywhere 9 cannot access on Network" />
  <row Id="26567" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14741" RevisionGUID="a04de63d-1892-4bfc-abc3-5e86e7c395af" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:03:59.340" UserId="5402" Text="&lt;sybase&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;sql&gt;&lt;sqlanywhere&gt;" />
  <row Id="26569" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14743" RevisionGUID="2bf2dd7b-bdfa-43a6-a0ca-3817b9b7bd2a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:04:45.797" UserId="5049" Text="For general schema navigation DBVisualizer www.minq.se/products/dbvis/ is quite nice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For performance information there are hardly any complete tools like MySQL Enterprise Monitor; I'd suggest to use pgFouine (already suggested) and any tool that can graph performance data (like Munin for example), collect the relevant information from PostgreSQL (pg_stat_ views/system tables) and the system itself (memory, cpu, disk utiliziation, etc.) and use this as a basis for deducing trends.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.amazon.com/PostgreSQL-Developers-Library-Korry-Douglas/dp/0672327562 has a few chapters on PostgreSQL performance; wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Performance_Optimization has a list of presentations on this topic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And for specific questions there's always the pgsql-performance mailinglist archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-performance/ and it's comprehensive archive  news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.db.postgresql.performance .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.s. Please fix the hyperlinks accordingly, I'm not allowed to do so (yet)." />
  <row Id="26570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14744" RevisionGUID="4d1221bc-2af4-40fd-866c-2936964aae79" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:04:52.490" UserId="2189" Text="Ok, what I had to do was show the public folder containing the distribution group as an email address book.  This was accomplished by right-clicking the public folder, choosing properties, selecting the Outlook Address Book tab, and then realizing that the &quot;Show this folder as an e-mail Address Book&quot; checkbox was greyed out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to activate this option, I had to add an Outlook Address Book to my profile.  Why and what is this?  I dunno.  From main Outlook, choose Tools -&gt; Email Accounts, select &quot;Add a new directory or address book&quot; and click next, select Additional Address Books and click next, choose Outlook Address Book and click next, and then finish.  After doing this, it's possible to to &quot;Show this folder as an e-mail address book&quot; for a public folder containing contacts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After all that, sending a message to the distribution group worked fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pretty intuitive." />
  <row Id="26571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14745" RevisionGUID="0692e254-104e-449b-b6b2-02db91424737" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:05:07.387" UserId="5407" Text="I use *fuser* (in package psmisc):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; fuser -n tcp PORT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Brings back the **pid** of process bound to this port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is to know if a port is listening, the good old *telnet* does the trick :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; telnet 127.0.0.1 PORT" />
  <row Id="26572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14746" RevisionGUID="d614ab6e-2987-40ab-ab32-a8ff8aa56cdf" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:05:21.600" Text="Computer Associates' InoculateIT from 2002 was painful to deploy and administer." />
  <row Id="26573" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14746" RevisionGUID="d614ab6e-2987-40ab-ab32-a8ff8aa56cdf" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:05:21.600" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26574" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14747" RevisionGUID="108e9dc9-b940-44eb-bf27-80b69b7caf9f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:05:57.930" UserId="5325" Text="Log at the log files in the directory /MSSQL/LOG.&#xD;&#xA;The SQL log files will be called ERRORLOG.x where x is a number, normally up to about 6, and it just indicates where the log file has been cycled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open these in notepad/wordpad, and the edition should be shown when the server is started; for example one of my servers has the entry&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    2009-05-17 00:00:01.86 spid89      Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - 9.00.3077.00 (X64) &#xD;&#xA;    	Dec 17 2008 20:40:08 &#xD;&#xA;    	Copyright (c) 1988-2005 Microsoft Corporation&#xD;&#xA;    	Standard Edition (64-bit) on Windows NT 5.2 (Build 3790: Service Pack 2)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may have an issue if you regularly cycle the logs, and haven't had a server restart, but other wise this should help" />
  <row Id="26575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14748" RevisionGUID="9809e679-4500-4002-a967-475191fbde79" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:08:01.623" UserId="1715" Text="Get out of departmental IT!  [Joel's blogged][1] about why his time at viacom sucked for this reason.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sad fact is that if you give good advice to a business it's questioned &amp; untrusted.  If a consultant walks in &amp; gives the same advice for $10,000 its cherished.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not all organisations treat their staff this way.  Go work for a vendor &amp; you might notice a difference.  You can't change toxic culture like that, but you can choose where to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/12/04.html" />
  <row Id="26576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14749" RevisionGUID="3b18ceff-cb3a-410c-a24b-028fefb553ac" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:08:28.363" UserId="3038" Text="There are a variety of ways of doing this which I've seen used by people who've penetrated our servers. The most popular method is to dump the password hashes to a file using something like pwdump4, and then running the resulting hashes through a Rainbow Table. There are some password length limits which make this approach a lot harder, which is why our administrative passwords are all 16 characters or longer. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you've invested in a good set of rainbow tables (can be had for good money many places on the internet, and if this really is line-of-business for you the cost shouldn't be an issue) the dump-and-decrypt process can be done in less than 30 minutes for most users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We did this once to get a feel for how easily guessed our user's passwords were. Something like 30% of the passwords were cracked within 5 minutes after the start of a simple dictionary attack, and close to 80% were cracked via self-generated Rainbow Table in under a day. This was.... 3 years ago, so things have gotten faster. The results were presented to upper management, who quickly agreed to beef up (okay, actually create) password policies. " />
  <row Id="26577" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14750" RevisionGUID="22e874d7-c8ed-41f7-8ad6-d1fee9af5a96" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:09:44.460" UserId="3766" Text="I tried several solutions including :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- AVG : dropped because it let a virus enter our network...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Avast : dropped because it puts a very heavy weight on our servers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Sophos : a very good solution, too bad their technical support is _very_ slow to answer&#xD;&#xA;Sophos provides a log of useful fonctionnality including ActiveDirectory automatic synchronisation and deployment&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26578" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14750" RevisionGUID="22e874d7-c8ed-41f7-8ad6-d1fee9af5a96" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:09:44.460" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26579" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14713" RevisionGUID="4dddabf1-2be4-463d-b003-1a8871da8e1c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:10:34.083" UserId="4979" Comment="added 416 characters in body; added 93 characters in body" Text="As indicated you will need iSCSI-3 persistent reservations for failover clustering to work in Windows Server 2008. See www.servercare.nl/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=71 for a good overview.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Low cost software solutions that are reported to work include [1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Kernsafe's iStorage Server (&#xD;&#xA;   www.kernsafe.com/Product.aspx?id=5 )&#xD;&#xA;   (USD 99.95 Personal Edition)&#xD;&#xA; - YoungZSoft iSCSI Cake (&#xD;&#xA;   www.iscsicake.com/index.html ) (USD 69, Personal Edition)&#xD;&#xA; - Open-E iSCSI-R3 (&#xD;&#xA;   www.open-e.com/products/iscsi-r3/&#xD;&#xA;   ) (USD 597, 4TB limit)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Low cost software solutions that will not work (at the present time, but might soon, see [2] and [3])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Openfiler ( www.openfiler.com/ ) [2]&#xD;&#xA; - FreeNAS ( www.freenas.org/ ) [3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Low cost hardware solutions such as Thecus, Qnap etc. do not currently work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1] source: up2v.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/iscsi-software-targets-for-windows-server-2008-clustering/ )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[2] Support forthcoming but not there yet see: forums.openfiler.com/viewtopic.php?id=2102&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[3] Support already present in nightly builds ( sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=151951&amp;package_id=229704 ) as reported in www.servercare.nl/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=61&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S I'll update the hyperlinks in this answer once I have enough points to be allowed to link :-s" />
  <row Id="26580" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14751" RevisionGUID="5541392f-e228-49d1-bf0c-9b5af5c82672" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:11:11.587" UserId="3459" Text="[IPSentry][1] is another small, inexpensive but effective tool.  I'm using it and it's pretty easy to configure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ipsentry.com" />
  <row Id="26581" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14737" RevisionGUID="aafe3fce-8d16-44d9-a987-de94c4891ed9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:11:26.703" UserDisplayName="Name Withheld" />
  <row Id="26582" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14737" RevisionGUID="aafe3fce-8d16-44d9-a987-de94c4891ed9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:11:26.703" UserDisplayName="Name Withheld" Comment="Made the question a community-wiki question." Text="It is common for &quot;organizational issues&quot; (such as politics, organizational inertia, and selective hearing -- think Dilbert) to cause more IT problems than computers and servers do?  Likewise, is it common for one's employers to not really know what said person's job entails, or even care, until such time as they have a computer glitch, and want everything dropped to have it fixed *now*?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What can be done to ameliorate such situations?  (How about in a setting one step removed from business concerns -- not needing to increase profits or make clients happy -- such as in a governmental organization?)  How do you take satisfaction in a job well-done when no one knows or really cares what you are doing?  Indeed, how do you stay focused if it doesn't seem to matter if you do anything or not?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assume that I'm exaggerating a little bit, and don't have a pressing desire to quit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** now a community-wiki question." />
  <row Id="26583" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14752" RevisionGUID="13af9b29-5b53-41c6-b3af-8c9b3d074a20" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:11:30.837" UserId="4226" Text="I think I found a way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a file:&#xD;&#xA;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\License Terms\SQLServer2008_License_ENT_1033.rtf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That seems to suggest the Enterprise Version was installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember, the paticular server I'm looking at, does not have any database services installed.  This prevents me from using the Logs, or SQL queries to identify the version." />
  <row Id="26584" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14487" RevisionGUID="145d91ed-255c-4dc7-8b63-0a5489712c64" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:11:43.427" UserId="45" Comment="typo missing space" Text="I'm looking for a Windows event logs analyzing and monitoring software for Windows Server 2000/2003 (there are some new features in Windows Server 2008.) The feature set should include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- real-time monitoring (alerts via email or other messages)&#xD;&#xA;- definition of events/event groups which are watched&#xD;&#xA;- multiple-server&#xD;&#xA;- reporting (daily/weekly etc. reports)&#xD;&#xA;- nice client tools&#xD;&#xA;- not necessarily free or open-source, but that would be nice (of course)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any recommendation or tip how to implement this using standard tools?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Thanks!*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26585" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14753" RevisionGUID="16b7883a-4cf8-4b70-bfec-b572ffa52cda" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:13:25.640" UserId="4990" Text="Not only does DRBD not use a serial cable, it *can't*! I have no idea what you're talking about!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On top of that, it does not do squat about multiple data paths, it just communicates to the other node through a plain old TCP connection. The kernel's routing, the switches, routers and firewalls deal with this, DRBD has got *nothing* to do with it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26586" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14754" RevisionGUID="9c400f6d-c9c9-4c9d-98bb-db808adafff7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:13:28.930" UserId="2908" Text="As opposed to the Symantec solution mentioned above, McAfee has continued to become more and more bloated. The current version of McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (8.5i) is a severe enough resource hog that even fairly powerful systems will experience a performance hit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't used the central administration portion, but I have heard that it's terrible." />
  <row Id="26587" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14754" RevisionGUID="9c400f6d-c9c9-4c9d-98bb-db808adafff7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:13:28.930" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26588" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14755" RevisionGUID="4f9987ea-ef63-4c69-9bef-fe70f2ad6792" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:13:45.357" UserDisplayName="ANonymous" Text="As root : rm ./* on a Tru64 machine. Yes, in &quot;/&quot;. Yes, on a production machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did not do this - some other jerk did.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The (longish) story of recovery is here: h t t p : / / slashdot.org/~Noryungi/journal/212909&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What did I do? Nothing. Another, even bigger idiot (CTO) insisted all his programmers needed to have access to the root password. (*sigh*)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a normal user : rm -fv ./* in my /home on a Linux machine. Pressed Ctrl+C fast enough to prevent huge damages. Thanked Cthulhu for backups for days afterward." />
  <row Id="26589" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14755" RevisionGUID="4f9987ea-ef63-4c69-9bef-fe70f2ad6792" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:13:45.357" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14756" RevisionGUID="7ee5b5ee-6be4-4978-92a3-e8d4dbec72fd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:13:52.127" UserId="4149" Text="I am working (volunteering) with a small non profit that currently has 7 desktop computers and 4 laptops.  I am facing a new problem and not sure how to proceed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This non profit has a number of guest users/visitors, which would like to connect to the wifi network to be able to get internet access, but they dont want an &quot;open&quot; wifi access point.  They want user level authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are the basic requirements:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Each user would be given a user name (preferably there email) and password&#xD;&#xA; 2. The secretary of the organization can easily add or remove users to the list; this is to facilitate guest users as they arrive and level.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Employees dont have to login to the system, they are automatically logged in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know how to create a secure system that uses certificates to auto login the employees, but what system do people recommend to manage guest access to the wifi network?  With the critical point being the user management has to be drop dead simple!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26591" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14756" RevisionGUID="7ee5b5ee-6be4-4978-92a3-e8d4dbec72fd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:13:52.127" UserId="4149" Text="Simple Wifi Authentication System for small non profit" />
  <row Id="26592" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14756" RevisionGUID="7ee5b5ee-6be4-4978-92a3-e8d4dbec72fd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:13:52.127" UserId="4149" Text="&lt;wifi&gt;" />
  <row Id="26593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14757" RevisionGUID="291eb5f6-9ecd-4368-80fd-5abf266e0e7e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:14:19.660" UserDisplayName="hgmiguel" Text="We use WhatsUp from ipswitch, it's very easy for setup small networks, it can autodiscover networks by port scan, it can use windows and SNMP credentials. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For monitor statics like cpu, mem, and disk, we need to setup SNMP. WhatsUp support SNMP v1, v2, v3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WhatsUp have a passive monitor through syslog (Unix), event viewer (Windows) and SNMP Traps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It has a nice ajax web interface with custom user and custom workspaces. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.D. sorry for my bad english&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26594" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14757" RevisionGUID="291eb5f6-9ecd-4368-80fd-5abf266e0e7e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:14:19.660" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26595" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="13534" RevisionGUID="e188bcf9-1424-4323-96ef-10dc963f0bb3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:15:07.023" UserId="4634" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;processes&gt;&lt;pid&gt;" />
  <row Id="26596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14758" RevisionGUID="2090151a-2fd2-4297-a3b0-8c5af7227a5c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:15:48.380" UserId="1054" Text="You can't do it in TSQL without dropping the column.  Maybe add a new column without the IDENTITY property, copy the data, drop the old column?" />
  <row Id="26597" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14759" RevisionGUID="01605b98-6bec-41d6-8ad6-fc3ec33a55bf" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:16:08.253" UserDisplayName="csw" Text="I use Nagios to monitor those very things, as well as disk space and load averages and all that. See, the thing about Nagios is that it's just a fault management system, and it relies on plugins to actually check anything. It happens to come with some nice default plugins for monitoring SNMP variables and pings and suchlike, but you can monitor anything with it, as long as you can write a program to check something and return an OK/warning/critical/unknown indication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The 'plugin' nomenclature is a bit silly, since the 'plugin API' amounts to command args, environment variables, an exit status, and what you print on stdout. I have more than a few plugins that are just 20-line ksh scripts." />
  <row Id="26598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14760" RevisionGUID="8d523091-aa36-49d9-a8e3-4644e631f9db" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:17:25.817" UserId="3431" Text="Pfsense will do that for you. The feature in pfsense is called Captive Portal for your guests. The user list is either managed via a Radius server or a local database (makes it really simple to setup). For employees, you just have to enter the MAC of their PC and they won't be prompted for username/password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This indeed does require you to install a server but pfsense can really fit on any hardware." />
  <row Id="26599" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14761" RevisionGUID="cd5f9942-7a69-4e7b-8094-5973130bdab9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:17:52.963" UserId="5324" Text="You can get load time, latency, speed, etc from Safari's Web Inspector. The Web Inspector's resources tab is a good place to start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To enable the Web Inspector, the Developer menu needs to be turned on (Preferences &gt; Advanced &gt; Show Developer menu...).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a link to a screenshot: jordanogren.com/downloads/sfscreenshot.png&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I guess new users are not allowed to add hyperlinks or images)" />
  <row Id="26600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14762" RevisionGUID="d501da56-515b-4621-8516-89eba8d9f0e2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:18:04.817" UserId="2565" Text="I have several users that are insisting on the purchase of toast. They will be using it to make backups of disks at possibly re-burn them if needed. I have used Disk Utility for that function. At this point there is no addition functionality needed. However, that can always change in the future. Is there any advantages or disadvantages to either solution?" />
  <row Id="26601" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14762" RevisionGUID="d501da56-515b-4621-8516-89eba8d9f0e2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:18:04.817" UserId="2565" Text="Toast vs Disk Util?" />
  <row Id="26602" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14762" RevisionGUID="d501da56-515b-4621-8516-89eba8d9f0e2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:18:04.817" UserId="2565" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;backup-restoration&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;isoimage&gt;" />
  <row Id="26603" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14763" RevisionGUID="097a8ed1-ea01-48be-97e9-c647ab4efca5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:18:59.543" UserId="5325" Text="What exactly was installed then?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Kev" />
  <row Id="26604" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14727" RevisionGUID="95f19c59-9da2-44d1-a118-9387a4fdc726" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:19:30.727" UserId="1466" Comment="revised as HEARTBEAT is the issue, not DRBD" Text="Does anyone have experience configuring **drbd with heartbeat** between 2 virtual linux machines (VMWare Infrastructure)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem I am running into is that heartbeat likes **multiple data paths** to see its peer node.  For instance, it likes to have a network connection to the peer, maybe one to it's gateway, and a serial cable to its peer - improving the likelihood that when it detects a peer outage, it's actually down, and not due to network congestion or something.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a virtual machine however, the serial port and ethernet port (and all other ports) are virtual - so really, there's only one data path (correct?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I know that VMWare supports physical serial cables between devices, but our vm's are hosted remotely, and physical cables would prevent host migrations, which is not acceptable.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In our case we are seeing timeouts between the heartbeat peers, even though they are running on the same host machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**How can I configure drbd / heartbeat to be more robust when running on virtual machines** " />
  <row Id="26605" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="14727" RevisionGUID="95f19c59-9da2-44d1-a118-9387a4fdc726" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:19:30.727" UserId="1466" Comment="revised as HEARTBEAT is the issue, not DRBD" Text="DRBD / Heartbeat on Virtual Machines" />
  <row Id="26606" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="14727" RevisionGUID="95f19c59-9da2-44d1-a118-9387a4fdc726" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:19:30.727" UserId="1466" Comment="revised as HEARTBEAT is the issue, not DRBD" Text="&lt;drbd&gt;&lt;heartbeat&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;virtual&gt;&lt;clustering&gt;" />
  <row Id="26607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14764" RevisionGUID="2de717ca-e048-43a2-9bfe-e1e1dbf357f9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:19:32.850" UserId="5276" Text="When synchronized time is important, I use NTPD for windows&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.meinberg.de/english/sw/ntp.htm][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I install it, point it at north-america.pool.ntp.org and forget it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.meinberg.de/english/sw/ntp.htm" />
  <row Id="26608" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="14371" RevisionGUID="bd140961-f40d-4268-9b5a-be5412e26e05" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:19:58.590" UserId="431" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;largefiles&gt;&lt;file-transfer&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="26609" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14765" RevisionGUID="9f54106f-8345-4594-a4ae-a8877f0a963d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:20:50.087" UserId="3459" Text="If this is the situation you face then the departmental IT management has issues or their is a lack of communication between you and your manager.  The IT management should have a clear vision of what they are delivering to the organization and some sort of metrics to show how you're doing.  It's also their responsibility to deliver recognition to those who perform well and reward appropriately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You have to look at this environment and decide if this is where you want to be long term.  If not, keep your eyes open for opportunities.  You'll have to work at it a bit but eventually you should be able to find an environment where you'll be happier." />
  <row Id="26610" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14765" RevisionGUID="9f54106f-8345-4594-a4ae-a8877f0a963d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:20:50.087" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26611" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14766" RevisionGUID="d2f73411-f06b-4802-b134-f7427fdfddc6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:21:10.990" UserId="5407" Text="I suggest you use the wonderful apache logging mechanism and its less known **%I** and **%O** flags: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Define the format: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; LogFormat &quot;%t %a %v %U%q %I %O&quot; IOFormat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use it in your main *httpd.conf*:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; CustomLog /var/log/apache2/all-bw.log IOFormat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The values are probably not accounting all headers information, but are quite accurate to have a precise idea of VirtualHost traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Scan the logs with a perl script to aggregate per virtual host every n minutes (5 for example) and send this to cacti.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These flags are provided by mod_logio which is probably built in your Apache (as it for my Debian's Apache).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26612" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14767" RevisionGUID="62334a4b-1ca1-4e8d-86e5-540e4f544205" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:21:41.817" UserId="5464" Text="netstat -tlnp  &#xD;&#xA;show **t**cp ports that are **l**istening, show **l**umbers only (don't resolve names- makes it was faster) and show the **p**rocess that is doing the listening (the **p** nly works if you are root)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;netstat -ulnp  &#xD;&#xA;show  Udp ports that are Listening, show Numbers only (don't resolve names- makes it was faster) and show thw Process that is doing the listening (the **p** nly works if you are root)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;netstat -unp  &#xD;&#xA;show  Udp ports that are open but not listening, show Numbers only (don't resolve names- makes it was faster) and show thw Process that is doing the listening (the **p** nly works if you are root)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;netstat -an&#xD;&#xA;show **a**ll ports in use, show **n**umbers only - don't resolve names&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;lsof -i &lt;proto&gt;@&lt;host&gt;:&lt;port&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;e.g&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;lsof -i tcp@localhost:25&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to see if anything is listening on port localhost 25/TCP&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;lsof -i tcp@0.0.0.0:636 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to see if there are any sockets either local or remote either listening (local) or connected to (local or remote) for any host/interface&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26613" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2486" RevisionGUID="19ad0229-59c7-4b38-9106-d37ce0bd4cc1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:21:47.883" UserId="1447" Comment="deleted 10 characters in body" Text="The answer is quite different on Linux/Unix and Windows.  S/W RAID on Linux is much better than Windows S/W RAID, which is limited in its support for different layouts and very slow (at least it is on Windows 2003 server).  On Windows you are much better off with H/W RAID in just about every case.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Software RAID on Linux and Unix works much better than it does on Windows.  This makes S/W RAID a reasonable choice on these platforms, although on a larger installation you will probably be better off with H/W RAID or a SAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14768" RevisionGUID="2370c47f-108c-4d0d-b408-bb73897af931" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:22:01.800" UserId="1715" Text="Disk Util is not as user friendly as Toast IMHO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try [Burn][1] under the hood it uses the same utilites as disk util, but much more popular with the ladies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net" />
  <row Id="26615" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14769" RevisionGUID="67ddf667-cc00-4b5a-98e1-a10b2d6bb312" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:22:49.770" UserId="3528" Text="By default on Windows 2000, 2003, XP an NTFS volume will have its Change Journal&#xD;&#xA;disabled. A service on an application (usually backup software) must explicitly activate the journal. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Vista and Windows 2008, the Change Journal is active by default. Any application can activate or disable the volume's journal at any time but note that on Vista and Windows 2008, if the Change Journal is deactivated, it is automatically reactivated by the system. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Safe mode should (and apparently does) allow you to change the journal.  As far as which services use the journal; indexing, VSS, block level backup, link tracking,antivirus software are all likely candidates.  I would also guess that the new autorepair functionality uses it as well.  I'd hesitate to change the journal size (especially increasing it).  The change Journal is a sparse file and is purged as needed.  HTe journal will grow beyhond whatever size you set automatically then purge it back down (from [Creating, Modifying, and Deleting a Change Journal][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; MaximumSize is the target maximum size for the change journal in bytes. The change journal can grow larger than this value, but at NTFS file system checkpoints the NTFS file system examines the journal and trims it when its size exceeds the value of MaximumSize plus the value of AllocationDelta. (At NTFS file system checkpoints, the operating system writes records to the NTFS file system log file that allow the NTFS file system to determine what processing is required to recover from a failure.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa363877(VS.85).aspx" />
  <row Id="26616" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14770" RevisionGUID="87a87943-9a17-4741-ac5a-5f141f207685" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:23:18.647" UserId="2629" Text="Is there anyway to time how long it takes an Application to start up on the Mac?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We were getting reports of Word 2008 taking a half-hour to launch, and, while we think we've resolved the problem, it would be nice, in the future, to be able to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. verify the veracity of such statements, and &#xD;&#xA; 2. see if any of our changes make a difference. " />
  <row Id="26617" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14770" RevisionGUID="87a87943-9a17-4741-ac5a-5f141f207685" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:23:18.647" UserId="2629" Text="Time Application Startup" />
  <row Id="26618" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14770" RevisionGUID="87a87943-9a17-4741-ac5a-5f141f207685" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:23:18.647" UserId="2629" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;ms-office&gt;&lt;startup&gt;" />
  <row Id="26619" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14771" RevisionGUID="e8ee0b99-b9ee-4071-8a9c-278482935c6c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:24:08.863" UserId="4773" Text="We have a web server that is in our DMZ serving up a ASP.NET web application.  The application has been live for around 2 months and working great but we are getting periodic emails from users saying that they cannot access the site because they get a timeout or link broken or page not found etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My first thought is that it is something on their end as we have had people test the site from literally around the world with no issues and there have been no known downtimes.  My problem is I don't want to just tell the user, &quot;Problem is on your end, figure it out.&quot;  I would like to have a way to prove it to them or maybe some steps for them to prove it to themselves.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions for myself or the user's with issues?" />
  <row Id="26620" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14771" RevisionGUID="e8ee0b99-b9ee-4071-8a9c-278482935c6c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:24:08.863" UserId="4773" Text="How can I prove that a web server and site are working?" />
  <row Id="26621" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14771" RevisionGUID="e8ee0b99-b9ee-4071-8a9c-278482935c6c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:24:08.863" UserId="4773" Text="&lt;internet&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="26622" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14772" RevisionGUID="32bdcfed-63ec-44a8-a94e-cc13876af07f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:27:29.043" UserId="5473" Text="Do you absolutely need Inifiband? Or do you just need high bandwidth links between things? You might be better off bonding several 1GigE links or going with 10GigE.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26623" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14773" RevisionGUID="c1fdc36a-08d9-4f1a-a454-1803d35475a7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:28:01.583" UserId="45" Text="You could enable &quot;Audit Object Access&quot;. Enable auditing on individual files and folders you wish to watch. Do the following in your Group Policy Editor&quot;: Start &gt; Run &gt; gpedit.msc (or &quot;local security policy&quot; if it was not a member of a domain.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Navigate to &quot;Audit Policy&quot; in the left pane. Double click on the &quot;Audit Object Access&quot; entry. Click on the &quot;Success&quot; and &quot;Failure&quot; checkboxes to enable auditing for files and confirm with &quot;OK.&quot; Choosing &quot;success&quot; every access will be logged in the server's event log.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to select single files or folders, right click on the file in Explorer, and choose &quot;Properties&quot;. Select the &quot;Security&quot; tab and click the &quot;Advanced&quot; button. Select the &quot;Auditing&quot; tab and click on the &quot;Add&quot; button. Select the &quot;Everyone&quot; group and click on the actions you wish to audit and confirm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This configuration lets you track down only access to the files which happened on the file server itself of course.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26624" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14774" RevisionGUID="679e5193-a853-4b6d-aa66-693aadf339fd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:28:03.377" UserId="1466" Text="There are many services that will test your site from multiple locations, and give you a report of response times from each.  One such site is **mon.itor.us**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You also might want to check your **server settings and logs**.  Perhaps you are maxing out your **allowed number of connections**, or **bandwidth**, **memory** or **CPU capacity**?" />
  <row Id="26625" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14775" RevisionGUID="8b89aa39-bbe6-4658-86ed-383ac35d9a16" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:28:05.173" UserId="5268" Text="dd does provide progress information - well most versions in linux.  I've seen some which don't but don't recall the unix flavour.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The man page says:&#xD;&#xA;Sending a USR1 signal to a running ‘dd’ process makes it print I/O statistics to standard error and then resume copying.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use this feature regularly." />
  <row Id="26626" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14776" RevisionGUID="a510addc-4542-47e8-82aa-ec1045bbc8a8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:28:10.570" UserId="5426" Text="I have looked many places for the answer to this question and server fault looks like a great place to look some more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We run in an environment which is completely thin-client to fat-server setup. All applications for all users are run on our server. Almost all applications work just like you would expect with the exception of Publisher 2007. I have Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 installed. Every couple of days I notice one of the four processors is completely pegged. I open taskman and mspub.exe has it run into the ground. It does not happen all of the time, and it tends to correlate with mail merges out of Excel, although not always.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things I know:&#xD;&#xA;1. It can happen to more than one user, at the same time&#xD;&#xA;2. The mail merge when it tends to happen has long been over&#xD;&#xA;3. Given a period of time mspub will still not recover. I have let it run for two or three days hoping it might stop. &#xD;&#xA;4. The user does not &quot;sense&quot; the application is locked-up. Even though it has the processor pegged it still responds to user input and closes by taskman or the close button from the user without problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance for your help.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26627" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14776" RevisionGUID="a510addc-4542-47e8-82aa-ec1045bbc8a8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:28:10.570" UserId="5426" Text="Publisher 2007 Hangs on Microsoft Terminal Server 2003 Enterprise" />
  <row Id="26628" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14776" RevisionGUID="a510addc-4542-47e8-82aa-ec1045bbc8a8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:28:10.570" UserId="5426" Text="&lt;terminal-server&gt;&lt;ms-office&gt;" />
  <row Id="26629" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14705" RevisionGUID="53d98f11-4870-442a-af1c-5ff78627ef37" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:28:16.357" UserId="4575" Comment="added some additional details" Text="I have a windows 2003 domain in mixed mode alongside a win2k server as secondary. My users will be browsing the files on the data share when suddenly, windows returns the following error: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;\\\servername\share is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access  permissions. Access is denied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This issue only appears on the one server. This occurs to both admins &amp; normal users. I thought maybe it could be too few CAL's however, we have 4x the amount needed since our company has shrunk within the last 2 years. When the error happens, the user can reboot &amp; all is well for anywhere from 4 hours to 4 weeks. You can also sometimes choose &quot;disconnect mapped network drive&quot;, choose the server &amp; disconnect. You can then use unc path to reconnect &amp; be prompted for Ad credentials. Using the same username will not work but another username will be fine until it happens again. I have noticed that when the problem is more prevelent (it seems to do this in waves), if you connect to your unc share, do your thing briefly &amp; then close the window that the problem will not show up as often. Also, This only happens to people using XP. The following OS's do not disconnect, Win7, Vista, Win2k, OS/2, Win98, RHEL5, DOS. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is driving me nuts ! Anyone have an idea what could be causing it ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;some afterthoughts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this happens to individual users one at a time not en masse.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;event logs show nothing. There are no entries for improper authentication/denial.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This happens at varying times day or night.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server load is not a factor&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;network card is not flaking out (I don't think). I've implemented a constant ping to both nic's for days at a time &amp; neither has been interupted, ever." />
  <row Id="26630" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14713" RevisionGUID="ab1eb4c6-cd90-46a7-8f03-652e89a3f6c1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:28:35.373" UserId="4979" Comment="added 122 characters in body; added 169 characters in body" Text="Appart from it being perhaps not a good HA solution, many people want to know about cheap solutions for running a Windows Server 2008 cluster. Here are some options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As indicated you will need iSCSI-3 persistent reservations for failover clustering to work in Windows Server 2008. See www.servercare.nl/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=71 for a good overview.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Low cost software solutions that are reported to work include [1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Kernsafe's iStorage Server (&#xD;&#xA;   www.kernsafe.com/Product.aspx?id=5 )&#xD;&#xA;   (USD 99.95 Personal Edition)&#xD;&#xA; - YoungZSoft iSCSI Cake (&#xD;&#xA;   www.iscsicake.com/index.html ) (USD 69, Personal Edition)&#xD;&#xA; - Open-E iSCSI-R3 (&#xD;&#xA;   www.open-e.com/products/iscsi-r3/&#xD;&#xA;   ) (USD 597, 4TB limit)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Low cost software solutions that will not work (at the present time, but might soon, see [2] and [3])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Openfiler ( www.openfiler.com/ ) [2]&#xD;&#xA; - FreeNAS ( www.freenas.org/ ) [3]&#xD;&#xA; - Open Solaris ( opensolaris.org/os/ ) [4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Low cost hardware solutions such as Thecus, Qnap etc. do not currently work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1] source: up2v.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/iscsi-software-targets-for-windows-server-2008-clustering/ )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[2] Support might be forthcoming: forums.openfiler.com/viewtopic.php?id=2102&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[3] Support already present in nightly builds ( sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=151951&amp;package_id=229704 ) as reported in www.servercare.nl/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=61&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[4] Support might be forthcoming ( opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=312634 )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S I'll update the hyperlinks in this answer once I have enough points to be allowed to link :-s" />
  <row Id="26631" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14777" RevisionGUID="ac700f96-12c9-471c-a2f9-110fe7c6435e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:28:42.427" UserId="4418" Text="Use a remote monitoring service from multiple locations. Website Pulse is a good one that's cheap and easy to setup yourself. It can give you an idea how your site performs from different parts of the world and on different networks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They can send you emails and SNMP traps to let you know when your site is slow or not answering." />
  <row Id="26632" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14778" RevisionGUID="28a86659-af95-4a52-8776-d5d3bb82e196" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:28:44.733" UserId="4913" Text="Im running a bunch of different developement server images, both windows and linux images, on VMWare Server 1.0.9 on a Windows Server 2003.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any reasons to upgrade to 2.0.x? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And is there any risks in upgrading or in staying on 1.0.9?" />
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  <row Id="26634" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14778" RevisionGUID="28a86659-af95-4a52-8776-d5d3bb82e196" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:28:44.733" UserId="4913" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;upgrade&gt;" />
  <row Id="26635" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14779" RevisionGUID="b8327297-8079-443e-b91a-0167bc642e2e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:29:35.683" UserId="5469" Text="Our project needs to manage multiple systems across multiple operating systems and languages (Windows, Linux, Java, C++, C#, etc).   We're looking at WMI for parts of the system, but for some of the Java pieces expose JMX interfaces for management.  Are there any tools that could consolidate the management of these systems or ease the integration of WMI with JMX?" />
  <row Id="26636" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14779" RevisionGUID="b8327297-8079-443e-b91a-0167bc642e2e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:29:35.683" UserId="5469" Text="Managing multiple systems using JMX and WMI" />
  <row Id="26637" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14779" RevisionGUID="b8327297-8079-443e-b91a-0167bc642e2e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:29:35.683" UserId="5469" Text="&lt;jmx&gt;&lt;wmi&gt;" />
  <row Id="26638" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14780" RevisionGUID="66fe44c0-7401-4cd8-894e-5bc4106356b3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:29:42.330" Text="If you contact dell and happen to talk to the correct person, they have, in the past, contacted MS for me and given me a XP key. But contact MS directly may be easier." />
  <row Id="26639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14781" RevisionGUID="60a4cb10-e155-48f9-9fdf-127e47cfecf2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:30:04.607" UserId="5464" Text="ps -p &amp;lt;pid&amp;gt; -Ocommand&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    L1A1:~ a1155344$ ps -p1 -Ocommand&#xD;&#xA;      PID   TT  STAT      TIME COMMAND&#xD;&#xA;        1   ??  Ss     0:02.26 /sbin/launchd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26640" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14782" RevisionGUID="ff38e53a-735a-41ba-bea0-e85c0592bd07" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:30:21.843" UserId="2600" Text="You could use this site to verify your site is up from 'outside' &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the user is more savvy and willing to do a little extra work for you, have them load the 'YSlow' plug-in into Firefox and then visit your site.  That will help identify performance bottlenecks, broken links etc.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26641" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14783" RevisionGUID="38eefc1c-a648-43dd-ae87-bbf7133aab3e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:31:33.497" UserId="5324" Text="For just creating and burning ISOs, I would recommend using the Disk Utility (or Burn, as Nick Kavadias recommends). Toast basically duplicates functionality that already exists in OSX (i.e Disk Utility, iTunes, iMovie, iDVD) and charges you $80 for it.  Granted, it has a slick, all-in-one GUI, but a little bit of training in Disk Util should be sufficient for your users." />
  <row Id="26642" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14784" RevisionGUID="647dd984-c236-4c18-ab77-4fbf23534f91" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:32:07.490" UserId="1865" Text="Obviously, the advantage of DiskUtil is that it's free and currently does everything you need it to. The disdavantage is that the users don't like it (fair enough, it's not very friendly).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The advantages of Toast are that the users will be happy and if their requirements change in the future, Toast is good for just about any burning task a Mac User can throw at it. The disadvantage is that it costs money.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My advice is to compare the cost of the licenses for Toast with the cost of the time you will spend doing DiskUtil support for grumpy users, and pick the cheaper!" />
  <row Id="26643" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14748" RevisionGUID="1fcfded2-8ff8-41ba-8ba7-748493cdb0be" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:32:38.423" UserId="1715" Comment="added 15 characters in body" Text="Get out of departmental IT!  [Joel's blogged][1] about why his time at viacom sucked for this reason.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sad fact is that if you give good advice to a business as an employee it's questioned &amp; untrusted.  If a consultant walks in &amp; gives the same advice for $10,000 its cherished.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not all organisations treat their staff this way.  Go work for a vendor &amp; you might notice a difference.  You can't change toxic culture like that, but you can choose where to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/12/04.html" />
  <row Id="26645" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14785" RevisionGUID="7b272145-9dd6-423c-a87c-c2f0b7eb6bad" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:33:13.117" UserId="1592" Text="I seem to recall over the years moves to try to stop the requirement of having a WINS nameservice as part of a Windows environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is whether sites are still utilizing WINS or have switched over to something else and no longer need WINS.  If so, anybody want to share their experiences?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
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  <row Id="26647" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14785" RevisionGUID="7b272145-9dd6-423c-a87c-c2f0b7eb6bad" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:33:13.117" UserId="1592" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;wins&gt;" />
  <row Id="26648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14786" RevisionGUID="258f9635-51de-4e4b-9076-9d7fb2f1b2d2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:33:27.283" UserId="5407" Text="On one of our data production server, one of my roots typed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; chmod -R 777 /&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because he was getting permissions error with some scripts...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shortly after that, his private key was removed from all servers and he took care of the 1TB data restore on the data production server..." />
  <row Id="26649" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14786" RevisionGUID="258f9635-51de-4e4b-9076-9d7fb2f1b2d2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:33:27.283" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26650" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14713" RevisionGUID="b48073df-ea79-41ad-a937-390a102203f0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:33:55.677" UserId="4979" Comment="deleted 17 characters in body" Text="Appart from it being perhaps not a good HA solution, many people want to know about cheap solutions for running a Windows Server 2008 cluster. Here are some options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As indicated you will need iSCSI-3 persistent reservations for failover clustering to work in Windows Server 2008. See www.servercare.nl/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=71 for a good overview.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Low cost software solutions that are reported to work include [1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Kernsafe's iStorage Server (&#xD;&#xA;   www.kernsafe.com/Product.aspx?id=5 )&#xD;&#xA;   (USD 99.95 Personal Edition)&#xD;&#xA; - YoungZSoft iSCSI Cake (&#xD;&#xA;   www.iscsicake.com/index.html ) (USD 69, Personal Edition)&#xD;&#xA; - Open-E iSCSI-R3 (&#xD;&#xA;   www.open-e.com/products/iscsi-r3/&#xD;&#xA;   ) (USD 597, 4TB limit)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Low cost software solutions that will not work (at the present time, but might soon)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Openfiler ( www.openfiler.com/ ) [2]&#xD;&#xA; - FreeNAS ( www.freenas.org/ ) [3]&#xD;&#xA; - Open Solaris ( opensolaris.org/os/ ) [4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Low cost hardware solutions such as Thecus, Qnap etc. do not currently work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1] source: up2v.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/iscsi-software-targets-for-windows-server-2008-clustering/ )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[2] Support might be forthcoming: forums.openfiler.com/viewtopic.php?id=2102&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[3] Support already present in nightly builds ( sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=151951&amp;package_id=229704 ) as reported in www.servercare.nl/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=61&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[4] Support might be forthcoming ( opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=312634 )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S I'll update the hyperlinks in this answer once I have enough points to be allowed to link :-s" />
  <row Id="26651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14787" RevisionGUID="ac83068d-90f6-4aab-8b47-bc0719bf7f55" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:35:50.303" UserId="1715" Text="I've been in environments where it's still maintained because 'some legacy servers' *might* need it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think there's probably a lot of shops out there that are in the same situation." />
  <row Id="26652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14788" RevisionGUID="78f65b5f-646c-4df8-9f31-0a0b60820206" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:36:09.087" UserId="846" Text="*It is common for &quot;organizational issues&quot; (such as politics, organizational inertia, and selective hearing -- think Dilbert) to cause more IT problems than computers and servers do?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**YES**.  Any organization with more than one person will have &quot;organizational issues&quot;, and almost always those will cause more headaches than the technical issues.  This is a fact of life because although we are nerdy people, we are people.  Further, the problem is just as prevalent in high-tech companies as in &quot;normal&quot; companies.  IBM and Microsoft are just as bureaucratic and silo'ed as GM and Bank of America.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Likewise, is it common for one's employers to not really know what said person's job entails, or even care, until such time as they have a computer glitch, and want everything dropped to have it fixed now?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sure.  Do you know about or care about the jobs of a telephone service tech, the auto mechanic, the accountant, the plumber, the cashier, or the bank teller?  No.  But when you need something, you need it now, and you don't care about their issues.  Again, this is not about computers specifically, it is about people generally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*What can be done to ameliorate such situations?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be understanding of the **other** people in the organization, and ignore when they do not reciprocate.  Recognize that they are just trying to get through the day, and recognize that almost certainly whatever problem brought them to you interferes with that goal.  Don't expect them to understand your world and tailor themselves to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the end, the only thing you can change is yourself.  Think [Gandhi][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*How do you take satisfaction in a job well-done when no one knows or really cares what you are doing? Indeed, how do you stay focused if it doesn't seem to matter if you do anything or not?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need recognition and approval, you are in the wrong line of work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Effective people in our business (system administration and support) are **not** noticed by their organizations, because the systems work and problems are handled calmly, quietly, and quickly.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/27184.html" />
  <row Id="26653" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14788" RevisionGUID="78f65b5f-646c-4df8-9f31-0a0b60820206" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:36:09.087" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26654" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6853" RevisionGUID="261cc724-bb40-4923-b1a8-51de6e326746" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:36:19.600" UserId="1561" Comment="changed emphasis for command line" Text="[NTP][1] is your friend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RHEL/CentOS:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    yum install ntpd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Debian/Ubuntu:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    apt-get install ntpd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - For Windows 2000: Tardis 2000.&#xD;&#xA; - For Windows 2003/2008: Already mentioned in other answers in this question.&#xD;&#xA; - For any Windows workstation:  `net time /domain:your-domain-here`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For all NTP services:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Point your service at pool.ntp.org, although you'll want to at least narrow it down to the same continent.  For example, US servers would use 0.us.pool.ntp.org, 1.us.pool.ntp.org, 2.us.pool.ntp.org, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ntp.org/" />
  <row Id="26655" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14789" RevisionGUID="7b3dd5ee-aa8d-4788-a6fe-d24b04c0a2d2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:36:37.027" UserId="5505" Text="If it's an intermittent problem then it could be caused by transient network issues anywhere  along the way, or server performance issues. The number of possible reasons are HUGE! You need to eliminate the server as the cause of the problem. Check event OS logs, IIS error logs, etc. try asking someone to contact you immediately as the problem happens. Ask them to do a tracert or pathping to the server to diagnose network issues. And check the server for high load while the issue is happening.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a more conclusive answer, we would need more information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course there is a &quot;normal&quot; amount of downtime for websites... you could try monitoring the site yourself from outside and checking it's uptime. As long as it's above your 4 or 5 nines according to your SLA, that's sometimes all that matters." />
  <row Id="26657" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14791" RevisionGUID="789b31a6-f443-411b-86be-8df41d557f8f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:37:30.973" UserId="4226" Text="In our Enterprise it is still required for many legacy applications." />
  <row Id="26658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14792" RevisionGUID="86f4a498-f02b-4300-952e-606636f77813" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:37:33.750" UserId="3528" Text="If you already have people from around the world using the site you should point the users having the issue to something like http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/.  This is to prove to them that whatever the issue is, it's not you.  You should also have set up some sort of internal monitoring that actually loads the webpages.  Monitoring a website is not simply getting a 200 OK message.  You need a monitoring solution that actually looks for something on the correct page.  If there is a backend connection of some sort (SQL DB, ADAM authorization) the monitoring solution should be able to load a page using that as well." />
  <row Id="26659" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14793" RevisionGUID="30a0ad27-a5dd-47cf-bb17-07771d99f2c0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:37:55.747" UserId="5091" Text="If you can launch a Query to the server you can execute&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SELECT @@version&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**@@version** returns the complete description of the SQL Server version that is running, including version and number.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to get this information and can’t connect to SQL Server to execute the query you can access the registry and go to the key:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\INSTANCE_NAME\Setup\&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here there are 2 values that describe the version installed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Edition:** Contains the name of the edition installed&#xD;&#xA; - **PatchLevel:** Contains the complete version number&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14794" RevisionGUID="623b7b77-3177-46e6-a9fa-6136f924f84b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:38:13.450" UserId="3038" Text="Oh, we're still using it. About a third of the Windows workstations we have are not in the domain and thus can't use the domain's DNS domains for name resolution. Also, we have a monstrously fragmented DNS landscape. Because of this WINS represents the single name-resolution service that has the most stuff in it. It's the closest we have to a global index of services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If/When we push to get everything domained, we'll have a flat DNS landscape. That will be good." />
  <row Id="26661" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14795" RevisionGUID="67321247-821a-4665-9997-aa20b8ec6d85" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:38:15.387" UserId="2631" Text="I'll second @squillman - messing with your PC will only get you in trouble, and if it's secured properly, you most likely won't be able to tamper with it anyway. I'd rather talk to your Desktop Support/Sysadmin guy and see if he can allow you to use these devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be nice to your IT people and they will be nice to you ;-).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you DO have admin access you might be able to use gpedit.msc to edit the local policy and override whatever restrictions are in place. From what it sounds though, they might be using some kind of an Endpoint Protection product (3rd party). Use at your own risk :)." />
  <row Id="26662" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14796" RevisionGUID="4aab0496-ea09-4a8e-976a-77286e65baeb" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:38:49.533" UserId="5514" Text="My client has a server that is being subjected to brute-force login attempts from a botnet.  Due to the vagaries of the server and the client's client, we can't easily block the attempts through a firewall, port change, or login account name change.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The decision has been made to leave it open to attack, but find a method of keeping the password secure.  Management and some of the other consultants have determined that the best thing to do is to install password rotation software to rotate the password every ten minutes and provide the new password to users that need to log in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The brute force attempts are occurring twice every second.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to demonstrate that implementing a strong password with 12-15 characters is an easier and free solution.  I know how to prove this with math, but I'd just be writing something like &quot;there are x many possible permutations of our password, and the attacker can only try n attempts per day, thus we'd expect them to go x/2n days on average before they guess our password.&quot;  Is there a more standard &quot;proof&quot; of this?" />
  <row Id="26663" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14796" RevisionGUID="4aab0496-ea09-4a8e-976a-77286e65baeb" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:38:49.533" UserId="5514" Text="Is there a standard method of proving password security to non-mathematicians?" />
  <row Id="26664" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14796" RevisionGUID="4aab0496-ea09-4a8e-976a-77286e65baeb" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:38:49.533" UserId="5514" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;password&gt;&lt;hacking&gt;&lt;brute-force-attacks&gt;" />
  <row Id="26665" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14761" RevisionGUID="06174718-cc1b-4d70-a1bf-7ecae6a604da" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:39:03.043" UserId="5324" Comment="Added Image as img, removed link to image." Text="You can get load time, latency, speed, etc from Safari's Web Inspector. The Web Inspector's resources tab is a good place to start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To enable the Web Inspector, the Developer menu needs to be turned on (Preferences &gt; Advanced &gt; Show Developer menu...).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Screenshot of Web Inspector][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jordanogren.com/downloads/sfscreenshot.png" />
  <row Id="26666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14797" RevisionGUID="37fe28f7-b992-45b2-8882-2a91cb614fa5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:39:25.117" UserId="5268" Text="I've recently started using wifidog.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm leaving the wifi open for ease of use, but then wifidog blocks them at the gateway and they have to supple credentials to proceed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26667" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14798" RevisionGUID="718ec0a6-10e4-4b9d-8270-987adbcf6b0c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:39:46.850" UserId="5493" Text="I have several files on my ASP.NET site that are for use solely by the application. Currently, they can be viewed in a browser by just using the URL. Is there a way to prevent this without actually moving the file or do I need to move the files to a different directory, such as `_private`?" />
  <row Id="26668" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14798" RevisionGUID="718ec0a6-10e4-4b9d-8270-987adbcf6b0c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:39:46.850" UserId="5493" Text="How do I setup an ASP.NET server to prevent certain files from being available?" />
  <row Id="26669" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14798" RevisionGUID="718ec0a6-10e4-4b9d-8270-987adbcf6b0c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:39:46.850" UserId="5493" Text="&lt;asp.net&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="26670" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14799" RevisionGUID="586c11c1-8b31-46e7-bc83-44829dd5d79c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:40:20.280" Text="The rm -rf * command seems to be a pretty common problem. I had network mounted drives though and the command deleted the contents of all of them too. Once that was done it deleted the Unix operating system. UGH!" />
  <row Id="26671" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14799" RevisionGUID="586c11c1-8b31-46e7-bc83-44829dd5d79c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:40:20.280" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26672" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6853" RevisionGUID="7de6c671-3b4f-4648-9a69-4b96cf3115ba" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:41:31.823" UserId="1561" Comment="added 188 characters in body; added 87 characters in body" Text="[NTP][1] is your friend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RHEL/CentOS:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    yum install ntpd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Debian/Ubuntu:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    apt-get install ntpd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *For Windows 2000*: [Tardis 2000][2].  Works nicely, comes with a control panel.  If you use this, be sure to turn off Windows Time Service.&#xD;&#xA; - *For Windows 2003/2008*: Already mentioned in other answers in this question.  Alternatively, you can run Tardis 2000 on a 2k3 box, I don't know if it works on 2k8.&#xD;&#xA; - *For any Windows workstation*: run the following command at login:  `net time /domain:your-domain-here`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For all NTP services:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Point your service at pool.ntp.org, although you'll want to at least narrow it down to the same continent.  For example, US servers would use 0.us.pool.ntp.org, 1.us.pool.ntp.org, 2.us.pool.ntp.org, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ntp.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.kaska.demon.co.uk/" />
  <row Id="26673" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14800" RevisionGUID="989988c2-785e-4f1e-a0c3-3c64fac2bc5a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:41:35.847" UserId="4654" Text="I once enabled WINS on a samba server at work. It was the fastest and cheapest (in terms of spent time) solution of name resolution in a windows network without a domain. It's simple and works good in a small network." />
  <row Id="26674" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14801" RevisionGUID="a63b09a3-bb76-401b-92f7-2c1d5bab7a67" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:42:20.323" UserDisplayName="FrancisH90" Text="I run **VMWare Workstation 6.5** on WinXP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I script a way to automatically clone my VM images?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've read about the &quot;v`mware-cmd`&quot; tool but believe that is only available with VMWare **ESX**, not **Workstation**." />
  <row Id="26675" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14801" RevisionGUID="a63b09a3-bb76-401b-92f7-2c1d5bab7a67" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:42:20.323" UserDisplayName="FrancisH90" Text="How to automated VMWare Workstation backup?" />
  <row Id="26676" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14801" RevisionGUID="a63b09a3-bb76-401b-92f7-2c1d5bab7a67" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:42:20.323" UserDisplayName="FrancisH90" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;automation&gt;" />
  <row Id="26677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14802" RevisionGUID="a38e4223-f961-41d0-889e-14c66f1289ae" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:42:39.650" UserId="3528" Text="wins is still required for a bunch of things (less and less every day!).  The most common example I've seen is that wins is a requirement for running exchange 2007 on clustered 2003 servers." />
  <row Id="26678" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14771" RevisionGUID="157695b5-9571-4174-8b85-f87c366d631b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:43:30.040" UserId="4773" Comment="added 418 characters in body" Text="We have a web server that is in our DMZ serving up a ASP.NET web application.  The application has been live for around 2 months and working great but we are getting periodic emails from users saying that they cannot access the site because they get a timeout or link broken or page not found etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My first thought is that it is something on their end as we have had people test the site from literally around the world with no issues and there have been no known downtimes.  My problem is I don't want to just tell the user, &quot;Problem is on your end, figure it out.&quot;  I would like to have a way to prove it to them or maybe some steps for them to prove it to themselves.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions for myself or the user's with issues?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: To clarify a bit more, the problem is with the same users over and over (like 5 total so far) and they can't access the site at all.  So it's not a page specific issue.  Some great answers so far I wish I could mark more than one as the answer as they are all good.  Thanks for the quick turn around as well.  It was faster to ask and get an answer here than contacting my server/networking group in house :)" />
  <row Id="26679" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14803" RevisionGUID="a96b0d8e-5df3-4d16-bdf9-3b2486a93099" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:43:30.197" UserId="5464" Text="Proving it one way or another is difficult as internet routing can be intersting, as can DNS aching.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember it may be neither you or them that has a problem it may be a bit of the internet between you.&#xD;&#xA;Like your ISP's ISP's DNS.&#xD;&#xA;Or their ISP's ISP's ISP's routing.&#xD;&#xA;Or your webserver's prefix might be blackholed by someone else's AS advertising too wide a netmask (it happened t google!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To definitively know you need to to nslookup test of your site from their location, ideally starting at the root nameservers e.g. a.root-servers.net. and working down.&#xD;&#xA;You want to try all of the DNS servers in the path between the root and your webserver's hostname's authrititive DNS serveer as it occaisionally happens that one of the authoritive servers will be fubar but other OK, so it works for say you, but not for them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming DNS is OK then they need to see if packets can get to you.&#xD;&#xA;I.e. a ping in the first instance.&#xD;&#xA;And you need to be sure your packets can get back. Ping them back.&#xD;&#xA;Assuming all is well then you probably want to get them to do a wget, curl or telnet to your webserver and do a GET by hand (to eliminate browser caches).&#xD;&#xA;Then its probably reasonable to say your sit is reachable - assuming it is.&#xD;&#xA;And if not, then you will have a reasonable idea where the problem is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you can see this is a non trivial matter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As other have suggested some commercial servers can help as can locating your own servers in multiple locations on multiple, networks and doing checks on each other." />
  <row Id="26680" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14804" RevisionGUID="df695dc2-def7-46ea-b80c-e7488e68264e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:43:41.257" UserId="4136" Text="Your risks are that staying with an older system that eventually they'll stop supporting it. As for benefits check VMware's site for 2.0 features and see if it applies to you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.vmware.com/products/server/features.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;New Features in VMware Server 2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * New operating system support: The broadest operating system support of any host-based virtualization platform currently available, including support for Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista Business Edition and Ultimate Edition (guest only), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Ubuntu 8.04.&#xD;&#xA;    * 64-bit operating system support: Use 64-bit guest operating systems on 64-bit hardware to enable more scalable and higher performing computing solutions.  In addition, Server 2 will run natively on 64-bit Linux host operating systems. &#xD;&#xA;    * VMware Infrastructure (VI) Web Access management interface: VI Web Access management interface provides a simple, flexible, secure, intuitive and productive management experience.  Plus, access thousands of pre-built, pre-configured, ready-to-run enterprise applications packaged with an operating system inside a virtual machine at the Virtual Appliance Marketplace.&#xD;&#xA;    * Independent virtual machine console: With the new VMware Remote Console, you can access your virtual machine consoles independent of the VI Web Access management interface.&#xD;&#xA;    * More scalable virtual machines: Support for up to 8 GB of RAM and up to10 virtual network interface cards per virtual machine, transfer data at faster data rates from USB 2.0 devices plus add new SCSI hard disks and controllers to a running virtual machine.&#xD;&#xA;    * Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS):  Properly backup the state of the Windows virtual machines when using the snapshot feature to maintain data integrity of the applications running inside the virtual machine.&#xD;&#xA;    * Support for Virtual Machine Interface (VMI): This feature enables transparent paravirtualization, in which a single binary version of the operating system can run either on native hardware or in paravirtualized mode to improve performance in specific Linux environments.&#xD;&#xA;    * Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI): Support for fast and efficient communication between a virtual machine and the host operating system and between two or more virtual machines on the same host.&#xD;&#xA;    * Support for VIX API 1.6: This feature provides a programming interface for automating virtual machine and guest operations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For me I'd say that x64 bit support is huge as more resource intensive apps could benefit from x64 environment. Another benefit of coming up to speed is it will make your migration that much easier if you decide to jump up to the ESX-class virtualization solutions." />
  <row Id="26681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14805" RevisionGUID="8b2045fe-a3e5-4635-b812-e08ac4277aa1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:44:54.763" UserId="4136" Text="Check out this blog post, might be able to help you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://daveclarkesblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/backing-up-vmware-workstation-vms.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14806" RevisionGUID="5e657bdd-2ae4-4b75-9fdf-304d476df337" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:45:28.570" UserId="5222" Text="I have a Windows 2008 server that needs to have the network card traffic capped at 1 or 2 megabits.  Does anyone know if this can be accomplished by the Network card settings, registry trickery, or open-source/freeware applications?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26683" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14806" RevisionGUID="5e657bdd-2ae4-4b75-9fdf-304d476df337" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:45:28.570" UserId="5222" Text="Limit Transfer Speed on Windows 2008" />
  <row Id="26684" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14806" RevisionGUID="5e657bdd-2ae4-4b75-9fdf-304d476df337" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:45:28.570" UserId="5222" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="26685" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14807" RevisionGUID="5b382bd8-0e1f-4cf9-8ce6-b7b43217d2c6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:45:30.737" UserId="5478" Text="Something to consider: if you have a password that doesn't change, and the brute force attacks are testing a universe of passwords that includes yours, the brute force attack is guaranteed to hit eventually and you will remain vulnerable after that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The &quot;chance&quot; that a random pick will hit your password can be calculated, as you've suggested, but that may not tell the whole story.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you look at the brute force attempts, for example, and see that the longest password they try is 10 characters, picking anything at 12 will ensure you will never get hit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be very careful when trying to apply statistics to a particular case; they only predict the overall behavior with a large number of samples." />
  <row Id="26686" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1406" RevisionGUID="b30d16cf-f879-42b8-ac8e-8ec58d9f6ca4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:45:37.897" UserId="1496" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-server&gt;&lt;ntp&gt;&lt;time&gt;&lt;timesync&gt;" />
  <row Id="26687" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14808" RevisionGUID="02b3ddf4-ccc1-4239-82f8-3b4fec966dd4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:45:45.760" UserId="1447" Text="In my experience as a data warehousing contractor most significant failure modes of IT in general and data warehousing in particular are political in origin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I.T. projects almost always have to interact with other parts of the incumbent infrastructure.  Unless you have very strong and savvy I.T. management the normal situation is an adhocracy with a growing case of bit rot.  I have come to have very low expectations of I.T. management in companies I have worked with - they are generally a spineless lot and tend to not have authority to do their jobs anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This means that most projects will be boxed in by political expediencies and anything but sticking plaster is very unlikely to have sufficient political backing to succeed.  Currently I am working in an organisation where approval for a server has to hop through *three* governance committees.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you have a strongly integrated operations and I.T. stratgegy you will also suffer from requirements being expressed in terms of an incumbent manual solution ot the underlying problem.  Typically an I.T. function will have no authority to make changes to business processes.  This combines with the political tendency to sticking-plaster solutions in a particularly toxic way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Complex back offices tend to generate opaque business processes that accumulate over each other.  Data on spreadsheets can hop through 4 or 5 people before reaching their final audience - this phenomenon is sometimes known as 'excel tourism'.  These processes are often very poorly designed (never, ever let an accountant design core business processes if you have the option) and have massive inefficiencies and complex manual controls.  Requirements in this environment tend to be complex, subtle and mostly undocumented.  This environment is very prone to empire building and key man dependencies.  In the data warehouse literature these people are known as 'gatekeepers' and are a key failure mode of data warehousing projects.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Working with such people gives me warm, fuzzy thoughts about the practcal applications of waterboarding as a requirements capture technique.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As as the cruft accumulates the cost of fixing the underlying problem grows, creating a feedback loop where the infrastructure just keeps decaying and gets more and more politically infeasible to fix.  Most finance companies have so much crud in their back office that they are structurally incapable of implementing an effective data warehousing initiative.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The technology is now mature and available relatively cheaply - and it's not rocket science.  There are almost no issues in modern IT that are fundamentally technology related.  You will almost always find a political issue to be the root cause of a significant problem with I.T." />
  <row Id="26688" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14808" RevisionGUID="02b3ddf4-ccc1-4239-82f8-3b4fec966dd4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:45:45.760" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26689" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14809" RevisionGUID="73e43385-db31-4e9c-9f81-84838803fc74" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:45:52.360" UserId="5473" Text="You want the &quot;vmrun&quot; command. It should pretty much everything vmware-cmd did." />
  <row Id="26690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14810" RevisionGUID="878d8f38-d476-486c-b83b-9fc9611bbc1b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:48:48.377" UserId="5455" Text="It's pretty hard to say without understanding of what the specific &quot;organizational issues&quot; are. Without meaning to be offensive, can I point out that the problems of the organization (organizational issues) should be the problems of IT while &quot;IT problems&quot; (computers and servers) are not necessarily organizational problems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The faster you get aligned to business needs the faster you get jumped on when there is a glitch because you are already on the biggest problems to business first. i.e. &quot;everything dropped&quot; until the biggest problems to business get fixed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The obvious way to solve these problems are&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Get aligned to business by setting up structure of the priority of systems. &#xD;&#xA;2) Get a helpdesk set up which is clearly able to triage issues coming in and then classify them&#xD;&#xA;3) Publish SLAs to ensure that users have clear expectations on how long it takes a particular type of problem to be fixed&#xD;&#xA;4) Ensure there is root cause tracking so that every problem is solved instead of seeing the same symptoms reappear &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;E.G. System A before System B, critical issues before medium issues. &#xD;&#xA;E.G. Every System A critical problem falls into Group X and group X problems have an SLA whereby a plan to the solution will be out within 4 hours and a workaround will be deployed with X hours." />
  <row Id="26691" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14810" RevisionGUID="878d8f38-d476-486c-b83b-9fc9611bbc1b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:48:48.377" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26692" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14811" RevisionGUID="59c8a52b-6697-438b-808e-b5df5b12e838" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:49:06.923" UserId="1561" Text="WINS is *still* very much a requirement, despite every attempt by every Windows admin in the world to bludgeon it to death.  Anytime there is a separation of subnets, you're going to need WINS.  Running a VPN for separate sites?  That implies a subnet - and WINS.  Have older clients that don't understand AD?  You need WINS.  Have a DOS application that you're networking?  WINS again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The crux of the problem stems from the roots of LANMAN, which begat SMB, which begat CIFS...you can see where this is going.  LANMAN was very much a LAN-based protocol - it had no concept of &quot;Internet&quot;, much less &quot;routing&quot;.  WINS was developed to bridge that gap and make routing possible.  Fast-forward to the present, and CIFS still has some backwards-compatible support for LANMAN in it.  UNC path names may be &quot;modern&quot;, but they will still attach to a LANMAN server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MS is very close to getting out of the WINS server biz but there are just too many &quot;legacy&quot; hooks, not only in the OS, but in applications and services as well, that require a WINS server.  And as long as there is support for LANMAN-style transmissions, there will be a need to have a WINS server around." />
  <row Id="26693" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14812" RevisionGUID="e351a0fa-a5b9-4004-b9d1-294038e724ce" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:50:07.407" UserId="5473" Text="You really need to try Server 2.0 and see if you like it. The Web interface is much different than 1.0, some people like it and others hate it. 64-bit support is a big reason many people chose to upgrade. Finally, 2.0 has more memory overhead than 1.0.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14813" RevisionGUID="d6a305e9-b560-415e-8d7f-5ae1e05543ba" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:50:31.180" UserId="5515" Text="We use Computer Associates eTrust AV at my company of ~120 local and 10 remote users. I've found it to be bloated, expensive, and the source of more than a few problems when it actively scans all incoming/outgoing files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I co-oped at a university where we used McAfee's ePO with VirusScan 8.5i. I'd agree with Kevin, it was quite bloated and would suck up a ton of system resources. I don't have any experiences with AVG/Avast enterprise, but their free for personal use solutions are great. (I'm running Windows 7 RC with AVG free on my home desktop, and Windows 7 RC with Avast on my home laptop)" />
  <row Id="26695" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14813" RevisionGUID="d6a305e9-b560-415e-8d7f-5ae1e05543ba" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:50:31.180" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26696" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14814" RevisionGUID="e07bbf89-03d3-4814-83a1-65526fa23491" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:51:22.987" UserId="4136" Text="Ummm, why would you want to restrict the network traffic? This type of setting I believe would have to be done at the switch level. If not what you can do is set your NIC to 10 Mbps half/full if you want to do that sort of thing on the server-side." />
  <row Id="26697" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14815" RevisionGUID="8106b44f-6f37-4e4d-8e71-9be9a9ad03a9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:51:49.243" UserId="5464" Text="With GNU date:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;date  -d '1970-01-01 946684800 seconds'&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26698" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14816" RevisionGUID="17e17ec2-a21e-4d7e-ba87-8f3922846ecd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:51:53.500" UserId="5500" Text="Have you looked whether the VMs complain about dropped interrupts or similar things - maybe the host hardware is just overloaded or not enough ressources are allocated to your VMs?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's a flaky or overloaded network, the right thing to do would of course be fixing that; but if your hosting provider is not keen on that, can you use multiple physical paths by attaching multiple bridged networks to different host devices (hopefully on different switches)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just using redundant network paths via 802.3ad couldn't hurt in that case, either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A commenter on another question mentioned split-brain - that's one thing you want to avoid at all cost: Normally a STONITH script would e.g. turn off a networked PDU strip on the other host so that the other host is down **for sure**; in a VM you might try a script that switches the other VM off via the VMware API.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally - maybe DRBD is just not right for your scenario. If you have a SAN, you may want to open the same device on the fabric on both VMs as a raw disk and then run OCFS2 or a similar cluster FS on it. Friends have seen OCFS2 run rock-solid on up to four nodes simultaneously, which would free you up to do multi-node clusters with heartbeat2 instead of being locked in with two-node fail-over like on heartbeat 1 by drbd.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Caveat emptor: heartbeat 2 uses XML config files. Not everyone (e.g., me) likes that.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26699" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14817" RevisionGUID="e2ab0eff-0181-4bb7-8890-c24aabcb4b57" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:52:47.167" UserId="5553" Text="What is the blue-screen error code? There are many reasons for Windows to generate a blue screen, and troubleshooting is easier when you know which one it is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given Windows 7 is currently only available as an ISO, is it possible that you have a bad burn? I had a problem with Virtual PC on Windows 2000 several years ago, where it would crash if the VPC network services driver was enabled. Windows XP on another computer would simply not be able to use the network. I discovered that the driver was actually bad on the disc, the checksum not matching." />
  <row Id="26700" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2930" RevisionGUID="69ac9ebe-5bee-431f-8671-1da890f18fd0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:52:49.117" UserId="919" Comment="add classic xkcd" Text="Should we remove the root password, disable remote login and basically require adminstrators to use sudo to perform administrative actions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sandwich.png" />
  <row Id="26701" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2930" RevisionGUID="69ac9ebe-5bee-431f-8671-1da890f18fd0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:52:49.117" UserId="919" Comment="add classic xkcd" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;&lt;root&gt;&lt;login&gt;" />
  <row Id="26702" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14818" RevisionGUID="1086063b-f803-4012-a889-f9e55ad60b6c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:53:04.873" UserId="2908" Text="I agree that this is most likely either a router or firewall issue. You might want to consider adding the &quot;Networking&quot; and &quot;Firewall&quot; tags to your question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TODO: Convert to comment once 50 reputation is reached." />
  <row Id="26703" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14819" RevisionGUID="af5f8650-5f57-4d2d-8aaf-70c5fc769bd3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:53:19.020" UserId="1466" Text="Twice per second is not bad.  We used to see thousands of attempts per minute, before implementing **fail2ban**, which will lock a particular IP out of the network for a set amount of time after so many failed attempts (all configurable).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This has worked great for us." />
  <row Id="26704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14820" RevisionGUID="56f32dbe-bf83-427e-b000-4a670d1c74a0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:53:32.907" UserDisplayName="Roflo" Text="Someone had to say this: give Clonezilla a try (http:// clonezilla.org/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you get? To copy only used parts of the filesystem. Clonezilla uses dd, grub, sfdisk, parted, partimage, ntfsclone, and/or partclone. Depending on the options you choose. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Decent documentation can be found at:&#xD;&#xA;http:// clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live/doc/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26705" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14821" RevisionGUID="7f76d0d5-5e96-4c59-a716-d60951682856" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:53:36.773" UserId="4054" Text="Actually, you can selective scan against brute force ssh attacks using iptables, if this works for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These two strings:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -m conntrack --ctstate NEW -m recent --set --name sshscans &#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -m recent --rcheck --seconds 60 --hitcount 5 --name sshscans --rsource -j DROP &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will block access to anyone who tries to connect to SSH more than 5 times in a 60 second interval.  You can change the &quot;--hitcount&quot; number if you want a bigger number than 5 per second to be allowed." />
  <row Id="26706" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14822" RevisionGUID="5078cc70-3695-403d-8684-e9d641dce1c9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:53:51.610" UserId="5268" Text="Listen, my nephew bought a linksys access point and got my home network running in 5 minutes flat.  Why do you bring up terms like attenuation and spectrum?  You're just making it more complicated to keep yourself in work.  I hardly think we need 85 access points to cover this campus...  Welcome to the world of IT.  A skill which is just as important as troubleshooting is people skills.  Unless you can find a department with a really good manager who covers the politics for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A good IT department aligns itself with the organizational goals - no cares if a server is down or what hand waving you do to fix it, they only care if they can make widgets.  You need to spend the time to educate your customers (the rest of the company) on how what you're doing makes their life easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And as tomjedrz said, you're in the wrong line of work if you need recognition.  On average in the last 10 years I've been recognized less than once a year.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26707" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14822" RevisionGUID="5078cc70-3695-403d-8684-e9d641dce1c9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:53:51.610" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26708" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14776" RevisionGUID="3ba78b9d-4aec-4b22-a811-5b4632ea54a2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:54:03.187" UserId="5426" Comment="added 8 characters in body" Text="I have looked many places for the answer to this question and server fault looks like a great place to look some more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We run in an environment which is completely thin-client to fat-server setup. All applications for all users are run on our server. Almost all applications work just like you would expect with the exception of Publisher 2007. I have Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 installed. Every couple of days I notice one of the four processors is completely pegged. I open taskman and mspub.exe has it run into the ground. It does not happen all of the time, and it tends to correlate with mail merges out of Excel, although not always.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things I know:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. It can happen to more than one user, at the same time&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. The mail merge when it tends to happen has long been over&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Given a period of time mspub will still not recover. I have let it run for two or three days hoping it might stop. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. The user does not &quot;sense&quot; the application is locked-up. Even though it has the processor pegged it still responds to user input and closes by taskman or the close button from the user without problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance for your help.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14823" RevisionGUID="8c917425-8eaf-489c-8779-61bbf758336e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:55:01.700" UserId="4126" Text="We're using NORMAN antivirus here, 50+ clients 5+ servers, &#xD;&#xA;prior to that we were using AVG, everything was good except that AVG is a bit slow on updating it's virus database for local virus. (we have dozens crop up every month here in my country)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With norman, if i can submit a new undetected virus, i got a free 1 year subscription.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ps. and i don't work for norman, hehe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Norman SMB Solution][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.norman.com/smb/en-us" />
  <row Id="26710" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14823" RevisionGUID="8c917425-8eaf-489c-8779-61bbf758336e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:55:01.700" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14824" RevisionGUID="a7e78818-ce43-406d-ad0a-9fbd2df2d5bc" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:55:54.227" UserId="2304" Text="If you need a fairly polished monitoring service, I'd recommend looking at something along the lines of [Keynote][1] or [Gomez][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.keynote.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gomez.com/" />
  <row Id="26712" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14825" RevisionGUID="5dc55f95-032b-48ae-bb7f-f82e63dcfb8a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:56:06.113" UserId="629" Text="You want to use the personal package archives on launchpad.net - there are very up to date versions of lots of different software packages in different PPAs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want the really bleeding edge mono, then there is a mono-testing PPA with mono 2.4 at &lt;https://launchpad.net/~mono-testing/+archive/ppa&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To install packages from a PPA, and get updates for them, [follow these instructions](https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA#Adding%20a%20PPA%20to%20your%20Ubuntu%20repositories). Once you have done that you should just be able to do&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo aptitude update&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo aptitude upgrade&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14826" RevisionGUID="61a6e10f-7f5f-4db0-8644-d40415ad098f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:56:14.740" UserId="5528" Text="As the other reply says, LVM is widely used, and can combine several disks into a single &quot;volume group&quot; that looks like one huge block device. It's worth remembering, though, that doing this increases your probability of failure -- it only takes one disk to fail in a volume group to take out the entire filesystem, and if you have four disks joined together, this is four times more likely. Best to use LVM on top of a RAID1 or similar to mitigate this. Linux software RAID is quite adequate for this, although hardware RAID may be more convenient." />
  <row Id="26714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14827" RevisionGUID="e461a47d-d498-4142-9cb0-2f3f9598aeca" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:56:21.403" UserId="2943" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Today I had a situation where I wanted to cancel an update to a table and several indexes and immediately restore back the database from a backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I issued a kill command to kill the updating SPID.  I then issued a kill with statusonly and there was several tens of thousands of seconds roll back awaiting.  I needed to restore the database in a hurry (therefore wasn't concerned with rolling back) - but you cant kill a SPID that's rolling back (as far as I know), or restore a database with outstanding connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I decided to stop the sql services, delete the database's mdf and ldf physical files, start the sql services - which shows the database in a suspect state. Then restored the database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a more controlled / sensible way to approach this situation?" />
  <row Id="26715" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14827" RevisionGUID="e461a47d-d498-4142-9cb0-2f3f9598aeca" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:56:21.403" UserId="2943" Text="Correct procedure for preventing a spid from rolling back" />
  <row Id="26716" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14827" RevisionGUID="e461a47d-d498-4142-9cb0-2f3f9598aeca" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:56:21.403" UserId="2943" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;backup-restoration&gt;&lt;rollback&gt;" />
  <row Id="26717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14828" RevisionGUID="2b8a843d-1e31-4f41-b693-09c68b61f070" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:56:27.737" UserId="5234" Text="As an administrator being unappreciated is part of the job description.  You're not front-facing, you're not working on the latest sexy project, nobody hears from you and nobody even knows you exist until things go wrong.  Users come in and log on and they get their stuff; they expect this to happen, and they don't know that you may have been up until 4AM fighting like a hero to ensure that it did happen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's actually quite a lot of job satisfaction to be had from that, but it's entirely up to your own attitude and approach.  You either accept it or you move on, but if you can take your own personal pride in a job well done, I've found that a lot of other things become less intolerable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sure that I could tell the very same war stories as anyone else: the server replacement request that was refused until the old one died at the most inappropriate time (and your subsequent night without sleep as a consequence), the suggestion you've been making for years that was totally ignored until the smart-suited consultant makes the same one and gets drooled over by management for it, and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the end what it comes down to is that people don't analyze things until there is a crisis, and if you're doing your job well, that crisis rarely happens, and is very smoothly managed whenever it does.  So like I said it's your own attitude to the job that counts.  Just learn to take being unappreciated as a sign that you're doing your job well!" />
  <row Id="26718" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14828" RevisionGUID="2b8a843d-1e31-4f41-b693-09c68b61f070" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:56:27.737" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26719" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14829" RevisionGUID="f16d2e96-4887-4689-804a-4be2be38b8e0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:57:40.277" UserId="5500" Text="If you want a very flexible system, you might want to see if a VTun-like system for the TUN/TAP driver (which is available for Windows) exists for Win32 systems - but beware, messing with the TUN/TAP devices can be, well, messy." />
  <row Id="26720" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14830" RevisionGUID="bddec70b-c18b-4332-9909-17ee63c79d46" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:58:11.210" UserId="5464" Text="I'd say openldap for quick to set up and fairly simple.&#xD;&#xA;As for GUI I like GQ, though I usually use the command line.&#xD;&#xA;ldapvi is good to. That brings up the results as an ldif in a vi like editor (it might even be vi) and can save edits back to the directory." />
  <row Id="26721" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14831" RevisionGUID="22a16981-9049-4e65-a0f8-2b1e19899944" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:59:02.457" UserId="1645" Text="I previously worked for a small-sized company with organizational issues and misunderstanding about what my job entailed. Employees were wearing too many hats and reporting to too many different people. I managed to get them to make a little bit of headway towards cleaning that up after much complaining. I also tried to push for job descriptions (nobody had one), but it never happened. I managed to maintain my sanity by building a simple web-based task management system. Any time the pointy-haired boss wanted something done immediately, I would either sit down with him and reprioritize or ask him which things he wanted to scrap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I work for a medium-sized company which is highly organized and they gave me a job description on the first day. Not everyone knows what I do, but my manager and everyone above him does, and everyone in my area does. Chaos is probably common, but there are good places to work out there." />
  <row Id="26722" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14831" RevisionGUID="22a16981-9049-4e65-a0f8-2b1e19899944" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:59:02.457" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26723" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14807" RevisionGUID="59643b1a-d8d3-46e3-980d-e10ac25be1a9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:59:04.907" UserId="5478" Comment="Add a paragraph to actually answer the correction." Text="Something to consider: if you have a password that doesn't change, and the brute force attacks are testing a universe of passwords that includes yours, the brute force attack is guaranteed to hit eventually and you will remain vulnerable after that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The &quot;chance&quot; that a random pick will hit your password can be calculated, as you've suggested, but that may not tell the whole story.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you look at the brute force attempts, for example, and see that the longest password they try is 10 characters, picking anything at 12 will ensure you will never get hit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be very careful when trying to apply statistics to a particular case; they only predict the overall behavior with a large number of samples.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That aside, if the mathematics don't (or can't) convince someone, try to find something that has about the same chance of occurring but is familiar, like perhaps lotteries or car accidents or struck by lightning. If you can say &quot;the chance of someone hitting _this_ password is about the same as winning the lottery six weeks running&quot; it may give them a better feel." />
  <row Id="26724" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14832" RevisionGUID="9712fdb7-52f8-4b22-8afd-4711069baec1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:59:17.497" UserId="1715" Text="Based on [this question][1]  I think it would be fair to say that sysadmins need to determine if a place is worth working at.  There is a similar well known [test by Joel for programmers][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the 12 Question's system administrators ask at an interview?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Following Joel's rules the questions should be platform &amp; technology agnostic&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/14737/organizational-issues-sore-spots-of-it&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joel_Test" />
  <row Id="26725" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14832" RevisionGUID="9712fdb7-52f8-4b22-8afd-4711069baec1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:59:17.497" UserId="1715" Text="the Joel Test for sysadmin jobs" />
  <row Id="26726" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14832" RevisionGUID="9712fdb7-52f8-4b22-8afd-4711069baec1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:59:17.497" UserId="1715" Text="&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;culture&gt;&lt;job-market&gt;&lt;jobhunting&gt;&lt;career-development&gt;" />
  <row Id="26727" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14832" RevisionGUID="9712fdb7-52f8-4b22-8afd-4711069baec1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:59:17.497" UserId="1715" />
  <row Id="26728" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14833" RevisionGUID="efee0b7b-7df9-44e5-bcff-82edb80aa9f0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T16:59:50.083" UserId="2600" Text="I agree that changing the password every 10 minutes seems a bit excessive.  At this point the problem becomes how do securely transmit the new password and keep the systems in sync with one another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This article has some interesting statistics about cracking speeds:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; http://www.lockdown.co.uk/?pg=combi&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_cracking&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26729" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14834" RevisionGUID="dd048069-3f23-4c9e-9e6f-012358bb0816" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:00:09.163" UserId="5564" Text="Off the hip I'd guess the cluster IP is configured such that the route and netmask preclude it working through a router.  " />
  <row Id="26730" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14808" RevisionGUID="d68e3b9b-8b00-4829-9335-5fac197ae515" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:00:39.957" UserId="1447" Comment="deleted 7 characters in body" Text="In my experience as a data warehousing contractor most significant failure modes of IT in general and data warehousing in particular are political in origin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I.T. projects almost always have to interact with other parts of the incumbent infrastructure.  Unless you have very strong and savvy I.T. management the normal situation is an adhocracy with a growing case of bit rot.  I have come to have very low expectations of I.T. management in companies I have worked with - they are generally a spineless lot and tend to not have authority to do their jobs anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This means that most projects will be boxed in by political expediencies and anything but sticking plaster is very unlikely to have sufficient political backing to succeed.  Currently I am working in an organisation where approval for a server has to hop through *three* governance committees.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you have a strongly integrated operations and I.T. stratgegy you will also suffer from requirements being expressed in terms of an incumbent manual solution ot the underlying problem.  Typically an I.T. function will have no authority to make changes to business processes.  This combines with the political tendency to sticking-plaster solutions in a particularly toxic way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Complex back offices tend to generate opaque business processes that accumulate over each other.  Data on spreadsheets can hop through 4 or 5 people before reaching their final audience - this phenomenon is sometimes known as 'excel tourism'.  These processes are often very poorly designed (never, ever let an accountant design core business processes if you have the option) and have massive inefficiencies and complex manual controls.  Requirements in this environment tend to be complex, subtle and mostly undocumented.  This environment is very prone to empire building and key man dependencies.  In the data warehouse literature these people are known as 'gatekeepers' and are a key failure mode of data warehousing projects.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Working with such people fills me with warm, fuzzy thoughts about the practcal applications of waterboarding to requirements capture.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As as the cruft accumulates the cost of fixing the underlying problem grows, creating a feedback loop where the infrastructure just keeps decaying and gets more and more politically infeasible to fix.  Most finance companies have so much crud in their back office that they are structurally incapable of implementing an effective data warehousing initiative.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The technology is now mature and available relatively cheaply - and it's not rocket science.  There are almost no issues in modern IT that are fundamentally technology related.  You will almost always find a political issue to be the root cause of a significant problem with I.T." />
  <row Id="26731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14835" RevisionGUID="099fa6b3-d395-4b1b-84ff-1aa901d2b95a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:00:40.207" UserId="4126" Text="Try running netdiag first on every site, i suspect it's a connectivity problem. 90% of active directory problem is related to DNS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;netdiag /v and netdiag /fix&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;also check wether the server is pointing to the correct DNS server." />
  <row Id="26732" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14836" RevisionGUID="2206259b-6008-49c2-9bfd-323506a6ca26" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:00:49.380" UserId="48" Text="If you are able to install software on the server, you can install [Microsofts URLScan][1] for IIS to restrict what files IIS will serve.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc242650.aspx" />
  <row Id="26733" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14837" RevisionGUID="3be49cac-84fa-4e2f-a7f8-8de1713df865" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:01:28.037" UserId="5268" Text="Using fail2ban with the iptables is a great way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the math for you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.lockdown.co.uk/?pg=combi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mixed upper and lower case alphabet and common symbols, 8 characters long, gives you 2.9 quadrillion conbinations and with 10,000 attempts a second will take 9,488 years.  Thats the maximum of course - expect your password to be cracked in 4000 years. 1000 years if you're not feeling lucky.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you can see you shouldn't have any issues if you do a 15 character password like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dJ&amp;3${bs2ujc&quot;qX" />
  <row Id="26734" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14838" RevisionGUID="d393e466-c693-4d40-a378-cba0c57fa51e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:01:42.140" UserId="1145" Text="Disclaimer: I am not a server admin, I am a windows user that has lead a life of sinful installation wizards and drag and drop&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm attempting to install Tomcat on CentOS 5 hosted by a MediaTemple dedicated virtual server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I basically followed [this guide][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Installed jpackage and configured the yum.repo.d jpackage file to set enabled=1&#xD;&#xA; 2. Used yum to install java (yum install java)&#xD;&#xA; 3. Downloaded the binary distribution of tomcat with &quot;wget http://archive.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-6/v6.0.14/bin/apache-tomcat-6.0.14.tar.gz&quot;&#xD;&#xA; 4. set JAVA_HOME to point at the jdk location I found with &quot;export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0/&quot;&#xD;&#xA; 5. I gunzip/untar the Tomcat files and run ./startup.sh to start the Tomcat server. That is supposed to put the Tomcat server at myserver.com:8080 - however, I just get a could not contact host error when I try to browse to it (or when I try 'curl localhost:8080' from SSH) After I type ./startup.sh, here is the console output:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [root@myserver bin]# ./startup.sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     Using CATALINA_BASE:   /root/apache-tomcat-6.0.14&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     Using CATALINA_HOME:   /root/apache-tomcat-6.0.14&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /root/apache-tomcat-6.0.14/temp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     Using JRE_HOME:       /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     [root@myserver bin]#&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a step I have missed here?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jaysonjc.com/2008/01/16/installing-tomcat-60-on-mediatemple-dedicated-server/" />
  <row Id="26735" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14838" RevisionGUID="d393e466-c693-4d40-a378-cba0c57fa51e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:01:42.140" UserId="1145" Text="Installing Tomcat on CentOS 5" />
  <row Id="26736" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14838" RevisionGUID="d393e466-c693-4d40-a378-cba0c57fa51e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:01:42.140" UserId="1145" Text="&lt;centos&gt;&lt;java&gt;&lt;tomcat&gt;&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="26737" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14748" RevisionGUID="8e3d83e9-ef1f-4c44-ad5b-b5dd59ee144d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:02:11.280" UserId="1715" Comment="added 170 characters in body" Text="Get out of departmental IT!  [Joel's blogged][1] about why his time at viacom sucked for this reason.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sad fact is that if you give good advice to a business as an employee it's questioned &amp; untrusted.  If a consultant walks in &amp; gives the same advice for $10,000 its cherished.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not all organisations treat their staff this way.  Go work for a vendor &amp; you might notice a difference.  You can't change toxic culture like that, but you can choose where to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** It's obvious we need a [Joel test for sysadmins][2]! Help us create one!   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/12/04.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/14832/the-joel-test-for-sysadmin-jobs" />
  <row Id="26738" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14839" RevisionGUID="63d90f92-cc0c-4295-894f-ef6e5a3b8c1d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:03:19.313" UserId="523" Text="You might want to check out [NetLimiter][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; NetLimiter is an ultimate internet&#xD;&#xA;&gt; traffic control and monitoring tool&#xD;&#xA;&gt; designed for Windows. You can use&#xD;&#xA;&gt; NetLimiter to set download/upload&#xD;&#xA;&gt; transfer rate limits for applications&#xD;&#xA;&gt; or even single connection and monitor&#xD;&#xA;&gt; their internet traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.netlimiter.com/" />
  <row Id="26739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14840" RevisionGUID="04305f3a-3aa2-4c39-a1f4-41cd445b1640" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:03:39.280" UserId="5573" Text="One thing that I consider a must have is a testing machine that has identical hardware specs as the live serve." />
  <row Id="26740" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14840" RevisionGUID="04305f3a-3aa2-4c39-a1f4-41cd445b1640" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:03:39.280" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26741" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14841" RevisionGUID="22540c3e-ff4a-4492-ac00-f5a2e90b996c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:03:42.650" UserId="5455" Text="At the current day prices for CPU and memory I would say go for both and eat the slight increase in pricing for increased productivity/developer work satisfaction" />
  <row Id="26742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14842" RevisionGUID="ab985af6-bd40-4e7c-ba1c-1d2061f14a5d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:04:09.373" UserId="3281" Text="We currently use Trend Micro and it has been ok.&#xD;&#xA;So far, it has worked well as a set it and forget it.  It keeps the updates flowing.  The reporting leaves a lot to be desired." />
  <row Id="26743" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14842" RevisionGUID="ab985af6-bd40-4e7c-ba1c-1d2061f14a5d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:04:09.373" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14843" RevisionGUID="01ea08e0-ed73-4930-aca9-cc5391af5d2a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:04:43.180" UserId="4136" Text="I somewhat answered this in another answer recently but this is a good topic. One of the key issues between IT and &quot;the Others&quot; (sue me, I'm a Lost fan) is that in the Dharmaville we call IT, we know what we're doing. We're happy. We understand our parts (for most part) and know how to do it well (again, for most part). The problem comes in how IT is utilized. In the past IT was the hammer that drove the nails. We came out, provided dumb terminals and as long as the mainframe and network were up nobody really questioned anything. Nowadays IT NEEDS to be seen as BUSINESS PARTNER. Nothing gets done without IT involvement now and when people fail to realize that you can't plan to put in a massive product and not even know if 1) It really will help anything 2) If it even works with what we have and if it doesn't what do we need to do to get there. We need to evolve our thinking and update our policies and procedures to accept these new changes or we'll always be stuck in the same old rut." />
  <row Id="26745" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14843" RevisionGUID="01ea08e0-ed73-4930-aca9-cc5391af5d2a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:04:43.180" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26746" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14771" RevisionGUID="61284c69-9610-4bf7-b941-88d9073b69da" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:05:43.880" UserId="4773" Comment="added 8 characters in body" Text="We have a web server that is in our DMZ serving up a ASP.NET web application.  The application has been live for around 2 months and working great but we are getting periodic emails from users saying that they cannot access the site because they get a timeout or link broken or page not found etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My first thought is that it is something on their end as we have had people test the site from literally around the world with no issues and there have been no known downtimes.  My problem is I don't want to just tell the user, &quot;Problem is on your end, figure it out.&quot;  I would like to have a way to prove it to them or maybe some steps for them to prove it to themselves.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions for myself or the user's with issues?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: To clarify a bit more, the problem is with the same users over and over (like 5 total so far) and they can't access the site at all.  So it's not a page specific issue.  Some great answers so far I wish I could mark more than one as the answer as they are all good.&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;**Thanks for the quick turn around as well.  It was faster to ask and get an answer here than contacting my server/networking group in house :)**" />
  <row Id="26747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14844" RevisionGUID="82a9f76f-1dc0-47a2-9014-afe205ace75f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:05:50.243" UserId="5515" Text="I'm looking to generate an excel spreadsheet with various information about each one of my company's ~140 VMs residing on 7 ESX 3.5 servers - specifically, the VM's:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Name&#xD;&#xA;- Allocated Memory, Processors, Hard Drive&#xD;&#xA;- Average Memory, Processor utilization for a given time period&#xD;&#xA;- Maximum Memory, Processor utilization for a given time period&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know I can manually fill in a spread sheet, but I'm looking for a script (perhaps powershell) that I can run on a scheduled basis to keep an eye on things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26748" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14844" RevisionGUID="82a9f76f-1dc0-47a2-9014-afe205ace75f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:05:50.243" UserId="5515" Text="VMware ESX Auditing" />
  <row Id="26749" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14844" RevisionGUID="82a9f76f-1dc0-47a2-9014-afe205ace75f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:05:50.243" UserId="5515" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;audit&gt;&lt;vmware-esx&gt;" />
  <row Id="26750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14845" RevisionGUID="477584c1-6522-4e8b-8038-006740d29b27" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:06:17.763" UserId="4126" Text="How about using a notebook connected to a big 19+ LCD at the office ?&#xD;&#xA;You can get both the comfort of working with big monitor and the ease of carrying your computer anywhere you like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used to work with a dell XPS (switched to a macbook pro now) and connect it to a 19&quot; samsung LCD at the office. " />
  <row Id="26751" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14845" RevisionGUID="477584c1-6522-4e8b-8038-006740d29b27" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:06:17.763" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14846" RevisionGUID="83adfd85-5200-404f-ab20-781be178ee60" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:06:31.133" UserId="45" Text="The next time it happens, try to find out what activity is occuring in the mspub.exe process. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use [Microsoft/Sysinternal's Process Explorer][1] to see the resources the process is accessing or trying to access. Maybe you can deduce the problem from what you are seeing there. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx" />
  <row Id="26753" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7498" RevisionGUID="44cb8017-93e7-4552-b0f8-42e00d3f8e19" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:07:30.863" UserId="1803" Comment="edited for conciseness" Text="I need to re-evaluate our phone conferencing vendor / package.  Not having managed this particular service in the past, would anybody care to share what kind of companies/offerings are out there that you've encountered?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Throwing out some points of interest to get started, feel free to add/change/disregard...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Do you host your own phone conferencing solution?&#xD;&#xA;    - Number of users&#xD;&#xA;    - Platform&#xD;&#xA; - Do you outsource?&#xD;&#xA;    - Vendor&#xD;&#xA;    - Terms (not rates, I realize these vary, but are charges by the minute, bundled, per account, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;    - Limitations, features&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I've intentionally kept this separate from video conferencing)" />
  <row Id="26754" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7498" RevisionGUID="44cb8017-93e7-4552-b0f8-42e00d3f8e19" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:07:30.863" UserId="1803" Comment="edited for conciseness" Text="&lt;telephony&gt;&lt;conferencing&gt;" />
  <row Id="26755" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14836" RevisionGUID="cc2dcef3-2ad0-4fd7-8d1e-ecf1ea820653" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:07:34.423" UserId="48" Comment="added 295 characters in body" Text="If you are able to install software on the server, you can install [Microsofts URLScan][1] for IIS to restrict what files IIS will serve. This will be for the whole server however, rather than just the application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also be able to do so on a site basis, using the web.config file, the details are [here][2], they are for IIS  5 and .net 1.1 but the principal is the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc242650.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/815152" />
  <row Id="26756" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14847" RevisionGUID="b6b380ed-14fb-4a06-b3b5-aa4e214084fd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:07:58.087" UserId="5478" Text="I know someone who wrote a custom tool to delete a tree recursively and tested on a network drive that did not return &quot;..&quot; as one of the &quot;find next file&quot; entries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first time it ran on a drive that did return &quot;..&quot; it backed up to the root and wiped clean the volume." />
  <row Id="26757" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14847" RevisionGUID="b6b380ed-14fb-4a06-b3b5-aa4e214084fd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:07:58.087" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26758" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14833" RevisionGUID="7ab325e6-5133-4ef0-b135-806488c9e666" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:08:06.793" UserId="2600" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="I agree that changing the password every 10 minutes seems a bit excessive.  At this point the problem becomes how do you securely transmit the new password and keep the systems in sync with one another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This article has some interesting statistics about cracking speeds:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; http://www.lockdown.co.uk/?pg=combi&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_cracking&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26759" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14748" RevisionGUID="0106518c-1fd8-4279-9211-f2f9ed9d6734" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:08:12.330" UserId="1715" />
  <row Id="26760" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14848" RevisionGUID="d697dbca-a2a9-4bf3-81b3-621cf2441c6f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:08:48.757" UserDisplayName="d5kippy" Text="A very big mistake I see is not immediately owning up to the mistake. It is understandable to cringe and try to hide (or even try to resolve yourself) but very likely this makes the problem worse." />
  <row Id="26761" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14848" RevisionGUID="d697dbca-a2a9-4bf3-81b3-621cf2441c6f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:08:48.757" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14849" RevisionGUID="30f4cf48-4774-4a39-8166-0801d4bd5494" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:10:14.727" UserId="5493" Text=" - Do you have configuration change control?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you have data recovery policies?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you perform daily backups?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you have an issues database?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26763" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14849" RevisionGUID="30f4cf48-4774-4a39-8166-0801d4bd5494" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:10:14.727" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26764" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14850" RevisionGUID="5ed3924b-d276-48ab-b52e-1393c86ad2f8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:10:20.203" UserId="3281" Text="Do you perform system backups, and do test restores regularly?" />
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  <row Id="26766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14851" RevisionGUID="92e30892-5d42-4b87-a5f8-264314ce2bfd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:11:21.153" UserId="4136" Text="VMware released a Powershell toolkit you'll probably want to check out:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://blogs.vmware.com/vipowershell/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And here's a blog with Top 10 Powershell scripts VMware admins should be using:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.virtual-strategy.com/Eric-Siebert-s-Top-10/Top-10-PowerShell-scripts-that-VMware-administrators-should-use.html" />
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  <row Id="26769" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14853" RevisionGUID="789281eb-d178-4af2-8f2a-07f880f4815c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:13:31.727" UserId="5614" Text="Many years ago I was at home coding up some stuff in php while working on a project with a buddy of mine who was the maintainer of the project. We were IM'ing one another in a collaboration effort. We always banter back and forth in play. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was trying to get ssh-agent to work properly on my machine while we were having a religious war of Perl vs PHP. Then I mentioned something about ssh-agent needing to be eval'ed (not sure why I said that). So then he sent me this message in an effort, so I thought, to help me with my problem (bear in mind that I was su -'ed to root):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;\# eval $(echo ssh-agent | perl -pe 's/h-a/m -r/' | perl -pe 's/^ss/r/' | perl -pe 's/gent/f \//')&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WARNING! DO NOT RUN THAT COMMAND!!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IF you remove the eval and run the inner command by itself it is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;rm -rf /&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It took me all of 4 seconds to notice what was happening but the damage was already done. I had to reinstall my OS. Fortunately, nothing of my work was wiped out except some stuff in /etc iirc. He had a HUGE laugh when I sent him a message of horror asking why he did that. We are both long-term systems engineers. He didn't think I would run it and would be more careful to check it before simply c&amp;p'ing and I just trusted him so I didn't even consider he was playing around. Needless to say, this little story comes up all the time between us. So, I decided to immortalize it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How have I mitigated this from happening again? I trust no-one! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another less interesting story is a couple of years back I was doing some work on a mission critical box at work. I had a few terms open to different machine. I needed to remove some superfluous stuff in a directory. Well, I got lost in my terms and accidentally rm'ed *.* in my local dir but on the wrong host (wrong term)!!. I executed the command in /var/lib/mysql instead of /tmp on the application server (different term). Needless to say, I wiped out the production database. Fortunately, we had a warm standby that we flipped to while me and a co-worker rebuilt the primary from backups and the standby. That took about 18 hours to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mitigation: more careful about what windows I execute commands in before executing them." />
  <row Id="26770" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14853" RevisionGUID="789281eb-d178-4af2-8f2a-07f880f4815c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:13:31.727" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26771" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14854" RevisionGUID="199858bb-10a0-4fbd-bbe6-36caf9e4534c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:13:55.250" UserId="4773" Text="I think a high spec'd laptop is the way to go as long as it has a easy docking station when in the office or at home which easily connects to mulitple monitors and external keyboard and mouse.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Pros:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. You have a mobile dev environment.&#xD;&#xA; 2. No synching for the developer from desktop to laptop to home etc.  They can just use their laptop everywhere.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Developer has more freedom to work when ever and where ever they want if you company allows that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Cons:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Cost (more expensive hardware.  Laptop is more expensive of course, plus you need buy multiple extra monitors, keyboards, etc)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Reliability (fixing a laptop can be more difficult than a desktop)&#xD;&#xA; 3. Easy to lose / steal" />
  <row Id="26772" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14854" RevisionGUID="199858bb-10a0-4fbd-bbe6-36caf9e4534c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:13:55.250" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14855" RevisionGUID="3bf7ad3c-004e-4944-8c17-d07af29b8a7a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:14:34.453" UserId="700" Text="Are you willing to spend money for proper monitoring/logging tools?" />
  <row Id="26774" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14855" RevisionGUID="3bf7ad3c-004e-4944-8c17-d07af29b8a7a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:14:34.453" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14856" RevisionGUID="69c00552-6f93-4aaf-a7d7-60fc48a9b33d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:14:37.667" UserId="5234" Text="It's surprising how many people don't understand exponential curves, but everybody knows the difference between 10, 100, and 1000, so that might be a good place to start making comparisons.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another tactic might be to actually *show* people how long it takes to brute-force a 6 character password.  If you have any programming knowledge, you can put together a quick tool that does this.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26776" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14849" RevisionGUID="e580762a-a6e1-4729-90fe-ded1cd8d3993" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:15:21.863" UserId="5493" Comment="added 160 characters in body" Text=" - Do you have configuration change control?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you have data recovery policies?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you perform daily backups?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you have an issues database?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Update&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA; - Do you have built-in redundancy?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you have the best hardware money can buy?&#xD;&#xA; - Can you setup a new laptop or desktop in one step?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26777" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14857" RevisionGUID="6c1ce731-82cd-4885-99ca-cf513d619bae" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:15:48.680" UserId="2372" Text=" - A Named pipe virtual serial port behaves more like a traditional      &#xD;&#xA;   serial port - with both input and output, while an 'Output file' is    &#xD;&#xA;   mostly useful for quickly capturing  program output to a file.&#xD;&#xA; - An &quot;Output file&quot; would not be useful &#xD;&#xA;   for bidirectional       communication&#xD;&#xA;   between machines.&#xD;&#xA; - The actual name of the named pipe is declared in the setup for the virtual machine.&#xD;&#xA; - The selection of which named pipe is the server and client does not matter; a client can only connect to a server.&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;Yield on CPU poll&quot; applies to special applications which communicate with the serial port by polling.   Kernel debuggers are an example; when blocked while debugging an interrupt, no further interrupts can be reliably processed.  This setting would not apply to typical inter-machine connections over named pipe serial ports.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14858" RevisionGUID="eaecf331-e8f5-489c-9ffa-09c7ece04a0b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:16:11.563" UserId="5190" Text="You can right-click on the user properties and go to Exchange General&gt; Delivery Restrictions, here you can select to only accept messages from authenticated users, this means you won't get emails from outside but only domain users." />
  <row Id="26779" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14851" RevisionGUID="5fd3dbfd-fbf0-42c2-b6d2-6239f794b774" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:16:34.090" UserId="4136" Comment="fixed 2nd link" Text="VMware released a Powershell toolkit you'll probably want to check out:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://blogs.vmware.com/vipowershell/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And here's a blog with Top 10 Powershell scripts VMware admins should be using:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://vsphere-land.com/top-10-list/top-10-powershell-scripts-that-vmware-administrators-must-use.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14859" RevisionGUID="5c0909c0-fdc3-4171-a393-e0bf501eea9a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:16:47.430" UserId="5464" Text="&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    read -p &quot;Username:&quot; USER&#xD;&#xA;    scp -l $USER -oPubkeyAuthentication=no&#xD;&#xA;...I think.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not it will be one of the ssh/scp -o options to force password entry and not use public keys." />
  <row Id="26781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14860" RevisionGUID="18244827-ca3d-4fa7-8868-722f6fcee0f7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:17:06.993" UserId="5473" Text="On a Solaris system: &quot;killall dataLoader&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Linux killall works like pkill. It sends a signal to processes that match a string given as the argument. On Solaris, killall trys to kill everything on the system the current user can kill. I was root.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26782" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14860" RevisionGUID="18244827-ca3d-4fa7-8868-722f6fcee0f7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:17:06.993" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14861" RevisionGUID="35b3435b-449e-4a86-b8f6-b95645b754ee" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:17:47.257" Text="This was a LONG time ago and I was a real newbie to PCs being primarily a Mac tech. But a big Pharma company in NJ was migrating from WIN 3.1 to Win 95.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our instructions were to boot from our special network boot floppy, CD to the C: drive and delete everything on the drive with your standard DOS command to do so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had done a dozen of these with no problems till one where I forgot to CD to the C: drive. Seems the floppy left your current directory as the network drive that held the install files that you were supposed to just copy to C and then reboot to run.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think you can see this one coming. I neglected to change directory before issuing &quot;DEL STAR DOT STAR&quot; and the brilliant sysadmin who had set it up made that share R/W to EVERYONE and bang away goes all of the files that were needed by about 30 techs swarming over the building trying to get several hundred PCs upgraded over the weekend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And to make matters worse, they had no backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So everyone went home with no idea of who did this grumbling about lost overtime. And a few SysAdmins grumbling about having to rebuild the install share from scratch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Needless to say I was &quot;busy&quot; next weekend when they tried again." />
  <row Id="26784" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14861" RevisionGUID="35b3435b-449e-4a86-b8f6-b95645b754ee" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:17:47.257" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26785" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14862" RevisionGUID="0930dad2-efe9-471e-8dc6-7cbe5c9ce6df" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:17:55.353" UserId="5617" Text="Did you try the disk manager?" />
  <row Id="26786" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14863" RevisionGUID="05f512c0-5d72-4e42-83bc-7ea2b5728057" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:18:11.967" UserId="3281" Text="Not an automated answer, but I just use the Virtual Infrastructure Client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Click on the Datacenter, Cluster or Server level.&#xD;&#xA;Select the Virtual Machine Tab&#xD;&#xA;File Menu - Export List.  dumps to excel or csv or webpage, little massaging and it works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also went in and put what the server does in the notes field.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26787" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14864" RevisionGUID="ea61270d-f235-4181-9117-e3d2ce4c5663" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:20:08.017" UserId="5610" Text="Well, it looks tomcat is starting correctly, and the typical stuff to miss has been covered. I'd check and see if the machine has a firewall running. I'm not a Centos expert, so I don't know off hand if they run one by default. As root do a:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netstat -lnp | grep 8080&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that returns anything, your server is running and listening on 8080, but something (a firewall) is blocking access to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's not running, you have something else to dig into. You should have a &quot;catalina.out&quot; file wherever you have tomcat set to log to. As I recall that should be &quot;/path/to/tomcat/server/logs&quot;. Check that out and see if it's throwing any exceptions. Might give some more clues as to what's going on." />
  <row Id="26788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14865" RevisionGUID="ba202c82-2f3b-4f7a-88b7-5657a501c076" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:20:08.967" UserId="1992" Text="Correct - you cannot kill a SPID that's rolling back, as the database would be put into a transactionally inconsistent state (and possibly even structurally inconsistent).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the simple answer is that there's no way to prevent a SPID rolling back once it's started, except to do something drastic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your situation is a hard one to get out of, as there's really no choice. Even if you bounce SQL Server, the database will go through crash recovery and you'll need to wait until it finishes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Several possible ways to address this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Change the update so it happens in smaller batches, so that you don't have the same monster rollback in future (probably much easier said than done)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Restore the database under a different name. Wait for rollback to complete, then drop the original database and rename the restored one.&#xD;&#xA; 3. What you did. The *huge* risk of this is that your backup is corrupt and then you've lost everything, or some other weird problem occurs and you're in a worse state than before. It also requires that the SQL service is stopped an restarted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's basically no *good* solution once you're in that state except to let the rollback complete. I'm really hesitant to condone what you did because so many people that aren't experienced may try it and get themselves into really deep water.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14866" RevisionGUID="e4dd1b35-e734-4227-bea7-af66044daec3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:21:36.873" UserId="4740" Text="Where do the misinterpretation problems fit into your &quot;organizational issues&quot; vs. computers and servers?  By this I mean if there is a specification that is open to interpretation and a developer and a tester have different understandings and someone has to come in and be the judge or referee to get things back on track kind of thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What one's job entails will often have an &quot;and other duties as requested&quot; which is a bit of a catch-all in terms of what one is supposed to do.  Classic examples here can include learning things as one troubleshoots an issue and has to learn about some system or codebase as this is where the problem is found and one should be able to handle it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To prevent these requires having good communications, process and personalities among the people so that things can flow well, IMO.  That means from the top on down building a culture to handle things in a professional manner and have some conflict resolution procedures in place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The satisifaction I take in a job well-done comes from the glow that the person using what I created or fixed allows them to do.  They don't have to know what I did, just that it is done with a positive result.  Another way to view this is the &quot;Thank you&quot; that one gets at the end and can go, &quot;Yeah, I helped make that awesome experience,&quot; which generally perks up my mood most of the time.  If it is repeated often then it may lose significance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have worked at places where I would almost swear no one cared at all about what I was doing and this did lead to a little burnout from a few different ways.  One part is that some people would give me thanks for what I knew was a crappy job but they didn't think it was so bad.  Another is being limited in one's box where if I go fix a bug I have to undo my work or I put in a new feature that wasn't approved and have to undo my work which can be really demoralizing as one could just think that, &quot;If I undo what I did, why not just do nothing?&quot;  which led me to that situation of doing nothing and still getting paid." />
  <row Id="26790" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14866" RevisionGUID="e4dd1b35-e734-4227-bea7-af66044daec3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:21:36.873" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26791" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14867" RevisionGUID="d41d4f23-fb10-47b0-9921-01f99a43e766" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:21:42.427" UserId="4136" Text="Another answer (if you're SQL inclined and bored) is that you can open Excel, connect to a SQL datasource, connect to the SQL instance hosting your Virtual Center and query the views that Virtual Center uses 'under the covers' to roll your own reporting solution. Beauty to this is that it will always be up to date since its data coming live from your SQL and its completely customizable provided you're comfortable enough to do it in Excel (or even Reporting Services if you're that advanced/bored)." />
  <row Id="26792" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14849" RevisionGUID="92ec1a2d-8767-43f3-871c-7166fa8c690e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:21:50.743" UserId="2304" Comment="added 65 characters in body" Text=" - Do you have configuration change control?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you have data recovery policies?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you perform daily backups?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you have an issues database?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Update&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA; - Do you have built-in redundancy?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you have the best hardware money can buy?&#xD;&#xA; - Can you setup a new laptop or desktop in one step?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you have a policy in place for patching on a regular basis?" />
  <row Id="26793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14868" RevisionGUID="4b6d357e-bdbc-43b1-b30f-c0c3a45ffed6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:22:03.863" UserId="5615" Text="In deploying a new version of our ASP.NET application, we need to set the authentication method for a particular page to be &quot;Integrated only.&quot;  We can do this from the IIS managment console, but would like to write a script (batch or powershell, doesn't matter) that will make the change to ensure that everything goes smoothly in the deployment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the same deployment, we also need to change the location of the custom error pages for all 401 errors, preferably also from the command line." />
  <row Id="26794" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14868" RevisionGUID="4b6d357e-bdbc-43b1-b30f-c0c3a45ffed6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:22:03.863" UserId="5615" Text="Integrated Authentication in IIS 6 from the command line" />
  <row Id="26795" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14868" RevisionGUID="4b6d357e-bdbc-43b1-b30f-c0c3a45ffed6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:22:03.863" UserId="5615" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;deployment&gt;" />
  <row Id="26796" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13694" RevisionGUID="3d542498-5c93-460a-8756-7758af4c2cb4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:22:19.960" UserId="4478" Comment="added 16 characters in body" Text="Basic: what's the size on disk of my MS SQL Server DB?  &#xD;&#xA;More: can I quickly see where the data is? i.e. which tables, logs, etc" />
  <row Id="26797" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14869" RevisionGUID="7ed6eb06-2071-4da9-af2a-d15ff4f5ac42" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:23:06.810" UserId="5605" Text="In addition to fail2ban,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're running any modern UNIX, you can generally change the bad password entry sleep time to up to 5 seconds, slowing the attack speed by 2000%. [Solaris 10 has it in /etc/default/login, search for SLEEPTIME] Which using the same tolerances would mean you could rotate the password every 3hrs 20 minutes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, password tries before lockout would be a viable option, but I suspect it is not for you because you have multiple users sharing one account and do not want it locked out all the time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Requiring a 12-15 character password helps, but if you are continually being attacked another solution is probably better. I don't know what your company's budget tolerance on this is, but RSA key cards for everyone who needs to log into that account would solve it as well. Two factor authentication pushes the probability out into quantum computing time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The brute force approach going on long enough for you to post on this board is pretty surprising. Generally speaking it's pretty lowbrow and at best is a log filler while a real attack is going on. " />
  <row Id="26798" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14832" RevisionGUID="a4be7c70-6e37-4a4e-a175-7f4c2055324e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:23:52.330" UserId="1715" Comment="added 91 characters in body" Text="Based on [this question][1]  I think it would be fair to say that sysadmins need to determine if a place is worth working at.  There is a similar well known [test by Joel for programmers][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the 12 Question's system administrators ask at an interview?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Following Joel's rules the questions should be platform &amp; technology agnostic&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** Please post one question at a time so we can see what users are voting for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/14737/organizational-issues-sore-spots-of-it&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joel_Test" />
  <row Id="26799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14870" RevisionGUID="7b8d031d-0211-4a94-95f9-5420b223233b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:24:26.213" UserId="5464" Text="Fatigue.&#xD;&#xA;Usually prompted by heroics.&#xD;&#xA;Answer: avoid heroics&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fileglobbing.&#xD;&#xA;Test globs e.g. before you `rm *20090527.log` check that it gets what you think it gets with `ls *20090527.log`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I very much agree with owenevans.&#xD;&#xA;Automate where possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Test on dev systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Always ask your self the question &quot;What can go wrong? And how can I prevent/fix it?&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="26800" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14870" RevisionGUID="7b8d031d-0211-4a94-95f9-5420b223233b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:24:26.213" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26801" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14871" RevisionGUID="b7d5e300-95b4-480e-acff-c6217dbdf42f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:28:55.190" UserId="2518" Text="Googling for &quot;schema comparison tool&quot; produced this tool available on the dbsolo.com website. The url to the site is www.dbsolo.com/schema_comparison.html. I don't have enough permissions to post an actual link yet, sorry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a commercial tool but it claims to be able to compare schemas for these databases: Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, PostgreSQL, MySQL and Sybase ASE/ASA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally it runs on these platforms: Windows, Linux, MacOS and Solaris.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't endorse it since I've never tried it but it does include a 30 day free demo so you could try it out to see if it suits your needs." />
  <row Id="26802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14872" RevisionGUID="13c01177-bfc7-4c46-9b1d-14f3cb08986a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:29:29.183" UserId="1803" Text="Do you have response time policies/thresholds in place for critical systems?  (or what's a better way to say, &quot;Are you already familiar with the concept of what should and shouldn't get me out of bed at 3am?&quot;)" />
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  <row Id="26804" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14873" RevisionGUID="99fc161a-29c5-4ea5-b7d7-30323ea2d3bb" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:29:34.813" UserId="1463" Text="Do you use an incident/ticket tracking system?" />
  <row Id="26805" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14873" RevisionGUID="99fc161a-29c5-4ea5-b7d7-30323ea2d3bb" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:29:34.813" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26806" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14874" RevisionGUID="a68c3366-780c-4e6d-ae4b-d6534ae47184" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:30:59.023" UserId="2631" Text="Please compare your LDAP config to the following screenshot, make sure the AD-&gt;GLPI mappings are the same. By default you also have to use an authenticated AD user account to retrieve info from AD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://] img241.imageshack.us/img241/1590/glpisetup.jpg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am currently on version 0.71.5. I have also tried project forums in the past, but they were of not help. They claim they will start documenting everything in English once they have more English-speaking developers..." />
  <row Id="26807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14875" RevisionGUID="3f07cb46-6051-435e-a615-48f11770fb45" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:31:07.573" UserId="5627" Text="You can control authentication from a web.config file. You would put the following in your web.config (from [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa291347(VS.71).aspx][1]):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;system.web&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;!-- mode=[Windows|Forms|Passport|None] --&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;authentication mode=&quot;Windows&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/system.web&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, you could check out the System.DirectoryServices API for IIS 5 &amp; 6 ([http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.directoryservices.aspx][2]) or the Microsoft.Web.Administration API for IIS 7 ([http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.web.administration.aspx][3]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa291347(VS.71).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.directoryservices.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.web.administration.aspx" />
  <row Id="26808" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14876" RevisionGUID="109c52a8-e0b1-4467-b256-6f878c3a28d9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:31:59.037" UserId="3251" Text="AdsUtil.VBS is your friend:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    adsutil.vbs set  W3SVC/1/root/AuthNTLM true&#xD;&#xA;    adsutil.vbs set  W3SVC/1/root/AuthAnonymous false&#xD;&#xA;    adsutil.vbs set  W3SVC/1/root/AuthBasic  false&#xD;&#xA;    adsutil.vbs set  W3SVC/1/root/AuthPassport false&#xD;&#xA;    adsutil.vbs set  W3SVC/1/root/AuthMD5 false&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which is the same as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    adsutil.vbs set  W3SVC/1/root/AuthFlags 5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14877" RevisionGUID="7df2dcb8-5bdd-489b-a2ba-55ed427f3fcc" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:32:02.157" UserId="1463" Text="Do you measure service availability and are the required thresholds for each service agreed on from a management level?" />
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  <row Id="26811" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14878" RevisionGUID="df1b4b8e-3422-421a-87ed-b7880b876a28" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:32:02.220" UserId="5234" Text="Do you log on using the generic Administrator/root account?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's always fun to throw a &quot;no&quot; answer in the middle of a bunch of &quot;yesses&quot;." />
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  <row Id="26813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14879" RevisionGUID="cbdaed92-0966-43d2-86c3-e9ac46949aad" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:32:39.253" UserId="5464" Text="Am I the only sys admin? It can be fine to be the only sys admin - in fact it can be fun, but only if the business understands the implications which brings us to...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have SLAs?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="26815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14880" RevisionGUID="1c696d3f-d979-4a94-9299-d0e55732812a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:34:34.040" UserId="1041" Text=" - Do you have a security policy for all systems (not just the &quot;important&quot; ones)?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you have an SLA defining, in case of a disaster, what recovery windows exist?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you have defined maintenance windows for your production (and possibly test) systems?&#xD;&#xA; - What is your on-call policy?" />
  <row Id="26816" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14880" RevisionGUID="1c696d3f-d979-4a94-9299-d0e55732812a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:34:34.040" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14881" RevisionGUID="8371ba33-f2ba-49e9-982e-dfe9078d8e5e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:34:37.643" UserId="1803" Text="What are your policies regarding or how do you enforce documentation of IT systems?  (this will have a direct impact on how quickly you get up to speed vs. time spent wallowing in an undocumented morass before you can begin to &quot;make a difference&quot;)" />
  <row Id="26818" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14881" RevisionGUID="8371ba33-f2ba-49e9-982e-dfe9078d8e5e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:34:37.643" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14882" RevisionGUID="71db08bb-93fd-4af0-b1af-0971809bace2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:34:47.783" UserId="4084" Text="Disabling root password is imho a false &quot;good idea&quot;. The day you will need it, you will *really* need it. (according to your configuration you might need it to log in single user mode for exemple)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disabling root remote login might be relevant but only if you are able to log on locally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And yes, sudo should installed on every one of your servers.&#xD;&#xA;It is usefull and easy to configure. Why would you like to not use it?" />
  <row Id="26820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14883" RevisionGUID="48de9d56-ad43-4d68-adc1-39e253b2d95f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:35:04.443" UserId="4268" Text="PowerShell is taking a stream of objects from Get-WMIObject, sorting and selecting a subset, then producing a text rendition of the remaining objects-- not just working with pure text. If you want to get a pure text rendition, you can just change your call to format-table to use select-object instead." />
  <row Id="26821" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14868" RevisionGUID="e794ea2d-9ce6-463e-9db5-fe7b07c7146e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:35:58.577" UserId="5615" Comment="only one page is integrated-only" Text="In deploying a new version of our ASP.NET application, we need to set the authentication method for a particular page to be &quot;Integrated only.&quot;  We can do this from the IIS managment console, but would like to write a script (batch or powershell, doesn't matter) that will make the change to ensure that everything goes smoothly in the deployment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The rest of the pages in the application will allow different authentication methods, but this particular page will only allow integrated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the same deployment, we also need to change the location of the custom error pages for all 401 errors, preferably also from the command line." />
  <row Id="26822" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14630" RevisionGUID="e5dd7642-e817-498a-94b0-a2ead2b3ac6a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:36:53.380" UserId="4268" Comment="corrected brain fart: should be &quot;dcdiag&quot; vice original &quot;dsadiag&quot;" Text="Your question isn't all that clear. When you say &quot;three sites&quot;, do you mean three AD sites? Are all three DCs also DNS servers? Have you run dcdiag to check for obvious faults? Are there any errors in the event log? " />
  <row Id="26823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14884" RevisionGUID="a2d05053-d2e7-479a-9195-e0b8c8486c26" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:37:26.123" UserId="1831" Text="I'd note that, for those of us that enjoy working for startups or early-stage companies, the answer for most of these may very well be &quot;nope, but...&quot;.  What follows that statement is often quite informative." />
  <row Id="26824" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14884" RevisionGUID="a2d05053-d2e7-479a-9195-e0b8c8486c26" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:37:26.123" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26825" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14885" RevisionGUID="099fc67a-3f07-4e6c-8ce5-9d74018c7911" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:37:41.303" UserId="1041" Text="Blog from SQL guru [Steven Feuerstein][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.toadworld.com/Community/ExpertsBlog/tabid/67/BlogID/13/Default.aspx" />
  <row Id="26826" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14885" RevisionGUID="099fc67a-3f07-4e6c-8ce5-9d74018c7911" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:37:41.303" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26827" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14876" RevisionGUID="0b712646-0132-46b0-97ed-12971c5c2549" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:37:50.897" UserId="3251" Comment="Added ChgList.vbs" Text="AdsUtil.VBS is your friend:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    adsutil.vbs set  W3SVC/1/root/AuthNTLM true&#xD;&#xA;    adsutil.vbs set  W3SVC/1/root/AuthAnonymous false&#xD;&#xA;    adsutil.vbs set  W3SVC/1/root/AuthBasic  false&#xD;&#xA;    adsutil.vbs set  W3SVC/1/root/AuthPassport false&#xD;&#xA;    adsutil.vbs set  W3SVC/1/root/AuthMD5 false&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which is the same as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    adsutil.vbs set  W3SVC/1/root/AuthFlags 5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that &lt;1&gt; is your web site ID.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For CustomErrors, you need to update the root/HTTPErrors field which is actually a LIST item. [David Wang][1] has the appropriate script for this: [chglist.vbs][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chglist.vbs W3SVC/1/HttpErrors 404 404,*,URL,/CustomErrors/404.asp /COMMIT &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/david.wang&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/david.wang/archive/2004/12/02/273681.aspx" />
  <row Id="26828" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14871" RevisionGUID="cd2d27d2-b943-4c54-af70-548134d5877e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:38:01.070" UserId="2518" Comment="improved formatting" Text="Googling for ***&quot;schema comparison tool&quot;*** produced this tool available on the dbsolo.com website. The url to the site is www.dbsolo.com/schema_comparison.html. I don't have enough permissions to post an actual link yet, sorry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a commercial tool but it claims to be able to compare schemas for these databases: **Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, PostgreSQL, MySQL and Sybase ASE/ASA**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally it runs on these platforms: **Windows, Linux, MacOS and Solaris**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't endorse it since I've never tried it but it does include a 30 day free demo so you could try it out to see if it suits your needs." />
  <row Id="26829" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14886" RevisionGUID="539c2c79-10ae-4fb7-98f8-0423a765bdb1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:38:09.570" UserDisplayName="Anmldrummer4god" Text="How did you solve the issue?  I've seen that in the past on Windows boxes where Normal.dot got corrupted, causing an extremely slow word startup.  The solution was to delete the .dot template, start up word again, and let it recreate that default template" />
  <row Id="26830" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="14832" RevisionGUID="3a20d023-d512-46b0-bc4e-ea44520a47f9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:38:25.747" UserId="1715" Comment="edited title" Text="The Joel Test for sysadmin jobs" />
  <row Id="26831" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14887" RevisionGUID="2341e7df-6e46-4555-b801-8dfc3dd36134" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:41:39.203" UserDisplayName="razor" Text="puppetrun doesn't report errors my puppetclients encounter.  for instance, if I put jibberish into site.pp and run puppetd --test on the clients I get an error.  if I run puppetrun on the puppetmaster it says the client finished with exit code 0.  After some sleuthing I found that puppetrun will not say if the update was good/bad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my question is then- If I push out changes to the clients with puppetrun is there a quick and easy way to tell if an error had occurred on the client?" />
  <row Id="26832" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14887" RevisionGUID="2341e7df-6e46-4555-b801-8dfc3dd36134" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:41:39.203" UserDisplayName="razor" Text="puppetrun not reporting client errors" />
  <row Id="26833" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14887" RevisionGUID="2341e7df-6e46-4555-b801-8dfc3dd36134" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:41:39.203" UserDisplayName="razor" Text="&lt;administration&gt;&lt;cluster&gt;&lt;deployment&gt;" />
  <row Id="26834" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14888" RevisionGUID="5e12e062-b4bd-4c2a-a7c0-7c9d7ab799c3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:43:19.297" UserId="5629" Text="Is Tomcat6 the requirement?  What version of Centos?  (I'm assuming &quot;Tomcat of some sort&quot; and &quot;current Centos&quot; which would be 5.3 as of this writing)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You don't need the jpackage repo unless you want Tomcat 6.  Also, Centos 5.3 ships with openjdk 1.6.0, which has passed the Java SE 6 TCK.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simply &quot;yum install tomcat5&quot; should pull in all the dependencies you would need (including openjdk), many of which will be based off the jpackage sources.  Once it's installed, all you need is &quot;service tomcat5 start&quot; to start it up.  NOTE: Running your web container as root is very, very bad because it is a massive security risk.  The tomcat5 service installed by the repository version will drop its permissions to a 'tomcat' user with more limited permissions.  To have tomcat start automatically when the system boots, use &quot;chkconfig tomcat5 on&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In your case above, the port 8080 is probably blocked by the default firewall.  You can turn the firewall off (recommended only for testing connectivity, do not run without the firewall in production) with &quot;service iptables stop&quot;.  Centos provides both a GUI and Text UI tool (system-config-securitylevel and system-config-securitylevel-tui respectively) for modifying the firewall, or you can use iptables directly (see 'man iptables')." />
  <row Id="26835" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14889" RevisionGUID="eaebb308-6304-4e60-9072-d547cd43263c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:44:00.247" UserId="2908" Text="I think this is what you are looking for:&#xD;&#xA;[Kerio WinRoute Firewall Active Directory domains mapping][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kerio.com/manual/kwf/en/sect-domains.html" />
  <row Id="26836" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14876" RevisionGUID="34874ffd-8c49-49b1-8145-64e1b35df3ed" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:44:32.867" UserId="3251" Comment="added 120 characters in body" Text="AdsUtil.VBS is your friend:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    adsutil.vbs set  W3SVC/1/root/AuthNTLM true&#xD;&#xA;    adsutil.vbs set  W3SVC/1/root/AuthAnonymous false&#xD;&#xA;    adsutil.vbs set  W3SVC/1/root/AuthBasic  false&#xD;&#xA;    adsutil.vbs set  W3SVC/1/root/AuthPassport false&#xD;&#xA;    adsutil.vbs set  W3SVC/1/root/AuthMD5 false&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which is the same as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    adsutil.vbs set  W3SVC/1/root/AuthFlags 5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that &lt;1&gt; is your web site ID.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For CustomErrors, you need to update the root/HTTPErrors field which is actually a LIST item. [David Wang][1] has the appropriate script for this: [chglist.vbs][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chglist.vbs W3SVC/1/HttpErrors 404 404,*,URL,/CustomErrors/404.asp /COMMIT &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For individual files, you can add them after the /Root/ Path:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    adsutil.vbs set W3SVC/1/root/MyFile.txt/AuthFlags 5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/david.wang&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/david.wang/archive/2004/12/02/273681.aspx" />
  <row Id="26837" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14890" RevisionGUID="384c1752-2bee-4900-b8ac-ccea1a477a77" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:46:22.283" UserId="5605" Text="You could do it at the user level through group policy -&gt; Network -&gt; Limit Reservable Bandwidth and tuning it up to X% [10mbs would yield 80% reserved, 100mbps would be 98%]. However, this is only per user, if you have a system that runs all of it's apps as something besides administrator, YMMV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally, however, this is easier to do through your switch and traffic shaping tools. Or if you really just need a speed reduction, kick the port into half-duplex." />
  <row Id="26838" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14891" RevisionGUID="40c94a46-c972-4f86-a4a0-739a2353b4b4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:47:39.910" UserDisplayName="WiredNut" Text="I've recently been engaged to do IT support and administration for a 120 student private school with about 30 staff and teachers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Major systems include Cisco ASA firewall, two newish Dell MS Server 2008 servers, school grading and finance database, Active Direcotory, wireless access for teacher laptops, school computer lab with 25 or so pc's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've plenty of experience with small/medium business, MS and Cisco, but this is the first school I've worked in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have suggestions for best practices, management tools, etc that would be specific to such an environment?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm wondering if moving to a virtual desktop environment for the lab pc's would be a good goal, or Windows Steady State, or disk imaging etc would be good.  Currently not certain what if any such systems are in place...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
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  <row Id="26843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14893" RevisionGUID="29f92c81-c8db-4eee-9c9c-24f3d92e469f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:47:47.867" UserId="5652" Text="What is the recommended size for a server 2008 system partition? I've seen 20GB as well as 49GB suggested but I can't seem to find any white papers or best-practices documents on the subject." />
  <row Id="26844" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14893" RevisionGUID="29f92c81-c8db-4eee-9c9c-24f3d92e469f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:47:47.867" UserId="5652" Text="What is the recommended size for a server 2008 system partition?" />
  <row Id="26845" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14893" RevisionGUID="29f92c81-c8db-4eee-9c9c-24f3d92e469f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:47:47.867" UserId="5652" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;setup&gt;&lt;partition&gt;" />
  <row Id="26846" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14894" RevisionGUID="7d80fee3-1700-491f-8773-cce58873608e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:48:40.703" UserId="2579" Text="Is the current environment documented?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are both the policies and procedures documented and consistent?" />
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  <row Id="26848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14895" RevisionGUID="7569b4fe-c9dd-4457-9e3c-679a87abdb32" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:49:07.257" UserId="1602" Text="Vista/Server2008 does have a network throttling mechanism included that is used when there is multimedia playing on the computer. It's a registry setting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948066&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't throttle at the driver/switch level, you can probably utilize this as a workaround. " />
  <row Id="26849" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14134" RevisionGUID="808298c0-b70f-4529-b234-9b074b4365e6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:50:20.950" UserId="4264" Comment="added 197 characters in body" Text="According to Microsoft, Systems Center Operations Manager cannot monitor clustered MSMQ's on Server 2003. The Microsoft rep referenced this [article][1]. and said it applied to our problem. So, my question is: what does the serverfault community recommend to monitor msmq's in a Server 2003 cluster?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I am looking for is something to monitor the number of messages on the queues and send an alert if messages appear on the fault queue or if the messages back-up on the main queue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/884975" />
  <row Id="26851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14897" RevisionGUID="5db21993-c10e-4480-b147-be384e32cc5c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:50:49.950" UserId="1463" Text="Do you have a disaster recovery plan and does this include IT?" />
  <row Id="26852" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14897" RevisionGUID="5db21993-c10e-4480-b147-be384e32cc5c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:50:49.950" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26853" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14898" RevisionGUID="21170b41-b88e-4eb8-9d14-7c645fedc3a3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:51:25.457" UserId="1654" Text="When we manually deploy dual-boot Apple devices, we found that this sequence of steps works well:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Install OS X image over the network&#xD;&#xA;2. Use Boot Camp to prepare the disk for Windows&#xD;&#xA;3. Use a Windows XP installation disc to install vanilla Windows&#xD;&#xA;4. Stop the installation where the setup wizard begins&#xD;&#xA;5. Format the Windows partition and install our WIM image with ImageX&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why are steps 3 and 4 necessary?  Why can't we just install our WIM?  In fact, it would seem easier just to use Disk Utility to create a second partition and install Windows there.  In this case, there wind up being three partitions, including a 200MB partition at the front of the disk." />
  <row Id="26854" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14898" RevisionGUID="21170b41-b88e-4eb8-9d14-7c645fedc3a3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:51:25.457" UserId="1654" Text="Dual-Boot Macs: What voodoo is this?" />
  <row Id="26855" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14898" RevisionGUID="21170b41-b88e-4eb8-9d14-7c645fedc3a3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:51:25.457" UserId="1654" Text="&lt;deployment&gt;&lt;imagex&gt;&lt;dual-boot&gt;&lt;apple&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="26856" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14899" RevisionGUID="9404cedc-c207-4718-8b6e-703954b5e695" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:51:28.920" UserId="5176" Text="What would be a better 30&quot; monitor, then my current (24&quot;) Samsung T240?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am looking for better viewing angle, because my T240 starts to change shades if I look up or down.&#xD;&#xA;The quality of T240 looks agreeable to me (for programming, movies and games) so the quality of 30&quot; should be not lower.&#xD;&#xA;It should also have a good native resolution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know there are a few kinds of LCD's (cheaper mainstream vs. more expensive), so I was wandering what are the current good quality 30&quot; (or the upcoming ones).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26857" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14899" RevisionGUID="9404cedc-c207-4718-8b6e-703954b5e695" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:51:28.920" UserId="5176" Text="Bester 30&quot; monitor then 24&quot; T240 Samsung?" />
  <row Id="26858" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14899" RevisionGUID="9404cedc-c207-4718-8b6e-703954b5e695" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:51:28.920" UserId="5176" Text="&lt;monitor&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="26859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14900" RevisionGUID="f55d2bc9-c87f-43d5-a92c-27e2c253f064" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:51:32.943" UserId="5464" Text="Try `getenforce`.&#xD;&#xA;If is returns enforcing then selinux is on and your script may need to be in a different context to run.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If `getenforce` does return enforcing then check dmesg, /var/log/message /var/log/audit/audit.log or wherever selinux logs to on your host to find the exact problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or just try chcon'ing the script to the same context as another script that does run.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To see a files context use `ls -lZ`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or try &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chcon --reference=/script/that/will/work /script/that/wont/work&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe check the chcon man page, I'm not 100% sure on the --reference syntax." />
  <row Id="26860" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14901" RevisionGUID="edfce3c5-68f1-4311-b416-4f8e3eecabe6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:51:45.907" UserId="5614" Text="Perl one-liner:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;$ perl -MDate::Manip -le 'print UnixDate(ParseDateString(&quot;epoch &quot;.shift()),&quot;%c&quot;)' 946684800" />
  <row Id="26861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14902" RevisionGUID="dd6263ae-cb81-4f80-92f6-4e4bb741f5e3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:52:10.883" UserId="1463" Text="Do all new system/software/application purchases go through IT and does IT have the power to reject and suggest another system, perhaps one that is already in use at another department?" />
  <row Id="26862" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14902" RevisionGUID="dd6263ae-cb81-4f80-92f6-4e4bb741f5e3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:52:10.883" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14903" RevisionGUID="57906c05-2e44-4d42-ba59-5efc59181470" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:53:25.390" UserId="1803" Text="How about [VHD Resizer][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://vmtoolkit.com/files/folders/converters/entry87.aspx" />
  <row Id="26864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14904" RevisionGUID="f86feeef-3232-42ed-afa0-042f2cf908c6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:54:18.400" UserId="2783" Text="It depends...  According to the official system requirements (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/system-requirements.aspx) 32-bit installs of the OS need at least 20GB, while 64-bit installs require at least 32 GB.  The OS itself takes up about 10GB if I recall correctly, but you need to factor in:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Page file (typically 1.5x your physical RAM)&#xD;&#xA; - Over 15% free space so that you can defrag&#xD;&#xA; - Space for any applications you may install&#xD;&#xA; - Space for the dump file (1x your physical RAM)&#xD;&#xA; - Space for log files&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With hard drives being as cheap as they are these days, I would recommend not skimping on space for the OS partition.  Give yourself some extra room for things you forgot to factor in... it is much easier to allocate the space up front than it is to make space a year from now." />
  <row Id="26865" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14905" RevisionGUID="a42cc7cf-2f3b-4e4e-8942-8e761861d25e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:54:21.427" UserId="5663" Text="Is IT a priority in your organisation or is it a necessary evil?" />
  <row Id="26866" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14905" RevisionGUID="a42cc7cf-2f3b-4e4e-8942-8e761861d25e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:54:21.427" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26867" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14906" RevisionGUID="315ffe01-9026-49c1-b615-58faa402d4a7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:54:24.233" UserId="5615" Text="How about an appeal to authority?  You could reference the DoD Security Technical Implementation Guidelines (iase.disa.mil/stigs/stig) and say &quot;If it's good enough for the Defense Department, it's good enough for us&quot;" />
  <row Id="26868" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14907" RevisionGUID="710b2947-1bdc-4aaf-82a5-43f35db28c01" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:54:43.813" UserId="5629" Text="As others have pointed out, Fedora 8 is end-of-lifed since I believe September.  Fedora 9 is about to reach EOL when Fedora 11 is released.  Is there a specific reason you are running such an old version instead of one of the current versions which both provide **libnautilus-extension.so.1** in the **nautilus-extensions** package." />
  <row Id="26869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14908" RevisionGUID="c234ce49-fc4d-436c-8117-7b68fa0b5609" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:54:47.133" UserDisplayName="Phi" Text="Can you add new user(s) in one step ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Homage to: Can you make a build in one step?" />
  <row Id="26870" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14908" RevisionGUID="c234ce49-fc4d-436c-8117-7b68fa0b5609" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:54:47.133" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26871" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14778" RevisionGUID="593e21e0-c0ed-4a8a-83a0-5dcc7961751f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:56:16.337" UserId="4913" Comment="added 165 characters in body" Text="Im running a bunch of different developement server images, both windows and linux images, on VMWare Server 1.0.9 on a Windows Server 2003.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any reasons to upgrade to 2.0.x? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And is there any risks in upgrading or in staying on 1.0.9?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: I know that VMWare has a long list of impressive new features in v2.0.x, but has anyone had any bad expiriences with the upgrade from the previous version?" />
  <row Id="26872" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14909" RevisionGUID="61b7163b-6557-4804-b220-b4a441e5f235" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:57:20.483" UserDisplayName="akf" Text="The answer would depend on what sort of development will be done on the box.  If you need to bring up a multi-tiered system for testing, each process will require RAM to load, but might not be very active, so CPU might not matter as much as RAM.  On the other hand, if you are running fewer processes but the ones you do perform many operations, CPU is a more important consideration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I agree with the others that this is somewhat difficult question to answer without more detail (ie, what sort of development, what are the benchmarks for CPU and RAM)." />
  <row Id="26873" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14910" RevisionGUID="fb31bdf3-af1d-4164-8e9e-acfd75244aef" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:57:37.177" UserId="4979" Text="This should be configured through GPO by applying a throttle rate to all source IP addresses associated to the card. See www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=59030735-8fde-47c7-aa96-d4108f779f20&amp;displaylang=en for a detailed explanation." />
  <row Id="26874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14911" RevisionGUID="c15f58f3-472f-45be-95aa-585c11cb9934" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:59:02.727" UserId="1820" Text="We are currently using Symantec Antivirus Corporate 10.1 (precursor to Endpoint Protection), but are considering upgrading to NOD32, which we have heard great things about, and is cheaper.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can view omparisons of viable solutions here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.av-comparatives.org/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26875" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14911" RevisionGUID="c15f58f3-472f-45be-95aa-585c11cb9934" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:59:02.727" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26876" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14912" RevisionGUID="cc6798ef-8e88-4acf-82f8-a47e8a666007" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:59:15.800" UserId="1247" Text="You may want to look at Citrix Provisioning Server for Desktops.  It's great solution for such an environment, because you only have one image to manage for software updates and patches.  The other bonus is that you can typically us all of your existing hardware, so it makes the solution cheaper and easier to put in place.  Please note that this is not a virtualization solution, but instead an operating streaming solution and I'm not aware of any other competitors.  Here is a link to the product info: [http://www.citrix.nl/English/ps2/products/product.asp?contentID=1297541][1], and a recent discussion about the cost of setting it up: [http://www.brianmadden.com/forums/t/27336.aspx][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to look for further information about the product, then you may have better luck looking for under its previous name &quot;Ardence Desktop Edition&quot; before Citrix bought them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.citrix.nl/English/ps2/products/product.asp?contentID=1297541&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.brianmadden.com/forums/t/27336.aspx" />
  <row Id="26877" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14913" RevisionGUID="6836e369-7733-4530-b90d-275707371926" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:59:39.980" UserId="5568" Text="A common mistake (that I have made in the past) is becoming dependent on particular tools, shortcuts, or the like. When they aren't there, and you're accustomed to them, it can really throw you for a loop. Be sure that you understand how all your tools work, and that you can replicate their functionality with nothing more than the command line-- you never know when you're going to have to do something critical on a machine you had completely forgotten about, or weren't in control of until recently." />
  <row Id="26878" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14913" RevisionGUID="6836e369-7733-4530-b90d-275707371926" CreationDate="2009-05-29T17:59:39.980" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26879" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14898" RevisionGUID="431ec18a-3688-41ad-a2d7-77722912b043" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:00:33.737" UserId="1654" Comment="deleted 14 characters in body" Text="When we manually deploy dual-boot Apple devices, this sequence of steps works well:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Install OS X image over the network&#xD;&#xA;2. Use Boot Camp to prepare the disk for Windows&#xD;&#xA;3. Use a Windows XP installation disc to install vanilla Windows&#xD;&#xA;4. Stop the installation where the setup wizard begins&#xD;&#xA;5. Format the Windows partition and install our WIM image with ImageX&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why are steps 3 and 4 necessary?  Why can't we just install our WIM?  In fact, it would seem easier just to use Disk Utility to create a second partition and install Windows there.  In this case, there wind up being three partitions, including a 200MB partition at the front of the disk." />
  <row Id="26880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14914" RevisionGUID="c29d3045-96d7-4c23-8154-43ba5b7ff74f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:02:19.333" UserId="1417" Text="While RAM, Disk Drive speed, CPU cores and clock speeds are important, I suggest upgrading your network connections, including your internet connection. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I realize that not everyone works in this type of environment, but I work for  a multinational company and often have to access files in Europe. Our connection speeds are horrible. It often take several hours to download the CD image I need from the European server. Also our internet connection goes through Europe. Many sites are extremely slow when I log on from work. If I wait and work from home there is no problem." />
  <row Id="26881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14915" RevisionGUID="d66fb1bb-ee96-4e3a-a00a-cbe5c066d4cb" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:02:50.177" UserId="1803" Text="For the labs, I'd be interested to see what people are doing with Windows 7's ability to boot from VHD's in these kinds of environments.  Combine non-write VMs with offline windows updating, and you've got a recipe for a zero maintenance environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should be a fun topic to watch." />
  <row Id="26882" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14916" RevisionGUID="94bd56ab-0b8c-4d9a-a32e-f6c8b18e74f1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:03:08.100" UserId="5190" Text="I've setup what Sam mentioned above and has worked successfully in the past. It seems to be the easiest route." />
  <row Id="26883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14917" RevisionGUID="ab181d86-9c72-42fc-9b6e-937a6f758996" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:03:19.130" UserDisplayName="J Roes" Text="We just moved from Symantec Endpoint Protection to VIPRE Enterprise by Sunbelt Software.  They tout small resources, small footprint and quick scans compared to the other vendors. Of course, they did seem to be comparing their software to the consumer versions of other software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It does seem as though it uses less resources but it still slows old computers down so much that it is hard to use them while scanning.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have gotten used to the management tool and it works pretty well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did notice that the active protection really slowed down one of our internal web sites as it would scan the files that were cached in Temporary Internet Files.  With active protection off, the website went from taking at 5 seconds to load to under a second.  I have found a way of reducing this result by making some changes to the policies within the management console.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Overall, I'm decently happy with it for now.  The long term will tell." />
  <row Id="26884" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14917" RevisionGUID="ab181d86-9c72-42fc-9b6e-937a6f758996" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:03:19.130" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26887" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9181" RevisionGUID="a4577e26-bffe-4de9-99b6-e84fa62d4059" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:05:42.057" UserId="658" Comment="added 332 characters in body; added 4 characters in body; edited title" Text="Given a machine configured with :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows 7 64 bit&#xD;&#xA; - a CPU that **DOESN'T support** the [Intel hardware virtualization][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any free, non-time-sensitive virtual machine hosts that can host either 32 or 64 bit guest machines?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The candidates:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - VMWare Server (doesn't work well with 64 bit Windows 7... some driver signing problems that I don't want to muck around with)&#xD;&#xA; - VMWare Workstation (is time limited at 30 days)&#xD;&#xA; - Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Sun VirtualBox - work perfectly with the conditions given!** VirtualBox's only problem is that it's DIFFICULT to have it run headless. The problem is that VirtualBox requires you to &quot;Start&quot; each system, which brings up a new window. Closing that window will Suspend or Close that VM.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The goal is to host a wide array of guest machines; Windows, &lt;strike&gt;OSX (longshot),&lt;/strike&gt; and *nix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Question**: any way to have Sun VirtualBox run headless in an official supported manner?&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=946&amp;page=2" />
  <row Id="26888" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14919" RevisionGUID="616c8337-fd7d-4575-a927-b9b1ca358f30" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:05:56.317" UserId="5568" Text="HFS+ does fragment, all filesystems do. However, it doesn't appear to suffer from it, at least not to the extent that NTFS / FAT32 do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A caveat-- I stopped noticing performance drops from file fragmentation about 5 years ago, at least as far as local files were concerned. SATA bandwidth and a 7200RPM HDD make the issue pretty much un-noticeable, IMO." />
  <row Id="26889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14920" RevisionGUID="0fa43375-2572-4488-be64-6de4147b78dc" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:05:59.903" UserId="3281" Text="I used a Dell Ultrasharp 27&quot;  for a while and it was amazing.  I would recommend their 27 or 30&quot;.  The viewing angles weren't great, but good enough." />
  <row Id="26890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14921" RevisionGUID="6940a9a7-d275-4672-8e12-e66ff028e350" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:06:01.403" UserId="4742" Text="I used to go with 20GB system partition but that has bitten me on more than one occasion.  I now use 60GB as my &quot;default&quot; system partition unless there is a need to go bigger.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Believe me it is always easier to do things right up front then have to re-do them later." />
  <row Id="26891" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14922" RevisionGUID="039700ee-b28f-4028-a82a-2887730ff02c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:07:01.167" UserId="5464" Text="find &amp;lt;blah&amp;gt; -exec &amp;lt;blah&amp;gt; \{\} \;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;e.g.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;find . -iname \*20080[123456].log -a ! -iname *.bz2 -exec bzip2 \\{\\} \;" />
  <row Id="26892" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14922" RevisionGUID="039700ee-b28f-4028-a82a-2887730ff02c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:07:01.167" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26893" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14923" RevisionGUID="120916bc-a293-4d91-a60f-f8df1436ea74" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:07:18.420" UserDisplayName="Chris MIller" Text="There are several descriptions of how to do it from the GUI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Real DBA's know: GUI's are for chumps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;sp_helpdb &lt;dbname&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Returns a recordset of all of the file names, locations, space on disk, and type.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also retrieve the file names from each databases's sysfiles table.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26894" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="9181" RevisionGUID="a4577e26-bffe-4de9-99b6-e84fa62d4059" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:05:42.057" UserId="658" Comment="added 332 characters in body; added 4 characters in body; edited title" Text="Windows 7 x64 - free virtual machine host applications running headless" />
  <row Id="26895" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14924" RevisionGUID="1d939eca-2e65-49da-abc5-ab1c19e2de8b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:07:48.327" UserId="3657" Text="Microsft System Management Server 2003 has a Device Feature Pack add-on that provides Windows CE device management features to the platform.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sms/bb676769.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Device Management Feature Pack provides the following capabilities:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Hardware inventory &#xD;&#xA; - Software inventory&#xD;&#xA; - File collection&#xD;&#xA; - Software distribution&#xD;&#xA; - Settings management&#xD;&#xA; - Password policy management&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Deploying this or the equivalent product for the latest version of SMS should provide you all the management capabilities you need for Windows CE devices." />
  <row Id="26896" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14925" RevisionGUID="4c07a2bd-96cc-43d9-9560-60991246355e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:07:50.853" UserId="4934" Text="I just disable SSH access for root and require users (often is just developers) to use ssh keys. There's just too many dictionary attacks and changing the SSH port is not an option for us.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That way you don't have to trust in anyone's ability to write a good password. Once inside just the admins have permissions for sudo." />
  <row Id="26897" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14926" RevisionGUID="94b1b882-3563-4be3-87fd-28e2a60a70a5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:08:02.490" UserId="3528" Text="For alot of these questions so far you have to take into consideration that the person you are asking needs to look like they know what the answer is - but in reality might not give you the real answer. Some examples:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;q: do you have change control&#xD;&#xA;a: yes we use RT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;real answer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;we have RT and only the previous admin used and and we haven't touched it in 3 months&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;q: do you have daily backups&#xD;&#xA;a: yes we use HP data protector&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;real answer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since all our users storage is on a san and have snapshots we use previous versions to do day to day restores.  We HOPE our daily backups actually run and if they miss something we'd never know until we start asking you where the backups are for superimportantfile.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think that the most important things you can do are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Ask to meet your peers/subordinates.  Not in an interview room but can you go see where they work and spend some time seeing what the day-to-day is like.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Ask what the company expects and provides for professional development.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Ask the interview and the peers/subordinate how often the company updates/upgrades/introduces new technology.  The differences in answers can be enlightening." />
  <row Id="26898" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14926" RevisionGUID="94b1b882-3563-4be3-87fd-28e2a60a70a5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:08:02.490" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26899" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14713" RevisionGUID="3778780d-d29e-4acd-ab5b-99458710e373" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:08:33.003" UserId="4979" Comment="added 7 characters in body; deleted 22 characters in body; added 18 characters in body" Text="Appart from it being perhaps not the ideal high availability solution, many people want to know about cheap solutions for running a Windows Server 2008 cluster. Here are some options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As indicated you will need iSCSI-3 persistent reservations for failover clustering to work in Windows Server 2008. See http://www.servercare.nl/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=71 for a good overview.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Low cost software solutions that are reported to work include [1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Kernsafe's iStorage Server (&#xD;&#xA;   http://www.kernsafe.com/Product.aspx?id=5 )&#xD;&#xA;   (USD 99.95 Personal Edition)&#xD;&#xA; - YoungZSoft iSCSI Cake (&#xD;&#xA;   http://www.iscsicake.com/index.html ) (USD 69, Personal Edition)&#xD;&#xA; - Open-E iSCSI-R3 (&#xD;&#xA;   http://www.open-e.com/products/iscsi-r3/&#xD;&#xA;   ) (USD 597, 4TB limit)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Low cost software solutions that will not work (at the present time, but might soon)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Openfiler ( http://www.openfiler.com/ ) [2]&#xD;&#xA; - FreeNAS ( http://www.freenas.org/ ) [3]&#xD;&#xA; - Open Solaris ( http://opensolaris.org/os/ ) [4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Low cost hardware solutions such as Thecus, Qnap etc. do not currently work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1] source: http://up2v.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/iscsi-software-targets-for-windows-server-2008-clustering/ )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[2] Support might be forthcoming: http://forums.openfiler.com/viewtopic.php?id=2102&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[3] Support already present in nightly builds ( http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=151951&amp;package_id=229704 ) as reported in http://www.servercare.nl/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=61&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[4] Support might be forthcoming ( http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=312634 )&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14927" RevisionGUID="f79b9a61-452c-4522-86e0-5d1b608df082" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:08:43.143" UserId="5599" Text="I am running a couple of xen 3.1.1 systems (production, test/dev) with gentoo Dom0 and DomU.  With plans to update to 3.3 soon, I am wondering if anyone has any successes or failures they'd like to share." />
  <row Id="26901" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14927" RevisionGUID="f79b9a61-452c-4522-86e0-5d1b608df082" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:08:43.143" UserId="5599" Text="Has anyone done a Gentoo Xen Dom0/DomU update?" />
  <row Id="26902" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14927" RevisionGUID="f79b9a61-452c-4522-86e0-5d1b608df082" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:08:43.143" UserId="5599" Text="&lt;xen&gt;&lt;gentoo&gt;" />
  <row Id="26903" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14928" RevisionGUID="a2174b40-c775-4865-9f5e-e8b81c7506eb" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:09:14.640" UserId="5692" Text="Another nice thing you can do with dd and rescue disks is copy data over the network:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    remote_machine$ nc -l -p 12345&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    local_machine$ dd if=/dev/sda | nc remote_machine 12345&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can stick gzip in both these pipelines if the network is not local. For progress, use `pv`. To make local_machine's netcat quit after it's done copying, you might add `-w 5` or something.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14929" RevisionGUID="89399e4b-81e4-4dc9-a981-d2bc8089bf5e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:09:50.427" UserId="5605" Text="There is a variety of public license tools out there at your disposal, however, where I operate, we use Firefox and Paros Proxy to manipulate posts and gets, WebInspect for application vulnerablity reporting, and QualysGuard Enterprise for a good old fashioned hosts scan. Depending on what the results are, we make adjustments to the configuration and security posture of the box, create risk acceptance forms for things we cannot change, or engage other tools to decide whether or not a finding is actually something to be worried about." />
  <row Id="26905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14930" RevisionGUID="7a725dec-e7a3-4dba-be7d-3c244e8d0eec" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:10:14.250" UserId="1041" Text="Do you want to log stuff in dir\_2 by default?  Because I have certain directories turned off (like our keep-alive pages), so when I run awstats there are no log entries to parse.  You should be able to turn off logging on dir\_2, then turn it on for subdir_b, so those requests are logged.  At least I've had that work in IIS (not sure with Apache, tho, it's been too long that I've been admining Windows web servers...)." />
  <row Id="26906" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14931" RevisionGUID="d8eb8328-43d4-4713-9a5f-70bb15acc162" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:10:22.377" UserId="5017" Text="Are the third and fourth steps really necessary? I'm familiar with neither ImageX nor WIM, but assuming it's a bootable disk, you can just use Boot Camp to create the Windows partition, and then boot from ImageX instead of the Windows disk." />
  <row Id="26907" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14725" RevisionGUID="4388dc16-3bf8-4252-98dc-3c1191e4f536" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:10:35.357" UserId="5049" Comment="fixed links" Text="Short answer - there's no such solution yet for PostgreSQL if you need online readonly slaves.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There're two major development projects currently going on in this area which are bound for 8.5 (2010+), namely:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Synchronous Replication:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/NTT's_Development_Projects&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Read only hot standby slaves:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Hot_Standby&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which in combination aim to achieve the ease of use of MySQL-style replication minus the bugs/issues MySQL has plus the reliability users know from PostgreSQL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of this was kicked off by a manifest from the PostgreSQL Core Team in 2008:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2008-05/msg00913.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The PostgreSQL replication solutions to this day with the largest user base are Slony-I (more expensive for writes, makes schema changes fiddly), WAL shipping/walmgr (Slaves can't be used online) and pgQ/londiste from Skype/Skytools (more tools/building blocks than a finished solution).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've written a few things on Log Shipping, walmgr and Slony-I, see&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://blogs.amd.co.at/mt/mt-search.cgi?blog_id=1&amp;tag=pgrep&amp;limit=20 for more information." />
  <row Id="26908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14932" RevisionGUID="da34f38f-cdb0-4ade-bb51-7a056f3809b4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:10:55.497" UserId="5571" Text="Or in Ruby:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    % ruby -e 'puts Time.now.to_f'&#xD;&#xA;    1243620267.8988&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    % ruby -e 'puts Time.now.to_i'&#xD;&#xA;    1243620267&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    % ruby -e 'puts Time.at 1243620270'&#xD;&#xA;    Fri May 29 11:04:30 -0700 2009&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    % ruby -e 'puts Time.at(1243620270).strftime &quot;at %I:%M%p&quot;'&#xD;&#xA;    at 11:04AM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are the `strftime` formats, taken from the ruby `Time` class documentation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      %a - The abbreviated weekday name (``Sun'')&#xD;&#xA;      %A - The  full  weekday  name (``Sunday'')&#xD;&#xA;      %b - The abbreviated month name (``Jan'')&#xD;&#xA;      %B - The  full  month  name (``January'')&#xD;&#xA;      %c - The preferred local date and time representation&#xD;&#xA;      %d - Day of the month (01..31)&#xD;&#xA;      %H - Hour of the day, 24-hour clock (00..23)&#xD;&#xA;      %I - Hour of the day, 12-hour clock (01..12)&#xD;&#xA;      %j - Day of the year (001..366)&#xD;&#xA;      %m - Month of the year (01..12)&#xD;&#xA;      %M - Minute of the hour (00..59)&#xD;&#xA;      %p - Meridian indicator (``AM''  or  ``PM'')&#xD;&#xA;      %S - Second of the minute (00..60)&#xD;&#xA;      %U - Week  number  of the current year,&#xD;&#xA;              starting with the first Sunday as the first&#xD;&#xA;              day of the first week (00..53)&#xD;&#xA;      %W - Week  number  of the current year,&#xD;&#xA;              starting with the first Monday as the first&#xD;&#xA;              day of the first week (00..53)&#xD;&#xA;      %w - Day of the week (Sunday is 0, 0..6)&#xD;&#xA;      %x - Preferred representation for the date alone, no time&#xD;&#xA;      %X - Preferred representation for the time alone, no date&#xD;&#xA;      %y - Year without a century (00..99)&#xD;&#xA;      %Y - Year with century&#xD;&#xA;      %Z - Time zone name&#xD;&#xA;      %% - Literal ``%'' character&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26909" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14933" RevisionGUID="0fe25169-dba0-43fc-8de3-15210589269c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:11:12.890" UserDisplayName="Chris MIller" Text="I think you did it in the most effective way possible, however I'd probably have renamed the files instead of deleting them, just in case.  Or move them to another storage location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26910" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="14899" RevisionGUID="15586b88-5190-4dc0-a214-60c023bf56eb" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:13:17.020" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="26911" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14743" RevisionGUID="966b6292-b1a7-4232-8a31-03e6977231ed" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:13:51.323" UserId="5049" Comment="removed links postscript" Text="For general schema navigation [DBVisualizer][1] is quite nice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For performance information there are hardly any complete tools like MySQL Enterprise Monitor; I'd suggest to use pgFouine (already suggested) and any tool that can graph performance data (like Munin for example), collect the relevant information from PostgreSQL (pg_stat_ views/system tables) and the system itself (memory, cpu, disk utiliziation, etc.) and use this as a basis for deducing trends.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This book][2] has a few chapters on PostgreSQL performance; wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Performance_Optimization has a list of presentations on this topic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And for specific questions there's always the [pgsql-performance mailinglist][3] and it's [comprehensive archive][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.minq.se/products/dbvis/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.amazon.com/PostgreSQL-Developers-Library-Korry-Douglas/dp/0672327562&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-performance/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.db.postgresql.performance" />
  <row Id="26912" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14934" RevisionGUID="543af53c-738d-4193-b49f-30eefa45b71f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:14:43.787" UserDisplayName="Peteski" Text="Powershell isn't perfect but if you've used it you know it's pretty cool. Having access to the entire .net library plus built-in cmdlets (and make your own cmdlets using PS in 2.0), that's pretty cool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only thing I think is missing is a good IDE for it which I'm sure will come from MS some day. Right now I use Idera's powershell plus and adminscripteditor which allow debugging and are pretty cool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was able to wean myself off of VB pretty well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My biggest project to date with posh is to use &quot;powershellASP&quot; to make a basic web page that runs powershell commands and pulls vmware host and VM information from my more than a dozen VMWare ESXi (free) hosts and displays them in HTML tables. I did this because with the free VMWare ESXi and no virtual center, there's no other way to get real-time overview of all of my VMs in the company. PowershellASP is a free 3rd party parser written for IIS and not supported by MS. So it can do some limited things right now and the documentation is pretty sparse." />
  <row Id="26913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14935" RevisionGUID="1dde3c00-9812-431f-bc85-af37a2c2c834" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:14:46.143" UserDisplayName="Chris MIller" Text="Scripting is good because you can load the scripts into a source code control system and keep a change log.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But you should be backing up MSDB also.  Belts and suspenders." />
  <row Id="26914" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14936" RevisionGUID="9a729af3-1d2d-433a-8c23-6753bb436e28" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:15:23.707" UserId="5692" Text="    $ perl -le 'print scalar localtime 1243620900'&#xD;&#xA;    Fri May 29 11:15:00 2009" />
  <row Id="26915" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14931" RevisionGUID="6ed6ea6e-3c90-4e96-817f-6892d7c3d3b8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:15:40.773" UserId="5017" Comment="Added second paragraph" Text="Are the third and fourth steps really necessary? I'm familiar with neither ImageX nor WIM, but assuming it's a bootable disk, you can just use Boot Camp to create the Windows partition, and then boot from ImageX instead of the Windows disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you reboot after creating the partition in Boot Camp, the partition is empty. It seems silly to begin installing Windows, only to format the partition later." />
  <row Id="26916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14937" RevisionGUID="2503b76f-2659-4227-9675-41c0ec75c822" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:16:09.667" UserId="2390" Text="What I ended up doing was to detach the VHD from within Disk Manager, and then i attached the file to my &quot;Virtual Windows XP&quot; in Windows 7.  Once that was done, i was able to choose &quot;Modify&quot; on the disk, and then &quot;Compact.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once the compact was done, i removed the VHD's from the &quot;Virtual Windows XP&quot; VM - and then can use them as needed from there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This seems like a kludgy solution - i was hoping someone would have a way to run the compact without having to attach them to the VM first, or better yet a way to run it thru power shell or script." />
  <row Id="26917" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14938" RevisionGUID="e8248b81-3b3b-40cc-854c-f18b186d75dd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:17:17.777" UserId="5690" Text="The XP install disk puts the needed magic spice in the MBR on the disk.  Until this is done the windows bootloader never runs." />
  <row Id="26918" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14939" RevisionGUID="ce705d2e-f32e-40e9-9cf2-a1303273e4f5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:17:19.087" UserId="1736" Text="Do internal accounting practices assess a value to the services IT provides to other departments, or is IT simply accounted as a cost center?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(This is very nearly the same question as Stick's &quot;Is IT a priority in your organisation or is it a necessary evil?&quot;, but phrased to as to possibly elicit an honest answer instead of the blatantly telegraphed correct lie.)" />
  <row Id="26919" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14939" RevisionGUID="ce705d2e-f32e-40e9-9cf2-a1303273e4f5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:17:19.087" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26920" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14940" RevisionGUID="08dffd82-471f-4770-8368-4513cc9eaf96" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:18:37.600" UserId="5709" Text="Another grand feature is copying MBRs, partition tables and boot records.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/sda of=parttable bs=512 count=1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and the other direction around when you're writing it. Polish with `fdisk` after.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You feel much more safe when you have your partition table backed up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, it makes migrating to another hard drive (while changing partion structure) a joy." />
  <row Id="26921" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14941" RevisionGUID="84d22e78-cf76-417e-8159-06f0a6933d4e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:18:41.547" UserId="5701" Text="Except for 'adding a new database' thing you can try Mammoth Replicator (https://projects.commandprompt.com/public/replicator).  It's open-source, easy to setup and supports failover. The major limitations are single database and inability to replicate DDL changes, both are in the TODO list. " />
  <row Id="26922" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14942" RevisionGUID="988f20fc-0d8e-49b5-9be4-54d9360dd695" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:18:59.800" UserId="4824" Text="@Jonas: When you say &quot;monitor failed log on attempts on-the-fly&quot;, do you mean you want something that reacts in real time to a failed log on? Or do you want to be able to run something that will tell you how many failed logons there has been, say, for a machine over a specific time period?" />
  <row Id="26923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14943" RevisionGUID="bafb41c3-9e75-44ef-81b2-8c9269e256f3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:19:25.773" UserDisplayName="Chris MIller" Text="The key to understanding SQL Server performance for any given query is to have an in depth understanding of query plans.  Specifically understanding the types of joins used, the types of fetch steps (scans vs seeks) and the limitations of what the plans can tell you.  Query plans almost always screw up the cost user defined functions in the SELECT list, for example.  But if you understand how query plans work you will have an understanding of how SQL Server works, breaks, and how to fix it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The key to understanding SQL Server server stability is understanding how to quickly read the error log.  Not the windows event log, the actual, honest to god ERRORLOG text file.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The key to hiring a good SQL Server query writer is to ask them to write for you, with the correct syntax, how to use a cursor in T-SQL.  If they get the answer right, do not hire them, they use cursors too much and cursors are nearly always the wrong approach." />
  <row Id="26924" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14943" RevisionGUID="bafb41c3-9e75-44ef-81b2-8c9269e256f3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:19:25.773" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26925" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14454" RevisionGUID="ba49414f-d58a-4689-b122-9c2f7dc213bb" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:19:35.323" UserId="4979" Comment="added 7 characters in body" Text="I use syncback ( http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/sbse.html ) daily for transferring files several times larger than yours. Never had a problem with it." />
  <row Id="26926" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14944" RevisionGUID="339c09d6-f51a-4052-8b0d-d529deb767d9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:20:33.073" UserId="2318" Text="I'm setting up a small office network with a single public IP (let's say it's 69.16.230.117). I've configured NAT on the router with incoming traffic forwarded to the server (say the server has a private IP of 192.168.0.2).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it okay to configure the client machines on the same subnet to access the server via the router's public IP (69.16.230.117)? In practice it's never caused me problems, but I've heard, here and there, that it is a bad idea, and one should use the private IP (192.168.0.2).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Does connecting to the default host via public IP from within its subnet cause any issues?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Please refrain from writing &quot;never! it breaks the intranet!&quot; ;-)*" />
  <row Id="26927" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14944" RevisionGUID="339c09d6-f51a-4052-8b0d-d529deb767d9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:20:33.073" UserId="2318" Text="Does connecting to the default host via public IP from within its subnet cause any issues?" />
  <row Id="26928" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14944" RevisionGUID="339c09d6-f51a-4052-8b0d-d529deb767d9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:20:33.073" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;nat&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;port-forwarding&gt;&lt;routers&gt;" />
  <row Id="26929" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14945" RevisionGUID="c2124d99-cb49-49fa-a7bc-9178a9fa101f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:20:59.233" UserDisplayName="virtuallyhere" Text="I have used both Parallels and VMware Fusion and currently use VMware Fusion.  The primary reason for my change is that the version upgrades (version 2 to 3, version 3 to 4) of Parallels seem to continuously corrupt my virtual hard drive image.  I have had problems with the version upgrades every time new Parallels software is released (been a user since version1 was released). Each time, I'd be forced to reimport my old VHD image, reactivate and reinstall everything.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a side note, I'm not using a standard Windows XP image - my XP license and image was one converted up from an old copy of Microsoft VirtualPC for Mac that I owned.  That could be why I've experienced problems.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VMware Fusion uses the same standard VMDK virtual hard drive format along with all the other VMware products, meaning you transport your image between workstations, platforms, etc.  This is certainly an good feature - especially if you like to test out different operating systems.  " />
  <row Id="26930" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14910" RevisionGUID="f19657e9-e694-4622-b67e-0bbe15bd01ec" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:21:30.187" UserId="4979" Comment="added 7 characters in body" Text="This should be configured through GPO by applying a throttle rate to all source IP addresses associated to the card. See http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=59030735-8fde-47c7-aa96-d4108f779f20&amp;displaylang=en for a detailed explanation." />
  <row Id="26931" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14946" RevisionGUID="5fc8a4bf-cee4-42e9-9745-32724770e72d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:21:30.840" UserId="5700" Text="I'd recommend [NoCat][1], which provides both authenticated and guest access (with splash screen / click through agreement). You do need a server (other than the AP) to host the web page and perform the authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you happen to have an AP that can run DD-WRT, there's a pre-configured set of rules and redirects that make it trivial to configure the wifi side, once you have the NoCat server set up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;~J&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nocat.net/" />
  <row Id="26932" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14947" RevisionGUID="fac3f9f6-e41a-42e6-a6a9-10f55f3c87a5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:22:10.480" UserId="5464" Text="&#xD;&#xA;I don't know if you mean the CIFS FS will be served from linux or just mounted under linux on the clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However many non linux cifs implementations do not support stuff like symlinks and unix sockets so most window managers will die with a non linux cifs home dir.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Auth is no problem you can just use winbindd and you can as you say use pam_mount to actually mount the dirs on loging.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have 6 labs of about 250 linux/windows dual boots.&#xD;&#xA;Their home dirs are mounted from a linux cifs share using AD logon scripts for windows and pam_mount and winbind under linux." />
  <row Id="26933" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14948" RevisionGUID="34c46379-1dc7-4ecb-a25e-8a4f432299bb" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:23:05.017" UserId="1803" Text="As an admin, I'd be happiest if you could:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Lock the device down to the absolute bare minimum it needs to do its job (OS, hardware, ports, services)&#xD;&#xA; - Provide me a list of exactly what ports it uses to communicate&#xD;&#xA; - Research enterprise tools (WSUS, AV) and make sure I know that I can integrate your device with my overall strategy&#xD;&#xA; - Lock the user out of changing settings (or installing software) as much as possible (if it's a single-purpose device)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Without more detail about what the device needs to do, it's hard to say, past that.  Just think about attack surface and the stupidest possible things users may do to violate my network.  E.g. do the CE devices have ports (USB, firewire) - do they NEED them? - can you lock them down if not?  " />
  <row Id="26934" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14949" RevisionGUID="d4b057c7-ed06-4cdc-b45f-5e52cf95d34e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:23:11.290" UserId="5611" Text="I'm suprised OSSEC has not been mentioned--It is another Host-Bassed IDS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  ossec.net&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Josh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  " />
  <row Id="26935" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14950" RevisionGUID="5c0c339c-2151-4171-ad7c-e8ba03587e13" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:23:25.267" UserId="5497" Text="HD =)  OCZ Vertex, I would rather have a 2GB Q6600 with a good SSD than an 8GB i940 with SATA.  (And I do own both and am talking from experience)" />
  <row Id="26936" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14951" RevisionGUID="f0fc32a9-df7a-4d69-8a70-704595bd96a6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:23:45.843" UserId="4392" Text="No, there's nothing there that causes a connectivity problem. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are security issues in this scheme, though. Be very, very sure that your firewalls on the NAT'd server are correct. It would be far better to put this machine on its own subnet, away from the other internal NAT machines, in order to establish a demilitarized zone (DMZ) of sorts. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26937" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14952" RevisionGUID="fef6440b-637e-4008-a6f5-df05c0ac61ae" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:24:00.960" UserId="1054" Text="We're in a holding pattern on this one right now, but I thought I'd poll folks for some added info in case this has happened to anyone else.  We have 2 SQL 2005 Enterprise servers on Win2K3 Std x64.  We installed the MS08-040 patch last year and it ended up corrupting the master database on both servers.  It looked from the logs like it was mistakenly replacing 64-bit server binaries with 32-bit binaries.  MS PS said it was due to 32-bit client tools being installed on the server and told us to take the 32-bit tools out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I completely removed the client tools from the servers and reran the patch with the same results.  I've had to put them back because we need to use them in our apps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everything worked fine on our 32-bit installations and even on our 64-bit development server.  Since I'm anticipating getting marching orders at some point to install SP3 (which includes this patch) I'm grasping at anything right now to see if we can get some more info on this.  We've also implemented the workaround for MS09-004 (which replaces MS08-040) instead of installing it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has this happened to anyone else?  If so, were you able to work through it?" />
  <row Id="26938" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14952" RevisionGUID="fef6440b-637e-4008-a6f5-df05c0ac61ae" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:24:00.960" UserId="1054" Text="SQL Server 2005 Patch Corrupts SQL Installation on Windows 2003 Standard x64" />
  <row Id="26939" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14952" RevisionGUID="fef6440b-637e-4008-a6f5-df05c0ac61ae" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:24:00.960" UserId="1054" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="26940" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14832" RevisionGUID="4fa626ed-df4d-49e9-9aa7-8456eb4506fb" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:25:56.587" UserId="1715" Comment="added 68 characters in body" Text="Based on [this question][1]  I think it would be fair to say that sysadmins need to determine if a place is worth working at.  There is a similar well known [test by Joel for programmers][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the 12 Question's system administrators should ask at an interview in order to help them decide if it's a good place to work at?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Following Joel's rules the questions should be platform &amp; technology agnostic&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** Please post one question at a time so we can see what users are voting for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/14737/organizational-issues-sore-spots-of-it&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joel_Test" />
  <row Id="26941" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="14756" RevisionGUID="d2459194-9888-4fc8-ad74-6754fda89273" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:26:07.757" UserId="1803" Comment="tags" Text="&lt;wifi&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;public-internet&gt;" />
  <row Id="26942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14953" RevisionGUID="cf74df27-c843-41ae-9846-64f744413c20" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:26:09.973" UserId="3657" Text="I've had issues with this configuration in the past where internal clients could not access the NATed public IP address.  That would be about the only issue I can see other than the fact that using the external IP introduces extra hops in the path compared to just using the internal IP" />
  <row Id="26943" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14944" RevisionGUID="01618089-d7ba-4727-82d1-0b16538701ee" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:26:42.967" UserId="2318" Comment="added 56 characters in body" Text="I'm setting up a small office network with a single public IP (let's say it's 69.16.230.117). I've configured NAT on the router with incoming traffic forwarded to the server (say the server has a private IP of 192.168.0.2).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it okay to configure the client machines on the same subnet to access the server via the router's public IP (69.16.230.117)? In practice it's never caused me problems, but I've heard, here and there, that it is a bad idea, and one should use the private IP (192.168.0.2).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Does connecting to the default host via public IP from within its subnet cause any issues?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Please refrain from writing &quot;never! it [breaks the intranet][1]!&quot; ;-)*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://youtube.com/watch?v=5oCHxB8d20s" />
  <row Id="26944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14954" RevisionGUID="ad0544e4-809f-430f-880e-7aba4901d8e9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:27:08.863" UserId="1982" Text="Another option that other's haven't mention is actually to have Microsoft host your Exchange Installation using their (newly-branded) Outlook Live offering.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check it out:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://help.outlook.com/en-us/140/dd300633.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26945" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14955" RevisionGUID="42be210f-d34e-4c39-9f9b-494609312c4b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:27:31.123" UserId="5663" Text="It will work, your clients will route out to your router, then back into your router to the services provided on your NAT network.  Depending how smart the tcp/ip stack on your router is it may actually go one hop out and come back in but that's doubtful.&#xD;&#xA;As you can imagine this is a little less optimal.  It also has the disadvantage that any service you want to provide to clients on your network has to be publicly accessible.  Also if you add a second server you start to have a mismash of port forwards to provide services.  If your clients are using the internal nat addresses for their services you only have to provide port-forwarding for those services that have to be externally available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's kinda like walking out your front door to go into your back yard.  It'll work, you'll get there but it's generally easier to just walk out the back door." />
  <row Id="26947" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14957" RevisionGUID="b088d009-edaf-4c27-8cd4-4572d4b8130a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:28:38.283" UserDisplayName="Chris MIller" Text="Set up a local user account on the source system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set up a local user account on the target system with the *exact same* username and password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set the source system's MSSQLSERVER service (or the appropriate instance of that service) service account to use the newly created local account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Create a share on the target system and give the newly created account read/write permissions to the folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The target server does not necessarily need to run with that service account, it's optional.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an alternative, you can also do the following.  It requires a cleartext password in a job, however, so it's not recommended.  In your backup script, do this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;exec sp_configure 'xp_cmdshell', 1&#xD;&#xA;reconfigure&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;exec 'xp_cmdshell ''net use \\targetserver\path /user:shareusername /password:shareuserpassword'''&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;exec sp_configure 'xp_cmdshell', 0&#xD;&#xA;reconfigure&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Substitute in a user/password that you created on the target server.  It should be an account that only has access to that share, and nothing else, not an administrator or anything, to minimize the security impact of a cleartext password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Theoretically you could do this as a system startup SP and it should work.  I'd probably stick it into the backup job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This also assumes that you're leaving xp_cmdshell turned off, which is the default, correct, and high security option.  If you're leaving it turned on all the time, you can remove the sp_configure and reconfigure statements.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26948" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14952" RevisionGUID="ac93f1cd-32f2-4bdf-82d4-aa394ee70a93" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:29:02.417" UserId="1054" Comment="add paragraph break" Text="We're in a holding pattern on this one right now, but I thought I'd poll folks for some added info in case this has happened to anyone else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have 2 SQL 2005 Enterprise servers on Win2K3 Std x64.  We installed the MS08-040 patch last year and it ended up corrupting the master database on both servers.  It looked from the logs like it was mistakenly replacing 64-bit server binaries with 32-bit binaries.  MS PS said it was due to 32-bit client tools being installed on the server and told us to take the 32-bit tools out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I completely removed the client tools from the servers and reran the patch with the same results.  I've had to put them back because we need to use them in our apps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everything worked fine on our 32-bit installations and even on our 64-bit development server.  Since I'm anticipating getting marching orders at some point to install SP3 (which includes this patch) I'm grasping at anything right now to see if we can get some more info on this.  We've also implemented the workaround for MS09-004 (which replaces MS08-040) instead of installing it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has this happened to anyone else?  If so, were you able to work through it?" />
  <row Id="26949" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14946" RevisionGUID="8af9598f-4a02-4546-8935-f4bdb9000224" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:29:14.350" UserId="5700" Comment="added 215 characters in body" Text="I'd recommend [NoCat][1], which provides both authenticated and guest access (with splash screen / click through agreement). You do need a server (other than the AP) to host the web page and perform the authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you happen to have an AP that can run DD-WRT, there's a pre-configured set of rules and redirects that make it trivial to configure the wifi side, once you have the NoCat server set up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;~J&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nocat.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: Seems NoCatAuth was deprecated some time ago (though it's still downloadable), in favor of simply a splash / click through agreement, so it probably doesn't provide the authentication you're looking for." />
  <row Id="26950" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13493" RevisionGUID="04f11212-1fbb-4476-9e2c-fe6d79bd4f93" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:29:50.917" UserId="1715" />
  <row Id="26951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14958" RevisionGUID="109d0dbd-51e9-4f52-89b6-86ef464524b1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:30:09.560" UserId="4668" Text="We've got a lenny working repository on our office. This is the sources.list line from a machine where the repo works fine:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    deb http://fai.foo.com/ftp.es.debian.org/debian lenny main contrib non-free&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to install lenny on another machine but using:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    http://fai.foo.com/ftp.es.debian.org&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;as address and /debian/ as directory doesn't work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are these addresses correct? Must repo and install image be exactly the same version? (netinstall image: debian-501-i386-netinst.iso)" />
  <row Id="26952" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14958" RevisionGUID="109d0dbd-51e9-4f52-89b6-86ef464524b1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:30:09.560" UserId="4668" Text="Personal repository address on netinstall" />
  <row Id="26953" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14958" RevisionGUID="109d0dbd-51e9-4f52-89b6-86ef464524b1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:30:09.560" UserId="4668" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="26954" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14959" RevisionGUID="5d688d5b-04ff-4025-a11e-6caf895baa3e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:32:11.660" UserId="3657" Text="As suggested I think you have two good options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  Upgrade to Exchange 2007, the limit disappears&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.  Implement a product like Enterprise Vault from Symantec.  It will archive email using a variety of critera (including just email with attachments).  Those emails have a stub left behind in Outlook that is nearly transparent to the user (icon looks different, but everything else looks the same) so they hardly notice the archiving happened.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I personally like option 2 because it includes features such as single instance storage of attachments so that if you have more than one person with the same email/file it is only stored once.  This also offloads a lot of data from your exchange server making performance much better as well as your time to recover a damaged data store much less." />
  <row Id="26955" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12439" RevisionGUID="80f71831-5d05-4f79-9a74-b5985462ce46" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:33:09.350" UserId="2349" Comment="improved script, removed need for tempfile, made last ssh statement with -n flag" Text="For future reference, this is the script I came up with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    if [ $# != 1 ]&#xD;&#xA;       then&#xD;&#xA;          echo &quot;usage:  slurp_vote_files.sh [user@server]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;          exit 1&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    ssh $1 &quot;find /Prod/Data/Votes/ -mmin +5 -type f&quot; | while read line; do &#xD;&#xA;       vote_host=`echo $line | cut -d&quot;_&quot; -f3`&#xD;&#xA;       vote_year=`echo $line | cut -d&quot;.&quot; -f3 | sed 's/^..../20/'`&#xD;&#xA;       vote_month=`echo $line | cut -d&quot;.&quot; -f3 | sed 's/.\{4\}$//'`&#xD;&#xA;       mkdir -p /bkup/archive/finalized/$vote_host/$vote_year/$vote_month/votes/&#xD;&#xA;       scp -q $1:$line /bkup/archive/finalized/$vote_host/$vote_year/$vote_month/votes/&#xD;&#xA;       ssh -n $1 &quot;rm -f $line&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;    exit 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It may not line up with the goal/specs in the original post, but it works in my specific case." />
  <row Id="26956" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14960" RevisionGUID="57af7f30-88d2-4ef0-bdef-42d619603904" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:33:43.763" UserId="5464" Text="anycast - we use it for our DNS." />
  <row Id="26957" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14961" RevisionGUID="5576e0f5-1e0e-40e2-bf3c-1f98eec0c5ca" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:34:06.650" UserId="5693" Text="Ask them if, when they say System Administrator, do they actually mean SA and DBA and Net Admin and Apache/IIS Admin and Email Admin and AD Admin and desktop troubleshooter.  &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26958" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14961" RevisionGUID="5576e0f5-1e0e-40e2-bf3c-1f98eec0c5ca" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:34:06.650" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26959" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14962" RevisionGUID="76192776-2119-4376-aea2-ce3fe6fd1708" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:34:33.577" UserId="5663" Text="There is a whole reporting structure in puppet that you can configure, then you have have clients email in errors etc.  Puppetrun only reports the status of contacting a node and it's ability to kick off a run.  Ie if puppet isn't running on a node or if for some reason it can't wake up and do a run it'll report an error, otherwise from puppetrun's perspective it was successful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14963" RevisionGUID="d0c727ef-2649-48cc-9727-cccc45b7a70a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:35:41.373" UserId="814" Text="All right, here is the deal:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm connecting to a Windows 2003 Server using VPN. On this server, there is a remote SQL Server 2005 Express engine.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can connect to the database using Visual Studio 2008.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I can't do though, is connect to this same database with SQL Server 2005 Management Studio (Standard).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have checked the connection info a hundred times and still nothing.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thought: do VS ans SSMS use the same sql provider?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: I'm running Windows 7 RC. I had absolutely no problem using the same config under Vista." />
  <row Id="26961" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14963" RevisionGUID="d0c727ef-2649-48cc-9727-cccc45b7a70a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:35:41.373" UserId="814" Text="SQL Server Management Studio - Error connecting to remote DB" />
  <row Id="26962" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14963" RevisionGUID="d0c727ef-2649-48cc-9727-cccc45b7a70a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:35:41.373" UserId="814" Text="&lt;sqlservermanagementstudio&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;windows-7&gt;" />
  <row Id="26963" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14964" RevisionGUID="bee582cd-3da5-40db-bc11-cf2a1160f7e5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:36:26.660" UserId="5694" Text="Running systems on luck rather than on work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've seen many, many instances of the luck-based approach to systems administration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If you don't do the work to document anything or share information, you're hoping to get lucky and have something break while you're at work, rather than when you're sick, on vacation, asleep, out of cell phone range or after you've left the company.&#xD;&#xA; - If you don't take backups off site, you're counting on luck to save you from a fire, flood, burglary, damaged building, etc.&#xD;&#xA; - If you don't put redundancy into your backup system, you're counting on the good luck of a backup tape never going bad when the director of your division overwrites a file that's due RIGHT THEN.&#xD;&#xA; - If you don't patch your PCs or their applications, you're hoping luck holds out and a worm never gets into the network and owns all your machines at the same time.&#xD;&#xA; - If you don't communicate with your users and assume they know not to save information on their local drives, you're hoping to get lucky and have an administrative assistant's PC die, rather than the CEO, CIO, CTO, COO or some Vice President's computer.&#xD;&#xA; - If you don't backup all of your servers because some are &quot;not important&quot; or they're &quot;the developer's problem&quot;, you're gambling that you can rebuild those servers without the data or any configuration information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do the work and you take luck out of the equation.  For the rest of you, good luck!" />
  <row Id="26964" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14964" RevisionGUID="bee582cd-3da5-40db-bc11-cf2a1160f7e5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:36:26.660" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14965" RevisionGUID="fffad794-3489-4c53-97bd-bf0c8e3442a8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:36:28.330" UserId="5698" Text="Percona's xtrabackup utility has a --throttle option to reduce the IO load of the backup job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The docs say that the value passed is the number of read/write pairs per second. Is 1000/sec an appropriate value on modern hardware? How about 5? I cannot find any meaningful frame of reference for these values.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For reference - I am reading from and writing to the same drive array (10k SAS). A 55gb backup job with --throttle=20 ran in roughly an hour with no apparent strain on the system during off-peak hours. But I honestly don't know if this is a high or low value for the throttle." />
  <row Id="26966" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14965" RevisionGUID="fffad794-3489-4c53-97bd-bf0c8e3442a8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:36:28.330" UserId="5698" Text="What are reasonable values for --throttle on xtrabackup?" />
  <row Id="26967" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14965" RevisionGUID="fffad794-3489-4c53-97bd-bf0c8e3442a8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:36:28.330" UserId="5698" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;innodb&gt;" />
  <row Id="26968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14966" RevisionGUID="5f0d72b3-58ca-4fa4-af41-0eecb664f852" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:36:37.283" UserId="4392" Text="I would segment the network so as to afford the wireless devices access to the internet (which is what most people are looking for), and deny any access to the internal network. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes it is okay to say no. " />
  <row Id="26969" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14967" RevisionGUID="0fbece64-a78d-4e44-9d09-9b9b697cca06" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:37:06.690" UserDisplayName="Chris MIller" Text="I do not like or advocate the temp table suggestion mentioned.  If the server would happen to go down between the delete step and the insert step, you'd lose the data.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd be more likely to go with one of the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BCP the data you want to keep (BCP using QUERYOUT), truncate, re-import.  Same effect as the temp table with less overall risk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Copy the data to another permanent table, either in the same database or a different one, and then pull it back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Delete in batches using the SET ROWCOUNT technique.  If you're careful and crafty, you can loop this so it happens out of scope to the loop, so the deletes are independently committed.  Unless your clustered index is related to how you're deleting data, this will cause extensive table fragmentation." />
  <row Id="26970" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14968" RevisionGUID="57955873-a6d9-43c9-97d5-086cf7fc7171" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:39:02.287" UserId="5086" Text="I've had problems like that, usually caused by skewed clocks.  Check the time on ALL your servers / clients and make sure they're no more then 5 minutes out of sync.  Kerberos tickets expire quick." />
  <row Id="26971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14969" RevisionGUID="f74fd4f1-a239-40d0-a99f-5c374c3bbb8b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:40:45.590" UserId="2004" Text="I recommend Barracuda's [Message Archiver][1]. It can trim attachments from exchange and host them itself. It provides a link in the original message to the trimmed attachments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/products/archiver-features.php" />
  <row Id="26972" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14970" RevisionGUID="221da46c-1bfa-4067-b19e-bc30c454a2a8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:41:29.257" UserId="1803" Text="As a point of interest, a lot of management consoles (Symantec's antivirus management is the most accessible one I have currently) have client views that will show computer name as well as last-logged-in user.  1000x better than a static field, if you have users like mine, who enjoy swapping hardware.  ;)" />
  <row Id="26973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14971" RevisionGUID="2d2c5bdd-3409-4112-b555-c3599103768f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:42:53.590" UserId="2278" Text="If you just want to monitor queue depth, I would break out your powershell handbook or buy you favorite developer a beer or two and look into the .NET System.Messaging namespace. You can run a scheduled task every few minutes and get near-realtime alerting that way." />
  <row Id="26974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14972" RevisionGUID="e7eb10d4-0a12-4a55-a09d-7dc0b927f992" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:43:17.193" UserId="5663" Text="Also take a look at func.  Func lets you use a module architecture to control different aspects of a system, from dealing with packages, to running commands, etc.  It works on a client/server module over SSL and has a fairly flexible authentication scheme as well." />
  <row Id="26975" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14812" RevisionGUID="18c14c26-092f-430c-ab2c-2c040b988b9f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:43:55.537" UserId="5473" Comment="spelling." Text="You really need to try Server 2.0 and see if you like it. If you use the web interface, it's much different than 1.0. You can use the Windows-based VI client instead. Some people like the new web interface and others hate it. 64-bit support is a big reason many people chose to upgrade. Finally, 2.0 has more memory overhead than 1.0.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26976" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14963" RevisionGUID="b9194e06-f912-4014-bf94-3d363391fbe2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:44:50.433" UserId="814" Comment="Added error message and tag" Text="All right, here is the deal:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm connecting to a Windows 2003 Server using VPN. On this server, there is a remote SQL Server 2005 Express engine.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can connect to the database using Visual Studio 2008.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I can't do though, is connect to this same database with SQL Server 2005 Management Studio (Standard).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have checked the connection info a hundred times and still nothing.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thought: do VS ans SSMS use the same sql provider?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: I'm running Windows 7 RC. I had absolutely no problem using the same config under Vista.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the error I get when trying to connect with SSMS:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cote-soleil.be/error-ssms.png" />
  <row Id="26977" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="14963" RevisionGUID="b9194e06-f912-4014-bf94-3d363391fbe2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:44:50.433" UserId="814" Comment="Added error message and tag" Text="&lt;sqlservermanagementstudio&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="26978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14973" RevisionGUID="64655f6e-e5de-43ac-91de-609b931c8480" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:45:15.287" UserId="5687" Text="I use a combination of Denyhosts, Logwatch, and restrictive firewalls on my Linux servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First of all, NEVER let Denyhosts send you individual emails for every IP it blocks. If you get hit by a botnet SSH attack (as my personal server has successfully weathered several times), that'll mean way too many notifications. If LogWatch is configured correctly, it will include a report of the denyhosts activity in the daily email. If you keep it at the default of Service = All, this should happen automatically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, create a text file called .forward in root's home directory on your server. In it, put the address of where you'd like it to forward root's emails. Even if you've only got a few servers, it's much easier to get all the daily LogWatch messages in one place than it is to log into each one individually and use &quot;Mail&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, on sensitive work machines, I have iptables set up to block all traffic except for IP addresses I've specifically whitelisted. Traffic from the local VLAN is unrestricted, and I have a bash script that builds my iptables rules and whitelists certain IPs based on configuration files. (This is much easier than trying to maintain your whitelists in the script itself.) It's extensible enough for me to create whitelists for any port and/or protocol on the fly as necessary: for example, tcp\_22_access contains the IPs for which SSH access is permitted." />
  <row Id="26979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14974" RevisionGUID="5c360017-c7c4-4c25-9ae8-eb2eff7b0765" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:47:12.270" UserId="5663" Text="puppetrun only reports the success or failure of starting the run on a particular node, not the success or failure of that run.  Look at puppets reporting capability if you want to get results of failed runs." />
  <row Id="26980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14975" RevisionGUID="e6cf1e19-fdb3-4e3c-81ea-a967de52a3e5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:47:13.143" UserId="2781" Text="Tracked it down to be Windows Media Centre downloading the TV guide every four hours or so -- disabling that now lets the poor laptop sleep for as long as it likes." />
  <row Id="26981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14976" RevisionGUID="302bcd47-6ab8-4a07-bcd0-498abacef308" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:47:15.297" UserId="1803" Text="Had a similar problem with a remote site once that turned out to be a wiring/switching/networking issue.  Turned out someone had been doing some &quot;creative redundant wiring&quot; (they figured the more cables you run between switches, the more bandwidth between them!) resulting in data black holes." />
  <row Id="26982" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14977" RevisionGUID="15117288-f070-40e1-bba1-5cb65a10d5d7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:47:22.740" UserId="846" Text="Telephony is black magic to many in our world!  And it is getting worse rather than better as VoIP and SIP start to merge voice onto our networks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The biggest issue in rolling your own phone conferencing is getting sufficient connectivity to the system.  A 16 user conference call requires 16 phone lines (or 16 channels on a PRI or equivalent).  Those costs add up fast for a small business, and there are powerful economies of scale available.  I would be surprised if a small company without lots of phone connectivity could do it cost effectively.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming you have sufficient telephone connections, there are lots of options available for doing your own conferencing.  Most phone systems have conference hosting options, some are expensive and some are cheap.  For instance, NBX Software has an interesting [solution][1] that uses SIP/VoIP and runs on Windows; with it and a telephone gateway you are going!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nch.com.au/conference/index.html" />
  <row Id="26983" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14977" RevisionGUID="15117288-f070-40e1-bba1-5cb65a10d5d7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:47:22.740" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26984" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14978" RevisionGUID="a24e2538-df7d-4446-95a6-21aad38b7831" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:47:40.147" UserId="4767" Text="I don't know what foo.com is, but I guess it's just something you made up? Try some of the following addresses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.debian.org/mirror/list][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Host name  	         FTP  	           HTTP  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Spain&#xD;&#xA;ftp.es.debian.org&#xD;&#xA;  (ftp.gul.uc3m.es) 	/debian/ 	      /debian/ 	&#xD;&#xA;debian.com.es 		  /debian/ 	&#xD;&#xA;debian.grn.cat      	/debian/ 	      /debian/ 	&#xD;&#xA;ftp.caliu.cat       	/debian/ 	      /debian/ 	&#xD;&#xA;ftp.cica.es 	        /debian/ 	      /debian/ 	&#xD;&#xA;ftp.gva.es          	/mirror/debian/   /mirror/debian/ 	&#xD;&#xA;ftp.rediris.es      	/debian/ 	      /debian/ 	&#xD;&#xA;ftp.udc.es 	         /debian/ 	       /debian/ 	&#xD;&#xA;ftp.um.es 	          /mirror/debian/ 		&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.debian.org/mirror/list" />
  <row Id="26985" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14979" RevisionGUID="cb2e58c3-85d4-4776-8b84-848f8ad9e6cd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:47:46.793" UserId="4162" Text="For some reason, dd fails when imaging CDs with audio tracks.  You need to use cdrdao or something similar to get an image + TOC file." />
  <row Id="26986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14980" RevisionGUID="9495ddb9-f2c9-457a-a75d-398fc58f15e1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:49:51.453" UserId="3125" Text="If you attempt to install 2008 on a partition less than 40GB, the setup process will spew a bunch of stuff onto some other larger partition, and it's a bitch to remove later on." />
  <row Id="26987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14981" RevisionGUID="1f8e79a6-58af-4652-b7e5-a1b1a1cfecaa" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:50:06.867" UserId="5701" Text="Sometimes I need to gather information about the client's server prior to making real work there, i.e. getting info on CPU type and activity. On Linux there is mpstat and /proc/cpuinfo, both of them don't seem to exist on Mac OS X server. Any alternatives ?" />
  <row Id="26988" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14981" RevisionGUID="1f8e79a6-58af-4652-b7e5-a1b1a1cfecaa" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:50:06.867" UserId="5701" Text="Getting CPU information from command line in Mac OS X [server]" />
  <row Id="26989" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14981" RevisionGUID="1f8e79a6-58af-4652-b7e5-a1b1a1cfecaa" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:50:06.867" UserId="5701" Text="&lt;cpu&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="26990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14982" RevisionGUID="b6260456-083f-4ab8-a405-4b40650fdfe0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:50:22.373" UserId="5663" Text="you can ask facter (facter fqdn) what the hostname is and see if that is consistent with what you expect.  Also take a look at (by default) /var/lib/puppet/ssl/ and see what the certs look like, if they don't have the correct hostnames that may be your problem.  Since puppet does all of it's communication over HTTPS it's fairly sensitive to resolution and host naming." />
  <row Id="26991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14983" RevisionGUID="b6ad7a48-9b66-4fec-a753-5028fb04742c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:50:41.483" UserId="5464" Text="    kill 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;instead of&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    kill %1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;as root.&#xD;&#xA;init and all its children die... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This was a linux box that controlled a 150 or so metre long sorting machine that sorted 200kg wool bales.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recovered by running out and hitting the big red emergency stop on the operators console before the machine ripped itself to bits.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes there's only so far you can recover.&#xD;&#xA;;-)" />
  <row Id="26992" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14983" RevisionGUID="b6ad7a48-9b66-4fec-a753-5028fb04742c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:50:41.483" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="26993" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14971" RevisionGUID="d17a6318-4533-4692-a709-41b91a461806" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:51:08.520" UserId="2278" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="If you just want to monitor queue depth, I would break out your powershell handbook or buy your favorite developer a beer or two and look into the .NET System.Messaging namespace. You can run a scheduled task every few minutes and get near-realtime alerting that way." />
  <row Id="26994" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14984" RevisionGUID="35548618-ef7b-42d7-bc83-cde4f3f5e721" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:53:13.227" UserId="1840" Text="**/usr/sbin/system_profiler** will give you bunch of info about the server/computer (I tried it on Leopard, not sure if that's the same for Tiger)" />
  <row Id="26995" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14985" RevisionGUID="55b44a33-9bb0-40de-b4ad-0a66516af053" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:54:40.337" UserId="2318" Text="I'd never heard of anycast until a few seconds ago when I read this [SF post][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The wikipedia [entry][2] on it is quite formal and doesn't really evoke a mental picture of how it would be used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can someone explain in a few informal sentences what &quot;anycast&quot; is, how you configure it (just in a general sense), and what its benefits are (what does it make easier)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/13356/what-are-some-cool-or-useful-server-networking-tricks&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anycast" />
  <row Id="26996" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14985" RevisionGUID="55b44a33-9bb0-40de-b4ad-0a66516af053" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:54:40.337" UserId="2318" Text="What is &quot;anycast&quot; and how is it helpful?" />
  <row Id="26997" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14985" RevisionGUID="55b44a33-9bb0-40de-b4ad-0a66516af053" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:54:40.337" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;anycast&gt;" />
  <row Id="26998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14986" RevisionGUID="c0fc7db5-1f8f-4007-afe8-141a0ad55afa" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:54:49.667" UserId="5473" Text="&gt; system_profiler -detailLevel full  SPHardwareDataType&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should give you the type information.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="26999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14987" RevisionGUID="eb4a0328-7fa8-45cd-916e-f8f07adddb58" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:55:17.170" UserId="4767" Text="It is one thing to have a secure server, one that is not easily hackable. So basically, you want to know if the server is under attack, ie, DOS or DDOS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd suggest looking into Google on that subject, or get people's input on that area. There is a lot out there." />
  <row Id="27000" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14988" RevisionGUID="effaa48f-3ce6-41ed-af18-1f1ccc5a9e0c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:56:12.690" UserId="4136" Text="If its a SQL Express engine you need make sure the SQL Browser service is running otherwise the client won't be able to see named instances on the server side. " />
  <row Id="27001" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14838" RevisionGUID="dc6adf29-4b3b-4d60-a03b-107c5f333aef" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:56:38.227" UserId="1145" Comment="added 187 characters in body" Text="Disclaimer: I am not a server admin, I am a windows user that has lead a life of sinful installation wizards and drag and drop&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm attempting to install Tomcat on CentOS 5 hosted by a MediaTemple dedicated virtual server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I basically followed [this guide][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Installed jpackage and configured the yum.repo.d jpackage file to set enabled=1&#xD;&#xA; 2. Used yum to install java (yum install java)&#xD;&#xA; 3. Downloaded the binary distribution of tomcat with &quot;wget http://archive.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-6/v6.0.14/bin/apache-tomcat-6.0.14.tar.gz&quot;&#xD;&#xA; 4. set JAVA_HOME to point at the jdk location I found with &quot;export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0/&quot;&#xD;&#xA; 5. I gunzip/untar the Tomcat files and run ./startup.sh to start the Tomcat server. That is supposed to put the Tomcat server at myserver.com:8080 - however, I just get a could not contact host error when I try to browse to it (or when I try 'curl localhost:8080' from SSH) After I type ./startup.sh, here is the console output:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [root@myserver bin]# ./startup.sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     Using CATALINA_BASE:   /root/apache-tomcat-6.0.14&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     Using CATALINA_HOME:   /root/apache-tomcat-6.0.14&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /root/apache-tomcat-6.0.14/temp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     Using JRE_HOME:       /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     [root@myserver bin]#&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a step I have missed here?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: I've now discovered by looking at the log the following error is occuring:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Error occurred during initialization&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of VM Could not reserve enough space&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for object heap&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jaysonjc.com/2008/01/16/installing-tomcat-60-on-mediatemple-dedicated-server/" />
  <row Id="27002" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14989" RevisionGUID="9a5b7984-fdb3-467a-87fd-4157d70623b3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:58:16.103" UserId="5751" Text="If you are cheap and the task is small there is a small yet efficient Java Load Balancer called Distributor (Sourceforce - distributor.shourceforce.com)  I am the admin and developer - It is free simple to setup and run, does back end server monitoring and also failover as well as resume after server recovers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try it and tell me what you think!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course this is not a hardware load balance if you have millions of hits an hour this is not for you!!!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Paul&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27003" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14984" RevisionGUID="55ef28b0-e445-4c39-9e56-1b86bd36a456" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:58:20.500" UserId="1840" Comment="added something" Text="**/usr/sbin/system_profiler** will give you bunch of info about the server/computer (I tried it on Leopard, not sure if that's the same for Tiger)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Activity, **&quot;Top&quot;** would be useful" />
  <row Id="27004" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14990" RevisionGUID="f0a6a8f7-b513-4973-af30-ac6bfeca9e34" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:58:25.463" UserId="5663" Text="My preference is to manage /etc/sysconfig/authconfig (which contains a list of vars) then use authconfig --updateall, this lets me drop 1 file that controls everything." />
  <row Id="27005" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14958" RevisionGUID="2537094f-f35f-4e1e-b0c2-42ebbb187109" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:59:02.917" UserId="613" Comment="fix minor grammar" Text="We've got a working lenny repository in our office. This is the sources.list line from a machine where the repo works fine:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    deb http://fai.foo.com/ftp.es.debian.org/debian lenny main contrib non-free&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to install lenny on another machine but using:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    http://fai.foo.com/ftp.es.debian.org&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;as address and /debian/ as directory doesn't work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are these addresses correct? Must repo and install image be exactly the same version? (netinstall image: debian-501-i386-netinst.iso)" />
  <row Id="27006" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14939" RevisionGUID="e1fe657c-6678-467a-9c1a-fcb4a5237804" CreationDate="2009-05-29T18:59:05.180" UserId="1736" Comment="edited body" Text="Do internal accounting practices assess a value to the services IT provides to other departments, or is IT simply accounted as a cost center?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(This is very nearly the same question as Stick's &quot;Is IT a priority in your organisation or is it a necessary evil?&quot;, but phrased so as to possibly elicit an honest answer instead of the blatantly telegraphed correct lie.)" />
  <row Id="27010" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14985" RevisionGUID="d88df6b8-e24e-4125-bcb1-d74f1d28d5f0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:00:09.093" UserId="2318" Comment="link not just to the post but to the actual answer that mentions anycast" Text="I'd never heard of anycast until a few seconds ago when I read this [SF post][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The wikipedia [entry][2] on it is quite formal and doesn't really evoke a mental picture of how it would be used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can someone explain in a few informal sentences what &quot;anycast&quot; is, how you configure it (just in a general sense), and what its benefits are (what does it make easier)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/13356/what-are-some-cool-or-useful-server-networking-tricks/14960#14960&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anycast" />
  <row Id="27011" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14992" RevisionGUID="49c70e35-0fad-438e-bc54-d7a6d01ddcdf" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:00:16.207" UserId="5687" Text="You can also try Cluster SSH (cssh). I haven't used it, but there's an article on LinuxJournal.com called &quot;Manage Multiple Servers Efficiently&quot; that talks about it." />
  <row Id="27013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14994" RevisionGUID="4a7a11a2-56cd-4355-b2e4-0bfa990be1fc" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:00:50.917" UserId="5773" Text="In my case, the &quot;new features&quot; involved:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1 - Extra bloat&#xD;&#xA;2 - They took the ease of use of 1.0 and threw it out of the window.&#xD;&#xA;3 - Stupid Java/Tomcat system that simply refused to work after installing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't &quot;hate&quot; the new interface, it's more like &quot;I can't make it work!&quot; (worked in Linux, not in windows)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, my advice is, stay as long as you can on 1.0 until they fix this or you really need to upgrade (for example, vmw server is incompatible with newest linux kernels - as host)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the meantime consider other alternatives like VirtualBox, etc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(In my case I have a Windows Server 2003 64-bit guest in Linux)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In your case, Windows Server 2003 host, just stay on 1.0, I guess you'll do fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27014" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13088" RevisionGUID="a92e30b5-0bb3-4a9c-bb2d-24bcfd295cf1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:01:25.533" UserId="1992" Comment="added 349 characters in body" Text="Some interesting suggestions here, which all seem to show misunderstanding abot how log backups work. A log backup contains ALL transaction log generated since the previous log backup, regardless of what full or differential backups are taken in the interim. Stopping log backups or moving to daily full backups will have no effect on the log backup sizes. The only thing that affects the transaction log is a log backup, once the log backup chain has started.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only exception to this rule is if the log backup chain has been broken (e.g. by going to the SIMPLE recovery model, reverting from a database snapshot, truncating the log using BACKUP LOG WITH NO_LOG/TRUNCATE_ONLY), in which case the first log backup will contain all the transaction log since the last full backup - which restarts the log backup chain; or if the log backup chain hasn't been started - when you switch into FULL for the first time, you operate in a kind of pseudo-SIMPLE recovery model until the first full backup is taken.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To answer your original question, without going into the SIMPLE recovery model, you're going to have to suck up backing up all the transaction log. Depending on the actions you're taking, you could take more frequent log backups to reduce their size, or do more targeted database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can post some info about the maintenance ops you're doing, I can help you optimize them. Are you, by any chance, doing index rebuilds followed by a shrink database to reclaim the space used by the index rebuilds?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have no other activity in the database while the maintenance is occuring, you could do the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- make sure user activity is stopped&#xD;&#xA;- take a final log backup (this allows you to recover right up to the point of maintenance starting)&#xD;&#xA; - switch to the SIMPLE recovery model&#xD;&#xA; - perform maintenance - the log will truncate on each checkpoint&#xD;&#xA; - switch to the FULL recovery model and take a full backup&#xD;&#xA; - continue as normal&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps - looking forward to more info.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Edit: after all the discussion about whether a full backup can alter the size of a subsequent log backup (it can't) I put together a comprehensive blog post with background material and a script that proves it. Check it out at http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/Misconceptions-around-the-log-and-log-backups-how-to-convince-yourself.aspx]" />
  <row Id="27015" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14995" RevisionGUID="34cbe6bb-2d6c-48c7-887d-2fbbeceb57ef" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:01:46.860" UserId="4418" Text="Mainly used for UDP based services like DNS. Basically, you announce the same route out of multiple datacenters across the world. This way, your clients will be sent to the &quot;best&quot; and &quot;closest&quot; datacenter based on BGP routes. I put &quot;best&quot; and &quot;closest&quot; in quotes because network providers can play games and route traffic from certain networks differently. Generally, things work out for the best with anycast, but it's not a guarantee.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An example of this would be to list your DNS servers as 1.2.3.4 and 1.2.3.5. Your routers would announce a route for 1.2.3/24 out of multiple datacenters. If you're in Japan and have a datacenter there, chances are you'd end up there. If you're in the US, you'd be sent to your US datacenter. Again, it's based on BGP routing and not actual geographic routing, but that's usually how things break down. " />
  <row Id="27016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14996" RevisionGUID="d50e7b6e-a9d8-436a-b0eb-22cecc220e5d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:02:12.100" UserId="5698" Text="To terminate an IPsec VPN you probably want to look at Openswan or strongSwan.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Openswan wiki has an entry on interoperability with Cisco:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;http://wiki.openswan.org/index.php/Interop/InteroperatingCisco&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;" />
  <row Id="27017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14997" RevisionGUID="c93de780-e18d-4c4b-8f22-85df91ee0319" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:03:09.087" UserId="4455" Text="A really interesting use of anycast is DNS.  You can place 5 different DNS servers in various physical and network locations but share a single (or sometimes both primary and secondary DNS) addresses.  Depending on where the source is, they get routed to their closest node.  This does some traffic balancing plus it provides redundancy if a DNS server dies." />
  <row Id="27018" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14998" RevisionGUID="7a688890-6093-4b76-96d5-267323c8c48b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:06:06.150" UserId="5778" Text="We (at SmoothWall) have a &quot;daily&quot; URL in the lists to test the filter - with the date of list in the URL so you can tell you are up to date. Your vendor may provide a similar feature. It may well not be documented - ask them!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, I like playboy.com. Should be blocked, but the homepage is always fairly benign - girls in bikinis etc. so low HR riskfactor if you just hit /.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTH,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tom Newton&#xD;&#xA;(www.smoothwall.net) " />
  <row Id="27019" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="14999" RevisionGUID="a51a223a-5f6d-4b28-a7d5-3ee692b16d29" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:06:35.447" UserId="919" Text="We have a MSSQL database configured in a cluster (fail-over). It's working fine for its intended purpose, but we can't seem to monitor availability via OpsView:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`check_tcp -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p 1433`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The opsview status for this is Critical:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Connection refused&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to traceroute to a specific port and rule out rejections from a firewall?" />
  <row Id="27020" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="14999" RevisionGUID="a51a223a-5f6d-4b28-a7d5-3ee692b16d29" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:06:35.447" UserId="919" Text="How can I figure out where a connection is dying?" />
  <row Id="27021" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="14999" RevisionGUID="a51a223a-5f6d-4b28-a7d5-3ee692b16d29" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:06:35.447" UserId="919" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;failover&gt;&lt;opsview&gt;" />
  <row Id="27022" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13904" RevisionGUID="d9e8bdff-30f9-47dc-8fe8-3fa57712607d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:06:54.697" UserId="1944" Comment="deleted 5193 characters in body; edited title; edited body; added 10 characters in body" Text="My X11 crashes if I have the following .xinitrc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**My .xinitrc**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    exec /Users/Masi/.cabal/bin/xmonad&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not sure where the bug is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Files which I know affects the startup are&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. ~/.cabal/bin/xmonad&#xD;&#xA;2. (perhaps): ~/xmonad.hs&#xD;&#xA;3. ~/.xinitrc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have completed the steps in the [tutorial][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Which files do control XMonad's startup in Mac (Leopard)'s X11?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Using_xmonad_on_Apple_OSX" />
  <row Id="27023" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="13904" RevisionGUID="d9e8bdff-30f9-47dc-8fe8-3fa57712607d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:06:54.697" UserId="1944" Comment="deleted 5193 characters in body; edited title; edited body; added 10 characters in body" Text="Which files do control XMonad’s startup in Mac's X11?" />
  <row Id="27024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15000" RevisionGUID="fdbdccf7-dee3-40bd-8747-5b821df61f15" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:07:25.507" UserId="5687" Text="Rsync is great, but rdiff-backup is even better. Not only does it keep a mirror of all your files, it also allows you to restore old versions from previous backups if you want. It only saves the parts of the file that changed (the &quot;reverse diffs&quot;), so you're not saving a whole bunch of extra data to get the restore functionality.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It uses the same algorithms as rsync, but it's quite a bit more powerful and useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, duplicity is a system that works much like rdiff-backup, but it does everything on the client side (i.e. it doesn't need to be installed on the server). It can also encrypt the backups before you send them, and it can be configured to work with work with Amazon S3 storage." />
  <row Id="27025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15001" RevisionGUID="6f467e3b-936d-4f04-961c-45d0ad403af3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:07:59.453" UserId="5720" Text="I'm working on setting up DMC now. While it looks like it will be quite powerful once it's configured (reporting, patch management, client, switch and printer management), it is an order of magnitude more involved than IT Assistant. The server and client management base products are free, though there are a stack of plugins($$$) like helpdesk available that I'm yet to play with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you have an environment larger than 500 nodes (server and client) you'll need a separate hardware SQL box (I'm sharing the SQL box with other databases, it's working well - we're around 700 nodes). You'll need a hardware box with at least 4GB of RAM for the DMC server as well, and they're not kidding. Add more if you can, it's not lightweight. I tried using a VM at first, that was painful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, +1 on the above OS limitations, we're going ahead as we only have a few 2008 and x64 boxes, and they have stated that they expect to have support by year end. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While IT Assistant is simpler to install and use, it is being replaced by DMC, so you ultimately have no real choice going forward. It might be worth waiting for a service pack release if you can afford to stall that long, as this feels like a rushed re-badge at this point." />
  <row Id="27026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15002" RevisionGUID="a97f49ff-f69e-431b-ad12-7af231ce7749" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:08:28.687" UserId="1078" Text="I'm assuming you've remembered to include the instancename (server\SQLEXPRESS)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try to create an ODBC against the same server. If you get the same error; create another ODBC, but use regular &quot;SQL Server&quot; driver, and on the &quot;Client Configuration&quot; settings choose &quot;Named Pipes&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, SQLChickens tip about making sure the SQL Browser is started on the server is valid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, try using IP-address instead of the NetBios name." />
  <row Id="27027" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15003" RevisionGUID="db2c1234-abed-4c29-bce1-7e39f0e8d3ba" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:08:35.347" UserId="5745" Text="I've had cases where internal clients were treated different on the server itself. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;eg. Allowing admin access to those connecting internally vs externally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also configure your internal DNS to point to the internal IP, so on the intranet you connect internally, and externally you'll get the external IP." />
  <row Id="27028" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15004" RevisionGUID="10e4c1f2-a430-42f8-a19b-37571ba77c4c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:10:04.033" UserId="4815" Text="If you are on a KDE desktop, **konsole** has the &quot;Send Input to all sessions&quot; option. It applies to all the sessions opened in the same konsole window.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15005" RevisionGUID="8d51303c-0ccd-47b4-9826-fa5ba5d478f2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:10:24.143" UserId="4742" Text="I ran into this problem at my last company.  I would remote into my machine at home and check the website.  Ran into one problem doing it this way,  I was on the same ISP as our servers, so it wasn't a true check from the outside, just outside our firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I use downforeveryoneorjustme.com in addition to my remote to home to check.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also if your company has multiple sites you can use Nagios or even powershell to check web sites and alert you if they go down.  Just make sure to use your public facing address in the check." />
  <row Id="27030" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15006" RevisionGUID="aa0f68be-70ce-4d92-8a38-8722282a4560" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:10:25.437" UserId="5778" Text="I'm biased, I work for SmoothWall, www.smoothwall.net, but we do offer a cost-effective alternative to the two products you suggest - both of which, I might add, are decent kit!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tom" />
  <row Id="27031" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10161" RevisionGUID="be1750ad-56e7-43a3-a382-5011770b5e81" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:10:42.380" UserId="919" Comment="corrected spelling" Text="I'm having a weird problem on two Windows 2008 VMs (inside HyperV) running NLB. They were working at one point, but now TCP/IP appears to be corrupt. I cannot ping anything if logged in with my Domain Admin account:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;ping 10.1.1.1&#xD;&#xA;    Unable to contact IP driver, error code 5,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried resetting winsock and ip with netsh. That makes no difference:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netsh int ip reset&#xD;&#xA;    Resetting Echo Request, failed.&#xD;&#xA;    Access is denied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I uninstalled NLB, I removed the synthetic NIC and added a legacy NIC from Hyper-V -- no dice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The weird thing is that it works if I login with the built-in Administrator account, but not my Domain Admins account. UAC is disabled, so this should just work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas apart before I call PSS?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Can't ping anything if I don't login with the built-in Administrator account. (UAC on or off makes no different.) Can't ping 127.0.0.1 (access denied). NICs are the HyperV ones. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I installed SP2 for Windows 2008, no change." />
  <row Id="27032" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15007" RevisionGUID="afa7969e-b049-40ef-831a-fa9f8cf4bef9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:10:51.223" UserId="5670" Text="I'd like to provide LAN users access to set of useful and popular applications (like Acrobat, Firefox, Foobar, putty) but there is one problem - such software is released every few weeks or even often. What is best method of automatically downloading most current versions? Every download page looks differently and not only a few has permanent &quot;xyz-current&quot; links.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disclaimer: I know newer not always means better but in many cases (like browsers) it at least mean safer.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27033" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15007" RevisionGUID="afa7969e-b049-40ef-831a-fa9f8cf4bef9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:10:51.223" UserId="5670" Text="How automatically download current versions of popular software? (like Acrobat, Firefox, Opera)" />
  <row Id="27034" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15007" RevisionGUID="afa7969e-b049-40ef-831a-fa9f8cf4bef9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:10:51.223" UserId="5670" Text="&lt;downloads&gt;&lt;automation&gt;&lt;software&gt;&lt;release&gt;" />
  <row Id="27035" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15008" RevisionGUID="3553abd0-c17b-41e4-b4ce-214ca026267a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:12:13.437" UserId="3420" Text="&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;$HOME/bin:$HOME/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/ucb&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In particular, you don't want to be adding to $PATH blindly in .bashrc or you end up with a mess on a sub-sub-sub-sub shell. You want to include all the sbin directories, because important tools can be there. You want to include /usr/ccs/bin:/usr/ucb as Solaris puts a few things you're likely to use in there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Notably missing are the infinite permutations of choices for local installations of software, e.g. the GNU tools - usually you want them in the PATH before the system versions. Also, I left out directories that are more likely to be useful as a historical curiousity, like /etc and /usr/libexec.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's endlessly debatable whether the Solaris /usr/ccs/bin should be before or after the GNU versions of the utilities. Realistically, you'll have occasional problems because of this no matter which way you choose." />
  <row Id="27036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15009" RevisionGUID="c2a1c65c-c4fc-439e-b7c6-731f8b44d10d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:14:21.763" UserId="5698" Text="That line is asserting that the specified port is an integer. My guess is that the assert fails since wgSphinxSearch_port is now undefined.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know why you'd need multiple searchd instances. What prevents you from using a single instance and different indices for each wiki db?" />
  <row Id="27037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15010" RevisionGUID="0c4864b3-83e1-4aea-9e63-bce81ba18dc2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:14:32.497" UserId="3306" Text="I don't think finding something to transfer faster is your problem, double check to make sure your target file system is NOT FAT, as others have said. Also, make sure the NICs on both sides have updated drivers and aren't otherwise acting flaky.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With that said, are you moving many many small files or just a few large ones? I've seen RAID controller problems when trying to move millions of tiny files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think you'll have a problem automating this once you figure out what is causing the failure. It may help to list more details about your hardware and any relevant errors you may see in event viewer." />
  <row Id="27038" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15011" RevisionGUID="3accd5d2-03e7-43c7-9e18-d22574904476" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:15:27.097" UserId="5687" Text="Putting a hashbang on your script won't change what it takes to run it. You have to either set it to be executable (chmod +x test.sh) and then run it (./test.sh), or you can call it as an argument of the shell (sh test.sh).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also put the script in any location from your $PATH variable (e.g. ~/bin/, /usr/local/bin/) and, if it's executable, you can run it from anywhere without referencing its location (test.sh).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If a script is run without being an argument of the shell, it will by default run in whatever shell you're currently using. **That** is where the hashbang gets important... if you want to make sure it's run as a bash script, even if the user is using tcsh or ksh or something else, you put #!/bin/bash as the first line of the script." />
  <row Id="27039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15012" RevisionGUID="9926ab5c-bbd0-4803-b2db-b369f288a648" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:15:52.057" UserId="5663" Text="telnet is an excellent tool for opening a tcp connection to a random port:&#xD;&#xA;telnet localhost 1433, assuming something is on the other end you should get:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Trying 127.0.0.1...&#xD;&#xA;    Connected to localhost.&#xD;&#xA;    Escape character is '^]'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;nc (netcat) is also a very handy tool, you can run it on listen mode on one side and connect mode on the other and see if traffic is passing.  It will also do udp connections as well.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27040" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15013" RevisionGUID="1c027bb8-dea4-4d0c-88ba-67b0071929fa" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:16:05.550" UserId="5464" Text="If your kickstarting you can set this up as a kickstart option&#xD;&#xA;See:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-5-manual/Installation_Guide-en-US/s1-kickstart2-options.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27041" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15014" RevisionGUID="4f87bbe9-5ad6-4176-866d-3b6b0afd45ca" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:16:55.223" UserId="5144" Text="1. What is the difference between DEP always&#xD;&#xA;   on (&quot;/NoExecute=AlwaysOn&quot; in boot.ini) and DEP opt-out&#xD;&#xA;   with no exceptions ( &quot;/NoExecute=OptOut&quot; in boot.ini) ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   One would expect it to work the same way, but it makes a&#xD;&#xA;   difference for some applications. E.g. for all versions&#xD;&#xA;   of UltraEdit 14 (14.2). It crashes at startup for DEP&#xD;&#xA;   always on, at least on Microsoft Windows XP Professional&#xD;&#xA;   Edition x64 edition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Is there difference between Windows XP, Windows Vista and&#xD;&#xA;   Windows 7 ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Is there difference between 32 bit and 64 bit versions of&#xD;&#xA;   Windows ?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27042" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15014" RevisionGUID="4f87bbe9-5ad6-4176-866d-3b6b0afd45ca" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:16:55.223" UserId="5144" Text="Windows: what is the difference between DEP always on and DEP opt-out ?" />
  <row Id="27043" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15014" RevisionGUID="4f87bbe9-5ad6-4176-866d-3b6b0afd45ca" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:16:55.223" UserId="5144" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windowsvista64&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="27044" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15015" RevisionGUID="c043e157-225e-4f23-83dc-1181c4dee561" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:17:42.100" UserId="4979" Text="I find the tools from [Secunia][1] to be helpful to keep up to date with a variety of new critical releases for popular software packages. There are single machine and whole network solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://secunia.com/" />
  <row Id="27045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15016" RevisionGUID="2bf922a3-d313-4762-a082-4afabaa9b0a6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:17:58.667" UserId="17928" Text="From time to time I need to reinstall some ancient system. Replace hardware with other abandoned hardware. Whenever I search for drivers Google returns sites requiring logins and/or payment. Where are the nice places to find and download old drivers?" />
  <row Id="27046" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15016" RevisionGUID="2bf922a3-d313-4762-a082-4afabaa9b0a6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:17:58.667" UserId="17928" Text="Is there a non spammy, no registering, free site to download old drivers?" />
  <row Id="27047" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15016" RevisionGUID="2bf922a3-d313-4762-a082-4afabaa9b0a6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:17:58.667" UserId="17928" Text="&lt;drivers&gt;" />
  <row Id="27048" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15017" RevisionGUID="adc77cdf-eb46-4a44-bf73-88b2269fae3f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:19:16.933" UserId="5745" Text="Given this is mainly DNS at the moment...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Informally it makes your service more resilient and with better network access/latency/speed by allowing you to setup the same service in multiple locations across the world all using the same address. When someone queries for that address they are given the closest/best route.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From a server perspective:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If unicast is you going to a single person, and multicast is you going to several, and broadcast is you going to all people, then anycast is being schitzophrenic and having multiple personalities where the personality best suited to each person connects with them. Hmm. Not the best analogy." />
  <row Id="27049" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14860" RevisionGUID="f38f56f8-f2ca-4955-9193-1394c1b17691" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:19:38.727" UserId="5473" Comment="added some explanation." Text="On a Solaris system: &quot;killall dataLoader&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;'dataLoader' was an app I was working on. On Linux, killall works like pkill. It sends a signal to processes that match a string given as the argument. On Solaris, killall trys to kill everything on the system the current user can kill. I was root.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27050" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15018" RevisionGUID="a6195489-c530-4c4d-9ed4-47612bd32346" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:21:06.103" UserId="5234" Text="Location and asset tag number here as well.  Very very handy if you're geographically distributed, as you can easily reconstruct the machine name if required by asking the user for the tag number, rather than asking them to go delving into control panel applets." />
  <row Id="27051" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15019" RevisionGUID="84ff3741-564a-4ffb-a3d8-7a23cf59eba2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:22:14.197" UserId="388" Text="Anycast is networking technique where the same IP prefix is advertised from multiple locations. The network then decides which location to route a user request to, based on routing protocol costs and possibly the 'health' of the advertising servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are several benefits to anycast. First, in steady state, users of an anycast service (DNS is an excellent example) will always connect to the 'closest' (from a routing protocol perspective) DNS server. This reduces latency, as well as providing a level of load-balancing (assuming that your consumers are evenly distributed around your network).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another advantage is ease of configuration management. Rather than having to configure different DNS servers depending on where a server/workstation is deployed (Asia, America, Europe), you have one IP address that is configured in every location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on how anycast is implemented, it can also provide a level of high availability. If the advertisement of the anycast route is conditional on some sort of health check (e.g. a DNS query for a well known domain, in this example), then as soon as a server fails its route can be removed. Once the network reconverges, user requests will be seamlessly forwarded to the next closest instance of DNS, without the need for any manual intervention or reconfiguration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A final advantage is that of horizontal scaling; if you find that one server is being overly loaded, simply deploy another one in a location that would allow it to take some proportion of the overloaded server's requests. Again, as no client configuration is required, this can be done very quickly." />
  <row Id="27052" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15020" RevisionGUID="485837a0-daf0-40b8-86ac-5b34ea783194" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:22:16.770" UserId="3306" Text="Does IT have it's own budget? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mine does not and we are reliant on other departments funds for everything we need. Sucks big time.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27053" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15020" RevisionGUID="485837a0-daf0-40b8-86ac-5b34ea783194" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:22:16.770" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15021" RevisionGUID="eee16755-ba88-4fa0-9348-93b9feea013a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:22:17.660" UserId="5804" Text="I use a combination of checks and tests to set my path on any given system via my .bashrc/.profile:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First - set a basic path which should be valid anywhere. Then you need to know where you're running:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;# Bootstrap&#xD;&#xA;unset PATH&#xD;&#xA;PATH=&quot;/usr/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# What is the OS and Revision?&#xD;&#xA;if [ -x /bin/uname ] || [ -x /sbin/uname ] || [ -x /usr/bin/uname ]; then&#xD;&#xA;    OS=`uname -s`&#xD;&#xA;else&#xD;&#xA;    OS=&quot;unknown&quot;&#xD;&#xA;fi&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you can add OS specific paths:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;case $OS in&#xD;&#xA;    Linux)&#xD;&#xA;        ...&#xD;&#xA;    ;;&#xD;&#xA;    SunOS|Solaris)&#xD;&#xA;        ck_add2path /usr/ucb /usr/ccs/bin&#xD;&#xA;    ;;&#xD;&#xA;esac&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where ck_add2path is defined as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;function add2path () {&#xD;&#xA;    for NEWPATH in ${1+&quot;$@&quot;}; do&#xD;&#xA;        if [ -z &quot;$PATH&quot; ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;            export PATH=&quot;$NEWPATH&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        elif [ -z `echo &quot;:$PATH:&quot;|grep $NEWPATH` ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;            export PATH=&quot;$PATH:$NEWPATH&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        fi&#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;    unset NEWPATH&#xD;&#xA;}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;function ck_add2path () {&#xD;&#xA;    for NEWPATH in ${1+&quot;$@&quot;}; do&#xD;&#xA;        NEWPATH=`echo $NEWPATH | sed 's/\/\//\//g'`&#xD;&#xA;        if [ -d $NEWPATH ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            add2path $NEWPATH&#xD;&#xA;        fi&#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;    unset NEWPATH&#xD;&#xA;}&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="27055" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14984" RevisionGUID="98261deb-e2ec-4d1d-a903-d8508010c913" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:22:57.987" UserId="1840" Comment="added 36 characters in body" Text="    system_profiler&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Found at **/usr/sbin/** will give you bunch of info about the server/computer (I tried it on Leopard, not sure if that's the same for Tiger)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     top -o cpu&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - For live Activity of the CPU" />
  <row Id="27056" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15014" RevisionGUID="3e586657-6975-4e3a-928b-433aeba63887" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:23:01.793" UserId="5144" Comment="added 52 characters in body" Text="1. What is the difference between DEP always&#xD;&#xA;   on (&quot;/NoExecute=AlwaysOn&quot; in boot.ini) and DEP opt-out&#xD;&#xA;   with no exceptions ( &quot;/NoExecute=OptOut&quot; in boot.ini) ?&#xD;&#xA;   DEP = Data Execution Prevention (hardware).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   One would expect it to work the same way, but it makes a&#xD;&#xA;   difference for some applications. E.g. for all versions&#xD;&#xA;   of UltraEdit 14 (14.2). It crashes at startup for DEP&#xD;&#xA;   always on, at least on Microsoft Windows XP Professional&#xD;&#xA;   Edition x64 edition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Is there a difference between Windows XP, Windows Vista and&#xD;&#xA;   Windows 7 ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Is there a difference between 32 bit and 64 bit versions of&#xD;&#xA;   Windows ?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15022" RevisionGUID="7e344058-73b5-4884-9fac-56985787d4e5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:23:34.397" UserId="5792" Text="The source disk must not have any mounted filesystems.&#xD;&#xA;As a user able to read the block device (root works), run 'dd if=/dev/sda ....'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, one of the neat things here is that you're creating a stream of bytes... and you can do a lot with that: compress it, send it over the network, chunk it into smaller blobs, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For instance:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dd if=/dev/sda | ssh user@backupserver &quot;cat &gt; backup.img&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But more powerfully:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dd if=/dev/sda | pv -c | gzip | ssh user@backupserver &quot;split -b 2048m -d backup-`hostname -s`.img.gz&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The above copies a compressed image of the source harddrive to a remote system, where it stores it in numbered 2G chunks using the source host's name while keeping you updated on progress.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that depending on the size of disk, speed of cpu on source, speed of cpu on destination, speed of network, etc.  You may want to skip compression, or do the compression on the remote side, or enable ssh's compression.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27058" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15023" RevisionGUID="9209c0c7-a19e-496a-80ae-8d776e09db62" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:23:52.400" UserId="4955" Text="[A detailed description of the Data Execution Prevention (DEP) feature in Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005, and Windows Server 2003][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The shorter, snappier title is MS KB 875352 ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More than your ever needed to know...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875352" />
  <row Id="27059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15024" RevisionGUID="f46fd43e-9838-43dc-9a10-725201a36cd6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:24:49.217" UserId="2435" Text="There's a fairly big discussion about this on Steve Gibson's [securable][1] homepage. Also, they've discussed it quite often in the [security now][2] podcast. You can find the transcripts also on [grc.com][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.grc.com/securable.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://grc.com/securitynow&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.google.com/search?q=dep+site%3Agrc.com" />
  <row Id="27060" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15025" RevisionGUID="2391a1fc-0a4d-4cf7-b593-e246e39ffdce" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:25:46.047" UserId="5681" Text="I have two Windows XP SP3 workstations, one of them is recently freshly installed. The workstations are connected to a Windows 2003 server with a cabled local network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem I have is that after a random time (varying from 2 minutes to several hours) the explorer hangs on one of the workstations. Explorer does not hang simultaneous on both systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running Process Monitor does not reveal anything special going on in Explorer, but everything freezes until Explorer is killed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This problem must be a network and/or 2003 server problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I need is a method to find the cause. The 2003 logs, including the Kerio firewall log, do not reveal anything special when the Explorer hangs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I understand their can be a plethora of possible causes: so I would be grateful for a method or a tool to diagnose this problem. I simply do not know where to start." />
  <row Id="27061" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15025" RevisionGUID="2391a1fc-0a4d-4cf7-b593-e246e39ffdce" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:25:46.047" UserId="5681" Text="Explorer dies on XP Pro in a WIndows 2003 network" />
  <row Id="27062" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15025" RevisionGUID="2391a1fc-0a4d-4cf7-b593-e246e39ffdce" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:25:46.047" UserId="5681" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows-explorer&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="27063" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15026" RevisionGUID="bfbd9eb1-57ac-4617-8fd0-e4bfbdc9bd2a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:26:11.897" Text="A note on speed: in my experience dd is twice as fast if you specify bs=1024 instead of the default bs=512.  Using an even larger block size gives no noticeable speedup over bs=1024." />
  <row Id="27065" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15027" RevisionGUID="9f174925-f032-4573-91f8-17d1e77c526e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:28:21.393" UserId="5806" Text="I'll put my bias right out front - I work for Microsoft and am the program manager responsible for the next version of SharePoint wikis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think that for customers who have a SharePoint environment set up already, the wiki in SharePoint 2007 is a reasonable alternative. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A blog post by one our MVPs describing SharePoint wikis:&#xD;&#xA;http://woodywindy.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!773832677F575173!653.entry&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're not quite ready to share what we're up to next release, but be sure to keep your eyes out for announcements about SharePoint 2010." />
  <row Id="27066" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15022" RevisionGUID="608dbfe9-7149-4334-9317-660ace82bab7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:28:47.880" UserId="5792" Comment="bugfix" Text="The source disk must not have any mounted filesystems.&#xD;&#xA;As a user able to read the block device (root works), run 'dd if=/dev/sda ....'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, one of the neat things here is that you're creating a stream of bytes... and you can do a lot with that: compress it, send it over the network, chunk it into smaller blobs, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For instance:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/sda | ssh user@backupserver &quot;cat &gt; backup.img&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But more powerfully:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/sda | pv -c | gzip | ssh user@backupserver &quot;split -b 2048m -d - backup-`hostname -s`.img.gz&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The above copies a compressed image of the source harddrive to a remote system, where it stores it in numbered 2G chunks using the source host's name while keeping you updated on progress.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that depending on the size of disk, speed of cpu on source, speed of cpu on destination, speed of network, etc.  You may want to skip compression, or do the compression on the remote side, or enable ssh's compression.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15028" RevisionGUID="9052e560-f870-4815-b4c7-b300380e0aca" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:29:02.670" UserId="1054" Text="I've seen this happen with duplicate hostname and / or IP addresses." />
  <row Id="27068" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15029" RevisionGUID="85df415f-45d4-462c-ae0e-6c165e6d6067" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:29:43.480" UserId="5804" Text="Using 'ack' as a replacement for grep/find+xargs+grep: www.betterthangrep.com" />
  <row Id="27069" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15029" RevisionGUID="85df415f-45d4-462c-ae0e-6c165e6d6067" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:29:43.480" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27070" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="14985" RevisionGUID="361dc4d6-7574-4a16-b14b-a2ad41826897" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:29:44.260" UserId="388" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;anycast&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;ip&gt;&lt;routing&gt;" />
  <row Id="27071" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15030" RevisionGUID="47737fed-d388-48b2-9cca-622e9f0096db" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:30:30.950" UserId="1529" Text="Hi All,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone got a good product for Usage Reporting for a NetScreen Firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I went looking for Webtrends Firewall Suite but it appears to have disappeared into the NetIQ product line up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am going to try out ManageEngine (I think is also AdventNet)'s Firewall Log Analyzer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But wanted to know if anyone had any good recommendations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rob&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27072" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15030" RevisionGUID="47737fed-d388-48b2-9cca-622e9f0096db" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:30:30.950" UserId="1529" Text="What's the best tool for usage reporting on a NetScreen Firewall?" />
  <row Id="27073" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15030" RevisionGUID="47737fed-d388-48b2-9cca-622e9f0096db" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:30:30.950" UserId="1529" Text="&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;logging&gt;&lt;reporting&gt;&lt;usage&gt;" />
  <row Id="27074" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14986" RevisionGUID="1e0a4c92-cf84-4f98-b78d-811c2f89b1fc" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:30:37.487" UserId="5473" Comment="Added full path." Text="&gt; /usr/sbin/system_profiler -detailLevel full  SPHardwareDataType&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should give you the type information.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27075" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15025" RevisionGUID="ff9a2986-b762-4904-8f75-009bc2ab98e4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:30:50.077" UserId="5681" Comment="edited body" Text="I have two Windows XP SP3 workstations, one of them is recently freshly installed. The workstations are connected to a Windows 2003 server with a cabled local network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem I have is that after a random time (varying from 2 minutes to several hours) the explorer hangs on one of the workstations. Explorer does not hang simultaneous on both systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running Process Monitor does not reveal anything special going on in Explorer, but everything freezes until Explorer is killed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This problem must be a network and/or 2003 server problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I need is a method to find the cause. The 2003 logs, including the Kerio firewall log, do not reveal anything special when the Explorer hangs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I understand there can be a plethora of possible causes: so I would be grateful for a method or a tool to diagnose this problem. I simply do not know where to start." />
  <row Id="27076" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15031" RevisionGUID="3ec96167-7a9b-4652-b43e-80770a4076f6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:30:54.600" UserId="5698" Text="I am converting a legacy Apache server to Nginx and do not have the luxury of changing URL's or rearranging the filesystem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to use nested location{} blocks in the Nginx configuration to tell it to feed  the .php files in an aliased directory to fastcgi while serving static content normally?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Similar configuration to what fails me:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    server {&#xD;&#xA;      listen 80;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;      location / {&#xD;&#xA;        index  index.html;&#xD;&#xA;      }&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;      location /foosite/ {&#xD;&#xA;        alias  /var/aliases/foo;&#xD;&#xA;        location ~ \.php$ {&#xD;&#xA;          include fastcgi_params;&#xD;&#xA;          fastcgi_param   SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;      }&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Requests for /foosite/static.jpg are served fine, but nginx appears to garble the path to any .php files when attempting to dispatch them to fastcgi." />
  <row Id="27077" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15031" RevisionGUID="3ec96167-7a9b-4652-b43e-80770a4076f6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:30:54.600" UserId="5698" Text="Can Nginx handle php (or similar fcgi) requests inside of an alias?" />
  <row Id="27078" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15031" RevisionGUID="3ec96167-7a9b-4652-b43e-80770a4076f6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:30:54.600" UserId="5698" Text="&lt;nginx&gt;&lt;php&gt;&lt;fastcgi&gt;" />
  <row Id="27079" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7498" RevisionGUID="cc2d576b-6147-4fd2-b43e-5c07ab8f7d3c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:32:00.933" UserId="1803" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;telephony&gt;&lt;conferencing&gt;&lt;vendor-selection&gt;" />
  <row Id="27080" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14809" RevisionGUID="cb87694a-3652-4bfd-928f-29c7ccf9030f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:32:01.493" UserId="5473" Comment="fixed grammer." Text="You want the &quot;vmrun&quot; command. It should do pretty much everything vmware-cmd did." />
  <row Id="27081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15032" RevisionGUID="b7ad8004-8bfc-47ea-8a0d-9e2498778903" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:32:04.303" UserId="1883" Text="It's probably not going to help you find &lt;i&gt;really&lt;/i&gt; ancient drivers, but &lt;a href=&quot;http://64bitdrivers.com&quot;&gt;64bitdrivers.com&lt;/a&gt; is pretty much beyond reproach, as far as I've been able to tell. Honest site, free downloads, no spam." />
  <row Id="27082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15033" RevisionGUID="e99fd7d4-c2ec-4c79-8950-aa9db8eaa789" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:32:24.207" UserId="5669" Text="Many embedded devices use WINS as well.  We have multi-function copy machines and a very recently purchased wireless projection system that wouldn't work till I gave it the IP of a WINS server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As much as we'd like to, WINS will be here for a long time." />
  <row Id="27083" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15034" RevisionGUID="2ae24dc1-542c-4176-9ce9-ee8693e8ba0e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:32:51.227" UserDisplayName="WiredNut" Text="Check out Untangle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't post links, but it is at untangle dot com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open source, can run on inexpensive or used hardware...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm using it at a couple of small businesses and it works great..antivirus, antispam, firewall, protocoal control, port forwardng, etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;@pjz, it isn't a matter of them doing their jobs, its a matter of helping reduce risk to technology resources connected to a horribly dangerous internet!" />
  <row Id="27084" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15035" RevisionGUID="e08a9d16-3872-4e9a-937a-6e2d642575d8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:33:44.063" UserId="5806" Text="I work on SharePoint and am the program manager for permissions management. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd discourage you from manually setting item level permissions, as someone posted - this would be a management nightmare, your best bet is either workflow or custom code that sets permissions after an item is updated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, if the creator-assigner relationship is pretty static, then it might be wise to create lists along those lines, that you could then permission accordingly. Note that doing this you'd lose the ability to easily view tasks across multiple creators/assignees." />
  <row Id="27085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15036" RevisionGUID="fd28912b-1274-4fc2-a564-3f9e9c92c801" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:34:14.047" UserId="5778" Text="Unless you are doing *real* contentfiltering ala dansguardian, you will not be able to find PC hardware that won't hack that. My old SmoothWall on my home net was a P3-266/256Mb of RAM! As has been said *any* entry level server will do, HP ML110 or something?" />
  <row Id="27086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15037" RevisionGUID="3c36690d-3bef-4d59-aa17-2d0df3441775" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:35:08.383" UserId="1803" Text="OEM - Original manufacturer's site will always be the winner.  Any site that gathers them all up and hosts them separately is going to have an ulterior motive.  If you're lucky, it's just to get ad clickthrus.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This can be its own wild goose chase, but I have yet to dead-end on drivers for old hardware this way." />
  <row Id="27087" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15038" RevisionGUID="432c8b95-59c5-4c7a-a447-f72db0cfd0d7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:39:19.560" UserId="5473" Text="In any of the RAID levels that use striping, increasing the number of physical disks usually increases performance, but also increase the chance of any one disk in the set failing. I have this idea that I shouldn't use more than about 6-8 disks in a given RAID set but that's more just passed down knowledge and not hard fact from experience. Can anyone give me good rules with reasons behind them for the max number of disks in a set?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27088" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15038" RevisionGUID="432c8b95-59c5-4c7a-a447-f72db0cfd0d7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:39:19.560" UserId="5473" Text="Guidelines for the maximum number of disks in a RAID set?" />
  <row Id="27089" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15038" RevisionGUID="432c8b95-59c5-4c7a-a447-f72db0cfd0d7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:39:19.560" UserId="5473" Text="&lt;raid&gt;" />
  <row Id="27090" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8986" RevisionGUID="94989ba4-94dd-4c95-8100-8b4a8b83ffc2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:40:08.873" UserId="45" Comment="examples" Text="You can find a good summary here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[What is the difference between UDP and TCP internet protocols?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both TCP and UDP work at transport layer TCP/IP model, but have very different usage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The most important differences are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Reliability**:  &#xD;&#xA;   TCP: connection-oriented  &#xD;&#xA;   UDP: connectionless&#xD;&#xA; - **Ordered**:  &#xD;&#xA;   TCP: order of message receipt is guaranteed  &#xD;&#xA;   UDP: order is not guaranteed&#xD;&#xA; - **Protocol weight**:  &#xD;&#xA;   TCP: heavyweight, because of the connection/ordering overhead  &#xD;&#xA;   UDP: lightweight, very few overhead&#xD;&#xA; - **Packets**:  &#xD;&#xA;   TCP: streaming, data is read as a &quot;stream,&quot; with nothing distinguishing where one packet ends and another begins. There may be multiple packets per read call.  &#xD;&#xA;   UDP: datagrams, one packet per one read call.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Typical protocols which use TCP are HTTP, FTP and SMTP. Examples of protocols using UDP are DNS and DHCP.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/key-differences-between-tcp-and-udp-protocols/" />
  <row Id="27091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15039" RevisionGUID="90198aed-7658-4189-9cbf-6d3247007e73" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:40:31.743" UserId="4733" Text="My company uses SQUID with blacklists, but OpenDNS is VERY easy to use and configure...and FREE.  " />
  <row Id="27092" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15040" RevisionGUID="03e69e4a-2fea-4e11-adc7-7189c068ac65" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:41:22.317" UserId="3552" Text="I have put together countless PCs, but never a large server. The geek in me says build it, but the realist in me says let the manufacturer handle it when there is a problem. Ignoring the time penalty involved with the initial assembly time of a built one, which is a better solution? Have you ever run into a problem with a home build server that would have been solved easier/quicker/cheaper by going with a manufacturer? Are there any features that manufacturers give that aren't easily attainable with a home built server?" />
  <row Id="27093" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15040" RevisionGUID="03e69e4a-2fea-4e11-adc7-7189c068ac65" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:41:22.317" UserId="3552" Text="Rack Mount Servers - Build them or Buy them?" />
  <row Id="27094" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15040" RevisionGUID="03e69e4a-2fea-4e11-adc7-7189c068ac65" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:41:22.317" UserId="3552" Text="&lt;rack&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;system-building&gt;" />
  <row Id="27095" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15041" RevisionGUID="d1f53bab-413a-4198-aca8-0ab0a9e72477" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:41:27.153" UserId="1803" Text="A few months ago I stopped the WINS service on our LAN.  After a few weeks, I removed it entirely.  I wonder how many years it's been running for no particular reason?  In some environments I'm sure this will be impossible.  It's possible we've had issues since then that would've been invisible with WINS still running.  I guess I'm a purist, but WINS reminds me of playing &quot;slop&quot; pool.  A shot shouldn't count unless you were aiming for that pocket!" />
  <row Id="27096" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15042" RevisionGUID="be833dfb-2b14-4bf0-8f3d-ba06939cf5b1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:41:39.167" UserId="5823" Text="We're currently using Alfresco as an Open Source replacement for Sharepoint. Our userbase is non technical and they're using it without any complaints or problems.&#xD;&#xA;You can download a pre-configured Vmware VM from Enspeed if you want to give it a try. It supports uploading information trough SMB and Webdav also and Active Directory integration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Links: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27097" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14212" RevisionGUID="5d31799d-4556-4a0c-8653-8563682c90c9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:41:45.123" UserId="919" Comment="newlines" Text="I've got two snmpd.conf files, one on a server that works, and one that doesn't. How can I diff the two config files while stripping out irrelevant comments and newlines?" />
  <row Id="27098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15043" RevisionGUID="3ca331c3-008f-40a8-97e9-6fc950480936" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:41:56.060" UserId="5234" Text="Various reasons why this can happen, like you said, but one I've seen in the past is caused by a redirected &quot;My Documents&quot; folder; all the desktop.ini files at the next level down get parsed by Explorer to produce custom icons for subfolders, and if there are a lot of folders in there Explorer can sometimes just give up." />
  <row Id="27099" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15044" RevisionGUID="a6b116be-f38f-4f0b-8cf3-abdf30bba79a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:42:03.313" UserId="761" Text="When Mac OS X clients copy files in a Windows share, they'll create some files like `.DS_Store` and `._` prefixed hidden files (that I think store resource forks of the files). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I prevent pollution of these shares by these files?" />
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  <row Id="27101" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15044" RevisionGUID="a6b116be-f38f-4f0b-8cf3-abdf30bba79a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:42:03.313" UserId="761" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;smb&gt;&lt;network-share&gt;" />
  <row Id="27102" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="15025" RevisionGUID="aed67af1-3781-4fb4-9903-206a43d7ee13" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:42:11.677" UserId="45" Comment="edited title" Text="Explorer dies on XP Pro in a Windows 2003 network" />
  <row Id="27103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15045" RevisionGUID="8b048f97-e5f4-4187-8d98-bd99b1f97231" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:42:15.403" UserDisplayName="David" Text="I can't imagine programming with less than a full sized 104 key keyboard in front of a desktop  with 2 monitors or 1 very large monitor. I guess I could, but I wouldn't be very productive." />
  <row Id="27104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15046" RevisionGUID="b38545ac-d44b-415c-ad1d-fc922dfa205b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:42:18.230" UserId="5830" Text="&quot;iostat -1&quot; will give you some basic cpu activity stats (although not broken down by individual CPU in a multi-cpu box)." />
  <row Id="27105" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15047" RevisionGUID="9c90bee2-df15-4c28-bc5b-4178a5d9005a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:42:36.573" UserId="5778" Text="proxy.pac? A user can configure it, and if you serve it right, you can use it for fail-over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/7949.html" />
  <row Id="27106" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15048" RevisionGUID="0db95fda-71c8-4afc-819e-067d17dc6f24" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:43:30.723" UserId="1529" Text="Buy them.  And buy them from alternative sources if you need to be frugal - Craigslist, Ebay, Dell Outlet, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you end up building them - go with SuperMicro - great gear.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But Commercial Servers will have better out of bandwidth management, better systems management, better support, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if you need to pinch pennies - use third party memory (i.e. Crucial) - its cheaper and just as good.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27107" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15049" RevisionGUID="46bd3f1e-4428-40a0-8755-8b004b4167c0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:43:34.263" UserId="5820" Text="I have used Pingdom with great success.    You can create checks that test DNS, ICMP, HTTP connectivity as well as HTTP Get and Post methods to ensure that your site is returning a valid response and that scripting/forms are working properly.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reasonable pricing and the checks originate from either 5 or 30 locations (Basic or Business account, respectively).  They also track response times from the locations so you get a sense of how your site performs from around the world." />
  <row Id="27108" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15050" RevisionGUID="ed2090c3-26df-4f55-b3b8-eee549337737" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:43:52.187" UserId="5837" Text="'screen' - allows for detachable, re-attachable command line sessions. Made extra shiny with screen-profiles (default in Ubuntu 9.04)." />
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  <row Id="27110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15051" RevisionGUID="7d9e24f8-c004-4a15-9352-a3a06ccafaa9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:44:44.323" UserId="5596" Text="I'm looking to move all of our Exchange Public Folder contents to a WSS 3.0 server including several contact lists.  The problem I've run into is that the distribution lists that have been created in the public folders are apparently not supported in the Sharepoint contact lists.  Does anyone have a work around for this or know how we can create useable DL's that will still sync into the Outlook client?" />
  <row Id="27111" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15051" RevisionGUID="7d9e24f8-c004-4a15-9352-a3a06ccafaa9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:44:44.323" UserId="5596" Text="Distribution lists in Sharepoint" />
  <row Id="27112" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15051" RevisionGUID="7d9e24f8-c004-4a15-9352-a3a06ccafaa9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:44:44.323" UserId="5596" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;" />
  <row Id="27113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15052" RevisionGUID="e8452324-4555-432e-9582-bd47482cc84b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:44:54.837" UserId="5669" Text="The first thing to determine is if the problem is with the user or the machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you move a user to a machine that hasn't had the problem before, and the problem follows them, then it is a user based issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand if it only happens to specific machines no matter which user is logged in, then it is machine or network connection related.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I had to guess it is networking related.  A quick test would be to take a machine that has never had the issue and hook it up to the same connection as a machine that has had the issues and see if you get duplicates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First steps in trying to diagnose a problem quickly is trying to duplicate it on demand." />
  <row Id="27114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15053" RevisionGUID="acbcd32a-9dbe-477a-8d1c-10bbb64608e4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:45:47.923" UserId="1589" Text="To prevent .DS_Store files on Network Drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From Terminal:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true" />
  <row Id="27115" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15054" RevisionGUID="144a970b-22ae-42d4-b246-c7ff8c6556dc" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:46:04.990" UserId="45" Text="This Apple support article explains how to do this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Mac OS X 10.4: How to prevent .DS_Store file creation over network connections][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 1. Open the Terminal. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2. Type:&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;        `defaults write com.apple.desktopservicesv DSDontWriteNetworkStores true` &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 3. Press Return.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 4. Restart the computer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1629" />
  <row Id="27116" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15055" RevisionGUID="d0f62086-92c8-4980-8ab0-39d9e4d384c5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:46:14.367" UserId="5830" Text="Can your system administrators write code?" />
  <row Id="27117" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15055" RevisionGUID="d0f62086-92c8-4980-8ab0-39d9e4d384c5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:46:14.367" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15056" RevisionGUID="cad44539-21d4-4973-9b91-c4d5c4bc7afc" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:46:18.830" UserId="1803" Text="I went with 40gb - I'm pretty comfortable with the 15gb free it's settled into." />
  <row Id="27119" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15057" RevisionGUID="c110953c-731a-4c26-b063-d95feecbad05" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:47:02.837" UserId="5143" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a couple of jobs scheduled to run daily on a customer server running Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, SP1 using Windows Scheduled Tasks. The tasks are set to run as a user that is in the Administrators group, and were scheduled as that same user. The password of that user is set to never expire. These tasks fail to run pretty much every day. Going into Scheduled Tasks and attempting to run the tasks manually indicates that the password is incorrect. I go into the task properties, retype the password into the appropriate fields, click OK, and attempt to run the task manually again. Now it works fine. What might be the cause of the password being lost like this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These same tasks are running on other customers servers with no problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance for any thoughts." />
  <row Id="27120" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15057" RevisionGUID="c110953c-731a-4c26-b063-d95feecbad05" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:47:02.837" UserId="5143" Text="Windows Scheduled Tasks losing password configuration" />
  <row Id="27121" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15057" RevisionGUID="c110953c-731a-4c26-b063-d95feecbad05" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:47:02.837" UserId="5143" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;scheduled-task&gt;" />
  <row Id="27122" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15058" RevisionGUID="27f7e9de-4750-4c5d-a2b5-b8b1ad2c71a8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:47:12.743" UserId="5818" Text="I use 7 as a &quot;magic&quot; maximum number. For me, it's a good compromise between space lost for redundancy (n this case, ~14%) and time to rebuild (even if the LUN is available while rebuilding) or increase size, and MTBF.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously, this has worked great for me when working with SAN 14-disk enclosures. Two of our clients had 10-disk enclosures, and the magic number 7 was reduced to 5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All-in-all, 5-7 has worked for me. Sorry, no scientific data from me either, just experience with RAID systems since 2001." />
  <row Id="27123" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15059" RevisionGUID="6ee2d3b2-af93-4815-8842-41fddc71b253" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:48:56.437" UserId="46457" Text="What you need is: Ketarin &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;is has an db of software you can select from to download, and always keep downloading the latst version, also you can add your own, with very Flexible settings&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;check it out over here http://ketarin.canneverbe.com/" />
  <row Id="27124" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15060" RevisionGUID="b14ccbdd-38d3-4df4-b26e-8f2d5b073659" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:49:11.663" UserId="388" Text="It seems a little odd to me; effectively you are forcing all of your internal traffic to hit your NAT device, get NATted and then be sent back through the LAN interface to the internal server. Depending on how many concurrent internal users you are expecting, this could end up causing you performance problems, as you will end up consuming both CPU and memory on your NAT device. This could potentially have a negative effect on both your outbound internet access from the office, as well as inbound access for remote users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As your office grows, it would be worth keeping an eye on your router/firewall's performance. If you start experiencing connections issues (packet drops, refused connections), then switching your internal clients back to using the LAN IP may be a useful step." />
  <row Id="27125" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15061" RevisionGUID="e51517b8-efd1-416d-b740-3a1ee6d486e1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:49:12.457" UserId="1674" Text="I've got a bunch of VMs.  I started them at 20 Gigs.  Some I've had to increase to 25, others to 30.  Others are fine with 20 Gigs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All apps I install on D, so I've got OSs only on C.  For my physical machines I've got 50 Gig C Drives setup." />
  <row Id="27126" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15025" RevisionGUID="66b5c985-36bb-490f-8381-e8b9ec255903" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:49:26.420" UserId="1054" Comment="added 5 characters in body" Text="I have two Windows XP SP3 workstations, one of them is recently freshly installed. The workstations are connected to a Windows 2003 server with a cabled local network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem I have is that after a random time (varying from 2 minutes to several hours) the explorer hangs on one of the workstations. Explorer does not hang simultaneously on both systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running Process Monitor does not reveal anything special going on in Explorer, but everything freezes until Explorer is killed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This problem must be a network and/or 2003 server problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I need is a method to find the cause. The Win2003 logs, including the Kerio firewall log, do not reveal anything special when the Explorer hangs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I understand there can be a plethora of possible causes: so I would be grateful for a method or a tool to diagnose this problem. I simply do not know where to start." />
  <row Id="27127" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15062" RevisionGUID="59794454-ed98-4553-92b8-388e81048938" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:49:35.157" UserId="5234" Text="KB 875352 is actually the one: OptOut lets you specify a list of programs for which DEP does not apply, AlwaysOn will apply DEP to everything always." />
  <row Id="27128" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15063" RevisionGUID="5af14024-66d9-41b7-860e-bcc90deaf66f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:49:42.020" UserId="2629" Text="It appears that [freshmeat][1] tracks them (and here I thought they only tracked Open Source applications).  You can sign up with an OpenID (I've yet to do so), and I would not be surprized it you can set up an RSS feed for the applications you are interested in.  It also has nice links that offer direct downloads.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://freshmeat.net/" />
  <row Id="27129" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15064" RevisionGUID="d9f4fbfe-914c-45ea-bef9-a3b214199af8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:50:23.703" UserId="4733" Text="We are replacing our current, outdated scanners and are looking for something simple to use." />
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  <row Id="27132" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15065" RevisionGUID="31d2823a-3bf8-4672-9fff-1697dca0dd4c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:50:55.323" UserId="5847" Text="2008 also adds hibernate, so there´s a hibernate file aswell (equals ram size)" />
  <row Id="27133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15066" RevisionGUID="aed00e47-4965-4586-8706-c6b1aaa423db" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:51:29.240" UserId="2116" Text="Hi everyone,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After hours of searching, I decided to ask the question here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So this is the situation. I'm working in a high-school and I'd like to put in place a public wifi network with captive portal that ask authenfication but also keep track of user like the amount of data transfered (to spot those who do download).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I already have a wireless network covering almost the entire school (6 WRT54G V5 and V8 running DD-WRT Micro) and used for schools laptop that are used by student. My WIFI network is secured with WPA2 and the key is entered in every school laptop only. I never gived the wireless key to student for obvious reason like bandwidth abuse but teachers have it. No student ever succeed to key the key so this is perfect...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I want to do is to put public AP in specific zone of the school to allow students with their own laptop to have a controlled internet access with user and password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've gone across many software, One retain my attention during some time, It was [ZoneCD][1] but then I saw that It wasn't free anymore since march 2009... That was exactly what I was searching for, they we're using WiFiDog as Auth core... That was the perfect solution. This is not much expensive to buy (175$ US for a year with complete features) but I guess my boss will be more happy if it could be done freely...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running a dedicated server only for that Isn't an issue for me...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also came across RADIUS, was good but doesn't have accounting features I want to have...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So to resume, I'd like to build something where Students will be able to register themself an account, and then be forced to use it to have internet access. And as WRT54G V1 to V4 (able to run DDWRT Standard and allow WiFiDog gateway to be install) are very rare these days, the access point I might buy to build this public network could be anything but this unfortunatly... So I realy need a server solution that will achieved what I want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fewww, If you read it to the end, thanks for you time and hope you'll have something to propose to me!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;THX!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.publicip.net" />
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  <row Id="27135" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15066" RevisionGUID="aed00e47-4965-4586-8706-c6b1aaa423db" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:51:29.240" UserId="2116" Text="&lt;wireless-network&gt;&lt;wifi&gt;&lt;captive-portal&gt;&lt;wifidog&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
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  <row Id="27137" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15067" RevisionGUID="9299e75e-e8ef-4721-ac68-63c2f31fd330" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:53:10.063" UserId="1054" Text="Not sure what causes it, but this worked for me as a workaround.  Try changing local policy to allow the user to logon locally." />
  <row Id="27138" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15068" RevisionGUID="0950ed15-e17a-45fa-9039-44554804523b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:53:51.870" UserId="5234" Text="Buy buy buy.  A server is not a PC and the enthusiast/hobbyist in you is leading you down the path of wrongfulness.  When you have real live users accessing them and relying on them for their daily work, solidity and reliability are crucial factors." />
  <row Id="27139" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15059" RevisionGUID="f1ff871d-7c9b-4ddd-9de3-78472ed70d05" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:53:59.657" UserId="46457" Comment="some spelling errors" Text="What you need is: Ketarin &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;is has an db of software you can select from to download, and always keep downloading the latest version, also you can add your own, with very flexible settings&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;check it out over here http://ketarin.canneverbe.com/" />
  <row Id="27140" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15044" RevisionGUID="6917bf01-f49b-4672-8df6-2bf636eacb79" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:54:40.513" UserId="761" Comment="added 90 characters in body" Text="When Mac OS X clients copy files in a Windows share, they'll create some files like `.DS_Store` and `._` prefixed hidden files (that I think store resource forks of the files). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I prevent pollution of these shares by these files?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A solution that works on other media (flash driver, for instance) is also appreciated." />
  <row Id="27141" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15069" RevisionGUID="d3bf6664-8d8e-4ee9-8a3c-5235e8c1abd7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:54:52.807" UserId="1054" Text="I've always had good luck with HP peripherals, although I've not shopped for one lately.  Take a wander through their [scanner product pages][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.shopping.hp.com/scanner" />
  <row Id="27142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15070" RevisionGUID="d56baf80-ee9d-4cc4-a0d2-7a29c7850b52" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:55:07.360" UserId="1529" Text="The limit of disks in a RAID used to be determined by the number of devices on a SCSI BUS. Up to 8 or 16 devices can be attached to a single bus and the controller counted as one device - so it was 7 or 15 disks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hence alot of RAIDs were 7 disks (one was a hot spare) so that meant 6 disks left - or 14 disks with 1 hot spare.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the biggest thing about disks in a RAID group is probably how many IOPS you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example a 10k RPM SCSI disk may run around 200 IOPS - if you had 7 of them in a RAID 5 - you would lose 1 disk for parity but then have 6 disks for read/writes and a theoretical maximum of 1200 IOPS - if you needed more IOPS - add more disks (200 IOPS per disk).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And the faster disks 15k RPM SAS may go up to 250 IOPS, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then there is always SSD (30,000 IOPS per disks) and they are raidable (albeit really expensive).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And I think SAS has a crazy maximum value for number of devices - like 16,000 drives" />
  <row Id="27143" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15071" RevisionGUID="2ca07616-0651-41eb-ac8e-e6daa89a859d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:55:21.713" UserId="4955" Text="The effective maximum is the RAID controller bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's say disk read max at 70MB/sec. In peak load, you can't shovel data quick enough.&#xD;&#xA;For a busy file server (RAID 5) or db server (RAID 10), you could hit this quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SATA-2 is 300MB/S interface spec, SCSI Ultra 320 would be more consistent. You're talking 6-10 disks because you won't hit peak too often." />
  <row Id="27144" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15064" RevisionGUID="9cc01996-ece7-47e6-837f-32223936ff76" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:55:35.643" UserId="1054" Comment="add a few tags" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;scanner&gt;&lt;hardware-selection&gt;&lt;recommendation&gt;" />
  <row Id="27145" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15072" RevisionGUID="952ee2bf-2ff4-4ee5-a9ba-ece4efba8cd6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:55:41.930" UserId="5230" Text="Don't forget that most of the registration-required sites can be sidestepped with the help of http://bugmenot.com" />
  <row Id="27146" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15073" RevisionGUID="3301d1a3-c289-438a-840c-0781bddd8da8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:56:10.277" UserId="5843" Text="Hey everybody,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a MySQL 5.0.75 server running on my Linux notebook to which I want to connect from another machine in the local network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This connection takes 5-6 seconds:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysql -h 172.22.65.101 -u myuser -p123&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A ping to the MySQL host:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PING 172.22.65.101 (172.22.65.101) 56(84) bytes of data.&#xD;&#xA;    64 bytes from 172.22.65.101: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.799 ms&#xD;&#xA;    64 bytes from 172.22.65.101: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.000 ms&#xD;&#xA;    64 bytes from 172.22.65.101: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=6.43 ms&#xD;&#xA;    64 bytes from 172.22.65.101: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.000 ms&#xD;&#xA;    64 bytes from 172.22.65.101: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=3.81 ms&#xD;&#xA;    64 bytes from 172.22.65.101: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=0.706 ms&#xD;&#xA;    ^C&#xD;&#xA;    --- 172.22.65.101 ping statistics ---&#xD;&#xA;    6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 5027ms&#xD;&#xA;    rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.000/1.959/6.437/2.383 ms&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any Ideas? When I monitor the connection with SHOW PROCESSLIST; on the MySQL host, I can see that the command is &quot;connect&quot; and the user is &quot;unauthenticated user&quot;. This lasts until the connection is established. (The user is then displayed as &quot;myuser&quot; and the command is &quot;sleep&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am a developer and need your suggestions about how to find the bottleneck!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My my.cnf on the host:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [client]&#xD;&#xA;    port = 3306&#xD;&#xA;    socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    [mysqld_safe]&#xD;&#xA;    socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock&#xD;&#xA;    nice  = 0&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    [mysqld]&#xD;&#xA;    user = mysql&#xD;&#xA;    pid-file = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid&#xD;&#xA;    socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock&#xD;&#xA;    port = 3306&#xD;&#xA;    basedir = /usr&#xD;&#xA;    datadir = /var/lib/mysql&#xD;&#xA;    tmpdir = /tmp&#xD;&#xA;    key_buffer = 16M&#xD;&#xA;    max_allowed_packet = 16M&#xD;&#xA;    thread_stack = 128K&#xD;&#xA;    thread_cache_size = 8&#xD;&#xA;    myisam-recover = BACKUP&#xD;&#xA;    query_cache_limit = 1M&#xD;&#xA;    query_cache_size = 16M&#xD;&#xA;    expire_logs_days = 10&#xD;&#xA;    max_binlog_size = 100M&#xD;&#xA;    skip-federated&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    [mysqldump]&#xD;&#xA;    quick&#xD;&#xA;    quote-names&#xD;&#xA;    max_allowed_packet = 16M&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    [isamchk]&#xD;&#xA;    key_buffer = 16M&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CLient:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysql  Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.51a, for debian-linux-gnu (i486) using readline 5.2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysql  Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.75, for debian-linux-gnu (i486) using readline 5.2" />
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  <row Id="27148" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15073" RevisionGUID="3301d1a3-c289-438a-840c-0781bddd8da8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:56:10.277" UserId="5843" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;connection&gt;" />
  <row Id="27149" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15074" RevisionGUID="8b2257cc-5658-4f34-9a95-dec4637369b8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:56:51.787" UserId="4733" Text="Currently we havent locked down any of our staff machines, but are close to moving My Documents and some other common folders to a separate partition and then locking down the rest of the machine with Windows SteadyState...at least for certain users. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The determining factor has been a recent malware infection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SteadyState is free and will let you restrict what users are allowed to do and let you lock down the drive so that each restart returns the machine to a preconfigured state." />
  <row Id="27150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15075" RevisionGUID="0030af5a-9bc3-4905-af73-dd85f99507d4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:58:11.643" UserId="4370" Text="I would tend to agree with the change it and see who complains, BUT only after some due diligence. You have to spend the time to profile and look for someone logging in with SA. If you can't find anything logging in over a week, then you ought to be safe. If it's used less often, it's even more of a reason to make the change.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No one ever wants to change this password, and it ends up creating issues. The SA password gets out of control and when it is disclosed to the wrong person, it creates havoc. Often with data loss, someone losing data with a lack of backups, new database, DELETE with no WHERE, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disclose you are making the change, run Profiler, and then do it. Your customers will appreciate it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15076" RevisionGUID="46573259-8f4c-43bd-a232-eab632502f75" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:58:35.857" UserId="5778" Text="Anyone else read this and thought &quot;damn, I done most of those&quot;?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How about &quot;alias rm rm -i&quot; in your bashrc for root? then you can't as easily zap everything?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also keep a backup script in ~ for the production db at work, so easy to run, I always do it before I log in with write privs, and if i am just running a bespoke report, use a ro user!" />
  <row Id="27152" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15076" RevisionGUID="46573259-8f4c-43bd-a232-eab632502f75" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:58:35.857" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15077" RevisionGUID="02cc50db-7a87-443f-8173-315e4a0c1569" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:59:55.197" UserId="3528" Text="&gt; *It is common for &quot;organizational&#xD;&#xA;&gt; issues&quot; (such as politics,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; organizational inertia, and selective&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hearing -- think Dilbert) to cause&#xD;&#xA;&gt; more IT problems than computers and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; servers do?* &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Only if you work in a mismanaged IT department.  IT needs to be an extension of the business goals of the company.  I'm a big fan of ITIL or MOF as a way to organize IT as it gets IT to realize that the business is not a &quot;customer&quot; (like the old 80's mcdonald's IT management style tried to push) but a partner.  It's overall Job is to deliver the options on how to solve or enhance a particular business problem.  If politics and or inertia, selective hearing make the business decide to choose a different option than what you consider the &quot;best&quot;, you have to remember that it's not your decision and you might not be in possesion of all the facts that brought the business to the decision.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;*Likewise, is it common for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; one's employers to not really know&#xD;&#xA;&gt; what said person's job entails, or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; even care, until such time as they&#xD;&#xA;&gt; have a computer glitch, and want&#xD;&#xA;&gt; everything dropped to have it fixed&#xD;&#xA;&gt; now?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not only is that a big YES but if it's not your manager, why should they know?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;*What can be done to ameliorate such situations? (How about in a setting one step removed from business concerns -- not needing to increase profits or make clients happy -- such as in a governmental organization?) How do you take satisfaction in a job well-done when no one knows or really cares what you are doing? Indeed, how do you stay focused if it doesn't seem to matter if you do anything or not?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's where the frameworks help out.  I'd introduce some sort of management framework as a way to smooth out all these problems.  It's not a magic bullet but it goes a long way to solve this type of problem.  Of course getting buy in for a solutions framework is likely to be a challenge." />
  <row Id="27154" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15077" RevisionGUID="02cc50db-7a87-443f-8173-315e4a0c1569" CreationDate="2009-05-29T19:59:55.197" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15078" RevisionGUID="75d626e9-4f83-4817-95a0-fecf1a12b049" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:00:06.897" UserId="4733" Text="I always try to use OEM.  If that fails I immediately try driverguide.  It used to be pretty awesome, but now requires authentication.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It also tries to trick you into ordering a CD instead of downloading the driver if you arent careful. " />
  <row Id="27156" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15079" RevisionGUID="472e428c-f56e-4353-a6a0-4e8b8a4177ab" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:00:29.003" UserId="4751" Text="did you install the 64 bit version of the patch? and it sounds like you have an x64 server install and x86 tools install. " />
  <row Id="27157" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15080" RevisionGUID="893d9aa3-c098-43e9-8c5e-6c0e49ce1fcd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:00:48.300" UserId="13586" Text="We have an ASP.Net 3.5 Application on IIS7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On our preview server, it runs with almost instant gets and responses (~1 second from get to the page displaying).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a production environment with 5 web front ends and a cluster of 3 sql databases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The font ends are Load Balanced with BigIP from f5 on round robin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a firewall between the front ends and the sql servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In production, we are experiencing a 45second Get before the server starts its response.  Based on the information above, what could the culprit be?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you in advanced." />
  <row Id="27158" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15080" RevisionGUID="893d9aa3-c098-43e9-8c5e-6c0e49ce1fcd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:00:48.300" UserId="13586" Text="Long HTTP Get and Instant Response" />
  <row Id="27159" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15080" RevisionGUID="893d9aa3-c098-43e9-8c5e-6c0e49ce1fcd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:00:48.300" UserId="13586" Text="&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;web-apps&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;load-balancing&gt;" />
  <row Id="27160" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15081" RevisionGUID="8f756daa-22d8-46d5-82a7-7a61515147b9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:01:51.933" UserId="5669" Text="On the server open up a command box and start a continuous ping to the IP addresses of your two clients:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ping ip.address.of.client -t&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then go back to the clients and try to re-create the explorer hang.  The ping should give you an indication if you are actually loosing your network connection between the machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also make sure the server and clients are all patched and up to date with all their windows updates." />
  <row Id="27161" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15082" RevisionGUID="f0a16207-adcd-4874-bbd6-3fbce6011be0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:01:54.320" Text="playboy site is a &quot;de facto&quot; standard for this goal. It's is ok if you talk about url filter. It's rumored that some filter software have a specific routine to find &quot;playboy&quot; (and only &quot;playboy&quot;) anywhere in the url to be able to block it even through an anonymizer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But if you talk about a testing a content filter, no content (string) has been defined.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And, of course, for &quot;image filter&quot;, the answer is no.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15083" RevisionGUID="3254a735-f49d-495e-bb0d-1b941f98794e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:02:32.353" UserId="3281" Text="Buy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Warranty.&#xD;&#xA; - Engineering Design - heat, airflow&#xD;&#xA; - Parts all guranteed to work together&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We bought a server from a local white box store.  worst server we ever had.  Built exactly to our specs, but the RAID card didn't like the Motherboard.   Ended up costing us more than the price of the server in strange errors, testing, rebuilding, ordering other cards, and more testing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27163" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15084" RevisionGUID="3924acae-284f-483a-8086-1cce29dbc5ff" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:02:59.263" UserId="1736" Text="Probably you're lagging on an attempt to retrieve and verify reverse DNS of the connecting host.  You can test this by turning on `skip_name_resolve` in the server's my.cnf, `[mysqld]` section.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is in fact the case (demonstrated by that parameter eliminating the delay), then you can solve the problem by either setting up DNS properly (forward and reverse) for the client, or by running with `skip_name_resolve` all the time (which means you can't use hostnames in mysql access control)." />
  <row Id="27164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15085" RevisionGUID="f3ce8022-db60-4e5d-9bf4-b8698ce041fe" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:03:48.387" UserId="5230" Text="I'm setting up a large software RAID array using MDADM, and don't want to waste a drive bay on a system disk. Unfortunately, the server I'm working with has trouble booting from a USB drive, so I'm attempting a workaround.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to create a LiveCD with Knoppix or some other suitable distribution, then use the USB drive as a mountable storage device to keep all my admin scripts etc on. I plan on running several services including:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Samba&#xD;&#xA;SSH&#xD;&#xA;SFTP&#xD;&#xA;Subversion (SVNServe)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm used to running a headless Fedora server, and that would be ideal, but I'll take what I can get. Can anyone suggest a good approach for this problem? Specifically - an appropriate distribution to use, how to configure the LiveCD, and how to get it to automatically mount and run certain scripts on the USB drive?" />
  <row Id="27165" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15085" RevisionGUID="f3ce8022-db60-4e5d-9bf4-b8698ce041fe" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:03:48.387" UserId="5230" Text="Setting up LiveCD + USB drive boot combination for a headless server" />
  <row Id="27166" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15085" RevisionGUID="f3ce8022-db60-4e5d-9bf4-b8698ce041fe" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:03:48.387" UserId="5230" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;software-raid&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;live-cd&gt;&lt;usb-flash-drive&gt;" />
  <row Id="27167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15086" RevisionGUID="de7c06b3-dfc6-447b-be0a-c9600b1ae53c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:04:20.103" Text="I build or very small websites or development ( SuperMicro ) and for clients I buy Dell 1u and 2u servers. " />
  <row Id="27168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15087" RevisionGUID="d918ff30-8820-4ae4-96b5-50296c1920f9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:04:25.220" UserId="4381" Text="This is the same as nima's one liner, but will filter out blank lines too&#xD;&#xA; as somebody requested.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    diff -u &lt;(egrep -v '^(#| *$)' f1) &lt;(egrep -v '^(#| *$)' f2)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I'd also install colordiff if possible and use that in place of normal diff)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27169" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2846" RevisionGUID="d11a2e5e-e222-44bc-8d09-5d0477651104" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:04:27.263" UserId="1561" Comment="clarification of what is and isn't running" Text="Network stack can be left running after a system halt.  I don't know if this is current with the 2.6.x series of kernels, but on older versions, you could configure the firewall/routing, then halt the system *without a shutdown*, leaving just the network stack running.  This would allow you to make a cheap (although static) firewall that &quot;can't be hacked&quot; - because there's nothing *to* hack, as there are no programs or services, just the network stack portion of the kernel passing packets back and forth..." />
  <row Id="27170" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15088" RevisionGUID="8940d82b-9418-4aef-8c86-3189fa83c485" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:05:03.127" UserId="4370" Text="Be aware that not all SQL Server services are &quot;instance aware&quot; or multi instance. Integration Services, for example, is only installed once per Windows host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These instances include Express instances that might be installed by applications.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15089" RevisionGUID="4637093e-6612-4320-a788-d02596f89607" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:07:39.380" UserId="4392" Text="I suppose it depends on the volume and reliability you're looking for. Mom &amp; Pop shop with 5u worth of machines? Might as well make them to save money. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want reliability, then you want homogeny, and you need to buy your servers. I'd recommend against buying from non-primary vendors, unless it's some place like CDW. I buy my network equipment refurbished, not my servers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15090" RevisionGUID="61e4eeb3-e56c-4085-b9e6-feb7ed8728d5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:08:26.443" UserId="5854" Text="Outlook 2007 (and 2003) stores many settings including email signatures locally, and users that move frequently from machine to machine have to spend time setting all these up. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Office 2003 included a utility, called the &quot;Microsoft Office 2003 Save My Settings Wizard&quot;, which was useful in migrating these settings, and it was usable by users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am aware of a tool on Windows Vista called &quot;Windows Easy Transfer&quot; to migrate user settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a utility like this for Office 2007 running on Windows XP that we can make available to our users?" />
  <row Id="27173" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15090" RevisionGUID="61e4eeb3-e56c-4085-b9e6-feb7ed8728d5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:08:26.443" UserId="5854" Text="Migrating Outlook 2007 local settings across Windows XP machines" />
  <row Id="27174" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15090" RevisionGUID="61e4eeb3-e56c-4085-b9e6-feb7ed8728d5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:08:26.443" UserId="5854" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;ms-office-2007&gt;" />
  <row Id="27175" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15091" RevisionGUID="70fed36f-9f91-47a7-9383-9d18e5569e66" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:08:30.733" UserId="5745" Text="Buy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best locations I've seen so far have have been auctions from companies that have folded. I was recently asked to find a new server  to match the cost and specs of a previous server purchase.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Turns out that the previous server was bought for a couple of thousand when originally it cost over 50 thousand. GBP here, but I think the difference is clear. Even the normal second-hand routes couldn't come close to the price of a sell-off after a company folds." />
  <row Id="27176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15092" RevisionGUID="cfe1509d-9dec-4d6c-858d-df9404ebfbcc" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:10:17.500" UserId="3766" Text="Definitely buy. And if you're going to get many servers, buy them from the same manufacturer. You won't have to deal with different diagnostic procedures and different technical support if you need it one day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the past (long time ago) I was used to build my own servers (mainly because it seemed cheaper) but I can tell you that you won't be able to buy separate parts and reach the same quality of design than servers from professionals.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This said, you now have a large choice of brands : Dell is one of my favorites because their web site is very useful to compare configurations." />
  <row Id="27177" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15073" RevisionGUID="f5880c5b-b86c-4fc7-94ef-a4e00df85264" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:10:55.300" UserId="1736" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;connection&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;reverse-dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="27178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15093" RevisionGUID="de7ca465-aa3f-4f26-97a1-270a787a8b97" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:12:34.470" UserId="4370" Text="(local) resolves to 127.0.0.1, and works for defaults only. Instances, like the default for SQL Server Express, need a real name. Note that you can check the error log for SQL Server (SQL install folder, then log) and one of the first few entries will give you the IP, port, and name of the instance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So you could use those instead. Instance names are good to use, since they are fairly consistent. Note that they are also use dynamic ports, so it could be a different port on each restart. SQL Server configuration Manager can set a specific port. not sure about the Express tools.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27179" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15094" RevisionGUID="239e338e-1da5-4044-86f9-e172d6039900" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:12:56.823" UserId="26594" Text="Risk vs Reward analysis.  For any given feature that you may disable for a user, consider how much time you would lose resolving a problem, how likely a problem is, and how much time* it will cost the user to not have that feature.  Adjust for relative value of your time and the user's time (lock down the janitor's PC more than the CEO's).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*You may need to assign an arbitrary value to non-work-productivity desires." />
  <row Id="27180" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15014" RevisionGUID="4f23789c-e628-4948-b970-1243ce7c6102" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:13:37.043" UserId="5144" Comment="Made the &quot;no exceptions&quot; part more clear" Text="1. What is the difference between DEP always&#xD;&#xA;   on (&quot;/NoExecute=AlwaysOn&quot; in boot.ini) and DEP opt-out&#xD;&#xA;   with no exceptions ( &quot;/NoExecute=OptOut&quot; in boot.ini) ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   &quot;no exceptions&quot; = empty list of programs for which DEP does not apply.&#xD;&#xA;   DEP = Data Execution Prevention (hardware).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   One would expect it to work the same way, but it makes a&#xD;&#xA;   difference for some applications. E.g. for all versions&#xD;&#xA;   of UltraEdit 14 (14.2). It crashes at startup for DEP&#xD;&#xA;   always on, at least on Microsoft Windows XP Professional&#xD;&#xA;   Edition x64 edition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Is there a difference between Windows XP, Windows Vista and&#xD;&#xA;   Windows 7 ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Is there a difference between 32 bit and 64 bit versions of&#xD;&#xA;   Windows ?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27181" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15066" RevisionGUID="1ac362ec-ca6f-469a-96be-5d6476bdaab8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:14:05.480" UserId="1054" Comment="A bit more after rereading." Text="Hi everyone,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After hours of searching, I decided to ask the question here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So this is the situation. I'm working in a high-school and I'd like to put in place a public wifi network with captive portal that asks for authentication but also keeps track of user information, like the amount of data transferred (to spot those who do excessive downloading).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I already have a wireless network covering almost the entire school (6 WRT54G V5 and V8 running DD-WRT Micro).  This is accessed by school owned laptops that are used by students. My WIFI network is secured with WPA2 and the key is only used for school laptops. I have never given the wireless key to students for obvious reasons like bandwidth abuse, but teachers have it. No student ever succeeded to key the key so this is perfect...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I want to do is to put public AP's in specific zones of the school to allow students with their own laptops to have controlled internet access with user and password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've investigated many software solutions. One has retained my attention for a while.  It was [ZoneCD][1], but then I saw that It wasn't free anymore since March 2009... That was exactly what I was searching for, they were using WiFiDog as Auth core... That was the perfect solution. This is not expensive to buy (175$ US for a year with complete features) but I guess my boss will be happier if it could be done for free...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running a dedicated server only for that isn't an issue for me...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also came across RADIUS, was good but doesn't have accounting features I want to have...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So to conclude, I'd like to build something where students will be able to register an account for themselves, and then be forced to use it to have internet access. And as WRT54G V1 to V4 (able to run DDWRT Standard and allow WiFiDog gateway to be install) are very rare these days, the access point I might buy to build this public network could be anything but this unfortunately... So I really need a server solution that will achieve what I want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Phewww, If you read this to the end, thanks for you time and I hope you'll have something to propose to me!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;THX!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.publicip.net" />
  <row Id="27182" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15095" RevisionGUID="203ba794-ef5d-4bfe-90c3-abf7e314f569" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:14:23.873" UserId="1676" Text="I am trying to spec out a server to purchase (physically, not rented from someone like softlayer.com) to run an intranet instace of Flash Media Server 3.5 Interactive. In general, the server will likely be fielding somewhere on the order of 400 connections at a time at the upper limit. Of course, should this increase, we don't want to be stuck. While the decision is not final, we will likely be running the server on Red Hat rather than Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The server will be run on gigabit ethernet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have two related questions:  &#xD;&#xA;    **What sort of hardware would I need realistically to support this?**  &#xD;&#xA;    **What advice can you offer for settings in tuning FMS/the OS to be performant to this level?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are looking for a bare minimum that will run this effectively to save on costs. Realistically, the average number of connections will be fairly low (50-150) by comparison with that upper limit estimate. To reiterate: we just want to be cautious in not getting caught when we need more power, but we also need a low-cost solution (doesn't everyone?) and that may take priority.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows and RedHat are the two officially supported operating systems. Since FMS is stated to be 32-bit only, I'm sticking with a 32-bit OS. The hardware requirements listed by Adobe on their website are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 3.2GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 processor (dual Intel Xeon® or faster recommended) &#xD;&#xA; - 2GB of RAM (4GB recommended) &#xD;&#xA; - 1Gb Ethernet card &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So what **realistically** do I need for those sorts of connection numbers, and **what can I due to tune things up to get more out of less hardware?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="27183" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15095" RevisionGUID="203ba794-ef5d-4bfe-90c3-abf7e314f569" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:14:23.873" UserId="1676" Text="Hardware Requirements &amp; Tuning - Flash Media Server 3.5 Interactive" />
  <row Id="27184" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15095" RevisionGUID="203ba794-ef5d-4bfe-90c3-abf7e314f569" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:14:23.873" UserId="1676" Text="&lt;flash-media-server&gt;&lt;hardware-requirements&gt;&lt;redhat&gt;" />
  <row Id="27185" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15096" RevisionGUID="809dd012-42f1-449f-85da-193e9f4f2580" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:16:15.133" UserId="658" Text="If you've had the pleasure of following the StackOverflow server build stories (podcast and blog entries), the lesson sounds like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;you should really only consider **BUY**. There's a caveat to that though: *you must value your time*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just a simple problem with a ServeRAID controller not liking Western Digital SAS drives, but preferring the Hitachi brand. Never mind issues like: mobo/RAID card compatibility, mobo/NIC, power supplies, etc. I couldn't imagine trying to assemble a server together yourself with various parts, and having no warranty on the entire box as a single unit, onsite vendor service, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having the internals assembled and tested for compatibility are a critical advantage for the big brands.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27186" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15097" RevisionGUID="18bfde79-020d-4fd1-8a29-07b63faa495a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:18:33.693" UserId="4370" Text="I just bought a new machine from ecollegepc and had it shipped to Denver for $740 to my door in less than a week. Unless you really want to build it yourself, not sure that you save much from NewEgg.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I got:&#xD;&#xA;Intell Q6600 8MB Cache (quad core)&#xD;&#xA;8GB RAM (2 4x)&#xD;&#xA;2 x 500GB&#xD;&#xA;1GB nVidia card.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I put Hyper-V on it and it's running great. Adding 3 more drives would be about $600, and I'd be below your $1400 without going through the hassle. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not sure about more memory, but at the point where you are spending $1500, I think a system builder that will warranty things is not a bad plan." />
  <row Id="27187" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="14771" RevisionGUID="9dc9e614-e63f-44cc-aa31-d560cb41e6c2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:20:37.183" UserId="4773" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;internet&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;tools&gt;&lt;website&gt;" />
  <row Id="27188" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15098" RevisionGUID="be3169e2-bc12-4c5c-9450-162186377994" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:22:07.913" UserId="984" Text="Is there some reason that you don't just enable [roaming profiles][1] for these users?  That will get all the users settings, and not just Outlook.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Configuring Roaming User Profiles][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roaming_user_profile&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738596.aspx" />
  <row Id="27189" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15099" RevisionGUID="f096c22a-2520-4bfb-9e41-bda28b081133" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:26:27.860" UserId="1561" Text="If you are looking for performance, then it is important to understand the interconnect that you're using to attach the drives to the array.  For SATA or IDE, you will be looking at 1 or 2 per channel, respecitvely (assuming that you are using a controller with independent channels).  For SCSI, this depends heavily on the bus topology.  Early SCSI had a device limit of 7 device IDs per chain (aka. per controller), one of which had to be the controller itself, so you would have 6 devices per SCSI chain.  Newer SCSI technologies allow for nearly double that number, so you would be looking at 12+.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep in mind that the drives are not the only weak link here; each interconnect without redundancy results in a single failure point.  If you don't believe me, set up a RAID 5 array on a single-chain SCSI controller, then short the controller out.  *Can you still get to your data?*  Yeah, that's what I thought.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Today, things have changed a wee bit.  The drives haven't advanced *a lot* in terms of performance, but the advancement seen is significant enough that performance tends not to be an issue unless you are working with &quot;drive farms&quot;, in which case you're talking about an entirely different infrastructure and this answer/conversation is moot.  What you will probably worry about more is data redundancy.  RAID 5 was good in its heyday because of several factors, but those factors have changed.  I think you'll find that RAID 10 might be more to your liking, as it will provide additional redundancy against drive failures while increasing read performance.  Write performance will suffer slightly, but that can be mitigated through an increase in active channels.  I would take a 4-drive RAID 10 setup over a 5-drive RAID 5 setup any day, because the RAID 10 setup can survive a (specific case of) two-drive failure, whereas the RAID 5 array would simply roll over and die with a two-drive failure.  In addition to providing slightly better redundancy, you can also mitigate the &quot;controller as a single point of failure&quot; situation by splitting the mirror into two equal parts, with each controller handling just the stripe.  In the event of a controller failure,  your stripe will not be lost, only the mirror effect." />
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  <row Id="27194" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15101" RevisionGUID="385d3346-a8bc-4573-95b2-d4a037fd747a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:26:51.977" UserId="26594" Text="There are many possible non-solutions to this problem, using group policy to affect filesystem and Word options, all subject to at least one common failure...  How do you detect one user using Copy and Paste to move the contents of the first document into one that they &quot;authored&quot;?  I do not think that there is a technical solution to this problem." />
  <row Id="27195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15102" RevisionGUID="a5a2c2de-8fa7-40b8-b53d-c66692239e97" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:26:57.343" UserId="3928" Text="We have several network shares which stores various photographs taken by our media department. Whenever someone on a Windows client is using explorer to go into one of these folders they are automatically polluted with a Thumbs.db file (if the user has write permissons). How do we stop them from doing this without revoking user permissions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This question was inspired by &quot;*[Preventing Mac OS X clients from polluting Windows shares with resource forks][1]*&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/15044/preventing-mac-os-x-clients-from-polluting-windows-shares-with-resource-forks" />
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  <row Id="27197" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15102" RevisionGUID="a5a2c2de-8fa7-40b8-b53d-c66692239e97" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:26:57.343" UserId="3928" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;network-share&gt;" />
  <row Id="27198" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15103" RevisionGUID="20856444-e8f0-4af2-bb5b-6731d83940ba" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:27:29.043" UserId="3038" Text="The recommended maximum number of disks in a RAID system varies a lot. It depends on a variety of things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Disk technology** SATA tolerates smaller arrays than SAS/FC does, but this is changing.&#xD;&#xA; - **RAID Controller limits** The RAID controller itself may have fundamental maximums. If it is SCSI based and each visible disk is a LUN, the 7/14 rule holds true. If it FibreChannel based, it can have up to 120 or more visible disks.&#xD;&#xA; - **RAID Controller processor** If you go with any kind of parity RAID, the CPU in the RAID card will be the limiter on how fast you can write data. There will be a fundamental maximum for the card. You'll see it when a drive fails in a RAID5/6 LUN, as the performance drop will affect all LUNs associated with the RAID card. &#xD;&#xA; - **Bus bandwidth** U320 SCSI has its own limits, as does FibreChannel. For SCSI keeping RAID members on different channels can enhance parallelism and improve performance, if the controller supports it. &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;For SATA-based RAID, you don't want to have more than about 6.5TB of raw disk if you're using RAID5. Go past than and RAID6 is a much better idea. This is due to the non-recoverable read error rate. If the size of the array is too large, the chances of a non-recoverable read error occurring during the array rebuild after a loss get higher and higher. If that happens, it's very bad. Having RAID6 greatly reduces this exposure. However, SATA drives have been improving in quality lately, so this may not hold true for much longer. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The number of spindles in an array doesn't really worry me over much, as it's pretty simple to get to 6.5TB with 500GB drives on U320. If doing that, it would be a good idea to put half of the drives on one channel and half on the other just to reduce I/O contention on the bus side. SATA-2 speeds are such that even just two disks transferring at max-rate can saturate a bus/channel. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SAS disks have a lower MTBF rate than SATA (again, this is beginning to change) so the rules are less firm there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are FC arrays that use SATA drives internally. The RAID controllers there are very sophisticated, which muddies the rules of thumb. For instance, the HP EVA line of arrays groups disks into 'disk groups' on which LUNs are laid out. The controllers purposefully place blocks for the LUNs in non-sequential locations, and perform load-leveling on the blocks behind the scenes to minimize hot-spotting. Which is a long way of saying that they do a lot of the heavy lifting for you with regards to multiple channel I/O, spindles involved in a LUN, and dealing with redundancy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Summing up, failure rates for disks doesn't drive the rules for how many spindles are in a RAID group, performance does. For the most part." />
  <row Id="27200" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15105" RevisionGUID="3558df0a-5487-4cd0-a18d-8143a1cf07a2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:28:32.097" UserId="5806" Text="I work on SharePoint and am the PM responsible for permissions management.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best way to do this is probably to write custom code. For a given SPWeb you can ennumerate RoleAssignments (the assignments of permissions to principals) and get the directory groups out of those.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27201" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15106" RevisionGUID="335c0e6e-d75f-4bd5-8103-510957624913" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:30:47.880" UserId="2304" Text="I have a cluster of Linux servers that are fronted by a load-balancer, which probes each server every 5 seconds to determine if it's operational.  These probes generate a lot of useless noise in the logs, and I'd like to simply not have them logged...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to prevent rsyslog from logging specific events?" />
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  <row Id="27205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15107" RevisionGUID="f7a3cc22-1c05-4bd4-b436-bdde671016db" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:31:14.120" UserId="5835" Text="Is there any method to backup Exchange 2007 bases with Symantec/Veritas Backup Exec 12.5 using GRT (Granular Recovery Technology, as i remember) in our situation, described below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What we have:&#xD;&#xA;1) 2 different networks, 2 domains without trusts. Each domain have one Exhange 2007 SP1+RU8, installed on Windows Server 2008 with SP2 (x64).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Backup Exec 12.5 with SP2, installed on Windows Server 2003 with SP2 (x64).&#xD;&#xA;Server is standalone (not domain member), with two NICs in our 2 networks. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) HP's tape library with one LTO-3 drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With Exchange 2003 in both domains - it's just worked, but after migration to 2007 - GRT is broken...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MAPI Client and CDO installed at exchange servers, but what to do with Exchange Management Tools, that must be installed at backup server? As far as i know, EMT can only be installed at domain member computer, but what to do with second domain? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any chanses to resolve problem without purchasing additional software/hardware?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. Sorry for my bad english..." />
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  <row Id="27207" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15107" RevisionGUID="f7a3cc22-1c05-4bd4-b436-bdde671016db" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:31:14.120" UserId="5835" Text="&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="27208" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15102" RevisionGUID="a1ea3b13-b0d6-4d64-8438-4104d1e9376c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:31:37.270" UserId="1054" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="We have several network shares which store various photographs taken by our media department. Whenever someone on a Windows client is using explorer to go into one of these folders they are automatically polluted with a Thumbs.db file (if the user has write permissons). How do we stop them from doing this without revoking user permissions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This question was inspired by &quot;*[Preventing Mac OS X clients from polluting Windows shares with resource forks][1]*&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/15044/preventing-mac-os-x-clients-from-polluting-windows-shares-with-resource-forks" />
  <row Id="27209" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15099" RevisionGUID="f1fd4168-6e5f-4f7a-897d-684203d7e14d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:31:37.427" UserId="1561" Comment="added 62 characters in body; added 86 characters in body; edited body" Text="If you are looking for performance, then it is important to understand the interconnect that you're using to attach the drives to the array.  For SATA or IDE, you will be looking at 1 or 2 per channel, respecitvely (assuming that you are using a controller with independent channels).  For SCSI, this depends heavily on the bus topology.  Early SCSI had a device limit of 7 device IDs per chain (aka. per controller), one of which had to be the controller itself, so you would have 6 devices per SCSI chain.  Newer SCSI technologies allow for nearly double that number, so you would be looking at 12+.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep in mind that the drives are not the only weak link here; [each interconnect without redundancy results in a single failure point.][1]  If you don't believe me, set up a RAID 5 array on a single-chain SCSI controller, then short the controller out.  *Can you still get to your data?*  Yeah, that's what I thought.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Today, things have changed a wee bit.  The drives haven't advanced *a lot* in terms of performance, but the advancement seen is significant enough that performance tends not to be an issue unless you are working with &quot;drive farms&quot;, in which case [you're talking about an entirely different infrastructure][2] and this answer/conversation is moot.  What you will probably worry about more is data redundancy.  RAID 5 was good in its heyday because of several factors, but those factors have changed.  I think you'll find that RAID 10 might be more to your liking, as it will provide additional redundancy against drive failures while increasing read performance.  Write performance will suffer slightly, but that can be mitigated through an increase in active channels.  I would take a 4-drive RAID 10 setup over a 5-drive RAID 5 setup any day, because the RAID 10 setup can survive a (specific case of) two-drive failure, whereas the RAID 5 array would simply roll over and die with a two-drive failure.  In addition to providing slightly better redundancy, you can also mitigate the &quot;controller as a single point of failure&quot; situation by splitting the mirror into two equal parts, with each controller handling just the stripe.  In the event of a controller failure,  your stripe will not be lost, only the mirror effect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/214/raid-software-vs-hardware/1527#1527&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.4raid.com/sandiagrams/50tbsa1.jpg" />
  <row Id="27210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15108" RevisionGUID="45890e07-4016-4b76-a583-74158c4b294f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:33:12.993" UserDisplayName="Traversing The Tree" Text="Have you considered Amazon's EC2 for this? Might be easier/cheaper than having a server in house. Also, it allows for easy replication and creation of new hardware with scalers in front." />
  <row Id="27211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15109" RevisionGUID="6d22514e-6e70-48a4-a58c-2413587a1c88" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:34:25.877" UserId="4742" Text="Buy but try to stay away from refurb.  I have built a few servers in my day and even though everything should work well together there will be something just doesn't.  Also as others have mentioned you get the engineering, warrenty, and everything working together.  Also if it is important to you the out of band management is well worth the cost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our development servers are all Dell or IBM refurbs that are coming upon the end of their life (7+ years old) but purchased three years ago.  I can no longer find replacement parts for many of the parts." />
  <row Id="27212" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15110" RevisionGUID="9a121ff5-1980-46fb-b6a6-4225c34116aa" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:34:40.620" UserId="2629" Text="We do not have any sort of proper server monitoring solution in place (a situation I'd like to rectify this summer), but I've got one service in particular that I'd like to monitor.  [Our current monitoring system, waiting for clients to call in with a problem, works well for widely-used systems, but this does not affect as many people, as, say, DHCP.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm running All The Right Type 3 Server on (sigh) an OS X 10.3 (Panther) box [because it doesn't start itself automatically on something newer and our software procurement person really doesn't want to get updated software.]  The client software is working fine the student's machines, under OS X 10.5 (Leopard).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now then, I occassionally get a call that this server is down [and the machine itself is still up!], and I'd really prefer to know before someone has to pick up the phone.  The process appears to be called &quot;atrtserv.osx&quot;.  While it does use the network, I would be surprized if the documentation for it spoke of how to send a message to see if the service is up, so something gross-grained, like check every five minutes that the process exists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a simple way to monitor one service, esp. on the Mac?" />
  <row Id="27213" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15110" RevisionGUID="9a121ff5-1980-46fb-b6a6-4225c34116aa" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:34:40.620" UserId="2629" Text="Monitoring a one-off service" />
  <row Id="27214" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15110" RevisionGUID="9a121ff5-1980-46fb-b6a6-4225c34116aa" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:34:40.620" UserId="2629" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;service&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="27215" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15111" RevisionGUID="12f9936b-3dc3-42b7-80d7-955200b51100" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:34:49.153" UserId="1054" Text="In XP you can go into the View Tab in Folder Options (Tools | Folder Options in an Explorer window) and check Do not cache thumbnails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set this registry value to 1:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\Advanced\DisableThumbnailCache&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The registry tweak would obviously be easiest to deploy globally." />
  <row Id="27216" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15112" RevisionGUID="0bb1c36b-0d1b-4897-b349-419e35dc55e3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:35:35.233" UserId="4392" Text="It might be easier to configure those specific entries to go to some other file that is either rotated more often, or maybe even (if you really don't care about the output), /dev/null&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't use normal syslog facility filtering, try checking the expression-based filters: http://www.rsyslog.com/doc-rsyslog_conf_filter.html" />
  <row Id="27217" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15107" RevisionGUID="98636267-24c4-417c-83c9-e4acc9d797b0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:37:17.307" UserId="5835" Comment="added 35 characters in body" Text="Is there any method to backup Exchange 2007 bases with Symantec/Veritas Backup Exec 12.5 using GRT (Granular Recovery Technology, as i remember) in our situation, described below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What we have:&#xD;&#xA;1) 2 different networks, 2 domains without trusts. Each domain have one Exhange 2007 SP1+RU8, installed on Windows Server 2008 with SP2 (x64).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Backup Exec 12.5 with SP2, installed on Windows Server 2003 with SP2 (x64).&#xD;&#xA;Server is standalone (not domain member), with two NICs in our 2 networks. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) HP's tape library with one LTO-3 drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With Exchange 2003 in both domains - it's just worked, but after migration to 2007 - GRT is broken (snapshot-based backup is working)...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MAPI Client and CDO installed at exchange servers, but what to do with Exchange Management Tools, that must be installed at backup server? As far as i know, EMT can only be installed at domain member computer, but what to do with second domain? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any chanses to resolve problem without purchasing additional software/hardware?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. Sorry for my bad english..." />
  <row Id="27218" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15099" RevisionGUID="e215bf0c-cb8b-402a-b134-cd9ca756554e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:37:49.973" UserId="1561" Comment="added 420 characters in body; added 23 characters in body; added 183 characters in body" Text="If you are looking for performance, then it is important to understand the interconnect that you're using to attach the drives to the array.  For SATA or IDE, you will be looking at 1 or 2 per channel, respecitvely (assuming that you are using a controller with independent channels).  For SCSI, this depends heavily on the bus topology.  Early SCSI had a device limit of 7 device IDs per chain (aka. per controller), one of which had to be the controller itself, so you would have 6 devices per SCSI chain.  Newer SCSI technologies allow for nearly double that number, so you would be looking at 12+.  The key here is that *the combined throughput of all drives can't exceed the capacity of the interconnect*, otherwise your drives will be &quot;idling' when they are at peak performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep in mind that the drives are not the only weak link here; [each interconnect without redundancy results in a single failure point.][1]  If you don't believe me, set up a RAID 5 array on a single-chain SCSI controller, then short the controller out.  *Can you still get to your data?*  Yeah, that's what I thought.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Today, things have changed a wee bit.  The drives haven't advanced *a lot* in terms of performance, but the advancement seen is significant enough that performance tends not to be an issue unless you are working with &quot;drive farms&quot;, in which case [you're talking about an entirely different infrastructure][2] and this answer/conversation is moot.  What you will probably worry about more is data redundancy.  RAID 5 was good in its heyday because of several factors, but those factors have changed.  I think you'll find that RAID 10 might be more to your liking, as it will provide additional redundancy against drive failures while increasing read performance.  Write performance will suffer slightly, but that can be mitigated through an increase in active channels.  I would take a 4-drive RAID 10 setup over a 5-drive RAID 5 setup any day, because the RAID 10 setup can survive a (specific case of) two-drive failure, whereas the RAID 5 array would simply roll over and die with a two-drive failure.  In addition to providing slightly better redundancy, you can also mitigate the &quot;controller as a single point of failure&quot; situation by splitting the mirror into two equal parts, with each controller handling just the stripe.  In the event of a controller failure,  your stripe will not be lost, only the mirror effect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, this may be completely wrong for your circumstances as well.  [You're going to need to look at the tradeoffs involved between speed, capacity, and redundancy.][3]  Like the old engineering joke, &quot;better-cheaper-faster, pick any two&quot;, you'll find you can live with a configuration that suits you, even if it's not optimal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/214/raid-software-vs-hardware/1527#1527&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.4raid.com/sandiagrams/50tbsa1.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/5120/what-are-the-performance-differences-between-raid-0-1-5-6-10" />
  <row Id="27219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15113" RevisionGUID="b821aade-98a5-4320-a862-f263f67f5146" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:38:04.230" UserId="5745" Text="Truly Mac only:&#xD;&#xA;I saw 'open .' above, but open will open any document or app you pass to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generic Unix that I use the most:&#xD;&#xA;sudo is pretty handy for changing system config files, etc, which I actually edit in vi.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;kill can't be overstated when something hangs (or when another user is still logged into my desktop in the background and I want to log them out, nasty I know but it's *my* desktop)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ssh/scp - I love that in OSX I can just open a terminal and connect to any of our servers. That alone made me happy to drop Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ifconfig/ping/whois/nmap etc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27220" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15113" RevisionGUID="b821aade-98a5-4320-a862-f263f67f5146" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:38:04.230" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27221" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15114" RevisionGUID="332904c3-efe1-4696-a9be-41567e0991d5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:38:21.547" UserDisplayName="d-chap" Text="May I have an allowance to continue my training and education and will you allow me to puchase materials to keep up to date on security issues?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will you support my decisions to staff with regards to policies and procedures no matter how unpopular?" />
  <row Id="27222" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15114" RevisionGUID="332904c3-efe1-4696-a9be-41567e0991d5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:38:21.547" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27223" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15115" RevisionGUID="c37b4574-8eb8-4268-8494-1363086160cc" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:39:14.650" UserId="984" Text="The [Debian Live Project][1] is pretty well documented.  If you are a fan of Ubuntu there are several good docs in their wiki, this is probably a good starting point [LiveCD Customization From Scratch][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately I am not familiar with how to Customize Fedora/Centos to offer advice on something that will be more familiar to you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do think you may be asking for trouble and making things too complex when you want to boot of a CD, mount a USB drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an alternative, since you are using software RAID, why don't you simply create a small 1GB partition at the start of the drives?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomizationFromScratch" />
  <row Id="27224" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15116" RevisionGUID="a95b4150-d4e2-44f1-b1b5-6158789e4fbb" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:39:50.953" UserId="5778" Text="Got 2 SIP gateways (ZultysMX250).&#xD;&#xA;Sip trunk between them, they are in separate locations, different subnets 192.168.XX and 192.168.YY connected by IPSec VPN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some phones work perfectly. But mione... (and Im the admin.. grrr) is a bit older, and the guys at the other office can all call me OK, but if I call them, they cant hear me, but i can hear them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Firewall rules on the VPN are *identical* to the other phones - all the Aastra 53is work, my zultys 4x4 doesn't.. some of the 2x2s are strangely intermittent... polycom soundstation IP6000 suffers the same problem as well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't suppose anyone can give me an answer, per se - but where should I look next? Could it be a codec issue?" />
  <row Id="27225" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15116" RevisionGUID="a95b4150-d4e2-44f1-b1b5-6158789e4fbb" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:39:50.953" UserId="5778" Text="One way audio on sip phone on one call direrction.. where to look next?" />
  <row Id="27226" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15116" RevisionGUID="a95b4150-d4e2-44f1-b1b5-6158789e4fbb" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:39:50.953" UserId="5778" Text="&lt;sip&gt;&lt;site-to-site-vpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="27227" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15007" RevisionGUID="cca0485a-0692-406d-9c5d-009141c48a07" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:40:59.873" UserId="5670" Comment="deleted 4 characters in body" Text="I'd like to provide LAN users access to set of useful and popular applications (like Acrobat, Firefox, Foobar, putty) but there is one problem - such software is released every few weeks or even often. What is best method of automatically downloading most current versions? Every download page looks differently and only a few has permanent &quot;xyz-current&quot; links.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disclaimer: I know newer not always means better but in many cases (like browsers) it at least mean safer.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15117" RevisionGUID="8f5245f0-2672-4af8-b506-d1dcfc0baee9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:41:11.853" UserId="5745" Text="You could write a small script that runs ps, and have cron run it every 5 mins.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;mail will then mail you if it finds something wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Total implementation time would be able 15 minutes I think." />
  <row Id="27229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15118" RevisionGUID="23a347c5-ec7c-4acb-8d23-bb753e5dc7aa" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:41:15.987" UserId="5893" Text="I'm contemplating setting up a squid (or possibly varnish) cache on a system with SSD drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The obvious benefit is that these systems have great READ speeds and I expect my hit ratios to be fairly high.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's assume I can put 7 SSDs in to a RAID configuration.&#xD;&#xA;(there are some cases that will let me pack in much much more)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Implementation questions: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Should I use RAID0? (I expect a drive to fail eventually, so this seems dangerous.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Should I use RAID10? (This halves my disk footprint, which is costly.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Should I use RAID5? (SSDs are known to have by write performance, and all the extra parity writes may slow this down considerably.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Should I just treat each disk as it's own squid datastore?  (how well does squid handle multiple data stores? and what happens if/when one fails?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Should I ignore datastores and just make the SSDs in to large SWAP partitions and let the linux VM do it's thing? (seems sloppy)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any advice from folks using SSDs in production environments would be greatly appreciated. (esp if you're using them for HTTP caches)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="27230" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15118" RevisionGUID="23a347c5-ec7c-4acb-8d23-bb753e5dc7aa" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:41:15.987" UserId="5893" Text="Squid or Other HTTP Caches with SSD Cache Store?" />
  <row Id="27231" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15118" RevisionGUID="23a347c5-ec7c-4acb-8d23-bb753e5dc7aa" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:41:15.987" UserId="5893" Text="&lt;ssd&gt;&lt;squid&gt;&lt;http&gt;&lt;cache&gt;&lt;raid&gt;" />
  <row Id="27232" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15119" RevisionGUID="d674d8a0-9ccd-40a9-b063-228e2a018453" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:41:49.123" UserDisplayName="Kevin Strick" Text="I don't know if you can stop the resource forks, but you can stop creating .ds_store files on network shares by issuing the following command to each client:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27233" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15120" RevisionGUID="8a3b9875-786d-4530-a9c3-09741aad81b8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:42:32.630" UserId="5892" Text="In addition to local changes via the user interface or the registry, in Active Directory domains Group Policy can be used to apply the setting to all clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The policy setting is called &quot;Turn off caching of thumbnail pictures&quot; and is found under User Configuration –&gt; Administrative Templates –&gt; Windows Components –&gt; Windows Explorer" />
  <row Id="27234" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15111" RevisionGUID="6f54bdf5-8d7b-478a-b998-0e47269f5116" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:42:45.703" UserId="1054" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="In XP you can go into the View Tab in Folder Options (Tools | Folder Options in an Explorer window) and check Do not cache thumbnails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set this registry value to 1:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\DisableThumbnailCache&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The registry tweak would obviously be easiest to deploy globally." />
  <row Id="27235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15121" RevisionGUID="fd0a12bc-8a2c-441e-8960-2c50e7fdc6bd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:42:47.123" UserId="1736" Text="Well, the real simple way probably looks like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    pgrep atrtserv.osx &gt;/dev/null || (&#xD;&#xA;        date |&#xD;&#xA;        mail -s 'atrtserv.osx down on yourmachine.foo' yourSMSphonenumber@yourtelco.com&#xD;&#xA;    )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in a cron job running at the interval of your choice." />
  <row Id="27236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15122" RevisionGUID="fad3ddf3-1689-40cf-b196-f55b881d9326" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:43:16.950" UserId="1998" Text="Recently I ran into an issue that was fixed by applying a Microsoft hotfix for the Volume Shadow Service on Windows 2003SP2.  The fix was KB929774, and when I searched to the KB one of the Google results mentioned that this fix was obsolete and that KB940252 should be used.  So my question is, where on the Microsoft knowledge base does it show what replaces an older, obsoleted patch?  For example on the Sunsolve site every patch in the &quot;PatchFinder&quot; will be marked as obsolete with a link to a newer version.  Does antyhing like this exist for Microsoft hotfixes?" />
  <row Id="27237" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15122" RevisionGUID="fad3ddf3-1689-40cf-b196-f55b881d9326" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:43:16.950" UserId="1998" Text="How do you know when a Microsoft hotfix has been obsoleted by a newer patch?" />
  <row Id="27238" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15122" RevisionGUID="fad3ddf3-1689-40cf-b196-f55b881d9326" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:43:16.950" UserId="1998" Text="&lt;microsoft&gt;&lt;patch&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="27239" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15123" RevisionGUID="ae5885a7-b4f3-4d13-ac84-3b2224bc0da5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:43:21.757" UserId="5880" Text="We generally try to go to www.whitehouse.com, www.hustler.com, and www.playboy.com ... and if our security guy is feeling fiesty he will go to google and search for his favorite type of porn and see what happens :) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I personally have never seen a filtering product miss any of the first three, and honestly if it did something is wrong or the software is very very very bad." />
  <row Id="27240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15124" RevisionGUID="bd8ba918-ec0b-4d57-ab4f-fc520850372d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:43:39.760" UserDisplayName="mcero" Text="Try monit from darwinports." />
  <row Id="27241" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14984" RevisionGUID="32cef25c-9371-4504-b2a8-1a3ccb32226a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:44:01.037" UserId="1840" Comment="added link to useful commands wiki" Text="    system_profiler&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Found at **/usr/sbin/** will give you bunch of info about the server/computer (I tried it on Leopard, not sure if that's the same for Tiger)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     top -o cpu&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - For live Activity of the CPU&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might be able to find more useful commands for OS X at this SF post: [**http://serverfault.com/questions/7346/useful-commandline-commands-on-mac-os**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7346/useful-commandline-commands-on-mac-os" />
  <row Id="27242" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15125" RevisionGUID="f9da9754-e5e7-4152-854f-0f69d08e16ee" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:44:15.577" UserId="4392" Text="I don't guarantee that this code works right (most especially the line that starts with &quot;RUNNING=&quot;, but substitute some test of your own that can return a string if it's running and no string when it isn't. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash  &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    while true ; do &#xD;&#xA;    RUNNING=`ps aux | grep atrtserv | grep -v grep`&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -n &quot;$RUNNING&quot; ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;        echo &quot;atrtserv.osx is broken&quot; | mail -s &quot;atrtserv down&quot; whoever@whatever.com&#xD;&#xA;        sleep 300&#xD;&#xA;    else &#xD;&#xA;        sleep 300&#xD;&#xA;        fi&#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**&#xD;&#xA;Use the pgrep above instead of my hack" />
  <row Id="27243" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15126" RevisionGUID="c17adf4a-7714-4942-b0e4-0f39d7722e16" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:44:37.587" UserId="2570" Text="This question related with [SO Question][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.adminspotting.org/][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Adminspotting][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/192793/what-is-your-favorite-programmer-t-shirt&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.adminspotting.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.adminspotting.org/Adminspotting-400x400b.jpg" />
  <row Id="27244" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15126" RevisionGUID="c17adf4a-7714-4942-b0e4-0f39d7722e16" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:44:37.587" UserId="2570" Text="What is your favorite “administrator” t-shirt?" />
  <row Id="27245" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15126" RevisionGUID="c17adf4a-7714-4942-b0e4-0f39d7722e16" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:44:37.587" UserId="2570" Text="&lt;offtopic&gt;&lt;fun&gt;" />
  <row Id="27246" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15127" RevisionGUID="afc6c4e0-bf30-4afe-9686-f5fb0a0a4ea6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:44:37.977" UserId="5893" Text="Also consider taking a look at swatch, which let's you customize, colorize and filter log viewing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27247" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15128" RevisionGUID="dce08fbd-030f-40a1-bfc0-1ba17ae49bbf" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:46:07.227" UserId="5745" Text="Find their WindowServer or login process:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;grep WindowServer &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Find the pid of the user's process&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;sudo kill -9 &lt;PID&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This assumes you're an admin on their computer." />
  <row Id="27248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15129" RevisionGUID="ee726be1-03bb-4178-91e0-6712e9ad52b6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:47:05.773" UserId="5896" Text="See www.freeocr.net and freeocr.co.uk&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FreeOCR is a scan &amp; OCR program including the Tesseract free ocr engine also known as a Tesseract GUI. It includes a Windows installer and It is very simple to use and supports multi-page tiff's, fax documents as well as most image types including compressed Tiff's which the Tesseract engine on its own cannot read .It now has Twain scanning.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Tesseract free OCR engine is an open source product released by Google. It was developed at Hewlett Packard Laboratories between 1985 and 1995. In 1995 it was one of the top 3 performers at the OCR accuracy contest organized by University of Nevada in Las Vegas. The Tesseract engine source code is now maintained by Google.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Free OCR is freeware and you can do what you like with it including commercial use. The included Tesseract free OCR engine is distributed under the Apache V2.0 license.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15130" RevisionGUID="84459116-7c2e-40b8-9bc2-b8cdaac7531e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:49:04.787" UserId="5810" Text="What you're trying to get done is referred as allow SMTP relay. Normally exchange SMTP Virtual Server is configured to allow relay only from authenticated senders and quite often the devices sending out e-mails don't authenticate with the server they're relaying through.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's quite an easy way to achieve this, and that's called allowing IP relay on Exchange. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Open Exchange ESM, navigate down to the SMTP Virtual Server that'll be used to relay&#xD;&#xA; - Open the properties of that SMTP Virtual Server, and then on Access Tab locate the section about 'Relay'.&#xD;&#xA; - There you'll need to list down IP Addresses of devices and servers that'll need to relay out to external e-mail domains&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once exchange is configured on the devices you can use the exchange server IP/FQDN as a relay host for these outgoing emails." />
  <row Id="27250" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15131" RevisionGUID="f2678585-1389-43ab-b184-22460092bf80" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:49:16.563" UserId="5391" Text="Have you confimed that this is only an issue due to the lack of domain membership?  If you are running Exchange 2007 on Windows 2008, then there is a different version of the MAPI/CDO client that needs to be installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That is available for download here: www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=E17E7F31-079A-43A9-BFF2-0A110307611E&amp;displaylang=en (currently unable to hyperlink)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I would try adding your BE 12.5 server into the domain of one of your Exchange 2007 servers and verify that GRT is working (or not) to rule out other issues.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27251" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15132" RevisionGUID="850e3e5b-a51f-4a67-b3a6-3b3f4734472d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:50:48.013" UserId="5891" Text="Start button &#xD;&#xA;-&gt; All Programs&#xD;&#xA;-&gt; Accessories &#xD;&#xA;-&gt; System Tools &#xD;&#xA;-&gt; File and Settings Transfer Wizard&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15133" RevisionGUID="478cba67-5ae0-4f57-9c77-4d52e6f99c18" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:50:49.977" UserId="5234" Text="If the setup is a mess, will you have the authority to get in there and do something about it?  This is very very important - if it's going to be your responsibility, they had better give you full authority.  Even if the setup is perfect, and they provide all the right answers to every other question, if you don't have that authority you are better off not taking the job." />
  <row Id="27253" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15133" RevisionGUID="478cba67-5ae0-4f57-9c77-4d52e6f99c18" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:50:49.977" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27254" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15134" RevisionGUID="ac43835d-1444-436e-9b8e-c70ef094cad5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:50:52.723" UserId="984" Text="Check out the rsyslog [filter documentation][1].  Here is an example from the docs on how to filter a message.  The filter would need to be place in the configuration file before the section that defines the log where the annoying message is being delivered too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    :msg, contains, &quot;informational&quot;  ~&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All messages containing the string &quot;informational&quot; are discarded. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rsyslog.com/doc-rsyslog_conf_filter.html" />
  <row Id="27255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15135" RevisionGUID="3086b7e0-ac37-451c-8e50-5adfb8d4460b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:51:12.567" UserId="5808" Text="From the command line, I like having the ability to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Create and burn a &quot;universal&quot; CD/DVD:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;$ mkisofs -allow-multidot -allow-leading-dots -d -hide-rr-moved \&#xD;&#xA;-l -joliet-long -R -T -v \&#xD;&#xA;-V VOLUME_NAME -o output.iso root-cd-dir/&#xD;&#xA;$ hdiutil burn -noverifyburn output.iso&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Create an ISO image from a CD/DVD:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;$ diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2s0&#xD;&#xA;$ dd if=/dev/disk2s0 of=cdname.iso bs=32m&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Being able to forget the otool command when I'm seeking ldd:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;$ alias ldd='printf &quot;Sending command to \'\''otool -L\'\'' --\n&quot; &amp;&amp; otool -L'&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mount a disk image from the command line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;$ hdid diskimage.dmg (or .iso)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use preview to access a man page:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;$ man -t rsync | open -f -a /Applications/Preview.app&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="27256" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15135" RevisionGUID="3086b7e0-ac37-451c-8e50-5adfb8d4460b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:51:12.567" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15136" RevisionGUID="544664cc-1cf1-4936-a8f2-6a47a9b6a620" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:51:14.203" UserId="1840" Text="![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/zoom/will-not-fix.jpg" />
  <row Id="27258" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15137" RevisionGUID="ad7662f9-cc31-4e13-b205-671d24d9d496" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:51:35.233" UserId="4126" Text="Definitely, BUY them.&#xD;&#xA;The cost saving might look a bit tempting if you try to build it by yourself, but when you encounter a disaster scenario (and believe me, you ARE going to encounter that), you're going to save yourself LOTS of time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Better design (airflow, cabling)&#xD;&#xA; - Easier to look for a driver, software updates, bios, firmware updates (all from the vendor place)&#xD;&#xA; - Better remote management support (you can reboot and see the booting screen remotely)&#xD;&#xA; - WARRANTY&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Price" />
  <row Id="27259" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15138" RevisionGUID="2e678bee-b9bf-49cd-b756-bd6e66b4f66f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:52:06.170" UserId="1054" Text="Not really an administrator shirt, more geek, but my favorite is a [baby's onesie found at ThinkGeek.com][1].  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;I TCP/IP, but mostly IP&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/kids/5e09/" />
  <row Id="27260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15139" RevisionGUID="0f5fd650-1fd4-47aa-a9ba-fb2d11b7aa71" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:53:00.613" UserId="5806" Text="I work on SharePoint and am the PM responsible for Exchange integration in the next release.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out the directory management service ([link][1]). DMS allows you to have SharePoint Groups where the membership is pushed into distribution lists. While it doesn't allow you to associate existing DLs with groups, it might help you out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;note: you will need to have the recipient update service (Exchange stuff) running on your network to make use of DMS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263260.aspx" />
  <row Id="27264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15141" RevisionGUID="e779f619-31eb-4ae7-820e-dc1893e0a4f1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:53:54.823" UserId="4664" Text="![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://imgs.xkcd.com/store/imgs/sudo_square_0.png" />
  <row Id="27265" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15142" RevisionGUID="f85beaf1-904f-4997-b037-07e81098fa38" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:53:58.020" UserId="4733" Text="ahhh....my favorite shirt, ordered from Jinx, says, 'I READ YOUR EMAIL'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27267" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15126" RevisionGUID="bef10e4c-2eb2-4180-b4f3-9d50fef286b9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:55:10.500" UserId="2570" />
  <row Id="27268" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15144" RevisionGUID="e5399713-be90-4e2f-9037-ba15e9984789" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:55:19.267" UserId="1992" Text="My favorite, and my favorite answer when teaching is the It Depends one. See http://t-shirts.cafepress.com/item/quotit-dependsquot-white-tshirt/317340145" />
  <row Id="27269" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15144" RevisionGUID="e5399713-be90-4e2f-9037-ba15e9984789" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:55:19.267" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27270" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15145" RevisionGUID="e27517f1-634b-43c0-a0a9-e91f8232c44c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:55:26.520" UserId="4742" Text="I use WinMerge http://winmerge.org to diff files, granted I have to pull them down to my machine, but it works for." />
  <row Id="27271" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15146" RevisionGUID="0e46e497-fc07-4931-94dd-265c59373b93" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:57:15.597" UserId="5899" Text="My favorite repo for Fedora was already mentioned (RPM Fusion), so I'll point out that some companies, Adobe and Google for example, are starting to provide their software via yum.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, I would say that setting up a repo is simple enough that you might still consider it. Run createrepo against a directory of rpms, expose the directory via http, and you are done." />
  <row Id="27272" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15147" RevisionGUID="45987784-532a-41eb-aeeb-7711a445bb63" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:57:17.967" UserId="731" Text="I realize this is almost identical to [this question][1] but the big difference is that the methods described in the MSKB article DO NOT WORK for installed Tomcat services. They work for simple Windows services but not for the Tomcat services we need to control.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any further ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7979/starting-and-stopping-services" />
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  <row Id="27274" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15147" RevisionGUID="45987784-532a-41eb-aeeb-7711a445bb63" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:57:17.967" UserId="731" Text="&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;windows-service&gt;" />
  <row Id="27275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15148" RevisionGUID="642aa274-1d5b-490b-81bd-b962efda2c87" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:58:21.553" UserDisplayName="Suze" Text="I have a netbook I use to VPN/Remote Desktop to my big desktop machine..the desktop runs all my real software -it's always on -  and the netbook is just for accessing when I am not in my office..I do alot of scrolling around though..but..the weight and size of the netbook is good for me..I bought the Lenovo version that has the Express card slot so I can use a phone card when WiFi is not available. I am going to invest in a 9 cell battery soon..it's a little more weight but being able to be on for more hours will be worth it.." />
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  <row Id="27278" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15141" RevisionGUID="44627ba8-23d2-42f1-8a98-f73b00be6725" CreationDate="2009-05-29T20:58:57.543" UserId="4664" Comment="added 253 characters in body" Text="![alt text][1]  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**&quot;You've had the same problem with three different workstations.  &#xD;&#xA; I'm beginning to think that the problem is actually *you*.&quot;**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://imgs.xkcd.com/store/imgs/sudo_square_0.png&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://images8.cafepress.com/product/350280818v1_350x350_Front_Color-Black.jpg" />
  <row Id="27280" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15150" RevisionGUID="4f627c1f-67e7-4548-9ed1-35aa55c1cdea" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:00:08.477" UserId="4743" Text="[Spamlab][1] is another site with over 30 RBL. It's also relatively easy to remove your site from the RBL through www.spamlab.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tools.appriver.com/index.aspx?tool=rbl" />
  <row Id="27281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15151" RevisionGUID="71ce1cdf-fbeb-4557-952b-97f3286315d8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:00:18.447" UserId="5896" Text="&#xD;&#xA;Fujitsu Fi-6140 document management scanner&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With Ubuntu 9.04&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and latest latest sanebackend see www.sane-project.org&#xD;&#xA;plus gscan2pdf.sourceforge.net and unpaper.berlios.de&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fantastic and non-techy person can use it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27283" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15138" RevisionGUID="f0e0a7bc-15de-4a55-a9ae-f2da81f5de63" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:00:55.653" UserId="1054" Comment="added 175 characters in body" Text="Not really an administrator shirt, more geek, but my favorite is a [baby's onesie found at ThinkGeek.com][1].  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;I TCP/IP, but mostly IP&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This one's a close second][2]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SELECT * FROM users WHERE clue &gt; 0&#xD;&#xA;    0 rows returned&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/kids/5e09/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/unisex/itdepartment/595d/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15152" RevisionGUID="8f3b277b-9608-4d28-b3de-ca184f4a13b0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:01:09.987" UserId="5391" Text="We have run into similar issues before and it is usually due to application layer gateways on the firewall or IPSec devices.  These ALGs assist traffic (like SIP or FTP) that use dynamic ports in connecting through NAT devices, and they can also verify that the traffic conforms to protocol specifications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my experience, if you are not doing NAT over the VPN (and it looks like you aren't) try disabling ALG's on your firewall/IPSec device." />
  <row Id="27285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15153" RevisionGUID="c57b3f3a-dfc8-4885-a75b-3c0fdbbca7ea" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:04:30.620" UserId="2366" Text="To the oart of the question about symlinks, you should install the python_select package which set's up symlinks to the version of Python you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, there's never been an issue I've run into where using a MacPorts build in preference to something supplied by Apple breaks an Apple supplied program.  In other words, you should just set up your PATH to have /opt/local/bin at the front." />
  <row Id="27286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15154" RevisionGUID="97439cf8-b8a0-4c3c-9778-58695d7bde9c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:05:29.277" UserId="2925" Text="I have an intel iMac that I think is overheating.  Is there a program that I can run in OS X that will give me the readings of the built in temperature sensors?" />
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  <row Id="27288" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15154" RevisionGUID="97439cf8-b8a0-4c3c-9778-58695d7bde9c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:05:29.277" UserId="2925" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;temperature&gt;" />
  <row Id="27289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15155" RevisionGUID="939cf3e9-7853-48af-94ab-83d6a1b08bfc" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:07:41.393" UserId="2366" Text="There is less IO for the Subversion client to write an export than a checkout, as the checkout does do a significant amount of locking and loggy writes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given that though, I find that having a checkout instead of an export in a web server document root is much better because you can simply 'svn update' to the latest version or run 'svn update -r PREV' to back out a bad push.  So I find the convenience of this outweighs any advantage of less IO.  This assumes that you are not exporting and then FTP'ing the export to your web server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How are you deploying to your web server?" />
  <row Id="27290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15156" RevisionGUID="d2f49ce0-056d-4d30-a008-96473cc1a0e4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:08:23.953" UserId="5493" Text="Those two KB's are not for the same issue. While someone somewhere may indicate that one obsolete's the other because it worked in their scenario, it is not necessarily the case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft include information on associated KBs in the Introduction portion of the KB or the More Information section, such as with KB948609 (can't add a link as I'm new).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, Microsoft has no control over what people write in forums on the Internet.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15157" RevisionGUID="043a1cbb-d8e5-4e78-85a5-11f28dc86750" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:09:54.603" UserId="5391" Text="On Windows 2003 R2 or later, you can use the File Screen Management console (inside the File Server Resource Manager) to block the writing of &quot;thumbs.db&quot; to particular paths.  &#xD;&#xA;Create a new file screen, type in the path and then select Custom Properties.  You will need to create a new file group that includes &quot;thumbs.db&quot; and turn on Active Screening.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since these files are quite common, make sure to turn off the e-mail and event log alerts when they are blocked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This has the benefit of only blocking thumbnail caching on your file servers only versus blocking it on all workstations." />
  <row Id="27292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15158" RevisionGUID="e8b58b35-c44f-4813-ba15-7903d3a31a54" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:10:30.047" UserId="5910" Text="Any of the components you mentioned could be the cause of the problem.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best way to troubleshoot the issue would be to sniff the inbound and outbound interfaces on a client, the IIS servers and the SQL servers.  You should have no trouble determining the source of your problem once you have a record of where your request, and its subsequent response, are during the 45 second window." />
  <row Id="27293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15159" RevisionGUID="b80e3b20-00f1-4417-9b8c-d8896da97d65" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:11:23.150" UserId="5535" Text="Since I don't have 50 reputation points I can't comment on Hamish Downer's answer but he is mistaken on his last point.  Xen can run unmodified guests however they have to be run as HVM guests which are fully virtualized.  Doing this requires that the host computer has hardware virtualization support with Intel VT or AMD-V capable cpu's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Xen and Virtualbox each have a place but they are two different type of hypervisors.  Xen is a Type 1 hypervisor where Virtualbox is a Type 2 hypervisor.  Type 1 hypervisors tend to be what you find in server environments where Type 2 hypervisors tend to be more common for running multiple OS's that you interact with as desktops.  I think this is mainly due to their simplicity and better desktop integration.  However guests under a type 2 hypervisor are further from the underlying hardware and tend to be slower than guests under a type 1 hypervisor.  As with everything there's always going to be an exception to the rule." />
  <row Id="27294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15160" RevisionGUID="68d21020-fb7c-4ccc-bbab-72e0e5820ecc" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:11:40.000" UserId="5899" Text="I have spent a lot of time looking for something similar and never found a completely satisfactory solution.  That being said, you might find Liquibase (www.liquibase.org) to be useful." />
  <row Id="27295" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15161" RevisionGUID="f50cd05c-de20-4e4b-b823-f4ea2c325041" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:11:53.617" UserId="2304" Text="Check out iStat Nano or iStat Pro from [iSlayer][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.islayer.com/apps/" />
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  <row Id="27298" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15163" RevisionGUID="ee6f1456-c0cd-46e5-a3a1-06abdffe9006" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:13:25.813" UserId="1840" Text="&lt;H2&gt;iStat&lt;/H2&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Will allow you to monitor temperature and usage [http://www.islayer.com/apps/istatmenus/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.islayer.com/apps/istatmenus/" />
  <row Id="27299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15164" RevisionGUID="e24d8211-53b1-4493-8d11-44bd53330974" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:13:51.163" UserId="623" Text="&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/front/lg-go-away-tshirt.jpg&quot;&gt;" />
  <row Id="27300" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15164" RevisionGUID="e24d8211-53b1-4493-8d11-44bd53330974" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:13:51.163" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15165" RevisionGUID="28cd416c-eb31-4f7c-ac78-ed8b30c01b5e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:15:30.507" UserId="2579" Text="Have you tried to use an eSATA connection to an external hard drive?  Connections are smokin' fast (3 gigabit!) and should be able to transfer that file in no time!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What speed is your network card on the server, 10/100 or 10/100/1000?  What does the server network bandwidth and switch look like when you are coping the file?  What does the destination location's (server's?) network bandwidth look like when copying?  Have you tried to teamed 2 NIC's together?  Are the network card drivers up to date?  Is the BIOS up to date?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many things that could be the issue for file transfers.  Making sure the hardware drivers and BIOS are up to date can really make a difference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV" />
  <row Id="27302" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15166" RevisionGUID="d9b332ce-cca1-476e-8451-9f88a21b42ea" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:15:53.750" UserId="5898" Text="I'm not using SSDs as HTTP caches, but I can make these observations:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not all SSDs are equal, so you have to be very careful about picking decent ones. FusionIO make PCIe-backed SSDs which are really high-end performers (with relatively low capacity), but costly. Intel's X25-E SLC SSDs perform really well, and are more affordable, but still low capacity. Do your research! I can definitely recommend the X25-E SLC variants, as I'm using these in production systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are other SSDS out there which may give you great sequantial read/write speed, but the important thing for something like a cache is random IO, and a lot of SSDs will give approximately the same random performance as spinning disks. Due to write amplification effects on SSDs, spinning disks will often perform better. Many SSDs have poor quality controllers (eg, older JMicron controllers), which can suffer from significantly degraded performance in some situations. Anandtech and other sites do good comparisons with tools like iometer, check there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And, of course, SSDs are small. The Intel X25-E, which I would say are the best SATA SSD I've seen, only come in 32 and 64 GB variants. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For RAID levels, standard RAID performance notes still apply. A write to a RAID 5 baically involves reading the data block you're going to modify, reading the parity block, updating the parity, writing the data block, and writing the parity, so it is still going to give worse performance than other RAID levels, even with SSDs. However, with drives like the X25-E having such high random IO performance, this probably matters less - as it's going to still outperform random IO on spinning disks for a similarly sized array.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From what I've seen, RAID controller bandwidth is saturated too soon for getting the most benefit out of a 7 disk RAID set, at least as far as sequential performance is concerned. You can't get more than about 800MB/s out of current models of SATA controllers (3ware, areca etc). Having more smaller arrays, across multiple controllers (eg, several RAID1s rather than a single RAID10) will improve this, although the individual performance of each array will suffer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding an HTTP cache, I think you'd be better served with a decent array of spinning disks, and plenty of ram. Frequently accessed objects will stay in memory cache - either in squid's internal cache, or in your OS's fs cache. Simply giving a machine more ram can significantly reduce the disk loading due to this. If you're running a large squid cache you'll probably want lots of disk space, and the high-performing SSDs still only come in relatively low capacity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27306" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15156" RevisionGUID="9f8b4b61-f66b-4950-8a6b-722661988c19" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:16:14.903" UserId="5493" Comment="added 223 characters in body" Text="Those two KB's are not for the same issue. While someone somewhere may indicate that one obsolete's the other because it worked in their scenario, it is not necessarily the case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft include information on associated KBs in the Introduction portion of the KB or the Resolution section, such as with KB948609 (can't add a link as I'm new). As with KB924895, there is usually a section that states something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **Hotfix replacement information**&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This hotfix does not replace any other&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hotfixes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know that this is used consistently though, and of course, Microsoft has no control over what people write in forums on the Internet.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27307" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15168" RevisionGUID="7cb06699-eacd-4bc5-afdc-4d979edf7cc1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:17:06.743" UserId="3328" Text="Why are you even considering raid 10 or 5.  You want performance here.  You don't care if the drives just go down, since its a cache only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just use raid 0 or keep them separate.  I think separate would be better, since a drive failure wouldn't take down your entire cache." />
  <row Id="27308" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15169" RevisionGUID="f055e30e-bd40-4a84-94ea-4e55b8026338" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:17:43.793" UserId="1736" Text="There was one I saw once that was something like **&quot;When it absolutely, positively has to be mission critical, multi-tier, enterprise, platform independent, [blah blah blah like that]&quot;** then on the back **&quot;[some company name]: 100% buzzword compliant&quot;**.  Cracked me up.  Can't seem to find any evidence of it on the net, though, which is sad." />
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  <row Id="27310" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15170" RevisionGUID="8daf3ab1-f43b-4a32-ae03-b707af9e1d9c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:18:42.137" UserId="5876" Text="Epson V10 is excellent document scanner with a really small footprint driver witch also support full automatic mode so you do not have to adjust dpi and doctype setting not even cropping. It recognize black and white print artwork color artwork and color photo. It is supported under linux on 32 bit version sorry no 64 bit driver yet. And the best thing the way you open it you can scan really thick books two because you can lie the spine on the cover." />
  <row Id="27311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15171" RevisionGUID="8b776956-652f-4ac4-89be-dfdd60c8580a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:19:11.323" UserId="5920" Text="The backup is finished after testing if it recovers?" />
  <row Id="27312" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15171" RevisionGUID="8b776956-652f-4ac4-89be-dfdd60c8580a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:19:11.323" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15172" RevisionGUID="339a6931-9e1a-4655-a9f4-e3fe4d4f3cbc" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:22:24.360" UserId="5899" Text="To change to the last directory you were in:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cd -" />
  <row Id="27314" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15172" RevisionGUID="339a6931-9e1a-4655-a9f4-e3fe4d4f3cbc" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:22:24.360" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15173" RevisionGUID="71a33211-a116-4b5d-82bc-5ea72a56b27c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:22:26.390" UserDisplayName="Quazatron" Text="The simplest and fastest way: external USB disks and walking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My way: use rsync. If the copy fails, just restart it, and it will pick up where it left." />
  <row Id="27316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15174" RevisionGUID="1a622c14-9ef5-458a-b89c-b9c83704ce5a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:23:33.140" UserId="5898" Text="Not all SSDs have SMART support, so it pays to check before you buy if you're concerned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Intel models definitely do, and the Supertalent models don't (or at least, the ones i've seen - duradrive and ultradrive).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Somewhat amusingly, the Intel X25-E drive still reports the &quot;spin up time&quot; and &quot;start/stop count&quot; SMART attributes, even though these are never updated and have no practical relevance for non-spinning media. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15175" RevisionGUID="d9e1d550-662c-422e-bd6e-80869cd243a6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:23:41.893" UserId="1584" Text="You need to find out what makes these Tomcat services so special that the normal methods for controlling them in Windows don't work.  How don't they work?  Is it simply an Access Denied problem?  If so, [ProcMon][1] would be highly useful for figuring out specifically where the access needs to be granted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx" />
  <row Id="27318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15176" RevisionGUID="7c104939-d9c5-4302-a9eb-8cd7381b8a47" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:24:18.990" UserId="1463" Text="Disregarding the ergonomics, connecting to a full-size screen and keyboard+mouse, an Atom cpu simply hasn't got any power left over for real work...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...this might be fine if it's just scripting, or getting some things done on a flight, but any developing in say c++ (or java, .net and so forth to a lesser degree) which requires compiling and linking - or integration with databases or any other system dealing with more than one environment at a time - will tax the cpu. If it's a c++ programmer in particular, by a lot - don't settle for less than the latest and greatest processor(s) and matched system - a 2 second wait instead of 10 or perhaps 20 makes a big difference... if the current application is large enough, we're talking minutes instead and that really makes a difference." />
  <row Id="27319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15177" RevisionGUID="19c087c7-ec6f-48b1-823c-57593ca938d8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:26:16.957" UserId="5810" Text="I don't think there's a simple technical solution (using Windows File Auditing features) to this requirement.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Especially if the objective is to track, if person B was working on something that was meant to be done by person A.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a requirement that relates to Identity Tracking (uniquely enough that can't be spoofed) and Automated Audit Checks coupled into a Document Management system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15178" RevisionGUID="afbff37f-d13e-4419-a89f-0cf605efbf00" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:27:00.887" UserId="2579" Text="Were the new machines slipstream installed with XP SP3?  If so, there are some documented issues with slipstream SP3 vs upgrade from SP2.  I'll look for some links about the specific issues (because I don't have them handy right now) and post them in an edit on this post.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV" />
  <row Id="27321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15179" RevisionGUID="69eedf63-1095-4fbe-8083-d7fdaaff1950" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:28:04.380" UserDisplayName="aultl" Text="bash history - I normally have 10 or so xterms running. Here is the relavent part of my profile:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Make history ignore dups, ls, and exit&#xD;&#xA;    export HISTIGNORE=&quot;&amp;:ls:[bf]g:exit&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Save 100000 history comamnds&#xD;&#xA;    export HISTSIZE=10000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Make each terminal use a separate history file&#xD;&#xA;    HISTDIR=${HOME}/.history&#xD;&#xA;    SHELLID=$(tty | sed 's!/!.!g')&#xD;&#xA;    HISTFILE=${HISTDIR}/history${SHELLID}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    touch ${HISTFILE}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # load last histfile as current history&#xD;&#xA;    history -r $(/bin/ls ${HISTDIR}/history${SHELLID} | /usr/bin/tail -n 1)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I need to search for a command, I can just grep through my history directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**aespipe** - reads from standard input and writes to standard output. It can be used to create&#xD;&#xA;       and restore encrypted tar or cpio archives." />
  <row Id="27322" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15179" RevisionGUID="69eedf63-1095-4fbe-8083-d7fdaaff1950" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:28:04.380" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27323" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15180" RevisionGUID="d6bd4a17-62cf-40ac-9f86-1fb50d256b74" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:29:06.640" UserId="1145" Text="I solved this one after carefully following this guide:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://de0ris.blogspot.com/2008/08/installing-tomcat-6x-on-centos-5.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As mentioned in the comments above, JRE and JDK are separate downloads. I couldn't seem to find them in any package manager, so I had to download them directly and run them." />
  <row Id="27324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15181" RevisionGUID="e49b4157-6c47-4a54-9106-06d678f1296b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:29:07.763" UserId="3353" Text="Try Temperature Monitor http://www.bresink.de/osx/TemperatureMonitor.html" />
  <row Id="27325" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15182" RevisionGUID="e76831ae-cf5c-4e95-86b9-1f45838125a7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:29:10.947" UserId="4942" Text="Make your own custom functions and save them in your profile. You can build tons of usefull functions without having to re-think it all every time a similar problem popsup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit your profile:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PS C:\&gt; notepad $profile" />
  <row Id="27326" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15182" RevisionGUID="e76831ae-cf5c-4e95-86b9-1f45838125a7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:29:10.947" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15183" RevisionGUID="a6ac97fc-5dce-4240-8a12-6bea43c3e06a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:32:04.327" UserId="4942" Text="squillman gives the correct answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still, you'll have those old ones left. If you want to get rid of them, do this in Windows Command box:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\&gt; del /s /q /f Thumbs.db&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;that only gets the visible ones&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\&gt; del /s /q /f /a:h Thumbs.db&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;gets the invisible ones too&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can do the same thing with .DS_STORE" />
  <row Id="27328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15184" RevisionGUID="ef1d4a90-5075-4378-ad94-3b39435ebb7c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:32:34.963" UserDisplayName="Quazatron" Text="The power and flexibility of SSH never cease to amaze me.&#xD;&#xA;Also the ability to make a raid array out of anything (floppies, anyone?), all the filesystems available, cool stuff like LVM, the crypto tools, the possibility of crafting your own tools with the myriad of compilers, interpreters, languages... Oh, and not forgetting getting new stuff installed with apt-get or similar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is just so much brilliant than windows." />
  <row Id="27329" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15184" RevisionGUID="ef1d4a90-5075-4378-ad94-3b39435ebb7c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:32:34.963" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27330" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15118" RevisionGUID="9257cc5b-3690-4610-820b-cadbec188a86" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:32:44.993" UserId="5893" Comment="added 20 characters in body" Text="I'm contemplating setting up a squid (or possibly varnish) cache on a system with SSD drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The obvious benefit is that these systems have great READ speeds and I expect my hit ratios to be fairly high.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's assume I can put 7 SSDs in to a RAID configuration.&#xD;&#xA;(there are some cases that will let me pack in much much more)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Implementation questions: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Should I use RAID0? (I expect a drive to fail eventually, so this seems dangerous.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Should I use RAID10? (This halves my disk footprint, which is costly.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Should I use RAID5? (SSDs are known to have &quot;bad&quot; write performance and write limits, and all the extra parity writes may slow this down considerably.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Should I just treat each disk as it's own squid datastore?  (how well does squid handle multiple data stores? and what happens if/when one fails?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Should I ignore datastores and just make the SSDs in to large SWAP partitions and let the linux VM do it's thing? (seems sloppy)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any advice from folks using SSDs in production environments would be greatly appreciated. (esp if you're using them for HTTP caches)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="27331" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15185" RevisionGUID="94b20ecb-54c0-49df-bd3e-b0f10b0c3d90" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:33:38.550" UserDisplayName="pseudonym" Text="If you use WSUS (Windows Server Update services) and install it on a machine somewhere on your network it will distribute patches out to all your desktops/servers on a schedule you decide, you can also manually approve patches or have everything automatically approved. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you go to approve a patch it will tell you whether it has been superseeded by another." />
  <row Id="27332" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15186" RevisionGUID="762fe163-cfed-4e81-b21c-bdd42c6fb459" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:35:11.213" UserId="5234" Text="WSUS will give you this information, all nicely collected in a single central location.  Even if you don't use it for patch management, it's worth installing it in &quot;dead mode&quot; for this alone.  Put it on your PC or somewhere, set it up to sync but not download, and don't configure any policies for it.  Result." />
  <row Id="27334" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15187" RevisionGUID="1bbfda2e-0496-45e2-b221-d57e904328a3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:39:26.540" UserId="5929" Text="I agree with @Rich, the problem could be anywhere.  To be specific, use a logging library for your dotNet app and check that, check your IIS logs, and maybe use SQL Server Profiler on your database servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only complexity is the clusters, so you'll only see 1/5 of the web traffic and 1/3 of the database traffic.  If every request is 45 seconds slow, then I guess tracing any request will tell you the problem.  Otherwise, turn on sticky sessions so you always hit the same server for your entire testing session.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, we're assuming you've checked the basics - your servers aren't starved for resources, right?  (i.e.: cpu not maxed, still have free RAM, page file not maxed.)" />
  <row Id="27335" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15171" RevisionGUID="a647a9a4-4561-4d62-8025-146380662b1e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:40:25.353" UserId="5920" Comment="added 5 characters in body" Text="The backup is finished after testing if recovering works?" />
  <row Id="27336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15188" RevisionGUID="2c69ee09-a457-412b-886b-0d6739fe4611" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:41:05.243" UserId="1463" Text="You need an external service to check it if you host the web server, or you could house the monitoring service yourself if the web server is external.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In any case, well except perhaps for your case exactly, but anyhow - normally you need to do more than just check for a response...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Configure checks for specific content in the responses, so you for instance won't allow a successful response that is just an error page or some other site failure slip through as a green light - walking around thinking all is fine when it's really not ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Monitoring any service isn't as easy as it sounds, and is why really useful suits are often extremely complex and/or expensive. Of course, the simple methods may cover the basics, especially perhaps in this specific case." />
  <row Id="27337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15189" RevisionGUID="a0f81b86-120a-4c6c-8ac3-7b6c93a4fa53" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:41:07.990" UserId="5944" Text="You may want to rethink deleting them, and instead consider creating them for them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your users are primarily Windows users running Explorer, you'll speed up the browsing process by pre-generating the thumbnails for them and make it easier for them to find the photograph they are looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could do the same for .DS_STORE on OS X clients and whatever else is common in your environment." />
  <row Id="27338" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15178" RevisionGUID="d6dc148f-9c97-4f98-ab4a-4199d065db85" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:42:15.193" UserId="2579" Comment="Additional Information" Text="Were the new machines slipstream installed with XP SP3?  If so, there are some documented issues with slipstream SP3 vs upgrade from SP2.  I'll look for some links about the specific issues (because I don't have them handy right now) and post them in an edit on this post.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:  Okay, I lied...  I can't find anything that's documented about it...  But I know that there are issues with a straight slipstreamed SP3 installation because I've encountered some of them at my location.  I'll try to update if I find some links..." />
  <row Id="27339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15190" RevisionGUID="f31c657d-5dc3-4ea9-b415-05865abcab43" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:42:20.403" UserDisplayName="mverwijs" Text="What happens when you (as root) do: su - newuser ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that goes withouth flaw, logging in should work. At least you'll know if all the chowning above worked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regards,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27340" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15190" RevisionGUID="f31c657d-5dc3-4ea9-b415-05865abcab43" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:42:20.403" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15191" RevisionGUID="6de4dc8a-8b36-4938-86e0-01bb547846b8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:43:22.353" UserId="5910" Text="I've used hobbit, big brother and nagios when working for poorer (read cheaper) organizations.  Of the three I prefer hobbit because its simple and bulletproof.  I've always felt that nagios is is trying to be an open source version of openview or tivoli, and frankly if I have the time to spend configuring a framework like openview or tivoli then monitoring is probably my entire job and my organization can probably afford to buy openview, so why use nagios?" />
  <row Id="27342" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15191" RevisionGUID="6de4dc8a-8b36-4938-86e0-01bb547846b8" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:43:22.353" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27343" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15192" RevisionGUID="99ba8272-fd34-4390-9b9e-c49332bcdc98" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:43:24.270" UserId="5948" Text="I need to set something up on our company website so that customers can log in and upload art files (we're a printing company). What I'd like to see is something that after logging in the customer would be directed to a page that shows other files they have uploaded and files that we have available for them to download. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The tricky part is that the website is hosted commercially (powweb.com), but the art files need to end up on our ftp server, which is inside our firewall (with outside access.) The site is strictly static html with no content management system in use; very basic. What's the best/easiest way to accomplish this without the process getting too expensive? Anybody know of any open source or commercial packages that would allow this to happen? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It probably goes without saying that I'm not a web programmer; I know enough to be dangerous, but am willing to dig in &amp; learn what needs to be done. We were planning to revamp the website at some point this year, and if using a content manager would help in this I'm totally open to that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
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  <row Id="27349" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15193" RevisionGUID="a1adf94e-e660-4896-8bd8-77a5f670c8bd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:44:13.990" UserDisplayName="Rah" Text="We have an IIS server that is not part of the domain that is trying to authenticate a user via LDAP using SSL.  LDAP is on Active Directory.  It seems like the IIS server is having trouble with the LDAP server because it cannot verify the authenticity of it.  How do we go about getting the AD's certificate recognized?" />
  <row Id="27350" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15193" RevisionGUID="a1adf94e-e660-4896-8bd8-77a5f670c8bd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:44:13.990" UserDisplayName="Rah" Text="LDAP connection problem" />
  <row Id="27351" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15193" RevisionGUID="a1adf94e-e660-4896-8bd8-77a5f670c8bd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:44:13.990" UserDisplayName="Rah" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;ldap&gt;&lt;ssl&gt;" />
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  <row Id="27354" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15195" RevisionGUID="53cd505b-3e0a-4c7c-885e-6a303f796222" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:44:34.393" UserId="1463" Text="How do you know when something that requires attention has happened?" />
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  <row Id="27356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15196" RevisionGUID="d300894b-75b0-47ad-88a0-09010b5d08ce" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:45:24.720" UserId="5920" Text="Just the question on title. There is any problem? Any experience on this?" />
  <row Id="27357" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15196" RevisionGUID="d300894b-75b0-47ad-88a0-09010b5d08ce" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:45:24.720" UserId="5920" Text="Can windows domain controller be virtualized?" />
  <row Id="27358" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15196" RevisionGUID="d300894b-75b0-47ad-88a0-09010b5d08ce" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:45:24.720" UserId="5920" Text="&lt;windows-domain&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="27359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15197" RevisionGUID="3f253933-d3d3-46e5-ae78-265f4767fad0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:46:38.867" UserId="5910" Text="Also, if you are re-checking the basic make sure you verify that all of your networked devices have the correct speed and duplex settings.  It's amazing how often a single server with an interface that is set to half duplex will ruin an otherwise functional application." />
  <row Id="27360" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15198" RevisionGUID="dba16417-cc90-4b36-ba63-5d0eff68ad84" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:48:36.803" UserId="5920" Text="Anyone knows any good [continous backup][1] software? I'm using Sonicwall appliances but I want to know if there are any good software solution for this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_data_protection" />
  <row Id="27361" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15198" RevisionGUID="dba16417-cc90-4b36-ba63-5d0eff68ad84" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:48:36.803" UserId="5920" Text="Any good tool for continous backup?" />
  <row Id="27362" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15198" RevisionGUID="dba16417-cc90-4b36-ba63-5d0eff68ad84" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:48:36.803" UserId="5920" Text="&lt;continuous-backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="27363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15199" RevisionGUID="589e5403-a5df-48d5-9497-f3a756d1710d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:49:22.137" UserId="4418" Text="If it's not in a domain, it's not going to trust the domain CA like it would if it were in the domain (assuming you created your own CA). Just install the CA cert on the workgroup server as a trusted CA and you should be good to go." />
  <row Id="27365" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15200" RevisionGUID="29df6333-2334-46ea-bc1f-e07dabb08588" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:52:51.600" UserId="2304" Text="Yes, it can be virtualized, no we didn't run into any problems (VMWare ESX &amp; VMWare Server 2), and in my experience, it's pretty much the same as running the DC on a physical server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft has an article with [things to consider][1] that's worth reading.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888794" />
  <row Id="27366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15201" RevisionGUID="39133181-4881-443d-abfb-dcfdcccca0bb" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:52:54.657" UserId="5922" Text="As many people before me have answered, I'm going to go with buy. How much is your time worth? Sure you may save $200-300 up front on a server by building it yourself. How much do you think your time is worth to the company on an hourly basis? Even if it's really low, say $30 an hour, $300 comes out to 10 hours. I can pretty much guarantee you that a self-built server is going to suck out way more than 10 hours of your life during the time you maintain it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Working at a startup where a previous admin skimped on gear, I've had no end of headaches dealing with generic 4U rackmount servers built out of home PC hardware. Luckily we only have a few left now since we came to the conclusion long ago that it's cheaper to scrap them and buy something engineered and supported than waste our time playing hobbyist PC shop." />
  <row Id="27367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15202" RevisionGUID="c07fe177-9532-4428-98f0-4d4b3724df8b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:53:47.993" UserId="5940" Text="If you go to the templates page of LM, you can mouse over the template you want to export to bring up a menu.  Choose export, point it to an SMB share and let it go." />
  <row Id="27368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15203" RevisionGUID="8c053be3-5891-41a9-9b5d-80c07da85690" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:53:48.773" UserId="984" Text="Yes, it can be done.  The appropriateness for doing so is up for debate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Make sure time stays synced!  This is very important.  A DC with incorrect time can cause havoc.&#xD;&#xA; - Disable and do not use snapshots.  Reverting to an old snapshot in a domain with many DCs will result in massive chaos.&#xD;&#xA; - Do not suspend/pause the domain controller.&#xD;&#xA; - Make sure your VM server does not get overloaded.&#xD;&#xA; - I suggest you run at least one DC within your domain on real hardware, if you have a larger network." />
  <row Id="27370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15204" RevisionGUID="f2dd9a80-6b47-48ba-9e5f-5321233c992f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:55:10.380" UserId="48" Text="Yes, it can be done, I have done it and it works well. You do need to take some things into account when doing it. [This KB article][1] provides a good guide to these considerations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888794" />
  <row Id="27371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15205" RevisionGUID="09d1c961-b147-45c7-93c3-b8cd62ae5712" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:56:24.340" UserId="919" Text="What you need is a [log structured][1] filesystem. Given such a beast, you can stream changes to a backup server for a duplicate copy. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The downside is that this can be really damn slow. Recovery from backup is usually an important consideration and it is a &lt;b&gt;fact&lt;/b&gt; that continuous backups have to store more potential states to back up to. Searching to find the one you want may cause pain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log-structured_filesystem" />
  <row Id="27372" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15206" RevisionGUID="e9469f0e-0400-496e-98a8-59bc6491bd1e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:59:05.097" UserId="5945" Text="Is there a way to reduce the timeouts for attempting to connect to domain network resources? (Windows Login Authentication, Network Printers, Network Shares, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a series of laptops (Dell latitudes, same hardware) that are being used by roaming staffers that spend half their time onsite and connected to our network through docking stations.  When they are connected to the network and they boot their machine it takes 1min 25sec (+/- 10sec) to boot.  If I disconnect them from the network it takes anywhere from 4 to six minutes.  If I unmount the shares and don't have them automount on boot it takes 4 to 5 minutes.  If I uninstall all network printers it cuts the boot time to 3 to 4 minutes.  If I boot with a network connection off the domain network but with a vpn connection that autoconnects on boot the boot takes 2 to 3 minutes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am assuming that the boot delay is caused by timeouts stacking up relating to trying to connect to network services.  I would prefer not to have to delete all my printers and network shares when I leave the network or when shutting down to prevent the slowdown on the subsequent boot off-network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27373" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15206" RevisionGUID="e9469f0e-0400-496e-98a8-59bc6491bd1e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:59:05.097" UserId="5945" Text="Machine in domain boots slow when not accessing the domain's network" />
  <row Id="27374" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15206" RevisionGUID="e9469f0e-0400-496e-98a8-59bc6491bd1e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T21:59:05.097" UserId="5945" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-domain&gt;&lt;network-share&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;printers&gt;" />
  <row Id="27375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15207" RevisionGUID="2b1942d9-f832-4cf1-b315-c4467742ce76" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:00:17.607" UserId="4381" Text="If you are willing to use a snapshot system rather than true continuous backup, take a look at Solaris with zfs snapshots. A good tool to use with this to actually take backups is Zetaback - available from labs.omniti.com/trac/zetaback . (not linked because the evil system won't let me)" />
  <row Id="27376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15208" RevisionGUID="3fa23dd2-cb9d-4914-9de7-9af96bfd677b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:01:38.807" UserDisplayName="dvoita" Text=" &#xD;&#xA; - Is there money allocated in the&#xD;&#xA;   budget for training and/or attending&#xD;&#xA;   conferences?&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA; - Will I be required to work on-call?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Do you use open source or proprietary software?  Why or why not?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Why did the previous person in this position leave?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If I take a vacation will someone cover my responsibilities?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27377" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15208" RevisionGUID="3fa23dd2-cb9d-4914-9de7-9af96bfd677b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:01:38.807" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27378" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15193" RevisionGUID="39c9c68f-3289-45e5-bbaa-0c8b70ea3ca9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:02:25.420" UserDisplayName="Rah" Comment="added 108 characters in body; added 6 characters in body" Text="We have an IIS server that is not part of the domain that is trying to authenticate a user via LDAP using SSL.  LDAP is on Active Directory.  It seems like the IIS server is having trouble with the LDAP server because it cannot verify the authenticity of it.  How do we go about getting the AD's certificate recognized?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: I added the CA as a trusted root certification authority and that did not seem to make any difference." />
  <row Id="27379" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15209" RevisionGUID="74230d1a-aed9-44f5-8025-b2388fcecade" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:02:35.963" UserId="4806" Text="At work we frequently have to alter our Access Control List (ACL), to block any computers with security violations until we can patch the problem. Currently we use a computer that is consoled into our primary network switch. We delete the old list (command &quot;no access-list 101) and copy and paste the new modified ACL into the switch's command line. We do this part 40 or so permit/allow ip commands at a time. Is there an alternate way that we could just tell the switch to permit/allow specific IPs, instead deleting the original and pasting in the new one?" />
  <row Id="27380" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15209" RevisionGUID="74230d1a-aed9-44f5-8025-b2388fcecade" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:02:35.963" UserId="4806" Text="Is there a way that could make interfacing with a our network's ACL easier?" />
  <row Id="27381" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15209" RevisionGUID="74230d1a-aed9-44f5-8025-b2388fcecade" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:02:35.963" UserId="4806" Text="&lt;acl&gt;&lt;switch&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="27382" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15210" RevisionGUID="1f359135-19de-43c0-9a0d-8ee541e8ed0b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:03:09.270" UserId="1888" Text="I keep getting an HTTP Error 403.14 when I browse to `http://localhost/`. According to MSDN this is a problem with the default document setting, and the configuration doesn't allow a directory listing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, when I specifically pull up `http://localhost/default.aspx` it works fine -- and default.aspx is listed as a default document in my server configuration. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there something else that can cause this problem?" />
  <row Id="27383" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15210" RevisionGUID="1f359135-19de-43c0-9a0d-8ee541e8ed0b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:03:09.270" UserId="1888" Text="IIS7 doesn't see my default document - HTTP Error 403.14" />
  <row Id="27384" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15210" RevisionGUID="1f359135-19de-43c0-9a0d-8ee541e8ed0b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:03:09.270" UserId="1888" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="27385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15211" RevisionGUID="a3aa803f-aea5-4774-bbfb-aeb0cfd7136e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:03:58.287" UserId="5959" Text="To clone a disk, all you really need to do is specify the input and output to `dd`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/hdb of=hdb.img&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, make sure that you have proper permissions to read directly from `/dev/hdb` (I'd recommend running as root), and that `/dev/hdb` isn't mounted (you don't want to copy while the disk is being changed). Once complete, `hdb.img` will be a byte-for-byte clone of the entire disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a few drawbacks to using `dd` to clone disks. First, `dd` will copy your entire disk, even empty space, and if done on a large disk can result in an extremely large image file. Second, `dd` provides absolutely no progress indications, which can be frustrating because the copy takes a long time. Third, if you copy this image to other drives (again, using dd), they must be as large or larger than the original disk, yet you won't be able to use any additional space you may have on the target disk until you resize your partitions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also do a direct disk-to-disk copy:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/hdb of=/dev/hdc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but you're still subject to the above limitations regarding free space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first drawback can be resolved by gzipping the data as you make the copy. For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/hdb | gzip -9 &gt; hdb.img.gz&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The second drawback can be resolved by using the pipeview (`pv`) tool. For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/hdb | (pv -s `fdisk -l /dev/hdb | grep -o '[0-9]*\{1\} MB' | awk '{print $1}'`m) | cat &gt; hdb.img&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know of no way to overcome the third drawback.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, you can speed up the copy time by telling `dd` to work with larger chunks of data. For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/hdb of=hdb.img bs=1024" />
  <row Id="27386" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12878" RevisionGUID="e82558b6-25f7-4869-8fe9-cc0ab993791a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:04:08.833" UserId="3914" Comment="Response to comment" Text="It depends.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have loads of space and/or some form of backup compression and/or fast backups, you can run full backups daily.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could script it as follows: DBCC CHECKDB, then do an index rebuild, then shrink the log, then do the backups (with verify), and then shrink the log again ... but, it depends on your circumstances.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Down-vote comment has been noted and acknowledged. I did say it depends on the situation. OP wanted small transaction logs - my inelegant solution was far from perfect. Switching to Simple Logging Mode is another dreadful but possible solution." />
  <row Id="27387" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15212" RevisionGUID="c308ca99-5deb-4b09-8744-2bd13921ffc7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:04:34.557" UserId="5940" Text="We've had virtualized DC's for years now.  I'd recommend using at least two physical hosts setup with ESX and configured with DRS.  Within DRS set up a rule to prevent the two VM's (I'm assuming you have a PDC and BDC) from running on the same host.  If your hosts are already clustered with DRS enabled just setup the DRS rule.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can configure your ESX hosts to use NTP for time updates, and within your DC's have the vmware tools sync their time with the ESX host." />
  <row Id="27388" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15213" RevisionGUID="f461d5a2-07bc-4328-9980-a85f1956ace1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:09:29.303" UserId="48" Text="This can be related to the default-document module of IIS, firstly make sure this module is installed.If it is installed, it could be that it is listed after the DirectoryListing module  in the applicationhost.config file of IIS, it needs to be listed before te DirectoryListing module. " />
  <row Id="27389" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12407" RevisionGUID="b05579ab-20b5-4131-b1de-af8548f4141d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:10:52.623" UserId="1293" Comment="abstracted emails into templates and let the admin emails age; deleted 2 characters in body" Text="See if this does what you're looking for. You can set the warning time using the chage command or passwd -w:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # notifypwexp - send mail to users whose passwords are expiring soon&#xD;&#xA;    # designed to be run daily or weekly from cron&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # call with -w for weekly mode (checks to see if warning period begins in the next 7 days&#xD;&#xA;    # use -w for a weekly cron job, avoiding excessive emails&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # with no option, it only checks whether we're in the warning period now&#xD;&#xA;    # use this for a daily cron job&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # by Dennis Williamson&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # ### SETUP ###&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [[ $1 == &quot;-w&quot; ]] # check for expiration warnings beginning during the next seven days&#xD;&#xA;    then&#xD;&#xA;    	weekmode=7&#xD;&#xA;    else&#xD;&#xA;    	weekmode=0&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    admins=&quot;root postmaster&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r aged=21 # minimum days after expiration before admins are emailed, set to 0 for &quot;always&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    hostname=$(hostname --fqdn)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # /etc/shadow is system dependent&#xD;&#xA;    shadowfile=&quot;/etc/shadow&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    # fields in /etc/shadow&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r last=2&#xD;&#xA;    #declare -r may=3 # not used in this script&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r must=4&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r warn=5&#xD;&#xA;    #declare -r grace=6 # not used in this script&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r disable=7&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    declare -r doesntmust=99999&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r warndefault=7&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    passwdfile=&quot;/etc/passwd&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r uidfield=3&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r unamefield=1&#xD;&#xA;    # UID range is system dependent&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r uidmin=1000&#xD;&#xA;    declare -r uidmax=65534 # exclusive&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # remove the hardcoded path from these progs to use them via $PATH&#xD;&#xA;    # mailx is system dependent&#xD;&#xA;    notifyprog=&quot;/bin/mailx&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    grepprog=&quot;/bin/grep&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    awkprog=&quot;/usr/bin/awk&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    dateprog=&quot;/bin/date&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # comment out one of these&#xD;&#xA;    #useUTC=&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    useUTC=&quot;-u&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # +%s is a GNUism - set it to blank and use dateformat if you have&#xD;&#xA;    # a system that uses something else like epochdays, for example&#xD;&#xA;    epochseconds=&quot;+%s&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    dateformat=&quot;&quot;	# blank for GNU when epochseconds=&quot;+%s&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    secondsperday=86400	# set this to 1 for no division&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    today=$(($($dateprog $useUTC $epochseconds $dateformat)/$secondsperday))&#xD;&#xA;    oIFS=$IFS&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # ### END SETUP ###&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # ### MAIL TEMPLATES ###&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # use single quotes around templates, backslash escapes and substitutions &#xD;&#xA;    # will be evaluated upon output&#xD;&#xA;    usersubjecttemplate='Your password is expiring soon'&#xD;&#xA;    userbodytemplate='Your password on $hostname expires in $(($expdate - $today)) days.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Please contact the IT department by email at \&quot;helpdesk\&quot; or at &#xD;&#xA;    extension 555 if you have any questions. 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  <row Id="27390" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15214" RevisionGUID="5dcdb1e2-3ad6-4562-b026-f8b2a2cc98cd" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:11:52.153" UserId="5969" Text="I would suggest you look at ShadowProtect Server. This is a great backup solution that will do snapshot based backup while not actually continuous you can setup the backup interval to something like 15 or 30 min. This is a much better solution than the Sonicwall product which I have also looked into deploying." />
  <row Id="27391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15215" RevisionGUID="b5ded9f8-416a-4a7d-91f8-bd1626b3a743" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:12:28.613" UserId="5965" Text="If you don't want to go with roaming profiles, check out the User State Migration Tool (USMT) at microsoft's website. From what I understand it will do exectly what you need, and it's not too hard to make a nice little bat-file that pulls the settings you want.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27392" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14701" RevisionGUID="210d7ff6-e522-4cad-88d0-3ab5b17f3991" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:12:44.180" UserId="4276" Comment="fixed grammar" Text="It depends on what filesystem are you using and most importantly on how are you using it. Most modern filesystem are less prone to fragmentation, but defragmentation is always useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use `xfs_fsr` to defragment XFS filesystems. It has some limitations, but it's better than nothing." />
  <row Id="27394" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15210" RevisionGUID="c7f9249c-284e-432a-b3d3-281c485a508c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:15:29.183" UserId="1888" Comment="added 501 characters in body" Text="I keep getting an HTTP Error 403.14 when I browse to `http://localhost/`. According to MSDN this is a problem with the default document setting, and the configuration doesn't allow a directory listing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, when I specifically pull up `http://localhost/default.aspx` it works fine -- and default.aspx is listed as a default document in my server configuration. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there something else that can cause this problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've checked the applicationHost.config file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;sectionGroup name=&quot;system.webServer&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;              &lt;section name=&quot;asp&quot; overrideModeDefault=&quot;Deny&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;              &lt;section name=&quot;caching&quot; overrideModeDefault=&quot;Allow&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;              &lt;section name=&quot;cgi&quot; overrideModeDefault=&quot;Deny&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;              &lt;section name=&quot;defaultDocument&quot; overrideModeDefault=&quot;Allow&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;              &lt;section name=&quot;directoryBrowse&quot; overrideModeDefault=&quot;Allow&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and it's listed before directoryBrowse." />
  <row Id="27395" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15216" RevisionGUID="5c1571ca-a6f7-44cd-b066-46a8441f579f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:17:56.183" UserId="5964" Text="I'm assuming by your syntax that you're talking Cisco IOS.  If you have a moderately recent code-level, then instead of&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    access-list 101 deny ip 10.1.1.1 any&#xD;&#xA;    access-list 101 permit ip any any&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you can do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ip access-list extended Name-of-ACL&#xD;&#xA;      deny ip 10.1.1.1 any&#xD;&#xA;      permit ip any any&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and when you &quot;show&quot; it, there will be an access-list with line numbers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    show ip access-lists&#xD;&#xA;    Extended IP access list Name-of-ACL&#xD;&#xA;      10 deny ip 10.1.1.1 any&#xD;&#xA;      20 permit ip any any &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next when you want to insert another IP, you go back into editing the ACL, but this time add a sequence number:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ip access-list extended Name-of-ACL&#xD;&#xA;      15 deny ip 192.168.1.1 any&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And it will insert it at that place in the ACL.&#xD;&#xA;You can even use the word &quot;remark&quot; in place of &quot;permit&quot; or &quot;deny&quot; to place a comment in the list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    show ip access-lists&#xD;&#xA;    Extended IP access list Name-of-ACL&#xD;&#xA;      10 deny ip 10.1.1.1 any&#xD;&#xA;      15 deny ip 192.168.1.1 any&#xD;&#xA;      20 permit ip any any &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27396" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15217" RevisionGUID="b75c60ec-1112-4d46-bfca-92a9c8ff226e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:17:57.103" UserId="5945" Text="I would set up a secure folder on the web host that is either a WebDAV share or other distributed file system that you are hosting on your internal network or connected to on the web host by your file server.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As long as sufficient encryption and access control on the folders you should be ok." />
  <row Id="27397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15218" RevisionGUID="39415f1c-5e71-4743-91c7-4788e214c913" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:19:10.360" UserId="5234" Text="In general I'm of the opinion that developers (and DBAs) should not receive any lockdown at all.  But they should certainly have access to a locked down user account for testing with (and also a standard desktop build), otherwise you run the risk that they'll cook up something that only works on their machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding the general user populace, Raymond Chen has said that &quot;policy is not the same as security&quot;, and that needs to be borne in mind when devising any lockdown.  The purpose of lockdown is to keep fiddly fingers away from parts of the system that can result in increased support overhead if tampered with, not to assign permissions or restrictions.  So document those parts, and build your lockdown up from there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You also need to feed some general common sense into the decision.  Unless you have a bottomless pit of money you're probably not backing up normal user desktops, so do what you can to prevent them saving files to their C drive (you may need to spend some time convincing certain senior managers that doing this is actually *less* secure than saving them to the network).  If a helpdesk person is trying to do some troubleshooting, does your lockdown interfere with it?  Should public-facing machines have a standardised wallpaper set?  Does it really matter if a user is allowed to change the wallpaper on a non-public-facing machine?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One other thing to delve into - assuming you mean Group Policy - is the &quot;User Rights Assignment&quot; node.  I have a general practice of denying interactive logon to certain user accounts, such as service accounts for example.  Use of generic accounts for interactive logons is a Bad Thing, as you effectively end up with an audit trail that's worthless, so here's your chance to prevent it before it becomes a problem for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, keep as few levels of lockdown as is possible for you.  It makes things easier to manage, with less of a risk of conflicting GPOs and other such fun." />
  <row Id="27398" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15209" RevisionGUID="d2a3168a-f580-45bd-addb-12cc5cf044ce" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:21:22.947" UserId="402" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;acl&gt;&lt;switch&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;cisco&gt;" />
  <row Id="27402" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15220" RevisionGUID="0d3a798b-3552-4fee-b8be-045c3898897b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:24:40.193" UserDisplayName="dvoita" Text="    softwareupdate&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update your mac from the CLI." />
  <row Id="27403" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15220" RevisionGUID="0d3a798b-3552-4fee-b8be-045c3898897b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:24:40.193" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15221" RevisionGUID="c16f2008-46cb-4d23-83a9-4178fd6dc0b7" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:25:14.843" UserId="5535" Text="This is a problem that is best dealt with pro-actively rather than re-actively.  Any re-active approach is going to have mixed results.  Once the blocks are marked as unused any write requests may overwrite the data that was important.  After all this is why windows has it's recycling bin.  So any tool that is un-deleting data should be a tool of last resort.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I find it best to have people work off the servers where the data can be centrally managed with things like snapshots, redundancy, and backups.  But users always find ways and reasons to work locally at times.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't deal with windows too much so I can't really speak at any length about all the options that may be out there but there are tools available to deal with this problem in a pro-active way.  The easiest to admin would likely be a service such as Iron Mountain, Mozy, Carbonite that do near continuous backups.  If you have a Windows Domain or Active Directory you can set up the policies to have roaming profiles to keep a copy of the users profiles on the server where snapshots and backups can play a role.  There are also options for having locally run continuous data protection rather than an online service.  I'm sure there are solutions that I don't know about as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you must deal with this in a re-active way and you're only dealing with NTFS then RestorePro 2000 is worth a look.  They have a version that works over a network and it's pretty affordable.  I've never used the network version so I can't comment on how it works but the local version works great as long as the blocks haven't been overwritten.  And it appears that they have come out with a new version and changed the product name to Restorer Ultimate.  It's good to see that they are continuing their cheezy naming scheme.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More information can be found on their website http://www.restorer-ultimate.com/" />
  <row Id="27405" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15222" RevisionGUID="adb78013-11dd-4f25-923a-64b1c35729b5" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:26:33.543" UserId="5965" Text="If you're running Exchange 2007 look into the managed folders policy settings in the Exchange Management Console. It will at least let you manage automatic deletion of the messages that appear there. As for the folder itself, I wouldnt touch it. Outlook doesnt like it when system folders are messed with (not that I have tried on this one though)...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Trond" />
  <row Id="27406" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15223" RevisionGUID="b607dfd8-d02a-4a85-8055-e3acaef01c95" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:27:42.153" UserId="3562" Text="If it was a codec issue, you'd have no audio, because the phones would be unable to send audio between each other.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One way audio is almost always caused by RTP not passing through. Per DLux's statement, turning off SIP ALG or SIP Fixup or SIP Transformation - different routers use different terms for the same thing - is a good first step.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Past that, you'll probably have to capture network traffic using tcpdump or Wireshark to see where the RTP is getting stuck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can see what port is being used for audio by looking at the UDP port 5060 traffic. The RTP traffic will typically be in the UDP port range 10000-20000." />
  <row Id="27407" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15224" RevisionGUID="026fc5d9-a290-4ec3-8ae2-964336e33bae" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:28:13.027" Text="Unfortunatley, to remove entries, I think you have to &quot;no&quot; the ACL to clear it out.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've written a lot of PHP to send commands to Cisco equipment using Telnet and SNMP, it would be really easy to automate this task.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can dig up an example if you're interested." />
  <row Id="27408" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15209" RevisionGUID="f654fc78-222a-40f8-bb2b-b5048024c3a6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:28:13.277" UserId="4806" Comment="added detail of the type of switch" Text="At work we frequently have to alter our Access Control List (ACL), to block any computers with security violations until we can patch the problem. Currently we use a computer that is consoled into our primary network switch. We delete the old list (command &quot;no access-list 101) and copy and paste the new modified ACL into the switch's command line. We do this part 40 or so permit/allow ip commands at a time. Is there an alternate way that we could just tell the switch to permit/allow specific IPs, instead deleting the original and pasting in the new one?&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:  The switch we use is cisco by brand, not sure of the model" />
  <row Id="27409" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15217" RevisionGUID="5f6bd9a7-33f2-4b55-b6da-9e8ff27394af" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:28:31.497" UserId="5945" Comment="added 710 characters in body" Text="I would set up a secure folder on the web host that is a distributed file system that you are hosting on your internal network that your webhost connects to or on the web host connected to by your file server.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With your current setup you should be able to use your existing setup.  There are ways to mount ftp as a drive or folder in a variety of operating systems.  If your web host cannot set up a folder that is actually a connection to your ftp server as a folder, then it is possible to set up a folder/drive on your ftp server that connects to your webhost's ftp.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Working with just ftp there are some potential security and read speed issues.  As long as sufficient encryption, access control on the folders, and content filters for malicious files are in place you should be fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This method will have read delays if the webhost is connecting to your ftp to put files unless you include some sort of scripting that puts one copie localy on the web host and one copy into the shared folder." />
  <row Id="27410" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15225" RevisionGUID="767d10a2-b3cd-40f9-a440-463de74c504f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:30:28.093" UserId="2366" Text="Mac OS X already defragments files less than 20 Mbytes in size.  See this article:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Panther has automatic defragging?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/ubb.x?a=tpc&amp;f=8300945231&amp;m=9900929295#5740979295" />
  <row Id="27412" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15227" RevisionGUID="f8636247-cc72-499f-8e80-0c934d908780" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:30:33.350" UserId="629" Text="another xkcd great:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![front](http://imgs.xkcd.com/store/imgs/regex_square_0.png)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![back](http://imgs.xkcd.com/store/imgs/regex_square_1.png)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Original cartoon](http://xkcd.com/208/)" />
  <row Id="27413" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15227" RevisionGUID="f8636247-cc72-499f-8e80-0c934d908780" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:30:33.350" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27415" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15229" RevisionGUID="ddf828b3-f865-4422-af6a-cc7391e75bd9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:34:21.393" UserId="629" Text="![regular expressions](http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/regular_expressions.png)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://xkcd.com/208/&gt;" />
  <row Id="27416" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15229" RevisionGUID="ddf828b3-f865-4422-af6a-cc7391e75bd9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:34:21.393" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27417" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10404" RevisionGUID="6d8e79db-baa4-4d98-a6a0-d8b1049da891" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:34:46.773" UserId="2629" Comment="Added question about doing this nicely." Text="Just curious mostly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Say I have someone logged into their Mac in the normal way -- ie. a graphical logon -- and the system becomes mostly unresponsive and I need to log them out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can reboot the system easily enough (and if things lock up it may be warranted) using '`sudo reboot`' or the '`shutdown`' command, but, is it possible to simply log them out remotely, as can be done through Apple Remote Desktop?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** Is there a nice way to do it, that lets them save files or possibly even cancel the logout?" />
  <row Id="27418" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15230" RevisionGUID="b8fba49d-83b0-4adf-8384-f285e1c9d493" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:35:16.007" UserId="5945" Text="One I wish was a t-shirt, I would buy it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Front  &#xD;&#xA;**The software was willing, but the hardware was weak...**  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Back  &#xD;&#xA;**and flammable.** " />
  <row Id="27419" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15230" RevisionGUID="b8fba49d-83b0-4adf-8384-f285e1c9d493" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:35:16.007" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27420" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15231" RevisionGUID="c3d438bb-985b-44c1-96c9-efe23004252d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:35:46.443" UserDisplayName="john bray" Text="I'm quite fond of axel thim's atrpms.  " />
  <row Id="27421" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15232" RevisionGUID="624c9e4e-3463-42ea-8a1c-d37f6e2c2673" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:35:54.133" UserId="1888" Text="It appears I was looking in the wrong place -- the default.aspx entry was there at the server level, but the specific website didn't have one set." />
  <row Id="27422" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15233" RevisionGUID="f26c7203-baf5-4a52-bbea-ec0447050383" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:39:35.280" UserId="5898" Text="&#xD;&#xA;Virtualbox, VMWare Workstation/Player/Server, QEMU, User-mode-linux etc fall into one category of VM - they're hosted within an existing OS, such as windows or linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Xen, KVM, VMWare ESX, fall into a different category - they're hypervisor based virtualisation stacks. They still have an OS that gets booted first, but they operate at a fundamentally different layer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As to which one suits you best, it depends on what want to do with them. If you want to run VMs on your workstation, for development or testing purposes, then one of the hosted platforms (Virtualbox, VMWare Workstation etc), is ideal.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you actually want a dedicated server environment for production systems, then you should be looking at the second category of systems, as they offer more advanced features which you may want down the line (server pooling, shared storage, live migration, high availability)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27423" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15234" RevisionGUID="22d72963-63e8-4066-8fe8-ac7aec9c43b2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:39:40.103" UserId="4845" Text="You can virtualize domain controllers (I have a few for test purposes). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cloning: I create VMs so I can clone them - always promote to a DC after cloning. Sysprep (or any other tools used to regenerate SIDs) destroys domain controllers. You only want to clone without running sysprep in an isolated environment (e.g. a lab manager fence)." />
  <row Id="27424" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15235" RevisionGUID="e03999a9-1e34-403a-a889-d9918a8c7db4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:42:49.877" UserId="5805" Text="I recently wrote a complex SELECT statement (based on many very, very complex views) that would take 1 hour and 50 minutes to execute when run from Toad on my desktop, and only a few minutes faster when run from a Python script using the cx_Oracle library (written to flush to disk every 50 rows). The total size of the single result set was about 8000 rows totalling 5GB. During execution, my workstation was not thrashing and the CPU load was reasonably low.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The exact same query ran on the server took an astonishing 21 seconds to produce a byte-for-byte identical result set. This was also generated by the same Python/cx_Oracle script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Transferring the 5GB result set file from the server to my workstation took only 3 seconds, so I don't think network bandwidth is the direct problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could SQL*Net or one of its associated libraries be the culprit? Is there some non-linear memory management problems when queries are invoked across the network? A 5GB result set is large, but not ginormous in this day and age. Are there perhaps some buffer size configuration settings that would help? I'm using a vanilla Oracle client install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The workstation is Windows XP Pro SP3 (only 1GB of RAM) with the Oracle 10g client and Toad for Oracle Xpert 9.7.2.5 and Python 2.6.2 with cx\_Oracle 5.0.2. The server is Red Hat 2.6.9-67.ELsmp on a quad Xeon 3.8GHz 8GB server, running Oracle 10.2.0.4, Python 2.3.4, cx_Oracle 4.4.1." />
  <row Id="27425" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15235" RevisionGUID="e03999a9-1e34-403a-a889-d9918a8c7db4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:42:49.877" UserId="5805" Text="Why would Oracle query across network take 300+ times as long as when run on server?" />
  <row Id="27426" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15235" RevisionGUID="e03999a9-1e34-403a-a889-d9918a8c7db4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:42:49.877" UserId="5805" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="27427" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15236" RevisionGUID="92e576f4-8b54-4bd5-9b8c-c31939b5668a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:43:13.713" UserId="1662" Text="The best answer to your VCS scaling issues is the one you gave in your question.   Don't use CVS.   I do agree with you though, SVN is the solution to no ones problems.    There are plenty of highly scalable version control systems out there (Perforce, Rational are examples).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think in general though you are going to find that clustered filesystems aren't going to provide the performance you are looking for, their main goals are availability.    If you need to pick any clustered FS then I think you need to look into something like  http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs/ which is built for high performance database clustering.     High performance databases, though, don't rely on flock or similar file locking mechanisms as CVS does, it just doesn't scale.   You would need to add some sort of transactional distributed lock manager.   CVS and high performance just don't fit in the same ballpark.    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do have a feeling though that you aren't trying to scale your source control system and you are trying to use CVS for something application specific.     In that case I would suggest coding directly to RCS, and rolling your own lock manager.   I would avoid the complication and expensive of distributed or clustered filesystems  and concentrate on building a smarter app using some sort of distributed hash bucket approach." />
  <row Id="27428" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15237" RevisionGUID="6befe24f-f323-47c7-be11-13c9b01debca" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:43:37.973" UserId="5898" Text="Slightly tangential, but if you want a virtual router to throw in there, check out vyatta (www.vyatta.org).  It's an opensource router platform, and there's a VMWare image you can download.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want alternatives to using VMWare, you could consider a Xen based system such as Citrix Xenserver (which is free, unlimited use) or Virtual Iron (some free/restricted versions)." />
  <row Id="27430" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15239" RevisionGUID="d9fe46a8-e9d2-4066-9a07-2c5d816e8c6c" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:49:29.113" UserId="5969" Text="Yes. There is an option for this within group policy. Which version of Windows Server are you using on the domain ?" />
  <row Id="27431" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14230" RevisionGUID="3dbe6d6d-dd40-4d2c-83ba-6fceb7dd356f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:51:19.767" UserId="598" Comment="added 196 characters in body" Text="Beyond Compare is the ultimate tool for this!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Link:&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.scootersoftware.com/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Available for Windows and Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Jeff wrote a good overview article about the tool awhile back:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000454.html][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.scootersoftware.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000454.html" />
  <row Id="27432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15240" RevisionGUID="8a5f733a-71e9-4ec4-a365-825825484e8d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:52:08.593" UserId="5898" Text="&#xD;&#xA;Citrix recommend not managing your storage networks from Xenserver. The Xenserver manual discusses how to mark physical interfaces as not managed, and once you've done that, you can do whatever you like in terms of configuring bonding on interfaces - and at this point, it's just the same as configuring an LACP bond on 4 ports on any standard Linux system&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that doing this means you cannot allocate these NICs to any VMs. You'll need additional NICs in the system for management of Xenserver, and for server traffic. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's also worth pointing out that, unless it was fixed recently, the management interface for Xenserver cannot be part of a bond.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27433" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15241" RevisionGUID="077e9e52-a3e1-47cd-a67a-480ffe5f0433" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:56:11.223" UserId="5918" Text="Microsoft supports PDF save-as (almost) out of the box for Office 2007&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4d951911-3e7e-4ae6-b059-a2e79ed87041&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="27434" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15242" RevisionGUID="83b8ae92-2ab0-4177-a9ab-ff24661fae60" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:00:03.337" UserId="5977" Text="I think you are attacking the problem in the wrong end: you should do some checking on your puppet files before you make them active on your puppetmaster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The easiest way to check the syntax is to use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    puppetd --parseonly --confdir=/path/to/dir --vardir=/tmp/puppet&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which should return &quot;Syntax OK&quot; if all is well. You can also dry run puppet using:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    puppetd --test --noop --confdir=/path/to/dir --vardir=/tmp/puppet&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will show you what it is going to change, so you can verify that it is doing what you expect before you let your puppet clients use the new changes you introduced." />
  <row Id="27435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15243" RevisionGUID="307d59d6-828f-44f8-a0c8-7ce339a70e20" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:00:13.243" UserId="5969" Text="Can I get some more specific information regarding your issue ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are both of the workstations locking up or is it just the newly reinstated workstation ? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you using a ghost image or RIS for the installs ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does the server system log reveal any errors ?" />
  <row Id="27436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15244" RevisionGUID="afcbe09e-a1e1-4bb5-9f62-94cb013742a0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:02:40.290" UserDisplayName="Becky" Text="I would like opinions on network inventory software for a medium sized financial business.  " />
  <row Id="27437" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15244" RevisionGUID="afcbe09e-a1e1-4bb5-9f62-94cb013742a0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:02:40.290" UserDisplayName="Becky" Text="Network Inventory Software" />
  <row Id="27438" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15244" RevisionGUID="afcbe09e-a1e1-4bb5-9f62-94cb013742a0" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:02:40.290" UserDisplayName="Becky" Text="&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="27439" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15110" RevisionGUID="8dd98cd4-0eeb-4be8-b9ad-4b3cdabae051" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:04:09.273" UserId="1736" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;service&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;alerts&gt;&lt;healthcheck&gt;" />
  <row Id="27440" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15245" RevisionGUID="5a10f14a-ba9b-46b8-a1e8-cae3b2159bf1" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:04:53.500" UserId="4664" Text="Unbelievable. 4 answers and still nobody mentioned Adobe Acrobat (since you didn't ask for *free* software)" />
  <row Id="27441" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15246" RevisionGUID="aa41c5aa-20e7-4726-8451-3562d2bcc8df" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:05:18.257" UserId="5947" Text="Dilbert is the best, here's one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![dilbert][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/7914/dilbertcertification.gif" />
  <row Id="27442" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15246" RevisionGUID="aa41c5aa-20e7-4726-8451-3562d2bcc8df" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:05:18.257" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15247" RevisionGUID="a3f12f5f-ff23-4460-a82e-5262ea922718" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:06:13.573" UserId="5945" Text="I am assuming that you want the access point to be open to anyone, but it blocked all traffic until the user tries to open a web page and is redirected to a login page that authenticates against AD or LDAP before allowing access to the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so you may want to look into an Astaro gateway.  You can download an iso to install it on a test box and take a look at it.  I have used it on my home network to manage access to local resources from the wifi.  At home once you have connected to my open wifi you have no access to anything on the network, if you open a web page it redirects to the login page.  If you enter guest credentials you have full internet access, but no access to my NAS or other shares.  If you enter credentials that authenticate against a little LDAP instance I have running, you get access to local resources.  Otherwise the only thing you can access with the network it the login page.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27444" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15247" RevisionGUID="a3f12f5f-ff23-4460-a82e-5262ea922718" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:06:13.573" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27449" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="14631" RevisionGUID="e82815cd-a0f9-445c-bffc-34bbb881d3cc" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:15:23.150" UserId="1" CloseReasonId="7" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="27450" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15249" RevisionGUID="f9cb14e0-2c00-47ee-98d7-56584c037e0b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:15:29.843" UserDisplayName="Raj" Text="I have several ESX 3/3.5 servers (a few standalone 3.01 and the cluster is all 3.5) and every now and then I get an MKS error when accessing a VM console (10% of VM's).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking on the VMWare forums no one seems to have a definitive answer. From what I can gather the usual suggestions are&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Make sure your VI Management Console is up to date (or at least appropriate for the ESX version you're controlling).&#xD;&#xA;2. Make sure the Service Console gateway address is working as expected because the VM sends the console output back through the Service Console.&#xD;&#xA;3. On a related note a few people have mentioned that the VM itself needs to know how to get back to the Virtual Center or VI Management Console - I can understand this for RDP or explicitly network related stuff but I thought the ESX server essentially 'screen scraped' the VM console and sent it back via the Service Console.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now the strangeness is that these responses don't operate with any particular consistency (ie some VM's display the console fine and some don't with exactly the same settings). For our internal LAN a lack of console isn't such a big deal - the template has RDP and DHCP enabled by default but in the DMZ a lack of console is a little more problematic. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have any good advice on troubleshooting MKS faults ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance,&#xD;&#xA;Raj." />
  <row Id="27451" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15249" RevisionGUID="f9cb14e0-2c00-47ee-98d7-56584c037e0b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:15:29.843" UserDisplayName="Raj" Text="MKS Errors on ESX" />
  <row Id="27452" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15249" RevisionGUID="f9cb14e0-2c00-47ee-98d7-56584c037e0b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:15:29.843" UserDisplayName="Raj" Text="&lt;vmware-esx&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;console&gt;" />
  <row Id="27453" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15250" RevisionGUID="7f067a8b-4cb2-4ea9-a0f0-91676d47b28f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:15:30.670" UserId="5989" Text="Tool: [Chef][1] is a new-ish tool released in January by [Opscode][2]. It is written in Ruby and its configuration language is a pure Ruby DSL. It's a young tool under active development, but it's getting used in production by several companies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Chef can manage your entire infrastructure, from setting up PXE boot and kickstart services, to deploying applications and managing users. It is very flexible, extensible and powerful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Specific advantages][3] are the pure Ruby DSL, a [RESTful API][4], [searchable node data][5], and a wealth of [cookbooks][6] ready to use. Because of the Ruby DSL, complex data structures and logic can be used within recipes, and along with the RESTful API, make Chef a powerful tool to program an infrastructure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Home&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.opscode.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://blog.opscode.com/2009/01/9-things-to-like-about-chef.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Chef+Server&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Search+Indexes&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://github.com/opscode/cookbooks/tree/master" />
  <row Id="27454" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15251" RevisionGUID="ead237c0-63e0-442a-b96e-9a8ecdc43816" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:16:26.610" UserId="5591" Text="I've had good luck with Keynote (can't add the link, since I'm a new user).  You can set up monitors from various points, specify testing intervals, etc." />
  <row Id="27455" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15244" RevisionGUID="4a3ada91-9ecc-464e-b0b4-5199cfffb444" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:17:30.853" UserId="388" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;inventory&gt;" />
  <row Id="27456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15252" RevisionGUID="fcfecd4e-599a-42a7-ae17-15b4a777b7ce" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:20:16.230" UserId="5977" Text="If you want to use DNS CNAME for your puppetmaster, you can start the puppetmaster using:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    puppetmaster --certname cname.domain.org&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which will make puppetmaster use `cname.domain.org` instead of the default fully qualified domain name." />
  <row Id="27457" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15253" RevisionGUID="c38c9fb3-2f2b-46fc-b291-cbb66a07c40f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:20:53.467" UserId="3038" Text="Certain journaled file-systems do suffer from performance penalties for hosting the journal on the same drive as the filesystem itself. Using an external journal can improve write speeds. With the advent of SSD's, it strikes me as entirely possible that a single SSD could support multiple external journals for filesystems hosted on traditional rotational magnetic media. While the Anandtech &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3531&amp;p=1&quot;&gt;SSD Anthology&lt;/a&gt;&quot; did cover some of this, they didn't cover the &quot;multiple journal&quot; test-case. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Journals tend to be pretty small, so even a small, fast 32GB SSD could provide a lot of speed for multiple large file-systems. It would probably wear much faster than general I/O patterns out suggest, which is why having a larger device than you'll end up using is a good idea. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have any of you done something like this, or even just used an external journal? I'm curious about real-world cases." />
  <row Id="27458" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15253" RevisionGUID="c38c9fb3-2f2b-46fc-b291-cbb66a07c40f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:20:53.467" UserId="3038" Text="The use of external journals on SSDs" />
  <row Id="27459" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15253" RevisionGUID="c38c9fb3-2f2b-46fc-b291-cbb66a07c40f" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:20:53.467" UserId="3038" Text="&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;ssd&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;" />
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  <row Id="27464" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15255" RevisionGUID="9503439d-db44-4fe9-902f-1e37bbcd645e" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:23:56.813" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15256" RevisionGUID="f982fcdb-0a8c-48b3-aea6-fb19a72e97f9" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:24:02.680" UserId="5749" Text="I've also used thin-clients in PC Hazardous environments.  I once ran the network of a industrial rubber manufacturer.  The factory was extremely dirty, and absolutely horrendous on PC's.  So, when I needed to replace the old 5250 twinax terminals,  I went with thin clients.  No drives = no moving parts = longer life.  Plus it gave me something to do with all the CRTs I was taking out of the office cubes but could not get rid of." />
  <row Id="27466" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15257" RevisionGUID="125db54d-ab28-4ae8-a720-1db672c14e20" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:52:01.157" UserId="6007" Text="&lt;p&gt;I've been using Server 2008 for nearly a year now and I like it a lot, but I'm really frustrated with Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager and I'm curious to know if others feel the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Granted I am very familiar with previous versions but this version is very inconsistent and clumsy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consider for example the behavior of the treeview on the left. When you first enter the site you have the following nodes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Start Page&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Server (localhost)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any other servers you have connected to.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You expand a server and you see at the next level:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Application Pools&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sites&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the surface everything seems fine but if you notice you can expand Sites to see the list of sites but you can't expand Application Pools. Very illogical disconnect between the two areas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now if you go into one of the sites you see the middle panel filled with features that you can drill down into and the right panel has a list of actions you can perform. Again on the surface everything seems fine until you drill down into one of the features. Now you see the features you can set and in the upper right corner you see Apply, Cancel, and some other options below that. Still ok until you make your changes and click Apply or Cancel and you are still sitting in the same panel waiting for it to accept your changes and return to the previous screen. At some point you discover the only way to get back to the list of features is to click again on web site on the left or click the back button (which from years of we experience is only to be used as a last resort and the behavior is unpredictable). This is really counter intuitive and diverges dramatically from all canonical paradigms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lastly, if you are at the site level and you look at the list of options on the rightmost panel. You have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;==== Actions (Panel Title) ====&#xA;Explore&#xA;Edit Permissions...&#xA;---- Edit Site (Category) ----&#xA;Bindings...  &#xA;Basic Settings&#xA;----- (divider) ------&#xA;View Applications&#xA;View Virtual Directories&#xA;===== Manage Web Site (Collapsible Panel) ====&#xA;Restart&#xA;Start&#xA;Stop&#xA;---- Browse Web Site ----&#xA;Browse * (http)&#xA;----- (divider) ------&#xA;Advanced Settings...&#xA;---- Configure (category) ----&#xA;Failed Request Tracing...&#xA;Limits...&#xA;Help&#xA;Online Help&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the logic of this organization?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The selections &quot;Basic Settings&quot;,&#xA;&quot;Advanced Settings&quot;, &quot;Failed Request&#xA;Tracing&quot;, and &quot;Limits&quot; seem more&#xA;like features areas that are in the&#xA;middle panel. What characteristic&#xA;means that they belong in the&#xA;&quot;Actions&quot; and not in the features&#xA;configuration in the middle panel.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have a category called &quot;Edit Site&quot; why is &quot;Edit&#xA;Permissions&quot; not part of that&#xA;category?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What is the difference between the category &quot;Configure&quot; and the&#xA;category &quot;Edit Site&quot;? These seem&#xA;like similar type of functionality.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why is &quot;Advanced Settings&quot; not part of Edit Site? If I'm trying to&#xA;change some parameter I may remember&#xA;that it is one of the settings so I&#xA;look for Basic Settings and then I&#xA;realize it is Advanced Settings but&#xA;it isn't close at hand, it is buried&#xA;near the bottom of the list.&#xA;(Incidentally it is even more&#xA;confusing since it is close to the basic settings&#xA;when you are looking application pools &#xA;but on the web site it is buried).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27467" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15257" RevisionGUID="125db54d-ab28-4ae8-a720-1db672c14e20" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:52:01.157" UserId="6007" Text="What do you find wrong with IIS7 Manager?" />
  <row Id="27468" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15257" RevisionGUID="125db54d-ab28-4ae8-a720-1db672c14e20" CreationDate="2009-05-29T22:52:01.157" UserId="6007" Text="&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;manager&gt;&lt;gui&gt;" />
  <row Id="27469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15258" RevisionGUID="fa59b0a7-b467-4174-b0c1-f8864001f5a6" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:34:23.127" UserId="5276" Text="If you are intereseted in a single installer approach, check out  [http://autopackage.org][1] &#xD;&#xA;and [http://zero-install.sourceforge.net/][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://autopackage.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://zero-install.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="27470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15259" RevisionGUID="91e3967c-b950-496b-853a-ae7ad512031a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:36:16.663" UserId="6016" Text="Today's dumb terminal equivalent is the BROWSER!  If you were to look at a typical 3270 terminal app and a current html forms based, you'd' notice that the operational semantics are the same.  The &lt;send&gt; key has been replaced by a &lt;submit&gt; push button.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yup! thin-clients are expensive, Citrix, etc often an overkill.  I find the new low power devices with no fans, e.g. [NorhTec MicroClient][1] a cheap and effective option in industrial settings.  I just put gaff tape over the unused connectors and the CF slot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.norhtec.com/products/mcjr/index.html" />
  <row Id="27471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15260" RevisionGUID="c78d8355-1e87-4ad7-ac60-7d5b697b63ba" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:37:58.847" UserId="6014" Text="Hi guys,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use a Sun Fire X2100 M2 (Opteron) 1U rack server for development purposes, and the system has these noise specifications:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Idle, at or below 25° C&#xD;&#xA;6.9B Max, at ambient: 7.3B &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In other words, it's rather loud and I'd like to bring the level down somewhat, if possible, by switching to low-noise fans.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My questions, in order of priority (descending):&#xD;&#xA;- Which low-noise fans suitable for 1U rack servers are out there?&#xD;&#xA;- Can you recommend any of those over others?&#xD;&#xA;- Are fans standardized in a way so I can be sure they'll fit before buying some?&#xD;&#xA;- What kind of decrease on the noise level could I possibly expect?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks a lot in advance." />
  <row Id="27472" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15260" RevisionGUID="c78d8355-1e87-4ad7-ac60-7d5b697b63ba" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:37:58.847" UserId="6014" Text="Low-noise fans for Sun 1U rack server?" />
  <row Id="27473" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15260" RevisionGUID="c78d8355-1e87-4ad7-ac60-7d5b697b63ba" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:37:58.847" UserId="6014" Text="&lt;rack&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="27474" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15261" RevisionGUID="c5c1c5cc-b8ab-4fce-9e6c-505ac7fb2e8a" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:40:44.363" UserId="6018" Text="I don't know Oracle that well in particular, but previous experience with the network protocols for other databases has told me that they totally ignore latency problems.  In other words, even if there's not an overly large *amount* of data to transfer, things can still get glacial if you have to make several round trips to the server for each value.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could test this theory if you added a bit of latency to your network (I know this is possible in Linux, I can only imagine there's some way to do it in Windows) and seeing if it affects the overall runtime significantly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option is that some of the processing may be being done on the client side, which could be transferring much more than 5 GB of intermediate data to get the result.  This would probably show up as some fairly notable amount of load on your desktop though, so it's not all that likely." />
  <row Id="27475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15262" RevisionGUID="cee33099-4754-40fa-9dd0-f2f9ae761363" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:43:02.377" UserId="4502" Text="All signs seem to point to a network bottleneck.  What kind of throughput do you get with file transfers between these two computers?  Can you try running the same query from another computer, but one closer in the network topology?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The effective transfer rate is 6.2Mbps -- not good at all.  This is a shot in the dark, but... are you neglecting to tell us that there is a cable modem between your workstation and the server? :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps your workstation is daisy-chained off an IP phone and you are actually connected at 10Mbps?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sorry if I'm stating the obvious, but you have made no mention of your network configuration in your question.  " />
  <row Id="27476" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15263" RevisionGUID="e409e54a-6ad7-410b-914c-be52f25cb5a3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:45:34.697" UserId="5921" Text="I have a small network connected with a 16 port unmanaged switch. Recently, the users were complaining about slow network speeds. I checked the switch and noticed that about half the ports were running at half-duplex. In order to try to force the connection to full-duplex, I changed the NIC settings on the PCs from auto-negotiate to 100/full. It didn't seem to help. Still some of the ports have negotiated to half-duplex.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What gives? Is it just time for a new switch?" />
  <row Id="27477" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15263" RevisionGUID="e409e54a-6ad7-410b-914c-be52f25cb5a3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:45:34.697" UserId="5921" Text="What speed/duplex settings should I use to connect to an unmanaged 100Mb switch?" />
  <row Id="27478" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15263" RevisionGUID="e409e54a-6ad7-410b-914c-be52f25cb5a3" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:45:34.697" UserId="5921" Text="&lt;switch&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="27479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15264" RevisionGUID="a7adf1f8-5fb2-453b-8433-4190c0821881" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:46:32.247" UserId="2304" Text="Seems like this would depend entirely on the individual and the workplace... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I work at an e-commerce company, and the website **needs** to be up 24x7, which means someone in the admin group is also on call 24x7.  We rotate being on call for a week between 4 people... the number of calls can vary from 0 calls for the week (rare), to getting virtually no sleep for the entire week (also rare).  Usually it's a few early AM pages of varying severity, but for that week the on call guy is basically chained to a laptop &amp; sleeps with his cell phone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Compensation here comes in the form of a flexible work schedule, being able to take personal days as needed, great management &amp; an enjoyable workplace.  Personally, I just consider being on call to be a necessary evil that comes with this particular position, and I think the perks are worth the stress.  Then again, quite a few would say it's not even close to being worth it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;People's expectations would probably depend on business hours, the importance of the systems to the business, and both tangible &amp; intangible benefits provided by the employer." />
  <row Id="27480" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15265" RevisionGUID="3183d6b1-1240-4137-b17c-dba102416e99" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:52:11.137" UserId="5969" Text="If you are looking for network, server, pc, and software inventory check out spiceworks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Great product. I have used it on both small and medium sized networks.  And did I mention it is **free**" />
  <row Id="27481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15266" RevisionGUID="14c24d25-0ac2-45e0-986a-bf696649bf4b" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:54:57.983" UserId="6032" Text="We do have data corruption problems with the Mellanox ConnectX cards with RHEL5U3. Tried various drivers (RH, Oracle, Mellanox) - all have different issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A progress is visible with bleeding edge drivers, though, so I guess these problems will be sorted out soon." />
  <row Id="27482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15267" RevisionGUID="446daa45-dc05-472b-ac91-9f42445ff464" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:56:57.030" UserId="4629" Text="When working on Windows Vista, there seems to be an issue when I plug my laptop into another monitor, using both monitors. The issues is after using both monitors, I unplug my laptop from the other monitor while my laptop is on, but the programs still think there is another monitor not returning to only the laptop screen. Is there a way to auto reposition windows for all programs back to one monitor without doing a reboot? Rebooting is sometimes a big hassle when I am working." />
  <row Id="27483" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15267" RevisionGUID="446daa45-dc05-472b-ac91-9f42445ff464" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:56:57.030" UserId="4629" Text="Windows Vista Laptop" />
  <row Id="27484" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15267" RevisionGUID="446daa45-dc05-472b-ac91-9f42445ff464" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:56:57.030" UserId="4629" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;monitor&gt;" />
  <row Id="27485" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15268" RevisionGUID="6c34594e-c7ae-4fa1-89de-f64b975f064d" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:57:27.267" UserId="1803" Text="For me, this depends 100% on expectation.  If the employer is completely up-front about this, they're going to keep (and deserve to keep) employees.  It *needs* to be brought up during the interview, and if the reality doesn't match up to the picture they painted, you need to document, and bring it to your review.  You agreed on a salary based on faith that they fully disclosed the company's demands on your personal time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're not going to be able to change business needs.  The only real use for this information is as leverage for salary bumps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Vacation is a different story, in my book.  If I have a stand-in, and I've documented properly, there's no excuse for calling me.  It's not actually a vacation unless my phone is off.  I've helped shape this expectation by bending over backward to keep coworkers from being called on their own vacations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The real answer is to be 100% clear on what your limits are in the interview.  It's ok with me if that costs me a job that would make me unhappy." />
  <row Id="27486" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14338" RevisionGUID="b5900894-c1b3-4465-84d0-26c6115b1b79" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:57:54.503" UserId="4629" Comment="added 76 characters in body; added 61 characters in body; added 36 characters in body; added 8 characters in body" Text="I use VMware on a daily basis, it is slow even though I have a brand new machine with 4 gigs of RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I speed up my VMWare software? I know one bottle neck is my hard drive, it is a laptop so the hard drive isn't have the fastest RPM's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - I am running Ubuntu Linux in VMware.&#xD;&#xA; - I am using Eclipse, python, MySql and a few other light weight programs.&#xD;&#xA; - The machine is a Lenovo T400 with a Centrino 2 processor.&#xD;&#xA; - I am running VMWare Workstation 6.5.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27487" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15269" RevisionGUID="c7e9c8a0-f4a8-459f-bfce-2849221bf4c2" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:59:38.217" UserId="658" Text="This seems like it's been covered here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://serverfault.com/questions/1760/recommendations-for-automatic-computer-inventory][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lots of great answers there. Hope it satisfies your needs!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1760/recommendations-for-automatic-computer-inventory" />
  <row Id="27488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15270" RevisionGUID="41ac483a-1716-404b-8206-38a87899dcd4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:59:58.700" UserId="5969" Text="Check out Vyatta it is an open source replacement for Cisco Level switching/networking which should have all the features you needs for a complete solution. " />
  <row Id="27489" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15270" RevisionGUID="41ac483a-1716-404b-8206-38a87899dcd4" CreationDate="2009-05-29T23:59:58.700" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15271" RevisionGUID="0690d7f7-428f-4d28-bebb-0d5c0ae355db" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:05:44.140" UserId="1928" Text="I would try troubleshooting the connections by unplugging all cables from the switch, except for one that is negotiating to half duplex. See if the link is able to increase to full duplex. If it doesn't increase, try switching ports and power cycling the switch and the PC. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you tried bringing the switch into the same room as the PC and connecting with a short, high-quality ethernet cable?" />
  <row Id="27491" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15272" RevisionGUID="e8199f72-122d-4357-9096-305c3dddeb83" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:05:58.977" UserId="6008" Text="So the organization I work for as a sysadmin is considering extending our hours to 24/7/365 -&#xD;&#xA;can anyone who works for or has worked in an extended hours shop maybe provide some basic info on your organization size, support hours, &amp; call/incident volume so I can do a little comparison?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A lot of my coworker's seem to think that extended hours coverage is unnecessary due to our relatively small size.  We do have 20+ international offices, but they are mostly quiet in terms of requesting technical assistance.  Here are some more stats on my employer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2000 employees&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;250 production servers worldwide&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;~20 incidents daily (sysadmin)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;7-8 sys/net admins&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are also unsure if covering a 24 hour schedule will be difficult with only about 8 people (considering vacation / sick time) - so if you care to share how many people are in your group, that'd be helpful as well." />
  <row Id="27492" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15272" RevisionGUID="e8199f72-122d-4357-9096-305c3dddeb83" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:05:58.977" UserId="6008" Text="24/7 support" />
  <row Id="27493" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15272" RevisionGUID="e8199f72-122d-4357-9096-305c3dddeb83" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:05:58.977" UserId="6008" Text="&lt;noc&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;support&gt;&lt;corporate&gt;" />
  <row Id="27494" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15273" RevisionGUID="6de0e476-8d4f-4804-a6c4-2d0b2690184d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:06:28.650" UserId="5698" Text="There is no good reason to suffer with half duplex. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It sounds like the switch is inadequate for your needs. In my (admittedly limited) experience, cheap consumer-grade switches (even from &quot;name&quot; brands) cannot run at the full capacity implied by their number of ports and advertised speeds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have another switch you could try in this one's place? Is it always the same ports that are failing? Always the same clients?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It isn't difficult to get a decent 24-port managed switch for $150-500." />
  <row Id="27495" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="15267" RevisionGUID="00e115cb-0c93-4011-8903-8f982bbfa43f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:08:29.787" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="27496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15274" RevisionGUID="ca165a4c-fb34-4ea2-9eb6-edf4e6ae9e97" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:09:56.400" UserId="4629" Text="I would like to find a website that provides example service level agreements (SLA). Anyone know where I can find good examples?" />
  <row Id="27497" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15274" RevisionGUID="ca165a4c-fb34-4ea2-9eb6-edf4e6ae9e97" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:09:56.400" UserId="4629" Text="Where is a good place to find a good SLA agreement?" />
  <row Id="27498" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15274" RevisionGUID="ca165a4c-fb34-4ea2-9eb6-edf4e6ae9e97" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:09:56.400" UserId="4629" Text="&lt;service&gt;" />
  <row Id="27499" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15275" RevisionGUID="ed117f30-df9e-4201-a305-788ae3674474" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:10:32.890" UserId="6031" Text="Do you care about the system or will it be mission critical? Buy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it easily replaceable and/or really simple (web server, compute node, DNS server)? Build from a SuperMicro barebone chassis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is your time worthless and so is your data? Build from all different parts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I work in an academic setting so I often end up building (or spec'ing a beige box) to save money. It works but it's not great. SuperMicro barebones take the pain out of it mostly because the motherboard is actually good and for most servers you don't need other peripherals. They like 3ware RAID cards as well. All my compute nodes are dual Xeon 5300 2U chassis from SuperMicro... But if one failed tomorrow, I wouldn't be in a bind.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My core file servers are Dell and HP machines with 24x7 support contracts. That way I can get parts quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My last experiences with a full custom spec'd beige box was a disaster... Vendor sold us a support contract and his only spare motherboard on hand was out of province (1 day delay) and DOA (5 days delay to get replacement)... The big problem with building is getting spare parts quickly. A sys admin I know had to wait 5 weeks for a replacement SATA backplane from Chembro a few years ago, 6TB of storage was offline until they got that part. Not Good." />
  <row Id="27500" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15276" RevisionGUID="0e350f5e-b30e-4e51-9a78-f6f3eed4dc36" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:11:25.760" UserId="6016" Text="Depends upon the switch, the NIC's and the OS being used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes it's best to nail the port configs at the switch.  Various vendors implement auto-neg differently and not all NICs will play nice.  Might be interesting to check what's connected to the ports that stay half-duplex.  They might be a different brand to the ones that go full-duplex.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Different patch levels of Windows can sometimes cause problems as well." />
  <row Id="27501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15277" RevisionGUID="293fa597-3dcb-4ef6-9fd7-04d05a003578" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:11:40.923" UserId="97" Text="&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    srm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Command line version for secure delete." />
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  <row Id="27504" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15239" RevisionGUID="b5f0633e-b5d6-46a7-a604-268e2daa3741" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:17:14.667" UserId="5969" Comment="added 541 characters in body" Text="Yes. There is an option for this within group policy. Sorry I can not add links, I am still a new user, but search for the following in using google.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Slow network connection timeout for user profiles&#xD;&#xA;This will bring up a link to a technet articel on the basic setup of timeout settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows 2008 Group Policy Reference&#xD;&#xA;This should bring you to a microsoft site where you can download the guide for the GPO settings in Windows 2008&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When making a new GPO Remember to only enable/disable/change on thing at a time. Go back and test. Rinse and Repeat. :-0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let me know if you want more specific help after looking these over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Joseph&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15278" RevisionGUID="184cbc29-cbb6-4175-a1c8-c87f1615fa82" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:18:04.993" UserId="97" Text="&#xD;&#xA;AFAIK, you cannot use nested blocks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try something like the following instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    location / {&#xD;&#xA;      root /var/www;&#xD;&#xA;      access_log off;&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;      index index.php index.html;&#xD;&#xA;      expires 1d;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?q=$uri;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    location ~ \.php$ {&#xD;&#xA;      fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;&#xD;&#xA;      fastcgi_index  index.php;&#xD;&#xA;      fastcgi_buffer_size 128k;&#xD;&#xA;      fastcgi_buffers 4 256k;&#xD;&#xA;      fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  /var/www$fastcgi_script_name;&#xD;&#xA;      include        /usr/local/nginx/conf/fastcgi_params;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can modify the second block to be something like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    location ~ /foosite/.*php$&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(needs testing)" />
  <row Id="27507" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15279" RevisionGUID="a244d98d-5dbb-432b-8226-1fe0461c68a4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:22:41.450" UserId="4455" Text="ipconfig is sometimes useful:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Getting current IP address on interface:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ipconfig getifaddr en1&#xD;&#xA;    10.110.2.25&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Getting the DHCP information that was last received:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ipconfig getpacket en1&#xD;&#xA;    op = BOOTREPLY&#xD;&#xA;    htype = 1&#xD;&#xA;    flags = 0&#xD;&#xA;    hlen = 6&#xD;&#xA;    hops = 0&#xD;&#xA;    xid = 143857879&#xD;&#xA;    secs = 0&#xD;&#xA;    ciaddr = 0.0.0.0&#xD;&#xA;    yiaddr = 10.110.2.25&#xD;&#xA;    siaddr = 0.0.0.0&#xD;&#xA;    giaddr = 0.0.0.0&#xD;&#xA;    chaddr = 00:aa:bb:cc:dd:ee&#xD;&#xA;    sname = &#xD;&#xA;    file = &#xD;&#xA;    options:&#xD;&#xA;    Options count is 7&#xD;&#xA;    dhcp_message_type (uint8): ACK 0x5&#xD;&#xA;    server_identifier (ip): 1.1.1.1&#xD;&#xA;    lease_time (uint32): 0xe10&#xD;&#xA;    router (ip_mult): {10.110.0.1}&#xD;&#xA;    domain_name_server (ip_mult): {1.1.1.1, 1.1.1.2}&#xD;&#xA;    subnet_mask (ip): 255.255.252.0&#xD;&#xA;    end (none): &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27508" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15279" RevisionGUID="a244d98d-5dbb-432b-8226-1fe0461c68a4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:22:41.450" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27509" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15280" RevisionGUID="e54a79f6-20b1-4c3c-a2a1-1b7c310d5de6" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:22:46.193" UserId="2304" Text="We use the [Shavlik][1] suite of tools to handle patches, configuration, and auditing.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't think of any particular pros or cons - it works fairly well and we haven't had any real issues with it that I can recall.  (That's about the best thing I can say about it - it works well enough that I don't have to think about it :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.shavlik.com/" />
  <row Id="27510" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15281" RevisionGUID="91ba67e2-e95c-4e17-b306-841efae91309" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:23:17.317" UserId="6031" Text="Most of the noise isn't from the fans, it's from the actual flow of air. So for the same amount of cooling, you won't have much of a reduction in noise level. This is important because there is no room in a 1U chassis for heat to dissipate. If the air isn't moved fast enough heat will build up very quickly. This is bad for two reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. The server might overheat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. The top and bottom of the case might become very hot and transfer heat to the servers above and below. So the 1U servers are built to force all the heat out of the back of the machine. If they weren't, they'd cook the *other* servers in the rack.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your test machine is on a desk somewhere, you can try finding the specs of the fans in a catalog like Digikey's and buy fans that are the same physical size but that have lower RPM and hack the fan modules. This **will** void your warranty and the reduction might not be all that impressive." />
  <row Id="27512" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15147" RevisionGUID="b1bf6cfb-01ee-417c-8a41-739b980a77f5" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:25:10.433" UserId="731" Comment="more info" Text="I realize this is almost identical to [this question][1] but the big difference is that the methods described in the MSKB article DO NOT WORK for installed Tomcat services. They work for simple Windows services but not for the Tomcat services we need to control.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any further ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit (more info):&#xD;&#xA;We are using Ant sshexec (jsch) and get Access Denied errorlevel 5 when calling net stop service_name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7979/starting-and-stopping-services" />
  <row Id="27513" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15283" RevisionGUID="c5f6993a-d9be-4cc9-aaa0-427d2b6d679f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:27:54.910" UserId="1803" Text="It's been a little over a month since I replace our physical DC with a virtual.  Utilization is typically VERY low, and it hasn't had a single issue.  On an unrelated call into MS virtualization support, I asked a few question, and they didn't have any warnings or caveats to throw at me." />
  <row Id="27514" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15274" RevisionGUID="55f979f6-d8f3-48ee-845f-587f05d89abf" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:29:39.450" UserId="2318" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;service&gt;&lt;legal&gt;&lt;sla&gt;" />
  <row Id="27515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15284" RevisionGUID="1da851dd-4d09-43f9-b5eb-9f10434e8919" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:32:04.177" UserId="5740" Text="One of our development boxes has developed a problem wherein performance will occasionally drop through the floor.  When this happens, you can hear the hard drive thrashing, but I don't know what's causing it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This happens during periods of high disk access (reading/writing multi-gigabyte files), but not every time nor for the entire period of disk access.  Those files are also kept rigorously defragmented specifically to prevent the kind of &quot;seek thrashing&quot; that seems to be occurring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect that the problem lies either with the system's antivirus or with some disk-indexing service I don't know about (AFAIK, there aren't any running, but…).  Unfortunately, my PerfMon-fu is very, very weak (okay, nearly non-existent) and I don't know how to confirm/disprove my suspicions or find out what the real culprit is." />
  <row Id="27516" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15284" RevisionGUID="1da851dd-4d09-43f9-b5eb-9f10434e8919" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:32:04.177" UserId="5740" Text="Find the bottleneck: disk I/O on WinXP" />
  <row Id="27517" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15284" RevisionGUID="1da851dd-4d09-43f9-b5eb-9f10434e8919" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:32:04.177" UserId="5740" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;bottleneck&gt;&lt;disk-io&gt;&lt;perfmon&gt;" />
  <row Id="27518" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15285" RevisionGUID="d7269fa5-6ab4-4a8c-a479-64dd6f52aba4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:32:25.003" UserId="6031" Text="Well... I wrote a lot of the WifiDog gateway code so I might be able to help you ;-).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't run WifiDog on the access point itself, you can run the gateway software on a (Linux) machine that acts as router for the network. In fact the same machine can also run the authentication server part.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, basically any Access Point supported by dd-wrt can support WifiDog although you might have to cross-compile your own binary." />
  <row Id="27519" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15285" RevisionGUID="d7269fa5-6ab4-4a8c-a479-64dd6f52aba4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:32:25.003" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15286" RevisionGUID="4e3587bd-8439-4e46-850a-610a86f668bb" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:33:45.500" UserId="5591" Text="This can vary widely between employers and environments.  Where I'm currently at, we're expected to be on call, but only when it is our turn in the rotation.  Our work schedule is pretty flexible, so if you're up late the night before because of an issue, you can usually come in late the next day or even work from home.  I agree with Kara Marfia that this is something that needs to be agreed upon in advance, and that things should be spelled out pretty plainly, both what they expect and what you expect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing that makes our system a bit better is that we have a Network Operations Center that is staffed with pretty bright people.  They can usually resolve issues that are well-documented without needing to page or call." />
  <row Id="27521" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15287" RevisionGUID="ad1839f5-f5db-4782-bd8b-a21a23a84523" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:36:49.837" UserId="6031" Text="With RAID6 and SATA, I've had good success with 11 disks... And one hot-spare (some bad controllers will need two hot-spares to do a rebuild of RAID6). This is convenient since many JBOD come in groups of 12 disks like the HP MSA60." />
  <row Id="27522" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15288" RevisionGUID="a1d27571-b5e7-4c4e-81eb-48a2fc1d8e48" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:36:50.087" UserId="5049" Text="Just want to follow up on bandaiding, in case somebody needs it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can enable [zero\_damaged\_pages][1] and run a VACCUUM on the affected table, this should clear out any pages which contain known defect data. This won't protect you from silent corruption of column values though, since PostgreSQL does no block/page level checksumming of it's data as of now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So this is a last resort option, fixing the source of the problems is always preferable ;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/runtime-config-developer.html" />
  <row Id="27523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15289" RevisionGUID="900a9665-72cf-435f-a8cc-2c75f7681865" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:37:29.400" UserId="3038" Text="SysInternals has a couple of tools that might help here. Their PerfMon tool will give you (exhaustive) details about what's accessing what. If it really is an AV tool doing a scan, it should show up there impressively obviously. If it is a background Windows task, things get a bit more complicated, but those accesses do show up in there as well. Even if it is less obvious which service is responsible." />
  <row Id="27524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15290" RevisionGUID="ab73361c-d014-4f2e-84cb-2e3b26d3d2d3" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:37:46.467" UserId="1721" Text="I'm planning on installing OpenSolaris on my home server (right now it has Linux) and I would like to know how to prepare for upgrading the server to have larger hard drives in the future. Now the server has 4x 400GB SATA drives and I would install OpenSolaris with ZFS RAID-Z on them. Some time later this or next year I'm going to upgrade the drives to maybe 4x 1TB SATA drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I do the upgrading and increasing of the partition size with ZFS? Is it a simple and painless operation (e.g. replace one drive at a time and ZFS will automatically resize itself to use the full space), or are some special steps required? Can it be done without shutting down the system?" />
  <row Id="27525" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15290" RevisionGUID="ab73361c-d014-4f2e-84cb-2e3b26d3d2d3" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:37:46.467" UserId="1721" Text="How to upgrade a ZFS RAID-Z array to larger disks on OpenSolaris?" />
  <row Id="27526" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15290" RevisionGUID="ab73361c-d014-4f2e-84cb-2e3b26d3d2d3" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:37:46.467" UserId="1721" Text="&lt;zfs&gt;&lt;raid&gt;&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;opensolaris&gt;" />
  <row Id="27527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15291" RevisionGUID="ffcee36d-b294-4865-8373-7ca4975c4fa1" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:38:21.177" UserDisplayName="KBWyatt" Text="WebWatchBot (www.webwatchbot.com) is another option for those wanting to monitor the end user experience via transaction monitoring (good for keeping an eye on response time) and individual components of the infrastructure such as severs and databases.  We've all been bitten by a server that shows &quot;up&quot; while the application is hung.  Combination of transaction and component monitoring prevents this and expedites troubleshooting. Free trial and reasonably priced pro version that easily scales to the enterprise level." />
  <row Id="27528" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14725" RevisionGUID="8c4d5e43-d8a6-4216-8081-60eea169141d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:39:45.577" UserId="5049" Comment="fixing one link" Text="Short answer - there's no such solution yet for PostgreSQL if you need online readonly slaves.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There're two major development projects currently going on in this area which are bound for 8.5 (2010+), namely:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Synchronous Replication:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/NTT's_Development_Projects][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Read only hot standby slaves:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Hot_Standby&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which in combination aim to achieve the ease of use of MySQL-style replication minus the bugs/issues MySQL has plus the reliability users know from PostgreSQL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of this was kicked off by a manifest from the PostgreSQL Core Team in 2008:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2008-05/msg00913.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The PostgreSQL replication solutions to this day with the largest user base are Slony-I (more expensive for writes, makes schema changes fiddly), WAL shipping/walmgr (Slaves can't be used online) and pgQ/londiste from Skype/Skytools (more tools/building blocks than a finished solution).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've written a few things on Log Shipping, walmgr and Slony-I, see&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://blogs.amd.co.at/mt/mt-search.cgi?blog_id=1&amp;tag=pgrep&amp;limit=20 for more information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/NTT's_Development_Projects" />
  <row Id="27529" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15292" RevisionGUID="14496907-ba7c-480c-8b54-c4ecfd178573" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:40:48.977" UserId="5989" Text="I've had good luck with [Zimbra][1] at a previous company. The web interface is nice and all the components are self-contained, and the support forums are wonderful. It is basically all the popular open source mail tools bundled together with a slick interface. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, these days I would (and do) outsource my mail handling to Google Apps for my domain. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.zimbra.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27530" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15293" RevisionGUID="e0d65d25-64ec-4099-b40e-deecaf90aaef" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:40:50.660" UserId="5591" Text="Whether or not this will work will depend a lot on whether you're dealing with automated alerts, a staffed operations center, or waiting for people to call for support.  Our shop is a 24/7/365 shop, but I work in production systems, not in desktop support/client support.  We don't get calls directly from users, so that helps a lot.  We also support our own home-grown apps, and the development teams are invested in keeping the systems error free (from a code standpoint, the servers are up to us).  Depending on what system a certain team supports, after hours calls can range from 2-5 a month to 2-5 a week.  This can also vary depending on if a new code release caused issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for compensation, our system was in place when I started working here, so my compensation was set with that in mind.  If you are going to be expected to offer support after hours, you should be entitled to additional compensation.  At the very least, if someone is on call, and has to deal with an after hours issue, they should be able to come in late the next day, or work from home if possible." />
  <row Id="27531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15294" RevisionGUID="8d134e39-a5e7-4f94-919c-f3cb933cdb3e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:43:58.943" UserId="2331" Text="Remote Web Workplace (RWW) is only available on Windows Small Business Server 2003 and 2008. It is really a good solution and is more secure than a VPN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Windows Server 2008 you also have the Terminal Services Gateway feature which, although it isn't the same as RWW, goes some of the way to providing the same features." />
  <row Id="27532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15295" RevisionGUID="3b64a516-b4f5-49b2-81a2-0a50f541a864" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:49:07.440" UserId="5223" Text="I'd started with saving my old path before modifying it, so that subsequent calls to my startup scripts would not result in ever increasing PATH values...&#xD;&#xA;But after a while I ended up just setting it to a nice empirically established baseline.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wanted X11 (even if only to call eval `resize` on remote ssh sessions to establish COLUMNS and LINES environment variables)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I added /usr/css/bin because some of my bare solaris installs didn't have make in the path&#xD;&#xA;(and even fewer even had cc or gcc!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course the /usr/local/ set of paths were added, and then stuff in my homedir&#xD;&#xA;(both with and without architecture specific paths) and '.'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The line with '.' in the path is questionable if you are root however.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;OLDPATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/5bin:/usr/bsd:/usr/ucb:/sbin:/usr/sbin&#xD;&#xA;PATH=${OLDPATH}&#xD;&#xA;PATH=${PATH}:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/X11/bin&#xD;&#xA;PATH=${PATH}:/usr/ccs/bin&#xD;&#xA;PATH=/usr/local/bin:${PATH}&#xD;&#xA;PATH=${PATH}:/etc:/usr/etc:/usr/local/etc&#xD;&#xA;PATH=.:${HOME}/bin/`uname`:${HOME}/bin:${PATH}&#xD;&#xA;export PATH&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This setup has served me well across AIX, HPUX, IRIX, Ultrix, Solaris and Linux so far.&#xD;&#xA;Maybe even on those ancient apollo's (anyone see /usr/5bin anymore?)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27533" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15296" RevisionGUID="e86da422-61ca-4758-baae-63eb34f76bc8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:50:59.013" UserId="1736" Text="Well, [here's a pretty canonical one][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rackspace.com/solutions/managed_hosting/support/servicelevels/managedsla.php" />
  <row Id="27535" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15298" RevisionGUID="bf2767b0-f827-49ab-baab-6f26f98c55f2" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:55:12.190" UserId="1349" Text="Here's a few resources that should help you out:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc543293.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [http://www.streetdirectory.com/travel_guide/2510/computers_and_the_internet/service_level_agreement_sla_boot_camp.html][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Implementing+a+service+level+agreement-a0151090784][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc543293.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.streetdirectory.com/travel_guide/2510/computers_and_the_internet/service_level_agreement_sla_boot_camp.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Implementing+a+service+level+agreement-a0151090784" />
  <row Id="27536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15299" RevisionGUID="eb376288-44c2-402e-977d-fcb77498db78" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:55:30.707" UserDisplayName="Clay McClure" Text="Do you use a configuration management system like Puppet or Chef?" />
  <row Id="27537" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15299" RevisionGUID="eb376288-44c2-402e-977d-fcb77498db78" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:55:30.707" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27538" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15300" RevisionGUID="38340333-ba8d-435a-89a7-e3555a5ba3ed" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:55:36.060" UserId="2318" Text="The only advantages of Toast I am aware of are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. It has support for burning BluRay&#xD;&#xA;    video&#xD;&#xA; 2. It mounts disc images in a&#xD;&#xA;    way which is better suited to&#xD;&#xA;    software piracy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Neither reason is likely relevant to your business." />
  <row Id="27540" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15301" RevisionGUID="37d73dec-1ac0-4baa-816c-b6e27023d1d2" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:56:24.950" UserId="6031" Text="One of the place I worked at had a 24/7 monitoring center. It took basically 10 staffers to fill all the slots, to have &quot;spares&quot; and to have a manager in charge. The biggest problem was the graveyard shift (2400-0800) since there was basically one guy coming off shift (in the entire building) and one guy coming on shift. Any delays meant automatic overtime for the guy on shift and if the midnight guy was a no show, a nice 16 hours shift.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We also had terrible turn-over rates on those jobs and much difficulty recruiting for the night/evening shifts... Of course the non-peak shifts were only staffed with &quot;operator&quot; level employees with technical back-up on call. Basically management was unwilling to pay well enough to get highly technical resources to do night shifts, especially if they had families." />
  <row Id="27541" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15302" RevisionGUID="a5618c74-04cc-46c5-9788-335254faada5" CreationDate="2009-05-30T00:58:52.030" UserId="5049" Text="Given that the amount of data written to the journal is usually very compact and most server systems (at least those where performance matters) come with RAID controllers with a Battery Backed Write Cache, the penalty of using a journal is mostly a non-issue. The possible speed improvement is very much offset by the added complexity and problems of having an external journal (think setup, maintenance, (disaster) recovery, increased error rate from less used code paths, etc.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is probably one of the main reasons people hardly venture down this road.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now for one novel supporting use of SSDs, when it comes to filesystems, would be [ZFS L2ARC][1], but that's a whole different story.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.sun.com/brendan/entry/test" />
  <row Id="27543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15303" RevisionGUID="412858b8-8d1e-4f98-8dea-b79e88d81f88" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:01:58.860" UserId="1237" Text="This problem lies within a relatively fresh x64 Windows 7 install ~4 weeks, but is also a problem I have seen on Windows Vista machines (x86 versions).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since the other day, any programs attempted to be launched via right clicking on a shortcut (.lnk)'s context menu and pressing -&gt; &quot;Run As Administrator&quot; for instance, in the Quick Launch/Jump List in Windows 7 has failed, screen has not dimmed, no UAC popup.  In fact the program does not even load. There is no way around this unless I use the shortcut version from &quot;All Programs&quot; which appears to work, very strange? I have performed no major software installs, nothing out of the ordinary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anybody encountered this or know what would be causing it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's an example of somebody else experiencing this problem in Vista with no solution:&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.vistax64.com/vista-general/131918-strange-run-administrator-problem.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;and I believe this problem is related, I also cannot right click -&gt; &quot;Manage&quot; on my computer):&#xD;&#xA;[http://windows7forums.com/windows-7-support/5501-run-administrator-broken.html][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am running the latest version of Avira AntiVir Virus Scanner and pretty concious of what I download, I don't think it is a virus, nor do I believe it is due to the RC Version of Windows 7, because I have seen the problem across multiple Operating Systems versions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks guys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vistax64.com/vista-general/131918-strange-run-administrator-problem.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://windows7forums.com/windows-7-support/5501-run-administrator-broken.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27544" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15303" RevisionGUID="412858b8-8d1e-4f98-8dea-b79e88d81f88" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:01:58.860" UserId="1237" Text="&quot;Run As Administrator&quot; on program right click failing and not launching program" />
  <row Id="27545" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15303" RevisionGUID="412858b8-8d1e-4f98-8dea-b79e88d81f88" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:01:58.860" UserId="1237" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;uac&gt;&lt;runas&gt;" />
  <row Id="27546" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15304" RevisionGUID="044dc817-364e-4b66-bd94-0c75fbcf08a2" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:01:59.280" UserId="984" Text="&gt; I changed the NIC settings on the PCs&#xD;&#xA;&gt; from auto-negotiate to 100/full. It&#xD;&#xA;&gt; didn't seem to help. Still some of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ports have negotiated to half-duplex.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you forced the duplex/speed on a computer then you **MUST** also force the settings on the switch.  In my experience most switches will default to a half-duplex connection.  By forcing a duplex setting and disabling auto-negotiation on a computer, you are most likely causing a duplex-mismatch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a [link][1] describing the behavior for Cisco switches.  Even Cisco equiment the switchs will default to 100/half if the connected computer is forced to 100/full.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps700/products_tech_note09186a00800a7af0.shtml" />
  <row Id="27547" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15305" RevisionGUID="e53ea8be-4a33-42b9-9506-1449feb582be" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:04:04.457" UserId="2914" Text="You're copying a lot of stuff in same time and computer performance just dies. Try for example to copy 10+ ISO images same time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's QoS in networking, affinities and priorities in CPUs, but is there anything for hard drives to throttle I/O queues? Virtual filesystems? OS drivers? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course you can go around with this with for example&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Making list of files to copy and running script which copies files one by one&#xD;&#xA;- Using software like TeraCopy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows and GNU/Linux solutions are welcome." />
  <row Id="27548" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15305" RevisionGUID="e53ea8be-4a33-42b9-9506-1449feb582be" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:04:04.457" UserId="2914" Text="Hard drive throttling?" />
  <row Id="27549" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15305" RevisionGUID="e53ea8be-4a33-42b9-9506-1449feb582be" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:04:04.457" UserId="2914" Text="&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="27550" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15304" RevisionGUID="65900ea8-0d50-4fa3-8a95-8fc47d453f00" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:08:16.713" UserId="984" Comment="added 272 characters in body" Text="&gt; I changed the NIC settings on the PCs&#xD;&#xA;&gt; from auto-negotiate to 100/full. It&#xD;&#xA;&gt; didn't seem to help. Still some of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ports have negotiated to half-duplex.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you forced the duplex/speed on a computer then you **MUST** also force the settings on the switch.  In my experience most switches will default to a half-duplex connection.  By forcing a duplex setting and disabling auto-negotiation on a computer, you are most likely causing a duplex-mismatch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a [link][1] describing the behavior for Cisco switches.  Even Cisco equiment the switchs will default to 100/half if the connected computer is forced to 100/full.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't manage the speed/duplex on the switch, then you should set everything to auto. With everything set to auto, if the duplex is not correctly negotiated, you probably should be looking at updating the firmware, contacting the vendor, or replacing the switch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps700/products_tech_note09186a00800a7af0.shtml" />
  <row Id="27551" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15306" RevisionGUID="5778c0fc-f4d6-4d17-8bc3-0338ca2e9eb6" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:09:47.290" UserId="5049" Text="For Linux there's [ionice][1], Windows has [IO priorities][2] since quite some time, but at least since Vista it's also fully available in a sane implementation for Workstations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/search?q=ionice&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.google.com/search?q=windows+io+priority" />
  <row Id="27553" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15300" RevisionGUID="70bbf843-5d61-4271-af42-085391574286" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:16:34.160" UserId="2318" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="The only advantages of Toast I am aware of are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. It has support for burning BluRay&#xD;&#xA;    video&#xD;&#xA; 2. It mounts disc images in a&#xD;&#xA;    way which is better suited to using pirated software&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Neither reason is likely relevant to your business." />
  <row Id="27554" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15307" RevisionGUID="184a5ff4-158b-4861-900c-8ac82943aae9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:18:36.233" UserId="2571" Text="I host my PHP website on shared hosting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's worked well for a year.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of a sudden last week it started to **randomly drop images**, sometimes **does not load the CSS file**, and often gets **503 errors**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My provider says it is &quot;too much traffic&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But since this has started to happen, traffic has gone down considerably of course, and it is still happening, **that &quot;heavy traffic&quot; is the cause I find a bit illogical** since if it is caused by heavy traffic, less traffic would solve the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are **16 screenshots showing this random image dropping** from the site throughout the day.&#xD;&#xA;[http://tanguay.info/web/external/tinfoLoadingErrors.jpg][1] (450K .jpg)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've copied my site to another Apache/PHP server and it loads fine every time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For those of you with experience hosting Apache/PHP site:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - what would you consider to be **likely causes** of random image dropping, etc.? &#xD;&#xA; - what **kinds of things can I ask my provider** to check?&#xD;&#xA; - what **kinds of things could I check** to find the cause of this problem (e.g. log files, create a test site of some kind, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tanguay.info/web/external/tinfoLoadingErrors.jpg" />
  <row Id="27555" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15307" RevisionGUID="184a5ff4-158b-4861-900c-8ac82943aae9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:18:36.233" UserId="2571" Text="What could be causing random image/css dropping, 503 errors on a apache/php hosting website?" />
  <row Id="27556" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15307" RevisionGUID="184a5ff4-158b-4861-900c-8ac82943aae9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:18:36.233" UserId="2571" Text="&lt;503-error&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;traffic&gt;" />
  <row Id="27563" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12830" RevisionGUID="8d28a67a-34ea-409f-9b8a-fef6c9ee35d0" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:30:13.833" UserId="4053" Comment="grammar" Text="Having worked as a developer and in IT admin/support for a development team, I've come across many different types of environment from the completely locked down to the completely non. In my limited support experience I think its been less effort to support with a less locked down machine and I certainly felt this was easier, but of course this could be bias. I'd like to know what the view is from an IT support perspective, is it genuinely harder to support developers who have non locked down machines?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27566" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15311" RevisionGUID="90dbd864-59a7-405a-b55d-ca384c0b4fd8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:31:12.397" UserId="6071" Text="Don't forget about Exim.  Its a pretty straight forward, clearly documented (make that excellent documentation) and well supported by it's community.  I have used Qmail, Postfix, and Exim.  Exim without a doubt has served me best.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course the whole thing is subjective and any of the mentioned applications would work just as good as any other. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27567" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15312" RevisionGUID="d9bce5f8-c951-4ac7-b6d9-bada8250a92a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:32:17.060" UserId="2571" Text="In order to reboot my VPS, lxadmin requires me to type in my **root password in clear text**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this a security oversight or am I missing something?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tanguay.info/web/external/lxadminPasswordDisplay.png" />
  <row Id="27568" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15312" RevisionGUID="d9bce5f8-c951-4ac7-b6d9-bada8250a92a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:32:17.060" UserId="2571" Text="Why does lxadmin insecurely require me to type my root password in clear text to reboot my VPS machine?" />
  <row Id="27569" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15312" RevisionGUID="d9bce5f8-c951-4ac7-b6d9-bada8250a92a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:32:17.060" UserId="2571" Text="&lt;lxadmin&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="27570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15313" RevisionGUID="943c10c4-80e5-4b17-b539-d88a3bd9b129" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:34:10.300" UserId="4392" Text="I would like to think that I am the exception, but my research has shown that there's a decent percentage (~10%) of administrators who are the sole admin in a 24x7x365 computing environment who have &gt;50 servers. (See my research and the results of my 334-admin survey here: http://standalone-sysadmin.blogspot.com/2009/05/happy-1st-blogiversary.html) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Essentially, your job as an admin is either to support a 24 hour operation or it isn't. You're hired to be on-call at times, then it's acceptable. If you weren't hired to be on-call and your employer wants to make you on-call, then that needs to be a two way street. You need reimbursed in one way or another for your extra investment in the company. Whether you take that as monetary or temporal is between you and your employer. If they don't want to reimburse you more and you disagree, chances are good that it is an at-will employment. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ultimately, you must be the final judge of &quot;fair&quot;, but reaching a mutually beneficial agreement should definitely be possible. " />
  <row Id="27571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15314" RevisionGUID="1b1c9eea-b18d-4f30-9ba0-eb5cc52ead7b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:35:31.907" UserId="6071" Text="Assuming you are on an Active Directory domain you can very quickly develop a Windows PowerShell script to do it all remotely via WMI queries.  If I could post a link, I would link you to a copy of the script I wrote. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apart from writing a script there is the Microsoft Server Center stuff" />
  <row Id="27574" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15316" RevisionGUID="85b9f89e-7a2a-46ec-be2b-a89fe831c24b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:41:42.100" UserId="4881" Text="I concur with Alnitak's pointing to CPE as a problem. Even with Cisco, you need an 877 (for ADSL) to get IPv6 — not an 857 — and ISPs are orders of magnitude more likely to go with modems that are as cheap as they can possibly find (i.e. ZyXEL 660); you're lucky if those support IPv**4** reasonably well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this point, I'd expect most computers will Just Work if presented with CPE that is advertising an IPv6 route, but other devices may be a different story.  Does that cheap consumer inkjet with a WLAN card support IPv6?  My Siemens DECT/SIP phone doesn't.  (In Japan, it's another story, as there are fixed-line phones on sale there that *require* IPv6.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Administrative networks (i.e. Comcast's IP link to your cable box) will be IPv6 soon, if not already, because RFC 1918 doesn't provide enough address space.  Cellular networks have it easy because the devices tend to be centrally provisioned.  For the bits that connect the user's computers with the Intarwebz, I suspect it'll be several more years outside of Japan.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Incidentally, the free pr0n site is ipv6experiment dot com, but it's still not live.  (That link is completely work-safe, as the nasty stuff is several clicks away.)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27575" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15312" RevisionGUID="4bbae4b0-9db8-45cf-8afe-2bf159b35fc8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:43:45.470" UserId="2571" Comment="added 164 characters in body; deleted 96 characters in body" Text="In order to reboot my VPS, lxadmin requires me to type in my **root password in clear text**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this a security oversight or am I missing something?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tanguay.info/web/external/lxadminPasswordDisplay.png&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://tanguay.info/web/external/lxadminPasswordDisplay.png" />
  <row Id="27576" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15298" RevisionGUID="f9c0f56e-dbd7-4097-ad45-109911d1af89" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:44:30.070" UserId="1349" Comment="Shortened displayed URL." Text="Here's a few resources that should help you out:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc543293.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [http://www.streetdirectory.com/.../service_level_agreement_sla_boot_camp.html][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Implementing+a+service+level+agreement-a0151090784][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc543293.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.streetdirectory.com/travel_guide/2510/computers_and_the_internet/service_level_agreement_sla_boot_camp.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Implementing+a+service+level+agreement-a0151090784" />
  <row Id="27579" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15318" RevisionGUID="f3c6a247-af9e-4095-9193-a39c1552c17b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:46:34.670" UserId="5268" Text="I recently started using  OCS Inventory and find it quite useful.  The agent on the client regularly updates the central server, so its install and forget about it." />
  <row Id="27580" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15319" RevisionGUID="d1f7de1d-a40c-4fb2-a41c-9038a60d0b89" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:48:38.703" UserId="4881" Text="Second the recommendation to outsource.  Yes, you *could* set up and run a mailserver yourself, but that means you're the one getting the page at oh-dark-thirty when something breaks.  I like Fastmail, but there are plenty of other companies out there (e.g. Google).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to run this system in-house for some reason, Zimbra meets your requirements and my employer's instance (supported by a 24-hour NOC) works fairly well." />
  <row Id="27581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15320" RevisionGUID="a3d260b6-ee2b-4821-9c7b-9e2fb93e9979" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:48:42.713" UserId="6071" Text="I have a set of users that I want to be able to install ActiveX controls from websites. I have deployed a GPO that allows them to do this, however I still fail when it comes to UAC. The ActiveX controls install, but then require administrative priv to run.  Is there a way around this? currently I have those users in the local administrator group because its the only way I can see around it." />
  <row Id="27582" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15320" RevisionGUID="a3d260b6-ee2b-4821-9c7b-9e2fb93e9979" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:48:42.713" UserId="6071" Text="GPO, UAC, and Active X not playing nice. " />
  <row Id="27583" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15320" RevisionGUID="a3d260b6-ee2b-4821-9c7b-9e2fb93e9979" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:48:42.713" UserId="6071" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;uac&gt;" />
  <row Id="27587" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15322" RevisionGUID="e6ca5184-128c-43ee-9f4d-3c4eb385e4a3" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:55:13.433" UserId="4392" Text="I admin 75-100 servers (physical and virtual) in a 24x7x365 environment. It's a financial services company with worldwide clients, so the service itself can have no downtime. We've got 4 physical sites (2 datacenters, 2 offices) with a small userbase (around 20 users total, varying from very technical to very non-technical). There's around 40TB of SAN storage and 5 WAN links. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I feel overworked. " />
  <row Id="27588" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14217" RevisionGUID="ad88157a-2e7c-4baf-b992-f148440c9b3a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:57:18.750" UserId="3505" Comment="Ooops" Text="    diff &lt;(grep -v '^#' f1) &lt;(grep -v '^#' f2)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To avoid blank lines, and lines containing nothing but spaces, in addition to identical lines that have a single difference of added leading spaces...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    diff -b \&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;(grep -vE '^([ \t]*#|^[ \t]*$)' f1)\&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;(grep -vE '^([ \t]*#|^[ \t]*$)' f2)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By this point though, I'd probably put that into a script and write something like the original suggestion that's a little more readable." />
  <row Id="27589" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15323" RevisionGUID="ae7ba13a-da7e-4ccf-986d-30d5a0cce830" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:58:44.800" UserId="4889" Text="try having a look at serverfault.com/questions/14756/simple-wifi-authentication-system-for-small-non-profit" />
  <row Id="27590" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15323" RevisionGUID="ae7ba13a-da7e-4ccf-986d-30d5a0cce830" CreationDate="2009-05-30T01:58:44.800" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15324" RevisionGUID="c63bbacb-c238-4ca3-842a-f49f681025a4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T02:00:32.113" UserId="3437" Text="A great resource with many MSI's built already, and a huge knowledge base: [AppDeploy.com][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.appdeploy.com" />
  <row Id="27594" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15326" RevisionGUID="df273731-b45f-4732-bc8b-a1a7da4a4c41" CreationDate="2009-05-30T02:07:28.200" UserId="6080" Text="smaller than 3U - buy.&#xD;&#xA;larger than 2U - build" />
  <row Id="27595" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15327" RevisionGUID="4ceca650-a191-4e44-b754-280a5f644ef7" CreationDate="2009-05-30T02:08:27.463" Text="PrimoPDF or doPDF&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15328" RevisionGUID="3b5e3d15-4111-4b0d-a7da-2c21f1f08029" CreationDate="2009-05-30T02:15:50.430" UserId="3437" Text="Run the following commands in order:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. ipconfig /flushdns &#xD;&#xA; 1. ping google.com.&#xD;&#xA; 1. ipconfig /displaydns&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This (or something very similar) is what you should see, unless something (probably malware) is messing with your DNS resolution:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;C:\&gt;ipconfig  /flushdns&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows IP Configuration&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;C:\&gt;ping google.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pinging google.com [74.125.45.100] with 32 bytes of data:&#xD;&#xA;Reply from 74.125.45.100: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=50&#xD;&#xA;Reply from 74.125.45.100: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=50&#xD;&#xA;Reply from 74.125.45.100: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=50&#xD;&#xA;Reply from 74.125.45.100: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=50&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ping statistics for 74.125.45.100:&#xD;&#xA;    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),&#xD;&#xA;Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:&#xD;&#xA;    Minimum = 32ms, Maximum = 40ms, Average = 37ms&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;C:\&gt;ipconfig  /flushdns&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows IP Configuration&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    google.com&#xD;&#xA;    ----------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    Record Name . . . . . : google.com&#xD;&#xA;    Record Type . . . . . : 1&#xD;&#xA;    Time To Live  . . . . : 140&#xD;&#xA;    Data Length . . . . . : 4&#xD;&#xA;    Section . . . . . . . : Answer&#xD;&#xA;    A (Host) Record . . . : 209.85.171.100&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Record Name . . . . . : google.com&#xD;&#xA;    Record Type . . . . . : 1&#xD;&#xA;    Time To Live  . . . . : 140&#xD;&#xA;    Data Length . . . . . : 4&#xD;&#xA;    Section . . . . . . . : Answer&#xD;&#xA;    A (Host) Record . . . : 74.125.67.100&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Record Name . . . . . : google.com&#xD;&#xA;    Record Type . . . . . : 1&#xD;&#xA;    Time To Live  . . . . : 140&#xD;&#xA;    Data Length . . . . . : 4&#xD;&#xA;    Section . . . . . . . : Answer&#xD;&#xA;    A (Host) Record . . . : 74.125.45.100&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;C:\&gt;" />
  <row Id="27599" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15329" RevisionGUID="beeda8cf-104e-4a1f-b14a-8c5bae4d1467" CreationDate="2009-05-30T02:17:18.850" UserId="301" Text="The biggest blocker to widespread IPv6 adoption is _end user equipment_. Without the infrastructure being in place all the way to the end user, some IPv6 to IPv4 translation will be required. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15330" RevisionGUID="a150ec54-9166-4f38-bb8f-4f196484fd8c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T02:21:49.620" UserId="4881" Text=" 1. Offline drive #1.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Replace the old drive with the newer, high-capacity drive.&#xD;&#xA; 3. zpool replace the drive.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Wait for the replacement to be rebuilt.&#xD;&#xA; 5. Goto step 1 and repeat for each successive drive in the array.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may need to export and then import the zpool once this procedure is complete; the pool will then show the increased size.  No downtime is required, but if a drive does go south while you're upgrading your array, you will lose everything, as with four total disks you presumably have a 3+1 setup.  (The odds aren't that high, but Murphy never sleeps.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The system won't let me put links in a message yet (no reputation!), but you're looking for &quot;Replacing Devices in a Storage Pool&quot; in the *ZFS Administration Guide*." />
  <row Id="27602" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15331" RevisionGUID="bff57f75-846f-4669-bfab-cad76c288a14" CreationDate="2009-05-30T02:23:01.117" UserId="2631" Text="You can try pre-approving the needed ActiveX controls using ActiveX Installer Service group policy. Unfortunately, this is something that you would have to enable before you create your OS image, since it is not installed in Vista by default. As an alternative, you can enable it manually via Programs and Features -&gt; Windows Components on each workstation, but this is not feasible for a large network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Details here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc721964(WS.10).aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically you whitelist the sites that users are allowed to install ActiveX controls from, thus allowing them to install them without the UAC elevation. Maintaining a white list may seem like a tedious process, but IMHO it's much better than letting users install whatever they want. By giving them admin access you're asking for all kinds of toolbars and Bonzie Buddies to appear on your network :)." />
  <row Id="27603" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15332" RevisionGUID="7e524634-59e8-45e6-bf3b-d51bc8402e47" CreationDate="2009-05-30T02:24:35.997" UserId="6088" Text="Here's an interesting thought:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NAT may actually *help* adoption of IPV6.  The average Internet consumer, not hosting their own private services, could continue using private (RFC1918) IPV4 addresses internally while their public Internet connection transitioned to IPV6.  At least, I don't remember hearing anything to the contrary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Consider the effect of this... if we took back all the IPV4 addresses used by people just playing WoW and updating their Facebook accounts, we wouldn't have much the shortage anymore.  And, what would those users care?  Chances are, most of them never knew what their external IP was anyway.  Not to mention that it's ubiquitously dynamic, and thus already prone to change.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Meanwhile, the public services du jour (let's say, eg., Google) need to retain IPV4 addresses until the number of dotted-decimal hits dwindles down near zero.  Those guys aren't using NAT anyway.  Load-balancing, maybe, but the more commonly-referenced port-address translation A.K.A. NAT overload, which facilitates IP reduction?  Nah." />
  <row Id="27604" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="14327" RevisionGUID="04a66ac3-8db5-46d7-8b87-f9a499becf47" CreationDate="2009-05-30T02:28:46.220" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:984,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Zoredache&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:45,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;splattne&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="27608" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7449" RevisionGUID="5a1b6c23-a101-481d-9a08-524187cde599" CreationDate="2009-05-30T02:32:20.753" UserId="1840" Comment="added 34 characters in body" Text="I've actually seen worse!  I suggest you **start documenting** for rigth now, (per patch port &lt;-&gt; switch port).  Start planning the logical placement of your infrastructure and clients on your switch(es): &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Infrastructure (router/switches/servers) (switch A: ports 1-20)&#xD;&#xA;- Clients (Switch B: ports 20-40)... (Also, might want to keep VLAN memberships somewhat together)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you differentiate between clients and infrastructure (and VLAN associations), it will be much easier to just unplug and, re-wire everything.  I agree with the other posts&gt; shorter cables would be very useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**ADDITIONAL INFO**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Per your added request for details, sounds like you need to know where to begin.  Obviously, try as hard as you can to get some kind of port documentation from the previous administrator (If you're lucky!).  If that's not available, you will need to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - See if the patch panels and room ports are **labeled**, if they are then, GREAT! start documenting!&#xD;&#xA; - If the patch panels and/or room ports aren't labeled, a cable tester might come in handy: [**http://www.smarthome.com/89409/LAN-Cable-Check-Telephone-Test-Set/p.aspx**][1].  &#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good Luck m8!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.smarthome.com/89409/LAN-Cable-Check-Telephone-Test-Set/p.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://cache1.smarthome.com/images/89409.jpg" />
  <row Id="27612" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15334" RevisionGUID="751b7b9f-a1af-45df-9672-2a97babb8a62" CreationDate="2009-05-30T02:34:55.693" UserId="3505" Text="Prerequisite&#xD;&#xA;-&#xD;&#xA;To start, you'll need to be very familiar with the **[Unix FHS][1]** to start this discussion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;The Extended FHS&#xD;&#xA;-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What a colleague os mine and I have been working on is extending this standard to house vendor software (Oracle databases, Oracle application servers, Teamsite, Informatica, etc., etc.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've documented this **[here][2]**, and we've actually been very happy with it...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * It does not in any way violate the parent FHS&#xD;&#xA; * It is flexible enough to work around rigid enterprise software installs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If anyone is interested in this matter (i.e., thinks highly of following standards, and setting them where need be, and cares about maintaining a clean system where a newcomer can (almost) intuitively pick up and start walking) - I'd like to know....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * How have you managed to solve the problem?&#xD;&#xA; * If this model would work for you, and if not - why not?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My ultimate aim is to make this model something that anyone from any company can pickup and use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;Notes&#xD;&#xA;-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding the docson page...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * It's a work-in-progress, so if something is vague I apologize (and will fix it)&#xD;&#xA; * The designation of `/opt` as the choice for 3rd party is not a *must* - you can instead use `/usr/local` if you really want to, as long as it's consistent.  We just prefer `/opt`.&#xD;&#xA; * Before you ask, things such as `/etc/opt/&lt;vendor&gt;/&lt;product&gt;` and similar paths *do* have a reason for being that way, and are directly inherited from the FHS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;I look forward to your feedback, comments, constructive criticisms, suggestions, and (alright - why not -) smart-ass comments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://docson.autonomy.net.au/wiki/OperatingSystem/UNIX/FHS" />
  <row Id="27613" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15334" RevisionGUID="751b7b9f-a1af-45df-9672-2a97babb8a62" CreationDate="2009-05-30T02:34:55.693" UserId="3505" Text="Extending the FHS to house Enterprise Software" />
  <row Id="27614" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15334" RevisionGUID="751b7b9f-a1af-45df-9672-2a97babb8a62" CreationDate="2009-05-30T02:34:55.693" UserId="3505" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;fhs&gt;&lt;standards&gt;" />
  <row Id="27615" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15335" RevisionGUID="9a725b0f-4d66-4179-b3d2-8fa78ad344d0" CreationDate="2009-05-30T02:35:32.340" UserDisplayName="LukeT" Text="It would depend on your company's approach to open source.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The firewall in OpenBSD and in Linux are first-class. Support is better, and patches, upgrades are free. OpenBSD, for example, has had only 2 remote holes in their default install. I doubt any commercial OS can better that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But Cisco also make good firewalls. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(If money was no object, and the decision was up to me, I'd still go with OpenBSD.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But if your company runs only Windows servers and open source makes your managers nervous, then Cisco makes a good but expensive solution." />
  <row Id="27616" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15336" RevisionGUID="10194a5c-8320-4e4f-8e1d-f74a890d6556" CreationDate="2009-05-30T02:40:56.260" UserDisplayName="netlinxman" Text="I am currently working on publishing a series on Anycast DNS on my web.  I have two of six articles written.  One of the things I wanted to do was provide some recipes for confguring Anycast, documenting some of the pitfalls, etc... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.netlinxinc.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope it helps..." />
  <row Id="27617" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15337" RevisionGUID="c9355504-6edf-460a-bfdb-00fad52af90e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T02:44:45.300" UserId="4883" Text="If you don't know too much about it, and don't want to spend months getting it right - I'd start with smoothwall." />
  <row Id="27618" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15338" RevisionGUID="71757da0-f210-4427-8116-260bab2bf17a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T02:45:18.950" UserDisplayName="Orion Adrian" Text="I'm working with some HP printers and I'm getting the error &quot;DSS Authentication. Unexpected failure.&quot; I'm trying to locate the DSS server and trying to figure out what version the server is. Additionally I'm trying to find instructions on updating DSS server software." />
  <row Id="27619" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15338" RevisionGUID="71757da0-f210-4427-8116-260bab2bf17a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T02:45:18.950" UserDisplayName="Orion Adrian" Text="What is a DSS server for HP printers and where is it installed?" />
  <row Id="27620" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15338" RevisionGUID="71757da0-f210-4427-8116-260bab2bf17a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T02:45:18.950" UserDisplayName="Orion Adrian" Text="&lt;hp&gt;&lt;printer&gt;" />
  <row Id="27621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15339" RevisionGUID="3278a800-f9d5-48f5-91c6-f53c73f78860" CreationDate="2009-05-30T02:47:28.057" UserId="3505" Text="Can you paste in what the Apache logs say in one instance where an image is not displayed?  The first thing I'd like to know is if Apache itself sees the image-dropping as a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the 503...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTTP 503 is the standard HTTP error which just means **Service Unavailable** as you probably already know; It could be that a program (required program) has not started on the web-server, or has otherwise crashed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This one should make a clear entry in the logs of the error of what exactly went wrong - because the web server is obviously sending the 503.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think the 503 should be easier to troubleshoot than the first (missing images) problem, and may leak more info to solve the first problem too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck!" />
  <row Id="27622" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15340" RevisionGUID="4e043bfa-2347-43d6-a8fb-9d681e6ade63" CreationDate="2009-05-30T02:48:59.380" UserId="5969" Text="From a batch file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n \\server\printer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a complete article on the usage&#xD;&#xA;http://  members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterAllUsers.  htm" />
  <row Id="27623" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15341" RevisionGUID="b79f765b-4145-4044-84dd-c3a76fbecbaf" CreationDate="2009-05-30T02:53:31.897" UserId="4874" Text="I'm developing a Ruby web application, and have decided to switch to JRuby for several reasons that I'm not going to mention here. I have experience with servers such as Apache and Lighttpd, but I have no experience with Java or deploying Java-based web applications. What would be the best setup for this on the web application-side? What server choices do I have? What's different between setting up a Java-based server and, say, Apache?" />
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  <row Id="27625" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15341" RevisionGUID="b79f765b-4145-4044-84dd-c3a76fbecbaf" CreationDate="2009-05-30T02:53:31.897" UserId="4874" Text="&lt;java&gt;" />
  <row Id="27626" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15342" RevisionGUID="8b44e2a7-f284-4782-b9fc-51f115698d30" CreationDate="2009-05-30T02:56:59.643" UserId="1323" Text="I have a WebDav folder (&quot;Web Disk&quot;) set up via CPanel and mapped to a Windows XP boxes and Windows Vista boxes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the Windows XP boxes, none of the files in the WebDav folder can be opened by double-clicking and there is no **Open** right-click option. The users can copy the files out to a local folder or browse from within an application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the Windows Vista box, the files can be opened through file-type associations, but still not by double-clicking--the users must right-click on the directories and select &quot;Open&quot;. Even at that, only certain applications appear to be &quot;WebDav-aware&quot;. For example, Adobe Reader will not open files from a WebDav location via file-type association (only by browsing from within the application).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there some fundamental issue with the WebDav configuration or is this the best one can hope for?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27627" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15342" RevisionGUID="8b44e2a7-f284-4782-b9fc-51f115698d30" CreationDate="2009-05-30T02:56:59.643" UserId="1323" Text="WebDav files cannot be opened, only copied" />
  <row Id="27628" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15342" RevisionGUID="8b44e2a7-f284-4782-b9fc-51f115698d30" CreationDate="2009-05-30T02:56:59.643" UserId="1323" Text="&lt;webdav&gt;" />
  <row Id="27629" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15343" RevisionGUID="67316688-2327-47ad-9862-e7babbdd20bf" CreationDate="2009-05-30T02:57:22.793" UserId="5969" Text="Which client and server operating systems are your looking to support / manage ?" />
  <row Id="27630" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15344" RevisionGUID="13b8db5b-ffb4-46ee-867f-7a651076cab4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T03:00:49.527" UserDisplayName="Spatacoli" Text="You also need to consider the risk that the SSD's have a shorter lifetime than hard drives. A good benchmark on hard drives is look at the warrantee. A good server hard drive will be 5 years, most SSD's are 1 year. The reason for the shorter lifespan is the SSD cells will wear out eventually (you only get so many write cycles). Although most drives have firmware that evenly divides where the data is stored to increase the lifespan by spreading the love across all the cells." />
  <row Id="27631" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15345" RevisionGUID="b0a380bf-fa26-433a-a044-b56c371d583c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T03:04:12.453" UserDisplayName="Spatacoli" Text="You could try to just disconnect the Ethernet cable while booting and then reconnect once the machine has booted." />
  <row Id="27632" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15341" RevisionGUID="f7c3d870-3e8a-4a9f-a798-024a8c083ea7" CreationDate="2009-05-30T03:06:27.130" UserId="4874" Comment="added 77 characters in body" Text="I'm developing a Ruby web application, and have decided to switch to JRuby for several reasons that I'm not going to mention here. I have experience with servers such as Apache and Lighttpd, but I have no experience with Java or deploying Java-based web applications. What would be the best setup for this on the web application-side? What server choices do I have? What's different between setting up a Java-based server and, say, Apache?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In other words, how do I get started? Thanks for helping out a newbie. ;)" />
  <row Id="27633" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15340" RevisionGUID="8fdcc90a-4771-4083-8a43-3ee72d304139" CreationDate="2009-05-30T03:08:22.693" UserId="984" Comment="fixed link and formatting" Text="From a batch file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n \\server\printer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a complete article on the usage:&#xD;&#xA;[http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterAllUsers.htm][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterAllUsers.htm" />
  <row Id="27634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15346" RevisionGUID="6a12b66a-ee54-4024-9e5e-49b167bc1ba7" CreationDate="2009-05-30T03:14:29.313" UserId="5391" Text="Additionally, you can install printers through Group Policy if you are using Windows XP or later and have installed the Group Policy Client Side Preferences on your clients (see kb943729).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't have Windows 2008 domain controllers, you will need a Vista SP1 client or Windows 2008 server with RSAT installed in order to setup client side preferences through the Group Policy management console." />
  <row Id="27635" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15331" RevisionGUID="4845c491-143a-4272-b0ab-44eac05186d8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T03:18:21.177" UserId="984" Comment="added link" Text="You can try pre-approving the needed ActiveX controls using ActiveX Installer Service group policy. Unfortunately, this is something that you would have to enable before you create your OS image, since it is not installed in Vista by default. As an alternative, you can enable it manually via Programs and Features -&gt; Windows Components on each workstation, but this is not feasible for a large network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Details here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc721964(WS.10).aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically you whitelist the sites that users are allowed to install ActiveX controls from, thus allowing them to install them without the UAC elevation. Maintaining a white list may seem like a tedious process, but IMHO it's much better than letting users install whatever they want. By giving them admin access you're asking for all kinds of toolbars and Bonzie Buddies to appear on your network :).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc721964(WS.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="27636" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15341" RevisionGUID="ed1f6872-be72-4e74-96ed-bf84bccb5fde" CreationDate="2009-05-30T03:20:55.243" UserId="4874" Comment="added 198 characters in body; edited tags" Text="I'm developing a Ruby web application, and have decided to switch to JRuby for several reasons that I'm not going to mention here. I have experience with servers such as Apache and Lighttpd, but I have no experience with Java or deploying Java-based web applications. What would be the best setup for this on the web application-side? What server choices do I have? What's different between setting up a Java-based server and, say, Apache?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In other words, how do I get started? Thanks for helping out a newbie. ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS: I don't know if it makes a difference since Java is cross-platform, but my development machine runs Vista, so it would be great if I could also use the same setup on Windows for development." />
  <row Id="27637" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15341" RevisionGUID="ed1f6872-be72-4e74-96ed-bf84bccb5fde" CreationDate="2009-05-30T03:20:55.243" UserId="4874" Comment="added 198 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;java&gt;&lt;deployment&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="27638" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15347" RevisionGUID="e1bf93fb-fd39-4e05-954e-e8f10f708fc2" CreationDate="2009-05-30T03:23:46.390" UserId="6104" Text="I've been using TrendMicro OfficeScan for 6 or 7 years, and have been very happy with it.  I've had no true infections.  The management console is web based and isn't the greatest, but it works." />
  <row Id="27639" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15347" RevisionGUID="e1bf93fb-fd39-4e05-954e-e8f10f708fc2" CreationDate="2009-05-30T03:23:46.390" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27640" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15348" RevisionGUID="4415ca96-15bf-455f-b7d3-9749b2cf0731" CreationDate="2009-05-30T03:24:48.637" UserId="5391" Text="To verify a disk i/o issue, you will want to start by monitoring the Logical Disk/Current Disk Queue Length on each drive in perfmon.  This should generally stay at zero unless you have multiple processes accessing the disk.  Excessive I/O or poor disk performance will increase the queue length.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you verify an i/o issue, use something like Filemon or ProcessMonitor for Microsoft (Sysinternals) to see what process is causing the activity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do not see a process corresponding to the i/o then it may be a page file/memory issue.  Go back to perfmon and add the Memory/Pages per second.  This will show the how frequently a process has to go to disk to page memory in to RAM.  If this is holding above zero, then you need more memory or an application has a memory leak.  To find the memory leak, use the Process/Pages per second to see which process is forcing the pages." />
  <row Id="27643" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15350" RevisionGUID="6460d420-eee0-45fe-abbc-17513dc0f844" CreationDate="2009-05-30T03:26:16.090" UserId="4883" Text="I'm running redmine (a RoR app) on my server using passenger / Apache 2.2. Passenger and ruby are using way too much memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a more memory effective way to run redmine/ruby? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I only need to support a half dozen redmine users. I want to continue to use Apache, but I'm open to all suggestions that aren't &quot;use nginx/lighttpd&quot; instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(The following data is from a 512MB VPS, so Ruby is using more than 128MB just for redmine)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    user ....... %mem   ....... process&#xD;&#xA;    -----------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    www-data ... 13.6   0:00.65 ruby1.8&#xD;&#xA;    www-data ... 12.2   0:04.86 ruby1.8&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    www-data ...  9.4   0:04.15 apache2&#xD;&#xA;    www-data ...  9.0   0:13.94 apache2&#xD;&#xA;    www-data ...  3.2   0:00.27 apache2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    root     ...  2.5   0:00.23 apache2 &#xD;&#xA;    root     ...  1.9   0:01.19 ruby1.8 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, what's better for me than Passenger?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for your thoughts!!" />
  <row Id="27644" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15350" RevisionGUID="6460d420-eee0-45fe-abbc-17513dc0f844" CreationDate="2009-05-30T03:26:16.090" UserId="4883" Text="Running Ruby on Rails App on Apache + Passenger == to much memory" />
  <row Id="27645" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15350" RevisionGUID="6460d420-eee0-45fe-abbc-17513dc0f844" CreationDate="2009-05-30T03:26:16.090" UserId="4883" Text="&lt;ruby&gt;&lt;rails&gt;&lt;passenger&gt;&lt;redmine&gt;&lt;vps&gt;" />
  <row Id="27646" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15351" RevisionGUID="c940e9e3-adaa-4b19-aeb3-26d04ce54e63" CreationDate="2009-05-30T03:34:15.777" UserId="5969" Text="Have you tried a different username and password ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you also please post the security log from the server / workstation. That would help in figuring out the issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also check out this post on these type of errors:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://  x-security.blogspot.com/2009/04/trobleshoot-user-account-lockout.  html" />
  <row Id="27647" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15330" RevisionGUID="b1aed084-4963-4b56-bcbd-d658de570827" CreationDate="2009-05-30T03:34:51.190" UserId="4881" Comment="put in hyperlinks to ZFS documentation" Text=" 1. Offline drive #1.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Replace the old drive with the newer, high-capacity drive.&#xD;&#xA; 3. zpool replace the drive.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Wait for the replacement to be rebuilt.&#xD;&#xA; 5. Goto step 1 and repeat for each successive drive in the array.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may need to export and then import the zpool once this procedure is complete; the pool will then show the increased size.  No downtime is required, but if a drive does go south while you're upgrading your array, you will lose everything, as with four total disks you presumably have a 3+1 setup.  (The odds aren't that high, but Murphy never sleeps.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The official source: [&quot;Replacing Devices in a Storage Pool&quot;][1] in the *[ZFS Administration Guide][2]*.  The [ZFS Best Practices Guide][3] is also useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-5461/gazgd?a=view&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-5461&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Best_Practices_Guide#Storage_Pools" />
  <row Id="27648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15352" RevisionGUID="5d9b2472-5d1a-4488-bd01-6a42efbde80b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T03:39:34.487" UserId="6095" Text="Building can be worth the risk at the very low end, 2 - 4 servers colo'd with &quot;this guy I know&quot;, and at the really high end where you are running all custom code in all custom datacenters (google, top-tier hpc) or just have cheap nocmonkey labor laying around.   Nearly everywhere in between its professional malpractice to build.  There's more reasons than I could probably fit in the character limit of this post, but they really all boil down to this: are you in the business of competing on the best price/performance/compatibility tradeoffs of a ~dozen part x86 server system, or are you in some other business?  Spend your time on  your actual business.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15353" RevisionGUID="7b08f036-78ab-481c-af0e-0eb1f4f6b020" CreationDate="2009-05-30T03:43:16.743" UserId="5969" Text="I will second Google Apps for Domains. I have deployed them at two client sites and it works great! It is free for up to 100 users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;google.com/apps/intl/en/business/index. html" />
  <row Id="27650" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15354" RevisionGUID="f7c0cf50-bbae-4170-a726-57d32c4e4782" CreationDate="2009-05-30T03:43:53.403" UserId="4881" Text="Yes — but don't forget to test that your backups still work after a round-trip to the off-site location.  If data can't be retrieved from the backup, it's not a backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Cue apocryphal-but-probably-happened-somewhere story of the heated car seat completely frakking up a backup tape.)" />
  <row Id="27651" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15354" RevisionGUID="f7c0cf50-bbae-4170-a726-57d32c4e4782" CreationDate="2009-05-30T03:43:53.403" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27654" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15341" RevisionGUID="d55dc2dd-7fb6-4490-8cd2-acd6f8632d27" CreationDate="2009-05-30T03:46:29.543" UserId="4874" Comment="added 72 characters in body" Text="**Background:** I'm developing a Ruby web application, and have decided to switch to JRuby for several reasons that I'm not going to mention here. I have experience with servers such as Apache and Lighttpd, but I have no experience with Java or deploying Java-based web applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What would be the best setup for a JRuby web application in terms of server software? (And whatever else I might need.) What server choices do I have? What's different between setting up a Java-based server and, say, Apache? In other words, how do I get started?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for helping out a newbie. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS: I don't know if it makes a difference since Java is cross-platform, but my development machine runs Vista, so it would be great if I could also use the same setup on Windows for development." />
  <row Id="27655" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15356" RevisionGUID="5a723c8e-556a-4c60-87d3-36a330f49a60" CreationDate="2009-05-30T03:51:26.243" UserId="4733" Text="We use a table that I created using Excel that is identical to the patch panel and the switches/hubs.  We printed the table and taped it to the wall next to each rack.  Its simple, but it works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To determine the location of each port on the patch panel (when I first moved in) we bought a $200 network test kit that has definitely paid for itself.   " />
  <row Id="27656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15357" RevisionGUID="63df50e3-63ca-49b4-bcd2-b955f9b083e1" CreationDate="2009-05-30T03:55:19.853" UserId="4629" Text="I run Microsoft windows on a few of my machines. I don't know if many people know about this issue in the OS but you can't have very long filenames, from what I know Linux can have longer names, I have never run into this issue on my Linux machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway I run into issues whenever copying folders &amp; files to backup drives. I manually backup of my data, finding and changing names of files, this is very very tedious.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a software tool to shorten folders or filenames that are found to be to long on Windows?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have drive image duplication software which does the job but in a way that I don't like, plus moving files can become a hassle at times if the names are too long to copy." />
  <row Id="27657" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15357" RevisionGUID="63df50e3-63ca-49b4-bcd2-b955f9b083e1" CreationDate="2009-05-30T03:55:19.853" UserId="4629" Text="MS Windows issue - &quot;Filename or extension is too long&quot;" />
  <row Id="27658" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15357" RevisionGUID="63df50e3-63ca-49b4-bcd2-b955f9b083e1" CreationDate="2009-05-30T03:55:19.853" UserId="4629" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;filename&gt;" />
  <row Id="27659" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15358" RevisionGUID="f3165c38-6a69-4f1c-b099-9bc5cdaf8c36" CreationDate="2009-05-30T03:55:54.470" UserId="5391" Text="This isn't necessarily database related, but things I like to add to an interview are  hands-on problem solving and a design scenario.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the hands-on issue, have a system or systems that the person can access and have them troubleshoot an open ended issue.  My personal favorites here are performance issues, as it not necessicarily something that can be reproduced on demand for an interview and there is rarely one correct answer.  Instead, you can watch the candidate run through their troubleshooting process and they will also need to open a discussion with you to get further information about the environment.  The key is to for the interviewer to be honest about the problem and not turn the scenario into an easter egg hunt for the one misconfigured setting or something like that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the design scenario, I give the candidate a general outline of a new project (i.e. no legacy dependencies) and ask them to come up with a general design in their particular area (whether DBA, systems or network) that meets the project goals. The key is to keep the project small enough that someone could keep the whole scenario in their head and it doesn't take more than a few minutes to explain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An example I use here for my systems and network people is to describe their design for a small branch office being set up, given certain constraints of our business.  On the DBA side, maybe use a small/obvious CRUD application.  In either case, you aren't looking for a detailed design but more of an overview and see if the candidate looks for the common problems that come up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The important point for both of these scenarios is to open a discussion on the topic, and let the candidate lead the discussion with their own questions.  It should be clear that you are not asking for an exact answer to either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you can imaging, I greatly dislike trivia in interviews, and I think this gives me a much deeper understanding of the candidates abilities." />
  <row Id="27660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15359" RevisionGUID="08a1243c-43b2-4ed9-a060-6e37e5acf266" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:02:45.487" UserId="4733" Text="I believe scalix supports .pst's.  This may or may not be important to you. " />
  <row Id="27661" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15360" RevisionGUID="efa76361-f558-4b5f-be30-1cdb802669e8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:03:29.977" UserId="6116" Text="Yes, good backup, especially if you can get nice fast eSata or otherwise fast external drives.  But even USB drives will work, only slower." />
  <row Id="27662" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15360" RevisionGUID="efa76361-f558-4b5f-be30-1cdb802669e8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:03:29.977" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27663" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15361" RevisionGUID="ac306c41-ec00-4e82-9e72-6c107ecadd42" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:07:04.930" UserId="5391" Text="An unmanaged switch needs the clients to be configured at auto/auto (speed/duplex) unless the manual calls for something different (which is extremely rare these days).  If the switch and clients are both rated at 100mbit/full but are negotiating at something lower, then you have a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would start first by moving the clients between ports to see if the problem travels between ports or stays at a particular port.  If it stays, then the switch port is bad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the problem travels, then try replacing the cable or putting a different client on the cable to see where the problem is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the above troubleshooting ends up with random results then you are back to a bad switch or you have some external interference (like cable running over fluorescent light ballasts)." />
  <row Id="27664" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15362" RevisionGUID="b8288f43-4609-4fa2-92a6-abc8c1fe04bf" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:08:26.537" UserId="6116" Text="I second dsully's programmatic approach for testing directories and adding paths.  Also, when I add `$dir` to `$PATH`, I normally add `$dir/../man` to `$MANPATH` (if it exists)." />
  <row Id="27665" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15363" RevisionGUID="e48a5613-3980-44a3-937c-b2b2f594c755" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:09:30.620" UserId="6104" Text="I've been using Untangle (a linux distro from www.untangle.com) which has OpenVPN as a built-in option.  It also has many other great features.  You would setup an Untangle box on each end and build a tunnel between the two." />
  <row Id="27666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15364" RevisionGUID="10531ac8-19fd-4e30-923b-94985a65dc7d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:10:20.027" UserId="3422" Text="We use Sophos Enterprise Edition and it works brilliantly for us, granted we're relatively small (~120 desktops) but it basically runs itself - as long as your desktop permissions are set correctly, it will remotely deploy itself to new machines and take care of business from there.  We also install the standalone version on the PCs of any staff who are remoting back into the office from home (a free perk of having the enterprise version)." />
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  <row Id="27668" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15365" RevisionGUID="975797f1-d334-4605-96e0-30edc010f4bd" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:11:23.097" UserDisplayName="anon" Text="What are your favorite command line aliases (bash/sh/tcsh) aliases?  Here are a few of mine.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;alias lsr='ls -lrt'&#xD;&#xA;alias gon='cd $HOME/Notes'&#xD;&#xA;alias devdb='mysql -h dev --user=x --password=secret dbname'&#xD;&#xA;alias ec='rm *~'; # emacs cleanup&#xD;&#xA;alias h='history'&#xD;&#xA;alias eb='exec bash'; # Solaris sometimes defaults to sh&#xD;&#xA;alias mr='more'&#xD;&#xA;alias mroe='more'&#xD;&#xA;alias qd='echo export DISPLAY=$DISPLAY'&#xD;&#xA;alias ralias='. $HOME/.alias'; # reread aliases&#xD;&#xA;alias ,,='cd ../..'&#xD;&#xA;alias ..='cd ..'&#xD;&#xA;alias c='clear'&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27669" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15365" RevisionGUID="975797f1-d334-4605-96e0-30edc010f4bd" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:11:23.097" UserDisplayName="anon" Text="Favorite Unix command line aliases?" />
  <row Id="27670" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15365" RevisionGUID="975797f1-d334-4605-96e0-30edc010f4bd" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:11:23.097" UserDisplayName="anon" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="27671" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15366" RevisionGUID="d33e2934-ab7a-4aff-a82f-957bb6582447" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:12:33.593" UserId="6108" Text="I'd generally start at getting more specifics from users. &#xD;&#xA;What exactly is that which is not working fast? Even if you get back &quot;everything&quot; try to identify at least one specific case, transaction, job, ... something to hang on and trace. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then trace it through Oracle (for example trace 10046 if it is not too complex), check what server resources are used (which tables, on which disks ...), find out where time is spent, ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my experience when I saw 100% busy disks in `iostat -znx 3`, it was either oracle badly configured or an un-optimal execution plan doing full table scans or such.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other way is looking at what data is on busy disks (tablespaces or redo or what?), then look for either IO expensive transactions or long ops or something.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW - did you recalculate statistics and such when you moved to the new server? Oracle's dynamic optimizer is a bitch in both senses.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27675" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14542" RevisionGUID="4e2b108f-2f23-4f31-ab37-b4ee8f440161" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:14:11.047" UserId="5220" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="I installed WSS 3.0 as part of Search Server Express 2008 installation package, and used SQL Server 2005 Standard as backend database,  all of them in one server.&#xD;&#xA;What's the best backup strategy for me? I've already upload a lot of document in the site Document Library. Is it enough to just backup the database? Can I use stsadm backup on a large data (almost 100 gigs)?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27676" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15368" RevisionGUID="24e8d297-7e1c-4d2f-9a2c-7b002cc199d1" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:15:03.060" UserId="2052" Text="Often you can zip the files into an archive to get around the length limitation when moving deep / long name file structures from one machine to another." />
  <row Id="27677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15369" RevisionGUID="3fcf865d-632a-496e-9daa-7f1b94c1fe16" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:19:53.157" UserId="3422" Text="We've just started using &quot;Servers Alive&quot; which is very inexpensive, it isn't too pretty looking, but it supports a tonne of different checks and can alert in several ways, handles technician scheduling/rosters etc for any notifications.  You can also make checks rely on others, i.e. &quot;this&quot; system requires &quot;that&quot; to be up/running." />
  <row Id="27678" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15369" RevisionGUID="3fcf865d-632a-496e-9daa-7f1b94c1fe16" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:19:53.157" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27679" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15370" RevisionGUID="1cf28c2a-fddd-46fb-8ed5-757a575a11bc" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:22:13.560" UserId="6108" Text="Trace the execution in oracle and probably you'll see your workstation fetching small chunks of data and adding up latency fast.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The solution may be to fetch results in bulk, like done here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Resolving Oracle Contention in TOAD; look on toadworld, search for&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    http://www.toadworld.com/Experts/GuyHarrisonsImprovingOraclePerformance/ResolvingOracleContention/May2008OracleNetworkContention/tabid/374/Default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(sorry, can't add hyperlinks)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27680" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15371" RevisionGUID="d0abe1dd-9a08-46c6-a739-86fecbca5379" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:23:29.000" UserId="6115" Text="I agree with Flo's points and the key is what are you using the VMs for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The major problem we have with running ESX and ESXi on blades is storage capacity and disk i/o. Most blades can support two local HDD and have RAID1 or RAID0. Depending on your disk space and i/o requirements a blade may not be the best choice. If you already have a SAN in place then these two points aren't valid, but if your budget doesn't allow for that then consider a traditional rackmount or tower type server where you can add RAID cards and gobs of disk for cheap.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15372" RevisionGUID="590c3f7d-4848-4103-b681-1a872aabea09" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:24:06.130" UserId="6095" Text="One of the things that often confused me in understanding &quot;anycast&quot; is that while its a highlevel term, practical-implementation wise it usually boils down to two examples:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.) advertising the same ip block via multiple AS paths as a rough way of directing users to  a &quot;closer&quot; site.  At the same time it provides for nearly transparent failover to the other sites by just retracting the routes from a troubled site.  This can be useful for nearly any protocol, though obviously it raises lots of backend data synchronization concerns.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.) advertising the same service ip from multiple points within your own network (static, ospf, eigrp, whatever).  If they're weighted differently it acts as a failover mechanism. If the routes are weighted evenly it can take advantage of the per-packet or per-flow loadbalancing capabilities of most name-brand-vendor routers. You have to be careful the application layer protocol is comfortable with this, thats why you almost always hear of it used with dns where a request is always one packet and everything is stateless.  Personally, I view this as a hacky intrusion of application layer concerns into the network layer when a combination of dns and proper loadbalancers will almost always be a better solution." />
  <row Id="27682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15373" RevisionGUID="48d57cf5-c414-4021-94fa-2d6132180d92" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:28:09.647" UserId="6125" Text="on Linux ionice let's you prioritize IO, but falls somewhat short.  there's [dm-ioband][1] which should be a lot more powerful; but i still don't feel comfortable with the docs....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://people.valinux.co.jp/~ryov/dm-ioband/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27683" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15374" RevisionGUID="054a6f26-a89b-4c38-8673-054ad11f3126" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:28:26.433" UserId="4191" Text="Are you using ruby enterprise?&#xD;&#xA;http://www.rubyenterpriseedition.com/" />
  <row Id="27684" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15375" RevisionGUID="9492eca6-b693-4695-a77c-47d53f6ea1d0" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:30:25.070" UserId="6115" Text="Take a look at Centrify's DirectControl product." />
  <row Id="27685" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15376" RevisionGUID="753a8b2f-1b99-4f10-8f0a-e345424cd4a1" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:32:17.143" UserId="6125" Text="WebDAV isn't a filesharing protocol. it only adds a couple of extra verbs to good old HTTP, which is a file transfer protocol.  Think of it as a more modern FTP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's possible to fake a full filesystem on top of that, but the windows 'web folders' are not this, they're only a thin veil of 'explorer-ness' over a transfer protocol." />
  <row Id="27686" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15377" RevisionGUID="e15c7a7e-da96-49a9-bef3-23b484443c83" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:35:06.637" UserId="919" Text="&lt;pre&gt;jldugger@jldugger:~ $ alias &#xD;&#xA;alias ls='ls --color=auto'&#xD;&#xA;alias youtube-dl='youtube-dl -t&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="27687" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15378" RevisionGUID="4e8907f1-bb87-4acd-9e54-e51c40ad7d64" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:37:09.223" UserId="6130" Text="Use Auto.&#xD;&#xA;If you force full duplex and the switch doesn't support it, you'll get a lot of late collisions on that link, which will slow you down.&#xD;&#xA;If you suspect problems you can try forcing half-duplex on all clients/ports, which means each link only works in one direction at a time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Auto-detecting ports  often choose wrongly when the other end can only do 10Mbps Half Duplex. If you have such beasts, then make sure the other end knows it, ie forced 10Mbps HD to match." />
  <row Id="27688" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15379" RevisionGUID="dbb951b3-b77c-421d-ad44-269afe0db78c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:37:57.270" UserId="3324" Text="Is it possible to change the IP Address for the Internal network interface on RRAS?  And if so how do I do it?  I would like my VPN address range to be different than my local network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I am having problems with some machines trying to use this internal IP address for services.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a Windows Home Server (Windows 2003) with SQLExpress 2005, IIS, RRAS for VPN support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When trying to connect to connect to the SQL service soem of my workstation try to use the &quot;Internal&quot; interface instead of the &quot;Local Area Connection&quot; interface." />
  <row Id="27689" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15379" RevisionGUID="dbb951b3-b77c-421d-ad44-269afe0db78c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:37:57.270" UserId="3324" Text="How do you change the internal ip address on RRAS?" />
  <row Id="27690" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15379" RevisionGUID="dbb951b3-b77c-421d-ad44-269afe0db78c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:37:57.270" UserId="3324" Text="&lt;rras&gt;&lt;whs&gt;&lt;win2k3&gt;" />
  <row Id="27691" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15254" RevisionGUID="e7a8767c-760d-4dd1-921d-51e69a9beee3" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:38:23.853" UserId="919" Comment="added 19 characters in body" Text="IT is full of heroics; many of us carry a paging device, like Batman waiting in his cave for the Bat Signal. What's a fair compensation for on-call schedules? Is it acceptable to handle emergency requests on weekends or vacations?" />
  <row Id="27692" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15380" RevisionGUID="5bbe05e2-b4de-451b-b16c-08d336b9ca95" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:38:26.913" UserId="6129" Text="I know that WPA/WPA2 encryption is a pretty good safeguard against snooping by people outside a wireless network. But can someone in the network (i.e. who has been given the shared key) monitor/intercept the traffic (e.g. plain http browsing) of another user on the same network?" />
  <row Id="27693" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15380" RevisionGUID="5bbe05e2-b4de-451b-b16c-08d336b9ca95" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:38:26.913" UserId="6129" Text="Can two users on an 802.11n network with WPA/WPA2 intercept each other's traffic?" />
  <row Id="27694" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15380" RevisionGUID="5bbe05e2-b4de-451b-b16c-08d336b9ca95" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:38:26.913" UserId="6129" Text="&lt;wireless-network&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;wpa&gt;" />
  <row Id="27695" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15381" RevisionGUID="26395421-f3ad-43db-9c62-40528b08c18b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:38:39.610" UserId="5391" Text="Our solutions is to use the [Microsoft Virtual Server][1] option to Symantec Backup Exec 12.5.  Not only can you do &quot;online&quot; backups of your Hyper-V servers, but you can do individual file restores from within the guest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://eval.symantec.com/mktginfo/enterprise/other_resources/b-solution_brief-bews12.5_agent_ms_virtual_servers_09-2008.en-us.pdf" />
  <row Id="27696" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9181" RevisionGUID="0c828bc1-91ea-426a-9961-befd1ffad7bf" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:39:02.403" UserId="658" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;&lt;virtualbox&gt;" />
  <row Id="27697" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15382" RevisionGUID="fe787da5-14d9-47cd-a9b5-395524e86ba9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:40:39.480" UserId="6104" Text="Untangle (a linux distro from www.untangle.com) running on a relatively new box (dual core with 1GB RAM) is a great option." />
  <row Id="27698" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15383" RevisionGUID="634cd369-6ca4-4538-a8f9-860cdaeb4b16" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:41:34.347" UserId="6132" Text="For Windows: Admin Arsenal (but that's a given in that we own the product)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Unix - IBM Tivoli&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27699" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15383" RevisionGUID="634cd369-6ca4-4538-a8f9-860cdaeb4b16" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:41:34.347" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27700" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15379" RevisionGUID="511a8cb5-95fd-47bd-bb5a-90c56868c70a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:44:40.223" UserId="3324" Comment="added 166 characters in body; edited title; edited tags" Text="How do I configure RRAS to use a differnet network segment than my local network? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to change the IP Address for the Internal network interface on RRAS?  And if so how do I do it?  I would like my VPN address range to be different than my local network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I am having problems with some machines trying to use this internal IP address for services.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a Windows Home Server (Windows 2003) with SQLExpress 2005, IIS, RRAS for VPN support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When trying to connect to connect to the SQL service soem of my workstation try to use the &quot;Internal&quot; interface instead of the &quot;Local Area Connection&quot; interface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Local network is 192.168.2.0/24&#xD;&#xA;I would like the VPN to be 192.168.254.0/24" />
  <row Id="27701" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="15379" RevisionGUID="511a8cb5-95fd-47bd-bb5a-90c56868c70a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:44:40.223" UserId="3324" Comment="added 166 characters in body; edited title; edited tags" Text="How do you configure RRAS to use a different network segment for the VPN?" />
  <row Id="27702" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15384" RevisionGUID="962ec508-c426-4d94-962c-82563dbe8ffa" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:45:39.080" UserId="4874" Text="Either use [Ruby Enterprise Edition](http://www.rubyenterpriseedition.com/) (recommended with Passenger), or use Ruby 1.9, which is also [loads faster](http://rubychan.de/share/yarv_speedups.html)." />
  <row Id="27703" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15379" RevisionGUID="511a8cb5-95fd-47bd-bb5a-90c56868c70a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:44:40.223" UserId="3324" Comment="added 166 characters in body; edited title; edited tags" Text="&lt;rras&gt;&lt;whs&gt;&lt;win2k3&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="27704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15385" RevisionGUID="721a953e-0938-401f-9a3d-6b8dcc3927c3" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:48:11.197" UserId="6127" Text="    alias perg='grep -rni --exclude=\*.svn\*'&#xD;&#xA;    alias df='df -kTh'&#xD;&#xA;    alias ll=&quot;ls -l --group-directories-first&quot;" />
  <row Id="27705" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15386" RevisionGUID="e7436113-4807-4277-83ca-e1e60db09d73" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:48:22.930" UserId="5391" Text="As we replacing our existing WEP infrastructure across multiple offices, we are weighing the value of upgrading to WPA versus WPA2 (both PSK).  We have several different types of devices that do **not** support WPA2, so moving to that protocol has additional costs involved.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I would like to know is what are the threats to WPA-PSK wireless networks?  With that information, we will be able to balance the upgrade costs versus security threats." />
  <row Id="27706" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15386" RevisionGUID="e7436113-4807-4277-83ca-e1e60db09d73" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:48:22.930" UserId="5391" Text="Security considerations of WPA versus WPA2?" />
  <row Id="27707" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15386" RevisionGUID="e7436113-4807-4277-83ca-e1e60db09d73" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:48:22.930" UserId="5391" Text="&lt;wireless-network&gt;&lt;wpa&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="27709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15388" RevisionGUID="236d14d6-3762-4a88-80c1-22b22e63b6d4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:50:11.227" UserId="1736" Text="    alias cdd='cd /wherever/my/current/project/is'" />
  <row Id="27712" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15390" RevisionGUID="83fb2908-7e49-4bf2-aaa1-20e2705729e0" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:52:11.423" UserId="4757" Text="These are for zsh, but I imagine you could port them to another shell reasonably easily:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo() { [[ $1 == (vi|vim) ]] &amp;&amp; shift &amp;&amp; sudoedit &quot;$@&quot; || command sudo &quot;$@&quot;; } # sudo vi/vim =&gt; sudoedit&#xD;&#xA;    wst() { TZ=Australia/Perth date } # get local time no matter what server I'm on&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    FULLHOST=`hostname -f` 2&gt;/dev/null || FULLHOST=`hostname` # reasonably portable, always gets a DHCP suffix too (if one exists)&#xD;&#xA;    SHORTHOST=`echo $FULLHOST | cut -d. -f1-2` # get the first two segments of hostname, which I used in my shell prompt" />
  <row Id="27713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15391" RevisionGUID="9299a7f8-d717-4b50-b8bb-4f9aff49b21a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:52:54.637" UserId="6071" Text="    alias ls=&quot;ls --color=auto -A -h -i -s --group-directories-first -l&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias screen=&quot;screen -U&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias sscreen=&quot;~/Projects/bin/start_screen.sh&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias gst='git status'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gl='git pull'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gp='git push'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gd='git diff | emacs'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gc='git commit -v'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gca='git commit -v -a'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gb='git branch'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gba='git branch -a'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15392" RevisionGUID="8aa9c8cb-dde3-44e1-bed9-269e614d1e5f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:53:13.277" UserId="3459" Text="You can configure Perfmon to trigger commands when certain thresholds are met, so as DLux suggested monitor the Current Disk Queue Length and if it hits 3 or 4 set it to trigger a batch file.  The batch file could trigger a utility like filemon which can log all the files accessed by the system and that should give a better of idea of what the system is accessing.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27715" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15393" RevisionGUID="77e192ce-f682-4821-99d0-baacee2875ee" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:54:29.983" UserDisplayName="anon" Text="I'm a fan of the fish protocol using konqueror (fish://user@host) on Linux.  Can I set up the same thing on the Mac?  Ideally, having it integrated with the Finder would be great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27716" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15393" RevisionGUID="77e192ce-f682-4821-99d0-baacee2875ee" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:54:29.983" UserDisplayName="anon" Text="fish protocol on Macintosh?" />
  <row Id="27717" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15393" RevisionGUID="77e192ce-f682-4821-99d0-baacee2875ee" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:54:29.983" UserDisplayName="anon" Text="&lt;mac&gt;" />
  <row Id="27718" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15380" RevisionGUID="c37d8bb1-baf8-4956-b366-a430ebf151f2" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:55:59.217" UserId="6129" Comment="added 142 characters in body" Text="I know that WPA/WPA2 encryption is a pretty good safeguard against snooping by people outside a wireless network. But can someone in the network (i.e. who has been given the shared key) monitor/intercept the traffic (e.g. plain http browsing) of another user on the same network?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**: additional scenario: Alice is on wireless; Bob is connected via ethernet cable to the router. Can Alice intercept Bob's traffic?" />
  <row Id="27719" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15394" RevisionGUID="7fbb56dd-841f-435f-9e18-d71309088513" CreationDate="2009-05-30T04:59:18.977" UserId="3528" Text="DSS stands for HP Digital Sending Software.  You can download a demo copy here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=T1936AADEMO&#xD;&#xA;Some product info can be found here:&#xD;&#xA;http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/pscmisc/vac/us/en/en/network_software/dss_overview_new.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's used by multi function printers to scan docs to various network locations (folders, faxes, emails)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should be able to find the server with a WMI query across your domain for installed software." />
  <row Id="27720" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15395" RevisionGUID="a39e4aa0-b5e7-46c5-8db0-ec36c0c49606" CreationDate="2009-05-30T05:00:10.690" UserId="3324" Text="I found it...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In &quot;Routing and Remote Access&quot; right click on the server, click &quot;Properties&quot;, go to the &quot;IP&quot; tab and then enter information for a &quot;Static Address Pool&quot;" />
  <row Id="27721" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15396" RevisionGUID="12a8070f-813b-4b21-871b-c5bdedd430c5" CreationDate="2009-05-30T05:01:14.370" UserDisplayName="Ray Tayek" Text="alias t=&quot;rlog -L -l -R RCS/*&quot;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15397" RevisionGUID="28c7a46c-06ce-4f11-be81-a4ccfb023703" CreationDate="2009-05-30T05:06:47.447" UserId="6136" Text="No they can't. WPA/WPA2 provides different per session key for data encryption. PSK start with the same passphrase, however each station is given different key for unicast traffic. The only traffic you will see(or decrypt) through sniffer is broadcast packet. So the situation is same as you sniffer traffic when you are connected to wire switch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;q2) No. alice is not able to intercept." />
  <row Id="27723" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15398" RevisionGUID="9163fcfd-b2fb-4140-b1f8-f8b8e896cb68" CreationDate="2009-05-30T05:07:22.640" UserId="6139" Text="As for whether a wired user can get the traffic, it's complicated. If Bob is passively eavesdropping on a switched port, he won't see much in normal operation. If the wireless and wired networks are one ethernet segment, and the ARP tables in the switching part of the router overflow and it starts broadcasting everything to everyone, then Bob will see everything in the clear. Bob can induce this by ARP flooding, or he can be more subtle and spoof ARP of a router distinct from the access point." />
  <row Id="27724" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15398" RevisionGUID="9163fcfd-b2fb-4140-b1f8-f8b8e896cb68" CreationDate="2009-05-30T05:07:22.640" UserId="6139" />
  <row Id="27725" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15399" RevisionGUID="c59d1c60-51c5-45c2-8f00-868916c9ecd1" CreationDate="2009-05-30T05:14:57.867" UserId="6139" Text="At a lower level, Linux (and I assume Windows, and \*BSD, and everything else in serious use) has an IO scheduler that tries to balance the best overall utilization of each device with providing good service to each process. Linux's current default scheduler is known as *Completely Fair Queueing*, with the current generally available alternatives being called *Anticipatory* and *Deadline*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a somewhat related note, the program iotop (guichaz.free.fr/iotop/) is useful for monitoring and examining what's going on in a system under heavy IO load." />
  <row Id="27726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15400" RevisionGUID="a6db9961-3fe0-4bcf-a159-27bfe740ea22" CreationDate="2009-05-30T05:15:34.997" UserId="4757" Text="WPA is &quot;pretty secure&quot;, while WPA2 is &quot;very secure&quot;. There are partial attacks against WPA in the wild already, and more complete attacks are expected to appear over time. WPA2 (using AES rather than TKIP) has no known vulnerabilities yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you said, the decision as to which you choose is mostly up to the value of your data, but my personal suggestion is to migration to WPA2 now, rather than having to do it when a practical attack is discovered sometime in the next few years. Putting your wireless on a segregated subnet and treating it almost like &quot;the internet&quot; in terms of what access is allowed is also a good idea, given how easy it is to sniff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nice summary page: http://imps.mcmaster.ca/courses/SE-4C03-07/wiki/bournejc/wireless_security.html#2" />
  <row Id="27727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15401" RevisionGUID="7c29bc91-59b8-4415-90c8-03bd6ebef0d7" CreationDate="2009-05-30T05:32:11.953" UserId="626" Text="Do you have monitoring on the f5 setup? If you enable the default monitoring it checks every 5 seconds and would mark the server offline after 12 - &#xD;&#xA;So you would know if the problem was between the F5 and the web servers.&#xD;&#xA;If you don't have basic monitoring you might want to consider setting it up so that the F5 can make intelligent decisions about the nodes" />
  <row Id="27728" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15080" RevisionGUID="072ac880-48e6-4ad8-a6a0-b551c148df9e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T05:32:22.560" UserId="626" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;web-apps&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;load-balancing&gt;&lt;bigip&gt;" />
  <row Id="27730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15402" RevisionGUID="29eb07f3-0e1f-488c-a3f7-803f2d0066ff" CreationDate="2009-05-30T05:33:22.807" UserId="4757" Text="Backups which are not physically connected to your infrastructure are a Good Thing, if something catastrophic happens to your online backup infrastructure you still have a secondary copy of your increments available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is worth considering here is a change in your backup system location. Keep your online backup on a machine on-site, but send an offline backup off-site. Your online backup is close and connected via LAN, so recovery is quick, while you have a disaster recover copy of your backups in case the worst happens and your site is pillaged by angry mobs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are companies that offer secure remote document storage services, where they send a courier around to your office with empty boxes, you fill them up with paper and they are archived forever in secure locations. Lawyers and similar use them for old cases. You can co-opt these services for remote offline backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Buy storage for one box from them, and buy two boxes. Every week, have them send out the currently stored box and swap it with your onsite box. What's in the box? Your offline backup hard drive! This is an extremely cheap (we pay about AU$40/week for this) and very secure way of maintaining an offsite backup in a secure location." />
  <row Id="27731" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15402" RevisionGUID="29eb07f3-0e1f-488c-a3f7-803f2d0066ff" CreationDate="2009-05-30T05:33:22.807" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27732" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15265" RevisionGUID="16c0a113-3a8e-45e1-8f26-fcb4392875d8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T05:34:00.637" UserId="1" Comment="linkify" Text="If you are looking for network, server, pc, and software inventory check out &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.spiceworks.com&quot;&gt;spiceworks&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Great product. I have used it on both small and medium sized networks.  And did I mention it is **free**" />
  <row Id="27735" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13126" RevisionGUID="1ffa9827-c689-48d6-abd8-b55a1eb5471a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T05:38:11.860" UserId="3038" Comment="Clean up markup" Text=" 1. Create an MSI package that requires no user input at all. This may require you to repackage a vendor-supplied MSI file.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; 1. Place this MSI file in a location that all users can access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Create a new GPO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1. Under &quot;Computer Configuration&quot; -&gt; Software Settings is a &quot;Software Installation&quot; section.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1. Right click on &quot;Software Installation&quot; and pick New Package&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1. Browse to the location of the MSI on a UNC path. Do not use drive-letter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1. Select a Deployment Type of *Assigned* if you want it pushed to all workstations assigned to the GPO, or *Published* if you just want it available in Add/Remove Programs.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;    1. Under modifications add any transform files (.MST files) needed. Do this now, you will not be able to add any transforms once the create process is completed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Associate the GPO with the right group of workstations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. On an associated workstation log out and back in again twice: first for the policy to apply (learn of the new GPO) and then execute (app installs only happen after a reboot).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That should be enough to get you going. Test first, learn how it works, and then move to production. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Deployment failures can cause repeated installation (and associated instant roll-back) of the same package every time a user logs in. If the application is very large, this can mean major delays in login times. These errors are logged to the workstation's event log." />
  <row Id="27736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15403" RevisionGUID="00c224ad-e61d-4d98-8a3c-855ca8a89a90" CreationDate="2009-05-30T05:39:26.213" UserId="4757" Text="IO is quite often the major bottleneck for VMs, especially when you don't have the money to run a SAN or other high performance array. If you're looking at a single setup, you'll probably end up with RAID0,1 or 10 (depending on your needs). The particular issue you run into is typically not pure throughput limits, but rather the number of IO operations/sec that the array can process (IOPS).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Before you move machines to a VM, it's very much worth monitoring your machines before and seeing what their base IOPS rates are. It's very easy to create a VM setup where you have plenty of RAM and tons of unused CPU, but slow response due to overloaded drives." />
  <row Id="27737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15404" RevisionGUID="4e0b58ff-be07-48b5-a1a8-842018cba4d7" CreationDate="2009-05-30T05:40:42.123" UserId="6143" Text="It's pretty common to see advice to disable the write cache on individual disks used for databases because otherwise some disks will acknowledge writes that haven't yet made it to the disk surface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This implies that some disks don't acknowledge writes until they've made it to the disk surface.  Where can I find such disks, or where can I look for authoritative information on where to find such disks?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm setting up some DB servers that would really benefit from using write cacheing, but the application is price sensitive and I'd rather not double the cost of my disk subsystem for some caching RAID controller because I don't have enough information to know whether I can trust the cache in each drive.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27738" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15404" RevisionGUID="4e0b58ff-be07-48b5-a1a8-842018cba4d7" CreationDate="2009-05-30T05:40:42.123" UserId="6143" Text="SATA Disks that handle write caching properly?" />
  <row Id="27739" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15404" RevisionGUID="4e0b58ff-be07-48b5-a1a8-842018cba4d7" CreationDate="2009-05-30T05:40:42.123" UserId="6143" Text="&lt;sata&gt;&lt;disk&gt;&lt;cache&gt;" />
  <row Id="27740" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15405" RevisionGUID="e7810ab4-6935-4657-9425-7dbcb7121272" CreationDate="2009-05-30T05:47:44.837" UserId="6146" Text="As mentioned previously, putting together a zip file is an option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option may be to create a script that uses only the windows short names for the destination.  This has the disadvantage of permanently renaming all of your files unless you come up with a way to keep track the old and new file names.  I was just playing with some VBScript at work today that'd do just this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A more costly solution may be to create a mirror setup with a second hard drive." />
  <row Id="27742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15406" RevisionGUID="af170163-c1d2-4357-b282-8ce7a8fac524" CreationDate="2009-05-30T05:50:32.087" UserId="6146" Text="Shot in the dark... do you need to hold shift like you would with XP?" />
  <row Id="27743" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15328" RevisionGUID="411a2f84-5ef9-4722-ade0-666e5d207593" CreationDate="2009-05-30T05:52:39.023" UserId="3437" Comment="forgot to use the /code/ tag, so indented stuff looked wierd" Text="Run the following commands in order:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. ipconfig /flushdns &#xD;&#xA; 1. ping google.com.&#xD;&#xA; 1. ipconfig /displaydns&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This (or something very similar) is what you should see, unless something (probably malware) is messing with your DNS resolution:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\&gt;ipconfig  /flushdns&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Windows IP Configuration&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    C:\&gt;ping google.com.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Pinging google.com [74.125.45.100] with 32 bytes of data:&#xD;&#xA;    Reply from 74.125.45.100: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=50&#xD;&#xA;    Reply from 74.125.45.100: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=50&#xD;&#xA;    Reply from 74.125.45.100: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=50&#xD;&#xA;    Reply from 74.125.45.100: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=50&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Ping statistics for 74.125.45.100:&#xD;&#xA;        Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),&#xD;&#xA;    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:&#xD;&#xA;        Minimum = 32ms, Maximum = 40ms, Average = 37ms&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    C:\&gt;ipconfig  /flushdns&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Windows IP Configuration&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;        google.com&#xD;&#xA;        ----------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;        Record Name . . . . . : google.com&#xD;&#xA;        Record Type . . . . . : 1&#xD;&#xA;        Time To Live  . . . . : 140&#xD;&#xA;        Data Length . . . . . : 4&#xD;&#xA;        Section . . . . . . . : Answer&#xD;&#xA;        A (Host) Record . . . : 209.85.171.100&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;        Record Name . . . . . : google.com&#xD;&#xA;        Record Type . . . . . : 1&#xD;&#xA;        Time To Live  . . . . : 140&#xD;&#xA;        Data Length . . . . . : 4&#xD;&#xA;        Section . . . . . . . : Answer&#xD;&#xA;        A (Host) Record . . . : 74.125.67.100&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;        Record Name . . . . . : google.com&#xD;&#xA;        Record Type . . . . . : 1&#xD;&#xA;        Time To Live  . . . . : 140&#xD;&#xA;        Data Length . . . . . : 4&#xD;&#xA;        Section . . . . . . . : Answer&#xD;&#xA;        A (Host) Record . . . : 74.125.45.100&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    C:\&gt;" />
  <row Id="27744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15407" RevisionGUID="3da526ad-a1d6-4786-82f1-39e60436acda" CreationDate="2009-05-30T05:59:36.827" UserId="4469" Text="I'm looking for a router that can set bandwidth throttling on a pc in my home network. Does anyone know any home network router come with network management tool that can limit a PC's network/internet connection speed?" />
  <row Id="27745" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15407" RevisionGUID="3da526ad-a1d6-4786-82f1-39e60436acda" CreationDate="2009-05-30T05:59:36.827" UserId="4469" Text="Looking for router or an soultion for bandwidth thorttling" />
  <row Id="27746" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15407" RevisionGUID="3da526ad-a1d6-4786-82f1-39e60436acda" CreationDate="2009-05-30T05:59:36.827" UserId="4469" Text="&lt;router&gt;&lt;home-network&gt;" />
  <row Id="27747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15408" RevisionGUID="bfb9df76-2bc7-4de7-98c2-553075e2bd8d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:06:10.027" UserId="4629" Text="I like this USB software package -- http://portableapps.com/" />
  <row Id="27748" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15408" RevisionGUID="bfb9df76-2bc7-4de7-98c2-553075e2bd8d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:06:10.027" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15409" RevisionGUID="0dbbb1b6-722b-4063-8679-3a9e67ec4119" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:07:00.523" UserId="2299" Text="See http://www.ratsauce.co.uk/notablog/longfilenames.asp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you use a full path, i.e. starting with the drive letter, and prefix the filename with \\\\?\\ you can get around the 260 character length limit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15410" RevisionGUID="825a9b3c-e07e-4d81-9217-2d7798c3ab39" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:07:58.650" UserId="4757" Text="Regarding your edited question regarding some DNS entries with a low TTL missing from the cache, check out [this google search][1] which will explain all:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.google.com/search?q=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DNSCache\Parameters++site%3Amicrosoft.com&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/search?q=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DNSCache\Parameters++site%3Amicrosoft.com" />
  <row Id="27751" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15411" RevisionGUID="8f27b167-5c3c-4a88-9b0d-b9a1d493eabc" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:08:03.940" UserId="6156" Text="Hi, I'm working on homework for uni and was hoping someone could clarify something for me. I need to set up the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*  Configure the response header &quot;Cache-Control&quot; to have a &quot;max-age&quot; value of 7 days since access for all image files&#xD;&#xA;* Configure the response header &quot;Cache-Control&quot; to have a &quot;max-age&quot; value of 5 days since modification for all static HTML files.&#xD;&#xA;* Configure the response header &quot;Cache-Control&quot; to have a value of &quot;public&quot; for all static HTML and image files.&#xD;&#xA;* Configure the response header &quot;Cache-Control&quot; to have a value of &quot;private&quot; for all PHP files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is whether it is better to use a FilesMatch, or the mod_expires ExpiresByType to best achieve this? I've so far used the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	&lt;FilesMatch &quot;\.(gif|jpe?g|png)$&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;		ExpiresDefault &quot;access plus 7 days&quot;&#xD;&#xA;		Header set Cache-Control &quot;public&quot;&#xD;&#xA;	&lt;/FilesMatch&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	&lt;FilesMatch &quot;\.(html)$&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;		ExpiresDefault &quot;modification plus 5 days&quot;&#xD;&#xA;		Header set Cache-Control &quot;public&quot;&#xD;&#xA;	&lt;/FilesMatch&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	&lt;FilesMatch &quot;\.(php)$&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;		Header set Cache-Control &quot;private&quot;&#xD;&#xA;	&lt;/FilesMatch&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="27752" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15411" RevisionGUID="8f27b167-5c3c-4a88-9b0d-b9a1d493eabc" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:08:03.940" UserId="6156" Text="Apache caching with mod_headers mod_expires" />
  <row Id="27753" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15411" RevisionGUID="8f27b167-5c3c-4a88-9b0d-b9a1d493eabc" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:08:03.940" UserId="6156" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;homework&gt;" />
  <row Id="27754" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15412" RevisionGUID="d39e81e2-8df0-4c49-98a1-8969c06927d1" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:08:07.167" UserId="6130" Text="Directly, no.&#xD;&#xA;In terms of ARP floods or man-in-the-middle attacks (in ARP or at a higher level), these will be prevented by some access points that can be set to disallow direct traffic between wireless clients. ie all clients can see networks on the uplink side of the AP, but traffic addressed from one wireless client to another will be dropped." />
  <row Id="27755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15413" RevisionGUID="cd8c4606-851c-4c49-9f36-013644cd518d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:13:59.073" UserId="6130" Text="Download Process Explorer (sysinternals/microsoft). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Under View, Select Columns, Process Performance, choose e.g. IO Write Bytes, IO Read Bytes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can click on those columns to sort." />
  <row Id="27756" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15414" RevisionGUID="a9053821-6b57-46ab-94fb-4abb526635e7" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:20:01.480" UserId="2052" Text="It's been my experience that a battery-backed caching disk controller will disable the on-drive cache. I'm not aware of a way to disable the on-disk cache otherwise. Even if you could disable the on-disk cache, performance would suffer significantly." />
  <row Id="27760" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15414" RevisionGUID="b867ef48-c375-492a-8180-a60bb51a96d4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:29:25.457" UserId="2052" Comment="added 110 characters in body" Text="It's been my experience that a battery-backed caching disk controller will disable the on-drive cache. I'm not aware of a way to disable the on-disk cache otherwise. Even if you could disable the on-disk cache, performance would suffer significantly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a low cost optoin, you can use an inexpensive UPS that can signal your system for an orderly shutdown." />
  <row Id="27761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15416" RevisionGUID="620d0d25-0fc0-49c3-84be-e6d6f49f0e54" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:30:25.110" UserId="6130" Text="The settings need to be whatever you made the settings on the Sonicwall.&#xD;&#xA;Note that terminology can differ between vendors, so on the Nokia may be different to Sonic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each phase can have its own settings for authentication and encryption, and these are distinct on the Sonicwall, referred to IKE (Phase 1) and Ipsec (Phase 2) proposals. Both phases must match between your Sonic and client. If you only see one set of options on your client, then you may need both phases to use the same encryption.  I'm not familiar with the Nokia's VPN client options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A &quot;virtual adaptor&quot; is a means of assigning a LAN IP address to a remote device. Under &quot;Client&quot; settings on the group VPN on Sonic, there are options for virtual adaptors to use DHCP and/or Manual Config; I expect this relates to your static IP issue. Either change the Sonic to allow DHCP + Manual, or change the Nokia to request an IP address by DHCP." />
  <row Id="27762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15417" RevisionGUID="93395f74-1e21-4e65-8447-06e003c18acc" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:33:12.563" UserId="4883" Text="I'd use ExpiresByType globally instead of ExpiresDefault in a context (FilesMatch).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you tested your configuration?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15418" RevisionGUID="01c1cd4e-739b-4740-b754-0d69753536c8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:34:31.827" UserId="6164" Text="A possible culprit could be excessive page file usage.  You can use PerfMon to track Page Faults per Second.  If these go up when your performance goes down, there's your answer." />
  <row Id="27764" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15419" RevisionGUID="3c75ec15-89cf-4e74-90a4-6ab0b048888e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:37:04.583" UserDisplayName="Mark" Text="&quot;**ThreatExpert** is an advanced automated threat analysis system designed to analyze and report the behavior of computer viruses, worms, trojans, adware, spyware, and other security-related risks in a fully automated mode.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;-- www.threatexpert.com/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Our free software, **Sophos Anti-Rootkit** scans, detects and removes any rootkit that is hidden on your computer using advanced rootkit detection technology.&quot; -- www.sophos.com/products/free-tools/sophos-anti-rootkit.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;**SuperAntiSpyware**. Detect and Remove Spyware, Adware and Remove Malware, Trojans, Dialers, Worms, KeyLoggers, HiJackers, Parasites, Rootkits, Rogue Security Products and many other types of threats.&quot; -- www.superantispyware.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;('sorry, new users aren't allowed to add hyperlinks'. Can someone edit this and activate the links please)" />
  <row Id="27765" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15419" RevisionGUID="3c75ec15-89cf-4e74-90a4-6ab0b048888e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:37:04.583" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15420" RevisionGUID="f3334018-dfe7-4a7d-a185-2c51f1b99f73" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:37:08.093" UserId="2366" Text="We use [Orca][1] to monitor our systems.  It's not super pretty, but it gives a ton of low level details other monitoring systems don't use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.orcaware.com/orca/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27767" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15420" RevisionGUID="f3334018-dfe7-4a7d-a185-2c51f1b99f73" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:37:08.093" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27768" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15421" RevisionGUID="bfc67a1c-4dff-4508-b04d-41f3dca3f5b6" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:38:46.670" UserId="4883" Text="Do you mean traffic shaping?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Smoothwall does it: http://www.smoothwall.net/products/smoothtraffic2008/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Try the open source one)" />
  <row Id="27769" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15422" RevisionGUID="e1f4791e-e4b6-405a-a44e-e97d145d7524" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:38:57.510" UserId="6152" Text="If you install Tomato firmware (I'd link if I were allowed, but just Google it) on a Linksys router, you'll get QOS and some throttling features. Not sure if that's exactly what you're looking for (if not, what specifically do you need?)." />
  <row Id="27770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15423" RevisionGUID="b9c2bb34-884b-4411-8a84-cc025e873e71" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:40:05.153" UserId="2302" Text="You could deploy smoothwall and/or squid proxy on an extra PC.  " />
  <row Id="27774" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15270" RevisionGUID="c5b88017-70a5-4d8c-991d-9b0dae176495" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:45:47.030" UserId="5969" Comment="added 95 characters in body" Text="Check out Vyatta it is an open source replacement for Cisco Level switching/networking which should have all the features you needs for a complete solution. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or I also found this link that may be useful:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.howtoforge.com/wifi_hotspot_setup" />
  <row Id="27775" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14343" RevisionGUID="01e39972-d364-4644-84f0-a0296aa1a3a3" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:46:52.223" UserId="4757" Comment="added 40 characters in body" Text="[Linode][1] are who I am with. They have very good pricing, good performance (google search &quot;slicehost vs linode&quot; for example) and a very active support community in the forums and IRC if you need help. Highly recommended!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linode.com/" />
  <row Id="27776" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15425" RevisionGUID="97c65d55-5689-4a94-b1b6-e942c3f7f0b8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:50:26.927" UserId="4883" Text="You definitely need mod-wsgi.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;mod-wsgi is developed by the same brains that made mod-python many years ago. mod-wsgi is now recommended over mod-python for all modern app frameworks, including django.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, mod-wsgi has two modes of operation: embedded (fastest - kind of like mod-python only faster) or daemon (kind of like fast-cgi).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In daemon mode, it is preferable to fast-cgi because:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. it doesn't require any additional moving parts (like flup) &#xD;&#xA;2. you don't need to stop and start the python interpreters, it's taken care of by mod-wsgi.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In embedded mode, it is preferable to mod-python because:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Development of mod-python has ceased in favor of mod-wsgi&#xD;&#xA;2. mod-wsgi will eventually support python 3k.&#xD;&#xA;3. mod-wsgi is faster than mod-python&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the documentation: http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/IntegrationWithDjango&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/ Richy&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27777" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15404" RevisionGUID="a2a088b3-c3d8-4ff9-b7dc-877e5eb6ea22" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:51:38.750" UserId="6143" Comment="added clarification" Text="It's pretty common to see advice to disable the write cache on individual disks used for databases because otherwise some disks will acknowledge writes that haven't yet made it to the disk surface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This implies that some disks don't acknowledge writes until they've made it to the disk surface (Update: or that they report accurately when asked to flush the cache.  Where can I find such disks, or where can I look for authoritative information on where to find such disks?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm setting up some DB servers that would really benefit from using write cacheing, but the application is price sensitive and I'd rather not double the cost of my disk subsystem for some caching RAID controller because I don't have enough information to know whether I can trust the cache in each drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15426" RevisionGUID="3d4a8f67-39f7-4d08-8041-10358871f03c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:54:22.877" UserId="1330" Text="If you really want Google to use a specific domain style (with or without *www*) then create a free [**Google Webmaster Tools**][1] account, verify the ownership of your domain (upload a file) and set your [preferred domain][2] using the online control panel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its that simple, and you don't need to change any server side code, also inbound links with or without *www* will be treated the same increasing the PageRank of your pages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Links may point to your site using&#xD;&#xA;&gt; both the www and non-www versions of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the URL (for instance,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; http://www.example.com and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; http://example.com). The preferred&#xD;&#xA;&gt; domain is the version that you want&#xD;&#xA;&gt; used for your site in the search&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **results**.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Once you tell us your preferred domain&#xD;&#xA;&gt; name, we'll take your preference into account when&#xD;&#xA;&gt; displaying the URLs. It may take some&#xD;&#xA;&gt; time before you see this change fully&#xD;&#xA;&gt; reflected in our index.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; If you **don't** specify a preferred domain,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; we may treat the www and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; non-www versions of the domain as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; separate references to separate pages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/siteoverview&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=44231" />
  <row Id="27779" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15427" RevisionGUID="5b5785e2-39fa-4c09-b532-2f4d5c9b16d6" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:54:59.087" UserId="6018" Text="My favourites that haven't been mentioned so far:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias l='ls'&#xD;&#xA;    alias u='cd ..'&#xD;&#xA;    alias uu='cd ../..'&#xD;&#xA;    alias uuu='cd ../../..'&#xD;&#xA;    alias uuuu='cd ../../../..'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not normally a fan of aliases that just shorten things, but I type ls so very much, and l&lt;return&gt; only needs one hand." />
  <row Id="27780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15428" RevisionGUID="b9f58c19-685f-4cc8-815f-75dcfb8923cf" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:56:41.110" UserId="5969" Text="Do you use patch/change management ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you perform monthly/yearly disaster recovery test ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is IT accountable and measured by system up time and tickets ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you use centralized ticket management for all IT Departments ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can employees interrupt IT Staff at their desks ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does your IT Staff have input into creating solution for the business line or do they just follow directions from upper management ?" />
  <row Id="27781" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15428" RevisionGUID="b9f58c19-685f-4cc8-815f-75dcfb8923cf" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:56:41.110" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15429" RevisionGUID="19369c82-ab17-45a2-bb16-3ac0898f4234" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:57:56.693" UserId="6170" Text="We are planning to move some of our Linux services to a Windows platform.  What is the equivalent solution on the Microsoft platform to setup a web cache for outgoing traffic?" />
  <row Id="27783" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15429" RevisionGUID="19369c82-ab17-45a2-bb16-3ac0898f4234" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:57:56.693" UserId="6170" Text="Squid equivalent for Windows?" />
  <row Id="27784" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15429" RevisionGUID="19369c82-ab17-45a2-bb16-3ac0898f4234" CreationDate="2009-05-30T06:57:56.693" UserId="6170" Text="&lt;squid&gt;&lt;web&gt;&lt;cache&gt;" />
  <row Id="27785" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15430" RevisionGUID="264061b1-3920-44cf-b840-b0c716f346ed" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:03:29.413" UserId="2783" Text="While there are no known cryptographic attacks against AES,TKIP (which can be used with both WPA and WPA2) has been shown to be vulnerable to some classes of attack.  By FAR the primary attack vector for both WPA and WPA2 is the pre-shared key.  Attacking a WPA or WPA2 secured network with a weak pre-shared key (aka password) is a very simple matter with commonly available tools (which have [a wikipedia page][1], so they can't be that bad ;)  Use them only for good to test your own network...) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The tools that are publicly available can remotely de-authenticate an authorized user and then capture the authentication traffic (only 4 packets are required if I recall correctly), at which point the pre-shared key (aka password) can be brute-forced offline (again with commonly available tools, and massive [rainbow tables][2] are available to significantly speed up the process).  Just as with most cryptographic systems, the password is the weak point.  If you have super-fancy high-end Cisco wireless gear secured by WPA2 and use a password of **mypass**, you are ripe for compromise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are looking to invest in something to secure your wireless network, choose AES over TKIP, and use a long password (pre-shared key) with high entropy (Upper, Lower, Number, Special Characters, etc).  If you want to go buck-wild, setting up 802.1x/RADIUS will do much more than moving from WPA to WPA2 (although that would require a significant amount of time/knowledge to setup and administer).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircrack-ng&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_table" />
  <row Id="27786" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15431" RevisionGUID="01b16db3-b3b1-48da-9775-f67e09c584ca" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:04:44.247" UserId="3505" Text="    #. Darwin:&#xD;&#xA;    .  : source&#xD;&#xA;    ls : ls -G -F&#xD;&#xA;    resize : osascript &lt;&lt; EOF&#xD;&#xA;      tell app &quot;Terminal&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        set number of rows of first window to 25&#xD;&#xA;        set number of columns of first window to 80&#xD;&#xA;        set custom title of first window to &quot;${PROFILE}&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      end tell&#xD;&#xA;    EOF&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #. Linux:&#xD;&#xA;    .  : source&#xD;&#xA;    ls : ls --color=auto -F -X -h&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...in general - I don't like using aliases too much though, you become dependent and learn to use something which only ever exists if you yourself make it so.  I'd then feel handicapped when jumping on someone else's machine, even for a minute - so my general advice would be to use aliases very lightly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example aliasing `ls` to `ls -F` is ok, because it only has cosmetic effects, but aliasing to it `ls -l` or something - I would never do.  I don't like these `ll for ls -l` aliases either for the same reason." />
  <row Id="27787" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15432" RevisionGUID="ace605b1-475e-413c-8740-314347e01588" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:09:15.577" UserId="2783" Text="Squid doesn't care what type of system is initiating web traffic, so you can just continue to use Squid, although there is a Windows port if you want to run Squid on Windows for some reason (http://squid.acmeconsulting.it/SquidNT26.html).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are looking to become a Microsoft shop, then Internet Security and Acceleration Server (more commonly known as ISA Server) will do the trick (http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/edgesecurity/isaserver/en/us/default.aspx)" />
  <row Id="27789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15434" RevisionGUID="592a1e81-b7b8-43bc-978a-200c365f550c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:10:26.950" UserId="3273" Text="I'm using OpenSolaris 2008.11 on EC2.&#xD;&#xA;I want to create self bundle .&#xD;&#xA;in ubuntu&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo ec2-bundle-vol -d /mnt -k $EC2_PRIVATE_KEY  -c $EC2_CERT  --fstab /etc/fstab --user $AWS_ACCUNT_ID  -r i386&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but OpenSolaris does not have /etc/fstab&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you know?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27790" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15434" RevisionGUID="592a1e81-b7b8-43bc-978a-200c365f550c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:10:26.950" UserId="3273" Text="How to create OpenSolaris self bunle volume on EC2" />
  <row Id="27791" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15434" RevisionGUID="592a1e81-b7b8-43bc-978a-200c365f550c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:10:26.950" UserId="3273" Text="&lt;opensolaris&gt;&lt;amazon-s3&gt;" />
  <row Id="27793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15435" RevisionGUID="c20f57f4-aa8c-48a2-813b-fdfcb40fb397" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:14:36.613" UserId="6172" Text="I have WS 2008 installed as a guest under VMWare workstation 6.5. Networking is set to bridged and all firewalls are off. I am seeing some very wierd problems with the network (mainly evidenced through ping).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the network setup:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Host pc &quot;Boris&quot; 192.168.0.2 (static ip)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Guest (virtual) pc &quot;Boris-ws2008&quot; 192.168.0.72 (dynamic ip assigned by router)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both pc's have their gateway set to 192.168.0.1 (NetGear router) and everthing is on the same subnet.&#xD;&#xA;The router lists both &quot;Boris&quot; and &quot;Boris-ws2008&quot; correctly in the routing table, and all pc's concerned can ping the router and access the internet with no trouble.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the guest &quot;Boris-ws2008&quot; I cannot ping the host pc &quot;Boris&quot; either by name or ip, getting the following error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pinging 192.168.0.2 with 32 bytes of data:&#xD;&#xA;Reply from 192.168.0.72: Destination host unreachable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the host &quot;Boris&quot; I can ping &quot;Boris-ws2008&quot; by ip, but not by name, getting the following error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ping request could not find host boris-ws2008.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Really Wierd Bit:&#xD;&#xA;The strange thing is that from another computer on the network I can successfully ping and Remote Desktop with no bother to &quot;Boris-ws2008&quot; WTF!?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="27794" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15435" RevisionGUID="c20f57f4-aa8c-48a2-813b-fdfcb40fb397" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:14:36.613" UserId="6172" Text="VMWare networking problems" />
  <row Id="27795" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15435" RevisionGUID="c20f57f4-aa8c-48a2-813b-fdfcb40fb397" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:14:36.613" UserId="6172" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;ping&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="27796" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15203" RevisionGUID="3befcf52-b8e1-4860-8217-266da65c2337" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:15:19.530" UserId="984" Comment="addressted question." Text="Yes, it can be done.  The appropriateness for doing so is up for debate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Make sure time stays synced!  This is very important.  A DC with incorrect time can cause havoc.&#xD;&#xA; - Disable and do not use snapshots.  Reverting to an old snapshot in a domain with many DCs will result in massive chaos.&#xD;&#xA; - Do not suspend/pause the domain controller.&#xD;&#xA; - Make sure your VM server does not get overloaded.&#xD;&#xA; - I suggest you run at least one DC within your domain on real hardware, if you have a larger network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Could you explain the snapshot chaos&#xD;&#xA;&gt; point? Isn't reverting to a snapshot&#xD;&#xA;&gt; going to act like restoring from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; backup, i.e. it will sync recent&#xD;&#xA;&gt; changes from the other DCs?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The active directory is not designed to support that.  Once an update has been replicated, it will not be re-replicated.  Normally if you are restoring the active directory you need to go through a special procedure.  (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc779573.aspx).  The KB [article][1] Sam Cogan, and gharper mentioned specifically address this point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; In particular, Active Directory does&#xD;&#xA;&gt; not support any method that restores a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; snapshot of the operating system or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the volume the operating system&#xD;&#xA;&gt; resides on. This kind of method causes&#xD;&#xA;&gt; an update sequence number (USN)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; rollback. When a USN rollback occurs,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the replication partners of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; incorrectly restored domain controller&#xD;&#xA;&gt; may have inconsistent objects in their&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Active Directory databases. In this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; situation, you cannot make these&#xD;&#xA;&gt; objects consistent.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; We also do not support using &quot;undo&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and &quot;differencing&quot; features in Virtual&#xD;&#xA;&gt; PC on operating system images for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; domain controllers that run in virtual&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hosting environments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888794" />
  <row Id="27797" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15400" RevisionGUID="747f5c91-7da7-478c-bd3a-89984887d12f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:21:59.157" UserId="4757" Comment="added 222 characters in body" Text="WPA is &quot;pretty secure&quot;, while WPA2 is &quot;very secure&quot;. There are partial attacks against WPA in the wild already, and more complete attacks are expected to appear over time. WPA2 (using AES rather than TKIP) has no known vulnerabilities yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you said, the decision as to which you choose is mostly up to the value of your data, but my personal suggestion is to migration to WPA2 now, rather than having to do it when a practical attack is discovered sometime in the next few years. Putting your wireless on a segregated subnet and treating it almost like &quot;the internet&quot; in terms of what access is allowed is also a good idea, given how easy it is to sniff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nice summary page: http://imps.mcmaster.ca/courses/SE-4C03-07/wiki/bournejc/wireless_security.html#2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: actually, [the aircrack-ng team don't think WPA will be cracked anytime soon][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=faq&amp;DokuWiki=cc2030dd28038f981810b2a14282aacc#will_wpa_be_cracked_in_the_future" />
  <row Id="27798" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14762" RevisionGUID="5964272b-0af9-4aa4-a829-152c43e44587" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:23:16.673" UserId="1233" Comment="edited body" Text="I have several users that are insisting on the purchase of Toast. They will be using it to make backups of disks at possibly re-burn them if needed. I have used Disk Utility for that function. At this point there is no addition functionality needed. However, that can always change in the future. Is there any advantages or disadvantages to either solution?" />
  <row Id="27799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15436" RevisionGUID="f5b6dc52-a21d-44e3-9100-0af26aa75d18" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:28:50.000" UserId="2783" Text="Toni's two recommendations are excellent, and I would also strongly recommend [Inside SharePoint 2007 Administration][1] by Todd Klindt and Shane Young.  Very readable and walks you through everything you need to know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also (don't laugh at me here), the content up on the [TechNet SharePoint TechCenter][2] is very well written and readable (not to mention free!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Inside-SharePoint-Administration-Steve-Caravajal/dp/1584506016?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1222955240&amp;sr=8-1&amp;tag=todklisblo-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="27800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15437" RevisionGUID="5fc37489-d1ba-45d5-9a83-168b256f4393" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:31:51.133" UserId="1233" Text="I suggest checking out these other questions on Server Fault as well:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://serverfault.com/questions/4599/file-shares-for-mac-users&#xD;&#xA;http://serverfault.com/questions/5564/what-are-dsstore-files-and-why-does-osx-leave-them-on-windows-shares&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I know you can not disable the saving of resource forks as separate files (I'd love to be wrong here) as it's part of the design to avoid losing data on a non-HFS or UFS drive in Mac OS X. However it is possible to &quot;veto&quot; these files from being created on the server - but beware of certain programs that actually do require the resource fork (eg. Quicken).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To veto the files taken from the first question listed above:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Additionally you should be aware that over SMB you will notice `._FILENAME` files created - this is how OS X maintains the resource fork data and such on other file systems. This can cause an issue for someone on a Windows based machine if they try to open up the wrong file. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; It's possible to have the server not allow these files (in smb.conf you can set `veto_files=._*`) but where it is in Windows Server 2003 I'm unsure but I believe using this article from [TechRepublic](http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/datacenter/?p=201) should prove a worthwhile starting point." />
  <row Id="27801" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15438" RevisionGUID="b3d701b1-8e71-4779-b2ef-6ae121ef6b2c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:32:45.327" UserDisplayName="Gero" Text="    httpcfg [query | set | delete] iplisten [ip address]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to find out or change the ip addresses iis http is listening on&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(if you want to run iis and some other http server on the same box and port with different ip addresses)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27802" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15438" RevisionGUID="b3d701b1-8e71-4779-b2ef-6ae121ef6b2c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:32:45.327" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15439" RevisionGUID="c270a9a7-69c7-48de-8817-9998e36e8163" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:33:00.553" UserId="6183" Text="I've just set up file synchronization between a Windows 2000 Server and a Windows 2003 Server using [cwrsync][1], a windows compile of rsync. It was easy to setup and seems to work welll but I am seeing a problem with speed, the client does not seem to be able to top 130 Kb/s despite the network being capable of delivering 1 Mb/s over FTP. Anyone else experienced this and found a solution?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.itefix.no/i2/node/10650" />
  <row Id="27804" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15440" RevisionGUID="f35d98df-0455-4dae-9257-757678e2dc04" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:35:34.870" UserId="6177" Text="I'd say build can be worthwhile in the following circumstances:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- minimum 2U case, I'm more comfortable with 3U or bigger&#xD;&#xA;- server that you want to be able to quickly rebuild, but can live with it being down for a while&#xD;&#xA;- you either have some spares or are willing to buy them.  You need spare power supply, motherboard, disk controller, disks, ram.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The one time I did this for an important production server, it was just a storage server - a very simple windows configuration, just a server stuffed full of disks on a good raid card.  It was cheaper than a comparable HP server, but not a huge amount.  At the time we like the flexibility of knowing that we could get it back up and running quickly if we had any problem.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15441" RevisionGUID="7b3ddf87-3b63-452f-b07b-c62afbe710c8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:38:52.180" UserId="6184" Text="I use a combination of Nagios, Cacti, custom scripts and one of my own projcts -- &lt;a href=&quot;http://brianlane.com/software/systemhealth/&quot;&gt;System Health Monitor&lt;/a&gt;. I like having external service monitoring as well as graphs of system resources so you can do post-mortem analysis of system problems or quickly check the graphs to see if things look 'normal' compared to their historical values.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27806" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15441" RevisionGUID="7b3ddf87-3b63-452f-b07b-c62afbe710c8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:38:52.180" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15442" RevisionGUID="bad7cf7a-e8ba-4298-a96f-0e20af9aa7bf" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:42:57.430" UserId="6177" Text="We started with Bert and Ernie back in the days when a cluster of 2 microVAX 3400s was a big deal for the company.  We stuck with Sesame Street for a while - Bigbird, Elmo, Grover, thecount (financial system), but eventually had to go with a scheme.  Exactly what elements are in the scheme depend on the size of your company, we had to include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Location (2-letter abbreviation for the city)&#xD;&#xA;Division (company was formed by merging 4 co.s, so we had 3-letter abbrev. for those)&#xD;&#xA;Function (PDC, mail, print, www, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;Serial number (I've always liked having year and month as part of a serial number)" />
  <row Id="27808" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15214" RevisionGUID="4e138fe2-4d46-471b-a0f7-14094002c585" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:46:12.523" UserId="5969" Comment="added 97 characters in body" Text="I would suggest you look at ShadowProtect Server. This is a great backup solution that will do snapshot based backup while not actually continuous you can setup the backup interval to something like 15 or 30 min. This is a much better solution than the Sonicwall product which I have also looked into deploying.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also if you are using Windows Servers 2003 could look into using shadow volumes copy service." />
  <row Id="27809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15443" RevisionGUID="1ba5c5a2-6f5f-451c-8bb0-1cff1471e9a1" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:47:15.253" UserId="6184" Text="The Fedora LiveCD can be customized fairly easily if you have the drive space. Take a look at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD/LiveCDHowTo&quot;&gt;LiveCD howto on the Fedora wiki&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27810" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15444" RevisionGUID="955b7fe4-f13c-412f-832f-1ec0ba72602f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:47:49.540" UserId="2783" Text="Are you using forms-based authentication?  If so, make sure you have Service Pack 2 loaded, as it made some big changes related to Office Client integration.  From TechNet: &#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262201.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*If you have not installed Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 with Service Pack 2 (SP2), client integration is disabled by default when you use forms-based authentication. This is because client integration does not natively support forms-based authentication prior to Office SharePoint Server 2007 with SP2. When client integration is disabled, links to client applications are not visible and documents cannot be opened in client applications; documents can only be opened in a Web browser. However, users can download documents, edit them in client applications locally, and then upload them to the site.&#xD;&#xA;If you have installed Office SharePoint Server 2007 with SP2, client integration client integration is supported for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint Designer authoring.*" />
  <row Id="27812" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15444" RevisionGUID="d92901d3-0953-4dd7-9fe3-4d4328b5f61b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:52:51.997" UserId="2783" Comment="added an additional thought" Text="Are you using forms-based authentication?  If so, make sure you have Service Pack 2 loaded, as it made some big changes related to Office Client integration.  From TechNet: &#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262201.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*If you have not installed Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 with Service Pack 2 (SP2), client integration is disabled by default when you use forms-based authentication. This is because client integration does not natively support forms-based authentication prior to Office SharePoint Server 2007 with SP2. When client integration is disabled, links to client applications are not visible and documents cannot be opened in client applications; documents can only be opened in a Web browser. However, users can download documents, edit them in client applications locally, and then upload them to the site.&#xD;&#xA;If you have installed Office SharePoint Server 2007 with SP2, client integration client integration is supported for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint Designer authoring.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actually, now that I think about it, the answer might actually be even easier.  What happens if you navigate to the SharePoint drafts folder, open the document, and then check it in directly from within Word (as opposed to checking it in from the SharePoint UI)?" />
  <row Id="27813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15446" RevisionGUID="a7962be6-c71c-4640-b1ad-7e89e9951e27" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:54:39.107" UserId="2461" Text="I'm no longer able to access the machines on my windows network when connected to the VPN while using Windows 7. Everything worked fine with Vista. Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="27814" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15446" RevisionGUID="a7962be6-c71c-4640-b1ad-7e89e9951e27" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:54:39.107" UserId="2461" Text="Accessing machines by name over VPN with Windows7" />
  <row Id="27815" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15446" RevisionGUID="a7962be6-c71c-4640-b1ad-7e89e9951e27" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:54:39.107" UserId="2461" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;windows-7&gt;" />
  <row Id="27817" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15239" RevisionGUID="a2344361-8231-4439-9bc8-4327885dadbf" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:58:01.487" UserId="984" Comment="added links" Text="Yes. There is an option for this within group policy. Sorry I can not add links, I am still a new user, but search for the following in using Google.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Slow network connection timeout for user profiles][1] - This will bring up a link to a technet articel on the basic setup of timeout settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Windows 2008 Group Policy Reference][2] - This should bring you to a Microsoft site where you can download the guide for the GPO settings in Windows 2008&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When making a new GPO Remember to only enable/disable/change on thing at a time. Go back and test. Rinse and Repeat. :-0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let me know if you want more specific help after looking these over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Joseph&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc975877.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?familyid=2043B94E-66CD-4B91-9E0F-68363245C495&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="27818" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15015" RevisionGUID="420c421c-6bba-4db1-8ccd-8f9eb15a5e0f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:59:17.083" UserId="4979" Comment="added 277 characters in body" Text="[PSI][1] and [CSI][2] from [Secunia][3] will help you keep up to date with critical releases for most popular software packages. PSI is for a single machine, while CSI covers your whole network. Their no-install [OSI][4] scanner is more limited but handy for quick fix family interventions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://secunia.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/online/" />
  <row Id="27819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15448" RevisionGUID="87156516-4a02-4c6f-a1cd-425b8531b33f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:01:24.460" UserId="5969" Text="What are the best Malware/Spyware/Antivirus solutions both open source and commercialize products with centralized management ?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27820" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15448" RevisionGUID="87156516-4a02-4c6f-a1cd-425b8531b33f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:01:24.460" UserId="5969" Text="Best Malware and Spyware tools for medium to large corps ?" />
  <row Id="27821" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15448" RevisionGUID="87156516-4a02-4c6f-a1cd-425b8531b33f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:01:24.460" UserId="5969" Text="&lt;malware&gt;&lt;workstation-managment&gt;&lt;antivirus&gt;&lt;spyware&gt;" />
  <row Id="27823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15449" RevisionGUID="02c1b5d7-cf66-48d9-a99f-f2d611aa2d78" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:02:50.230" UserId="6177" Text="As mentioned, it depends on a number of factors...  	&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My goal was to have sufficient documentation that I could (conceptually, at least) hand it all to a co-worker and say &quot;see you in 3 weeks,&quot; and know that all the important details were there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Passwords for all servers and devices (switches, printers, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;- Passwords for any registration-required sites - ISP, domain name registration, hardware warranties, certificate authorities, etc.&#xD;&#xA;- Map of IP addresses used - internal, external, dmz, blocks of DHCP, etc.&#xD;&#xA;- Details of each server: standard stuff like serial number, amount of disk, ram, etc., but we also kept a running log of everything that was done to the box, starting with setup notes (o/s and app. install), then ll configuration and subsequent changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I never managed to do it completely, but I aimed to document all major routine processes - how servers were set up, how and what was monitored, account setup and removal, backup, etc.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15451" RevisionGUID="fa05a680-656a-4967-af06-541ba750413c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:04:01.520" UserId="984" Text="&gt; Is this a security oversight or am I&#xD;&#xA;&gt; missing something?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It looks like a security oversight to me.  File a bug or complain.  Since you are probably not rebooting very often you probably don't have to hit that page very often, so the risk seems minimal.  On the other hand, that does make me wonder what other silly security related things they have done." />
  <row Id="27827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15452" RevisionGUID="c9acf395-52f5-48b3-9d7b-262c64b58847" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:04:46.760" UserId="6194" Text="For our production servers we went with Dell, I knew I would have someone onsite in 4 hours if something happened to the hardware.  Servers have better fans, airflow and included software for monitoring.  Tech support is able to see what you purchased, knows every aspect of the system and how each piece interactes with each other.  We'd also never consider buying second hand for production, you never know how they hard drives were abused.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For pre-production &amp; the dev labs, we went with custom built, because we didn't care if they were not quite as good, if a part failed and we had to wait a few days not a big deal.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even the custom built ones, we never actually built ourselves, we just picked all the parts from an online store and ordered it assembled, usually saved us about $400 to $800 a machine compared to the production ones, but we'd never have considered using one of them for production." />
  <row Id="27828" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14409" RevisionGUID="489d9026-406e-431f-b129-2901f1426e06" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:06:18.600" UserId="4979" Comment="added 163 characters in body" Text="I'm looking to build a decent &lt; 1.500$ dedicated Hyper-V solution for development and testing purposes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The parts list I was thinking of is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Intel Core I7 920 $279&#xD;&#xA; - Asus P6T Deluxe V2 $279&#xD;&#xA; - 12GB - 2x CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) $182&#xD;&#xA; - 5x Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB $275&#xD;&#xA; - Samsung WriteMaster SH-S223F $25&#xD;&#xA; - Antec P183 $160&#xD;&#xA; - EnerMax Modu82+ 625W $178&#xD;&#xA; - Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 $80&#xD;&#xA; - ASUS EAH4350 SILENT $38&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Total: $1.496&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since the machine would sit close to where I work, noise levels will be an issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would this be a good solution? Would I be better of going for 2 or even 3 cheap machines? If so, in what configuration (dedicated iSCSI box perhaps?)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would going for a real dual Opteron/Xeon server type machine be better option?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(All prices are in USD, I used Newegg as a reference)" />
  <row Id="27829" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15453" RevisionGUID="067e8e7f-f494-4d3e-9a6e-34c2311855e3" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:07:06.397" UserId="5969" Text="When you &quot;rebuilt&quot; the server did you just restore AD from a backup or do a new install ?" />
  <row Id="27830" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15454" RevisionGUID="8c483d46-1b99-4f23-86ef-7edd345357cc" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:09:31.603" UserId="6194" Text="Sun's Sun Proxy server is free.  Its pretty bulky, but it does AD intergration.  Never used it beyond playing with it since we don't need a proxy, but that might be an option for you." />
  <row Id="27831" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15455" RevisionGUID="93575931-60bb-40c5-a427-06982822258b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:14:31.080" UserId="5072" Text="Since [Geocities][1] is closing down soon, I'm looking for a suitable replacement. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is for personal use, so bandwidth and diskspace isn't important. That's why I've been using Geocities' meager 15 MB space for YEARS. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any good recommendations?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://geocities.yahoo.com/" />
  <row Id="27832" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15455" RevisionGUID="93575931-60bb-40c5-a427-06982822258b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:14:31.080" UserId="5072" Text="Free Web Hosting like Geocities?" />
  <row Id="27833" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15455" RevisionGUID="93575931-60bb-40c5-a427-06982822258b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:14:31.080" UserId="5072" Text="&lt;web-hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="27834" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15456" RevisionGUID="a332fc41-49aa-4de4-84ba-dce866e09a08" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:15:46.067" UserId="6177" Text="Get a tape labeller (e.g. one by Brother) and a bunch of different sized tapes.  I much prefer the TZS tapes that have stronger adhesive for labelling cables.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As mentioned in other answers, the first step is to map out and label what's on the other end of each port (if you don't already have this).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At one point we made things clearer by color-coding our cables.  Most office connections were grey, cross-connects were purple, special connections that were in the DMZ or outside the firewall were red and yellow.  In the server room, servers used blue cables if they were inside the firewall, red in the DMZ, and the external connections were in red.  Cross-over cables were only orange.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd say it's better to shut everything down, take out all the existing cables and re-do it all properly.  We cleaned up our server room one afternoon when we had a campus-wide power outage and everyone had to be sent home because the fire system wasn't working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Get a bunch of double-sided velcro: hooks on one side, loops on the other (I didn't find the gardening stuff to be strong enough) and use it all over the place.  When we re-did our remote wiring closets, each group of 3-6 patch cables that ran in the same direction was bundled together at several points.  Yeah, it's a bit more time when you add or remove one, but it's a lot easier to get the ones you aren't working with out of the way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27842" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15462" RevisionGUID="ad148498-185d-48da-8386-0db0337eb212" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:17:22.290" UserId="5500" Text="I have no experience with W7, but name resolution problems over VPN is often because auto-discovery mechanisms won't work with a routed VPN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your VPN is routed instead of bridged, you may have to set a different option in DHCP (or a VPN-integrated host configuration protocol) telling it the address of the name service for W7 than in Vista." />
  <row Id="27843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15463" RevisionGUID="610851a2-08ca-48dc-8036-02dc148dd20d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:17:27.047" UserId="5969" Text="Richard&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any pattern in the system log ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also try using dumprel.exe to read the corrupt log files.&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/129266" />
  <row Id="27844" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15464" RevisionGUID="c399dfee-4587-45b8-be64-79a867ee3d74" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:17:38.000" UserId="15918" Text="I've always used Squid for Windows. It's maintained seperately, and is avaliable here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://squid.acmeconsulting.it/SquidNT26.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://squid.acmeconsulting.it/SquidNT26.html" />
  <row Id="27845" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15465" RevisionGUID="1849f4cc-409b-4e34-ad2e-0a6fa740bf99" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:17:50.090" UserId="5464" Text="We tend to use rdp a bit, because we can only access certain servcices via windows so I like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`alias rdt='rdesktop -d UOFA  -g 1024x768 -u '`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;usage is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`rdt  &lt;winhost&gt; &lt;win_username&gt;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A lot of our stuff is in LDAP so search as the directory manager is useful (with an apporpirately configured `/etc/openldap/ldap.conf`):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`alias dmsearch='ldapsearch -x -LLL -D&quot;&lt;directory_admin_bind_dn&gt;&quot; -W '`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`alias budate='date +%Y%m%d-%H%M'` E.g. `cp -p some-conf.comf someconf-`budate`.conf`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`alias psg='ps aux|grep '`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27846" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15466" RevisionGUID="4f937a89-f4a6-493e-b1ec-3b38467a9e5d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:18:57.950" UserId="4979" Text="Have a look at [DoubleTake][1]. They got what you need if you can afford it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.doubletake.com/english/Pages/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="27847" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15334" RevisionGUID="6ab7b458-9465-4572-96fc-c40da609438b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:19:17.793" UserId="3505" Comment="Elaborate" Text="I'm not sure how many people would be interested in this, but I think if you have more than a few hundred servers, it starts becoming an issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An applications team/middleware sends a request that they need the next version of an Enterprise software to be installed on this and that app server.  What do you do?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * The vendor does not provide you with an RPM&#xD;&#xA; * Even if they do, the RPM is a huge mess&#xD;&#xA;   * For example one RPM we had basically installed a tarball into /tmp, and as a post-install, untarred it, and then removed the tarball file.  If you don't already see it, that means that it will be impossible to uninstall as it only installed 1 file.&#xD;&#xA; * Where they provide install scripts, again...&#xD;&#xA;   * You have no visibility of where files will be installed to, other than trusting the docs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, each vendor has their own &quot;rules&quot; and &quot;defaults&quot;, and worst, some seem to not have any.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only way I've found to combat this is to study the installation on a dev machine, and create my own RPM for it - this then brought up the topic of this post - coming up with a standard of where things should go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The [Unix FHS][1] deals with many of the issues, but as it is not it's job - it also misses the ones that are specific to 3rd party software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;Extending the FHS, Standards &amp; Rules for Vendor Products Installation&#xD;&#xA;-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What a colleague of mine and I have been working on is extending this standard to house vendor software (Oracle databases, Oracle application servers, Teamsite, Informatica, etc., etc.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've documented this **[here][2]**, and we've actually been very happy with it...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * It does not in any way violate the parent FHS&#xD;&#xA; * It is flexible enough to work around rigid enterprise software installs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If anyone is interested in this matter (i.e., thinks highly of following standards, and setting them where need be, and cares about maintaining a clean system where a newcomer can (almost) intuitively pick up and start walking) - I'd like to know....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * How have you managed to solve the problem?&#xD;&#xA; * If this model would work for you, and if not - why not?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My ultimate aim is to make this model something that anyone from any company can pickup and use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;Notes&#xD;&#xA;-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding the docson page...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * It's a work-in-progress, so if something is vague I apologize (and will fix it)&#xD;&#xA; * The designation of `/opt` as the choice for 3rd party is not a *must* - you can instead use `/usr/local` if you really want to, as long as it's consistent.  We just prefer `/opt`.&#xD;&#xA; * Before you ask, things such as `/etc/opt/&lt;vendor&gt;/&lt;product&gt;` and similar paths *do* have a reason for being that way, and are directly inherited from the FHS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;I look forward to your feedback, comments, constructive criticisms, suggestions, and (alright - why not -) smart-ass comments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://docson.autonomy.net.au/wiki/OperatingSystem/UNIX/FHS" />
  <row Id="27848" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="15334" RevisionGUID="6ab7b458-9465-4572-96fc-c40da609438b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:19:17.793" UserId="3505" Comment="Elaborate" Text="Extending the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) to house Enterprise Software" />
  <row Id="27849" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15467" RevisionGUID="5aac99e3-9cfa-49a5-adae-35735f82394e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:20:10.083" UserId="984" Text="You mention that it only happens for Windows XP and no other operating system.  That is pretty odd.   I think I would want to see if you can replicate the problem on a completely *clean* install of windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since it is linked just to XP, I would be tempted to do a clean install with original media (avoid slipstreamed, or vlite media).  Apply all the patches, do not install any software.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15468" RevisionGUID="6c2a18b8-9bea-45e7-885a-08372a4488fb" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:20:53.017" UserId="5500" Text="Try [google sites][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sites.google.com/" />
  <row Id="27851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15469" RevisionGUID="60da489e-d592-4a31-adf6-f970f2f0452e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:21:36.807" UserId="6191" Text="Do you prefer to admistrate servers through a GUI or CLI?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please state which system OS's you are answering for." />
  <row Id="27852" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15469" RevisionGUID="60da489e-d592-4a31-adf6-f970f2f0452e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:21:36.807" UserId="6191" Text="Do you prefer to administrate servers through a GUI or CLI?" />
  <row Id="27853" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15469" RevisionGUID="60da489e-d592-4a31-adf6-f970f2f0452e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:21:36.807" UserId="6191" Text="&lt;administration&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;gui&gt;" />
  <row Id="27854" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15470" RevisionGUID="f54d90e4-b43a-4a5c-8fd0-8a97e63f05c5" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:59:51.360" Text="&lt;p&gt;Any suggestion for free windows server anti-virus and firewall programs that can be installed at windows server 2003?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The primary services of my server is to host php websites and a few vb.net socket servers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks for reading, I am sure I will pick the best answer in a week to be an accepted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27855" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15470" RevisionGUID="f54d90e4-b43a-4a5c-8fd0-8a97e63f05c5" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:59:51.360" Text="Any suggestion for free windows server anti-virus and firewall programs?" />
  <row Id="27856" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15470" RevisionGUID="f54d90e4-b43a-4a5c-8fd0-8a97e63f05c5" CreationDate="2009-05-30T07:59:51.360" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;free&gt;&lt;antivirus&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="27857" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15471" RevisionGUID="c681f434-bc84-4b01-ad78-7f8377d87094" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:02:58.077" UserId="5163" Text="&lt;p&gt;Take a look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.clamav.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ClamAV&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.clamwin.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ClamWin&lt;/a&gt;. It's a free and open source anti virus solution that (unlike many other free versions of commercial tools) runs under Windows Server.&#xA;One thing it lacks is an on-access scanner that checks files in real time. Guess you can't have it all ;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27858" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15472" RevisionGUID="55562876-2084-4ffd-8ca5-e37ac5eeba6e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:22:21.470" UserId="6195" Text="Have a look at SystemRescueCd (I'd add a link, but I don't seem to be allowed to, so you'll have to goolge that), it's easily customizable and can be booted from USB or CD." />
  <row Id="27859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15473" RevisionGUID="c123c955-a186-4bc4-b446-2b55631fa7e7" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:22:42.590" UserId="15918" Text="I used freehostia for a while, and it wasn't so bad." />
  <row Id="27860" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15474" RevisionGUID="5727312d-6715-4b7f-8dba-a49f24fd3a01" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:25:58.560" UserId="6194" Text="I've been more or less happy with Symantec Corp's Multi-point protection.  It included coverage for the workstations and also the exchange server including anti-virus and anti-spam (very effective anti-spam)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Down side is the workstation anti-virus clients are becoming somewhat bloated, so if you have really old workstations or not much memory in them you'll notice they will seem slower.  But it runs great on our newer ones, and we only get low end Dell's with 1 gig of ram.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can even push out the installation of the client using Symatec's own deployment tool from the server.  Worked great so you can completely control it from one server.  Your subscription includes the defination updates for all clients, the mail server and phone support for a year.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They have some pretty good volume discounts as well." />
  <row Id="27861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15475" RevisionGUID="bb822ceb-a019-4389-a7e9-1747aa756572" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:26:36.170" UserId="3505" Text="GUIs can be beginner-friendly, but after that - they're more *hostile* than *helpful*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They place a layer between you and the problem that you're trying to fix - and that &quot;proxy&quot; rarely addresses all the functionality that you are after.  The developer who wrote it at the time thought of &quot;what would be required&quot;, and after then sealed off your freedom with choices he made at that time.  It's not even reasonable to expect a developer to think of every possible problem that may or may not happen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said that - I'll also add that a GUI *can* be useful too, and when written well, can save time and effort, even provides some enjoyment in use - no arguments there.  But when you do eventually need to do something other than &quot;use&quot; the product under &quot;normal circumstances&quot;, you should not be *forced* to go through the GUI - that would be a handicap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27864" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15448" RevisionGUID="ea61c05c-4555-4a4f-a0c0-66ea0f5d9a06" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:27:00.507" UserId="5969" Comment="Providing more specifics; added 93 characters in body" Text="What are the best Malware/Spyware/Antivirus solutions ?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Several requirements for the solution:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Open Source or Freeware&#xD;&#xA; - Centralized Management&#xD;&#xA; - Reporting and Remote Installation&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Think spybot / malwarebytes / highjackthis for business. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not interested in Symantec/Trend/Mcafee/sonicwall or any other commercial products.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27865" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="15448" RevisionGUID="ea61c05c-4555-4a4f-a0c0-66ea0f5d9a06" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:27:00.507" UserId="5969" Comment="Providing more specifics; added 93 characters in body" Text="Best Open Source or Freeware Malware/Spyware/Antivirus with centralized managment ?" />
  <row Id="27866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15477" RevisionGUID="5d779388-e6f4-4384-92bf-19d6fab9c141" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:33:03.210" UserId="6191" Text="I prefer CLI because of piping and stdin/stdout. I prefer this on a all systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also prefer when there is a configuration file rather than registry settings." />
  <row Id="27867" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15478" RevisionGUID="0bfa3bbb-d5b4-499b-b587-2a713d87ef10" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:33:12.290" UserId="5464" Text="OS Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Preference CLI.&#xD;&#xA;Why? Its fast, succint and you can get to all of the options and you understand what is happening. And it is scriptable which is important when you are deploying/maintaining many systems or even just a few systems which must be kept in a consistent, known state (e.g. dev boxs which might need to be redeployed/ have their state &quot;reset&quot; frequently)&#xD;&#xA;If you use a GUI you may be able to get the same effect, but you may never understand what was done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OS Windows&#xD;&#xA;I very occaisonally have to do windows stuff, often to test windows against linux servers.&#xD;&#xA;And then I prefer the CLI, even though I don't know it. The reason? It seems that a lot of times the windows GUI won't do stuff. I.e. you performt he operation in the GUI, but it does not actually seem to trigger the operation in the OS. I've found that usually the CLI gives you  a better idea of the current state of a windows machine and often you can get things to work, which don't actually work (every time) in the GUI, even though it some times looks like they do.&#xD;&#xA;Admitedly I use the GUI more on windows, basically because I am ignorant of windows and simply don't know the command line tools as well.&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="27872" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15481" RevisionGUID="df123f16-0b80-4849-8034-f5ac579c588c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:39:56.660" UserId="5464" Text="I don't know what the cause is, but I'd be looking at your routing table and arp cache on boris and boris-ws2008 as a starting point for finding out. Also host firewalls, if any." />
  <row Id="27877" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15484" RevisionGUID="1bc2b020-ea75-41a6-9b12-fa46b5e30d95" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:50:31.070" UserId="4757" Text="I'm not sure how practical this suggestion is (well, I am, it's not!), but [DragonFlyBSD's][1] [HAMMER][2] filesystem can create snapshots of your data every 30secs continually. There's a very similar Linux filesystem being developed too: [btrfs][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dragonflybsd.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.dragonflybsd.org/hammer/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page" />
  <row Id="27878" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15485" RevisionGUID="38cc0524-ec3b-4bdc-9e11-17fd267bc116" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:52:19.037" UserId="4020" Text="If I have a development environment running in (for example) three VMWare virtual machines, each one containing a Windows installation, then I need three Windows licenses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If I simply copy the files containing&#xD;&#xA;   my three virtual machines to make a&#xD;&#xA;   backup, do I now have six virtual&#xD;&#xA;   machines?  Do I need six Windows&#xD;&#xA;   licenses?  Probably not, backups are&#xD;&#xA;   an exception.&#xD;&#xA; - However, what if I'm&#xD;&#xA;   doing something more than backup:&#xD;&#xA;   what if I'm &quot;branching&quot; instances of&#xD;&#xA;   my virtual machines when I release my&#xD;&#xA;   software?  In that scenario, I end up&#xD;&#xA;   with an unbounded set of v1, v2, v3&#xD;&#xA;   virtual machines, which I may go back&#xD;&#xA;   to when I need to support old&#xD;&#xA;   releases.  So if I'm being honest,&#xD;&#xA;   they're not really &quot;backups&quot;.  How&#xD;&#xA;   many Windows licenses do I need then?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In either case, I presume that I'm only _running_ three virtual machines at any one time, there are just many copies of the files representing the virtual machines at various points in time." />
  <row Id="27879" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15485" RevisionGUID="38cc0524-ec3b-4bdc-9e11-17fd267bc116" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:52:19.037" UserId="4020" Text="Licensing of Windows in backed-up virtual machines" />
  <row Id="27880" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15485" RevisionGUID="38cc0524-ec3b-4bdc-9e11-17fd267bc116" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:52:19.037" UserId="4020" Text="&lt;licensing&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="27882" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15486" RevisionGUID="0707a386-bf3f-4e37-a65a-5e06bf0192f9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:54:59.157" UserId="6187" Text="    alias rm 'mv -f \!* $WASTEBASKET'&#xD;&#xA;    alias unrm 'mv $WASTEBASKET/\!* .'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that many will disagree, but I *like* safety nets. (And please try to forgive me for using tcsh.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This somewhat similar one should be outlawed, though:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias rm 'rm -i'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've seen people who were trained on systems with that alias, and then they type `rm *` on some other system, expecting to get questions about which files to delete, and then they sit there and watch it do exactly what it is supposed to do." />
  <row Id="27883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15487" RevisionGUID="5ec4af8f-396c-411f-83c3-988af86c3841" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:57:28.840" UserId="2711" Text="You have a fairly simple setup - your symptoms suggest to me a subnet mask issue, although you say it is correct. Could you check again that the subnet masks are set correctly on the guests? Pasting in your question the output of &quot;ipconfig&quot; from both host and guest would help too." />
  <row Id="27884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15488" RevisionGUID="36b5d563-1575-4663-95c8-abeff3de4426" CreationDate="2009-05-30T08:58:01.677" UserId="3698" Text="    if [ &quot;$(uname)&quot;=&quot;darwin&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;      EDITOR=mate&#xD;&#xA;      PATH=$PATH:~/.bin&#xD;&#xA;      alias sleep_hdd='sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 1'&#xD;&#xA;      alias sleep_ram='sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0'&#xD;&#xA;      alias sleep_combined='sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 3'&#xD;&#xA;      alias cdproj='cd ~/Projects/Web'&#xD;&#xA;      alias e='mate'&#xD;&#xA;      alias vboxheadless='/Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxHeadless -startvm '&#xD;&#xA;      alias subash='sudo bash'&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    if [ &quot;$(uname)&quot; = &quot;SunOS&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;      alias ls='ls -F'&#xD;&#xA;      alias e='vim'&#xD;&#xA;      alias subash='pfexec bash'&#xD;&#xA;    fi" />
  <row Id="27885" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15489" RevisionGUID="5317ba1b-aaa0-42f0-93a4-dea5418cb3e6" CreationDate="2009-05-30T09:02:06.257" UserId="4979" Text="You do not need licenses for those.&#xD;&#xA;They are not backups, but they are still 'inactive'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the [VMWare licensing faq][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Q. What about licenses for OS instances in inactive or stored virtual machines?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A: Customers only pay for active and running OS instances. Instances of applicable operating systems that are stored in virtual machines and are NOT active (e.g., for test/dev or disaster recovery) do NOT require additional licenses. This policy also applies to server applications such as BizTalk and SQL Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/ms_licensing_faqs.pdf" />
  <row Id="27890" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15334" RevisionGUID="0d6fb0cb-52fa-43da-9399-beb43a7b814a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T09:04:18.107" UserId="3505" Comment="Question" Text="I'm not sure how many people would be interested in this, but I think if you have more than a few hundred servers, it starts becoming an issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An applications team/middleware sends a request that they need the next version of an Enterprise software to be installed on this and that app server.  What do you do?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * The vendor does not provide you with an RPM&#xD;&#xA; * Even if they do, the RPM is a huge mess&#xD;&#xA;   * For example one RPM we had basically installed a tarball into /tmp, and as a post-install, untarred it, and then removed the tarball file.  If you don't already see it, that means that it will be impossible to uninstall as it only installed 1 file.&#xD;&#xA; * Where they provide install scripts, again...&#xD;&#xA;   * You have no visibility of where files will be installed to, other than trusting the docs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, each vendor has their own &quot;rules&quot; and &quot;defaults&quot;, and worst, some seem to not have any.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only way I've found to combat this is to study the installation on a dev machine, and create my own RPM for it - this then brought up the topic of this post - coming up with a standard of where things should go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The [Unix FHS][1] deals with many of the issues, but as it is not it's job - it also misses the ones that are specific to 3rd party software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;Extending the FHS, Standards &amp; Rules for Vendor Products Installation&#xD;&#xA;-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What a colleague of mine and I have been working on is extending this standard to house vendor software (Oracle databases, Oracle application servers, Teamsite, Informatica, etc., etc.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've documented this **[here][2]**, and we've actually been very happy with it...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * It does not in any way violate the parent FHS&#xD;&#xA; * It is flexible enough to work around rigid enterprise software installs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If anyone is interested in this matter (i.e., thinks highly of following standards, and setting them where need be, and cares about maintaining a clean system where a newcomer can (almost) intuitively pick up and start walking) - I'd like to know....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * How have you managed to solve the problem?&#xD;&#xA; * If this model would work for you, and if not - why not?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My ultimate aim is to make this model something that anyone from any company can pickup and use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;Notes&#xD;&#xA;-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding the docson page...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * It's a work-in-progress, so if something is vague I apologize (and will fix it)&#xD;&#xA; * The designation of `/opt` as the choice for 3rd party is not a *must* - you can instead use `/usr/local` if you really want to, as long as it's consistent.  We just prefer `/opt`.&#xD;&#xA; * Before you ask, things such as `/etc/opt/&lt;vendor&gt;/&lt;product&gt;` and similar paths *do* have a reason for being that way, and are directly inherited from the FHS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;Question&#xD;&#xA;-&#xD;&#xA; 1. Would this model work for you?&#xD;&#xA; 2. Anything in here that you feel has not been addressed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assumption of course is that you have enough servers to warrant using this standard to begin with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://docson.autonomy.net.au/wiki/OperatingSystem/UNIX/FHS" />
  <row Id="27893" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15493" RevisionGUID="3e4d3bae-976b-409f-8cf2-d142d526ec91" CreationDate="2009-05-30T09:08:35.540" UserId="6209" Text="I have a Procurve 2626 on a small network (~200 users); about 100 of them are one port, which every now and then sets itself to &quot;off&quot; in the running configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is no indication of why this happens in the logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From searching the net and HP support forums, it seems others have this problem too, but no solution seems to have been found.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As it is extremely difficult to rewire the network, using multiple links for the users is not possible. (The oldest parts of the buildings are from the ~1625, so just thinking about rewiring is virtually a no-go...)" />
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  <row Id="27895" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15493" RevisionGUID="3e4d3bae-976b-409f-8cf2-d142d526ec91" CreationDate="2009-05-30T09:08:35.540" UserId="6209" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;hp&gt;" />
  <row Id="27896" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15494" RevisionGUID="3f02ed5c-e7f1-4566-beca-de5ce67426c3" CreationDate="2009-05-30T09:11:49.090" UserId="5021" Text="You can try and skip 1 record if that is corrupted.&#xD;&#xA;You can do this by doing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    set global sql_slave_skip_counter=1; start slave;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then do&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    show slave status\G&#xD;&#xA;and see if its ok.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can repeat this a few times until it starts replicating properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If on the other hand, you feel you lost too much data and the slaves are out of sync, then you can do a new mysqldump of the master to resync them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lastly, maatkit has a syncing tool that will do a checksum on both tables and will try to sync them for you.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27897" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15494" RevisionGUID="3f02ed5c-e7f1-4566-beca-de5ce67426c3" CreationDate="2009-05-30T09:11:49.090" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15495" RevisionGUID="deccc43e-f6ca-4bba-ae03-b912fa48cb02" CreationDate="2009-05-30T09:13:14.627" UserId="1721" Text="I have use Sysinternals FileMon successfully to find out what program is doing much I/O and with which files. For example when I switched to an SSD that has poor random write performance (4 IOPS, OCZ Core v1), FileMon told me which programs were doing writing, and I could move those files from the SSD to another HDD. It also helped me to find out that updating of last access timestamps was killing the performance (when Locate32 indexes all my disks once a day), so I was able to disable last access timestamps." />
  <row Id="27899" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15496" RevisionGUID="d49987c4-dc39-4ad5-b15c-6e91e3e6247b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T09:13:50.350" UserId="388" Text="    function s()&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;        screen -t &quot;$@&quot; /usr/bin/ssh &quot;$@&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Connect to a host in a new screen tab, with the device name as the tab title." />
  <row Id="27900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15497" RevisionGUID="fdb5f290-b538-4013-9a34-f6335ffd2ea4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T09:21:33.720" UserId="1509" Text="    alias l='ls --color=auto -lsah'&#xD;&#xA;    alias ..='cd ..'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I miss it very often on other systems" />
  <row Id="27901" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15498" RevisionGUID="42dc6be9-55b4-4e45-a094-ca58e3fdc0c7" CreationDate="2009-05-30T09:22:13.873" UserId="388" Text="If you are looking at purely *network* inventory (routers, switches, firewalls etc), then [Opsware NAS][1] and [Voyence][2] are two possible candidates. Both perform automated discovery, configuration management/backup and allow centralised configuration deployment.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've not used it personally, but my understanding is that Voyence also has some nice features in terms of new device provisioning: i.e. you can define a set of best practise configuration, with some parameterised details like hostname, addressing etc and it will automatically provision a new device via a console connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are looking at more general inventory systems for everything (servers, desktops, network), then [Spiceworks][3] does appear to meet the needs of most users in small/medium sized businesses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: https://h10078.www1.hp.com/cda/hpms/display/main/hpms_content.jsp?zn=bto&amp;cp=1-11-271-273^14681_4000_100__&#xD;&#xA;[2]: http://www.voyence.com/products/VoyenceControlNG.shtml&#xD;&#xA;[3]: http://www.spiceworks.com/" />
  <row Id="27904" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13523" RevisionGUID="2bd16ff7-8521-4245-b964-faa5c86ed1a8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T09:25:08.207" UserId="2662" Comment="added 79 characters in body" Text="My Tomcat instance is sitting on a drive with little remaining space. The application I'm running does move file uploads off the server and into a NAS. During the upload, however, Tomcat keeps this file locally, presumably in the /temp directory. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My server has a second data drive with plenty of space where I'd like to relocate this temp directory to. How can I configure Tomcat so that it uses a temp directory on this other drive, ie. how can I relocate this directory?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** I'm running Windows server 2k3. I tried setting the CATALINA_TMPDIR env var, but Tomcat appeared to ignore it." />
  <row Id="27905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15500" RevisionGUID="283c5212-4a3f-420b-afad-8cfe0fa692d0" CreationDate="2009-05-30T09:25:46.427" UserId="388" Text="I'm not familiar with ProCurves, but with that many users on one port, is it possible that the switchport is being disabled due to too many discards? What speed is the port the users are hanging off?" />
  <row Id="27906" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15501" RevisionGUID="d65dbcd8-6fef-4375-b587-c349e773e2cd" CreationDate="2009-05-30T09:32:17.163" UserId="388" Text="CLI all the way, for the simple reason that audit is much easier. When I'm making a change, I simply log my terminal session and then I have a record of exactly what I did, should I ever have to go back and validate it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Text based configuration also lends itself to automation; it's trivial to throw together some scripts that automatically save configuration off network devices and check them into a version control system, giving you a history of what's changed in your network over time." />
  <row Id="27907" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15502" RevisionGUID="dc0e2e93-bc79-4673-96ef-1ddc4936eabf" CreationDate="2009-05-30T09:32:33.230" UserId="4848" Text="I personally think that a successful change control system is next to impossible to achive in a GUI only world.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the change is to be implemented via a cli the steps can be bundled up into a script which is then submitted to change management for approval.&#xD;&#xA;Once approved the very same script can be run in the live environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a previous poster mentions text based configuration files make things even better. I won't go into the benefits of using CVS ( or substitute your favorite revison control system) for maintaining your configuration environment but I will just leave this one (slightly made up) example of a configuration file (from tinyproxy):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;\#  20090527 MJH -- Request for change 564&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Allow 192.168.1.100 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that some GUIs now have a (poorly implemented) comments field and a lot of what I describe above could be implemented in a GUI. But at the moment it is not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15503" RevisionGUID="2bffa6d7-e46c-49ea-9c0a-aeb74483c189" CreationDate="2009-05-30T09:45:03.407" UserId="3505" Text="I found another tool that I yet have to actually try out, I have no idea if it will work, but I'm going to make note of it here for future reference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/bin/jing -c /usr/share/YaST2/schema/autoyast/rnc/profile.rnc autoyast.xml" />
  <row Id="27909" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15504" RevisionGUID="5838e413-8071-48fc-893b-e401f542547b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T09:46:49.520" UserId="4848" Text="ok, 4 steps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Windows updates - This is your number 1 antivirus on windows&#xD;&#xA; 2. Windows firewall - If you cant have additional firewall hardware this will do. Just learn how to use it via the command line.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Backups - Sorry guys, but no AV is 100% effective.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Clam AV - Nightly updates and full scans of your server with proper email alerts on update failures, virus detections and AV software failures.&#xD;&#xA; 5. Monitor eventlogs and move them off the server- nasty things tend to either show up here or break them. Use one of many syslog daemons available for windows to move the logs to a remote host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Phew.. The hoops we have to jump though." />
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  <row Id="27911" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15505" RevisionGUID="5b9166bb-6637-499a-91b9-a04be20f5646" CreationDate="2009-05-30T09:46:50.830" UserDisplayName="Karma Soone" Text="We've got a wireless modem which I don't have direct access and now I need to connect 15 PCs to it. These PCs all wired and connected to my 24 port switch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now how can I make my switch to connect this wireless network so all these 15 PCs can connect to the internet as well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I said I can't plug anything wired to main wireless modem, so it has to be wireless connection between my switch and the main wireless modem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27912" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15505" RevisionGUID="5b9166bb-6637-499a-91b9-a04be20f5646" CreationDate="2009-05-30T09:46:50.830" UserDisplayName="Karma Soone" Text="How to connect a switch to a wireless network?" />
  <row Id="27913" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15505" RevisionGUID="5b9166bb-6637-499a-91b9-a04be20f5646" CreationDate="2009-05-30T09:46:50.830" UserDisplayName="Karma Soone" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;wireless&gt;&lt;switch&gt;&lt;router&gt;" />
  <row Id="27914" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15506" RevisionGUID="e1500cad-7d6c-40a2-bc8a-15926397a64d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T09:53:12.627" UserId="5093" Text="Use a Wifi AP. Most can be run in client mode, and connect to the modem's AP." />
  <row Id="27915" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15475" RevisionGUID="77909291-e0eb-44f3-be6c-f2843590eed5" CreationDate="2009-05-30T09:55:27.083" UserId="3505" Comment="Note" Text="GUIs can be beginner-friendly, but after that - they're more *hostile* than *helpful*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They place a layer between you and the problem that you're trying to fix - and that &quot;proxy&quot; rarely addresses all the functionality that you are after.  The developer who wrote it at the time thought of &quot;what would be required&quot;, and after then sealed off your freedom with choices he made at that time.  It's not even reasonable to expect a developer to think of every possible problem that may or may not happen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said that - I'll also add that a GUI *can* be useful too, and when written well, can save time and effort, even provides some enjoyment in use - no arguments there.  But when you do eventually need to do something other than &quot;use&quot; the product under &quot;normal circumstances&quot;, you should not be *forced* to go through the GUI - that would be a handicap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(My view is not based on any particular OS)." />
  <row Id="27916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15507" RevisionGUID="56b598a3-dae5-45ff-b3d1-87dea931a90e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T09:56:38.033" UserId="4811" Text="1. I used the free version of MalwareBytes.  It's exactly what I wanted in a virus scanner... it doesn't constantly run in the background hogging resources.  You open the app and click scan.  It properly removed a few viruses.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. If you are looking for a one time scan... the only online virus scan that I am aware of that will run on windows 2003 server is Trendmicro's housecall." />
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  <row Id="27918" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15508" RevisionGUID="96412228-2381-4d17-9b95-6643b471aa9d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T10:02:46.680" UserId="2546" Text="Google sites is nice, but you might also want to consider:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://x10hosting.com/][1] has a good reputation as a free web hosting service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/][2] isn't free, but it's stupidly cheap and the pennies a month it'll cost could well be worth it for the additional flexibility it offers over a completely free service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://x10hosting.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/" />
  <row Id="27919" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15509" RevisionGUID="d88ff2b4-e84f-4b12-9017-9f199b1145cf" CreationDate="2009-05-30T10:04:19.750" UserDisplayName="Joe" Text="PXE network boot - Needs another machine.  Writable, easy to update or boot different OS's. Good for many machines with active boot changes (development, QA lab, etc.).&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;IDE or SATA CompactFlash adapter (~$20) - Solves BIOS boot issues. Writable, easy to update. Use leftover space as SSD (if SATA adapter) for ZFS cache, etc.. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SuperGrubDisk - Boot from CD - load kernel, drivers and init scripts from USB, or copy kernel on CD and boot kernel from CD and init from USB. Works in many systems that can't boot directly from USB. Useful for a rescue CD either way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unetbootin - gui based to simplify building bootable USB drives. Check that your USB drive boots on another machine. Some just won't work for booting, most major brands work fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27922" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14449" RevisionGUID="a7c00c18-067c-4b0d-9aa1-016840ba31f4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T10:17:59.520" UserId="1447" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="Back in 1980, a dumb terminal might have had a Z80 processor or something similar running the terminal's embedded software.  This meant that the hardware cost a few thousand dollars instead of the cost of a PDP-11, Vax or mainframe.  However, this technology had mostly died out by the end of the 1990s.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nowadays, the cost of a PC CPU is such that there isn't much advantage to making dedicated 'dumb' terminal hardware in anything but highly specialised instances.  In some cases (such as POS machines) the handset is actually connected via a serial link and works like a serial terminal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some companies such as [WYSE][1] still make thin client hardware that have x-server, citrix or RDP software.  There is still a market for this type of machine, although they are not much less expensive than a cheap PC.  Sometimes this type of hardware has serial ports and a terminal emulator so it can pretend to be an ordinary serial terminal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Arguably, the browser acts as a terminal interface to a remote application.  In many ways it acts like an old-style 3270/5250 type block mode terminal, submitting a completed 'form' request to an application. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The most common solution these days is to run terminal emulation software or remote desktop connections (depending on the type of host) on a general purpose PC.  There are few situations where this is not the optimal solution - in most instances the user of this software also uses general PC software such as word processors or email.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wyse.com" />
  <row Id="27923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15511" RevisionGUID="95aedd89-be06-4fed-a33b-b1bedb6c0af2" CreationDate="2009-05-30T10:23:19.867" UserId="6233" Text="In sql MGM studio you can make linked server which will read data from Access database,&#xD;&#xA;after that you simply querying T sql to move data from one table to another&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    insert into Sql_Table&#xD;&#xA;    Select * from LinkedACCES.dbo.AccesTable" />
  <row Id="27924" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15512" RevisionGUID="f12bb8c9-3aa0-4d50-beba-926e4b7fef09" CreationDate="2009-05-30T10:24:59.287" UserDisplayName="Joe" Text="Partitions - if you can live with the slack space lost. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Partition 1 - distro that updates the mbr grub, install grub into mbr.&#xD;&#xA;Chainload all other partitions/distros&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Partition 2 - distro 2 - grub loaded into boot sector of partition 2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Partition 3 - distro 3 - grub loaded into boot sector of partition 3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Partition 4 - extended partition&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Partition 5 - shared data partition&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Partition 6 - distro 4 - grub loaded into boot sector of partition 6&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - As many more partitions/distros as needed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each distro can be installed using unetbootin or the distro's standard install procedures as long as you remember to always load grub into the partition rather than MBR at that point in each distro's standard installation. If you want you can load partition/distro 1 into the partition and load a &quot;master&quot; grub/syslinus/lilo, etc. to chainload the other partitions. I find it easier to just have distro 1 be the &quot;master&quot; (load grub into mbr) and have all other distro's be chainloaded. " />
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   &#xD;&#xA;       Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : &#xD;&#xA;       Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network Connection&#xD;&#xA;       Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-07-7B-FA&#xD;&#xA;       DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes&#xD;&#xA;       Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes&#xD;&#xA;       IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.72(Preferred) &#xD;&#xA;       Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;       Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, May 30, 2009 8:38:05 AM&#xD;&#xA;       Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, June 02, 2009 8:38:06 AM&#xD;&#xA;       Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1&#xD;&#xA;       DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1&#xD;&#xA;       DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1&#xD;&#xA;       NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected&#xD;&#xA;       Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : &#xD;&#xA;       Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface&#xD;&#xA;       Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01&#xD;&#xA;       DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No&#xD;&#xA;       Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected&#xD;&#xA;       Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : &#xD;&#xA;       Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{4F1E912C-16C1-4D02-953E-8B1F9FDEBCBE}&#xD;&#xA;       Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0&#xD;&#xA;       DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No&#xD;&#xA;       Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ROUTING TABLE FROM ROUTER (192.168.0.1)&#xD;&#xA;    #  IP Address  Device Name  MAC Address &#xD;&#xA;    1 192.168.0.2 BORIS 00:18:4D:75:F7:9C &#xD;&#xA;    2 192.168.0.64 DOUGGIE 00:1F:3B:3B:83:BF&#xD;&#xA;    3 192.168.0.72 BORIS-WS2008 00:18:4D:75:F7:9C&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27926" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15514" RevisionGUID="48763a97-bcb4-40a6-9260-fe1116e13785" CreationDate="2009-05-30T10:42:30.657" UserId="6238" Text="There is a third party utility called Blue Harvest ($13) that solves the problem in an unelegant way, but totally transparent to the user. It lets Finder create the files and afterwards immediately goes in and erases them. It has been quite stable and reliable for me, working against a Windows Small Business Server 2003 via smb." />
  <row Id="27927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15515" RevisionGUID="7203201c-667e-4ee9-97db-f00649c12035" CreationDate="2009-05-30T10:47:43.953" UserId="4979" Text="In short, yes, you would create separate volumes for SQL Server data files, log files, and TempDB data and log files. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please read through the free [Dell Reference Architecture Guide: Deploying Microsoft® SQL Server® with Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS5000 Series Storage Arrays][1] (registration required) before designing your solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.equallogic.com/resourcecenter/assetview.aspx?id=7633" />
  <row Id="27928" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15516" RevisionGUID="ebf22c38-8ff3-4de4-8154-b2e44611a1df" CreationDate="2009-05-30T10:55:41.643" UserId="2299" Text="As you say, a proper battery backed RAID controller will be expensive, but you can find Dell Perc5/i controllers on eBay for £100 ($150) and especially with RAID5 the speed of a controller like the Perc5/i will amaze you. I have several servers with Perc5/is and six disk RAID5 arrays, and they are amongst the fastest disks I have ever seen. Especially for database applications fast disks will really improve performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would bite the bullet and buy a RAID controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27929" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15517" RevisionGUID="593c8dfc-3e5c-4d31-a36d-a20a4fc2a5be" CreationDate="2009-05-30T10:55:48.070" UserId="301" Text="Are you running STP on that port? If not, you could have a switching loop which is causing the port to down itself." />
  <row Id="27930" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15518" RevisionGUID="3cd81f37-9192-463f-92b5-5753c4144ba1" CreationDate="2009-05-30T10:57:42.560" UserId="1643" Text="Two points to take into account:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Have you executed the query first in Toad, and afterwards in python+cx_Oracle ? The first time you execute the query, Oracle needs to parse the query, create an execution plan, and execute the plan: read from disk into memory (buffer cache), execute the joins, etc, ... The second time, Oracle uses the same execution plan (stored in the SGA), and reads from the buffer cache, not disk. It can be a lot less time the second time you execute the same query.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Loading 8000 rows/5GB of data (655Kbytes per row!!!) into TOAD, to display them in the GUI, can take a lot of time. With python+cx_Oracle you are not displaying anything, so you are saving a lot of time here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One suggestion:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Try the python+cx_Oracle in your Windows XP machine, connecting to Oracle through the network, and measure the time&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps" />
  <row Id="27931" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15519" RevisionGUID="cbcf5142-8b74-4e53-9d47-1c9a5b1a6e09" CreationDate="2009-05-30T11:03:42.157" UserId="2405" Text="Definitely CLI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's so much easier to follow / give instructions as a series of CLI commands than with click here, open this dialog, click there, ... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, any CLI command can, by definition, be automated in a script." />
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   3 192.168.0.72 BORIS-WS2008 00:18:4D:75:F7:9C&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27933" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15520" RevisionGUID="3a79b13c-c554-4f7f-b46d-a8335b2e066a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T11:11:49.397" UserDisplayName="Mark Stripes" Text="Depends on the task and the administrator's familiarity with the ins and outs of the product being administered.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With greater familiarity, the CLI is usually the preferred modality - particularly if that CLI is readily scriptable for common tasks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A well designed GUI with task-orientated workflows accompanied by helpful prompting and at-point-of-need documentation is often the best way of gaining familiarity, or for completing complex task workflows where using the CLI might lead to steps being missed, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is particularly true in my experience with specialist appliance products that deviate from the typical mould of a Solaris box or a Windows desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mostly, though, it comes down to how well the product being used has been designed and usability tested across the spectrum of intended users/administrators." />
  <row Id="27937" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7515" RevisionGUID="eb577037-37e2-44d2-a321-fe7d42af77e9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T11:27:28.130" UserId="1565" Comment="closer to reality" Text="For cabling inside a server room from rack to rack, I **HIGHLY** recommend the [AMP NETCONNECT MRJ21 System][1].  It's like an extension cord for your switch.  You only have to run 6 semi-thick cables instead of 48 CAT6 cables (4 cables if you aren't doing gigabit).  Or instead of having a switch in the rack that connects back to the backbone, you connect directly to the backbone thus not losing speed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I usually use 1-foot patch cables and put the patch panel right above the switch.  This allows me to only have to worry about cable management on uplinks.  It helps if the patch panel and switch are the same density like both are 48-ports and each 1U.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ampnetconnect.com/system_group_overview.asp?sys_id=80" />
  <row Id="27938" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15523" RevisionGUID="a5baa301-58bf-4166-964a-bd71a8842ed3" CreationDate="2009-05-30T11:34:44.497" UserId="6253" Text="Windows Vista and 7 contain all the utilities you need to create a bootable USB drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;diskpart&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;list disk&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;select disk 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;clean&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;create partition primary&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;select partition 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;active&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;format fs=NTFS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;assign&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;exit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;bootsect /nt60 g:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Replace the number 1 and q: with the appropriate drive." />
  <row Id="27939" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15524" RevisionGUID="698777da-f7c7-4bb3-b343-5bfa9833400a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T11:35:46.943" UserId="301" Text="You need to use the &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   ExpiresActive On&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;directive wherever you want to apply `Expires` headers, for example&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location / &gt;    &#xD;&#xA;       ExpiresActive On&#xD;&#xA;       ExpiresByType image/png &quot;access plus 7 days&quot;    &#xD;&#xA;       ExpiresByType image/jpg &quot;access plus 7 days&quot;    &#xD;&#xA;       ExpiresByType image/gif &quot;access plus 7 days&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       ExpiresByType text/html &quot;modification plus 5 days&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       &lt;FilesMatch &quot;\.(gif|jpe?g|png)$&quot;&gt;        &#xD;&#xA;          Header set Cache-Control &quot;public&quot;    &#xD;&#xA;       &lt;/FilesMatch&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       &lt;FilesMatch &quot;\.(html)$&quot;&gt;        &#xD;&#xA;          Header set Cache-Control &quot;public&quot;    &#xD;&#xA;       &lt;/FilesMatch&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       &lt;FilesMatch &quot;\.(php)$&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          Header set Cache-Control &quot;private&quot;    &#xD;&#xA;       &lt;/FilesMatch&gt; &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;" />
  <row Id="27940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15525" RevisionGUID="49e320f8-707e-4f22-a5e4-3fb4b077b1b2" CreationDate="2009-05-30T11:39:00.277" UserId="301" Text="How many concurrent requests do you need to support ? I would use [nginx][1] and a small cluster of [mongrels][2]. This way you can limit the amount of resource your ruby application uses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nginx.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/" />
  <row Id="27941" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15526" RevisionGUID="4877cae1-00f0-430c-ae12-e023c3301650" CreationDate="2009-05-30T11:42:13.220" UserId="1922" Text="I will definitely go with the local mechanical drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even if someone test it and find the SSD over the network faster, go with the local drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My main argument is that the network connection is SHARED with other network users.  That means that if you have several co-worker doing bandwidth intensive operations, your experience will degrade quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, the network latency is something to think about.  There is this guy, first name Linus, who wrote a version control system (git).  One of his first premise is that even if you have an old and crappy hard drive, it will still be faster than going through the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15527" RevisionGUID="572c39e8-a648-44d3-9901-e5721313cf12" CreationDate="2009-05-30T11:47:17.940" UserId="301" Text="As far as I understand, fsync() faking is a property of battery backed RAID controllers, not drives. The RAID controller contains a battery that can power its write cache until power is restored to the drive and the write can be safely committed to the disk. This allows the controller to return immediately to the OS, as it makes some level of guarantee that the write will be written to disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It should be noted, if the drives writeback cache fills up, writes will block until the cache has be written back to the drive. This means the cache is generally not as effective under sustained writes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How many IOPS does you application require? Are you sure that you are being limited by the drives write cache, or that a small (compared to memory of your server) on the drive will be of benefit?" />
  <row Id="27943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15528" RevisionGUID="09e6834d-5872-4d2a-9985-b146288be842" CreationDate="2009-05-30T11:48:53.087" UserId="3505" Text="1. How many switches do you have attached on this network segment, just this one?  If so, read about the spanning tree protocol.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Next, I think you *might* have exhausted some assumption made by the Procurve developers - 100 MAC addresses will now all be mapped to the 1 switch port - which is fine, unless the vendors had some other limit.&#xD;&#xA; * One thing that typically occurs with low-end/mid-range switches when its **MAC-Address-Table** is exhausted (flooded) is that it simply turns into a hub, but anything can happen really.&#xD;&#xA; * The specification sheet for the **HP Procurve 2626** states that its **MAC-Address-Table size is 8K** - can you see how many entries you have before the time of the crash?&#xD;&#xA; * I somehow doubt you've reached the global maximum, but maybe some kind of local (per-port) limit? That's just an &quot;I have no idea what I'm talking about&quot; type of a guess though :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Can you try another switch instead of that one and see if does the exact same thing so you can rule out any problem specifically with that port?" />
  <row Id="27944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15529" RevisionGUID="3111b8d8-b3e9-45d2-be1c-9e995466620a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T11:51:33.647" UserId="301" Text="It looks like your shared host is overloaded. Because you are sharing this machine with other users, the page load your site puts on the server may be the straw that breaks the camels back. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My advice would be to setup an external monitoring service, like [Pingdom][1]. Gather some data for a week and then present it to your web host. If they can't resolve the issue, move hosts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://pingdom.com" />
  <row Id="27945" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15530" RevisionGUID="92c2dc5d-5fea-4a72-95ac-207e3b3e155a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T11:52:39.480" UserId="6256" Text="Horses for Courses.  Jeff Snover developed PowerShell for Windows because certain key operations in Exchange were three windows deep and difficult in a GUI.  No doubt I'd rather have a CLI to do one operation that does something in bulk, rather than twiddle with a GUI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OTOH, even PowerShell--the best CLI I've ever used--is prone to the endless parameters problem and it's difficult to scale unless the script or cmdlet writer picks defaults very carefully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have GUI windows open but I *always* have a PowerShell window open too.  I would suspect most admins do the same, even the hard-core bearded Unix ones. " />
  <row Id="27946" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15531" RevisionGUID="4f011d70-4029-453e-a839-70392746fdc9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T11:55:24.970" UserId="1922" Text="From experience I learned that every hard drive will fail, it's just a matter of time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have learn my lesson the hard way and now I do backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I bough new drive, I often segregate my drives list with the warranty period.  Hard drive manufacturer are there to make money and obviously, most of the time, they designed their hard drive to last at least the warranty period.  So after that period, I expect the failing rate to be greater.  I already had 2 of 3 drive of a RAID 5 failed almost at the same time (second drive failed when reconstructing the array and yes I had a recent backup).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is:&#xD;&#xA;What is the best practice with preventive replacement of hard drive in a RAID after the warranty?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you care about it?  How many drive in the array do you replace?" />
  <row Id="27947" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15531" RevisionGUID="4f011d70-4029-453e-a839-70392746fdc9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T11:55:24.970" UserId="1922" Text="RAID hard drive preventive replacement" />
  <row Id="27948" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15531" RevisionGUID="4f011d70-4029-453e-a839-70392746fdc9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T11:55:24.970" UserId="1922" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;prevention&gt;" />
  <row Id="27949" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15528" RevisionGUID="3c6ed3ff-9c7f-4b4a-9b15-9e523fe03d6e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T11:58:00.850" UserId="3505" Comment="added 120 characters in body; added 130 characters in body" Text="1. How many switches do you have attached on this network segment, just this one?  If so, read about the spanning tree protocol.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Next, I think you *might* have exhausted some assumption made by the Procurve developers - 100 MAC addresses will now all be mapped to the 1 switch port - which is fine, unless the vendors had some other limit.&#xD;&#xA; * One thing that typically occurs with low-end/mid-range switches when its **MAC-Address-Table** is exhausted (flooded) is that it simply turns into a hub, but anything can happen really.&#xD;&#xA; * The specification sheet for the **HP Procurve 2626** states that its **MAC-Address-Table size is 8K** - can you see how many entries you have before the time of the crash?&#xD;&#xA; * I somehow doubt you've reached the global maximum, but maybe some kind of local (per-port) limit? That's just an &quot;I have no idea what I'm talking about&quot; type of a guess though :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Can you try another switch instead of that one and see if does the exact same thing so you can rule out any problem specifically with that port?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. Having at the [datasheet][1] now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5. And here's the [troubleshooting guide][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hp.com/rnd/pdfs/datasheets/ProCurve_Switch_2600_Series.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ftp.hp.com/pub/networking/software/Mgmt-Oct2005-59906023-AppC.pdf" />
  <row Id="27950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15532" RevisionGUID="64b1f5a9-e31f-4115-bd09-b9c76bacef1e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T11:59:30.927" UserId="6132" Text="Windows / Unix:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because of automation ability I prefer CLI. Windows has always been lacking in this regard but with Powershell it's becoming easier. " />
  <row Id="27951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15533" RevisionGUID="1f326360-e594-4f15-ab67-2780fc9eadcf" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:01:06.357" UserId="5799" Text="The &lt;code&gt;fish&lt;/code&gt; thing seems to be using SFTP, so Macfusion might work (configure it for SSH). But not having a Mac, I can't test." />
  <row Id="27952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15534" RevisionGUID="5f0cde2e-1f89-41e7-97d7-718e1077054d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:02:33.890" UserId="6256" Text="Do you (the owner) have long range plans?  Let's say your vendor of choice is either:&#xD;&#xA;1) Discontinuing or deemphasing or deprecating an important tool/OS/package you use&#xD;&#xA;2) Revising an important tool/OS/package, even upwards (XP to 7, for example)&#xD;&#xA;3) You don't care what your vendors do, it's all IT right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What does your boss say?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your prospective boss's answer will go a long way to determine what kind of future you may have or even if you (should) have a future with them.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(If you and the boss, OTOH, end up spending an hour talking strategy pros and cons and trading war stories, you may have found yourself a prize!  Sign that contract! :) )" />
  <row Id="27953" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15534" RevisionGUID="5f0cde2e-1f89-41e7-97d7-718e1077054d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:02:33.890" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27954" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15535" RevisionGUID="8f4b65b8-7c77-4b96-9f6c-c3c36ba2b150" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:02:57.603" UserId="6132" Text="Our tool is Admin Arsenal. It does require your environment to be managed via Active Directory. www.AdminArsenal.com" />
  <row Id="27955" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15528" RevisionGUID="6ca0ad8e-69ff-4e33-ac22-00633270cf29" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:03:55.543" UserId="3505" Comment="added 135 characters in body; added 85 characters in body" Text="1. How many switches do you have attached on this network segment, just this one?  If so, read about the spanning tree protocol.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Next, I think you *might* have exhausted some assumption made by the Procurve developers - 100 MAC addresses will now all be mapped to the 1 switch port - which is fine, unless the vendors had some other limit.&#xD;&#xA; * One thing that typically occurs with low-end/mid-range switches when its **MAC-Address-Table** is exhausted (flooded) is that it simply turns into a hub, but anything can happen really.&#xD;&#xA; * The specification sheet for the **HP Procurve 2626** states that its **MAC-Address-Table size is 8K** - can you see how many entries you have before the time of the crash?&#xD;&#xA; * I somehow doubt you've reached the global maximum, but maybe some kind of local (per-port) limit? That's just an &quot;I have no idea what I'm talking about&quot; type of a guess though :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Can you try another switch instead of that one and see if does the exact same thing so you can rule out any problem specifically with that port?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Can you turn up debugging? (That switch supports syslog according to the docs)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Having at the [datasheet][1] now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. And here's the [troubleshooting guide][2].&#xD;&#xA;  * See the section **STP Blocks a Link in a VLAN Even Though There Are No Redundant &#xD;&#xA;Links in that VLAN**.  It *might* be relevant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hp.com/rnd/pdfs/datasheets/ProCurve_Switch_2600_Series.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ftp.hp.com/pub/networking/software/Mgmt-Oct2005-59906023-AppC.pdf" />
  <row Id="27956" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15536" RevisionGUID="d79c5421-0976-4905-ac08-a91e405a67f0" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:04:25.480" UserId="301" Text="The [Google study on hard drive failure rates][1] showed that there was less of a correlation with age than previously suspected. The best advice I have heard is to avoid creating arrays of disks from one batch or a single manufacturer. The Google study showed that there is a strong correlation between drives from a similar manufacturing batch failing simultaneously.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are concerned with the reliability of a RAID dataset by strong advice is to move to RAID10, or failing that RAID6. Given the MTBF and error rates per Gb read, the chance of a double failure while rebuilding a degraded RAID5 set are far to high for comfort with the Tb sized drives on the market today. ref http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/08/10/21/2126252.shtml&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://labs.google.com/papers/disk_failures.pdf" />
  <row Id="27959" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15469" RevisionGUID="8a8c5598-0602-47c8-bd83-6b30634c40d1" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:08:07.833" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;administration&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;gui&gt;" />
  <row Id="27960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15538" RevisionGUID="98ff8ce7-00fd-46dc-8d53-1c6e949792e4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:09:11.750" UserId="6132" Text="If you're looking for network devices you could get what you wanted with OpenView. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're looking for server and desktop inventory there a ton of choices including Tivoli Provisioning Manager (IBM), UniCenter (CA), or System Center (Microsoft). Of course those are on the expensive end. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use Admin Arsenal (our product). It has a strong focus on inventory collection, as well as other system management tasks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.AdminArsenal.com&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27961" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15539" RevisionGUID="2e1e70ea-ee60-4455-b0f6-216fcf64dbbb" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:12:06.490" UserId="1664" Text="Generally speaking, in direct answer to your question, I am not aware of any major brands of SATA drives that the drive itself has had bugs relative to proper operation with write caching enabled. That is, from a drive perspective only, the drive does what it is supposed to do from a caching perspective. I would also note that *even when* write caching ***is*** enabled, that the delay from a disk write on the SATA cable to the rotating media physically being updated is still very short (50 to 100ms maybe typically). It's not like the dirty cache data will be just sitting there for seconds at a time.....the drive is continually trying to get dirty data from the [cache][1] onto the physical media as soon as it can. This is not just a question of data safety, but one of being ready to accept future writes without any delay (ie: write posting).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The issue that arises when caching is enabled is that the write order to the drive over the SATA cable and the write order of data to the rotating media is not the same. This can never cause a problem UNLESS you have a loss of power or a system crash before all contents of the cache make it to disk. Why?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The issue that can arises here is relative to transaction robustness of the the file system and/or database file contents to these out of order lost writes. In effect, those potentially lost out of order writes can theoretically corrupt the integrity of the transaction logic that would have otherwise have been guaranteed by the disk writes happening in a very specific order to the media.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, of course, the designers of the file system, databases, RAID controllers, etc. are aware (or certainly should be aware) of this phenomenon relative to write caching. The write caching is extremely desirable from a performance standpoint in most random access type I/O scenarios. In fact, having the write caching available is a key element of being able to have any real benefit to the more advanced Native Command Queuing ([NCQ][2]) that is supported on newer SATA and the last few generations of PATA implementations. So, to guarantee order to the physical media at such certain critical times, the file system and/or application, etc. can specifically request a flush of the write caches to the media. At the completion of this sync request - everything pending from (potentially) file buffers, OS disk caching, physical disk caching etc. is actually out on the media per the transaction system design at the right critical operations. That is, this happens correctly if the programmers make the right call(s) up at the top AND every element of this chain of software and hardware layers did their job correctly. ie: There are no bugs in this regard in the drive, the RAID controllers, the disk drivers, the OS caches, the file system, the database engine, etc. This is a lot of software that all has to work exactly right. Additionally, verifying correctness in this regard is very difficult because in almost any situation normally the write order doesn't matter at all....and power failure and crash scenarios are kind of &quot;not fun&quot; to really test out right. So, in the end &quot;turning off write caching&quot; at one or more of the various layers and/or meanings of this term....has the reputation of &quot;fixing&quot; certain kinds of issues. In effect, shutting off the write caching behaviors of the RAID controller or OS Disk Caches, or the Drive, etc. is avoid one or more bugs in the system.....hopefully this gets across the source of such folk lore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, getting back to the core of the question: Under SATA, the specific handling of all the disk read/write commands and the flush cache commands are well defined by the [SATA specifications][3]. Additionally, the drive manufactures should have detailed documentation for each drive model or family describing their implementation and compliance to these rules like this example for [Seagate Barracuda][4] drives. In particular, see details of the SATA *SET FEATURES* command that controls drive operational mode and specifically option 82h can be used to disable disk caching at the drive level because the default is certainly write caching enabled on all drives I am aware of. If you really wanted to disable the cache, this command has to be done at start of each drive reset or power up and is typically under the control of the disk drivers for your operating system. You might be able to encourage your OS driver to set this mode via an IOCTL and/or Registry Setting type thing, but this varies widely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_buffer&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sata-io.org/technology/ncq.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.sata-io.org/developers/technical_library.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/support/disc/manuals/desktop/Barracuda%207200.12/100529369b.pdf" />
  <row Id="27964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15541" RevisionGUID="d9781603-46c7-4275-a2bd-5eb38495f30f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:18:02.760" UserId="431" Text="It depends on whether you're talking about server-class gear or desktop-class gear.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's a desktop machine built with your own money and off-the-shelf drives, and you're not worried about compatibility, then yes, your strategy is sound.  Every X years, go out and buy all-new drives to replace your current drives.  They're going to be faster, quieter, and larger.  You could replace the drives individually, letting the array rebuild itself, and then when the rebuilds are complete, reconfigure your array to be larger.  (Not all raid adapters support operations like this - online rebuilds and size changes.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's a server-class machine like an HP Proliant or IBM System X, it gets more complicated.  You may need to use hard drives on the compatibility list for your raid adapter.  In that case, the drives are going to be expensive because they're probably no longer produced, or they're just plain expensive to begin with on server-class stuff anyway.  Even worse, you might be buying refurb gear from your reseller and not knowing it - this isn't uncommon with server resellers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Plus, you may be discarding drives with perfectly good lifespans and replacing them with drives that are destined for trouble.  Rather than proactively replacing those, it makes more sense to build the server with a hot spare to begin with, and make sure your raid array supports automatic rebuilds using a hot spare.  Then the rebuild will happen before you even get out of bed to make it into the datacenter, and you can replace the dead drive at your leisure without spending money or time." />
  <row Id="27965" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15487" RevisionGUID="4cfe9f6a-9e6d-43c3-a29e-ac028a443f78" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:19:38.983" UserId="2711" Comment="added 81 characters in body" Text="You have a fairly simple setup - your symptoms suggest to me a subnet mask issue, although you say it is correct. Could you check again that the subnet masks are set correctly on the guests? Pasting in your question the output of &quot;ipconfig&quot; from both host and guest would help too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: From the info below, try bouncing your router to reset its arp cache." />
  <row Id="27966" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15542" RevisionGUID="09117cac-cf10-4e70-a143-ccbbf4c652c8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:20:56.520" UserDisplayName="vitiris" Text="I am using Windows 7 RC 64-bit and I run the Cisco VPN client in &quot;Virtual XP&quot; mode.  It works great, pretty seamless.  Probably doesn't help you much right now, but good to know you can use it when Windows 7 is released." />
  <row Id="27967" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15536" RevisionGUID="c6880adb-016b-4c07-a743-0afe15e5e7a0" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:22:12.803" UserId="301" Comment="fixed grammer" Text="The [Google study on hard drive failure rates][1] showed that there was less of a correlation with age than previously suspected. The best advice I have heard is to avoid creating arrays of disks from one batch or a single manufacturer. The Google study showed that there is a strong correlation between drives from a similar manufacturing batch failing simultaneously.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are concerned with the reliability of a RAID dataset my strong advice is to move to RAID10, or failing that RAID6. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given the MTBF and error rates per Gb read, the chance of a double failure while rebuilding a degraded RAID5 set are far too high for comfort with the terabyte sized drives on the market today. ref http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/08/10/21/2126252.shtml&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://labs.google.com/papers/disk_failures.pdf" />
  <row Id="27968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15543" RevisionGUID="721a917e-7386-4e46-9a0f-6bec88ae6d5c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:24:27.907" UserId="431" Text="Check with your PC manufacturer.  Most of the business ones have their own free inventory software that you can use.  Even if you just have one of these computers, grab the software to see if it meets your needs, and it might discover other PC brands too.  (Hint, hint.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Dell has [OpenManage][1]&#xD;&#xA; - HP has [System Insight Manager][2], which also discovers &amp; manages your servers &amp; printers&#xD;&#xA; - IBM has [IBM Director][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The basic version is free, and then they resell software &amp; services to sit atop these and provide more value.  They do stuff like remote control, software distribution, yadda yadda yadda.  Dell and HP's ones have web consoles with database back ends, which make it easier to roll your own reports too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www1.us.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/sitelets/solutions/management/openmanage?c=us&amp;cs=555&amp;l=en&amp;s=biz&amp;redirect=1&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/management/director/" />
  <row Id="27969" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15407" RevisionGUID="e58aad71-1ee2-4089-88f0-f581a5da8d33" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:24:39.323" UserId="45" Comment="edited body; edited title" Text="I'm looking for a router that can set bandwidth throttling on a PC in my home network. Does anyone know any home network router come with network management tool that can limit a PC's network/internet connection speed?" />
  <row Id="27970" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="15407" RevisionGUID="e58aad71-1ee2-4089-88f0-f581a5da8d33" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:24:39.323" UserId="45" Comment="edited body; edited title" Text="Looking for router or a solution for bandwidth throttling" />
  <row Id="27971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15544" RevisionGUID="be2f977d-cf64-4e69-8510-bc85dc76b55f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:25:32.913" UserDisplayName="vitiris" Text="Use the &quot;Virtual XP Mode&quot; addon.  I am running Windows 7 64-bit and use the Cisco VPN and XP 32-bit IE for connecting to the corporate network." />
  <row Id="27972" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15545" RevisionGUID="0220d69f-55cb-4329-a97c-da5e0b7e88ae" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:27:40.353" UserId="4979" Text="Always go for an A brand powersupply. I am partial to Enermax myself, but there are many good makes out there now. I tend to overspec my powersupplies by a factor 2. A brand PSU's can deliver the power as stated on the label, but only tend to keep their fans quiet until around 30% of their peak load." />
  <row Id="27973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15546" RevisionGUID="70a65e92-2928-451a-a094-af432760930d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:30:10.023" UserId="6132" Text="We have a ton of schools who use our product (Admin Arsenal, www.AdminArsenal.com) to manage the environment from collecting inventory to deploying software to monitoring and even sending remote commands.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as best practice or advise; we've learned over the last few years that schools often have very little money that they're willing to spend on IT, so teachers are often loading freeware or shareware apps (.pdf readers, word processors, math tools, etc.) onto their laptops. These can cause a bit of a headache, especially when the products try and auto update themselves. It's best to know what's installed (inventory tool).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as reimaging the lab systems, we've seen that it needs to occur far more often than just semester change. Students have a way of really mucking the systems up, and ghost is a common solution for quickly restoring. Just be sure that your image doesn't have any dup id's or you'll have a real pain." />
  <row Id="27974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15547" RevisionGUID="993c76ab-f2e0-49e0-8460-4cfb3fa07166" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:31:17.870" UserId="3505" Text="In OpenSolaris, `/etc/fstab` has been replaced by `/etc/vfstab`." />
  <row Id="27975" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2219" RevisionGUID="4e2786fe-3445-4670-88b8-9eb2ad7815b4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:34:31.630" UserId="45" Comment="added 7 characters in body; edited tags" Text="Since I'm not a hardware expert, I don't know what features make a network switch a *good* network switch. What should I pay attention, when I'm comparing the different models from different vendors?" />
  <row Id="27976" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2219" RevisionGUID="4e2786fe-3445-4670-88b8-9eb2ad7815b4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:34:31.630" UserId="45" Comment="added 7 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;switch&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="27977" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15548" RevisionGUID="a4a13758-c244-4b4a-864a-1f94fea5d555" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:37:01.720" UserId="4942" Text="Anybody who's ever worked with servers and even a small LAN environment knows (or should know) how messy things can get. Cables, routers, hubs, servers and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everything crawling where it shouldn't go, and good luck finding that one cable that's preventing John's PC to connect to the rest of the Intranet when John works on the first floor and the servers where you need to check it are on the third floor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, for everyone here who works in environments like this: how do you keep it clean? A clean environment means at least some improvement in efficiency, so what are you tricks? What are the absolute do's and don'ts and why?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or do you enjoy some Spaghetti? ![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu91/Vordreller/artistic-mess-cormacphelan.jpg" />
  <row Id="27978" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15548" RevisionGUID="a4a13758-c244-4b4a-864a-1f94fea5d555" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:37:01.720" UserId="4942" Text="How to keep your physical server environment manageable" />
  <row Id="27979" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15548" RevisionGUID="a4a13758-c244-4b4a-864a-1f94fea5d555" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:37:01.720" UserId="4942" Text="&lt;physical-environment&gt;" />
  <row Id="27980" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15548" RevisionGUID="a4a13758-c244-4b4a-864a-1f94fea5d555" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:37:01.720" UserId="4942" />
  <row Id="27981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15549" RevisionGUID="1c63e87a-f8b2-4c52-a8c4-1112459a068a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:37:11.033" UserId="4979" Text="Building a good compact 1U or 2U server is not as easy as drawing up a decent tower model. There aren't a dozen good sites testing all the components, cooling more a challange, parts more expensive and harder to come by. I have always bought for work, and built for home. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But if I would install a rack at home (I won't. Too much noise), I would build those servers as well since I am a [maker][1] at heart and just love DIY when it comes to computing gear.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://makezine.com/" />
  <row Id="27982" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15550" RevisionGUID="a5b3bacf-97ae-4bf4-8bf7-002ffa076a6b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:38:29.553" UserId="3505" Text="Have you seen these tutorials...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * [http://www.javaworld.com/community/node/2831][1]&#xD;&#xA; * [http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-ad-prototype-jruby/][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.javaworld.com/community/node/2831&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-ad-prototype-jruby/" />
  <row Id="27983" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15372" RevisionGUID="5526e541-6ab5-4e76-a662-e2e25bf369d4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:43:46.133" UserId="6095" Comment="added key detail" Text="One of the things that often confused me in understanding &quot;anycast&quot; is that while its a highlevel term, practical-implementation wise it usually boils down to two examples:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.) bgp advertising the same ip block via multiple AS paths as a rough way of directing users to  a &quot;closer&quot; site.  At the same time it provides for nearly transparent failover to the other sites by just retracting the routes from a troubled site.  This can be useful for nearly any protocol, though obviously it raises lots of backend data synchronization concerns.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.) advertising the same service ip from multiple points within your own network (static, ospf, eigrp, whatever).  If they're weighted differently it acts as a failover mechanism. If the routes are weighted evenly it can take advantage of the per-packet or per-flow loadbalancing capabilities of most name-brand-vendor routers. You have to be careful the application layer protocol is comfortable with this, thats why you almost always hear of it used with dns where a request is always one packet and everything is stateless.  Personally, I view this as a hacky intrusion of application layer concerns into the network layer when a combination of dns and proper loadbalancers will almost always be a better solution." />
  <row Id="27984" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15551" RevisionGUID="6b27ff7f-7f60-43fa-b2ec-da4bcf73a65f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:46:09.923" UserId="3505" Text="Hmmm, that's disgusting - but thanks for posting a picture worth-a-thousand-words. 8)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Set a standard and stick to it, for example...&#xD;&#xA;   * In every rack, the bottom X RUs are reserved for switches&#xD;&#xA;   * Public interfaces will be green&#xD;&#xA;   * Private interfaces will be red&#xD;&#xA; * Use racks that have facilities for cable management on the doors.&#xD;&#xA; * Use the same model of rack globally&#xD;&#xA; * Label all cables with a barcode (or similar) writer&#xD;&#xA; * Label the Racks as per the grid that they are if you look at them plane-view&#xD;&#xA; * Inventory everything&#xD;&#xA; * Don't let staff walk in and walk out of the server room&#xD;&#xA;   * Only operations team should be allowed to *touch* the servers&#xD;&#xA;   * Only the networks team should be allowed to *touch* the cavles&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="27985" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15551" RevisionGUID="6b27ff7f-7f60-43fa-b2ec-da4bcf73a65f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:46:09.923" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="27986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15552" RevisionGUID="9b95589a-f840-4b8a-a0ae-05ed49a5738b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:47:46.813" UserId="301" Text="Sadly I think this is the best you can expect, due to the way that Windows loads executable code the WebDAV servers transientness may be to much for the dll loader. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is one faint hope, check that your providor is setting the&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    MS-Author-Via &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;header, as [described here][1]. This is required for Word and other Microsoft products to properly interoperate with WebDAV servers by indicating that they support Microsoft's extensions to the WebDAV protocol.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc250217(PROT.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="27987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15553" RevisionGUID="7190d45f-0980-462a-86b2-f07495d40659" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:49:32.443" UserDisplayName="ranrub" Text="I'd buy and install netlimiter on the pc's and manage bandwidth directly on them. www.netlimiter.com $$$" />
  <row Id="27988" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14182" RevisionGUID="ff6e5093-42a5-40e6-a95c-66f6bee6c71b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:53:23.483" UserId="4630" Comment="Remove iPodder plug; refer to Steve's interesting suggestion; general edit. " Text="Probably not. It all depends on the load balancing technique. To summarize:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * If your load balancer works without ISP co-operation: no.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * If your load balancer needs ISP support, or at least tolerance: yes. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd expect that most consumer-level load balancing solutions are designed to work without ISP co-operation. In which case: no. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**No ISP support required; not good for BitTorrent:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BitTorrent won't play well with load balancing solutions which expose both your external IP addresses. These solutions route new outbound TCP sessions via whichever link is least used right now. That's fine for browsing web sites, but causes problems with anything which expects to deal with a single IP address. See [pfSense's documentation on sticky connections][1], for example. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(In theory, your client could pretend to be two clients each of which never download from the other. In practice, I don't think any BitTorrent clients do this.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Load balancing by distributing outbound TCP sessions is the only way to guarantee improved download speed with all ISPs. For this reason, I'd expect most consumer-level load balancing solutions to work this way. That's great for multi-connection HTTP and FTP (i.e. most download managers), but not for BitTorrent. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**ISP support probably required; could benefit BitTorrent uploads:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As [Steve Schnepp points out][2], BitTorrent should play well with load balancers which distribute the transmitted packets, but stamp all of them with your (apparent) single IP address. The problem is, this kind of solution will only work if your ISP isn't blocking spoofed packets. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try spoofing packets to your friends, and having them spoof packets back to you. Assuming neither ISP pulls the plug on you, you could try a home-made Linux routing solution with both ISPs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/MultiWanVersion1.2#Sticky_Connections&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/14172/is-it-possible-to-use-two-internet-connections-and-combine-their-upload-for-bitto/14465#14465&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9710a.html" />
  <row Id="27989" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15554" RevisionGUID="714ff27c-e0a8-4b1f-9961-de4c86b4c0bf" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:54:33.887" UserId="6279" Text="For a quick restore; have a computer set up exactly how you want it to be, use ghost to create an image of the current state.&#xD;&#xA;Now whenever some kid fiddles around and makes the PC unusuable (or perhaps a tad worse), all you have to do is reimage it and it's good to go. You can let it run and do something else while it does that. (This is assuming all data is stored off the local drive -- that is you have drives mapped for data storage (home drives))&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for your other concerns, group policies should take care of 90% of things." />
  <row Id="27990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15555" RevisionGUID="d88fabd6-ff8e-43cf-bf92-24eb1f2df4f3" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:54:44.713" UserId="431" Text="Not exactly what you're after, but you might consider using [JungleDisk][1] hooked up to [Amazon S3][2].  Amazon S3 is a cloud-based file storage system, and Jungle Disk is a Windows/Mac program that you use to access the files.  Amazon S3 charges by the transfer and by storage volume, and Jungle Disk is a flat $20 one-time fee.  The S3 pricing is really reasonable, downright cheap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can install Jungle Disk as a service on a machine inside your office network, and it will automatically sync content with your S3 bucket.  When clients upload to S3, you'll fetch those files automatically to your local server, and vice versa - when you put files in that synchronized folder structure, they go up to S3 also.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can set up one bucket (similar to a folder) per client, and each client can get access to just their own files in their bucket.  There's no programming involved.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jungledisk.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://aws.amazon.com/s3/" />
  <row Id="27991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15556" RevisionGUID="72af87fa-cfcb-41fc-8ac1-21d2681cf56e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T12:56:23.180" UserId="45" Text="**FreeProxy**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want a working proxy for Windows out of the box: [FreeProxy][1] is very easy to install and configure. You only need to configure the service to get it up and running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The basic features include proxying HTTP, SMTP, POP, FTP Proxy, TCP Tunneling, and SOCKS 4/4a/5. It works well with a wide range of programs. Besides browsers, it supports ICQ, MSN messenger etc. There is a comprehensive help which illustrates the setup of these clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition, FreeProxy can be authenticated to a internal user database or using a Windows domain. There is extensive reporting,  control of resource permissions, URL filtering, IP address filtering, local port binding, demand dialing, calendar control, proxy chaining. It also includes a fully working Web server. It runs as a service on all Windows versions (server and desktop.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FreeProxy is a free, but professional tool and qualified for volume usage. The newest version also includes SMTP and POP server functionality.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.handcraftedsoftware.org/" />
  <row Id="27992" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15557" RevisionGUID="170d7877-13c2-41be-b0eb-b2176e4f4a50" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:02:17.413" UserDisplayName="Patrick McNally" Text="What is the best way to test that SQL Server 2005 is listening on an IP and port?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some Background:&#xD;&#xA; I'm trying to connect a Unix box to SQL Server 2005 using freetds. However tsql keeps telling me that &quot;Adaptive Server is unavailable or does not exist.&quot; I'm trying to figure out if the problem lies with my configuration of SQL Server or of FreeTDS. (The SQL server is currently being utilized as a datasource for a server running some .net websites; so I'm leaning towards the problem being on the UNIX side) " />
  <row Id="27993" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15557" RevisionGUID="170d7877-13c2-41be-b0eb-b2176e4f4a50" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:02:17.413" UserDisplayName="Patrick McNally" Text="Testing that SQL Server 2005 is listening for FreeTDS" />
  <row Id="27994" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15557" RevisionGUID="170d7877-13c2-41be-b0eb-b2176e4f4a50" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:02:17.413" UserDisplayName="Patrick McNally" Text="&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="27995" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15558" RevisionGUID="4ba3b97d-f417-4080-b39f-0852ca538337" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:02:23.483" UserId="4733" Text="DDWRT running on a Linksys WRT54G can act as a repeater.  I have never attempted it before, but have a look at the documentation.  I would think it would work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its at dd-wrt.com " />
  <row Id="27996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15559" RevisionGUID="f5856dfe-7e7c-4b7d-952e-4935b72476d7" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:05:56.240" UserId="6101" Text="Has anybody gotten PDO_mysql working on the default PHP installation on a mac? It works with MAMP but that's inconvenient." />
  <row Id="27997" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15559" RevisionGUID="f5856dfe-7e7c-4b7d-952e-4935b72476d7" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:05:56.240" UserId="6101" Text="PDO_mysql for mac" />
  <row Id="27998" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15559" RevisionGUID="f5856dfe-7e7c-4b7d-952e-4935b72476d7" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:05:56.240" UserId="6101" Text="&lt;pdo&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;php&gt;&lt;mac&gt;" />
  <row Id="27999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15560" RevisionGUID="03678164-24ac-4411-963a-b5cac3c13388" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:06:16.270" UserId="5038" Text="I've used an AP set up in bridging mode to connect a switch to a WiFi environment, it worked just fine." />
  <row Id="28000" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15561" RevisionGUID="ffb6b284-17f9-48ff-a6a9-5d2cfa8e83b6" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:07:03.163" UserId="4733" Text="I have had a site at http://www.110mb.com/ for over a year  now.  The up-time is great and its totally free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think you have to FTP the site over." />
  <row Id="28001" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15562" RevisionGUID="04497531-333a-4be5-9498-fc319cf06aa2" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:07:38.700" UserId="4392" Text="**Step 1** Securely configure the hosting web server to have a &quot;staging&quot; directory, which will hold the clients' uploaded files until you can retrieve them. &#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Step 2** Write a cron job on the internal FTP server that goes to the web server and retrieves the downloaded messages. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I assume that you've got somewhat limited space on the web server, so I would recommend deleting them from there after you've verified that you successfully downloaded the files. If you have shell access on the web server, you can use the md5 hashes to verify correctness. If not, you may just have to go with size. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My company uses a technique like this. We have a process that runs every 5 minutes of every day that retrieves files, verifies them, then deletes them from the source. It works quite well for us. " />
  <row Id="28002" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15563" RevisionGUID="389e4520-8c5a-411b-8405-f149b6baa56b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:08:17.780" UserId="2629" Text="How do I scan a network to find out which devices are on it?  (I'd be happy with a list of MAC addresses and IPs.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, lets say I'm at work and want to be sure that there are no unknown devices connected to the network (especially if access is not filtered by password or MAC).  DHCP logs could help, but what if I want to find devices with static IPs?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, let us say I'm at a friends house and he wants me to setup port forwarding, but doesn't know the IP of his router.  Sure, a few good guesses will usually get it, but it'd be nicer to scan." />
  <row Id="28003" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15563" RevisionGUID="389e4520-8c5a-411b-8405-f149b6baa56b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:08:17.780" UserId="2629" Text="How do I find out which devices are on a network?" />
  <row Id="28004" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15563" RevisionGUID="389e4520-8c5a-411b-8405-f149b6baa56b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:08:17.780" UserId="2629" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;scanner&gt;" />
  <row Id="28005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15564" RevisionGUID="9906ddb6-f08c-4efa-8a14-d29b0cfc46a5" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:09:36.343" UserId="6283" Text="The default nofile limit for OS X user accounts seems to be about 256 file descriptors these days. I'm trying to test some software that needs a lot more connections than that open at once.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a typical debian box running the pam limits module, I'd edit /etc/security/limits.conf to set higher limits for the user that will be running the software, but I'm mystified where to set these limits in OS X.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a GUI somewhere for it? Is there a config file somewhere for it? What's the tidiest way to change the default ulimits on OS X?" />
  <row Id="28006" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15564" RevisionGUID="9906ddb6-f08c-4efa-8a14-d29b0cfc46a5" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:09:36.343" UserId="6283" Text="Where are the default ulimits specified on OS X (10.5)?" />
  <row Id="28007" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15564" RevisionGUID="9906ddb6-f08c-4efa-8a14-d29b0cfc46a5" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:09:36.343" UserId="6283" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;ulimit&gt;" />
  <row Id="28008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15565" RevisionGUID="b860c812-81d1-426c-803f-a7bd0b4e079d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:10:22.940" UserDisplayName="adamhoff" Text="linksys routers will do that (that is all I have experience with).  I currently run a Linksys WRT54GL v1.1 with Tomato firmware.  This is an upgrade from the stock linksys firmware.  It unlocks a few more features than the stock firmware will.  If you want an even more advanced firware use dd-wrt.  alot more features, alot more complicated.  I have used both and for my needs, tomato works well at home." />
  <row Id="28009" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15566" RevisionGUID="984c395b-fcaf-4ab1-9db9-749d86f1a14b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:12:13.297" UserId="2354" Text="It depends how fast you need the files on your in-house server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Sync-Solution**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it does not need to be realtime then let people upload to and download from your webhost&#xD;&#xA;and synchronize every n minutes.&#xD;&#xA;There are various solutions for the synchronization part but I'd recommend rsync.&#xD;&#xA;Despite the name rsync is not real synchronization, so youd'd want to have separate upload and download folders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Realtime solution**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it needs to be real time you can run a webserver on your in-house host which just provides&#xD;&#xA;the upload page. It can live on a subdomain like uploade.mycompany.com." />
  <row Id="28010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15567" RevisionGUID="cb4a9bd1-75f0-4125-9ee4-c8d4e1ae5d9b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:12:37.290" UserId="4733" Text="Win&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am still learning everyday, but I definitely prefer CLI.  It wasnt that long ago though that I would have said GUI.  As I have grown into my job it seems that there are many more things that you can do with CLI....especially after installing tools such as pstools (and others that I cant think of just this sec).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although my company doesnt have any Linux/Unix machines, I do have a couple at home and it seems that EVERYTHING is easier (and believe it or not FASTER) with the CLI if you take the time to learn.  You can definitely do more with CLI than GUI.  " />
  <row Id="28011" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15568" RevisionGUID="84231a65-da3f-4400-a1d4-975417eade25" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:12:58.507" UserId="45" Text="You could try to telnet your server at port 1433. It is the port SQL Server is listening to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     telnet MySQLServerAddress 1433&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The output should be &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     Trying 111.222.111.222 ... (example)&#xD;&#xA;     Connected to MySQLServerAddress.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you receive a 'Connection refused' error message, you're there is something wrong with the network communication (firewall on server, SQL Server port was changed from default, ...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28012" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15569" RevisionGUID="60632a84-7841-424a-8006-19680ba723ef" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:15:45.537" UserId="4757" Text="For the first scenario, look at [nmap][1]. You can scan entire subnets in one command. For example: `nmap -sP 192.168.0.1/24`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the second, the router IP should show up as the gateway IP for your machine. In windows, that appears in the connection status dialog.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://insecure.org/" />
  <row Id="28013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15570" RevisionGUID="38d7f8f8-5f53-4fb6-a0c8-6ca6fe5871d0" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:16:53.163" UserId="5038" Text="One alternative model you could do is to use one VLAN for non-infected machines and one for infected machines. This would probably require using DHCP, so minimal reconfiguration has to be done on the infected machine. At that point, you could then use an ACL from the VLAN sub-interface to the net to block access to the Internet, while (ideally) leaving enough holes to download patches or virus updates." />
  <row Id="28014" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15566" RevisionGUID="5520641d-2b21-4acc-8a0d-4319760987a0" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:19:43.783" UserId="2354" Comment="added 227 characters in body; deleted 1 characters in body" Text="It depends how fast you need the files on your in-house server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Sync-Solution**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it does not need to be realtime then let people upload to and download from your webhost&#xD;&#xA;and synchronize every n minutes.&#xD;&#xA;There are various solutions for the synchronization part but I'd recommend rsync.&#xD;&#xA;Despite the name rsync is not real synchronization, so youd'd want to have separate upload and download folders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Realtime solution**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it needs to be real time you can run a webserver on your in-house host which just provides&#xD;&#xA;the upload app. It can live on a subdomain like upload.mycompany.com. If you do it properly users will not notice that it is hosted on a different server.&#xD;&#xA;Running a publicly available webserver is not for the faint-hearted however, and it will&#xD;&#xA;take a considerable amount of time for maintenance." />
  <row Id="28015" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15571" RevisionGUID="68cc2b43-f39d-440a-aed8-20b7afccbca7" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:20:33.283" UserId="6281" Text="&#xD;&#xA;If you're stuck with using IIS, use PyISAPIe instead of CGI if you can.  Instructions and links for PyISAPIe are below.  Your web host will know a lot more about ISAPI extensions if they manage IIS than about Python, and they don't need to know much about Python with PyISAPIe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**A MUCH BETTER WAY OF DOING THIS IS USING PyISAPIe, AN ISAPI EXTENSION**.  PyISAPIe is much, much faster than CGI on IIS7.  What this does is similar to mod_python on Apache.  The PyISAPIe project homepage has instructions for setting up Django with WSGI over PyISAPIe.  This will bring your performance up to reasonable speeds for a public/high traffic website.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * apps.sourceforge.net/trac/pyisapie/&#xD;&#xA;  * pypi.python.org/pypi/PyISAPIe/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setting up Django in an IIS+Python via CGI environment is going to be horribly slow for any production use.  You should never use this for a website on which you expect to service more than a handful of requests per minute.  It also limits you severely in what you can cache in memory in Django's caching framework, since the Django app's process is restarted with each new request.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a sane web server like Apache, lighttpd, etc., with mod_python, the Python interpreter running the Django process remains in memory and is initialized with each new Apache worker thread that handles many requests over the course of time.  This means that Python + Django are not exited and restarted for each new request.  In a FastCGI setup, the web server (Apache or lighttpd for example) creates a socket (UNIX domain or TCP) across which it communicates with a FastCGI application (your Django web application) over the FastCGI protocol.  Ditto for HTTP proxy setups (they speak HTTP instead of FastCGI).  In a CGI environment, the Python interpreter is called which runs the Django application, completely anew for each request, so the application can not keep state across requests in memory and can't cache properly anywhere but in a database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Enough ranting, if you must use IIS+CGI+Django, here's how to accomplish this horrible horrible thing:** Use the following code to create your own CGI script which runs your Django app (it translates between CGI and WSGI): code.djangoproject.com/attachment/ticket/2407/django.cgi .  You'll have to edit the script a little to make it point to your Django app and code.  That is the CGI script you would need to pass requests to.  Next, you need to forward/rewrite all requests to your CGI script...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Under IIS6, you'll need a mod_rewrite equivalent like IISRewrite, which I think is not free and is closed source.  Under IIS7, Microsoft finally included a URL rewriting module.  Documentation for it is located here: learn.iis.net/page.aspx/460/using-url-rewrite-module/ .  Instructions for creating rewrite rules in IIS7 are here: learn.iis.net/page.aspx/461/creating-rewrite-rules-for-the-url-rewrite-module/.  You will want to forward everything at the target base URL to be handled by your CGI script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;code.djangoproject.com/attachment/ticket/2407/django.cgi&#xD;&#xA;learn.iis.net/page.aspx/460/using-url-rewrite-module/&#xD;&#xA;learn.iis.net/page.aspx/461/creating-rewrite-rules-for-the-url-rewrite-module/&#xD;&#xA;apps.sourceforge.net/trac/pyisapie/&#xD;&#xA;pypi.python.org/pypi/PyISAPIe/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm a new user and can't post hyperlinks, so please add the http :// to any links you see above manually and enter them into your browser..." />
  <row Id="28016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15572" RevisionGUID="66bf46ac-e88e-423e-8927-aaa68a6df3b4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:21:16.620" UserId="2363" Text="I've had success with [Puppet][1].  [Chef][2] is a new one to emerge.  For a longer list of options and a comparison chart, see the Wikipedia article, **[Comparison of open source configuration management software][3]**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Home&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_configuration_management_software" />
  <row Id="28017" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15568" RevisionGUID="14601736-9489-483e-832a-9faafd109797" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:21:27.243" UserId="45" Comment="added 1069 characters in body; added 140 characters in body" Text="You could try to telnet your server at port 1433. It is the port SQL Server is listening to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     telnet MySQLServerAddress 1433&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The output should be &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     Trying 111.222.111.222 ... (example)&#xD;&#xA;     Connected to MySQLServerAddress.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you receive a 'Connection refused' error message, you're there is something wrong with the network communication (firewall on server, SQL Server port was changed from default, ...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To exit telnet when connected, type the escape character `Ctrl-]`. Once in command mode, telnet may be exited with the command '`quit`.'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the basic network communications is working, you could test accessing the database server using &quot;`tssql`&quot;:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It can be run in two ways, one which uses `freetds.conf` and one which connects directly using address/hostname and port bypassing `freetds.conf`. Try to connection using host and port first:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ cd src/apps&#xD;&#xA;    $ TDSVER=7.0 ./tsql -H SQLServerHost -p 1433 -U user&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you receive 'Login Failed,' then you have a authentication issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you receive a message like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Msg. No.: 18450 Severity: 14 State: 1&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Login failed- User: loginid Reason:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Not defined as a valid user of a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; trusted SQL Server connection&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQL Server is accepting only &quot;domain&quot; logins. This applies only to Microsoft SQL Server and you'll need to have your DBA verify that &quot;server logins&quot; are allowed, or use a domain login.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if you receive a prompt, then try tsql using the dataserver name (using freetds.conf):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ./tsql -S SQLServerHost -U user&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this fails, FreeTDS is either not finding the right `freetds.conf` file, or there is an error in the file." />
  <row Id="28019" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15574" RevisionGUID="4e76f014-e94e-4b27-b686-6c21beb15346" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:24:23.930" UserId="5038" Text="&lt;tt&gt;nmap&lt;/tt&gt;, but failing that you can ping the network broadcast address and check what comes back. Coupled with checking the ARP table, this can be a fairly effective method of discovering what's on a given subnet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the specific example of &quot;does not know the router IP&quot;, checking the host routing tables should reveal the default gateway and that is (often, but not always) a suitable management IP for the router." />
  <row Id="28020" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15575" RevisionGUID="fc2c50f2-bd84-4c4a-ad31-6b5ac3dd464a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:24:28.813" UserId="301" Text="Under Leopard the initial process is `launchd`. The default ulimits of each process are inherited from `launchd`. For reference the default (compiled in) limits are&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo launchctl limit&#xD;&#xA;    	cpu         unlimited      unlimited      &#xD;&#xA;    	filesize    unlimited      unlimited      &#xD;&#xA;    	data        6291456        unlimited      &#xD;&#xA;    	stack       8388608        67104768       &#xD;&#xA;    	core        0              unlimited      &#xD;&#xA;    	rss         unlimited      unlimited      &#xD;&#xA;    	memlock     unlimited      unlimited      &#xD;&#xA;    	maxproc     266            532            &#xD;&#xA;    	maxfiles    256            unlimited&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To change any of these limits, add a line (you may need to create the file first) to `/etc/launchd.conf`, the arguments are the same as passed to the `launchctl` command. For example&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo echo &quot;limit maxfiles 1024 unlimited&quot; &gt; /etc/launchd.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However `launchd` has already started your login shell, so the simplest way to make these changes take effect is to restart our machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15576" RevisionGUID="2197e2b4-3094-4af6-977e-9c1ea775be40" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:25:09.123" UserId="4392" Text="Use velcro tie wraps when running horizontal cable." />
  <row Id="28022" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15576" RevisionGUID="2197e2b4-3094-4af6-977e-9c1ea775be40" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:25:09.123" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15577" RevisionGUID="51817a17-4464-48d9-905e-1ebc855e2151" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:26:02.523" UserId="4733" Text="This not a solution to your problem, but we use McAfee 8.5i and I have to say that it is unbelievably bloated.  We have almost 200 machines and McAfee is the culprit 100 percent of the time when I notice them experiencing extreme slowdowns.  It may be important to note that these machines all have decent specs, but now great specs.  If you are going to run McAfee you will notice issues even with 2 gigs of ram.  I have refused to run it on my new laptop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The free alternatives still experience some bloating.  I have successfully ran AVG on an older machine and experienced only minimal interference.  I have also tried comodo and avast recently.  I always try to configure them for minimal interference, but I am not sure if that actually helps or not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I even have a machine (with decent specs) that I dont run AV on at all.  Its strictly a Photoshop machine and although I dont recommend it, I have found that with some experience and common sense it is possible to get by without protection on certain machines. " />
  <row Id="28024" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15566" RevisionGUID="d12768dd-bdcf-45d4-ab1b-7d8f8b0d25e9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:26:55.003" UserId="2354" Comment="added 383 characters in body; deleted 3 characters in body; added 42 characters in body" Text="It depends how fast you need the files on your in-house server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Sync-Solution**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it does not need to be realtime then let people upload to and download from your webhost&#xD;&#xA;and synchronize every n minutes.&#xD;&#xA;There are various solutions for the synchronization part but I'd recommend rsync.&#xD;&#xA;Despite the name &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.samba.org/rsync/&quot;&gt;rsync&lt;/a&gt; is not real synchronization, so youd'd want to have separate upload and download folders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Realtime solution**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it needs to be real time you can run a webserver on your in-house host which just provides&#xD;&#xA;the upload part. It can live on a subdomain like upload.mycompany.com. If you do it properly users will not notice that it is hosted on a different server.&#xD;&#xA;Running a publicly available webserver is not for the faint-hearted however, and it will&#xD;&#xA;take a considerable amount of time for maintenance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The upload/download part**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Writing the code to upload a file to a webserver is a no-brainer for everyone who has &#xD;&#xA;been involved in programming.&#xD;&#xA;Doing so in a secure, reliable, scalable and efficient way is not.&#xD;&#xA;Even if it is implied in your question that you are willing to learn all that is needed&#xD;&#xA;you should consider to outsource at least this part of your task." />
  <row Id="28025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15578" RevisionGUID="2834ad7f-fc5d-4b68-8a46-13ade60ae667" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:27:19.700" UserId="6271" Text="I've been running a CentOS/Dovecot/Postfix box as an email server for a while with no complications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few weeks ago users stopped being able to send emails through external clients. They can read an access their emails from Outlook/Evolution/Thunderbird clients but they cannot send any email messages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The error message is very ambiguous to me. It basically says that the client cannot connect to the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't changed any configuration files and the maillog is not recording these failed attempts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am a rookie at doing this kind of work and I am stumped.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help at pointing out any possible causes or any logs that I am missing or any resources that I could study would be greatly appreciated." />
  <row Id="28026" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15578" RevisionGUID="2834ad7f-fc5d-4b68-8a46-13ade60ae667" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:27:19.700" UserId="6271" Text="CentOS/Dovecot/Postfix server doesn't allow external email clients to send email ANYMORE." />
  <row Id="28027" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15578" RevisionGUID="2834ad7f-fc5d-4b68-8a46-13ade60ae667" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:27:19.700" UserId="6271" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;centos&gt;&lt;dovecot&gt;&lt;postfix&gt;" />
  <row Id="28028" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15579" RevisionGUID="c6624510-67fc-491c-a86e-9e7916ccab27" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:29:46.247" UserId="5038" Text="How are you logging in? Via an SSH session to localhost? Can you log in as yourself with whatever method you use to log in as the user?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; be a PAM issue, sometimes new installs do not have correct PAM configuration files for all methods (I've found taht some versions of both Debian and RedHat need to have the ssh PAM configuration amended to allow network login)." />
  <row Id="28029" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15579" RevisionGUID="c6624510-67fc-491c-a86e-9e7916ccab27" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:29:46.247" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28030" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15580" RevisionGUID="21a4516e-8214-434c-98b5-7334af95297d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:34:32.027" UserId="5038" Text="I, personally, find it a bit surprising that a unix admin would prefer using Windows as the primary desktop environment, but there's nothing inherently wrong with it. With an X server and putty installed, it shouldn't be any functional problems taking care of unix machines. If at all possible, a serial-port terminal application better than &quot;Terminal&quot; should be found and installed, for the cases you need to console onto something." />
  <row Id="28031" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15581" RevisionGUID="de926889-969a-4f15-9562-ca0f2839fd77" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:35:05.053" UserId="4733" Text="Are you referring to a wireless router or something wired that will sit in a rack?  If wireless, I recommend DDWRT.  It will run on alot of routers and is very configurable.  You can give bandwidth priority to a certain machine or allot a small amount to other machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28032" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6965" RevisionGUID="6d5ef1b7-366d-4f5a-9b35-75c26c667795" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:37:29.823" UserId="45" Comment="missing quote and formatting" Text="![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;from the [CNET News article][3] *&quot;Google uncloaks once-secret server' about Google Data Centers.&quot;* :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/20090401/Google_data_centers-3.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/20090401/Google_data_centers-4.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10209580-92.html" />
  <row Id="28033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15582" RevisionGUID="8b0c5b36-7205-498e-ae10-40a3b72d0188" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:38:08.730" UserId="2359" Text="Label both ends of every cable. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The cable should clearly show where each end is going, and you should be as specific as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, a label in our data center looks like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;-- ATL-SW-1 PORT 23&#xD;&#xA;    SERVER-01 NIC 2 --&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The same label is put on both ends of the cable so no matter which end you are looking at you know exactly where the end point is. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With this simple process end a mess of spaghetti cables can easily be handled. The biggest problem with spaghetti cables is when you are forced to hand trace a cable to its end point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*However I do recommend cable management to avoid the physical mess :-)*" />
  <row Id="28034" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15582" RevisionGUID="8b0c5b36-7205-498e-ae10-40a3b72d0188" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:38:08.730" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28035" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15578" RevisionGUID="6f25fa96-5c43-49e5-b55d-16f084d7bc9a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:39:03.813" UserId="6271" Comment="Extra data" Text="I've been running a CentOS/Dovecot/Postfix box as an email server for a while with no complications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few weeks ago users stopped being able to send emails through external clients. They can read an access their emails from Outlook/Evolution/Thunderbird clients but they cannot send any email messages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The error message is very ambiguous to me. It basically says that the client cannot connect to the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't changed any configuration files and the maillog is not recording these failed attempts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am a rookie at doing this kind of work and I am stumped.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help at pointing out any possible causes or any logs that I am missing or any resources that I could study would be greatly appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: I can send emails through a local web based email client like roundcube or squirrel." />
  <row Id="28036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15583" RevisionGUID="61e825f3-c722-4eac-8008-a2ac6c1cb513" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:44:23.103" UserId="6295" Text="Angry IP Scanner is an awesome tool for this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I cannot post a link due to forum restrictions but Google will bring it right up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will also allow you to export a .csv for use in IP inventory etc." />
  <row Id="28037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15584" RevisionGUID="93b5ad5b-1b5b-469a-98f5-4b51f2478460" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:46:36.330" UserId="5038" Text="Last time I had this requirement, I used one IP per machine, tied to the machine and a &quot;service IP&quot; (this is the IP clients have configured as the IP of the server). I used ultramonkey to monitor service and handle the failover, Zebra to interact with the routing protocol (injecting /32 routes for all service IPs; we had multiple services that needed moving, the primary host for each service was based on physical proximity to the clients).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The servers were located in London, UK and somewhere in California, US (no, I can't remember exactly where, I never lay my eyes on them), with GRE tunnels providing inter-network connectivity (both sites had independent Internet access).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We didn't use continous replication of data, however, as the service would work just fine with data replication happening every hour, or so (it was primarily read, not much write). The replication was done from &quot;physical IP&quot; to &quot;physical IP&quot;." />
  <row Id="28038" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15584" RevisionGUID="93b5ad5b-1b5b-469a-98f5-4b51f2478460" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:46:36.330" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15585" RevisionGUID="41c492c3-70dc-4538-a9aa-920c701f4324" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:52:23.760" UserId="4733" Text="Squid will run nicely on Windows.  We have been using it for over a year now as a web cache and web filter using free blacklists.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be sure to run it as a service and to hide the output.  (I am at home and dont have my notes with me, but will post some helpful hints here when I return to my office)" />
  <row Id="28040" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15586" RevisionGUID="06dba8f5-d64c-4192-8e0d-080109964bd2" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:54:21.840" UserId="6298" Text="In response to the second question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Windows&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Windows Key + R&#xD;&#xA; 2. Type in cmd&#xD;&#xA; 3. At the prompt type in &quot;ipconfig&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The output should have a line that lists the Default Gateway. There might be more than one adapter listed, but typically only one with an ip address and default gateway listed.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28044" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15588" RevisionGUID="1df7cdc0-868e-4bb5-9520-2bb22d58b082" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:56:06.407" UserId="4733" Text="&quot;Re: &quot;Plenty of network ports&quot;, &quot;Plenty of power sockets&quot;, &quot;Enough space to work comfortably behind server&quot;... can't emphasize those points enough! You can't have too much.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Well said.  I have run into ALL of those problems.  Good insight.  " />
  <row Id="28045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15589" RevisionGUID="6c46eb27-e99c-4005-bbca-c35d88540830" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:00:01.453" UserId="4733" Text="I use The Dude.  I found it here yesterday when looking for network tools.  Run it on your machine and it makes a map of all equipment on your network.  The best part is that its totally free!" />
  <row Id="28046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15590" RevisionGUID="eb0dc196-0e3c-4341-8d57-f5ecc38cef3e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:05:29.590" UserId="4392" Text="**Step 1** - Is the service running? &#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;     service dovecot status&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If no, then &#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;     service dovecot start&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Step 2** - Can you telnet to localhost on port 25 and 443? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not, try restarting the service and and check again. If you still can't, check maillog and messages for useful output. You may have to run the server in debugging mode (which I don't know how to do, but you should be able to figure out by reading /etc/init.d/dovecot) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Step 3** - Can you telnet to the server on those ports from other machines? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not, check the firewall on that machine. Check /etc/hosts.deny. Check for firewalls on the machines you're trying to connect to. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you've successfully gotten this far and everything works, but your clients still can't connect, it's time to try being a client. Telnet to port 25 on the server (from another machine) and pretend to be an smtp client: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       HELO fakeclient&#xD;&#xA;       MAIL FROM myemail@address.com&#xD;&#xA;       RCPT TO: someone@theserver.com&#xD;&#xA;       DATA&#xD;&#xA;       To: someone@theserver.com&#xD;&#xA;       From: myemail.com&#xD;&#xA;       Subject: Test 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       This is test 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hopefully some diagnostic message will appear and let you know why it wasn't accepted for delivery. If it WAS accepted for delivery, pretend to be an IMAP server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Telnet to port 443 on the machine, and do this: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       ? LOGIN username password&#xD;&#xA;       ? LIST &quot;&quot; &quot;*&quot;&#xD;&#xA;       ? LOGOUT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you successfully got that far, it's the mail clients that are broke. Check for broken proxy configurations, or worst case, reinstall. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28047" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14832" RevisionGUID="a09deba7-2c8a-42df-afa7-2484620f1c06" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:12:50.497" UserId="1715" Comment="added 69 characters in body" Text="Based on [this question][1]  I think it would be fair to say that sysadmins need to determine if a place is worth working at.  There is a similar well known [test by Joel for programmers][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the 12 Question's system administrators should ask at an interview in order to help them decide if it's a good place to work at?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Following Joel's rules: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Questions should be platform &amp; technology agnostic&#xD;&#xA; 2. Questions should elicity a simple response such as yes or no&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** Please post one question at a time so we can see what users are voting for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/14737/organizational-issues-sore-spots-of-it&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joel_Test" />
  <row Id="28048" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15551" RevisionGUID="7e84daaa-f343-46ae-8182-5d96e9a12dbc" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:14:14.303" UserId="3505" Comment="added 15 characters in body" Text="Hmmm, that's disgusting - but thanks for posting a picture worth-a-thousand-words. 8)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Set a standard and stick to it, for example...&#xD;&#xA;   * In every rack, the bottom X RUs are reserved for switches&#xD;&#xA;   * Public interfaces will be green&#xD;&#xA;   * Private interfaces will be red&#xD;&#xA; * Use racks that have facilities for cable management on the doors.&#xD;&#xA; * Use the same model of rack globally&#xD;&#xA; * Label all cables (at both ends) with a barcode (or similar) writer&#xD;&#xA; * Label the Racks as per the grid that they are if you look at them plane-view&#xD;&#xA; * Inventory everything&#xD;&#xA; * Don't let staff walk in and walk out of the server room&#xD;&#xA;   * Only operations team should be allowed to *touch* the servers&#xD;&#xA;   * Only the networks team should be allowed to *touch* the cavles&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15591" RevisionGUID="738dddd3-8c76-43e3-a098-8081db1ab54d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:15:11.820" UserId="4979" Text="You might want to place a small shelf near the entrance to put a pair of these&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.a-chainsaw.com/images/powertools/husqvarna/Headband_Hearing_Protectors_black.jpg" />
  <row Id="28050" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15592" RevisionGUID="b3eb54b5-3c7e-4816-b4ae-784937e10cb9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:16:07.030" UserDisplayName="xxx" Text="It's a bug: try mounting and dismounting it from a linux box.  The explanation can be found in the IFS page somewhere." />
  <row Id="28051" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15593" RevisionGUID="d5989f06-4cd0-4fcb-a64b-04a40af22a5c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:18:20.427" UserId="5391" Text="URLScan 3.1 is available for IIS version 5.1 and later (XP, 2003, 2008) and can be downloaded here in [both][1] x86 and x64 versions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When using URLScan, I would highly recommend installing it as a site filter instead as a global filter if you have multiple IIS sites.  This will allow you to use strictest configurations as possible while still being the most flexible for sites or applications that require it.  Read the [URLScan Setup][2] document for information on how to do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/473/using-urlscan&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/475/urlscan-setup/" />
  <row Id="28052" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15594" RevisionGUID="1fa93eff-937e-4f22-a766-f28cd356bb2a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:18:37.213" UserId="3505" Text="    % ulimit -a&#xD;&#xA;    core file size          (blocks, -c) 0&#xD;&#xA;    data seg size           (kbytes, -d) 6144&#xD;&#xA;    file size               (blocks, -f) unlimited&#xD;&#xA;    max locked memory       (kbytes, -l) unlimited&#xD;&#xA;    max memory size         (kbytes, -m) unlimited&#xD;&#xA;    open files                      (-n) 2560&#xD;&#xA;    pipe size            (512 bytes, -p) 1&#xD;&#xA;    stack size              (kbytes, -s) 8192&#xD;&#xA;    cpu time               (seconds, -t) unlimited&#xD;&#xA;    max user processes              (-u) 266&#xD;&#xA;    virtual memory          (kbytes, -v) unlimited&#xD;&#xA;    %&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I have to find why there exists 2 means of checking/setting limits....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Okay - seems like `ulimit` and `sysctl` give a false-positive sense that they actually do something - but instead they seem to be **useless**.  Could someone verify that?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15595" RevisionGUID="ac2d7e62-de59-4630-a123-04d8ae767586" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:19:35.823" UserId="3740" Text="Hmm, nobody mentioned Shrew Soft VPN Client (shrew.net) yet ? It's a free (as in beer) and cross platform VPN client that compatible with Windows 64 bit. Although free, but support from the author has been great. Currently it doesn't support hybrid xauth+certificate mode but the feature will come soon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lancom also provides a 64 bit VPN Client for Windows, but IMO they just resell/rebrand NCP's Client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also try TheGreenBow VPN client, which is a bit cheaper (56 EUR) than NCP/Lancom's client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS: this sucks, why new users are not allowed to add hyper link ? -.-" />
  <row Id="28054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15596" RevisionGUID="f2e4cb66-0ca6-49a6-9485-2c63bd5f3330" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:23:28.250" UserId="6319" Text="Spiceworks will provide you with detailed information about your network. Might be overkill if you're just wanting to find IP addresses and Macs, but if you need to monitor your network on an ongoing basis, it's a great tool. Otherwise use nmap." />
  <row Id="28055" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14832" RevisionGUID="f8c3fe5b-ac7c-4b24-a234-1ada6db595c1" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:24:10.557" UserId="1715" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="Based on [this question][1]  I think it would be fair to say that sysadmins need to determine if a place is worth working at.  There is a similar well known [test by Joel for programmers][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the 12 Question's system administrators should ask at an interview in order to help them decide if it's a good place to work at?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Following Joel's rules: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Questions should be platform &amp; technology agnostic&#xD;&#xA; 2. Questions should elicit a simple response such as yes or no&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** Please post one question at a time so we can see what users are voting for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/14737/organizational-issues-sore-spots-of-it&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joel_Test" />
  <row Id="28056" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15594" RevisionGUID="8e138fab-733d-44e0-8ddd-64a9f8aad2d7" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:26:09.667" UserId="3505" Comment="added 133 characters in body; added 186 characters in body" Text="    % ulimit -a&#xD;&#xA;    core file size          (blocks, -c) 0&#xD;&#xA;    data seg size           (kbytes, -d) 6144&#xD;&#xA;    file size               (blocks, -f) unlimited&#xD;&#xA;    max locked memory       (kbytes, -l) unlimited&#xD;&#xA;    max memory size         (kbytes, -m) unlimited&#xD;&#xA;    open files                      (-n) 2560&#xD;&#xA;    pipe size            (512 bytes, -p) 1&#xD;&#xA;    stack size              (kbytes, -s) 8192&#xD;&#xA;    cpu time               (seconds, -t) unlimited&#xD;&#xA;    max user processes              (-u) 266&#xD;&#xA;    virtual memory          (kbytes, -v) unlimited&#xD;&#xA;    %&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I have to find why there exists 2 means of checking/setting limits....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Okay - seems like `ulimit` and `sysctl` give a false-positive sense that they actually do something - but instead they seem to be **useless**.  Could someone verify that?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;Okay, I'm beginning to understand.  As of v10.4, there is no `init` process anymore, it has been replaced by `launchd`, which also runs with a PID of 1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    % ps -fu root&#xD;&#xA;      UID   PID  PPID   C     STIME TTY           TIME CMD&#xD;&#xA;        0     1     0   0   0:30.72 ??         0:46.72 /sbin/launchd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15597" RevisionGUID="34e97787-04a6-49e6-807d-fc5e778eed15" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:28:08.180" UserId="5464" Text="It depends, but I think the value of forcing a junior to sue an OS they don't want to use is minimal. This is especially so when you are trying to force them to use what is probably a minority OS that is not used by anyone else in the organisation apart from the unix admins.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I personally think it is more convenient for doing actual unix work to have a unix workstation.&#xD;&#xA;It means you can easily develop scripts on your desktop host.&#xD;&#xA;It also lets you try stuff.&#xD;&#xA;That's my personal preference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I don't think it is essential.&#xD;&#xA;Running a linux desktop is not the same as running a linux server and while a lot of what the young admin may learn maybe useful in his server work, a lot of it, will not. E.g. setting up X11 servers is not very useful on most unix servers.&#xD;&#xA;He'll get the server relevant experience on the servers.&#xD;&#xA;The workstation specific stuff he learns by running a unix workstation for the most part won't really help him be a better server admin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other side if you work in an environment where most of the business tools (e.g. office, visio, OCS) are only available on windows or the unix versions of them are sub standard (which I think is probably true for most environments these days), and you only get one workstation, then using windows as your primary workstation may not be such a bad thing, especially if you need to use those business tools a lot (e.g.e if policy douments and work requests come as word and excel docs).&#xD;&#xA;It is after all still perfectly possible to do all of your work on unix with putty, winscp and if required a windows X11 server.&#xD;&#xA;I've worked in environments where you simply weren't allowed to use a non windows OS for your workstation. &#xD;&#xA;I managed perfectly well with putty and winscp.&#xD;&#xA;I was occasionally frustrated with a windows workstation, and I moaned and complained bitterly when I first learnt that I was forced to use windows, but as it turned out the frustration occurred far less than I thought it would when I started.&#xD;&#xA;We did however have a unix host that we could  use for things like copying large logs to for processing, script dev, running LDAP commands etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition *sometimes* I think it can be less productive using a unix desktop.&#xD;&#xA;E.g. it can be a real pain to get things like flash and java plugins working on a linux workstation and these things are at times required for tools like Storage GUIs whcih run in web browsers. In some cases they pretty much will not run on browseers other than IE (e.g. it took me ages to get DRAC to work with firefox, and when I did I needed to run firefox as root - whereas it just worked with IE).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also a windows desktop is useful in that it lets you experience and identify windows related  problems with the unix services you provide much earlier.&#xD;&#xA;Again ideally you'll have a test suite to identify these problems, but you'll identify them earlier probably before they even get close to the formal testing stage if you are using a windows workstation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think the only thing that would make me want to seriously consider making the junior use a unix workstation against his will is if the standard desktop OS in the organisation was unix. Then I think it would be reasonable for him to be required to use the standard desktop OS. The reasoning behind this is again so that they experience the services they provide the way other users in the organisation experience them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think that if the junior is going to grow up unixy, then he may well gravitate to a unix desktop over time. And if not I don't think it really matters as long as he can do his job efficiently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My personal preference for a unix admin workstation is a Mac.&#xD;&#xA;You get OFfice, exchange compatability if required, and you can use OCS.&#xD;&#xA;You can't use an Access DB or visio, but you can RDP to a terminal server if these apps are required. And you have all the normal unix tools available - most of the common ones ship as standard and the others can be compiled or in most cases downloaded as mac installers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28058" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15598" RevisionGUID="03c02bcc-8a53-400b-b1ae-2d62d0231e1e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:31:39.047" UserId="5464" Text="Content switch?&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="28060" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15599" RevisionGUID="00e7632c-37b0-4709-978c-734c0c2bdda0" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:32:17.300" UserId="6307" Text="From my experience, none of Windows ext2/3 drivers work properly under Windows Vista and 7RC for large partitions (&gt; about 500Gb). Somewhere in the net there's even an explanation (something like an API change is to blame). I'll post it here if I find it again." />
  <row Id="28061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15600" RevisionGUID="fbfcd47c-14ae-40c6-bd46-25b3ae522497" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:33:21.930" UserId="4664" Text="![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]  &#xD;&#xA;The NOC&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][3]  &#xD;&#xA;**Above left:** The submarine engines used for backup power. **Above right:** Another view of the power equipment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][4]  &#xD;&#xA;**Above:** This map shows the layout of the data center.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Link to [original article][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3235/3029540474_1970ff02b6_o.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3214/3028705951_b330207194_o.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3177/3029540562_2e40214ea6_o.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3012/3029591204_8176531f6d_o.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/11/14/the-worlds-most-super-designed-data-center-fit-for-a-james-bond-villain/" />
  <row Id="28062" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15601" RevisionGUID="48e121b0-909d-47c5-a067-56bd5f5d4644" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:34:37.250" UserId="6326" Text="Since this was closed over at SO for not being programming related, I'm asking it here instead:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for those types of slim films you can fit over your laptop LCD screen to be able to work outside. Anyone got any recommendations?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28063" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15601" RevisionGUID="48e121b0-909d-47c5-a067-56bd5f5d4644" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:34:37.250" UserId="6326" Text="Anti sun reflection film that works?" />
  <row Id="28064" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15601" RevisionGUID="48e121b0-909d-47c5-a067-56bd5f5d4644" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:34:37.250" UserId="6326" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;lcd&gt;&lt;display&gt;" />
  <row Id="28065" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15594" RevisionGUID="9b297b3f-4d26-465a-8726-c3a1def8d8f5" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:36:08.370" UserId="3505" Comment="added 112 characters in body" Text="    % ulimit -a&#xD;&#xA;    core file size          (blocks, -c) 0&#xD;&#xA;    data seg size           (kbytes, -d) 6144&#xD;&#xA;    file size               (blocks, -f) unlimited&#xD;&#xA;    max locked memory       (kbytes, -l) unlimited&#xD;&#xA;    max memory size         (kbytes, -m) unlimited&#xD;&#xA;    open files                      (-n) 2560&#xD;&#xA;    pipe size            (512 bytes, -p) 1&#xD;&#xA;    stack size              (kbytes, -s) 8192&#xD;&#xA;    cpu time               (seconds, -t) unlimited&#xD;&#xA;    max user processes              (-u) 266&#xD;&#xA;    virtual memory          (kbytes, -v) unlimited&#xD;&#xA;    %&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I have to find why there exists 2 means of checking/setting limits....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Okay - seems like `ulimit` and `sysctl` give a false-positive sense that they actually do something - but instead they seem to be **useless**.  Could someone verify that?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;Okay, I'm beginning to understand.  As of v10.4, there is no `init` process anymore, it has been replaced by `launchd`, which also runs with a PID of 1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    % ps -fu root&#xD;&#xA;      UID   PID  PPID   C     STIME TTY           TIME CMD&#xD;&#xA;        0     1     0   0   0:30.72 ??         0:46.72 /sbin/launchd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And of course worth mentioning is that `ulimit` is a shell built-in, `launchctl` is a shell-independent program." />
  <row Id="28066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15602" RevisionGUID="d345183e-1fca-48d5-8f3e-1c236869bfc9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:41:55.800" UserId="2331" Text="If you're running in a Windows environment, then two products to look at are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)&#xD;&#xA; - Symantec Backup Exec with Continuous Protection Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I prefer to use Microsoft products on Microsoft operating systems, and DPM can take backups as frequently as every 15 minutes, which is not actually continuous protection but close enough for most realistic situations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DPM has a very clever single-instance storage implementation which works at the cluster level. It also knows how to correctly handle backups of exchange and SQL. DPM uses volume shadow copy to creat its snapshots so open/locked files don't present any problems." />
  <row Id="28069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15604" RevisionGUID="d5e0f5af-3a9e-4b24-abf8-38a8bcb8e222" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:43:21.323" UserId="5464" Text="OSX includes sftp.&#xD;&#xA;OSX's Terminal  can open SFTP connections, open Terminal and hit cmd-shift-K.&#xD;&#xA;Lets you save ssh, sftp, telnet and ftp sessions.&#xD;&#xA;Not finder integrated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a more finder integrated way of using a file system over ssh have a look at http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/ and http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/wiki/MACFUSE_FS_SSHFS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28070" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15605" RevisionGUID="1042b1dc-d4c1-4373-a0af-4f08dd0d6960" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:43:58.543" UserId="3417" Text="I think to be really useful he should be running both systems side by side. That way he can attempt to deal with all new problems firstly on his linux system then resorting to the windows machine if he is unable to do so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That way he can come back with his supervisor later on and learn what is needed to fulfil the task he couldn't do without it affecting his ability to actually do the work if he gets stuck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I similarly used to dual boot both Vista and Linux, the thought of having to reboot to change back to vista was normally enough to encourage me to find the proper way to do things on my linux machine however I don't see why he couldn't alternatively run a windows Machine VM inside of his linux system." />
  <row Id="28071" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15606" RevisionGUID="442a3be5-50f7-44a4-a35e-22a80304ef37" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:48:55.180" UserId="4883" Text="Linux *pron*:Lyn-ux" />
  <row Id="28072" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15606" RevisionGUID="442a3be5-50f7-44a4-a35e-22a80304ef37" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:48:55.180" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15607" RevisionGUID="d4194a77-746e-404a-8aa1-40df73af9f4f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:53:35.420" UserId="3505" Text="Do you have an inventory system for the infrastructure, and is it designed in such a way that it will be kept up-to-date?" />
  <row Id="28074" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15607" RevisionGUID="d4194a77-746e-404a-8aa1-40df73af9f4f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:53:35.420" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15608" RevisionGUID="cc5f2707-6677-4cd1-bb9b-4bbc6de958a8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:53:46.123" UserId="6325" Text="I'm looking for a trouble ticket system so that I can track issues for various customers. I used one before at my previous employer but it wasn't anything too great. I'm wondering which ones you would recommend and what other features that I might want to look at to make my job easier. It must posses the following.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Web based&#xD;&#xA;2) Handle multiple clients (probably all support this)&#xD;&#xA;3) Asset management" />
  <row Id="28076" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15608" RevisionGUID="cc5f2707-6677-4cd1-bb9b-4bbc6de958a8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:53:46.123" UserId="6325" Text="What are some good web based trouble ticket systems?" />
  <row Id="28077" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15608" RevisionGUID="cc5f2707-6677-4cd1-bb9b-4bbc6de958a8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:53:46.123" UserId="6325" Text="&lt;web-apps&gt;&lt;software&gt;&lt;management&gt;&lt;issue-tracking&gt;" />
  <row Id="28078" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15609" RevisionGUID="5b3f42b5-99ba-4dfd-b13a-0c2bc963d355" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:54:58.523" UserId="4883" Text="CLI - transparency is everything." />
  <row Id="28079" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15610" RevisionGUID="6ae4771f-5c04-4a7e-a0ce-d35d227ae00c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:56:15.260" UserId="3505" Text="Commercial Products:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Atlassian **[Jira][1]** (which ties in nicely with **[Confluence][2]** (the wiki)) - Surprisingly good for commercial software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open Source:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * [Edgewall][3] **Trac** - (Wiki, Ticketing, and more)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:www.atlassian.com/software/jira&#xD;&#xA;  [2]:www.atlassian.com/software/confluence&#xD;&#xA;  [3]:http://www.edgewall.org/" />
  <row Id="28080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15611" RevisionGUID="6c82fe17-de6d-4d62-b6cc-d8441f37f536" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:56:48.800" UserId="4664" Text="2 out of 10 people will pronounce common everyday words differently - what makes you think and hope there will ever be a consencus on how to p-ronounce &quot;Linux&quot; ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apart from that ... like Linus with an x. (I don't think I can post audio with these answers :)" />
  <row Id="28081" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15611" RevisionGUID="6c82fe17-de6d-4d62-b6cc-d8441f37f536" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:56:48.800" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28082" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15608" RevisionGUID="e688a7ba-f1a8-4c4f-9cb4-0c055e383a84" CreationDate="2009-05-30T14:59:05.003" UserId="6325" Comment="numbered list" Text="I'm looking for a trouble ticket system so that I can track issues for various customers. I used one before at my previous employer but it wasn't anything too great. I'm wondering which ones you would recommend and what other features that I might want to look at to make my job easier. It must posses the following.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Web based&#xD;&#xA; 2. Handle multiple clients (probably all support this)&#xD;&#xA; 3. Asset management" />
  <row Id="28083" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14396" RevisionGUID="85598d67-df68-4ae1-ba0d-83da6c266408" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:01:11.270" UserId="3351" />
  <row Id="28084" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15610" RevisionGUID="fdfff31d-d0fb-4602-b14b-39f913b0892a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:01:49.867" UserId="3505" Comment="added 18 characters in body; added 99 characters in body; added 135 characters in body" Text="Commercial Products:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Atlassian **[Jira][1]** (which ties in nicely with **[Confluence][2]** (the wiki)) - Surprisingly good for commercial software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open Source:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Edgewall **[Trac][3]** - (Wiki, Ticketing, and more)&#xD;&#xA; * **[Drupal][4]** ([+plugin][5])&#xD;&#xA; * Best Practical **[RT][6]** - I've heard good things about this, but have never used it myself&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence&#xD;&#xA;  [3]:http://www.edgewall.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://drupal.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://drupal.org/node/17174&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://bestpractical.com/rt/" />
  <row Id="28085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15612" RevisionGUID="eedae9ba-6ce6-4d7d-9b7f-bde8113013ae" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:02:00.193" UserId="4455" Text="I would suggest Request Tracker (RT) with the AssetTracker plugin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RT: http://bestpractical.com/rt/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Plugin: http://wiki.bestpractical.com/view/AssetTracker&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15613" RevisionGUID="a3e03d0d-d5b9-4895-9f97-c8be01cd7b59" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:02:35.900" UserId="3417" Text="I use mikrotik [RouterOS][1] at most of our sites, has simple queues (based on target address/ip/ip range/packet mark) or full queue tree's for setting up your own QoS systems as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Probably the best part about this setup is that I can also use burstable queues, that allow a user to burst above their allowed transfer speed for X amount of time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Eg: I can assign a queue to a user that limits them to 10Mbps/256Kbps and then set a burstable queue rate of 20Mbps/512Kbps over 60 seconds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This allows regular web-browsing users etc etc to download at 20Mbps with no problem, soon as a user begins downloading thou, their speed is cut back to the 10Mbps limit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can get a preinstalled router from them along with a licence for much less than you'd pay for most decent home-grade routers. (See their sister site http://www.routerboard.com)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mikrotik.com/pdf/what_is_routeros.pdf" />
  <row Id="28087" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15614" RevisionGUID="2358c529-bb7d-456d-8ad1-e4fbf816a496" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:02:42.627" UserId="5455" Text="If you're worried about Windows licensing then why not sign up for the developer program? This way all your development and test licenses are covered and you only pay for licenses in production" />
  <row Id="28088" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15615" RevisionGUID="dbac3c73-5e33-4dfc-b3a3-79a991bbb423" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:10:50.130" UserDisplayName="alex" Text="Trellis Deskby Accord5 is open-source and freeware" />
  <row Id="28089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15616" RevisionGUID="08b5c723-138c-430b-9ed6-8c6ab6c433f0" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:10:58.910" UserId="4318" Text="We use FogBugz for *bug* tracking, but it's expensive ($100 per developer) and depending on how you feel, the interface is so-so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We also use Trac for internal help desk ticketing; depending on how you feel, the interface is worse, but it's much cheaper. You have to run your own server with Python though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And you can also use 37Signals's HighRise, which I've heard some people have had some success turning into a helpdesk system. It'll keep track of all your correspondence and attachments. But using it will involve tweaking your notions of a help ticket system, which in some ways is a good thing." />
  <row Id="28090" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15617" RevisionGUID="08e1111d-b2e4-4a88-a1cd-64f98287a82f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:13:52.603" UserId="6333" Text="I have seen a few pages discussing this and some &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20060131080021235&quot;&gt;scripts&lt;/a&gt; that I won't run because I don't understand them, so would be great if the experienced users can share some tips or scripts (and perhaps explain exactly what they do). Thanks." />
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  <row Id="28092" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15617" RevisionGUID="08e1111d-b2e4-4a88-a1cd-64f98287a82f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:13:52.603" UserId="6333" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;bootup&gt;&lt;tips&gt;" />
  <row Id="28093" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15618" RevisionGUID="5511b280-b3a9-4a64-84c9-1612fdcf854b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:15:15.673" UserId="4318" Text="I noticed that one of our Windows XP 32-bit boxes, which has 4GB of RAM, will only use up to 1.3GB of physical memory. Has anyone run into this before? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only thing I can think of is that it's a 4GB-on-32-bit-OS thing, but I don't see why that would cause XP to only use 1/3 of the RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="28094" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15618" RevisionGUID="5511b280-b3a9-4a64-84c9-1612fdcf854b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:15:15.673" UserId="4318" Text="Windows XP onlys uses up to 1.3GB on one of our boxes" />
  <row Id="28095" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15618" RevisionGUID="5511b280-b3a9-4a64-84c9-1612fdcf854b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:15:15.673" UserId="4318" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;ram&gt;&lt;32-bit&gt;" />
  <row Id="28096" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15619" RevisionGUID="72ccacfd-d3ef-4b57-ae52-b5b84dd29de7" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:15:49.260" UserId="1702" Text="One thing you must be aware of when dd-ing a full disk is that doing so will overwrite the master boot record of the receiving disk. This contains the partition table and other vital information. If the new disk is not the same as the old disk, this can create all sorts of tables. Copying over partitions is generally safer (and swap partitions do not have to be copied over)" />
  <row Id="28097" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7048" RevisionGUID="633fa3a5-63cc-47b5-ac92-1cc7320b957e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:18:46.057" UserId="1164" Comment="added 123 characters in body" Text="Richard Campbell and Greg Hughes host [RunAs Radio][1], a weekly Internet Audio Talk Show for IT Professionals working with Microsoft products.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They [talked to Jeff Attwood][2] recently about ServerFault.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.runasradio.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.runasradio.com/default.aspx?showNum=109" />
  <row Id="28098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15620" RevisionGUID="7dc12695-7005-42bc-9995-d5d7258e59b1" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:20:18.673" UserId="6342" Text="&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am just setting up my new Linux Ubuntu 8.04 LTS server now, and getting ready for launch. My application is a PHP built application using the Zend Framework, and there is a MySQL heavy site (as are probably most sites). So far, I only have 1 server, and it is a full LAMP server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I am wondering, is what I should set these values up at (defaults shown) to get the best performance (keeping in mind, that this same server is also running apache and PHP) My server has 4 GB Ram. I only clipped the necessary values from the config file, to save mass confusion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some sections of my my.cnf file, and their respective values...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help, or insight would be much appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Fine Tuning&#xD;&#xA;    key_buffer              = 16M&#xD;&#xA;    max_allowed_packet      = 16M&#xD;&#xA;    thread_stack            = 128K&#xD;&#xA;    thread_cache_size       = 8&#xD;&#xA;    #max_connections        = 100&#xD;&#xA;    #table_cache            = 64&#xD;&#xA;    #thread_concurrency     = 10&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Query Cache Configuration&#xD;&#xA;    query_cache_limit       = 1M&#xD;&#xA;    query_cache_size        = 16M&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Here you can see queries with especially long duration&#xD;&#xA;    log_slow_queries        = /var/log/mysql/mysql-slow.log&#xD;&#xA;    long_query_time = 2&#xD;&#xA;    log-queries-not-using-indexes&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # BerkeleyDB&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Using BerkeleyDB is now discouraged as its support will cease in 5.1.12.&#xD;&#xA;    skip-bdb&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # InnoDB&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # InnoDB is enabled by default with a 10MB datafile in /var/lib/mysql/.&#xD;&#xA;    # Read the manual for more InnoDB related options. There are many!&#xD;&#xA;    # You might want to disable InnoDB to shrink the mysqld process by circa 100MB.&#xD;&#xA;    #skip-innodb&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    [isamchk]&#xD;&#xA;    key_buffer              = 16M&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28099" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15620" RevisionGUID="7dc12695-7005-42bc-9995-d5d7258e59b1" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:20:18.673" UserId="6342" Text="What should I set the initial MySQL Values in My.cnf to for Performance?" />
  <row Id="28100" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15620" RevisionGUID="7dc12695-7005-42bc-9995-d5d7258e59b1" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:20:18.673" UserId="6342" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;performance-tuning&gt;&lt;ubuntu-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="28101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15621" RevisionGUID="3bd2133d-a3fb-49c0-b00e-ce33ac05579a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:22:30.447" UserId="5464" Text="In addition to Techboy's excellent list:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Toolbox including cable tester, screw drivers, pliers, hex keys and anything required for rack installations, including shifting spanners and the like.&#xD;&#xA; - Cordless phone - with speaker phone if such a beast exists. &#xD;&#xA; - Trolley for moving servers&#xD;&#xA; - Ladders/steps/stepladders for working at top of racks and ceiling mounted cable runs&#xD;&#xA; - Consider trolley with lift for installing servers near the top of racks, especially if you have strict OH&amp;S regulations or just care about your workers. &#xD;&#xA; - Hearing protection - we're required to wear it in our DC and they supply disposable ear plugs.&#xD;&#xA; - Power points outside the racks so you can plug in laptops etc easily without disturbing in rack power.&#xD;&#xA; -  SNMP or other remote controlled power rails. &#xD;&#xA; - Power rails on each side of a rack should go to a different dist panel so that work can be done without losing pawer to both power supplies in your servers&#xD;&#xA; - Video cameras for additional security&#xD;&#xA; - A row of hooks in a secure place either in or near the DC so that people who work in there regularly can leave a jacket &#xD;&#xA; - Storage for spares, blanking plates, cables and the like&#xD;&#xA; - Possibly spares - especially if your vendor(s) can be persuaded to provide you with common spares in advance of warranty claims/failures. (some vendors/re-sellers under some circumstances will provide you with say a couple of hard drives and power supplies. They belong to the vendor, but you can use them if you have a failure and worry about the paper work after the fact)" />
  <row Id="28102" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15622" RevisionGUID="46ec420b-2967-4c62-be3d-b3ad727b4e76" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:23:45.907" UserId="2711" Text="Try setting this within Group Policy:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Computer Configuration -&gt; Administrative Templates -&gt; System -&gt; Logon&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon: Disabled" />
  <row Id="28103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15623" RevisionGUID="8720a838-e78a-41dd-8b44-98b9557fb5a6" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:23:59.180" UserId="522" Text="I used [OTRS][1] for some time. It's free and open-source.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://otrs.org/ &quot;OTRS - Open Ticket Request System&quot;" />
  <row Id="28104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15624" RevisionGUID="abcd5ff8-d956-4fd2-918d-7c5d796ee67e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:27:23.947" UserId="5276" Text="ionice only works with the CFQ scheduler, which is usually the default. If you are using another scheduler or if ionice isn't doing the job for you, you might want to periodically pause execution to let your io buffers flush. Here is a script we use for that:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Throttles the execution of a process by stoping it after every second of &#xD;&#xA;    # execution time&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Usage: io_nice &lt;sleeptime&gt; &lt;pid&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    # Where &quot;sleeptime&quot; is the number of seconds of sleep for each second of runtime&#xD;&#xA;    #       and &quot;pid&quot; is the process ID of the process to throttle&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    PID=$2&#xD;&#xA;    SLEEPTIME=$1&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    while [ true ]; do&#xD;&#xA;    	kill -s STOP $PID &amp;&gt; /dev/null|| exit 0&#xD;&#xA;        sleep $SLEEPTIME&#xD;&#xA;    	kill -s CONT $PID &amp;&gt; /dev/null || exit 0&#xD;&#xA;    	sleep 1&#xD;&#xA;    done" />
  <row Id="28105" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15625" RevisionGUID="f427ee52-ccb0-4ad8-b5ce-53c68eab5f54" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:28:02.700" UserId="6344" Text="For ticketing system I've used and recommend cerberus but I don't think it does asset management.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.cerberusweb.com&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28106" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15626" RevisionGUID="3d02338d-42b8-4d71-b3e1-c3025b446fee" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:28:41.700" UserId="6170" Text="We utilise both Windows and Linux server at our software development company.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the friction points with this setup is that we don't have a single sign-on solution.  Being more of a Microsoft shop than a Linux one we want to authenticate against AD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I read a couple of articles online and I understand this to be possible.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are currently using the following services on Linux that requires authentication:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;- git server (through SSH) &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;- Sendmail&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;- Apache web server currently using .htaccess files.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;- SAMBA file shares&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What I want to know is how practical is this sort of setup?  Does it really work or is it error-prone?**" />
  <row Id="28107" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15626" RevisionGUID="3d02338d-42b8-4d71-b3e1-c3025b446fee" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:28:41.700" UserId="6170" Text="How practical is to authenticate a Linux server against AD?" />
  <row Id="28108" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15626" RevisionGUID="3d02338d-42b8-4d71-b3e1-c3025b446fee" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:28:41.700" UserId="6170" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;&lt;single-sign-on&gt;" />
  <row Id="28109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15627" RevisionGUID="bac9e29f-dc69-4818-8620-eeaaddc352c9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:30:01.697" UserDisplayName="Karsten Hojgaard" Text="32 bit will make it stop out at about 3.25GB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does it go into swap file overdrive when it hits that ceiling (and did you remember to configure the swap file to either auto-adjust its size or fix it at 4 GB?)" />
  <row Id="28110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15628" RevisionGUID="1b1e5451-13c6-4d10-ac03-4ffcc37628a2" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:32:28.383" UserId="5799" Text="32-bit CPUs support up to 4 GB of RAM, of which about 3.2 GB is available to the OS. (If the CPU has [PAE][1], then the theoretical maximum is 64 GB, though Windows XP is artificially capped at 4 GB). So bitness shouldn't matter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension" />
  <row Id="28111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15629" RevisionGUID="71792e1c-e996-4154-a8a8-a249a4bd4013" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:36:01.403" UserId="6336" Text=" - Set a simple coloring standard for cables, and stick by it, for example:&#xD;&#xA;  - Blue for intranet&#xD;&#xA;  - Green for public/DMZ&#xD;&#xA;  - Red for VOIP telephony (if applicable)&#xD;&#xA;  - Gray for bridging and servers&#xD;&#xA; - Label both ends of cables with a good description of where they're going (server/socket).&#xD;&#xA; - Use a label printer, and use quality nylon-based stickers, plain paper stickers wear out and fall off really fast.&#xD;&#xA; - Don't use longer-than-required cables. If it's a short reach, use a short cable. Saves gobs of space and mess.&#xD;&#xA; - Try not to have cables hanging in front of the panels/switches. Route them from the panel, through the back of the rack, and back in front to the switch/server.&#xD;&#xA; - Immediately replace cables with broken lock-pins on the end. (this is more of a general advice)&#xD;&#xA; - Install rack cable management accessories like hair-comb-like attachments to the back of the network jacks panel and door/sidewall mounted clips and straps.&#xD;&#xA; - When having numerous cables going to/from the same location (like multiple blade server cables going to a switch) - enclose them in a cable organizer. This can drastically reduce the amount of cabling you have to untangle when looking/moving something.&#xD;&#xA; - Same goes for cabling that goes outside the server room. Whether it goes above or below the (acoustic) ceiling - try to have a snake-tray or similar cable grouping system, don't just let the cables lie &quot;naked&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28112" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15629" RevisionGUID="71792e1c-e996-4154-a8a8-a249a4bd4013" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:36:01.403" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28113" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11402" RevisionGUID="ee09eb65-c27f-4dd2-832f-c1a8d57a880c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:36:27.377" UserId="45" Comment="Added windows-service tag" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;svchost&gt;&lt;processes&gt;&lt;what-is&gt;&lt;windows-service&gt;" />
  <row Id="28114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15630" RevisionGUID="a156b5a1-6245-4b18-9eab-43fedfe45ae4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:37:04.163" UserId="5234" Text="It's an obvious one, but use rackmount servers and KVM switches.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set things up so that your cable runs can be as short as possible.  If you can get a space of 1U left between each patch panel in the rack, that's a great place to put switches and it means that you can use quarter meter lengths with no trailing whatsoever, and no need for cable management either (you don't need to manage what isn't there).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Separate things out into different racks if possible.  If not, at least arrange them so that, for example, all switches for the first floor are physically located together.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FULLY DECOMMISSION OLD GEAR!  If a switch dies, don't leave it in the rack and put a new one in wherever you have space - haul it out of there." />
  <row Id="28115" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15630" RevisionGUID="a156b5a1-6245-4b18-9eab-43fedfe45ae4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:37:04.163" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28116" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15631" RevisionGUID="8aa68d66-d37a-4d1f-b177-d05fa840c77b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:38:39.933" UserDisplayName="FTV" Text="I have an MSSQL 2000 instance installed and running on VMWare (not my choice, but mandated to me) ... It's been running fine because I've cut my teeth a few times performance tuning it.  This sql instance is also isolated from other VMWware hosts so its the only application using the hardware.  Recently however,  sqlserver has been bombing out on me when I run a simple backup of a database that is 30GB in size.  What is really curious is that this backup has run in 10 minutes time in the past.  I've made sure no other DTS tasks or processes are running when I run this backup.  What happens is that the backup just never finishes ... it just keeps running for hours!  Anyone else out there experienced this and have any ideas?  Switching from sql or vmware is not an option for me." />
  <row Id="28117" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15631" RevisionGUID="8aa68d66-d37a-4d1f-b177-d05fa840c77b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:38:39.933" UserDisplayName="FTV" Text="MSSQL 2000 + VMWare" />
  <row Id="28118" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15631" RevisionGUID="8aa68d66-d37a-4d1f-b177-d05fa840c77b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:38:39.933" UserDisplayName="FTV" Text="&lt;mssql&gt;" />
  <row Id="28119" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15632" RevisionGUID="ec471005-ae23-4a03-ac64-cc6d94a81713" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:39:10.383" UserId="4392" Text="Authenticating is absolutely simple using Likewise Open. http://www.likewise.com/products/likewise_open/index.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nearly my entire Linux infrastructure has centralized authentication and user management thanks to Likewise Open. It's stunningly simple to install and implement. I cannot possibly say enough good about it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a note, UIDs and GIDs are assigned according to a hash function, so they are identical across the entire infrastructure, so NFS mounts work perfectly. " />
  <row Id="28120" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15633" RevisionGUID="4f745786-19a2-4327-9160-fc3f974d7901" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:39:21.927" UserId="5464" Text="Its not hard and it's perfectly practical.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a few hundred dual boot desktop machines that use AD auth as well as a number of servers which use AD auth to enable windows clients to use their samba shares without explicit auth by the users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There was another article n SF about what you need to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically you need to config  kerberos, winbind, nss and pam.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you do a `kinit` and a `net ads join` and your up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can configure pam to use multiple methods for auth if you want, so if one does not work it will fall back to the next.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We usually use files, winbindd and ldap for servers serving fileshares to windows servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If possible I'd use LDAP for account info and windbind strictly for auth, but I believe you can map attributes in I think /etc/ldap.conf if you need to.&#xD;&#xA;If you do end up using winbindd for account ifno it is possibkle to use the RID (hashing method) to generate uids/gids, but it is also possible to use other methods.&#xD;&#xA;We used RIDs on one large fileserver and it has been a real pain, so I'd try and explore one of the other options if possible.&#xD;&#xA;In our case all AD users and groups are reflected in LDAP by an upstream IDM system, so we use LDAP for account info on newer servers and use winbind purely for auth." />
  <row Id="28121" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15634" RevisionGUID="ae524f16-2e6e-4189-bf74-904d22a5df1b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:40:09.837" UserId="6178" Text="The defaults are usually fine for the general case.  However, I don't know if your case is general or not.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, how many users, how much data, how many transactions/second, etc... are you expecting to need to be able to process?" />
  <row Id="28122" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15635" RevisionGUID="0cf231d3-af0e-4bd7-bc6c-e27bc9700cc5" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:40:39.087" UserId="5234" Text="I tend to view GUI and CLI as just being tools to get a job done, and will use whichever is most appropriate for the job I'm doing, with no absolute preference either way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This I believe is as it should be." />
  <row Id="28123" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15636" RevisionGUID="2a8e7ac6-d380-457a-96b7-b1ce537723e7" CreationDate="2009-01-31T01:33:14.917" Text="&lt;p&gt;I have a Java application where scalability is primarily limited by RAM, that I would like to run on one or more servers in a datacenter.  Where should I be looking for server hardware that can accommodate 100GB - 512GB or more of RAM?  I'm not an expert in such matters so I really don't know where to start.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this getting into supercomputer territory (6 figures or more), or could I obtain such a server for low 5-digit dollars?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few notes based on some questions below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yes I have tried hard to think of ways to remove this scalability requirement, and no its not really an option.  The application fundamentally requires very fast random access to very large amounts of data, storing in a hard disk (via a database perhaps) won't cut it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm pretty sure the JVM can, at least in theory, scale up that far.  I regularly run my code with 10GB allocated to the Sun 1.6 JVM without noticeable problems.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28124" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15636" RevisionGUID="2a8e7ac6-d380-457a-96b7-b1ce537723e7" CreationDate="2009-01-31T01:33:14.917" Text="Cost effective way to build a server with lots of RAM" />
  <row Id="28125" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15636" RevisionGUID="2a8e7ac6-d380-457a-96b7-b1ce537723e7" CreationDate="2009-01-31T01:33:14.917" Text="&lt;server-hardware&gt;&lt;memory&gt;" />
  <row Id="28126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15637" RevisionGUID="ca832e54-f9f4-4cd9-ac1d-690aa5a44138" CreationDate="2009-01-31T01:39:49.023" Text="&lt;p&gt;I think you will start to run into headroom issues at 64gb on traditional hardware. If you can scale out from there you would be ok but my guess is that the far more cost-effective solution would be to question your architecture. Granted I say that with no knowledge of what you are doing but I am just throwing that out there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28127" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15638" RevisionGUID="ee909675-2f76-43ba-add9-5528a712e70b" CreationDate="2009-01-31T01:40:55.103" Text="&lt;p&gt;Would &lt;a href=&quot;http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Amazon's EC2&lt;/a&gt; solution be viable for you? It would certainly be the most cost effective solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28128" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15639" RevisionGUID="dc503d4d-2e9e-42fe-8067-d7a172054055" CreationDate="2009-01-31T01:41:43.683" Text="&lt;p&gt;Let's say that you could fit that much memory into a server (if I'm not mistaken, Linux on standard hardware is limited to 64GB, but I'm not sure). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under most operating systems, the JVM is restricted to a heap space of about 1.4GB-1.6GB, partly because contiguous memory is required and partially because of operating system restrictions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hence, an extra RAM wouldn't help you scale up one application, it would only let you run multiple instances of the application. However, you would then need multiple cores and run into various other issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you need that much RAM for? You may be able to find databases that can be stored in memory or use a RAM drive, but I'm not aware of a JVM that would let you store that much stuff in memory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28129" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15640" RevisionGUID="5d5c2b07-c06f-4f0c-92d4-37e37ca3d9f9" CreationDate="2009-01-31T01:53:39.197" UserId="1447" Text="&lt;p&gt;4 or 8 socket Opteron servers such as the HP DL585 or DL785 or the Sun X4600 can take large amounts of memory in the 128-256GB range.  Although they are not cheap, they are certainly not into 6 digit price tags; An 8-way, 32 core Sun X4600 with 256GB of RAM lists at around $35,000 on their web site, and that's about as big as this type of system gets. You will probably find that you can get the system for somewhat less than the list price shown on the web site..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although 4Gb DIMMs are available, they tend to go at a large price premium, so going up  to a system maxed out with these would be considerably more expensive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to use a system of this type, you will need a 64-bit O/S.  Make sure you also get a 54-bit JVM and check that it works well with your application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28130" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15641" RevisionGUID="7711f14a-bf57-4c0b-b462-94430d4a4d16" CreationDate="2009-01-31T01:59:35.333" Text="&lt;p&gt;A typical way to get more system memory is to get more systems.  If memory is really the bottleneck, then it's not so much how much memory you've got, but how well connected your data is to your processors.  You'll need to scale a lot of things up for that to do you much good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To clarify, Just adding a couple of zeros to your system memory is probably &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; going to do what you think it will.  What you will find is that now that your whole dataset fits in memory, or even a slightly larger slice of it, you'll run into some other bottleneck, like cache invalidation.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The proper way to scale your system is slowly.  If you're currently running, say, on a 4 core system with 8 gigs of ram, first profile the hell out of your app to see where it's really spending time, then try bumping up to 12 or 16 gigs of ram and see how the profiling results have changed.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The real question is, why would you need about 100 times the system memory, relative to other resources, than what is commonly available.  If your data access pattern is in some way predictable, what you should be doing is increasing disk bandwidth, several raid controllers with several striped disks will achieve this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your data access pattern is really, really random, then there's probably room for a better optimized algorithm.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15642" RevisionGUID="5e365f83-ba00-454c-bf90-bc28c173da9f" CreationDate="2009-01-31T02:01:58.557" Text="&lt;p&gt;You probably need a specialized server for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Try to look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ES7000&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ES7000&lt;/a&gt; from Unisys. The description there is probably a bit out-dated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It can support up to 512GB of RAM. It's using well-known O/S, like Windows and Linux Enterprise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It will costs you ~$30K for the standard configuration, but with Itanium and all the bells and whistles, it could go up to ~$600K.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that much RAM, you can keep lots of hot-data without touching disk space at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28132" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15643" RevisionGUID="3fc8b80f-b1ad-4f00-9d34-cc8261878a10" CreationDate="2009-01-31T02:04:49.410" UserId="151" Text="&lt;p&gt;You obviously need 64-Bit Operating Systems, but you're not in Supercomputer Territory. Just as an example, Dell's PowerEdge R900 and R905 are available with 256 GB RAM and use plain standard Intel Xeon/AMD Opteron Processors and run Linux, Solaris or Windows 2003 and 2008.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, buying RAM directly at Dell is not very cost effective (They want ~35,000 US$ for 32 x 8 GB, while you can get it already for about 23,000 US$, possibly less), yet on the other hand you may want to ensure that you have proper support if you're buying a 40,000 US$ Server (you did not expect 256 GB RAM to be cheap, did you? If 128 GB are also OK, you can save ~12,000 US$).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have no experience on which Operating System to choose though, running 100+ GB Java is usually not something I do :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15644" RevisionGUID="fe673b07-0537-4997-9307-70f6745bf632" CreationDate="2009-01-31T02:10:11.643" Text="&lt;p&gt;The cost of RAM doesn't scale linearly to large sizes.  Just because I can buy a 1GB DIMM for $15 doesn't mean I can get a server with 128GB for just $1,920 ... for a start you won't find a motherboard with 128 DIMM slots in it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Above a certain size (~8 to 16GB) you start to see motherboards &lt;strong&gt;requiring&lt;/strong&gt; fully buffering DIMMs (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fully_Buffered_DIMM&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;FB-DIMMs&lt;/a&gt;), which will cost you considerably more per GB than standard desktop memory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We regularly use machines with 128GB of memory in them and the price has come down a long way in recent years, but I don't have any current numbers ... nor any experience of how well the JVM would scale to that size of memory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15645" RevisionGUID="a636f2b9-0310-48fb-b22f-90092a0f5945" CreationDate="2009-01-31T02:39:38.217" UserId="4215" Text="&lt;p&gt;How about a completely out-of-the-box solution:  A database.  I know you said it would be too slow but that's based on what's hosting it.  How about hosting it on a RAID0 array of enough of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acard.com.tw/english/fb01-product.jsp?prod_no=ANS-9010&amp;amp;type1_title=%20Solid%20State%20Drive&amp;amp;idno_no=270&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;These&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;$400 for the gadget, Pricewatch lists chips at $55 (I haven't checked compatibility) for 4gb, so that's another $440 for the memory.  That gets you 32gb for $840.  (The device can in theory take 8gb chips for a total of 64gb but no chips are yet supported.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;RAID0 4 of these and you're in the low end of your range for a bit over $3000 + an ordinary box.  16 of them gets the high end of your range for $14k.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether this is useable or not also comes down to the nature of your data--these devices are volatile and will deplete their backup battery in a few hours although they can back up to a CF card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15646" RevisionGUID="1bff946a-51fb-4955-8226-0fbba7198537" CreationDate="2009-02-02T18:02:27.900" UserId="1435" Text="&lt;p&gt;You actually have lots of options, just from the HP list you have their BL680c blade which can take 128GB, their DL580/585's can take 256GB and their DL785 can take 512GB. Some of IBM's go up to 256GB, as does one Dell too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28136" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15647" RevisionGUID="0cb22f61-ad58-41bc-912c-2d8abd937e9d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T13:13:24.737" Text="&lt;p&gt;Unusual requirement sometimes benefit from unusual solutions. Sure you can give 6 figures to Sun, Dell or HP and be done with it, but it is not the only game in town.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For single box solutions, getting up to 128GB is very cheap (32 x 4GB ~ USD 3.000), even with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813151179&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;homebrew motherboards that cost less than USD 1.000&lt;/a&gt;. (don't mock the makers. If it's &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thelongblog.com/?p=961&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;good enough for Google ...&lt;/a&gt; )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;256GB is seriously more expensive (32x8GB ~ USD 18.000), and beyond that ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively have you considered &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=284&amp;amp;tag=rbxccnbzd1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Infiniband (10Gbps) interconnected&lt;/a&gt; cheap boxes as an alternative?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could build a 4 node, 8 processor (32 Cores), 512GB machine that way and still have change from USD 25.000 .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You would furthermore have the added benefits of gracefull degradation, if your application can run on 3 machines if one of them fails, and possibly get a linear scaling in cost up to 8 nodes (just add 4 more nodes). &#xA;At that point &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;you are looking at a cool 64 core, 1TB RAM beast for &amp;lt; USD 50.000&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28137" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15648" RevisionGUID="e4f6c1ef-3496-47be-8190-b00ea6272d18" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:47:06.623" UserId="6352" Text="What does the computer BIOS say about the available RAM?&#xD;&#xA;Also, what do you mean by &quot;will only use up to 1.3 GB&quot;? How much memory does it say the computer has in System Properties?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28138" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15649" RevisionGUID="bca77929-10f8-4b49-a285-1da4d877b336" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:49:26.477" UserId="5464" Text="Blades help." />
  <row Id="28139" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15649" RevisionGUID="bca77929-10f8-4b49-a285-1da4d877b336" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:49:26.477" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28140" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15650" RevisionGUID="0fefae1e-d4ee-4c53-93c1-9c890d5ac2a9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:52:34.413" UserDisplayName="offler" Text="Is there a way to to change time and timezone in vista/2008 per command line?" />
  <row Id="28141" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15650" RevisionGUID="0fefae1e-d4ee-4c53-93c1-9c890d5ac2a9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:52:34.413" UserDisplayName="offler" Text="Command line way to change time and timezone in vista/2008" />
  <row Id="28142" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15650" RevisionGUID="0fefae1e-d4ee-4c53-93c1-9c890d5ac2a9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:52:34.413" UserDisplayName="offler" Text="&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="28143" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15651" RevisionGUID="caa8494c-cfe0-401b-a35d-7b14112d9758" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:52:38.593" UserId="4767" Text="Take a look at the following page from MS. Especially the top table.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778.aspx#physical_memory_limits_windows_xp&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each process can only have 2GB, the kernel will only use 1GB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are you running on the box? If it's only the one program, you won't be able to use all the 4GB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See if it makes more sense after reading the page." />
  <row Id="28144" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15652" RevisionGUID="217a8f6a-ad04-485a-9f35-de46b9bc9480" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:54:06.373" UserId="6194" Text="From what I am reading here most people are going for massive over kill.  You have 5 server and 30 work stations, so since this is a small company by the sounds of it I very much doubt the boss/owner will spring for a biometic scanner, pass card scanner and video system as some examples unless you already have these and it would be a cheap add on for the server room.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I did one almost the same as what you had, 20 workstations &amp; 8 servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is what I found went well and was a good cost on the typical limited budget of a small company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Phone or atleast a phone jack where you can move a phone in should you have to call tech support while infront of the physical server&#xD;&#xA; - A/C, even with 8 server my room temp was about 31 degress celius.&#xD;&#xA;   For this since the room was in the center of the building and new duct work was out of the question we got one of the portable room ones and exhausted it into the office on the side of the wall closest to the cold air return for the building a/c unit.  This worked well and dropped the temp to about 23 degress but it does take up a lot of space but is really good.&#xD;&#xA; - Don't bother with a rack mount monitor/KVM, I can think of better things to spend $1k on.&#xD;&#xA;  - Get a monitor and a 10 ft VGA cable.  Have a table or wall mounted shelf next to the servers, any modern rack mounted server has found mounted VGA port&#xD;&#xA;  - Get a wireless keyboard/mouse that use the same dongle.  Just move the VGA cable and wireless dongle to the computer you need access too.  Since you will be accessing everyhing remotely 90% of the time its not a big deal to do it this way&#xD;&#xA;  - If you can get a rack and use rack mounted servers, BUT make sure you get rails that allow the server to be slid out should you need to access the hardware rather then one then needs to be unbolted&#xD;&#xA;  - If you can't get a rack, go to home depot and get the heavy duty freestanding utility shelves, this will work just as well for desktop units&#xD;&#xA;  - Lock, a key or keypad one is fine, you'll have to give a key and the combo to your boss or owner anyway, make sure the servers log who logs into them and it doens't matter as much who is in the room.&#xD;&#xA;  - If the phone gear is there use the plywood on the wall idea&#xD;&#xA;  - Put the phones on their own power souce UPS&#xD;&#xA;  - Get a UPS that is expandable for the servers&#xD;&#xA;  - Get a UPS that has load banks you can remotely switch off should you need to kill server remotely (Tripplight has these, saved me a few times when I had a wonkly server thaty would lock up and needed the power killed)  Make sure you set the bios to power on after a power outage for all servers.  The UPS will only have a few plugs so you have to put your critical servers on it, for me it was a DC/GC and email, this allowed me to reboot those if they crashed&#xD;&#xA;  - Some shelves for parts and the other &quot;stuff&quot; you'll be required to keep in there by the boss (lol unless you are the boss)&#xD;&#xA;  - Dedicated power for the A/C&#xD;&#xA;  - Dedicated power for the Phones&#xD;&#xA;  - Dedicated power for the servers&#xD;&#xA;    I had a totaly of 6 15amp circuts in mine, plus the lights&#xD;&#xA;  - Make any patch cables custom and have them as short as they can be, this will have keep it organized so you don't have them dangling everywhere.&#xD;&#xA;  - If you cannot put it on the second floor, put all the servers on the top rack and work your way down.  mine was on the second floor so not an issue for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is what I had in mine, network wiring, etc was all labeled and well organized as well, how thats setup is dependant on where it comes in &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Biggest things, keep it organized, and make sure you have room to expand for future growth." />
  <row Id="28145" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15653" RevisionGUID="2d82245b-2fc0-4174-afe2-3f08fa928933" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:54:49.977" UserId="2561" Text="Besides that many good answers people have given to the advantages of CLI, another plus for CLI that I didn't see is that in my experience **CLI is much less likely to fail**.  This can be a huge time saver if you administer servers remotely.  Also, if the **machine starts to experience heavy load, CLI is usually more response**.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28146" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15654" RevisionGUID="3a8b0503-09ba-4451-ba0d-1a3d47bb634a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:57:35.587" UserDisplayName="offler" Text="BE absolutly carefully which such RAM sizes. We had scalled up a HP machine to 64 GB (HP stated that the machine can take 128 GB), but only aafter adding an additional riser board, a cooling shaft and so on (after a lot of chatting with hp). Only because a machine is spezified take up to n GB, it does not mean that it will work without additional changes. In our case not all normal memory modules worked, because the got to hot., only very specified modules worked." />
  <row Id="28147" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15654" RevisionGUID="3a8b0503-09ba-4451-ba0d-1a3d47bb634a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:57:35.587" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15655" RevisionGUID="74c1cfad-b9c9-4d4a-a887-d8067205d482" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:57:58.987" UserId="5464" Text="I don't use Centos, but I do use RHEL.&#xD;&#xA;One thing that soemtimes bites me with RHEL that I often forget to check is SELinux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try turning it off, i.e. `setenforce 0` and see if that makes a difference.&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes people turn it off while they are doing set up and then forget to make the change permanent in the config file, then on reboot it comes back and things stop working,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15657" RevisionGUID="a6016cdb-7ba3-428d-a333-d3503a54f94f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:58:22.483" UserId="6350" Text="Hello, I have a user whose screen resolution will change to 640x480 when they try to run a certain program. When that program is closed, the screen changes back to 1024x768. That same program is actually hard coded to run at 800x600. There are no compatibly settings in place. This W/S is running Vista 64bit and the program itself is based on the Borland Database Engine. Other users have never had any such issues. Any thoughts?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28151" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15657" RevisionGUID="a6016cdb-7ba3-428d-a333-d3503a54f94f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:58:22.483" UserId="6350" Text="One Workstation will only open ONE app in 640x480" />
  <row Id="28152" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15657" RevisionGUID="a6016cdb-7ba3-428d-a333-d3503a54f94f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T15:58:22.483" UserId="6350" Text="&lt;screen-resolution&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="28153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15658" RevisionGUID="119a87c3-0d39-4e98-8724-b4b2b903e2ce" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:00:19.483" UserId="6310" Text="I'm wondering why, when I use rsnapshot to rsync /usr/lib/locate from one machine to another, the output given by 'du' is different? The machines are identical, the OS on both is CentOS 5.3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the output on the source machine:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # du -csh /usr/lib/locale&#xD;&#xA;    129M    /usr/lib/locale&#xD;&#xA;    129M    total&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And the target machine (where it has been rsynced to):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # du -csh usr/lib/locale/&#xD;&#xA;    319M    usr/lib/locale/&#xD;&#xA;    319M    total&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The partitions are even the same on the machines, both /var and both the same size, about 409 gigs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing that is possible is that rsnapshot is resolving the symbolic links in the directory on the source into real links on the target machine. For example, on the source machine, looking for files that are not hard linked to anything:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # find /usr/lib/locale -links 1  | wc -l&#xD;&#xA;    1733&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then on the target machine:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # find usr/lib/locale/ -links 1 | wc -l&#xD;&#xA;    4597" />
  <row Id="28154" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15658" RevisionGUID="119a87c3-0d39-4e98-8724-b4b2b903e2ce" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:00:19.483" UserId="6310" Text="Why is the disk space used by the same directory on two CentOS boxes different?" />
  <row Id="28155" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15658" RevisionGUID="119a87c3-0d39-4e98-8724-b4b2b903e2ce" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:00:19.483" UserId="6310" Text="&lt;rsync&gt;&lt;centos&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="28156" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15659" RevisionGUID="781bf251-e7ef-48f6-bbc9-05e235c9b7b2" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:01:28.777" UserId="6170" Text="This also looks promising [http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2006/05/30/610505.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    control.exe intl.cpl,,/f:&quot;c:\Unattend.xml&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2006/05/30/610505.aspx" />
  <row Id="28157" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15660" RevisionGUID="462bebb4-02e6-4f1e-b5c3-374cb9c156d2" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:02:06.750" UserId="6336" Text="AFAIK, there isn't a package than answers to all your requirements. &#xD;&#xA;Best Open Source AV package i know is ClamAV, and it doesn't have much, if any reporting and remote control/installation, and no centralized management. &#xD;&#xA;You can circumvent these problems by developing a scripted management and RIS environment. Shouldn't be too hard assuming you already have an infrastructure for some of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general, (musing here) virus databases require constant updates, and it's a lot of boring hard work, I guess - not the ideal grazing field for bored open source developers. I wouldn't trust my corporate infrastructure to an anti virus that's updated by volunteer work, especially as the proprietary AV packages aren't THAT expensive, and the ClamAV antivirus really didn't score that high on any of the AV comparison tests." />
  <row Id="28161" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15631" RevisionGUID="a82a8ae3-6ef9-43e3-a89f-3c9c302971a3" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:03:17.107" UserId="431" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="28162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15662" RevisionGUID="aad268cd-d74b-4372-94bc-df70a3638ae5" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:04:19.053" UserId="3505" Text="When you rsync, do you use the `--delete` flag?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not, then you will not remove files that have been removed from the remote machine when you do the sync, you'll only sync the files that *do* exist.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, make sure you're terminating the paths in the same way, for example...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rsync -a remote:/tmp/X ./tmp/X/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...is not the same as...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rsync -a remote:/tmp/X/ ./tmp/X/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...Before you add the `--delete`, make sure you do a `--dry-run` so you can see what *would* happen." />
  <row Id="28164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15663" RevisionGUID="ff8e2ebc-f91b-443c-8885-9ccd57ab7f92" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:06:54.023" UserDisplayName="offler" Text="Oh.. and for starters... hP workstations like the Z800 can scale up to 192 GB . But can have cooling problems with 32 GB... therefore again... take care." />
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  <row Id="28166" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15633" RevisionGUID="51488b49-661c-4b88-9e16-b2011cde09da" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:07:22.620" UserId="5464" Comment="Spelling fixes" Text="Its not hard and it's perfectly practical.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a few hundred dual boot desktop machines that use AD auth as well as a number of servers which use AD auth to enable windows clients to use their samba shares without explicit auth by the users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There was another article on SF about what you need to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically you need to config  kerberos, winbind, nss and pam.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you do a `kinit` and a `net ads join` and your up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can configure pam to use multiple methods for auth if you want, so if one does not work it will fall back to the next.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We usually use files, winbindd and ldap for servers serving fileshares to windows servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If possible I'd use LDAP for account info and windbind strictly for auth, but I believe you can map attributes in I think /etc/ldap.conf if you need to.&#xD;&#xA;If you do end up using winbindd for account info it is possible to use the RID (hashing method) to generate uids/gids, but it is also possible to use other methods.&#xD;&#xA;We used RIDs on one large fileserver and it has been a real pain, so I'd try and explore one of the other options if possible.&#xD;&#xA;In our case all AD users and groups are reflected in LDAP by an upstream IDM system, so we use LDAP for account info on newer servers and use winbind purely for auth." />
  <row Id="28167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15664" RevisionGUID="1675a7eb-5314-4da6-b9bc-1e422c5e90d3" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:11:00.287" UserId="6194" Text="What version of VMWare?  Server or ESX?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you using a VHD or directly accessing the hard drive?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you tried running other backups from other databases on the same server?&#xD;&#xA;Have you tried other options in the backup?  Different destination, different options?&#xD;&#xA;Have you tried it from the OSQL commandline, just as a differnet way of executing?&#xD;&#xA;Anything from the event log?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28170" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15235" RevisionGUID="96ed41f1-5db6-49d1-8f73-61faed4641f0" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:13:58.597" UserId="5805" Comment="added 72 characters in body" Text="I recently wrote a complex SELECT statement (based on many very, very complex views) that would take 1 hour and 50 minutes to execute when run from Toad on my desktop, and only a few minutes faster when run from a Python script using the cx_Oracle library (written to flush to disk every 50 rows). The total size of the single result set was about 8000 rows totalling 5MB. During execution, my workstation was not thrashing and the CPU load was reasonably low.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The exact same query ran on the server took an astonishing 21 seconds to produce a byte-for-byte identical result set. This was also generated by the same Python/cx_Oracle script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Transferring the 5MB result set file from the server to my workstation took only 3 seconds, so I don't think network bandwidth is the direct problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could SQL*Net or one of its associated libraries be the culprit? Is there some non-linear memory management problems when queries are invoked across the network? A 5MB result set is large, but not ginormous in this day and age. Are there perhaps some buffer size configuration settings that would help? I'm using a vanilla Oracle client install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The workstation is Windows XP Pro SP3 (only 1GB of RAM) with the Oracle 10g client and Toad for Oracle Xpert 9.7.2.5 and Python 2.6.2 with cx\_Oracle 5.0.2. The server is Red Hat 2.6.9-67.ELsmp on a quad Xeon 3.8GHz 8GB server, running Oracle 10.2.0.4, Python 2.3.4, cx_Oracle 4.4.1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Whoops! The file was only **5 Megabytes**, not GB. Very sorry." />
  <row Id="28171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15666" RevisionGUID="a771cf4e-e01d-45a7-8edb-27a133ccd9cc" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:15:42.977" UserId="2519" Text="I have a Windows XP x64 SP2 machine that used to boot up really quickly, but now takes a very long time. If I enable the /sos boot switch it gets to the bit where it says:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    2 system processors [8191MB memory]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and it sits there for literally about 3-4 minutes before going into GUI mode. Another machine running Windows XP x86 SP3 has a similar issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I troubleshoot this?" />
  <row Id="28172" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15666" RevisionGUID="a771cf4e-e01d-45a7-8edb-27a133ccd9cc" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:15:42.977" UserId="2519" Text="How to troubleshoot slow Windows XP boot?" />
  <row Id="28173" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15666" RevisionGUID="a771cf4e-e01d-45a7-8edb-27a133ccd9cc" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:15:42.977" UserId="2519" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;boot&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="28174" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15667" RevisionGUID="5ae06bf1-d1e6-4d98-a2a7-3d9daf8787db" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:17:19.900" UserId="2238" Text="I am trying to reboot my tomcat version 5 on a centos server from my dev box.  I can login as a normal user(not root) but I need to be able to reboot the service.  Is there a config file that I can modify or a group my my user needs to be in to be able to restart the tomcat5 service?" />
  <row Id="28175" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15667" RevisionGUID="5ae06bf1-d1e6-4d98-a2a7-3d9daf8787db" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:17:19.900" UserId="2238" Text="Remotely reboot tomcat" />
  <row Id="28176" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15667" RevisionGUID="5ae06bf1-d1e6-4d98-a2a7-3d9daf8787db" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:17:19.900" UserId="2238" Text="&lt;centos&gt;&lt;redhat&gt;&lt;tomcat&gt;" />
  <row Id="28177" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15618" RevisionGUID="8fdfd439-ecfe-4c5a-b195-15e72f7cc00d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:17:56.047" UserId="4318" Comment="removed 32-bit flag" Text="I noticed that one of our Windows XP 32-bit boxes, which has 4GB of RAM, will only use up to 1.3GB of physical memory. Has anyone run into this before? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only thing I can think of is that it's a 4GB-on-32-bit-OS thing, but I don't see why that would cause XP to only use 1/3 of the RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In answer to your questions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* The OS displayed 3.25GB of RAM. &#xD;&#xA;* Even under high load (i.e., Photoshop + Firefox + other RAM-intensive programs) the system (according to procexp) only used up to 1.3GB of RAM. RAM load stayed at about 33%.&#xD;&#xA;* I just swapped out one of the 2GB sticks for 1GB, bringing me to 3GB of RAM. Windows XP says I have 3GB of RAM installed. But procexp reports only 750MB being used, or about 25% of RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So it doesn't seem to be a 32/64 bit issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The box has a Wolfdale E8400 running on an Asus P5K SE mobo. The OS is Win XP SP3 32-bit.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28178" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15618" RevisionGUID="8fdfd439-ecfe-4c5a-b195-15e72f7cc00d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:17:56.047" UserId="4318" Comment="removed 32-bit flag" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;ram&gt;" />
  <row Id="28179" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10309" RevisionGUID="487c056a-e83b-4374-9cfb-f6c4ec21190d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:18:30.960" UserId="2560" Comment="added 443 characters in body" Text="Are there any tools/instructions/pointers about how to troubleshoot webdav problems on Mac OS X? Any secret mount options, undocumented webdav module logging, anything?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I usually do is to reroute webdav traffic via Fiddler/Charles reverse-proxy. This way I can see requests and responses flowing between Mac OS X/WebdavFS and server. What I am missing is sone reasons why webdav behaves the way it does. E.g. why is file opened in read-only mode -- was there anything bad in response which caused this? :-(&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** I am not asking about specific mac/webdav issue, but about ways to debug webdav issues on Mac. To clarify: I am writing server-side part (i.e. webdav server itself). I often can see all requests/responses. But 1) Mac generates LOT OF REQUESTS, and 2) even when I see requests/responses, I sometimes observe problem and can't find the root cause (E.g., MS Word files are sometimes opened in Read-only mode, and I don't know why)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28182" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15669" RevisionGUID="41b93225-8498-48b0-91f3-93d37a9bee0c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:19:59.083" UserId="6194" Text="I'll agree 100% with that same batch of drives all failing close together.  I have 10 dell workstations, after 4 years, I had 6 of the drives all fail with 12 months of each other.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With production servers, I always bought from a place like Dell and made sure they would stock spares for atleast how long I planed to keep the server in operation, typically 4 years.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've had 3 servers with RAID's have a drive fail on me.  I never had hot spares, but dell got me the replacements the next day and the rebuild was done in no time.  That plus proper backups and you should be fine." />
  <row Id="28183" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15670" RevisionGUID="b3b2061c-3451-4c4f-a9bb-f6fa68723cf0" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:20:14.387" UserId="5455" Text="Try the 3M privacy filter. It works for me in a room I feel has glare but I have never tried it under direct sunlight" />
  <row Id="28184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15671" RevisionGUID="406595aa-53ad-4756-bdad-0d018f7590ff" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:20:53.420" UserId="5799" Text="If the server has **sudo** installed, you can add yourself to the sudoers file (using the &lt;code&gt;visudo&lt;/code&gt; command) - you can either allow everything, or just that particular command. Then use &lt;code&gt;sudo somecommand&lt;/code&gt; to run it with root privileges.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But no matter what method, you will need to login as root at least once - or get someone else to login as root." />
  <row Id="28187" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15465" RevisionGUID="59b15157-a465-452d-b606-2c167d388722" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:22:44.727" UserId="5464" Comment="Reformat to make &quot;backticks&quot; visible." Text="We tend to use rdp a bit, because we can only access certain servcices via windows so I like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`alias rdt='rdesktop -d UOFA  -g 1024x768 -u '`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;usage is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`rdt  &lt;winhost&gt; &lt;win_username&gt;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A lot of our stuff is in LDAP so search as the directory manager is useful (with an apporpirately configured `/etc/openldap/ldap.conf`):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`alias dmsearch='ldapsearch -x -LLL -D&quot;&lt;directory_admin_bind_dn&gt;&quot; -W '`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`alias budate='date +%Y%m%d-%H%M'` E.g. `cp -p some-conf.comf someconf-'budate'.conf` NB repalce the single quotes with backticks. Serverfault wont let me put in backtick literals and I cant work out how to escape backticks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`alias psg='ps aux|grep '`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28188" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15650" RevisionGUID="965a0928-c94f-4b14-9aa9-7bb3356f72ba" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:23:07.267" UserId="816" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="28189" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15673" RevisionGUID="96125d25-c537-4ac1-b6bf-5fa115bb65e3" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:23:48.610" UserId="2169" Text="[MySQLTuner][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; MySQLTuner is a script written in Perl&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that will assist you with your MySQL&#xD;&#xA;&gt; configuration and make recommendations&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for increased performance and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; stability. Within seconds, it will&#xD;&#xA;&gt; display statistics about your MySQL&#xD;&#xA;&gt; installation and the areas where it&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can be improved.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; It's key to remember that MySQLTuner&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is a script which can assist you with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; your server, but it is not the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; solution to a badly performing MySQL&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server. The best performance gains&#xD;&#xA;&gt; come from a thorough review of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; queries sent to the server, and an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; evaluation of the MySQL server itself.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; A qualified developer in your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; application's programming or scripting&#xD;&#xA;&gt; language should be able to work with a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; MySQL database administrator to find&#xD;&#xA;&gt; improvements for your server. Once the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server and application are optimized&#xD;&#xA;&gt; well, you may need to consider&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hardware upgrades to the physical&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.mysqltuner.com/MySQLTuner" />
  <row Id="28191" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15474" RevisionGUID="82808321-a076-48db-bf0d-cf087a4ec576" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:26:25.747" UserId="6194" Comment="Re-read question and say author did not want commerical, had mis-read the first time." Text="I've been more or less happy with Symantec Corp's Multi-point protection.  It included coverage for the workstations and also the exchange server including anti-virus and anti-spam (very effective anti-spam)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Down side is the workstation anti-virus clients are becoming somewhat bloated, so if you have really old workstations or not much memory in them you'll notice they will seem slower.  But it runs great on our newer ones, and we only get low end Dell's with 1 gig of ram.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can even push out the installation of the client using Symatec's own deployment tool from the server.  Worked great so you can completely control it from one server.  Your subscription includes the defination updates for all clients, the mail server and phone support for a year.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They have some pretty good volume discounts as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sorry I miss read the part where you said you didn't want commerical products, I thought it said those were ok to.  That said, if you don't find anything in the open source (I never did that met those needs) you might still want to consider it." />
  <row Id="28192" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15198" RevisionGUID="4061ce91-4716-4152-a4bb-5835cfd0ef6e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:27:06.463" UserId="816" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;continuous-backup&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="28193" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15342" RevisionGUID="d16a2acc-4049-4f91-bc8c-b794885d9d67" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:27:53.530" UserId="816" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;webdav&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="28194" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15675" RevisionGUID="10ba8945-b4af-4f75-8ae9-0aed859143d9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:28:52.060" UserId="6336" Text="Microsoft's Process Monitor tool allows you to &quot;capture&quot; the boot process in a log file that can be later analyzed to reveal the exact points where your boot process isn't as fast as you want it to be. Then you can remove/play with the problematic processes or pinpoint-search the web for a specific solution." />
  <row Id="28195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15676" RevisionGUID="923bc0e0-dd1f-427d-ab01-b75baac099b8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:30:56.050" UserId="2783" Text="Is the booting slow if you hit F8 and choose safe mode?  If so, boot into safe mode and run MSCONFIG.  Click on the Services Tab and disable everything that is not by Microsoft, and disable everything under the Startup tab.  If it still boots quickly, enable a few items under MSCONFIG, reboot, and repeat until you find the culprit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some other useful suggestions in the following articles:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Restore Your Computer's Performance with Windows XP][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Advanced troubleshooting for general startup problems in Windows XP][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to dive very deeply into the problem, download [Sysinternals Process Monitor][3] (the successor to regmon and filemon).  You can enable boot logging, and it will captures a trace of all file and registry activity that takes place during boot.  Open up the trace in Process Monitor after it boots and see what exactly is happening during the periods of slow performance.  You'll probably find that it is an out of date driver or antivirus program that is causing problems, and updating to the latest version will fix things for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/northrup_restoreperf.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308041&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx" />
  <row Id="28197" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15667" RevisionGUID="614f52bd-0748-4b30-bffd-16567f919a34" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:34:00.820" UserId="2238" Comment="ant" Text="I am trying to reboot my tomcat version 5 on a centos server from my dev box.  I can login as a normal user(not root) but I need to be able to reboot the service.  Is there a config file that I can modify or a group my my user needs to be in to be able to restart the tomcat5 service?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**: I will be running this task in Ant, and sudo will not work for this as Ant does not give you a virtual terminal." />
  <row Id="28198" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15667" RevisionGUID="614f52bd-0748-4b30-bffd-16567f919a34" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:34:00.820" UserId="2238" Comment="ant" Text="&lt;centos&gt;&lt;redhat&gt;&lt;tomcat&gt;&lt;ant&gt;" />
  <row Id="28199" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15677" RevisionGUID="888b058e-94e9-4dcb-8e92-a600bc2b05d6" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:35:38.147" UserId="2169" Text="I created a backup plan to backup to a NAS via UNC (\\\192.168.x.y\backup\pdc) on our Windows 2003 SBS, which stops after 1 sec with this error: *&quot;The operation was not performed because the specified media cannot be found.&quot;*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think this has something to do with the user running the ntbackup script itself. When I execute the ntbackup command in my administrator commandline, it works as it should. If the backup routine kicks in (it is listed in the scheduled tasks list, where one can i.e. run it manually), it does not work. I read something about a SBS Backup User, who executes the command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I change that or how can I give that particular user the right (aka provide credentials) to access the NAS?" />
  <row Id="28200" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15677" RevisionGUID="888b058e-94e9-4dcb-8e92-a600bc2b05d6" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:35:38.147" UserId="2169" Text="ntbackup fails to save to NAS under windows sbs 2003" />
  <row Id="28201" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15677" RevisionGUID="888b058e-94e9-4dcb-8e92-a600bc2b05d6" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:35:38.147" UserId="2169" Text="&lt;sbs2003&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;ntbackup&gt;&lt;nas&gt;" />
  <row Id="28202" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15671" RevisionGUID="f54e2158-4cd1-4d77-aa1e-43573db0b48d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:37:35.493" UserId="5799" Comment="NOPASSWD in sudoers?" Text="If the server has **sudo** installed, you can add yourself to the sudoers file (using the &lt;code&gt;visudo&lt;/code&gt; command) - you can either allow everything, or just that particular command. Then use &lt;code&gt;sudo somecommand&lt;/code&gt; to run it with root privileges.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But no matter what method, you will need to login as root at least once - or get someone else to login as root.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** sudo has a passwordless option (&lt;code&gt;NOPASSWD&lt;/code&gt; in sudoers), which doesn't require a tty (if I remember correctly)." />
  <row Id="28203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15678" RevisionGUID="7b824f9a-f85d-4b5a-8ba3-16a3f6669970" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:40:46.890" UserId="6348" Text="Not an alias but a function, since i hate manually checking of the sshd is up after a reboot I have a waiting-for-ssh-to-answer function in my .zshrc:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    function wssh () {&#xD;&#xA;    local HOST=$1&#xD;&#xA;    shift&#xD;&#xA;    local PORT=$1&#xD;&#xA;    if [[ -z $PORT ]]; then&#xD;&#xA;            PORT=22&#xD;&#xA;    else&#xD;&#xA;            shift&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    echo -n &quot;Polling host $HOST on port $PORT for ssh connection&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    while ! nc -z -w 2 $HOST $PORT &amp;&gt;/dev/null; do&#xD;&#xA;            for i in `jot 2 1`; do&#xD;&#xA;                    echo -n &quot;.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                    sleep 2&#xD;&#xA;            done&#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;\nConnection establihed!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh -p$PORT $HOST $@&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15679" RevisionGUID="ffd62c32-0251-44c8-a560-efa95f52798c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:41:35.610" UserId="4392" Text="I used to have this problem with machines that were attempting to get a DHCP lease. I do not know if this is a problem with XP. " />
  <row Id="28205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15680" RevisionGUID="bc6a20ed-19b2-4db3-87d2-f209f4f4d1f7" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:42:49.037" UserId="5464" Text="The absolute number of sockets that can be open on a single IP address is 2^^16 and is defined by TCP/UDP not the kernel." />
  <row Id="28206" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15667" RevisionGUID="777c8be0-9845-43f5-af5a-b06dc7b43a91" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:43:16.167" UserId="2238" Comment="added 324 characters in body" Text="I am trying to reboot my tomcat version 5 on a centos server from my dev box.  I can login as a normal user(not root) but I need to be able to reboot the service.  Is there a config file that I can modify or a group my my user needs to be in to be able to restart the tomcat5 service?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**: I will be running this task in Ant, and sudo will not work for this as Ant does not give you a virtual terminal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**: here is the error when I try to restart tomcat as root via ant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh root@server.com /sbin/service tomcat5 restart&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    restartTomcat:&#xD;&#xA;     [exec] Pseudo-terminal will not be allocated because stdin is not a terminal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is running as root,which has ssh privileges.  The command as is works fine." />
  <row Id="28207" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15681" RevisionGUID="f334ea78-fed8-4512-8a17-5ca0073f6684" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:43:39.567" UserId="4990" Text="Get the admin to add &quot;/etc/init.d/tomcat&quot; to the list of commands you can execute w/o password, that way you *can* sudo it without a pty:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    yourname machinename=(ALL) NOPASSWD:/etc/init.d/tomcat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many other ways to do what you ask, tough." />
  <row Id="28208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15682" RevisionGUID="52a28bdd-e3ef-427d-862a-449f024cbaa2" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:44:56.023" UserId="6365" Text="What do you use for backups to ftp server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried the setup with Amanda and virtual tapes on the ftp server mounted with Curlftpfs and I'm not satisfied with it. I just don't feel confident about Amanda.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also I cannot use anything that uses rsync on the ftp mounted filesystem because it only creates the directories and doesn't create files as it cannot execute &quot;mkstemp&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been thinking about Bacula but I can't find any good HOWTO for it." />
  <row Id="28209" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15682" RevisionGUID="52a28bdd-e3ef-427d-862a-449f024cbaa2" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:44:56.023" UserId="6365" Text="Backup linux to ftp server" />
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  <row Id="28214" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="13991" RevisionGUID="ebb1787e-fda8-45de-8e5d-1f9590121b7a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:50:41.813" UserId="2240" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;kernel-modules&gt;&lt;gentoo&gt;" />
  <row Id="28215" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15667" RevisionGUID="b36f1899-b730-4382-a1a1-d4d479c948f4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:51:03.187" UserId="2238" Comment="added 375 characters in body" Text="I am trying to reboot my tomcat version 5 on a centos server from my dev box.  I can login as a normal user(not root) but I need to be able to reboot the service.  Is there a config file that I can modify or a group my my user needs to be in to be able to restart the tomcat5 service?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**: I will be running this task in Ant, and sudo will not work for this as Ant does not give you a virtual terminal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**: here is the error when I try to restart tomcat as root via ant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh root@server.com /sbin/service tomcat5 restart&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    restartTomcat:&#xD;&#xA;     [exec] Pseudo-terminal will not be allocated because stdin is not a terminal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is running as root,which has ssh privileges.  The command as is works fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    vi /etc/sudoers (EDIT: please use visudo instead)&#xD;&#xA;    comment out: #Default requiretty&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This fixes the tty item.  Now it works as the normal user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is my ant target&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;target name=&quot;restartTomcat&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;exec executable=&quot;/usr/bin/ssh&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;arg line=&quot;user@server.com sudo /sbin/service tomcat5 restart&quot;/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/exec&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/target&gt;" />
  <row Id="28216" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15684" RevisionGUID="0c1818e3-7b45-42fc-b4d2-83e59ee1b953" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:51:04.997" UserId="6325" Text="If you are having issues using sudo and you get a message like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo: sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you should comment out:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Defaults    requiretty&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Inside &lt;code&gt;/etc/sudoers&lt;/code&gt;. Since RHEL/CentOS is shipped with that option turned on by default." />
  <row Id="28217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15685" RevisionGUID="20165491-45eb-4111-af6d-7bb8521cb2c1" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:51:05.060" UserId="5500" Text="Try streaming tar or dump into [ncftpput][1]. Sometimes the simplest stuff works most reliably...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ncftp.com/ncftp/doc/ncftpput.html" />
  <row Id="28218" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15686" RevisionGUID="f5c0a19d-dcd5-4e7e-a333-0ce600111e49" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:51:22.890" UserId="6382" Text="I'd like to constrain the following search to only files with a modified date &lt;= &quot;2009-05-29 11:59:00&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find /path -name &quot;*.sb&quot; ! -name &quot;*[^0-9]*.sb&quot;  -type f -print&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm using CentOS" />
  <row Id="28219" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15686" RevisionGUID="f5c0a19d-dcd5-4e7e-a333-0ce600111e49" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:51:22.890" UserId="6382" Text="How to restrict find command search to return only files modified before certain date?" />
  <row Id="28220" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15686" RevisionGUID="f5c0a19d-dcd5-4e7e-a333-0ce600111e49" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:51:22.890" UserId="6382" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;find&gt;" />
  <row Id="28221" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15687" RevisionGUID="c9d36310-b26a-4578-8af4-a9001352f843" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:54:34.710" UserId="5500" Text="One way to boot faster is to start less software. Try stuff like ServiceScrubber and Lingon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, for heaven's sake, be *careful*. It's very easy to make this a quick way not to boot at all!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, a file system that's very fragmented is slow. That mostly happens if it was/is very full, but may have other reasons. SSDs can be a solution if the hard drive speed is what's limiting you." />
  <row Id="28222" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13896" RevisionGUID="bedc623d-94df-406c-a4d3-d64a9f6e7f3b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:57:32.800" UserId="2711" Comment="typo" Text="Here is my go at an easy-to-understand explanation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A process working set is the amount of physical RAM it is currently using (referencing), in total, to do its work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It can be a little confusing because it counts &quot;shared&quot; space in the RAM as well. For example, if process1 needs to run some system dll, the OS will read it into RAM. If process2 also needs to run that system dll, the OS doesn't need to read it into RAM, as it is already there. HOWEVER, the amount of RAM used to store that system dll code will show up under the working set of *both* processes, as they are both using that code to do their work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So when you see a process with a huge working set, there may be a fair amount of that RAM it is claiming to use that is actually being shared with other processes, like the OS." />
  <row Id="28223" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15688" RevisionGUID="1c13ff83-8b9c-4ede-a3c9-b09ed465b026" CreationDate="2009-05-30T16:59:28.117" UserId="5500" Text="\! -newermt '5/29/2009 23:59:00' should work on BSD; there will be a similar option on GNU." />
  <row Id="28224" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15689" RevisionGUID="be3066e7-d526-4513-91ad-fe1b590f26a7" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:00:24.727" UserId="6383" Text="hmm, 'find /path -mtime +7' will give you files older than 7 days, and 'find ! -newer somefile' will give you files older than somefile.  So...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;touch -d &quot;2009-05-29 11:59:00&quot; timestampfile&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;find /path -name &quot;*.sb&quot; ! -name &quot;*[^0-9]*.sb&quot; ! -newer timestampfile -type f -print&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28225" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15690" RevisionGUID="9c5c9f30-1b13-4e67-8623-45a82a95bd70" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:01:33.617" UserId="6325" Text="The only other alternative that I know of to [XAMPP][1] is to install [WAMP][2]. I've used WAMP many times but I haven't tried XAMPP. They are full LAMP stacks (well WAMP stacks) that contain Apache, MySQL and PHP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.wampserver.com/en/" />
  <row Id="28226" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15690" RevisionGUID="9c5c9f30-1b13-4e67-8623-45a82a95bd70" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:01:33.617" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28227" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15691" RevisionGUID="f11a2c81-488a-44c9-b1ab-c0ec2d25c860" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:01:41.090" UserId="3505" Text="    find /path -name &quot;*.sb&quot; ! -name &quot;*[^0-9]*.sb&quot; -type newermt 20090101 f -print" />
  <row Id="28228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15692" RevisionGUID="984c37f7-7a95-4d22-a6d6-51b766e9d16f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:02:15.690" UserId="2253" Text="I use the [rblcheck][1] program.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://rblcheck.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="28229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15693" RevisionGUID="0fd7a99d-3eb0-48e3-8b5c-365b80fdf903" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:03:16.283" UserId="4392" Text="You want -mdate &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;find /path -name &quot;*.sb&quot; ! -name &quot;*[^0-9]*.sb&quot;  -type f -print -mdate -2009-05-30&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are a couple of examples: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.softpanorama.org/Tools/Find/selecting_files_by_age.shtml&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.schuerig.de/michael/linux/snippets.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15694" RevisionGUID="21468bc9-e726-4b56-b88b-53ce085fa30a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:04:27.637" UserId="3026" Text="After installing Windows 7 on my MediaCenter I get 2 entries with &quot;Unknown device&quot; in Device Manager. One of them is my Network Adapter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Under Vista it was listed as a &quot;Intel® PRO/1000 PL Network Connection&quot; (I know because I always take a screenshot of my Device Manager before reinstalling). But according to [Abit's home page for my Motherboard iL-90MV][1] it is a &quot;On board Intel 82573L 10/100/1000M controller&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried manually installing the driver for &quot;Intel® PRO/1000 PL Network Connection&quot;. I also tried downloading and installing the [Vista 32bit driver for &quot;Intel® 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller&#xD;&#xA;&quot; from Intel's homepage][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm kind of stuck, and my only alternativ is to go back to Vista... unless you guys can help me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Any suggestions on how to get my network working under Windows 7?&#xD;&#xA;2. How do I figure out which of the two &quot;Unknow device&quot;'s is my Network adapter? On of them says &quot;Location: on Microsoft SCPI-Compliant System&quot; the other says &quot;Location: Port_#0001.Hub_#0004&quot;?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/motherboard/motherboard_detail.php?pMODEL_NAME=iL-90MV&amp;fMTYPE=Mobile+Socket&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=2198&amp;lang=eng" />
  <row Id="28231" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15694" RevisionGUID="21468bc9-e726-4b56-b88b-53ce085fa30a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:04:27.637" UserId="3026" Text="Problem with network driver for Abit iL-90MV under Windows 7" />
  <row Id="28232" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15694" RevisionGUID="21468bc9-e726-4b56-b88b-53ce085fa30a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:04:27.637" UserId="3026" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;drivers&gt;&lt;windows-7&gt;" />
  <row Id="28233" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15695" RevisionGUID="af1c10e3-1520-46dd-b144-fd7bd28a5174" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:04:27.793" UserId="6390" Text="Just be very careful with closing handles; it's even more dangerous than you'd think, because of handle recycling - if you close the file handle, and the program opens something else, that original file handle may be reused.  And now guess what happens if the program continues to work with the handle, thinking it is some other file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;see Raymond Chen's post at technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.04.windowsconfidential.aspx (new users can't post hyperlinks)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28234" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15696" RevisionGUID="6cb92856-2f83-49a1-984b-3a2906142be2" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:07:04.027" UserId="5464" Text="Think about scale, audit trail and backouts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the real world you need to do stuff often and you often need to do it to lots of servers.&#xD;&#xA;So scripting and automation become important.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The level of rigour tends to be higher than what you might use at home.&#xD;&#xA;So you need to think about how you can record your changes (the better to identify what change it was that broke the service) and how you can back them out if required.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;E.g. knowing how to set up bind as a master and slave is fine, but at my work we host several hundred domains over 7 instances of bind.&#xD;&#xA;One master, which has a slave, that slave is itself master to 5 other slaves.&#xD;&#xA;We generate the named.conf's for all of them with make and M4 macros, push them out with ssh  and record the changes to both named.conf and some zone files with RCS.&#xD;&#xA;The bigger zone files are generated from a database that has a CGI front end.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nothing very astounding about any of that, the named.confs are for the most part pretty simple, there just big. &#xD;&#xA;Same with the larger autogenreated zone files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The point I'm trying to make is that when you are working in a real work environment, you need to be able to scale, what you do and you need to be able to track changes and you need to think about backout.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd get familiar with automated build tools such as kickstart as that is a job that some places give juniors as it lets them work with servers and understand how they are put together and configured in the organisation, without having to let them loose on live prd servers." />
  <row Id="28235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15697" RevisionGUID="874897a1-0191-45d7-9913-94a492422e02" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:07:27.833" UserId="6394" Text="Also, remember to use the -S(--sparse) flag so rsync will handle little files efficiently.  Else, the target for the rsync will end up way bigger." />
  <row Id="28236" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15691" RevisionGUID="a37404ba-35d7-4d6f-92ea-93f2224d54d3" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:07:29.380" UserId="3505" Comment="added 11 characters in body; added 45 characters in body" Text="    find /path \&#xD;&#xA;      -name &quot;*.sb&quot; \&#xD;&#xA;      ! -name &quot;*[^0-9]*.sb&quot; \&#xD;&#xA;      -type f \&#xD;&#xA;      ! -newermt &quot;20090529 11:59&quot; \&#xD;&#xA;      -print" />
  <row Id="28237" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15698" RevisionGUID="6eb09324-043b-47fa-bac7-49fcd54876ca" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:10:02.523" UserId="5500" Text="The second one sounds like USB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why don't you just look at the vendor and PCI ids in the Device Manager, and then go see if that exact device (which should be one unique hardware layout) is supported?" />
  <row Id="28238" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15578" RevisionGUID="22d40a40-1557-4a80-a774-45d29007173c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:12:35.703" UserId="6271" Comment="Updates. New information." Text="I've been running a CentOS/Dovecot/Postfix box as an email server for a while with no complications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few weeks ago users stopped being able to send emails through external clients. They can read an access their emails from Outlook/Evolution/Thunderbird clients but they cannot send any email messages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The error message is very ambiguous to me. It basically says that the client cannot connect to the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't changed any configuration files and the maillog is not recording these failed attempts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am a rookie at doing this kind of work and I am stumped.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help at pointing out any possible causes or any logs that I am missing or any resources that I could study would be greatly appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: I can send emails through a local web based email client like roundcube or squirrel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As Matt Simmons suggested I tried telneting the server. I was able to connect from the inside but not from the outside. I then decided to change the port and was able to connect from the outside and send emails from email accounts in my domain from outside clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, now I cannot receive emails from accounts that live outside my server. Please help. I fixed small problem and created a big one." />
  <row Id="28239" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15699" RevisionGUID="56894e7c-395d-49a6-9ac1-1f30e3bcb7c6" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:13:03.830" UserId="843" Text="You should be able to specify the user account when you schedule the backup. Either in the advanced settings of ntbackup, or in task scheduler. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15700" RevisionGUID="86026baa-4018-435b-9d93-3bf0b476a794" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:14:29.053" UserId="5464" Text="Well there are always statically compiled binaries in tar balls....&#xD;&#xA;;-)" />
  <row Id="28241" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15701" RevisionGUID="13303001-7369-41f9-8c26-657a463a187c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:14:34.467" UserId="1585" Text="When first getting into the IT field I wasn't sure how to properly pronounce many words/terms such as daemon, sql... I am curious what terms people continue to hear mispronounced along with the correct pronunciation." />
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  <row Id="28243" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15701" RevisionGUID="13303001-7369-41f9-8c26-657a463a187c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:14:34.467" UserId="1585" Text="&lt;terms&gt;&lt;pronunciation&gt;" />
  <row Id="28244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15702" RevisionGUID="e4151f34-658d-4691-9264-dc134b74ff5a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:14:50.410" UserDisplayName="Joe Solano" Text="We run GFI Network server monitor and have been pretty happy with it's results.  Although to warn you they recently changed their pricing model so it may be a little more expensive than it used to be." />
  <row Id="28245" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15703" RevisionGUID="911196fa-7a91-457a-bb8d-b72c31e9f3a4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:15:06.650" UserId="6325" Text="I recently had one of those errors the other day and it was related to MySQL not having proper access to the database for Cacti.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There was an array in the file global_forms.php which set an array as one of the values to a key. That array had a key and the value called a function to load a configuration value from the database. I would have never expected the combination to result in a segmentation fault but after tracking it down there was no other cause." />
  <row Id="28246" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15704" RevisionGUID="a9775c5c-4f50-4f7a-b9a3-b05dd67c0ad0" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:16:17.177" UserId="4757" Text="I have this in my .screenrc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    caption always &quot;%{= Kw} [%0c] %-Lw%{= KW}[%50&gt;%n%f* %t]%{= Kw}%+Lw%=| %l | ${FULLHOST}&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It normally displays something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [01:06] 0$ vim  1$ top  2-$ tail  [3$* ~]          | 0.26 0.54 0.36 | machine.domain.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, when I have lots of windows open, the data on the right is pushed off the edge and truncated:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [01:07] 0$ vim  1$ top  2$ tail  3$ ~  4$ ~  5$ ~  6-$ ~  [7$* ~] | 0.21 0.46 0.34 | mac&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I change the caption command so it will truncate the window list if neccessary, rather than pushing the right information off the edge? Bonus points if the active window is always displayed too." />
  <row Id="28247" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15704" RevisionGUID="a9775c5c-4f50-4f7a-b9a3-b05dd67c0ad0" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:16:17.177" UserId="4757" Text="Right aligning text in GNU Screen caption or hardstatusline" />
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  <row Id="28249" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15691" RevisionGUID="cfc8c957-3eeb-4f23-ae9c-a1631334ea55" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:16:55.443" UserId="3505" Comment="added 105 characters in body" Text="    find /path \&#xD;&#xA;      -type f \&#xD;&#xA;      ! -newermt &quot;20090529 11:59&quot; \&#xD;&#xA;      -regex &quot;./[^0-9]*.sb$&quot; \&#xD;&#xA;      -print&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can place the `regex` at the end to speed up the command (place the fastest actions at the start, slowest at the end)." />
  <row Id="28250" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15705" RevisionGUID="fe08f73c-2373-49f5-9be2-eb51243ebc44" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:18:59.947" UserId="6394" Text="OTRS is a little cumbersome, but I like it well enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RT is the Commonly held best.  It's very big and very configurable.  Not really one for small jobs, but perfect if you need something really big and robust.  It also integrates well with ldap, and that's a plus.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Gnats is a granddaddy product that some people swear by.  I find it to feel as old as it is.  I wouldn't recommend it unless all the users were techies, since it's not pretty and not very user friendly.  That being said, I hear it's quite easy to set up." />
  <row Id="28251" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15706" RevisionGUID="a4300f3e-b4b6-465b-b44a-b11e31aaa739" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:19:20.727" UserId="3190" Text="Hi, I have a server that after the first configuration it was DHCP, now I have added it to our domain and in a static IP, however after a few moments it returns to DHCP but with only some of the IPv4 setting staying the same, It loses DNS for example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure what is causing the problem but all I know is this started to happen after I added it to the domain, &#xD;&#xA;Would it be a domain policy? or the NIC drivers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Spec; Dell M605 Blade server&#xD;&#xA;Windows 2003 STD SP1&#xD;&#xA;Intel Xeon Quad core&#xD;&#xA;NIC: Dual embedded Broadcom NetXtreme IITM 5708 Gigabit Ethernet NIC w/ TOE" />
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  <row Id="28253" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15706" RevisionGUID="a4300f3e-b4b6-465b-b44a-b11e31aaa739" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:19:20.727" UserId="3190" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="28254" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15707" RevisionGUID="7783b03e-d5c0-44d8-984d-27ebd9f2ce9e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:20:32.580" UserId="2560" Text="There are two clients in Windows for using Webdav. One is so called Mini-Redirector, other one is Webfolders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're using Webfolders client, which allows you browsing via shares. When you try to open any file, this client actually passes **URL** of the file to the program. Most program cannot handle that. MS OFfice programs can (presumably only if MS-Author-Via header is present, as Dave suggests in his answer).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mini-redirector is used when you map Webdav share as an extra drive in your Windows (using NET MAP command, or by using &quot;Map Network Drive&quot;). In this case, Mini-redirector will handle loading/saving part of filesystem access, and your programs will be able to work with Webdav.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebDAV#Microsoft_Windows](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebDAV#Microsoft_Windows) for more details and links.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Hint: forget about Windows webdav capabilities, and use better clients like Webdrive or Xythos)." />
  <row Id="28255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15708" RevisionGUID="eaec161f-7836-473f-a298-f348146411e5" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:21:22.063" UserId="5139" Text="SCSI&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;pronounced &quot;skuzzy&quot;" />
  <row Id="28256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15709" RevisionGUID="a6834047-46e9-417c-8028-11215e49ed1d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:22:17.273" UserId="4757" Text="Linux! (should be Linix, as per the question about this already).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Adobe is often said wrongly too (should be Adobee)." />
  <row Id="28257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15710" RevisionGUID="1b598373-77ed-47f9-acf1-1d0e61473247" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:22:53.030" UserId="5464" Text="To the above add turn off unnecessary services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Run `chkconfig --list|grep &lt;runlevel&gt;:on`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;E.g. if you expect to run in runlevel 3 run `chkconfig --list |grep 3:on` and see what is running and turn off what you don't need `chkconfig &lt;servicename&gt; off`  e.g.  `chkconfig httpd off` to turn off httpd.&#xD;&#xA;After all if it isn't listening, you can't connect to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28258" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15710" RevisionGUID="1b598373-77ed-47f9-acf1-1d0e61473247" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:22:53.030" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15712" RevisionGUID="38d408b4-a830-4dde-97de-f683f59267e9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:24:50.763" UserId="2579" Text="Once in an interview for a DBA, I asked him if he knew SQL (pronounced seeqel).  He said, I don't know much about seequl, but I know a lot about S-Q-L!" />
  <row Id="28261" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15713" RevisionGUID="48a8d793-8349-4781-ab23-d51c58f52029" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:25:31.823" UserId="6382" Text="We have a NAS (HP Media Vault 2120) in a small office with 5 WinXP machines that save files onto one of the directories in the Media Vault. The vault is basically a centralized hard disk. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A couple of times people have deleted files in the Media Vault and we're looking for a way to be able to recover files, at least within a few hours or days of deleting them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for a solution that doesn't involve too much time. I'm OK buying something. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, if there's a way to set it up so that only some users can delete files but everyone can add/update them. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm spoiled. I used Dropbox on my personal machine and this would solve the problem. The issue is that we cannot save data outside the office. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28262" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15713" RevisionGUID="48a8d793-8349-4781-ab23-d51c58f52029" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:25:31.823" UserId="6382" Text="How to backup HP Media Vault NAS to be able to recover files deleted by mistake? Looking for simplest solution." />
  <row Id="28263" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15713" RevisionGUID="48a8d793-8349-4781-ab23-d51c58f52029" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:25:31.823" UserId="6382" Text="&lt;nas&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;versioning&gt;" />
  <row Id="28264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15714" RevisionGUID="7e3892b8-4b5a-4ebe-b018-929edcf7616d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:27:03.863" UserId="3190" Text="What Configuration did you do with the system? I have a similar problem on a Win 2003 STD server, however I reckon when i added it to the domain it began to give me this restriction" />
  <row Id="28265" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15715" RevisionGUID="5c14d18b-35df-4196-92c9-21b49e709671" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:27:12.507" UserId="2579" Text="McAfee (MAC-a-fee) not McAfee (Mc-AF-ee)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I still get this all the time..." />
  <row Id="28266" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15716" RevisionGUID="f053c60b-bee4-4a6e-a19b-7005d982d96d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:28:13.330" UserId="322" Text="[SmarterTicket][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.smartertools.com/SmarterTrack/Features/Customer-Service-Software-Web-Interface.aspx" />
  <row Id="28267" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15717" RevisionGUID="eb57d241-537d-46ed-9359-280f77fe95c8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:28:15.903" UserId="3839" Text="In Ubuntu (and Debian, and other distro) there is a few Apache packages (mpm-event, mpm-prefork, mpm-worker). Which is the most suitable for hosting Django mod_wsgi application on single CPU server? Which package is best choice for OpenVZ container?" />
  <row Id="28268" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15717" RevisionGUID="eb57d241-537d-46ed-9359-280f77fe95c8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:28:15.903" UserId="3839" Text="Which Apache package is best for mod_wsgi Django application?" />
  <row Id="28269" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15717" RevisionGUID="eb57d241-537d-46ed-9359-280f77fe95c8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:28:15.903" UserId="3839" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;django&gt;&lt;openvz&gt;" />
  <row Id="28270" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15691" RevisionGUID="a51709ed-769c-441e-a0cd-9c9a03ffaea4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:29:07.383" UserId="3505" Comment="Oops" Text="    find /path \&#xD;&#xA;      -type f \&#xD;&#xA;      ! -newermt &quot;20090529 1159:00&quot; \&#xD;&#xA;      -regex &quot;./[^0-9]*.sb$&quot; \&#xD;&#xA;      -print&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can place the `regex` at the end to speed up the command (place the fastest actions at the start, slowest at the end)." />
  <row Id="28271" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15718" RevisionGUID="6bb3c600-a57f-46f6-9171-3c8e78e750f6" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:29:48.740" UserId="5799" Text="C# is sometimes called [C Pound][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://thedailywtf.com/articles/Classic-WTF-5-years-Cpound-experience.aspx" />
  <row Id="28273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15719" RevisionGUID="8a84c8e8-a1b4-4fd9-b145-7701d62a30d9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:32:39.873" UserId="4757" Text="The worker MPM would be your best choice. It's [compatible with mod_wsgi][1]. The event MPM might give higher performance, but is far less often used, and any performance improvement is minimal -- hence I won't recommend it.&#xD;&#xA;The worker MPM handles each request in a separate thread, which makes it much more suitable for use on a VPS than the traditional prefork model, which uses a whole process for each connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/libapache2-mod-wsgi" />
  <row Id="28275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15721" RevisionGUID="006ae816-5d53-41e1-8c75-8132d79cd633" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:35:18.230" UserId="6397" Text="I have been using [AdventNet ServiceDesk plus][1] for years, love it. It's a all-in-one web-based product, including ticket system, asset management, knowledge base, purchase, contract management, etc. Very easy to install on both Linux and Windows platform. Straightforward to use as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They actually have various products that you may find interesting. And best, most of their products have the free version that you can use free forever. Better check it out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers, Kent&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: as a new user, I can't post an url for the product (quite dumb IMHO), but you can easily Google it." />
  <row Id="28276" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15722" RevisionGUID="8f86258f-9bfd-4dca-94ef-fe564feaa917" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:35:34.050" UserDisplayName="AbLincon" Text="Has anyone purchased and managed servers from SiliconMechanics.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I absolutely love the huge number of system configuration they offer and they unbelievable low cost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are the servers designed well?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have any experience using SiliconMechanics?" />
  <row Id="28277" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15722" RevisionGUID="8f86258f-9bfd-4dca-94ef-fe564feaa917" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:35:34.050" UserDisplayName="AbLincon" Text="SiliconMechanics - Good or Bad?" />
  <row Id="28278" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15722" RevisionGUID="8f86258f-9bfd-4dca-94ef-fe564feaa917" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:35:34.050" UserDisplayName="AbLincon" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;quality&gt;&lt;vendor-selection&gt;" />
  <row Id="28279" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15566" RevisionGUID="1cbf8e1e-ca31-4e57-baf2-780d98c75369" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:35:49.167" UserId="2354" Comment="deleted 154 characters in body" Text="It depends how fast you need the files on your in-house server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Sync-Solution**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it does not need to be realtime then let people upload to and download from your webhost&#xD;&#xA;and synchronize every n minutes.&#xD;&#xA;There are various solutions for the synchronization part but I'd recommend rsync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Realtime solution**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it needs to be real time you can run a webserver on your in-house host which just provides&#xD;&#xA;the upload part. It can live on a subdomain like upload.mycompany.com. If you do it properly users will not notice that it is hosted on a different server.&#xD;&#xA;Running a publicly available webserver is not for the faint-hearted however, and it will&#xD;&#xA;take a considerable amount of time for maintenance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The upload/download part**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Writing the code to upload a file to a webserver is a no-brainer for everyone who has &#xD;&#xA;been involved in programming.&#xD;&#xA;Doing so in a secure, reliable, scalable and efficient way is not.&#xD;&#xA;Even if it is implied in your question that you are willing to learn all that is needed&#xD;&#xA;you should consider to outsource at least this part of your task." />
  <row Id="28280" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15723" RevisionGUID="b00f5c2b-d611-456a-b88c-b9c7505ec353" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:38:15.650" UserId="1683" Text="well, I've been using a customised [Mantis][1], and I'm very happy with it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mantisbt.org/" />
  <row Id="28282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15724" RevisionGUID="c89acf90-c055-41a9-83b0-94a9e5750394" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:39:49.530" UserId="6397" Text="Blog, a friend of mine just keeps saying it &quot;Bee-Log&quot;, sounds quite entertaining. She also says telus, a dominate  telecommunicate company in Vancouver, as &quot;Tel-Us&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers, Kent" />
  <row Id="28283" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4503" RevisionGUID="045b5b61-f6e6-4881-8856-942cdc79c7bb" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:40:42.137" UserId="1082" Comment="retagged question" Text="&lt;mono&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="28284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15725" RevisionGUID="098ed834-b80d-4d82-a8af-db529da53ba6" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:42:10.823" UserId="3459" Text="If it was a domain policy you would be seeing this behaviour across more servers.  I'd try updating with the latest NIC drivers available from Dell and/or Broadcom (try Dell first and if it's still a problem try Broadcom).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You probably already know this but after you make the changes press APPLY and OK. :)" />
  <row Id="28285" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15694" RevisionGUID="e9c2ff82-17e0-48b6-9845-63ec645f78ce" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:42:31.587" UserId="3026" Comment="Changed SCPI-Compliant System to ACPI-Compliant System" Text="After installing Windows 7 on my MediaCenter I get 2 entries with &quot;Unknown device&quot; in Device Manager. One of them is my Network Adapter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Under Vista it was listed as a &quot;Intel® PRO/1000 PL Network Connection&quot; (I know because I always take a screenshot of my Device Manager before reinstalling). But according to [Abit's home page for my Motherboard iL-90MV][1] it is a &quot;On board Intel 82573L 10/100/1000M controller&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried manually installing the driver for &quot;Intel® PRO/1000 PL Network Connection&quot;. I also tried downloading and installing the [Vista 32bit driver for &quot;Intel® 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller&#xD;&#xA;&quot; from Intel's homepage][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm kind of stuck, and my only alternativ is to go back to Vista... unless you guys can help me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Any suggestions on how to get my network working under Windows 7?&#xD;&#xA;2. How do I figure out which of the two &quot;Unknow device&quot;'s is my Network adapter? On of them says &quot;Location: on Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System&quot; the other says &quot;Location: Port_#0001.Hub_#0004&quot;?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/motherboard/motherboard_detail.php?pMODEL_NAME=iL-90MV&amp;fMTYPE=Mobile+Socket&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=2198&amp;lang=eng" />
  <row Id="28286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15726" RevisionGUID="e6f11c9e-3668-4bcb-a2f6-6b8692602169" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:43:59.460" UserId="2318" Text="**[SUDO][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should be &quot;su doo,&quot; not &quot;su doh&quot; - but when was the last time you met someone who pronounced it correctly?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudo" />
  <row Id="28287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15727" RevisionGUID="6746e525-0b3b-42b7-a518-4c5e96866658" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:44:41.660" UserId="4955" Text="A lot boils down to the flavour of English. UK vs US vs Australian etc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dah-tabase or Day-tabase? My Oz colleague bugged me with his &quot;dah&quot;...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15728" RevisionGUID="af45f8c8-8b4b-4a82-aeb1-164c9aa4fb86" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:45:26.337" UserId="4891" Text="Alice cannot see any of Bob's traffic that does not communicate with other wireless users or broadcast traffic.  Alice could see the traffic from Bob to wireless users but the traffic would be encrypted (except possibly for broadcast).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As Joshua said, each computer will have its own session key so other users will not be able to read the data." />
  <row Id="28289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15729" RevisionGUID="6cf5d302-a46f-46ec-80a0-0ed9c8893e59" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:45:38.367" UserId="4275" Text="There is also a new utility, cpuset , which you can use to limit certain processes to certain cpu's.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15730" RevisionGUID="b0f1e7da-cbe8-402d-b5e2-3662564b2873" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:46:15.120" UserId="2318" Text="**[MySQL][1]**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should be &quot;My S Q L&quot; but commonly mispronounced &quot;My sequel.&quot; I admit I actually prefer the latter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySQL" />
  <row Id="28291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15731" RevisionGUID="51ae02b3-ecdf-4062-85f6-82d7598727e7" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:48:33.133" UserId="6397" Text="Are the servers virtualized? If not, do you have a plan doing so?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am ok with &quot;No&quot; to the first question but no if not even have such a plan.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers, Kent" />
  <row Id="28292" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15731" RevisionGUID="51ae02b3-ecdf-4062-85f6-82d7598727e7" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:48:33.133" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15732" RevisionGUID="45e2b61f-34c2-483e-b742-8f3b9c2494b5" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:49:56.453" UserId="2318" Text="**[Mac OS X][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is correctly pronounced &quot;Mac OS Ten,&quot; not &quot;Mac O S X&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apple.com/macosx/" />
  <row Id="28294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15733" RevisionGUID="e5e878e6-0b3c-43ff-ae37-9ccf680d044e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T17:51:03.813" UserId="2169" Text="[Redmine][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Redmine is a flexible project&#xD;&#xA;&gt; management web application. Written&#xD;&#xA;&gt; using Ruby on Rails framework, it is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; cross-platform and cross-database.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Redmine is open source and released&#xD;&#xA;&gt; under the terms of the GNU General&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Public License v2 (GPL).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.redmine.org/" />
  <row Id="28296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15734" RevisionGUID="27ff9337-7ecb-4b39-a3d0-ef6218e36d52" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:01:58.707" UserId="6271" Text="Many local ISPs started blocking port 25 recently. My clients can no longer access their email accounts on their email server from external clients like Outlook, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am a complete rookie in this area and I read that port 587 would work as a replacement port. Before I change the port in the server I would like to know if this is a standard widely used port and if anyone has any stories about emails not arriving at an email server whose SMTP port is 587.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would also like to know if there are any alternatives to changing the port." />
  <row Id="28297" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15734" RevisionGUID="27ff9337-7ecb-4b39-a3d0-ef6218e36d52" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:01:58.707" UserId="6271" Text="My ISP is blocking port 25. Is port 587 a good replacement?" />
  <row Id="28298" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15734" RevisionGUID="27ff9337-7ecb-4b39-a3d0-ef6218e36d52" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:01:58.707" UserId="6271" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;port-25&gt;&lt;port-587&gt;" />
  <row Id="28299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15735" RevisionGUID="c56f792f-1276-4dac-9ac8-41935203e5ae" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:02:55.913" UserId="6408" Text="For a hosted solution, you might want to check out [zendesk](http://www.zendesk.com/)." />
  <row Id="28300" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15736" RevisionGUID="7b272377-bd97-435c-93ea-e57b588ef9b3" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:02:59.907" UserId="6382" Text="Just go for .deb :-)" />
  <row Id="28301" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15713" RevisionGUID="1c4be1bb-b231-4816-bb6f-f4003c197ec7" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:06:30.883" UserId="6382" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;nas&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;versioning&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="28302" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15737" RevisionGUID="1e683137-daba-4cb4-8e4d-f707339e435e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:07:17.353" UserId="2405" Text="If you want to use the latest version of mono on an older (e.g. long term support version) of Ubuntu you can add the official backports repositories to /etc/apt/sources.list and simply install with apt-get. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It looks like mono was not yet backported to 8.04, looking at thepackages list http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy-backports/allpackages&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, you can simply [request a backport][1]. There is a good chance that it will be added for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports#How%20to%20request%20new%20packages" />
  <row Id="28303" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4909" RevisionGUID="227b73dd-a046-4002-917d-cf9841b51dd0" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:07:34.687" UserId="548" Comment="added read-only inside the parenthetical" Text="To clone a disk, all you really need to do is specify the input and output to dd:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/hdb of=/image.img&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, make sure that you have proper permissions to read directly from /dev/hdb (I'd recommend running as root), and that /dev/hdb **isn't mounted** (you don't want to copy while the disk is being changed - mounting as read-only is also acceptable). Once complete, image.img will be a byte-for-byte clone of the entire disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a few drawbacks to using dd to clone disks. First, dd will copy your entire disk, even empty space, and if done on a large disk can result in an extremely large image file. Second, dd provides absolutely no progress indications, which can be frustrating because the copy takes a long time. Third, if you copy this image to other drives (again, using dd), they must be as large or larger than the original disk, yet you won't be able to use any additional space you may have on the target disk until you resize your partitions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also do a direct disk-to-disk copy:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/hdb of=/dev/hdc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but you're still subject to the above limitations regarding free space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as issues or gotchas go, dd, for the most part, does an excellent job. However, a while ago I had a hard drive that was about to die, so I used dd to try and copy what information I could off it before it died completely. It was then learned that dd doesn't handle read errors very well - there were several sectors on the disk that dd couldn't read, causing dd to give up and stop the copy. At the time I couldn't find a way to tell dd to continue despite encountering a read error (though [it appears][1] as though it does have that setting), so I spent quite a bit of time manually specifying skip and seek to hop over the unreadable sections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I spent some time researching solutions to this problem (after I had completed the task) and I found a program called [ddrescue][2], which, according to the site, operates like dd but continues reading even if it encounters an error. I've never actually used the program, but it's worth considering, especially if the disk you're copying from is old, which can have bad sectors even if the system appears fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4906/using-dd-for-disk-cloning/5584#5584&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html" />
  <row Id="28304" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15738" RevisionGUID="50364e45-e2d2-46bd-b713-67e87e7461b0" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:10:18.097" UserId="4668" Text="Finally I modified /target/etc/apt/sources.list from console (and apt-get update of course) while installing and that made the trick. Anyway, it would be great to know why the elegant way didn't work." />
  <row Id="28308" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15740" RevisionGUID="53d2d553-98a2-4b91-b841-2894ae9ceba0" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:11:54.100" UserId="6271" Text="I don't know how to pronounce **router**. English is my second language and most of the time I learn these terms from books, not from other people.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should it be pronounced as **rout-er** or as **root-er**?" />
  <row Id="28309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15741" RevisionGUID="35d25d0d-3f88-499b-a6ff-c507b2d44677" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:13:51.053" UserId="2405" Text="This one only works on gnome desktops:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias go='gnome-open'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Opens a document or folder with the registered application, similar to the start command on windows." />
  <row Id="28311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15742" RevisionGUID="4732b230-7677-441c-aa66-101ec79950f8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:17:25.773" UserId="5799" Text="**TeX** (should be pronounced 'tekh')" />
  <row Id="28312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15743" RevisionGUID="1c81f86c-01c0-4726-9472-12348da43386" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:17:41.140" UserId="6400" Text="We are using Lighthouse - lighthouseapp.com which is a hosted, commercial product. Rather simple to use, not overloaded with a million fields, good email integration, essentially free for open-source projects." />
  <row Id="28313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15744" RevisionGUID="9eaba3ec-f990-45cd-932c-2ea2f6b01201" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:19:07.127" UserId="6397" Text="The problem you described seems to me on Outlook from external client where they can't send email out. If so, you may adjust the smtp settings on their outlook to use smtp server provided by local ISPs. It's a common practice that ISPs blocks port 25 from other sources than their own, as it can lead to be spam source very easily. You do not need to change the port on your email server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers, Kent" />
  <row Id="28314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15745" RevisionGUID="48818275-19c1-4c9e-a711-891490b1ea4a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:20:55.220" UserId="5799" Text="Port 587/tcp is often used for SMTP+TLS. Gmail uses it, for example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But whatever you do, you should not disable port 25." />
  <row Id="28315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15746" RevisionGUID="13e10975-e17b-4623-8947-12e0c00e3bf8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:21:08.247" UserId="3611" Text="&quot;C:\Windows\Installer&quot; folder found on Windows Vista is taking around 1GB of space. Can I safely delete it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers" />
  <row Id="28316" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15746" RevisionGUID="13e10975-e17b-4623-8947-12e0c00e3bf8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:21:08.247" UserId="3611" Text="Is it safe to deleted files in C:\Windows\Installer" />
  <row Id="28317" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15746" RevisionGUID="13e10975-e17b-4623-8947-12e0c00e3bf8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:21:08.247" UserId="3611" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;cleanup&gt;" />
  <row Id="28318" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15559" RevisionGUID="14e7dcc8-40eb-470f-b47d-b42d819e3da4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:21:13.770" UserId="6101" Comment="added 105 characters in body; added 10 characters in body" Text="Has anybody gotten PDO_mysql working on the default PHP installation on a mac? It works with MAMP but that's inconvenient.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm developing for Zend Framework and mysql, and Zend_db uses PDO. The default php doesn't come with PDO_mysql." />
  <row Id="28319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15747" RevisionGUID="5ef49b8f-b433-47ca-be40-950dc4597a9a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:21:22.350" UserDisplayName="pedroelbee" Text="I use connexit, works rather well, though a bit pricy." />
  <row Id="28320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15748" RevisionGUID="22ee5ce2-424c-4b36-bb22-a3608e0d33b8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:23:50.753" UserId="6336" Text="Is there an established and detailed SLA for the services the IT department provides?" />
  <row Id="28321" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15748" RevisionGUID="22ee5ce2-424c-4b36-bb22-a3608e0d33b8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:23:50.753" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28322" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15749" RevisionGUID="e8a86dd1-1392-45be-82ce-afffbc2c2448" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:27:16.237" UserId="919" Text="Software development students need practice with revision control tools. To that end I'm looking for a plugin for our LMS that will give the students an individual SVN repository. We use angel, but BlackBoard, Moodle or whatever else you might use are also interesting to me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently the system involves a seperate system with bash scripts; being able to automate construction and population of repos at course creation time would be spectacular." />
  <row Id="28323" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15749" RevisionGUID="e8a86dd1-1392-45be-82ce-afffbc2c2448" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:27:16.237" UserId="919" Text="Is there an LMS plugin for student SVN repositories?" />
  <row Id="28324" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15749" RevisionGUID="e8a86dd1-1392-45be-82ce-afffbc2c2448" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:27:16.237" UserId="919" Text="&lt;learning&gt;&lt;plugin&gt;" />
  <row Id="28325" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15750" RevisionGUID="143625c5-896b-4044-bb80-38b94b9cb162" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:29:41.460" UserId="6400" Text="You can configure how many Rails processes Apache/passenger spawns. For your size (3 concurrent requests) you should be fine with 2 rails processes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set these in your apache config:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PassengerMaxPoolSize 2&#xD;&#xA;    PassengerMaxInstancesPerApp 2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The MaxPoolSize determines how many instances can be started maximally, the MaxInstancesPerApp determines how many instances each web-app can have. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might want to play with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PassengerPoolIdleTime &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to specify how many seconds an instance must be idle before it is unloaded. Default is 300 seconds. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I run pretty high traffic web application with 3 instances without any problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh and - the Ruby Enterprise Edition helps too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15751" RevisionGUID="2dad3874-904b-4cac-b9c4-b283610e2164" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:34:42.447" UserId="2405" Text="In our shop we're faithfully using RAID in all our workstations, probably just because that seems to be the way it ought to be done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I've heard a lot of RAID horror stories. Stackoverflow itself has had an [outage caused indirectly by RAID controller][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID protects you against a very narrow type of failure - physical disk failure - but at the same time it also introduces extra points of failure. There can be problems with the RAID controller, and there often are. In our shop at least, it seems that RAID controllers fail at least as often as disks themselves. You can also easily mess something up with the process of swapping a faulty drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is RAID worth the trouble? Don't you get a better return on investment by adding more redundancy to your backup solutions? Which type of RAID is better or worse in this regard?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/03/tuesday-outage-its-raid-tastic/" />
  <row Id="28329" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15751" RevisionGUID="2dad3874-904b-4cac-b9c4-b283610e2164" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:34:42.447" UserId="2405" Text="Is RAID worth the trouble?" />
  <row Id="28330" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15751" RevisionGUID="2dad3874-904b-4cac-b9c4-b283610e2164" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:34:42.447" UserId="2405" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;redundancy&gt;" />
  <row Id="28331" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15752" RevisionGUID="f3c94c27-f62f-4fe6-be38-d558d71a97a1" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:35:14.380" UserId="6336" Text="Google is our friend in this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This folder contains installer information for programs that are installed on your system (presumably via the MSI). Deleting this folder or files from it could cause problems with your installed programs or future uninstallation attempts, so **MANUALLY DELETING IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED**!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There seems to be one thing you can do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using the [MSIZAP.exe][1] utility, you can clean the &quot;orphaned&quot; files from the installer folder, by running &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `msizap.exe g!`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to clean the orphaned installer information for all the users. You can do some additional cleaning using the different options of the utility (see the link for a detailed explanation)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370523.aspx" />
  <row Id="28332" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15701" RevisionGUID="2069087f-b6df-4a83-aa2b-03acc70f4883" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:36:39.683" UserId="2318" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;terms&gt;&lt;pronunciation&gt;&lt;jargon&gt;" />
  <row Id="28334" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8767" RevisionGUID="d7442e32-1643-41dc-8dca-4d5bb8729b6e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:36:46.373" UserId="2643" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;dll&gt;&lt;login&gt;&lt;registry&gt;&lt;smartcard&gt;" />
  <row Id="28335" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12303" RevisionGUID="61663a47-c92f-4b42-9550-2a83f87ed1c8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:37:36.903" UserId="2318" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;jargon&gt;&lt;terms&gt;" />
  <row Id="28336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15753" RevisionGUID="49572721-bc3e-448c-9abd-3974b17f26c6" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:45:14.033" UserId="1544" Text="* .gif  (pronounced with soft-g as in jif [according to its creators][1], not hard g)&#xD;&#xA;* Ubuntu  ([pronounced oo-BOON-too][2], not uh-bun-too)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_Interchange_Format#Pronunciation&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/faq" />
  <row Id="28337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15754" RevisionGUID="ca64a7ff-74e2-4541-8454-7b52a086d066" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:45:54.563" UserId="4757" Text="Don't worry, RAID isn't used throughout the business world because of groupthink! The chance of decent RAID controllers failing is far, _far_ lower than the chance of a disk failure. I don't recall ever seeing a RAID controller fail in real life, while I've seen many a disk die, both in the office and datacenter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS: I see your tags. RAID is not backup! :)" />
  <row Id="28338" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15755" RevisionGUID="222ddbbe-4fb3-4847-ba3e-d9306733c619" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:47:53.327" UserId="4487" Text="Don't touch anything in there, unless you know it relates to software which you have uninstalled, perhaps unsuccessfully, in the past.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Strangely, it's difficult to find any definitive information on this folder, but I have had problems on 2 production SQL 2005 servers which failed to apply SP2 because it kept prompting for various .msi files. Comparing with another SQL 2005 box which had no problem applying SP2 revealed that the files were all under C:\Windows\Installer. No amount of repair attempts would solve it and after about 2 month we ended up having to backup the data and reinstall the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have also had similar issue trying up perform in-place upgrades of Backup Exec due to files that were deleted from C:\Windows\Installer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems that my predecessor had advocated removing files under this folder without researching the consequences.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you would like to free up space, I would suggest moving these to another volume with available space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can remove any of the compressed folders under C:\Windows which are named $NtUninstall*$, but NOT $hf_mig$. These compressed files are backup copies of files replaced by Windows Update packages. I generally clean up any folders older than a month, the logic being that if the patch has been installed for a month with no issues, there's pretty much no chance I'll be needing to uninstall it, which is the only reason you would need these files." />
  <row Id="28339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15756" RevisionGUID="ed49d519-33a7-493d-ad83-04b3720d98cb" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:48:05.917" UserId="1848" Text="SATA&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Heard it as: Sa-Tuh and Say-Tuh" />
  <row Id="28340" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15757" RevisionGUID="aa792e0d-e629-4337-90bd-d4c610808361" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:49:05.460" UserId="6391" Text="I am building a web server so I want to know what is the best edition of linux for that purpose ." />
  <row Id="28341" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15757" RevisionGUID="aa792e0d-e629-4337-90bd-d4c610808361" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:49:05.460" UserId="6391" Text="what is the best linux edition for web server" />
  <row Id="28342" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15757" RevisionGUID="aa792e0d-e629-4337-90bd-d4c610808361" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:49:05.460" UserId="6391" Text="&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="28343" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15758" RevisionGUID="c480a304-337b-428f-baff-20b40bf22d94" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:51:50.743" UserDisplayName="cs" Text="I am looking for a tool that will give a few people the ability to muck around in our database.  Currently I write custom SQL queries every time we need to do something we don't have tools for.  I don't want to write more tools because more often than not I only need to do a particular operation once or twice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to something so that other people can make changes in the database as well.  phppgadmin is going to be too complicated of an interface into the database for the people who will be using it (bitfeilds).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have used the django admin in the past and really liked it, but it won't work well with our existing database.  I don't want django adding tables into there, and I REALLY don't want to modify our existing tables (django's ORM wants there to be exactly one primary key)." />
  <row Id="28344" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15758" RevisionGUID="c480a304-337b-428f-baff-20b40bf22d94" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:51:50.743" UserDisplayName="cs" Text="What is a good django admin-like tool for postgres?" />
  <row Id="28345" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15758" RevisionGUID="c480a304-337b-428f-baff-20b40bf22d94" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:51:50.743" UserDisplayName="cs" Text="&lt;postgresql&gt;&lt;database&gt;" />
  <row Id="28346" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15759" RevisionGUID="1321aca4-491e-4d72-b475-e9efbb442201" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:53:22.863" UserId="6429" Text="ASPX - &quot;ass picks&quot;" />
  <row Id="28349" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15761" RevisionGUID="c6b2c641-d858-4086-915d-7b1bf4d46f60" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:54:43.483" UserId="5392" Text="By edition, I assume you mean distribution. I'd suggest debian for any server, not just a web server. Use lighttpd as you web server." />
  <row Id="28350" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15762" RevisionGUID="5c21c37e-f290-4f17-ae9b-51cc029ff318" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:55:16.510" UserId="5847" Text="are you fishing for trolls? ;) In my opinion I found that useing an &quot;enterprise&quot; linux pays of. for me that is debian and if i need to run some redhat compatible software i choose centos. but i am sure there are other opinions out there." />
  <row Id="28351" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15763" RevisionGUID="9e35f04e-f264-4c53-a10f-bd297e88ce8a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:57:11.700" UserId="3839" Text="mod_wsgi is recommended way to get Django application into production. Apache's mod_wsgi is much better than nginx. You can't find official package (in current Linux distributions) for nginx's mod_wsgi and You need to compile it by yourself. I like nginx but if You want to play safe, play with Apache mod_wsgi." />
  <row Id="28352" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15763" RevisionGUID="9e35f04e-f264-4c53-a10f-bd297e88ce8a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:57:11.700" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28353" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15764" RevisionGUID="4bdaf19d-50e2-4d69-883b-80c0616be56d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:58:34.240" UserId="5847" Text="587 is the mail **submission** port. it lets your clients post mail which is then delivered to other servers via smtp (port 25) incoming mail from none-clients for your domain will allso be on port 25" />
  <row Id="28354" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15765" RevisionGUID="f8e1309c-f4fd-47b0-9b3b-6311784c4187" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:58:34.707" UserId="5392" Text="Why bother on a workstation? Surely you have all your home directories and data stored centrally. That is where you want to use raid." />
  <row Id="28355" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15766" RevisionGUID="2d670498-b264-4c83-89cd-71689eb2194b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:01:54.063" UserId="6427" Text="I read [lartc][1] but I don't feel I need such a complicated solution for simple needs.&#xD;&#xA;One of such simple use cases is to limit a specific process' available bandwidth, upstream or downstream. How can I run wget or firefox constrained to 50 kb/s download speed without using iptaables and qdiscs?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lartc.org/ &quot;Linux Advanced Routing &amp; Traffic Control&quot;" />
  <row Id="28356" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15766" RevisionGUID="2d670498-b264-4c83-89cd-71689eb2194b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:01:54.063" UserId="6427" Text="Are there simpler ways to do traffic shaping in linux besides tc?" />
  <row Id="28357" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15766" RevisionGUID="2d670498-b264-4c83-89cd-71689eb2194b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:01:54.063" UserId="6427" Text="&lt;qos&gt;&lt;traffic-shaping&gt;&lt;tcpip&gt;&lt;ip&gt;" />
  <row Id="28358" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15767" RevisionGUID="003b1c5b-97a9-43ed-82a3-7fe0f001d6ca" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:02:28.040" UserId="5847" Text="to quote linus: &quot;**hi my name is linus torvalds and i pronounce linux as &quot;linux&quot;**&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*i have to admit it works better when you hear it* ;) *used to be a wav file on every linux kernel mirror!*" />
  <row Id="28359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15768" RevisionGUID="30ee9dfb-417a-4eb4-a807-d748a991bbdb" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:06:46.797" UserId="6183" Text="I've just set up file synchronization between a Windows 2000 Server and a Windows 2003 Server using [cwrsync][1], a windows compile of rsync. It was easy to setup and seems to work well but I am seeing a problem with speed, the client does not seem to be able to top 130 Kb/s despite the network being capable of delivering 1 Mb/s over FTP. Anyone else experienced this and found a solution?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.itefix.no/i2/node/10650" />
  <row Id="28360" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15768" RevisionGUID="30ee9dfb-417a-4eb4-a807-d748a991bbdb" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:06:46.797" UserId="6183" Text="Poor performance with rsync on Windows" />
  <row Id="28361" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15768" RevisionGUID="30ee9dfb-417a-4eb4-a807-d748a991bbdb" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:06:46.797" UserId="6183" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;rsync&gt;" />
  <row Id="28362" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15769" RevisionGUID="9221750a-290a-43ff-abf0-1cc0d2dac192" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:10:45.340" UserId="5847" Text="**ZFS** by SUN (also part of OpenSolaris; Apples OSX - currently read only) not only does raid with various levels but always check to see if the data written to disk is actually there. **consistency** is key! RAID is useless if you can´t rely on its **integrity**. Pick a decent RAID controller (I prefer HP´s) and scrub your RAID to find errors periodically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Softwareraid (as ZFS) on the other hand amkes you more hardware independant if the RAID controller dies and you can´t get an exact replacement." />
  <row Id="28363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15770" RevisionGUID="29f4b93a-1ea3-4c41-a0dd-70267b9860c0" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:12:46.317" UserId="2413" Text="us [trickle][1]. sample cmdline:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    trickle -d 10 wget http://noc.gts.pl/50mb.gts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you can repalce wget with any other command. and btw - wget has built in bandwidth limiting option: --limit-rate=amount - so it does not require any external tools to slow it down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://monkey.org/~marius/pages/?page=trickle" />
  <row Id="28364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15771" RevisionGUID="530da8d8-5284-4252-aa6b-9c32188d105b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:13:49.250" UserId="5799" Text="There is no &quot;best&quot;. Debian is one of the most popular, however." />
  <row Id="28365" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15772" RevisionGUID="53b36e3e-48bc-4160-9ab3-6129db887ce0" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:15:15.970" UserId="6435" Text="We have used port 26 as an alternate SMTP port for years now, without conflict. This is useful when client's ISPs block port 25, preventing you from sending outgoing mail through another server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are two methods of doing this, one is to forward traffic from port 25 to port 26 via your firewall. Or the recommended method, of setting your MTA to listen to port 26 also. Either way you will need to allow your firewall to permit traffic through port 26." />
  <row Id="28366" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15768" RevisionGUID="7263b16e-5862-46b8-a38b-12762b5f5770" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:15:44.580" UserId="6183" Comment="Added current workaround" Text="I've just set up file synchronization between a Windows 2000 Server and a Windows 2003 Server using [cwrsync][1], a windows compile of rsync. It was easy to setup and seems to work well but I am seeing a problem with speed, the client does not seem to be able to top 130 Kb/s despite the network being capable of delivering 1 Mb/s over FTP. Anyone else experienced this and found a solution?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I currently use a workaround where I run three rsync processes in parallell to the same server. All three processes hit about 130 Kb/s.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.itefix.no/i2/node/10650" />
  <row Id="28367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15773" RevisionGUID="6c235c1d-4705-4450-9fba-8b825258e0ef" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:18:04.637" UserId="1181" Text="In my humble opinion the &quot;best&quot; is whatever you are familiar with. In reality there isn't tremendous differences, between distros, in the applications you are going to be running on the OS (Apache, LigHTTPD, MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.). There are a few exceptions of course, Lindows comes to mind (is it even around any more?)." />
  <row Id="28368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15774" RevisionGUID="2e58aa3a-8998-43b4-b575-97e3a1df93e9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:19:24.777" UserId="6436" Text="I'm guessing you're a beginner.  I would say ubuntu server is the easiest to set up, and is based on debian." />
  <row Id="28370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15775" RevisionGUID="92eff55c-b6b5-4f7b-b10d-6e0fb43723d6" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:20:45.583" UserId="3839" Text="On my first installation task (many years ago, in DOS age) I accidentally delete almost all system files and half application files on computer which belongs to director of public institution. But it wasn't my fault. I try to delete non important files in C:/TEMP folder to free some space. Delete begins...after a few moments I see some familiar names from root and DOS folder scrolling up on screen...Hitting hard Ctrl+Break...but too late...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That was the harder way to learn what cross linked files problem on FAT file system is." />
  <row Id="28371" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15775" RevisionGUID="92eff55c-b6b5-4f7b-b10d-6e0fb43723d6" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:20:45.583" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28372" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15776" RevisionGUID="0a2150ab-8292-4dca-9886-e48e9d0c05cc" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:20:58.080" UserId="958" Text="I want to check if a specified ethX is physically up or down. How do I do that with the command line?" />
  <row Id="28373" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15776" RevisionGUID="0a2150ab-8292-4dca-9886-e48e9d0c05cc" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:20:58.080" UserId="958" Text="How to check the physical status of an ethernet port in Linux? (Ubuntu)" />
  <row Id="28374" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15776" RevisionGUID="0a2150ab-8292-4dca-9886-e48e9d0c05cc" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:20:58.080" UserId="958" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ethernet&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="28375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15777" RevisionGUID="0772987e-d0b1-4090-9e14-7ade3a11fef5" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:21:33.400" UserDisplayName="Brooks" Text="ethtool ethX" />
  <row Id="28379" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15779" RevisionGUID="dbd4ce28-dc49-4415-a613-6c146f0277f5" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:22:42.147" UserId="1181" Text="As an alternative, drop the `PHPIniDir` command and place the php.ini in the same directory as the Apache.exe application." />
  <row Id="28380" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15779" RevisionGUID="dbd4ce28-dc49-4415-a613-6c146f0277f5" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:22:42.147" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28381" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15764" RevisionGUID="833c9a03-81d3-459a-a806-15fdc901f345" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:22:55.267" UserId="5847" Comment="added 37 characters in body" Text="587 is the mail **submission** port. it lets your clients post mail which is then delivered to other servers via smtp (port 25 on destination system) incoming mail from none-clients for your domain will allso be on port 25 on your system" />
  <row Id="28382" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15722" RevisionGUID="31045b05-42b7-477f-9f87-448404e142c1" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:24:38.307" UserDisplayName="AbLincon" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;quality&gt;&lt;vendor-selection&gt;&lt;purchase&gt;" />
  <row Id="28383" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15780" RevisionGUID="cf7e6e2f-be88-4004-969a-52d89f5413a3" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:28:32.573" UserId="6199" Text="`ethtool [interface]`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;last line shows what you want:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;# ethtool eth0&#xD;&#xA;Settings for eth0:&#xD;&#xA;        Supported ports: [ TP ]&#xD;&#xA;        Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full &#xD;&#xA;                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full &#xD;&#xA;                                1000baseT/Full &#xD;&#xA;        Supports auto-negotiation: Yes&#xD;&#xA;        Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full &#xD;&#xA;                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full &#xD;&#xA;                                1000baseT/Full &#xD;&#xA;        Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes&#xD;&#xA;        Speed: 1000Mb/s&#xD;&#xA;        Duplex: Full&#xD;&#xA;        Port: Twisted Pair&#xD;&#xA;        PHYAD: 0&#xD;&#xA;        Transceiver: internal&#xD;&#xA;        Auto-negotiation: on&#xD;&#xA;        Supports Wake-on: g&#xD;&#xA;        Wake-on: d&#xD;&#xA;        Current message level: 0x00000037 (55)&#xD;&#xA;        Link detected: yes&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15781" RevisionGUID="2bc8e33c-bede-4cd7-b81d-2078b7ad3c66" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:28:32.650" UserId="386" Text="Debian stable is great for a hosting on a VPS because it makes it easy to set up a bare bones installation and then add what packages you need as you need them.  Many other distributions tend to install all the graphic kitchen sink that you don't need or want on a server, especially one as resource constrained as a VPS.  I like the newer package manager gui &quot;aptitude&quot;, which does a really good job of finding all the dependencies so you can just install what you want and it will find the things that need to be installed first. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suggest stable for a server, unless you need real bleeding edge stuff - for instance, &quot;stable&quot; stayed on PHP4 long after &quot;unstable&quot; and &quot;testing&quot; were already using PHP5, but none of my sites needed PHP5 so that was fine." />
  <row Id="28385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15782" RevisionGUID="44c545ec-712a-4343-ace2-4cc6a5ed078d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:29:24.007" UserId="6440" Text="I have many Linux servers (SUSE 9 &amp;10) used to run web services that provide data to large calculation grids.  Recently we have had some difficult to explain outages (i.e. hardware and software logs are not showing any obvious errors) and we are starting to wonder whether the long uptime (typically 200-300 days) is the issue.  Given that these servers are heavily utilised, should I consider a regular reboot cycle?" />
  <row Id="28386" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15782" RevisionGUID="44c545ec-712a-4343-ace2-4cc6a5ed078d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:29:24.007" UserId="6440" Text="How often should I reboot Linux servers?" />
  <row Id="28387" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15782" RevisionGUID="44c545ec-712a-4343-ace2-4cc6a5ed078d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:29:24.007" UserId="6440" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;reboot&gt;" />
  <row Id="28388" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15783" RevisionGUID="edebac60-36bd-404b-a3fc-deac8f9cc81c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:32:22.503" UserId="386" Text="A properly run Linux server should only need rebooting for kernel updates.  The same can't always be said for some of the software - for instance, I sometimes have to restart apache2 or mailman." />
  <row Id="28389" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15784" RevisionGUID="5ffe6b62-496b-4879-a0b8-79f5e5ff8a37" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:32:59.257" UserId="6443" Text="Not really required, linux memory handling is excellent. But if you're having uptimes of that length you're probably running kernels that have known vulnerabilities - you might want to watch that." />
  <row Id="28390" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15785" RevisionGUID="63779a74-8b88-4104-969d-455f4f85ba28" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:33:10.723" UserId="6199" Text="You must reboot after a kernel update, anything else is optional. Personally I reboot on a monthly cycle during a maintenance window to make sure the server and all services come back as expected. This way I can be reasonably certain if I have to do an out of schedule reboot (i.e. critical kernel update) that the system will come back up properly. Automated monitoring of servers and services (i.e. Nagios) also goes a long way to helping this process (reboot, watch the lights go red and then hopefully all back to green)." />
  <row Id="28391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15786" RevisionGUID="fd69b503-6f21-4853-b859-fc827eea7ba8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:34:10.893" UserId="5983" Text="Harddrive failures are much more likely to happen in a server than a desktop workstation...  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can't just say &quot;adding more point of failure&quot; without taking into account the likely-hood of that failure. Especially since these less likely points of failure are specifically inplace to subvert the more likely harddrive crash.  As you've put it, you've basically created a pascal's wager like fallacy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most raids on desktop motherboards are cheapo software/hardwre hybrids with most of the work done in it's software driver. IMHO they are peices of crap used to sell to power-users.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the otherhand, a good actual hardware raid is quite reliable, and it has the hardware to do it's thing without(despite?) the operating system.  But those get expensive, because real hardware usually hasbattery backups, and a complete xor'ing array to calculate checksums etc.  Even more expensive if it's done using scsi.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TLDR: If you are running the mobo based raid systems, then no, it isn't worth the trouble." />
  <row Id="28392" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15787" RevisionGUID="e94d91fa-d534-419f-94c0-abed7045a561" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:34:29.987" UserId="6199" Text="You want phpPgAdmin: [phpPgAdmin is a web-based administration tool for PostgreSQL. It is perfect for PostgreSQL DBAs, newbies and hosting services. ][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://phppgadmin.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="28393" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14713" RevisionGUID="c0ece99d-61ae-439b-b69c-4e017537a9f2" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:34:57.193" UserId="4979" Comment="added 16 characters in body" Text="Appart from it being perhaps not the ideal high availability solution, many people want to know about cheap solutions for running a Windows Server 2008 cluster. Here are some options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As indicated you will need iSCSI-3 persistent reservations for failover clustering to work in Windows Server 2008. See http://www.servercare.nl/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=71 for a good overview.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Low cost software solutions that are reported to work** include [1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Kernsafe's iStorage Server (&#xD;&#xA;   http://www.kernsafe.com/Product.aspx?id=5 )&#xD;&#xA;   (USD 99.95 Personal Edition)&#xD;&#xA; - YoungZSoft iSCSI Cake (&#xD;&#xA;   http://www.iscsicake.com/index.html ) (USD 69, Personal Edition)&#xD;&#xA; - Open-E iSCSI-R3 (&#xD;&#xA;   http://www.open-e.com/products/iscsi-r3/&#xD;&#xA;   ) (USD 597, 4TB limit)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Low cost software solutions that will not work** (at the present time, but might soon)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Openfiler ( http://www.openfiler.com/ ) [2]&#xD;&#xA; - FreeNAS ( http://www.freenas.org/ ) [3]&#xD;&#xA; - Open Solaris ( http://opensolaris.org/os/ ) [4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Low cost hardware solutions** such as Thecus, Qnap etc. **do not currently work**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1] source: http://up2v.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/iscsi-software-targets-for-windows-server-2008-clustering/ )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[2] Support might be forthcoming: http://forums.openfiler.com/viewtopic.php?id=2102&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[3] Support already present in nightly builds ( http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=151951&amp;package_id=229704 ) as reported in http://www.servercare.nl/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=61&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[4] Support might be forthcoming ( http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=312634 )&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28394" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15788" RevisionGUID="168e0bb6-0855-4f77-975a-66b7d4dc9681" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:36:42.993" UserId="6365" Text="You can also use mii-tool to see if the link is up and check the negotiated speed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; \# mii-tool &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD, link ok&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28395" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15789" RevisionGUID="47a8eafc-8c63-46a5-9f1b-1873dcf1d6a4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:38:38.590" UserId="5392" Text="Nearly everything you can do has been mentioned already. It all comes down to being methodical and strict. Having to hand trace a cable at 2 am, armed only with a tile lifter and a torch is no fun at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One addition is to make sure that every cabinet door can be closed, i.e. no bodge jobs connecting device together that bypass the structured cabling. If one is allowed, then others will follow and ultimately you end up with a mess. Before any changes are made, make sure that you can achieve it with structured cabling. If not, you need to re-plan it properly, free up dead ports etc. If not you'll end up with a 20m cable chucked over the top of a row of cabs that is doing something important." />
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  <row Id="28397" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15518" RevisionGUID="0766717d-d018-4cff-92a5-c5c40c829467" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:39:10.663" UserId="1643" Comment="added 158 characters in body" Text="Two points to take into account:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Have you executed the query first in Toad, and afterwards in python+cx_Oracle ? The first time you execute the query, Oracle needs to parse the query, create an execution plan, and execute the plan: read from disk into memory (buffer cache), execute the joins, etc, ... The second time, Oracle uses the same execution plan (stored in the SGA), and reads from the buffer cache, not disk. It can be a lot less time the second time you execute the same query.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Loading 8000 rows/5GB of data (655Kbytes per row!!!) into TOAD, to display them in the GUI, can take a lot of time. With python+cx_Oracle you are not displaying anything, so you are saving a lot of time here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDITED**:&#xD;&#xA;OK, so 8000 rows/5 Mb of data (655 bytes per row) shouldn't be a problem for TOAD to display.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Compare the Oracle environment variables in Linux with the HKEY\_LOCAL\_MACHINE\Software\Oracle registry variables in Windows. Check if the NLS\_SORT, NLS\_LANG, NLS\_... variables have the same value." />
  <row Id="28398" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15790" RevisionGUID="bcf7e2ed-fb1c-41b5-92d7-8ea9fd5831dc" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:39:14.830" UserId="5983" Text="I'm fond of ubuntu server edition.  Its based on debian, so many of the tuts etc are compatible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It automates setting up apache and samba.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've had good luck with ligHTTPD on my eeepc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But then again, this is a local webserver and not intended to be used live on the web.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28399" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15791" RevisionGUID="cdfae044-4382-4c2d-b43c-a3675f5e6a62" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:39:51.350" UserId="3839" Text="    lsof -i - list all opened socket&#xD;&#xA;    htop - like top, but with more eye candy&#xD;&#xA;    rdiff-backup - for incremental backup&#xD;&#xA;    mc - midnight commander &#xD;&#xA;    ethstatus - ethernet statistics&#xD;&#xA;    netstat, nmap&#xD;&#xA;    iftop - display bandwidth usage on an interface by host&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28400" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15791" RevisionGUID="cdfae044-4382-4c2d-b43c-a3675f5e6a62" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:39:51.350" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28401" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15792" RevisionGUID="46232e5f-850b-4704-a317-00f5d2b47b48" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:40:34.687" UserId="2299" Text="I use rsync on loads of sites, but only with ADSL 440Kbps and 800Kbps upload speeds. However on those lines I've found it manages to use about 80% of the bandwidth. I assume the rest is down to latency and the protocol overhead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For what it's worth, while CWRsync is a simple installation it's actually very easy to roll your own rsync transfers, and you get the very latest Cygwin build of rsync. See http://www.ratsauce.co.uk/notablog/UsingRsync.asp for my version of a walkthrough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28402" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15793" RevisionGUID="34fb91cb-8e8f-4fd4-aa5e-7a212ebd1f0c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:41:59.253" UserId="6443" Text="You wont be able to receive mail to an alternate port, smtp doesnt work that way. So if your objective is to be the MX for a domain, you're out of luck." />
  <row Id="28403" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15794" RevisionGUID="78c8fdb8-9582-47cc-90dc-85b9a797cf35" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:44:00.280" UserId="958" Text="I don't want to specify an IP address, since it can change in a DHCP LAN. I tried to connect to the linux server's name, but neither Putty nor Windows' ping.exe could resolve it." />
  <row Id="28404" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15794" RevisionGUID="78c8fdb8-9582-47cc-90dc-85b9a797cf35" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:44:00.280" UserId="958" Text="How do I use PuTTY to connect to a local server in a DHCP network without specifying the IP?" />
  <row Id="28405" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15794" RevisionGUID="78c8fdb8-9582-47cc-90dc-85b9a797cf35" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:44:00.280" UserId="958" Text="&lt;putty&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="28406" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15795" RevisionGUID="e644693c-03fb-4f6d-ba90-55b0140a0b29" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:44:01.917" UserId="5847" Text="    dmesg | grep eth&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you should see all statuschanges" />
  <row Id="28407" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15796" RevisionGUID="3345c4f8-87e5-4b55-b842-0c98f485992b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:45:08.343" UserId="2299" Text="Don't use the SBS backup wizard. Writing your own script to run NTBackup is easy, and you get to choose how the scheduled job is run. There are lots of walkthroughs on scripting NTBackup, or I can post a script here. It's easier than you think. The scripts around on the web tend to look complicated, but only because they do lots of extra cunning stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28409" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15732" RevisionGUID="89a46b2a-e770-443f-b8b1-40e919634d31" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:45:47.373" UserId="2318" Comment="added 91 characters in body" Text="**[Mac OS X][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is correctly pronounced &quot;Mac OS Ten,&quot; not &quot;Mac O S X&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But don't take my word for it, open Terminal and ask your Mac:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    say &quot;Mac OS X&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apple.com/macosx/" />
  <row Id="28410" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15798" RevisionGUID="d1e2e6a9-7e2e-4638-9fce-d3a72b7bc747" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:46:51.600" UserId="2299" Text="Run Performance Monitor and watch the CPU time, Avg disk queue and disk bytes per second. That should pin down where the bottleneck is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28411" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15799" RevisionGUID="ac6992c8-e2cb-4575-a52d-1e858d922d20" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:47:40.880" UserDisplayName="ferrous26" Text="Do you store a copy of your backups off-site?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28412" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15799" RevisionGUID="ac6992c8-e2cb-4575-a52d-1e858d922d20" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:47:40.880" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28413" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15407" RevisionGUID="6de1f78d-4c5a-4c84-a50e-74ef107d3c0a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:47:50.257" UserId="4469" Comment="added 143 characters in body" Text="I'm looking for a router that can set bandwidth throttling on a PC in my home network. Does anyone know any home network router come with network management tool that can limit a PC's network/internet connection speed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit: I'm looking for something out of box that will allow me to set network/internet connection limit on certain computer on the network. " />
  <row Id="28414" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15800" RevisionGUID="2fecc9f2-5ba9-46ed-aa5d-b5d7bf6bede0" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:48:20.723" UserId="2579" Text="Another one of my favorites:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was called by a recruiter asking if I knew anything about 'C-Hash'.  I guess he didn't get the memo that it's 'C-sharp'!" />
  <row Id="28415" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15801" RevisionGUID="7eacea0b-18d7-4bb5-a57b-fd031dadddc9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:50:06.617" UserId="6442" Text="I run the IT Dept at a small high school with about 500 users on the network. We have been using SurfControl for this which has been handy because it backs into MS ActiveDirectory very well. We currently have it working on top of ISA. However, SC has now been end-of-lifed for some time and its Websense replacement is simply outside our budget.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm aware that there are things like Dan's Guardian amongst many others which allow content filtering over squid, but I'm not sure if any of them understand ActiveDirectory or AD's LDAP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone had experience with this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use content filtering to block &quot;obvious&quot; categories that are unsuitable for minors and then block other categories during school hours to conserve our limited bandwidth. Blocking advertising is a great advantage of SC :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We require authentication and logging controls which worked seemlessly with the ISA proxy authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've installed a few linux desktops, but this is a little out of my depth. Where do I start?" />
  <row Id="28416" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15801" RevisionGUID="7eacea0b-18d7-4bb5-a57b-fd031dadddc9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:50:06.617" UserId="6442" Text="What free options are available for web content filtering?" />
  <row Id="28417" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15801" RevisionGUID="7eacea0b-18d7-4bb5-a57b-fd031dadddc9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:50:06.617" UserId="6442" Text="&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="28418" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15802" RevisionGUID="cecc6a57-075b-47bc-8b45-83dcaa65513f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:50:15.790" UserId="3329" Text="One SELECT statement should be shipped in it's entirety to the server for parsing and execution. It's up to the client to manage how those results are returned. I would bet a lot that the problem lies in how the results are being obtained by your clients. It's been a while since i used TOAD, so I don't know if it's doing bulk fetches of the data but that's one place you can get big improvements in speed, as @slovon notes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just for grins, see what traceroute reports from your workstation to the server. " />
  <row Id="28419" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15803" RevisionGUID="4d461a0c-9aee-4eeb-b5e9-bc78492098ed" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:50:33.463" UserId="6443" Text="You can configure dhcp to send a hostname with the dhcp request. Obviously you would need your dhcpd and nameserver to support this, but lots of routers support this feature so its worth checking if yours does." />
  <row Id="28420" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15804" RevisionGUID="95faa528-3100-47a4-ae00-f27b5716d94b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:50:46.257" UserId="5847" Text="On debian i install **cron-apt** and edit its configuration file to mail me if ther are any changes. this way i get notified if there are updates for my systems and do the updates by hand" />
  <row Id="28421" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15805" RevisionGUID="0d6cf6c4-cc0d-4fbf-8ddf-6549e742f8c8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:51:57.907" UserId="3356" Text="Unfortunately, you're rather out of luck.  In order to do this you need to use something like mDNS.  It is implemented out of the box in OSX, called Bonjour, but hasn't reached critical mass outside of Apple yet.  If you control the DHCP server you could set up DHCP Reservations for specific systems.  In this scenario a nic with a specific MAC address will always get the same, statically defined, address from the DHCP server." />
  <row Id="28422" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15806" RevisionGUID="cabd6360-c66e-466b-84d4-5eedfa41fd02" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:52:34.070" UserId="4874" Text="If you don't mind using a desktop application, I'd highly recommen [pgAdmin](http://www.pgadmin.org/). Much better than phpPgAdmin, in my opinion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disclaimer: I've never used the Django admin interface, so I have no idea if pgAdmin is anything like it. I just recommended it because that's my tool of choice." />
  <row Id="28423" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15807" RevisionGUID="3399e28f-8575-4593-85b5-c65c48549c32" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:53:20.837" UserId="5392" Text="CLI is the only way to go - especially if you're on call and don't want to be tied to your house. Being able to login to a box over a mobile/cell phone, without 3G being available, and  being able to troubleshoot is invaluable, you'll get nowhere fast with a GUI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are plenty of reasons stated above that are also valid. Scripting a gui is fairly tricky.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15809" RevisionGUID="5bf5249e-a9fd-4c31-bf88-ad3632abe243" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:53:56.827" UserId="6365" Text="You won't be albo to resolve the address unless it's in some DNS server. You need to know the IP address or you can use some services like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.no-ip.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;No-IP&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to update a FQDN to the servers current IP address. Of course this will only work for a server that has a public IP address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For internal addresses you might want to write a script on the server that will send you the IP that is has at some point in time." />
  <row Id="28426" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15810" RevisionGUID="099f9c12-fde1-4504-985b-7284cb1c0ba1" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:54:44.797" UserId="4392" Text="I had a bad experience with them. The rabbit ears broke off of both my servers since they were made of plastic. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, the &quot;hardware raid&quot; was actually software raid. I had an unhappy exchange with their tech support about that. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This was a few years back, and I have heard that they are better now. I don't know, because I stopped buying their stuff. " />
  <row Id="28427" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15407" RevisionGUID="45361dea-b9bf-4dc2-b615-08a6f8ed7f0f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:54:49.120" UserId="4469" Comment="added 166 characters in body" Text="I'm looking for a router that can set bandwidth throttling on a PC in my home network. Does anyone know any home network router come with network management tool that can limit a PC's network/internet connection speed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit: I'm looking for something out of box that will allow me to set network/internet connection limit on certain computer on the network. Something like traffic shaper but does not need to install on the target pc but control from a router or wireless router. does such device on the market for home use?" />
  <row Id="28428" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15811" RevisionGUID="54953459-e1e3-4676-b552-8dce7ba8c8b7" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:00:05.630" UserId="3459" Text="What is your failure rate on hard disks and raid controllers?  Failure on the raid controller should be far lower than the disks.  If you have a high failure rate you may want to look at your environment such as static discharges that could be causing issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For workstations you may want to use software raid as suggested by Alakdae because you won't have to worry about maintaining stocks of the precise hardware controller.  However you should have all vital information stored on your servers which do have hardware raid and are backed up to different media.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server hardware manufacturers do maintain raid controllers so even if it's an older controller you can usually still get it from them if you need to (it'll cost you a pretty penny though)." />
  <row Id="28429" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15812" RevisionGUID="b57e304b-b44e-4f46-89d0-bcdca8bfa866" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:00:12.913" UserId="4874" Text="Is there any specific reason (besides software compatibility) to use Windows Server over Linux? Does it have any innate advantages over Linux as an operating system? I don't see the point of paying extra for Windows Server when I can set up a Linux box for about 75% of the price, if not less. Am I wrong to think this? Is it worth the money?" />
  <row Id="28430" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15812" RevisionGUID="b57e304b-b44e-4f46-89d0-bcdca8bfa866" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:00:12.913" UserId="4874" Text="Why would I use Windows Server over Linux?" />
  <row Id="28431" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15812" RevisionGUID="b57e304b-b44e-4f46-89d0-bcdca8bfa866" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:00:12.913" UserId="4874" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="28432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15813" RevisionGUID="e97a8407-1b64-42e0-9892-40770ac6e0c8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:00:51.277" UserId="6271" Text="I found out that my ISP is blocking the port 25. I am using the submission port instead. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Trying to connect with telnet from the outside and the inside as Matt Simmons suggested pointed me in the right direction and I got the final hint in the following thread:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://serverfault.com/questions/15734/my-isp-is-blocking-port-25-is-port-587-a-good-replacement&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="28433" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15814" RevisionGUID="3527221d-d753-450e-b745-350c778ab6c8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:03:37.917" UserId="5847" Text="A quick and easy starting point would be OpenDNS http://www.opendns.com/ . It will not allow a per user policy on what to block and what not to block. But you could still use your ISA for managing Access to the internet based on Groups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Squid will integrate into AD but thats only a startingpoint as it does not do contentfiltering out of the box&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28434" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15815" RevisionGUID="9cedb84b-b9f3-4e6d-97cd-9ee3d0a00629" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:07:54.397" UserId="6365" Text="My production servers are all on Linux. All needed services can be set up on it and I don't really see any other reason to use Windows Server then Support. But with Linux you have a community of people that help each other and lots of HOWTOs on the web.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe the compatibility is an advantage in the beginning. The set up of Windows Server should be faster then the Linux one, but on a long run I wouldn't trust trust Windows about safety and reliability." />
  <row Id="28435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15816" RevisionGUID="d2522b53-d7ce-43a6-98bd-a0241b744bfb" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:08:07.080" UserId="274" Text="I havent decided on a technology yet but i wanted to ask. BMP images are large, i compressed a 3mb image to 50k. Browsers can decode gzip text, so would it be possible to gzip bmp on my server and have the user request mysite.com/images/test.bmp and have it decompress my gzip bmp on the other side so the user doesnt notice a difference?" />
  <row Id="28436" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15816" RevisionGUID="d2522b53-d7ce-43a6-98bd-a0241b744bfb" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:08:07.080" UserId="274" Text="gzip to bmp images on the fly?" />
  <row Id="28437" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15816" RevisionGUID="d2522b53-d7ce-43a6-98bd-a0241b744bfb" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:08:07.080" UserId="274" Text="&lt;gzip&gt;&lt;images&gt;" />
  <row Id="28438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15817" RevisionGUID="36a1d733-5728-498b-adba-5c2fd0a9975b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:08:25.380" UserId="5392" Text="ip link show&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;is another. Good old &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ifconfig dev_name&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ifconfig -a&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will also tell you if the interface is up" />
  <row Id="28439" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15818" RevisionGUID="e4df3ba8-0a78-464f-9c4b-e19e4d5c36a2" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:09:28.950" UserId="4392" Text="I try not to comment in 'holy war' discussions, but I'll try to be completely neutral here. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a sysadmin, I'm a pragmatist. I use whatever works best for what I do. In my infrastructure, I have somewhere between 75-100 Linux machines and two Windows servers. They're the domain controllers for my active directory domain, which I use to authenticate the rest of my Linux machines. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are directory servers available for Linux that would do what the Windows machines do for me, but it costs the company less to buy licenses and use Active Directory than it would for me to learn to install, configure, and administer those services. There is probably Windows software to perform the other 98% of what I do in Linux, too. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's cheaper for the company to use what works and what we know, rather than what might work and what we don't know. " />
  <row Id="28441" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15819" RevisionGUID="7d6814df-99a6-4679-9761-489c57d484eb" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:15:40.217" UserId="5392" Text="This discussion will be closed by an admin shortly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Jihadi concerns aside, the only answer is to use what is best for your business. Be pragmatic, use the best solution to solve a problem. You never know, it may not include using Windows or Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I try to avoid windows, but if it was the best fit, I would use it." />
  <row Id="28442" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15812" RevisionGUID="64044c6b-0d44-4db1-a7b6-2f347bb224b3" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:18:08.963" UserId="333" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="28443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15820" RevisionGUID="8f9bd3b4-8685-46b8-bdaf-2c8441c2ede3" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:19:48.490" UserId="2408" Text="In the past with Windows Server 2003 I was able to ship the event logs to a central network syslog server using evtsys (https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/Resources/Documents/UNIX/evtsys). It does not mention support for Server 2008 but does mention problems with sending Windows Vista logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any good services/utilities or even PowerShell scripts (preferably one of the other ones as this wouldn't be continuous) that could send the event logs to a central syslog server?" />
  <row Id="28444" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15820" RevisionGUID="8f9bd3b4-8685-46b8-bdaf-2c8441c2ede3" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:19:48.490" UserId="2408" Text="How can I ship Windows Server 2008 event logs to a syslog server?" />
  <row Id="28445" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15820" RevisionGUID="8f9bd3b4-8685-46b8-bdaf-2c8441c2ede3" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:19:48.490" UserId="2408" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;syslog&gt;&lt;event-log&gt;&lt;services&gt;" />
  <row Id="28446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15821" RevisionGUID="650e9a23-3008-46ea-91c0-4900f9d70fe3" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:24:05.347" UserId="6455" Text="You can do a &quot;hot clone&quot; (where the VM is powered on) to either local native-storage, a NFS export, SAN, etc. and you will have a full copy of the OS and its settings.  I believe the hot clone just creates a temporary snapshot first before the clone happens. You can also perform a &quot;Clone to Template&quot; if you want to keep a specific VM customized for redeployment." />
  <row Id="28447" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15822" RevisionGUID="0ad8d3e7-2006-4be1-9f1c-48b8def19f6f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:24:57.310" UserId="6336" Text="Some things in your question are still unclear, but i'll try to give a broad answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to connect to the machine via it's hostname, you need a name-resolution service active on the network - that is, a DNS or WINS server. Seeing that you say your machines cannot ping each other by name, it appears that you have no DNS server in the network (or that neither machine is set up with a primary DNS server). Which begs the question - what network enviroment would have DHCP but no DNS?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there IS a DNS server on the network, then you just have to set both machines up to contact it (network connection properties in windows, god-knows-where.conf in linux) and you're all done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's assume no DNS server then.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming you have control over the DHCP server in your network, the easiest solution would be to set up a static ip mapping in the DHCP server. Make it give the linux server the same ip each time (bind a specific ip to the server's nic's MAC address).&#xD;&#xA;Then you can edit the hosts file on the windows workstation (found in %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc) and map a specific name to the address, and enjoy yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't have control over the DHCP... Well, personally, i would just go bug the people who do (and tell them to get a DNS server in there for god sakes!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can think of other wild stuff that could circumvent all around this issue (write a script that pings the whole subnet, runs arp -a into a file, and then scans it to find the MAC address of the server, thereby resolving it's IP.. sheesh, this is sick). Seriously though, I would try to get a decent name resolution service up and running." />
  <row Id="28448" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15823" RevisionGUID="8fe54711-3ff0-483f-aa4d-40580a8c9491" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:26:26.327" UserId="5392" Text="Already mentioned, but worth mentioning again. SPLUNK!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've had the pleasure of building big central syslog setups with a nice gui in the past. It's a world of pain. Splunk makes it a doddle, especially with an enterprise license tha give you central managment. If your logs are under 500M a day, it's free. If not, it can get very expensive, but it is worth it and not just for a little bit of logging - you can do a lot more. I'd usually advocate open source apps, but Splunk beats anything I've come across.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15824" RevisionGUID="c53498c3-4eda-4ccd-91b2-6107acc7f35b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:26:29.850" UserId="45" Text="You could use [Snare for Windows][1], a free software (freeware), released under the terms of the GNU Public Licence (GPL).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Snare for Windows Vista is a Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2008 and Windows Vista compatible&#xD;&#xA;&gt; service that interacts with the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; underlying &quot;Crimson&quot; Eventlog&#xD;&#xA;&gt; subsystem to facilitate remote,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; real-time transfer of event log&#xD;&#xA;&gt; information. Snare for Windows Vista&#xD;&#xA;&gt; also support 64 bit versions of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows (X64 and IA64).&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Event logs from the Security,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Application and System logs, as well&#xD;&#xA;&gt; as the new DNS, File Replication&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Service, and Active Directory logs are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; supported. The supported version of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the agent also accommodates custom&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows event logs. Log data is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; converted to text format, and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; delivered to a remote Snare Server, or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to a remote Syslog server with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; configurable and dynamic facility and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; priority settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.intersectalliance.com/projects/SnareWindows/" />
  <row Id="28450" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15802" RevisionGUID="3f3eb475-1673-4803-bffb-fa5edbde506a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:26:58.103" UserId="3329" Comment="Another thought" Text="One SELECT statement should be shipped in it's entirety to the server for parsing and execution. It's up to the client to manage how those results are returned. I would bet a lot that the problem lies in how the results are being obtained by your clients. It's been a while since i used TOAD, so I don't know if it's doing bulk fetches of the data but that's one place you can get big improvements in speed, as @slovon notes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just for grins, see what traceroute reports from your workstation to the server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: another thing to try is to run your python script on the server, but go thru a TNS connection through the listener on the server. This should give you an idea of what effect the TNS software is having on your query while removing any intervening network issues." />
  <row Id="28451" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15825" RevisionGUID="a0420f7b-fd13-46e8-ae4e-1d2981845acd" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:27:51.797" UserId="2369" Text="I just had the RAID controllers in two (identical) servers fail, since we got those two machines we didn't have one hard disk failure in the entire company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think RAID on desktop is a bad idea, the cheap RAID controllers you're going to put on those machines will fail long before the actual hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On servers, maybe, I'm not going to trust RAID controllers again, make sure you have a spare machine and good backups." />
  <row Id="28452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15826" RevisionGUID="0818257f-9f29-4535-9be6-d774ec6c1d00" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:28:06.307" UserId="2372" Text="The standard laptop here is a Dell D600 with XP SP3, which came with an 80 GB drive originally.  One of them was upgraded to a 160 GB internal drive.  Ghost was used to transfer and expand the original installation to the upgraded drive.  All was fine for a while. After some time, the computer boots to an empty text screen with a cursor in the upper-left corner. This is right after POST and before anything Windows-related happens. So, F8 didn't work, safe mode didn't work, and there was no Windows logo.   FIXMBR, etc didn't always work.   It was necessary to re-ghost the system from backup to recover it.  In all cases, it happened after installing either a new or updated software such as Adobe, Picasa, etc.  Installing the same software upgrade after re-Ghost is successful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A virus scan does not show any abnormality.  What to look for?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28453" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15826" RevisionGUID="0818257f-9f29-4535-9be6-d774ec6c1d00" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:28:06.307" UserId="2372" Text="Dell Laptop randomly stops booting after ATA HD Upgrade" />
  <row Id="28454" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15826" RevisionGUID="0818257f-9f29-4535-9be6-d774ec6c1d00" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:28:06.307" UserId="2372" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;boot&gt;&lt;corruption&gt;" />
  <row Id="28455" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15827" RevisionGUID="27aba737-9cae-4d52-8a1b-d6d8188552f0" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:31:01.620" UserId="5847" Text="The two nodes need to share one IP and will broadcast/flood your switch with ARP messages of your virtual MAC address for your cluster IP.&#xD;&#xA;Best would be if your switch supported multicast groups to contain the traffic generated by the ARP packets.&#xD;&#xA;So they need to be in the same vlan and subnet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;also it´s good practice to have an alternate path for checking system status (second networkadapter in both nodes) of the clusternodes" />
  <row Id="28456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15828" RevisionGUID="a32c3b10-741a-43d6-9024-7c62009fff61" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:34:31.800" UserId="1840" Text="Not exactly a computer term, but you just can't speak vendor Motherboards without mentioning:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[&lt;h1&gt;ASUS&lt;/h1&gt;][1]&#xD;&#xA;There's always been that great online debate whether it's **&quot;Ah-soos&quot;** or **&quot;A-soos&quot;**.  You can really call it what you want since most people know about the two version, and only hardcore pronunciation sticklers will try to 'correct' you by telling you the real pronunciation, which is: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&quot;Ah-zoos&quot;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asus][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://usa.asus.com/index.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asus" />
  <row Id="28457" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15829" RevisionGUID="d2dcf51e-b9d5-4334-9b48-a8df5754a844" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:35:54.013" UserId="5392" Text="use Splunk. It's rather good" />
  <row Id="28458" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15746" RevisionGUID="ad22befa-c702-474c-ab50-cf893fd614d9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:36:49.550" UserId="45" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="&quot;C:\Windows\Installer&quot; folder found on Windows Vista is taking around 1 GB of space. Can I safely delete it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers" />
  <row Id="28459" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="15746" RevisionGUID="ad22befa-c702-474c-ab50-cf893fd614d9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:36:49.550" UserId="45" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="Is it safe to delete files in C:\Windows\Installer?" />
  <row Id="28460" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15757" RevisionGUID="b0c9a04e-39a7-4b6a-87ea-026d1e0d74f5" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:37:51.013" UserId="45" Comment="edited body; edited tags; edited title" Text="I am building a web server, so I want to know what is the best edition of linux for that purpose." />
  <row Id="28461" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="15757" RevisionGUID="b0c9a04e-39a7-4b6a-87ea-026d1e0d74f5" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:37:51.013" UserId="45" Comment="edited body; edited tags; edited title" Text="What is the best Linux edition for web server?" />
  <row Id="28462" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15757" RevisionGUID="b0c9a04e-39a7-4b6a-87ea-026d1e0d74f5" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:37:51.013" UserId="45" Comment="edited body; edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="28463" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15830" RevisionGUID="0cc1b29a-97c0-4cff-869d-3af4a482e4fc" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:39:01.870" UserId="2372" Text="We never noticed that the BIOS only saw 137GB.  It turns out that there is a very common &quot;137GB&quot; ATA hard drive limit present in most older system BIOSes.  It comes from a 28-bit addressing limitation in ATA controllers and BIOSes before 2006. There was an architecture change to ATA-6 and the 48-bit LBA, which is explained very clearly here in geek terms:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ATA, IDE, and EIDE][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, every time a write crossed the 137G barrier, it trashed the boot sector. My most recent BIOS does not support 48-bit LBA. There is this unhelpful Dell document:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[BIOS Reports Less-than-Expected Drive Capacity on Dell™ Latitude™ D600][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which implies that all should be OK except for the BIOS reporting number.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a Microsoft document:&#xD;&#xA;[How to enable 48-bit Logical Block Addressing support for ATAPI disk drives in Windows XP][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which implies that XP SP1 or greater should make everything operate properly. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My theory is that there is a Dell utility or driver that uses the BIOS for some function and causes the addressing SNAFU.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bottom line: if you upgrade an older IDE / ATA style system past 137 G, be sure to verify that the BIOS supports it. By the way, 137G turns out to be about &quot;127.9G&quot; in the Acronis disk director or Disk Management utility because of the math:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    2^28*512 = 137 438 953 472 bytes&#xD;&#xA;    137 438 953 472/(1024*1024*1024)= 128 Gb&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The confusion with full decimal, truncated decimal, and kBytes leads to different numbers thrown about, referring to the same problem -&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    100 G&#xD;&#xA;    120 G&#xD;&#xA;    128 G&#xD;&#xA;    137 G&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The extra space must remain unused - it cannot be assigned to a partition or second drive because the original issue with BIOS addressing overflow still exists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  A word to the wise: the next arbitrary size barrier is rumored to be 2.2 Terabytes, although a fully configured 48-bit LBA can support 144 petabytes (144,000,000 gigabytes).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.kioskea.net/contents/pc/ide-ata.php3&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/document?c=us&amp;l=en&amp;s=gen&amp;docid=0EA8627F72CC05E2E0401E0A541735C7&amp;journalid=66E5BC6C7A01829FE040AE0AB6E1517B&amp;Query=&amp;SystemID=&amp;ServiceTag=&amp;contenttype=28792~7~262224&amp;os=-1&amp;component=-1&amp;lang=36441~7~380490&amp;doclang=en&amp;toggle=false&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q303013&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28464" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15831" RevisionGUID="5258e8c3-d7de-4be2-95cc-4d6a3e56f566" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:40:30.557" UserId="5392" Text="Splunk is free for under 500M of logs per day. It'll cover windows and linux and provide you with a very good web interface." />
  <row Id="28465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15832" RevisionGUID="972fbf07-6733-4af8-be27-65ee9620b5c9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:42:23.877" UserId="5343" Text="I am not sure if my test is representative: I compressed a local `bmp` file with `gzip` and tried to open it on Mac OS X with Safari and Firefox: it does not work (with or without `.gz` extension)." />
  <row Id="28466" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14162" RevisionGUID="c5d48ee2-7252-41e9-b754-05cb75d4e20e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:43:13.733" UserId="4840" Comment="particles to material between polycarbonate" Text="Related: [Does orientation affect hard drive lifespan?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been told that optical media must be placed in the horizontal position during storage, the theory being that gravity can affect the &lt;strike&gt;particles in the media&lt;/strike&gt; material between the polycarbonate (plastic) when stored vertically and make it go bad faster than it normally would.  I probably have the time to test this theory, but don't want to wait that long for the results, if they come in time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think it doesn't matter at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/13839/does-orientation-affect-hard-drive-lifespan" />
  <row Id="28467" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15833" RevisionGUID="4f85983e-88d3-4a71-b6d2-2aeab7f6e335" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:45:31.077" UserId="4287" Text="    &#xD;&#xA;   We are curently using the DNS of our ISP but i would like to setup our own in house dns server so that we could manage local names, and in short use this in house DNS server instead of .hosts file on all of our computers.&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;I would like the DNS server to resolve DNS only to certain IP's (so this way i could filter internet access in a way, by providing DNS resolution only to domains that are of use to our business and accordingly to IP's -something like openDns)   -i know i could setup a transparent squid to do filtering, but i've been interested in seting up a local DNS server and could not find the necesary resources online. &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA; I am interested in a unix, debian, friendly app (windows is accepted also).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;any thoughts ?" />
  <row Id="28468" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15833" RevisionGUID="4f85983e-88d3-4a71-b6d2-2aeab7f6e335" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:45:31.077" UserId="4287" Text="in house DNS server" />
  <row Id="28469" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15833" RevisionGUID="4f85983e-88d3-4a71-b6d2-2aeab7f6e335" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:45:31.077" UserId="4287" Text="&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="28470" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10342" RevisionGUID="6b0e50b7-28e7-4664-92da-84f05cd962ea" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:45:36.973" UserId="2604" Comment="Fixed SysInternals link; deleted 35 characters in body; added 35 characters in body" Text="If you reinstall often, for whatever reason, it might be useful to script all of these settings.  Every setting that is stored in the registry can be set with the &quot;reg&quot; command in at *.cmd script.  You can use Google to find a lot of settings.  You'll have to find some yourself, though.  Download ProcMon from Sysinternals at &lt;a href=&quot;www.sysinternals.com&quot;&gt;www.sysinternals.com&lt;/a&gt;.  Use it to monitor the registry while you change the desired setting in the Control Panel or wherever.  Then write a script using &quot;reg&quot; to manipulate that setting." />
  <row Id="28471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15834" RevisionGUID="2c7c0fe9-7d45-4e71-bf78-790f734367c9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:47:24.770" UserId="6104" Text="You might want to look into using Untangle (untangle.com). If you don't mind adding an additional server to your system. It doesn't integrate with ISA, but it does have content filtering and a “bridge” mode.  I was using ISA with GFI WebMonitor, but switched to Untangle for budgetary reasons. I've been very happy with it, and it also has additional features as well. I know it has some AD integration capabilities, but I'm not sure if they are exactly what you are looking for." />
  <row Id="28472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15835" RevisionGUID="14954d9d-ad18-4a36-ba36-fe76105fb410" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:49:48.820" UserId="4562" Text="I can tell you on the Linux side that BIND is probably the most common and most powerful solution you could find.  However, DNSmasq is a great lightweight DNS app that you actually might have some experience with since it's installed on many linux-based SOHO routers." />
  <row Id="28473" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15836" RevisionGUID="ff628318-a441-404f-8969-12759db5c3af" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:50:07.073" UserId="6365" Text="I would recommend Linux + BIND or PowerDNS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The setup is fairly easy with lots of HOWTOs on the web. I use this setup for 3 years now without any problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.howtoforge.com/two_in_one_dns_bind9_views&quot;&gt;HOWTO for BIND an internal and external DNS server&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15837" RevisionGUID="abb63586-7dfe-4353-84b0-7839153e3bc2" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:51:17.743" UserDisplayName="HiltonT" Text="DJBDNS - easy, works!  :)" />
  <row Id="28476" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15837" RevisionGUID="abb63586-7dfe-4353-84b0-7839153e3bc2" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:51:17.743" UserDisplayName="HiltonT" />
  <row Id="28477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15838" RevisionGUID="a9ec2981-bb80-45ad-993b-958b42d1dc87" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:51:21.953" UserId="6469" Text="Ubuntu Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although, if you want to really get into the nitty gritty aspects of linux, I'd take a look at Slackware&quot; it's at least traditionally known as one of the least user-friendly flavours. I've found this helpful in some cases, as it can foster a steep learning curve." />
  <row Id="28478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15839" RevisionGUID="5736860f-54f8-4e44-83a3-348cc755685a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:51:47.693" UserId="5847" Text="if space allows it put everything on mirrored sas drives - giving you security and io." />
  <row Id="28479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15840" RevisionGUID="d499f219-09bb-4538-94ca-2aa9369ef67c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:51:59.707" UserId="3657" Text="You might consider a product like [Untangle][1].  In it's basic form it's the router for your network but it includes free add-on modules for web filtering and also a paid ActiveDirectory connector that has reasonable cost if you need the per-user filter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.untangle.com" />
  <row Id="28480" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15841" RevisionGUID="ef98ff47-7f32-407c-8ad2-549e854203c6" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:52:34.603" UserId="6468" Text="I thought about doing the same thing, and came across OpenDNS.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm a new user, so I can't add the link, but google will allow you to find them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't work for/with them, I just use their service and I like it.  Its free and allows for customizing access like you requested.   As far as local DNS is concerned, I run a localized nameserver for all hostnames of of a Fedora install. As far as the local DNS goes, as long as you are running a DNS server on the network, and have your DHCP configured correctly to spit it out, it'll work. I simply don't allow DNS traffic originating from my exterior firewall, and it seems to do the trick. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15842" RevisionGUID="5ad58367-9b2c-4a49-a394-bc12775a1cb3" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:53:39.827" UserId="3657" Text="I use a D-Link DGL-4100 gaming router.  Has **great** QoS/bandwidth filtering." />
  <row Id="28482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15843" RevisionGUID="56e91641-11a5-4b49-93dd-70479be8f8be" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:57:15.063" UserId="6472" Text="Small sites often hand-edit zone files and BIND configurations which leads to inconsistencies  and errors.  Instead use HostDB to take a /etc/hosts file and uses it to generate your files.   More info at everythingsysadmin.com/hostdb &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It generates files for BIND which  comes with all Linux distros." />
  <row Id="28483" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15844" RevisionGUID="bb47d6a1-301f-42fc-b1d4-15617d42a007" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:58:07.197" UserId="3657" Text="I doubt this has anything to do with VMware but more likely an issue with your database.  You're best to start to troubleshoot the source of the problem.  You could mount the database on a physical server and attempt a backup to confirm whether the problem lies within the server itself or in the database.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option might be to dump the database and then rebuild it in a fresh database file on your existing server." />
  <row Id="28484" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15751" RevisionGUID="74a4380f-39fa-4591-ae95-c185a07eba75" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:58:53.420" UserId="2405" Comment="added 208 characters in body; edited title" Text="In our shop we're faithfully using RAID in all our workstations, probably just because that seems to be the way it ought to be done. I'm talking about workstations for scientific simulations, using the onboard RAID chips.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I've heard a lot of RAID horror stories. Stackoverflow itself has had an [outage caused indirectly by RAID controller][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID protects you against a very narrow type of failure - physical disk failure - but at the same time it also introduces extra points of failure. There can be problems with the RAID controller, and there often are. In our shop at least, it seems that RAID controllers fail at least as often as disks themselves. You can also easily mess something up with the process of swapping a faulty drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When is RAID worth the trouble? Don't you get a better return on investment by adding more redundancy to your backup solutions? Which type of RAID is better or worse in this regard?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: I've changed the title from the original &quot;Is RAID worth the trouble?&quot;, to make it a bit less negative :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/03/tuesday-outage-its-raid-tastic/" />
  <row Id="28485" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="15751" RevisionGUID="74a4380f-39fa-4591-ae95-c185a07eba75" CreationDate="2009-05-30T20:58:53.420" UserId="2405" Comment="added 208 characters in body; edited title" Text="When is RAID worth the trouble?" />
  <row Id="28486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15845" RevisionGUID="34b978de-0b52-4e36-9a54-05332d2d9e6e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:00:06.647" UserId="6442" Text="Tortoise is great. Having both is not a problem, and many environments, such as Netbeans, will take full advantage of the command line interface if you have it." />
  <row Id="28487" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15846" RevisionGUID="f31aa13a-8d59-43f1-8ee0-d349b1233ed2" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:02:55.457" UserId="5049" Text="If possible, use [PNG][1] as image format. It's the defacto standard for lossless image compression and will probably surpass the compression level achieved by merely gziping bitmaps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to use BMP because of dependencies from legacy systems, you can try using the [output compression][2] methods available in your webserver, e.g. see [mod_deflate][3] for Apache. [Wireshark][4] can be especially helpful in testing/debugging such setups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Network_Graphics&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_compression&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_deflate.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.wireshark.org/" />
  <row Id="28488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15847" RevisionGUID="919b1938-3bab-44da-9f5f-db6326a808b8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:04:14.267" UserId="6319" Text="From mod_gzip's sourceforge.net page:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;mod_gzip is an Internet Content Acceleration module for the popular Apache Web Server. It compresses the contents delivered to the client. There is no need to install any additional software on the client!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think it basically compresses everything it sends with the exception of anything which is already compressed, such as JPGs or GIFs, etc. I think it is often enabled in default Apache installations, but you can Google for docs." />
  <row Id="28490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15849" RevisionGUID="7a26d1a6-50cd-4248-8ad7-f2e840cd9a43" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:05:08.917" UserId="6469" Text="I learned my linux on Slackware, where there was (in the default install) nothing more than a command-line interface. The same is true for many server-edition flavours (like Ubuntu). Maybe I'm set in my ways at an early age, but I still much prefer the CLI, for a two major reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **The only pre-requisite to remote administration is an SSH client.** If you realise that your server is down for some reason, and you happen to be at a friend's place running whatever-OS, grab a freeware ssh client, log in, and you're presented with what you're accustomed to. No need to install VNC, an X11 client, etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Lower-to-negligible overhead.** I like the idea that I'm not wasting resources drawing a pretty window, and you can't beat the bandwidth used by ssh.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Besides, front-ends are just that: front ends, as in, front end to the command-line. Cut out the middle man :)" />
  <row Id="28491" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15850" RevisionGUID="547b1b20-3666-4423-ba09-edbf644a9ec8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:05:16.730" UserId="6468" Text="I assume you have Linux experience if you are putting together a web server.  If you feel you are &quot;up to the task&quot; of hosting and managing a web server, you should have already acquired the know how to pick a proper Linux distribution.  That sounded a bit harsh, but try taking your own temperature on the subject.  &#xD;&#xA;If this is a mission-critical system, you  may consider a pay-for Linux host for a while until you are very comfortable with configuring, controlling, and updating a Linux console.  If this is more of a self learning situation, any of the larger systems (Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, Slackware) would be fine.  Anything with great online  documentation will pull you through.  I initially made the wrong decision with getting a &quot;how to &quot; book on Linux. If you need a book, get a &quot;how to administrate on Linux&quot;.   I have always learned more from on-line documentation, since there's always someone to help you understand the material, and you can bookmark that information for later.  &#xD;&#xA;As far as security goes, you will always be safer on a Linux system with minimal, well patched services.  Obviously only run what services you need, but a proper firewall will keep out the trash.  Professionals will always have a way into your system, but that shouldn't stop you from being alert, and vigilant with log checks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck to you, I hope you do well." />
  <row Id="28492" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15851" RevisionGUID="daa91fe0-89a4-486e-80fb-e0f8da973080" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:05:20.070" UserId="3511" Text="OpenDNS is free and basic, Microsoft has also some free parental control and web content filtering but you need a free &quot;microsoft live&quot; account.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28493" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15852" RevisionGUID="b7c95fa0-64ec-4e50-9438-205b3c00c1bb" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:05:57.977" UserId="1638" Text="i run a non profit and i see that Atlassian has free licenses for non profits for Confluence WIKI.  But my issue is hosting.  do you know if there is anyplace that has very cheap hosting rates and support hosting confluence WIKI." />
  <row Id="28494" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15852" RevisionGUID="b7c95fa0-64ec-4e50-9438-205b3c00c1bb" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:05:57.977" UserId="1638" Text="Is there anywhere that has really cheap confluence WIKI hosting" />
  <row Id="28495" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15852" RevisionGUID="b7c95fa0-64ec-4e50-9438-205b3c00c1bb" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:05:57.977" UserId="1638" Text="&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;wiki&gt;" />
  <row Id="28496" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6804" RevisionGUID="7828fcff-df55-477b-b165-eff643dd0834" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:06:24.653" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 6 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="Does this program automatically run?  If so, when and how often?&#xD;&#xA;Is it automatically updated? &#xD;&#xA;How do you disable it?&#xD;&#xA;How can you tell if it is running?&#xD;&#xA;What versions of Windows is it installed on?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28497" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="6804" RevisionGUID="7828fcff-df55-477b-b165-eff643dd0834" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:06:24.653" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 6 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="Some questions about the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (MRT)" />
  <row Id="28498" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6804" RevisionGUID="7828fcff-df55-477b-b165-eff643dd0834" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:06:24.653" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 6 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;mrt&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;antivirus&gt;&lt;malware&gt;" />
  <row Id="28499" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15853" RevisionGUID="aeec9cae-e9b4-4e10-b4e1-f3ee3fb748b7" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:07:21.343" UserId="5586" Text=" 1. First, start with the business representatives. They (should) know the application best. Identify the key transactions, and the end to end response times. If your folks are good, they'll be able to hand you a document which captures their non functional requirements.  If your application is replacing a legacy application, all the better - get as many applicable usage metrics from that app as you can.   This is the most critical success factor to performance testing. Understanding the size of your potential userbase, the number of users likely to be using it concurrently, the # % of each one of your key transactions executing simultaneously, growth rate per [timeframe].&#xD;&#xA; 2. Build an automated script which simulates the key transactions.  Include think time in this script. Very few users are going to power through your application/website without having to take a few seconds to see what the app did in response to their input. Failure to adequately simulate think time can result in you subjecting your application to unrealistic load, which leads to unhappinesss all around.  That being said, the business may identify that 10% of the userbase are power users, and you may want to deliver your load with 90% normal users, with 'normal' think time, and 10% power users, with faster, more aggressive think times.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Add your virtual users over a time period (ramp-up time) -  don't go from 0-500 in 1 second, unless you will actually have that kind of load (sale starts at 9:00 AM!).  It's good to understand how your application will behave under load spikes, but some apps may fail in these scenarios, which is only a problem if you're expecting that kind of load. Otherwise, you may find yourself spending a lot more money than what's required to support a load that may never come. &#xD;&#xA; 4. Factor in latency and network speed.  For a stress test, it's great to have a gigabit Ethernet connection with less than 1 ms latency to your application, which you can use to push your application to determine when it will fail.  In reality, though, your users aren't usually that close to your application - they're coming over all different types of network conditions.&#xD;&#xA; 5. Endurance testing - at least 24 hours is recommended, more if you can afford it. You want to capture what happens to your application when periodic batch processes run, like backups, antivirus definition updates, or even IIS app pool recycles (every 29 hours by default).&#xD;&#xA; 6. Understand the difference between performance testing and load testing.  Load tests will generally show the perspective of the server.  This isn't entirely true - many tools will show you the time a transaction takes in terms of TTLB - but most tools today don't reflect client-side rendering times, which are material in JS-heavy applications, or ones that use XSLT, for example.  &#xD;&#xA; 7. Don't solely rely upon your automated test numbers - at least not starting on day one. Periodically manually validate the numbers you get back. Over time you can let this subside as you become more confident in your simulations.&#xD;&#xA; 8. Performance counters - every application will vary.  A list of my preferred counters is at ht tp://www.oneredlight.com/perf.config.txt.  You can set your application up to log these counters to a 300 MB circular file with the following command line:&#xD;&#xA;logman create counter PERF -f bincirc -max 300 -si 2 --v -o &quot;c:\perflogs\perf&quot; -cf&#xD;&#xA; &quot;perf.config&quot;.  I've only tried these on windows 2008/IIS 7/SQL 2008, so your mileage may vary.  I would also recommend reading ht tp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms998530.aspx, if your application is on the ms stack.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(apologies for the broken urls; new users cant post hyperlinks)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28500" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15854" RevisionGUID="95588e76-1b57-427c-a1e5-9f88f730b6bd" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:08:04.837" UserId="6482" Text="Choosing between Windows or Linux doesn't depend on the software itself. They both have their strong and weak points. The trick is to determine the most important needs for your site and determine the right solution based upon your needs, not just because some OS has better advantages than some other one.&#xD;&#xA;Linux is free but it's a bit harder to use for inexperienced administrators. It's not that the Linux software is difficult to understand but that there are so many things to choose from. Some of it is great, most of it is good and some is bad.&#xD;&#xA;Windows costs a bit more and leaves you with less choices. Which is a good thing for software. It might sound weird, but less choice makes people more specialized in the few choices they have.&#xD;&#xA;You often hear complains about the bad security of Windows. Unfortunately, security isn't a software issue, it's a people issue. Windows becomes especially weak when people forget to apply updates or forget to install and update a good virus-scanner and firewall. You need those too but there are many Windows administrators who are too lazy or too inexperienced to keep their system secure. It's a problem with Linux administrators too, although Linux administrators tend to be more motivated to do a good job. If the system administrator knows what he's doing, both Windows and Linux will be secure enough for your needs." />
  <row Id="28501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15855" RevisionGUID="e8d50883-2fb1-4e98-85b4-ed8e3cab96d5" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:09:03.650" UserId="5969" Text="Could provide some clarification on your current environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. What type of service and server are you currently using? &#xD;&#xA;2. Are you utilizing a centralized server for file sharing/authentication/&#xD;&#xA;3. Do you also want DHCP from the same server ?" />
  <row Id="28502" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15802" RevisionGUID="7e36ec54-2c8a-49a3-ac74-e963bf36e9da" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:11:14.597" UserId="3329" Comment="Another thought" Text="One SELECT statement should be shipped in it's entirety to the server for parsing and execution. It's up to the client to manage how those results are returned. I would bet a lot that the problem lies in how the results are being obtained by your clients. It's been a while since i used TOAD, so I don't know if it's doing bulk fetches of the data but that's one place you can get big improvements in speed, as @slovon notes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just for grins, see what traceroute reports from your workstation to the server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: another thing to try is to run your python script on the server, but go thru a TNS connection through the listener on the server. This should give you an idea of what effect the TNS software is having on your query while removing any intervening network issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, make sure your DNS is healthy (gotta be able to do reverse lookups) and that you're not using DHCP on the server. Underscores in the hostname are a no-no, as well." />
  <row Id="28503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15856" RevisionGUID="894774b7-46f9-4627-ad68-9b40930a5e95" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:13:40.910" UserId="7813" Text="I would use windows server only if explicitly required by the customer, or if I think that I as a vendor will have less support hassle since customer staff knows only windows." />
  <row Id="28504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15857" RevisionGUID="33e391f3-c6fc-44fe-8b64-fa57c8236455" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:13:53.953" UserId="3511" Text="get a cms like joomla or drupal and add a ticket plugin, there is a bunch and most of them free so you should try at least a couple." />
  <row Id="28505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15858" RevisionGUID="1aa5480b-7290-45aa-bfc8-f5b7333e99a5" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:14:47.430" UserId="6481" Text="I have enabled the &quot;Shared Folders&quot; feature on the VM that runs Ubuntu 9.04. How do I access this from the Ubuntu guest OS?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My host OS is Windows Vista Home Premium with SP2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: I have enabled &quot;Shared Folders&quot; for Windows 7 RC (guest OS) by mapping //.host/shared folder.&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="28506" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15858" RevisionGUID="1aa5480b-7290-45aa-bfc8-f5b7333e99a5" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:14:47.430" UserId="6481" Text="Accessing shared folders from Ubuntu (guest OS) in VMware Workstation ACE Edition" />
  <row Id="28507" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15858" RevisionGUID="1aa5480b-7290-45aa-bfc8-f5b7333e99a5" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:14:47.430" UserId="6481" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;windows-7&gt;" />
  <row Id="28508" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15859" RevisionGUID="a23f1327-8647-43bb-8508-18e6fc4326a8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:14:48.817" UserId="5535" Text="You may want to check out this how-to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://howtoforge.com/dansguardian-with-multi-group-filtering-and-squid-with-ntlm-auth-on-debian-etch&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28509" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15860" RevisionGUID="15d5a160-61b9-4fb9-ada2-63b2ce34c2ca" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:15:10.173" UserId="6482" Text="On a small Netbook, I deleted all files in this folder, then decided to upgrade Altova's XMLSpy. The upgrade failed since it needed the old installation files. To get around this problem, I had to manually delete the old installation, clean the registry, fix some other things before I could install a newer version.&#xD;&#xA;Then it crashed because I had been cleaning a bit too much and I had to install Windows again...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So basically, if you're an experienced IT guy who knows how to fix the registry and file system, it's safe to remove the contents of this folder. For all other 99.9999% of people who use Windows: DON'T even think about this! You may have more space but sooner or later things fall down when you need to update. (Or uninstall. It's funny but I could not uninstall several applications that left their installation files in this folder...)" />
  <row Id="28510" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15014" RevisionGUID="2bc1683d-8ee6-4b14-ba53-eabbe6dd4463" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:15:52.200" UserId="5144" Comment="Answer to main question" Text="1. What is the difference between DEP always&#xD;&#xA;   on (&quot;/NoExecute=AlwaysOn&quot; in boot.ini) and DEP opt-out&#xD;&#xA;   with no exceptions ( &quot;/NoExecute=OptOut&quot; in boot.ini) ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   &quot;no exceptions&quot; = empty list of programs for which DEP does not apply.&#xD;&#xA;   DEP = Data Execution Prevention (hardware).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   One would expect it to work the same way, but it makes a&#xD;&#xA;   difference for some applications. E.g. for all versions&#xD;&#xA;   of UltraEdit 14 (14.2). It crashes at startup for DEP&#xD;&#xA;   always on, at least on Microsoft Windows XP Professional&#xD;&#xA;   Edition x64 edition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   **Update 1**: I think this difference is caused by the&#xD;&#xA;   backdoors that Microsoft has put into hardware DEP for&#xD;&#xA;   OptOut, according to Fabrice Roux (see below). In the&#xD;&#xA;   case of IrfanView, for which Steve Gibson observed the&#xD;&#xA;   same difference as I did for UltraEdit (see below), the&#xD;&#xA;   difference is caused by a non-DEP aware EXE packer&#xD;&#xA;   (ASPack) that Microsoft coded a backdoor for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Is there a difference between Windows XP, Windows Vista and&#xD;&#xA;   Windows 7 ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Is there a difference between 32 bit and 64 bit versions of&#xD;&#xA;   Windows ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sources:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From&#xD;&#xA;blog.fabriceroux.com/index.php/2007/02/26/hardware_dep_has_a_backdoor?blog=1,&#xD;&#xA;  &quot;Hardware DEP has a backdoor&quot; by Fabrice Roux.&#xD;&#xA;  2007-02-26.&#xD;&#xA;  &quot;IrfanView was not using any trick to evade DEP ...&#xD;&#xA;    Microsoft just coded a backdoor used only in OPTOUT.&#xD;&#xA;    Bascially Microsoft checks the executable header for a&#xD;&#xA;    section matching one of the 3 strings. If one these&#xD;&#xA;    strings is found, DEP will be turned OFF for this&#xD;&#xA;    application by windows. ... 'aspack', 'pcle', 'sforce'&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From www.grc.com/sn/sn-078.txt,&#xD;&#xA;  By Steve Gibson.&#xD;&#xA;  &quot;I can’t find any documentation on Microsoft’s site&#xD;&#xA;    anywhere, because we’re seeing a difference between&#xD;&#xA;    always-on and opt-out.  That is, you would imagine that&#xD;&#xA;    always-on mode would be the same as opting out if you&#xD;&#xA;    weren’t having any opt-out programs.  It turns out it’s&#xD;&#xA;    not the case.  For example ... the IrfanView file viewer&#xD;&#xA;    ... runs fine in opt-out mode, even if it has not been&#xD;&#xA;    opted out.  But it won’t launch, Windows blocks it from&#xD;&#xA;    launching ... in always-on mode.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From www.grc.com/sn/sn-083.txt&#xD;&#xA;  By Steve Gibson.&#xD;&#xA;  &quot;... IrfanView ... won’t run with DEP turned on. It’s&#xD;&#xA;    because it uses an EXE packer, an executable compression&#xD;&#xA;    program called ASPack. And it makes sense that it&#xD;&#xA;    wouldn’t because naturally an executable compressor has&#xD;&#xA;    got to decompress the executable, so it allocates a&#xD;&#xA;    bunch of data memory into which it decompresses the&#xD;&#xA;    compressed executable, and then it runs it. Well, it’s&#xD;&#xA;    running a data allocation, which is exactly what DEP is&#xD;&#xA;    designed to stop. On the other hand, UPX, which is&#xD;&#xA;    actually the leading and most popular EXE compressor,&#xD;&#xA;    it’s DEP- compatible because those guys realized, hey,&#xD;&#xA;    when we allocate this memory, we should mark the pages&#xD;&#xA;    as executable.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15861" RevisionGUID="92c941e7-42a0-4058-836c-115a190ba59e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:19:27.543" UserDisplayName="Niclas Lindgren" Text="It all depends on what your server is going to be servering your users. In general I would say you get what you pay for, what you don't pay for you will have to work for instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You have to be more precise on what your criterias are or this will turn on a religious war sooner than you think." />
  <row Id="28512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15862" RevisionGUID="602fd831-2eea-489c-a7ce-1d644977e185" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:21:35.373" UserId="5922" Text="Currently we manually document the connections to the ports of our switches. Of course, maintenance is a chore, and the documentation is out of date as soon as you save it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any tools for querying switches, preferably via SNMP, that can tell you what is connected on the other end?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the record, we use primarily HP ProCurve switches." />
  <row Id="28513" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15862" RevisionGUID="602fd831-2eea-489c-a7ce-1d644977e185" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:21:35.373" UserId="5922" Text="How do you keep track of what's connected to your switches?" />
  <row Id="28514" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15862" RevisionGUID="602fd831-2eea-489c-a7ce-1d644977e185" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:21:35.373" UserId="5922" Text="&lt;switch&gt;&lt;management&gt;" />
  <row Id="28515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15863" RevisionGUID="0baf6bf9-a5c6-48c4-8125-72b314a39fb4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:22:12.437" UserId="6468" Text="Another thing to look for while having this unexpected downtime, is to look at how exactly the memory and processor are being used and by what programs. &#xD;&#xA; `top` should be able to determine which processes are the culprit for the loss of resources, and then be able to manage them directly.  Another idea would be to initialize a cronjob to shutdown and restart your processes on a specific schedule.  " />
  <row Id="28516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15864" RevisionGUID="98ec913d-0ad7-483c-bce1-b9445d47e09b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:23:08.007" UserId="2301" Text="I'm surprised prior answers haven't mentioned e-discovery (in the US).  The sysadmin should spend some time with the company's lawyers BEFORE the first time the company is sued so that you have a plan in place to comply with these requirements if you ever have to.  Failure to preserve all the necessary electronic records (and in the right way) immediately upon a lawsuit coming up and hurt the company tremendously (including losing a lawsuit that might not otherwise have been lost)." />
  <row Id="28517" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15864" RevisionGUID="98ec913d-0ad7-483c-bce1-b9445d47e09b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:23:08.007" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28518" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15014" RevisionGUID="5a0751ad-2ebe-432a-852c-04eb217acda4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:24:12.463" UserId="5144" Comment="Consistency for the beginning of &quot;Security Now!&quot; references." Text="1. What is the difference between DEP always&#xD;&#xA;   on (&quot;/NoExecute=AlwaysOn&quot; in boot.ini) and DEP opt-out&#xD;&#xA;   with no exceptions ( &quot;/NoExecute=OptOut&quot; in boot.ini) ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   &quot;no exceptions&quot; = empty list of programs for which DEP does not apply.&#xD;&#xA;   DEP = Data Execution Prevention (hardware).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   One would expect it to work the same way, but it makes a&#xD;&#xA;   difference for some applications. E.g. for all versions&#xD;&#xA;   of UltraEdit 14 (14.2). It crashes at startup for DEP&#xD;&#xA;   always on, at least on Microsoft Windows XP Professional&#xD;&#xA;   Edition x64 edition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   **Update 1**: I think this difference is caused by the&#xD;&#xA;   backdoors that Microsoft has put into hardware DEP for&#xD;&#xA;   OptOut, according to Fabrice Roux (see below). In the&#xD;&#xA;   case of IrfanView, for which Steve Gibson observed the&#xD;&#xA;   same difference as I did for UltraEdit (see below), the&#xD;&#xA;   difference is caused by a non-DEP aware EXE packer&#xD;&#xA;   (ASPack) that Microsoft coded a backdoor for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Is there a difference between Windows XP, Windows Vista and&#xD;&#xA;   Windows 7 ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Is there a difference between 32 bit and 64 bit versions of&#xD;&#xA;   Windows ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sources:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From&#xD;&#xA;blog.fabriceroux.com/index.php/2007/02/26/hardware_dep_has_a_backdoor?blog=1,&#xD;&#xA;  &quot;Hardware DEP has a backdoor&quot; by Fabrice Roux.&#xD;&#xA;  2007-02-26.&#xD;&#xA;  &quot;IrfanView was not using any trick to evade DEP ...&#xD;&#xA;    Microsoft just coded a backdoor used only in OPTOUT.&#xD;&#xA;    Bascially Microsoft checks the executable header for a&#xD;&#xA;    section matching one of the 3 strings. If one these&#xD;&#xA;    strings is found, DEP will be turned OFF for this&#xD;&#xA;    application by windows. ... 'aspack', 'pcle', 'sforce'&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From www.grc.com/sn/sn-078.htm,&#xD;&#xA;  by Steve Gibson.&#xD;&#xA;  &quot;I can’t find any documentation on Microsoft’s site&#xD;&#xA;    anywhere, because we’re seeing a difference between&#xD;&#xA;    always-on and opt-out.  That is, you would imagine that&#xD;&#xA;    always-on mode would be the same as opting out if you&#xD;&#xA;    weren’t having any opt-out programs.  It turns out it’s&#xD;&#xA;    not the case.  For example ... the IrfanView file viewer&#xD;&#xA;    ... runs fine in opt-out mode, even if it has not been&#xD;&#xA;    opted out.  But it won’t launch, Windows blocks it from&#xD;&#xA;    launching ... in always-on mode.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From www.grc.com/sn/sn-083.htm,&#xD;&#xA;  by Steve Gibson.&#xD;&#xA;  &quot;... IrfanView ... won’t run with DEP turned on. It’s&#xD;&#xA;    because it uses an EXE packer, an executable compression&#xD;&#xA;    program called ASPack. And it makes sense that it&#xD;&#xA;    wouldn’t because naturally an executable compressor has&#xD;&#xA;    got to decompress the executable, so it allocates a&#xD;&#xA;    bunch of data memory into which it decompresses the&#xD;&#xA;    compressed executable, and then it runs it. Well, it’s&#xD;&#xA;    running a data allocation, which is exactly what DEP is&#xD;&#xA;    designed to stop. On the other hand, UPX, which is&#xD;&#xA;    actually the leading and most popular EXE compressor,&#xD;&#xA;    it’s DEP- compatible because those guys realized, hey,&#xD;&#xA;    when we allocate this memory, we should mark the pages&#xD;&#xA;    as executable.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28519" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15802" RevisionGUID="08319f7f-9f84-4565-b146-b16b344a708f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:26:33.270" UserId="3329" Comment="added 16 characters in body" Text="One SELECT statement should be shipped in it's entirety to the server for parsing and execution. It's up to the client to manage how those results are returned. I would bet a lot that the problem lies in how the results are being obtained by your clients. It's been a while since i used TOAD, so I don't know if it's doing bulk fetches of the data but that's one place you can get big improvements in speed, as @slovon notes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just for grins, see what traceroute reports from your workstation to the server, and vice-versa. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: another thing to try is to run your python script on the server, but go thru a TNS connection through the listener on the server. This should give you an idea of what effect the TNS software is having on your query while removing any intervening network issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, make sure your DNS is healthy (gotta be able to do reverse lookups) and that you're not using DHCP on the server. Underscores in the hostname are a no-no, as well." />
  <row Id="28520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15865" RevisionGUID="cfcd3123-3dcd-49d6-8152-f81ed9cfc961" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:26:58.043" UserId="6479" Text="I use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    caption always &quot;%-Lw%{= Yk}%50&gt;%n%f*%t%{-}%+Lw%&lt;%-12= %?%F%?%{b}%c %m/%d%?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This displays something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    0*bender@armitage  1 bender@rikki  2 bender@gibson     15:11 05/30&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This keeps the time and date on the status line and the active window in the list as the window list size grows. The magic bit you're missing is a defined width for the part that you want to keep on the right hand side. This is the &quot;%-12=&quot; width directive in my caption command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    caption always &quot;%{= Kw} [%0c] %-Lw%{= KW}[%50&gt;%n%f* %t]%{= Kw}%+Lw%-30=| %l | ${FULLHOST}&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll need to play with the width (%-30= above) to get your complete hostname to display." />
  <row Id="28521" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15866" RevisionGUID="3cffbedd-46d8-43c7-9cca-406c5ba3b339" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:34:30.853" UserId="5922" Text="I actually reboot my servers on a fairly regular basis, any time major configuration changes are made. It's important to know that in the event of an emergency the server software will come up without a hassle. The last thing you want is to be in a position where you are trying to recover from an outage but are having to mess with your server configuration because you didn't thoroughly test it when you set it up." />
  <row Id="28522" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15867" RevisionGUID="bab6362f-b0d1-458e-ba00-40369b3f85ad" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:35:55.233" UserId="4392" Text="I have used GLPI (http://glpi-project.org/spip.php?lang=en) which I liked, spreadsheets (which are cumbersome but effective), and I have been looking at IP Plan (http://iptrack.sourceforge.net/) which seems nearly abandoned. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since I'm going to be getting another admin soon (YAY), I'm going to go back to GLPI. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, I label each of the cables going to the switch with a Brother p-touch labeler. It's pretty cheap, but it's better than nothing. " />
  <row Id="28523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15868" RevisionGUID="53aa1af0-df52-437d-8f55-c4dc26dd8827" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:37:52.920" UserId="6469" Text="DD-WRT is also my recommendation. It's an open-source custom firmware for the Linksys WRT series routers, and can be found at dd-wrt.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used it for many years and have been quite impressed by it." />
  <row Id="28524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15869" RevisionGUID="76bf5b1b-e806-49e6-b543-0c8614cc6ed2" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:47:40.030" UserId="6498" Text="splunk is very popular.  It listens on the syslog port among other ways of slurping up logs.  It is also a very robust search engine for logs.  We pay about $5k for 2GB of data indexed daily.  If you are under 500MB of logs daily, it is free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Runs on Windows as well as other UNIX flavors." />
  <row Id="28525" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15870" RevisionGUID="6a79c051-8fe1-4f25-a24e-cbf65cd7042a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:48:30.823" UserId="6491" Text="There are two types of RAID&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - One that is cheap integrated. This is NOT a real raid the real work is done by the software (special driver the does the raid computations). You should avoid this one.&#xD;&#xA; - The other one is expensive, but what you get is real raid. If you can afford this it worth the money.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some operating systems has good software raid solution (this has nothing to do with the crappy cards mentioned above). Linux software raid is especially good, its performance is really good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Raid can only improve reliability it is not a backup solution.&#xD;&#xA;Files can be deleted accidentally, faulty disk can return (and duplicate) bad data to other disks in a raid array, so a real backup solution still needed." />
  <row Id="28526" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15871" RevisionGUID="22205a1c-c9dc-4a8b-b8f2-1925804ff63c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:48:56.050" UserId="2301" Text="One size does not fit all.  Partition your users along two dimensions: what they need to be able to do to do their jobs (easy to figure out) and what they are capable of handling without putting the network at risk (hard to figure out) and then lockdown accordingly.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One size fits all tight lockdown will chafe at the users who know not to click on random URLs in emails, and will drive them to build workarounds to you (rogue wifi connecting to rogue servers) that they will connect back to your network causing more problems." />
  <row Id="28527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15872" RevisionGUID="b95f5b3f-1e4e-4deb-99de-1e3e0b687dce" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:49:42.633" UserId="6104" Text="Untangle from untangle.com is a great option" />
  <row Id="28528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15873" RevisionGUID="0da0112c-769a-48b2-88c8-646d2e16688b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:57:01.820" UserId="6494" Text="All great stuff, but let's not throw out the baby with the bathwater. You need to sync your core values with this crowdsourcing. Then, ballpark the best practices and ensure this allows for adequate professional enrichment." />
  <row Id="28529" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15873" RevisionGUID="0da0112c-769a-48b2-88c8-646d2e16688b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:57:01.820" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28530" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15874" RevisionGUID="5403c52c-1e08-40a5-8033-3e31219ada9f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T21:58:38.230" UserId="4562" Text="You could become well versed at NMAP and use that as your updated network mapper.  Though I think that would prove to be too cumbersome.  I stick to the label maker and my primary tool for this situation." />
  <row Id="28531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15875" RevisionGUID="d09a40e3-0e55-46b4-8339-eba1a6ed09c4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:01:11.797" UserId="6482" Text="Just wondering... How big is that flash disk supposed to be? I myself have one that is 32 GB and there's a lot that you can fit on that. ;-)&#xD;&#xA;If you use it on a system that can boot from USB, you might even consider installing a complete operating system on it, to run from USB. (Most likely going to be Linux.)" />
  <row Id="28532" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15875" RevisionGUID="d09a40e3-0e55-46b4-8339-eba1a6ed09c4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:01:11.797" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28533" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15876" RevisionGUID="57f34abb-89b1-4ce9-90f9-a32cf031378c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:02:49.830" UserId="4562" Text="Couldn't you use Squid-Cache as your local proxy and have that software manage the limiting/shaping?  Any Squid gurus out there?" />
  <row Id="28534" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15877" RevisionGUID="0529da8a-b249-4e7b-a0f1-6303d50e8ef4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:05:06.407" UserId="2661" Text="I manage a small cluster of 6 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.siliconmechanics.com/i8524/dual-xeon-server.php&quot;&gt;R266-SAS&lt;/a&gt; and 4 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.siliconmechanics.com/i11128/UIO-server.php&quot;&gt;R257&lt;/a&gt; machines, all purchased in December 2007. During that time, I've had only one hardware failure - an while upgrading IPMI firmware on one unit, it became unresponsive and after rebooting the physical machine it wouldn't start up without removing the IPMI daughtercard. So far in 18 months, I haven't had a single power supply or disk fail. (I'm probably cursing myself by writing that!) They've still got a fair amount of service life left in them, but I've been very pleased with the burn-in testing making sure everything I received hasn't had a single early death.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From a support perspective, I've been happy with Silicon Mechanics. I'm based in Seattle and they're about a 40 minute drive north, so I actually visited their offices before purchasing. The R266 units were very new and at the time of our order, they didn't have battery backup units for the RAID card that fit in the case, so they offered to complete the order, and meet us in our datacenter a few weeks later to install the batteries and reconfigure the RAID cards to allow write-back caching. I don't think you'll get that kind of support if you're not local with a decent-sized order, but I can say their email and phone support is also great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28535" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15878" RevisionGUID="e073e7b0-d1b3-4333-8868-adefdc4d1c83" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:06:16.030" UserId="5957" Text="I just saw in a related question a link for [pfSense](http://www.pfsense.com/).  It looks promising, although I haven't tried it yet.  It's a fork of mOnOwall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;pfSense is a free, open source customized distribution of FreeBSD tailored for use as a firewall and router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:  &#xD;&#xA;Here's the original [answer](http://serverfault.com/questions/13690/which-hardware-for-an-entreprise-router-firewall-content-filter-proxy-on-a-single/13744#13744) I read." />
  <row Id="28536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15879" RevisionGUID="e242b6d2-2a0f-4d98-8b24-69aa35782ba9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:07:27.743" UserId="6497" Text="I like using grub for my multiboot USB devices. grub4dos was not reliable enough in my tests. Isolinux/syslinux work fine but aren't as flexible as grub.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's pretty simple to extend the menu.lst/grub.cfg either statically as well as on-demand (thanks to tab completion in the grub shell :)). grml2usb of grml.org should give you an idea how to get a working multiboot USB setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tip: grub2 brings a nice feature known as 'loopback'. Using the loopback module/option it's possible to *directly* boot an (iso9660) ISO without having to manually extract kernel/initrd/.... from it. The following snippet is a configuration example for the grml Linux Live system:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    menuentry &quot;grml-rescue system - ISO = grml-small_2009.05.iso&quot; {&#xD;&#xA;      loopback loop (hd0,1)/grml/grml-small_2009.05.iso&#xD;&#xA;      linux    (loop)/boot/grmlsmall/linux26 findiso=/grml/grml-small_2009.05.iso boot=live quiet vga=791 noeject noprompt&#xD;&#xA;      initrd   (loop)/boot/grmlsmall/initrd.gz&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28537" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3780" RevisionGUID="7a8484fe-affe-4cfd-a92c-df622c97e32c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:07:33.250" UserId="1224" Comment="added 220 characters in body" Text="The aim for this Wiki is to promote using a command to open up commonly used applications without having to go through many mouse clicks - thus saving times on monitoring, troubleshooting Windows machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Answer entries need to specify&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Application name&#xD;&#xA; - Commands&#xD;&#xA; - Screenshot (Optional)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shortcut to commands&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [&amp;&amp;][1] - Command Chaining&#xD;&#xA;- [%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\rcimlby.exe -LaunchRA][2] - Remote Assistance (Windows XP)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl][3] - Programs and Features (Formerly Known as &quot;Add or Remove Programs&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl @,2][4] - Turn Windows Features On and Off (Add/Remove Windows Components pane)&#xD;&#xA;- [calc][5] - Calculator&#xD;&#xA;- [cipher][6] - Displays or alters the encryption of directories [files] on NTFS partitions&#xD;&#xA;- [cleanmgr.exe][7] - Disk Cleanup&#xD;&#xA;- [cls][8] - clear the command line screen&#xD;&#xA;- [cmd /k][9] - Run command with command extensions enabled&#xD;&#xA;- [color][10] - Sets the default console foreground and background colors in console&#xD;&#xA;- [command.com][11] - Default Operating System Shell&#xD;&#xA;- [compmgmt.msc][12] - Computer Management&#xD;&#xA;- [control.exe /name Microsoft.NetworkAndSharingCenter][13] - Network and Sharing Center&#xD;&#xA;- [control keyboard][14] - Keyboard Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control mouse(or main.cpl)][15] - Mouse Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control sysdm.cpl,@0,3][16] - Advanced Tab of the System Properties dialog&#xD;&#xA;- [control userpasswords2][17] - Opens the classic User Accounts dialog&#xD;&#xA;- [desk.cpl][18] - opens the display properties&#xD;&#xA;- [devmgmt.msc][19] - Device Manager&#xD;&#xA;- [diskmgmt.msc][20] - Disk Management&#xD;&#xA;- [dsquery][21] - Finds any objects in the directory according to criteria&#xD;&#xA;- [eventvwr][22] - Windows Event Log (Event Viewer)&#xD;&#xA;- [explorer .][23] - Open explorer with the current folder selected.&#xD;&#xA;- [explorer /e][24], . - Open explorer, with folder tree, with current folder selected.&#xD;&#xA;- [findstr][25] - Find a string in a file&#xD;&#xA;- [firewall.cpl][26] - Opens the Windows Firewall settings&#xD;&#xA;- [fsmgmt.msc][27] - Shared Folders&#xD;&#xA;- [fsutil][28] - Perform tasks related to FAT and NTFS file systems&#xD;&#xA;- [getmac][29] - Shows the mac address(es) of your network adapter(s)&#xD;&#xA;- [gpedit.msc][30] - Group Policy Editor&#xD;&#xA;- [httpcfg.exe][31] - [HTTP Configuration Utility][32]&#xD;&#xA;- [iisreset][33] - To restart IIS&#xD;&#xA;- [InetMgr.exe][34] - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 7&#xD;&#xA;- [InetMgr6.exe][35] - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 6&#xD;&#xA;- [intl.cpl][36] - Regional and Language Options&#xD;&#xA;- [ipconfig][37] - Internet protocol configuration&#xD;&#xA;- [lusrmgr.msc][38] - Local Users and Groups Administrator&#xD;&#xA;- [msconfig][39] - System Configuration&#xD;&#xA;- [notepad][40] - Notepad? ;)&#xD;&#xA;- [mmsys.cpl][41] - Sound/Recording/Playback properties&#xD;&#xA;- [mrt][42] - Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool&#xD;&#xA;- [mstsc.exe][43] - Remote Desktop Connection&#xD;&#xA;- [ncpa.cpl][44] - Network Connections&#xD;&#xA;- [net statistics][45] - Check computer up time&#xD;&#xA;- [odbcad32.exe][46] - ODBC Data Source Administrator&#xD;&#xA;- [pathping][47] - A traceroute that collects detailed packet loss stats&#xD;&#xA;- [powercfg.cpl][48] - Power management control panel applet&#xD;&#xA;- [quser][49] - Display information about user sessions on a terminal server&#xD;&#xA;- [qwinsta][50] - See disconnected remote desktop sessions&#xD;&#xA;- [reg.exe][51] - Console Registry Tool for 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[subst.exe][64] - Associates a path with a drive letter, including local drives&#xD;&#xA;- [systeminfo][65] -Displays a comprehensive information about the system&#xD;&#xA;- [taskkill][66] - terminate tasks by process id (PID) or image name&#xD;&#xA;- [tasklist.exe][67] - List Processes on local or a remote machine&#xD;&#xA;- [taskmgr.exe][68] - Task Manager&#xD;&#xA;- [telephon.cpl][69] - Telephone and Modem properties&#xD;&#xA;- [timedate.cpl][70] - Date and Time&#xD;&#xA;- [title][71] - Change the title of the CMD window you have open&#xD;&#xA;- [tracert][72] - Trace route&#xD;&#xA;- [winver.exe][73] - Find Windows Version&#xD;&#xA;- [wscui.cpl][74] - Windows Security Center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6628#6628&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/5101#5101&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3787#3787&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3959#3959&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/5269#5269&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/13204#13204&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3922#3922&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6627#6627&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/5106#5106&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6912#6912&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/12734#12734&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3791#3791&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3803#3803&#xD;&#xA;  [14]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3800#3800&#xD;&#xA;  [15]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3799#3799&#xD;&#xA;  [16]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/5104#5104&#xD;&#xA;  [17]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3891#3891&#xD;&#xA;  [18]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3874#3874&#xD;&#xA;  [19]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3793#3793&#xD;&#xA;  [20]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3795#3795&#xD;&#xA;  [21]: 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http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/11962#11962&#xD;&#xA;  [31]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/15438#15438&#xD;&#xA;  [32]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc787508.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [33]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/4027#4027&#xD;&#xA;  [34]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3796#3796&#xD;&#xA;  [35]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3796#3796&#xD;&#xA;  [36]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3808#3808&#xD;&#xA;  [37]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6902#6902&#xD;&#xA;  [38]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3977#3977&#xD;&#xA;  [39]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6822#6822&#xD;&#xA;  [40]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/4025#4025&#xD;&#xA;  [41]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4422#4422&#xD;&#xA;  [42]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6305#6305&#xD;&#xA;  [43]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3784#3784&#xD;&#xA;  [44]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4421#4421&#xD;&#xA;  [45]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6372#6372&#xD;&#xA;  [46]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3797#3797&#xD;&#xA;  [47]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/8759#8759&#xD;&#xA;  [48]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/12725#12725&#xD;&#xA;  [49]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4203#4203&#xD;&#xA;  [50]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6522#6522&#xD;&#xA;  [51]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/11244#11244&#xD;&#xA;  [52]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3900#3900&#xD;&#xA;  [53]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4480#4480&#xD;&#xA;  [54]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4546#4546&#xD;&#xA;  [55]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/7598#7598&#xD;&#xA;  [56]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6351#6351&#xD;&#xA;  [57]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/11548#11548&#xD;&#xA;  [58]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3845#3845&#xD;&#xA;  [59]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3786#3786&#xD;&#xA;  [60]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6741#6741&#xD;&#xA;  [61]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/13100#13100&#xD;&#xA;  [62]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3962#3962&#xD;&#xA;  [63]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4987#4987&#xD;&#xA;  [64]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6923#6923&#xD;&#xA;  [65]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6516#6516&#xD;&#xA;  [66]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6349#6349&#xD;&#xA;  [67]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/5002#5002&#xD;&#xA;  [68]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3817#3817&#xD;&#xA;  [69]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4426#4426&#xD;&#xA;  [70]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4428#4428&#xD;&#xA;  [71]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6468#6468&#xD;&#xA;  [72]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6901#6901&#xD;&#xA;  [73]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4847#4847&#xD;&#xA;  [74]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4431#4431" />
  <row Id="28538" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15880" RevisionGUID="a13a9ee1-1171-4c88-8de9-bc13924dcae1" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:08:23.280" UserId="5687" Text="Linux servers never need to be rebooted unless you **absolutely** need to change the running kernel version. Most problems can be solved by changing a configuration file and restarting a service with an init script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to watch out for reboots... if you changed anything &quot;on the fly&quot; without reflecting your changes in a service's configuration file, those changes will not be applied after a reboot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I usually reboot after scheduled system updates, though. It's generally not necessary, but I do them when nobody's in the office, so why not? There are often kernel upgrades when I get to doing the update, anyway." />
  <row Id="28539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15881" RevisionGUID="be028792-b6f7-499a-890f-358c7961ddae" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:10:24.853" UserId="6491" Text="I recommend to consider using dovecot instead of courier-imap." />
  <row Id="28540" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15882" RevisionGUID="fd2cdd7b-9f75-45d6-bf11-feccae9cfd9c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:13:37.007" Text="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to start a vncserver in ubuntu in display 0 without using default vnc server vino ? my intention is I don't want the notification in machine running vnc server when one clients connected to the server..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28541" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15882" RevisionGUID="fd2cdd7b-9f75-45d6-bf11-feccae9cfd9c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:13:37.007" Text="Is it possible to start a VNC server in Ubuntu in display 0 without using the default vnc server Vino?" />
  <row Id="28542" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15882" RevisionGUID="fd2cdd7b-9f75-45d6-bf11-feccae9cfd9c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:13:37.007" Text="&lt;ubuntu-9.04&gt;" />
  <row Id="28543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15883" RevisionGUID="303b20fb-d6dd-4a14-89e1-522c91641f7c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:21:26.713" Text="&lt;p&gt;I think you should be able to do this with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tightvnc.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;tightvnc&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get install tightvncserver&#xA;&#xA;sudo apt-get install xtightvncviewer&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have to start the server process in a shell (typically ssh) before you can connect with a client. You can also use any vnc client to connect, for instance I use a windows vnc client for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15884" RevisionGUID="5f63d7bd-b925-4218-9553-b103b0a85ba8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T18:48:46.213" Text="&lt;p&gt;If the intent is not to receive notification, you can turn it off in vino.&#xA;Go to System-&gt;Preferences-&gt;Remote Desktop. Choose the settings to turn it off.&#xA;In the Advanced  tab, there is an option to turn off the notification icons as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15885" RevisionGUID="6a3d5cee-dd8a-47b4-85be-7eaf39229439" CreationDate="2009-05-30T19:20:35.850" Text="&lt;p&gt;I use x11vnc, for similar result:&#xA;ssh remotehost&#xA;( export DISPLAY=:0; x11vnc -shared -forever -usepw -ncache 10)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;you get the idea. hope it help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28546" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15886" RevisionGUID="a76b55ba-f039-4feb-8216-c4def7853b1b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:11:07.237" UserId="2417" Text="What software do you use for central network management ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I mean is, you record a machine's name, mac address, open ports and other info, and the program generates DHCP, DNS and Firewall configuration snippets, to be included from main config files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example the central network manager tool has the following fields in the config file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    machine1 | 10.0.0.22 | 01:23:45:67:89:ab | 80/tcp, 53/udp, 53/tcp | owner | room&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This becomes three files, one for DNS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    machine1 IN A   10.0.0.22 ; owner , room&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;one for DHCP &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;    host machine1 { hardware ethernet 01:23:45:67:89:ab; fixed-address 10.0.0.22; } # owner , room&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;one for Firewall (example for Linux iptables)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -A mycustomchain -d 10.0.0.22 -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT  # machine1, owner, room&#xD;&#xA;    -A mycustomchain -d 10.0.0.22 -p udp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT # machine1, owner, room&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is not too hard to code something by hand, but are there any good ready made solutions with good track record ? Possible plusses: supporting different dns, dhcp, firewall software, having plugin-like support  for copying the updated confiurations to relevant servers and restarting services. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am looking for a tool targeting Linux systems, but windows or BSD only solutions are welcome for completeness' sake.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28547" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15886" RevisionGUID="a76b55ba-f039-4feb-8216-c4def7853b1b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:11:07.237" UserId="2417" Text="Central configuration for DHCP, DNS and Firewall" />
  <row Id="28548" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15886" RevisionGUID="a76b55ba-f039-4feb-8216-c4def7853b1b" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:11:07.237" UserId="2417" Text="&lt;dhcp&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;network-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="28549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15887" RevisionGUID="20554d4c-9c65-4333-ace1-49907e7b1955" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:58:55.040" Text="&lt;p&gt;When I type ifconfig, I see that my server has an new ip address each day. The ip addresses belong to a set of ip addresses.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;How do I find out all the ip addresses of my server?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28550" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15887" RevisionGUID="20554d4c-9c65-4333-ace1-49907e7b1955" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:58:55.040" Text="How to list all the ip addresses of a server" />
  <row Id="28551" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15887" RevisionGUID="20554d4c-9c65-4333-ace1-49907e7b1955" CreationDate="2009-05-26T18:58:55.040" Text="&lt;ip-address&gt;&lt;ifconfig&gt;" />
  <row Id="28552" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15888" RevisionGUID="7ac2bb77-622b-463a-8b23-95f772ca8245" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:01:09.640" Text="&lt;p&gt;A very simple way that prints all your IPv4 and IPv6 addresses:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;ifconfig | grep inet | awk '{print $2}'&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28553" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15889" RevisionGUID="67baa2a5-bd67-44cc-a0e1-37a7fd8fc24b" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:03:40.757" Text="&lt;p&gt;or:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;#!/usr/bin/env bash&#xA;&#xA;OS=`uname`&#xA;case $OS in&#xA;   Linux) IP=`ifconfig  | grep 'inet addr:'| grep -v '127.0.0.1' | cut -d: -f2 | awk '{ print $1}'`;;&#xA;   Darwin|FreeBSD|OpenBSD) IP=`ifconfig  | grep -E 'inet.[0-9]' | grep -v '127.0.0.1' | awk '{ print $2}'` ;;&#xA;   SunOS) IP=`ifconfig -a | grep inet | grep -v '127.0.0.1' | awk '{ print $2} '` ;;&#xA;   *) IP=&quot;Unknown&quot;;;&#xA;esac&#xA;echo &quot;$IP&quot;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;found &lt;a href=&quot;http://bash.cyberciti.biz/misc-shell/read-local-ip-address/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28554" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15890" RevisionGUID="09d48a74-032f-4a70-81c2-d6917099ac1b" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:08:29.623" Text="&lt;p&gt;I'm assuming you mean your server's IP address is assigned dynamically each day, and you want to know the pool of possible addresses your server can have.  In that case, you can contact whoever is managing the DHCP server that assigns addresses in your network (or your ISP if the server is directly connected to the internet).  If you want to know all the IPs your server has had int he past, you can put Lennart's answer in a cronjob.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;ifconfig | grep inet | awk '{print $2}' &amp;gt;&amp;gt; .iplog&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or some such thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28555" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15891" RevisionGUID="800f6361-dfc0-4274-9c6a-8c56cbeaf33f" CreationDate="2009-05-26T19:15:47.923" Text="&lt;p&gt;Or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;# ip addr show&#xA;&#xA;1: lo: &amp;lt;LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP&amp;gt; mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN&#xA;    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00&#xA;    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo&#xA;    inet6 ::1/128 scope host&#xA;       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever&#xA;2: eth0: &amp;lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP&amp;gt; mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN qlen 1000&#xA;    link/ether 00:0c:29:cc:ae:67 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff&#xA;    inet 192.168.0.123/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global eth0&#xA;    inet6 fe80::20c:29ff:fecc:ae67/64 scope link&#xA;       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28556" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2071" RevisionGUID="3017dc94-4650-430a-b411-56e46e32ed0e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:15:55.403" UserId="1294" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;tricks&gt;&lt;hidden-features&gt;" />
  <row Id="28557" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15131" RevisionGUID="f97816bb-724f-45de-b51b-cd206e4f6973" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:16:56.947" UserId="5391" Comment="Added hyperlink" Text="Have you confimed that this is only an issue due to the lack of domain membership?  If you are running Exchange 2007 on Windows 2008, then there is a different version of the MAPI/CDO client that needs to be installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That is available for download here: [www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=E17E7F31-079A-43A9-BFF2-0A110307611E&amp;displaylang=en][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I would try adding your BE 12.5 server into the domain of one of your Exchange 2007 servers and verify that GRT is working (or not) to rule out other issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=E17E7F31-079A-43A9-BFF2-0A110307611E&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="28558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15892" RevisionGUID="534d0cf3-6ec8-47eb-950b-3beb972ae6e3" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:17:56.490" UserId="6491" Text="Netdisco is the answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - It can graph the network topology (as long as you use switches that support LLDP or CDP).&#xD;&#xA;  - It can query the ARP tables of these devices and tell you which port has which device connected.&#xD;&#xA;  - It shows you the IP addresses used in you network, it also has an inventory of networking devices." />
  <row Id="28559" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15893" RevisionGUID="bd9b2680-c2c0-498d-9a96-6839736ec13e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:20:09.293" UserId="6497" Text="I'd suggest using grml (Debian based Linux Live-CD, check out grml.org):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - provides support for SW-RAID (mdadm) and LVM out of the box&#xD;&#xA; - boot with 'grml ssh=passw0rd' -&gt; a ssh server will be automatically started for remote access using the specified 'passw0rd' for user 'grml'&#xD;&#xA; - if a device with label GRMLCFG is present (e.g. your USB drive) it will be automatically mounted and for automating tasks you can use a simple script named 'grml.sh' on it (which will be automatically executed if it's present)&#xD;&#xA; - the tool grml-terminalserver provides easy setup of booting via network/PXE (if booting via CD/USB/... isn't an option for whatever reason)&#xD;&#xA; - bootoption 'bootfrom=/dev/...' allows you to even mix booting from CD with USB :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disclaimer: I'm related to the grml project." />
  <row Id="28560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15894" RevisionGUID="6a0e10c1-f2a6-4d25-bad7-6daad2d4ea15" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:21:15.767" UserId="5778" Text="For free... DansGuardian is your top choice. It is a bit of a &quot;get what you pay for&quot; job though - dg takes some installing, especially when you add AD into the mix but the issue with web filtering list maintenance. Keeping up with anonymisers, proxies, etc. is very tough when you're one IT dept. on your own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I work for SmoothWall (bias alert!!) - http://www.smoothwall.net - we produce low cost content filters, and they're really not bad :) Websense is the &quot;obvious&quot; sucessor to surfie but is a bit pricy. There are other options, but i'd consider paying for your web content filtering (even if it is not a lot) and saving some cash elsewhere where there's no &quot;daily work&quot; like updates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTH&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tom" />
  <row Id="28561" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15895" RevisionGUID="b0cc4fe6-8d82-4d2f-960b-8a95bdcb1faa" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:21:15.783" UserId="5763" Text="I am a developer and all our workstations use RAID for the internal drives.  RAID 0.  This is definetly worth it.  You never want to go back to compiling from a single 7200RPM drive once you have tried a pair of 15000s.  I think this sort of RAID is certainly appropriate for a workstation and is probably best done using the inexpensive on-board controllers.  From the server side, most of our servers have some form of RAID array for the OS disk and data is then on a seperate array of some appropriate form.  I don't know about our production servers but our dev servers (of which we have a fair amount) have never had a controller fail, we have had drives fail though.  In one case we had half of the OS array fail on a SQL box, while it was re-building, the other disc failed!  Sometimes RAID1 just ain't enough!" />
  <row Id="28562" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15896" RevisionGUID="836e1ad0-457a-4881-9e01-545422bf10e9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:22:20.757" UserId="6443" Text="The script below doesn't directly answer your question, but as an example of the type of thing you can do with a perl script it may be useful.&#xD;&#xA;My setup is a building with 4 floors and a more restricted admin network. I use the script to add new machines as they arrive, recording the mac address and giving them an address that corresponds to the floor they're on. I use a $PWD/.floorN file to record the address so I can correctly increment. It also adds forward and reverse DNS records and IPAC-NG rules to record bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;The script makes some assumptions as to the locations of files and the presence of some text in them to allow substitution for new records.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Blockquote&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;#!/usr/bin/perl -w&#xD;&#xA;##################&#xD;&#xA;($firstname, $secondname, $mac, $floor) = @ARGV;&#xD;&#xA;$mac2 = lc $mac;&#xD;&#xA;@requires = qw/firstname secondname mac/;&#xD;&#xA;foreach(@requires) {&#xD;&#xA;  unless($$_) {&#xD;&#xA;    print &quot;\$$_ not found, Please run this as $0 Firstname Secondname MAC floor\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    exit;&#xD;&#xA;  }&#xD;&#xA;}&#xD;&#xA;unless($floor) { $floor = &quot;0&quot;; }&#xD;&#xA;open(IPS, &quot;+&lt;.floor$floor&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;$count = 1;&#xD;&#xA;while (&lt;IPS&gt;) { $count++; }&#xD;&#xA;print IPS &quot;$firstname$secondname :$count\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;print &lt;&lt;END;&#xD;&#xA;adding to /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;host $firstname$secondname {&#xD;&#xA;  hardware ethernet $mac2;&#xD;&#xA;  fixed-address 10.0.1$floor.$count;&#xD;&#xA;  option routers 10.0.1$floor.254;&#xD;&#xA;}&#xD;&#xA;END&#xD;&#xA;open(ORIG, &quot;/etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;@orig = &lt;ORIG&gt;;&#xD;&#xA;close(ORIG);&#xD;&#xA;$add = &lt;&lt;END;&#xD;&#xA;  host $firstname$secondname {&#xD;&#xA;    hardware ethernet $mac2;&#xD;&#xA;    fixed-address 10.0.1$floor.$count;&#xD;&#xA;    option routers 10.0.1$floor.254;&#xD;&#xA;  }&#xD;&#xA;END&#xD;&#xA;open(CONF, &quot;+&gt;/etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;foreach(@orig) {&#xD;&#xA;  $line = $_;&#xD;&#xA;  $line =~ s/  \# new entries here/$add\n  \# new entries here/;&#xD;&#xA;  print CONF $line;&#xD;&#xA;}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;close(CONF);&#xD;&#xA;system(&quot;/etc/init.d/dhcp3-server restart&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;close(IPS);&#xD;&#xA;# add DNS records for this host&#xD;&#xA;print &quot;Adding DNS Entries ...\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;open(REV, &quot;&gt;&gt;/var/cache/bind/1$floor.0.10.in-addr.arpa&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;print REV &quot;$count\t\tPTR\t$firstname$secondname.zone.com.\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;close(REV);&#xD;&#xA;open(ZONE, &quot;&gt;&gt;/var/cache/bind/zone.com&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;print ZONE &quot;$firstname$secondname\t28800\tIN\tA\t10.0.1$floor.$count\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;close(ZONE);&#xD;&#xA;system(&quot;rndc reload&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;# Add two ipac rules, so we can see traffic going to/from this IP&#xD;&#xA;print &quot;Adding IP Accounting rules ...\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;open(IPAC, &quot;&gt;&gt;/etc/ipac-ng/rules.conf&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;print IPAC &lt;&lt;END;&#xD;&#xA;$firstname.$secondname in|ipac~i|+|all|0/0|10.0.1$floor.$count&#xD;&#xA;$firstname.$secondname out|ipac~o|+|all|10.0.1$floor.$count|0/0&#xD;&#xA;END&#xD;&#xA;close(IPAC);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Blockquote&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28563" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15896" RevisionGUID="ab8de702-9d3f-4438-a410-7a671d9f0a82" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:30:04.923" UserId="6443" Comment="added 152 characters in body" Text="The script below doesn't directly answer your question, but as an example of the type of thing you can do with a perl script it may be useful.&#xD;&#xA;My setup is a building with 4 floors and a more restricted admin network. I use the script to add new machines as they arrive, recording the mac address and giving them an address that corresponds to the floor they're on. I use a $PWD/.floorN file to record the address so I can correctly increment. It also adds forward and reverse DNS records and IPAC-NG rules to record bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;The script makes some assumptions as to the locations of files and the presence of some text in them to allow substitution for new records.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/usr/bin/perl -w&#xD;&#xA;    ##################&#xD;&#xA;    ($firstname, $secondname, $mac, $floor) = @ARGV;&#xD;&#xA;    $mac2 = lc $mac;&#xD;&#xA;    @requires = qw/firstname secondname mac/;&#xD;&#xA;    foreach(@requires) {&#xD;&#xA;    unless($$_) {&#xD;&#xA;    print &quot;\$$_ not found, Please run this as $0 Firstname Secondname MAC floor\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    exit;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    unless($floor) { $floor = &quot;0&quot;; }&#xD;&#xA;    open(IPS, &quot;+&lt;.floor$floor&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    $count = 1;&#xD;&#xA;    while (&lt;IPS&gt;) { $count++; }&#xD;&#xA;    print IPS &quot;$firstname$secondname :$count\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    print &lt;&lt;END;&#xD;&#xA;    adding to /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    host $firstname$secondname {&#xD;&#xA;    hardware ethernet $mac2;&#xD;&#xA;    fixed-address 10.0.1$floor.$count;&#xD;&#xA;    option routers 10.0.1$floor.254; &#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    END&#xD;&#xA;    open(ORIG, &quot;/etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    @orig = &lt;ORIG&gt;; &#xD;&#xA;    close(ORIG);&#xD;&#xA;    $add = &lt;&lt;END;&#xD;&#xA;    host $firstname$secondname {&#xD;&#xA;    hardware ethernet $mac2;&#xD;&#xA;    fixed-address 10.0.1$floor.$count;&#xD;&#xA;    option routers 10.0.1$floor.254;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    END&#xD;&#xA;    open(CONF, &quot;+&gt;/etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    foreach(@orig) {&#xD;&#xA;    $line = $_;&#xD;&#xA;    $line =~ s/  \# new entries here/$add\n  \# new entries here/;&#xD;&#xA;    print CONF $line;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    close(CONF);&#xD;&#xA;    system(&quot;/etc/init.d/dhcp3-server restart&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    close(IPS);&#xD;&#xA;    # add DNS records for this host&#xD;&#xA;    print &quot;Adding DNS Entries ...\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    open(REV, &quot;&gt;&gt;/var/cache/bind/1$floor.0.10.in-addr.arpa&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    print REV &quot;$count\t\tPTR\t$firstname$secondname.zone.com.\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    close(REV);&#xD;&#xA;    open(ZONE, &quot;&gt;&gt;/var/cache/bind/zone.com&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    print ZONE &quot;$firstname$secondname\t28800\tIN\tA\t10.0.1$floor.$count\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    close(ZONE);&#xD;&#xA;    system(&quot;rndc reload&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    # Add two ipac rules, so we can see traffic going to/from this IP&#xD;&#xA;    print &quot;Adding IP Accounting rules ...\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    open(IPAC, &quot;&gt;&gt;/etc/ipac-ng/rules.conf&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;print IPAC &lt;&lt;END;&#xD;&#xA;$firstname.$secondname in|ipac~i|+|all|0/0|10.0.1$floor.$count&#xD;&#xA;$firstname.$secondname out|ipac~o|+|all|10.0.1$floor.$count|0/0&#xD;&#xA;END&#xD;&#xA;close(IPAC);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28564" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15896" RevisionGUID="e3fa6b09-c981-407b-87e0-209ed8401379" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:30:46.527" UserId="984" Comment="updated formatting" Text="The script below doesn't directly answer your question, but as an example of the type of thing you can do with a perl script it may be useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My setup is a building with 4 floors and a more restricted admin network. I use the script to add new machines as they arrive, recording the mac address and giving them an address that corresponds to the floor they're on. I use a $PWD/.floorN file to record the address so I can correctly increment. It also adds forward and reverse DNS records and IPAC-NG rules to record bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The script makes some assumptions as to the locations of files and the presence of some text in them to allow substitution for new records.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/usr/bin/perl -w&#xD;&#xA;    ##################&#xD;&#xA;    ($firstname, $secondname, $mac, $floor) = @ARGV;&#xD;&#xA;    $mac2 = lc $mac;&#xD;&#xA;    @requires = qw/firstname secondname mac/;&#xD;&#xA;    foreach(@requires) {&#xD;&#xA;      unless($$_) {&#xD;&#xA;        print &quot;\$$_ not found, Please run this as $0 Firstname Secondname MAC floor\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;        exit;&#xD;&#xA;      }&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    unless($floor) { $floor = &quot;0&quot;; }&#xD;&#xA;    open(IPS, &quot;+&lt;.floor$floor&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    $count = 1;&#xD;&#xA;    while (&lt;IPS&gt;) { $count++; }&#xD;&#xA;    print IPS &quot;$firstname$secondname :$count\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    print &lt;&lt;END;&#xD;&#xA;    adding to /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    host $firstname$secondname {&#xD;&#xA;      hardware ethernet $mac2;&#xD;&#xA;      fixed-address 10.0.1$floor.$count;&#xD;&#xA;      option routers 10.0.1$floor.254;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    END&#xD;&#xA;    open(ORIG, &quot;/etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    @orig = &lt;ORIG&gt;;&#xD;&#xA;    close(ORIG);&#xD;&#xA;    $add = &lt;&lt;END;&#xD;&#xA;      host $firstname$secondname {&#xD;&#xA;        hardware ethernet $mac2;&#xD;&#xA;        fixed-address 10.0.1$floor.$count;&#xD;&#xA;        option routers 10.0.1$floor.254;&#xD;&#xA;      }&#xD;&#xA;    END&#xD;&#xA;    open(CONF, &quot;+&gt;/etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    foreach(@orig) {&#xD;&#xA;      $line = $_;&#xD;&#xA;      $line =~ s/  \# new entries here/$add\n  \# new entries here/;&#xD;&#xA;      print CONF $line;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    close(CONF);&#xD;&#xA;    system(&quot;/etc/init.d/dhcp3-server restart&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    close(IPS);&#xD;&#xA;    # add DNS records for this host&#xD;&#xA;    print &quot;Adding DNS Entries ...\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    open(REV, &quot;&gt;&gt;/var/cache/bind/1$floor.0.10.in-addr.arpa&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    print REV &quot;$count\t\tPTR\t$firstname$secondname.zone.com.\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    close(REV);&#xD;&#xA;    open(ZONE, &quot;&gt;&gt;/var/cache/bind/zone.com&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    print ZONE &quot;$firstname$secondname\t28800\tIN\tA\t10.0.1$floor.$count\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    close(ZONE);&#xD;&#xA;    system(&quot;rndc reload&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    # Add two ipac rules, so we can see traffic going to/from this IP&#xD;&#xA;    print &quot;Adding IP Accounting rules ...\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    open(IPAC, &quot;&gt;&gt;/etc/ipac-ng/rules.conf&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    print IPAC &lt;&lt;END;&#xD;&#xA;    $firstname.$secondname in|ipac~i|+|all|0/0|10.0.1$floor.$count&#xD;&#xA;    $firstname.$secondname out|ipac~o|+|all|10.0.1$floor.$count|0/0&#xD;&#xA;    END&#xD;&#xA;    close(IPAC);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28565" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15896" RevisionGUID="2dca6143-a53a-46bd-bcf7-5d4bebdb1ec0" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:31:13.437" UserId="6443" Comment="added 18 characters in body" Text="The script below doesn't directly answer your question, but as an example of the type of thing you can do with a perl script it may be useful.&#xD;&#xA;My setup is a building with 4 floors and a more restricted admin network. I use the script to add new machines as they arrive, recording the mac address and giving them an address that corresponds to the floor they're on. I use a $PWD/.floorN file to record the address so I can correctly increment. It also adds forward and reverse DNS records and IPAC-NG rules to record bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;The script makes some assumptions as to the locations of files and the presence of some text in them to allow substitution for new records.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/usr/bin/perl -w&#xD;&#xA;    ##################&#xD;&#xA;    ($firstname, $secondname, $mac, $floor) = @ARGV;&#xD;&#xA;    $mac2 = lc $mac;&#xD;&#xA;    @requires = qw/firstname secondname mac/;&#xD;&#xA;    foreach(@requires) {&#xD;&#xA;    unless($$_) {&#xD;&#xA;    print &quot;\$$_ not found, Please run this as $0 Firstname Secondname MAC floor\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    exit;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    unless($floor) { $floor = &quot;0&quot;; }&#xD;&#xA;    open(IPS, &quot;+&lt;.floor$floor&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    $count = 1;&#xD;&#xA;    while (&lt;IPS&gt;) { $count++; }&#xD;&#xA;    print IPS &quot;$firstname$secondname :$count\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    print &lt;&lt;END;&#xD;&#xA;    adding to /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    host $firstname$secondname {&#xD;&#xA;    hardware ethernet $mac2;&#xD;&#xA;    fixed-address 10.0.1$floor.$count;&#xD;&#xA;    option routers 10.0.1$floor.254; &#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    END&#xD;&#xA;    open(ORIG, &quot;/etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    @orig = &lt;ORIG&gt;; &#xD;&#xA;    close(ORIG);&#xD;&#xA;    $add = &lt;&lt;END;&#xD;&#xA;    host $firstname$secondname {&#xD;&#xA;    hardware ethernet $mac2;&#xD;&#xA;    fixed-address 10.0.1$floor.$count;&#xD;&#xA;    option routers 10.0.1$floor.254;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    END&#xD;&#xA;    open(CONF, &quot;+&gt;/etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    foreach(@orig) {&#xD;&#xA;    $line = $_;&#xD;&#xA;    $line =~ s/  \# new entries here/$add\n  \# new entries here/;&#xD;&#xA;    print CONF $line;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    close(CONF);&#xD;&#xA;    system(&quot;/etc/init.d/dhcp3-server restart&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    close(IPS);&#xD;&#xA;    # add DNS records for this host&#xD;&#xA;    print &quot;Adding DNS Entries ...\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    open(REV, &quot;&gt;&gt;/var/cache/bind/1$floor.0.10.in-addr.arpa&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    print REV &quot;$count\t\tPTR\t$firstname$secondname.zone.com.\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    close(REV);&#xD;&#xA;    open(ZONE, &quot;&gt;&gt;/var/cache/bind/zone.com&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    print ZONE &quot;$firstname$secondname\t28800\tIN\tA\t10.0.1$floor.$count\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    close(ZONE);&#xD;&#xA;    system(&quot;rndc reload&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    # Add two ipac rules, so we can see traffic going to/from this IP&#xD;&#xA;    print &quot;Adding IP Accounting rules ...\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    open(IPAC, &quot;&gt;&gt;/etc/ipac-ng/rules.conf&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    print IPAC &lt;&lt;END;&#xD;&#xA;    $firstname.$secondname in|ipac~i|+|all|0/0|10.0.1$floor.$count&#xD;&#xA;    $firstname.$secondname out|ipac~o|+|all|10.0.1$floor.$count|0/0&#xD;&#xA;    END&#xD;&#xA;    close(IPAC);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28566" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15897" RevisionGUID="5ef19153-aee4-4d43-b11e-9d808642fb00" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:32:38.647" UserDisplayName="Jack C" Text="I'm a BIG fan of NST's Managed Switch Port Mapping Tool www.netscantools.com/spmapmain.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not free, but is very useful in troubleshooting as well as documenting networks. It uses SNMP and ARP to give you the MAC and IP address (and will do DNS lookups as well) of all the devices connected to each port on a given switch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Big thumbs up for this tool!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28567" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15898" RevisionGUID="67ceb46a-db04-4a3b-b560-b8605c1a2e72" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:34:18.143" UserId="6104" Text="I run a small college network with approximately 150 user accounts both in my Active Directory and in Google Apps. I'm looking to link AD with G-Apps. Currently my users are required to maintain separate passwords for each.  Obviously this is not really the ideal situation.  I know Google provides APIs for this type of thing, but not the actual software.  I've looked at a few commercial products and seem to be leaning toward Crowd (atlassian.com).  I'm also interested in the ability for users to reset there own passwords or receive randomly generated passwords via TXT message. Single Sign On would be nice, but not really necessary if I simply had a way for the passwords to be synchronized.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Optimally, when I create a user in AD, it will automatically show up in Google Apps, and when a user changes there password via Windows (or a web page if necessary) that change will be reflected in both AD and G-Apps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also use Moodle, Joomla and a few other products that have the ability to authenticate against LDAP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have Win2k3 DCs, and one Ubuntu webserver. I can add a server if necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone else done this, or something similar?  Are there any other products or technologies I should be looking at.  I tend to gravitate towards something Windows based with a GUI due to my lack of experience with Linux/CLI. I'm not a programmer, so I need something that will work out of the box (or as close as possible)." />
  <row Id="28568" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15898" RevisionGUID="67ceb46a-db04-4a3b-b560-b8605c1a2e72" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:34:18.143" UserId="6104" Text="Suggestions for using Active Directory credentials (user name/password) with Google Apps?" />
  <row Id="28569" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15898" RevisionGUID="67ceb46a-db04-4a3b-b560-b8605c1a2e72" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:34:18.143" UserId="6104" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;google-apps&gt;&lt;ldap&gt;&lt;password&gt;&lt;synchronization&gt;" />
  <row Id="28570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15899" RevisionGUID="2b7bc0c0-1b85-417f-b26d-8e969abe8aa4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:35:15.067" UserId="2318" Text="How are &quot;nslookup,&quot; &quot;dig,&quot; and &quot;host&quot; different (in terms of looking up hostnames or IP addresses)? Which authorities are queried? I'm trying to figure out when I should use one over the others." />
  <row Id="28571" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15899" RevisionGUID="2b7bc0c0-1b85-417f-b26d-8e969abe8aa4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:35:15.067" UserId="2318" Text="How do forward/reverse lookups differ between &quot;nslookup,&quot; &quot;dig,&quot; and &quot;host&quot;?" />
  <row Id="28572" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15899" RevisionGUID="2b7bc0c0-1b85-417f-b26d-8e969abe8aa4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:35:15.067" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="28573" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15900" RevisionGUID="69fef749-ef65-4852-9aca-c8f4cf3726b9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:36:30.510" UserId="5898" Text="This falls under the broader category of configuration management, which is addressed elsewhere on serverfault (eg [here][1]). I'd  recommend [puppet][2] for this type of thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This approach is rather more indepth than the simple examples you were talking about, but it also allows for much more control of your systems&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/465/automating-server-deployment&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/" />
  <row Id="28574" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15901" RevisionGUID="0adc84de-3f4e-4921-9669-06ce67dc886a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:36:32.257" UserId="5021" Text="&gt; I don't see the point of paying extra for Windows Server when I can set up a Linux box for about 75% of the price, if not less.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You just answered you're own question. And with Ubuntu server installation wizard/process, you can get it set up practically in a few minutes which should make it 1% of the cost of a windows server." />
  <row Id="28575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15902" RevisionGUID="c2c4a2ea-7b52-4856-aa47-7339b074c88a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:37:15.750" UserId="3002" Text="Ask the people who adminster the dhcp server which assigns addresses to your server, it's the only way to know for sure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can relatively safely assume that your ipaddress always will be within ip-address binary-and netmask, there's however no guarantee of this behaviour, and chances are that the dhcp-servers address pool will be a subset of ipaddress &amp; netmask.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, extrapolating, if you want to find out all the possible ip-addresses for your server because you want to be able to find it even after it has changed it's ip-address, I'd suggest checking out one of the dynamic dns providers on the internet." />
  <row Id="28576" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15902" RevisionGUID="c2c4a2ea-7b52-4856-aa47-7339b074c88a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:37:15.750" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28577" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15903" RevisionGUID="069eead5-77b9-4079-8ebe-ce8e4d621981" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:38:54.873" UserId="5969" Text="Check out &quot; Google Apps Directory Sync&quot; from Google it is included in the educational version at no charge: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/04/sync-google-apps-user-accounts-with.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps!" />
  <row Id="28578" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15899" RevisionGUID="2e8b8d8a-5d2a-4947-8a2f-c740ddff6609" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:41:39.343" UserId="2318" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;bsd&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="28579" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15904" RevisionGUID="5559745d-4809-425d-be2d-d13c5cbecb6e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:42:36.440" UserId="5133" Text="SQL originated as SEQUEL, but had the E/U dropped. I refer to it as SEQUEL rather than S-Q-L as it's quicker to say." />
  <row Id="28580" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15905" RevisionGUID="5a177878-268e-4c67-8803-dfad5d5ec951" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:42:56.347" UserId="6497" Text="grml as in grml.org! :) It's designed as a Live System for system administrators. It provides:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &gt;2500 software packages&#xD;&#xA; - 3 different flavours (grml, grml-medium, grml-small), all of them available as:&#xD;&#xA; - 32bit and 64bit version&#xD;&#xA; - LVM and software RAID support out of the box (including bootoptions for autoenabling them)&#xD;&#xA; - support for booting via PXE/USB/...&#xD;&#xA; - ssh-server through bootoption 'ssh=password'&#xD;&#xA; - support for remote acces via iSCSI&#xD;&#xA; - support for all the relevant filesystems (ext3/ext4, xfs, ntfs,...)&#xD;&#xA; - tools and bootoptions for forensical and data rescue investigations&#xD;&#xA; - default boot into console (X.org available through grml-x) providing a full featured GNU screen, htop, multitail,... setup&#xD;&#xA; - a great Zsh default configuration&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disclaimer: yes, I'm related to grml. :)" />
  <row Id="28581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15906" RevisionGUID="58554448-0883-4b3f-aa46-1389b5db9e36" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:43:47.703" UserId="5234" Text="Simple answer - for Group Policy.  I don't have sufficient Linux exposure to know if there's an equivalent, but I do know that the sheer wealth of useful information available about Group Policy is hard to beat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, if you don't need Group Policy you are free to make your own choice." />
  <row Id="28582" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15907" RevisionGUID="8d8a7988-0ae8-43d2-9568-7b3f6b7e4a28" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:43:57.967" UserId="5778" Text="Hmm, interestingly ziproxy http://ziproxy.sourceforge.net/ seems to gzip &quot;text likes&quot; and convert images to jpeg.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can see possible issues zipping bmps - might not compress well, or fast, for example. Certainly conversion to a.n.other format is more browser-compatible. As suggested, PNG will support everything you need, jpeg might do if you can hack lossy compression in your application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't quote me on this but i am fairly sure you could automate this and convert on-the-fly. I would be inclined to run a (nightly?) job that converts bmps (use &quot;convert&quot; if you're on unix) and rewrites links.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Give us a bit more &quot;why&quot; and we may get a better &quot;how&quot; :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where are your bmps coming from, how are they being serverd, what platform, etc.?" />
  <row Id="28583" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15908" RevisionGUID="ef8788a1-fa20-4b41-a405-608f474a6ebc" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:44:15.190" UserId="984" Text="They should all do lookups the same way, and when you ask the same question, they should all give you the same answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't specify a name server all of them should use whatever resolvers you have defined on your system as their starting point." />
  <row Id="28584" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15909" RevisionGUID="38a8ac5d-9839-4e3a-8d92-00eeabcaff40" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:44:56.670" UserId="6443" Text="They aren't massively different - They're all tools to query DNS. Nslookup is mostly deprecated in favour of dig. I personally consider host easiest to use but dig is more flexible." />
  <row Id="28585" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15910" RevisionGUID="b4388afd-7c12-467e-8bf8-9f7a88e77643" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:45:04.703" UserId="6256" Text="One thing to be aware of, is that three years after Vista and two years after Server 2008 came out, many system admin programs, including network monitors, don't work properly under the new security environment introduced by both OS's.  This is known as the &quot;Session 0 Problem&quot; and it afflicts Windows programs that run as a service (many, many admin programs!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have to abandon a program I love for the poster's problem (and mine)--Servers Alive--since the current version has the &quot;Session 0 Problem&quot; and the developer doesn't know when the next version will be out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My shop is a non-profit org for whom $1200, let alone the $10,000 for Orion, is very high for what it needs to do (essentially page me when something goes down.)  Linux is the odd OS out for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If a vendor can't assure me that they've fixed the Session 0 Problem and made it fully compatible with Windows 2008 (R2), we're not going to put forth the money.  That makes it especially hard to find a good program.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28586" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15911" RevisionGUID="535d8b38-9406-4ccd-9814-d074666bbe43" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:45:15.437" UserId="6502" Text="With using apache and mod_gzip or mod_deflate, if the client accepts gzipped content, apache will serve gzipped file. Even you can add a file.gz in pair with the original file helping out apache with gzipping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do not want to host original files, normally apache will answer with 404 for a .bmp request. (You do not have that file do you?). But with the help of apache mod_rewrite you can add some rewrite rules to serve gzipped bmp instead of returning a 404 Error. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sample (and untested) rewrite rules:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine On&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-Encoding} gzip&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^(.*).bmp$ $1.bmp.gz " />
  <row Id="28587" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15912" RevisionGUID="9fe114d3-4b02-4066-947e-4b17d4567f18" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:49:33.540" UserId="6443" Text="I've always used knoppix, mostly due to inertia. But recently have had the need to run a decent virus scanner on non functional machines - I used the tools kaspersky provide to make Bart Pe boot disks and have found them very useful." />
  <row Id="28588" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15913" RevisionGUID="3220b4b2-b012-4f9a-ad89-9adabbc2887e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:50:55.440" UserId="984" Text="We have been using [simpleSAML][1] to enable single sign on.  The problem is that SSO only works for web-based access.  If you want to all pop3, imap, or instant messaging from a client you have to synchronize accounts.  Getting simpleSAML working does take a moderate amount of tweaking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://rnd.feide.no/simplesamlphp" />
  <row Id="28589" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15855" RevisionGUID="887205c1-cf96-4434-8220-5e5467625331" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:51:43.647" UserId="5969" Comment="Added Answers" Text="Using a DNS Server for local/internet name resolution is the best and most managmenable solution. With that having been said I would suggest you **do not** use DNS for filtering. Use something that was designed for web content filtering like squid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If using a windows server then use Windows DNS Server if using a Linux server use something &#xD;&#xA;like Bind or dnsmasq." />
  <row Id="28590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15914" RevisionGUID="2c2f8ac3-05f6-4211-8721-bf15e79e2a49" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:54:37.807" UserId="6482" Text="Atlassean also provides hosting (see http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/hosted/) but I can imagine that this is too expensive for a non-profit organisation.&#xD;&#xA;But more importantly, what are your requirements? Will you expect lots of visitors? Do you need lots of bandwidth? How about disk space? Would you manage with only 500 MB of disk space? Or would you need over 50 GB? Do you want a specific database server too? Confluence needs a proper database setup but seems to support multiple database servers.&#xD;&#xA;As a suggestion, wouldn't it be just easier to take some old computer from somewhere, install Linux or Windows+IIS on it and use that as web server? Confluence can be installed as a stand-alone system and do it's own hosting as it will install Apache Tomcat to serve it's pages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are plenty of cheap and even free hosting companies but getting this software installed on one of those hosts might be a problem. You'd probably need to look for a host that supports J2EE too, as an additional limitation." />
  <row Id="28591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15915" RevisionGUID="0e7f2856-f080-467c-b8fb-648e1cd6837e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:55:01.207" UserId="6443" Text="Rfb will export the current display without needing to restart X etc.&#xD;&#xA;(It seems only krfb is available in recent ubuntus, so you'll need to install all sorts of kde libs - I guess the vanilla rfb isnt actively developed, shame.)" />
  <row Id="28592" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15915" RevisionGUID="0e7f2856-f080-467c-b8fb-648e1cd6837e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:55:01.207" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15916" RevisionGUID="2f509499-cb58-4add-bf97-ebe1f269f035" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:57:45.693" UserId="5778" Text="This *might* help... http://www.miek.nl/projects/rdup/ - used bacula sometimes myself (is ok... may not solve your issues tho)." />
  <row Id="28594" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15917" RevisionGUID="6e2a51ee-9621-4d82-ad47-0053df930bf0" CreationDate="2009-05-30T22:58:47.377" UserId="6443" Text="Aptitude install bind9 will provide a caching nameserver out of the box. From there you're only a hop, skip and a jump away from adding your own zone files to control your networks DNS as you wish." />
  <row Id="28595" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15918" RevisionGUID="84128521-6b10-4ca5-abf8-27eb91582f57" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:01:42.627" UserId="6497" Text="For automating installation depending on the target system:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Debian/Ubuntu: FAI or d-i preseeding&#xD;&#xA; - RedHat/Fedora: Kickstart&#xD;&#xA; - Novell/openSuSE: AutoYaST&#xD;&#xA; - Solaris: Jumpstart&#xD;&#xA; - Windows: unattended.sourceforge.net&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the configuration management on top of that I'd suggest using puppet." />
  <row Id="28596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15919" RevisionGUID="e05704ac-c30e-44a8-90b5-b7fd3554793e" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:02:36.090" UserId="6443" Text="Wget has built in bandwidth control with the --limit-rate option.&#xD;&#xA;Shorewall also offers a nicer interface to traffic shaping, as does wondershaper." />
  <row Id="28597" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15920" RevisionGUID="7e00fd53-b25a-4e1c-b5d7-3224148c2a11" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:07:20.400" UserId="4733" Text="ERD Emergency Rescue Disk...lets you boot into a windows-like environment, edit the registry, copy/delete files, browse the drives, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have also used Hirems and Backtrack, but I really like ERD." />
  <row Id="28598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15921" RevisionGUID="55263e8a-dfed-4eca-977a-4cb973b64b20" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:10:54.807" UserId="2318" Text="**What's the easiest way to find out that, for example,** /Volumes/Foo **lives in** /dev/disk0s2 **?**" />
  <row Id="28599" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15921" RevisionGUID="55263e8a-dfed-4eca-977a-4cb973b64b20" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:10:54.807" UserId="2318" Text="What's the shortest command to show me a volume's unix device name ( /dev/disk*s* )?" />
  <row Id="28600" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15921" RevisionGUID="55263e8a-dfed-4eca-977a-4cb973b64b20" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:10:54.807" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;bsd&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="28601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15922" RevisionGUID="b81c7f0c-acfc-4b9d-817a-f1b0617dd3d8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:13:01.480" UserId="4341" Text="An obvious advantage of Perl is that it's cross platform, so you can use the same code on all machines. (However, depending on what you want to accomplish, the way to accomplish it may itself vary between Linux and Windows, so that may or may not end up being an *actual* advantage.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Consider Strawberry Perl (rather than ActiveState), it's considerably more streamlined these days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Consider installing CPAN modules on one machine, and make the site_lib available over a network drive for all other machines (set the PERL5LIB environment variable to add it to the @INC directories). Hmmm... will this work for login scripts? Not sure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look into the Win32::OLE module for interacting with Windows specific things.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28602" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15923" RevisionGUID="61a156c4-8e3b-4329-ba36-230660adfd52" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:16:03.473" UserId="4733" Text="opendns is probably one of the easiest.  I am currently also using SQUID on 75 Windows machines and have been very happy with it.  I have a custom DENIED page and can remotely disable it if a patron requests so.  The blacklist lives locally and needs to be updated as opposed to opendns which does all of the work for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are so many config options that I dont even know where to begin listing the features.  Do Google search for 'squid proxy' for some great info." />
  <row Id="28603" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15903" RevisionGUID="1bd6ccf4-9ad8-4929-910f-ff87085e32b1" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:16:47.840" UserId="5969" Comment="added 554 characters in body" Text="Check out &quot; Google Apps Directory Sync&quot; from Google it is included in the educational version at no charge. This will only sync the acutual accounts and groups: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/04/sync-google-apps-user-accounts-with.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will need to work on something like google SSO to provided access to you LDAP server for authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Google Apps Marketplace has several products available that snap into place and will provide what you are looking for. Here are some examples.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Intient GConnect - http://www.google.com/enterprise/marketplace/viewListing?productListingId=4284199+8229018775854408052&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SecureAuth - http://www.google.com/enterprise/marketplace/viewListing?productListingId=3806839+12543887358898980350&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps!" />
  <row Id="28604" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15924" RevisionGUID="2301aacd-708d-4624-80be-04815f93f610" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:17:31.580" UserId="6443" Text="I'm not sure FTP has the facility to allow you to properly do incremental backups. Without wanting to do the whole 'right answer, wrong question' thing, is FTP really the only protocol you can use? If it is, you can probably kludge it by doing the backup to somewhere local, looking for the changes there, then uploading them to the ftp server." />
  <row Id="28606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15926" RevisionGUID="d3167e06-c396-4dbc-863e-be3a680e8630" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:18:48.443" UserId="6520" Text="Try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mount" />
  <row Id="28607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15927" RevisionGUID="6f171cce-12e8-4129-a544-eca5cc7b99b8" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:20:09.830" UserId="1692" Text="I installed Windows Services for Unix and added a user in AD called &quot;Unix Authenticator&quot;, then made the following config file changes on the linux machines:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     /etc/ldap.conf&#xD;&#xA;      host ldap.&lt;foo&gt;.com&#xD;&#xA;      base cn=Users,dc=&lt;foo&gt;,dc=com&#xD;&#xA;      binddn cn=Unix Authenticator,cn=Users,dc=&lt;foo&gt;,dc=com&#xD;&#xA;      bindpw &lt;password&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      nss_base_passwd cn=Users,dc=&lt;foo&gt;,dc=com?sub&#xD;&#xA;      nss_base_shadow cn=Users,dc=&lt;foo&gt;,dc=com?sub&#xD;&#xA;      nss_base_group cn=Users,dc=&lt;foo&gt;,dc=com?sub&#xD;&#xA;      nss_map_objectclass posixAccount User&#xD;&#xA;      nss_map_objectclass shadowAccount User&#xD;&#xA;      nss_map_objectclass posixGroup Group&#xD;&#xA;      nss_map_attribute cn msSFUName&#xD;&#xA;      nss_map_attribute uid msSFUName&#xD;&#xA;      nss_map_attribute gid gidNumber&#xD;&#xA;      nss_map_attribute gecos sAMAccountName&#xD;&#xA;      nss_map_attribute homeDirectory msSFUHomeDirectory&#xD;&#xA;      nss_map_attribute uniqueMember Member&#xD;&#xA;      pam_login_attribute msSFUName&#xD;&#xA;      pam_filter objectclass=user&#xD;&#xA;      pam_password ad&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/ldap.secret:&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;password&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/nsswitch.conf:&#xD;&#xA;      passwd: compat ldap&#xD;&#xA;      shadow: compat ldap&#xD;&#xA;      group: compat ldap&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/nsswitch.ldap:&#xD;&#xA;      host files dns&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/pam.d/system-auth:&#xD;&#xA;      auth required /lib/security/pam_env.so&#xD;&#xA;      auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_unix.so likeauth nullok&#xD;&#xA;      auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_ldap.so use_first_pass&#xD;&#xA;      auth required /lib/security/pam_deny.so&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      account sufficient /lib/security/pam_ldap.so&#xD;&#xA;      account required /lib/security/pam_unix.so&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      password required /lib/security/pam_cracklib.so retry=3&#xD;&#xA;      password sufficient /lib/security/pam_unix.so nullok md5 shadow use_authtok&#xD;&#xA;      password sufficient /lib/security/pam_ldap.so use_first_pass use_authtok&#xD;&#xA;      password required /lib/security/pam_deny.so&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      session required /lib/security/pam_limits.so&#xD;&#xA;      session required /lib/security/pam_unix.so&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="28608" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15928" RevisionGUID="926b29c8-9930-4092-a7b5-2ce92860f946" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:23:57.323" UserId="6443" Text="Or df -h, which will show usage as well.&#xD;&#xA;diskutil list will show available disks." />
  <row Id="28609" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15882" RevisionGUID="dbc7cc3e-7389-4a10-9aa4-08b117b0f01a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:26:09.677" UserId="816" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ubuntu-9.04&gt;&lt;vnc&gt;" />
  <row Id="28610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15929" RevisionGUID="e7cc140a-dc46-43bb-bbd8-00a2b160d21f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:26:19.193" UserId="4733" Text="I was going to say GIFF, but someone beat me to it.  How about when someone wants Acrobat Reader (I prefer Foxit) installed on their machine and asks you to install 'Adobe'...that happens frequently in my neck of the woods.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28611" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15930" RevisionGUID="1817c584-5339-4b5d-aeac-168a4fda5336" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:26:21.190" UserId="5778" Text="Got Windows users auth'ing against AD, but most of our servers (public drive etc.) are linux, and they're part of the domain. From a windows PoV no-one notices. From my side, it feels a bit fruity ssh'ing with my windows username but thats about the size of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just usin plain old samba." />
  <row Id="28613" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="15601" RevisionGUID="dcdea497-8ff3-4ac5-9aba-9582de79f853" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:36:14.150" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:984,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Zoredache&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="28614" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="15455" RevisionGUID="e5c51f1b-2d52-4db4-a37f-43a2b0b27471" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:36:33.337" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:984,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Zoredache&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="28615" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15931" RevisionGUID="c5777f8c-3dee-4e34-b4d2-83dc30c9ca2f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:36:52.383" UserId="6521" Text="Is there efficient and easy way to use **IP blacklist** ([like this one](http://sblam.com/blacklist.txt), but perhaps 2-3 times larger, which can't be simplified to CIDRs much) to deny access to a **web server** (either lighttpd or Apache) using standard/userspace software (no kernel recompilation) on **Linux**? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AFAIK `Deny` rules in Apache config and `iptables` have linear lookup time. There are kernel modules that efficiently handle large lists of IPs, but installation of those requires patching of the kernel.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28616" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15931" RevisionGUID="c5777f8c-3dee-4e34-b4d2-83dc30c9ca2f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:36:52.383" UserId="6521" Text="Best way to use large IP blacklist to deny access to a web server?" />
  <row Id="28617" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15931" RevisionGUID="c5777f8c-3dee-4e34-b4d2-83dc30c9ca2f" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:36:52.383" UserId="6521" Text="&lt;ip&gt;&lt;blacklist&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="28618" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15932" RevisionGUID="6cb45dc7-e4dc-4ec5-afc6-358682ee104c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:37:27.390" UserId="6443" Text="Try using rsnapshot du." />
  <row Id="28621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15933" RevisionGUID="5a3aeeed-2399-4b48-afa1-b3986852e10d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:40:05.747" UserId="4733" Text="Anyone have any experience with Windows Defender?  Is it a replacement for antivirus software or something else to run alongside?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are looking for something that isnt as bloated as McAfee 8.5i.  " />
  <row Id="28622" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15933" RevisionGUID="5a3aeeed-2399-4b48-afa1-b3986852e10d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:40:05.747" UserId="4733" Text="Windows Defender- good or bad?" />
  <row Id="28623" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15933" RevisionGUID="5a3aeeed-2399-4b48-afa1-b3986852e10d" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:40:05.747" UserId="4733" Text="&lt;antivirus&gt;" />
  <row Id="28624" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14743" RevisionGUID="8c9a91ed-6fff-4134-be0b-ec08f5942b6c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:40:20.520" UserId="5049" Comment="added an additional link" Text="For general schema navigation [DBVisualizer][1] is quite nice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For performance information there are hardly any complete tools like MySQL Enterprise Monitor; I'd suggest to use pgFouine (already suggested) and any tool that can graph performance data (like Munin for example), collect the relevant information from PostgreSQL (pg_stat_ views/system tables) and the system itself (memory, cpu, disk utiliziation, etc.) and use this as a basis for deducing trends.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This book][2] has a few chapters on PostgreSQL performance; the [PostgreSQL Wiki][3] has a list of presentations on this topic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And for specific questions there's always the [pgsql-performance mailinglist][4] and it's [comprehensive archive][5].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.minq.se/products/dbvis/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.amazon.com/PostgreSQL-Developers-Library-Korry-Douglas/dp/0672327562&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Performance_Optimization&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-performance/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.db.postgresql.performance" />
  <row Id="28625" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15934" RevisionGUID="6b15f986-df43-43a3-8e8a-54d217b9a7b9" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:40:54.543" UserId="3544" Text="You could try [duplicity][1], it can make incremental backups and send them to a FTP server, gmail, Amazon S3...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Duplicity backs directories by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; producing encrypted tar-format volumes&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and uploading them to a remote or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; local file server. Because duplicity&#xD;&#xA;&gt; uses librsync, the incremental&#xD;&#xA;&gt; archives are space efficient and only&#xD;&#xA;&gt; record the parts of files that have&#xD;&#xA;&gt; changed since the last backup. Because&#xD;&#xA;&gt; duplicity uses GnuPG to encrypt and/or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sign these archives, they will be safe&#xD;&#xA;&gt; from spying and/or modification by the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://duplicity.nongnu.org/" />
  <row Id="28626" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15935" RevisionGUID="9c570bac-b7a7-428c-939b-51d655491fe6" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:40:59.070" UserId="6521" Text="There's lame solution, but it helps _a lot_ — throw hardware at it. [OCZ Vertex](http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/flash_drives/ocz_vertex_series_sata_ii_2_5-ssd) or [Intel SSD](http://www.intel.com/design/flash/nand/extreme/index.htm) work beautifully." />
  <row Id="28627" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15936" RevisionGUID="791655cd-6487-4533-8b1e-0c7c20f18401" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:44:23.320" UserId="6522" Text="When your choice of OS is not dictated by the functionality or the hardware you are going to use it for than there are a couple of extra criteria to consider:&#xD;&#xA;- Is it well supported in your environment&#xD;&#xA;- Is it cost effective&#xD;&#xA;- Does it perform well&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If none of these matter, than go with whatever you fancy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows/Linux/Solaris/BSD/AIX/VMS/etc everybody has their pet OS and the best OS for you is the OS you think is the best OS for you. Of course I have my preferences (and that is usually anything but Windows) but I am realistic enough to see that there are enough criteria where I would chose windows above anything else.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15937" RevisionGUID="52195be9-c3f6-463d-96da-7a79ee3edc26" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:44:57.953" UserId="6513" Text="Hey there,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RoundCube should not automatically subscribe you to all folders. Can you tell me which version you are using? I'd help you get this sorted. Hopefully you are running one of the latest releases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Btw, I am using courier-imap as well (with Postfix). And I personally am _folder-crazy_. And it all works for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Disclaimer: I'm one of the developers of RoundCube.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--Till" />
  <row Id="28629" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15938" RevisionGUID="df177b2b-c753-43af-b902-cdf770d4cd1c" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:49:16.767" UserId="3544" Text="For gateway/router I use one of the most secure os on earth : [OpenBSD][1]. For files server I use [FreeBSD][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The project is widely known for the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; developers' insistence on open source&#xD;&#xA;&gt; code and quality documentation,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; uncompromising position on software&#xD;&#xA;&gt; licensing, and focus on security and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; code correctness. [...] OpenBSD&#xD;&#xA;&gt; includes a number of security features&#xD;&#xA;&gt; absent or optional in other operating&#xD;&#xA;&gt; systems and has a tradition of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; developers auditing the source code&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for software bugs and security&#xD;&#xA;&gt; problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBSD&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://openbsd.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://freebsd.org" />
  <row Id="28630" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15939" RevisionGUID="6b82a6db-abb5-4bac-9c86-c6e5d3522c76" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:50:23.737" UserId="6468" Text="I've yet to see any use for Windows Defender, in my limited exposure to it, other than to alert me that there wasn't any recent updates on the system.  The security control panel is often more talkative than the windows update system. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I've always used Kaspersky Anti virus.  They do have an &quot;internet security suite&quot;, but considering the additional resources it uses over the &quot;anti virus&quot; option, I go for the AV.  It's very fast, updates every 2-4 hours (although you may set this option to anything you'd like), and I've used it time and time again to pull infected windows installs from the dead.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just a happy user of it, although I'm primarily a Linux user at home, I do support 40+ Windows workstations, and all of them are well protected with Kaspersky." />
  <row Id="28631" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15940" RevisionGUID="bc8130dd-3bd0-445c-a495-7738d036c249" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:51:46.000" UserId="3544" Text="Not Linux but [FreeBSD][1] is pretty good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://freebsd.org/" />
  <row Id="28632" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15941" RevisionGUID="a0636a37-8449-4ada-a190-cad292d6b8d4" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:52:41.723" UserId="6513" Text="Try restarting the cluster. First bring the management node online, then the servers. I think this is a race condition (well sort of). Let me know if this works." />
  <row Id="28633" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15942" RevisionGUID="295a7e87-9d3d-4a05-b907-71b78d829b6a" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:54:26.000" UserId="6522" Text="Hmmm, any anti-virus that is any good should hook in any access/execution made on the system for a already known signature or common exploit type. This also means that any good anti-virus will slow your processes down dramatically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would rather go to a different approach, disallow changes/installations outside the users directory except for approved binaries.&#xD;&#xA;Have the users directory in a DFS and make regular backups.&#xD;&#xA;Scan incoming network on know pests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used this method in the past in a 4k+ users network and it worked fine, but I also think I was very lucky to never had a major pest problem in the last 8 years." />
  <row Id="28634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15943" RevisionGUID="9e223b5e-4e7f-4da2-a0d6-f3f5d075fcdb" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:54:48.963" UserId="6482" Text="Defender is just an anti-spyware kit. It's not going to stop all viruses so you'll still depend on a decent virusscanner. But it can replace some of the McAfee features." />
  <row Id="28635" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15933" RevisionGUID="f28e3653-9aa5-47de-96fb-e6fc0b858f07" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:55:23.003" UserId="816" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;antivirus&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="28636" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15944" RevisionGUID="7826471c-6261-4d4a-927a-33ef64313b97" CreationDate="2009-05-30T23:59:34.687" UserId="6529" Text="You could try using moblock (google it - can't add links yet, new user). Disable all downloaded blocklists, and use only a local blocklist that you generate. You may need to add NFQUEUE (netlink queue) support to your kernel, but it may already be there by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The general setup is: for all SYN packets on the ports you want to filter, use netfilter's NFQUEUE action to push them to moblock, sitting in userspace. Moblock does efficient matching and sends back either an ACCEPT or DROP response to netlink.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The moblock config file format is quite simple: on each line, give a name and an IP range, in the form 123.123.123.42-123.123.124.56. When moblock loads the ranges, it builds an efficient data structure to match against those ranges. When a packet is dropped because of a match, the range name and actual source IP is logged (or not, if you disable logging of matches).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used moblock in its default configuration (downloaded blocklists) with about 230000 IP **ranges**, and have observed no discernible performance hit (filtering only the SYN packet is important to keep kernel/userspace traffic down though).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One caveat: if moblock is not running, I believe NFQUEUE's default action is to DROP, resulting in a denial of service of your application. That said, I've had moblock running continuously without any problem for over 6 months. Still, you may want to set up a monitoring probe that alerts you if a known-good IP can no longer connect to :80 on your server. You definitely don't want to use moblock to filter ssh, unless you have explicitely whitelisted some trusted IPs in netfilter to recover." />
  <row Id="28637" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15945" RevisionGUID="41ef8326-32ce-4a41-91aa-845cf90dd7be" CreationDate="2009-05-31T00:02:12.517" UserId="6513" Text="Yeah, on your system, there should be a `/etc/hosts.allow`. Take a look, it has some very easy examples to lock out IPs even on a per service basis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a nutshell, in `/etc/hosts.allow`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ALL : ALL : allow&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    httpd : /etc/hosts.httpd.deny : deny&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sshd : /etc/hosts.sshd.deny : deny" />
  <row Id="28638" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15946" RevisionGUID="b7bb4356-0852-4ead-be55-06e37bd593dd" CreationDate="2009-05-31T00:04:51.437" UserId="6522" Text="Not really mispronounced, more like misinterpreted; the forward and backwards slash." />
  <row Id="28639" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15921" RevisionGUID="c984f2b5-d7b4-4bb4-bedc-abcfa3036a45" CreationDate="2009-05-31T00:08:11.453" UserId="2318" Comment="added 118 characters in body; edited title; edited title" Text="**What's the easiest way to find out that, for example,** /Volumes/Foo **lives in** /dev/disk0s2 **?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: ***mount*** is probably a more semantically satisfying answer, but it doesn't get much shorter than ***df***" />
  <row Id="28640" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15947" RevisionGUID="ede2a497-dca0-45b9-9373-65a32c06304a" CreationDate="2009-05-31T00:09:32.810" UserId="6533" Text="Hi, is there any tools available that i can run on a desktop to create a complete copy of it that i can use to run in VMWare Workstation 6.5?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also I did use the import feature to do it to one desktop but because if goes over the network it took approx 7 hours to complete." />
  <row Id="28641" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15947" RevisionGUID="ede2a497-dca0-45b9-9373-65a32c06304a" CreationDate="2009-05-31T00:09:32.810" UserId="6533" Text="VMware - Create VM out of a current desktop" />
  <row Id="28642" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15947" RevisionGUID="ede2a497-dca0-45b9-9373-65a32c06304a" CreationDate="2009-05-31T00:09:32.810" UserId="6533" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;vmw&gt;" />
  <row Id="28643" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="15921" RevisionGUID="c984f2b5-d7b4-4bb4-bedc-abcfa3036a45" CreationDate="2009-05-31T00:08:11.453" UserId="2318" Comment="added 118 characters in body; edited title; edited title" Text="What's the shortest command to find a volume's BSD device name ( /dev/disk*s* )?" />
  <row Id="28644" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15948" RevisionGUID="c3e0a28b-41ab-48c1-bac5-5c7e1552a268" CreationDate="2009-05-31T00:12:43.040" UserId="5049" Text="Yes. [VMware vCenter Converter][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/" />
  <row Id="28645" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15949" RevisionGUID="7eb1f6b8-7c5c-4a37-8971-752afac333c6" CreationDate="2009-05-31T00:13:07.317" UserId="6522" Text="None, I change between systems so much every day that I basically gave up on it." />
  <row Id="28646" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15950" RevisionGUID="8adc527d-9d94-4356-b0be-1c575da3ff09" CreationDate="2009-05-31T00:16:13.693" UserId="6522" Text="If your network and all it's devices conform to the RFC's than you should get a reply back form all network devices when you ping the broadcast address of your network.&#xD;&#xA;Understandably this doesn't work very often and you have to revert to scanning each of the available IP on the full spectrum of the ports." />
  <row Id="28647" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15951" RevisionGUID="fdde1fff-38b8-4bc7-9ee2-67e1b7e8b06d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T00:22:03.193" UserId="6522" Text="Depends on which country you live in, for example in the Netherlands, the EULA of Mircosoft is not upholdable in court. Which basically means that you only need one license per computer-user for any software, even if it is virtualised and you run hundreds of them in parallel. This is perfectly allowed as long as you are the only user of all of these hundred parallel machines and they all run on a single machine." />
  <row Id="28648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15952" RevisionGUID="5e70db98-8162-4110-8334-7951f7e34c5c" CreationDate="2009-05-31T00:23:50.290" UserId="6443" Text="    history | awk '{print $2}' | awk 'BEGIN {FS=&quot;|&quot;} {print $1}' | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr | head -10&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Show the top 10 most used commands in your history." />
  <row Id="28649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15953" RevisionGUID="35649d83-1e32-45a7-adb3-89eb5b880ab3" CreationDate="2009-05-31T00:28:05.140" UserId="6521" Text="`lighttpd`'s config is quite nice and straightforward, e.g. there's no magic around `VirtualHost`, you just write `if` that tests `HTTP_HOST` header and put rules in it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`lighttpd` has `mod_rewrite` which is a bit less powerful than Apache's, but much easier to use (rewrites just once).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When basic rewrite doesn't cut it, lighttpd has `mod_magnet` which lets you write rewrites in Lua. It took me less time to learn Lua than to debug average `mod_rewrite` problem on Apache :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`lighttpd` also has `mod-trigger-b4-dl` and `X-lighttd-sendfile`, both of which allow you to easily implement file access with custom authentication mechanism (e.g. PHP script that protects collection of documents, with lighttpd efficiently handling sending of the files).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apache+`mod_php` has annoying problem with `gettext`, which caches `.mo` files until server is restarted. I haven't got that problem with `lighttpd`." />
  <row Id="28650" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15954" RevisionGUID="82d4c13c-2bdb-41ce-9edb-f6df1c49531f" CreationDate="2009-05-31T00:30:16.247" UserId="6522" Text="I have no experience with anything else then BIND and the Microsofts AD integrated one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you want is quite possible, for BIND this would mean that you clear out the root hints and configure forwards to the domains you do allow to their authoritative DNS server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Though as said here, I would not go that way, I override the DHCP's proclaimed DNS server with my own preference, so if I would be on your network I could happily browse where I want to, unless you have another restriction, but then it would be a waste of time to cripple your DNS server in the first place." />
  <row Id="28651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15955" RevisionGUID="9c793eab-32e3-4beb-88b2-8f5fa9bb255a" CreationDate="2009-05-31T00:33:41.673" UserId="2561" Text="Its not a bad idea to reboot if it has been that long so you can run a disk check ( fsck ) on the root partition.  Your argument can be that this helps ensure data integrity." />
  <row Id="28652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15956" RevisionGUID="6709b97d-93eb-4b90-82d0-a02259512fd7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T00:36:52.763" UserId="6443" Text="You need vmware-tools installed, which has been problematic in 9.04.&#xD;&#xA;Check out: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/208507&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15957" RevisionGUID="610db581-4e58-4ec4-81a1-994da75fe130" CreationDate="2009-05-31T00:39:30.050" UserId="6443" Text="RSS -- arse" />
  <row Id="28654" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15958" RevisionGUID="62e67816-5a50-44e4-a863-f1c5d4d5c9bf" CreationDate="2009-05-31T00:40:21.123" UserId="5234" Text="I'm of the opinion that it's more suitable for home users or really small workgroup-level networks.  If you're scanning all inbound (and outbound - it's your responsibility to ensure that something nasty doesn't get *out* of your network and on to someone else) traffic at the gateway level, have a decent corporate AV solution in place, and have implemented sensible desktop-level security precautions and web access control/filtering, then I don't really think you need it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, it is an extra layer of protection so it may give you a greater comfort zone, but one thing it is not is a replacement AV solution." />
  <row Id="28655" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15959" RevisionGUID="d0df50f0-9e1b-446d-b435-4e8b379bbe26" CreationDate="2009-05-31T00:47:31.400" UserId="640" Text="Let's not forget the great GIF/&quot;JIF&quot; debate." />
  <row Id="28656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15960" RevisionGUID="8bd35281-5bfe-4abb-a5bb-54241d876f88" CreationDate="2009-05-31T00:49:11.507" UserId="640" Text="How about GNU. Silent G or no?" />
  <row Id="28657" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15961" RevisionGUID="3c022097-706d-4612-a7ee-86bda46fefd1" CreationDate="2009-05-31T00:51:48.027" UserId="2417" Text="    alias uab='unison -rsync -auto -batch'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use [unison](http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/) to sync my settings, read/undread newsgroup mesages, etc. " />
  <row Id="28658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15962" RevisionGUID="0e73a566-56c8-4653-83c6-741ffda977a3" CreationDate="2009-05-31T00:52:05.763" UserId="6540" Text="I am adding a feedback form to a web page and would like to know if it is safe to simply filter the contents of the TEXTAREA element (after decoding) through the 'mail' command to send an e-mail to the page's maintainer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have looked at the man page and cannot see a way to abuse this, in particular tilde escapes are disabled and '.' on a line by itself does not terminate the message body.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But is there any other danger I should be aware of?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The command looks something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;$MESSAGE_BODY&quot; | mail webmaster@mydomain.com -s 'Website feedback'" />
  <row Id="28659" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15962" RevisionGUID="0e73a566-56c8-4653-83c6-741ffda977a3" CreationDate="2009-05-31T00:52:05.763" UserId="6540" Text="Using unix 'mail' command from CGI - dangerous?" />
  <row Id="28660" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15962" RevisionGUID="0e73a566-56c8-4653-83c6-741ffda977a3" CreationDate="2009-05-31T00:52:05.763" UserId="6540" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;mail&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;shell&gt;&lt;cgi&gt;" />
  <row Id="28661" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15853" RevisionGUID="a6a8ecfc-8ae6-465b-9b49-2557dcdb5081" CreationDate="2009-05-31T00:56:09.813" UserId="5586" Comment="deleted 15 characters in body; added 106 characters in body" Text=" 1. First, start with the business representatives. They (should) know the application best. Identify the key transactions, and the end to end response times. Ideally, they'll be able to hand you a document which captures their non functional requirements.  If your application is replacing a legacy application, all the better - get as many applicable usage metrics from that app as you can.   This is the most critical success factor to performance testing. Understanding the size of your potential userbase, the number of users likely to be using it concurrently, the # % of each one of your key transactions executing simultaneously, growth rate per [timeframe].&#xD;&#xA; 2. Build an automated script which simulates the key transactions.  Include think time in this script. Very few users are going to power through your application/website without having to take a few seconds to see what the app did in response to their input. Failure to adequately simulate think time can result in you subjecting your application to unrealistic load, which leads to unhappinesss all around.  That being said, the business may identify that 10% of the userbase are power users, and you may want to deliver your load with 90% normal users, with 'normal' think time, and 10% power users, with faster, more aggressive think times.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Add your virtual users over a time period (ramp-up time) -  don't go from 0-500 in 1 second, unless you will actually have that kind of load (sale starts at 9:00 AM!).  It's good to understand how your application will behave under load spikes, but some apps may fail in these scenarios, which is only a problem if you're expecting that kind of load. Otherwise, you may find yourself spending a lot more money than what's required to support a load that may never come. &#xD;&#xA; 4. Factor in latency and network speed.  For a stress test, it's great to have a gigabit Ethernet connection with less than 1 ms latency to your application, which you can use to push your application to determine when it will fail.  In reality, though, your users aren't usually that close to your application - they're coming over all different types of network conditions.&#xD;&#xA; 5. Endurance testing - at least 24 hours is recommended, more if you can afford it. You want to capture what happens to your application when periodic batch processes run, like backups, antivirus definition updates, or even IIS app pool recycles (every 29 hours by default).&#xD;&#xA; 6. Understand the difference between performance testing and load testing.  Load tests will generally show the perspective of the server.  This isn't entirely true - many tools will show you the time a transaction takes in terms of TTLB - but most tools today don't reflect client-side rendering times, which are material in JS-heavy applications, or ones that use XSLT, for example.  &#xD;&#xA; 7. Don't solely rely upon your automated test numbers - at least not starting on day one. Periodically manually validate the numbers you get back. Over time you can let this subside as you become more confident in your simulations.&#xD;&#xA; 8. Performance counters - every application will vary, but you won't go wrong starting with the four basic food groups - cpu, memory, disk i/o, network i/o.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A list of my preferred counters is at ht tp://www.oneredlight.com/perf.config.txt.  You can set your application up to log these counters to a 300 MB circular file with the following command line:&#xD;&#xA;logman create counter PERF -f bincirc -max 300 -si 2 --v -o &quot;c:\perflogs\perf&quot; -cf&#xD;&#xA; &quot;perf.config&quot;.  I've only tried these on windows 2008/IIS 7/SQL 2008, so your mileage may vary.  I would also recommend reading ht tp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms998530.aspx, if your application is on the ms stack.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(apologies for the broken urls; new users cant post hyperlinks)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28662" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15963" RevisionGUID="47214b7a-ee60-4743-8adc-e66b7d96681d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T00:58:25.787" UserId="6544" Text="Read the rsync manpage.  In there you will find an option to detect and sync hardlinks.  Use it along with -a.  You will note a considerable decrease in space if some files in that directory are hardlinked." />
  <row Id="28663" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="15713" RevisionGUID="6cc3fdd0-fbad-4304-b9f5-dff23e418679" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:01:20.417" UserId="6382" Comment="edited title" Text="How to backup a NAS? Want to be able to recover files deleted by mistake?" />
  <row Id="28664" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15853" RevisionGUID="9157a170-67b4-4b75-9d6d-c5be65065047" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:01:50.120" UserId="5586" Comment="improved formatting" Text=" 1. First, start with the business representatives. They (should) know the application best. Identify the key transactions, and the end to end response times. Ideally, they'll be able to hand you a document which captures their non functional requirements.  If your application is replacing a legacy application, all the better - get as many applicable usage metrics from that app as you can.   This is the most critical success factor to performance testing. Understanding the size of your potential userbase, the number of users likely to be using it concurrently, the # % of each one of your key transactions executing simultaneously, growth rate per [timeframe].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. Build an automated script which simulates the key transactions.  Include think time in this script. Very few users are going to power through your application/website without having to take a few seconds to see what the app did in response to their input. Failure to adequately simulate think time can result in you subjecting your application to unrealistic load, which leads to unhappinesss all around.  That being said, the business may identify that 10% of the userbase are power users, and you may want to deliver your load with 90% normal users, with 'normal' think time, and 10% power users, with faster, more aggressive think times.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. Add your virtual users over a time period (ramp-up time) -  don't go from 0-500 in 1 second, unless you will actually have that kind of load (sale starts at 9:00 AM!).  It's good to understand how your application will behave under load spikes, but some apps may fail in these scenarios, which is only a problem if you're expecting that kind of load. Otherwise, you may find yourself spending a lot more money than what's required to support a load that may never come. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. Factor in latency and network speed.  For a stress test, it's great to have a gigabit Ethernet connection with less than 1 ms latency to your application, which you can use to push your application to determine when it will fail.  In reality, though, your users aren't usually that close to your application - they're coming over all different types of network conditions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. Endurance testing - at least 24 hours is recommended, more if you can afford it. You want to capture what happens to your application when periodic batch processes run, like backups, antivirus definition updates, or even IIS app pool recycles (every 29 hours by default).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 6. Understand the difference between performance testing and load testing.  Load tests will generally show the perspective of the server.  This isn't entirely true - many tools will show you the time a transaction takes in terms of TTLB - but most tools today don't reflect client-side rendering times, which are material in JS-heavy applications, or ones that use XSLT, for example.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 7. Don't solely rely upon your automated test numbers - at least not starting on day one. Periodically manually validate the numbers you get back. Over time you can let this subside as you become more confident in your simulations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 8. Performance counters - every application will vary, but you won't go wrong starting with the four basic food groups - cpu, memory, disk i/o, network i/o.  A list of my preferred counters is at ht tp://www.oneredlight.com/perf.config.txt.  You can set your application up to log these counters to a 300 MB circular file with the following command line:&#xD;&#xA;logman create counter PERF -f bincirc -max 300 -si 2 --v -o &quot;c:\perflogs\perf&quot; -cf&#xD;&#xA; &quot;perf.config&quot;.  I've only tried these on windows 2008/IIS 7/SQL 2008, so your mileage may vary.  I would also recommend reading ht tp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms998530.aspx, if your application is on the ms stack.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(apologies for the broken urls; new users cant post hyperlinks)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28665" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15964" RevisionGUID="5716ad5d-7249-4169-a622-d01c4cc26a1b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:02:08.527" UserId="2467" Text="Remember DR-DOS? I had a colleague pronounce it Doctor Dos instead of dee-ar dos. Please don't say he was right. " />
  <row Id="28666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15965" RevisionGUID="0024b537-ed46-450d-b18c-84384b74890f" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:02:17.357" UserId="6544" Text="Always.  Disks are cheap, your information is not.  But use software RAID, so you have the flexibility to move forward or change hardware later on (trust me, you will need it).  And also use a checksumming filesystem like ZFS, to protect against silent data corruption (which is very likely with large disks nowadays)." />
  <row Id="28667" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15966" RevisionGUID="0017b611-5caa-4095-9ac1-77fe81968c7d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:02:52.473" UserId="6382" Text="I'd try to avoid calling any commands from a CGI. I am sure whatever language you're using should have a library to send emails. " />
  <row Id="28668" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15967" RevisionGUID="4cb28c73-47dd-4691-bd1d-368c42f3f8ef" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:03:00.430" UserDisplayName="aultl" Text="    alias viewpw='aespipe -d &lt; ~/.passwd.aes &gt; ~/.passwd.dec &amp;&amp; more ~/.passwd.dec &amp;&amp; shred -u ~/.passwd.dec'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How I remember all my passwords... " />
  <row Id="28669" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15968" RevisionGUID="bf28aab4-f764-4e8b-81dd-9084b259e98d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:03:08.713" UserId="6292" Text="Yes it is dangerous. The mail message can contain lines beginning with a tilde ~ character that are treated as escape sequences by the mail program. This includes shell escapes and adding new recipients. (mmmm, spam!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just have a look at&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ man mail&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To see what I mean." />
  <row Id="28670" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15969" RevisionGUID="29b853b2-1dbf-4532-a8a9-6241221c10e1" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:04:40.350" UserId="6080" Text="p='ps auxww|grep -v grep|grep '" />
  <row Id="28671" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15970" RevisionGUID="7266ae9c-532c-40b9-ac7e-4df918d0cfdd" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:06:54.357" UserId="1447" Text="I think there are three main reasons to use Windows in preference to Linux&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If you have Windows specific software then Windows is the best platform to run it.  Most vendors of server-side Windows software will probably not support it on Wine, although they would tend to support it on a VM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If your network staff are familiar with Windows you will save on retraining costs if you stick with Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Quite often a Windows based solution will be the best tool for the job.  Where you have the option of running equivalent software on Linux or Windws the Windows based solution may simply be the best for your requirements.  In this case it makes sense to use it unless you are in the position of having Unix skills available but no equivalent Skill base in Windows.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15971" RevisionGUID="f2562e82-f1f4-4a6e-89da-981a2d440e51" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:08:01.983" UserId="2224" Text="It's a huge security hole. [Here's a resource for writing safe CGI code.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just to give you an idea, here's a list of characters with special uses that you need to be aware of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Character Name   Character   Problems&#xD;&#xA;    backslash        \   quoting&#xD;&#xA;    double quote     &quot;   quoting&#xD;&#xA;    single quote     '   quoting&#xD;&#xA;    dollar sign      $   variable substitution&#xD;&#xA;    ampersand        &amp;   command separator&#xD;&#xA;    greater than     &gt;   I/O redirection&#xD;&#xA;    less than        &lt;   I/O redirection&#xD;&#xA;    asterisk         *   file globbing&#xD;&#xA;    question mark    ?   file globbing&#xD;&#xA;    left bracket     [   file globbing&#xD;&#xA;    right bracket    ]   file globbing&#xD;&#xA;    left paren       (   word separator&#xD;&#xA;    right paren      )   word separator&#xD;&#xA;    pipe             |   command separator&#xD;&#xA;    backtick         `   subcommand execution&#xD;&#xA;    semicolon        ;   command separator&#xD;&#xA;    pound sign       #   comment character (sh only)&#xD;&#xA;    caret            ^   command separator (sh only)&#xD;&#xA;    exclamation      !   history execution (csh only)&#xD;&#xA;    tilde            ~   username expansion (csh only)&#xD;&#xA;    carriage return  &lt;ascii 13&gt;   command separator&#xD;&#xA;    line feed        &lt;ascii 10&gt;   command separator&#xD;&#xA;    space            word separator&#xD;&#xA;    tab              ascii 9   word separator&#xD;&#xA;    NULL             ascii 0   truncates input&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use a library where someone that someone else has already implemented and debugged. Email forms have been done before, don't re-invent the wheel!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~fine/Tech/cgi-safe.html" />
  <row Id="28673" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15972" RevisionGUID="d75a2c89-01a2-4220-8cbd-5a07264f0feb" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:09:18.033" UserDisplayName="Brian Fane" Text="Get a trace with wait time on the sessions, both from TOAD and locally. Then compare the wait events and times, plus the execution plan. It's possible that the plan's different." />
  <row Id="28674" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15973" RevisionGUID="1d1210b2-c40d-4eed-8953-0778d2dfec05" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:09:21.390" UserId="6421" Text="I'm kind of looking for the same thing. For onsite versioning I use Allway Sync, which is set up to sync every 3 hours, and move changed or deleted files into a special folder on the target. We use a time capsule (I'm an apple guy, and we needed something ASAP as our server died, so I drove to the nearest apple store and picked one up, as I knew it was good for the job) for the central HD, and then a windows box to do the backup to it's HD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for something to do reliable offsite backups using FTP- I've tried Allway Sync but after an hour or so it fails saying connection_is_dead.. Which might be (mt)'s fault, haven't figured it out yet." />
  <row Id="28675" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15974" RevisionGUID="02417dab-aaa0-4757-af56-faa6298a8461" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:14:46.920" UserId="5049" Text="Coming from the FOSS area, there are few backup solutions which are fit for use in larger environments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's an abundance of existing commercial backup software and I'm interested how they measure up when used in the field. Most offerings look quite nice on paper, but they tend to show their ugly side as soon as they're rolled out and used for the first time. Common sources of trouble are important things you forgot in your product evaluation, features which were presented by the marketing people more vividly than they really are or bugs/problems which compromise functionality, data integrity or the product as a whole.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to know how the backup software you know &amp; use fares in the following categories:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* What platforms are supported on server &amp; client side?&#xD;&#xA;* Is communication between client, server and storage encrypted?&#xD;&#xA;* Does the architecture allow for scalability? Can you easily grow to 100, 500 and 1000 clients? (Split out &quot;controller&quot; and &quot;storage&quot; daemons, no areas with known scalability issues)&#xD;&#xA;* What storage devices are supported?&#xD;&#xA;* Is the configuration revision-safe? (Can you notice accidental/malicious configuration changes easily)&#xD;&#xA;* Does the software have interfaces for monitoring? (e.g. failed backup jobs)&#xD;&#xA;* How about performance data collection? (e.g. used volumes, average job size, days till backup space will be full, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;* Does the product have some sort of data deduplication? (Don't store identical files twice)&#xD;&#xA;* Do incremental backup jobs handle deleted files correctly? (E.g. don't restore files which were deleted between backup runs when restoring from an incremental backup)&#xD;&#xA;* Are there any tools/features which aid in Bare Metal Recovery? (Think Live-CD, automatic setup of block devices &amp; filesystems, restoring of the bootloader, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;* How does job scheduling work? Are there any features which help in balancing backup jobs over a given timeframe? &#xD;&#xA;* Are there plugins/helpers for databases and other daemons which need to be put in a consistent state first? Is there a proper Pre/Post-Backup script execution framework?&#xD;&#xA;* Is job migration supported? (E.g. Move a Backup Job from Disk to Tape or from Tape to an external/offsite archive)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please mention any kinks, issues, problems, etc. which are affecting you in daily use as well as features which are unique/set it apart from the rest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know this is a lengthy question, but I think it'll help the whole community to flesh this out as thorough as possible so that an informed decision can be made without much trial &amp; error ;). Feel free to comment on things I forgot in my list." />
  <row Id="28676" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15974" RevisionGUID="02417dab-aaa0-4757-af56-faa6298a8461" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:14:46.920" UserId="5049" Text="What backup software offerings are fit for &quot;enterprise&quot; use?" />
  <row Id="28677" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15974" RevisionGUID="02417dab-aaa0-4757-af56-faa6298a8461" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:14:46.920" UserId="5049" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;enterprise&gt;" />
  <row Id="28678" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15962" RevisionGUID="26f019a8-a15f-4612-9060-68b376c444e7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:14:57.013" UserId="6540" Comment="added 52 characters in body" Text="I am adding a feedback form to a web page and would like to know if it is safe to simply filter the contents of the TEXTAREA element (after decoding) through the 'mail' command to send an e-mail to the page's maintainer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have looked at the man page and cannot see a way to abuse this, in particular as long as 'mail' does not run in interactive mode, tilde escapes are disabled and '.' on a line by itself does not terminate the message body.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But is there any other danger I should be aware of?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The command looks something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;$MESSAGE_BODY&quot; | mail webmaster@mydomain.com -s 'Website feedback'" />
  <row Id="28679" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="15812" RevisionGUID="e5025fad-27e8-42b4-b0dc-6b4b8010f393" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:15:51.817" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="3" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="28680" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="15713" RevisionGUID="1f347410-2922-4d9c-aeb1-708e490786ab" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:16:50.693" UserId="6382" Comment="edited title" Text="How to backup a NAS? Want to be able to recover files deleted by mistake." />
  <row Id="28681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15975" RevisionGUID="23076335-6eb8-422e-8c1c-ab8438dd0735" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:18:22.687" UserId="2224" Text="Although backups and RAID are solutions to different problems, most &quot;RAID problems&quot; are very similar to the most common backup problem (ie. nobody tests a restore) -- nobody tests system recovery. Other RAID problems are often a direct result of people not understanding what it does and doesn't do. For example, many people think that RAID guarantees the integrity of their data -- it does not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For workstations, if you're using RAID-0 to improve performance of IO-bound applications, or RAID-1/5/6 to keep to $100/hour scientist working when her $80 hard disk fails, you're using RAID appropriately. Just don't confuse *disk redundancy* with *backup*, and have tested procedures in place to ensure that your IT guys handle recovery." />
  <row Id="28682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15976" RevisionGUID="44f097d6-bd97-4ce7-a91e-da31f99f029f" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:18:49.303" UserId="5922" Text="Maybe it's worth looking at *why* the boot time matters. One of the best features of Macs is the very functional, and more importantly very fast, sleep mode. The workstations at our company are all Apple, and they simply go to sleep every evening or after a period of inactivity. Even with network home directories and a directory server in play, it only takes 10-15 seconds to revive them from sleep. " />
  <row Id="28683" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15977" RevisionGUID="5234c2f7-2cf7-4a55-9c09-cceb480b9a58" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:19:22.657" UserId="6419" Text="Use the Media Vault software that came with your NAS to configure user folder rights. Google for the manual.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I usually buy at least 2 NAS's and use the second NAS to back up the first NAS. I set this up to happen at least once a night; more often if the data changes a lot during the day. This is a bit more expensive, but if you add up how much money all your data is worth I'm sure the cost of the second NAS will be more than worth the extra money spent." />
  <row Id="28684" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15751" RevisionGUID="c50e2796-4ed0-4b84-b806-cc8b9162da69" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:20:44.090" UserId="2224" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;redundancy&gt;&lt;raid-is-not-backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="28686" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15978" RevisionGUID="50b270a4-80f8-4ce9-8618-1a7e850d01a2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:31:26.620" UserId="6292" Text="Ok The situation is this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We currently use mysqldump and then bzip2 compress the result and scp it back to our backup server. This is a time consuming manual process and there are no snapshots created.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am currently experimenting with rsync transferring the differences between the old and new dump files but the compression is much less efficient.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any other suggestions would be welcome." />
  <row Id="28687" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15978" RevisionGUID="50b270a4-80f8-4ce9-8618-1a7e850d01a2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:31:26.620" UserId="6292" Text="What's the most efficient way of taking backup snapshots of a mysql database over the internet?" />
  <row Id="28688" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15978" RevisionGUID="50b270a4-80f8-4ce9-8618-1a7e850d01a2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:31:26.620" UserId="6292" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="28689" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15979" RevisionGUID="5eba7392-dddc-4a51-a767-a978a5d91233" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:33:49.580" UserId="1803" Text="UNIX - pronounced: eunuchs  ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(bummer, I can't seem to track down the Dilbert strip for this)" />
  <row Id="28690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15980" RevisionGUID="d0a46e50-9c14-4d95-84e9-b045a417c210" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:40:19.277" UserId="6559" Text="There is an application called Teleport, which acts as a software KVM switch. As long as they are connected over the network you can do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is Mac to Mac only, but I just thought you may find this useful in a slightly different configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check it out here: http://abyssoft.com/software/teleport/" />
  <row Id="28691" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15981" RevisionGUID="b4ad0a67-742b-4a71-a258-d1c814e7bd2d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:40:57.060" UserId="5049" Text="One way to do it would be to set up database replication to a backup server and create the backups there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is not feasible in your environment your second best chances are rsync on the plain SQL dump (don't forget `--compress`) or on a gzip of the same, which has been compressed with `--rsyncable`. I don't know how well rsync fares on this, since inserted/deleted values in the dump file will cause a &quot;shift&quot; in the file which rsync needs to detect to prevent the retransfer of data which has not been changed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you run rsync with `--stats` it should report how many bytes it actually sent over the network, to give you some figures." />
  <row Id="28692" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15944" RevisionGUID="eea9e7a0-b052-4bab-a648-1c63313367ba" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:42:30.957" UserId="984" Comment="added link" Text="You could try using [moblock][1] (google it - can't add links yet, new user). Disable all downloaded blocklists, and use only a local blocklist that you generate. You may need to add NFQUEUE (netlink queue) support to your kernel, but it may already be there by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The general setup is: for all SYN packets on the ports you want to filter, use netfilter's NFQUEUE action to push them to moblock, sitting in userspace. Moblock does efficient matching and sends back either an ACCEPT or DROP response to netlink.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The moblock config file format is quite simple: on each line, give a name and an IP range, in the form 123.123.123.42-123.123.124.56. When moblock loads the ranges, it builds an efficient data structure to match against those ranges. When a packet is dropped because of a match, the range name and actual source IP is logged (or not, if you disable logging of matches).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used moblock in its default configuration (downloaded blocklists) with about 230000 IP **ranges**, and have observed no discernible performance hit (filtering only the SYN packet is important to keep kernel/userspace traffic down though).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One caveat: if moblock is not running, I believe NFQUEUE's default action is to DROP, resulting in a denial of service of your application. That said, I've had moblock running continuously without any problem for over 6 months. Still, you may want to set up a monitoring probe that alerts you if a known-good IP can no longer connect to :80 on your server. You definitely don't want to use moblock to filter ssh, unless you have explicitely whitelisted some trusted IPs in netfilter to recover.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://moblock.berlios.de/" />
  <row Id="28693" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15982" RevisionGUID="db88956e-ed2d-4ebd-b6bf-d2d2a4fb5c19" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:44:30.173" UserId="2224" Text="Are there any tools out there that can torture-test and measure AD performance? We're looking at a fairly major expansion of our environment (think tens of thousands of computers) that will throw lots of transactions at our AD environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We suspect that we need to add hardware to our core network, but I don't want to buy hardware blindly and either waste money or hurt performance for the users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas? I'm thinking of a tool to generate synthetic transactions, but I'm willing to accept any suggestions. " />
  <row Id="28694" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15982" RevisionGUID="db88956e-ed2d-4ebd-b6bf-d2d2a4fb5c19" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:44:30.173" UserId="2224" Text="Load-testing tools for Active Directory?" />
  <row Id="28695" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15982" RevisionGUID="db88956e-ed2d-4ebd-b6bf-d2d2a4fb5c19" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:44:30.173" UserId="2224" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;load-testing&gt;&lt;sizing&gt;&lt;capacity-planning&gt;" />
  <row Id="28696" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15983" RevisionGUID="7f0798f7-2932-46d1-8856-995b4a1f612d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:45:06.850" UserId="6558" Text="I have a situation where I have a dual homed VOIP server that uses two internet connections.  The solution works fine except for one problem, when the primary internet connection goes down, so does DNS resolution.  This prevents my VOIP server from connecting to my VOIP provider on the backup internet connection because it can't resolve the DNS names for the servers.  I can't use the IP's because the provider likes to move their servers around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my &quot;workaround&quot; plan is to update the HOSTS entries every x minutes on a cron job, this way unless the the primary internet is down for an extended period of time and the servers IP addresses change, i should be good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I can't really think of a good way to do this, keeping in mind that if the dns entries can't be resolved, I don't want to overwrite them with blanks or error information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions?" />
  <row Id="28697" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15983" RevisionGUID="7f0798f7-2932-46d1-8856-995b4a1f612d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:45:06.850" UserId="6558" Text="Best way to keep a hosts file updated..." />
  <row Id="28698" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15983" RevisionGUID="7f0798f7-2932-46d1-8856-995b4a1f612d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:45:06.850" UserId="6558" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;hosts&gt;" />
  <row Id="28700" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15984" RevisionGUID="3c319ce5-76bf-4c3e-9265-e827f9014eb7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:47:04.163" UserId="4889" Text="Be careful about you choose, some places such as the UK have some very strict policies about what maybe used in relation to filtering access to the internet." />
  <row Id="28701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15985" RevisionGUID="f281220a-06e1-44e5-885a-024b534b798e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:49:38.713" UserId="6080" Text="Is it possible to close an open TS 2008 remote app but keep it running in the background? With a possibility to reconnect?" />
  <row Id="28702" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15985" RevisionGUID="f281220a-06e1-44e5-885a-024b534b798e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:49:38.713" UserId="6080" Text="Is it possible to &quot;detach&quot; TS 2008 remote app?" />
  <row Id="28703" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15985" RevisionGUID="f281220a-06e1-44e5-885a-024b534b798e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:49:38.713" UserId="6080" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;terminal-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="28704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15986" RevisionGUID="e7e9d490-1b84-438b-bfae-38ec7322408e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:51:01.973" UserId="6550" Text="One thing that hasn't been considered is what username the botnet is using to Bruteforce. In all the instances I've seen the brute forces have been for variations of admin and root, and in one rare case usernames scraped from the corp website.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd also change the interactive login restrictions so that your root account is either disabled (preferred) or restricted to your local subnet or similar address range. " />
  <row Id="28705" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15987" RevisionGUID="85f5d4ab-7de3-47ee-a916-c0ca63240b43" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:51:32.860" UserId="3544" Text="I don't have any experience with using 2 internet connection at the same time but could it work if you put the dns servers of the two providers in your resolv.conf (It can be done with &quot;supersede domain-name&quot; in your dhclient.conf) ?" />
  <row Id="28707" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15988" RevisionGUID="863f6835-7bc9-4f71-9e65-9d2d042f38b6" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:51:50.287" UserId="3505" Text="You tried the following options?...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rsync -a --compress --compress-level=9&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In fact this should perform better (higher compression ratios) than using a compressing-remote-shell or compressing-transport (see **rsync(1)**)." />
  <row Id="28709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15989" RevisionGUID="866a1ff5-fcdc-4982-a341-a6788f219d5d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:53:57.113" UserId="3505" Text="Why don't you install a local caching DNS server (e.g. bind) - configuring it is very simple.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This way you only ever ask your local DNS server, and it asks (and caches) from your ISP's nameserver.  You simply need to add in the forwarders directive to `named.conf`...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    forwarders {&#xD;&#xA;      xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx; //. 1st DNS Server&#xD;&#xA;      xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx; //. 2nd DNS Server&#xD;&#xA;    };&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(You can add as many as you like)." />
  <row Id="28710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15990" RevisionGUID="247839c3-cdcf-4ca6-9fb6-019ba222fff9" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:58:15.640" UserId="5049" Text="Let's scope out an average setup:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Web company&#xD;&#xA;* About 50 users&#xD;&#xA;* A few User Groups (Management, Support, Developers, Sys-Admins, Testers, Sales)&#xD;&#xA;* A bunch of permissions (Only management is allowed to access sensitive business data, only administrators are allowed on production systems, etc. pp.)&#xD;&#xA;* Windows Workstations&#xD;&#xA;* Linux servers&#xD;&#xA;* Communication (Email, In-house IM, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;* A few Web Apps with native AAA (e.g. Mantis, Mediawiki, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;* A few URLs which need to be protected with Basic Auth&#xD;&#xA;* Maybe a few commercial applications from ISVs with LDAP connectors&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Going with OpenLDAP in such an environment may be feasible but it sure isn't fun, especially when you're new to LDAP. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A standard answer would be Active Directory (given their Kerberos and LDAP backends they are even somewhat standards conform), but are there any different products which fit nicely in such an environment and might even have an advantage over AD or OpenLDAP?" />
  <row Id="28711" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15990" RevisionGUID="247839c3-cdcf-4ca6-9fb6-019ba222fff9" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:58:15.640" UserId="5049" Text="Which identity management products are suitable for small to medium business?" />
  <row Id="28712" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15990" RevisionGUID="247839c3-cdcf-4ca6-9fb6-019ba222fff9" CreationDate="2009-05-31T01:58:15.640" UserId="5049" Text="&lt;identity-management&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;openldap&gt;" />
  <row Id="28713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15991" RevisionGUID="19678e06-00a5-41ad-b5b5-7d7c6262dd09" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:00:00.423" UserId="919" Text="DNS itself is a distributed database trying to keep a hosts file updated. It does this via recursive lookups, and caches the results locally, with an expiration. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIND&quot;&gt;BIND&lt;/a&gt; does this for you." />
  <row Id="28714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15992" RevisionGUID="9805e929-7446-4dd0-b6ab-f6049a9c1d99" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:03:17.547" UserId="3505" Text="It's great that you're asking this - many people just want to get the job done, and so introduce a whole bunch of vulnerabilities on the bases that &quot;Ahhh... It'll be fine&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said that, I think it's fine to do what you're doing - but as long as you use a filter - and not a filter you've written yourself, but one that is open source (hence open to public scrutiny), mature (has been around for a while).  I'd also make sure the filter strips out any HTML tags and content that may be nesting some nasty XSS attacks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use an open-source library where you can find one is basically what I'm getting at.  (Don't ever use *any* closed security applications - they're all doomed to fail - and I can sign my name on that comment)." />
  <row Id="28715" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12655" RevisionGUID="df9398d8-875d-4b1d-ba34-7945edd033dc" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:05:50.757" UserId="1322" Comment="added 132 characters in body" Text="I need a cheap, mostly reliable VPS for offsite network testing and scripting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My disk space, memory, and cpu needs are modest. However I probably need around 50-100 gb bandwidth for backups and testing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for the suggestions. Does anyone have any experience with the hosts listed here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.lowendbox.com/" />
  <row Id="28716" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15993" RevisionGUID="b22186b7-7589-4330-895d-29f438ba628c" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:05:54.920" UserId="3505" Text="You can also look at Fedora DirectoryServer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's certainly not &quot;fun&quot; either - but it does have the advantage over OpenLDAP in that it's *master-master*, and not *single-master-multiple-slave*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It comes from the old Sun application which was later open-sourced from memory, so it has been around for a while." />
  <row Id="28717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15994" RevisionGUID="2686b92a-8c6a-4ebd-a7a7-53715b1fac1d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:11:30.307" UserId="4733" Text="When I was first hired as sysadmin by the lead admin...within the first week we received a brand new Dell server...Windows Server 2003...it was his little baby until I was secretly called to the server room at midnight one Saturday night to clean numerous instances of malware from it because he was SURFING THE WEB with it before deployment WITHOUT ANTIVIRUS!!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Malware cleaning is something that I have had much experience with, but since this was a server I did a format and reinstall to be extra safe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I never said a word to him about it.  He knew he had messed up royally.  " />
  <row Id="28718" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15994" RevisionGUID="2686b92a-8c6a-4ebd-a7a7-53715b1fac1d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:11:30.307" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28719" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15995" RevisionGUID="ed97b44e-2795-4d66-9a98-3a6fbd090454" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:12:25.547" UserId="6565" Text="If the source drive is damaged at all, you'll have more luck using `dd_rhelp` with `dd_rescue` (my personal preference) or GNU `ddrescue`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason behind this is that, on read errors, `dd` keeps trying and trying and trying - potentially waiting for a long time for timeouts to occur. `dd_rescue` does smart things like reading up to an error, then picking a spot further on on the disk and reading backwards to the last error, and `dd_rhelp` is basically a `dd_rescue` session manager - cleverly starting and resuming `dd_rescue` runs to make it quicker again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The end result of `dd_rhelp` is maximum data recovered in minimum time. If you leave `dd_rhelp` running, in the end it does the exact same job as `dd` in the same time. However, if `dd` encountered read errors at byte 100 of your 100Gb disk, you'd have to wait a long time to recover the other 9,999,900 bytes*, whereas `dd_rhelp`+`dd_rescue` would recover the bulk of the data much faster.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28720" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15996" RevisionGUID="6ae0dfc2-6180-4301-bf1c-4572791b63c1" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:12:40.243" UserId="1803" Text="To the best of my knowledge, at that point you're past terminal sessions, and into the realms of application virtualization, but wiser minds than mine may know of a middle ground." />
  <row Id="28721" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15997" RevisionGUID="d0ea9b9c-4db6-44fe-8408-5d0a3f25b55b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:13:36.153" UserId="3505" Text="This is by no means a complete answer as I simply don't have a complete answer, but I can comment on two products...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Legato&#xD;&#xA; * Symantec NetBackup - (AKA NotBackup, AKA NetStuffup)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Firstly, NetBackup would not be such a disaster if the team responsible for the servers was also the team in charge of the backups, but in the case of an enterprise-sized company, this is often not the case.  That is, there is a separate backup team.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem here is that NetBackup has assumed this for you - so suddently, the backup team ask you for all sorts of access (root access to be specific).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another flaw of NetBackup is that - say you want to revive a server from scratch, from backup - you actually can't.  You need to install the Operating System, install the netbackup client, and then restore the files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Legato does not have any of these problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh - the reports that you get from NetBackup are also inferior to that which you get from Legato.  NetBackup reports (which I've seen to date as managed by our backup team) is very useless - to the point that we have asked them to tell us if it went ok or not, and we depend on them (i.e. we don't monitor the backup email ourselves anymore).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is again due to the fact that they can't generate good reports because we don't give them root access to the severs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28722" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7056" RevisionGUID="813a33ca-4a88-4f06-b1a8-8272b14392ae" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:19:36.267" UserId="2116" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;reverse-dns&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="28723" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10331" RevisionGUID="bdad99e0-8c35-4830-9672-5e7a56481d96" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:20:18.607" UserId="2116" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;hotswap&gt;&lt;nas&gt;&lt;sata&gt;&lt;storage&gt;&lt;harddrive&gt;" />
  <row Id="28724" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15998" RevisionGUID="ce9969a4-de5f-4734-a8d9-795a68c2725b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:20:25.190" UserId="4889" Text="In reply to: V. Romanov&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the standards i've seen say that red should be cross over and telecommunications (eg: pabx/voip) should be yellow, compared to the red for the voip like you suggest, whats your view on this?" />
  <row Id="28725" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15998" RevisionGUID="ce9969a4-de5f-4734-a8d9-795a68c2725b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:20:25.190" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="15999" RevisionGUID="38bb4826-53d2-443b-9587-043b7c38c3b1" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:23:45.773" UserId="6569" Text="I would like to setup a hosting environment on a VPS that is used to host Magento. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Magento is an eCommerce platform based on Zend Framework. The OS is definitely going to be Linux. As a first timer, what other things should I take note of?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you." />
  <row Id="28727" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="15999" RevisionGUID="38bb4826-53d2-443b-9587-043b7c38c3b1" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:23:45.773" UserId="6569" Text="Setting up an environment optimized for hosting apps based on Zend Framework" />
  <row Id="28728" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="15999" RevisionGUID="38bb4826-53d2-443b-9587-043b7c38c3b1" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:23:45.773" UserId="6569" Text="&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;vps&gt;&lt;optimization&gt;" />
  <row Id="28729" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16000" RevisionGUID="2c5caa31-4ec9-43fa-a53a-3e1caa03b80d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:27:12.367" UserId="6566" Text="You can compact a VHD in Windows 7 using diskpart.exe's COMPACT option.&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you don't mind a little coding, you can call the CompactVirtualDisk API (I'd post a link to it, but new users can't post hyperlinks - just search MSDN for it if you're interested)." />
  <row Id="28730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16001" RevisionGUID="e7bed8ae-42c7-4094-84b5-76bd130a971d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:33:37.283" UserId="3059" Text="I'm with David on this one: if you're asking about what kind of heat a plastic cable can handle, it sounds like fire is a possibility.  Running the cable or not depends on your own judgment, but: If there's a risk of high heat it might be worth looking into plenum-grade cabling.  Slightly higher heat tolerance, lower horrible-gas release, etc.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[What Is Plenum Cable, and When Should I Use It?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://cableorganizer.com/articles/plenum-cable.htm" />
  <row Id="28731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16002" RevisionGUID="aba6ba83-da5c-4292-b978-41b8b1b6b613" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:33:45.677" UserId="5391" Text="Microsoft has a tool exactly for this called [Active Directory Performance Testing Tool (ADTest.exe][1]).  Unfortunately, I can't find any documentation online for you, but a quick adtest.exe /? should give you some information.  I believe there is a &quot;quicktest&quot; option too which will get you up and running quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may also want to read [this article][2] on domain controller capacity planning.  It is written for 2003, but it should apply to 2008 also.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4814fe3f-92ce-4871-b8a4-99f98b3f4338&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738079(WS.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="28732" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16003" RevisionGUID="76fdc753-ac0c-4f9f-bc0d-525336e19ab2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:34:55.050" UserId="6569" Text="1. Reduce the number of physical servers by using virtualization.&#xD;&#xA;2. Use meaningful server names that would allow you to easily locate the server. e.g., elements in the periodic table (that's an idea from Stackoverflow)&#xD;&#xA;3. Use a cable tie to group similar cables." />
  <row Id="28733" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16003" RevisionGUID="76fdc753-ac0c-4f9f-bc0d-525336e19ab2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:34:55.050" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28734" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16004" RevisionGUID="36c2d5f4-f1c1-4f44-90c8-c463f0fa72fc" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:36:08.013" UserId="4883" Text="Why don't you just use a third party dns server instead? opendns is fast, reliable and free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They will be completely independent of which internet connection you are running through, you really shouldn't need to stuff around with host files and cron jobs. " />
  <row Id="28735" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16005" RevisionGUID="d4d603ba-11a9-425e-9ac2-58b63a6da9a2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:38:36.930" UserId="6572" Text="Usually when connecting to our SQL Server 2005 clustered instance it takes less than 20 milliseconds, but sometimes it can take much much longer, 7-30 seconds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the potential bottlenecks in creating new connections?" />
  <row Id="28736" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16005" RevisionGUID="d4d603ba-11a9-425e-9ac2-58b63a6da9a2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:38:36.930" UserId="6572" Text="What affects SQL connection speed?" />
  <row Id="28737" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16005" RevisionGUID="d4d603ba-11a9-425e-9ac2-58b63a6da9a2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:38:36.930" UserId="6572" Text="&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="28738" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14855" RevisionGUID="23188d13-0f38-4d4c-9c6e-966a11947dfc" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:40:04.463" UserId="700" Comment="stupid me" Text="Are you willing to spend money for proper monitoring/logging tools?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-or, from the original Joel Test question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you use the best tools money can buy?" />
  <row Id="28739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16006" RevisionGUID="8c432748-4a3b-4f8e-bee8-6aa372e4e40c" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:41:31.917" UserId="2559" Text="Do you use version control? What do you put under version control?" />
  <row Id="28740" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16006" RevisionGUID="8c432748-4a3b-4f8e-bee8-6aa372e4e40c" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:41:31.917" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28741" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16007" RevisionGUID="a66d1a9b-e725-4bd7-a8c2-2f6ea1f03cc4" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:48:09.563" UserId="6256" Text="We use Spiceworks, export its reports to PDFs and upload them to our Sharepoint site, which also has our user manuals.  I don't have to run Spiceworks every day, just when there is a major change.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28742" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16007" RevisionGUID="a66d1a9b-e725-4bd7-a8c2-2f6ea1f03cc4" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:48:09.563" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16008" RevisionGUID="fbcbb665-9c4e-4dd5-abbd-632edcb64286" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:51:39.323" UserId="3544" Text="You could also use the OpenDNS' nameservers which should work for both ISP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 208.67.222.222&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 208.67.220.220" />
  <row Id="28744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16009" RevisionGUID="9ceee52d-7039-4955-926e-93a8e0e62d7a" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:51:46.747" UserId="6534" Text="We had all kinds of crazy problems with vRanger.  One problem was when trying to backup a machine named &quot;delta&quot;.  This failed because the vmdk file had &quot;delta&quot; in its name, and vRanger assumed anytime it saw &quot;delta&quot; as part of the vmdkfilename, it must be because there are snapshots on that machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another time we couldn't backup a particular machine because its UID had something like &quot;xx-d0&quot; in the middle.  I forget what specifically the program was, but for some reason it was parsing the UID as a command line option &quot;-d0&quot;, and would not do differential backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would have put this as a comment, vs. an answer, but apparently you can't comment without some kind of reputation." />
  <row Id="28745" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16010" RevisionGUID="9ff2e9ab-935b-4255-84e1-2da3fb1aea0f" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:54:07.617" UserId="6519" Text="Not sure if you're using Windows, but I've had good luck with MyWitch administering MySQL databases on remote servers, and they have a product (that I haven't used) called DumpTimer that will let you schedule mysqldumps and download them.  Shareware, so you'd have to pay for the full version that would let you run as a Windows service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Link to DumpTimer: www.richtsoft.com/mysql_17_backup.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(cut/paste since new users can't add hyperlinks)" />
  <row Id="28746" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16011" RevisionGUID="63282bca-c489-4bfa-8256-4e8e5ab43ba1" CreationDate="2009-05-31T02:58:39.667" UserId="5049" Text="This depends very much on the type of application you run. If you've got applications which are very trigger-happy WRT syscalls you can expect to see high amounts of context switching. If most of your applications idle around and only wake up when there's stuff happening on a socket, you can expect to see low context switch rates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## System calls ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;System calls cause context switches by their very own nature. When a process does a system call, it basically tells the kernel to take over from it's current point in time and memory to do stuff the process isn't privileged to do, and return to the same spot when it's done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When we look at the definition of the write(2) syscall from Linux, this becomes very clear:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;NAME&#xD;&#xA;       write - write to a file descriptor&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SYNOPSIS&#xD;&#xA;       #include &lt;unistd.h&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       ssize_t write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DESCRIPTION&#xD;&#xA;       write() writes up to count bytes from the buffer pointed buf to the file&#xD;&#xA;       referred to by the file descriptor fd. [..]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RETURN VALUE&#xD;&#xA;       On success, the  number of bytes written is returned (zero indicates&#xD;&#xA;       nothing was written). On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set&#xD;&#xA;       appropriately.&#xD;&#xA;       [..]&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This basically tells the kernel to take over operation from the process, move up to `count` bytes, starting from the memory address pointed at by `*buf` to file descriptor `fd` of the current process and then return back to the process and tell him how it went.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A nice example to show this is the dedicated game server for Valve Source based games, [hlds][1]. [http://nopaste.narf.at/f1b22dbc9][2] shows one second worth of syscalls done by a single instance of a game server which had no players on it. This process takes about 3% CPU time on a Xeon X3220 (2.4Ghz), just to give you a feeling for how expensive this is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## Multi-Tasking ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another source of context switching might be processes which don't do syscalls, but need to get moved off a given CPU to make room for other processes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A nice way to visualize this is [cpuburn][3]. cpuburn doesn't do any syscalls itself, it just iterates over it's own memory, so it shouldn't cause any context switching.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take an idle machine, start vmstat and then run a burnMMX (or any different test from the cpuburn package) for every CPU core the system has. You should have full system utilization by then but hardly any increased context switching. Then try to start a few more processes. You'll see that the context switching rate increases as the processes begin to compete over CPU cores. The amount of switching depends on the processes/core ratio and the multitasking resolution of your kernel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## Further reading ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;linfo.org has a nice writeup on what [context switches][4] and [system calls][5] are. [Wikipedia][6] has generic information and a nice link collection on System calls.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_Dedicated_Server&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://nopaste.narf.at/f1b22dbc9&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://pages.sbcglobal.net/redelm/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.linfo.org/context_switch.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.linfo.org/system_call.html&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_call" />
  <row Id="28748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16013" RevisionGUID="1f07c8e7-2fe9-4b2f-9fe6-67b12f7b4817" CreationDate="2009-05-31T03:08:33.017" UserId="2224" Text="It's a bad idea. Keep computer stuff away from HVAC whenever possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on the type of heating system you're using, the temperature of the water in that pipe will either slightly exceed the rated operating temperature of the cable or exceed it by a significant amount (steam radiators).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The people talking about fires are probably being alarmist IMO. The problems you're going to have are brittle or separated jackets, oddball performance problems, plumbers cutting your network off, etc. Plenum or shielded cable won't make a difference here and won't address any potential building code issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Typically, I would recommend having drilling a hole in the floor. If you're in a historical building, there are more exotic options that will cost more money and are dependent on your situation. In one extreme example, transitioning the wiring in a early 1800's courthouse from terminal coax to Ethernet for 250 people cost about $90k. (much of that cost was restoring the damage the mainframe people made in the 70's)" />
  <row Id="28749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16014" RevisionGUID="0b690b9e-17df-4fea-b260-84d9dd56b3f2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T03:09:09.270" UserId="2604" Text="Windows Defender is an anti-spyware program, not an antivirus program.  You still need a separate antivirus program.  Some computer security suites include antispyware programs, and so you may be able to uninstall (on Windows XP) or turn off (on Vista) the Windows Defender functionality if you have this threat covered in another way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have McAfee VirusScan on approximately 90 machines, and I know first-hand that it can, indeed, slow your computer down, but you can configure it at a very fine level of granularity.  As always, performance and security involve trade-offs.  The more things you want VirusScan or any other antivirus program to check, the more processor and memory resources it will use." />
  <row Id="28750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16015" RevisionGUID="e076c1d5-e7e5-4468-87b8-13156d5e8a8b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T03:14:35.407" UserId="2711" Text="I know you are asking for alternatives but, with those requirements, and a small-to-medium business, I would just go with AD. It does everything you need, is easy to set up, and has a huge amount of support material available on the web for operational issues." />
  <row Id="28751" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16016" RevisionGUID="57dc2ec8-7610-4643-9cd3-860c83975bd5" CreationDate="2009-05-31T03:19:16.460" UserId="5337" Text="I've got a script in PHP that's been running fine for months.  It recently stopped working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This script connects to gmail to send out an email to my customers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Recently, I started getting this error when I run the script:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    The SMTP connection failed to start [tls://smtp.gmail.com:465]: &#xD;&#xA;    fsockopen returned Error Number 0 and Error String 'php_network_getaddresses: &#xD;&#xA;    getaddrinfo failed: Temporary failure in name resolution'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep in mind, this was with zero code changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've looked at my resolv.conf and it appears to be ok:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    nameserver 208.67.222.222&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can ping gmail.com:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # ping smtp.gmail.com&#xD;&#xA;    PING gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com (74.125.93.111) 56(84) bytes of data.&#xD;&#xA;    64 bytes from qw-in-f111.google.com (74.125.93.111): icmp_seq=1 ttl=247 time=26.7 ms  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can connect via lynx to google and other sites with no problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've logged into my gmail account with no problems (no captcha there either).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am at wits end.  Anyone have any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;G-Man" />
  <row Id="28752" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16016" RevisionGUID="57dc2ec8-7610-4643-9cd3-860c83975bd5" CreationDate="2009-05-31T03:19:16.460" UserId="5337" Text="Temporary failure in name resolution : Host name lookup failure" />
  <row Id="28753" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16016" RevisionGUID="57dc2ec8-7610-4643-9cd3-860c83975bd5" CreationDate="2009-05-31T03:19:16.460" UserId="5337" Text="&lt;smtp&gt;&lt;getaddrinfo&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;php&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="28754" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15407" RevisionGUID="3626ce5a-1fbd-40c2-8c09-5230fb0002dc" CreationDate="2009-05-31T03:19:48.923" UserId="4469" Comment="added 196 characters in body" Text="I'm looking for a router that can set bandwidth throttling on a PC in my home network. Does anyone know any home network router come with network management tool that can limit a PC's network/internet connection speed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit: I'm looking for something out of box that will allow me to set network/internet connection limit on certain computer on the network. Something like traffic shaper but does not need to install on the target pc but control from a router or wireless router. does such device on the market for home use?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you all for your suggestion. I've accepted an answer. D-link DGL-4100 have what i'm looking for out of box without flashing the router or install program on the target PC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank guys." />
  <row Id="28755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16017" RevisionGUID="2174ebff-801b-4d86-aa33-9939ccd6c5f7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T03:20:16.113" UserId="1442" Text="My house is just a little too big to get good wireless access in all corners.  I'd like to add a second access point.  I can do this, but I have to manually configure this second AP to have the same keys, etc.  Is there any way I can get this second access point to get its configuration from the primary one?  What would this be called and what sort of hardware or firmware do I need to do this?" />
  <row Id="28756" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16017" RevisionGUID="2174ebff-801b-4d86-aa33-9939ccd6c5f7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T03:20:16.113" UserId="1442" Text="Can I auto-configure a second wireless access point?" />
  <row Id="28757" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16017" RevisionGUID="2174ebff-801b-4d86-aa33-9939ccd6c5f7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T03:20:16.113" UserId="1442" Text="&lt;wireless-network&gt;&lt;access-point&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;" />
  <row Id="28758" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16018" RevisionGUID="5888dd89-5808-4330-959f-2f76c27a1265" CreationDate="2009-05-31T03:27:44.850" UserId="4392" Text="If they're just APs (and identical), and not wireless routers, you should be able to save the config from the first, import it into the 2nd, and just change the AP's IP. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they're different devices, you'll have to manually configure the 2nd one, I'm afraid. " />
  <row Id="28759" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16019" RevisionGUID="1391c784-521e-477c-b9f9-a219805e398e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T03:27:49.967" UserId="2101" Text="Larger companies use this kind of configuration when they want to have a common configuration.&#xD;&#xA;It can be thought of essentially a central access point with multiple 'antennas' on the network. However, this is comparatively very expensive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a home setup, if you have two APs as the same model, you could write a script to run on a host on the network that automatically pulls the config via the network from the first AP, tweaks a few values (IP address, name, etc.) and pushes it to the second device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, unless you change parameters often, it's probably easiest just to configure the second device manually." />
  <row Id="28760" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16020" RevisionGUID="e01690ff-64cd-4283-a55b-384da3b2746e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T03:30:41.723" UserId="4392" Text="Add debugging code before that line to make sure that the script can resolve it correctly. " />
  <row Id="28761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16021" RevisionGUID="490fc3e2-1c36-4faa-b779-3099598f39d5" CreationDate="2009-05-31T03:33:36.320" UserId="4253" Text="PHP is having trouble accessing either /etc/hosts or /etc/resolv.conf: there's a [long standing issue][1] in PHP related to this specific error. The fix is to try restarting Apache or whatever is invoking PHP, or to make sure /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf are readable by what's invoking PHP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=11058" />
  <row Id="28762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16022" RevisionGUID="6c117247-290a-4667-baa6-015860803b50" CreationDate="2009-05-31T03:34:04.277" UserId="6554" Text="set DIRCMD=/ogen/a&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dir" />
  <row Id="28763" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16022" RevisionGUID="6c117247-290a-4667-baa6-015860803b50" CreationDate="2009-05-31T03:34:04.277" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28764" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10310" RevisionGUID="c2dc7933-c633-4eff-a410-ff5b3469d593" CreationDate="2009-05-31T03:46:43.797" UserId="301" Comment="Added note about MS-Author-Via" Text="The OSX Finder requires Dav Level 2 support to mount a WebDAV volume read/write. Specifically working LOCK support is required.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd grab [ngrep][1] and check out the traffic. Look for `Dav: 1,2`. Also check out the response to the `OPTIONS` request that OS X asks when it connects.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The OS X Finder is the only application I know of that uses Chunked Encoding when sending a file via PUT. This is required behavior of any HTTP/1.1 server, very few implement it. Apache does, and I think Jackrabbit does, but few other web servers or reverse proxies do. Check your server logs and look for PUT requests with a 400 result.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Update in response to the note about Word read-only:*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should ensure that the [`MS-Author-Via: Dav`][2] header is present on your responses. This extension to the WebDAV spec is required for Microsoft Office applications to interact with WebDAV servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ngrep.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc250217(PROT.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="28765" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16023" RevisionGUID="03f41b4f-bc39-4a9f-a129-0f65cf073833" CreationDate="2009-05-31T03:47:34.827" UserId="1992" Text="Could be a number of things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Server's temporarily run out of memory so can't create a new login&#xD;&#xA; - Server's temporarily run out of threads so can't create a new login&#xD;&#xA; - All CPUs are heavily loaded with other activity so they can't process the login&#xD;&#xA; - The IO subsystem is overloaded so the server can't read the necessary metadata to find out the connection's security, default database etc&#xD;&#xA; - The network is overloaded so the round-trip time to the server and an ack back to the application takes longer than usual&#xD;&#xA; - There could be a logon trigger that has a variable run-time depending on any number of factors, including all of the above&#xD;&#xA; - The database you're trying to connect to may still be in the process of coming online&#xD;&#xA; - There could be corruption in the database you're trying to connect to causing a page IO latch wait (long-running IO)&#xD;&#xA; - There could be a locking contention issue with something the application or logon trigger does&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might find some errors in the SQL Server error log about any of the above, or have to do some more digging with DMVs to see what's eating resources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps!" />
  <row Id="28766" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16022" RevisionGUID="7ce988be-77d5-4ff4-aaf8-30bb3f8f6357" CreationDate="2009-05-31T03:49:17.927" UserId="6554" Comment="added 68 characters in body" Text="Order directory listing by File Extension and Name&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    set DIRCMD=/ogen/a&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    dir&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28767" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16024" RevisionGUID="d70bbf5e-b5c0-43de-b7f9-f4bde8eae1c4" CreationDate="2009-05-31T03:55:53.653" UserId="3505" Text="    % dig @208.67.222.222 smtp.gmail.com +short&#xD;&#xA;    gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com.&#xD;&#xA;    209.85.201.109&#xD;&#xA;    209.85.201.111&#xD;&#xA;    %&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, try using Xdebug to see where the problem is exactly....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;?php&#xD;&#xA;    xdebug_start_trace('/tmp/lookup-trace.log');&#xD;&#xA;    $ip = gethostbyname('smtp.gmail.com');&#xD;&#xA;    xdebug_stop_trace();&#xD;&#xA;    ?&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anything good in the logs?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28768" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16025" RevisionGUID="4ddb376b-5a26-49b6-8d3e-e63a1e699194" CreationDate="2009-05-31T03:58:10.903" UserId="6598" Text="Definitely give a look to [Zend Server][1] (good recommendation for most PHP applications, reglardless). Most distributions of Linux will have a package for Zend Server, so it should be easy to install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.zend.com/products/server/" />
  <row Id="28769" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16026" RevisionGUID="bb1bb5a5-dc39-4bbb-a5cf-b1bd521064a1" CreationDate="2009-05-31T03:58:46.533" UserId="4878" Text="What you look for is one of Wireless Distribution System or Universal Wireless Repeater.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not all routers suport this though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is not uncommon to look for models that support and install DD-WRT or any other of the open-source firmware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are however a few routers that support WDS. You should be able to find a good list in the Wikipedia entry: [WDS on WikiPedia][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Distribution_System &quot;WDS on WikiPedia&quot;" />
  <row Id="28770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16027" RevisionGUID="bb14e9d5-42b7-4c23-9bfc-8b8ff8705d9d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T04:05:31.670" UserId="4838" Text="During maitanance at a colo I pulled our primary dns power cable. I was replacing the secondary at the time and must have yanked the cable before I closed the rack. All of our sites started dropping fast and I had to go back to the colo to plug the stupid thing back in.  " />
  <row Id="28771" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16027" RevisionGUID="bb14e9d5-42b7-4c23-9bfc-8b8ff8705d9d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T04:05:31.670" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28772" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16026" RevisionGUID="0e4aaa9b-a30a-4bc8-86f0-971057e70dc3" CreationDate="2009-05-31T04:11:55.353" UserId="4878" Comment="Added Universal Wireless Repeater link" Text="What you look for is one of Wireless Distribution System or Universal Wireless Repeater.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not all routers suport this though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is not uncommon to look for models that support and install DD-WRT or any other of the open-source firmware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are however a few routers that support WDS. You should be able to find a good list in the Wikipedia entry: [WDS on WikiPedia][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might also like to read about Universal Wireless Repeater [here][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Distribution_System &quot;WDS on WikiPedia&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Universal_Wireless_Repeater &quot;Universal Wireless Repeater at DD-WRT&quot;" />
  <row Id="28773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16028" RevisionGUID="9d0a92ce-e592-4bef-bf9e-83e064811270" CreationDate="2009-05-31T04:17:34.767" UserId="6194" Text="You can use Sun's proxy server which is free and has a nice installer for windows to track where people are going.  It has the typical deny/allow pages but no listing of sites.  Have it use the DNS servers from OpenDNS where you can setup that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This way if someone tries to go to something they should not, the Sun Proxy will log the request and who did it (assuming you turn on the AD intergration) and the OpenDNS will block it. :)" />
  <row Id="28774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16029" RevisionGUID="d6a233cd-8ab4-48ab-b6c8-aebb7e68affc" CreationDate="2009-05-31T04:21:26.113" UserId="29210" Text="    alias memusage='ps -o rss,command -waxc | sort -n'&#xD;&#xA;    alias ssq='svn status -q'&#xD;&#xA;    alias up='cd ..'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16030" RevisionGUID="7b8248fb-2d07-4b2c-baf4-32830208393f" CreationDate="2009-05-31T04:21:35.443" UserId="4838" Text="I use an internal DNS server for that purpose exactly. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows DNS Services is an added component to their systems. The application is easy to use, but as difficult as DNS is to understand. &#xD;&#xA;[How to Install and Configure Microsoft DNS Server][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also use [Simple DNS][2]. This application runs in windows as it's own DNS service. There are much more features for configuration, but the web API is worth the price alone. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/172953&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.simpledns.com/jhsoft/alink.aspx?128104" />
  <row Id="28776" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16030" RevisionGUID="e3f9639e-cdd1-48f9-b208-3d91dd9734fc" CreationDate="2009-05-31T04:27:28.147" UserId="4838" Comment="added 71 characters in body; edited body" Text="I use an internal DNS server for that purpose exactly. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows DNS Services is an added component to their systems. The application is easy to use, but as difficult as DNS is to understand. &#xD;&#xA;[How to Install and Configure Microsoft DNS Server][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also use [Simple DNS][2]. This application runs in windows as it's own DNS service. There are much more features for configuration, and the web API is worth the price alone. Consider using a DNS web API for DNS management outside of the IT realms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/172953&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.simpledns.com/jhsoft/alink.aspx?128104" />
  <row Id="28777" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16031" RevisionGUID="7944c4e1-56a7-4426-96ed-0c0cdb826dec" CreationDate="2009-05-31T04:30:39.810" UserId="1054" Text="We have a cold-testing facility for our engineers in northern Minnesota.  About 10 years ago the T1 we had up there went dead.  We had moved servers down from that facility to our main datacenter because we had installed the faster line so just about everything was useless up there.  Come to find out that some farmer in central Minnesota had run through the fiber with some piece of farm equipment.  We were none too happy that the fiber was even accessible to that piece of equipment and not buried much deeper..." />
  <row Id="28778" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16031" RevisionGUID="7944c4e1-56a7-4426-96ed-0c0cdb826dec" CreationDate="2009-05-31T04:30:39.810" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28779" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16032" RevisionGUID="36d8707b-952b-4e00-bc7d-cfefaaea19a9" CreationDate="2009-05-31T04:31:51.897" UserId="6199" Text="[Squid][1] with [SquidGuard][2], runs on virtually any UNIX (Linux, BSD, etc.) and can be made to run on Windows, also supports authentication, yada yada.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.squid-cache.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.squidguard.org/" />
  <row Id="28781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16034" RevisionGUID="efc14617-baff-4afa-bbad-e6efe382a593" CreationDate="2009-05-31T04:34:38.333" UserId="6605" Text="Based on conversations that I have listened to on [Security Now][1], Windows Defender is an anti-spyware software that scans your system for known threats. It does not do any real-time scanning as many anti-virus programs do and its definition files are updated by the monthly Microsoft update. Incidentally, that is when the program is also run. I would suggest that you keep it on your system, enabled, and updated as well as run a good anti-virus program. Here is some [information][2] from Microsoft about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://twit.tv/sn&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="28782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16035" RevisionGUID="922e702e-766d-49cb-8b9d-d262313d274a" CreationDate="2009-05-31T04:44:23.993" UserId="6199" Text="&gt; AFAIK Deny rules in Apache config and iptables have linear lookup time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sort of. You can use chains in IPTables to break it up, i.e. a simplistic approach would be to have a chain for each A class block of addresses (e.g. 1.0.0.0/8, 2.0.0.0/8, etc.) and the rules for that block within the chain, reducing the look up time significantly (i.e. worst case ~200 rule evaluations to get to the A class rule and then however many rules within that block. You can also use &quot;iptables -L -v -n&quot; to see which rule sets are being evaluated the most heavily and move them to the top. There are other better ways to do this, iptables documentation covers this." />
  <row Id="28783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16036" RevisionGUID="d25cd0a3-d401-4ee6-8535-c3539dca2190" CreationDate="2009-05-31T04:45:54.803" UserDisplayName="EHunt" Text="The two links above cover the prevailing issues with TimeMachine/AFP and remote clients. If you Google the various subject topics, there seems to be an increasing number of issues with AFP servers (running under netatalk) having issues with TimeMachine. I'm unaware of technical specifics, but I recently read that 10.5.7 did nothing to decrease these issues. When I first ran netatalk, 2.0.3 (with some patches), was the latest package. I experienced a wide range of issues with a small lan of Leopard (various patch level) machines, all running into various issues you can find sprinkled around on the netatalk-devel list. All of it is going into the 2.0.4 release that is not out yet, so you should check the trunk builds out. I had no problem compiling these on both an arm/i386 debian setup with the basic libraries to service Leopard clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am unsure of this, but I recall someone asking about just moving the shares over to NFS/Samba, since it would offer the same service but not show up in the Finder browser (they disabled this in 10.5) and it is because TimeMachine uses a sparsebundle (form of dmg)/storage format that is specific to HFS+ and features like resource forks. They mentioned an instance where a TimeMachine restore was attempted on this setup and while it looked complete and TM reported no errors, the backup was fatally corrupt. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basics for options:&#xD;&#xA;- use a separate system that backsup using a db format not specific to osx (many use sqlite or bdb). There are at least ten good programs on OSX you can find for this.&#xD;&#xA;- compile the latest trunk and test. I've yet to have any issues. " />
  <row Id="28784" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16037" RevisionGUID="7ac0f99c-dfb4-43e9-91eb-4cb6ffa9ab6b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T04:46:06.360" UserId="6609" Text="Do you have centralized logging?  Does anyone read them?" />
  <row Id="28785" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16037" RevisionGUID="7ac0f99c-dfb4-43e9-91eb-4cb6ffa9ab6b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T04:46:06.360" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28786" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16038" RevisionGUID="b3cb9ea5-9303-4070-83bf-8adc57dbce57" CreationDate="2009-05-31T04:48:54.953" UserId="6199" Text="Alternatively you can image the disk, use the Qemu tool qemu-img to convert it to a VMware disk file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    qemu-img convert -f raw raw.img -O vmdk new.vmdk&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And that's basically it. " />
  <row Id="28787" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16039" RevisionGUID="c9b0e668-bd8f-4326-b27d-f2ed6602a9ab" CreationDate="2009-05-31T04:50:34.573" UserId="2629" Text="Well, database was mentioned, but what about data?  In *Star Trek: The Next Generation*, only one character pronounced it dah-tuh instead of day-tuh.  [Merriam-Webster Online][1] says it can be pronounced three ways.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How often do you hear the word used as a &quot;count noun&quot; (like &quot;coin&quot;), with the singular &quot;datum&quot;, instead of as a non-count noun (like &quot;money&quot;).  It would seem that &quot;Where are my data?&quot; is more correct usage that has fallen out of style.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/data" />
  <row Id="28788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16040" RevisionGUID="f9ec94b3-c189-4689-b001-e57d3e3b32d4" CreationDate="2009-05-31T04:51:29.067" UserId="3505" Text="Where you have a few developers, the approach to give them development servers is a possibility, but if you have an entire floor of developers, then I am very much against giving them any admin rights whatsoever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that you'll end up with an entire floor of developers, each doing what they do, usually most aren't even security-conscious and just want their app to work.  Then you'll be hit with a request of - &quot;We've completed the development phase, please replicate our dev environment onto test, pre-prod, and prod&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They also get into the habit of installing random junk (badly packaged software), and then delegate you to install it on the dozen or so servers in the other tiers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I make the policy quite simple:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; * Developers do NOT get root access - ever - for the development environment.&#xD;&#xA; * The Developers DO get root access to pre-dev VMware servers, but NO support.&#xD;&#xA; * Developers must either provide RPM packages that belong to the OS distribution onto which their app will be running, OR, RPM packages that comply with the FHS and LSB.&#xD;&#xA; * None of their applications can under any circumstances run as root&#xD;&#xA; * The will not have access to `su` or `sudo` to the application user - which will be locked down to having NO shell access. (This is for accounting/audit).&#xD;&#xA; * Any commands they need to have run with privileged access will have to be explicitly requested and approved - at which time it will be added to the `sudoers` file.&#xD;&#xA;   * None of these commands/scripts will be writable by them.&#xD;&#xA;   * No script (directly or indirectly) reference by these commands will be writable by them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The above will above all, get them thinking about what will and will not be allowed when it comes time to move the project onto the test and above servers." />
  <row Id="28789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16041" RevisionGUID="26339681-c9cb-41cf-8854-f0fbcbd9f0df" CreationDate="2009-05-31T04:52:53.853" UserDisplayName="EHunt" Text="I was using Synergy before, and it is awesome. teleport takes it one step further if you're on OSX. I've yet to see better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're comfortable with X11/Unix stuff, there are numerous ways to accomplish the same thing via SSH/VNC/X11 mechanisms, all offering different advantages (compression, security, compatability, etc) " />
  <row Id="28790" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16041" RevisionGUID="26339681-c9cb-41cf-8854-f0fbcbd9f0df" CreationDate="2009-05-31T04:52:53.853" UserDisplayName="EHunt" />
  <row Id="28791" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16042" RevisionGUID="3fd98a3f-e5a5-44d6-aa40-023ef737f618" CreationDate="2009-05-31T04:57:40.020" UserId="3657" Text="Doesn't the MediaVault come with a copy of the NTI Shadow program for continuous backups?  You should be able to configure that for backups and then you can restore from that." />
  <row Id="28792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16043" RevisionGUID="1f11ed4b-229b-4995-8279-49d5b94b45f9" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:02:01.587" UserId="6108" Text="Maybe you're looking for some other solution as well:&#xD;&#xA;I have had best experience with Cyrus imap. More capabilities than courier and much much faster (and this is with a dozen users already)." />
  <row Id="28793" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16024" RevisionGUID="2a651a94-ce98-42c0-b7c9-c9db9f6fff56" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:07:03.993" UserId="3505" Comment="added 15 characters in body" Text="    % dig @208.67.222.222 smtp.gmail.com +short&#xD;&#xA;    gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com.&#xD;&#xA;    209.85.201.109&#xD;&#xA;    209.85.201.111&#xD;&#xA;    %&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, try using Xdebug to see where the problem is exactly....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;?php&#xD;&#xA;    xdebug_start_trace('/tmp/lookup-trace.log');&#xD;&#xA;    $ip = gethostbyname('smtp.gmail.com');&#xD;&#xA;    xdebug_stop_trace();&#xD;&#xA;    die($IP);&#xD;&#xA;    ?&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anything good in the logs?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16044" RevisionGUID="b8feb522-76e6-4d06-9c97-53fbaa517e7a" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:07:08.737" UserId="6509" Text="Others have already suggested creating a standard image for the lab systems.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would take this a step further - leverage wake-on-LAN and PXE to set up push-deployment.  This would let you re-image one or more (or all) of the systems at will, without needing to do be physically at the machines.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This would even give you the flexibility to set up different images depending, and choose which systems get which image, based on the need for that day/week/whatever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, you'll want to take precautions to ensure that students couldn't kick off the process, but that shouldn't be too difficult.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28795" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16045" RevisionGUID="e73ecae7-6c68-4b36-9b89-ba4b9cdf82c5" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:11:40.897" UserId="6108" Text="There are a lot of tools, satisfying to different degrees, none perfect :(&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm using Aqua Data Studio as it's in pure java and can connect to most of databases.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16047" RevisionGUID="3a425e98-d901-4a2a-a724-6e2d9a3aa0b6" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:15:33.527" UserId="301" Text="In addition to Pauls suggestions above, I would add&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Check that the machine isn't swapping heavily.&#xD;&#xA;* If your environment authenticates connections based on PTR records, is there a delay in name resolution ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When clients fail to authenticate swiftly, do you notice any other symptoms on the server, most likely a drop in query processing on existing connections ? If so I would look for underlying causes, possible software or hardware corruption, like a failing disk." />
  <row Id="28800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16048" RevisionGUID="0a6ea3c9-ca0d-4075-9cec-c183c9d8e0d9" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:17:12.647" UserId="3505" Text="I'm interested to see if anyone here who administers a large environment (200-500 Servers), and has a very large public customer base (100,000+), has set up (or has at least considered setting up) a honeypot?  I'm specially interested for those that provide services to nasty/evil/hostile networks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have set one up, can you elaborate on your experience?  In fact, please comment if you *don't* consider your environment to be large, even a small environment that contains some hostile networks is perfect!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm planning to set one up where I work, but naturally that will start with a few battles from management, naturally.  There are risks - the biggest risk would be that things are not setup correctly, and your production servers join your honeypot &quot;cluster&quot;, or simply that information about your network leaks out (any information is too much information).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28801" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16048" RevisionGUID="0a6ea3c9-ca0d-4075-9cec-c183c9d8e0d9" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:17:12.647" UserId="3505" Text="Setting up a Honeypot in an Enterprise Environment" />
  <row Id="28802" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16048" RevisionGUID="0a6ea3c9-ca0d-4075-9cec-c183c9d8e0d9" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:17:12.647" UserId="3505" Text="&lt;honeypot&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="28803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16049" RevisionGUID="37bae740-3bc7-4ff8-ad27-55a627663e0f" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:21:09.160" UserId="6108" Text="We've had the issue and the problem was that the PBX (Siemens HG1500) knows one set of codecs and the XLite the other and when XLite called, they negotiated ok, in the other direction not.&#xD;&#xA;We've disabled some codecs in the XLite configuration and since that it works.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28804" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16050" RevisionGUID="9c4fed0c-31f3-4665-a321-7715dd8451ff" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:23:49.610" UserId="301" Text="&gt; Error occurred during initialization&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of VM Could not reserve enough space&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for object heap&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is not enough virtual memory to startup the VM. That is, there is not enough physical memory and swap to accommodate the heap side you requested with `-Xms`. As you're running inside a virtual environment, you'll need to talk to Media Temple about increasing the amount of virtual memory available to your instance." />
  <row Id="28805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16051" RevisionGUID="fdc587aa-9b85-417a-a2aa-75fd2bfe0a26" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:25:52.163" UserId="6177" Text="My experience is with a user population that was about evenly split between people who only needed a locked down machine and other (developers, scientists) who needed admin access.  They high-end people used a lot of different software, some in-house, some not, but lots of it needed admin to run, and their jobs required them to use a lot of packages so it made the most sense to let people do it themselves.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We ended up with the following processes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Our standard image had the basic tools: Windows, Office, Anti-virus, Acrobat, a few utilities.&#xD;&#xA;- We provided lots of network disk space: enough so that everything could be stored on the network.  About the only exception was in-process video files that had to stay local.&#xD;&#xA;- Staff (in consultation with their supervisors) had two choices: either IT maintained their PC, doing all installs and configuration OR they could have admin access to do it themselves.  In either case, all data was backed up on the network.  &#xD;&#xA;- If IT maintained the system and it died, we'd put it back to the state it was in, including adding extra software they needed that we'd installed.  &#xD;&#xA;- If they had admin access and the system died, we'd have a look and try to fix it, but our commitment was to get them back to the standard image and they'd have to take it from there.  If they had any local data, we'd try to get that off first, but our SLA was just to get them a working, standard PC as soon as possible.&#xD;&#xA;- Anyone w/ admin access was required to know how to make sure Windows updates were working, to keep the Anti-virus and anti-malware updated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We would have liked to put all the people with admin access on an &quot;untrusted&quot; vlan, but we never got to that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28806" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16052" RevisionGUID="a8128c4f-729d-4755-a4a1-077afb79ed23" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:26:51.973" UserId="6628" Text="I have an external monitor that I use on Mac OS X as my main display.  When I detach the external monitor, all of my application windows are moved to the notebook's display, and the notebook's display becomes the main display.  This is expected.  When I reattach the external monitor, the application windows stay on the notebook's display.  I'd like them to return to the external display automatically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to associate an application with a particular display?  This is similar to associating an application with a particular (or all) space in Spaces.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="28807" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16052" RevisionGUID="a8128c4f-729d-4755-a4a1-077afb79ed23" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:26:51.973" UserId="6628" Text="How can I restore window positions in apps after attaching &amp; removing a second monitor in Mac OS X?" />
  <row Id="28808" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16052" RevisionGUID="a8128c4f-729d-4755-a4a1-077afb79ed23" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:26:51.973" UserId="6628" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;monitor&gt;" />
  <row Id="28809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16053" RevisionGUID="6e222fbc-d055-4075-9fc1-0dca14d990d3" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:29:35.527" UserId="6108" Text="Oracle on Windows opens user threads, not processes, afaik. (This is not good when an user connection crashes as it takes them all with.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This means that you're limited by memory; few MB of session overhead for thread and PGA per user + the context and SGA which depend on what you are doing. For light work (== users executing the same simple queries over and over again) you only need to count sessions.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28810" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16054" RevisionGUID="3e1d68c2-5ff5-42f4-a820-41a90f3520c4" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:31:37.940" UserId="2711" Text="I have to be blunt and say if I was your manager I would shut down that idea before it even started. There are too many risks and zero benefits associated with setting up a honeypot within a large IT environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could you elaborate on *why* you would want to do this? Aren't honeypots largely confined to security researchers? What are you trying to achieve?" />
  <row Id="28811" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16055" RevisionGUID="c17b64f7-f1f1-4d49-9ba4-54f9ee147981" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:33:07.843" UserId="2629" Text="     sudo reboot&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;reboots the computer." />
  <row Id="28812" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16055" RevisionGUID="c17b64f7-f1f1-4d49-9ba4-54f9ee147981" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:33:07.843" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16056" RevisionGUID="5fbbbd35-06bf-474a-92f4-597c717e0e46" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:34:13.253" UserId="6628" Text="    alias ..=&quot;cd ..&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias ...=&quot;cd ../..&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # mkdir and enter it immediately thereafter&#xD;&#xA;    mcd()           { mkdir $1 &amp;&amp; cd $1; }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # when entering a directory, list the contents.&#xD;&#xA;    cd()            { builtin cd &quot;$@&quot; &amp;&amp; ls; }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16057" RevisionGUID="f8dd0a35-f48f-4501-a797-591551aeb9f5" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:34:37.543" UserId="6108" Text="Why not having a development Oracle database?&#xD;&#xA;Afaik it's free for development use and you could use Oracle's DataPump which is very easy to use and flexible to do just what you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also a &quot;lite&quot; version of Oracle called Oracle Express so that you don't need to wrestle with Enterprise install..." />
  <row Id="28815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16058" RevisionGUID="8b636a24-4e2c-4012-bc65-d7b3ddddd79b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:35:15.967" Text="I've found Launchy to be a very useful tool for Windows.  It lets you launch many programs that would normally be launched by clicking icons by typing a few keystrokes.  There's also a version for Linux.  It can be found at www.launchy.net, and is free and open-source.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, to open an Explorer window from anywhere, type Alt-space (the default Launchy hot-key) followed by &quot;c:\&quot; followed by Enter.  You can run any program for which you have a Windows shortcut by typing a few characters from the name of the shortcut.  For example: Alt-space &quot;co&quot; Enter brings up Control Panel.  You can also do Google searches, open URLs in the browser, and many other things without taking your fingers from the keyboard." />
  <row Id="28816" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16058" RevisionGUID="8b636a24-4e2c-4012-bc65-d7b3ddddd79b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:35:15.967" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16059" RevisionGUID="85f24dfc-b3c0-4e06-9ae8-0dba318f433a" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:38:45.007" UserId="6629" Text="I also have Linux server on a DHCP network. The easiest way I've found to use DHCP and still be able to easily connect to the server is to give it a static ip. You can still use DHCP for other clients, but have a static ip for your server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You don't say what Linux distro you use, but here's the relevant part of my rc.conf from Arch Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    lo=&quot;lo 127.0.0.1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    eth0=&quot;eth0 192.168.1.11 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    INTERFACES=(lo eth0)&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;    gateway=&quot;default gw 192.168.1.1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    ROUTES=(gateway)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16060" RevisionGUID="e645afc4-d9b6-4ea7-b219-69d722c8eb0e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:39:09.797" UserId="6108" Text="Using GSM terminal such as TC35 mentioned by pQd gives you the reliability = you can request delivery confirmation receipt and get it only when the SMS is delivered to the user's terminal.&#xD;&#xA;When the shit really hits the fan, you can also dial out to the number and wake up the poor guy...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sending emails is for sure not reliable and I don't know about Skype.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16061" RevisionGUID="0a2603e9-2e44-40d4-8941-7880f890c306" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:39:19.390" UserId="2629" Text="     which program&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;searched the path for program, and tells you which executable is invoked if you run program without specifying a full path.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is usually most useful as a shorthand for typing a path.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ which python&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/bin/python&#xD;&#xA;    $ ls -l `which python`&#xD;&#xA;    lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  72 30 Jan 22:56 /usr/bin/python -&gt; ../../System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/bin/python&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28820" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16061" RevisionGUID="0a2603e9-2e44-40d4-8941-7880f890c306" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:39:19.390" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28821" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16044" RevisionGUID="041e5588-8264-4c1e-b31c-8961b8631cae" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:41:33.037" UserId="6509" Comment="deleted 39 characters in body" Text="Others have already suggested creating a standard image for the lab systems.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would take this a step further - leverage wake-on-LAN and PXE to set up push-deployment.  This would let you re-image one or more (or all) of the systems at will, without needing to be physically at the machines.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This would even give you the flexibility to set up multiple different images, and choose which systems get which image, based on what's needed at any given point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, you'd want to take precautions to ensure that students couldn't kick off the build process.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28822" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13493" RevisionGUID="5ede77fc-bc0e-4143-abf7-4279a668cd5e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:43:33.203" UserId="1715" Comment="added 242 characters in body" Text="I keep reading everywhere that powershell is the way of the future. &#xD;&#xA;When it was first released i did a whole bunch of virtual labs, but since then I still haven't used it in a production environment.  I know the day will come when I'm dealing with OS's where its already installed, so i want to be ready.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to know:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Do you use it? &#xD;&#xA; 2. what has your 'boot strapping' process has been for using powershell?  &#xD;&#xA; 3. What kind of admin tasks have you scripted with it?&#xD;&#xA; 4. I'm a SQL Server DBA, show me some cool things to do with it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT** Starting a bounty on this.  It seems that everyone agrees that MS is pushing this hard, but no one is actually using it yet.  I want to here from admins out there that are using it to do every day tasks &amp; share some code samples." />
  <row Id="28823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16062" RevisionGUID="ae9ffab5-94e1-443b-8c36-57ca54f4c8a8" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:49:14.127" UserId="2629" Text="    lsof -i &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;lists internet ports that are open.  Sample output:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    COMMAND     PID    USER   FD   TYPE    DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME&#xD;&#xA;    SystemUIS   223 clinton   11u  IPv4 0x3e21b08      0t0  UDP *:*&#xD;&#xA;    ARDAgent    262 clinton   16u  IPv4 0x3e21be0      0t0  UDP *:net-assistant&#xD;&#xA;    ARDAgent    262 clinton   18u  IPv4 0x5f01a68      0t0  TCP *:net-assistant (LISTEN)&#xD;&#xA;    AppleVNCS   263 clinton    4u  IPv6 0x3e274bc      0t0  TCP *:vnc-server (LISTEN)&#xD;&#xA;    Opera     48365 clinton   20u  IPv4 0x5f01e64      0t0  TCP WTD-Staff-BlackmoreC:57094-&gt;stackoverflow.com:http (ESTABLISHED)&#xD;&#xA;    Opera     48365 clinton   23u  IPv4 0x5b12a68      0t0  TCP WTD-Staff-BlackmoreC:57095-&gt;stackoverflow.com:http (ESTABLISHED)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;use `sudo` if you want the ports open by all users, and the flags `-n` and `-P` will disable name resolution and port names and give you numbers instead.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28824" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16062" RevisionGUID="ae9ffab5-94e1-443b-8c36-57ca54f4c8a8" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:49:14.127" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28825" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15284" RevisionGUID="ac990b22-910a-42a3-b029-3313b5d26bd3" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:52:14.823" UserId="5740" Comment="added 449 characters in body" Text="One of our development boxes has developed a problem wherein performance will occasionally drop through the floor.  When this happens, you can hear the hard drive thrashing, but I don't know what's causing it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This happens during periods of high disk access (reading/writing multi-gigabyte files), but not every time nor for the entire period of disk access.  Those files are also kept rigorously defragmented specifically to prevent the kind of &quot;seek thrashing&quot; that seems to be occurring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect that the problem lies either with the system's antivirus or with some disk-indexing service I don't know about (AFAIK, there aren't any running, but…).  Unfortunately, my PerfMon-fu is very, very weak (okay, nearly non-existent) and I don't know how to confirm/disprove my suspicions or find out what the real culprit is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Process Explorer](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx) located the culprits for me — the Java Quick Starter and Windows Search services.  Turning off the former had a noticeable impact on performance and turning off the latter had an enormous one (despite having not been given any files to access).  Both were performing 5-20 times as much disk access as any other process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks all for your help!" />
  <row Id="28826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16063" RevisionGUID="35ec4cd6-ba44-4bd2-ba00-37c9c015c561" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:52:20.957" UserId="2629" Text="     lsof&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*list open files*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Handy when you want to eject your USB drive and are told that it is in use and to please quit all applications and try again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo lsof /Volumes/CLINTON&#xD;&#xA;    COMMAND   PID    USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME&#xD;&#xA;    bash    55966 clinton  cwd    DIR  14,12    16384    2 /Volumes/CLINTON&#xD;&#xA;    lsof    56042    root  cwd    DIR  14,12    16384    2 /Volumes/CLINTON&#xD;&#xA;    lsof    56043    root  cwd    DIR  14,12    16384    2 /Volumes/CLINTON&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In this instance, I had `cd`ed onto the drive and so bash was accessing the volume.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that if you see 'mds' entries, it means that spotlight is indexing the drive." />
  <row Id="28827" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16063" RevisionGUID="35ec4cd6-ba44-4bd2-ba00-37c9c015c561" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:52:20.957" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28828" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13493" RevisionGUID="85c43e90-582a-43f3-a808-ac3a515e24b0" CreationDate="2009-05-31T05:54:16.473" UserId="1715" Comment="edited body" Text="I keep reading everywhere that powershell is the way of the future. &#xD;&#xA;When it was first released i did a whole bunch of virtual labs, but since then I still haven't used it in a production environment.  I know the day will come when I'm dealing with OS's where its already installed, so i want to be ready.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to know:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Do you use it? &#xD;&#xA; 2. what has your 'boot strapping' process has been for using powershell?  &#xD;&#xA; 3. What kind of admin tasks have you scripted with it?&#xD;&#xA; 4. I'm a SQL Server DBA, show me some cool things to do with it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT** Starting a bounty on this.  It seems that everyone agrees that MS is pushing this hard, but no one is actually using it yet.  I want to hear from admins out there that are using it to do every day tasks &amp; share some code samples." />
  <row Id="28829" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16064" RevisionGUID="46967399-150f-47f6-bf36-78dc5d217237" CreationDate="2009-05-31T06:10:34.240" UserId="6383" Text="Option 3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This also allow you to control which servers a client can access.  e.g. if client X needs access to servers A and B, but C or D, you copy it's public key to only those hosts." />
  <row Id="28833" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16065" RevisionGUID="f90a8231-3f07-45fd-95f3-6451e9de9612" CreationDate="2009-05-31T06:21:36.293" UserId="6621" Text="Lots of people have already mentioned system_profiler, so I'll just list some other commands I'd recommend for &quot;looking around&quot; a Mac OS X system:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    top -us5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My favorite command for seeing what's going on.  Shows processes sorted by CPU usage, updated every 5 seconds (I find the default of 1 second to be too fast), as well as load average, physical &amp; VM stats, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sysctl vm.swapusage&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VM stats -- see man sysctl for other options, or just try -a and look through the whole list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sw_vers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shows the OS version and build&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    softwareupdate -l&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Polls an Apple server for a list of relevant software updates. -i -a will download and install them (though be wary of firing off updates that require a reboot when you don't have physical access to the computer -- If something goes wrong you could be in trouble).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    systemsetup&#xD;&#xA;    networksetup&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Command-line access to the general and network settings normally accessed by the System Preferences GUI app.  Useful, but have the most amazingly (and painfully) verbose options I've ever seen.  (I mean, -getdisablekeyboardwhenenclosurelockisengaged?  Really?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Command-line control for the remote management service (Apple Remote Desktop), which doubles as a VNC server if you need GUI access.  The trick is that to make it work with a generic VNC client, you have to enable &quot;legacy&quot;-style authentication, with something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -configure -clientopt -setvnclegacy -vnclegacy yes -setvncpw -vncpw PWGoesHere -restart -agent&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Or, if it's not already running, use -activate instead of -restart -agent)" />
  <row Id="28834" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16066" RevisionGUID="971c9623-cdbb-4d59-8fa3-5b3b33558286" CreationDate="2009-05-31T06:26:05.740" UserId="1992" Text="I'm starting to see clients with hundreds of terabytes of data (in SQL Server installations). As the total volume of data in some enterprises approaches meaningful fractions of a petabyte, I'd like to canvas the collective knowledge base out there to see what people dealing with that magnitude of data are doing to safeguard it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The obvious issue is that storing multiple backups of that much data is prohibitively expensive, using enterprise-class storage, heck, even just RAID-5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Options I see are as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Create a mirror copy of the data in another data-center, and continually ship differences to it (using whatever mechanism is available for your data source - e.g. log-shipping or database mirroring with SQL Server)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Take regular backups using a hefty compression algorithm (probably only suitable if the data lends itself well to being *heavily* compressed)&#xD;&#xA; 3. Take piecemeal backups of the critical/changing parts of the data.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Don't backup the data and trust the corruption-gods.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm seeing option #4 being adopted as the default, and as an HA/DR expert it's really scary, but what do I advise as an alternative? I think #1 is the best approach, but &quot;I don't think so&quot; is the usual answer when any alternatives apart from #4 and possibly #3 are suggested.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, of course it depends on the change-rate and criticality of the data. No need to answer with that as I used to be responsible for all the HA features of SQL Server while I worked at Microsoft so I'm well-versed in the 'it depends' arguments - that's my catch-phrase :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd be very interested to hear of any alternatives I've missed, or to hear that everyone else is in the same boat and there's no realistic alternative to spending lots of money on more storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance - due credit will be given to all well thought-out answers." />
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  <row Id="28836" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16066" RevisionGUID="971c9623-cdbb-4d59-8fa3-5b3b33558286" CreationDate="2009-05-31T06:26:05.740" UserId="1992" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="28837" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16048" RevisionGUID="d9958d53-b48c-4914-a2a3-8c7df22372c6" CreationDate="2009-05-31T06:31:43.607" UserId="3505" Comment="Tell &quot;sys-admins that don't know&quot; what a honeypot is" Text="I'm interested to see if anyone here who administers a large environment (200-500 Servers), and has a very large public customer base (100,000+), has set up (or has at least considered setting up) a honeypot?  I'm specially interested for those that provide services to nasty/evil/hostile networks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have set one up, can you elaborate on your experience?  In fact, please comment if you *don't* consider your environment to be large, even a small environment that contains some hostile networks is perfect!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm planning to set one up where I work, but naturally that will start with a few battles from management, naturally.  There are risks - the biggest risk would be that things are not setup correctly, and your production servers join your honeypot &quot;cluster&quot;, or simply that information about your network leaks out (any information is too much information).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Production Honeypots&#xD;&#xA;=&#xD;&#xA;A production honeypot is used to assist an organization in protecting its internal IT infrastructure whereas a research honeypot is used to accumulate evidence and information in order to study hackers’ or the blackhat criminal attack patterns and motives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Production honeypots are valuable to the organization especially commercial, as it helps to reduce or mitigate risk that a specific organization faces. Production honeypots secure the &#xD;&#xA;organization by policing its IT environment to identify attacks. These production honeypots are useful in catching hackers with criminal intentions. The implementation and deployment of production honeypots are relatively easier than research honeypots. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28838" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16067" RevisionGUID="fd803561-2c25-4469-add6-e619dc1c67a3" CreationDate="2009-05-31T06:33:47.907" UserId="1" Text="I believe an application forcing the resolution to 640x480 is possible through compatibility settings in Windows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/2074/windowscompatibilityopt.png&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Notice under the &quot;compatibility&quot; tab in the shortcut options, you can specify &quot;Run in 640 x 480 screen resolution.&quot;" />
  <row Id="28839" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16066" RevisionGUID="9babff46-d82d-49f9-ad2a-b70ccd091f7c" CreationDate="2009-05-31T06:33:50.280" UserId="1992" Comment="added 14 characters in body" Text="I'm starting to see clients with hundreds of terabytes of data (in SQL Server installations). As the total volume of data in some enterprises approaches meaningful fractions of a petabyte, I'd like to canvas the collective knowledge base out there to see what people dealing with that magnitude of data are doing to safeguard it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The obvious issue is that storing multiple backups of that much data is prohibitively expensive, using enterprise-class storage, heck, even just RAID-5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Options I see are as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Create a mirror copy of the data in another data-center, and continually ship differences to it (using whatever mechanism is available for your data source - e.g. log-shipping or database mirroring with SQL Server)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Take regular backups using a hefty compression algorithm (probably only suitable if the data lends itself well to being *heavily* compressed)&#xD;&#xA; 3. Take piecemeal backups of the critical/changing parts of the data.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Don't backup the data and trust the corruption-gods.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm seeing option #4 being adopted as the default, and as an HA/DR expert it's really scary, but what do I advise as an alternative? I think #1 is the best approach, but &quot;I don't think so&quot; is the usual answer when any alternatives apart from #4 and possibly #3 are suggested.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, of course it depends on the change-rate and criticality of the data. No need to answer with that as I used to be responsible for all the HA features of SQL Server while I worked at Microsoft so I'm well-versed in the 'it depends' arguments - that's my catch-phrase :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd be very interested to hear of any alternatives I've missed, or to hear that everyone else is in the same boat and there's no realistic alternative to spending lots of money on more storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance - due credit will be given to all well thought-out and expressed answers." />
  <row Id="28840" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16068" RevisionGUID="4ea91b15-f590-4b10-925a-1ec4263c74e6" CreationDate="2009-05-31T06:35:14.597" UserId="6199" Text="You want [Honeyd][1] - Honeyd is a small daemon that creates virtual hosts on a network. The hosts can be configured to run arbitrary services, and their personality can be adapted so that they appear to be running certain operating systems. Honeyd enables a single host to claim multiple addresses - I have tested up to 65536 - on a LAN for network simulation. Honeyd improves cyber security by providing mechanisms for threat detection and assessment. It also deters adversaries by hiding real systems in the middle of virtual systems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.honeyd.org/" />
  <row Id="28841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16069" RevisionGUID="bf52a1ed-c83e-432e-b668-9d40c43ecaed" CreationDate="2009-05-31T06:36:31.507" UserId="6638" Text="   *What kind of admin tasks have you scripted with it?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;application/service monitoring: get key performance numbers out of (remote) EventLog and Stored Procedures and display them from a single batch file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   *I'm a SQL Server DBA, show me some cool things to do with it?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[automssqlbackup][1]: daily backup for MSSQL with rotation (daily=incremental, weekly+monthly=full; keep 5 daily, 5 weekly backups), zipping, email notification&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://devio.wordpress.com/category/automssqlbackup/" />
  <row Id="28842" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16069" RevisionGUID="bf52a1ed-c83e-432e-b668-9d40c43ecaed" CreationDate="2009-05-31T06:36:31.507" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16070" RevisionGUID="04414ffa-4faf-42b3-9b36-dcae874f2c34" CreationDate="2009-05-31T06:37:09.663" UserId="6641" Text="Option 1 is mirroring, which is almost as bad as #4: any bug that corrupts data, and isn't discovered immediately, will corrupt both copies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the data is critical, consider dedicated solutions; read about IBM's Shark products, for example, or competing products from EMS, etc. They have features like Flash-copy, that allow you to instantly create a logical copy of the file without doubling disk requirements; and then you can backup this copy to (e.g.) tape. Look into robotic tape backup as well." />
  <row Id="28844" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16071" RevisionGUID="b7a00a55-eaf1-4f02-b6e5-1074f8e6bda6" CreationDate="2009-05-31T06:37:57.103" UserId="6642" Text="#5 Print it out and re-key it on failure." />
  <row Id="28845" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16072" RevisionGUID="7b050d63-e11c-4fba-9945-290028fd411f" CreationDate="2009-05-31T06:43:57.870" UserId="6638" Text="I wrote [automssqlbackup][1] which creates backups, rotates, zips, and sends email. Powershell and free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://devio.wordpress.com/category/automssqlbackup/" />
  <row Id="28846" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16073" RevisionGUID="fbce5646-e599-4fa9-926b-eccbf56cb20e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T06:45:44.327" UserId="6233" Text="[Ultra Vnc SC][1] a free remote desktop tool.&#xD;&#xA;Some features: You only need one exe to pass to client, no install, Can be customized and You also can translate this tool, got a file transfer and chat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.uvnc.com/addons/singleclick.html" />
  <row Id="28847" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16073" RevisionGUID="fbce5646-e599-4fa9-926b-eccbf56cb20e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T06:45:44.327" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16074" RevisionGUID="09080bc2-b033-44c8-8a75-ef60afecea73" CreationDate="2009-05-31T06:46:23.250" UserId="5308" Text="As has already been said, one way to get a properly working redundant connection at layer 2 like this is by running some variant of spanning tree protocol.  Most, if not all, variants have a compatibility mode to deal with older switches running the original 802.1d spanning tree so specifically matching versions are not required for basic operation; however fail-over speed will not be good if you are running in compatibility mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a colo provider this type of loop can be disastrous.  Configuring the switches to detect and prevent this type of loop is absolutely fundamental to running a large switching network.  I would seriously consider changing your supplier or at least requesting that they review their best practices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I generally prefer not to link switches under different administrative domains into a single spanning tree.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One method to break the loop on your side without spanning tree would be to use some form of &quot;private-vlan&quot; configuration on your side.  Most of the larger switch vendors have a feature of this type which can be used to prevent subscribers on the same vlan talking to each other directly.  This is very useful in the data-centre and metro ethernet area. In your configuration ports 1 &amp; 2 would be marked as private/UNI (or whatever your vendor's terminology is) and port 3 would be promiscuous/NNI (etc).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some vendors also have an explicit backup port configuration which will allow you to mark a port as inactive until the configured primary link goes down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have more than one switch make sure that you are in control of your spanning tree.  Generally you can just string switches together and as long as spanning tree is running they will just work; however sooner or later something will break, and if you know where your root is and which links should be forwarding/blocked it makes troubleshooting a lot easier." />
  <row Id="28852" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16076" RevisionGUID="d477686a-3203-4e67-b6fb-1d7188171ab1" CreationDate="2009-05-31T06:54:08.850" UserId="6233" Text="Friend and I make a T shirts with printed out 3d bar codes witch can be read with nokia mobile phones,&#xD;&#xA;The Idea was to represents ourself in public, but We fund to its only fun to people who knows what is 3d bar code and how it can be read. " />
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  <row Id="28854" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="16066" RevisionGUID="d4c78c6a-d169-47ba-aced-2eb99f347332" CreationDate="2009-05-31T06:55:25.493" UserId="1992" Comment="edited title" Text="Is there a good way to backup a petabyte of data and store it?" />
  <row Id="28855" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16077" RevisionGUID="baa35e31-1add-40f2-97b2-2edca84640bf" CreationDate="2009-05-31T07:01:31.643" UserId="3631" Text="My company makes systems where a PC is mounted in an industrial control cabinet. In most cases the HD in the PC is in a vertical orientation. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since we had some drive failure issues we tried to see if there is a correlation between the orientation and failures. The conclusion, though based on very limited number of cases, was that the orientation had no influence on failures. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Heat and vibrations are the main causes of the failures probably. " />
  <row Id="28856" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16078" RevisionGUID="e9dc870e-fb8e-468b-9e9b-f1afb2f0390b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T07:03:11.700" UserId="6639" Text="I work at a large corporation where we use many legacy systems. To note some of the systems: HP-UX 10.20, Windows 2000, VMEBus systems,  systems designed 30+ years ago that do not communicate via TCP/IP protocols, and more. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Throughout the work week we are constantly plagued with these legacy systems losing communication with one another. Usually rebooting a system to try to restore communication is the last approach. It has become a common belief that rebooting a system is just a “fix-all” for ignorant co-workers. I was wondering, if there is ever validity to rebooting a system (legacy or not) to restore a failed line of communication?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I realize renewing IP addresses in windows should effectively restore network communication; but is there the possibility of a deeper problem in the underlying operating system that could become corrupt and need a reboot? A failed socket that times out, doesn’t close, or maybe doesn’t try to reconnect? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems to me rebooting would be a viable resolution when having such a complex network of mismatch systems. But (at least at my workplace) when a system is rebooted, and everything magically starts working again it’s always a “coincidence”; never a solution.  Thoughts?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28857" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16078" RevisionGUID="e9dc870e-fb8e-468b-9e9b-f1afb2f0390b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T07:03:11.700" UserId="6639" Text="Failed line of communication… rebooting for morons?" />
  <row Id="28858" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16078" RevisionGUID="e9dc870e-fb8e-468b-9e9b-f1afb2f0390b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T07:03:11.700" UserId="6639" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;unix&gt;" />
  <row Id="28859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16079" RevisionGUID="7794ffd1-3b80-4e65-8ee3-2a30c72b134d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T07:03:13.573" UserDisplayName="Yaytay" Text="Point out to those that want to store a Petabyte of data that storage ain't cheap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I get so fed up with people moaning about not having an extra Terabyte of online storage because disc is cheap - disc may be, but managed storage sure as hell isn't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's prohibitively expensive to store the backups then it's prohibitively expensive to store the data in a safe manner, so the proposed solution isn't viable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the most important reasons for having backups is protection from user error (most hardware failure problems can be dealt with by hardware solutions) but even database mirroring is no protection against a dropped table (OK, you can protect against that, but it's still possible to get unremovable guff into your DB - unless the reason the DB is so big is that it only ever issues inserts).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I see it tape is no longer a viable solution - it is now cheaper to just work with disc arrays (though physical storage can be awkward).&#xD;&#xA;So I think your only option is some method of splitting the data into chunks small enough to be restored in a sensible timeframe and then getting them onto disc storage on a regular basis (and here EMS type solutions can help, if you've got the cash)." />
  <row Id="28860" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16080" RevisionGUID="779eacb9-c84f-4d0c-9425-09ecd82f6bd7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T07:09:03.297" UserId="6397" Text="Richcopy, a released tool that used to be used internally in Microsoft. It's a ultimate copying tool that is much better than robocopy." />
  <row Id="28861" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16080" RevisionGUID="779eacb9-c84f-4d0c-9425-09ecd82f6bd7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T07:09:03.297" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28862" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16081" RevisionGUID="d9706a08-c779-45f0-903c-dccaecd912d5" CreationDate="2009-05-31T07:11:34.273" UserId="6609" Text="As far as what authorities are queried, the tools usually default to your operating system's DNS settings - Network control panel / DNS in windows, and /etc/resolv.conf in UNIX.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is only part of the story of course; it can be useful to query at a few different levels:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Your office DNS server (if you have one)&#xD;&#xA; - Your upstream ISP's DNS server&#xD;&#xA; - Your hosting facility's DNS server (if relevant)&#xD;&#xA; - The authoratative DNS server for the zone (DNS provider)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's also smart to combine this with the whois tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There have been many situations where I've seen office DNS servers, and even a company's upstrem DNS server cache &quot;bad&quot; old information for longer than you want - but if you query around you will find that the DNS is set up properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This usually ends up in the unfortunate situation where you try to explain to your boss &quot;No, no, we're not down. It's just that our office can't see our web site, I swear most everyone else in the world can.&quot;" />
  <row Id="28863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16082" RevisionGUID="24ff710d-a5b8-4c70-8065-84218b43b3a2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T07:15:28.307" UserId="6609" Text="I've used NTSyslog in the past. I was able to get all my windows machines to log to a central UNIX syslog server. Very handy." />
  <row Id="28864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16083" RevisionGUID="d5a36cf0-bf24-4a27-9069-edf951ea285e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T07:16:32.703" UserId="6194" Text="My thoughts on trying to educate people is to take the least intrusive path first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you said rebooting should be the LAST option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So least intrustive would be more like,&#xD;&#xA;  - Re-starting the communications service&#xD;&#xA;  - Re-starting the application service&#xD;&#xA;  - Re-starting the communications layer of the application (if exists)&#xD;&#xA;  - Etc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This applied to more then just old systems and applies to any troubleshooting.  One day one of those systems will not come back up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By cycling though the different parts of a system, this might also let you find what is actually causing the failure and also have a faster fix since an entire reboot is not done." />
  <row Id="28865" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16084" RevisionGUID="eefbaab6-10ff-465c-886f-b47a818d333d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T07:17:57.100" UserId="2299" Text="Use the tsdiscon command, see:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321705&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For lusers you might be able to come up with some clever scripting to do this. It's not trivial as you need the session id.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28866" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15659" RevisionGUID="84784a0a-d93f-4699-8e59-93c70ca7d8fd" CreationDate="2009-05-31T07:21:56.593" UserId="6170" Comment="updates after another answer was removed" Text="This looks promising [http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2006/05/30/610505.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    control.exe intl.cpl,,/f:&quot;c:\Unattend.xml&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2006/05/30/610505.aspx" />
  <row Id="28867" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14853" RevisionGUID="c6226df3-d085-49d8-b576-dda19f5bb147" CreationDate="2009-05-31T07:24:29.723" UserId="1" Comment="add code blocks" Text="Many years ago I was at home coding up some stuff in php while working on a project with a buddy of mine who was the maintainer of the project. We were IM'ing one another in a collaboration effort. We always banter back and forth in play. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was trying to get ssh-agent to work properly on my machine while we were having a religious war of Perl vs PHP. Then I mentioned something about ssh-agent needing to be eval'ed (not sure why I said that). So then he sent me this message in an effort, so I thought, to help me with my problem (bear in mind that I was su -'ed to root):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    \# eval $(echo ssh-agent | &#xD;&#xA;    perl -pe 's/h-a/m -r/' | &#xD;&#xA;    perl -pe 's/^ss/r/' | &#xD;&#xA;    perl -pe 's/gent/f \//')&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WARNING! DO NOT RUN THAT COMMAND!!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IF you remove the eval and run the inner command by itself it is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rm -rf /&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It took me all of 4 seconds to notice what was happening but the damage was already done. I had to reinstall my OS. Fortunately, nothing of my work was wiped out except some stuff in /etc iirc. He had a HUGE laugh when I sent him a message of horror asking why he did that. We are both long-term systems engineers. He didn't think I would run it and would be more careful to check it before simply c&amp;p'ing and I just trusted him so I didn't even consider he was playing around. Needless to say, this little story comes up all the time between us. So, I decided to immortalize it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How have I mitigated this from happening again? I trust no-one! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another less interesting story is a couple of years back I was doing some work on a mission critical box at work. I had a few terms open to different machine. I needed to remove some superfluous stuff in a directory. Well, I got lost in my terms and accidentally rm'ed *.* in my local dir but on the wrong host (wrong term)!!. I executed the command in /var/lib/mysql instead of /tmp on the application server (different term). Needless to say, I wiped out the production database. Fortunately, we had a warm standby that we flipped to while me and a co-worker rebuilt the primary from backups and the standby. That took about 18 hours to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mitigation: more careful about what windows I execute commands in before executing them." />
  <row Id="28868" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16085" RevisionGUID="94988f4a-f0c6-4536-8fc4-6724bc820f05" CreationDate="2009-05-31T07:29:51.197" UserId="2302" Text="Yeah, &quot;restart and call me if it still doesn't work&quot; is often the first line of troubleshooting for sysadmins or helpdesk staff who are out of ideas.  I'll cop to using this as well, but telling someone to reboot a server is a completely different exercise than having a user reboot their workstation, depending of course on what the server is used for. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hate to give this advice, but speaking pragmatically, sometimes for true legacy systems that you're not at liberty to replace, if reboot works to fix the problem then it's better to just do it as needed and work towards justifying an upgrade than to extend downtime unneccesarily." />
  <row Id="28869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16086" RevisionGUID="a1c3897b-f2f8-4a4b-b007-c79ebb5d3337" CreationDate="2009-05-31T07:30:31.473" UserId="3544" Text="Today I had a weird file I was unable to delete so I went in the terminal. The file was begining with a &quot; ? &quot; so I did :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; rm ?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which erased every files except folders. I then remembered that &quot; ? &quot; mean any single characters so it was like I did :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; rm *" />
  <row Id="28870" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16086" RevisionGUID="a1c3897b-f2f8-4a4b-b007-c79ebb5d3337" CreationDate="2009-05-31T07:30:31.473" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28871" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16087" RevisionGUID="c8d58ee5-64b6-4c07-abe7-d5a4fa22947d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T07:30:32.847" UserId="2299" Text="When I've seen this it's always been due to NATing somewhere in the connection. SIP wasn't designed to be NATed and needs various fixups. However this kills all phones and wouldn't explain why some of your phones work and others don't. It might be worth checking there isn't any NATing going on in the connection. Also check that the VOIP module has been configured with the IP address of the phone system. For some reason VOIP modules need to be told what their own IP address is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28872" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2425" RevisionGUID="ba23e1a1-c684-46df-84ae-790cdc498bb9" CreationDate="2009-05-31T07:36:44.160" UserId="45" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ssd&gt;&lt;laptop&gt;&lt;harddrive&gt;" />
  <row Id="28873" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16088" RevisionGUID="95fc11fd-0251-4b25-a9a0-6b0069288897" CreationDate="2009-05-31T07:41:05.383" UserId="2302" Text="Technically, storage *is* cheap, but at the petabyte level, not so much.  It really depends on the application, but I'd say some combination of strategy #2 and #3 is going to be the answer, with #2 a given and #3 depending on how much investment you can make in storage and the kind of storage and IO/computational power that will let you get away with as little incrementalism and as much discreet, full backup as possible.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, something like Amazon S3 may also come into play depending on your bandwidth and how much change there is in the data -- at this volume, putting at least some of it on someone else's servers and letting them worry about redundancy gets more and more cost effective." />
  <row Id="28874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16089" RevisionGUID="bad511df-51a0-45ef-9c30-91ef35dd218b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T07:51:34.100" UserId="6650" Text="The JBoss 'all' server setup starts up a clustering as a default. But I guess 'all' contains plenty of unnecessary services for a web application based on EJB3, JPA/Hibernate. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the minimum setup for JBoss with JBoss Cache clustering?" />
  <row Id="28875" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16089" RevisionGUID="bad511df-51a0-45ef-9c30-91ef35dd218b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T07:51:34.100" UserId="6650" Text="JBoss &amp; JBoss Cache configuration for a cluster" />
  <row Id="28876" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16089" RevisionGUID="bad511df-51a0-45ef-9c30-91ef35dd218b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T07:51:34.100" UserId="6650" Text="&lt;jboss&gt;&lt;clustering&gt;&lt;setup&gt;" />
  <row Id="28877" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="16071" RevisionGUID="36da96f3-5fc1-4706-92b4-8a40a5505660" CreationDate="2009-05-31T07:51:55.067" UserId="1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="28878" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="16071" RevisionGUID="31e502e8-ad90-4f84-a0bd-995e9edf0ec3" CreationDate="2009-05-31T07:52:46.860" UserId="1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="28879" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16090" RevisionGUID="899fb22d-c4cb-4c0b-bff0-225901d7af9f" CreationDate="2009-05-31T07:55:55.980" UserId="6651" Text="As others have pointed out, the problem is with name resolution, not SSH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But the best solution is to configure the DNS, DHCP Server and DHCP Client so that a DNS entry is created automtaically for all the DHCP clients.&#xD;&#xA;This is easily done with Microsoft's DHCP server (I should be able to provide instructions if that's helpful) but should also be possible with other servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically you need:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. A DNS server that accepts dynamic&#xD;&#xA;    updates (you may want to secure&#xD;&#xA;    this). &#xD;&#xA; 2. A DHCP server that sends a&#xD;&#xA;    dynamic update for all clients (MS&#xD;&#xA;    DHCP server will do this, but &#xD;&#xA;    doesn't by default). &#xD;&#xA; 3. A DHCP client&#xD;&#xA;    that tells the DHCP server its name&#xD;&#xA;    (most do this automatically, but it may be an option that needs turning on)." />
  <row Id="28880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16091" RevisionGUID="14c814fd-e55b-4ead-84a2-ff6d587c4304" CreationDate="2009-05-31T06:41:02.607" Text="&lt;p&gt;Once you move beyond 100k hits/month, what would people in this community say is the biggest hurdle?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My situ:&#xA;Tons of static media (audio/video/images) being served off of S3/CDN, but being stored locally as backup (not served though). Everything that can be cached, is cached, with about 8 gigs of memory scalable to 32.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're currently handling about 100k hits without a problem, and would love to know what problems others have run into: load balancing? memory issues? disk i/o?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for any tips. I've looked through the related questions, and they answered them well, but just wanted to get some more feedback.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28881" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16091" RevisionGUID="14c814fd-e55b-4ead-84a2-ff6d587c4304" CreationDate="2009-05-31T06:41:02.607" Text="Scaling a LAMP stack" />
  <row Id="28882" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16091" RevisionGUID="14c814fd-e55b-4ead-84a2-ff6d587c4304" CreationDate="2009-05-31T06:41:02.607" Text="&lt;php&gt;&lt;lamp&gt;&lt;optimization&gt;&lt;speed&gt;&lt;memory&gt;" />
  <row Id="28883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16092" RevisionGUID="e4002b1e-1f61-409e-8c30-66d3ba5c8078" CreationDate="2009-05-31T06:48:39.127" UserId="1232" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hardware is so cheap these days that increasingly few people even get to the point where they need more than one machine. $10,000 will buy you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;16-32GB of RAM;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2 quad core Xeons;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;RAID5 disk array.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That kind of machine can serve over 10,000 concurrent users on an even mildly optimized site for all but the most resource intensive applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically there are two approaches to scalability:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vertical:&lt;/strong&gt; basically buying the biggest machine you can so you don't need more than one;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Horizontal:&lt;/strong&gt; doing things in a way that lends itself to parallelism. Only needed on the most intensive of applications.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Look at StackOverflow: its basically run on a Web server plus a database server and it does in excess of 6 million hits a month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said, scalability is about finding and addressing your bottleneck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If your database is slowing things down either give it more resources or use some form of in-memory caching to take the load off;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If disk I/O is your problem then the same applies;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you're running out of memory to the point where it's causing too many page faults and thus causing a disk I/O problem, add more memory;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does your application and it's data lend itself to partitiioning across servers? If so, that's one way of scaling horizontally;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If bandwidth is an issue and you're delivering large files then perhaps a CDN is the answer;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And so on.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately though, 100k hits/month is not that large. I suspect that these days on a typical Web site you'd need to get beyond 10 million/month before you had real problems, assuming you don't do things badly (eg if you don't index your database searches then of course you'll be having problems with that but they're nothing to do with hits/month).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would say redundancy is a far bigger headache than scalability. The issues involved in having redundant links, monitoring processes for system failure, having and maintaining a DR (disaster recovery) site, dealing with the issues that entails (like split-brain clustering), etc are far more difficult and tedious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16093" RevisionGUID="2b76bba6-0568-48ae-a4a7-5bff5a377d52" CreationDate="2009-05-31T06:52:36.187" Text="&lt;p&gt;Depends a little bit on what sort of database handling your doing - if you are serving static content or near static content; you will scale well beyond 100K/mo with very modest hardware.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Complex database driven sites such as forums can be a larger problem, you will need to look into database replication, reverse proxies on the main website to act as additional caches, and additional load-balanced webservers. Most 'heavy' DB-using software also supports things such as memcached, which can be used to reduce the load on the database on common requests.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Frankly though, I think you are probably overestimating demand right now - 100K is within the realm of handling on a single machine just fine. Once you break 10M, then you need to look at more complex solutions such as the ones I have outlined above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My personal advice is to always favour parallel machines over single complex ones - not only does it end up being cheaper, but it gives you a lot more room to grow when the time comes. Expanding already expensive hardware gets you into the realm of $25,000 servers - where 'bang for buck' disintegrates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28885" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16094" RevisionGUID="37bc450f-bc15-495c-8c84-556da23ec8a8" CreationDate="2009-05-31T07:03:39.923" Text="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Once you move beyond 100k hits/month&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is NOTHING!!! If you have troubles serving 100k hits per month you are in trouble. Generally you should not have problems with most dumbest systems serving 100K per day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is about LAMP... and CMS systems&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My situ: Tons of static media (audio/video/images) being served off of S3/CDN&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are very good web servers for these purposes: lighttpd -- it serves YouTuble media&#xA;streaming, nginx is good as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are lightweight web servers that scale extremely well with high loads.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even switching Apache module from mod-prefork to mod-worker would help (even lighttpd are still much better).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bottom line:&lt;/strong&gt; these loads are far from being high.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16095" RevisionGUID="f2c2d5c2-24ff-4d43-aa07-7f1e1d3c24a6" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:01:19.977" UserId="6194" Text="For those of you saying you won't use hardware RAID because if the controller fails and you can't get an identcial replacement your screwed, you're going about it the wrong way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. If uptime is that critical to you, you should NOT be buying cheap hardware.  As was said before, use a good raid controller, HP, LSI, Dell etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. If the controller was purchased from the computer manufacturer, ie Dell server, with Dell RAID controller, Dell will tell you how long they will be stocking those parts, usually this in the in the 4+ year from the EOL of that server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. If having someone running again quickly means you cannot wait for the delivery then you should be purchasing a second spare controller for yourself, regardless of who made it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. If you setup as a RAID 1, you can sometimes take that one of those drives and drop them on a normal controller to recover the data.  If that is important to you, confirm/test this with your controller before you are in a critial situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hardware RAID saved my butt 2x.  Once in an email server one of the drives failed, I got the email alert from the raid monitoring software on that machine, called up dell and had a new drive the next day, poped it in and it rebuild all on its own.  ZERO downtime on that one&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second one, had a drive fail in an old file server that was scheduled for replacement in 6 months.  The controller kept it running and we moved the replacement of the server up to that week.  Saved buying a new drive (since it was out of warrenty) and again ZERO downtime.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used software raids before and they just don't recover as nicely as hardware based one.  You have to test your setup, software or hardware to be sure it works and know what to do when the brown stuff hits the fan." />
  <row Id="28887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16096" RevisionGUID="70320c9a-d355-4e3d-982c-971436c47141" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:05:42.793" UserId="85" Text="I can see solutions in a couple of categories:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Static IP:&#xD;&#xA;  1. Fix the IP on the Linux machine and exclude that IP from the DHCP server.&#xD;&#xA;  2. Get the DHCP server (your router?) to give the Linux server's MAC address a fixed address.&#xD;&#xA;  3. For either of these, put the static IP address in your client's hosts file.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Dynamic IP with DNS.&#xD;&#xA;  1. Find some way of having the Linux machine send a hostname with it's DHCP request, and having the DHCP server/DNS server expose this name so DNS resolution will work. Depends on DHCP and DNS servers.&#xD;&#xA;  2. Put the Linux server's current IP on some fixed shared resource (e.g. external web-page). And script something hacky on the client to get that and use it as the server IP address." />
  <row Id="28888" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16097" RevisionGUID="81339f65-6e92-4364-a0da-270decacc482" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:08:26.437" UserId="6647" Text="I'm not sure about setting this up to happen automatically - I thought it did, but obviously not. What you can do is go to the 'Displays' item in System Preferences, and enable the &quot;Show displays in menu bar&quot; check box. This will give you a &quot;Gather Windows&quot; item that will move all open windows to the current main display.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option perhaps is to use a &quot;Do Something When&quot; (a free PrefPane available at www.azarhi.com/Projects/DSW/) and use it to trigger an AppleScript that will carry out the gather action when you plug in the external monitor. Unfortunately the latest version of DSW is a couple of years old now, and I don't know if it works on Leopard." />
  <row Id="28889" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12577" RevisionGUID="6d759e4b-579c-4cc0-a014-61c6d8b35f7b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:15:00.497" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ipsecvpnclient&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;windows-7&gt;" />
  <row Id="28890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16098" RevisionGUID="48c8219e-06f7-4977-89c5-10f34b1f9664" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:15:21.633" UserId="6524" Text="I'm not user what you mean by 'always visible' - you want to have certain lines stay on screen while the rest is scrolled away? That's hard to do with ccze, perhaps you need a different log viewing tool. Have you tried &lt;code&gt;multitail&lt;/code&gt;? It let's you see several log files at once in different windows, and also provides colorized output." />
  <row Id="28891" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6356" RevisionGUID="13d6a921-3d8f-4e75-9fa2-d3ec3b860f09" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:16:44.190" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;godaddy&gt;&lt;ddns&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="28892" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16099" RevisionGUID="128c7f29-9ed3-41ae-b5c8-2369f71acda2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:21:39.483" UserId="2302" Text="After 10+ years and thousands of dollars, I have given up on both tape and commercial solutions.  We now backup to disk, and I look for a backup solution to be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Free/open archive formats (e.g., tar, zip, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Scriptable -- can involve native commands or utilities, but these must be callable from a common backup script (e.g., exmerge, osql, mysqldump, gnupg, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Platform independent where possible&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Generates log files or status that can be emailed/directed as part of the overall job&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While these fail many of the &quot;enterprise&quot; criteria specified above, in my experience the keep-it-simple, standardized approach is more likely to result in your data being both recoverable and secure.  Keep in mind there is no one ideal solution for backing up all systems, and developing effective backup strategies for each one involves more than just buying an agent for a commercial program.   " />
  <row Id="28893" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9217" RevisionGUID="f5b8a79c-7684-4e80-b7eb-11ad6d95bf86" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:21:45.380" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;upgrade&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;windows-server-2000&gt;" />
  <row Id="28894" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16100" RevisionGUID="b151ea2b-2058-4e75-987a-a7468c391488" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:21:55.833" UserId="2369" Text="I have a Windows 2003 server machine, this machine is backed up by a nightly scheduled task that copies files and folders to a portable USB hard drive (encrypted using TrueCrypt)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Every week the portable drive is takes off-site and another drive is connected (we currently rotate between 2 portable drives).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that every week when we rotate the drives we can't dismount the connected drive because of some random file or folder that is open, the process holding the file open is always explorer.exe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I close the handle by using ProcessExplorer everything works - the volume is dismounted cleanly and explorer continues to work normally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to know how to stop explorer from keeping the file open in the first place, I suspect some 3rd party code that is loaded into explorer is the problem but I don't know how to track it down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a production server, so installing debugging tools or doing anything that will take the server off-line for more than a few minutes is not acceptable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="28898" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7448" RevisionGUID="d4df91f2-d6be-4203-915b-9b18b81158f0" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:22:45.613" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-server-2000&gt;&lt;batch-file&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="28899" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16101" RevisionGUID="665c8c3c-b57a-4b0c-bd01-7a76f344d665" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:23:33.537" UserId="6658" Text="I cannot list them using dig/nslookup/host." />
  <row Id="28900" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16101" RevisionGUID="665c8c3c-b57a-4b0c-bd01-7a76f344d665" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:23:33.537" UserId="6658" Text="How to list all CNAME records for a given domain?" />
  <row Id="28901" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16101" RevisionGUID="665c8c3c-b57a-4b0c-bd01-7a76f344d665" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:23:33.537" UserId="6658" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;cname&gt;" />
  <row Id="28902" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10225" RevisionGUID="757dc970-280d-4bfe-83af-fa89e71279e7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:23:45.283" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;vlan&gt;&lt;spanning-tree&gt;&lt;data-center&gt;&lt;ethernet&gt;" />
  <row Id="28903" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4788" RevisionGUID="85fb8d67-bd87-4983-bc70-c563e6bdcd43" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:23:59.980" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;data-center&gt;" />
  <row Id="28904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16102" RevisionGUID="70d32631-ce67-4b11-8914-cbcd9806432d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:26:39.177" UserDisplayName="Wang Jian" Text="Change explorer.exe's focus onto a folder of another partition." />
  <row Id="28905" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="349" RevisionGUID="84e302c8-baaa-4e90-bb8d-78425885babf" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:29:22.650" UserId="3505" Comment="Removed non-tag tags." Text="&lt;off-topic&gt;&lt;humor&gt;&lt;fun&gt;" />
  <row Id="28906" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16103" RevisionGUID="59fbbf48-aab1-47c0-8dac-90f1b4d2515b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:29:28.267" UserId="4757" Text="There are two ways, both require administrator access or trust to the DNS records:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Perform an AFXR transfer on the domain to retrieve all records for the domain. The DNS administrator needs to explicitly allow AFXR transfers to your IP address from your chosen DNS server. You can perform such a transfer like this: `dig @ns1.google.com google.com AFXR`&#xD;&#xA; - Directly view the zonefile on the relevant DNS server. You need administrator access to the DNS server for this." />
  <row Id="28907" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5592" RevisionGUID="23c1d5ec-e210-4d96-8400-c38ab075491d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:29:58.220" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;offline&gt;&lt;web-browsing&gt;&lt;tools&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="28908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16104" RevisionGUID="86a22d34-e744-4876-8d39-f0dba0fc9956" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:29:59.717" UserId="3311" Text="Use [unlocker][1]. First unlock your root drive using Sent to --&gt; unlock then you will be able to remove it easily. It won't make your server unavailable and it is a very small utility. I am working with it on Win 2003 perfectly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/" />
  <row Id="28909" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5699" RevisionGUID="4ec2eeaf-771d-4713-97bf-cb9e89fb874c" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:30:58.623" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;windows-messenger&gt;" />
  <row Id="28910" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8934" RevisionGUID="36cc7c4a-273b-44cc-8277-de859f730c5e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:32:49.790" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;rfc-1918&gt;&lt;blackhole&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;tcpip&gt;" />
  <row Id="28911" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="14265" RevisionGUID="14d6ab64-bfe9-4ba0-8ae7-b498fc4b827d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:33:23.003" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;snmp&gt;" />
  <row Id="28912" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="14265" RevisionGUID="472c1c52-3246-4564-9100-6b5124258e14" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:33:51.660" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;snmp&gt;" />
  <row Id="28913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16105" RevisionGUID="b1ee5128-e6bd-432e-ab25-d41f576472ac" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:34:27.727" UserId="3311" Text="Since it is non industrial application and your range is not a huge one, I suggest to use a range extender instead of new AP. It has a higher transmitting and reception power so you can get more range than standard wifi.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[WiFi Range Extender][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12215" />
  <row Id="28914" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="14762" RevisionGUID="33266726-ae1d-4d82-b945-50ca8cd6d0d7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:35:50.000" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;backup-restoration&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;iso-image&gt;" />
  <row Id="28915" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16106" RevisionGUID="2a756cbf-fade-44e5-a1b1-a83693a3f910" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:36:26.817" UserId="3181" Text="Off the wall idea - is the all of the stored information needed or even useful? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How much is the information actually worth? It seems obviously ridiculous to spend more in upkeep and management than the data is worth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is the data in the database appropriate for storage in a database? For example, does keeping compressed multi-gigabyte core files in the support organization's database really provide any actual benefit? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a lot of duplicated data in the database? For example, are a thousand people keeping ten copies each of a weekly 10MB newsletter?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does some of the data have an &quot;expiration date&quot; after which it does not provide any value? Returning to the support organization example, for various reasons there is virtually no benefit in keeping around customer core files more than a few months after a fix has been delivered.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thought - is keeping that much data opening the company to liabilities. Some data one must, by law, keep. Some data, however, should be &quot;shredded&quot; because of the risks posed if it is accidentally, or maliciously, released to inappropriate parties.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28916" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2374" RevisionGUID="95ba2334-2b2f-4799-9cf4-6913730000da" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:36:29.703" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;iso-image&gt;" />
  <row Id="28917" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1797" RevisionGUID="ccb6fab1-b516-4c5d-9e35-ee429783fad1" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:36:54.353" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;iso-image&gt;&lt;iso&gt;&lt;virtual-drive&gt;" />
  <row Id="28918" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9974" RevisionGUID="a7163c12-b312-422d-926c-e32934044e18" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:38:35.410" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;defaults&gt;" />
  <row Id="28919" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="570" RevisionGUID="b28cef94-03b3-45b7-9877-5e5440417c9e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:39:08.793" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows2003&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;servers&gt;&lt;defaults&gt;&lt;server-security&gt;" />
  <row Id="28920" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16107" RevisionGUID="c22ed3ae-c79d-47e5-88f5-b83bdf24e87c" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:39:18.123" UserId="6111" Text="I've got a rig with 2 hard drives. I've put Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) on one of the drives and Windows Vista SP2 runs on the other drive. I went with this approach rather than dual boot since I wanted to be able to swap out the OSes as I please and just keep things clean and separate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem I've been noticing is that when I am in Ubuntu and I reboot into Windows Vista (by selecting the Vista drive at boot time), the Vista clock is always set back by about 5 hours. Also I've noticed that when I try to synchronize the Vista clock, it always errors out on the first attempt, then I have to click &quot;Update now&quot; a second time before the synchronization with the selected NTP server takes effect. Repeated reboots of Vista do not affect the Vista clock so long as I go from Vista back to Vista each time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, the reverse is not true, that is, rebooting Vista and launching Ubuntu does not affect the Ubuntu clock.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't figure out why this is happening. Would appreciate any help at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**: I should also probably mention that Ubunty is 64-bit and Vista is 32-bit." />
  <row Id="28921" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16107" RevisionGUID="c22ed3ae-c79d-47e5-88f5-b83bdf24e87c" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:39:18.123" UserId="6111" Text="Why does Ubuntu 9.04 affect my Windows clock?" />
  <row Id="28922" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16107" RevisionGUID="c22ed3ae-c79d-47e5-88f5-b83bdf24e87c" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:39:18.123" UserId="6111" Text="&lt;ubuntu-9.04&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;clock&gt;" />
  <row Id="28923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16108" RevisionGUID="c3b43bd9-e92e-47f7-87f5-1153c3aac2d6" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:39:45.143" UserId="6550" Text="WMIC lets you do pretty much anything to any networked windows computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;some fun things to try&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; wmic computersystem get name&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;what user is currently logged into the system&#xD;&#xA;&gt;wmic netlogon get name,lastlogon&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;users who have logged into a system, and when they last logged in&#xD;&#xA;&gt;wmic os get lastbootuptime&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;when was the last time the machine booted; (do you have a machine not getting updates?)&#xD;&#xA;&gt;wmic product get name,verion&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;gets all the applications installed.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;wmic product where 'name = &quot;%Product Name%&quot;' get name&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;finds applications installed with a specific name&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;also remember you can run these on networked systems&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;wmic /node:&quot;computername1&quot; os list brief" />
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  <row Id="28925" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="13717" RevisionGUID="bb7b0813-f8b7-43e7-bbd4-566e8f541669" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:41:14.000" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;job-hunting&gt;&lt;recruitment&gt;" />
  <row Id="28926" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="14832" RevisionGUID="5b53dd35-057c-4038-abf2-86441b68f053" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:42:06.870" UserId="3505" Comment="Fix tags before they get popular" Text="&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;culture&gt;&lt;job-market&gt;&lt;job-hunting&gt;&lt;career-development&gt;" />
  <row Id="28927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16109" RevisionGUID="1d2fd33e-ebcc-4ac9-b1c8-f160d1f65352" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:42:20.487" UserId="4757" Text="http://www.google.com/search?q=ubuntu+effects+windows+clock" />
  <row Id="28928" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16110" RevisionGUID="c2a88c29-7507-486c-a31b-dc3799a7db27" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:42:25.043" UserId="2546" Text="Is it [this problem][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to look at&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;`/etc/default/rcS` &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;and change UTC=yes to UTC=no.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=382199" />
  <row Id="28929" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16110" RevisionGUID="28244fb8-b6c3-486c-a473-f1d12e1d9e57" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:48:39.117" UserId="2546" Comment="more details" Text="Is it [this problem][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to look at&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;`/etc/default/rcS` &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;and change **UTC=yes** to **UTC=no**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This makes Ubuntu read and write to the hardware clock in the same way as Windows, using local time instead of UTC. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=382199" />
  <row Id="28930" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16111" RevisionGUID="29aa1fff-c0f5-4888-b9ef-55fb963f2d49" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:49:50.830" UserId="3181" Text="When you need to clean a system infected with malicious code:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Archive the user data&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Some some other system, or at least some kind of rescue CD, to scan the data for traces of malicious code.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) Clean install the system, including MBR on the disk. For the paranoid, re-flash BIOS code on all components.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) Restore the scanned/cleaned user data to the rebuilt system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my opinion, do not waste time trying to clean a compromised system in place - with today's  malicious code, e.g., root kits, this is impossible." />
  <row Id="28933" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="16107" RevisionGUID="9b4a4e7b-d297-48d4-aa2a-294078de86da" CreationDate="2009-05-31T08:57:36.243" UserId="2546" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ubuntu-9.04&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;clock&gt;&lt;dual-boot&gt;" />
  <row Id="28934" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15751" RevisionGUID="fea576ee-cc06-48ea-8f6b-ad67c2a8a3a0" CreationDate="2009-05-31T09:01:42.553" UserId="2405" Comment="deleted 6 characters in body" Text="In our shop we're faithfully using RAID in all our workstations, probably just because that seems to be the way it ought to be done. I'm talking about workstations for scientific simulations, using the onboard RAID chips.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I've heard a lot of RAID horror stories. Stackoverflow itself has had an [outage caused indirectly by RAID controller][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID protects you against a very narrow type of failure - physical disk failure - but at the same time it also introduces extra points of failure. There can be problems with the RAID controller, and there often are. In our shop at least, it seems that RAID controllers fail at least as often as disks themselves. You can also easily mess something up with the process of swapping a faulty drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When is RAID worth the trouble? Don't you get a better return on investment by adding more redundancy to your backup solutions? Which type of RAID is better or worse in this regard?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: I've changed the title from the original &quot;Is RAID worth the trouble?&quot;, so it sounds  less negative&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/03/tuesday-outage-its-raid-tastic/" />
  <row Id="28935" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="16052" RevisionGUID="1dbe9963-7a3d-48b4-9553-91e1f9c5ed67" CreationDate="2009-05-31T09:05:47.040" UserId="1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="28936" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16113" RevisionGUID="7fe684b1-c9d3-4762-9412-35e2e19da8b3" CreationDate="2009-05-31T09:16:37.157" UserId="6670" Text="I Carry an Ultimate Boot CD and a copy of Knoppix with me everywhere now.&#xD;&#xA;(would of added links, but apparently i am to new)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="28938" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16114" RevisionGUID="f35b5bdf-ef46-4f77-9f08-9f47a1828185" CreationDate="2009-05-31T09:30:01.920" UserId="1322" Text="I was thinking of deploying Nginx with mod_wsgi. However I read this blog:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://blogg.ingspree.net/blog/2007/11/24/nginx-mod-wsgi-vs-fastcgi/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In here the author of mod_wsgi for nginx says that the very few worker threads can be blocked for a relatively long time, waiting on your script to return, which will slow down the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How true is this? Should I just stick to fastcgi or is there something better?" />
  <row Id="28939" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16114" RevisionGUID="f35b5bdf-ef46-4f77-9f08-9f47a1828185" CreationDate="2009-05-31T09:30:01.920" UserId="1322" Text="Nginx ModWsgi Bad?" />
  <row Id="28940" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16114" RevisionGUID="f35b5bdf-ef46-4f77-9f08-9f47a1828185" CreationDate="2009-05-31T09:30:01.920" UserId="1322" Text="&lt;nginx&gt;&lt;wsgi&gt;" />
  <row Id="28941" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16115" RevisionGUID="29a52128-1762-405c-bd6e-f4721e93638a" CreationDate="2009-05-31T09:31:01.043" UserId="6524" Text="First, if you have more than a couple machines you work with, consider putting your &lt;code&gt;~/.vim/&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;~/.vimrc&lt;/code&gt; and other useful config files (&lt;code&gt;screen&lt;/code&gt;, your shell, etc.) in a revision control system. I prefer using &lt;code&gt;darcs&lt;/code&gt; - it's cheap on Debian systems (no need to install Haskell compiler, just install the package directly), distributed, and has great interactive modes. If you know/like &lt;code&gt;git&lt;/code&gt;, you can also stick with that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My current config files are available in my darcs repository, &lt;code&gt;http://repo.harnir.net/&lt;/code&gt;. Some specific examples from my &lt;code&gt;~/.vimrc&lt;/code&gt; follow. Sorry, no links for scripts, etc. because I'm a new user, but all those you can find on &lt;code&gt;http://vim.org/&lt;/code&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Essential ViM scripts for sysadmins ###&#xD;&#xA; - a backup script is a must, when you edit remote files. I use &lt;strong&gt;cbackup.vim&lt;/strong&gt; script, which keeps last 10 copies of each edited file in a central directory and automatically removes old ones - just put in your &lt;code&gt;~/.vim/plugins/&lt;/code&gt; directory and forget about it :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;strong&gt;TaskList&lt;/strong&gt; lets you quickly search for &lt;code&gt;FIXME&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;XXX&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;TODO&lt;/code&gt; tags in current file, display them and go to the tag with just one keypress. If you use these tags, consider installing this one&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;strong&gt;dbext&lt;/strong&gt; is essential for all DBA, also very useful for programmers working with databases. Let's you run queries, check structure of the databases and whatnot. It is essentially a front end for tools like &lt;code&gt;mysql&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;sqlite3&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;sqlplus&lt;/code&gt; and others. If you work with databases, it's a must!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Syntax files ###&#xD;&#xA;I haven't seen many useful syntax in the wild, most files sysadmins work with are configs in &lt;code&gt;/etc&lt;/code&gt; and they are usually pretty well highlighted. In my &lt;code&gt;~/.vim/syntax/&lt;/code&gt; I currently have syntax for &lt;strong&gt;CSS colors&lt;/strong&gt;, which is awesome (also good for web developers), but the rest isn't very well written, I'll perhaps update them in the spare time. Additional syntax files worth having are for: &lt;strong&gt;dhcpd.conf&lt;/strong&gt;, /etc/network/&lt;strong&gt;interfaces&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;nginx&lt;/strong&gt; configuration files, and &lt;strong&gt;SpamAssassin&lt;/strong&gt;'s local.cf.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Useful tip with syntax: if a configuration file isn't recognized (has a weird name, like &lt;code&gt;/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/some.domain.com&lt;/code&gt;, you can either append correct extension to it's name (in this case &lt;code&gt;.conf&lt;/code&gt;) or add a ViM modeline at the end of it:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;# vim:filetype=apache&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### ViM configuration options ###&#xD;&#xA;Most of the configuraion options is very popular, like &lt;code&gt;set nocompatible ruler&lt;/code&gt; etc. Very good options to have are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;code&gt;set gdefault&lt;/code&gt;: inverses the &lt;code&gt;g&lt;/code&gt; mode in &lt;code&gt;s///g&lt;/code&gt; - with that option &lt;code&gt;/g&lt;/code&gt; will be used by default, so you don't need to add it every time - just add it to turn it off&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;code&gt;set incsearch ignorecase smartcase hlsearch&lt;/code&gt;: essential for searching through files - incremental, shows matches in real time, search ignores case unless you use upper case letters&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;code&gt;set pastetoggle=&lt;F6&gt;&lt;/code&gt;: or other key which you prefer, toggles between &lt;code&gt;paste&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;nopaste&lt;/code&gt; modes, a must if you copy-paste something from a web pages like ServerFault :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;code&gt;set noerrorbells visualbell t_vb=&lt;/code&gt;: get rid of the annoying bell or visual bell every time you do something ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Functions, keyboard mappings ###&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - paste your user name and current date into a file, useful if you work in a team and add comments in files about who changed something when. Just write &lt;code&gt;xxsig&lt;/code&gt; and press space, it will be changed to something like &lt;code&gt;harnir 20090531&lt;/code&gt;. For this to work correctly with root (ie. write your user name instead of &lt;code&gt;root&lt;/code&gt;), you need to log in using &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt;.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;  &lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;iabbrev xxsig &amp;lt;Esc&amp;gt;:r ![ -n &quot;$SUDO_USER&quot; ] &amp;&amp; echo &quot;$SUDO_USER `date '+\%Y\%m\%d'`&quot; \|\| echo &quot;$USER `date '+\%Y\%m\%d'`&quot;&amp;lt;CR&amp;gt;I&amp;lt;BS&amp;gt;&amp;lt;Esc&amp;gt;A&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Insert comment &quot;lines&quot;, like &lt;code&gt;# -- Some title -------------------{{{1&lt;/code&gt;, length 78 characters - press &lt;code&gt;\com#&lt;/code&gt; in normal mode and there it is. You will be automatically in Replace mode so you can add the title:&#xD;&#xA;  &lt;pre&gt;nmap \com# O# &lt;Esc&gt;72A-&lt;Esc&gt;3A{&lt;Esc&gt;A1&lt;Esc&gt;&lt;Home&gt;4&lt;Right&gt;R&lt;Space&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;You can easily modify it for other comment systems (&lt;code&gt;&quot;&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;//&lt;/code&gt;, etc.), or just check my config file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Ending touch ###&#xD;&#xA;If you have your configuration files in RCS system, you might want to sometimes include configuration options specific to a certain machine. For that, it's good to have &lt;code&gt;~/.vimrc.local&lt;/code&gt; file, included automatically at the end of the configuration (if it's present, of course).&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;if filereadable(expand(&quot;~/.vimrc.local&quot;))&#xD;&#xA;        source ~/.vimrc.local&#xD;&#xA;endif&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="28942" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16115" RevisionGUID="29a52128-1762-405c-bd6e-f4721e93638a" CreationDate="2009-05-31T09:31:01.043" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16116" RevisionGUID="5ea2ea3b-4b86-4852-abdd-6159b64165ae" CreationDate="2009-05-31T09:31:19.063" UserId="6668" Text="Tuple (′tü·pəl) is always mispronounced. " />
  <row Id="28944" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="16107" RevisionGUID="fa03e2d6-d0e2-4a6e-9807-d728254692a8" CreationDate="2009-05-31T09:32:57.953" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags; edited title" Text="Why does Ubuntu 9.04 reset my Windows clock?" />
  <row Id="28945" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="16107" RevisionGUID="fa03e2d6-d0e2-4a6e-9807-d728254692a8" CreationDate="2009-05-31T09:32:57.953" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;clock&gt;&lt;dual-boot&gt;&lt;ntp&gt;" />
  <row Id="28946" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16117" RevisionGUID="67feb6b3-1a38-473e-8993-cba14bab553f" CreationDate="2009-05-31T09:35:44.500" UserId="2943" Text="Interesting video detailing myspace.com's architecture (SQL2005 backend).  Not sure if they have petabyte dbs as the scale out with multiple dbs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://wtv.watchtechvideos.com/topic70.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28947" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16115" RevisionGUID="13843583-abfb-4eb0-a1b2-0ff2bdbf869a" CreationDate="2009-05-31T09:37:41.140" UserId="6524" Comment="Improved formatting" Text="First, if you have more than a couple machines you work with, consider putting your &lt;code&gt;~/.vim/&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;~/.vimrc&lt;/code&gt; and other useful config files (&lt;code&gt;screen&lt;/code&gt;, your shell, etc.) in a revision control system. I prefer using &lt;code&gt;darcs&lt;/code&gt; - it's cheap on Debian systems (no need to install Haskell compiler, just install the package directly), distributed, and has great interactive modes. If you know/like &lt;code&gt;git&lt;/code&gt;, you can also stick with that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My current config files are available in my darcs repository, &lt;code&gt;http://repo.harnir.net/&lt;/code&gt;. Some specific examples from my &lt;code&gt;~/.vimrc&lt;/code&gt; follow. Sorry, no links for scripts, etc. because I'm a new user, but all those you can find on &lt;code&gt;http://vim.org/&lt;/code&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Essential ViM scripts for sysadmins ###&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - a backup script is a must, when you edit remote files. I use &lt;strong&gt;cbackup.vim&lt;/strong&gt; script, which keeps last 10 copies of each edited file in a central directory and automatically removes old ones - just put in your &lt;code&gt;~/.vim/plugins/&lt;/code&gt; directory and forget about it :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;strong&gt;TaskList&lt;/strong&gt; lets you quickly search for &lt;code&gt;FIXME&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;XXX&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;TODO&lt;/code&gt; tags in current file, display them and go to the tag with just one keypress. If you use these tags, consider installing this one&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;strong&gt;dbext&lt;/strong&gt; is essential for all DBA, also very useful for programmers working with databases. Let's you run queries, check structure of the databases and whatnot. It is essentially a front end for tools like &lt;code&gt;mysql&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;sqlite3&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;sqlplus&lt;/code&gt; and others. If you work with databases, it's a must!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Syntax files ###&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't seen many useful syntax in the wild, most files sysadmins work with are configs in &lt;code&gt;/etc&lt;/code&gt; and they are usually pretty well highlighted. In my &lt;code&gt;~/.vim/syntax/&lt;/code&gt; I currently have syntax for &lt;strong&gt;CSS colors&lt;/strong&gt;, which is awesome (also good for web developers), but the rest isn't very well written, I'll perhaps update them in the spare time. Additional syntax files worth having are for: &lt;strong&gt;dhcpd.conf&lt;/strong&gt;, /etc/network/&lt;strong&gt;interfaces&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;nginx&lt;/strong&gt; configuration files, and &lt;strong&gt;SpamAssassin&lt;/strong&gt;'s local.cf.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Useful tip with syntax: if a configuration file isn't recognized (has a weird name, like &lt;code&gt;/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/some.domain.com&lt;/code&gt;, you can either append correct extension to it's name (in this case &lt;code&gt;.conf&lt;/code&gt;) or add a ViM modeline at the end of it:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;# vim:filetype=apache&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### ViM configuration options ###&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of the configuraion options is very popular, like &lt;code&gt;set nocompatible ruler&lt;/code&gt; etc. Very good options to have are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;code&gt;set gdefault&lt;/code&gt;: inverses the &lt;code&gt;g&lt;/code&gt; mode in &lt;code&gt;s///g&lt;/code&gt; - with that option &lt;code&gt;/g&lt;/code&gt; will be used by default, so you don't need to add it every time - just add it to turn it off&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;code&gt;set incsearch ignorecase smartcase hlsearch&lt;/code&gt;: essential for searching through files - incremental, shows matches in real time, search ignores case unless you use upper case letters&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;code&gt;set pastetoggle=&lt;F6&gt;&lt;/code&gt;: or other key which you prefer, toggles between &lt;code&gt;paste&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;nopaste&lt;/code&gt; modes, a must if you copy-paste something from a web pages like ServerFault :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;code&gt;set noerrorbells visualbell t_vb=&lt;/code&gt;: get rid of the annoying bell or visual bell every time you do something ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Functions, keyboard mappings ###&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - paste your user name and current date into a file, useful if you work in a team and add comments in files about who changed something when. Just write &lt;code&gt;xxsig&lt;/code&gt; and press space, it will be changed to something like &lt;code&gt;harnir 20090531&lt;/code&gt;. For this to work correctly with root (ie. write your user name instead of &lt;code&gt;root&lt;/code&gt;), you need to log in using &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt;.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;  &lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;iabbrev xxsig &amp;lt;Esc&amp;gt;:r ![ -n &quot;$SUDO_USER&quot; ] &amp;&amp; echo &quot;$SUDO_USER `date '+\%Y\%m\%d'`&quot; \|\| echo &quot;$USER `date '+\%Y\%m\%d'`&quot;&amp;lt;CR&amp;gt;I&amp;lt;BS&amp;gt;&amp;lt;Esc&amp;gt;A&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Insert comment &quot;lines&quot;, like &lt;code&gt;# -- Some title -------------------{{{1&lt;/code&gt;, length 78 characters - press &lt;code&gt;\com#&lt;/code&gt; in normal mode and there it is. You will be automatically in Replace mode so you can add the title:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  &lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;nmap \com# O# &amp;lt;Esc&amp;gt;72A-&amp;lt;Esc&amp;gt;3A{&amp;lt;Esc&amp;gt;A1&amp;lt;Esc&amp;gt;&amp;lt;Home&amp;gt;4&amp;lt;Right&amp;gt;R&amp;lt;Space&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can easily modify it for other comment systems (&lt;code&gt;&quot;&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;//&lt;/code&gt;, etc.), or just check my config file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Ending touch ###&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have your configuration files in RCS system, you might want to sometimes include configuration options specific to a certain machine. For that, it's good to have &lt;code&gt;~/.vimrc.local&lt;/code&gt; file, included automatically at the end of the configuration (if it's present, of course).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;if filereadable(expand(&quot;~/.vimrc.local&quot;))&#xD;&#xA;        source ~/.vimrc.local&#xD;&#xA;endif&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="28948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16118" RevisionGUID="b548d97a-ec41-414b-b010-546fc615362e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T09:37:49.503" UserId="4990" Text="I'm working on a setup with two datacenters linked by a MAN (bridged) and everything is doubled between them, in fail-over mode with RedHat Cluster, DRBD and that kinf of things. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have one DNS server for each location, but it turns out that having both in /etc/resolv.conf doesn't help much; if one goes down, the client waits 10s or so half of the time. In other words, it's using them for load balancing, not fail-over. So I configured the two servers to use a VIP with ucarp (≈VRRP).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to have my two DNS servers both be up and, for example, respond to the same IP, all the time? It's no big deal if one NS resquest gets two answers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to do this with Anycast / Multicast and so on?" />
  <row Id="28949" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16118" RevisionGUID="b548d97a-ec41-414b-b010-546fc615362e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T09:37:49.503" UserId="4990" Text="Most resilient form of (private) DNS clustering?" />
  <row Id="28950" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16118" RevisionGUID="b548d97a-ec41-414b-b010-546fc615362e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T09:37:49.503" UserId="4990" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;anycast&gt;&lt;multicast&gt;&lt;cluster&gt;" />
  <row Id="28951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16119" RevisionGUID="866bee99-203a-409c-81f3-6e02dc7f460a" CreationDate="2009-05-31T09:39:08.377" Text="I'd throw 7-zip into the pool. Free/Open source and opens most compression formats. I use it often for moving files from one server to another (updates and/or images)." />
  <row Id="28952" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16119" RevisionGUID="866bee99-203a-409c-81f3-6e02dc7f460a" CreationDate="2009-05-31T09:39:08.377" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28953" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16120" RevisionGUID="7f50c189-8908-4886-a7bc-7457d3d321cb" CreationDate="2009-05-31T09:44:02.750" UserId="388" Text="Anycast DNS would allow you to configure one resolver IP in all your clients; client requests would be forwarded to the 'closest' (from a network routing perspective) server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you tied the advertisement of the anycast VIP to a healthcheck (e.g. requesting the A record for a well known domain), then should one of your servers fail its route would be withdrawn. Once the network reconverged, all requests would be forwarded to the other device without any manual reconfiguration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In terms of implementation, this can be done either through the use of hardware appliances (e.g. F5 Big IP, Citrix Netscaler), or through your own configuration. You can either run a routing daemon (e.g. Quagga) running on your DNS servers, or have some custom scripts that log in to your routers in order to change the state of each anycast VIP." />
  <row Id="28954" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16121" RevisionGUID="7570374c-66dd-48b1-95fa-1cebde45445e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T09:47:16.083" UserId="6668" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;How can I get the size of my UDB DB2 version 9.1 database? I tried firing getdbconfig from the command prompt. It gives all the configuration but not the size.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks :)" />
  <row Id="28955" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16121" RevisionGUID="7570374c-66dd-48b1-95fa-1cebde45445e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T09:47:16.083" UserId="6668" Text="Size of db2 database" />
  <row Id="28956" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16121" RevisionGUID="7570374c-66dd-48b1-95fa-1cebde45445e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T09:47:16.083" UserId="6668" Text="&lt;udb-db2&gt;" />
  <row Id="28957" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16122" RevisionGUID="0a9ac4c7-3063-4802-bf06-d2ed5855dc74" CreationDate="2009-05-31T09:51:17.773" UserId="1427" Text="If you only need to look at the HTTP requests and response for web pages, you can use [LiveHTTPHeaders][1] in Firefox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://livehttpheaders.mozdev.org/" />
  <row Id="28958" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16123" RevisionGUID="eb8df776-b38f-4b74-859f-2d611b6b2819" CreationDate="2009-05-31T09:52:13.140" UserId="6491" Text="What kind of CGI do you use?&#xD;&#xA;Most cgi languages / frameworks have support for sending mails.&#xD;&#xA;They are always better than calling external commands. Well PHP's mail() is really bad, but still better that calling external commands. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the security perspective sending mails with SMTP (e.g. to localhost) is recommended." />
  <row Id="28962" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16125" RevisionGUID="61567ebe-13c7-4638-b136-020f7c3bcae2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T09:58:13.843" UserId="6647" Text="I think what you need is HTTP Client (ditchnet.org/httpclient/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the website:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;A Mac OS X Leopard developer tool for debugging HTTP services by graphically creating &amp; inspecting complex HTTP messages.&quot;" />
  <row Id="28963" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16126" RevisionGUID="e315d919-7c74-47d4-a368-b8fe9cbe8277" CreationDate="2009-05-31T09:58:30.740" UserId="301" Text="[Firebug for Firefox][1]&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://getfirebug.com/net.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://getfirebug.com/net.gif" />
  <row Id="28964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16127" RevisionGUID="f3912bcd-f8da-40d9-9beb-baa31b9e66d4" CreationDate="2009-05-31T09:58:40.380" UserId="2560" Text="Charles Proxy is pretty good: http://www.charlesproxy.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is similar to Fiddler, except it doesn't have so great scripting capabilities, but handles reverse proxies + ssl, which is what I need. Charles Proxy is java-based, so it should run on Mac too." />
  <row Id="28965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16128" RevisionGUID="c6d12fdb-aa97-4674-a960-b96977f488c8" CreationDate="2009-05-31T10:01:34.417" UserId="6647" Text="You might also like ExpanDrive (www.expandrive.com/mac), which allows you to mount SFTP connections like other network shares or removable drives. It's commercial software that uses MacFUSE, but has quite a lot of useful improvements over the basic MacFUSE SFTP functionality." />
  <row Id="28966" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16129" RevisionGUID="8705d39f-8104-4230-b973-161b1a55c70d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T10:01:47.347" UserId="5089" Text="RDtabs from Avian Waves for managing and organising RDP connections" />
  <row Id="28967" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16129" RevisionGUID="8705d39f-8104-4230-b973-161b1a55c70d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T10:01:47.347" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16130" RevisionGUID="8fe232b5-a518-4130-94ea-38bb1bc63738" CreationDate="2009-05-31T10:09:23.587" UserId="6183" Text="Remote Desktop / Terminal Services" />
  <row Id="28969" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16130" RevisionGUID="8fe232b5-a518-4130-94ea-38bb1bc63738" CreationDate="2009-05-31T10:09:23.587" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28970" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16131" RevisionGUID="3491838e-35f8-46fb-8bbd-40ebb2182bb4" CreationDate="2009-05-31T10:11:27.483" UserId="4990" Text="Don't use mail, which is meant to be a line-oriented end-user program. Use the &quot;sendmail&quot; command (but don't use that cursed piece of shblip that is the sendmail program) included in most MTA. It's meant to be used programatically. I know that postfix and qmail, for example, include it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat mailmessage.txt | sendmail -ffrom@yourhost recipient@theirhost&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Addendum: it's not necessarily &quot;dangerous&quot; to call a program from a CGI, as long as you know what you're doing. In particular, just as in this case, make sure that the program you're calling is not intended for end-users or is not called in interactive mode (most such programs will allow spawning a shell!)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16132" RevisionGUID="ae3e78ee-6d75-44de-a12e-b996826146d4" CreationDate="2009-05-31T10:12:00.290" UserId="6310" Text="I think you should reboot if there has been a recent kernel update OR a libc update. A lot of things are linked with libc and it's not really possible to unload that lib from memory completely and replace it with the new version unless you do a reboot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, even basic things like /bin/ls and other things in /bin use libc. If you are just running a console and using bash, you are using libc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ldd /bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;            linux-gate.so.1 =&gt;  (0xffffe000)&#xD;&#xA;            libtermcap.so.2 =&gt; /lib/libtermcap.so.2 (0xb8029000)&#xD;&#xA;            libdl.so.2 =&gt; /lib/libdl.so.2 (0xb8025000)&#xD;&#xA;            libc.so.6 =&gt; /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb7ed9000)&#xD;&#xA;            /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb804b000)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ldd /bin/ls&#xD;&#xA;            linux-gate.so.1 =&gt;  (0xffffe000)&#xD;&#xA;            librt.so.1 =&gt; /lib/librt.so.1 (0xb7f3a000)&#xD;&#xA;            libacl.so.1 =&gt; /lib/libacl.so.1 (0xb7f33000)&#xD;&#xA;            libc.so.6 =&gt; /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb7de7000)&#xD;&#xA;            libpthread.so.0 =&gt; /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7dd0000)&#xD;&#xA;            /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7f61000)&#xD;&#xA;            libattr.so.1 =&gt; /lib/libattr.so.1 (0xb7dcc000)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28972" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15892" RevisionGUID="3c5b51d5-bb9e-462c-ba27-4912e29bb668" CreationDate="2009-05-31T10:13:28.480" UserId="6491" Comment="url, more info" Text="Netdisco is the answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - It can graph the network topology (as long as you use switches that support LLDP or CDP).&#xD;&#xA;  - It can query the ARP tables (with SNMP) of these devices and tell you which port has which device connected it also resolves names with DNS and WINS.&#xD;&#xA;  - It shows you the IP addresses used in you network, it also has an inventory of networking devices.&#xD;&#xA;  - It can automatically discover the network topology (you just have to specify one network devices as a starting point).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Website: http://netdisco.org/" />
  <row Id="28974" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16132" RevisionGUID="ce8aa55c-f70e-49be-aff4-1914cf0485f8" CreationDate="2009-05-31T10:20:15.797" UserId="6310" Comment="added 1192 characters in body" Text="I think you should reboot if there has been a recent kernel update OR a libc update. A lot of things are linked with libc and it's not really possible to unload that lib from memory completely and replace it with the new version unless you do a reboot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, even basic things like /bin/ls and other things in /bin use libc. If you are just running a console and using bash, you are using libc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ldd /bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;            linux-gate.so.1 =&gt;  (0xffffe000)&#xD;&#xA;            libtermcap.so.2 =&gt; /lib/libtermcap.so.2 (0xb8029000)&#xD;&#xA;            libdl.so.2 =&gt; /lib/libdl.so.2 (0xb8025000)&#xD;&#xA;            libc.so.6 =&gt; /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb7ed9000)&#xD;&#xA;            /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb804b000)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ldd /bin/ls&#xD;&#xA;            linux-gate.so.1 =&gt;  (0xffffe000)&#xD;&#xA;            librt.so.1 =&gt; /lib/librt.so.1 (0xb7f3a000)&#xD;&#xA;            libacl.so.1 =&gt; /lib/libacl.so.1 (0xb7f33000)&#xD;&#xA;            libc.so.6 =&gt; /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb7de7000)&#xD;&#xA;            libpthread.so.0 =&gt; /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7dd0000)&#xD;&#xA;            /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7f61000)&#xD;&#xA;            libattr.so.1 =&gt; /lib/libattr.so.1 (0xb7dcc000)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And yes, if you change files in /etc/init.d which affect startup in some way, I would recommend a reboot. You don't want to find out that you made a small mistake in a startup file when you need things up and running again quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If a server has gone many days without a reboot it actually means that there is no way to be sure that it will come up again properly. Once again this is because a lot of config files might have been changed on it, and no one has rebooted it for a long time to make sure it comes up. Also, if the server has a lot of updates due and you haven't rebooted for a long time, reboot *before* you apply the updates, otherwise if there is a problem, you can't be sure it was caused by a configuration error a long time ago or the new updates you applied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lastly, if you reboot a critical server after a very long time, the fsck might mean you have to wait a very long time now for it to come back up. You can use tune2fs to avoid this, but it's a good idea to check it regularly I suppose. This is why you shouldn't be in a position where you are dependent on just 1 server and if that goes, your whole website is gone. You should have another one on standby.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16134" RevisionGUID="2d011e14-ac1b-46e6-817f-88752cfd46f2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T10:29:51.830" UserId="6491" Text="You can try using raid6. It can survive 2 failing disks, be sure to always have a hot spare disk." />
  <row Id="28976" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16135" RevisionGUID="1a10c501-b715-4083-8e5b-d756720f7fa8" CreationDate="2009-05-31T10:35:37.577" UserId="1952" Text="I can only speak about Xen, as I've only ever used Virtualbox for virtualizing a windows machine on my mac desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As others have mentioned, Xen (and XenServer, which is based on Xen) uses paravirtualized kernels that dramatically improves Cpu- and Memory-bound performance characteristics. However, this is only true for Linux hosts with specialized kernels. You need a Xen-&quot;enabled&quot; kernel to be able to take advantage of this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also - Windows does not support being virtualized in this manner, but the Intel VT and AMD-V extensions on their respective CPUs &quot;catch&quot; Windows and makes it behave in a paravirtualized manner. Windows 2003 and Windows 2000 is never aware that they are running virtualized, while Windows 2008, on the other hand, detectes this and runs in so-called &quot;enlightened&quot; mode, which can be compared to the Linux &quot;paravirtualized&quot; mode. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16136" RevisionGUID="e1d8419c-1d74-4ccd-8117-c6cca457b5ad" CreationDate="2009-05-31T10:40:42.260" UserId="6310" Text="Thanks for these replies. rsnapshot already uses --delete so I'm not sure what it might be. I'll try investigating with the -S option and the other option suggested by Rudd-O" />
  <row Id="28979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16137" RevisionGUID="d73e8979-cd10-4078-aef9-1ec91146db8f" CreationDate="2009-05-31T10:43:03.100" UserId="5898" Text="OpenNMS (www.opennms.org) features layer2 discovery through SNMP collection (as I'm sure do other similar tools).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OpenNMS will pull in MAC, VLAN and STP information from managed devices, and use this to build up a l2 topology, which it can then map. (Native mapping currently only works for IE, but the next stable release - 1.8 - I think will have better mapping support). You can see which nodes are connected to a given node on a per-port basis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28980" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15531" RevisionGUID="6f9474a0-1ae9-45b0-bbf6-d1156683b625" CreationDate="2009-05-31T10:45:40.397" UserId="1922" Comment="Add details about the responses" Text="From experience I learned that every hard drive will fail, it's just a matter of time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have learn my lesson the hard way and now I do backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I bough new drive, I often segregate my drives list with the warranty period.  Hard drive manufacturer are there to make money and obviously, most of the time, they designed their hard drive to last at least the warranty period.  So after that period, I expect the failing rate to be greater.  I already had 2 of 3 drive of a RAID 5 failed almost at the same time (second drive failed when reconstructing the array and yes I had a recent backup).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is:&#xD;&#xA;What is the best practice with preventive replacement of hard drive in a RAID after the warranty?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you care about it?  How many drive in the array do you replace?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-------------------&#xD;&#xA;Notes on responses  &#xD;&#xA;When creating a new array: use drives from different manufacturer / batch.   &#xD;&#xA;When having an already old array: add a new spare." />
  <row Id="28981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16138" RevisionGUID="83254abb-ab84-4fbc-97df-f428141d1d22" CreationDate="2009-05-31T10:47:02.483" UserId="28" Text="According to RMS, most people say mispronounce the system as Linux instead of GNU/Linux. ;)" />
  <row Id="28982" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16137" RevisionGUID="25391aa1-7f16-464b-88f8-8e10e3200958" CreationDate="2009-05-31T10:48:21.093" UserId="5898" Comment="added 364 characters in body" Text="[OpenNMS][1] features layer2 discovery through SNMP collection (as I'm sure do other similar tools).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OpenNMS will pull in MAC, VLAN and STP information from managed devices, and use this to build up a l2 topology, which it can then map. (Native mapping currently only works for IE, but the next stable release - 1.8 - I think will have better mapping support). You can see which nodes are connected to a given node on a per-port basis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, if you're comfortable writing something yourself, [snimpy][2] provides an excellent programmatic interface to SNMP, bypassing a lot of the overhead of programming for SNMP. I've used it recently to generate a live summary of vlans per port, something our switches didn't report cleanly. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.opennms.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://trac.luffy.cx/snimpy/" />
  <row Id="28983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16139" RevisionGUID="27514c47-45cf-4e26-983e-4c1c29f8f4d3" CreationDate="2009-05-31T10:49:16.380" UserId="2581" Text="If you prefer to make the change to the windows installation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add a new dword named `&quot;RealTimeIsUniversal&quot;` and set it to `1`" />
  <row Id="28984" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16140" RevisionGUID="c9ae92ad-d31f-4ca2-8f10-e07ddae05597" CreationDate="2009-05-31T10:53:46.213" UserId="4392" Text="My infrastructure has two data sites, the alpha (where operations takes place on a daily basis) and the beta (the backup site, in case things go horribly wrong at alpha). Although this is not currently the case, I am pushing to have scheduled downtime at the alpha site every 6 months, so that we can run all services from beta. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will accomplish two things. First, it will prove that our disaster recovery site is completely viable. Second, it will give me a week's worth of time to remove accumulated cruft at alpha. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As it is, I don't reboot my servers as frequently as I should. I agree with the other posters who said that it's important to know that your servers will come back up when you need them to. You don't want to &quot;think&quot; that they will, only to find out that you've changed something and not done it correctly, or not documented it. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28985" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16140" RevisionGUID="c9ae92ad-d31f-4ca2-8f10-e07ddae05597" CreationDate="2009-05-31T10:53:46.213" UserId="4392" />
  <row Id="28986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16141" RevisionGUID="0b0d0057-d713-45d6-b486-8c273baa7047" CreationDate="2009-05-31T10:57:02.430" UserId="4757" Text="If it's acceptable to have a few seconds of DNS failure before the swapover occurs, you can create a simple shell script to do this. Non working pseudocode follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    localns=192.168.0.1&#xD;&#xA;    remotens=192.168.0.2&#xD;&#xA;    currentns=`cat /etc/resolv.conf | grep nameserver | awk '{print $2}'`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    while 1; do&#xD;&#xA;        if ping -W1 -q -c3 -i0.5 $localns &gt; /dev/null 2&gt;&amp;1; then&#xD;&#xA;            # Local DNS is up&#xD;&#xA;            [ $currentns != $localns ] || echo &quot;nameserver $localns&quot; &gt; /etc/resolv.conf&#xD;&#xA;            currentns=$localdns&#xD;&#xA;        else;&#xD;&#xA;            # Local DNS is down&#xD;&#xA;            [ $currentns != $remotens ] || echo &quot;nameserver $remotens&quot; &gt; /etc/resolv.conf&#xD;&#xA;            currentns=$remotedns&#xD;&#xA;        sleep 2 # Will detect failures in no more than 5 secs" />
  <row Id="28987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16142" RevisionGUID="9adef40f-2ffe-4cf4-a209-c061b18daad7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T10:59:27.107" UserId="77" Text="It's not exactly a mispronunciation but I hear people say http protocol when the p in http is protocol." />
  <row Id="28988" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16142" RevisionGUID="9adef40f-2ffe-4cf4-a209-c061b18daad7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T10:59:27.107" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="28989" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16117" RevisionGUID="49180931-7c32-432f-bf00-95c644e6ba64" CreationDate="2009-05-31T11:01:46.323" UserId="2943" Comment="added 38 characters in body" Text="Interesting video detailing myspace.com's architecture (SQL2005 backend).  Not sure if they have individual petabyte dbs as the scale out with multiple dbs. They use SAN snap backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://wtv.watchtechvideos.com/topic70.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28991" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16117" RevisionGUID="bd5264e1-824e-4cf9-92a3-13e668920766" CreationDate="2009-05-31T11:09:25.480" UserId="2943" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Interesting video detailing myspace.com's architecture (SQL2005 backend).  Not sure if they have individual petabyte dbs as they scale out with multiple dbs. They use SAN snap backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://wtv.watchtechvideos.com/topic70.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28992" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16144" RevisionGUID="da685d16-5507-4d35-a34c-349300bbe7cf" CreationDate="2009-05-31T11:15:04.783" UserId="2503" Text="Directories' sizes normally never shrink (depends on the filesystem), so a directory which used to contain a large number of files on one system, but now doesn't, will be larger than if it didn't used to contain lots.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There should be an option on du or something to ignore directories' sizes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(NB: I mean the directory itself, not the files)" />
  <row Id="28996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16146" RevisionGUID="f79c7493-9d26-41d9-9b64-1aaf6b9fc01f" CreationDate="2009-05-31T11:16:40.020" UserId="891" Text="With proper permissions on the DNS, grep for cname records:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    host -t axfr my.dom.com dns.my.dom.com | grep -i cname&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="28998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16147" RevisionGUID="56fbda3d-7600-4bad-b087-90a4b80bb752" CreationDate="2009-05-31T11:22:58.043" UserId="4392" Text="OK, here's why this isn't going to work. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you're attempting to do is convince ntbackup to stream backup data to standard out instead of to a file. The problem is that ntbackup is not written to be able to do this. ntbackup must be given the filename to output the data to, and unfortunately in Windows, there is no equivalent to /dev/stdin or /dev/stdout. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order for this to work, you would need to convince ntbackup to print the raw backup data to the screen. There is no documentation that I am aware of (or have found through searching) that even hints that this is remotely possible. It just wasn't written to do this. Sorry. " />
  <row Id="28999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16148" RevisionGUID="c6ec9059-7087-4a26-bc41-bccb0069e672" CreationDate="2009-05-31T11:32:19.240" UserId="4757" Text="Up for some programming? :) You can use a [named pipe][1] (aka fifo) to do this, but as far as I can tell, there's no batch-file ready interface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Named_pipe#Named_pipes_in_Windows" />
  <row Id="29000" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16149" RevisionGUID="6ec1923a-3a06-4c3c-b998-08face55bbb3" CreationDate="2009-05-31T11:33:48.783" UserId="4392" Text="If you are using load balancers anywhere in your site, you should be able to configure them to  have DNS as a virtual service. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My Kemp Loadmaster 1500s can be setup to do round-robin with failover. That would use their service checking to make sure that each DNS server is up every few seconds and divide the traffic between the two servers. If one dies, it drops out of the RR pool and only the &quot;up&quot; server gets queried. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'd just have to point your resolv.conf to the VIP on the loadbalancer." />
  <row Id="29001" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16150" RevisionGUID="3455e5c9-6ec3-41da-ad3e-b081674abadc" CreationDate="2009-05-31T11:35:48.313" UserId="2546" Text="There's a [script here][1] which has been tested in 9.1 and, according to the author:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; will calculate the size of a DB2 LUW&#xD;&#xA;&gt; database on a UNIX server using UNIX&#xD;&#xA;&gt; commands that will give you a more&#xD;&#xA;&gt; accurate measure of the space used by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the database. This script also stores&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this information in an operational&#xD;&#xA;&gt; table that you may use as part of your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; DBA Monitoring Dash Board to help you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; monitor and manage space in relation&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to growth trends.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.db2ude.com/?q=node/118" />
  <row Id="29003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16152" RevisionGUID="0a73f166-8318-446e-99c4-eb597eb0e841" CreationDate="2009-05-31T11:37:59.480" UserId="6689" Text="Infrarecorder is a nice little (under 4MB) FOSS program for burning disks, and supports writing to ISO rather than to a drive." />
  <row Id="29004" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16153" RevisionGUID="7c22afa3-717d-41b9-b1d2-c8c2f57b6b78" CreationDate="2009-05-31T11:41:52.777" UserId="6689" Text="Our building used to be a bank, so we keep our servers in the vault. Cooling isn't great, but we only have half a dozen, and none of them are hugely powerful, so it's not really an issue." />
  <row Id="29005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16154" RevisionGUID="96fce854-e12c-4128-864e-a189f363d760" CreationDate="2009-05-31T11:43:59.607" UserId="6294" Text="I had just build subversion repository with apache mod_dav_svn plugin, so the dev team can do any versioning process with usual port of httpd. &#xD;&#xA;it works quite smoothly, they did checkout/update/commit process from other network until they found the problem when access the server ssh-ly to perform some checkout process, they need to update some working copy on the server for sample development tags in httpd doc root, only root can checkout/update some working copy on the server, every user that already allowed by &quot;AuthUserFile&quot; config always got denied message to do that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I thought the only possibly config that related for this is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     AuthUserFile /etc/svn-auth-conf&#xD;&#xA;     AuthzSVNAccessFile /etc/svn-acl-conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i'd tried several times to change the config file related to that things, but no result.." />
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  <row Id="29007" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16154" RevisionGUID="96fce854-e12c-4128-864e-a189f363d760" CreationDate="2009-05-31T11:43:59.607" UserId="6294" Text="&lt;svn&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="29008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16155" RevisionGUID="02350298-7106-492c-ba84-cb03257794f3" CreationDate="2009-05-31T11:44:01.557" UserId="1762" Text="Can anything be done to get data out of a dead SATA drive, the drive won't even show up on the list of drives when booting the computer?" />
  <row Id="29009" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16155" RevisionGUID="02350298-7106-492c-ba84-cb03257794f3" CreationDate="2009-05-31T11:44:01.557" UserId="1762" Text="Getting data out of a non-working SATA drive." />
  <row Id="29010" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16155" RevisionGUID="02350298-7106-492c-ba84-cb03257794f3" CreationDate="2009-05-31T11:44:01.557" UserId="1762" Text="&lt;data-recovery&gt;&lt;sata&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;" />
  <row Id="29011" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16156" RevisionGUID="a5610df1-ee26-462d-9698-339b3d899686" CreationDate="2009-05-31T11:45:29.260" UserId="3505" Text="You can additionally wrote some scripts which will check (as much as is possible), if the current state of your machine, is going to be the state of the machine post-reboot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I mean by this is...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * `/etc/init.d/*`&#xD;&#xA;   * Check that all services currently running, are flagged to start on boot&#xD;&#xA;   * Check that all services not running are flagged not to start on boot&#xD;&#xA; * `/etc/fstab`&#xD;&#xA;   * Check that all mounted filesystems (i.e. `/etc/mtab`) have a corresponding entry in `/etc/fstab`&#xD;&#xA;   * Check that all filesystems specified to be mounted on boot in `/etc/fstab` are also currently mounted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is of course not a complete check by any means, but it does reduce the risk of troubles post-reboot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additional to this, you should (imo) set a policy for server package updates, in some sensible order, say 1 group per week...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Crash &amp; Burn Servers&#xD;&#xA; * Development Servers, Training Servers&#xD;&#xA; * Test Servers&#xD;&#xA; * Pre-Production Servers&#xD;&#xA; * Production Servers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also have an overall plan, such as &quot;All servers will go through a complete OS upgrade once every 6 months&quot;." />
  <row Id="29012" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16157" RevisionGUID="0bbd8bc6-9a03-435d-ba2c-97b4ceffbd99" CreationDate="2009-05-31T11:45:38.777" UserDisplayName="colin whittaker" Text="One way to do this that I really like is instead of trying to edit the list in place to replace it with a new list which includes a timestamp of when it was created. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ip access-list extended acl_name-date_time&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It becomes easy to automate this process with some simple scripts to push the new acl to the device and then flip over the interface to using the new list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Extra features that such a system could include using a DB to store all the acl rules and a web interface for updating them. You can then do things like track who owns that rule, maybe link it to the ticket in your ticket tracking system so you know why it was added. You can also set an expiration time so that temporary rules get removed when they are no longer needed. " />
  <row Id="29013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16158" RevisionGUID="8a0d19b9-a701-4b1c-b5e5-8c7ddb77dc98" CreationDate="2009-05-31T11:47:44.753" UserId="2546" Text="How valuable is the data? If your business depends on it, disconnect it and call a professional recovery service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And there's always [the freezer trick][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/2006/01/freeze-your-hard-drive-to-recover-data.html" />
  <row Id="29014" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16159" RevisionGUID="182ff3df-2ea2-4e68-bafb-c074813451a6" CreationDate="2009-05-31T11:48:54.423" UserId="6689" Text="If there drive spins up, then there's a good chance that it's the board on the back that's failed. If you can get an identical drive (ebay is often good), you can try swapping the boards over, which might let you read from then current drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you've got very important data on it, and don't have backups, I'd advise taking it to a professional, trying to do it yourself with no experience will probably just end up destroying any chance of getting your data back." />
  <row Id="29015" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16160" RevisionGUID="20a5fe25-fb84-4e35-a7c2-b943fc1e0279" CreationDate="2009-05-31T11:49:25.720" UserId="3505" Text="Have you checked the filesystem permissions on the subversion store?" />
  <row Id="29016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16161" RevisionGUID="f8fbf407-dafc-4fe3-85e6-9b7541d25e67" CreationDate="2009-05-31T11:49:40.650" UserId="5021" Text="Use Varnish or Squid. Both are web accelerators and both are excellent for static media files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you scale out, you can even have 1 machine for web cache and 1 machine for the dynamic content" />
  <row Id="29017" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16161" RevisionGUID="f8fbf407-dafc-4fe3-85e6-9b7541d25e67" CreationDate="2009-05-31T11:49:40.650" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29018" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16162" RevisionGUID="dc5fc4ca-6169-40e2-a6b2-29ea31d92b9c" CreationDate="2009-05-31T11:51:36.170" UserId="5778" Text="Warning: potential bias: I am in the UK, things may differ in your locale.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would say - use a number of recruiters. You can get them to lower the fee, these are hard times. I will not pay anything more than 15%, and even then only for a recruiter who gives a reqal indication of having something &gt; sawdust between his or her ears! Got a bunch willing to work for me at 10%. Generally they are good at getting a bunch o CVs through, you will still need to filter, but importantly, you should share your filtering results with the recruiter &quot;I wanted someone with more linux experience&quot; etc. - otherwise they'll send the same mistakes again. If they persist in making mistakes, bin them. Be harsh.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using a recruiter doesn't preclude a bit of DIY either - you may still find someone through adverts on your websites, or word-of-mouth/social networking. You never know who your buddies know. Wouldn't bother with the &quot;job sites&quot; tho as a general rule (mind I like jobs.perl.org for perl jobs...) as most recruiters will scrape these anyway, and finding current canditates can be a load of work you would rather not do!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally.. I have had good results nicking sysadmins from schools - pop an ad on http://edugeek.net - it will cost you no more than 5 minutes, and whilst there's mostly UK folk on there, it is starting to go global.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Time for jobs.serverfault.com perhaps ;)" />
  <row Id="29019" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16158" RevisionGUID="fc80f0a6-946d-48ba-9c22-8bf45f21af93" CreationDate="2009-05-31T11:53:44.423" UserId="2546" Comment="more details" Text="How valuable is the data? If your business depends on it, disconnect it and call a professional recovery service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's not so valuable, [this is a pretty good summary of steps][1] you can take yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It includes the controller board changing idea Dentrasi mentioned and also everyone's favourite, [the freezer trick][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wikihow.com/Recover-a-Dead-Hard-Disk&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/2006/01/freeze-your-hard-drive-to-recover-data.html" />
  <row Id="29020" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16163" RevisionGUID="3131d9a2-5e2a-48a9-b80b-025e662ad9df" CreationDate="2009-05-31T11:54:48.370" UserId="4947" Text="I'm currently maintaining git packages manually for my CentOS machines since there seem to be no recent packages available in the Repos. I'm rebuilding the SRPMS from kernel.org, but `--without docs` since I can't satisfy the dependencies, which is not pleasant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A recent query on the mailing list yielded a single result - a personal repository, which is not enough for me." />
  <row Id="29021" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16163" RevisionGUID="3131d9a2-5e2a-48a9-b80b-025e662ad9df" CreationDate="2009-05-31T11:54:48.370" UserId="4947" Text="Up-to-date repository for CentOS git RPMS" />
  <row Id="29022" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16163" RevisionGUID="3131d9a2-5e2a-48a9-b80b-025e662ad9df" CreationDate="2009-05-31T11:54:48.370" UserId="4947" Text="&lt;centos&gt;&lt;git&gt;&lt;rpm&gt;&lt;yum&gt;" />
  <row Id="29023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16164" RevisionGUID="583e6988-2f52-4806-8e73-2d5c54ab12f2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:00:22.800" UserDisplayName="Mark" Text="Any up to date tutorial (for dummys) on how to setup Postfix + Dovecot with virtual users on Debian?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29024" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16164" RevisionGUID="583e6988-2f52-4806-8e73-2d5c54ab12f2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:00:22.800" UserDisplayName="Mark" Text="Any up to date tutorial on how to setup Postfix + Dovecot with virtual users on Debian?" />
  <row Id="29025" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16164" RevisionGUID="583e6988-2f52-4806-8e73-2d5c54ab12f2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:00:22.800" UserDisplayName="Mark" Text="&lt;postfix&gt;&lt;dovecot&gt;&lt;debian&gt;" />
  <row Id="29026" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12047" RevisionGUID="8e50afc2-1fb8-45b5-8f47-af90d56480a9" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:05:52.550" UserId="431" Comment="Adding more info about job tasks" Text="Here's [my top 10 interview questions for senior database administrators,][1] and here's [Tom LaRock's top 10 questions for junior DBAs.][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've noticed other people suggest that the candidate should troubleshoot a server.  If you take that approach, use a virtual machine with a snapshot.  Set up a server a specific way with certain config or performance problems, take a snapshot of it, and then after every interview you can roll back to the snapshot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do that, confine the tasks to the kinds of tasks you'd actually have them do.  Don't ask a production DBA about normalization, and don't ask a development DBA why one node won't join the cluster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Production DBA tasks might be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Set up jobs for backups, index maintenance, and DBCCs.  See if they ask you how often you want the database backed up, and if you want it backed up locally or across the network.  Don't ask them how to configure a particular tape backup software unless it's already on their resume.&#xD;&#xA; - Find out why Johnny can't log in and run his query.&#xD;&#xA; - Someone's complaining of a slow query.  Show me where you'd look to find out what's going on.  Then say they just called up and said their query finished, but they want to make sure it doesn't happen again.&#xD;&#xA; - Restore a single table from last night's backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Development tasks might be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Debug this stored procedure.&#xD;&#xA; - Interpret this execution plan.&#xD;&#xA; - Create a view to join customers to invoices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use the AdventureWorks schema.  Odds are they haven't played with it recently, but at least it's easy to explain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/01/top-10-interview-questions-to-ask-senior-dbas/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://thomaslarock.com/2009/04/junior-dba-questions/" />
  <row Id="29027" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="13670" RevisionGUID="95be45de-cd9c-4181-9f77-b9605e0e1c9d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:07:54.330" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;anti-spam&gt;&lt;mail-server&gt;&lt;blacklist&gt;" />
  <row Id="29028" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16161" RevisionGUID="b307c009-3c46-40e9-873c-6c808e32a991" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:08:45.843" UserId="5021" Comment="added 192 characters in body" Text="Use Varnish or Squid. Both are web accelerators and both are excellent for static media files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you scale out, you can even have 1 machine for web cache and 1 machine for the dynamic content&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, you could try tweaking apache by using the mods:&#xD;&#xA;mod_expires, mod_headers, mod_cache, mod_file_cache, mod_mem_cache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - sorry, new users aren't allowed to add hyperlinks" />
  <row Id="29029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16165" RevisionGUID="fca2b7f6-97f6-4ecb-bb01-f4f8abf65b19" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:18:51.427" UserId="6697" Text="Is it possible to specify a min/max amount of system resources (Disk IO, Memory, CPU cycles/s) available to each database instance inside a SQL Server 2005 server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This would be the analogue of QoS settings for SQL Servers." />
  <row Id="29030" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16165" RevisionGUID="fca2b7f6-97f6-4ecb-bb01-f4f8abf65b19" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:18:51.427" UserId="6697" Text="How to reserve system resources to specific SQL Server 2005 databases?" />
  <row Id="29031" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16165" RevisionGUID="fca2b7f6-97f6-4ecb-bb01-f4f8abf65b19" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:18:51.427" UserId="6697" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;sql&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="29032" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16166" RevisionGUID="130e7364-0d91-4d95-b664-4e05539c136d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:20:41.427" UserId="431" Text="Yeah, another option is storage virtualization: a device that sits between your servers and the SAN, like IBM SVC.  SVC manages SAN-to-SAN copies, and can do remote replication (although that's obviously pretty painful at the petabyte level unless you have really low data change rates and really high bandwidth.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The slick part is that the whole process is invisible to the servers involved.  If you're using SQL Server, you design your filegroups to keep things with a low change rate together (like sales archives from &gt;3 years ago), and things with a high change rate (like current sales) on a separate filegroup.  They don't even have to be completely read-only - you just want to design it so that you can use different replication methods for each filegroup.  The SAN gear can sync luns via network, tape, or via SANs - meaning, you can ship parts of the SAN back and forth.  This is more effective with gear like LeftHand's, where the SAN is made up of a pool of participating units.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you can sync the low change rate stuff over the wire automatically, and sync the high change rate with sneakernet.  (Sounds like I've got that backwards, but it's true - you can't sync the high change rate stuff over the wire due to volume.)  Even some of the low-end gear accommodates this now: LeftHand lets you replicate to other LeftHand units in your datacenter, and then ship them to your offsite datacenter.  Plug 'em in, join them to the remote side by changing IPs and groups, and now they're part of your remote backup SAN.  The LeftHand sales pitch on this is just brilliant: set up your two SANs side-by-side in your primary datacenter, get them in sync, then you can ship parts of them over to the remote datacenter while some of them stay in your current datacenter to keep in sync.  Gradually move 'em over without getting way out of sync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't done this at the petabyte level, though.  You know what they say - in theory, in theory and in practice are the same.  In practice..." />
  <row Id="29033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16167" RevisionGUID="4f157a76-af09-43ec-aa7a-da49c2cf8494" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:20:59.693" UserId="4942" Text="If any of you have ever installed Ubuntu via the program [Wubi][1], you'll have noticed an extra folder on your partition named &quot;host&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;When you open this folder, you get to see the contents of your Windows C:\\&gt; drive. You can then work with it, open files, copy files from it and to it and everything else you can do with every other folder on your partition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When manually installing Ubuntu or any other Linux distro, this is not the case. So I'm wondering, how can I make this happen in any multi-boot environment?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wubi-installer.org/" />
  <row Id="29034" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16167" RevisionGUID="4f157a76-af09-43ec-aa7a-da49c2cf8494" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:20:59.693" UserId="4942" Text="How to create a folder on linux that contains my windows C drive" />
  <row Id="29035" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16167" RevisionGUID="4f157a76-af09-43ec-aa7a-da49c2cf8494" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:20:59.693" UserId="4942" Text="&lt;multi-boot&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;partition&gt;" />
  <row Id="29036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16168" RevisionGUID="ad7657e3-4df5-457b-af48-2e3555bfe425" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:21:39.117" UserId="4733" Text="I agree with getting a range extender/repeater.  If possible, try to buy one that is the same brand as your router.  We seem to have had issues with DLink repeaters working with Linksys routers, but if we stick with Linksys it works fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or....seems like I have recommended this alot lately.  If you have another router, try running DDWRT on it in repeater mode.  " />
  <row Id="29037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16169" RevisionGUID="0e041eed-c8b5-40ec-b12d-f406ce1c9f3d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:22:54.937" UserId="6696" Text="IMO, unless you have some kind of godzilla-level hardware, if you have that much data you should be using a backup compression technology. I'm most familiar with LiteSpeed, but there are similar products from other vendors and (of course) a similar feature is built into SQL2008. You might not get 10-to-1 compression, but it does cut storage requirements for the backup down, and can also shrink your backup window requirements. If your goal is to keep multiple backup sets (yesterday plus the day before that, plus one from last week and one from last month, or a series of differentials plus fulls, which can get plenty big if you change a lot of the data in the database), it's a simple matter of storage space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Filegroup based backup (IOW, put non-volatile data onto certain FGs and the back the up infrequently) never seems to fly because devs or users won't or can't decide what data is volatile and what isn't, and in brownfield scenarios you often can't take the risk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If a failover site is a requirement, in addition to thinking about Database Mirror) you might want to talk to your clients' storage vendor to see if they offer something like SRDF, which is a hardware-based data replication technology. Naturally, replication (of any sort, but *particularly* realtime or near-realtime replication) is not a substitute for backups." />
  <row Id="29038" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16170" RevisionGUID="84f82e89-540b-409d-94b6-aaf47212dfdd" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:23:01.147" UserId="4392" Text="No date given, and not debian specific, but &quot;apt-get install dovecot postfix&quot; should get you to where you can use this: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://rimuhosting.com/support/settingupemail.jsp?mta=postfix " />
  <row Id="29039" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="16170" RevisionGUID="f2ad8d51-c36b-431a-90fc-df2be30f487a" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:25:25.000" UserId="4392" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:4392,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Matt Simmons&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="29040" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16171" RevisionGUID="f1c038a0-f02f-41c6-976a-770656b381a2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:28:21.003" UserId="6689" Text="Create the folder wherever you want it to be, and then mount the partition to that folder. Your Windows partition will be something like /dev/hda1, so run 'mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/hda1 /windows-folder'. Once you've got it set up, add it to fstab so that it's automatically mounted on boot." />
  <row Id="29041" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16170" RevisionGUID="81dbbf65-df97-4421-a018-7291ab511f08" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:28:57.213" UserId="4392" Comment="more links" Text="You asked for &quot;up to date&quot;, so something from 2007 shouldn't be too far off: &#xD;&#xA;http://workaround.org/articles/ispmail-etch/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that's too old, then it doesn't look like there's 1 specific tutorial covering what you're looking for (maybe you could write one when you get done?) but a combination should work: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No date given, and not debian specific, but &quot;apt-get install dovecot postfix&quot; should get you to where you can use this: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://rimuhosting.com/support/settingupemail.jsp?mta=postfix &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and for virtual users and dovecot: &#xD;&#xA;http://wiki.dovecot.org/VirtualUsers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29042" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16172" RevisionGUID="68332037-d01c-4dfa-97c3-987985ee5a52" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:29:03.970" UserId="4955" Text="No. They all use the sqlservr.exe process which is the SQL Server Instance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to manage database level resources, then you need a separate instance&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally, I've found that multiple databases on the same instance usually balances out. Each database has it's own usage pattern, load pattern, number of users etc, and SQL Server manages buffer pool, plan caches, memory etc based on this load very well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a database with some poor code or hogs resources, then I'd suggest it's own hardware or at least instance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29043" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="16170" RevisionGUID="a39f3478-d69e-4363-97e3-809ee279fdf8" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:29:04.203" UserId="4392" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:4392,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Matt Simmons&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="29044" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16173" RevisionGUID="22a414b3-ce74-431c-9000-56db2e799a64" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:29:56.450" UserId="2546" Text="[This][1] should do what you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper#Windows" />
  <row Id="29045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16174" RevisionGUID="1e8a413f-510c-4d6e-8882-0fcd6ae371a8" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:33:18.803" UserId="45" Text="There is a TechNote on IBM's support site:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[How to calculate the size of a DB2 database][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If you want to calculate the size and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; maximum capacity of your database, you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can use the procedure&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `GET_DBSIZE_INFO`. This procedure&#xD;&#xA;&gt; first appeared in DB2 Universal&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Database™ (DB2 UDB) Version 8.2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To execute this procedure you should follow these three steps:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;1. Connect to the database for which you want to know the size and maximum capacity.&#xD;&#xA;2. Execute the procedure `GET_DBSIZE_INFO`.&#xD;&#xA;3. Close the connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Heree is the syntax of the procedure: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     db2 call GET_DBSIZE_INFO (?,?,?,refresh-window)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first three  parameters are output parameters, and the refresh-window is an input parameter of type INTEGER that specifies the number of minutes until the cached values for database size and capacity are to be refreshed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Refer to [this documentation link][2] for examples of the output from this procedure in DB2 UDB Version 9.1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21231144&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/db2luw/v9/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.db2.udb.admin.doc/doc/r0011863.htm" />
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  <row Id="29047" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16175" RevisionGUID="3e28f212-b125-4ef4-892b-c4d87e4de0b2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:39:56.010" UserId="6701" Text="How to enable web-dav with shared hosting?" />
  <row Id="29048" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16175" RevisionGUID="3e28f212-b125-4ef4-892b-c4d87e4de0b2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:39:56.010" UserId="6701" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;webdav&gt;&lt;web-hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="29049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16176" RevisionGUID="625c40c5-2846-4f49-94d7-fbef666e947b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:40:34.733" UserId="1715" Text="You can restrict CPU by only allowing SQL Server by tying SQL to a specific CPU.  You can alsy specify max server memory.  Not sure about disk, but at least you can create seperate LUN's for your databases to reside on &amp; partition it that way?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In SQL Server 2008 there's [resource governor][1] which allows you to set very sophisticated rules for workloads and the amount of resources they can consume. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb933866.aspx" />
  <row Id="29050" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16177" RevisionGUID="0f92bff5-58ef-4f9a-9231-5a4aa7d53047" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:42:27.073" UserId="3431" Text="I have posted one on [my wiki][1] but it's in French. You can always use Google Translate to translate it but it works really well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tekevo.net/doku.php?id=pfx:installation" />
  <row Id="29051" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16178" RevisionGUID="3e4e26ad-40ac-4ccf-8b03-898a47d488a5" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:43:22.563" UserId="4990" Text="Linux software Raid is excellent, and it actually beats low-end hardware raid hands down. It also has a few optimizations that can be useful for a workstation. For example, it can read different things on each disk at the same time, effectively doubling random access read times, which is a common use case unlike transfer rate-bound operations optimized by RAID0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for reliability, it's a very well maintained part of the Linux kernel, used by millions, it handles hardware failure very well, so it's clearly a win as far as availability is concerned. I have used it on my personal workstations as well as a few dozen low-end servers for years, some pretty loaded, and never could attribute it any fault. I've experienced a good dozen broken disks in the mean time, however.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Higher end hardware raid cards have other features though, such as battery-backed write cache. It basically multiplies random synchronized disk write speed by ten. Absolutely necessary for databases, probably pretty useless for workstations.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29052" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16176" RevisionGUID="566bca00-8b47-4e3a-906e-9dcb49eaef11" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:45:43.967" UserId="1715" Comment="added 29 characters in body" Text="You can restrict CPU by only allowing SQL Server by tying SQL to a specific CPU.  You can alsy specify max server memory.  Not sure about disk, but at least you can create seperate LUN's for your databases to reside on &amp; partition it that way?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In SQL Server 2008 there's [resource governor][1] which allows you to set very sophisticated rules for workloads and the amount of resources they can consume. Maybe an upgrade is in order?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb933866.aspx" />
  <row Id="29053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16179" RevisionGUID="cc5097bf-92d6-4fb7-af6b-b413cf6e0142" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:48:48.597" UserId="1076" Text="Looks like `ifplugd` package has all the scripts I need! After installing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    apt-get install ifplugd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and adding eth1 to the config file `/etc/default/ifplugd` everything started to work as I wanted, without adding any extra scripts (I cleaned everything to the initial state).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks everyone for help" />
  <row Id="29054" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14136" RevisionGUID="6d5c14fd-bcc8-4e65-b726-8a613bee2bce" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:52:58.857" UserId="4866" Comment="added 36 characters in body" Text="There is third party tool for this. Tool supports Citrix and Terminal Services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Monitor session start (date and hour)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Monitor Total, Idle, and Active times&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Report user states when they occur&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Applications opened by user per session&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Summary reports for all users&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Compliance ready reports&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;IP addresses and Client names monitoring&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Software license usage&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tool name is [**Terminal Services Log**.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.terminalserviceslog.com" />
  <row Id="29055" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16176" RevisionGUID="7ef32138-fd06-4c1a-ac19-3eb419a8faa6" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:53:43.317" UserId="1715" Comment="added 99 characters in body" Text="You can restrict CPU by using processor affinity and bind the SQL Server scheduler for an instance to specific CPU's.  &#xD;&#xA;There is also a max server memory setting that is also specified per SQL Server instance.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not sure about disk, but at least you can create separate LUN's for your databases to reside on &amp; partition the load that way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In SQL Server 2008 there's [resource governor][1] which allows you to set very sophisticated rules for workloads and the amount of resources they can consume. Maybe an upgrade is in order?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb933866.aspx" />
  <row Id="29056" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16180" RevisionGUID="2d667dd7-86e3-4e73-aac2-c97cf5d51d12" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:54:32.567" UserId="4990" Text="With fail-over clusters (I use RedHat Cluster) rebooting *is* a good thing for a few reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* It's part of the high availability protocol as &quot;STONITH&quot; (Shoot The Other Node in The Head), whereby an unresponsive host is forcibly disconnected/rebooted. You better make sure it's properly set up and that it's going to reboot in working order. When something goes wrong, you can find yourself rebooting machines several times over unless the problem is obvious.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* The system is optimized around having a node going down, but it's not very good -- in fact it sucks -- at figuring a node is merely misbehaving. Having a service relocate to another node takes a few seconds. If the current node is misbehaving, pulling the plug on it is the surest and fastest way to do that, otherwise the cluster could be trying to do things too nicely, and wait for an ACK that will never come." />
  <row Id="29057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16181" RevisionGUID="51b923e6-2faf-4aa1-8794-49e6ceb9c970" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:57:49.567" UserId="4866" Text="By default your users will reconnect to the same session they were before on. &#xD;&#xA;Try in the TS settings to increase disconnect time, maybe they are trying to connect after disconnect timeout is reached, any they are opening then new session. " />
  <row Id="29058" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16182" RevisionGUID="279edb15-b010-4463-8ef0-46fea8855189" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:59:20.080" UserId="5787" Text="We use several VPSs from www.vpsland.com (starting at US$18/month for a Windows VPS) for various test scenarios for our network monitoring software PRTG. They are virtuozzo based and reliability is IMHO excellent for this price.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a performance comparison including EC2, GoGrid and others on our blog (search for vpsland on paessler.com).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16183" RevisionGUID="c0ca0709-4b31-4a37-9330-fd5ab89aa880" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:59:20.160" UserId="6256" Text="Remember also that each individual update has its own log file in the Windows directory.  This will be, usually, named KBnnnnnn.log where n is the update number.  The update failure will usually be in the Event Log but the details will be in that log file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, for anyone watching the progress bar in Windows Update stalling, this phenomenon is unfortunately normal for some updates;  the Malware Removal Tool actually scans your directories (which would uncover the RAID problems the original poster had.)  Exchange updates like to take their time as well as they stop and start all the services as they run." />
  <row Id="29060" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16176" RevisionGUID="6756ad78-679a-4539-a4d2-f0709d4ea6c2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T12:59:53.183" UserId="1715" Comment="added 154 characters in body" Text="With Named instances of SQL Server (i.e. more then one sqlservr.exe process) you can restrict CPU by using processor affinity to bind the SQL Server scheduler for an instance to specific CPU's.  There is also a max server memory setting that is also specified per SQL Server instance.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think there are any server-wide setting that can be set with disks, but at least you can create separate LUN's for your databases to reside on &amp; partition the load that way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In SQL Server 2008 there's [resource governor][1] which allows you to set very sophisticated rules for workloads and the amount of resources they can consume that can be per database. Maybe an upgrade is in order?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb933866.aspx" />
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  <row Id="29062" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16184" RevisionGUID="4fb3be10-a903-4331-a83f-19c02120532a" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:00:33.933" UserId="4990" Text="Let's say I need a new keyboard on my workstation. What would it take for me to get one?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my current job, the answer is: open a ticket in the crappy IT support system, get a *quote* from the person in charge of that buying, three days later when you receive it get the quote approved by my boss, wait a week for delivery, get yelled at for instead buying it myself with my own money in the mean time." />
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  <row Id="29064" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16185" RevisionGUID="f46e0101-23fa-438f-b5c3-f948ffe16c4a" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:03:04.413" UserId="6704" Text="I know how to search for files using dir/gci, but that only works across one drive AFAIK.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Is there a way to search across all drives on the computer?&#xD;&#xA; - Is there a way without manually enumerating then looping through the drives?&#xD;&#xA; - Is there a way to access the search indexes/services that are already available in windows, to speed up the search?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;Schneider" />
  <row Id="29065" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16185" RevisionGUID="f46e0101-23fa-438f-b5c3-f948ffe16c4a" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:03:04.413" UserId="6704" Text="Find files across all drives using Powershell" />
  <row Id="29066" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16185" RevisionGUID="f46e0101-23fa-438f-b5c3-f948ffe16c4a" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:03:04.413" UserId="6704" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;" />
  <row Id="29067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16186" RevisionGUID="d7bb775e-7588-48f3-aba1-867b484f04ef" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:05:35.940" UserId="5787" Text="Webserver Stress Tool from Paessler.com is decent a HTTP load generator that can simulate 10.000 indepedent users on one Windows box." />
  <row Id="29068" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16187" RevisionGUID="5b1d6bba-e04c-4684-bd89-e3f1a27a0274" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:05:43.303" UserId="45" Text="If you want to install the Express version, here are some tips for the network connectivity configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SQL Server 2008 Express Installation Checklist][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; *&quot;Out of the box, SQL Server Express's&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network connectivity settings aren't&#xD;&#xA;&gt; enabled.&quot;* &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Talk about an understatement!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://donnedwards.openaccess.co.za/2009/02/sql-server-2008-express-installation.html" />
  <row Id="29069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16188" RevisionGUID="e3281240-ba7c-45e9-8f05-0fa2ddf5129a" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:08:04.280" UserId="4990" Text="Get a SATA-USB adapter. That way you can fiddle with it all you want. Boot into a Linux live-cd first, it will probably give you much more info than Windows -- try &quot;dmesg&quot; to see what the kernel has to say." />
  <row Id="29070" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16189" RevisionGUID="efcee36f-e64d-4e9b-bdc0-86ea08f050ec" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:08:30.663" UserId="3356" Text="For our Windows boxes we have a local WSUS server, and a standard window to apply the monthly patches.  For the Linux systems (RHEL) we have a RHN satelite server on campus that they are all joined to.  That provides a nice dashboard of every joined system that you administer, as well as the unapplied updates for each system.  For those that are in puppet, we push out a script that auto applies patches during a regular window and sends an email notification with the results." />
  <row Id="29071" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16190" RevisionGUID="1afabf46-6bcb-4f17-838a-069d64d7ad35" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:08:52.160" UserId="4955" Text="Use `COLLATE Database_Default` to coerce the join or compare.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This has the advanatge of being neutral and does not hard code the collation, but has the disadvantage of unexpected results if you expect binary or case sensitive sorting. In this case, I'd expect it to be OK.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SELECT&#xD;&#xA;      *&#xD;&#xA;    FROM&#xD;&#xA;     dbo.ThisTable t2&#xD;&#xA;     join&#xD;&#xA;     dbo.ThatTable t1 on t1.name = t2.name COLLATE Database_Default&#xD;&#xA;    --or dbo.myTable t1 on t1.name COLLATE Database_Default = t2.name COLLATE Database_Default&#xD;&#xA;    --or dbo.myTable t1 on t1.name COLLATE Database_Default = t2.name&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16191" RevisionGUID="17930f5e-ada7-4d31-a86c-f7e6354fd8f7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:10:30.863" UserId="6256" Text="What's it look like inside?  4 years running, you say?  Pop the cover and have a look.  The dust bunnies may have set up a nice condo inside your machine." />
  <row Id="29073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16192" RevisionGUID="18351c84-6c10-4c14-8adb-89617eaa4e4b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:10:56.930" UserId="4990" Text="This is strange, the last time I installed Ubuntu as dual-boot, it automagically recognized the Windows drives (NTFS based btw) and I could mount them by just double clicking in the Places &gt; Computer window.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: ah well I might have done it manually. Here's the fstab entry I used:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /dev/sda2       /mnt/windows    ntfs-3g uid=1000,gid=1000,rw,noatime,force 0 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;1000&quot; being my user id number (third field in /etc/passwd)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I still think it was automagic, IIRC I only added that line to force ownership of the files to my user." />
  <row Id="29074" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16193" RevisionGUID="ede37e48-c677-431b-90ec-612903561d84" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:11:11.733" UserId="4733" Text="We use Blat on one of our servers to email log files and reports nightly.  As the number of reports have increased it seems that Blat has been choking and outputting more and more errors.  Does anyone else use Blat or a good, small altern to it?" />
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  <row Id="29076" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16193" RevisionGUID="ede37e48-c677-431b-90ec-612903561d84" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:11:11.733" UserId="4733" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;log-files&gt;" />
  <row Id="29077" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16194" RevisionGUID="c3519022-02ea-4629-90f6-932baf2e2df0" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:13:14.260" UserId="2655" Text="Other proxy-based solutions are [burpsuite][1] (free to use, afaik) and [NetTool][2] (opensource). Both are written in java, have graphical interfaces and should work ok on MacOSX. I have mostly used the former and have been quite satisfied with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://portswigger.net/suite/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/nettool/" />
  <row Id="29078" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16195" RevisionGUID="3c486775-9a04-44bc-be51-7f4866a9b5de" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:13:32.527" UserId="6698" Text="I have an external USB hard drive with one big VFAT partition. In order to run Linux occasionally on a Windows system, I'd like to maintain a Debian Linux installation in one big file (say `debianroot.img`) on the VFAT partition of the external hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I create the installation from an existing Linux system. I know how to create a loopback device for the `debianroot.img`, create and mount an ext3 filesystem there, and I can install Debian in the target location using `debootstrap` (for example). It's only the boot process that I'm unfamiliar with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My bios supports booting from a USB device, so it should work to write a boot manager to the MBR of the external hard drive and start from there. But I'm not sure which boot manager is best suited (grub?), if the standard Debian kernels have enough options, if/how I configure the initial ramdisk device (`initrd`), and how I get the boot files properly on the external hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At first glance, the [loopback root filesystem HOWTO][1] seems to contain very useful information, but it looks outdated (1999) and it is not very specific to Debian.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Loopback-Root-FS.html" />
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  <row Id="29082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16196" RevisionGUID="b3af3617-527a-4fcf-b344-a496eb04f1fa" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:25:11.157" UserId="45" Text="You could try [bmail][1], a free, lean command line SMTP mail sender for Win32 platforms. With the also free available utiliry *mpack* you can use bmail to send mime attachments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usage and options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Usage: bmail [options]&#xD;&#xA;       -s    SMTP Server Name&#xD;&#xA;       -p    SMTP Port Number (optional, defaults to 25)&#xD;&#xA;       -t    To: Address&#xD;&#xA;       -f    From: Address&#xD;&#xA;       -b    Text Body of Message (optional)&#xD;&#xA;       -h    Generate Headers&#xD;&#xA;       -a    Subject (optional)&#xD;&#xA;       -m    Filename (optional) Use file as Body of Message&#xD;&#xA;       -c    Prefix above file with CR/LF to separate body from header&#xD;&#xA;       -d    Debug (Show all mail server communications)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.beyondlogic.org/solutions/cmdlinemail/cmdlinemail.htm" />
  <row Id="29083" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16197" RevisionGUID="8d4222e1-f3a3-4daf-8c1f-b1bae9285ae1" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:29:30.463" UserId="3925" Text="The ultimate repository is [Dag Wieers][1]'. He has been building RPMs for thousands of projects for some time now, and is one of the first things I [add to my repos.d dir][2]. It was rebranded as RPMForge a couple of years ago, which involved merging with a couple of other widely-respected repositories.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;He has [Git rpms][3] in there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/FAQ.php#B&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/git/" />
  <row Id="29084" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16198" RevisionGUID="2fb33b3f-ffdd-4397-a1a3-2ada7249cb9c" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:30:47.997" UserId="431" Text="Ricardo - your question is a little misleading.  There's two ways to read it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**If you mean databases inside a SQL Server instance**, then you can't do that with SQL Server 2005.  SQL Server 2008 introduced the Resource Governor, which sort of achieves what you're after, but not quite.  It can throttle memory and CPU, but not disk IO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**If you mean different SQL Server instances on the same computer**, then you can kinda do it.  Each instance has its own min and max memory settings.  In SQL Server Management Studio, right-click on the instance name in Object Explorer and click Properties.  From there you can set the min and max memory that each instance will take.  You can also set CPU affinity masks, which will let you pick which CPUs an instance can use.  If you had a 2-socket, quad-core server (8 total cores) you could assign one instance to two particular cores, and another instance to six cores.  Unfortunately, if one of the instances is idle, the other instance won't be able to take advantage of those idle cores.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Segregating disk IO between instances gets even more complicated.  You can use storage multipathing to separate traffic between the instances if you're willing to put a lot of time into storage design and pathing.  You can assign one instance's data and log files to a particular array, and then only set up paths to that array through specific host bus adapters (HBAs).  If that doesn't make sense to you, then get your storage administrator involved, and if you don't have a SAN admin, then it's more work (and money) than you want to tackle." />
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  <row Id="29088" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16200" RevisionGUID="ff6fd530-36d9-417c-9b0b-11156f467b39" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:33:23.127" UserId="1715" Text="There are some software packages that are not free but are worth it you can get to do recovery. They work on the basis that reading some sectors off the drive may still work, so the software is smart enough to know by reading the sectors if its a word doc or an mp3 ect. and put the file back together (although you have to go through the nightmare of re-naming everything as filenames are lost)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They're useful if the drive is from a desktop or laptop &amp; your worried about getting pictures &amp; word documents off there.  The two i have used with some success have been [ZAR][1] and [OnTrack][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.z-a-recovery.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.com/" />
  <row Id="29089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16201" RevisionGUID="e150ebd7-7820-4938-b483-af91a810d00e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:35:20.520" UserId="3925" Text="I find there's a lot of good sysadmin tutorials on [HowToForge][1], including several [Postfix][2] ones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will sometimes have to read tutorials for other distros, but they're not hard to make the slightly different steps work (ie replace yum for apt-get sometimes is all you need to do).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's one that looks like what you exactly want:&#xD;&#xA;[Groupware Server With Group-Office, Postfix, Dovecot And SpamAssassin On Debian Lenny (5.0)][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.howtoforge.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.howtoforge.com/howtos/email/postfix&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.howtoforge.com/groupware-server-with-group-office-postfix-dovecot-spamassassin-on-debian-lenny" />
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  <row Id="29091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16202" RevisionGUID="e9d51d00-461d-4e20-9ee4-8d6e1acbea99" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:38:11.280" UserId="6708" Text="I've had success with EasyRecovery Pro but this does assume that you can get the hardware up and running as mentioned in other posts. Any drive that I'm asked to look at that's at risk, I image first with Acronis True Image. But once again, assumes the hardware is working." />
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  <row Id="29098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16205" RevisionGUID="7fe41ed8-0dc4-4b57-9323-4b3ea8cf8ab2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:40:00.747" UserId="6708" Text="Not exactly answering your question (I don't know answer) but a question - do you have to use PowerShell? I've been a fan and avid user of Take Command from JPSoft for years (it used to be called 4DOS). You can certainly do this with TC." />
  <row Id="29099" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16206" RevisionGUID="7e6eb37f-b864-4d80-b67c-937144fdbfa3" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:40:48.967" UserId="3925" Text="You're going to have to do some setup of several components, that's the linux way - take a MTA, a spam tool, a web server etc etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, your request is one that many people already want, so the steps to put them all together are well documented. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try [this one][1] for example (plenty of other good setups in that site too)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a web interface to practically everything, make sure you look at [Webmin][2]. It is the essential admin tool I use, next to ssh!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;there are a few that have a lot of features all-in-one, but I think you'll still need to set up the MTA separately. For example, there's [Horde][3] or [Zimba][4] which appear to be good groupware servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.howtoforge.com/groupware-server-with-group-office-postfix-dovecot-spamassassin-on-debian-lenny&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.webmin.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.horde.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.zimbra.com/" />
  <row Id="29100" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="16155" RevisionGUID="686f2ae3-4c98-4a0e-aab2-48f2c686e49f" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:42:08.623" UserId="1803" Comment="tag" Text="&lt;data-recovery&gt;&lt;sata&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="29101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16207" RevisionGUID="cedd7b44-4a4e-4413-833c-937e14ed7b9a" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:42:22.383" UserId="5792" Text="If you haven't given up on the Trac approach, you might want to look at http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/SimpleTicketPlugin to hide some of the existing fields.  Note also that if you remove all options from many of those fields, they'll vanish from the UI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, with Trac 0.11, we have configurable workflows.  While most often used to add more states to a ticket's path from &quot;new&quot; to &quot;closed&quot;, you can reduce the workflow to the point that those are the only two states.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29102" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16208" RevisionGUID="cff6914e-85cd-46e4-b897-156ac2bddea7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:44:07.840" UserId="6711" Text="    bash -x script&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    set -x&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in the script" />
  <row Id="29103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16209" RevisionGUID="d04003e0-e303-4859-b825-f027b192a6fa" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:44:28.293" UserId="45" Text="This should work:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    set -o verbose #echo on&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;    set +o verbose #echo off&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29104" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="4788" RevisionGUID="c15dfc18-6279-4ee9-ad8d-c7d815e539bd" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:48:05.853" UserId="1803" />
  <row Id="29105" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16210" RevisionGUID="8a764b9e-799b-451e-88d0-a4c943cdaa23" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:48:12.530" UserId="5464" Text="This sounds like a basic economics question to which the answer is &quot;what the market will bear&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apart from actual monetary compensation I have other expectations if I am on call.&#xD;&#xA;For example if I get woken up at 3am and because of that I don't get back to sleep until say 5am, then I don't think it is reasonable for my employee to expect me to be in the office at 9am.&#xD;&#xA;I'f I'm up say 3-4 hours or more, don't expect to see me at all the next day unless I need to come in to clean up after the on call incident. And yeah I expect to get paid for that day I don't come into the office.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also think that if the employer is not willing to make sure you have appropriate road warrior tools (i.e. wireless broadband and a laptop that is portable enough to carry every where) then the on call rate should go up.&#xD;&#xA;If on call really means not being able to leave home, then I think it is worth more money." />
  <row Id="29106" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15465" RevisionGUID="18e6b713-592a-4b78-b09c-642ee65b2730" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:49:25.103" UserId="5464" Comment="Oops - fixed syntax error" Text="We tend to use rdp a bit, because we can only access certain servcices via windows so I like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`alias rdt='rdesktop -d UOFA  -g 1024x768 -u '`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;usage is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`rdt &lt;win_username&gt; &lt;winhost&gt;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A lot of our stuff is in LDAP so search as the directory manager is useful (with an apporpirately configured `/etc/openldap/ldap.conf`):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`alias dmsearch='ldapsearch -x -LLL -D&quot;&lt;directory_admin_bind_dn&gt;&quot; -W '`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`alias budate='date +%Y%m%d-%H%M'` E.g. `cp -p some-conf.comf someconf-'budate'.conf` NB repalce the single quotes with backticks. Serverfault wont let me put in backtick literals and I cant work out how to escape backticks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`alias psg='ps aux|grep '`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29107" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16211" RevisionGUID="c79df2a7-2d16-4170-bc09-142ae60af623" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:49:48.643" UserId="3925" Text="Try setting some auth directives in your location section:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;eg.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /webshare/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    DAV On&#xD;&#xA;    AuthType Basic&#xD;&#xA;    AuthName &quot;Editing Restricted&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    AuthUserFile /home/httpd/vhosts/XXXXXXX.com/.DAVlogin&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;LimitExcept GET HEAD OPTIONS&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Require user wbuser&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/LimitExcept&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That will ensure that anyone trying to see the files will have to supply credentials. You'll have to set the dav directory so apache's gid can see it though, but no-one should be able to view files without authenticating with the directories .DAVlogin file, which will only contain passwords for that site's user.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29108" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="13799" RevisionGUID="0eeebaba-2f8f-4092-9797-339d87a1c138" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:51:28.343" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="29109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16212" RevisionGUID="4315cd96-2117-4a41-b18a-6f49f712436c" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:53:12.193" UserId="3431" Text="Works perfectly fine on Debian/Ubuntu with the nVidia drivers. You have given us very little info but I think I remember having this problem with ATI drivers a while back." />
  <row Id="29110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16213" RevisionGUID="55b94790-aa67-4c65-9bcf-c3bbf6fdcefc" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:54:32.957" UserId="5049" Text="The biggest hurdles are probably &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* getting your application in shape for a loosely coupled architecture which drops ACID and other strong constraints to allow for asynchronous operation and short-term inconsistencies. See [Brewer's CAP Theorem][1] for a broad overview of this topic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Deal with proper management of many nodes. This includes basic system administration tasks like Package management as well as testing and rolling out change requests. When you've got 50 webservers you can't just &quot;restart all the apache servers&quot;; some thought has to be brought into these tasks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* which brings me to my last point - understand the effects which can be seen in large systems. [Thundering Herd][2] is one of the things you're going to see. [This article][3] on Audiogalaxy also describe a few problems of large systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Scalable Internet Architectures][4] and [The art of capacity planning][5] are two books on this topic which I can warmly recommend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.julianbrowne.com/article/viewer/brewers-cap-theorem&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thundering_herd_problem&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.spiteful.com/2008/03/13/users-with-a-tattoo-of-your-logo-check/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.amazon.com/Scalable-Internet-Architectures-Developers-Library/dp/067232699X&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.amazon.com/Art-Capacity-Planning-Scaling-Resources/dp/0596518579/" />
  <row Id="29111" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16213" RevisionGUID="55b94790-aa67-4c65-9bcf-c3bbf6fdcefc" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:54:32.957" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29112" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16214" RevisionGUID="097f853d-04ec-42a8-811f-046f7b531aa0" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:56:12.033" UserId="6292" Text="It depends on your graphics setup and your window manager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, I use an nvidia card with 2 outputs. Using the nvidia config utility I can specify the screen layout, which gives me 2 xinerama screens.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;xmonad is my window manager which can handle multiple screens quite easily. All modern WMs should handle this correctly." />
  <row Id="29113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16215" RevisionGUID="468b6f06-bee0-4d06-97ab-3ee26d510d03" CreationDate="2009-05-31T13:56:24.670" UserId="4392" Text="I think this is usually dependent on your window manager. In WindowMaker, this doesn't happen unless the app figures out the resolution itself and then changes window size to that, as opposed to letting the window manager handle that itself. " />
  <row Id="29114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16216" RevisionGUID="08aa7fa4-500c-4307-9b8c-d1c38b8796ab" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:00:30.373" UserId="3058" Text="This one's part urban legend, part truth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UL: A company was having a new computer room built and the IT admin was showing off the security measures (man-trap, swipe cards etc)  to one of his friends.  The friend nodded his head seeming to be very impressed.  A few minutes later the two are talking just outside the door when the friend gets an idea.  He turns his back to the wall and gives it a good kick, breaking a good size hole in the wall.  Needless to say, the admin had the walls reinforced before moving in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Truth: Small company leasing space in a multi-tenant building.  Card keys etc.  Over a weekend someone punched a hole in the drywall next to the door and stole 20 computers (including the server with all the license keys)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a layer of metal under the drywall of our computer room&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29115" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16216" RevisionGUID="08aa7fa4-500c-4307-9b8c-d1c38b8796ab" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:00:30.373" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29116" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16217" RevisionGUID="bb01bc24-d664-4463-a9ac-5a9a36274acb" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:01:15.723" UserId="6292" Text="If you want to keep the filesystem as VFAT, use [syslinux][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/SYSLINUX" />
  <row Id="29117" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16218" RevisionGUID="f1dd22ed-900b-4c51-be11-9bf389c30d57" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:01:53.117" UserId="6080" Text="http://intellinuxgraphics.org/ has a manual which actually doesn't work, it's probably too old. Maybe someone has an experience or a link to more clear manual?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;binary packages for RHEL5 would be also very useful." />
  <row Id="29118" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16218" RevisionGUID="f1dd22ed-900b-4c51-be11-9bf389c30d57" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:01:53.117" UserId="6080" Text="how to install intel graphics driver on linux?" />
  <row Id="29119" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16218" RevisionGUID="f1dd22ed-900b-4c51-be11-9bf389c30d57" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:01:53.117" UserId="6080" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;xorg&gt;&lt;intel&gt;" />
  <row Id="29120" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15974" RevisionGUID="564e12a4-6acf-432c-954f-431ef098a25d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:01:59.217" UserId="1803" />
  <row Id="29121" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16219" RevisionGUID="b0ecd420-dd6a-4a22-84f2-62fe78619795" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:04:40.443" UserId="3925" Text="Take a look at [r1soft][1]'s (commercial) product.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This runs an agent that [continually backs up your data][2], and has a very easy restore-entire-server-to-bare-metal feature. If it was free it'd be the perfect backup solution :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But that's a solution for entire servers. If you want to backup a subversion repository, there's only 1 thing you need - [svnsync][3]. Its easy to use it - create a repo on the backup server, initialise it, then sync it. After the initial copy is complete, you can run svnsync regularly to copy all incremental changes over, so its fast. In fact, its so fast that most people place the command to run it in their post-commit and post-revprop-change hooks. So the backup server is *always* completely up to date. (I run it hourly, but I'm just perverse like that).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You don't need to be logged in, and you can sync from the backup server - to pull changes from the live repo, or from the subversion server - to push changes to the backup. If the backup server is not present, the next time svnsync runs it will grab all the changes, so you don't have to worry at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You just need a server to backup to - any of the commercial subversion hosts will do for this, a backup repo is exactly the same as an other subversion repo, and to use it if the live server dies, just requires you to &quot;svn relocate&quot; to the backup repo url.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Google 'subversion hosting' for quite a few online hosts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.r1soft.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.r1soft.com/windows-cdp/cdp-server-20/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://journal.paul.querna.org/articles/2006/09/14/using-svnsync/" />
  <row Id="29122" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16220" RevisionGUID="9aa7ae86-fe2f-48a2-bf13-2df8dbfd21fd" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:04:47.900" UserId="4979" Text="I believe [EMC Retrospect][1] woud be a good match for the backup side. Maybe you would need to complement it with some configuration for blocking out the VPN. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.retrospect.com/products/software/retroforwin/" />
  <row Id="29123" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16221" RevisionGUID="c2e5b8db-8307-470f-b065-5656b01f20db" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:05:07.340" UserId="6712" Text="I am working at the operations department at a large, mostly Windows based, IT solutions company. Personally I am a Mac user, but I mostly use my Mac in &quot;Mac environments&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have got an inquiry about getting some Macs into the network domain. The main reason for this is authentication (the Mac users are already members of the domain and would like to login with these credentials), and to mount some network drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have not done this before, and would like to know your ideas of the best way to implement these Macs into the domain. We are looking for free, or at least inexpensive, solution for this. I have looked into some of the solutions out there but would appreciate some feedback from someone who have worked with this in a production environment." />
  <row Id="29124" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16221" RevisionGUID="c2e5b8db-8307-470f-b065-5656b01f20db" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:05:07.340" UserId="6712" Text="What is the easiest way to implement Macs in a Windows (Active Directory) domain?" />
  <row Id="29125" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16221" RevisionGUID="c2e5b8db-8307-470f-b065-5656b01f20db" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:05:07.340" UserId="6712" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;windows-domain&gt;" />
  <row Id="29126" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="15657" RevisionGUID="f00716d9-b6dc-47e7-8a2a-d3f4de100a8c" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:07:02.873" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="29127" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16222" RevisionGUID="744c8d34-cfbd-4c06-a832-3b49cc48377e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:10:23.430" UserId="5687" Text="Just use the --oldpackage switch with the older rpm:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rpm -Uvh foo.rpm --oldpackage" />
  <row Id="29128" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16223" RevisionGUID="3ddd569a-7c5c-44db-b3ee-ea5f08ece0ca" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:11:14.163" UserId="3356" Text="This appears to be a fairly easy to follow procedure for doing it:  [Yum Rollback][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It does involve making some configuration changes to yum, but seems pretty easy.  To summarize the link:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Add ‘tsflags=repackage’ to /etc/yum.conf &#xD;&#xA; 2. Add ‘%_repackage_all_erasures 1’ to /etc/rpm/macros&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And when you want to rollback use the ‘--rollback’ flag within rpm.  Like I said, seems pretty brain dead easy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.chris.tylers.info/index.php?/archives/17-How-to-Rollback-Package-UpdatesInstallation-on-Fedora.html" />
  <row Id="29129" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16224" RevisionGUID="f4e746c1-bfc5-4b34-82de-206222368892" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:11:20.247" UserId="45" Text="See these two questions on Server Fault:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [How to add a mac to windows Active Directory?][1] &#xD;&#xA; - [What are the advantages of adding a Mac to Active Directory?][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8006/how-to-add-a-mac-to-windows-active-directory&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8109/what-are-the-advantages-of-adding-a-mac-to-active-directory" />
  <row Id="29130" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16225" RevisionGUID="bcf74ac2-c08e-4c98-8db6-e14e5c8b000d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:12:55.843" UserId="1654" Text="    $drive = get-psdrive&#xD;&#xA;    foreach ($a in $drive) {gci}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not so bad... I can't think of a way without recursing all the drives like this, though." />
  <row Id="29131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16226" RevisionGUID="6ee33b2a-85ce-4f1d-a312-1d3c62baa245" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:16:58.613" UserId="1654" Text="The capability to add them to the domain is free - it's built into OS X and can be automated during deployment using DeployStudio.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actually managing them with Group Policy-like functionality is a different story - there are some third-party products available like [AdmitMAC][1] and [Radmind][2] which can help with this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have been adding our Mac devices to our domain for a few years now and haven't really encountered any issues with doing this.  It simplifies life for the users and keeps authentication consistent.  Their network home directories are automatically mapped to a desktop shortcut on login, which is another nice feature.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.thursby.com/products/admitmac.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/radmind/" />
  <row Id="29132" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16227" RevisionGUID="3a922742-c205-4575-bee4-c949d63fc1a8" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:18:01.950" UserId="3530" Text="This should also work:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash -x&#xD;&#xA;    cd ~/hello&#xD;&#xA;    ls" />
  <row Id="29133" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15718" RevisionGUID="81560a7c-deb6-43af-9d1b-002abc713ef7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:18:56.550" UserId="5799" Comment="Added the correct one (BECAUSE WIKIPEDIA NEVER LIES)" Text="C# is sometimes called [C Pound][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(The correct pronunciation is C Sharp (C♯), Microsoft says so)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://thedailywtf.com/articles/Classic-WTF-5-years-Cpound-experience.aspx" />
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  <row Id="29135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16228" RevisionGUID="13fad9e9-4daa-4f7e-9d8b-c44a5945311e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:21:40.090" UserId="5799" Text="The bunch of 16x16 icons next to the clock (in Windows taskbar) is often called [systray][1]. (According to Raymond Chen, it's &quot;notification area&quot;, but nobody actually uses that.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taskbar" />
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  <row Id="29137" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16229" RevisionGUID="7439f076-ea67-49ee-8262-aedccb6a8707" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:23:30.100" UserId="2413" Text="if it's 6-12 months year old maxtor/seagate 500GB-1.5TB drive, chances are you hit their firmware bug. if so - they will [recover data for free][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://techreport.com/discussions.x/16246" />
  <row Id="29138" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16230" RevisionGUID="037ab519-b343-48a9-b63d-ee05d147c0d1" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:25:04.887" UserId="3925" Text="Hi.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have the following situation: I have a web site that needs to authenticate users, some of these will be internal users that are stored in an active directory domain, but there will be other users (ie customers and contractors) that I do not want to store in AD, but still would like to have them maintained in a central LDAP database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I thought it would be nice to authenticate the webserver against the local LDAP, and if a user was not found, have it transparently pass the query on to the AD LDAP server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this possible? I've looked through LDAP documentation and I'm still not too sure about all the options available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd be using OpenLDAP on linux.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29139" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16230" RevisionGUID="037ab519-b343-48a9-b63d-ee05d147c0d1" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:25:04.887" UserId="3925" Text="LDAP pass-through authentication" />
  <row Id="29140" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16230" RevisionGUID="037ab519-b343-48a9-b63d-ee05d147c0d1" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:25:04.887" UserId="3925" Text="&lt;openldap&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;" />
  <row Id="29141" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16231" RevisionGUID="a5242e6f-7204-4a36-b4aa-9c697a97cd02" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:26:26.383" UserId="6716" Text="I am in the planning stages for a new home server where I plan on running Ubuntu.&amp;nbsp; In looking at my hardening options, I wanted to add DigSig.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;http://disec.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;I noticed however that DigSig went out of maintenance on March 5, 2009.&amp;nbsp; Should I consider another package or stick with my original plan?&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;--Thank you,&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;--Mike Jr" />
  <row Id="29142" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16231" RevisionGUID="a5242e6f-7204-4a36-b4aa-9c697a97cd02" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:26:26.383" UserId="6716" Text="DigSig out of maintenance as of March 5th 2009" />
  <row Id="29143" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16231" RevisionGUID="a5242e6f-7204-4a36-b4aa-9c697a97cd02" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:26:26.383" UserId="6716" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="29144" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16232" RevisionGUID="092f836a-b558-4f93-b07c-1a00affc2693" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:28:47.143" UserId="6720" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I log into my Ubuntu 8.10 box with a correct password the system figures out almost instantaneously that the password is correct and logs me in. However, if I supply an incorrect password, it takes significantly longer to figure out that the password is incorrect and to show me the login screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why is this? Should it not take the same amount of time in both cases?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29145" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16232" RevisionGUID="092f836a-b558-4f93-b07c-1a00affc2693" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:28:47.143" UserId="6720" Text="Ubuntu linux takes longer time for incorrect passwords" />
  <row Id="29146" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16232" RevisionGUID="092f836a-b558-4f93-b07c-1a00affc2693" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:28:47.143" UserId="6720" Text="&lt;login&gt;&lt;time&gt;" />
  <row Id="29147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16233" RevisionGUID="d141d4aa-0aff-4ca3-9d87-7616f94a97a2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:29:01.853" UserId="6554" Text="This will list all ZIP files in decending size order by directory on all available drives:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    get-psdrive -p &quot;FileSystem&quot; `&#xD;&#xA;    | % {echo $_.Root;get-childitem $_.Root -include *.ZIP -r `&#xD;&#xA;    | sort-object Length -descending}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or search a specified list of Drives/Shares (e.g. C:, D: and \\SERVER1\SHARE1...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $paths=&quot;C:\&quot;,&quot;D:\&quot;,&quot;\\SERVER1\SHARE1&quot; `&#xD;&#xA;    | % {write-host $_;get-childitem $_ -include *.ZIP -r `&#xD;&#xA;    | sort-object Length -descending}&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29148" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16225" RevisionGUID="322aa0fa-6412-4980-b7b0-cb12d3b16dee" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:29:37.157" UserId="1654" Comment="added 118 characters in body" Text="    $drive = get-psdrive&#xD;&#xA;    foreach ($a in $drive) {gci}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not so bad... I can't think of a way without recursing all the drives like this, though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [this page][1] for info on searching the index.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/vista/wdscmdlet.aspx" />
  <row Id="29149" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16234" RevisionGUID="c20bf977-35ef-49dd-85d6-5e0f45cbdf50" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:31:03.693" UserId="3505" Text="Yes, you can setup OpenLDAP to act as a caching proxy LDAP server, back-ended by AD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [this][1] for example (but just do a search for &quot;can openldap proxy ldap requests to active directory&quot; and you'll have plenty to look through&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.openldap.org/pub/kapurva/proxycaching.pdf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16235" RevisionGUID="7dfc24eb-f872-4433-9b16-b51f46b9bcb2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:32:17.870" UserId="6689" Text="It's a security feature to slow down people who are trying to guess your password. It takes Ubuntu the same amount of time to see if it's correct or not, but then it waits for a few seconds before letting you try again." />
  <row Id="29151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16236" RevisionGUID="1b463f21-0448-4cd6-92c8-178cd93a24bb" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:33:57.167" UserId="3530" Text="You can ping to the broadcast address and see arp table.&#xD;&#xA;Here is a example of doing it on Linux:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ping -b 192.168.1.255&#xD;&#xA;    arp -n&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NB: The OS of the device have to echo back to ICMP echo request. Some OS don't reply to ICMP with broadcast IP adress. In which case you can ping to every possible ip address in the network. Recently windows boxes don't reply to ICMP echo with unicast IP address by default, so this won't help." />
  <row Id="29152" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16196" RevisionGUID="101904f3-12d7-4132-85e5-c3692dfa2ba7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:34:33.110" UserId="1054" Comment="fix typo" Text="You could try [bmail][1], a free, lean command line SMTP mail sender for Win32 platforms. With the also free available utility *mpack* you can use bmail to send mime attachments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usage and options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Usage: bmail [options]&#xD;&#xA;       -s    SMTP Server Name&#xD;&#xA;       -p    SMTP Port Number (optional, defaults to 25)&#xD;&#xA;       -t    To: Address&#xD;&#xA;       -f    From: Address&#xD;&#xA;       -b    Text Body of Message (optional)&#xD;&#xA;       -h    Generate Headers&#xD;&#xA;       -a    Subject (optional)&#xD;&#xA;       -m    Filename (optional) Use file as Body of Message&#xD;&#xA;       -c    Prefix above file with CR/LF to separate body from header&#xD;&#xA;       -d    Debug (Show all mail server communications)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.beyondlogic.org/solutions/cmdlinemail/cmdlinemail.htm" />
  <row Id="29153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16237" RevisionGUID="6e219c80-0558-4ea8-bd6e-5395090d30d5" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:35:52.670" UserId="6256" Text="Run rsop.msc, the Resultant Set of Policy snap-in, against the machine and the user that's having the problem.  What does it tell you?  (If it can't run, then that's a result itself--the GP processing is broken on that machine.)" />
  <row Id="29154" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16233" RevisionGUID="38390cee-7888-43fd-a8e7-8207546df238" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:36:08.397" UserId="6554" Comment="added 50 characters in body" Text="This will list all ZIP files in decending size order by directory on all available drives:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    get-psdrive -p &quot;FileSystem&quot; `&#xD;&#xA;    | % {write-host -f Green &quot;Searching &quot; $_.Root;get-childitem $_.Root -include *.ZIP -r `&#xD;&#xA;    | sort-object Length -descending}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or search a specified list of Drives/Shares (e.g. C:, D: and \\SERVER1\SHARE1...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $paths=&quot;C:\&quot;,&quot;D:\&quot;,&quot;\\SERVER1\SHARE1&quot; `&#xD;&#xA;    | % {write-host -f Green &quot;Searching &quot; $_;get-childitem $_ -include *.ZIP -r `&#xD;&#xA;    | sort-object Length -descending}&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16238" RevisionGUID="77818455-0d81-4743-87e6-7bf8b9bebd97" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:37:54.163" UserDisplayName="mob" Text="One word: tarsnap." />
  <row Id="29156" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16239" RevisionGUID="e62813f6-3067-4d66-acc5-d32d36c5a84e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:42:18.743" UserId="6491" Text="I do not recommend to use a solution that is no longer maintained.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many other ways to improve the security of a server. What do you really want?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of my favorite is grsecurity (http://www.grsecurity.net). It's main goal is to protect agains buffer overflow attacks." />
  <row Id="29157" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16240" RevisionGUID="137abda8-331a-4e9a-8854-7c49d9be9a14" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:45:43.137" UserId="3505" Text="As Dentrasi has explained - this is to make it more difficult for the attacker to carry out a brute-force attack on the password store.  In almost all circumstances, you don't to change this behavior.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a good reason to (which I can't think of), you can modify it via `/etc/login.defs`  - See the **login.defs(5)** man page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    FAIL_DELAY (number)&#xD;&#xA;      Delay in seconds before being allowed another attempt after a login failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29158" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16022" RevisionGUID="05eaab4f-d706-4554-8428-e398c71bf761" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:46:29.063" UserId="6554" Comment="added 55 characters in body; added 85 characters in body" Text="DIRCMD is an Environmental Variable that the DIR command reads its switches from.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Order directory listing by Sub-Directories, File Extension, and Name, &#xD;&#xA;including Hidden and System Files&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    set DIRCMD=/ogen/a&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    dir&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29159" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="366" RevisionGUID="723532a1-1295-460a-9845-3daee822b64c" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:49:22.897" UserId="137" Comment="Added 'Good lighting'; added 3 characters in body" Text=" - Enough space for expansion&#xD;&#xA; - Plenty of network ports&#xD;&#xA; - Sufficient network bandwidth&#xD;&#xA; - Plenty of dedicated power sockets&#xD;&#xA; - Should not be on the ground floor (risk of flooding + less secure)&#xD;&#xA; - Fire suppression facilities + smoke alarms&#xD;&#xA; - IP KVM for remote access&#xD;&#xA; - Telephone (so the operator can call a support line while looking at the hardware)&#xD;&#xA; - Pens + paper&#xD;&#xA; - A label printer - label everything!&#xD;&#xA; - A standard printer (nice to have)&#xD;&#xA; - Spare network and power cables&#xD;&#xA; - Air conditioning (also dehumidifies)&#xD;&#xA; - Good UPS (with automated/controlled shutdown functionality)&#xD;&#xA; - Sufficient power to run everything (and enough for expansion)&#xD;&#xA; - Entrance security (preferably also with logging)&#xD;&#xA; - Physical security (security on windows, entrance, etc.)&#xD;&#xA; - Whiteboard (nice to have)&#xD;&#xA; - Fireproof safe (for storing backup tapes, passwords and installation media)&#xD;&#xA; - Good server racks - well maintained (cabling)&#xD;&#xA; - Enough space to work comfortably behind the servers&#xD;&#xA; - A table large enough to build/dismantle a server on (plus monitor, keyboard and mouse)&#xD;&#xA; - At least 1 chair&#xD;&#xA; - Tidy patch panel (especially if you patch to PC's and telephones in the office)&#xD;&#xA; - Good lighting" />
  <row Id="29160" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16241" RevisionGUID="55ca034e-927a-40a7-8d57-5c2408d80b11" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:56:55.097" UserId="6256" Text="APC or PowerWare.  PowerWare has great hardware.  Only thing I don't like is their software's email alerting doesn't play nice with Exchange and I had to write shim code in PowerShell to do the emailing.  Eaton now owns the PowerWare brand so they will be oriented more to server, datacenter and big iron than the little workstation models (I like APC for those.)" />
  <row Id="29161" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16242" RevisionGUID="c5795f6d-7600-44b9-8be2-99dcdde1a937" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:57:03.693" UserId="3356" Text="As already mentioned here, joining a Mac to a Windows domain is relatively easy.  Moreover, as of 10.5 it can be done entirely from the command line, including *where* to put the computer if you prefer to put it in a non-default location.  In fact, I developed just such a script for our engineers to use as a basis for migrating systems over.  I found this document to be an incredible supplement to Apple's own documentation:  [Leveraging Active Directory on Mac OS X][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I have not done converted the Macs in my environment because of the problem with user authorization.  I find this to be a big problem, but I also work in Security :)  There are AD extensions for the OSX attributes so you can get some of the same levels of configuration that you do with Windows in AD.  However, your AD environment must be extended to support them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't mind having unmanaged machines where anybody with credentials can login, then add them.  Having centralized authentication is almost always preferred.  Unfortunately, for my systems, this limitation was a show stopper.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://web.mac.com/bombich/Leveraging_AD_on_MOSXS_2.2.pdf.zip" />
  <row Id="29162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16243" RevisionGUID="99a704a8-13d0-4faf-a0bb-13f47addbca5" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:57:21.960" UserId="6294" Text="i had just build two instance of daemon which running on different port, let me say they both serve some critical mission for some application. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can i do some automatic things (eg. shell script) work for checking both of daemons when one of them fail to serve?&#xD;&#xA;What kind of script that can always check the daemons life and maybe can execute some other jobs if one of the daemons incidentially stopped ?" />
  <row Id="29163" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16243" RevisionGUID="99a704a8-13d0-4faf-a0bb-13f47addbca5" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:57:21.960" UserId="6294" Text="shell script to execute thing when one of the daemon dead" />
  <row Id="29164" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16243" RevisionGUID="99a704a8-13d0-4faf-a0bb-13f47addbca5" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:57:21.960" UserId="6294" Text="&lt;scripts&gt;&lt;shell&gt;&lt;daemon&gt;" />
  <row Id="29165" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16244" RevisionGUID="896fd878-f476-4810-abdd-3f6b7561d12e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T14:59:51.550" UserId="3657" Text="Just curious.  Is this home server exposed to the Internet in any way?  If not, security should be somewhat irrelevant unless you have malicious people in your home.  One way to ensure security of your network is simply to use VPN or other remote access methods to securely access your home network (even using public/private key encryption on the tunnel) and from there you shouldn't need to harden a home server." />
  <row Id="29166" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16245" RevisionGUID="7cad625e-0f9b-4dba-8fae-154ef14921c5" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:03:06.177" UserId="3505" Text="Depends alot on the daemon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the daemon has an API and you can communicate to it via either a TCP/IP socket, or a UNIX socket, then you can do that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it listens on a TCP/IP port for example, you can write a script that connects to it, expects a certain response - and also times how long it took to get that response - you can feed that to monitoring tools such as nagios, munin, or other - or just do something yourself with it via more shell scripting and cron.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it provides you nothing useful, does not listen on a port, all you can really do is check the process tree using lsof, netstat, or something like that, and just make sure it exists, but you can't really do a health check.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll need to be more specific really before anyone here can offer you something useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have a look at the PID of the running daemon, then look under `/proc/&lt;PID&gt;/fd` to get a view of what pipes/sockets/files the daemon is interacting with - that might help you get started." />
  <row Id="29167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16246" RevisionGUID="f235aa0c-89f6-4a91-83f3-608504c5c5b6" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:04:52.257" UserId="4392" Text="My advice would be to use your (hopefully) existing monitoring infrastructure. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use Nagios and I query my Linux machines with SNMP. The Linux MIB allows me to retrieve the names of all running processes, along with PID and arguments. I use this to monitor various daemons (like crond) that don't open ports. " />
  <row Id="29168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16247" RevisionGUID="b7fb719a-3de9-40ff-aafa-44ec8a91f053" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:05:19.480" UserId="5248" Text="I've got a VirtualBox VM running with host-only networking. This VM is running Apache, and I want to setup a bunch of name-based virtual hosts in it that can be accessed from the web browser on the host machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The thing is, every time I add a new sub-domain for a virtual host, I have to add it to the hosts-file. Right now I have something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.56.3 vm site1.vm site2.vm site3.vm site4.vm ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to achieve the same effect as this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.56.3 vm *.vm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that * doesn't work as a wildcard in a hosts file. Is there another way to achieve the desired result short of running an actual DNS server? Should I just suck it up and keep adding to my hosts file manually?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29169" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16247" RevisionGUID="b7fb719a-3de9-40ff-aafa-44ec8a91f053" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:05:19.480" UserId="5248" Text="All sub-domains to one IP in hosts file?" />
  <row Id="29170" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16247" RevisionGUID="b7fb719a-3de9-40ff-aafa-44ec8a91f053" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:05:19.480" UserId="5248" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;" />
  <row Id="29171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16248" RevisionGUID="c4da453c-e407-42a5-a834-313a528d9daa" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:05:32.537" UserId="3657" Text="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc784062(WS.10).aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This note gives a few examples of troubleshooting GPOs.  The only item I see that might apply is the &quot;slow link&quot; definition.  Is it possible that the users are logging on with cached credentials or that the network isn't responding fast enough?  Try modifying the Slow Link Detection." />
  <row Id="29172" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3780" RevisionGUID="3440060d-5e6e-4bfe-bc23-6f5baf76cf95" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:05:43.923" UserId="1224" Comment="added 224 characters in body" Text="The aim for this Wiki is to promote using a command to open up commonly used applications without having to go through many mouse clicks - thus saving times on monitoring, troubleshooting Windows machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Answer entries need to specify&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Application name&#xD;&#xA; - Commands&#xD;&#xA; - Screenshot (Optional)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shortcut to commands&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [&amp;&amp;][1] - Command Chaining&#xD;&#xA;- [%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\rcimlby.exe -LaunchRA][2] - Remote Assistance (Windows XP)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl][3] - Programs and Features (Formerly Known as &quot;Add or Remove Programs&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl @,2][4] - Turn Windows Features On and Off (Add/Remove Windows Components pane)&#xD;&#xA;- [calc][5] - Calculator&#xD;&#xA;- [cipher][6] - Displays or alters the encryption of directories [files] on NTFS partitions&#xD;&#xA;- [cleanmgr.exe][7] - Disk Cleanup&#xD;&#xA;- [cls][8] - clear the command line screen&#xD;&#xA;- [cmd /k][9] - Run command with command extensions enabled&#xD;&#xA;- [color][10] - Sets the default console foreground and background colors in console&#xD;&#xA;- [command.com][11] - Default Operating System Shell&#xD;&#xA;- [compmgmt.msc][12] - Computer Management&#xD;&#xA;- [control.exe /name Microsoft.NetworkAndSharingCenter][13] - Network and Sharing Center&#xD;&#xA;- [control keyboard][14] - Keyboard Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control mouse(or main.cpl)][15] - Mouse Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control sysdm.cpl,@0,3][16] - Advanced Tab of the System Properties dialog&#xD;&#xA;- [control userpasswords2][17] - Opens the classic User Accounts dialog&#xD;&#xA;- [desk.cpl][18] - opens the display properties&#xD;&#xA;- [devmgmt.msc][19] - Device Manager&#xD;&#xA;- [diskmgmt.msc][20] - Disk Management&#xD;&#xA;- [dsquery][21] - Finds any objects in the directory according to criteria&#xD;&#xA;- [eventvwr][22] - Windows Event Log (Event Viewer)&#xD;&#xA;- [explorer .][23] - Open explorer with the current folder selected.&#xD;&#xA;- [explorer /e][24], . - Open explorer, with folder tree, with current folder selected.&#xD;&#xA;- [findstr][25] - Find a string in a file&#xD;&#xA;- [firewall.cpl][26] - Opens the Windows Firewall settings&#xD;&#xA;- [fsmgmt.msc][27] - Shared Folders&#xD;&#xA;- [fsutil][28] - Perform tasks related to FAT and NTFS file systems&#xD;&#xA;- [getmac][29] - Shows the mac address(es) of your network adapter(s)&#xD;&#xA;- [gpedit.msc][30] - Group Policy Editor&#xD;&#xA;- [httpcfg.exe][31] - [HTTP Configuration Utility][32]&#xD;&#xA;- [iisreset][33] - To restart IIS&#xD;&#xA;- [InetMgr.exe][34] - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 7&#xD;&#xA;- [InetMgr6.exe][35] - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 6&#xD;&#xA;- [intl.cpl][36] - Regional and Language Options&#xD;&#xA;- [ipconfig][37] - Internet protocol configuration&#xD;&#xA;- [lusrmgr.msc][38] - Local Users and Groups Administrator&#xD;&#xA;- [msconfig][39] - System Configuration&#xD;&#xA;- [notepad][40] - Notepad? ;)&#xD;&#xA;- [mmsys.cpl][41] - Sound/Recording/Playback properties&#xD;&#xA;- [mrt][42] - Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool&#xD;&#xA;- [mstsc.exe][43] - Remote Desktop Connection&#xD;&#xA;- [ncpa.cpl][44] - Network Connections&#xD;&#xA;- [net statistics][45] - Check computer up time&#xD;&#xA;- [odbcad32.exe][46] - ODBC Data Source Administrator&#xD;&#xA;- [pathping][47] - A traceroute that collects detailed packet loss stats&#xD;&#xA;- [powercfg.cpl][48] - Power management control panel applet&#xD;&#xA;- [quser][49] - Display information about user sessions on a terminal server&#xD;&#xA;- [qwinsta][50] - See disconnected remote desktop sessions&#xD;&#xA;- [reg.exe][51] - Console Registry Tool for 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  <row Id="29173" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16249" RevisionGUID="7815531a-1e74-40af-a28e-9e6fe31b3c40" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:08:27.100" UserId="1561" Text=" - **How many other people will be working along-side myself in day-to-day operations?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This affects your ability to perform in a very direct way.  It also affects your ability to take an uninterrupted vacation...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Who is the first responder to problems?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This answer will vary, but it's a good indication of how the organization can actually &quot;organize&quot;.  Large setups should have a helpdesk and ticketing system; small setups should have *at least* the ticketing system, along with some kind of company-paid pager for help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Just you&quot; is not an acceptable answer.  This is a complete lack of organization, and should be followed up with a question of &quot;How do you track requests from users?&quot;.  This *must* be answered with *something* other than &quot;you don't&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **What is your ratio of existing systems to administrators?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This shouldn't be too high (above 50:1) or too low (below 5:1).  Too high and your workload will be so severe you'll be treading water to stay afloat.  Too low and you're either a one-person shop, or there are severe issues with the shop's ability to manage systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **What is your ratio of end-users/customers to administrators?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a measure of expectation.  These are your &quot;customers&quot;.  When there are issues, this will be the amount of &quot;pressure&quot; you will be under to resolve a situation.  An organization of 5000 with just 2 admins can be a very, very stressful place if your systems are having trouble.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **What is your ratio of end-users/customers to existing systems?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a measure of server workload.  Very high ratios can be a sign of overutilization, or budgetary constraints that will tie your hands when it's time to expand.  Underutilization can also be an issue when it's not called for (i.e. makes sense that HR has their own server, but a file server for only 5 &quot;regular&quot; users in an organization of 5,000 is a red flag); this might call for some &quot;virtualization&quot; to consolidate servers...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Is there an existing process for handling updates to existing systems, such as applying vendor patches or firmware updates?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should be any other answer other than (a) &quot;I don't know&quot;, or (b) &quot;we don't update&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Say a server catches fire.  In the event of a crisis or calamity, what timeframe is acceptable as downtime?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should *always* be a reasonable question.  If the interviewer gets bent out-of-shape at this question, then they don't understand the nature of your work, a vital clue about future prospects.  If the expectation is 24/7 operation, that's fine - unless they don't have the infrastructure for it, which means *you'll be babysitting machines a lot*.  Knowing what is and isn't acceptable helps to tip their cards to you about their true expectations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Speaking of fire, do you have a fire suppression system in place for your equipment, and is it of the appropriate type?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Water sprinklers are *not* an acceptable answer.  This *does* happen, and you *will* get organizations that think stuffing a rack into a broom closet with no ventilation and a fire sprinkler overhead is *a great idea*.  If this is downplayed, ignored, or met with hostility, get up, thank the interview, and *don't walk, run...*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Is there a known budget and purchasing process for both capital outlays and minor purchases?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the answer is &quot;we (someone else) will buy it as we need it&quot;, that's a red flag.  It means &quot;we don't trust you to buy equipment when you really need it, so we'll have someone else do it instead&quot;.  There should be some kind of budget, and some kind of process." />
  <row Id="29174" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16249" RevisionGUID="7815531a-1e74-40af-a28e-9e6fe31b3c40" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:08:27.100" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29175" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16245" RevisionGUID="e3cd8af6-a484-4ea1-a0ff-b8f9ddfc2543" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:09:10.843" UserId="3505" Comment="added 133 characters in body" Text="Depends alot on the daemon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the daemon has an API and you can communicate to it via either a TCP/IP socket, or a UNIX socket, then you can do that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it listens on a TCP/IP port for example, you can write a script that connects to it, expects a certain response - and also times how long it took to get that response - you can feed that to monitoring tools such as nagios, munin, or other - Whatever script you end up writing to carry out a single check, you can then easily integrate into nagios plugin for example - which is probably what you want to do - once you've written your check script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it provides you nothing useful, does not listen on a port, all you can really do is check the process tree using lsof, netstat, or something like that, and just make sure it exists, but you can't really do a health check.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll need to be more specific really before anyone here can offer you something useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have a look at the PID of the running daemon, then look under `/proc/&lt;PID&gt;/fd` to get a view of what pipes/sockets/files the daemon is interacting with - that might help you get started." />
  <row Id="29176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16250" RevisionGUID="63ca877a-e02e-443f-aa84-e0175ee05031" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:10:56.037" UserId="6491" Text="I think you cannot do it without paching you kernel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ipset][1] seems to be a good solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Quoting from its webpage:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If you want to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;    - store multiple IP addresses or port numbers and match against the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; collection by iptables at one swoop;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    - dynamically update iptables rules against IP addresses or ports without&#xD;&#xA;&gt; performance penalty;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    - express complex IP address and ports based rulesets with one single&#xD;&#xA;&gt; iptables rule and benefit from the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; speed of IP sets &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; then ipset may be the proper tool for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ipset.netfilter.org/" />
  <row Id="29177" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16251" RevisionGUID="fff9fded-dad0-4f14-ae2e-0c234a1b621a" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:11:55.473" UserId="3505" Text="There is no wildcard way of doing this - you need to either implement a DNS server, or keep adding entries to your hosts file." />
  <row Id="29178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16252" RevisionGUID="1fefad06-991d-4251-9005-ff18a04a4353" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:14:21.270" UserId="6256" Text="Clarification to Jeff:  For technical reasons at Microsoft, when Server 2008 was released, it was decided that Server 08 and Vista SP1 would have the same codebase, as the server OS followed the desktop OS by nearly two years.  Server 2008 had to have its service pack number listed as 1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So an RTM version of Server 2008 will be listed as &quot;Windows Server 2008 &lt;edition&gt; Service Pack 1&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This doesn't mean Server 2008 is less stable or less mature than it would be otherwise, especially now that SP2 is out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that this is why Vista SP2 needs to have SP1 as a prerequisite--this is a first for a Windows desktop OS where SPs have included all earlier SP levels.  Windows Server 2008 has the same service pack--and it is listed as SP2.  It doesn't need a prerequisite.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows 7 and Server 08R2 are avoiding this by being released simultaneously with the same codebase.  " />
  <row Id="29179" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16252" RevisionGUID="1fefad06-991d-4251-9005-ff18a04a4353" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:14:21.270" UserId="6256" />
  <row Id="29180" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16249" RevisionGUID="04bdc0ed-560a-4096-ae61-37ba232ae438" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:14:25.827" UserId="1561" Comment="fixed typo on &quot;interviewer&quot;; added 70 characters in body; added 341 characters in body" Text=" - **How many other people will be working along-side myself in day-to-day operations?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This affects your ability to perform in a very direct way.  It also affects your ability to take an uninterrupted vacation...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Who is the first responder to problems?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This answer will vary, but it's a good indication of how the organization can actually &quot;organize&quot;.  Large setups should have a helpdesk and ticketing system; small setups should have *at least* the ticketing system, along with some kind of company-paid pager for help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Just you&quot; is not an acceptable answer.  This is a complete lack of organization, and should be followed up with a question of &quot;How do you track requests from users?&quot;.  This *must* be answered with *something* other than &quot;you don't&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **What is your ratio of existing systems to administrators?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This shouldn't be too high (above 50:1) or too low (below 5:1).  Too high and your workload will be so severe you'll be treading water to stay afloat.  Too low and you're either a one-person shop, or there are severe issues with the shop's ability to manage systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **What is your ratio of end-users/customers to administrators?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a measure of expectation.  These are your &quot;customers&quot;.  When there are issues, this will be the amount of &quot;pressure&quot; you will be under to resolve a situation.  An organization of 5000 with just 2 admins can be a very, very stressful place if your systems are having trouble.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **What is your ratio of end-users/customers to existing systems?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a measure of server workload.  Very high ratios can be a sign of overutilization, or budgetary constraints that will tie your hands when it's time to expand.  Underutilization can also be an issue when it's not called for (i.e. makes sense that HR has their own server, but a file server for only 5 &quot;regular&quot; users in an organization of 5,000 is a red flag); this might call for some &quot;virtualization&quot; to consolidate servers...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Is there an existing process for handling updates to existing systems, such as applying vendor patches or firmware updates?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should be any other answer other than (a) &quot;I don't know&quot;, or (b) &quot;we don't update&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Say a server catches fire.  In the event of a crisis or calamity, what timeframe is acceptable as downtime?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should *always* be a reasonable question.  If the interviewer gets bent out-of-shape at this question, then they don't understand the nature of your work, a vital clue about future prospects.  If the expectation is 24/7 operation, that's fine - unless they don't have the infrastructure for it, which means *you'll be babysitting machines a lot*.  Knowing what is and isn't acceptable helps to tip their cards to you about their true expectations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Speaking of fire, do you have a fire suppression system in place for your equipment, and is it of the appropriate type?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Water sprinklers are *not* an acceptable answer.  This *does* happen, and you *will* get organizations that think stuffing a rack into a broom closet with no ventilation and a fire sprinkler overhead is *a great idea*.  If this is downplayed, ignored, or met with hostility, get up, thank the interviewer, and *don't walk, run...*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Is there a known budget and purchasing process for both capital outlays and minor purchases?  Can you explain to me the process I would use to purchase something?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the answer is &quot;we (someone else) will buy it as we need it&quot;, that's a red flag.  It means &quot;we don't trust you to buy equipment when you really need it, so we'll have someone else do it instead&quot;.  *There should always be some kind of budget.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The process to purchase something should be easy enough to explain in less than 2 minutes.  It should not involve more than 2 parties signing off (higher numbers indicate red tape), and it should have a turn-around measured in days or hours, not weeks (critical purchases will be held up if it's too long).  *There should always be some kind of process.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Do you have a plan to refresh and recycle old hardware, and how often does it occur?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have actually seen companies running on 18-year-old minicomputers that are kept alive by support contracts and lots of spare parts from the vendor.  Of course, the hardware vendor has *long* since departed...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Desktop units should never be refreshed faster than 3 years, or slower than 5.  In businesses with tight budgets, stretching a desktop to 5 years is sometimes an appropriate answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The bit on recycling is a test to see if they have a &quot;disposable&quot; attitude towards old hardware.  It's bad in the sense that you should properly dispose of it through a known recycler, but good in a sense that you can press-gang old hardware into temprorary duty should the need arise.  It will also give you a sense of the size of their &quot;boneyard&quot; (the pile of old hardware that is kept around)." />
  <row Id="29181" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16253" RevisionGUID="2ac48b59-e494-4233-8005-d87da5b01b51" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:14:48.290" UserId="4392" Text="This is an interesting question. The host file itself doesn't support wildcards, as you mentioned. It would be pretty easy to setup bind on the apache machine and get that to be the auth dns server and point *.vm correctly, but that's a workaround (even if it's the &quot;correct&quot; solution). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's got to be a way to trick nscd into it, but I haven't figured it out yet. Give me more time, and I'll update this answer" />
  <row Id="29182" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16254" RevisionGUID="56ad7c43-bf1f-48b8-a341-2118630715ee" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:19:18.983" UserId="6256" Text="*Windows Internals* has a chapter on NTFS and what it does and doesn't support." />
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  <row Id="29184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16255" RevisionGUID="e2779524-3b73-4994-84f8-9ef03100ab0c" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:20:18.857" UserId="3664" Text="We have Mozypro configured for about 25-30 laptops in this situation. Central management and much much cheaper than the other big guys in this space (i365/Evault). You are going to pay about 50 cents a GB and 3-4 bucks a machines per month.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They will ship you full DVDs or hard drives if needed for large data recoveries but they won't take disks from you to seed the system like i365 (now Evault) though this is probably not a concern with laptops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another in house option might be DLO form Symantec but it might be tough to set up if they don't connect to a vpn on a regular basis.&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="29185" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16256" RevisionGUID="16fd3d4d-85fa-406c-94fd-d177244e68ed" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:20:38.077" UserId="4585" Text="pam.d takes care of FAIL_DELAY these days.  Add this to /etc/pam.d/common-auth (for Debian / Ubuntu):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;auth required pam_unix.so nodelay&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fedora / Redhat: add this to /etc/pam.d/system-auth:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;auth required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so nodelay&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;$ISA is just used to select between 32-bit and 64-bit modules and is already defined." />
  <row Id="29186" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16257" RevisionGUID="7089392c-3d95-4c76-a0f5-00649c4f1b22" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:20:39.573" UserId="958" Text="I can access and read a Samba folder from Windows 7. I've been following some sites instructions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My Windows 7 is configured like told below:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/75-63-windows-samba-issue&#xD;&#xA;http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-server-73/windows-7-beta-1-and-samba-696990/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And my smb.conf has a shared folder, configured for do not require authentication, as the following site says so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=658056&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also tried the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chmod -r 775 sharedfolder&#xD;&#xA;    chown -r someuser:somegroup sharedfolder&#xD;&#xA;    in smb.conf :&#xD;&#xA;       create mask = 0775&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I still get the message that I have no permission to write.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29187" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16257" RevisionGUID="7089392c-3d95-4c76-a0f5-00649c4f1b22" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:20:39.573" UserId="958" Text="How to make Windows 7 write to Samba shared folder?" />
  <row Id="29188" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16257" RevisionGUID="7089392c-3d95-4c76-a0f5-00649c4f1b22" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:20:39.573" UserId="958" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;samba&gt;&lt;sharedfolders&gt;" />
  <row Id="29189" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16258" RevisionGUID="a0003929-de1f-48dd-9604-4e27b62a1f44" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:20:57.577" UserId="6730" Text="I'm looking for a router &amp; firewall device that will provide built-in bandwidth monitoring; meaning, I go to the web control panel for the device and I can see a real-time breakdown of how much traffic each IP is using (and even better, identify the MAC of each machine so I can exclude them from the network if necessary). I know there's third party solutions that can analyze syslogs in real time, but really what I want is a simple, plug-and-play device that offers this kind of real-time analysis out of the box." />
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  <row Id="29191" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16258" RevisionGUID="a0003929-de1f-48dd-9604-4e27b62a1f44" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:20:57.577" UserId="6730" Text="&lt;router&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;bandwidth&gt;" />
  <row Id="29192" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16259" RevisionGUID="cfe07033-687b-452d-9548-3458649839bf" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:22:07.590" UserId="4824" Text="We have concerns about our staff using wireless hotspots to connect to our LAN. We use a VPN to connect to our network and they can then transfer data using a proprietary application. What little web browsing they do is directed to our proxy server and hence requires the VPN to be established first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my question is this: *How do we best secure the laptop from the time they start it to the time they make the VPN connection?*  &#xD;&#xA;They could be connected to an open, unsecured network for many minutes before starting the VPN. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our concern is not so much sniffing of data (as data will only be sent over the VPN), but that someone could connect to the laptop and compromise it prior to the VPN connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personal firewalls are an option, but they need to be effective *without* input from the user (and preferably centrally managed).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd be interested to know how others have approached this problem and what solutions they have found. " />
  <row Id="29193" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16259" RevisionGUID="cfe07033-687b-452d-9548-3458649839bf" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:22:07.590" UserId="4824" Text="Wireless Hotspot Security." />
  <row Id="29194" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16259" RevisionGUID="cfe07033-687b-452d-9548-3458649839bf" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:22:07.590" UserId="4824" Text="&lt;wifi&gt;&lt;wireless-network&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="29195" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16253" RevisionGUID="73a297d9-1193-482c-927c-0681a2fc30d0" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:24:06.040" UserId="4392" Comment="added 512 characters in body" Text="This is an interesting question. The host file itself doesn't support wildcards, as you mentioned. It would be pretty easy to setup bind on the apache machine and get that to be the auth dns server and point *.vm correctly, but that's a workaround (even if it's the &quot;correct&quot; solution). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's got to be a way to trick nscd into it, but I haven't figured it out yet. Give me more time, and I'll update this answer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alright, your best bet, without resorting to the simple task of filling your host file with an immense number of virtual hosts, or the slightly more complex task of configuring bind to auth for that domain, is to use this vulnerability to poison the nscd cache: http://linuxgazette.net/154/misc/lg/conspire_dns_vulnerability_details.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At least, that's as far as I'm going to go today. Maybe if I get bored later I'll check the source to nscd and figure out how to directly inject the info. " />
  <row Id="29196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16260" RevisionGUID="3b9d0bb1-02b7-414b-b7ec-be1b702fd97d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:25:18.423" UserId="3505" Text="Hmmm... `-r` or `-R`?  What OS/distro is Samba running on?" />
  <row Id="29197" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16255" RevisionGUID="64c4fe16-2c16-4f0d-842f-cb9aba5b25b9" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:27:31.603" UserId="3664" Comment="Added deteails to answer all requirements of question" Text="I did not see the bi-directional sync requirements - below are some good options if you are just looking to back up a bunch of laptops. For sync and backup look at dropbox&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-- &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other backup options I have implemented:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have Mozypro configured for about 25-30 laptops in this situation. Central management and much much cheaper than the other big guys in this space (i365/Evault). You are going to pay about 50 cents a GB and 3-4 bucks a machines per month.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They will ship you full DVDs or hard drives if needed for large data recoveries but they won't take disks from you to seed the system like i365 (now Evault) though this is probably not a concern with laptops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another in house option might be DLO form Symantec but it might be tough to set up if they don't connect to a vpn on a regular basis. " />
  <row Id="29198" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16261" RevisionGUID="3fb8a23d-a62b-4f80-a40d-7361b906fb02" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:27:45.080" UserId="6524" Text="`monit` is great in this case - it runs on localhost, so you don't need a network connection to restart your daemon (in case it fails, or daemon is responsible for networking). It also has small footprint on the system, and you can use it to monitor your other daemons/disk space/etc. as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Create a start/stop script (similar to those in `/etc/init.d/` and create symlinks for it in runlevels that your system uses for normal operation, ensuring that your daemon will start at reboot and stop at shutdown properly. If your daemon doesn't have pidfile, create one using `start-stop-daemon` script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After that, install `monit` and create configuration for your daemon, something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;check process daemond with pidfile /var/run/daemond.pid&#xD;&#xA;    start program &quot;/etc/init.d/daemond start&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    stop program &quot;/etc/init.d/daemond stop&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    if failed port 1234 type TCP for 5 times within 10 cycles then restart&#xD;&#xA;    if 3 restarts within 5 cycles then alert&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This configuration will ensure that if daemon stops responding on tcp port 1234, or will stop running, it will be restarted using the init script. `monit` will also send you an alert through email, or do other things, depending on how you configure it. Just check out `monit(1)` manpage." />
  <row Id="29199" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16262" RevisionGUID="2dab3176-b705-4e30-921d-c2bbd0324855" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:28:16.297" UserId="1293" Text="These also work:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    set -v&#xD;&#xA;or &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash -v&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But -v doesn't print the PS4 string before each script line and it doesn't trace the steps of a &quot;for&quot; statement (for example) individually. It does echo comments while -x doesn't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's an example of the output using -v:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash -v&#xD;&#xA;    # this is a comment&#xD;&#xA;    for i in {1..4}&#xD;&#xA;    do&#xD;&#xA;        echo -n $i&#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;    1234echo&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    echo hello&#xD;&#xA;    hello&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the result of the same script with -x:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    + for i in '{1..4}'&#xD;&#xA;    + echo -n 1&#xD;&#xA;    1+ for i in '{1..4}'&#xD;&#xA;    + echo -n 2&#xD;&#xA;    2+ for i in '{1..4}'&#xD;&#xA;    + echo -n 3&#xD;&#xA;    3+ for i in '{1..4}'&#xD;&#xA;    + echo -n 4&#xD;&#xA;    4+ echo&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    + echo hello&#xD;&#xA;    hello&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that I included &quot;echo -n&quot; to add emphasis to the differences between -v and -x. Also, -v is the same as &quot;-o verbose&quot;, but the latter seems not to work as part of a shebang." />
  <row Id="29200" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16263" RevisionGUID="ffb2882e-dbd2-4e33-b18a-6d94bd2a2fe5" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:28:20.010" UserId="4585" Text="Well, I have a favorite check for something when it dies that's incredibly simple.  Just fire it up with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/path/to/daemon || mail user@domain.com &quot;/path/to/daemon died; do X&quot; or:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;while [[ -z &quot;&quot; ]]; do /path/to/daemon || mail user@domain.com &quot;/path/to/daemon died; restarting&quot;; done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or something like that.  If the daemon will exit if there's a problem, this gives you very easy and reliable monitoring." />
  <row Id="29201" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15657" RevisionGUID="22153c08-0099-4e41-881a-18856d0abd1d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:28:37.437" UserId="6350" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="Hello, I have a user whose screen resolution will change to 640x480 when they try to run a certain program. When that program is closed, the screen changes back to 1024x768. That same program is actually hard coded to run at 800x600. There are no compatibly settings in place. This W/S is running Vista 64bit and the program itself is based on the Borland Database Engine. Other users have never had any such issues. Any thoughts?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="29202" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16249" RevisionGUID="d60c1454-3405-44a2-8a9f-cae5f67da08f" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:28:37.467" UserId="1561" Comment="clarification on old hardware" Text=" - **How many other people will be working along-side myself in day-to-day operations?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This affects your ability to perform in a very direct way.  It also affects your ability to take an uninterrupted vacation...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Who is the first responder to problems?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This answer will vary, but it's a good indication of how the organization can actually &quot;organize&quot;.  Large setups should have a helpdesk and ticketing system; small setups should have *at least* the ticketing system, along with some kind of company-paid pager for help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Just you&quot; is not an acceptable answer.  This is a complete lack of organization, and should be followed up with a question of &quot;How do you track requests from users?&quot;.  This *must* be answered with *something* other than &quot;you don't&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **What is your ratio of existing systems to administrators?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This shouldn't be too high (above 50:1) or too low (below 5:1).  Too high and your workload will be so severe you'll be treading water to stay afloat.  Too low and you're either a one-person shop, or there are severe issues with the shop's ability to manage systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As always, there are exceptions to the rule; instances where 200+ systems can be imaged from a single source (think web head-ends), and instances where the business is very small (20 employees might only need 2 servers).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **What is your ratio of end-users/customers to administrators?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a measure of expectation.  These are your &quot;customers&quot;.  When there are issues, this will be the amount of &quot;pressure&quot; you will be under to resolve a situation.  An organization of 5000 with just 2 admins can be a very, very stressful place if your systems are having trouble.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **What is your ratio of end-users/customers to existing systems?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a measure of server workload.  Very high ratios can be a sign of overutilization, or budgetary constraints that will tie your hands when it's time to expand.  Underutilization can also be an issue when it's not called for (i.e. makes sense that HR has their own server, but a file server for only 5 &quot;regular&quot; users in an organization of 5,000 is a red flag); this might call for some &quot;virtualization&quot; to consolidate servers...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Is there an existing process for handling updates to existing systems, such as applying vendor patches or firmware updates?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should be any other answer other than (a) &quot;I don't know&quot;, or (b) &quot;we don't update&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Say a server catches fire.  In the event of a crisis or calamity, what timeframe is acceptable as downtime?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should *always* be a reasonable question.  If the interviewer gets bent out-of-shape at this question, then they don't understand the nature of your work, a vital clue about future prospects.  If the expectation is 24/7 operation, that's fine - unless they don't have the infrastructure for it, which means *you'll be babysitting machines a lot*.  Knowing what is and isn't acceptable helps to tip their cards to you about their true expectations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Speaking of fire, do you have a fire suppression system in place for your equipment, and is it of the appropriate type?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Water sprinklers are *not* an acceptable answer.  This *does* happen, and you *will* get organizations that think stuffing a rack into a broom closet with no ventilation and a fire sprinkler overhead is *a great idea*.  If this is downplayed, ignored, or met with hostility, get up, thank the interviewer, and *don't walk, run...*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Is there a known budget and purchasing process for both capital outlays and minor purchases?  Can you explain to me the process I would use to purchase something?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the answer is &quot;we (someone else) will buy it as we need it&quot;, that's a red flag.  It means &quot;we don't trust you to buy equipment when you really need it, so we'll have someone else do it instead&quot;.  *There should always be some kind of budget.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The process to purchase something should be easy enough to explain in less than 2 minutes.  It should not involve more than 2 parties signing off (higher numbers indicate red tape), and it should have a turn-around measured in days or hours, not weeks (critical purchases will be held up if it's too long).  *There should always be some kind of process.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Do you have a plan to refresh and recycle old hardware, and how often does it occur?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have actually seen companies running on 18-year-old minicomputers that are kept alive by support contracts and lots of spare parts from a support vendor.  Of course, the original hardware vendor has *long* since departed...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Desktop units should never be refreshed faster than 3 years, or slower than 5.  In businesses with tight budgets, stretching a desktop to 5 years is sometimes an appropriate answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The bit on recycling is a test to see if they have a &quot;disposable&quot; attitude towards old hardware.  It's bad in the sense that you should properly dispose of it through a known recycler, but good in a sense that you can press-gang old hardware into temprorary duty should the need arise.  It will also give you a sense of the size of their &quot;boneyard&quot; (the pile of old hardware that is kept around)." />
  <row Id="29203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16264" RevisionGUID="935f94c9-0c1f-444b-90ff-346c841804cb" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:32:28.287" UserId="3505" Text="MAC filtering is not very difficult to get around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can just force all traffic to go through a proxy, for example `squid`, and force authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Block direct access to the internet, so the only way to get out is via the proxy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then let squid do the accounting for you.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16265" RevisionGUID="be467c09-0cc4-4d6e-ab53-cdbeffafe588" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:34:05.240" UserId="6524" Text="You can use `dnsmasq` for that, just add in the config file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;address=/.vm/192.168.56.3&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="29205" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16257" RevisionGUID="31030be7-b117-4acc-b879-9bebbf7dce54" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:36:10.523" UserId="958" Comment="edited body" Text="I can access and read a Samba folder from Windows 7. I've been following some sites instructions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My Windows 7 is configured like told below:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/75-63-windows-samba-issue&#xD;&#xA;http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-server-73/windows-7-beta-1-and-samba-696990/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And my smb.conf has a shared folder, configured for do not require authentication, as the following site says so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=658056&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also tried the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chmod -R 775 sharedfolder&#xD;&#xA;    chown -R someuser:somegroup sharedfolder&#xD;&#xA;    in smb.conf :&#xD;&#xA;       create mask = 0775&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I still get the message that I have no permission to write.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16266" RevisionGUID="21dbcf84-7fd1-47ee-8e58-5a9884162047" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:37:49.833" UserId="3505" Text="It's the usual compromise between convenience and security - you can never have both unfortunately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know this is not the answer you're after - but I think the most important thing here is to educate the users, and perhaps limit/restict who gets to use a laptop, and who doesn't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I assume you already are locking down the laptop OS/software as much as possible, but obviously that doesn't mean it's secure (just that it's a little more secure)." />
  <row Id="29207" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16267" RevisionGUID="a316e475-364d-4de4-ad48-12ee8fc44e33" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:38:25.997" UserId="1715" Text="I believe [smoothwall][1] offers built-in graphing via [MRTG][2].  I think there are some other forks of this project that do similar things, but i can't remember the names.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.smoothwall.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/" />
  <row Id="29208" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16098" RevisionGUID="2bc7fb66-0d96-4c64-be49-91662e21ff86" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:39:05.247" UserId="6524" Comment="Fix typo" Text="I'm not sure what you mean by 'always visible' - you want to have certain lines stay on screen while the rest is scrolled away? That's hard to do with ccze, perhaps you need a different log viewing tool. Have you tried &lt;code&gt;multitail&lt;/code&gt;? It let's you see several log files at once in different windows, and also provides colorized output." />
  <row Id="29209" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16268" RevisionGUID="dca42f03-aa0c-40cd-9d16-9fac155b0c26" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:41:12.137" UserId="4084" Text="You just have to configure a firewall on each laptop in order to block all network traffic (output as well as input), except the packet needed to mount and run the VPN connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Windows, the firewall settings can be easily managed by setting GPO in Active Directory." />
  <row Id="29210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16269" RevisionGUID="2587b515-8ffb-4d66-8bd7-319061e90763" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:42:24.723" UserId="5799" Text="Speaking of PAM, if a computer is set up for LDAP or Kerberos or similar networked authentication, when a local login fails it will try to login remotely using the provided credentials. (Not related to this question though.)" />
  <row Id="29211" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16269" RevisionGUID="2587b515-8ffb-4d66-8bd7-319061e90763" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:42:24.723" UserId="5799" />
  <row Id="29212" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16267" RevisionGUID="1529d8f4-fd13-4b2a-aaeb-73949cf9df3b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:43:52.507" UserId="1715" Comment="added 253 characters in body" Text="I believe [smoothwall][1] offers built-in graphing via [MRTG][2]. Not sure if it will do reporting via internal IP's out of the box.  I think there are some other forks of this project that do similar things, but i can't remember the names.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ntop][3] is probably more flexible for your needs.  You should be able to run this on any linux distro that you can purpose as a firewall with iptables.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.smoothwall.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.ntop.org/" />
  <row Id="29213" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11506" RevisionGUID="6cb5ea20-941f-4bc3-a523-7797767ce852" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:45:29.337" UserId="2660" Comment="Posted link to Live Migration Whitepaper, CSV is not required for Live Migration" Text="A couple thoughts before you write off using the Full version of R2. I was a die-hard fan of Server Core (Still am actually) but after a year of running Hyper-V cluster on Server Core, I have some new thoughts on Core vs Full.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With R2, we now have Cluster Shared Volumes and Live Migration so you can move VM's between nodes without any downtime. It's essentially the equivalent of V-Motion from VMWare. Now that I don't have to pause/resume VM's to fail them over, the patching of physical nodes is not such a big deal anymore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly, as much as I love command lines, half of my ops do not like them as much. I ended up being the top resource because of the steep learning curve when all you have to work with is the command line. So, depending on the skill of the group that will be managing the servers day to day, this might be a factor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, for networking, if you ever get into teaming NIC's, good luck doing that in Server Core. To configure teaming on Intel and Broadcom, you'll need to use their software that only installs on Full.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Considering the HA you get with live migration and the ease of managemmet with the GUI for our operations team, I am encouraing our team to move to the Full version of Server 2008 R2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Minor Update&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After reading [this whitepaper][1], it looks like CSV is recommended but not required for Live Migration. In my earlier post, I had inferred that you needed CSV for Live Migration. This is not necessarily the case. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=FDD083C6-3FC7-470B-8569-7E6A19FB0FDF&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="29214" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16251" RevisionGUID="626069ae-9762-4a1b-ac83-d030153e023f" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:47:48.880" UserId="3505" Comment="added 163 characters in body" Text="There is no wildcard way of doing this - you need to either implement a DNS server, or keep adding entries to your hosts file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do go with installing a DNS server, you don't need to install `bind` - you can install a simple caching DNS server like `totd`, `dnsmasq`, or `maradns`." />
  <row Id="29215" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16270" RevisionGUID="3612a2bd-aa7a-4373-8a67-48120eeaa889" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:47:49.237" UserId="6132" Text="Does your change control incorporate ITIL or MOF?" />
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  <row Id="29217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16271" RevisionGUID="25016cf0-2cc6-4b5e-a73c-e00d613d7a9b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:49:11.887" UserId="4392" Text="I can't afford VMware infrastructure to do all the cool things, but I also don't have the money to buy a physical server for each and every machine I need, so I've been implementing some non-core machines with VMware Server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm interested in hearing about what other people do with this, and if it's a long-term viable solution, or if I'm just postponing the inevitable migration to ESXi" />
  <row Id="29218" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16271" RevisionGUID="25016cf0-2cc6-4b5e-a73c-e00d613d7a9b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:49:11.887" UserId="4392" Text="What recommendations would you give for implementing VMware Server, not ESX" />
  <row Id="29219" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16271" RevisionGUID="25016cf0-2cc6-4b5e-a73c-e00d613d7a9b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:49:11.887" UserId="4392" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;vmware-esx&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="29220" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16271" RevisionGUID="25016cf0-2cc6-4b5e-a73c-e00d613d7a9b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:49:11.887" UserId="4392" />
  <row Id="29221" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15895" RevisionGUID="63c62e5a-6010-4178-8da8-279c57286e45" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:50:53.710" UserId="5763" Comment="added 383 characters in body; added 4 characters in body" Text="I am a developer and all our workstations use RAID for the internal drives.  RAID 0.  This is definetly worth it.  You never want to go back to compiling from a single 7200RPM drive once you have tried a pair of 15000s.  &#xD;&#xA;I have been challenged on if it is the RAID or the 15k drive that is making compile times shorter.  I don't know, for compile a single fast drive may give exactly the same performance.  However, a single SAS drive is not particularly large for a modern pc, so in-expensive on board RAID still has a place.  That and I doubt RAID is ever going to hurt the performance of the system.  &#xD;&#xA;I think this sort of RAID is certainly appropriate for a workstation and is probably best done using the inexpensive on-board controllers.  From the server side, most of our servers have some form of RAID array for the OS disk and data is then on a seperate array of some appropriate form.  I don't know about our production servers but our dev servers (of which we have a fair amount) have never had a controller fail, we have had drives fail though.  In one case we had half of the OS array fail on a SQL box, while it was re-building, the other disc failed!  Sometimes RAID1 just ain't enough!" />
  <row Id="29222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16272" RevisionGUID="83e792ca-aeb9-437b-8092-6ec39b3f2586" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:54:28.133" UserId="768" Text=" 1. If the BIOS can't see it, replace the circuit board with one from an identical hard-drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. If the platters don't spin up, you may have to rotate it quickly about it's axis to break it free of any grease that may have gelled up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. you may be able to get some data off of it by placing it inside of a freezer, and attempt to retrieve data off of the hard-drive, starting with the most important data first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. Run [SpinRite][spinrite] on it to attempt to repair any failing sectors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you still can't get anything off of it, you probably are going to have to send it off to someplace that specializes in retrieving data off of failing hard-drives, but there is no guarantee that they will be able to get anything off of it either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[spinrite]: http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm" />
  <row Id="29223" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16240" RevisionGUID="c768f396-2607-4b5b-bad3-da3f1ddb7d70" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:54:36.557" UserId="3505" Comment="added 708 characters in body" Text="As Dentrasi has explained - this is to make it more difficult for the attacker to carry out a brute-force attack on the password store.  In almost all circumstances, you don't to change this behavior.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a good reason to (which I can't think of), you can modify it via `/etc/login.defs`  - See the **login.defs(5)** man page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    FAIL_DELAY (number)&#xD;&#xA;      Delay in seconds before being allowed another attempt after a login failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hmmm... At the end of the manpage...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Much of the functionality that used to be provided by the shadow password suite&#xD;&#xA;    is now handled by PAM. Thus, /etc/login.defs is no longer used by passwd(1), or&#xD;&#xA;    less used by login(1), and su(1). Please refer to the corresponding PAM&#xD;&#xA;    configuration files instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The appropriate PAM entry instead...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Enforce a minimal delay in case of failure (in microseconds).&#xD;&#xA;    # (Replaces the `FAIL_DELAY' setting from login.defs)&#xD;&#xA;    # Note that other modules may require another minimal delay. (for example,&#xD;&#xA;    # to disable any delay, you should add the nodelay option to pam_unix)&#xD;&#xA;    auth       optional   pam_faildelay.so  delay=3000000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29224" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16273" RevisionGUID="b95c2161-aac9-4f10-a91f-02570f014828" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:56:00.360" UserId="6132" Text="For your scientific workstations it may well be worth it IF those systems work better with their data stored locally, as opposed to a share on a file server. For the general populace however I'd say no. It's not worth the hassle and headache when all you really need is to restore data that should be kept on shares." />
  <row Id="29225" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16125" RevisionGUID="ab3c832b-f743-40e9-9532-ba392ea3c83d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:56:07.397" UserId="1233" Comment="Add link" Text="I think what you need is [HTTP Client](ditchnet.org/httpclient/) by Todd Ditchendorf (maker of Fluid)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the website:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;A Mac OS X Leopard developer tool for debugging HTTP services by graphically creating &amp; inspecting complex HTTP messages.&quot;" />
  <row Id="29226" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15751" RevisionGUID="25bba1b6-2101-4035-8c2f-2b110cc32718" CreationDate="2009-05-31T15:59:40.947" UserId="1233" Comment="The question itself has little to nothing to do with backups" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;redundancy&gt;" />
  <row Id="29227" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16183" RevisionGUID="5d0e86c9-8bcd-435e-be83-5413e19decf6" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:04:22.590" UserId="6256" Comment="KBnnnnnn.log only for XP, changed for Vista/7/2008" Text="Remember also [for XP and before, see below]that each individual update has its own log file in the Windows directory.  This will be, usually, named KBnnnnnn.log where n is the update number.  The update failure will usually be in the Event Log but the details will be in that log file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Vista and 2008 have changed this logging but I don't remember the details.  I'll edit it again if I find it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, for anyone watching the progress bar in Windows Update stalling, this phenomenon is unfortunately normal for some updates;  the Malware Removal Tool actually scans your directories (which would uncover the RAID problems the original poster had.)  Exchange updates like to take their time as well as they stop and start all the services as they run." />
  <row Id="29228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16274" RevisionGUID="98695bd1-b541-42ea-a47f-61a98cdf27b7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:06:05.673" UserId="2943" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're planning a server which is a clustered SQL2005 Enterprise 64bit with a database of which a subset of tables are replicated one way via transactional replication to single subscriber located at different data center for reporting purposes. The distributor is co-located with the publisher on the cluster. A SAN is used for storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As well as clustering, the client want resilience for the publisher database in the event of a SAN failure.  They have a second lesser SAN (from a performance perspective) available in (unfortunately for a DR perspective) the same data center. This will have a single 32 bit server with SQL2005 32bit Enterprise attached. The client are aware that in the event of a SAN incident they'll no longer have clustering or replication and a lesser level of performance. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm debating whether to use log-shipping or database mirroring to provide the database DR.  We're using Quest LiteSpeed for backups and could use it for shipping compressed transaction log backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do either of the two technologies (mirroring or log-shipping) have a lesser impact on the publisher database from performance and replication latency perspectives?   " />
  <row Id="29229" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16274" RevisionGUID="98695bd1-b541-42ea-a47f-61a98cdf27b7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:06:05.673" UserId="2943" Text="SQL mirroring or log-shipping - which has the least impact on a replicated database?" />
  <row Id="29230" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16274" RevisionGUID="98695bd1-b541-42ea-a47f-61a98cdf27b7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:06:05.673" UserId="2943" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;mirroring&gt;&lt;replication&gt;" />
  <row Id="29231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16275" RevisionGUID="e6844844-ebe3-42d6-80a0-d455b83f76a7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:08:46.183" UserId="2413" Text="i'm running mix of esxi and vmware servers under debian linux. i dont have san, just raided local drives, my biggest concern is 'backupubility', i dont need very high performance nor i suffer from some slowdowns [ at least until now ]. all runs under mix of dell poweredge 1950 and poweredge 2950.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for hosts running under esxi i run partial backups from within virtual machines, no rocket science here, all works well and in stable fashion. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for vmware server - i keep virtual machines on lvm partition and use lvm snapshot feature for 'hot backups' [ that is - without interrupting virtual machines ]. i DO KNOW that this is unsupported mechanism that can lead to unrecoverable backups but with additional backups from within vm guests - i feel comfortable with that thought.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for vmware server i've done some host and guest tuning: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   - vmware keeps it's temporary files on [/dev/shm][1]&#xD;&#xA;   - i've [turned off memory trimming / over-committing][2] for guests&#xD;&#xA;   - i keep vmware tools installed under guests&#xD;&#xA;   - for linux guests i've elevator set to noop, kernel clock set to no_hz&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i'm quite happy with the setup. i'm using vmware server since v 1.0 without hiccups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but it all depends on your workload, in my case i have quite lo disk i/o requirements for guests, this is performance bottleneck that i expect to hit sooner or later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/what-is-devshm-and-its-practical-usage.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.norlin.se/blog/category/vmware-server/" />
  <row Id="29232" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16275" RevisionGUID="e6844844-ebe3-42d6-80a0-d455b83f76a7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:08:46.183" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29233" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16276" RevisionGUID="3c3afdf8-4c69-4056-b05f-da9608832af8" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:12:07.240" UserId="6726" Text="goes like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    language -x script&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;language = python, perl, bash&#xD;&#xA;-x = operator&#xD;&#xA;script = filename &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;hope it helps." />
  <row Id="29234" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16275" RevisionGUID="1720460b-61ae-4ad3-9677-f7aeef110928" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:14:57.967" UserId="2413" Comment="added 233 characters in body" Text="i'm running mix of esxi and vmware servers under debian linux. i dont have san, just raided local drives, my biggest concern is 'backupubility', i dont need very high performance nor i suffer from some slowdowns [ at least until now ]. all runs under mix of dell poweredge 1950 and poweredge 2950.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for hosts running under esxi i run partial backups from within virtual machines, no rocket science here, all works well and in stable fashion. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for vmware server - i keep virtual machines on lvm partition and use lvm snapshot feature for 'hot backups' [ that is - without interrupting virtual machines ]. i DO KNOW that this is unsupported mechanism that can lead to unrecoverable backups but with additional backups from within vm guests - i feel comfortable with that thought. also so far i've recovered complete vms dozens of times without any problems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for vmware server i've done some host and guest tuning: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   - vmware keeps it's temporary files on [/dev/shm][1]&#xD;&#xA;   - i've [turned off memory trimming / over-committing][2] for guests&#xD;&#xA;   - i keep vmware tools installed under guests&#xD;&#xA;   - for linux guests i've elevator set to noop, kernel clock set to no_hz&#xD;&#xA;   - i've done some common-sense optimization for windows guests including turning off unnecessary services, disabling screensavers and hibernation etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i'm quite happy with the setup. i'm using vmware server since v 1.0 without hiccups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but it all depends on your workload, in my case i have quite lo disk i/o requirements for guests, this is performance bottleneck that i expect to hit sooner or later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/what-is-devshm-and-its-practical-usage.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.norlin.se/blog/category/vmware-server/" />
  <row Id="29235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16277" RevisionGUID="79357821-4699-46fb-beba-8e8c396a6c78" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:15:14.097" UserId="6743" Text="git or jit?" />
  <row Id="29236" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16277" RevisionGUID="79357821-4699-46fb-beba-8e8c396a6c78" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:15:14.097" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29237" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16275" RevisionGUID="f1d7af33-6818-4279-81f4-b4ecadd145d6" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:21:30.480" UserId="2413" Comment="added 463 characters in body" Text="i'm running mix of esxi and vmware servers under debian linux. i dont have san, just raided local drives, my biggest concern is 'backupubility', i dont need very high performance nor i suffer from some slowdowns [ at least until now ]. all runs under mix of dell poweredge 1950 and poweredge 2950.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for hosts running under esxi i run partial backups from within virtual machines, no rocket science here, all works well and in stable fashion. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for vmware server - i keep virtual machines on lvm partition and use lvm snapshot feature for 'hot backups' [ that is - without interrupting virtual machines ]. i DO KNOW that this is unsupported mechanism that can lead to unrecoverable backups but with additional backups from within vm guests - i feel comfortable with that thought. also so far i've recovered complete vms dozens of times without any problems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for vmware server i've done some host and guest tuning: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   - vmware keeps it's temporary files on [/dev/shm][1]&#xD;&#xA;   - i've [turned off memory trimming / over-committing][2] for guests&#xD;&#xA;   - i keep vmware tools installed under guests&#xD;&#xA;   - for linux guests i've elevator set to noop, kernel clock set to no_hz&#xD;&#xA;   - i've done some common-sense optimization for windows guests including turning off unnecessary services, disabling screensavers and hibernation etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i'm quite happy with the setup. i'm using vmware server since v 1.0 without much hiccups.&#xD;&#xA;i've noticed that usage on host system of vm with 2003 grows steadily over time. reboot of vm does not solve the problem so every ~2 months i shut down such vm completly and boot it up again. symptoms suggest it's problem with vmware rather than windows itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but it all depends on your workload, in my case i have quite lo disk i/o requirements for guests, this is performance bottleneck that i expect to hit sooner or later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;hardware advice? all depends on workload; take:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   - 1x quad core or 2x quad cores&#xD;&#xA;   - plenty of memory [ 16-32 GB are cheap nowadays ]&#xD;&#xA;   - if you need io - take 4-8 disks in raid 10&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/what-is-devshm-and-its-practical-usage.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.norlin.se/blog/category/vmware-server/" />
  <row Id="29238" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16278" RevisionGUID="20717d4a-8196-49a1-87c2-9906c4352844" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:21:41.353" UserId="2299" Text="VMWare Server 2.0 works very well, as indeed did it's predecessor (and GSX come to that). You don't get the performance of ESX, but it's still pretty good and very reliable. I used to run several web and mail servers on GSX then VMWare Server 1.0.7 (on Windows 2003) and never had a problem. I think the user interface in 2.0 is a bit clunky, but it works well enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29239" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16278" RevisionGUID="20717d4a-8196-49a1-87c2-9906c4352844" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:21:41.353" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16279" RevisionGUID="e620ec68-192a-4471-85ff-1822f6bbae9e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:25:51.440" UserId="1565" Text="If a user or a visitor sees a port, they will try to stick something into it and then complain to us when it doesn't work or breaks their stuff.  Are there such things as physical locks that can be put into ports so they can't use them?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disabling a port is only half the solution/battle in our case." />
  <row Id="29241" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16279" RevisionGUID="e620ec68-192a-4471-85ff-1822f6bbae9e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:25:51.440" UserId="1565" Text="physical port locks for ethernet, USB, phone, etc.?" />
  <row Id="29242" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16279" RevisionGUID="e620ec68-192a-4471-85ff-1822f6bbae9e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:25:51.440" UserId="1565" Text="&lt;ethernet&gt;&lt;usb&gt;&lt;lock&gt;" />
  <row Id="29243" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16280" RevisionGUID="7c30ecb7-9a75-46e4-a090-61b770a1468d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:27:23.557" UserId="5799" Text="You could just fill the ports with epoxy glue." />
  <row Id="29244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16281" RevisionGUID="fc0dcb43-2883-4123-9f56-4a77432ce8d4" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:27:55.443" UserId="1995" Text="I think the ESXi/VMware Server decision point on a standalone server comes down to a few things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Hardware compatibility (ESXi vs. Linux/Windows) &#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA; - If having a host OS    running native&#xD;&#xA;   on the hardware would    be useful&#xD;&#xA;   for things besides VMware    Server&#xD;&#xA;   (i.e. infrastructure services,    or&#xD;&#xA;   a desktop on the server capable of   running apps) &#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA; - Forward compatibility:    ESXi would&#xD;&#xA;   be more easily migrated to    vCenter&#xD;&#xA;   management. &#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA; - Easier access to    VM filesystem (I&#xD;&#xA;   think it's easier    with&#xD;&#xA;   Linux/Windows/VMware Server in a   &#xD;&#xA;   standalone scenario)" />
  <row Id="29245" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16281" RevisionGUID="fc0dcb43-2883-4123-9f56-4a77432ce8d4" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:27:55.443" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29246" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16282" RevisionGUID="037d0f02-df26-46f4-9e1e-d5c9b04c4f34" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:29:31.180" UserId="48" Text="[RJLockdown][1] is the only product I've been able to find that seems to be able to do so. Its a bit ugly, but it should do the job. Most solutions entail MAC filtering and software solutions, which obviously is no good for your situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rjlockdown.com/" />
  <row Id="29247" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16283" RevisionGUID="d35f732e-461a-4a5b-8bb2-7fe40bc5eea0" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:32:26.120" UserId="6751" Text="Pursuant to my original response, I have just posted two more articles on my blog entitled:&#xD;&#xA;Anycast DNS - Part 3, Using RIP and Anycast DNS - Part 3, Using RIP (continued).  The latter goes into more details, but at www.netlinxinc.com/netlinx-blog.html you will find actual recipes on how to configure Cisco routers and Open Source Quagga host-based routing software for Anycast DNS using RIP. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am currently working on writing the fourth article in the series.  This will provide recipies on how to deploy Anycast DNS using OSPF.  Last in the series, I'll show recipes for deploying Anycast DNS using BGP." />
  <row Id="29248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16284" RevisionGUID="3b44f870-f657-41c9-95f9-a5c2cfd8ef06" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:34:35.867" UserId="6748" Text="I have a basic Ubuntu Server 9.04 install with Postfix freshly installed via `apt-get`.  When I do a  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sendmail -bv vlewis@bunner.ath.cx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where `vlewis` is a unix account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The delivery report I get says that it failed to deliver because the address -f-@bunner.ath.cx is a bad recipient address.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    This is the mail system at host moose.bunner.ath.cx.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Enclosed is the mail delivery report that you requested.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;                       The mail system&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;vlewis@bunner.ath.cx&gt;: delivery via local: delivers to command:&#xD;&#xA;        /usr/bin/procmail&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;vlewis@bunner.ath.cx&gt;: delivery via local: bad recipient address syntax:&#xD;&#xA;        -f-@bunner.ath.cx&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Why is it rewriting the username.  Please help.  This is driving me nuts!" />
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  <row Id="29251" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16285" RevisionGUID="02c387f6-7e5c-4b3a-92a5-13ae14e0f860" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:34:36.007" UserId="3511" Text="What are the best options out there to be able to provide a guest wireless internet access so they can't see the rest of devices in LAN?, what's the best and also cost effective appliance that will do that?" />
  <row Id="29252" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16285" RevisionGUID="02c387f6-7e5c-4b3a-92a5-13ae14e0f860" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:34:36.007" UserId="3511" Text="I need to setup a  Guest wi-fi SSID so customers/clietns can connect to the internet, what's the best way to do that?" />
  <row Id="29253" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16285" RevisionGUID="02c387f6-7e5c-4b3a-92a5-13ae14e0f860" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:34:36.007" UserId="3511" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;wireless-network&gt;&lt;dd-wrt&gt;" />
  <row Id="29254" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16286" RevisionGUID="622d2f1a-97a0-4914-a6cb-36273e121204" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:35:17.223" UserId="6750" Text="Start by trying to recover your backups to a new drive.  You do have backups, I hope? ;)" />
  <row Id="29255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16287" RevisionGUID="c450ee43-befa-4ae5-a1f1-178a4e05e890" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:36:27.173" UserId="3581" Text="The new Apple AirPort Extremes support this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;Now you can set up a separate Wi-Fi&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network with a separate password for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; your visitors. Simply enable the new&#xD;&#xA;&gt; guest networking feature, and your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; guests can use the Internet but can't&#xD;&#xA;&gt; access other parts of your private&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network, such as your computers,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; printers, and attached hard drives.&quot;" />
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  <row Id="29258" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15435" RevisionGUID="dc98bd73-7b59-4eea-a100-06bd33678b67" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:38:01.710" UserId="919" Comment="fix spelling" Text="I have WS 2008 installed as a guest under VMWare workstation 6.5. Networking is set to bridged and all firewalls are off. I am seeing some very weird problems with the network (mainly evidenced through ping).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the network setup:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Host pc &quot;Boris&quot; 192.168.0.2 (static ip)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Guest (virtual) pc &quot;Boris-ws2008&quot; 192.168.0.72 (dynamic ip assigned by router)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both pc's have their gateway set to 192.168.0.1 (NetGear router) and everything is on the same subnet.&#xD;&#xA;The router lists both &quot;Boris&quot; and &quot;Boris-ws2008&quot; correctly in the routing table, and all pc's concerned can ping the router and access the internet with no trouble.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the guest &quot;Boris-ws2008&quot; I cannot ping the host pc &quot;Boris&quot; either by name or ip, getting the following error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pinging 192.168.0.2 with 32 bytes of data:&#xD;&#xA;Reply from 192.168.0.72: Destination host unreachable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the host &quot;Boris&quot; I can ping &quot;Boris-ws2008&quot; by ip, but not by name, getting the following error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ping request could not find host boris-ws2008.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Really Weird Bit:&#xD;&#xA;The strange thing is that from another computer on the network I can successfully ping and Remote Desktop with no bother to &quot;Boris-ws2008&quot; WTF!?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="29259" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="16285" RevisionGUID="93cacb43-961a-4c04-a4b6-7479df2f41a2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:39:13.940" UserId="919" Comment="fix title spelling" Text="I need to setup a Guest wi-fi SSID so customers/clients can connect to the internet, what's the best way to do that?" />
  <row Id="29260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16289" RevisionGUID="25bfb1a2-6247-41b5-a88b-7d91630ea6d3" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:39:43.347" UserId="2661" Text="Here in the USA, most consumer power strips seem to make use of NEMA 5-20R connectors - they look something like &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEMA_connector#NEMA_5&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;. However, in the rackmount/datacenter world, I see a lot of power distribution units that accept IEC C14 connections instead, which look like &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_connector#C13_and_C14_connectors&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know there's no significant difference electrically; I'm wondering why I should prefer one over the other. In my limited experience, I've found that connecting C14 connections to a PDU results in looser connections that I'm more likely to have fall out without securing them with zipties or velcro." />
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  <row Id="29263" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16290" RevisionGUID="f856b7db-d974-436f-b50e-9a995ec17e5b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:39:54.343" UserId="3431" Text="I'm going to advocate Pfsense again. PFsense can by default graph outgoing / ingoing bandwidth. If you add the Bandwithd plugin, you can graph the traffic coming out of each node of your network on a per-IP basis. It even displays the type of traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's really simple to setup and works very well. You can put in transparently on your network by putting it in network bridge." />
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  <row Id="29266" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16243" RevisionGUID="3bca6798-f7d5-4222-a59a-b2fcfb782fac" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:40:55.510" UserId="919" Comment="fix spelling" Text="i had just build two instance of daemon which running on different port, let me say they both serve some critical mission for some application. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can i do some automatic things (eg. shell script) work for checking both of daemons when one of them fail to serve?&#xD;&#xA;What kind of script that can always check the daemons life and maybe can execute some other jobs if one of the daemons incidentally stopped ?" />
  <row Id="29267" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="16232" RevisionGUID="160ed86c-3214-448d-b958-e574758b937f" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:42:48.643" UserId="919" Comment="retag" Text="&lt;login&gt;&lt;time&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;pam&gt;" />
  <row Id="29268" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16292" RevisionGUID="851a2391-393e-45c0-9f8c-dabb01661797" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:44:58.640" UserId="6750" Text="Many ports can be physically disconnected from the motherboard/card inside the machine by unplugging a cable." />
  <row Id="29269" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16280" RevisionGUID="b04a41f5-95b8-406b-a3c0-5d90ffcc96dc" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:48:33.140" UserId="5799" Comment="More information" Text="You could just fill the ports with epoxy glue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some companies do this to ensure that employees won't steal data or bring viruses/worms/etc into the network." />
  <row Id="29270" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16293" RevisionGUID="82f03659-83fa-40b4-8bdc-431b81c1d76d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:51:38.437" UserId="2126" Text="BIOS - BI-AHS (how Jeff Atwood says on the podcast) or BI-OHS . Bad phonetic translations, sorry." />
  <row Id="29271" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16293" RevisionGUID="82f03659-83fa-40b4-8bdc-431b81c1d76d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:51:38.437" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29272" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16294" RevisionGUID="ef769f4c-c254-472f-a48f-326182ee8ded" CreationDate="2009-05-31T16:53:09.730" UserId="6751" Text="Anycast is frequently used to solve this requirement.  Anycast DNS is the use of routing and addressing policies to affect the most efficient path between a single source (DNS Client) and several geographically dispersed targets that &quot;listen&quot; to a service (DNS) within a receiver group.  In Anycast, the same IP addresses are used to address each of the listening targets (DNS servers in this case).  Layer 3 routing dynamically handles the calculation and transmission of packets from our source (DNS Client) to its most appropriate (DNS Server) target. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please see www.netlinxinc.com for an entire series of blog posts devoted to Anycast DNS.  There you will find recipes for how to configure Anycast DNS. The series has covered Anycast DNS using Static Routing, RIP, and I will be posting recipes on OSPF and BGP shortly. " />
  <row Id="29273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16295" RevisionGUID="7d8200f4-77ac-43c9-b572-5e07d2fd1306" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:01:24.613" UserId="1435" Text="I'm in the UK so it's C13/14 or C19/20's only for me, we don't don NEMA here. The 13/14's are a bit loose you're right - that said I'm pretty lucky, I tend to just use blade enclosures so even if one fell out if wouldn't really effect our machines. If you have the choice then go with whatever makes you sleep best at night." />
  <row Id="29274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16296" RevisionGUID="713a45bc-bfc4-469a-87d2-34acc30573c1" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:03:36.730" UserId="6698" Text="There is some explanation about this in the [`mod_dav` FAQ][1]. The proposed options are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. You can request Apache to do setuid (but this requires Apache to run as root, which is specifically discouraged)&#xD;&#xA;   2. You can run an Apache instance for each customer&#xD;&#xA;   3. You can try to find a WebDAV server in PHP or CGI and then use something like [suphp][2] or [suexec][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.webdav.org/mod_dav/faq/#03-01&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.suphp.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/suexec.html" />
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  <row Id="29276" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="16259" RevisionGUID="bdd77f51-2957-4012-8b7e-2d1f0cff91ca" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:06:10.657" UserId="45" Comment="dot deleted in title" Text="Wireless Hotspot Security" />
  <row Id="29277" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16298" RevisionGUID="37a36b11-1f6e-4f5e-97a1-b5d018a75798" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:07:47.703" UserId="6746" Text="I guess ext3 (or ext4), maybe JFS would be nice solution. I'd be wary with ext4 and btrfs (filesystems are tricky - be prepared with backups if you want to use latest, newest stuff).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also various parameteres you can tweak during mkfs time to tune the filesystem to your liking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd certainly recommend **against** XFS. Not because it's a bad filesystem, but creation/deletion is a costly operation on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To avoid problems with directory searches, use an intelligent naming scheme, for example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;first letter of id&gt;_&lt;last letter of id&gt;/&lt;id&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or similar, more complicated schemes. This will speed up your directory searches and thus overall access speeds. (It's an old unix trick, back from V7 I think)" />
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  <row Id="29280" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16299" RevisionGUID="afbf89ab-6606-430c-b4dc-0bb1f81565e4" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:12:37.677" UserId="2318" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="29281" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16284" RevisionGUID="4d8c286c-c00e-4be7-9511-74ff75a49847" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:14:21.653" UserId="6748" Comment="added text to help with googling" Text="I have a basic Ubuntu Server 9.04 install with Postfix freshly installed via `apt-get`.  When I do a  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sendmail -bv vlewis@bunner.ath.cx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where `vlewis` is a unix account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The delivery report I get says that it failed to deliver because the address -f-@bunner.ath.cx is a bad recipient address.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    This is the mail system at host moose.bunner.ath.cx.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Enclosed is the mail delivery report that you requested.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;                       The mail system&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;vlewis@bunner.ath.cx&gt;: delivery via local: delivers to command:&#xD;&#xA;        /usr/bin/procmail&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;vlewis@bunner.ath.cx&gt;: delivery via local: bad recipient address syntax:&#xD;&#xA;        -f-@bunner.ath.cx&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Why is it rewriting the username.  Please help.  This is driving me nuts!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I'm adding this string to make this problem less Google resistant because you cannot Google for -f- so I add dash f dash in an attempt to help)." />
  <row Id="29282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16300" RevisionGUID="b6980a4d-95d7-4663-aed7-9bf294f675e2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:15:31.433" UserId="6365" Text="This is what Google replied:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To flush DNS cache in Microsoft Windows (Win XP, Win ME, Win 2000):-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    - Start -&gt; Run -&gt; type cmd&#xD;&#xA;    - in command prompt, type ipconfig /flushdns&#xD;&#xA;    - Done! You Window DNS cache has just been flush.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To flush the DNS cache in Linux, restart the nscd daemon:-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    - To restart the nscd daemon, type /etc/rc.d/init.d/nscd restart in your terminal&#xD;&#xA;    - Once you run the command your linux DNS cache will flush.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To flush the DNS cache in Mac OS X Leopard:-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    - type lookupd -flushcache in your terminal to flush the DNS resolver cache.&#xD;&#xA;    ex: bash-2.05a$ lookupd -flushcache&#xD;&#xA;    - Once you run the command your DNS cache (in Mac OS X) will flush.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To flush the DNS cache in Mac OS X:-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    - type dscacheutil -flushcache in your terminal to flush the DNS resolver cache.&#xD;&#xA;    ex: bash-2.05a$ dscacheutil -flushcache&#xD;&#xA;    - Once you run the command your DNS cache (in Mac OS X Leopard) will flush." />
  <row Id="29283" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16301" RevisionGUID="9c64bcce-806e-4a2b-8f51-fd0d58fd5b22" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:16:37.717" UserId="2503" Text="According to one of my colleagues, it's also useful as a DoS attack mitigation technique, as people can only attack the &quot;nearest&quot; anycast IP address, so if there are a lot of zombines in, say, the USA, your Euro site would be mostly unaffected, as they can't actually send packets to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also it may be possible to use it as a way to (somewhat naively) filter spoofed packets if they're obviously coming from somewhere unlikely to be advertised in BGP as the correct route (e.g. packets coming into Europe when the ASN indicates a N American block)." />
  <row Id="29284" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16243" RevisionGUID="2553220b-3078-4a6f-bb68-f7b86c45a8fd" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:18:16.857" UserId="45" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="I just had to build two instances of daemon running on different ports. let's say they both serve critical missions for some applications. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I do some automatic task (eg. shell script) execution for checking both of daemons when one of them fails to serve?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What kind of script that can always check the daemon's life and maybe can execute some other jobs if one of the daemons incidentally stopped?" />
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  <row Id="29288" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16302" RevisionGUID="9dfbb172-b5ba-4ac9-a57d-3376dae7f621" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:19:08.180" UserId="6756" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;vps&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="29289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16303" RevisionGUID="89887193-2a1c-4819-b2c6-af409fe87a63" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:19:59.003" UserId="6764" Text="I have been using the guest network option on a new airport for about a month now and it has worked very well so far." />
  <row Id="29290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16304" RevisionGUID="321f9775-1460-4aea-90e5-fb0465935b83" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:22:36.940" UserId="1992" Text="It depends. ha ha.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You also need to think about what data-loss requirements the customer wants for the publisher, and whether you're already taking log backups (I'm guessing you are).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Database mirroring can be set to have zero data-loss (as long as the mirror stays synchronized), but depending on the transaction log generation rate and the network bandwidth available, waiting for the log records to be hardened on the mirror before the transactions can commit on the principal may slow the workload down. Depends on what kind of transactions you're doing (long or short) whether this will have a noticeable effect on the overall response time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With log shipping, it's just backup-copy-restore, repeat. So if you're already taking log backups, you're not going to be impacting performance at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both require network bandwidth, but in different ways. Log shipping is a burst every time a log backup is copied, database mirroring is more sustained, obviously depending on the log generation rate again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With log shipping, you'd have to manually failover to the log shipping secondary in the event of a failure, and there's the potential for data loss (all data since last log backup that was copied from the primary). And then you'd need to kick-start repl again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With database mirroring, you can set it to failover automatically and you can specifically set the failover partner in the repl agent jobs to startup automatically on the new principal (which is also the new publisher). The trickiness is making sure that the datbase mirroring failover doesn't occur before the local cluster failover gets a chance to happen. You can do this by changing the mirroring partner timeout value. I blogged about this at http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/Search-Engine-QA-3-Database-mirroring-failover-types-and-partner-timeouts.aspx.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wrote a whitepaper for Microsoft that describes how to use mirroring and tranasactional replication together: see http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/SQL-Server2008-New-whitepaper-on-combining-transactional-replication-and-database-mirroring.aspx.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All other things being equal, I'd recommend database mirroring because of the ease of management with potential for less dataloss. You may have some other requirements I'm not aware of that would prevent that though. Be aware that mirroring requires the FULL recovery model, so it could impact your database maintenance, especially if you're used to using the BULK_LOGGED recovery model.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="29291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16305" RevisionGUID="1fe3bb65-298a-4527-b64a-97ab31b0159d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:25:46.857" UserId="6746" Text="If you won't have I/O intensive processes in host system fighting with VM, I recommend going with internal drive (unless external is for convenience/space). USB2 simply can't deliver.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want speed, I'd recommend avoiding USB2 - it's slow, sometimes very. If you want to really exploit usage of external hard drive, I recommend getting an eSATA card (or FireWire, especially 800MBit, but it's rare to find SATA bridge for it).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;USB is a polled interface and doesn't really support anything like DMA, so I can guarantee that you'll never see those promised 480MBit speeds :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Long time ago, testing the same, old drive in a dual USB2/FireWire enclosure (a 5400rpm UltraATA133 drive, nothing fancy), I recorded sustained speeds of &gt;30MB/s on FireWire, with USB2 baseline being somewhere around 10~15MB/s (initial speed ~30MB/s, then fast drop).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lately, similar experience except with modern drive, modern USB2-&gt;SATA2 controller vs. eSATA card - do I need to say more? At one point I was sending data from USB2-connected drive, internal drive and DVD and I was still far from maxing out bandwidth - and the target drive was far from &quot;fast&quot; one." />
  <row Id="29292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16306" RevisionGUID="93dc505e-a17c-4fba-96e5-df1f725fd642" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:27:30.160" UserId="919" Text="Ubuntu does not install a caching DNS server by default. Given the likelihood of your router or ISP is using a caching DNS server instead, it seems a bit silly to bother.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are having problems and aren't running nscd, check try resetting the next step in the DNS recusive lookup chain." />
  <row Id="29293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16307" RevisionGUID="29bdecb5-5c7e-4aac-9c6e-5de86ff6f92c" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:27:59.783" UserDisplayName="Simon Kelly" Text="Maybe you could try starting the tasks using the init daemon, (assuming this is Unix, which other answers seem to have done).  Check out the manual page for inittab, which should explain in detail how to do it.  You can arrange for your process to start at boot time, or in a specific runlevel(s).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you use the respawn option, then your process will just be restarted automatically if it fails - i.e. the init daemon is a built in process monitor as well as process starter.  However, the init daemon also has some &quot;intelligence&quot; such that if your daemon is restarted too often in too short a space of time, then eventually init will stop trying to start it again for a few minutes.  This makes it more difficult for a rogue process to accidently consume all the CPU on the machine for example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;init will normally be configured to log entries to /var/log somewhere as well, so you get logging for free." />
  <row Id="29294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16308" RevisionGUID="77d3aa9f-2d1e-41f3-b473-633a28980876" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:28:18.550" UserId="45" Text="**Windows**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ipconfig /flushdns&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Mac (OS X 10.5)**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dscacheutil -flushcache&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Linux**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using DNS caching (nscd daemon):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/init.d/nscd restart&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(restarts the daemon)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Windows you can turn off client-side DNS caching using this command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net stop dnscache&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It stops the DNS Caching service. It will restart with the next rebooting. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29295" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16304" RevisionGUID="a1908efd-c906-44b6-a6de-06850dbda64c" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:28:28.927" UserId="1992" Comment="added 400 characters in body" Text="It depends. ha ha.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You also need to think about what data-loss requirements the customer wants for the publisher, and whether you're already taking log backups (I'm guessing you are).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Database mirroring can be set to have zero data-loss (as long as the mirror stays synchronized), but depending on the transaction log generation rate and the network bandwidth available, waiting for the log records to be hardened on the mirror before the transactions can commit on the principal may slow the workload down. Depends on what kind of transactions you're doing (long or short) whether this will have a noticeable effect on the overall response time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With log shipping, it's just backup-copy-restore, repeat. So if you're already taking log backups, you're not going to be impacting performance at all. If you're not used to taking log backups, you may run into issues with transaction log size management.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be aware that mirroring requires the FULL recovery model, so it could impact your database maintenance, especially if you're used to using the BULK_LOGGED recovery model. Depending on the network bandwidth available, this could also lead to log size management issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both require network bandwidth, but in different ways. Log shipping is a burst every time a log backup is copied, database mirroring is more sustained, obviously depending on the log generation rate again. I'd need ot know a lot more to be able to tell whether the amount of extra bandwidth required for either would impact the movement of data in the replication stream and so affect latency there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With log shipping, you'd have to manually failover to the log shipping secondary in the event of a failure, and there's the potential for data loss (all data since last log backup that was copied from the primary). And then you'd need to kick-start repl again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With database mirroring, you can set it to failover automatically and you can specifically set the failover partner in the repl agent jobs to startup automatically on the new principal (which is also the new publisher). The trickiness is making sure that the datbase mirroring failover doesn't occur before the local cluster failover gets a chance to happen. You can do this by changing the mirroring partner timeout value. I blogged about this at http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/Search-Engine-QA-3-Database-mirroring-failover-types-and-partner-timeouts.aspx.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wrote a whitepaper for Microsoft that describes how to use mirroring and tranasactional replication together: see http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/SQL-Server2008-New-whitepaper-on-combining-transactional-replication-and-database-mirroring.aspx.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All other things being equal, I'd recommend database mirroring because of the ease of management with potential for less dataloss. You may have some other requirements I'm not aware of that would prevent that though. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="29296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16309" RevisionGUID="f26aa06e-062f-42be-a545-190a69b1295f" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:29:43.290" UserId="2620" Text="As said before - windows firewall managed by AD will do. Also, You would like to have local admin account password set to something strong. In my company we implemented a domain-wide utility that centraly manages local administrator passwords. And you also want to have all the security updates on them as well." />
  <row Id="29297" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16310" RevisionGUID="1f017354-3fa3-4aa9-9b32-89729d2f767c" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:30:33.790" UserId="6468" Text="I think to be more specific, you would only allow the primary wireless interface accept packets from &quot;home&quot; (your VPN server address pool), and deny all other incoming traffic.  Then you would configure the firewall to allow all traffic to be allowed over the VPN device.&#xD;&#xA;It sounds like you already have the proper filtering covered at the VPN level." />
  <row Id="29298" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16311" RevisionGUID="384ecdd0-fbe8-4a9a-9f2b-15efcfd0062d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:34:29.570" UserId="3867" Text="Securing a laptop for staff members and to connect via hotspots is very difficult task involving security at various levels and can be very costly in terms of the solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the data is of that importance in your network which is obvious you can try these things or implementations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Secure the physical drive by encrypting and locking down the system by not allowing any script to run or any program to be installed.&#xD;&#xA;2. Push tested security updates regularly.&#xD;&#xA;3. Keep the firewall rules hard and should be allowed to be disabled by users.&#xD;&#xA;4. encourage users or educate users ( MOST IMPORTANT ) to use or connect via secured networks only. Also educate them about the threats via emails or messages and so on.&#xD;&#xA;5. Disable local network using remote vpn policy ( have seen this in action almost everywhere ) so that data cannot be passed to any other network.&#xD;&#xA;6. If cost is not a problem and data is of utmost significance then the laptop should be made a thin client with above implementations and should use a citrix or xen presentation server to connect to a remote terminal and work under secure environment.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16312" RevisionGUID="f0664ed7-f4c7-4d0b-b831-6ddc8e4d8123" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:35:42.530" UserId="1626" Text="A small warning, If you need to flush a DNS cache, flushing it on your end machine may not work as expected. Generally the DNS cache on your end machine is fetched from the closest possible DNS server, which is generally on your primary router/dhcp server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will not be obvious to most, but it might explain why when you try to execute the aforementioned linux DNS cache flushes you find `nscd` wasn't running to start with. ( I haven't seen a setup that runs this by default for quite a while ).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to check your networks dns-server/router/firewall/modem manual / user interface  for how this works. Generally rebooting them does the trick, but be warned, I have seen boxes that memorize DNS caches over reboot. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And even then, when you've done all of the above right, you could go straight ahead and pollute your DNS cache with a false entry the first time you look outside your network to the nearest hop, usually your ISP, who are prone to having a stale DNS cache. " />
  <row Id="29300" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16313" RevisionGUID="a7a83bcb-7986-450d-9596-f028f2f86a71" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:37:03.463" UserId="5799" Text="When the last day comes, login as root and run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;vps# rm -rf --verbose --no-preserve-root /&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="29301" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="16283" RevisionGUID="6b1e89fb-c154-47ac-bfc6-4904f2d0332f" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:37:03.480" UserId="6751" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:6751,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;netlinxman&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="29302" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="16313" RevisionGUID="970dc641-1b6a-426c-a43c-757b01daa2f3" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:37:22.870" UserId="5799" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:5799,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;grawity&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="29303" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="16283" RevisionGUID="aee85335-eb9d-48c7-b5dc-3e28172a14e3" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:37:36.177" UserId="6751" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:6751,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;netlinxman&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="29304" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16314" RevisionGUID="08676eb3-a82e-4dc5-92a1-5e0b8fa8aa37" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:38:01.713" UserId="4562" Text="Are you looking to do this through a single wireless router or through multiple access points? Many routers are multi-SSID as well as DMZ capable if that's what you want. I would look around for some higher end SOHO boxes like the one's from DrayTek.  I have had good luck with them in the past.  If you already have the LAN set up with a separate subnet for the guest logins then you would just place an AP on each and name/secure them as desired. Both would do the job for you." />
  <row Id="29305" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="16302" RevisionGUID="cf4de19f-b78f-425d-abb3-bdf305001404" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:38:30.043" UserId="4392" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;vps&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="29306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16315" RevisionGUID="9e4d9ec3-2bf0-4687-9336-025dd11bc9d9" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:39:01.760" UserId="4381" Text="The comments that the tools are all the same is wrong. Host/dig work essentially the same way, but nslookup does several undesirable things. The following page provides a good explanation of the [flaws with nslookup][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:  http://homepages.tesco.net/J.deBoynePollard/FGA/nslookup-flaws.html &quot;Nslookup flaws&quot;" />
  <row Id="29307" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16316" RevisionGUID="abe528f5-3748-4843-bb42-75328392cedb" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:39:23.553" UserId="6588" Text="I didn't get it working with the default PHP on the Mac.  I had to install both MySQL and PHP from [macports][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS: `Zend_Db` also has database adapters for PHP's ext/mysqli.  Your choice.  Zend_Db is not limited to PDO adapters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.macports.org/" />
  <row Id="29308" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16317" RevisionGUID="4fa2cdcd-7a42-46a6-95bf-c7b8d6e54dec" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:41:44.280" UserId="919" Text=" - Mumble (or other VoIP) server&#xD;&#xA; - SVN / bzr / git + web interface&#xD;&#xA; - email&#xD;&#xA; - screen + irssi&#xD;&#xA; - rsync destination&#xD;&#xA; - torrent seeder (watch out for ToS and bandwidth charges!)&#xD;&#xA; - podcast processor - transcode for a target platform, [time stretch][1] audio to speed it up, or even cut out the leading and trailing X seconds of advertising and title/credits fluff. This will require CPU you wont have on shared hosting, and programs you need root access to install.&#xD;&#xA; - nginx / lighthttpd. Use the opportunity to learn about alternative web servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_timescale-pitch_modification" />
  <row Id="29309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16318" RevisionGUID="66f59d60-125a-4b25-9c29-1338ab42bb16" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:42:08.680" UserId="4392" Text="I would strongly suggest putting guests on their own subnet with strictly controlled firewalls preventing anything but internet access. " />
  <row Id="29310" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16319" RevisionGUID="60800e2a-ecdf-4f84-9cf5-eef50514ccc1" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:44:48.423" UserId="1715" Text="Take a look at a feature in Windows 2008 called [Network Access Protection][1] (NAP) It lets you set policies about the state of machines you will allow onto your VPN before they're given full access to your network.  For example you can make sure the client computers AV is up-to-date or they're patched correctly.  There is a whole bunch of policies you can setup for this.  It also has the ability to quarantine the client so you can get these things fixed automatically before allowing them onto the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This doesn't exactly answer your question, as the computers are already on the VPN, but i think this is probably the best approach. i.e. connect them to an isolated network, ensure they pass the checks, then give them full-access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/nap-main.aspx" />
  <row Id="29311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16320" RevisionGUID="7d9b2cdb-14ed-4d5a-8794-7f2f61d32f4d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:45:38.330" UserId="6767" Text="I have imported a VM into an ESXi server using the VMware &quot;Converter stand alone utility&quot;.  However, this process is a little tedious.  Since I eventually want several copies of this VM (or, to be more accurate, several more-or-less identical instances of this VM) to be running at the same time, is there a way to clone the already imported VM?  Or do I have to re-import for each instance I want?" />
  <row Id="29312" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16320" RevisionGUID="7d9b2cdb-14ed-4d5a-8794-7f2f61d32f4d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:45:38.330" UserId="6767" Text="Is there a way to clone an existing VM on an ESXi server without having to re-import it?" />
  <row Id="29313" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16320" RevisionGUID="7d9b2cdb-14ed-4d5a-8794-7f2f61d32f4d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:45:38.330" UserId="6767" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;vmware-esxi&gt;" />
  <row Id="29314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16321" RevisionGUID="ba24c329-bf3f-4bc5-871d-d7bc6459fb89" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:46:37.563" UserId="2750" Text="If you are only concerned about incoming compromises until the VPN is connected, forcing the Windows Firewall to enabled, blocking all incoming traffic without exception. This will not prevent outbound traffic that initiates an inbound reply, but it will lock down any outside-initiated traffic until the VPN is connected, which seems to be your stated concern. Some of the other answers here take it one or more steps further if you need it." />
  <row Id="29315" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="16313" RevisionGUID="b3da011b-8ab4-4b63-bfbb-e9a373531eda" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:47:46.250" UserId="5799" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:5799,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;grawity&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="29316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16322" RevisionGUID="97de7d74-5953-4d51-b210-b9e67ec61214" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:49:25.403" UserId="1992" Text="As we all know, the cluster setup, maintenance, and underlying mechanisms have been changed extensively for SQL 2008 compared to 2005/2000. Although this fell under the Storage Engine group I was responsible for at Microsoft in 2005-2008, I wasn't closely involved and I haven't set up a cluster like this yet. I've got a bunch of test hardware and this is now on my list to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The last few times I've taught an overview-of-HA-technologies class for Microsoft recently, I've heard a mixture of experiences, some good, some bad, when setting up a SQL 2008 on Win 2008 cluster - but I've never had time to make extensive notes on what to watch out for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my question is this - IF you've setup this configuration, what issues did you run into and how did you overcome them?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will help save me a lot of time, and I'll publicize the findings on my blog too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS I wanted to make this a 'what issues have you hit' title, but I got the 'subjective question' warning." />
  <row Id="29317" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16322" RevisionGUID="97de7d74-5953-4d51-b210-b9e67ec61214" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:49:25.403" UserId="1992" Text="What issues are there installing a SQL 2008 on Win 2008 cluster?" />
  <row Id="29318" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16322" RevisionGUID="97de7d74-5953-4d51-b210-b9e67ec61214" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:49:25.403" UserId="1992" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;clustering&gt;" />
  <row Id="29319" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14874" RevisionGUID="152958d2-d955-4ed1-9233-c3544b62e03f" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:51:42.637" UserId="2631" Comment="Added link" Text="Please compare your LDAP config to the following screenshot, make sure the AD-&gt;GLPI mappings are the same. By default you also have to use an authenticated AD user account to retrieve info from AD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/1590/glpisetup.jpg][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am currently on version 0.71.5. I have also tried project forums in the past, but they were of not help. They claim they will start documenting everything in English once they have more English-speaking developers...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/1590/glpisetup.jpg" />
  <row Id="29320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16323" RevisionGUID="0392b7ec-f582-4ec0-9052-45ccd44a0bdd" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:54:38.077" UserId="6766" Text="In a linux command line, you zip a file by:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    zip -mqj archive.zip file.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, I need to store 'file.txt' as 'file2.txt' in 'archive.zip', without renaming the file before zipping. When unzipped, the file should be called 'file2.txt'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I store the file with a different name? &#xD;&#xA;Read through the MAN page and didn't find an answer.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29321" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16323" RevisionGUID="0392b7ec-f582-4ec0-9052-45ccd44a0bdd" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:54:38.077" UserId="6766" Text="Store file in zip archive with different name (linux command shell)" />
  <row Id="29322" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16323" RevisionGUID="0392b7ec-f582-4ec0-9052-45ccd44a0bdd" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:54:38.077" UserId="6766" Text="&lt;zip&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;shell&gt;" />
  <row Id="29323" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16324" RevisionGUID="1d4f90f8-3de2-465d-a991-520f1ba1b4b8" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:57:14.547" UserId="2750" Text="I used to use VMware Server before ESXi was free. As long as your hardware will work with ESXi it requires no additional investment (although Veeam Backup will do hot image backups...their free FastSCP will do backups too if you shut down the VM), and can support more VMs on the same hardware. It's also more reliable (in my opinion) and the management interface is much more rich and easy to use (also opinion of course). I've moved completely away from VMware Server and hope to never touch it again! The fact that ESXi is free makes the difference, although vSphere Essentials is under $1k list for three hosts and if you have more than one, is worth it." />
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  <row Id="29325" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16325" RevisionGUID="a848d6af-67c3-4368-9ac3-42a431db5c38" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:57:43.577" UserId="1715" Text="**Counterstrike game server!?!?!!**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't really play games anymore, so I'm not sure if CS is still popular, so replace counterstrike with any other FPS that requires a host server." />
  <row Id="29326" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16326" RevisionGUID="30a39525-5f55-4dab-82f5-1b0bea8f7951" CreationDate="2009-05-31T17:59:44.977" UserId="4392" Text="Does creating a hard link to file.txt count? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ln file.txt file2.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Create file2.txt which points to the exact same inode as file.txt, without actually doubling the space" />
  <row Id="29327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16327" RevisionGUID="10de228b-83d6-4ca8-a01d-544041d8610f" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:00:09.750" UserId="6770" Text="Hy there, this is my first answer so I hope I've done everything correct :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's my solution to your problem, a nice one-liner:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cp file.txt file2.txt | zip -mqj archive.zip file2.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope I could help!" />
  <row Id="29328" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16325" RevisionGUID="2c40e1fb-5676-4a47-9248-71f06b0d2e35" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:05:05.497" UserId="1715" Comment="added 214 characters in body" Text="**Counterstrike game server!?!?!!**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't really play games anymore, so I'm not sure if CS is still popular, so replace counterstrike with any other FPS that requires a host server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Install BOINC and [pick a project][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is what became of the SETI@Home project although you can now pick many projects to donate your CPU cycles to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php" />
  <row Id="29329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16328" RevisionGUID="33c9fd13-e280-4676-beef-acd0d5cf7824" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:06:14.823" UserId="6768" Text=" - [Live HTTP Headers][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [S3Fox][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://livehttpheaders.mozdev.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3247" />
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  <row Id="29331" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16302" RevisionGUID="98207681-8650-4f46-a387-bbc6b8f9ee39" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:06:38.613" UserId="6756" />
  <row Id="29332" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16329" RevisionGUID="7bc15d5f-2834-4884-a2ca-579a86a12ee7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:08:09.080" UserId="6233" Text="If you have very important data on that disk, there is one [company][1] in Zagreb Croatia which providing world first class Data Recovery services.&#xD;&#xA;After all You try without success (I hope that you will get data on other way) maybe You  can send disk using express mail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.infolab.hr/" />
  <row Id="29333" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16330" RevisionGUID="f606e39a-4fe3-46fc-bdc9-127014fe6ff4" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:14:24.543" UserId="3431" Text="Personnal VPN server definently on port 443 TCP gets you out of any network restrictions. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTTP server for you blog/wiki/other&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Transmission Torrent box (watch out you're warned)" />
  <row Id="29334" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16330" RevisionGUID="f606e39a-4fe3-46fc-bdc9-127014fe6ff4" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:14:24.543" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29335" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16331" RevisionGUID="46a4f0c2-158b-4327-aa08-15121ee8d016" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:14:30.643" UserId="6767" Text="...after reading some more questions on the site, I think the answer is that the Converter will do this for me." />
  <row Id="29336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16332" RevisionGUID="3c57dceb-03d3-4bcf-87fe-dbd9009b8e92" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:14:37.537" UserId="6534" Text="[Nagios Checker][1] is pretty nice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3607" />
  <row Id="29337" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16332" RevisionGUID="3c57dceb-03d3-4bcf-87fe-dbd9009b8e92" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:14:37.537" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29338" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16333" RevisionGUID="eb3ae37a-979e-42fb-85af-c38b35ec104b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:16:48.093" UserId="6298" Text="Your best bet is to use your ftp server. This isn't the most user friendly solution but put up an FAQ and tutorial showing people how to zip and ftp their files. Every OS under the sun has a built-in ftp client. There are even some good open source FTP clients a la Filezilla.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Every other viable solution requires your company to spend money. With your current host you are going to be limited on the file sizes you can accept. Search their forums for file size and/or execution timeout." />
  <row Id="29339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16334" RevisionGUID="9dee6e97-b360-432b-a526-a7345ceab2cf" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:16:57.160" UserId="6689" Text="Perhaps use it to host an exit node for the Tor network? Your ToS might block this though..." />
  <row Id="29340" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16334" RevisionGUID="9dee6e97-b360-432b-a526-a7345ceab2cf" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:16:57.160" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16335" RevisionGUID="2b599be8-8558-46e1-a8f1-26aef030ff84" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:18:07.967" UserId="6770" Text="At my former school, we've used [Opsi][1] (it's open source) to manage all the computers there (it's compatible with Windows, Linux &amp; Mac).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can setup your own windows images for installation on the various computers and then maintain them (for example install additional software, check the hardware &amp; software, etc.). Additionally you can edit the software configuration you want to be installed, or spread new service packs to your network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It has a web frontend, too - so you can can do all management from just one place. We've already deployed this at our small company here and it saved us lots of time since then.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.opsi.org/" />
  <row Id="29342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16336" RevisionGUID="1dfbc76f-88fc-4f0c-b2fa-9d065b55f15c" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:18:40.243" UserId="4403" Text="IT's not undocumented, but one little know &quot;hidden&quot; feature is the Default Trace.  Unless someone explicitly disables it, SQL Server 2005 and 2008 have a system Trace that by default begins at server start.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This can be very useful for answering &quot;What Happened?&quot; type questions after a performance issue.  Just as good, it is invaluable for figuring out who was on your SQL Server at a particular time, after a security incident.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I learned about it from Jack Corbett in his article here*:[1].  Jonathan M Kehayias did a Live Meeting for the PASS DBA SIG on it this past week also (see here*:[2]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The following script (also from Jack Corbett) shows how to see if the Default Trace is running on your SQL Server, and what the trace files are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Select&#xD;&#xA;        CAT.name as event_category,&#xD;&#xA;        E.name as event_name,&#xD;&#xA;        C.name as column_name,&#xD;&#xA;        Case&#xD;&#xA;            When FI.logical_operator = '0' Then 'AND'&#xD;&#xA;            Else 'OR'&#xD;&#xA;        End as logical_operator,&#xD;&#xA;        Case   &#xD;&#xA;            When FI.comparison_operator = 0 Then '='&#xD;&#xA;            When FI.comparison_operator = 1 Then '&lt;&gt;'&#xD;&#xA;            When FI.comparison_operator = 2 Then '&gt;'&#xD;&#xA;            When FI.comparison_operator = 3 Then '&lt;'&#xD;&#xA;            When FI.comparison_operator = 4 Then '&gt;='&#xD;&#xA;            When FI.comparison_operator = 5 Then '&lt;='&#xD;&#xA;            When FI.comparison_operator = 6 Then 'Like'&#xD;&#xA;            When FI.comparison_operator = 7 Then 'Not Like'&#xD;&#xA;        End as comparison_operator,&#xD;&#xA;        FI.value as filter_value&#xD;&#xA;    From&#xD;&#xA;        sys.traces T Cross Apply&#xD;&#xA;        -- this function provides the details about the trace&#xD;&#xA;        ::fn_trace_geteventinfo(T.id) EI Join&#xD;&#xA;        sys.trace_events E On&#xD;&#xA;            EI.eventid = E.trace_event_id Join&#xD;&#xA;        sys.trace_columns C On&#xD;&#xA;            EI.columnid = C.trace_column_id Join&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        sys.trace_categories CAT On&#xD;&#xA;            E.category_id = CAT.category_id Outer Apply&#xD;&#xA;        --outer apply is like a left join as there may not be filters&#xD;&#xA;        ::fn_trace_getfilterinfo(T.id) FI&#xD;&#xA;    --Optional&#xD;&#xA;    Where&#xD;&#xA;        T.id = 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-- RBarryYoung&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Note: I am not trusted with hyperlinks yet, so this is what I get instead:)&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: www.sqlservercentral.com/scripts/Auditing/64335/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: sqlblog.com/blogs/jonathan_kehayias/archive/2009/05/27/pass-dba-sig-default-trace-presentation-files.aspx" />
  <row Id="29343" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16336" RevisionGUID="1dfbc76f-88fc-4f0c-b2fa-9d065b55f15c" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:18:40.243" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29344" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14233" RevisionGUID="a736707d-ad3e-424f-ad5a-59845be510af" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:21:31.017" UserId="1715" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="There's the a whole bunch of *undocumented* DBCC commands such as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**DBCC PAGE** and **DBCC IND**  That let you peek inside the storage engine.  [Paul Randal has blogged about them!][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/Inside-the-Storage-Engine-Using-DBCC-PAGE-and-DBCC-IND-to-find-out-if-page-splits-ever-roll-back.aspx" />
  <row Id="29345" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16337" RevisionGUID="d601022d-f287-4731-9f4a-36642c43d391" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:22:04.200" UserId="5473" Text="You need to install the VMware Tools. Once you have done that and the hgfs kernel module has loaded you should be able to access the shared folders at /mnt/hgfs/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29346" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16338" RevisionGUID="6a401e31-8727-402d-8fd4-0a288a8a67dd" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:22:24.013" UserId="6771" Text="Set up a webserver and play with different web packages and tools (phpBB, wordpress, etc.). You could also toy with IRC daemons and services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course a proxy to bypass internet restrictions at work and school is good too." />
  <row Id="29347" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16338" RevisionGUID="6a401e31-8727-402d-8fd4-0a288a8a67dd" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:22:24.013" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29348" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16314" RevisionGUID="84628a5a-57a3-4d05-bbeb-24c1f699cc06" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:27:01.553" UserId="4562" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Are you looking to do this through a single wireless router or through multiple access points? Many routers are multi-SSID as well as DMZ capable if that's what you want. I would look around for some higher end SOHO boxes like the one's from DrayTek.  I have had good luck with them in the past.  If you already have the LAN set up with a separate subnet for the guest network then you would just place an AP on each and name/secure them as desired. Both would do the job for you." />
  <row Id="29349" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16339" RevisionGUID="07035bcc-8ff8-430a-affe-763828bfb2b8" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:30:39.097" UserId="6689" Text="We've just installed ESXi for our virtual machines, I'd advise moving directly to that, it'll make the next stop easier down the line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With vmware server, it is only going to be as reliable as the OS it's running on, so you want to think about what you use for that. You'll also want to cut down the OS as much as possible, and make sure you're not running anything that could either cause crashes or security issues." />
  <row Id="29350" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16339" RevisionGUID="07035bcc-8ff8-430a-affe-763828bfb2b8" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:30:39.097" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29351" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16340" RevisionGUID="3c90e217-e7dd-43ea-a147-730af1a3765f" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:32:51.417" UserId="5473" Text="You've got a few problems to solve:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Boot from the USB drive. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Get the bootloader to load the kernel and initrd.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) Setup the system so it can pivot to  a '/' partition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Number 1 is pretty easy, you get the BIOS to boot USB devices, then do something like grub-install to get the MBR changed. Notice 2 and 3 are different steps. People often have a separate small /boot partition that grub can read where grub can find the kernel, initrd, and such. You're limited to the types of devices and setups grub can understand. I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure you're not going to be able to get grub to mount a loopback filesystem to get at /boot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might be better off with repartitioning the drive and creating an ext2/3 partition for /boot. You would still have to solve the problem of getting setting up the initrd and kernel to get the loopback filesystem mounted to pivot to '/' but that sounds possible.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29352" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16341" RevisionGUID="9ef80ecf-5abf-4d9b-9cc8-78395ebde9a6" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:34:18.090" UserId="6770" Text="For a long time now I always used this procedure:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    emerge -f --update --newuse --deep world &amp;&amp; emerge --update --newuse --deep world&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I, for mine, prefer to update over night. But sometimes it happens that something fails and so you have to download all (or some) programs again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps the --newuse switch is unnecassary, but I'm often editing my make.conf so it makes sense for me." />
  <row Id="29353" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16342" RevisionGUID="9da8c449-7665-4513-814e-80e35359e577" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:39:03.340" UserId="6770" Text="One some distributions there's also a nice nifty tool called *hwinfo*, which gives you lots of useful information about your hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get more to know about the kernel modules, *lspci* and *lsmod* always have done a good job for me." />
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  <row Id="29357" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16344" RevisionGUID="a5bb967a-e9e2-4299-b476-4aebcc61d435" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:44:45.120" UserId="6391" Text="why hosting companies limit bandwidth for website owners ?" />
  <row Id="29358" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16344" RevisionGUID="a5bb967a-e9e2-4299-b476-4aebcc61d435" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:44:45.120" UserId="6391" Text="&lt;web-hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="29359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16345" RevisionGUID="e42b7418-7e98-4791-b0dc-54a3f9a648b6" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:48:58.560" UserId="386" Text="Because their bandwidth isn't free, and you're not their only customer." />
  <row Id="29360" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16346" RevisionGUID="abb158f9-57ee-41f3-a27a-b72ef2d6e632" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:53:29.923" UserId="4757" Text="Save the planet: run folding@home. :)" />
  <row Id="29361" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16346" RevisionGUID="abb158f9-57ee-41f3-a27a-b72ef2d6e632" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:53:29.923" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29362" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16347" RevisionGUID="b85806b0-8e3d-4e3a-aa2a-e6ffb742e241" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:53:37.647" UserId="5473" Text="Bandwidth is part of the service their customers pay for. There are a couple of common models for hosting:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Charge a fixed amount for a fixed amount of bandwidth. The hosting company enforces the limits so you can't go over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Charge a base amount for a minimum amount of bandwidth and then charge you more if you go over that amount. This is like most cellphone plans. Your website will stay accessible even if you're over your monthly allocation of bandwidth, but it can get expensive very quickly.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16348" RevisionGUID="395f53e1-1385-401e-b735-291f4c3891fb" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:53:51.717" UserId="1322" Text="When internet companies connect with each other, they need to dig holes in the ground and lay wires. They also need to be maintained over time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hosting companies are reselling the bandwidth and they realized that most people don't use alot of bandwidth all the time, so they just have you share a pipe and sell by bandwidth so they can make more money." />
  <row Id="29364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16349" RevisionGUID="60794c84-e687-47c8-b8b6-b347eca339e7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:55:23.400" UserId="4733" Text="if you have pstools installed in the root of c:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;c:\pstools\psexec \\computername -u username -p password cmd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;opens cmd prompt on a remote machine.  From there you can do whatever you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT - should be 2 slashes before computername - not showing up here...but if you're here you probably know what you're doing..." />
  <row Id="29365" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16349" RevisionGUID="60794c84-e687-47c8-b8b6-b347eca339e7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:55:23.400" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16350" RevisionGUID="6b4d7910-55b7-4cc6-8e87-f59356fc42db" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:59:39.757" UserId="2571" Text="I've got a VPS package. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I cannot log into my lxadmin because it is &quot;**out of memory**&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In HyperVM I see that my VPS is using **240 MB** of 256 MB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I reboot the HyperVM, the memory goes down to **2 MB**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But then it creeps slowly back up minute by minute, and by **15 minutes** it is at **127 MB** and climbing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I basically have a couple **PHP websites** in subdirectories on the site that are getting about **one hit per minute**, these sites have quite a bit of **graphics** on them, do quite a bit of **text parsing** on every hit, and one uses an **sqlite** database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From experience, what do you think could be the **cause** of this rapid memory creep?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What kinds of things can I do to **isolate** the cause?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tanguay.info/web/external/lxAdminMemoryProblem.jpg" />
  <row Id="29367" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16350" RevisionGUID="6b4d7910-55b7-4cc6-8e87-f59356fc42db" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:59:39.757" UserId="2571" Text="What could be causing memory creep on a VPS?" />
  <row Id="29368" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16350" RevisionGUID="6b4d7910-55b7-4cc6-8e87-f59356fc42db" CreationDate="2009-05-31T18:59:39.757" UserId="2571" Text="&lt;lxadmin&gt;&lt;memory&gt;&lt;vps&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;performance-tuning&gt;" />
  <row Id="29369" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16351" RevisionGUID="65987958-9faf-42c9-9a49-abbc4554ae32" CreationDate="2009-05-31T19:01:55.320" UserId="4845" Text="psexec While it's from sysinternals, the sysinternals tools are so essential and commonly installed on servers they might as well be part of the OS. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    psexec \\targetserver -w &quot;d:\bin&quot; &quot;cmd&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You now have an interactive shell on a remote computer. Enter &quot;exit&quot; to come back home. I will often use it to apply something to a group of servers as follows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    set srvs=server1 server2 server3 &#xD;&#xA;    set execthis=[something useful]&#xD;&#xA;    for %s IN (%srvs%) DO (&#xD;&#xA;    start psexec \%s -u domain\someUser -p superSecretOfCourse &quot;cmd&quot; &quot;/C %execthis%&quot; &#xD;&#xA;    )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; Here I show several handy tricks:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Use for loops to execute a command multiple times (from batch use %%s instead of %s)&#xD;&#xA; 1. **Start** to open a window in a new process - handy if each operations takes a few minutes.&#xD;&#xA; 1. Psexec can use windows auth or a login. Noting that integrated auth usually won't hop from local to server to a 3rd location (e.g. SAN) - provide user and password if you need to access a network resource&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Psexec location (serverfault won't let me link): technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx" />
  <row Id="29370" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16351" RevisionGUID="65987958-9faf-42c9-9a49-abbc4554ae32" CreationDate="2009-05-31T19:01:55.320" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16352" RevisionGUID="5fdad39c-ada3-4671-acdc-ad9f8f080a4a" CreationDate="2009-05-31T19:02:56.333" UserId="4757" Text="Log into an SSH shell and run `top`. That will give you an idea of what processes in particular are causing problems here." />
  <row Id="29372" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16353" RevisionGUID="c73bca35-9ecf-4d07-98fe-abc0edcfd76e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T19:04:04.973" UserId="6785" Text="There is a &quot;ghetto-esx-linked-clones&quot; script that will make Linked Clones rather than full clones.  Linked clones are great for VMs that you intend to use for short-term testing, since the clones only store differences relative to the original VM.  Running this script requires enabling SSH access to the ESXi host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-9202?tstart=7450" />
  <row Id="29373" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16354" RevisionGUID="b427d973-7389-427e-970e-e90f1afb99cd" CreationDate="2009-05-31T19:04:25.957" UserId="6770" Text="Hy to all, this is my first question and I hope I do everything correct. Thanks for setting up serverfault - such a site was missing in the internet for a long time now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the next few weeks I will get my VDSL 25 connection (at best it's 25 Mbit Download and 5 Mbit Upload). So now I was thinking about setting up my own router for VDSL because i dont want to use the Speedport router I'm getting with VDSL 25.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm really into OpenBSD and I found a nice guide about [Using OpenBSD with VDSL][1]. In a german article about setting up the [FreeBSD based pfSense for VDSL][2] i read that the computer should have at least 1 GHz with 1024 MB RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My machine will be a 800 MHz Pentium 3 with 512 MB RAM but I consider to buy a 30$ Intel Gigbit NIC with TCO (TCP Checksum Offloading). A co-worker suggested this to me because he ment that would heavily decrease the CPU load and my 800 MHz P3 could be more than enough then.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So do you have some experience about the &quot;hardware requirements&quot; for VDSL and if a NIC with TCO could help there?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Thanks in advance for all your answers!**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://un.geeig.net/openbsd-vdsl.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.heise.de/netze/pfSense-als-VDSL-Router--/artikel/116739" />
  <row Id="29374" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16354" RevisionGUID="b427d973-7389-427e-970e-e90f1afb99cd" CreationDate="2009-05-31T19:04:25.957" UserId="6770" Text="Setting up a VDSL router on OpenBSD &amp; NIC with TCO support" />
  <row Id="29375" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16354" RevisionGUID="b427d973-7389-427e-970e-e90f1afb99cd" CreationDate="2009-05-31T19:04:25.957" UserId="6770" Text="&lt;router&gt;&lt;nic&gt;&lt;openbsd&gt;&lt;hardware-requirements&gt;" />
  <row Id="29376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16355" RevisionGUID="6177e876-f959-4137-8f4f-7a7582881328" CreationDate="2009-05-31T19:08:19.987" UserId="2455" Text="&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to append to the global PATH variable on OS X so that all user shells and GUI applications get the same PATH environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know I can append to the path in shell startup scripts, but those settings are not inherited by GUI applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only way I found so  far is to redefine the PATH environment variable in **/etc/launchd.conf**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    setenv PATH /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/my/path&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I coulnd't figure out a way to actually append to PATH in launchd.conf.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm a bit worried about this method, but so far this is the only thing that works. Does anyone know of a better way?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29377" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16355" RevisionGUID="6177e876-f959-4137-8f4f-7a7582881328" CreationDate="2009-05-31T19:08:19.987" UserId="2455" Text="how to set global PATH on OS X?" />
  <row Id="29378" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16355" RevisionGUID="6177e876-f959-4137-8f4f-7a7582881328" CreationDate="2009-05-31T19:08:19.987" UserId="2455" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;path&gt;" />
  <row Id="29379" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16356" RevisionGUID="1ab0e898-cfb6-4734-b4ef-0ae48392f103" CreationDate="2009-05-31T19:08:54.650" UserId="3657" Text="Unless I'm sorely mistaken, you should be able to run the Virtual Infrastructure Client, connect to your ESXi server, right click on any stopped virtual machine and choose &quot;Clone&quot; which will duplicate the existing VM into another VM. " />
  <row Id="29380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16357" RevisionGUID="286eb904-8553-49fe-ad98-275e59c9b3e9" CreationDate="2009-05-31T19:09:25.727" UserId="6784" Text="There are a few ways.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/usr/bin/env bash -x&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;as the shebang line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Including `set -x` in the script itself will enable the functionality while `set +x` will disable it.&#xD;&#xA;Both of these methods will also work with the more portable sh shell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I remember correctly perl also has the -x option." />
  <row Id="29381" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16358" RevisionGUID="dc8bad4f-5a69-4b12-94e2-4c3aface2e11" CreationDate="2009-05-31T19:12:51.460" UserId="5787" Text="Use it as a **monitoring station** for your websites and internet connection. It's always a good thing to have an &quot;external perspective&quot; on your network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a Windows VPS use PRTG Network Monitor (Freeware from www.Paessler.com monitors up to 20 sensors for free).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Linux boxes Nagios or Zenoss are said to do the job well. I'm Windows guy, so I don't know..." />
  <row Id="29382" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16358" RevisionGUID="dc8bad4f-5a69-4b12-94e2-4c3aface2e11" CreationDate="2009-05-31T19:12:51.460" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29383" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16350" RevisionGUID="41cf58ab-1472-4030-9ef4-41cbdbc86312" CreationDate="2009-05-31T19:18:32.480" UserId="2571" Comment="added top results" Text="I've got a VPS package. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I cannot log into my lxadmin because it is &quot;**out of memory**&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In HyperVM I see that my VPS is using **240 MB** of 256 MB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I reboot the HyperVM, the memory goes down to **2 MB**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But then it creeps slowly back up minute by minute, and by **15 minutes** it is at **127 MB** and climbing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I basically have a couple **PHP websites** in subdirectories on the site that are getting about **one hit per minute**, these sites have quite a bit of **graphics** on them, do quite a bit of **text parsing** on every hit, and one uses an **sqlite** database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From experience, what do you think could be the **cause** of this rapid memory creep?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What kinds of things can I do to **isolate** the cause?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the result of top, seems like all the apache instances are adding up, what does this mean? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tanguay.info/web/external/lxadminMemoryProblemTop.png&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://tanguay.info/web/external/lxAdminMemoryProblem.jpg" />
  <row Id="29384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16359" RevisionGUID="8b3e9f1f-9007-4699-b390-5ab1f6e0c612" CreationDate="2009-05-31T19:25:27.550" UserId="5787" Text="Are you aware that on VMWare Server you will have to supply &quot;hardware memory&quot; for all VMs, even if they do not need that memory at a given time?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On ESX, ESXi and vSphere the memory is kind of &quot;shared&quot; between the virtual machines. In theory if a machine has 1 GB of RAM configured, but only 500 MB are actually used, then 500 MB of &quot;real RAM&quot; is still available for other virtual machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Only this fact - for me - is the killer argument to drop VMWare Server for ESX and ESXi.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course performance and reliability are also so much in favor of ESX(i) that I would never think of vmware server. " />
  <row Id="29385" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16359" RevisionGUID="8b3e9f1f-9007-4699-b390-5ab1f6e0c612" CreationDate="2009-05-31T19:25:27.550" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29386" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16360" RevisionGUID="efb1b3dc-4929-4d18-9690-7e1582cf0cbc" CreationDate="2009-05-31T19:26:18.110" UserId="5799" Text="I'm not sure if launchd accepts this, but try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;setenv PATH &quot;$PATH:/my/path&quot;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="29387" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16361" RevisionGUID="6e2b91d1-81af-4c53-b91b-daa6f15a602c" CreationDate="2009-05-31T19:29:35.857" UserId="695" Text="Try using&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    pstree&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to find out which apache process launches others. I guess you have in a site a instruction which bifurcates the process and spawn multiple instances." />
  <row Id="29388" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16362" RevisionGUID="d79f6148-95ba-4ef7-a07f-8c54cd173623" CreationDate="2009-05-31T19:35:45.393" UserId="1993" Text="The recommended specs for pfSense are way, way, way overkill. Your machine should handle that load quite handily. For a point of reference, I used a Soekris Net5501 in production for a little while and it fell over at about 45Mbps. It was spec'd out with a 500MHz Geode, 256MB RAM, and some of the worst NICs ever created (Via Rhinestone - vr driver).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my experience, the most common big performance obstacle on a router like this is the context switching required by rapid-firing interrupts. Shitty NICs like the Rhinestones fire an interrupt for every single packet they receive. This becomes a major problem because each packet has to be processed, but oops! In the middle of processing it, another one comes in. So you pull that out, get interrupted, etc etc. Context switching is an expensive operation and quickly overwhelms a slow CPU.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good NICs (Intel and Broadcom are both solid) have interrupt mitigation capabilities, which means they only bug the CPU when they have a certain number of packets accumulated, or when a timer hits 0. Operating in chunks like this is far, far more efficient than constant context switching.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some operating systems attempt to mimic interrupt mitigation with polling - the kernel ignores the NIC's interrupts and just checks its buffers every so often. This can lead to much higher throughput and lower CPU utilization, but at the expense of latency, possibly losing packets if the NIC's buffers fill up, etc. OpenBSD has not implemented polling. In my experience interrupt mitigation is superior to polling, and the price of decent NICs is low enough that there's not much excuse.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Memory really should not be an issue. OpenBSD and PF are very efficient. On a pretty slow day (today), one of my production routers has about 17.5k states in memory. It's also running spamd, logging all blocked packets, and doing a tcpdump on its most active interface. Using 191MB of RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So all that to say your specs are more than enough, TCO or no." />
  <row Id="29389" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16363" RevisionGUID="c4b7d834-754c-4ffc-a4c7-30ad53f311a0" CreationDate="2009-05-31T19:40:04.650" UserId="5787" Text="IMHO the only way to find all systems on the network (even those that do not reply to PINGs and other connections attempts) is to use packet sniffing and to get a list of active IPs and MACs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course you need a network switch with a monitoring port to really &quot;see&quot; all packets flying through your network. If that's not feasible then sniffing at least your firewall's traffic (all packets that that go out into the Internet).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is how to do it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Take a PC, make it &quot;self-sufficient&quot; (no Activ Directory for booting etc.) and install a Packet Sniffer software (for a Windows PC use PRTG Network Montitor from www.paessler.com)&#xD;&#xA;- set up &quot;port mirroring&quot; (Cisco calls it &quot;SPAN&quot;) on your switch (this will forward all packets from all ports to the mirroring port - where we will pick them up using the packet sniffer)&#xD;&#xA;- Connect the PC's network card to the mirroring port and configure the packet sniffer to work on this network card (the PC will usually not be able to be part of the network there)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let the software run for a while to gather statistics and then review the lists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;E.g. in PRTG the &quot;top talkers&quot; list will include the 100 IPs that create the most traffic. Configure the list to hold some more entries than you have PCs in your network, to see all of them. Also set up a so-called &quot;toplist&quot; based on MACs." />
  <row Id="29390" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15767" RevisionGUID="1a971d37-254f-4f44-bbee-432d6fbae982" CreationDate="2009-05-31T19:40:45.337" UserId="5847" Comment="added link to file" Text="to quote linus: &quot;**hi my name is linus torvalds and i pronounce linux as &quot;linux&quot;**&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*i have to admit it works better when you hear it* ;) *used to be a wav file on every linux kernel mirror!*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[edit]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;now i can post links ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/SillySounds/english.au" />
  <row Id="29391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16364" RevisionGUID="c3c6c570-2a49-4e2d-940f-ea231e740540" CreationDate="2009-05-31T19:56:13.870" UserId="4845" Text="All my nerdly life, I've dealt with this limitation of Windows Domains &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Login - console&#xD;&#xA; 1. Integrated auth to something (usually web app)&#xD;&#xA; 1. My credentials can't move to another server (e.g. database or file system). They have to trust machine 2. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a configuration that changes this behavior? In many many cases, 3 hops would be amazingly convenient. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the specific reason that credentials should not delegate twice (client-&gt;server-&gt;server)?" />
  <row Id="29392" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16364" RevisionGUID="c3c6c570-2a49-4e2d-940f-ea231e740540" CreationDate="2009-05-31T19:56:13.870" UserId="4845" Text="Is there a way to get Kerberos credentials to delegate twice? Why not?" />
  <row Id="29393" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16364" RevisionGUID="c3c6c570-2a49-4e2d-940f-ea231e740540" CreationDate="2009-05-31T19:56:13.870" UserId="4845" Text="&lt;windows-domain&gt;&lt;kerberos&gt;&lt;delegation&gt;" />
  <row Id="29394" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16365" RevisionGUID="8f4a217a-c7db-42e4-a642-5e253aefee0b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T20:00:17.887" UserId="1322" Text="##What is the best way to manage a server without a monitor?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can deal with consoles, but I still think it may be more convenient to have a GUI where a single click can save much repetitive typing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;###What I want to know is how do you manage your server? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Do you use the console only?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you use a control panel like CPanel or Webmin? Which one do you prefer?&#xD;&#xA; - Would you recommend running a small GUI like Fluxbox?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29395" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16365" RevisionGUID="8f4a217a-c7db-42e4-a642-5e253aefee0b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T20:00:17.887" UserId="1322" Text="Control Panels for Servers without a monitor" />
  <row Id="29396" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16365" RevisionGUID="8f4a217a-c7db-42e4-a642-5e253aefee0b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T20:00:17.887" UserId="1322" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;control-panel&gt;&lt;gui&gt;&lt;webmin&gt;" />
  <row Id="29397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16366" RevisionGUID="a98b1a67-b59c-4a14-9dd1-42c21479b500" CreationDate="2009-05-31T20:00:47.900" UserId="5049" Text="[Bacula][1] is an Open Source Backup solution. It's architecture is designed after that of major commercial solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## Platforms ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bacula supports Windows as well as any POSIX compliant Unix system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## Encrypted communication ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Authentication between daemons is always secure, to encrypt the communication between the daemons, a full rollout of PKI (client certificates) must be done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## Architecture &amp; Scalability ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bacula consists of file daemons (clients), one or more directors (Job Schedulers) and one or more storage daemons. Each director can use multiple catalogs (SQL Databases) to store information about jobs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See the [Bacula documentation][2] for a more in depth look at Bacula architecture.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## Storage devices ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bacula stores all file contents in volumes which can be stored on local filesystem, on tape drives or even on DVD media. Support for tape autochangers exists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## Configuration safety ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All configuration exists in the form of plain text files, which can be easily versioned by a SCM. Additional state of the software is entirely in a SQL database, which can be audited by appropriate tools on the database side.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## Statistics Interfaces ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No native interfaces for monitoring or performance data exist, although this information can be extracted from the SQL databases without too much troubles. There've been [some improvements][3] in this area in Bacula 3.0, which I haven't explored in detail yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## Data deduplication ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bacula doesn't support any form of data deduplication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## Deleted file handling in incremental backup jobs ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As of Bacula 3.0, there's [a mode][4] to handle deleted/renamed files correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## Disaster recovery ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bacula is working on a Live system which aids in bare metal recovery. See the [release notes][5] for further information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## Job scheduling ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Job scheduling is very rigid in Bacula. You can define intervals and start times for every backup job, but there's no automatic tuning/distribution of the jobs based on (changing) amounts of data which need to be backed up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## Plugins &amp; Helpers ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bacula 3.0 comes with a new plugin system and native support for Exchange 2003 &amp; 2007. Additionally there's an extensive framework to run custom scripts on client side before/after backup jobs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## Job Migration ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Jobs can be easily migrated between different pools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bacula.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.bacula.org/manuals/en/concepts/concepts/What_is_Bacula.html#SECTION00220000000000000000&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.bacula.org/manuals/en/concepts/concepts/New_Features.html#SECTION0032418000000000000000&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.bacula.org/manuals/en/concepts/concepts/New_Features.html#SECTION00310000000000000000&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.bacula.org/manuals/en/concepts/concepts/New_Features.html#SECTION003230000000000000000" />
  <row Id="29398" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16366" RevisionGUID="a98b1a67-b59c-4a14-9dd1-42c21479b500" CreationDate="2009-05-31T20:00:47.900" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29399" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16367" RevisionGUID="baa6d0aa-3363-4692-b6f3-d7a7f3b65a26" CreationDate="2009-05-31T20:07:09.447" UserId="6689" Text="Consoles are all well and good, but it's often nice to have some kind of interface available, especially if you're in an environment where you're not the only person who is going to be administrating the server, because not everyone will have the CLI knowledge to do everything, and a GUI can make things much faster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;cPanel is excellent if you're running a webserver, but outside of that, it's not really enough. Webmin is excellent, it gives you a lot of power to do things easily, and can also give you access to a crude command line if you need. The modules for it also allow you to extend it to other services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I don't like to run a light GUI, even something like Fluxbox take more resources that I'm willing to space, and you also need a way of remote access to it. I find that a combination of SSH and Webmin is good enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, most of the machines I work on are either VMs (running in fairly low power machines), or old servers, and in those cases, you don't have the spare power to waste. If you've got a rack of nice, high power machines, and you like a GUI to speed things up, go for it, but it's worth learning to do it without them. You might also want to look at using aliases, if you find you're doing a lot of repetition in your typing." />
  <row Id="29400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16368" RevisionGUID="4bae355b-f503-4964-8b25-6619f2aa21d9" CreationDate="2009-05-31T20:08:35.747" UserId="6770" Text="For me, the only thing you need for a server is the **console**. With SSH you've got remote access and can do all the tasks needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The daemons that mostly run on servers (e.g. httpd) doesn't need any GUI and óften server hardware itself is laid out to run only a shell. Server Operating systems (e.g. OpenBSD, FreeBSD, etc.) require you to install X by yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From a security view having no GUI (and respectively no X) does have the advantages that you have less software install that probably could have flaws, could be attacked or compromised." />
  <row Id="29401" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16369" RevisionGUID="c5b0e4b3-c1d2-4319-adfb-1321fde1183f" CreationDate="2009-05-31T20:09:47.790" UserId="6524" Text="All our Linux servers are used through `ssh`, it's just easier that way, with configuration file editing (vim), service management, and such. As for &quot;much repetitive typing&quot; - how much clicks can be saved by a single script?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For me the issue with CPanel or Webmin is their dependency on specific application versions, specific configuration structure, and so on, and so on. What if you find a bug in a software you are using? You need to wait for your panel provider to update their software first, before updating it on your server - or you might lose some (or all) functionality that panel provides you. Webmin is an excellent example - it was removed from main Debian repositories because it became old and unreliable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And when something bad happens and your control panel stops responding, you will have to use console anyway, so why not stick to that in the first place? That way you can eliminate unnecessary failure points in your system." />
  <row Id="29402" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16370" RevisionGUID="6bedd5ff-db98-4614-b4c4-217d2174851b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T20:18:13.310" UserId="6080" Text="What benefits actually get customers from the commercial distros? Except support and ability to run certain &quot;certified&quot; applications (such as Oracle). Are they really more stable/reliable? In example, RedHat vs Debian. 350$/year vs 0$. What can you say?" />
  <row Id="29403" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16370" RevisionGUID="6bedd5ff-db98-4614-b4c4-217d2174851b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T20:18:13.310" UserId="6080" Text="Commercial Linux vs Free" />
  <row Id="29404" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16370" RevisionGUID="6bedd5ff-db98-4614-b4c4-217d2174851b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T20:18:13.310" UserId="6080" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;distributions&gt;&lt;linux-distro&gt;" />
  <row Id="29405" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16371" RevisionGUID="db37e1a8-93d6-481d-8dbb-f3094f9df89b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T20:18:26.803" UserId="5687" Text="I use [rdiff-backup][1]. It's basically like rsync, but you can easily access old versions of files/directories and manage how many old versions are kept. It's only useful when backing up to disk, but disks are cheaper than tape these days anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to have it installed on both the server and the client, and it runs on OS X, Linux, and Windows. I haven't used it on Windows, but according to the project's mailing list it runs pretty much the same there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/" />
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  <row Id="29407" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16372" RevisionGUID="f95fe443-d87b-4492-b69f-c3ce29efab21" CreationDate="2009-05-31T20:22:20.603" UserId="6336" Text="We have a Symantec Endpoint infrastructure in our organization. Also, the individual computers connect to the internet through a proxy server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, for some reason, the Endpoint client is repeatedly messing up the proxy address setting in explorer. If, for example, the proxy is set to be &quot;10.200.1.10&quot;, then after a reboot, or just some time, it's changing to &quot;a&amp;.200.1.10&quot; or &quot;a0.200.1.10&quot;, and the user cant surf the web, making for lots of small, annoying support tickets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone knows how to stop it from doing that?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="29408" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16372" RevisionGUID="f95fe443-d87b-4492-b69f-c3ce29efab21" CreationDate="2009-05-31T20:22:20.603" UserId="6336" Text="How to stop Symantec Endpoint from screwing up my interner connection proxy settings?" />
  <row Id="29409" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16372" RevisionGUID="f95fe443-d87b-4492-b69f-c3ce29efab21" CreationDate="2009-05-31T20:22:20.603" UserId="6336" Text="&lt;symantec&gt;&lt;endpoint&gt;&lt;antivirus&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;" />
  <row Id="29410" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15785" RevisionGUID="8f3717cf-346c-4c1b-bcea-70ad249cc28d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T20:22:32.070" UserId="6199" Comment="added a note about fsck" Text="You must reboot after a kernel update, anything else is optional. Personally I reboot on a monthly cycle during a maintenance window to make sure the server and all services come back as expected. This way I can be reasonably certain if I have to do an out of schedule reboot (i.e. critical kernel update) that the system will come back up properly. Automated monitoring of servers and services (i.e. Nagios) also goes a long way to helping this process (reboot, watch the lights go red and then hopefully all back to green).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. if you do reboot regularily you'll want to make sure you tune your fsck checks (i.e. maximal mount count between checks appropriately, otherwise a quick 2 minute reboot might take 30 minutes if the server starts fsck'ing a couple terabytes of data. I typically set my mount count to 0 (tune2fs -c 0) and the interval between checks to 6 months or so and then manually force an fsck every once in a while and reset the count." />
  <row Id="29411" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16373" RevisionGUID="fe206ffd-c4e1-49ec-aa08-7de20f4c7d78" CreationDate="2009-05-31T20:22:34.580" UserId="6080" Text="Sometimes we use HP DataProtector. But I prefer to use tar. HP DP also has a nice command line but tar is much more flexible." />
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  <row Id="29417" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16376" RevisionGUID="8f30d1a0-3ed3-4bed-8c6d-1830505a586e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T20:27:17.987" UserId="6365" Text="![Why IT specialist have a lot of free time][1]&#xD;&#xA;http://www.eviljaymz.com/files/whypeopleseemtohavefreetime.png&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.eviljaymz.com/files/whypeopleseemtohavefreetime.png" />
  <row Id="29418" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16376" RevisionGUID="8f30d1a0-3ed3-4bed-8c6d-1830505a586e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T20:27:17.987" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29419" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16377" RevisionGUID="04cc7051-08d4-46b0-9a70-26c02aca9a6b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T20:27:33.540" UserId="2224" Text="If you're a growing organization, sometimes the expensive option is actually the cheaper option. Having access to high-quality support and training courses is an advantage in many situations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another factor is how do you manage applications? If you're going to roll out an app, and just want to leave it alone and patch security vulnerabilities for 5 years, that's more viable with something like Suse or Red Hat." />
  <row Id="29420" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16378" RevisionGUID="03d43106-c781-487d-a466-d4c377874631" CreationDate="2009-05-31T20:33:37.197" UserId="4947" Text="OpenSUSE has an excellent [guide for installing Subversion][1], which includes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   - installation&#xD;&#xA;   - svnserver, including access control&#xD;&#xA;   - mod\_dav\_svn&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.opensuse.org/Subversion" />
  <row Id="29421" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16379" RevisionGUID="13760a05-b580-4239-a32d-6129b62ab3ba" CreationDate="2009-05-31T20:35:20.513" UserId="2216" Text="Apache will spawn multiple processes, that is normal. &#xD;&#xA;You can control this in the apache configuration. The settings are dependent on what type of MPM (Multi-Processing Module) you are using. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using Apache MPM worker (http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/worker.html) you can control it with the following settings:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**ServerLimit 16** How many processes thats allowed at one time (this has to be greater or equal to MaxClients/ThreadsPerChild)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**StartServers 2** How many processes to start when you start up apache  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**MaxClients 150** How many request you can simultaneously serve &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**MinSpareThreads 25** Apache will try to keep at least this many threads idle &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**MaxSpareThreads 75** Apache will try to keep less then this many threads idle &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**ThreadsPerChild 25** How many threads per process (one thread can server one request at the time)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So if you do not have enough memory to run all those processes try to lower MaxClients and ServerLimit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using Apache MPM prefork (http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/prefork.html) you can control it with the following settings:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**StartServers 20** &#xD;&#xA;How many processes to spawn when you start up apache &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**MinSpareServers 10** &#xD;&#xA;Apache will auto adjust to keep atleast this many idle processes running &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**MaxSpareServers 20** &#xD;&#xA;Apache will auto adjust to keep less then this many idle processes &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**ServerLimit 150** &#xD;&#xA;This should be equal to MaxClient for prefork MPM &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**MaxClients 150** &#xD;&#xA;This is the maximum number of processes that apache will spawn &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**MaxRequestsPerChild 10000** &#xD;&#xA;How many request the process will handle before it gets terminated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MaxRequestsPerChild needs some more explanation, say you have alot of diffrent PHP-scripts running and one or two of these uses alot more memory then the rest. Once one processes has run that particular script the process will stay at that memory usage until it dies. With this option you can set how often you want the processes to restart.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So how do you know what to tune these values too? &#xD;&#xA;First, figure out how much free memory you have when apache is not running.&#xD;&#xA;Secondly, figure out how much memory each httpd process requiers on avarage. (looks like somehwere around 15Mb from your top)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So if you have 150Mb free when apache is not running, you should limit apache to only spawn 150/15 = 10 processes. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So if you run MPM worker this might work:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ServerLimit 10  &#xD;&#xA;    StartServers 2 &#xD;&#xA;    MaxClients 150  &#xD;&#xA;    MinSpareThreads 25  &#xD;&#xA;    MaxSpareThreads 75  &#xD;&#xA;    ThreadsPerChild 25 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if you are running MPM prefork this might work better:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    StartServers 5  &#xD;&#xA;    MinSpareServers 2  &#xD;&#xA;    MaxSpareServers 8  &#xD;&#xA;    ServerLimit 10  &#xD;&#xA;    MaxClients 10  &#xD;&#xA;    MaxRequestsPerChild 1000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29422" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16380" RevisionGUID="14a73837-ef98-494a-bc73-0223ce0578d9" CreationDate="2009-05-31T20:41:23.577" UserId="6350" Text="Hello, I have a user whose screen resolution will change to 640x480 when they try to run a certain program. When that program is closed, the screen changes back to 1024x768. That same program is actually hard coded to run at 800x600. There are no compatibly settings in place .I've even tracked down where these settings sit in the registry. They aren’t there either This particular W/S is running Vista 64bit, but I have plenty of other 64bit machines that run it just fine. The program itself is based on the Borland Database Engine. Other users have never had any such issues. This program is just a simple database that keeps track of our customers and their purchases. Any thoughts?" />
  <row Id="29423" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16380" RevisionGUID="14a73837-ef98-494a-bc73-0223ce0578d9" CreationDate="2009-05-31T20:41:23.577" UserId="6350" Text="Screen resolution is being forced to 640x480" />
  <row Id="29424" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16380" RevisionGUID="14a73837-ef98-494a-bc73-0223ce0578d9" CreationDate="2009-05-31T20:41:23.577" UserId="6350" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;screen-resolution&gt;" />
  <row Id="29425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16381" RevisionGUID="e741802b-9c83-47b4-997a-679d862dd585" CreationDate="2009-05-31T20:42:49.173" UserId="6080" Text="Depends on the tasks running on the server. For some virtual servers we often use reboot instead of i.e. apachectl restart and it just takes 5-10 seconds longer. But some heavy loaded machines are rebooted several times per year with a full admin crew monitoring the process." />
  <row Id="29426" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16381" RevisionGUID="3a97750a-2d7e-4ad6-8304-4df4403486a0" CreationDate="2009-05-31T20:51:38.017" UserId="6080" Comment="grammar" Text="Depends on the tasks running on the server. For some virtual servers we often use reboot instead of i.e. apachectl restart and it just takes 5-10 seconds longer. But some heavy loaded machines are rebooted several times per year with a whole admin crew monitoring the process." />
  <row Id="29427" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16382" RevisionGUID="4fe4ebc8-d150-4e31-a456-f7426d793b62" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:00:45.720" UserId="3528" Text="First I'd say that if the company you are selling to is somehow complaining that windows in the problem, you're never going to win.  These are the folks that honestly think the kid next door knows more about security than the billion dollar software company.  As far as the administration worries go, you'll have to explain concepts like group policy and WMI that will allow them to administer thousands of devices with 1 query or setting. In addition (without know anything specific about the device you are selling) you could explain that the device can be set to only run the executable required by the application running on it.  With regards to virus worries, I would explain that a virus could only be executed if the user actually installed and ran the virus (my understanding is that there are 4 and 3 of them require user intervention to run the forth is a DOS attack).  Hopefully you are able to guarantee that your own servers are not going to be infection points, and you use EV certs to eliminate spoofing issues.  Personally I'd be far more worried if you were selling me a bunch of Linux based devices as they'd be an administrative nightmare and just about anything could be installed on them.  You don't necessarily require any extra software to administer these devices but a client that has an active directory already has an administrative advantage.  For those that don't I’d pre-develop some powershell or VBscripts that perform common administrative functions and give them to any customers that want or need them.  " />
  <row Id="29428" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16383" RevisionGUID="89594f20-9382-48ba-9979-c379f59b5204" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:02:03.177" UserId="3552" Text="For the purpose of this question, I am interested in server/datacenter related hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you had any measureable amount of savings by swapping existing hardware to more &quot;green&quot; or energy efficient hardware? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, VMWare says you can reduce energy consumption by up to 80% by using virtualization. I have also heard of a cooling solution from HP which is suppose to reduce a small amount of enegery usange (&lt;25% I think). Google has also done something by integrating a UPS into their power supplies to reduce energy consumption. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any real world experiences would be great, but if you have any details on intial cost, savings and pay off time about what changes were make that would fantastic." />
  <row Id="29429" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16383" RevisionGUID="89594f20-9382-48ba-9979-c379f59b5204" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:02:03.177" UserId="3552" Text="How have you saved green by going green?" />
  <row Id="29430" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16383" RevisionGUID="89594f20-9382-48ba-9979-c379f59b5204" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:02:03.177" UserId="3552" Text="&lt;power-management&gt;&lt;low-cost&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;datacenter&gt;" />
  <row Id="29431" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16384" RevisionGUID="99f6d535-a835-42fc-ae0e-c99b91f56a96" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:03:47.570" UserId="6800" Text="Not sure why no one has listed the obvious simple solution:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    ps ax | grep &quot;[p]rogie&quot; &gt;/dev/null 2&gt;&amp;1&#xD;&#xA;    if [ $? != 0 ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;        # do something&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16385" RevisionGUID="2eb553e3-f2a8-4835-9ba5-e4764dd5db2a" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:04:01.253" UserId="6804" Text="The lines are blurred with this question though, as you've got to be able to compare distributions such as Centos and RHEL, both of which are built from almost identical packages, just one has commercial support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I've seen it, the difference between Centos and RHEL are very small, especially if you don't require the support contract." />
  <row Id="29435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16387" RevisionGUID="2e6314b4-66c6-452c-8913-29feb9cded16" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:08:26.390" UserId="3657" Text="Simply, VMware ESX + VirtualCenter (vSphere + vCenter in 4.0).  I get full console access to any machine using the Virtual Infrastructure Client." />
  <row Id="29436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16388" RevisionGUID="08cd3fb8-83ef-4a14-970e-557090c8ed79" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:09:28.713" UserDisplayName="Tollef Fog Heen" Text="&#xD;&#xA;While I don't know the answer for Windows (being a Linux/UNIX person), what you need to ensure under the hood is that you request a forwardable ticket.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29437" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16242" RevisionGUID="e5d17d52-3001-4352-92d8-717a0b62555c" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:11:09.897" UserId="3356" Comment="Adding section on OD Subordinate" Text="As already mentioned here, joining a Mac to a Windows domain is relatively easy.  Moreover, as of 10.5 it can be done entirely from the command line, including *where* to put the computer if you prefer to put it in a non-default location.  In fact, I developed just such a script for our engineers to use as a basis for migrating systems over.  I found this document to be an incredible supplement to Apple's own documentation:  [Leveraging Active Directory on Mac OS X][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I have not done converted the Macs in my environment because of the problem with user authorization.  I find this to be a big problem, but I also work in Security :)  There are AD extensions for the OSX attributes so you can get some of the same levels of configuration that you do with Windows in AD.  However, your AD environment must be extended to support them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't mind having unmanaged machines where anybody with credentials can login, then add them.  Having centralized authentication is almost always preferred.  Unfortunately, for my systems, this limitation was a show stopper.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is documentation on setting up an OSX Server as a middle-man between your Macs and the AD servers.  You run OpenDirectory in what they call ‘subordinate’ mode.  Supposedly, you can then completely manage the Macs as you would ordinarily, except the authentication is passed along to the AD box.  The idea being that you will perform your user authorization at the OD server, and join your Macs to it (while also putting them in the AD kerberos domain).  It sounds promising, but as I said, I did not have success getting the authorization to work correctly.  The instructions are also in the pdf linked above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://web.mac.com/bombich/Leveraging_AD_on_MOSXS_2.2.pdf.zip" />
  <row Id="29438" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16383" RevisionGUID="00d28006-8a32-4dbf-baf9-a25ff3c35409" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:13:18.737" UserId="1054" Comment="fix some typos" Text="For the purpose of this question, I am interested in server/datacenter related hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you had any measureable amount of savings by swapping existing hardware to more &quot;green&quot; or energy efficient hardware? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, VMWare says you can reduce energy consumption by up to 80% by using virtualization. I have also heard of a cooling solution from HP which is suppose to reduce a small amount of engery usage (&lt;25% I think). Google has also done something by integrating a UPS into their power supplies to reduce energy consumption. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any real world experiences would be great, but if you have any details on initial cost, savings and pay off time about what changes were make that would fantastic." />
  <row Id="29439" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16372" RevisionGUID="2755745b-0e24-4a0e-9f73-652ab09b9dc0" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:15:34.270" UserId="1054" Comment="fix typos" Text="We have a Symantec Endpoint infrastructure in our organization. Also, the individual computers connect to the internet through a proxy server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, for some reason, the Endpoint client is repeatedly messing up the proxy address setting in explorer. If, for example, the proxy is set to be &quot;10.200.1.10&quot;, then after a reboot, or just some time, it's changing to &quot;a&amp;.200.1.10&quot; or &quot;a0.200.1.10&quot;, and the user can't surf the web, making for lots of small, annoying support tickets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone knows how to stop it from doing that?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="29440" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="16372" RevisionGUID="2755745b-0e24-4a0e-9f73-652ab09b9dc0" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:15:34.270" UserId="1054" Comment="fix typos" Text="How to stop Symantec Endpoint from screwing up my internet connection proxy settings?" />
  <row Id="29441" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16370" RevisionGUID="1d710840-5178-4dd7-a593-15bd62125fb2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:16:41.883" UserId="1054" Comment="fix some grammar" Text="What benefits do customers actually get from the commercial distros except for support and ability to run certain &quot;certified&quot; applications (such as Oracle)?  Are they really more stable/reliable? For example, RedHat vs Debian. 350$/year vs 0$. What can you say?" />
  <row Id="29442" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16389" RevisionGUID="d7595fae-3ec8-4a8c-8c37-7b4b8bd1b484" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:18:11.550" UserId="6519" Text="You're paying for support, which can be extremely valuable.  I've worked tech support for a major hardware vendor and we routinely got RedHat, SuSE, and Oracle to release patches/fixes/updates when we found a bug that crippled a customer's solution.  Within hours or days, depending on the severity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With a free distro, you're at the mercy of the community (or can patch bugs yourself).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a consultant, now I recommend CentOS, Debian, or some other free distro for simple, tried-and-true solutions that I already know work out-of-the-box, such as a simple firewall, squid proxy, http server, etc.  I recommend distros with support contracts for anything complicated where encountering bugs is a high probability, such as Oracle clusters, HPCC solutions, and virtual machine servers/clusters." />
  <row Id="29443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16390" RevisionGUID="24f09d24-8ac9-4dc9-8813-f6a26721be48" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:19:32.063" UserId="5898" Text="&#xD;&#xA;RHEL comes with management benefits that CentOS doesn't - the Redhat Network management tools that let you handle channel subscriptions, package installations etc to your servers are the best single example I can think of. If you've got a lot of RHEL machines, then a system like RHN or a [Redhat Satellite Server][1] can really improve things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Canonical are offering a similar kind of system, called [Landscape][2], which is provided to all of Canonical's Ubuntu paid support customers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These tools are in addition to having helpdesk/support services, so you're not just paying for those items.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/RHNetwork/satellite/4.1.0/s1-intro-sat.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.canonical.com/projects/landscape" />
  <row Id="29444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16391" RevisionGUID="da0a625a-330b-4434-9034-6e1881e9d833" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:20:32.060" UserId="3251" Text="Absolutely - this is Kerberos delgation, and it's extremely powerful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to read a couple of TechNet articles first: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Kerberos Authentication in Windows Server 2003][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Kerberos Protocol Transition and Constrained Delegation][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then read [Ken Schaefer's][3] fanstastic blog posts on Kerberos:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [IIS (Internet Information Services) and Kerberos FAQ ][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But basically, once your SPN's are setup and you know Kerberos is working, you go to the Computer Object in the Active Directory and select the &quot;Trust this computer for delegation&quot; radio button on the Delegation tab.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ken's article on [simple delgation][5] should cover everything you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW: You were so close to the right search:  &quot;Double Hop Authentication&quot; would lead you right to this article from the [Ask the Directory Services][6] Team blog: [Understanding Kerberos Double Hop][7] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/security/kerberos/default.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc739587.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://adopenstatic.com/cs/blogs/ken/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.adopenstatic.com/faq/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.adopenstatic.com/cs/blogs/ken/archive/2007/01/28/1282.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://blogs.technet.com/askds/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://blogs.technet.com/askds/archive/2008/06/13/understanding-kerberos-double-hop.aspx" />
  <row Id="29445" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16392" RevisionGUID="a9714bac-cc78-490d-ae49-41097dc6d7d6" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:20:37.023" UserId="6491" Text="OpenBSD doesn't support TCO so you won't get any benefit from such card." />
  <row Id="29446" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16354" RevisionGUID="62e54418-f9e8-4cbd-a6d2-d87acf6d5ebf" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:20:37.070" UserId="1054" Comment="fix typo/grammar" Text="Hi to all, this is my first question and I hope I do everything correct. Thanks for setting up serverfault - such a site was missing in the internet for a long time now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the next few weeks I will get my VDSL 25 connection (at best it's 25 Mbit Download and 5 Mbit Upload). So now I was thinking about setting up my own router for VDSL because i dont want to use the Speedport router I'm getting with VDSL 25.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm really into OpenBSD and I found a nice guide about [Using OpenBSD with VDSL][1]. In a german article about setting up the [FreeBSD based pfSense for VDSL][2] i read that the computer should have at least 1 GHz with 1024 MB RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My machine will be a 800 MHz Pentium 3 with 512 MB RAM but I consider to buy a 30$ Intel Gigbit NIC with TCO (TCP Checksum Offloading). A co-worker suggested this to me because he ment that would heavily decrease the CPU load and my 800 MHz P3 could be more than enough then.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So do you have some experience about the &quot;hardware requirements&quot; for VDSL and if a NIC with TCO could help there?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Thanks in advance for all your answers!**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://un.geeig.net/openbsd-vdsl.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.heise.de/netze/pfSense-als-VDSL-Router--/artikel/116739" />
  <row Id="29447" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16391" RevisionGUID="613f3af8-93bf-4930-8854-32d29a2be6dc" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:28:11.033" UserId="3251" Comment="Added Image" Text="Absolutely - this is Kerberos delgation, and it's extremely powerful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to read a couple of TechNet articles first: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Kerberos Authentication in Windows Server 2003][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Kerberos Protocol Transition and Constrained Delegation][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then read [Ken Schaefer's][3] fanstastic blog posts on Kerberos:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [IIS (Internet Information Services) and Kerberos FAQ ][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But basically, once your SPN's are setup and you know Kerberos is working, you go to the Computer Object in the Active Directory and select the &quot;Trust this computer for delegation&quot; radio button on the Delegation tab.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![From: Ask the Directory Services Team][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ken's article on [simple delegation][6] should cover everything you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW: You were so close to the right search:  &quot;Double Hop Authentication&quot; would lead you right to this article from the [Ask the Directory Services][7] Team blog: [Understanding Kerberos Double Hop][8] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/security/kerberos/default.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc739587.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://adopenstatic.com/cs/blogs/ken/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.adopenstatic.com/faq/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://blogs.technet.com/blogfiles/askds/WindowsLiveWriter/UnderstandingKerberosDoubleHop_10E6C/image_6.png&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.adopenstatic.com/cs/blogs/ken/archive/2007/01/28/1282.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://blogs.technet.com/askds/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://blogs.technet.com/askds/archive/2008/06/13/understanding-kerberos-double-hop.aspx" />
  <row Id="29448" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16393" RevisionGUID="d42014a6-f51d-44f8-af58-8c31227e5aaa" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:28:53.247" UserId="5847" Text="if you have netflow capable devices use it. although it originated at cisco many hardware vendors support it. if it´s too taxing on your hardware use sampled netflow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but most of all get a netflow agregator like http://nfsen.sourceforge.net/ for accumulating and visualizing the data." />
  <row Id="29449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16394" RevisionGUID="6ab0d09e-16a9-4dd0-a9bf-ff3d0e0dd8c9" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:34:07.527" UserId="422" Text="The VM solution is pretty straightforward to demonstrate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Consider the power consumption of a typical 1U server, 2 CPU sockets, lots of RAM, 3 or 4 disks at most, two redundant power supplies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now look at its consumption while mostly idle, and then at 100% utilization.  While at 100% the power consumption is higher, the base consumption of just idling is a surprisingly high percentage of that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now consider consolidating 4 such servers into a single VMWare/XEN/HyperV instance on a dual 4 core box, with 2 CPU's allocated to each VM.  On average the idle consumption will be higher, as it will usually be busier, but the overhead of just being on is 1/4 the amount of 4 separate physical boxes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everything else is gravy in terms of savings after that! " />
  <row Id="29450" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16395" RevisionGUID="e36037b6-1623-43f0-95ab-d3a69007e280" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:35:56.290" UserId="4901" Text="I second PFSense, as a very satisfied user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, [hosts3d][1] (formerly homestead) if you're running *NIX / *BSD.  It is IMHO the most underrated network utility that currently exists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://hosts3d.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="29451" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16396" RevisionGUID="adaadc8f-1d08-4872-9683-68e68dfd914f" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:38:00.093" UserId="919" Text="The question to ask yourself is: **how many other people need what I need?** If you're doing what everyone else is doing, it makes sense to outsource the bulk of the work to a specialized outfit who can hire kernel engineers, monitor bugs and security patches, etc. RHN can make managing servers much easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, there comes a point when your organization wanders past the run of the mill. At that point you need experts who can do all that with an eye to the breadth of possibilities. For example, the Sanger Institute originally ran their Human Genomics servers on a proprietary UNIX that could handle 64bit filesystems and so on. They later moved to Debian and build a custom Linux kernel that met their needs in the late 90s when their hardware support was discontinued and other unfortunate events. Two of their employees were Debian Developers capable of making all that happen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's tempting to call it zero and hire novices to handle things, but I believe it's more expensive in the long run when your novices failed to plan for things Redhat and Debian Developers are aware of. If you run Debian and don't give your admins the leeway to pursue Debian contribution, you're losing a lot of valuable free peer review.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, the price of Debian isn't 0, it's the price of hiring a DD or two." />
  <row Id="29452" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16336" RevisionGUID="9862c698-b852-4834-b12b-9952de93412d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:38:45.660" UserId="4403" Comment="fixing link text" Text="IT's not undocumented, but one little know &quot;hidden&quot; feature is the Default Trace.  Unless someone explicitly disables it, SQL Server 2005 and 2008 have a system Trace that by default begins at server start.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This can be very useful for answering &quot;What Happened?&quot; type questions after a performance issue.  Just as good, it is invaluable for figuring out who was on your SQL Server at a particular time, after a security incident.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I learned about it from Jack Corbett in his article here:[1].  Jonathan M Kehayias did a Live Meeting for the PASS DBA SIG on it this past week also (see here:[2]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The following script (also from Jack Corbett) shows how to see if the Default Trace is running on your SQL Server, and what the trace files are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Select&#xD;&#xA;        CAT.name as event_category,&#xD;&#xA;        E.name as event_name,&#xD;&#xA;        C.name as column_name,&#xD;&#xA;        Case&#xD;&#xA;            When FI.logical_operator = '0' Then 'AND'&#xD;&#xA;            Else 'OR'&#xD;&#xA;        End as logical_operator,&#xD;&#xA;        Case   &#xD;&#xA;            When FI.comparison_operator = 0 Then '='&#xD;&#xA;            When FI.comparison_operator = 1 Then '&lt;&gt;'&#xD;&#xA;            When FI.comparison_operator = 2 Then '&gt;'&#xD;&#xA;            When FI.comparison_operator = 3 Then '&lt;'&#xD;&#xA;            When FI.comparison_operator = 4 Then '&gt;='&#xD;&#xA;            When FI.comparison_operator = 5 Then '&lt;='&#xD;&#xA;            When FI.comparison_operator = 6 Then 'Like'&#xD;&#xA;            When FI.comparison_operator = 7 Then 'Not Like'&#xD;&#xA;        End as comparison_operator,&#xD;&#xA;        FI.value as filter_value&#xD;&#xA;    From&#xD;&#xA;        sys.traces T Cross Apply&#xD;&#xA;        -- this function provides the details about the trace&#xD;&#xA;        ::fn_trace_geteventinfo(T.id) EI Join&#xD;&#xA;        sys.trace_events E On&#xD;&#xA;            EI.eventid = E.trace_event_id Join&#xD;&#xA;        sys.trace_columns C On&#xD;&#xA;            EI.columnid = C.trace_column_id Join&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        sys.trace_categories CAT On&#xD;&#xA;            E.category_id = CAT.category_id Outer Apply&#xD;&#xA;        --outer apply is like a left join as there may not be filters&#xD;&#xA;        ::fn_trace_getfilterinfo(T.id) FI&#xD;&#xA;    --Optional&#xD;&#xA;    Where&#xD;&#xA;        T.id = 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-- RBarryYoung&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Note: I am not trusted with hyperlinks yet, so this is what I get instead)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1: www.sqlservercentral.com/scripts/Auditing/64335/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2: sqlblog.com/blogs/jonathan_kehayias/archive/2009/05/27/pass-dba-sig-default-trace-presentation-files.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29453" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16397" RevisionGUID="cb54f274-e250-49d7-8fe5-9823c2c5faac" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:41:54.843" UserId="3528" Text="I think all of the major commercial backup software has its quirks.  I'm actually starting to like HP's dataprotector.  I've used legato and netback in the past and hadn't even heard of data protector until my current gig.  After using it for a year I'm fairly impressed." />
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  <row Id="29455" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16398" RevisionGUID="3806b553-cb44-4565-a19b-453372ee5236" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:42:21.673" UserId="5144" Text="On Windows there are viewers that are much faster &#xD;&#xA;(practically instant) in opening and use than the text &#xD;&#xA;editors that may take several seconds to open. And UltraEdit &#xD;&#xA;can be too slow in navigating around in the file if the &#xD;&#xA;large file contains long lines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The file can also be displayed in hex (e.g. for checking the&#xD;&#xA;true line ending character sequence - UNIX/Windows/Mac).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some descendants of Norton Commander, TotalCommander and&#xD;&#xA;FreeCommander, have such viewers. FreeCommander uses&#xD;&#xA;Universal Viewer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Universal Viewer can also be downloaded and used&#xD;&#xA;independently. It integrates into Windows Explorer so a file&#xD;&#xA;can be viewed directly through the context menu. However it&#xD;&#xA;does hijack the keyboard shortcut (&quot;u&quot;) in the context menu from&#xD;&#xA;UltraEdit. As for bonus points Universal Viewer does have&#xD;&#xA;regular expression search.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29456" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16398" RevisionGUID="3806b553-cb44-4565-a19b-453372ee5236" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:42:21.673" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29457" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16399" RevisionGUID="f36950a2-0259-4700-bcb0-19c3442cf4eb" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:44:22.233" UserId="5787" Text="Have you thought of using a packet sniffer that sniffs the firewall's traffic?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Get a network switch that supports a monitorig port (Cisco calls is SPAN), configure it to mirror all packets of the firewall port, connect a PC to the port and use a packet sniffing software like PRTG Network Monitor (Freeware for Windows) which shows you a list of Top Talkers, Top Connections and a graph of the traffic" />
  <row Id="29458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16400" RevisionGUID="e655dda1-6208-48a9-aa59-20f5075c35ba" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:45:46.177" UserId="5473" Text="Let's assume I have a set of co-located servers and I pay for 15Mbps at 95th percentile. I would like to use as much of that as possible without incurring overage charges. If I say that I can run my own router running Linux and route all my traffic through that, does anyone have suggestions on an easy way to setup the router to do this? I didn't find anything that worked this way out of the box. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29459" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16400" RevisionGUID="e655dda1-6208-48a9-aa59-20f5075c35ba" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:45:46.177" UserId="5473" Text="Ideas for a Linux solution to use as much of 95th percentile bandwidth as possible?" />
  <row Id="29460" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16400" RevisionGUID="e655dda1-6208-48a9-aa59-20f5075c35ba" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:45:46.177" UserId="5473" Text="&lt;bandwidth&gt;&lt;colocation&gt;" />
  <row Id="29461" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16317" RevisionGUID="38dc20a6-c432-420a-89ed-38534024574c" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:46:15.490" UserId="919" Comment="tor" Text=" - Mumble (or other VoIP) server&#xD;&#xA; - SVN / bzr / git + web interface&#xD;&#xA; - email&#xD;&#xA; - screen + irssi&#xD;&#xA; - rsync destination&#xD;&#xA; - torrent seeder (watch out for ToS and bandwidth charges!)&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;b&gt;podcast processor&lt;/b&gt; - transcode for a target platform, [time stretch][1] audio to speed it up, or even cut out the leading and trailing X seconds of advertising and title/credits fluff. This will require CPU you wont have on shared hosting, and programs you need root access to install.&#xD;&#xA; - nginx / lighthttpd. Use the opportunity to learn about alternative web servers.&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;b&gt;run a tor node&lt;/b&gt;. It's not like you care if the account gets suspended.&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_timescale-pitch_modification" />
  <row Id="29462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16401" RevisionGUID="bc9d579f-e399-4086-ac6e-7b51e8b52337" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:46:59.730" UserId="5898" Text="I'd recommend [monit][1], or [god][2] for this kind of task, over a network monitoring tool like nagios or a custom script like one of the other posters recommends.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another poster included a config snippet for Monit; God is similar in concept, but written in ruby. Both of these tools are written to handle this kind of situation, and provide far more flexibility than a custom script would (what if the process exists, but is non-responsive? What if your grep matches a different process that you didn't anticipate? ) and provide thresholding and hysteresis support &quot;out of the box&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I might use Nagios as a separate alerting and notification path, but I wouldn't use it as the sole way of monitoring and restarting the process, for the same reason that I wouldn't use handwritten scripts - it doesn't provide enough flexibility for most monitoring situations, and while you can trigger events (such as restarting a service), it doesn't have the flexibility than tools like monit do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mmonit.com/monit/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://god.rubyforge.org/" />
  <row Id="29463" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16402" RevisionGUID="cee6cd92-5f5e-4ab1-80a7-0e52bf1a71bc" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:48:59.227" UserId="5021" Text="We use Ubuntu and Debian servers in my company. My system admin screamed for ages to install RedHat but the CEO wanted to keep the IT landscape the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my company we have 6-7 people with A LOT of Debian/Ubuntu experience and we can basically get anything done very quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I came into the company I paid for 2 Ubuntu servers to have support for a year and I haven't even used it once.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So basically, what I am saying is, depending on the experience of the people of your organisation. If its not that great, then get support. If it is, then its not really needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29464" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16214" RevisionGUID="e1653f0b-2970-4342-95c8-d2421463d377" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:49:35.967" UserId="6292" Comment="Added mention of Twinview" Text="It depends on your graphics setup and your window manager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, I use an nvidia card with 2 outputs. Using the nvidia config utility I can specify the screen layout, which gives me 2 xinerama screens. Nvidia call this facility TwinView.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;xmonad is my window manager which can handle multiple screens quite easily. All modern WMs should handle this correctly." />
  <row Id="29465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16403" RevisionGUID="6d97fe4e-3555-4783-9744-e74f067c689a" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:51:28.863" UserId="1200" Text="I'm setting up a new server and am debating between the LTS and latest versions. I normally run the newest stuff (my current server for which this is a replacement is latest), but I want 64 bit this time (lots of RAM!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want stability but I also want things to just work, and 64 bit has given me headaches in the past, but it was mainly with desktop setups. Is the older, but more stable and longer supported LTS version better to go with, or latest and greatest, but be-prepared-to-upgrade-in-6-months version the best?" />
  <row Id="29466" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16403" RevisionGUID="6d97fe4e-3555-4783-9744-e74f067c689a" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:51:28.863" UserId="1200" Text="Ubuntu 8.04 LTS vs 9.04 for 64 bit server" />
  <row Id="29467" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16403" RevisionGUID="6d97fe4e-3555-4783-9744-e74f067c689a" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:51:28.863" UserId="1200" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;64-bit&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="29468" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16404" RevisionGUID="738c92b3-19d1-4187-a7a2-063761cf4901" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:55:25.890" UserId="1992" Text="This isn't a question about how to cope with or limit downtime or data-loss, I know all about that. I'm putting together a 'stories' section for my PASS post-con on disaster recovery and I'd like to be able to share some more recent and impressive tales than the ones I have from my days at Microsoft, although if you've heard me present my corruption deck any time over the last 3 years, you'll remember them all being doozies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, think of this is kind of a confessional (although I can't provide absolution :-) and of course, all stories told here happened to a friend or colleague, or at a previous company, unless you're brave and want to 'fess up. I won't pass judgement or ridicule any answers, and will only provide insight if asked to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Really, the idea is for everyone to learn from mistakes and mis-steps. As an example of a story I heard, see http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/A-sad-tale-of-mis-steps-and-corruption-(from-today).aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not sure if this will work or not on this forum, but it's worth a try.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="29469" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16404" RevisionGUID="738c92b3-19d1-4187-a7a2-063761cf4901" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:55:25.890" UserId="1992" Text="Last time SQL Server downtime or data-loss occured, what happened?" />
  <row Id="29470" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16404" RevisionGUID="738c92b3-19d1-4187-a7a2-063761cf4901" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:55:25.890" UserId="1992" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;disaster-recovery&gt;&lt;data-loss&gt;&lt;downtime&gt;&lt;war-stories&gt;" />
  <row Id="29471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16405" RevisionGUID="34245673-e843-42b2-85f6-4c4cbed90b94" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:55:40.650" UserId="4392" Text="Many routers have the ability to throttle bandwidth to within a Mb/s or so (lots are within a few kb/s, but I like to be cautious) of accuracy. The actual configuration of your router depends a great deal on what router you're using. If you set the throttle at 14Mb/s, you shouldn't have any problems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for keeping the pipe filled...well...that part is up to you! " />
  <row Id="29472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16406" RevisionGUID="96ec4eef-486c-46c9-a125-5c85eec3c7c7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:56:53.080" UserId="5473" Text="If you're at all interested in the newest software don't run the LTS version, run 9.04. As for the problems with 64-bit. I don't believe you'll run into many for a server, the problems are mostly around java and the flash plugin. If you're running software entirely from Ubuntu, and you know it has drivers for everything you need, you should be fine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29473" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="13099" RevisionGUID="56653e1a-643e-439c-a4ff-b1e244ce1a20" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:57:12.033" UserId="919" Comment="edited tags; edited tags" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;dba&gt;&lt;transaction-log&gt;&lt;backups&gt;" />
  <row Id="29474" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16407" RevisionGUID="f08b7074-7a56-4d71-ac69-886d51daf91d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:57:51.393" UserId="6365" Text="What Vim features and extension do you use?&#xD;&#xA;Which would you recommend for a Linux sysadmin?" />
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  <row Id="29476" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16407" RevisionGUID="f08b7074-7a56-4d71-ac69-886d51daf91d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T21:57:51.393" UserId="6365" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;vim&gt;&lt;features&gt;" />
  <row Id="29477" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16404" RevisionGUID="a3af68ea-3975-462c-9e6c-92e14f89d9ab" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:01:33.740" UserId="1992" Comment="added 433 characters in body" Text="This isn't a question about how to cope with or limit downtime or data-loss, I know all about that. I'm putting together a 'stories' section for my PASS post-con on disaster recovery and I'd like to be able to share some more recent and impressive tales than the ones I have from my days at Microsoft, although if you've heard me present my corruption deck any time over the last 3 years, you'll remember them all being doozies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, think of this is kind of a confessional (although I can't provide absolution :-) and of course, all stories told here happened to a friend or colleague, or at a previous company, unless you're brave and want to 'fess up. I won't pass judgement or ridicule any answers, and will only provide insight if asked to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Really, the idea is for everyone to learn from mistakes and mis-steps. As an example of a story I heard, see http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/A-sad-tale-of-mis-steps-and-corruption-(from-today).aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not sure if this will work or not on this forum, but it's worth a try.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS If you haven't seen my corruption session and heard the stories, it was the #2 session at TechEd IT Pro last year and they video-taped it: see http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/TechEd-80-minute-video-of-Corruption-Survival-Techniques-presentation.aspx. The blog post links to a bunch of corrupt databases and demo-scripts you can download and play with too (no advertizing or anything like that on our site, just info)." />
  <row Id="29478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16408" RevisionGUID="e4fb8293-7c5b-4653-967b-21defa9946a0" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:02:58.590" UserId="4392" Text="This probably isn't going to be the prevailing opinion, but I use vanilla vim. I don't use any special features (other than syntax highlighting and line numbering), but it's great, because I can go to any Unix machine and feel right at home with whatever vi they happen to be running. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16409" RevisionGUID="c43ccb62-198a-4646-a2c2-158449359d5b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:03:38.450" UserId="32988" Text="I feel that the power of vim for a sysadmin is that it's everywhere and you can instantly just start using it. That's why I have choosen not to customize my vim.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, here is a small .vimrc that I tend to copy around:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    set background=dark&#xD;&#xA;    syntax on&#xD;&#xA;    set showmatch&#xD;&#xA;    set ruler&#xD;&#xA;    set softtabstop=4&#xD;&#xA;    set sw=4&#xD;&#xA;    set tabstop=4&#xD;&#xA;    set expandtab&#xD;&#xA;    set autoindent&#xD;&#xA;    set pastetoggle=&lt;F8&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The tab-things are just because I use Python a lot, and whitespace matters there =)" />
  <row Id="29480" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16404" RevisionGUID="ca380e73-c8a6-4afb-a2a8-c315c5caef73" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:15:10.703" UserId="1992" Comment="added 141 characters in body" Text="This isn't a question about how to cope with or limit downtime or data-loss, I know all about that. I'm putting together a 'stories' section for my PASS post-con on disaster recovery and I'd like to be able to share some more recent and impressive tales than the ones I have from my days at Microsoft, although if you've heard me present my corruption deck any time over the last 3 years, you'll remember them all being doozies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, think of this is kind of a confessional (although I can't provide absolution :-) and of course, all stories told here happened to a friend or colleague, or at a previous company, unless you're brave and want to 'fess up. I won't pass judgement or ridicule any answers, and will only provide insight if asked to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Really, the idea is for everyone to learn from mistakes and mis-steps. As an example of a story I heard, see [A sad tale of mis-steps and corruption][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not sure if this will work or not on this forum, but it's worth a try.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS If you haven't seen my corruption session and heard the stories, it was the #2 session at TechEd IT Pro last year and they video-taped it: see [TechEd: 80 minute video of Corruption Survival Techniques presentation][2]. The blog post links to a bunch of corrupt databases and demo-scripts you can download and play with too (no advertizing or anything like that on our site, just info).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/A-sad-tale-of-mis-steps-and-corruption-(from-today).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/TechEd-80-minute-video-of-Corruption-Survival-Techniques-presentation.aspx" />
  <row Id="29481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16410" RevisionGUID="dbf7f42d-057e-49eb-9a22-badc48b163bd" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:15:21.890" UserId="6646" Text="Other that the classic &quot;I forgot to include the WHERE clause and I wasn't inside a transaction&quot; update/delete statement?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Kept getting the databases on one server going offline in our lab environment.  The drive the MDB files lived on would just disappear, SQL would hiccup, and I'd need to manually bring the databases back online when the drive re-appeared (usually a few minutes later)&#xD;&#xA;Spent the better part of a week with the ops guys to try and determine why the drive was going away.  It was a LUN on the SAN, with redundant paths to the switch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Long story short, turned out the fiber cables weren't fully clicked into their ports on the switch, and the cables had shifted during some recent maintenance.  They now rested in the cavity between the rack door and the recess it closes into.  When the door closed, it pulled on the cables just enough to cause the plugs to ride out and break connection.&#xD;&#xA;The door wasn't locked, just swinging freely, and when the door to the lab was opened/shut, the air movement caused the rack cage to swing back and forth." />
  <row Id="29482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16411" RevisionGUID="d7e33265-9ddf-43ac-b484-e70434be7739" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:17:36.207" UserId="5898" Text="If you're using linux, check out the [Linux Advanced Routing and Traffic Control HOWTO][1] for an introduction on how to use tc and other tools to perform traffic shaping and qos on your link.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are management systems for tc which abstract away some of the pain, such as [MasterShaper][2] and [WonderShaper][3]. I've not used either of those, and wondershaper appears to be very poorly maintained, but you might get some use out of them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or you can use a bundled firewall/management system like [pfsense][4], [m0n0wall][5], etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a simple task like setting a single cap on traffic, I'd just write a tc script using the LARTC howto though. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And finally, if you want to monitor your link usage to keep a visual and historical record of your utilisation (and your 95th percentile mark), use a tool like [cacti][6] or [munin][7] to visualise it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lartc.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mastershaper.org/index.php/Main_Page&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://lartc.org/wondershaper/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.pfsense.org&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://m0n0.ch&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.cacti.net&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://munin.projects.linpro.no/" />
  <row Id="29486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16413" RevisionGUID="28762f9b-56fb-48d2-9aa0-73923fa65a07" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:22:34.120" UserId="4733" Text="My company is looking into the same issue.  Unless I read something better here, we are going with 2 Linksys wireless routers....running DDWRT. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We like to have the public AP auto-disabled during nonbusiness hours as well as blind to our network.  It would be totally open, but may have a welcome portal via wifidog (which, thanks to serverfault, I have discovered runs nicely with DDWRT).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The staff router will not broadcast SSID and will use MAC address recognition, be available 24/7 and play nicely with our network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16415" RevisionGUID="1776f15e-5784-4ddc-8bad-783cc990262c" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:26:21.367" UserId="6646" Text="Several companies I know have set up a seperate cheap ADSL connection with a wireless router and this is what is used to provide network access to visitors. " />
  <row Id="29489" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16416" RevisionGUID="82608b85-6277-4181-b90a-4cc75acfd5f2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:27:25.500" UserDisplayName="John Brennan" Text="Assuming that the job needs to run as a service you may neeed to add that account to run as a service or create account to just log on as a service. Are you able to modify Goup Policies?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;John" />
  <row Id="29490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16417" RevisionGUID="452bea65-70b4-47e8-b9f5-dd11b715c9bb" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:28:46.760" UserId="4585" Text="I read a book about vim (Learning the vi editor) from O'Reilly, and that was all I needed.  A couple of things that I got out of it that I use all the time...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) storing macros.  Hit the 'q' key, then the key you want to bind it to, then do the command, and hit 'q' again.  Then, if you hit '@key' it'll execute that command.  If you hit '@@', it'll execute the last command.  I love this for &quot;joining every other line&quot; sometimes:  your macro is '^Jj' (go to beginning of line, Join the line, move to the next one).  Then, do '@j' (j is my macro key for this).  Then, just hold down the '@' key. It'll join every line with the next one, move down, do it again, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Splitting windows.  Type in ':sp' (horizontal split) or ':vsp' (vertical split).  It'll split the window.  You can then move between windows with Ctrl+w [hjkl] to move to the right, down, up, or left, respectively.  ZZ or :quit to close the window.  :e &lt;file&gt; to open another file.  Especially useful for diffs (vertical split) or whatever else (copying / pasting for the easy).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) If you code, folding is fantastic.  Folding, basically, closes or opens segments between markers.  Determining the markers can be done manually, by regex, by... whatever.  Google &quot;folding in vim&quot; and you should get some good tutorials." />
  <row Id="29491" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16418" RevisionGUID="d0565443-5171-447b-ba96-2a45411c6a41" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:29:11.127" UserId="2220" Text="I have a drive which was using the ext3 filesystem.  I am told that about 10Gb of data was deleted off the drive (probably via `rm`).  The drive is currently mounted as read-only to preserve all data.  Does anyone know of a method to restore some or all of the data?  Also if it helps, the OS was Fedora.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've also been told that the data is mostly ASCII fortan source code and Matlab files." />
  <row Id="29492" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16418" RevisionGUID="d0565443-5171-447b-ba96-2a45411c6a41" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:29:11.127" UserId="2220" Text="How to recover deleted files on ext3 fs." />
  <row Id="29493" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16418" RevisionGUID="d0565443-5171-447b-ba96-2a45411c6a41" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:29:11.127" UserId="2220" Text="&lt;ext3&gt;&lt;data-recovery&gt;" />
  <row Id="29494" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16419" RevisionGUID="aef8b528-3e35-4cf0-9e50-5e4ca9f86a4f" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:29:47.193" UserId="5021" Text="I would say that you can use the new 64-bit 9.04 version and just prepare that in the future you can upgrade that version to the next LTS version that comes out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;LTS means that the server and its components get supported for 6 years. You always have the option to upgrade the whole system and its rather easy with Ubuntu. Just be careful when you do that and back your system up. What will probably happen is 90% will work fine and some 10% of your apps might complain. If you don't use anything complicated - like a standard LAMP stack - I wouldn't really worry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just remember that if for whatever reason you use 32-bit, you can use more memory then 3gbs (I think 16GB) but your application can only access a maximum of 2Gbs at a time. Meaning, if you run 1 instance of MySQL, it can only access 2Gbs. But if you run 2 instances of MySQL (one on port 3306 and one on 3307) then both instances will use a maximum of 4Gbs of memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29495" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16420" RevisionGUID="002d8740-2141-4e2e-8822-d01f78120675" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:29:58.223" UserId="2116" Text="You can have a look at one question I asked on Wednesday that might help you too, here the link : &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://serverfault.com/questions/15066/free-wifi-hotspot-management-software-for-school" />
  <row Id="29496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16421" RevisionGUID="ca54b775-0a93-49cc-b293-ce7dce915a75" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:34:26.733" UserId="5898" Text="To answer your secondary points first: ATA over Ethernet just means you're not using IP for the transport - you can stil use the NICs for TCP/IP if you want, IP runs over ethernet too. However, you **really** want to keep your storage and traffic networks separate, regardless of your protocol, simply because you don't want storage traffic to interfere with network traffic, and vice-versa.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're suggesting using a desktop machine as the iSCSI target though, which I guess means this isn't for a production environment, so I'll skip any discussion of FC- or SAS-connected SANs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't used Open-iSCSI, but I have used [IETD][1] before. Evaluate both. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, there are various appliance type systems that you can use, although this will preclude using your desktop for a target. Check out [nexenta][2] and [openfiler][3] as examples.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://iscsitarget.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.nexenta.org/os&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.openfiler.com/" />
  <row Id="29497" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16422" RevisionGUID="2d90a013-16df-4074-9e2e-bafe11cddcf0" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:34:35.640" UserId="6292" Text="Try this [tutorial][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically you can use the commandline tool ext3grep to search through sections of the filesystem. I have not tried this myself YMMV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.xs4all.nl/~carlo17/howto/undelete_ext3.html" />
  <row Id="29498" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16410" RevisionGUID="0028f11c-b082-48c9-90f4-ad143e8e3657" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:35:57.620" UserId="6646" Comment="edited body" Text="Other that the classic &quot;I forgot to include the WHERE clause and I wasn't inside a transaction&quot; update/delete statement?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Kept getting the databases on one server going offline in our lab environment.  The drive the MDB files lived on would just disappear, SQL would hiccup, and I'd need to manually bring the databases back online when the drive re-appeared (usually a few minutes later)&#xD;&#xA;Spent the better part of a week with the ops guys to try and determine why the drive was going away.  It was a LUN on the SAN, with redundant paths to the switch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Long story short, turned out the fiber cables weren't fully clicked into their ports on the switch, and the cables had shifted during some recent maintenance.  They now rested in the cavity between the rack door and the recess it closes into.  When the door closed, it pulled on the cables just enough to cause the plugs to ride out and break connection.&#xD;&#xA;The door wasn't locked, just swinging freely, and when the door to the lab was opened/shut, the air movement caused the rack door to swing back and forth." />
  <row Id="29499" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16390" RevisionGUID="6e0861b8-98d6-4cd1-9f94-6b9ac22cebd7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:36:46.493" UserId="5898" Comment="added 65 characters in body" Text="RHEL comes with management benefits that CentOS doesn't - the Redhat Network management tools that let you handle channel subscriptions, package installations etc to your servers are the best single example I can think of. If you've got a lot of RHEL machines, then a system like RHN or a [Redhat Satellite Server][1] can really improve things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Canonical are offering a similar kind of system, called [Landscape][2], which is provided to all of Canonical's Ubuntu paid support customers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These tools are in addition to having helpdesk/support services, so you're not just paying for those items.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks to the commenter: I didn't know about spacewalk. Looks good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/RHNetwork/satellite/4.1.0/s1-intro-sat.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.canonical.com/projects/landscape" />
  <row Id="29500" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16423" RevisionGUID="ea187e11-44cf-4d14-8faa-f203bbea65dc" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:44:51.877" UserId="6815" Text="From memory the vCentre Server ( vmware.com/products/vi/vc/features.html )  will let you convert a machine into a template and then deploy multiple copies of that template into virtual machines. I believe there is a 60 day trial available ( vmware.com/tryvmware/index.php?p=vsphere&amp;lp=1 ).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16424" RevisionGUID="1f805a12-73a6-41e0-b644-03cce90c6e6b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:45:36.897" UserId="4392" Text="How many NICs per blade do you have? A proper iSCSI solution will require 4. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2 should go to bond the interfaces (probably in mode 1) so you can lose a nic (or switch (or cable) ) without losing connectivity. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other 2 should be setup with multipath to the iscsi target, and they should be on their own network with their own switches. iSCSI /can/ be routed and treated like normal network traffic, but according to all the people I've talked to, it /shouldn't/ be." />
  <row Id="29502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16425" RevisionGUID="1ba6bb36-d58e-40ed-b99e-11ff6c5c5c57" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:46:43.043" UserId="3256" Text="Netcomm do a product that provides Layer 2 segregation, effectively running each client in it's own VLAN. It even does an SMTP redirect - very handy if your ISP blocks port 25.  Although it's designed as a pay system with tickets, this can just be turned off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Over here in Oz it's about AUS $1,500&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.netcomm.com.au/products/hotspots/hs960][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.netcomm.com.au/products/hotspots/hs960" />
  <row Id="29503" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15983" RevisionGUID="33dda476-568c-43e5-9757-76d44aa44b5f" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:46:52.217" UserId="6558" Comment="added 979 characters in body; added 2 characters in body" Text="I have a situation where I have a dual homed VOIP server that uses two internet connections.  The solution works fine except for one problem, when the primary internet connection goes down, so does DNS resolution.  This prevents my VOIP server from connecting to my VOIP provider on the backup internet connection because it can't resolve the DNS names for the servers.  I can't use the IP's because the provider likes to move their servers around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my &quot;workaround&quot; plan is to update the HOSTS entries every x minutes on a cron job, this way unless the the primary internet is down for an extended period of time and the servers IP addresses change, i should be good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I can't really think of a good way to do this, keeping in mind that if the dns entries can't be resolved, I don't want to overwrite them with blanks or error information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps I wasn't quite clear.  The reason I need to do this is because my VOIP provider likes to move their servers around.  If I'm using a cacheing name server, and they move the servers, then i'll be hitting stale DNS data, and if I set the DNS cache time low enough then it defeats the purpose, because when the primary internet goes down, the cache will expire before it comes back up and i'm in the same boat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I need is a way to get the best of both worlds, which is the ability to react to DNS changes quickly, but not lose the ability to resolve if the connection goes down, thus the only solution I can think of is the updated hosts file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, using OpenDNS doesn't solve anything because DNS lookups don't occur on the secondary net connection, they always go out on the primary one.  This is the problem.  Even though i've bound the app to two interfaces which use different net connections, it only does DNS lookup on the primary connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16426" RevisionGUID="80578f54-4f51-4bfc-8ce5-c56fbfb58b90" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:47:35.363" UserId="5119" Text="Nagios combined with nagvis (graphics to show off monitoring)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;linked to mail, google talk and twitter.. so you cant escape the monitoring&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;its even got a great firefox plugin" />
  <row Id="29505" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16426" RevisionGUID="80578f54-4f51-4bfc-8ce5-c56fbfb58b90" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:47:35.363" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29506" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16427" RevisionGUID="02a2bb5e-bc4b-4f6a-a07f-c7d196b4dfbc" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:48:57.437" UserId="6815" Text="The situation is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- I am running VMware ESX 3.5;&#xD;&#xA;- I need five machines to read from the same disk;&#xD;&#xA;- I cannot replicate for each machine due to capacity; and&#xD;&#xA;- I need to avoid a single point of failure;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a traditional system I would point two servers at the same LUN and used a clustered file-system and this is what I'm looking for an equivalent of.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a SAN and can use Raw Disk Mappings (RDM) to map to LUNS however there is LUN limit on the SAN and I am unable to establish a LUN for each virtual machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a clever way around this or am I snookered? " />
  <row Id="29507" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16427" RevisionGUID="02a2bb5e-bc4b-4f6a-a07f-c7d196b4dfbc" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:48:57.437" UserId="6815" Text="VMware Virtual Machine Clustered Filesystem Setup" />
  <row Id="29508" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16427" RevisionGUID="02a2bb5e-bc4b-4f6a-a07f-c7d196b4dfbc" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:48:57.437" UserId="6815" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;vmware-esx&gt;&lt;cluster&gt;" />
  <row Id="29509" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16428" RevisionGUID="33690ee5-4812-44ed-8db8-e59f11b4ad39" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:50:04.283" UserId="1770" Text="Honestly, this depends a lot on what you're doing with the server, and what your expectations are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're building a box that can handle short periods of (scheduled) downtime without problem (updates/upgrades) and isn't running a mission critical service, running Ubuntu's latest stable is going to be fine.  Just remember that it will require updates if it's going to remain in production for a length of time, and plan appropriately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're building a box that needs maximum uptime, or if you plan to run commercial software that might offer limited compatibility between versions, then an LTS release is going to be your best bet.  This will allow you to run longer (with security updates available) before you have to upgrade or retire the box.  Also, as mentioned, many commercial software companies won't support all releases, but will support LTS to simplify things on their side.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, as this is for a server, I would tend to lean more towards the LTS release.  Server hardware rarely changes extensively once it's in production, and it's easier to verify that hardware before putting it into use.  Additionally, on the server side 64 bit support is quite good (in my experience) and very stable.  I doubt you'll have a need to upgrade frequently just for better 64 bit support." />
  <row Id="29510" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16429" RevisionGUID="76e1f381-ee1d-48c6-8dad-370bfb1c05ce" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:57:05.563" UserId="1529" Text="This is a pretty huge question.  There are alot of different ways people are saving energy and then in turn saving $$ by greening their datacenters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think you are asking about the ROI on such efforts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Virtualization is certainly a great example - purchase some big physical servers (2 or 4 sockets) with a ton of memory (32 - 128 GB) and then convert Physical Servers to Virtual Server (P2V) and turn off the physical servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VMware has an ROI caculator&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://vmware.com/go/calculator&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But it really depends - if you put in 3 VMware ESX Hosts that can handle 40 Server Workloads and you only migrate 10 or 20 - then you won't see the ROI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But if you counted the 40 power supplies (2 per server or 900 Watts per box) and then realize you are replacing them with 3 ESX hosts (2 per server or 1200 watts per box) then you end up yanking out 36,000 Watts (40 x 900) and replacing it with 3600 watts of power (nearly 10:1 consolidation from a Watts perspective). A net savings of around 32,000 Watts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And realize - its approximately 1 Ton of Cooling per every 3.5 kW of power - so if you take out 32,000 Watts then you can save approximately 30 tons of cooling (so you figure the cost of power to 30 tons of cooling) and that's a savings you can measure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My math be off - I been playing outside all day (sun exposure).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other big areas to improve in - Distributed Power Management - turn off or condense workloads at night, spin down disks in a SAN if not needed, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Replace batteries in UPS systems with Flywheels (http://www.pentadyne.com/).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use ambient cooling if possible, when possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Put your Datacenters somewhere with a cheaper cost per kW/hour.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use Deep Lake Water Cooling (shout out to Toronto peeps).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16430" RevisionGUID="b07a2e8a-f2fe-4a74-835a-9025c0a99e51" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:57:49.650" UserId="4392" Text="Are each of the ESX hosts running the same VM? I think I need more information about the shared disk before I can offer anything too useful" />
  <row Id="29513" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16431" RevisionGUID="2b0e2c7e-8ad0-4c5f-b214-b43f252b3b75" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:59:14.513" UserId="6828" Text="I have a number couple of XP machines that have a SQL 2005 Instance running on them, and they are set to automatic in Service Control Manager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On 1 or 2 of these machines when you reboot, the SQL Instance doesn't start. Nothing makes it into the event log that something was wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you subsequently go to Service Control Manager and Manually start the service, it starts up with no issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was wondering if anyone had any clues about what might be going wrong with these?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29514" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16431" RevisionGUID="2b0e2c7e-8ad0-4c5f-b214-b43f252b3b75" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:59:14.513" UserId="6828" Text="Why some XP installs don’t automatically Start SQL2005 Service (Instance)" />
  <row Id="29515" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16431" RevisionGUID="2b0e2c7e-8ad0-4c5f-b214-b43f252b3b75" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:59:14.513" UserId="6828" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-service&gt;" />
  <row Id="29516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16432" RevisionGUID="6069cf16-00f0-4caa-a6c5-a0a0529dbfd2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:01:10.127" UserId="1174" Text="Is running a VMware Fusion windows VM from a bootcamp partition faster than using a virtual drive?  If so, is the difference dramatic or just 5-10%" />
  <row Id="29517" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16432" RevisionGUID="6069cf16-00f0-4caa-a6c5-a0a0529dbfd2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:01:10.127" UserId="1174" Text="Is running a VMware Fusion windows VM from a bootcamp partition faster?" />
  <row Id="29518" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16432" RevisionGUID="6069cf16-00f0-4caa-a6c5-a0a0529dbfd2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:01:10.127" UserId="1174" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;bootcamp&gt;" />
  <row Id="29519" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16433" RevisionGUID="bda58cd1-5368-43cb-b19a-be18d95a23a1" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:01:11.500" UserId="5880" Text="We don't allow our people to have shared accounts. However administratively sometimes it isn't possible to have multiple account to vendors - like you said for ssl certs, etc it's more of a nightmare to track who's account that is associated with. For those cases we simple have a set of &quot;Systems&quot; passwords, that aren't written down anywhere and have codewords or triggers we use when communicating them to the other Systems personal. The codewords are generic and cannot be used to guess the password but we all know the password associated with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example the password would be created using the Condense a phrase and add numbers and non alfanumeric charicatars such as: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Windows Blinds are a Good thing to have&quot; would become&#xD;&#xA;WbRg!th@&#xD;&#xA;and the code word would be &quot;The Window Password&quot;" />
  <row Id="29520" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16383" RevisionGUID="ab948566-4b93-478c-9540-6fe52bd0ea86" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:04:31.367" UserId="3552" Comment="deleted 4 characters in body" Text="For the purpose of this question, I am interested in server/datacenter related hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you had any measureable amount of ROI by swapping existing hardware to more &quot;green&quot; or energy efficient hardware? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, VMWare says you can reduce energy consumption by up to 80% by using virtualization. I have also heard of a cooling solution from HP which is suppose to reduce a small amount of engery usage (&lt;25% I think). Google has also done something by integrating a UPS into their power supplies to reduce energy consumption. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any real world experiences would be great, but if you have any details on initial cost, savings and pay off time about what changes were make that would fantastic." />
  <row Id="29521" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16434" RevisionGUID="ee9504cb-a550-435a-a67e-d8c20f3b8286" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:08:07.930" UserId="6815" Text="VMware can get you some very nice power savings. By way of example I had a site with 8 servers that were only used during the day, these were on 8 1RU boxes running a single threaded CPU bound application. I moved them to 2x 1RU Quad Core Machines and enabled DPM. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At night and during certain periods all machines were migrated to 1 server and the second server was shut down. So from 8 servers down to 1 (plus SAN) for a significant time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the power saving alone will ever pay for VMware licenses is a different question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DPM in my mind will be the nice visible cost saver though. Depending on your environment of course certain hours require significantly less CPU time than others and the ability to save power and maybe wear and tear during that time will save you money." />
  <row Id="29522" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16435" RevisionGUID="e192a4ae-cb6c-4db6-9ba8-d13056e7025d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:08:08.147" UserId="6831" Text="The viewer in Total Commander, called Lister, easily opens gigabyte-sized text files. You can't edit them though - for that I'd recommend Notepad++." />
  <row Id="29523" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16435" RevisionGUID="e192a4ae-cb6c-4db6-9ba8-d13056e7025d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:08:08.147" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16436" RevisionGUID="6949e39a-7ed4-48c2-acfd-cac9ab6a440a" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:08:13.000" UserId="1992" Text="Is there any information in the SQL Server error log rather than the Windows event log? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does it happen every time? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sure it's the SQL service that's set to auto-start and not SQL Agent, for instance? (Apologies if that's too simple a question for you - I've seen stuff like that before).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29525" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16437" RevisionGUID="f706c226-dafc-4700-8904-b7f007cf0b0e" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:09:14.353" UserId="5473" Text="It should be a tiny bit faster. &quot;Raw disk mode&quot; is what running directly from a partition or device is called and there's a bit less software in between the VM disk writes and the physical disk. In practice I don't think you would notice running just a single VM.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29526" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16427" RevisionGUID="36dd973d-697d-4123-a807-66ce61e16587" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:10:46.817" UserId="6815" Comment="updated for clarity in the question" Text="The situation is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- I am running VMware ESX 3.5 (3 ESX Hosts);&#xD;&#xA;- I need five Virtual Machines to read from the same disk;&#xD;&#xA;- I cannot replicate data for each Virtual Machine due to capacity; and&#xD;&#xA;- I need to avoid a single point of failure (sharing from a VM is not a viable option);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a traditional system I would point two servers at the same LUN and used a clustered file-system and this is what I'm looking for an equivalent of inside of a virtualised environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a SAN and can use Raw Disk Mappings (RDM) from a VM to map to a LUN however there is LUN limit on the SAN and I am unable to establish a LUN for each Virtual Machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a clever way around this or am I snookered? " />
  <row Id="29527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16438" RevisionGUID="7f1ba56e-3d17-4838-b636-c60c2717e0ff" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:12:01.370" UserId="1247" Text="I don't know the right answer but I would imagine it would be faster since it read and writes to an actual hard vice a virtual disk.  I would be surprised if the benefit were that dramatic though.  Keep in mind that with the Boot Camp option you lose the ability to suspend or snap shot a running system.  I would recommend you asking the [VMware Fusion twitter][1] account, for an official answer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://twitter.com/vmwarefusion" />
  <row Id="29528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16439" RevisionGUID="ed4af107-5037-409c-b04e-276018b5ac84" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:17:46.973" UserId="3174" Text="If we're talking features, you can't go past the ease of search and replace with &lt;code&gt;:s/../.../[g]&lt;/code&gt;.  Of course, knowing Regular Expressions is an absolute must to get the most out of this feature.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if you code with any regularity, the ability to use the '#' key to find the previous instance of a string is a massive time-saver." />
  <row Id="29529" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16400" RevisionGUID="359f1263-c2a1-4d1a-86b2-b90a95e794cb" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:17:52.603" UserId="5473" Comment="clarified question." Text="Let's assume I have a set of co-located servers and I pay for 3Mbps at 95th percentile. I would like to use as much of that as possible without incurring overage charges. Without any throttling, the servers would generate 10Mbps of traffic, leading to overage charges. What I'm asking is for something that would not throttle at all for 5% of the time becuase the 95th percentile billing rules will throw those out, while keeping me under the 3Mbps the rest of the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29530" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16437" RevisionGUID="f7612c23-fe88-44f9-80c5-58a70331b039" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:20:43.817" UserId="5473" Comment="deleted 2 characters in body" Text="It will be a tiny bit faster. &quot;Raw disk mode&quot; is what running directly from a partition or device is called and there's a bit less software in between the VM disk writes and the physical disk. In practice I don't think you would notice running just a single VM.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16440" RevisionGUID="a2c8a547-ce66-4eb5-8a3d-fc142c9d6fa8" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:22:51.800" UserId="6352" Text="Ok, maybe this one is obvious, but not everybody knows it, so I'm pointing it out anyway: Windows Server 2008 doesn't support SCSI storage anymore for clustering, so you have to use SAN/iSCSI storage for any kind of clustering on this OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This also makes it almost impossible to create virtual test cluster in virtualized environments, as these can only emulate shared SCSI storage.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16441" RevisionGUID="dbb05284-96ef-4d68-9f12-9d685fb9197b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:23:38.943" UserId="274" Text="I took a look at this thread but i am unsure if it best suits my needs. http://serverfault.com/questions/4906/using-dd-for-disk-cloning&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to cleanly reformat a few machines. They have the same specs and from the same vendor. I would like to install a clean OS then quickly restore it to that clean state whenever i want. I have a network and external HD that can hold the image. However if i am replacing the OS how do i copy the data? A live Disc would be ok but which live disc and what else can i use? (I know dell has a quick partition restore, maybe GRUB can do something to restore my partition)" />
  <row Id="29533" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16441" RevisionGUID="dbb05284-96ef-4d68-9f12-9d685fb9197b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:23:38.943" UserId="274" Text="Restore OS quickly?" />
  <row Id="29534" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16441" RevisionGUID="dbb05284-96ef-4d68-9f12-9d685fb9197b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:23:38.943" UserId="274" Text="&lt;system-restore&gt;" />
  <row Id="29535" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16442" RevisionGUID="575050d4-0131-4de9-915d-1d74726cccde" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:25:00.453" UserId="1293" Text="There are a number of forensic file recovery tools available. One of them is [Foremost][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://foremost.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="29536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16443" RevisionGUID="0dc06585-1b7f-4b78-8dbc-3fe1cff998e6" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:25:39.360" UserId="6729" Text="    au FileType c    set foldmethod=indent&#xD;&#xA;    au FileType c    map &lt;F5&gt; :w&lt;CR&gt;:!make&lt;CR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    au FileType c    map! &lt;F5&gt; &lt;ESC&gt;:w&lt;CR&gt;:!make&lt;CR&gt;" />
  <row Id="29537" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16444" RevisionGUID="eba66068-c308-41ec-b2c8-aefc7aa3a7d5" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:27:03.960" UserId="3356" Text="If you have a department on staff that performs computer forensics, I would talk to them for guidance.  They may have more specialized tools that could be available to you.  We use enCase for much of our work, and have had excellent luck recovering deleted files from all manner of filesystems.  Autopsy is also a excellent free tool for doing the same kind of work, though my experience with it is rather lacking." />
  <row Id="29538" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16445" RevisionGUID="627e140d-e89c-43da-b587-d5362c0af668" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:28:12.163" UserId="6670" Text="From experience it causes nothing but problems. If you ever need to boot to your Bootcamp partition you'll spend 20 minutes fiddling to get it Network/Wireless/Screen Res/Mouse restored because of the VMWare Tools install..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IMO it's easier to just use the VM as a virtual partition..&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29540" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16446" RevisionGUID="d8146371-68a1-406e-b0c5-55d9133b129c" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:32:25.010" UserId="4392" Text="Image them over the network from a boot CD - dd and netcat can come to your rescue. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/networking/?p=144&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know you said that the linked thread wouldn't work, but you really can use nc and dd to do this. Play with it before you implement it, but it will work. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**&#xD;&#xA;This comment covers it well: http://serverfault.com/questions/4906/using-dd-for-disk-cloning/14928#14928" />
  <row Id="29541" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16427" RevisionGUID="b7ac06b7-e118-40f1-90d4-fb96c22599d2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:32:45.070" UserId="6815" Comment="More info" Text="The situation is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- I am running VMware ESX 3.5 (3 ESX Hosts w/ vCenter Server in a Cluster);&#xD;&#xA;- I need five Virtual Machines to read from the same disk running a clustered file system;&#xD;&#xA;- I cannot replicate data for each Virtual Machine due to capacity; and&#xD;&#xA;- I need to avoid a single point of failure (sharing from a VM is not a viable option);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a traditional system I would point two servers at the same LUN and used a clustered file-system and this is what I'm looking for an equivalent of inside of a virtualised environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a SAN and can use Raw Disk Mappings (RDM) from a VM to map to a LUN however there is LUN limit on the SAN and I am unable to establish a LUN for each Virtual Machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a clever way around this or am I snookered? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More info:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking to run a clustered application and need to share file content and configuration between two Virtual Machines, about 50gb. This was previously done using a shared LUN on a SAN. I require both load balancing and HA of the machines. I do not have the capacity to replicate the data on each VM and the application cannot tolerate any sync-lag.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Essentially I &quot;just&quot; need a way to point each VM at a single LUN and allow the VM to then control that disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Licensed features include HA/DRS" />
  <row Id="29542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16447" RevisionGUID="a52296ff-e02d-441f-a34d-985de47d731b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:32:47.380" UserId="2914" Text="If IE6 has to be in use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update all workstation IE installations and use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Server's IE6 to access intranet or extranet via RDP and deny other sites&#xD;&#xA;- [Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image][1]&#xD;&#xA;- Xenocode's [Browser Sandbox][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=21EABB90-958F-4B64-B5F1-73D0A413C8EF&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.xenocode.com/browsers/" />
  <row Id="29543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16448" RevisionGUID="41228d8a-ad5a-4e5f-b9ad-20032cfc10fc" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:36:26.373" UserId="4493" Text="I have had good luck using G4L." />
  <row Id="29544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16449" RevisionGUID="31a6bd5a-d7f7-4f56-b5e5-758fd02b3d67" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:38:12.097" UserId="6352" Text="You need console (or SSH) access to the ESXi server, and then you can copy your VMs around using standard UNIX commands (cp).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get console access:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - go to the server console&#xD;&#xA; - type ALT-F1&#xD;&#xA; - type &quot;unsupported&quot; without quotes (no echo)&#xD;&#xA; - type your password (no echo, again)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now you are at the server's command prompt; if you want to enable SSH access, edit /etc/inetd.conf and remove che comment symbol (&quot;#&quot;) from the SSH line.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16450" RevisionGUID="2483db03-dfc2-4cfc-be2e-71f76a276204" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:45:58.227" UserId="6080" Text="boot from the USB/CDROM/PXE. Acronis TrueImage, Linux System RescueCD or WinPE depends what do you require." />
  <row Id="29546" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16451" RevisionGUID="e94e2cd9-b390-4f0d-9876-2beb190043dc" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:48:33.470" UserId="6352" Text="IIS's SMTP component can't do anything else than relaying messages.&#xD;&#xA;You need some other software to accomplish this.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29547" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16452" RevisionGUID="f69a327c-9591-45f8-85b2-17d566025238" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:49:08.787" UserId="5586" Text="I recommend running the install from SP1 slipstreamed media.  There are fixes to setup that you will benefit from even before sql is installed (i.e., in order to install sql)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've had issues when ipv6 is enabled, as detailed here: http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/justinl/archive/2008/08/20/windows-2008-cluster-validation-failure.aspx . Not sure if SP1 resolved this or not, but if you don't need ipv6, may as well disable it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, to Massimo's point - you can create virtual test clusters using starwind's free iscsi target: http://www.starwindsoftware.com/free" />
  <row Id="29548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16453" RevisionGUID="591991c3-e405-49d6-8f00-9e76ccf07b0d" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:53:02.093" UserId="4733" Text="If you are referring to Windows machines (and you may not be, because you mentioned a boot loader) you could partition your drive so that the OS is on one partition (or even a second physical drive)  and the 'documents and settings' folder is on another.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then make an image of the OS with Norton Ghost or something similar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the OS goes south you can always quickly restore it using the ghost image.  The image could even be stored on the second partition with the D&amp;S folder and accessed with a floppy when restoring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16454" RevisionGUID="9293f977-813e-4b6d-8185-a7db24a3986d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:00:08.953" UserId="6352" Text="Disk performance shouldn't be a problem for a 5-user network like yours, unless you do heavy file sharing or something like that. SBS 2008 *per se* isn't more demanding than 2003 in terms of disk I/O; if your CPU and RAM configuration can handle 2008 and you're not putting more load on your server than you did with 2003, then everything will be fine.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16455" RevisionGUID="0066279a-39b8-4148-b24a-bf2ac45f0ecf" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:13:06.313" UserId="6844" Text="I have a stack of old floppy disks in my server room and before disposing or donating them, I want to make sure they are cleaned. Can anyone suggest some free utilities (Windows or Linux) for securely wiping data from a floppy disk?" />
  <row Id="29551" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16455" RevisionGUID="0066279a-39b8-4148-b24a-bf2ac45f0ecf" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:13:06.313" UserId="6844" Text="What are some free utilities for securely wiping data from a floppy disk?" />
  <row Id="29552" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16455" RevisionGUID="0066279a-39b8-4148-b24a-bf2ac45f0ecf" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:13:06.313" UserId="6844" Text="&lt;wipe-drive&gt;&lt;floppy&gt;&lt;disk&gt;" />
  <row Id="29554" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16457" RevisionGUID="5475698a-b8aa-4762-a837-c905a7530a1d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:19:07.603" UserId="3356" Text="I use [dban][1] for mass wiping of disks, it supports all the major overwrite standards and has very good hardware support.  However, modern research seems to indicate that a single zero pass wipe is sufficient for data destruction.  In that case, you might as well just use a linux system and issue the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fda&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will overwrite the floppy with all zeroes.  Change the zero to urandom for a pass of random characters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dban.org/" />
  <row Id="29556" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16458" RevisionGUID="a941694e-88b2-4ed0-a60d-4b7f027b4497" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:22:36.650" UserDisplayName="Matthew Damp" Text="If you have installed the SpyBot Search and Destroy utility to secure your Internet Explorer, it comes bundled with a secure delete application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29557" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16459" RevisionGUID="c9c73ffb-92d7-4bf3-8244-7f1a99032c3e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:22:59.223" UserDisplayName="user6848" Text="I just installed Debian 5 however the install didn't ask me for a root password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At any rate I can't log in because I don't know the root password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to regain access or do I have to install again?" />
  <row Id="29558" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16459" RevisionGUID="c9c73ffb-92d7-4bf3-8244-7f1a99032c3e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:22:59.223" UserDisplayName="user6848" Text="Debian 5 Install Login Password" />
  <row Id="29559" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16459" RevisionGUID="c9c73ffb-92d7-4bf3-8244-7f1a99032c3e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:22:59.223" UserDisplayName="user6848" Text="&lt;debian&gt;" />
  <row Id="29560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16460" RevisionGUID="29a96d41-515e-4070-8a37-92da409823de" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:23:09.520" UserId="2224" Text="VMWare isn't the only way to save energy and dollars in a data center. You need to think of your compute resources as an single system and tweak/refactor to improve the systems performance and efficiency. That's the difference between engineering and goofing around with computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some examples:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Cooling: lots of places with raised floors place perforated tile in &quot;hot aisles&quot;. That's like running a space heater in your freezer.&#xD;&#xA; - Cooling: designing datacenter space to be comfortable for humans&#xD;&#xA; - Energy: Using old equipment to provide services because it has been depreciated and is &quot;free&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's no magic number that makes a particular scheme for saving energy or other resources right for you. It depends on all sorts of different things. If you're in New York, for example, power rates will make the ROI for each saved watt of power return 3x more than South Carolina. Automating a manual process may save you money, unless some employees are in a union with a 3 year, no-layoff provision.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The size of your business and how you do accounting matters too. If you buy &amp; depreciate servers, buying fewer servers + VMWare licenses will result in tax savings and reduced capital costs. But if you lease servers, those savings may be less. If you're a government agency that receives Federal funding, VMWare will save you a fortune because you won't need to run multiple servers dedicated to particular Federal programs or grants. (The Feds don't like it when you co-mingle services on hardware they fund, and expect money back)" />
  <row Id="29561" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16461" RevisionGUID="40cd8995-def4-4609-8095-0a8437de0bd9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:23:35.247" UserId="984" Text="Perhaps a bit more destructive then you are expecting, and completely worthless if you want to donate them.  But I simply rip them open and then run the diskette through a cross-cut shredder.  You can always follow that up by running shredded bits under bulk tape eraser.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29562" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16462" RevisionGUID="97f7e050-a65d-45a3-8f01-e2ce38b33a8c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:24:29.147" UserId="984" Text="To reset the password&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Boot off a livecd&#xD;&#xA; - Mount the root filesystem&#xD;&#xA; - chroot into the filesystem&#xD;&#xA; - and then run **passwd root**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16463" RevisionGUID="b6e07823-9573-41c8-a81c-3f80a871c3ec" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:28:18.443" UserId="3740" Text="Apache is a memory hog, I think it's normal to see apache taking that much ram with a traffic usage like yours.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My advice is to upgrade your VPS. Or if you want to get the best bang for the buck, ditch Apache and use nginx/lighttpd with php-fpm. I personally use Litespeed Webserver Standard edition on my VPS and it rocks. The only downside is that it's if your sites grow past Litespeed's limit (150 concurrent connections), you will have to pay for Enterprise Edition or switch to other webservers." />
  <row Id="29564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16464" RevisionGUID="52215202-c4e9-4527-b116-c4b1cb70a6f2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:29:59.940" UserId="471" Text="I usually use [shred][1] to wipe data. I think it's pretty reliable...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/cmd/cmd.csp?path=s/shred" />
  <row Id="29565" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16465" RevisionGUID="0c852958-08d7-483d-b4f0-6a95d6bc7d01" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:31:05.273" UserId="2302" Text="[Eraser][1] is a great free program that lets you wipe to a variety of different paranoia levels and standards.  It also adds secure file deletion secure file move to the right-click menu in explorer... very handy if you do this stuff regularly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.heidi.ie/node/6" />
  <row Id="29566" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16466" RevisionGUID="1646ba6b-9471-4313-81ce-7d9785889702" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:39:36.517" UserId="2511" Text="I have a Debian server that allows users to log in. I don't mind them accessing the web or downloading files, but I want to otherwise restrict their internet access from that machine.&#xD;&#xA;How should I set up my IPTABLES or other firewall to make this work easily?" />
  <row Id="29567" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16466" RevisionGUID="1646ba6b-9471-4313-81ce-7d9785889702" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:39:36.517" UserId="2511" Text="How do you firewall Linux so that unprivileged accounts can only access the web?" />
  <row Id="29568" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16466" RevisionGUID="1646ba6b-9471-4313-81ce-7d9785889702" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:39:36.517" UserId="2511" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;iptables&gt;" />
  <row Id="29569" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16467" RevisionGUID="675db7d9-db3c-4271-baa0-e46a2edd170f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:39:40.497" UserId="1322" Text="What are the pros and cons between these two ways to synchronize your server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems to me that your server would probably not drift more than 1 second every day, so ntpdate on a crontab would be ok. But I heard you could use redundant NTP servers here &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/use.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in order to maintain synchronized time in case of failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have any suggestions?" />
  <row Id="29570" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16467" RevisionGUID="675db7d9-db3c-4271-baa0-e46a2edd170f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:39:40.497" UserId="1322" Text="Compare NTPD and ntpdate" />
  <row Id="29571" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16467" RevisionGUID="675db7d9-db3c-4271-baa0-e46a2edd170f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:39:40.497" UserId="1322" Text="&lt;ntp&gt;&lt;ntpd&gt;&lt;ntpdate&gt;&lt;time&gt;" />
  <row Id="29572" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="16380" RevisionGUID="1e108ebe-b0cb-459d-845e-a8a5e972250e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:41:26.643" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:984,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Zoredache&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="29573" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16468" RevisionGUID="cc7efee9-c1c8-4994-b3a9-1d177605b6fc" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:43:52.927" UserId="4276" Text="One of the best Live CDs/DVDs is Knoppix and it also has a Linux Terminal service which lets workstations boot Knoppix from the network. When you start it, you need to do a bit of configuration like specifying the network address or network cards used by the workstations and then it will configure all the services needed for network booting, i.e. DNS, DHCP, TFTP. It's very easy to configure it and I highly recommend it for this reason.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For copying the images over the network I recommend against using netcat. Its performance isn't quite stellar. I suggest using HTTP, e.g. `wget -O /dev/sda http://server/image`. Another good solution is NFS combined with dd. Since you have multiple workstations, you could also use something based on *multicast*, but I don't have any experience with this. Anyway, have a look at [Udpcast][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://udpcast.linux.lu/" />
  <row Id="29575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16470" RevisionGUID="257748d2-bb30-427c-ae95-0b4f44e62f61" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:46:47.463" UserId="1246" Text="I generally recommend that you run NTPD, and sync your servers with a designated time server within your organization.  That internal server will typically be syncing with one of the public NTP servers (as you linked to).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have used the ntpdate method without any problem, but it just seems more hackish than running a true ntpd daemon.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16471" RevisionGUID="f166ab51-8dc7-4185-8257-d9a2a21862f9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:48:25.777" UserId="6468" Text="I would suspect you would simply block all inbound and outbound ports for the host except for ports 22 (ssh) and 80 (web).  If you're using this computer for your own as well as helping out some friends learn, and require things like email, instant messeging, etc I would recommend creating a special group just for them that can only access a specific list of applications.   I think you may need to specify if this is a stand alone server or a workstation for you + a server for them." />
  <row Id="29578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16473" RevisionGUID="44fbceac-6fa1-428e-8de9-3c37e01a8a96" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:50:55.103" UserId="3505" Text="You don't need to use crontab, that's what ntpd is for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Initially when your time is way out, one way is to simply stop ntpd, then run `ntpdate ntp.server.com` to get it back in sync, then start ntp again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a large network though, I'd probably set up couple of local ntp server, and get all hosts to use them." />
  <row Id="29579" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16474" RevisionGUID="b76c9592-1c56-4043-84a7-2a020c788424" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:54:11.323" UserId="3505" Text="You don't need a live CD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Reboot, go interactive at the boot prompt (grub).&#xD;&#xA; * append &quot;init=/bin/sh&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will replace &quot;init&quot; with a shell, you'll fall straight into a shell, however root will be read-only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * `mount -o remount,rw /` will fix that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Change your password (mount /usr if you need to), umount everything, reboot." />
  <row Id="29580" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16468" RevisionGUID="8a33ed0a-060b-4df8-b120-1a6388670f26" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:54:36.020" UserId="4276" Comment="added 21 characters in body" Text="One of the best Live CDs/DVDs is Knoppix and it also has a Linux Terminal service which lets workstations boot Knoppix from the network. When you start it, you need to do a bit of configuration like specifying the network address or network cards used by the workstations and then it will configure all the services needed for network booting, i.e. DNS, DHCP, TFTP. It's very easy to configure it and I highly recommend it for this reason.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For copying the images over the network I recommend against using netcat. Its performance isn't quite stellar. I suggest using HTTP, e.g. `wget -O /dev/sda http://server/image`. Another good solution is NFS combined with dd. Since you have multiple workstations, you could also use something based on *multicast*, but I don't have any experience with this. Anyway, have a look at [Udpcast][1] (comes with Knoppix).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://udpcast.linux.lu/" />
  <row Id="29581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16475" RevisionGUID="716555b9-ddaa-4346-a691-cfb455299ec2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T00:59:39.790" UserId="6609" Text="On a server where access and hardening are critical, I've used the reasoning that xntpd, the version of ntpd I was relying on, required an open UDP port 123.  As I preferred to only have tcp 22 and 80 open, I used ntpdate in a crontab instead. I've never heard a good reason for why it needed that, or not one that I recall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the cons of using a crontab'ed ntpdate call is that it can't handle drift correction elegantly.  ntpdate, iirc, updates the clock as soon as it can tell that you are out of date - ntp daemons usually correct drift gently.  This has the benefit that your logs are kept sane - you can imagine, on a busy web server for instance, that if the RTC had drifted a few minutes, that reading the web logs the next day might infer that people were able to hit secure URL's before they logged in, as web hits would be out of order." />
  <row Id="29582" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16476" RevisionGUID="ab891162-8d76-4f6a-b005-8f625c327c8a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:01:17.913" UserDisplayName="user6848" Text="First of all, thanks to those who replied.  I believe your responses are valid and worthy of upvote, however, I did not try them (and I can't vote as of yet).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I did was:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- boot from the 'small' install cd (i.e. the cd I installed from).&#xD;&#xA;- enter 'rescue mode' going through the prompts&#xD;&#xA;- mount the partition (from within the 'rescue mode')&#xD;&#xA;- run passwd root (from the 'rescue mode' prompt)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Similar to what Zoredache and Xerxes explained.  There's probably many ways to go about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The last time I messed around with Linux was the .99 - 1.3 kernels." />
  <row Id="29583" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16477" RevisionGUID="da8b8ca2-6b20-484f-a2f4-56e3c48b94b9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:03:23.293" UserId="4392" Text="I have heard of issues with clock skew on virtual machines running ntpd. I have also heard of people correcting this issue by running regular cron jobs that call ntpdate against several of the pool servers.  I've not had these problems, but I've heard of them several times. " />
  <row Id="29584" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16478" RevisionGUID="26de6aac-8b62-4f36-96b0-3071ebbf0d17" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:05:01.140" UserId="1382" Text="(I know this is a slightly silly question, but...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've recently been made aware of &quot;[find][1]&quot; and &quot;[findstr][2]&quot;, despite having been doing at least light admin on Windows XP since it came out. I was surprised, to say the least, to discover that somehow these commands never managed to hove into my field of view before yesterday.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Exact quote: &quot;wow, I guess I didn't have to keep downloading grep ports after all.&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, better late then never, right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, and I'mm just curious, how long have those two been built into Windows? If it was new in XP I'll only feel slightly stupid, but I could have been using those back in my DOS 5.0 days I'm really going to feel like a doofus.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490906.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490907.aspx" />
  <row Id="29585" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16478" RevisionGUID="26de6aac-8b62-4f36-96b0-3071ebbf0d17" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:05:01.140" UserId="1382" Text="How long have &quot;find&quot; and &quot;findstr&quot; been in the windows CLI?" />
  <row Id="29586" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16478" RevisionGUID="26de6aac-8b62-4f36-96b0-3071ebbf0d17" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:05:01.140" UserId="1382" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;dos&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="29587" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16479" RevisionGUID="d5b4c007-8a62-4e86-8d38-6cc79dd073f4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:06:28.017" UserId="4883" Text="If there is a lot of them, how about a good rubbing with a Neodymium magnet?" />
  <row Id="29588" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16480" RevisionGUID="ef249ed2-0610-4cf6-891a-fe918d5ec675" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:07:02.290" UserDisplayName="WiredNut" Text="I know it seems like a lot of hardware for a small shop, but running Exchange really needs two arrays, (if not two raid controllers!) so that the datafiles and logs aren't on the same disks...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Failure of your datafile disks array (and I have seen multilple drives fail at once in RAID5) means you can recover to a point in time as long as the log files are on a separate array.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Failure with logs on the same disk means you can only get mail up to your most recent backup...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just an fyi as I know many shops will forego the expense, but I push on this as it has saved me once, and I got caught out on it once!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suppose if users are in cached mode outlook then mail can be brought current...as a  workaround--just be sure to export their mail from the workstation before bringing exchange back online...if logs are gone, the database will be older than the OST file on the client...and the client won't usually connect....until the ost is deleted and then rebuilt..so export the ost first...make sense?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Later." />
  <row Id="29589" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16481" RevisionGUID="c50dc883-89f9-418e-88de-af7ef172cdf4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:11:18.433" UserId="4883" Text="As everyone has commented on VMware, I'll talk about something different.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another way we reduce energy consumption is to not run old hardware. The servers we bought over 5 years ago consume more than twice the power, and output nearly twice the heat of low energy servers today.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tips: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look for the BTU ratings of servers before you buy, try and use efficient power supplies and low thermal-power CPU's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Decommission servers fully once they are no longer needed (i.e: remove them from the data center entirely)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/ Richy" />
  <row Id="29590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16482" RevisionGUID="de06c9c2-ffa0-447e-87f8-49f1c65b336e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:11:28.400" UserId="3459" Text="FIND has been in DOS since waaaay back.  FINDSTR I'm not sure how long that has been around but I remember using FIND on basic text files and occasionally in batch files quite some time ago." />
  <row Id="29591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16483" RevisionGUID="3b5826ff-9317-4278-b3f2-51b9489c4012" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:14:13.233" UserId="3887" Text="This is actually extremely tricky from a technical perspective (the network layer doesn't usually know anything about users; there is no &quot;user&quot; field in a network packet).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, Linux, being totally awesome, does have a solution for you.  You'll need the iptables &quot;owner&quot; module, and rules along the lines of this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;iptables -A OUTPUT -o eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;iptables -A OUTPUT -o eth0 -m owner --uid-owner 500 -j DROP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where &quot;500&quot; is the UID of the user you'd like to block from hitting the net.  The first rule just allows all outbound port 80 traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You probably need to load the owner module before this will work:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;modprobe ipt_owner&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, add that to your rc.local file, or similar.  This assumes, of course, that your system has this module installed.  I don't know what package provides it on Debian.  It might be in the standard iptables package." />
  <row Id="29592" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16484" RevisionGUID="7ef95093-26d9-403c-9c35-2e78751ede67" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:15:04.683" UserId="3174" Text="Findstr was in the Windows NT4 Resource Kit and added to the native OS in W2K and higher.   'find.exe' has been in DOS forever.  I seem to recall using it in DOS 3.3." />
  <row Id="29593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16485" RevisionGUID="610d36a7-a64f-43b2-8877-7272856c375e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:19:16.083" UserId="984" Text="Find is on my DOS 5.0 disks, but it isn't a replacement for grep in my opinion." />
  <row Id="29594" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16485" RevisionGUID="610d36a7-a64f-43b2-8877-7272856c375e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:19:16.083" UserId="984" />
  <row Id="29595" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16486" RevisionGUID="f21751c7-a243-46a1-92fe-89745b2681d4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:19:41.557" UserId="4883" Text="As a rule commercially supported Linux is a good idea because help is there when you need it the most.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16487" RevisionGUID="fea66fed-9618-4388-8689-7152bb20baeb" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:22:44.253" UserId="4874" Text="One of [these](http://www.nvidia.com/object/tesla_supercomputer_wtb.html) babies." />
  <row Id="29597" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16487" RevisionGUID="fea66fed-9618-4388-8689-7152bb20baeb" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:22:44.253" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29598" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="13998" RevisionGUID="298c6602-4489-4937-add0-70e5ec28160d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:22:58.153" UserId="3314" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:3314,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Copas&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="29599" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16488" RevisionGUID="dd19f0c9-8895-4509-b6fc-2f07d88f3122" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:23:25.423" UserId="3887" Text="&quot;For me the issue with CPanel or Webmin is their dependency on specific application versions, specific configuration structure, and so on, and so on.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is true of cPanel, but not Webmin.  Webmin supports pretty much every version of every service it manages, and usually before new versions are even stable (we usually add support during the early betas or development cycle).  Squid 3.0 was supported five years before anyone was even using Squid 3.0, for example...and extreme case, since Squid 3.0 took so long to become a reasonably stable alternative to 2.6 (rewrites take a long time).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Webmin is an excellent example - it was removed from main Debian repositories because it became old and unreliable.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Webmin never became old and unreliable.  The Debian package became old and unmaintained, and no one stepped up to maintain it.  Completely different situation.  Webmin has pretty much never gone more than three months without a release, and the release cycle is faster now than at any point in its history (about every two months).  Webmin will probably find its way back into the Debian repository eventually (as soon as one of us has time/inclination to volunteer to maintain it)." />
  <row Id="29600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16489" RevisionGUID="a532e84c-23b8-4f5a-ba3c-a5baf61d16e8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:23:26.030" UserId="4883" Text="Archlinux is the closest to what you are looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However you will need to do more than just &quot;tick a few boxes&quot;, but the build will be relatively painless, very lightweight and easy to script for repeatability." />
  <row Id="29601" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="16488" RevisionGUID="df53721f-6dab-4c90-b4a8-ac16fcda2f44" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:23:57.200" UserId="3887" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:3887,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;swelljoe&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="29602" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="16488" RevisionGUID="4ffbb9d0-f601-4cbd-9374-3402ebe0d128" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:24:14.097" UserId="3887" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:3887,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;swelljoe&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="29603" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="13998" RevisionGUID="247c76e0-321c-4147-b2cf-2dab1d0bf4dd" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:24:33.300" UserId="3314" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:3314,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Copas&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="29604" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16490" RevisionGUID="7f25388b-249b-463f-85b6-f4d79a30ff55" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:25:51.237" UserId="5611" Text="Since I can't comment until 50rep, here is a comment to the currently accepted answer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please take some time and read Richard Bejtlich's excellent post on &quot;[Cheap IT is Ultimately Expensive][1]&quot;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To sum up, **&quot;It is not cheaper to leave compromised systems operating within the enterprise because of the &quot;productivity hit&quot; taken when a system must be interrupted to enable security analysis.&quot;**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://taosecurity.blogspot.com/2009/05/cheap-it-is-ultimately-expensive.html" />
  <row Id="29605" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16491" RevisionGUID="364d8663-f85a-43ce-b504-72874e68bae1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:28:27.913" UserId="4917" Text="Hi All,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Im getting some unexplainable happenings on my home network. Like lots of data being chewed. Ive got mac address filtering and WPA on, but it hasn't helped.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I was wondering does anybody know of a program that will tell me how much each IP on the network has transferred? Maybe it needs to go through a proxy, which im fine about. I'll just route all data through my server. Basically i just want to find out if somebody else is getting onto my network somehow. So i need a network monitor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help would be great!" />
  <row Id="29606" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16491" RevisionGUID="364d8663-f85a-43ce-b504-72874e68bae1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:28:27.913" UserId="4917" Text="Record network data By Ip address" />
  <row Id="29607" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16491" RevisionGUID="364d8663-f85a-43ce-b504-72874e68bae1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:28:27.913" UserId="4917" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;" />
  <row Id="29608" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16492" RevisionGUID="80e09ad7-dfcc-468d-9094-2e31c1a0aa42" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:30:09.813" UserId="6468" Text="It sounds like you're over thinking Linux. Any Linux distribution allows for a customized kernel, that's the point (and one of many powerful features) of Linux.  You should install any of the big name Linux distros with a package system and be good to go.  For instance in Fedora ( http://www.fedoraproject.org ) you can simply select Add/Remove Software and select a &quot;collection&quot; like Developer Libraries and it installs the proper packages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want specialized support, you have it at your fingertips!" />
  <row Id="29609" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16488" RevisionGUID="d4c5a600-583b-4e65-9e99-867a4437d458" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:32:21.480" UserId="3887" Comment="added 2061 characters in body; deleted 1 characters in body" Text="&quot;For me the issue with CPanel or Webmin is their dependency on specific application versions, specific configuration structure, and so on, and so on.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is true of cPanel, but not Webmin.  Webmin supports pretty much every version of every service it manages, and usually before new versions are even stable (we usually add support during the early betas or development cycle).  Squid 3.0 was supported five years before anyone was even using Squid 3.0, for example...an extreme case, since Squid 3.0 took so long to become a reasonably stable alternative to 2.6 (rewrites take a long time).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Webmin is an excellent example - it was removed from main Debian repositories because it became old and unreliable.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Webmin never became old and unreliable.  The Debian package became old and unmaintained, and no one stepped up to maintain it.  Completely different situation.  Webmin has pretty much never gone more than three months without a release, and the release cycle is faster now than at any point in its history (about every two months).  Webmin will probably find its way back into the Debian repository eventually (as soon as one of us has time/inclination to volunteer to maintain it).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, I'm completely comfortable on the command line, and I use both Webmin and ssh for my server maintenance.  Not just because I'm one of the Webmin developers (I was a user before I joined the project), but because it provides a lot of nice benefits:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You don't have to know the syntax of every service on your system.  BIND and Sendmail both have notoriously confusing syntax, for example.  I make mistakes when I edit them directly.  I certainly can read the docs...but for simple updates, it's just faster to use Webmin.&#xD;&#xA; - Webmin provides some services of its own, that are easy to use and generally useful.  Stuff like service monitoring and alerts.  Sure, I could setup mon or monit or one of the dozens of other monitoring apps, or I can just use Webmin, which I already use for a bunch of stuff.&#xD;&#xA; - I prefer the Webmin MySQL module to phpMyAdmin, so I like having it around anyway.  It means I don't have to consult the docs every time I want to create new tables, update tables, dump or restore a database, etc.  I can certainly do all of that from the command line, but I usually have to look things up when I do, as I'm not a database guy most days.&#xD;&#xA; - Delegation.  Webmin has finer-grained ACLs for many things than are easy to implement on the command line.  sudo is cool, but it is difficult to say something like, &quot;OK, you can edit X, Y and Z hosts files in BIND, but not A, B, and C&quot;, while Webmin makes that really easy.  And, of course, if I'm delegating, the person I've delegated to might not have any clue how to do things on the command line, but can be trained in the web UI in a few minutes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You ought to know how to work on the command line, if you're administering a server, but it doesn't hurt to use tools to help you and make your life easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, you don't have to choose command line or control panel.  At least not with Webmin.  It parses and understand the config files, and respects comments and file order and such.  It's perfectly safe to use Webmin and the command line for pretty much any task." />
  <row Id="29610" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6190" RevisionGUID="4477eea7-0208-4d2b-924e-aa809c3de595" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:32:24.663" UserId="2101" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;hacking&gt;&lt;compromise&gt;&lt;intrusion-cleanup&gt;" />
  <row Id="29611" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16493" RevisionGUID="431363b2-541d-4a98-b9e6-c341a090eee5" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:35:20.603" UserId="4883" Text="You can also do it in .htaccess&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's an example which blocks by useragent, but the idea is the same: http://jetfar.com/trap-content-scraper-spam-harvester-bots-using-honeypot-wordpress-htaccess/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; AFAIK Deny rules in Apache config and iptables have linear lookup time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would try it and then do some testing before you rule this out - the impact might be unnoticeable, and it would be very easy to maintain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Similarly you could try adding the list to /etc/hosts.deny&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wouldn't assume which is faster without testing both first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers&#xD;&#xA;/ Richy" />
  <row Id="29612" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16494" RevisionGUID="f4883c43-597e-4801-b8cf-e4d55ddf9a32" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:36:00.477" UserId="4872" Text="On a couple of occassions jobs on my Redhat Linux server hang up due to IBM Director's  &quot;cimserver&quot; processing using 100% of the CPU.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seen on,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Redhat 2.6.18-8.el5PAE #1 SMP&#xD;&#xA;Redhat 2.6.9-67.ELsmp #1 SMP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This Technote (in Japanese!!) seems to deal with a similar problem: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www-06.ibm.com/jp/domino04/pc/support/Sylphd07.nsf/jtechinfo/SYJ0-0186A56 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know what triggers this? " />
  <row Id="29613" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16494" RevisionGUID="f4883c43-597e-4801-b8cf-e4d55ddf9a32" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:36:00.477" UserId="4872" Text="IBM Director cimserver hangs up the server using 100% CPU" />
  <row Id="29614" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16494" RevisionGUID="f4883c43-597e-4801-b8cf-e4d55ddf9a32" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:36:00.477" UserId="4872" Text="&lt;ibm&gt;&lt;redhat&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="29615" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16495" RevisionGUID="70c33bc8-8e6f-4cd8-81e0-f13d30abdde4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:36:16.373" UserId="4392" Text="A dual homed machine capable of acting as your gateway router would be perfect for this. Here's a howto that might help: http://www.stanford.edu/~fenn/linux/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using that would permit you to watch the streams, packet counts, etc etc so you could examine every packet transmitting across your network. " />
  <row Id="29616" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16496" RevisionGUID="9684a055-14fc-4203-9c71-bc197a252c7b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:36:31.990" UserId="5611" Text="Since I cannot comment until rep50, here is my comment on the following answer that was posted by Edmundo.: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*You could configure a computer with the same IP address as the computer you wan to block and ethernet will make the rest.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This answer is inaccurate:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) &quot;[Ethernet][1]&quot;  has nothing to do with IP Addressing and IP Address Conflicts--It is usually used to refer to the physical connectors/cabling, [not Layer 3 of the OSI Model.][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2)  In an DHCP IP Addressing conflict, the [&quot;network interface on both on them gets disabled, causing each system to lose its connectivity until the conflict has been resolve&quot;][3]  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, this is not always the case, but for this particular scenario, this is more than likely what would happen&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anapologetos&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osi_model#Layer_3:_Network_Layer&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://cws.internet.com/article/3735-.htm" />
  <row Id="29617" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16496" RevisionGUID="9684a055-14fc-4203-9c71-bc197a252c7b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:36:31.990" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29618" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16497" RevisionGUID="6ca760c5-a513-4aa4-8e54-a24aec7d9bdc" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:37:25.297" UserId="5969" Text="If money wasn't an issue I would run IBM i5. There are just sweet machines that can do some truly AMAZING things. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically I like the hardware level virtual machines, multi-os support, object based OS and security, and IBM Support rocks." />
  <row Id="29619" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16497" RevisionGUID="6ca760c5-a513-4aa4-8e54-a24aec7d9bdc" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:37:25.297" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29620" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16498" RevisionGUID="59959587-b95c-42a9-923c-375a07048b4c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:38:24.810" UserId="2101" Text="Another option is to configure a proxy server (Squid) somewhere that allows general anonymous internet access but requires a login to do anything else. Then block access from your server at the firewall but allow the proxy through.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you only have one machine, I would echo swelljoe's suggestion. Or combine the two ideas and make everything more granular if you prefer :)" />
  <row Id="29621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16499" RevisionGUID="4cacf46b-01ba-421d-8c65-4a6315cc1206" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:50:48.287" UserId="2339" Text="You could have a look at rPath Linux. There's this rBuilder service which allows for building custom distros. It sounds like they are mainly presenting themselves as a virtual appliance building platform, but you may be able to use the result on real hardware as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't had a chance to work with rPath myself, but perhaps it will suit your needs." />
  <row Id="29622" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16483" RevisionGUID="88ee9909-ca0c-4389-8042-5150cdb7542e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:52:40.467" UserId="3887" Comment="added 8 characters in body" Text="This is actually extremely tricky from a technical perspective (the network layer doesn't usually know anything about users; there is no &quot;user&quot; field in a network packet).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, Linux, being totally awesome, does have a solution for you.  You'll need the iptables &quot;owner&quot; module, and rules along the lines of this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A OUTPUT -o eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A OUTPUT -o eth0 -m owner --uid-owner 500 -j DROP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where &quot;500&quot; is the UID of the user you'd like to block from hitting the net.  The first rule just allows all outbound port 80 traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You probably need to load the owner module before this will work:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;modprobe ipt_owner&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, add that to your rc.local file, or similar.  This assumes, of course, that your system has this module installed.  I don't know what package provides it on Debian.  It might be in the standard iptables package." />
  <row Id="29623" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16500" RevisionGUID="dc11eed6-2399-490d-9c20-047a86d6dd12" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:52:58.327" UserId="6871" Text="I agree it is a bad idea, but why not answer their question?" />
  <row Id="29624" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16501" RevisionGUID="906cdaf3-019b-42bd-8821-4f2f22e1bcbc" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:54:01.057" UserId="4276" Text="You can use a SELinux policy for this, but unfortunately it's a bit more complicated to set it up than the iptables solution." />
  <row Id="29625" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14503" RevisionGUID="29fc223d-f641-4206-ae14-7a572a2a4fb5" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:54:32.567" UserId="5137" Comment="added 5 characters in body" Text="My company has multiple offices connected over a WAN.  We would like to deploy a centrally-managed WiFi configuration to all offices, with the following characteristics:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Two SSIDs (simultaneously available on each AP):  One public and routed only to the Internet, and one private and connected to our LAN.&#xD;&#xA;* Central management of AP configurations across the WAN.  This could be a canned tool, or scripted bulk upload of text-based config files.&#xD;&#xA;* RADIUS authentication for the private network.&#xD;&#xA;* Direct routing from each AP to a local address or to the appropriate router for the next hop.&#xD;&#xA;* APs that can use Power over Ethernet (though not all locations have PoE switches).&#xD;&#xA;* Reasonable price, possibly in exchange for some DIY effort on the config side.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of our offices currently uses a commercial product which satisfies most of these criteria, but it needs a central controller in each office.  Traffic is tunneled from the APs back to the controller, and from there to the destination.  If we were to deploy APs across the WAN, all traffic would be tunneled from site B back to the controller in site A, then back to a &quot;local&quot; destination in site B.  Putting controllers in each office, though, gets expensive very quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I'm looking for leads on individual APs or complete solutions that will satisfy these criteria at a reasonable price.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you in advance." />
  <row Id="29626" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16502" RevisionGUID="c6c9231c-d23e-4e46-a032-bfcc0d618456" CreationDate="2009-06-01T01:55:42.910" UserId="3356" Text="I've been using a package called [Argus][1], written by Carter Bullard at [Qosient][2].  You feed it either a promiscuous network card, or a tcpdump file, and it outputs file containing the flow data for all the network traffic seen.  It comes with a number of client programs for doing various and sundry types of analysis on the traffic.  There is a switch to record MAC addresses, if seen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://qosient.com/argus/index.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://qosient.com/" />
  <row Id="29628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16503" RevisionGUID="014e01c8-775a-4f61-a8cc-ee09203f7e3e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:00:47.610" UserId="4883" Text="Can't believe no one mentioned [Netcraft][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;What's that site running?&quot; Top left hand corner.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://news.netcraft.com/" />
  <row Id="29629" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16504" RevisionGUID="8fa1a25c-4664-42a3-b06c-0c72dc4c9150" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:01:27.547" UserId="6750" Text="If you can put your card into promiscuous mode and the router sends all the packets, you can use wireshark to watch/analyse traffic." />
  <row Id="29630" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16505" RevisionGUID="dba68ebb-f897-4397-8ea8-7275902f088b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:04:59.880" UserId="6750" Text="ntpdate is intended for one-off updates, if you want time to be regularly synchronised, then use the service for that purpose, ntpd.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's no compelling reason not to use ntpd as far as I can tell" />
  <row Id="29631" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="16431" RevisionGUID="7b2bdf08-8793-4a5f-b3fb-d1a7b00380ca" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:05:23.590" UserId="6828" Comment="added SQL2005 tag" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-service&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="29632" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16506" RevisionGUID="2db59d7e-65d6-4194-9148-aa234a30a196" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:06:08.723" UserId="6873" Text="I just created an opensolaris nas box last week, and this afternoon a loud alarm started going off.  What is that and how do I turn it off?" />
  <row Id="29633" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16506" RevisionGUID="2db59d7e-65d6-4194-9148-aa234a30a196" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:06:08.723" UserId="6873" Text="opensolaris alarm?" />
  <row Id="29634" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16506" RevisionGUID="2db59d7e-65d6-4194-9148-aa234a30a196" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:06:08.723" UserId="6873" Text="&lt;opensolaris&gt;" />
  <row Id="29635" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16507" RevisionGUID="d44d2fe0-b5ce-45a7-bd44-de0f05fb2468" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:10:57.417" UserId="4883" Text="Worker is required if you use mod-wsgi in daemon mode (which I prefer as there are other sites running on my apache server).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you use mod-wsgi in embedded mode, either is OK.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's in the docs: http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/" />
  <row Id="29636" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16508" RevisionGUID="61ec7f60-c52f-4522-ab2f-f51d612e5def" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:11:21.550" UserId="1054" Text="Uh, a UPS?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where exactly is this alarm originating from?" />
  <row Id="29637" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16509" RevisionGUID="a68badf6-f9f2-4920-a50b-119cf91b3a4f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:12:57.837" UserId="6750" Text="autopsy has served me well for this purpose.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;debugfs also might be of assistance&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other approach, which I suspect isn't possible since you're asking, is to restore from your backups ;)" />
  <row Id="29638" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16510" RevisionGUID="9fea68e8-9aa6-4e85-8f64-1622329fd738" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:16:43.570" UserId="1054" Text="Who would you donate them to?  I can't remember using a floppy in the last 8 years, seriously.  How many do you have?  If there isn't a ton of them, crush them with your hand for stress relief..." />
  <row Id="29639" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16431" RevisionGUID="adac6550-edb8-4855-8dd6-8c50880dcf76" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:18:32.253" UserId="1054" Comment="little rewording" Text="I have a number of XP machines that have a SQL 2005 Instance running on them, and they are set to start automaticly in Service Control Manager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On 1 or 2 of these machines when you reboot, the SQL Instance doesn't start. Nothing makes it into the event log that something was wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you subsequently go to Service Control Manager and Manually start the service, it starts up with no issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was wondering if anyone had any clues about what might be going wrong with these?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29640" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16511" RevisionGUID="4f140224-0925-4c29-bb23-1b55e8e9b1f9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:19:02.113" UserId="6750" Text="iftop is a useful *nix utility for watching traffic.  Depending on what firewall/router infrastructure you have, it might fit the bill." />
  <row Id="29641" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16004" RevisionGUID="35a226db-52b8-4896-bcf8-54eec2524622" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:19:20.240" UserId="4883" Comment="OP Edited the question.; added 4 characters in body" Text="Why don't you just use a third party dns server instead? opendns is fast, reliable and free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They will be completely independent of which internet connection you are running through, you really shouldn't need to stuff around with host files and cron jobs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT: Based on your edit...**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So you haven't defined the second connection as an alternative gateway?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can give the second connection a higher 'metric' value which effectively means it becomes the default gateway if the primary connection goes down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the route [man page][1] and a good [howto][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you've done that, you should be able to use a good non ISP DNS provider (Like OpenDNS), and have two fully redundant Internet connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/ Richy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.die.net/man/8/route&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.rpdb.multiple-links.html" />
  <row Id="29642" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16512" RevisionGUID="ac871c00-82aa-43d4-8319-dc42d7032174" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:20:51.533" UserId="4392" Text="I used to have a very handy poster which had all of the Cisco equipment in matrix form which laid out which router had which interfaces and slots, with the same for the switch lines. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a web-based equivalent of this? It would be very handy when trying to decide which networking equipment I need to buy. " />
  <row Id="29643" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16512" RevisionGUID="ac871c00-82aa-43d4-8319-dc42d7032174" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:20:51.533" UserId="4392" Text="Looking for a matrix of Cisco equipment" />
  <row Id="29644" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16512" RevisionGUID="ac871c00-82aa-43d4-8319-dc42d7032174" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:20:51.533" UserId="4392" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="29645" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16513" RevisionGUID="7624e1de-5578-45ca-9f9f-a460acf33649" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:21:04.917" UserId="4531" Text="The NTP algorithm includes information to allow you to calculate and fix the drift in your server's clock. NTPD includes the ability to use this to keep your clock in sync and will run more accurately than a clock on a computer not running NTPD. NTPD will also use several servers to improve accuracy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ntpdate does not keep any state to perform this service for you and only connects to one server so will not provide the same kind of accuracy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately if your clock is a lot out of sync, when started NTPD can get confused and take a long time to drift back to correct time. The recommended practice is to sync once with ntpdate to get yourself close and then use NTPD to keep yourself in sync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for security concerns, ntp servers to not connect back on uninitiated connections, which means your firewall should be able to tell that you initiated the ntp request and allow return traffic. There should be no need to leave ports open for arbitrary connections in order to get NTPD to work." />
  <row Id="29646" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16514" RevisionGUID="123d061c-9879-475a-a79e-4c0f4d718aa6" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:22:00.733" UserId="6383" Text="ntpd is preferred over ntpdate because you get smooth time correction rather than jumps in your clock.  What sense do you make of your logs when there's a backwards time jump in them?  ntpdate will also transparently switch between servers as needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for requiring open ports (as mentioned by Kyle), newer versions of ntpd (e.g. 4.2.4 on my Debian server) can be configured to broadcast/multicast to the LAN, with cryptographic authentication." />
  <row Id="29647" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16506" RevisionGUID="170a54ea-8b82-4324-a305-fb7d754b96b1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:30:57.783" UserId="6873" Comment="added 244 characters in body; edited title; added 14 characters in body; added 2 characters in body" Text="I just created an opensolaris nas box last week, and this afternoon a loud alarm started going off.  What is that and how do I turn it off?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-- update --&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The alarm appears to be coming form the mother board (intel).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I moved the box away from the wall so the back of it could vent better and a minute later the alarm went off.  I'm wondering if the alarm had something to do with temperature." />
  <row Id="29648" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="16506" RevisionGUID="170a54ea-8b82-4324-a305-fb7d754b96b1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:30:57.783" UserId="6873" Comment="added 244 characters in body; edited title; added 14 characters in body; added 2 characters in body" Text="opensolaris alarm, what is it from?" />
  <row Id="29649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16515" RevisionGUID="af508e5d-3761-441d-bdf2-72d24e67c0bd" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:37:26.677" UserDisplayName="BigHairyPrincess" Text="I'm running lighttpd on a Debian Lenny host. My lighttpd version has a bug where it doesn't recreate its compress.cache-dir on startup (I have it set to use /tmp/lighttpdcompress/). As a result, on reboot, lighttpd fails to start. What can I do to have the system recreate this directory *before* it runs lighty's init script?" />
  <row Id="29650" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16515" RevisionGUID="af508e5d-3761-441d-bdf2-72d24e67c0bd" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:37:26.677" UserDisplayName="BigHairyPrincess" Text="How can I recreate a directory in /tmp on reboot?" />
  <row Id="29651" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16515" RevisionGUID="af508e5d-3761-441d-bdf2-72d24e67c0bd" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:37:26.677" UserDisplayName="BigHairyPrincess" Text="&lt;lighttpd&gt;" />
  <row Id="29652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16516" RevisionGUID="cb8a61e1-ea20-4eeb-9eb8-57243b1258de" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:38:47.737" UserId="6767" Text="Either modify your startup script to create it if it doesn't exist, or use a directory structure that won't get blasted at reboot time, like /var/tmp." />
  <row Id="29653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16517" RevisionGUID="da134c5c-9b2d-47b6-a062-ba8f8d0563a4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:53:42.963" UserId="1982" Text="I think it's a question of voltage.  NEMA 5-20R can only support 125V (the common household voltage in the US...minus your electric clothes-dryer, of course).  IEC C14 can support up to 240V, a more common voltage outside the US.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So why would 240V be better than 125V?  The higher the voltage, the more efficient the power supply (I believe because it doesn't have to be stepped down as much from the building's electrical feel...which is 480V (or higher, with even larger buildings).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By way of a real-world example, we've switched one of our DataCenters to be entirely 3-phase 208V power (using IEC C13/14 and C19/20 outlets).  We're expecting to lower our bill by almost 50% compared to the 125V power (not accounting for overall growth).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29654" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16514" RevisionGUID="aa5c984d-da6c-4640-bf41-11d9869c6dc4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:57:06.873" UserId="6383" Comment="added 129 characters in body" Text="ntpd is preferred over ntpdate because you get smooth time correction rather than jumps in your clock.  What sense do you make of your logs when there's a backwards time jump in them?  ntpdate will also transparently switch between servers as needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for requiring open ports (as mentioned by Kyle), newer versions of ntpd (e.g. 4.2.4 on my Debian server) can be configured to broadcast/multicast to the LAN, with cryptographic authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: see also [this question][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6438/time-synchronization-and-scheduled-tasks" />
  <row Id="29655" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16518" RevisionGUID="58c285c6-8dcd-43b6-b34a-6037953755ee" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:57:59.273" UserId="29210" Text="If you have Perl installed, you can use ack for most of your text searching needs: http://betterthangrep.com/" />
  <row Id="29656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16519" RevisionGUID="020111c2-9558-4f03-8e76-b5fee2404dd8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:59:34.807" UserId="5880" Text="I'd go for a Dell M1000e Blade Chassis with 8 of the new M710 Full Height blades chock full of 144GB of ram and the Xeon L5520 Processor, and throw in a couple of equalogix SANs with a couple of TB of storage .. say 20 - 30 TB should be good." />
  <row Id="29657" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16519" RevisionGUID="020111c2-9558-4f03-8e76-b5fee2404dd8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T02:59:34.807" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16520" RevisionGUID="c4e2134a-8f56-4301-9d2c-a5518594ad31" CreationDate="2009-06-01T03:02:12.400" UserId="3528" Text="install netmon 3.3 from here:&#xD;&#xA;[Network Monitor 3.3 is available here ][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use the top users expert in network monitor 3.3 See [Top Users Expert for Network Monitor 3.3] [2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Once you've installed the expert by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; running the MSI, &quot;Top Users by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Endpoint&quot; and/or &quot;Top Users by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Conversation&quot; will appear in the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; experts menu. Once you run the expert&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a new window will show up and display&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a data grid. The data will depend on&#xD;&#xA;&gt; any display filters applied or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; conversation tree nodes you might have&#xD;&#xA;&gt; selected. The data grid contains a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; list of nodes or conversations and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; then statics on the frames and bytes&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that have been sent and/or received.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By using the expert you don't need to worry about how to analyze the data yourself, the tool will do it for you.  If you know nothing about netmon (or network analyzers) watch this video intro:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Network Monitor (Netmon) 3.3 Overview][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;FamilyID=983b941d-06cb-4658-b7f6-3088333d062f&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.technet.com/netmon/archive/2009/04/30/top-users-expert-for-network-monitor-3-3.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Will+Gregg/Network-Monitor-Netmon-33-Overview/" />
  <row Id="29659" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16521" RevisionGUID="651f2a12-ac95-4ac2-a78a-2520f8ab7866" CreationDate="2009-06-01T03:09:16.303" UserId="6178" Text="I can't up vote or comment at the moment, but I agree with David Mackintosh's answer.  Just edit the init script for lighttpd to add &quot;mkdir /tmp/lighttpdcompress' command.  I have not looked a the script, but make sure you put the command in just before the execution of the lighttpd daemon statement." />
  <row Id="29660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16522" RevisionGUID="e396b5f7-3d88-457c-9ba6-2bdc538706f5" CreationDate="2009-06-01T03:11:46.610" UserId="6707" Text="    alias svndiff='svn diff --diff-cmd=colordiff'&#xD;&#xA;    alias df='df -h'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first line uses colordiff to colorize svn diff output&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29661" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16523" RevisionGUID="c4f36806-e0c6-47cf-9e40-40b46ae36fa5" CreationDate="2009-06-01T03:18:20.060" UserId="6338" Text="Speaking from personal experience, I think that any new *nix admin would be well served by installing Linux on their desktop (and router, ipod, xbox, toaster, whatever). I started my Linux administrator career as a Windows-running, Putty-bound admin and I learned much during those times. However, after repeated cajoling by some senior *nix admins, I switched over to a Linux desktop and my knowledge and understanding of that OS bloomed much more quickly than before. This knowledge was often gained through struggle, as in running bleeding-edge kernels to get barely-supported laptop hardware to function correctly, but the insights that such experiences provided into the particulars of the Linux kernel and the various core subsystems were invaluable to my growth as a *nix systems administrator (eg - the transition from adequate to competent).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The daily act of interfacing with any OS brings with it an increased comfort with and knowledge of the particulars of its underlying components. Splitting time between a personal and a professional OS also split's one's attention, and integration issues between the two can also lead to the same loss of productivity that moving to Linux can bring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do dislike the idea of coercing a junior staff member into running an OS against their will but perhaps some gentle suggestions from senior staff could be enough to inspire a migration, as it was in my case." />
  <row Id="29662" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16524" RevisionGUID="950136a7-733b-4b8f-af8c-5e87a17c6b5d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T03:24:24.167" UserDisplayName="Todd" Text="I use these this web site.  You need to sign up but you can access you choosen computer.  I use to to fix my dad's computer.  I use the basic free versio.  Works fine with both Mac and PC&#xD;&#xA;https://secure.logmein.com/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29663" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16525" RevisionGUID="308a1aba-2d22-4628-9a16-e069298be85c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T03:26:56.970" UserId="1181" Text="Based on the information you have already gathered, I am inclined to agree with you. If the box close enough to the wall that it prevented air from being directed out of the back, you would be getting temperature related issues/alarms." />
  <row Id="29664" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16526" RevisionGUID="a104523f-db8c-4224-be71-ee0757729832" CreationDate="2009-06-01T03:27:02.803" UserId="3528" Text="You could store them in an ADAM partition (now called AD LDS in 2008 speak).  Then you can have all your users (internal and external) in one directory service. You would not need to manage openldap and you can use the same tools used to manage your existing users to manage your extenal ones without putting the external user in your current forest.   You can find an ADAM overview here:[Create Custom Directories with ADAM][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2006.07.customdir.aspx" />
  <row Id="29665" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16527" RevisionGUID="66f453ec-e61e-4402-97ed-2ae4e0844158" CreationDate="2009-06-01T03:30:46.773" UserId="6199" Text="I would refer you to this classic article: [Finding Great Developers][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;The great software developers, indeed, the best people in every field, are quite simply never on the market. The average great software developer will apply for, total, maybe, four jobs in their entire career.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyways, my thought is that advertising isn't enough, why would a good clueful administrator leave their current job and join you guys? That's part of what you need to consider and include in any message you try to send to these people ($5000 per year training budget, 4 weeks holidays, whatever you think will float their boat). If you create an attractive position you should be able to hit up your network and hopefully one of them will either go &quot;sod it, I'm switching jobs&quot; or &quot;hey this would be perfect for Bob, I'll forward it to him&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FindingGreatDevelopers.html" />
  <row Id="29666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16528" RevisionGUID="93d5bfdb-b86b-4cb7-861c-bbf4e800c7a2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T03:31:02.233" UserId="6344" Text="I've been using NTOP for a few years now; haven't had any reason to try/use anything else.  Will give you traffic for each IP and where the traffic has gone/come from for each IP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.ntop.org/" />
  <row Id="29667" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16529" RevisionGUID="770aaf98-b507-4ef1-8381-7f08fb6e60e2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T03:39:14.277" UserId="6383" Text="I was going to suggest /opt/&amp;lt;vendor&amp;gt;/&amp;lt;product&amp;gt; even before I saw you suggest it in your proposed extension. So, yes, it works for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My rule of thumb is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/, /usr: The OS itself; things that use the native packaging system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/usr/local: things I've developed myself, or that I've compiled from source.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/opt: third party products." />
  <row Id="29668" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16530" RevisionGUID="d5ab0d58-5850-4bae-bd14-8d73ac0e5b19" CreationDate="2009-06-01T03:46:14.637" UserId="6199" Text="Use the VMware -&gt; AMI conversion trick. Just run the VMware image, update it, convert it to an AMI image using QEMU tools (qemu-img convert) and presto." />
  <row Id="29669" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16530" RevisionGUID="d5ab0d58-5850-4bae-bd14-8d73ac0e5b19" CreationDate="2009-06-01T03:46:14.637" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29670" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16531" RevisionGUID="8173d826-5326-474f-8386-21998a059b44" CreationDate="2009-06-01T03:55:10.733" UserDisplayName="Gavin" Text="figure out which breaker is his room.  flip it before you go to bed.  When you wake up, turn the power back on. The cable modem and router should start back up but his laptop will likely not reconnect to the torrent clients.  You would lose your network, but only while you sleep." />
  <row Id="29671" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16531" RevisionGUID="8173d826-5326-474f-8386-21998a059b44" CreationDate="2009-06-01T03:55:10.733" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16532" RevisionGUID="96c48e2e-8800-42d3-b5ef-e8e48d64661c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T03:59:17.653" UserId="5880" Text="I have a whole bunch of management/inventory scripts that search through AD for differnt things, and query them over WMI for vital stats such as shares on the server, disk space, used disk space, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;General Scripts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Get Free/used disk space, RAM, etc&#xD;&#xA; 2. Query WMI for bios info, server make model, etc&#xD;&#xA; 3. Check AV version, and make sure certain registry entries are there&#xD;&#xA; 4. Audit Shares on Windows Servers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;User Scripts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Enumerate AD grabbing all users, and what groups they belong to then write to Excel, or CSV&#xD;&#xA; 3. Find currently logged on users Via TS and on the console&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have one that enumerates all VMWare guest machines on my ESX servers &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a script that grabs files after x days and securely deletes them. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically I can do what took about 200 lines of VBScript and do it in 10 of Powershell. You can also do stuff you just can't do or do well in VBScript - like send emails with attachments - which i do regularly to send me the results of my scripts. Also you can write meaningful and unique entries into the event log with custom service names and Event IDs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's what I can think of off the top of my head. My tool of choice is Powershell now, it just makes life easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically it is just about as useful to a sysadmin as bash scripting is to a Unix admin." />
  <row Id="29673" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16532" RevisionGUID="96c48e2e-8800-42d3-b5ef-e8e48d64661c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T03:59:17.653" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29674" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16533" RevisionGUID="f86b17fd-3114-47fc-a176-ec07c0af9d14" CreationDate="2009-06-01T03:59:55.873" UserId="58" Text="Hi folks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've never heard about [RDDtool][1] or [Cacti][2] until the StackOverflow krew mentioned it in a blog, which is how they keep tabs on their network bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any .NET alternatives to RDDtool or Cacti? I will not install MySql and/or PHP on our boxes but would like to leverage the .NET framework &amp; IIS that exists on them. We also have access to a sql 2008 db if required.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, doesn't anyone know of any alternatives?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/index.en.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.cacti.net/index.php" />
  <row Id="29675" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16533" RevisionGUID="f86b17fd-3114-47fc-a176-ec07c0af9d14" CreationDate="2009-06-01T03:59:55.873" UserId="58" Text="Are there any .NET alternatives to RDDtool ?" />
  <row Id="29676" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16533" RevisionGUID="f86b17fd-3114-47fc-a176-ec07c0af9d14" CreationDate="2009-06-01T03:59:55.873" UserId="58" Text="&lt;cacti&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;bandwidth&gt;" />
  <row Id="29677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16534" RevisionGUID="8a3cf197-ab74-4441-ab72-6e31bb8bf205" CreationDate="2009-06-01T04:00:33.670" UserDisplayName="anon" Text="Sun's Solaris is still significant in the server market.  What are some of the advantages to using it in a Unix shop?  Since it's easy to mix and match Linux and Solaris, are there special tasks at which Solaris servers excel?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29678" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16534" RevisionGUID="8a3cf197-ab74-4441-ab72-6e31bb8bf205" CreationDate="2009-06-01T04:00:33.670" UserDisplayName="anon" Text="What are OpenSolaris/Solaris strengths on server hardware?" />
  <row Id="29679" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16534" RevisionGUID="8a3cf197-ab74-4441-ab72-6e31bb8bf205" CreationDate="2009-06-01T04:00:33.670" UserDisplayName="anon" Text="&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;opensolaris&gt;" />
  <row Id="29680" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16535" RevisionGUID="f8d340d4-9b42-455e-b6d6-45fdabc0f9ce" CreationDate="2009-06-01T04:10:46.943" UserId="3505" Text="I'm not sure why you'd use `/etc/launchd.conf` as opposed to `/etc/profile` - but I'm no expert in Mac OS X - I believe you in that I'm sure it works, but `launchd` is the Mac OS X implementation/replacement for `init` - Mac OS X confuses me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, `setenv PATH &quot;$PATH:/more/paths:/and/more/paths&quot;` will work (tcsh), and the bourn shell equivalent is `export PATH=&quot;$PATH:/more/paths:/and/more/paths&quot;` - I have no idea how `launchd` is related to a particular shell either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think I've asked more questions then I've answered =)" />
  <row Id="29681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16536" RevisionGUID="b15b86b8-200a-4537-807a-8237146e5ae8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T04:14:39.400" UserId="5880" Text="You can run RRD tool without SQL it just dumps to local files. We use MRTG (sorry can't put a hyperlink ... too new Google is your friend) to graph our network traffic currently - although I'm working on moving it to cacti. You'll need PERL for MRTG though. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a dedicated linux box to track this stuff though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just out of curiosity why do you refuse to put PHP/MySQL on your servers? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16537" RevisionGUID="8d04f53b-063c-4986-9949-c49bd8ca45c9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T04:16:15.310" UserId="4889" Text="For USB ports:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http:// www.lindy.co.uk/usb-port-blocker-pack-of-4-colour-code-blue/40452.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http:// us.kensington.com/html/17084.html" />
  <row Id="29683" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16538" RevisionGUID="181649c4-ab82-4059-acfa-59d49bf5e86f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T04:18:31.980" UserId="3657" Text="In CS class in high school we had a giant magnet you could turn on to wipe disks.  Of course, we had to do that to a classmate's homework once...just to test it.  I'm sure it would work for you." />
  <row Id="29684" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="155" RevisionGUID="15bb908e-f2fa-4f7e-9534-b3aeda8938ac" CreationDate="2009-06-01T04:18:58.267" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;remote-support&gt;&lt;screen-sharing&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="29685" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16539" RevisionGUID="62fc25b3-8a34-4f7b-a7fb-ec5bfaf689c3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T04:19:14.867" UserId="3463" Text="I agree, it sounds like a temperature alarm.  Have you tried looking at the documentation for the motherboard?  Also, are you able to check the BIOS to see whether there are settings for temperature alarms?" />
  <row Id="29686" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16540" RevisionGUID="b52e3dc5-8e6f-46b3-99f6-e5ea182247eb" CreationDate="2009-06-01T04:19:54.367" UserId="2783" Text="I would say two of the big advantages to Solaris are ZFS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZFS) which is a 128-bit filesystem who's awesomeness I could not begin to describe in a few paragraphs, and DTrace (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTrace), which allows for real-time kernel level troubleshooting/tuning of production systems in realtime.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Sun has a &quot;benefits of running Solaris 10&quot; document available here: http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/articles/s10_dsee_benefits.pdf" />
  <row Id="29687" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16541" RevisionGUID="2164b55d-d846-4bcf-967a-b58009e34fb2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T04:23:29.773" UserId="3657" Text="We use ScriptLogic which includes a remote desktop component that I believe is primarily based on the same engine that LogMeIn uses (which I use for personal use)" />
  <row Id="29688" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15695" RevisionGUID="cff01edd-07be-4ac7-b406-c498539d45a4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T04:25:21.173" UserId="1" Comment="deleted 13 characters in body" Text="Just be very careful with closing handles; it's even more dangerous than you'd think, because of handle recycling - if you close the file handle, and the program opens something else, that original file handle may be reused.  And now guess what happens if the program continues to work with the handle, thinking it is some other file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;see [Raymond Chen's post](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.04.windowsconfidential.aspx) on this topic&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29689" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16542" RevisionGUID="c728ee1e-cd3a-4f93-a126-f4c94f8f6feb" CreationDate="2009-06-01T04:25:49.143" UserId="2783" Text="If you are running Windows 2000 or later, you can use cipher.exe (included with the OS) to securely overwrite deleted data on a drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft's KB article here: [How To Use Cipher.exe to Overwrite Deleted Data in Windows][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315672" />
  <row Id="29690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16543" RevisionGUID="7b71f755-c705-4934-bb43-76e5706acc5c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T04:34:05.243" UserId="3657" Text="Here is their small business product line&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.myciscocommunity.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadBody/5673-102-1-8705/8141_Cisco_APAC_small_biz_product_guide_poster_v2_2_4_09.pdf;jsessionid=56F7F1D112E701D84DACCFBDDC032F3D.node0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some enterprise offerings&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/routers/ps380/prod_brochure0900aecd8070826d.pdf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29691" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16544" RevisionGUID="5377a7da-e3e1-4af4-9387-e1632268dc21" CreationDate="2009-06-01T04:41:19.830" UserId="3657" Text="I was going to suggest iSCSI but no matter how you slice it, you need to create a LUN to share between the VMs regardless of the protocol (FC, iSCSI) used.  You mention a LUN limit, but you shouldn't need to create more than a single LUN for all the VMs to share.  Each would have an RDM pointing to that LUN.  Are you saying you lack the ability to create a single additional LUN on your SAN?" />
  <row Id="29692" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16545" RevisionGUID="2181ea1b-cc59-4059-85ef-0c3d913852b1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T04:41:41.030" UserId="6898" Text="Guamaniac hit on the difference, but his numbers are slightly off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are in a commercial building with 3-phase power, then you may be able to run your servers at 208V. (240V will not be available. That is only in residential 2-phase power. None of the racks I looked at were certified to run at 240V in North America.) Most power supplies in modern servers are auto-sensing, and will run more efficiently and cooler at the higher voltage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since you won't want people to come along and plug in devices that require 120V (also known as 115V), the electrical code requires using C14 instead of NEMA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For our server room, I chose to go with 120V. Since my servers are generally lightly loaded, I wouldn't save much on electricity anyway. It was more important to be able to be able to plug in devices like monitors, KVM units, and small switches that we already owned, anywhere in the room without having to run double the number of circuits. So we just ran NEMA everywhere." />
  <row Id="29693" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14266" RevisionGUID="afb98d40-d4ed-47d8-8152-21e96dde013d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T04:41:49.703" UserId="4651" Comment="added 249 characters in body" Text="my moderately loaded webserver sits at around 100-150 switches a second most of the time with peaks into the thousands.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;High context switch rates are not themselves an issue, but they may point the way to a more significant problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit:  Context switches are a symptom, not a cause.&#xD;&#xA;What are you trying to run on the server?  If you have a multiprocessor machine, you may want to try setting cpu affinity for your main server processes.&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;Alternatively if you are running X, try dropping down into console mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit again: at 16k cs per second, each cpu is averaging two switches per millisecond - that is half to a sixth of the normal timeslice.  Could he be running a lot of IO bound threads?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit again post graphs: Certainly looks IO bound.  is the system spending most of its time in SYS when the context switches are high?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit once more: High iowait and system in that last graph - completely eclipsing the userspace.  You have IO problems.  &#xD;&#xA;What FC card are you using?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit: hmmm. any chance of getting some benchmarks going on your SAN access with bonnie++ or dbench during deadtime?  I would be interested in seeing if they have similar results.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit: Been thinking about this over the weekend and I've seen similar usage patters when bonnie is doing the &quot;write a byte at a time&quot; pass.  That may explain the large amount of switching going on, as each write would require a separate syscall." />
  <row Id="29694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16546" RevisionGUID="1de7c45b-cae7-42dd-94df-aa579a546662" CreationDate="2009-06-01T04:45:07.077" UserId="6338" Text="Off the top of my head, here are some of the options that I'll manually set if I don't have a .vimrc on a particular server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;set ic&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;set sc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;set incsearch&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which provide:&#xD;&#xA;case insensitive search&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;smart case-insensitive search, such that case-sensitivity is turned on if you search for a pattern using mixed-case characters&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;turn on incremental search results, where matches are highlighted while the text is being entered&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When pasting text into vim with auto-indent turned on, any leading whitespace in the pasted characters can lead to formatting problems where the texts indent level increases with each line. In that case, simply issue the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;set paste&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and the text formatting will no longer suffer from the indentation problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Issuing a &quot;set nopaste&quot; will disable this mode." />
  <row Id="29695" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16547" RevisionGUID="ddfa1bca-e3c3-4a93-8547-3e3a76104751" CreationDate="2009-06-01T04:45:33.550" UserId="6905" Text="If you have a Linux system then use dd, or in a Windows system I would go for for Eraser&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29696" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16548" RevisionGUID="1f014953-a18b-415b-b14d-a1bfe8a797d6" CreationDate="2009-06-01T04:50:35.490" UserId="4883" Text="/tmp is cleared every reboot.&#xD;&#xA;/var/tmp is not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use /var/tmp instead, it's the [convention][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-5.15.html" />
  <row Id="29697" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16546" RevisionGUID="7a2206ba-00cc-4036-a7d7-296c35089ab3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T04:53:08.807" UserId="6338" Comment="fixed formatting error" Text="Off the top of my head, here are some of the options that I'll manually set if I don't have a .vimrc on a particular server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    set ic&#xD;&#xA;    set sc&#xD;&#xA;    set incsearch&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which provide:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. case insensitive search&#xD;&#xA;2. smart case-insensitive search, such that case-sensitivity is turned on if you search for a pattern using mixed-case characters&#xD;&#xA;3. turn on incremental search results, where matches are highlighted while the text is being entered&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When pasting text into vim with auto-indent turned on, any leading whitespace in the pasted characters can lead to formatting problems where the texts indent level increases with each line. In that case, simply issue the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`set paste`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and the text formatting will no longer suffer from the indentation problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Issuing a `set nopaste` will disable this mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Visual mode is also incredibly useful, allowing one to select blocks of text that can then be yanked, deleted, transformed, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To enter line-wise visual mode, hit `shift + v` and the standard up/down movement keys will select lines of text.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To enter character wise visual mode, hit `ctrl + v` and the left/right/up/down movement keys&#xD;&#xA;will allow one to select blocks of text.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another common feature that I use: selecting text then hitting `gq` to format it into lines broken at 78 characters. This is particularly useful when I edit Wiki articles using the &quot;Its All Text&quot; Firefox plugin." />
  <row Id="29698" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16549" RevisionGUID="127eb5f4-5837-4c97-a104-85e8c05bf260" CreationDate="2009-06-01T04:54:23.720" UserId="6856" Text="A lot of network devices has a terminal RJ-45 socket, which is usually a simple COM-port.  So, to configure such a device, you have to connect RJ-45 socket to PC's (or terminal's) DB-9 COM-port. Documentation usually says: &quot;use the terminal cable, provided with the device&quot;, and then the awful discovery shows up: &quot;Hmm... uh... terminal cable? That tiny little thing, which I threw out just after buying the device five years ago?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only way to patch situation up quickly - to use handmade cable, which you could do in couple of minutes, knowing the propper pinout. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So that is the case, which terminal cable pinouts for such things as CISCO or D-link devices do you know?" />
  <row Id="29699" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16549" RevisionGUID="127eb5f4-5837-4c97-a104-85e8c05bf260" CreationDate="2009-06-01T04:54:23.720" UserId="6856" Text="Network equipment console cables" />
  <row Id="29700" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16549" RevisionGUID="127eb5f4-5837-4c97-a104-85e8c05bf260" CreationDate="2009-06-01T04:54:23.720" UserId="6856" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;cables&gt;&lt;terminal&gt;&lt;connection&gt;" />
  <row Id="29701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16550" RevisionGUID="de8461a5-32e6-4c46-9a40-d2da3ed1b935" CreationDate="2009-06-01T04:54:33.767" UserId="5989" Text="A wiki with limited write access would work well. Limited in that only a few individuals across the organization/company would be able to update the main portal page, and then each team or sub-org could have people that maintain their section of the site. This would encourage collaboration and get involvement from more people, so they might actually care about what is on the main internal company page, rather than take what they're given and complain about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I worked on a medium sized system administration organization in IBM, and we used a Wiki based portal for accessing team documentation and putting together best practices. It was put into place four years ago when I was there and per a friend still there, is still used and liked across that organization. Other teams we worked with adopted similar solutions for their own use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We deployed the original site on a Sun E450 with 2 CPUs, and about 1G memory. The site itself was running [tikiwiki][1], which is a php based content management wiki package. These days I would look into a wiki package that is also a ticket management system, so users can open a ticket directly to fix problems with the portal. [Redmine][2] or [Trac][3] are great tools for this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://info.tikiwiki.org/tiki-index.php&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.redmine.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://trac.edgewall.org/" />
  <row Id="29702" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13530" RevisionGUID="1d52dc78-86ce-4112-b42f-5c2367b47461" CreationDate="2009-06-01T04:57:07.940" UserId="3038" Comment="Added code-sample" Text="Microsoft is doing all it can to make PowerShell the choice of power-users and automation writers everywhere. Gone are the days of compiling code in .NET in order to do the same thing, now you just need notepad.exe and google. We're big fans of it in the office, especially since Exchange 2007's Management Console does NOT include everything that you can do in PowerShell. Microsoft deliberately failed to implement things that only get done once in a great while, easier to develop that way, which downright forces its use if you have anything resembling a complex environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Managing Microsoft's newer generation of products (Win7, Windows Server 2008, Exchange 2007/2010, SQL Server 2008) all have very rich PowerShell hooks. Once Remote Powershell (PowerShell 2.0 IIRC) gets deployed with Server 2008 R2, it'll become even MORE useful for automation writers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What we've done with it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Create a web-page to delegate certain admin tasks to helpdesk users. The web-page fires off commands that get executed in PowerShell. Things it does:&#xD;&#xA;   * Create and delete user accounts, including provisioning Exchange 2007 mailboxes and home directories&#xD;&#xA;   * Unlocks locked out accounts&#xD;&#xA;   * Create/delete groups&#xD;&#xA;   * Add/remove users from groups&#xD;&#xA;   * Move users between mail-stores&#xD;&#xA;   * Set passwords&#xD;&#xA; * Take extracts from the ERP system and push global-address-book data into Active Directory nightly.&#xD;&#xA; * Solve the LegacyExchangeDN problem that cropped up with our Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 migration. Had to add an X500 address to everyone that used to be on Exchange 2003. A fairly short PowerShell script fixed it.&#xD;&#xA; * Scripted creation of &quot;group mailboxes&quot; (shared mailboxes in Exchange where multiple users have access to the mailbox), an otherwise manual process due to the nature of the data we need before kicking it off. It greatly standardized the setup of these mailboxes.&#xD;&#xA; * Created a script that walked through all domained machines resetting a specific registry key and restarting a service. It took 18 hours to complete, but it got the job done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So yes, PowerShell is going to be with us for quite some time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**: Adding a code-sample, since it was requested&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;$list=import-csv(&quot;groupusers.csv&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;$lastseengroup=$list[0].group&#xD;&#xA;$ADGroupPrefix=&quot;grp.netware.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;$ADGroupSuffix=&quot;{redacted -- in the format of ,ou=groups,dc=domain,dc=domain,dc=domain}&quot;&#xD;&#xA;Clear-Variable memberlist&#xD;&#xA;Clear-Variable unknownusers&#xD;&#xA;foreach ($entry in $list) {&#xD;&#xA;    if ($($entry.group) -ne $lastseengroup) {&#xD;&#xA;        echo &quot;stumbled across new group $($entry.group), committing changes to $lastseengroup&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        $newgroup=$ADgroupPrefix+$lastseengroup&#xD;&#xA;        $newgroupdn='&quot;'+&quot;cn=$newgroup$ADGroupSuffix&quot;+'&quot;'&#xD;&#xA;        echo &quot;getting DN for $newgroup&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        $existinggroup=dsquery group domainroot -name $newgroup&#xD;&#xA;        if (($existinggroup -ne $null)) {&#xD;&#xA;            dsmod group $newgroupdn -chmbr $memberlist&#xD;&#xA;        } else {&#xD;&#xA;            dsadd group $newgroupdn -scope u -secgrp yes -members $memberlist -desc &quot;Group imported from eDirectory&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;        Clear-Variable memberlist&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    $User=get-user $($entry.member) -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue&#xD;&#xA;    if ($User.isvalid) {&#xD;&#xA;        $UserDN=$User.distinguishedname&#xD;&#xA;        $memberlist=$memberlist+'&quot;'+&quot;$UserDN&quot;+'&quot; '&#xD;&#xA;    } else {&#xD;&#xA;        $unknownusers=$unknownusers+$($entry.member)&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    $lastseengroup=$($entry.group)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;}&#xD;&#xA;dsadd group &quot;cn=$ADGroupPrefix$lastseengroup$ADGroupSuffix&quot; -scope u -secgrp yes -members $memberlist&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;This takes a CSV file created with a perl script and updates a set of groups. If the group already exists, it replaces the membership with that specified in the file. If the group does not exist, it creates it. This is a one-way sync. Also, not *quite* in production yet, but close." />
  <row Id="29704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16552" RevisionGUID="149f5017-1397-4ab7-a1cc-d6ee34e759a8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T04:57:49.343" UserId="4883" Text="You could also show them how easily available rainbow tables are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://project-rainbowcrack.com/table.htm" />
  <row Id="29706" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16553" RevisionGUID="687e28bc-c6dd-4b33-86e2-55e8881939f2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:01:30.070" UserDisplayName="Ryan Rohrer" Text="My macbook pro has (lately) been running extremely hot, and by extremely I mean that when I flash video is playing it breaks 105C or 221F! The system idles around 60F, I run it on a smooth hard surface, and have all the latest updates. I'm wondering if anyone knows of some tests I can run on it, or If anyone else is having heat issues like this.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recently had the GPU replaced through applecare and apple claims everything is fine with my computer.  I called them but they just told me to take in to an apple store, yet the closest apple store is 3 hours from my house.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help would be appreciated!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
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  <row Id="29708" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16553" RevisionGUID="687e28bc-c6dd-4b33-86e2-55e8881939f2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:01:30.070" UserDisplayName="Ryan Rohrer" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;temperature&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;running-hot&gt;&lt;apple&gt;" />
  <row Id="29709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16554" RevisionGUID="a8200bf1-ff81-4b5b-a7d3-273e01168605" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:02:35.467" UserId="6901" Text="I don't know the latest Debian 5, but if it didn't ask you for a root password, is it possible  you just need to login using your normal user (say roygbiv) and run something like that to enable the root login:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo passwd root&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first password you'll be asked is your user password (roygbiv) and the next passwords will be your new root password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to do that in Ubuntu (which is Debian based) if you want to activate the root user so I guess it's a possibility. I'm just surprised you weren't asked for the password during the installation process." />
  <row Id="29710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16555" RevisionGUID="65caad97-e99a-4552-bdb5-f59bbe0c5ca3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:04:37.473" UserId="3657" Text="Cisco provides detailed information about their console cables&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps332/products_tech_note09186a0080094ce6.shtml" />
  <row Id="29711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16556" RevisionGUID="07ce960f-9b5e-49bb-8819-413a7e4c0418" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:05:41.513" UserId="6897" Text="ZFS rocks. The more disks you have in your systems, the more it rocks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I'm a fan of JumpStart for building up servers. One touch (boot from network) installation &amp; configuration so that your machine is production ready is fantastic. Obviously there's a fair bit of work in getting it automated, but in a configuration controlled environment it can't be beat. &#xD;&#xA;RedHat Linux's kickstart is good as well, but I believe JumpStart (with frameworks like JET) provides a fair bit more functionality." />
  <row Id="29712" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16515" RevisionGUID="a7315947-362e-49b9-9af5-6303041c4722" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:06:40.683" UserDisplayName="BigHairyPrincess" Comment="Replied to my answers with the resolution I chose." Text="I'm running lighttpd on a Debian Lenny host. My lighttpd version has a bug where it doesn't recreate its compress.cache-dir on startup (I have it set to use /tmp/lighttpdcompress/). As a result, on reboot, lighttpd fails to start. What can I do to have the system recreate this directory *before* it runs lighty's init script?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks to all! I'm switching to a directory under /var/tmp to sidestep the problem." />
  <row Id="29713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16557" RevisionGUID="b4fa353f-1c10-44c8-b344-1603b6c3f3ca" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:07:06.923" UserId="6912" Text="One of our primary webservers, which runs Apache on Ubuntu, is coming under attack from heaps of referrer SPAM requests lately. There's enough of this that it is really sucking up our internet bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do others deal with this and block it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29714" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16557" RevisionGUID="b4fa353f-1c10-44c8-b344-1603b6c3f3ca" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:07:06.923" UserId="6912" Text="Dealing with referrer spam" />
  <row Id="29715" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16557" RevisionGUID="b4fa353f-1c10-44c8-b344-1603b6c3f3ca" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:07:06.923" UserId="6912" Text="&lt;spam&gt;&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="29716" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16558" RevisionGUID="f1368982-7dc6-41cf-931c-f22225beb976" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:08:00.650" UserDisplayName="charlie" Text="Anyone know how to start the wizard that goes through the series of IE 8 configurations when it is first installed? I somehow dismissed it and now I'm getting Windows Update suggesting that I download the compatibility view list. This is a waste of time for a server and I'm not sure what other settings I missed that need to be turned off for an IE 8 instance on a windows server." />
  <row Id="29717" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16558" RevisionGUID="f1368982-7dc6-41cf-931c-f22225beb976" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:08:00.650" UserDisplayName="charlie" Text="ie 8 settings on a server" />
  <row Id="29718" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16558" RevisionGUID="f1368982-7dc6-41cf-931c-f22225beb976" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:08:00.650" UserDisplayName="charlie" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;internet-explorer&gt;" />
  <row Id="29719" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16559" RevisionGUID="054a9948-8dc1-436c-af2a-f428e69bc541" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:08:55.000" UserId="6623" Text="I'm looking for a simple way to serve my pylons application in both HTTP &amp; HTTPS (for the administration section). I had come across some tutorials on serving pylons applications through an Apache web-server but I don't need that kind of overhead for something so simple. This got me thinking, is it possible to do it with one of the lighter web-servers out there lighttpd? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know much about either outside of pylons so any help would be appreciated. I already have a server certificate (self-signed) that I use for my pylons &lt;-&gt; postgresql connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Seemingly I cannot create a new tag &quot;pylons&quot; so I will add it when I am able." />
  <row Id="29720" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16559" RevisionGUID="054a9948-8dc1-436c-af2a-f428e69bc541" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:08:55.000" UserId="6623" Text="Recommended setup to serve both HTTPS &amp; HTTP connections to a pylons web-application" />
  <row Id="29721" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16559" RevisionGUID="054a9948-8dc1-436c-af2a-f428e69bc541" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:08:55.000" UserId="6623" Text="&lt;python&gt;&lt;lighttpd&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;ssl&gt;" />
  <row Id="29722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16560" RevisionGUID="e8725079-6afb-48ea-a5fe-0126735385da" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:10:15.090" UserId="3657" Text="Is there anything you can use in the referrer request that you could feed to fail2ban?" />
  <row Id="29723" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16561" RevisionGUID="de33efdd-36a2-4c1a-bdfc-71ff27b7a829" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:10:55.433" UserId="6913" Text="First, you need to determine if it's your shell which is logging you out or ssh.  To test, ssh into your remote machine, and vi or less a file.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If a long time later you can still move around less/vi, then ssh is fine.  In this case, determine what shell you are using, and disable the timeout.  It's most likely the shell which is timing you out and not SSH.  However, some firewalls will close idle sessions if keep alives aren't sent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Solaris administrator may prevent you from disabling the timeout in your shell, by making the setting read-only.  This is unlikely, but possible.  You can usually get around this by using a different shell." />
  <row Id="29724" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16562" RevisionGUID="7560f131-abe5-45ce-bf97-98436a373874" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:11:47.723" UserId="3657" Text="If you want Internet Explorer to display the Internet Connection Wizard again:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. Open Regedit&#xD;&#xA;   2. Go to this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Connection Wizard\Completed&#xD;&#xA;   3. Set the value to 0&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16564" RevisionGUID="c185ec41-acf5-4881-bb2d-59a980530ece" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:23:14.520" UserId="1909" Text="If you have trouble re-configuring your shell again, you could use GNU screen. If your SSH session times out, just login again and reconnect and your shell will be just as it was.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16565" RevisionGUID="4137f2fb-377b-4f56-ac90-10c89e30d1c0" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:23:24.207" UserId="5989" Text="* Do you use the console only?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I manually manage servers (which is less often these days, see below), I typically login via SSH. I work on virtualized systems (libvirt/kvm and vmware) almost exclusively, so if network access isn't available yet, typically I can hit 'console' via VNC off the host server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;GUIs get installed as a side effect of some packages we install, if the dependency tree dictates it. This is not a general security concern for us because we disable login via GUI, and mostly the dependencies are dev libraries anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Do you use a control panel like CPanel or Webmin? Which one do you prefer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have never used either of those, nor have I seen reason to bother.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Would you recommend running a small GUI like Fluxbox?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need a GUI, I would go with the lightest weight tool that provides what you need. However, you also said &quot;a single click can save much repetitive typing.&quot; This brings up another issue entirely:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Automation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Automation is a hot topic these days, with tools like [Opscode's Chef][1] (and [Reductive Labs' Puppet][2]) gaining much populatiry. System admins these days need to embrace automation, for the sake of saving time on repetitive tasks, increasing &quot;operational efficiency&quot;, and because its a lot of fun :). I said I manually manage servers less often these days because I spend most of my time writing Chef recipes that manage services and deploy applications, such as Apache2 and Ruby on Rails. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For years, authors on system administration touted automation, but there haven't been really great tools in the past. Each sysadmin had their own toolbox, which was largely customized for a specific environment or company. Now, you can take the same tools, and customize the parts that are relevant to the new environment or company you're. This gives you a broader set of reusability that makes you more valuable to your employer (or clients).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Home&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet" />
  <row Id="29728" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16566" RevisionGUID="745f9e03-38d5-4b8c-a70b-23212ca0359d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:26:12.470" UserId="4840" Text="We use it for quite a few admin tasks, being a mostly MS shop.  Some scripts are simple, like cleaning up old files or defragging machines and recording the results.  One script audits computers using mostly WMI and records the results in a database.  It gets things like hardware (CPU, RAM, drives, etc.), network info, local users, installed software, and profile information.  There's one that calls a web service to send email.  I think in the future it will replace the rest of the VB Scripts that are still being used.  We're not using it for Exchange or MS SQL tasks yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking forward to the next version, which will have support for background jobs, transactions, better exception handling, a new ISE (Integrated Scripting Environment), better debugging, etc.  " />
  <row Id="29729" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16566" RevisionGUID="745f9e03-38d5-4b8c-a70b-23212ca0359d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:26:12.470" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16567" RevisionGUID="93943f57-14f4-45d8-af77-0a20e8de30b5" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:30:18.403" UserId="5989" Text="If your programs are running in the foreground, I suggest [Runit][1], which is a replacement for the previously-mentioned [daemontools][2], and is also a replacement for Sys-V style init. On Ubuntu, Runit is available as a package and has the necessary scripts to be started at system boot by Upstart.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use Runit for all non-system-installed packages, such as Rails applications, so we don't have to manage init scripts; we just pop the startup command in the appropriate 'run' script, and let it go. This simplifies deployment of arbitrary new programs that need to start at boot time, and is a very robust and reliable system, eschewing the need to manage PID and lockfiles, since Runit handles that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://smarden.org/runit/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://cr.yp.to/daemontools.html" />
  <row Id="29731" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="16553" RevisionGUID="b8d88012-f54f-4d02-ab98-2015f09dfb54" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:30:35.940" UserId="1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="29732" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16568" RevisionGUID="45241532-7aee-48cf-bd4a-22ed26f5a209" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:32:13.237" UserId="5989" Text="We deployed Sphinx for a customer on Debian systems, and used [Runit][1] to manage the processes. We didn't have to write a special init script, and since we were using Runit on other platforms (CentOS/RHEL mainly) it was perfectly portable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://smarden.org/runit/" />
  <row Id="29733" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16568" RevisionGUID="45241532-7aee-48cf-bd4a-22ed26f5a209" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:32:13.237" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29734" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16569" RevisionGUID="0070b524-f6b1-4dd1-9794-a31040cdec27" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:33:40.270" UserId="3867" Text="I have a database server running several instances of database. I am having issues while accessing a particular database and want to restart the same but without restarting the entire db server as it will effect other databases in the instance or other instances on the same server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a to restart a single database using commandline or any other means?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is detaching the database from server and attaching it back or taking it offline and bringing back online same as restarting that database?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: Just to add its a MSSQL 2005 server hosted on win2k3." />
  <row Id="29735" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16569" RevisionGUID="0070b524-f6b1-4dd1-9794-a31040cdec27" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:33:40.270" UserId="3867" Text="Restarting a database in a database instance without restarting entire database instance." />
  <row Id="29736" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16569" RevisionGUID="0070b524-f6b1-4dd1-9794-a31040cdec27" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:33:40.270" UserId="3867" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;database-adminstration&gt;&lt;database&gt;" />
  <row Id="29737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16570" RevisionGUID="edf9c6c2-8116-441d-a08f-4dd21d261a62" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:37:08.437" UserId="6918" Text="One of our server admins asked me to take a look at this, and I am stumped - our /var partition is full, however I cannot seem to determine where the space has gone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The following is the output of 'du /var -ah'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;    202M    var/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;'df -h' however returns&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on&#xD;&#xA;    /dev/mapper/gza-root  268M  108M  147M  43% /&#xD;&#xA;    tmpfs                 2.0G     0  2.0G   0% /lib/init/rw&#xD;&#xA;    udev                   10M   68K   10M   1% /dev&#xD;&#xA;    tmpfs                 2.0G     0  2.0G   0% /dev/shm&#xD;&#xA;    /dev/sda1             236M   20M  204M   9% /boot&#xD;&#xA;    /dev/mapper/gza-home  115G   15G   95G  14% /home&#xD;&#xA;    /dev/mapper/gza-tmp   380M   11M  350M   3% /tmp&#xD;&#xA;    /dev/mapper/gza-usr   4.7G  3.9G  610M  87% /usr&#xD;&#xA;    /dev/mapper/gza-var   2.9G  2.7G   26M 100% /var&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I cannot seem to locate where the other 2.5GB has gone, any ideas or hints?" />
  <row Id="29738" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16570" RevisionGUID="edf9c6c2-8116-441d-a08f-4dd21d261a62" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:37:08.437" UserId="6918" Text="Missing space on /var partition?" />
  <row Id="29739" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16570" RevisionGUID="edf9c6c2-8116-441d-a08f-4dd21d261a62" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:37:08.437" UserId="6918" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;disk&gt;&lt;diskspace&gt;" />
  <row Id="29740" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16571" RevisionGUID="f31b725d-6e6b-49f2-a24d-88ee503ae352" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:38:12.070" UserId="5989" Text="The biggest issue I can think of is security, and the questions that you need to consider are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Does your company/organization have regulatory compliance to follow with regard to data storage/protect (sarbox, hipaa, etc)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Will you need to separate and manage database access to different administrative users? That is, users in the database software itself, not just people users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Is multi-tenant use a concern? This is related to the first Q above, but can be a separate issue if you're providing virtual hosting for web sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't see anything wrong with running multiple web sites off a single database server (though a single database is another story ;-)), as long as you consider the context of the data being stored and the security implications. The logistics of backup, maintenance/management and general administration can be mitigated through various tools automation techniques. Since you're talking about a cloud offering for this (Mosso), then you'll need to consider the performance implications as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29741" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16557" RevisionGUID="cfedf705-c8c1-4180-ab5e-236a7519b4cc" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:39:49.010" UserId="6912" Comment="added 153 characters in body" Text="One of our primary webservers, which runs Apache on Ubuntu, is coming under attack from heaps of referrer SPAM requests lately. There's enough of this that it is really sucking up our internet bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do others deal with this and block it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;Update:&lt;/b&gt; OK, thanks to Kevin, I've installed fail2ban and am seeing what I can filter with it. Any suggestions still gratefully accepted though ;-)" />
  <row Id="29742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16572" RevisionGUID="dbe8ca3c-2130-45b6-91a7-9215388578ba" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:42:47.723" UserId="3657" Text="Do you have permissions to all the folders under /var?  du does not report space used for things you don't have permissions to." />
  <row Id="29743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16573" RevisionGUID="283a5ff5-a52a-4047-9336-d11c96dd5f2a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:43:03.090" UserId="4883" Text="There's a really comprehensive .htaccess file [here][1] that will deny the majority of those bad bots for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just edit the last line to 'forbid', rather than sending them to the honeypot script...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;e.g.: change last line to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^.* - [F]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://jetfar.com/trap-content-scraper-spam-harvester-bots-using-honeypot-wordpress-htaccess/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/ Richy" />
  <row Id="29744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16574" RevisionGUID="c9682349-4fcb-4972-98d3-7d470744a26e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:44:29.063" UserId="6912" Text="I'd second the suggestion for a wiki with access-control. The two I'd recommend would be Atlassian's Confluence or MindTouch DekiWiki. DekiWiki has an open-source version if that is what you are looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Sorry, I can't add links but Google knows both &lt;g&gt;)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29745" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16575" RevisionGUID="52261005-9d7a-4dcc-99e4-f50ad4f05691" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:49:15.637" UserDisplayName="Frank" Text="I have a shell script that if run manually or via Cron executes fine and loads a delimited file using sqlldr to the database successfully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However via Autosys the script executes, sqlldr says it was successful, however the data is never actually loaded into the database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone ever experienced this before with the sqlldr/Autosys combination, and if so, knows of a workaround/fix?" />
  <row Id="29746" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16575" RevisionGUID="52261005-9d7a-4dcc-99e4-f50ad4f05691" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:49:15.637" UserDisplayName="Frank" Text="sqlldr job not running through Autosys" />
  <row Id="29747" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16575" RevisionGUID="52261005-9d7a-4dcc-99e4-f50ad4f05691" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:49:15.637" UserDisplayName="Frank" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;sql&gt;&lt;crontab&gt;" />
  <row Id="29748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16576" RevisionGUID="4dd2e2ca-2a74-4c9a-84e9-7cc78ad3e7cf" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:49:18.350" UserId="984" Text="Try restarting services.  It is possible something had a file open on /var when you deleted (rm unlink things, it doesn't remove them) it.  The system will not release the space until everything their file handles for that file..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might need to use **lsof** to find out what program still has the files open in /var.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16577" RevisionGUID="5228a2db-7711-40c0-b1b5-bfafadb3f463" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:52:35.287" UserId="5989" Text="[Primarily Unix/Linux bias, I don't work on Windows systems :-)]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anything that, once modified, alters the state of the running system needs to be tracked. Configuration must be stored in a repository that supports full change history, for example Git or Subversion, and it must be deployed in an automated manner such as with [Opscode's Chef][1] or [Reductive Labs' Puppet][2]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few examples of items that alter the state of the system:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Installed package / patch versions.&#xD;&#xA;* Deployed applications, application libraries.&#xD;&#xA;* Administrative and application users.&#xD;&#xA;* Hardware configuration and device drivers/modules.&#xD;&#xA;* Scheduled maintenance jobs (cron on Unix/Linux).&#xD;&#xA;* Services and components that are monitored by external tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Such tracking needs to be done with automated tools that provide sufficient logging for auditing changes. A software repository history will show, uh, the history of changes in the configuration files stored in said repository. In a declarative configuration tool like Chef or Puppet, each config file represents a set of resources such as users, packages or services, and the repository history will indicate changes in these.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Home&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki" />
  <row Id="29750" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16576" RevisionGUID="07138221-0ae2-41a1-9863-bc85896c37b8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:54:18.607" UserId="984" Comment="added 47 characters in body" Text="Try restarting services.  It is possible something had a file open on /var when you deleted (rm unlink things, it ) it.  The system will not release the space until everything their file handles for that file..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might need to use **lsof** to find out what program still has the files open in /var.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since it is /var, I would guess something still has a log file open." />
  <row Id="29751" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16578" RevisionGUID="53c4656b-fe9d-4c86-8865-87156e4e24c8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T05:58:35.367" UserId="5989" Text="You can get the latest Git RPMs directly from [kernel.org][1]. However, you might run into library dependency issues on CentOS, due to older versions of dev libraries available there. The last time I looked into Git on CentOS 5.x, the latest version I could reliably install from RPM was 1.5.6.1. Newer versions, you're probably better off compiling the SRPMs, or compiling the Git source directly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/RPMS/" />
  <row Id="29752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16579" RevisionGUID="5c42ad57-034a-46c7-8b3b-2cbd9a4a5e76" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:02:50.087" UserId="6310" Text="I have always had success with 'ClientAliveInterval 300' on linux / bsd servers." />
  <row Id="29753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16580" RevisionGUID="c4ee29fc-9690-41b5-885f-ad9b1f8c79e4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:02:51.863" UserId="5989" Text="I would (and do) run Amazon EC2. The flexibility of 'disposable' servers is unprecedented. Sicne I'm an automation snob, I love the EC2 API, as I can literally program my infrastructure, deploying load balanced web applications with redundant database backends, with storage on Amazon S3 via EBS volumes. Hot sexy hardware is not as relevant as it used to be. While nice, it really is expensive, and as fantasy-land as this question is, it's unrealistic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29754" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16580" RevisionGUID="c4ee29fc-9690-41b5-885f-ad9b1f8c79e4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:02:51.863" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16581" RevisionGUID="3a73624f-bf12-45c0-a2d2-48dc4a5d2875" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:02:54.203" UserId="6651" Text="A possible answer is that the SQL service is trying to start before another required service (or driver) has started.&#xD;&#xA;If this is the case you can fix it by setting the dependencies for the SQL service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a test you could try doing that anyway - pick one of the last services to start and make SQL dependent upon it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also check the dependencies of the working machines and see if they are the same (though you could have different requirements on different machines if, for example, you use different connection libraries)." />
  <row Id="29756" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16582" RevisionGUID="0c12b25d-6397-4dbd-a4f0-f2c894067abd" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:02:55.437" UserDisplayName="Chris Ran" Text="I strongly suggest that you consider the way Zoredache introduced 'cause that is the most possible one." />
  <row Id="29757" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16583" RevisionGUID="78f38171-6ab0-4881-950d-902e8708092c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:07:08.580" UserId="5989" Text="I had never heard of Pylons, so I Googled it with Apache and came across the Pylons wiki page for Pylons+SSL+Apache... One of these howtos might be what you're looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [Running Pylons with Nginx][1]&#xD;&#xA;* [Running Pylons with SCGI (FastCGI replacement) or LightHTTPD][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.pylonshq.com/display/pylonscookbook/Running+Pylons+with+NGINX&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://wiki.pylonshq.com/display/pylonscookbook/Running+Pylons+with+SCGI+and+Lighttpd&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29758" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16584" RevisionGUID="331092a0-13c8-424f-9485-c77c7712a20c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:09:34.987" UserId="6651" Text="Not covered in Graeme's response is QuickEdit mode.&#xD;&#xA;When I first set up a machine I always enable QuickEdit mode and make the buffer and window sizes much bigger - it makes working with the prompt much nice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;QuickEdit mode lets you copy and past in an xterm like way by just selecting with the left mouse and copying with the right mouse (if nothing is selected right mouse will paste).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To turn on QuickEdit mode right click on the menu bar (or left click on the icon on the menu bar) and go to properties.&#xD;&#xA;QuickEdit is on the Options page and the window and buffer sizes are on the Layout page." />
  <row Id="29759" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16585" RevisionGUID="17687226-ebb2-40ba-9ed8-2d8380748111" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:19:59.583" UserId="3183" Text="I don't know if taking an individual DB offline and then putting it back online is equivalent to restarting the SQL service (from the DB's standpoint, at least - it's definitely not for the service), but it will &quot;reset&quot; the DB to the extent that it will close all existing connections and rollback any open transactions.  If that's the effect you're after, then it might be sufficient, and it won't affect any other databases running on that SQL instance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From SSMS, you can use this SQL:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -- 'rollback immediate' will disconnect existing users w/out&#xD;&#xA;    -- waiting for transactions to finish.&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE MyDatabase SET OFFLINE WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE&#xD;&#xA;    go&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE MyDatabase SET ONLINE&#xD;&#xA;    go&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29760" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16586" RevisionGUID="82495474-a667-424f-a3df-e28e5637055b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:20:44.123" UserId="6199" Text="&gt; The situation is that, a new young Unix admin with little to no experience is accepted to work. Is it useful for his supervisor to force him to use Linux on his work computer instead of Windows? The young admin himself prefers Windows. Will Linux usage give him more experience or cause more trouble which will not be useful for his day to day server administration?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why was he hired as a Unix admin if he has no experience and prefers Windows? Hint: he might be better off as a Windows admin. I mean it doesn't matter much what the underlying OS is with the availability of VMware and virtualbox, but you think he'd at least show some interest in running Linux or a UNIX variant if he has to administer it." />
  <row Id="29761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16587" RevisionGUID="f62aa92b-999f-4fc5-8a27-0b2fd85a05a5" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:21:39.877" Text="I wonder what your machine will tell you as soon as you ask it how many inodes it has left. The ability to store data on a partition is not solely a function of the number of free blocks..." />
  <row Id="29762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16588" RevisionGUID="0392ea74-8594-4492-bf3c-cdbda964e62d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:21:57.130" UserId="6768" Text="In addition to Cygwin, there also is [UnixUtils][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="29763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16589" RevisionGUID="0569b83a-baa9-4d29-8d3a-d3542e798ea8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:22:14.603" UserId="5989" Text="I've pretty much switched to TextMate as my workstation is a Mac, and most of my 'administration' is programming infrastructures with Ruby.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I still use Vim quite a bit when logged into servers. I use a couple plugins to make my life easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [FuzzyFileFinder][1] - a TextMate cmd-T like feature for Vim&#xD;&#xA;* [NERDtree][2] - provides a 'project drawer'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use the Vim configuration shared by [our CTO][3], with a couple of my own modifications (disable hlsearch, change the colorscheme, mainly). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://weblog.jamisbuck.org/2008/10/10/coming-home-to-vim&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1658&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://github.com/adamhjk/adam-vim/tree/master" />
  <row Id="29764" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16590" RevisionGUID="0e5251fc-21dd-4bfc-9b47-0eb30e7d95e4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:23:43.740" UserId="4757" Text="If you don't need to distinguish between a HTTP and HTTPS connection in Pylons, you can quite easily do this with stunnel. The sample stunnel.conf file that is distributed with all versions of stunel already contains commented configuration to do this." />
  <row Id="29765" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16591" RevisionGUID="07df6b36-5fb5-4139-a76b-42177cdd64fe" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:24:32.303" UserDisplayName="nebadon2025" Text="hey guys i fixed it by restarting Apache2.  thanks for the tips, it really helped out." />
  <row Id="29766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16592" RevisionGUID="dc2d412e-bacb-4b75-ae95-dabfeda4d0cd" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:25:36.513" UserId="6922" Text="There are a couple possible paths to take with this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Are you out of inodes rather than out of free blocks (actual space)? If there are a lot of small files, they may eat up all the inodes (effectively, entries in the file allocation table.) Once all the inodes are used up, you can't add a new file even though there's plenty of free blocks in the partition. This is a wildcard answer to check if there's no obvious smoking gun. inode exhaustion is a rare occurrence but it still happens (Blackboard 7.0 ...)&#xD;&#xA; 2. `du -s /var/* | sort -rn` should give you a better idea of what is taking up space in /var as would a graphical utility like KDirStat. I don't recommend KDirStat for this issue since you're dealing with /var. Issues with /var tend to affect system stability compared to space issues with /home. Besides, in a dedicated server situation you shouldn't be running a GUI on the box in the first place making the notion of using a (local) GUI tool moot. In less critical situations, the squarified treemap output of tools like KDirStat, WinDirStat, and SequoiaView make problem identification trivial; the treemap is a great means of visualizing disk use.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Is some service out of control and logging immense amounts of junk to /var/log? If your organizational culture accepts it, it might be valuable to set up a dedicated log host and have all machines write logs to it over the network. At the very least, make sure every log is appropriately rotated, compressed, and deleted according to your site's log retention policy. logrotate is your friend.&#xD;&#xA; 4. You *do* have a log retention policy, right? ;) Seriously though, if you don't have one, set one. It can be a sentence - &quot;We will keep logs for seven days worth of logs unless alternate arrangements are made with the service owner. In writing.&quot;" />
  <row Id="29767" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16593" RevisionGUID="c691eca8-8eaa-486a-bd90-1746de020257" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:27:37.010" UserId="6930" Text="Task manager shows a list of processes running. How do I find out, what process is what program? Sure the list shows the name of the exe-file, but I want to know the name of the program. Also I would like to be able to get info and manage those programs." />
  <row Id="29768" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16593" RevisionGUID="c691eca8-8eaa-486a-bd90-1746de020257" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:27:37.010" UserId="6930" Text="How do I know which process is what program?" />
  <row Id="29769" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16593" RevisionGUID="c691eca8-8eaa-486a-bd90-1746de020257" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:27:37.010" UserId="6930" Text="&lt;task-manager&gt;&lt;process&gt;&lt;program&gt;" />
  <row Id="29770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16594" RevisionGUID="99f196c8-09a7-4f24-830d-e107fe88939e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:29:02.997" UserId="3567" Text="Here is the problem:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tony@bootsy/var/www/bandop $ ln -nfs /var/www/bandop/shared/config/database.yml /var/www/bandop/releases/20090601055013/config/database.yml&#xD;&#xA;    ln: creating symbolic link `/var/www/bandop/releases/20090601055013/config/database.yml': No such file or directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't understand why '/var/www/bandop/releases/20090601055013/config/database.yml' has to exist.  I want to *create* that sym link to hit the target specified above (first parameter).  The command also failed to execute when logged in as root so it does not seem to be a permissions issue. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="29771" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16594" RevisionGUID="99f196c8-09a7-4f24-830d-e107fe88939e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:29:02.997" UserId="3567" Text="Problem when creating a symbolic link on my server: No such file or directory" />
  <row Id="29772" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16594" RevisionGUID="99f196c8-09a7-4f24-830d-e107fe88939e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:29:02.997" UserId="3567" Text="&lt;symbolic-link&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="29773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16595" RevisionGUID="7d1702de-1688-45f7-908e-9b7e7fdb177d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:29:40.827" UserId="4757" Text="These two commands will remember details about every file you open on the system. As well as that, it will also save any data you store in one of Vim's 'registers' (basically a clipboard).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot; Reopen files where we left off&#xD;&#xA;    if has(&quot;autocmd&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;      au BufReadPost * if line(&quot;'\&quot;&quot;) &gt; 0 &amp;&amp; line(&quot;'\&quot;&quot;) &lt;= line(&quot;$&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;        \| exe &quot;normal! g'\&quot;&quot; | endif&#xD;&#xA;    endif&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot; Remember for 100 files: (also save every register with &lt;1000 lines), but not for files in /mnt or /media. Save to ~/.viminfo&#xD;&#xA;    set viminfo='100,s1000,r/mnt,r/media,n~/.viminfo&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16598" RevisionGUID="3e6caa50-567a-48c0-bb53-bf87463a21e7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:39:26.273" Text="&lt;p&gt;I've got a dell laptop that I use as a dev box at work and find that the drive is usually the bottle neck.  I'd like to hook up two 10k drives that are stripped for performance. I've looked for drive cases with raid but there don't seem to be very many choices and I'm worries about campitibilty with the drives (preferably sata ii).  Also I don't have an Sata cannection on my machine so it'll have to usb2.0 for now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I headed down the right path or am I missing a much simpler config?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29779" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16598" RevisionGUID="3e6caa50-567a-48c0-bb53-bf87463a21e7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:39:26.273" Text="What's the best external hard drive config for a dev laptop?" />
  <row Id="29780" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16598" RevisionGUID="3e6caa50-567a-48c0-bb53-bf87463a21e7" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:39:26.273" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;dev&gt;&lt;drive&gt;" />
  <row Id="29781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16599" RevisionGUID="163e9c97-4af2-4d2a-994a-2451a6cc4eb2" CreationDate="2009-05-31T22:48:51.323" Text="&lt;p&gt;You have more options, consider the three listed below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Buy an powerfull monitor-less desktop with 2 or more  high performance disks and do your development using Remote Desktop. Should work excellent over LAN, and even by WAN.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Buy network storage box with RAID0 option and connect through 1Gbps LAN. On separate LAN segment you will get quite fast storage.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Buy SATAII ExpressCard with two SATA connectors and connect your drives directly to your laptop. Make sure your OS can create a RAID0 configuration (typically these controllers cannot).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Check if your laptop can swap CD-ROM drive for a HDD - possible on some configurations, will give you option to run two HDDs internally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16600" RevisionGUID="e8476e18-af5b-4b8b-8986-68406aee81a1" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:06:49.227" UserId="710" Text="&lt;p&gt;One thing you might want to consider is partitioning your HDD to multiple drives.  In particular, I partition a ~4GB piece out just for Virtual Memory.  I've found a noticeable improvement while developing and testing when I've done this vs. computers that don't have this configuration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It might also be beneficial to partition for other concerns (programs on one partition, data on another, etc etc.), but definitely make a partition for your VM, it will save you time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know your question is more geared towards purchasing/configuring other equipment, but this can definitely help your dev box if you're experiencing a bottleneck from your HDD.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16601" RevisionGUID="b3661f74-3213-4f07-8ac4-a32c1fd9e63b" CreationDate="2009-05-31T23:33:44.133" Text="&lt;p&gt;If you're going to do raid0, you had better have reliable backups. I would recommend raid1. Still very high performance, but at least you have a bit of fault tolerance. Disk is cheap and plentiful. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29787" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16603" RevisionGUID="3698c6d4-4199-492c-818b-fdbf1622f9ca" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:34:01.787" UserId="301" Text="The path&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /var/www/bandop/releases/20090601055013/config/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;does not exist" />
  <row Id="29788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16604" RevisionGUID="195ec5a9-9476-406b-8006-2b21faaadfe8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:34:15.920" UserId="4757" Text="`mkdir -p /var/www/bandop/releases/20090601055013/config/`" />
  <row Id="29789" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16594" RevisionGUID="b45f6f9d-f0e8-42b1-8241-f4e36f05e839" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:35:58.600" UserId="3567" Comment="added 457 characters in body; deleted 457 characters in body" Text="Here is the problem:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tony@bootsy/var/www/bandop $ ln -nfs /var/www/bandop/shared/config/database.yml /var/www/bandop/releases/20090601055013/config/database.yml&#xD;&#xA;    ln: creating symbolic link `/var/www/bandop/releases/20090601055013/config/database.yml': No such file or directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't understand why '/var/www/bandop/releases/20090601055013/config/database.yml' has to exist.  I want to *create* that sym link to hit the target specified above (first parameter).  The command also failed to execute when logged in as root so it does not seem to be a permissions issue. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="29792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16606" RevisionGUID="a6e20fe9-f719-4373-9f50-4f0a3a693ee4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:40:05.177" UserId="6768" Text="You can try [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx" />
  <row Id="29793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16607" RevisionGUID="2b9cd0a1-1dc4-4896-afad-d63132ac85d5" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:42:21.253" UserDisplayName="vasko2grama" Text="Use a super strong magnet and just wipe across the floppy :)" />
  <row Id="29794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16608" RevisionGUID="86e8667a-3203-4977-aaf6-3c7b8be18abb" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:42:35.170" UserId="4947" Text="[DBSA (DataBase Structure Analysis)][1] is a tool for comparing schema snapshots. Differences are reported and an SQL patch can be generated. It includes a basic repository facility for schema history tracking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dbsa/" />
  <row Id="29795" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16609" RevisionGUID="aed66a80-61e5-4822-9966-26b6a09406d8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:42:46.667" UserId="4979" Text="In practice your USB 2.0 interface will max out at around 30-40 MBps. A single 10.000 rpm SATA II drive such as the WD Velociraptor will saturate that connection, so you might want to leave the RAID expenses for now." />
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  <row Id="29797" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16610" RevisionGUID="c14d8d07-5590-45e0-9ebc-db0fa3602499" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:43:42.890" UserId="6768" Text="Cacti, as mentioned above. Also mytop sometimes to monitor current activity." />
  <row Id="29798" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16611" RevisionGUID="860c8a0d-2615-410f-9463-dd4dbf06c700" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:43:45.573" UserDisplayName="ranji" Text="project called console at Sourceforge is good&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is good" />
  <row Id="29799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16612" RevisionGUID="bcaf3b22-8de4-453f-a4d7-e8f63e1543b9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:44:59.970" UserId="6938" Text="OS: Windows XP Service Pack 2&#xD;&#xA;When I right click on a file/folder most of the third party context menu items are missing.&#xD;&#xA;These are the items like 7zip , Unlocker, Winamp ... which adds entry to right click context menu.&#xD;&#xA;What could be wrong?&#xD;&#xA;I checked HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers and they don't seem to have items added with any of these third party installs." />
  <row Id="29800" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16612" RevisionGUID="bcaf3b22-8de4-453f-a4d7-e8f63e1543b9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:44:59.970" UserId="6938" Text="Explorer Right Click Context Menu Items Missing" />
  <row Id="29801" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16612" RevisionGUID="bcaf3b22-8de4-453f-a4d7-e8f63e1543b9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:44:59.970" UserId="6938" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;windows-explorer&gt;&lt;context-menu&gt;&lt;shell&gt;&lt;extension&gt;" />
  <row Id="29802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16613" RevisionGUID="f28c704e-cfd7-4fcd-bd5e-3a5fa88c723b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:47:21.370" UserDisplayName="Brett" Text="Have you checked that the windows account you've associated with the SQLAgent service has &quot;logon as service&quot; properties in the group policy applied (active directory domain)? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If its a workgroup or standalone install you can run gpedit.msc (computer configuration, windows settings, security settings, local policies, user rights assignment, log on as a service) - otherwise you need to edit on our of your network domain controllers." />
  <row Id="29803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16614" RevisionGUID="261339be-7bc6-420f-9598-70e891ffe833" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:48:43.583" UserId="6922" Text="Is this for development or personal use or for production? I'd review the release notes for Oracle to see if Ubuntu is supported, but further, I'd ask yourself why you want Oracle on Ubuntu. Nothing against Ubuntu but Oracle is a finicky beast an it is best not to stray too far from the supported platforms especially if this is a production setup. You may be better off biting the bullet and installing on RHEL or CentOS (***not*** Fedora Core) because RHEL is supported and CentOS is known to work, being derived from RHEL sources. Again, while Ubuntu LTS may work nicely for 90% of your infrastructure, Oracle is very demanding - deviate from supported configurations at your peril.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oracle's dependency checks are not for show. People run Oracle for two reasons - either they need the reliability and features of Oracle, or they're running it because someone else told them to (vendor, administrator, client, etc.) If you don't need it, don't use it because it's a severe pain for a neophyte to manage. If you do need it, you obviously have deep pockets - don't waste your time trying to get Oracle running on a desktop OS. Pay for RHEL or if you know what you're doing or don't care, use CentOS because it's as close a production OS for Oracle as you'll get without buying RHEL. I like Ubuntu too, but it's the wrong platform in this case." />
  <row Id="29804" PostHistoryTypeId="8" PostId="13493" RevisionGUID="13961bee-d6ec-4dcd-92fe-1a014059f47d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:52:38.050" UserId="1715" Comment="Rollback to [993f32f2-5270-46ff-96b6-df74e8f701e5]" Text="I keep reading everywhere that powershell is the way of the future. &#xD;&#xA;When it was first released i did a whole bunch of virtual labs, but since then I still haven't used it in a production environment.  I know the day will come when I'm dealing with OS's where its already installed, so i want to be ready.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to know:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Do you use it? &#xD;&#xA; 2. what has your 'boot strapping' process has been for using powershell?  &#xD;&#xA; 3. What kind of admin tasks have you scripted with it?&#xD;&#xA; 4. I'm a SQL Server DBA, show me some cool things to do with it?" />
  <row Id="29805" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13493" RevisionGUID="d7ac31ba-1219-4afc-8fc5-5b1203922b3d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:53:10.967" UserId="1715" Comment="added 245 characters in body; added 4 characters in body" Text="I keep reading everywhere that powershell is the way of the future. When it was first released i did a whole bunch of virtual labs, but since then I still haven't used it in a production environment. I know the day will come when I'm dealing with OS's where its already installed, so i want to be ready.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to know:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. Do you use it?&#xD;&#xA;   2. what has your 'boot strapping' process has been for using powershell?&#xD;&#xA;   3. What kind of admin tasks have you scripted with it?&#xD;&#xA;   4. I'm a SQL Server DBA, show me some cool things to do with it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT** Starting a bounty on this. It seems that everyone agrees that MS is pushing this hard, but no one is actually using it yet. I want to here hear from admins out there that are using it to do every day tasks &amp; share some code samples.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29806" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16615" RevisionGUID="932340c0-9822-49f7-91c7-1f6c592ba11f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:54:52.650" UserId="2571" Text="I've moved from shared hosting to a VPS and see in my HyperVM that **11 GB** out of my allotted **20 GB** of disk space is being used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;According to how big this files are on Windows before I upload, all of my files are taking up **less than 100 MB** of space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've got 11 websites running in 11 directories. What is the **best command/way** on Linux to show me exactly how much space each directory is taking up, e.g. like the **TreeSize** tool on windows?" />
  <row Id="29807" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16615" RevisionGUID="932340c0-9822-49f7-91c7-1f6c592ba11f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:54:52.650" UserId="2571" Text="How to find out how much disk space I'm using on a VPS?" />
  <row Id="29808" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16615" RevisionGUID="932340c0-9822-49f7-91c7-1f6c592ba11f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:54:52.650" UserId="2571" Text="&lt;vps&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;bash&gt;" />
  <row Id="29809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16616" RevisionGUID="f17f1d73-fc79-493c-839c-b61a5815019d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:58:28.553" UserId="6464" Text="I am running ubuntu 8 on a 2GB laptop.&#xD;&#xA;Whenever I look in my system monitor, I see my memory usage is slightly below 1G.&#xD;&#xA;Why isn't ubuntu using the full 2GB?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let me say that the full 2GB are recognized, i.e., the system monitor says, usign 48% of 2GB." />
  <row Id="29810" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16616" RevisionGUID="f17f1d73-fc79-493c-839c-b61a5815019d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:58:28.553" UserId="6464" Text="ubuntu does not use 100% ram" />
  <row Id="29811" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16616" RevisionGUID="f17f1d73-fc79-493c-839c-b61a5815019d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T06:58:28.553" UserId="6464" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;memory&gt;&lt;ram&gt;&lt;operating-system&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="29812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16617" RevisionGUID="62261176-4d2f-42bc-8162-6335f71a3f54" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:03:11.167" UserId="6795" Text="Why not just turn off the breaker to his room?  That way you can leave the rest of the house operational while the laptop dies." />
  <row Id="29813" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16617" RevisionGUID="62261176-4d2f-42bc-8162-6335f71a3f54" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:03:11.167" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16618" RevisionGUID="e40f83e6-35d1-460c-9d2c-bfa844271937" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:04:06.360" UserId="6945" Text="I would try to use SpinRite, from www.grc.com, to see if it can fix something physically bad or weak on the machine. Sounds like a typical spinrite case to me." />
  <row Id="29815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16619" RevisionGUID="7eeaa4f7-4814-411c-bb37-7ff178c970ce" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:04:58.480" UserId="6524" Text="You can try `ncdu /&lt;path&gt;`, it's a nice frontend to `du -shx /&lt;path&gt;`, you will have to install it though, because it's not included on standard installations." />
  <row Id="29816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16620" RevisionGUID="1c56be09-c38b-4332-8a6f-7038a78fc4e3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:05:43.157" UserId="2435" Text="And you're running *just* ubuntu? In this case I'd be shocked if it even uses 1 GB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Memory utilization is a function of applications running - as long as you just browse the web and read mail there's not much sense in using much memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have the feeling that I do not fully understand your question. If my answer is ridiculous with regard to your problem, please rephrase..." />
  <row Id="29817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16621" RevisionGUID="ef2014f0-692d-442f-8a11-65e6c81f6db1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:07:48.940" UserId="3562" Text="du -h &#xD;&#xA;will show you disk usage by directory in human readable form.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a lot of subdirectories --max-depth=1 might be helpful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Start by running it in your  website directory, and then in the / directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;df -h will show disk usage by partition as well." />
  <row Id="29818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16622" RevisionGUID="6092409b-1a58-488f-b87f-d171974624b1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:10:49.467" UserId="1447" Text="On a laptop you might be better off with one of the Intel X25 SSD's or one of the fast OCZ ones.  Any USB to SATA enclosure will do for this with the bonus that it's relatively compact and should not need an external power supply." />
  <row Id="29819" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16622" RevisionGUID="6092409b-1a58-488f-b87f-d171974624b1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:10:49.467" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16624" RevisionGUID="1b6df92e-c128-4f53-8d73-5c6ae8094e0c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:11:47.967" UserId="6795" Text="Tasklist (technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491010.aspx) is a stock program (Windows XP and higher?) that is similar to Task Manager, but can also break down the services for you.  I know this isn't exactly what you want, but it could help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tasklist /svc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, as Talonx mentioned, Process Explorer (technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx) is a great tool.  Along with all of the Sysintegrals (technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16625" RevisionGUID="5162c561-8aae-4eb3-975a-4a05211f931b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:16:59.157" UserId="6689" Text="Sounds like you have a lot of saved backups or temp files. Use the du command, as said above, to work out how much is really used, then to narrow it down to the folders." />
  <row Id="29824" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16626" RevisionGUID="f9a05c2d-80e3-41fb-b0c4-f6bb9b0e1679" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:24:28.267" UserId="2467" Text="I am using the latest VMware Converter Standalone to p2v a physical Windows 2000 Professional SP4 PC. The PC is a standard Pentium with IDE disk from circa 2001. The disk is 20GB partitioned logically into C: and D. It converts with no errors (I did both disks into one VMDK). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I power on the VM in VMware Workstation 6.5 (or Vmware Player 2.5) it gets to the Win 2000 boot graphic then I get a BSOD with the classic 0x7B Stop error: inaccessible_boot_device. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anything I can do to get the vm to boot? I am lost for ideas, normally p2v of a basic IDE pc works flawlessly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm willing to put a bounty on this as I am trying to sort this out for a client urgently." />
  <row Id="29825" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16626" RevisionGUID="f9a05c2d-80e3-41fb-b0c4-f6bb9b0e1679" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:24:28.267" UserId="2467" Text="inaccessible_boot_device after p2v Windows 2000 Pro SP4 to Workstation 6.5 " />
  <row Id="29826" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16626" RevisionGUID="f9a05c2d-80e3-41fb-b0c4-f6bb9b0e1679" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:24:28.267" UserId="2467" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;p2v&gt;&lt;boot&gt;" />
  <row Id="29827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16627" RevisionGUID="508bcb04-ee4c-4b22-881d-d47407ec1fc2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:27:57.823" UserId="3524" Text="Well, one answer is that pages are thrown out of physical ram (paged out) because they haven't been used lately, so using that memory for disk-cache makes more sense. (because that cache *is* used more often.) You could try &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    swapoff -a&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which turns off paging. (Actually, it unmounts all paging files/partitions.) That usually causes programs to crowd out the caches, but it might also make the Out-Of-Memory killer kill a few of your hungriest processes. (Like firefox.) When you're fed up, just do&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    swapon -a&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Notice I said &quot;when&quot;, not &quot;if&quot;...)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29828" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16628" RevisionGUID="5ef0721c-fad3-4eae-a0a8-943a496d6464" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:31:31.203" UserId="4634" Text="Hello.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to install python application (python + wxWidgets GUI) to end user MacOS computers. I need an application to be in a dock and start like any other MacOS application - with light &quot;started&quot; indicator, click-is-focus etc. But MacOS prevents me from dragging python script to dock - seems it thinks that python script is not an executable :(. And is i drag a python script into &quot;documents&quot; section of dock it just don't start on click - empty terminal opens, python launcher opens for a few seconds and nothing happens.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MacOS 10.5.7&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any way to put python app into dock?" />
  <row Id="29829" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16628" RevisionGUID="5ef0721c-fad3-4eae-a0a8-943a496d6464" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:31:31.203" UserId="4634" Text="How to correctly place python application into MacOS dock?" />
  <row Id="29830" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16628" RevisionGUID="5ef0721c-fad3-4eae-a0a8-943a496d6464" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:31:31.203" UserId="4634" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;python&gt;&lt;dock&gt;" />
  <row Id="29831" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16629" RevisionGUID="b6e7b6f4-c471-41fb-9756-7b32acad9f89" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:31:53.917" UserId="6948" Text="I find tabs in vim quite useful. New file in tab is opened by :tabe and navigation between tabs is done using :tabprev and :tabnext. You can add the following lines to your .vimrc to be able to navigate between tabs with alt+arrow keys&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    map &lt;silent&gt;&lt;A-Right&gt; :tabnext &lt;CR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    map &lt;silent&gt;&lt;A-Left&gt; :tabnprev &lt;CR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can find more info about tabs here: www.linux.com/archive/articles/59533&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16630" RevisionGUID="b0190319-31bb-43ef-9165-2e97715002f5" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:34:39.107" UserId="1900" Text="Try wipe , can get it from Knoppix or Ubuntu or most major linux distros. I would recommend running it on the disk rather than a partition if you can for added paranoia. " />
  <row Id="29833" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16631" RevisionGUID="de012a6c-75a2-415a-992e-2b87a2dceade" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:37:32.407" UserId="6550" Text="Following [The Joel Test for SysAdmin][1] there have been some great suggestions;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt; but imagine for a sec that you're already working for someone who doesn't meet the test, or you're being asked to bring an organisation up to this standard&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) What are the most important issues to address? &lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;2) In what order would you address them?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/14832?sort=votes&amp;page=2#sort-top" />
  <row Id="29834" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16631" RevisionGUID="de012a6c-75a2-415a-992e-2b87a2dceade" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:37:32.407" UserId="6550" Text="Following the Joel Test for SysAdmin; For all the places don't meet the test, what needs to be done, and in what order?" />
  <row Id="29835" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16631" RevisionGUID="de012a6c-75a2-415a-992e-2b87a2dceade" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:37:32.407" UserId="6550" Text="&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;culture&gt;&lt;job-market&gt;&lt;policy&gt;" />
  <row Id="29836" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16632" RevisionGUID="b6b8e22d-c773-4c61-aed8-a49ee5633219" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:38:45.027" UserId="1900" Text="daemonize : www.clapper.org/software/daemonize/ can handle this by wrapping your code in a C wrapper that daemonizes before executing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also simply add them to the /etc/inittab . Many will (perhaps rightly) say this is evil because no-one will think to look there, I have seen production systems that use this technique and the truth is it works well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe you could look into monit as well, it can make sure processes are running and restart them if necessary. It was built with the Linux-HA environment in mind though. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Normally I hand make a new init script for each new process but I don't normally deploy 4 or 5 scripts at once like that. Maybe think about how they are structured and put them under one init script which is the service that they provide. " />
  <row Id="29837" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16628" RevisionGUID="6557f797-74ad-41ca-bd7e-56af2a320091" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:40:16.457" UserId="1233" Comment="Clean up the wording." Text="Hello.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to install a python application (python + wxWidgets GUI) to end users computers. I need an application to be in the Dock and start like any other application - with light &quot;started&quot; indicator, click-is-focus etc. However OS X prevents me from dragging the python script to dock - seems it thinks that python script is not an executable :(. When I drag a python script into &quot;documents&quot; section of dock it just don't start when clicked - an empty terminal opens, the python launcher opens for a few seconds and then nothing happens.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using:&#xD;&#xA;Mac OS X 10.5.7&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to put a python application into the Dock?" />
  <row Id="29838" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="16628" RevisionGUID="6557f797-74ad-41ca-bd7e-56af2a320091" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:40:16.457" UserId="1233" Comment="Clean up the wording." Text="How to correctly launch a python application in the Mac OS X dock?" />
  <row Id="29839" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16633" RevisionGUID="ec0720c0-6b39-4294-8277-997667fcc4d1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:40:57.720" UserId="1813" Text="I created a sub-domain for static content to be able to serve it more efficiently by several load-balanced web servers. This static content is updated automatically, at a rate of ~1k files/day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right now I use rsync to update the servers in a master/slave way but since the content has a growing number of 100k+ files, it takes more and more time and puts an increasing I/O load on both the master and the slaves.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I cannot use the solution I proposed on the [Improve rsync performance][1] question since I cannot know which files are modified, and when. I also have to handle file deletion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I thought about using something like a r/o NFS on the slaves but that could somewhat defeat the load-balancing effect and put a gratuitous [SPOF][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Btw, the servers are running AIX, but I'm also interested in a solution in a more generic context.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4048/improving-rsync-backup-performace&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_point_of_failure &quot;Single point of failure&quot;" />
  <row Id="29840" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16633" RevisionGUID="ec0720c0-6b39-4294-8277-997667fcc4d1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:40:57.720" UserId="1813" Text="Multiple web servers serving same static content" />
  <row Id="29841" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16633" RevisionGUID="ec0720c0-6b39-4294-8277-997667fcc4d1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:40:57.720" UserId="1813" Text="&lt;rsync&gt;&lt;nfs&gt;&lt;mirror&gt;&lt;static-content&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="29842" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16634" RevisionGUID="13c8e2c8-35c5-4a9b-a6f6-f06531e8ba5a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:44:54.547" UserId="3431" Text="You should maybe consider DRBD with OCFS so that you can have master/master nodes. This creates no SPOF because each node has a local copy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also make two NFS node servers (DRBD master/standby or DRBD master/master with LB). If you have many nodes, this is the best option." />
  <row Id="29843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16635" RevisionGUID="9a8e209b-f4c7-4d9a-8162-1ddc09f35b5c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:45:10.550" UserId="1233" Text="For the Dock in Mac OS X to think your application is a true Mac OS X application it needs to be an application bundle. Alternatively have you tried running it with a .command file instead? A user double clicks on the .command file and it will execute the instructions in Terminal - which may fix the issue you have but from your question I'm not sure why it would not be running correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With the application in question have you looked at a modification to use [py2app](http://svn.pythonmac.org/py2app/py2app/trunk/doc/index.html)" />
  <row Id="29844" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16633" RevisionGUID="dc5fcf50-99d6-499b-892b-1294e56758bd" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:47:30.610" UserId="1813" Comment="improved formatting (highlights)" Text="I created a **sub-domain** for **static content** to be able to serve it more efficiently by **several load-balanced web servers**. This static content is **updated automatically**, at a rate of ~1k files/day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right now I use **rsync** to update the servers in a **master/slave way** but since the content has a growing number of 100k+ files, it takes **more and more time** and puts an **increasing I/O load** on both the master and the slaves.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**I cannot use the solution** I proposed on the [Improve rsync performance][1] question since I cannot know which files are modified without `stat`-ing them all, and **that wouldn't solve the increasing I/O cost**. I also have to handle file deletion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I thought about using something like **a r/o NFS** on the slaves but that could somewhat **defeat the load-balancing** effect and **put a gratuitous [SPOF][2]**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Btw, the servers are running AIX, but I'm also interested in a solution in a more generic context.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4048/improving-rsync-backup-performace&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_point_of_failure &quot;Single point of failure&quot;" />
  <row Id="29845" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16609" RevisionGUID="b65199e7-5ca4-4e33-973d-6d12262cb5cc" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:48:03.493" UserId="4979" Comment="added 793 characters in body" Text="In practice your USB 2.0 interface will max out at around 30-40 MBps. A single 10.000 rpm SATA II drive such as [the WD Velociraptor will already saturate that connection][1]. If you want to overcome the USB 2.0 bottleneck you can go for an eSATA ExpressCard. Models exist that have the [RAID controller on the card][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for keeping it simple and compact you will probably get the best performance by replacing your current internal drive with an Intel X25-M SSD. Stick to a 80GB model, and complement it with a fast external [7.200 rpm 2,5' drive such as the Hitachi Travelstar 7K200 or the Western Digital Scorpio Black 320GB][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.storagereview.com/php/benchmark/suite_v4.php?typeID=10&amp;testbedID=4&amp;osID=6&amp;raidconfigID=1&amp;numDrives=1&amp;devID_0=366&amp;devCnt=1&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.siig.com/ViewProduct.aspx?pn=SC-SAE612-S1&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.storagereview.com/php/benchmark/suite_v4.php?typeID=10&amp;testbedID=4&amp;osID=6&amp;raidconfigID=1&amp;numDrives=1&amp;devID_0=365&amp;devID_1=355&amp;devID_2=339&amp;devCnt=3" />
  <row Id="29846" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16636" RevisionGUID="011fd244-7b74-4d1e-a3f7-5cba28a687fe" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:52:22.113" UserDisplayName="Andy" Text="For my company I need to setup a VPN endpoint so that my users can securely login to my network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone recommend a good server side software product/solution that can allow my Iphones to communicate to our network using VPN? (No VPN hardware solution to start with due to budget limits).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, is it possible to force all communication sent over the wire to go through the VPN tunnel? I mean traffic to non-company-network servers? Like web-sites....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29847" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16636" RevisionGUID="011fd244-7b74-4d1e-a3f7-5cba28a687fe" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:52:22.113" UserDisplayName="Andy" Text="VPN endpoint for my IPhone?" />
  <row Id="29848" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16636" RevisionGUID="011fd244-7b74-4d1e-a3f7-5cba28a687fe" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:52:22.113" UserDisplayName="Andy" Text="&lt;iphone&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="29849" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16598" RevisionGUID="c4d35ab9-352b-4ba0-b7e5-6fc14b0e81e7" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:53:39.083" UserId="3038" Comment="retag" Text="&lt;p&gt;I've got a dell laptop that I use as a dev box at work and find that the drive is usually the bottle neck.  I'd like to hook up two 10k drives that are stripped for performance. I've looked for drive cases with raid but there don't seem to be very many choices and I'm worries about campitibilty with the drives (preferably sata ii).  Also I don't have an Sata cannection on my machine so it'll have to usb2.0 for now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I headed down the right path or am I missing a much simpler config?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29850" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="16598" RevisionGUID="c4d35ab9-352b-4ba0-b7e5-6fc14b0e81e7" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:53:39.083" UserId="3038" Comment="retag" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;developer&gt;&lt;laptop&gt;" />
  <row Id="29851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16637" RevisionGUID="5b4b65d8-5229-4d30-b955-7c9532ebef7f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:59:59.100" UserId="6955" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm having trouble finding a VNC server for Mac OS X that allows me to connect from a Windows box with German keyboard layout. I've tried the built-in desktop sharing and several versions of Vine but all of them had problems with several keys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does maybe anyone know about a working combination of a Mac OS X VNC server and Windows VNC client which properly supports a German keyboard layout on the client?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29852" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16637" RevisionGUID="5b4b65d8-5229-4d30-b955-7c9532ebef7f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:59:59.100" UserId="6955" Text="Is there a VNC server for mac with decent international keyboard support?" />
  <row Id="29853" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16637" RevisionGUID="5b4b65d8-5229-4d30-b955-7c9532ebef7f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T07:59:59.100" UserId="6955" Text="&lt;vnc&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="29854" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16629" RevisionGUID="fa4889f8-8338-4f7c-8088-6dafb5f53c63" CreationDate="2009-06-01T08:02:24.777" UserId="6948" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="I find tabs in vim quite useful. New file in tab is opened by :tabe and navigation between tabs is done using :tabprev and :tabnext. You can add the following lines to your .vimrc to be able to navigate between tabs with alt+arrow keys&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    map &lt;silent&gt;&lt;A-Right&gt; :tabnext &lt;CR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    map &lt;silent&gt;&lt;A-Left&gt; :tabprev &lt;CR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can find more info about tabs here: www.linux.com/archive/articles/59533&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29855" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16638" RevisionGUID="3b8c3eac-49d1-46ae-a12c-b59c05bf5820" CreationDate="2009-06-01T08:02:49.970" UserId="1435" Text="Big Fire - seriously, it's probably not much less environmentally damaging that just throwing them in the garbage and it will 100%, absolutely, positively kill all data in one handy way." />
  <row Id="29856" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16639" RevisionGUID="122a1bb9-8219-4cc5-873b-a9a6c52b21e4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T08:10:13.853" UserId="1619" Text="Hi. I'm aware this type of question has been asked many times before:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://serverfault.com/questions/499/how-to-monitor-bandwidth-usage-in-real-terms   &#xD;&#xA; -  http://serverfault.com/questions/1259/network-monitoring   &#xD;&#xA; -  http://serverfault.com/questions/1596/application-monitoring-tools   &#xD;&#xA; -  http://serverfault.com/questions/3326/network-traffic-monitoring   &#xD;&#xA; -  http://serverfault.com/questions/4796/reporting-tool-for-performance-monitor   &#xD;&#xA; -  http://serverfault.com/questions/4419/monitor-ram-and-cpu-usage&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But my question has a twist, I want to monitor a system and correlate CPU - IO stats with SQL Server usage stats, I want to be able to say that at 13:45 the query &quot;select * from bar where baz = 'quux'&quot;, ran on SQL Server 1, used up to 80% CPU for 6 seconds with an IO load of 6 and an average disk queue of 15.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can do this now with a combination of perfmon, SQL Profiler and some custom scripts to correlate the data. I want some tool to do this all for me now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do I expect too much? Is there a tool which does things like this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The usually mentioned candidates are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- http://www.zenoss.com/&#xD;&#xA;- http://www.paessler.com/support/kb/prtg7/features_networkmonitoring&#xD;&#xA;- http://www.zabbix.com/&#xD;&#xA;- http://www.nagios.org/&#xD;&#xA;- http://www.spiceworks.com/&#xD;&#xA;- http://www.cacti.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, as far as I can tell, none of those have everything I want. Or does some and I've missed it?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29857" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16639" RevisionGUID="122a1bb9-8219-4cc5-873b-a9a6c52b21e4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T08:10:13.853" UserId="1619" Text="windows server 2003 monitoring software combining SQL Server monitoring with CPU-IO stats" />
  <row Id="29858" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16639" RevisionGUID="122a1bb9-8219-4cc5-873b-a9a6c52b21e4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T08:10:13.853" UserId="1619" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;performance-monitoring&gt;&lt;network-monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="29859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16640" RevisionGUID="3c48bfc7-650e-4f71-9df6-49521ef1f084" CreationDate="2009-06-01T08:12:42.367" UserId="4979" Text="Most probably your WD drives need a firmware update. See [this IBM note][1] for details of how to apply. As you can see from the [instructions][2], the WD series is far from the only one involved. If you are going to put your drives in a high load server environment, you are bound to run into more problems than in a typical enthusiast desktop configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&amp;lndocid=MIGR-72219&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/thinkcentre_software/fabhdd01sr17.txt" />
  <row Id="29860" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16641" RevisionGUID="e92028f7-92e0-4ce4-b1fe-d9d866a17f05" CreationDate="2009-06-01T08:16:21.330" UserId="4757" Text="Another solution, that I'm currently using. Instead of '%=' as in the original line, or '%-30=' in bender's (which aligns to the -30% (aka 70%) mark), I'm using '%-043=' (which aligns to the -43 character mark).&#xD;&#xA;But of course this has the same problem as bender's, where the amount I need to offset changes for each server. The solution is to edit the .screenrc per-server, with a command like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sed -i &quot;s/043/0$(( 19 + $#FULLHOST ))/&quot; ~/.screenrc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(The 19 is the number of characters used by the load display and spacing)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since my .screenrc is generated by my shell's .rc file if it's not there, I can immediately run this command after doing so and end up with a correctly offset alignment for each server. Not elegant, but it works!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remaining problems, that I don't really care about enough to solve:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The window list (and anything to the left, including the time) gets pushed off the left now. I solved this by removing the clock.&#xD;&#xA; - If the hostname of the machine changes, I need to regenerate the .screenrc, which involves deleting it and then starting a new shell." />
  <row Id="29861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16642" RevisionGUID="fe390aea-6b5f-4080-9932-ca1ae3231da4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T08:18:23.963" UserId="5835" Text="The problem is solved.&#xD;&#xA;Exchange Management Tools really it is not necessary on backup-server, as well as has told DLux, and against to statements on a Symantec's support site.&#xD;&#xA;In my case the problem was solved by recreation of the account for backup agent, copying from account of Administrator. Probably the problem was in shortage of some rights, It's difficult to tell which." />
  <row Id="29862" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="362" RevisionGUID="919bbdd2-65a8-4ddd-a2a6-0046c725960c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T08:21:01.837" UserId="334" Comment="Link to question related to this answer." Text="[dd][1] and [dd_rescue][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See also, this question: [Using DD for disk cloning][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_(Unix)&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/ddrescue/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4906/using-dd-for-disk-cloning" />
  <row Id="29863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16643" RevisionGUID="cf89783b-6d77-45ce-95f6-b2266439ae86" CreationDate="2009-06-01T08:21:17.263" UserId="766" Text="I'd recommend [PowerDNS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerDNS) highly, since it's database backed, so you can easily create a web interface for it and generally mess around with it, without having to mess around with zonefiles. Also it has a much better security track record than BIND." />
  <row Id="29864" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16573" RevisionGUID="7ac8a358-4cff-4730-bec2-ca3c49d213a6" CreationDate="2009-06-01T08:30:30.367" UserId="4883" Comment="Added project honeypot suggestion." Text="There's a really comprehensive .htaccess file [here][1] that will deny the majority of those bad bots for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just edit the last line to 'forbid', rather than sending them to the honeypot script...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;e.g.: change last line to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^.* - [F]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** Yes &quot;Mozilla/4.0..&quot; spoofing is annoying. If you can't block by user-agent header, then IP addresses have to be the way to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For an automated self maintaining solution, have a look at [project honeypot][2]! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/ Richy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://jetfar.com/trap-content-scraper-spam-harvester-bots-using-honeypot-wordpress-htaccess/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.projecthoneypot.org/" />
  <row Id="29865" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16644" RevisionGUID="26268eec-fe0d-4e78-8991-6eeb628d5b15" CreationDate="2009-06-01T08:46:54.623" UserId="15313" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a set of Windows 2003 Terminal servers with windows MUI packs installed. The servers belongs to windows AD domain TERDOMAIN. All the users who access the servers belong to the AD domain USRDOMAIN. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TERDOMAIN and USRDOMAIN belongs to different forests, but there is a trust relationship setup between the domains so that user can login to the terminal servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to make sure that when a user logs in to the terminal server, he can see the windows desktop in his language of choice. How can this be archived? can this be done using group policies?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29866" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16644" RevisionGUID="26268eec-fe0d-4e78-8991-6eeb628d5b15" CreationDate="2009-06-01T08:46:54.623" UserId="15313" Text="How to restrict user language on login" />
  <row Id="29867" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16644" RevisionGUID="26268eec-fe0d-4e78-8991-6eeb628d5b15" CreationDate="2009-06-01T08:46:54.623" UserId="15313" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;trust&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="29868" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16645" RevisionGUID="34e0aaba-c93e-41c4-8ac0-60a269b5c11a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T08:53:43.487" UserId="3926" Text="Network backup is possible with SQL Server Agent...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You just need to change an account wich used for start SQL Server Agent service to account with access to network share (and system service operations for sure) - e.g. any domain admin account...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But local disk backup and xp_commandshell it's really much more reliable. You can script result check/distribution to several servers and so on..." />
  <row Id="29869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16646" RevisionGUID="94d71039-5995-422b-aba3-76473b323196" CreationDate="2009-06-01T08:55:43.450" UserId="45" Text="Besides the obligatory, already mentioned [Process Explorer][1], there is a free tool: ProcessScanner. It generates a detailed list of the running processes and which porgrams they are associated with. The list is shown in the web browser.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Two similar programs, which are task manangers which show additional information to the processes are [**&quot;What's Running&quot;**][3] and [**&quot;DTaskManager&quot;**][4] (scroll down). Both are free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What's Running**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**DTaskManager**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][6]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://billmullins.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/windowslivewriterfreeprocessscannerknowwhatsrunningonyour-99e9processscanner-05large-thumb1.png?w=497&amp;h=368&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.whatsrunning.net/whatsrunning/main.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://dimio.altervista.org/eng/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://freewarewiki.com/f/whatsrunning_th.png&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://dimio.altervista.org/eng/dtaskmanager.gif" />
  <row Id="29871" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16648" RevisionGUID="554c169e-d835-4419-bb88-11338d672fee" CreationDate="2009-06-01T08:56:11.173" UserId="1787" Text="Why don't you just use reverse proxy, such as [**Squid**][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.squid-cache.org/" />
  <row Id="29872" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16649" RevisionGUID="01b27e13-b00e-4df2-9bf9-b8f468e3de41" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:00:29.290" UserId="6652" Text="Most of our servers don't listen to SSH on a public VLAN. I can't be bothered to keep a tunnel open on my laptop when away from the office:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    zugzug() { ssh -A -p &lt;non_standard_port&gt; -t &lt;proxy_server&gt; ssh $1; }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While it's a function and not an alias, I find it invaluable." />
  <row Id="29873" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16650" RevisionGUID="199e1301-4678-48b6-b957-2f9fb5236b9e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:01:22.300" UserId="1715" Text="You're unhappy with the built in functionality profiler provides where you can combine perfmon data files? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The magic happens in Profiler with the File-&gt;Import Performance Data... option.  What this means is you can click on your perform graph (where your CPU is spiking) and profiler will jump to the corresponding capture that was happening at that moment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This was a new feature introduced in SQL Server 2005.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[check this out][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlteam.com/article/integrating-profiler-and-perfmon-log-files" />
  <row Id="29874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16651" RevisionGUID="f421ccb5-aba3-4f7e-b43a-c245319b0b97" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:03:58.957" UserId="2277" Text="If it's just the fact that the port is empty, you could buy a bunch of RJ45 connectors (or alternatively cut them off the end of old patch leads) and clip them into the ports.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If access is still an issue you could trim the end of the clip so that you'd need a small screwdriver to operate the release." />
  <row Id="29875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16652" RevisionGUID="a749a449-63ba-4d33-858c-b092497547e9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:04:12.247" UserId="1447" Text="Another advantage is binary compatibility with older applications (i.e. legacy support).  The people who maintain Solaris have been much more diligent about this than the maintainers of (for example) glibc.  While this is more likely to be of interest on SPARC hardware, there is a considerable body of software such as Oracle for this platform that does run on X86 hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Solaris may be a good choice if you're planning for a long-lived production application that you expect to be in service for years." />
  <row Id="29876" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16644" RevisionGUID="593c61c2-d2aa-41ef-97a7-25311c2b0ed3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:06:51.807" UserId="45" Comment="added 2 characters in body; edited title" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a set of Windows 2003 Terminal servers with Windows MUI packs installed. The servers belong to a Windows AD domain TERDOMAIN. All the users who access the servers belong to the AD domain USRDOMAIN. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TERDOMAIN and USRDOMAIN belong to different forests, but there is a trusted relationship setup between the domains so that user can login to the terminal servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to make sure that when a user logs in to the terminal server, he can see the Windows desktop in his language of choice. How can this be achieved? Can this be done using group policies?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29877" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="16644" RevisionGUID="593c61c2-d2aa-41ef-97a7-25311c2b0ed3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:06:51.807" UserId="45" Comment="added 2 characters in body; edited title" Text="How to restrict user language on login?" />
  <row Id="29878" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1954" RevisionGUID="b9a5dd81-ca0d-4845-ab5e-4bdc893815d6" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:14:00.870" UserId="1248" Comment="Added link to Scott's answer" Text="When you are deploying a new web server box what are the standard things you install on it and do to set it up?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What things do you do to ensure the box is locked down and not going to get compromised?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So far:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# General&#xD;&#xA; - Apply security patches, etc&#xD;&#xA; - Run the Microsfot Baseline Security Analyzer [(MBSA)][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Disable weak encryption algorithms][2] - [Scott][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# Network&#xD;&#xA; - [Harden TCP/IP stack][4] - [K. Brian Kelley][5]&#xD;&#xA; - White list traffic with an [IPSEC policy][6]&#xD;&#xA; - All NetBIOS is removed or disabled&#xD;&#xA; - Put web server in a workgroup (not allowed to be on a domain)&#xD;&#xA; - Use a [DMZ][7]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# IIS&#xD;&#xA; - Install [UrlScan][8]&#xD;&#xA; - Run [IIS lockdown][9]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=F32921AF-9DBE-4DCE-889E-ECF997EB18E9&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1954/windows-web-server-checklist/8264#8264&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/users/1645/scott&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa302363.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://serverfault.com/users/385/k-brian-kelley&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa302366.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demilitarized_zone_(computing)&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc242650.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa302365.aspx" />
  <row Id="29879" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1954" RevisionGUID="b9a5dd81-ca0d-4845-ab5e-4bdc893815d6" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:14:00.870" UserId="1248" Comment="Added link to Scott's answer" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;checklist&gt;" />
  <row Id="29880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16653" RevisionGUID="7824c70b-bace-4f0b-80c4-ddce6d2da9c4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:14:50.683" UserId="301" Text="It sounds like you have `p2v`ed the individual drive partitions, not the whole disk. If this is the case you're probably missing the partition sector, and the boot block(s)" />
  <row Id="29881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16654" RevisionGUID="335f0519-6095-4990-b77b-e94e400bf0ac" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:16:43.657" UserId="45" Text="This can be done using Group Policies. You can create one policy for each language group and enforce that particular language to the group. This way if your users want their environment in a specific  language, all you need to do is move them to the language group.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the procedure you have to follow:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In &quot;Active Directory Users and Computers&quot;, right click the Terminal Servers Organizational Unit (create this unit, if you don't habe this and insert all your TS Server Computers). and select &quot;Properties.&quot; Create group policy objects for all your available language, let's say &quot;TSAccountsEnglish&quot; and &quot;TSAccountsSpanish.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Select the policies and click *&quot;Edit&quot;*. Under *&quot;User Configuration&quot; &gt; &quot;Administrative Templates&quot; &gt; &quot;Control Panel&quot; &gt; &quot;Regional and Language Options&quot;* there is *&quot;Restrict selection of Windows menus and dialogs language.&quot;* Enable this option and choose the language for this object." />
  <row Id="29882" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16655" RevisionGUID="33cc3357-23bc-4104-b04f-8f6e46131a97" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:17:05.250" UserId="2169" Text="Basic monitoring via the [nagios][1] nagios_mysql plugin, added a small custom script to monitor slaves status and slavelag.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nagios.org/" />
  <row Id="29883" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16640" RevisionGUID="0cb12acb-ab0c-40ef-8db7-3cff287b6bea" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:18:28.880" UserId="4979" Comment="added 388 characters in body; added 26 characters in body" Text="Most probably **your WD drives need a firmware update**. See [this IBM note][1] for downloading and applyig the update. As you can see from the [instructions][2], the WD drives are far from the only ones with problems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are going to put your drives in a high load server environment, you are bound to run into more problems than in a typical enthusiast desktop configuration. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could you maybe comment on why you chose to go with the desktop class [Deskstar][3] series of drives instead of the Enterprise/RAID class [Ultrastar][4] series? Do you feel the extra cost is not worth the added reliability and speed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&amp;lndocid=MIGR-72219&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/thinkcentre_software/fabhdd01sr17.txt&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.hitachigst.com/portal/site/en/products/deskstar/P7K500/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.hitachigst.com/portal/site/en/products/ultrastar/A7K1000/" />
  <row Id="29884" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16652" RevisionGUID="62f13f91-0b15-4897-9f61-adbb77669912" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:21:23.040" UserId="1447" Comment="added 43 characters in body" Text="Another advantage is binary compatibility with older applications (i.e. legacy support).  The people who maintain Solaris have been much more diligent about this than the maintainers of (for example) glibc.  While this is more likely to be of interest on SPARC hardware, there is a considerable body of software such as Oracle for this platform that does run on X86 hardware.  Sun also maintain Java for this platform.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Solaris may be a good choice if you're planning for a long-lived production application that you expect to be in service for years." />
  <row Id="29885" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16656" RevisionGUID="efe93d21-1983-4296-bab6-fa94dc3220da" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:24:46.670" UserId="6292" Text="Hi, the reason this happens is the physical disk geometry has changed but the NTFS disk label is still using the old layout.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This [blog post][1] explains how to fix the issue on Linux while it's still a VM image. If it's too late for that, my advice is to get yourself a bootdisk like [BartPE][2] and run an NTFS rescue program.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good Luck!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://fugitivethought.com/blog.php?action=view&amp;blog_id=77&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/" />
  <row Id="29886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16657" RevisionGUID="18864fcb-a53c-4a9b-b8dd-964b3da27768" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:27:22.467" Text="You might want to take a look at rsnapshot too (www.rsnapshot.org). It is probably available as an installation package for the Linux distribution you are using.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rsnapshot uses hard links to store backup snapshots so that several snapshots over a period of time consume disk approximately only for the total size of the oldest snapshot and the size of changed files since then. Since it is using rsync for file transfer, only changed files are transferred since last snapshot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can define intervals of snapshots and for how long back the snapshots are kept. A typical setting could be to keep monthly snapshots for 6 months, weekly snapshots for one month, and daily snapshots for one week.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setting rsnapshot up nicely requires some knowledge on ssh and/or rsync (depending on your setup) too. In a &quot;secure&quot; internal environment you could suffice using plain rsync as the transmission medium for rsnapshot." />
  <row Id="29887" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16643" RevisionGUID="0addf671-346e-4f84-a3e7-1da52f411d50" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:28:58.830" UserId="766" Comment="added 512 characters in body" Text="I'd recommend [PowerDNS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerDNS) highly, if you just want a no-frills recursing DNS server to enable Internet usage, pdns-recursor requires close to zero configuration to be used on a local network. I use it on our FreeBSD server on the office, and basically, I just installed it, added the server's IP address to `/usr/local/etc/pdns/recursor.conf` and started the service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to provide your own DNS information, PowerDNS has some very powerful features, mainly in its ability to use a relational database as backend, which makes it a lot easier to make some sort of web interface or configuration system, and also makes it a lot easier to do replication, since you can just use the database server's replication system instead of AXFR or similar things." />
  <row Id="29888" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16658" RevisionGUID="3842d157-b728-48d8-9222-ae33055b6bee" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:32:15.653" UserId="6522" Text="I start with asking for documentation about the current business processes and workflows.&#xD;&#xA;If that is not available I request it to be mapped, if that is not possible I create these documents albeit only from the IT perspective.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I will let that be reviewed and based on that I create the SLA.&#xD;&#xA;Using these documents I can choose the right tools, this will result in a dependency diagram of software, hardware and support. Based on that I can create the budget.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the budget is not maintainable, the SLA has to be adapted to reflect that." />
  <row Id="29889" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12680" RevisionGUID="127c9c83-6a2a-467a-99c5-f53899f645ef" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:46:12.617" UserId="3907" Comment="added 311 characters in body" Text="I had a user with more that 100,000 files in a single directory. The machine locks up and become unusable for a long time whilst the Explorer fills up memory and the machine can crash. Is there a simple way of dumping the directory and contents? We tried using the command line deltree and this did not seam much better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DaveF&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Extra -&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have had this problem several times with the same user (actually client). A program creates 100s of thousands of temp files during its run. If the program works correctly it does not matter as they get removed slowing as it is finished with this. But every now and again it dies leaving the mess of files. We have tried using rmdir and del etc methods and they are faster than using explorer but we generally end up with the same problems. The partition get damaged, there is an unexplained locked file, some file has a permission problem, which stops the delete from working. Normally these problem can be fixed with a reboot but in this case as this is a critical system we can't in production time. On Unix you can just do a rm -rf etc and this is quick and there is generally no real problem with it. All the command line tools we have tried don't seam to work reliably. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW - the application is being changed but this will not go into production for sometime and I though this problem was probably interesting to others.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update - because we have MKS Nutcracker on the system (without the command line utilities) we got the programmer to knock together a simple rm. This is several orders faster than del/deltree etc. I find it strange that there is no such simple app readily available as a standard windows system admin tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16659" RevisionGUID="718b04ed-14cf-4fa6-9cd3-d98626b4b863" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:47:17.903" UserId="4757" Text="If you're wondering why it's not using that spare RAM as a buffer/cache, the reason is that Linux doesn't preemptively read content. If you open a few programs it will leave what it reads from those in the disk cache, but it doesn't have a feature like [Superfetch][1] from Windows Vista.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a laptop, this is probably desirable. I doubt any Superfetch-like algorithm could predict what applications I'll use accurately enough to be worth the waste of battery if it's wrong. (Although if I just preloaded firefox I'd be extremely happy!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista_I/O_technologies#SuperFetch" />
  <row Id="29891" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16660" RevisionGUID="51159ebf-87bf-4283-bcad-1cc4e32f03e6" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:47:32.067" UserId="4974" Text="Replace the internal drive with a faster one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;USB2 will be slower than your internal drive no matter what you connect to it. Setting up raid0 via usb2 will not solve your problem, it will make it worse: It will be both slower and more prone to failure than the internal drive. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your laptop has an expresscard slot you can get an eSata controller for less than $50. The difference in speed compared to usb2 is dramatic. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29892" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16660" RevisionGUID="51159ebf-87bf-4283-bcad-1cc4e32f03e6" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:47:32.067" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29893" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16661" RevisionGUID="a930c032-194d-4320-91aa-f1d754d505ed" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:49:30.597" UserId="4872" Text="I have two servers that have should have the same setup except for known differences.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By running:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find / \( -path /proc -o -path /sys -o -path /dev \) -prune -o -print | sort &gt; allfiles.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can find a list of all the files on one server and compare it against the list of files on the the other server. This will show me the differences in the names of the files that reside on the servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I really want to do is run a checksum on all the files on both of the servers and compare them to also find where the contents are different. e.g&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find / \( -path /proc -o -path /sys -o -path /dev \) -prune -o -print | xargs /usr/bin/sha1sum&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this a sensible way to do this? I was thinking that rysnc already has most of this functionality but can it be used to provide the list of differences?" />
  <row Id="29894" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16661" RevisionGUID="a930c032-194d-4320-91aa-f1d754d505ed" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:49:30.597" UserId="4872" Text="How can I diff two Redhat Linux servers?" />
  <row Id="29895" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16661" RevisionGUID="a930c032-194d-4320-91aa-f1d754d505ed" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:49:30.597" UserId="4872" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;redhat&gt;" />
  <row Id="29896" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16662" RevisionGUID="886da7a1-1027-4984-bc4f-9c119636c245" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:53:51.273" UserId="4947" Text="The best test is the user frustration test. Make then use Eclipse for work for a given duration and then ask them what was better. Alternatively, use a stopwatch to record time spent twiddling their thumbs waiting for a compile/refresh/deployment operation." />
  <row Id="29898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16663" RevisionGUID="e9752729-1f64-4a10-b47c-a592fcf59172" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:56:18.023" UserId="2622" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have couple of windows clients which connect to freebsd pptp vpn (using mpd). windows clients gets ip address and dhcp servers from pptp connection. The pptp adapter properties are as follows. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PPP adapter vpn:&#xD;&#xA;        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :&#xD;&#xA;        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface&#xD;&#xA;        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00&#xD;&#xA;        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No&#xD;&#xA;        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.16&#xD;&#xA;        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255&#xD;&#xA;        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.16&#xD;&#xA;        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1&#xD;&#xA;                                            203.xx.xx.xx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can ping from my windows client to another machine in the lan if I give it's fqdn.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Documents and Settings\Sankar&gt;ping nas.xx.ac.in&#xD;&#xA;    Pinging nas.xx.ac.in [192.168.2.3] with 32 bytes of data:&#xD;&#xA;    Reply from 192.168.2.3: bytes=32 time=871ms TTL=63&#xD;&#xA;    Reply from 192.168.2.3: bytes=32 time=1056ms TTL=63&#xD;&#xA;    Reply from 192.168.2.3: bytes=32 time=148ms TTL=63&#xD;&#xA;    Reply from 192.168.2.3: bytes=32 time=136ms TTL=63&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Ping statistics for 192.168.2.3:&#xD;&#xA;        Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),&#xD;&#xA;    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:&#xD;&#xA;        Minimum = 136ms, Maximum = 1056ms, Average = 552ms&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But by default, the dns server is not the one specefied from pptp server, but if I use the server specefied in dhcp it can resolve the name nas. (with out any domain part)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Documents and Settings\Sankar&gt;nslookup&#xD;&#xA;    Default Server:  agni.xx.blah.com&#xD;&#xA;    Address:  192.168.3.100&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &gt; server 192.168.1.1&#xD;&#xA;    Default Server:  [192.168.1.1]&#xD;&#xA;    Address:  192.168.1.1&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &gt; nas&#xD;&#xA;    Server:  [192.168.1.1]&#xD;&#xA;    Address:  192.168.1.1&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Name:    nas&#xD;&#xA;    Address:  192.168.2.3&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &gt; exit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my dns server is able to resolve domain less names. When I type &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Documents and Settings\Sankar&gt;ping nas&#xD;&#xA;    Ping request could not find host nas. Please check the name and try again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The query is not getting resolved. Running wireshark along showd that windows client is sending wins request which is obviously not getting answered. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    77	23.928754	192.168.3.28	192.168.3.255	NBNS	Name query NB NAS&lt;00&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is how can I get &quot;ping nas&quot; work with minimum effort (ie with out touching client) ? A sub problem is how to make it use the dns server sent to it via pptp rather than the one configured on lan interface when connected to pptp network. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;with regards,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;raj&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29899" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16663" RevisionGUID="e9752729-1f64-4a10-b47c-a592fcf59172" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:56:18.023" UserId="2622" Text="Get windows to resolve domain less names via dhcp" />
  <row Id="29900" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16663" RevisionGUID="e9752729-1f64-4a10-b47c-a592fcf59172" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:56:18.023" UserId="2622" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="29901" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16664" RevisionGUID="7009285c-cf9f-4618-8573-60ed7f8873e3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:56:26.107" UserId="388" Text="I've always used this website as a reference: [Zonker's Greater Scroll of Console Knowledge][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While it's far from exhaustive, I've been lucky in that every device I've ever needed to console into has been listed there. Please let me know if you find a better resource; I'm dreading the day when it fails me. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.conserver.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29902" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16665" RevisionGUID="4e3fd804-6538-41d0-9598-e82c7940f4a2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T09:58:05.510" UserId="4757" Text="You're right, rsync is perfect for this. Use `--itemize-changes` (aka -i). Make sure you can run this as root on both sides (or some other user with full access to the machine):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rsync -ani --delete / root@remotehost:/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- `-a` is for archive, and basically makes rsync make an exact duplicate (apart from some cases involving links)&#xD;&#xA;- `-n` is for dry-run, and means nothing will actually be changed (This one is IMPORTANT! :))&#xD;&#xA;- `-i` is for itemize-changes, and outputs a simple-to-understand-once-you-get-it format showing every file that needs to be updated (the syntax is explained fully in the man page under the detailed help for that trigger).&#xD;&#xA;- `--delete` makes rsync delete files that exist on the destination but not the source.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to exclude certain paths, use commands like `--exclude /var`. The exclude patterns are relative to the source directory (which in this case is /, so they are effectively absolute)." />
  <row Id="29903" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16666" RevisionGUID="3ec7bf7d-d93c-4f6b-8361-d66be60392cf" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:01:00.403" UserId="3800" Text="You may wish to;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Disable SSL 2 (fix depreciated SSL protocol usage)&#xD;&#xA; - Perform a network vulnerability assessment&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, I wrote a detailed article on [**Howto: Disable SSL2 and Weak Ciphers on IIS6**][1] which may be worth taking a look at.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This article takes things from the standpoint of satisfying the security requirements set by the Payment Card Industry but is still relevant to general server hardening.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So now to fix the depreciated SSL protocol usage you should either read said [**Howto: Disable SSL2 and Weak Ciphers**][2] article for step-by-step instructions OR read [MS Support Article #187498][3] and you can use [**ServerSniff**][4] to confirm your modifications have taken effect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;p.s. Indeed you could also use ServerSniff to confirm the modifications mentioned in Scott's reply.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://davidchristiansen.com/archive/2009/03/24/pcidss-disablessl2andweakciphersoniis6.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://davidchristiansen.com/archive/2009/03/24/pcidss-disablessl2andweakciphersoniis6.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/187498&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.serversniff.net/sslcheck.php" />
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  <row Id="29905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16667" RevisionGUID="bf31d8f2-f533-4da2-ab60-c4b57e844402" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:01:20.167" UserId="6988" Text="# Problem:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Deploying, and managing this site has become a nightmare.  Deployment, going from development to QA, and pre production, takes a couple of days.  We have lots of errors, and it involves a lot of manual labor.  We often have config files that have been updated or changed incorrectly, and then the entire site on that web server fails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;#The environment:#&#xD;&#xA;____&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Plenty of web front end servers (windows 2003, IIS6)&#xD;&#xA; - Plenty of MemCached Servers (Linux)&#xD;&#xA; - Multiple database servers (SQL 2005)&#xD;&#xA; - Approx 5 million unique per month&#xD;&#xA;___&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;###More Detail:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;I am one of the developers that are responsible for developing the system. Currently there is zero automation, zero automated testing, and the deploy process involves logging into the servers, with terminal server, and manually changing IIS settings, updating config files, and similar horror's. Disaster recovery documentation leaves a lot to be desired.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to enable the team that handles the operations of the servers, to successfully deploy and maintain the application that I am working on. So for partly very selfish reasons, I want them to succeed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like some direction; on what are specific questions I can ask them, or suggestions that I can make, on how as developers we can create things to help them be more successful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently there is a bit of mudslinging going on, and I figure the only way to really fix that is to ignore the mudslinging, and focus on the problem.  And the problem currently is that it is VERY labor intensive to maintain, troubleshoot and deploy the site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;Rihan&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29906" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16667" RevisionGUID="bf31d8f2-f533-4da2-ab60-c4b57e844402" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:01:20.167" UserId="6988" Text="How can I as a developer help system administrators improve webfarm deployments and stability of a web application?" />
  <row Id="29907" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16667" RevisionGUID="bf31d8f2-f533-4da2-ab60-c4b57e844402" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:01:20.167" UserId="6988" Text="&lt;production-environment&gt;&lt;deployment&gt;&lt;web-farm&gt;" />
  <row Id="29908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16668" RevisionGUID="348fb7f8-c5ac-4fc5-8bce-10e23d7bc20f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:02:25.343" UserId="2339" Text="You may want to investigate rsync's -c flag. From `man rsync`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        -c, --checksum              skip based on checksum, not mod-time &amp; size&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd leave a comment to Alex Jurkiewicz's answer, but I don't have enough rep :'( yet..." />
  <row Id="29909" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16669" RevisionGUID="af6fe3dd-2acc-4f49-bf70-3c2297bee54b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:06:27.660" UserId="1992" Text="What are the issues that you're seeing when accessing that particular database? If it's database corruption, restarting the database won't have any effect, but is often tried.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just in case it is corruption, you need to figure out the extent of the problem:&#xD;&#xA;   DBCC CHECKDB (yourdb) WITH NO_INFOMSGS, ALL_ERRORMSGS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then either restore from your backups, extract data into a new database, or as a last resort run a database repair. Lots of pros/cons to each of these, depending on what you have wrong - but I won't flood this topic with details and links unless you actually do have corruption issues. And if it is corruption, you can always call Product Support to help you recover in real-time rather than relying on the forum.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="29910" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16670" RevisionGUID="d27c651b-900f-4f4c-85d4-4cd07d5dd84a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:13:58.923" UserId="3947" Text="Yes! Rsync is very fast, its extraordinarily versatile file copying tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - List item&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.Rsync supports for copying, links, devices, owners, groups and permissions. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.Exclude and exclude-from options similar to GNU tar&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3.Does not require super-user privileges&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Local:  rsync [OPTION...] SRC... [DEST]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       Access via remote shell:&#xD;&#xA;         Pull: rsync [OPTION...] [USER@]HOST:SRC... [DEST]&#xD;&#xA;         Push: rsync [OPTION...] SRC... [USER@]HOST:DEST&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       Access via rsync daemon:&#xD;&#xA;         Pull: rsync [OPTION...] [USER@]HOST::SRC... [DEST]&#xD;&#xA;               rsync [OPTION...] rsync://[USER@]HOST[:PORT]/SRC... [DEST]&#xD;&#xA;         Push: rsync [OPTION...] SRC... [USER@]HOST::DEST&#xD;&#xA;               rsync [OPTION...] SRC... rsync://[USER@]HOST[:PORT]/DEST&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       Usages with just one SRC arg and no DEST arg will list the source files instead of copying.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29911" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16671" RevisionGUID="7b36e422-94fb-42a0-bb70-11988dd27492" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:14:29.610" UserId="6998" Text="As per title, how do i remove Microsoft preinstalled programs like these from Windows Server 2008.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is no 'add/remove windows components' as seen in server 2003." />
  <row Id="29912" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16671" RevisionGUID="7b36e422-94fb-42a0-bb70-11988dd27492" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:14:29.610" UserId="6998" Text="Removing notepad, paint etc from Server 2008" />
  <row Id="29913" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16671" RevisionGUID="7b36e422-94fb-42a0-bb70-11988dd27492" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:14:29.610" UserId="6998" Text="&lt;program&gt;&lt;removal&gt;" />
  <row Id="29917" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16673" RevisionGUID="cf398578-2aa4-4f22-b977-ddb221b56c42" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:19:12.190" UserId="4979" Text="Unless you need this for legacy 16-bit applications, try to increase the performance by disabling short file name generation. This can have a significant impact on directory operations with marge number of files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Regedt32 select:&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;HKLM\system\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem\NtfsDisable8dot3NameC&#xD;&#xA;    reation&quot;=1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29918" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16674" RevisionGUID="a569213d-d2a2-4e57-8966-85ce30658d37" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:20:20.347" UserId="6999" Text="I used to do this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; How to attach to the correct process&#xD;&#xA;&gt; in IIS6&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; IIS6 uses seperate process for each&#xD;&#xA;&gt; AppPool, usefully these all have the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; same name - w3wp.exe.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; To determine which AppPool? the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; application is using right&#xD;&#xA;&gt; click&gt;properties on the directory in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; InetMgr? and look at the AppPool list&#xD;&#xA;&gt; at the bottom.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; To determine which process matches&#xD;&#xA;&gt; which AppPool type the following at&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the command prompt:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     iisapps.vbs&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; You may get a message box asking if&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you want to change your default&#xD;&#xA;&gt; VBScript provider to CScript. If for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; some reason you don't, type:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     cscript iisapps.vbs&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; This will list the process ids for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; each app pool, then all you have to do&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is match the process id in visual&#xD;&#xA;&gt; studio's attach to process screen.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Example:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &gt; W3WP.exe PID: 5124   AppPoolId:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &gt; SharePoint - 80 W3WP.exe PID: 4236  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &gt; AppPoolId: DefaultAppPool W3WP.exe&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &gt; PID: 728   AppPoolId: SharePoint&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &gt; Central Administration v3 W3WP.exe&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &gt; PID: 4128   AppPoolId: ReportServer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But this doesnt seem to work on Server 2008. Is there a better method?" />
  <row Id="29919" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16674" RevisionGUID="a569213d-d2a2-4e57-8966-85ce30658d37" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:20:20.347" UserId="6999" Text="How to find out which AppPool is associated with which w3wp Process?" />
  <row Id="29920" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16674" RevisionGUID="a569213d-d2a2-4e57-8966-85ce30658d37" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:20:20.347" UserId="6999" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;iis&gt;" />
  <row Id="29921" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16675" RevisionGUID="39d90a63-4060-4704-9142-110aafc155cb" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:26:05.203" UserId="4487" Text="`cd %systemroot%\system32\inetsrv`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`appcmd list wp`&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29922" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16676" RevisionGUID="83a20279-946a-4a07-a9cd-b03f20034fbc" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:26:44.953" UserId="4757" Text="The most important step is a simple way to make the configuration of all servers across your infrastructure as consistent as possible. A Standard Operating Environment (SOE), if you will:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - All IIS instances have identical configuration.&#xD;&#xA; - All web servers have the same copy of the site on them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have this, it should become significantly more possible to implement automated rollouts, testing, and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the IIS configuration is identical across all servers, you can update the config file IIS uses on one master server and run a script to push it out to all webservers, test it, and reload IIS. You can do the same for your actual website files." />
  <row Id="29923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16677" RevisionGUID="cff8dc2f-1969-44a7-b149-45f85e5a8a78" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:29:16.087" UserId="3256" Text="I'll try to answer the question without asking why...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some applications are hidden by having the comment &quot;hide&quot; after them in the Sysoc.inf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223182/en-us][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However they will just reappear after every service pack etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223182/en-us" />
  <row Id="29924" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16673" RevisionGUID="221e3559-f82b-46ef-9db2-7952e9ac09cd" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:31:22.510" UserId="4979" Comment="added 84 characters in body; edited body" Text="Unless you need this for legacy 16-bit applications, try to increase the performance by disabling short file name generation. This can have a significant impact on directory operations with large number of files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Regedt32 select:&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;HKLM\system\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem\NtfsDisable8dot3NameC&#xD;&#xA;    reation&quot;=1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RMDIR /S /Q [drive:]path&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to remove the directory with all its files." />
  <row Id="29926" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16678" RevisionGUID="5d40d798-69a2-4fa1-8fb3-70f41b35b2bd" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:35:18.087" UserId="6310" Text="What about TightVNC as a client? I've had to use it to connect to OSX Server's default ARD setup from Linux, but I'm not sure about kb support either." />
  <row Id="29927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16679" RevisionGUID="8aaa2f98-0f3e-4f1a-ae5d-350160988962" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:39:15.333" UserId="7003" Text="You can use [py2app](http://svn.pythonmac.org/py2app/py2app/trunk/doc/index.html), it comes with [py2applet](http://svn.pythonmac.org/py2app/py2app/trunk/doc/index.html#id39) to generate a .app quick and dirty." />
  <row Id="29928" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16680" RevisionGUID="157a3ca9-c0a4-4ba6-9ac1-a68fdf63f599" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:40:47.217" UserId="6204" Text="To be more or less complete, do not forget [Hiawatha][1]. The development on this one is quite active and it has a friendly and helpful community.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hiawatha-webserver.org/" />
  <row Id="29929" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16680" RevisionGUID="157a3ca9-c0a4-4ba6-9ac1-a68fdf63f599" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:40:47.217" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="29930" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16681" RevisionGUID="bd840dbd-e5e5-421a-9e42-c7f24d7b97e3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:44:00.627" UserId="3867" Text="What are you running on ubuntu. Are you observing any performance glitches and found that ram is not being utilized or its just general observation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are worried that your ram is not being used, might be the case where it doesnt need to be used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try the scripts on the below link and see the utilization of Ram. Hope it will clear your confusion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.linuxatemyram.com/play.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29931" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16679" RevisionGUID="9206a44b-f888-4dfb-bbeb-ffbd72d131c2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:47:18.937" UserId="7003" Comment="added 5 characters in body" Text="You can use [py2app](http://svn.pythonmac.org/py2app/py2app/trunk/doc/index.html), it comes with [py2applet](http://svn.pythonmac.org/py2app/py2app/trunk/doc/index.html#py2applet) to generate a .app quick and dirty." />
  <row Id="29932" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16682" RevisionGUID="cefc0705-dd72-4660-85a6-a77cec484e2e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:54:46.893" UserDisplayName="verstapp" Text="... with a blob of glue to discourage even screwdrivers..." />
  <row Id="29933" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16683" RevisionGUID="a36617cd-1052-4c7b-b5c7-053145e87a23" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:54:52.417" UserId="1916" Text="I have an heterogeneous system in my office with different OS and they change rapidly.&#xD;&#xA;I was looking for a solution to get authentication in a distributed way like OpenID so I can login machine_A using user@machine_B, is not important to get authorization and accounting globally distributed only authorization matters, and LDAP is too big for my needs.&#xD;&#xA;cheers" />
  <row Id="29934" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16683" RevisionGUID="a36617cd-1052-4c7b-b5c7-053145e87a23" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:54:52.417" UserId="1916" Text="Distributed User Authentication" />
  <row Id="29935" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16683" RevisionGUID="a36617cd-1052-4c7b-b5c7-053145e87a23" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:54:52.417" UserId="1916" Text="&lt;cross-platform&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;&lt;openid&gt;" />
  <row Id="29936" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16684" RevisionGUID="702256d5-1831-432b-b29a-54f12f261e8a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:58:36.213" UserId="1131" Text="For my home I want to be a nice neighbor actually I have let my wifi open for the past maybe 6 or 7 years. I know that WEP, etc can be cracked within a couple of minutes but my neighbors son who works in IT told his mom and she told me that I am doing bad things and you know the story..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you think it's okay to leave your wifi open to the public? I live in a suburb with a tiny street and about 8 houses in reach of my wifi. I have a 16k DSL line so if some one joins me for a couple hours I would probably not notice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would love your thoughts on whether I should encrypt my wifi or not." />
  <row Id="29937" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16684" RevisionGUID="702256d5-1831-432b-b29a-54f12f261e8a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:58:36.213" UserId="1131" Text="Leaving my wifi open for the world" />
  <row Id="29938" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16684" RevisionGUID="702256d5-1831-432b-b29a-54f12f261e8a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T10:58:36.213" UserId="1131" Text="&lt;wifi&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;" />
  <row Id="29939" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16685" RevisionGUID="62ebc2a6-37a7-4430-94ea-28a7eaf68d15" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:00:36.710" UserId="3058" Text="First and foremost CONSISTENCY.  Make sure that all of your servers are exactly the same. All W2003 web servers should look like the rest. All DB servers, All Linux server.  I mean **same**.  Same OS version, same patches, same directory structure... Everything!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second comes staging.  You should have a separate server of each type, that can be used to test your deployment.  This is where you make all your configuration mistakes.  You would then copy your system from these deployment servers to production.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Third the &quot;Separation of Concern&quot; concept should be applied to your config files.  If different modules have different configuration items, put them in their own config file.  If there is machine specific configuration, move IT to its own config file.  This way you can deploy the affected config files from the deployment server along with the components themselves." />
  <row Id="29940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16686" RevisionGUID="bb178e23-e0b4-44db-ab73-9cac12b86ce1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:03:25.173" UserId="6550" Text="the iPhone supports common VPN technologies like IPSec PPTP and L2TP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this [Iphone VPN Guide][1] might answer some of your questions about it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a basic set up you might want to get a spare machine and loading [Smoothwall][2] or [ipcop][3] linux distributions. They have IPSec support built in, so it's quite easy to set up. This way you'll be able to experiment with some inexpensive hardware; figure out what works for you and implement it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://images.apple.com/iphone/enterprise/docs/iPhone_VPN.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://smoothwall.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.ipcop.org/" />
  <row Id="29941" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16687" RevisionGUID="779eb556-031b-49f9-8b4e-554953f09818" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:06:17.667" UserId="3800" Text="Yes you can.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is possible to use a wildcard SSL certificate and one single IP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can detail how to test this using a self-signed wildcard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Prerequisites**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* MakeCert.exe (Which should be part of a visual studio install or [downloadable here][1])&#xD;&#xA;* winhttpcertcfg.exe ([downloadable here][2])&#xD;&#xA;* APPCMD (Part of Vista / Server 2008 / Windows 7)&#xD;&#xA;* 'Certificates' snap-in for Personal and Local Computer using MMC&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Method**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Execute the following command from a command prompt &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    makecert -r -pe -n CN=*.domain.com -ss my -sr currentuser -sky exchange -sp &quot;Microsoft RSA SChannel Cryptographic Provider&quot; -sy 12 wildcard.domain.cer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * From the RUN command or start menu, type MMC&#xD;&#xA; * File &gt; Add or Remove Snap-ins - Select Certificates, Click Add, Select My user account, Click Finish&#xD;&#xA; * Repeat previous step and select My Computer (then selecting Local Computer)&#xD;&#xA; * Click OK&#xD;&#xA; * Expand Certificates - Current User &gt; Personal &gt; Certificates&#xD;&#xA; * Right click *.domain.com and All Tasks &gt; Export. The PFX file contains both the public and private key for this cert, hence why your asked for a password.&#xD;&#xA; * Copy or Move the Certificate from Current User &gt; Personal &gt; Certificates to Local Computer &gt; Trusted Root Certification Authorities &gt; Certificates&#xD;&#xA; * Import the PFX into Local Computer &gt; Personal &gt; Certificates (this will be the certificate used by your web services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now let's create your web servers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Tidy up your environment :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remove existing demo app pools and sites&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    %windir%\system32\inetsrv\Appcmd delete site &quot;Demo 1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    %windir%\system32\inetsrv\Appcmd delete site &quot;Demo 2&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    %windir%\system32\inetsrv\Appcmd delete AppPool &quot;Demo 1 App Pool&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    %windir%\system32\inetsrv\Appcmd delete AppPool &quot;Demo 2 Portal App Pool&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Establish SSL Environment&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Tell windows that Network Service is allowed access to your wildcard cert. and tell it to bind the cert to port 443 on your IP address&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PathToWinHTTPCertCfg\winhttpcertcfg -g -i &quot;wildcard.domain.com.pfx&quot; -c LOCAL_MACHINE\My -a “Network Service” -p MySecretPassword&#xD;&#xA;     netsh http add sslcert ipport=&lt;YOURLOCALIPADDRESS&gt;:443 certhash=&lt;CERTIFICATE THUMBPRINT&gt; appid=&lt;A GUID IN THE FORM OF {ab3c58f7-8316-42e3-bc6e-771d4ce4b201}&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Create App Pools and Sites&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the code to create app pools and sites&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    %windir%\system32\inetsrv\Appcmd add site -id:100 -name:&quot;Demo 1&quot; -bindings:http/*:80:YOURLOCALIPADDRESS -physicalPath:&lt;PathToDemo1Source&gt; -logfile.directory:&lt;PathToPutLogFilesIn&gt; -traceFailedRequestsLogging.directory:&lt;PathToPutTraceFiles&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    %windir%\system32\inetsrv\Appcmd set app &quot;Demo 1/&quot; -applicationPool:&quot;Demo 1 App Pool&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    %windir%\system32\inetsrv\Appcmd set site /site.name:&quot;Demo 1&quot; /+bindings.[protocol='https',bindingInformation='*:443:demo1.domain.com']&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    %windir%\system32\inetsrv\Appcmd add site -id:200 -name:&quot;Demo 2&quot; -bindings:http/*:80:YOURLOCALIPADDRESS -physicalPath:&lt;PathToDemo2Source&gt; -logfile.directory:&lt;PathToPutLogFilesIn&gt; -traceFailedRequestsLogging.directory:&lt;PathToPutTraceFiles&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    %windir%\system32\inetsrv\Appcmd set app &quot;Demo 2/&quot; -applicationPool:&quot;Demo 2 App Pool&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    %windir%\system32\inetsrv\Appcmd set site /site.name:&quot;Demo 2&quot; /+bindings.[protocol='https',bindingInformation='*:443:demo2.domain.com']&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...and that should be you ;) Enjoy!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/Update/5.131.3617.0/NT45XP/EN-US/makecert.exe&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c42e27ac-3409-40e9-8667-c748e422833f&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16688" RevisionGUID="e453e236-c99c-4df7-8012-2dabb067288b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:08:02.997" UserId="6365" Text="If I ware you I would use encryption because:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Someone from the street may use it to hack and you will have to explain yourself to the authorities.&#xD;&#xA;2. Any not secure flaws will be accessible to everyone. For example someone can mount your shares or just for fun use up all your ink in printer.&#xD;&#xA;3. After all cracking the encryption takes some time and people who look for networks to use will just probably ignore your wifi and continue search for an open one.&#xD;&#xA;4. Someone might use it to download kiddie porn, movies etc. and you'll have to explain yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's just a little configuration with makes &quot;bad people&quot; move along, rather then sit and crack." />
  <row Id="29943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16689" RevisionGUID="3d45e2e6-ae67-47f4-a31c-d1baf58ace32" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:08:28.673" UserId="4757" Text="Well, this isn't really SysAdmin related but since it's in the public interest I'll let it slide ;-).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short: there is nothing wrong with leaving your wifi open. Just be aware of the security concerns. Since the connection is unencrypted, any passwords you send over connections to other servers that aren't encrypted will be visible to anyone watching your network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, if you connect to your email via a POP3 connection which doesn't use SSL (aka POP3S), anyone could watch your wireless network, see your username &amp; password, and later use it themselves.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For this reason, unless you are very aware of what a secure connection is, (for **all** kinds of internet communication, including logging into websites) (and the fact you're asking here means, sorry, but you don't), I'd recommend you set up strong WPA2 or WPA encryption instead -- as [I mentioned elsewhere][1], these are very secure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/15386/security-considerations-of-wpa-versus-wpa2/15400#15400" />
  <row Id="29944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16690" RevisionGUID="5d416330-45ac-47a1-95e7-9fd043279cf8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:09:44.383" UserId="1435" Text="I wouldn't leave it open, for one simple reason - you'll be liable for the activity of strangers. Imagine if the cops came knocking looking for someone downloading 'bad' porn :(" />
  <row Id="29945" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16691" RevisionGUID="6ae5feff-a386-4f11-ac95-f4ca8da50716" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:12:39.150" UserId="3256" Text="I admire your altruistic notions of providing WiFi to those who need it - but you are leaving yourself open to huge exposure.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The RIAA et al will still hold you responsible for what they download, since you are here, I presume you are an IT person, hence an unsecured will not be a particularly good defense!  Secondly there are worse things than movies people can download - do you want the hassle of having to prove YOU did not download those pictures?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps get the OpenWRT or similar firmware (if needed) and at least log what others download just in case - delete them (obviously without reading them) after 3-4 months?" />
  <row Id="29946" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16692" RevisionGUID="e7cdcb9e-a715-44a7-84b4-1ddad0da53a3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:12:56.577" UserId="3696" Text="[vlite][1] is freeware application for creating customized installation CDs of Windows. It works partially with Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vlite.net/" />
  <row Id="29947" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16693" RevisionGUID="a852bc62-dc8b-4bc3-b216-ba7a8d1a0b42" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:13:51.270" UserId="6246" Text="a few choice LAMP related snippets:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;apache: current activity&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    apache_status='watch -n1 &quot;/etc/init.d/httpd fullstatus | grep GET&quot;' alias &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MySQL - check config and gracefully restart if all ok&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    graceful='/etc/init.d/httpd configtest &amp;&amp; /etc/init.d/httpd graceful &amp;&amp; echo Gracefully Done' &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;get process info&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias pinfo='/root/procinfo' &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;redhat release info&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias about='cat /etc/redhat-release &amp;&amp; cat /proc/version &amp;&amp; uname -a' alias &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;start vim in insert mode (contraversial!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias vi='vim -c startinsert' &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;monitor drbd activity and state of bonded NICs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias cluster='watch -d -n0.2 cat /proc/drbd /proc/net/bonding/bond0'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16695" RevisionGUID="c5fa32f9-b5e4-4e65-a6b4-4fcc63c0ce75" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:17:26.380" UserId="3947" Text="I work in a IT company, we have many clients, normally we troulbeshoot the problem remotely. We use ssh to login to troubleshoot. We have added one machine ssh-key to all our clients machines, So that it will be helpfull to other to login &amp; troubleshoot the problems, if i'm not there.But the machine which we are using to login to clients macine its highly secured. If you want to have good passwords better use numbers and extra character." />
  <row Id="29951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16696" RevisionGUID="da465d2a-ca98-48ef-9467-460aa717f72b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:19:19.697" UserId="7011" Text=" - Write code that checks the sanity of any configuration it gets given and reports problems both directly to the person doing the configuration, and in the logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Make a clear separation between configuration values that are environment-specific and those which should be carried unchanged up your Dev, Test, Acceptance, Prod (DTAP) street. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Use version management software (e.g. subversion) to track configuration changes in all your environments. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Manage the configuration of your DTAP environments like a megalomaniac. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Just after you deliver a release, and before you start coding again, arrange to have the Production environment copied over all the other environments including development. When you communicate this to your fellow devs, see which of them turn white, and ask them which assets they couldn't replace at will from source control.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Most importantly!!! You're probably reading this thinking, who is this idiot? That's impossible! We couldn't do all that. Dead right - of course you can't - not now. (If you weren't already in trouble, you wouldn't be asking the question). So separate vision from implementation. Share that vision with the other stakeholders. Decide together which capabilities you should have, and make a plan that starts getting you there. Each cycle or release or whatever, make sure you move another step closer to the vision. Set realistic targets, and meet them. (Of course, you're allowed to change your vision based on experience as you go along.)" />
  <row Id="29952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16697" RevisionGUID="dd7eeed3-c868-4127-8438-6cde2f5bbc35" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:19:44.657" UserId="5021" Text="I would say that apart from keeping the server settings and config files the same, you should have test environments to deploy to in your office. If your developers test that the code they developed works on an environment thats very much like a live environment, then they would feel more confident. More confidence means they necessarily develop faster (as this is something we have learnt from our SCRUM teams) and far less mudslinging and feeling of not being in control. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So basically what I am saying is, just give the developers lots of machines to play and test with and you will see positive results." />
  <row Id="29953" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16698" RevisionGUID="4924187a-219d-43af-9436-18e2ac4b4420" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:20:11.193" UserId="7021" Text="As a developer, I spend most of my time thinking about the code, UI, data structures and so on, but (I bravely admit) I don't tend to consider the implications of my app for sysadmins and DBAs until it's time to deploy the app. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Firstly, I'm sorry. Secondly, what do you wish I, and other developers you deal with, would do differently? What things would make life easier for you, cause fewer problems, encourage co-operation, and reduce crashes, performance issues and configuration nightmares?" />
  <row Id="29954" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16698" RevisionGUID="4924187a-219d-43af-9436-18e2ac4b4420" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:20:11.193" UserId="7021" Text="What do you wish developers would do differently?" />
  <row Id="29955" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16698" RevisionGUID="4924187a-219d-43af-9436-18e2ac4b4420" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:20:11.193" UserId="7021" Text="&lt;developer&gt;&lt;communication&gt;&lt;relationships&gt;&lt;deployment&gt;" />
  <row Id="29956" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16699" RevisionGUID="ff6b0d1e-a489-4af7-aa0b-4503d102674c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:20:35.233" UserId="3256" Text="I have a few customers who have Small Business Server with just 2 people, so you are not too small for LDAP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows SBS (or Foundation server once it arrives in the next few months) would be fine otherwise any Linux or Mac server will provide Kerberos &amp; LDAP for what you need." />
  <row Id="29957" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16700" RevisionGUID="8cc03093-9a85-4154-bc42-2b1d26dd6d8c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:21:21.097" UserDisplayName="gerry" Text="am using an Xserve version 10.5.7, when I try to change the password of any of my clients the following error comes up, &quot;The password could not be set. All othe setting were saved. Erro 14120&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;can any one help me with this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="29958" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16700" RevisionGUID="8cc03093-9a85-4154-bc42-2b1d26dd6d8c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:21:21.097" UserDisplayName="gerry" Text="password could not be set." />
  <row Id="29959" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16700" RevisionGUID="8cc03093-9a85-4154-bc42-2b1d26dd6d8c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:21:21.097" UserDisplayName="gerry" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;macosxserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="29960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16701" RevisionGUID="c77cdbff-711b-475f-8053-e2dae4e3bd08" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:22:44.917" UserId="2169" Text="In germany, iirc, there is a huge difference between 'neighbour doing bad things with your open wifi' and 'neighbour doing bad things with your (somehow) secure wifi'. It does not matter how secure it is, just the 'i made it secure' thing makes the usage of your wifi a crime and you won't have to take responsibility for others using it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What i do all the time when using insecure networks is using a VPN-tunnel to somewhere i trust enough for the things i want to do (work or home). Even if you want your wlan to be open, you could at least secure your own communication ;)" />
  <row Id="29961" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16702" RevisionGUID="8cfd0a58-21c1-4a12-a5b6-4889e10a23c1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:23:05.820" UserId="7026" Text="I've been out of the admin role for many years now, but I know that 'dd' is up to the job.  I used this technique regularly in the late 80s on Sun Sparc and 386i computers. I had one client order over 30 386i systems running CAD software that was distributed on multiple QIC tapes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We installed on the first computer, configured the app, ran SunOS' sys-unconfig, placed the drive in a shoebox with a different SCSI address and then proceeded to 'dd' to the other 30 drives." />
  <row Id="29962" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16703" RevisionGUID="ebfa2519-5b3b-4203-912d-04b9b87b4323" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:24:37.770" UserId="4733" Text="I dont think I would leave it open either.  Secure it with MAC address recognition and something else....whatever the router supports that is most secure.  Then check your logs frequently and ban any strange entries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the music industry sends you a warrant to appear in court because of your neighbors music piracy you may wish it were locked down. " />
  <row Id="29963" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16704" RevisionGUID="656ae577-2ac5-401e-9f62-6ea9c7ca0d30" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:26:33.630" UserId="6594" Text="Security author Bruce Schneier leaves his personal network open, arguing that wireless encryption gives a false sense of security.  He says:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I'm also unmoved by those who say I'm putting my own data at risk, because hackers might park in front of my house, log on to my open network and eavesdrop on my internet traffic or break into my computers. This is true, but my computers are much more at risk when I use them on wireless networks in airports, coffee shops and other public places. If I configure my computer to be secure regardless of the network it's on, then it simply doesn't matter. And if my computer isn't secure on a public network, securing my own network isn't going to reduce my risk very much.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/my_open_wireles.html" />
  <row Id="29964" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16695" RevisionGUID="34efce0c-a36b-4fd7-86ca-090f2b833190" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:27:47.450" UserId="3947" Comment="added 293 characters in body" Text="I work in a IT company, we have many clients, normally we troulbeshoot the problem remotely. We use ssh to login to troubleshoot. We have added one machine ssh-key to all our clients machines, So that it will be helpfull to other to login &amp; troubleshoot the problems, if i'm not there.But the machine which we are using to login to clients macine its highly secured. If you want to have good passwords better use numbers and extra character.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To add ssh keys the following :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.ssh-keygen -t dsa (To get ssh keys on .ssh/id_dsa.pub&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. scp .ssh/id_dsa.pub root@remote:~/tmp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. On remote machine &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;cat &gt;&gt; /tmp/id_dsa.pub .ssh/authorized_keys2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try to login to remove macine, from another console... :) happy sshhhhhh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29965" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16100" RevisionGUID="755b899b-54e2-4a12-bb57-f75c15258d11" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:31:06.087" UserId="2369" Comment="added 201 characters in body" Text="I have a Windows 2003 server machine, this machine is backed up by a nightly scheduled task that copies files and folders to a portable USB hard drive (encrypted using TrueCrypt)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Every week the portable drive is takes off-site and another drive is connected (we currently rotate between 2 portable drives).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that every week when we rotate the drives we can't dismount the connected drive because of some random file or folder that is open, the process holding the file open is always explorer.exe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I close the handle by using ProcessExplorer everything works - the volume is dismounted cleanly and explorer continues to work normally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to know how to stop explorer from keeping the file open in the first place, I suspect some 3rd party code that is loaded into explorer is the problem but I don't know how to track it down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a production server, so installing debugging tools or doing anything that will take the server off-line for more than a few minutes is not acceptable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** Thank you for suggesting unlocker but I want to prevent getting into the locked file situation in the first place, this is a production server and I don't want mess up the explorer process.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29966" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16705" RevisionGUID="af172f23-dde5-434c-9c26-2319d9435d4b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:33:40.543" UserId="895" Text="My argument for not doing leaving your network unsecured, is the same as that of Jon Rhoades and Alakdae: You're responsible for any traffic over your connection, so you need to make sure that none of that traffic is going to get you in trouble.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you may want to consider, if you do want to leave your wiFi open for people, is some sort of setup whereby unknown users get heavily restricted internet access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The idea being that this will prevent anyone doing anything untoward that you may have to answer for, and allow you to provide unrestricted access only to people who you trust.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, setups like this are non-trivial to put together without setting up two distinct wireless networks, which is probably more hassle than it is worth to be kind to your neighbours." />
  <row Id="29967" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16706" RevisionGUID="0d2dcffc-caf3-4772-8cb2-acf022f2f1b9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:38:00.033" UserId="7034" Text="I have scheduled backup script that makes the database dump.&#xD;&#xA;How can I add the date timestamp to the file name?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am talking about Windows and CMD." />
  <row Id="29968" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16706" RevisionGUID="0d2dcffc-caf3-4772-8cb2-acf022f2f1b9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:38:00.033" UserId="7034" Text="Current date in the file name" />
  <row Id="29969" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16706" RevisionGUID="0d2dcffc-caf3-4772-8cb2-acf022f2f1b9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:38:00.033" UserId="7034" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;cmd&gt;" />
  <row Id="29970" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15666" RevisionGUID="7c1d8e20-180c-49f6-be6f-51ba7687309e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:40:59.203" UserId="2519" Comment="added 271 characters in body" Text="I have a Windows XP x64 SP2 machine that used to boot up really quickly, but now takes a very long time. If I enable the /sos boot switch it gets to the bit where it says:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    2 system processors [8191MB memory]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and it sits there for literally about 3-4 minutes before going into GUI mode. Another machine running Windows XP x86 SP3 has a similar issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I troubleshoot this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It boots really quickly in Safe Mode, but not in &quot;Safe Mode with Networking support&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;I tried the Process Monitor log, but unfortunately it doesn't help. The bulk of the time is between the very first two entries - system starting and smss.exe starting." />
  <row Id="29971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16707" RevisionGUID="e3a3b11e-4dd4-46b5-89b8-0121bc2f9340" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:42:46.483" UserId="4984" Text="Hi, All,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to limit CPU, memory and network bandwidth usage for a bulk of processes on per-user basis. User is in fact just logic grouping for several daemon processes and not real humans. So different users has similar (but not necessarily identical) set of running processes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, I'm not even experienced Linux user, so I have no idea how to get it. Could you point out possible ways to accomplish this? " />
  <row Id="29972" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16707" RevisionGUID="e3a3b11e-4dd4-46b5-89b8-0121bc2f9340" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:42:46.483" UserId="4984" Text="Limiting resource usage per user in Red Hat Linux" />
  <row Id="29973" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16707" RevisionGUID="e3a3b11e-4dd4-46b5-89b8-0121bc2f9340" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:42:46.483" UserId="4984" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;redhat&gt;&lt;resource-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="29974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16708" RevisionGUID="88a33277-ed2d-4356-a361-39a3a879854b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:42:51.040" UserId="4947" Text="One of my wishes is inclusion of proper messages in exceptions and error codes. It's completely opaque to someone who has not developed the application what a `JimmyNotAtHomeException: it's late!` means. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But a message such as `Unable to find jimmy - initial manual call_mother procedure` is very helpful." />
  <row Id="29975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16709" RevisionGUID="fb120e66-6236-4067-a304-93ea528f10b0" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:47:32.983" UserId="7039" Text="Distinguish the &quot;user&quot; from the SA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A &quot;user&quot; needs to know how to use your software.  Users don't care about things like how to install your software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The SA doesn't care how to use your software, but needs to know some critical details about how to install the software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Write documentation separately for each of those roles, including the information relevant for each of them.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29976" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16710" RevisionGUID="f90b43c0-fa8d-4b63-81b5-42259b9d2708" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:47:49.037" UserId="1435" Text="Big subject to be honest, someone else will answer far better than me but you could start with 'man setrlimit'." />
  <row Id="29977" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16691" RevisionGUID="2e079768-21ba-4960-97c3-313ef0244459" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:47:49.490" UserId="3256" Comment="added 16 characters in body" Text="I admire your altruistic notions of providing WiFi to those who need it - but you are leaving yourself open to huge exposure.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The RIAA et al will still hold you responsible for what they download, since you are here, I presume you are an IT person, hence an unsecured WiFI connection will not be a particularly good defense!  Secondly there are worse things than movies people can download - do you want the hassle of having to prove YOU did not download those pictures?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps get the OpenWRT or similar firmware (if needed) and at least log what others download just in case - delete them (obviously without reading them) after 3-4 months?" />
  <row Id="29978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16711" RevisionGUID="587a61db-c18b-45bd-9ba6-1bad820d9522" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:48:46.180" UserId="4757" Text="`ulimit` can accomplish much of this, albeit in a somewhat low-level way. You can use `iptables` for network limiting." />
  <row Id="29979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16712" RevisionGUID="113897cb-8bdb-4968-8510-72286cc73586" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:49:42.797" UserId="1078" Text="Use %DATE% variable in the filename.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a %TIME% variable as well, but it contains characters not allowed in a file name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is an example of writing a line of text into a new file, where the file created has a date and time in its name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;testfile&quot; &gt;&gt; backup-%DATE%.txt" />
  <row Id="29980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16713" RevisionGUID="05daabea-612f-40c1-be71-cec2b9046ad6" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:50:55.697" UserId="4733" Text="Ok...I am going to ask why you would want to remove notepad.  It can be used to open practically everything.  I always put a 'send to' shortcut to notepad on every machine I have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, I use paint for saving screenshots.  This is especially necessary when troubleshooting issues that you need a picture of for later reference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would not recommend removing these.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16714" RevisionGUID="5629a6e8-5395-4a90-87e1-e608b8b7ce6a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:53:15.057" UserId="1435" Text="Think about scaling from day one. Sysadmins can do wonders by throwing money/hardware at a performance problem but sometimes no amount of these will help - in particular think about locking - sometimes you can't buy yourself out of a locking problem. Thanks for asking though :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh and try to be 64-bit where possible, and multi-threaded too :)" />
  <row Id="29982" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16554" RevisionGUID="9477d6cc-cb4f-444f-ae04-49be71ee20b8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:53:21.670" UserId="6901" Comment="added 276 characters in body" Text="I don't know the latest Debian 5, but if it didn't ask you for a root password, is it possible  you just need to login using your normal user (say roygbiv) and run something like that to enable the root login:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo passwd root&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first password you'll be asked is your user password (roygbiv) and the next passwords will be your new root password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to do that in Ubuntu (which is Debian based) if you want to activate the root user so I guess it's a possibility. I'm just surprised you weren't asked for the password during the installation process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Addendum:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should add that's it's often recommended not to enable root login when you have an installation without default root access. Just use `sudo` with your own password when you want to do administrative tasks. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo." />
  <row Id="29983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16715" RevisionGUID="5e4f5278-b3cd-49d3-97ac-c48fe6f9c838" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:53:38.503" UserId="7040" Text="In the command prompt and batch files, you can use `%date%` and `%time%` to return the date and time respectively. Date works fine, but the time value returned contains colons, which are illegal for use in filenames, but there is a way to remove those.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    COPY file.txt file_%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%%time:~6,2%_%date:~-10,2%%date:~-7,2%%date:~-4,4%.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will produce a filename such as `file_172215_01062009.txt`" />
  <row Id="29984" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16716" RevisionGUID="cf62edf6-685b-4844-9de8-425a3fa1bff4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:55:20.670" UserId="6897" Text="If you can't find the answer through exploring the host directly, try using a packet sniffer (wireshark, for example) to see what the client is trying to do over the wire. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Often systems will slow down massively if they're trying to resolve a hostname and struggle to find the DNS server or the host itself. It'll sit there until each attempt to make contact times out. This can be a few minutes per attempt! In unix systems, DNS &amp; NFS are two common culprits to slow booting. Find &amp; fix the network problem and everything speeds up. " />
  <row Id="29985" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16717" RevisionGUID="c91e3cdc-9f43-445d-be23-8126acf6c808" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:56:09.750" UserId="5763" Text="If your wifi is open then you need to make sure all your devices are secured individually.  It is the same as leaving a network cable haning out the window for anyone to connect to.  If your network is physically secure (and your wifi is also secure) then your router provides some protection against the big bad world.  &#xD;&#xA;If your wifi is open then random people using it to download illegal material may get you in BIG trouble.  &#xD;&#xA;Of course, more likely is that random people using it will get you into trouble with your ISP.  Firstly by doing things like using it heavily, sending spam, whatever else your ISP may take a dim view of.  And secondly just because you are sharing it.  My ISP expressly forbids sharing my broadband connections with other households.  If I do share it (and they notice) then I would be disconnected. :(  &#xD;&#xA;On the whole, I think it is worth securing your wifi." />
  <row Id="29986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16718" RevisionGUID="d630667c-9414-40e9-add2-8bc950eb6853" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:57:10.873" UserId="7035" Text="Centrify has been working for me." />
  <row Id="29987" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16688" RevisionGUID="3b8b24f7-8879-427b-8783-e52611d5294f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:57:37.753" UserId="6365" Comment="edited body" Text="If I were you I would use encryption because:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Someone from the street may use it to hack and you will have to explain yourself to the authorities.&#xD;&#xA;2. Any not secure flaws will be accessible to everyone. For example someone can mount your shares or just for fun use up all your ink in printer.&#xD;&#xA;3. After all cracking the encryption takes some time and people who look for networks to use will just probably ignore your wifi and continue search for an open one.&#xD;&#xA;4. Someone might use it to download kiddie porn, movies etc. and you'll have to explain yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's just a little configuration with makes &quot;bad people&quot; move along, rather then sit and crack." />
  <row Id="29990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16721" RevisionGUID="ff1a007d-6804-46e5-a712-fce63c6099a3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:59:06.363" UserId="101" Text="I need to index heavyweight format files with Microsoft Search Service. I created an IFilter and a backend that stores indexing results. So now if extracting text from some given file takes too long and the IFilter is shut down (the built-in watchdog-like feature of Microsoft Search) the backend does extraction and can quickly return the extracted text on next crawl.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My concern is about storing text extracted text for all processes files. It just feels wrong. Is there a way to avoid it? Is there some settings or protocol for Microsoft Search to tell it has to remember the text of some file and not ask for the extracted text ever again?" />
  <row Id="29991" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16721" RevisionGUID="ff1a007d-6804-46e5-a712-fce63c6099a3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:59:06.363" UserId="101" Text="Is there a way to avoid reindexing files on each Microsoft Search Service crawl?" />
  <row Id="29992" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16721" RevisionGUID="ff1a007d-6804-46e5-a712-fce63c6099a3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T11:59:06.363" UserId="101" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;search&gt;&lt;search-server&gt;&lt;windowssearch&gt;" />
  <row Id="29993" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16722" RevisionGUID="daaa37e2-d90d-4052-a5b1-6f045fb4a66a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:03:07.500" UserId="2273" Text="You might try setting the &quot;DNS Suffix for this connection&quot; setting on your windows clients to the domain name.  You should also be able to push that setting via DHCP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To push it via DHCP it should be something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    option domain-name &quot;mydomain.com&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="29994" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16723" RevisionGUID="f42b4b91-46b4-45df-8807-2f11216ad7c2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:03:19.527" UserId="3947" Text="Hey, Try to login root using user password. " />
  <row Id="29995" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16724" RevisionGUID="907e279e-63e1-4844-9ef9-2379509253d1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:03:29.013" UserId="2561" Text="Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) limits will allow you to apply many of these quota restrictions on a per login basis: [http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/Linux-PAM-html/sag-pam_limits.html][1] and [Linux Administrator's Guide][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/Linux-PAM-html/sag-pam_limits.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/linux_administrators_security_guide/16_Linux_Limiting_and_Monitoring_Users.html" />
  <row Id="29996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16725" RevisionGUID="fbfbc1e3-35a8-44fa-9347-029183b43151" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:05:36.127" UserId="1403" Text="Solaris loves threads and scales very well.  Prime platform for heavy multi-user/multi-threaded applications on any server, but really shines on bigger servers." />
  <row Id="29997" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16726" RevisionGUID="c3a5763f-5a16-4f26-8dde-82347f70937b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:08:04.020" UserId="4979" Text="Wether it is wise or not, even [celebrity security experts][1] seem to [leave their home wifi open for all.][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The pro's are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - It is a &quot;neighborly&quot; thing to do.&#xD;&#xA;   Anyone likes finding a connection to&#xD;&#xA;   quickly get an email fix or look&#xD;&#xA;   something up on the net. &quot;Do unto others as you would have others do unto you&quot; as it were.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The con's:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Setting it up so that a worm laden&#xD;&#xA;   machine connecting to your LAN does&#xD;&#xA;   not infect your machines is something&#xD;&#xA;   the public doesn't master. &#xD;&#xA; - If the    connection is abused, this&#xD;&#xA;   could mean    being sucked into an&#xD;&#xA;   investigation.    &#xD;&#xA; - Some ISPs    explicitly forbid it in &#xD;&#xA;   their    terms of service&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you like the open access idea, you might want to create a separate &quot;visitors&quot; network from that old 801.11b router you have lying around from before you upgraded, and keep your shiny new n router for your own LAN.&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.schneier.com/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/my_open_wireles.html" />
  <row Id="29998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16727" RevisionGUID="c668e0e5-60da-4895-bf31-77e12b7f0e99" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:08:11.927" UserId="4054" Text="Configure and lay things out in a predictable way with predictable ways of changing them for the OS(en) you're developing for.  This means everything.  For instance: OpenLDAP has a weird way of doing loglevels; certain IMAP servers don't even have configuration files but must have options compiled in; some packages want their stuff to be in one particular directory path, which inevitably will break the conventions of a particular operating system.  These things all stand out as warts on my usual configs.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a general rule, but don't assume you're special, and therefore blessed to break the general conventions of how software packages generally work on your platform, unless there is an abundantly good reason inherent to your software that requires it.  &quot;I strongly feel this should be so&quot; isn't good enough to break everyone's usual setup; it has to be a reason connected to the function your software is trying to perform." />
  <row Id="29999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16728" RevisionGUID="656cfa55-66ba-4709-b9c0-9fd2b7fe995c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:08:56.780" UserId="1435" Text="It's a very specific answer sorry but BEA (now Oracle) WebLogic is famously superior on Solaris than Linux - if you happen to be a WL user and push it hard then consider Solaris x86." />
  <row Id="30000" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16729" RevisionGUID="60d41708-8c94-4216-9f59-7668d909b3f3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:10:06.093" UserId="6793" Text="You can install &quot;durep&quot; and get a nice &quot;web page&quot; showing where you&#xD;&#xA;use the most storage etc..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From site:&#xD;&#xA;durep creates disk usage reports with bar graphs, allowing one to easily deduce which directories are using the most space. Although durep can produce text output similar to du, its real power lies in the ability to store reports in a file, which can then be viewed as a web page with the supplied cgi script." />
  <row Id="30001" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15162" RevisionGUID="fe8bb43c-f7e3-416c-9f9a-8f1c9b8a6cf9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:10:25.423" UserId="1463" Comment="added 49 characters in body" Text="Can you tell which patches are missing for which systems at any given time?" />
  <row Id="30002" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16730" RevisionGUID="0800bca0-1f59-4b21-93db-7c91425f752d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:11:20.007" UserId="4054" Text="Check out OS X Server's Open Directory.  it'll authenticate Macs, Linux and Windows (via a NT4 style domain, but it works).  More importantly, it's just a bunch of easy clicky buttons to set everything up; very little in the way of difficult configuration is necessary to get it going.  It does tend to be a bit of a black box when anything goes wrong, but is rather stable and so that doesn't happen terribly often.  The only thing is it doesn't scale all that well over remote links; so if you have WAN connections in the middle of some of your users you probably want to look elsewhere. " />
  <row Id="30003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16731" RevisionGUID="5b97bce2-ff36-406d-83e2-1fbf15fdae5d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:12:04.190" UserId="6953" Text="Slightly offtopic, the Apple Airport Extreme adapters now have the option of a &quot;guest&quot; network.  This effectively gives you two networks, so you can use a secure one for your stuff and leave an open network (using a different SID, and no encryption) for everybody else.  I don't know how this hurts or helps you legality-wise, but it does allow you to be generous with your connection without having to put your own data at risk." />
  <row Id="30004" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16732" RevisionGUID="961c3c55-6e71-4e57-b993-884b662e7f98" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:13:34.313" UserId="1031" Text="My guess is that if you had the option to standardize the servers you are going to deploy to, you would have done that by now, so I am going to skip that suggestion.  What you are going to need to do is build scripts/MSIs etc. to automate the deployment process for the operations team.  It will take some time to setup, but removing the Ops team's manual intervention from the process is the only way to make it run smoothly.  Now I am not insulting their intelligence, far from it.  The problem is that they don't know how the code works.  They don't know what a config file with a bad value will look like.  They depend on you knowing that to help them and the reason why automation is key to solving your problem.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My suggestion would be to setup virtual machines locally which mimic the various servers, so you can test over and over again how the install is going to work.  If your IT department is anything like mine, getting new servers will be difficult, as it involves budgeting and resource allocation etc.  Virtual machines remove a large part of the headache as you don't need new hardware, and input from anyone will be minimal as you'll only need to know how the servers are configured and then you can probably do the rest yourself.  VMs also allow you to quickly reset the machine to it's original state and try the install process again. " />
  <row Id="30006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16734" RevisionGUID="92dded50-a963-4006-a4cd-d74bb41180e8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:15:50.490" UserId="4733" Text="We have almost 100 Outlook 2003 and 2007 users and we do not yet run our own exchange server.  All of us have SPAM problems, but a lot of users have very serious SPAM problems, sometimes receiving over 1000 or more SPAM messages per day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our provider does label suspected SPAM with a number rating and I have created custom filters to direct these to the Junk folder, but this isnt enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there an Outlook feature or an opensource plugin that will take care of SPAM for me?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally I would love an opensource solution that would &quot;pre-check&quot; mail and delete SPAM before the user even sees it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="30007" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16734" RevisionGUID="92dded50-a963-4006-a4cd-d74bb41180e8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:15:50.490" UserId="4733" Text="End-user SPAM solution for Outlook users" />
  <row Id="30008" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16734" RevisionGUID="92dded50-a963-4006-a4cd-d74bb41180e8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:15:50.490" UserId="4733" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;spam&gt;" />
  <row Id="30009" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16735" RevisionGUID="e2a23171-2f8a-40f6-a44e-8be00f459093" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:19:38.037" UserId="1787" Text="- your communication is unencrypted, and there are many sites and services, that do not use SSL. Many only protect passwords, but still leave you open to session hijacking etc.&#xD;&#xA;- you're risking your IP getting banned for malicious behavior either of the users or of the trojans they might have in their systems.&#xD;&#xA;- some ISP have policy of completely disconnecting users, who do P2P, spam etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;As for *&quot;false sense of security&quot;*, AFAIK, WPA2 has no known vulnerabilities and has not yet been cracked.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30010" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16174" RevisionGUID="21d58ece-9fe2-4376-b1e7-d16d431e3834" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:20:05.153" UserId="45" Comment="Typo" Text="There is a TechNote on IBM's support site:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[How to calculate the size of a DB2 database][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If you want to calculate the size and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; maximum capacity of your database, you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can use the procedure&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `GET_DBSIZE_INFO`. This procedure&#xD;&#xA;&gt; first appeared in DB2 Universal&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Database™ (DB2 UDB) Version 8.2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To execute this procedure you should follow these three steps:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;1. Connect to the database for which you want to know the size and maximum capacity.&#xD;&#xA;2. Execute the procedure `GET_DBSIZE_INFO`.&#xD;&#xA;3. Close the connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the syntax of the procedure: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     db2 call GET_DBSIZE_INFO (?,?,?,refresh-window)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first three  parameters are output parameters, and the refresh-window is an input parameter of type INTEGER that specifies the number of minutes until the cached values for database size and capacity are to be refreshed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Refer to [this documentation link][2] for examples of the output from this procedure in DB2 UDB Version 9.1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21231144&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/db2luw/v9/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.db2.udb.admin.doc/doc/r0011863.htm" />
  <row Id="30011" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16726" RevisionGUID="e812ad08-726f-416c-b53e-cd3c3d26e197" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:20:39.753" UserId="4979" Comment="deleted 5 characters in body" Text="Wether it is wise or not, even [celebrity security experts][1] seem to [leave their home wifi open for all.][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The pro's are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - It is a &quot;neighborly&quot; thing to do.&#xD;&#xA;   Anyone likes finding a connection to&#xD;&#xA;   quickly get an email fix or look&#xD;&#xA;   something up on the net. &quot;Do unto others as you would have others do unto you&quot; as it were.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The con's:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Setting it up so that a worm laden&#xD;&#xA;   machine connecting to your LAN does&#xD;&#xA;   not infect your machines is beyond the interests and skills of most people. &#xD;&#xA; - If the connection is abused, this&#xD;&#xA;   could mean being sucked into an&#xD;&#xA;   investigation.    &#xD;&#xA; - Some ISPs explicitly forbid it in &#xD;&#xA;   their terms of service&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you like the open access idea, you might want to create a separate &quot;visitors&quot; network from that old 801.11b router you have lying around from before you upgraded, and keep your shiny new n router for your own LAN.&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.schneier.com/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/my_open_wireles.html" />
  <row Id="30012" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16736" RevisionGUID="d4e929da-2410-4d46-8bc6-d8addab08c64" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:24:16.133" UserId="4054" Text="You're going to have to set it on a shell by shell basis; bash and csh-like shells do not share the same configuration files and syntax for adjusting the PATH. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Trying to do this in launchctl will not work because environment variables are set on login; they do not exist system wide in Unix outside of a shell session.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So you're going to want to add&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;setenv PATH &quot;$PATH:/add/my/extra/path&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to /etc/csh.cshrc and &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;export PATH=&quot;$PATH:/more/paths:/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to /etc/bashrc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want environment variables in GUI apps, that's more complicated.  You have to create a .MacOSX/environment.plist file in each user's home directory.  The .MacOSX directory will likely not exist.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The format of the file is like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;UTF-8&quot;?&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC &quot;-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN&quot; &quot;http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;plist version=&quot;1.0&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;dict&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;key&gt;PRINTER&lt;/key&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;string&gt;myprinter&lt;/string&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;key&gt;PATH&lt;/key&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;string&gt;/path/to/thing/I/need&lt;/string&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;key&gt;DISPLAY&lt;/key&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;string&gt;0:1&lt;/string&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/dict&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/plist&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More on the environment.plist is on [Apple's site.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPRuntimeConfig/Articles/EnvironmentVars.html" />
  <row Id="30013" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16735" RevisionGUID="915c9d22-fde1-4e88-8939-5405dd808ad9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:25:40.047" UserId="1787" Comment="deleted 3 characters in body" Text="- your communication is unencrypted, and there are many sites and services, that do not use SSL. Many only protect passwords, but still leave you open to session hijacking etc.&#xD;&#xA;- you're risking your IP getting banned for malicious behavior either of the users or of the trojans they might have in their systems.&#xD;&#xA;- some ISP have policy of completely disconnecting users, who do P2P, spam etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;As for *&quot;false sense of security&quot;*, WPA2 has no known vulnerabilities and has not yet been cracked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30014" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16737" RevisionGUID="598f4c01-cdaa-46ff-b44b-268a44097088" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:26:31.263" UserId="1041" Text="Not opensource, but Cloudmark has a product, [Cloudmark Desktop][1], that is not terribly expensive, and works wonders.  I set it up for 3 users who use Outlook for email through an ISP, and after I installed it there were no more spam complaints.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I too was looking for something open-source, but for end-user ease-of-use and the relatively small cost, Cloudmark was a winner for me.  YMMV....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: I noticed that it works for Outlook, Outlook Express, and now Thunderbird (which is new since I installed it a few years ago)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cloudmark.com/desktop/" />
  <row Id="30015" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15539" RevisionGUID="3982697a-6073-45b3-b1a1-06c028c5ee5f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:26:59.267" UserId="1664" Comment="typos, spelling error fixes." Text="Generally speaking, in direct answer to your question, I am not aware of any major brands of SATA drives that the drive itself has had bugs relative to proper operation with write caching enabled. That is, from a drive perspective only, the drive does what it is supposed to do from a caching perspective. I would also note that *even when* write caching ***is*** enabled, that the delay from a disk write on the SATA cable to the rotating media physically being updated is still very short (~50 to 100ms typically). It's not like the dirty cache data will be just sitting there for seconds at a time.....the drive is continually trying to get dirty data from the [cache][1] onto the physical media as soon as it can. This is not just a question of data safety, but one of being ready to accept future writes without any delay (ie: write posting).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The issue that arises when caching is enabled is that the write order to the drive over the SATA cable and the write order to the rotating media is not the same. This can never cause a problem UNLESS you have a loss of power or a system crash before all contents of the cache make it to disk. Why? -&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The issue that can arises here is relative to transaction robustness of the the file system and/or database file contents to these out of order lost writes. In effect, those potentially lost out of order writes can theoretically corrupt the integrity of the transaction logic that would have otherwise have been guaranteed by the disk writes happening in a very specific order to the media.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, of course, the designers of the file system, databases, RAID controllers, etc. are aware (or certainly should be aware) of this phenomenon relative to write caching. The write caching is extremely desirable from a performance standpoint in most random access type I/O scenarios. In fact, having the write caching available is a key element of being able to have any real benefit to the more advanced Native Command Queuing ([NCQ][2]) that is supported on newer SATA and the last few generations of PATA implementations. So, to guarantee order to the physical media at such certain critical times, the file system and/or application, etc. can specifically request a flush of the write caches to the media. At the completion of this sync request - everything pending from (potentially) file buffers, OS disk caching, physical disk caching etc. is actually out on the media per the transaction system design at the right critical operations. That is, this happens correctly if the programmers make the right call(s) up at the top AND every element of this chain of software and hardware layers did their job correctly. ie: There are no bugs in this regard in the drive, the RAID controllers, the disk drivers, the OS caches, the file system, the database engine, etc. This is a lot of software that all has to work exactly right. Additionally, verifying correctness in this regard is very difficult because in almost any situation normally the write order doesn't matter at all....and power failure and crash scenarios are difficult tests to construct. So, in the end &quot;turning off write caching&quot; at one or more of the various layers and/or meanings of this term....has the reputation of &quot;fixing&quot; certain kinds of issues. In effect, shutting off the write caching behaviors of the RAID controller or OS Disk Caches, or the Drive, etc. is avoiding one or more bugs in the system.....and the source of such lore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, getting back to the core of the question: Under SATA, the specific handling of all the disk read/write commands and the flush cache commands are well defined by the [SATA specifications][3]. Additionally, the drive manufactures should have detailed documentation for each drive model or drive family describing their implementation and compliance to these rules like this example for [Seagate Barracuda][4] drives. In particular, see details of the SATA *SET FEATURES* command that controls drive operational mode and specifically option 82h can be used to disable disk caching at the drive level because the default is certainly write caching enabled on all drives I am aware of. If you really wanted to disable the cache, this command has to be done at start of each drive reset or power up and is typically under the control of the disk drivers for your operating system. You might be able to encourage your OS driver to set this mode via an IOCTL and/or Registry Setting type thing, but this varies widely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_buffer&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sata-io.org/technology/ncq.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.sata-io.org/developers/technical_library.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/support/disc/manuals/desktop/Barracuda%207200.12/100529369b.pdf" />
  <row Id="30016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16738" RevisionGUID="a1caf469-d7df-4337-9f25-c6d5e4fbe0f5" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:27:10.327" UserId="4392" Text="In my infrastructure, we've got a staging environment called preview where the data goes before it hits production. The application code in the staging level is exactly the same as the production code, so any data problems will show themselves there. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've also got a test environment for new code, which operates on old, known-good data (which we can mangle when needed to test how the code fails). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally speaking, this segregation allows us to have a pretty solid production environment, and we don't see too many unexpected things crop up. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should note that I don't deal too much with that, since I'm not a programmer. I just sync the databases and refresh the files when they ask me to ;-)" />
  <row Id="30017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16739" RevisionGUID="bfc00334-24ee-45b1-b368-f0baab9f803e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:27:42.730" UserId="4979" Text="Do you have a map of your network? Is it up-to-date and kept in a revision control system?" />
  <row Id="30018" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16739" RevisionGUID="bfc00334-24ee-45b1-b368-f0baab9f803e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:27:42.730" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30019" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16740" RevisionGUID="f04f0a37-37c2-4c0c-a603-3d7bbc535a12" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:27:52.527" UserId="7035" Text="1. Think about and build in security from day 0.&#xD;&#xA;1. Use version control for everything: source code, documentation, configuration, etc.&#xD;&#xA;1. Documentation, documentation, documentation.&#xD;&#xA;1. Clean installation and de-installation, using platform-native packaging&#xD;&#xA;1. Separate configuration data from libraries and executables&#xD;&#xA;1. Support for running different versions in parallel for testing and migration&#xD;&#xA;1. Robust, configurable logging&#xD;&#xA;1. Lightweight, accurate, secure monitoring&#xD;&#xA;1. Application checkpointing and backup&#xD;&#xA;1. How does your application react to problems: out of memory, file system full, network down, missing/corrupted configuration files, time skew?&#xD;&#xA;1. Always have separate development, testing and production environments. With all the free VM sofware, there's no excuse!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember that your application probably has more states than up or down. Draw a state diagram. Most applications have states like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- down &#xD;&#xA;- initializing&#xD;&#xA;- recovery&#xD;&#xA;- up-but-not-accepting-work&#xD;&#xA;- waiting&#xD;&#xA;- checkpointing&#xD;&#xA;- processing&#xD;&#xA;- finishing up&#xD;&#xA;- shutting down&#xD;&#xA;- down&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Think about what happens if the system crashes during each state. How will a sysadmin monitor and control state transitions?" />
  <row Id="30020" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16741" RevisionGUID="1ef219c8-cf53-4660-9746-4878c29d34bd" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:28:04.150" UserDisplayName="David" Text="When there are inter-server communications involved with the app, please include at least one sysadmin in the design phase.  Also, clearly document dependencies on other services: SQL, SMTP, HTTP, etc...  Don't make us guess what your doing or we can't help you when something's not working like you expected." />
  <row Id="30021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16742" RevisionGUID="cfaddafd-3f0c-4af8-8c33-a986b5727a7e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:29:47.690" UserId="4392" Text="Let me google that for you ;-) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if you want a big list of (not necessarily opensource) plugins: &#xD;&#xA;http://email.about.com/od/outlookspamfilters/tp/anti-spam_ol.htm" />
  <row Id="30022" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16735" RevisionGUID="239f2127-2f11-42cd-8601-d0aca73bc8ec" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:30:50.450" UserId="1787" Comment="added 164 characters in body" Text="- your communication is unencrypted, and there are many sites and services, that do not use SSL. Many only protect passwords, but still leave you open to session hijacking etc.&#xD;&#xA;- you're risking your IP getting banned for malicious behavior either of the users or of the trojans they might have in their systems.&#xD;&#xA;- some ISP have policy of completely disconnecting users, who do P2P, spam etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;As for *&quot;false sense of security&quot;*, WPA2 has no known vulnerabilities and has not yet been cracked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So called *&quot;WPA2 cracks&quot;* are actually lame, dictionary based attacks. Won't do any harm against strong password, especially if you use random hex, not ASCII.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16744" RevisionGUID="5609d284-6565-4c8c-89b7-ac3136e8b0a0" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:33:48.297" UserId="6524" Text="As for the virtual shotgun...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;$ shoot &amp;lt;pid&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;#!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;victim=`ps -e -o pid,ppid | egrep &quot;^\s*$1\b&quot; | awk '{print $2}'`&#xD;&#xA;victim\_name=`ps -e -o pid,cmd | egrep &quot;^\s*${victim}\b&quot; | head -n 1 | awk '{print $2}'`&#xD;&#xA;#kill ${victim}&#xD;&#xA;echo &quot;Killed ${victim_name}.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And remember: always shoot them in the head." />
  <row Id="30027" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16745" RevisionGUID="54da8c88-46b2-44f0-8c57-1c49bee7cdab" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:33:57.267" UserId="7048" Text="Spambayes is a bit long in the tooth, but it's very good at picking out spam.&#xD;&#xA;spambayes.sourceforge.net/windows.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However you can't centrally manage spambayes and each client will have to have it's own install, which can cause you several problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another cheap (money not time) and opensource is to get a linux box (fedora, ubuntu) to pull all your emails in and then run them through clam antivirus and spamassassin.  It works surpisingly well and an average server or VM should be able to handle a couple of hundred users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;J&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30028" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16746" RevisionGUID="949d60b7-3b19-4ef8-ab0b-87035d91ab25" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:34:49.920" UserId="7058" Text="Don't forget that ZFS and DTrace are available in a semi-stable format on FreeBSD 7+.  Good for tinkering, but then, so's OpenSolaris." />
  <row Id="30029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16747" RevisionGUID="f752d34c-3f3b-486c-8769-57ee26e4c111" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:37:21.213" UserId="7048" Text="Try AccessMyLan, it's easy and cheap.  Plus it requires no up-front setup costs and can be deployed easily.  They support iPhones too." />
  <row Id="30030" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14713" RevisionGUID="a328ed0e-aa81-416e-90ec-1803897bb692" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:38:00.947" UserId="4979" Comment="added 55 characters in body" Text="It might not be the ideal high availability solution, but many people coming to this tread want to know about the **solutions for running a Windows Server 2008 cluster with limited funds**. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As indicated for an iSCSI solution you will need iSCSI-3 persistent reservations for failover clustering to work in Windows Server 2008. See http://www.servercare.nl/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=71 for a good overview.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Low cost software solutions that are reported to work** include [1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Kernsafe's iStorage Server (&#xD;&#xA;   http://www.kernsafe.com/Product.aspx?id=5 )&#xD;&#xA;   (USD 99.95 Personal Edition)&#xD;&#xA; - YoungZSoft iSCSI Cake (&#xD;&#xA;   http://www.iscsicake.com/index.html ) (USD 69, Personal Edition)&#xD;&#xA; - Open-E iSCSI-R3 (&#xD;&#xA;   http://www.open-e.com/products/iscsi-r3/&#xD;&#xA;   ) (USD 597, 4TB limit)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Low cost software solutions that will not work** (at the present time, but might soon)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Openfiler ( http://www.openfiler.com/ ) [2]&#xD;&#xA; - FreeNAS ( http://www.freenas.org/ ) [3]&#xD;&#xA; - Open Solaris ( http://opensolaris.org/os/ ) [4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Low cost hardware solutions** such as Thecus, Qnap etc. **do not currently work**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1] source: http://up2v.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/iscsi-software-targets-for-windows-server-2008-clustering/ )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[2] Support might be forthcoming: http://forums.openfiler.com/viewtopic.php?id=2102&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[3] Support already present in nightly builds ( http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=151951&amp;package_id=229704 ) as reported in http://www.servercare.nl/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=61&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[4] Support might be forthcoming ( http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=312634 )&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30031" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16735" RevisionGUID="e568b7d9-3fdc-4595-884c-4f54b2588af2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:40:30.010" UserId="1787" Comment="added 265 characters in body" Text="- your communication is unencrypted, and there are many sites and services, that do not use SSL. Many only protect passwords, but still leave you open to session hijacking etc.&#xD;&#xA;- you're risking your IP getting banned for malicious behavior either of the users or of the trojans they might have in their systems.&#xD;&#xA;- some ISP have policy of completely disconnecting users, who do P2P, spam etc.&#xD;&#xA;- your computer illiterate neighbor might be using your net without even knowing it, just by having his laptop configured to *&quot;connect to any available network&quot;*.&#xD;&#xA;- if you use your WiFi as your primary home LAN, they get access to your NAS, PVR, VoIP, printer etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;As for *&quot;false sense of security&quot;*, WPA2 has no known vulnerabilities and has not yet been cracked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So called *&quot;WPA2 cracks&quot;* are actually lame, dictionary based attacks. Won't do any harm against strong password, especially if you use random hex, not ASCII.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30032" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15722" RevisionGUID="b27e9a6e-3608-4541-b907-18e0d4130700" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:42:15.530" UserDisplayName="AbLincon" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;quality&gt;&lt;vendor-selection&gt;" />
  <row Id="30034" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16748" RevisionGUID="8220444f-8170-468b-95df-04add93c5ebf" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:46:01.753" UserId="6177" Text="Spambayes is great at identifying spam, but it requires an investment of time.  In addition to installing and configuring it, you'd need to provide some training so that the people using it know what to do with the messages it identifies as &quot;might be spam.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16750" RevisionGUID="28ea70b0-8d3d-4048-9580-ee264e8fe391" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:48:14.683" UserId="7065" Text="I'm running 4 of Win2k3 64bit servers in the same subnet. It's been more than an year that I've running them without a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Recently, I kept losing the connection to one of the server. Let's say it's 'server A' which has a problem.  Losing the connection means that I can't access to server A from the other servers. I've checked if server A has any internet connection problems or are there any abnomal event logs in the eventvwr - but haven't found any problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem usually resolved if I restart the server again. But as time goes by, it keeps happen again and again. I can't afford to restart the server every time, and I really want to find out the reason.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone help me out? Let me know if you guys need any of more information." />
  <row Id="30038" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16750" RevisionGUID="28ea70b0-8d3d-4048-9580-ee264e8fe391" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:48:14.683" UserId="7065" Text="Win 2k3 server's network problem." />
  <row Id="30039" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16750" RevisionGUID="28ea70b0-8d3d-4048-9580-ee264e8fe391" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:48:14.683" UserId="7065" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;connection&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="30040" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16751" RevisionGUID="916a5bc8-30ef-4443-998d-cb5737d15f4a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:49:09.643" UserId="3111" Text="Are you positive that the same behavior doesn't occur when it is not minimized but only inactive for the same period of time? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If a remote app is minimized, that remote session is considered inactive and will be subject to any group policy or rdp-tcp properties that deal with idle session limits. To test, just start the remote app, don't minimize, and let it sit and see how long it takes to disconnect. If it is the same as when it is minimized just change your policy settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30041" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15620" RevisionGUID="78b0d99a-39bd-43d1-9230-80e2fd3c0cf6" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:49:22.903" UserId="6342" Comment="More info" Text="&#xD;&#xA;I am just setting up my new Linux Ubuntu 8.04 LTS server now, and getting ready for launch. My application is a PHP built application using the Zend Framework, and there is a MySQL heavy site (as are probably most sites). So far, I only have 1 server, and it is a full LAMP server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I am wondering, is what I should set these values up at (defaults shown) to get the best performance (keeping in mind, that this same server is also running apache and PHP) My server has 4 GB Ram. I only clipped the necessary values from the config file, to save mass confusion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Here is a little more information:**&#xD;&#xA;Everything so far is the default install settings (database tables included).  I am expecting about 100 transactions a second.  I am not sure how much ram I can dedicate, as the server itself is also hosting apache and php, I have 1gm ram, and 4gb burstable (hosted on a virtual server).  Mostly, my site will be dishing up static values (dating site), however, it will also be handling transactions from different users (saves, edits, etc).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some sections of my my.cnf file, and their respective values...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help, or insight would be much appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Fine Tuning&#xD;&#xA;    key_buffer              = 16M&#xD;&#xA;    max_allowed_packet      = 16M&#xD;&#xA;    thread_stack            = 128K&#xD;&#xA;    thread_cache_size       = 8&#xD;&#xA;    #max_connections        = 100&#xD;&#xA;    #table_cache            = 64&#xD;&#xA;    #thread_concurrency     = 10&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Query Cache Configuration&#xD;&#xA;    query_cache_limit       = 1M&#xD;&#xA;    query_cache_size        = 16M&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Here you can see queries with especially long duration&#xD;&#xA;    log_slow_queries        = /var/log/mysql/mysql-slow.log&#xD;&#xA;    long_query_time = 2&#xD;&#xA;    log-queries-not-using-indexes&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # BerkeleyDB&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Using BerkeleyDB is now discouraged as its support will cease in 5.1.12.&#xD;&#xA;    skip-bdb&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # InnoDB&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # InnoDB is enabled by default with a 10MB datafile in /var/lib/mysql/.&#xD;&#xA;    # Read the manual for more InnoDB related options. There are many!&#xD;&#xA;    # You might want to disable InnoDB to shrink the mysqld process by circa 100MB.&#xD;&#xA;    #skip-innodb&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    [isamchk]&#xD;&#xA;    key_buffer              = 16M&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30042" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16752" RevisionGUID="b698d124-a656-4ca4-ad09-e864636dced1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:50:15.213" UserId="4782" Text="Have you had a look at the man page for the `path_helper` command-line utility on OS X? I answered a [somewhat related question on SO][1] that I think you may find helpful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/347286/what-are-the-various-files-that-could-have-path-declarations-for-os-x-terminal-in/347292#347292" />
  <row Id="30044" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16734" RevisionGUID="b26cb4b9-0c74-4114-89de-3e18badcb358" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:52:01.107" UserId="4733" Comment="EDIT - should have been more clear..." Text="We have almost 100 Outlook 2003 and 2007 users and we do not yet run our own exchange server.  All of us have SPAM problems, but a lot of users have very serious SPAM problems, sometimes receiving over 1000 or more SPAM messages per day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our provider does label suspected SPAM with a number rating and I have created custom filters to direct these to the Junk folder, but this isnt enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there an Outlook feature or an opensource plugin that will take care of SPAM for me?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally I would love an opensource solution that would &quot;pre-check&quot; mail and delete SPAM before the user even sees it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT - I guess I should have been more clear from the beginning....apologies....Ideally I would love an opensource solution that would &quot;pre-check&quot; mail and delete SPAM before the user even sees it." />
  <row Id="30045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16753" RevisionGUID="7f35a5a7-6eea-4088-8c77-2a8bc392a6b0" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:52:04.850" UserId="2561" Text="How can I delete emails for a specific email account older than X days in Exchange 2003 from the server?  I would like to do this from the server, not from the outlook client." />
  <row Id="30046" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16753" RevisionGUID="7f35a5a7-6eea-4088-8c77-2a8bc392a6b0" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:52:04.850" UserId="2561" Text="Delete Emails older than X days in Exchange 2003" />
  <row Id="30047" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16753" RevisionGUID="7f35a5a7-6eea-4088-8c77-2a8bc392a6b0" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:52:04.850" UserId="2561" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;exchange-2003&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="30048" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16754" RevisionGUID="42ede67f-1491-4fcf-9749-485e73ba51b7" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:52:18.843" UserId="101" Text="Electronic equipment fans are often covered with a lattice guard, especially the fan in the power supply unit of a computer case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Two variants are typical: either there'a a huge round hole in the power supply unit wall and that hole is covered with a lattice made of wire or there're multiple holes cut directly in the power supply wall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is believed that the first variant produces less noise because it's more streamlined. Does anyone has any actual evidence for or against that belief?" />
  <row Id="30049" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16754" RevisionGUID="42ede67f-1491-4fcf-9749-485e73ba51b7" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:52:18.843" UserId="101" Text="Does a fan lattice made of round wire really make less noise than one made by cutting a metal sheet through?" />
  <row Id="30050" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16754" RevisionGUID="42ede67f-1491-4fcf-9749-485e73ba51b7" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:52:18.843" UserId="101" Text="&lt;cooling&gt;&lt;power-supply&gt;" />
  <row Id="30051" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16755" RevisionGUID="cf6f0420-90ea-429e-b1aa-c262ad85d2b0" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:53:53.070" UserId="4703" Text="This is a big myth that you are responsible for the traffic coming out of your network. ISPs, coffee shops, etc are not liable in any way for what their users do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In fact, this can even be used to your advantage in case something happens. If you have a open network anyone could have done, not just you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do the same thing and keep my wireless network open... I hate when I go out and need to quick check something online and there is no open wireless.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be a nice neighbor, but check often to see if no one is taking advantage and using all the time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30052" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16756" RevisionGUID="6d07356d-3a5e-41df-b169-a5584dc89f82" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:54:32.710" UserId="7066" Text="You could have a name resolution problem or a duplicate name/ip address." />
  <row Id="30053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16757" RevisionGUID="a06e4ef9-2b21-4872-9986-ba102c7c255d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:44:36.733" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi All,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to know is there any limit on subfolders within folder in Linux and windows?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;can any one provide information on how many subfolders can be created in one folder?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance for any input.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30054" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16757" RevisionGUID="a06e4ef9-2b21-4872-9986-ba102c7c255d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:44:36.733" Text="Is there any limit on subfolders within folder" />
  <row Id="30055" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16757" RevisionGUID="a06e4ef9-2b21-4872-9986-ba102c7c255d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:44:36.733" Text="&lt;file-system&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;limitations&gt;&lt;not-programming-related&gt;" />
  <row Id="30057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16759" RevisionGUID="e7f67323-f0ca-4323-be97-735d5dda4c77" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:51:06.393" UserId="730" Text="&lt;p&gt;The number of possible directories/sub folders is limited by the number of inodes for the file system.  In ext3, for example, it is typically V/2 where V is the volume size bytes.  So there is no limit in how many nested levels you can go for folders.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the maximum number of sub directories in one directory, for ext3, is limited to around 32000.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30058" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16760" RevisionGUID="a61ddcc4-9273-4653-b19f-cd4ceaea3c97" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:53:07.433" UserId="1029" Text="&lt;p&gt;If you are using &lt;code&gt;ext3&lt;/code&gt; in Linux, the limit is &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext3#Disadvantages&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;explained by Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There is a limit of 31998&#xA;  sub-directories per one directory,&#xA;  stemming from its limit of 32000 links&#xA;  per inode.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16761" RevisionGUID="03e099fa-4913-4d01-b72e-b201714663ff" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:56:23.473" UserId="137" Text="I would like to set up an FTP service on a non-standard port (i.e. not 21) using the FTP service in IIS 6 on a Windows 2008 Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have set it up and tested it locally - it all works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However I am having issues when accessing it remotely. I can Telnet to the new port and see an FTP response, but I cannot create a true FTP connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I think the firewall port for the connection from my remote PC to the server is open, but the response from the server to my PC occurs on a random port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to limit the return (Outbound) ports used in the IIS 6 FTP service?" />
  <row Id="30060" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16761" RevisionGUID="03e099fa-4913-4d01-b72e-b201714663ff" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:56:23.473" UserId="137" Text="How to Limit FTP Ports when using IIS6 FTP Service on Alternate FTP Port?" />
  <row Id="30061" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16761" RevisionGUID="03e099fa-4913-4d01-b72e-b201714663ff" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:56:23.473" UserId="137" Text="&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;ftp&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;port&gt;" />
  <row Id="30063" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16763" RevisionGUID="0e6a6e3d-a935-499f-a1e7-1dad2b757aa9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T12:59:40.113" UserId="7058" Text="Ensure no viruses/rookits are on the server 1st off.  After that, see if the NIC is dying.  You can run a continuous ping on the server outbound, script it to dump to a text file (ping -t TargetIP &gt;&gt; C:\ping.txt), and let it run for a bit.  See if the ping traffic dies suddenly then comes back.  Could be indicative of a bad NIC." />
  <row Id="30064" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16764" RevisionGUID="b0dd5371-a032-4eff-baad-4a1a002a9cbc" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:02:26.553" UserId="2277" Text="Even though the problem seesm to resolve itself with a restart, don't rule out the possibility of an issue with your switch - maybe try a different port?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Sorry - duplicate of Nick's post" />
  <row Id="30065" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16765" RevisionGUID="5f85203f-3eec-4852-a3f4-7d119552dbd1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:02:38.863" UserId="7073" Text="Symantec has either a bolt on SPAM filter for you SMTP server or you can also pass it though their server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both use bright mail I think and work really well.  I've used it for years, well worth the cost.  Which isn't that bad." />
  <row Id="30066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16766" RevisionGUID="f9339a2c-8109-4da4-b158-cb8f8a134203" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:02:55.540" UserId="7058" Text="If your looking for something &quot;non-production&quot;  ie. something to mess around with, you can try iscsi on linux.  You set aside some hdd space, allocate it to the iscsi daemon, and configure and start up the daemon.  Quick and easy, though I wouldn't do it for a production environment, too slow and too quirky." />
  <row Id="30067" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16726" RevisionGUID="71372d63-9d2b-4483-bc66-1864f9848303" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:03:23.557" UserId="4979" Comment="added 175 characters in body" Text="Wether it is wise or not, even [celebrity security experts][1] seem to [leave their home wifi open for all.][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The pro's are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - It is a &quot;neighborly&quot; thing to do.&#xD;&#xA;   Anyone likes finding a connection to&#xD;&#xA;   quickly get an email fix or look&#xD;&#xA;   something up on the net. &quot;Do unto others as you would have others do unto you&quot; as it were.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The con's:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Setting it up so that a worm laden&#xD;&#xA;   machine connecting to your LAN does&#xD;&#xA;   not infect your machines is beyond the interests and skills of most people. &#xD;&#xA; - If the connection is abused, this&#xD;&#xA;   could mean being sucked into an&#xD;&#xA;   investigation.    &#xD;&#xA; - Some ISPs explicitly forbid it in &#xD;&#xA;   their terms of service&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you like the open access idea, you might want to [create a separate &quot;visitors&quot; network][3] using that old 801.11b router you have lying around from before you upgraded, and keep your shiny new n router for your own LAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.schneier.com/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/my_open_wireles.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://ask-leo.com/how_should_i_share_my_home_network_with_a_visitor.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://ask-leo.com/images/sharing_a_network_wireless.png" />
  <row Id="30068" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16767" RevisionGUID="c402d877-d282-4208-b51d-05609edd7010" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:03:25.337" UserId="4634" Text="Hello. How to check that my python script is running under Administrator rights (sudo) under BSD-like OS? Need to display user-friendly warning in order it is executed without admin rights.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="30070" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16767" RevisionGUID="c402d877-d282-4208-b51d-05609edd7010" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:03:25.337" UserId="4634" Text="&lt;python&gt;&lt;sudo&gt;" />
  <row Id="30071" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16768" RevisionGUID="34050d60-ba3e-4223-a8ac-af485c086dc2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:06:26.953" UserId="7058" Text="One word:  Backups&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure they have a good, centralized, redundant, and consistent backups in place.  " />
  <row Id="30072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16769" RevisionGUID="88470948-4797-4aa3-9d61-f2961ad1f72e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:07:25.800" UserId="2629" Text="Please make it possible to deploy your software on dozens or hundreds of systems in an automated fashion.  If an organization needs a software package, sysadmins almost certainly don't have time to install it manually on every box.  If a file needs to have licensing information, documenting how to provide it would be a great benefit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Adobe has historically had some installers that [were a real pain to work with][1]; please aim higher than that!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://managingosx.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/lightroom-installer/" />
  <row Id="30073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16770" RevisionGUID="69f7203c-6358-4187-84cf-afa8c1a1cd16" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:07:26.237" UserId="5190" Text="I agree with both Marko and Nick, I've had Servers that were &quot;going bad&quot; to be just the switch. As soon as I tested a new switch it was working all fine. In my opinion either the NIC card is going or the switch is going." />
  <row Id="30074" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16771" RevisionGUID="1150beb4-896c-4c67-9850-75ab187202c9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:07:33.583" UserId="3696" Text="How about that one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    import os&#xD;&#xA;    username=os.system(&quot;whoami&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    if username is not &quot;root&quot;:&#xD;&#xA;        print &quot;You aren't root&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    else:&#xD;&#xA;        print &quot;Hello, &quot;+username&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16772" RevisionGUID="ef76438d-c8f7-4427-8e70-4e282714476e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:07:35.487" UserId="2908" Text="I'm not sure if any of these meet your needs, but TechNet has a blog where they tested several clients for compatibility.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[VPN Client Compatibility with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;According to them a version for Windows 7 of SafeNet SoftRemote is due out in Q4 2009.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/rrasblog/archive/2009/05/05/vpn-client-compatibility-with-windows-7-and-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx" />
  <row Id="30076" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16773" RevisionGUID="ba0b42a6-fcc9-4cbe-9558-7b601f9fd92e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:08:33.737" UserId="3797" Text="In terms of security and manageability - What is best practice?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should web servers &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Be added to and managed from an Active Directory domain&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**or** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Be part of a 'web server' workgroup that is separate from the 'resource server' active directory?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30077" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16773" RevisionGUID="ba0b42a6-fcc9-4cbe-9558-7b601f9fd92e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:08:33.737" UserId="3797" Text="Should Windows Web Servers be members of an Active Directory Domain" />
  <row Id="30078" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16773" RevisionGUID="ba0b42a6-fcc9-4cbe-9558-7b601f9fd92e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:08:33.737" UserId="3797" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;windowsserver&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="30079" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16774" RevisionGUID="aae845ff-4b0e-4f1f-8d56-7337be2203da" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:09:24.097" UserId="2561" Text="How about this? Check if uid == 0  :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[kbrandt@kbrandt-admin: ~] python -c 'import os; print os.getuid()'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;196677&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[kbrandt@kbrandt-admin: ~] sudo python -c 'import os; print os.getuid()'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;0" />
  <row Id="30080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16775" RevisionGUID="becd2d92-eaee-4631-84d3-84d2a560b98d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:12:00.020" UserDisplayName="Himanshu Porwal" Text="Here i want to ask you that is there any way through which i can allow only my machine to access client servers as i want to secure my servers from hackers. for this i have find a lot but not able find a specific way to allow only my ip to access. If i blocks all IP then it blocks all the IP's but when create a rule to allow only my IP then the rule dosent works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you suggest what may be the reason or can you suggest the solution." />
  <row Id="30081" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16775" RevisionGUID="becd2d92-eaee-4631-84d3-84d2a560b98d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:12:00.020" UserDisplayName="Himanshu Porwal" Text="Is there any way through which we can block all IP's except one IP with the help of IPSEC?" />
  <row Id="30082" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16775" RevisionGUID="becd2d92-eaee-4631-84d3-84d2a560b98d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:12:00.020" UserDisplayName="Himanshu Porwal" Text="&lt;ipsec&gt;" />
  <row Id="30083" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16776" RevisionGUID="267cac06-9f2d-4532-a9a1-1336080f6587" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:15:49.127" UserId="1933" Text="Note: I've never done this before.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The shared storage RDM should be possible, although having five nodes accessing it could introduce hilarity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The technique you want is similar to how two node Microsoft Clustering Services is implemented (with a shared quorum drive); VMware provide a [documented method][1] for how to achieve it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The solution looks well documented, if a little hairy.  I'd recommend building and testing it in a lab before considering letting it anywhere near your production cluster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_35/esx_3/vi3_35_25_u1_mscs.pdf" />
  <row Id="30084" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16773" RevisionGUID="20afeaf6-5b48-46d8-9509-99d3f03007b2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:15:59.017" UserId="3797" Comment="added 165 characters in body" Text="In terms of security and manageability - What is best practice?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should web servers &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Be added to and managed from an Active Directory domain&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**or** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Be part of a 'web server' workgroup that is separate from the 'resource server' active directory?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is no a requirement for there to be user accounts on the web servers, only management accounts (server management, system reporting, content deployment etc.)" />
  <row Id="30085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16777" RevisionGUID="a246dcb4-55c9-43df-85fe-d96e2f836be3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:16:11.140" UserId="45" Text="You could use the tool ExMerge. Here is a decription how to delete messages on the server using that utility:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[How do I use EXMERGE to delete specific messages from Exchange 2000/2003 mailboxes?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can [download Exmerge][2] in Microsoft's Download area.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a screenshot of the selection criteria (by date):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.petri.co.il/delete_messages_from_mailboxes_by_using_exmerge.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=429163ec-dcdf-47dc-96da-1c12d67327d5&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.petri.co.il/images/exmerge_del16.gif" />
  <row Id="30086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16778" RevisionGUID="fb4529d4-7520-4646-807e-f751b21a6572" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:16:59.797" UserId="4979" Text="I believe it is more a result of the openness of lattice, not so much the shape. Cut metal tends to be more closed than the wire frame setups.&#xD;&#xA;The more open, the less airspeed required to move the same volume of air through that hole. Less speed == less noise." />
  <row Id="30087" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16550" RevisionGUID="9922b2ed-3e19-4ceb-adf9-2fe0914d28c0" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:17:25.427" UserId="5989" Comment="more about hardware" Text="A wiki with limited write access would work well. Limited in that only a few individuals across the organization/company would be able to update the main portal page, and then each team or sub-org could have people that maintain their section of the site. This would encourage collaboration and get involvement from more people, so they might actually care about what is on the main internal company page, rather than take what they're given and complain about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I worked on a medium sized system administration organization in IBM, and we used a Wiki based portal for accessing team documentation and putting together best practices. It was put into place four years ago when I was there and per a friend still there, is still used and liked across that organization. Other teams we worked with adopted similar solutions for their own use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We deployed the original site on a Sun E450 with 2 CPUs, and about 1G memory. The site itself was running [tikiwiki][1], which is a php based content management wiki package. These days I would look into a wiki package that is also a ticket management system, so users can open a ticket directly to fix problems with the portal. [Redmine][2] or [Trac][3] are great tools for this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should add that the site running on an E450 also hosted a wiki for another organization, and all told served content for grand total of about 300 users, spread across the USA. The type of hardware required is going to be dependent on the size of the organization and the amount of traffic, of course.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://info.tikiwiki.org/tiki-index.php&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.redmine.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://trac.edgewall.org/" />
  <row Id="30088" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16779" RevisionGUID="1834199f-cbc9-48e2-9b29-7adbaa3a4be4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:18:26.330" UserId="4979" Text="Design for operations." />
  <row Id="30089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16780" RevisionGUID="a84cfbbe-2680-4e74-83d3-9b77275156aa" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:19:36.860" UserId="5308" Text="For FAT16 filesystems (mostly irrelevant these days, but still default on some USB mass storage / memory card devices) there is a limit of 512 directory entries in the root directory.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This can be less than 512 files/folders when long filenames are used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sub-folders do not have this problem." />
  <row Id="30090" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16780" RevisionGUID="a84cfbbe-2680-4e74-83d3-9b77275156aa" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:19:36.860" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16781" RevisionGUID="b8dfb44c-6d9c-4d0b-8606-0bcd09750f92" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:20:30.573" UserId="385" Text="Internal use, absolutely. That way they get managed by GPO, patching isn't as difficult, and monitoring can be accomplished without a bunch of workarounds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the DMZ, generally I'd advise no, they should not be on the DMZ. If they are on the domain and in the DMZ, the issue that you run into is that the web server must have certain connectivity back to at least one DC. Therefore, if an external attacker compromises the web server, he or she can now directly launch attacks against one of the DCs. Own the DC, own the domain. Own the domain, own the forest.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30092" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16782" RevisionGUID="0feb8878-4cf6-4fbe-ba32-6e09067d5bde" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:21:26.530" UserId="1489" Text="I've turned on Audit Account Management to monitor for deletion of user accounts from Active Directory.  Can I view these events in the Security log on the domain controller?  We have two domain controllers - will the event be in both logs, or will I need to check both machines?  What Category should I be looking for?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ask because I have a recurring problem where a SharePoint list stops receiving email.  This is because some user/process/gremlin is deleting the email alias account in Active Directory every so often.  This has just happened again and I would like to see the event recorded in a log so I can identify the user/process/gremlin." />
  <row Id="30093" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16782" RevisionGUID="0feb8878-4cf6-4fbe-ba32-6e09067d5bde" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:21:26.530" UserId="1489" Text="Investigating an AD account deletion" />
  <row Id="30094" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16782" RevisionGUID="0feb8878-4cf6-4fbe-ba32-6e09067d5bde" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:21:26.530" UserId="1489" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="30095" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16783" RevisionGUID="1d7f3b15-7b11-42ef-9172-4afd62815323" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:21:33.287" UserId="7078" Text="See MS KB article 555022&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This article describes the ports used by FTP.  The connection is made over the control port but the data transfer occurs over a different port.  Try configuring a limited set of data transfer ports in IIS and configure your firewall to allow those ports for your FTP server IP." />
  <row Id="30096" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16784" RevisionGUID="55e49563-5f35-4ec7-bb72-52a6ac1dd0e4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:22:51.333" UserId="2967" Text="If the webserver is on the same network as the Domain Controller(s), then I would definitely add it to the domain - as this obviously adds a great deal of manageability. However, I would usually strive to put webservers in a DMZ to increase security - which makes access to the domain impossible without pinholes (and that's a very bad idea!)" />
  <row Id="30097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16785" RevisionGUID="5ce32389-12f3-4f95-bd07-40a915764fac" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:23:35.140" UserId="385" Text="If you're talking Windows, yes. You set up a default block rule that applies to all IPs. Then you set up another rule that permits TCP communication (or UDP, if that's necessary) to your set of IPs that you wish to permit. It could also be protocol based. For instance, a DMZ web server which needs to connect to a back-end SQL Server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Block all TCP/UDP from any source to the destination server.&#xD;&#xA; - Permit all TCP/80 (HTTP) and TCP/443 (HTTPS) traffic from an external IP to the destination server.&#xD;&#xA; - Permit mirrored TCP/1433 (assuming default TCP port for MSSQLServer) to internal IP address of the SQL Server.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16786" RevisionGUID="6f31a2cf-15cb-4ac5-9480-4f81f4838581" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:25:01.220" UserId="3007" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;Being a small hosting (~250 domain) company owner, I'm looking for a **desktop** software for tracking my domains and hosts. Perhaps something like AWBS for windows. Integration with plesk server is big plus. If there isn't such software, what web based free solution would you recommend?" />
  <row Id="30099" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16786" RevisionGUID="6f31a2cf-15cb-4ac5-9480-4f81f4838581" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:25:01.220" UserId="3007" Text="Desktop software for tracking domain and hostings" />
  <row Id="30100" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16786" RevisionGUID="6f31a2cf-15cb-4ac5-9480-4f81f4838581" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:25:01.220" UserId="3007" Text="&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;software&gt;&lt;plesk&gt;" />
  <row Id="30101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16787" RevisionGUID="52c9a8e6-8ac3-4036-b24f-1e4483997507" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:25:42.453" UserId="385" Text="You'll need to check both. You are looking for event ID 630 in the category Account Management. Here's the reference as to the format of the event record, in case you are parsing this automatically via a script:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.ultimatewindowssecurity.com/securitylog/encyclopedia/event.aspx?eventid=630&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30102" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16788" RevisionGUID="aad9c28d-ea9c-41c7-851f-920b591bbfdb" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:28:13.527" UserId="5799" Text="In Unix-like OSes, the only &quot;Administrator&quot; is the root user with uid=0. (There may be more users with the same uid, and they all will have the same privileges.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So probably the best way is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    import os&#xD;&#xA;    if os.getuid() == 0:&#xD;&#xA;        print(&quot;r00tness!&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    else:&#xD;&#xA;        print(&quot;I cannot run as a mortal. Sorry.&quot;)" />
  <row Id="30103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16789" RevisionGUID="a424984d-627b-46a7-b8a7-560e8ee0c4ca" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:28:39.593" UserId="3214" Text="I have heard the old advice for Windows NT 4 which, if memory serves, was a rule of thumb &quot;memory size plus 12 MB&quot; (so that a complete dump could be written to disk).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anybody have any recommendations for Windows Server 2003 and 2008?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Also, while we are at it, what is a good swap file setting for a VM? Like physical machine or should I give more memory to the VM and let the host do the swapping?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30104" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16789" RevisionGUID="a424984d-627b-46a7-b8a7-560e8ee0c4ca" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:28:39.593" UserId="3214" Text="What size relative to amount of memory should the page file be (in Windows Server 2008)?" />
  <row Id="30105" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16789" RevisionGUID="a424984d-627b-46a7-b8a7-560e8ee0c4ca" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:28:39.593" UserId="3214" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;swap&gt;&lt;memory&gt;" />
  <row Id="30106" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16790" RevisionGUID="12137f53-7d14-4363-a008-5c6816a4ac69" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:30:08.173" UserId="1803" Text="Since it's pretty trivial to enable a moderate amount of security, I go ahead and do that.  Sure, it'd be nice to leave my front door unlocked, like my grandma used to, but that's just not realistic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as the Feds go, sure, I'm not exactly a datacenter, but if they're going to [confiscate][1] your servers based on physical proximity - do you REALLY think you're not going to end up embroiled in a huge hassle if someone uses your WiFi to download child porn?  Does it seem that outlandish to imagine that someone downloading child porn would try to pin that traffic on someone else?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks, I get into enough trouble with my OWN actions.  ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pcworld.com/article/162584/fbi_raids_dallas_internet_service_provider_core_ip.html" />
  <row Id="30107" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16791" RevisionGUID="67100c81-24ee-4e82-a5f2-3cf8fd572b31" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:31:03.820" UserId="48" Text="Security events show up in the Log of the DC that was used to process the request, so which ever DC was used to verify the accounts privilages. So you will need to check both DC's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use the free [Event Comb][1] tool, included in the [server 2003 resource kit][2], this can gather specific events from multiple computers and display them in one place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308471&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&amp;DisplayLang=en" />
  <row Id="30108" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16792" RevisionGUID="f780df6b-1637-4e84-ab7a-a930ef044ca8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:32:32.163" UserId="5799" Text="Use the &lt;code&gt;%DATE%&lt;/code&gt; and/or &lt;code&gt;%TIME&lt;/code&gt; environment variables, optionally substituting the characters that are not allowed in filenames, using &lt;code&gt;%name:from=to%&lt;/code&gt; (&lt;code&gt;%TIME::=%&lt;/code&gt; would remove all colons).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;theory » echo %date%&#xD;&#xA;2009-06-01&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;theory » echo %time%&#xD;&#xA;16:30:41,46&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;theory » echo %time::=%&#xD;&#xA;163052,17&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;theory » echo %time::=,%&#xD;&#xA;16,30,58,68&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;theory » echo backup-%date%-%time::=-%.zip&#xD;&#xA;backup-2009-06-01-16-31-18,82.zip&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="30109" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16783" RevisionGUID="6ecdb3bd-8d29-4c94-8fe1-9acde54ddd03" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:33:06.623" UserId="48" Comment="Added link for you" Text="See [MS KB article 555022][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This article describes the ports used by FTP.  The connection is made over the control port but the data transfer occurs over a different port.  Try configuring a limited set of data transfer ports in IIS and configure your firewall to allow those ports for your FTP server IP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555022" />
  <row Id="30110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16793" RevisionGUID="fca4fa23-3007-40a4-bec6-2bd074dd2552" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:34:08.777" UserId="4226" Text="[How to determine the appropriate page file size for 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another good discussion:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Pushing the Limits of Windows: Virtual Memory][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889654&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2008/11/17/3155406.aspx" />
  <row Id="30111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16794" RevisionGUID="014d1981-10ad-42a8-80ac-15b7e4c61e57" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:34:15.623" UserId="5308" Text="It sounds like this question is about firewalling rather than IPSEC.  If you are only allowing IPSEC secured connections then you would simply only have an IPSEC SA (Security Association) for the chosen client.  This would not necessarily need to be tied to a specific IP and would be a good choice if you do not know the IP that you will be accessing the server from. Any client you do not have an SA for will not be able to get access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you know your IP address it is more likely what you want is to install either a software firewall on the client server or a hardware firewall in front of it that only allow access from your nominated IP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also combine the approach so that your management traffic is encrypted in transit using IPSEC and the server is protected to only accept traffic from your host by a firewall.  IPSEC encryption may not be needed if the management already uses an encrypted channel (e.g. SSH or HTTPS)." />
  <row Id="30112" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16795" RevisionGUID="cbbd47a6-0b8b-4417-b78f-7ddd4f1c8d42" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:35:38.180" UserId="5391" Text="As others have mentioned, if these are public facing and do not require authenticating users against the directory, then do **not** put them in the domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, should you require some sort of authentication or lookup of information from AD, possibly look into running Active Directory Application Mode ([ADAM][1]) in the DMZ.  You may need to replicate the relavent information from AD into the Applicaton Partition as ADAM does not synchronize the standard AD partitions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are just looking for management features though, ADAM does not apply.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/adam/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="30113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16796" RevisionGUID="5ed3ff6f-580e-4838-b270-deb084cfce52" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:36:35.077" UserId="2224" Text="I'd look at an outsourced solution, as they work really well, and provide you with a quasi-DR capability in case your mail relay goes down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Suggested places to start:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Postini][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Microsoft Hosted Services][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/postini/compare.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/online/exchange-hosted-services/filtering.mspx" />
  <row Id="30114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16797" RevisionGUID="42850a13-fc48-4a26-871b-fda32c94b5a1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:36:42.283" UserId="1933" Text="If you've got a managed switch, look at the switch logs, port statistics and port link state to identify/confirm the symptoms during the failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Faults with autonegotiation, bad cabling, mismatched speed/duplex and framing errors are easy to pick up with this info.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;show log&quot; and &quot;show interface &lt;interfacename&gt;&quot; will do the trick on Cisco gear, I presume managed switches from other vendors will have similar commands." />
  <row Id="30115" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16798" RevisionGUID="af7ef8aa-5382-44b9-8c7c-f8d255fdaa67" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:37:10.007" UserId="768" Text="[allpin_serial]:    http://www.allpinouts.org/index.php/Category:Serial_Cables&#xD;&#xA;[allpin]:           http://www.allpinouts.org/&#xD;&#xA;[allpin_cisco]:     http://www.allpinouts.org/index.php/Cisco_Console_RJ45_to_DB9_Pin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[hwbook]:           http://www.hardwarebook.info/&#xD;&#xA;[hwbook_cisco]:     http://www.hardwarebook.info/Cisco_Console_(9)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[pinouts.ru]:       http://pinouts.ru/&#xD;&#xA;[pinouts.ru_cisco]: http://pinouts.ru/SerialPortsCables/CiscoConsole9_pinout.shtml&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would look at [AllPinouts.org][allpin] under the [serial cables][allpin_serial] category.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the reference for [Cisco RJ45 to DB9][allpin_cisco] connector.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you ever find out about a cable that isn't listed there you can create an account and add it to the database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are other places I have found information about cables.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [Pinouts.ru][pinouts.ru]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [Cisco Console][pinouts.ru_cisco]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [Hardware Book][hwbook]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [Cisco Console][hwbook_cisco]" />
  <row Id="30116" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16799" RevisionGUID="8a622e7a-da30-47bd-b7c5-280adf7e3dbb" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:37:33.327" UserId="5038" Text="The airspeed through the lattice is probably the most important factor in how much nooise a fan cover generates. But, for same airspeed, you'll have more turbulence (and thus noise) from the slightly less aerodynamic shape of holes stamped out of metal than you would with the air stream being diverted around a round wire.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't say I have any hard data on this, though, I am reasoning from first principles, but I don't have a problem believing holes stamped out of sheet metal (or thick foil) producing more noise than a wire mesh, from both edge effects and from actual air speed through the holes." />
  <row Id="30117" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16782" RevisionGUID="b9087a58-58bb-47a5-8db8-08e675f0e1e5" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:38:12.657" UserId="1489" Comment="added more info" Text="I've turned on Audit Account Management to monitor for deletion of user accounts from Active Directory.  Can I view these events in the Security log on the domain controller?  We have two domain controllers - will the event be in both logs, or will I need to check both machines?  What Category should I be looking for?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ask because I have a recurring problem where a SharePoint list stops receiving email.  This is because some user/process/gremlin is deleting the email alias account in Active Directory every so often.  This has just happened again and I would like to see the event recorded in a log so I can identify the user/process/gremlin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**  &#xD;&#xA;This is a Contact, not a User.  I don't know if that makes a difference..." />
  <row Id="30118" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16640" RevisionGUID="21c9ad59-c4ae-4c86-a812-f1af23d002ef" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:39:31.250" UserId="4979" Comment="deleted 3 characters in body" Text="Most probably **your WD drives need a firmware update**. See [this IBM note][1] for downloading and applyig the update. As you can see from the [instructions][2], the WD drives are far from the only ones with problems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are going to put your drives in a taxing server environment, you are bound to run into more problems than in a typical enthusiast desktop configuration. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could you maybe comment on why you chose to go with the desktop class [Deskstar][3] series of drives instead of the Enterprise/RAID class [Ultrastar][4] series? Do you feel the extra cost is not worth the added reliability and speed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&amp;lndocid=MIGR-72219&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/thinkcentre_software/fabhdd01sr17.txt&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.hitachigst.com/portal/site/en/products/deskstar/P7K500/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.hitachigst.com/portal/site/en/products/ultrastar/A7K1000/" />
  <row Id="30119" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16800" RevisionGUID="ff7deeaa-6942-4f04-b143-ae5c2fb14ad3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:40:30.000" UserId="3204" Text="I've found a number of solutions. They all say that they're the best (of course they do!) but they all can't be so I'd like some impartial advice. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to know your experiences of spam and anti-virus software before I make a purchase." />
  <row Id="30120" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16800" RevisionGUID="ff7deeaa-6942-4f04-b143-ae5c2fb14ad3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:40:30.000" UserId="3204" Text="Spam and anti-virus on Exchange 2007?" />
  <row Id="30121" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16800" RevisionGUID="ff7deeaa-6942-4f04-b143-ae5c2fb14ad3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:40:30.000" UserId="3204" Text="&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;spam&gt;&lt;antivirus&gt;" />
  <row Id="30122" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16757" RevisionGUID="4f23c2ad-b3be-4c51-a92e-77a065d46d07" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:40:34.167" UserId="1803" Comment="de-tag" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi All,&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to know is there any limit on subfolders within folder in Linux and windows?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;can any one provide information on how many subfolders can be created in one folder?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance for any input.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30123" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="16757" RevisionGUID="4f23c2ad-b3be-4c51-a92e-77a065d46d07" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:40:34.167" UserId="1803" Comment="de-tag" Text="&lt;file-system&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;limitations&gt;" />
  <row Id="30124" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10564" RevisionGUID="7b24eabf-a374-4a2f-a30f-3201024d4c9f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:41:10.390" UserId="1803" Comment="de-tag" Text="&lt;p&gt;I've recently given in to temptation and bought a new MacBook - I've upgraded the RAM, got AppleCare etc. and am really enjoying myself! I've been setting up my development environment - compiling my own Apache (built in one is terrible, or so I've heard), PHP and getting everything set up the way I want to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I'm not using the default Apache, I wanted to know how I setup Apache, and other applications as daemons; running in the background, much like Windows' services.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if any of you guys have any experience with this sort of stuff, and if you could give me a hand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30125" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10564" RevisionGUID="7b24eabf-a374-4a2f-a30f-3201024d4c9f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:41:10.390" UserId="1803" Comment="de-tag" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;services&gt;&lt;not-it-related&gt;" />
  <row Id="30126" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9220" RevisionGUID="6a7d8be4-c245-46b7-86ed-cb030f0d822d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:41:44.743" UserId="1803" Comment="de-tag; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;I have been trying to install a training pack for Microsoft BizTalk course 2934a. I have downloaded multiple VHDs and followed the instructions (I think!) for installation. However, on attempting to start one of the VHDs from the Virtual PC 2007 console I get the message &quot;The parent virtual hard disk has been deleted or has been moved from its previous location. Please select the new location of the parent virtual hard disk&quot;. At this point it's telling me that it's looking for Base05D.vhd. I already have a activated copy of this huge base disk so I browse to the location and select it. The I get the message &quot;The virtual hard disk's parent appears to have been modified without using the differencing virtual hard disk&quot; (does anyone know what this means?). I click ok then the I get the shutdown dialog with the &quot;What do you want to do with your virtual hard disks?&quot; and an option of &quot;Commit changes to the virtual hard disk&quot; etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have checked the vmc files in notepad and all the paths seem to be ok. I've also used the virtual disk editor to check the parent disk references, all looks to be in order. The VM I'm trying to start uses a base disk which uses another base disk which uses another base disk. All of the base disk are present in the expected location.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for reading, any help gratefully received.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30127" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9220" RevisionGUID="6a7d8be4-c245-46b7-86ed-cb030f0d822d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:41:44.743" UserId="1803" Comment="de-tag; edited tags" Text="&lt;virtualpc&gt;&lt;virtualserver&gt;&lt;vhd&gt;" />
  <row Id="30128" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16801" RevisionGUID="c47ab894-a725-4e34-af0c-d25cf0fd87ba" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:45:34.893" UserId="7091" Text="Sort-of an obtuse answer, but I've had very good luck using an outboard service. I have used spamstopshere.com but I believe google also has an equivalent service with their recently acquired postini. Anything that simply jacks in as as your SMTP relay will be very easy to set up and provide some extra value as an MX backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Outsourcing anti-spam/anti-virus entirely eliminates the need to keep the software up-to-date etc, but does leave you open to the potential of an in-office virus outbreak. " />
  <row Id="30129" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16802" RevisionGUID="80eceeb2-c04e-4753-8f3e-71d1ec844bbc" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:47:26.373" UserId="7083" Text="Don't be tempted to match a username against the string &quot;root&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally you will either have to provide less efficient callouts to obtain the textual representation of the UID or you will be relying on environment variables which may not be so trustworthy." />
  <row Id="30130" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16803" RevisionGUID="99677c66-82b4-40e9-9051-4c842ae235f0" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:48:26.433" UserId="7061" Text="**Introduction:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am responsible for more than 100+ PC's in a medium sized company, and when I install new PC's with the default windows settings, I always wonder which settings could actually be changed to optimize the PC for performance (without loss of functionality).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our default PC image includes office apps and a lot of security apps, so the initial boot time on a brand new Lenovo T400 is more than 3 mins. Of course network domain and logon scripts is a time consuming factor, but still I feel there's room for improvement in the OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We still run WinXP, but most core settings in both WinXP and Vista have roots back to Win2000 and NT, so please share your answer regardless which Windows Version you use. (If your setting is Vista specific though, please indicate this in your answer - Thanks!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**So to my question:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***&quot;What default settings do you change immediately after installing windows to optimize for performance, while not losing functionality?&quot;***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(If you turn of things like firewall or built-in DHCP services please explain your reasoning behind it - why is these services unnecesary in your environment?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you change many settings, please put in multiple answers with only 1 setting and explanation in each answer, so we can vote on them seperately - Thanks!" />
  <row Id="30131" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16803" RevisionGUID="99677c66-82b4-40e9-9051-4c842ae235f0" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:48:26.433" UserId="7061" Text="What default Windows setting to change to optimize for performance?" />
  <row Id="30132" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16803" RevisionGUID="99677c66-82b4-40e9-9051-4c842ae235f0" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:48:26.433" UserId="7061" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;optimization&gt;&lt;desktop-management&gt;&lt;desktop&gt;&lt;infrastructure&gt;" />
  <row Id="30133" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16540" RevisionGUID="afba80c9-9218-4f87-9dbd-0b22d554751e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:49:30.847" UserId="2783" Comment="removed a doubled word" Text="I would say two of the big advantages to Solaris are ZFS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZFS) which is a 128-bit filesystem who's awesomeness I could not begin to describe in a few paragraphs, and DTrace (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTrace), which allows for kernel level troubleshooting/tuning of production systems in realtime.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Sun has a &quot;benefits of running Solaris 10&quot; document available here: http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/articles/s10_dsee_benefits.pdf" />
  <row Id="30134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16804" RevisionGUID="55a7f129-32ef-4680-a597-9f6d1053b524" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:49:42.610" UserId="7027" Text="I've just set up a new ConfigMgr 2007 SP1 environment for testing. I'm attempting to configure Client Push Installation, for which I want to use Active Directory System Discovery.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, when I attempt to add &quot;Local Domain&quot; to the containers list, I get an `ActiveDirectoryServerDownException`. What's going on?" />
  <row Id="30135" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16804" RevisionGUID="55a7f129-32ef-4680-a597-9f6d1053b524" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:49:42.610" UserId="7027" Text="Configuring Active Directory System Discovery fails with ActiveDirectoryServerDownException" />
  <row Id="30136" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16804" RevisionGUID="55a7f129-32ef-4680-a597-9f6d1053b524" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:49:42.610" UserId="7027" Text="&lt;configuration-mgr-2007&gt;" />
  <row Id="30137" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16805" RevisionGUID="561b0777-13c0-42db-8d45-d7eed44531f2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:49:47.570" UserId="2224" Text="I doubt it. Fan noise is a factor of RPMs, blade design and the motor used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The amount of air moved by a fan (CFM) increases linearly based on speed. Different fans are more or less efficient at moving air at various speeds. With the amount of air a PC fan is moving, a stamped vs. rounded lattice is meaningless." />
  <row Id="30138" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16806" RevisionGUID="075a7465-2aa7-410a-8584-2384e2e3238c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:50:13.963" UserId="5257" Text="One of the databases that I've taken over monitoring is set to full recovery mode but there is no plan to have the transaction log backed up. Naturally this has caused the log file to grow to a fairly large size. I understand that when running in full recovery mode you want to do a transaction log backup to clear your log files but I'm concerned about any backup failures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is the log file only cleared after it has been successfully backed up?" />
  <row Id="30139" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16806" RevisionGUID="075a7465-2aa7-410a-8584-2384e2e3238c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:50:13.963" UserId="5257" Text="If my transaction log backup fails will it still clear my log file?" />
  <row Id="30140" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16806" RevisionGUID="075a7465-2aa7-410a-8584-2384e2e3238c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:50:13.963" UserId="5257" Text="&lt;sql&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;log-files&gt;" />
  <row Id="30141" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16807" RevisionGUID="f75817a3-8023-44cc-a888-a8065c783808" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:50:19.877" UserId="6519" Text="I prefer 3rd-party services.  I've used (and have been very happy with) Postini (Google's offering) and MXLogic.  I hardly ever see SPAM using either for myself or my clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When the SPAMMERS figure out a new trick, it doesn't take long for these guys to update their filtering algorithms.  It can get pretty costly (either in maintenance contracts or admin time) doing this on your own server unless you are in a very large enterprise." />
  <row Id="30142" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16251" RevisionGUID="686449cc-bdd9-4d0f-a7f8-a9c62b110b9a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:51:07.257" UserId="3505" Comment="For the sake of being complete" Text="There is no wildcard way of doing this - you need to either implement a DNS server, or keep adding entries to your hosts file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do go with installing a DNS server, you don't need to install `bind` - you can install a simple caching DNS server like `totd`, `dnsmasq`, or `maradns`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regardless of what you do, you'll need to make sure that `resolv.conf` contains the new DNS server, and the following entry must appear in there (in this example, the DNS server is installed on localhost)...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    nameserver 127.0.0.1" />
  <row Id="30143" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16808" RevisionGUID="68c9beea-8f56-4d27-b9d1-562de875a97c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:52:18.907" UserId="7027" Text="The first thing that you should check is that DNS is working correctly. If you're using DHCP, have you configured DNS servers correctly in the DHCP server? If you're using static IP settings, have you configured DNS correctly there?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To check DNS, just run nslookup at a command prompt. Does it connect to the correct DNS server? Does it answer queries with the expected results?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30145" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16810" RevisionGUID="79ec1913-9971-4eb2-aa7a-311eba6d8bf4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:53:07.690" UserId="7088" Text="I've got a similar installation to yours and managed to get good coverage with only four access points in the factory area and two in the office area.  They are Cisco 1200 series and are mounted in the ceiling, using POE to facilitate reboots from the ground.  Ceiling-mounting helps considerably to get good signal propagation; I've not seen any dead spots and there is a significant amount of interference from welders and other high-EMF equipment.  &#xD;&#xA;But, as LapTop006 said, a good survey is key to understanding any unique features in your building - steel curtains, firewalls (the kind that actually stop fires), equipment, power, etc. will all have a large effect on your wireless coverage.  You could try setting up an AP temporarily near where you think you'll want one, then go out with a laptop with Kismet, Network Stumbler, or similar and take notes on a map what your signal strength is.  Once you've got a good idea, look for weaknesses and see if you can identify the cause.  Unfortunately, there will be a lot of trial and error, but with a little planning and lots of testing, you should be able to get reasonable coverage with a minimum of equipment (read: dollars).&#xD;&#xA;Another area to investigate would be antennas for the APs - the standard duckies that most come with are good, but an investment in higher-quality larger antennas could save the cost of more access points, saving both money and equipment to install/maintain.  Make sure that whatever APs you get have removable antennas and that the connector is a standard (RP-TNC is very common, especially amongst the Cisco crowd)" />
  <row Id="30146" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16803" RevisionGUID="892344c4-fdc8-4f1c-8a48-93df461b0a29" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:53:33.007" UserId="1054" Comment="minor spelling / grammar tweaks" Text="**Introduction:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am responsible for more than 100 PC's in a medium sized company, and when I install new PC's with the default windows settings, I always wonder which settings could actually be changed to optimize the PC for performance (without loss of functionality).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our default PC image includes office apps and a lot of security apps, so the initial boot time on a brand new Lenovo T400 is more than 3 mins. Of course network domain and logon scripts is a time consuming factor, but still I feel there's room for improvement in the OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We still run WinXP, but most core settings in both WinXP and Vista have roots back to Win2000 and NT, so please share your answer regardless which Windows Version you use. (If your setting is Vista specific though, please indicate this in your answer - Thanks!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**So to my question:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***&quot;What default settings do you change immediately after installing windows to optimize for performance, while not losing functionality?&quot;***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(If you turn off things like firewall or built-in DHCP services please explain your reasoning behind it - why are these services unnecessary in your environment?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you change many settings, please put in multiple answers with only 1 setting and explanation in each answer, so we can vote on them separately - Thanks!" />
  <row Id="30147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16811" RevisionGUID="451b50bb-d186-4ca2-87e3-f568a216ef98" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:54:01.963" UserId="431" Text="The question in the subject is different than the question in the body text, and the answers are opposite.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;If my transaction log backup fails will it still clear my log file?&quot; - No.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Is the log file only cleared after it has been successfully backed up?&quot; - Yes." />
  <row Id="30148" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="16806" RevisionGUID="1fd935e5-c417-48d4-9b62-3d08bdb30c24" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:54:14.473" UserId="431" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;log-files&gt;" />
  <row Id="30149" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16812" RevisionGUID="7ae51912-c1b3-4129-9ed9-12dd748db6d0" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:55:46.390" UserId="5391" Text="You can use the Mailbox Manager Settings in the Recipient Policies to set a retention limit on email messages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can read the steps on how to accomplish this in [KB319188][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319188" />
  <row Id="30150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16813" RevisionGUID="c3f1167e-8e32-400d-9231-2c4bd209e88a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:56:14.783" UserId="2783" Text="I second (or third) the benefit of using a 3rd party service to kill spam and viruses before they ever make it to your network.  If you get the Enterprise CAL for Exchange 2007, this is included through Exchange Hosted Services (by Microsoft)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is what you get: http://www.microsoft.com/online/exchange-hosted-services/filtering.mspx" />
  <row Id="30151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16814" RevisionGUID="fe3a4e4a-8476-4277-a22d-316f28d07ec0" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:56:40.320" UserId="431" Text="About your virtualization question - never let the host do the swapping.  The problem is that when the host does the swapping instead of the guest, then the guests can't tell why performance is suffering.  There's no indication on the guest's performance metrics that their memory is being swapped by the virtualization host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's not to say you should avoid overcommitting on memory - that's okay as long as you manage VMware's memory sharing correctly.  VMware basically does deduping on memory to reduce the amount actually needed.  Hyper-V doesn't do that yet." />
  <row Id="30152" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16815" RevisionGUID="6f4db470-1b38-40bf-a5f7-70e31ab8f01a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:56:49.867" UserId="2566" Text="Make the swap / paging file a fixed size.  This will eliminate the overhead of auto-growing the paging file.  It also reduces fragmentation.  Control Panel -&gt; System -&gt; Advanced -&gt; Performance Settings -&gt; Advanced -&gt; Change.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the windows performance settings, Control Panel -&gt; System -&gt; Advanced -&gt; Performance Settings, turn off all of the cute effects, like fading, transitions, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disable unnecessary services.  Some people argue that this has no effect, but I don't see how having less programs running doesn't help." />
  <row Id="30153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16816" RevisionGUID="09a13554-013d-4e01-ad8c-8f9090cd425a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:56:55.513" UserId="640" Text="I set the desktop background to a color rather than a picture." />
  <row Id="30154" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16817" RevisionGUID="efc4c3d6-a3fc-471d-9cbb-da1b191e829b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:58:04.170" UserId="4634" Text="Hello.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm eriting a MacOS script that need to run under admin rights (under 'sudo'). Script needs a temp folder in order to keep some temp files. Unfortunately, there is no 'TMPDIR' under root! If i run 'env' i see TMPDIR with a nice temp path. If i run 'sudo env' i don't see TMPDIR :(. Is it any way to obtain correct &quot;temp folder&quot; path under root?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30155" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16817" RevisionGUID="efc4c3d6-a3fc-471d-9cbb-da1b191e829b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:58:04.170" UserId="4634" Text="temp folder in Macos under root?" />
  <row Id="30156" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16817" RevisionGUID="efc4c3d6-a3fc-471d-9cbb-da1b191e829b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:58:04.170" UserId="4634" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;&lt;root&gt;" />
  <row Id="30157" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16818" RevisionGUID="5e8275a1-2aa1-41ba-a138-88fc2f08f2b8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:58:19.710" UserId="3505" Text="Look towards the bottom (almost, but not right at the bottom) of this post, someone has detailed a **[step-by-step guide][1]** on how to resolve this problem (14120), and others have confirmed that the fix works...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1205369&amp;tstart=0" />
  <row Id="30158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16819" RevisionGUID="07f5225c-a1c6-480d-b6aa-a5d2c42d0232" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:59:08.130" UserId="3476" Text="We have an online system using MySQL database. We need to merge an older backed up database with the current one. Without experiencing any server downtime, how would you do it? Note that the system is online 24/7. What are the issues might rise?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you." />
  <row Id="30159" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16819" RevisionGUID="07f5225c-a1c6-480d-b6aa-a5d2c42d0232" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:59:08.130" UserId="3476" Text="Updating a MySQL Database" />
  <row Id="30160" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16819" RevisionGUID="07f5225c-a1c6-480d-b6aa-a5d2c42d0232" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:59:08.130" UserId="3476" Text="&lt;database&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;database-adminstration&gt;" />
  <row Id="30161" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16820" RevisionGUID="700e9c20-c9d7-4416-9fcd-0ec49a660b69" CreationDate="2009-06-01T13:59:16.227" UserId="1210" Text="You don't make mention of what you do with your images. I install all necessary programs on my base image and lastly, I defrag prior to making the image." />
  <row Id="30162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16821" RevisionGUID="8067c541-6036-4e54-b3c7-b47c3306e92d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:00:04.370" UserId="5799" Text="If there's a $TMPDIR, use it. Otherwise use /tmp (it should exist on Mac too)." />
  <row Id="30163" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16822" RevisionGUID="0f599184-96dd-4deb-ac06-db2785286ed7" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:01:05.740" UserId="7091" Text="In general, you're supposed to create temp files using the library-provided functions and use the filenames and/or handles provided. On mac, the mktemp(1) command with the &quot;-d&quot; option should do what you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; NAME&#xD;&#xA;&gt;      mktemp -- make temporary filename (unique)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; SYNOPSIS&#xD;&#xA;&gt;      mktemp [-dqtu] [-p directory] [template]&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; DESCRIPTION&#xD;&#xA;&gt;      The mktemp utility takes the given filename template and overwrites&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a&#xD;&#xA;&gt;      portion of it to create a unique filename.  The template may be any&#xD;&#xA;&gt; file-&#xD;&#xA;&gt;      name with some number of `Xs' appended to it, for example&#xD;&#xA;&gt;      /tmp/tfile.XXXXXXXXXX.  If no template is specified a default of&#xD;&#xA;&gt;      tmp.XXXXXXXXXX is used and the -t flag is implied (see below).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16823" RevisionGUID="eeccaed6-a12c-420d-92f8-a744e29801a1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:02:04.243" UserId="880" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to ensure that users of my system are incapable of chmodding files +x, and I do not want anything in /home/ or /var/ to be executable. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't put them on separate partitions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running Ubuntu 9.04 Server." />
  <row Id="30165" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16823" RevisionGUID="eeccaed6-a12c-420d-92f8-a744e29801a1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:02:04.243" UserId="880" Text="Prevent users from marking files as executable?" />
  <row Id="30166" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16823" RevisionGUID="eeccaed6-a12c-420d-92f8-a744e29801a1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:02:04.243" UserId="880" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;executable&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="30167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16824" RevisionGUID="6e5f6a03-0178-4b28-bb6e-860dbe47f199" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:02:14.133" UserId="5505" Text="Lets not get confused between wins and netbios..... you can run netbios on a network without a WINS server, but it's not recommended on a domain. You don't really want all those funky elections going on when you have a proper DNS server on the network, so netbios should either be disabled or a WINS server should be used. (I use proper in the loosest sense of the term where MS DNS is concerned :-) )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Recently I had a problem with Exchange 2007 on Windows 2008 requiring netbios to be enabled. unbelievable!!!" />
  <row Id="30168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16825" RevisionGUID="f7e7a96a-2e5a-491c-a186-ab927fce2150" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:02:20.810" UserId="4694" Text="regedit, browse to the following registry key: &#xD;&#xA;HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;delete all unnecessary services." />
  <row Id="30169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16826" RevisionGUID="aa3583b5-a3ca-405c-b783-75306c5320ca" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:03:10.683" UserId="7101" Text="Disable automatic rebooting on blue screen.  If i get a blue screen, i want to know about it." />
  <row Id="30170" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16513" RevisionGUID="44600165-f598-4f41-a659-62a55e651566" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:03:19.387" UserId="4531" Comment="Incorporate comment feedback on use of -g!, add quote from ntpdate man page on not using ntpdate with cron jobs; added 133 characters in body" Text="The NTP algorithm includes information to allow you to calculate and fix the drift in your server's clock. NTPD includes the ability to use this to keep your clock in sync and will run more accurately than a clock on a computer not running NTPD. NTPD will also use several servers to improve accuracy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ntpdate does not keep any state to perform this service for you so will not provide the same kind of accuracy. It will allow you to provide it with a list of servers which it will use to attempt to provide you with a better result but this is no substitute for the sophisticated algorithms provided in NTPD that track your drift from each of the servers over time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately if your clock is a lot out of sync, when started NTPD can get confused and take a long time to drift back to correct time. You can add the -g switch when starting NTPD to allow NTPD to make the first time update a big one which is more or less equivalent to running ntpdate once before starting NTPD, which at one time was recommended practice. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for security concerns, ntp servers to not connect back on uninitiated connections, which means your firewall should be able to tell that you initiated the ntp request and allow return traffic. There should be no need to leave ports open for arbitrary connections in order to get NTPD to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the ntpdate(8) man page:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ntpdate  can  be run manually as necessary to set the host clock, or it&#xD;&#xA;  can be run from the host startup script to set the clock at boot  time.&#xD;&#xA;  This is useful in some cases to set the clock initially before starting&#xD;&#xA;  the NTP daemon ntpd. It is also possible to run  ntpdate  from  a  cron&#xD;&#xA;  script.  However,  it  is important to note that ntpdate with contrived&#xD;&#xA;  cron scripts is no substitute for the NTP daemon, which uses  sophisticated algorithms to maximize accuracy and reliability while minimizing&#xD;&#xA;  resource use. Finally, since ntpdate does not discipline the host clock&#xD;&#xA;  frequency as does ntpd, the accuracy using ntpdate is limited." />
  <row Id="30171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16827" RevisionGUID="2c3b4d80-a0d3-4675-b191-8d16409fca60" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:03:48.903" UserId="7083" Text="Search for the &quot;5-in-1 Network Admin's cable&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you won't need to make another should you stumble across some Sun/Cisco gear in the future." />
  <row Id="30172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16828" RevisionGUID="5a89c884-0021-496d-b78c-45aa5913eb5c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:03:49.513" UserId="4979" Text="Start of with 1.5x your physical memory, then [measure][1] to adapt the figure to your workload&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/99930/q-whats-the-ideal-page-file-size.html" />
  <row Id="30173" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16637" RevisionGUID="ec0d189a-6081-4530-8733-e56d004b28f2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:04:33.067" UserId="6955" Comment="added 110 characters in body; added 42 characters in body" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm having trouble finding a VNC server for Mac OS X that allows me to connect from a Windows box with German keyboard layout. I've tried the built-in desktop sharing and several versions of Vine but all of them had problems with several keys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does maybe anyone know about a working combination of a Mac OS X VNC server and Windows VNC client which properly supports a German keyboard layout on the client?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: I don't think the Windows client is the problem, because I have no issues connecting to Linux boxes. And I've tried several different clients.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30174" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16829" RevisionGUID="f5fb3760-d7b8-4e4d-af7d-ea9722fc54ac" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:04:38.387" UserId="959" Text="I have a httpd.conf file that was accidentally changed to have the port number the server listens on changed to a number higher than 65535.  When HTTPD reads this configuration file what does it do?  Does it fall back to port 80?" />
  <row Id="30175" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16829" RevisionGUID="f5fb3760-d7b8-4e4d-af7d-ea9722fc54ac" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:04:38.387" UserId="959" Text="What happens to httpd when it is given a bad port number?" />
  <row Id="30176" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16829" RevisionGUID="f5fb3760-d7b8-4e4d-af7d-ea9722fc54ac" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:04:38.387" UserId="959" Text="&lt;httpd&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;port&gt;" />
  <row Id="30177" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16830" RevisionGUID="7c81c8f9-7227-40fc-9e83-233546d7d693" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:05:38.603" UserId="6383" Text="By all means let your development and UAT/test environments share the same service accounts.  But keep production separate.  Apart from the change management issues already highlighted in other answers, development and test people shouldn't have any business accessing production systems in the normal course of events." />
  <row Id="30178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16831" RevisionGUID="e5caea00-474e-4563-a81c-f00419dc46a6" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:06:21.847" UserId="7107" Text=" cleartool getcache -view -cview           &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lookup cache:    94% full,   6080 entries (307.0K), 308777 requests,  86% hits&#xD;&#xA;Readdir cache:   77% full,   4534 entries (1259.4K),  52233 requests,  91% hits&#xD;&#xA;Fstat cache:     89% full,   6188 entries (870.2K), 137811 requests, 100% hits&#xD;&#xA;Object cache:   100% full,   6188 entries (1146.9K), 290977 requests,  42% hits&#xD;&#xA;Total memory used for view caches: 3583.5Kbytes&#xD;&#xA;The current view server cache limits are:&#xD;&#xA;Lookup cache:             335520 bytes&#xD;&#xA;Readdir cache:           1677721 bytes&#xD;&#xA;Fstat cache:             1006560 bytes&#xD;&#xA;Object cache:            1174320 bytes&#xD;&#xA;Total cache size limit:  4194304 bytes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should I try to get my Object cache hit to be 100%?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have 2GB RAM.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30179" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16831" RevisionGUID="e5caea00-474e-4563-a81c-f00419dc46a6" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:06:21.847" UserId="7107" Text="What is the best way to optimize clearcase dynamic view performance on a linux client?" />
  <row Id="30180" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16831" RevisionGUID="e5caea00-474e-4563-a81c-f00419dc46a6" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:06:21.847" UserId="7107" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="30184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16833" RevisionGUID="24d7f41d-4094-4896-8219-e055634710e8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:07:02.707" UserId="5799" Text="One way would be to try it yourself, and use &lt;pre&gt;netstat -lptn&lt;/pre&gt; to see what port httpd is listening on." />
  <row Id="30185" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16806" RevisionGUID="2784dff7-d936-4a36-affe-d27ed0b5ae4b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:08:48.803" UserId="5257" Comment="Removed &quot;Is the log file only cleared after it has been successfully backed up?&quot; since this created an opposite answer to the question being asked in the title." Text="One of the databases that I've taken over monitoring is set to full recovery mode but there is no plan to have the transaction log backed up. Naturally this has caused the log file to grow to a fairly large size. I understand that when running in full recovery mode you want to do a transaction log backup to clear your log files but I'm concerned about any backup failures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just want to confirm if my log file will be cleared if the backup fails." />
  <row Id="30186" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16834" RevisionGUID="84ce293c-45fa-476f-aab4-364b4f67c20c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:09:13.060" UserId="3356" Text="It depends on the configuration.  You can define multiple ports to listen on, in which case it will attempt to bind to all of them.  Think of the application startup as a multiple step process.  In it's most basic form the process would look like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Read the config file, checking for errors&#xD;&#xA; 2. Attempt to bind to the specified port&#xD;&#xA; 3. Listen for connections&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you give it a bad port, then httpd would hit step 2 and fail.  The application would fail to completely start, and would *not* fail down to port 80." />
  <row Id="30190" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="16804" RevisionGUID="1fc66f7e-ecd5-4cdd-9f4b-7b7aef63da6b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:10:34.057" UserId="7027" Comment="tweak title" Text="Configuration Manager: Configuring Active Directory System Discovery fails with ActiveDirectoryServerDownException" />
  <row Id="30196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16837" RevisionGUID="8f04871f-e59a-4333-94c4-5a27a1ad25c8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:12:45.427" UserId="5535" Text="Most of the current SSD technologies are much slower at writes than they are at reads so I'm not sure that using them for a journal would improve speed.  The major storage vendors seem to be using this technology as an additional layer of read cache due to their fast read and low latency.  This is what ZFS is doing with L2ARC and this works quite well with certain workloads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But since storage workloads tend to vary a lot how much of a difference having a larger read cache has in any situation will depend on the access patterns and size of the working set of data." />
  <row Id="30197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16838" RevisionGUID="b6f58fdd-5be5-4ac9-96a1-51168b7b6606" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:13:17.813" UserId="6609" Text="Assuming you have the disk space, I'd set up a migration database and copy/merge the data in to it.  Set up a copy of your web environment to connect to the migration database and test it thoroughly. Then once you are happy, change connection strings on your production environment to look at the new migration DB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30198" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16839" RevisionGUID="6a0a3a87-29a3-4a19-9c67-4a9372937e31" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:13:51.820" UserId="1873" Text="I have installed apache2 from source on my Linux box. apachectl -k start works just fine, but how do I get apache to start at boot time?" />
  <row Id="30199" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16839" RevisionGUID="6a0a3a87-29a3-4a19-9c67-4a9372937e31" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:13:51.820" UserId="1873" Text="How do I get apache to startup at bootime on Linux" />
  <row Id="30200" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16839" RevisionGUID="6a0a3a87-29a3-4a19-9c67-4a9372937e31" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:13:51.820" UserId="1873" Text="&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;startup&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="30201" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16840" RevisionGUID="cff49283-36c6-4107-9f7f-9a7f524c5118" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:14:25.640" UserId="3356" Text="I can think of 2 ways of doing this, one dirty, and one good.  Let's start with the dirty.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Write a shell script that runs very regularly as a cronjob, say every 5 or 10 minutes.  It would explicitly remove the exec flag from all files in those two directories, i.e.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chmod -R ugo-x /home /var&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The better way is to do it at the filesystem level.  Create new partitions to house both var and home, this is considered best practice anyway.  Then add the ‘noexec’ option to mount.  This will prevent, at the filesystem level, the execution of files stored within those directories." />
  <row Id="30202" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16841" RevisionGUID="7863ca68-7924-4797-86c0-227676c6d927" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:14:35.080" UserId="3256" Text="Why not have a Webserver's Domain in the DMZ?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the joys of AD/WSUS/GPO - especially useful if you have a whole farm of them - and if it's compromised it's not your main network." />
  <row Id="30203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16842" RevisionGUID="bcf0defc-c98c-4582-9be8-e0ac2f64cfb9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:14:55.797" UserId="1565" Text="I have learned a lot about wireless from [MetaGeek][1] and [L-com][2].  Knowing what equipment does what and what is good and what is bad goes a long way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.metageek.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.l-com.com/home.aspx" />
  <row Id="30204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16843" RevisionGUID="8b6d9a8e-7706-4fed-8f71-30312e5513cc" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:16:07.730" UserId="4381" Text="Others have already mentioned ZFS/Dtrace. Other benefits are Zones (lightweight virtualization - good enough for use in production), and SMF (init scripts done better - automatically restart a service when it dies if possible and other benefits)." />
  <row Id="30205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16844" RevisionGUID="5540c6c1-e739-4121-bf9d-b78e968f0203" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:16:59.600" UserId="3867" Text="If you set the port higher than 65535, say for example 65536, it will give a syntax error saying &quot;Invalid Address or Port&quot;." />
  <row Id="30206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16845" RevisionGUID="06e64ff3-f1cb-4a50-8c01-448917d5344c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:17:01.083" UserId="533" Text="I was going to suggest a wrapper to chmod or something, but the more I think about it, the users will eventually find a way around this (scp an executable from another box, or run perl -s &quot;chmod('FILE');&quot;, etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I think the FS method is the best.  Since you say you can't move them to a new file system, what about using a loopback mount to &quot;remount&quot; /home and /var without exec privileges?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I think &quot;loopback&quot; might be the wrong term.  I know I've done this in Solaris before, not sure about linux.  Trying to find an example)" />
  <row Id="30208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16846" RevisionGUID="a93d282c-0297-4e0d-8609-ec2a109eed3d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:17:31.190" UserId="6519" Text="chkconfig --levels 345 httpd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will start httpd in runlevels 3,4,5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;chkconfig --list will show all services and their current startup runlevels.  345 is typical for a network service." />
  <row Id="30210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16847" RevisionGUID="968c8d7d-4c69-4019-8ad3-0800614e0212" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:18:10.690" UserId="959" Text="I've had trouble using port 2000 for some things.  The problem was a virus used that port a long time ago and some routers/firewalls/etc are suspicious of data on the port.  I started to default the port numbers to above 30,000." />
  <row Id="30211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16848" RevisionGUID="d11a5d11-728f-486b-8eab-f0ec11e9efb4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:18:16.867" UserId="2711" Text="It depends on your flavour of linux. Assuming the file /etc/init.d/apache2 has been created, try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chkconfig -a apache2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    update-rc.d apache2 defaults&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of them should work." />
  <row Id="30212" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16834" RevisionGUID="45e19c75-74e7-4e91-b33d-f05c87f280d8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:18:50.737" UserId="3356" Comment="Clarified failure path." Text="It depends on the configuration.  You can define multiple ports to listen on, in which case it will attempt to bind to all of them.  Think of the application startup as a multiple step process.  In it's most basic form the process would look like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Read the config file, checking for errors&#xD;&#xA; 2. Attempt to bind to the specified port&#xD;&#xA; 3. Listen for connections&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you give it an unusable, but existing, port, then httpd would hit step 2 and fail.  The application would fail to completely start, and would *not* fail down to port 80.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the case where you presented a non-port, that is text, negative number, or number higher than 65535, then the config would be considered invalid, and httpd would die at 1." />
  <row Id="30213" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16819" RevisionGUID="a2257eee-be3a-4d10-949f-e4c3c2c7e446" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:19:03.963" UserId="3476" Comment="added 13 characters in body; added 18 characters in body" Text="We have an online system using MySQL database. We need to merge an older backed up database (Full tables, not a dump file) with the current one. Without experiencing any server downtime, how would you do it? Note that the system is online 24/7. What are the issues might rise?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you." />
  <row Id="30215" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16849" RevisionGUID="4bd1f354-8354-41d3-bc64-e922e9635892" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:19:40.827" UserId="6772" Text="you want to add its init script to the approriate run level. The init script is typically `/etc/init.d/apache2` where you could manually run `/etc/init.d/apache2 start` to start it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;on Gentoo you would write:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rc-update add apache2 default&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Ubuntu/Debian this works:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo update-rc.d apache2 defaults&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;on Redhat/Fedora a little googling shows this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chkconfig --add apache2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It varies a little bit from distro to distro, but the idea is usually the same. Basically what all these commands do is the same, they make a symbolic link from `/etc/init.d/` to the appropriate run-level folder in `/etc/`." />
  <row Id="30216" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16841" RevisionGUID="ee65b439-21ed-4652-8b2b-b1556f8f516b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:19:45.897" UserId="3256" Comment="added 186 characters in body" Text="Why not have a Webserver's Domain in the DMZ?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It could be a separate forest with a one way trust relationship to administer the domain from your main domain without giving any permission to the WS's domain for your main domain. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the joys of AD/WSUS/GPO - especially useful if you have a whole farm of them - and if it's compromised it's not your main network." />
  <row Id="30219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16851" RevisionGUID="b6ff72e7-0f0f-4eb2-910f-0626e5455870" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:16:41.743" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi this is a non programming question. I'm running IIS on my machine and allowing people to access a website on my machine by making them type &lt;code&gt;http://&amp;lt;mymachinename&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;. How ever i want them to access my website by some other name like &lt;code&gt;http://&amp;lt;acoolsite&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;, but i don't want to rename my machine name. Am running Windows Vista. How can i get around it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30220" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16851" RevisionGUID="b6ff72e7-0f0f-4eb2-910f-0626e5455870" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:16:41.743" Text="Change name of website for Intranet Purposes" />
  <row Id="30221" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16851" RevisionGUID="b6ff72e7-0f0f-4eb2-910f-0626e5455870" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:16:41.743" Text="&lt;not-programming-related&gt;&lt;intranet&gt;&lt;iis&gt;" />
  <row Id="30222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16852" RevisionGUID="5874308d-1c73-4f6f-beed-5730427c4a39" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:23:37.530" UserId="2711" Text="The only change I make is, if possible, move the page file to a separate physical disk. This should help stop a busy system, which may need to page a lot, from slowing down the OS too much as it fights for disk time." />
  <row Id="30223" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16845" RevisionGUID="26044f2f-3d53-4ae2-beb9-679b8701465f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:24:31.477" UserId="533" Comment="added bind examples" Text="I was going to suggest a wrapper to chmod or something, but the more I think about it, the users will eventually find a way around this (scp an executable from another box, or run perl -s &quot;chmod('FILE');&quot;, etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I think the FS method is the best.  Since you say you can't move them to a new file system, what about using a b mountind to &quot;remount&quot; /home and /var without exec privileges?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mount -o noexec --bind /var /var&#xD;&#xA;    mount -o noexec --bind /home /home&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure if that would work or not, but seems promising..." />
  <row Id="30224" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16853" RevisionGUID="5d55ab2e-c43a-4d8c-b6b0-bd685bd7f1b9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:24:39.040" UserId="830" Text="rsync&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;especially in concert with ssh. Allows simple efficient copying of files from host to host. How did we ever cope without ssh and rsync? :-)" />
  <row Id="30225" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16853" RevisionGUID="5d55ab2e-c43a-4d8c-b6b0-bd685bd7f1b9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:24:39.040" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30226" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16854" RevisionGUID="515de037-d793-4bbd-b94b-84f5e08a3774" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:24:39.713" UserId="385" Text="The easiest way is to use a CNAME in DNS. Failing that (if a central DNS is not available), they'd have to make an entry in their HOSTS file to your direct IP address.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30227" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16854" RevisionGUID="515de037-d793-4bbd-b94b-84f5e08a3774" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:24:39.713" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16855" RevisionGUID="0c92cde3-7db9-4142-b6c6-587e800a063d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:25:38.867" UserDisplayName="d-chap" Text="I find it very interesting that many of the answers are worded &quot;Do you have this?&quot;  or &quot;are you doing this on a regular basis?&quot;  If I am going to be hired as a new sysadmin, I would expect to be able to implement these things if they were not already existing.  Disaster Recovery and monitoring logs are not something that would make or break an interview.  If they weren't doing these things, they will be after I was hired.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My main concern, as I mentioned earlier would be support from above.  If I say we need to replace servers, I would like the benefit of the doubt.  Or if I implement an annoying security policy, I don't want partners granting immunity to people who complain so they can look like nice caring bosses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The sysadmin is in a strange place in the heirarchy of corporate structure.  Sometimes they are taking direction and setting their priorities based on the needs of the most entry-level personnel, and sometimes they are dictating policy to management.  We are at the very bottom and the very top of the chain simultaneiously.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am willing to play the part of the scape-goat and peon by being at the bottom, as long as management yields to my advice in those scenarios where I am at the top.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="30230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16856" RevisionGUID="94e755b5-fcf4-489d-a936-6e46163463ba" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:26:09.757" UserId="3657" Text="Since you are not using fully qualified domain names (something.something.com), I'm going to assume you do not have DNS running.  In that case, edit the HOSTS file on each client computer and add an entry for your new name&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may have to create this file and be sure that you don't have the &quot;.txt&quot; on the end.  There is typically a hosts.sam file created by windows as a sample you can rename.  Add a line like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;192.168.1.50   acoolsite&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where the IP address is the IP address of your system" />
  <row Id="30231" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16856" RevisionGUID="94e755b5-fcf4-489d-a936-6e46163463ba" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:26:09.757" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30232" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16857" RevisionGUID="bd4c2fb4-eb2a-4799-ae64-df686fa61f95" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:27:10.130" UserId="4733" Text="Register a domain name and point it to your IP address.  If you have a static IP you can use http://www.no-ip.com/ to keep your domain in sync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be aware that accessing your website inside the network may not work without some configuration.    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30233" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16857" RevisionGUID="bd4c2fb4-eb2a-4799-ae64-df686fa61f95" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:27:10.130" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30238" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16860" RevisionGUID="50274d96-735d-4f42-a87c-9859cda60707" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:28:44.340" UserId="5308" Text="As you have installed by source there will not be an init script installed in the /etc/init.d/ directory.  The apachectl binary is designed to be compatible with standard init script options so you may well be able to simply symlink to it rather than creating a wrapper script (e.g ln -s /usr/local/sbin/apachectl /etc/init.d/apache)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can then follow the procedures outlined in the other posts for adding links to invoke the init script at the correct runlevels.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Citation: Apache Documentation httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/invoking.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Starting at Boot-Time&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; If you want your server to continue running after a system reboot, you should add a call to apachectl to your system startup files (typically rc.local or a file in an rc.N directory). This will start Apache as root. Before doing this ensure that your server is properly configured for security and access restrictions.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; The apachectl script is designed to act like a standard SysV init script; it can take the arguments start, restart, and stop and translate them into the appropriate signals to httpd. So you can often simply link apachectl into the appropriate init directory. But be sure to check the exact requirements of your system.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30239" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16861" RevisionGUID="ee75721a-515b-4b09-9b43-40f8c5b8a354" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:29:14.370" UserId="2363" Text="The book [Release It!][1] has a nice selection of horror stories about what can go wrong in production.  Reading it can provide inspiration/ideas for designing with operations in mind.  (It's written by Michael Nygaard, who has worked on both the development and operations sides.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pragprog.com/titles/mnee/release-it" />
  <row Id="30240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16862" RevisionGUID="dd588fd8-52c8-4ca5-877a-fce99a98a3d4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:30:03.230" UserId="385" Text="Apply the **principle of least privilege**. Give them the rights to do the job and no more and certainly no less.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Determine the types of users you have and any categorizations you can make. For instance, if you've got developers with Visual Studio 2005, that should run with a local administrative account, meaning what you can do to that system is rather limited. But an end user who only needs Microsoft Office, you can do a lot. The trick here is not to be too granular. You could define user by user, but then you're at a point where administratively you'll be killing yourselves.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you've done the divisions, figure out if there are some general things (like no USB/portable drives) that can apply broadly across the environment with but a few exceptions. Build those global policies where there are no exceptions (or use mechanisms such as GPO ordering which can undo settings in the event there are exceptions). Not only in the technology, but also in security policies with teeth. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then start going down the individual categories. Figure out what is needed and make sure they have access to do it. Lock down everything else that is reasonable that's not covered by a global policy.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30241" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15593" RevisionGUID="34acc2ca-6e60-4d9b-8e96-c387e070a228" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:30:21.623" UserId="5391" Comment="fix url" Text="URLScan 3.1 is available for IIS version 5.1 and later (XP, 2003, 2008) and can be downloaded [here][1] in both x86 and x64 versions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When using URLScan, I would highly recommend installing it as a site filter instead as a global filter if you have multiple IIS sites.  This will allow you to use strictest configurations as possible while still being the most flexible for sites or applications that require it.  Read the [URLScan Setup][2] document for information on how to do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/473/using-urlscan&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/475/urlscan-setup/" />
  <row Id="30242" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16863" RevisionGUID="2735ff6f-0b43-43ea-8aa8-87a27c6da998" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:32:21.417" UserId="7083" Text="Netcat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Test if TCP services are listening.&#xD;&#xA; - Perform transactions against plaintext protocols such as SMTP.&#xD;&#xA; - Quick insecure data transfers between machines.&#xD;&#xA; - Telnet client emulation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The network swiss army knife, as they say." />
  <row Id="30243" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16863" RevisionGUID="2735ff6f-0b43-43ea-8aa8-87a27c6da998" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:32:21.417" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16864" RevisionGUID="392bf2b4-c40b-43d4-9768-7b9c53418aff" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:33:55.313" UserId="1992" Text="Technically its the next checkpoint following a log backup that clears the log - it usually follows so quickly that it appears to be the log backup that clears the log. So if the log backup fails, the checkpoint can't clear the log.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="30245" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16865" RevisionGUID="6a747ff8-71df-4397-a49e-81c128aba18e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:34:58.043" UserDisplayName="robert" Text="Hi there,&#xD;&#xA;I'm having a bit of trouble with disk usage on a Windows 2003 Server with AD using roaming profiles. Turns out the users Outlook related files (.ost, .pst and .tmp files) gets saved in their roaming profiles, thus using up a lot of space on the server. I was thinking of moving the roaming profiles to another machine with more storage (moving the actual folders and pointing out the new location for each user).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will I break stuff this way? I'm mostly concerned about Outlook (we're using 2007 btw) and it's picky ways of using the .ost and .pst files." />
  <row Id="30246" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16865" RevisionGUID="6a747ff8-71df-4397-a49e-81c128aba18e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:34:58.043" UserDisplayName="robert" Text="Moving roaming profiles on a W2k3 with AD?" />
  <row Id="30247" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16865" RevisionGUID="6a747ff8-71df-4397-a49e-81c128aba18e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:34:58.043" UserDisplayName="robert" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="30248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16866" RevisionGUID="1849ec96-5f75-43e6-b38c-1a547805ef0c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:35:30.130" UserId="3657" Text="I'd suggest moving your domain to Google Apps.  Google is great at spam filtering." />
  <row Id="30251" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16845" RevisionGUID="e6647d9c-c44c-4a81-ae28-70e5de679a0f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:41:48.123" UserId="533" Comment="fixed wierd typo where --bind and mount got merged." Text="I was going to suggest a wrapper to chmod or something, but the more I think about it, the users will eventually find a way around this (scp an executable from another box, or run perl -s &quot;chmod('FILE');&quot;, etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I think the FS method is the best.  Since you say you can't move them to a new file system, what about using a --bind mount to &quot;remount&quot; /home and /var without exec privileges?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mount -o noexec --bind /var /var&#xD;&#xA;    mount -o noexec --bind /home /home&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure if that would work or not, but seems promising..." />
  <row Id="30252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16868" RevisionGUID="de18a385-1ded-4c63-8e14-821975b1d065" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:41:54.583" UserId="1210" Text="While I don't use .pst or Exchange in cached mode, I have successfully moved roaming profiles with little to no issues.  The only gotchas that I can remember encountering were permissions on the roaming profile folders and, if I remember correctly, the profiles aren't saved until the user logs OFF.  So if you move the profile while they're logged on, you can run into errors...so it's best to do this after hours when the users are all logged off." />
  <row Id="30253" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16869" RevisionGUID="3df7dc24-46ca-4740-b2d3-e842e2ff900b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:42:10.683" UserId="1054" Text="I've never had a problem moving roaming profiles to a different server.  *Copy* the folder to the new location then change the profile path on the user's account in AD.  Then when you are happy that the changes have taken place properly you can nuke the old profile folder." />
  <row Id="30260" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16839" RevisionGUID="624d5613-dff1-4db6-9f96-37838623929d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:44:14.190" UserId="1873" Comment="added the distro" Text="I have installed apache2 from source on my Linux box. apachectl -k start works just fine, but how do I get apache to start at boot time?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is on a redhat distribution:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux &amp;lt;hostname&amp;gt; 2.6.9-55.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri Apr 20 17:03:35 EDT 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux" />
  <row Id="30261" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16871" RevisionGUID="f6d59210-63d0-4720-be64-6894f0ccebb7" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:44:54.157" UserId="4136" Text="Communication, communication, communication. Every problem between a sysadmin and a dev can pretty much always be tracked back to a lack of communication. If prior to a project the sysadmins (or a representative thereof) and the devs got together and had a nice framework discussion, SOOOOOOOOOO many problems could be avoided down the line. I can't tell you how many things get fouled up because you develop everyone on one box in development only to watch it go down in flames in prod because the app then gets separated in to App server + DB server + interface server, etc. Kudos for bringing this topic up." />
  <row Id="30262" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16872" RevisionGUID="33808100-8427-48ec-ab83-1a53926585d3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:45:23.687" UserId="3984" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a production SQL Server that is set with system databases as Latin1_General_CI_AS but not all user databases are the same, some have been created with SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS, and several others - they have been created as part of 3rd party application installs etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running Exec xp_logininfo in these databases causes a typical COLLATION error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way around this? (copy and recode xp_logininfo versions for alternate collations? Change all dbs to be same collation and suffer fallout of applications crashing ..?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;all thoughts appreciated." />
  <row Id="30263" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16872" RevisionGUID="33808100-8427-48ec-ab83-1a53926585d3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:45:23.687" UserId="3984" Text="xp_logininfo returns collation error" />
  <row Id="30264" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16872" RevisionGUID="33808100-8427-48ec-ab83-1a53926585d3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:45:23.687" UserId="3984" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="30267" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13168" RevisionGUID="bbb88913-b591-4645-a92f-9b86e8d86db1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:46:04.047" UserId="1803" Comment="added 15 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;I'm interested in learning about tools and techniques used to manage many linux machines. For instance- deploying updates and what not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One way that I thought of to do this is write a bash script that uploads another script to the servers and executes the script for each server sequentially.&#xD;&#xA;eg-&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;foreach server&#xD;&#xA;{&#xD;&#xA;     connect to server and scp update_script.sh to ~/scripts&#xD;&#xA;     ssh user@server -e &quot;sh ~/scripts/update_script.h&quot;&#xD;&#xA;}&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and update_script would use apt-get/aptitude or yum, or whatever to update packages on the server.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there better ways to do things like this?  I hope my question is not too general.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30268" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="13168" RevisionGUID="bbb88913-b591-4645-a92f-9b86e8d86db1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:46:04.047" UserId="1803" Comment="added 15 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;cluster&gt;&lt;management&gt;" />
  <row Id="30269" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16797" RevisionGUID="ecdad886-5202-4382-bf4f-088636727e83" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:46:30.520" UserId="1933" Comment="added 6 characters in body" Text="If you've got a managed switch, look at the switch logs, port statistics and port link state to identify/confirm the symptoms during the failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Faults with autonegotiation, bad cabling, mismatched speed/duplex and framing errors are easy to pick up with this info.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;show log&quot; and &quot;show interface &amp;lt;interfacename&amp;gt;&quot; will do the trick on Cisco gear, I presume managed switches from other vendors will have similar commands." />
  <row Id="30270" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10934" RevisionGUID="11464bec-48b0-45ee-95da-b180966e9c19" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:46:41.080" UserId="1803" Comment="tag" Text="&lt;p&gt;I am running BitDefender and it seems to be picking up stuff that Norton never mentioned ;-) The problem is that BD reports a number of old viruses in my Inbox that it says it can't disinfect because they've been archived.  I assume these are all messages that have been deleted (some go back to 2006), so I thought compressing my Inbox would get rid of them, but so far BD is still reporting them.  To make things even more confusing, Thunderbird seems to be using both my Application Data/Thunderbird and Application Data/Mozilla (the directory I used before, and which I told Thunderbird to keep using) - both of them were updated today! Since there are a few hundred of these messages, I would really like to clean things up.  Oh, and my two Inboxes are too big to edit!  Ideas, tools, etc., would be appreciated, as I'm not sure which questions to ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30271" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10934" RevisionGUID="11464bec-48b0-45ee-95da-b180966e9c19" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:46:41.080" UserId="1803" Comment="tag" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;viruses&gt;&lt;thunderbird&gt;" />
  <row Id="30272" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16869" RevisionGUID="62f32a69-0531-448b-b2c9-05b720d15cfe" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:47:19.813" UserId="1054" Comment="added 114 characters in body" Text="I've never had a problem moving roaming profiles to a different server.  *Copy* the folder to the new location then change the profile path on the user's account in AD.  Then when you are happy that the changes have taken place properly you can nuke the old profile folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** GregD makes a good point about making sure the user is logged off...  I failed to mention that part." />
  <row Id="30273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16873" RevisionGUID="925177f0-1148-4fb8-8ec6-fd4c2ba21086" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:47:23.513" UserId="4136" Text="For Windows XP deployments you can get a TON of tweaks/suggestions here: http://www.tweakxp.com/performance_tweaks.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be aware, however, that not all tweaks are necessarily &quot;good&quot;. That site, thankfully, has had editors follow up with warnings on some of those." />
  <row Id="30275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16875" RevisionGUID="bdfc0fa2-12b5-47d7-a339-30c25a3bf92e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:49:02.993" UserId="7107" Text="What are the best linux performance tweaks for software compilation?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Kernel: 2.6.18-8&#xD;&#xA;Distro: Ubuntu Hardy Heron&#xD;&#xA;SCM: clearcase&#xD;&#xA;compiler: javac 1.6&#xD;&#xA;IDE: Eclipse&#xD;&#xA;filesystem: XFS mounted with noatime and nodirtime&#xD;&#xA;RAM: 2GB" />
  <row Id="30276" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16875" RevisionGUID="bdfc0fa2-12b5-47d7-a339-30c25a3bf92e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:49:02.993" UserId="7107" Text="What are the best linux performance tweaks for software compilation?" />
  <row Id="30277" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16875" RevisionGUID="bdfc0fa2-12b5-47d7-a339-30c25a3bf92e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:49:02.993" UserId="7107" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;compile&gt;&lt;java&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="30279" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="16803" RevisionGUID="b9c28f2c-88f0-4649-b898-274f36616431" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:50:14.223" UserId="1803" Comment="tag; edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;optimization&gt;&lt;desktop-management&gt;&lt;desktop&gt;&lt;infrastructure&gt;" />
  <row Id="30284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16878" RevisionGUID="e80e6a1a-3f7f-4505-84a4-feaba50a1c0c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:54:18.257" UserId="6965" Text="Since you're not running your own Exchange server, I'm assuming that you're using your ISP for mail provision; is this correct?  If so, do they offer any anti-spam services?  Most will, and if you're already a customer the price tag may not be that high.  Worth a look, anyway." />
  <row Id="30285" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16818" RevisionGUID="395e63ed-c320-46d9-a0ce-cec82711cd65" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:54:53.810" UserId="3505" Comment="Added a direct link" Text="Look towards the bottom of this post, someone has detailed a **[step-by-step guide][1]** on how to resolve this problem (14120), and others have confirmed that the fix works...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6612150#6612150" />
  <row Id="30286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16879" RevisionGUID="fda060c2-ed77-4f22-bcef-1d0f67db5661" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:57:42.913" UserDisplayName="Tom" Text="Here are some of my favorites.  (A few are ZSH-specific.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias ls='ls -F --color=auto'&#xD;&#xA;    alias l='ls'&#xD;&#xA;    alias ll='ls -ahl'&#xD;&#xA;    alias ..='cd ..'&#xD;&#xA;    alias ...='cd ../..'&#xD;&#xA;    alias mv='mv -i'&#xD;&#xA;    alias mmv='noglob zmv -W'&#xD;&#xA;    alias mcp='mmv -C'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mkcd() {&#xD;&#xA;            if [ $1 = &quot;&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;                    echo &quot;Usage: mkcd &lt;dir&gt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            else&#xD;&#xA;                    mkdir -p $1&#xD;&#xA;                    cd $1&#xD;&#xA;            fi&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # ZSH global aliases for piping&#xD;&#xA;    alias -g H=&quot;| head&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias -g T=&quot;| tail&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias -g C=&quot;| wc -l&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias -g L=&quot;| less&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias -g G=&quot;| grep&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias -g S=&quot;| sed -e&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias -g A=&quot;| awk&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Subversion related&#xD;&#xA;    alias ss='svn status'&#xD;&#xA;    alias sd='svn diff'&#xD;&#xA;    alias sc='svn commit'&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Git related&#xD;&#xA;    alias gs='git status'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gc='git commit'&#xD;&#xA;    alias ga='git add'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gd='git diff'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gb='git branch'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gl='git log'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gsb='git show-branch'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gco='git checkout'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gg='git grep'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gk='gitk --all'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gr='git rebase'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gri='git rebase --interactive'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gcp='git cherry-pick'&#xD;&#xA;    alias grm='git rm'&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    fortune -s  # Add to your profile to brighten your day :)" />
  <row Id="30287" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16736" RevisionGUID="aa4ca31f-ac8a-48b2-8abd-a2011ceb7090" CreationDate="2009-06-01T14:58:31.790" UserId="4054" Comment="added 40 characters in body" Text="You're going to have to set it on a shell by shell basis; bash and csh-like shells do not share the same configuration files and syntax for adjusting the PATH. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Trying to do this in launchctl will not work because environment variables are set on login; they do not exist system wide in Unix outside of a shell session.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So you're going to want to add&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;setenv PATH &quot;$PATH:/add/my/extra/path&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to /etc/csh.cshrc and &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;export PATH=&quot;$PATH:/more/paths:/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to /etc/bashrc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want environment variables in GUI apps, that's more complicated.  You have to create a .MacOSX/environment.plist file in each user's home directory.  The .MacOSX directory will likely not exist by default, so you'll have to create it.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The format of the file is like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;UTF-8&quot;?&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC &quot;-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN&quot; &quot;http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;plist version=&quot;1.0&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;dict&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;key&gt;PRINTER&lt;/key&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;string&gt;myprinter&lt;/string&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;key&gt;PATH&lt;/key&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;string&gt;/path/to/thing/I/need&lt;/string&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;key&gt;DISPLAY&lt;/key&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;string&gt;0:1&lt;/string&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/dict&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/plist&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More on the environment.plist is on [Apple's site.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPRuntimeConfig/Articles/EnvironmentVars.html" />
  <row Id="30288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16880" RevisionGUID="26e85d54-7a71-47e2-bbc5-75de47b6c3fa" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:01:15.090" UserId="2561" Text="The question isn't entirely clear to me.  But if are talking about speeding up the build process of the software than **GNU make with the -j switch can speed things up** by creating multiple build jobs.  This is a *parallel build*, but lots of software doesn't support this and **you can end up with race condition problems**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will help if your bottleneck is CPU." />
  <row Id="30289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16881" RevisionGUID="ca0cd89e-3f3a-4f89-a309-2e484ba82781" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:01:59.350" UserId="4428" Text="none since I can never guarantee they'll be configured on EVERY system I'll log into (as myself, root, or whoever)." />
  <row Id="30290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16882" RevisionGUID="b2d9d3f2-f205-4751-8a8e-9947c3a98368" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:04:09.703" UserId="7119" Text="You could try using Sysinternals Autoruns program to disable or delete the service." />
  <row Id="30291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16883" RevisionGUID="2ee01ad1-9e22-424a-8861-7bd832c1ddea" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:04:11.357" UserId="6246" Text="Create a new empty database with the same structure to build the information_schema:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    CREATE DATABASE BACKUP_DB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysqldump --no-data CURRENT_DB | mysql BACKUP_DB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this stage, as you are messing with MySQL's filesystem you will have to stop the server (correct me if I'm wrong). Copy the tables (I assume .FRM, .MYI etc?) into the filesystem as a under the BACKUP_DB name's corresponding directory in /var/lib/mysql/BACKUP_DB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Restart the server. You should now have the backup database loaded into MySQL as BACKUP_DB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, dependent on INSERT IGNORE, or REPLACE INTO statements (are you overwriting old data or &quot;filling the blanks&quot; in your indexes?):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysqldump --no-create-db&#xD;&#xA;    --no-create-info --extended-insert --insert-ignore MERGE_SOURCE | mysql BACKUP_DB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, for REPLACE INTO action:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysqldump --no-create-db --no-create-info --extended-insert MERGE_SOURCE | sed 's/INSERT INTO/REPLACE INTO/g' | mysql BACKUP_DB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, instead of piping output backinto MySQL, send to a file and review the SQL statements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysqldump --no-create-db --no-create-info --extended-insert --insert-ignore MERGE_SOURCE &gt; /root/sql/merge.sql&#xD;&#xA;    mysqldump --no-create-db --no-create-info --extended-insert MERGE_SOURCE | sed 's/INSERT INTO/REPLACE INTO/g' &gt; /root/sql/merge.sql&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, in an attempt to avoid further downtime, dump the first database over the second (hairy times!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysqldump BACKUP_DB | mysql CURRENT_DB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could always lock the database first to prevent data being written to (for example) the z table with a foreign key in the a table (which has already been written over):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK;&#xD;&#xA;(perform dump as previous step)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    UNLOCK TABLES;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add the FLUSH command to the start of your dump .sql file and UNLOCK to the end.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be sure to quadruple check your DB names in this scenario! Ask any follow up question you're unsure of, as this is high risk data mashing stuff. Perform (and note in detail) the exact steps required on a dev or staging server if possible, or virtualize your test, or create a small scale test. Just test. And, of course, take enough backups to cover every data loss eventuality. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16884" RevisionGUID="4a6e8109-577e-4332-8951-5f4b90b03cf5" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:06:30.120" UserId="6292" Text="you can use the -T option of mysqldump to get the tables output as tab-separated-values. Then, create a copy of the live DB as [Kyle][1] suggests. Then use mysqlimport to re-import the data into the live-copy and test it there. When you are ready to switch over from live to live-copy you will need to get some downtime.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have not tried this myself so *Caveat Emptor*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/16819/updating-a-mysql-database/16838#16838" />
  <row Id="30293" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16860" RevisionGUID="a8e2a5e7-2baa-414b-a85c-b4771c23962e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:07:38.293" UserId="5308" Comment="Add link now I have some reputation points..." Text="As you have installed by source there will not be an init script installed in the /etc/init.d/ directory.  The apachectl binary is designed to be compatible with standard init script options so you may well be able to simply symlink to it rather than creating a wrapper script (e.g ln -s /usr/local/sbin/apachectl /etc/init.d/apache)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can then follow the procedures outlined in the other posts for adding links to invoke the init script at the correct runlevels.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Citation: Apache Documentation http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/invoking.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Starting at Boot-Time&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; If you want your server to continue running after a system reboot, you should add a call to apachectl to your system startup files (typically rc.local or a file in an rc.N directory). This will start Apache as root. Before doing this ensure that your server is properly configured for security and access restrictions.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; The apachectl script is designed to act like a standard SysV init script; it can take the arguments start, restart, and stop and translate them into the appropriate signals to httpd. So you can often simply link apachectl into the appropriate init directory. But be sure to check the exact requirements of your system.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16885" RevisionGUID="0173a573-9da6-4746-ab3a-8cd4c0d3dea8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:08:50.113" UserId="7027" Text="Hyper-V is either a Windows 2008 role, or available standalone (I think of it as Hyper-V Core). It's an operating system in its own right, and will not run on top of Windows XP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft's virtualization products (Virtual PC, Virtual Server and Hyper-V) don't currently support running 64-bit guests on a 32-bit host, although certain editions of VMWare software do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short: you're out of luck." />
  <row Id="30295" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16885" RevisionGUID="0173a573-9da6-4746-ab3a-8cd4c0d3dea8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:08:50.113" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16886" RevisionGUID="a9c607e6-8375-4a32-ac8e-7b9124bb2873" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:09:24.060" UserId="715" Text="Is there a way (when logged in as an administrator, or as a member of the administrators group) to masquerade as a non-privileged user? Especially in an AD environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;e.g., in the Unix world I could do the following (as root):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # whoami&#xD;&#xA;    root&#xD;&#xA;    # su johnsmith&#xD;&#xA;    johnsmith&gt; whoami&#xD;&#xA;    johnsmith&#xD;&#xA;    johnsmith&gt; exit&#xD;&#xA;    # exit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to test/configure something on a user's account, and I don't want to have to reset their password, etc." />
  <row Id="30297" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16886" RevisionGUID="a9c607e6-8375-4a32-ac8e-7b9124bb2873" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:09:24.060" UserId="715" Text="Is there an equivalent of SU for Windows" />
  <row Id="30298" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16886" RevisionGUID="a9c607e6-8375-4a32-ac8e-7b9124bb2873" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:09:24.060" UserId="715" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;windows2003&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="30299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16887" RevisionGUID="1d44b9ec-b5d2-4394-8aae-d0dd6c126741" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:10:41.983" UserId="5391" Text="You can use the following command on Windows XP and later:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RunAs.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The command line options are available [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490994.aspx" />
  <row Id="30300" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16849" RevisionGUID="0f785a2b-2046-42e0-8ae7-f889d854a73b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:10:51.420" UserId="6772" Comment="deleted 15 characters in body" Text="you want to add its init script to the approriate run level. The init script is typically `/etc/init.d/apache2` where you could manually run `/etc/init.d/apache2 start` to start it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;on Gentoo you would write:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rc-update add apache2 default&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Ubuntu/Debian this works:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo update-rc.d apache2 defaults&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;on Redhat/Fedora a little googling shows this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chkconfig --add apache2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It varies a little bit from distro to distro, but the idea is usually the same. Basically what all these commands do is make a symbolic link from `/etc/init.d/` to the appropriate run-level folder in `/etc/`." />
  <row Id="30301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16888" RevisionGUID="b4441bf2-0d1f-49cb-9933-bcfa8ef6f3ec" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:11:22.933" UserId="1715" Text="I'm considering going to [Tech.Ed in September on the Gold Coast (Australia)][1].  I was very jealous of many of the teched US SQL Server speakers &amp; presentations.  Was dissapointed that many of the good presentation streams where only open to registered users. I'm yet to see a proper agenda with topics &amp; presenters for the SQL/BI track for AU's teched.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've never been to a TechEd before, what can i expect?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What well-known SQL personalities will be there (even speculation will do) ? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How similar are TechEd's from country to country?  is it a 'word-wide roadshow' with the same people presenting in different countries or is it mostly local Microsofties &amp; MVP's that present?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm hoping this is a good forum to squeeze some answers out of Paul &amp; to see if he'll be presenting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.msteched.com/australia" />
  <row Id="30302" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16888" RevisionGUID="b4441bf2-0d1f-49cb-9933-bcfa8ef6f3ec" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:11:22.933" UserId="1715" Text="Should i go to Tech.Ed?" />
  <row Id="30303" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16888" RevisionGUID="b4441bf2-0d1f-49cb-9933-bcfa8ef6f3ec" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:11:22.933" UserId="1715" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;microsoft&gt;&lt;i-hope-paul-will-be-there&gt;" />
  <row Id="30305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16890" RevisionGUID="c502a379-3831-4dbe-811a-e568105c312a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:12:25.210" UserId="7151" Text="Yes, runas&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;runas /user:waynesdomain\myadminaccount regedt32.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Runas can be used to start any program, MMC console, or Control Panel item as long as the following requirements are met:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You provide the appropriate user account and password information.&#xD;&#xA;The user account has the ability to log on to the computer.&#xD;&#xA;The program, MMC console, or Control Panel item is available on the system and to the user account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From: www.windowsnetworking.com/nt/nt2000/atips/atips12.shtml" />
  <row Id="30306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16891" RevisionGUID="fb73ad7f-4215-4643-ba0c-a853abf777f9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:13:13.210" UserId="5495" Text="I've noticed discrepancies between how Firefox and Safari behave in OS X for users with parental controls turned on. For example, Google Reader items don't get marked as read under Firefox, but they do with Safari (even with the site white-listed). Is there a way to keep AJAX calls from getting blocked?" />
  <row Id="30307" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16891" RevisionGUID="fb73ad7f-4215-4643-ba0c-a853abf777f9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:13:13.210" UserId="5495" Text="OS X Parental Controls with Firefox" />
  <row Id="30308" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16891" RevisionGUID="fb73ad7f-4215-4643-ba0c-a853abf777f9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:13:13.210" UserId="5495" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;firefox&gt;&lt;parental-controls&gt;" />
  <row Id="30309" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12749" RevisionGUID="fef2cf82-b87f-4af3-8c03-935fe78f38a1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:13:32.383" UserId="45" Comment="added 603 characters in body" Text="Here is a [good Italian-English online dictionary][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also build a list of all table names, and let it run through [Microsoft's translator][2], which accepts whole texts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     select name from sysobjects where type = 'u' -- = user tables&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could do the same for column names joining syscolumns etc., for example this way:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    select TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME&#xD;&#xA;    from   INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS&#xD;&#xA;    order by TABLE_NAME, ORDINAL_POSITION&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another additional tip: you could create SQL Views using the translated table and column names and work with the views. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Buona fortuna!*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**: in a comment to this answer, [Fatherjack][3] writes: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I have [written] a small .net app&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that reads in a text file (each line&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is a table name . column name), passes&#xD;&#xA;&gt; it to www.microsofttranslator.com and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; writes out the response to a new text&#xD;&#xA;&gt; file. using&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **api.microsofttranslator.com/V1/SOAP.svc**.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; HOW TO's found [here][4], examples&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [here][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:  http://www.wordreference.com/enit/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsofttranslator.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/users/3984/fatherjack&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd576287.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.viawindowslive.com/Articles/Translator/GettingStartedwithMicrosoftTranslator.aspx" />
  <row Id="30310" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16892" RevisionGUID="1162c7ec-ef5a-438e-8719-e01a5e048977" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:13:46.593" UserId="3664" Text="You can also hold down the shift key while right clicking on a program to get a GUI for the runas command. In windows 7 it looks like right clicking is sufficient because this option is already in the context menu." />
  <row Id="30311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16893" RevisionGUID="3755488d-03b7-4410-9bbc-4d298375beda" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:14:09.793" UserId="6901" Text="Consider the following scenario:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - I am running lighttpd-1.4.19 and I am handling big uploads (hundreds of MBs but less than 1GB) through it. &#xD;&#xA; - Server is running on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.&#xD;&#xA; - Files are temporarily written to /var/tmp.&#xD;&#xA; - PHP5 is handling the end-result through fastcgi.&#xD;&#xA; - During an upload, upload chunks are written in the temporary directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The weird thing is that although the chunks are written on disk, free memory on the server is reducing gradually up to the full file size during the upload. I would understand RAM diminishes by the size of each chunk (let's say 1-2MB) until they're written on disk but I don't understand why it is by the whole file size (let's say 300MB).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Would you know why the RAM would be taken for the whole file although chunks are written on disk? Is it possible /var/tmp is mounted directly in memory? Versus /tmp?&#xD;&#xA; 2. If not, would you know how to diagnose and how to pinpoint which process is taking up the memory? I didn't see the lighttpd nor php-cgi process increasing with ps but maybe I'm not looking at the right thing.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Or better yet, would you have a recommendation on a good web server (Apache, Nginx, lighttpd, etc.) and config to handle big uploads without storing everything in RAM?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30312" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16893" RevisionGUID="3755488d-03b7-4410-9bbc-4d298375beda" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:14:09.793" UserId="6901" Text="Lighttpd big uploads memory consumption" />
  <row Id="30313" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16893" RevisionGUID="3755488d-03b7-4410-9bbc-4d298375beda" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:14:09.793" UserId="6901" Text="&lt;lighttpd&gt;&lt;php&gt;&lt;fastcgi&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;memory&gt;" />
  <row Id="30314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16894" RevisionGUID="2d0e0375-0442-4cf8-81ce-100dcbbd271f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:14:25.360" UserId="4979" Text="Coming up with a 512GB X25-E solution requires 8 SATA connectors and around USD 6.800.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Coming up with a 512GB RAM solution requires at least USD 50.000 and [a lot of ingenuity][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Max out your RAM for fast working memory. Go with fast SSD for persistent storage. Optimizing your software to use less RAM still is worth the trouble once you hit the high numbers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/15636/cost-effective-way-to-build-a-server-with-lots-of-ram" />
  <row Id="30315" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16894" RevisionGUID="2d0e0375-0442-4cf8-81ce-100dcbbd271f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:14:25.360" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30316" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16880" RevisionGUID="4658b98d-ae13-452d-8c59-a48d54b2d08c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:14:38.043" UserId="2561" Comment="added 71 characters in body" Text="The question isn't entirely clear to me.  But if are talking about speeding up the build process of the software than **GNU make with the -j switch can speed things up** by creating multiple build jobs.  This is a *parallel build*, but lots of software doesn't support this and **you can end up with race condition problems**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will help if your bottleneck is CPU.  I think you would need multiple cores to see any advantage from this." />
  <row Id="30317" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16887" RevisionGUID="326cbd57-31bd-4fb7-8673-975e455a9cb9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:15:50.287" UserId="5391" Comment="incorrect information" Text="You can use the following command on Windows XP and later:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RunAs.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The command line options are available [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will not work without knowing the users password.  I do not believe there is a way in Windows to operate under a users account without the password due to how the Security Identifiers are loaded.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490994.aspx" />
  <row Id="30318" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16888" RevisionGUID="d536eda4-c62b-46a7-b5ce-a9c8905e0b3f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:16:52.157" UserId="1715" Comment="edited body" Text="I'm considering going to [Tech.Ed in September on the Gold Coast (Australia)][1].  I was very jealous at many of the teched US SQL Server speakers &amp; presentations.  Was dissapointed that many of the good presentation streams where only open to registered users. I'm yet to see a proper agenda with topics &amp; presenters for the SQL/BI track for AU's teched.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've never been to a TechEd before, what can i expect?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What well-known SQL personalities will be there (even speculation will do) ? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How similar are TechEd's from country to country?  is it a 'word-wide roadshow' with the same people presenting in different countries or is it mostly local Microsofties &amp; MVP's that present?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm hoping this is a good forum to squeeze some answers out of Paul &amp; to see if he'll be presenting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.msteched.com/australia" />
  <row Id="30319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16895" RevisionGUID="9d01693e-48ab-4198-b641-01f206ebc062" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:17:49.707" UserId="431" Text="If you focus on SQL Server work, consider going to the [Professional Association for SQL Server Summit][1] instead.  It's 100% SQL, all the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a few articles about it from my blog when I went last year:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [PASS Summit Monday Recap][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [PASS Summit Tuesday Recap][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [PASS Summit Wednesday Keynote][4]&#xD;&#xA; - [PASS Summit Wednesday Recap][5]&#xD;&#xA; - [PASS Summit Thursday Keynote][6]&#xD;&#xA; - [PASS Summit Thursday Recap][7]&#xD;&#xA; - [Justifying the PASS Summit Costs][8]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a ton of great presenters like Paul Randal, Kimberly Tripp, Kevin Kline, and, uh, hopefully me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TechEd's pretty good - Quest sends people there too - but SQL Server stuff is a small minority percentage of what goes on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://summit2009.sqlpass.org/AboutSummit/ROI/tabid/63/Default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2008/11/pass-summit-2008-monday-recap-sqlpass/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2008/11/pass-summit-tuesday-recap-sqlpass/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2008/11/pass-summit-2008-wednesday-keynote-sqlpass/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2008/11/pass-summit-2008-wednesday-recap-sqlpass/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2008/11/pass-summit-keynote-by-tom-casey-sqlpass/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2008/11/pass-summit-2008-thursday-recap-sqlpass/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2008/11/pass-summit-2009/" />
  <row Id="30320" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16892" RevisionGUID="568174d2-f78c-46d8-bad3-ee6e09a35b73" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:19:20.220" UserId="3664" Comment="deleted 138 characters in body" Text="You can also right clicking on a program to get a GUI for the runas command." />
  <row Id="30321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16896" RevisionGUID="a15e09ad-de5d-4b24-b224-9192e0394ec2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:20:19.857" Text="As far as the configuration aspect goes there are tools that are available to manage thousands of Windows CE devices.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is at least one company I know of, Odyssey Software (www.odysseysoftware.com), that has a product called Athena that links in with Microsoft System Management Server and can remotely manage these devices, including the ability to do a remote desktop (a la VNC) to them.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem with Athena is that it is a framework and not an out of the box product that you can use to manage your fleet of devices.  It requires significant development to create a comprehensive remote monitoring/configuration application out of it.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are companies out there that have integrated Athena into a product though and offer it for sale.  Odyssey can probably direct you with that. Your Microsoft rep should also be able to get you more info on remote configuration of Windows CE.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That is, provided that you're interested in having the companies remotely manage the devices' configurations.  There isn't much you could do to manage the devices yourself remotely if they are behind a corporate firewall (hopefully, if the firewall is any good).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30322" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16897" RevisionGUID="b4a95b59-b0b3-4858-9ccd-48e7841898a8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:20:32.230" UserId="2968" Text="We have recently opened a branch office for developers to work out of. The guys there all have Aastra VoIP 'hard' phones on their desks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main office and branch offices are linked together via a VPN (using two Sonicwall Firewalls) the VoIP PBX we have is a Trixbox installation, interfacing to 4 PSTN lines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of the time this setup works great, but if someone opens a file on a server at the 'other' end of the link the call quality drops off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there some easy (and cheap) way we can make the VoIP traffic a higher priority?" />
  <row Id="30323" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16897" RevisionGUID="b4a95b59-b0b3-4858-9ccd-48e7841898a8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:20:32.230" UserId="2968" Text="Prioritise VOIP traffic over a VPN link" />
  <row Id="30324" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16897" RevisionGUID="b4a95b59-b0b3-4858-9ccd-48e7841898a8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:20:32.230" UserId="2968" Text="&lt;voip&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;sonicwall&gt;" />
  <row Id="30325" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16898" RevisionGUID="640f99c9-facf-4d43-9a00-ad0e18d834d6" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:21:12.273" UserId="2340" Text="My ASP.NET application needs to be able to write to the windows event log and read from the windows event log using WMI.  I don't want the application account (NETWORK SERVICES) to be able to delete or modify event log entries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yeah, I konw that a malicious user would still be able to clear the event log by flooding it until it rolls over, but I can live with that." />
  <row Id="30326" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16898" RevisionGUID="640f99c9-facf-4d43-9a00-ad0e18d834d6" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:21:12.273" UserId="2340" Text="How to set read/write (but not delete) permissions on the Windows Application Event log?" />
  <row Id="30327" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16898" RevisionGUID="640f99c9-facf-4d43-9a00-ad0e18d834d6" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:21:12.273" UserId="2340" Text="&lt;windows-event-log&gt;&lt;windows2003&gt;&lt;server2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="30328" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9406" RevisionGUID="823693c6-a596-466f-9e4a-13b291407f85" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:21:24.007" UserId="2968" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;sonicwall&gt;" />
  <row Id="30329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16899" RevisionGUID="d9d87a04-0801-4dde-af6c-aebc1dae108e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:22:15.580" UserId="1435" Text="Indirectly related - consider Fusion-io's [ioDRIVE][1] technology - for certain applications they're a godsend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pros - faster than SSD (both read and write), persistence, large(ish) capacity, blade-versions available, cheaper per GB than RAM but nearly as fast.&#xD;&#xA;Cons - slower than RAM, dearer per GB than SSD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you had an application that needed to write a fair amount, to a large dataset but have VERY quick access, ideally random then I think they really have a place. We're going to use them with Zeus ZXTM L4-7-LBs/web-caches.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.fusionio.com/Products.aspx" />
  <row Id="30330" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16899" RevisionGUID="d9d87a04-0801-4dde-af6c-aebc1dae108e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:22:15.580" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30331" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="16888" RevisionGUID="00e0d4ae-832b-4af5-8343-f6eff9ff21de" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:22:21.553" UserId="2318" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;microsoft&gt;&lt;subjective&gt;" />
  <row Id="30332" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16900" RevisionGUID="1eef35f5-0283-418c-819d-eb536b4a0d30" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:23:53.393" UserId="3657" Text="SonicWall devices have QoS configuration options in the Enhanced OS version.  We use this internally to prioritize VoIP and Citrix traffic on our VPN tunnels.  I would think this would be your best option since it utilizes existing hardware." />
  <row Id="30333" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16901" RevisionGUID="a895d628-355a-4f9f-9809-9fee6f951c88" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:25:56.663" UserId="7154" Text="Automating certain things with server checkups where I work (gathering basic info from WMI and gathering errors and warnings from the event logs).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's handling of Event Logs is awesome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recently wrote a script to disable the auto-update popup that Foxit Reader has enabled by default across a domain that the script is run on. It pulls a list of computers from AD then tests to see if its up, then it changes a 1 to a 0." />
  <row Id="30334" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16901" RevisionGUID="a895d628-355a-4f9f-9809-9fee6f951c88" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:25:56.663" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30335" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="16888" RevisionGUID="3d030d94-ae91-40c8-a633-4ca3b6a50876" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:27:02.310" UserId="2318" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;microsoft&gt;" />
  <row Id="30336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16902" RevisionGUID="9181220b-d30e-4321-8913-684302df5f76" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:27:30.107" UserId="1054" Text="I don't think you can get that granular on an event log.  How about [creating a custom event log][1] for your app and logging to it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/49dwckkz.aspx" />
  <row Id="30337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16903" RevisionGUID="ce175cc5-89af-4af3-9236-82186f7a7a1a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:27:52.150" UserId="1873" Text="Here is what finally worked for me. This assumes you are the root user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. touch /etc/init.d/apache2&#xD;&#xA;1. chmod 755 /etc/init.d/apache2&#xD;&#xA;1. vi /etc/init.d/apache2 (edit it as shown below)&#xD;&#xA;1. chkconfig --add apache2&#xD;&#xA;1. chkconfig --list apache2 (to verify that it worked)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Contents of /etc/init.d/apache2:**&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;#!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;#&#xD;&#xA;# apache2        Startup script for the Apache HTTP Server&#xD;&#xA;#&#xD;&#xA;# chkconfig: 3 85 15&#xD;&#xA;# description: Apache is a World Wide Web server.  It is used to serve \&#xD;&#xA;#              HTML files and CGI.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;/usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl $@&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can get the runlevel by running /sbin/runlevel, which in my case was 3. And of course you need to call your version of apachectl, which in my case was /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks to the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The answer from [Evan Teran][1] +1 for the help&#xD;&#xA; - The answer from [Russell Heilling][2] + 1 for the help&#xD;&#xA; - [man chkconfig][3]&#xD;&#xA; - This [link][4] from sysdigg which contained the information on the runlevel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/users/6772/evan-teran&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/users/5308/russell-heilling&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://linux.die.net/man/8/chkconfig&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://sysdigg.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-to-autostart-apache-in-fedora.html" />
  <row Id="30338" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16904" RevisionGUID="f764a75f-d34c-4ddc-823f-b44d0b4a88ef" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:28:15.363" UserId="3867" Text="Check if you have httpd init script in rc.d directory. If yes then you can just run following command which enables http service to start at boot time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;chkconfig -levels 345 httpd on&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you dont have init script then just append /etc/rc.local file with &quot;apachectl -k start&quot; ( command to start apache )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope it helps." />
  <row Id="30339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16905" RevisionGUID="a3f6e84b-9415-4eae-98ed-6dc237d9e16e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:28:24.757" UserId="1435" Text="It may depend on which model of Sonicwall Firewall and it's software you have but you should be able to define a 'Quality of Service' (QoS) for your VoIP traffic. This can be complex and implementing this may require some professional help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It PAINS me to point you here but this question appears to have been asked on [expert-sexchange.com][1] before, perhaps you could look there too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.experts-exchange.com/Hardware/Networking_Hardware/Firewalls/Q_23399659.html" />
  <row Id="30340" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16886" RevisionGUID="4c0a1cfe-2bf8-45c4-8e28-e8ea60c65a70" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:29:30.667" UserId="715" Comment="added a restriction on runas" Text="Is there a way (when logged in as an administrator, or as a member of the administrators group) to masquerade as a non-privileged user? Especially in an AD environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;e.g., in the Unix world I could do the following (as root):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # whoami&#xD;&#xA;    root&#xD;&#xA;    # su johnsmith&#xD;&#xA;    johnsmith&gt; whoami&#xD;&#xA;    johnsmith&#xD;&#xA;    johnsmith&gt; exit&#xD;&#xA;    # exit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to test/configure something on a user's account, and I don't want to have to know their password or have to reset it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**    &#xD;&#xA;`runas` won't cut it. *Ideally*, my whole desktop would become the user's, etc. and not just in a cmd window." />
  <row Id="30341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16906" RevisionGUID="b48ecc2e-ba3d-4f70-9606-5654fe57d160" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:30:02.710" UserId="5799" Text="(Just a guess.) If your account has &lt;code&gt;SeCreateTokenPrivilege&lt;/code&gt;, you could write a small program to create a process using &lt;code&gt;[CreateProcessAsUser][1]()&lt;/code&gt; or a similar function... (But not even administrators have the privilege by default.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682429(VS.85).aspx &quot;CreateProcessAsUser&quot;" />
  <row Id="30342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16907" RevisionGUID="d1530af7-0c00-4918-b75d-af1e884e4c54" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:30:19.540" UserId="7157" Text="I just transfered a domain from one host and registrar to another. 48 hours later the site is still down. How do I know if I should just keep waiting or if there is a problem?" />
  <row Id="30343" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16907" RevisionGUID="d1530af7-0c00-4918-b75d-af1e884e4c54" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:30:19.540" UserId="7157" Text="How to know if a DNS update is taking too long?" />
  <row Id="30344" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16907" RevisionGUID="d1530af7-0c00-4918-b75d-af1e884e4c54" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:30:19.540" UserId="7157" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;domain&gt;" />
  <row Id="30345" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16908" RevisionGUID="dcbb3608-528a-4f46-bc96-9be1072f9bda" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:32:19.583" UserId="4979" Text="Who do you want to meet? **Events are not about the presentations.** You can find most info pretty soon afterward on the web anyway. **Events are about networking.** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you **have a goal** that involves meeting people likely to frequent Tech.Ed and interacting with them, then by all means go there. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Have a plan** before you hop on the plane of how you will reach that networking goal and execute it, or before you know it you will be sitting aimlessly through presentations." />
  <row Id="30346" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16909" RevisionGUID="4993b710-8d2f-4e4a-affe-56b918679c19" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:33:48.940" UserId="5473" Text="I would check with various DNS servers. You can  use a tool like nslookup or dig to point directly at a specific DNS server. Start with hosting company's server, then try the ones at your work, from your ISP, your friend's work, etc.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30347" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16910" RevisionGUID="c3f13fd2-298b-43ab-a1dc-fec681828423" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:34:45.773" UserId="3204" Text="On Redhat there is a useful utility called ntsysv which lets you select which services you want to start in your current run level. You call also specify which run level you want to edit when you start the utility using --level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Scroll down to httpd and press &lt;space&gt; so a star appears in the left hand box. Then &lt;tab&gt; to OK. Press &lt;return&gt; to save and return to the shell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've found that it installs pretty much by default. I've never been in a position where it wasn't installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You would need to install the service first though by copying the service script into /etc/init.d then running: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chkconfig --add &lt;script name&gt;" />
  <row Id="30348" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16911" RevisionGUID="ddf147bd-bbb3-429b-93a4-b86e2408d8cc" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:34:51.047" UserId="1435" Text="Do you know what the DNS entry's 'Time To Live' (TTL) is?" />
  <row Id="30349" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16912" RevisionGUID="3660bb42-1b8f-4d31-a1fc-0d53df46454d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:35:31.793" UserId="1464" Text="Fatherjack,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could you provide more details? Are you using any parameters with xp_logininfo? Are you running it inside of each database? Also, what is the end goal (i.e., are you storing the info somewhere, or is this an application that is trying to execute the xp_logininfo?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There may be a workaround with some other system procs, but before I suggest anything I need to know more about what it is you are trying to accomplish. hmmm...i guess that is my way of saying &quot;what are the requirements?&quot;" />
  <row Id="30350" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16913" RevisionGUID="2f88cd75-d02d-4769-a178-fbcf98179686" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:36:16.363" UserDisplayName="Andrew Turner" Text="Runas.exe allows you to run programs as another user, but the big problem is it prompts you for the *other* user's password, which is the scenario you're trying to avoid in the first place. Yes it's inconvenient, but the user's perspective you're more secure if the admin of  your computer network can't masquerade as you without your knowledge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still, here's how to use the command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    runas /user:other_user cmd.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will prompt you for the other user's password and get you a command window with the other user's credentials and environment. You can see this in action if you issue a 'set' command, which will display the other user's home folder, and user-name among all the other environment variables.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Runas.exe will also run GUI apps, though explorer.exe causes some issues. I did hear that it worked the way you expect if your options are set to view folder windows in separate processes, but when I tested it just now it did nothing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    runas /user:other_user notepad&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;runs notepad as the other user with the other user's settings and default folder for saving files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also set up a shortcut icon and at least in Vista there's an entry on the right-click menu to 'run as administrator'. I'm unsure if that runs as a different user or if it just temporarily promotes your account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30351" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16914" RevisionGUID="6820b8d0-da54-4d01-ab87-e78da211c858" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:36:28.950" UserId="6965" Text="Not being a .NET developer, I have limited use for all the .NET-related goodies that PS lets you use.  However, being an Exchange admin (amongst other things), the PowerShell integration for Exchange 2007 is AWESOME.  I finally have a reliable scripting engine for my mail system; so far, I've got it sending me monthly stats on everyone's mailboxes, adjusting who various email addresses are assigned to depending on the time of day, automatically creating and assigning permissions on public folders and load-balancing users between our two mail mailbox DBs.&#xD;&#xA;The other cool thing from the Ex07 point of view is that after you do anything in the GUI, it presents you with the relevant PowerShell commands for what you just did.  Copy those, and you'll eventually have a set of PS scripts that can rebuld your Exchange environment from scratch." />
  <row Id="30352" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16914" RevisionGUID="6820b8d0-da54-4d01-ab87-e78da211c858" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:36:28.950" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30353" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16872" RevisionGUID="ec00d0be-4e6d-482d-88a3-1811457b6e77" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:36:40.933" UserId="3984" Comment="added 30 characters in body" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a production SQL Server that is set with system databases as Latin1_General_CI_AS but not all user databases are the same, some have been created with SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS, and several others - they have been created as part of 3rd party application installs etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running Exec xp_logininfo in these databases causes a typical COLLATION error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way around this? (copy and recode xp_logininfo versions for alternate collations? Change all dbs to be same collation and suffer fallout of applications crashing ..?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;all thoughts appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-----------------&#xD;&#xA;Edit #1" />
  <row Id="30354" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16915" RevisionGUID="1a43303a-3944-44e3-a312-d5a2bab3f956" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:38:58.370" UserId="6256" Text="In addition to GP's, services start at that time, and most importantly, so does the network stack (it's a service, of course.)  If the machine loses connectivity (or its NIC), everything breaks.  This will present itself as a hung machine (which will respond, eventually, after 20 minutes.)  This will for sure affect GP's.  As others have said, GP's depend on a healthy network and DNS so troubleshoot that first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand don't panic:  It's normal for servers and domain controllers to take more time in this phase;  SBS is famous for &quot;slow&quot; boot and shutdown times, but they're normal and there's nothing wrong." />
  <row Id="30355" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16901" RevisionGUID="751d7782-a96e-42af-b96d-87880ec203d7" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:39:28.883" UserId="7154" Comment="added 190 characters in body" Text="Automating certain things with server checkups where I work (gathering basic info from WMI and gathering errors and warnings from the event logs).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's handling of Event Logs is awesome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recently wrote a script to disable the auto-update popup that Foxit Reader has enabled by default across a domain that the script is run on. It pulls a list of computers from AD then tests to see if its up, then it changes a 1 to a 0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing I forgot!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You pretty much have full access to the .NET libraries. It's a bit of a pain to do really complicated stuff with it, but if you have the need, it's there for you. " />
  <row Id="30356" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13753" RevisionGUID="ca5eab47-8e46-42a9-91cc-abd1c67ce7f7" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:42:22.903" UserId="4535" Comment="Added hyperlinks. Yay for reputation." Text="See: http://www.linuxatemyram.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See also: http://virtualthreads.blogspot.com/2006/02/understanding-memory-usage-on-linux.html" />
  <row Id="30357" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16916" RevisionGUID="0a3d6c79-d459-4173-8a78-643955b1e5f2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:43:27.143" UserId="5257" Text="I'm a fan of SIW (System Information for Windows). Lets you check a lot of computer information from a small exe file that fits on a thumb drive. It's got a free version as well which has always done everything I needed it to." />
  <row Id="30358" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16916" RevisionGUID="0a3d6c79-d459-4173-8a78-643955b1e5f2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:43:27.143" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16917" RevisionGUID="04fc6829-8a50-4e4a-9bc6-27468d3cbf03" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:43:30.670" UserId="6080" Text="don't forget to make sure /tmp /var/tmp and other user-writable dirs also are on the partitions mount with noexec flag." />
  <row Id="30360" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16918" RevisionGUID="53b81d3c-1c99-4462-beb9-1f4b87c88a0f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:44:24.753" UserId="7171" Text="Server 2003 R2 w/sp2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having an issue with users not being able to read &amp; execute once the &quot;read permissions&quot; permission is removed." />
  <row Id="30361" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16918" RevisionGUID="53b81d3c-1c99-4462-beb9-1f4b87c88a0f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:44:24.753" UserId="7171" Text="&quot;Read Permission&quot; Permission Quirks" />
  <row Id="30362" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16918" RevisionGUID="53b81d3c-1c99-4462-beb9-1f4b87c88a0f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:44:24.753" UserId="7171" Text="&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="30363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16919" RevisionGUID="59fa4a37-3b6d-4e32-b814-38da67ba24fa" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:44:47.873" UserId="3204" Text="I would follow these steps first:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Query whois to check which DNS servers are to be used for your domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    whois domainname.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Then check these servers are returning results:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dig A myhost.domainname.com @my.dnsserver.net&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do this for all of the dns servers listed in the whois changing the @dnsserver.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16920" RevisionGUID="83ad369f-8686-4d9d-b53d-ef1fa07a048f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:46:12.537" UserId="3110" Text="Just curious, but why do you need to login as the user?  I would usually only need to do this to configure email.  However, I've found that most of the time I can configure everything via Group Policy/Scripts/etc.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30365" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16921" RevisionGUID="ef02b179-d242-49d1-8aaa-b5f5c8bb3256" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:46:13.033" UserId="2489" Text="Although I do not have personal experience with some of the sudo solutions mentioned on this site, I highly recommend [nonadmin][1] started by the excellent [Aaron Margosis][2].  It is a huge help as you roll out limited users.  I mainly jumped with something since everyone else is saying use Runas.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nonadmin.editme.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/" />
  <row Id="30366" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16872" RevisionGUID="a8b2abf0-663f-42c2-878e-35c3588e720b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:46:24.517" UserId="3984" Comment="added 818 characters in body; added 95 characters in body; added 4 characters in body" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a production SQL Server that is set with system databases as Latin1_General_CI_AS but not all user databases are the same, some have been created with SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS, and several others - they have been created as part of 3rd party application installs etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running Exec xp_logininfo in these databases causes a typical COLLATION error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way around this? (copy and recode xp_logininfo versions for alternate collations? Change all dbs to be same collation and suffer fallout of applications crashing ..?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;all thoughts appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-----------------&#xD;&#xA;Edit #1&#xD;&#xA;I am trying to review and eventually move towards managing security and users/logins. Currently if I run :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    use DB1  &#xD;&#xA;    GO  &#xD;&#xA;    exec xp_logininfo  &#xD;&#xA;    go  &#xD;&#xA;    exec xp_logininfo 'domain\groupname'  &#xD;&#xA;    go  &#xD;&#xA;    exec xp_logininfo 'domain\username'  &#xD;&#xA;    go  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I get 3 data sets, 1 a list of all users, 2 details of the groups access and 3 how (by virtue of group membership) the specified login gets to access data in DB1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if I execute: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    use DB2  &#xD;&#xA;    GO  &#xD;&#xA;    exec xp_logininfo   &#xD;&#xA;    go  &#xD;&#xA;    exec xp_logininfo 'domain\groupname'  &#xD;&#xA;    go  &#xD;&#xA;    exec xp_logininfo 'domain\username'  &#xD;&#xA;    go  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I get 3 x 'Cannot resolve the collation conflict between &quot;SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS&quot; ... '&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DB1 has collation of Latin1_General_CI_AS&#xD;&#xA;DB2 has collation of SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;all system databases are Latin1_General_CI_AS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;hope this explains a bit more..." />
  <row Id="30367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16922" RevisionGUID="2ea117a2-fd53-4108-a53a-d4910229d32c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:47:20.053" UserId="5234" Text="Disable the MS indexing and/or search services.  They have reduced functionality in a networked environment, and will cause huge HD performance loss.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise I would advise *not* going down the route of too many perf tweaks.  Performance is normally a tradeoff with stability and functionality, and with 100 networked PCs the last thing you need is 100 disgruntled users yelling down the phone at you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they run good enough, then they're good enough." />
  <row Id="30368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16923" RevisionGUID="5cefe502-4bdf-4bc3-9915-696216b2f4db" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:48:41.173" UserId="5778" Text="Most of these tools made much more powerful using bash &quot;programmable completion&quot; - so you can tab-complete things like commandline options, or say the name of a package with &quot;apt-get install&quot;. It will also limit what you tab-complete for relevant files - eg &quot;unzip&quot; will only complete supported archive files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It really is the mutts - if you have never tried it you probably just need to fiddle your .bashrc:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then&#xD;&#xA;        . /etc/bash_completion&#xD;&#xA;     fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Certainly this is true on ubuntu and deb. You may need to get the package on some distros." />
  <row Id="30369" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16923" RevisionGUID="5cefe502-4bdf-4bc3-9915-696216b2f4db" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:48:41.173" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16924" RevisionGUID="5df52861-0be4-40f7-b1ea-9b3d6b88234b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:49:37.537" UserId="5308" Text="There are a couple of tools you can use to help you see if things are configured correctly.  There are web front ends available for them but I am more familiar with command line variants so that is how I will describe them below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check with whois where the domain is currently hosted&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get the information for this site you would use the command &quot;whois serverfault.com&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This gives the response (trimmed for brevity):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;   Domain Name: SERVERFAULT.COM&#xD;&#xA;   Registrar: GODADDY.COM, INC.&#xD;&#xA;   Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com&#xD;&#xA;   Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com&#xD;&#xA;   Name Server: NS21.DOMAINCONTROL.COM&#xD;&#xA;   Name Server: NS22.DOMAINCONTROL.COM&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;This information shows the information that the builders of the .com zone file (internic) hold.  It also shows that further information is available from the Godaddy whois server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this output does not show your new Registrar and name servers the transfer is not yet complete and you should contact your old registrar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this shows your new registrar but not the correct dns information the transfer has been done wrong and you should contact your new registrar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the details are correct but the site isn't working then either the .com top level zone has not yet been updated and you need to wait, or the new name servers are not set up correctly.  To find out which use the command &quot;dig&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First check the GTLD servers (authoritive for .com):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;dig ns @a.gtld-servers.net serverfault.com&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The results give:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;;; QUESTION SECTION:&#xD;&#xA;;serverfault.com.		IN	NS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;;; ANSWER SECTION:&#xD;&#xA;serverfault.com.	172800	IN	NS	ns21.domaincontrol.com.&#xD;&#xA;serverfault.com.	172800	IN	NS	ns22.domaincontrol.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:&#xD;&#xA;ns21.domaincontrol.com.	172800	IN	A	216.69.185.11&#xD;&#xA;ns22.domaincontrol.com.	172800	IN	A	208.109.255.11&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this information is correct you can continue to do the same query against your new providers DNS:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;dig ns @ns21.domaincontrol.com serverfault.com&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;;; QUESTION SECTION:&#xD;&#xA;;serverfault.com.		IN	NS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;;; ANSWER SECTION:&#xD;&#xA;serverfault.com.	3600	IN	NS	ns21.domaincontrol.com.&#xD;&#xA;serverfault.com.	3600	IN	NS	ns22.domaincontrol.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;;; Query time: 76 msec&#xD;&#xA;;; SERVER: 216.69.185.11#53(216.69.185.11)&#xD;&#xA;;; WHEN: Mon Jun  1 16:47:51 2009&#xD;&#xA;;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 85&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is showing the correct information then you likely have a caching problem and will need to wait for old entries held on caching name servers to expire.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16925" RevisionGUID="8978686f-4e49-45a7-95fe-92d8f228bb79" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:50:36.927" UserId="2642" Text="I'm pretty certain there is no supported way to run as a different user without having that user's credentials. It's a non-repudiation measure. Someone can't say: &quot;I didn't do it&quot;, because either they did it, or someone with their credentials did it. And for the second they'd have to give the other person the credentials.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Normally how I do what I need to do while logged in as another user is to use remote assistance to essentially RDP into the session, and have them grant me control. Then I do whatever while they're watching (presumably, anyway).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anything else can usually be done with GPO/scripts." />
  <row Id="30375" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16321" RevisionGUID="cf271d41-777f-477f-8c86-986f25a9d96b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:54:16.623" UserId="2750" Comment="fixed grammar" Text="If you are only concerned about incoming compromises until the VPN is connected, force the Windows Firewall to enabled, blocking all incoming traffic without exception. This will not prevent outbound traffic that initiates an inbound reply, but it will lock down any outside-initiated traffic until the VPN is connected, which seems to be your stated concern. Some of the other answers here take it one or more steps further if you need it." />
  <row Id="30376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16927" RevisionGUID="36a606fa-e2cf-496d-9105-e06560d4971d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:55:01.847" UserId="7056" Text="Guess you can also use inotifywait with -r, -m and -e attrib options to reset -x flag if it is set by users" />
  <row Id="30377" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16928" RevisionGUID="fd1f4df1-266d-4fac-8d64-4955627f66f1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:56:04.950" UserId="2411" Text="Following a reboot of an NFS server, client machines are unable to mount it, returning the message&quot;mount: RPC: Timed out&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * I've ruled out iptables rules by clearing them&#xD;&#xA; * /etc/exports on the server is unchanged&#xD;&#xA; * rpcinfo -p from the client to the server looks OK:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    program vers proto   port&#xD;&#xA;    100000    2   tcp    111  portmapper&#xD;&#xA;    100000    2   udp    111  portmapper&#xD;&#xA;    100003    2   udp   2049  nfs&#xD;&#xA;    100003    3   udp   2049  nfs&#xD;&#xA;    100003    2   tcp   2049  nfs&#xD;&#xA;    100003    3   tcp   2049  nfs&#xD;&#xA;    100021    1   udp  32791  nlockmgr&#xD;&#xA;    100021    3   udp  32791  nlockmgr&#xD;&#xA;    100021    4   udp  32791  nlockmgr&#xD;&#xA;    100021    1   tcp  32768  nlockmgr&#xD;&#xA;    100021    3   tcp  32768  nlockmgr&#xD;&#xA;    100021    4   tcp  32768  nlockmgr&#xD;&#xA;    100005    1   udp    618  mountd&#xD;&#xA;    100005    1   tcp    621  mountd&#xD;&#xA;    100005    2   udp    618  mountd&#xD;&#xA;    100005    2   tcp    621  mountd&#xD;&#xA;    100005    3   udp    618  mountd&#xD;&#xA;    100005    3   tcp    621  mountd&#xD;&#xA;    100024    1   udp  32765  status&#xD;&#xA;    100024    1   tcp  32765  status&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Advice for further diagnostics much appreciated!" />
  <row Id="30378" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16928" RevisionGUID="fd1f4df1-266d-4fac-8d64-4955627f66f1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:56:04.950" UserId="2411" Text="&quot;mount: RPC: Timed out&quot; when attempting to mount NFS filesystem" />
  <row Id="30379" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16928" RevisionGUID="fd1f4df1-266d-4fac-8d64-4955627f66f1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:56:04.950" UserId="2411" Text="&lt;nfs&gt;&lt;mount&gt;&lt;timeout&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;debian&gt;" />
  <row Id="30380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16929" RevisionGUID="71355191-337d-4e10-bd2d-98ec5e3165a1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:56:57.880" UserId="7180" Text="First you need to check the dns servers for your domain:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - whois domainname.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the dns servers are still your former dns servers then the transfer failed. If everything is ok, the next step is check the dns records in your new dns servers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - dig @dns.domainservers.com domainname.com&#xD;&#xA; - dig @dns.domainservers.com www.domainname.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to get a result like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - www.domainname.com.		86400	IN	A	A.B.C.D&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where A.B.C.D will be the IP address of the server where you're hosting your site. If that is incorrect you need to check your domain records.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally you can try with other dns servers like opendns to check if your domain is updated in the world:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - dig @resolver1.opendns.com domainname.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think the problem is in step two, maybe you forgot to add the records in your new dns servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30381" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16930" RevisionGUID="0fce43fa-b49d-4cb5-a5a8-054221fc0730" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:58:23.633" UserId="5234" Text="Documentation and backup and restore, for sure.  If you don't have those you're screwed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Clear out any ageing hardware, ageing software, or generally cranky old boxes, if possible.  Those 20 hours a week keeping &quot;old Betsy&quot; up and running could be more productively spent elsewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A top to bottom review of practices and procedures.  If something is being done wrong, &quot;but we've always done it that way&quot; is *not good enough*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep it in your mind that your objective should be to make things as *boring* as possible.  You want to be able to come to work in the morning and say &quot;oh YAWN, everything's still up and running smoothly&quot;.  How does each item you're going to change move you closer to this goal?" />
  <row Id="30382" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16907" RevisionGUID="13771ee7-4b07-465c-8224-660af25d544f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T15:58:59.140" UserId="7157" Comment="added 83 characters in body" Text="I just transfered a domain from one host and registrar to another. 48 hours later the site is still down. How do I know if I should just keep waiting or if there is a problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE:&#xD;&#xA;nslookup says it's a NXDOMAIN (non-existant?) - what does that mean?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30383" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16931" RevisionGUID="6d62613a-e0ea-4262-bd26-a4354e892c83" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:00:39.183" UserId="3111" Text="Thanks for all your suggestions. We have switched gears and decided to look for a backup appliance rather than software, something with deduplication but not necessarily CDP. We want to put one at each of our two sites (different US states) and have them back each other up for off-site storage. After doing more research I may post another request for advice but for now I'm going to answer this one myself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks again!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;flashkube" />
  <row Id="30384" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16921" RevisionGUID="43b784cb-af92-4431-a78d-6752344d6363" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:01:14.923" UserId="2489" Comment="added 150 characters in body" Text="Although I do not have personal experience with some of the sudo solutions mentioned on this site, I highly recommend [nonadmin][1] started by the excellent [Aaron Margosis][2].  It is a huge help as you roll out limited users.  I mainly jumped with something since everyone else is saying use Runas.  However, I think most or all of these so called sudo for windows deal more with elevation rather than acting as another user without their password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nonadmin.editme.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/" />
  <row Id="30385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16932" RevisionGUID="6fa4e919-2b82-438a-b193-efd4e19e0208" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:04:19.160" UserDisplayName="Rev Danger" Text="I don't know if this is still a question you want answers, but while troubleshooting a customer's svchost error, I learned that there is a command line for exactly this: &quot;tasklist /svc&quot; It gives a complete list of the processes running, with the process ID and the services each process is running. It doesn't give a processor usage, but you can close them one process at a time by process ID, and learn at least which group of services is clogging up your CPU." />
  <row Id="30386" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16933" RevisionGUID="286e62ad-b5fb-455e-a036-37e35cfa6a17" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:05:18.050" UserId="6656" Text="A couple of handy tools I haven't seen mentioned yet:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * [dstat --nocolor][1] (overview of cpu-, disk-, net-usage)&#xD;&#xA; * [iftop][2] (nice dynamic overview of network traffic)&#xD;&#xA; * [ccze][3] (colour logfiles nicely)&#xD;&#xA; * ssh tunnels (can be useful once in a while; see the manual; -R)&#xD;&#xA; * [expect][4] (automate interactive, chatty dialogy interfaces, nice if you're in a pinch)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/dstat/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ex-parrot.com/pdw/iftop/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://freshmeat.net/projects/ccze/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://expect.nist.gov/" />
  <row Id="30387" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16933" RevisionGUID="286e62ad-b5fb-455e-a036-37e35cfa6a17" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:05:18.050" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30388" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16934" RevisionGUID="5307b2c5-c201-4c2a-900e-e130927cdacd" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:07:44.427" UserId="7178" Text="I'm having a performance problem with [1] when accessing a lot of files, such as during a code compile. What happens is that on my dual-core box the combined CPU hits 50% and the &quot;system&quot; part (the red part of the performance graph in `taskman.exe`) is the bulk of that. According to SysInternals' Process Explorer the driver `CMGSCHEF.SYS` is taking all the CPU.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I can tell, only the mobile policy rules are installed, my whole hard drive isn't encrypted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas for this? Thanks! -ed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: For those lucky enough to not have to use this, it's a half-baked whole-disk encryption and policy managementpackage that has a lot of issues, performance impact being one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30389" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16934" RevisionGUID="5307b2c5-c201-4c2a-900e-e130927cdacd" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:07:44.427" UserId="7178" Text="Performance problems with Credent desktop encryption, is uninstall an option?" />
  <row Id="30390" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16934" RevisionGUID="5307b2c5-c201-4c2a-900e-e130927cdacd" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:07:44.427" UserId="7178" Text="&lt;encryption&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="30391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16935" RevisionGUID="ad7c2212-4731-4c63-af43-e422e9add52b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:11:25.310" UserId="2411" Text="Resolve this by restarting some of the client side components with &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/init.d/nfs-common restart&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30395" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16937" RevisionGUID="31642ff7-fdad-4603-8d6e-e2bd1a2fceab" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:13:05.257" UserId="613" Text="If the lighttpd or php-cgi are not increasing in size, then don't worry - the increase you're seeing isn't in the RAM consumption of those processes, but is instead in the kernel's use of disk cache.  Basically since you just wrote those large files out, the kernel keeps them around in memory on the assumption that  you might want to read them again.  It will of course drop this cache if that memory is needed by other processes." />
  <row Id="30396" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16938" RevisionGUID="1f30d988-0f2a-4b9d-9b15-248ed1592478" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:15:59.480" UserId="2277" Text="You've just hit upon the primary reason for using roaming profiles, ideally you don't have to worry about any of that however if you're not using them:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PST&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;My Docs&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Web favourites&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Desktop&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Quick look around the hard drive to make sure that don't have any folders they've set up outside of My Docs (do a search for .doc, .xls etc)&lt;br /&gt;" />
  <row Id="30397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16939" RevisionGUID="f0a472e2-d127-45c7-83c0-9a52a9e0557e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:16:18.717" UserId="6177" Text="Our list of what we would always look for is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- My documents&#xD;&#xA;- Bookmarks&#xD;&#xA;- PSTs&#xD;&#xA;- Files and folders on the desktop&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30398" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16940" RevisionGUID="8e70b2fa-b6f5-4e23-897d-bd9d34ae0356" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:16:22.397" UserId="1082" Text="Did you try to tell your mac to use a PC keyboard using the German layout?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I seem to recall having used my Mac Mini with a Swiss PC keyboard that way." />
  <row Id="30399" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16898" RevisionGUID="14df7632-8b47-42c0-8175-311807c5a7ae" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:16:31.880" UserId="2340" Comment="added 243 characters in body" Text="My ASP.NET application needs to be able to write to the windows event log and read from the windows event log using WMI.  I don't want the application account (NETWORK SERVICES) to be able to delete or modify event log entries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yeah, I konw that a malicious user would still be able to clear the event log by flooding it until it rolls over, but I can live with that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Another way to put the question-- is there any way I can have my app write to the windows event log (application, or custom log) and know the log entries weren't subsequently tampered with by the application that wrote the log entry?" />
  <row Id="30400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16941" RevisionGUID="72f60fad-f1aa-43f3-8aa8-8acb609a5c8f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:17:45.593" UserId="4562" Text="The basics that I cover are:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;BR&gt;- My Documents which should contain photos, videos, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;BR&gt;- Internet Favorites&#xD;&#xA;&lt;BR&gt;- Email files (.PST)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;BR&gt;- Desktop files&#xD;&#xA;&lt;BR&gt;- Other important software backups that might be in use (Financial software being the most common)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you get all these then you should be able to do a clean rebuild without causing much disruption to the user." />
  <row Id="30401" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16942" RevisionGUID="b8b48d57-8bb3-4e8d-a63d-9e6390fccac1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:19:27.337" UserId="6397" Text="1) The log file that logs the errors in details. or good error tracking system like ELMAH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) The detailed documentation for installation, implementation, and SA guide.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) Plus the stuff mentioned above from other amazing SAs. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's all I can think of right now." />
  <row Id="30402" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16943" RevisionGUID="003c01f8-5f60-4496-b16e-16a9603a46e2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:19:52.030" UserId="5234" Text="Engage us early in the project.  Like real real early, at functional spec stage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Somebody else mentioned having to manually install on every PC, but the same applies for config and config changes.  If you choose to store something like connect strings client-side, and need to update them on a regular basis, *we will probably want to kill you*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Choose technology that can be properly centrally managed and configured, for the very same reason.  Make sure that it integrates well with whatever central management tools we use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Always test using the lowest common denominator.  That means as a non-Admin, on the most primitive OS, applicaion suite and browser plaform in common use.  We don't like having a required browser upgrade for all of our users landed on us at the last possible minute.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't jump to blame us when things go wrong.  In my old job every time an app broke the developers would instantly point the finger at us.  &quot;You installed a new patch, you won't upgrade browsers, your security is too tight&quot; or whatever.  This generates a destructive atmosphere.  We're on the same side, really, and we want to work with you to fix it, but we can't in those kind of circumstances.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30403" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16944" RevisionGUID="20b7c94a-a21e-4045-813b-5aeb3f321d93" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:21:23.993" UserId="5515" Text="Before deciding to operate an open access point, there are a few things you should consider. Any activity from a visitor will be going through your internet connection, if they try to hack the NSA, download ripped movies, etc - it will your IP address that they see in their logs. Another side-affect of having an open access point, is that heavy wireless users can somewhat saturate your network connection, making your connection appear slow. There is also the potential of an infected laptop connecting to your access point and infecting your network computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a couple of options that will allow you to be a neighborly person, but also protect you from the downsides of operating an open access point. If possible, get an access point that can run DD-WRT or Tomato firmware, or alternatively (and more costly) find an access point that supports Quality of Service (QoS), and Access Control Lists (ACLs).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Using QoS, you can limit the bandwidth available to your wireless visitors, preventing wireless users from saturating your network.&#xD;&#xA;- With restrictive ACLs, you can limit wireless traffic to only HTTP/HTTPs - allowing basic web traffic, but somewhat preventing P2P or extraneous network activity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding any actual court cases regarding open wireless access points, there are a few examples that show in US and foreign court that open APs are not always a valid defense for criminal offenses, however Civil cases (pirating, P2P, etc) may be thwarted by such a defense:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [Arstechnica: Child porn case shows that an open WiFi network is no defense][1]&#xD;&#xA;- [Techdirt: Now A German Court Says Open WiFi Owner Is Responsible For What Others Do On WiFi][2]&#xD;&#xA;- [Cnet: Hot spots elude RIAA dragnet][3]&#xD;&#xA;- [P2PNet: $400 fine for WiFi piggyback][4]: Slightly related in that law enforcement ignorant of technology may cause issues for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2007/04/child-porn-case-shows-that-an-open-wifi-network-is-no-defense.ars&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080717/1558191712.shtml&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://news.cnet.com/2100-1027_3-1026204.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12453" />
  <row Id="30404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16945" RevisionGUID="29bdc553-efea-4ec6-bfa3-275be3f476a1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:22:03.867" UserId="5940" Text="In instances where I've seen this before, I boot off of the Windows CD and choose to reinstall.  It will then detect there's an existing installation and give you the option to repair it.  Take that second repair option.  You'll need to reinstall all the service packs again." />
  <row Id="30406" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16947" RevisionGUID="5a6ddcef-52f4-4e0c-bf0e-c334bd0c5fe4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:25:11.707" UserId="42855" Text="Audit the software you routinely install on users' PCs to determine where they store data. This way you can adapt these suggestions to the specific loadout you're using.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have absolutely gobs of storage space somewhere, you may consider creating a full disk image backup (something like ghost) of the PC before you rebuild it to keep for a certain amount of time until you're sure the user doesn't need anything else." />
  <row Id="30407" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16948" RevisionGUID="8d0d3d8d-b617-4189-b26e-8c248bea99f6" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:26:49.473" UserDisplayName="uhsa" Text="If you need to use the client to view the Windows Desktop from mac. use &quot;Chicken of the VNC&quot;, free VNC client for Mac OS X. Since I am not allowed to add hyperlinks, add the http part yourself to the links:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;sourceforge.net/projects/cotvnc/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Connecting is easy, just enter the server IP address and password. Now you can view your Windows Desktop from a remote location. You can also connect from across the internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, what if you want to connect to your Mac OS X from another computer? I would suggest you using OSXVNC. Here's the link for it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.testplant.com/products/vine_server/OS_X&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps..." />
  <row Id="30408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16949" RevisionGUID="9ce27500-e5b8-46e8-a8ed-6f6ff1f52a84" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:26:53.263" UserId="2358" Text="I set up a Sharepoint (WSS) site with FBA via ASP.Net membership provider - I can change user's passwords with the ASP.Net config tool. But I want them to be able to change their own password.  Should be something obvious that I'm just not seeing, right?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30409" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16949" RevisionGUID="9ce27500-e5b8-46e8-a8ed-6f6ff1f52a84" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:26:53.263" UserId="2358" Text="WSS forms-based authentication - how can I allow users to change passwords?" />
  <row Id="30410" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16949" RevisionGUID="9ce27500-e5b8-46e8-a8ed-6f6ff1f52a84" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:26:53.263" UserId="2358" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;fba&gt;&lt;asp.net&gt;" />
  <row Id="30411" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16872" RevisionGUID="32803200-88ec-4aa6-b6b7-0b6f4a353fe7" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:26:53.343" UserId="3984" Comment="added 208 characters in body" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a production SQL Server that is set with system databases as Latin1_General_CI_AS but not all user databases are the same, some have been created with SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS, and several others - they have been created as part of 3rd party application installs etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running Exec xp_logininfo in these databases causes a typical COLLATION error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way around this? (copy and recode xp_logininfo versions for alternate collations? Change all dbs to be same collation and suffer fallout of applications crashing ..?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;all thoughts appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-----------------&#xD;&#xA;Edit #1&#xD;&#xA;I am trying to review and eventually move towards managing security and users/logins. Currently if I run :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    use DB1  &#xD;&#xA;    GO  &#xD;&#xA;    exec xp_logininfo  &#xD;&#xA;    go  &#xD;&#xA;    exec xp_logininfo 'domain\groupname'  &#xD;&#xA;    go  &#xD;&#xA;    exec xp_logininfo 'domain\username'  &#xD;&#xA;    go  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I get 3 data sets, 1 a list of all users, 2 details of the groups access and 3 how (by virtue of group membership) the specified login gets to access data in DB1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if I execute: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    use DB2  &#xD;&#xA;    GO  &#xD;&#xA;    exec xp_logininfo   &#xD;&#xA;    go  &#xD;&#xA;    exec xp_logininfo 'domain\groupname'  &#xD;&#xA;    go  &#xD;&#xA;    exec xp_logininfo 'domain\username'  &#xD;&#xA;    go  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I get 3 x 'Cannot resolve the collation conflict between &quot;SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS&quot; ... '&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DB1 has collation of Latin1_General_CI_AS  &#xD;&#xA;DB2 has collation of SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;all system databases are Latin1_General_CI_AS  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;hope this explains a bit more...  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If anyone knows of a good security audit tool then thats kind of where I am heading. I have two simple questions:  &#xD;&#xA;1 - Who can access this database?  &#xD;&#xA;2 - What databases can this user get to?  " />
  <row Id="30412" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16950" RevisionGUID="76711efd-7882-437e-8082-a53a30f15e3a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:27:51.220" UserDisplayName="Cadaeic" Text="As a general rule, I tend to just back up %appdata% when migrating or archiving data. It might be overkill in some scenarios, but I'd rather cast a wider net. Few applications today still use %ProgramFiles%, but if you're in a standardized environment with known applications which store data in strange places, you'll have to make exceptions for them." />
  <row Id="30413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16951" RevisionGUID="aab404f2-298a-436b-8176-3c3d49cf4b28" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:28:20.330" UserId="1054" Text="I have never worked in an &quot;enterprise&quot; infrastructure group but have been responsible for small networks.  [WireShark][1] (Ethereal back in the day) always worked for me in those situations.  Where is the line drawn on when to crossover?  Or is it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wireshark.org/" />
  <row Id="30414" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16951" RevisionGUID="aab404f2-298a-436b-8176-3c3d49cf4b28" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:28:20.330" UserId="1054" Text="Why to use a commercial packet/protocol analyzer vs. WireShark?" />
  <row Id="30415" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16951" RevisionGUID="aab404f2-298a-436b-8176-3c3d49cf4b28" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:28:20.330" UserId="1054" Text="&lt;network&gt;&lt;analysis&gt;&lt;packet-analyzer&gt;&lt;protocol-analyzer&gt;" />
  <row Id="30416" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16952" RevisionGUID="8b187af2-d8c9-4b3a-aa9a-eeef33e4f6d7" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:29:32.447" UserId="2422" Text="A recent project requires one of our websites to accept file uploads from (logged in) users (primarily images and possibly some video). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are some (generic) things we need to take into account, check for, ensure, or calculate, as we bring this project into fruition?" />
  <row Id="30417" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16952" RevisionGUID="8b187af2-d8c9-4b3a-aa9a-eeef33e4f6d7" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:29:32.447" UserId="2422" Text="Our web-developers have a project that requires accepting file-uploads. What should I ensure is covered?" />
  <row Id="30418" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16952" RevisionGUID="8b187af2-d8c9-4b3a-aa9a-eeef33e4f6d7" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:29:32.447" UserId="2422" Text="&lt;storage&gt;&lt;uploads&gt;&lt;website&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;planning&gt;" />
  <row Id="30419" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16953" RevisionGUID="a5d8d360-6f19-4c44-9f1a-c0bd7522d37e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:30:56.720" UserId="6394" Text="The thing that I overlook very easily is saved passwords.  Though an unsafe practice, lots of people use the save password feature in Firefox.  It's always a good idea to remind the user to try to remember all of their passwords before you blow away their machine.  There is also the slightly dangerous strategy of using a backup system like [Xmarks][1](formerly Foxmarks). &#xD;&#xA;I can backup password saves as well as bookmarks for IE or Firefox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://xmarks.com" />
  <row Id="30420" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16954" RevisionGUID="aa5ab88c-5392-4ae4-b5ec-729a4169c49e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:31:07.860" UserId="3000" Text="Use it as a Project Gutenberg mirror server or bittorrent tracker. Since Project Gutenberg is a legal use of bittorrent, the only way you can run afoul of your hosting provider is if they don't allow trackers period." />
  <row Id="30421" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16954" RevisionGUID="aa5ab88c-5392-4ae4-b5ec-729a4169c49e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:31:07.860" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30422" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16955" RevisionGUID="156de469-9c48-4824-b3d2-95bf3fa81f70" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:32:26.467" UserId="5234" Text="Modifying the access rights of the NETWORK SERVICE account can potentially lead to Bad Things in the future.  Even if it could be done in the way you want, at the very least it's another config step for any potential customer to do, and one that they may not be happy with.  A golden rule is not to mess with built-in functionality.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In this case, NETWORK SERVICE writes other events from other apps and OS processes to the logs, and you don't want to break that, do you?  I'm not trying to be rude here, but your app may not be the only one on the machine, so it needs to play nice." />
  <row Id="30423" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16956" RevisionGUID="4aedb713-3cfa-41bd-8017-efcfebc0fc27" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:32:29.743" UserId="1054" Text="One big thing to watch out for is the max file size you want to allow.  Make sure your server is configured to allow the upload of files big enough for your requirements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, I **highly** recommend the target folder for the upload to be **outside** of your application's root folder structure." />
  <row Id="30424" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14043" RevisionGUID="ea2a4363-3bed-481d-8cd7-38b6856298f8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:32:47.760" UserId="2098" Comment="added aix tag" Text="&lt;p&gt;example&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;-rwxr--r--    1 me     users             0 May 27 13:58 file_0&#xD;&#xA;-rw-rwxrw-    1 me     users             0 May 27 13:58 file_1&#xD;&#xA;-rw-rw-rwx    1 me     users             0 May 27 13:59 file_2&#xD;&#xA;-rwxrwxrwx    1 me     users             0 May 27 14:02 file_3&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would need to list all 4 files in the current dir&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;AIX&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;non-gnu 'find', so &quot;find . -executable&quot; won't work&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30425" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="14043" RevisionGUID="ea2a4363-3bed-481d-8cd7-38b6856298f8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:32:47.760" UserId="2098" Comment="added aix tag" Text="How to find all executable files? (AIX)" />
  <row Id="30426" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="14043" RevisionGUID="ea2a4363-3bed-481d-8cd7-38b6856298f8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:32:47.760" UserId="2098" Comment="added aix tag" Text="&lt;shell&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;aix&gt;" />
  <row Id="30427" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16957" RevisionGUID="1070e194-46b4-47c3-a9e1-5685341f8f14" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:33:07.840" UserId="6397" Text="I would say, basically, everything in user profiles folder (c:\users for vista and w7, c:\users and settings for XP), plus some obvious folders in the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I usually do is I convert the current disk to a format of VM, VHD or VMDK so if I missed anything after I formated the system, I can have something re-attached to restore from." />
  <row Id="30428" PostHistoryTypeId="18" PostId="8795" RevisionGUID="37999c9f-69f1-4e36-98be-299e536cd2d4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:34:09.600" UserId="1803" Comment="Merged question 'What data to watch out for when rebuilding user's pc's' by AndyM" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="30429" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16958" RevisionGUID="d0f470c4-b055-427c-a559-0de09a48d8b4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:35:45.697" UserId="2487" Text="We currently have a website that uses .htaccess to control access to some pages.  We also have vBulletin running which uses a different set of credentials.  What is the best way to tie these two together so they can use the same user name and password?" />
  <row Id="30430" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16958" RevisionGUID="d0f470c4-b055-427c-a559-0de09a48d8b4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:35:45.697" UserId="2487" Text="how can vbulletin and apache share passwords" />
  <row Id="30431" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16958" RevisionGUID="d0f470c4-b055-427c-a559-0de09a48d8b4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:35:45.697" UserId="2487" Text="&lt;vbulletin&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;.htaccess&gt;" />
  <row Id="30432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16959" RevisionGUID="825ee401-c164-4902-98f3-017badd07c2a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:36:00.017" UserId="3984" Text="Its a bit late but I would recommend a 3rd party backup and restore application option. We use Red Gate SQL Backup ([www.red-gate.com][1]), it has compression and alternate location options in the GUI. I get compressions saving of 80% average - so you only transfer 20% of the actual db size. It also supports encryption so it can be used over a WAN without interception worries. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its fully schedulable so can run automatically at a cycle of your choosing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The GUI also allows you to configure and administer log shipping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Free trial version available at the above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.red-gate.com" />
  <row Id="30433" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16960" RevisionGUID="9c47d2b3-46bb-4026-ba07-784741534c21" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:36:18.567" UserId="5391" Text="Here are a few issues that I recall from doing this in the past:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Memory Usage**; make sure your process is writing the upload out to disk instead of memory.  For ASP.NET, this would require writing your own HTTP handler.&#xD;&#xA; - **Content Limit**; your web server and any upstream proxy servers or content analyzers will need to support the increased content length.&#xD;&#xA; - **Timeouts**; scripts, firewall ports and proxies should be configured for long timeout periods as the uploads may take a long time to complete." />
  <row Id="30434" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16898" RevisionGUID="bd7d69a7-8a47-4674-844e-ba08c694309b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:36:22.327" UserId="2340" Comment="added 139 characters in body" Text="My ASP.NET application needs to be able to write to the windows event log and read from the windows event log using WMI.  I don't want the application account- currently NETWORK SERVICE, to be able to delete or modify event log entries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yeah, I konw that a malicious user would still be able to clear the event log by flooding it until it rolls over, but I can live with that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Another way to put the question-- is there any way I can have my app write to the windows event log (application, or custom log) and know the log entries weren't subsequently tampered with by the application that wrote the log entry?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: If the solution requires using something other than the default NETWORK SERVICE account to run asp.net, that's good too." />
  <row Id="30435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16961" RevisionGUID="7a20f85f-154d-46a4-9481-a44338277191" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:37:31.403" UserId="2750" Text="I would generally run DNS and DHCP on Domain Controller(s), and have at least two DCs. Personally, I have a virtual DC running on two of my virtual hosts (running VMware ESXi, three virtual hosts total) and one physical as well. All DCs are DNS servers, and two of them are DHCP servers (serving half of the range each). Virtualization makes it easy (and depending on how you pay for Windows licensing, affordable) to have task-specific VMs, and I much prefer splitting things out as rebooting one server won't affect others.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I'm running SBS 2003 at another (smaller) office and it functions well on a beefy server, although the reboot scheduling issue is sometimes annoying. SBS is physical, but I have a second server running VMware ESXi that has a Windows VM which is also a DC so I have a seconary (second DC is allowed with SBS as long as SBS holds FSMO roles). I hate having one DC, it would make recovery more difficult and any downtime longer!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would try and add only something like print and/or file serving to a DC if possible, in addition to DNS and DHCP. Others would have to be weighed carefully...and if possible, stick even a desktop/low end server in as a secondary DC/DNS only box if you must mix on the primary hardware. Even non-redundant hardware is likely to be up if your primary is down and vice versa (whether it's for a reboot or a crash)." />
  <row Id="30436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16962" RevisionGUID="dea652bb-e723-4086-80aa-deac09ad54c7" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:39:13.817" UserId="3000" Text="You need to look out for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Maximum file size. This can be done by the web developers in many cases.&#xD;&#xA; - Permissions. Do you want each user to have their own (virtual or real) folder that nobody else can see?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you want users to be able to delete files they have uploaded, or even see them? They should probably be able to verify what files they uploaded at the very least.&#xD;&#xA; - Do you want to enable users to download files as well as upload? This may be tricky to implement depending on your setup.&#xD;&#xA; - Make sure that the uploads folder does not allow them to go up the directory tree.&#xD;&#xA; - Will you limit files by extension or other criteria? You want to make sure you don't set up a &quot;warez server&quot; inadvertently. I know this is for logged in users, but any security can be broken in some way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is all I can think of at the moment to look out for." />
  <row Id="30437" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16963" RevisionGUID="2562c30d-8b29-44c0-9517-32eeb4918dc8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:39:48.713" UserId="5234" Text="Treat every uploaded file as untrusted until you prove otherwise.  Virus scan them, the works." />
  <row Id="30438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16964" RevisionGUID="18900e82-cbcf-4034-8850-5b5ceccdcca5" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:40:26.297" UserId="2341" Text="Implement some kind of anti-virus / malware detection on the server.  Even though you are accepting supposedly &quot;non-executable&quot; file types, there is still the possibility of executable code in those files that takes advantage of buffer-overrun vulnerabilities." />
  <row Id="30439" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16965" RevisionGUID="5058ba56-1a38-484b-9a9c-706802a4cd2c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:40:49.603" UserId="7137" Text="* Max file size, both on the client with a `MAX_FILE_SIZE` (if you're uploading via HTTP) _and_ during the server processing step.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Consider keeping the uploaded data on a separate partition (typically webservers dump to `/var/tmp`) to prevent someone from filling up something important. You might consider a paranoia step of mounting this partition with `-o noexec`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* That the image/video uploaded is actually valid data. Someone might rename a binary to `funtimes.jpg`, or append a RAR file to the end of an image. Steganographic concerns might not be at the top of the to-watch list, but many services let users launder data through them." />
  <row Id="30440" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16966" RevisionGUID="d4c33672-a7e8-4469-af3a-4659cc2313ef" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:43:33.123" UserId="4266" Text="personally I have never run into a case where a commercial product was needed for this.  I work for a software vendor and we refer our customers to WireShark several times a day to troubleshoot. " />
  <row Id="30441" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16967" RevisionGUID="a1f0d32b-ea89-4ead-aef4-88e18f301097" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:43:34.230" UserId="846" Text="My quick list of what you should think about:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1- Application, protocols (ftp, secure ftp, http, webdav, etc.) and configuration&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How will the files be uploaded? Is there a front-end app that will be managing it? What ftp server will you be using?  There is no right answer here, you simply want to figure it out in advance to make certain the remaining items are done properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2- authentication and user management&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to decide how credentials and authentication will work. **Don't allow anonymous uploads!**  Will there be generic users, or named users?  Who will manage the users?  Will they be controlled through the application, through the OS, or some other way?  Will they be allowed to delete?  Only their files, or anyone elses?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3- file locations and disk space&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need a place to put the files.  Will this be a permanent location, or will there be a process to &quot;sweep&quot; them into another location? Will each user have a separate place, or will there be only one place?  Will there be a max size per file?  Do you want to restrict the file types allowed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30442" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16968" RevisionGUID="52f89908-405c-4844-b4c9-7f5ed1cab19b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:44:20.017" UserId="6394" Text="A few things overlooked I wanted to mention.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - vim -d split screen console diff that makes it very easy to see the differences in a file&#xD;&#xA; - pdsh allows you to easily run a command over as many systems as you want either serial or parallel(I am a cluster admin.  I can't function without it.)&#xD;&#xA; - [nmon][1] is like top on crack.  It gives you a great idea of what is going on on a system on a single screen.  You can see disk I/O, network I/O CPU usage, and memory usage real time.  At the very least a real fun thing to play with when profiling a system. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and I forgot to mention, when scripting, I believe you should always use Korn.  I hate Korn(Not the band.  I love the band:-P) but it's literally everywhere.  You can take a script and move it between Solaris, AIX and Linux and not have to worry about whether or not the admin had the decency to install Bash.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-analyze_aix/" />
  <row Id="30443" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16968" RevisionGUID="52f89908-405c-4844-b4c9-7f5ed1cab19b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:44:20.017" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16969" RevisionGUID="8798c8aa-cdd3-484d-9797-ede2b7300c7b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:44:32.807" UserId="7199" Text="Debian/OSX. CLI/SSH/SFTP/Cyberduck/TextMate. I'm learning all the time. I think really getting used to some scripting language and to be methodical, structured and to document is key. Although I like GUI when it comes to graphs of CPU load and such :) I use SFTP a lot since Cyberduck lets you edit files &quot;in-place&quot;. Very convenient. I like 'graphical' console tools too, like top. I'm gonna try Webmin soon. We'll see." />
  <row Id="30445" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16970" RevisionGUID="193fa620-2d9a-44ed-9799-5f18d4c6ec09" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:45:47.720" UserId="6922" Text="A lot depends on the specific server software you're using.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You would expect the software to throw an error over an illegal port number but that is not necessarily the case; some software will happily accept whatever you hand it, resulting in very odd behavior.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the issue: The port number is an unsigned 16-bit value (0 - 65535) and in some situations, applications will accept larger numbers but only use the lower 16 bits. This has lead to baffling cases where a startup script specifies a port of (say) 90000 and the application is found listening on port 24464 (90000 mod 65536 = 24464)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I documented a similar incident back in the Feb 2002 issue of SysAdmin Magazine in *&quot;Increasing Reliability Through Forensic Operations&quot;* ([copy][1]) Ideally, these things  should never happen but between naive software and developers ignorant of the specifics of the underlying network (*i.e.* range of legitimate ports) one still needs to guard against such 'impossible' incidents. My preferred approach is to work with developers to make sure their code is ops-friendly but often ops and development aren't on the best of terms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.theillien.com/Sys_Admin_v12/html/v11/i02/a4.htm" />
  <row Id="30446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16971" RevisionGUID="4e41e9fa-bbd8-4319-8aa4-9005c5853608" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:47:00.243" UserId="388" Text="In terms of analysis, there's nothing wrong with Wireshark. In fact, many enterprise products make use of Wireshark's code.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think where things change are how *captures* are done in larger environments. Whereas in smaller shops, if you need to run packet captures, a laptop running Wireshark is fine. However, once you get to larger environments with higher data rates, commodity hardware often isn't up to the task of capturing at line rate. In these cases, it's often necessary to resort to vendors like [Endace][1] or [Niksun][2] in order to perform the captures; these vendors design custom hardware ASICs with very large buffers that are guaranteed not to drop traffic before it is successfully written to disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even when using these appliances for recording, however, I find that when I export packet captures to my workstation for analysis, Wireshark is the tool that I turn to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.endace.com/&#xD;&#xA;[2]: http://www.niksun.com/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30447" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16972" RevisionGUID="07af3f9c-6c93-41e2-868d-11496cfb9e64" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:47:13.473" UserId="7083" Text="I don't know whether the project is still active or whether the format that vBulletin hashes it's passwords will be suitable, but I have used a third-party Apache module under the name of &quot;mod-auth-mysql&quot; in the past, to integrate forum accounts with other web applications." />
  <row Id="30448" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16973" RevisionGUID="0f48fbae-e678-4486-805b-c589714f67d4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:48:09.447" UserId="405" Text="I need to set up an Apache instance on a windows box we have.  I'm running a Python/Django application, and mod_wsgi is preferable so that I can restart individual applications.  I do, however, need to run it under Windows.  Apache just doesn't seem made to be easy to administer in Windows (last time I tried updating a Windows instance, I had to completely uninstall and reinstall it).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any tools to simplify this?  Or is there any way to get what I want to do out of IIS or another web server?" />
  <row Id="30449" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16973" RevisionGUID="0f48fbae-e678-4486-805b-c589714f67d4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:48:09.447" UserId="405" Text="What's a good way to run mod_wsgi or similar environment on Windows Server 2003?" />
  <row Id="30450" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16973" RevisionGUID="0f48fbae-e678-4486-805b-c589714f67d4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:48:09.447" UserId="405" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;mod-wsgi&gt;&lt;python&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;iis&gt;" />
  <row Id="30451" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16974" RevisionGUID="4724ad77-fc85-428e-8ce6-b6f72c7fe064" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:48:43.360" UserDisplayName="razor" Text="This is the error I get when executing /etc/init.d/bind9 restart&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Jun  1 10:43:29 local-dns named[2922]: starting BIND 9.5.1-P1 -u bind&#xD;&#xA;Jun  1 10:43:29 local-dns named[2922]: found 1 CPU, using 1 worker thread&#xD;&#xA;Jun  1 10:43:29 local-dns named[2922]: using up to 4096 sockets&#xD;&#xA;Jun  1 10:43:29 local-dns named[2922]: loading configuration from '/etc/bind/named.conf'&#xD;&#xA;Jun  1 10:43:29 local-dns named[2922]: /etc/bind/named.conf.local:13: unexpected end of input&#xD;&#xA;Jun  1 10:43:29 local-dns named[2922]: loading configuration: unexpected end of input&#xD;&#xA;Jun  1 10:43:29 local-dns named[2922]: exiting (due to fatal error)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is my /etc/bind/named.conf.local&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $TTL 86400&#xD;&#xA;    @       IN      SOA     ns1.test.com. (&#xD;&#xA;                            2006020201&#xD;&#xA;                            604800&#xD;&#xA;                            86400&#xD;&#xA;                            2419200&#xD;&#xA;                            604800 )&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    NS      ns1&#xD;&#xA;    MX      10 mail&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No matter what I do I can't seem to get the unexpected end of input error to go away.  I've tried with a single line after the MX record and having the MX be the last line.  I'm not sure why it's giving this error.  Does anyone know what's up?" />
  <row Id="30452" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16974" RevisionGUID="4724ad77-fc85-428e-8ce6-b6f72c7fe064" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:48:43.360" UserDisplayName="razor" Text="BIND error - loading configuration: unexpected end of input" />
  <row Id="30453" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16974" RevisionGUID="4724ad77-fc85-428e-8ce6-b6f72c7fe064" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:48:43.360" UserDisplayName="razor" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;debian&gt;" />
  <row Id="30454" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16975" RevisionGUID="3dd51cd1-5daa-40ce-a4f2-d4bb664fb62b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:48:52.253" UserId="3925" Text="If you're transferring very large files with lots of changes, use the --inplace and --whole-file options, I use these for my 2Gb VM images and it helped a lot (mainly as the rsync protocol wasn't doing much with passing incremental data with these files). i don;t recommend these options for most cases though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;use --stats to see how well your files are being transferred using the rsync incremental protocol.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16976" RevisionGUID="a108c186-76b0-4d0e-881f-0f3195623616" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:52:24.883" UserId="6292" Text="You can't do it with gpg but you *can* with openssl and mysys:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat.exe testfile | openssl enc -cast &gt; outfile&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the [manpage][1], you can even specify a password on the command line if you really need to. This will only work with symmetric encryption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.openssl.org/docs/apps/enc.html#" />
  <row Id="30460" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16974" RevisionGUID="e8051ab5-df6e-48b6-bea8-db64b4a54cee" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:53:41.073" UserId="984" Comment="added 28 characters in body" Text="This is the error I get when executing /etc/init.d/bind9 restart&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 10:43:29 local-dns named[2922]: starting BIND 9.5.1-P1 -u bind&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 10:43:29 local-dns named[2922]: found 1 CPU, using 1 worker thread&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 10:43:29 local-dns named[2922]: using up to 4096 sockets&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 10:43:29 local-dns named[2922]: loading configuration from '/etc/bind/named.conf'&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 10:43:29 local-dns named[2922]: /etc/bind/named.conf.local:13: unexpected end of input&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 10:43:29 local-dns named[2922]: loading configuration: unexpected end of input&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 10:43:29 local-dns named[2922]: exiting (due to fatal error)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is my /etc/bind/named.conf.local&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $TTL 86400&#xD;&#xA;    @       IN      SOA     ns1.test.com. (&#xD;&#xA;                            2006020201&#xD;&#xA;                            604800&#xD;&#xA;                            86400&#xD;&#xA;                            2419200&#xD;&#xA;                            604800 )&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    NS      ns1&#xD;&#xA;    MX      10 mail&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No matter what I do I can't seem to get the unexpected end of input error to go away.  I've tried with a single line after the MX record and having the MX be the last line.  I'm not sure why it's giving this error.  Does anyone know what's up?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30461" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16977" RevisionGUID="ea3d6e3e-2bb6-435d-a015-9a44e8559d37" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:54:00.900" UserId="7203" Text="Our Foobar University is currently in the planning stages of moving their web hosting services to an enterprise hosting automation panel system like Plesk or cPanel. Is anyone out there in a University environment that has gone down this path and has a roadmap with resource requirements, pitfalls, and issues? Is there another product on the market that you would recommend that we may have overlooked?" />
  <row Id="30462" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16977" RevisionGUID="ea3d6e3e-2bb6-435d-a015-9a44e8559d37" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:54:00.900" UserId="7203" Text="formalizing centralized web hosting in a University setting" />
  <row Id="30463" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16977" RevisionGUID="ea3d6e3e-2bb6-435d-a015-9a44e8559d37" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:54:00.900" UserId="7203" Text="&lt;university&gt;&lt;web-hosting&gt;&lt;web&gt;&lt;cpanel&gt;&lt;plesk&gt;" />
  <row Id="30464" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16978" RevisionGUID="3a68ea95-f8c8-4670-bf11-df30ec3e6753" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:54:14.130" UserDisplayName="Dave" Text="I am currently in the middle of creating a raid 5, 4 x 320G usb2.0 system, using an hp mini netbook and ubuntu.  For all the people reading/replying to this posting, will this be a long term solution for mp3's, pictures, docs, etc... ?  I am hoping I will have this low power (about 36W-40W power consumption) raid 5 solution for years." />
  <row Id="30468" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16981" RevisionGUID="94cd06b8-70c6-4b40-bc88-2965ccff58cb" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:56:20.240" UserId="984" Text="named.conf.local is where you define zones (domains) you are authoritative for.  You are not supposed to put your DNS records here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your named.conf.local should look like this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    zone &quot;test.com&quot; {&#xD;&#xA;            type master;&#xD;&#xA;            file &quot;/etc/bind/test.com.dns&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;            allow-query {any;};&#xD;&#xA;    };&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the stuff you currently have there should be in a file named named **/etc/bind/test.com.dns**." />
  <row Id="30469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16982" RevisionGUID="fe80fa52-341b-4d77-b21f-b25a47420e9e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:56:20.973" UserId="6755" Text="SMF, the Service Management Facility, uses XML files, so called 'manifests' to store information about services to start. Take an existing service, say ssh, and export its manifest to a file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ svccfg export ssh &gt; ssh-manifest.xml&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Analyze this file, take out what you don't need, update the service name and import it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ svccfg import &lt; your-manifest.xml&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then set the service to run by default:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ svcadm enable your-service&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Speaking of Tomcat, you can get prepackaged Tomcat from OpenCSW. They have three versions of Tomcat packaged:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    maciej@netra ~ $ pkg-get -a | grep tomcat&#xD;&#xA;                 tomcat4 4.1.37,REV=2008.11.30&#xD;&#xA;                 tomcat5 5.5.27,REV=2008.11.29&#xD;&#xA;                 tomcat6 6.0.18,REV=2008.11.29&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Packages from OpenCSW configure SMF - they import the manifest and enable the service upon installation." />
  <row Id="30470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16983" RevisionGUID="76ccef72-ce33-4d76-9c2a-01c41569091c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:56:27.840" UserId="1101" Text="My company hosts an open source RPM repository and would like to start counting RPM downloads per day.  The repository is hosted on Apache httpd.  Can anyone recommend a good way to count the downloads of just the RPM files (which will have URLs of the form http://packages.mycompany.com/packages/continuous/trunk/fedora/10/RPMS/package1.rpm) while excluding any other accesses to the repository URLs for index browsing, etc. ?" />
  <row Id="30471" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16983" RevisionGUID="76ccef72-ce33-4d76-9c2a-01c41569091c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:56:27.840" UserId="1101" Text="Counting downloads from an RPM repository " />
  <row Id="30472" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16983" RevisionGUID="76ccef72-ce33-4d76-9c2a-01c41569091c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:56:27.840" UserId="1101" Text="&lt;rpm&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;downloads&gt;&lt;log-files&gt;" />
  <row Id="30475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16985" RevisionGUID="f079fe7b-ea1e-441f-aaf7-1d1c9d3defb3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:57:59.987" UserDisplayName="prashant" Text="&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to know if there are any free open source or paid software for hosting images (like tinypic.com imageshack.us) or file sharing (4shared.com or rapidshare.com) developed in ASP.NET.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And If I have to develop the same, how do I remove the 2 gb limit on upload in IIS?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This question contains both programming as well as non programming question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30476" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16985" RevisionGUID="f079fe7b-ea1e-441f-aaf7-1d1c9d3defb3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:57:59.987" UserDisplayName="prashant" Text="Open Source Image Hosting or File Sharing website in ASP.NET" />
  <row Id="30477" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16985" RevisionGUID="f079fe7b-ea1e-441f-aaf7-1d1c9d3defb3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:57:59.987" UserDisplayName="prashant" Text="&lt;asp.net&gt;&lt;opensource&gt;&lt;software&gt;" />
  <row Id="30478" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15864" RevisionGUID="7e7b50e1-8c9c-4d01-b7b4-68d09149042a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:58:08.770" UserId="2301" Comment="A bit of cleanup" Text="E-discovery is a big &quot;gotcha.&quot;  These are the requirements in the US to preserve electronic information in the event of a lawsuit, and to make it available to the other party.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The sysadmin should spend some time with the company's lawyers BEFORE the first time the company is sued so that you have a plan in place to comply with these requirements if you ever have to.  Failure to preserve all the necessary electronic records (and in the right way) immediately upon a lawsuit coming up and hurt the company tremendously (including losing a lawsuit that might not otherwise have been lost)." />
  <row Id="30479" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="16973" RevisionGUID="3c51b27c-e8e0-4676-b963-47a5ca961fed" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:58:18.240" UserId="405" Comment="edited title" Text="What's a good way to run Apache/mod_wsgi or similar environment on Windows Server 2003?" />
  <row Id="30480" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16986" RevisionGUID="d7470710-5fea-4b03-b7f1-cf17db3f1608" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:00:02.277" UserId="6125" Text="- `make -j &lt;number of processes&gt;` to use several cores&#xD;&#xA;- `distcc` to use extra idle machines&#xD;&#xA;- `ccache` to avoid compiling again and again" />
  <row Id="30481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16987" RevisionGUID="21615815-16ea-4ddb-b2b7-e41a04718e9f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:00:31.700" UserId="6394" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another strategy is to make ssh and rsync faster.  If you are going over a trusted network(read: private), then encrypting the actual payload is not necessary.  You can use [HPN ssh][1].  This version of ssh only encrypts authentication.  Also, rsync version 3 starts transfering files while building the file list.  This of course is a huge time savings over rsync version 2.  I don't know if that's what you were looking for, but I hope it helps.  Also, rsync does support multicasting in some way, though I will not pretend to understand how.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.psc.edu/networking/projects/hpn-ssh/" />
  <row Id="30482" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16935" RevisionGUID="a4cc1fb4-13c7-4294-95f1-eff4395c2cfd" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:00:47.267" UserId="2411" Comment="added 63 characters in body" Text="I resolved this by restarting some of the client side components with &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/init.d/nfs-common restart&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was then able to mount the filesystem just fine. Phew ;)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30483" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16988" RevisionGUID="63ffe677-a96e-463a-bd4f-0862ef234d0b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:01:16.800" UserId="4979" Text="Operating systems tend not to let good RAM go to waste. Whether it is [Linux][1] or [Windows][2] or [Mac OS X][3], you can be pretty sure all your memory that is visible to the OS has been put to good use. The OS will use everything as cache unless that memory is specifically required for something else.&#xD;&#xA;The way the different memory reporting utilities display a &quot;Memory Used&quot; single number or graph is a design decision that estimates what type of memory usage the user is most likely to want to know. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://virtualthreads.blogspot.com/2006/02/understanding-memory-usage-on-linux.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://shsc.info/WindowsMemoryManagement&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20010613140025184" />
  <row Id="30484" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16989" RevisionGUID="5a234257-1060-4778-bbe8-3f1cb8d438a3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:01:55.020" UserId="7193" Text="We have a use case to cache 300+ million pieces of such data each with a unique key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know this is unorthodox but, it has been suggested at my company that DNS could be used as a fast distributed cache for small (512K) pieces of data. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The DNS entry would be {Key}.{modulus of hashed key}.mycompany.local. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i.e. U5333145311.1.mycompany.local&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We would be making requests at the rate of 5000 to 7500 per second from 10 to 15 servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We would update each DNS server via the zone files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I am a programmer, this is all new to me &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. is this even feasible?  &#xD;&#xA;2. what are the pitfalls? &#xD;&#xA;3. how do I size the DNS servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="30485" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16989" RevisionGUID="5a234257-1060-4778-bbe8-3f1cb8d438a3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:01:55.020" UserId="7193" Text="DNS as distributed cache" />
  <row Id="30486" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16989" RevisionGUID="5a234257-1060-4778-bbe8-3f1cb8d438a3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:01:55.020" UserId="7193" Text="&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="30487" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16990" RevisionGUID="ae0f3842-2ecf-4a81-ba45-b764b4c9a5db" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:02:12.740" UserId="247" Text="What version of SQL are you using - I don't get the problem in SQL 2005 with system databases in Latin1_General_CI_AS and active database in SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS.  Is it specific to a particular version of SQL?" />
  <row Id="30488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16991" RevisionGUID="ebed95fa-6f07-46b2-92cd-98d9a6c75069" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:02:32.943" UserId="4762" Text="And if I may add something, please check again documentation for Bind, 'cause following is not a complete entry:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    NS      ns1" />
  <row Id="30489" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16992" RevisionGUID="53aab126-be99-423a-a579-affe00f6cd66" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:02:40.463" UserId="4733" Text="In addition to almost everything mentioned above, I always disable System Restore and Hibernation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a list of services and what they do go to http://www.blackviper.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16993" RevisionGUID="9ce143f4-843f-4b71-aa4b-d62ffd9b6682" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:04:53.000" UserId="5515" Text="I'm not sure if this is an option in versions of outlook prior to 2007, however in Outlook 2k7, there is an option to send from alternative exchange accounts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Select the **Options** tab&#xD;&#xA;- Click **Show From**&#xD;&#xA;- Click **From...** and select the account from which you'd like to send&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/5637/choosefrom.png&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This may not be the easiest to manage, but it should get the job done. There may also be ways to restrict who can send from what account, but I'm not sure." />
  <row Id="30491" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16994" RevisionGUID="cb985af5-637d-4a7b-8bc3-8840da9f02b4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:05:43.640" UserId="6394" Text="The simplest answer would be something along these lines:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;grep &quot;.rpm&quot; /var/log/httpd/access_log | wc -l&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This would give you the number of files accessed with .rpm in their name.  Simple I know, but effective." />
  <row Id="30492" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16995" RevisionGUID="3e60c3a6-f2de-4fcb-8159-0d2c6ae05533" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:06:25.853" UserId="1654" Text="Are there other ways in Active Directory to organize computer objects for Group Policy application besides OU?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How could one apply a policy only to certain computers in many disparate OUs?  I'm looking for something akin to the Collections metaphor within SCCM, where a computer can belong to many groups." />
  <row Id="30493" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16995" RevisionGUID="3e60c3a6-f2de-4fcb-8159-0d2c6ae05533" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:06:25.853" UserId="1654" Text="Applying Group Policy to Cross-OU Collections" />
  <row Id="30494" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16995" RevisionGUID="3e60c3a6-f2de-4fcb-8159-0d2c6ae05533" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:06:25.853" UserId="1654" Text="&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="30495" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16249" RevisionGUID="8121452c-f688-40f1-8b5d-e5204e6ac66e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:07:10.267" UserId="1561" Comment="added phrases for backup and recovery" Text=" - **How many other people will be working along-side myself in day-to-day operations?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This affects your ability to perform in a very direct way.  It also affects your ability to take an uninterrupted vacation...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Who is the first responder to problems?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This answer will vary, but it's a good indication of how the organization can actually &quot;organize&quot;.  Large setups should have a helpdesk and ticketing system; small setups should have *at least* the ticketing system, along with some kind of company-paid pager for help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Just you&quot; is not an acceptable answer.  This is a complete lack of organization, and should be followed up with a question of &quot;How do you track requests from users?&quot;.  This *must* be answered with *something* other than &quot;you don't&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **What is your ratio of existing systems to administrators?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This shouldn't be too high (above 50:1) or too low (below 5:1).  Too high and your workload will be so severe you'll be treading water to stay afloat.  Too low and you're either a one-person shop, or there are severe issues with the shop's ability to manage systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As always, there are exceptions to the rule; instances where 200+ systems can be imaged from a single source (think web head-ends), and instances where the business is very small (20 employees might only need 2 servers).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **What is your ratio of end-users/customers to administrators?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a measure of expectation.  These are your &quot;customers&quot;.  When there are issues, this will be the amount of &quot;pressure&quot; you will be under to resolve a situation.  An organization of 5000 with just 2 admins can be a very, very stressful place if your systems are having trouble.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **What is your ratio of end-users/customers to existing systems?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a measure of server workload.  Very high ratios can be a sign of overutilization, or budgetary constraints that will tie your hands when it's time to expand.  Underutilization can also be an issue when it's not called for (i.e. makes sense that HR has their own server, but a file server for only 5 &quot;regular&quot; users in an organization of 5,000 is a red flag); this might call for some &quot;virtualization&quot; to consolidate servers...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Is there an existing process for handling updates to existing systems, such as applying vendor patches or firmware updates?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should be any other answer other than (a) &quot;I don't know&quot;, or (b) &quot;we don't update&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Say a server catches fire.  In the event of a crisis or calamity, what timeframe is acceptable as downtime?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should *always* be a reasonable question.  If the interviewer gets bent out-of-shape at this question, then they don't understand the nature of your work, a vital clue about future prospects.  If the expectation is 24/7 operation, that's fine - unless they don't have the infrastructure for it, which means *you'll be babysitting machines a lot*.  Knowing what is and isn't acceptable helps to tip their cards to you about their true expectations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Speaking of fire, do you have a fire suppression system in place for your equipment, and is it of the appropriate type?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Water sprinklers are *not* an acceptable answer.  This *does* happen, and you *will* get organizations that think stuffing a rack into a broom closet with no ventilation and a fire sprinkler overhead is *a great idea*.  If this is downplayed, ignored, or met with hostility, get up, thank the interviewer, and *don't walk, run...*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Describe your data backup process and the format of storage used.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is another question that should be answered with anything other than &quot;we don't&quot; and &quot;we don't have backup media&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Do you test your backups on a regular basis, and how often?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The follow-up to the above question.  If you're not testing on a regular basis, you're just inviting trouble.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Is there a known budget and purchasing process for both capital outlays and minor purchases?  Can you explain to me the process I would use to purchase something?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the answer is &quot;we (someone else) will buy it as we need it&quot;, that's a red flag.  It means &quot;we don't trust you to buy equipment when you really need it, so we'll have someone else do it instead&quot;.  *There should always be some kind of budget.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The process to purchase something should be easy enough to explain in less than 2 minutes.  It should not involve more than 2 parties signing off (higher numbers indicate red tape), and it should have a turn-around measured in days or hours, not weeks (critical purchases will be held up if it's too long).  *There should always be some kind of process.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Do you have a plan to refresh and recycle old hardware, and how often does it occur?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have actually seen companies running on 18-year-old minicomputers that are kept alive by support contracts and lots of spare parts from a support vendor.  Of course, the original hardware vendor has *long* since departed...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Desktop units should never be refreshed faster than 3 years, or slower than 5.  In businesses with tight budgets, stretching a desktop to 5 years is sometimes an appropriate answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The bit on recycling is a test to see if they have a &quot;disposable&quot; attitude towards old hardware.  It's bad in the sense that you should properly dispose of it through a known recycler, but good in a sense that you can press-gang old hardware into temprorary duty should the need arise.  It will also give you a sense of the size of their &quot;boneyard&quot; (the pile of old hardware that is kept around)." />
  <row Id="30496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16996" RevisionGUID="af00a2fc-bca0-44ba-a124-3b74f7597186" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:07:14.477" UserId="4392" Text="**1** - probably, though not recommended&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**2** - odd caching behavior, insecure, no support anywhere&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**3** - no idea&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is essentially a ready-made solution for this in memcached: &#xD;&#xA;http://www.danga.com/memcached/" />
  <row Id="30497" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16997" RevisionGUID="f9f666a2-9ddf-4e9a-b84c-b67cbf6c0df1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:08:27.907" UserId="1531" Text="What is this process?  It on a fresh install of Windows Server 2008 with an Oracle 11g database installed on it.  The process is in c:\windows\ and according to Sophos Anti-virus it is trying to access the registry.  It is probably harmless, but before I take it out of quarantine I'd like to know what it is. Google results only show it appearing in lists of processes." />
  <row Id="30498" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="16997" RevisionGUID="f9f666a2-9ddf-4e9a-b84c-b67cbf6c0df1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:08:27.907" UserId="1531" Text="What is TIRHService.exe?" />
  <row Id="30499" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="16997" RevisionGUID="f9f666a2-9ddf-4e9a-b84c-b67cbf6c0df1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:08:27.907" UserId="1531" Text="&lt;process&gt;&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;oracle11g&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="30500" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16998" RevisionGUID="24276cb0-032e-404c-956c-31ba83833fb3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:08:28.080" UserId="3038" Text="There is a reason that &quot;read permissions&quot; is granted for every basic permission setting. I believe this is, &quot;working as designed.&quot;" />
  <row Id="30501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="16999" RevisionGUID="6a656c49-88a9-46be-9f09-90760df7e889" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:09:24.910" UserId="7208" Text="I try for the same good neighbor policy, but nevertheless turn encryption on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use an SSID which is the name of the condo complex, to imply it's for use by the whole complex, and I get out the encryption key to any resident who asks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note, however, that if you have a residential account with your ISP, you are almost certainly violating the Terms of Service if you have the network open like that (I have a business account, and can put anyone I want on).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17000" RevisionGUID="50ec4997-f770-4742-82da-7af7a4126f0c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:10:06.047" UserId="1995" Text="Google Code hosts both [mod_wsgi][1] and [isapi-wsgi][2].  You could configure an IIS server with the ISAPI WSGI module to get functionality similar to the Apache/mod_wsgi solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://code.google.com/p/isapi-wsgi/" />
  <row Id="30503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17001" RevisionGUID="d3030efb-c0f3-4760-a1eb-64e3a97967ff" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:10:15.953" UserId="5821" Text="I am trying to import users into AD using a CSV file, PowerShell, and Quest's AD CmdLets. When the users are added the UserPrincipleName is not added.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Here is a sample CSV:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;FirstName,LastName,DisplayName,SamAccount,UserPrincipleName,Email&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FirstA,LastA,&quot;First Last&quot;,FLastAL.ou1,FLastAL.ou1@clients.domain.local,FLastA@outemail.com&#xD;&#xA;First2A,Last2A,&quot;First2 Last&quot;,FLast2AL.ou1,FLast2AL.ou1@clients.domain.local,FLast2A@outemail.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Here is the PowerShell snippit:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $Users = Import-Csv $UserFile&#xD;&#xA;    foreach ($User in $Users)&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;        New-QADUser -FirstName $User.FirstName -LastName $User.LastName -DisplayName $User.DisplayName -SamAccountName $User.SamAccount -Name $User.SamAccount -UserPrincipalName $User.UserPrincipalName -ParentContainer &quot;OU=$OUName,OU=Customers,DC=clients,DC=domain,DC=local&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30504" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17001" RevisionGUID="d3030efb-c0f3-4760-a1eb-64e3a97967ff" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:10:15.953" UserId="5821" Text="New-QADUser CmdLet not adding UserPrincipalName when called in PowerShell" />
  <row Id="30505" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17001" RevisionGUID="d3030efb-c0f3-4760-a1eb-64e3a97967ff" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:10:15.953" UserId="5821" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="30506" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17002" RevisionGUID="8a1f2848-cac2-44a9-a97d-4f9b7b80f86f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:10:17.640" UserId="5880" Text="They way I do it is to Put the GPO as far down the directory structure so that it covers all of the OU's that you want it to effect. Then you can setup filter based on Security group or WMI queries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you aren't using Group Policy Management Console, i suggest you go grab it from Microsoft, it will make your life easier and you can set the filtering options via it's interface." />
  <row Id="30507" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17003" RevisionGUID="2397f6b2-8e1f-4e42-aec7-0e9f6522f874" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:10:34.050" UserId="5953" Text="If you don't need the language bar at all, you can use the following to rack it off completely:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Start&#xD;&#xA; 2. Control Panel Regional and Language&#xD;&#xA; 3. Options Select Languages Tab, click Details&#xD;&#xA; 4. In 'Text Services and Input Languages' click Advanced Tab&#xD;&#xA; 5. Place a check mark in 'Turn off Advanced Text Services'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should disable the language bar completely." />
  <row Id="30508" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17004" RevisionGUID="fc2f4200-d8b9-4091-9aa2-00f1a8d32997" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:12:23.423" UserId="7200" Text="There's no built-in mechanism in Windows to do this. It can be done, but you're going to have to have something written to do what you want, and you're probably going to have to muck around with undocumented APIs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the posters here, grawity, has it right w/ calling CreateProcessAsUser(), but you'll need to create a token with the undocumented native API zwCreateToken first. If you killed off Explorer and fired up a new Explorer instance w/ CreateProcessAsUser() I'm fairly certain you'd get want you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft doesn't make what you want to do easy because it's not the way they want you using NT. If you need to be logged-on as a user to troubleshoot their issues, in most cases you're going about it in a sub-optimal way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can make changes to the user's registry w/o logging-on as them (by attaching their registry hive and manipulating it that way). You can make changes to files in their user profile w/o being logged-on as the user. If you need to &quot;setup email&quot; or other such activities &quot;as the user&quot;, you should be writing scripts or taking advantage of built-in functionality (Group Policy Administrative Templates, preferences, etc) to do your dirty work for you. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you _have_ to do this, have a look at RunAsEx on Code Project. That code should give you a fairly good idea of what you'll need to do. I haven't tried the program, but it looks like it's going about everything in the right way. " />
  <row Id="30511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17006" RevisionGUID="7f77ab8c-e31e-43d3-9e1c-6c0daaae98da" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:12:39.490" UserId="5391" Text="An additional option is to link the GPO to multiple OU's; however, Zypher's answer is the best option if you don't want the policy to apply to all computers in an OU." />
  <row Id="30512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17007" RevisionGUID="e85c86d3-d84b-424a-b79a-15034b58a8f0" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:17:02.290" UserId="6755" Text="If you don't want to or can't install lsof, you can also try the command `pfiles`. It prints out all the sockets open by a given process. If you had no other choice, you could iterate over all the PIDs and find the one listening to, say, port 25:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PORT=25&#xD;&#xA;    for p in $(ps -eo pid)&#xD;&#xA;    do&#xD;&#xA;      OUT=$(pfiles $p)&#xD;&#xA;      if [[ &quot;$OUT&quot; =~ port:\ ${PORT} ]]&#xD;&#xA;      then&#xD;&#xA;        echo $p&#xD;&#xA;      fi&#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30513" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17002" RevisionGUID="ffd7b39d-d313-4d49-9534-e72fbaac3b7b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:17:05.177" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix typo" Text="The way I do it is to Put the GPO as far down the directory structure so that it covers all of the OU's that you want it to effect. Then you can setup filter based on Security group or WMI queries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you aren't using Group Policy Management Console, i suggest you go grab it from Microsoft, it will make your life easier and you can set the filtering options via it's interface." />
  <row Id="30514" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17008" RevisionGUID="d086839f-f713-4e10-8b2d-1904e7d69a56" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:18:54.750" UserId="7175" Text="This is one of those generic questions whose only correct answer is ``it depends''.   What are the criteria?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What is monitored?  &#xD;&#xA;   - Reachability, availability? e.g. is a link up/down, does host respond to ICMP, etc.&#xD;&#xA;   - Services?  e.g. is something listening at the right port, is a named service running, etc.&#xD;&#xA;   - Resources?  CPU usage? e.g. % of total possible, cumulative time, total or per proceess. disk usage?  network usage?  e.g. bytes or packets moved in or out. &#xD;&#xA;   - Services?  e.g. is something listening at the right port, is a named service running, etc.&#xD;&#xA;   - Service or application specific metrics?  e.g. DB transactions per second, SMTP messages send or received, etc.&#xD;&#xA; - How are monitored elements discovered/added/setup/configured?  Is there auto discovery?  Manual setup?  &#xD;&#xA; - How are particular elements monitored?&#xD;&#xA;   - a local agent? e.g. to do periodic &quot;df&quot; or &quot;ps&quot; or &quot;ping&quot;&#xD;&#xA;   - SNMP? &#xD;&#xA;   - JMX?&#xD;&#xA;   - windows performance counters? &#xD;&#xA; - How is notification done?  e.g. console, email, pager, SMS, IM, etc.  &#xD;&#xA; - How are elements and notifications grouped and prioritized? &#xD;&#xA;   - e.g. will a link failure set off notifications for all the service or reachability elements behind that link?   Or a just one?  Or is it configurable? &#xD;&#xA;   - e.g. will a host failure set off notifications for all the services or applications hosted there and for lack of resource monitoring data? &#xD;&#xA;   - is there automatic case/ticket/issue creation in tracking system? &#xD;&#xA; - How is tracking to SLA metrics done?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30515" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17008" RevisionGUID="d086839f-f713-4e10-8b2d-1904e7d69a56" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:18:54.750" UserId="7175" Text="What is the best/worst monitoring system? " />
  <row Id="30516" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17008" RevisionGUID="d086839f-f713-4e10-8b2d-1904e7d69a56" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:18:54.750" UserId="7175" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="30517" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17009" RevisionGUID="72825a31-0e9f-4667-b039-26aabeeb5ba5" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:19:56.043" UserId="7210" Text="I too am a DBA, and long time scripter, going back to DOS batch files, V3.3! &#xD;&#xA;Moved on to VB Script but PS is _very_ powerful.  Take a look at - Sorry, I can't post the link, as I'm a new user.  Got this from Otto Helweg's Blog.  It is a cheap and cheerful software inventory tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* 1- Pulls the list of computers to query from a database table&#xD;&#xA;* 2- Adds the current data and time to the result&#xD;&#xA;* 3- Records the audit results into a database&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example PowerShell script:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Open the database connection&#xD;&#xA;    $dbConn = new-object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection &quot;server=kcdb;database=Inventory;Integrated Security=sspi&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    $dbConn.Open()&#xD;&#xA;    $sqlQuery = $dbConn.CreateCommand()&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Get all known computers&#xD;&#xA;    $sqlQuery.CommandText = &quot;select * from Inventory..Computers&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    $reader = $sqlQuery.ExecuteReader()&#xD;&#xA;    $computersToQuery = @()&#xD;&#xA;    while ($reader.Read()) {&#xD;&#xA;       $computersToQuery += $reader[&quot;Computer&quot;]&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Close the database connection&#xD;&#xA;    $dbConn.Close()&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $softwareInventory = @{}&#xD;&#xA;    foreach ($computer in $computersToQuery) {&#xD;&#xA;       $psinfoOutput = ./psinfo.exe -s Applications \\$computer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       $foundSoftwareInventory = 0&#xD;&#xA;       $computerName = &quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;       foreach ($item in $psinfoOutput) {&#xD;&#xA;          if ($foundSoftwareInventory -eq 1) {&#xD;&#xA;             # Force the results to a string&#xD;&#xA;             # Remove any single quotes which interfere with T-SQL statements&#xD;&#xA;             # Load the result into a hash whereby removing any duplicates&#xD;&#xA;             [string]$softwareInventory[$computerName][$item.Replace(&quot;'&quot;,&quot;&quot;)] = &quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;          }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;          if ($item -like &quot;System information for *&quot;) {&#xD;&#xA;             $computerName = $item.Split(&quot;\&quot;)[2].TrimEnd(&quot;:&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;          } elseif ($item -eq &quot;Applications:&quot;) {&#xD;&#xA;             $foundSoftwareInventory = 1&#xD;&#xA;             $softwareInventory[$computerName] = @{}&#xD;&#xA;          }&#xD;&#xA;       }&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $dbConn = new-object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection &quot;server=kcdb;database=Inventory;Integrated Security=sspi&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    $dbConn.Open()&#xD;&#xA;    $sqlQuery = $dbConn.CreateCommand()&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    foreach ($computer in $softwareInventory.Keys) {&#xD;&#xA;       foreach ($softwareItem in $softwareInventory[$computer].Keys) {&#xD;&#xA;          &quot;Loading-&quot; + $computer + &quot;:&quot; + $softwareItem&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;          # Try an Update then an Insert &#xD;&#xA;          trap {&#xD;&#xA;             $sqlQuery.CommandText = &quot;update Inventory..SoftwareInventory set AuditDate = getdate() where  Computer = '&quot; + $computer + &quot;' and Software = '&quot; + $softwareItem + &quot;'&quot;&#xD;&#xA;             $result = $sqlQuery.ExecuteNonQuery()&#xD;&#xA;             continue&#xD;&#xA;          }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;          $sqlQuery.CommandText = &quot;insert into Inventory..SoftwareInventory (Computer,Software,AuditDate) values ('&quot; + $computer + &quot;','&quot; + $softwareItem + &quot;',getdate())&quot;&#xD;&#xA;          $result = $sqlQuery.ExecuteNonQuery()&#xD;&#xA;       }&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $dbConn.Close()&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dave J&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="30519" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17008" RevisionGUID="df28d4a7-f056-44e4-ac5e-efd5fa244b00" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:19:56.823" UserId="3038" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="30520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17010" RevisionGUID="b521ab1d-b66f-4c63-a098-5c23eef80162" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:21:16.790" UserId="3562" Text="If you don't want to go with classic apache log analyzers like [awstats][1] or [webalizer][2], you might want to try [visitors][3], a simple CLI log file analyzer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**visitors -o text ACCESS.LOG | grep &quot; /&quot; | grep &quot;.rpm&quot;** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will give you a list of requested RPMs sorted by popularity with the number of downloads included after the file name. Non-RPM downloads will be ignored, so the order might look a little funny.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1)    /rpm/example.rpm: 4&#xD;&#xA;    3)    /rpm/example2.rpm: 2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://awstats.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mrunix.net/webalizer/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.hping.org/visitors/" />
  <row Id="30521" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17011" RevisionGUID="dc47e69a-c04b-469c-8981-9bcecab55937" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:23:25.053" UserId="7200" Text="You can relocate roaming user profiles to another server with no issues. I wouldn't recommend doing it while a given user is logged-on, but you can definitely do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How are you getting Outlook to store OST files in the roaming portion of a profile? By default it won't do that. You've done something to cause that to happen." />
  <row Id="30523" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14705" RevisionGUID="9fda64d5-c8d8-49a4-a2ea-659e3767b352" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:24:21.777" UserId="4575" Comment="more afterthoughts" Text="I have a windows 2003 domain in mixed mode alongside a win2k server as secondary. My users will be browsing the files on the data share when suddenly, windows returns the following error: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;\\\servername\share is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access  permissions. Access is denied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This issue only appears on the one server. This occurs to both admins &amp; normal users. I thought maybe it could be too few CAL's however, we have 4x the amount needed since our company has shrunk within the last 2 years. When the error happens, the user can reboot &amp; all is well for anywhere from 4 hours to 4 weeks. You can also sometimes choose &quot;disconnect mapped network drive&quot;, choose the server &amp; disconnect. You can then use unc path to reconnect &amp; be prompted for Ad credentials. Using the same username will not work but another username will be fine until it happens again. I have noticed that when the problem is more prevelent (it seems to do this in waves), if you connect to your unc share, do your thing briefly &amp; then close the window that the problem will not show up as often. Also, This only happens to people using XP. The following OS's do not disconnect, Win7, Vista, Win2k, OS/2, Win98, RHEL5, DOS. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is driving me nuts ! Anyone have an idea what could be causing it ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;some afterthoughts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this happens to individual users one at a time not en masse.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;event logs show nothing. There are no entries for improper authentication/denial.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This happens at varying times day or night.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server load is not a factor&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;network card is not flaking out (I don't think). I've implemented a constant ping to both nic's for days at a time &amp; neither has been interupted, ever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some more afterthoughts:&#xD;&#xA;The issue appears on all windows xp machines. This will happen eventually (but intermittantly) on machines using Pre-SP1,SP2 or SP3 with a base install. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The issue does not follow a specific user. A user can use a win2k machine &amp; all is good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem can appear to machines joined to a domain or in workgroup mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The issue happens when connecting to shares either through unc, mapped (either in explorer or net use cmd) or browsing network neighborhood.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have not had the problem reported to me under vista or win7 but since we only have 2 vista machines &amp; 1 win7 (my hack box) then the problem may just be going unnoticed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another example of one of the complaints is that a person can no longer print. I go to their desk &amp; am able to verify that it is the same issue of being kicked off &amp; not seeing shares. reboot &amp; all is well (or disconnect share/server,repair,etc...)." />
  <row Id="30524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17012" RevisionGUID="5ce25de3-16af-4394-b93e-326844882ef1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:24:43.727" UserId="6294" Text="just wondering how far drive configuration will affect squid cache performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. what kind of drive configuration that fast enough for squid ?&#xD;&#xA; 2. is it true that block-level parity strip raid faster than byte-level one ?&#xD;&#xA; 3. is mirrored drive config will decrease squid cache write process ?&#xD;&#xA; 4. how much swap space that squid realy need to store cache (reverse mode) for 200mb web doc ?&#xD;&#xA; 5. what kind of benchmark should i do to analyze squid disk performance ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30525" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17012" RevisionGUID="5ce25de3-16af-4394-b93e-326844882ef1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:24:43.727" UserId="6294" Text="squid cache disk configuration" />
  <row Id="30526" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17012" RevisionGUID="5ce25de3-16af-4394-b93e-326844882ef1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:24:43.727" UserId="6294" Text="&lt;squid&gt;" />
  <row Id="30527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17013" RevisionGUID="bbed5b6d-ce4c-4f90-b43d-5564e194e039" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:28:01.923" UserId="6397" Text="I am actually not so in it to monitoring system but is always interested, so thanks for bring this up and I will be checking closely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I previously used one from ManageEngine (http://www.manageengine.com/products/opmanager/index.html), and quite like it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A good monitoring system I prefer is a one that is web-based, no-agent needed, and SNMP-based one." />
  <row Id="30528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17014" RevisionGUID="2b55e9f6-c513-4b63-8b3c-5132c647aeb2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:31:41.667" UserId="2629" Text="We have students taking a governmental exam using Word 2008 on Mac OS X 10.5.  Some administrators feel that they should not be able to use spellchecking or the thesaurus (and, presamably, grammar checking, as well).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are [instructions to turn off the spelling and grammar checking][1], but it would seem to me that a user could quickly turn them back on again.  Is there a way to set this (preferably using Workgroup Manager, or alternatively as a bash command) that would prevent students from easily turning it back on?  (And, I suppose, we'll need to re-enable it the next day).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/turning-off-spelling-and-grammar-check-in-word-for.html" />
  <row Id="30529" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17014" RevisionGUID="2b55e9f6-c513-4b63-8b3c-5132c647aeb2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:31:41.667" UserId="2629" Text="Turn off spelling check and thesaurus on Word 2008" />
  <row Id="30530" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17014" RevisionGUID="2b55e9f6-c513-4b63-8b3c-5132c647aeb2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:31:41.667" UserId="2629" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;ms-office&gt;" />
  <row Id="30531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17015" RevisionGUID="e4d3d37a-2ba2-43cd-8693-926223c9a83d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:33:14.130" UserId="4479" Text="I ran VMWare Server (1.0x, then 2) for 18 months before ESXi came out free.  I did the gamut of performance tuning tricks but was never truely happy with VM performance in Server.  Systems that do alot of context switching / handle many network connections are not well suited for Server when ESXi is out there for free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As long you have a backup solution for ESXi, it is a far better solution.  My VM's sit out on NFS running on LVM on top of 15K SAS Raid10.  I do 'in VM file' file backups and snapshot backups at the LVM level for the images on the NFS server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was not able to run MS Exchange, MS SQL Server, or even a MS File &amp; print server under VMWare Server with acceptable results.  Under ESXi they hum right along.  Linux VMs enjoy the same level of improvement as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other comments here are great as well - no need to retype.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Jeff" />
  <row Id="30532" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17015" RevisionGUID="e4d3d37a-2ba2-43cd-8693-926223c9a83d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:33:14.130" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30533" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17016" RevisionGUID="3482799a-f14b-41be-a1a4-bbc309e745c9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:33:39.590" UserId="7199" Text="Seriously, don't reboot. Just put it to sleep! Rebooting is so 90's. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're on a desktop just do  › Sleep, if your on a MacBook just shut the lid. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're worried about security then turn on &quot;require password after sleep&quot; in Prefs › Security." />
  <row Id="30534" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17017" RevisionGUID="8e75d551-e214-405a-989a-549f6ccdb85a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:34:31.600" UserId="422" Text="My understanding of how the Blackberry data service works is not sufficiently clear.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First some observations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When on a phone call, email data does not work.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I saw a bizarre issue when I was on voice mail, that email continued to stream in.  I had 97 messages after being off for the weekend so the messages just kept coming in.  That seemed odd.  But I wondered if voice mail is a special case of a phone call. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have found, that while on long conference calls that I can break out to my GMail client and read my email there.  It appears that data continues to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Web browser does not work while on a call.  However Opera browser seems to continue working.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From this I would infer that the data channel that BB email works (push mail) is shared with the voice channel.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had read somewhere that I can no longer find (some crazy search last year) that the data flow of TCP data flows across the carrier network, to the RIM data center, which then gets back out to the public internet network.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thus there are many bottlenecks that may come up.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To make this fun, I have a T-Mobile BB (alas, no 3G) that uses WiFi when at home, but sets up an interesting set of services, called UMA, which when you look at the WiFi diagnostic screen on the phone, it describes a number of services that I am still trying to make heads or tails of.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First off, am I totally off base here, or has anyone found a really nice description of how the data service actually works.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30535" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17017" RevisionGUID="8e75d551-e214-405a-989a-549f6ccdb85a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:34:31.600" UserId="422" Text="How does the Blackberry Data service actually work?" />
  <row Id="30536" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17017" RevisionGUID="8e75d551-e214-405a-989a-549f6ccdb85a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:34:31.600" UserId="422" Text="&lt;blackberry&gt;" />
  <row Id="30537" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17018" RevisionGUID="60443327-1216-48b9-8045-65038d147ec5" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:34:37.467" UserId="5234" Text="WMI Filters are your friend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555253" />
  <row Id="30538" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17019" RevisionGUID="745d1027-1cc2-45f7-81b2-3d461d35ac4b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:38:09.767" UserDisplayName="Johnnylambada" Text="I know the question wasn't about Unix, but for completeness, here's how to do it in bash:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    % cp somefile.txt somefile-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M).txt" />
  <row Id="30539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17020" RevisionGUID="5e7a46a2-622a-4333-a47e-e836fb4430b4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:38:54.070" UserId="7200" Text="I'm using Windows 7 to write to shared folders on a Samba 3.0.28 server running on CentOS 5.2 with no problems. It would be helpful if you could post your smb.conf file (or, at the very least, the global section and the section relating to the particular folder you're asking about).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The link to UbuntuForums.org that you posted shows an example config with &quot;writable = no&quot; in it. I'm assuming you haven't got that set on the folder in your smb.conf." />
  <row Id="30540" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17021" RevisionGUID="70e1cf02-9d3a-45ca-b116-4331a45cdf34" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:40:52.633" UserDisplayName="Sunny Chan" Text="I would go for IBM blade centers because they promised that they will use the same chassis for 5 years (until 2012 I think).  So you wouldn't have to worry about replacing the chassis when you would like to replace the blades in the near future." />
  <row Id="30541" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17021" RevisionGUID="70e1cf02-9d3a-45ca-b116-4331a45cdf34" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:40:52.633" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17022" RevisionGUID="4679e820-376f-4634-8030-f1b94811e9bb" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:41:24.940" UserId="5223" Text="I am using nagios and hobbit (bigbrother opensource implemenation) independantly and have found both having positive and negative qualities.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;nagios: &lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;pro: has a nice sub-minute scheduler for running tasks at regular intevals and has an embedded perl interpreter to boot.&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;con: config insists on having a 'server' for every test, when sometimes you just want to run a test that is based on an application 'feature' but not necessarily isolated to a single host.  Revert to a meta-config that generates the actual nagios config to overcome this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;hobbit: &lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;pro: opensource compiled server instead of the massive scripts used by original big-brother&#xD;&#xA;easy integration with the bb client 'dboard' command to poll data.&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;con: also stuck in a 'server-oriented' mentality, which fits most folks, but not me.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30543" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17022" RevisionGUID="4679e820-376f-4634-8030-f1b94811e9bb" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:41:24.940" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17023" RevisionGUID="4942929e-899f-4978-9e20-eeb104f28520" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:41:50.367" UserId="4381" Text="You can get gnu versions of many tools (the same versions as available on linux) installed on solaris, and may have them installed already. A good rule of thumb is to try putting 'g' before the name of the command you are interested in: gtar, ggrep. These of course require the right packages installed - SUNWgtar, SUNWggrp for the examples above on Solaris 10. Take a look in /usr/sfw/bin (and add it to your path if it isn't in there already) to see what tools you have available. Not everything is available this way, and some commands (such as the ifconfig one mentioned above) you just have to learn the different command variants (ifconfig -a works on linux too).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other common one that I find myself having to remember is the ps syntax to view all processes: BSD: ps ax, Solaris: ps -ef, Linux: either syntax works. On a related note - use pkill instead of killall to kill all processes with a certain name. Killall on Solaris does what the command name suggests and kills all processes, not just those you name." />
  <row Id="30545" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17023" RevisionGUID="4942929e-899f-4978-9e20-eeb104f28520" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:41:50.367" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30546" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16949" RevisionGUID="d3027376-0350-4223-a849-9e77eb688e3b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:42:11.960" UserId="2358" Comment="added 29 characters in body" Text="I set up a Sharepoint (WSS) site with forms-based authentication (FBA) via ASP.Net membership provider - I can change user's passwords with the ASP.Net config tool. But I want them to be able to change their own password.  Should be something obvious that I'm just not seeing, right?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30547" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17024" RevisionGUID="72bf1baf-f817-44ac-8b63-9fa5d27c0b8c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:44:05.560" UserId="5078" Text="I used a product by Castle Rock called SNMPc - its not the most polished of tools, but it does everything that you could want and wont break the bank.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its basically an SNMP statistics collation tool, that can baseline and warn if baselines are deviated from. It can be given thresholds for growth and decline warnings and works well with any SNMP capable device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Enabling SNMP in *nix is simple, as it is within Windows. Extensibility of SNMP is quite easy too (at least on *nix)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SNMP is free - there are 3 levels; all to do with security. SNMP 1 is plain text and very 'insecure'. SNMP 2 is encrypted, but its trivial. SNMP 3 uses certificates. It can be a bit of a chore getting it to work the first time though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because there are *so many* counters and statistics that you can pull, it can also take a while working out which ones are right for you - but once this is done, its very straight forward.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You pay for front end collation and trigger on events to make SNMP useful. You can do it with open source software, but I wanted a modicum of commercial support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Data can be polled from the devices (normal) and on critical systems, you can get the individual system to send a trap event notifying the trap manager that something went wrong, and they need to know now, and not wait for the next poll period.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Polling remote devices can be done by using a collection agent - same sort of thing as the console, but without all the reporting wizardry - that then pushes the stats at the central console periodically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of all the monitoring systems I have used, SNMP kept supplying what I was asked for, and within the budget I was given.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a product for Microsoft Servers called MOM 'Microsoft Operations Manager' where the 5 server workgroup version is (or at least was) free... but extending it to keep an eye on enterprise systems such as Exchange and SQL could cost a lot in licenses and connectors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Beyond that - My experience is limited to SNMP, MOM, and Spotlight (by Quest) which was awesome and a bit too far beyond our budgetary range for all but the most critical of Oracle Databases." />
  <row Id="30548" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13395" RevisionGUID="29d2adce-17df-4e24-9310-c2d7c45ac048" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:45:01.063" UserId="4575" Comment="added additional details" Text="I've installed an OCS/GLPI configuration using RHEL5. I've configured GLPI to authenticate to our AD, which it does, however, none of the AD user details appear after logging in. It will create the user account &amp; just show a number. I am able to successfully see AD groups but not users. I verified the data request &amp; response using wireshark &amp; it is returning the proper syntax for rootdn &amp; basedn yet no data will populate. We are a small company with few users so no elaborate OU's are present. To compound matters, the project is primarily in French which I unfortunately do not speak. I've tried posting to their boards but am getting very little response so I was hoping some of you might have some ideas that I could try ? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  http://blog.famillecollet.com/pages/OCS-GLPI-en &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  http://glpi-project.org/wiki/doku.php?id=en:ldap&amp;s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  http://glpi-project.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=14980&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've added a screenshot of my config [here][1] &#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href='http://img268.imageshack.us/my.php?image=glpi.jpg'&gt;&lt;img src='http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/9868/glpi.jpg' border='0' alt='Image Hosted by ImageShack.us'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm also using the latest version 0.71.5, downloaded 5/11/09&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/9868/glpi.jpg" />
  <row Id="30549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17025" RevisionGUID="3d658b41-bfe2-4b18-9114-a7487045fe74" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:45:40.377" UserId="7224" Text="Nagios used to be a smaller, lower-end system, but I'd say that the most recent versions have truly been &quot;enterprise class&quot;.  SNMP-based, open source, integrates with everything from Cacti to RRDTool.  You'll need to spend time configuring and building custom reporting scripts, but to be honest that's the case for the commercial tools as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Traverse (was NetVigil) is a commercial tool that is bigger than &quot;old Nagios&quot; and on a par if not slightly better than current Nagios.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are lots of mid-range monitoring systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the high end you got HP OpenView, IBM Tivoli, CA Unicenter and many others.  Price tag can run to US$millions for licensing and implementation consulting, which is a requirement.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No matter where you are in the spectrum, monitoring software will require an investment in your time.  It can easily be a full-time job for the care and feeding of a monitoring system in a larger shop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17026" RevisionGUID="9e438c79-8969-4512-8434-d9d72b164444" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:45:53.043" UserId="4891" Text="Use 1.5x physical memory for machines with less than 4-6GB RAM.  After that, you can reduce the size or at least not increase it.  Watch paging to determine if increases are needed.  Also, use a fixed page size.  This will pre-write the page file an eliminate performance hits when the page file needs to be increased.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for working with VM's.  Monitor your paging in the VM and adjust as appropriately to maximize performance.  This will require using the performance monitor.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30551" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="14502" RevisionGUID="79eb3cb3-471b-40d8-b58c-9edd3d84506a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:46:17.270" UserId="5075" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;antivirus&gt;&lt;symantec&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;replication&gt;" />
  <row Id="30552" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17027" RevisionGUID="62821a69-2e4f-4d12-8939-e8d28cf96b6b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:47:12.697" UserId="5234" Text="You don't need to set the UPN, it's automatically generated for you: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms680857(VS.85).aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even if you did manage to set it (and we did once) you're creating a situation where the UPN does not follow convention, so you run the risk of something breaking somewhere down the line (normally an application that assumes it always follows convention)." />
  <row Id="30553" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17028" RevisionGUID="08e7f02b-709e-458c-a041-4741dba60cef" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:47:42.417" UserId="929" Text="Process Explorer procexp.exe on http://live.sysinternals.com has a run as limited user (on the file menu) which will let you run a program using your current credentials, but with your ACL stripped down to that of a normal user (non-admin) user. Not what you wanted exactly, but good for testing. " />
  <row Id="30554" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17029" RevisionGUID="c297dab5-8272-4ded-bfdb-9cd46904d1d5" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:48:54.677" UserId="5078" Text="runas will do as you asked, but be aware, that some applications do not play nicely when they spawn their own processes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EG. MSI installations have the ability to elevate their permissions when invoked (group/local policy permitting) - but if you invoke an msi installation with runas /user:mydomain\administrator (for example) the results are not always as you would hope for." />
  <row Id="30555" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="16951" RevisionGUID="f900cb01-3ddf-4df1-88a0-38e12dae320a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:48:55.127" UserId="388" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;analysis&gt;&lt;packet-analyzer&gt;&lt;protocol-analyzer&gt;" />
  <row Id="30556" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17030" RevisionGUID="ba621373-e33b-4466-811b-51fa82d33d3a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:49:38.700" UserId="6181" Text="It depends on the phone (which is especially obvious with BB Connect devices) and the radio internally (and also how well it's been programmed). Some phones support having both a voice and a data channel open, some don't. Most commonly, you can't have both GPRS and voice channels open and more commonly phones support having 3g and voice channels open but this isn't a hard and fast rule. It's also possible from the use-cases you've given that some applications are actually disconnecting their data channel if they detect a voice call in progress.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, it is as you thought, dependent on if the data channel is using the same radio as the voice channel, but with some added complications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the backend, my experience is with BB connect and that uses the phone data connection (so GPRS, 3g, HDPSA) and connects to a RIM server gateway. It's this that then uses your phones registration data to work out which BB server to send to (or the BIS servers if you aren't on an enterprise server) using routing information the phone keeps stored. On BB Connect at least, it doesn't use the voice channel directly apart from as stated above when they can interfere." />
  <row Id="30557" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17031" RevisionGUID="f4d05213-ec4c-4c5a-a39b-87b25732bd31" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:49:41.180" UserId="6491" Text="It is not a bad idea after all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is about performance make sure that the answer fits to one udp packet (otherwise it will fallback to a slower tcp). Set the TTL values wisely depending how often do you want to update the records.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a (standard) way to update records dynamically, which can be good if you do it from a program." />
  <row Id="30558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17032" RevisionGUID="8ad62532-e137-422e-98d9-80cc30f48164" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:52:56.023" UserId="5223" Text="Sounds like you have a policy problem...&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;... and presumably this was caused by a real problem vs you being paranoid.&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Aren't you limiting the effectiveness of the computing platform by doing this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;many scripts can be run by simply invoking the interpreter directly:&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;sh ./mybashscript.sh&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;perl ./myperldaemon.pl&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So presumably you are trying to prevent a native executable from running?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best to deal with this problem via policy and policing/auditing...&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;at best, you'll only keep the less experienced users at bay anyway." />
  <row Id="30559" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17033" RevisionGUID="59a1cbfa-f841-4da8-8156-8feb202359f3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:54:36.363" UserId="7198" Text="Use the IIS Manager to block them individually by navigating to the file, right clicking on it, and removing the check from the read checkbox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OR&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use IIS manager to create a rule for a file type (see this web page: support.microsoft.com/kb/815152)" />
  <row Id="30560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17034" RevisionGUID="99903419-35e3-4087-a9f9-d7fe85347641" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:57:12.863" UserId="5078" Text="1. is this even feasible?&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Yes. I would suggest you look at TXT records for holding this information&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. what are the pitfalls?&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Not sure&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. how do I size the DNS servers.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Not sure, but as far as I understand it DNS is a fairly low requirement service using UDP to handle requests and replies - as such it is up to the client to determine if it got an answer or not and re-ask if it was unsuccessful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first indication that your DNS was not working, would be sporadic enterprise wide lookup failures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note also, that almost every computer system that *makes* these requests, will cache the result for 30 mins or up to the records ttl value if its less than 30 mins. So careful handling of these values would be needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used to host the canteen menu on a finger server, so that everyone could see the days menu&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;suck eggs&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;I'd also suggest that you write your program with specific server/groups in mind and not rely on the default DNS server :O&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;/suck eggs&amp;gt;" />
  <row Id="30562" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17035" RevisionGUID="434ae133-27e7-4919-9a7f-ab3de37b514f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:58:11.053" UserId="7200" Text="Rocky: Are these clean installs of Windows XP SP3, or have you installed third-party software? If so, what have you installed? (I'm thinking specifically of anti-virus software, but it could be anything-- drivers, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It sounds like a Shell Extension is running amok, but I can't substantiate that. It really could be just ab out anything. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd be curious to see what the call stack looks like when Explorer &quot;hangs&quot;. Process Explorer can get you that information. If you can get a reasonable terse log from Process Monitor to post somewhere I'd be glad to take a look.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17036" RevisionGUID="c0f111a5-a69a-4b9b-8933-a8379dff70b3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:58:33.907" UserId="2189" Text="Without using additional software, how are people managing software like Acrobat Reader and Flash Player in a Windows domain?  I can deploy these applications via GPO software installation.  Am I looking at creating my own .msi packages and updating my policies manually for every update?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can certainly get started and have something working pretty quickly, but I want to see if anyone has any advice that might be helpful first." />
  <row Id="30564" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17036" RevisionGUID="c0f111a5-a69a-4b9b-8933-a8379dff70b3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:58:33.907" UserId="2189" Text="Managing applications like Acrobat Reader and Flash player via Windows GPO?" />
  <row Id="30565" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17036" RevisionGUID="c0f111a5-a69a-4b9b-8933-a8379dff70b3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T17:58:33.907" UserId="2189" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;adobe&gt;" />
  <row Id="30566" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17037" RevisionGUID="ea45aa06-b4fc-4081-a125-fb80ab492084" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:01:57.300" UserId="4575" Text="We've recently begun evaluating [Zenoss][1] with various Nagios plugins. It seems to be quite configurable. We had tried Nagios about a year ago &amp; ran into configuration issues. Zenoss seemed a little easier to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We had also debated about [&quot;The dude&quot;][2] but wanted a *nix based server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also recently ran across an [infoworld article][3] detailing some open source monitoring tools that are quite valuable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.zenoss.com/product/network-monitoring&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mikrotik.com/thedude.php&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.infoworld.com/t/networking/killer-open-source-monitoring-tools-860" />
  <row Id="30567" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17038" RevisionGUID="91b8453b-771b-412c-a270-4952c871912c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:03:10.357" UserId="201" Text="Filesystem intrusions can be detecting using tools such as Snort but it is more difficult to detect intrusions into a database, such as deletion of rows, modification of tables, etc. What is the best way to monitor this to detect unwanted changes in the DB?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am using MySQL so anything that is not database-agnostic should ideally be aimed at MySQL." />
  <row Id="30568" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17038" RevisionGUID="91b8453b-771b-412c-a270-4952c871912c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:03:10.357" UserId="201" Text="What is the best strategy for detecting database intrusions?" />
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  <row Id="30570" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="16989" RevisionGUID="ff6f82fe-b5fd-42f2-9ed3-13a4eb4cb2b3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:03:33.507" UserId="3038" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;cache&gt;" />
  <row Id="30573" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17038" RevisionGUID="0953e2f5-df8a-4a36-a727-c604bc542c93" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:05:39.947" UserId="431" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;intrusion-detection&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;server-security&gt;&lt;database&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;" />
  <row Id="30574" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17040" RevisionGUID="2f4dd6c9-f5f9-4fd6-9a4a-6961f69a41f6" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:07:22.500" UserId="5078" Text="A client of mine has been in this precise situation.&#xD;&#xA;He left his WiFi open to all as a gesture of good will, two months after he did, he got a warning from his ISP about his data usage, and a week after that he received a cease and desist letter from the RIAA&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;He no longer has open WiFi." />
  <row Id="30575" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14704" RevisionGUID="ec5bc86d-7e79-4db1-a1f7-65bf0a0b2ab7" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:07:27.023" UserId="5379" Comment="added 46 characters in body" Text="I recomend trying the [ManageEngine][1] product line. There are full featured free version that cover small networks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.manageengine.com/" />
  <row Id="30576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17041" RevisionGUID="4b21bace-b4e4-4d9f-94f8-7973f0f96cb6" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:09:12.623" UserId="7101" Text="if your dns entry is key.modulus, whats the data? the IP address? am i missing something?" />
  <row Id="30577" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14409" RevisionGUID="27f744c3-df88-4b9f-b0ad-081e35a68b54" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:10:06.490" UserId="4979" Comment="added 7 characters in body" Text="I'm looking to build a decent &lt; 1.500$ dedicated Hyper-V solution for development and testing purposes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The parts list I was thinking of is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Intel Core I7 920 $279&#xD;&#xA; - Asus P6T Deluxe V2 $279&#xD;&#xA; - 12GB - 2x CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) $182&#xD;&#xA; - 5x Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB $275&#xD;&#xA; - Samsung WriteMaster SH-S223F $25&#xD;&#xA; - Antec P183 $160&#xD;&#xA; - EnerMax Modu82+ 625W $178&#xD;&#xA; - Scythe  Orochi Rev. B SE1366 $59&#xD;&#xA; - ASUS EAH4350 SILENT $38&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Total: $1.475&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since the machine would sit close to where I work, noise levels will be an issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would this be a good solution? Would I be better of going for 2 or even 3 cheap machines? If so, in what configuration (dedicated iSCSI box perhaps?)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would going for a real dual Opteron/Xeon server type machine be better option?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(All prices are in USD, I used Newegg as a reference)" />
  <row Id="30578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17042" RevisionGUID="a2b125a5-e8ec-4161-b36d-d5303b4025a8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:10:30.683" UserId="7200" Text="(I can't comment yet, so I'm going to post to ask for clarification initially, then edit as necessary.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I understand, you're looking for a way to identify specific traffic flows (destination address / subnet, protocol, port combinations) that should be subjected to IPSEC encryption / authentication under Windows 7. Is that accurate?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The built-in ISPEC client in Windows 7 will allow you create IPSEC policies with &quot;filters&quot; that identify when traffic should be encrypted. Getting over the initial interop hurdle with your VPN gateway may be a bit tough, but this built-in functionality would allow you to subject only specific traffic flows to IPSEC encryption / authentication,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open an &quot;MMC.exe&quot; instance and snap-in the &quot;IP Security Policy Management&quot; snap-in. Create an IPSEC policy and tool around in the settings for a bit. You can configure the IKE and main-mode encryption / authentication settings, as well as creating filter rules to define the types of traffic that will be encrypted / blocked, etc.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30582" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="16934" RevisionGUID="15ca9d7d-4648-416b-9980-4000cd9d866c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:14:01.723" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;encryption&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="30583" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17044" RevisionGUID="849b1b6e-e98f-44ff-9b4b-9fc11487b12e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:14:09.290" UserId="1664" Text="More information about the access/update requirements would be helpful to render a more informed opinion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Relative to DNS itself, it is mostly optimized for relatively static data that changes rarely/slowly. Also, for the most part, it is setup to operate on a relatively small amount of data from a single server/zone perspective. It gets it's scalability mostly from intermediate caching (TTL) and also the distributed tree nature of the world-wide &quot;database&quot; via each organziation's servers. Duplicate DNS servers are more to improve availability...and not as much to distribute workload (although it can be the case in some applications).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your application seems to push against the grain of DNS is two areas:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Your records are not really that small&#xD;&#xA; - You have a huge number of records to keep&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DNS might be made to work in your application, but I clearly would say that it is not optimized for this case." />
  <row Id="30584" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17045" RevisionGUID="43c70383-acb1-4cff-b81c-171b2b07e81b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:14:30.880" UserId="5075" Text="I am a big fan of nagios and have set it up to monitor all my servers and many of the services that they run. It is one of those programs that I constantly tinker with especially   as things that we do change quite frequently. I can even get it to check for certain text on our public websites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Originally I had notifications set just as emails but have experimented with SMS alerts and more recently IM alerts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have used it for well over a year now but am still no where near having it perfected. One downside I have found is that historical details aren't stored well but that may be more to do with the fact I haven't found the right plugin." />
  <row Id="30585" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16941" RevisionGUID="d02e3495-ba2b-471b-ac6c-3a49aa620fa2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:14:50.457" UserId="4562" Comment="added 136 characters in body" Text="The basics that I cover are:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;BR&gt;- My Documents which should contain photos, videos, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;BR&gt;- Internet Favorites&#xD;&#xA;&lt;BR&gt;- Email files (.PST as well as mailbox rules and white/black lists)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;BR&gt;- Desktop files&#xD;&#xA;&lt;BR&gt;- Other important software backups that might be in use (Financial software being the most common)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;BR&gt;- Always check with the user to see if they have any other files in strange places.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you get all these then you should be able to do a clean rebuild without causing much disruption to the user." />
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  <row Id="30587" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17046" RevisionGUID="4569313c-9f46-4506-8ab6-8ca0f12ec97a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:15:43.560" UserId="7241" Text="Preventing specific packages from getting installed in Debian" />
  <row Id="30588" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17046" RevisionGUID="4569313c-9f46-4506-8ab6-8ca0f12ec97a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:15:43.560" UserId="7241" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;apt&gt;&lt;install&gt;" />
  <row Id="30589" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17047" RevisionGUID="d688a1d4-aa5d-446c-9e11-b54a661473f8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:21:08.010" UserId="2783" Text="You want the External Collaboration Toolkit (it's free), which you can get here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D9AF2C25-989C-45C4-8008-1F15722190ED&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It includes some web parts that will allow users to change their passwords, workflows for users to request accounts (which are routed to an admin for approval), etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's actually pretty sweet (and the cost is right)!" />
  <row Id="30590" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16952" RevisionGUID="5a5c04cc-2305-409e-a7f8-67af2c2dd497" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:23:03.373" UserId="2422" />
  <row Id="30591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17048" RevisionGUID="84f9e77f-3b26-489e-a45f-6c1014a8ddae" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:25:17.207" UserId="7200" Text="To speak to Flash Player in particular: You can obtain an MSI from Adobe through a licensing program. Have a look at: http://www.adobe.com/products/players/fpsh_distribution1.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I regularly install Adobe Reader, Flash, Apple QuickTime, and others using GPO-based installations. When new versions are released, I deploy the new versions as mandatory upgrades.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should take some time to learn about Windows Installer and building your own packages. You can use repackaging tools, but the best results, in my expereience, come from learning how to use tools like WiX (http://wix.sourceforge.net/) to create your own packages from the ground up. Repackaging tools create &quot;dumb&quot; MSIs that don't necessarily do what the original SETUP author wanted. An intelligent human repackager tries to learn what the SETUP author wanted to do and creates a package that does that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the very least, you need a tool like ORCA allow you to create Transform files (MST) for existing packages, and enough of an understanding of Windows Installer to allow you to intelligently create MST files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've had really good luck with managing software this way. It's been a big win with my Customers for efficiency, and has been a great differentiator of my services. I highly recommend it." />
  <row Id="30592" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16989" RevisionGUID="21f38ae6-3fd7-409e-aac2-5c870cf3be66" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:25:18.487" UserId="7193" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="We have a use case to cache 300+ million pieces of such data each with a unique key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know this is unorthodox but, it has been suggested at my company that DNS could be used as a fast distributed cache for small (&lt;512K) pieces of data. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The DNS entry would be {Key}.{modulus of hashed key}.mycompany.local. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i.e. U5333145311.1.mycompany.local&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We would be making requests at the rate of 5000 to 7500 per second from 10 to 15 servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We would update each DNS server via the zone files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I am a programmer, this is all new to me &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. is this even feasible?  &#xD;&#xA;2. what are the pitfalls? &#xD;&#xA;3. how do I size the DNS servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="30593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17049" RevisionGUID="331f8e89-0ccb-4d05-a54f-161ffdfce765" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:25:30.030" UserId="5391" Text="We have several offices across the globe, but our datacenters are primarily housed in two central locations (North America and Europe).  There is a relatively high latency between various offices, so we try to host services in the closest location to the user (i.e. Canadian employees use Exchange services in the US, not Europe.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This setup works well for the most part.  When using services like Active Directory, Exchange or DFS, clients rely on existing site information in AD to fine the closest location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, we have a request to have a common DNS name to access certain web services that are hosted both NA and Europe.  Previously, we have used seperate DNS names (na-service.domain.local or eu-service.domain.local) but that becomes cumbersome for our end users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of our internal DNS is currently hosted on Windows 2003 and 2008 servers with Microsoft DNS.  Is there any way to configure Microsoft DNS services to only respond to requests with a &quot;local&quot; IP address?  I know that configuring multiple A records will result in a round robin style response, which is not ideal.  We could also use Primary zones at each location and only enter the local IP address, but we have hundreds of other DNS entries that would need to be manually replicated to each server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this can't be done with MS DNS, are there other low cost alternatives?  I know F5 Networks has products that can handle this, but that's at a fairly high expense.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30594" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17049" RevisionGUID="331f8e89-0ccb-4d05-a54f-161ffdfce765" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:25:30.030" UserId="5391" Text="How can I use DNS to return a geographically local IP address?" />
  <row Id="30595" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17049" RevisionGUID="331f8e89-0ccb-4d05-a54f-161ffdfce765" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:25:30.030" UserId="5391" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="30598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17051" RevisionGUID="805dd13c-2680-425b-ba6b-badd2563dc06" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:29:00.490" UserId="4634" Text="Hello.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have an .app executable generated for MacOSX. Is it any easy way to install this app into Applications so it can be used by end users, via script? (need to install on multiple computers and really don't want to create intermediate .pkg installer for it)" />
  <row Id="30599" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17051" RevisionGUID="805dd13c-2680-425b-ba6b-badd2563dc06" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:29:00.490" UserId="4634" Text="install .app file on MacOS via script?" />
  <row Id="30600" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17051" RevisionGUID="805dd13c-2680-425b-ba6b-badd2563dc06" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:29:00.490" UserId="4634" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;installation&gt;&lt;app&gt;" />
  <row Id="30601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17052" RevisionGUID="d6b43cb3-a237-4ac1-81a4-1876884398fa" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:32:08.707" UserId="1529" Text="I am a big fan of WebSense and there is a new product called WebSense Express but is there any other products in this space?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One ideal feature would be self-service - users could go and see where they rank in surfing activities or what pages they hit the most (try and self manage their wtime or just provide awareness to how many times they hit Facebook.com, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not looking for a URL filter although that would be a great feature - more URL Reporting or Monitoring." />
  <row Id="30602" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17052" RevisionGUID="d6b43cb3-a237-4ac1-81a4-1876884398fa" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:32:08.707" UserId="1529" Text="Anyone got any URL monitoring/reporting tools?" />
  <row Id="30603" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17052" RevisionGUID="d6b43cb3-a237-4ac1-81a4-1876884398fa" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:32:08.707" UserId="1529" Text="&lt;users&gt;&lt;url&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="30605" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17054" RevisionGUID="bd91e25a-9779-44a1-8c0f-faf9161f431a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:36:19.087" UserId="5799" Text="I would suggest installing SysInternals' [ProcMon][procmon], and watching what parts of registry is the service trying to access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [procmon]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx &quot;Process Monitor&quot;" />
  <row Id="30606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17055" RevisionGUID="1b63acd7-00ca-45b2-8220-9811348316fc" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:36:35.703" UserId="7245" Text="Do I have the authority to disable a system account for a user who violates policy? This would tell you if they have a policy for computer use and who, if anyone, is responsible for enforcing the policy. " />
  <row Id="30607" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17055" RevisionGUID="1b63acd7-00ca-45b2-8220-9811348316fc" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:36:35.703" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30608" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17056" RevisionGUID="df57c91b-2b61-441a-aa17-1eaec6011042" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:39:25.417" UserId="3110" Text="I have an HP ML115 sitting in my basement right now.  Quad Core, 8GB Ram, dual 1TB Raid 1 Drives.  Runs like a champ and is quiet.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best part is it shows up already built, no muss no fuss.  I have it running 3 VM's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30609" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17057" RevisionGUID="a6c2693f-3cd1-4895-a1f8-b81a3596cc9f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:40:48.970" UserId="7200" Text="You might have some luck with the &quot;Subnet Prioritization&quot; functionality in the Microsoft DNS server. Whether or not it will help you will depend on how your subnets are addressed and how your geographically &quot;local&quot; servers are addressed. This feature is enabled by default in Windows Server 2003 and 2008.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd recommend reading up on that feature. Have a look at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd197495(WS.10).aspx under the &quot;Subnet prioritization&quot; heading.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The &quot;view&quot; functionality in BIND would probably do what you want, too, but then you're talking about deploying a parallel DNS infrastructure and a lot of configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have control of the web-based application you could do something off-the-wall like embed some Javascript to &quot;detect&quot; the user's location and redirect them on the client side. It's a bit bush-league, but it might do what you need." />
  <row Id="30610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17058" RevisionGUID="c9740800-ba9a-4760-a28e-2a6d17cf7ab4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:42:13.180" UserId="7231" Text="I don't know why the New-QADUser cmdlet won't let you assign the UPN directly.  This should work just fine.  Although it will be a little bit slower if you are processing a very large number of accounts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $Users = Import-Csv $uf&#xD;&#xA;    $OUName = &quot;some specified OU&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    foreach ($User in $Users)&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;        $u = New-QADUser -FirstName $User.FirstName -LastName $User.LastName -DisplayName $User.DisplayName -SamAccountName $User.SamAccount -Name $User.SamAccount -UserPrincipalName -ParentContainer &quot;OU=$OUName,OU=Customers,DC=clients,DC=domain,DC=local&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        $u.UserPrincipalName = $user.UserPrincipalName&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30611" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17059" RevisionGUID="fc0ec9fa-6651-47dc-9bb6-53516d1b5ff8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:42:20.823" UserId="5880" Text="I've had this question asked a couple of times here at work, although it never got to implementation, so this is pure theory on my part. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best solution (hack?) I could come up with would be to have a common dns sub domain that isn't replicated. Then just put the local servers in that setup. So you would have something like this: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NA DNS Servers  &#xD;&#xA;service.domain.local  &#xD;&#xA;web01.service.domain.local -&gt; 10.10.10.200&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EU DNS Servers  &#xD;&#xA;service.domain.local  &#xD;&#xA;web01.service.domain.local -&gt; 10.200.200.200&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the clients connecting to web01.service.domain.local would pickup the service's local IP off thier default dns servers. You can have them replicate inside the EU and NA but don't have the zone replicate between the EU and NA.&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="30612" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17060" RevisionGUID="79ed8a33-a2c7-4e8c-80d0-303290e16d42" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:45:29.320" UserId="6965" Text="I can't recommend Nagios highly enough.  Entirely free (assuming you don't count the hours required to negotiate its considerable learning curve), and extendable in just about every way - all the monitoring and alerting stuff has a modular architecture, so you can write your own plugins, pager scripts, whatever.&#xD;&#xA;If you're not that much of a coder, there's also a large and helpful community producing plugins of all kinds, although the bundled ones are pretty good - there are remote agents you can install on your servers, or interfaces to let you perform WMI/SNMP checks, or talk to Tivoli/OpenView server agents.&#xD;&#xA;There are also add-ons to extend the basic Nagios engine in useful ways, like logging performnce data to MySQL or RRDTool.  The configuration is a little complicated, but with enough bullying you can get it to monitor pretty much anything that's got a network connection." />
  <row Id="30613" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17061" RevisionGUID="9e440cde-6c92-4096-a2be-3255dcf203fc" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:50:47.123" UserId="6738" Text="I want to create self signed certificate for the website. The old certificate expired few days ago. There are more than one NameVirtualHosts hosted on systems. The commands I am using to create certificate are taken from one tutorial website and are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 1024&#xD;&#xA;    openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr &#xD;&#xA;    cp server.key server.key.org&#xD;&#xA;    openssl rsa -in server.key.org -out server.key&#xD;&#xA;    openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After this in ssl.conf file I have specified under VirtualHost section along with old settings done by other admin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SSLEngine on&#xD;&#xA;    SSLCertificateFile &lt;full_path&gt;/server.crt&#xD;&#xA;    SSLCertificateKeyFile &lt;full_path&gt;/server.key&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On starting the server I am getting following messages in log file and server fails to start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In error_log file messages are&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     [Mon Jun 01 23:52:46 2009] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In ssl_error_log file messages are&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     [Mon Jun 01 23:52:46 2009] [error] Init: Private key not found&#xD;&#xA;     [Mon Jun 01 23:52:46 2009] [error] SSL Library Error: 218710120 error:0D094068:asn1 encoding routines:d2i_ASN1_SET:bad tag&#xD;&#xA;     [Mon Jun 01 23:52:46 2009] [error] SSL Library Error: 218529960 error:0D0680A8:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_CHECK_TLEN:wrong tag&#xD;&#xA;     [Mon Jun 01 23:52:46 2009] [error] SSL Library Error: 218595386 error:0D07803A:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_ITEM_EX_D2I:nested asn1 error&#xD;&#xA;     [Mon Jun 01 23:52:46 2009] [error] SSL Library Error: 218734605 error:0D09A00D:asn1 encoding routines:d2i_PrivateKey:ASN1 lib&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would really appreciate if some one can explain how to solve this. I have tried a few other tutorial website on self signed SSL certificates but none of the steps they mention are working.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30614" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17061" RevisionGUID="9e440cde-6c92-4096-a2be-3255dcf203fc" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:50:47.123" UserId="6738" Text="Generate self signed SSL certificate for apache" />
  <row Id="30615" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17061" RevisionGUID="9e440cde-6c92-4096-a2be-3255dcf203fc" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:50:47.123" UserId="6738" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;ssl&gt;&lt;certificate&gt;&lt;openssl&gt;" />
  <row Id="30616" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17062" RevisionGUID="4c6b883d-83ed-4ebb-8f40-6e3125ed6c46" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:50:55.360" UserId="7243" Text="A lot of these answers are only partially true or just plain wrong. WINS is just another way to resolve hostnames to ip addresses. As long as your applications know how to use DNS, WINS is not needed at all." />
  <row Id="30617" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17063" RevisionGUID="f2470b9b-bbfd-43ef-af8a-8ce5ce289dc3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:51:05.517" UserDisplayName="cc81" Text="I'm actually a programmer but I have been involved some in system administration lately as I believe the actual administrators might not be that interested in their work. I believe they are using WhatsupGold for monitoring, even if I've heard something about Tivoli too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, we have a Windows Server 2008 environment (big surprise) with 3 web servers that is in a NLB Cluster. We are waiting for a real load balancer but will have to do with NLB for at least half a year or more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On these web servers we have 5+ ASP.NET Web applications and on each application there is a page that shows OK if everything is ok. The problem is that the NLB does not know if an application pool is down and happily sends data that way anyway and the monitoring tool that checks the page might end up on another server that shows that it is ok. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is of course not acceptable (even if they does not seem to care at all) so I'm wondering how a experienced administrator would set this up so I can directly address a particular Web application on a particular server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you." />
  <row Id="30618" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17063" RevisionGUID="f2470b9b-bbfd-43ef-af8a-8ce5ce289dc3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:51:05.517" UserDisplayName="cc81" Text="How to monitor a NLB cluster with multiple web applications?" />
  <row Id="30619" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17063" RevisionGUID="f2470b9b-bbfd-43ef-af8a-8ce5ce289dc3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:51:05.517" UserDisplayName="cc81" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;clustering&gt;" />
  <row Id="30620" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17064" RevisionGUID="adf8b36a-6f5f-48d7-aad3-1fa32ede93e9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:52:28.040" UserId="201" Text="My company has launched its product out of beta today that is designed to make server monitoring as easy and quick as possible. It doesn't have most of the features in the original question but does have the basic metrics like CPU load, memory usage, process resource breakdown and alerting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.serverdensity.com" />
  <row Id="30621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17065" RevisionGUID="4b098632-3ec9-4fd9-bfbf-6460c380a82b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:54:12.563" UserId="6095" Text="How recent?  [EPEL][1] has 1.5.5.6: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/x86_64/repoview/git.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL" />
  <row Id="30622" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17066" RevisionGUID="3d187fb9-29a8-49e2-90ad-89143523a427" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:54:58.847" UserId="201" Text="To ensure the data on the slave and master are in the same place for replication, the new master should be stopped and data transferred to the new slave before starting the master again, at least this is one option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I start replication of a MySQL server without stopping the master?" />
  <row Id="30623" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17066" RevisionGUID="3d187fb9-29a8-49e2-90ad-89143523a427" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:54:58.847" UserId="201" Text="How can I start replication of a MySQL server without stopping the master?" />
  <row Id="30624" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17066" RevisionGUID="3d187fb9-29a8-49e2-90ad-89143523a427" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:54:58.847" UserId="201" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;mysql-replication&gt;" />
  <row Id="30625" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17067" RevisionGUID="8c615179-6547-4013-8005-58dc85735640" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:55:31.453" UserId="7246" Text="We are looking for a way to be able to block spam based on geographic location by filtering using geoip.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;context: we rarely have any email correspondence outside of the USA, so we would like to block all incoming email outside the US except for maybe one or two countries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After a little Googling I have found a couple of solutions that may work (or not), but I would like to know what other sysadmins are currently doing or what they would recommend as a solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is what I have found so far:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using PowerDNS and its GeoIP backend it is possible to use geoip for filtering. Normally this backend is used to help distribute load as a kind of load balancing but I dont see why it couldnt be used to kill spam as well?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Possibly use the Maxmind lite country database and some scripting to do a similar job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally what I am looking for is a solution that would handle decent load and scale well too...aren't we all! ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance for your help! :-)" />
  <row Id="30626" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17067" RevisionGUID="8c615179-6547-4013-8005-58dc85735640" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:55:31.453" UserId="7246" Text="Block spam by using geoip filter?" />
  <row Id="30627" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17067" RevisionGUID="8c615179-6547-4013-8005-58dc85735640" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:55:31.453" UserId="7246" Text="&lt;spam&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;spam-filter&gt;&lt;ip&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="30628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17068" RevisionGUID="b3cfb75d-ee15-40f7-92e9-6aa52b0fa6be" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:56:15.617" UserId="1736" Text="Well, [here's another major product in that space][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Firewall_of_China" />
  <row Id="30630" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17069" RevisionGUID="671cf993-602d-4b36-bed1-5c7a8ad5b77d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:59:54.440" UserId="7217" Text="Hello, Community!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I will try to be as succinct as possible.  Here's the short version:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a 3-5 year old Google search appliance that doesn't post after I tried to update the BIOS.  The motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-8IPXDR.  We want to salvage the system but I don't know where to start.  It's a 2U box.  Do I have to buy the exact same motherboard to ensure it will fit the case?  I've never put a 2U box together and have no idea how customized the interior of the case is, regarding the rails and fans, etc.  I'm afraid I'll buy a socket 603 (?) board that theoretically accommodates all of the parts we have but then it won't actually fit the case.  Basically, we hate to waste all of this RAM and disk but we can't spend a lot of money to put this system back together.  It would be great if we could salvage the CPUs as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Impossible?  Unlikely?  Tell me about it!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TIA." />
  <row Id="30631" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17069" RevisionGUID="671cf993-602d-4b36-bed1-5c7a8ad5b77d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:59:54.440" UserId="7217" Text="How do I salvage an old Google search appliance after an apparently failed BIOS update?" />
  <row Id="30632" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17069" RevisionGUID="671cf993-602d-4b36-bed1-5c7a8ad5b77d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T18:59:54.440" UserId="7217" Text="&lt;google-search-appliance&gt;" />
  <row Id="30633" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17070" RevisionGUID="d8cc8784-c7d3-4e66-98e2-0fbde0a8c23d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:01:43.327" UserId="7200" Text="I don't use MySQL, so I can't speak to any specific features of the platform.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It sounds like you want an audit trail of some kind. Speaking in a general RDBMS sense, you might be able to use triggers to get you some of the functionality you're looking for. I don't think you're going to get an audit-trail of schema modification unless MySQL represents the schema as tables that can, in turn, have triggers placed on them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, all that trigger nonsense is moot if someone gets &quot;root&quot; level access to the database and just unhooks the triggers before they start monkeying with the data. At that point, all bets are off. (...and that doesn't even start to deal with someone getting &quot;root&quot; level access to the OS hosting the database... byte-level manipuation of the database files, mounting them up on a database instance that has had security features &quot;hacked&quot; out of it, etc... *smile*)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17071" RevisionGUID="7f62467e-8863-4aba-8f90-d5ba9755be6b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:02:25.197" UserId="1736" Text="`FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK` on the master, copy the data to the slave (possibly with periodic `SELECT NULL` operations on the client that's talking to the master to prevent the locks from being lost to connection timeouts), then start replication on the slave and `UNLOCK TABLES` on the master.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the master operations specified need to be within a single client session.  Don't go trying to exit it while the copy is in progress." />
  <row Id="30635" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17072" RevisionGUID="455a0918-d586-4baa-bbda-112cb722b49f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:02:43.230" UserId="7243" Text="If you really want to track every change to your tables, you'll have to do something crazy like enable the MySQL query log and scan for the bad stuff using something like Simple Event Correlator. Don't do this though, because it will kill your server's performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Honestly, your best bet is to prevent unwanted changes in the first place by using MySQL permissions. " />
  <row Id="30636" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17073" RevisionGUID="e3512e07-a774-4a4f-8c6c-c3040d13fa76" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:03:58.423" UserId="5618" Text="That's happening because the remote mouse cursor has a different acceleration than the local mouse cursor. Disable mouse acceleration on the remote side, and it will keep in sync better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More details here: hpmouse-README.txt (1)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a problem on windows boxes too, some details on an HP Forum Post (2)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Short version, use: `xset m 1`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;h50146.www5.hp.com/products/software/oe/Linux/mainstream/bin/support/doc/general/mgmt/ilo_ribloe/v100/hpmouse-README.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=842944" />
  <row Id="30637" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17074" RevisionGUID="315c35a1-f1e4-458a-ae2b-7e3d315309fb" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:04:16.253" UserId="6554" Text="Novell **SuSe** Linux - pronounced SUE-zuh&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30638" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17074" RevisionGUID="315c35a1-f1e4-458a-ae2b-7e3d315309fb" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:04:16.253" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17075" RevisionGUID="69a46398-cdb7-46ed-96d1-231c5ba82b27" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:04:24.693" UserId="2413" Text="easy option - if you have small amount of data use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysqldump --master-data -uyouruser -p.... -a &gt; dump.sql&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this will lock all tables and generate dump with info about current master position. dump will lock all tables - probably not something you want to do when you have busy website and 20gb data to dump.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;more advanced option. take your data on lvm partition and use lvm snapshot. that is in one process lock all tables FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK; SHOW MASTER STATUS; in another proces run sync few times for a good measure and create lvm snapshot of your data / innodb logs. just after creating snapshot [ that takes 2-3 seconds for me ] unlock all tables.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;now you have consistent snapshot and your sql server still running. mount snapshot and 'ship it' asap to another server. there run mysql on this data, let innodb reover all data from it's logs  and run mysqldump which output put to slave.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;start slave using information from SHOW MASTER STATUS that you've run just before taking LVM snapshot." />
  <row Id="30640" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17076" RevisionGUID="b5d161b3-1d72-4681-b573-1fed2610e290" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:05:00.043" UserId="6738" Text="You can use squid proxy server and some log analyser. Squid will allow you to filter URLs. Log analyser will tell how much bandwidth users are consuming. If users are many 1500+ then freely available log analysers don't work very well. You might have to write your own log analyser in that case based on how much information you want to show to users. " />
  <row Id="30641" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17077" RevisionGUID="db9d3d66-1faa-4dca-82a8-6afad8b25ea4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:06:17.297" UserId="5629" Text="Wouldn't you simply be better off using something like the Spamhaus ZEN block list (http://www.spamhaus.org/zen/) instead?  It's free if your organization's email traffic is less than 100,000 SMTP connections and 300,000 DNSBL queries per day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Granted, their usage requirements (http://www.spamhaus.org/organization/dnsblusage.html) may require a subscription to the Data feed if you do a lot more daily email traffic, but at that level of usage (read the fine print at the bottom of the page) you probably don't want the administrative burden of managing your own block list anyways." />
  <row Id="30642" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17078" RevisionGUID="09f6392a-4de5-40cf-bc83-fc0036b8cd09" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:08:44.013" UserId="5778" Text="I thought you might like to hear that there are already commercial anti-spam vendors who do this.. though IME it adds to a spam &quot;score&quot; for countries outside your home territory, to prevent overblocking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Might fare well integrated with SpamAssassin for example?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might also consider what characterset the email is in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for implementation - there are a few inexpensive, commercially obtainable geo-IP databases. I would be inclined to integrate these &quot;manually&quot; - so you can at least let the message get up to the point where you know the sender recipient pair, for logging.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTH,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tom" />
  <row Id="30643" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17079" RevisionGUID="11a84eaa-cb89-4f75-b64e-7c17c65d987f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:09:23.390" UserId="1210" Text="LAN is not pronounced as LAND.  I hear this from people all the time.." />
  <row Id="30644" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17079" RevisionGUID="11a84eaa-cb89-4f75-b64e-7c17c65d987f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:09:23.390" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30645" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17080" RevisionGUID="06ad5a13-780d-4daf-8f13-b6ea6ad8ade0" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:09:52.233" UserId="4226" Text="We are migrating our fileservers again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The original servers were all standalone Windows 2000 Servers.   They were migrated to a Windows 2003 cluster with about 10 Servernames that directly represented the standalone servers they replaced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The volumes contain 100's of shares, disk mount points, SUB mount points.  It's just a real mess.  Close to 40 Terabytes of data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are trying to find the best way to migrate to a Windows 2008 cluster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've suggested that we use DFS Consolidated Roots to maintain the legacy links, as to not break the 1,000's of sharepoint links.   In addition I'd like to consolidate many of the volumes, and completely get rid of the annoying sub mounts that we have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the surface, the Microsoft File Migration Toolkit appears to do exactly that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I've created a virutal lab environment, but what I'm finding is that with Mount Point volumes, none of the security settings are copied over, and sub mount points are completely ignored.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The DFS Consolidation Wizard seems to do it's job, which is nice.  But I need a solution for consolidating the filesystem.   I like the way the FSMT can correctly move the files to appropriate Resource groups based upon the file paths, it also does the nice deed of removing the old volume share once the new share is created.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But the lack of copying the security settings makes it a deal breaker.   Is there possibly a tool that can square up the security settings between servers?" />
  <row Id="30646" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17080" RevisionGUID="06ad5a13-780d-4daf-8f13-b6ea6ad8ade0" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:09:52.233" UserId="4226" Text="File Server Migration from Windows 200 Standalone to Windows 2003 Cluster to Windows 2008 Cluster with DFS" />
  <row Id="30647" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17080" RevisionGUID="06ad5a13-780d-4daf-8f13-b6ea6ad8ade0" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:09:52.233" UserId="4226" Text="&lt;windows2008&gt;&lt;file-transfer&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;clustering&gt;" />
  <row Id="30648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17081" RevisionGUID="7a5b1973-6002-4c39-ac9c-074d06a5f0ec" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:11:08.270" UserId="5234" Text="I've never load tested DNS to this extent, but I'd be very very wary about this approach.  It's certainly unorthodox, and crazy enough that it just might work, but the approach is like using a hammer to turn a screw - sure you can do it if you set things up right, but it's the wrong tool for the job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At worst you would bring the company's DNS to it's knees, and somebody would have the job of explaining to the CEO why he can't get his email." />
  <row Id="30649" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17075" RevisionGUID="4b887528-e57f-444c-aea3-e67397761f38" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:11:46.957" UserId="2413" Comment="added 197 characters in body" Text="easy option - if you have small amount of data use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysqldump --master-data -uyouruser -p.... -a &gt; dump.sql&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this will lock all tables and generate dump with info about current master position. dump will lock all tables - probably not something you want to do when you have busy website and 20gb data to dump.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;more advanced option. take your data on lvm partition and use lvm snapshot. that is in one process lock all tables FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK; SHOW MASTER STATUS; in another proces run sync few times for a good measure and create lvm snapshot of your data / innodb logs. just after creating snapshot [ that takes 2-3 seconds for me ] unlock all tables.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;now you have consistent snapshot and your sql server still running. mount snapshot and 'ship it' asap to another server. there run mysql on this data, let innodb reover all data from it's logs  and run mysqldump which output put to slave.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;start slave using information from SHOW MASTER STATUS that you've run just before taking LVM snapshot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[mylvmbackup][1] does exactly that. read about it [here][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.lenzg.net/mylvmbackup/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.scribd.com/doc/2625795/Performing-MySQL-Backups-using-LVM-Snapshots" />
  <row Id="30650" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17082" RevisionGUID="49aff73c-7732-4a22-992e-3a9646369ff7" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:11:59.610" UserId="2417" Text="Use this one liner to generate the certificate and key in one file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    openssl req -new -x509 -days 999 -nodes -out apache.pem -keyout apache.pem&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then the only configuration you'll need is &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SSLEngine on&#xD;&#xA;    SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/apache.pem" />
  <row Id="30651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17083" RevisionGUID="32c6d099-0343-47fa-9bbf-7610bcba2df9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:14:34.270" UserId="5778" Text="I think you would be best looking at one of the content filter products - simply because there's not much (any?) on the market that *just* monitor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I work for SmoothWall (http://www.smoothwall.net) - we produce a url &amp; content filter with extensive reporting. This includes a feature for &quot;non admins&quot; to see reports. This is intended for managers etc. but I don't see why it couldnt be bent into doing &quot;self service&quot;. You'd be welcome to give it a shot anyway - my email is tom at (see web address) if you want to try that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the interests of impartiality...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* roll your own with squid - no &quot;categorisation&quot; of URLs and you will have to be a bit of a perl/php guru to roll your own reports, but it is a cheapish way to do things - also try squid + sawmill or other log analyser? Again you may have to do some perl bending...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* other content filter vendors... ISTR 8e6 having a decent reporting box?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTH,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tom N.&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="30652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17084" RevisionGUID="f4b3bebc-f56a-4784-90a7-3dbfe389ec63" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:14:58.510" UserId="7231" Text="If you want to use Kerberos delegation to build a secure infrastructure (and YOU DO) you will need to join those Web servers to the domain.  The web server (or service account) will need the ability to delegate assigned to it in order to allow user impersonation against your SQL server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You proably want to stay away from using SQL-based authentication on the SQL server if you have any auditing or statutory requirements for tracking data access (HIPAA, SOX, etc.)  You should be tracking access through your provisioning process (i.e. who is in what groups, how that was approved, and by whom) and all access to data should be through a user's assigned account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For DMZ issues related to accessing the AD, you can resolve some of that with Server 2008 using a Read-Only DC (RODC) but there is still risk with deploying into the DMZ.  There are also some ways to force a DC to use specific ports to punch through a firewall, but this type of cutomization can make it difficult to troublehsoot authentication problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have specific needs to allow both Internet and Intranet users access to the same application you might need to look into using one of the Federeated Services products, either the Microsoft offering or something like Ping Federated." />
  <row Id="30653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17085" RevisionGUID="2c9beb92-9dae-404d-ada4-ffba44ec85ac" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:15:34.173" UserId="388" Text="Does the solution have to be done through DNS? If not, this sounds like a perfect candidate for [IP Anycast][2]. See [this question][1] for more detail, but in a nutshell, it is a network architecture that allows you to advertise the same IP address from multiple locations, with clients routing to the 'closest' (from a network cost perspective) instance of the IP. This way, you can simply have a global VIP (Virtual IP) for your DNS records to point to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/14985/what-is-anycast-and-how-is-it-helpful&#xD;&#xA;[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anycast" />
  <row Id="30654" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17086" RevisionGUID="6f2a3ec8-faa1-4698-b48c-24c1a350a984" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:15:34.733" UserId="3552" Text="I'd try contacting Gigabyte for a way to update the BIOS. Years ago (maybe 7) I was able to send the motherboard in and they were able to reflash it with some specialized tools and send it back to me. I forget the cost associated, but it couldn't have been more than $50 at the time including shipping." />
  <row Id="30655" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17087" RevisionGUID="a1782cf8-8feb-44be-9a6f-284aa6ebadee" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:17:18.413" UserId="4479" Text="This may seem a bit trivial, but check the permission on your .key file" />
  <row Id="30657" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15084" RevisionGUID="7d5af4d2-9b3d-4ddb-a7b8-63d4d1b21407" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:17:57.100" UserId="1736" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="Probably you're lagging on an attempt to retrieve and verify reverse DNS of the connecting host.  You can test this by turning on `skip_name_resolve` in the server's my.cnf, `[mysqld]` section.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is in fact the case (demonstrated by that parameter eliminating the delay), then you can solve the problem by either setting up DNS properly (forward and reverse) for the client, or by running with `skip_name_resolve` all the time (which means you can't use hostnames in your `GRANT` tables)." />
  <row Id="30658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17088" RevisionGUID="9804856e-1a05-4c82-ae99-23250b3ab2b4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:21:31.260" UserId="282" Text="The BIOS chip on that motherboard seems to be removable, so you could replace the chip with a known working version, there are [companies here in the UK][1] that supply working BIOS chips for this very purpose, at a cost of about £15. If you are not in the UK I am sure there will be companies in other countries who offer a similar service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://bios-repair.co.uk/ref/mgigabcr.htm" />
  <row Id="30659" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="17080" RevisionGUID="b7ba28f7-04b4-4f7d-9936-5b0ca3d170db" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:22:48.637" UserId="1054" Comment="fix title" Text="File Server Migration from Windows 2000 Standalone to Windows 2003 Cluster to Windows 2008 Cluster with DFS" />
  <row Id="30660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17089" RevisionGUID="9b3f1f31-7e7c-44d5-93d1-5a058d4a84ae" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:23:01.770" UserId="26594" Text="[http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkg_basics.en.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See section 7.12, &quot;How do I put a package on hold?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you 'hold' a currently uninstalled package, it will never be installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkg_basics.en.html" />
  <row Id="30661" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17090" RevisionGUID="5bd01206-2bd7-4857-8a83-76e821eb46ba" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:24:02.597" UserDisplayName="Bert Hubert" Text="While DNS is great for some things, it is not good for storing 512KByte values, no matter how you slice it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you had 300 million datums that were a lot smaller (say, 1000 bytes), DNS (with 1280 byte packets) might be a good idea.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The PowerDNS Authoritative Server might be a great way to publish such data, for example using the PIPE backend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But for 512Kbyte datums, DNS won't fit your bill at all. " />
  <row Id="30662" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17091" RevisionGUID="0b6091f2-2349-4186-ab00-bfacd2f5c310" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:26:16.537" UserId="7200" Text="I haven't done what you're doing before, but I'll throw a shout out for the SetACL utility (http://setacl.sourceforge.net/) and its backup / restore security descriptor functionality.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would take some work to get it to do exactly what you want, because it stores absolute paths in its &quot;backup&quot; files (so you'd have to script something to go thru those backup files and munge up the paths), but it might just do what you want." />
  <row Id="30663" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17092" RevisionGUID="b546611e-cbb6-4638-9676-a62f92c61b8b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:26:21.233" UserId="6886" Text="Can a Multi core CPU server be configure to allow the OS to only see all the CPUs as a single CPU and use the processor as a single CPU?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A lot of modern day servers are multicore CPUs. Are they ways for all the CPU to report as 1 CPU to the OS?  This would be handy to run applications was designed for a single CPU." />
  <row Id="30664" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17092" RevisionGUID="b546611e-cbb6-4638-9676-a62f92c61b8b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:26:21.233" UserId="6886" Text="Can  a Multi CPU server be configure to allow the OS to only see all the CPUs as a single CPU" />
  <row Id="30665" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17092" RevisionGUID="b546611e-cbb6-4638-9676-a62f92c61b8b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:26:21.233" UserId="6886" Text="&lt;cpu&gt;&lt;processor&gt;" />
  <row Id="30666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17093" RevisionGUID="114b16c7-9766-4aca-8342-0a508bc05872" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:26:30.577" UserId="3323" Text=" - Livna - http://rpm.livna.org/ &#xD;&#xA; - Dag - http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/ &#xD;&#xA; - RPM Fusion - http://rpmfusion.org/ &#xD;&#xA; - Freshrpms - http://freshrpms.net/&#xD;&#xA; - Remi - http://rpms.famillecollet.com/&#xD;&#xA; - Adobe - http://blogs.adobe.com/acroread/2008/02/adobe_reader_now_available_via.html&#xD;&#xA; - Google - http://www.google.com/linuxrepositories/yum.html&#xD;&#xA; - Skype - http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=29679&#xD;&#xA; - ATRpms - http://atrpms.net/&#xD;&#xA; - Dries - http://dries.ulyssis.org/rpm/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also lots of not so active / small repos for some specific applicationss. You could try digging thru opensuse build farms or just google with two keywords like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  repoview &quot;jump to letter&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30667" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17094" RevisionGUID="b4fb54dc-fe9a-4abc-9129-2299f61b9e6f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:27:49.280" UserId="7265" Text="I have a web app that is targeted to mobile devices.  It displays fine on old devices with a screen size around 320px wide, but it displays as a little postage stamp in the corner of the screen on newer devices with higher screen resolutions.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been looking at browser capabilities files on the IIS config side and the viewport meta tag on the app dev side but I'm still not sure what I need to do to make sure that my app displays at a reasonable resolution on different mobile browsers.  Anybody been through this problem?" />
  <row Id="30668" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17094" RevisionGUID="b4fb54dc-fe9a-4abc-9129-2299f61b9e6f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:27:49.280" UserId="7265" Text="How do you configure IIS to display at proper size on mobile devices, is it viewport?" />
  <row Id="30669" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17094" RevisionGUID="b4fb54dc-fe9a-4abc-9129-2299f61b9e6f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:27:49.280" UserId="7265" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;mobile&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="30670" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17095" RevisionGUID="3a313df3-151a-4fec-95d0-dbe02ec7672d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:29:17.297" UserId="1840" Text="**Should we be suffering from connectivity problems due to having a hidden SSID?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At work, we're past the &quot;Hidden SSIDs make our network more secure&quot; argument, but for user's 'convenience' and in order to make it less confusing with our other broadcasted SSIDs, we've added a hidden SSID to our wireless controller (for the use mostly of network admins).  We've noted a couple of disconnects, and would like to know if there are some known performance/reliability implications for this kind of setup, particularly with multiple access points with the same SSID on our site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Does having a hidden SSID on an access point affect connectivity?**  " />
  <row Id="30671" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17095" RevisionGUID="3a313df3-151a-4fec-95d0-dbe02ec7672d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:29:17.297" UserId="1840" Text="What are the connectivity implications for implementing a hidden Wireless SSID?" />
  <row Id="30672" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17095" RevisionGUID="3a313df3-151a-4fec-95d0-dbe02ec7672d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:29:17.297" UserId="1840" Text="&lt;wireless&gt;&lt;wireless-network&gt;&lt;connectivity&gt;&lt;access-point&gt;" />
  <row Id="30673" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15237" RevisionGUID="410d0e60-8792-4936-a9df-2e31cbe21697" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:29:48.043" UserId="5898" Comment="added 22 characters in body" Text="Slightly tangential, but if you want a virtual router to throw in there, check out [vyatta][1].  It's an opensource router platform, and there's a VMWare image you can download.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want alternatives to using VMWare, you could consider a Xen based system such as Citrix Xenserver (which is free, unlimited use) or Virtual Iron (some free/restricted versions).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vyatta.org" />
  <row Id="30674" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17096" RevisionGUID="c0a29a62-32b2-4827-b696-19c09a8d833f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:30:15.750" UserId="5940" Text="There's probably a few ways to do this.  The load balancer has a public facing IP, we'll call it A, and each of your servers has an IP, we'll call B, C, and D.  Normally the end user points to A and the NLB forwards the request to B, C, or D returning the results.  You could monitor B, C, and D directly looking for the OK message, assuming your network is configured to give you direct access to B, C and D.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Xymon (previously Hobbit), or Nagios are open source monitoring tools that would be able to monitor and alert you to problems with B, C or D." />
  <row Id="30675" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17097" RevisionGUID="0571ce9b-25dd-4310-a4c3-d87efe27e532" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:30:34.033" UserId="2561" Text="There is also the [geoip patch][1] for netfilter/iptables for Linux.  You could use this to block 25 for your email server if it is Linux.  You could use Linux as a firewall for your email server with this iptables patch.  Best part is that it is free :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/518" />
  <row Id="30676" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17008" RevisionGUID="776d1c6f-c5c9-4bd6-80da-5d41f34514e8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:30:43.627" UserId="7175" />
  <row Id="30677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17098" RevisionGUID="da64ee3e-bb6b-4c99-b416-9e3064af7c17" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:31:10.147" UserId="6689" Text="Depending on the BIOS, you might be able to disable all but one of the cores, but you're going to lose a large part of the performance. You can also set programs to run on a single core.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Creating a virtual machine with a single core would also provide a solution." />
  <row Id="30679" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17099" RevisionGUID="3f7d8587-e996-4bb5-a847-7d1648c0bb7b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:35:31.637" UserDisplayName="mike" Text="I for one, do not use WINS and have not used WINS for 4 years. Microsoft DDNS does a fine job of name resolution on an Active Directory network. I can't think of a program that requires WINS right now, but I remember a few. Guardian Firewall required it on the LAN side NIC back in the day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2007 Exchange Clusters do not require WINS. According to the documentation I have, MS recommends the use of HOST files, believe it or not, in that setup since the IP's don't change.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My only issue with DDNS, is across WAN. DDNS + ADC on each WAN segment... frequently I have issues with DDNS updating either other's name tables.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WINS is fine for a Class C network where you have no remote sites or WAN links. One huge thing against WINS... SSL VPN + WINS = typing in IP's cuz WINS ain't goona werk." />
  <row Id="30680" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17100" RevisionGUID="e4d9af5b-c63b-48b2-b46a-9d50ecfc4744" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:35:44.960" UserId="4955" Text="If an app can only use one CPU, it will anyway. It does not matter how many are present.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The OS will see all enabled CPUs but should be able to separate core vs socket for example (eg SQL Server affinity). But no, you can't make a 4 cores appear as one to OS thats I know of." />
  <row Id="30681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17101" RevisionGUID="3c92632c-78f9-4d06-a1f1-127d19b378df" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:36:01.713" UserId="3657" Text="What you're asking is &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Can I run a single threaded application on a multi-core machine and take full advantage of all the cores?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The answer is : no&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A single threaded application can only run on one core and will never be able to use more resources than that single core can provide. " />
  <row Id="30682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17102" RevisionGUID="db2d301b-fcf5-4d75-9059-4739e3aa1ddd" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:36:10.683" UserId="7272" Text="SQL Server 2005 introduced DDL triggers, these can be fired off whenever someone runs Data Definition Language code like altering a table, adding an index, or dropping a view." />
  <row Id="30683" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17103" RevisionGUID="5c1bb014-294d-459e-974b-2510b15a96dd" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:37:23.647" UserId="2413" Text="as i understand you wish to transform dual core cpu to one cpu that would be [ from perspective of single threaded application ] twice as fast as each of cores. unfortunately this cannot be done. closest to it is idea implemented in intel's i7 cpus which can smartly overclock one of cores if they see it's mostly loaded while oder cores are idle." />
  <row Id="30684" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17104" RevisionGUID="a07036ad-5489-48e5-a3f3-d4d3c4db800c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:38:39.367" UserId="3420" Text="This is a perfect example of the kind of question that should be answered thusly:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You seem to have come up with a solution for a complex problem, and are now asking specific questions on how to implement this solution. Could you please instead describe the original problem you are trying to solve?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My experience is that it's pretty important for a sysadmin to know when to respond to a request with &quot;what? why?&quot;. How important depends on the propensity of the users to describe their original problem or to attempt to come up with their own solutions and ask for assistance in implementing them. In certain environments, it's the difference between expensive catastrophically bad solutions, and cheap good solutions." />
  <row Id="30685" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17105" RevisionGUID="bd28ef12-a0fd-4b78-8b22-7255bf297a27" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:41:06.867" UserId="5940" Text="Are you saying that with say a 4 core 3Ghz CPU you want the OS to see it as a single core 12Ghz CPU?  If that's the case, then no, you can't do that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless the application is specifically written to require access to CPU0 (and I'm not even sure if that's a possibility) it shouldn't matter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Toms hardware has a utility for having an application have affinity for a specific CPU when launched.  I haven't tried it so take it for what you will.  It can be found [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/bang-dual-processing-buck,815.html " />
  <row Id="30686" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17066" RevisionGUID="de068c12-cf2c-4424-a465-1f15dae048f4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:42:54.103" UserId="1736" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;mysql-replication&gt;" />
  <row Id="30687" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4126" RevisionGUID="7bff7182-904a-4bd0-9ad3-422a087f101b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:43:21.933" UserId="1845" Comment="   " Text="No WEP is not adequate security. Mac addresses are sent as part of the wireless packet and therefore easy to intercept and spoof.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to use WEP you need to install a 3 NAT router setup as shown below.&#xD;&#xA;NAT router 1 (NR1) is connected to the internet on the WAN port.&#xD;&#xA;NAT router 2 (NR2) WAN port is connected to NR1 LAN port.&#xD;&#xA;NAT router 3 (NR3) WAN port is connected to NR1 LAN port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;                           ----------NR2--------------Wireless WEP Unsecure &#xD;&#xA;                           |&#xD;&#xA;    Internet  ----- NR1----|&#xD;&#xA;                           |&#xD;&#xA;                           |&#xD;&#xA;                           ----------NR3--------------Wireless WPA Secure&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will allow the WEP access to get to the internet. The NR3 router would block access to your secure network. One other advantage would be to allow guest access to NR2. That would allow Internet access without providing access to your local secure network.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30688" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17106" RevisionGUID="216a9d2d-af5a-436c-b2d9-99c9d9e87ef4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:44:37.873" UserId="5758" Text="I have a server hosting a web site and other services that needs to be reinstalled. I would like to relocate these services to another server temporarily, with as little downtime as possible. Both servers are in the same data center, and can be on the same network switch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the best technique for moving these services with minimal downtime? The site is database-driven, so ideally I want a &quot;railroad switch&quot; event, where I can ensure all traffic is moved to the new server at once. I don't want to have a situation where the old database gets updates after I've migrated the data to the new one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Two things I have considered:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Change the DNS to point to the temporary service.** The major issue here is that I don't control the propagation time for DNS, and other servers can hold on to the cached results for a while, leaving the site &quot;down&quot; for users that get the old address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to fix that problem with Apache + redirects? I suspect not, since name-based virtual hosting breaks without the domain name, which I can't use because it's stale.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Bind the old IP address to the new server** and (temporarily) assign the old server a different IP during reinstallation. I can leave DNS alone in this case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any other simple solutions I am overlooking?" />
  <row Id="30689" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17106" RevisionGUID="216a9d2d-af5a-436c-b2d9-99c9d9e87ef4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:44:37.873" UserId="5758" Text="How to migrate a web site from one server to another with minimal downtime?" />
  <row Id="30690" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17106" RevisionGUID="216a9d2d-af5a-436c-b2d9-99c9d9e87ef4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:44:37.873" UserId="5758" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;migration&gt;&lt;downtime&gt;" />
  <row Id="30692" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14409" RevisionGUID="263dc21b-3474-47a3-aaa6-6ae331aa1955" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:47:41.970" UserId="4979" Comment="added 115 characters in body" Text="I'm looking to build a decent &lt; 1.500$ dedicated Hyper-V solution for development and testing purposes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The parts list I was thinking of is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Intel Core I7 920 $279&#xD;&#xA; - Asus P6T Deluxe V2 $279&#xD;&#xA; - 12GB - 2x CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) $182&#xD;&#xA; - 5x Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB $275&#xD;&#xA; - Samsung WriteMaster SH-S223F $25&#xD;&#xA; - Antec P183 $160&#xD;&#xA; - EnerMax Modu82+ 625W $178&#xD;&#xA; - Scythe  Orochi Rev. B SE1366 $59&#xD;&#xA; - ASUS EAH4350 SILENT $38&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Total: $1.475&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since the machine would sit close to where I work, noise levels will be an issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would this be a good solution? Would I be better of going for 2 or even 3 cheap machines? If so, in what configuration ([a dedicated iSCSI box perhaps?][1])?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would going for a real dual Opteron/Xeon server type machine be better option?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(All prices are in USD, I used Newegg as a reference)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6860/cheapest-iscsi-san-for-windows-2008-sql-server-clustering" />
  <row Id="30693" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17107" RevisionGUID="fb32662a-817e-4084-9788-d5a8801e91e8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:48:58.553" UserId="1054" Text="This is something that needs to be handled in code, not through IIS config.  You'd be better off taking this over to [StackOverflow.com][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://StackOverflow.com" />
  <row Id="30694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17108" RevisionGUID="8c53382a-e258-4acf-9910-1ebf9b423bf7" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:49:11.110" UserId="6957" Text="If you own the domain in question you can to have the TTL for that DNS entry changed to a lower value by your DNS admin(say 3-5 minutes). Let this new setting propagate out over the internet for a few days before you make your actual DNS IP change. This should ensure that any cached DNS entries get updated quickly after your change. " />
  <row Id="30695" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17109" RevisionGUID="8e934abd-fb0d-41aa-82bf-0a7bcc8a479f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:49:29.173" UserId="6563" Text="OpenDNS is a free alternative... A lot of corporations are using OpenDNS now (ie. Kaiser Permanente, Fujifilm, and UPS to name a few)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;opendns.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few of the things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Can be customized with your logo or picture&#xD;&#xA; 2. You can block entire categories of websites&#xD;&#xA; 3. The categories are constantly being updated by a vast Open Source community.&#xD;&#xA; 4. You can pull down network usage statistics&#xD;&#xA; 5. You can create &quot;shortcuts&quot; which are keywords that resolve to your favorite sites (Like cname records)&#xD;&#xA; 6. It's FREE" />
  <row Id="30696" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17110" RevisionGUID="cc932308-6c33-4e59-aa57-38423ed26a7b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:50:04.227" UserDisplayName="K Baptiste" Text="For Linux, they are Net:Netem who can simulate packet loss, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; netem provides Network Emulation functionality for testing protocols by emulating the properties of wide area networks. The current version emulates variable delay, loss, duplication and re-ordering." />
  <row Id="30697" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17111" RevisionGUID="1523382a-1b86-4bd1-8032-3e19cdd119c0" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:50:19.627" UserId="2417" Text="Making an SSID &quot;hidden&quot; just prevents it from being broadcasted in the beacon; so I would expect no connectivity problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check for possible sources of interference, try changing channels, etc." />
  <row Id="30698" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="16886" RevisionGUID="678be70e-103f-431f-a994-0e1b3d403b31" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:50:47.580" UserId="715" Comment="fixed tags" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
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  <row Id="30700" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17112" RevisionGUID="5ebb306a-3f15-4e48-9829-8e97348c5eb7" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:51:01.590" UserId="5618" Text="You can use `openssl req -newkey rsa:1024 -keyout privkey.pem` to save off the SSL key as it's generated, in case the key generation isn't quite right." />
  <row Id="30701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17113" RevisionGUID="cf7d2a84-abfb-419c-acf4-b4ea96a0b6f9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:51:31.353" UserId="2283" Text="If you're running cisco equipment, you can use [GNS3][1] in conjunction with VMWare to build even more complicated networks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gns3.net/" />
  <row Id="30702" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17114" RevisionGUID="2b2dec2e-7984-40a0-a9f4-3583ea88a432" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:52:15.143" UserId="3839" Text="Use replication on your database servers. That will solve your problem with database updates on both servers in middle time." />
  <row Id="30704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17115" RevisionGUID="2c645fd9-c2c0-45b7-99b6-2d1fd9b65061" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:53:28.527" UserId="385" Text="Snort can still be helpful. The catch is knowing where your database traffic should come from. If it's coming from a source other than what's approved, you can block it, obviously, within MySQL. However, you can also set up alerts in your IDS to see this sort of thing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With respect to an attack coming from an authorized IP address, that's a bit of a challenge. The key question there is what should a connection be allowed to do and what shouldn't it? And that goes back to setting permissions properly. If a legitimate user connects from a legitimate IP and needs DELETE permissions and wants to be malicious, there's not a whole lot you can do about it during the actual modification. A suggestion was given for auditing, but it hurts your performance. I'm not sure you have an effective control if users can directly access the database and make changes. All database platforms, not just MySQL, struggle with this. You have a trusted user making an authorized change. There's only so much you can do.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30705" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17116" RevisionGUID="626bb1f4-4ce8-4c7f-8cb8-900a3ed56cdb" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:54:21.007" UserId="1054" Text="Ideally you set the TTL of the DNS host record way down a couple of days ahead of the scheduled time, but if you have no control over that (or can't work with someone on that) then that's shot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not, the only thing really is to build the new server until it's ready for production and then schedule a few minutes of downtime while you switch out the boxes..." />
  <row Id="30706" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17117" RevisionGUID="6764a876-57bd-479a-9581-b690c76d7895" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:55:39.427" UserId="1736" Text="You're right that DNS cutover is completely unreliable.  What I prefer to do is, at the same time as the DNS is changed, switch the database configuration of the old site so that it connects to the new server's database.  Ta-da, all your updates going to one place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The site will presumably run slower for people who connect to the old server, of course, but that'll only last until they get in sync." />
  <row Id="30707" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17084" RevisionGUID="a96a3532-ae58-4293-8054-fccb9eb43a7e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:56:10.143" UserId="7231" Comment="Added link to MS whitepaper on AD in the DMZ" Text="If you want to use Kerberos delegation to build a secure infrastructure (and YOU DO) you will need to join those Web servers to the domain.  The web server (or service account) will need the ability to delegate assigned to it in order to allow user impersonation against your SQL server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You proably want to stay away from using SQL-based authentication on the SQL server if you have any auditing or statutory requirements for tracking data access (HIPAA, SOX, etc.)  You should be tracking access through your provisioning process (i.e. who is in what groups, how that was approved, and by whom) and all access to data should be through a user's assigned account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For [DMZ issues related to accessing the AD](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;FamilyID=c1d0fd00-bf31-4b20-95c6-279a4ce7c2b4), you can resolve some of that with Server 2008 using a Read-Only DC (RODC) but there is still risk with deploying into the DMZ.  There are also some ways to force a DC to use specific ports to punch through a firewall, but this type of cutomization can make it difficult to troublehsoot authentication problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have specific needs to allow both Internet and Intranet users access to the same application you might need to look into using one of the Federeated Services products, either the Microsoft offering or something like Ping Federated." />
  <row Id="30708" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17118" RevisionGUID="b20c6bc8-7529-4105-818a-87418e57ac76" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:56:52.560" UserId="1843" Text="I would like to globally set the Linux date format to ISO, which looks roughly like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS&#xD;&#xA;    2009-03-16 15:20:00&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With varying levels of detail, such as omitting time, seconds, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that for some applications, you can configure this manually, but I'd like it to be automatically set for every program.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm specifically using Ubuntu Intrepid, but a general solution that would work across all distributions would be best." />
  <row Id="30709" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17118" RevisionGUID="b20c6bc8-7529-4105-818a-87418e57ac76" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:56:52.560" UserId="1843" Text="How do I set the date format to ISO globally in Linux?" />
  <row Id="30710" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17118" RevisionGUID="b20c6bc8-7529-4105-818a-87418e57ac76" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:56:52.560" UserId="1843" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;formatting&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;" />
  <row Id="30711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17119" RevisionGUID="bc12587d-b8be-44d1-9717-90245c53b11a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:56:53.950" UserId="1054" Text="In my experience, the most common problem for connectivity issues against hidden SSID's is typos in the client connection config.  Case-sensitivity is usually my culprit." />
  <row Id="30712" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17120" RevisionGUID="73343d3b-abca-49cb-94c5-394d7149dfb8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:58:23.900" UserId="2561" Text="Does your server have a public IP on the server itself.  If there is a NAT mapping, you can just change the NAT mapping to have the same public IP point to the new internal IP of the new server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would think it is often better to have a short maintenance page and test than zero downtime myself." />
  <row Id="30714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17122" RevisionGUID="66fdfad9-d371-4354-ba31-9b43ddf4758a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:59:03.710" UserId="4410" Text="As pQd mentioned above:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysqldump --master-data -uyouruser -p.... -a &gt; dump.sql&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but why not ssh into the remove machine and pipe the data directly trough ssh?" />
  <row Id="30715" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17123" RevisionGUID="ccaa3ff6-3153-4de6-9afe-74b8b01b792b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:59:14.507" UserId="4479" Text="If you have Lan speed connectivity between the 2 systems and full access, using drbd (drbd.org) may be a good option to get the data sync'd between the systems before a cutover and back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setup DRBD and let it sync&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Shut down db &amp; web server&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Switch drbd on original machine to secondary&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Switch drbd on second machine to primary&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Change original server IP&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Add old IP to new server&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Bring up db and web server on secondary system&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Flip them around when the original system is rebuilt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The option to use database replication is good also if your &quot;data&quot; is primarily in the db&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Waiting for DNS propagation even with a low TTL will provide 'inconsistent' results" />
  <row Id="30716" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17124" RevisionGUID="354024b4-49fb-4914-834e-689025ca8640" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:59:46.173" UserId="4947" Text="Even though the JVM is cross-platform, there are be differences in &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- behaviour;&#xD;&#xA;- performance;&#xD;&#xA;- stability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of them are quite clear, as in the heap size limitation on 32bit. Some of them are not, such as the increased tuning hooks on Solaris.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to know which platforms ( OS, CPU architecture ) you're running your java apps on, and especially why.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I for one go for x86_64 and CentOS, since it's something I can managed, and it's free." />
  <row Id="30717" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17124" RevisionGUID="354024b4-49fb-4914-834e-689025ca8640" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:59:46.173" UserId="4947" Text="What platform do you run your java apps on?" />
  <row Id="30718" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17124" RevisionGUID="354024b4-49fb-4914-834e-689025ca8640" CreationDate="2009-06-01T19:59:46.173" UserId="4947" Text="&lt;java&gt;&lt;deployment&gt;" />
  <row Id="30719" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17125" RevisionGUID="921ac9e4-8923-409a-ac89-5b336756f16f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:01:09.167" UserId="6563" Text="I was looking at the google results for: TIRHService.exe ( Intuit Track-It! Remoting Helper (TIRemotingHelper))&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems to be from Intuit Track-It program.  Track-It is a helpdesk program to create tickets, remote into the computer, etc... for businesses." />
  <row Id="30720" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17126" RevisionGUID="d80e4946-5b8e-424b-bd38-2d66d7f6ceed" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:01:14.330" UserId="7083" Text="Providing there are no other services bound to the IP then go with switching that over. It doesn't take long and you can be absolutely sure that traffic is going to the correct destination.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just be aware of neighbouring machine's ARP caches. It's good practice to use *arping -s &lt;service's ip&gt; &lt;default route's ip&gt;* after the change." />
  <row Id="30721" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17127" RevisionGUID="1dd23fec-1c80-4a5d-92ad-5bd941017492" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:01:36.793" UserId="3420" Text="It is indeed important to test a drive failing inelegantly if you care about the ultimate reliability of the overall solution. Every failed RAID solution (meaning the redundancy does not protect against failing drives) I have seen is due to the failure to test real drive failures. The normal test is to pull a drive, claim that drive failure has been tested, and move on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best solution is probably to have a collection of marginal drives, or modified firmware that causes inconsistent responses. Only storage vendors are reasonably likely to have this capability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I like the idea of putting a nail through a running drive, but the forces on adjacent drives might result in an unrealistically catastrophic failure. Or the complete failure of the drive may result in an unrealistically clean failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I was allowed to do legitimate testing of a RAID, I would destroy a few drives with varying means. Hook up wires to random components on the drive's board and fry them or short them. Indeed put a nail through a drive if the geometry of the enclosure makes this unlikely to destroy adjacent drives. (I think the resulting jostling of the remainder of the array is a reasonable test). Intercept a drive's data path and return every possible error, nonsensical results, or correct results delayed by random amounts of time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Expect drives to return the wrong block sometimes. Expect drives to cause any conceivable electrical problem on their connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My experience is that no one considering a storage purchase wants to do real testing. This could expose real problems. I'd be very interested to hear if there is anyone who actually tests storage reliability - certainly they are not publishing their results." />
  <row Id="30722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17128" RevisionGUID="0631e690-7f9e-44a2-9164-7290e2bf20cd" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:01:46.873" UserId="4370" Text="I would agree with Kevin that there is likely an issue with the database. What does &quot;bombed out&quot; mean? Does the backup just not complete?" />
  <row Id="30723" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17124" RevisionGUID="bdfb7ee3-4a29-40f9-bcb4-c05655e9431e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:02:55.293" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix my own typo..." Text="Even though the JVM is cross-platform, there are be differences in &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- behaviour;&#xD;&#xA;- performance;&#xD;&#xA;- stability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of them are quite clear, as in the heap size limitation on 32bit. Some of them are not, such as the increased tuning hooks on Solaris.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to know which platforms ( OS, CPU architecture ) you're running your java apps on, and especially why.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I for one go for x86_64 and CentOS, since it's something I can manage, and it's free." />
  <row Id="30724" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17129" RevisionGUID="8f5c974c-31c5-4b1d-a95d-7eb9238b364c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:03:08.383" UserId="1820" Text="Our environment has not used WINS for many months, and have seen no adverse affects because of it. We have a multi-site topology through VPN connections, with Exchange 2003 as our email service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WINS should only be enabled if it is specifically required to solve a known issue. Holding onto antiquated technology &quot;just in case&quot; makes no sense when you have ensured that it is not required." />
  <row Id="30725" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17130" RevisionGUID="22e847a3-67dc-462d-b499-ccd76f8b2a15" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:03:42.983" UserId="6468" Text="Some special-purpose instruments and embedded systems show all &quot;available networks&quot; via a list of broadcasted SSID, however they are now more and more few and far between.  I think the only other thing to consider is what was mentioned above, about checking for interference and maybe doing a scan of all wireless networks in the area for possible overlapping.  With hidden SSIDs you may never have a networked company XBOX360, that's for sure ;)" />
  <row Id="30726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17131" RevisionGUID="ce3cce54-3c62-4517-96a3-ef4fd5f11dc2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:04:21.173" UserId="2413" Text="amd64 debian. i feel at home with it [ yes i do know it's not expected answer, still let it count for statistics ]. in fact i never considered moving it under windows or even testing performance there, on the other hand java part is not a bottleneck for me." />
  <row Id="30727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17132" RevisionGUID="e6327752-d538-48cd-a189-f56895df7943" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:05:41.280" UserId="7280" Text="DNS makes sense in some cases:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Widely distributed data&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    For example DNS blacklists are effective because the caching infrastructure&#xD;&#xA;already exists near the users (i.e. their ISP), or for large users they can&#xD;&#xA;easily run custom software like (rbldnsd). However the point is it makes use of&#xD;&#xA;an existing widely deployed protocol.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Small responses (around 500 bytes max)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Most interesting things people distribute via DNS are small and often even just&#xD;&#xA;the existence or not of the record is enough (e.g. a DNSBL signals an IP&#xD;&#xA;address is bad, or something that signals the checksum of this file is &quot;bad&quot;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   I wrote this: https://dgl.cx/wikipedia-dns, and it pretty much pushes the limit&#xD;&#xA;of response sizes you can safely do in DNS. Not everyone implements or supports&#xD;&#xA;EDNS0 and as someone else said once you've fallen back to TCP the benefit of&#xD;&#xA;being stateless disappears.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As others said it sounds to me like you'd be better off with something&#xD;&#xA;like memcached. Trying to constrain yourself to DNS seems silly when it's for&#xD;&#xA;internal use. If you have control over the client you can easily do a better job at failover and load balancing than DNS itself can do.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30728" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17133" RevisionGUID="66e60f04-8cb3-45d2-80e1-c9cfb7201c20" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:06:49.437" UserId="5629" Text="As of RHEL/Centos 5.3, you can install the OpenJDK 6 release that has been validated against Sun's TCK for Java 6.  For ease of maintenance, cost, and performance (it's largely built of the exact same sources as Sun's own JVM) it's very hard to beat." />
  <row Id="30729" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17134" RevisionGUID="57df7ce1-3c80-4a77-a9c2-492dae86f84e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:09:13.817" UserId="6563" Text="hmm.. I'm not sure how it would be done on a Mac but for Windows, it would be changing your Office installation to remove (make not available) the &quot;proofing tools&quot; feature within the &quot;Office Shared Features&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, for Windows, the files used for proofing are within the &lt;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\PROOF&gt; folder:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - MSGR3EN&#xD;&#xA; - MSSPELL3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that points you to the right direction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17135" RevisionGUID="33a33110-29c7-4a68-b57b-648b9024ebc4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:10:40.787" UserId="4874" Text="I don't see why you'd use a different OS or hardware configuration specifically for Java applications. Personally, I'd use whatever I'm familiar with and whatever works best for me. Yeah, there might be *slight* differences in performance and/or memory usage depending on the system, but that doesn't mean you should use that specific configuration for your Java applications. Just use whatever you prefer, or whatever you use on your other servers. Java is likely not going to be your bottleneck anyway, so I don't think it matters all that much." />
  <row Id="30731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17136" RevisionGUID="036550a8-6543-43ee-a9d9-bad94b3cca92" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:11:14.247" UserId="3146" Text="This is a hardware issue (or a software issue with some hardware vendors).  I've suffered this problem on my wireless networks.  I too run one of my wireless networks with a &quot;hidden SSID&quot; and have had some issues with it.  I know for a fact that our older G4/G5 based Mac OS X machines will not stay connected to a hidden SSID network.  I've also experienced the problem with some older Linksys wireless cards on various versions of Windows.  Other cards and PC's have no problem with it.  I've got several machines that have worked flawlessly on it without a hiccup.  Most of these are newer machines from Dell or have newer wireless cards including newer Linksys cards (which leads me to believe it's probably a wireless chipset issue but I don't have enough to prove it)." />
  <row Id="30732" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17137" RevisionGUID="d8fbafcd-59fb-45fc-9a51-5c092d7184c5" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:11:14.903" UserId="3698" Text="OpenSolaris and its project [crossbow][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.opensolaris.com/learn/features/networking/networkcrossbow/" />
  <row Id="30736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17138" RevisionGUID="515355b3-3a26-41de-9c12-54bee7c42e69" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:12:08.067" UserId="7283" Text="Migrating a server.. What a pain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Luckily, you have everything in the same data centre.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It really, however, depends on what apps etc you've got, and making sure that you've configured all of them on the new box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally, within my workplace, we don't use IP addresses in configurations, we use DNS names. But these DNS names are only ever referred to in /etc/hosts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This means that if we need to change an IP address for something, we just change the hosts file, and everything points at the new location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again though, it really depends on how you want to do the switchover - gradual or not. You at least need to make sure that the data sources etc etc are exactly the same on both machines, so, create a replicated slave for a database, etc etc. Basically, when you pull the plug on one machine, the other machine should be able to take over instantly, and in the same state. This is a good reason to keep servers seperate. So don't have one server running all your mail, your databases, your webapps etc. Make sure that you don't have a single point of failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's how we did a recent server move (from one datacentre to another)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Setup new server, make sure it has&#xD;&#xA;    exactly the same code&#xD;&#xA; 2. Setup Master&lt;-&gt;Master replicated&#xD;&#xA;    slave in new datacentre&#xD;&#xA; 3. Point everything at old datacentre&#xD;&#xA;    while testing (SSH tunnels are your&#xD;&#xA;    friend!)&#xD;&#xA; 4. &quot;Flip the switch&quot; - run a script&#xD;&#xA;    that changes everything on the all&#xD;&#xA;    the servers (old and new) to point&#xD;&#xA;    at the new servers (make sure that&#xD;&#xA;    you do this all at the same time, or&#xD;&#xA;    you could get replication issues!)&#xD;&#xA; 5. Migrate DNS records - point the DNS&#xD;&#xA;    at the new server&#xD;&#xA; 6. Monitor - watch the old servers&#xD;&#xA;    until traffic tails off.&#xD;&#xA; 7. Decomission old servers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While this isn't exactly a full &quot;blow by blow&quot; of everything we did. It gives a good overview." />
  <row Id="30737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17139" RevisionGUID="9bf65dfc-9ee3-411f-9dd9-8831f9fbda47" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:12:22.450" UserId="2040" Text="It may not have to do with the SSIDs at all.  You may want to take a look at the wireless controller itself.  At one place I worked we ran two wireless networks from the same controller, one for guests and a secured one for users.  What we found was that there would be random losses of connections or, at times, one of the networks would disappear.  Eventually, we gave each network its own dedicated controller and the issues were resolved.  Granted, this may not be the optimal solution, but it may be something you would want to look into." />
  <row Id="30738" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17124" RevisionGUID="b180f192-7dc8-4835-a372-340be18b72c3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:13:59.110" UserId="4947" Comment="Make 'especially why' stand out." Text="Even though the JVM is cross-platform, there are be differences in &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- behaviour;&#xD;&#xA;- performance;&#xD;&#xA;- stability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of them are quite clear, as in the heap size limitation on 32bit. Some of them are not, such as the increased tuning hooks on Solaris.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to know which platforms ( OS, CPU architecture ) you're running your java apps on, **and especially why**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I for one go for x86_64 and CentOS, since it's something I can manage, and it's free." />
  <row Id="30739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17140" RevisionGUID="c14beda5-3cfd-444e-a13b-b14e15054650" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:15:42.133" UserId="7283" Text="Slightly confusing question, but it asks a good question&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the most common pitfalls that people seem to fall into?" />
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  <row Id="30741" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17140" RevisionGUID="c14beda5-3cfd-444e-a13b-b14e15054650" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:15:42.133" UserId="7283" Text="&lt;offtopic&gt;" />
  <row Id="30742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17141" RevisionGUID="c0e5397c-6178-4c5c-9970-deda3dcb5ace" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:16:08.357" UserId="1403" Text="Favorite platform is Sparc Solaris, but x64 Solaris is almost as good.  :-)  Stability, speed, just no problems at all." />
  <row Id="30743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17142" RevisionGUID="847bafc3-7437-4e5b-a2ec-10752f32a61f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:17:18.260" UserDisplayName="anon" Text="I installed Solaris 10 05/09 on a machine and I used whatever the default swap space setting when I built the box.  Now I need to increase the swap space and I can't add a swap file, like was possible under UFS.  How can I increase the amount of swap on my ZFS drive?" />
  <row Id="30744" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17142" RevisionGUID="847bafc3-7437-4e5b-a2ec-10752f32a61f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:17:18.260" UserDisplayName="anon" Text="How to add swap  to ZFS disk?" />
  <row Id="30745" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17142" RevisionGUID="847bafc3-7437-4e5b-a2ec-10752f32a61f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:17:18.260" UserDisplayName="anon" Text="&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;opensolaris&gt;" />
  <row Id="30746" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17143" RevisionGUID="e63ec6fd-572a-4fc1-a38b-a2d8fab1467c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:17:56.433" UserId="4370" Text="I don't think you have much of a choice here on tape v. disk. Tape won't likely cut it in a regular backup window unless you stripe it, and I'm not sure the reliability is there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So you are down to disk backups. Are you versioning? Meaning do you worry about going back to backup 2 (current db minus 2 backups)? Or backup 3? In that case, you might have issues, but likely what you have to handle is log backups, not so much data backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can split off some of the data as read-only/non changing, then perhaps you have manageable backup sizes/windows. Or at least you are hoping that backup technology and bandwidth is catching up with data growth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think you're backing up as much as you are keeping a 2nd copy around in order to recover from issues with your primary. That means hardware, corruption, etc., and you are praying daily that errors aren't being shipped to the second copy. The copies most likely are being made SAN-SAN, with some snap-shot'ing technology. although the original copy might be via Fed-Ex rather than across the wire. Bandwidth to move 100TB is not easy to come by for anyone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think you need a combination of 1, 2, and 3 (not 4), with excellent log backup management.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actually I think that at any point in time you are really looking at 3 copies of your data. Running CHECKDB on 1 of the copies while the 2nd copy is being used to actually receive changes. Then you snapshot that 2nd copy to the first and continue. With this much data, I'd imagine that you would need some diligence here. Paul, how does checkdb work on a multi-user, 100TB db that is online?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As mentioned, aren't log backups, and probably a log reader, critical? Don't you need to recover drop tables/user error from the logs rather than a backup? You can potentially shortcut this by sending SAN copies through some delay, but I haven't seen that technology. A Log Shipping SAN that can delay changes by 4 hours (or some interval) to allow you to recover from issues before overwriting data. Or some log-reader-of-SAN-block-changes tool? Without that, you need to manage those transaction logs, which might be a whole other level of tracking those backups on various file systems for some xxx hours to allow you to potentially recover from non-fatal errors.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17144" RevisionGUID="5ed1fab7-89c6-47ae-b48a-d1898eff0f51" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:20:02.170" UserId="4562" Text="People being sys admins?  One of my biggest issue is over-training.  I seem to spend more time reading journals and feeds than I do actually working.  It's a tough habit to break." />
  <row Id="30748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17145" RevisionGUID="67a8a9ec-51e5-4550-b4bc-d5ca0c03627e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:20:06.710" UserId="2413" Text="just a few&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - not listening to others [ this starts with requirements gathering.. ] &#xD;&#xA; - not reading the f... manuals&#xD;&#xA; - assuming everything will go well [ who needs backups anyway ? ]&#xD;&#xA; - assuming that if things work now they will in the future [ who needs monitoring ? ]&#xD;&#xA; - relying blindly on 3rd parties... we have 99.999 internet access sla. [ things will work fine. or not.. in worst case you'll pay 10% less of your monthly bill in exchange for 10h downtime, convince your 'the business' to be satisfied with this ]&#xD;&#xA; - this leads us to not explaining clearly to non-techies what are consequences, costs, risks and opportunities. and double checking they actually understood.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17146" RevisionGUID="145bc572-1052-4dfc-9035-a6cd7273f066" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:20:26.647" UserId="1054" Text="Rushing to conclusions...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Stop and think.  Make sure brain is in gear before engaging mouth.  Quit leading me on wild goose chases when troubleshooting problems and wasting my time reporting things that are really by-design behavior." />
  <row Id="30750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17147" RevisionGUID="fe3d3430-41a5-451b-a037-fdf292f5ae03" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:20:29.470" UserId="6181" Text="Making assumptions on 'what seems sensible'. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;E.g. A computer isn't turning on, so you think the power supply is shot because that's the sensible thing. Instead the user is calling on their mobile in the middle of a power cut." />
  <row Id="30751" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17147" RevisionGUID="fe3d3430-41a5-451b-a037-fdf292f5ae03" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:20:29.470" UserId="6181" />
  <row Id="30752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17148" RevisionGUID="40f37eb4-3ebe-4e96-9020-276cfdff05f2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:20:32.170" UserId="4392" Text="- Underestimating Murphy &#xD;&#xA;- Not using checklists&#xD;&#xA;- Taking shortcuts&#xD;&#xA;- Assuming that almost complete is &quot;good enough&quot;&#xD;&#xA;- &quot;Who would want to steal /our/ data?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;- Implementation without proper testing&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30753" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17148" RevisionGUID="40f37eb4-3ebe-4e96-9020-276cfdff05f2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:20:49.953" UserId="4392" />
  <row Id="30754" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17149" RevisionGUID="e0650e1b-29c6-421b-b4fc-0b2bb6b2290d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:21:44.040" UserId="7200" Text="Since you didn't elaborate on what happens when the system &quot;fails to boot&quot;, I'm going to take a stab in the dark.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It sounds like your secondary disk might not have an MBR with the necessary code to start NTLDR. A typical symptom in this kind of situation is a blinking cursor with no further progress after POST. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is what's happening, boot to the recovery console with the secondary disk attached to the primary controller and run a &quot;FIXMBR&quot;. That should get you booting normally.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17150" RevisionGUID="d245e13a-6584-43f4-a1f7-0106a7a80a1c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:22:24.303" UserId="3420" Text="Possibly they aren't really testing the drive thoroughly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Give them your documentation of the problem. If that doesn't satisfy your agreement, you have a fundamental problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Based on your description, your problem could be an interaction between the controller and the drive. For example, your controller could be bad at handling a marginal drive. Or you could have a bad controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally your agreement with the vendor would specify whether it is expected/guaranteed to work with your controller - or it would involve them taking responsibility for the controller (and driver) as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have seen a lot of SATA drives that misbehave in the manner you describe - sometimes as part of the normal course of business, sometimes while in the process of failing. Sometimes it is admitted to be a firmware bug. 500GB drives were especially bad in my experience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will help your case significantly by repeating the problem with a different controller, since odds are there is no promise for the drive to work with any particular controller, or you would not be having this problem." />
  <row Id="30756" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17151" RevisionGUID="b7f615b0-22dd-40c1-a0da-ee2abcebfb24" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:23:02.507" UserId="4947" Text="When running on Linux I know how to connect Tomcat to Apache. But how is it done when running Windows and IIS?" />
  <row Id="30757" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17151" RevisionGUID="b7f615b0-22dd-40c1-a0da-ee2abcebfb24" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:23:02.507" UserId="4947" Text="Connecting Tomcat and IIS" />
  <row Id="30758" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17151" RevisionGUID="b7f615b0-22dd-40c1-a0da-ee2abcebfb24" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:23:02.507" UserId="4947" Text="&lt;tomcat&gt;&lt;iis&gt;" />
  <row Id="30759" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17152" RevisionGUID="5d5261ae-ac1a-4d90-992b-5abbd6219cab" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:23:52.367" UserId="4370" Text="You can potentially do some of this by using VMs instead of instances. Put a separate instance in each VM as the hypervisors tend to have better tools for managing resources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Resource Governor is a good start, but it's a gross limitation so far. It's a good start, as Brent mentioned, but it doesn't cover I/O. Given the read-ahead algorithms, I'm not quite sure how you would make this easy for someone to manage.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30760" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17153" RevisionGUID="c90505bb-235c-4adb-b881-8cbfbb9420bc" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:23:59.027" UserId="7286" Text="My Windows admins do not use powershell yet. They have all heard of it but haven't taken the time to get familiar with it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I decided to take a look at it myself. Coming from a Unix shell background I thought that Windows must finally have a real shell programming environment. I think that Microsoft did some things well with Powershell and somethings not so well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the good side is their use of objects as the intermediary between cmdlets in the powershell. This brings a level of power to powershell that text based scripting has to hack around to get to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the negative side they really don't leverage much of the Unix shell commands. So the learning curve is unnecessarily steep and doesn't help people move easily from Unix to Powershell or vice versa. The most they do is define alias's for some of the powershell cmdlets such as ls aliasing Get-ChildItem with all the command line switches being different.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just my two cents...&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="30762" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17140" RevisionGUID="04ce1fa1-19dd-4157-8669-295325814834" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:24:02.070" UserId="7283" />
  <row Id="30763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17154" RevisionGUID="bdb5d0e8-2f2a-4d30-871f-a67cba2fd459" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:26:37.103" UserId="4947" Text="One good wiki solution we're using is [XWiki][1]. I recommend it for the following reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- speed, both perceived ( client ) and actual ( server );&#xD;&#xA;- scriptability - you can customise your pages using Velocity, Groovy, Python and ( not sure ) Ruby;&#xD;&#xA;- good WYSYWIG editor;&#xD;&#xA;- active development;&#xD;&#xA;- good turnaround time on reported defects.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.xwiki.org/" />
  <row Id="30764" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16525" RevisionGUID="73e92347-4e8f-4db1-85d1-14c416f8f13d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:26:46.480" UserId="1181" Comment="Fixed a grammatical error." Text="Based on the information you have already gathered, I am inclined to agree with you. If the box is close enough to the wall that it prevented air from being directed out of the back, you would be getting temperature related issues/alarms." />
  <row Id="30765" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17155" RevisionGUID="9b5c737e-30ba-4832-babd-dd475517b842" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:27:06.697" UserId="4292" Text="i've done this in the past using the apache mod-jk project. It is a .dll used by IIS that when configured properly, allows IIS to communicate with tomcat and serve jsps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17156" RevisionGUID="c6d66cf0-4d06-43a7-9f32-4fcb77358340" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:27:17.710" UserId="4479" Text="Document first, then execute" />
  <row Id="30767" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17156" RevisionGUID="c6d66cf0-4d06-43a7-9f32-4fcb77358340" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:27:17.710" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30768" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17157" RevisionGUID="e1269263-2bd3-4a2b-bf88-0601a950ed2f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:27:22.297" UserId="7083" Text="I would question what security benefit is gained from hiding the SSID beacons, in lieu of the headache posed by badly implemented clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All data from authenticated clients is still passed over the air with the SSID stamped in plaintext. These identifiers are likely to be seen by a third-party taking more than a glancing look at secured networks in the area." />
  <row Id="30769" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17158" RevisionGUID="87ad252a-57d8-4fd5-b03d-2f53e48c1d6b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:27:34.840" UserId="1054" Text="Have a look at [this][1] from the Tomcat how-to pages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/webserver_howto/iis.html" />
  <row Id="30770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17159" RevisionGUID="1b3535c3-a7a3-4e20-b90d-8b6a55763209" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:28:19.703" UserId="1840" Text="This question is pretty close to the post: [**&quot;Common mistakes made by System Administrators and how we can avoid them&quot;**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to add that one thing to do wrong is to NOT document your work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6844/common-mistakes-made-by-system-administrators-and-how-can-we-avoid-them" />
  <row Id="30771" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17159" RevisionGUID="1b3535c3-a7a3-4e20-b90d-8b6a55763209" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:28:19.703" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30772" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="16639" RevisionGUID="d5dfea95-03e8-4a39-a264-cf53b7c0a80b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:28:58.470" UserId="1619" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;performance-monitoring&gt;&lt;network-monitoring&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="30773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17160" RevisionGUID="08aa88ae-6bba-424b-a39b-af16bfef8028" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:29:32.557" UserId="7200" Text="Many of the &quot;fiasco&quot; scenarios that I've been called in to resolve come down to admins not applying consistent and scientific troubleshooting technique.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you're troubleshooting a problem in a &quot;black box&quot; (read: closed source software/hardware, 3rd party system, etc), you should change one thing at a time (and document your changes) and exercise a consistent test case with each change. If your hypothesis doesn't bear out, return things back to their original state and start again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lather, rinse, repeat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I see, more often than not, are frazzled admins running around making random changes without documenting what has changed, and without testing whether or not their change made a difference. Before long, the initial conditions are lost. When the issue is finally resolved, no root cause analysis can ever be done because no one is sure what fixed the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We make a bad name for our trade when we act that way." />
  <row Id="30774" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17160" RevisionGUID="08aa88ae-6bba-424b-a39b-af16bfef8028" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:29:32.557" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17161" RevisionGUID="e9157765-7d8b-42e3-8f6c-4519b990f29f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:29:50.577" UserId="7285" Text="overconfidence" />
  <row Id="30776" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17161" RevisionGUID="e9157765-7d8b-42e3-8f6c-4519b990f29f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:29:50.577" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30777" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17162" RevisionGUID="e246a90a-19ab-4f33-924b-61126b87f114" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:30:21.293" UserDisplayName="robert" Text="First and foremost, thanks for answering so quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Honestly, I don't know what happened. The server and its AD was set up when I came here, and the .ost files are in a folder called 'Local Settings'. They sound pretty local, and how they ended up in the roaming profile is beyond me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the permission problems someone mentioned?" />
  <row Id="30778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17163" RevisionGUID="4db56d81-4f25-4709-b332-2654bb3b767f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:30:58.357" UserId="846" Text="It sounds like you might best be served with a relatively simple solution ... because you can tolerate a bit of downtime.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1- build temp server  &#xD;&#xA;2- bring down services on primary server  &#xD;&#xA;3- move/copy key data from primary server to temp server  &#xD;&#xA;4- change primary server to another IP address  &#xD;&#xA;5- change temp server to primary IP address, bring up  &#xD;&#xA;6- fix primary server (on different IP)  &#xD;&#xA;7- bring down services on temp server  &#xD;&#xA;8- move/copy key data from temp server to primary server  &#xD;&#xA;9- turn off temp server  &#xD;&#xA;10- change primary server back to primary IP address, bring up  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only downtime is when the data is moved between servers, and will vary depending on how the data is moved." />
  <row Id="30779" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17164" RevisionGUID="65f4e1c9-c4ea-42a8-90fe-e163126f240a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:31:15.347" UserId="2040" Text="Trusting your end users to tell the truth.  Sometimes they may think that if they tell you what really happened that they would suffer some sort of repercussions, or perhaps they don't know which information is relevant.  But, at the end of the day, it's best to be skeptical and to ask as many questions as possible." />
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  <row Id="30781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17165" RevisionGUID="2528143f-b459-48e9-8c1d-e2a679555b31" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:31:19.217" UserId="7283" Text="**Motivating Staff**&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Get a contractor in to do their job,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; which you haven’t given them enough&#xD;&#xA;&gt; time to do, and asked them to do&#xD;&#xA;&gt; during a time when they’re swamped&#xD;&#xA;&gt; with other work. And then complain&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that you’re running over budget.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**RAID**&#xD;&#xA;&gt; When trying to rebuild a mirrored RAID&#xD;&#xA;&gt; array, select the new disk as the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; place to mirror from….&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Working with Crucial Services**&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - Make sure that the only environment a crucial service can run on (the one&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that takes payments) is an old PC that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; used to belong to an Ex Developer.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - Make sure that this box has faulty RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - Regularly play with the innards of this box.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - When people ask what happens if the box goes down, tell them it’s a low&#xD;&#xA;&gt; priority.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - When the box actually does go down, tell people that it’s ok, there are no&#xD;&#xA;&gt; issues, and that you’ll have it fixed&#xD;&#xA;&gt; in 5 minutes…&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Staff Motivation #2**&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Break your development team’s dev&#xD;&#xA;&gt; environments, and delete half of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; work they’ve done that week. A week&#xD;&#xA;&gt; later, ask why they didn’t do unpaid&#xD;&#xA;&gt; overtime to keep up to speed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Be the person to break things, then go on holiday**&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This morning, the first day our DBA is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; away on holiday for a week, we find&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that he’s changed the servers to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; master-master replication. We’re&#xD;&#xA;&gt; learning fast about howto fix&#xD;&#xA;&gt; replication issues, but even we know&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that ignoring replication issues by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; default is a bad idea&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All things that have happened to myself in the last... 4 months. Courtesy of http://www.stopyouredoingitwrong.com (my website, and the reason for this question!)" />
  <row Id="30782" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17165" RevisionGUID="2528143f-b459-48e9-8c1d-e2a679555b31" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:31:19.217" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17166" RevisionGUID="732a36af-9c56-43b0-9346-d96a47ffb116" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:31:57.200" UserId="6957" Text="If your swap device is in use, then you might not be able to delete it. Check to see if the swap area is in use. For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ swap -l&#xD;&#xA;    swapfile                 dev    swaplo   blocks     free&#xD;&#xA;    /dev/zvol/dsk/rpool/swap 182,2         8  4194296  4194296&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the above output, blocks == free, so the swap device is not actually being used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the swap area is not is use, remove the swap area. For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; $ swap -d /dev/zvol/dsk/rpool/swap&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Confirm that the swap area is removed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ swap -l&#xD;&#xA;    No swap devices configured&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Resize the swap volume. For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ zfs set volsize=1G rpool/swap&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Activate the swap area.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ swap -a /dev/zvol/dsk/rpool/swap&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    $ swap -l&#xD;&#xA;    swapfile                 dev    swaplo   blocks     free&#xD;&#xA;    /dev/zvol/dsk/rpool/swap 182,2         8  2097144  2097144&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More info at: [ZFS Troubleshooting Guide][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Troubleshooting_Guide" />
  <row Id="30784" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17167" RevisionGUID="de86720f-8e10-45ad-a5a8-dd53276cb978" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:32:36.200" UserId="5080" Text="Go to the dists directory inside the debian folder and create a symlink to lenny as stable&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ln -s lenny stable&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The installer looks for stable or testing and not for lenny.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found this looking at the apache logs when I first encountered this problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30785" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17168" RevisionGUID="f00b8eed-42d0-49ba-90a0-ebe26466fa4c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:32:45.547" UserId="5021" Text="I suggest a propagating DNS cache that simply saves the resolved addresses to your hard disk.&#xD;&#xA;On linux there is pDNSd and DNSmasq.&#xD;&#xA;Both are very easy to install and recommended to avoid resolving addresses on your servers." />
  <row Id="30786" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17169" RevisionGUID="fb90ed2e-256b-4b97-a72e-dc034f7d0d11" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:32:49.103" UserId="2629" Text="Here is a specific example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    scp -r /Applications/Opera.app sysadmin@CES-iBookGr4-88.local:/Applications&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This recursively copies the folder for, in this example, the Opera web browser, from my computer to a computer (named CES-iBookGR4-88) that I have an ssh account on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More generically:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    scp -r /Applications/{App.app} {user}@{RemoteDestination}:/Applications&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where App.app represents the application and the remote destination is the IP name or address of a computer that you have a user account on with ssh access.  (Turn on Remote Login in the Sharing Preferences).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To go the other way, do this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    scp -r {user}@{RemoteSource}:/Applications/{App.app} /Applications&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In both cases, you will likely be asked to verify the other computer (just type in yes when asked to id it) and will be asked for the user's password." />
  <row Id="30787" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17170" RevisionGUID="bbca4498-2dac-4d1d-8256-5601863a3512" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:32:51.613" UserId="7255" Text="*A little background*:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a server on my LAN that is statically NAT'd to its public IP in my Cisco 871. The rest of the same local subnet is statically NAT'd to a different Public IP, in order to separate traffic. The authoritative public nameserver for my domain has all relevant and correct records for the server. Also, the information fully propagated to the rest of the world weeks ago.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*The issue*:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When performing nslookup of my domain from any machine on the same physical LAN as the server, regardless of subnet (I have two subnets), I get back the local IP of the server instead of its public IP. nslookup returns correct (public) IP when performed from outside of this network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*What I know so far*:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know the problem instamagically goes away once I remove the static NAT for the server (see bold line in config below).&#xD;&#xA;I am not using CBAC for DNS traffic or anything of that nature.&#xD;&#xA;My colleagues and I are seriously baffled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are the relevant snippets (addresses deliberately altered) from my config:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;- ip nat pool office 65.x.x.162 65.x.x.162 netmask 255.255.255.240&#xD;&#xA;- ip nat pool guests 65.x.x.164 65.x.x.164 netmask 255.255.255.240&#xD;&#xA;- ip nat inside source list 1 pool office overload&#xD;&#xA;- ip nat inside source list 2 pool guests overload&#xD;&#xA;- ip nat inside source static tcp 192.168.1.1 22 interface FastEthernet4 41234&#xD;&#xA;- ip nat inside source static tcp 192.168.1.69 22 interface FastEthernet4 44321&#xD;&#xA;- ip nat inside source static tcp 192.168.1.12 3389 interface FastEthernet4 51234&#xD;&#xA;- **ip nat inside source static 192.168.1.9 65.51.x.163**&#xD;&#xA;- !&#xD;&#xA;- access-list 1 permit 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.255&#xD;&#xA;- access-list 1 deny   any&#xD;&#xA;- access-list 2 permit 192.168.100.0 0.0.0.255&#xD;&#xA;- access-list 2 deny   any&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can someone please help me understand why this is occurring?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30788" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17170" RevisionGUID="bbca4498-2dac-4d1d-8256-5601863a3512" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:32:51.613" UserId="7255" Text="Cisco - NAT causes nslookup to return local IP" />
  <row Id="30789" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17170" RevisionGUID="bbca4498-2dac-4d1d-8256-5601863a3512" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:32:51.613" UserId="7255" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;nat&gt;&lt;routing&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;name-resolution&gt;" />
  <row Id="30790" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17171" RevisionGUID="dd79e25d-c5d8-406f-a711-c445bd5b7e6c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:35:06.447" UserId="3696" Text="I recommend to use fastCGI. Last update of wsgi was in 2008 or earlier)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sample Django.conf for fcgi:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Django project&#xD;&#xA;    server {&#xD;&#xA;        listen  80;&#xD;&#xA;    	server_name www.server.com;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	location / {&#xD;&#xA;    	    fastcgi_pass unix:/home/projectname/server.sock;&#xD;&#xA;    #	    fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:8000;&#xD;&#xA;    	    include	conf/fastcgi.conf;	    &#xD;&#xA;    	    access_log  /logs/nginx_django.log  main;&#xD;&#xA;    	}&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	location ^~ /admin/ {&#xD;&#xA;    	    fastcgi_pass unix:/home/projectname/server.sock;&#xD;&#xA;    	    include  conf/fastcgi.conf;	    &#xD;&#xA;                allow 222.222.0.0/16;&#xD;&#xA;                allow 111.111.111.111;&#xD;&#xA;                deny all;&#xD;&#xA;    	    access_log   off;&#xD;&#xA;                auth_basic &quot;Gimme the key!&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;                auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx_passwd;&#xD;&#xA;    	}&#xD;&#xA;    				&#xD;&#xA;    	location ~* ^.+\.(mpg|avi|mp3|swf|zip|tgz|gz|rar|bz2|doc|xls|exe|ppt|txt|tar|mid|midi|wav|rtf|mpeg)$ {&#xD;&#xA;    	    root   /home/projectname/media;&#xD;&#xA;                limit_rate 2000K;&#xD;&#xA;    	    access_log  /logs/nginx_django_media.log  download;&#xD;&#xA;    	    access_log   off;&#xD;&#xA;    	}&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	location ~* ^.+\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|ico|css|bmp|js)$ {&#xD;&#xA;    	    root   /home/projectname/static;&#xD;&#xA;    	    access_log   off;&#xD;&#xA;    	    expires      30d;&#xD;&#xA;    	}&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    server {&#xD;&#xA;            listen  80;&#xD;&#xA;            server_name server.com;&#xD;&#xA;            rewrite  ^(.*)$  http://www.server.com$1;&#xD;&#xA;    	access_log  /logs/nginx_django.log  main;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;Fastcgi.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        fastcgi_pass_header Authorization;&#xD;&#xA;        fastcgi_intercept_errors off;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;        fastcgi_param PATH_INFO 		$fastcgi_script_name;&#xD;&#xA;        fastcgi_param REQUEST_METHOD  	$request_method;&#xD;&#xA;        fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING    	$query_string;&#xD;&#xA;        fastcgi_param CONTENT_TYPE    	$content_type;&#xD;&#xA;        fastcgi_param CONTENT_LENGTH  	$content_length;&#xD;&#xA;        fastcgi_param SERVER_PORT     	$server_port;&#xD;&#xA;        fastcgi_param SERVER_PROTOCOL 	$server_protocol;&#xD;&#xA;        fastcgi_param SERVER_NAME     	$server_name;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;        fastcgi_param REQUEST_URI     	$request_uri;&#xD;&#xA;        fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_URI  	$document_uri;&#xD;&#xA;        fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT      	$document_root;&#xD;&#xA;        fastcgi_param SERVER_ADDR        	$server_addr;&#xD;&#xA;        fastcgi_param REMOTE_USER     	$remote_user;&#xD;&#xA;        fastcgi_param REMOTE_ADDR     	$remote_addr;&#xD;&#xA;        fastcgi_param REMOTE_PORT     	$remote_port;	    &#xD;&#xA;        fastcgi_param SERVER_SOFTWARE 	&quot;nginx&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;        fastcgi_param GATEWAY_INTERFACE     &quot;CGI/1.1&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;        fastcgi_param UID_SET 		$uid_set;&#xD;&#xA;        fastcgi_param UID_GOT 		$uid_got;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    #    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME		$fastcgi_script_name;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;At last:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;su www -c &quot;./manage.py runfcgi method=**{threaded | prefork} {socket=/home/projectname/server.sock | host=127.0.0.1 port=8000}** pidfile=/home/projectname/server.pid&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Good luck!**" />
  <row Id="30791" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17172" RevisionGUID="732b52a2-ee29-4454-94ec-6f2980acc3b4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:36:31.047" UserId="7285" Text="May I speak with your previous sysadmin?" />
  <row Id="30792" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17172" RevisionGUID="732b52a2-ee29-4454-94ec-6f2980acc3b4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:36:31.047" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17173" RevisionGUID="c95d2669-8218-459c-8790-3f1269bc1468" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:36:35.663" UserId="7292" Text="I've got a Vista64 machine behind a NAT router connected to the IPv4 Internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Teredo is enabled on my machine and I've got a IPv6 address with 2001 prefix. I can `ping` several servers in the IPv6 Internet (like `force.ipv6only.se` or `ipv6.google.com`), and `tracert` reveals that my IPv6 traffic is routed through a teredo relay. However, I cannot connect to or ping my machine from a machine in the IPv6 Internet. A `tracert` in this direction stops at the teredo relay.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What steps are necessary to connect to a Teredo-enabled server behind NAT?**" />
  <row Id="30794" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17173" RevisionGUID="c95d2669-8218-459c-8790-3f1269bc1468" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:36:35.663" UserId="7292" Text="Connect to server behind NAT with Teredo" />
  <row Id="30795" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17173" RevisionGUID="c95d2669-8218-459c-8790-3f1269bc1468" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:36:35.663" UserId="7292" Text="&lt;nat&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;teredo&gt;" />
  <row Id="30796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17174" RevisionGUID="27887c0b-6a9d-4129-b4f6-22815ca4ea55" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:37:47.487" UserId="1435" Text="Speak to your storage vendor, they'll have a deduplication product that they've used before, combined with regular compression you can often reduce your data footprint by 70%. Of course anyone with the money to spend on a petabyte of storage is also likely to have the budget to buy a decent backup solution too - if they haven't then you just need to ask them what losing that petabyte would cost their business." />
  <row Id="30798" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17176" RevisionGUID="bcc19dbf-8ebc-4b9f-8ec3-17bc8cc948ef" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:38:28.437" UserDisplayName="Laura Chappell" Text="Such an interesting question... as we now even have the TuboCap adapter to put inline and capture using Wireshark (made by CACE Technologies). And with Pilot's graphical/reporting capabilities added to Wireshark - why would you fork out the big bucks for a commercial analyzer. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IMHO, it is rare (and perhaps faulty procedure) to throw an analyzer into the middle of an infrastructure to capture boatloads of traffic anyway. If a user is complaining - capture the traffic as close to that user as possible. If that system is flooding the net and Wireshark can't keep up - you can (a) typically tell what the flood is caused by just by examining a short trace of the traffic - think Macof, or (b) run tshark at command-line and save to file sets - then examine them in Wireshark.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Laura Chappell&#xD;&#xA;Founder of Wireshark University (and ex-user of Sniffer, OmniPeek, Fluke and former LANalyzer product manager way back when)&#xD;&#xA;Founder of Chappell University" />
  <row Id="30799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17177" RevisionGUID="d6b08a80-745b-465f-9e99-d3b96f372adb" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:39:56.547" UserId="1435" Text="Plan for the worst, hope for the best - anything else is wrong in my book." />
  <row Id="30800" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17177" RevisionGUID="d6b08a80-745b-465f-9e99-d3b96f372adb" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:39:56.547" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30801" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17178" RevisionGUID="cd704db3-d2fd-4f92-a56d-5e267f434a45" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:40:29.197" UserId="3074" Text="ZFS. Sure, it's still just getting started, but there are a number of areas where ZFS is designed to handle just these sort of thing. First off it's ability to handle a large amount of data, as well as a multitude of different storage devices (local, SAN, fiber, etc.), all while keeping data safe with checksums and &quot;layer violating&quot; awareness of the device health and failures. How though does this help solve backing up this much data? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One method is to use snapshots. Take a snapshot, send that to tape/disk/net for transfer to the remote site. Subsequent snapshots only send data that's been sent, and you can keep live data on both ends if need be.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other is to use Solaris Cluster software where (so long as you have sufficent network bandwidth) you can have a live mirroring between two servers and if the one goes down, the second can take over. It's more for use where high availability (HA) is important, but I would guess that most places with that much data want HA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And you say that ZFS isn't supported on Windows, the usual place you might find sqlserver, maybe you run the Sun/ZFS on the backend and connect via iSCSI. Maybe that's a horrid idea also, but it's at least worth giving some thought so you know what not to do." />
  <row Id="30802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17179" RevisionGUID="0bb3b8ec-fba4-4e5e-96af-79ace3930357" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:40:53.160" UserId="5080" Text="**My two golden rules**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Don't install from source on a binary distribution. It breaks your upgrade path and security patches.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Run the same versions of all packages on development and production.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30803" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17179" RevisionGUID="0bb3b8ec-fba4-4e5e-96af-79ace3930357" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:40:53.160" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30804" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17180" RevisionGUID="781ca1db-0203-4244-b6ee-0b654b7039dc" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:41:25.793" UserId="7287" Text="I run an internal BGP anycast recursive DNS Cluster on two Linux Virtual Server (IPVS) Loadbalancers and it works like a charm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The basic setup is described here:&#xD;&#xA;great: sorry, new users aren't allowed to add hyperlinks... (see for link below and later then)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Problem with using VRRP for the Service IP is that it will wander between your two servers and thus your nameserver will need to bind to it quickly in order to be able to respond to queries in the case of a failover. You could work around this by NATing just as in my IPVS setup but i'd recommend loadbalancing with active service checks so you know when something is wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please note that while there are DNS implementations that make use of multicast (Apple Bonjour/mdns for example) these are usually not well suited for reliant or high volume recursive DNS service and are also commonly limited to use within the same collision domain i.e. LAN." />
  <row Id="30805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17181" RevisionGUID="e2d9cf41-2f30-4e27-a231-5adf3420517a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:41:51.520" UserId="7224" Text="I've actually had this discussion with local law enforcement.  Fortunately we have a high-tech crime squad in San Diego and an ADA who has a pretyt good amount of clue in the high-tech area.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is not in your personal best interests to have open wi-fi.  Beyond the ISP terms of service, you run into the possibility of being dragged into an investigation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the San Diego area, there have been at least two cases in the past year where crimes were committed by people who were war-driving to find open residential wi-fi.  In both cases the perps committed felonies, which led to the homeowners being the initial subjects of the investigations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open wi-fi just isn't worth the possible hassle." />
  <row Id="30806" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17173" RevisionGUID="a45459aa-08f8-4d15-b9df-2bc920c985e1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:42:22.343" UserId="7292" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;nat&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;teredo&gt;&lt;ipv6&gt;" />
  <row Id="30807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17182" RevisionGUID="29980c18-0b07-4354-9a3f-35f15baf384d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:42:27.587" UserId="7297" Text="I have a SQL 2005 virtual machine running Windows 2003 on a 2008 server under hyper-v and I need to start backing up my databases to a shared folder.  I have created similar backup jobs in other environments with no problems.  The difference is that in every other case, the SQL server was part of a domain and in this case there is no domain.  Even when I set the shared folder to give &quot;Full Control&quot; permissions to &quot;everyone&quot;, SQL still refuses to run the backup job:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Operating system error 1326(Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password.).&#xD;&#xA;BACKUP DATABASE is terminating abnormally.&quot;. Possible failure reasons: Problems with the query, &quot;ResultSet&quot; property not set correctly, parameters not set correctly, or connection not established correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do I have to do?  Is there no solution other than to just back up to a local drive and find another way to copy the files over?" />
  <row Id="30808" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17182" RevisionGUID="29980c18-0b07-4354-9a3f-35f15baf384d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:42:27.587" UserId="7297" Text="MS SQL 2005 -- backing up to a shared directory" />
  <row Id="30809" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17182" RevisionGUID="29980c18-0b07-4354-9a3f-35f15baf384d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:42:27.587" UserId="7297" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;windows-domain&gt;&lt;workgroup&gt;" />
  <row Id="30810" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17170" RevisionGUID="e7bd3a99-382b-43b0-95e7-25e7ccf244f2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:43:02.810" UserId="7255" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="*A little background*:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a server on my LAN that is statically NAT'd to its public IP in my Cisco 871. The rest of the same local subnet is statically NAT'd to a different Public IP, in order to separate traffic. The authoritative public nameserver for my domain has all relevant and correct records for the server. Also, the information fully propagated to the rest of the world weeks ago.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*The issue*:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When performing nslookup of my domain from any machine on the same physical LAN as the server, regardless of subnet (I have two subnets), I get back the local IP of the server instead of its public IP. nslookup returns correct (public) IP when performed from outside of this network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*What I know so far*:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know the problem instamagically goes away once I remove the static NAT for the server (see bold line in config below).&#xD;&#xA;I am not using CBAC for DNS traffic or anything of that nature.&#xD;&#xA;My colleagues and I are seriously baffled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are the relevant snippets (addresses deliberately altered) from my config:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;- ip nat pool office 65.x.x.162 65.x.x.162 netmask 255.255.255.240&#xD;&#xA;- ip nat pool guests 65.x.x.164 65.x.x.164 netmask 255.255.255.240&#xD;&#xA;- ip nat inside source list 1 pool office overload&#xD;&#xA;- ip nat inside source list 2 pool guests overload&#xD;&#xA;- ip nat inside source static tcp 192.168.1.1 22 interface FastEthernet4 41234&#xD;&#xA;- ip nat inside source static tcp 192.168.1.69 22 interface FastEthernet4 44321&#xD;&#xA;- ip nat inside source static tcp 192.168.1.12 3389 interface FastEthernet4 51234&#xD;&#xA;- **ip nat inside source static 192.168.1.9 65.x.x.163**&#xD;&#xA;- !&#xD;&#xA;- access-list 1 permit 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.255&#xD;&#xA;- access-list 1 deny   any&#xD;&#xA;- access-list 2 permit 192.168.100.0 0.0.0.255&#xD;&#xA;- access-list 2 deny   any&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can someone please help me understand why this is occurring?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30811" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17183" RevisionGUID="b6c8b931-6161-481f-a5aa-d49117eafec0" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:43:41.203" UserId="5964" Text="The other answers are good ones, but here's the simple rule to remember:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They have to match.  Either set BOTH sides to auto, or hard-code BOTH sides to full/100.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The general trend is for &quot;user-facing&quot; ports, like the wall-jacks in a cubicle or conference room, to be auto, and &quot;infrastructure&quot; ports, like connecting to servers and routers in the data center, to be hard-coded.  As mentioned above - with an unmanaged switch like yours, it's almost certainly set to auto-negotiate all ports, particularly if it's officially labeled &quot;10/100&quot;" />
  <row Id="30812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17184" RevisionGUID="fc147971-1904-407b-9a39-6ae605b076ef" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:43:49.517" UserId="6292" Text="Set your locale date environment variable `LC_TIME` to &quot;en_DK&quot; Set it in your `.bashrc` or similar, or check `man locale` for how to set it system-wide.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On [ArchLinux][1] all of the Locale settings are in `/etc/rc.conf` and customisations are set up in `/etc/rc.local`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    # Local multi-user startup script&#xD;&#xA;    export LC_TIME=&quot;en_DK&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.archlinux.org" />
  <row Id="30813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17185" RevisionGUID="c070fd82-58d7-4cb7-9496-a891576423d4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:43:57.053" UserId="4479" Text="You may want to post a bit of info on your DNS resolution structure.  For example clients -&gt; Server A -&gt; ISP A.  It sounds like you are creating a 'loop' when the NAT for the server is in place where the last internal DNS system that goes for resolution to an outside server is looking to your server's public IP instead of your ISP??&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To clarify just a bit.  When the NAT is not in place your router is providing resolution or forwarding it out to the ISP.  But with the NAT, the traffic is sent back to the server itself." />
  <row Id="30814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17186" RevisionGUID="ce3cefc2-b59c-448f-b98e-aead684564b6" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:44:10.890" UserId="48" Text="Configuring sites for mobile devices is something that is done in the code, rather than IIS, as each type of mobile devices has different capabilities. You can use API's like [WURFL][1] or the [mobile device browser file][2] for asp.net to determine the capabilities of the mobile device accessing the site and produce content to meet these capabilities, including screen size.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wurfl.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://mdbf.codeplex.com/" />
  <row Id="30815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17187" RevisionGUID="7d9bf417-9b94-4ac8-93e6-251254943cce" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:45:02.277" UserId="1054" Text="Make sure you're running the SQL Agent service under the context of an account that has network access privileges.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or is this a folder local to the SQL Server box and shared with others?" />
  <row Id="30816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17188" RevisionGUID="eb20b9fd-f9ee-4633-ac06-3891e3180f7d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:48:34.500" UserId="7304" Text="In IIS under Windows 7, Select the application pool and then &quot;advanced settings.&quot;  Under &quot;process model&quot; find &quot;Load User Profile&quot; and set it to true.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQL should now load under the default app pool account." />
  <row Id="30817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17189" RevisionGUID="daf4f41a-d6e8-402b-8529-5728fc2cf5f6" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:48:36.543" UserId="3074" Text="As was asked in a comment by the OP, what about running the OS and application in a VM? Would that essentially be the same as faking a single faster CPU?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, no. Virtulization is able to work quickly only when it can execute the OS and applications instructions on the CPU natively. In theory, one possibly could rewrite incomming instructions to better utilitize multiple CPU's, but that would likely fail on all but very simple tasks. How do you know that you are not executing the insturctions to send data, but the calculations on that data are not finnised yet?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is one reason applications have to be written and compiled specificly for multithreaded operation." />
  <row Id="30818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17190" RevisionGUID="594eacae-ab28-4208-9aa4-4a334163099e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:50:08.570" UserId="7283" Text="The mirror should be the full path to the base of the mirror. This directory should contain the &quot;dists&quot; folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, it's basically the same thing as you'd put in your sources.list&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; http://fai.foo.com/ftp.es.debian.org/debian&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A quick breakdown of the sources.list URL, which is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; deb http://fai.foo.com/ftp.es.debian.org/debian lenny main contrib non-free&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - deb - this means that this is a binary repository&#xD;&#xA; - http://fai.foo.com/ftp.es.debian.org/debian - the URL of the repository&#xD;&#xA; - lenny - the distribution that you're working with (lenny, etch, stable, unstable, etc)&#xD;&#xA; - main contrib non-free - the components of Debian you wish to use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In fact, I have an old image from when I was trying to explain it to people before&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://people.debian.org/~mez/sources.list.png" />
  <row Id="30819" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17163" RevisionGUID="c911a1c1-342b-4eda-98cc-d7eb923a0552" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:50:20.223" UserId="846" Comment="Added sentence about propagation and note about NAT." Text="It sounds like you might best be served with a relatively simple solution ... because you can tolerate a bit of downtime.  I would avoid fooling with DNS, because you have little control over the propagation/caching delays.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1- build temp server  &#xD;&#xA;2- bring down services on primary server  &#xD;&#xA;3- move/copy key data from primary server to temp server  &#xD;&#xA;4- change primary server to another IP address  &#xD;&#xA;5- change temp server to primary IP address, bring up  &#xD;&#xA;6- fix primary server (on different IP)  &#xD;&#xA;7- bring down services on temp server  &#xD;&#xA;8- move/copy key data from temp server to primary server  &#xD;&#xA;9- turn off temp server  &#xD;&#xA;10- change primary server back to primary IP address, bring up  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only downtime is when the data is moved between servers, and will vary depending on how the data is moved.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Note: if you have a firewall and are doing NAT, changing the NAT between primary and temp is a good alternative to swapping IP addresses and will reduce the downtime.*" />
  <row Id="30820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17191" RevisionGUID="d2e8c5ae-448f-4d43-a48e-9bdf8a506ad1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:51:08.583" UserId="5515" Text="As always with our company, the IT department will get first stab at the new OS. I'm already running Windows 7 (and have been since the beta, through a few of the subsequent builds, and now the RC). Luckily our department workstations are reaching their set EOL, so when we upgrade the physical machines, we'll up grade the OS as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Probably the biggest challenge facing deployment is training. There were a ton of aesthetic changes from XP to Vista, and there are quite a few changes between Vista and Windows 7 (making the adjustment from XP to Windows 7 quite an ordeal).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're planning on using my past 6 month's experience, in conjunction with the various Win7 Features webpages and instructional videos to help ease the transition." />
  <row Id="30821" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17192" RevisionGUID="1e2fa5c7-eade-4694-a9a6-ab0ee3687f24" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:51:47.770" UserId="4432" Text="In addition to using the EDAC codes, you can use the CLI only HP utilities to determine this while the machine is online.  The cli versions are far more lightweight than the web based ones and do not require you to open ports or have a daemon constantly running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;hpasmcli will give you the cartridge and module #'s of the failed modules.  A little quicker than analyzing EDAC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    hpasmcli -s &quot;show dimm&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    DIMM Configuration&#xD;&#xA;    ------------------&#xD;&#xA;    Cartridge #: 0&#xD;&#xA;    Module #: 1&#xD;&#xA;    Present: Yes&#xD;&#xA;    Form Factor: 9h&#xD;&#xA;    Memory Type: 13h&#xD;&#xA;    Size: 1024 MB&#xD;&#xA;    Speed: 667 MHz&#xD;&#xA;    Status: Ok&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Cartridge #: 0&#xD;&#xA;    Module #: 2&#xD;&#xA;    Present: Yes&#xD;&#xA;    Form Factor: 9h&#xD;&#xA;    Memory Type: 13h&#xD;&#xA;    Size: 1024 MB&#xD;&#xA;    Speed: 667 MHz&#xD;&#xA;    Status: Ok&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Cartridge #: 0&#xD;&#xA;    Module #: 3&#xD;&#xA;    Present: Yes&#xD;&#xA;    Form Factor: 9h&#xD;&#xA;    Memory Type: 13h&#xD;&#xA;    Size: 1024 MB&#xD;&#xA;    Speed: 667 MHz&#xD;&#xA;    Status: Ok&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Cartridge #: 0&#xD;&#xA;    Module #: 4&#xD;&#xA;    Present: Yes&#xD;&#xA;    Form Factor: 9h&#xD;&#xA;    Memory Type: 13h&#xD;&#xA;    Size: 1024 MB&#xD;&#xA;    Speed: 667 MHz&#xD;&#xA;    Status: Ok&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Status will change for failed modules." />
  <row Id="30822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17193" RevisionGUID="798bd562-d284-4dd9-8b4f-164abb4399db" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:53:07.360" UserId="5021" Text="I wrote about how to move web server to another on my blog. &#xD;&#xA;Includes a lot, including database issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://mysqlbarbeque.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-to-move-your-web-server-with-no.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30823" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17187" RevisionGUID="0b9126c2-f158-4478-a6a6-4bb5ca8cfb53" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:53:32.057" UserId="1054" Comment="added 6 characters in body" Text="Make sure you're running the SQL Agent service under the context of a domain account that has network access privileges.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or is this a folder local to the SQL Server box and shared with others?" />
  <row Id="30824" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17194" RevisionGUID="c889ec7a-2833-466e-9d0a-f6ff1651ef86" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:54:19.403" UserId="3038" Text="Due to weak centralized configuration controls (it's a political thing) our upgrade method is generally in sync with the hardware replacement cycle. In other words, we upgrade OS when we replace the hardware. The one exception will be the general computing labs which are all imaged. But our hardware there is just old enough that Win7 may not run well. " />
  <row Id="30825" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17138" RevisionGUID="02bc5b17-377c-4792-9430-d8b54340b2c2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:56:00.850" UserId="7283" Comment="added 68 characters in body" Text="Migrating a server.. What a pain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Luckily, you have everything in the same data centre.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It really, however, depends on what apps etc you've got, and making sure that you've configured all of them on the new box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally, within my workplace, we don't use IP addresses in configurations, we use DNS names. But these DNS names are only ever referred to in /etc/hosts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This means that if we need to change an IP address for something, we just change the hosts file, and everything points at the new location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again though, it really depends on how you want to do the switchover - gradual or not. You at least need to make sure that the data sources etc etc are exactly the same on both machines, so, create a replicated slave for a database, etc etc. Basically, when you pull the plug on one machine, the other machine should be able to take over instantly, and in the same state. This is a good reason to keep servers seperate. So don't have one server running all your mail, your databases, your webapps etc. Make sure that you don't have a single point of failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's how we did a recent server move (from one datacentre to another)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Weeks before, change the TTL on the&#xD;&#xA;    DNS for the domain(s)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Setup new server, make sure it has&#xD;&#xA;    exactly the same code&#xD;&#xA; 3. Setup Master&lt;-&gt;Master replicated&#xD;&#xA;    slave in new datacentre&#xD;&#xA; 4. Point everything at old datacentre&#xD;&#xA;    while testing (SSH tunnels are your&#xD;&#xA;    friend!)&#xD;&#xA; 5. &quot;Flip the switch&quot; - run a script&#xD;&#xA;    that changes everything on the all&#xD;&#xA;    the servers (old and new) to point&#xD;&#xA;    at the new servers (make sure that&#xD;&#xA;    you do this all at the same time, or&#xD;&#xA;    you could get replication issues!)&#xD;&#xA; 6. Migrate DNS records - point the DNS&#xD;&#xA;    at the new server&#xD;&#xA; 7. Monitor - watch the old servers&#xD;&#xA;    until traffic tails off.&#xD;&#xA; 8. Decomission old servers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While this isn't exactly a full &quot;blow by blow&quot; of everything we did. It gives a good overview." />
  <row Id="30826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17195" RevisionGUID="66eeda88-bcfb-4511-9086-b4a27a1f4961" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:56:39.303" UserId="4432" Text="Regarding using VM's to solve this problem: The point would be to use as many single-core VM's as there are physical cores in the system.  Then run a single instance of the app on each VM.  This will actually result in each individual instance running slightly slower than if run by itself on the host OS; however, it will allow for much more parallelization of the workload.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is all assuming that your environment and code will allow multiple instances of this app and that you could break the workload into chunks for the instances.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Granted, the *best* way of doing this would be to re-write the app to be multithreaded; however, many times that can be impractical in terms of developer man hours." />
  <row Id="30827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17196" RevisionGUID="8e355657-52f5-4c16-8032-2ddc82552224" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:56:51.863" UserId="7287" Text="What happens when you transfer domains between registrars is up to regulations for the TLD or Registry, it might just be that your new registrar is not in possession of the old DNS records anymore and in that case you might want to seed them with new ones. 48 hours is already a long time to be 'off the internet' so i would not hesitate to contact your new hoster/registrar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;following up on Russell's answer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;dig soa serverfault.com @ns21.domaincontrol.com&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ;; ANSWER SECTION:&#xD;&#xA;    serverfault.com.        86400   IN      SOA     ns21.domaincontrol.com. dns.jomax.net. 2009031400 28800 7200 604800 86400&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;dig soa serverfault.com @ns22.domaincontrol.com&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ;; ANSWER SECTION:&#xD;&#xA;    serverfault.com.        86400   IN      SOA     ns21.domaincontrol.com. dns.jomax.net. 2009031400 28800 7200 604800 86400&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first Number after dns.jomax.net is the Zones Serial Number, quite commonly a date with an added serial for the number of changes that day, it's usually a bad sign if these are out of sync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also check for your new record directly, say we changed www.serverfault.com recently:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;dig a www.serverfault.com @ns22.domaincontrol.com +norec&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ;; ANSWER SECTION:&#xD;&#xA;    www.serverfault.com.    3600    IN      CNAME   serverfault.com.&#xD;&#xA;    serverfault.com.        3600    IN      A       69.59.196.212&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the +norec option disables the &quot;recursion desired&quot; bit in the question which is on by default. Authoritative Nameservers that are also caching might set you off with answers from their cache if you forget to specify +norec, this can be quite misleading at times." />
  <row Id="30828" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17197" RevisionGUID="f93f8f43-91a9-49ac-8497-5322a549399a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:56:58.617" UserId="6491" Text="It seems to be that the answer is to use a filesystem you would use with normal disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linus seems to second this idea.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [Theodore Ts'o 's article regarding this][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In his other blog entry [he writes how to align to ssd's erase block size][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems to me that modern SSD's are smart enougth that you should not care. My choice of filesystem is XFS btw.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://thunk.org/tytso/blog/2009/02/22/should-filesystems-be-optimized-for-ssds/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://thunk.org/tytso/blog/2009/02/20/aligning-filesystems-to-an-ssds-erase-block-size/" />
  <row Id="30829" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17198" RevisionGUID="7d54b99f-ebe7-4ac4-a0b6-1904ef4571c5" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:57:10.817" UserId="5821" Text="When you perform certain operations in Exchange Management Console a window appears showing the PowerShell command that was executed to perform the operation. This is useful for learning how to create a PowerShell script to do the same thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to get the PowerShell commands that execute for minor operations in Exchange like when just changing various attirbutes in a property dialog?" />
  <row Id="30830" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17198" RevisionGUID="7d54b99f-ebe7-4ac4-a0b6-1904ef4571c5" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:57:10.817" UserId="5821" Text="How do you get Exchange 2007 PowerShell commands for property changes?" />
  <row Id="30831" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17198" RevisionGUID="7d54b99f-ebe7-4ac4-a0b6-1904ef4571c5" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:57:10.817" UserId="5821" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;exchange-2007&gt;" />
  <row Id="30832" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="256" RevisionGUID="a5383e03-215e-4da0-9edc-53bcf044566b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:57:43.717" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="These are the things I look for since 1.) the PC that bluescreens, is normally my internet connection. 2.) bluescreens flash by too fast for even an experienced user like myself. So I rely heavily on questions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. First, have you changed any hardware lately?&#xD;&#xA; 2. Have you installed any new software?&#xD;&#xA; 3. Importantly, can you get in via safe mode?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It goes without saying that if the answer to three above is yes then undo which ever of one and two above is yes. If both one and two are yes, handle the undo stepwise by doing one then testing before you do the other." />
  <row Id="30833" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17199" RevisionGUID="df3ce1b5-1ad5-4e14-a7b9-bdd18bb55741" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:58:33.107" UserId="7283" Text="If you could pick five commands/tools to have with you to admin a system, what would they be?" />
  <row Id="30834" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17199" RevisionGUID="df3ce1b5-1ad5-4e14-a7b9-bdd18bb55741" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:58:33.107" UserId="7283" Text="Desert Island Tools?" />
  <row Id="30835" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17199" RevisionGUID="df3ce1b5-1ad5-4e14-a7b9-bdd18bb55741" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:58:33.107" UserId="7283" Text="&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="30836" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17200" RevisionGUID="b2712e6d-b5d2-4179-aa40-76a32bea08f4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:59:10.220" UserId="5964" Text="It's called &quot;DNS Doctoring&quot; - it's trying to help you out by giving the local client the local address instead of the NAT address:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Link with NAT FAQs][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's doing that because the IOS firewall code (much like PIX or ASA) inspects DNS by default, so to disable it issue a &quot;no inspect dns&quot;.  Presumably the IOS Firewall behavior kicks in when you start using the static NATs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Link with PIX/ASA details on DNS Doctoring][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk648/tk361/technologies_q_and_a_item09186a00800e523b.shtml#qa31&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6120/products_configuration_example09186a00807968d1.shtml" />
  <row Id="30837" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17201" RevisionGUID="097f84a8-0765-4ed1-bc02-8eaff7fff00f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T20:59:41.733" UserId="7283" Text=" - vim&#xD;&#xA; - patch&#xD;&#xA; - diff&#xD;&#xA; - sponge&#xD;&#xA; - sed" />
  <row Id="30838" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17202" RevisionGUID="b4e5f796-10c4-47c4-aeb5-6d61dadc17d2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:00:09.237" UserId="7287" Text="also if the above is your complete zonefile you are missing an IN A record for ns1 in that scope." />
  <row Id="30839" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17203" RevisionGUID="edd52b78-11cf-4293-be80-75323cbb41e3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:01:46.300" UserId="4392" Text="- bash&#xD;&#xA;- cat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everything else is just window dressing ;-)" />
  <row Id="30840" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17203" RevisionGUID="edd52b78-11cf-4293-be80-75323cbb41e3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:01:46.300" UserId="4392" />
  <row Id="30841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17204" RevisionGUID="5416d92b-fd1c-49b8-b958-6316abfe5bc4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:02:14.847" UserId="4733" Text="From Deep Thoughts by SysAdmins...some of my favorites&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;THe Mack Truck Scenario:  If no one will be able to figure this out if you get hit by a Mack Truck then you are doing something wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you havent thought of at least one potential negative outcome of hitting 'enter' after the command you just typed then you dont understand the command well enough to use it on a production system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do it more than once, automate it.  If you cant automate it then document it.  Document it anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AND MY FAVORITE - if it seems like someone else may have encountered this problem before, they probably have.  Google for the answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30842" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17204" RevisionGUID="5416d92b-fd1c-49b8-b958-6316abfe5bc4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:02:14.847" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17205" RevisionGUID="08422834-e155-478e-a350-6eb4701dd598" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:02:23.723" UserDisplayName="Kyrian" Text="I do not believe that there are any suitable methods to do this in MySQL. You should make sure that a security checksum of sorts is applied to all legitimate modifications, using a secret key of some sort, so if the row data differs from the checksum, you know an unauthorised modification has been made.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for how you checksum, and how you keep the key secret, that's a whole other story, which you may feel free to email me about, if you figure it out from or via this site (I'm new here and not set up properly yet).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Realistically, only off-site backups will help you guard against deletion of rows, and note that using mysqldump is the only 'officially' supported method of doing so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although copying the underlying (MyISAM) files works in the vast majority of cases for that table type, it does fall down on occasion, so I wouldn't trust it alone for anything mission critical." />
  <row Id="30844" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17206" RevisionGUID="59dc47b1-c1e0-465f-aa8a-bab9015865a9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:02:26.093" UserId="7285" Text="Some people would advise to change your local to german &quot;en_DK&quot; this kind of works if you don't mind the day and month names being in german. Since I cannot post hyperlinks,and this board sees my linux commands as hyperlinks.... (nice one)... I can only say you search (google) how-to-change-date-formats-on-ubuntu and click the first link." />
  <row Id="30845" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16989" RevisionGUID="2a5aa236-5be0-4db6-b527-9d045e264e43" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:03:11.273" UserId="7193" Comment="update data size" Text="We have a use case to cache 300+ million pieces of such data each with a unique key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know this is unorthodox but, it has been suggested at my company that DNS could be used as a fast distributed cache for small (&lt;512 bytes) pieces of data. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The DNS entry would be {Key}.{modulus of hashed key}.mycompany.local. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i.e. U5333145311.1.mycompany.local&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We would be making requests at the rate of 5000 to 7500 per second from 10 to 15 servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We would update each DNS server via the zone files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I am a programmer, this is all new to me &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. is this even feasible?  &#xD;&#xA;2. what are the pitfalls? &#xD;&#xA;3. how do I size the DNS servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: The data is an array of 1 to 30 integers (not 512K sorry), so it is very small. My CTO who came from network ops like this solution because it is a known, mature system and has built in fault tolerance and he can use network ops to manage it. I am very leery but open minded." />
  <row Id="30846" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17207" RevisionGUID="7ee50649-c1af-4fa5-9cef-0823db8dfdcd" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:04:34.140" UserId="1843" Text="I can't get USB devices other than the mouse and keyboard to work in Windows under VMware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have Ubuntu Intrepid as my host operating system, and Windows XP Service Pack 2 as the guest operating system. I'm using VMware Server 2.0 for Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ubuntu and several other distributions have dropped /proc/bus/usb in favour of using something else. VMware has not updated VMWare Server to use the new usb path, and have a workaround listed here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[VMware Support: Mount /proc/bus/usb manually][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even with that workaround, my guest Windows OS still doesn't detect any USB devices that are working fine in Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have an idea of what else might be the problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;externalId=3862823" />
  <row Id="30847" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17207" RevisionGUID="7ee50649-c1af-4fa5-9cef-0823db8dfdcd" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:04:34.140" UserId="1843" Text="How do I get USB devices working in VMware with Linux as the host, and WinXP as the guest?" />
  <row Id="30848" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17207" RevisionGUID="7ee50649-c1af-4fa5-9cef-0823db8dfdcd" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:04:34.140" UserId="1843" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;usb&gt;" />
  <row Id="30849" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17208" RevisionGUID="6816448c-2d4a-4e62-bea3-4a243bc91f15" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:05:17.027" UserId="3074" Text="If you are behind a NAT it is very likely that when the Teredo server tries to open a connection to you, but your NAT isn't forwarding the right port(s) on to you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd find out which ports are required, or if possible forward all ports to your machine to test that it is indeed a port forwarding issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check [go6's wiki on Teredo][1] and see if the section on &quot;Teredo IPv6 addressing&quot; gives you any insight to what else you might need to look into. You should be able to look at your assigned IPv6 address and then determine the ports you need forwarding.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.go6.net/index.php?title=Teredo_tunneling" />
  <row Id="30850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17209" RevisionGUID="9d29521d-8f76-45d8-a311-a3f3f46a62dd" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:06:48.473" UserId="48" Text="You can run the get-member command on any item in Powershell, to get all the properties and operations for the object, for example the command below will show you all the attributes, properties and operations available on a mailbox:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    get-mailbox bob | get-member&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can get a list of all Exchange Powershell commands on [Technet][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998225.aspx" />
  <row Id="30851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17210" RevisionGUID="2823ccf0-9bc9-4564-948d-e5f36b02fec8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:07:08.690" UserId="6491" Text="My sister has HP 6730s it came with card you mentioned. I played a bit with it, but it is a crap and did not work. I found some driver at broadcom's site, I was able to associate with WPA-EAP method, but after a few second the machine frooze for about 30sec. The it came back with a disconnected AP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Get a decent card like Intel's 5000n (4965AGN) card, it will work out-of-the box. (Beware the Bios blacklists some &quot;unauthorized&quot; cards, 4965AGN seems to be fine.)" />
  <row Id="30852" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17211" RevisionGUID="620edd40-b0bc-4851-a0be-cf333f15729b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:07:23.917" UserId="2331" Text="In this situation, given that you've stated that your SBS configuration wizards don't work and that many settings have been changed outside of the standard configuration framework, you are now essentially in a disaster recovery situation. I would recommend the following courses of action:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Stop thrashing! Don't change any more settings, you will only sink faster. SBS is a finely balanced system of potentially conflicting technology. Straying outside of Microsoft's configuration scenarios - as you have discovered - is a fast way to trip over the unexpected subtleties and it should never be configured other than by the supported consoles and utilities.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Download and run the SBS Best Practices Analyzer and take stock of your situation.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Consider recovering this server by performing a &quot;[swing migration][1]&quot;. You can swing your active directory and user data off onto a temporary host (which can be a virtual machine), reinstall a clean copy of SBS2003, then swing your active directory and files back from the temporary host. This will give you a clean, working SBS installation which you can then manage using the provided consoles. I have used this technique several times myself and it can be a real life-saver.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, locate a qualified Microsoft Small Business Specialist or SBS MVP in your area and seek their advice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sbsmigration.com" />
  <row Id="30853" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17212" RevisionGUID="3e82be0f-f3fd-45e5-a97d-35c4809ef2ec" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:08:10.170" UserId="5358" Text="Charles Web Debugging Proxy is excellent. It can monitor OS X activity (Safari and other applications that use HTTP) plus it has a Firefox addon. It lets you &quot;throttle&quot; your internet connection to simulate a slow connection. It lets you map a remote file to your local hard drive (for example, to test a change, just tell Charles to use a local file instead of getting it from the live site)." />
  <row Id="30854" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17213" RevisionGUID="addab82d-75d0-403c-92f6-52f5a8891065" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:08:34.990" UserId="5611" Text="&#xD;&#xA;*get-excommand*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you will see information on 368 cmdlets. You can confirm that using the command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*(get-excommand).count*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To add some focus to your search for relevant Exchange commands use wildcards with the get-command cmdlet. For example, to find cmdlets relevant to POP3 configuration type&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*get-command *pop**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which returns information on any cmdlet whose name includes the character sequence pop. The relevant commands are displayed.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anapologetos&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Source][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mmmug.co.uk/blogs/andrew_watt_mvp/archive/2006/07/27/82.aspx" />
  <row Id="30855" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17214" RevisionGUID="1d5c46af-c4d5-46b6-890e-63e0ff481d77" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:10:44.643" UserId="5778" Text="Give it a good workout:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.textuality.com/bonnie/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Few days of that should show if it really is about to kark it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bonnie is in most distro's repositories IIRC." />
  <row Id="30856" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17215" RevisionGUID="3f816426-c32a-4052-96f8-e052b38a7ab6" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:11:30.537" UserId="5964" Text="Your output shows BGP, which is the only protocol I know that does this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    show ip bgp route-map redistribute&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will effectively issue a &quot;show ip bgp&quot; but filtered by that route-map.  For the IGPs, Peter's suggestion of a dummy-process is the best I can think of." />
  <row Id="30857" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17144" RevisionGUID="15aadbad-dd08-4ad3-bedb-231e3237ed40" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:11:55.890" UserId="4562" Comment="added 22 characters in body" Text="People being sys admins?  One of my biggest issue is over-training or excessive research.  I seem to spend more time reading journals and feeds than I do actually working.  It's a tough habit to break." />
  <row Id="30858" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17216" RevisionGUID="e222c190-1716-4c1e-8b24-40a1323ece0d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:13:07.977" UserId="7283" Text="Probably the best way to do this, but not break things is to follow the walkthrough at&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://ccollins.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/how-to-change-date-formats-on-ubuntu/" />
  <row Id="30859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17217" RevisionGUID="f2ee5b74-3c88-4a87-9d74-86ec01111514" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:13:39.940" UserId="5817" Text="I can connect with a user who has permissions to set passwords. I'm able to change attributes, but I can't set the password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Found some instructions to set the attribute **unicodePwd** to **\UNC:&quot;*password*&quot;**, but it says:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Error: Modify: Unwilling To Perform. &lt;53&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setting LDAP_OPT_ENCRYPT to 1 didn't work either. The port I'm using is 389.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: this is a repost of [a question][1] from stackoverflow, so please go and vote to close the original.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/202142/how-do-you-reset-a-password-in-ad-using-ldp-exe" />
  <row Id="30860" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17217" RevisionGUID="f2ee5b74-3c88-4a87-9d74-86ec01111514" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:13:39.940" UserId="5817" Text="How do you reset a password in AD using LDP.exe?" />
  <row Id="30861" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17217" RevisionGUID="f2ee5b74-3c88-4a87-9d74-86ec01111514" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:13:39.940" UserId="5817" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="30862" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17218" RevisionGUID="ca09eae8-59b7-4539-8a31-df4af70f8ffb" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:13:44.340" UserId="6953" Text="There are commercial products designed for this.  I think we looked at DbProtect (www.appsecinc.com) and it was major dollars to implement, but we ended up not doing it.  I also have seen Guardium (www.guardium.com).  Both claim to support some version of MySQL." />
  <row Id="30863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17219" RevisionGUID="e9d333db-9661-4756-b9bd-84433b0300f7" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:15:28.487" UserId="4785" Text="Well,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know how to do virtual hosts, but on windows it looks harder to get what i want to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        ServerAdmin admin@domaindev.com&#xD;&#xA;        DocumentRoot &quot;C:/wamp/www/domaindev_com/public&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        ServerName domaindev.com&#xD;&#xA;        ServerAlias *.domaindev.com&#xD;&#xA;        ErrorLog &quot;logs/domaindev_com-error.log&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        CustomLog &quot;logs/domaindev_com-access.log&quot; common&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And my *hosts* file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    127.0.0.1      localhost&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.0.1    domaindev.com&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.0.1    www.domaindev.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Documents and Settings\B&gt;ping domaindev.com&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Pinging domaindev.com [192.168.0.1] with 32 bytes of data:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time&lt;1ms TTL=128&#xD;&#xA;    Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time&lt;1ms TTL=128&#xD;&#xA;    Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time&lt;1ms TTL=128&#xD;&#xA;    Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time&lt;1ms TTL=128&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Ping statistics for 192.168.0.1:&#xD;&#xA;        Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),&#xD;&#xA;    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:&#xD;&#xA;        Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    C:\Documents and Settings\B&gt;ping www.domaindev.com&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Pinging www.domaindev.com [192.168.0.1] with 32 bytes of data:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time&lt;1ms TTL=128&#xD;&#xA;    Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time&lt;1ms TTL=128&#xD;&#xA;    Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time&lt;1ms TTL=128&#xD;&#xA;    Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time&lt;1ms TTL=128&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Ping statistics for 192.168.0.1:&#xD;&#xA;        Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),&#xD;&#xA;    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:&#xD;&#xA;        Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So it looks like it works.&#xD;&#xA;But when i try to use the www.domaindev.com in my browser i get a time out or a dns failure...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas ?&#xD;&#xA;Is the ServerAlias option wrong ?" />
  <row Id="30864" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17219" RevisionGUID="e9d333db-9661-4756-b9bd-84433b0300f7" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:15:28.487" UserId="4785" Text="How to handle multiple virtualhost (w/ alias) on Windows ?" />
  <row Id="30865" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17219" RevisionGUID="e9d333db-9661-4756-b9bd-84433b0300f7" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:15:28.487" UserId="4785" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;wamp&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;virtualhosts&gt;" />
  <row Id="30866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17220" RevisionGUID="1eadff02-e5a6-4076-a6de-4b9225efd71b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:15:54.507" UserId="1054" Text="In the Windows world:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Sysinternals Process Explorer&#xD;&#xA; - grep (yes, on Windows)&#xD;&#xA; - [WinRAR][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Console2][2]&#xD;&#xA; - My coffee maker&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rarlab.com/rar_archiver.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/" />
  <row Id="30867" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17221" RevisionGUID="fc99c64a-9dae-4d3a-94ef-35d9284a03f1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:16:45.583" UserId="7283" Text="Without using SpamAssasin, or similar, what are your best tips for preventing spam.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please try and provide config examples :D" />
  <row Id="30868" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17221" RevisionGUID="fc99c64a-9dae-4d3a-94ef-35d9284a03f1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:16:45.583" UserId="7283" Text="Spam prevention tips for Postfix" />
  <row Id="30869" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17221" RevisionGUID="fc99c64a-9dae-4d3a-94ef-35d9284a03f1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:16:45.583" UserId="7283" Text="&lt;postfix&gt;&lt;spam&gt;" />
  <row Id="30870" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17222" RevisionGUID="cc0bd689-7f38-4b9a-b8e1-274c18526d35" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:17:07.953" UserId="1843" Text="It's explained at length in this guide:&#xD;&#xA;http://ccollins.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/how-to-change-date-formats-on-ubuntu/" />
  <row Id="30871" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17223" RevisionGUID="81029b15-f7d4-403c-9765-1138cbaa7c5e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:18:18.653" UserId="45" Text="The SQL Server service account must have access to the network share. If you running your SQL Server service using the Localsystem account: this account has no access to shares on the network, because  it is not an authenticated network account, making it impossible to backup to a normal network share.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, if you want to backup to a network share you can do two different things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Change the account which runs SQL Server service to a domain account (DOMAIN\USERNAME) which can access the network share and has the needed permissions. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*or (not recommended in a production environment):*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add the following registry value on the server with the network share and add the sharename you want to backup to - the share does not then authenticate who is coming in and so the Localsystem account will have access. The server must be re-started before the change takes effect. Note that this effectively **removes all security on that share**, so you're letting anyone have access. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters\NullSessionShares&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30872" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17224" RevisionGUID="564dc176-5977-469a-9a61-fdd0db81ca23" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:18:57.277" UserId="1736" Text="These configuration files are on a server, right?  And the browser you're trying to load it up in is on your personal machine, not the server?  Because, see, when you put `192.168.0.1 www.domaindev.com` in the hosts file, it only makes it resolve on that machine, not any other.  Try putting it in your workstation's hosts file too." />
  <row Id="30873" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17225" RevisionGUID="6eaa11b2-461d-4a4e-a3db-0f3c755ab720" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:19:26.030" UserId="3074" Text="debug.com - If you can't do everything with debug, well, I guess you're probably getting real work done." />
  <row Id="30874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17226" RevisionGUID="95b27b89-ea6d-402b-bbbb-348ecf0638ab" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:21:00.253" UserId="6689" Text="Depends hugely on the system, but for a general Windows one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Firefox&#xD;&#xA; - Wireshark&#xD;&#xA; - Process Explorer&#xD;&#xA; - Netcat&#xD;&#xA; - Cain" />
  <row Id="30875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17227" RevisionGUID="1cd6401d-a36d-4940-8e39-222fdc94c916" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:22:14.697" UserId="1736" Text="* perl&#xD;&#xA;* apt-get&#xD;&#xA;* du&#xD;&#xA;* vim&#xD;&#xA;* top" />
  <row Id="30876" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17228" RevisionGUID="71c70ff0-869f-4843-99cb-6e5cb7383646" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:22:18.957" UserId="4733" Text="to PREVENT spam..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dont let your email address get out there.  Keep it off lists.  Dont use it to sign up for ANYTHING, use a throw-away for that.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you see a forwared that has a thousand addresses visible DO NOT PASS IT ALONG.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dont try to unsubscribe from SPAM using the link provided in the email.  These usually just verify your email you to a bot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have placed a Craigslist ad and receive some spam because of it DO NOT REPLY TO IT.  The spam is likely being re-mailed from the craigslist reply-to address.  It will go away sooner or later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using Outlook, DO NOT OPEN spam email.  Opening these emails can activate a unique link that will verify your address to a bot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30877" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17229" RevisionGUID="ea4170f4-4518-40ee-8046-93f9ecc7d0d2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:22:34.667" UserId="5544" Text="&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- perl&#xD;&#xA;- lsof&#xD;&#xA;- find&#xD;&#xA;- grep&#xD;&#xA;- telnet&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30878" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17230" RevisionGUID="6c51ae4e-d8cc-4e43-ab49-e6d1c36dc03f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:22:39.470" UserId="2305" Text="I'd start with shexview and disable all the shell extensions. If the problem goes away, re-enable them gradually until you have found the culprit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Old versions of TortoiseCVS/SVN could have crashed the Explorer in exactly this way when TSVNCache started to scan the network shares for repositories, but usually it recovered after 5-10 minutes.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the problem persists, and it happens when you enter a folder on a network share, try to disable all antivirus (both on the client and on the server you accessed). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(There once was a version of GD*T* Antivirus which reproducibly crashed the Explorer if you only entered a directory, left it (by backspace), entered it again, left it again and entered it a third time within 5-10 seconds. Use a directory where there a files in which require network access for fetching their icons, like .exe or .ico. Or which use thumbnail view.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the problem still persists, no idea, sorry." />
  <row Id="30879" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17231" RevisionGUID="a73af328-fa7e-439c-9ca0-47b8f28e4d93" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:25:01.977" UserId="7317" Text="I make use of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - smtpd_recipient_restrictions&#xD;&#xA; - DNS blacklists &#xD;&#xA; - local blacklists &#xD;&#xA; - header / body filters&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks,&#xD;&#xA;            reject_invalid_hostname,&#xD;&#xA;            reject_non_fqdn_hostname,&#xD;&#xA;            reject_non_fqdn_sender,&#xD;&#xA;            reject_non_fqdn_recipient,&#xD;&#xA;            reject_unknown_sender_domain,&#xD;&#xA;            reject_unknown_recipient_domain,&#xD;&#xA;            reject_unauth_destination,&#xD;&#xA;            check_policy_service unix:private/policy,&#xD;&#xA;            reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.org,&#xD;&#xA;            reject_rbl_client psbl.surriel.com,&#xD;&#xA;            reject_rbl_client dnsbl.sorbs.net,&#xD;&#xA;            permit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The `reject_non_fqdn_hostname` option catches a lot of servers, but your mileage may very depending who you receive mail from.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17232" RevisionGUID="9b045f87-5e75-48d6-8170-311c4d7eea52" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:25:21.570" UserId="7318" Text="For a windows box:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. powershell &#xD;&#xA;2. process explorer &#xD;&#xA;3. telnet&#xD;&#xA;4. notepad&#xD;&#xA;5. mmc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30881" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17187" RevisionGUID="eac3c619-3939-4cd2-bfb4-e2f5903992f9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:25:48.293" UserId="1054" Comment="fix my idiocy" Text="Make sure you're running the SQL *Server* service under the context of a domain account that has network access privileges.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or is this a folder local to the SQL Server box and shared with others?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**bah, @splattne's right, I was on auto-pilot.  SQL Server service, not the SQL Agent." />
  <row Id="30882" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17233" RevisionGUID="47417733-ac6c-4d5d-a95f-aa3691ba9634" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:27:29.180" UserId="3497" Text="One thing nobody has mentioned is that it is necessary for VPN sites on separate subnets if you want to resolve NetBIOS names.  Consider this scenario:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The corporate network utilizes a private 10.x.x.x LAN and a remote office uses a private 192.x.x.x LAN.  They have a VPN tunnel between them, but the remote office does not take DHCP through the tunnel from the corporate DHCP server or firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have your corporate servers registered with WINS, the remote clients can resolve \\ServerName even from an entirely separate subnet.  Eventaully I will be able to upgrade the remote office firewall and use DHCP over VPN, but for now this setup allows me to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Not have to remember server IP addresses when working on the remote PCs.&#xD;&#xA; - Use the same logon scripts which map network drives based on NetBIOS names rather than IP addresses.&#xD;&#xA; - Keep everything more consistent in general.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong on this, but my understanding is that NetBIOS is not routable, so I can't resolve NetBIOS names across the subnet without using WINS." />
  <row Id="30883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17234" RevisionGUID="5e1edabc-fb00-4973-a1a8-14b42e018dc0" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:28:47.057" UserId="7283" Text="What apps do you use to monitor your servers, and what do they monitor?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm kind of impressed by some of last.fm's monitors&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![last.fm's monitors][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2159/2438897558_56fc4aaa53.jpg?v=1209046430" />
  <row Id="30884" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17234" RevisionGUID="5e1edabc-fb00-4973-a1a8-14b42e018dc0" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:28:47.057" UserId="7283" Text="Monitoring solutions" />
  <row Id="30885" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17234" RevisionGUID="5e1edabc-fb00-4973-a1a8-14b42e018dc0" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:28:47.057" UserId="7283" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="30886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17235" RevisionGUID="3e5fe587-4f3d-4259-abfa-e168e474dc44" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:29:20.860" UserId="48" Text="I believe you should be using the userpassword attribute rather than the unicodePWD attribute. UserPassword is a writeable alias for unicodePWD." />
  <row Id="30887" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17182" RevisionGUID="437abcce-de9c-408e-98d1-f61465f73343" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:30:27.770" UserId="7297" Comment="added bold for emphasis" Text="I have a SQL 2005 virtual machine running Windows 2003 on a 2008 server under hyper-v and I need to start backing up my databases to a shared folder.  I have created similar backup jobs in other environments with no problems.  The difference is that in every other case, the SQL server was part of a domain and in this case **there is no domain**.  Even when I set the shared folder to give &quot;Full Control&quot; permissions to &quot;everyone&quot;, SQL still refuses to run the backup job:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Operating system error 1326(Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password.).&#xD;&#xA;BACKUP DATABASE is terminating abnormally.&quot;. Possible failure reasons: Problems with the query, &quot;ResultSet&quot; property not set correctly, parameters not set correctly, or connection not established correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do I have to do?  Is there no solution other than to just back up to a local drive and find another way to copy the files over?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit: added bold for emphasis" />
  <row Id="30888" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17236" RevisionGUID="5342e05e-6d84-4207-ac87-81fafcac26de" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:30:29.080" UserId="6336" Text="Storing the outlook data files in the user's profile seems like a bad idea - windows synchronizes the profiles on each logon/logoff, I'd figure logon times for your users to be nightmarishly long, considering it has to move tens or hundreds of MB each way..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd put all the .PST files in the user's home folders instead (just a personal shared folder, you can set those up in AD same place you define the profile). This way you can backup the whole home folder store at once, and no one risks losing PSTs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The OST should be stored locally on the computer, it has little value by itself, so backup is not required.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding the move itself, a few suggestions and tips:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Don't erase the old folders until after the move has been successful.&#xD;&#xA; - Conduct the move when user isn't logged on.&#xD;&#xA; - Make sure that NTFS security permissions on the copied profile folder are the same as they were on the original folder. I cannot stress this enough! Permissions must be the same exactly, **including ownership**. I'd assume you would copy the folders with a domain admin/server local admin account, which could reset owner information for the folder, after which AD wont recognize it as the profile. Obviously, you have to remove hierarchy-delegated security settings from the new folders.&#xD;&#xA; - After you copy the folders and make sure it's the same, log on the user and see that it get's it's profile. You can stick a small file in the new profile, say, in the desktop folder, and see if it appears on the user's desktop on logon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17237" RevisionGUID="670211f5-275b-42e8-847b-df8ac9853092" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:31:09.047" UserId="1736" Text="* [Nagios][1]: internal system metrics and availability&#xD;&#xA;* [Cacti][2]: network performance and load, internal system metrics&#xD;&#xA;* [AlertSite][3]: external service availability&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nagios.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://cacti.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.alertsite.com/" />
  <row Id="30890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17238" RevisionGUID="3be92b08-f693-4cb2-b524-047a4707bee2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:31:44.147" UserId="7287" Text="* lsof&#xD;&#xA;* ps&#xD;&#xA;* ls&#xD;&#xA;* vi&#xD;&#xA;* ip" />
  <row Id="30891" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17239" RevisionGUID="07a90f0d-90fd-4a91-b03e-c4dc78d67aea" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:33:04.253" UserId="7309" Text="Our corp site lives on top of Joomla 1.5.3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to secure the administrative access, we implemented a redirect that when asking for the admin login page, you are redirected to the same URL, via SSL (`http://site/administrator` --&gt; `https://site/administrator` )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everything seems to work just fine, login and admin session is encrypted, but when running the extPlorer extension, the left sidebar loads, the main frame sticks at &quot;Loading...&quot; for ever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Removing SSL redirection works fine, but isn't what we desire." />
  <row Id="30892" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17239" RevisionGUID="07a90f0d-90fd-4a91-b03e-c4dc78d67aea" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:33:04.253" UserId="7309" Text="Jooma's extplorer + SSL seems to be broken" />
  <row Id="30893" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17239" RevisionGUID="07a90f0d-90fd-4a91-b03e-c4dc78d67aea" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:33:04.253" UserId="7309" Text="&lt;ssl&gt;" />
  <row Id="30894" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17240" RevisionGUID="2d18b29b-dd2d-48a5-96b1-d54b897ca695" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:33:04.317" UserId="7129" Text="Two things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure you have a solid backup plan for your data.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, it is critical to have a solid support team around you when you get stuck.  Being the loan ranger doesn't work." />
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  <row Id="30896" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17241" RevisionGUID="d498190b-c221-45ab-8b35-0b9c5ba41deb" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:35:43.640" UserId="7283" Text="You could probably use a FIFO file to act as the pipe. Though I'm not exactly sure how you'd create one of these on windows. But that's generally what they're used for, where you can't use STDOUT to pipe to." />
  <row Id="30897" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17242" RevisionGUID="5d1f58b4-cd24-4380-a480-67f9bfecd2f7" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:35:57.727" UserId="7231" Text="Sam Cogan is correct.  Use the other attribute.  Here's a [technet article describing how to do it](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731012(WS.10\).aspx). " />
  <row Id="30898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17243" RevisionGUID="5ce91a45-79e8-4e7b-bca5-b3bdae85295e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:35:58.117" UserId="7319" Text="I am looking for a method of starting/stopping a service on a remote Windows 2003 Server.&#xD;&#xA;Locally I know that the net command works, but is there a way to do this over the network?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:  Looking to be able to do this in a script, external GUI tools won't work unless they have a command line tool." />
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  <row Id="30901" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="17239" RevisionGUID="04ae945b-3b9e-4453-9f45-def4c875982b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:36:17.273" UserId="1054" Comment="fix title" Text="Joolma's extplorer + SSL seems to be broken" />
  <row Id="30902" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17244" RevisionGUID="9a4b2403-d480-42b2-90c1-c137e9892fa9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:36:32.780" UserId="7129" Text="We use IPSWITCH WhatsUpGold - It works pretty well for us and is easy to use." />
  <row Id="30903" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17245" RevisionGUID="8e9b880b-de67-4c3d-ba98-c080fbaebdd0" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:37:13.577" UserId="5953" Text="There's a significant amount of information that you need to provide in order to diagnose the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Are your machines joined to the domain?&#xD;&#xA; - Are your users running as local administrators?&#xD;&#xA; - What group policies, have you configured if any?&#xD;&#xA; - What error does explorer produce in the Event Viewer, if any?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why 'must' it be a server / network issue? After looking over your post, I can't see anything that would stand out as the server / network being the cause. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your best place to start hunting for the solution is at the PC's. I would begin by:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Unplug the PC from the network. See if the problem occurs unplugged.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If the problem still occurs, it's an issue with the windows installation. Use CCleaner to pick up bad registry keys and delete them. Could also be a firewall issue (either Windows or Kerio)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If the problem occurs when the PC is plugged in only, then expand your search to the network configuration of the two PC's. Do they have identical hostnames? IP addresses? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Is your firewall software just not playing cricket with your network? Uninstall it and see if the problem persists. I have seen some antivirus applications cause a significant headache in a domain environment (of course if you're using one).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My guess is you have a crazy shell extension that probably doesn't like Windows XP SP3. Make a list of all of your non standard applications that have a shell extension, and use the application's options to disable that shell extension." />
  <row Id="30904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17246" RevisionGUID="3621e6bb-fcdb-4093-914a-8d0fd6d34dd8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:37:24.247" UserId="7283" Text="The best way to finish off a dying hard drive?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you've got a rubber mallet, whack it with that - it'll break something internally, but not leave any marks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Time tested solution - but only if it's under warranty!" />
  <row Id="30905" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17198" RevisionGUID="ee11e7c8-3ce8-4b9d-ba04-61d48ab0dab5" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:37:58.817" UserId="5821" Comment="Added clarification" Text="When you perform certain operations in the Exchange Management Console GUI a window appears showing the PowerShell command that was executed to perform the operation. This is useful for learning how to create a PowerShell script to do the same thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to get the PowerShell commands that execute for minor operations in Exchange like when just changing various attirbutes in a property dialog?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From some of the answers I can tell my question is not clear. I am referring to the Exchange Management Console which has a GUI not the PowerShell based Exchange Management Shell. In the Console, when you perform operations that use a wizard like adding new users, the final dialog show a text box with the PowerShell command that was executed in the background. I am wondering if it is possible to get those commands when performing minor operation in the GUI.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30906" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17247" RevisionGUID="6725f440-9198-4dea-80a2-554342bb4fa4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:38:51.823" UserId="3459" Text="There is a free sysinternals tools called [PsService][1] that allows you to view status, start, stop services locally and on other machines.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897542.aspx" />
  <row Id="30907" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17248" RevisionGUID="81e82c1e-d27c-46d9-aac4-fa5a3070e824" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:40:28.437" UserId="3657" Text="Start your Services administration tool on your local machine, right click on the &quot;Services (Local)&quot; entry and connect to the remote computer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will give you the full services MMC for the remote machine" />
  <row Id="30908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17249" RevisionGUID="cff1229d-9c89-402f-ae31-e703b5734568" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:41:22.973" UserId="1054" Text="Use the sc command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sc [server] [command] [service name]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30909" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17250" RevisionGUID="ad411991-49f6-46d1-b974-86897942e256" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:42:55.250" UserId="7231" Text="Use the &quot;sc.exe&quot; command from the Windows Server Resource Kit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An example, to configure a the IIS service to Autostart and then to start it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sc \\server1 config w3svc start= auto&#xD;&#xA;    sc \\server1 start w3svc" />
  <row Id="30910" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17251" RevisionGUID="f879192e-b547-433a-abc0-ae7b6d49e2e6" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:43:27.540" UserId="3420" Text="I have many success stories recovering the data in Linux systems. People using unmirrored drives without backups are also often using Windows. Windows is prone to refusing to proceeed after a single bad block. With a well-behaved controller, I copy the drive (dd conv=noerror), and proceed from there. Sometimes tools that recover the desired data without regard to filesystem structure will save the day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I once had the dd of a 300GB drive take two weeks, and still over 95% of the desired data was recovered. Each bad block took several minutes of failures until it was skipped, and luckily little of the valuable data was in the area with bad blocks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't understand how a drive recovery service could confirm a head crash yet not recover any data. When they put the platters in a different drive, why did they not recover data from the undamaged area of the platters? I see how they could fail to recover -useful- data, but they should still have returned most of the blocks to you." />
  <row Id="30911" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17252" RevisionGUID="c07d4604-93c3-4894-a74b-ae10155c97ab" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:43:38.803" UserId="4487" Text="You could use the `sc` command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`sc \\server stop wuauserv`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`sc \\server start wuauserv`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more info just type `sc` in a command prompt.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30912" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17253" RevisionGUID="90efef73-0fbe-49cb-a798-dd56fb728143" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:44:37.773" UserId="7317" Text="As Sage said, if you want to see one big cpu instead of multiple cores, then no. At least, not that I know of.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Linux however, you can temporary disable a core like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo 0 &gt;&gt; /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your performance will suffer though, because now everything running on the system will be running on whatever cores are left.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17254" RevisionGUID="3717ffbb-be89-47b3-a801-58333bd2f60b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:46:03.447" UserId="7322" Text="When a company's primary focus is developing, deploying and maintaining software, at what point would it be prudent to hire a dedicated sys-admin? What are the warning signs that you need one?" />
  <row Id="30914" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17254" RevisionGUID="3717ffbb-be89-47b3-a801-58333bd2f60b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:46:03.447" UserId="7322" Text="At what point does a development company need a dedicated sys admin?" />
  <row Id="30915" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17254" RevisionGUID="3717ffbb-be89-47b3-a801-58333bd2f60b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:46:03.447" UserId="7322" Text="&lt;hiring&gt;&lt;small-business&gt;" />
  <row Id="30916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17255" RevisionGUID="297235f2-ec04-409c-99d6-0acf68f6b9c5" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:47:14.007" UserId="1305" Text="On our office network we have an internal DNS and all the hostnames are whatever.lan.  On my VMware VMs, on their host-only network I call them whatever.vm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We now have a private IP space network in production for VMs to talk to each other and were thinking we'd want to extend the convention, but we can't come up with a good name.  Any suggestions?  (Given that *.vm and *.local and *.lan all have existing connotations.)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30917" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17255" RevisionGUID="297235f2-ec04-409c-99d6-0acf68f6b9c5" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:47:14.007" UserId="1305" Text="Top level domain for private networks?" />
  <row Id="30918" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17255" RevisionGUID="297235f2-ec04-409c-99d6-0acf68f6b9c5" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:47:14.007" UserId="1305" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;naming&gt;&lt;convention&gt;" />
  <row Id="30919" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17256" RevisionGUID="c51addc3-b6b1-4f93-8820-e18888a5733e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:48:11.820" UserId="7309" Text="I use a combination of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nagios, including remote checks via NRPE for Linux/NSCP for Windows; &#xD;&#xA;Ganglia, collects system-level statistics &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;External testing for overall end-to-end service is via Pingdom.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We monitor some basic system stuff - cpu load, free space, memory. We've also developed some template-like checks that allow us to easily add a new server and it will inherit all the existing monitoring checks, simply based on its group membership.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The initial deployment was a little rocky, but it's pretty smooth now, and since it's centralized and can be &quot;clustered&quot; (to a certain degree), we're planning on replacing all of our local &quot;monit&quot; installs.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30920" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17257" RevisionGUID="e40b2f9d-0d0f-43de-a54f-33b5b2e8a3f3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:48:13.677" UserId="7283" Text="How about .virtual?" />
  <row Id="30921" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17258" RevisionGUID="df91af61-3b6b-4bb2-b69a-9cb93074cd90" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:49:36.950" UserId="1736" Text="Well, if it's a linked set of virtual servers, obviously it's `.matrix`." />
  <row Id="30922" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17259" RevisionGUID="57a57eda-a219-4096-9aad-cdcfc73cd381" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:50:16.653" UserId="6365" Text=".prod-vm&#xD;&#xA;.pvm" />
  <row Id="30923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17260" RevisionGUID="6160c32c-dd81-4f4e-b4db-25dca83d6e4c" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:50:53.190" UserId="1054" Text="Depending on how big you are, I would start looking when&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - one or more of your developers starts regularly spending ~40-50% of their time performing sysadmin related tasks&#xD;&#xA; - your configuration has grown beyond your technical comprehension&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="30924" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17261" RevisionGUID="4adcf7c3-ae9e-4492-bfee-7e826b43196f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:51:09.040" UserId="1736" Text="When the amount of productivity you're losing by having developers and admin staff filling in for the absent sysadmin is greater than or equal to the sysadmin's salary." />
  <row Id="30925" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17262" RevisionGUID="b9f00f70-0b2b-4328-a490-4d4097a23a0e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:51:28.977" UserId="7283" Text="In reality, the answer to this is more of a business case than anything else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need a sysadmin when the total potential revenue lost for the time when the developers are doing sysadmin jobs rather than actual development is greater than it would cost for you to hire a sysadmin" />
  <row Id="30926" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17263" RevisionGUID="dd8fffe5-2977-4671-886b-1dc26f372b6e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:51:48.193" UserId="3459" Text="The person or persons who are handling system administration tasks are spending a significant percentage of their time on those tasks.  The percentage may vary from organization to organization, but it's a tradeoff on that person spending time on system administration versus their primary responsibility.  Another factor is the quality of the network service and up time.  If you have someone who is barely managing the network or is having trouble keeping it up, then you should have a dedicated person who knows the network and can act in a proactive manner.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So some basic rules of thumb:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  Do you have outages or degraded network service that could be handled by an experienced system administrator?&#xD;&#xA;2.  Are the current people handling system admins utilizing more than 30% of their time on system admin tasks (the % may vary)." />
  <row Id="30927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17264" RevisionGUID="ff7f10de-c9e4-4c35-8370-7d051300e16e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:51:56.103" UserId="6689" Text="When the developers are having to spend a large amount of their time maintaining the systems. While your developers will all be competent with computers, they may not have the skills needed to manage a network, and if they are doing so, won't be spending time developing, which is what they're good at, and what they're being paid for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It really depends when your budget allows you to hire in a sysadmin, and there are lots of other factors to think about, such as if you have a domain set up, if it's managed well at the moment, how many servers you have and how much maintenance they need, and the state of your network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because your computers are the core part of your business, if they go down, you are losting time and money fast, so once you've got more than about a dozen machines, I'd advise hiring in a professional." />
  <row Id="30928" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17265" RevisionGUID="2e56ea7a-5be6-4511-842e-6957cea485f5" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:52:15.200" UserId="7309" Text="We tend to consider no difference in the virtual naming of hosts from the physical - in fact, we've taken to abstracting the host configuration (software) from the physical layer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So we purchase Hardware Items, and create Host Items on top of them (and use a simple relationship to show that in our documentation).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The purpsoe is that when a host exists, DNS shouldn't be the determining factor - as we've have machines move from one space to the next - for instance a low-performing webapp has no need to consume expensive CPU cycles - virtualize it, and it retains its naming scheme, everything continues to work." />
  <row Id="30929" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17266" RevisionGUID="60dc69f3-867a-48fc-92d5-70b8f28cf5bb" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:52:36.477" UserId="6365" Text="Whever you are concerned about security and you know none of your current employees can secure and maintain servers providing the required uptime." />
  <row Id="30930" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17267" RevisionGUID="1f5c7527-8f46-4d6b-8b2a-84dcedf6f8a4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:52:57.740" UserId="1054" Text="How about .intervm?" />
  <row Id="30931" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17268" RevisionGUID="4d9e1857-749a-4706-95ea-d285b85d74e8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:55:12.463" UserId="4740" Text="Assuming the user will have enough knowledge of how the software should work and avoid dealing with error handling that comes back to bite you in the butt." />
  <row Id="30932" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17268" RevisionGUID="4d9e1857-749a-4706-95ea-d285b85d74e8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:55:12.463" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="30933" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17269" RevisionGUID="159adb83-17e5-4906-92f5-53e977641dbc" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:56:48.917" UserId="7283" Text="What do you do when a sysadmin is set in his ways, even though you can prove that the solution's he's using are potential hazards to security/integrity? Or in a case where your sysadmin is supposedly &quot;senior&quot; but makes rookie mistakes on a regular basis? (and then complains that noone else should be doing sysadmin work when you try and fix the issues!)" />
  <row Id="30934" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17269" RevisionGUID="159adb83-17e5-4906-92f5-53e977641dbc" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:56:48.917" UserId="7283" Text="How to deal with a stubborn sysadmin?" />
  <row Id="30935" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17269" RevisionGUID="159adb83-17e5-4906-92f5-53e977641dbc" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:56:48.917" UserId="7283" Text="&lt;sysadmin&gt;" />
  <row Id="30936" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17270" RevisionGUID="a43b5ddb-9122-4d06-a8bb-a18fa3dc74ce" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:56:55.627" UserDisplayName="kabs" Text="for a quick setup and a limited number of servers (I've 40), Munin is a good choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you should write scripts to monitor more than classical services (cpu, memory, network, disks, etc.)?" />
  <row Id="30937" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17271" RevisionGUID="e0f41efa-1148-43d1-92bc-9f451ff989b3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:57:48.353" UserId="7321" Text="I've been using /etc/hosts for a while now and it's getting a pain to manage.  I'm interested in using BIND on a linux server for my LAN at home. I'd like to make it so any comp on my network can access the server 'dev1' and 'dev2'  without having to set it up in a hosts file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;here are the ip mappings to my dev boxes-&#xD;&#xA;dev1 -&gt; 10.0.1.50&#xD;&#xA;dev2 -&gt; 10.0.1.51&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i set the dns server to use 10.0.1.2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've look at some resources online but i haven't been able to get it working quite yet. here's what I have so far-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is what's in my /etc/bind/named.conf.local:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    zone &quot;local-network&quot; {&#xD;&#xA;            type master;&#xD;&#xA;            notify no;&#xD;&#xA;            file &quot;local-network&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    };&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and in /etc/bind/local-network:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $TTL 3D&#xD;&#xA;    @       IN      SOA     ns.local-network. (&#xD;&#xA;                            199802151       ; serial, todays date + todays serial #&#xD;&#xA;                            8H              ; refresh, seconds&#xD;&#xA;                            2H              ; retry, seconds&#xD;&#xA;                            4W              ; expire, seconds&#xD;&#xA;                            1D )            ; minimum, seconds&#xD;&#xA;    ;&#xD;&#xA;                    NS      ns              ; Inet Address of name server&#xD;&#xA;    ;&#xD;&#xA;    localhost       A       127.0.0.1&#xD;&#xA;    ns              A       10.0.0.2&#xD;&#xA;    dev1            A       10.0.0.50&#xD;&#xA;    dev2            A       10.0.0.51&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does that look right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and then I once the dns server is setup I need to tell my router that does dhcp to use the internal dns server I just setup instead of my IPSs, so all the comps on the LAN use it--right?" />
  <row Id="30938" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17271" RevisionGUID="e0f41efa-1148-43d1-92bc-9f451ff989b3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:57:48.353" UserId="7321" Text="DNS server for LAN" />
  <row Id="30939" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17271" RevisionGUID="e0f41efa-1148-43d1-92bc-9f451ff989b3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:57:48.353" UserId="7321" Text="&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="30940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17272" RevisionGUID="82ac9746-0cb5-4d7a-b665-93584a948c73" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:58:10.867" UserId="4310" Text="Ok. [Cloud Computing][1] is the new kid in the block.  And Our company is getting into it really quickly.  Not so much for the price benefit, but for the process management perspective.  I am in the process of moving an IIS 6.0 server running in Windows 2003 Server.  The IIS Engine has many Web Sites adn each Web Sites has Virtual Hosts configured, with Application Pools and all that good stuff.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am backing up the IISPUB directory but since everything is running in the cloud now, I will like to make sure that if one day I come in and the server is completely gone. So the only thing that I have is the backups, I can recreate fairly easy the full scenario.  I am trying to bind all Websites to All IPs so If the IP gets reassigned all will still works.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that the MetaBase is the file holding the configuration, what I don't know is how to backup that file often.  Has any of the fellow IT Admin gotten into this situation before?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.readytocloud.com" />
  <row Id="30941" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17272" RevisionGUID="82ac9746-0cb5-4d7a-b665-93584a948c73" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:58:10.867" UserId="4310" Text="How to backup IIS 6.0 Configuration to work across different Servers?" />
  <row Id="30942" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17272" RevisionGUID="82ac9746-0cb5-4d7a-b665-93584a948c73" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:58:10.867" UserId="4310" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;cloud-computing&gt;" />
  <row Id="30943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17273" RevisionGUID="ef4276c8-a368-44bf-9cd4-2c9bb624626f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:58:33.080" UserId="4740" Text="Analyze how much developer time is spent deploying and doing routine maintenance on the production server.  You may need a dedicated sysadmin if this gets to be more than the typical developer's hours worked in a week if this is consistent for a few weeks.  So, if there is enough time spent deploying and applying patches that would be an indicator to me." />
  <row Id="30944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17274" RevisionGUID="b2bd6bc1-dfd3-48a0-983d-3eb5d43eff51" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:59:44.280" UserId="7283" Text="How do you decide on a new hostname?" />
  <row Id="30945" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17274" RevisionGUID="b2bd6bc1-dfd3-48a0-983d-3eb5d43eff51" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:59:44.280" UserId="7283" Text="Naming Conventions" />
  <row Id="30946" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17274" RevisionGUID="b2bd6bc1-dfd3-48a0-983d-3eb5d43eff51" CreationDate="2009-06-01T21:59:44.280" UserId="7283" Text="&lt;hostname&gt;&lt;naming-conventions&gt;&lt;naming&gt;" />
  <row Id="30947" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17234" RevisionGUID="18a41af1-6197-46a0-8513-9bfe5d182afb" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:01:06.413" UserId="1736" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;alerts&gt;" />
  <row Id="30948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17275" RevisionGUID="b8447cb4-4d62-4e08-b3a3-c6e04a8f326e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:01:15.400" UserId="7309" Text="That's hard to determine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my experience, you need a champion (direct supervisor) to be aware of this situation, and understand the implication of not being &quot;on the team&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have a little backing, you can be a little more confident that your observations on security should be handed down to the sysadmin, and that conforming with policy should be more strictly adhered to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe instead of fixing the issues yourself, getting involved in &quot;helping&quot; fix the issues is the way to go." />
  <row Id="30949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17276" RevisionGUID="8a8f5aa1-e427-43ca-b157-fa9feefb6ec8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:01:23.480" UserId="3025" Text="I am trying to install SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 and it keeps failing. Comes back with the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - Update 'Service Pack 3 for SQL Server Database Services 2005 ENU (KB955706)' could not be installed. Error code 1603.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The detailed dump reveals the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MSI (s) (90:C8) [13:50:17:776]: Note: 1: 1729 MSI (s) (90:C8) [13:50:17:776]: Transforming table Error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MSI (s) (90:C8) [13:50:17:776]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Error 3: -2147287038 MSI (s) (90:C8) [13:50:17:792]: Transforming table Error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MSI (s) (90:C8) [13:50:17:792]: Transforming table Error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MSI (s) (90:C8) [13:50:17:792]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Error 3: -2147287038 MSI (s) (90:C8) [13:50:17:792]: Transforming table Error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MSI (s) (90:C8) [13:50:17:792]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Error 3: -2147287038 MSI (s) (90:C8) [13:50:17:792]: Transforming table Error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MSI (s) (90:C8) [13:50:17:792]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Error 3: -2147287038 MSI (s) (90:C8) [13:50:17:792]: Transforming table Error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MSI (s) (90:C8) [13:50:17:792]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Error 3: -2147287038 MSI (s) (90:C8) [13:50:17:807]: Transforming table Error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MSI (s) (90:C8) [13:50:17:807]: Transforming table Error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MSI (s) (90:C8) [13:50:17:807]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Error 3: -2147287038 MSI (s) (90:C8) [13:50:17:807]: Transforming table Error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MSI (s) (90:C8) [13:50:17:807]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Error 3: -2147287038 MSI (s) (90:C8) [13:50:17:807]: Transforming table Error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MSI (s) (90:C8) [13:50:17:807]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Error 3: -2147287038 MSI (s) (90:C8) [13:50:17:807]: Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 -- Configuration failed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does it mean anything to anybody?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Btw, this Q originally came from SO (936895)" />
  <row Id="30950" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17276" RevisionGUID="8a8f5aa1-e427-43ca-b157-fa9feefb6ec8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:01:23.480" UserId="3025" Text="SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 won’t install." />
  <row Id="30951" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17276" RevisionGUID="8a8f5aa1-e427-43ca-b157-fa9feefb6ec8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:01:23.480" UserId="3025" Text="&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;servicepacks&gt;" />
  <row Id="30952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17277" RevisionGUID="b237d2c3-c650-45ea-8cd4-249cf39cff08" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:01:29.813" UserId="7231" Text="A comment on V. Romanov's note about permissions...  You can use Robocopy to preserve that type of permission data easily via a script.  There are some excellent free GUI tools that will handle this as well, I recommend Microsfot's utility, [RichCopy](http://www.microsoftpost.com/microsoft-technet/utility-spotlight-richcopy/).  " />
  <row Id="30953" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17278" RevisionGUID="404c18c4-bbd9-4fc2-bcc6-4f08bd91d1e4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:02:16.503" UserId="3557" Text="[System Center Operations Manager][1]: Operational Health Monitoring of Windows systems and services.  Also has some new Cross Platform capabilities.  Also does Security Health Monitoring with 3rd party solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/operationsmanager/en/us/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="30954" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17279" RevisionGUID="49598d5b-41bc-464e-ab23-69d6c53415fc" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:03:04.007" UserId="6365" Text="Use [SPF][1], SpamAssassin, Razor, Pyzor, DCC, Graylist and use a setup like the other answer example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks,&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        reject_invalid_hostname,&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        reject_non_fqdn_hostname,&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        reject_non_fqdn_sender,&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        reject_non_fqdn_recipient,&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        reject_unknown_sender_domain,&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        reject_unknown_recipient_domain,&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        reject_unauth_destination,&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        check_policy_service unix:private/policy,&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.org,&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        reject_rbl_client psbl.surriel.com,&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        reject_rbl_client dnsbl.sorbs.net,&lt;Br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        permit&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.openspf.org/" />
  <row Id="30955" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17280" RevisionGUID="f8a096f3-528d-438d-9a87-9a0a7cbeae8b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:03:19.827" UserId="4789" Text="I don't think an open network is that big of a deal as long as you don't share anything publicly. Anybody who would use it for nefarious purposes knows how to get around security anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I keep mine locked up but that is because I don't want anybody slowing down my connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ON a side note, have you heard of Open Mesh? It might be the perfect solution for you. Essentially it allows you to share some of your wifi but control usage per user or add a charge etc. It might be worth a look to you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Open Mesh][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.open-mesh.com/store/categories.php?category=Who-is-%22Open%252dMesh%22%3F" />
  <row Id="30956" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12254" RevisionGUID="035a9279-eee3-4431-b438-b014bd59f0e2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:03:52.507" UserId="1762" Comment="added 243 characters in body" Text="The only difference between Ubuntu Server and Ubuntu Desktop, are the Desktop packages which you can install with apt-get.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can see several reasons why I wouldn't use it on a remote server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. ssh is much faster, X11 over ssh would be slower.&#xD;&#xA; 2. It's a load on the server that it doesn't need. I prefer a server to be lean and mean, with minimal packages. It's also easier for the updates.&#xD;&#xA; 3. wget is very simple for downloading. I usually copy URLs from Firefox and type wget, then paste the URL&#xD;&#xA; 4. No need for a dedicated Linux admin, but the basic commands are quite straightforward.&#xD;&#xA; 5. To manage files and file transfer between the server and your PC, you could use SCP, WinSCP is a nice windows version. (SCP does its magic through ssh).&#xD;&#xA; 6. rsync is also a very useful command to synchronize data (one-way), you can also use Unison for two-way sync.&#xD;&#xA; 7. learn to use an editor, I like joe, pico, and emacs, but there are many other nice editors." />
  <row Id="30957" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17281" RevisionGUID="a46ce7b0-9c89-407a-914c-f158a679c6d3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:05:46.233" UserId="3557" Text="&lt;P for Physical, V for Virtual&gt;&lt;3 letter location code&gt;-&lt;Environment if not Production&gt;&lt;App/Function eg Web, SCOM, SCCM, DC, HYPV&gt;&lt;2 digit incrementing number to avoid duplicate names&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An example would be:&#xD;&#xA;PHOU-DMOSQL01&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Physical&#xD;&#xA; - Houstonm&#xD;&#xA; - Demo Environment&#xD;&#xA; - SQL Server&#xD;&#xA; - 01" />
  <row Id="30958" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17282" RevisionGUID="878c49c3-da52-48a4-a539-ee5fa2ec5873" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:06:43.813" UserId="6365" Text="My friend uses names of celtic gods.&#xD;&#xA;My company uses names of wild animals for terminals and drug names for servers.&#xD;&#xA;I use names from Tolkiens Silmarillion." />
  <row Id="30959" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17283" RevisionGUID="647dda7d-48fd-465e-85d5-49840f98729b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:07:00.363" UserId="6524" Text="I guess that depends on who you are asking... If the question is meant for a fellow sysadmin, then in my opinion, whatever the &quot;rank&quot; (senior, junior), sysadmins should help each other in fixing problems instead of making it a race, a competition or something like that. After all, you are working in the same workplace, you have common goal of keeping your company's infrastructure in working condition, what's the sense in fights, disagreements? As for the mistakes - everyone can have a bad day, just point the error and help fixing it." />
  <row Id="30960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17284" RevisionGUID="cfa68786-35d8-426b-bf24-cb0deb42d6b9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:07:16.540" UserId="5880" Text="I would fully qualify the file command in your named.conf.local so it would look like&#xD;&#xA;`file /etc/bind/local-network`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also i would make sure that the bind daemon user has read permissions to the zone file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have any error messages in /var/log/messages or /var/log/daemon.log ? (I've seen bind write to both places.)" />
  <row Id="30961" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17285" RevisionGUID="aa70254e-908e-4c04-bc0d-3f7a163c056d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:07:24.823" UserDisplayName="Larissa Gaston" Text="You might consider FaceTime's Unified Security Gateway (USG) - a secure web gateway that does web filtering, prevents malware at the gateway, and controls real-time communications and Web 2.o apps like IM, P2P, VoIP, and social networking. When you buy USG before June 30, 2009 with anti-malware you get URL filtering for free. You can learn more at www.facetime.com/nofees. " />
  <row Id="30962" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17286" RevisionGUID="bcb1ed26-8a91-43f6-9109-bd6c1d72ee21" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:07:56.837" UserId="1736" Text="Yeah, mostly.  Your [SOA record][1] is missing its responsible-person email address, though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.zytrax.com/books/dns/ch8/soa.html" />
  <row Id="30963" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17287" RevisionGUID="7f4ba782-8339-49df-bbd6-1beb86816897" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:08:08.053" UserId="48" Text="There are a number of existing questions about this Subject&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [A good hostname convention for few servers with many different services?][1]&#xD;&#xA;- [What are the most manageable and interesting server naming schemes being used?][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7457/a-good-hostname-convention-for-few-servers-with-many-different-services&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3668/what-are-the-most-manageable-and-interesting-server-naming-schemes-being-used" />
  <row Id="30964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17288" RevisionGUID="b4091eb9-6273-4e2d-a928-1fafb985f546" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:08:52.060" UserId="2914" Text="Lovecraftian [Great Old Ones][1] and [Outer Gods][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Old_One&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_God" />
  <row Id="30965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17289" RevisionGUID="ec32e692-0f22-4ccd-854b-b5abe3f90e47" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:10:00.747" UserId="4740" Text="Inform your manager that you disagree with this and here's why and the risks associated with that.  Keep hard copies of what was sent just in case it becomes necessary to defend that you brought up this concern and it was discarded.  This also assumes the sysadmin isn't in your line to the executive where you are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also ask the sysadmin why he does things a certain way as perhaps what you see as a rookie mistake is actually sensible for some other reasons that you don't know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those would be my suggestions along with noting that if you seem to meet a lot of resistance, you may just become apathetic to the whole thing." />
  <row Id="30966" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17290" RevisionGUID="c0b448bc-d561-4f9c-855f-d6c03064482d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:10:10.390" UserId="5848" Text="Use dnsmasq. It's a lightweight DHCP/DNS server. It automatically serves stuff in /etc/hosts and DHCP leases as DNS entries, forwards everything else to your ISP's DNS server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Works like a charm, extremely easy to configure.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30967" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17291" RevisionGUID="4b3ea076-9113-4e23-9a2e-438cdfa48fee" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:10:55.800" UserId="7309" Text="This seems to be an issue when you have installed a named instance in a location other than the default - possibly in a folder named &quot;MSSQLServer&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might be able to move the instance to another location and complete the installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;MSSQLServer&quot; is the default service name of the Database Services component." />
  <row Id="30968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17292" RevisionGUID="a1878ccb-8b83-4589-a987-13684cfb00e8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:11:32.587" UserId="48" Text="The IIS metabase inn IIS6 is part of the servers system state, so to back it up, backup the system state, which you are most likely doing anyway." />
  <row Id="30969" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17293" RevisionGUID="9a3c6fae-d40c-41bb-b119-c5d4f69673b2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:11:56.937" UserId="4370" Text="I think if you have to ask this, you probably need the sysadmin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The business cases made above are great, and useful for getting approval. I'd say, however, that if someone is griping, or upset about the amount of time they spend doing this, that's a warning sign. If things are not done in a timely manner, then you need someone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't forget that security, maintenance, basic tasks are often ignored, and you're gambling here that it won't bite you. If you can afford one, meaning it won't put the company out of business, you might want to just get someone. At least a part timer, maybe a college student, to help ensure that things run smoothly." />
  <row Id="30970" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17294" RevisionGUID="e37d3fcd-935f-43fd-ad92-4c7ee0b9fb68" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:13:28.243" UserId="4452" Text="Don't wait until your developers are getting bogged down with sysadmin-type tasks.  Just about every developer I've met has some capacity to satisfy some level of system administration without giving any visible indication that they are becoming consumed.  By the time you notice that your development team is being visibly impacted by the sysadmin load, you've probably already spent more of their time on it than you would care to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Conversely, early on your system administrator is likely to be underutilized in the sysadmin role.  Consider integrating them into the development team.  I've never seen a software product suffer because it had the early input of an actively participating IT resource contributing feedback on technical requirements.  It's usually the case that IT considerations get short shrift without that resource being involved.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're asking the question, my guess is that you've already observed behavior that indicates the tipping point has been reached." />
  <row Id="30971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17295" RevisionGUID="57598868-ba46-44e4-a085-1965ef556048" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:13:51.333" UserId="5880" Text="We have a similar system to colby.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Airport code or other unique 3 letter abbreviation&#xD;&#xA; 2. vm if it is virtual  &#xD;&#xA; 3. cl if it is a cluster&#xD;&#xA; 4. function&#xD;&#xA; 5. unique number  &#xD;&#xA; 6. and optionally a -n1,2,... if it is a cluster memeber&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;so PHLVMCLDEV01 would be the first development cluster in Philadelphia and it's nodes are virutal&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;it would consist of &#xD;&#xA;PHLVMDEV01-N1 and PHLVMDEV01-N2, etc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30972" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17296" RevisionGUID="abdbaaab-bb06-4f40-b5ee-04c2c326cf53" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:14:18.617" UserId="6922" Text="Other questions you need to ask: what is your acceptable false-positive and false-negative rate (how much legit mail are you willing to lose and how much junk are you willing to accept?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What additional latency are you willing to accept? Some very effective low-falsing anti-spam techniques (*e.g.* greylisting) can delay mail. This can irritate some users who (unrealistically) expect email to be immediate communication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reflect on how much you wish to externalize your costs when planning an anti-spam system. For example, ipfilter-based blacklists are unforgiving but do not materially affect any other system. Greylisting conserves sender and recipient bandwidth but keeps mail in remote queues longer. Mail bounce messages and challenge/response systems can be (ab)used to mailbomb an unrelated third party. Techniques like tarpitting actively externalize costs by intentionally holding open SMTP connections for long periods of time. DNSBLs require you cede some amount of control to a third party (blacklist maintainers) but ultimately as a mail admin you are responsible for explaining your blocking policy to your users &amp; management. The upshot is that there are ethical considerations that go along with each technology and it's important to be aware of your effect on others.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How tolerant will you be toward misconfigured external systems? (*e.g.* those without FCrDNS, broken HELO/EHLO strings, unauthorized pipelining, those that don't properly retry after a temporary failure code 4xx, *etc.*)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How much time, money, bandwidth, and hardware do you want to devote to the problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No single technique is effective, but a concerted defense-in-depth approach can substantially reduce inbound garbage. DNSBLs, URIBLs, greylisting, content filtering, and hand-tuned white- and blacklisting work well on my small domain, but I can afford to be more liberal in what I reject.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless things have changed recently, blacklisting IPs by country of origin is not terribly effective. I had the idea of using ASN and OS fingerprint (via p0f) to judge the quality of an inbound connection but didn't pursue it; the statistics would be interesting to look at but I'm not convinced it would be any more useful than the standard techniques already described. The upside to using GeoIP, ASN, and OS fingerprint info is that while they may individually be weak predictors of connection quality, they are available at TCP/IP connection time, long before you reach the SMTP layer (fsvo &quot;long&quot;.) In combination, they may prove to be useful and that would be helpful because spam becomes costlier to block as it approaches the end user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not trying to be a naysayer; 'oddball' character encodings and GeoIP information probably correlate well to spam but may not be reliable enough to use as single criteria to block mail. However they may well be helpful indicators in a system like Spamassassin. The takeaway is that spam defense is a complex problem in cost-risk-benefit analysis and it's important to know what your values are before implementing or changing a system." />
  <row Id="30973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17297" RevisionGUID="9b84d1b6-3cf6-4261-a517-e9054814cd61" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:15:55.667" UserId="6336" Text="The real answer is that there is no answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried a number of conventions for both server and computer names. My conclusion is that the name itself is meaningless, as long as you have a readily available, easily and non-consequentially modifiable description field.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Therefore, my take on this is - go nuts. Fantasy heroes, StarWars icons, mythology - whatever suits your fancy and has enough scope to include all your existing hosts and expansions. (and doesn't tick off your management's often-lacking sense of humor, bosses can be picky about a server named &quot;pointyhaireddimwit&quot; :)). " />
  <row Id="30974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17298" RevisionGUID="9307d2b5-da6f-4881-9121-489318fbea1b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:16:38.643" UserId="4942" Text="I'm running openSuse 11.1 on VmWare and I can't get on internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm at home, no ports blocked or anything, I've tried every single ethernet option, nothing works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anybody point me at settings I might be missing?" />
  <row Id="30975" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17298" RevisionGUID="9307d2b5-da6f-4881-9121-489318fbea1b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:16:38.643" UserId="4942" Text="Can't get an Internet connection on VmWare" />
  <row Id="30976" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17298" RevisionGUID="9307d2b5-da6f-4881-9121-489318fbea1b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:16:38.643" UserId="4942" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;ethernet&gt;" />
  <row Id="30977" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17299" RevisionGUID="0e0cf751-a30b-4df1-9670-68fb0fefba22" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:16:59.783" UserId="4251" Text="if you want to schedule the backup the metabase, you can use IISBack.vbs script that should have been installed at &lt;WinDir&gt;/System32 folder..  backup to a file and make sure you're backups slurp up the metabase backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit:&#xD;&#xA;on a side note - don't forget to backup certificates and, depending on the age of your applications, any COM+ components as well. " />
  <row Id="30978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17300" RevisionGUID="d2191e07-eeda-4315-b812-b7affa4d80d8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:19:08.063" UserId="6080" Text="Windows 7 is a nice os which I would probably use at home but not at work - there's nothing revolutional. It's not a cost related questions - as we are msdn subscribers, we don't care. It's just because XP/XPx64 is very stable and still supported. Maybe when Office15 will be out and strictly require IE9 available only for Vista/W7, we'll think about upgrading." />
  <row Id="30979" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16693" RevisionGUID="64932731-886b-42c7-bba2-d0df68a2722d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:19:35.080" UserId="6246" Comment="corrected typo" Text="a few choice LAMP related snippets:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;apache: current activity&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias apache_status='watch -n1 &quot;/etc/init.d/httpd fullstatus | egrep \&quot;GET|POST\&quot;&quot;'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;apache: check config and gracefully restart if all ok&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias graceful='/etc/init.d/httpd configtest &amp;&amp; /etc/init.d/httpd graceful &amp;&amp; echo Gracefully Done' &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;get process info&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias pinfo='/root/procinfo' &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;redhat release info&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias about='cat /etc/redhat-release &amp;&amp; cat /proc/version &amp;&amp; uname -a' alias &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;start vim in insert mode (contraversial!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias vi='vim -c startinsert' &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;monitor drbd activity and state of bonded NICs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias cluster='watch -d -n0.2 cat /proc/drbd /proc/net/bonding/bond0'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17301" RevisionGUID="6cec0c9f-aa79-4934-a482-da4d26ec9f7a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:20:04.520" UserId="3000" Text="If you work with others at the same level, band together with them against this individual. Not in a confrontational way, but in a supportive way. Such as, have someone propose the same fix as you if you have proposed it to him and he refused. If multiple people give the same idea, he might take it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are alone, go to your immediate supervisor, or, if he is in that position, the next person above. Do your best to bring your concerns out, but not accuse him of being an idiot outright." />
  <row Id="30981" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16875" RevisionGUID="12de9a6e-aae9-4aa1-ad0c-52e33c7d64fa" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:20:57.903" UserId="7107" Comment="put javac into the title and header line" Text="What are the best linux performance tweaks for software java compilation?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Kernel: 2.6.18-8&#xD;&#xA;Distro: Ubuntu Hardy Heron&#xD;&#xA;SCM: clearcase&#xD;&#xA;compiler: javac 1.6&#xD;&#xA;IDE: Eclipse&#xD;&#xA;filesystem: XFS mounted with noatime and nodirtime&#xD;&#xA;RAM: 2GB" />
  <row Id="30982" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="16875" RevisionGUID="12de9a6e-aae9-4aa1-ad0c-52e33c7d64fa" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:20:57.903" UserId="7107" Comment="put javac into the title and header line" Text="What are the best linux performance tweaks for javac software compilation?" />
  <row Id="30983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17302" RevisionGUID="5fc6455a-edc7-46bb-bdbc-ece06e9d3511" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:20:58.447" UserId="4432" Text="A little more information would be needed to help here, but here are some starting points:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) in the VM, is it seeing the interface and bringing it up?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) If it is up, is it acquiring an IP?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) If it has an IP is able to ping its gateway? Is it able to ping a public internet IP? Is it able to ping a domain on the internet(to test dns)?" />
  <row Id="30984" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17303" RevisionGUID="78546798-a928-43af-990d-2f370ee194ad" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:21:15.500" UserId="7309" Text="You can export the metabase using an included tool called **iiscnfg.vbs**, located in *systemroot*\System32&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Execute something like:&#xD;&#xA;&gt;`iiscnfg.vbs /export /f C:\temp\metabase-export.xml /sp /lm/root /children /inherited`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See more at the Technet topic [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You also might want to check out the IIS 6.0 Metabase Explorer from the [Resource Kit][2], and learn more about which branch of the metabase you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have exported the Metabase sections you want, you can even use `iiscnfg.vbs` to import the metabase to a remote IIS, and then get your cloud running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc787196(WS.10).aspx &quot;Technet on iiscnfg.vbs&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/840671 &quot;IIS Resource Kit&quot;" />
  <row Id="30985" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17304" RevisionGUID="e1994efa-d93b-47c0-8dd2-820a8e6b42e3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:21:23.080" UserId="6524" Text="Nice idea is to have two separate machines (physical or virtual) for incoming and internal/outgoing SMTP traffic. That way you can have more restrictions in place for outside messages, more strict spam/attachment control, and less restrictive rules for internal mail (for example you might consider larger message size on internal server).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using greylisting (for example `postgrey`) can be an excellent idea, if you don't want to use SpamAssassin. Just put it high on `smtpd_recipient_restrictions` list, like that:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;smtpd_recipient_restrictions =&#xD;&#xA;        reject_unauth_pipelining,&#xD;&#xA;        permit_mynetworks,&#xD;&#xA;        permit_sasl_authenticated,&#xD;&#xA;        # checks for known hostnames, addresses, clients&#xD;&#xA;        check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:60000&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And remember to change default delay time from 300 to something higher, preferably random (but not higher than 1200-1500). This way if a mail server is unknown to your SMTP, it will have to wait a couple of minutes before trying to deliver a message again, thus relieving your spam filter and greatly reducing UBE.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also suggest acquiring good blacklist of popular spammer CIDR classes, filter out incoming server SMTP traffic (not client) from *ppp* or *dynamic* domains. That should help also." />
  <row Id="30986" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16831" RevisionGUID="bddad778-980f-4782-97ff-74eb5406e660" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:23:31.923" UserId="7107" Comment="put in better formatting; edited body" Text="&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA; cleartool getcache -view -cview           &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lookup cache:    94% full,   6080 entries (307.0K), 308777 requests,  86% hits&#xD;&#xA;Readdir cache:   77% full,   4534 entries (1259.4K),  52233 requests,  91% hits&#xD;&#xA;Fstat cache:     89% full,   6188 entries (870.2K), 137811 requests, 100% hits&#xD;&#xA;Object cache:   100% full,   6188 entries (1146.9K), 290977 requests,  42% hits&#xD;&#xA;Total memory used for view caches: 3583.5Kbytes&#xD;&#xA;The current view server cache limits are:&#xD;&#xA;Lookup cache:             335520 bytes&#xD;&#xA;Readdir cache:           1677721 bytes&#xD;&#xA;Fstat cache:             1006560 bytes&#xD;&#xA;Object cache:            1174320 bytes&#xD;&#xA;Total cache size limit:  4194304 bytes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should I try to get my Object cache hit to be 100%?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have 2GB RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="30987" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17271" RevisionGUID="9933e8c6-06ea-4918-a2d6-701111d2b64e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:24:11.797" UserId="7321" Comment="added update to top of msg" Text="UPDATE- I see this error in my syslog: (i don't see where it would think the syntax is invalid)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 16:19:08 local-dns named[2402]: dns_rdata_fromtext: /etc/bind/local-network:7: near eol: unexpected end of input&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 16:19:08 local-dns named[2402]: zone local-network/IN: loading from master file /etc/bind/local-network failed: unexpected end of input&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been using /etc/hosts for a while now and it's getting a pain to manage.  I'm interested in using BIND on a linux server for my LAN at home. I'd like to make it so any comp on my network can access the server 'dev1' and 'dev2'  without having to set it up in a hosts file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;here are the ip mappings to my dev boxes-&#xD;&#xA;dev1 -&gt; 10.0.1.50&#xD;&#xA;dev2 -&gt; 10.0.1.51&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i set the dns server to use 10.0.1.2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've look at some resources online but i haven't been able to get it working quite yet. here's what I have so far-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is what's in my /etc/bind/named.conf.local:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    zone &quot;local-network&quot; {&#xD;&#xA;            type master;&#xD;&#xA;            notify no;&#xD;&#xA;            file &quot;local-network&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    };&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and in /etc/bind/local-network:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $TTL 3D&#xD;&#xA;    @       IN      SOA     ns.local-network. (&#xD;&#xA;                            199802151       ; serial, todays date + todays serial #&#xD;&#xA;                            28800              ; refresh, seconds&#xD;&#xA;                            172800              ; retry, seconds&#xD;&#xA;                            2419200              ; expire, seconds&#xD;&#xA;                            86400 )            ; minimum, seconds&#xD;&#xA;    ;&#xD;&#xA;                    NS      ns              ; Inet Address of name server&#xD;&#xA;    ;&#xD;&#xA;    localhost       A       127.0.0.1&#xD;&#xA;    ns              A       10.0.0.2&#xD;&#xA;    dev1            A       10.0.0.50&#xD;&#xA;    dev2            A       10.0.0.51&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does that look right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and then I once the dns server is setup I need to tell my router that does dhcp to use the internal dns server I just setup instead of my IPSs, so all the comps on the LAN use it--right?" />
  <row Id="30988" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17292" RevisionGUID="e81cad49-d2a8-40c9-8645-4d920e881f67" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:25:56.830" UserId="48" Comment="added 306 characters in body" Text="The IIS metabase inn IIS6 is part of the servers system state, so to back it up, backup the system state, which you are most likely doing anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to just backup the metabase file on its own, you can do so using IIS manager, or by using the IISback.vbs script. See this [Microsoft KB article][1] for instructions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=iisback&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&amp;client=firefox-a" />
  <row Id="30989" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17305" RevisionGUID="b8797cce-327a-4fa7-8873-d5943520aee7" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:26:07.113" UserId="6524" Text=" - Debian netinst CD&#xD;&#xA; - network connection&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's how I setup all my servers anyway..." />
  <row Id="30990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17306" RevisionGUID="d83e9642-f196-4d7b-bde7-bfcbb3a4bd0e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:26:10.933" UserId="7339" Text="I would recommend creating a log for a month.  Every time you or an employee spends time on a sysadmin task, log who it was and how much time it took.  At the end of the month calculate how much money it cost total for all that time, and double it.  By doubling it you represent the amount of time you paid to have those people do sys admin tasks AND amount of time lost that could have been used to generate revenue (i.e. coding).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have that number, ask yourself &quot;Can I get a full time sys admin for that price per month?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If yes... hire someone.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, look at service companies in your area.  There are many that work on a retainer situation.  This would be a good solution for that period between when you need someone but not full time. Know that a full time system admin is not your only option.  Also, you don't have to deal with benefits and other personnel issues. &#xD;&#xA;NOTE: I work for a company that provides these services to small business so I may be a bit biased.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30991" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16875" RevisionGUID="92c62007-9b1e-41f3-8f2c-706c1a9fee28" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:26:29.170" UserId="7107" Comment="added 15 characters in body" Text="&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;What are the best linux performance tweaks for software java compilation?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Kernel: 2.6.18-8&#xD;&#xA;Distro: Ubuntu Hardy Heron&#xD;&#xA;SCM: clearcase&#xD;&#xA;compiler: javac 1.6&#xD;&#xA;IDE: Eclipse&#xD;&#xA;filesystem: XFS mounted with noatime and nodirtime&#xD;&#xA;RAM: 2GB&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="30992" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17307" RevisionGUID="d8a27dc2-7803-4420-85d8-5c37ec281a9e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:29:32.160" UserId="7320" Text="Start small if you need to, hire a consultant at an hourly rate to take care of your needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're paying a developer 200 dollars a day and he's spending a quarter of his time taking care of the network you have 75% of that developer's skills being utilized.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use the 50$/day budget to hire an IT consultant to come out once a week for 2 hours and give your network a once-over. They can also give you a quote to get you into shape if you don't have the internal resources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's really about 1) do you have people who can do the job? 2) Can they do it correctly with experience or are they &quot;winging it&quot;? (winging it will kill you) and 3) Is that developer's time worth more than the cost of an IT consultant?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hire somebody part or full time when it makes sense to do so. If you don't have somebody in house with experience in Systems Administration then do not use them as if they do. It WILL bite you in the ass later." />
  <row Id="30993" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17308" RevisionGUID="6e656ab1-e407-4b5c-915c-44e88e4a6d52" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:30:16.963" UserId="6804" Text=" - aptitude&#xD;&#xA; - autotools&#xD;&#xA; - vim&#xD;&#xA; - gcc&#xD;&#xA; - curl&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="30994" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17309" RevisionGUID="b121727f-925f-40ab-9876-d421bf2790dc" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:31:17.147" UserId="3459" Text="What version of VMWare and how is your system connected to the internet/network?  VMWare's free Virtual Server doesn't support NICs, at least it didn't I don't know if the current version does now." />
  <row Id="30995" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16883" RevisionGUID="fd513a36-d246-4034-8f4c-e20501f702d3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:32:09.253" UserId="6246" Comment="corrected typo" Text="Create a new empty database with the same structure to build the information_schema:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    CREATE DATABASE BACKUP_DB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysqldump --no-data CURRENT_DB | mysql BACKUP_DB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this stage, as you are messing with MySQL's filesystem you will have to stop the server (correct me if I'm wrong). Copy the tables (I assume .FRM, .MYI etc?) into the filesystem in /var/lib/mysql/BACKUP_DB (the BACKUP_DB's corresponding directory).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Restart the server. You should now have the backup database loaded into MySQL as BACKUP_DB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, dependent on INSERT IGNORE, or REPLACE INTO statements (are you overwriting old data or &quot;filling the blanks&quot; in your indexes?):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysqldump --no-create-db&#xD;&#xA;    --no-create-info --extended-insert --insert-ignore MERGE_SOURCE | mysql BACKUP_DB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, for REPLACE INTO action:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysqldump --no-create-db --no-create-info --extended-insert MERGE_SOURCE | sed 's/INSERT INTO/REPLACE INTO/g' | mysql BACKUP_DB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, instead of piping output back into MySQL, send to a file and review the SQL statements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysqldump --no-create-db --no-create-info --extended-insert --insert-ignore MERGE_SOURCE &gt; /root/sql/merge.sql&#xD;&#xA;    mysqldump --no-create-db --no-create-info --extended-insert MERGE_SOURCE | sed 's/INSERT INTO/REPLACE INTO/g' &gt; /root/sql/merge.sql&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, in an attempt to avoid further downtime, dump the first database over the second (hairy times!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysqldump BACKUP_DB | mysql CURRENT_DB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could always lock the database first to prevent data being written to (for example) the z table with a foreign key in the a table (which has already been written over):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK;&#xD;&#xA;(perform dump as previous step)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    UNLOCK TABLES;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add the FLUSH command to the start of your dump .sql file and UNLOCK to the end.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be sure to quadruple check your DB names in this scenario! Ask any follow up question you're unsure of, as this is high risk data mashing stuff. Perform (and note in detail) the exact steps required on a dev server if possible, or virtualize your test, or create a small scale test. Just test. And, of course, take enough backups to cover every data loss eventuality. " />
  <row Id="30996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17310" RevisionGUID="2447ace6-5ea7-4e34-af65-d1cc3f830d33" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:33:12.697" UserId="3038" Text="This is a political issue, rather than a technical one. As has been mentioned several times already (because it's a good idea) going to management with your concerns is a perfectly valid way to address the problem. If that avenue is blocked for some reason, you're left with peer pressure. This becomes even more problematic if said admin is already seen as very senior and thus has a lot of clout. In that case you may not be able to do anything about it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Document what you DO find. If it turns out their careless attitude gets them into hot water, having supporting documentation on hand can help reduce their clout with management and peers, which will in turn make it easier on you to convince others that you may know what you're talking about. That's a delicate line to walk, but if you're not willing to get another job because of this it can work out." />
  <row Id="30997" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="9390" RevisionGUID="5997b031-f865-4de5-bf3f-974149d34fb8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:33:26.223" UserId="48" Comment="Fixed title" Text="Should I build my own home server or buy a cheap NAS?" />
  <row Id="30998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17311" RevisionGUID="8db26b7a-c5c4-49ba-8ab0-3e500a68e71d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:34:03.493" UserId="2783" Text="Angry-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The useful part of the error message is directly above what you pasted (what you have just says that the MSI installer had a problem). Is there a &lt;Func Name&gt; section and/or more information about which component is failing to install (and therefore messing up the whole install)?" />
  <row Id="30999" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17284" RevisionGUID="e8f0fd9a-fe42-4e7e-8b8f-6742f19ef1fb" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:35:02.150" UserId="5880" Comment="added example" Text="I would fully qualify the file command in your named.conf.local so it would look like&#xD;&#xA;`file /etc/bind/local-network`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also i would make sure that the bind daemon user has read permissions to the zone file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have any error messages in /var/log/messages or /var/log/daemon.log ? (I've seen bind write to both places.)  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ORIGIN .  &#xD;&#xA;    $TTL 3600       ; 1 hour  &#xD;&#xA;    domain.com               IN SOA ns1.domain.com. user.domain.com. (  &#xD;&#xA;                                    2008123002     ; serial  &#xD;&#xA;                                    900        ; refresh (15 minutes)  &#xD;&#xA;                                    600        ; retry (10 minutes)  &#xD;&#xA;                                    86400      ; expire (1 day)  &#xD;&#xA;                                    3600       ; minimum (1 hour)  &#xD;&#xA;                                    )  &#xD;&#xA;                            NS      ns1.domain.com.    &#xD;&#xA;                            A       &lt;ip of host&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;      &#xD;&#xA;    $ORIGIN domain.com.  &#xD;&#xA;    ns2             IN      A       x.x.x.x  &#xD;&#xA;    ftp             IN      A       x.x.x.x&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31000" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17312" RevisionGUID="f1dc29aa-fac8-479b-8150-f9e018566450" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:35:46.500" UserId="4432" Text="We are currently evaluating hardware and topology solutions for a new environment using GFS+iSCSI and would like some suggestions/tips.  We have deployed a similar solution in the past where all hosts accessing the GFS nodes were the GFS nodes themselves.  The new topology would be to separate the GFS nodes from the clients accessing them.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A basic diagram would look like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;GFS_client &lt;-&gt; gigE &lt;-&gt; GFS nodes &lt;-&gt; gigE &lt;-&gt; iSCSI SAN device&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Is this the most optimal way to setup GFS+iSCSI?&#xD;&#xA; 2. Do you have suggestions on hardware for the GFS nodes themselves(ie - CPU or memory heavy)?&#xD;&#xA; 3. Do you have suggestions on tweaks/config settings to increase performance of the GFS nodes?&#xD;&#xA; 4. Currently we are using 3-4 gigE connections per host for performance and redundancy.  At this point does 10gigE or fiber become more attractive for cost/scaling?" />
  <row Id="31001" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17312" RevisionGUID="f1dc29aa-fac8-479b-8150-f9e018566450" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:35:46.500" UserId="4432" Text="Hardware and topology suggestions for iSCSI + GFS environment" />
  <row Id="31002" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17312" RevisionGUID="f1dc29aa-fac8-479b-8150-f9e018566450" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:35:46.500" UserId="4432" Text="&lt;iscsi&gt;&lt;san&gt;" />
  <row Id="31003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17313" RevisionGUID="e33e23c3-46d3-4e85-8e9a-4539ecfdef09" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:37:25.950" UserId="2783" Text="Leaving the whole Security by Obscurity speech to the side... what happens if you uncloack the SSID long enough to use it for however long it usually takes for the clients to have connectivity problems?  If it works fine when unhidden, but has problems when hidden, you have your culprit.  If you still have connectivity issues when unhidden, then your problem lies elsewhere." />
  <row Id="31004" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17314" RevisionGUID="ce8d472f-91aa-4746-b85b-7766af5f6899" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:38:09.070" UserId="7342" Text="We use nagios for monitoring and alerting and Munin for system graphing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nagios, while not perfect and certainly a pain to configure does most of what we need. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Munin is the simplest graphing system I've seen. It's yet another wrapper around rrdtool, but with none of the pain. It takes 5 minutes to get something up and running. Adding new graphs is pretty trivial too." />
  <row Id="31005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17315" RevisionGUID="78556a95-bfa8-446d-9e22-2a38627105bf" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:42:15.660" UserId="7342" Text="We currently use a mixture of a frivious naming scheme (London Underground stations) and functional names. The latter happened when it started becoming tricky to remember which 11 servers were in the webserver cluster. Remembering victoria, euston, paddington, oval, cockfosters, angel, bank etc is a little harder than w000, w001, w002 etc." />
  <row Id="31006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17316" RevisionGUID="2b68b99c-59b5-4f9c-9622-7ae8bc40ba5b" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:43:58.463" UserId="6922" Text="Without going into detail, this is definitely an issue to take to management if it can't be addressed effectively with the individual in question. I would try to engage the other person and give him the opportunity to explain his rationale', however, given the arrogance and ego often found in our industry, it wouldn't surprise me if he didn't appreciate such challenges to his &quot;authoritay.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At that point, you should build a solid logical, financial, and pragmatic case to counter his broken practices **and** you should suggest a few alternatives (NB: complaining without suggesting solutions is called 'whining'.) At the very minimum, get a copy of [&quot;The Practice of System and Network Administration&quot;][1] and start looking for best practices. Put your concerns down in writing. Each organization has different attitudes toward 'argument from authority' (*e.g.* do textbook best-practices trump those from the local sysadmin or management or developers or Marketing?) If possible, leave a way for the senior admin to 'save face' to make it easier for them to change, without necessarily admitting they were wrong.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wouldn't worry so much about not 'being on the team'; it's one thing to be a destructive, disruptive or obstructionist element; it's quite another to make change a positive experience for everyone involved. That said, depending on how dysfunctional your organization is, your choices may be to change your job or change your job - either fix it or find someplace else less broken. That's probably an extreme case though; keep it depersonalized and positive, listen more than you speak, and above all keep a paper trail. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Practice-System-Network-Administration-2nd/dp/0321492668" />
  <row Id="31007" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17317" RevisionGUID="75f87ca5-b37f-4758-af85-f7fc7ed849f6" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:45:27.167" UserId="6965" Text="What flavour of VMWare?  Server, ESX Server, workstation..?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try checking the VM's settings to check that the network card's (a) connected, and (b) connected to the right network if you've got more than one.  That's the most common mistake I make." />
  <row Id="31008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17318" RevisionGUID="7632b792-9b30-4c13-878d-13705b49ae47" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:46:10.393" UserId="7342" Text="Use memcached. It's designed for exactly this purpose. If you're caching data, then you shouldn't worry when data gets flushed. If a server disappears, clients will carry on using the other servers and it'll just be considered a cache miss. There are clients that will rehash in the case of a failed node. I think last.fm did some work on it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need reliable data, then you might want to look at something like memcachedb, which uses a berkerleyDB backend, rather than memory and will do replication between two nodes." />
  <row Id="31009" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17319" RevisionGUID="4fc1c928-5696-48af-8c08-4a3fc06943f9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:46:17.960" UserId="6524" Text="Great list of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.namingschemes.com/Main_Page&quot;&gt;network and server naming schemes&lt;/a&gt;." />
  <row Id="31010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17320" RevisionGUID="6258ca77-4932-4b24-822c-100b4c7b061f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:52:33.017" UserId="7342" Text="It's also worth considering that a Sysadmin will bring experiences and knowledge that most developers won't have. They'll know how networks work, how to get the most out of databases, how to make applications scale. They tend to have a slightly different mindset to most developers, and that knowledge can be invaluable." />
  <row Id="31011" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17254" RevisionGUID="906b6720-c0d2-4701-8f43-e5ef7802dc17" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:53:31.113" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;hiring&gt;&lt;small-business&gt;" />
  <row Id="31012" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17321" RevisionGUID="a8245cdc-300b-45b3-bf1f-ff34cabc891e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:54:39.770" Text="As others have said, the OST file should be default be in Local Settings, which (again by default) shouldn't be roaming. I'd suggest you run a few tests with a fresh user profile, and check which folders (don't forget to check the hidden ones) are being copied back to the server on logoff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a Group Policy setting to include/exclude folders from roaming profiles:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Admin Templates -&gt; System -&gt; User Profiles -&gt; Exclude directories in roaming profile&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for moving roaming profiles, if you want to be extra-safe, log the user off, copy their profile to the new location (checking that permissions *and* ownership are both replicated), then delete their locally-cached profile on their PC, and get them to log in again (CAVEAT: they will lose temporary files, cookies, and some history - ask them first!)." />
  <row Id="31013" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17255" RevisionGUID="92433fae-538f-420c-80de-446f92e4ea60" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:56:02.510" UserId="1736" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;naming&gt;&lt;convention&gt;&lt;internal-dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="31014" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17322" RevisionGUID="c074bb89-05f4-4f65-8bd4-41b9c5f52603" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:56:17.317" UserId="2783" Text="Take a look at ShellExView (http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html) which allows you to see what shell extensions are registered, and enable disable them from there.  It's worth a shot!" />
  <row Id="31015" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17323" RevisionGUID="140060bd-ddb3-404c-a5ec-21f917200589" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:57:17.003" UserId="7342" Text="You need to make sure that both the client and the server have a working portmap service, visible from the client. It's possible that you don't have a working portmap on the client." />
  <row Id="31016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17324" RevisionGUID="5e32ceff-92a5-43e9-8106-57adce3289ac" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:57:35.863" UserId="4664" Text="- vim&#xD;&#xA;- perl&#xD;&#xA;- knife&#xD;&#xA;- swimming shorts / hawaiian shirt&#xD;&#xA;- diff&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17325" RevisionGUID="7df094d0-055b-4d8a-9484-ca7da3800761" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:58:19.823" UserId="2914" Text="Is there any commands to look up databases that has no any activity in a month or so? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just take SQL dumps for a month and run diff and if there's no differences delete that DB?" />
  <row Id="31018" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17325" RevisionGUID="7df094d0-055b-4d8a-9484-ca7da3800761" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:58:19.823" UserId="2914" Text="MySQL: Hunting down unused databases" />
  <row Id="31019" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17325" RevisionGUID="7df094d0-055b-4d8a-9484-ca7da3800761" CreationDate="2009-06-01T22:58:19.823" UserId="2914" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;maintenance&gt;" />
  <row Id="31020" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17326" RevisionGUID="3444eaa3-777a-4362-843e-5f0df2d7fbf2" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:00:40.193" UserId="1840" Text="We have tried two flavors of server naming conventions for our mid-size intity:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;Location&quot;-&quot;Server Type&quot;-&quot;Number&quot;:&#xD;&#xA;  - &quot;Main-DB-01&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  - &quot;Main-FW-01&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  - &quot;Wing2-FS-01&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  - &quot;Wing2-FS-02&quot;, etc..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**AND**&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;- City Names: &#xD;&#xA; - &quot;NewYork&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  - &quot;Miami&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  - &quot;Portland&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  - &quot;Seattle&quot;, etc..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Out of these two conventions, 80% of the techs (including myself) like the City name convention more than the &quot;Loc-Serv-#&quot; one.  " />
  <row Id="31021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17327" RevisionGUID="42918820-21d0-4188-b820-d0b4a6de0a73" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:02:44.603" UserId="4392" Text="Dumps wouldn't show no activity, they'd show lack of updates which is NOT the same thing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do not know if mysql continually touches the databases that it has open or not. If it doesn't, mtime should tell you. If it does, you'll probably have to look at the logs. " />
  <row Id="31022" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17271" RevisionGUID="7be3d2dd-e929-4083-8e85-ca30357b8ffe" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:05:04.240" UserId="7321" Comment="added 438 characters in body" Text="**UPDATE 2-** Ok, parse errors are gone and no more errors in syslog.  I'm still unable to ping using dev1 but I can using the ip address.  Any ideas?  I updated /etc/bind/local-network (see below).  My resolv.conf contains-&#xD;&#xA;nameserver 10.0.1.2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do 'ping dev1' this and get-&#xD;&#xA;ping: unknown host dev1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas as how to diagnose further?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE 1-** I see this error in my syslog: (i don't see where it would think the syntax is invalid)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 16:19:08 local-dns named[2402]: dns_rdata_fromtext: /etc/bind/local-network:7: near eol: unexpected end of input&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 16:19:08 local-dns named[2402]: zone local-network/IN: loading from master file /etc/bind/local-network failed: unexpected end of input&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been using /etc/hosts for a while now and it's getting a pain to manage.  I'm interested in using BIND on a linux server for my LAN at home. I'd like to make it so any comp on my network can access the server 'dev1' and 'dev2'  without having to set it up in a hosts file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;here are the ip mappings to my dev boxes-&#xD;&#xA;dev1 -&gt; 10.0.1.50&#xD;&#xA;dev2 -&gt; 10.0.1.51&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i set the dns server to use 10.0.1.2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've look at some resources online but i haven't been able to get it working quite yet. here's what I have so far-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is what's in my /etc/bind/named.conf.local:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    zone &quot;local-network&quot; {&#xD;&#xA;            type master;&#xD;&#xA;            notify no;&#xD;&#xA;            file &quot;local-network&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    };&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and in /etc/bind/local-network:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $TTL 3D&#xD;&#xA;    @       IN      SOA     ns.local-network. ns.local-network. (&#xD;&#xA;                            199802151       ; serial, todays date + todays serial #&#xD;&#xA;                            28800              ; refresh, seconds&#xD;&#xA;                            172800              ; retry, seconds&#xD;&#xA;                            2419200              ; expire, seconds&#xD;&#xA;                            86400           ; minimum, seconds&#xD;&#xA;                            )&#xD;&#xA;    ;&#xD;&#xA;                    NS      ns.local-network.  ; Inet Address of name server&#xD;&#xA;    ;&#xD;&#xA;    localhost       IN      A       127.0.0.1&#xD;&#xA;    ns              IN      A       10.0.0.2&#xD;&#xA;    dev1            IN      A       10.0.0.50&#xD;&#xA;    dev2            IN      A       10.0.0.51&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does that look right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and then I once the dns server is setup I need to tell my router that does dhcp to use the internal dns server I just setup instead of my IPSs, so all the comps on the LAN use it--right?" />
  <row Id="31023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17328" RevisionGUID="5a3792bb-12b0-4b2c-9f3c-c64abecee0e3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:05:21.930" UserDisplayName="mjefferson" Text="Another good choice is Servers Alive.  I have used it in many different environments with a lot of success.  It is easy to setup and flexible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17329" RevisionGUID="ef6ac518-96b0-4025-842f-89dcb7a76c94" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:05:52.587" UserId="7342" Text="Diffing SQL dumps will only show you if a database has been modified, not if it's been queried.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could potentially use the slow query log to see what queries are being run against the database, although I can't be certain right now if they include the database the query was run against.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't care about reads, you could use the MySQL replication logs to see if there's been any write activity against those databases." />
  <row Id="31025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17330" RevisionGUID="3cc176eb-558c-439d-a615-9b1129e1d7fb" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:06:02.007" UserId="4392" Text="There was an excellent Slashdot thread about this a while back: &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;http://ask.slashdot.org/story/08/07/06/2014237/Best-DNS-Naming-Scheme-For-SmallMedium-Businesses?art_pos=1" />
  <row Id="31026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17331" RevisionGUID="ed677f2b-9377-4ace-8093-49466d612373" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:06:30.213" UserId="7339" Text="We use this setup a lot.  I just did this a few months ago at a clients office.  We will be migrating again this month.  Because of the nature of PST's (they almost always grow) it is helpful to plan for another move in the future.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, before making any changes, be sure you have a good backup of all data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming all of your foaming profiles are in a single location setup DFS to point to your profiles folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ie \\mydomain.local\files\profiles goes to the directory where the profiles.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For this example I will assume that each users profile is located in a directory that is the same as the username (%username%).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Change all users profile location to \\mydomain.local\file\profiles\%username% in ADU&amp;C &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What this does is allows you to change the location without changing the location listed in each user's properties.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Verify that there is no issues at this point and everyone accesses their profiles.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One night after hours when no one is logged in (after verifying you have a good backup), copy the files to the new server using robocopy (drag and drop can cause problems), and re-point the DFS share.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the future all you will have to do is the last steps.  I highly recommend DFS as it makes any kind of data move much less painful. " />
  <row Id="31027" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17274" RevisionGUID="2aadc23b-0be1-42a8-a615-b19c3da8053f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:07:01.163" UserId="4392" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;hostname&gt;&lt;naming-conventions&gt;&lt;naming&gt;" />
  <row Id="31028" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17332" RevisionGUID="5c030c38-0835-4f7b-b19a-97689e78776e" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:07:12.770" UserId="984" Text="It depends on what you mean by activity?  You wouldn't see updates to a database or changes to the backup for a database that has been designed to store read-only data.  But is is possible that database is access frequently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could enable the mysql [query log][1] and see everything that is accessed, but that will come at the cost of performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could probably do something [Mysql Proxy][2].  You could set it up with a bit of work to log all databases that have been accessed.  This might have less of a performance impact then enabling logging of everything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just looking at the file dates of *.myd files would work for myisam databases provided that active meant that someone was writing too them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/query-log.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQL_Proxy" />
  <row Id="31033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17334" RevisionGUID="65a2d88e-dbe7-4a02-adf9-25e07d9b2b66" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:11:10.437" UserId="4392" Text="It should probably be noted that RFC 1178 is devoted to this topic:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1178.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(even if I disagree with a lot of it, and much in there is out of date). " />
  <row Id="31034" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17335" RevisionGUID="0599869d-1cbd-4f3d-ae92-c66133408b70" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:12:05.990" UserId="2489" Text="When using Outlook 2007 connecting to our Exchange server through the public URL, I get the following error:  There is a problem with the proxy server's security certicate. The name on the security certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the target site mail.contosco.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Outlook is unable to connect to the proxy server. (Error Code 0)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(The message has our company URL instead of Contosco) We've set this up with self-signed cert and the system works remotely for all of our remote computers except this one.  This one is different in that it is the first Vista 64bit to be tested for deployment.  It's Vista SP2 also.  Our mail server is set up FQN of mail.contosco.local.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I turn off the &quot;Only connect to proxy servers that have this principal name in their certificate:&quot; which contains msstd: mail.contosco.com, then it works.  I'm convinced all the other settings are the same as our other Vista Outlook 2007 machines which all work.  Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="31035" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17335" RevisionGUID="0599869d-1cbd-4f3d-ae92-c66133408b70" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:12:05.990" UserId="2489" Text="Problem with the proxy server's security certificate (Error code 0)" />
  <row Id="31036" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17335" RevisionGUID="0599869d-1cbd-4f3d-ae92-c66133408b70" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:12:05.990" UserId="2489" Text="&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;outlook-2007&gt;&lt;outlook&gt;" />
  <row Id="31037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17336" RevisionGUID="05c5bc76-a016-4ab3-a1c7-8336c36d0e2d" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:12:44.803" UserId="7199" Text="Interesting!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From what I've heard, the sparse bundle divides the data into 8Mb bands. Changing the band size might just help, if you're lucky. I mean, you'll never get 100% reclaimed space, but maybe better than what you get now. (Depending on the data on the image etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did a dirty simple test with two 500Mb sparse bundles, one with 8Mb (default) band size, and one with 1Mb (smallest allowed size from what I can tell). I copied over 400mb of mp3 files and then removed every other file and then run `hdiutil compact` on their asses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Size after compact&#xD;&#xA;    8Mb bands: 271Mb&#xD;&#xA;    1Mb bands: 215Mb&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The command to convert your sparse bundle is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    hdiutil convert -format UDSB -tgtimagekey sparse-band-size=2048 -o src.sparsebundle dst.sparsebundle&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Band size is in the unit 512byte. So the above example sets the band size to 512 * 2048 = 1Mb. Just be careful if you're dealing with TimeMachine images or user home folder images etc. You're deviating from the Apple path :) Keep a fail safe backup!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for defragmentation: I have a funny feeling it's just as fast (or faster!) to just use hdiutil to convert the sparsefile to a new sparse file with the same format. I think it tries to be smart about it. But I don't know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Note that defragmenting a sparse bundle just defragments the disk data, not the sparse bundle bands, unless it's a sparse bundle aware defragmentor. `hdiutil convert` does a band 'defragmentation' I believe.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;cheers!" />
  <row Id="31038" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17337" RevisionGUID="d1b0b55f-aaa8-4a8a-897a-30833fd1c958" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:13:51.510" UserId="7339" Text="If you don't need them I would start uninstalling the programs that put the shell extensions in.  Aftermarket shell extensions can wreak havoc.  Smearp has a good idea too but I am not familiar with that product (it does look good though).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, when you have shell issues re-installing the latest service pack can often solve many problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In your case, installing SP3 might fix the shell.  Plus, in general, it cant hurt (unless the install goes bad which is rare). " />
  <row Id="31039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17338" RevisionGUID="c2e85b92-5e9f-44f2-aeb3-341262829225" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:14:41.413" UserId="7342" Text="Interestingly, there's been recent talk about implementing QoS for block devices on LKML. There's a nice write up on the ever excellent LWN.net in the last week or so." />
  <row Id="31040" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17173" RevisionGUID="e6c9b837-6cc8-47c0-9d86-5f8e135242fa" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:15:03.940" UserId="7292" Comment="added 3 characters in body; edited title" Text="I've got a Vista64 machine behind a NAT router connected to the IPv4 Internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Teredo is enabled on my machine and I've got a IPv6 address with 2001:0: prefix. I can `ping` several servers in the IPv6 Internet (like `force.ipv6only.se` or `ipv6.google.com`), and `tracert` reveals that my IPv6 traffic is routed through a teredo relay. However, I cannot connect to or ping my machine from a machine in the IPv6 Internet. A `tracert` in this direction stops at the teredo relay.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What steps are necessary to connect to a Teredo-enabled server behind NAT?**" />
  <row Id="31041" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="17173" RevisionGUID="e6c9b837-6cc8-47c0-9d86-5f8e135242fa" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:15:03.940" UserId="7292" Comment="added 3 characters in body; edited title" Text="Connect to Teredo-enabled server behind NAT" />
  <row Id="31042" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17271" RevisionGUID="4632f3f7-da23-4f37-94ae-2048fdb8cb5a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:17:06.727" UserId="7321" Comment="added 780 characters in body" Text="**UPDATE 2-** Ok, parse errors are gone and no more errors in syslog.  I'm still unable to ping using dev1 but I can using the ip address.  Any ideas?  I updated /etc/bind/local-network (see below).  My resolv.conf contains-&#xD;&#xA;nameserver 10.0.1.2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do 'ping dev1' this and get-&#xD;&#xA;ping: unknown host dev1&#xD;&#xA;and this will show up in syslog-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 17:14:50 local-dns named[2892]: network unreachable resolving 'dev2/A/IN': 2001:dc3::35#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 17:14:51 local-dns named[2892]: network unreachable resolving 'dev2/A/IN': 2001:500:3::42#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 17:14:51 local-dns named[2892]: network unreachable resolving 'dev2/A/IN': 2001:503:c27::2:30#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 17:14:53 local-dns named[2892]: network unreachable resolving 'dev2/A/IN': 2001:500:1::803f:235#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 17:14:54 local-dns named[2892]: network unreachable resolving 'dev2/A/IN': 2001:500:2f::f#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 17:14:58 local-dns named[2892]: network unreachable resolving 'dev2/A/IN': 2001:7fd::1#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 17:14:59 local-dns named[2892]: too many timeouts resolving 'dev2/A' (in '.'?): disabling EDNS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas as how to diagnose further?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE 1-** I see this error in my syslog: (i don't see where it would think the syntax is invalid)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 16:19:08 local-dns named[2402]: dns_rdata_fromtext: /etc/bind/local-network:7: near eol: unexpected end of input&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 16:19:08 local-dns named[2402]: zone local-network/IN: loading from master file /etc/bind/local-network failed: unexpected end of input&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been using /etc/hosts for a while now and it's getting a pain to manage.  I'm interested in using BIND on a linux server for my LAN at home. I'd like to make it so any comp on my network can access the server 'dev1' and 'dev2'  without having to set it up in a hosts file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;here are the ip mappings to my dev boxes-&#xD;&#xA;dev1 -&gt; 10.0.1.50&#xD;&#xA;dev2 -&gt; 10.0.1.51&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i set the dns server to use 10.0.1.2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've look at some resources online but i haven't been able to get it working quite yet. here's what I have so far-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is what's in my /etc/bind/named.conf.local:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    zone &quot;local-network&quot; {&#xD;&#xA;            type master;&#xD;&#xA;            notify no;&#xD;&#xA;            file &quot;local-network&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    };&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and in /etc/bind/local-network:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $TTL 3D&#xD;&#xA;    @       IN      SOA     ns.local-network. ns.local-network. (&#xD;&#xA;                            199802151       ; serial, todays date + todays serial #&#xD;&#xA;                            28800              ; refresh, seconds&#xD;&#xA;                            172800              ; retry, seconds&#xD;&#xA;                            2419200              ; expire, seconds&#xD;&#xA;                            86400           ; minimum, seconds&#xD;&#xA;                            )&#xD;&#xA;    ;&#xD;&#xA;                    NS      ns.local-network.  ; Inet Address of name server&#xD;&#xA;    ;&#xD;&#xA;    localhost       IN      A       127.0.0.1&#xD;&#xA;    ns              IN      A       10.0.0.2&#xD;&#xA;    dev1            IN      A       10.0.0.50&#xD;&#xA;    dev2            IN      A       10.0.0.51&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does that look right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and then I once the dns server is setup I need to tell my router that does dhcp to use the internal dns server I just setup instead of my IPSs, so all the comps on the LAN use it--right?" />
  <row Id="31045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17340" RevisionGUID="75dcb799-3655-436b-9d7a-136844c7a39a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:20:41.213" UserId="3181" Text="Some VPN clients are capable of enforcing such a policy. The Check Point VPN client added this feature around 2000/2001. " />
  <row Id="31046" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17271" RevisionGUID="57d8ca0b-8e46-4c2b-aa0e-3a40801fe4b7" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:22:48.963" UserId="7321" Comment="edited body" Text="**UPDATE 2-** Ok, parse errors are gone and no more errors in syslog.  I'm still unable to ping using dev1 but I can using the ip address.  Any ideas?  I updated /etc/bind/local-network (see below).  My resolv.conf contains-&#xD;&#xA;nameserver 10.0.1.2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do 'ping dev1' this and get-&#xD;&#xA;ping: unknown host dev1&#xD;&#xA;and this will show up in syslog-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 17:14:50 local-dns named[2892]: network unreachable resolving 'dev1/A/IN': 2001:dc3::35#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 17:14:51 local-dns named[2892]: network unreachable resolving 'dev1/A/IN': 2001:500:3::42#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 17:14:51 local-dns named[2892]: network unreachable resolving 'dev1/A/IN': 2001:503:c27::2:30#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 17:14:53 local-dns named[2892]: network unreachable resolving 'dev1/A/IN': 2001:500:1::803f:235#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 17:14:54 local-dns named[2892]: network unreachable resolving 'dev1/A/IN': 2001:500:2f::f#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 17:14:58 local-dns named[2892]: network unreachable resolving 'dev1/A/IN': 2001:7fd::1#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 17:14:59 local-dns named[2892]: too many timeouts resolving 'dev1/A' (in '.'?): disabling EDNS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas as how to diagnose further?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE 1-** I see this error in my syslog: (i don't see where it would think the syntax is invalid)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 16:19:08 local-dns named[2402]: dns_rdata_fromtext: /etc/bind/local-network:7: near eol: unexpected end of input&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 16:19:08 local-dns named[2402]: zone local-network/IN: loading from master file /etc/bind/local-network failed: unexpected end of input&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been using /etc/hosts for a while now and it's getting a pain to manage.  I'm interested in using BIND on a linux server for my LAN at home. I'd like to make it so any comp on my network can access the server 'dev1' and 'dev2'  without having to set it up in a hosts file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;here are the ip mappings to my dev boxes-&#xD;&#xA;dev1 -&gt; 10.0.1.50&#xD;&#xA;dev2 -&gt; 10.0.1.51&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i set the dns server to use 10.0.1.2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've look at some resources online but i haven't been able to get it working quite yet. here's what I have so far-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is what's in my /etc/bind/named.conf.local:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    zone &quot;local-network&quot; {&#xD;&#xA;            type master;&#xD;&#xA;            notify no;&#xD;&#xA;            file &quot;local-network&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    };&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and in /etc/bind/local-network:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $TTL 3D&#xD;&#xA;    @       IN      SOA     ns.local-network. ns.local-network. (&#xD;&#xA;                            199802151       ; serial, todays date + todays serial #&#xD;&#xA;                            28800              ; refresh, seconds&#xD;&#xA;                            172800              ; retry, seconds&#xD;&#xA;                            2419200              ; expire, seconds&#xD;&#xA;                            86400           ; minimum, seconds&#xD;&#xA;                            )&#xD;&#xA;    ;&#xD;&#xA;                    NS      ns.local-network.  ; Inet Address of name server&#xD;&#xA;    ;&#xD;&#xA;    localhost       IN      A       127.0.0.1&#xD;&#xA;    ns              IN      A       10.0.0.2&#xD;&#xA;    dev1            IN      A       10.0.0.50&#xD;&#xA;    dev2            IN      A       10.0.0.51&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does that look right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and then I once the dns server is setup I need to tell my router that does dhcp to use the internal dns server I just setup instead of my IPSs, so all the comps on the LAN use it--right?" />
  <row Id="31047" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17341" RevisionGUID="dab481f0-d694-409c-b838-f93fb5866f63" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:23:27.043" UserId="7339" Text="Note that if you want to retain profiles from xp you will need to go through some pain converting them to Vista or Windows 7 because of the new file structure.  I just went from XP to Vista and experienced this.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft has a good white paper on this conversion and the tools needed to pull it off.  Most Microsoft programs convert over well but it's hit and miss on many other programs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This link should help:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc748927(WS.10).aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you plan on retaining profiles you will need to read the docs." />
  <row Id="31048" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17342" RevisionGUID="485137bd-e3fb-48f7-9e0d-19c2a2c4fc5a" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:23:55.950" UserDisplayName="BigB" Text="I believe only R2 of OCS 2007 supports 2008, and it requires 64bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Read through the installation documentation a couple of times and you'll be fine, also you could setup a virtual environmnent to test the installation with. That's what I did the first time I setup OCS." />
  <row Id="31049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17343" RevisionGUID="1b026477-8c2b-4a95-80f2-a007032f1748" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:29:09.200" UserId="2621" Text="Its been a while since using VMWare but here are some further questions if you are using Workstation (I dont have ESX experience):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Have you installed the VMWare tools?&#xD;&#xA; 2. Is the NIC connected &amp; enabled in the VM Settings&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 3. Can you ping 127.0.0.1 and get a response? (This tests the TCP/IP suite)&#xD;&#xA; 4. Can you run ifconfig eth0 (first Virtual NIC) and get any information? (This ensures that the NIC modules have been loaded)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Without much more information I would assume you have not loaded the VMTools into the OS, but I cannot be sure without further information from yourself." />
  <row Id="31050" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17344" RevisionGUID="2e3e25bd-c8db-4597-bf1e-ea895ddc1f33" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:30:32.397" UserId="1200" Text="I just got my new server setup and in the corner and am in the process of moving services over to it from my existing box. I need to move over mysql and apache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's the best way to move everything over? Just copy over all the apache directory roots and the sites (the config files) I'm assuming is the best/only way to get apache over, but with mysql I obviously want to keep all the passwords for things, so should I just backup and restore or can I make them talk to each and tell the one server to just suck data from the other one?" />
  <row Id="31051" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17344" RevisionGUID="2e3e25bd-c8db-4597-bf1e-ea895ddc1f33" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:30:32.397" UserId="1200" Text="Best way to move apache and mysql setup to new server?" />
  <row Id="31052" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17344" RevisionGUID="2e3e25bd-c8db-4597-bf1e-ea895ddc1f33" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:30:32.397" UserId="1200" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="31053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17345" RevisionGUID="2ee75811-7ef6-447a-9ff2-21bcf23132c9" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:34:05.913" UserId="3456" Text="&gt; List of useful default key bindings (^A, ^D, etc…)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just noticed that the Mac OS X Terminal accepts both control and meta (esc) Emacs keystrokes for navigation.  Here is a partial list:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C-a  Move the cursor to the start of the line&#xD;&#xA;    C-e  Move the cursor to the end of the line&#xD;&#xA;    C-f  Move the cursor forward one character&#xD;&#xA;    C-b  Move the cursor backwards one character&#xD;&#xA;    M-f  Move the cursor forward one word&#xD;&#xA;    M-b  Move the cursor backwards one word&#xD;&#xA;    C-d  Delete the current character&#xD;&#xA;    M-d  Delete to the end of the word" />
  <row Id="31054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17346" RevisionGUID="4146b808-1760-4c22-8454-6a867df5e992" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:35:36.177" UserId="6688" Text="Learning to use mysqldump won't hurt and it will help you make backups of your databases and transfer them to another server too.&#xD;&#xA;Passwords and some other useful things live in database named mysql.&#xD;&#xA;A simple example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysqldump -u myuser -p mypassword mydatabase &gt; dump.sql&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then just feed it to mysql anywhere else." />
  <row Id="31055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17347" RevisionGUID="592ce6e6-0876-4137-a317-2fd5a796ad9f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:36:35.003" UserId="48818" Text="I want to run and check on apps (like rtorrent) running on server via ssh.  I'd prefer not to use background/foreground stuff.  What I really want to do is have a screen session on this server all the time and attach/detach/reattach remotely, but I'm not sure how to do that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have any ideas?" />
  <row Id="31056" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17347" RevisionGUID="592ce6e6-0876-4137-a317-2fd5a796ad9f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:36:35.003" UserId="48818" Text="checking on remote applications" />
  <row Id="31057" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17347" RevisionGUID="592ce6e6-0876-4137-a317-2fd5a796ad9f" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:36:35.003" UserId="48818" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;screen&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;" />
  <row Id="31058" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17348" RevisionGUID="8018079c-c398-478a-8a91-d0824826a975" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:39:58.787" UserId="4392" Text="As Gleb said, using mysqldump is the easiest way (depending on the traffic on the database. Very heavy and mysqldump won't pick up some changes). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With apache, just rsync the directories across before-hand, then do it again when you're ready to do the switch. That way you minimize the size of the sync when it's crunch time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll also want to do it before hand to make sure that your various configuration files were picked up and synced correctly (and that you got them all). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This isn't too complex, but it is good practice for bigger live migrations. " />
  <row Id="31059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17349" RevisionGUID="3ca6137e-b3ef-423b-b091-2df6c0d32aa3" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:43:00.873" UserId="4392" Text="Here's a quick rundown, but a screen tutorial will get you farther: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;'screen' invokes it, and you use ctrl-a then d to disconnect (and leave it running)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;'screen -ls' lists open sessions&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;'screen -r' connects to a disconnected session.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;'screen -x' connects to an active session (if you want to run two terminals at once)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a screen tutorial:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/3/9/16838/14935" />
  <row Id="31061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17351" RevisionGUID="0c147696-d6bc-4b68-b656-b8e787671c80" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:44:31.307" UserId="6132" Text="One of my clients has decided to do 100% of all upgrades via attrition. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They submit their disk build to Dell and all future orders will come with their chosen baseline." />
  <row Id="31062" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17344" RevisionGUID="7859c485-33f0-443f-81d3-feb8e81819c1" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:45:53.207" UserId="1200" Comment="added 94 characters in body" Text="I just got my new server setup and in the corner and am in the process of moving services over to it from my existing box. I need to move over mysql and apache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's the best way to move everything over? Just copy over all the apache directory roots and the sites (the config files) I'm assuming is the best/only way to get apache over, but with mysql I obviously want to keep all the passwords for things, so should I just backup and restore or can I make them talk to each and tell the one server to just suck data from the other one?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: I can afford to take the site down for 30 minutes or so, if that makes a difference." />
  <row Id="31069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17355" RevisionGUID="5f867106-4ab0-4469-ac30-21d094da8c29" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:54:34.543" UserId="5203" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am currently hosting a website within my university environment with the permission from my university sysadmins. This is my scenario:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am running a DNS server on my own and I am using one of the hosting provider's DNS server to point my DNS name to the IP address of the machine in which I am hosting the website. It all works well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now when I am run postfix and try to deliver mail to gmail or hotmail, the mail is not delivered. When I ran dig -x with my IP address, I found the IP address is pointing to my university assigned FQDN of my machine not the one I want (mydomain.com). Looking up the same in ajaxdns.com gave me the same results. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I change the reverse dns records to point my IP address to my domain and not the university domain under which my site is hosted? Will I have to run my own DNS server to accomplish this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you have figured out by this questions, I am quite new to this area. Looking forward to your help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="31070" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17355" RevisionGUID="5f867106-4ab0-4469-ac30-21d094da8c29" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:54:34.543" UserId="5203" Text="Changing reverse DNS in Debian Box" />
  <row Id="31071" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17355" RevisionGUID="5f867106-4ab0-4469-ac30-21d094da8c29" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:54:34.543" UserId="5203" Text="&lt;reverse-dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="31072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17356" RevisionGUID="7c76ea27-3d7b-44db-92e4-719686b07019" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:55:03.137" UserId="5049" Text="Depends very much on the environment you work in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First and foremost - drop any references to (pop-)culture, stick with meaningful &amp; descriptive names.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_You_ might know that &quot;zeus&quot; is the proxy server, because you installed it. But any future colleague would pretty much like to refer to the server by what it does, not what his given name is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you accept that, I'd suggest you do a brainstorming session and write down what different kinds of networked entities (&quot;hosts&quot;) you have, how they can be grouped together and what information is important enough to get encoded in the hostname. Your naming convention should be able to unambigiously name all existing devices and give an user a rough idea of what the host does. Be sure to leave enough room for growth to adapt to future developments, so that you don't need to throw your naming convention over board in a few months.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Document your naming convention (not only how, but why), make sure that everybody who needs to work with it on a regular basis understands how it's laid out, be open to comments/suggestions and don't tout it as a holy grail, adapt it when needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Example ###&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As food for thought, here's the schema we used at one of my former employers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Web service provider, doing development and operations for web projects. Mostly LAMP-stuff, although on a larger scale.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For physical devices:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;SITE&gt;-&amp;lt;RACK&gt;-&amp;lt;DEVICE&gt;.in.&amp;lt;DOMAIN&gt;.&amp;lt;TLD&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* SITE was an unique site identifier, mostly three letters&#xD;&#xA;* RACK was an identifier either assigned by us or taken over from the hosting facility, should be able to uniquely identify the rack at SITE&#xD;&#xA;* DEVICE was a &quot;device class&quot; with a counter after it, e.g. vnodeXX for OpenVZ nodes, swge for Gigabit switches, etc.&#xD;&#xA;* DOMAIN/TLD was the domain of the owner of the given devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For logical entities:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Logical entities might be anything that has an IP address which wasn't strongly coupled to a given physical device/location. This was mostly IP addresses of guest OS (OpenVZ or ESX in our case)..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;PROJECT&gt;-&amp;lt;ENVIRONMENT&gt;-&amp;lt;SERVICE&gt;.in.&amp;lt;DOMAIN&gt;.&amp;lt;TLD&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* PROJECT was a project identifier, which grouped the various services of a project together.&#xD;&#xA;* ENVIRONMENT could be production, staging or development, 4-letter-abbrevation&#xD;&#xA;* SERVICE was relatively freeform, though the common cases were standardized, like web, db, mailout, etc.&#xD;&#xA;* DOMAIN was the primary domain of the project in question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For IP-addresses:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of our services were only reachable from a private network, we had NAT and/or load balancers with &quot;Service IP-addresses&quot; which were used by internet facing hosts to access our services. For those we used something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;PROJECT&gt;-&amp;lt;ENVIRONMENT&gt;-&amp;lt;IDENTIFIER&gt;.&amp;lt;DOMAIN&gt;.&amp;lt;TLD&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* IDENTIFIER was something that uniquely identified the use for the IP address, e.g. an address which was used exclusively as the Web VirtualHost for the projects german domain might be called &quot;wwwde&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Summing it up ###&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The naming convention worked fine for us, some (like - our developers ;) ) might call it overblown. Keep in mind that it _is_ completely overblown if you only maintain a single site and have servers which are assigned to a single project. But for us it fulfilled a few very important things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When dealing with a hostname of a logical entity we always knew:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Which project was involved:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;The various projects were of varying importance with different responsible development teams. A quick glance at the hostname told you how you need to prioritize tasks and whom you need to ask on management/development side&#xD;&#xA;* What environment the host was in:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Issues in development environments cause slowdowns for the developers. Problems in staging environments cause pain for testers and can jeopardize product presentations. And if something is affected in production, the company looses money.&#xD;&#xA;* What subsystem is affected:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Mail spoolers, batch workers, etc. weren't that important, but if web- or database servers are down things get dirty pretty fast.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And for physical devices the exact location was always deducible from the hostname.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The weak coupling between physical devices and logical servers might be a turn-off for some people (e.g. how do I know what projects are going to be affected when I pull the plug of switch x/server y), but this was a must in our environment since our projects had a high turn-around-rate and more often than not we didn't even know what projects were going to be hosted on fresh hardware we just provisioned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31074" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17357" RevisionGUID="613f4de1-6d45-4fdc-96b5-b97981e673a8" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:58:44.617" UserId="3181" Text="I use network sniffers to troubleshoot these kinds of problems. The firewall is a likely culprit, so analyzing the network traffic on the outside and inside of the firewall can reveal what specifically is going wrong with the FTP connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing to check on the firewall policy is that the non-standard port is actually configured to handle FTP traffic. It seems that the policy has been configured to enable a TCP connection to the non-standard port. Has the policy been configured to allow specifically FTP traffic?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using a very low-end firewall that can only perform NAT and basic packet inspection (i.e., not a TCP state aware firewall), then you will need to configure the FTP server to only allow passive mode, configure the FTP server to only allow DATA connections on some small range of ports (10 or 20?), and then configure the firewall to allow inbound connections to the FTP server for those 10-20 ports." />
  <row Id="31075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17358" RevisionGUID="97d39a29-aaa8-490c-920e-ec4c96e77d19" CreationDate="2009-06-01T23:58:59.857" UserId="5021" Text="I think the problem is with google. Gmail isn't a mail transfer agent (MTA) and it usually likes it when real people send mail through it and not servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See if sSMTP helps http://wiki.debian.org/sSMTP&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31076" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17359" RevisionGUID="da1b2653-d83a-4f44-8508-c90e81df9dd3" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:00:23.337" UserId="6080" Text="I'm thinking once again about the desktop virtualization in our company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actually there are 2 known ways doing this, first one is to have users' &quot;desktops&quot; on the terminal server and let they use i.e. RDP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The second one is because we already have VMWare ACE and a fast enough removable SSDs (i.e. Verbatim 64GB SSD for the expresscard) which can host a whole desktop and run it anywhere with some hardware abstraction like VMWare.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However both ways are pretty slow for the modern office software, especially for the modern IDEs. Multimedia is another big problem. I'm afraid noone would switch to the virtual desktop if he can't play even youtube videos. VMWare is a little bit better than RDP but still has a big problems playing videos, also it has enough of the mouse lags in the fullscreen which could be a very annoying for the everyday use as a primary system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any other software I don't know? Or any other way?" />
  <row Id="31077" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17359" RevisionGUID="da1b2653-d83a-4f44-8508-c90e81df9dd3" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:00:23.337" UserId="6080" Text="Desktop virtualization? How?" />
  <row Id="31078" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17359" RevisionGUID="da1b2653-d83a-4f44-8508-c90e81df9dd3" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:00:23.337" UserId="6080" Text="&lt;desktop&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;" />
  <row Id="31079" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17356" RevisionGUID="d1d1d178-5f59-492e-87da-d860d727b7e2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:00:29.590" UserId="5049" Comment="copy-editing" Text="Depends very much on the environment you work in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First and foremost - drop any references to (pop-)culture, stick with meaningful &amp; descriptive names.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_You_ might know that &quot;zeus&quot; is the proxy server, because you installed it. But any future colleague would pretty much like to refer to the server by _what it does_, not what his _given name_ is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you accept that, I'd suggest you do a brainstorming session and write down what different kinds of networked entities (&quot;hosts&quot;) you have, how they can be grouped together and what information is important enough to get encoded in the hostname. Your naming convention should be able to unambigiously name all existing devices and give an user a rough idea of what the host does. Be sure to leave enough room for growth to adapt to future developments, so that you don't need to throw your naming convention over board in a few months.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Document your naming convention (not only how, but why), make sure that everybody who needs to work with it on a regular basis understands how it's laid out, be open to comments/suggestions and don't tout it as a holy grail, adapt it when needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Example ###&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As food for thought, here's the schema we used at one of my former employers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Web service provider, doing development and operations for web projects. Mostly LAMP-stuff, although on a larger scale (size of projects, not quantity).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For physical devices:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;SITE&gt;-&amp;lt;RACK&gt;-&amp;lt;DEVICE&gt;.in.&amp;lt;DOMAIN&gt;.&amp;lt;TLD&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* SITE was an unique site identifier, mostly three letters&#xD;&#xA;* RACK was an identifier either assigned by us or taken over from the hosting facility, should be able to uniquely identify the rack at SITE&#xD;&#xA;* DEVICE was a &quot;device class&quot; with a counter after it, e.g. vnodeXX for OpenVZ nodes, swge for Gigabit switches, etc.&#xD;&#xA;* DOMAIN/TLD was the domain of the owner of the given devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For logical entities:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Logical entities might be anything that has an IP address which wasn't strongly coupled to a given physical device/location. This was mostly IP addresses of guest OS (OpenVZ or ESX in our case)..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;PROJECT&gt;-&amp;lt;ENVIRONMENT&gt;-&amp;lt;SERVICE&gt;.in.&amp;lt;DOMAIN&gt;.&amp;lt;TLD&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* PROJECT was a project identifier, which grouped the various services of a project together.&#xD;&#xA;* ENVIRONMENT could be production, staging or development, 4-letter-abbrevation&#xD;&#xA;* SERVICE was relatively freeform, though the common cases were standardized, like web, db, mailout, etc.&#xD;&#xA;* DOMAIN was the primary domain of the project in question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For IP-addresses:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of our services were only reachable from a private network, we had NAT and/or load balancers with &quot;Service IP-addresses&quot; which were used by internet facing hosts to access our services. For those we used something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;PROJECT&gt;-&amp;lt;ENVIRONMENT&gt;-vip-&amp;lt;IDENTIFIER&gt;.&amp;lt;DOMAIN&gt;.&amp;lt;TLD&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* IDENTIFIER was something that uniquely identified the use for the IP address, e.g. an address which was used exclusively as the Web VirtualHost for the projects german domain might be called &quot;wwwde&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Summing it up ###&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The naming convention worked fine for us, some (like - our developers ;) ) might call it overblown. Keep in mind that it _is_ completely overblown if you only maintain a single site and have servers which are assigned to a single project. But for us it fulfilled a few very important things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When dealing with a hostname of a logical entity we always knew:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Which project was involved:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;The various projects were of varying importance with different responsible development teams. A quick glance at the hostname told you how you need to prioritize tasks and whom you need to ask on management/development side&#xD;&#xA;* What environment the host was in:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Issues in development environments cause slowdowns for the developers. Problems in staging environments cause pain for testers and can jeopardize product presentations. And if something is affected in production, the company looses money.&#xD;&#xA;* What subsystem is affected:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Mail spoolers, batch workers, etc. weren't that important, but if web- or database servers are down things get dirty pretty fast.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And for physical devices the exact location was always deducible from the hostname.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The weak coupling between physical devices and logical servers might be a turn-off for some people (e.g. how do I know what projects are going to be affected when I pull the plug of switch x/server y), but this was a must in our environment since our projects had a high turn-around-rate and more often than not we didn't even know what projects were going to be hosted on fresh hardware we just provisioned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17360" RevisionGUID="df64a45f-7517-476d-8fbc-2f55476830b5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:00:51.540" UserId="7355" Text="Surely someone has written a decent shell for Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a) something more or less like the ordinary linux shell (ie. history, completion etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;b) something which is a simple install (easier than Cygwin which didn't seem all that good when I tried it.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bonus points if it's : &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;c) Free (as in speech)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;d) Allows forward slashes instead of back-slashes in paths" />
  <row Id="31081" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17360" RevisionGUID="df64a45f-7517-476d-8fbc-2f55476830b5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:00:51.540" UserId="7355" Text="A decent command-line shell for Windows" />
  <row Id="31082" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17360" RevisionGUID="df64a45f-7517-476d-8fbc-2f55476830b5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:00:51.540" UserId="7355" Text="&lt;shell&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="31085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17362" RevisionGUID="0b4f6cd8-d25c-4ff3-8b47-f83e9da1e59a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:03:01.897" UserId="984" Text="&gt; How can I change the reverse dns&#xD;&#xA;&gt; records to point my IP address to my&#xD;&#xA;&gt; domain and not the university domain&#xD;&#xA;&gt; under which my site is hosted? Will I&#xD;&#xA;&gt; have to run my own DNS server to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; accomplish this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most likely the University owns the reverse zone for their address space and only they can change this record.  Start by asking the university sysadmins if they will update the record for you.  They will need the IP address, and the name you want that IP to point to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they are willing to cooperate, they could delegate authority to a DNS server you control.  But it will be easier for them to just set the record to whatever that you need it to be." />
  <row Id="31088" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17355" RevisionGUID="4f7beaa0-d7f8-4f5c-ac6e-41dd5d2e8bbd" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:03:48.823" UserId="5203" Comment="Minor Corrections to make the question clearer" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am currently hosting a website within my university environment with the permission from my university sysadmins. This is my scenario:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am running a DNS server on my own and I am using one of the hosting provider's DNS server to point my DNS name to the IP address of the machine in which I am hosting the website. It all works well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now when I am running postfix and try to deliver mail to a gmail or an hotmail id, the mail is not delivered. When I ran dig -x with my IP address, I found the IP address is pointing to my university assigned FQDN of my machine not the one I want (mydomain.com). Looking up the same in ajaxdns.com gave me the same results. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I change the reverse dns records to point my IP address to my domain and not the university domain under which my site is hosted? Will I have to run my own DNS server to accomplish this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you have figured out by this questions, I am quite new to this area. Looking forward to your help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17364" RevisionGUID="a9df9d56-ab83-4680-9d19-7489f9f731c0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:04:03.927" UserId="4153" Text="Under Linux, how can I find all the files and directories that are writable (or, actually, not writable) by a particular user?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: To clarify, I meant under a particular subdir, not systemwide.  And yes, that means all the permutations and combinations of user, group and world writability that would allow that user to write." />
  <row Id="31090" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17364" RevisionGUID="a9df9d56-ab83-4680-9d19-7489f9f731c0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:04:03.927" UserId="4153" Text="How do I find all files and directories writable by a specific user?" />
  <row Id="31091" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17364" RevisionGUID="a9df9d56-ab83-4680-9d19-7489f9f731c0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:04:03.927" UserId="4153" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;find&gt;&lt;user&gt;" />
  <row Id="31092" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17365" RevisionGUID="21d08e23-97f0-41f5-a856-9c1698e8ed50" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:04:44.830" UserId="6497" Text="Regarding the bootmanager: when using FAT as filesystem then syslinux would be one approach. Especially when booting from USB you might consider using grub for booting, as you'll be flexible with the grub shell (providing a nice tab-completion). To install grub you'd be running something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mount /dev/sdX /mnt/&#xD;&#xA;    grub-install --recheck --no-floppy --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sdX&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and adjust /boot/grub/menu.lst accordingly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your bootloader has to load kernel and initrd. So those files have to be outside your debianroot.img (unless you're using the ISO approach and grub2 with its loopback option, see http://michael-prokop.at/blog/2009/05/25/boot-an-iso-via-grub2/) and need to be referenced/configured in your bootloader (being syslinux.cfg for syslinux, menu.lst for grub1 and grub.cfg for grub2). The following is an example menu.lst file used for the grml live system (http://grml.org/) generated by grml2usb (http://grml.org/grml2usb/):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # misc options:&#xD;&#xA;    timeout 30&#xD;&#xA;    splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz&#xD;&#xA;    foreground  = 000000&#xD;&#xA;    background  = FFCC33&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    title grml  - Default boot (using 1024x768 framebuffer)&#xD;&#xA;    kernel (hd0,0)/boot/release/grml/linux26 apm=power-off vga=791 quiet boot=live nomce live-media-path=/live/grml/ &#xD;&#xA;    initrd (hd0,0)/boot/release/grml/initrd.gz&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The initrd file has to locate the debianroot.img on your devices and loopback mount it then. Then it should change your root file system via e.g. pivot_root (see http://linux.die.net/man/8/pivot_root) to inside the mounted loopback file. You can find more details regarding the initrd process in Documentation/initrd.txt of the linux kernel sources: http://lxr.linux.no/linux/Documentation/initrd.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you'd like to know how common live systems do this kind of stuff check out debian-live (http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/) or grml-live (http://grml.org/grml-live/) in combination with live-initramfs (which does all the initrd/initramfs magic and is used in most Debian based live systems; http://packages.debian.org/sid/live-initramfs).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A different approach to your debianroot.img approach would be talking an existing Debian based Linux Live system providing so called &quot;root persistency&quot; (for example the official Debian-live project provides this as well as grml 2009.05 does)." />
  <row Id="31093" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17366" RevisionGUID="f28e1b51-cd4b-4a70-b47d-c1132d7beff8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:05:05.890" UserId="4392" Text="I'm pretty sure cmd allows forward slashes. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you looked at Powershell? People seem to swear by that." />
  <row Id="31094" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17367" RevisionGUID="45605c8f-da05-423a-aab5-75a19acb70d7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:07:28.463" UserId="4392" Text="Are you sure that is really the question that you want to be asking? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To say &quot;I want to see all files that X account can write to&quot; means every file owned by them with u+w, every file owned by any group they belong to that's set g+w, and every file world writable (o+w). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not writable would be even harder. You'd be better off to make a list of every file, then exclude those that they can write to. " />
  <row Id="31095" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17368" RevisionGUID="463e2ac3-0b15-4bf1-953d-d3d2684b8b6e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:08:24.560" UserId="6132" Text="Poweshell. Nuf said. :)" />
  <row Id="31096" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17364" RevisionGUID="89a8b07c-5bc0-4a5e-93d9-3dd24b720ac5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:09:29.427" UserId="4153" Comment="added 126 characters in body" Text="Under Linux, how can I find all the files and directories that are writable (or, actually, not writable) by a particular user?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: To clarify, I meant under a particular subdir, not systemwide.  And yes, that means all the permutations and combinations of user, group and world writability that would allow that user to write.  I know what the question entails semantically, I was hoping for a one- or few-liner to execute to get a list of these files." />
  <row Id="31097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17369" RevisionGUID="b4c572c4-4a6a-4161-8d44-56dad423d843" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:13:22.810" UserId="6132" Text="Start documenting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The scenario you stated could be extrapolated to any other industry; accounting, agriculture, automotive (just to pick three from the same letter in the alphabet). If your documentation is consistent across a large portion of time (not just the stuff that he is mucking up) then it's more likely to be taken at face value. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck." />
  <row Id="31098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17370" RevisionGUID="e4cc4608-700c-44d2-af66-ce02a2d254e7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:15:27.817" UserId="4694" Text="to display squid log file in real time&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;alias proxy='tail -f /usr/local/squid/var/logs/access.log'" />
  <row Id="31099" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17062" RevisionGUID="11dd99ac-d2ed-4414-96ac-5f7bdf96e87b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:15:48.550" UserId="7243" Comment="had to dispel all that ridiculous misinformation!" Text="A lot of these answers are only partially true or just plain wrong. WINS is just another way to resolve hostnames to ip addresses. As long as your applications know how to use DNS, WINS is not needed at all. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Okay, I seriously can't believe how much misinformation there is on this thread. First of all, the people talking about needing WINS when you have different subnets (or VPNs) have absolutely no idea what they're talking about. As long as your application can communicate with udp/tcp port 53 on your DNS server(s), you will be able to resolve hostnames just fine. Routing is not an issue here at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly, if you're wondering why you can't resolve anything using the short hostname (i.e. just the hostname without the domain), it's probably because you never configured the default domain (or domain search list) on your clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And lastly (but not leastly!), an Active Directory domain is not a prerequisite for using DNS on a Windows network. The only reason you think that is because when you join a machine to a domain, Windows sets the default domain name for you. There is nothing preventing you from setting it yourself through other means (probably DHCP).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So in summary, just set the default domain and use DNS like the rest of us here in the 21st century!" />
  <row Id="31100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17371" RevisionGUID="487c4bbf-b7a4-4771-88fe-2394a1f39022" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:18:20.730" UserId="1650" Text="Windows &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/powershell/default.mspx&quot;&gt;Powershell&lt;/a&gt; is great, easy to install and is going to come with Windows 7. You even can write &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/msh/cmdlets/index.mspx&quot;&gt;cmdlets&lt;/a&gt; which are very similar to bash scripts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been an Ubuntu user for about 3 years now and I loved it." />
  <row Id="31101" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17271" RevisionGUID="aa2613f5-cb49-405c-8d41-3a2a9d7a9ee7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:20:36.143" UserId="7321" Comment="added 111 characters in body" Text="** SOLVED ** - thanks everyone, it's working now.  I had additionally mistyped the IPs of the dev boxes &gt;_&lt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE 2-** Ok, parse errors are gone and no more errors in syslog.  I'm still unable to ping using dev1 but I can using the ip address.  Any ideas?  I updated /etc/bind/local-network (see below).  My resolv.conf contains-&#xD;&#xA;nameserver 10.0.1.2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do 'ping dev1' this and get-&#xD;&#xA;ping: unknown host dev1&#xD;&#xA;and this will show up in syslog-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 17:14:50 local-dns named[2892]: network unreachable resolving 'dev1/A/IN': 2001:dc3::35#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 17:14:51 local-dns named[2892]: network unreachable resolving 'dev1/A/IN': 2001:500:3::42#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 17:14:51 local-dns named[2892]: network unreachable resolving 'dev1/A/IN': 2001:503:c27::2:30#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 17:14:53 local-dns named[2892]: network unreachable resolving 'dev1/A/IN': 2001:500:1::803f:235#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 17:14:54 local-dns named[2892]: network unreachable resolving 'dev1/A/IN': 2001:500:2f::f#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 17:14:58 local-dns named[2892]: network unreachable resolving 'dev1/A/IN': 2001:7fd::1#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 17:14:59 local-dns named[2892]: too many timeouts resolving 'dev1/A' (in '.'?): disabling EDNS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas as how to diagnose further?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE 1-** I see this error in my syslog: (i don't see where it would think the syntax is invalid)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 16:19:08 local-dns named[2402]: dns_rdata_fromtext: /etc/bind/local-network:7: near eol: unexpected end of input&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  1 16:19:08 local-dns named[2402]: zone local-network/IN: loading from master file /etc/bind/local-network failed: unexpected end of input&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been using /etc/hosts for a while now and it's getting a pain to manage.  I'm interested in using BIND on a linux server for my LAN at home. I'd like to make it so any comp on my network can access the server 'dev1' and 'dev2'  without having to set it up in a hosts file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;here are the ip mappings to my dev boxes-&#xD;&#xA;dev1 -&gt; 10.0.1.50&#xD;&#xA;dev2 -&gt; 10.0.1.51&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i set the dns server to use 10.0.1.2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've look at some resources online but i haven't been able to get it working quite yet. here's what I have so far-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is what's in my /etc/bind/named.conf.local:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    zone &quot;local-network&quot; {&#xD;&#xA;            type master;&#xD;&#xA;            notify no;&#xD;&#xA;            file &quot;local-network&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    };&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and in /etc/bind/local-network:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $TTL 3D&#xD;&#xA;    @       IN      SOA     ns.local-network. ns.local-network. (&#xD;&#xA;                            199802151       ; serial, todays date + todays serial #&#xD;&#xA;                            28800              ; refresh, seconds&#xD;&#xA;                            172800              ; retry, seconds&#xD;&#xA;                            2419200              ; expire, seconds&#xD;&#xA;                            86400           ; minimum, seconds&#xD;&#xA;                            )&#xD;&#xA;    ;&#xD;&#xA;                    NS      ns.local-network.  ; Inet Address of name server&#xD;&#xA;    ;&#xD;&#xA;    localhost       IN      A       127.0.0.1&#xD;&#xA;    ns              IN      A       10.0.0.2&#xD;&#xA;    dev1            IN      A       10.0.0.50&#xD;&#xA;    dev2            IN      A       10.0.0.51&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does that look right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and then I once the dns server is setup I need to tell my router that does dhcp to use the internal dns server I just setup instead of my IPSs, so all the comps on the LAN use it--right?" />
  <row Id="31102" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17372" RevisionGUID="c718b5e5-ecb0-4538-80b1-d1b803ada72b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:21:22.133" UserId="1054" Text="Do the same thing that Microsoft did when they came out with [WSUS][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make a server component that can live on a host inside the customer's corporate network.  This server will be a central administration host for the CE devices.  The server would be responsible for connecting with your site and the CE devices would talk to this central server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/wsus/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="31103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17373" RevisionGUID="e339335b-8aac-4093-aab7-104c78461cbc" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:23:10.010" UserId="5983" Text="http://win-bash.sourceforge.net/ &lt;- if you are already used to bash style." />
  <row Id="31104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17374" RevisionGUID="a54f4df9-ac70-49ad-a931-d70f82e0e323" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:25:49.740" UserId="4392" Text="If your users never take their computers away (ie if they're not laptops), then thin terminals will do fine. Actually might be great, with centralized administration and versioning. Rolling out new images couldn't be easier. " />
  <row Id="31105" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17375" RevisionGUID="ee936e22-34e4-4493-b3ba-767afdd1bf05" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:27:09.193" UserId="7362" Text="Hi everyone.. a long story here, but basically I had windows xp on sda1 aka (hd0,0) and ubuntu on sdb3 aka (hd1,4) and they were booting fine.&#xD;&#xA;Something messed up with ubuntu, I reinstalled, and tried to fix grub.. in the course of it all I believe I accidentally ran 'setup (hd0,0)' instead of 'setup(hd0)' to copy grub over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried fixing the MBR with ms-sys but to no avail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this point the GRUB boot menu lets me boot into linux, but if I try to boot into winXP, it quickly flashes &quot;GRUB loading stage2...&quot; and then puts me right back into the GRUB boot menu again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anything I can try to fix this or am i screwed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The winxp grub menu entry is:  &#xD;&#xA;&gt;`title winxp  &#xD;&#xA;rootnoverify (hd0,0)  &#xD;&#xA;savedefault  &#xD;&#xA;chainloader +1`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The output of fdisk -l is:  &#xD;&#xA;&gt;`/dev/sda1 * 1 8338 7879403 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;`/dev/sdb1 * 1 2224 17864248+ 83 Linux  &#xD;&#xA;/dev/sdb2   2551 3924 11036655 b W95 FAT32  &#xD;&#xA;/dev/sdb3   2225 2550 2618595 5 Extended  &#xD;&#xA;/dev/sdb5   2225 2528 2441848+ 83 Linux  &#xD;&#xA;/dev/sdb6   2529 2550 176683+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="31106" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17375" RevisionGUID="ee936e22-34e4-4493-b3ba-767afdd1bf05" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:27:09.193" UserId="7362" Text="Help fixing GRUB for linux/winxp dual boot scenario" />
  <row Id="31107" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17375" RevisionGUID="ee936e22-34e4-4493-b3ba-767afdd1bf05" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:27:09.193" UserId="7362" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;grub&gt;&lt;boot&gt;" />
  <row Id="31108" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17376" RevisionGUID="9f709a3f-16ec-49ef-91f3-312d63628888" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:28:01.080" UserId="6325" Text="Since most open source projects include mod_rewrite rules to work with Apache I need to be able to convert them to work with lighttpd or nginx. Which web server allows me to convert the rules exactly to the equivalent from Apache? If both can be converted exactly which one has better syntax and advanced options that would better mimic Apache's?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example I'll use a .htaccess from Wordpress.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;IfModule mod_rewrite.c&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine On&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteBase /&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule . /index.php [L]&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/IfModule&gt;" />
  <row Id="31109" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17376" RevisionGUID="9f709a3f-16ec-49ef-91f3-312d63628888" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:28:01.080" UserId="6325" Text="Which web server has better rewrite syntax that closely mimics Apache's?" />
  <row Id="31110" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17376" RevisionGUID="9f709a3f-16ec-49ef-91f3-312d63628888" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:28:01.080" UserId="6325" Text="&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;lighttpd&gt;&lt;nginx&gt;" />
  <row Id="31114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17378" RevisionGUID="d2e89316-5a0d-49af-adad-4f7c430af483" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:28:51.313" UserId="6080" Text="Take a look at Netgear NAS systems. They are pretty expensive but have a real hardware raid inside so the benchmarks should be very nice. Also, according to the reviews they are quiet. I would buy this one for home use but I have a 19&quot; rack and it doesn't fit :)" />
  <row Id="31115" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17379" RevisionGUID="e61d3905-850c-47a4-8a7f-a048b012f505" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:29:23.560" UserId="4392" Text="Wouldn't sdb3 be hd1,2 since there's no sdb0? " />
  <row Id="31117" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17380" RevisionGUID="617fea62-cad6-4ebc-84ec-364fef803aa8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:32:09.143" UserId="7361" Text="Here are my 9 rules to Failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1 - DON'T Think for yourself... lack of confidence.&#xD;&#xA;2 - DON'T Keep it simple... the best way, the hard way.&#xD;&#xA;3 - DON'T Control inner your chaos... AVOID to become a stress Zen.&#xD;&#xA;4 - IGNORE your enviroment... you're the only one!&#xD;&#xA;5 - DON'T Keep Backups... why bother disk space?&#xD;&#xA;6 - DON'T Test Backups... AVOID backups, skip this waste of time.&#xD;&#xA;7 - AVOID exploring new paths of knowledge... better walk in familiar paths.&#xD;&#xA;8 - DON'T Gain extra motivation... winners suck... ordinary fits best!&#xD;&#xA;9 - AVOID Social Media, Trobleshooting, reading manuals... only trust in your experience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="31119" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17313" RevisionGUID="1d8b8fca-96f1-4f6c-ac8a-9f1c2fad069b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:33:52.980" UserId="2783" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="Leaving the whole Security by Obscurity speech to the side... what happens if you uncloak the SSID long enough to use it for however long it usually takes for the clients to have connectivity problems?  If it works fine when unhidden, but has problems when hidden, you have your culprit.  If you still have connectivity issues when unhidden, then your problem lies elsewhere." />
  <row Id="31120" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17381" RevisionGUID="14ebaa03-fbdb-447f-b86f-ac3ae102a599" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:35:41.637" UserId="7186" Text="For NTFS volumes, I prefer using ntfsclone.  I'd link to it, but my reputation isn't high enough yet.  It's part of the ntfsprogs package." />
  <row Id="31121" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17382" RevisionGUID="8b43478f-443e-429b-b979-cee015b3072a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:35:58.080" UserId="7231" Text="Powershell has a SIGNIFCANT advantage over any of the other command shells.  It is OBJECT ORIENTED.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In cmd, bash, etc. your output from a command like dir/ls is a effectively a string array.  If you pipe tha tto another command then you have to process strings.  In Powershell the dir cmdlet actually gives an array of file objects that you can pipe to another command and act on those objects via properties.  Powershell is really an interactive .Net shell.  Every cmdlet is actually a wrapper around a set of .Net objects.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the next generation of management interfaces coming from Microsoft are actually implemented in Powershell and the GUI interfaces are a wrapper around the Powershell commands, similar to the &quot;Unix way&quot; of doing GUI admin tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's an example from an Active Directory perspective...  You can use the cmd.exe shell and a utility like dsquery.exe to do LDAP queries for objects.  But you get a list a distinguished names back.  You can then process those DNs as string, etc.  In Powershell you can use a Quest snap-in that gives you tools like get-QADUser.  When you query the AD with get-QAD user the return values are a colelction of User objects.  So a command like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $users = get-QADUser svc_*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will return a a collection that you can process by property, for example to sort them by HomeDirectory you would use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $HmDirs = get-QADUser svc_* | sort-object HomeDirectory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is no other shell out there that has this capability for Windows.  Powershell is the way to go, absolutely.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31122" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17309" RevisionGUID="4bc7b25f-568f-4724-8e8f-a033760a64db" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:38:13.770" UserId="3459" Comment="meant to say wireless network cards instead of just NICs; added 33 characters in body" Text="What version of VMWare and how is your system connected to the internet/network?  VMWare's free Virtual Server doesn't support wireless network cards, at least it didn't a number of months ago, I don't know if the current version supports them now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31123" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17359" RevisionGUID="d0900056-8012-4a94-abe9-8b820a411338" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:39:08.577" UserId="6080" Comment="added 9 characters in body" Text="I'm thinking once again about the desktop virtualization in our company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actually there are 2 known ways doing this, first one is to have users' &quot;desktops&quot; on the terminal server and let they use i.e. RDP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The second one is possible because we already have VMWare ACE and a fast enough removable SSDs (i.e. Verbatim 64GB SSD for the expresscard) which can host a whole desktop and run it anywhere with some hardware abstraction like VMWare.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However both ways are pretty slow for the modern office software, especially for the modern IDEs. Multimedia is another big problem. I'm afraid noone would switch to the virtual desktop if he can't play even youtube videos. VMWare is a little bit better than RDP but still has a big problems playing videos, also it has enough of the mouse lags in the fullscreen which could be a very annoying for the everyday use as a primary system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any other software I don't know? Or any other way?" />
  <row Id="31124" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17375" RevisionGUID="6e3b4342-33e5-458b-bb05-9d692cc5d06d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:40:35.220" UserId="7362" Comment="linux on sdb5 not sdb3" Text="Hi everyone.. a long story here, but basically I had windows xp on sda1 aka (hd0,0) and ubuntu on sdb5 aka (hd1,4) and they were booting fine.&#xD;&#xA;Something messed up with ubuntu, I reinstalled, and tried to fix grub.. in the course of it all I believe I accidentally ran 'setup (hd0,0)' instead of 'setup(hd0)' to copy grub over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried fixing the MBR with ms-sys but to no avail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this point the GRUB boot menu lets me boot into linux, but if I try to boot into winXP, it quickly flashes &quot;GRUB loading stage2...&quot; and then puts me right back into the GRUB boot menu again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anything I can try to fix this or am i screwed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The winxp grub menu entry is:  &#xD;&#xA;&gt;`title winxp  &#xD;&#xA;rootnoverify (hd0,0)  &#xD;&#xA;savedefault  &#xD;&#xA;chainloader +1`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The output of fdisk -l is:  &#xD;&#xA;&gt;`/dev/sda1 * 1 8338 7879403 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;`/dev/sdb1 * 1 2224 17864248+ 83 Linux  &#xD;&#xA;/dev/sdb2   2551 3924 11036655 b W95 FAT32  &#xD;&#xA;/dev/sdb3   2225 2550 2618595 5 Extended  &#xD;&#xA;/dev/sdb5   2225 2528 2441848+ 83 Linux  &#xD;&#xA;/dev/sdb6   2529 2550 176683+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="31125" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17335" RevisionGUID="905c3dff-b275-418f-95a9-24442bf3460e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:41:08.853" UserId="2489" Comment="added 175 characters in body" Text="When using Outlook 2007 connecting to our Exchange server through the public URL, I get the following error:  There is a problem with the proxy server's security certicate. The name on the security certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the target site mail.contosco.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Outlook is unable to connect to the proxy server. (Error Code 0)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(The message has our company URL instead of Contosco) We've set this up with self-signed cert and the system works remotely for all of our remote computers except this one.  This one is different in that it is the first Vista 64bit to be tested for deployment.  It's Vista SP2 also.  Our mail server is set up FQN of mail.contosco.local.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've made sure if I visit the website mail.contosco.com using a browser, that the certificate is considered trusted since I have installed the signing cert into cert list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I turn off the &quot;Only connect to proxy servers that have this principal name in their certificate:&quot; which contains msstd: mail.contosco.com, then it works.  I'm convinced all the other settings are the same as our other Vista Outlook 2007 machines which all work.  Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="31126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17383" RevisionGUID="bbb01689-559c-4380-a1da-80162169e42f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:41:19.807" UserId="1054" Text="This is more of a developer answer, but it is real world and we will start testing this at some point in the next few months.  I'm beginning to learn Powershell in order to write scripts to bring SQL Server tasks into our continuous integration environment.  The continuous integration scripts will be run primarily by Nant and MSBuild via [JetBrains TeamCity][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition to that, I'm looking at switching over to Powershell as my primary Windows cmd shell for general purpose and especially for SQL Server dba tasks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sorry, I don't have any code samples yet to share because I'm still learning!  Be happy to post some when I do, though :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/" />
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  <row Id="31128" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17384" RevisionGUID="8e9a5c89-5e83-4c8b-82a4-49e7312dcd71" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:46:15.200" UserId="3459" Text="We implemented DbProtect on a SQL Server database.  It wasn't too hard and it allowed some pretty granular policies for auditing.  However as mentioned by bobwood, it's not cheap." />
  <row Id="31129" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17385" RevisionGUID="ffc461ef-0d67-4288-8af3-ed788f2f8b38" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:47:30.813" UserId="3490" Text="I'm not sure if this is the best way, but should do what you ask:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for file in *&#xD;&#xA;    do &#xD;&#xA;        if [ -w $file ] ; then &#xD;&#xA;            echo $file&#xD;&#xA;        fi&#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;key is of course in `-w` switch, which can also be negated&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31130" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17386" RevisionGUID="703c6218-4763-4501-a3c9-9394bc01df32" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:51:19.640" UserId="5629" Text="As others have mentioned above, one of the gotchas with cloning a mounted file system is potential data corruption.  This obviously won't apply to full drive clones, but if you're using LVM you can Snapshot the LogicalVolume and dd from the snapshot to get a consistent image." />
  <row Id="31131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17387" RevisionGUID="3b7032d8-36be-446d-820c-7fc373863d23" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:51:50.700" UserId="4581" Text="Here is my favorite, to find something in all of the Python code in the current and child directories, excluding those associated with subversion:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`alias greppy=&quot;find . | grep -v [.]svn | grep [.]py$ | xargs grep &quot;`" />
  <row Id="31132" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11630" RevisionGUID="c2ac15c7-c6d5-4dc1-918e-14f42e950867" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:52:12.040" UserId="808" Comment="Fix typo, thanks to Dennis Williamson for pointing it out" Text="I always apply thermal compound to a CPU just before I install the heat sink.  I apply a very small amount and then user a razor blade to spread it thinly across the surface of the CPU. You do NOT want a lot of compound.  You want to apply just enough that you can get a very thin layer across the entire CPU surface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I remove and restore a heat sink, I always clean the CPU with a thin cloth and reapply thermal compound, but I don't know if this is strictly necessary.  I would always, however, re-spread the compound to ensure that the whole surface of the CPU has a thin layer.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17388" RevisionGUID="c0579213-85ad-4e06-8d5a-625ff2aeeb2d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:53:47.530" UserId="6890" Text="Take the ACL on a file as being a permission slip. Before you can read the file, you (or your system) needs to check the permission slip to see if you have access. If you deny access to the permission slip, you can never check it, so the system denies you access to the file. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31134" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17385" RevisionGUID="84b377e7-6fd0-4804-8719-f5af926d3db2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:56:47.917" UserId="3490" Comment="added 134 characters in body" Text="I'm not sure if this is the best way, but should do what you ask:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for file in *&#xD;&#xA;    do &#xD;&#xA;        if [ -w $file ] ; then &#xD;&#xA;            echo $file&#xD;&#xA;        fi&#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;key is of course in `-w` switch, which can also be negated&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Thinking more about this, this script prints what is writable by current user, it obviously wouldn't work for some given user." />
  <row Id="31138" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17390" RevisionGUID="ae02a8f0-f629-40db-ac0c-9598c1c32978" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:03:54.397" UserId="6890" Text="You could attach the OU to a high enough OU to cover all the computers, and then assign it to a group of computers rather than a group of users. The computers pick up their machine settings at startup (and other times depending on your refresh settings). " />
  <row Id="31139" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17391" RevisionGUID="f749c854-f9c0-4565-a6e4-6f331a55fddb" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:13:02.577" UserId="846" Text="There are two other alternatives ...  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One is to use virtualized PCs ... like [ClearCube][1] or [PanoLogic][2] .. there are devices at the desk which pipe the peripheral connections back to a central infrastructure and connect them to a &quot;PC&quot;.  The alternatives are discussed in this [comment][3] to a similar question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another is to use Active Directory roaming profiles and automated software deployment in Active Directory. When a user logs into a computer their software and settings are setup on the computer.  Roaming profiles are easy, automated software deployment is hard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.clearcube.com/controller/home.php&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://panologic.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/11050/how-do-separate-the-display-and-peripherals-from-the-actual-computer/11062#11062" />
  <row Id="31140" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4573" RevisionGUID="e09b5ff4-ea2d-42df-9dd8-19180de3d436" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:16:09.310" UserId="1923" Comment="Updated the example to handle spaces in filenames" Text="When you are rsyncing as a backup method, the biggest problem you will run into is going to be if you have a lot of files you are backing up. Rsync can handle large files without a problem but if the number of files you are backing up gets too large then you will notice that the rsync won't complete in a reasonable amount of time. If this happens you will need to break the backup down into smaller parts and then looping over those parts e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find /home -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -print0 | xargs -0 -n 1 -I {} -- rsync -a -e ssh {} backup@mybackupserver:/backup/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; or tarring the fileset down to reduce the number of files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for having dozens of machines getting a mirror of those changes, it depends on how fresh the backup needs to be. One approach would be to mirror the changes from the primary server to the backup server and then have the other servers pull their changes off the backup server either by an rsync daemon on the initial backup server and then either scheduling the other servers to pull at slightly different times or by having a script use passwordless ssh to connect to each of the servers and tell them to pull a fresh copy of the backup which would help prevent overwhelming your initial backup server - but whether you go to that much trouble is going to depend on how many other machines you have pulling a copy of the backup." />
  <row Id="31141" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17392" RevisionGUID="cb00ce1e-ae78-4e67-98c9-5e896c71a149" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:18:10.527" UserId="7371" Text="If I want to access Tomcat directly from a remote host, i.e. not through Apache, should I configure the connector to use localhost or the external IP/hostname?  What if it's on a Windows server and I want to access it both remotely and from the desktop or from two different external IPs - do I need multiple connectors and multiple directories under conf/Catalina/&lt;host&gt; or can I somehow connect two hosts to the same directory?" />
  <row Id="31142" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17392" RevisionGUID="cb00ce1e-ae78-4e67-98c9-5e896c71a149" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:18:10.527" UserId="7371" Text="Correct way to configure Tomcat virtual hosts" />
  <row Id="31143" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17392" RevisionGUID="cb00ce1e-ae78-4e67-98c9-5e896c71a149" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:18:10.527" UserId="7371" Text="&lt;tomcat&gt;" />
  <row Id="31144" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17393" RevisionGUID="79616071-09af-402a-8fa4-39d152219b49" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:19:56.063" UserId="2567" Text="I think you'll need to redo the Windows boot install process, since when you did `setup (hd0,0)`, you probably overwrote the Windows boot manager. Using a Windows XP disk, boot to the recovery console (press R on the first screen), then log in to your Windows installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once logged in, use the `fixmbr` and `fixboot` commands to restore Windows' boot process. Verify that you can boot into Windows, then restore GRUB as normal." />
  <row Id="31145" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17392" RevisionGUID="26844a4e-8559-4326-98c8-d30330a9a134" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:22:17.353" UserId="4392" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;tomcat&gt;&lt;techsupport&gt;" />
  <row Id="31146" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17392" RevisionGUID="490a7adf-00de-4048-95c6-452ea6f5caf4" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:22:45.607" UserId="4392" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;tomcat&gt;&lt;virtualhost&gt;" />
  <row Id="31148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17394" RevisionGUID="15689b2a-1072-49b1-aa79-fe600a4812e7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:25:38.503" UserId="433" Text="The title says it all" />
  <row Id="31149" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17394" RevisionGUID="15689b2a-1072-49b1-aa79-fe600a4812e7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:25:38.503" UserId="433" Text="What is the max length of a USB cable?" />
  <row Id="31150" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17394" RevisionGUID="15689b2a-1072-49b1-aa79-fe600a4812e7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:25:38.503" UserId="433" Text="&lt;usb&gt;&lt;cables&gt;" />
  <row Id="31151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17395" RevisionGUID="d1ba7fdd-5e2b-432d-9d6d-450ebbf0597d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:26:48.410" UserId="1662" Text="Every time I've been exposed to Sun's Sun Ray software I've been impressed.   They've been doing the virtual desktop thing for a very, very long time.    Works great even at remote sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.sun.com/software/sunray/index.jsp" />
  <row Id="31152" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17396" RevisionGUID="b12c2a7c-eed0-4402-bcb0-a508eec7c38a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:27:05.803" UserId="4392" Text="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Serial_Bus#Maximum_useful_distance&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5 meters for USB2" />
  <row Id="31153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17397" RevisionGUID="6f00168b-6f85-422e-b5bc-01031e153e8c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:28:37.220" UserId="808" Text="You can create a perl script (`writable.pl`) like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/usr/bin/perl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sub recurse {&#xD;&#xA;      my $path = shift;&#xD;&#xA;      @files = glob &quot;$path/*&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;      for my $file (@files) {&#xD;&#xA;        if (-d $file) {&#xD;&#xA;          recurse($file);&#xD;&#xA;        } else {&#xD;&#xA;          print &quot;$file\n&quot; if -w $file;&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;      }&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    recurse($ARGV[0]);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and then use this script, as root, as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    su USERNAME -c &quot;./writable.pl DIRECTORY&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;filling in `USERNAME` and `DIRECTORY` as appropriate.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31154" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17398" RevisionGUID="ed3a3705-9cc8-4f48-9db7-6d9cf7c92515" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:30:13.320" UserId="6751" Text="Why did you abandon Cygwin? What sort of problems did you experience with Cygwin? While I have only dabbled with powershell, I have used cygwin for several years and find that it's POSIX utilities are a must on wintel machines, not to mention all the services like SSH client and server, and X-windows.  All for free." />
  <row Id="31155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17399" RevisionGUID="522e6ce7-deff-41e2-ac1e-9c1a8912a935" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:31:31.447" UserId="3121" Text="Hi - Has anyone who's ever configured a helpdesk/ticketing system ever been through the same iterative process around creating the &quot;right&quot; ticket categories?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Revision 1:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Infrastructure&#xD;&#xA;    - Server&#xD;&#xA;        - Citrix&#xD;&#xA;        - Windows Server&#xD;&#xA;        - ...&#xD;&#xA;    - Desktop&#xD;&#xA;        - Windows&#xD;&#xA;        - Mac&#xD;&#xA;        - ...&#xD;&#xA;- Applications&#xD;&#xA;    - App 1&#xD;&#xA;        - Problem&#xD;&#xA;        - Request&#xD;&#xA;    - App 2&#xD;&#xA;    - ...&#xD;&#xA;- User&#xD;&#xA;    - Password Reset&#xD;&#xA;    - Locked out&#xD;&#xA;    - ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everything seems good until you realize that you have the above functions at each company site, so you try to work a site indicator into the hierarchy, and all seems good again.  Then it occurs to you that the big boss will want to know all the infrastructure tickets in aggregate, but since you've got 16 different Infrastructure buckets - one per site - you can't easily answer the question.  And so on, and so on and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The root issue is that we're trying to use a static hierarchy to model something which is inherently multidimensional.  And the problem isn't just one of slicing and dicing the data.  The more &quot;complete&quot; the hierarchy is, the more difficult it is for the helpdesk analyst to properly categorize each ticket (&quot;It's a server, but it's in the NY office, so does it go under Server or NY?&quot;)  The same problem existed for relational databases so eventually cubes were created.  And it existed for blog posts so eventually you could tag a post with multiple categories.  Tagging is the answer but most ticket tracking products don't support this notion so we're back to the static hierarchies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given this, I'm interested to see how people have crafted their category hierarchies so as to be as broad as possible while maintaining relevancy while not making life hard for the analysts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="31156" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17399" RevisionGUID="522e6ce7-deff-41e2-ac1e-9c1a8912a935" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:31:31.447" UserId="3121" Text="Best practices for helpdesk/ticketing system category trees" />
  <row Id="31157" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17399" RevisionGUID="522e6ce7-deff-41e2-ac1e-9c1a8912a935" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:31:31.447" UserId="3121" Text="&lt;helpdesk&gt;&lt;tracking&gt;" />
  <row Id="31158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17400" RevisionGUID="f1bbb044-8043-460a-a35e-e24053b53699" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:31:54.563" UserDisplayName="AndrewK" Text="As I am the skeptic's CTO, I'd like to throw some color around the discussion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As Gary has mentioned, the application needs to be able to publish a very large manifest.  The manifest will be partitioned into a few (30-100) groups.  Each key will average about 55 bytes, but could be much larger.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whichever product we choose needs to support the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Full redundancy and load balancing&#xD;&#xA;2) High transaction volume (15k-20k reads/sec) with &lt;500ms response time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The nice to haves are:&#xD;&#xA;1) Hierarchical structure&#xD;&#xA;2) Record expiration&#xD;&#xA;3) Self-describing topology&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DNS popped into mind only after thinking about using UDP instead of TCP to retrieve data from an in-memory distributed cache.  Naturally, DNS is one of the old and largest DNS applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DNS is known to support zone files with very large amounts of records.  For example .com. is a zone file afterall (albeit distributed across many servers globally).  It is also known to support very high levels of traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have run DNS through some preliminary tests.  We loaded up a single zone file with 10M TXT records with a representative amount of data.  From a different server on the same LAN, we then ran tests of 300,000 queries in a multi-threaded fashion and got about 5,000 requests per second.  The server and client barely flinched during the test.  We are either running into bottlenecks in the testing app itself or in the network stack on the client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am intrigued by DNS because it supports everything I want natively, and has so for many years.  The features I like are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     Zone Delegation - we can define which server(s) handle particular partitions.  For example 1.mycompany.local is handled by servers 10.1.1.1 and 10.1.1.2.&#xD;&#xA;     Redundancy - DNS was built with resiliency and redundancy in mind.  It can also be easily load balanced.&#xD;&#xA;     Performance - Proven to support high request volumes&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;With all that said, DNS does sound like a bizarre tool to use as a cache.  If it does end up making it through the selection phase, we would absolutely use it only on the internal LAN, and it would not be on the same DNS as our any other internal or external DNS systems.  One side note is that we might want to share the data we're storing with 3rd party partners.  DNS is a well known entity that anyone could easily query to receive zone transfers from.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you for your continued feedback." />
  <row Id="31159" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17401" RevisionGUID="f61b76c6-ad98-4e20-907e-11405464e64a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:32:37.077" UserId="7373" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm working on software that needs to communicate with hardware over RS232 interfaces.&#xD;&#xA;In order to test I'm currently using 2 USB-TO-SERIAL devices connected to eachother using an RS232 cable. (Of course both USB devices are connected to the same computer).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While it's perfectly possible to test this way, I'm wondering if there is no&#xD;&#xA;way to create 2 virtual com ports on my system and connect them to eachother.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm using Windows 7 RC1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31160" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17401" RevisionGUID="f61b76c6-ad98-4e20-907e-11405464e64a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:32:37.077" UserId="7373" Text="Is it possible to create Virtual Serial (COM) Ports" />
  <row Id="31161" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17401" RevisionGUID="f61b76c6-ad98-4e20-907e-11405464e64a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:32:37.077" UserId="7373" Text="&lt;serial-ports&gt;&lt;emulation&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;windows-7&gt;" />
  <row Id="31162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17402" RevisionGUID="651717ca-21f0-4b73-b7ee-7437867ed013" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:35:12.563" UserId="2372" Text="There's always the [Hamilton C Shell][1], but it looks like it hasn't been actively updated in the last year or so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hamiltonlabs.com/cshell.htm" />
  <row Id="31163" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17403" RevisionGUID="cb66d307-274b-45bb-a668-cef889d6e499" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:36:22.140" UserId="7373" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for the Wireshark of Serial Port monitoring.&#xD;&#xA;I'd prefer free/open-source software, but am willing to look&#xD;&#xA;at commercial solutions if the price is reasonable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It needs to be compatible with Windows Vista/7&#xD;&#xA;and will be used to monitor all data traffic between two com ports on the same computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31164" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17403" RevisionGUID="cb66d307-274b-45bb-a668-cef889d6e499" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:36:22.140" UserId="7373" Text="Free software to monitor Serial Port communication" />
  <row Id="31165" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17403" RevisionGUID="cb66d307-274b-45bb-a668-cef889d6e499" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:36:22.140" UserId="7373" Text="&lt;serial-ports&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;rs232&gt;&lt;software&gt;" />
  <row Id="31166" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17404" RevisionGUID="28f84aad-0667-4386-8d95-bf1185dad60c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:37:00.550" UserId="6767" Text="As a contractor who provides sysadmin services to small companies, including ASIC and hardware design companies, I have this perspective:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A sysadmin's value is not primarily the difference between his direct cost and the direct cost of engineers who are sysadmin'ing rather than engineer'ing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my experience, most (but not all) engineers are good engineers but lousy sysadmins.  They know how to do the engineering side, but building networks, servers, and services are not what they do all the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A sysadmin can increase his value if he can improve the productivity of the engineers -- for  one particular industry I work in, we doubled or more the units of work done through a regression and simulation server farm by changing their networking infrastructure, increasing the value of their server farm, engineers, and very expensive tools licenses.  This was a far greater value to the business than merely freeing the engineers from sysadmin duties.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, not every company has low-hanging fruit like that!..  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Value is also increased by avoiding downtimes that prevent larger numbers of people from working.  I always say, if your IT resource never *has* to be on-site, then he's doing a pretty good job...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you need is an evaluation from someone you trust, not just someone looking for a job or looking to sell you something (although they will be doing that, too).  Someone who will come in and look at your site, front to back, and ask you questions about what you do, how you do it, and what you are trying to accomplish -- as these are all very different things!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finding these people can be easy or hard, depending :) I suggest that you talk to your network of peers in other industries and ask them who they have used in the past, good or bad.  Do your research.  Ask for, and check, references.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you also need to do is recognize that this will cost money.  Time for a FT/P or a consultant (or team of consultants).  I personally prefer customers to engage my company with a small fixed number of on-site hours per week.  They then have access to my whole team  and their varied expertise so that our responses can scale up (or out) when required without them having to have a large FT/P staff constantly on the payroll.  At some point it makes sense to go with a FT/P of your own, if only as a senior IT or IT manager.  But you don't need to go there right away if you get the right team.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also realize that any new body will want to change the way some things are done, and initial changes can be bumpy.  This is why you have to trust who you get to take you from where you are to some tradeoff between where you want to be and what you can/are willing to afford.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are asking the question, then the time is right to start doing research, and maybe have one or two consultants in to do an evaluation.  Then take what they say and decide what the next step is." />
  <row Id="31167" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17092" RevisionGUID="4120c252-a747-49d0-b90b-9e999dc9e951" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:38:24.120" UserId="6886" Comment="grammar, re-pharse" Text="Can a Multi core CPU server be configured to allow the OS to see all the cores as a single CPU and there by allowing the processor to function as a single CPU?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A lot of modern day servers are multicore CPUs. Are they ways for all the CPU cores to report as 1 CPU to the OS?  This would be handy to run applications was designed for a single CPU." />
  <row Id="31168" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="17092" RevisionGUID="4120c252-a747-49d0-b90b-9e999dc9e951" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:38:24.120" UserId="6886" Comment="grammar, re-pharse" Text="Can a Multi core CPU be configured to allow the OS to the see the cores as a single CPU" />
  <row Id="31169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17405" RevisionGUID="fbea87f9-47f8-4419-b735-9352639c8f60" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:38:27.443" UserId="2441" Text="As other answers suggest, using rsync (and/or a wrapper around rsync) is a simple way to make a backup of a linux server. Some things to keep in mind:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Is the application data you care about actually getting backed up? If you have a database, you should have a cron job that regularly dumps the data. An rsync of a live database system's file isn't guaranteed to give you a reliable backup. &#xD;&#xA; - How often are you testing to see whether the backup worked or that your USB disk is still in good shape? &#xD;&#xA; - What happens to deleted files when you do a backup? If you use something like [rsnapshot][1], you're probably fine. But if you are using rsync with the `--delete` option, you might not be able to recover files you didn't mean to delete. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A second local disk is probably the cheapest option for having a quick way to recover files if your primary disk fails, but it won't help if your house is struck by lightning (or your cheap power strip melts down)). With so many $5/month offsite backup solutions, it's not a bad idea to do both. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rsnapshot.org/" />
  <row Id="31170" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17406" RevisionGUID="f052e97c-3ee5-47e3-9b58-a6fdbc961785" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:38:28.380" UserId="5629" Text="Use the 'find' command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For all files under the current directory that are writable by the current user: &#xD;&#xA;find . -writable&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For all files under the current directory that are not writable by the current user:&#xD;&#xA;find . ! -writable&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;According to the man page:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This test makes use of the access(2)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; system call, and so can be fooled by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; NFS servers which do UID mapping (or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; root-squashing), since many systems&#xD;&#xA;&gt; implement access(2) in the client’s&#xD;&#xA;&gt; kernel and so cannot make use of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; UID mapping information held on the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server." />
  <row Id="31171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17407" RevisionGUID="136e01f0-ef7f-4466-b3a5-a3ab57f0e752" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:40:49.733" UserId="1929" Text="The built-in grub utilities in Ubuntu and Debian might be able to get you out of this.  I have done this for various reasons with Knoppix, which is great, but should work in the Ubuntu live cd if you can figure out how to get root access.  In Knoppix:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* boot from cd&#xD;&#xA;* open terminal and execute `su` or `sudo su`&#xD;&#xA;* mount your hard disk under /media ; `# mount /dev/sda0 /media/some-mountpoint`&#xD;&#xA;* chroot to the disk where you want grub; `chroot /media/some-mountpoint`&#xD;&#xA;* run `grub-install`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This basically leaves you with the fresh-from-install setup, with the grub installer finding bootable images and ordering them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have done this once or twice -- google around and make sure you are comfortable and well backed-up -- start with some of the above keywords or check out this: [http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/02/knpxhks_1.html][1] for more background.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/02/knpxhks_1.html" />
  <row Id="31172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17408" RevisionGUID="33f96808-e0c9-4f56-aa26-18041318c704" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:43:07.640" UserId="2441" Text="[tar pipe!][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;piping the output of tar to another utility, to tar running on the same box, or to tar running over SSH is my favorite old-school Unix move for moving files from one place to another. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This also gives you the Windows-style option of copying one folder to another and ending up with all of the files in the source and destination directory. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://php.ptagis.org/wiki/index.php/Tar-to-pipe" />
  <row Id="31173" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17408" RevisionGUID="33f96808-e0c9-4f56-aa26-18041318c704" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:43:07.640" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31174" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17406" RevisionGUID="97150415-6325-4712-aa72-107db82b16bb" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:43:36.827" UserId="5629" Comment="Added version caveat" Text="Use the 'find' command if you have findutils version 4.3.0 or greater installed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For all files under the current directory that are writable by the current user: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find . -writable&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For all files under the current directory that are not writable by the current user:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find . ! -writable&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;According to the man page:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This test makes use of the access(2)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; system call, and so can be fooled by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; NFS servers which do UID mapping (or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; root-squashing), since many systems&#xD;&#xA;&gt; implement access(2) in the client’s&#xD;&#xA;&gt; kernel and so cannot make use of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; UID mapping information held on the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31175" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17409" RevisionGUID="7e3e14d1-76a6-4560-bf49-81da7d83b270" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:46:44.827" UserId="2441" Text="My unhelpful answer is to try to hold out for tags or to rely heavily on search. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My experience has been that the more time you put into the hierarchy and the longer the set of options becomes, the less often people actually take the time to choose the correct category. It's easier to leave it at the default or to pick the most vague category than to do the few extra seconds of work to choose the most specific one. " />
  <row Id="31177" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17410" RevisionGUID="c9749ef9-95e7-4929-a7cf-f0330d048acb" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:50:27.063" UserId="6609" Text="If you're UNIXy at heart and working with Windows servers, do what I do. Install cygwin, configure opensshd and ssh in to use net start / net stop." />
  <row Id="31178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17411" RevisionGUID="a873a03b-19bf-4463-ac3a-6ecf48aa92f5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:51:07.843" UserId="6886" Text="Are there economical home NAS devices that could be chained together to increase your NAS volume?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically, I have a D-Link DNS-323 that has a USB printer port. It would useful to be able to chain multiple devices through the USB or even plug in an external USB that the internal OS could extend. Are there ways to do this?  Is this feature available in other NAS devices?" />
  <row Id="31179" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17411" RevisionGUID="a873a03b-19bf-4463-ac3a-6ecf48aa92f5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:51:07.843" UserId="6886" Text="Are there NAS devices that can be chained together?" />
  <row Id="31180" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17411" RevisionGUID="a873a03b-19bf-4463-ac3a-6ecf48aa92f5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:51:07.843" UserId="6886" Text="&lt;nas&gt;" />
  <row Id="31181" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17412" RevisionGUID="54351723-8b61-4cd7-8481-162d23bef6cf" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:51:15.190" UserId="919" Text="We have a few satellite offices, but they're very small and can basically be handled by a single IT staff member. The real solution isn't tagging, but subscribing. Being able to make multiple assignments is a key feature if you really can't handle things as they are. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another example: Launchpad offers &quot;also affects&quot;, and pools comments into a single thread. Something like this can subscribe both NY techs and Server Techs and document the interaction that takes place (or doesn't)." />
  <row Id="31182" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17397" RevisionGUID="8d3e5f9a-b757-4af4-9b97-3253453b8571" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:54:31.033" UserId="808" Comment="added 22 characters in body; added 131 characters in body" Text="You can create a Perl script (`writable.pl`) like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/usr/bin/perl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    use strict;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sub recurse {&#xD;&#xA;      my $path = shift;&#xD;&#xA;      my @files = glob &quot;$path/{*,.*}&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;      for my $file (@files) {&#xD;&#xA;        if (-d $file) {&#xD;&#xA;          if ($file !~ /\/\.$/ &amp;&amp; $file !~ /\/\.\.$/) {&#xD;&#xA;            recurse($file);&#xD;&#xA;          }&#xD;&#xA;        } else {&#xD;&#xA;          print &quot;$file\n&quot; if -w $file;&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;      }&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    print &quot;Writable files for &quot; . getlogin() . &quot;\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    recurse($ARGV[0]);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and then use this script, as root, as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    su USERNAME -c &quot;./writable.pl DIRECTORY&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;filling in `USERNAME` and `DIRECTORY` as appropriate.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31183" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17413" RevisionGUID="6de32116-1f69-4832-8d7f-9fe7248b52e4" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:55:24.810" UserId="2467" Text="Yes the Western Digital NAS boxes can do this. Just plug in an ordinary USB external disk. However I think the new disk is only available as a separate share, you can't extend the internal disks to include the external one." />
  <row Id="31184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17414" RevisionGUID="98c31499-1515-4512-b1aa-098847a786bc" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:56:00.923" UserId="5629" Text="Given how greatly you value having recent package versions, Centos probably isn't the distro you're looking for.  Even Fedora Rawhide does not have git 1.6.3, largely owing to the fact that it was just released 2 weeks ago. I did find it in the Gentoo ~arch tree, as well as an ebuild that will build off the current git HEAD." />
  <row Id="31185" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17415" RevisionGUID="f339fc18-c2ab-4f34-ac34-566399048c17" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:56:20.843" UserId="919" Text="USB has a notion of &quot;host device&quot; and &quot;guest device&quot;. A-&gt;B. An external usb drive is B, so it can work, but you can't connect two A devices together, so you need another transport. The obvious choice is the ethernet port, but you'd still need some way of doing volume management. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Essentially, this is the role &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZFS&quot;&gt;ZFS&lt;/a&gt; plays by adding zpools, but I think you'd be nuts to run OpenSolaris on a NAS. Hope and pray someone figures out ZFS in userspace or Solaris GPL's the code." />
  <row Id="31186" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17416" RevisionGUID="ddb793d7-bc31-4f26-9bfa-27c904f2e151" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:58:05.223" UserId="2441" Text="A &quot;closed network&quot; means that the SSID is not included in the beacon frames. Beacon frames are still sent periodically because they're important for the operation of the network, so you won't see any changes in the amount of traffic or in any performance aspect of the operation of an 802.11 wireless network. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From a security standpoint, the SSID will still be visible in probe requests and association requests, so it's not much of a security feature. But because you're talking about using it for your network admins, I think it's a decent usability choice--you are keeping your normal users from seeing one more option in their list of wireless networks that they could associate to. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As others have said, one downside is that people have to remember exactly how to type it. With older version of Windows and some driver software, if you type in the name of an SSID that doesn't exist, you'll end up creating an ad-hoc network with the mistyped name that other users might try to join, which gets you back to having end users who are trying to join the wrong network. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suppose some older drivers could have trouble associating to networks with hidden SSIDs, but that &quot;feature&quot; of 802.11 is really old, so I would be surprised if it actually caused connection problems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each additional BSSID you add (which is how most modern APs and controllers create new SSIDs) will add some amount of overhead in beacons and management traffic to your network regardless of whether the SSID is advertised or not. If you can accomplish some other way of giving admins the extra access they need (RADIUS-based VLAN assignment, role-based policy enforcement on the controller, etc.) without creating a new SSID, you might think about that. But there probably won't be much difference in practice. " />
  <row Id="31188" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="16891" RevisionGUID="6a45c02f-c216-42b3-827a-5b74585b2b28" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:58:25.457" UserId="1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="31190" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17199" RevisionGUID="605fccfd-47d7-4778-8f51-4e5af37f8650" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:59:24.567" UserId="1" />
  <row Id="31191" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17417" RevisionGUID="04177333-9546-43a0-b2ca-7289b391333c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:00:32.957" UserId="5049" Text="You could check if [Portmon][1] still works. I'm legacy-free here, so I can't test it myself ;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896644.aspx" />
  <row Id="31192" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17418" RevisionGUID="5229c4e6-ea0f-44e0-9471-238d88342bcd" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:01:05.110" UserId="6609" Text="I had problems with a D-Link router where I had hidden the SSID when I brought home my first Vista laptop. Every day I had to add the network, and then the next day it wouldn't find it again and so on and so forth. So I googled it. One of the things I found is an argument that not only is &quot;hidden SSID&quot; not even a minor security improvement, its actually a big security problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the content from http://technet.microsoft.com/:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Why Non-broadcast Networks are not a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Security Feature&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Wireless security consists of two main&#xD;&#xA;&gt; elements: authentication and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; encryption. Authentication controls&#xD;&#xA;&gt; access to the network and encryption&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ensures that malicious users cannot&#xD;&#xA;&gt; determine the contents of wireless&#xD;&#xA;&gt; data frames. Although having users&#xD;&#xA;&gt; manually configure the SSID of a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; wireless network in order to connect&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to it creates the illusion of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; providing an additional layer of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; security, it does not substitute for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; either authentication or encryption.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; A non-broadcast network is not&#xD;&#xA;&gt; undetectable. Non-broadcast networks&#xD;&#xA;&gt; are advertised in the probe requests&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sent out by wireless clients and in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the responses to the probe requests&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sent by wireless APs. Unlike broadcast&#xD;&#xA;&gt; networks, wireless clients running&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows Server® 2003 with Service Pack&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 1 that are configured to connect to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; non-broadcast networks are constantly&#xD;&#xA;&gt; disclosing the SSID of those networks,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; even when those networks are not in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; range.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Therefore, using non-broadcast&#xD;&#xA;&gt; networks compromises the privacy of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the wireless network configuration of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a Windows XP or Windows Server&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2003-based wireless client because it&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is periodically disclosing its set of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; preferred non-broadcast wireless&#xD;&#xA;&gt; networks. When non-broadcast networks&#xD;&#xA;&gt; are used to hide a vulnerable wireless&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network—such as one that uses open&#xD;&#xA;&gt; authentication and Wired Equivalent&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Privacy—a Windows XP or Windows Server&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2003-based wireless client can&#xD;&#xA;&gt; inadvertently aid malicious users, who&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can detect the wireless network SSID&#xD;&#xA;&gt; from the wireless client that is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; attempting to connect. Software that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can be downloaded for free from the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Internet leverages these information&#xD;&#xA;&gt; disclosures and targets non-broadcast&#xD;&#xA;&gt; networks.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; This behavior is worse for enterprise&#xD;&#xA;&gt; wireless networks because of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; number of wireless clients that are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; periodically advertising the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; non-broadcast network name. For&#xD;&#xA;&gt; example, an enterprise wireless&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network consists of 20 wireless APs&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and 500 wireless laptops. If the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; wireless APs are configured to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; broadcast, each wireless AP would&#xD;&#xA;&gt; periodically advertise the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; enterprise’s wireless network name,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; but only within the range of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; wireless APs. If the wireless APs are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; configured as non-broadcast, each of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the 500 Windows XP or Windows Server&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2003-based laptops would periodically&#xD;&#xA;&gt; advertise the enterprise’s wireless&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network name, regardless of their&#xD;&#xA;&gt; location (in the office, at a wireless&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hotspot, or at home).&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; For these reasons, it is highly&#xD;&#xA;&gt; recommended that you do not use&#xD;&#xA;&gt; non-broadcast wireless networks.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Instead, configure your wireless&#xD;&#xA;&gt; networks as broadcast and use the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; authentication and encryption security&#xD;&#xA;&gt; features of your wireless network&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hardware and Windows to protect your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; wireless network, rather than relying&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on non-broadcast behavior." />
  <row Id="31194" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17420" RevisionGUID="a7b73f00-8999-4cca-9b58-90273d4f136e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:01:09.320" UserId="919" Text="It appears that the everpresent Mark Russinovich has [crafted such a tool][1], called Portmon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896644.aspx" />
  <row Id="31195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17421" RevisionGUID="2e6f1ddf-5f21-4537-8fff-cd1a3169170f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:02:00.270" UserId="3580" Text="Why not try a Drobo with DroboShare? Then add or replace hard drives as required." />
  <row Id="31196" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="14199" RevisionGUID="0515cf14-dea6-4ec9-8211-802f5f24afe2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:06:42.257" UserId="3505" Comment="Updated question with a hint" Text="How many Context Switches is &quot;normal&quot; (as a function of CPU cores (or other))?" />
  <row Id="31197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17422" RevisionGUID="13709c89-27d9-4cff-8616-1ac6a0f0dd4a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:07:30.213" UserId="2441" Text="For a windows client that connects to a Mac server, it might be worth coughing up the money for Apple's client. I can't find a link right now, but I know they have one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using VNC from Windows to the Mac is far more frustrating than using the Mac-native client. " />
  <row Id="31198" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17411" RevisionGUID="dd6e4d7f-a38e-4c35-a364-a0a52a436c8b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:07:47.623" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;nas&gt;&lt;storage&gt;" />
  <row Id="31199" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17423" RevisionGUID="6f2e08f8-68c3-448d-af0c-a7fc73c7d76f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:16:09.697" UserId="4392" Text="I've been a sysadmin for the better part of a decade, but only in the past few years have I really been interested in really bettering myself and the profession. To that end, I joined LOPSA (it was cheaper than USENIX or SAGE), but I don't have the time to attend either SCALE or LISA, so I don't feel like I'm really getting &quot;the experience&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I enjoy the fact that I support LOPSA, which I feel is a group with a very positive goal, and I want to get involved, but there's no way my company would pay the registration fee to the conference, and I can't afford a few thousand twice a year (plus airfare and accomodations). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm wondering what you think of your professional memberships, if you have any, and what advice you could give to someone who wants to get more involved and improve the state of systems administration. " />
  <row Id="31200" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17423" RevisionGUID="6f2e08f8-68c3-448d-af0c-a7fc73c7d76f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:16:09.697" UserId="4392" Text="How valuable do you find professional memberships? " />
  <row Id="31201" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17423" RevisionGUID="6f2e08f8-68c3-448d-af0c-a7fc73c7d76f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:16:09.697" UserId="4392" Text="&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;groups&gt;&lt;conferences&gt;" />
  <row Id="31202" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17423" RevisionGUID="6f2e08f8-68c3-448d-af0c-a7fc73c7d76f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:16:09.697" UserId="4392" />
  <row Id="31203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17424" RevisionGUID="6cad54cd-c367-4b02-a16a-7498b3a691ba" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:16:43.237" UserId="2441" Text="Most controller-based enterprise WLAN products include some kind of guest user feature. You set up a special SSID for guests to use, and then there's a simple interface you can use to create new guest user accounts (or you can create one shared new one each week/month that you give to guests when they visit). No separate server is required, but a WLAN controller is. But that may be too much expense for a small nonprofit. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The crux of the problem is this: how are you actually going to separate guest traffic from employee traffic? Once you solve that, you can figure out how to configure your wireless network gear to put users in the right place. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The latest [Apple Airport][1] makes it easy to make a separate guest network that requires a different shared password for guests. Or you could try using [DD-WRT][2] and a cheap additional AP to provide dedicated guest access. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apple.com/airportextreme/features/security.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/3730746" />
  <row Id="31204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17425" RevisionGUID="f1737efb-8d70-4d9f-b494-fc5202e4032d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:18:43.933" UserId="5584" Text="There are also &quot;active&quot; extension cables that are a 5 meter cable with a 1 port hub built into the far end.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've heard as many as 5 can be chained together to go farther. Latency starts to become an issue, and many USB drivers do not handle the distance well.  It works well enough for remote keyboards and mice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17426" RevisionGUID="8b5c041d-9b1b-4cdb-80ac-30edf07110af" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:18:59.957" UserId="7255" Text="I've seen this before. Upon running &quot;setup (hd0,0)&quot;, you wrote over part of your Windows partition. Fundamentally, you need to perform three steps to fix this. The steps are lengthy and may require further research depending on your experience/skill level, but they are the only way to fix this issue properly. With a little patience you will get things working again; I promise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- First, boot the Windows CD and at the first prompt press &quot;R&quot; and enter the recovery console. Once at the command prompt, run chkdsk /R&#xD;&#xA;- Once chkdsk has completed, restart the machine and boot the Windows CD again. This time, at the first prompt, press &quot;Enter&quot; to install Windows. It should see your previous installation and ask you if you'd like to repair it. (**If you do not see this STOP! It means your windows partition is totally borked and you should back up what you can from it before doing anything else!**)&#xD;&#xA;- Once the repair process is completed and Windows boots up normally, GRUB will have been overwritten. You will need to boot SuperGRUB disk or a Live CD of your fav distro and install GRUB to the MBR." />
  <row Id="31206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17427" RevisionGUID="05b3b93e-d3c4-4b98-b52c-ed0527778348" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:23:52.537" UserId="4733" Text="This isnt an answer, but...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have 13 Gateways at one location, the majority experience sporadic shutdowns due to a 'thermal event.'  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I attempted to remove the heatsink from the processor ON ALL 13 of them, the thermal paste had hardened and was acting like a glue.  The processor was ripped from its socket by the block on almost all of them.  It was impossible to get under the block to release the bar that holds the processor in place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I still havent found a good solution for removing the heatsink blocks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for all the advice here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31207" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17428" RevisionGUID="8fce8de2-e5d8-45de-b3e6-46eadb71067d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:25:30.443" UserId="4370" Text="If you do not have a domain, you can set up the same user (name) on all machines, and then use the local user to run SQL Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, on ServerA (which has SQL Server running), I can set up the user MySQLServerUser as a local user. Use Configuration Manager to set this as the account to run SQL Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then on ServerB, which is where I want to send the backups, I set up the same account (MySQLServerUser) with the same password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since Windows will pass this through as the first user/password, it should authenticate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that backups across the network are not recommended. The SQL backup process is intolerant of network delays. Anything that hiccups will fail the backup. And it will likely happen when your disks fail. Back up locally, copy to the remote machine. Copies will retry themselves automatically." />
  <row Id="31208" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10590" RevisionGUID="2a8352e3-22aa-409b-b6d7-a676a235a7a6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:25:40.363" UserId="2181" Comment="adding Windows to the tag." Text="Our network gave an error that there was an IP address conflict and I'd like to find what all the device IP addresses are. (I've also had need of that before). (update/clarification:I'm looking for a Windows-based too.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've read suggestions for various tools (Look@Lan, Angry IP Scanner) and I'm looking for suggestions from people who have used these or other tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31209" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10590" RevisionGUID="2a8352e3-22aa-409b-b6d7-a676a235a7a6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:25:40.363" UserId="2181" Comment="adding Windows to the tag." Text="&lt;tcpip&gt;&lt;arp&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;ip&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="31210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17429" RevisionGUID="67b661f5-1605-4098-b561-b552f4e29374" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:28:01.327" UserId="3038" Text="If the stimulus fairy paid us a visit (it didn't) we planned on rolling out thin clients that use RDP to talk to actual virtual desktops running in VMware. This would be very handy for our  general computing lab environments (we're a .edu), and would have allowed flash-video to work.  This approach is pretty hardware intensive, though." />
  <row Id="31211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17430" RevisionGUID="e49f8998-2c11-4e63-a450-6a2d5ca1a8ea" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:30:35.253" UserDisplayName="user6848" Text="If you have an XP boot disk or equivalent you may try &quot;fdisk /mbr&quot;" />
  <row Id="31212" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17431" RevisionGUID="13f78899-9cac-4ac5-8bb2-49dc19d6189f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:30:44.673" UserId="1736" Text="I've been a USENIX member; I found `;login:` occasionally interesting, but similarly to your experience, without the wherewithal to attend the events it was pretty pointless.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As to improving the state of systems administration, I suggest writing good answers on serverfault. :)" />
  <row Id="31213" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17431" RevisionGUID="13f78899-9cac-4ac5-8bb2-49dc19d6189f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:30:44.673" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31214" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17432" RevisionGUID="6f2afc7d-2785-44b6-8a85-8212958f1979" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:35:53.417" UserId="1576" Text="I'm taking over hosting of domain that simply redirects to its online booking page of a third party provider.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because the landing page is http://example.com/generic/booking.asp I'd like to know how to find a way to trace the URL of the http redirect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't have access to the existing sites .htaccess&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this done server side and the only thing the client sees is the new address to go to?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31215" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17432" RevisionGUID="6f2afc7d-2785-44b6-8a85-8212958f1979" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:35:53.417" UserId="1576" Text="How can I find the URL of a redirect?" />
  <row Id="31216" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17432" RevisionGUID="6f2afc7d-2785-44b6-8a85-8212958f1979" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:35:53.417" UserId="1576" Text="&lt;.htaccess&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;redirects&gt;" />
  <row Id="31217" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17421" RevisionGUID="7d84ccb6-3a16-45a9-bf8f-569eadaf8a9a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:39:14.860" UserId="3580" Comment="added 57 characters in body" Text="Why not try a [Drobo with DroboShare][1]? Then add or replace hard drives as required.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.drobo.com/products/index.php" />
  <row Id="31218" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17433" RevisionGUID="0ee368c3-20dc-4b06-97ba-4ee0e03a191c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:39:25.843" UserId="1529" Text="Ever use Fiddler? It may be able to capture the redirect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler2/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17434" RevisionGUID="42307401-7cc9-4352-a373-9afea960eb39" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:41:14.450" UserId="6325" Text="I'm not sure if this will help but I checked out several months ago as a replacement for Digiboards. I haven't actually used it but it seemed that it was useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://com0com.sourceforge.net/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://com0com.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="31220" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16536" RevisionGUID="ed4ef23f-690e-42ba-9565-ba273652dbd9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:41:45.277" UserId="5880" Comment="Put in hyperlink now that i'm allowed" Text="You can run RRD tool without SQL it just dumps to local files. We use [MRTG][1] to graph our network traffic currently - although I'm working on moving it to cacti. You'll need PERL for MRTG though. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a dedicated linux box to track this stuff though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just out of curiosity why do you refuse to put PHP/MySQL on your servers? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/" />
  <row Id="31221" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17435" RevisionGUID="9b907dad-00e2-49f9-b654-1098163053a2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:42:12.123" UserId="4392" Text="Telnet to port 80 on that machine, and pretend to be a web browser: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ telnet example.com 80&#xD;&#xA;    connected&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HOST example.com&#xD;&#xA;    GET /generic/booking.asp&#xD;&#xA;    [enter]&#xD;&#xA;    [enter]" />
  <row Id="31222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17436" RevisionGUID="425e5e7c-e4c8-4a12-a0a8-a6071a79e75b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:44:36.380" UserId="2642" Text="Get a Windows Home Server box. Besides the internal expansion, you can hook up additional drives through USB. It will seemlessly add new storage to the existing shares, so you don't have to worry what data is on which drive." />
  <row Id="31223" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17437" RevisionGUID="3aac1858-f377-476f-b09a-1e8152443afb" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:46:19.307" UserId="6397" Text="Either on the domain hosting site that does the forwarding,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or the script in the index or home page that redirects the traffic to the landing page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps." />
  <row Id="31224" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17435" RevisionGUID="d4a4ea05-133c-47fd-a990-cbc9533987d6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:49:03.607" UserId="4392" Comment="added 10 characters in body" Text="Telnet to port 80 on that machine, and pretend to be a web browser: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ telnet example.com 80&#xD;&#xA;    connected&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HOST: example.com&#xD;&#xA;    GET /generic/booking.asp HTTP/1.0&#xD;&#xA;    [enter]&#xD;&#xA;    [enter]" />
  <row Id="31227" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17439" RevisionGUID="56b5c359-0518-48a8-8b50-b0164cb6c1cb" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:50:01.033" UserId="6397" Text="I am concerned about the redundancy on the NAS. Without it, it can't be used as server storage. I am tended not using NAS but SAN instead. Nowadays, getting a SAN isn't an expensive solution anymore. You can either use cheap solution like Drobo or DIY it using Open Source software.   " />
  <row Id="31228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17440" RevisionGUID="afc729d1-10b9-4488-bd1b-633c666a6ba0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:51:17.393" UserId="7382" Text="With 100 gig of data, you are going to have some issue with SQL backups too. I recommend breaking your information into several site collections with separate content databases." />
  <row Id="31231" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="17435" RevisionGUID="5b98c490-3db5-445f-afca-18dd6527a780" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:53:57.793" UserId="4392" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:4392,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Matt Simmons&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="31232" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17442" RevisionGUID="b6befd74-fd14-4f7a-bb32-463e46196307" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:56:20.550" UserId="3591" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We just had to restart the coldfusion server as it had become unresponsive. Looking at the Apache error log (We have jrun 4 through Apache on a RedHat server), I see the following over and over...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Tue Jun 02 12:21:45 2009] [info] server seems busy, (you may need to increase StartServers, or Min/MaxSpareServers), spawning 8 children, there are 2 idle, and 59 total children&#xD;&#xA;[Tue Jun 02 12:21:45 2009] [notice] jrApache[11773: 62983] initialized proxy for 127.0.0.1:51010&#xD;&#xA;[Tue Jun 02 12:21:45 2009] [notice] jrApache[11780: 47108] initialized proxy for 127.0.0.1:51010&#xD;&#xA;[Tue Jun 02 12:21:47 2009] [notice] jrApache[11784: 37263] initialized proxy for 127.0.0.1:51010&#xD;&#xA;[Tue Jun 02 12:21:47 2009] [notice] jrApache[11786: 774] initialized proxy for 127.0.0.1:51010&#xD;&#xA;[Tue Jun 02 12:21:47 2009] [notice] jrApache[11787: 63825] initialized proxy for 127.0.0.1:51010&#xD;&#xA;[Tue Jun 02 12:21:47 2009] [notice] jrApache[11788: 45712] initialized proxy for 127.0.0.1:51010&#xD;&#xA;[Tue Jun 02 12:21:47 2009] [notice] jrApache[11789: 1286] initialized proxy for 127.0.0.1:51010&#xD;&#xA;[Tue Jun 02 12:21:53 2009] [notice] jrApache[11815: 8710] initialized proxy for 127.0.0.1:51010&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This happens again and again, so I assume whatever is causing it is spawing these extra children until the server runs out of memory and stops responding.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I can't work out is *why* this is happening. Is anyone familiar with jrun and might know what's going on? " />
  <row Id="31233" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17442" RevisionGUID="b6befd74-fd14-4f7a-bb32-463e46196307" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:56:20.550" UserId="3591" Text="Coldfusion server crashing" />
  <row Id="31234" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17442" RevisionGUID="b6befd74-fd14-4f7a-bb32-463e46196307" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:56:20.550" UserId="3591" Text="&lt;coldfusion&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;jrun&gt;" />
  <row Id="31235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17443" RevisionGUID="4d5ef4c0-fbdf-494d-81d4-1a9cdaf4cc08" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:56:22.877" UserId="1529" Text="I am a big fan of user groups - most are free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also some pay groups like SIM (Society for Information Management) if you want to start moving up the management ladder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Online groups are great as well via sites like LinkedIn - and they are free." />
  <row Id="31236" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17443" RevisionGUID="4d5ef4c0-fbdf-494d-81d4-1a9cdaf4cc08" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:56:22.877" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31237" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17444" RevisionGUID="288b40ae-c8d1-4968-acd8-d1532ec747a6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:56:50.783" UserId="2876" Text="I agree with Peter in that networking is a huge reason to attend conferences in person.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are only interested in the sessions, a much cheaper option would be to buy the conference DVDs in the case of PASS, or buy a year subscription to TechEd Online.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.msteched.com/online/about.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can get a 1 year subscription to all of the sessions online for $250 which is a fraction of the cost of going to the conference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.msteched.com/online/about.aspx" />
  <row Id="31238" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17435" RevisionGUID="ea64e26c-548b-4bb4-9c85-74b8385b027e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:57:13.873" UserId="4392" Comment="edited body" Text="Telnet to port 80 on that machine, and pretend to be a web browser: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ telnet example.com 80&#xD;&#xA;    connected&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    GET /generic/booking.asp HTTP/1.1&#xD;&#xA;    Host: example.com&#xD;&#xA;    [enter]&#xD;&#xA;    [enter]" />
  <row Id="31239" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="17435" RevisionGUID="d67b7062-e53e-406f-8f22-9a94581e3169" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:57:18.647" UserId="4392" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:4392,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Matt Simmons&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="31242" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17446" RevisionGUID="11e18b0a-84a3-4fcf-9ebb-24d7a7751ff7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:58:10.313" UserId="1004" Text="I've got the Win7 iso from Microsoft website. Microsoft released a language pack for pt-br, and now I want create a new disk from the win7 ISO file and just add the language pack file in the same disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But ISO recorder tools like ImgBurn doesn't shows options to edit the ISO file (to add the file) before record the disk image.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is some free tool to get that job done?" />
  <row Id="31243" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17446" RevisionGUID="11e18b0a-84a3-4fcf-9ebb-24d7a7751ff7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:58:10.313" UserId="1004" Text="How to create a personalized windows iso install disk?" />
  <row Id="31244" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17446" RevisionGUID="11e18b0a-84a3-4fcf-9ebb-24d7a7751ff7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T02:58:10.313" UserId="1004" Text="&lt;iso-image&gt;&lt;iso-burning&gt;&lt;windows-installation&gt;&lt;sysadmin-tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="31245" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17447" RevisionGUID="afdaf0b6-92c3-45de-b49b-c646355dd9ab" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:01:57.513" UserId="1349" Text="[vLite][1] might be what you're looking for. Works with Vista, but still untested with Windows 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vlite.net/" />
  <row Id="31246" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17448" RevisionGUID="7eeaa795-ed6b-49f8-bb96-0a112170b1d3" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:02:48.557" UserId="7385" Text="&#xD;&#xA;It depends a little on how it's doing the redirect. The normal way is&#xD;&#xA;for it to send something like an HTTP 302 page to the browser, containing &#xD;&#xA;the URL to go to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that's the case, then you just need to pretend to be a browser using&#xD;&#xA;something like the telnet example above and it'll tell you the URL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another way is to just go to the page in a normal browser and see where&#xD;&#xA;you end up!" />
  <row Id="31247" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17396" RevisionGUID="9e64115b-02e2-4961-9057-a1336eabfd9d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:05:06.273" UserId="4" Comment="merged best two answers" Text="From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Serial_Bus#Maximum_useful_distance -&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5 meters for USB2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to go further you can put a hub in the middle, but many devices have trouble if the distance gets too long." />
  <row Id="31248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17449" RevisionGUID="d273df18-9953-4a2a-8690-8c30fdf87e70" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:57:49.047" Text="&lt;p&gt;.ldf file is corrupted so I need to completely rebuild master database on a SQL Express 2008 installation.  Is there anything short of destroying the instance completely and starting over?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31249" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17449" RevisionGUID="d273df18-9953-4a2a-8690-8c30fdf87e70" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:57:49.047" Text="Rebuild master in SQL Express 2008" />
  <row Id="31250" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17449" RevisionGUID="d273df18-9953-4a2a-8690-8c30fdf87e70" CreationDate="2009-06-02T00:57:49.047" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-express&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="31251" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17450" RevisionGUID="a24b181b-ed69-4705-91d4-5c1ab8d92f94" CreationDate="2009-06-02T01:16:19.663" Text="&lt;p&gt;You can reattach databases to a new instance of SQL 2008.  Thus preventing you from having to start from scratch.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could also try installing a new SQL Express instance somewhere else and then copying the master.ldf file from that to your existing instance (while sql is stopped) and then, if needed, reattach the old databases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17451" RevisionGUID="365898bd-b043-447a-96b4-ee55c9f55e5a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:00:39.717" Text="&lt;p&gt;I'm not understanding why you can't restore the master database from a recent backup.  I've done it before with SQL Server 2005.  (I must be missing something here.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190679.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;How to Restore the master Database&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31254" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17452" RevisionGUID="7071f25f-7b48-4228-8e5e-8de2b69226d3" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:09:53.037" UserId="1054" Text="So you've gone through the motions of trying to properly dispose of your old [ancient] hardware but nobody will take it.  You don't want to let it sit and not rot in a landfill somewhere.  What do you do with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Kudos to ingenuity!  Looking for a bit of fun to shake off a miserable Monday..." />
  <row Id="31255" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17452" RevisionGUID="7071f25f-7b48-4228-8e5e-8de2b69226d3" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:09:53.037" UserId="1054" Text="What do you do with hardware when you just can't recycle it?" />
  <row Id="31256" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17452" RevisionGUID="7071f25f-7b48-4228-8e5e-8de2b69226d3" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:09:53.037" UserId="1054" Text="&lt;offtopic&gt;&lt;recycling&gt;" />
  <row Id="31257" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17452" RevisionGUID="7071f25f-7b48-4228-8e5e-8de2b69226d3" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:09:53.037" UserId="1054" />
  <row Id="31258" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17453" RevisionGUID="b83e2a28-432d-4fc9-94ac-5ffb29c33ab7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:10:15.750" UserId="7385" Text="Just some things I've come across while writing a file upload thingy:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure you clean or filter filenames of uploaded files. (get rid of .., \ and / and&#xD;&#xA;probably a bunch of other things depending on your OS)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't assume that filenames only have one &quot;extension&quot;.   &quot;report.doc.pdf&quot; or &quot;Makefile&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the uploads are expected to be large you may need to worry about people with&#xD;&#xA;slow connections (remember a lot of people are on DSL with often relatively slow&#xD;&#xA;uplink speeds). They may regularly experience disconnects or timeouts. Some older&#xD;&#xA;web browsers would timeout when uploading large files. You need to find a way to&#xD;&#xA;deal with this, or to check that uploads completed successfully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Upload the files to somewhere &quot;safe&quot;. On a UNIX system this would ideally mean &#xD;&#xA;a drive with &quot;noexec&quot; set, and with a disk quota on the account that is uploading&#xD;&#xA;so it can't fill the drive completely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31259" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17453" RevisionGUID="b83e2a28-432d-4fc9-94ac-5ffb29c33ab7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:10:15.750" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31260" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17062" RevisionGUID="bf5cfd4a-86be-4eef-8ea8-1f53a68672e7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:10:28.400" UserId="7243" Comment="deleted 82 characters in body" Text="A lot of these answers are only partially true or just plain wrong. WINS is just another way to resolve hostnames to ip addresses. As long as your applications know how to use DNS, WINS is not needed at all. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Okay, I can't believe how much misinformation there is on this thread. First of all, having different subnets does not necessitate the use of WINS. As long as your application can communicate with udp/tcp port 53 on your DNS server(s), you will be able to resolve hostnames just fine (yes, \\\\hostname will work too).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly, if you're wondering why you can't resolve anything using the short hostname (i.e. just the hostname without the domain), it's probably because you never configured the default domain (or domain search list) on your clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And lastly (but not leastly!), an Active Directory domain is not a prerequisite for using DNS on a Windows network. The only reason you think that is because when you join a machine to a domain, Windows sets the default domain name for you. There is nothing preventing you from setting it yourself through other means (probably DHCP).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So in summary, just set the default domain and use DNS like the rest of us here in the 21st century!" />
  <row Id="31261" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17454" RevisionGUID="cdd95ad8-86c6-4194-a4c2-3f12ee7ec618" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:12:08.100" UserId="1349" Text="[Tek-Tips][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tek-tips.com/threadminder.cfm?pid=868" />
  <row Id="31262" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17455" RevisionGUID="f14528d5-168c-4dd4-a3da-30028769f28f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:12:26.743" UserId="1054" Text="The [Office Party VAX Keg][1] is the greatest thing that ever happened to a VAX.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.networkcomputing.com/616/616holiday2.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sqeq.com/image/keg4.gif" />
  <row Id="31263" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17455" RevisionGUID="f14528d5-168c-4dd4-a3da-30028769f28f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:12:26.743" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17456" RevisionGUID="88a325cd-4252-4854-861c-1790a2045c4d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:14:11.997" UserId="4392" Text="Sadly, no ingenuity here. We either donate it or recycle it. We did have an IT Bake Sale, so to speak, where I got rid of a ton of antique G3 Macs and old CRT monitors. " />
  <row Id="31265" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17456" RevisionGUID="88a325cd-4252-4854-861c-1790a2045c4d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:14:11.997" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31266" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17452" RevisionGUID="6a2459f4-22bd-425c-9594-21633972886b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:16:20.277" UserId="1054" Comment="repunctuate" Text="So you've gone through the motions of trying to properly dispose of your old [ancient] hardware but nobody will take it.  You don't want to let it sit and not rot in a landfill somewhere.  What do you do with it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Kudos to ingenuity!  Looking for a bit of fun to shake off a miserable Monday..." />
  <row Id="31269" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17458" RevisionGUID="bd47c191-d9b8-4234-89da-69b1e39f5078" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:24:46.453" UserId="6922" Text="I have found a lot of value in SAGE, USENIX, and LOPSA, primarily in the degree of professionalism, technical skill, and support within the community. In 1998 I moved from being a statistician and web developer for a large dot.com to being a sysadmin and had the great fortune to have an employer that would pay my way to LISA. In 2001 I presented a paper on reliability modeling; the next year I was on the LISA program committee. At present, I'm on LOPSA's Board of Directors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Speaking only for myself, your membership in a professional organization is what you make of it. The national organizations may focus on issues that seem much higher level than the focus of the average sysadmin, but in some ways that's their purpose - to look at how other professions have developed, to find ways to raise the standard of performance of the profession, to focus on notions of ethics and standards of conduct, to show the state of the market (I'm thinking specifically of SAGE's annual salary survey), etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My feeling is that the bulk of sysadmins are in your position - it's unlikely they'll fund a trip to LISA even though the &quot;hallway track&quot; is well worth the price of admission. And again, not stumping for my organization specifically, there's a great value in organizing your local sysadmins. I suggest informal dinner, drinks, and &quot;recovery&quot; (*aka* cathartic ranting) to start with. I know from my experience with Austin's LOPSA chapter that just getting a few sysadmins around a table with burgers and beer does wonders for establishing a community without flying halfway across the country to the Big Conference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rarely are the sysadmins in competition with each other, even if their employers are. Usually people are very willing to help each other because there's a sense that we're all in the same boat with regards to management, budget, users, vendors, software, etc. And when push comes to shove in the market, it's better to have contacts who know you and your skill level and your personality before you need a job than after. IMO the national groups should foster the development of local groups, I have championed this within LOPSA though I have not been as successful as I would have liked and I blame nobody but myself in that regard. Regardless, you don't need a national organization to build a local community. Find four people, meet regularly, and build up as you can. Where a national organization can help is to contact members that live near you and help build your local. They can also provide speakers and suggest presentation topics and lessons learned from other locals. But ultimately what you get out of the organization is what you put into it, whether that's writing a paper, volunteering, forming a local organization, or sitting through interminable teleconferences trying to set national policy and administrative hoo-hah ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Big Conference is but once a year but your local peers are near you all year round. While I may be an advocate for the national organizations in general and one in specific, I strongly encourage you to work locally to develop a community that supports each other and raises the standard of excellence of the sysadmin profession. If you have to choose between action and membership, choose action.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again, this is my personal opinion, not that of LOPSA nor the LOPSA Board. Apologies for the disclaimer but you know those lawyers and their picky &quot;*whereby*&quot;s and &quot;*heretofore*&quot;s. :)" />
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  <row Id="31271" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14802" RevisionGUID="29799ce0-b760-4472-9df7-e28658b91426" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:29:04.120" UserId="3528" Comment="added more detail- clarifications" Text="wins is still required for a bunch of things (less and less every day!).  The most common example I've seen is that wins is a requirement for running exchange 2007 on clustered 2003 servers. Wins works with Netbios names.  A NetBIOS name is an identifier used by NetBIOS services running on a computer. It is combination of a 15 character (byte) name and a 16th character denoting the service. When identifying NetBIOS network resources, these names are used. NetBIOS can not do name resolution on the Internet. NetBIOS names are single part names and don't have any hierarchical structure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;The NetBIOS namespace is flat, which means that there are no suffixes added to the NetBIOS name and that two computers cannot have the same NetBIOS name. This means that each NetBIOS name in any one network must be unique. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [TCP/IP Fundamentals for Microsoft Windows ,Chapter 11 - NetBIOS over TCP/IP][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727013.aspx" />
  <row Id="31272" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17423" RevisionGUID="e0b88923-03e9-4dc6-bb87-0a1dc869c990" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:29:48.067" UserId="4392" Comment="added 263 characters in body; added 1 characters in body" Text="I've been a sysadmin for the better part of a decade, but only in the past few years have I really been interested in really bettering myself and the profession. To that end, I joined LOPSA (it was cheaper than USENIX or SAGE), but I don't have the time to attend either SCALE or LISA, so I don't feel like I'm really getting &quot;the experience&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I enjoy the fact that I support LOPSA, which I feel is a group with a very positive goal, and I want to get involved, but there's no way my company would pay the registration fee to the conference, and I can't afford a few thousand twice a year (plus airfare and accomodations). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm wondering what you think of your professional memberships, if you have any, and what advice you could give to someone who wants to get more involved and improve the state of systems administration. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I marked Arclight's response as the answer, but just because his response is the sort that I was looking for. I'd still love to hear more people's input on this. I don't want the question ignored just because one person gave a really great answer. " />
  <row Id="31273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17459" RevisionGUID="26f4ddca-3f71-4d04-b360-9caf4f197162" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:30:26.597" UserId="6767" Text="It all depends what you mean by &quot;monitor&quot;!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Is it (system or service) available?  We use **nagios**.&#xD;&#xA; - What is it doing?  We use **munin** for linux servers, and **cacti** for just about everything else, even though it is a pain to configure sometimes...&#xD;&#xA; - What has it done?  We use syslog-ng to concentrate syslogs in one place and then run a customized logcheck script daily to send reports via email.  We are looking for something similar for Windows servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31274" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17459" RevisionGUID="26f4ddca-3f71-4d04-b360-9caf4f197162" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:30:26.597" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31275" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14794" RevisionGUID="5b159186-7cae-4ee5-88b3-345208343d34" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:30:40.763" UserId="3038" Comment="Fix techical details" Text="Oh, we're still using it. About a third of the Windows workstations we have are not in the domain and thus aren't configured to use the domain's DNS domains for name resolution. Also, we have a monstrously fragmented DNS landscape which leads to monstrously fragmented default-domain settings. Because of this WINS represents the single name-resolution service that has the most stuff in it. It's the closest we have to a global index of services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If/When we push to get everything domained, we'll have a flat DNS landscape. That will be good." />
  <row Id="31276" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17460" RevisionGUID="32be8486-d9bb-40ed-b667-0796b710ab64" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:30:54.117" UserId="2579" Text="We usually donate to the local Goodwill or Salvation Army (etc).  You never know if what you have is what they'll need!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV" />
  <row Id="31277" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17460" RevisionGUID="32be8486-d9bb-40ed-b667-0796b710ab64" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:30:54.117" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31278" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17461" RevisionGUID="3aafb3f9-e703-4938-91a9-3da0ede2bc84" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:33:26.747" UserId="2948" Text="We allowed the IT folks to take out some frustrations &quot;Office Space&quot; style.  It was a lot of fun and really raised moral." />
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  <row Id="31280" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17452" RevisionGUID="c941d094-ab46-4508-8db9-e954f9fa8b68" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:34:52.940" UserId="1054" Comment="Make it not like the donation question" Text="So you've gone through the motions of trying to properly dispose of your old [ancient] hardware but nobody will take it.  You don't want to let it sit and not rot in a landfill somewhere.  There isn't a place in the world that will take it off of your hands.  What do you do with it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Kudos to ingenuity!  Looking for a bit of fun to shake off a miserable Monday..." />
  <row Id="31281" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="17452" RevisionGUID="c941d094-ab46-4508-8db9-e954f9fa8b68" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:34:52.940" UserId="1054" Comment="Make it not like the donation question" Text="What do you do with hardware when you just can't get rid of it?" />
  <row Id="31282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17462" RevisionGUID="96cfa10f-9a09-4ed4-8a55-fb5bced5b3ae" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:36:00.707" UserId="1992" Text="ok - this is beyond my expertise so I need to ask here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a bunch of test hardware that I'm configuring and I'm running into some network problems where I'm not an expert (talk SQL Server to me!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a simplified description of my network topology:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - network switch #1, connected to network switch #2, and setup to know that the internet gateway is through switch #2&#xD;&#xA; - network switch #2, connected to the hub/gateway&#xD;&#xA; - hub which is a DHCP server, and gateway to the outside world&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The MD3000i iSCSI arrays are connected to switch 1. If I power-cycle one, it doesn't pickup an IP address. If I change the hub to be connected to network switch #1 and power-cycle the array again it gets an IP address through DHCP. I'm guessing there's something going on such that the broadcast 'give me a DHCP address' from the iSCSI array isn't being propagated through to switch #2 and to the hub/DHCP server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once the array gets an IP address, I need to remove the array and then automatically find it again using the DELL Modular Disk Storage Manager. Should I give them arrays static IPs (on the local network)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do I need to have a connection from each switch to the hub/DHCP server? Or am I missing something? I'll provide any info you want to hepl with this as long as I'm able.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS Tagged with 'sqlserver' only so that the folks I know can follow this question." />
  <row Id="31283" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17462" RevisionGUID="96cfa10f-9a09-4ed4-8a55-fb5bced5b3ae" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:36:00.707" UserId="1992" Text="DHCP serving to iSCSI arrays through linked switches" />
  <row Id="31284" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17462" RevisionGUID="96cfa10f-9a09-4ed4-8a55-fb5bced5b3ae" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:36:00.707" UserId="1992" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;iscsi&gt;&lt;dhcp&gt;&lt;switch&gt;" />
  <row Id="31285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17463" RevisionGUID="c8029a71-8000-48ee-8de1-051b03f19b20" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:37:07.270" UserDisplayName="anon" Text="What is the best way to virtualize Solaris 10 (not OpenSolaris) under Linux or OpenSolaris?  I have software that is only supported under Solaris so OpenSolaris is not an option.  I'd like to have Linux or OpenSolaris on my desktop." />
  <row Id="31286" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17463" RevisionGUID="c8029a71-8000-48ee-8de1-051b03f19b20" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:37:07.270" UserDisplayName="anon" Text="Virtualizing Solaris 10?" />
  <row Id="31287" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17463" RevisionGUID="c8029a71-8000-48ee-8de1-051b03f19b20" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:37:07.270" UserDisplayName="anon" Text="&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;opensolaris&gt;" />
  <row Id="31288" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17463" RevisionGUID="d5a95be1-624d-46c1-84e6-2fd9a9b9fc1a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:38:50.450" UserId="1349" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;opensolaris&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="31289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17464" RevisionGUID="12d5c774-ebef-4f9a-950e-d8d44b964ebf" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:38:59.170" UserId="4806" Text="I'm interested in going to a networking/computer convention, but I don't really know of any; can anyone provide and good suggestions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Needs to be open to the public&#xD;&#xA; - Needs to be near the Southern California/Arizona area&#xD;&#xA; - Anything concerning computers, computer security, or networking" />
  <row Id="31290" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17464" RevisionGUID="12d5c774-ebef-4f9a-950e-d8d44b964ebf" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:38:59.170" UserId="4806" Text="What are some good conventions near the Southern California area?" />
  <row Id="31291" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17464" RevisionGUID="12d5c774-ebef-4f9a-950e-d8d44b964ebf" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:38:59.170" UserId="4806" Text="&lt;convention&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="31292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17465" RevisionGUID="37a8c10c-666a-40d2-8ad7-b7889984ff0e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:39:47.703" UserId="7261" Text="If you compute with style, there is always the [Mac Aquarium][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.theapplecollection.com/Collection/MacAquarium/index.shtml" />
  <row Id="31293" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17465" RevisionGUID="37a8c10c-666a-40d2-8ad7-b7889984ff0e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:39:47.703" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31294" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17062" RevisionGUID="12ce4e14-6614-421b-8c3d-a6f965400c55" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:39:58.780" UserId="7243" Comment="deleted 4 characters in body" Text="A lot of these answers are only partially true or just plain wrong. WINS is just another way to resolve names to ip addresses. As long as your applications know how to use DNS, WINS is not needed at all. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Okay, I can't believe how much misinformation there is on this thread. First of all, having different subnets does not necessitate the use of WINS. As long as your application can communicate with udp/tcp port 53 on your DNS server(s), you will be able to resolve hostnames just fine (yes, \\\\hostname will work too).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly, if you're wondering why you can't resolve anything using the short hostname (i.e. just the hostname without the domain), it's probably because you never configured the default domain (or domain search list) on your clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And lastly (but not leastly!), an Active Directory domain is not a prerequisite for using DNS on a Windows network. The only reason you think that is because when you join a machine to a domain, Windows sets the default domain name for you. There is nothing preventing you from setting it yourself through other means (probably DHCP).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So in summary, just set the default domain and use DNS like the rest of us here in the 21st century!" />
  <row Id="31295" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17466" RevisionGUID="6427f617-a8c7-434e-ac6a-665f9fc2ce98" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:42:34.250" UserId="3657" Text="Solaris 10 x86 is supported under VMware Server 2.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out the Guest OS notes for a full compatibility matrix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://pubs.vmware.com/guestnotes/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17467" RevisionGUID="fadc2ff6-1dba-4804-b077-a582d84d1c5d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:42:49.070" UserDisplayName="Johnny" Text="When i install DB2 express-C in windows xp platform, the command windows cann't display correct chinese character, replace with wrong code display such as &quot;??##&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can i fix it." />
  <row Id="31297" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17467" RevisionGUID="fadc2ff6-1dba-4804-b077-a582d84d1c5d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:42:49.070" UserDisplayName="Johnny" Text="wrong character display in cmd windows in XP" />
  <row Id="31298" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17467" RevisionGUID="fadc2ff6-1dba-4804-b077-a582d84d1c5d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:42:49.070" UserDisplayName="Johnny" Text="&lt;db2&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="31299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17468" RevisionGUID="2a115a0a-689a-4890-88c8-6053fec6dad1" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:44:10.237" UserDisplayName="anon" Text="What are useful commands, tools, or tricks that one would find on Solaris or OpenSolaris that aren't available on a typical Linux distribution?" />
  <row Id="31300" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17468" RevisionGUID="2a115a0a-689a-4890-88c8-6053fec6dad1" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:44:10.237" UserDisplayName="anon" Text="Hidden Features of Solaris/OpenSolaris" />
  <row Id="31301" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17468" RevisionGUID="2a115a0a-689a-4890-88c8-6053fec6dad1" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:44:10.237" UserDisplayName="anon" Text="&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;opensolaris&gt;" />
  <row Id="31302" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17469" RevisionGUID="b5bb58b0-e988-4dad-af96-8a62b6717f7f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:46:13.150" UserId="3591" Text="I've just started seeing this appearing in our server logs...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /P/2112/FBA73F59E6F7E78CCFF29DD8BDF46ECCAE5B73145E023BFB207C971E835645245C62CA0296DA6CDA4E62613A9C10C0DADBA941D2AD68005E57EFDC84A8ECD0ADC37C0214AD76755E48D6D1BAABF&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It goes on and on for a while. In fact that's less than 10% of just one such event and there are many similar events.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm suspecting some attempted hack since we have no folder named &quot;/P/&quot; on our server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone recognise this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW, the reason I was looking at the logs at that time was that our server had just crashed, and I can't help wondering if it's related.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The server is Apache/2.0.54 (Unix) PHP/4.4.2 mod_ssl/2.0.54 OpenSSL/0.9.7a JRun/4.0" />
  <row Id="31303" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17469" RevisionGUID="b5bb58b0-e988-4dad-af96-8a62b6717f7f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:46:13.150" UserId="3591" Text="attempted hack?" />
  <row Id="31304" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17469" RevisionGUID="b5bb58b0-e988-4dad-af96-8a62b6717f7f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:46:13.150" UserId="3591" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;hacking&gt;&lt;hacks&gt;" />
  <row Id="31305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17470" RevisionGUID="4a193769-fb9b-4acb-98a9-5a31b9dbcaf0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:47:15.020" UserDisplayName="Ryan" Text="I am trying to setup a VPN on my small home network (windows 2003).  My home Vista machine is returning me Error 806 and is saying something about enabling the GRE protocol.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have one nic inside my windows 2003 machine.  It has a static ip of 192.168.1.110&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things I have done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- I was able to setup the VPN through the Configure Your Server Wizard.&#xD;&#xA;- I have enabled port 1723 through my router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I try to run Windows Firewall for Win2k3 I get a nice message telling me that Windows Firewall cannot run because another program or service is running that might use the network address translation component (Ipnat.sys)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then went into Routing and Remote Access and from there I am completely lost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help would be greatly appreciated.  I was having some bad luck with Google other than finding this great site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31306" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17470" RevisionGUID="4a193769-fb9b-4acb-98a9-5a31b9dbcaf0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:47:15.020" UserDisplayName="Ryan" Text="VPN Error - Enable GRE protocol" />
  <row Id="31307" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17470" RevisionGUID="4a193769-fb9b-4acb-98a9-5a31b9dbcaf0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:47:15.020" UserDisplayName="Ryan" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="31308" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17471" RevisionGUID="d055ffd1-32fb-489a-968d-0054e145c385" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:49:24.673" UserId="6132" Text=" - Performance Counter monitors&#xD;&#xA; - Heartbeat&#xD;&#xA; - Event Log&#xD;&#xA; - Disk Drive&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It depends on what you need. For the above we use our own product (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.adminarsenal.com/Product/Monitoring/Default.html&quot;&gt;Admin Arsenal&lt;/a&gt;). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are looking for application monitoring (Active Directory, Exchange, MS-SQL) then a good choice is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.quest.com/&quot;&gt;Quest Software&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to monitor your company website you can try &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sitescope.com&quot;&gt;HP SiteScope&lt;/a&gt; (formerly Mercury SiteScope). There are also a ton of hosted monitoring solutions for websites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It also depends upon what you want to do when you have an alert go off. Do you need to take corrective action? How do you want to be alerted? Most applications support email, but do you need to send the alert to a console like Managed Objects, or open a help desk ticket using your help desk software? If you need some of these things then you're probably in the market for the big gun items like IBM Tivoli or Microsoft Systems Center. They'll cost you a pretty penny but they are extremely powerful and customizable." />
  <row Id="31309" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17453" RevisionGUID="cece9d77-3944-41d7-bce0-4eaf0bf58d2e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:52:01.547" UserId="7385" Comment="added the point about turning off indexing" Text="Just some things I've come across while writing a file upload thingy:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure you clean or filter filenames of uploaded files. (get rid of .., \ and / and&#xD;&#xA;probably a bunch of other things depending on your OS)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't assume that filenames only have one &quot;extension&quot;.   &quot;report.doc.pdf&quot; or &quot;Makefile&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the uploads are expected to be large you may need to worry about people with&#xD;&#xA;slow connections (remember a lot of people are on DSL with often relatively slow&#xD;&#xA;uplink speeds). They may regularly experience disconnects or timeouts. Some older&#xD;&#xA;web browsers would timeout when uploading large files. You need to find a way to&#xD;&#xA;deal with this, or to check that uploads completed successfully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Upload the files to somewhere &quot;safe&quot;. On a UNIX system this would ideally mean &#xD;&#xA;a drive with &quot;noexec&quot; set, and with a disk quota on the account that is uploading&#xD;&#xA;so it can't fill the drive completely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're holding the files on a system with automatic document indexing (most Desktop OS's), exclude the folder they're stored in from that indexing. For example there have been vulnerabilities in the Windows one recently (indexing a bad PDF), and there will likely be more in the future.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31310" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17472" RevisionGUID="86f28a84-f2aa-49bf-8b35-ef7a191ad701" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:52:23.903" UserId="3528" Text="You are looking for a Class, category, Type and Item taxonomy.  You are stuck because what's missing is some sort of configuration database (that would help with the ITEM list).  The other issue is that you should use your helpdesk software to determine what services are impacted by any given issue rather than what servers have had the most downtime.  If you choose a service based model, determining classes, categories, type and item gets alot easier.  I recomend thinking of it as group(Class),application(category), service(type), what's actually broken(item)  Also since you can use time and ticket relations to show the impact of an issue across your environment.  Here's an example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;User calls in because his team cannot get to their email (CCTI might be Windows, exchange, email,client) the exchange guy takes a look at exchange and report exchange is running just fine for everyone else and traces it to a network problem.  His ticket should be closed and a new ticket opened by him to get the network group to look at the infrastructure. the exchange ticket should be related to the new one (CCTI, Network, internal,connectivity,desktop) as it turns out a switch went bad, so the ticket is closed with that resolution.  Now when you run an availability report against email, you should see the outage and that it was related to the network issue." />
  <row Id="31311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17473" RevisionGUID="76791a33-ad2a-48fa-ac7e-60a107e36592" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:52:51.873" UserId="301" Text="Looks like a buffer overflow shellcode attack. I'd expect that the URL is at least 4096 chars long. The HTTP RFC does not specify a maximum URL length, although there are implicit limitations on most of the major servers, so the attacker may be attempting to cause a buffer overflow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd make sure you've read the release notes for your current web server, and check that there are no outstanding security issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17474" RevisionGUID="decad6c6-ea4a-42ad-a710-b81baf692771" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:53:26.943" UserId="1054" Text="What's the source IP?  Possible that it's some kind of DoS attack or attempt at a buffer overflow.  Can you post the entire line?" />
  <row Id="31313" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17464" RevisionGUID="400e4bfe-4a55-4298-bc71-efeb3fedb736" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:53:39.093" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;convention&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="31314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17475" RevisionGUID="a0b74a2f-247d-4996-8ec0-7a80351d840d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:54:38.110" UserId="6750" Text="My home backup strategy utilises a set of daily or weekly backups using backupninja and rdiff-backup to an external disk to keep 60 days worth of incremental backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have another disk offsite that I occasionally bring home and rsync with off the onsite backup disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also use unison to sync various directories between my desktop and laptop.  Not a backup as such, but a useful extra copy to have." />
  <row Id="31315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17476" RevisionGUID="f6a2337f-e816-4076-ad80-b911aaf5ec1b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:54:48.390" UserId="301" Text="    curl -I http://example.com/generic/booking.asp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look at the `Location:` header in the response" />
  <row Id="31316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17477" RevisionGUID="94adcd7f-499e-4666-9d22-a4105b2dfea1" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:55:00.480" UserId="7261" Text="Probably just before something bad happends:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You realize you dont have a regular backup of a Line of Business app - such as something tracking licenses/customers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You can't remember when production servers were patched or scheduled for maintenance&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You discover your file server is dead becuase **TWO** drives failed in your RAID array&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - It takes longer than 1 day to get a new machine provisioned to replace of an old/existing machine&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Printers are out of toner or say &quot;maintnenace required&quot; on the LCD readout&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;All your base are belong to us&quot; or similar network intrusion&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - E-mail server is overwhelmed by the latest spam attack&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am sure there are other WTF moments that I havent listed in my short list.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17478" RevisionGUID="7d9d23c0-e77b-4d88-8943-18e4fbfebd8a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:56:06.517" UserId="5989" Text="As a general starting point, I follow the benchmark/guides from the [Center for Internet Security][1], which are comprehensive compilations of security best practices. It doesn't look like their Debian benchmark has been updated in some time, but a general overview of the steps is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Apply latest OS patches/packages&#xD;&#xA;* Enable system / kernel / process accounting.&#xD;&#xA;* Enable MAC (eg, SELinux or AppArmor).&#xD;&#xA;* Enable host-based firewall (iptables).&#xD;&#xA;* Verify APT sources.list (keys are correct, sources are trusted).&#xD;&#xA;* Minimize network services, disable everything not required, and firewall what is.&#xD;&#xA;* Use TCPWrappers to further restrict system access.&#xD;&#xA;* Only use encrypted network protocols, disable unencrypted services (telnet, ftp, etc).&#xD;&#xA;* Configure remote access to SSH only.&#xD;&#xA;* Disable user login passwords and require key-based authentication.&#xD;&#xA;* Disable filesystem sharing (NFS, SMB).&#xD;&#xA;* Enable remote / centralized system logging (and regularly review logs!).&#xD;&#xA;* Set a BIOS/firmware level password.&#xD;&#xA;* Set a bootloader password.&#xD;&#xA;* Configure system backups, have a disaster recovery plan and TEST that the backups are valid, and that personnel know disaster recovery procedures!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many resources on all these various settings, including the specific commands and configuration files to implement on the system in the CISecurity benchmarks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://cisecurity.org/" />
  <row Id="31318" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17478" RevisionGUID="7d9d23c0-e77b-4d88-8943-18e4fbfebd8a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:56:06.517" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17479" RevisionGUID="f5b76277-b337-4d7e-ac53-a8119d82e866" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:56:41.880" UserId="4392" Text="Do you have spanning tree setup on the switches, and if so, have you set them to portfast? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps700/products_tech_note09186a00800b1500.shtml&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17480" RevisionGUID="f53b4692-b963-48e8-b806-9e339874e74f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:58:12.143" UserId="5989" Text="The two biggest, compelling reasons for Solaris seem to be DTrace and ZFS, neither of which is directly available for Linux. " />
  <row Id="31321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17481" RevisionGUID="a76ed3a8-78b5-4b7c-91cc-8ed9249c155b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:58:14.110" UserId="4392" Text="SCALE, the Southern California Linux Expo (you missed this year's)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/" />
  <row Id="31322" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17482" RevisionGUID="68b23420-654a-4601-a482-d936abb6ac8a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:58:45.807" UserId="6750" Text="Solutionize, incentivize, ..." />
  <row Id="31323" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17482" RevisionGUID="68b23420-654a-4601-a482-d936abb6ac8a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:58:45.807" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17483" RevisionGUID="65bc43db-e5f3-4a44-88de-14c9d58518d7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:00:48.487" UserId="7393" Text="I have a Zoom X5 ADSL modem/router and a DI-524 router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I needed to turn the Zoom X5 into a modem only and use the DI-524 for router functions (DHCP Server and NAT).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What drove this configuration is that when I signed onto XBOX Live with only the Zoom X5, log-in would take forever and then every once and a while it would lose connection XBOX Live.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then tried doing port forwarding by manually entering NAT rules that satisfied the port forwarding. This only caused STRICT NAT (symmetric NAT) settings according to the XBOX Live Network Test.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then configured the Zoom X5 to full bridging function (turned off DHCP server, Nat Functions, and LAN settings). Connected the DI-524 to the Zoom X5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Zoom X5 (LAN1 Port) ------&gt; DI-524 (WAN Port)&#xD;&#xA;Computer (NIC) -------&gt; DI-524 (LAN1)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shut off DI-524. Rebooted Zoom X5. After reboot of Zoom X5, I turned on DI-524.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After WAN Interface indicator was constantly on, tried internet with IE 7. No connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tried ping well known ip address on internet. No response.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Logged into web interface of DI-524. Looked at status of WAN. It showed &quot;DHCP Client Not Connected&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reconfigured hardware:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Zoom X5 (LAN1 Port) ----&gt; Computer (NIC)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Repaired Local Area Connection Status in Windows XP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No Problems with getting public IP address. Good internet connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reconfigured hardware:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Zoom X5 (LAN1 Port) ------&gt; DI-524 (WAN Port)&#xD;&#xA;Computer (NIC) -------&gt; DI-524 (LAN1)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Logged into web interface of DI-524. Changed WAN configuration with the MAC address of the computer's NIC card. Did a reboot on the DI-524. All is good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No why did the ISP (Verizon) not accept the DI=524's MAC address, but accepted the computer's NIC card MAC Address?" />
  <row Id="31325" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17483" RevisionGUID="65bc43db-e5f3-4a44-88de-14c9d58518d7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:00:48.487" UserId="7393" Text="Why did I have to clone the MAC address?" />
  <row Id="31326" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17483" RevisionGUID="65bc43db-e5f3-4a44-88de-14c9d58518d7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:00:48.487" UserId="7393" Text="&lt;mac-address&gt;&lt;bridge-router&gt;" />
  <row Id="31327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17484" RevisionGUID="340f78d4-c80d-46d9-b1b2-81fbd7083f77" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:03:21.133" UserId="5880" Text="To make your life easier just assign them static IPs. Yes the MD3000i can do DHCP but you cannot get around having to remove and re add them. Also when the DHCP address changes, you'll have to go back and reconfigure all of your initiators so that they can talk again. " />
  <row Id="31328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17485" RevisionGUID="f761963e-a66f-4e54-a737-9593e7128f63" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:06:02.970" UserId="7310" Text="I would also recommend Mastering Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 by C.A. Callahan.  Even though this is a WSS focused book - as an admin, I spend a great deal of time on that part of the application - and this is a great reference tool - one you can grab and look up something and then go back to whatever else you were up to." />
  <row Id="31329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17486" RevisionGUID="27608a43-fa8a-43bc-9d62-8a739c95935c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:06:16.637" UserId="5749" Text="There are quite a few things to setup.  Here is the site I used as a reference when I setup mine.&#xD;&#xA;http://www.howtonetworking.com/VPN/2003vpn11.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31330" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17487" RevisionGUID="006602c6-c040-49e3-a196-807c4c80cc87" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:06:54.310" UserId="6132" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/&quot;&gt;ftp.software.ibm.com&lt;/a&gt; has all of their publicly available patches listed at this FTP site. No log in is necessary. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IBM is pretty good about getting language packs out. It is, however, a pretty large ftp site. You may want to start in the &lt;b&gt;software&lt;/b&gt; section.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck." />
  <row Id="31331" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16704" RevisionGUID="2d9ef8e7-d0c4-4ebc-bd60-cca50d79efab" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:08:30.827" UserId="6594" Comment="added 91 characters in body" Text="Security author Bruce Schneier leaves his personal network open, arguing that wireless encryption gives a false sense of security.  He says:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I'm also unmoved by those who say I'm putting my own data at risk, because hackers might park in front of my house, log on to my open network and eavesdrop on my internet traffic or break into my computers. This is true, but my computers are much more at risk when I use them on wireless networks in airports, coffee shops and other public places. If I configure my computer to be secure regardless of the network it's on, then it simply doesn't matter. And if my computer isn't secure on a public network, securing my own network isn't going to reduce my risk very much.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/my_open_wireles.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/my_open_wireles.html" />
  <row Id="31332" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17488" RevisionGUID="48b20b89-8b2e-46e0-b94d-9c5493d9af18" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:08:57.333" UserId="3657" Text="You are likely running into problems because your Zoom X5 is still acting as a router (even with those features disabled).  You should look online for instructions for setting the Zoom X5 in &quot;Bridge Mode&quot; which will cause it to act only as a DSL Modem.  This will allow your DI-524 to handle the PPPoE connection as a router and everything should work as you expect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This link may help:&#xD;&#xA;http://my.ruralnetwork.net/tech/setup/dsl_setup_zoom_5554A/zoom5554a_setup11.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for why the MAC address worked, often DSL providers will filter on the MAC address of their DSL modem.  In your case, Verizon may have accepted also your PC MAC address after you configured it also for PPPoE.  My guess is that changing the MAC address on your DI-524 had little to do with the connection working.  You're probably still going to have issues because you're essentially placing a router behind a router.  Your best option is to change the Zoom X5 to bridge mode and let your DI-524 be the router." />
  <row Id="31333" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17489" RevisionGUID="d3888da2-a54c-4705-88db-e888adb52da5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:10:40.650" UserId="3528" Text="I'll have to join the powershell chorus.  Unlike a unix style shell, cmdlets all use a pipeline of objects that flow from one cmdlet to another.  This means that you don't have to worry about figuring out how to make one cmdlet work with another.  In the unix world most shell command and scripts spend gobs of code stripping out the &quot;extra text&quot; that the next command can't deal with.  It also means that the more you learn about it the more you can use it. Unlike a typical shell where you have to learn how each command works so you can figure out how to transform the piped text, powershell cmdlets work the same regardless of input.  Eg if I send a directory list to select-object (which chooses specific properties to use) select-object works the exact same way if I send it an active directory user object, an SCOM management class or an exchange mailbox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take a look at [And Now for Something Completely Different:Introducing Windows PowerShell][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=5637033" />
  <row Id="31334" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17490" RevisionGUID="a750a7dd-b051-422f-b7c7-26a55d21fef9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:15:35.587" UserId="6554" Text="&#xD;&#xA;Build FrankenBots, of course!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31335" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17490" RevisionGUID="a750a7dd-b051-422f-b7c7-26a55d21fef9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:15:35.587" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31336" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="17066" RevisionGUID="0a21cefd-d2a9-46e1-bc5b-e95eb25a2aa8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:15:49.190" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags; edited title" Text="How can I create a slave replica of a MySQL server without stopping the master?" />
  <row Id="31337" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17066" RevisionGUID="0a21cefd-d2a9-46e1-bc5b-e95eb25a2aa8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:15:49.190" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;replication&gt;" />
  <row Id="31338" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17491" RevisionGUID="37950e39-062a-49ac-9900-0eb79cbf2199" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:17:10.733" UserId="2302" Text="In addition to TCP port 1723, you're going to need to enable IP protocol 47 to pass through your router/firewall -- this is for GRE, and could be the source of the error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you describe your network further?  You have a windows 2003 box w/ one NIC, so it sounds like it's connected directly to your router which is performing nat and has firewalling capability (which is what you've enabled port 1723 to be forwarded through)?  Is this about right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, is there any security software (i.e., a suite with a personal firewall) installed on the box that may be interfering with the windows firewall?" />
  <row Id="31342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17493" RevisionGUID="76de4c77-61fb-46cc-8889-918247075731" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:18:36.267" UserId="6750" Text="&gt; Engage in a dialogue&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Doesn't anyone *talk* anymore?" />
  <row Id="31343" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17493" RevisionGUID="76de4c77-61fb-46cc-8889-918247075731" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:18:36.267" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31344" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17494" RevisionGUID="5739db10-48bb-4893-8bd8-7ef123546d71" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:18:45.830" UserId="7261" Text="&quot;Getting on the same page...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Make sure we are all on the same page&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31345" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17494" RevisionGUID="5739db10-48bb-4893-8bd8-7ef123546d71" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:18:45.830" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31346" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17495" RevisionGUID="20a0069b-76ae-4ba9-a738-197dada99dcb" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:04:26.637" Text="&lt;p&gt;I am planning on developing a new web application and making it a public site. I plan to use ASP.NET,C# and LINQ. I am flexible/willing to experiment with the other components. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can you suggest any web hosting sites? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31347" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17495" RevisionGUID="20a0069b-76ae-4ba9-a738-197dada99dcb" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:04:26.637" Text="web hosting" />
  <row Id="31348" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17495" RevisionGUID="20a0069b-76ae-4ba9-a738-197dada99dcb" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:04:26.637" Text="&lt;web&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="31349" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17496" RevisionGUID="e9baa11c-3348-4fa6-9d1c-db0a51546083" CreationDate="2009-06-02T03:07:59.360" Text="&lt;p&gt;If you need a dedicate server go to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.serverpronto.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.serverpronto.com&lt;/a&gt; with impressive good prices, otherwise &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vortechosting.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.vortechosting.com&lt;/a&gt;, a very good shared hosting server even with very attractive reseller plans.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31350" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17497" RevisionGUID="936b597b-eb11-4e44-80fa-e1da88735185" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:23:31.390" UserId="2611" Text="I had issues setting this up with Ubuntu Server 8.04 as well.&#xD;&#xA;The answer lay in [this Ubuntu Launchpad entry][1]. It turns out VMWare are using a very old method of scanning for USB devices. In Ubuntu this can be reenabled by editing **/etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh** and uncommenting the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Magic to make /proc/bus/usb work&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs&#xD;&#xA;    domount usbfs &quot;&quot; /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs -obusmode=0700,devmode=0600,listmode=0644&#xD;&#xA;    ln -s .usbfs/devices /dev/bus/usb/devices&#xD;&#xA;    mount --rbind /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After rebooting the VMWare web console successfully detected the USB devices. What you should see when logged into the VMWare Server web console is a small USB icon in the top menu on the far right. It is then a case of selecting your Windows VM, going up to the dropdown and selecting the USB device you want to attach to that VM. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Make sure you have added the USB controller virtual hardware device to the Windows VM.&#xD;&#xA;- I have not tested this with Intrepid, but it works fine with the latest release of Hardy (8.04LTS).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/157843" />
  <row Id="31351" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17498" RevisionGUID="b31a2bb5-4ab7-4168-93ef-cb19e0a1aebf" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:25:24.570" UserId="6750" Text="Not really a linux thing, more of a bash thing ... process substitution ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    diff some_local_file &lt;(ssh somehost &quot;cat some_remote_file&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This diffs a local and a remote file retrieved via ssh in one line.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31352" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17498" RevisionGUID="b31a2bb5-4ab7-4168-93ef-cb19e0a1aebf" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:25:24.570" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31353" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17499" RevisionGUID="2b066792-2724-400b-bff2-20bf7a425985" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:30:59.550" UserId="5880" Text="Can you access the site via domaindev.com? via the ip address? If you can't it's not a resolution problem but an apache config/startup problem as the server is not running." />
  <row Id="31354" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17500" RevisionGUID="cc611286-15a7-42ff-b329-2fc60e1f6590" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:32:43.617" UserId="2614" Text="The dead silence after the responses that have already been provided tells me that you might not have a backup.  If you don't, your only option is rebuild.  Have a look [here][1] for a post by CSS on rebuilding system databases in SQL 2008.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/psssql/archive/2008/08/29/how-to-rebuild-system-databases-in-sql-server-2008.aspx" />
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  <row Id="31357" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17501" RevisionGUID="7c0ba29c-30d7-444b-a113-ca36bb75da2e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:35:13.223" UserId="2614" Text="[Hardware mashup][1]?  A built-in coffee maker would almost redeem that old hardware...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.coffeeandcode.org/" />
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  <row Id="31364" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17503" RevisionGUID="e864c765-4961-47bd-ae7d-3ca6616dcd5a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:46:05.620" UserId="6132" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;" />
  <row Id="31365" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16775" RevisionGUID="514c0daa-f13b-4467-ae60-10e3902ebe9d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:46:24.573" UserDisplayName="Himanshu Porwal" Comment="added 31 characters in body" Text="Here i want to ask you that is there any way through which i can allow only my machine to access client servers as i want to secure my servers from hackers. for this i have find a lot but not able find a specific way to allow only my ip to access. If i blocks all IP then it blocks all the IP's but when create a rule to allow only my IP then the rule dosent works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you suggest what may be the reason or can you suggest the solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its for windows server 2003" />
  <row Id="31366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17504" RevisionGUID="a3478b56-a435-4d07-8307-31f6577b3cb8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:49:02.557" UserId="7394" Text="I need to read/write to an MsSQL DB that uses AD to authenticate users. I have an account on that domain and I have been granted the appropriate priviledges on the MsSQL DB but because my PC does not authenticate to that AD Domain I am unable to access MSSQL. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usually I just need to manually enter in my credentials when I connect to any server resources on that Domain like a file, web, or print server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MsSQL is different. It does not give me the opportunity to manually log in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the ODBC driver it only has two choices. Use Windows NT Authentication (which does not allow me to enter a user name) or use SQL Server Authentication (which doesn't work because this DB uses Active Directory and not a local list)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So how can I log into a MsSQL server if my PC is not part of the authentication domain?Remember I do have valid domain credentials and have been granted the correct priveledges. It's just that my PC is not on the domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for any constructive advice.&#xD;&#xA;I will return the favor about any questions related to Enterprise Backup and Recovery, Disaster Recovery, Storage Area Networks, or Network Attached Storage. My areas of specialty.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31367" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17504" RevisionGUID="a3478b56-a435-4d07-8307-31f6577b3cb8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:49:02.557" UserId="7394" Text="Login to MsSQL without first Authenticating to the AD Domain" />
  <row Id="31368" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17504" RevisionGUID="a3478b56-a435-4d07-8307-31f6577b3cb8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:49:02.557" UserId="7394" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="31369" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17505" RevisionGUID="8c62736c-5c3f-4e80-b00e-d0770d789c3a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:50:29.730" UserId="3038" Text="We use **Intermapper** extensively. Our Telecom group got it, but it quickly expanded into a unified server/network monitoring tool. We've even written a few custom probes for it." />
  <row Id="31370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17506" RevisionGUID="671ef03b-5f69-4b0c-991f-6824178416ec" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:56:17.843" UserId="7404" Text="Sqldeveloper from oracle &#xD;&#xA;Squirrel SQL, using de oracle jdbc driver." />
  <row Id="31371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17507" RevisionGUID="c8252428-8faa-4574-9f6e-183d17990c86" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:57:42.100" UserId="6397" Text="webhost4life. $9.99 per month. not very cheap but offers 100G space, unlimited bandwidth, 1 SQL database, 50 MySQL databases, with PHP installed. So you can run both asp.net based application and php-based with either MSSQL or MySQL in the back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And it offers decent referral program. I didn't link my referral link here so it's my pure recommendation." />
  <row Id="31372" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17507" RevisionGUID="c8252428-8faa-4574-9f6e-183d17990c86" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:57:42.100" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31373" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17508" RevisionGUID="e137b2db-7f46-4a1c-ad02-c56b427f93b2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:58:37.903" UserId="6738" Text="Simply use &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`wget &lt;url&gt;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and see the output. For example if you use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`wget students.iiit.ac.in/~sysadmin/`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you will see output&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    --2009-06-02 10:00:24--  http://students.iiit.ac.in/~sysadmin&#xD;&#xA;    Resolving students.iiit.ac.in... 192.168.36.200&#xD;&#xA;    Connecting to students.iiit.ac.in|192.168.36.200|:80... connected.&#xD;&#xA;    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently&#xD;&#xA;    Location: http://web.iiit.ac.in/~sysadmin [following]&#xD;&#xA;    --2009-06-02 10:00:24--  http://web.iiit.ac.in/~sysadmin&#xD;&#xA;    Resolving web.iiit.ac.in... 192.168.36.158&#xD;&#xA;    Connecting to web.iiit.ac.in|192.168.36.158|:80... connected.&#xD;&#xA;    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently&#xD;&#xA;    Location: http://web.iiit.ac.in/~sysadmin/ [following]&#xD;&#xA;    --2009-06-02 10:00:24--  http://web.iiit.ac.in/~sysadmin/&#xD;&#xA;    Connecting to web.iiit.ac.in|192.168.36.158|:80... connected.&#xD;&#xA;    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK&#xD;&#xA;    Length: 3377 (3.3K) [text/html]&#xD;&#xA;    Saving to: `index.html'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you can see the in Location: header the page redirects to web.iiit.ac.in/~sysadmin. After this also check contents of index.html. If they content HTTP META refresh tag like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;html&gt;&#xD;&#xA;	&lt;head&gt;&#xD;&#xA;		&lt;META HTTP-EQUIV=&quot;Refresh&quot; CONTENT=&quot;0; URL=http://research.iiit.ac.in/~saurabh.barjatiya&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;	&lt;/head&gt;&#xD;&#xA;	&lt;body&gt;&#xD;&#xA;	&lt;/body&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/html&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then the web.iiit.ac.in/~sysadmin page will redirect to research.iiit.ac.in/~saurabh.barjatiya.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the two most common ways of redirecting used by people. The website you are interested in most probably uses one of the above two methods or combination of both." />
  <row Id="31374" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17509" RevisionGUID="a900a2ec-7f9a-4e72-9bd0-b18c4c161f90" CreationDate="2009-06-02T04:59:43.830" UserId="1006" Text="I've always used &lt;a href=&quot;http://tora.sourceforge.net/&quot;&gt;TOra&lt;/a&gt;. Free software (GPL). I've used it on Linux, not sure if it runs on Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They have &lt;a href=&quot;http://tora.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html&quot;&gt;screenshots&lt;/a&gt; if you're interested." />
  <row Id="31375" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17483" RevisionGUID="46ad0804-b83f-410f-b77b-d6fcd22c7f65" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:01:10.800" UserId="7393" Comment="Added up-time" Text="I have a Zoom X5 ADSL modem/router and a DI-524 router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I needed to turn the Zoom X5 into a modem only and use the DI-524 for router functions (DHCP Server and NAT).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What drove this configuration is that when I signed onto XBOX Live with only the Zoom X5, log-in would take forever and then every once and a while it would lose connection XBOX Live.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then tried doing port forwarding by manually entering NAT rules that satisfied the port forwarding. This only caused STRICT NAT (symmetric NAT) settings according to the XBOX Live Network Test.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then configured the Zoom X5 to full bridging function (turned off DHCP server, Nat Functions, and LAN settings). Connected the DI-524 to the Zoom X5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Zoom X5 (LAN1 Port) ------&gt; DI-524 (WAN Port)&#xD;&#xA;Computer (NIC) -------&gt; DI-524 (LAN1)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shut off DI-524. Rebooted Zoom X5. After reboot of Zoom X5, I turned on DI-524.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After WAN Interface indicator was constantly on, tried internet with IE 7. No connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tried ping well known ip address on internet. No response.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Logged into web interface of DI-524. Looked at status of WAN. It showed &quot;DHCP Client Not Connected&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reconfigured hardware:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Zoom X5 (LAN1 Port) ----&gt; Computer (NIC)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Repaired Local Area Connection Status in Windows XP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No Problems with getting public IP address. Good internet connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reconfigured hardware:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Zoom X5 (LAN1 Port) ------&gt; DI-524 (WAN Port)&#xD;&#xA;Computer (NIC) -------&gt; DI-524 (LAN1)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Logged into web interface of DI-524. Changed WAN configuration with the MAC address of the computer's NIC card. Did a reboot on the DI-524. All is good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No why did the ISP (Verizon) not accept the DI=524's MAC address, but accepted the computer's NIC card MAC Address?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As of now the present configuration has been up for two days." />
  <row Id="31376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17510" RevisionGUID="6f1b438f-6923-42fd-bdc4-ca5af1016c79" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:07:21.007" UserId="7405" Text="If you're in the Portland, Oregon area, checkout Free Geek's computer recycling programs. They'll take your old hardware, add Linux and provide a computer to someone in need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.freegeek.org " />
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  <row Id="31378" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17511" RevisionGUID="2047a308-b6e3-4974-87ba-4480b7f22ecd" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:07:55.933" UserId="7406" Text="I've got the Xming X server running on Windows. I &quot;view&quot; my Linux desktop on it remotely using XDMCP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It all works well, but if I put my Windows box to sleep or hibernate and come back a few hours later, I've lost my X session (Xming window blank) and I have to close the window and create a new XDMCP session.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to keep XDMCP session going when the OS hosting the X server sleeps/hibernates?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know what's relevant here, but I'm running GDM &amp; KDE on Debian Unstable, Xming on WinXP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="31379" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17511" RevisionGUID="2047a308-b6e3-4974-87ba-4480b7f22ecd" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:07:55.933" UserId="7406" Text="Keeping XDMCP session alive through sleep/hibernate" />
  <row Id="31380" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17511" RevisionGUID="2047a308-b6e3-4974-87ba-4480b7f22ecd" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:07:55.933" UserId="7406" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;hibernate&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="31381" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16396" RevisionGUID="60683d28-2f81-45fc-8ec8-bc3a4ade5913" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:12:17.250" UserId="919" Comment="added 93 characters in body; added 32 characters in body" Text="The question to ask yourself is: **how many other people need what I need?** If you're doing what everyone else is doing, it makes sense to outsource the bulk of the work to a specialized outfit who can hire kernel engineers, monitor bugs and security patches, etc. RHN can make managing servers much easier. I should note that Canonical offers a similar service though I haven't checked their prices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, there comes a point when your organization wanders past the run of the mill. At that point you need experts who can do all that with an eye to the breadth of possibilities. For example, the Sanger Institute originally ran their Human Genomics servers on a proprietary UNIX that could handle 64bit filesystems and so on. They later moved to Debian and build a custom Linux kernel that met their needs in the late 90s when their hardware support was discontinued and other unfortunate events. Two of their employees were Debian Developers capable of making all that happen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's tempting to price a community distro like Debian at zero and hire novices to handle things, but I believe it's more expensive in the long run when your novices failed to plan for things Redhat and Debian Developers are aware of. If you run Debian and don't give your admins the leeway to pursue Debian contribution, you're losing a lot of valuable free peer review.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, the price of Debian isn't 0, it's the price of hiring a DD or two." />
  <row Id="31382" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17512" RevisionGUID="3ba55ed1-aaaf-4179-aff2-2b1a42812d34" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:15:17.540" UserId="7405" Text="Off the top of my head, I'd say no. You're losing the TCP connection so X shuts down the session as if you'd been knocked off the network. If you want a persistent connection, look into VNC or NX (FreeNX or NoMachine). I'm too new to post links, but you can use Google on either option and you'll get usable results." />
  <row Id="31383" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17513" RevisionGUID="c1b5e1b3-9b7b-4412-a93c-9dc9e1da1747" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:17:00.987" UserId="3657" Text="This technote from IBM seems to suggest that this occurs when using named pipes.  If you configure for TCP/IP connectivity, this may alleviate your issue&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21133904" />
  <row Id="31384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17514" RevisionGUID="50a3513d-5255-4dba-afca-76053735f805" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:21:32.317" UserId="5989" Text="&gt; How do you decide what is permissible&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to allow users control over? With a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; given feature or functionality (say,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; setting shares on a folder, attaching&#xD;&#xA;&gt; certain filetypes in email, installing&#xD;&#xA;&gt; USB devices) is there a Best Practices&#xD;&#xA;&gt; rule to look at to help weigh the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; risks vs. rewards?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Every organization has different risk tolerance. You need to find out what your organizations appropriate levels of risk tolerance are, and decide what the risks are vs the rewards. Usually the general comparison of security is convenience. There is almost always a direct correlation between [in]convenience and [in]security. So the question to ask those who make these decisions, if you're not in a position of power to do so, is &quot;will restricting this make people less productive, to the point where the business cost is greater than the risk of allowing it?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Secondly, do you default to locking&#xD;&#xA;&gt; something down until it's asked for /&#xD;&#xA;&gt; demanded, or leaving something allowed&#xD;&#xA;&gt; until there is a problem? If it's not&#xD;&#xA;&gt; all one or the other, what guides your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; decision on which default to set?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again, this is subjective, not objective. Some organizations' [draconian] policies will dictate that everything is restricted unless there's a specific business reason for it to be allowed. Other organizations will allow anything that doesn't cause a negative impact on business and productivity. The safest policy is often to restrict everything, but make it easy to request that it be allowed. That way you can maintain a higher security (and possibly audit) posture, while still making it easy for those who may need access to something able to gain that access without hassle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Easy-to-use ticket systems make this much easier to track (and maintain an audit-ready position), and your users are less likely to have an uprising to your management about ridiculous policies that prevent them from getting work done." />
  <row Id="31385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17515" RevisionGUID="29845638-9175-4b25-a2a0-6e503b70cd6f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:24:36.120" UserId="7405" Text="If you're developing software for sale and which you will have to support, having a known reproducible environment is very relevant. Our organization builds and tests our software on SLES/SLED and RHEL. If our customers choose to run on a free variant, support is best effort at best." />
  <row Id="31387" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17516" RevisionGUID="12cffa9e-f1bf-4e78-a213-a8bbc4ba404f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:26:15.273" UserId="3038" Text="In my experience, starting mail-quotas for users who've never had them before is a recipe for a user revolt. That only works if the grand high managers endorse it and agree to enforce it for their areas. We've had draconian storage limits since the MS-Mail days which is why we can get away with around 4,300 users in under 1TB of mail-store DBs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In your case, upgrading to Exchange 2007 will give you more breathing room as both MrTimpi and  Paul Robichaux have pointed out. If managing very large mail-stores isn't your cup of tea, then archiving solutions that integrate with Exchange are another choice; it just *looks* like one mailbox even though it's split between the mail-store and the archive-db. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, SharePoint could help here. It's yet another database, but it was designed from the ground up as a way to manage an entire work environment. Once you have that, you may find the strain on your email servers is not growing as fast as it used to. " />
  <row Id="31388" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17517" RevisionGUID="76de6db5-cf2d-41b6-a573-4b464302151c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:26:53.790" UserId="5989" Text="I primarily work in a startup environment. My current organization is a startup, and a previous business model was consulting startups. The biggest key to organization was outsourcing data center operations to dedicated hosting companies like Rackspace and Servepath, and also using cloud and virtualization technologies such as Amazon EC2 and KVM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't had to trace a cable in almost a year, and finding systems is a matter of looking at the master server that tracks all the nodes that check in for their configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's much nicer than a previous position where our servers were at a hosting center, but we had to physically manage everything (which resulting in cable messes, despite best efforts and proper labelling)." />
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  <row Id="31390" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17518" RevisionGUID="a90ec2ef-ac7e-49d0-98ce-02b8d5bf658f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:31:32.953" UserId="7405" Text="Live Upgrade which uses ZFS to create writable snapshots of the operating system. With Live upgrade, you can apply patches to a snapshot, they make that snapshot as bootable. Upon the next reboot you get a patched OS environment. If you discover an issue with a patch, you can make the old snapshot at bootable, reboot and you've backed out your changes. Its a pretty impressive solution to patching.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ZFS for the boot environment requires Solaris 10u6 or newer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, Solaris Zones are pretty useful for application isolation. Obviously DTrace is very nice but RedHat is playing catchup with System Tap." />
  <row Id="31391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17519" RevisionGUID="f6d77117-eb4e-458e-8cb2-ca4dd0cf844b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:31:41.860" UserId="5989" Text="While it is true this is environment and platform dependent, I have seen two good approaches, depending on the platform:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* RHEL / CentOS: store all rules in a single /etc/sysconfig/iptables file which is read in by the iptables startup script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Debian/Ubuntu: store all rules in separate service-specific files in /etc/iptables.d/ directory. For example, /etc/iptables.d/port_http, /etc/iptables.d/port_dns, where port_service maps to a service name in /etc/services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In either case, the file or files are managed by a configuration tool like Chef or Puppet, and read in by the 'master' startup script for iptables that runs at boot time.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31392" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17520" RevisionGUID="96708977-b05e-4206-9e2c-296e0a6a7c7f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:33:45.523" UserId="4979" Text="I know you mean well, and sorry to pile on your bad day, but this is a serious problem. The proper term for your old equipment is [e-waste][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately even if you can find some gullible souls to take it of *your* hands it will [eventually make it to the poorest in the world to be bashed into pieces with stone age tools for the valuable elements it contains and leave behind a toxic landfill][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-e-waste&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://us.oneworld.net/article/ghanas-e-waste-poisoning-poor" />
  <row Id="31393" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17520" RevisionGUID="96708977-b05e-4206-9e2c-296e0a6a7c7f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:33:45.523" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31394" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17521" RevisionGUID="65d943c4-0c18-42db-b12f-f4cab9ffdfbe" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:35:56.407" UserId="7408" Text="I've recently acquired a SuperMicro X8DTU-F motherboard, which has a built-in BMC, which basically runs the IPMI system. It turns out to be a small Linux system running on an ARM processor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, it's running a boatload of software, much of which I don't need, and I don't have the ability to put it behind a firewall. However, I do want the IPMI functionality. Does anybody who has used one of these have some specific suggestions on how to secure the thing? It boots from what is essentially a ROM filesystem, and there don't even seem to be any hooks to turn off any of the various servers it runs...." />
  <row Id="31395" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17521" RevisionGUID="65d943c4-0c18-42db-b12f-f4cab9ffdfbe" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:35:56.407" UserId="7408" Text="Securing a SuperMicro IPMI BMC" />
  <row Id="31396" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17521" RevisionGUID="65d943c4-0c18-42db-b12f-f4cab9ffdfbe" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:35:56.407" UserId="7408" Text="&lt;ipmi&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;server-security&gt;" />
  <row Id="31397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17522" RevisionGUID="af2c2e2c-f33f-480e-8f2b-3a19b32d12e6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:36:39.010" UserId="6543" Text="BIND, which runs on Windows, has a feature called **Views** which is exactly what you want. It allows a name server to present different configurations of the same name server to groups of clients which you define.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The groups can be defined via individual IP addresses or prefixes (like 10.10.1.192/26). Hopefully, your EU and American hosts can be distinguished this way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nice side benefit: your two servers can be (almost) identically configured, BIND-wise, and thus can act as each other's failover.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A good way to think of Views is that it is a DNS server's version of virtualization. Sort of.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BIND can be obtained at www.isc.org for free." />
  <row Id="31398" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17523" RevisionGUID="09706621-358a-4a52-8cbc-0d4e66cb6e40" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:38:21.113" UserId="816" Text="Here are a few commercial options I found after a quick search.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Virtual Serial Port][3] by HW group, which is free.&#xD;&#xA; - [Virtual Serial Port Driver][1] by Eltima Software.&#xD;&#xA; - [Virtual Serial Port Kit][2] by FabulaTech. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not sure if any will support Windows 7, until it is released.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.virtualserialport.com/products/vspdxp/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.fabulatech.com/virtual-serial-port-kit.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.hw-group.com/products/hw_vsp/index_en.html" />
  <row Id="31399" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17524" RevisionGUID="af056f00-0750-468f-b819-7faf4aa56fcc" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:38:29.647" UserId="6550" Text="I have a similar dilemma to you. Currently we have 3 business units that need to use this tracker, and we use selection matrices to determine who should be notified for which category, but also who may post in which category.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because we have staff that roam between businesses we actually use the tier 1 category for the business name, and the tier 2 for the area of support. eg:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Alpha&#xD;&#xA;  - O/S Issues&#xD;&#xA;  - Application 1&#xD;&#xA;  - A/V equipment&#xD;&#xA; - Bravo&#xD;&#xA;  - O/S Issues&#xD;&#xA;  - Application 1&#xD;&#xA;  - A/V equipment&#xD;&#xA; - Charlie&#xD;&#xA;  - O/S Issues&#xD;&#xA;  - Application 1&#xD;&#xA;  - A/V equipment&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This schema is still pretty new, so we haven't encountered any problems with it (yet)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Two things stick out to me; re-reading your question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Is this the right tracker for you? it seems to be missing the functionality you want. Perhaps it's time to find a different tool for this particular job?&#xD;&#xA; 2. A general rule when categorising items, the higher in the tree hierarchy, the broader the scope of the item. The direction should be from the broadest definition, to the narrowest. " />
  <row Id="31400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17525" RevisionGUID="8c1585db-5c24-4b7b-9404-1a87bc6ee296" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:39:09.880" UserId="7405" Text="I'd go for Linux on the Desktop and run Solaris x86 in a Sun Virtual Box environment. Its basically VMWare Workstation, but its free and has good support for Linux/Solaris. In my experience, OpenSolaris has poor hardware support. I wan't able to get it installed on my Dell P490 or T5400.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can learn about Virtual Box at www.virtualbox.org.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31401" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17526" RevisionGUID="d3d5c0d8-0129-4f03-8273-180700ec10bd" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:40:13.870" UserId="5989" Text="Any environment of sufficient complexity (that is, any at all, really) should be under configuration management, whether it be Chef or Puppet. My preference is Chef and there's a set of cookbooks (configuration modules) that will help in setting up end-to-end the entirety of a [LAMP stack][1] (or my preference, [LAMRails][2]). There's also EC2 AMIs available for setting up an [entire Rails infrastructure on Amazon EC2][3], and this can be a good baseline to look at for considerations about setting up your own environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://github.com/opscode/cookbooks&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://github.com/opscode/rails_infra_repo/tree/master&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://blog.opscode.com/2009/05/deploying-rails-infrastructures-with-chef.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31402" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17527" RevisionGUID="ae927e5a-5e72-4272-bcf7-d9c5b0c85767" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:43:57.733" UserId="5989" Text="I have had luck with setting up OpenSolaris test systems under libvirt KVM on Ubuntu and VMware Fusion on Mac OS X, and subsequently migrating the VMware disk over to a Linux system running VMware Server 2.0." />
  <row Id="31403" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17528" RevisionGUID="1021217f-5b7a-44bc-a574-f01e122f9cc8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:46:34.903" UserId="816" Text="I have used the [Free Serial Port Monitor][1], by HHD Software, to monitor communications with an old magnetic card reader. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They also have a [paid version][2] if you prefer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.serial-port-monitor.com/free-serial-port-monitor-product-details.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.hhdsoftware.com/Products/home/serial-monitor.html" />
  <row Id="31404" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17522" RevisionGUID="1cf7b3dd-455e-4960-b889-f767dd7436bd" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:47:04.013" UserId="6543" Comment="didn't read first answer well" Text="As a previous answer states, BIND's Views look like what you want. It allows a name server to present different configurations of the same name server to groups of clients which you define.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The groups can be defined via individual IP addresses or prefixes (like 10.10.1.192/26). Hopefully, your EU and American hosts can be distinguished this way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nice side benefit: your two servers can be (almost) identically configured, BIND-wise, and thus can act as each other's failover.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A good way to think of Views is that it is a DNS server's version of virtualization. Sort of.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BIND can be obtained at www.isc.org for free." />
  <row Id="31405" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17529" RevisionGUID="f725895a-641b-4bfb-94da-1121dee109e2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:49:42.463" UserId="4979" Text="I expect to get quite a few downvotes for this here, but let me add a &quot;UserVoice&quot; if it is allowed :-).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From a usability perspective having your Outlook inbox as your whole life store is great. It beats the traditional file system hands down since every item is there, even offline,  in the context of its creation process, including all the valuable extra meta- and context data; who sent it, who commented what on it, when was it distributed, previous versions, related items, ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Handling huge Outlook files hasn't been a problem  *for the user* since 2003. With Outlook 2007 and the improved search it has become extremely convenient and fast as well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do believe that from the systems point of view it is time to embrace and support large mailboxes. Exchange 2000 is nearly a decade old. Moving to a version that is in line with today's clients will help you." />
  <row Id="31406" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17530" RevisionGUID="5b2c8923-8821-4667-8ba8-e585bcf385d3" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:58:11.060" UserId="3180" Text="I've never seen the behaviour you describe, try conecting with TCP as Kevin Kuphal said." />
  <row Id="31407" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14409" RevisionGUID="c8dae918-36a5-4460-8501-008626d7a007" CreationDate="2009-06-02T05:59:38.730" UserId="4979" Comment="added 495 characters in body" Text="I'm looking to build a decent &lt; 1.500$ dedicated Hyper-V solution for development and testing purposes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The parts list I was thinking of is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Intel Core I7 920 $279 *(fastest affordable desktop proc. Hyper-V compat.)*&#xD;&#xA; - Asus P6T Deluxe V2 $279 *(Confirmed Hyper-V compat. Confirmed 6 dimm working, 2x GigE)*&#xD;&#xA; - 12GB - 2x CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) $182 *(On Mobo compatibility list, low heatsink profile)*&#xD;&#xA; - 5x Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB $275 *(cheap single platter drive)*&#xD;&#xA; - Samsung WriteMaster SH-S223F $25&#xD;&#xA; - Antec P183 $160 *(quality case with lots of room to work)*&#xD;&#xA; - EnerMax Modu82+ 625W $178 *(efficient and quiet)*&#xD;&#xA; - Scythe  Orochi Rev. B SE1366 $59 *(confirmed compat. with MB layout, very quiet)*&#xD;&#xA; - ASUS EAH4350 SILENT $38 *(low energy, passive cooling)*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Total: $1.475&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since the machine would sit close to where I work, noise levels will be an issue, though I could look into putting it in a separate room if significantly better use of the budget can be made by removing the silence requirement.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would this be a good solution? Would I be better of going for 2 or even 3 cheap machines? If so, in what configuration ([a dedicated iSCSI box perhaps?][1])?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would going for a real dual Opteron/Xeon server type machine be better option?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(All prices are in USD, I used Newegg as a reference)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6860/cheapest-iscsi-san-for-windows-2008-sql-server-clustering" />
  <row Id="31408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17531" RevisionGUID="13e8a124-b0bb-4376-bebf-0388013be57f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:02:18.540" UserId="5799" Text="Windows Console windows don't support UTF-8. They can only show the &quot;OEM&quot; codepage, like in MS-DOS, or - rarely - UTF-16 Unicode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can try using this command &lt;pre&gt;C:\&gt; chcp 65001&lt;/pre&gt; before running your program - 65001 is the &quot;codepage&quot; for UTF-8. But this is kind of an ugly hack, and only affects the window it's executed on." />
  <row Id="31409" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17525" RevisionGUID="e238d09f-8a2d-4382-87de-165c54dc62dd" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:04:30.220" UserId="7405" Comment="corrected spelling error" Text="I'd go for Linux on the Desktop and run Solaris x86 in a Sun Virtual Box environment. Its basically VMWare Workstation, but its free and has good support for Linux/Solaris. In my experience, OpenSolaris has poor hardware support. I wasn't able to get it installed on my Dell P490 or T5400.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can learn about Virtual Box at www.virtualbox.org.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31410" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17532" RevisionGUID="cffe7a12-257d-4188-a2ed-01ada7c3dd1c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:06:12.260" UserId="6543" Text="Use virtualization. Then you can be very strict and they can be root of their own VMs if they want." />
  <row Id="31411" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17533" RevisionGUID="b5a314e8-5bc4-404c-a13f-2550fe276490" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:09:12.660" UserId="7405" Text="Since I can't post comments...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would be helpful to know what chipset/graphics chip you're using. If its the Intel GMA 500, you'll find that there is very little support from Intel at this point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Checkout www.happyassassin.net/2009/01/30/intel-gma-500-poulsbo-graphics-on-linux-a-precise-and-comprehensive-summary-as-to-why-youre-screwed/ for more info on the GMA 500." />
  <row Id="31412" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17534" RevisionGUID="94fb2d92-d758-4dc3-8a0c-43f884e2b588" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:14:16.627" UserId="7416" Text="You need an SPN per instance, and the port at the end of the SPN designates the instance on multi-instance machines. In some environments you may need to have an SPN for both the netbios and the FQDN. The SPN must belong to the current service account and not to any other account.&#xD;&#xA;See KB 811889 How to troubleshoot the &quot;Cannot generate SSPI context&quot; error message&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, it goes against security best practices to use the same account for more than one service.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17535" RevisionGUID="43e65576-7310-48e5-bb62-7bce7a3bd519" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:16:22.583" UserId="7415" Text="I've been going through all the monitoring questions, and even the small wiki that one member already started, but I can't seem to be able to grasp the whole concept of monitoring a remote host. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is my scenario:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am a VERY new Sysadmin (lost my previous Electronic Engineering job, need food, no other option), and I am in charge of 1 server. Now, this server is a dedicated box located inside a data center. Basically this server is running a VoIP application, and a small web server with a few pages, but still, most of the traffic is VoIP SIP traffic. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I want to do is install a monitoring service, that will allow me to continuously monitor the current state of the server, and if something goes wrong, to notify me via email and even maybe SMS. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The VoIP software is running as a service, so checking if the service is running would be a plus. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So basically, what I want to check is if the server is running, that the server is running smoothly (CPU load, memory usage, HDD space, online, voip service running). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The thing is, I am not in the same network as the server, I work from an office not related to the data center and I use remote desktop to get in the server and configure it, but I want to be able to be notified when something went wrong, specially during the weekend. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I woud really appreciate any help you can give me. " />
  <row Id="31414" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17535" RevisionGUID="43e65576-7310-48e5-bb62-7bce7a3bd519" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:16:22.583" UserId="7415" Text="Monitoring Win2003 box. Server is not in the same network. " />
  <row Id="31415" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17535" RevisionGUID="43e65576-7310-48e5-bb62-7bce7a3bd519" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:16:22.583" UserId="7415" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;" />
  <row Id="31416" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12577" RevisionGUID="bc5d4abd-8a60-48a1-adfb-a61cbe082dd5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:19:49.813" UserId="3735" Comment="added 68 characters in body" Text="As the title says, I need to find a IPSec VPN client for Windows 7.  &#xD;&#xA;On XP and Vista we've used SafeNet SoftRemote in which you can set up rules for specific protocols and ports. But SoftRemote isn't compatible with Windows 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    172.xxx.xxx.1 TCP 1433&#xD;&#xA;    172.xxx.xxx.2 TCP 1433&#xD;&#xA;    172.xxx.xxx.10 ALL&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since the VPN gateway is configured this way the client must mirror these settings.&#xD;&#xA;I've tried [TheGreenBow][1], [NCP Secure Entry][2], [Cisco VPN Client][3] and [Shrew Soft VPN][4] but none of these allows you to configure by protocol and port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have any other suggestions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Forgot to mention that agressive mode is also a requirement.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://thegreenbow.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ncp-e.com/en/solutions/vpn-products/secure-entry-client.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/secursw/ps2308/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.shrew.net/" />
  <row Id="31417" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17536" RevisionGUID="37afb032-5a96-4e55-9c5e-c6c63fff6e5a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:20:55.100" UserId="201" Text="My company launched its server monitoring product www.serverdensity.com yesterday. It's designed to be very easy to use and simple monitoring key metrics like CPU load, memory usage, process resource breakdown and the like. It's a hosted service too." />
  <row Id="31418" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17537" RevisionGUID="d3afd275-6663-42cb-a44e-79b4299c6fb7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:22:14.847" UserId="4845" Text="Great question - gave me a cool new trick. I was going to say it wasn't possible until I tried it. You are trying to get a credential from a domain that your computer is not a part of. You might want to just use Sql Auth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This [blog][1] shows how to invoke runas using /netonly to achieve this.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From my home computer, VPN'ed to work, with no domain trust, I just authenticated with Windows Auth to a company Sql Server as follows&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    runas /user:mycompany\myname /netonly ssmsee.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will have to launch any program that uses the db connection in this way. Above, I launch Sql Management Studio express.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msgoodies.blogspot.com/2006/04/runas-without-domain-trusts.html" />
  <row Id="31419" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17538" RevisionGUID="a20d8b0e-ed87-448c-9024-8549e1ef090d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:22:43.957" UserId="7405" Text="If you can access the system via RDP, can we assume you have the ability to ping the system and access other TCP ports?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, I recommend Nagios. You would run the Nagios server on your LAN and it can connect to the server over the network using NSClient or another addon. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is some relevant information on monitoring Windows systems with Nagios... http://www.nagios.org/faqs/viewfaq.php?faq_id=32" />
  <row Id="31420" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17539" RevisionGUID="171cf563-267f-421d-b05a-05b6947ad0e6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:23:12.553" UserId="4618" Text="Keep them really simple and ensure that the categories reflect what you'll be reporting on. If you only want to report failures by server or by workstation, then it doesn't make sense to add large hierarchical trees that are an annoyance to navigate on every log entry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you aren't too fussed with reporting, don't create pre-defined categories at all. Almost for sure you'll come across stuff that doesn't fit your schema and will have to be mis-categorised because of it." />
  <row Id="31421" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17539" RevisionGUID="171cf563-267f-421d-b05a-05b6947ad0e6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:23:12.553" UserId="4618" />
  <row Id="31422" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17540" RevisionGUID="15211bb1-712f-4997-b8dd-3529b9053dfd" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:23:12.863" UserId="6397" Text="Try this free tool to see if it has the sensor that works in your situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PRTG Network Monitor (http://www.paessler.com/tools) " />
  <row Id="31423" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17541" RevisionGUID="128de08a-35ae-4669-ac34-fd23a7d70e20" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:25:16.340" UserDisplayName="anonymous" Text="Java performance usually lies in memory. Check with the developers what is the expected memory footprint of the application, and play with the -Xmx and -Xms options to define, respectively, the maximum and initial memory allocation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A very useful tool to monitor the VM performance at runtime is the jconsole. Start your JVM with an jconsole port (add a password if it's production), and check all the parameters: memory, thread count, etc. Besides memory, you'll probably want to check the jdbc connection pool (you can view it realtime if the applications uses C3PO, for instance).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31424" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17537" RevisionGUID="700fd300-948c-4ffc-be8c-765d01d17d37" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:27:35.493" UserId="4845" Comment="A few links and better grammar" Text="Great question. I was going to say it wasn't possible until I tried it. You are trying to get a credential from a domain that your computer is not a part of. This [blog][1] shows how to invoke [runas][2] using /netonly to achieve this. /netonly is required because your domain account can't log in to your local machine.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From my home computer, VPN'ed to work, with no domain trust, I just authenticated using Windows Auth to a company Sql Server as follows&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    runas /user:mycompany\myname /netonly ssmsee.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This launches Sql Management Studio express. You could launch any program that uses the db connection in this way. The above trick appears to work for explorer and command shells as well. While this is a cool trick, it is simpler just to use Sql Authentication. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msgoodies.blogspot.com/2006/04/runas-without-domain-trusts.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490994.aspx" />
  <row Id="31425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17542" RevisionGUID="e244e6b7-9bcb-423d-b19e-277574c3c4c9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:30:11.133" UserId="7420" Text="**Background** :So in an attempt to learn apache, Im following along with the exercises in the book &quot;Apache: The definitive guide&quot;. As part of these exercises, we're incrementally building up the httpd.conf file. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Problem:** my html is getting served as plaintext. The mime-type is plain\text even though the file extension is .html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to know what directive i must add for it to pick up the right extension&#xD;&#xA;Here's my conf file :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    User webuser  &#xD;&#xA;    Group webgroup&#xD;&#xA;    ServerName my586&#xD;&#xA;    DocumentRoot /usr/www/APACHE3/site.first/htdocs&#xD;&#xA;    TransferLog logs/access_log&#xD;&#xA;    Listen 80&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Additional Info to help diagnose the problem:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The exercise also mentions adding the following directive:&#xD;&#xA;    TypesConfig conf/mime.types&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But this gives the following error:&#xD;&#xA;    Invalid command 'TypesConfig', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration&#xD;&#xA;this led me to the believe it had something to d with the mod_mime module, but i havent been able to make it work through that either &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31426" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17542" RevisionGUID="e244e6b7-9bcb-423d-b19e-277574c3c4c9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:30:11.133" UserId="7420" Text="which directive in apache's conf determines mime-type from file extension ? " />
  <row Id="31427" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17542" RevisionGUID="e244e6b7-9bcb-423d-b19e-277574c3c4c9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:30:11.133" UserId="7420" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="31428" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17543" RevisionGUID="be1dfdf0-41b4-435e-b14e-825bf7b4fefd" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:31:48.463" UserId="7405" Text="We've implemented an LDAP to NIS solution and have begun transitioning some systems to native LDAP binding for authentication and automount maps. Unfortunately we have a very mixed environment with more than 20 *nix environments. The setup for each variant is of course unique and has required various workarounds to get full functionality. We're now at the point where we're willing to revisit the solution and possibly migrate toward something like Likewise (http://www.likewise.org), but would like to know what others are using to solve this problem." />
  <row Id="31429" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17543" RevisionGUID="be1dfdf0-41b4-435e-b14e-825bf7b4fefd" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:31:48.463" UserId="7405" Text="Alternatives to native LDAP" />
  <row Id="31430" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17543" RevisionGUID="be1dfdf0-41b4-435e-b14e-825bf7b4fefd" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:31:48.463" UserId="7405" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;ldap&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;" />
  <row Id="31431" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17544" RevisionGUID="cb012f4c-e091-489f-a935-f12db7064f41" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:32:23.143" UserId="4618" Text="Occasionally, theives go through rubbish bins for scraps &amp; reciepts that they can use to rip people off (credit card numbers, old bills &amp; bank account details). If they are doing this then it is much easier/cleaner/nicer to do much the same with a wifi antenna &amp; a laptop from their car or van. Don't let them do it. If you must be neighbourly, add the neighbours mac address to your access point &amp; give them your WPA-2 key." />
  <row Id="31432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17545" RevisionGUID="80a530a2-c7ed-4388-8673-fdc55ee3825b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:36:19.343" UserId="4618" Text="Sometimes you can win stuff &amp; get freebies too!" />
  <row Id="31433" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17545" RevisionGUID="80a530a2-c7ed-4388-8673-fdc55ee3825b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:36:19.343" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17546" RevisionGUID="fcf07d9d-4e88-4128-a9ee-829510915c55" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:37:49.513" Text="I have a linux based web hosting provider (fatcow.com) that doesn't give any command line access and won't run the setup script for CherryPy (python web server) for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to run get around this limitation so that I have a working install of CherryPy?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also posted this on stackoverflow, but it might be more appropriate here." />
  <row Id="31436" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17546" RevisionGUID="fcf07d9d-4e88-4128-a9ee-829510915c55" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:37:49.513" Text="CherryPy install problem on web hosting provider" />
  <row Id="31437" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17546" RevisionGUID="fcf07d9d-4e88-4128-a9ee-829510915c55" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:37:49.513" Text="&lt;python&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="31438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17547" RevisionGUID="d931ae6b-f46b-418c-869f-d69ce0f508cd" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:40:51.237" UserId="4618" Text="Also, in addition to the poster above, if you choose the wrong font for your console, then you are limited in the display of characters. Use a commercial unicode font and you should have little trouble (but be aware that some &quot;hand-coded&quot; fonts maynot have all character positions filled in)." />
  <row Id="31439" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17548" RevisionGUID="e12dc0f9-d5a8-4421-88e7-29151725332c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:42:51.623" UserDisplayName="Brett" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;If you hold down shift and right click you should be able to &quot;run as a different user&quot; - you can then specify the network credentials you wish to use to launch SSMS in the correct active directory context.&#xD;&#xA;If you're using Vista you can install the free tool which adds the context menu Microsoft removed (added back again in Windows 7 luckily) - search google for: sysinternals run as&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please let us know if that works?" />
  <row Id="31440" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17549" RevisionGUID="d649d9de-afc8-4ce3-a6f3-6404c18ac111" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:47:00.850" UserId="5778" Text="I find a post to the local university's NNTP server usually gets rid of even the junkiest junk in seconds :)" />
  <row Id="31441" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17549" RevisionGUID="d649d9de-afc8-4ce3-a6f3-6404c18ac111" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:47:00.850" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31442" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13757" RevisionGUID="994158d2-2393-47e4-bd6a-9863b42ca555" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:49:11.750" UserId="3131" Comment="added 330 characters in body" Text="you may have forgotten to put at the first ligne of your script:&#xD;&#xA;#!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for example:&#xD;&#xA;          #!/bin/bash          &#xD;&#xA;          echo Hello World  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if you try a simple shell script like the hello world example above?&#xD;&#xA;does it work or not ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;by the way, are you sure about selinux context ?&#xD;&#xA;what does : getenforce  says ?&#xD;&#xA;what does : ls -l test.sh says ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;my best advice is try with a very simple script first so you can check every environnement and context behaviors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;hope this helps" />
  <row Id="31443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17550" RevisionGUID="1f098021-7643-42b5-8720-d27c849d3b1a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:51:28.393" UserId="334" Text="Day-to-day, I think it makes very little difference.  In fact your organisation might benefit more from the free alternatives, with their typically more up-to-date packages and vibrant community support.  It depends on what you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a small software company, we chiefly use Fedora and OpenSuSE but we specifically choose more than one distribution to help prevent us becoming locked to one variant - as our customers use a wide range of distributions and what would like to see distribution specific issues before them! That also gives us a broader base of expertise for supporting our software on unexpected platforms (as we'll provide support for any platform the customer pays us to!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31444" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17510" RevisionGUID="0d980bda-154b-4e43-a603-6e29f80ec448" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:51:43.790" UserId="7405" Comment="added info regarding Dell" Text="If you're in the Portland, Oregon area, checkout Free Geek's computer recycling programs. They'll take your old hardware, add Linux and provide a computer to someone in need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.freegeek.org &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you're a Dell customer, they offer discounted rates on recycling programs that include secure disposal of hard drives." />
  <row Id="31445" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17551" RevisionGUID="954a8f88-7958-421d-b24e-f6adb9c12d4f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:53:26.203" UserDisplayName="digitalcolony" Text="I have a GlassFish instance running different services on different ports. An Apache web server sits in front of the GlassFish, and I want to set up virtual hosts on Apache to redirect to certain ports on the GlassFish server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've added the Tomcat AJP as a jvm-option to listen on port 8009 and placed the necessary .jars under lib/.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I configure GlassFish to redirect from port 8009 to a given port (service) on the same instance?" />
  <row Id="31446" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17551" RevisionGUID="954a8f88-7958-421d-b24e-f6adb9c12d4f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:53:26.203" UserDisplayName="digitalcolony" Text="How to redirect Apache to different ports on a GlassFish server?" />
  <row Id="31447" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17551" RevisionGUID="954a8f88-7958-421d-b24e-f6adb9c12d4f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:53:26.203" UserDisplayName="digitalcolony" Text="&lt;glassfish&gt;&lt;ajp&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;tomcat&gt;&lt;redirect&gt;" />
  <row Id="31448" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17552" RevisionGUID="1ca94436-9015-4a13-9031-0aecafec6394" CreationDate="2009-06-02T06:53:28.840" UserId="4618" Text="Winterm thin clients really look &amp; work like a fat client from the user's perspective. The problem with responsiveness only arises if you have too many for your server platform to deal with. Don't expect a magic result after switching to thin client. You'll ultimately still have to have the processor grunt &amp; memory somewhere. Abstracting your processing away from the desktop doesn't make its requirements go away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With that said, there are many instances where thin clients are an advantage over fat clients but you'd have to weigh that up for yourself. Just don't be fooled by the marketing guys (I have seen too many sites which were gaga over thin client one week only to rip out their winterms &amp; replace them with fat clients the next)." />
  <row Id="31449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17553" RevisionGUID="70b77d6f-c03d-4828-9ad1-8657ccafd29d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T07:02:12.647" UserId="5920" Text="When I try to install VMWare server on a domain controller the installer says that it's not recommended? Why?" />
  <row Id="31450" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17553" RevisionGUID="70b77d6f-c03d-4828-9ad1-8657ccafd29d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T07:02:12.647" UserId="5920" Text="Why a domain controler cannot run VMware Server?" />
  <row Id="31451" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17553" RevisionGUID="70b77d6f-c03d-4828-9ad1-8657ccafd29d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T07:02:12.647" UserId="5920" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;vmware-server&gt;&lt;domain-controller&gt;" />
  <row Id="31452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17554" RevisionGUID="2a9a2947-64e7-48eb-be43-04b8604bc9d6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T07:02:23.130" UserId="3174" Text="The same goes for us living outside the US.  I am a member of USENIX &amp; SAGE, but there's no way in the world I am ever going to be able to go to LISA or any major conference; that said, I do enjoy reading ;login, and the SAGE mailing list has this wonderful level of concentrated clue that you would be hard-pressed to find elsewhere (and I'm sure LOPSA is the same).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, as of this year, I won't be renewing, as any benefit gained really isn't worth the money, which is unfortunate, because ;login is, to my mind, &lt;em&gt;almost&lt;/em&gt; worth the price of admission.  Almost, but not quite.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It really makes me wish that USENIX had just a ;login subscription, with no other benefits." />
  <row Id="31453" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17554" RevisionGUID="2a9a2947-64e7-48eb-be43-04b8604bc9d6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T07:02:23.130" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31454" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17555" RevisionGUID="1237b923-445a-426b-b516-6c432bc18c5b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T07:08:04.990" UserId="4995" Text="Instead of using ajp, I would recommend using mod_proxy. I have done that myself with great success. The way I have my stuff set up, I just configure a virtual domain to point to a directory, and create a .htaccess file as such:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPass / http://localhost:8080/&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8080/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, alter to match your HTTP ports. In tomcat (which I use), I also edit in server.xml under conf. For the Connector on port 8080, I set the proxyName to match the virtual host, and the proxyPort to 80.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should add a note that I am using dynamic virtual hosts for my configuration, my sites configuration (I am using debian) under /etc/apache2/sites-available looks as such:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost IP&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    Servername yourdomain.com&#xD;&#xA;    ServerAlias *.yourdomain.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    UseCanonicalName Off&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    LogFormat &quot;%V %h %l %u %t \&quot;%r\&quot; %s %b&quot; vcommon&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    CustomLog /var/www/yourdomain.com/logs/custom.log vcommon&#xD;&#xA;    ErrorLog /var/www/yourdomain.com/logs/error.log&#xD;&#xA;    TransferLog /var/www/yourdomain.com/logs/access.log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteLog/var/www/yourdomain.com/logs/rewrite.log&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteLogLevel 2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    VirtualDocumentRoot /var/www/yourdomain.com/sites/%1/html&#xD;&#xA;    VirtualScriptAlias /var/www/yourdomain.com/sites/%1/cgi-bin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    LogLevel debug&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Directory /var/www/yourdomain.com/sites/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      AllowOverride All&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This means that stackoverflow.yourdomain.com will go to /var/www/yourdomain.com/sites/stackoverflow/html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know you didn't ask for the last part, I just provided it to give a full overview off my setup, and how it fits into the .htaccess file with ProxyPass and ProxyPassReverse" />
  <row Id="31455" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17556" RevisionGUID="1eee202e-7e24-48b9-b6bb-cf0df24204ec" CreationDate="2009-06-02T07:10:59.663" UserId="1810" Text="Don't forget SMF (Service Management). I have yet to see something comparable for linux (any pointers gratefully accepted). It did save me (and colleagues) a lot of ticket handling :)" />
  <row Id="31456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17557" RevisionGUID="d3e01962-4f68-4cf8-a793-223ed4989605" CreationDate="2009-06-02T07:11:31.003" UserId="2413" Text="take a look [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/11608/any-issues-with-running-vmware-server-on-an-active-directory-server" />
  <row Id="31457" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17558" RevisionGUID="ff876f47-1624-4147-ad3b-6b58256c2949" CreationDate="2009-06-02T07:11:45.670" UserId="4757" Text="If you can't start the inbuilt HTTP server, or run the Python scripts through WSGI, there's no other way to do this." />
  <row Id="31460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17560" RevisionGUID="c2b5507c-887f-4c8f-9b63-036821d515bf" CreationDate="2009-06-02T07:15:13.493" UserId="7342" Text="&lt;pre&gt;AddType image/gif .gif &lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="31461" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17561" RevisionGUID="7d5220bf-b83c-43da-9275-9cf5c89eea05" CreationDate="2009-06-02T07:21:01.937" UserId="6383" Text="I have a PC sitting next to me that locks up under heavy disk IO.  It started doing that after I installed a network card.  So yes, I have &quot;fried&quot; hardware that would have been saved with a strap." />
  <row Id="31462" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17560" RevisionGUID="2ab41d38-9a8f-4a6d-8267-a248feb76d3b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T07:24:53.567" UserId="7342" Comment="added 121 characters in body" Text="&lt;pre&gt;AddType image/gif .gif &lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems that if you want &lt;tt&gt;TypesConfig&lt;/tt&gt; to work, you will need to make sure you have &lt;tt&gt;mod_mime&lt;/tt&gt; loaded." />
  <row Id="31463" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17562" RevisionGUID="c86e00e4-6c21-4086-98f1-082d25575644" CreationDate="2009-06-02T07:33:48.540" UserId="2711" Text="The biggest problem you will have is Domain Controllers have the disk write cache disabled. That will drag your VM performance down substantially, depending of course on how often your VMs write to disk." />
  <row Id="31464" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17563" RevisionGUID="2b57a7d5-d803-4a0f-8740-939b2717eb24" CreationDate="2009-06-02T07:34:38.197" UserId="160" Text="Quote:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  &gt;[EMS SQL Manager for Oracle][1] is a high performance database tool for Oracle Database server development and administration. SQL Manager for Oracle works with any Oracle versions from 8.1.7 to the newest one and supports the latest Oracle Database features and data types including compressed, OLAP, read-only and read-write tables; invisible indexes; compound triggers, triggers with FOLLOWS clause and others. It offers plenty of powerful Oracle tools such as PL/SQL Code Debugger, Backup/Restore Database wizards, Visual Database Designer to create Oracle database in few clicks, Visual Query Builder to write complex Oracle SQL queries, Database Statistics to monitor Oracle performance, Grant manager for effective Oracle security management and many more useful features for efficient Oracle administration. SQL Manager for Oracle has a state-of-the-art graphical user interface with a well-described wizard system, so clear in use that even a newbie will not be confused with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They also have a freeware version, with some [limitations][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlmanager.net/en/products/oracle/manager&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sqlmanager.net/en/products/oracle/manager/matrix" />
  <row Id="31465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17564" RevisionGUID="a3fced88-8f02-4a96-848a-47acb3b53197" CreationDate="2009-06-02T07:35:43.967" UserId="4924" Text="Putting a package on hold does not work (very well) to achieve this. It does not cover all tools in a satisfactory manner. For example aptitude on command-line completely ignores the previous invocation of `aptitude hold somepackage`, installing a package also installs the dependencies even if they are on hold.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best way in my opinion is to create a fake package (named for example &quot;unwanted-pkg&quot;) that conflicts with all the packages that you don't want and to install it (with `dpkg -i`). And then you put this package on hold to avoid its removal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use a tool like &quot;equivs&quot; to create the fake package easily. See `equivs-control`&#xD;&#xA; and `equivs-build`. A conflicts field look like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `Conflicts: xserver-xorg-video-2, xserver-xorg-core`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can conflict with the low-level dependencies common to all unwanted packages to avoid listing each individual package (or use virtual package like xserver-xorg-video-2)." />
  <row Id="31466" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17565" RevisionGUID="ad15211f-64f1-474e-8c16-31702aa0c35d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T07:36:43.810" UserId="6397" Text="I work for legal industry and am a member of the user group that is specifically to that area. I found it's very useful. And most exciting thing is most of the members in that user group are extremely active. So I am a big fan of the user group that targets to the area where you work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not a big fan to the regular user group, however. ServerFault is an exceptional though because it's really not a typical traditional user group. " />
  <row Id="31467" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17565" RevisionGUID="ad15211f-64f1-474e-8c16-31702aa0c35d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T07:36:43.810" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31468" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17566" RevisionGUID="983105df-9dc0-4439-95f4-e4aa0c11852d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T07:39:09.653" UserId="2253" Text="Do not use an invented TLD. If ICANN were to delegate it, you would be in big trouble. The standard, [RFC 2606][1] reserves names for examples, documentation, testing, but nothing for general use, and for good reasons: today, it is so easy and cheap to get a real and unique domain name that there is no good reason to use a dummy one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, buy `iamthebest.org` and use it to name your devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2606.txt&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31469" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16635" RevisionGUID="8a16592c-6885-49a7-a6d9-f440a80305ca" CreationDate="2009-06-02T07:41:29.103" UserId="1233" Comment="Platypus" Text="For the Dock in Mac OS X to think your application is a true Mac OS X application it needs to be an application bundle. Alternatively have you tried running it with a .command file instead? A user double clicks on the .command file and it will execute the instructions in Terminal - which may fix the issue you have but from your question I'm not sure why it would not be running correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With the application in question have you looked at a modification to use [py2app](http://svn.pythonmac.org/py2app/py2app/trunk/doc/index.html)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, what about [Platypus](http://www.sveinbjorn.org/platypus)? If your script is making the app GUI after the fact or on it's own it may work. Just set Platypus to not show a GUI itself. (EDIT: Sorry - I forgot to mention this one originally)" />
  <row Id="31470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17567" RevisionGUID="42078a31-0f31-4bf8-9630-0cd4aac3ba07" CreationDate="2009-06-02T07:43:16.307" UserId="7429" Text="There are also features in the Workgroup Manager preference management (MCX) that are 10.5+ only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many features will work with 10.4 clients, but those features work better in 10.5 clients (ie: PHD sync settings, etc)." />
  <row Id="31471" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17567" RevisionGUID="42078a31-0f31-4bf8-9630-0cd4aac3ba07" CreationDate="2009-06-02T07:43:16.307" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17568" RevisionGUID="74c98ce7-0b6b-4860-8454-8ce66ce02cdb" CreationDate="2009-06-02T07:46:36.283" UserId="4974" Text="Microsoft provides a tool to prepare installation images for OEMs, called &quot;sysprep&quot;. You can use this to migrate virtual machines to &quot;real&quot; machines and vice versa. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Putting it very simply, the &quot;magic&quot; here is that the tool sets windows to re-detect all hardware on the next boot, so if you transfer the OS before the next boot windows will adjust itself to the new environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The steps are basically:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Run the sysprep tool on the machine you want to migrate, and select &quot;reseal&quot;. The machine shuts down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Boot the machine with a bootable image tool like ghost or clonezilla, and make an image of the &quot;sealed&quot; OS partition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) Boot the image tool on the machine you want to migrate the image on to, and restore the sealed image there. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) Boot the new machine normally, and wait while windows detects all the new hardware etc.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31473" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17569" RevisionGUID="98c48f14-ae8d-4050-a8d3-b91351827fca" CreationDate="2009-06-02T07:46:50.387" UserId="2711" Text="DCs have the disk write cache disabled. This will probably cause quite a bit of performance degradation to any hosted VMs. I would really recommend against it." />
  <row Id="31474" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17570" RevisionGUID="194249f0-6264-4a04-a2f9-1e6f682a4309" CreationDate="2009-06-02T07:46:52.370" UserId="7429" Text="I would make a backup of your Open Directory data and then demote the server to a Standalone server. Reboot. Promote your server to a full Open Directory Master. Reboot. And then restore your Open Directory data from the data you backed up." />
  <row Id="31475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17571" RevisionGUID="08c96ba4-30b8-4caa-bf0c-4cf417b6e05e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T07:49:20.913" UserId="5160" Text="On linux distributions, you have a file /etc/mime.types which contains mime type definitions.&#xD;&#xA;It is loaded with the command TypesConfig after the load of the mime module :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    LoadModule mime_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_mime.so&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;IfModule mod_mime.c&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    TypesConfig /etc/mime.types&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/IfModule&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Inside the IfModule, you can also add charset and language declarations.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31476" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17572" RevisionGUID="6dbca150-4719-4878-b79a-729a4a9487f4" CreationDate="2009-06-02T07:54:18.937" UserId="7429" Text="The email service works fairly well as you can get at it via IMAP, POP, or Webmail. Outlook's IMAP implementation is not as strong as it's Exchange support is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, Calendaring is more like an beta product. It is not as stable as the email program, nor feature complete. For example you can't use the Calendar service via a web calendar service, nor via WebDAV. You also can't centrally manage calendar sharing privileges. They are done via the iCal program with the calendar setup on that computer. Apple's Blog and Wiki software have no integration into the Calendar service!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, iCal with CalDAV has some major limitations on sending invites to users not in your LDAP Directory; iCal normally let's you invite anyone you can email." />
  <row Id="31477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17573" RevisionGUID="6f0b2a82-864c-43e6-937f-8b3d768f8152" CreationDate="2009-06-02T07:58:48.273" UserId="6942" Text="Use [Xobni][1] to index and search through the emails and PST files. I've been using it for a while now and find it very useful for scanning through large emails and attachments. It does eat up a little memory though, but its worth the effort to find that old email with the word doc that your colleague sent you a couple of months ago.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.xobni.com/" />
  <row Id="31478" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17542" RevisionGUID="5cce92f0-d6a5-46d6-aea3-1a2e43777959" CreationDate="2009-06-02T08:01:11.497" UserId="7420" Comment="added 150 characters in body" Text="**Background** :So in an attempt to learn apache, Im following along with the exercises in the book &quot;Apache: The definitive guide&quot;. As part of these exercises, we're incrementally building up the httpd.conf file. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Problem:** my html is getting served as plaintext. The mime-type is plain\text even though the file extension is .html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to know what directive i must add for it to pick up the right extension&#xD;&#xA;Here's my conf file :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    User webuser  &#xD;&#xA;    Group webgroup&#xD;&#xA;    ServerName my586&#xD;&#xA;    DocumentRoot /usr/www/APACHE3/site.first/htdocs&#xD;&#xA;    TransferLog logs/access_log&#xD;&#xA;    Listen 80&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Additional Info to help diagnose the problem:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The exercise also mentions adding the following directive:&#xD;&#xA;    TypesConfig conf/mime.types&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But this gives the following error:&#xD;&#xA;    Invalid command 'TypesConfig', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration&#xD;&#xA;this led me to the believe it had something to d with the mod_mime module, but i havent been able to make it work through that either &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:** Interestingly, I presumed, images\jpegs would be shown as plain text too, but it shows them fine, i.e. sets the correct mime type on them." />
  <row Id="31479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17574" RevisionGUID="462c9398-233c-4bbf-825a-ec9077ef33b1" CreationDate="2009-06-02T08:04:17.433" UserId="6543" Text="I think you have described the simplest use case for Multi Level Security. There is an implementation of MLS in Fedora but I know nothing about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Security is a pain. There will always be tradeoffs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SAMBA properly configured might solve your problem. Imagine each doctor has two shares, one exclusively private and another shared only with all the other doctors. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since I do not see a way around multiple passwords, each physician would have to manage a list of passwords with some password management application like PasswordSafe and keep the password DB in their private share in a TrueCrypt volume. They would need to memorize three passwords at most: one for their machine, another to mount the SAMBA share, and another for the password management application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the private share they would keep a TrueCrypt volume containing their for-their-eyes-only information. In that TrueCypt volume they would have one directory per patient. Or they would have one TrueCrypt volume per patient plus one for administration. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the shared share they would create a directory for each combination of doctors able to view the information. Yes, I know, there would be an explosion of combinations; this so called solution does not scale. Suppose there are 10 doctors, that would mean 2^10 (=1,024) possible directories. But I think that this practice is much smaller. The directories should have a standardized naming convention that indicates who the directory is shared with. Each directory would be scanned regularly to insure the proper permissions are enforced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem with TrueCrypt is that only one person mount a particular volume at the same time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can flesh the rest out from here." />
  <row Id="31480" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17575" RevisionGUID="b3557818-2201-46f1-95f6-f24058d123d0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T08:07:29.410" UserId="6524" Text="You can use apt pinning to prevent certain packages from being installed. Try putting this in `/etc/apt/preferences`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Package: xserver-xorg*&#xD;&#xA;Pin-Priority: -100&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should prevent installing all xserver-xorg* packages." />
  <row Id="31481" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15455" RevisionGUID="ed971a74-598d-441c-99e5-9c48add32ffa" CreationDate="2009-06-02T08:11:48.933" UserId="5072" Comment="Added more information." Text="Since [Geocities][1] is closing down soon, I'm looking for a suitable replacement. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is for personal use, so bandwidth and diskspace isn't important. That's why I've been using Geocities' meager 15 MB space for YEARS. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any good recommendations?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE:** Oops, I reread the FAQ after it's closed, and it doesn't seems like I can post questions like this. On the other hand, I managed to get some noteworthy recommendations to start, so it's totally worth it. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, for those who ended up here, check the really useful &#xD;&#xA;&quot;[Where can I ask questions that aren’t IT questions?][2]&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://geocities.yahoo.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1504/where-can-i-ask-questions-that-arent-it-questions" />
  <row Id="31482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17576" RevisionGUID="7c227d72-37b8-4dd7-9bc9-2fc61e9f3111" CreationDate="2009-06-02T08:20:28.790" UserId="7058" Text="Another reason is that if it dies or the VM chokes, your in quite a bit of trouble." />
  <row Id="31483" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17577" RevisionGUID="842fd070-e3c3-4557-85b9-c5c410430c91" CreationDate="2009-06-02T08:38:40.297" UserId="7083" Text="If you have had much dealing with non-blade hardware in the past then 2/3 of your decision should derive from that. Other people will be able to provide you weighted anecdotal opinion but it is no substitute for experience. If you have previous experience of a vendor, then providing they aren't new to the blade market, chances are it will be largely transferable to their other hardware within the same CPU architecture.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Deciding factors include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Which vendors have specified you the right systems in the past.&#xD;&#xA; - What was the build quality of the hardware like.&#xD;&#xA; - Were there any HW/SW compatibility issues.&#xD;&#xA; - If you had to raise a replacement was it dealt with efficiently.&#xD;&#xA; - Was there any resale value after use, if that is something that appeals to you.&#xD;&#xA; - How did you like any software they provided you, such as remote management.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The remaining 1/3 of the decision will come from comparing specifications and pricing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With all of that said, I would enter my €2 for IBM. We used xSeries equipment a long time before blades came along and it always proved to be reliable, well made and well serviced, which made our choice of blade vendor easy. The same has held true of their blade hardware and it just keeps improving. Plus the new management software is a nice touch :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In our reasonable turnover of blades we have had to raise tickets on a couple of machines. One of which came to us as second hand stock. Both cases non-critical, but they had an engineer with replacement parts onsite the next day to resolve it." />
  <row Id="31484" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17577" RevisionGUID="842fd070-e3c3-4557-85b9-c5c410430c91" CreationDate="2009-06-02T08:38:40.297" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31485" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17578" RevisionGUID="00277a7c-37cc-4359-be2e-1fa5fb171236" CreationDate="2009-06-02T08:41:25.253" UserId="2711" Text="A TLD for a private network? How about .private ? Nice and generic and carries no assumptions about what devices might exist on it, other than that they won't be internet routable." />
  <row Id="31486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17579" RevisionGUID="2d17bb56-6c3f-4cce-b66d-f6a26b22bafb" CreationDate="2009-06-02T08:43:01.380" UserId="7058" Text="Seems a lot of our customers at my old datacenter swore by IBM for Blade servers.  I haven't dug into them myself, so I can't give my own opinion on them." />
  <row Id="31487" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17579" RevisionGUID="2d17bb56-6c3f-4cce-b66d-f6a26b22bafb" CreationDate="2009-06-02T08:43:01.380" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17580" RevisionGUID="c9690a19-8b2c-4879-97f0-e4151380dfbb" CreationDate="2009-06-02T08:43:31.943" UserId="5787" Text="Our [PRTG Network Monitor][1] is available for Windows in a freeware edition (and larger commercial editions). It offers monitoring, alerting and graphing of &gt;40 protocols including WMI, SNMP and Packet Sniffing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.paessler.com/prtg" />
  <row Id="31489" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17581" RevisionGUID="72638078-6dde-4765-be4f-7660dd23732a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T08:49:35.737" UserId="7083" Text="Citrix's XenDesktop and VMware's View are much more comprehensive desktop virtualisation (VDI) solutions. The former of which uses it's own connection broker and ICA for delivery, which in a lot of cases can prove more responsive than RDP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should carefully consider how you approach it though. Especially if you are looking to implement a solution without the above, using only the hardware and licenses you presently have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a lot of hidden pitfalls and one of the most common misconceptions is that it would be easier/cheaper to manage 5/50/500 desktops in one place rather than have them on different boxes, when the complexity of such a setup often proves otherwise." />
  <row Id="31490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17582" RevisionGUID="83de5412-7c35-4527-8c6e-dc77a19b0758" CreationDate="2009-06-02T08:53:17.367" UserId="6639" Text="Many of my co-workers and myself have a constant problem with docking and undocking our dell notebooks. Our company requires that we run a broad catalog software that starts at boot; but logically I would not think that any program should cause problems when docking or undocking. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically the problem is that we all have to move around multiple times a day. &#xD;&#xA;But, our office area is easier to code at so we’ll all head here to use our dual monitors when we are coding. Unfortunately, when docking and undocking we frequently loose functionality of our mouse, dual monitor output, and USB thumb drives. The thumb drives and mouse are USB, so perhaps there is a connection?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anybody ever had these problems and taken the time to track down what exactly the culprit is? Windows? Some third party Software? Hardware?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your going to post that it’s a window malfunction please go into detail, I’m interesting in knowing the discrete OS design flaw. If you’ve ran across software that has had this side-effect feel free to drop name, and explanation of its design flaw as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31491" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17582" RevisionGUID="83de5412-7c35-4527-8c6e-dc77a19b0758" CreationDate="2009-06-02T08:53:17.367" UserId="6639" Text="Docking, undocking, losing devices…" />
  <row Id="31492" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17582" RevisionGUID="83de5412-7c35-4527-8c6e-dc77a19b0758" CreationDate="2009-06-02T08:53:17.367" UserId="6639" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;dell&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;drivers&gt;&lt;dock&gt;" />
  <row Id="31493" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16907" RevisionGUID="343b02d6-fafd-457b-accc-f5b219714929" CreationDate="2009-06-02T08:55:21.107" UserId="7157" Comment="added 168 characters in body" Text="I just transfered a domain from one host and registrar to another. 48 hours later the site is still down. How do I know if I should just keep waiting or if there is a problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE:&#xD;&#xA;nslookup says it's a NXDOMAIN (non-existant?) - what does that mean?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE 2 - SOLVED:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the transfer godaddy had set the wrong name server - a quick phonecall rectified this. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for all your answers - I have learnt a lot!" />
  <row Id="31494" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17583" RevisionGUID="ce01c7fd-da2a-4d99-a349-066c129160b8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:00:06.153" UserId="5075" Text="I have three offices all with broadband routers feeding into Server 2003 running Routing and Remote Access that provides the clients with internet access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have setup VPN connection between site1 and Site2 and between site1 and site3, however I want to setup a VPN connection between site2 and site3 but this is giving me problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server at site1 can ping the router and server at site2 and site3 no problems, but site2 and site3 can not ping each other or each others router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any one have any idea why these two servers can't communicate with each other? " />
  <row Id="31495" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17583" RevisionGUID="ce01c7fd-da2a-4d99-a349-066c129160b8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:00:06.153" UserId="5075" Text="VPN failure between two remote offices" />
  <row Id="31496" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17583" RevisionGUID="ce01c7fd-da2a-4d99-a349-066c129160b8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:00:06.153" UserId="5075" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;ping&gt;&lt;rras&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="31497" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17584" RevisionGUID="6730e60d-5e02-4d64-b3aa-86dcb12670e2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:01:25.213" UserId="6652" Text="Door stops. Incredibly effective door stops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might throw out your back moving them into place, but the door may likely remain intact after a nuclear bomb drop (emergency recovery plans rarely account for the necessary destruction of indestructible hardware). I am convinced that sysadmins were a much larger and stronger sapien in the forgone era. Evolution befuddles me." />
  <row Id="31498" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17584" RevisionGUID="6730e60d-5e02-4d64-b3aa-86dcb12670e2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:01:25.213" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31499" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17585" RevisionGUID="416191ec-09f6-4cd1-910f-214b93ffb097" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:01:31.673" UserId="184" Text="You can try XenServer. Not sure if it is officially supported, but [this guy][1] says (in comments to the article), that it worked for him. Good luck!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://justindthomas.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/xenserver-5-and-opensolaris-0811/" />
  <row Id="31500" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17586" RevisionGUID="45374c79-3399-4076-93f2-c5264c0f1683" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:08:07.353" UserId="7083" Text="Offer it up to the IT departments of local non-profit organisations. If you're able to speak to the right people then often they can make use of stuff that would otherwise be outside their budget.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there are no takers then put a lump of thermite through the top of it. Especially rewarding if the machine has a somewhat tainted history." />
  <row Id="31501" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17586" RevisionGUID="45374c79-3399-4076-93f2-c5264c0f1683" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:08:07.353" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17587" RevisionGUID="4374c0f2-dfb6-4b00-90e8-9b8131a174d9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:12:52.553" UserId="7449" Text="We have &quot;solved&quot; the problem by standardizing on RHEL/CentOS. That solves a boatload of other portability problems as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for LDAP, we use it too, but the interface between ldap and NSS is far from perfect (same goes for any other network service). If I had the time, I'd look into deploying [nsscache][1] instead of `nss_ldap`. Or maybe even replace `pam_ldap` and `nss_ldap` with winbind, to better integrate with our windows environment (likewise is a variant of winbind, no?).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.google.com/p/nsscache/ &quot;nsscache&quot;" />
  <row Id="31503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17588" RevisionGUID="d64a159d-2384-4a49-8d17-4378429e7584" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:14:37.403" UserId="7453" Text="While it ain't the most easy script language to pick up (solid experience with pipe's presumed) and has it's own leverage of oddities (give me a SIMPLE sed-like thingy !!), I find powershell quite powerful. Not up to the level of Bash or other Unix shells, but still.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use it to supervise some database ex- &amp; imports with email warnings in case things go bad, and do some routine batch operations. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It certainly already is my primary Windows shell, although it isn't really the &quot;write less do more&quot; kind of stuff. Powershell has its verbosity (and .Net inheritance) playing against him." />
  <row Id="31504" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17588" RevisionGUID="d64a159d-2384-4a49-8d17-4378429e7584" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:14:37.403" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17589" RevisionGUID="98b64108-8f7a-4a56-9258-fae40f6fa7fe" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:15:15.920" UserId="1408" Text="What is the easiest - and preferably most portable - command I can use to email a single file as an attachment a *nix shell?" />
  <row Id="31506" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17589" RevisionGUID="98b64108-8f7a-4a56-9258-fae40f6fa7fe" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:15:15.920" UserId="1408" Text="Easiest way to email file via command line in *nix?" />
  <row Id="31507" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17589" RevisionGUID="98b64108-8f7a-4a56-9258-fae40f6fa7fe" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:15:15.920" UserId="1408" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="31508" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17590" RevisionGUID="213906b6-7238-4faa-a090-3d6b224f3ff5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:21:23.503" UserId="5787" Text="We are in the process of setting up two virtualization servers (DELL R710, Dual Quadcore Xeon CPUs at 2.3 Ghz, 48 GB RAM) for VMware VSphere with storage on a SAN (DELL Powervault MD3000i, 10x 500 GB SAS drives, RAID 5) which will be attached via iSCSI on a Gbit Ethernet Switch (DELL Powerconnect 5424, they call it &quot;iSCSI-optimized&quot;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone give an estimate how much faster a fiber channel based solution would be (or better &quot;feel&quot;)? I don't mean the nominal speed advantage, I mean how much faster will virtual machines effectively work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are we talking twice the speed, five times, 10 times faster? Does it justify the price?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS: We are not talking about heavily used database servers or exchange servers. Most of the virtualized servers run below 3-5% average CPU load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31509" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17590" RevisionGUID="213906b6-7238-4faa-a090-3d6b224f3ff5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:21:23.503" UserId="5787" Text="Rough estimate for speed advantage of SAN-via-fibre to san-via-iSCS when using VMware vSphere" />
  <row Id="31510" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17590" RevisionGUID="213906b6-7238-4faa-a090-3d6b224f3ff5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:21:23.503" UserId="5787" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;iscsi&gt;&lt;fiber-channel&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;san&gt;" />
  <row Id="31512" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17274" RevisionGUID="4a2f1097-2aff-4b95-bf50-38927767a9b1" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:22:19.260" UserId="1" />
  <row Id="31513" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17591" RevisionGUID="a0063006-f52f-45be-ad21-58f72e35e411" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:23:33.530" UserId="6965" Text="Assuming it's a binary attachment:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;uuencode [filename] [filename] | mail -s [subject] [recipient address]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You don't need to bother with the UUencoding if it's just a text file, eg:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;mail -s [subject] [recipient address] &lt; [filename]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most *NIXes have mail and uuencode, so this should work pretty much anywhere." />
  <row Id="31514" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17592" RevisionGUID="6b5e3def-39d6-4435-9496-3d638b542851" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:25:20.453" UserId="3174" Text="Using mutt, you can:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;mutt -z -a &amp;lt;file&amp;gt; -s &amp;lt;subject&amp;gt; user@example.com &#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, if you don't want to type a body:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;mutt -z -a &amp;lt;file&amp;gt; -s &amp;lt;subject&amp;gt; user@example.com  &amp;lt; /dev/null&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17593" RevisionGUID="3f2981b8-f48c-453e-82c6-e4b8a8c9c02b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:25:33.683" UserId="2711" Text="Look at Performance Logs and Alerts - it's under Control Panel -&gt; Administrative Tools. There are lots of different alerts and performance monitors you can configure there." />
  <row Id="31516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17594" RevisionGUID="c0c9ee37-246a-48fb-8dc3-1027285ec14c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:27:08.577" UserId="2711" Text="echo &quot;Email body text&quot; | mail -s &quot;Subject of email&quot; -a file.to.attach.txt my@email.com" />
  <row Id="31518" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17595" RevisionGUID="34ce6b27-5409-4237-af0d-5b948d2ae658" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:30:02.580" UserId="7453" Text="Hi all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll soon buy myself a nice server (something like the quad-cpu HP DL585) for personal use (home related stuff, data-mining projects, web server and some cron jobs), and I wonder how to separate all those tasks into dedicated environments. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm used to FreeBSD &amp; Linux server administration and virtualization setups (Xen &amp; VmWare), so virtualization came quite naturally. But as I plan to use FreeBSD, I can also use jails (I'm not interested in running any other OS than FreeBSd).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I lack experience in FreeBSD jails, and never planned to use them before. So I'm looking for some experience return and perhaps for someone with experience in both domains who could advise me on which one would be best suited for my humble needs." />
  <row Id="31519" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17595" RevisionGUID="34ce6b27-5409-4237-af0d-5b948d2ae658" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:30:02.580" UserId="7453" Text="FreeBSD jails vs virtualization performance." />
  <row Id="31520" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17595" RevisionGUID="34ce6b27-5409-4237-af0d-5b948d2ae658" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:30:02.580" UserId="7453" Text="&lt;freebsd&gt;&lt;jails&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="31524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17597" RevisionGUID="ca315981-8a05-4db5-b08d-86a478fbeafe" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:32:18.677" UserId="7083" Text="I can't add a comment, but..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The answers to this are going to depend very much upon which, if any, derivative of `mailx` you have available.&#xD;&#xA; - Although the file should be displayed without any problems by the receiving MUA, piping from `uuencode` won't technically produce an email with an attachment. Take a look at the source of the email you receive to see why." />
  <row Id="31525" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17598" RevisionGUID="7da5f520-0be3-4aa3-be54-24486ec21c75" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:39:38.863" UserId="7451" Text="Hello, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am going to buy a home server. For some database, file storage, backups etc. Maybe in future I'll put some Java server (like glassfish) there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want it to be cheap, silent and not consuming much power. 1 Gbit ethernet would be nice too. I was thinking about fit pc (http://fit-pc2.com/) but it's quite expensive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What would you recommend?" />
  <row Id="31526" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17598" RevisionGUID="7da5f520-0be3-4aa3-be54-24486ec21c75" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:39:38.863" UserId="7451" Text="Cheap, silent and not power greedy server." />
  <row Id="31527" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17598" RevisionGUID="7da5f520-0be3-4aa3-be54-24486ec21c75" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:39:38.863" UserId="7451" Text="&lt;silent&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="31528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17599" RevisionGUID="0375b697-3126-4b6c-acb0-3c8381d3f777" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:40:11.703" UserId="7445" Text="Are all sites connected to the internet with the same ISP and broadband modem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there firewalls in front of your W2K3 machines? If so (and there should be!) make sure NAT and Access Rules are configured properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should make sure you have static IP set for all sites.&#xD;&#xA;You should check Windows Firewall settings for all computers.&#xD;&#xA;Check all logs on all routers and computers involved.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31530" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17601" RevisionGUID="0fe2c591-42b5-4431-a2e7-2957cb1044d8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:44:06.423" UserId="7058" Text="If you have thumb drives connected via the dock's usb hub, you may be &quot;upsetting&quot; windows when removing the laptop from the dock without unmounting the thumbdrives.  Otherwise, I would look into a driver update for the chipset/internal usbhub for the dell notebook in question." />
  <row Id="31531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17602" RevisionGUID="8d53f4f7-be90-4b7b-8096-c1b25bb55aef" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:46:08.243" UserDisplayName="Don" Text="I also fought with that problem for a long time. Thanks a lot for the solution." />
  <row Id="31532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17603" RevisionGUID="ff3bc68c-662a-479d-a3de-b6fe2c3df789" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:46:41.377" UserId="1810" Text="As long as you do not require a kernel different from the host system to be run in one of your guests, operating system virtualization will probably be the solution with the least amount of overhead. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next to the kernel version restriction, you'll also find it impossible to access raw devices from within a jail, or to alter the network config from the inside. Since you have access to the host system, you can set that one up as you require, so this is not really an issue I guess.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the description you give, I'd certainly recommend you to give jails a try." />
  <row Id="31533" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17604" RevisionGUID="b9eff300-590b-455e-8065-d298c8a06d53" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:48:10.080" UserId="7058" Text="Wow, that's pricey.  You could build your own Intel Atom based &quot;server&quot; from cheap parts off of Newegg or another site.  I priced out an Atom 330 dual core system there with decent specs for around $200-250 depending on HDD size.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want something prebuilt, I'd check out Nvidia's ION platform, though I think only Acer has out an ION based desktop.  ION is essentially Intel's Atom with a nicer chipset and better graphics." />
  <row Id="31534" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17605" RevisionGUID="6eb2ee8f-fbf0-4f4c-8546-34116b163094" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:51:51.307" UserId="7058" Text="I believe this site has the info your looking for, with some nice comparisons of before and after:  [http://www.playingwithwire.com/2009/06/virtual-failure-yippiemove-switches-from-vmware-to-freebsd-jails/][1]&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31535" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17606" RevisionGUID="bd06f36f-908d-4ff6-bee8-7683b99f8639" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:52:07.840" UserId="2299" Text="I'd recommend getting a Poweredge 440 from eBay. If you can get one with warranty so much the better, but I've had no problems with the dozen 440s I've got, so the warranty isn't essential. My own home server is a 440 with a Perc5/i and 4 1TB SATA disks as a RAID5, and it's the quietest server I've heard. It's quieter than the Precision 390 workstation I'm typing this on. And they're cheap. Expect to pay under £200 (about $300) for a good condition one. The 440 has a single GHz NIC and mine uses under 100W so it's cheap to run.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Possible cons: they take a maximum of 4GB RAM. If you need more than this look for a T100 instead. Also because of the way Dell position the disks you need T adapters for the SATA leads to the disks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17607" RevisionGUID="eae24aef-68b3-4acd-8e2c-01f7eac3ab7d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:52:08.653" UserId="7461" Text="I can recommend to use .lan for private networks. It's not registered, it's short and it's&#xD;&#xA;easy to remember - works for me since many years.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31537" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17608" RevisionGUID="f25a86c4-9a45-44e0-80a9-5a6ce7b24ffe" CreationDate="2009-06-02T09:57:06.303" UserId="6965" Text="Don't use .local.  Especially if you've got any Apple clients." />
  <row Id="31538" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17609" RevisionGUID="8f6933fe-a2c8-40ce-af58-8046b07aacce" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:00:28.573" UserId="7465" Text="Hi Guys &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How to search the 2 or 3 months old password on Domain controller ? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am domain administrator on this DOmain . &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks &#xD;&#xA;Kartook&#xD;&#xA;kartook.com" />
  <row Id="31539" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17609" RevisionGUID="8f6933fe-a2c8-40ce-af58-8046b07aacce" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:00:28.573" UserId="7465" Text="how to find 2months old password users in DOmain ?" />
  <row Id="31540" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17609" RevisionGUID="8f6933fe-a2c8-40ce-af58-8046b07aacce" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:00:28.573" UserId="7465" Text="&lt;domain&gt;&lt;password&gt;&lt;search&gt;" />
  <row Id="31541" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17610" RevisionGUID="bd4fc9a2-4ce0-4e74-a6de-6543b9b2ab94" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:01:51.473" UserId="7464" Text="In `BIND 9` (`named`), is there any way to return different `A` records depending on the asker's `IP` address?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When receiving a query for a certain `DNS` name, I'd like to return external `IP` address for the queries received from the outside world, and internal `IP` address for the queries received from the internal subnet." />
  <row Id="31542" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17610" RevisionGUID="bd4fc9a2-4ce0-4e74-a6de-6543b9b2ab94" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:01:51.473" UserId="7464" Text="Returning different DNS records depending on who asks" />
  <row Id="31543" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17610" RevisionGUID="bd4fc9a2-4ce0-4e74-a6de-6543b9b2ab94" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:01:51.473" UserId="7464" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;bind&gt;&lt;named&gt;" />
  <row Id="31544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17611" RevisionGUID="f2ba4cc5-541c-4793-a7ad-6a092dc9a58a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:05:07.770" UserId="4654" Text="FreeBSD jails are great for separating tasks on a single server. I had such an experience when I needed to run 2 virtual LAMP servers on one machine:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Apache + mod_php4, MySQL 4.0&#xD;&#xA; 2. Apache + mod_php5, MySQL 5.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I just set up 2 jails with different ip's, configured a name server in a &quot;real&quot; environment and all worked fine for almost a year (after that the first config was deprecated) without any performance drop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also take a look at new jail features in FreeBSD 7.2 - might be useful." />
  <row Id="31545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17612" RevisionGUID="6b22adf4-1e38-4f40-812d-4009109ba27c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:05:13.057" UserId="7083" Text="BIND 9 has a feature to do exactly that, called &quot;views&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a good article about how to use them on O'Reilly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/networking/news/views_0501.html" />
  <row Id="31546" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17613" RevisionGUID="66ac2e6a-f86d-4815-a4a1-7d09cc62c530" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:07:25.830" UserId="4757" Text="Yes, [you can use views][1], which are basically a wrapper around your config that limit the configuration to only a certain segment of client IPs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bind9.net/manual/bind/9.3.2/Bv9ARM.ch06.html#view_statement_grammar" />
  <row Id="31547" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17614" RevisionGUID="06b64fe5-c317-4840-954b-36b68566c0f6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:11:04.167" UserId="7453" Text="Perhaps you could give Ebay a try. With redundant power supplies and scsi hard-drives, you can really get some serious hardware for a good price, with a little luck." />
  <row Id="31548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17615" RevisionGUID="ee4b8f90-0eda-459f-9806-4415a5944964" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:18:12.953" UserId="4654" Text="&gt; For some database, file storage, backups etc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe a [HP MediaSmart Server][1]? It runs Windows so I don't know about installing a Java server. But it's proper for backup and file storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for me, I prefer to assemble computers myself (except for rack-mount servers). You know what you want, so you can make a system exactly for your tasks. It's not too hard to select and buy proper hardware and it's variety is great - big cases, silent PSUs and fans etc - for almost any budget. And you can install any OS and software you want. So this is an option I'd go with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hp.com/united-states/campaigns/mediasmart-server/" />
  <row Id="31550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17616" RevisionGUID="ce5c87ad-9821-4558-885e-20890fd37a0e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:21:15.990" UserId="7058" Text="Are you sure Google didn't put some semi-proprietary BIOS on the board?  If I remember right, don't they typically lock down those boxes so you only can use the webgui to manage it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd check with Google first..." />
  <row Id="31551" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17265" RevisionGUID="efb0bbc2-2475-4300-9deb-b5368dc5f243" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:22:54.673" UserId="7309" Comment="fixed typo" Text="We tend to consider no difference in the virtual naming of hosts from the physical - in fact, we've taken to abstracting the host configuration (software) from the physical layer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So we purchase Hardware Items, and create Host Items on top of them (and use a simple relationship to show that in our documentation).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The purpose is that when a host exists, DNS shouldn't be the determining factor - as we've have machines move from one space to the next - for instance a low-performing webapp has no need to consume expensive CPU cycles - virtualize it, and it retains its naming scheme, everything continues to work." />
  <row Id="31552" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17617" RevisionGUID="e931aed1-a7dd-4358-9f0f-3b1aa3a6c2f8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:27:04.823" UserId="5234" Text="The Windows AIK is the officially supported way of doing this, and is available for the Windows 7 RC (discussion here: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/05/06/windows-automated-installation-kit-aik-for-windows-7-rc-official-download/ )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should note though that it requires quite a bit more work that you may be happy with, but you can be certain that the end result will be a viable ISO image.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31554" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17619" RevisionGUID="37e1b0e2-b9f8-4e4e-9981-1aa3372c21c7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:30:59.777" UserDisplayName="stmoebius" Text="I'm not exactly sure I understand what you're asking for. But take a look at [dsquery.exe][1], which can retrieve many interesting things from an Active Directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732952(WS.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="31555" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17609" RevisionGUID="3f12a6ac-9d9a-452a-a35c-efe155da423f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:31:04.563" UserId="48" Comment="deleted 25 characters in body; edited title" Text="Hi Guys &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I search for  2 or 3 months old password on a Domain controller ? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am domain administrator on this Domain . &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31556" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17620" RevisionGUID="f1ce2273-8870-4ed4-b82a-11bf0944cac5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:31:05.237" UserId="4979" Text="The impact of triple vs. dual channel will not be so outspoken. However, within a triplet, your memory should be matched, so starting with 8 dimms now and expanding later might be more challenging unless you would be prepared to loose 2 dimms at that time.&#xD;&#xA;Do you need the memory right now? Then take the 18x2GB. &#xD;&#xA;Is it a luxury for now, and you are comfortable with upgrading later, go with **9**x4GB if you can." />
  <row Id="31557" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="17609" RevisionGUID="3f12a6ac-9d9a-452a-a35c-efe155da423f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:31:04.563" UserId="48" Comment="deleted 25 characters in body; edited title" Text="how to find 2months old password users in Domain ?" />
  <row Id="31558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17621" RevisionGUID="79c507d8-8902-4d9a-b33a-ba133be9293b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:32:26.137" UserId="6310" Text="We have the following servers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A. 1 x web server running MySQL (a forum).  &#xD;&#xA;B. 1 x web server running RT with Postgres.  &#xD;&#xA;C. 1 x web server running a home grown app with MonetDB as the backend&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now of course we want to add a bit of reliability here by adding an extra server to each web server in case 1 server dies, etc. But what is the best and relatively cheaper way to do it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Get an extra server each, and replicate the DBs using the appropriate technologies in each case? MySQL replication for A, Slony, etc for B, and I don't really know how to replicate MonetDB, but I guess it's possible.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why I don't like this:  possible data corruption due to synchronisation issues, i.e. a temporary power blip could cause data to be written to the slave, then the master comes back, and then the replication gets broken. In the case of Slony, you can't even do that, you have to promote the slave to a master first, etc, AFAIK.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other thing I don't like about this is having to manually trudge through all this and figure out who is doing what now and syncing things across, etc.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.Get 2 servers with a decent amount of storage and setup DRBD across them.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since they will have a single shared IP, put all the DBs, e.g. MySQL, Postgres, and Monet on the DRBD storage. The good thing about DRBD is that we won't have a single point of failure since even if we lose a part of the cluster, the other server can take over so it's much more resilient. And my understanding it that the web servers above this level can simply fail over and back without any need for worrying about replication, and syncing things, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3.VMs?  &#xD;&#xA;What is best practice when using VMs to setup something like this?" />
  <row Id="31559" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17621" RevisionGUID="79c507d8-8902-4d9a-b33a-ba133be9293b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:32:26.137" UserId="6310" Text="What is the better way to add extra servers for reliability in our case?" />
  <row Id="31560" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17621" RevisionGUID="79c507d8-8902-4d9a-b33a-ba133be9293b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:32:26.137" UserId="6310" Text="&lt;drbd&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;failover&gt;&lt;replication&gt;" />
  <row Id="31561" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17622" RevisionGUID="db56818f-7408-486d-bd16-9baf01028c18" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:33:21.673" UserId="4831" Text="I'm looking for a file copy utility that allows me to control what files and directories are to be copied specifying rules like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**IF** source-file-date **IS GREATER THAN** target-file-date **THEN** overwrite  &#xD;&#xA;**IF** source-file-size **IS EQUAL TO** target-file-size **THEN** skip&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The FTP client I use (CuteFTP Pro) has that feature (you can define a set of rules that controls the file uploading process).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But as far as file copy utilities, I havent found one that let me do this. So far, I've tried Robocopy and RichCopy but none of them let me fine-control the copy operation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general terms, I need to synchronize two directory trees, i.e. copy the new or modified files from the source tree to the target tree and delete the files in the target tree that dont exist in the source tree.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I need to fine control the operation like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If a directory in the target tree is not present in the source tree, then leave that directory untouched (dont even enter in that directory)&#xD;&#xA; - if a file in the source tree has the same size as the file in the target tree then dont copy that file, no matter if it's older or newer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Plus I'd like to control the logging. Robocopy and RichCopy let you control which operations are logged and which ones are not, but they have the same limitations as with he copy operation, i.e. they dont let you fine-control the logging opration either, they just provide some basic functionality.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you know if there is such a copy utility that let me do this in Windows??&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31562" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17622" RevisionGUID="db56818f-7408-486d-bd16-9baf01028c18" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:33:21.673" UserId="4831" Text="Robost file-copying utility" />
  <row Id="31563" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17622" RevisionGUID="db56818f-7408-486d-bd16-9baf01028c18" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:33:21.673" UserId="4831" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;copying&gt;&lt;robocopy&gt;" />
  <row Id="31564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17623" RevisionGUID="87ca361e-b74c-4805-9384-f9d7dccbcca8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:35:20.470" UserId="7473" Text="Hi Jonblock,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the brands you should be looking to if you want an entreprise-class solution (Gartner is always a good indication for the biggest players):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Cisco (bought Airespace 3 years ago)&#xD;&#xA;- Aruba&#xD;&#xA;- Trapeze&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Meru, Motorola, Xirrux, ...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We always deploy Trapeze with good experience.  &#xD;&#xA;BTW: 3com, Nortel sell OEM-equipment from Trapeze as enterprise Wireless solution. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With Trapeze you don't have to deploy a controller on each site.  One central controller can manage remote APs (if you have VPN or leased line!).  &#xD;&#xA;With the use of VLAN-tagging on the APs (&quot;=local switching&quot;) not all wireless traffic needs to pass the central controller.  However: this local switching feature cannot be combined with the captive web-portal.  This would mean that your requirement of direct routing would mean no authentication at all on the public internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The centralized management is really worth the money in my opinion, and Trapeze is really good value for money. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; Thomas  " />
  <row Id="31565" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17624" RevisionGUID="1cbab768-442a-4257-8001-f7ccaa664a13" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:38:00.293" UserId="5920" Text="The windows backup utility comes with an option to backup the system-state. What is this for? Has it a real utility? Can I recover that windows on another machine?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31566" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17624" RevisionGUID="1cbab768-442a-4257-8001-f7ccaa664a13" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:38:00.293" UserId="5920" Text="What is a system state backup for?" />
  <row Id="31567" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17624" RevisionGUID="1cbab768-442a-4257-8001-f7ccaa664a13" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:38:00.293" UserId="5920" Text="&lt;windows-server&gt;&lt;system-state&gt;&lt;rdiff-backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="31568" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17625" RevisionGUID="b5ca3cb3-2fea-4afd-9d1f-0087e94f3e45" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:40:10.833" UserId="7476" Text="On my Linux/Apache server the access_log logs are rotated so that the logs from the last 5 days are kept (access_log.1, access_log.2, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I change this scheme in order to keep more than 5 days? " />
  <row Id="31569" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17625" RevisionGUID="b5ca3cb3-2fea-4afd-9d1f-0087e94f3e45" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:40:10.833" UserId="7476" Text="Changing the log rotation cycle" />
  <row Id="31570" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17625" RevisionGUID="b5ca3cb3-2fea-4afd-9d1f-0087e94f3e45" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:40:10.833" UserId="7476" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;log-files&gt;" />
  <row Id="31571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17626" RevisionGUID="10425fa0-5d4b-465a-9bac-3e3e0b39c431" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:42:35.617" UserId="7058" Text="It's a very noticeable change.  Though to be truthful, we were going from Linux Server Based iSCSI (fake iscsi) to fiber, aka a testing environment to production when my last company was rolling out VMware based shared hosting.  Our VMware rep stated that fiber is much less overhead when it comes to multiple VM's on a single ESX host needing access to shared storage.  I noticed the general usage of a Win2k3 VM instance doubled in performance, but disk IO, which I tested using hdtune on the VM was faster then our Dell 2850's standard IO (3 x 73GB in RAID 5 on a perc 4 if memory serves me).  Granted we were running maybe 5 or so VM's on each ESX host with low usage, as we were being trained up on it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your VMware rep should have plenty of documentation on Fiber vs. iscsi including some overall benchmarks, or at least real world implementation stories/comparisons.  Our rep sure did." />
  <row Id="31572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17627" RevisionGUID="85678f71-6d12-40c7-9b69-1b017496701a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:43:05.507" UserId="1810" Text="rsync kind of does that, and I have used it successfully on windows as well. " />
  <row Id="31573" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17628" RevisionGUID="49d16ad4-a9fb-45da-8369-a336acd55f80" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:44:44.083" UserId="7309" Text="There a lot of determining factors that go into the performance feeling here.&#xD;&#xA;One tweak you might consider is setting up Jumbo Frames. Scott Lowe has a recent blog post [here][1] that shows some of what he did to achieve this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You mention that the guests will be running low CPU load - those are always great candidates for virtualization - but the difference between FiberChannel and iSCSI doesn't really come into play yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your vm guests are going to be running storage-intensive operations, then you have to consider that the speed of transferring a read/write operation from the VM Host to the storage array may become your bottleneck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since your typical iSCSI transfer rate is 1Gbps (over Ethernet), and FC is usually around 2-4Gbps (depending on how much cash you're willing to spend), then you could state that the transfer speed of FC is roughly twice as fast.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's also the new 10Gig-E switches, but your Powervault and Powerconnect don't support that yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, that doesn't really mean that the machines will work faster, as if they are running applications with low I/O, they might actually perform at the same speeds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The debate as to which is better is never ending, and it basically will depend on your own evaluation and results.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have multiple deployments of FC-based mini-clouds and iSCSI-based mini-clouds, and they both work pretty well. We're finding that the bottleneck is at the storage array level, not iSCSI traffic over 1Gb Ethernet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.scottlowe.org/2009/05/21/vmware-vsphere-vds-vmkernel-ports-and-jumbo-frames/ &quot;Scott Lowe's Jumbo Frames&quot;" />
  <row Id="31574" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17629" RevisionGUID="584c80be-2de4-4378-8016-2757336937e0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:46:25.953" UserId="3664" Text="I think that smartsync (smartsync.com) gives you that kind of control. You might also try allwaysync (allwaysync.com) the final product I have used is syncback SE but I don't think it gives you exactly what you are looking for." />
  <row Id="31575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17630" RevisionGUID="255c3254-2e21-4c33-b2a7-165454ff6f59" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:47:53.830" UserId="48" Text="The system state contains a number of items:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - System Registry&#xD;&#xA; - COM + Database&#xD;&#xA; - Certificate Services&#xD;&#xA; - Active Directory&#xD;&#xA; - SysVol&#xD;&#xA; - IIS Metabase&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of these items are only included if the specified service is installed (AD, IIS, Certificates).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to restore a server, you will need this state to recover the registry, or your AD Domain, or IIS sites." />
  <row Id="31576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17631" RevisionGUID="f6299351-863a-4d43-b2b2-bfcd110a3ebe" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:49:29.567" UserId="2299" Text="Have you considered writing your own using VBScript? It sounds hard but it isn't really, and it would give you as fine control as you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31577" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="17622" RevisionGUID="c0b8cf74-fe21-4585-8401-d4b967614669" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:50:26.773" UserId="4831" Comment="edited title" Text="Robust file-copying utility" />
  <row Id="31579" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17219" RevisionGUID="4ab5c6fe-4722-4a12-89ad-564a11180725" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:51:08.813" UserId="4785" Comment="added 47 characters in body" Text="Well,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know how to do virtual hosts, but on windows it looks harder to get what i want to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        ServerAdmin admin@domaindev.com&#xD;&#xA;        DocumentRoot &quot;C:/wamp/www/domaindev_com/public&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        ServerName domaindev.com&#xD;&#xA;        ServerAlias *.domaindev.com&#xD;&#xA;        ErrorLog &quot;logs/domaindev_com-error.log&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        CustomLog &quot;logs/domaindev_com-access.log&quot; common&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And my *hosts* file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    127.0.0.1      localhost&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.0.1    domaindev.com&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.0.1    www.domaindev.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Documents and Settings\B&gt;ping domaindev.com&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Pinging domaindev.com [192.168.0.1] with 32 bytes of data:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time&lt;1ms TTL=128&#xD;&#xA;    Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time&lt;1ms TTL=128&#xD;&#xA;    Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time&lt;1ms TTL=128&#xD;&#xA;    Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time&lt;1ms TTL=128&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Ping statistics for 192.168.0.1:&#xD;&#xA;        Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),&#xD;&#xA;    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:&#xD;&#xA;        Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    C:\Documents and Settings\B&gt;ping www.domaindev.com&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Pinging www.domaindev.com [192.168.0.1] with 32 bytes of data:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time&lt;1ms TTL=128&#xD;&#xA;    Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time&lt;1ms TTL=128&#xD;&#xA;    Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time&lt;1ms TTL=128&#xD;&#xA;    Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time&lt;1ms TTL=128&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Ping statistics for 192.168.0.1:&#xD;&#xA;        Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),&#xD;&#xA;    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:&#xD;&#xA;        Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So it looks like it works.&#xD;&#xA;But when i try to use the www.domaindev.com in my browser i get a time out or a dns failure...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas ?&#xD;&#xA;Is the ServerAlias option wrong ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** Only the domaindev.com is working" />
  <row Id="31580" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17632" RevisionGUID="ffe9fe47-1c83-4ed6-9be7-d056318bb71f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:52:02.917" UserId="1810" Text="The actual log rotating programme used, my vary from distribution to distribution. On debian (and possibly on other linuxes as well) both naming scheme and retention period are defined in /etc/logrotate.conf and /etc/logrotate.d/apache2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fiddling with those files should solve your problems." />
  <row Id="31581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17633" RevisionGUID="35342a00-0720-4ed8-ba46-fd7aa88a8274" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:54:43.363" UserId="7058" Text="Might wanna check out Cobian Backup [http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm][1]&#xD;&#xA;It's OpenSource and Free and might meet all your needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for Rysnc, [http://www.itefix.no/i2/node/10650][1] I've used cwRsync before with much success via SSH." />
  <row Id="31582" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17610" RevisionGUID="1a62dd21-0e02-48bc-8346-b4661ec69b2f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:57:46.570" UserId="7464" Comment="added 224 characters in body; added 1 characters in body" Text="In `BIND 9` (`named`), is there any way to return different `A` records depending on the asker's `IP` address?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When receiving a query for a certain `DNS` name, I'd like to return external `IP` address for the queries received from the outside world, and internal `IP` address for the queries received from the internal subnet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Views seem to work OK, but there are about `300` records in the zone file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should I copy the whole file (and manage two files from now on) if I only want a single `DNS` record to be returned differently?" />
  <row Id="31583" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17634" RevisionGUID="b48e16e8-c6f7-4cd7-b306-7dba8f5689f5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:58:55.273" UserId="2421" Text="Environment:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard x64&#xD;&#xA;   Service Pack 2 &#xD;&#xA; - SQL Server 2005 SP2&#xD;&#xA;   (9.00.3077.00) Enterprise Edition&#xD;&#xA;   (64-bit)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Trying to install and execute an SSIS package on a development environment, getting the following error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Executed as user: NIHR\svcaccsqlagent. ....00.3042.00 for 32-bit  Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1984-2005. All rights reserved.    Started:  11:50:53  Error: 2009-06-02 11:50:56.28     Code: 0xC0010018     Source:       Description: Error loading value &quot;&lt;DTS:LogProvider xmlns:DTS=&quot;www.microsoft.com/SqlServer/Dts&quot;&gt;&lt;DTS:Property DTS:Name=&quot;ConfigString&quot;&gt;PCRN Data Update Batch Log&lt;/DTS:Property&gt;&lt;DTS:Property DTS:Name=&quot;DelayValidation&quot;&gt;0&lt;/DTS:Property&gt;&lt;DTS:Property DTS:Name=&quot;ObjectName&quot;&gt;SSIS log provider for T&quot; from node &quot;DTS:LogProvider&quot;.  End Error  Could not load package &quot;E:\PCRN_SSIS\PCRN Data Update Batch.dtsx&quot; because of error 0xC0010014.  Description: The package failed to load due to error 0xC0010014 &quot;One or more error occurred. There should be more specific errors preceding this one that explains the details of the errors. This message is used as a return value from functions that encounter errors.&quot;. This occurs when CPackage::LoadFromXML fails.  Source:   Start...  Process Exit Code 5.  The step failed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;The same package is working fine on a production environment, I can't tell what's different." />
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  <row Id="31585" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17634" RevisionGUID="b48e16e8-c6f7-4cd7-b306-7dba8f5689f5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:58:55.273" UserId="2421" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="31586" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17635" RevisionGUID="bc0d8ce8-f608-4966-967d-e0ac10c35238" CreationDate="2009-06-02T10:59:25.273" UserDisplayName="Holger" Text="$ man logrotate&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And look around the corner of your /etc/logrotate.d directory." />
  <row Id="31587" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17636" RevisionGUID="6cb14d1e-8e93-418d-90d4-58e16da98d2f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:01:05.567" UserId="5144" Text="Yes, there is an (almost) non-intrusive and easy way:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Split each service to run in its SVCHOST.EXE process and the&#xD;&#xA;service consuming the CPU cycles will be easily visible in&#xD;&#xA;Process Explorer (the space after &quot;=&quot; is required):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Servicename Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do this in a command line window or put it into a BAT&#xD;&#xA;script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A restart of the computer is required before it takes&#xD;&#xA;effect. The original state can be restored by:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Servicename Type= share&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example: to make Windows Management Instrumentation run in a&#xD;&#xA;separate SVCHOST.EXE:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config winmgmt Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This technique has no ill effects, except perhaps increasing&#xD;&#xA;memory consumption slightly. And apart from observing CPU&#xD;&#xA;usage for each process  it also makes it easy to observe&#xD;&#xA;page faults delta, disk I/O read rate and disk I/O write&#xD;&#xA;rate for each service.&#xD;&#xA;For Process Explorer, menu View/Select Columns:&#xD;&#xA;  tab Process Memory/Page Fault Delta,&#xD;&#xA;  tab Process Performance/IO Delta Write Bytes,&#xD;&#xA;  tab Process Performance/IO Delta Read Bytes,&#xD;&#xA;respectively.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On most systems there is only one SVCHOST.EXE process that&#xD;&#xA;has a lot of services. I have used this sequence (it can be&#xD;&#xA;pasted directly into a command line window):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  1. &quot;Automatic Updates&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config wuauserv Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  2. &quot;COM+ Event System&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config EventSystem Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  3. &quot;Computer Browser&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Browser Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  4. &quot;Cryptographic Services&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config CryptSvc Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  5. &quot;Distributed Link Tracking&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config TrkWks Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  6. &quot;Help and Support&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config helpsvc Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  7. &quot;Logical Disk Manager&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config dmserver Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  8. &quot;Network Connections&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Netman Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  9. &quot;Network Location Awareness&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config NLA Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 10. &quot;Remote Access Connection Manager&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config RasMan Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 11. &quot;Secondary Logon&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config seclogon Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 12. &quot;Server&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config lanmanserver Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 13. &quot;Shell Hardware Detection&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config ShellHWDetection Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 14. &quot;System Event Notification&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config SENS Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 15. &quot;System Restore Service&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config srservice Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 16. &quot;Task Scheduler&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Schedule Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 17. &quot;Telephony&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config TapiSrv Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 18. &quot;Terminal Services&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config TermService Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 19. &quot;Themes&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Themes Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 20. &quot;Windows Audio&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config AudioSrv Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 21. &quot;Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config SharedAccess Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 22. &quot;Windows Management Instrumentation&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config winmgmt Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 23. &quot;Wireless Configuration&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config WZCSVC Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 24. &quot;Workstation&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config lanmanworkstation Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem End.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31588" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17637" RevisionGUID="f38edfd4-f0da-4437-8e11-e06ff4ddca5b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:02:33.860" UserId="7309" Text="Have you tested changing the `ServerAlias` directive to the absolute URL `www.domaindev.com` and trying that?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your browser may have also cached the failed DNS request and hasn't tried it again - usually killing all browser sessions will help with that." />
  <row Id="31589" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17638" RevisionGUID="1342ab47-8c92-43cb-811b-9fee00bd519e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:03:51.783" UserId="2720" Text="I'm attempting to move to a new laptop and I want to take my email archive with we.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've got 3 related files klelky.pst, klelky.pab and klelky.ost which I have moved to a shared folder. The .ost file is about 500MB so I assume thats where all may mail is. (The other folders are 250kB each).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The bit of googling that I've done has got me as far as &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Control Panel-&gt;Mail-&gt;Show Profiles-&gt;Data Files&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but this only appears to let me select the .pst files and when I go into Outlook most of my archive is missing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I get everything from the archive to be visible from the new machine?" />
  <row Id="31590" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17638" RevisionGUID="1342ab47-8c92-43cb-811b-9fee00bd519e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:03:51.783" UserId="2720" Text="Moving my Outlook 2003 archive from one laptop to another" />
  <row Id="31591" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17638" RevisionGUID="1342ab47-8c92-43cb-811b-9fee00bd519e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:03:51.783" UserId="2720" Text="&lt;outlook-2003&gt;&lt;archive&gt;" />
  <row Id="31592" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17639" RevisionGUID="7b45f821-487c-439d-9980-e307a887f275" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:07:04.103" UserId="7485" Text="Hello everyone,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am setting up a multiple machine environment on my Vista box to save additional H/W cost. And I plan to use Microsoft virtualization technologies. I am using Windows Vista x86 Enterprise as host machine, and I want to install some virtualization machines on this host machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My questions are,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. What is the differences between Hyper-V and Virtual PC?&#xD;&#xA;2. For Vista x86 as host machine, which Hyper-V (or Virtual PC) version should I download? I searched the web, but find various informations...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks in advance,&#xD;&#xA;George" />
  <row Id="31593" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17639" RevisionGUID="7b45f821-487c-439d-9980-e307a887f275" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:07:04.103" UserId="7485" Text="virtualization question" />
  <row Id="31594" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17639" RevisionGUID="7b45f821-487c-439d-9980-e307a887f275" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:07:04.103" UserId="7485" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;virtual-pc&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="31595" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17640" RevisionGUID="d1668853-7929-4088-83d1-3f782d9acc96" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:07:26.817" UserId="1435" Text="I believe you'll see a doubling of overall IO capability if you move to a 4Gbps or better FC SAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We had large FC-served VMWare farms, there was pressure to reduce storage cost so we started building new extensions using NetApp 10Gbps iSCSI, we ran into performance problems so moved them all over to FC and it was the best thing we could have done - we're doubling the number of VMs per host and getting the same performance as we were seeing under iSCSI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course our, very-mixed, VM load profiles may have exacerbated this but if you can afford FC then I'd strongly urge you that way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I could go into the detail (in fact I happily will if prompted) but ultimately iSCSI is almost a 'something for nothing' product and we all know about free lunches :)" />
  <row Id="31596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17641" RevisionGUID="08e4240b-7bf5-4876-9159-69602b03b916" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:07:56.410" UserId="7477" Text="as mentioned in some other questions plenty of remote control tools &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/155/best-windows-remote-support-screen-sharing-tools&quot;&gt;remote-support-tool&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some other options but i often run into the same obstacle&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a dual monitor setup and the computers i need to remote control ( to assist the people at the other side)  often have a dual monitor setup too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But all solution i have seen sofar always fail in using both screens. When remote controling i always end up with only 1 monitor used and only 1 monitor controlled&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any solution free or paying that is smart in remote controlling with multiple monitor setup ?" />
  <row Id="31597" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17641" RevisionGUID="08e4240b-7bf5-4876-9159-69602b03b916" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:07:56.410" UserId="7477" Text="Windows remote controle for dual monitor setup" />
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  <row Id="31599" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="6253" RevisionGUID="f007a703-a665-403b-a866-dd85844fdff1" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:07:57.593" UserId="45" Comment="edited tags; edited title" Text="What is the best way to find Conficker infected PCs in company networks remotely?" />
  <row Id="31600" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6253" RevisionGUID="f007a703-a665-403b-a866-dd85844fdff1" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:07:57.593" UserId="45" Comment="edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;virus&gt;&lt;conficker&gt;" />
  <row Id="31601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17642" RevisionGUID="11957aba-2387-4df5-a5db-31cf1b742b1d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:16:53.100" UserId="522" Text="I wouldn't use a top level domain at all. I would rather use a subdomain like `virtual.mycompany.lan`. This makes more sense to me since the virtual machines are a subset of your network." />
  <row Id="31602" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17643" RevisionGUID="3f056e7c-3bc7-4d27-94aa-e2fe1e252b73" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:18:13.503" UserId="7309" Text="nginX seems to be the way to go if you're trying to retain the rewrite rules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This could be done like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if (!-e $request_filename) {&#xD;&#xA;      rewrite ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)?(/.*) $2  break;&#xD;&#xA;      rewrite ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)?(/.*\.php)$ $2 last;&#xD;&#xA;      rewrite ^ /index.php last;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But it seems like the power of nginX is to have less complex, smaller rules, so this imght be a better way to replace that:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if (!-e $request_filename) {&#xD;&#xA;      rewrite ^ /index.php last;&#xD;&#xA;    }" />
  <row Id="31603" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17644" RevisionGUID="8a485a3f-a714-47ee-a91b-19707f60c40a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:21:07.210" UserDisplayName="VirtualDisaster" Text="Usually here at work we get the .pst from &quot;C:\Documents and Settings\&lt;User&gt;\Local Settings\Microsoft\Outlook&quot; or something like that. Once we back it up we just import it. For instance, create the account on the new machine in Outlook, then import the PST. Hope this helps a little." />
  <row Id="31604" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17645" RevisionGUID="e5996f1d-4bc4-4cc1-af1d-360eadbcee39" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:21:23.917" UserId="5043" Text="have a look at this artice from the microsoft scripting guys&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/nov08/hey1118.mspx" />
  <row Id="31605" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17630" RevisionGUID="82396a29-b507-434c-be34-04ae78b47cff" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:21:30.860" UserId="48" Comment="added 443 characters in body" Text="The system state contains a number of items:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - System Registry&#xD;&#xA; - COM + Database&#xD;&#xA; - Certificate Services&#xD;&#xA; - Active Directory&#xD;&#xA; - SysVol&#xD;&#xA; - IIS Metabase&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of these items are only included if the specified service is installed (AD, IIS, Certificates).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to restore a server, you will need this state to recover the registry, or your AD Domain, or IIS sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can restore system state to the same server, or another server with identical hardware. Microsoft does not support restoring system state to different hardware (see [this article][1]), however it is possible in some occasions, and with some parts of the system state, for example the IIS metabase. In that guess its really a case of try it an see, but its not a reccomended solution..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249694" />
  <row Id="31606" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17636" RevisionGUID="7b2d3235-f2f2-4142-856d-13e8d3299d65" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:21:39.377" UserId="5144" Comment="Spelling/ missing word" Text="Yes, there is an (almost) non-intrusive and easy way:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Split each service to run in its own SVCHOST.EXE process and the&#xD;&#xA;service consuming the CPU cycles will be easily visible in&#xD;&#xA;Process Explorer (the space after &quot;=&quot; is required):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Servicename Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do this in a command line window or put it into a BAT&#xD;&#xA;script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A restart of the computer is required before it takes&#xD;&#xA;effect. The original state can be restored by:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Servicename Type= share&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example: to make Windows Management Instrumentation run in a&#xD;&#xA;separate SVCHOST.EXE:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config winmgmt Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This technique has no ill effects, except perhaps increasing&#xD;&#xA;memory consumption slightly. And apart from observing CPU&#xD;&#xA;usage for each process  it also makes it easy to observe&#xD;&#xA;page faults delta, disk I/O read rate and disk I/O write&#xD;&#xA;rate for each service.&#xD;&#xA;For Process Explorer, menu View/Select Columns:&#xD;&#xA;  tab Process Memory/Page Fault Delta,&#xD;&#xA;  tab Process Performance/IO Delta Write Bytes,&#xD;&#xA;  tab Process Performance/IO Delta Read Bytes,&#xD;&#xA;respectively.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On most systems there is only one SVCHOST.EXE process that&#xD;&#xA;has a lot of services. I have used this sequence (it can be&#xD;&#xA;pasted directly into a command line window):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  1. &quot;Automatic Updates&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config wuauserv Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  2. &quot;COM+ Event System&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config EventSystem Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  3. &quot;Computer Browser&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Browser Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  4. &quot;Cryptographic Services&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config CryptSvc Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  5. &quot;Distributed Link Tracking&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config TrkWks Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  6. &quot;Help and Support&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config helpsvc Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  7. &quot;Logical Disk Manager&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config dmserver Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  8. &quot;Network Connections&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Netman Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  9. &quot;Network Location Awareness&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config NLA Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 10. &quot;Remote Access Connection Manager&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config RasMan Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 11. &quot;Secondary Logon&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config seclogon Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 12. &quot;Server&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config lanmanserver Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 13. &quot;Shell Hardware Detection&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config ShellHWDetection Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 14. &quot;System Event Notification&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config SENS Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 15. &quot;System Restore Service&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config srservice Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 16. &quot;Task Scheduler&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Schedule Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 17. &quot;Telephony&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config TapiSrv Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 18. &quot;Terminal Services&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config TermService Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 19. &quot;Themes&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Themes Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 20. &quot;Windows Audio&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config AudioSrv Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 21. &quot;Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config SharedAccess Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 22. &quot;Windows Management Instrumentation&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config winmgmt Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 23. &quot;Wireless Configuration&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config WZCSVC Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 24. &quot;Workstation&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config lanmanworkstation Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem End.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17646" RevisionGUID="0f1047cd-e2ed-4f31-b04c-1ce899696b34" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:22:20.653" UserId="7033" Text="Just use Outlook to import the .PST/.OST file.  Click File, Import or something like that.  Been a while since I used it.  I assume you were using Exchange?  If the .OST file is bigger, convert it to .PST then import it:  http://www.convertost.com/" />
  <row Id="31608" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="16872" RevisionGUID="a9c8e1c4-bfa0-4a27-a7aa-2994c573bbe3" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:22:37.940" UserId="247" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="31609" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17647" RevisionGUID="42a1329d-e900-40fb-a5c5-d1bc0b56c632" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:23:13.400" UserId="6965" Text="You should be able to either import the files (.pst/.ost are mail, .pab is your address book/contacts) from File -&gt; Import and Export, or open them (File -&gt; Open -&gt; Outlook Data File) and then drag whatever you need over to your new mailbox." />
  <row Id="31610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17648" RevisionGUID="9215151d-2a9b-48bb-847f-25d893238d73" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:23:20.950" UserId="4694" Text="An **.ost** file is an offline folder file in Microsoft Outlook. You can't import&#xD;&#xA;emails from this file on your new laptop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you use **exchange**, outlook should be able to download all emails from the exchange &#xD;&#xA;server once you set up your email account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can copy all your emails into a **.pst** file (Should be called Archive in Outlook) and then import the **.pst** file on your laptop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Control Panel-&gt;Mail-&gt;Show Profiles-&gt;Data Files   **Import**" />
  <row Id="31611" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17649" RevisionGUID="92a1b405-109a-4138-b8fd-00eb99517f1e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:24:11.960" UserId="914" Text="Remote Desktop supports dual screens." />
  <row Id="31612" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17650" RevisionGUID="a2f16148-f943-4272-a748-7ee543370a00" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:26:35.593" UserId="3431" Text=" 1. Hyper-V is a hypervisor solution only available with Windows Server 2008. It puts an hypervisor in between your hardware and the OSes which leads to modification of the kernel of the guests OSes. With a hypervisor solution, everything is virtualized except the hypervisor itself. This results in far better solution in exchange of a higher complexity. Virtual PC is a standard virtualization that virtualizes an OS in an application. It's more simple but performance is not as good.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; 2. Hyper-V is only for Windows 2008 server on the &quot;host OS&quot;" />
  <row Id="31613" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17651" RevisionGUID="47199337-3f02-4676-8082-73995478bee9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:28:03.653" UserId="7058" Text="RDP - aka remote desktop should work&#xD;&#xA;VNC should work with some config tweaking&#xD;&#xA;NX Server either the free one (freeNX) or the other one: Nomachine's NX server should be able to handle it." />
  <row Id="31614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17652" RevisionGUID="72f9f698-a2da-42ef-aa5c-53492d4662f2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:30:39.577" UserId="7484" Text="Grub seems to support GPT, or so it says, there is a patch for it, however when i try to boot after installing grub into the active boot partition (ext2) it starts to boot and before grub loads any stage 1.5 stuff it dies and hangs, got 1 big raid array on an Areca card and need to be able to boot from this, dont care how, grub, lilo, whatever, just need to work out a way to boot from the GPT drive. Don't care if I have to nuke the partitions either, just need this stupid thing to work *sigh*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW, areca is FAAAAAAAAST :) just wish i read up on this before the initial installation&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;originally it was set to msdos label on the filesystem before i changed it to gpt (the system was working, just couldnt use past 2tb (4.5tb total)) then i rescued the partitions in parted and they mount fine from a livecd, im curious if that isnt the cause of the problem but doubtful it is at the same time. Suggestions welcomed." />
  <row Id="31615" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17652" RevisionGUID="72f9f698-a2da-42ef-aa5c-53492d4662f2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:30:39.577" UserId="7484" Text="Gentoo and GPT Grub support" />
  <row Id="31616" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17652" RevisionGUID="72f9f698-a2da-42ef-aa5c-53492d4662f2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:30:39.577" UserId="7484" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;gentoo&gt;&lt;raid&gt;&lt;grub&gt;" />
  <row Id="31617" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17653" RevisionGUID="eedc6248-20da-4f1b-a44a-a172e9293a85" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:33:33.207" UserId="48" Text="If your company uses Exchange, you will be able to download your mail from the server just by connecting with your outlook client. However, if you have archived any of your mail to a local PST file, you will need to copy that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do not have Exchange, or you you just want to make sure you've got everything, your best bet is to make a new PST file. To do so go to file-&gt; export. Then select export to a file. In the next menu, select Personal Folder File (PST). On the next screen select the root of your mailbox (Often personal folders), and then export it, to a location you want it to end up in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can then transfer this to your laptop and import it back into outlook.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Doing it this way also means you have a PST file with your mail backed up, so if your import is unsuccessful for any reason, you still have all your mail in the PST and can try again." />
  <row Id="31618" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17654" RevisionGUID="df390a9a-df00-4705-a302-6cfbe2aa5475" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:33:53.533" UserId="2179" Text="I've got a printer which only has 32-bit drivers, so it's installed on a 32-bit machine (XP). I need it to appear as a printer (with duplex control etc) on a 64-bit machine (Vista).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - I can't just share it using Windows&#xD;&#xA;   printer sharing because the 64-bit&#xD;&#xA;   client requires drivers to connect to&#xD;&#xA;   it. &#xD;&#xA; - There's no 64-bit driver for a&#xD;&#xA;   similar printer that works (using the new port named \\\server\\printername).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried the ghostscript approach but that doesn't seem to help with the duplex control etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Printeranywhere doesn't support 64-bit OS yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there another way to do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31619" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17654" RevisionGUID="df390a9a-df00-4705-a302-6cfbe2aa5475" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:33:53.533" UserId="2179" Text="Anything to share a printer from 32-bit to 64-bit Windows?" />
  <row Id="31620" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17654" RevisionGUID="df390a9a-df00-4705-a302-6cfbe2aa5475" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:33:53.533" UserId="2179" Text="&lt;x64&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;printers&gt;&lt;sharing&gt;" />
  <row Id="31621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17655" RevisionGUID="dcae21eb-97ae-4229-9fe3-a1c27981973a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:33:53.643" UserId="1787" Text="ASUS has similar line of products, called Nova.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was considering getting either [Nova P22][1]. But then I thought that I'd be better off with something slightly bigger, but using normal desktop components and packing more punch,&#xD;&#xA;such as ASUS' [P4 barebone][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=NSJuOfk7RRMQy8Cf&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=fEMLgh6B4GRRCGDK" />
  <row Id="31622" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17656" RevisionGUID="e8f28864-ab4e-43e0-afba-fed716c8a5ce" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:35:12.593" UserId="4990" Text="VMs won't help you that much here as far as high availability is concerned, although they can be useful in simplifying the consolidation. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your question cannot be answered without two important data points: your budget, and the load. If you have a limited budget but your load is low enough, you can easily move all this onto two servers in an active/passive setup. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your budget allows it, you might want to consider acquiring a SAN (or preferably two for HA). In that case, you can still have the DBs, possibly virtualized, on the same server as the apps, but with the data written to the SAN. Databases are mostly IO-bound. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another route is indeed to have a two node fail-over cluster for the DBs, and have the DB partitions replicated through DRBD, it works quite well. However you want to make sure that each have their own disk; for that I would recommend using something like a 2U machine with 6 disks with battery-backed hardware raid. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have even more traffic but still wants to keep a low budget, you can try the following: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * 2x DB server in active/passive setup replicated with DRBD&#xD;&#xA; * 2x front-end servers running the apps, both active&#xD;&#xA; * Run a software load-balancer on a VIP on the front-end, only one of them will receive incoming connections, but it will redispatch them either locally or to the other node. I recommend [Haproxy][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Beware of the load though; if one of the nodes fails when you're at peak usage you're in for a lot of trouble, but it might be a good way to handle the occasional slashdotting. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://haproxy.1wt.eu/" />
  <row Id="31623" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17657" RevisionGUID="228b7da6-674d-4b62-bb99-5542c66f79b9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:35:33.810" UserId="2489" Text="I don't think RDP 6.0 directly supports multiple monitors...  Instead it uses the /span option that allows you to have one large monitor on the remote machine which spans across several local monitors.  Hopefully they all have the same vertical resolution.  To support this configuration, the best tool I've found but not tried is [SplitView][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.diskview.com/blog/2007/02/21/multiple-monitors-with-remote-desktop-and-splitview/" />
  <row Id="31624" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17658" RevisionGUID="6529b9f6-d345-4148-a5d2-178d979dfed0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:35:57.820" UserId="48" Text="RDP version 6.0 and above support using multiple monitors. To use it you have to use the /span command when running it, so to do so from the command line would be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mstsc.exe /v serverIP /span&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a good article [here][1] on how to setup shortcuts to do this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tech.norabble.com/2006/07/dual-monitor-remote-desktop-goodness.html" />
  <row Id="31625" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17659" RevisionGUID="248b8396-d16c-441d-9a0f-9c8f496c8b08" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:36:21.343" UserDisplayName="VirtualDisaster" Text="Maybe look into &quot;Cherokee&quot; web server. Its a light, fast alternative to Apache and has some pretty nice features." />
  <row Id="31626" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17660" RevisionGUID="e40b5f90-759b-40b9-baf7-8b31606b4fdc" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:37:07.707" UserId="6365" Text="Have you tried this HOWTO?&#xD;&#xA;[link][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wensley.org.uk/gpt" />
  <row Id="31627" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17661" RevisionGUID="84106651-05ed-4394-b7b9-2a429845527a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:38:14.663" UserId="4479" Text="For a solution that is there &quot;in case&quot; your primaries fail and not for balancing / frequent fail-over, a combination of #2 &amp; #3 would work well.  Get a box with reasonable resource to store and run VM's for each of primary systems.  Use DRBD to simplify the replication of the data.  For added bells and whistles you could throw in heartbeat for automated failover- or not.  And of course replication != backup." />
  <row Id="31628" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17660" RevisionGUID="cfb0203a-a303-4496-a120-4008bcacb44a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:42:48.647" UserId="6365" Comment="Added link" Text="Have you tried this HOWTO?&#xD;&#xA;[link][1]&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Also you might want to try this [patch][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wensley.org.uk/gpt&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=178586" />
  <row Id="31629" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17662" RevisionGUID="ac064c6c-3d6b-41b6-be3e-f64c3e8ea13c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:48:33.930" UserId="2368" Text="Woah. Why would you even do that? I really don't understand. Inventing tld's is wrong on extremely many levels. You could just put all the computers in your company's domain (foo.yourcompany.org) or, if you are in a playful mood, use a special dubdomain like (foo.lan.yourcompany.org). Are you doing it because you think, that typing multiple subdomain is tiresome? Well, I don't think I had to type in a fqdn for a computer in our private network for a long, long time, - thats why search suffixes exist.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can not believe, that so many people actually suggested the names instead of saying something, that is very very obvious - inventing TLDs is a no-no. I don't know just how worse it can get. I mean, what next - a question on &quot;how to configure an open relay properly&quot;?" />
  <row Id="31630" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16259" RevisionGUID="15554045-f8ce-4e93-8275-c6b14019fcd0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:52:27.983" UserId="4824" Comment="Clarifying the question; added 4 characters in body" Text="We have concerns about our staff using wireless hotspots to connect to our LAN. We use a VPN to connect to our network and they can then transfer data using a proprietary application. What little web browsing they do is directed to our proxy server and hence requires the VPN to be established first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my question is this: *How do we best secure the laptop from the time they start it to the time they make the VPN connection?*  &#xD;&#xA;They could be connected to an open, unsecured network for many minutes before starting the VPN. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our concern is not so much sniffing of data (as data will only be sent over the VPN), but that someone could connect to the laptop and compromise it prior to the VPN connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personal firewalls are an option, but they need to be effective *without* input from the user (and preferably centrally managed).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd be interested to know how others have approached this problem and what solutions they have found. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An implied part of this question that I didn't really ask is: Do you consider Windows firewall to be robust enough, with suitable policies, to block inbound access, or do you turn to third party solutions?" />
  <row Id="31631" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17663" RevisionGUID="682ad435-2bdc-485e-970b-7f63bea2e3f6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:55:11.697" UserId="48" Text="The problem you have is that to get duplexing and other features, you need to use the native features of the print driver. Things like ghostscript will get you the basic printing features, but to get more advanced features, you really need a proper driver for the printer." />
  <row Id="31632" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17664" RevisionGUID="39de1c15-bbc4-4e4d-a6c2-6d685d014e73" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:55:11.837" UserId="1435" Text="I need an end-to-end multi-client/multi-supplier secure storage system, I can build it using various bits and pieces but it feels overcomplex - am I missing a trick?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically I need to offer multiple clients VPN-secured, secure file transfer into a secure filesystem (as in encrypted on the disk/over fibre) then served out, again via VPN-secured, secure file transfer to a range of other suppliers. No client files can 'mix' at any point and ALL points in the chain must be secure. Oh and it has to be highly resilient, so this must all be clustered/load-balanced. Expecting around 500GB/client/supplier per day, total storage is unlikely to go over 30TB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My current thought is to use a combination of Checkpoint Virtual Firewalls, 2/3 VMware hosts with lots of NICs connected to the FW, each host connected via Brocade secure FC HBAs to a secure FC SAN box, with each client's VPN tunnel being truncated inside their own VM (which will be clustered using a front-end load balancer), the VMs will then SFTP over the tunnel from the client, drop the files over the secure FC into a dedicated disk-group/LUN/datastore/VMDK chain. Then I'd do the same the other way out to suppliers (except we do apply some DRM as we transmit).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd appreciate any suggestions of how to make this simpler, more secure or both.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you." />
  <row Id="31633" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17664" RevisionGUID="39de1c15-bbc4-4e4d-a6c2-6d685d014e73" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:55:11.837" UserId="1435" Text="Secure storage solution sought" />
  <row Id="31634" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17664" RevisionGUID="39de1c15-bbc4-4e4d-a6c2-6d685d014e73" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:55:11.837" UserId="1435" Text="&lt;san&gt;&lt;sftp&gt;&lt;storage&gt;&lt;secure&gt;" />
  <row Id="31639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17666" RevisionGUID="2c9403b4-36b6-4cbb-93cb-75f3169de78a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:56:54.427" UserId="247" Text="Is it a PCL5 printer?  If so, I've had success with the HP Universal PCL5 driver (on HP's website) even on non-HP printers." />
  <row Id="31641" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17668" RevisionGUID="2a30d5f4-b6c9-4689-938d-5e0a76d3cac9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:57:56.827" UserId="45" Text="Does your SSIS package contain a DateTime type variable?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Read this Microsoft support article:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[You receive an error message when you try to load an SSIS package that contains a DateTime type variable in SQL Server 2005][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This problem occurs because the value&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of the DateTime variable is saved in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; string format when you save the SSIS&#xD;&#xA;&gt; package. However, the string&#xD;&#xA;&gt; representation of the DateTime&#xD;&#xA;&gt; variable is based on the date format&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that is specified in the Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; locale. Therefore, when you try to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; load the SSIS package on a computer&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that has an incompatible locale date&#xD;&#xA;&gt; format, the operation fails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Solutions:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Manually update the DateTime type string in the SSIS package to use the slash (/) character as the date separator&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*or*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update the date separator in the Windows locale setting to be identical to the date separator of variables in the SSIS package file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B918038" />
  <row Id="31643" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17670" RevisionGUID="c6f4cdd6-c0b5-4915-bfb9-6f710acd2c13" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:58:45.733" UserId="7493" Text="Hi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have any active proxy configuration in your webbrowser? Try to deactivate the proxy. Sometimes the command &quot;ipconfig /flushdns&quot; exectued in a command prompt helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you already tried to connect to your website with &quot;domaindev.com&quot;? If this works than you have to change your ServerAlias directive to an fqdn.&#xD;&#xA;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/core.html#serveralias&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31644" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17671" RevisionGUID="c630bb71-d3b5-475d-9e55-33ad787c2527" CreationDate="2009-06-02T11:59:01.290" UserId="1435" Text="Why not use VMWare/virtualisation to create a two-server+ DB cluster, each running all of your various DBs and a second two-server+ web server cluster, each serving all of your various web apps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That way you need as few servers as possible, have a built-in scaling solution that will allow you to grow/move your hot-spots as they occur and will also make best use of your assets." />
  <row Id="31645" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17672" RevisionGUID="aa1755b8-0c75-40bc-87df-16acd3b97d8a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:00:21.273" UserId="4685" Text="Note that Virtual PC or Virtual Server does not support x64 Virtual machines. Hyper-V does.&#xD;&#xA;In your case your runnin 32bit os so it doesnt matter for you. Hyper-V has to run on 64-bit OS as i recall..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With your enterprise OS there is 4 Virtual instances of the OS licenses included for each computer you buy Enterprise licenses for(Included in MS SA Agreement). Same as server 2003/2008 enterprise servers (No SA needed for server OS)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Virtual server runs your VM's when even when you are not logged on and you can control it trough http. Virtual PC is just an app you start then run whatever virtual machine you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps." />
  <row Id="31648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17674" RevisionGUID="ad7bd47b-b9b5-4101-a88a-7a0d25edda19" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:03:39.697" UserId="431" Text="If you absolutely have to use Vista x86 as the host machine, then you're stuck with Virtual PC, VMware Server or VMware Workstation.  All of them have pros and cons, but here's your bigger challenge: **how much memory are you putting into the box?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since you're using Vista x86 as the host, you're going to be limited to under 4gb of total usable memory.  When you divide that between Vista, a virtualization program, and one or more guest operating systems, the end result is going to be worthlessly slow.  You might be able to run two servers with 1gb of ram each, and even that will be pushing the limits when using Vista as the host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should seriously consider switching to a 64-bit host operating system and using more than 4gb of memory." />
  <row Id="31649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17675" RevisionGUID="461b9977-2a77-42d7-b74b-57e131826601" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:04:23.720" UserId="7309" Text="Seems like you've covered it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use a secure file transfer vendor - [Accellion][1] - as they provide a pretty decent all-in-one solution, that also runs on top of VMWare (they provide a complete vm image).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One requirement is that everything be encrypted - so you have to get on the VPN to access the service. Once in, the vm appliance takes over, authenticates users, stores the files where you need them to be on the SAN, encrypting everything in its path.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.accellion.com/ &quot;Accellion&quot;" />
  <row Id="31652" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16761" RevisionGUID="be93339c-2ddf-415c-8417-fc98a1c3708c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:09:46.167" UserId="137" Comment="Updated question" Text="I would like to set up an FTP service on a non-standard port (i.e. not 21) using the FTP service in IIS 6 on a Windows 2008 Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have set it up and tested it locally - it all works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However I am having issues when accessing it remotely. I can Telnet to the new port and see an FTP response, but I cannot create a true FTP connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I think the firewall port for the connection from my remote PC to the server is open, but the response from the server to my PC occurs on a random port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to limit the return (Outbound) ports used in the IIS 6 FTP service, I have followed the steps detailed here: [Event ID 16 — IIS FTP Service Configuration][1] (although **adsutil.vbs** was not on the server so I downloaded it it from another source and used that).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then I used the command **cscript.exe adsutil.vbs set /MSFTPSVC/PassivePortRange &quot;6000-7000&quot;** which ran okay. In then&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then I ran **net stop msftpsvc**, **net start msftpsvc** and **sc query msftpsvc**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everything ran okay, but when I test using Wireshark, I can see that the ports 6000-7000 are not being used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea what might be wrong?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc734964(WS.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="31653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17677" RevisionGUID="576cfefb-278a-4630-8da1-e937057d6632" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:10:03.170" UserId="1813" Text="When I used **RAR**, I had an option to add **some extra recovery data** in order to be able to cope with a **not-perfect medium** (think floppy disks). It saved my day several times, specially when dealing with old CDs (scratched or when the reflective layer was damaged with bubbles).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also used [Parchive][1] to redistribute several CDs with a &quot;parity&quot; one in a manner not unlike RAID.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, in the era of DVDs, external HDD and **Flash storage** : &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Is it **still worth it ?** &#xD;&#xA; 1. Is it only available as a external package like Parchive or only with RAR since [various better *compression* formats exists][2] ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**I don't want a complete solution** like the ones asked [here][3], [here][4] or [here][5], just **ideally** something as **lightweight** as **gunzip** in usage (stdin/stdout)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parchive &quot;Parity archive volume set&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/5230/which-archive-compression-format &quot;SF: Which archive/compression format ?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10625/how-do-you-handle-data-archiving&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://serverfault.com/questions/9455/good-backup-archiving-software&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8520/data-backup-redundancy-backups" />
  <row Id="31654" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17677" RevisionGUID="576cfefb-278a-4630-8da1-e937057d6632" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:10:03.170" UserId="1813" Text="Self-healing archive file format with redundancy" />
  <row Id="31655" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17677" RevisionGUID="576cfefb-278a-4630-8da1-e937057d6632" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:10:03.170" UserId="1813" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;archiving&gt;&lt;redundancy&gt;&lt;file-format&gt;&lt;tool&gt;" />
  <row Id="31656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17678" RevisionGUID="d87955d8-001a-4662-9dfa-48cc7a54201f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:11:22.063" UserId="4703" Text="Please be aware that depends where you are and where you work, rotating (deleting) logs are a serious offense. For PCI/HIPAA compliance (and others) you need to store the logs for at least 6 months/1 year.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My recommendation is to disable rotation completely (generally by removing the files from /etc/logrotate.d ) and forward them to  central location...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*I really hate the default behavior on linux systems to treat logs as not very important. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31657" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17461" RevisionGUID="48a43700-6121-4343-bccd-33ecf15dbcd3" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:11:35.993" UserId="2948" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="We allowed the IT folks to take out some frustrations &quot;Office Space&quot; style.  It was a lot of fun and really raised morale." />
  <row Id="31658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17679" RevisionGUID="39fb94d2-bddf-481f-843f-9b003b5eee4b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:03:22.357" Text="&lt;p&gt;After specifying the url of the repository, what do the tags like 'stable','non-free' mean in the entries of /etc/apt/sources.list ? If we know the url of a repository, how do we decide about these additional attributes while adding an entry in /etc/apt/sources.list ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31659" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17679" RevisionGUID="39fb94d2-bddf-481f-843f-9b003b5eee4b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:03:22.357" Text="What is the format of specifying 'http' repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list?" />
  <row Id="31660" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17679" RevisionGUID="39fb94d2-bddf-481f-843f-9b003b5eee4b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:03:22.357" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="31661" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17680" RevisionGUID="96a0becf-442a-451d-b117-ecd0b7b5628a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:14:09.310" Text="&lt;p&gt;Section 2.1 of the following page (reproduced below for ease of use) is what you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2.1 The /etc/apt/sources.list file&#xA;As part of its operation, APT uses a file that lists the 'sources' from which packages can be obtained. This file is /etc/apt/sources.list. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The entries in this file normally follow this format: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; deb http://host/debian distribution section1 section2 section3&#xA; deb-src http://host/debian distribution section1 section2 section3&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, the above entries are fictitious and should not be used. The first word on each line, deb or deb-src, indicates the type of archive: whether it contains binary packages (deb), that is, the pre-compiled packages that we normally use, or source packages (deb-src), which are the original program sources plus the Debian control file (.dsc) and the diff.gz containing the changes needed for `debianizing' the program. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We usually find the following in the default Debian sources.list: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; # See sources.list(5) for more information, especially&#xA; # Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs&#xA; # CDROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool.&#xA; deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free&#xA; deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free&#xA; deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free&#xA;&#xA; # Uncomment if you want the apt-get source function to work&#xA; #deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free&#xA; #deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are the lines needed by a basic Debian install. The first deb line points to the official archive, the second to the non-US archive and the third to the archive of Debian security updates. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The two last lines are commented out (with a `#' in front), so apt-get will ignore them. These are deb-src lines, that is, they point to Debian source packages. If you often download program sources for testing or recompiling, uncomment them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The /etc/apt/sources.list file can contain several types of lines. APT knows how to deal with archives of types http, ftp, file (local files, e.g., a directory containing a mounted ISO9660 filesystem) and ssh, that I know of. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do not forget to run apt-get update after modifying the /etc/apt/sources.list file. You must do this to let APT obtain the package lists from the sources you specified. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31662" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17681" RevisionGUID="30c74498-76a2-4406-a5df-d896dca43127" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:14:45.120" UserId="7494" Text="In the EU, whe have the [WEEE system][1] to ensure that electronic waste is handled environmentally correct. So no electronic equipment should end up in a landfill in the EU.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.weee-system.dk/ShowContent.aspx?PageID=29&amp;MenuID=33" />
  <row Id="31663" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17681" RevisionGUID="30c74498-76a2-4406-a5df-d896dca43127" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:14:45.120" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31664" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17682" RevisionGUID="9a9d2daa-6e69-414f-a6ea-11a2e64a6762" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:14:51.437" UserId="45" Text="The System State Backup should be part of your Windows Server backup plan and preparation for a disaster recivery.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The System State contains the operating configuration files. Before you install a driver, patch or program on your server, consider, what will be your fall back position if the operating system  crashes. You should create a System State backup which you could use to rollback in case of a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The System State contains boot files (Boot.ini, NDTLDR, NTDetect.com), the Windows Registry including COM settings, the SYSVOL (Group Policies and Logon Scripts), the Active Directory and NTDS.DIT on Domain Controllers and, if the service is installed, the Certificate Store. If your server runs IIS, the IIS Metadirectory will be includedand Cluster Service information if the server is part of a cluster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Note:* When you backup System State, you can either include or exclude system-protected boot files. System-protected boot files are not used for installations from restored backup media. When the backup file that you create is to be used for additional domain controller installations, you can uncheck the advanced option to back up system-protected files. Clearing this option decreases the size of the `.bkf` file, as well as the time required to backup, restore, and copy the System State files.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31665" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17683" RevisionGUID="1ada1d7d-7844-4cec-a6ca-a64010b15eec" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:15:31.280" UserId="5343" Text="Some years ago, I wrote a shell script which did just that. It was called binmail.sh. It used a base64 encoder (many source codes can be found with [google][1]) and built attachments according to [RFC1521][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/search?q=base64+encoder+source&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1521.txt" />
  <row Id="31666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17684" RevisionGUID="05fa463a-0516-4382-9b26-8d262af3a12a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:17:30.763" UserId="4703" Text="It depends how do you connect to your database. If you are using a web application, Snort (and other NIDS) will be able to detect SQL injections and other attacks that happen over HTTP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The issue is if you are using SSL or encrypted connections to your db, your NIDS will be blind to the traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's why log analysis is very important. The only way your db talks back to you is through the logs and many DBAs are not familiar with it. I really don't understand why everyone accepts web logging as familiar, but neglect db logging (I will rant more about it another time).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To enable mysql log:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.ossec.net/wiki/index.php/SQL_Logging#MySQL_Logging&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also use the open source OSSEC to monitor my MySQL logs and it works great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31667" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17685" RevisionGUID="49dc4d99-3f3a-4264-ad6a-643affcd36de" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:19:58.987" UserId="6681" Text="I have a batch file that I'd like to run on startup of an EC2 Windows AMI.  The program I'd like to run from that batch file takes the instance-id of the EC2 machine as a parameter.  What is the simplest way to get that Instance ID passed as an argument to that program?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From &lt;a href=&quot;http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/2008-08-08/DeveloperGuide/index.html?AESDG-chapter-instancedata.html&quot;&gt;Amazon's Documentation on the subject&lt;/a&gt;, I see that you're supposed to issue a WGET to a specified URL and parse the response.  So an alternate way of phrasing this question might be &quot;How do I pass the contents of a HTTP request to a program as an argument in a Windows batch file&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In pseudocode, this is what I'd like to do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    set ID = GET http://169.254.169.254/2008-08-08/meta-data/instance-id&#xD;&#xA;    myprogram.exe /instanceID=%ID%&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions on how I might proceed?" />
  <row Id="31668" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17685" RevisionGUID="49dc4d99-3f3a-4264-ad6a-643affcd36de" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:19:58.987" UserId="6681" Text="How to get an EC2 Windows machine's instance-id into a batch variable" />
  <row Id="31669" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17685" RevisionGUID="49dc4d99-3f3a-4264-ad6a-643affcd36de" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:19:58.987" UserId="6681" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;batch-file&gt;&lt;amazon-ec2&gt;" />
  <row Id="31670" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17686" RevisionGUID="bbf49a4a-1d0f-4e5e-8dc7-726da304ee84" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:21:09.173" UserId="4392" Text="I suppose it depends on your environment. I occasionally get an optical disk that can't be read, but rare is the time that I've actually lost data because of it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there were a solution that was nearly universal, and unobtrusive, and didn't double the amount of space needed, then I think it would be worth it, but it hasn't affected me much, so I don't see the need, even though others might. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I'm transferring things, I typically do so over the network, and when I don't md5sum tells me whether I got a good copy or not, even before I disconnect the storage. " />
  <row Id="31671" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17682" RevisionGUID="b1fda1a5-3ef8-4e2c-b075-10573afed8d9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:21:29.983" UserId="45" Comment="added 585 characters in body" Text="The System State Backup should be part of your Windows Server backup plan and preparation for a disaster recivery.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The System State contains the operating configuration files. Before you install a driver, patch or program on your server, consider, what will be your fall back position if the operating system  crashes. You should create a System State backup which you could use to rollback in case of a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The System State contains boot files (Boot.ini, NDTLDR, NTDetect.com), the Windows Registry including COM settings, the SYSVOL (Group Policies and Logon Scripts), the Active Directory and NTDS.DIT on Domain Controllers and, if the service is installed, the Certificate Store. If your server runs IIS, the IIS Metadirectory will be includedand Cluster Service information if the server is part of a cluster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You don’t have to know which of these components to choose. The Backup/Restore application will do this automatically when you start a System State backup. Likewise you cannot choose which components to restore: all System State data will be restored, because of possible dependencies among the components. It is possible to restore the System State to an alternative location. Not all data is restored when you restore to an alternative location. Only the components System boot files, registry files, SYSVOL directory files and Cluster database information files will be restored. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Note:* When you backup System State, you can either include or exclude system-protected boot files. System-protected boot files are not used for installations from restored backup media. When the backup file that you create is to be used for additional domain controller installations, you can uncheck the advanced option to back up system-protected files. Clearing this option decreases the size of the `.bkf` file, as well as the time required to backup, restore, and copy the System State files." />
  <row Id="31672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17687" RevisionGUID="2bcc81cc-61ff-43f5-9297-a4673f1675b4" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:21:45.740" UserId="7058" Text="Dar at [http://dar.linux.free.fr/][1] support's parity and a bunch of other options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for if it's still worth it?  I make 2 copies of everything I back up, and a 3rd for super important stuff (tax returns, mortage stuff, etc).  One on an NAS for easy access and 1 on DVD for long term storage. The 3rd copies tend to make their way into my fire safe on DVD in a nice case to prevent scratching. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It comes down to the value of the data your saving.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://dar.linux.free.fr/" />
  <row Id="31675" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17689" RevisionGUID="3ce639f4-6cc2-4065-8c67-959e17f9c029" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:25:47.703" UserId="4703" Text="Honeypots are extremally useful for any environment and they don't need to be anything fancy or crazy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Examples that we do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Create a fake account on or mailserver (say userX) with a few fake links in his mailbox (things like user directory link, payment link, etc all pointing to an internal server). Now we monitor any access to these pages via the logs and we know that if we ever see access to them is because someone is reading someone's else email or broke to the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Add a non-published system with non-used IP to our network. Any access to them is probably caused by a scan or maybe bad-configured system (yes, it happens).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And many other things... These little &quot;honeypots&quot; are so easy to setup and the benefits are amazing. We even had a system admin fired for looking at a fake payroll link.&#xD;&#xA;  " />
  <row Id="31676" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17690" RevisionGUID="4053baf0-0f62-49fd-9c6f-401bcd4dab3e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:25:51.120" UserId="3984" Text="Hi Michael,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You seem to be very close to a request that I have on a frequent basis from various managers here. &quot;Can you tell me what parts of the [insert name here] website are not visited?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The answer is simply anything that isnt reported as visited. I have gone around the explanation that its not possible to report on anything that inst in the log so many times!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reporting on nil hits is essentially a report of your whole website (100's or 1000's of pages??) with the visited ones excluded. It becomes less practical as the size of the site increases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are you intentions for the data - your query just lists the data to screen - do you put this into any sort of file/archive/database for further processing eg csv file for Excel to produce graphs, SQL DB for activity reports..?" />
  <row Id="31677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17691" RevisionGUID="2889cad5-eca9-4443-b8d0-3f68d7f636c8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:26:21.697" UserId="7502" Text="Hi, would you tell me 3 antivirus programs and put them into TOP 3 list? Should i take Kaspersky, AVG, Avast, McAfee or Symantec? Thanks!" />
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  <row Id="31680" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17692" RevisionGUID="b9529636-0a0c-4f29-822e-730f184464b8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:30:50.680" UserId="7503" Text="I frequently used AVG, but the more recent versions have veered towards bloatware.  I would suggest something along the lines of ClamAV, NOD32, or Kapersky." />
  <row Id="31681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17693" RevisionGUID="44ba04a5-72c8-4eb0-907d-cb24ad0ed3ca" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:31:17.607" UserId="7501" Text="We have a machine running Windows 2008 Enterprise with the Hyper-V Server role. The machine has 48 GB of RAM, and a RAID1 of just 74 GB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The VMs are stored on a SAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is, does the Hyper-V host server itself need a big swap file for anything?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know the recommended size of the swap file is at least 1.5 times the amount of physical memory installed, but this is more than the amount of physical disk space. I could store part of the swap file on the SAN but I'd rather not do that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In theory, being just a VM host, the machine should be able to run without a swap file at all, but I have my doubts. Anyone with first hand experience on this?" />
  <row Id="31682" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17693" RevisionGUID="44ba04a5-72c8-4eb0-907d-cb24ad0ed3ca" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:31:17.607" UserId="7501" Text="Swap file for a Hyper-V host" />
  <row Id="31683" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17693" RevisionGUID="44ba04a5-72c8-4eb0-907d-cb24ad0ed3ca" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:31:17.607" UserId="7501" Text="&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;swap&gt;" />
  <row Id="31684" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17694" RevisionGUID="15e60480-7ae6-44b1-af72-adda490f53ad" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:31:47.247" UserId="4829" Text="When I first setup a Windows 2000 and then 2003 Server in our office using per-server licensing, we got the default 5-user CAL pack.  I noticed that after 3 users logged in, the Server would kick out a notice that I had too many people has logged in.  That's when I noticed that the Server was counting users twice - once for their login, and once for their computer...  For example, if User X logs in from Computer Y, then both X and Y would show up as having used a license.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only workaround I found was to disable the License Logging Service.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What was I doing wrong?" />
  <row Id="31685" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17694" RevisionGUID="15e60480-7ae6-44b1-af72-adda490f53ad" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:31:47.247" UserId="4829" Text="Windows License Logging Server" />
  <row Id="31686" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17694" RevisionGUID="15e60480-7ae6-44b1-af72-adda490f53ad" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:31:47.247" UserId="4829" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;licensing&gt;" />
  <row Id="31687" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17695" RevisionGUID="8e6c8a55-afd4-449d-b9f4-66ce005d3ee2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:32:20.367" UserId="846" Text="The answer depends on if you are using MS Exchange as your mail server.  It looks to me like you are because of the .ost file, and because you only noted that your mail *archive* was missing.  The .ost and .pab are caching files representing data on the server, so you they can be ignored.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I would do is ...  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Move all three files to a safe location.&#xD;&#xA; 2. setup Outlook on the new system.  You should see the .ost and .pab recreated and repopulated, and the email on the server should be there.  &#xD;&#xA; 3. move the .pst file to the new laptop, perhaps into an &quot;email archive&quot; folder you create wherever you store your documents.  &#xD;&#xA; 4. In Outlook, open the .PST file (user File/Open/Outlook Data File).  You should see the Archive as a separate entry on the Folder List.  &#xD;&#xA; 5. In Outlook check the AutoArchive settings (Tools/Options, Other Tab).  They may be greyed out if the admin controls them via Group Policy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are not on Exchange, then Sam Cogan's [answer][1] (export everything on old system, import on new) will work well.  If you are on Exchange, his solution will (I believe) end up duplicating your mail on the server and irritating your email admin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/17638/moving-my-outlook-2003-archive-from-one-laptop-to-another/17653#17653" />
  <row Id="31688" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17696" RevisionGUID="3233079e-7864-4f11-b4a7-032fffb01bff" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:32:40.383" UserId="2368" Text="Nowadays, its a subjective question. Subjective as it is, I am going to answer it: I prefer Kaspersky. I've had very pleasant experience with it in the past, it features excellent registry/behavioural monitoring facilities, the response time of the support lightning quick (you could submit a sample, that's not in the signature db and it would be in the updates within an hour, usually even quicker).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the way. Antivirus tests mean nothing. At all." />
  <row Id="31689" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="17691" RevisionGUID="55046e50-9cac-4152-9e19-337712f41501" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:33:18.277" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="31690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17697" RevisionGUID="b4f86dbb-d3ff-419d-8443-e41d2690876e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:33:43.393" UserId="7506" Text="For large volumes I dont think its worth the extra processing overhead of creating parity bits.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just go with the rule of keeping '**it**' in multiple places, disks are cheap, the internet clouds are here, online storage is abundent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where possible store on 2 different technologies.  In the case that some strange airbourne fungus wipes out all your DVD's you may still be able to recover data from say a disk or online." />
  <row Id="31692" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17638" RevisionGUID="7b76130c-3fa6-4905-b415-b2c5831f7f21" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:35:36.717" UserId="1803" Comment="tag" Text="&lt;outlook-2003&gt;&lt;archive&gt;&lt;belongs-on-superuser&gt;" />
  <row Id="31693" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17449" RevisionGUID="e3a2fbae-9424-4fd4-ae4a-7b3032462535" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:36:19.273" UserId="1803" Comment="tag" Text="&lt;p&gt;.ldf file is corrupted so I need to completely rebuild master database on a SQL Express 2008 installation.  Is there anything short of destroying the instance completely and starting over?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31694" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17449" RevisionGUID="e3a2fbae-9424-4fd4-ae4a-7b3032462535" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:36:19.273" UserId="1803" Comment="tag" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-express&gt;" />
  <row Id="31695" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17698" RevisionGUID="880c1c0d-8fd4-4911-ac15-fb6dab7a3f15" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:36:32.673" UserId="4392" Text="I used to have 40ish Linux servers, all with local authentication. Life was hell. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I finally solved the problem by building an Active Direcotry infrastructure and implementing Likewise Open to authenticate all of my machines (plus samba, ftp, jabber, and half a dozen web apps). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I've got 80-100 servers all using the same authentication and my users love it (but not nearly as much as I do). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have never once regretted using Likewise. I talked about it so much on my blog that they sent me a T-shirt! " />
  <row Id="31696" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17495" RevisionGUID="02da0330-d67d-4c34-9c65-12bb6866a4f5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:37:00.677" UserId="1803" Comment="tag" Text="&lt;p&gt;I am planning on developing a new web application and making it a public site. I plan to use ASP.NET,C# and LINQ. I am flexible/willing to experiment with the other components. &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can you suggest any web hosting sites? &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31697" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17495" RevisionGUID="02da0330-d67d-4c34-9c65-12bb6866a4f5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:37:00.677" UserId="1803" Comment="tag" Text="&lt;web&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;recommendation&gt;" />
  <row Id="31698" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17699" RevisionGUID="22c7be6a-94f6-4a4b-84a7-5b814d7f72f3" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:39:27.290" UserId="3274" Text="hmm comments don't like code.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    interval=5&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    while [ 0 -lt 1 ]; do &#xD;&#xA;             ifconfig eth0 up &#xD;&#xA;             ifconfig eth0 | grep 'inet addr' | awk '{ print $2 }' | cut -c 6- &gt; /tmp/eth0.stat&#xD;&#xA;             if [ -z /tmp/eth0.stat ]; then&#xD;&#xA;             ifconfig eth0 down&#xD;&#xA;             sleep $interval&#xD;&#xA;             else&#xD;&#xA;             echo &quot;We have an address (`cat /tmp/eth0.stat`), looking good.&quot; &gt; /var/log/eth0.stat.log&#xD;&#xA;             sleep 10&#xD;&#xA;             fi&#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;create a daemon to run this on startup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;let me know how it works out" />
  <row Id="31699" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4707" RevisionGUID="7b363411-861e-4473-867e-e76da2c989eb" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:40:24.997" UserId="1803" Comment="tag" Text="&lt;donation&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="31700" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17690" RevisionGUID="96f3d8c8-5699-40dd-a40c-752fac99953e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:40:38.647" UserId="3984" Comment="typo's ahoy! I need typing lessons" Text="Hi Michael,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You seem to be very close to a request that I have on a frequent basis from various managers here. &quot;Can you tell me what parts of the [insert name here] website are not visited?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The answer is simply anything that isnt reported as visited. I have gone around the explanation that its not possible to report on anything that isnt in the log so many times!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reporting on nil hits is essentially a report of your whole website (100's or 1000's of pages??) with the visited ones excluded. It becomes less practical as the size of the site increases. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are you intentions for the data - your query just lists the data to screen - do you put this into any sort of file/archive/database for further processing eg csv file for Excel to produce graphs, SQL DB for activity reports..?" />
  <row Id="31701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17700" RevisionGUID="94593cbb-0004-41c4-9d05-abbb285b5a6e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:41:10.100" UserId="431" Text="VMware ESX admins have to pay attention to host swap file sizes because you can overcommit on memory.  With Hyper-V, you can't overcommit on memory - for example, you can't take a host with 16gb of ram and start up 8 guests with 4gb of ram each.  There's pros and cons to that approach.  In a nutshell, though, you're right in saying it shouldn't need a host file - as long as you don't run anything on the host other than Hyper-V guests.  If you remote desktop in and run things, or if you run third party backup or antivirus software on the host, you should set up a page file just to be safe.  I've seen instances where people RDP into the host and run a backup software console written in Java, for example, and it needs gigs of memory in order to start &amp; run a restore operation." />
  <row Id="31702" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17701" RevisionGUID="868695dd-102f-464e-a6b2-6679b9d05490" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:41:43.280" UserId="4084" Text="As already said, you should not use an unregistered TLD for your private network.&#xD;&#xA;Especially now that ICANN allows almost anybody to register new TLDs.&#xD;&#xA;You should then use a real domain name&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other side, the [RFC 1918][1] is clear:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Indirect references to such addresses&#xD;&#xA;&gt; should be contained within the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; enterprise. Prominent examples of such&#xD;&#xA;&gt; references are DNS Resource Records&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and other information referring to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; internal private addresses.&#xD;&#xA;So your name server should also use views to prevent the private records to be transmitted on the Internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1918.txt &quot;RFC 1918&quot;" />
  <row Id="31703" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17702" RevisionGUID="b147cedb-b107-40b8-b4f1-3ba48818937a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:41:46.870" UserId="7309" Text="Each repository can decide how they wish to structure their packages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some provide &quot;standard&quot; naming, such as `stable`, `unstable` and `non-free`, but each can differ - adding `sarge`, `potato` and more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One such provider can be seen on Opera's site, [here][1]. As you browse the directory strcuture, you can see how the `deb` directives match with the actual URL being used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://deb.opera.com/ &quot;Opera's Deb Repo&quot;" />
  <row Id="31704" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17702" RevisionGUID="b147cedb-b107-40b8-b4f1-3ba48818937a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:41:46.870" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31705" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12845" RevisionGUID="5021803c-571b-4885-b92d-e7ba343e5676" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:43:03.903" UserId="2604" Comment="Added a missing word" Text="The built-in solution is Group Policy &lt;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/grouppolicy/default.aspx&gt;.  It allows you to enforce configuration of thousands of settings, and you can apply any combination of settings to any combination of servers and clients.  Most policies prevent users (even those with administrative credentials) from changing the affected settings, and the settings are reapplied at system boot or user logon (depending on whether the setting is a per-computer or per-user setting).  Group Policies can even install programs that are provided as Windows Installer packages.  For automated operating system installation, see if Windows Deployment Services meets your needs:  &lt;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772106.aspx&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need Group Policy change management features, investigate the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack's (MDOP's) Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) component.  MDOP is an add-on subscription to Software Assurance on the Windows Client (Vista or 7).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MDOP:  &lt;http://www.microsoft.com/windows/enterprise/products/mdop.aspx&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Software Assurance:  &lt;http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/software-assurance/default.aspx&gt;.  Contact your reseller for purchasing information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31706" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17703" RevisionGUID="db40efec-717e-4676-8217-45c3f9e2b1e6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:43:10.893" UserId="4392" Text="I feel the need to add to this discussion. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've got 20 Dell PowerEdge 1955 blades in 2 chassis. I love the hardware. There are some oddities (servers in the same chassis all have to have the same daughter card, or no daughter card. Servers won't turn on if one has a GbE DC and another has a FC), but by far the worst thing about these is the Dell DRAC. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have never in my life seen a more miserable excuse for a management interface. It fully supports multiple simultaneous logins, but the thing is so slow that it can't do it. The processor on that card is so weak that sometimes the images on the webpage time out before it can all load. It's unusable 80% of the time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've called Dell about it, and all they can say is &quot;Yes, DRAC is slow. We know.&quot;. I like the hardware otherwise, but damn the DRAC is miserable. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31707" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17703" RevisionGUID="db40efec-717e-4676-8217-45c3f9e2b1e6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:43:10.893" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31709" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17276" RevisionGUID="075918c2-414d-45f0-910e-57fc57945460" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:43:54.857" UserId="431" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;servicepacks&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="31710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17705" RevisionGUID="9df710c9-f311-4562-8d78-9dcedc327b7b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:44:41.097" UserId="45" Text="Alternative: maybe you could do this using **PowerShell** on Amazon's EC2. Here are some links to start:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [EC2Dream - Scripting with PowerShell][1]&#xD;&#xA;- [PowerShell and Amazon Web Service][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:  http://www.ec2dream.com/2009/05/scripting-with-powershell.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.kombitz.com/2006/07/19/powershell-and-amazon-web-service/" />
  <row Id="31711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17706" RevisionGUID="ad548c9f-c35d-4cb0-aa6b-53fc89798f7a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:48:47.050" UserId="7489" Text="By default your system will use logrotate, which will rename logs. That can be a good policy for some system logs, but I don't think it's the best option for www logs. One good option for Apache is to use a different logger: [cronolog][1] will rotate your logs changing its name and can be configured to do nearly everything you coud do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a lot of articles about how to use and configure cronolog, there are many that will instruct you to modify your Apache configuration file (usually in /etc/httpd/) to get nicer weblogs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://cronolog.org/" />
  <row Id="31712" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17679" RevisionGUID="9539cb9e-baff-4a21-bde5-666972f01183" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:49:01.607" UserId="914" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;After specifying the url of the repository, what do the tags like 'stable','non-free' mean in the entries of /etc/apt/sources.list ? If we know the url of a repository, how do we decide about these additional attributes while adding an entry in /etc/apt/sources.list ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31713" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17679" RevisionGUID="9539cb9e-baff-4a21-bde5-666972f01183" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:49:01.607" UserId="914" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;apt&gt;&lt;aptitude&gt;&lt;repository&gt;" />
  <row Id="31714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17707" RevisionGUID="5523306f-0d0e-4cd5-a310-1503a0003b5b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:49:09.250" UserId="5234" Text="If you want absolute portability you can telnet into your mail server on port 25 and issue SMTP commands directly.  They're not too hard, and it should be *very* scriptable." />
  <row Id="31715" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17708" RevisionGUID="a46f22cc-4f7c-4004-b489-1524a87e5758" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:49:48.670" UserId="6246" Text="Using DRBD version: 8.2.6 (api:88/proto:86-88) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the contents of /etc/ha.d/haresources&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;    db1     192.168.100.200/24/eth0 drbddisk::mysql Filesystem::/dev/drbd0::/drbd::ext3::defaults mysql&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and /etc/ha.d/ha.cf &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;    logfile        /var/log/ha-log&#xD;&#xA;    logfacility     local0&#xD;&#xA;    keepalive 1&#xD;&#xA;    deadtime 30&#xD;&#xA;    warntime 10&#xD;&#xA;    initdead 120&#xD;&#xA;    udpport        694&#xD;&#xA;    bcast  eth0, eth4  &#xD;&#xA;    auto_failback off&#xD;&#xA;    node    db1&#xD;&#xA;    node    db2&#xD;&#xA;    respawn hacluster /usr/lib64/heartbeat/ipfail&#xD;&#xA;    apiauth ipfail gid=haclient uid=hacluster&#xD;&#xA;    deadping 5&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When testing failover between machines I ran the following commands on db2:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;    service heartbeat stop&#xD;&#xA;    service mysqld stop&#xD;&#xA;    drbdadm down mysql&#xD;&#xA;    service drbd stop&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/proc/drbd on db1 reported&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;     0: cs:Connected st:Primary/Unknown ds:UpToDate/DUnknown C r---&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What happened next, after:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Bringing the services back online on db2&#xD;&#xA; - Transferring primary to db2 using hb_primary script&#xD;&#xA; - Taking db1 down as above&#xD;&#xA; - Bringing the services back online on db1&#xD;&#xA; - Transferring primary back to db1 using hb_primary script&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;was db1 remounted the DRBD disk, assumed the correct IP and started MySQL. There was massive MySQL table corruption; it was all fixable (using InnoDB recovery mode 6, mysqlcheck and the occasional backup), but how did it happen?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I speculate: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. DRBD disconnected the disk from the filesystem while it was being used by MySQL, as a clean MySQL shutdown would not have resulted in corrupt data&#xD;&#xA; 2. heartbeat controlled DRBD, and stopping the heartbeat service &quot;pulled the plug&quot; on DRBD&#xD;&#xA; 3. this may happen again in the case of an actual failover (due to heartbeat ping timeout)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do not have access to this setup again for some time, and would like to repeat the test.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are the configuration settings correct?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Was the corruption the result of my manual testing?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a better way to test failover than to stop the heartbeat service and let it run the haresources commands? &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31716" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17708" RevisionGUID="a46f22cc-4f7c-4004-b489-1524a87e5758" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:49:48.670" UserId="6246" Text="Data loss due to MySQL DRBD Heartbeat failover script" />
  <row Id="31717" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17708" RevisionGUID="a46f22cc-4f7c-4004-b489-1524a87e5758" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:49:48.670" UserId="6246" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;drbd&gt;&lt;heartbeat&gt;&lt;high-availability&gt;&lt;data-loss&gt;" />
  <row Id="31718" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17709" RevisionGUID="7dc3acdb-7cf3-425c-a60b-7234bcb714a6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:50:05.737" UserId="7200" Text="You weren't doing anything wrong, per se. The License Logging Service is deprecated (except on some of the &quot;Small Business Server&quot; flavors) and you're safe to disable it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The License Logging service is a tool that was originally designed to help customers manage licenses for Microsoft server products that are licensed in the Server Client Access License (CAL) model.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; By default, the License Logging service is disabled in Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003. Because of original design constraints and evolving license terms and conditions, the License Logging service cannot provide an accurate view of the total number of CALs that are purchased as compared to the total number of CALs that are used on a single server or across the enterprise. The CALs that are reported by the License Logging service may conflict with the interpretation of the End User License Agreement (EULA) and with Product Usage Rights (PUR). The License Logging service will not be included in future versions of the Windows operating system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa995711.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See also: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316631&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31719" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17710" RevisionGUID="374b4998-c1db-4c0a-972e-914b6674e12c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:50:29.997" UserId="7410" Text="If I have a Windows server (typically 2000, 2003 or 2008), is there a simple way to list all local directories shared on that server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can find the shares themselves easily enough, but I would love a quick way to find the local directories they represent on disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="31720" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17710" RevisionGUID="374b4998-c1db-4c0a-972e-914b6674e12c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:50:29.997" UserId="7410" Text="How can I get a list of shared directories on local Windows server?" />
  <row Id="31721" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17710" RevisionGUID="374b4998-c1db-4c0a-972e-914b6674e12c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:50:29.997" UserId="7410" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;file-sharing&gt;" />
  <row Id="31722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17711" RevisionGUID="c56587ab-836f-45f5-9d9a-e6ab8f54925a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:51:04.300" UserId="2604" Text="The License Logging Service is deprecated in Windows Server 2003.  It does not count license usage correctly, as you have seen, and so you did the right thing by disabling it.  On a fresh installation of Windows Server 2003, the service is disabled by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft explains this in KB824196:  &lt;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824196&gt;." />
  <row Id="31724" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17654" RevisionGUID="cd4a2ebd-a3d4-4ca9-a256-1e4254d5a2e2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:52:07.810" UserId="1803" Comment="tag" Text="&lt;x64&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;printers&gt;&lt;sharing&gt;&lt;belongs-on-superuser&gt;" />
  <row Id="31725" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17713" RevisionGUID="202b7f6b-06f1-4bec-9e0f-90de2b09c492" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:52:32.023" UserId="5234" Text="Have you actually looked at cmd.exe recently?  Since at least as far back as Windows XP it supports all of your requirements aside from / instead of \ (so no bonus points but otherwise it's fine)." />
  <row Id="31726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17714" RevisionGUID="7f7b87c2-93fc-443f-8fae-af0744472dc3" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:52:55.313" UserId="48" Text="You can go into computer management, expand the shares node and see a list of all shares, connected sessions and open files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/1309/shares.png" />
  <row Id="31727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17715" RevisionGUID="8406bd25-7e6f-4d18-bc40-95ba98f17c87" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:53:35.687" UserId="7200" Text="For a quick-and-dirty list, from a command-prompt execute &quot;NET SHARE&quot;. The only problem with this command is that it thoughtfully formats data into columns and potentially cuts off long paths.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may be better served by doing at &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;with REGEDIT. You can export this as-desired.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31728" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17716" RevisionGUID="e8f15ed2-f516-4ef0-b1fe-f23f4b2ae986" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:54:36.183" UserId="7058" Text="This may be a bit offtopic, but I'm using [denyhosts][1] and it's greatly reduced brute force attempts on my Linux boxes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="31730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17717" RevisionGUID="08d863c9-3231-493d-9ebc-35560f72fe3b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:55:25.140" UserId="2869" Text="Right click on your `My Computer` icon and choose `Manage`.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the window that opens, look in the tree on the left for the icon labeled `Shared Folders` and expand it to find another icon labeled `Shares`.  Click here and you should see a list of all current shares." />
  <row Id="31731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17718" RevisionGUID="e7f98f7f-cf61-4f6b-9ee1-d159ecd6d7b0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:55:55.887" UserId="7494" Text="How do I change swap partition in Linux?&#xD;&#xA;If I currently use /dev/hda3 for swap, and I rather would like to use /dev/hda4, which steps should I go through?" />
  <row Id="31732" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17718" RevisionGUID="e7f98f7f-cf61-4f6b-9ee1-d159ecd6d7b0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:55:55.887" UserId="7494" Text="How do I change swap partition in Linux?" />
  <row Id="31733" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17718" RevisionGUID="e7f98f7f-cf61-4f6b-9ee1-d159ecd6d7b0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:55:55.887" UserId="7494" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;swap&gt;" />
  <row Id="31734" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17719" RevisionGUID="52569eb9-b6d8-4853-8c67-cc53d3e20abe" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:56:02.423" UserId="7506" Text="In operation of a virtual Vmware or Hyper-V guest typically advice is given to defrag the host and virtual disk images so to result in improved performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Something like a `cmd: vmware-vdiskmanager -d &lt;file.vmdk&gt; works great.`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yet I can't find any qualitive evidence that suggest defraging inside the guest VM improves performance.  Does anyone have advice or evidence that doesn't come from a commercial defragger's whitepaper that suggests inside guest defragging helps?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31735" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17719" RevisionGUID="52569eb9-b6d8-4853-8c67-cc53d3e20abe" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:56:02.423" UserId="7506" Text="VM Virtual guest machine disk defrag improves performance, myth or reality?" />
  <row Id="31736" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17719" RevisionGUID="52569eb9-b6d8-4853-8c67-cc53d3e20abe" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:56:02.423" UserId="7506" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;defrag&gt;" />
  <row Id="31737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17720" RevisionGUID="541932de-46b4-4291-b49d-19636ec36ea6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:57:14.153" UserId="3552" Text="I usually use [par2][1] when dealing with somewhat large (&gt;100MB) files. The extra amount of processing time is worth peace of mind and not that noticable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parchive" />
  <row Id="31738" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17721" RevisionGUID="913abadb-85a0-4ddd-8085-bd307483d8d9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:57:36.180" UserId="1440" Text="Use WMI: Win32_Share.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In PowerShell:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    gwmi -class Win32_Share&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This also includes the system provided shares and will work remotely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;THe resulting object's Path property is the local path." />
  <row Id="31739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17722" RevisionGUID="973f2955-7dce-47a7-bc51-2f001f887320" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:57:38.863" UserId="4487" Text="`net share` from a command prompt will give you the share name and path. If you need something more advanced, you could query WMI using VBScript or PowerShell." />
  <row Id="31740" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14811" RevisionGUID="b4cb69d8-0679-481a-a7c1-775a72c88b3d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T12:58:26.350" UserId="1561" Comment="added 285 characters in body; added 4 characters in body" Text="WINS is *still* very much a requirement, despite every attempt by every Windows admin in the world to bludgeon it to death.  Anytime there is a separation of subnets, you're going to need WINS.  Running a VPN for separate sites?  That implies a subnet - and WINS.  Have older clients that don't understand AD?  You need WINS.  Have a DOS application that you're networking?  WINS again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WINS is also used for populating browse lists.  While Active Directory based machines can work without WINS, there can be a delay as the browse lists are populated in the following sequence:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. NetBIOS Remote Name Cache&#xD;&#xA; 2. WINS&#xD;&#xA; 3. Broadcast&#xD;&#xA; 4. LMHOSTS&#xD;&#xA; 5. HOSTS&#xD;&#xA; 6. DNS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The crux of the problem stems from the roots of LANMAN, which begat SMB, which begat CIFS...you can see where this is going.  LANMAN was very much a LAN-based protocol - it had no concept of &quot;Internet&quot;, much less &quot;routing&quot;.  WINS was developed to bridge that gap and make routing possible.  Fast-forward to the present, and CIFS still has some backwards-compatible support for LANMAN in it.  UNC path names may be &quot;modern&quot;, but they will still attach to a LANMAN server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MS is very close to getting out of the WINS server biz but there are just too many &quot;legacy&quot; hooks, not only in the OS, but in applications and services as well, that require a WINS server.  And **as long as there is support for LANMAN-style transmissions**, there will be a need to have a WINS server around." />
  <row Id="31741" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17723" RevisionGUID="50ad261a-de4c-4fdd-85b1-96b444df5a5e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:00:09.767" UserId="4084" Text="From a command line prompt, you can use the &quot;net share&quot; command.&#xD;&#xA;It will print a table with the list of the share name, the resource and an optional remark." />
  <row Id="31742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17724" RevisionGUID="23bdac01-1ef0-401f-9805-5729cad3eda0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:00:18.517" UserId="5234" Text="Forgetting that there are hundreds or thousands of people who will be affected by the consequences of your actions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Failing to get the basics adequately covered in your blind rush to the exciting stuff.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31743" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17724" RevisionGUID="23bdac01-1ef0-401f-9805-5729cad3eda0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:00:18.517" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17725" RevisionGUID="24c36fc9-a50b-451c-b449-fe123413421a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:00:53.680" UserId="6729" Text="Do it as root:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    swapoff /dev/hda3&#xD;&#xA;    mkswap /dev/hda4&#xD;&#xA;    swapon /dev/hda4&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and edit your /etc/fstab" />
  <row Id="31745" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17726" RevisionGUID="ca86d664-3e93-48c1-afa7-712770913184" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:01:11.433" UserId="431" Text="It depends on the performance of your storage and the performance of your application.  The challenge with current virtualization hosts is that each guest can only get 1 host bus adapter (HBA) of throughput to any given LUN.  (The only exception to this is the latest VMware vSphere v4.0 - the very top level of licensing gets you the chance to run EMC's multipathing software.)  So, if your throughput bottleneck is a single HBA even when no other guests are using the storage, fragmentation isn't usually going to be the weakest link in the virtual chain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Plus, toss in the fact that several virtual guests usually share the same SAN lun anyway.  If three servers are accessing their drives simultaneously, and they all share the same physical array, then all access is essentially random.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only time I'd look at defragmenting virtual disks is if each guest had its own dedicated SAN array, and if HBA throughput wasn't a bottleneck." />
  <row Id="31746" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17727" RevisionGUID="7eae02bb-b3c6-404c-8e93-8a1894f730fb" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:01:34.210" UserId="2561" Text="On the fly:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo swapoff /dev/hda3&#xD;&#xA;    sudo mkswap /dev/hda4&#xD;&#xA;    sudo swapon /dev/hda4&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For bootime edit the /etc/fstab file and the change the /dev/hda3 line accordingly.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17728" RevisionGUID="18d97789-22a6-4f01-9400-20dd7163d331" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:01:52.197" UserId="7058" Text="You'll need to format /dev/hda4 as swap, which I think just deletes the file system tables, then just edit /etc/fstab and point swap to /dev/hda4.  Then reboot and you should be good.  It goes without saying that you'll lose any data on /dev/hda4. You can use gparted as a gui for the formatting." />
  <row Id="31748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17729" RevisionGUID="62cef971-5e87-4152-998b-1259885ddf7d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:02:21.743" UserId="7073" Text="To everyone saying give it to some non-profit place I'd just like to say I really hate it when people bring their old crap to us.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do the IT for a non-profit, one that has been mentioned here already and while we don't need to compute pi to the 4 billionth number, please don't think we'll take any old crap.  I know I don't speak for all of us, but I hate it when people drop off an old computer that turns out to be a PIII POS, oh it works great they say.  Yeah ummmmm our current oldest computer is a P4 and its being replaced next week.  If its too old for you to run your office applications on, then its likely too old for us as well. Its an office, we have work to do and we still need to do it effectively.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have 30 computers and 3 servers, of those we have a 4 year life cycle plan on the work stations and 5 on the servers, and if needed we can drag that out a little if we can't quite replace them all when expected.  This allows us to plan and budget for replacement.  Because we've done it right the computer system has become a necessity and requirement, especially since we're 24/7 and the night shift uses email to maintain effective communications with the day shift &amp; management.  We'd rather have fewer good computers then more that just create problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Management used to think it was a good idea to take the used stuff, until it was shown to them how many hours were spent wasted with down equipment, slow equipment, lost work, etc buy using used/old equipment.  When you can get a NEW low end workstation (and business class vostro not home) for $350 from Dell, thats less then $100 year per computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We don't even try and give ours away when we replace them, we just dispose of them.  Luckly enough for us, the local city takes electronics (for proper recycling) for free from residental, so I slowly discard them over a period of 6 months.  If it truly is a family that can use it, then sure, but otherwise disposing of it properly ensures that it was done right, rather then risking the next person just trashing it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31749" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17729" RevisionGUID="62cef971-5e87-4152-998b-1259885ddf7d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:02:21.743" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17730" RevisionGUID="eaca3b62-963f-463d-90c9-0bc2301fd0a5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:03:34.007" UserId="2604" Text="Use a subdomain of your company's registered domain for internal machines whose names you do not want available on the Internet.  (Then, of course, only host those names on your internal DNS servers.)  Here are some examples for the fictitious Example Corporation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Internet-facing servers:**  &#xD;&#xA;www.example.com  &#xD;&#xA;mail.example.com  &#xD;&#xA;dns1.example.com  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Internal machines:**  &#xD;&#xA;dc1.corp.example.com  &#xD;&#xA;dns1.corp.example.com  &#xD;&#xA;client1.corp.example.com  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used &quot;corp&quot; to signify that this subdomain described machines on the internal corporate network, but you could use anything you want here, such as &quot;internal&quot;:  client1.internal.example.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember, too, that DNS zones and subdomains do not have to align with your network numbering scheme.  My company, for example, has 37 locations, each with its own subnet, but all locations use the same (internal) domain name.  Conversely, you could have only one or a few subnets, but many peer internal domains or levels of subdomains to help you organize your machines." />
  <row Id="31751" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17731" RevisionGUID="5b4e71f7-63f4-4b34-adee-37c8b912d0df" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:05:04.207" UserId="5872" Text="Amazon S3 and/or EC2. You can't get any quieter than packets flowing over your cable modem." />
  <row Id="31752" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14811" RevisionGUID="6f33ee17-1366-4ada-8540-9d7f0acb5503" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:05:34.017" UserId="1561" Comment="added 542 characters in body; added 49 characters in body; added 47 characters in body" Text="WINS is *still* very much a requirement, despite every attempt by every Windows admin in the world to bludgeon it to death.  Anytime there is a separation of subnets, you're going to need WINS.  Running a VPN for separate sites?  That implies a subnet - and WINS.  Have older clients that don't understand AD?  You need WINS.  Have a DOS application that you're networking?  WINS again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WINS is also used for populating browse lists.  While Active Directory based machines can work without WINS, there can be a delay as the browse lists are populated in the following sequence:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. NetBIOS Remote Name Cache&#xD;&#xA; 2. WINS&#xD;&#xA; 3. Broadcast&#xD;&#xA; 4. LMHOSTS&#xD;&#xA; 5. HOSTS&#xD;&#xA; 6. DNS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The crux of the problem stems from the roots of LANMAN, which begat SMB, which begat CIFS...you can see where this is going.  LANMAN was very much a LAN-based protocol - it had no concept of &quot;Internet&quot;, much less &quot;routing&quot;.  WINS was developed to bridge that gap and make routing possible.  Fast-forward to the present, and CIFS still has some backwards-compatible support for LANMAN in it.  UNC path names may be &quot;modern&quot;, but they will still attach to a LANMAN server.  Then there's the whole &quot;browse list&quot; thing...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MS is very close to getting out of the WINS server biz but there are just too many &quot;legacy&quot; hooks, not only in the OS, but in applications and services as well, that require a WINS server.  And **as long as there is support for LANMAN-style transmissions**, there will be a need to have a WINS server around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, you can turn off WINS in a flat domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Try that in a domain that has abc.xyz.com and abc.123.com as child domains.  Can you say &quot;browse list fun&quot; three times fast?&#xD;&#xA; - Try that with Exchange 2007 in some cases.&#xD;&#xA; - Try that when you have servers that exist outside of your subnet and are traversing a firewall.  Somehow, there just seems to be trouble with those browse lists...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As much as I want to see this service have a stake driven through its heart, it's not going to go away until Microsoft comes 'round and revamps how they do file services." />
  <row Id="31753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17732" RevisionGUID="76e55bd0-c65a-49cf-8de5-c00273b1efe3" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:06:45.327" UserId="1403" Text="Stick it out next to the trash, but the night before pickup.  Someone will come by and snatch it up before the garbage collectors come by the next day." />
  <row Id="31754" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17732" RevisionGUID="76e55bd0-c65a-49cf-8de5-c00273b1efe3" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:06:45.327" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31755" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17727" RevisionGUID="ae997ac6-110f-4c80-90d2-2e97bad8e0dd" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:06:56.107" UserId="2561" Comment="added 32 characters in body" Text="On the fly:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo swapoff /dev/hda3&#xD;&#xA;    sudo mkswap /dev/hda4&#xD;&#xA;    sudo swapon /dev/hda4&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For bootime, after you have run the mkswap, edit the /etc/fstab file and the change the /dev/hda3 line accordingly.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31756" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17725" RevisionGUID="d8d1dc3c-b65e-4f98-a514-faf4f790231b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:08:57.757" UserId="6729" Comment="added 9 characters in body" Text="Do it as root:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    swapoff /dev/hda3&#xD;&#xA;    mkswap /dev/hda4&#xD;&#xA;    swapon /dev/hda4&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and edit swap entry in /etc/fstab" />
  <row Id="31757" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17733" RevisionGUID="a0fdb5e0-4ec6-446f-8383-03dcb66ede1f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:09:44.857" UserId="5190" Text="I wait for the next eviromental drop off for the county where I live. I take all the stuff that no one wants and that is not worth giving to non-profit organizations. They take it all and I feel great that I took responsability for the enviroment." />
  <row Id="31758" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17733" RevisionGUID="a0fdb5e0-4ec6-446f-8383-03dcb66ede1f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:09:44.857" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31759" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10589" RevisionGUID="3c409d5d-e9a0-4091-b4cd-723e54974b72" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:10:35.820" UserId="1561" Comment="added 29 characters in body" Text=" - *Is OS authentication more secure by using fingerprint reader than a (strong) password? Can that be hacked easily?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At one point, it was thought to be so.  Since that time, there have been several methods developed to [defeat] [1] the cheaper versions of these scanners.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is used as part of a two-factor or multi-factor authentication process, then I believe it will enhance security by raising the difficulty of entry.  Here's someone [discussing][2] this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *By the way, where is the fingerprint stored? On the hardware chip or on filesystem?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Typically the filesystem.  Many scanners simply turn the impression into a hash that is transmitted to the host PC.  Kronos [Touch ID][3] is a corporate solution meant for use as a timeclock; it stores the data in a Paradox table(!) as a **hash**, so it's pretty clear where their profit margins are coming from with this device....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Is that dependent from reader's hardware?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many readers, each with their own methods.  While I can't speak with any authority on this, it seems that &quot;yes&quot; is a pretty good answer to this question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Is that dependent from the library/OS implementation?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again, I think it depends on the type of reader.  Some actually transmit more than a hash (the actual fingerprint image), while others don't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cryptome.org/gummy.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://unweary.com/2009/04/fingerprint-biometrics.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.kronos.com/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx%3Fid%3D1370&amp;ei=iokUSv3TO5TUswP-5dTgDQ&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=spellmeleon_result&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=result&amp;usg=AFQjCNGifX2vBdayRIzcqM4GKq-7P-dHjQ" />
  <row Id="31760" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17734" RevisionGUID="06b84b98-2d94-463a-97e9-2de0a2fd3fc1" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:10:52.357" UserId="4268" Text="This error can arise when there's a mismatch between the common name of the certificate and the &quot;only connect to proxy servers&quot; setting. Check out [this article][1] for more information on troubleshooting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/101879/troubleshooting-an-autodiscover-certificate-error.html" />
  <row Id="31761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17735" RevisionGUID="0f648868-c065-44d3-afb9-59cfb428dbd3" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:12:58.970" UserId="7137" Text="A quick Google turned up [this page](http://www.panix.com/~kylet/unix-att.html), which describes a variety of ways to attach files using a variety of applications. A couple of the more prevalent ones --&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* **uuenc8de** to make an inline &quot;attachment&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* **metamail** `-f file-to-attach -m mime-type`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* **mpack** `-c mime-type file-to-attach`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* **mutt** `-a file-to-attach`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* **Elm** `-A file-to-attach` &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, it has links to a [couple of](http://www.panix.com/~kylet/mime.sh.txt) [shell scripts](http://www.resoo.org/docs/sendmail/sendmail_MIME/mail_files.txt) and a [Perl script](http://www.panix.com/~kylet/mail-att.txt) to craft and send the message, which will probably be more to your liking." />
  <row Id="31762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17736" RevisionGUID="61f7b00e-b1e4-47b3-a1bb-0eca182adc25" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:14:13.087" UserId="5778" Text="Redundancy like that is really intended for instances where transmission has failed, and transmission is expensive. If you are sending your archive to mars, please *do* include redundancy, as retransmitting any or all of it might take a while.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These days, reliable transmission (through retransmissions) is the norm, bandwidth is cheap, and latency generally sufficiently low for most &quot;normal&quot; apps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In terms of media failure - I would suggest that the amount of redundant data you would need to recover from all but the most trivial failures is too much to be worthwhile. It is fairly unlikely for one or two bits to go wonky at a time, certainly in my experience of disk failure. Basically you'd be storing an extra n-bytes all over the place for a received value of sqrt(fa).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Suggest you put your redundancy elsewhere - RAID, 2 CDs, etc. it is easier and more reliable :)" />
  <row Id="31763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17737" RevisionGUID="750f7642-51ec-4f3f-983f-7c931d2af693" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:14:33.790" UserId="7315" Text="I run a java application that's busy most of the time. When I need to upgrade it, I send it a message to exit cleanly at the next available opportunity, then upgrade the class files, then restart it.&#xD;&#xA;What I'd really like to be able to do is to upgrade the class files, then have the program kick itself at the next good opportunity, but what I've found (this is solaris) is that if you modify the files on disk while a program is running, sometimes bad things happen.&#xD;&#xA;I presume because not all the class files are live in the jvm all the time so sometimes it has to reload from disk, or maybe solaris is loading parts of the file from disk that don't match the old binary.&#xD;&#xA;I've seen it do this with C binaries as well.&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions?&#xD;&#xA;Would it be safer to do a move and copy so the same disk info isn't written over, but a new inode is made for the new file?" />
  <row Id="31764" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17737" RevisionGUID="750f7642-51ec-4f3f-983f-7c931d2af693" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:14:33.790" UserId="7315" Text="How can I safely upgrade java software?" />
  <row Id="31765" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17737" RevisionGUID="750f7642-51ec-4f3f-983f-7c931d2af693" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:14:33.790" UserId="7315" Text="&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;java&gt;" />
  <row Id="31767" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17680" RevisionGUID="772b7b60-00d1-47f7-b5a7-f33cc16036be" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:19:21.940" UserId="388" Comment="added working link. markdown link refused to work?" Text="&lt;p&gt;Section 2.1 of the following &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-basico.en.html&quot;&gt;page&lt;/a&gt; (reproduced below for ease of use) is what you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2.1 The /etc/apt/sources.list file&#xD;&#xA;As part of its operation, APT uses a file that lists the 'sources' from which packages can be obtained. This file is /etc/apt/sources.list. &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The entries in this file normally follow this format: &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; deb http://host/debian distribution section1 section2 section3&#xD;&#xA; deb-src http://host/debian distribution section1 section2 section3&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, the above entries are fictitious and should not be used. The first word on each line, deb or deb-src, indicates the type of archive: whether it contains binary packages (deb), that is, the pre-compiled packages that we normally use, or source packages (deb-src), which are the original program sources plus the Debian control file (.dsc) and the diff.gz containing the changes needed for `debianizing' the program. &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We usually find the following in the default Debian sources.list: &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; # See sources.list(5) for more information, especially&#xD;&#xA; # Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs&#xD;&#xA; # CDROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool.&#xD;&#xA; deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free&#xD;&#xA; deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free&#xD;&#xA; deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; # Uncomment if you want the apt-get source function to work&#xD;&#xA; #deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free&#xD;&#xA; #deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are the lines needed by a basic Debian install. The first deb line points to the official archive, the second to the non-US archive and the third to the archive of Debian security updates. &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The two last lines are commented out (with a `#' in front), so apt-get will ignore them. These are deb-src lines, that is, they point to Debian source packages. If you often download program sources for testing or recompiling, uncomment them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The /etc/apt/sources.list file can contain several types of lines. APT knows how to deal with archives of types http, ftp, file (local files, e.g., a directory containing a mounted ISO9660 filesystem) and ssh, that I know of. &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do not forget to run apt-get update after modifying the /etc/apt/sources.list file. You must do this to let APT obtain the package lists from the sources you specified. &lt;/p&gt;" />
  <row Id="31768" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17739" RevisionGUID="be292474-6f79-43ad-afed-e5a0324724dc" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:19:38.463" UserId="1219" Text="Access to shared calendar's is extremelly slow.&#xD;&#xA;(It takes upwards of 30 seconds to open some.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are some methods of optimizing or improving this situation?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(The sharing of calendar's is required so secretaries and others can do their jobs.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We run Outlook 2003/Exchange 2003." />
  <row Id="31769" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17739" RevisionGUID="be292474-6f79-43ad-afed-e5a0324724dc" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:19:38.463" UserId="1219" Text="What are some tips for optimizing calendar access in Exchange 2003?" />
  <row Id="31770" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17739" RevisionGUID="be292474-6f79-43ad-afed-e5a0324724dc" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:19:38.463" UserId="1219" Text="&lt;exchange-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="31771" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17740" RevisionGUID="bd36a5fe-b610-4558-b9a9-1d91b97d8d27" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:19:55.997" UserId="4733" Text="When we move Outlook users to a new machine I always copy everything in the c:\documents and settins\username\local settings\application data\microsoft\Outlook.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Local settings is hidden so you will have to enable 'show hidden files and folders.'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you have specified a different directory or use Exchange, ALL of your mail is at this location.  Copy it.  Install Outlook on the new machine.  Transfer it to the same location on the new machine.  Open outlook again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31772" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17741" RevisionGUID="0cc526e1-8462-4c20-96c6-37c0677c575d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:20:53.563" UserId="5075" Text="I want to create a nagios check that test if a certain file is available on a public website and if that file contains a certain line of text.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the command line I have been executing:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;./check_http -H 192.168.1.2 -u http://192.168.1.2/index.html -t 5 -s &quot;Company Name&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Which passes OK and fails if I delete the file or change the text it is looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I want to incorporate this into my nagios config files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I create a Host which has the address of the ip address above and create a service as follows.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;check_command check_http!-u /index.html -t 5 -s &quot;Company Name&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;But if I change the filename it is checking or the text it is checking it still passes even though I know they don't exist on the website.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What am I doing wrong I think I must be testing a different file or something for it to always pass." />
  <row Id="31773" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17741" RevisionGUID="0cc526e1-8462-4c20-96c6-37c0677c575d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:20:53.563" UserId="5075" Text="Nagios check for a file on a website" />
  <row Id="31774" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17741" RevisionGUID="0cc526e1-8462-4c20-96c6-37c0677c575d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:20:53.563" UserId="5075" Text="&lt;nagios&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;website&gt;" />
  <row Id="31778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17743" RevisionGUID="6eb37dbf-2e2c-41a7-bf44-3a766bd3d424" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:21:25.120" UserId="3505" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been running KVM for a few of the management servers at work, I've actually been very happy with it all around, and now want to move to the next phase, and deploy some heavy services (data-mining, ETL, etc) onto them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was wondering if anyone here has used KVM for something serious and has had any issues or comments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm specifically interested in performance-related issues you've experienced (assuming that you've not had stability issues to begin with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Formulating this for Q&amp;A...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Have you run KVM to host a resource-heavy service?&#xD;&#xA; 1. If Yes to 1, have you had any stability issues?&#xD;&#xA; 1. If Yes to 1 and No to 2, have you had any performance issues?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31779" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17743" RevisionGUID="6eb37dbf-2e2c-41a7-bf44-3a766bd3d424" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:21:25.120" UserId="3505" Text="Linux Kernel Virtual Machines" />
  <row Id="31780" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17743" RevisionGUID="6eb37dbf-2e2c-41a7-bf44-3a766bd3d424" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:21:25.120" UserId="3505" Text="&lt;linux-kvm&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;vm&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="31781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17744" RevisionGUID="00e64f0d-bd18-436e-b802-2c8e58fa3804" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:21:47.850" UserId="7073" Text="What is the purpose of the virtual computers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Testing stuff?&#xD;&#xA;Running another server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basicly your options:&#xD;&#xA;Virtual PC - Microsoft - Free, works well for doing testing, very clean quick setup, nice interface.  No USB support  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Virtual Server - Microsoft - Free, never used it, because I could never it the configuration right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Virtual Server - VMWare, - Free, using it now, will allow 64bit guest on 32bit host os, includes USB support, managed though a web interface which I find kinda slow and clunky but works ok.  Allows you to take 1 snapshot which you can revert back to.  This is good if you are testing something and need to role back your OS if it doesn't work or for other tests.  This is a good starting point to try stuff out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Virtual Workstation - VMWare - Not free but only a few hundred $$$, ideal if you are doing a lot of testing, nice tabbed interface (last time I checked) allows multiple snap shots which is awsome for trying out different configurations for testing.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ESX, ESXi &amp; Hyper V are designed for production level servers and basicly don't have a host &amp; guest OS, all the OS's run within the hypervisor. Of this ESXi is free if you wanted to try one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And you can never have too much memory, you need as much for each machine as you would normally have for that machine if it wasn't a VM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IE if you have 3 VM's and you want each one to have 1 gig of RAM, you should have a computer with 4 gigs since you need 1 + 1 + 1 + something for the host too." />
  <row Id="31784" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17746" RevisionGUID="7db684c5-2e15-477c-9d05-5c4b3c338d46" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:23:21.797" UserId="4990" Text="I use unique names to describe unique machines. For instance in my current project, 200+ servers, I used the list of star names from Wikipedia. The reasoning is that actual names have more redundancy than super compact indices, such as srv-05-92. It's important for one thing: it affords a small error rate when transcribing, typing or talking over the phone in a loud server room. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Descriptive information is stored in TXT fields in the DNS, so are Mac addresses and so on. You can also request the name based on the mac address:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ host 00-12-34-56-78.mac.fr.dom&#xD;&#xA;    00-12-34-56-78.mac.fr.dom is an alias for arcturus.eqx.vl304.fr.dom&#xD;&#xA;    arcturus.eqx.vl304.fr.its has address 10.21.4.30&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing you absolutely want to avoid is to name the machines according to their function. This is going to bite you in the ass sooner or later. Just use aliases (CNAME or additionnal A records) for that purpose. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Note:** This is all generated with an XSLT from a custom XML file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; standalone=&quot;yes&quot;?&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;domain suffix=&quot;dom&quot; xmlns:h=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;vlans&gt;&#xD;&#xA;         &lt;vlan name=&quot;vl304&quot; value=&quot;4&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/vlans&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;country code=&quot;fr&quot; prefix=&quot;10.21&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;         &lt;datacenter name=&quot;eqx&quot; desc=&quot;Equinix&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;host name=&quot;arcturus&quot; lso=&quot;30&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;              &lt;vlan name=&quot;vl300&quot; if=&quot;eth0&quot; mac=&quot;00:12:34:56:78&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;              &lt;txt type=&quot;loc&quot;&gt;rack 5&lt;/txt&gt;&#xD;&#xA;              &lt;txt type=&quot;sn&quot;&gt;99A0632&lt;/txt&gt;&#xD;&#xA;              &lt;txt type=&quot;model&quot;&gt;xSeries x3350&lt;/txt&gt;&#xD;&#xA;              &lt;doc&gt;Load balancer&lt;/doc&gt;&#xD;&#xA;              &lt;rsa ip=&quot;192.168.101.30&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;              &lt;role type=&quot;loadbalancer1&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;/host&gt;&#xD;&#xA;         &lt;/datacenter&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;/country&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/domain&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Several aliases are generated:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * arcturus.eqx.vl306.fr.dom (canonical name)&#xD;&#xA; * arcturus.vl306.fr.dom&#xD;&#xA; * arcturus.fr.dom&#xD;&#xA; * 00-12-34-56-78.mac.fr.dom&#xD;&#xA; * arcturus-rsa.fr.dom&#xD;&#xA; * loadbalancer1.eqx.vl306.fr.dom&#xD;&#xA; * loadbalancer1.vl306.fr.dom&#xD;&#xA; * loadbalancer1.fr.dom&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;... as well as a number of TXT records" />
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  <row Id="31787" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16845" RevisionGUID="ccfec37a-6e46-4901-9949-42bc78f1627f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:24:19.797" UserId="533" Comment="clarified that it won't actually work" Text="I was going to suggest a wrapper to chmod or something, but the more I think about it, the users will eventually find a way around this (scp an executable from another box, or run perl -s &quot;chmod('FILE');&quot;, etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I think the FS method is the best.  Since you say you can't move them to a new file system, what about using a --bind mount to &quot;remount&quot; /home and /var without exec privileges?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mount -o noexec --bind /var /var&#xD;&#xA;    mount -o noexec --bind /home /home&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure if that would work or not, but seems promising...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:  &#xD;&#xA;Well, I like my nice, shiny &quot;nice answer&quot; badge from this answer, but after playing with it I don't think it will work.  My original test was on an old (2.4.9) kernel, and the &quot;mount on top of itself&quot; functionality appeared to work.  I tried it again with a newer kernel (2.6.18) and it does not appear to work.  I started to look at work arounds (like renaming /var and /home to something else and then mounting them back.  I didn't get very far though because I found this in the man page for mount on the newer box:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Note that the filesystem mount options&#xD;&#xA;&gt; will remain the same as those on the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; original  mount  point,  and cannot be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; changed by passing the -o option along&#xD;&#xA;&gt; with --bind/--rbind.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh well...  --bind is still a fun option..." />
  <row Id="31788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17747" RevisionGUID="79e13d81-cc08-4cc4-8083-fb611f598de8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:24:51.670" UserId="2561" Text="My understanding is that the vdisk file is a file that acts like a physical disk.  So I think the question is, does vdiskmanager actually understand the filesystem that lives on this disk.  I think that that it does not, and that is why defragmenting within the OS should help." />
  <row Id="31789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17748" RevisionGUID="a9f65234-db1b-4719-81a3-d099bd996a00" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:24:53.073" UserDisplayName="Jon Crosse" Text="I have a Windows 2008 server which failed to boot due to a corrupted NTDS database.&#xD;&#xA;I managed to recover AD in AD Restore Mode, using ESENTUTL to repair the corruption. The system now boots, but my DNS zones were active directory integrated, and one of them has been corrupted.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I figured I would just re-create them, but when i try to remove the corrupted zone i get an error..&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Zone Cannot be Deleted. Active Directory Service unavailble&quot;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I can access AD fine via AD users &amp; computers and also ADSI Edit but cannot find a way of manualy or forcefuly removing the corrupted DNS zone.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Any help appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31790" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17748" RevisionGUID="a9f65234-db1b-4719-81a3-d099bd996a00" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:24:53.073" UserDisplayName="Jon Crosse" Text="Delete Corrupt AD Integrated DNS Zone" />
  <row Id="31791" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17748" RevisionGUID="a9f65234-db1b-4719-81a3-d099bd996a00" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:24:53.073" UserDisplayName="Jon Crosse" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="31793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17749" RevisionGUID="2e162abe-c8eb-4e97-aaca-d62ce9c2aae8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:25:05.053" UserId="6524" Text="If you have decent amount of RAM and your applications aren't memory-intensive, you might consider using a separate file as a swap instead of the whole partition. That way you can easily select the amount of swap space you use, either by adding more swap files, or resizing existing ones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's say that your swapfile will reside in root directory as &lt;code&gt;/swapfile&lt;/code&gt;, and will have size 512 MB. To create it issue commands as root:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=512&#xD;&#xA;    $ mkswap /swapfile&#xD;&#xA;    $ swapon /swapfile&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To automatically use it after reboot, insert in &lt;code&gt;/etc/fstab&lt;/code&gt;:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /swapfile    none    swap    defaults    0 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Adding more swap files is as simple as creating more files (&lt;code&gt;/swapfile1&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;/swapfileX&lt;/code&gt;), formatting them using &lt;code&gt;mkswap&lt;/code&gt; and enabling using &lt;code&gt;swapon&lt;/code&gt;. If you want to disable a swapfile, you can use command &lt;code&gt;swapoff /swapfile&lt;/code&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the performance between disk and file version, it's not that terribly different. You can even use swapfile as hibernation disk in laptops (although I always use separate partition for that anyway)." />
  <row Id="31794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17750" RevisionGUID="ba4d09b1-2310-4892-b14f-455a31edffc0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:25:05.897" UserId="1803" Text="&gt; dsquery user -stalepwd 60&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Returns a list of all users with a password age of 60 days or more." />
  <row Id="31796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17751" RevisionGUID="1eb3af76-a36a-4bf0-9fb7-5a4cf83dde75" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:28:00.557" UserId="7200" Text="Zow. You've got a mess there!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might try deleting the DNS zone using ADSIEDIT. If it was a Forest &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(You really should be backing-up AD and should have probably restored from backup when this happened, but that's another rant for another question.)" />
  <row Id="31797" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17752" RevisionGUID="fcde2ce0-086c-4ed3-b386-80376cb52872" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:28:52.243" UserId="4947" Text="Overwriting jars/classes does not work. The reason is simple: you can have a class loaded in memory, then unloaded due to memory pressure then re-loaded again. If you change the underlying class file you get a new class with an old system, which spells trouble.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your best bet is to build in hot deploy in the application ( or have the developers build it in ) using solutions such as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- custom class loading;&#xD;&#xA;- OSGI;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or whatever suits you best." />
  <row Id="31798" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17753" RevisionGUID="cc350420-284d-47b6-ad34-62efd410f78e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:28:54.927" UserId="7073" Text="I'm taking some guesses here since I've never look at that specific problem but....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -Number of entries in the person's calendar?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -Location of the Outlook client to the exchange server and link speed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -Bottle neck on the Exchange server?  (check MS for Exchange performance monitoring I think)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -Load on the exchange server? Time of day?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -Does cached mode vs non-cached mode change anything?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17754" RevisionGUID="04b551df-d1e7-4420-8150-a8e27902a985" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:31:17.620" UserId="2641" Text="I checked with the latest QAD release (v1.2) and it works just fine.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31801" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1954" RevisionGUID="1e13a6e3-7ea1-45fb-acf9-af321c6b0f7a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:32:22.580" UserId="1248" Comment="Added David Christiansen's suggestions and related pages" Text="When you are deploying a new web server box what are the standard things you install on it and do to set it up?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What things do you do to ensure the box is locked down and not going to get compromised?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So far:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# General&#xD;&#xA; - Apply security patches, etc&#xD;&#xA; - Run the Microsfot Baseline Security Analyzer [(MBSA)][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Disable weak encryption algorithms][2] - [Scott][3], also see [David Christiansen's][4] [article][5] and the [serversniff.com][6] site&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# Network&#xD;&#xA; - [Harden TCP/IP stack][7] - [K. Brian Kelley][8]&#xD;&#xA; - White list traffic with an [IPSEC policy][9]&#xD;&#xA; - All NetBIOS is removed or disabled&#xD;&#xA; - Put web server in a workgroup (not allowed to be on a domain)&#xD;&#xA; - Use a [DMZ][10]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# IIS&#xD;&#xA; - Install [UrlScan][11]&#xD;&#xA; - Run [IIS lockdown][12]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# Related Articles&#xD;&#xA; - [ASP.net production checklist][13]&#xD;&#xA; - [What should a developer know before building a public web site][14]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=F32921AF-9DBE-4DCE-889E-ECF997EB18E9&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1954/windows-web-server-checklist/8264#8264&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/users/1645/scott&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://serverfault.com/users/3800/david-christiansen&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://davidchristiansen.com/archive/2009/03/24/pcidss-disablessl2andweakciphersoniis6.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.serversniff.net/sslcheck.php&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa302363.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://serverfault.com/users/385/k-brian-kelley&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa302366.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demilitarized_zone_(computing)&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc242650.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa302365.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/319009/asp-net-basic-checklist-for-putting-a-site-into-production&#xD;&#xA;  [14]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/72394/what-should-a-developer-know-before-building-a-public-web-site" />
  <row Id="31802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17755" RevisionGUID="ee8ec6d0-b22b-4999-acd6-186746aed1bf" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:32:49.867" UserId="4428" Text="First you need to define a command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    define command {&#xD;&#xA;        command_name    check_http&#xD;&#xA;        command_line    $USER1$/check_http -H $HOSTADDRESS$ \&#xD;&#xA;                        -u $ARG1$ -t $ARG2$ -s $ARG3$&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then for your host entry define the check_command as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    check_command    check_http!/index.html!5!&quot;Company Name&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    " />
  <row Id="31803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17756" RevisionGUID="7f7ef05c-1bfa-4b2c-b8bb-fbd528f87518" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:33:01.643" UserId="1466" Text="When you are executing the command manually, you are calling **/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_http** correct?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you are calling **check_http** from the nagios config, it looks at **/etc/nagios-plugins/config/http.cfg** to determine the **check_http** command arguments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you need to do is create a custom check like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    define command {&#xD;&#xA;        command_name                   check_web_content&#xD;&#xA;        command_line                   $USER1$/check_http -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -t 60 -w 15 -c 45 -u $ARG1$ -s $ARG2$&#xD;&#xA;}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then in your service configuration your check_command should be something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    check_command check_web_content!http://www.domain.com/index.html!&quot;Text on site&quot;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31804" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17751" RevisionGUID="dec7feb5-495a-4baa-97ab-e86605f2b0c6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:33:30.817" UserId="7200" Comment="Wasn't ready to post yet. Who pressed &quot;Submit&quot;!?!  Foo..." Text="Zow. You've got a mess there!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might try deleting the DNS zone using ADSIEDIT. If it was a forest-wide zone, you're going to find the zone in the ForestDNSZones NC, under the MicrosoftDNS container. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it was a domain-wide zone, you'll find the zone in DomainDNSZones NC under the same container.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(You really should be backing-up AD and should have probably restored from backup when this happened, but that's another rant for another question.)" />
  <row Id="31805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17757" RevisionGUID="21175a4b-0080-4871-a15b-d3f777c865aa" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:34:02.827" UserId="3657" Text="The ActiveDirectory extension to PowerShell GUI will also provide an extensive list of fields when exporting to CSV a list of AD users including password expiration" />
  <row Id="31806" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17714" RevisionGUID="70f17504-8f27-42b4-ad85-6fb4ee0c4d7e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:35:05.823" UserId="48" Comment="added 41 characters in body" Text="You can go into computer management (right click my computer, select manage), expand the shares node and see a list of all shares, connected sessions and open files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/1309/shares.png" />
  <row Id="31807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17758" RevisionGUID="9905ec19-dd3f-4f68-9fbf-638952c2f86d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:35:58.677" UserId="2561" Text="You can set the following in the Nagios config too see what command is actually be executed ( see the expansion of the full command):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    debug_level=-1&#xD;&#xA;    debug_verbosity=2&#xD;&#xA;    debug_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.debug&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="31808" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17759" RevisionGUID="6d2f972a-abf5-4291-8373-358272732521" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:38:24.447" UserId="4947" Text="You should use the external host name for the connector.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As long as the server is accessible from the all networks you're using with the external IP, you're good to go - no extra configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do need multiple host names/IPs, you can do what the [tomcat documentation][1] suggests:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    		&#xD;&#xA;	&lt;Host name=&quot;www.mycompany.com&quot; ...&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Alias&gt;mycompany.com&lt;/Alias&gt;&#xD;&#xA;         ...&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Host&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/config/host.html" />
  <row Id="31809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17760" RevisionGUID="461ef9d7-2eb3-48e0-8904-361e59ab8e0c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:39:57.657" UserId="7073" Text="I have never done this with Windows VPN to connect sites, but using router to router VPN I needed to setup a new route using the route command so that computers knew where to find each other on the otherside of the VPN&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example:&#xD;&#xA;VPN1 - 192.168.0.0&#xD;&#xA;VPN2 - 192.168.1.0&#xD;&#xA;VPN3 - 192.168.2.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have to tell basicly any computer on VPN1 that wanted to get to VPN2, that for the IP range of 192.168.1.0 they needed to go though router gateway 192.168.0.1 to get to 192.168.0.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't know if this is the case in your situation, and I'm not a expert in this at all.  Try googling route and it may explain it better." />
  <row Id="31810" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17761" RevisionGUID="afabdcdd-3aff-4775-8670-dc732f476b89" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:43:40.273" UserId="5308" Text="There are a number of open source IPAM tools available for IPv4 address management; however there seems to be a distinct lack of actively updated tools available for IPv6.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other than FreeIPdb (code no longer maintained) or the RIPE Database (I have seen some customisations to the RIPEdb that allow for enterprise/ISP IPAM but it seems like overkill for a system that will probably only ever handle one /32 worth of space).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any other options that I'm missing?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Database only please.  I know vi can be used for flat text IPAM, that's how I'm handling our /32 at the moment, but I don't see it scaling for much longer)" />
  <row Id="31811" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17761" RevisionGUID="afabdcdd-3aff-4775-8670-dc732f476b89" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:43:40.273" UserId="5308" Text="What is the preferred IP Address Mangement solution for IPv6?" />
  <row Id="31812" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17761" RevisionGUID="afabdcdd-3aff-4775-8670-dc732f476b89" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:43:40.273" UserId="5308" Text="&lt;ipv6&gt;&lt;ipam&gt;" />
  <row Id="31813" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17748" RevisionGUID="772a1fde-4701-4d9c-8660-212eb298f62e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:44:56.527" UserDisplayName="Jon Crosse" Comment="added 300 characters in body" Text="I have a Windows 2008 server which failed to boot due to a corrupted NTDS database.&#xD;&#xA;I managed to recover AD in AD Restore Mode, using ESENTUTL to repair the corruption. The system now boots, but my DNS zones were active directory integrated, and one of them has been corrupted.&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I figured I would just re-create them, but when i try to remove the corrupted zone i get an error..&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Zone Cannot be Deleted. Active Directory Service unavailble&quot;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I can access AD fine via AD users &amp; computers and also ADSI Edit but cannot find a way of manualy or forcefuly removing the corrupted DNS zone.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;when i try to use ADSIEdit to remove the entry from DC=DomainDNSZones i get the error....&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; Operation Failed. Error code: 0x20ef&lt;br/&gt; The directory service encountered an unknown failure.&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; 000020ef: SvcErr: DSID-020503E2, problem 5005&lt;br/&gt; (UNABLE_TO_PROCEED), data 8203&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Any help appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17762" RevisionGUID="9efbeee2-739f-423c-a91f-85ed1696326e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:48:42.543" UserId="7073" Text="I can so relate to that :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the USB drives I suspect that may have to do with if the drive is stopped properly or not.  Ideally the Undock command should do that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm going to say it's a windows quirk, but not go into detail because I gave up on it.  I had a couple of Dell's, undocking was un-reliable and usually I ended up needing to reboot to get it working again.  I'm on Levono now and have the same issues.  All very similiar to you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to un-dock, use the un-dock command, don't suspend or hibernate the computer or when it wakes up it will go, HUH? where's my stuff.  I suspect you are already using the right command though :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said personally, I never use hibernate, suspend or undock anymore.  The last time I used undock, I had my presentation all setup, undocked the computer (did not close the lid, just to be sure that didn't mess it up) went into a presentation and my computer locked up and we waited 10 minutes for it to restart after a hard shut down.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've taken to remove everything I can from the startup to speed up boot and disable any un-needed services and I just shutdown between moves now.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sorry for the bad news" />
  <row Id="31815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17763" RevisionGUID="fe117a64-ba05-43f1-ab4b-7ffa0bc544c2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:49:00.530" UserId="6751" Text="If I understand the question correctly, you don't have any issues when performing svn via http://somehost/svn/repo/proj but when you attempt to use the locally installed svn client from the system, you are getting permission denied from any user other than root. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the permissions of the files that you are trying to commit/update/checkout? are they owned by a functional user account that the user doesn't have permissions to? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try to perform checkout/update/commits from /tmp to see if its a file permissions problem. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="31816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17764" RevisionGUID="b3b17525-6a46-4aac-8bd2-defec89b58b6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:50:12.370" UserId="5920" Text="We have a MGE U.P.S. (Evolution S 3000) with the ability to send mails when power down occurs. The thing is that the firmware settings doesn't allow to send using smtp accounts requiring password and our system requires it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone knows about any mail-server-tool which allows to do something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. A client (the UPS firmware) connects to this mail-server-tool to send mail without password.&#xD;&#xA; 2. The mail-server-tool sends again the mail through our servers providing smtp passwords.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know it's a very strange behavior but the MPE service says that there is no upgrade to firmware and no way to solve it...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope I explained the issue nicely!!" />
  <row Id="31817" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17764" RevisionGUID="b3b17525-6a46-4aac-8bd2-defec89b58b6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:50:12.370" UserId="5920" Text="Any software to stub mails from a firmware with no smtp password capability?" />
  <row Id="31818" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17764" RevisionGUID="b3b17525-6a46-4aac-8bd2-defec89b58b6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:50:12.370" UserId="5920" Text="&lt;ups&gt;&lt;mail-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="31819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17765" RevisionGUID="928bbfce-fc69-464b-88c9-b97fa9d46bac" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:52:19.403" UserId="1803" Text="You may not have this luxury, but I'm curious - if you disconnect site1 from site2, can you then connect site3 to site2?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My theory is that the external IP from 3-&gt;2 is being suppressed, due to the VPN wanting those sites to route internally." />
  <row Id="31820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17766" RevisionGUID="37a03137-af33-4416-b8ed-34bdcc6e25d9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:53:42.193" UserDisplayName="Heiðar Karlsson" Text="many companies are using Likewise and it is working very well.  We had around 20 Servers using native users and we moved to Likewise and life is a lot simpler." />
  <row Id="31821" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17767" RevisionGUID="e1613836-2011-470f-b41b-17c2f6a3932c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:54:32.347" UserId="7073" Text="I think GotoMeeting can do dual monitors, if I recall correctly.  They have a free trial and lots of other cool features too like recording what you are doing." />
  <row Id="31822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17768" RevisionGUID="078277f2-08e2-4a5a-97e5-4dea627ffea6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:55:28.570" UserDisplayName="Jon Crosse" Text="Problem Resolved!&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Had to reset permissions on the DC=domainName object in ADSIEdit.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks to evan for his quick response though.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17769" RevisionGUID="da0fb3a8-8f9f-4498-9388-5ab5b399b148" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:56:16.633" UserId="7528" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Am planning to run a chat script on my Apache server and it uses polling every second to receive messages. I know about Comet etc, but I do not want to use them at the current time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am wondering if anyone can give me an approximate number of concurrent users it will be able to handle?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you for your time." />
  <row Id="31824" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17769" RevisionGUID="da0fb3a8-8f9f-4498-9388-5ab5b399b148" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:56:16.633" UserId="7528" Text="Apache Load" />
  <row Id="31825" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17769" RevisionGUID="da0fb3a8-8f9f-4498-9388-5ab5b399b148" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:56:16.633" UserId="7528" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;load&gt;" />
  <row Id="31826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17770" RevisionGUID="d9065cc9-97ad-4bde-85ad-3e4ff8bb6100" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:58:25.913" UserDisplayName="Deepesh Shah" Text="We have a build script to add a Virtual Directory to an existing website running on the same server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;it works fine,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;is it possible to add a virtual directory to a remote machine? which the user has access and authorisation for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the script we are using is a simple .bat file the commandline for  is is as below&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;SET appName=myApp&#xD;&#xA;set pathName= myApp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;rem -- the below statement will creates the web application  under IIS for you&#xD;&#xA;c:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd add app /site.name:&quot;Default Web Site&quot; /path:/%appName% /physicalPath:d:\websites\ultimate\%pathName%&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="31827" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17770" RevisionGUID="d9065cc9-97ad-4bde-85ad-3e4ff8bb6100" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:58:25.913" UserDisplayName="Deepesh Shah" Text="how to add a virtual directory on a remote machine IIS 6" />
  <row Id="31828" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17770" RevisionGUID="d9065cc9-97ad-4bde-85ad-3e4ff8bb6100" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:58:25.913" UserDisplayName="Deepesh Shah" Text="&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;scripts&gt;&lt;virtual&gt;&lt;directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="31829" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17771" RevisionGUID="17385187-bf2c-4a9d-aff3-7228a9ee064a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:58:47.143" UserId="7073" Text="Two options,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Can you configure your SMTP server to accept by IP address and verify that way?&#xD;&#xA;2. Setup another SMTP server that does not require the password and have it forward using it's smarthost option to your primary mail server, or just direct send it.  Using hMailServer is one of those options&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I like #1 better if you can do it that way." />
  <row Id="31830" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17772" RevisionGUID="aaf367b9-73d4-42db-9287-fc4ca34139b6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T13:59:52.870" UserId="48" Text="What your effectively after is a mail relay, which you can do with most email servers. You setup the relay to accept mail without authentication, then configure it to forward on mail to a smarthost, in this case your real mail server, with the correct credentials.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By doing this however, your new relay, becomes an open relay, and is open to spam use if its open to the outside world, so you may have to lock it down to only accept email from certain IP's. If your doing this, then you may want to instead look at getting your real mail server to accept mail without authentication from certain IP's. You can do this with Exchange and I'm sure many other mail servers will do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now if you don't have access to the mailserver then that's not an option, and the additional relay is probably needed." />
  <row Id="31831" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17773" RevisionGUID="75f5762d-01ee-4706-b6f0-01f1474636f9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:02:22.460" UserId="4113" Text="IS there anyway I can remove the Shutdown button from Windows Server and replace it with Restart button? I know how to disable/remove Shutdown button through Local Computer policy but I don't know how to replace it with Restart button" />
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  <row Id="31833" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17773" RevisionGUID="75f5762d-01ee-4706-b6f0-01f1474636f9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:02:22.460" UserId="4113" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;administration&gt;" />
  <row Id="31835" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14791" RevisionGUID="b6df3502-527f-4396-ad3c-e34fedbd9e43" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:08:54.290" UserId="4226" Comment="added 2238 characters in body" Text="In our Enterprise it is still required for many legacy applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Felt I needed to edit this since the most upvoted answer is flat out WRONG!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WINS is definitely required in many oraganizations these days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How WINS works&#xD;&#xA;Updated: January 21, 2005&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How WINS works&#xD;&#xA;By default, when a computer running Microsoft® Windows® 2000, Windows XP, or a Windows Server 2003 operating system is configured with WINS server addresses (either manually or through DHCP) for its name resolution, it uses hybrid node (h-node) as its node type for NetBIOS name registration unless another NetBIOS node type is configured. For NetBIOS name query and resolution, it also uses h-node behavior, but with a few differences.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For NetBIOS name resolution, a WINS client typically performs the following general sequence of steps to resolve a name:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Client checks to see if the name queried is its local NetBIOS computer name, which it owns.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Client checks its local NetBIOS name cache of remote names. Any name resolved for a remote client is placed in this cache where it remains for 10 minutes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Client forwards the NetBIOS query to its configured primary WINS server. If the primary WINS server fails to answer the query--either because it is not available or because it does not have an entry for the name--the client will try to contact other configured WINS servers in the order they are listed and configured for its use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Client broadcasts the NetBIOS query to the local subnet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Client checks the Lmhosts file for a match to the query, if it is configured to use the Lmhosts file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Client tries the Hosts file and then a DNS server, if it is configured for one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that not every application can be configured to use DNS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even in Microsofts own explination of Active Directory setup it mentions the need for WINS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Settup Up DNS][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;NetBIOS name resolution (WINS server, LMHosts file, or NetBIOS broadcast) is still required for earlier versions of Windows to resolve network resources on an Active Directory domain.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So yes, there are SOME organizations that can get away without using WINS, but to make a blanket statement that if you can hit the DNS server you magically do not need WINS is wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/237675" />
  <row Id="31836" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17774" RevisionGUID="ab020906-4ba7-400d-826c-dd658387686d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:09:19.967" UserId="1806" Text="How to deploy from command line a [VC-1 Video Codec][1] for Windows Media Player 10?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is normally installed while visiting a page containing video encoded in VC-1, like [this one][2] (Eurovision 2009 video, not for the faint of heart, beware). But this requires administrative privileges and is interactive so impractical on many workstations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IE downloads a file [`wvc1dmo.cab`][3] containing `wvc1dmo.inf` and `wvc1dmod.dll` and installs it somehow. But how to do this from command line, unattended?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/howto/articles/vc1techoverview.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.tvp.pl/rozrywka/festiwale-i-koncerty/eurowizja-2009/wideo/lidia-kopania-i-dont-wanna-leave&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/2/f/e2fcec4b-6c8b-48b7-adab-ab9c403a978f/wvc1dmo.cab" />
  <row Id="31837" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17774" RevisionGUID="ab020906-4ba7-400d-826c-dd658387686d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:09:19.967" UserId="1806" Text="Deploying VC-1 Video Codec for Windows Media Player 10 (wvc1dmo.cab)" />
  <row Id="31838" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17774" RevisionGUID="ab020906-4ba7-400d-826c-dd658387686d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:09:19.967" UserId="1806" Text="&lt;deployment&gt;&lt;codecs&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-media-player&gt;" />
  <row Id="31839" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17775" RevisionGUID="19396831-823a-429e-a875-ec2206b82cf1" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:09:42.697" UserId="617" Text="Display Fusion works fine with Windows 7 in the particularly version 3.0.6 (released 2009-06-01). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They added glass and support for showing the app only on the monitor the windows is on (latter was a key feature for me). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Several key Window 7 features are still missing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Jump Lists. This is the most obvious one.&#xD;&#xA; - Pinning the window (so there is a shortcut when app is closed)  &#xD;&#xA; - Combining does not work -- it doesn't support &quot;Always combine, hide labels&quot; mode (default in W7), but supports two other modes.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31840" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6390" RevisionGUID="d387cba3-be3a-4cfd-8a41-9e3a4ffdb7ff" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:10:19.467" UserId="1806" />
  <row Id="31841" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6390" RevisionGUID="d387cba3-be3a-4cfd-8a41-9e3a4ffdb7ff" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:10:19.467" UserId="1806" Comment="community wiki" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;unattended&gt;" />
  <row Id="31842" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="6391" RevisionGUID="38a78d5b-3231-4d60-be2c-5bd91b7cf147" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:10:59.513" UserId="1806" />
  <row Id="31843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17776" RevisionGUID="db0f5412-07a0-411c-915a-2db21460040a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:11:27.233" UserId="1810" Text="since your apache server can be running on almost everything, ranging from a Nokia Internet Tablet to a fully loaded Sun E25K, and the fetching of messages can be from simply reading lines out of a file up to doing costly database queries, and your apache could be set up (mpm-wise) in a near-to-infinite number of ways; you should either:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Provide more detail (and take into account that even then, the largest part will be guesswork)&#xD;&#xA; - run a benchmark yourself. (carefully design a scenario which matches real life the best you can...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While the tone might be sarcastic, I do firmly believe the second recommendation to be the best, and am not trying to offend you in any way... " />
  <row Id="31844" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17777" RevisionGUID="2709fb6e-4341-4738-87e0-769f6fd26ec9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:12:22.350" UserId="7073" Text="Most Symantec purchases include phone support by default, this might be one of those times where it would be worth calling them.  They've helped me out a couple of times." />
  <row Id="31845" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17778" RevisionGUID="706a394d-16ec-4306-a7fd-ac31898c0da4" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:14:04.500" UserId="4381" Text="It seems like you have some users accessing the repository over http, and one user/working copy accessing the repository locally. What you probably want to do is switch the working copy on the server to use the http method and not the local method. You could spend a while fixing permissions, but you will have a lot less headaches if everybody accesses the repository the same way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Something like:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    svn switch --relocate file://path/to/repository http://127.0.0.1/path/to/repository /path/to/working/copy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should do the trick, followed by an svn update to make sure everything works ok." />
  <row Id="31846" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17779" RevisionGUID="7f0b7795-b4fa-450d-ae9e-a1d937ef5cfc" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:14:10.163" UserId="7200" Text="Quick and dirty way - Extract the files and run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 wvc1dmo.inf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd probably package the DLL into an MSI and deploy it that way. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31848" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17682" RevisionGUID="555eb704-ca17-46ee-aa6f-9a4a31651c22" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:15:48.427" UserId="45" Comment="Typo" Text="The System State Backup should be part of your Windows Server backup plan and preparation for a disaster recovery.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The System State contains the operating configuration files. Before you install a driver, patch or program on your server, consider, what will be your fall back position if the operating system  crashes. You should create a System State backup which you could use to rollback in case of a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The System State contains boot files (Boot.ini, NDTLDR, NTDetect.com), the Windows Registry including COM settings, the SYSVOL (Group Policies and Logon Scripts), the Active Directory and NTDS.DIT on Domain Controllers and, if the service is installed, the Certificate Store. If your server runs IIS, the IIS Metadirectory will be includedand Cluster Service information if the server is part of a cluster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You don’t have to know which of these components to choose. The Backup/Restore application will do this automatically when you start a System State backup. Likewise you cannot choose which components to restore: all System State data will be restored, because of possible dependencies among the components. It is possible to restore the System State to an alternative location. Not all data is restored when you restore to an alternative location. Only the components System boot files, registry files, SYSVOL directory files and Cluster database information files will be restored. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Note:* When you backup System State, you can either include or exclude system-protected boot files. System-protected boot files are not used for installations from restored backup media. When the backup file that you create is to be used for additional domain controller installations, you can uncheck the advanced option to back up system-protected files. Clearing this option decreases the size of the `.bkf` file, as well as the time required to backup, restore, and copy the System State files." />
  <row Id="31849" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17781" RevisionGUID="79b3400e-31dc-4739-a0ea-1e082d308322" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:16:39.783" UserId="626" Text="Looks like you are trying to run a 32 bit package on a 64bit server, by default the 32 are not [installed][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on a 64-bit computer, selecting Integration Services during Setup installs only the 64-bit runtime and tools. If you have to run packages in 32-bit mode, you must also select an additional option to install the 32-bit runtime and tools:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * If the 64-bit computer is running the x86 operating system, select Business Intelligence Development Studio or Management Tools - Complete.&#xD;&#xA;    * If the 64-bit computer is running the Itanium operating system, select Management Tools - Complete.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms141766.aspx" />
  <row Id="31850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17782" RevisionGUID="bcd12425-5552-4009-9f2d-9d9546febaab" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:18:42.573" UserId="7531" Text="Hi. I'm site collection administrator/(physical server administrator) in SharePoint (3.0), and I'm debugging other users' rights to access some of our own features. Is it possible, in any way, to log in as another user(with his/her rights) without knowing his password? I can create my own 'dummy' user assigned to same groups, but looking in 100+ groups if user is there isn't what I want to do this evening. Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-- y" />
  <row Id="31851" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17782" RevisionGUID="bcd12425-5552-4009-9f2d-9d9546febaab" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:18:42.573" UserId="7531" Text="Logging in as another user in sharepoint" />
  <row Id="31852" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17782" RevisionGUID="bcd12425-5552-4009-9f2d-9d9546febaab" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:18:42.573" UserId="7531" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;login&gt;" />
  <row Id="31853" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17783" RevisionGUID="c4984c31-4945-4505-a4aa-913f23d17df5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:19:50.980" UserId="1736" Text="No, nor can anyone else, but I can tell you how to think more clearly about the question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In some senses, your Apache `MaxClients` settings is how many concurrent users you can &quot;handle&quot;; likely you'll want to increase it, and the questions there are whether you have enough memory to run that many Apache processes without hitting swap (which, of course, depends on how big a memory footprint your Apache processes actually have under your build and configuration) and whether your machine and the operations it's performing are fast enough that memory is even a worry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The speed question leads into your polling script's performance: if it takes 0.01 seconds to run, and every user is hitting it once a second, and you have 4 CPUs, then the most people you could theoretically possibly have without jobs starting to wait for each other is 400.  (In practice it'll be less than that because the jobs don't come in in a perfectly orderly line, parallelization isn't perfect, and the machine has other things to do too.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, y'know, since we have these gracefully degrading systems, that isn't really an important number; the critical thing is how many people it takes to make the system degrade &quot;too much&quot; for your subjective purposes.  It it okay if someone hitting your poller waits 0.1 seconds for it to come back?  0.2 seconds?  3 seconds?  Somewhere in there is a line where you'll say &quot;okay, no, this performance is too bad&quot;.  The number of users you have at that point is your capacity." />
  <row Id="31854" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17784" RevisionGUID="43aab163-50cb-42e9-8143-6ca5d840f34c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:20:17.267" UserId="7099" Text="How do I repair dhcp service after conficker infection on Windows 2003 Server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the server is restarted with DHCP then it keeps attempting to acquire a network address.  It seems to work fine if restarted with a static IP address however." />
  <row Id="31855" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17784" RevisionGUID="43aab163-50cb-42e9-8143-6ca5d840f34c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:20:17.267" UserId="7099" Text="How do I repair dhcp service after conficker infection on Windows 2003 Server?" />
  <row Id="31856" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17784" RevisionGUID="43aab163-50cb-42e9-8143-6ca5d840f34c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:20:17.267" UserId="7099" Text="&lt;dhcp&gt;&lt;conficker&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="31857" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17785" RevisionGUID="c6dba14f-8e5f-426a-879b-a03c3491ed40" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:20:22.070" UserDisplayName="Ansgar" Text="You should not allow access via &quot;ssh&quot; and http at the same time. Your users access the repository once with a user on the server, once with with rights of the httpd.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set up https-support to enable encrypted access and deny ssh access." />
  <row Id="31858" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17786" RevisionGUID="18518c19-6470-4d4a-8e44-e2c17292edd0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:20:49.183" UserId="5190" Text="I've used LogMeIn and it has a dual monitor feature. If you have dual monitor you can see one or you click on a button on the top and it switches to the other monitor. This is what I use to remote at home and seem my PC. " />
  <row Id="31859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17787" RevisionGUID="8c40003f-5c5d-4a03-a93c-f15d609291f5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:21:44.830" UserId="48" Text="I don't know of any way to user an account without the password. However, you could just make a copy of the user in AD, this will retain the same group membership, and you can then set the password to whatever you like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All you need to do is right click on the user, click copy and then complete the details required." />
  <row Id="31860" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17775" RevisionGUID="55fe55db-c588-4dd4-bef3-30945da03bd9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:22:19.807" UserId="617" Comment="Added alternatives, features" Text="[Display Fusion][1] works fine with Windows 7 in the particularly [version 3.0.6][2] (released 2009-06-01). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They added glass and support for showing the app only on the monitor the windows is on (two key features to be usable on W7). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Several W7 features are still missing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Jump Lists. This is the most obvious one.&#xD;&#xA; - Pinning the window (so there is a shortcut when app is closed)  &#xD;&#xA; - Button combining -- DF does not support &quot;Always combine, hide labels&quot; mode (default in W7), but looks OK with no combining.&#xD;&#xA; - Window previews -- not W7 style, no close button, cannot show multiple apps / IE tabs at once.&#xD;&#xA; - Color is a off -- native W7 toolbar seems darker, active window is highlighted differently. On mouse over, W7 highlights in different colors, DF does not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is not meant to be picky - Display Fusuion works well and is remarkably polished, but more remains to be done for full W7 support. Pro version (required to support multiple taskbars) is $20, and well worth the price.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other apps to watch (no W7 support now, but probably coming up) are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [UltraMon][3] $40&#xD;&#xA; - [MultiMon][4] free for basic version, $30 for advanced&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.binaryfortress.com/displayfusion/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.binaryfortress.com/displayfusion/changelog/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.mediachance.com/free/multimon.htm" />
  <row Id="31861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17788" RevisionGUID="c736f428-c922-48e7-9e24-fa7997636057" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:22:39.883" UserId="7073" Text="I've never encountered that issue but I have deployed Acrobat Read 9.1 by GPO exactly how you describe and worked great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am using Windows XP PRO SP3 &amp; IE 7 on all workstations.  Not sure if you're browser has something to do with it, I didn't see the version you used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a thought, try it without the transform see if works (just use the MSI).&#xD;&#xA;Then if it does work, create basicly a blank transform&#xD;&#xA;And then add one option to the transform at a time until it breaks." />
  <row Id="31862" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17789" RevisionGUID="44c27508-bb1e-4bea-b5a2-312a46cafbc5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:23:05.560" UserId="2991" Text="Maybe you need to find out why their doing something that way first, rather than just trying to &quot;prove&quot; them wrong.  It may be that there is some service that requires a dropping of security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's always easy to suggest &quot;improvements&quot; if you're not resposible for a system - but I find one of the biggest factors to stability is unnecessary change, and the more changes people want the less stable a system become.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then theres always the case of &quot;I'll do it&quot; - someone who isn't responsible for a system suggests an improvement that they will look after, then they leave and the sysadmin has to pick it up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe I'm your sysadmin?" />
  <row Id="31863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17790" RevisionGUID="21dcf5f0-dde6-4faa-babb-1915b13dc487" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:25:02.797" UserId="3038" Text="I go into other people's mailboxes all the times as part of my job, so I do end up looking at other people's calendars quite a bit. One thing I've noticed is that the lag between opening up a remote calendar is about the same lag as opening up another mailbox. In our case it's 5-10 seconds when it gets bad, 2-3 more typically, when running in direct mode. It seems to be related to load on the mailstore servers. While we're on Exch2007 now, it did the same back in Exch2003. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing it did do if it took a long time was the little Outlook popup, &quot;Trying to connect to [mailbox-server]...&quot; Are you seeing that too? If so, the initial connection is taking too long. If it isn't, then the connection went reasonably fast but getting actual data is taking too long. That would suggest some performance tuning is needed on the mail-stores." />
  <row Id="31864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17791" RevisionGUID="7618d31e-8b64-4ce9-af8c-b21a0a2d89d4" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:27:59.500" UserId="4392" Text="Are you absolutely certain that you don't want to reinstall that machine? If it were a personal desktop, that would be one thing, but I'm not sure I'd trust a machine without a fresh install. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I may be paranoid here, though. " />
  <row Id="31865" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17792" RevisionGUID="a60551ea-25b4-4457-ac39-cf43d7c3de74" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:28:35.037" UserId="5190" Text="Why not disable shutdown the Shutdown button and use a shortcut on your desktop or quicklaunch bar to restart?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Right-click on your desktop and select&#xD;&#xA;&gt; New&gt; Shortcut&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; In the Type the location of the item:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; textbox enter&#xD;&#xA;&gt; %windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -r&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; The -r parameter is used to restart&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the computer.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; The following two parameters can be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; used with -r:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; -f Forces running applications to close without warning.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; -t xx Set timeout for restart to xx seconds.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; The following command would reboot the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; computer instantly.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; %windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -r -f&#xD;&#xA;&gt; -t 00&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Click the Next &gt; button and Name your shortcut.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17793" RevisionGUID="88940530-a131-4bc3-bfdb-09c26273d59d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:29:27.313" UserId="2629" Text="&quot;[sendEmail][1] is a lightweight, command line SMTP email client. If you have the need to send email from a command line, this free program is perfect: simple to use and feature rich. It was designed to be used in bash scripts, batch files, Perl programs and web sites, but is quite adaptable and will likely meet your requirements. SendEmail is written in Perl and is unique in that it requires NO MODULES. It has an intuitive and flexible set of command-line options, making it very easy to learn and use.&#xD;&#xA;[Supported Platforms: Linux, BSD, OS X, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, &amp; Windows XP]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used it before and really liked it.  You can attach files with the -a option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/" />
  <row Id="31867" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17775" RevisionGUID="3deeb61b-b3a4-43cb-9e4c-bbc95e31ca28" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:31:34.080" UserId="617" Comment="Added a screenshot; added 74 characters in body" Text="![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;[Large Image][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Display Fusion][4] works fine with Windows 7 in the particularly [version 3.0.6][5] (released 2009-06-01). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They added glass and support for showing the app only on the monitor the windows is on (two key features to be usable on W7). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Several W7 features are still missing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Jump Lists. This is the most obvious one.&#xD;&#xA; - Pinning the window (so there is a shortcut when app is closed)  &#xD;&#xA; - Button combining -- DF does not support &quot;Always combine, hide labels&quot; mode (default in W7), but looks OK with no combining.&#xD;&#xA; - Window previews -- not W7 style, no close button, cannot show multiple apps / IE tabs at once.&#xD;&#xA; - Color is a off -- native W7 toolbar seems darker, active window is highlighted differently. On mouse over, W7 highlights in different colors, DF does not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is not meant to be picky - Display Fusuion works well and is remarkably polished, but more remains to be done for full W7 support. Pro version (required to support multiple taskbars) is $20, and well worth the price.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other apps to watch (no W7 support now, but probably coming up) are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [UltraMon][6] $40&#xD;&#xA; - [MultiMon][7] free for basic version, $30 for advanced&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7508/displayfusionwindows7.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img197.imageshack.us/content.php?page=done&amp;l=img197/7508/displayfusionwindows7.jpg&amp;via=mupload&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7508/displayfusionwindows7.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.binaryfortress.com/displayfusion/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.binaryfortress.com/displayfusion/changelog/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.mediachance.com/free/multimon.htm" />
  <row Id="31868" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17794" RevisionGUID="13115f8d-7121-4f55-af04-c0712efee323" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:34:30.877" UserId="3530" Text="If the switch supports snmp, you can get mac table information remotely, which should have the mapping of physical port and mac address connected to the port." />
  <row Id="31869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17795" RevisionGUID="7edfcdab-4654-48c8-9dd0-88c3f619d081" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:35:17.477" UserId="7514" Text="A bit of context first : on Windows 2008 Standard x64 with 8Gb RAM, I have 5 VMs running which should take up 1664Mb RAM (3*256Mb+384Mb+512Mb). There is nothing else running on this server except the basic OS components (this not a Core installation). I know that each VM will use more RAM on the host than what has been configured in Hyper-V.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But when I run the task manager, it says 6.7Gb used ! If I sum up the RAM used by each process in the task manager (showing all users processes), I get to something around 1Gb...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So : how can I check how much RAM each VM is really using on the host (it does not seem to be available via task manager) ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that I am aware of the fact that my problem could be unrelated to VM RAM usage, but I would still very much like to know how to do this." />
  <row Id="31870" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17795" RevisionGUID="7edfcdab-4654-48c8-9dd0-88c3f619d081" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:35:17.477" UserId="7514" Text="How to monitor RAM usage for Hyper-V VMs ?" />
  <row Id="31871" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17795" RevisionGUID="7edfcdab-4654-48c8-9dd0-88c3f619d081" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:35:17.477" UserId="7514" Text="&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;memory&gt;&lt;usage&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="31872" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17796" RevisionGUID="f8beee0f-68d4-4495-94da-fdfe304d80b7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:40:17.920" UserId="4883" Text="It's basically a function of available memory - how many threads/processes can you hold? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In your case you really need to measure this, and set MaxClients so that you don't swap, otherwise it's game over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are polling every second you need to decide if you are going to use KeepAlive or not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You really need to read [this][1] and [this][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/misc/perf-tuning.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#keepalive" />
  <row Id="31873" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17797" RevisionGUID="f52a332e-1bcf-4793-98a8-56dbadf0901e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:42:50.457" UserId="7514" Text="[Oracle SQL Developer][1] is free, Java based, graphical and made by Oracle. BUT it is made by Oracle, which should give you a hint about its overall usability (improving over versions, to be fair).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To be able to connect to Oracle 8i, you will need an old version of this tool (has to do with JDBC support, or rather lack of it). Try 1.2.1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/sql_developer/index.html" />
  <row Id="31874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17798" RevisionGUID="eb64250d-f55b-49a5-96f3-79e5cea0e055" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:43:17.430" UserId="1435" Text="It depends on your local employment laws but I'd start interviewing for a replacement.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're lucky it might 'motivate' the existing sysadmin." />
  <row Id="31875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17799" RevisionGUID="3827512b-6d16-4a8d-a765-b75c64bae1dc" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:45:48.363" UserId="2368" Text="At first I'd think, perhaps it is me who is misinformed and wrong?" />
  <row Id="31876" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14734" RevisionGUID="8c6e9ddd-1b21-4bee-896a-777a8306cb22" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:47:15.567" UserId="4822" Comment="added 80 characters in body; added 10 characters in body" Text="i've not used DropMyRights on FireFox, but...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i did see a case where the FireFox shortcut was triggering an elevation (UAC) prompt; whereas running the executable itself would *not* trigger an elevation prompt. Somehow the shortcut was marked as [require administrator][1] - which is not possible through any UI in Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Deleting and recreating the shortcut fixed it, and the user no longer has to elevate to run FireFox when running from a shortcut.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps deleting your shortcut, and recreating.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My other suggestion is to use [Process Explorer][2], and see what the problem is. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Filter it to only show **FireFox.exe**, and hopefully you will see some ACCESS_DENIED messages before it vanishes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb756929.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx" />
  <row Id="31877" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17800" RevisionGUID="0e53f3ab-d89a-4f0e-932d-c528d82ddd70" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:48:25.347" UserId="6767" Text="I've virtualized several versions of Solaris 10 under VMware Workstation 6.5x, although mostly for playing and trials, not for production.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do have one Solaris 10 u5 running under ESXi 3.5 in production." />
  <row Id="31878" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14147" RevisionGUID="f8a2f769-7fe4-4f3e-b391-c26c9299618c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:48:50.230" UserId="4822" Comment="added 20 characters in body" Text="DELETE statement without a WHERE clause, on the customers' live patron database." />
  <row Id="31879" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17518" RevisionGUID="73c511c3-a13f-4135-b7cf-c3660c369755" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:50:27.743" UserId="7405" Comment="Edited for clarity." Text="Live Upgrade, which uses ZFS, creates writable snapshots of the operating system boot environment. With Live Upgrade, you can apply patches to a snapshot boot environment, then make that snapshot bootable. Upon the next reboot you get a patched OS environment. If you discover an issue with a patch, you can make the old snapshot bootable, reboot and you've backed out your changes. Its a pretty impressive solution to patching.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ZFS for the boot environment requires Solaris 10u6 or newer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, Solaris Zones are pretty useful for application isolation. Obviously DTrace is very nice but RedHat is playing catchup with System Tap." />
  <row Id="31880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17801" RevisionGUID="d5ad8dcf-a858-40b7-99af-d14540c7c5e6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:52:22.687" UserId="6450" Text="I have Parallels 4.0, running a Windows Vista appliance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Every ~2 months, my Shared Networking just stops working altogether.  I get only local access.  I've tried rebooting, flushing out my System Preferences -&gt; Network settings (the Parallel Adapters), and reinstalling the Parallels Tools.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas at all?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://kb.parallels.com/en/5664 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Surprisingly, there is very little recent (relevant) information out there on this problem.  And so many other people in newsgroup postings have had the same experience." />
  <row Id="31881" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17801" RevisionGUID="d5ad8dcf-a858-40b7-99af-d14540c7c5e6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:52:22.687" UserId="6450" Text="best way to troubleshoot Shared Networking in Parallels virtual machine" />
  <row Id="31882" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17801" RevisionGUID="d5ad8dcf-a858-40b7-99af-d14540c7c5e6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:52:22.687" UserId="6450" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="31883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17802" RevisionGUID="302d579d-1915-4a75-bd23-df51f31fb695" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:52:49.877" UserId="4135" Text="I'm trying to figure out how to add a local printer on the HP Thin Client t5145 so I can use it for LPD printing. On the older model thin clients there was a check box for &quot;enable LPD printing&quot; for the printer. I cannot find this option anywhere on the thin client. Does anyone have any ideas?" />
  <row Id="31884" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17802" RevisionGUID="302d579d-1915-4a75-bd23-df51f31fb695" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:52:49.877" UserId="4135" Text="Hp Thin Client printing" />
  <row Id="31885" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17802" RevisionGUID="302d579d-1915-4a75-bd23-df51f31fb695" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:52:49.877" UserId="4135" Text="&lt;printing&gt;" />
  <row Id="31886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17803" RevisionGUID="3c1a41cf-3436-4ebf-9dd2-5c58ab91f49e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:52:57.723" UserId="3657" Text="Have you considered using the trial versions of either SCVMM or Hyper9 to manage your Hyper-V environment, at least temporarily.  It sounds like you need to invest in a management tool for your virtual infrastructure." />
  <row Id="31887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17804" RevisionGUID="cf806f9a-fb49-4813-938b-a65f52e49054" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:53:12.670" UserDisplayName="Joe" Text="I have the rights to log into a BOXI server and build queries and reports, but can only export 100,000 rows at a time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tools on my desktop that can connect to databases via things like ODBC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to use ODBC or some other connection type to connect to BusinessObjects?" />
  <row Id="31888" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17804" RevisionGUID="cf806f9a-fb49-4813-938b-a65f52e49054" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:53:12.670" UserDisplayName="Joe" Text="How do you connect to BusinessObjects?" />
  <row Id="31889" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17804" RevisionGUID="cf806f9a-fb49-4813-938b-a65f52e49054" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:53:12.670" UserDisplayName="Joe" Text="&lt;database&gt;&lt;odbc&gt;" />
  <row Id="31890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17805" RevisionGUID="cbc4752b-f09e-4ecc-b88e-03671d859c3a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:53:34.540" UserId="1820" Text="This is occuring because apparently support for &quot;in-browser&quot; PDF viewing was removed from this version. I ran into the same problem, and you need to disable an option:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Open Adobe Reader&#xD;&#xA;- Click Edit &gt; Preferences&#xD;&#xA;- Choose the &quot;Internet&quot; category&#xD;&#xA;- Uncheck &quot;Display PDF in browser&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now when you try to open a PDF link, it will open Adobe Reader, instead of opening the PDF within the broswer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will want to edit your MST file to disable this option as well." />
  <row Id="31891" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17281" RevisionGUID="b390c86f-37db-4c8a-8aeb-f8bf3066fbfa" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:56:18.857" UserId="3557" Comment="added workstation naming scheme" Text="For servers, I like the standard currently used at my office&#xD;&#xA;&lt;P for Physical, V for Virtual&gt;&lt;3 letter location code&gt;-&lt;Environment if not Production&gt;&lt;App/Function eg Web, SCOM, SCCM, DC, HYPV&gt;&lt;2 digit incrementing number to avoid duplicate names&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An example would be:&#xD;&#xA;PHOU-DMOSQL01&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Physical&#xD;&#xA; - Houstonm&#xD;&#xA; - Demo Environment&#xD;&#xA; - SQL Server&#xD;&#xA; - 01&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Desktops/Laptops I usually use a type designator and the user's name (assuming machines are assigned to a specific user) (LT|DT)-&lt;Username&gt; for instance my laptop is LT-KCOLBY" />
  <row Id="31892" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17806" RevisionGUID="0660e428-11fb-4db6-8142-176b98b71be9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:56:55.297" UserId="7200" Text="I'm not sure what you've tried to do before, but here's what I just did and had success:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Downloaded the Tomcat 5.5.27 Windows Service installer and installed it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Dumped the TomCat5 service security descriptor using &quot;sc sdshow tomcat5&quot;, which showed me:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;AU)(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;PU)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a pretty common security descriptor for services. I've seen it verbatim on some Microsoft services. The SYSTEM and built-in Administrators have &quot;full control&quot;, &quot;Power Users&quot; can stop, start, and pause the service, and &quot;Authenticated Users&quot; can query properties of the service (I'm glossing over a bit here).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) I created a limited user called &quot;bob&quot; on my box, opened a &quot;RUNAS&quot; command-prompt as him, and got his SID from &quot;WHOAMI /ALL&quot; (a command that's on Windows Server 2003 but not on XP... don't know about Vista and Windows 7 off the top of my head). I verified that Bob could not stop / start the Tomcat service (using &quot;NET STOP tomcat5&quot;). I received the same error you report in your post.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) From my regular administrator command-prompt, ran the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sc sdset tomcat5 D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;AU)(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;PU)(A;;RPWPDT;;;S-1-5-21-1409082233-484763869-854245398-1009)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This SDDL string gives Bob's SID (S-1-5-21-1409082233-484763869-854245398-1009) rights to stop, start, and pause the service (RP, WP, and DT, respectively).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5) I flipped back to my &quot;Bob&quot; command prompt and verified that I could now stop and start the service using NET STOP and NET START.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd recommend creating a group to delegte this right to, putting a user in that group, getting the group's SID (using WHOAMI or any other tool) and modifying the security descriptor this way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would think that using Group Policy to modify the security descriptor would work fine. I have seen cases where some services don't like the default permission that a group policy-based modification puts on a service (look at this posting about the Windows Search service if you want to see what I'm talking about: http://peeved.org/blog/2007/12/07), but that has been uncommon in my experience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want more background on security descriptors for services, have a look at http://msmvps.com/blogs/alunj/archive/2006/02/13/83472.aspx and http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914392." />
  <row Id="31893" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17666" RevisionGUID="42d83b5c-e0dd-4029-9a5d-8732eea6e952" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:01:11.157" UserId="247" Comment="Added link" Text="Is it a PCL5 printer?  If so, I've had success with the HP Universal PCL5 driver (on HP's website) even on non-HP printers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HP driver][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&amp;cc=us&amp;prodNameId=503519&amp;prodTypeId=18972&amp;prodSeriesId=503548&amp;swLang=8&amp;taskId=135&amp;swEnvOID=2100" />
  <row Id="31894" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17807" RevisionGUID="ed60c0c7-8567-479d-afdd-b4ca7912ad5b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:01:34.663" UserId="4381" Text="From the sound of your comment, at the moment VirtualBox is likely the best option. However, ork is progressing on a [Solaris 10 Brand for opensolaris](http://opensolaris.org/os/project/s10brand/), which would allow you to have a Solaris 10 zone with an OpenSolaris global zone. Combined with the [crossbow](http://opensolaris.org/os/project/crossbow/) networking features included in yesterday's networking release that let you do (among other things) real virtual networking with zones, this would be the best option once the solaris 10 brand is complete." />
  <row Id="31895" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17691" RevisionGUID="e8a9ac5c-c5af-49f4-b4b3-0728c5a0ba9e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:02:45.020" UserId="247" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;antivirus&gt;" />
  <row Id="31896" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17808" RevisionGUID="3b8e9a6a-91d7-430a-978c-e2469f655dcd" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:02:45.147" UserId="6108" Text="Look also into automating the uprade using webstart (which has additional restrictions) or integrating the update into the startup script, for example something like this:&#xD;&#xA;1. check if there are any files in new/, copy them into production&#xD;&#xA;2. start application&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This way all you need is a restart. And you can copy, rsync, ftp, ... &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31897" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14737" RevisionGUID="69f1d877-5c0e-4fc5-a607-e207b8b7064c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:05:37.840" UserDisplayName="Name Withheld" Comment="Add a large number of comments." Text="It is common for &quot;organizational issues&quot; (such as politics, organizational inertia, and selective hearing -- think Dilbert) to cause more IT problems than computers and servers do?  Likewise, is it common for one's employers to not really know what said person's job entails, or even care, until such time as they have a computer glitch, and want everything dropped to have it fixed *now*?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What can be done to ameliorate such situations?  (How about in a setting one step removed from business concerns -- not needing to increase profits or make clients happy -- such as in a governmental organization?)  How do you take satisfaction in a job well-done when no one knows or really cares what you are doing?  Indeed, how do you stay focused if it doesn't seem to matter if you do anything or not?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assume that I'm exaggerating a little bit, and don't have a pressing desire to quit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** now a community-wiki question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**Thanks for all of the great answers.  I wanted to add a few comments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is my opinion that a good manager should know what those he manages do, and those above him should have some idea.  The head of IT here really doesn't know.  If I go to a mechanic, I may have no idea what he does, but I will listen strongly to his assessment, and would get a second opinion before ignoring the advice, and the people running the mechanic shop really ought to know what they hired him for!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for dropping everything to fix a computer glitch, upper management has been known to have one of the sysadmins leave problems (such as users being unable to log in or use a computer that works reliably) to move contacts from one phone to a newer one, or to make their calendar sync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The most frustrating thing is that nobody seems to have the power to change things.  The people with the greatest ability to effect change have the least interest in doing so as they don't even understand what is broken.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is hard only being noticed when things go wrong.  A person needs a little bit of understanding or catharsis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is difficult to align oneself to the business objectives, as our stated mission seems to be contrary (and, indeed, as times in opposition) to what the people with clout in the organization are pursuing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for being the change I want to see in the world, that is definitely a factor of why I am still working for this organization.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Congrats on the Joel Test for Sysadmins.  That was an excellent idea.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17809" RevisionGUID="289098ec-aa54-4e39-957e-86483deffcac" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:06:47.867" UserId="6108" Text="Or if you have python available, it'll take only few lines, such as listed here:&#xD;&#xA;[Sending attachments in python][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/2038" />
  <row Id="31899" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17810" RevisionGUID="9e91f7e8-4470-4f27-b16b-e28c4b30d7ff" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:07:02.750" UserId="7099" Text="This link might be helpful:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[The DHCP service does not start when you start a Windows Server 2003-based computer][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927059" />
  <row Id="31900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17811" RevisionGUID="4f8a2684-e5cf-4b02-b434-c79242342c7a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:07:52.920" UserId="7552" Text="Evidently when the question got transferred, it is not assigned to the author any more.  I don't have a back of master, but I do have backups of the customer data." />
  <row Id="31901" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17811" RevisionGUID="4f8a2684-e5cf-4b02-b434-c79242342c7a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:07:52.920" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31902" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17812" RevisionGUID="ad19ac7e-731b-4fe6-8775-093de741356c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:09:06.553" UserId="2783" Text="I don't have a Hyper-V machine handy to make sure it works, but take a look at Sysinternal's VMMap (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/dd535533.aspx)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the description: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; VMMap is a process virtual and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; physical memory analysis utility. It&#xD;&#xA;&gt; shows a breakdown of a process's&#xD;&#xA;&gt; committed virtual memory types as well&#xD;&#xA;&gt; as the amount of physical memory&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (working set) assigned by the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; operating system to those types.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Besides graphical representations of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; memory usage, VMMap also shows summary&#xD;&#xA;&gt; information and a detailed process&#xD;&#xA;&gt; memory map. Powerful filtering and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; refresh capabilities allow you to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; identify the sources of process memory&#xD;&#xA;&gt; usage and the memory cost of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; application features." />
  <row Id="31903" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17784" RevisionGUID="37086ac4-3c7a-48af-8aa8-07bb350f50e7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:10:23.070" UserId="7099" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;dhcp&gt;&lt;conficker&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;virus&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="31904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17813" RevisionGUID="386d09e2-d561-4063-9c4c-8b3486ffd99d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:11:49.310" UserId="6467" Text="Hi everyone, I've got a vsftp server running.&#xD;&#xA;Here's what I want to do :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2 developpers are given the access through an ftp client to a web directory.&#xD;&#xA;They write the files they want.&#xD;&#xA;Then they refresh the pages (F5) and the web server gives them the new pages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what I did :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Create a group (name it&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;pre&gt;allaccessgroup&lt;/pre&gt;).&#xD;&#xA; 2. create &lt;pre&gt;user1&lt;/pre&gt; which belongs to this group and &lt;pre&gt;user2&lt;/pre&gt; which also belongs to this group&#xD;&#xA; 3. create a directory &lt;pre&gt;/var/www/newsite&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 4. &lt;pre&gt;chgrp allaccessgroup /var/www/newsite&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 5. &lt;pre&gt;chown apache /var/www/newsite&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 6. &lt;pre&gt;chmod 570 /var/www/newsite&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This way : apache can read, and **only** read the php files and all user1 and user2 are given the rights to do what they want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that I want user1 and user2 to upload their files. When they are uploaded the files permissions are allaccessgroup / user1 or allaccessgroup / user2, and I want the permissions allaccessgroup / apache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for a way to change the ownnership automatically as soon as the files are uploaded. &#xD;&#xA;I've read some stuff like this : create a php file then call once the upload is done :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;$complete = $complete.exec(&quot;ssh root@host -i /path/to/pulic/key chmod 0700 /Users/&quot;.$shortname.&quot;/Private/\n&quot;);&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't like calling &quot;exec&quot; this would mean grant the &quot;exec&quot; access to php...&#xD;&#xA;Any other idea welcome !&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the way :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been looking to the vsftp config file :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;chown_uploads=YES&#xD;&#xA;chown_username=apache&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but this is for for uploaded anonymous files to be owned by a different user, not for a specific user&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any other idea welcome !&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks !" />
  <row Id="31905" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17813" RevisionGUID="386d09e2-d561-4063-9c4c-8b3486ffd99d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:11:49.310" UserId="6467" Text="ftp upload / how to change permissions / ownership &quot;automagically&quot; ?" />
  <row Id="31906" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17813" RevisionGUID="386d09e2-d561-4063-9c4c-8b3486ffd99d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:11:49.310" UserId="6467" Text="&lt;ftp&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;ownership&gt;" />
  <row Id="31907" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12947" RevisionGUID="575c9a7f-9b4b-4a7d-a090-730bed512bb0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:13:00.647" UserId="3497" Comment="Added information" Text="In my central office I have a SonicWALL NSA-2400 appliance acting as the hub for several remote offices.  It is configured to pass DHCP requests to my internal DHCP server.  The VPN connection works fine, IP addresses are distributed to remote offices as they should and I'm very pleased with the results - except for one remote office.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Last Friday I installed the little brother of the NSA-2400, the NSA-240 in a remote office.  Both firewalls report rock solid connectivity at all times, and all aspects of network connectivity through the tunnel are working well.  My problem is that so far, each morning the remote office will call and tell me they don't have any network access.  In each case, they have lost their IP addresses handed out by my corporate office DHCP server and have been given &quot;junk&quot; 169.xxx addresses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Restarting their firewall and renewing their DHCP lease fixes the problem immediately.  Renewing the DHCP lease without first restarting their firewall fails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep Alive is enabled on both firewalls.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Clearly after some amount of inactivity, the IP addresses are expiring.  Can anybody shed some light on this for me?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT FOR MORE INFORMATION**:&#xD;&#xA;At this point I have determined that the IP addresses at the remote site fail after 8 hours of uptime.  The logs indicate ARP packet failures around this time.  To reiterate, even after the 8 hour mark, the tunnel is stable on both firewalls, only the DHCP-assigned IP addresses are lost.  I restarted the remote firewall this morning at 7:45 and had them repair their connections, so I will be receiving another call from them at 4:45 telling me their internet is down." />
  <row Id="31908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17814" RevisionGUID="73d62e51-2ebf-4941-8f32-ffed4a1c0b3e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:13:43.470" UserId="2304" Text="I'd like to allow certain users to su to another user account, but not allow access to any other user (i.e. root).  For instance, I'd like to allow Tom the DBA to su to the oracle user, but not to the tomcat user or root.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I imagine this could be done with the /etc/sudoers file - is it possible?  If so, how?" />
  <row Id="31909" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17814" RevisionGUID="73d62e51-2ebf-4941-8f32-ffed4a1c0b3e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:13:43.470" UserId="2304" Text="How can I allow one user to su to another without allowing root access?" />
  <row Id="31910" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17814" RevisionGUID="73d62e51-2ebf-4941-8f32-ffed4a1c0b3e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:13:43.470" UserId="2304" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;sudo&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="31911" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17815" RevisionGUID="745817e4-128b-4d8b-9a6a-54a7edb95b5e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:15:45.667" UserId="4785" Text="Take a look at the [local_umask][1] directive inside the vsftpd.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://vsftpd.beasts.org/vsftpd_conf.html" />
  <row Id="31912" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17816" RevisionGUID="c8aa96ed-e57b-4a34-b490-89ea2d88c1cf" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:15:59.533" UserId="4392" Text="So I've got an interesting issue at the moment. I'm attempting to use curl (7.15.5 on CentOS) to retrieve a file from a remote FTP server. Our client changed something last weekend, because it worked on Friday and doesn't now. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can FTP in using the CLI client, and get a directory listing just fine, although I have to issue &quot;passive&quot; to turn passive mode off. If I don't, I get &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection&#xD;&#xA;    Passive mode refused.  Turning off passive mode.&#xD;&#xA;    No control connection for command: Transport endpoint is not connected&#xD;&#xA;    ftp&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alright. Obviously, passive mode needs to be disabled. I've read the man page a few times and I understand that I need to use -P to specify &quot;active&quot; mode, however from the documentation it seems like this will open a port on the client (my) machine for the data to stream to. Since it's behind a firewall, this won't work. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This tells me that I misunderstand something, because the CLI client works in active mode. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Help me serverfault-kenobi, you're my only hope. " />
  <row Id="31913" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17816" RevisionGUID="c8aa96ed-e57b-4a34-b490-89ea2d88c1cf" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:15:59.533" UserId="4392" Text="FTP Active/Passive not working like I expect" />
  <row Id="31914" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17816" RevisionGUID="c8aa96ed-e57b-4a34-b490-89ea2d88c1cf" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:15:59.533" UserId="4392" Text="&lt;ftp&gt;&lt;passive&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="31915" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17817" RevisionGUID="1b263670-8280-4e82-acfe-2f8ac61c5b64" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:16:12.903" UserId="2561" Text="I think using ssh to localhost using key only authentication is the simplest way. I believe su will only not ask for the password if UID = 0 ." />
  <row Id="31916" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7223" RevisionGUID="f33e6ea1-f0b2-40d6-963c-1125415d57c7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:17:50.450" UserId="667" Comment="added 83 characters in body; edited tags" Text="[Apple's Boot Camp][1] allows you to run a Windows client OS on Apple hardware.  Has anyone had success in running a Windows Server OS natively on [Apple's Xserve][2] hardware?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know if Boot Camp updates coming in Snow Leopard will support this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/bootcamp.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.apple.com/xserve/" />
  <row Id="31917" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7223" RevisionGUID="f33e6ea1-f0b2-40d6-963c-1125415d57c7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:17:50.450" UserId="667" Comment="added 83 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;apple&gt;&lt;xserve&gt;&lt;bootcamp&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="31918" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17818" RevisionGUID="39bcbf61-35e3-43f5-9d09-0345df98b890" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:18:08.530" UserId="1466" Text="Yes, this is possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In **/etc/sudoers** the item immediately following the equals is the user that the command will be allowed to execute as.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    jack  ALL=(bob) /bin/chown jack *&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The user (jack) can type **sudo -u bob /bin/chown jack /home/bob/bobsfile**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31919" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17819" RevisionGUID="ce8d300b-d0a2-4675-9e13-6db809c12e63" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:18:28.593" UserId="993" Text="How do you legally and reasonably ensure your candidate did not falsify items on his/her resume?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of this is done during the interview(s) by asking the right questions. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm interested in seeing how these issues are addressed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Calling references which are completely false (I have heard of staged reference requests)... no actual experience with the reference, just a friend&#xD;&#xA;- Candidates can put whatever they want on the resume regarding experience/certification&#xD;&#xA;- Validating education details (degree, GPA)&#xD;&#xA;- Validating work experience " />
  <row Id="31920" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17819" RevisionGUID="ce8d300b-d0a2-4675-9e13-6db809c12e63" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:18:28.593" UserId="993" Text="How do you verify a job candidates resume?" />
  <row Id="31921" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17819" RevisionGUID="ce8d300b-d0a2-4675-9e13-6db809c12e63" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:18:28.593" UserId="993" Text="&lt;recruitment&gt;&lt;interview&gt;" />
  <row Id="31922" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17820" RevisionGUID="b02f9412-069d-4813-99db-197b2f52fb00" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:19:50.057" UserId="4370" Text="The Windows log and the SQL Server error log are your best places to look. I like the answer about the dependency. That would be my guess. I thought perhaps unable to verify domain credentials, but that shouldn't be an issue. Windows usually caches these.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've seen this with agent, and it's been the dependency thing, but not with the main db service. Be sure that you have the right instance set to auto start. sometimes with Expresss, there are multiple installs, and you might be confusing the services. " />
  <row Id="31923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17821" RevisionGUID="f3c3ed5f-1191-4052-82a8-64177cfa7fae" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:19:51.010" UserId="3657" Text="Using SU will require the password for the account being changed to.  If this user does not have the root or tomcat password, they cannot change to that user." />
  <row Id="31924" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17822" RevisionGUID="22dd82e4-3097-4163-8935-126f8a4413ef" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:20:00.197" UserId="2329" Text="We're having trouble getting to our FTP server from behind a Cisco ASA firewall that we just installed.  We've got HTTP and other protocols working, but FTP doesn't seem to work properly. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can connect to the server, but I can't do any commands in it.  Which I think has something to do with passive and active FTP modes. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there an issue regarding a negotiated port that I'll never really know until after the server has connected?" />
  <row Id="31925" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17822" RevisionGUID="22dd82e4-3097-4163-8935-126f8a4413ef" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:20:00.197" UserId="2329" Text="How to allow FTP protocol behind Cisco ASA Firewall" />
  <row Id="31926" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17822" RevisionGUID="22dd82e4-3097-4163-8935-126f8a4413ef" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:20:00.197" UserId="2329" Text="&lt;ftp&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;asa&gt;" />
  <row Id="31927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17823" RevisionGUID="e65d4123-5370-434a-aa9f-325cf6426f33" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:21:12.723" UserId="4664" Text="Well, for validating education details, I guess he has some sort of a diploma, some sort of paper. You can always ask for that.&#xD;&#xA;Colleges usually have a list of their former students (at least in this part of Europe)." />
  <row Id="31928" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17824" RevisionGUID="b66c0fe7-09cb-458c-972a-cddac8e7f13f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:21:57.587" UserId="5880" Text="I would check to make sure the DNS Inspect Map is turned off. I have seen alot of problems with both FTP and SMTP when the asa is using the default Inspect maps." />
  <row Id="31929" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17818" RevisionGUID="89fc3681-f293-4a9e-ba96-e64bbf01f340" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:24:31.967" UserId="1466" Comment="Changed names to match question" Text="Yes, this is possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In **/etc/sudoers** the item immediately following the equals is the user that the command will be allowed to execute as.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tom  ALL=(oracle) /bin/chown tom *&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The user (tom) can type **sudo -u oracle /bin/chown tom /home/oracle/oraclefile**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31930" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17825" RevisionGUID="df5ad73b-0f2b-4cf0-acaa-732eba2be7ad" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:25:14.227" UserId="2561" Text="This [link][1] explains Active vs Passive very well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://slacksite.com/other/ftp.html" />
  <row Id="31931" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17826" RevisionGUID="a4690a5e-bedb-4f2a-8b5b-dc9e27331918" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:26:31.480" UserId="7245" Text="On your old laptop, open Outlook, then go to Tool -&gt; Optoins -&gt; Other Tab -&gt; AutoArchive. In the middle of that tab will the the path to your Archive file. Copy this file to your new laptop and point the AutoArchive path on the new laptop to the copied archive file. If Outlook can't read the archive file for some reason, you can import this file into Outlook. " />
  <row Id="31932" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17827" RevisionGUID="a7d19538-8f03-45b4-87c2-ddd90c97c538" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:26:35.830" UserId="3002" Text="Add to your /etc/sudoers something like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tom ALL=(oracle) ALL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then user tom should be able to use sudo to run things as user oracle with the -u option, without letting tom &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I.e. getting a shell as user oracle (well, given that your sudo is new enough to have the -i option).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo -u oracle -i" />
  <row Id="31933" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17814" RevisionGUID="a891f456-0972-4689-bdb2-0c27a2c516e6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:26:39.217" UserId="2304" Comment="added 57 characters in body" Text="I'd like to allow certain users to su to another user account without having to know that account's password, but not allow access to any other user account (i.e. root).  &#xD;&#xA;For instance, I'd like to allow Tom the DBA to su to the oracle user, but not to the tomcat user or root.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I imagine this could be done with the /etc/sudoers file - is it possible?  If so, how?" />
  <row Id="31934" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17828" RevisionGUID="02bbabd0-610f-47df-ba83-2fedd18166d1" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:26:43.630" UserId="5391" Text="If the candidate makes it to the interview stage, the resume does not really matter.  If they show 10 years of Exchange experience, but can't troubleshoot a simple routing problem in the interview then they either lied on their resume or they are just a bad candidate.  Either way, what is on the resume is only useful until the interview.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31935" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17829" RevisionGUID="6c3480c2-f74f-477e-a6c8-8d2ece80fc0c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:26:58.950" UserId="7557" Text="If you're turning to file recovery software then I assume that the files weren't in the recycle bin, backups, etc, or possibly the disk itself has failed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These first few steps will make your success more likely:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. *Pull the computer's plug out of the socket*.  **Don't** shut it down because the shutdown process might overwrite the data that you are trying to save.  If you're reading this on the affected computer, keep reading on another computer.  :-)&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;2. Now you want to *make a copy of the entire drive*.  Get another hard drive.  Install an operating system on that drive if it isn't there already and make a copy of the defective drive to that drive.  Your recovery tool should come with the ability to make an entire disk copy.  The copy is sometimes just one big file or a bunch of archive files, compressed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Now *run the recovery tools on the copy of that drive*.  Good tools have the ability to run on a copy of a drive.  Recover from the copy on to the new hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The point of all this exercise is, as soon as you decide to use recovery tools, to stop all access to the defective drive except one read of the whole disk, the absolute minimum.  The less you tamper with the original, the more likely you'll get something back." />
  <row Id="31936" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17829" RevisionGUID="6c3480c2-f74f-477e-a6c8-8d2ece80fc0c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:26:58.950" UserId="7557" />
  <row Id="31937" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17830" RevisionGUID="4c836401-e8a2-4db9-9c60-11b8cbdebfb7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:29:46.573" UserId="4392" Text="HA! I got it! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The key *is* to use -P, but you've got to use the &quot;obvious&quot; choice, since you can't open another port and have it connect in. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     - make curl pick the same IP address that is already  used  for  the  control connection&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the curl command &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    curl -u username:password -P - -o output.file ftp://whatever/source.file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The **-P -** was the important part. Essentially it makes curl use the only available connection (the command connection) for transferring data. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hurray! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31938" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17831" RevisionGUID="3953f7f0-17d6-45b1-a740-259a4e2f4eaf" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:30:21.953" UserId="5391" Text="We only leave the Log Off button on the start menu (set through Group Policy - User/Admin Templates/Start Menu and Taskbar).  All administrators are required to use the &quot;shutdown&quot; command line to either shutdown or restart the server." />
  <row Id="31939" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17832" RevisionGUID="2edb095b-0d4a-455a-9b1f-bb1501d13c66" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:31:13.170" UserId="1825" Text="What are &quot;things to think about&quot; and best practices to migrate a large number of users from using local profiles to roaming ones? " />
  <row Id="31940" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17832" RevisionGUID="2edb095b-0d4a-455a-9b1f-bb1501d13c66" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:31:13.170" UserId="1825" Text="Migrate local profiles to roaming profiles" />
  <row Id="31941" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17832" RevisionGUID="2edb095b-0d4a-455a-9b1f-bb1501d13c66" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:31:13.170" UserId="1825" Text="&lt;profile&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;workstation&gt;" />
  <row Id="31942" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17802" RevisionGUID="aa8ffec4-b395-4c2e-b764-dc152c8a094b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:31:48.770" UserId="4135" Comment="added 99 characters in body" Text="I'm trying to figure out how to add a local printer on the HP Thin Client t5145 so I can use it for LPD printing. The local OS on the thin client is linux. I'm trying to print from a RDP session on win2003server. On the older model thin clients there was a check box for &quot;enable LPD printing&quot; for the printer. I cannot find this option anywhere on the thin client. Does anyone have any ideas?" />
  <row Id="31943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17833" RevisionGUID="8d1dfad6-6369-4f55-8de2-1cd8ea10ebf9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:32:31.780" UserDisplayName="JonP" Text="Longer ago than I'd like to think, I was the company's technical person and worked with some consultants installing their application. The hardware was a DEC VAX and used an HSC50 storage server. The consultants took much of the day with their install, and after they left, I decided to back up the system disk to an empty disk using the HSC50's bit-for-bit copy utility. After the copy was done and I tried to reboot, I discovered that I had reversed the names of the source and target disk, and so had backed up the blank disc bit-for-bit to the system disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was able to rebuild VMS on the system disk, and reinstall much of the application, but I think it never worked as well. Since then, if I was doing a copy/backup/etc., I would write-protect the source disk before continuing. (Now that write-protect switches are no more, I look at the command **before** I hit Return.)" />
  <row Id="31944" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17833" RevisionGUID="8d1dfad6-6369-4f55-8de2-1cd8ea10ebf9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:32:31.780" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="31945" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17834" RevisionGUID="74bf3925-f6b4-4045-85ea-455fdea3502a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:33:20.373" UserId="1200" Text="Building on what Gleb said, and what Google found for me:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysqldump -u user -p password thedb | ssh user@newserver mysql -u user -p password thedb" />
  <row Id="31946" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17835" RevisionGUID="2acd58d9-7903-4ce7-bc3b-38f8df496bee" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:33:28.190" UserId="7542" Text="You could set up a Windows Scheduler job to run the command.  A scheduler job can be set up to run a command under some other user's credentials.  You can then set the security on the job so that only a certain set of users can run it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll need Admin rights to create the scheduled task, but you can then give other people rights to run it.  Even though it's a scheduled task, you can set it so that it only runs on demand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example let's say you create a job (open Control Panel&gt;Scheduled Tasks, then right-click and choose New&gt;Scheduled task) called:&#xD;&#xA;  StartTomcat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Go to the &quot;Task&quot; tab.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set the &quot;Run&quot; and &quot;Start in&quot; values to the command line that starts Tomcat.&#xD;&#xA;Also Set the &quot;Run As&quot; line to be a user that's allowed to start and stop Tomcat, and click the &quot;Set password...&quot; button to provide the user's password.&#xD;&#xA;Finally, *remove* the check from the Enabled box, since you only want to run the job on demand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then go to the &quot;Security&quot; tab.  &#xD;&#xA;Add the people you want to allow to run the task, and grant them *only* &quot;Read &amp; Execute&quot; permissions on the task.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, create a batch file to execute the task.  The batch file will contain the line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   schtasks /run /tn StartTomcat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Put the batch file in a place that's accessible to the users that need to run it.  It might even be possible to put the batch file on a separate machine, but you'll need some additional parameters to the schtasks line.  You can look up those parameters in Windows Help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31947" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17060" RevisionGUID="10f7ac5d-d3b2-4de7-afdb-ed3d68184132" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:34:47.127" UserId="6965" Comment="added 161 characters in body" Text="I can't recommend Nagios highly enough.  Entirely free (assuming you don't count the hours required to negotiate its considerable learning curve), and extendable in just about every way - all the monitoring and alerting stuff has a modular architecture, so you can write your own plugins, pager scripts, whatever.&#xD;&#xA;If you're not that much of a coder, there's also a large and helpful community producing plugins of all kinds, although the bundled ones are pretty good - there are remote agents you can install on your servers, or interfaces to let you perform WMI/SNMP checks, or talk to Tivoli/OpenView server agents.&#xD;&#xA;There are also add-ons to extend the basic Nagios engine in useful ways, like logging performnce data to MySQL or RRDTool.  The configuration is a little complicated, but with enough bullying you can get it to monitor pretty much anything that's got a network connection.  Plus, once you've set up all the host parent-child relationships and extended info (IP address, circuit ID, whatever), you can use it as network documentation." />
  <row Id="31948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17836" RevisionGUID="dd345458-8f0d-4453-9205-11499429492b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:34:53.177" UserId="1736" Text="Well, the big one for me is when people love to put 10 gigs of nonsense in their My Documents folder.  Not so big a deal when it's a local profile.  Doesn't work out so well when it's a roaming profile." />
  <row Id="31949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17837" RevisionGUID="2563c1bb-d47a-4ceb-a486-c6d743cc83f2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:36:18.213" UserId="2359" Text="I have an enviornment with 30 Windows servers (Server 2003 and a few 2008 systems).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are now looking at monitoring solutions, but the first item that we need to accompilish is getting SNMP installed, and configured of each server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm hoping that there is a method that will allow us to do this remotely and centrally managed, so if we later change the community string or servers to send traps to then this could be an easy change.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have any suggestions on how I might be able to go about this process? Is there a GPO that I can apply to accomplish this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31950" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17837" RevisionGUID="2563c1bb-d47a-4ceb-a486-c6d743cc83f2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:36:18.213" UserId="2359" Text="Looking for an automated method to install and configure SNMP on servers" />
  <row Id="31951" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17837" RevisionGUID="2563c1bb-d47a-4ceb-a486-c6d743cc83f2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:36:18.213" UserId="2359" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;snmp&gt;&lt;automated-install&gt;" />
  <row Id="31952" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17769" RevisionGUID="3413df55-38db-488d-bb0c-6adcadf85637" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:36:19.073" UserId="1736" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;load&gt;&lt;capacity&gt;&lt;capacity-estimation&gt;" />
  <row Id="31953" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17838" RevisionGUID="eb8f63c2-dad2-41ce-9e9a-79f75d89fd7a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:38:12.890" UserId="5473" Text=" - References: Generally I think talking to the reference and getting into some detail about a project that's on the resume or came up while talking to the candidate might help. You sort of have to go with your instinct while talking to them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Made up experience: This should show up during the technical interview. If you're they demonstrate the skills you want during the interview and feel like other experience candidates, they probably didn't make it up. If you're interested in some skill or experience on their resume, probe it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Educational details: At the in-person interview stage, does this matter? If it matters, call the school registrar.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31954" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17839" RevisionGUID="17e8c037-fb85-49c4-853d-c20854dae92a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:38:55.370" UserId="181" Text="I've got a few things listed on my CV (resume) - all of which are accurate. I've never been called on any of them though, because none of them prove if I can do the job or not.  If someone claims to have a PhD, ask them for a copy of the dissertation - if it's in a relevant field." />
  <row Id="31955" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="8372" RevisionGUID="cf351456-a48e-479f-889a-112f4571b72a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:38:55.587" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="31956" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17830" RevisionGUID="26c6f52a-c475-4857-9fcf-0250db566f6d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:39:52.170" UserId="4392" Comment="added 31 characters in body" Text="HA! I got it! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The key *is* to use -P, but you've got to use the &quot;obvious&quot; choice, since you can't open another port and have it connect in. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To quote the documentation:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;\- make curl pick the same IP address that is already  used  for  the  control connection&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the curl command &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    curl -u username:password -P - -o output.file ftp://whatever/source.file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The **-P -** was the important part. Essentially it makes curl use the only available connection (the command connection) for transferring data. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hurray! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31957" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17840" RevisionGUID="79a9e8a8-fe3b-4f74-a00b-439c072699c2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:40:20.343" UserId="5940" Text="Since you mention vmware and hyper-v guests I'll presume you're not running ESX versions of vmware, and are using more of a hosted model.  Defragging the host OS is a good idea.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Defragging inside the guest though can be bad.  I only have experience with vmware's products, not hyper-v, but if you have a guest with snapshots, defragging can cause you to use a large amount of disk space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A snapshot is a delta of the changes made from the parent disk file.  When you update a block in the guest, the size of the delta increases.  If defragmenting touches every block, your snapshot would increase in size to consume the same amount of disk space as your original virtual hard drive.  Just something to be aware of." />
  <row Id="31958" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17841" RevisionGUID="ef81fd93-8061-45ac-b5c1-59fc41b7994f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:40:50.543" UserId="7200" Text="I've done this several times, typically copying the &quot;My Documents&quot; and &quot;Desktop&quot; into redirected folders by hand during the process. I like doing this in migrations because it preserves the user's look and feel of their environment, as well as their data files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're copying around registry hives (NTUSER.DAT) as files into the new profiles, be sure that you modify the permission on the root of the hive to allow the domain user account access. You can get some really, really strange behaviour if you don't do this. (Microsoft Outlook 2003 displays a funny error message to the effect of &quot;Outlook Failed to Start&quot; when this happens, as an example.)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31959" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17842" RevisionGUID="38b42f63-cfbc-4e47-bd85-1496cb4363eb" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:42:46.343" UserId="3312" Text="If your'e doing basic sysadmin queries, just use the standard Oracle SQL*Plus client that comes with a standard install.  No additional cost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need specific features, I'd mention them in your question." />
  <row Id="31960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17843" RevisionGUID="a0d2f9a1-5091-4a3a-b7e9-5478f34712c8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:42:57.327" UserId="7570" Text="    * Calling references which are completely false (I have heard of staged reference requests)... no actual experience with the reference, just a friend&#xD;&#xA;    * Validating work experience&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look up the phone number for the organization rather than use the phone number supplied, and ask for the relevant department or HR where you tell them you are verifying employment history.   In the US, HR will confirm dates employed, title of position(s) held, possibly reason for separation, and little else.  People in the department may yield more.  Named references (i.e. friends, coworkers) you'll have to take at face value, though with your questions you can probe whether you're getting puffery or a reasonably straight opinion. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * Candidates can put whatever they want on the resume regarding experience/certification&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For colleges, high schools, and similar, you should be able to get a confirmation of certificate earned and date, though not much else.  If, however, the person has a FERPA (that's the acronym of the enabling federal law) privacy block on their student records, the college can't even say that the person is or was ever a student.   In that case, get back to the candidate and tell them that the college couldn't confirm their enrollment, ask them if they had a FERPA block, and if so, could they contact the college to remove it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31961" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17844" RevisionGUID="0ba435ab-fe73-4b54-8d7e-8e3b1a86697d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:43:40.477" UserId="39352" Text="I'm looking for a tool or low-overhead way to automatically document scheduled SQL agent jobs across about 20 MS SQL 2005 servers. There are various jobs which run periodically as well as nightly backups; during the day the servers are accessible to users for manual queries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, everything is bumping into everything else. Ideally, I'd like to find some kind of tool which looks at all the scheduling data across all the severs and generates a calendar based report. I'm wondering if anyone has seen anything like this? I've got the RedGate suite, and their SQLDoc tool doesn't seem to do this in a particularly useful way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="31962" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17844" RevisionGUID="0ba435ab-fe73-4b54-8d7e-8e3b1a86697d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:43:40.477" UserId="39352" Text="SQL Server Job Documenting and Scheduling" />
  <row Id="31963" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17844" RevisionGUID="0ba435ab-fe73-4b54-8d7e-8e3b1a86697d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:43:40.477" UserId="39352" Text="&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="31964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17845" RevisionGUID="32e146d5-c808-4dc3-86d5-a2ddf9c5ffc6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:43:45.720" UserId="4392" Text="Your best bet will probably be to find or create an MSI, and then use the GPO to distribute it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a link documenting how to create an MSI: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257718" />
  <row Id="31965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17846" RevisionGUID="299200a3-3530-42f2-9967-da8f3c7b6e47" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:46:16.713" UserId="2304" Text="It's a [known bug][1] apparently... Until a fix is released, the easiest solution would be to run emacs21.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're willing to patch &amp; recompile, I also found a potential patch [here][2], although I can't confirm if it works or not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -----------------------&#xD;&#xA;    diff -c /tmp/sr-speedbar.el\~ /tmp/sr-speedbar.el                                    &#xD;&#xA;    --- /tmp/sr-speedbar.el~   2008-11-06 07:57:08.000000000 -0800                                    &#xD;&#xA;    +++ /tmp/sr-speedbar.el    2008-11-06 07:59:21.000000000 -0800                                    &#xD;&#xA;    @@ -270,16 +270,17 @@&#xD;&#xA;       (interactive)                                                                                              &#xD;&#xA;       (let ((current-window (selected-window)))                                                                  &#xD;&#xA;         (if (and sr-speedbar-window                                                                              &#xD;&#xA;    -           speedbar-buffer                                                                                    &#xD;&#xA;    -           (window-live-p sr-speedbar-window) ;when `sr-speedbar-window' visible                              &#xD;&#xA;    -           (buffer-live-p speedbar-buffer))   ;and contain `speedbar-buffer'                                  &#xD;&#xA;    -       (sr-speedbar-select-window)                                                                            &#xD;&#xA;    -      (if (&gt; (current-window-take-width) 1) ;if width of `sr-speedbar-window' is a valid value                &#xD;&#xA;    -         (setq sr-speedbar-width (current-window-take-width))) ;remember it make next restore same width      &#xD;&#xA;    -      (bury-buffer)                                                                                          &#xD;&#xA;    -      (if (and current-window                                                                                &#xD;&#xA;    -              (window-live-p current-window))                                                                &#xD;&#xA;    -        (select-window current-window)))))                                                                    &#xD;&#xA;    +            speedbar-buffer                                                                                  &#xD;&#xA;    +            (window-live-p sr-speedbar-window) ;when `sr-speedbar-window' visible                            &#xD;&#xA;    +            (buffer-live-p speedbar-buffer))   ;and contain `speedbar-buffer'                                &#xD;&#xA;    +       (progn                                                                                                &#xD;&#xA;    +         (sr-speedbar-select-window)                                                                          &#xD;&#xA;    +         (if (&gt; (current-window-take-width) 1) ;if width of `sr-speedbar-window' is a valid value            &#xD;&#xA;    +             (setq sr-speedbar-width (current-window-take-width))) ;remember it make next restore same width  &#xD;&#xA;    +         (bury-buffer)                                                                                        &#xD;&#xA;    +         (if (and current-window                                                                              &#xD;&#xA;    +                  (window-live-p current-window))                                                            &#xD;&#xA;    +             (select-window current-window))))))                                                               &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emacs-snapshot/+bug/374054&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.nabble.com/Integrate-sr-speedbar.el-with-speedbar.el-td21094426.html" />
  <row Id="31966" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17847" RevisionGUID="5a67fecf-0248-4091-9433-0ac73ed36623" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:50:18.140" UserId="3984" Text="first shot, try IDERA, they have a free tool called Job Manager that is a lite version of a paid product. [www.idera.com][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.idera.com/Products/Free-Tools/SQL-job-manager/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;there are others though ... " />
  <row Id="31968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17849" RevisionGUID="685372c6-1466-42d3-8109-aab862254f92" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:27:55.593" Text="&lt;p&gt;i have configured a postfix mailserver on linux with dovecot now problem is when i configure autoreply it reply two mail to sender.i have used vacation.pl a perl script of postfix admin to autoreply a mail to sender . i have configured it before and test at that time there is no problem. but after change database structure i have change postfix configuration, dovecot configuration and vacation.pl script. as i think there is not a problem in database query.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;same problem i get when i send bcc to some user the user will get two mail. i dont found the problem in which is it in dovecot,autoreply .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;my master.cf file is as shown below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;# ==========================================================================&#xA;# service type  private unpriv  chroot  wakeup  maxproc command + args&#xA;#               (yes)   (yes)   (yes)   (never) (100)&#xA;# ==========================================================================&#xA;smtp      inet  n       -        -       -       -       smtpd &#xA;#    -o content_filter=spamfilter:dummy&#xA;     -o content_filter=vacation:dummy&#xA;     -o content_filter=dfilt:dummy&#xA;vacation  unix  -   n	 n	 -	 -	 pipe&#xA;    flags=Rq user=vacation argv=/var/spool/vacation/vacation3.pl -f ${sender} -- ${recipient}&#xA;# flags=Rq user=vacation argv=/usr/bin/perl argv=/var/spool/vacation/vacation.pl -f ${sender} -- ${recipient}&#xA;pickup    fifo  n       -       n       60      1       pickup&#xA;cleanup   unix  n       -       n       -       0       cleanup&#xA;qmgr      fifo  n       -       n       300     1       qmgr&#xA;#qmgr     fifo  n       -       n       300     1       oqmgr&#xA;tlsmgr    unix  -       -       n       1000?   1       tlsmgr&#xA;rewrite   unix  -       -       n       -       -       trivial-rewrite&#xA;bounce    unix  -       -       n       -       0       bounce&#xA;defer     unix  -       -       n       -       0       bounce&#xA;trace     unix  -       -       n       -       0       bounce&#xA;verify    unix  -       -       n       -       1       verify&#xA;flush     unix  n       -       n       1000?   0       flush&#xA;proxymap  unix  -       -       n       -       -       proxymap&#xA;proxywrite unix -       -       n       -       1       proxymap&#xA;smtp      unix  -       -       n       -       -       smtp&#xA;# When relaying mail as backup MX, disable fallback_relay to avoid MX loops&#xA;relay     unix  -       -       n       -       -       smtp&#xA;    -o smtp_fallback_relay=&#xA;#       -o smtp_helo_timeout=5 -o smtp_connect_timeout=5&#xA;showq     unix  n       -       n       -       -       showq&#xA;error     unix  -       -       n       -       -       error&#xA;retry     unix  -       -       n       -       -       error&#xA;discard   unix  -       -       n       -       -       discard&#xA;local     unix  -       n       n       -       -       local&#xA;virtual   unix  -       n       n       -       -       virtual&#xA;lmtp      unix  -       -       n       -       -       lmtp&#xA;anvil     unix  -       -       n       -       1       anvil&#xA;scache    unix  -       -       n       -       1       scache&#xA;#&#xA;#spamassassin unix -      n       n       -       -       pipe&#xA;#    flags=Rq user=spamd argv=/usr/bin/spamc -u ${user} -e /usr/sbin/sendmail -oi -f ${sender} ${recipient}&#xA;dovecot    unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe&#xA;    flags=DRhu user=vmail:vmail argv=/usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver -d ${recipient}&#xA;#spamfilter unix     - 	 n	 n	 -	 -	 pipe&#xA;#   flags=Rq user=spamfilter argv=/usr/local/bin/spamfilter.sh -f ${sender} -- ${recipient}&#xA;#spamfilter unix -   n	 n	 -	 -	 pipe&#xA;#    flags=Rq user=vmail argv=/usr/bin/spamc -u ${user}@${domain} -e /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix -oi -f ${sender} ${recipient}&#xA;dfilt     unix    -       n       n       -       -       pipe&#xA;    flags=Rq user=filterAlt argv=/etc/postfix/disclaimer -f ${sender} -- ${recipient}&#xA;#vacation  unix  -       n        n       -       -       pipe&#xA;#    flags=Rq user=vacation argv=/var/spool/vacation/vacation3.pl -f ${sender} -- ${recipient}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31969" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17849" RevisionGUID="685372c6-1466-42d3-8109-aab862254f92" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:27:55.593" Text="i have configured a postfix mailserver on linux with dovecot now problem is when i configure autoreply it reply two mail to sender" />
  <row Id="31970" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17849" RevisionGUID="685372c6-1466-42d3-8109-aab862254f92" CreationDate="2009-06-02T14:27:55.593" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;postfix&gt;&lt;redhat&gt;" />
  <row Id="31971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17850" RevisionGUID="bd7b0346-5edc-4ef9-b94d-f9e3cd56177c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:54:18.117" UserId="3459" Text="Checking resume items can be time consuming but might be worth doing if it's a serious candidate.  After all, if they're willing falsify items on their resume it calls into question their ethics.  Do you want to hand system admin privileges to someone like that?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The interview is the most critical element and shouldn't be short changed because that gives you an opportunity to size the person up and see if they are the type of people you want on your team.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things you can check with the resume:&#xD;&#xA;1.  Certifications - most vendors that offer certifications also offer a way to check the status.  As an example Microsoft has a way for their MCP's to [share][1] their transcript with a potential employer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.  Degree/GPA - the only way to validate this is with a transcript from their college.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3.  Work experience - if they don't provide a reference for previous work experience, there's no way to validate this except by asking them detailed questions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4.  References - again, ask detailed questions, press them for specifics.  Can you describe a typical day?  How do they handle themselves in a high stress situation?  Can you describe a specific situation where the candidate handled themself exceptionally well?  Can you describe a situation where the candidate was lacking and how did they address it afterward?  You could also ask the reference about what they do and judge if they know what they're talking about.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's no real way to determine with any finality if someone setup a staged reference, you just have to do your due diligence and then use your interview process to bring in the best people.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/career/employer.mspx" />
  <row Id="31972" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17851" RevisionGUID="87e60032-4e6b-4472-9893-369753d2c7e2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:55:56.990" UserId="7200" Text="For Windows Server 2008, you can use OCSETUP.EXE. See more at: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936209&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Windows Server 2003, you can use SYSOCMGR. Put the following lines into a file (I'm calling mine &quot;snmp.txt&quot;):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [Components]&#xD;&#xA;    netoc = on&#xD;&#xA;    [NetOptionalComponents]&#xD;&#xA;    SNMP = 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, call SYSOCMGR as an Administrator (or as SYSTEM-- this absolutely does work from an AD startup script):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SYSOCMGR /u:%SystemRoot%\inf\sysoc.inf /i:snmp.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(This assumes you're calling SYSOCMGR from the same directory as snmp.txt.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've done this all the time w/ Windows XP, and it worked fine in a VM that I just tested w/ W2K3. Be sure the Windows source files are accessible in the location SYSOCMGR looks by default or the install will hang asking for them.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17852" RevisionGUID="17bdbe74-30ec-443c-ada8-bccf53f5939f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T15:59:35.703" UserId="7200" Text="I'm guessing you're having problems with active FTP. You're looking for the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    class-map inspection_default&#xD;&#xA;     match default-inspection-traffic&#xD;&#xA;    !&#xD;&#xA;    !&#xD;&#xA;    policy-map asa_global_fw_policy&#xD;&#xA;     class inspection_default&#xD;&#xA;     inspect ftp&#xD;&#xA;    !&#xD;&#xA;    service-policy asa_global_fw_policy global&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ASA doesn't have a &quot;fixup ftp&quot; like the PIX did, but this will do what you need." />
  <row Id="31974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17853" RevisionGUID="d639113a-5e2e-4586-b491-7ccff491c01b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:01:26.790" UserId="6383" Text="You can add NOPASSWD: to the relevant entry in the sudoers file to stop it asking for a password, which I think will help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're better off running it from the crontab of the desired user in the first place, and avoiding the need for sudo.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To edit fred's crontab:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    su - fred&#xD;&#xA;    crontab -e&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="31975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17854" RevisionGUID="ecaebaf4-fca5-4306-bbc9-fc7d546dcf75" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:04:04.227" UserId="2767" Text="We've got a development/test server running Windows server 2003 64bit, standard edition with SP2. (it also has dual boot to the 32bit edition)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I diagnose problems with memory? I'm worried we've got a faulty stick of RAM, but I want to check I haven't just missed a config setting somewhere before I get on the phone to Crucial.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The RAM's been upgraded to 4gb but windows (64bit) doesn't seem to be recognising the full 4gb. Task manager reports &quot;3406152 kb&quot; and system properties &quot;3.25 gb&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even more confusingly the BIOS reports only 2gb.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Extra Info: The hardware is basically a cheap desktop. It's got a Pentium 4 (&quot;ACPI\GENUINEINTEL_-_EM64T_FAMILY_15_MODEL_4\_0&quot;) in a Foxconn &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.foxconnchannel.com/product/Motherboards/detail_overview.aspx?ID=en-us0000006&quot;&gt;945G7MA-8EKRS2&lt;/a&gt;  (intel 945G).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's been years since I tinkered with hardware, and never in a 64bit or server OS, so I'm out of my depth." />
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  <row Id="31977" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17854" RevisionGUID="ecaebaf4-fca5-4306-bbc9-fc7d546dcf75" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:04:04.227" UserId="2767" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;memory&gt;&lt;64-bit&gt;" />
  <row Id="31978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17855" RevisionGUID="bf083d0c-4494-4d63-9163-f0ae145533dc" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:04:55.550" UserId="4113" Text="I have an encrypted file (AES Symmetric encryption).For backup purposes and to save disk space, Can I compress (lossless) the file without worrying about messing up the decryption? If so, can you recommend some good compression programs for this purpose?" />
  <row Id="31979" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17855" RevisionGUID="bf083d0c-4494-4d63-9163-f0ae145533dc" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:04:55.550" UserId="4113" Text="Can I compress an encrypted file?" />
  <row Id="31980" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17855" RevisionGUID="bf083d0c-4494-4d63-9163-f0ae145533dc" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:04:55.550" UserId="4113" Text="&lt;encryption&gt;&lt;administration&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;compression&gt;" />
  <row Id="31981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17856" RevisionGUID="c29e59bd-5d59-40d2-ad9e-33793aa4441c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:05:59.870" UserId="7041" Text="Is it possible to set group permission on a folder at a Windows server so that a file can be created, populated and closed, BUT not changed or deleted after that?  " />
  <row Id="31982" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17856" RevisionGUID="c29e59bd-5d59-40d2-ad9e-33793aa4441c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:05:59.870" UserId="7041" Text="How can I set the NTFS permissions on a folder for a WORM like behaviour " />
  <row Id="31983" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17856" RevisionGUID="c29e59bd-5d59-40d2-ad9e-33793aa4441c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:05:59.870" UserId="7041" Text="&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="31984" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17857" RevisionGUID="6512216c-200f-42f6-a093-3be553617d07" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:06:44.393" UserId="1435" Text="Yes, yes you can.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try 7ZIP, ZIP etc." />
  <row Id="31985" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17858" RevisionGUID="0a9bec86-a97e-45bf-adbc-432c1538dfdf" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:07:34.733" UserId="2561" Text="Yes, it should not cause any issues.  As far as the encryption program is concerned, its just data.  However, it would be hard to recover the data, so you might want to use PAR2 after you create the archive." />
  <row Id="31986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17859" RevisionGUID="af47f3b8-3fef-407f-945b-9ea3914e6e19" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:08:15.107" UserId="1404" Text="You can compress it, but it is unlikely to save much disk space. By its nature, encryption rarely leaves a file compressible by much.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try it for yourself to see if there is any file size savings." />
  <row Id="31987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17860" RevisionGUID="f3aa10ee-fa57-45e9-967a-2b255cca8495" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:09:32.343" UserId="7163" Text="I spent about a week last fall pulling my hair out trying to get Oracle 10g installed on Ubuntu.  I finally gave up and switched to RedHat and had it up and running in one day. " />
  <row Id="31991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17862" RevisionGUID="124a49b2-a72f-4cec-91b1-a3c9933151b9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:10:23.480" UserId="1825" Text="Is it possible to see what AD users are currently browsing an internal (intranet) IIS web server? " />
  <row Id="31992" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17862" RevisionGUID="124a49b2-a72f-4cec-91b1-a3c9933151b9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:10:23.480" UserId="1825" Text="List who is currently connected to an IIS web server." />
  <row Id="31993" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17862" RevisionGUID="124a49b2-a72f-4cec-91b1-a3c9933151b9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:10:23.480" UserId="1825" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;intranet&gt;" />
  <row Id="31994" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17863" RevisionGUID="9d9e7d7b-df8e-4237-8fdf-443e33144f10" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:11:52.230" UserId="5799" Text="Compression programs don't modify the actual data in any way - if they did, they would be useless. (Sound and image compression is an exception, as the human's eye doesn't see such small changes, while a computer can choke on a single flipped bit.) So yes, you can compress encrypted files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But since encrypted data is very similar to random data, it doesn't compress very well - so if you can, compress before encrypting. Otherwise the &quot;compression&quot; will be fairly useless.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a compression program, Unix world prefers &lt;code&gt;[tar][w:tar]&lt;/code&gt; along with &lt;code&gt;gzip&lt;/code&gt;/&lt;code&gt;bzip2&lt;/code&gt; (usually used from within tar, as in &lt;code&gt;tar czf foo.tar.gz foo&lt;/code&gt;), while Windows users prefer [ZIP][w:zip], [RAR][w:rar] or [7z][w:7z].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [w:tar]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_(file_format)&#xD;&#xA;  [w:zip]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_(file_format)&#xD;&#xA;  [w:rar]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rar&#xD;&#xA;  [w:7z]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7z" />
  <row Id="31995" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17864" RevisionGUID="9a0a789d-d045-41a5-a3b0-9610905de99f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:12:30.857" UserId="658" Text="Have you tried [MemTest86][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.memtest86.com" />
  <row Id="31996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17865" RevisionGUID="1ed2015d-e874-494b-ad5b-4c3dfe0cdfd6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:14:59.557" UserId="7577" Text="First of all - trust people. And they will respond in kind.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you will try to check out all my educational and working experiences I will probably just get offended.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The world has adopted the single uniform approach of verifying people for suitability for the job as a 2-stage-process:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Job inteview&#xD;&#xA;2. Evaluation time&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, how would you check the activities in other countries? It could be that it is a normal practice in US for universities to confirm their previous graduates, in some other country university secretary may not even be able to read your request or write a response in English. Or maybe nobody will bother to process your request since they are not going to be paid for. The same applies for companies (if they're not international and very open)." />
  <row Id="31997" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17866" RevisionGUID="65234eb0-3819-415a-a2a1-a021bd36a9f2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:15:07.933" UserId="4084" Text="There is no &quot;good&quot; answer to this question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - in my current job, I manage a small set of servers (10/15) but have a lot of appliances located at our customers. We use names of island for our offshore servers, names of Canadian provinces for our internal servers and name of Canadian cities for the workstations (yes, my boss is from Canada). The appliances have a generic name that include the customer number.&#xD;&#xA; - I used to work for a bigger international firm with a lot of server (around 3k). Each server was dedicated to his task and was in a cluster. The host name included the country (Uk, Be, NL) the server role (DC, SQL), the Datacenter in which the server was stored and the rank in the cluster. We also include the environement (Production, Development, Test) because every environement was enclosed and could not interact with each others.&#xD;&#xA; - In my previous job, I was working for a bank with something like 100k servers. The host name included the city where the server was located, the name, version and editor of the Operating System, the hardware platform (i386, ..) and the number of the server on 5 digit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your servers are clustered, you may need to identify the others members of the cluster to be able to switch on them.&#xD;&#xA;If your server are multi-role, there's no way you can have their roles as part of the name...&#xD;&#xA;In fact your hostnames must contain informations that are valuable for you and the people that will work on a computer breakdown." />
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  <row Id="31999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17867" RevisionGUID="6dee95b3-b408-4f86-9bec-8275621d5cdc" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:15:08.057" UserId="4575" Text="The solution is to enter &quot;samaccountname&quot; (in the login field) all in lower case rather than being case sensitive like all the other fields. You then must use an AD account (in the rootdn field) to retrieve the details as shown in the other screen shots." />
  <row Id="32000" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17868" RevisionGUID="f46927bb-e2a9-4f92-92af-51c1054e1e57" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:15:37.667" UserId="1054" Text="I don't think you can get the individual users at the server level, but you can user perfmon counters to get counts of how many active connections there are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For IIS6 (from the [Technet Article][1]):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.Open Administrative Tools, and then click Performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.Right-click the System Monitor details pane, and then click Add Counters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3.Do one of the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To monitor any computer on which the monitoring console is run, click Use local computer counters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-or-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To monitor a specific computer, regardless of where the monitoring console is run, click Select counters from computer, and specify a computer name or IP address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4.In Performance object, click:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Web Service to monitor active Web connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-or-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FTP Service to monitor active FTP connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5.Click Select counters from list, and select Current Connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6.Click All instances.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;7.Click Add, and then click Close. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/86afd5ee-e183-4a5a-91fd-cf795289c34f.mspx?mfr=true" />
  <row Id="32001" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17869" RevisionGUID="cd649313-7b9b-47ff-a9aa-1288d5378d40" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:17:53.153" UserId="7200" Text="You can set permissions to allow this, but you're probably going to find that you're not happy with the result. (I have yet to ever configure this for a Customer who has requested it and not had to go change it a few days later.)&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;In particular, some programs (Microsoft Word is a good example) assume that they can write files under one name, then rename them after writing. Other programs create the file, close the file, then re-open it for writing again. When such a program tries to write to a directory with permissions like you describe you'll find that things break.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're just going to copy files into such a directory, you might have better luck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's assume that you want &quot;Authenticated Users&quot; to be able to do this. You'll need to use the &quot;Advanced&quot; ACL editor to add the last permission:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SYSTEM - Full Control - Apply onto: This folder, subfolders, and files&#xD;&#xA;Administrators - Full Control - Apply onto: This folder, subfolders, and files&#xD;&#xA;Authenticated Users - Read - Apply onto: This folder, subfolders, and files&#xD;&#xA;Authenticated Users - Create Files / Write Data - Apply onto: This folder and subfolders&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will allow &quot;Authenticated Users&quot; to create new files, but they won't be able to modify files they just created. (Obviously, members of SYSTEM and Administrators *will* be able to manipulate these files.)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32002" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17870" RevisionGUID="0a9e05cc-a93d-4232-a804-bbe1707d82f6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:18:04.480" UserId="7580" Text="Every night I get hundreds, sometimes thousands, of failed ssh logins on my RedHat 4 server. For firewall reasons from remote sites, I need to run on the standard port. Is there anything I should be doing to block this. I notice that many come from the same IP address. Shouldn't it be stopping those after a while?" />
  <row Id="32003" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17870" RevisionGUID="0a9e05cc-a93d-4232-a804-bbe1707d82f6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:18:04.480" UserId="7580" Text="Hundreds of failed ssh logins." />
  <row Id="32004" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17870" RevisionGUID="0a9e05cc-a93d-4232-a804-bbe1707d82f6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:18:04.480" UserId="7580" Text="&lt;sshd&gt;&lt;redhat&gt;" />
  <row Id="32005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17871" RevisionGUID="b7f4fee1-fef5-4b7a-a851-4ecb52a53d76" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:18:07.583" UserId="6310" Text="I don't understand why people insist on this 'sudo su' stuff. If you want to become a certain user with a shell, all you need is 'sudo -u oracle -i', that's all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to become a full root user with a shell, then 'sudo -i' works just fine, why 'sudo su -'? It puts 2 superuser related commands right next to each other for no reason." />
  <row Id="32006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17872" RevisionGUID="53f42bde-ba3a-4fa2-a05f-c007b293213b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:19:05.100" UserId="7579" Text="I've recently been asked to look after a Sun Fire X2100 running Solaris 10, which is sitting in a rack on the other side of the world from me. It's running fine at present, but the hosts don't have remote console access, and there's no response from the LOM web gui when the system is down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Accordingly, I'd like to set up ipmi for out-of-band access so I can get sol going. I'm new to ipmi, and need to a) know how to config it on the box to work over the network, and b) know any further config to make sol work. Pointers/advice much appreciated." />
  <row Id="32007" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17872" RevisionGUID="53f42bde-ba3a-4fa2-a05f-c007b293213b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:19:05.100" UserId="7579" Text="How to configure ipmi on sun fire x2100" />
  <row Id="32008" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17872" RevisionGUID="53f42bde-ba3a-4fa2-a05f-c007b293213b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:19:05.100" UserId="7579" Text="&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;ipmi&gt;" />
  <row Id="32011" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17873" RevisionGUID="51c543f9-4639-4d81-8da1-bc40d5cb3636" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:20:04.617" UserId="6383" Text="And the CEO level explanation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    UDP is when you throw your paper in the general direction of the bin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    TCP is when it misses, you get up, walk over and put it in the bin." />
  <row Id="32012" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17874" RevisionGUID="36ba8393-eb3a-4a4e-a78e-2c658e2409fe" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:20:53.523" UserId="2561" Text="[fail2ban][1] can help with this by blocking IP addresses with too many failed log in attempts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.fail2ban.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page" />
  <row Id="32013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17875" RevisionGUID="1291a788-27c5-4ae9-a246-32b36805c8fc" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:21:14.643" UserId="3961" Text="Adding to what chaos said above re: MaxClients.&#xD;&#xA;Apache has a hardcoded ceiling of 255, but changing it does require a recompile.&#xD;&#xA;Now, recompiling apache is normally pretty straight forward, but you may want to read up on the tools used by your distribution to simplify future upgrades.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Realistically though, if you're hitting 255 children on one server, you're doing something wrong.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32014" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17876" RevisionGUID="f1df2592-5f47-46ed-a1af-559c4456933a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:21:59.883" UserDisplayName="Nige" Text="Short answer - No it is not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Long answer - The best practice for this is to set up test user accounts in AD and SharePoint in a logical and structured way and to add this task to Admin processes for adding a new user group. This is the only way you will be able to test properly. And of course these users should really be on your test environment but I realise that a lot of companies are to either tight or stupid or both to fund dev and test environments for SharePoint so you may have to do it in live. It can be a lot of work depending on your environment but it really is the only way to see if &quot;Tony in Marketing&quot; really can't access the Marketing Proposals Library or if he is just a dork.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternative answer: Use remote control software like CoPilot to take over Tony's computer to see the problem first hand&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;@_nige MCTS SharePoint" />
  <row Id="32015" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17877" RevisionGUID="37fed2d2-8414-44b1-a527-551c39a254f7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:22:57.073" UserId="6080" Text="Mikrotik is not bad, it's very popular in Europe. The only one critical thing it miss, is a 802.3af compatibility." />
  <row Id="32016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17878" RevisionGUID="b246e335-7a65-466d-9a4d-7b607c964a6f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:23:18.167" UserId="984" Text="You may want to look at [denyhosts][1] as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="32017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17879" RevisionGUID="bee84c76-76b1-47b3-861e-15f36b163352" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:25:16.337" UserId="7200" Text="You can use iptables to rate-limit new incoming connections to the SSH port. I'd have to see your entire iptables configuration in order to give you a turnkey solution, but you're basically talking about adding rules like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -m recent --update --seconds 60 --hitcount 5 --name SSH --rsource -j DROP &#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -m recent --set --name SSH --rsource -j ACCEPT &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These rules assume that you're accepting ESTABLISHED connections earlier in the table (so that only new connections will hit these rules). New SSH connections will hit these rules and be marked. In 60 seconds, 5 attempts from a single IP address will result in new incoming connections from that IP being dropped.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This has worked well for me and requires no addt'l software to be installed." />
  <row Id="32018" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17864" RevisionGUID="63a63da5-5a38-499c-87c0-55d6af80cd58" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:25:17.867" UserId="658" Comment="added 336 characters in body" Text="Have you tried [MemTest86][1]? It's an ISO that you can download and it will punish your system for a while with all kinds of tests for your memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Suggestion: if you suspect one memory module over the other, put it in the closest DIMM slot to your CPU. A potential problem with this approach may be that a memory module isn't bad, but rather a DIMM slot is bad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.memtest86.com" />
  <row Id="32019" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17880" RevisionGUID="fc41dfc6-0d07-4bd2-8f8c-77d6d0fb8347" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:26:06.240" UserId="2493" Text="The 945G chipset has a 32-bit memory controller.  Typically it reserves 256MB for video memory, and the other 512MB will be used for other resources that use direct memory access (DMA).  You would only be able to access all 4GB of memory if the chipset supported physical address extensions (PAE).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your memory is fine.  This is the limitation of your chipset.  In fact, I'm running on a 945G-equipped system right now with 4GB of memory installed, 3.25GB usable." />
  <row Id="32020" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17881" RevisionGUID="33c22698-22d5-4ae7-ab0a-d7dd5b70ae1b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:28:14.350" UserId="6080" Text="another solution is just move ssh to another port. these worms are pretty stupid." />
  <row Id="32021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17882" RevisionGUID="9a96e3e6-8724-45ac-ba99-e71ef92ea871" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:28:51.447" UserId="5080" Text="Another option is to look at sticky bits if the two belongs to the same group, but it is not their primary group.&#xD;&#xA;chmod g+s /var/www/newsite&#xD;&#xA;This way, all new files created in the directory will have the group ownership of the parent.&#xD;&#xA;Haven't checked sub-directories though, but you can test that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32022" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17883" RevisionGUID="d93bf550-553d-40bf-baeb-aceb40e4be57" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:29:50.883" UserId="7200" Text="You have an understanding issue with the HTTP protocol. It's not like, say, FTP, where the client computer is keeping a persistent connection open to the server computer while the user is &quot;browsing&quot;. Connections from clients are transient.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said that, assuming you're requiring authentication to the site, you could use the site's log file to see who has recently been accessing pages. If you're not requiring authentication, you're just going to see client IP addresses." />
  <row Id="32023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17884" RevisionGUID="2c19469d-4e1a-4bec-a632-bb051a7b6336" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:30:08.260" UserId="3961" Text="Building on Gleb &amp; darkhelmet's snippet, I'd strongly recommend running mysqldump with --opt (depending on your version of MySQL, it might not be the default) to minimize the transfer amount, as well as a bunch of optimizations to the dump/import process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Furthermore, as you say you want to keep the privileges / user tables, you may want to run with --all-databases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option you have would be using MySQL's replication to (as you put it) suck data over.&#xD;&#xA;I'm guessing you don't have binary logging enabled (if you did, the process would be painless).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the most important points if using mysqldump is to make sure you run everything with the correct character set (using latin1 if you have utf8 data may cause some &quot;interesting&quot; issues)." />
  <row Id="32024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17885" RevisionGUID="1e563ee0-a439-477d-9958-247bacfed42a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:30:52.160" UserId="6108" Text="A few personal experiences...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I find Zones so easy and useful that I've simply created one for each service I am running at home - this way I can play and test things out without trashing it all.&#xD;&#xA;One of the zones is reverse proxy (Sun Web Java Proxy) so that I can play with different web servers easily.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also I find the opencsw (previously known as Blastwave) packages hierarchy much better that anything yet seen - it always takes care of all the dependencies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And - not to forget - binary compatibility. If an app is specified to need Linux with kernel 1.2.3_4 you better have it. On Solaris everything just works on future releases.&#xD;&#xA;For me this means upgrade when I want and no stress doing it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are several interesting documents if you want to dig deeper:&#xD;&#xA;[Less known Solaris features][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just for taste - Adminstration specials:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Live Upgrade&#xD;&#xA;Service Management Facility&#xD;&#xA;Resource Management&#xD;&#xA;pfiles&#xD;&#xA;fuser&#xD;&#xA;/export/home? /home? autofs?&#xD;&#xA;lockfs&#xD;&#xA;About cores and crashes&#xD;&#xA;CacheFS&#xD;&#xA;Jumpstart Enterprise Toolkit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(do I sound like an ad? sorry...)&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.c0t0d0s0.org/pages/lksf_content.html" />
  <row Id="32025" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17869" RevisionGUID="c3c2b3e9-6d97-4632-ad7d-8db8301f4907" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:31:16.917" UserId="7200" Comment="Cleaned up formatting a little." Text="You can set permissions to allow this, but you're probably going to find that you're not happy with the result. (I have yet to ever configure this for a Customer who has requested it and not had to go change it a few days later.)&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;In particular, some programs (Microsoft Word is a good example) assume that they can write files under one name, then rename them after writing. Other programs create the file, close the file, then re-open it for writing again. When such a program tries to write to a directory with permissions like you describe you'll find that things break.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're just going to copy files into such a directory, you might have better luck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's assume that you want &quot;Authenticated Users&quot; to be able to do this. You'll need to use the &quot;Advanced&quot; ACL editor to add the last permission:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SYSTEM - Full Control - Apply onto: This folder, subfolders, and files&#xD;&#xA;    Administrators - Full Control - Apply onto: This folder, subfolders, and files&#xD;&#xA;    Authenticated Users - Read - Apply onto: This folder, subfolders, and files&#xD;&#xA;    Authenticated Users - Create Files / Write Data - Apply onto: This folder and subfolders&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will allow &quot;Authenticated Users&quot; to create new files, but they won't be able to modify files they just created. (Obviously, members of SYSTEM and Administrators *will* be able to manipulate these files.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17886" RevisionGUID="b7da2faf-b861-4ed7-a8e0-8fe1f4efeb83" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:32:38.913" UserId="6175" Text="I like [shmux][1] :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's available on Centos repo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But in  my opinion if you have a bunch of servers to maintain, you should have a look on configuration management software like cfengine or puppet... Big thumbs up for puppet, easy to learn and very pleasant ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://web.taranis.org/shmux/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32027" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17887" RevisionGUID="95bc2544-4722-45f3-9afa-0eaf266ad5ee" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:32:51.360" UserId="431" Text="Check out SQL Sentry's Event Manager:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://sqlsentry.com/event-manager/sql-server-job-scheduler-enterprise.asp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't work for them - I actually work for a competitor - but it's a really nice product from what I've seen, and I've heard good things from other users." />
  <row Id="32028" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17880" RevisionGUID="9085c964-63f9-46cb-84f0-dfe3d2a4b805" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:33:04.217" UserId="2493" Comment="added 69 characters in body" Text="The 945G chipset has a 32-bit memory controller.  Typically it reserves 256MB for video memory, and the other 512MB will be used for other resources that use direct memory access (DMA) or memory-mapped I/O.  You would only be able to access all 4GB (and probably be able to install more than 4GB) of memory if the chipset supported physical address extensions (PAE).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your memory is fine.  This is the limitation of your chipset.  In fact, I'm running on a 945G-equipped system right now with 4GB of memory installed, 3.25GB usable." />
  <row Id="32029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17888" RevisionGUID="f23a4363-ab77-4ad2-9c42-197575773f63" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:35:07.113" UserId="431" Text="You want to look at the question a different way: what you want to do is capture the query that BusinessObjects is executing on the database server, and then run that same query yourself on the database server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, if it's accessing data stored in Microsoft SQL Server, you can ask the database administrator to run Profiler to capture your queries while you're executing the report in BO.  He can then give you the queries you ran, and you can execute those same queries in your own tools to get the results directly." />
  <row Id="32034" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17889" RevisionGUID="7465ffd6-dedc-4fe9-af6b-dfa41048ecbe" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:38:57.933" UserId="3456" Text="&gt; Validating education details (degree, GPA)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have candidates provide an official transcript from their college or university.  That will contain the details of their degree and their GPA, and it will probably have anti-forgery features as well (official stationary, embossing, etc.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general, it was my understanding that employers could fire employees for falsifying information on their job application.  That seems to be the best safeguard for deterring candidates from falsifying information on their resume, and for dealing with employees who were hired based on falsified information on their resume." />
  <row Id="32036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17890" RevisionGUID="c76e15c9-1d80-476a-90a1-5eca8b12424a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:39:54.437" UserId="1447" Text="An encrypted file will lose the statistical properties that make compression work, so compressing the encrypted file will save little if any space.  You should compress the file first (while it still behaves in a way that compresses well) before encrypting the compressed file." />
  <row Id="32037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17891" RevisionGUID="e76e7006-f6e3-4dcb-bcc4-07274aff1380" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:40:05.463" UserId="7200" Text="Have a look at the &quot;iisvdir.vbs&quot; script (in %SystemRoot%\System32) that installs w/ IIS 6. I believe that this script will do what you want." />
  <row Id="32038" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17892" RevisionGUID="e05706e8-57a0-4e96-9312-7021d3e0177c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:41:40.140" UserId="5687" Text="Not if the encryption is any good. Compression deals with recognizing patterns in data and creating a &quot;shorthand&quot; that refers to those patterns for later extraction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your encryption is good, the file looks like random noise, and that's not going to compress very much due to the absence of patterns. Of course you can put it in to an archive file (.zip, .gz, etc.), but you aren't likely to make it get much smaller." />
  <row Id="32040" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17893" RevisionGUID="5973cd8b-f95b-452b-bb5d-0c934391d8eb" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:42:39.017" UserId="2556" Text="Isn't PAE disabled in 64-bit Windows? From MSDN: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;PAE is supported only on 32-bit versions of the Windows operating system; 64-bit versions of Windows do not support PAE. For information about device driver and system requirements for 64-bit versions of Windows, see 64-bit System Design. The Address Windowing Extension (AWE) API is supported on 32-bit systems. It is also supported on x64 systems for both native and Wow64 applications.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/pae_os.mspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know about the 945G-Equipped System but I would yield to Lazy DBA that the problem lies there. I just don't think that PAE will solve it with a 64-bit OS. I am interested to hear other suggestions, though." />
  <row Id="32041" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17894" RevisionGUID="adebe9fb-2ee0-4ef5-a4af-050a0b6ca25b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:45:27.093" UserId="7587" Text="What other antispam software (server side) is available besides SpamAssassin?" />
  <row Id="32042" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17894" RevisionGUID="adebe9fb-2ee0-4ef5-a4af-050a0b6ca25b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:45:27.093" UserId="7587" Text="Any antispam software beside SpamAssassin?" />
  <row Id="32043" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17894" RevisionGUID="adebe9fb-2ee0-4ef5-a4af-050a0b6ca25b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:45:27.093" UserId="7587" Text="&lt;anti-spam&gt;" />
  <row Id="32044" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17895" RevisionGUID="54ad3342-ce9c-42bd-b585-5b0a5f65fd3e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:46:03.517" UserId="2101" Text="Using any compression program (7z, zip, gzip, bzip2) is lossless and does not affect your ability to decrypt the data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, due to the nature of the encrypted data, you will probably not gain much from it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The proper thing to do is compress it before the encryption step. Existing utilities such as gpg do this. The behaviour to compress before encryption is the default:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    michael:~&gt; dd if=/dev/zero of=testfile bs=1048576 count=1&#xD;&#xA;    1+0 records in&#xD;&#xA;    1+0 records out&#xD;&#xA;    1048576 bytes (1.0 MB) copied, 0.00300552 s, 349 MB/s&#xD;&#xA;    michael:~&gt; gpg --symmetric --cipher-algo aes --batch --passphrase cheesestring testfile&#xD;&#xA;    michael:~&gt; ls -al testfile testfile.gpg&#xD;&#xA;    -rw-r--r-- 1 michael users 1048576 2009-06-02 12:42 testfile&#xD;&#xA;    -rw-r--r-- 1 michael users    1123 2009-06-02 12:43 testfile.gpg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17896" RevisionGUID="609aa80a-168e-40cd-b19e-10a2d6c70a70" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:46:25.203" UserId="5821" Text="The Exchange Management Shell will log all of the PowerShell commands it executes if you set a registry key that enables logging. The commands will be logged to the Event Viewer in the PowerShell folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The key can be set by navigating to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; `HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\PowerShellSnapIns\Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.Admin`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;using Regedit and creating a string value named `LogpipelineExecutionDetails` with a value of &quot;1&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This registry value can also be created using the following PowerShell command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`Set-ItemProperty HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\PowerShellSnapIns\Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.Admin -Name LogpipelineExecutionDetails -value 1`" />
  <row Id="32046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17897" RevisionGUID="5c704402-32cc-45b4-bdbb-a50778fb4186" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:47:44.810" UserId="7129" Text="I agree that the interview is key.  Asking behavior related questions and specific scenario questions is the best bet.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have called references with some success as well, but I do understand that caution should be used." />
  <row Id="32047" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17880" RevisionGUID="0eb9a2cc-1d3f-44b5-9edb-311637b492a9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:47:55.073" UserId="2493" Comment="added 19 characters in body" Text="The 945G chipset has a 32-bit memory controller.  Typically it reserves 256MB for video memory, and the other 512MB will be used for other resources that use direct memory access (DMA) or memory-mapped I/O.  On a 32-bit system you would only be able to access all 4GB (and probably be able to install more than 4GB) of memory if the chipset supported physical address extensions (PAE).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your memory is fine.  This is the limitation of your chipset.  In fact, I'm running on a 945G-equipped system right now with 4GB of memory installed, 3.25GB usable." />
  <row Id="32048" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17898" RevisionGUID="945026cc-e7fb-4ef7-a05c-3a44ba3a0245" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:48:12.813" UserId="3420" Text="I have found that the biggest problem is lies about a person's skills. Lies about where they worked and what they did are generally less relevant. A person can have references that check out no matter how careful you are, but they are still incompetent. They simply went from job to job being totally incompetent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Trusting people will bring you problems. Never trust a candidate. Don't let someone deceive you because they get you involved in an interesting conversation - this could all be staged to prevent you from asking questions. Wasting time with candidates who are essentially trying to defraud you is also a problem. Be ready to end the interview early. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is especially problematic with sysadmins. I believe that about half of candidates submitted by the best headhunters or filtered by careful HR departments are completely lying about the skills on their resume (90+% if unfiltered). They are usually telling the truth about where they worked - they just were allowed to be incompetent at the previous job. Since I've seen incompetent employees allowed to last for years at a job, this isn't a surprise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I do is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bring the resume to the meeting. Ask them the simplest possible question about every skill they mention. If it's DNS, ask what an A record is. If it's C, make them write Hello World. If they mention &quot;Linux&quot;, ask for an example of a disk device name or name a very well-known configuration file and ask what it's for (e.g. /etc/fstab). If they can't answer a trivial question immediately and confidently, they are a liar. The interview is over, hiring a liar is always problematic. They will lie throughout the job. It's like going on a first date with someone who instantly reveals themselves to be a pathological liar. Make sure they knew it was on their resume (that a recruiter didn't add it).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the stress of being asked a trivial question about one of their skills is something they can't handle, they're not going to be able to handle the stress of a small project, let alone a production emergency. Sometimes the undue stress is from people with poor social skills, I don't judge people for simply showing signs of stress. But if they suddenly can't function, it doesn't matter what the cause is, they won't be able to do the job. They're lying about the skill, even if they can do it in some situations they can not do it in a real-world situation. If their language skills are too poor to communicate an answer, the interview is over. They're lying about the skill. &quot;DNS&quot; is an abbreviation for &quot;able to configure and maintain DNS in response to requirements&quot;, being unable to communicate with others about the requirements means you do not possess the skill. If someone is poor at communicating, I try to determine how much of a problem this is, therefore how much of an impact this would be on their ability to do the job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Explain to HR that you will end the interview early if they are lying about skills on their resume. You don't have a responsibility to make a person who is lying and trying to defraud your company not feel embarrassed that they were caught. Your environment will dictate how to handle this. The safest way is to say that you're going to send in the next interviewer. Shake their hand, tell HR that the person was caught with material lies on their resume, and to have them escorted out of the building. This reduces the risk of a violent confrontation. Remember these people are already trying to scam you - they indeed might escalate the situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they get through this, you ask the next level of question about -each- skill. (you can do it in two passes to save time if you're suspicious, one pass if they seem legitimate). Some hands-on (give them a keyboard) testing is required for the second pass. If it says DNS on their resume, ask them how reverse DNS is handled, or what a PTR record is for. If it says C on their resume, give them a keyboard and have them write a program with flow control that actually compiles. If it says Linux, give them a directory full of files and ask them to rename some and delete others. Depending on the context and the severity of the problem, you may want to continue if someone fails on the second pass - e.g. if the skill is not needed for the job. &quot;I used to know it and forgot&quot; should not be acceptable at this stage. You're still asking questions so simple that a person who claims to have forgotten it and listed it as a skill is lying.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The next step to making sure their resume is honest is discussing their previous job experience. If they can't talk confidently about things they claim to have done and put on their resume, they are lying. Sometimes it's extremely poor language skills - too bad, the job requires communication and an inability to communicate is a legitimate reason to not hire someone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After you've gotten through this point, the real interview can begin." />
  <row Id="32049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17899" RevisionGUID="af456045-7be6-4bad-9f30-39eff6b6a493" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:48:24.700" UserId="2719" Text="Hello, everyone!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just curious. &quot;Cool&quot; people in our company always use *.cmd while no one was able to explain the difference to me." />
  <row Id="32050" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17899" RevisionGUID="af456045-7be6-4bad-9f30-39eff6b6a493" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:48:24.700" UserId="2719" Text="What's the difference between .cmd and .bat files?" />
  <row Id="32051" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17899" RevisionGUID="af456045-7be6-4bad-9f30-39eff6b6a493" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:48:24.700" UserId="2719" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;cmd&gt;&lt;batch-file&gt;" />
  <row Id="32052" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17900" RevisionGUID="f9cbd3fe-9488-4dac-8951-5fa2a28ddce9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:48:32.687" UserId="5821" Text="I think the problem was the fact that we are using Exchange 2007 which does not use RUS. When I used the Exchange 2007 CmdLets to do the same thing everything is working correctly." />
  <row Id="32053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17901" RevisionGUID="fddb353c-9648-4a57-a27a-c2765c8a3b63" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:48:57.350" UserId="2556" Text="Another trick is that after speaking with the &quot;reference&quot; you can ask the person providing the reference to provide you with two other people who worked with the applicant at this job. It takes a little more time but IF the reference provides you with other people that you can speak with you can pretty easily get better information as you move on down the line of the references' references.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32054" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17890" RevisionGUID="631c7c5a-1bec-43e2-a192-d16526e8f689" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:48:58.893" UserId="1447" Comment="added 115 characters in body" Text="An encrypted file will lose the statistical properties that make compression work, so compressing the encrypted file will save little if any space.  You should compress the file first (while it still behaves in a way that compresses well) before encrypting the compressed file.  Aside from that, the compression will not affect the original content of the file when you come to uncompress it." />
  <row Id="32055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17902" RevisionGUID="72e69de9-871c-43bf-acaf-56ae124308e0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:49:21.297" UserId="1189" Text="I'd like to recover the configuration (web interface) admin password of a SpeedPort W 700V router. I've got both wired and wireless access to the router but in both cases the web interface requires the password. I've already found a [way to brute force][brute] the entrance but that's still a lot of work which I'd like to avoid. I also want to avoid a firmware reset since that would erase the whole setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[brute]: http://secunia.com/advisories/product/14218/" />
  <row Id="32056" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17902" RevisionGUID="72e69de9-871c-43bf-acaf-56ae124308e0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:49:21.297" UserId="1189" Text="Recover password from SpeedPort DSL router" />
  <row Id="32057" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17902" RevisionGUID="72e69de9-871c-43bf-acaf-56ae124308e0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:49:21.297" UserId="1189" Text="&lt;router&gt;&lt;password-recovery&gt;" />
  <row Id="32058" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17879" RevisionGUID="31ffe3d6-6cf3-47ac-9626-69921b05f26c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:50:36.457" UserId="7200" Comment="Added clarification re: fail2ban and why I don't prefer it for this." Text="You can use iptables to rate-limit new incoming connections to the SSH port. I'd have to see your entire iptables configuration in order to give you a turnkey solution, but you're basically talking about adding rules like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -m recent --update --seconds 60 --hitcount 5 --name SSH --rsource -j DROP &#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -m recent --set --name SSH --rsource -j ACCEPT &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These rules assume that you're accepting ESTABLISHED connections earlier in the table (so that only new connections will hit these rules). New SSH connections will hit these rules and be marked. In 60 seconds, 5 attempts from a single IP address will result in new incoming connections from that IP being dropped.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This has worked well for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: I prefer this method to &quot;fail2ban&quot; because no additional software to be installed, and happens totally in kernel-mode. It doesn't handle parsing log files like &quot;fail2ban&quot; will, but if your problem is only with SSH I wouldn't use something user-mode that requires software installation and is more complex." />
  <row Id="32059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17903" RevisionGUID="f29c10ab-e4e5-4a4a-ab45-157906955916" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:51:18.017" UserId="2629" Text="For Mac-specific tools, see: http://serverfault.com/questions/7346/useful-commandline-commands-on-mac-os" />
  <row Id="32060" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17904" RevisionGUID="22a6c534-9fe3-4cae-b235-b675a10e6928" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:51:57.937" UserDisplayName="davidcoxon" Text="I think on balance the amount of space you would save would not be worth the potential problems it would cause.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course this will depend on what operating system you are using, whether your files are local or on a network, what sort of backup your doing, what your using for encryption and what kind of files your working with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main problem would be access speed, in that you will have to first uncompress then decrypt and whether the files are large or small its going to add processes. Also you will be&#xD;&#xA;compounding the risk of failure by adding processes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally remember that your decryption software will want to decrypt an uncompressed file so you could end up with a compressed and uncompressded version existing at the same time, which would take twice the disk space at that moment." />
  <row Id="32061" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17859" RevisionGUID="de985d00-ae25-4f40-94ee-6ed6eff4d89c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:52:12.693" UserId="1404" Comment="Added an example; added 166 characters in body" Text="You can compress it, but it is unlikely to save much disk space. By its nature, encryption rarely leaves a file compressible by much.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try it for yourself to see if there is any file size savings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One data point:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -rw-r----- 1 gene    gene    2428671 2009-06-02 12:39 test.log&#xD;&#xA;    -rw-r----- 1 gene    gene     134524 2009-06-02 12:39 test.log.bz2&#xD;&#xA;    -rw-r----- 1 gene    gene     217162 2009-06-02 12:38 test.log.gz&#xD;&#xA;    -rw-r--r-- 1 gene    gene     263229 2009-06-02 12:47 test-AES.gpg&#xD;&#xA;    -rw-r--r-- 1 gene    gene     264833 2009-06-02 12:42 test-AES.gpg.bz2&#xD;&#xA;    -rw-r--r-- 1 gene    gene     263302 2009-06-02 12:41 test-AES.gpg.gz&#xD;&#xA;    -rw-r--r-- 1 gene    gene     134609 2009-06-02 12:43 test-bz2-AES.gpg&#xD;&#xA;    -rw-r--r-- 1 gene    gene     217246 2009-06-02 12:43 test-gz-AES.gpg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`test.log` is the original, and `test.log.bz2` and `test.log.gz` are simply compressed with bzip2 and gzip, respectively.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I encrypt it (`gpg --symmetric --cipher-algo AES --output test-AES.gpg test.log`) the encrypted file (`test-AES.gpg`) is slightly larger than compressed versions. Compressing the encrypted file actually adds a little size (`test-AES.gpg.bz2` and `test-AES.gpg.gz`).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Compressing first then encrypting does show some savings (`test-bz2-AES.gpg` and `test-gz-AES.gpg`), especially with bzip2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, your experience may differ given different encryption software and/or different compression software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should consider whether the file size savings you get simply via encryption is enough, or if compressing then encrypting is worth the extra step in the process. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32063" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17906" RevisionGUID="bb221292-3e37-49af-bc0d-69e248d63855" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:53:14.347" UserId="6080" Text="In theory .cmd is more &quot;trueЪ&quot; :) because .bat is a script for the old DOS command.com while .cmd is for cmd.exe from Windows NT, the last one has a little more improved scripting. In the real life usually both are equal, like writing /bin/sh or /bin/bash in Linux (mean distros where sh is actually bash)" />
  <row Id="32064" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17907" RevisionGUID="05585107-7da8-4a15-9920-f0cf58cd3fb2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:53:27.200" UserId="1736" Text="There are semantic differences in the command language used for each (`.bat` files get a compatibility version).  Some of these can be illustrated by this script from [over here][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    @echo off&amp;setlocal ENABLEEXTENSIONS&#xD;&#xA;    call :func&amp;&amp;echo/I'm a cmd||echo/I'm a bat&#xD;&#xA;    goto :EOF&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    :func&#xD;&#xA;    md;2&gt;nul&#xD;&#xA;    set var=1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, `.cmd` files get the current, sexier version of the MS command language, which is why the cool kids use them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-1466057.php" />
  <row Id="32065" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17908" RevisionGUID="73f79fcc-8fb0-4c6c-8eb0-3b9c839adbac" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:54:04.377" UserId="6522" Text="If I remember right the limitation of how many rows are allowed to be exported is a configuration value. Look up in the connection properties what the limitations are and set them accordingly." />
  <row Id="32066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17909" RevisionGUID="5cdb4289-0e75-423e-a057-549f29fa3c98" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:54:34.593" UserId="1054" Text="Here is a [good discussion from Stackoverflow][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/148968/windows-batch-files-bat-vs-cmd" />
  <row Id="32067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17910" RevisionGUID="2e7f58e1-7d1b-4b51-8d33-c81716623e3b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:54:49.193" UserId="1736" Text="[Uh, yeah, there's a couple things.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.spamhelp.org/software/listings/server-side/" />
  <row Id="32069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17911" RevisionGUID="8bd31ff3-2e44-444e-a350-c9eb7aa46326" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:55:10.643" UserId="3657" Text="You are unlikely to find another method other than brute force or factory reset.  Router manufacturers simply don't provide other mechanisms for recovering lost passwords.  Reset, reconfigure, and move on.  Your time spent messing around with trying to recover the password would be better set just reconfiguring the router and moving on." />
  <row Id="32070" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17636" RevisionGUID="125a05d8-aa46-49e1-acb9-0cd645e22f0b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:55:45.667" UserId="5144" Comment="Added administrative privileges requirement. And changed &quot;process&quot; in a place where it should have been &quot;service&quot;." Text="Yes, there is an (almost) non-intrusive and easy way:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Split each service to run in its own SVCHOST.EXE process and &#xD;&#xA;the service consuming the CPU cycles will be easily visible &#xD;&#xA;in Process Explorer (the space after &quot;=&quot; is required):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Servicename Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do this in a command line window or put it into a BAT &#xD;&#xA;script. Administrative privileges are required.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A restart of the computer is required before it takes&#xD;&#xA;effect. The original state can be restored by:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Servicename Type= share&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example: to make Windows Management Instrumentation run in a&#xD;&#xA;separate SVCHOST.EXE:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config winmgmt Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This technique has no ill effects, except perhaps increasing &#xD;&#xA;memory consumption slightly. And apart from observing CPU &#xD;&#xA;usage for each service it also makes it easy to observe page &#xD;&#xA;faults delta, disk I/O read rate and disk I/O write rate for &#xD;&#xA;each service.&#xD;&#xA;For Process Explorer, menu View/Select Columns:&#xD;&#xA;  tab Process Memory/Page Fault Delta,&#xD;&#xA;  tab Process Performance/IO Delta Write Bytes,&#xD;&#xA;  tab Process Performance/IO Delta Read Bytes,&#xD;&#xA;respectively.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On most systems there is only one SVCHOST.EXE process that &#xD;&#xA;has a lot of services. I have used this sequence (it can be &#xD;&#xA;pasted directly into a command line window):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  1. &quot;Automatic Updates&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config wuauserv Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  2. &quot;COM+ Event System&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config EventSystem Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  3. &quot;Computer Browser&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Browser Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  4. &quot;Cryptographic Services&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config CryptSvc Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  5. &quot;Distributed Link Tracking&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config TrkWks Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  6. &quot;Help and Support&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config helpsvc Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  7. &quot;Logical Disk Manager&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config dmserver Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  8. &quot;Network Connections&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Netman Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  9. &quot;Network Location Awareness&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config NLA Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 10. &quot;Remote Access Connection Manager&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config RasMan Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 11. &quot;Secondary Logon&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config seclogon Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 12. &quot;Server&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config lanmanserver Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 13. &quot;Shell Hardware Detection&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config ShellHWDetection Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 14. &quot;System Event Notification&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config SENS Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 15. &quot;System Restore Service&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config srservice Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 16. &quot;Task Scheduler&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Schedule Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 17. &quot;Telephony&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config TapiSrv Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 18. &quot;Terminal Services&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config TermService Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 19. &quot;Themes&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Themes Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 20. &quot;Windows Audio&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config AudioSrv Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 21. &quot;Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config SharedAccess Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 22. &quot;Windows Management Instrumentation&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config winmgmt Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 23. &quot;Wireless Configuration&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config WZCSVC Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 24. &quot;Workstation&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config lanmanworkstation Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem End.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32071" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16331" RevisionGUID="b52bbc92-d5fc-4f64-9790-38b6f8a4c816" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:57:58.860" UserId="6767" Comment="Removed speculation, put in observations and conclusions" Text="[Editing my own answer]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Summary:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - the Converter took me about 15 minutes to run from WS6 to ESXi&#xD;&#xA; - the Converter took about 45 minutes to run from ESXi to itself&#xD;&#xA; - logging in with a command prompt and then copying as per the &quot;unsupported&quot; instructions worked, but took about 20 minutes to copy the VM, and I was unable to correctly start the result&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My conclusion: just use the Converter repeatedly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks all for the ideas." />
  <row Id="32072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17912" RevisionGUID="64a4f996-f03d-4f91-88d1-0cc19c8560a5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:58:39.653" UserId="3657" Text="I usually don't recommend server side spam filtering.  By using server side filtering, you're still allowing all the spam to flow to your site, consuming your bandwidth.  Look at external services like [Purity][1] or [Postini][2] which keeps the spam off your network and can often do as good or better job filtering it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.purity.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.postini.com" />
  <row Id="32073" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17851" RevisionGUID="6ecb41d4-7581-47d3-8907-3d00749465cd" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:58:40.670" UserId="7200" Comment="Fixed error." Text="For Windows Server 2008, you can use OCSETUP.EXE. See more at: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936209&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Windows Server 2003, you can use SYSOCMGR. Put the following lines into a file (I'm calling mine &quot;snmp.txt&quot;):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [Components]&#xD;&#xA;    netoc = on&#xD;&#xA;    [NetOptionalComponents]&#xD;&#xA;    SNMP = 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, call SYSOCMGR as an Administrator (or as SYSTEM-- this absolutely does work from an AD startup script):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SYSOCMGR /i:%SystemRoot%\inf\sysoc.inf /u:snmp.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(This assumes you're calling SYSOCMGR from the same directory as snmp.txt.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've done this all the time w/ Windows XP, and it worked fine in a VM that I just tested w/ W2K3. Be sure the Windows source files are accessible in the location SYSOCMGR looks by default or the install will hang asking for them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Reversed /u and /i in command line example. I am an idiot!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32074" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17913" RevisionGUID="f7c6c450-7236-40bc-845c-7b7499d27951" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:58:41.603" UserId="2546" Text="[ASSP][1] (Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy) is &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; an Open Source, Perl based,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; platform-independent transparent SMTP&#xD;&#xA;&gt; proxy server available at&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SourceForge.net that leverages&#xD;&#xA;&gt; numerous methodologies and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; technologies to both rigidly and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; adaptively identify e-mail spam.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As of now (June '09) it appears to be under active development.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://assp.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="32075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17914" RevisionGUID="43c87082-7a7d-4ab5-aadc-d36b93df4b3d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:59:23.163" UserId="6522" Text="Look up if there is an electronic tinkering club somewhere, my experience is they love to strip away the useful components (well the thing that is mentioned as e-waste).&#xD;&#xA;You'll be amazed how much you can still do with those old 7400 style chips :-)" />
  <row Id="32076" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17914" RevisionGUID="43c87082-7a7d-4ab5-aadc-d36b93df4b3d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T16:59:23.163" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32077" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17915" RevisionGUID="d1fea0d8-981b-467f-84de-2c5727f588b5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:00:32.240" UserId="5749" Text="Been a while since I supported Goldmine, but it was my favorite CRM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are three blogs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.castellcomputers.com/index.php][1]&#xD;&#xA;[http://wizard-systems.typepad.com/goldmine/][2]    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.thegoldmineblog.com/][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.castellcomputers.com/index.php&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://wizard-systems.typepad.com/goldmine/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.thegoldmineblog.com/" />
  <row Id="32078" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17916" RevisionGUID="55dc730d-d85e-4b35-aa73-9ffca2b89e8f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:00:56.093" UserId="3420" Text="A file that can be compressed after encryption was by definition not encrypted. Perhaps it was &quot;scrambled&quot; or &quot;obfuscated&quot;. Encrypted data is indistinguishable from random data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Encryption software that does not first compress a file before doing the encryption is committing an act of negligence.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can run an encrypted file through a lossless compression algorithm without destroying the data. This is the guarantee of compression - that whatever data you give it as input will be recovered as output from decompression. By definition, a lossless compression algorithm will return any data to you if you compress and uncompress." />
  <row Id="32079" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17917" RevisionGUID="7f5a8c15-e9b8-410f-b4a9-a482f7515fff" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:01:40.990" UserId="4762" Text="Will all my heart I recommend [DSpam][1]. It's more &quot;aggressive&quot; than SpamAssassin, that means false-positives do happen when you start to train it, but I'd rather have to deal with couple of false-positives than a load of spam that did go by unnoticed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I was training the filter for the first time, I had to feed it with about 30 spam messsages. After that, each and every unsolicited messages had been recognized properly for more than a year now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS. I'd also recommend to use some [greylisting][2] software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nuclearelephant.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greylisting" />
  <row Id="32080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17918" RevisionGUID="68cc6e0f-de4f-4ad5-82b1-de22a5119c82" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:02:55.840" UserId="3696" Text="*file_open_mode* = &#xD;&#xA;    The permissions with which uploaded files are created. Umasks are applied on top of this value. You may wish to change to 0777 if you want uploaded files to be executable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Default: 0666 " />
  <row Id="32081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17919" RevisionGUID="c4de01a4-a225-4f42-aa51-ccc1af06b231" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:02:56.057" UserId="5801" Text="We want to install SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 on Server &quot;A&quot; which is not clustered. We want to use Server B to host the Reporting Services databases. Server B is a SQL 2005 cluster in Active/Passive mode. Any reason why this shouldn't work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We don't have a good test environment for this, otherwise we'd just try it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="32082" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17919" RevisionGUID="c4de01a4-a225-4f42-aa51-ccc1af06b231" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:02:56.057" UserId="5801" Text="Any issues with a SSRS 2008 front-end going to a SQL 2005 cluster back-end" />
  <row Id="32083" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17919" RevisionGUID="c4de01a4-a225-4f42-aa51-ccc1af06b231" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:02:56.057" UserId="5801" Text="&lt;ssrs&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;cluster&gt;" />
  <row Id="32084" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17920" RevisionGUID="d69da68c-b821-49fa-8d1b-424a9b35df15" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:02:58.663" UserId="4575" Text="I have a scenario where a client is wanting to transition from a Bitband media server to something they can have better control over. Here's the scenario:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;windows XP clients (200+) using WMP11 (or vlc) connecting over 100/1000 lan want to connect to RTSP VOD resource. The client has already spent alot of money to encode thousands of videos in mpeg2 TS so using flash is not really the best option (but can be done as a last resort if features are good). The server would need to have the ability to stream an entire folder of videos not just individual &quot;publishing points&quot; (to use a MS term). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To compound matters, the servers &amp; clients will be in a remote location from the client so physical access will be limited but broadband access is present.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is what I have suggested for now&#xD;&#xA;[live555 server][1] &#xD;&#xA;[ubuntu,][2] &#xD;&#xA;[munin,][3]&#xD;&#xA;[monit,][4]&#xD;&#xA;[webmin][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;configuring a RAID1 using mdadm for storage &amp; of course snmp monitoring. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've little experience in using any of the DLNA servers so that may even be an option. Basically, the end user would be viewing a webpage through a kiosk type environment &amp; selecting the video from the menu for playback. This may include having 10 different users viewing the same video at the same time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems the REAL &amp; Darwin servers are limited in their output &amp; VLC wants to share individual resources, not a folder. Are their other media servers that might function better or are used in a broader capacity (ie: better support community, docs ?). What options are there ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.live555.com/mediaServer/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://munin.projects.linpro.no/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://mmonit.com/monit/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.webmin.com/" />
  <row Id="32085" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17920" RevisionGUID="d69da68c-b821-49fa-8d1b-424a9b35df15" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:02:58.663" UserId="4575" Text="Looking for FOSS video media server options" />
  <row Id="32086" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17920" RevisionGUID="d69da68c-b821-49fa-8d1b-424a9b35df15" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:02:58.663" UserId="4575" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;windows-media-player&gt;&lt;video&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="32087" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17921" RevisionGUID="0374c1cc-28c9-493d-9074-1913a6184de5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:03:25.230" UserId="7591" Text="Any solution which involves automatically blocking IPs after multiple failures introduces risk of denial of service attacks.  As long as there's a good password policy in place to reduce the effectiveness of brute force or dictionary attacks, I wouldn't worry too much about them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you limit the users/groups to only those who should be allowed to ssh in in the first place, and disable logging in as root, you should be more than secure enough.  And, if that's not sufficient, there's always key-based authentication." />
  <row Id="32088" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17922" RevisionGUID="83da5d80-815f-486b-821d-3d431ff60a72" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:03:47.493" UserId="6767" Text="I have a pile (well, a stack) of X2200-M2s which are similar to your X2100.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would start by downloading all the documentation for the X2100 from sun, here: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/x2100&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a X2100-M2, the documentation is here: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/x2100m2?l=en&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The -M2 page includes a Embedded Lights Out Manager Administration Guide which is almost certainly where you want to look." />
  <row Id="32089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17923" RevisionGUID="5f57eb28-4e47-4df1-b63c-6f74fd5afb6b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:04:15.277" UserId="7324" Text="According to Wikipedia:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;.bat: The first extension used by Microsoft for batch files. This extension can be run in most Microsoft Operating Systems, including MS-DOS and most versions of Microsoft Windows. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;.cmd: The newer .cmd extension is described by Windows NT based systems as a 'Windows NT Command Script' and is helpful, as using a .cmd extension rather than .bat extension means that earlier versions of Windows won't know how to run it, so that they don't try to and mistake the commands for COMMAND.COM style files and fail to run the new style commands due to the lack of command extensions, resulting in scripts only being partially run which could prove damaging (for example; failing to check the successful copying of a file and then deleting the original anyway).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only known difference between .cmd and .bat file processing is that in a .cmd file the ERRORLEVEL variable changes even on a successful command that is affected by Command Extensions (when Command Extensions are enabled), whereas in .bat files the ERRORLEVEL variable changes only upon errors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="32090" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17924" RevisionGUID="e40df8c5-c592-41c9-bc5a-f89954e2be57" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:06:37.033" UserId="1210" Text="You could just direct your users to use passive FTP as this will initiate the data transfer from the inside (assuming all outbound connections are allowed) as opposed to the server that you're FTPing to, initiating it....which is what is causing your problem." />
  <row Id="32091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17925" RevisionGUID="25d104b1-cf28-4481-82bd-b04c61b24dc1" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:07:26.470" UserId="6767" Text="While it may be nice to be able to ssh into your system from arbitrary locations on the internet, there are automated password attack systems which will lock onto an open ssh port and apply various joe account and dictionary attacks against your system. This can be aggrevating to read in your nightly log summary and is a waste of your bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a web server on the same system, you can use php and tcp wrappers to restrict ssh inbound traffic to known systems, plus give you a back-door key to permit yourself access from arbitrary systems on the internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's how you do it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;deny all ssh connections in /etc/hosts.deny:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # /etc/hosts.deny fragment&#xD;&#xA;    sshd:  all&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Allow known systems by IP in /etc/hosts.allow, plus add a file for temporary access:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # /etc/hosts.allow fragment&#xD;&#xA;    sshd:  10.0.10.2     # some system&#xD;&#xA;    sshd:  172.99.99.99  # some other system&#xD;&#xA;    sshd:  /etc/hosts.allow.temporary-sshd-access&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Create a php file in your web server and give it a non-obvious name like my-sshd-access.php:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;?php&#xD;&#xA;    function get_ip()&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;        return getenv(&quot;REMOTE_ADDR&quot;); &#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ?&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;?php&#xD;&#xA;    $out='/etc/hosts.allow.temporary-sshd-access';&#xD;&#xA;    $log='/var/log/sshd-access-addition-log';&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    print &quot;Was:&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    readfile($out);&#xD;&#xA;    print &quot;&lt;br&gt;&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    $ip=get_ip();&#xD;&#xA;    $fp=fopen($out,&quot;w&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    fputs($fp,$ip);&#xD;&#xA;    fclose($fp);&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    $lfp=fopen($log,&quot;a&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    fputs($lfp,$ip);&#xD;&#xA;    fputs($lfp,&quot;n&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    fclose($lfp);&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    print &quot;Wrote: &quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    readfile($out);&#xD;&#xA;    ?&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Forgive the php code -- I swiped it from somewhere else, so it could probably stand to be cleaned up a whole bunch. All it does is add the IP address of the system accessing it to the /etc/hosts.allow.temporary-sshd-access file, which is read by sshd (due to its inclusion by /etc/hosts.allow) at connection time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now when you are at some arbitrary system on the web and want to ssh to this system, first use a web browser and hit this file (or use wget or equivilent):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ wget http://your.system.name/my-sshd-access.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now you should be able to ssh in to your system. If this is somewhere you will likely be ssh'ing in from frequently, it would be trivial to read the contents of the /etc/hosts.allow.temporary-sshd-access file and permanently add the IP address to /etc/hosts.allow." />
  <row Id="32092" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17926" RevisionGUID="5d933262-efd2-4ae2-b45b-12c28b671172" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:07:54.113" UserId="6522" Text="I use _internal followed by my official domain name, in my case _internal.dcuktec.net, note that an underscore is an invalid hostname but it is allowed for network names." />
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  <row Id="32094" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17927" RevisionGUID="6df946a5-51eb-47e8-bb66-4cf9e7872735" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:08:18.467" UserId="6132" Text="I really like job corps. There are also other job training locations as well. If the equipment works they're usually very happy to receive it." />
  <row Id="32095" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17927" RevisionGUID="6df946a5-51eb-47e8-bb66-4cf9e7872735" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:08:18.467" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32096" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17928" RevisionGUID="c4c1c46f-bdf5-4a70-a88b-ebfd06629ec6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:09:00.210" Text="We ended up doing this in our application code; our page base class checks early on whether it's in HTTP, and redirects to HTTPS as required. It really depends on how much you trust your application code :)" />
  <row Id="32097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17929" RevisionGUID="4010f96d-9aed-43f8-ac21-c122a89b8905" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:09:24.500" UserId="4392" Text="This is slightly offtopic, but VSFTP ships with the anonymous user enabled, just so you know. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://standalone-sysadmin.blogspot.com/2008/11/default-vsftpd-on-centos-is-dumb.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just letting you know in case you didn't test that. " />
  <row Id="32099" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17930" RevisionGUID="cdda0f86-5cf7-495c-8c19-4c0973bf890c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:13:30.263" UserId="6177" Text="What do you mean get rid of it?  I still have the CPU boards (yes, plural) from our company's old VAX 11/750.  The company still has the &quot;newer&quot; MicroVAX3400's sitting in a corner somewhere, as well as an AlphaServer 1100 4/275 and an HP 9000 750 (I think, can't look at it right now).  I thought everyone just accumulated that sort of stuff..." />
  <row Id="32100" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17930" RevisionGUID="cdda0f86-5cf7-495c-8c19-4c0973bf890c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:13:30.263" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17931" RevisionGUID="e826aadb-8dc5-4c2c-adee-48e06ac7db46" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:15:12.820" UserId="7246" Text="I have heard that pssh and clusterssh are two popular ones, but I thought I would open it to discussion here and see what the community's experiences with these tools were? What are the gotchas? any decent hacks or use cases?" />
  <row Id="32102" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17931" RevisionGUID="e826aadb-8dc5-4c2c-adee-48e06ac7db46" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:15:12.820" UserId="7246" Text="what is a good modern parrallel SSH tool?" />
  <row Id="32103" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17931" RevisionGUID="e826aadb-8dc5-4c2c-adee-48e06ac7db46" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:15:12.820" UserId="7246" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;tools&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;remote&gt;" />
  <row Id="32104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17932" RevisionGUID="6e13e921-69bf-48f4-92c2-36b66de3234a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:16:42.693" UserId="1944" Text="[Steve][1] recommends to run the following code before you start your Emacs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    stty erase ^\?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I get after running it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    stty: illegal option -- Backups&#xD;&#xA;    usage: stty [-a|-e|-g] [-f file] [options]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Steve's blog post**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Note that the ^\? - - dorks the Delete key by making it send&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a ^H, but enables the C-h sequence in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Emacs. Note that C-Delete does a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; normal backward-delete-char, so just&#xD;&#xA;&gt; remember that when you're backspacing&#xD;&#xA;&gt; in a terminal, hold the control key&#xD;&#xA;&gt; down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**How can you see what Steve's command does?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stevey-home.blogspot.com/2008/04/osx-for-emacs-users.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32105" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17932" RevisionGUID="6e13e921-69bf-48f4-92c2-36b66de3234a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:16:42.693" UserId="1944" Text="Unable to understand a stty option for Emacs in OS/X" />
  <row Id="32106" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17932" RevisionGUID="6e13e921-69bf-48f4-92c2-36b66de3234a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:16:42.693" UserId="1944" Text="&lt;erase&gt;" />
  <row Id="32107" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17933" RevisionGUID="10f9d9b3-25ff-44c7-b9b6-ffd8d4f03156" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:16:50.740" UserId="7324" Text="I'd recommend using a non-standard port for SSH if you can (ie. port 10222) but since you mentioned you can't do that I'd recommend using something such as DenyHosts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Great package, easy to install and configure." />
  <row Id="32108" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="13028" RevisionGUID="acc48d0e-5591-46b3-b086-d710ca3b7f24" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:17:49.070" UserId="1944" Comment="edited title; edited title" Text="Unable to make system-wide keyboard shortcut for X11's full-screen in Mac" />
  <row Id="32109" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17931" RevisionGUID="3116e7ba-d6e8-47ae-a232-9da36848954d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:19:56.913" UserId="2546" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;tools&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;remote&gt;" />
  <row Id="32110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17934" RevisionGUID="5a2f5405-d3db-43da-a6b7-504800f4a23d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:20:00.377" UserId="1531" Text="The Windows Services control panel by default opens showing the console tree on the left and in extended mode which consumes additional space on the left.  In order to view as much information as possible the first thing I do is click the toolbar button to hide the console and click the Standard tab at the bottom and expand the name column.  I know I could do this with a macro, but I was wonder if anyone knew of a way to do any of these things automatically, perhaps with a registry change or a command line parameter." />
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  <row Id="32112" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17934" RevisionGUID="5a2f5405-d3db-43da-a6b7-504800f4a23d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:20:00.377" UserId="1531" Text="&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="32113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17935" RevisionGUID="91cb5a2c-5e72-4611-b530-6a9a38fc259f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:20:36.287" UserId="7178" Text="For the love of God and all that is pure and right, stay away from [Credant][1]!! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is used in our (non-technology) company and virtually all the developers have a special security waiver to not have it installed on their PCs nor laptops. It suffers from horrible performance when accessing many files at once, like when compiling code. We also had an issue where we had a service that would read the registry and other configuration files, which started up before user login. Well, as the files were not unencrypted until after the user logged in, the service would die an early, horrible death.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, once this steaming pile of code is installed, it is supposedly as hard to uninstall as IE, but this has not been verified in a non-lab environment because it has usually resulted in hosing the system requiring a reimage. YMMV&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.credant.com" />
  <row Id="32114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17936" RevisionGUID="4aa436a6-857c-48ed-bfab-adfad0d443b1" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:21:26.053" UserId="1820" Text="You can get an USB to ethernet extender, that can extend your connection a much further distance. For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.iogear.com/product/GUCE51/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are using this product to extend a USB connection about 25 feet." />
  <row Id="32115" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17937" RevisionGUID="65614f20-4ee4-4a66-8db7-fb4979e522b6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:22:40.310" UserId="340" Text="I am running a VMWare Server 2.0 with guest OS of Windows XP SP3.  I have a NeatCo scanner hooked up via USB 2.0 port.  Since VMWare server 2.0 now supports USB 2.0, I am able to get the scanner to be recognized by the guest OS.  When I go to scan, it blue screens.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I checked the VMWare forums and most of the posts say to use USB 1.1 since older versions of VMWare don't support USB 2.0.  I even updated the chipset drivers on the host PC to see if that helped - no good.  Apparently it has to do with the packet sizes between USB 2.0 and 1.1.  When I plug in the device, the guest OS suggests using a USB 2.0 port which means to me it's not recognizing the USB 2.0.  I also checked the VMWare site for updated USB drivers, but nothing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would rather not have to get a USB 1.1 hub to work around this.  Any ideas/experiences that may help?  Thanks!!" />
  <row Id="32116" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17937" RevisionGUID="65614f20-4ee4-4a66-8db7-fb4979e522b6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:22:40.310" UserId="340" Text="VMWare Server w/USB 2.0 Scanner blue screening" />
  <row Id="32117" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17937" RevisionGUID="65614f20-4ee4-4a66-8db7-fb4979e522b6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:22:40.310" UserId="340" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;scanner&gt;&lt;usb&gt;" />
  <row Id="32118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17938" RevisionGUID="298f43e3-08cd-4344-88a1-7540a0b5b4ea" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:22:50.387" UserId="7321" Text="I have used pssh and it's easy and works quite well. It's really great for quick queries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you find yourself managing servers I'd suggest something more robust and in a slightly different realm (configuration management) such as Puppet or CFEngine." />
  <row Id="32119" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17939" RevisionGUID="03db009a-b90d-49bb-a2ca-768a847c52ef" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:23:25.953" UserId="6175" Text="I use a combination of munin + nagios :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;munin on all my offsite nodes, [check_munin_rrd.pl][1] on nagios (granted nagios host can read the generated rrd files)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;check_munin_rrd.pl reads the rrd munin generates and alert you if anything goes above a threshold, so you can monitor anything that munin can see (cpu, load, network)&#xD;&#xA;It's not real time (data gathering every 5 min). For real time, you could also have a look on a regular snmp solution but it's a bit tricky in my opinion. In a sense munin-node becomes your snmp agent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://github.com/jrottenberg/Nagios-Munin/tree/master" />
  <row Id="32120" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17940" RevisionGUID="63c8f489-7261-4b80-b2d6-65a2169195d8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:23:54.940" UserId="1928" Text="I am attempting to monitor changes to IIS server configuration with TripWire, and have noticed the IIS 6.0 MetaBase.xml file is frequently changed. I understand that IIS frequently backs up the MetaBase, but why would values for the various ACL and password entries change with each revision?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The values that change:  &#xD;&#xA;AdminACL  &#xD;&#xA;AnonymousUserPass  &#xD;&#xA;LogOdbcPassword  &#xD;&#xA;WAMUserPass  &#xD;&#xA;UNCPassword  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;New revisions are triggered by simply opening iis.msc, even though none of the settings are changed." />
  <row Id="32121" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17940" RevisionGUID="63c8f489-7261-4b80-b2d6-65a2169195d8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:23:54.940" UserId="1928" Text="Why do passwords and ACL entries change within IIS 6.0 MetaBase.xml?" />
  <row Id="32122" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17940" RevisionGUID="63c8f489-7261-4b80-b2d6-65a2169195d8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:23:54.940" UserId="1928" Text="&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;" />
  <row Id="32123" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16934" RevisionGUID="6fee2556-a3b2-4595-8e06-df496f4d32a9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:24:11.040" UserId="7178" Comment="Typo in name of software, added link to official website" Text="I'm having a performance problem with [Credant][1] when accessing a lot of files, such as during a code compile. What happens is that on my dual-core box the combined CPU hits 50% and the &quot;system&quot; part (the red part of the performance graph in `taskman.exe`) is the bulk of that. According to SysInternals' Process Explorer the driver `CMGSCHEF.SYS` is taking all the CPU.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I can tell, only the mobile policy rules are installed, my whole hard drive isn't encrypted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(For those lucky enough to not have to use Credant, it's a half-baked whole-disk encryption and policy management package that has a lot of issues, performance impact being one.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas for this? Thanks! -ed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.credant.com&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32124" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="16934" RevisionGUID="6fee2556-a3b2-4595-8e06-df496f4d32a9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:24:11.040" UserId="7178" Comment="Typo in name of software, added link to official website" Text="Performance problems with Credant desktop encryption, is uninstall an option?" />
  <row Id="32125" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17941" RevisionGUID="2fb01345-f653-44c5-9e67-f861237e933d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:24:26.403" UserId="7200" Text="I do the same thing you do. You can modify the %SystemRoot%\system32\services.msc file to open in the view you want, but you'll need to do that for ever machine you're opening that file on." />
  <row Id="32126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17942" RevisionGUID="dc6cc748-8f7a-409f-9225-d76d88bfe685" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:24:54.687" UserId="3657" Text="VLC should be able to do exactly what you want.  I'm not familiar with the details but the documentation for streaming:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.videolan.org/doc/streaming-howto/en/streaming-howto-en.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;describes multiple scenarios including streaming multiple files for VOD:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.videolan.org/doc/streaming-howto/en/ch05.html" />
  <row Id="32127" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17943" RevisionGUID="394bd73b-3dc0-4d40-b565-1d81d88e4d64" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:25:40.787" UserId="4575" Text="I first saw the .cmd format used under OS/2. If you're thinking in DOS terms, it's like a .bat file on steroids. .bat files were introduced first under DOS type OS's. Alot of the syntax is similar except when you begin to get into advanced functions. Also, a .cmd file has the potential to not work in a 16-bit environment (win98) whereas a .bat file will probably work in all environments." />
  <row Id="32128" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17944" RevisionGUID="b6581e29-c7ed-4e3d-8c04-df2cdbc89a82" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:26:56.760" UserId="7600" Text="I have a web site IIS 6.0 that places data into the cache. Sadly it hasn't had a expiration set on it. Is there a way (utility or command) to force this cache to be cleared without rebooting the machine or restarting the web server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've already tried restarting the application pool without success." />
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  <row Id="32130" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17944" RevisionGUID="b6581e29-c7ed-4e3d-8c04-df2cdbc89a82" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:26:56.760" UserId="7600" Text="&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;cache&gt;" />
  <row Id="32131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17945" RevisionGUID="bb19de3d-2e6b-4b52-8aec-28c45a1fb169" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:28:10.313" UserDisplayName="davidcoxon" Text="When you say you are getting failed shh log in attemps on your red hat server, what sort of firewall is it sitting behind and how many people need to shh into it. I suggest that if you can you want to limit attempts at the firewall before they get anywhere near your actual server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can restrict the range of ip addresses that legitimately need access you should be able to set up an access list on the fire wall. If you can restrict traffic at the firewall i would suggest you look at network intrusion systems, as it sounds like your server is being targeted by something.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32132" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17946" RevisionGUID="2fab721b-8299-449a-b4df-9824f2baff61" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:28:57.737" UserId="1843" Text="I have set a shared directory on my Windows machine, and given full control permissions to username@workgroup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I try to connect to the Windows machine with Linux using smbclient, I get the error `NT_STATUS_DUPLICATE_NAME`. Here is the transcript:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ smbclient -U username -W workgroup -L //windows-machine&#xD;&#xA;    Enter username's password: &#xD;&#xA;    Domain=[workgroup] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]&#xD;&#xA;    tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_DUPLICATE_NAME&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I intentionally enter the wrong username, password or workgroup, I get a different error: `NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE`. So it seems like I'm getting the other information right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know what this error means?" />
  <row Id="32133" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17946" RevisionGUID="2fab721b-8299-449a-b4df-9824f2baff61" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:28:57.737" UserId="1843" Text="Connecting with Samba to a Windows Share returns &quot;NT_STATUS_DUPLICATE_NAME&quot;" />
  <row Id="32134" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17946" RevisionGUID="2fab721b-8299-449a-b4df-9824f2baff61" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:28:57.737" UserId="1843" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;samba&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;file-sharing&gt;" />
  <row Id="32135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17947" RevisionGUID="32eb5362-eb80-484f-ae18-dbd7abdf28e5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:30:17.780" UserId="4432" Text="A lightweight alternative would be to use command line equivalents(net or sc), especially if you are just restarting the same services routinely." />
  <row Id="32136" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17948" RevisionGUID="87d080df-3867-4639-ac19-6085567ace67" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:32:35.280" UserId="5668" Text="We have a large Vista migration underway and are using USMT to grab profiles in preparation for the push, which has resulted in some problems.&#xD;&#xA;The majority of the captures proceed smoothly however a significant minority fail with some quixotic errors, this is typical:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;Info                  [0x080000] CopyStream: Can't copy streams from {&quot;C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures\060812-F-3108S-103.jpg&quot;} to {&quot;45&quot;} object. Error 112. Exception class UnBCL::IOException: unable to write to FileStream.&#xD;&#xA;enum Mig::SendObjectResult __thiscall Mig::CMediaManager::SendObjectInternal(class UnBCL::Stream *,const unsigned short *,const unsigned short *,int)&#xD;&#xA;void __thiscall UnBCL::FileStream::Write(const unsigned char *,int,int)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Info                  [0x000000] Report problem is called&#xD;&#xA;Info                  [0x000000] Unable to process object C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures\060812-F-3108S-103.jpg -&gt; 45, retries left = 3&#xD;&#xA;Info                  [0x0802e6] Notification result: Retry.&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;....a bit later that becomes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;Error                 [0x0802e9] CopyStream: Can't copy streams from {&quot;C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures\060812-F-3108S-103.jpg&quot;} to {&quot;45&quot;} object. &#xD;&#xA;Error 112. Exception class UnBCL::IOException: unable to write to FileStream.&#xD;&#xA;enum Mig::SendObjectResult __thiscall Mig::CMediaManager::SendObjectInternal(class UnBCL::Stream *,const unsigned short *,const unsigned short *,int)&#xD;&#xA;void __thiscall UnBCL::FileStream::Write(const unsigned char *,int,int)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Error                 [0x0802f1] Failed to store object &quot;C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures\060812-F-3108S-103.jpg&quot;, stream = &quot;default&quot;. User aborted operation.&#xD;&#xA;Error                 [0x08030a] MigDoMigration caught exception: class Mig::CAbortException: User aborted Send operation..&#xD;&#xA;void __thiscall Mig::CMediaManager::SendCatalogEntry(class Mig::CCatalogEntry *)&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...finally culminating in:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;Info                  [0x000000] USMT error Code (status) = 11&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[Error code 11][1] corresponds to &lt;pre&gt;USMT`_UNABLE`_DOMIGRATION  (A file is in use)&lt;/pre&gt; which does not seem to track with any activity occuring on the machine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've found the Microsoft documentation extremely unhelpful on diagnosing problems such as this and was wondering what tips other admins might have on troubleshooting USMT issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys/archive/2009/01/14/usmt-error-codes.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32137" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17948" RevisionGUID="87d080df-3867-4639-ac19-6085567ace67" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:32:35.280" UserId="5668" Text="Troubleshooting tips for USMT?" />
  <row Id="32138" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17948" RevisionGUID="87d080df-3867-4639-ac19-6085567ace67" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:32:35.280" UserId="5668" Text="&lt;troubleshooting&gt;&lt;migration&gt;&lt;user-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="32139" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17949" RevisionGUID="19fa968a-c62e-43e6-aeb7-5e8233f24f36" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:32:52.830" UserId="4955" Text="[Yes you can use SQL 2005 backend for SSRS 2008][1]. Quote:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; You can use an instance of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Database Engine from SQL Server 2005&#xD;&#xA;&gt; or SQL Server 2008 to host the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; databases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the olden days, you could not host SSRS 2005 databases onto SQL Server 2000.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/ms156016.aspx" />
  <row Id="32140" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17950" RevisionGUID="8be39e82-905a-4f93-917e-06d0bff80271" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:33:29.490" UserId="2299" Text="See Evan's answer. Also netstat | find &quot;:http&quot; will show you which hosts connected in the last minute or so (whatever the TIME_WAIT interval is).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32141" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17946" RevisionGUID="6412af61-72e2-42cf-9d92-a92e1a40795c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:34:58.460" UserId="1843" Comment="Added info about hosts and NetBIOS name." Text="I have set a shared directory on my Windows machine, and given full control permissions to username@workgroup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I try to connect to the Windows machine with Linux using smbclient, I get the error `NT_STATUS_DUPLICATE_NAME`. Here is the transcript:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ smbclient -U username -W workgroup -L //windows-machine&#xD;&#xA;    Enter username's password: &#xD;&#xA;    Domain=[workgroup] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]&#xD;&#xA;    tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_DUPLICATE_NAME&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I intentionally enter the wrong username, password or workgroup, I get a different error: `NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE`. So it seems like I'm getting the other information right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I put an entry in /etc/hosts that points `windows-machine` to its IP address. The NetBIOS name of the windows machine is something different.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know what this error means?" />
  <row Id="32142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17951" RevisionGUID="d0a0c5aa-80ac-40d6-8821-51248e6b0f20" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:36:58.203" UserId="6175" Text="Hello !&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've setup rrd reporting + graph on my puppet master, my nodes report as expected and I can see the 'changes' and 'time' graphs, but I miss the 'resources' (html and daily weekly monthly yearly graphs) elements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note resources.rrd files are there, just puppetmaster does not generate the html and png" />
  <row Id="32143" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17951" RevisionGUID="d0a0c5aa-80ac-40d6-8821-51248e6b0f20" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:36:58.203" UserId="6175" Text="Puppet master and resources graph" />
  <row Id="32144" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17951" RevisionGUID="d0a0c5aa-80ac-40d6-8821-51248e6b0f20" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:36:58.203" UserId="6175" Text="&lt;reporting&gt;&lt;cluster&gt;" />
  <row Id="32145" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17952" RevisionGUID="d603b1e4-879b-4535-bc83-5c9d1dd803f1" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:37:46.707" UserId="1736" Text="You're probably getting that error because the Windows machine doesn't understand itself to be identified as what you're connecting to it as.  (Using a wrong auth information changes the error because this issue doesn't crop up until later in the connection process.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try connecting to it as its IP number, not `windows-machine`.  If that works, it confirms that the name thing is what's going on, and you can resolve it either by making the PDC understand itself to be `windows-machine` or by just using the IP number." />
  <row Id="32146" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17953" RevisionGUID="ebcbce92-948e-4e6e-b1fd-a97a0a1ebfa5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:38:24.113" UserId="1843" Text="You can't use either the name of the machine in /etc/hosts, nor probably the name from the DNS server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You must use either the machine's IP address or the NetBIOS name of the machine specified in Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To find the NetBIOS name in Windows XP:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Right click on &quot;My Computer&quot;&#xD;&#xA; 2. Click &quot;Properties&quot;&#xD;&#xA; 3. Click the &quot;Computer Name&quot; tab&#xD;&#xA; 4. Read the &quot;Full computer name&quot; field up to the first period `'.'`" />
  <row Id="32147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17954" RevisionGUID="548fb944-9ea1-4615-9df8-8fd694b00baf" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:39:38.417" UserId="7342" Text="We use the following method for vlans:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;auto eth0.6&#xD;&#xA;        iface eth0.6 inet static&#xD;&#xA;        address 192.168.6.13&#xD;&#xA;        netmask 255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;        broadcast 192.168.6.255&#xD;&#xA;        pre-up vconfig add eth0 6&#xD;&#xA;        post-down vconfig rem eth0.6&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The case of a vlan on a bridged interface isn't much different:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;auto br0&#xD;&#xA;iface br0 inet static&#xD;&#xA;        address 192.168.0.11&#xD;&#xA;        netmask 255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;        broadcast 192.168.0.255&#xD;&#xA;        bridge_stp on&#xD;&#xA;        bridge_ports eth0 eth1&#xD;&#xA;        bridge_bridgeprio 60000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;auto br0.6&#xD;&#xA;iface br0.6 inet static&#xD;&#xA;        address 192.168.6.11&#xD;&#xA;        netmask 255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;        broadcast 192.168.6.255&#xD;&#xA;        gateway 192.168.6.1&#xD;&#xA;        pre-up vconfig add br0 6&#xD;&#xA;        post-down vconfig rem br0.6&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, looking at your setup, you appear to be attempting to bridge between two different vlans on different interfaces. I really think you mean to be routing between your networks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does your switch understand VLANs? You probably want to set your switch to have the correct ports set to untagged on the right VLAN for the machine connected to that port." />
  <row Id="32148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17955" RevisionGUID="378ee14c-30bd-429f-9fd1-cda56c420967" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:40:08.120" UserId="2299" Text="&gt; The NetBIOS name of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; windows machine is something different&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's your problem. It's easily fixed by a registry hack on the Windows machine. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/281308 for the details.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32149" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17956" RevisionGUID="d64810f4-6038-4e09-9e76-d68fe243fd31" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:41:09.600" UserId="7257" Text="I have a handful of mac boxes accessing a share from a remote Windows Server 2003 box over a site-to-site VPN.  They are connecting to the share using cifs, authenticating with AD credentials, and performance is absolutely pathetic - think waiting 5+ minutes to open/copy/move shared docs, even small ones &lt;100Kb.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am relatively new to this situation but it has been ongoing for quite some time before I took over.  For some further background, I can access the same files from Windows machines on the same LAN as the Macs as fast as one would expect for the situation.  All of these machines are on a Cisco Catalyst switch behind a Cisco PIX firewall (which provides the site-to-site VPN access). Ping responses from Mac boxes and windows boxes to file server are about the same: 6-7ms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone experienced problems like this accessing windows shares from Macs?  Is this a protocol issue?  Thanks for any input." />
  <row Id="32150" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17956" RevisionGUID="d64810f4-6038-4e09-9e76-d68fe243fd31" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:41:09.600" UserId="7257" Text="Mac OS X machines - VERY slow access to Windows shares" />
  <row Id="32151" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17956" RevisionGUID="d64810f4-6038-4e09-9e76-d68fe243fd31" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:41:09.600" UserId="7257" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;network-share&gt;&lt;slow-connection&gt;" />
  <row Id="32152" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17957" RevisionGUID="6115b090-092a-4ae3-84f6-6fe3344ae0a9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:41:29.770" UserDisplayName="developer1" Text="Trying to open up ports in a sonicwall firewall.  The service is ftp over ssl (NOTE: NOT sftp).  What ports does this service use?  I have tried standard ftp port as well as 989 and 990.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, What other troubleshooting tips might one suggest?  I am a netcat nub, so any hints as to how to use that tool would be appreciated as well.  thanks" />
  <row Id="32153" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17957" RevisionGUID="6115b090-092a-4ae3-84f6-6fe3344ae0a9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:41:29.770" UserDisplayName="developer1" Text="what ports are used by ftp over ssl?" />
  <row Id="32154" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17957" RevisionGUID="6115b090-092a-4ae3-84f6-6fe3344ae0a9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:41:29.770" UserDisplayName="developer1" Text="&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;ftp&gt;&lt;ssl&gt;" />
  <row Id="32155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17958" RevisionGUID="0cea82dd-fc20-47d1-89de-57dfbfdbf0d1" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:42:13.373" UserId="5749" Text="We're looking into a solution to do e-mail archiving and near-line backup of our Exchange 2007 environment.  We currently have about 200 mailboxes and the Mailstore is approx 150GB.   We need to be able to archive e-mail for several years for legal purposes, and would like the archiving solution to also help with expediting restores of deleted messages if possible.  Our System Support consultants have recommended Mimosa. &#xD;&#xA;Anybody have experience with Mimosa, or other products in this market space?" />
  <row Id="32156" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17958" RevisionGUID="0cea82dd-fc20-47d1-89de-57dfbfdbf0d1" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:42:13.373" UserId="5749" Text="E-Mail Archiving in an Exchange Environment" />
  <row Id="32157" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17958" RevisionGUID="0cea82dd-fc20-47d1-89de-57dfbfdbf0d1" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:42:13.373" UserId="5749" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;archive&gt;&lt;enterprise-email&gt;" />
  <row Id="32158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17959" RevisionGUID="449bb625-73cc-4a8b-970a-c63c511cc711" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:43:25.680" UserDisplayName="davidcoxon" Text="I'd agree with most of the above, the interview is the best place to ask some probing questions, and provided you know your stuff or have someone in the interview that knows what questions to ask then you should be able to get an idea of whether the candidate is suitable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a modern world you could also use services like linkedin.com or plaxo to if you know anyone that you trust that knows the candidate rather than using the referee they provide, after all who whould name someone that is going to give them a bad reference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If its a candidate for a technical post lots of companies are also now asking candidates to do a test during the interview, so asking them to look at some code or do sample certification questions, but be weary of these tests as they don't often give a true reflection of a candidates abilities in the real world most of us have access to reference materials in our day to day jobs." />
  <row Id="32159" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17960" RevisionGUID="70d5c936-35f5-4d41-9bf9-e06e81ece579" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:44:08.690" UserId="3125" Text="AFAIK, it's not that Real and Darwin are limited, it's that WMP only support Microsoft's nonstandard flavor of RTSP.  To my knowledge, the only RTSP servers that have that capability are non-free (Helix, WMS, Vantrix)." />
  <row Id="32160" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17961" RevisionGUID="9f3c8e30-67f7-4b17-a1c1-f8423ea72479" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:44:28.797" UserId="1736" Text="You can do it with some ASP.NET code:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    foreach(DictionaryEntry entry in System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Cache) {&#xD;&#xA;        System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Cache.Remove((string)entry.Key);&#xD;&#xA;    }" />
  <row Id="32161" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17962" RevisionGUID="1705b8fe-9d15-4656-bb15-67a102e36b3c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:45:35.520" UserId="4955" Text="I use iisreset from command line but this restarts the IIS admin service and all dependent services. Which my not be to your liking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, it cleanly clears all cache, App Pools and .net cache too.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17963" RevisionGUID="387a76d8-4e4c-4c8d-8269-151a118ecea5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:48:08.463" UserId="3038" Text="All things come around to their origins. The hottest thing in anti-spam these, at least among the commercial software products, days is IP reputation. Kind of like an RBL, but with more return codes. We're running &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.symantec.com/business/products/family.jsp?familyid=brightmail&quot;&gt;Symantec Brightmail&lt;/a&gt; and I recommend it highly. Of the bad messages it processes, right now 97% of those messages are terminated with IP Reputation faults of the incoming connection's IP address, the remaining 3% are actually scanned for content. This is a fairly recent change, and has seriously reduced the CPU loading on our appliances. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IP reputation is something that can only be done at the receiving MTA, not the local client." />
  <row Id="32163" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17964" RevisionGUID="fddaf206-c292-4af1-920f-d013db37c943" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:48:29.367" UserId="7405" Text="Because FTP utilizes a dynamic secondary port (for data channels), many firewalls were designed to snoop FTP protocol control messages in order to determine what secondary data connections they need to allow. However, if the FTP control connection is encrypted using TLS/SSL, the firewall cannot determine the TCP port number of a data connection negotiated between the client and FTP server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Therefore, in many firewalled networks, an FTPS deployment will fail when an unencrypted FTP deployment will work, but this problem can be solved with the use of a limited range of ports for data and configuring the firewall to open these ports.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;via Wikipedia ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTPS" />
  <row Id="32164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17965" RevisionGUID="ef86a4bc-3e37-4ec8-ad07-1ecd51e4b78c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:49:49.257" UserId="7607" Text="Where can I find benchmarks of virtual machines running common OSes like Ubuntu or WinXP, with and without VT-x? I am using xVM (VirtualBox), but also have the option of VMWare or Xen hypervisors.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd prefer independent benchmarks, rather than ones published by these companies, but I'll take any I can get.  Thanks." />
  <row Id="32165" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17965" RevisionGUID="ef86a4bc-3e37-4ec8-ad07-1ecd51e4b78c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:49:49.257" UserId="7607" Text="Are there any benchmarks for virtual machines with and without VT-x?" />
  <row Id="32166" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17965" RevisionGUID="ef86a4bc-3e37-4ec8-ad07-1ecd51e4b78c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:49:49.257" UserId="7607" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;benchmarks&gt;&lt;virtualbox&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="32167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17966" RevisionGUID="8cec5577-40f3-40c4-84e2-c7ca3b3577da" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:51:33.697" UserId="7200" Text="My gut says you might be having an MTU issue on your VPN. Path MTU discovery is supposed to work around this, but there can be misconfigurations of networking gear that make it not work right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know what the specific PING syntax is on OS/X, but on Windows you can send a PING from the server to one of the clients with the syntax:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PING &lt;destination&gt; -l &lt;length&gt; -f &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This sends a PING packet with the specified length to the destination with the &quot;do not fragment&quot; bit set. You should be able to move packets with a length of 1472 between the client and the server, unless there's a connection between you with a smaller MTU.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have a look at this article from Microsoft for some background: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314825&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you see any issues with other protocols running over the VPN, like HTTP or FTP? CIFS isn't the best performer over highly-latent links, but the times you're talking about are outside the ballpark of &quot;normal&quot; CIFS suckage." />
  <row Id="32168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17967" RevisionGUID="de0c7da6-9bba-4595-9786-615a21dc6c18" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:53:45.097" UserId="1944" Text="I want to replace the command for moving between windows in Emacs to&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Ctrl-t&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The command in pseudo-code**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    (global-set-key &quot;\C-moveBetweenWindows&quot; 'C-t)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**How can you remap the command for moving between windows in Emacs?**" />
  <row Id="32169" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17967" RevisionGUID="de0c7da6-9bba-4595-9786-615a21dc6c18" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:53:45.097" UserId="1944" Text="Unable to have a Vim-like keybinding in Emacs" />
  <row Id="32170" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17967" RevisionGUID="de0c7da6-9bba-4595-9786-615a21dc6c18" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:53:45.097" UserId="1944" Text="&lt;emacs23&gt;" />
  <row Id="32171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17968" RevisionGUID="6aaa309b-f8f8-4d8c-9342-bde3c06a7633" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:53:45.533" UserId="3038" Text="You may want to use the &quot;set-user&quot; command. An example from a script I have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;set-user -Identity &quot;CN=$displayName,CN=Users,DC=contoso,DC=edu&quot; -City $City -Department &quot;$department&quot;-Office $office -Phone &quot;$phone&quot; -StreetAddress &quot;$POBox`r`n$Office`r`n$Department&quot; -StateOrProvince $State -PostalCode $ZipCode&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17969" RevisionGUID="77ccceb0-4963-44ac-83c0-c71da4064c4e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:53:53.210" UserId="2546" Text="As you probably know, the biggest player is [Symantec Enterprise Vault][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's [a comparison][2] between it and Mimosa.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a [comparative review here][3] of ten email archiving products which might give you some leads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.symantec.com/business/enterprise-vault&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.arconi.com/White-Papers/ev-v-mimosa.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.networkworld.com/cgi-bin/mailto/x.cgi?pagetosend=/export/home/httpd/htdocs/reviews/2008/120808-email-archive-test.html" />
  <row Id="32173" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17970" RevisionGUID="2e2149e2-e1bc-4e4a-ab3c-e894e0f03d78" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:54:49.993" UserId="4442" Text="If you have a document management system in your company consider integration between your e-mail archive and the DMS. The ability to aggregate e-mail and the rest of your documents will make both the e-mail archive and the document repository much more valuable." />
  <row Id="32175" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17972" RevisionGUID="fee345c9-5347-40f2-8cc6-4e09dd05f3e0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:56:18.853" UserId="2348" Text="You cannot login as another use without password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of approaches you might wanna try are described in [this article][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However if you really want to &quot;login&quot; as another user to check particular permissions you might wanna try [this product][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sharepointusecases.com/index.php/2008/09/tamming-sharepoint-security/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.idevfactory.com/products/uspm2007/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="32176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17973" RevisionGUID="4d1b6627-bca3-48bb-96cc-0fbb34fed2e5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:59:11.217" UserId="4838" Text="I'm looking for a solutions to deliver newsletters through a reliable service provider. Currently, I'm using [Lyris List Manager][1] software on my dedicated server to send out newsletters to opted in recipients. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We don't have the knowledge to troubleshoot issues coming down the pipe, so we're looking for a hosted solution to manage our mail delivery. Does anyone know of or have any experience with mass mail delivery services? Lyris offers Lyris HQ for a hosted solution, but I'd like to know what else is out there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.lyris.com/solutions/listmanager/" />
  <row Id="32177" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17973" RevisionGUID="4d1b6627-bca3-48bb-96cc-0fbb34fed2e5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:59:11.217" UserId="4838" Text="Looking for mass email delivery service." />
  <row Id="32178" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17973" RevisionGUID="4d1b6627-bca3-48bb-96cc-0fbb34fed2e5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:59:11.217" UserId="4838" Text="&lt;mail&gt;" />
  <row Id="32179" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17974" RevisionGUID="66ba43ff-2b07-4301-b7c8-ed1a4e274de2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T17:59:59.453" UserId="6397" Text="I always recommend GFI MailArchiver (http://www.gfi.com/mailarchiver/). I have been using it since 2006. Couldn't be happier. To be honest, it's a dream to whoever needs to manage the exchange server for having an archive solution. It makes so much easier managing on the server side.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The MailArrchiver is a web-based system built on ASP.net with using SQL at the back. You don't need to change anything on Exchange server side, only enable the journal on the mail storage and it archives emails on the fly in the real time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It also has bulk import tool that helps to archive the existing mail boxes and a bulk export tool to download the emails from the archiver. It also has audit built right in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of all, it's inexpensive. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps." />
  <row Id="32181" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17976" RevisionGUID="bb730802-808e-4f98-b8ab-501604dce0df" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:01:29.577" UserId="5493" Text="There are a number of users in our organization that use their laptops on multiple networks. Each network has its own proxy setting requirements for accessing the Internet and currently, the users must manually change these settings in Internet Settings whenever moving to a different network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to script the changes so that the user can just run the appropriate script for the network they're on?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is primarily for Windows XP but might also be required for Vista and Windows 7." />
  <row Id="32182" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17976" RevisionGUID="bb730802-808e-4f98-b8ab-501604dce0df" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:01:29.577" UserId="5493" Text="How to switch proxy settings via script?" />
  <row Id="32183" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17976" RevisionGUID="bb730802-808e-4f98-b8ab-501604dce0df" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:01:29.577" UserId="5493" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;internet&gt;" />
  <row Id="32184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17977" RevisionGUID="d9038dae-3ccf-41cc-875c-4a68df9678ce" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:01:41.430" UserId="6175" Text="and what about [collectd][1] ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://collectd.org/" />
  <row Id="32185" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17978" RevisionGUID="0d05f1c4-b970-4626-933e-58d20a59ff14" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:02:04.737" UserId="510" Text="There are a number of pseudo-top-level domains that you can use for things like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-top-level_domain][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; These &quot;pseudo-TLDs&quot; include .bitnet, .csnet, .exit, .i2p, .local, .onion, .oz, .freenet and .uucp. Although these pseudo-TLDs look like top-level domains, and serve the same syntactic function in creating names for network endpoints, they have no meaning in the global Domain Name System and are (or were) used only for specialist purposes; typically for addressing machines that were not reachable via the Internet Protocol for use in services such as E-mail and Usenet via UUCP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These avoid the &quot;What if ICANN registers it tomorrow&quot; problem, as well as give you the option to avoid the potentially-troublesome .local TLD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-top-level_domain" />
  <row Id="32186" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17979" RevisionGUID="f1dd6487-eefe-41ee-b5d8-711b479dd227" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:02:06.330" UserId="7531" Text="So. The solution is following: (not clean, but working)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) write own IHttpModule, containing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    class LoginModule {&#xD;&#xA;     public void Init(HttpApplication context)&#xD;&#xA;     {&#xD;&#xA;     	context.PreRequestHandlerExecute += new EventHandler(UglyHack);&#xD;&#xA;     }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;     void UglyHack(object sender, EventArgs e)&#xD;&#xA;     {&#xD;&#xA;         HttpCookie wannabe = (HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies[&quot;_sp_admin_wanna_be_user&quot;]);&#xD;&#xA;         if (wannabe != null &amp;&amp; SPContext.Current.Web.CurrentUser.IsSiteAdmin)&#xD;&#xA;         {&#xD;&#xA;             SPWeb cw = SPContext.Current.Web;&#xD;&#xA;             typeof(SPWeb).GetField(&quot;m_CurrentUser&quot;, BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance).SetValue(&#xD;&#xA;    						SPContext.Current.Web,&#xD;&#xA;    						cw.AllUsers[wannabe.Value]);&#xD;&#xA;         }&#xD;&#xA;     }&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Sign it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) GAC it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) &lt;add name='LoginModule' type='SharePointAdminLogin.LoginModule, SharePointAdminLogin, &#xD;&#xA;     Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=....' /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  to web.config(&lt;httpModules&gt;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Voila! Youre the man. :) (of course i added logic to add cookie setting to menu, security, etc..)" />
  <row Id="32187" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17980" RevisionGUID="2c37d772-40e3-411e-af15-489af5595bc9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:02:15.767" UserId="1803" Text="A couple of years ago I did some study/training on EMC's option, [SourceOne][1] (prev emailxtender).  I can't recommend it (since I only used it in a lab environment), but the features match up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.emc.com/products/family/emc-sourceone-family.htm" />
  <row Id="32188" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17981" RevisionGUID="5815fdb9-8bf7-4466-9943-1f6391929823" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:02:51.507" UserId="4600" Text="Is there a way to use an old laptop as an external keyboard and monitor for my rack servers?" />
  <row Id="32189" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17981" RevisionGUID="5815fdb9-8bf7-4466-9943-1f6391929823" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:02:51.507" UserId="4600" Text="Using a laptop as an external monitor and keyboard for a server?" />
  <row Id="32190" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17981" RevisionGUID="5815fdb9-8bf7-4466-9943-1f6391929823" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:02:51.507" UserId="4600" Text="&lt;laptop&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;keyboard&gt;&lt;monitor&gt;" />
  <row Id="32191" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17982" RevisionGUID="8919c54b-0e33-4486-914e-e40fe8cca7bf" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:03:20.350" UserDisplayName="ahes" Text="I use cssh and it works like a charm. You can edit the same file on several servers easily and then check only one window and change for instance value of particular variable. Repeat that for every window, hit :wq in vim and voila! Work is done ;) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is also excellent tool for making aptitude upgrade." />
  <row Id="32192" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17983" RevisionGUID="b5e6b351-6647-4d54-b768-f896ee03c70d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:03:58.650" UserId="6397" Text="I think subscribe the service from the providers who do that for living would be a best approach. having it hosted on the dedicate server on your own sometime may trigger the ISP to warn you that you violate their spam policy, or something like this. It's true that mass delivering newsletters is a type of spamming from ISP's eyes." />
  <row Id="32193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17984" RevisionGUID="4708c031-7459-490e-8a86-ac82a64c2f43" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:04:15.763" UserId="4392" Text="There are a couple of pieces of hardware around like this: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.iogear.com/product/GCS661U/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I haven't seen one wholely accepted solution. I've thought about this many, many times while cursing a crash cart that was locked in someone else's cage at my colo. " />
  <row Id="32194" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17985" RevisionGUID="676d1278-5bbc-44e5-9756-1677b1fd9374" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:05:29.207" UserId="5778" Text="Had USB running at 6m &amp; 8m, so it will go a bit above the spec, but that was &quot;only&quot; a keyboard/mouse. Used this with lengthy VGA cables on an expo stand. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not tried any of the &quot;USB-over-cat5&quot; kit yet.. but I kinda fancy it - would stop the stand contractor putting the cables in backwards at least!" />
  <row Id="32195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17986" RevisionGUID="2ce56cba-ee2e-4437-9326-535bb3a4b5b3" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:05:51.843" UserId="7611" Text="take a look at  [mailarchivia][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mailarchiva.com/" />
  <row Id="32196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17987" RevisionGUID="4afe2e98-932e-406a-8057-7339c622f46b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:06:13.763" UserId="984" Text="Microsoft kb [819961][1] is a good starting point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The registry settings for the browser are located here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;MigrateProxy&quot;=dword:00000001&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;ProxyEnable&quot;=dword:00000001&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;ProxyHttp1.1&quot;=dword:00000000&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;ProxyServer&quot;=&quot;http://ProxyServername:80&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;ProxyOverride&quot;=&quot;&lt;local&gt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It should be pretty easy to build a vbs or powershell script to automatically update the registry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/819961&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17988" RevisionGUID="ebd7e944-2fa0-4e70-bd29-e2713dd96b71" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:06:19.393" UserId="7200" Text="Look into proxy auto-config scripts. You *can* script changes to the Windows registry to select a different proxy server, but you'll really like proxy auto-config scripts and how they work on your client computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_auto-config&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I moved to proxy auto-config files for my school district Customer a couple of years ago as a result of administrators taking laptops off-site and trying to work on other networks that didn't need an HTTP proxy specified. It's worked like a charm, and is a nice cross-browser and cross-platform compatible solution." />
  <row Id="32198" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17989" RevisionGUID="ae084d2f-b6f0-43a0-99ce-736db0416721" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:06:26.693" UserDisplayName="ahes" Text="Do it yourself. Make a simple shell script updating RRD database. Then draw a graph using rrdtool." />
  <row Id="32199" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17990" RevisionGUID="755d01a5-1f4a-4b6e-8477-0eb99cec4232" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:09:04.083" UserId="3262" Text="What I want is to configure a computer in home with Windows and use it as a *proxy* for connect and route packets from the 80 to port 23 in another server in the Internet (I'm not sure if port forwarding is the right term)" />
  <row Id="32200" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17990" RevisionGUID="755d01a5-1f4a-4b6e-8477-0eb99cec4232" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:09:04.083" UserId="3262" Text="Easy port forwarding on Windows?" />
  <row Id="32201" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17990" RevisionGUID="755d01a5-1f4a-4b6e-8477-0eb99cec4232" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:09:04.083" UserId="3262" Text="&lt;port-forwarding&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="32202" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17991" RevisionGUID="5cacd053-4ed5-4149-bc34-b5fcd352870a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:09:30.480" UserDisplayName="ahes" Text="As far as I remember in active mode it uses the same ports but first STARTTLS method is run." />
  <row Id="32203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17992" RevisionGUID="eaac89fe-2b70-497e-afa1-8755f6f80c1c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:09:33.740" UserId="431" Text="The EULA for VMware prohibits publishing benchmarks:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://blogs.vmware.com/virtualreality/2009/03/a-big-step-backwards-for-virtualization-benchmarking.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's why you don't see too many independent benchmarks." />
  <row Id="32204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17993" RevisionGUID="d0f0272f-0931-47e9-a98e-1ea6946bb889" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:09:51.790" UserId="7561" Text="There are a couple different ways to do this, but I would personally looking at applying a GPO that would run a logon script. This script would look at the subnet the user was in, and apply the appropriate proxy setting.  This website describes the place in the registry where the change would have to be made.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.computing.net/answers/networking/changing-ie-proxy-via-login-script/22498.html " />
  <row Id="32205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17994" RevisionGUID="6121acac-ff6f-4a52-a7c0-17e5e38113b1" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:11:03.923" UserId="7200" Text="You're looking for a TCP proxy. There are a variety of free TCP proxies for Windows. I'm not going to recommend one because I don't have any good experience with any of them. Google for &quot;Windows TCP proxy&quot; and you'll come up with a boatload.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This one is cute and source is available, but I don't know how reliable: http://dposey.no-ip.com/Proxy/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a fairly trivial piece of code, though one could put some pretty neat features into a high-end TCP proxy (load balancing, logging of traffic, etc)." />
  <row Id="32206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17995" RevisionGUID="9d14493f-329d-4f4b-a3cf-9b4149abfde0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:12:28.353" UserId="1803" Text="SCVMM is unable to handle this conversion - just tells me flat out that my Proliant 3000 (yes, go ahead and laugh) isn't a P2V option unless I upgrade it to 2003 server for an online conversion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just wondered if anyone had already skinned this cat before I get started.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[edit] I should mention that the eventual destination is a HyperV server, so I'll be putting the poor VM through a SCVMM conversion to VHD, in case that has any impact on the answer." />
  <row Id="32207" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17995" RevisionGUID="9d14493f-329d-4f4b-a3cf-9b4149abfde0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:12:28.353" UserId="1803" Text="Will VMWare Converter P2V a non-ACPI 2000 server?" />
  <row Id="32208" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17995" RevisionGUID="9d14493f-329d-4f4b-a3cf-9b4149abfde0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:12:28.353" UserId="1803" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;p2v&gt;&lt;scvmm&gt;" />
  <row Id="32209" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17996" RevisionGUID="ceba260a-946d-4503-b279-ffae39dfba6c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:13:19.987" UserId="2561" Text="I have a 7200 rpm SATA disk array attached via SCSI with 15 disks.  I am trying to figure out what would be the best way to configure RAID for my back-end Exchange 2003.  I have 4 mail stores (not including the public folders), but I am thinking 1 big raid 10 array for the stores and some sort of other raid for the logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe 5 drives in RAID 10 with one spare, and RAID 10 over 4 disks for the logs? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With the size of the drives, space isn't really an issue, I am trying to maximize speed well still having redundancy. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have any recommendations? Or perhaps some counters I should get to make this decision? " />
  <row Id="32210" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17996" RevisionGUID="ceba260a-946d-4503-b279-ffae39dfba6c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:13:19.987" UserId="2561" Text="Exchange 2003 RAID Configuration for 15 disk Array " />
  <row Id="32211" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17996" RevisionGUID="ceba260a-946d-4503-b279-ffae39dfba6c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:13:19.987" UserId="2561" Text="&lt;exchange-2003&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="32212" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17997" RevisionGUID="e8e5a610-6fa1-4069-a829-b3d23cd4cd94" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:14:48.660" UserId="4413" Text="Naming servers based on location and/or function can lead to security problems.  If you publish your DNS externally you are giving the bad guys a map of where all the good stuff is.  Security through obscurity is not something to rely on but I wouldn't make it easy for the script kiddies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also you don't need to describe all the details of the device in the hostname.  Instead use the hostname as a key into your configuration management database.  (You can buy a CMDB, use open source solutions, or refer to an excel spreadsheet).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I like device names that are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Short&#xD;&#xA; 2. Easy to spell&#xD;&#xA; 3. Funny&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example:  We used to call one of our backup servers - sloth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, this only works for smaller sites.  If you manage larger installations you are going to want the clearest naming convention possible so that all of your staff can quickly and easily identify what all these hosts do.  In this case will probably want to implement split DNS so that you are not advertising all these hostnames in the wild.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your internal naming convention is private then it really doesn't matter what kind of harebrained naming scheme you use.  But here is an idea.  Get the technical leads from your support staff and ask them if they have any suggestions.  It will make them feel important.  " />
  <row Id="32213" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17997" RevisionGUID="e8e5a610-6fa1-4069-a829-b3d23cd4cd94" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:14:48.660" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32214" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17998" RevisionGUID="96b275dd-cf0c-48b1-aeb4-f3538afb26ca" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:15:23.447" UserId="6233" Text="I got a litle laptop stack situation,&#xD;&#xA;Totday I instaled ubuntu 9.4 OS over Vista on my latop,&#xD;&#xA;I vas hoping that I am going to be able to have dual boot on device.&#xD;&#xA;I didn,t pay a lot attention looking on what I dooing, Just clicking next, next.&#xD;&#xA;Hoopitn that is Unbuntu smart enought to do not damage my existing Vista OS.&#xD;&#xA;But after I finished instaling and restarting computer I was suprised to cant see&#xD;&#xA;Meni to boot in Vista, &#xD;&#xA;When I swich laptop i got to pres ESC key in 3 sec after that I got 3 ver of unbutu image&#xD;&#xA;to boot but no Vista.&#xD;&#xA;I am pretty new to Linux and tish is my first instalation, &#xD;&#xA;What I can do to check is there still Vista instaled on my laptopt,&#xD;&#xA;and Can I push dual boot now.&#xD;&#xA;I also have Vista CD recovery but yet I didn't try to boot from them bicouse I do not know&#xD;&#xA;can I still get back my old OS with all data.&#xD;&#xA;Thens in advace" />
  <row Id="32215" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="17998" RevisionGUID="96b275dd-cf0c-48b1-aeb4-f3538afb26ca" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:15:23.447" UserId="6233" Text="turn back on Vista after insalling unbuntu" />
  <row Id="32216" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="17998" RevisionGUID="96b275dd-cf0c-48b1-aeb4-f3538afb26ca" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:15:23.447" UserId="6233" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;recovery&gt;" />
  <row Id="32217" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14818" RevisionGUID="a2496506-7f7f-439d-ba39-11bd06584549" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:15:41.170" UserId="2908" Comment="removed un-necessary text" Text="I agree that this is most likely either a router or firewall issue. You might want to consider adding the &quot;Networking&quot; and &quot;Firewall&quot; tags to your question.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32218" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="17999" RevisionGUID="e4b1a375-e566-4a5c-bfb5-c4065785d326" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:15:44.773" Text="The way to test heartbeat would be that you will issue service heartbeat stop on one machine and it fails over to the other machine and automatically brings up all the services on the other node, also you do not want to turn of drbd services .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other way to test is to do a hard reboot on one machine." />
  <row Id="32219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18000" RevisionGUID="0803af58-ad8d-448a-a88f-49fd14f90484" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:15:46.613" UserId="1246" Text="Let us say we own the zone mywebservice.com.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like each of my customers to get their own subdomain, such as customer.mywebservice.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;customer.mywebservice.com needs to be a CNAME to a given server offsite.  Since that site manages its own equipment and can change addresses at any point in time, the CNAME is a requirement.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;People also need to be able to send email to inbox@customer.mywebservice.com, which would require a simple MX record.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, and this is where I'd like some guidance:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;According to [RFC 1034][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    If a CNAME RR is present at a node, no other data should be&#xD;&#xA;    present; this ensures that the data for a canonical name and its aliases&#xD;&#xA;    cannot be different.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have also verified that my DNS server will refuse to serve up anything but a CNAME for hosts that use them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, it seems that I may have a losing situation.  If I want to use the MX record, I need to use an A instead of a CNAME.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone think of any workarounds?  Thanks!    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1034" />
  <row Id="32220" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18000" RevisionGUID="0803af58-ad8d-448a-a88f-49fd14f90484" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:15:46.613" UserId="1246" Text="DNS: Subdomains that Require Both an MX Record and a CNAME" />
  <row Id="32221" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18000" RevisionGUID="0803af58-ad8d-448a-a88f-49fd14f90484" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:15:46.613" UserId="1246" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;mx&gt;&lt;cname&gt;" />
  <row Id="32222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18001" RevisionGUID="bb51a5e8-a751-48a5-9420-7fbabb55fd28" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:16:06.020" UserId="3420" Text="Imaging is a losing proposition. A full CentOS kickstart installation should take under 10 minutes. If your install is significantly slower, that's the problem worth investigating.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem with imaging is that you have to keep a &quot;golden&quot; copy and update it as you make changes to your build. This means that you still need a mechanism for an unattended installation, and each change requires doing such an installation, changing the image (requiring a mechanism for automated customization for your environment), and making this copy the golden copy. If you are going to make changes directly to your golden copy, then you'll quickly end up with a mess after years of patching, upgrades, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you must image the systems, then you should image the default build of the OS, and make your postinstall work (local customization) happen separately on each new machine. This way trivial changes to the build won't require rebuilding the golden copy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your hardware is not all identical, you can leverage the installer's automated detection/configuration. I've used a virtually identical Kickstart configuration between RedHat/CentOS 3, 4, and 5, and all kinds of hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The worst result of imaging I've ever seen was a system of installing Solaris systems using a golden image (and dd with multipacks). Their installer and patching is so slow that this seemed to make sense. Unfortunately, they make completely changing the hardware of an installed system nontrivial. Each hardware type had its own golden image. A trivial build change would require making a change on dozens of disks. The second-worst was a Windows group imaging machines (again reasonable due to a crippled installer) compared to a Linux group using Kickstart. The Linux group could deploy a change to, say, DNS configuration in a few minutes. (One minute to change the postinstall, then a test build, and then a manual push of the configuration to the existing machines). The Windows group had to boot each golden image, make the change, undo the cruft caused by booting the golden image, then do a test build. (They also had to purchase special tools to automate changes to system configuration on multiple machines, to change the existing machines). The Windows group also had the option of reinstalling the golden image to make their change, but as it was a manual installation of the OS and dozens of applications, it would be slightly different each time requiring weeks of testing and risking the production systems being less identical than otherwise possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that in both cases the Windows and Solaris setups using a golden image were not handled in the best possible way and some of the choices made by the admins involved belied a lack of competence. But starting with a design that was not reasonable did not help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Kickstart works so well that there's no reason to even consider doing otherwise (I have a lot of little complaints about it, but it would be a thousand times worse if it was done by imaging machines). If your installation program is something besides Anaconda, and its automated installs are less useful than kickstart, you should consider whether that distribution was really ever intended for enterprise use. " />
  <row Id="32223" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18002" RevisionGUID="946045f9-a55c-42b1-8e12-0d7df3c60fc1" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:16:50.450" UserId="5221" Text="rinetd should do the job, and a Windows binary for it can be had from http://www.boutell.com/rinetd/ (for anyone looking for the same thing under Linux, rinetd is in the standard repositories of just about every distro so can be installed with &quot;apt-get install rinetd&quot; or &quot;yum install rinetd&quot; or similar)" />
  <row Id="32224" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18003" RevisionGUID="a4ed9ed3-168c-40d0-9645-727da3469bd5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:17:31.430" UserId="7058" Text="Assuming it's http packets you could use one of the many windows proxies out there [Like Squid NT][1] or something similar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But if you just wanna port forward any packets, SSH tunneling is the way to go.  Check out [sshwindows][2] for the server piece and [http://oldsite.precedence.co.uk/nc/putty.html][3] for a quick howto on how to set up port forwarding in PuTTY.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There might be an easier way using Some built in Microsoft tool, but this is what came to the top of my head first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://markus.revti.com/2009/01/squid-transparent-proxy-server-on-windows-server-2003/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://oldsite.precedence.co.uk/nc/putty.html" />
  <row Id="32225" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18004" RevisionGUID="4d3e300a-28d6-48a9-8f1a-ecd70a298084" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:17:51.913" UserId="584" Text="[Campaign Monitor][1] is pretty awesome, in my experience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ExactTarget][2] is another commonly used service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.campaignmonitor.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://exacttarget.com/" />
  <row Id="32226" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18005" RevisionGUID="2f3fe624-bbef-4f9e-98f3-e5dce210edc1" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:18:16.577" UserId="3038" Text="For best performance(*) it's a good idea to keep logs on different LUNs than anything else. Say, RAID1 sets for those. Yes, you'll be 'wasting' eight drives just for logs but it'll be fast. We used one big Raid10 array for our mail-store volumes." />
  <row Id="32227" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10026" RevisionGUID="bd58ecd1-edb1-48ab-900b-dc590adce2f0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:18:31.553" UserId="2908" Comment="Added hyperlink" Text="One option would be to use a &quot;Generic Script&quot; resource type. This option is only available on Server 2003 and newer. The basic premise is that you create a VBScript file that launches and monitors the application. As the cluster makes various calls to the script for the status of the application, the script can be told to look wherever you need it to for the information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[MSDN has more information][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa373089(VS.85).aspx" />
  <row Id="32228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18006" RevisionGUID="d2775bcd-1f00-4cb0-afe7-c5d5437f795b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:19:20.897" UserId="7615" Text="You could use Remote Desktop with the \console switch if they're both on the same network." />
  <row Id="32229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18007" RevisionGUID="a68adc9b-abb8-4365-a738-c4dc9816d420" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:20:36.527" UserId="7200" Text="Since you have the ability use multiple storage groups, you may want to to use multiple smaller RAID 10 stripes / mirrors so you can segregate your mailboxes and balance the load more evenly across all those spindles. Your particular RAID controller's behaviour dealing with multiple arrays is going to influence this, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ultimately, you should consider configuring the array and running Exchange LoadSim on it (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=92EB2EDC-3433-47CA-A5F8-0483C7DDEA85&amp;displaylang=en) to see how it's acting. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a quick and dirty benchmark, watching the disk queue length counter is going to tell you if requests are queuing up on the disks. Deeper Exchange tuning / design is discussed in a variety of whitepapers from Microsoft. I've never tried to keep it all in my head at once, but then again I haven't had to do a lot of very high performance Exchange installations (small offices, 200 or fewer mailboxes, etc-- nothing super performance intensive...)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18008" RevisionGUID="96ff6aa4-fd8b-4993-ab89-f770197bf282" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:22:04.073" UserDisplayName="anon" Text="I need to do a lot of work on Solaris 10 for the next few weeks.  Is there an easy way to get the common packages installed so the machine is more &quot;modern&quot;.  A Fedora install comes with a lot more packages, and the missing ones are a ´yum install' away.  I installed all of the packages from the Companion CD, but I'm still missing lots!  For example, I'd like subversion, gcc, MySql 5.x, MySql Query Browser and Firefox 3 (yeah Solaris ships with 2).  I downloaded FF3 but when I run it get complaints about needing Gtk+ 2.10 (ships with 2.4). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, OpenSolaris is not an option.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32231" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18008" RevisionGUID="96ff6aa4-fd8b-4993-ab89-f770197bf282" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:22:04.073" UserDisplayName="anon" Text="How to use Solaris 10 as my desktop?" />
  <row Id="32232" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18008" RevisionGUID="96ff6aa4-fd8b-4993-ab89-f770197bf282" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:22:04.073" UserDisplayName="anon" Text="&lt;solaris&gt;" />
  <row Id="32233" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18009" RevisionGUID="635be354-81da-4365-ac2d-8178254f2134" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:22:44.103" UserId="6524" Text="MX and CNAME are completely separate records - first one determines the mail server for given domain, second gives the address for a domain. This should work:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;@       IN      SOA     ns1.mywebservice.com. root.mywebservice.com. (&#xD;&#xA;                        2009060201&#xD;&#xA;                        12h&#xD;&#xA;                        1h&#xD;&#xA;                        1w&#xD;&#xA;                        8h&#xD;&#xA;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;                        NS      ns1.mywebservice.com.&#xD;&#xA;                        NS      ns2.mywebservice.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;customer                CNAME   offsite.host.&#xD;&#xA;customer                MX 10   mail.server.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="32234" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18010" RevisionGUID="d1acee0a-c3b2-4428-9b63-1c84bdca725e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:23:44.833" UserId="1439" Text="I wonder if you could leverage the mirror support in Maxivista for this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.maxivista.com/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.maxivista.com/" />
  <row Id="32235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18011" RevisionGUID="4ba08494-3d9b-442f-947c-4325885f825e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:24:06.613" UserId="7058" Text="Yikes, if you overwrote the Windows HDD partition (Listed in linux as /dev/sda1 usually) and installed Ubuntu over Windows I'm afraid there's not much to do to regain Vista.  YOu may be able to recover some files from Vista, depending on the type of formatting used, since that may be a bit of a pain I wouldn't recommend it unless it's essential.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you just mis-selected to include the Vista partition when installing the bootloader (grub), then load up the install cd and go into rescue mode and select re-install bootloader and ensure it see's your vista (NTFS) partition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For new fresh Windows Migrants, I suggest trying [Wubi][1] it makes the Linux install seem like a program to Windows, so you can use the same program install dialog your used to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wubi-installer.org" />
  <row Id="32236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18012" RevisionGUID="e2294c47-6534-4358-964a-33bb7aa9c5a1" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:24:35.987" UserId="2004" Text="I recommend Barracuda's [Message Archiver][1]. It does the job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/products/archiver-features.php" />
  <row Id="32237" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18013" RevisionGUID="d492a666-e0e4-4364-9074-0af2a7c59272" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:25:00.183" UserId="4664" Text="Although the title sums it up nice, I'll repeat and explain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*What would be a good email client for handling large amounts of mail ?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Large portion of mails I receive come with attachments (zip, rar, pdf, dwg, etc.) and within a month I usually have another 1,5-2Gb of new mail. I've noticed that 'standard' Outlook Express (with whose interface I've been very happy) gets awfully slow after a while. Archiving helps but not much. Then I usually take the files, move them onto a dvd, delete all messages I can do without and start anew. The thing is, I would love to have them all in email client since I often go after some old mails (slow projects).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, what would be good alternatives ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is portable, that would also be nice, but I can also live without it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;post scriptum: I love @gmail, but cannot use it for work. I know I could theoretically forward all of it there, and back, but that approach doesn't make my boss very happy (email handling policies and similar)." />
  <row Id="32238" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18013" RevisionGUID="d492a666-e0e4-4364-9074-0af2a7c59272" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:25:00.183" UserId="4664" Text="What is a good client for handling large amounts of mail ?" />
  <row Id="32239" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18013" RevisionGUID="d492a666-e0e4-4364-9074-0af2a7c59272" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:25:00.183" UserId="4664" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;windows-clients&gt;" />
  <row Id="32240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18014" RevisionGUID="c746550e-43e8-438e-8b97-8791e4313599" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:25:09.933" UserId="5391" Text="If your MX records will be the same for all of these records, then you could attempt to use a DNAME to redirect XYZ.mywebservice.com to hosting.mywebservice.com.  Under hosting.mywebservice.com add your relavent MX and A records.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I must say that I have never utilized DNAME records in production, but you can read more about them in [RFC2672][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2672.html" />
  <row Id="32241" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18015" RevisionGUID="890951af-fadd-403d-8bc2-89e5eabe812f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:25:33.800" UserId="7405" Text="There is a KVM from Epiphan Systems that connects your laptop to the monitor/keyboard/mouse of another system using a USB based VGA framebuffer. At $399 the price may be a bit steep though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.epiphan.com/products/frame-grabbers/kvm2usb/" />
  <row Id="32242" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18016" RevisionGUID="1c7cbe1a-56a0-4aac-9f74-bd25790dddc6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:25:51.787" UserId="2004" Text="I recommend Barracuda's [Message Archiver][1]. It keeps a complete archive of all mail. It can also trim attachments from exchange and host them itself. It provides a link in the original message to the trimmed attachments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/products/archiver-features.php" />
  <row Id="32243" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18017" RevisionGUID="e4137258-e90f-4abb-90a3-328306ba2142" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:26:09.277" UserId="1529" Text="How many users? How much space per mailbox? How big are the mailstores now?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the current Exchange Servers running on? You will want the same IOPS or better when you migrate to the array." />
  <row Id="32244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18018" RevisionGUID="aad10b3e-ab75-41ee-83eb-263060098125" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:26:37.170" UserId="7619" Text="Here's what *does not* work so far;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(&amp;(objectCategory=Person)(objectClass=Group)(CN=group_in_question))&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(&amp;(objectClass=Group)(objectCategory=Group)(member=CN=group_in_question))&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(&amp;(samAccountName=%USERNAME%)(memberof=CN=group_in_question))&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(&amp;(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(memberOf=cn=group_in_question,ou=Groups,dc=mydomain,dc=com))&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32245" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18018" RevisionGUID="aad10b3e-ab75-41ee-83eb-263060098125" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:26:37.170" UserId="7619" Text="What's the AD query syntax to enumerate all users for a particular group?" />
  <row Id="32246" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18018" RevisionGUID="aad10b3e-ab75-41ee-83eb-263060098125" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:26:37.170" UserId="7619" Text="&lt;ldap&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;microsoft&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-domain&gt;" />
  <row Id="32247" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15235" RevisionGUID="fe81a9db-ac4e-47a7-af24-9ef93868dca6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:26:52.597" UserId="5805" Comment="Solution description" Text="I recently wrote a complex SELECT statement (based on many very, very complex views) that would take 1 hour and 50 minutes to execute when run from Toad on my desktop, and only a few minutes faster when run from a Python script using the cx_Oracle library (written to flush to disk every 50 rows). The total size of the single result set was about 8000 rows totalling 5MB. During execution, my workstation was not thrashing and the CPU load was reasonably low.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The exact same query ran on the server took an astonishing 21 seconds to produce a byte-for-byte identical result set. This was also generated by the same Python/cx_Oracle script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Transferring the 5MB result set file from the server to my workstation took only 3 seconds, so I don't think network bandwidth is the direct problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could SQL*Net or one of its associated libraries be the culprit? Is there some non-linear memory management problems when queries are invoked across the network? A 5MB result set is large, but not ginormous in this day and age. Are there perhaps some buffer size configuration settings that would help? I'm using a vanilla Oracle client install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The workstation is Windows XP Pro SP3 (only 1GB of RAM) with the Oracle 10g client and Toad for Oracle Xpert 9.7.2.5 and Python 2.6.2 with cx\_Oracle 5.0.2. The server is Red Hat 2.6.9-67.ELsmp on a quad Xeon 3.8GHz 8GB server, running Oracle 10.2.0.4, Python 2.3.4, cx_Oracle 4.4.1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Whoops! The file was only **5 Megabytes**, not GB. Very sorry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Solved: There was a population script that ran before the extract query that I mentioned. Once that population script was re-run, the extract query took 2 hours to run regardless of the location of the client program. After that first long run, the result set must've been cached somewhere, and I didn't notice that effect until I methodically went through all of the combinations." />
  <row Id="32248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18019" RevisionGUID="99c79c86-e8b0-47a6-8587-92da0f88110f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:27:36.730" UserId="4413" Text="If you need UNIX implementation-specific syntax the Rosetta Stone for UNIX is handy:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.bhami.com/rosetta.html" />
  <row Id="32249" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18019" RevisionGUID="99c79c86-e8b0-47a6-8587-92da0f88110f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:27:36.730" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32250" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18020" RevisionGUID="999114a7-3c26-4580-8793-a50f7b7bee5c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:27:41.113" UserId="3490" Text="If it's a Linux server, you can connect to X remotely, or tunnel it through SSH, if security is concern.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32251" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18021" RevisionGUID="12167410-8bdd-43cf-8350-bdbd489f8927" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:29:04.620" UserId="1944" Text="Unix Power Tools -book recommends to use the following command if you do not want to get any notification of running process&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    stty -topstop&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    stty -topstop&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both commands give me&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    stty: illegal option -- topstop&#xD;&#xA;    usage: stty [-a|-e|-g] [-f file] [options]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**How can you use the command in OS/X's Zsh?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32252" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18021" RevisionGUID="12167410-8bdd-43cf-8350-bdbd489f8927" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:29:04.620" UserId="1944" Text="Unable to use stty in Mac's Zsh" />
  <row Id="32253" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18021" RevisionGUID="12167410-8bdd-43cf-8350-bdbd489f8927" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:29:04.620" UserId="1944" Text="&lt;mac&gt;" />
  <row Id="32254" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18022" RevisionGUID="7c376129-1b47-42e7-9c3f-c75174593405" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:29:32.983" UserId="7246" Text="Any ideas on what a migration strategy might be to sanely migrate mail away from the Argosoft mail server for windows? product site: &lt;http://www.argosoft.com/RootPages/MailServer/Default.aspx&gt; (note: not the .net version). We are wanting to migrate to a more standard setup using Postfix/Dovecot on Ubuntu.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would something like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-migrate-mailboxes-between-imap-servers-with-imapsync&quot;&gt; imapsync&lt;/a&gt; do the trick? Anyone successfully migrate their users mail away from the Argosoft Mail Server product?" />
  <row Id="32255" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18022" RevisionGUID="7c376129-1b47-42e7-9c3f-c75174593405" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:29:32.983" UserId="7246" Text="how to migrate mail from argosoft to postfix/dovecot" />
  <row Id="32256" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18022" RevisionGUID="7c376129-1b47-42e7-9c3f-c75174593405" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:29:32.983" UserId="7246" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;mail&gt;&lt;emailserver&gt;&lt;postfix&gt;&lt;migration&gt;" />
  <row Id="32257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18023" RevisionGUID="c1c968bf-1f7f-4d0a-ae5c-6c9ab930286b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:29:37.380" UserId="3000" Text="My company uses Rackspace's Mailtrust. I believe the two companies recently merged, as their website now claims &quot;Mailtrust is now Rackspace&quot; or something similar. It works well and includes Outlook Web Access for us. I do not know if they have any other interface. I'm not the biggest fan of OWA, but it works pretty well." />
  <row Id="32258" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17804" RevisionGUID="f0c00bca-a7d2-4b7e-8601-88f8ef4aace1" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:30:20.390" UserDisplayName="Joe" Comment="added 357 characters in body" Text="I have the rights to log into a BOXI server and build queries and reports, but can only export 100,000 rows at a time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tools on my desktop that can connect to databases via things like ODBC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to use ODBC or some other connection type to connect to BusinessObjects?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---Edit---&#xD;&#xA;In response to the first two answers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you for your insight.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a perfect world, I would be glad to connect directly to the database servers that BOXI is pulling data from, but I can not. The only access I have to the data is through BOXI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I understand the row limitation is set by the BOXI admins, but they will not adjust it." />
  <row Id="32259" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18024" RevisionGUID="77cc92e3-2851-4781-b608-a8cf05d3b944" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:31:24.460" UserId="7200" Text="The third syntax works fine for me in LDP.EXE against one of my domains. I don't normally put the (objectCategory=person) in there, but it works fine with it, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What kind of error are you getting back when you try to use that?" />
  <row Id="32261" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17972" RevisionGUID="92095c0b-2e83-42ed-bc9a-fa742598c677" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:32:48.200" UserId="2348" Comment="m" Text="You cannot login as another user without password (afaik)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of approaches you might wanna try are described in [this article][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However if you really want to &quot;login&quot; as another user to check particular permissions you might wanna try [this product][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sharepointusecases.com/index.php/2008/09/tamming-sharepoint-security/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.idevfactory.com/products/uspm2007/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="32262" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18026" RevisionGUID="f75139f6-bfbe-4328-9e8a-fd7536a40b01" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:32:52.303" UserId="4843" Text="We used Postini and the service has been very good." />
  <row Id="32263" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18027" RevisionGUID="8b6b9319-019a-4387-9ce5-61ad55e6beaf" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:33:49.370" UserId="6397" Text="I was almost recommending Gmail or Google App, but if you are only looking at a client solution and Gmail is not an option, well, no much choices left, or simply no choices left.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Outlook 2003 and up can handle much larger storage. .pst before 2003 only handles up to 2G storage. But even it can, the performance usually becomes bad when mail storage gets bigger. I am not a fan of using .pst file and even consider managing an environment w/ full of .pst is just a nightmare to any IT guys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe, your boss really should look at Google App solution." />
  <row Id="32264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18028" RevisionGUID="876a6a12-802f-479f-9390-c3b868f89887" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:34:44.220" UserId="7621" Text="From a hardware perspective, there is no straightforward way to do that.  The video ports on most laptops are outputs, not inputs, and you can't reverse that.  The keyboard/mouse ports are inputs, not outputs.  Most USB controllers inside your server and laptop will fight over devices connected to the same bus, so attaching them via a hub is also not practical.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Use some remote desktop/vnc/X-terminal (but of course, why do you even need to be in the server room?)&#xD;&#xA; 2. If your system has a serial port and a boot management processor (like iLO) you can connect directly to the BSP, which will then generally let you get a terminal session on the server.  This is true for both *nix-ish and Windows systems.  HP Integrity servers tend to have this capability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="32266" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18030" RevisionGUID="29b55d69-8472-4c81-bcd3-40352df52be8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:35:43.047" UserId="7344" Text="For example, if my directory contains files a, b, c, d, e, f, g&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a command something like the following pseudo code&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  ls -filename&gt;&quot;c&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;that would only list files d, e, f&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32267" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18030" RevisionGUID="29b55d69-8472-4c81-bcd3-40352df52be8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:35:43.047" UserId="7344" Text="In Unix is it possible to directory entries after a starting point?" />
  <row Id="32268" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18030" RevisionGUID="29b55d69-8472-4c81-bcd3-40352df52be8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:35:43.047" UserId="7344" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;ls&gt;" />
  <row Id="32269" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18031" RevisionGUID="ca79450f-8e20-4642-9cdb-c3a3c64ee1fa" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:38:35.693" UserId="4703" Text="You will certainly have issues with FTP/SSL in either passive/active mode if your firewall rules are too strict.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On active mode, you only need to open ports 20/21 inbound and keep the state to outbound, but it will not work well with many users, but you don't need to worry about using ftp-proxy tools or anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The passive mode will not work well with SSL, unless you keep every port &gt; 1023 open :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best way is to use SFTP (included with ssh). Most ftp clients support it already and you only need port 22 open." />
  <row Id="32270" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18032" RevisionGUID="c488e53a-fd17-453e-9411-10e89108d859" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:38:55.583" UserId="1843" Text="Using regular expressions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ls | egrep &quot;[d-z].*&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is usually the case for odd requests like yours. You're asking ls to do something that is very unusual and involves understanding the lexical structure of the directory names.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Go learn regular expressions at: [regular-expressions.info][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And type:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    man grep&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To read the manual page for `grep`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.regular-expressions.info/" />
  <row Id="32271" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18033" RevisionGUID="f4a5d6e8-a61a-4425-9303-4a3ac4963e60" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:39:49.950" UserId="3000" Text="When I was in school I loved using Pegasus mail. Never had to use it with as much as you're talking about, so I don't know if it can handle the load. Also, a quick look at the site http://www.pmail.com/ doesn't seem to address it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently I use Thunderbird as a portable solution. I haven't used Pegasus in years, because I like Thunderbird a little more. Again, don't know if it can handle your load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both are fairly low on resources (especially Pegasus), and work well. Because they are not resource intensive, and don't use IE to render emails, they may work better." />
  <row Id="32272" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18034" RevisionGUID="b7de6d44-8509-4423-90da-84c0f1049db9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:39:57.407" UserId="7621" Text="Open a terminal and install gparted:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;sudo apt-get install gparted&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once that is done you can go to the System menu at the top of the screen:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;System-&gt;Administration-&gt;Partition Editor&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you see a windows partition there, then more than likely your vista install is still there.  Additionally, Ubuntu typically mounts your Windows partition on the desktop.  So if you don't see it, there's a good chance it's not there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general, if you didn't hit a step where you resized your windows partition, then you must have chosen to overwrite.  In that case, forget it man, it's gone." />
  <row Id="32273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18035" RevisionGUID="bade9132-865b-4ad2-b08e-ecbf9fda0256" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:40:16.063" UserId="1403" Text="http://sunfreeware.com/ has a lot of packages that might be of use to you." />
  <row Id="32274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18036" RevisionGUID="e31117ec-4c72-471a-9851-9ccdfc9b7181" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:40:35.097" UserId="5736" Text="Using the grep command, you can do any type of filtering needed.  Similiar to the FIND command in Windows.  Below is one option.  If you want to get a full listing, like what you get with &quot;ls -l&quot; then you may have to combine that with AWK.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; ls -1 | grep ^[def]" />
  <row Id="32275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18037" RevisionGUID="0427b3c2-ddfc-4b88-a39c-586c69175a22" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:40:40.433" UserId="1654" Text="This can be done most easily in PowerShell with the Quest AD cmdlets -&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;get-qadgroupmember [groupname]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32276" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18038" RevisionGUID="ebee9daa-ac3a-4dc0-97b4-1fe27020b0a7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:40:43.257" UserId="7405" Text="In bash, you can do something like: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;$ ls [d-f]*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or you could write a shell script." />
  <row Id="32277" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18039" RevisionGUID="5f36bd0c-7235-4ee9-82f9-953c3ccda45b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:40:55.080" UserId="4428" Text="Along the lines of the previous answer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;use the shell's filename expansion instead of using egrep:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ls [d-z]*" />
  <row Id="32278" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="18013" RevisionGUID="1dd0358e-2764-4f86-904c-1562665cb95f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:41:26.123" UserId="1803" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;windows-clients&gt;&lt;belongs-on-superuser&gt;" />
  <row Id="32279" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18040" RevisionGUID="f9aa44e6-c6b4-4bce-aec2-7eff0bd75353" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:42:16.497" UserId="4703" Text="I can't believe you guys really have all these long and complicated names. Do you type it all the time? Do you know how much information you are leaking (including location of the physical servers???).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The approach we use is to give simple names to the servers based on cartoons, movies, etc. Internally we keep a database linking the funny names to their locations, purposes, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*With all these longs hostnames it is easy to remember the ips instead :)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32280" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18040" RevisionGUID="f9aa44e6-c6b4-4bce-aec2-7eff0bd75353" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:42:16.497" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18041" RevisionGUID="97c2c146-4326-48de-803e-b74d44938b28" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:42:29.897" UserId="3038" Text="Another option that might be of use is, of all things, the GroupWise Client. It's archive method involves a few files for small emails databases, and a bunch of files for larger emails and attachments, so should scale rather well for what you're looking at. Some people at my old job had archives north of 1.5GB and worked well for them, which was back with GW6." />
  <row Id="32282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18042" RevisionGUID="69fd2d73-9510-4717-84fc-18aea8491380" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:43:40.800" UserId="7405" Text="Another option is to run Solaris in a VM and export your DISPLAY variable to remotely access xterm/gnome-terminal/&lt;insert X program here&gt; sessions out to a more modern desktop environment like Ubuntu." />
  <row Id="32283" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18043" RevisionGUID="f9da3664-6bfd-4893-8700-66f3e29b138f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:44:02.780" UserId="7621" Text="If you can use OpenSolaris, their package system contains most of what I consider to be the &quot;common&quot; stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The latest version is pretty nice." />
  <row Id="32284" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6434" RevisionGUID="05da5aaf-5da5-4446-b98e-fcaff10a7836" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:44:05.463" UserId="671" Comment="added 78 characters in body" Text="The Network Time Protocol, or NTP, can be used to synchronize the time on a server with an authoritative source.  Windows Servers, for example, will use one of the network domain controllers (the DC which holds the PDC emulator FSMO role for the domain [thanks Graeme]) to get time information.  You can [configure][1] the domain controller to get information from some known source, such as time.windows.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Configuring-Windows-Time-Service.html" />
  <row Id="32285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18044" RevisionGUID="0b81e0b4-acd4-42b4-bae6-01ed9363f46e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:45:21.203" UserId="7625" Text="In case you are forced to use Outlook, there´s several products that move attachments out of the .pst, store them on a filesystem and replace them with a link to the file. (Google outlook attachment)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not, you may want to check other email clients - Pegasus, Eudora, and others come to mind. Try looking for one that stores attachments as files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The true solution would be to receive less attachments. If the files are from inside the company, set up a document management system. Send links.&#xD;&#xA;For outside stuff, setup a ftp server where people store the stuff. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Email is not a document management system. " />
  <row Id="32286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18045" RevisionGUID="9ced569f-dea4-44f8-bb66-4c62b622fb59" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:45:34.727" UserId="2579" Text="Here is something that I've used via VBScript:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Enumerating Users &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       Dim objGroup&#xD;&#xA;       Dim x &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       Set objGroup = Getobject (&quot;LDAP: //CN=LocalGrp,OU=Staff, DC=net, DC=dom&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;       For Each x In objGroup.Members&#xD;&#xA;          WScript.Echo x.Class&#xD;&#xA;          WScript.Echo x.Name&#xD;&#xA;          WScript.Echo x.ADsPath&#xD;&#xA;          WScript.Echo x.distinguishedName + vbCrLf&#xD;&#xA;       Next&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="32287" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18030" RevisionGUID="7e48608c-f68e-4f43-bd73-e628d3a5151b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:46:42.837" UserId="7344" Comment="Modified question to address a more general case" Text="For example, if my directory contains files a, b, c, c1, c2, c3, c4, d, e, f, g&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a command something like the following pseudo code&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  ls -filename&gt;&quot;c2&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;that would only list files c3, c4, d, e, f&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** &#xD;&#xA;Modified question to address a more general case" />
  <row Id="32288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18046" RevisionGUID="51e2b379-8320-4ad8-b070-88aaa51c4493" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:21:45.093" UserId="2422" Text="&lt;p&gt;To keep this as short as possible: It was recently brought to the attention of our system administrator (as this type of thing should be) that one of the requirements for our latest web-based project would be allowing customers to perform file uploads. In particular these will be primarily images and possibly video [, but as I'm sure you know, you can't guarantee what the exact content of the upload is until it's on the server]. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system admin was quite a bit put off, and came just short of a blatant &quot;No!&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am familiar with many of the best practices concerning input from users, handling uploads, etc, so I am very confident about the behind-the-scenes/code aspect of this project. My question is, &lt;strong&gt;are there any specific resources or points of conversatation to bring up to ease the mind of my system administrator? What should I focus on explaining to him about this sort of thing, how it's handled, etc?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some concerns are potential storage space (which I know needs to be calculated based on estimated &quot;popularity&quot; times estimated file-size) and security issues with hosting uploaded content. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32289" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18046" RevisionGUID="51e2b379-8320-4ad8-b070-88aaa51c4493" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:21:45.093" UserId="2422" Text="Convince System Administrator that File Uploads can be Okay?" />
  <row Id="32290" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18046" RevisionGUID="51e2b379-8320-4ad8-b070-88aaa51c4493" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:21:45.093" UserId="2422" Text="&lt;upload&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;file-upload&gt;" />
  <row Id="32291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18047" RevisionGUID="b029c32e-5449-4bd6-ab7e-93ab9fb5a425" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:27:16.980" UserId="954" Text="&lt;p&gt;If this is a vital part of the business requirements, I can't see how he could refuse as long as the security protocols are followed (i.e. filter file extension/type, MIME type, size of file, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming he's part of a corporate ladder (and not the only sysadmin in the company) try going to his supervisor and explain your situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18048" RevisionGUID="46a03fbf-e0b6-4023-be98-8d37213f6dc4" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:27:39.647" Text="&lt;p&gt;Read this site: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Top_Ten&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Top_Ten&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'll notice that &quot;upload magically corrupted Apache&quot; isn't a well-known security vulnerability.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apache upload handling &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; be botched -- and botched badly -- but you really have to work at it by ignoring the OWASP vulnerabilities list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further, your framework -- which you didn't mention -- has specific guidelines for handling uploads in a secure way.  If it doesn't have any provision for uploading, then run -- don't walk -- to a better framework.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;[, but as I'm sure you know, you can't guarantee what the exact content of the upload is until it's on the server].&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Far from true.  And irrelevant even if it is true for your particular framework.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Files pass through buffers.  The Python frameworks make the upload available in cache (if it's huge) or in memory (if it's small.)  It isn't &quot;really&quot; on the filesystem even if it's in a file-backed cache.  It doesn't have it's final name or permissions -- it's just bytes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bytes don't magically corrupt Apache.  Exeutable files with dumb ownership (and/or a setuid bit in their permissions) corrupts Apache. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The trick with uploads is to (a) leverage your framework's caching, (b) validate the data before saving it anywhere, (c) save it someplace non-exexcutable -- someplace Apache cannot look for executables, and (d) never &lt;code&gt;chmod&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;chown&lt;/code&gt; anything under any circumstances.  A non-executable upload can cause problems if it's named &lt;code&gt;.htaccess&lt;/code&gt; and your wrote it into the directory Apache fetches this from -- an action that's easily prevented by setting the permissions on this directory and never naming an uploaded file &lt;code&gt;.htaccess&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are remarkably few vulnerabilities.  They're well documented.  And your framework already handles this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18049" RevisionGUID="af26b3aa-8785-4641-9e75-7a27856e9f18" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:27:59.880" UserId="1898" Text="&lt;p&gt;Bear in mind that you can verify the type of uploaded files (using MIME type detection; there are various ways of doing this in PHP, or using an external utility such as &lt;code&gt;file&lt;/code&gt;), and you can scan them for viruses, again, using an external utility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Presumably, once you've processed and verified an uploaded file, you'll move it into its final location, and you'll reject files which don't pass these phases; if that's so, you may be able to reason with your administrator that you'll only be saving &quot;safe&quot; files.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might start by asking him what his major pain points about the issue are; is he concerned with safety/security, with being responsible for publishing content provided by other users (and any end-user security implications that raises), or is he concerned about infrastructural issues - storage, network, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: &quot;Safe&quot; above refers to safety within the checks performed. Obviously, you can't guarantee the absolute safety of anything the user provides.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18050" RevisionGUID="2298d956-1dbb-4500-87fc-00e89666cf78" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:28:04.407" Text="&lt;p&gt;File uploading can be complicated to manage, security wise and in general.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to have a safe enough application you will need to...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Limit file size. You don't want people using too much bandwidth or use your system to store all their data. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Limit uploaded types (do not allow&#xA;.exe or bash scripts...). You can do&#xA;it just by checking the file&#xA;extension. Actual file type checking&#xA;can also be performed, but in most&#xA;cases it would be overkill.&#xA;Depending on the language/system&#xA;you're using, there are various ways&#xA;to do it. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Be carefull with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=39847B71-FD47-41C7-9FA4-06C930C488A5&amp;amp;displaylang=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;some&#xA;    formats&lt;/a&gt; that present security&#xA;    holes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then it also depends on the trust you put into your end users. If it's an intranet where everything is tracked, you don't need as much security as a public website! If the users are known you will not have to check everything as much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32295" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18051" RevisionGUID="fc1fdfcf-61c7-48d2-9775-0fd296ab4208" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:30:09.193" Text="&lt;p&gt;Another good sanity check--don't upload files to disk, but rather store them in a database. This kills off the classic &quot;upload evil file, then execute evil file in server context&quot; because the files don't exist on the server.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, you can always get crafty about serving the files for download if you have performance issues with db-backed files.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18052" RevisionGUID="a77ec3f5-fdf4-4c3a-8661-2abaf5c91614" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:30:33.237" Text="&lt;p&gt;At the end of the day, both you, and the admin, are there to support the business' needs. The challenge is finding the right balance of functional (uploading files) and non-functional (security, disk cost, performance) approaches.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Whitelist allowed filetypes, so that the site doesn't become someone's personal MP3 archive site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Set reasonable file upload sizes, and design in a way for admins to assist with workarounds for large but necessary sizes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Implement rate limiting.  Does Jane really need to upload 5 files simultaneously, or 300 files in one day?  Generally these should be set at a rate that's invisible to the normal user, but quite apparent to an attacker.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;understand the way your application will consume resources - memory and disk.  If you're egoing to chunk, what are you going to do to clean up dropped sessions?  How much does memory does a 10 MB file consume on the server while it's being uploaded?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Understand the lifecycle of the data. When will it no longer be needed? what triggers its deletion? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What will your app do when antivirus quarantines an uploaded file?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32297" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18053" RevisionGUID="3715a1d7-a340-4b09-be05-3990c3f01133" CreationDate="2009-06-01T16:37:02.357" UserId="43" Text="&lt;p&gt;Everyone who recommends checking file extensions as a way to make sure you're safe is insane. It's easy enough to rename an exe or an mp3 to a gif. Ditto for the upload MIME type.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;only&lt;/strong&gt; way to be sure of the upload type is to parse it; look for the file signatures within the file, load it into an image processor and see if it chokes, etc. etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What else you need to do depends on your OS and web server, but generally uploads should not go onto a separate disk, so you don't kill your OS when someone uploads lots and lots of files and takes all the space up. Wherever they are uploaded should not contain execute permissions, so no-one can run a file from there via the browser (just in case it's a script in whatever web language you're using), even better don't allow direct references to it at all, serve the files via a utility page with something like a GUID as the parameter (e.g. displayImage?id=0000-000000-0000-0000)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And of course virus scan, limit the maximum upload size (although beware of that, IIS6 for example cannot check the stream length mid way through, and so will store the upload in memory till it's finished and then passes it onto your asp.net application)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32298" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18054" RevisionGUID="fdece0c6-0cca-404f-9b54-2983f81e88a6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:47:34.163" UserId="4135" Text="I guess I'm just accustomed to our old thin clients. After I added the printer as a lpd port, I never rebooting the thin client. That was the problem. As soon as I rebooted the thin client and re-added the lpr ports on the server, everything worked fine. *Slap* myself for not trying the faithful reboot." />
  <row Id="32299" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15059" RevisionGUID="0ec5bd9c-1180-4fac-b53b-dfd53cfb1124" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:49:20.820" UserId="46457" Comment="added 201 characters in body" Text="What you need is: Ketarin &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;is has an db of software you can select from to download, and always keep downloading the latest version, also you can add your own, with very flexible settings&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;check it out over here http://ketarin.canneverbe.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option would be http://installpad.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;read more about it on the lifehacker article &#xD;&#xA;http://lifehacker.com/211373/geek-to-live--automatically-download-and-install-your-favorite-software" />
  <row Id="32300" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17998" RevisionGUID="3d0c35f9-882a-43d8-a927-de42ad9627a4" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:49:33.817" UserId="1349" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;recovery&gt;&lt;techsupport&gt;" />
  <row Id="32301" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="750" RevisionGUID="53a47eca-725f-4b10-b958-60c71ca7f105" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:50:27.153" UserId="1" Comment="indent code 4 spaces" Text="    dpkg --get-selections &gt;/tmp/mypackagelist&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;should do the trick.  Then, after making sure that your /etc/apt/sources.list on the new machine has the same set of entries as on the old, copy mypackagelist over to the new machine and do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat mypackagelist | xargs apt-get -y install &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and you should be good to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that the dpkg --get-selections line is also good info to put into your /etc/dir ocassionally - it means you don't have to bother to back up /bin/ and /usr/bin/ and such because you know what packages are on the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32302" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18037" RevisionGUID="f9a43496-3088-4feb-97f6-9088a8bd0524" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:50:31.270" UserId="1654" Comment="added 121 characters in body; added 4 characters in body; added 8 characters in body; edited body" Text="This can be done most easily in PowerShell with the Quest AD cmdlets -&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    get-QADGroupMember [groupname]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then filter and sort!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    get-QADGroupMember [groupname] | where {$_.[Property] -like [criteria]} | sort-object -ascending&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32307" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17996" RevisionGUID="0bec0314-0341-4388-84d3-4d49f3fadfab" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:53:49.983" UserId="2561" Comment="added 450 characters in body" Text="I have a 7200 rpm SATA disk array attached via SCSI with 15 disks.  I am trying to figure out what would be the best way to configure RAID for my back-end Exchange 2003.  I have 4 mail stores (not including the public folders), but I am thinking 1 big raid 10 array for the stores and some sort of other raid for the logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe 5 drives in RAID 10 with one spare, and RAID 10 over 4 disks for the logs? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With the size of the drives, space isn't really an issue, I am trying to maximize speed well still having redundancy. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have any recommendations? Or perhaps some counters I should get to make this decision?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Current Setup (I don't currently know what raid is in use with these physical levels):&#xD;&#xA;A Physical Array with the logical Drives: C: E: F:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Contains the Logs and Transactions Logs (Transaction Logs are about 1 GB a day)&#xD;&#xA; - 22 GB Mailstore (11 Mailboxes)&#xD;&#xA; - 54 GB Mailstore (108 Mailboxes)&#xD;&#xA; - 1 GB Public Folders&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another Physical Array with the logical drive G:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 66 GB Mailstore (90 Mailboxes)&#xD;&#xA; - 9 GB Mailstore (11 Mailboxes)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="32308" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18056" RevisionGUID="edc606c4-fa67-4d9c-9968-342cf04f1740" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:54:19.390" UserId="3511" Text="I highly recommend Thunderbird http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/&#xD;&#xA;and as you receive tons of email just setup with IMAP as pop will require to download everything first.&#xD;&#xA;you can add the calendar option http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/&#xD;&#xA;and then you can also sync everything with google apps and have it available on the web and that way you can sync everything with other devices (I sync my desktop with my notebook)" />
  <row Id="32309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18057" RevisionGUID="43da7e00-cd40-4e7f-993b-ceb36fbb0e47" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:55:36.907" UserId="4498" Text="I've worked in multiple shops with multiple ways of handling things.  The first was by far the scariest but seemed to work...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We were a small shop of 4 admins that was on call for our customers that bought the extend 24x7 support contracts with their appliances.   The 4 admins would rotate on-call nightly M-TH and then F,Sat,Sun was 1 guy which rotated through the 4 admins.  Typically, if you were on call on Monday, you had the F,S,S shift but then weren't on call again until Wednesday the next week, and then Tuesday the following week etc.   The calls after 8 PM went directly to a paging agency that would field the calls and page the on call person after filling out a trouble ticket.  At first, it seemed like it was going to be a complicated system and we would never be getting any sleep.  But for the most part, we had very few pages.  Depending on the stability of the code or a flare up the issues might be in the range of 1-2 a night.  But typically it was 4-5 per week.  Compensation was strictly in time off.  If you worked all night, you weren't expected to be in the next day.  But being such a small shop, you never were fully away from work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My second experience with an on call 24x7 situation has been MUCH better.  We have a 24x7 call center/NOC staff that takes all customer calls and server pages.  Based on the issue, they will call the on call person for the appropriate group.  My group does week long rotations.  With the week schedule and the size of my team (6 guys) I'm on call every month or so. I've been paged 2x this year while on call so its a pretty good average.  The compensation is the same as the last, if you work well into the night, sleep in, take your time getting into work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32310" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18058" RevisionGUID="61072f94-f0a6-46e2-87e6-051627e62421" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:55:43.803" UserId="671" Text="Unfortunately, what you're running into is a limitation of the DNS specification.  Having an MX record for the same hostname as is defined as a CNAME record will fail in most DNS server implementations.  Some older DNS servers will allow this, but they have been mostly phased out in favor of newer, more secure implementations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instead of using CNAME records, you will need to use 'A' records with the IP addresses of the customer sites directly instead of aliasing the names." />
  <row Id="32311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18059" RevisionGUID="3699bc7e-8700-4a47-a299-31efe30b8125" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:55:51.900" UserId="7405" Text="Hyper-V is only available on Windows Server 2008, so that's not an option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use Virtual PC, but its a bit long in the tooth in my opinion. I suggest using Sun's Virtual Box software. Its a free download and has support for all the Microsoft OSes you may want to run. It has the added benefit of being able to host a 64 bit VM on a 32 bit host (* see package for details)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.virtualbox.org/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32312" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18059" RevisionGUID="3699bc7e-8700-4a47-a299-31efe30b8125" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:55:51.900" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32313" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17990" RevisionGUID="18dda01c-174a-45c1-a57f-21dc48546148" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:56:50.587" UserId="3262" Comment="deleted 48 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="What I want is to configure a computer in home with Windows and use it as a *TCP proxy* for connect and route packets from the 80 to port 23 in another server in the Internet" />
  <row Id="32314" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="17990" RevisionGUID="18dda01c-174a-45c1-a57f-21dc48546148" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:56:50.587" UserId="3262" Comment="deleted 48 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="Easy TCP proxy on Windows?" />
  <row Id="32315" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17990" RevisionGUID="18dda01c-174a-45c1-a57f-21dc48546148" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:56:50.587" UserId="3262" Comment="deleted 48 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="32316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18060" RevisionGUID="3c4d5026-d541-48d7-8f8a-ea7e8a66091c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:58:53.000" UserId="4135" Text="We use [Blue Sky Factory][1]. They bought our old Mass Mailer, so we got our old rates. I'm not too sure what Blue Sky's rates are, but the interface for reporting and segmentation is GREAT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.blueskyfactory.com" />
  <row Id="32317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18061" RevisionGUID="7a4321fd-66c4-4e89-a759-6c4bf7a21877" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:59:19.083" UserId="7604" Text="To diagnose a possible MTU issue the ping syntax in OS X would be&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ping -D -s packetsize destination&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where packetsize is the number of data bytes to send MINUS the 8 bytes for the ICMP header (ie: the default packetsize is 56 which is 56+8=64 byte packets sent)." />
  <row Id="32318" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18056" RevisionGUID="3258749b-8e93-4809-9e24-16ba4f732614" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:59:29.863" UserId="3511" Comment="added 74 characters in body" Text="I highly recommend Thunderbird is faster than outlook (at least with imap) and doesn't crash that often, http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/&#xD;&#xA;and as you receive tons of email just setup with IMAP as pop will require to download everything first.&#xD;&#xA;you can add the calendar option http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/&#xD;&#xA;and then you can also sync everything with google apps and have it available on the web and that way you can sync everything with other devices (I sync my desktop with my notebook)" />
  <row Id="32319" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17911" RevisionGUID="40c18934-64e8-4cc6-829e-93b4e48242b3" CreationDate="2009-06-02T18:59:48.287" UserId="3657" Comment="deleted 12 characters in body" Text="You are unlikely to find another method other than brute force or factory reset.  Router manufacturers simply don't provide other mechanisms for recovering lost passwords.  Reset, reconfigure, and move on.  Your time spent messing around with trying to recover the password would be better spent just reconfiguring the router." />
  <row Id="32320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18062" RevisionGUID="ab72c6eb-f952-4537-9c99-bb7fa3e133fd" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:00:16.400" UserId="3925" Text="Most webhosts use [APF+BFD][1] to ip-block failed SSH logins. Nowadays there's [CSF (Configserver firewall)][2] which includes a tool called LFD that does the same thing, and more, including block IPs from certain countries you don't want accessing your server (eg Korea, China etc, where 99% of my SSH probes seem to originate from).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.webhostgear.com/60.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.configserver.com/cp/csf.html" />
  <row Id="32321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18063" RevisionGUID="ce0602b1-6a34-4df3-92a7-7889d57b0657" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:01:27.893" UserId="2579" Text="You might want to make your host system x64 to enable more RAM capabilities.  3.x gig of RAM won't get you too far...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV" />
  <row Id="32322" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18063" RevisionGUID="ce0602b1-6a34-4df3-92a7-7889d57b0657" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:01:27.893" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32323" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18064" RevisionGUID="4f7331e5-6fae-47f5-a6c3-124bb5a3590f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:03:59.747" UserId="3181" Text="This does not seem to be a zsh issue. This is an issue with the specific implementation of the command &lt;b&gt;stty&lt;/b&gt; on your system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To investigate a new command, remember:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt; $ man stty &lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many modern utilities have built-in help info. Try&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;$ stty -h &lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;$stty --help&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to figure out what options stty has on your system." />
  <row Id="32324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18065" RevisionGUID="50a3ebd5-8cc2-4177-8816-cb49715c81c0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:04:55.673" UserId="2101" Text="Does the RHS of the customer.mywebservice.com CNAME have an MX entry?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, then the mail server will use that MX to find the mail server to use. Hopefully you can control that." />
  <row Id="32325" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18066" RevisionGUID="46ac75c3-5a26-45d6-961d-4c8d5d309be8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:05:25.563" UserId="6688" Text="[3proxy][1] is a small and flexible cross-platform multipurpose proxy which can act as a TCP proxy too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://3proxy.ru/" />
  <row Id="32326" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18067" RevisionGUID="870bd3ed-80a1-416a-ac8b-7f0b079fc393" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:05:26.683" UserId="1843" Text="I installed VMWare Server 2.0 on Ubuntu 8.* and 9.*, with Windows XP as the guest system, and several keys aren't working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They either do nothing, or invoke the wrong keypress. They keys are All Arrow Keys, Windows Key, Print Screen, Scroll Lock, Pause or Break, Insert (Ins), Home, Page Up (PgUp), Page Down (PgDn), Delete (Del), End.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I fix this?" />
  <row Id="32327" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18067" RevisionGUID="870bd3ed-80a1-416a-ac8b-7f0b079fc393" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:05:26.683" UserId="1843" Text="Several keyboard not working in VMWare (Host=Linux, Guest=Windows)" />
  <row Id="32328" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18067" RevisionGUID="870bd3ed-80a1-416a-ac8b-7f0b079fc393" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:05:26.683" UserId="1843" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;keyboard&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="32329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18068" RevisionGUID="959d02c9-1211-4a25-b70d-980054e60297" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:06:35.527" UserId="671" Text="Using a tool like that will get the mail moved for you, though you should do some testing to see how fast all of your mail can be migrated.  What sort of downtime are your users willing to accept while everything is moved over?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We bring in new e-mail clients all the time and move their existing mail into our system using a similar, proprietary, tool designed to work with our e-mail platform.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing to watch for is if you have a web-based e-mail system with any other information stored in it (address book, calendars, etc.) then you will want to consider those as well for your migration.  There's nothing like an angry boss who had all of his contacts in webmail and suddenly can't get to them on the new system." />
  <row Id="32330" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18037" RevisionGUID="fe6d74fd-3234-4e65-9a8b-f26ba1d7006a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:07:13.123" UserId="1654" Comment="deleted 11 characters in body" Text="This can be done most easily in PowerShell with the Quest AD cmdlets -&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    get-QADGroupMember [groupname]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then filter and sort!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    get-QADGroupMember [groupname] | where {$_.[Property] -like [criteria]} | sort-object&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32331" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18069" RevisionGUID="41d5057b-4c0f-4a54-a12b-3f6533ae384d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:08:56.133" UserId="1843" Text="If you have an English keyboard, just add this line to the VMware configuration file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # In the file: /etc/vmware/config&#xD;&#xA;    xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have something other than an English keyboard, the above solution won't work, apparently. So add these lines:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # In the file: /etc/vmware/config    &#xD;&#xA;    xkeymap.keycode.108 = 0x138 # Alt_R&#xD;&#xA;    xkeymap.keycode.106 = 0x135 # KP_Divide&#xD;&#xA;    xkeymap.keycode.104 = 0x11c # KP_Enter&#xD;&#xA;    xkeymap.keycode.111 = 0x148 # Up&#xD;&#xA;    xkeymap.keycode.116 = 0x150 # Down&#xD;&#xA;    xkeymap.keycode.113 = 0x14b # Left&#xD;&#xA;    xkeymap.keycode.114 = 0x14d # Right&#xD;&#xA;    xkeymap.keycode.105 = 0x11d # Control_R&#xD;&#xA;    xkeymap.keycode.118 = 0x152 # Insert&#xD;&#xA;    xkeymap.keycode.119 = 0x153 # Delete&#xD;&#xA;    xkeymap.keycode.110 = 0x147 # Home&#xD;&#xA;    xkeymap.keycode.115 = 0x14f # End&#xD;&#xA;    xkeymap.keycode.112 = 0x149 # Prior&#xD;&#xA;    xkeymap.keycode.117 = 0x151 # Next&#xD;&#xA;    xkeymap.keycode.78  = 0x46  # Scroll_Lock&#xD;&#xA;    xkeymap.keycode.127 = 0x100 # Pause&#xD;&#xA;    xkeymap.keycode.133 = 0x15b # Meta_L&#xD;&#xA;    xkeymap.keycode.134 = 0x15c # Meta_R&#xD;&#xA;    xkeymap.keycode.135 = 0x15d # Menu&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found the answer here:&#xD;&#xA;[http://communities.vmware.com/thread/177321][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/177321" />
  <row Id="32332" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18070" RevisionGUID="16abd125-13bc-45f0-968a-4eddbab9f4c8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:09:34.710" UserId="3420" Text="Respect that the sysadmins have a job to do, and let them do their job. A lot of companies have incompetent sysadmins and this is often not realistic. But I have seen arrogant developers ignore the advice of systems groups even after the sysadmins have proven their competence.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Discuss the design of a new system with sysadmins. There is often valuable insight. Developers often look at discussions with sysadmins and giving initial requirements as &quot;premature optimization&quot;. I actually saw the head of a development group say that it was a waste of his time do discuss requirements for new database servers with sysadmins and DBAs, even to the extent of describing whether it is a write-intensive or read-intensive load, or how much storage would be needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Discuss performance problems with sysadmins. Honestly only sysadmins are capable of properly interpreting performance metrics on systems. I've seen developers decide that Linux always leaks memory because the free memory reported by &quot;free&quot; always decreases, even after the 10th time the output of &quot;free&quot; is explained.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't draw conclusions without discussing it with sysadmins. I've seen developers get stuck on theories such as &quot;databases are always diskbound&quot; (they didn't know that iostat even existed), &quot;RAID 5 is faster for transactional workloads&quot; (based on a recollection of one database system that was moved from one hardware platform to another - it was a read-intensive workload, the RAID5 solution had more and faster drives spread across more controllers. But they forgot these details and only remembered the conclusion.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't design a solution to a systems problem without discussing it with sysadmins. I worked in one pathological environment where developers would design a solution and come asking for small implementation assistance. The members of the Unix group besides myself, the head of the Unix group, and his boss, wanted to treat developers as &quot;customers&quot;, not as co-workers trying to make an overall infrastructure function. The customer being always right meant not questioning what they were doing or why. I was the only one who would insist on having the problem described so that a correct solution could be determined. Don't act in ways that create pathological environments such as this. It doesn't result in a net benefit - instead, systems managers will act defensively and everyone will suffer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're not in school anymore. These are real-world systems and they do not act in an ideal manner. For example, not everything has zero latency. When a sysadmin warns you that clustering solutions are only for political purposes, and the added complexity of the system decreases overall reliability, take it seriously. You have to design for real-world failure modes, for example when you lose the server you're talking to via TCP, the connection will probably not be reset for you. Sysadmins understand real-world failure modes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Either listen to what your sysadmin tells you, or complain to management that your sysadmins are incompetent and need to be fired. Ignoring your sysadmin makes no sense.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Consider how you will deploy your application. Realize that discussing this with your sysadmins makes sense. If you have 100 servers that are identical, differing only based on a single configuration file, you may want to consider storing the master copies of these config files in a central location. Realize how much better off everyone is if your application is easy to re-deploy. If there is a problem with a system, would you rather re-deploy in under a minute to a spare, or wait for ages while the broken one is repaired? If you can re-deploy your application, the OS can be upgraded more easily and safely. You might care about this in the future.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a problem that you think might be due to the OS, it makes sense to immediately call the sysadmin to check it out. But after a cursory investigation reveals nothing, you have a duty to explain the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Understand that there is a difference between &quot;responding slowly&quot; and &quot;not responding at all&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32333" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18071" RevisionGUID="8eaeb79b-eb0e-40cb-bbb9-4334eb0f4abf" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:11:19.763" UserId="984" Text="&gt; customer.mywebservice.com needs to be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a CNAME to a given server offsite.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Since that site manages its own&#xD;&#xA;&gt; equipment and can change addresses at&#xD;&#xA;&gt; any point in time, the CNAME is a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; requirement. &#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Can anyone think of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; any workarounds? Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You have a requirement that the customers must be able to change the address, have you considered allowing the customer to dynamically update their own record?  With dynamic dns you could use the A record, and the customer could change the record as needed.  It would take a bit of work, but you could each individual sub-domain as a separate zone so you can make sure a customer can only touch their own zone.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32334" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="18030" RevisionGUID="3397e0d0-a868-4be1-9af9-aaa37185e78d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:12:03.550" UserId="7344" Comment="edited title" Text="In Unix is it possible to list directory entries after a starting point?" />
  <row Id="32335" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18007" RevisionGUID="f6da5e2c-8569-4c7a-9073-19fb1133ccf7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:12:27.280" UserId="7200" Comment="More details..." Text="Since you have the ability use multiple storage groups, you may want to to use multiple smaller RAID 10 stripes / mirrors so you can segregate your mailboxes and balance the load more evenly across all those spindles. Your particular RAID controller's behaviour dealing with multiple arrays is going to influence this, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ultimately, you should consider configuring the array and running Exchange LoadSim on it (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=92EB2EDC-3433-47CA-A5F8-0483C7DDEA85&amp;displaylang=en) to see how it's acting. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a quick and dirty benchmark, watching the disk queue length counter is going to tell you if requests are queuing up on the disks. Deeper Exchange tuning / design is discussed in a variety of whitepapers from Microsoft. I've never tried to keep it all in my head at once, but then again I haven't had to do a lot of very high performance Exchange installations (small offices, 200 or fewer mailboxes, etc-- nothing super performance intensive...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID 10 sure looks like overkill for the transaction logs based on the 1GB / day growth. I would think that RAID 1 would be more than sufficient for them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll need to know about the usage patterns of the various mailbox users to figure out how many IOPS each mailbox store is consuming. I'd focus on researching the characteristics of the current server's utiliation and benchmarking the current server to get a handle on how to lay out the mailbox stores in multiple storage groups on the new server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I could easily see you getting two (2) RAID 10 arrays and one or more RAID 1 arrays to split the load (depending on how hard those transaction log disks are getting hit-- you really should put the transaction logs for a storage group on a dedicated spindle). At that point, it would be a matter of benchmarking to see if you get more performance out of a 6 disk RAID 10 versus a 4 disk (depending on your RAID controller, you should). You can budget your IOPS, then, based on the loads of the various mailbox stores." />
  <row Id="32336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18072" RevisionGUID="8e305e95-a16c-4a68-83ad-521e65885aac" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:13:21.460" UserId="7604" Text="I agree with Kevin, reset, reconfig, and keep keeping on. There seriously cannot be enough special configuration in a device like this to warrant brute forcing the password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said...if you really have to...well...you could do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The following should only be used on networks and devices you own, cracking is lame m'kay?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could use [THC Hydra][1] to submit the username and passwords directly to the CGI script on the router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://freeworld.thc.org/thc-hydra/" />
  <row Id="32337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18073" RevisionGUID="0611575d-2c84-4f6c-a2e4-890b8e358409" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:14:13.983" UserId="7628" Text="Personally, I'd avoid the Cygwin variants. I've had problems with OpenSSH running as a service blocking windows updates. Fine for non-production servers, but not something you want to rely on for your remote access solution if you're trying to apply those very updates." />
  <row Id="32338" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18074" RevisionGUID="fb276367-b8ab-4f73-9f4d-b5aed474a140" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:14:25.823" UserId="1322" Text="If I have a wildcard domain, is it possible to list specific subdomains that override the wildcard one?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    *.domain.com. 3600 IN A 1.2.3.4&#xD;&#xA;    foo.domain.com. 3600 IN A 9.9.9.9" />
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  <row Id="32342" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18075" RevisionGUID="4c23e890-cb43-4c38-89b3-39b700732c7c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:17:01.450" UserId="4942" Text="Send files from host to any VmWare VMDK" />
  <row Id="32343" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18075" RevisionGUID="4c23e890-cb43-4c38-89b3-39b700732c7c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:17:01.450" UserId="4942" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;ftp&gt;" />
  <row Id="32344" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18064" RevisionGUID="b0ea9a10-59ea-45b4-a365-3eda0110d725" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:17:11.153" UserId="3181" Comment="added 286 characters in body" Text="This does not seem to be a zsh issue. This is an issue with the specific implementation of the command &lt;b&gt;stty&lt;/b&gt; on your system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To investigate a new command, remember:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt; $ man [command]&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also manual pages online, so if your particular system does not have the man pages installed, you can still get the needed info.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many modern utilities have built-in help info. Try&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;$ [command] -h &lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;$ [command] --help&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to figure out what options the [command] your has on your system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am also suspecting that you have a typo. Do you really mean &quot;topstop&quot;? This does not seem to be a valid option." />
  <row Id="32346" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18076" RevisionGUID="6afeaf82-6bb0-4716-8fac-395faca95c8f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:18:47.657" UserId="7405" Text="We have a few challenging &quot;power users&quot; who know enough to be dangerous, but not enough to know the trouble they cause. The typical example is &quot;this is slow, see I have run xyz command that proves it...&quot;, which leads to IT spending cycles proving the system(s) are behaving normally. A classic example is seeing an NFS slow warning, which is often misunderstood to be a problem. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do you handle these users? Have you found a way to redirect their unhelpful habits into something useful?" />
  <row Id="32347" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18076" RevisionGUID="6afeaf82-6bb0-4716-8fac-395faca95c8f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:18:47.657" UserId="7405" Text="Strategies for dealing with challenging users" />
  <row Id="32348" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18076" RevisionGUID="6afeaf82-6bb0-4716-8fac-395faca95c8f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:18:47.657" UserId="7405" Text="&lt;user-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="32349" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18071" RevisionGUID="17d63013-1c5b-45cf-b2cb-8730c2c2ae4d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:19:47.187" UserId="984" Comment="added 142 characters in body; added 95 characters in body" Text="&gt; customer.mywebservice.com needs to be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a CNAME to a given server offsite.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Since that site manages its own&#xD;&#xA;&gt; equipment and can change addresses at&#xD;&#xA;&gt; any point in time, the CNAME is a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; requirement. &#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Can anyone think of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; any workarounds? Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You have a requirement that the customers must be able to change the address, have you considered allowing the customer to dynamically update their own record?  With dynamic dns you could use the A record, and the customer could change the record as needed.  It would take a bit of work, but you could each individual sub-domain as a separate zone so you can make sure a customer can only touch their own zone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't tried it but [gnudip][1] appears to be an open source tool for facilitating dynamic updates without having to deal with authentication and setting up lots of zones on your DNS server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://gnudip2.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="32350" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18077" RevisionGUID="de7ffc8e-0218-4c84-9877-fe6c5545c8d5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:21:04.627" UserId="3181" Text="The builtin filesharing has always worked for me. Install the vmware-tools and configure vmware to enable filesharing. Granted, this does open a security hole from the virtual machine to the physical machine, so be careful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The FileZilla server is pretty easy to install. Install, and then under settings, configure a user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32351" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18078" RevisionGUID="6b4c499a-32f0-466a-bd81-8243b2d7eb72" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:22:29.630" UserId="6767" Text="Duplicate.  See http://serverfault.com/questions/17639/virtualization-question" />
  <row Id="32352" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18078" RevisionGUID="6b4c499a-32f0-466a-bd81-8243b2d7eb72" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:22:29.630" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32353" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18079" RevisionGUID="f5d2264e-99f7-4f0f-b8f9-2393bea88570" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:22:34.717" UserId="5668" Text="&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check your access logs to see what URLs are being requested, is the amount of traffic normal? What you would expect? Perhaps it's an attack. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are your StartServers, Min/MaxSpareServers settings in http.conf?" />
  <row Id="32354" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18080" RevisionGUID="329cc1bd-0f4f-44f7-ba1b-11d5f246f162" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:22:42.343" UserId="984" Text="Yes, this works.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32355" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18081" RevisionGUID="03788a99-b756-4709-b3c1-4b4d323442ea" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:23:20.580" UserId="4271" Text="Promote them to management." />
  <row Id="32356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18082" RevisionGUID="dfb5ac9c-4690-459a-af1a-a0cdbb3343b4" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:24:16.133" UserId="6397" Text="Well, I won't suggest you run multiple VM instances on your Vista machine. One of the annoying thing if you do so is that every time you reboot your Vista machine you have to reboot all these VMs as well, which is kind pain sometime.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You really should look at Hyper-V or ESXi on a dedicate machine. If the VMs are just for test purposes, the host machine doesn't need to be decent. Just huge space with tons of RAM, and that should do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hyper-V runs on Windows 2008, and ESXi runs on Linux. However, you can simply treat these two as another OS that hosts all the VMs." />
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  <row Id="32358" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18083" RevisionGUID="f8a2f261-0320-43a7-98bb-bde09a24411c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:24:55.367" UserId="7527" Text="Trying to perform a query on a group of network servers, but getting an odd syntax error.  The top query will run successfully, but as soon as the Add/Remove Progs is added, &quot;The multi-part identifier &quot;SYS.ResourceID&quot; could not be bound.&quot;  In the end I want to be able to query a group of computers and view the Add/Remove Program list from each one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Working Code to pull server type, service pack, etc:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;SELECT DISTINCT SYS.Name, OPSYS.Caption0, OPSYS.CSDVersion0, OPSYS.InstallDate0,OPSYS.LastBootUpTime0&#xD;&#xA;FROM v_FullCollectionMembership SYS&#xD;&#xA;JOIN v_GS_OPERATING_SYSTEM OPSYS on SYS.ResourceID=OPSYS.ResourceID&#xD;&#xA;WHERE SYS.CollectionID = @CollID&#xD;&#xA;ORDER BY SYS.Name,OPSYS.Caption0&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not working:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;SELECT DISTINCT SYS.Name, OPSYS.Caption0, OPSYS.CSDVersion0, OPSYS.InstallDate0,OPSYS.LastBootUpTime0, ARP.DisplayName0, ARP.Version0&#xD;&#xA;FROM v_FullCollectionMembership SYS ,  v_Add_Remove_Programs ARP&#xD;&#xA;JOIN v_GS_OPERATING_SYSTEM OPSYS on SYS.ResourceID=OPSYS.ResourceID&#xD;&#xA;WHERE SYS.CollectionID = @CollID&#xD;&#xA;ORDER BY SYS.Name,OPSYS.Caption0&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="32359" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18083" RevisionGUID="f8a2f261-0320-43a7-98bb-bde09a24411c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:24:55.367" UserId="7527" Text="SQL Query Error" />
  <row Id="32360" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18083" RevisionGUID="f8a2f261-0320-43a7-98bb-bde09a24411c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:24:55.367" UserId="7527" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;sql&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="32361" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18084" RevisionGUID="8c1a9059-2d0b-47f1-b770-941a0ea73068" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:24:59.267" UserId="7635" Text="I would like to block pretty much the insecure IE and OE of from my network. Some people are persitent to use the thoe, and pretty much don't use them. I installed both FF and SM, they uninstalled both. I want to make sure gateways to heck don't open.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Router is a D-Link EBR-2310." />
  <row Id="32362" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18084" RevisionGUID="8c1a9059-2d0b-47f1-b770-941a0ea73068" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:24:59.267" UserId="7635" Text="Blocking Internet Explorer and Outlook Express at router level" />
  <row Id="32363" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18084" RevisionGUID="8c1a9059-2d0b-47f1-b770-941a0ea73068" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:24:59.267" UserId="7635" Text="&lt;router&gt;&lt;blocked&gt;" />
  <row Id="32364" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17811" RevisionGUID="463928bd-4c7a-40e6-abfb-9282a687e373" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:26:35.520" UserId="7552" Comment="Final Result" Text="Evidently when the question got transferred, it is not assigned to the author any more.  I don't have a back of master, but I do have backups of the customer data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ended up uninstalling SQL Express and re-installing.  It left only the customer data in the data folder when I uninstalled, then I used SQLCMD to connect and reattach the database." />
  <row Id="32365" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18085" RevisionGUID="0bcb02d6-5b77-48ce-982f-cf262cdaa86b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:26:35.987" UserId="4271" Text="Check out http://www.veeam.com/vmware-esxi-fastscp.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is a secure way to transfer your disk images. Although not as fast as FTP it is faster than SCP will normall be." />
  <row Id="32366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18086" RevisionGUID="24be454b-333b-4560-8543-8c0f79104ce3" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:27:44.627" UserId="4822" Text="We have an internal company wiki. Some of it contains IT stuff. One of the things i want want to have are hyperlinks to the various virtual machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An example of a command, as it needs to run, is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    \\solo\VMRC Client\vmrc.exe solo.avatopia.com:5901/Windows 2000 Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now from a command prompt, you have to change it to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\&gt;&quot;\\solo\VMRC Client\vmrc.exe&quot; solo.avatopia.com:5901/&quot;Windows 2000 Server&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My first thought in converting the above for use on our wiki-site, is to simply HTML-ify it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    file://\\solo\VMRC Client\vmrc.exe &amp;quot;solo.avatopia.com:5901/Windows 2000 Server&amp;quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but wiki only makes **file://\\solo\VMRC** a hyperlink, the remainder is text.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i've tried other random things, including enclosing the URL in square brackets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the correct answer? i don't want to happen to randomly stumble on some format that *happens* to work today, and breaks in the future." />
  <row Id="32367" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18086" RevisionGUID="24be454b-333b-4560-8543-8c0f79104ce3" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:27:44.627" UserId="4822" Text="How to add URL's to wiki-powered docs?" />
  <row Id="32368" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18086" RevisionGUID="24be454b-333b-4560-8543-8c0f79104ce3" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:27:44.627" UserId="4822" Text="&lt;wiki&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;url&gt;" />
  <row Id="32369" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18087" RevisionGUID="8d8555d5-07a2-4ff4-934a-c4c624a0dd83" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:28:16.357" UserId="7633" Text="I've got IIS 5.1 running on my machine with one Web Site (Default Web Site) containing a few virtual directories.  I've got one virtual directory running an ASP.net site and it's working fine.  I tried to set up another virtual directory to run a classic asp site, but I guess you're not supposed to be able to do that.  So I was going to set up a separate web site to run it under, but I can't find the option to do this.  I looked around online and it appears that I should have an option when I right-click on the Web Sites folder to create a new web site, but this is absent.  The only options in that context menu are &quot;Refresh&quot;, &quot;Properties&quot; and &quot;Menu&quot;.  I can't find the &quot;New Web Site&quot; option anywhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know why this might be?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
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  <row Id="32374" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18089" RevisionGUID="5734d2d1-88e7-4c0a-a223-18e41e30b049" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:30:34.810" UserId="7638" Text="Tools for Troubleshooting SAN Performance Bottlenecks" />
  <row Id="32375" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18089" RevisionGUID="5734d2d1-88e7-4c0a-a223-18e41e30b049" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:30:34.810" UserId="7638" Text="&lt;san&gt;" />
  <row Id="32376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18090" RevisionGUID="d4dad004-1e33-4147-8c09-95f74022d639" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:30:57.647" UserId="7405" Text="IANANG (I am not a Netowork God), however this seems pretty impossible to me. Outlook Express should appear as an SMTP client and as such you won't be able to detect it on a router or firewall. You might be able to block IE, if you can detect the UserAgent string, but that seems dubious as well." />
  <row Id="32377" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18091" RevisionGUID="fc66a339-a083-4d93-bec7-165f38bc657d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:31:39.410" UserId="6108" Text="We go with Solaris on Sparc for servers (good HW, good performance, best OS), for workstations usually Windows because of various special devices connected to our system (automated scales, label printers, ...).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Development is completely agnostic (barring above special devices), done mainly on OS X and Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux is not on the picture as it changes too quickly without regard for compatibility and we need to have systems which will be supported for 10 years.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32378" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18092" RevisionGUID="5ab55c61-8c73-4fd6-b6c6-51e1ea73c18a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:32:15.587" UserId="2101" Text="Internet Explorer and Outlook use standard protocols to access the Internet. Without doing deep packet inspection and checking for their specific headers,  you can't block them at the router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you *can* do is force all access to the Internet to go through a proxy server. At the proxy server, you can block certain clients by the User Agent string (though I don't think OE sends anything identifiable, so this would only work for IE.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can manage the computers, you may get better mileage from an (electronic) desktop policy." />
  <row Id="32379" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18093" RevisionGUID="9d759d78-1dd4-4488-9d2f-e3017df8ffc6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:32:24.883" UserId="4135" Text="You can't block applications at a router level, unless they use a different port. For example, if you block port 80, it's going to block IE/Firefox/etc. Why not just remove all the IE shortcuts and do not allow users to run programs manually?" />
  <row Id="32380" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17566" RevisionGUID="56512614-7f4f-4792-abbe-72faeb41f26d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:32:35.460" UserId="2253" Comment="Risk with merging" Text="Do not use an invented TLD. If ICANN were to delegate it, you would be in big trouble. Same thing if you merge with another organization which happens to use the same dummy TLD. That's why globally unique domain names are preferred.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The standard, [RFC 2606][1] reserves names for examples, documentation, testing, but nothing for general use, and for good reasons: today, it is so easy and cheap to get a real and unique domain name that there is no good reason to use a dummy one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, buy `iamthebest.org` and use it to name your devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2606.txt&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32381" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="18086" RevisionGUID="a5be6ff4-fc8c-4ebe-b353-9a878f8160b5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:33:08.813" UserId="4822" Comment="edited title; edited body" Text="How to add URL's to wiki-powered documentation?" />
  <row Id="32382" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18094" RevisionGUID="5913613f-3bad-4e7a-9e01-09caaa98c072" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:33:12.387" UserId="1848" Text="IIS 5.1 can only host 1 website. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I frequently used virtual directories on my WinXP box to separate multiple sites during development and had no problems." />
  <row Id="32383" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18086" RevisionGUID="a5be6ff4-fc8c-4ebe-b353-9a878f8160b5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:33:08.813" UserId="4822" Comment="edited title; edited body" Text="We have an internal company wiki. Some of it contains IT stuff. One of the things i want want to have are hyperlinks to the various virtual machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An example of a command, as it needs to run, is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    \\solo\VMRC Client\vmrc.exe solo.avatopia.com:5901/Windows 2000 Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now from a command prompt, you have to change it to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\&gt;&quot;\\solo\VMRC Client\vmrc.exe&quot; solo.avatopia.com:5901/&quot;Windows 2000 Server&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My first thought in converting the above for use on our wiki-site, is to simply HTML-ify it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    file://\\solo\VMRC Client\vmrc.exe solo.avatopia.com:5901/&amp;quot;Windows 2000 Server&amp;quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but wiki only makes **file://\\solo\VMRC** a hyperlink, the remainder is text.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i've tried other random things, including enclosing the URL in square brackets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the correct answer? i don't want to happen to randomly stumble on some format that *happens* to work today, and breaks in the future." />
  <row Id="32384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18095" RevisionGUID="c856420c-23d9-480f-a1f6-52fb29ea1f28" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:33:55.317" UserId="1466" Text="I have a highly customized home-directory structure which restricts access as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The server hosts a number of subdomains, which are grouped into seven &quot;zones&quot;&#xD;&#xA; - Home directories are /home/*zone*/*domain*/homes/*user*&#xD;&#xA; - Users must belong to a particular *zone* to navigate below that level.   &#xD;&#xA; - In order to navigate below the *domain* level, a user must be a member of a particular *zone* group AND a member of the appropriate *domain* group.&#xD;&#xA; - To get around the need for apache to be a member of EVERY *domain* group (in order to see content under /home/*zone*/*domain*/public_html), I have made www-data the owner of all /home/*zone*/*domain* directories&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everything works very well for me this way, with the following exception:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My problem is that the **postfix user** cannot see the home directories, and therefore cannot read .forward files.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately there can only be **1** owner and **1** group for each directory, so I can't use the *apache solution* (above) for postfix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Does anybody have any other suggestions for allowing postfix to read my .forward files?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...or **am I perhaps misunderstanding** the permissions required for forwarding to work?" />
  <row Id="32385" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18095" RevisionGUID="c856420c-23d9-480f-a1f6-52fb29ea1f28" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:33:55.317" UserId="1466" Text="Postfix can't read ~/.forward files" />
  <row Id="32386" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18095" RevisionGUID="c856420c-23d9-480f-a1f6-52fb29ea1f28" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:33:55.317" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;postfix&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="32387" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18096" RevisionGUID="de1f7eb1-57c5-4e73-b667-758b1845685e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:34:35.910" UserId="3181" Text="Depending on your size of organization, you can establish a set of &quot;Key Users&quot; in the user population. These users have the responsibility of aggregating and prioritizing change requests for a particular application or function. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They represent The Users, a key IT stakeholder, in business discussions about allocating IT resources. Most likely, Management and The IT Organization are already represented in these discussions, but The Users are not directly represented.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the process of aggregating userbase input into the IT business decisions, these individuals become seen as local experts and go-to people in their parts of the organization. They are explicitly aggregators of issue reports and serve both to focus problem reports into IT as well as to disseminate information from IT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The benefit for the organization is that a key stakeholder gets an explicit voice in IT related business decisions. The benefit for the IT group is that they have fewer points of contact that need to be actively managed. The benefit for management is that the organization is communicating more effectively." />
  <row Id="32388" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18097" RevisionGUID="7db9b02b-1122-4319-a214-340f5ef8959c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:34:59.450" UserId="6108" Text="Use servers with &quot;lights out&quot; modules. This way network is all you need and your notebook will be a nice terminal." />
  <row Id="32389" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18098" RevisionGUID="7d8dc1cc-3693-41bb-888d-efa4d1b006f9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:36:26.670" UserId="2101" Text="If you want an all-in-one enterprisey solution, take a look at TPC for Disk/Fabric from IBM. You can monitor any components of your SAN (that support SMI-S as well as other standards) from one interface and be able to view or query historical data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this isn't an option, you can query the various SAN devices for their statistics and setup some sort of RRD monitoring to graph the performance and identify the bottlenecks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most disk subsystems and switches have some sort of built-in performance monitoring in the form of live graphs - try looking at those as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*(disclaimer: my company sells TPC)*" />
  <row Id="32390" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18099" RevisionGUID="b83de48a-8be1-47b0-b74e-af6e92ee828a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:38:14.467" UserId="2004" Text="We use a Barracuda [Spam &amp; Virus Firewall][1]. It works great at blocking spam and has the bonus of scanning attachments for viruses and spyware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/products/spam_overview.php" />
  <row Id="32391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18100" RevisionGUID="4b69ec42-00e2-455f-8239-c4d80217d85d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:39:18.100" UserId="3038" Text="A lot depends on the hardware you're playing with. Bottlenecks can come from a variety of sources:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Host based bottlenecks** Sometimes, a server just can't shovel I/O blocks fast enough. For that you'll need to use whatever performance metrics your operating system (or application) have to diagnose.&#xD;&#xA; - **Fabric based bottlenecks** Brocade switches have performance metrics in handy charts, as well as actual numbers. Following these can illuminate where you're running into issues, perhaps with saturated ISLs. SMI-S should help you here, if you have the ability to use it.&#xD;&#xA; - **Array bottlenecks** These can come in a variety of flavors, like saturated controllers, overworked disk groups, and the like. Like the switches, newer arrays should support SMI-S for tracking things down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32392" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18101" RevisionGUID="6a65560c-236b-4c53-b289-7c69dd4ff58c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:39:34.870" UserId="7619" Text="Most common pitfalls that I've ever seen and fallen into myself, ranked on order of importance/criticality.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**1.) Assumption.** *Example:* &quot;I assumed that the problem had to be with the  network card and had been troubleshooting the device for an hour before it had occurred to me to check the cable.&quot; This is one of the number one killers I've ever seen. Never assume anything and remember Mr. Holmes's lesson, `When you take away everything that cannot be the problem, what you're left with, no matter how impossible, must be the answer.'&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;**2.) Arrogance.** *Example:* &quot;I'm the freakin' senior admin, what does the junior think he/she can positively contribute to the troubleshooting?&quot;. During an ITR, I've had a web developer point out a very small, yet critical problem in a router configuration that would have saved me hours of troubleshooting. Another set of eyes on a problem can't hurt and many times even is beneficial for training.&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;**3.) Lack of RTFM.** *Example:* &quot;I've been working with Brocade fiberchannel switches for years. I know how to zone a fabric, ok?&quot;. The tech in question ended up creating a a zone for a tape library that consisted of a massive amount of devices all trying to talk to the tape library at once, instead of a one-to-one zoning plan. Without a quick consult with    `El Manuel', the tech didn't know he was far outside best-practices. The one-to-one example was in the first three pages.&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;**4.) Poor change-management/lack of communication and documentation.** *Example:* The umteenth email sent out to a group asking, &quot;Did anyone mess around with the webserver over the weekend, because it's down, we're out of clues and corporate wants it back up ASAP.&quot;    This is another huge killer. No matter how good of an admin you are, if you didn't document or communicate what you did to fix that 20-hour router outage, and another one goes down three hours after you've finally gone home to get some sleep, you're only a.) looking    like a fool and b.) doing yourself harm.&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;**5.) Bad management/dysfunctional team.** *Example:* Fear of looking stupid or assassination from co-workers causes things to be `swept under the rug', etc. etc. A good team is a reflection of it's leader and vice versa. A team's leader is responsible for a.) Ensuring the entire team gets credit when someone does a stellar job, and rewarding the stellar worker. b.) Shielding the team (AND responsible party) from the wrath of others when someone screws up, taking full responsibility for the problem, privately counseling the responsible one and taking positive steps to ensure it never happens again. A good manager will also remove all obstacles in the path of his or her team.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, A good leader/manager, especially in tech, is NEVER the smartest guy on the team. Good leaders surround themselves with smarter advisers. A leader's job is to enable the team, not become bogged down and responsible for every little detail, in effect carrying a team who can't get the job done. It becomes a self-defeating fallacy. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTH.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32393" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18101" RevisionGUID="6a65560c-236b-4c53-b289-7c69dd4ff58c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:39:34.870" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32394" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18102" RevisionGUID="91629552-1559-4fd4-83e8-5ce79da7bfbf" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:39:44.120" UserId="3657" Text="1.  Publish an IT policy with management approval disallowing use of Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in the enterprise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.  Remove shortcuts to Internet Explorer (manually or with GPO) and uninstall Outlook Express.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3.  Remove admin rights from users to prevent them from installing applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4.  Audit machines for Internet Explorer and Outlook Express occasionally and write-up anyone using them to management.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Violating IT policy should be something taken seriously in your organization.  You shouldn't have to fight with users about what software is approved for company use.  If your management doesn't support your efforts at security, I'd consider looking to work somewhere that does.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32395" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18103" RevisionGUID="e3bea7d4-ae89-4c90-b779-d4588898be78" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:39:48.130" UserId="4498" Text="OK...here's my question...why do you NEED all of that email to be around?  If it is important enough to be documented in email, its important enough to be on your internal wiki / file server / share point / whatever.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd check out [inboxzero][1] and I have a feeling that you'll be able to change the way that you look at email and remove the need to have gigabytes of email clogging up your inbox.    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With that being said, I unfortunately can't recommend a great email client. I have yet to see one that is going to handle that amount of email overly well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.inboxzero.com &quot;Inbox Zero&quot;" />
  <row Id="32396" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18104" RevisionGUID="de7643d7-34ae-486e-adf3-7ae4127dfa98" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:40:08.423" UserId="2101" Text="There can be more than one user and one group - take a look at POSIX ACLs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What OS are you using? If Linux, `man acl` will get you started.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't forget to setup default ACLs to accomodate any future entries that get created." />
  <row Id="32397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18105" RevisionGUID="764d104a-8f70-4a5d-8ae4-d794564b6ae5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:40:45.617" UserId="6767" Text="There is also the ugly and unpopular &quot;recreate the account in a new profile&quot; diagnostic step that sometimes makes Exchange problems go away." />
  <row Id="32398" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18106" RevisionGUID="0b9a1ea6-2e60-41bb-964a-fa1f1c534e36" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:41:48.420" UserId="7200" Text="SMS 2003, eh?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't see where you're joining against the v_Add_Remove_Programs (as ARP) table. You're going to have to name it in a join. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Totally off the cuff, this should work (but probably won't... *smile*  I don't have this schema sitting around to query):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SELECT DISTINCT SYS.Name, OPSYS.Caption0, OPSYS.CSDVersion0, OPSYS.InstallDate0,OPSYS.LastBootUpTime0, ARP.DisplayName0, ARP.Version0&#xD;&#xA;    FROM v_FullCollectionMembership SYS&#xD;&#xA;    INNER JOIN v_GS_OPERATING_SYSTEM OPSYS on SYS.ResourceID = OPSYS.ResourceID&#xD;&#xA;    INNER JOIN v_Add_Remove_Programs ARP on SYS.ResourceID = ARP.ResourceID&#xD;&#xA;    WHERE SYS.CollectionID = @CollID&#xD;&#xA;    ORDER BY SYS.Name,OPSYS.Caption0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32399" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18107" RevisionGUID="ad625f88-3fdb-46cc-b44a-3c85d9acacd0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:44:00.897" UserId="6767" Text="I don't think you can.  The IP interface is dependant on the physical interface (or bgroup) because of the routing table.  So if the physical interface is down, the router assumes that the entire network, including itself, is unreachable." />
  <row Id="32400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18108" RevisionGUID="7b2348ea-3eb2-4dfa-9e51-4ee6e3cfeb37" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:44:23.953" UserId="4824" Text="If the array controller has the feature, you may want to allow for a hot spare." />
  <row Id="32401" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18109" RevisionGUID="43948811-d78d-4d3f-9cbe-6f79f64d2677" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:44:47.370" UserId="3657" Text="This answer will vary wildly depending on what OS you are running and what OS the target machine is running.  This has nothing to do with virtualization.  You move files into the OS the same way you move files onto the OS of any machine.  If windows, use Windows file sharing to the admin shares.  If Linux, use SCP (WinSCP if your computer is Windows)." />
  <row Id="32402" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="17140" RevisionGUID="453b5931-f6e6-4739-a823-9027ac72ed04" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:45:52.220" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:984,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Zoredache&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="32403" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17140" RevisionGUID="4ab2bfba-25a9-4e95-b618-42960257e560" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:45:52.313" UserId="-1" Comment="insert duplicate link" Text="&gt; **Possible Duplicate:**  &#xA;&gt; [Common mistakes made by System Administrators  and how can we avoid them?](http://serverfault.com/questions/6844/common-mistakes-made-by-system-administrators-and-how-can-we-avoid-them)  &#xA;&#xA;&#xA;Slightly confusing question, but it asks a good question&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the most common pitfalls that people seem to fall into?" />
  <row Id="32404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18110" RevisionGUID="fff76734-7d0e-4c22-a72a-15c8b2dc7fb0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:45:53.343" UserId="855" Text="My user, bob, can't access files that he (theoretically owns).  I'm running Fedora Core 8. It probably easier to shown than tell:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; ls -al .&#xD;&#xA;    total 32&#xD;&#xA;    drwxrwxr-x 7 bob bob 4096 May 18 14:33 .&#xD;&#xA;    drwxrwxr-x 4 bob bob 4096 May 12 15:44 ..&#xD;&#xA;    drwxr-xr-x 2 bob bob 4096 June 1 14:22 log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; cd ./log&#xD;&#xA;    -bash: cd: log/: Permission denied&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; ls -al ./log&#xD;&#xA;    ls: cannot access log/..: Permission denied&#xD;&#xA;    ls: cannot access log/the.log: Permission denied&#xD;&#xA;    ls: cannot access log/.: Permission denied&#xD;&#xA;    total 0&#xD;&#xA;    d????????? ? ? ? ?            ? .&#xD;&#xA;    d????????? ? ? ? ?            ? ..&#xD;&#xA;    -????????? ? ? ? ?            ? the.log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; sudo ls -al ./log&#xD;&#xA;    drw-rw-r-- 3 bob bob      4096 Jun  2 04:11 .&#xD;&#xA;    drwxrwxr-x 7 bob bob      4096 May 18 14:33 ..&#xD;&#xA;    -rw-rw-r-- 1 bob bob         0 Jun  1 04:12 the.log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The `ls -al` stands out as very odd.  It will list the files that I don't have permissions to see, but not show me the permissions?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the questions are, what would cause this?  And what can I do to repair it?&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32405" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18110" RevisionGUID="fff76734-7d0e-4c22-a72a-15c8b2dc7fb0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:45:53.343" UserId="855" Text="'Permission denied' to a file I own?" />
  <row Id="32406" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18110" RevisionGUID="fff76734-7d0e-4c22-a72a-15c8b2dc7fb0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:45:53.343" UserId="855" Text="&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="32407" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15147" RevisionGUID="dc447874-32cd-4061-98fb-82a682da6861" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:47:06.600" UserId="731" Comment="more precise question" Text="I realize this is almost identical to [this question][1] but the big difference is that the methods described in the MSKB article DO NOT WORK for installed Tomcat services. They work for simple Windows services but not for the Tomcat services we need to control.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any further ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit (details):&#xD;&#xA;If I have 100 Tomcat container services, do I have to grant this permission explicitly on the group for each service? Is there a way to get a DOMAIN group set up to have permission to stop/start 100 different Tomcat services across 15 machines?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit (more info):&#xD;&#xA;We are using Ant sshexec (jsch) and get Access Denied errorlevel 5 when calling net stop service_name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7979/starting-and-stopping-services" />
  <row Id="32408" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="17234" RevisionGUID="4b078827-1877-4df2-986b-c9acc71e034f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:47:13.980" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:984,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Zoredache&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="32409" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17234" RevisionGUID="7f4c4d9e-0094-454f-a76d-106a329f5816" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:47:14.010" UserId="-1" Comment="insert duplicate link" Text="&gt; **Possible Duplicate:**  &#xA;&gt; [What tool do you use to monitor your servers?](http://serverfault.com/questions/44/what-tool-do-you-use-to-monitor-your-servers)  &#xA;&#xA;&#xA;What apps do you use to monitor your servers, and what do they monitor?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm kind of impressed by some of last.fm's monitors&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![last.fm's monitors][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2159/2438897558_56fc4aaa53.jpg?v=1209046430" />
  <row Id="32410" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18111" RevisionGUID="4ff61e33-c103-45c5-a5b2-6479d602f143" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:48:17.627" UserId="5473" Text="&gt; When I plug in the device, the guest OS suggests using a USB 2.0 port which means to me it's not recognizing the USB 2.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you sure you have USB turned on for your VM?" />
  <row Id="32411" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18112" RevisionGUID="a4af8880-d30b-42c4-8ccd-2987f36a0555" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:48:25.287" UserId="984" Text="I have seen things like that when the filesystem has been corrupted, or if you have a failing drive.  The fix usually is to run [fsck][1] against the filesystem and let it correct errors it has found.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.die.net/man/8/fsck" />
  <row Id="32412" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18113" RevisionGUID="689b73c1-6bf4-43f6-9599-3daac5022e4e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:49:19.170" UserId="1322" Text="When I edit my bind dns records, I need to add a trailing period for it to work. What is the point of this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How come when I use everydns.net, they do not require me to add a trailing period?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this an implementation quirk?" />
  <row Id="32413" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18113" RevisionGUID="689b73c1-6bf4-43f6-9599-3daac5022e4e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:49:19.170" UserId="1322" Text="DNS: trailing periods" />
  <row Id="32414" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18113" RevisionGUID="689b73c1-6bf4-43f6-9599-3daac5022e4e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:49:19.170" UserId="1322" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;bind&gt;" />
  <row Id="32415" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18114" RevisionGUID="70da90a2-63f7-4a6f-84cd-dd8a839228df" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:50:02.103" UserId="6767" Text="Also, check SE/Linux settings.  Sometimes the permissions on the file don't have anything to do with whether or not you can access it." />
  <row Id="32416" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18115" RevisionGUID="b69de76a-4025-4735-8ab8-3294187f3691" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:50:29.543" UserId="863" Text="I'm trying to produce a shortcut for user that will launch their outlook email or calendar.&#xD;&#xA;the switches I'm using are:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- /select outlook:inbox   (or /select outlook:calendar)&#xD;&#xA;- /recycle (so that there is only one outlook window open)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They both work independently, but when I try and use them together I get *&quot;The command line argument is not valid. Verify the switch you are using.&quot;*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The full shortcut is  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 2007\Office12\OUTLOOK.EXE&quot;  /select &quot;outlook:calendar&quot; /recycle&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32417" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18115" RevisionGUID="b69de76a-4025-4735-8ab8-3294187f3691" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:50:29.543" UserId="863" Text="outlook command-line switches" />
  <row Id="32418" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18115" RevisionGUID="b69de76a-4025-4735-8ab8-3294187f3691" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:50:29.543" UserId="863" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="32419" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18116" RevisionGUID="10cbdec4-2280-4d9c-8764-3eb66a96db06" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:51:00.463" UserId="5371" Text="Ive been using [fail2ban][1] and it has been helping me out alot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.fail2ban.org" />
  <row Id="32420" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18117" RevisionGUID="3be01adb-cf39-4a2e-bd7b-0585521ef8df" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:51:12.037" UserId="5308" Text="&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sudo ls -al ./log&#xD;&#xA;drw-rw-r-- 3 bob bob      4096 Jun  2 04:11 .&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not sure why but the &quot;.&quot; entry in ./log/ doesn't have execute permissions. The permissions should be identical to those for ./log.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you try chmod 755 ./log and chmod 755 ./log/. and see if either command fixes the access?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other than that I would advise that you run an fsck on the filesystem because it looks like it is out of sync." />
  <row Id="32421" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18118" RevisionGUID="b545ad05-71f0-4e67-b75b-9f5cfaf723fe" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:51:15.423" UserId="6965" Text="Have you tried changing ownership of the directory to someone else, then back to Bob?  Zoredache's advice is better, though - just fsck it!" />
  <row Id="32422" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18119" RevisionGUID="60036184-4e28-41e4-b4e7-b59865f9a240" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:51:34.207" UserId="1404" Text="    &gt; sudo ls -al ./log&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;    drw-rw-r-- 3 bob bob      4096 Jun  2 04:11 .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It doesn't look like Bob has execute permissions for ./log, so he can't `cd` to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; ls -al .&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;    drwxr-xr-x 2 bob bob 4096 June 1 14:22 log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;shows that he does. But it doesn't look like they are pointing to the same file (different permissions, different modtime).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try `sudo ls -ail ./log` and `ls -ail` to see if the inode is the same." />
  <row Id="32423" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18120" RevisionGUID="dc614eea-47d8-4f4a-87d0-4c33371c430c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:52:00.053" UserId="7643" Text="Things are more simpler than filesystem corruption or selinux. As you can see you are missing the x (executable) permission on the log directory. Actually for directories x means that someone is able to change to that directory. Just do an &quot;chmod +x log&quot; to fix that perm and you should be able to access it." />
  <row Id="32424" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18121" RevisionGUID="5dfb465d-2a66-47ee-909a-f6fe79f2bb0c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:54:48.100" UserId="984" Text="The **.** makes the name be relative to the root, without it, it the name will be relative to the current zone.  The standard [zone format][1] is defined in [rfc1035][2] and [rfc1034][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; How come when I use everydns.net, they&#xD;&#xA;&gt; do not require me to add a trailing&#xD;&#xA;&gt; period?&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Is this an implementation quirk?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yeah, it sounds like easydns.net is doing it is a bit quirky.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_file&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1035&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1034" />
  <row Id="32425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18122" RevisionGUID="ae88132e-99ae-4208-812e-109bf0895257" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:55:17.457" UserId="3557" Text="DNS itself has a root zone.  this zone it called literally &quot;.&quot;.  Bind requires that you fully qualify a DNS name (this includes the . or root zone). Other UIs simplify this by assuming the root zone for you." />
  <row Id="32426" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18123" RevisionGUID="452c379c-13e8-4315-9ad9-5f38712824fa" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:55:26.757" UserId="5308" Text="If you do not enter the trailing &quot;.&quot; then the server will add the value of $ORIGIN to the end of the record.  This can be a very useful shortcut and save a lot of typing if used well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately it is also easy to forget the &quot;.&quot; which can result in hard to diagnose problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Technically the &quot;.&quot; on the end of a record such as www.serverfault.com. indicates the separator between the &quot;com&quot; gTLD and the &quot;&quot; root zone." />
  <row Id="32428" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18125" RevisionGUID="ea50ff83-dab0-4dd9-a6ce-d159f20635aa" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:55:56.800" UserId="1757" Text="I need to transfer a huge amount of mp3s between two serves (Ubuntu).&#xD;&#xA;By huge I mean about a million files which have on average 300K. &#xD;&#xA;I tried with scp but it would have taken about a week. (about 500 KB/s)&#xD;&#xA;If I transfer a single file by http i get  9-10 MB/s, but I don't know hot transfer all of them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to transfer all of them fast. " />
  <row Id="32429" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18125" RevisionGUID="ea50ff83-dab0-4dd9-a6ce-d159f20635aa" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:55:56.800" UserId="1757" Text="How to copy a large numer of files fast betewwn two servers" />
  <row Id="32430" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18125" RevisionGUID="ea50ff83-dab0-4dd9-a6ce-d159f20635aa" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:55:56.800" UserId="1757" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;file-transfer&gt;" />
  <row Id="32431" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18126" RevisionGUID="de97c16e-a18d-402e-8413-5cb485165faa" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:56:14.320" UserId="7342" Text="The trailing dot tells the DNS server that this is a fully qualified name. The dot is the root of the DNS heirarchy. If you don't use the dot, the DNS server will assume that it's a record in the current zone and will append it for you. For example, if you have a CNAME in exmaple.com that points to host.example.org, when you query for that, you'll get host.example.org.example.com, which probably isn't what you wanted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason why you didn't have to with everydns.net is because they probably wrote their UI so you didn't have to worry about this technical detail." />
  <row Id="32432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18127" RevisionGUID="7b5dd8ff-beb7-4469-8e5f-39814c477adf" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:56:37.003" UserId="3038" Text="Having been that admin that said, &quot;uh, no.&quot; to developers asking to upload files to the server, I can tell you the things I look for in an application that looks to do that. The prime constraint is that unless we're talking about a dedicated web-server, our web-servers were not sized with mass file-storage in mind.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **What is the data retention cycle?** If that data will be on the web server forever and ever, I'm much more likely to force that application onto its own dedicated server. If that data is only on the server for a few seconds while the software parses it and then deletes it, I'm much more likely to let it happen. I get encouraged when there is a scavenging process that cleans out dead/old files. It shows they care.&#xD;&#xA; - **What size files are we talking about?** If it's weensy office-doc files, that's one thing. But whacking huge GIS shape files are another thing entirely. &#xD;&#xA; - **What is the intended audience?** If anonymous internet users can upload files, it seriously increases how paranoid I have to be about that data. " />
  <row Id="32433" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18127" RevisionGUID="7b5dd8ff-beb7-4469-8e5f-39814c477adf" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:56:37.003" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32434" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18128" RevisionGUID="9bd19981-abb4-48a2-879d-3cd136d1b092" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:57:22.510" UserDisplayName="Bryan Seigneur" Text="In an fqdn, the dots are the actual identifiers.  &quot;com&quot; and &quot;edu&quot;, &quot;hp&quot; and &quot;stanford&quot; are just arbitrary delimiters.  The dot's are uniquely identified by their spin." />
  <row Id="32435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18129" RevisionGUID="f3351b56-5f6e-47de-a447-fc489fd1d15e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:57:23.740" UserId="7200" Text="I'd use rsync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you've got them exported via HTTP with directory listings available, you could use wget and the --mirror argument, too." />
  <row Id="32436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18130" RevisionGUID="b4bc2462-dc75-42e2-9a85-75489a30472c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:58:12.537" UserId="2372" Text="The original designers wanted to be able to specify hosts in zone files with a minimum of typing, therefore it defaults to appending the zone to each entry unless fully qualified with a trailing dot.   This is an implementation quirk that everydns.net realizes leads to newbie errors and confusion; therefore they eliminated it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32437" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18131" RevisionGUID="0d30ff1c-0830-4b76-9923-ba6cb0b6defd" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:58:38.903" UserId="1466" Text="I don't think you're going to do any better than scp unless you install faster network cards.  If you're doing this over the internet, that will not help though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would recommend using **rsync**.  It may not be any faster, but at least if it fails (or you shut it down because it's taking too long), you can resume where you left off next time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can connect the 2 machines directly using gigabit ethernet, that will probably be the fastest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32438" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18086" RevisionGUID="875eb63e-ec15-49ee-812d-79e486a64755" CreationDate="2009-06-02T19:59:48.540" UserId="4822" Comment="added 138 characters in body" Text="We have an internal company wiki. Some of it contains IT stuff. One of the things i want want to have are hyperlinks to the various virtual machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The wiki engine being used is [MediaWiki][1], the wiki engine that runs Wikipedia. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An example of a command, as it needs to run, is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    \\solo\VMRC Client\vmrc.exe solo.avatopia.com:5901/Windows 2000 Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now from a command prompt, you have to change it to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\&gt;&quot;\\solo\VMRC Client\vmrc.exe&quot; solo.avatopia.com:5901/&quot;Windows 2000 Server&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My first thought in converting the above for use on our wiki-site, is to simply HTML-ify it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    file://\\solo\VMRC Client\vmrc.exe solo.avatopia.com:5901/&amp;quot;Windows 2000 Server&amp;quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but wiki only makes **file://\\solo\VMRC** a hyperlink, the remainder is text.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i've tried other random things, including enclosing the URL in square brackets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the correct answer? i don't want to happen to randomly stumble on some format that *happens* to work today, and breaks in the future.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki" />
  <row Id="32440" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18132" RevisionGUID="e02601d3-bee3-4d16-95cc-5b64da86a0e7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:00:17.370" UserId="2546" Text="External hard drive and same-day courier delivery." />
  <row Id="32441" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18133" RevisionGUID="32394881-f79d-4430-a517-66203ebcda4d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:00:23.343" UserId="3125" Text="Another alternative is [Unison][1].  Might be slightly more efficient than Rsync in this case, and it's somewhat easier to set up a listener.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/" />
  <row Id="32443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18134" RevisionGUID="fd6d1861-28c8-4218-b46c-571e29c9ba6c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:00:48.897" UserId="7645" Text="ls | grep -A 1000000 '^c2$' | tail -n +2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The grep gives you the line that matches and the next million; the tail chops off the first line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want a long version, adding &quot;| xargs ls -l&quot; to the end would work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Limitations: this won't work well with funky filenames (especially filenames with newlines, but might have trouble with spaces, control characters, etc.).  And it won't work if you have over a million files in the directory." />
  <row Id="32444" PostHistoryTypeId="18" PostId="17639" RevisionGUID="66ce468f-00ce-4586-b730-633b6a726924" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:00:56.543" UserId="1803" Comment="Merged question 'virtualization question' by George2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="32445" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18135" RevisionGUID="af869c13-bde7-4c97-ae6b-57f42e33aa72" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:00:56.887" UserId="7604" Text="A lot of great comments here already. I'll just throw in my two cents.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think the foremost problem you have here is that you don't have a real security policy in place, or the one you have is obviously woefully inadequate. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; do you default to locking something down until it's asked for / demanded, or leaving something allowed until there is a problem&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both of these approaches are a terrible way to implement security. If you lock everything down and people have to complain to do their jobs not only will they be frustrated and resentful but, you'll be out of a job someday if someone in management can't do his job because of your lock down. If you allow everything and only implement security after something goes wrong, the company is taking unnecessary risks with their assets and again...you will carry all the blame. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The whole idea of implementing a security policy is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) It's a documented company policy that EVERYONE must know and follow.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;2) It's a collaborative policy all the stakeholders had input on and formed with management support. As opposed to a policy it was your responsibility to arbitrarily form on your own and be blamed for when problems arise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First and foremost, you must understand the business needs of your users. There are no &quot;best practices&quot;, or perhaps I should say &quot;best practices&quot; are somewhat of a misnomer. As everyone has already said, there is no one size fits all idea of security policy. Your best practices certainly aren't going to be anywhere close to mine. You need to find out what your users need to do on their machines and over your networks to do their jobs (their business needs), so that you can do yours. So go out there find out. Form a committee, send out a survey, interview the stake holders, sacrifice a lamb on your CEOs desk, whatever is appropriate for your workplace. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have the business needs, you need to ask yourself some questions. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are you trying to protect? Are you protecting the sales desktops or the developer's machines? These will have vastly different business needs and security approaches. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Who are you trying to protect them from? Malicious employees...outsiders...the users from themselves? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's the risk? What is the value of these assets to the company? If there's no or little risk or value involved is it worth spending the man hours or money to protect? How much is it going to cost to protect? These type of questions are probably going to have to be answered in part by your superiors. IT usually doesn't get to decide how much risk the company is willing to take, you can only plead with them not to take too much risk and CYA (in writing!) if they decline your recommendations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once that's done document the policy and implement it with either technical controls and/or written company policy as appropriate. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a brief summary of the process. Entire books have documented the process of forming, writing, and implementing a security policy, and I highly recommend you read some!" />
  <row Id="32448" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18137" RevisionGUID="748f8652-a035-479b-91b8-9bbc32444c50" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:02:13.030" UserId="914" Text="rsync or you might wish to tar it so its all within one file and then scp.  If you lack the diskspace you can pipe the tar directly over ssh while its being made." />
  <row Id="32449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18138" RevisionGUID="4798075a-95ef-4a31-840e-34af4b3c325c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:02:55.460" UserId="4685" Text="Agreed with all above ppl, proxy is your best shot for disabling IE. Dont think you'll have any luck with OE tough&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could however block them by software. in win7 2008r2 you can use AppLocker wich is deployed trough GroupPolicys. To bad those OSes isnt RTM yet. In applocker its just to disable the exe's filehash to be run from the computer. The similar Software Restriction Policys i think have existed since windows 2000, im not familiar with that tough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as i know, FF is more insecure than IE. If you want a more secure enviroment generally your users should be users not admins/local admins. Use ACT(Application compability toolkit) to cheat the app to think its being run by an admin." />
  <row Id="32450" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18075" RevisionGUID="b6d16942-6360-4ec8-8e81-566347025a75" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:03:21.980" UserId="4942" Comment="extra info" Text="Can someone inform me as to what is the best way to send files from my hard disk to any of my VmWare images.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm thinking FTP(FileZilla might be usefull), but I'm not sure how to do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: some people don't seem to understand: I have VmWare Server installed. I then want to be able to transfer files from the host OS, on which VmWare server is running, to whatever VMDK file I have running on VmWare server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For instance, I now have Windows 7 RC running on VmWare, I want to send some files from my Vista, to the Windows 7 running on VmWare" />
  <row Id="32451" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18139" RevisionGUID="2af86b75-a05b-490c-a705-67308acd15c3" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:03:46.303" UserId="5371" Text="I agree with Hondalex, logmein.com is free, and support multiple monitors." />
  <row Id="32452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18140" RevisionGUID="2fc4567a-2a6a-4e86-bfe7-a585fe71e78a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:03:53.993" UserId="3320" Text="Is there any standard way to locate installation directories of applications, installed with aptitude on Ubuntu?" />
  <row Id="32453" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18140" RevisionGUID="2fc4567a-2a6a-4e86-bfe7-a585fe71e78a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:03:53.993" UserId="3320" Text="Locating installation directories on Ubuntu" />
  <row Id="32454" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18140" RevisionGUID="2fc4567a-2a6a-4e86-bfe7-a585fe71e78a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:03:53.993" UserId="3320" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;installation&gt;&lt;package-management&gt;&lt;applications&gt;" />
  <row Id="32455" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18141" RevisionGUID="90829346-5176-49e9-a91b-12892ca50a12" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:03:57.253" UserId="5234" Text="Unfortunately you made a genuinely bad decision in getting them XP Home - save now, pay later.  The best thing to do is to accept that and put in XP Pro; at least then you can start implementing some local Group Policy to lock things down to a more sensible level (although without AD you're going to have to do this on each machine individually - hope you don't have too many of them!)" />
  <row Id="32456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18142" RevisionGUID="63119ba9-a5c4-4377-9142-529c4a8a4b99" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:04:24.147" UserId="3356" Text="I would recommend tar.  When the file trees are already similar, rsync performs *very* well.  However, since rsync will do multiple analysis passes on each file, and then copy the changes, it is much slower than tar for the initial copy.  This command will likely do what you want.  It will copy the files between the machines, as well as preserve both permissions and user/group ownerships.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tar -c /path/to/dir | ssh remote_server 'tar -xvf -C /path/to/remotedir'" />
  <row Id="32457" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="18086" RevisionGUID="02b1d943-f8c0-4a6c-b5a7-7173b7526a2d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:06:30.477" UserId="4822" Comment="edited title" Text="How to add URL's to wiki (MediaWiki) powered documentation?" />
  <row Id="32458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18143" RevisionGUID="eab7c17d-9136-4f9d-adfb-eb12218cffa5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:06:34.127" UserId="6101" Text="I wish I could leave my wifi open to everybody except those who could break into WEP in 5 minutes." />
  <row Id="32459" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18144" RevisionGUID="9145c422-a195-4f37-9fd1-7b6e6d2e02d5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:06:35.563" UserId="4460" Text="Sorry this is so windows-centric, but the PAL (Performance Analysis of Logs) tool - http://www.codeplex.com/PAL is useful for identifying problems with SAN setups, though you may have to pull a fairly long time period of .blg performance counter logs.  Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="32460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18145" RevisionGUID="c076675c-5b32-4628-8a41-ca84975e5077" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:06:50.383" UserId="7649" Text="I'm trying to run a relatively simple rails app (http://&#xD;&#xA;www.enkiblog.com/) and it kinda works.&#xD;&#xA;The comments and the admin interface only work when I use &quot;script/&#xD;&#xA;server -e production&quot; and connect to Port 3000 (still in production&#xD;&#xA;mode though).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nginx will have this in his error.log:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    2009/06/02 21:46:10 [error] 11536#0: *18 upstream prematurely closed&#xD;&#xA;    connection while reading response header from upstream, client:&#xD;&#xA;    85.180.23.43, server: *.marc-seeger.de, request: &quot;GET /admin HTTP/&#xD;&#xA;    1.1&quot;, upstream: &quot;unix:/tmp/passenger.11520/master/&#xD;&#xA;    helper_server.sock:&quot;, host: &quot;www.marc-seeger.de&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    *** Exception NoMethodError in application (undefined method `each'&#xD;&#xA; 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           from /opt/ruby-enterprise-1.8.6-20090421/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/&#xD;&#xA;    gems/passenger-2.2.2/lib/phusion_passenger/railz/&#xD;&#xA;    application_spawner.rb:296:in `handle_spawn_application'&#xD;&#xA;            from /opt/ruby-enterprise-1.8.6-20090421/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/&#xD;&#xA;    gems/passenger-2.2.2/lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:337:in&#xD;&#xA;    `__send__'&#xD;&#xA;            from /opt/ruby-enterprise-1.8.6-20090421/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/&#xD;&#xA;    gems/passenger-2.2.2/lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:337:in&#xD;&#xA;    `main_loop'&#xD;&#xA;            from /opt/ruby-enterprise-1.8.6-20090421/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/&#xD;&#xA;    gems/passenger-2.2.2/lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:187:in&#xD;&#xA;    `start_synchronously'&#xD;&#xA;            from /opt/ruby-enterprise-1.8.6-20090421/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/&#xD;&#xA;    gems/passenger-2.2.2/lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:154:in&#xD;&#xA;    `start'&#xD;&#xA;            from /opt/ruby-enterprise-1.8.6-20090421/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/&#xD;&#xA; 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   `main_loop'&#xD;&#xA;            from /opt/ruby-enterprise-1.8.6-20090421/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/&#xD;&#xA;    gems/passenger-2.2.2/lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:187:in&#xD;&#xA;    `start_synchronously'&#xD;&#xA;            from /opt/ruby-enterprise-1.8.6-20090421/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/&#xD;&#xA;    gems/passenger-2.2.2/bin/passenger-spawn-server:61&#xD;&#xA;    Error during failsafe response: closed stream&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;p.s. debian 5.0" />
  <row Id="32461" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18145" RevisionGUID="c076675c-5b32-4628-8a41-ca84975e5077" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:06:50.383" UserId="7649" Text="Passenger + Nginx =&gt; 502 Bad Gateway " />
  <row Id="32462" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18145" RevisionGUID="c076675c-5b32-4628-8a41-ca84975e5077" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:06:50.383" UserId="7649" Text="&lt;ruby&gt;&lt;rails&gt;&lt;nginx&gt;&lt;passenger&gt;" />
  <row Id="32463" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18146" RevisionGUID="8af51012-747d-400c-8e41-0a962e364086" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:07:41.940" UserId="3174" Text="(This was going to be a comment, but it got a bit long...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would appear that you are trying to solve a social problem (something that should be controlled by policy) with a technical solution.  This is almost always a bad idea, and almost always fails in some way.  Usually in a way that comes to bite the admin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an aside, have you examined *why* you think IE and OE are a bad idea?  Many (most?) companies use them all over the world, and as long as they are fully patched, you don't hear of many major incidents (well, these days, at least).  I suspect that you would be better served by changing to Windows Pro, getting rid of Administrative rights from users' workstations, and implementing a reliable patching regime.  This will do &lt;em&gt;far&lt;/em&gt; more for you in the long-term than simply blocking access to IE and OE.  If you need help in removing administrative rights Aaron Margosis used to have a &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/&quot;&gt;non-admin&lt;/a&gt; weblog.  It hasn't been updated in a while, but it still contains useful information." />
  <row Id="32464" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18129" RevisionGUID="57c1d7d3-0596-48d8-a8d8-76cdb51737d7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:07:47.353" UserId="7200" Comment="More detail..." Text="I'd use rsync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you've got them exported via HTTP with directory listings available, you could use wget and the --mirror argument, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're already seeing that HTTP is faster than SCP because SCP is encrypting everything (and thus bottlenecking on the CPU). HTTP and rsync are going to move faster because they're not encrypting. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's some docs on setting up rsync on Ubuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/rsync&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those docs talk about tunneling rsync over SSH, but if you're just moving data around on a private LAN you don't need SSH. (I'm assuming you are on a private LAN. If you're getting 9-10MB/sec over the Internet then I want to know what kind of connections you have!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some other very basic docs that will allow you to setup a relative insecure rsync server (w/ no dependence on SSH): http://transamrit.net/docs/rsync/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18147" RevisionGUID="979d63ce-2b8d-4f48-8159-3c8a8bdf7770" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:08:45.030" UserId="914" Text="`whereis binary` for example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    whereis bash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;would produce something similar to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    root@hostname:~# whereis apache2&#xD;&#xA;    apache2: /usr/sbin/apache2 /etc/apache2 /usr/lib/apache2 /usr/lib64/apache2 /usr/share/apache2 /usr/share/man/man8/apache2.8.gz&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively as root you could run something similar to this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    updatedb &amp;&amp; locate apache" />
  <row Id="32466" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18148" RevisionGUID="64762636-9a8e-4642-be43-b08622b9125f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:09:03.593" UserId="6767" Text="For 100Mb/s the theoretical throughput is 12.5 MB/s, so at 10MB/s you are doing pretty well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would also echo the suggestion to do rsync, probably through ssh.  Something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rsync -avW -e ssh $SOURCE $USER@$REMOTE:$DEST&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At 100Mb/s your CPUs should be able to handle the encrypt/decrypt without appreciably impacting the data rate.  And if you interrupt the data flow, you should be able to resume from where you left off.  Beware, with &quot;millions&quot; of files the startup will take a while before it actually transfers anything." />
  <row Id="32467" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18149" RevisionGUID="77e5099c-7e51-4f0b-afec-9f941de56e91" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:09:08.070" UserId="4843" Text="OpenLdap + Apache Directory Studio for management" />
  <row Id="32468" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18150" RevisionGUID="9286a80f-25f0-4951-ac96-c19ebadffa19" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:09:23.390" UserId="7619" Text="The short answer.. Well, has honestly already been documented here. :) Basically and put succinctly, &quot;It says so in the RFC, mate.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have a look at this link&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[&quot;No, that dot in the domain name of the URL is not a mistake.&quot;][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://homepages.tesco.net/J.deBoynePollard/FGA/web-fully-qualified-domain-name.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32469" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11250" RevisionGUID="760c616c-de18-4f0e-a8cc-58261953e4f0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:09:29.690" UserId="3320" Comment="problem solved" Text="I'm trying to run Python scripts with a shebang on Ubuntu. When I create a python script&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        #! /usr/bin/env python&#xD;&#xA;        import sys&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;... and run it I get a shell error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        root@host:/home/user# ./test.py&#xD;&#xA;        : No such file or directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I make it work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Solution**: Remove '\r's from line endings with dos2unix." />
  <row Id="32470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18151" RevisionGUID="0aaee4f8-f74a-4e64-9154-d112c4d0fcaf" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:10:41.343" UserId="6397" Text="If you run VMware workstation, you can attach the VMDK as an external harddrive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, you can always use the built-in file share to exchange the files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, you can simply drag and drop a file from your host desktop to the VMDK desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's all I can think of now. No need to set up FTP." />
  <row Id="32471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18152" RevisionGUID="8f6a166a-2ab3-40f2-a908-51ca7cf885b2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:10:53.323" UserId="7231" Text="There are several things to consider for this type of query:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  How many objects is this query likely to return?  &#xD;&#xA;2.  Do you want to expand on groups that are members of groups?&#xD;&#xA;3.  Do you have to handle any &quot;large&quot; groups (greater 1500 members)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should always include &quot;(ObjectCategory=person)&quot; if your query will have to search a large database of users.  There are several reasons you want to do this.  ObjectCategory is an indexed attribute where objectClass is not, this will significantly increase your query speed on large AD databases.  Also, using both the objectCategory and objectClass attributes will prevent &quot;contact&quot; objects from being returned in your query.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your result set is going to return more than 1000 results, you need to be aware of performance issues.  In the ADUC GUI there is a 2000 item limit that you can change via the &quot;Options&quot; dialogue, increasing can dramatically slow down your query.  If you are going to use VBScript and enumerate over a GetObject result, this will also be VERY VERY slow, for large groups.  For the Quest Powershell cmdlets you need to include the &quot;-sizelimit&quot; parameter to override the 1000 item limit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    get-qadgroupmember somegroup -sizelimit 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using code (VBScript, JScript, .Net) to create a connection object and add a LDAP query to it, you will need to set the &quot;.pageSize&quot; property on the connection object to get a paged result as the default is to not return a paged result, but to limit it to 1000 items.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Expanding nested groups is the tricky bit.  The simplest way to get nested group info is to use the Quest Powershell cmdlets:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    get-qadgroupmember somegroup -indirect -sizelimit 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also use &quot;GetObject&quot; and enumerate over the members, test each member for &quot;user or group&quot; and then recurse into nested groups.  This is slow and you shouldn't do it, except as an exercise in VBScript programming.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another method is to do it via the [LDAP\_MATCHING\_RULE\_IN\_CHAIN](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa746475.aspx), but that can be difficult to use, and it can be VERY EXPENSIVE on the DC if you have a deep nesting structure for your groups.  The bonus for this method is that for very large groups (over 1500 members by default) you will be able to do a query for users that are a member of the group (even indirectly), rather than retrieving the group and trying to read the member attribute (which has to be [handled in a special method for &quot;large&quot; groups](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms180907(VS.80\).aspx)).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    (&amp;(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(memberof:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:=(cn=Group1,OU=groupsOU,DC=x)))&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps." />
  <row Id="32472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18153" RevisionGUID="07fa401a-6ff9-4bf7-9cb6-95f3fd853c86" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:11:07.207" UserId="2273" Text="According to this [page][1], the /recycle switch can be used with the /explorer and /folder switches.  I believe that running without a switch is like using the /explorer switch.  It must simply not be compatible with any other switches.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HP010031101033.aspx" />
  <row Id="32473" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18154" RevisionGUID="ae9d9354-15d0-4613-a921-3e722a530f61" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:11:31.187" UserId="2546" Text="This was a [known problem][1] with Outlook 2003. Have you tried using the same workaround with Oulook 2007? In your case this would be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 2007\Office12\OUTLOOK.EXE&quot; /recycle outlook:calendar&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823923" />
  <row Id="32474" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18155" RevisionGUID="e1d1cebd-a9b8-4586-9214-234fc9808c43" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:11:32.417" UserId="5669" Text="Best thing to do would be to fire up the VMware converter on the physical machine and give it a try.  I used it on a number of V2V migrations when we implemented ESX.  I took a number of MS Virtual Server images and converted them without incident.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For my P2V's though I used an HP tool that in the end I think was more trouble than it was worth.  The client side **HAD** to be run from an XP machine, and only worked on newer Proliant hardware.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking back I wish that I had tried the VMware converter on a P2V.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do try it I'd be interested to know how it ends up." />
  <row Id="32475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18156" RevisionGUID="4ac09b58-aea1-4505-99ef-f6cc620ec900" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:11:35.117" UserId="3562" Text="Can you clarify what you're asking for?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**dpkg -L** *PACKAGENAME* will show every file in PACKAGENAME&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**whereis** *APPLICATION* will show you the full path of APPLICATION&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**dpkg -S** */usr/full/path/to/file* will show which package a file belongs to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32476" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18157" RevisionGUID="6a672d72-226b-4722-bf64-c38f96f4ef9e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:11:39.313" UserId="1417" Text="Instead of making them part of the problem, make them part of the solution. Give them the tools, access and knowledge to help diagnose and fix issues. We are a small company with only a couple of dedicated IT guys, but we have several &quot;backup&quot; admins. They help with certain issues and can take some of the load off the the IT guys. For example they can reset peoples accounts when they get locked out for entering bad passwords three times. We don't let them see the passwords, but just to reset the account. " />
  <row Id="32477" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18086" RevisionGUID="2800476f-db02-4561-86ca-13883c54f290" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:12:32.400" UserId="4822" Comment="added 21 characters in body" Text="We have an internal company wiki. The wiki engine being used is [MediaWiki][1], the wiki engine that runs Wikipedia. Some of it contains IT stuff. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the things i want want to have are hyperlinks to the various virtual machines. An example of a command, as it needs to run, is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    \\solo\VMRC Client\vmrc.exe solo.avatopia.com:5901/Windows 2000 Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If launching from a command prompt, you have to quote the spaces:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\&gt;&quot;\\solo\VMRC Client\vmrc.exe&quot; solo.avatopia.com:5901/&quot;Windows 2000 Server&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My first thought in converting the above for use on our wiki-site, is to simply HTML-ify it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    file://\\solo\VMRC Client\vmrc.exe solo.avatopia.com:5901/&amp;quot;Windows 2000 Server&amp;quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but MediaWiki only converts **file://\\solo\VMRC** to a hyperlink, the remainder is text.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i've tried other random things, including enclosing the URL in square brackets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the correct answer? i don't want to happen to randomly stumble on some format that *happens* to work today, and breaks in the future.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki" />
  <row Id="32478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18158" RevisionGUID="3a6cae11-6701-4426-811c-d288e0a3b6e6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:13:25.907" UserId="5133" Text="At my previous job, I named all of the workstations/servers in a new build after Star Wars planets/moons - Tatooine, Hoth, Endor, Dantooine etc. At my current job, the local servers/workstations were named after Star Wars characters, but are slowly being phased out to more generic names. In our production environment, servers are named after characters in Greek Mythology.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At home, all of my physical/virtual servers are named after their use - fileserver, mailserver, ftpserver, webserver, mssqlserver etc. However, this is now proving difficult as I'm building additional webservers. I'm contemplating moving over to the naming convention of my previous job, for nostalgic reasons." />
  <row Id="32479" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18158" RevisionGUID="3a6cae11-6701-4426-811c-d288e0a3b6e6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:13:25.907" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32480" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18159" RevisionGUID="ac5e34ee-3dd0-443b-af28-e864b9971ba9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:14:07.670" UserId="4843" Text="Just bough Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 and it has worked pretty well.  The interface is not bad at all.  System resource is light as well.  " />
  <row Id="32481" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18159" RevisionGUID="ac5e34ee-3dd0-443b-af28-e864b9971ba9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:14:07.670" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18160" RevisionGUID="f983e37c-b247-4a46-be00-28748d989dfc" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:15:33.517" UserDisplayName="Chris" Text="Is there an easy way to get metrics on all processes that start with the letters XYZ? I have about 80 processes that I have to monitor individually that all start with the prefix XYZ.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have created a query using the sigar shell: ps State.Name.sw=XYZ, which will give me a list of the processes that I want. What I need to do is define this list of processes through said query and collect and track statistics from the Process service: http://support.hyperic.com/display/hypcomm/Process+service &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I need is 3 or 4 key statistics for each of the XYZ processes defined by my query to show up as graphs in the web front end.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: Hyperic HQ server is installed on a windows machine and I'm monitoring a Linux box via an agent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Chris" />
  <row Id="32483" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18160" RevisionGUID="f983e37c-b247-4a46-be00-28748d989dfc" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:15:33.517" UserDisplayName="Chris" Text="Hyperic HQ- Monitor process statistics for 50+ processes on Linux machine" />
  <row Id="32484" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18160" RevisionGUID="f983e37c-b247-4a46-be00-28748d989dfc" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:15:33.517" UserDisplayName="Chris" Text="&lt;hyperic&gt;&lt;hyperichq&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="32485" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18161" RevisionGUID="b1b0725a-a3ba-48bd-94c4-496d1fdc5370" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:17:00.143" UserId="5133" Text="Can I ask why an iisreset isn't possible? The few seconds that it takes shouldn't be noticeable to your end-users. You could schedule it for a quiet period of the day to have the least affect." />
  <row Id="32486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18162" RevisionGUID="b7194154-472f-477c-b5b6-caaa4b247018" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:17:33.373" UserId="7651" Text="Without much discussion, use netcat, network swissarmy knife. No protocol overhead, you're directly copying to the network socket.&#xD;&#xA;Example&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    srv1$ tar cfv - *mp3 | nc -w1 remote.server.net 4321&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    srv2$ nc -l -p 4321 |tar xfv -&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32487" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18152" RevisionGUID="6c768e2f-e3d6-45f4-8c66-891a02c2ecb9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:17:50.207" UserId="7231" Comment="Grammar, clarifications and some expansion of info." Text="There are several things to consider for this type of query:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  How many objects is this query likely to return?  &#xD;&#xA;2.  Do you want to expand on groups that are members of groups?&#xD;&#xA;3.  Do you have to handle any &quot;large&quot; groups (greater 1500 members)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should always include &quot;(ObjectCategory=person)&quot; if your query will have to search a large database of users.  There are several reasons you want to do this.  ObjectCategory is an indexed attribute where objectClass is not, this will significantly increase your query speed on large AD databases.  Also, using both the objectCategory and objectClass attributes will prevent &quot;contact&quot; objects from being returned in your query.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your result set is going to return more than 1000 results, you need to be aware of performance issues.  In the ADUC GUI there is a 2000 item limit that you can change via the &quot;Options&quot; dialogue, increasing can dramatically slow down your query.  If you are going to use VBScript and enumerate over a GetObject result, this will also be VERY VERY slow, for large groups.  For the Quest Powershell cmdlets you need to include the &quot;-sizelimit&quot; parameter to override the 1000 item limit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    get-qadgroupmember somegroup -sizelimit 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using code (VBScript, JScript, .Net) to create a connection object and add a LDAP query to it, you will need to set the &quot;.pageSize&quot; property on the connection object to get a paged result as the default is to not return a paged result, but to limit it to 1000 items.  I usually set .pageSize to 1000 as that is the max.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Expanding nested groups is the tricky bit.  The simplest way to get nested group info is to use the Quest Powershell cmdlets:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    get-qadgroupmember somegroup -indirect -sizelimit 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From a VBscript/JScript script you can use &quot;GetObject&quot; and enumerate over the members collection, test each member for &quot;user or group&quot; and then recurse into nested groups.  This is slow and you shouldn't do it, except as an exercise in VBScript programming.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ultimately you will probably want to learn to do it via a direct LDAP query.  This is accomplished via the [LDAP\_MATCHING\_RULE\_IN\_CHAIN](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa746475.aspx) operator.  This operator can be difficult to use, and it can be VERY EXPENSIVE on the DC if you have a deep nesting structure for your groups.  The bonus for this method is that for very large groups (over 1500 members by default) you will be able to do a query for users that are a member of the group (even indirectly), rather than retrieving the group and trying to read the member attribute (which has to be [handled in a special method for &quot;large&quot; groups](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms180907(VS.80\).aspx)).  i.e. You get a report of User objects, ratehr than a single group object where you are trying to read a large attrbiute array.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    (&amp;(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(memberof:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:=(cn=Group1,OU=groupsOU,DC=x)))&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are having trouble with &quot;large&quot; groups you can also increase the limit that AD uses when restricting access to the .member attribute." />
  <row Id="32488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18163" RevisionGUID="10b141bc-d3bf-494d-af8a-130f8fd28ba8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:17:54.637" UserId="1417" Text="Once you offer it, people will start using it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;24/7 coverage is challenging. 168 hours a week, every week. I've done it in other jobs but not in IT. In theory you can do it with 5 or 6 people, but 8 is more realistic. You also have the challenge on dividing up the shifts and weekends. Plan carefully." />
  <row Id="32489" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18164" RevisionGUID="efe6df85-e1f6-473f-9de4-d283f610ef7f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:18:02.687" UserId="5234" Text="I've used Symantec EV and don't like it too much; a general antipathy towards Symantec products rather than for any sensible reason I'm afraid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I generally tend to shy away from email archiving products for a number of reasons.  Firstly, one can always look at better mailbox management policies.  Secondly, I question if important info such as we're talking about here should really reside in the email system in the first place.  Look at it this way: if somebody was on leave and an important doc was lurking in their email, what would need to be done and would you be happy doing it?  Finally, check your data retention legislation - it may be the case that for email the owner of a record is the person who creates it, i.e. the original sender.  If this is the case, the 20 odd people who have received it have no grounds for keeping it.  In other words, I view archiving as moving the problem elsewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;User education is the best approach; get them in the habit of deleting emails that they don't need to keep, saving attachments to the file system, and so on.  Have them understand that these documents aren't their own personal property, they belong to the company.  My experience is that people tend to be hoarders so far as email is concerned, and once you get that sorted out you may find that the problem goes away on it's own (and saves a lot of money in doing so!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If, and only if, after having done all that you still have email volume problems, then is the time to consider archiving." />
  <row Id="32490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18165" RevisionGUID="d409d17f-4c8d-4f02-a06b-e88c856865a8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:18:07.723" UserId="6522" Text="After a long day or performance tracing and tuning a huge mainframe (you know the beasts that take a couple of hours before all standby backup-sites have agreed that it is indeed booted up again and fully synced) I stretched my fingers, typed satisfied shutdown -p now in my laptop prompt, closed the lid, yanked the serial cable out of the mainframe, with the anticipation of a nice cold glass of lager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Suddenly I hear the deafening sound of spinning down mainframe while my laptop was still happily displaying X.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While waiting for the machine to come fully online again I decided that I got time to get my ACPI working on my laptop so I never ever are tempted to cli shutdown my laptop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32491" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18165" RevisionGUID="d409d17f-4c8d-4f02-a06b-e88c856865a8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:18:07.723" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32492" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18166" RevisionGUID="cd126ad5-ae0c-4c66-9a19-6c3cdd2b86c4" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:18:58.673" UserId="1993" Text="This cannot be done at the firewall layer without introducing additional software. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Out of the suggestions people have made, you have shot down every single one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You can't have a proxy server because you have nobody to manage it&#xD;&#xA; - You can't enforce Group Policy because you purchased XP Home&#xD;&#xA; - You can't just uninstall IE/OE because the users are Admins and can install whatever they want&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are technical solutions. Make them work (ie, buy the hardware for a proxy server or revoke their admin privileges) or stop worrying about this as an issue. As others have pointed out, IE/OE insecurity is nothing compared to users running day-to-day as Admins. And XP Home? That's a security joke - you can't even enforce file permissions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The last alternative is to treat this as a social problem. You said you ARE the management - fine, then set and enforce your policy. Uninstall IE. If they reinstall it, fire them. Can't do that? Then deal with your users running IE. And you may want to reconsider your &quot;management&quot; techniques." />
  <row Id="32493" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18167" RevisionGUID="9619ebca-21d4-46db-bf2a-86fec5c2a70d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:19:08.050" UserId="4271" Text="I use pmwiki, they have a command so that when you encapsulate the text with [@   @] that it is printed as quoted and not changed into the wiki code - does that work for MediaWiki?" />
  <row Id="32494" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18168" RevisionGUID="ed213bfa-e795-4620-8609-991579dae6b9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:20:40.653" UserId="7619" Text="Obviously `sc' has been touched upon quite frequently, here's an alternative for you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a GREAT group of utilities out there written by Mark Russinovitch called [&quot;PSTools&quot;][1] which has that capability. Specifically `psexec' can do that for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896649.aspx" />
  <row Id="32495" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18121" RevisionGUID="738812b0-400f-499b-8730-d55f68b29325" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:21:30.230" UserId="984" Comment="deleted 3 characters in body" Text="The **.** makes the name be relative to the root, without it, it the name will be relative to the current zone.  The standard [zone format][1] is defined in [rfc1035][2] and [rfc1034][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; How come when I use everydns.net, they&#xD;&#xA;&gt; do not require me to add a trailing&#xD;&#xA;&gt; period?&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Is this an implementation quirk?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yeah, it sounds like easydns.net is doing it a bit quirky.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_file&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1035&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1034" />
  <row Id="32496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18169" RevisionGUID="22d73bb0-df05-4bc6-b253-4b851cf1a24e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:22:17.233" UserId="2368" Text="Honestly, at first I've read it as &quot;challenged&quot; and, of course, thought: whats so special about that? :P&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the real question, the best course of action would be to somehow make their efforts help you. From my experience, you could regard a nosy, enquiring power-user as a nuisance. Why? You are, basically, getting a free tester for your infrastructure. If he reports something that worries him to you, thats all the better, - if he's wrong, so be it, if he is right, well, time to fix it then! At least that is what I tell myself when I am in such a situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, there was that one time when a certain user pointed out to me a few mis-handled forms on the corporate intranet website. I've went to fix them, thanked the user and told him not to hesitate to report to me anything suspicios. What's so bad in that?" />
  <row Id="32497" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18170" RevisionGUID="0cb3d8ab-4ab5-45f5-bdda-f83e8cceb7ad" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:24:29.507" UserId="4843" Text="rsync&#xD;&#xA;lsof&#xD;&#xA;vim&#xD;&#xA;find&#xD;&#xA;ssh" />
  <row Id="32498" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18170" RevisionGUID="0cb3d8ab-4ab5-45f5-bdda-f83e8cceb7ad" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:24:29.507" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32499" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18171" RevisionGUID="4d7617e6-649c-47da-a8e0-81d47559a4e7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:25:25.167" UserId="6521" Text="I'd like to redirect all spams (that weren't rejected outright) to mailbox of local user `spam` (i.e. deliver mail to `spam` user rather than to original local recipient).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm using `sa-exim` (exim 4 + spamassasin 3.2) on Debian (it's got its own `exim4.conf.template` convoluted config). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried adding the following router (before exim's `real_local`):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     spams:&#xD;&#xA;      debug_print = &quot;R: spams $local_part@$domain&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      driver = redirect&#xD;&#xA;      condition = ${if def:h_X-Spam-Flag {1}{0}}&#xD;&#xA;      allow_fail&#xD;&#xA;      allow_defer&#xD;&#xA;      check_local_user&#xD;&#xA;      domains = +local_domains&#xD;&#xA;      data = spam@localhost&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but it doesn't seem to be triggered at all." />
  <row Id="32500" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18171" RevisionGUID="4d7617e6-649c-47da-a8e0-81d47559a4e7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:25:25.167" UserId="6521" Text="Redirect all (non-rejected) spam to a special mailbox in sa-exim" />
  <row Id="32501" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18171" RevisionGUID="4d7617e6-649c-47da-a8e0-81d47559a4e7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:25:25.167" UserId="6521" Text="&lt;exim&gt;&lt;spam&gt;&lt;redirect&gt;&lt;sa-exim&gt;" />
  <row Id="32503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18173" RevisionGUID="ef0fe5b4-a67b-4530-81cd-956f26ab91b1" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:29:59.243" UserId="7619" Text="* Non-existent change-management procedures. Solution; any steps towards change-management are good steps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Inability to trust/listen to others. Solution; hire the right tool for the right job. Pass over the tech who's got borderline Aspergers. Focus on someone who will be a good fit, but who learns quickly and shows aptitude.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;* Not troubleshooting the underlying problem, instead focusing on the symptom. Solution; don't get caught up in the details. Look at it in a meta-sense. 10K-foot view.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Not being honest/ethical. Solution; your integrity is the only thing of value that you have. Leadership will recognize someone like that and reward them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* No Documentation. Solution; write.. it.. down. Email it if you must, to yourself if you want to. Find a group of people, email it to them. Google docs, whatever.  " />
  <row Id="32504" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18173" RevisionGUID="ef0fe5b4-a67b-4530-81cd-956f26ab91b1" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:29:59.243" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18174" RevisionGUID="22f80a4c-5881-4d54-ade4-3e7535d7d260" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:30:16.560" UserId="5669" Text="Your biggest constraint will be the 100 meg connection.  If there is any possibility of upgrading to a gig connection that will improve your situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If my math is correct you are trying to move about 300 gigs of data right?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32506" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18175" RevisionGUID="acfa55a7-4490-4768-a46c-3825d7baa316" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:30:32.317" UserId="4824" Text="&gt; *Unfortunately, the PCs for some reason MUST have administer privileges.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think your time and energy would be better spent investigating this issue first.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32507" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18142" RevisionGUID="2ed4b0a6-e9cb-4e1b-b50b-36aa4c225460" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:33:09.317" UserId="3356" Comment="Adding rsync line" Text="I would recommend tar.  When the file trees are already similar, rsync performs *very* well.  However, since rsync will do multiple analysis passes on each file, and then copy the changes, it is much slower than tar for the initial copy.  This command will likely do what you want.  It will copy the files between the machines, as well as preserve both permissions and user/group ownerships.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tar -c /path/to/dir | ssh remote_server 'tar -xvf -C /path/to/remotedir'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As per Mackintosh's comment below this is the command you would use for rsync&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rsync -avW -e ssh /path/to/dir/ remote_server:/path/to/remotedir" />
  <row Id="32508" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18169" RevisionGUID="d5dcdeab-a0a3-4710-b960-fa90f83c1989" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:33:43.997" UserId="2368" Comment="deleted 6 characters in body" Text="Honestly, at first I've read it as &quot;challenged&quot; and, of course, thought: whats so special about that? :P&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the real question, the best course of action would be to somehow make their efforts help you. From my experience, you could regard a nosy, enquiring power-user as a nuisance. Why? You are, basically, getting a free tester for your infrastructure. If he reports something that worries him to you, thats all the better, - if he's wrong, so be it, if he is right, well, time to fix it then! At least that is what I tell myself when I am in such a situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, there was that one time when a certain user pointed out to me a few mis-handled forms on the corporate intranet website. I've fixed them, thanked the user and told him not to hesitate to report to me anything suspicios. What's so bad in that?" />
  <row Id="32509" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18176" RevisionGUID="0aa6a596-c051-4d9b-8a8a-e2a7b8a9dcc4" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:33:50.220" UserId="4276" Text=" - **Network File System (NFS)** and then copy them with whatever you like, e.g. Midnight Commander (mc), Nautilus (from gnome). I have used NFS v3 with good results.&#xD;&#xA; - **Samba (CIFS)** and then copy the files with whatever you want to, but I have no idea how efficient it is.&#xD;&#xA; - **HTTP** with `wget --mirror` as others have suggested. Be careful not to have any nasty symlinks or misleading index files. If all you have is MP3s, you should be safe.&#xD;&#xA; - **rsync**. I have used it with pretty good results and one of its nice features is that you can interrupt and resume the transfer later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've noticed other people have recommended using *netcat*. Based on *my experience* with it I can say that it's slow compared with other solutions." />
  <row Id="32510" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18177" RevisionGUID="addcef11-b6c1-40d8-a4fe-eb999976d3d8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:34:36.910" UserId="7325" Text="You might also like to take a look at [Exchange Server Archiver][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Disclaimer:*** I work at Red Gate, albeit in one of the other divisions. But as a tester, so no marketing talk from me :)   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.red-gate.com/products/Exchange/index.htm" />
  <row Id="32511" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18075" RevisionGUID="4b277c09-0974-42f3-9463-17741ef653fd" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:39:55.387" UserId="4942" Comment="added 146 characters in body" Text="Can someone inform me as to what is the best way to send files from my hard disk to any of my VmWare images.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm thinking FTP(FileZilla might be usefull), but I'm not sure how to do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: some people don't seem to understand: I have VmWare Server installed. I then want to be able to transfer files from the host OS, on which VmWare server is running, to whatever VMDK file I have running on VmWare server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For instance, I now have Windows 7 RC running on VmWare, I want to send some files from my Vista, to the Windows 7 running on VmWare&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thusly, I am transfering individual files from my host onto my VMDK. I do not wish to create VMDK backups or copy the VMDK to another machine." />
  <row Id="32512" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18176" RevisionGUID="8a57e623-bb6c-4685-8fe4-382aeca723ef" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:40:03.263" UserId="4276" Comment="mentioned Evan Anderson" Text=" - **Network File System (NFS)** and then copy them with whatever you like, e.g. Midnight Commander (mc), Nautilus (from gnome). I have used NFS v3 with good results.&#xD;&#xA; - **Samba (CIFS)** and then copy the files with whatever you want to, but I have no idea how efficient it is.&#xD;&#xA; - **HTTP** with `wget --mirror` as [Evan Anderson][1] has suggested or any other http client. Be careful not to have any nasty symlinks or misleading index files. If all you have is MP3s, you should be safe.&#xD;&#xA; - **rsync**. I have used it with pretty good results and one of its nice features is that you can interrupt and resume the transfer later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've noticed other people have recommended using *netcat*. Based on *my experience* with it I can say that it's slow compared with other solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/users/7200/evan-anderson" />
  <row Id="32513" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18178" RevisionGUID="afdc83d5-cdb7-4d6a-a68a-eb2456a27bde" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:40:07.260" UserId="4822" Text="**Configuration Description** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**OptIn** This setting is the default configuration. On systems with processors that can implement hardware-enforced DEP, DEP is enabled by default for limited system binaries and programs that &quot;opt-in.&quot; With this option, only Windows system binaries are covered by DEP by default. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**OptOut** DEP is enabled by default for all processes. You can manually create a list of specific programs that do not have DEP applied by using the System dialog box in Control Panel. Information technology (IT) professionals can use the Application Compatibility Toolkit to &quot;opt-out&quot; one or more programs from DEP protection. System compatibility fixes, or shims, for DEP do take effect. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**AlwaysOn** This setting provides full DEP coverage for the whole system. All processes always run with DEP applied. The exceptions list to exempt specific programs from DEP protection is not available. System compatibility fixes for DEP do not take effect. Programs that have been opted-out by using the Application Compatibility Toolkit run with DEP applied. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**AlwaysOff** This setting does not provide any DEP coverage for any part of the system, regardless of hardware DEP support. The processor does not run in PAE mode unless the /PAE option is present in the Boot.ini file. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32514" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18179" RevisionGUID="07258700-f463-43a5-9b05-106fbb5f302a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:41:08.207" UserDisplayName="maciek" Text="ssh, vim, htop, su, python, ls, cd, screen, du, tar :)" />
  <row Id="32515" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18179" RevisionGUID="07258700-f463-43a5-9b05-106fbb5f302a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:41:08.207" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18180" RevisionGUID="a52edeca-d498-491a-a7f4-12fc6ba1f722" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:41:10.063" UserId="2561" Text="With lots of files if you do go with rsync, **I would try to get version 3 or above on both ends**.  The reason being that a lesser version will enumerate every file before it starts the transfer.  The new feature is called ***incremental-recursion***.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; A new incremental-recursion algorithm&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is now used when rsync is talking&#xD;&#xA;&gt;       to another 3.x version.  This starts the transfer going more quickly&#xD;&#xA;&gt;       (before all the files have been found), and requires much less memory.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;       See the --recursive option in the manpage for some restrictions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32517" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18181" RevisionGUID="6e4e7677-f761-4c70-898c-14d64421c79c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:43:19.280" UserId="5898" Text="&#xD;&#xA;Using the following condition works fine for me:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      condition = &quot;${if def:h_X-Spam-Flag: {yes}{no}}&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32518" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18182" RevisionGUID="81578ac0-593e-4ea3-a5fd-0521660ad772" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:45:11.647" UserId="2004" Text="Give them enough rope and they'll hang themselves" />
  <row Id="32519" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18183" RevisionGUID="a4981982-6251-4ff4-8531-c74a95217ead" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:45:29.527" UserId="1164" Text="What is the easiest way to make a Windows boot CD that can be customized?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically I would like to run [DriveSnapshot][1] from a boot CD so that I can restore images from a USB drive.  I tried [UBCD][2] a while ago but was never able to get it to work due to no USB support on the PC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know there are a lot of *nix based CDs out there, but Drivesnapshot needs to run on Windows.  It works fine on a simple boot floppy but not many PCs have floppy drives anymore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.drivesnapshot.de/en/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/" />
  <row Id="32520" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18183" RevisionGUID="a4981982-6251-4ff4-8531-c74a95217ead" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:45:29.527" UserId="1164" Text="How to customize a Windows boot CD" />
  <row Id="32521" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18183" RevisionGUID="a4981982-6251-4ff4-8531-c74a95217ead" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:45:29.527" UserId="1164" Text="&lt;system-restore&gt;&lt;live-cd&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="32522" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18184" RevisionGUID="ef84e382-193f-4a35-8b5a-6ebc75b2eaa3" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:46:24.673" UserId="7661" Text="Have a look at EMC's SourceOne Product  ( http://www.emc.com/products/launch/sourceone/index.htm ).  Note, I am an EMC employee so this might be viewed as a shameless plug.  However, as an EMC Employee, I have used this product for our email archiving for the past 3 years.  It has worked great!  We all have virtually unlimited mailboxs and the new version has been completely redesigned to be more flexible and scalable architecture.  The designers have also added new add on modules to this release for eDiscovery and add will be releasing new features in the future. " />
  <row Id="32523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18185" RevisionGUID="8e070d74-2dc5-4003-828f-d1599b9883b9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:47:07.260" UserId="6827" Text="You can use Storage Essentials from HP.&#xD;&#xA;They have a performance module, the software can analyze from server to SAN.&#xD;&#xA;The analyze on the server side work only with HP server I think." />
  <row Id="32524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18186" RevisionGUID="a7bf1c26-36f3-4474-ac55-87d00a1acca1" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:47:15.263" UserId="7619" Text="I would agree with &quot;crchad&quot; on that. There's many, many work-arounds for having to give admin privs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other folks are right as well. Your users are in charge of the computers, and you're attempting to manage &quot;them&quot;, albeit from afar and via quiet means instead of working directly with the users or management in question to prove your case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instead of spending your time researching technical solutions, instead I would suggest that you research valid case examples of why they would not want to run in the configuration that they're currently in. What the danger is to the company as a whole, of using an outdated and vulnerable browser and OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Either way, good luck mate.." />
  <row Id="32525" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18187" RevisionGUID="3a6ebfc8-615b-4aee-8b1f-bf51beb79163" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:49:53.667" UserId="7489" Text="Is not the definitive answer, but this should work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ls -1 | while read f ; do [[ &quot;$f&quot; &gt; &quot;g2&quot; ]] &amp;&amp; echo $f ; done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It could be more evolved using &quot;$(echo $f | tr [A-Z] [a-z])&quot; so it will ignore case. This works only for ASCII strings, it won't be able to order Unicode (or iso-*) filenames&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32526" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18188" RevisionGUID="20f252c2-155b-4ff9-ac6a-dc000558db35" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:50:00.187" UserId="2869" Text="You can use [BartPE][1] for this.  Find some good guides on setting it up here:  &#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll need a full XP _retail_ license for this, and even then there's some question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/" />
  <row Id="32527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18189" RevisionGUID="ba6ee0dc-fe71-4407-a967-7cfc3043a3a0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:50:21.700" UserId="284" Text="You may want to look at building a [BartPE disk][1]. (I think it goes under a different name now, and I think the [other link][2] is to a similar project.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will need an existing XP disk and licence to create it, but I've used it to successfully rescue some files from a jacked up laptop that my usual Ubuntu Live CD couldn't get to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Last I checked there are some good plugins for BartPE for a lot of common disk imaging/recovery apps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may want to look at using [PING][3] to create the images in the future as it will let you make your own &quot;recovery CDs&quot;. I've used it in the past for some family work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://ping.windowsdream.com/" />
  <row Id="32528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18190" RevisionGUID="f4d363ef-6c0c-4296-a3dc-4e7c9aa054ff" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:53:57.137" UserId="151" Text="With what you have: No Chance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One option would be getting a new Router or a proxy in front of the router that inspects network traffic and blocks applications based on that (That is called Layer 7 Filtering to my knowledge). However, as IE and OE use standard protocols, you could only rely on things like the user-agent string which might block other browsers and applications as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A far better option is to upgrade to a real domain and enforce policies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But with Users having admin permissions, no domain and only a home-user router, you're lost." />
  <row Id="32529" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18191" RevisionGUID="6018b496-192e-4631-ad53-8e0903e3c12c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:55:52.000" UserId="6482" Text="Technically, if you'd block IE, some applications might fail because of this, even if they don't connect to the Internet. IE has become a core part of the Windows operating system and it's becoming more and more important these days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then again, your problem seems to be the users who connect to the Internet for reading their emails and probably for some other personal stuff. Is this bad? It happens so often at companies that it has been investigated and as it turns out, it tends to make people a bit more productive if they can use IE and email at work. One reason for this is because it keeps them connected to their computer instead of wandering off to colleagues for a quick chat. So if you don't allow IE and OE because you fear that you'll lose productivity, then you're wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;About security... You can't really block applications at the router level, although routers are able to detect communications from certain kinds of applications. Such a browser might block IE but still allow Chrome or Firefox. Which brings me to an interesting alternative... Why not install and enforce the use of Chrome or Firefox on those computers? It will be a bit more secure. If you also want to provide an email alternative, get Mozilla's Seamonkey, which combines browsing and email in one product. Then users might not use IE and OE anymore. (Then again, something as simple as a Windows update might bring it back again.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And install a good antivirus product on those computers, just in case. Blocking IE and OE won't keep them secure since there are many other ways that can infect a computer. MS-Word is already known to be insecure and so is Acrobat Reader. A bug in the Windows GUI even made simple JPG images a potential hazard but this has been fixed in one of the updates." />
  <row Id="32530" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18192" RevisionGUID="6adbf062-1549-44db-b652-f20988a50a33" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:56:00.877" UserId="7285" Text="Think back to the lessons of TRON. Systems should be designed to service users. Your overall goal should be to create usable systems that do not hinder the productivity of an employee. Remember that in IT we facilitate business not control it. Your best guide is to keep the business running smoothly and the productive and happy end users supplied with the tools they need to get the job done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to achieve this, you need a good understanding of what users will be doing. You may even need to break your users into groups if their daily work requires more or less functionality than others. Create policies based on these groups and job functions. Speak with the people who are doing the work and learn their processes so you can ensure your systems assist them in their normal daily operations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next consider your security carefully. An unsecured system ends up as a buggy malware ridden claptrap of a beast in no time. A fully secured system is one that is never turned on and completely unusable. You need to find not the middle ground, but the balance your users need in your organization and give them ease of use and peace of mind.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Security should be as transparent as possible and provide clear feedback to users when activated. A good example would be a gateway/firewall device running a transparent proxy. Configure that proxy to scan for virus, block malware, and stop spam. When the proxy blocks content, you should provide a clear indication of what has happened and why to the end user. Don't provide all the technical details but instead give a plainly worded explanation. With this kind of security, setup of the users applications requires no special work, the user does not need to think too hard about security, and yet you have added value and security to your gateway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you finally understand the work being done and what you need to do in order to securely facilitate it, you can begin to create a policy based on what you have learned. Make sure everyone knows what the policy is and get as much feedback as possible in order to constantly refine your security policies and IT practices. Be careful that you do not treat your security policies as if they are written in stone. They must be flexible enough to allow your business to change direction as needed and remain competitive while keeping your core security principles in tact.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A final thought. To begin - no process, server, device, or thing should be left unsecured until security is breached. If you are working in that mode, then you have already lost the battle.&#xD;&#xA;- Good Luck" />
  <row Id="32531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18193" RevisionGUID="25e3b3e3-ed9f-41a0-b8b0-5bb45d8d6456" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:56:09.817" UserId="7449" Text="rsync, like others have already recommended. If the CPU overhead from the encryption is a bottleneck, use another less CPU intensive algorithm, like blowfish. E.g. something like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`rsync -ax -e 'ssh -c blowfish' /local/path user@host:/remote/path`" />
  <row Id="32532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18194" RevisionGUID="6e919f70-db0e-4911-bcb8-56ec22833b6d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:56:15.277" UserId="1121" Text="We are looking to create an email notification system using our issue tracking software and the SQL Server database.  The goal is to send email when a number of conditions are met.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is to satisfy custom notifications that our customers request.  For example, one customer would like an email sent to person Y if a ticket is opened for a software problem, and an email sent to person Z if a ticket is opened for a hardware problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQL Server Notification Services seems to have the functionality, but we are interested in a GUI rather than writing queries by hand each time.  We also need some way to manage them, since the number of custom notifications could get into the thousands." />
  <row Id="32533" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18194" RevisionGUID="6e919f70-db0e-4911-bcb8-56ec22833b6d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:56:15.277" UserId="1121" Text="Send email notifications based on conditions in a database" />
  <row Id="32534" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18194" RevisionGUID="6e919f70-db0e-4911-bcb8-56ec22833b6d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:56:15.277" UserId="1121" Text="&lt;issue-tracking&gt;&lt;notification&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="32535" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18195" RevisionGUID="d78e5f30-ee10-4d94-922b-aec051322757" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:57:25.400" UserId="5920" Text="Which are the most important things to consider when backup a Windows 2003 Server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It means:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Common mistakes.&#xD;&#xA; * Things to consider to do a complete recover.&#xD;&#xA; * The most important points to never forget.&#xD;&#xA; * ... &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32536" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18195" RevisionGUID="d78e5f30-ee10-4d94-922b-aec051322757" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:57:25.400" UserId="5920" Text="Things to consider when backing up Windows 2003 Server" />
  <row Id="32537" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18195" RevisionGUID="d78e5f30-ee10-4d94-922b-aec051322757" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:57:25.400" UserId="5920" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="32538" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18195" RevisionGUID="d78e5f30-ee10-4d94-922b-aec051322757" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:57:25.400" UserId="5920" />
  <row Id="32539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18196" RevisionGUID="9020bd78-469d-48d6-a5d4-643832dd5bff" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:58:01.373" UserId="1944" Text="I want to get man pages to stout.&#xD;&#xA;However, I have not managed a way to do that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Pseudo-code about what I am trying to achieve**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    man man | lpr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**How can you print a manual?**" />
  <row Id="32540" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18196" RevisionGUID="9020bd78-469d-48d6-a5d4-643832dd5bff" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:58:01.373" UserId="1944" Text="Unable to print man pages from man -command" />
  <row Id="32541" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18196" RevisionGUID="9020bd78-469d-48d6-a5d4-643832dd5bff" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:58:01.373" UserId="1944" Text="&lt;printing&gt;" />
  <row Id="32542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18197" RevisionGUID="9b0ffc6a-2048-431b-982b-1c860b23a69f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:58:31.870" UserDisplayName="maciek" Text="oh, one day I deleted postgresql db inadvertently and recovered its from logs ;)" />
  <row Id="32543" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18197" RevisionGUID="9b0ffc6a-2048-431b-982b-1c860b23a69f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T20:58:31.870" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18198" RevisionGUID="4d4731d9-db01-46e3-9bfb-f44a562d9f13" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:00:12.820" UserId="2101" Text="Ah - you mean you want to search within a lexical ordering. Use this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ls | awk '$1 &gt;= &quot;c3&quot; &amp;&amp; $1 &lt;= &quot;f&quot; {print;}'" />
  <row Id="32545" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17958" RevisionGUID="558511aa-2b29-4f91-9aee-e3c75d5a0348" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:00:52.600" UserId="2546" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;archive&gt;&lt;enterprise-email&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="32546" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18199" RevisionGUID="0da2062a-37bf-4ae3-868d-180221bcd871" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:01:00.163" UserId="45" Text="Did you try to follow the tutorial on the DriveSnapshot site: [**How to create a bootable CD/DVD**][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.drivesnapshot.de/en/bootcd.htm" />
  <row Id="32547" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18200" RevisionGUID="3a0daf64-2d7a-4673-8758-e011c11020f8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:01:48.430" UserId="5920" Text="-Hello girl, what is your name?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Ruth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Root, nice. And your password?" />
  <row Id="32548" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18200" RevisionGUID="3a0daf64-2d7a-4673-8758-e011c11020f8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:01:48.430" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18201" RevisionGUID="dc28ff7b-164e-4ce4-ad74-dc7d79f2cec9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:02:11.333" UserId="5391" Text="I have tried out various network-based IDS and IPS systems throughout the years and have never been happy with the results.  Either the systems were too difficult to manage, only triggered on well-known exploits based on old signatures, or were simply too chatty with the output.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In any case, I don't feel they provided **real** protection for our network.  In some instances, they were harmful due to dropping valid connections or just plain failing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the past few years, I am sure things have changed, so what are the recommended IDS systems these days?  Do they have heuristics that work and don't alert on legitimate traffic?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, is it just better to rely on good firewalls and hardened hosts?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For our current setup, we would need to monitor two separate networks with a total bandwidth of 50mbps.  I am looking for some real-world feedback here, not a list of devices or services capable doing IDS." />
  <row Id="32550" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18201" RevisionGUID="dc28ff7b-164e-4ce4-ad74-dc7d79f2cec9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:02:11.333" UserId="5391" Text="Recommend an intrusion detection system (IDS/IPS), and are they worth it?" />
  <row Id="32551" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18201" RevisionGUID="dc28ff7b-164e-4ce4-ad74-dc7d79f2cec9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:02:11.333" UserId="5391" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;intrusion-detection&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="32552" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18202" RevisionGUID="530fd152-80e6-44ac-94fc-2460d25af3d4" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:03:01.237" UserId="3038" Text="One thing to remember is to back up the &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/17624/what-is-a-system-state-backup-for&quot;&gt;System State Data&lt;/a&gt; as that'll greatly help recovering after a lost-server event." />
  <row Id="32553" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18202" RevisionGUID="530fd152-80e6-44ac-94fc-2460d25af3d4" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:03:01.237" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32554" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18203" RevisionGUID="03cacd3e-fa95-42ea-ad32-e7e5aa2dd64b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:04:01.297" UserId="4432" Text="man ls | col -b | lpr -P my_printer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This prints the man page for &quot;ls&quot; formats it using &quot;col&quot; and then prints on the printer named &quot;my_printer&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The formatting isn't required, but gets rid of special characters making it easier to read." />
  <row Id="32555" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18204" RevisionGUID="c32094ce-10fe-417b-b79e-2b67a91e87df" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:05:14.680" UserId="7200" Text="Some random thoughts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A backup isn't a backup if you can't restore from it. You won't know if you can restore something unless you try it. &lt;b&gt;Test restores from your backups!&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your backup media is destroyed at the same time the server computer is, it's not a backup. &lt;b&gt;Take backups off-site!&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've seen several cases where service programs (database engines, etc) kept files locked and years of backups went by w/o ever catching the locked files. Had a test restore been tried, this would have been apparent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have Active Directory you need to catch a &quot;System State&quot; backup on one of your domain controllers in a regular fashion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you plan to do a bare metal recovery of a specific server computer, having a &quot;System State&quot; (or equivalent) backup taken in a regular fashion is nice.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32556" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18204" RevisionGUID="c32094ce-10fe-417b-b79e-2b67a91e87df" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:05:14.680" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32557" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18205" RevisionGUID="1e3be995-1c22-45d3-914f-97dec3a27b7a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:06:15.100" UserId="6292" Text="    man -Tps man | lpr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This tells man to format the output as a postscript file which can be piped directly to a printer. See the man page for further -T (troff) formatting options." />
  <row Id="32558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18206" RevisionGUID="b77a804c-14cc-40b8-a2c6-e72c97580bdb" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:07:17.500" UserId="2101" Text="Newer versions of man (at least my version on openSuSE 11 :) ) automatically detect if output is a terminal or a pipe. If you want non-formatted man pages to stdout, try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    man man | cat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For manpages going to the printer, I like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    man man | a2ps" />
  <row Id="32559" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18207" RevisionGUID="34165380-5283-4f1e-a99b-03ff948b32ca" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:08:00.510" UserId="2571" Text="I've got a VPS account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /home/httpd/..../stats/...-error_log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;is logging so many errors that it **fills up the 20 GB hard drive space within a 24-hour period** which amongst other problems shuts my mail access down, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of these errors are repetitive and minor and I'll eventually fix them but how can I first set the error recording up **so that it creates various files and deletes the old ones before it makes new ones**? This is how I remember it from working on linux web servers I've worked on in the past. I would have thought this would be the default set up actually, isn't it on most VPS servers (My account uses CentOS)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32560" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18207" RevisionGUID="34165380-5283-4f1e-a99b-03ff948b32ca" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:08:00.510" UserId="2571" Text="how to set a limit to growth of a /home/httpd/.../stats/ error file" />
  <row Id="32561" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18207" RevisionGUID="34165380-5283-4f1e-a99b-03ff948b32ca" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:08:00.510" UserId="2571" Text="&lt;vps&gt;&lt;stats&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;php&gt;" />
  <row Id="32562" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18208" RevisionGUID="33d8453c-eba6-481a-b409-184060723f84" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:09:07.700" UserId="6827" Text="This 100k row is a limitation set by admin of BO XI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And you should think of it, what will you do with a query with more than 100k row ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any valuable information in a 100k row answer ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BOXI will give you report, graph, filtering, and plenty of option, to do the same query directly on the DB will :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- give you a huge blurb of more than 100 (could be 1M rows)&#xD;&#xA;- problems with the DBA who will not like you run your query at peak time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should think of your query and reduce the amount of data if you want that real time, or schedule the report, to have the full answer during off-peak." />
  <row Id="32563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18209" RevisionGUID="6d949a09-7cfb-4a12-8be3-d300c1fe36d9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:10:18.837" UserId="6482" Text="Best way to handle such users is by educating them. Organize a meeting between these &quot;techies&quot; and your IT administration so they can exchange knowledge. It can be educational for your users but also for your administrators. More importantly, keep them motivated to do their own jobs as best as they can, and if they seem to want to help the administrators, ask them about their current status and if their own projects are finished already. If their jobs are done, great! Let them help. If not, ask them why they're not focusing on their own jobs first." />
  <row Id="32564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18210" RevisionGUID="928e17f9-1919-4049-b0a2-d4f8f96aea70" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:10:37.493" UserId="4843" Text="djbdns: easy configuration and syntax, top notch security." />
  <row Id="32565" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18211" RevisionGUID="8e3d9c03-1b2b-48ca-bc52-87f643d78c14" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:11:54.527" UserId="6336" Text="Tried both SCVMM and VMWare converter for P2V migrating servers, including old ones (compaq ML370 G1-G2, yes the ones with dual P3 450.. yup, and running win2K too).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason I tried Converter is that SCVMM flat out refused to work with win2K SP3, requiring SP4, and the server was running some extremely picky legacy software and wasn't backed up well enough for me to risk installing SP4 (i didn't migrate it eventually - reasons below)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did 3 migrations with the converter. Two went absolutely fine, a win2K sp3 PC and a winXP sp1 pc. On the third one, a win2K sp4 PC, the converter managed to murder the machine, blue-screening it on boot after an attempted migration. This spooked me enough to refuse to risk my server on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, it did migrate the other two machines perfectly, including one that SCVMM wouldn't touch with a stick, so overall, I'd give it a positive look. If you have good backups of the server (Os drive images and complete backups of the data stores) - I'd give it a try. It's a good tool, despite the occasional screw ups." />
  <row Id="32566" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18212" RevisionGUID="c7720709-4bfa-4c0b-91aa-102d01e10a48" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:11:56.790" UserDisplayName="Steven P." Text="We have backed up a great deal of servers using Symantec Ghost and it works great every time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But just like tape storage, make sure you test it on similar hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another software that some associates of mine use is Acronis which works quite well." />
  <row Id="32567" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18212" RevisionGUID="c7720709-4bfa-4c0b-91aa-102d01e10a48" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:11:56.790" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32568" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18213" RevisionGUID="55e31eee-ff13-4626-94ea-09e718b4089f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:12:16.647" UserId="5234" Text="Windows PE itself can do this too, and it's no longer encumbered by licensing restrictions.  Despite being Vista-based, I've used it for deploying a few thousand XP images (and the PCs in question are still up and running over 2 years on).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pros: you can load drivers while it's running, extremely good hardware support (USB out of the box), can run Win32 apps, very scriptable, supported by MS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cons: bit of a steep learning curve, needs 512 MB RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do a search for Windows AIK on www.microsoft.com and you'll be getting started.  Their &quot;Malware Removal Kit&quot; instructions probably provide the best &quot;how to&quot; documentation." />
  <row Id="32569" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18214" RevisionGUID="50a7272e-2ddb-43a1-a1c3-2f30a9bce8ff" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:12:20.657" UserId="7661" Text="Good Question,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  For EMC's Major Storage platforms: Workload Analyzer works for EMC Symmetrix.  This tool is very robust and part of the EMC ControlCenter family.  For CLARiiON and Celerra arrays, Navi Analyzer can provide similar performance data.  This tool is enabled at the array level.  For SAN Performance, there are tools from Brocade and Cisco that can help (fabric manager or Connetrix Manager/DFCM).  Also, if remote replication is involved, networking tools may be required.  Feel free to contact an EMC Sales Specialist or EMC Services Specialist if you need detailed guidance in the SAN Space." />
  <row Id="32570" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18196" RevisionGUID="f6f70c2e-d830-49bd-ad25-968cf6117fea" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:14:50.747" UserId="1944" Comment="added 63 characters in body" Text="I want to get man pages to stout.&#xD;&#xA;However, I have not managed a way to do that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Pseudo-code about what I am trying to achieve**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    man man | lpr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**How can you print a manual,** such that you see first how many pages is going to be printed?" />
  <row Id="32571" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18206" RevisionGUID="08a3e519-2db1-4169-b211-7b54a269923e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:15:13.227" UserId="2101" Comment="modify example" Text="Newer versions of man (at least my version on openSuSE 11 :) ) automatically detect if output is a terminal or a pipe. If you want non-formatted man pages to stdout, try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    man man | cat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For manpages going to the printer, I like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    man man | a2ps --stdin='man(1)'" />
  <row Id="32572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18215" RevisionGUID="641ee82e-8039-4a72-a1b9-43cf862b9d9f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:17:31.457" UserId="4370" Text="Are you looking for a system already built? There are ticketing systems from many vendors that already do this. Most of them are somewhat crappy, IMHO, and overkill, but they do route things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or do you have some system and need to add notifications?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The design here to build something is not incredibly hard, but it would take some development work. Simple tools to manage the administration would be needed.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32573" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18216" RevisionGUID="052bd5f9-a8d9-4d74-91ac-b90506aaf53d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:18:13.233" UserId="4432" Text="The best way to limit log size is to use logrotate.  Check out &quot;man logrotate&quot; and /etc/logrotate.conf.  You can configure it to automatically compress and rotate out logs when they either reach a specific age or size; size being the better choice in your situation." />
  <row Id="32574" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18217" RevisionGUID="0b484052-0e85-41f4-a83d-5ddd7914e1f5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:20:20.203" UserId="5234" Text="Backing up *everything* is the way to go, IMO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not just about restoring data - that's the easy part.  Can you also restore any apps running on the server?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32575" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18217" RevisionGUID="0b484052-0e85-41f4-a83d-5ddd7914e1f5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:20:20.203" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18218" RevisionGUID="c00b19b4-6214-4525-802e-b38c591c9bcb" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:22:25.020" UserId="7619" Text="[A Small Orange][1] is pretty darned awesome. Probably one of the cheapest out there, with multiple databases, etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:   http://www.asmallorange.com/" />
  <row Id="32577" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18218" RevisionGUID="c00b19b4-6214-4525-802e-b38c591c9bcb" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:22:25.020" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18220" RevisionGUID="0e12641b-e5ac-4509-97cf-04c36f07bc12" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:23:09.263" UserId="6482" Text="If you're sending over MP3's and other compressed files, you won't gain much from any solution that tries to further compress those files. The solution would be something that can create multiple connections between both servers and thus put more stress on the bandwidth between the two system. Once this maxes out, there's not much that can be gained without improving your hardware. (Faster network cards between those servers, for example.)" />
  <row Id="32582" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17324" RevisionGUID="2f13cba6-c538-41fc-a192-232bba282212" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:25:33.203" UserId="4664" Comment="Who needs diff ..." Text="- vim&#xD;&#xA;- perl&#xD;&#xA;- knife&#xD;&#xA;- swimming shorts / hawaiian shirt&#xD;&#xA;- Claudia Schiffer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32583" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18221" RevisionGUID="b32d5c1e-13c7-43ea-816b-5519ad26d9fc" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:25:51.817" UserId="422" Text="Buckets. Lots and lots of buckets!" />
  <row Id="32584" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18205" RevisionGUID="5dd89a7f-a7b8-4da5-a041-64ef8d28e706" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:26:02.220" UserId="6292" Comment="Added preview instructions" Text="    man -Tps man | lpr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This tells man to format the output as a postscript file which can be piped directly to a printer. See the man page for further -T (troff) formatting options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To preview the output pipe it to a file and view it with gv or okular.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    man -Tps man &gt; manual.ps&#xD;&#xA;    gv manual.ps" />
  <row Id="32585" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18222" RevisionGUID="b67ff88d-9ae0-42b5-9578-a98aa2b5159a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:26:17.353" UserId="6132" Text="Not sure how integration works with internal products, but you could check out &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.quest.com/foglight-Performance-Analysis-for-SQL-Server/&quot;&gt;Quest's Foglight&lt;/a&gt; monitoring product." />
  <row Id="32588" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18225" RevisionGUID="343d6d4c-cc6b-4dff-a777-c70b0dbb070e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:29:48.687" UserId="7619" Text="* Work with yours and theirs management to accomplish the heavy-lifting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Be friendly, courteous and polite. You'd be surprised how many users are working off of a preconceived notion of what IT is like. (Think SNL skits and `The IT Crowd'.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Instead of answering requests with a generic `Hell no!', try to have an alternate solution handy for them. If the answer is a complete `No', (&quot;Can I turn off the firewall?&quot;, &quot;Can I have a mac?&quot;, etc.) Then give a good rationalization of why.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Find out what they're trying to do, help them accomplish it within YOUR means.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* I agree with the guy up there that says, &quot;Educate!&quot; I agree. You'll appear more friendly and open to working with them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32589" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="14770" RevisionGUID="1bb6684d-1277-4695-907c-0838627a50a0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:30:22.273" UserId="2629" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;ms-office&gt;&lt;startup&gt;&lt;belongs-on-stackoverflow&gt;" />
  <row Id="32590" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17915" RevisionGUID="e895f91e-d4ec-49e3-b3ae-b163cfa7952b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:31:07.360" UserId="5749" Comment="improved formatting" Text="Been a while since I supported Goldmine, but it was my favorite CRM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are three blogs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.castellcomputers.com/index.php][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://wizard-systems.typepad.com/goldmine/][2]    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.thegoldmineblog.com/][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.castellcomputers.com/index.php&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://wizard-systems.typepad.com/goldmine/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.thegoldmineblog.com/" />
  <row Id="32591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18226" RevisionGUID="55a5d015-f599-45c4-b03b-5e0c2722e2c8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:31:33.660" UserId="4432" Text="All your base are belong to us:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chown -R us ./base&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32592" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18226" RevisionGUID="55a5d015-f599-45c4-b03b-5e0c2722e2c8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:31:33.660" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18227" RevisionGUID="08eb4f7b-6546-4488-a0b6-229d389716e0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:32:52.690" UserId="7645" Text="There's a few options to explore...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First off: you could always just go into the apache config and disable that particular error log until you're ready to work on the problems.  Find the ErrorLog line in your /etc/httpd directory and comment it out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second: you can run &quot;logrotate&quot; hourly.  I'm assuming there's already a daily logrotation and the less than 24 hours thing is what's causing you trouble.  On CentOS the config for rotating that log should be in /etc/logrotate.d/httpd -- you can make it size based instead of time-based for that logfile.  Unless you pass the hourly version a custom config it will get the log rotation of other files out of sync.  Just move or copy /etc/cron.daily/logrotate to /etc/cron.hourly/logrotate for the easy solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Third: Look into &quot;rotatelogs&quot;.  This comes with apache, and has its own manpage.  The downside is that it doesn't do deletion, it just splits logs up on criteria (such as size, time, etc).  So you'd still need a &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fourth: Log compressed.  GZip should get 10:1 compression ratio on most log files.  Something like this:&#xD;&#xA;ErrorLog &quot;|gzcat &gt; /home/httpd/..../stats/...-error_log.gz&quot;&#xD;&#xA;(but make sure you have some kind of working rotation, otherwise you'll have the same problem in a few days)" />
  <row Id="32594" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="13833" RevisionGUID="4800f839-a64d-4ede-b90c-18c197349626" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:34:44.747" UserId="658" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;crm&gt;" />
  <row Id="32596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18229" RevisionGUID="3e464e9d-176c-4253-982f-4f2364dd3599" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:36:38.797" UserId="7673" Text="I have a fully patched, pristine Windows XP box and would like to create virtual machines that have the exact same setup, OS and software - just differ in disk size, available RAM. The virtual technology does not matter (VMWare, VirtualPC, other), but is there a way to go from existing system to virtual machine? And can you do this for free?! I would sooner go this route than create and patch a new VM... &#xD;&#xA;Thanks for any advice." />
  <row Id="32597" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18229" RevisionGUID="3e464e9d-176c-4253-982f-4f2364dd3599" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:36:38.797" UserId="7673" Text="Best way to &quot;virtualize&quot; existing system?" />
  <row Id="32598" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18229" RevisionGUID="3e464e9d-176c-4253-982f-4f2364dd3599" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:36:38.797" UserId="7673" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;virtualpc&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;" />
  <row Id="32599" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18230" RevisionGUID="6ded7db9-7871-40a2-9c81-8b2963127bb0" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:37:08.640" UserId="2302" Text="I know lots of people will throw out snort, and it is good -- snort and sguil are a good combination for monitoring different subnets or VLANs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, we currently use [Strataguard from StillSecure][1], it's a snort implementation on a hardened GNU/Linux distro.  It's very easy to get up and running, has a free version for lower-bandwidth environments, and a very intuitive and useful web interface.  It makes it reasonably easy to update, tune, modify, and research rules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.stillsecure.com/strataguard/" />
  <row Id="32600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18231" RevisionGUID="7775825d-97f1-472a-a795-a1d92510da23" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:38:00.357" UserId="6729" Text="Never name backups as &quot;new backup&quot;, &quot;newer backup&quot;. Always write down a date." />
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  <row Id="32602" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18232" RevisionGUID="c1c38786-c293-4e59-9c7c-b1f24201b603" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:38:43.770" UserId="3657" Text="VMware Converter&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/" />
  <row Id="32603" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18233" RevisionGUID="11d04b29-9260-40e5-9f7e-061492ca522f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:40:13.173" UserDisplayName="maciek" Text="from confs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /* it works, but nobody knows why */&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;rather programming joke:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    function random() {&#xD;&#xA;       return 4;&#xD;&#xA;    }" />
  <row Id="32604" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18233" RevisionGUID="11d04b29-9260-40e5-9f7e-061492ca522f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:40:13.173" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32605" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18201" RevisionGUID="4f290c42-df20-45bc-b6f9-2ae13a67abd7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:40:27.993" UserId="5391" Comment="added 70 characters in body" Text="I have tried out various network-based IDS and IPS systems throughout the years and have never been happy with the results.  Either the systems were too difficult to manage, only triggered on well-known exploits based on old signatures, or were simply too chatty with the output.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In any case, I don't feel they provided **real** protection for our network.  In some instances, they were harmful due to dropping valid connections or just plain failing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the past few years, I am sure things have changed, so what are the recommended IDS systems these days?  Do they have heuristics that work and don't alert on legitimate traffic?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, is it just better to rely on good firewalls and hardened hosts?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**If you recommend a system, how do you know it's doing its job?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For our current setup, we would need to monitor two separate networks with a total bandwidth of 50mbps.  I am looking for some real-world feedback here, not a list of devices or services capable doing IDS." />
  <row Id="32606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18234" RevisionGUID="91846e40-2d8e-4f91-800a-75b7b9ef7c66" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:40:52.643" UserId="4076" Text="The files may the immutable or append only extended attributes set. I've had this happen before and not even root could delete the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Extended attributes can be views via &quot;lsattr&quot; and altered via &quot;chattr&quot;" />
  <row Id="32607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18235" RevisionGUID="85a02ee4-8345-4db1-976a-b3f38c685c14" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:41:35.810" UserId="565" Text="I know it's possible to use the [Originate action][1] through the manager API to initiate a call between an external channel and an internal SIP extension. How would one initiate a call between two external channels?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By having this functionality one can help reduce the cost of calls from cellular or off-site phone systems by using a VoIP solution to bridge the call.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+Manager+API+Action+Originate" />
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  <row Id="32609" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18235" RevisionGUID="85a02ee4-8345-4db1-976a-b3f38c685c14" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:41:35.810" UserId="565" Text="&lt;asterisk&gt;" />
  <row Id="32610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18236" RevisionGUID="7e1b2513-9582-44aa-9684-1f0defe00dea" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:41:45.760" UserId="5473" Text=" 1. For converting the physical box to a virtual machine: VMware Converter. There's even a [free version][1].&#xD;&#xA; 1. For creating variations: Use linked clones to create a bunch of instances of that base machine, changing the RAM on each. You'll have to do a bit more work to change the disk size as you'll have to change the partition size and resize NTFS. I usually use sysrescuecd to do this to Windows virtual machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/?p=converter " />
  <row Id="32611" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18230" RevisionGUID="2c93ba5d-9124-4bdd-b3b4-3ad3f7765e61" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:43:58.377" UserId="2302" Comment="added 180 characters in body" Text="I know lots of people will throw out snort as a solution, and it is good -- snort and sguil are a good combination for monitoring different subnets or VLANs, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, we currently use [Strataguard from StillSecure][1], it's a snort implementation on a hardened GNU/Linux distro.  It's very easy to get up and running (much easier than snort alone), has a free version for lower-bandwidth environments, and a very intuitive and useful web interface.  It makes it reasonably easy to update, tune, modify, and research rules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We installed it on the monitor port on our central switch, popped a second NIC in for management, and it's worked great for us. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.stillsecure.com/strataguard/" />
  <row Id="32612" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18237" RevisionGUID="770d7247-e19a-4685-864d-39887da632d9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:44:41.917" UserId="4432" Text="Answer to # of pages question above(need 50 rep to add comments):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    man ls | wc -l | awk '{ print $1/60 }'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The default # of lines per page is 60, so if you aren't changing that, then just divide by 60 and round up.  I forget how to make awk treat FP as INT so that it rounds for you." />
  <row Id="32613" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18238" RevisionGUID="2e06affb-0f14-47e0-8226-303c3eb09b58" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:46:20.777" UserId="6827" Text="There is a previous question :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Should we disable the root user?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most people against the this possibility were saying you will need it and you will be in big trouble if you don't have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think is a real reason, there is plenty of way to avoid single point of failure of any components, so the criticality of having access to one server in particular become irrelevant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So if your IT infrastructure was completly redundant and the non-access to one particular server is non-critical and can be adressed by clustering, virtualisation, cloning, fast backup system, etc..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will you give up the root account ?&#xD;&#xA;My experience show than mainly sysadmin have a personal relationship with the root account and have big problem to not hold the password of their own server.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32614" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18238" RevisionGUID="2e06affb-0f14-47e0-8226-303c3eb09b58" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:46:20.777" UserId="6827" Text="Are you ready to give up the root access ?" />
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  <row Id="32617" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18239" RevisionGUID="b0f7ce05-0c7f-44ef-aafd-e0ca2b29b43f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:46:44.003" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32618" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18240" RevisionGUID="730602b5-edbd-468a-98a7-876801eda3c4" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:41:52.577" Text="&lt;p&gt;I worked for a company that named the pc's after roman gods (zeus, mars...). That was quiet funny while there where only 5 pc's on the network, but after changing the pc's several times I didn't remember my pc name. What naming convention do you use or what was the most useless naming convention you ever used?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="32620" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18240" RevisionGUID="730602b5-edbd-468a-98a7-876801eda3c4" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:41:52.577" Text="&lt;machine&gt;&lt;naming-conventions&gt;" />
  <row Id="32621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18241" RevisionGUID="13bdb6da-0db9-4283-8ee9-00fe76754f6c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:42:51.280" Text="&lt;p&gt;We use North American towns and cities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32622" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18242" RevisionGUID="420f13d7-b735-4449-bef0-d528f5271eca" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:45:58.217" UserId="1309" Text="&lt;p&gt;FirstName-PC for desktops or FirstName-NB for laptops.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Works well when you have only a dozen people in the office who consistently use the same computer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I was government tech support we'd use FirstInitialLastName-PC/NB. The worst was when we tried naming the computers after the specific tasks usually performed on them. We ended up with Development1 through Development20.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32623" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18234" RevisionGUID="9dbbf887-bc3d-4538-bb01-9777fad8e4da" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:47:53.050" UserId="4076" Comment="added 5 characters in body" Text="The files may have the immutable or append only extended attributes set. I've had this happen before and not even root could delete the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Extended attributes can be views via &quot;lsattr&quot; and altered via &quot;chattr&quot;" />
  <row Id="32624" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18243" RevisionGUID="e1b4d3d8-f87c-487c-bd23-1b423daa478c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:48:23.063" UserId="7565" Text="I have a Dell PowerEdge 2600 with Perc 4/Di RAID card and Windows SBS 2003 installed. The original system drive was a set of 17GB drives in a RAID 1 array. Over the years, these drives have failed (individually) and been replaced by a set of 73GB drives, but the RAID array is still 17GB in size.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a safe procedure to resize the RAID 1 array to use the entire 73GB without destroying/corrupting the data on the array?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Perc documentation mentions a Reconstruct option with Online Capacity Expansion, but is a woefully short on the exact details. Has anyone performed this procedure successfully (or unsuccessfully)? What were the steps? Are there any gotchas I should watch out for?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32625" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18243" RevisionGUID="e1b4d3d8-f87c-487c-bd23-1b423daa478c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:48:23.063" UserId="7565" Text="Resizing RAID 1 Array on Dell PowerEdge with Perc 4/Di &amp; Windows SBS 2003" />
  <row Id="32626" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18243" RevisionGUID="e1b4d3d8-f87c-487c-bd23-1b423daa478c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:48:23.063" UserId="7565" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;dell&gt;&lt;sbs2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="32627" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18244" RevisionGUID="3b83f896-d324-496d-82f8-5520debbaa99" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:48:26.823" UserId="5473" Text="There's always [RFC1178][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1178" />
  <row Id="32628" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18244" RevisionGUID="3b83f896-d324-496d-82f8-5520debbaa99" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:48:26.823" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32629" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18245" RevisionGUID="9d112df9-3562-4a67-b793-e3d06db7eaf3" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:48:36.917" UserId="4432" Text="Just disable root login via ssh and su to root. Its always worked fine in any organization I've been part of.  Just use console to login as root for maintenance, all other users just use sudo." />
  <row Id="32630" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18246" RevisionGUID="b1f30bf1-8379-4912-9b8c-7649373057df" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:48:58.993" UserId="7619" Text="* What compensation is offered for after-hours pager duty?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* What does the career path for IT personnel look like here?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Are we restricted in any ways, as far as what tools we can use?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* How would you say IT is viewed by senior management? Strategic business tool or unfortunately necessary overhead?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* What is your change-management process?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* What is your backup policy?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* What's your unscheduled downtime look like so far, for the year? Is this more or less than usual?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Where would you say we needed the largest improvement?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Does the team trust each other?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Does the team engage in any team-building or after-hours activities?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Why did my predecessor leave?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32631" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18246" RevisionGUID="b1f30bf1-8379-4912-9b8c-7649373057df" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:48:58.993" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32632" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18230" RevisionGUID="090da80d-8539-4154-94c1-ebfbf19d4e95" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:49:05.200" UserId="2302" Comment="added 494 characters in body" Text="I know lots of people will throw out snort as a solution, and it is good -- snort and sguil are a good combination for monitoring different subnets or VLANs, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, we currently use [Strataguard from StillSecure][1], it's a snort implementation on a hardened GNU/Linux distro.  It's very easy to get up and running (much easier than snort alone), has a free version for lower-bandwidth environments, and a very intuitive and useful web interface.  It makes it reasonably easy to update, tune, modify, and research rules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While it can be installed in IPS mode and automatically lock down the firewall for you, we use it in IDS mode only -- installed it on the monitor port on our central switch, popped a second NIC in for management, and it's worked great for scrutinizing traffic.  The number of false positives (espeically pre-tuning) is the only downside, but this does let us know it's working, and the interface makes it very easy to examine the rule signature, inspect the captured packets, and follow links to research the vulnerability so one can decide if the alert is truly a problem or not and adjust the alert or rule as necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.stillsecure.com/strataguard/" />
  <row Id="32634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18248" RevisionGUID="6be27858-3545-4c6b-9157-6e90275b6683" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:52:29.860" UserId="1030" Text="I'm working on getting DKIM installed on my outgoing mail server, to help my email deliverability to my Yahoo clients (all legit emails, etc, no spamming).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've got DKIM-Signature: and DomainKey-Signature: headers being generated, but a test mailer to my Yahoo account had this line in the headers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Authentication-Results: mta250.mail.re2.yahoo.com  from=example.com;&#xD;&#xA;domainkeys=permerror (no key); from=example.com; dkim=permerror (no&#xD;&#xA;key)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas what I may have missed?" />
  <row Id="32635" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18248" RevisionGUID="6be27858-3545-4c6b-9157-6e90275b6683" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:52:29.860" UserId="1030" Text="Yahoo Domain Keys setup, getting dkim=permerror (no key)" />
  <row Id="32636" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18248" RevisionGUID="6be27858-3545-4c6b-9157-6e90275b6683" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:52:29.860" UserId="1030" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;dkim&gt;&lt;domainkeys&gt;&lt;smtp&gt;" />
  <row Id="32637" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18249" RevisionGUID="40675cff-37b5-4e48-8bb2-15c72b645ef8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:53:47.517" UserId="6132" Text="I've seen Disney characters in one organization and porn stars in another. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32638" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18249" RevisionGUID="40675cff-37b5-4e48-8bb2-15c72b645ef8" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:53:47.517" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32640" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18250" RevisionGUID="4652d16c-1b0e-4a58-a867-ff12d77c907a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:55:29.557" UserId="3038" Text="A wealth of information about failures is hidden in root-only log files, but given correct permissions setup to allow me at those same log files, and a test environment where I can be root if I want to, then Yes. I will." />
  <row Id="32641" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18251" RevisionGUID="e2178e67-7ab1-4cad-8e76-dca94b35d516" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:55:53.470" UserId="1322" Text="I want to setup a DNS server. Which one has the easiest to use GUI?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been looking at djbdns and powerdns and I can't decide.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used bind before, but I hated the webmin GUI for it, and the security bugs scare me because I don't upgrade all the time." />
  <row Id="32642" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18251" RevisionGUID="e2178e67-7ab1-4cad-8e76-dca94b35d516" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:55:53.470" UserId="1322" Text="DNS server with easiest GUI" />
  <row Id="32643" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18251" RevisionGUID="e2178e67-7ab1-4cad-8e76-dca94b35d516" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:55:53.470" UserId="1322" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;gui&gt;" />
  <row Id="32644" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18252" RevisionGUID="34a52dc1-07ef-47aa-b2ac-f1600875cc6e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:57:28.677" UserId="3125" Text="In my opinion, off-the-shelf IDS/IPS is not worth it *unless* you know the exact nature of all the activity that should be seen on your network.  You can drive yourself nuts creating exceptions for stupid user behavior and misbehaving (legitimate) applications.  On networks that aren't highly locked down, I've found the noise to be overwhelming in any of the systems I've used.  That's why we eventually piped the backbone into a single linux machine that ran a custom piece of C code.  That one piece of code encapsulated all the weirdnesses we knew about, and anything else was suspect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you *do* have a highly locked down network, the best systems will have some sort of integration with your perimeter device, so that there's complete policy match.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as knowing whether it's doing its job, the best way is to execute some attacks yourself periodically." />
  <row Id="32645" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18253" RevisionGUID="44308b6e-7be1-4ac7-9f7d-2586109cd21c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T21:59:04.510" UserId="1831" Text="A bit of a hack, but could you create a batch file for each instance and link to that?" />
  <row Id="32647" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18255" RevisionGUID="5fca76c7-37dd-4ce7-966c-472fcc71d261" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:01:26.737" UserDisplayName="SlapHappy" Text="I have two seperate Internet connections coming into the office here that are currently being used for different purposes, but I want to be able to use the second connection as a fallback for our web-based application.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I currently have a Windows machine with IIS that has one NIC connected to the outside world, and another NIC connected to the local network 192.168...  There is a default gateway specified only on the external NIC.  If I try to wire the other internet connection to another NIC I cannot set a second default gateway without throwing Windows completely out of whack and if I don't do so, response packets try to go back on the other connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to accomplish this short of another machine dedicated to the task (or at least a virtual machine instance)?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32648" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18255" RevisionGUID="5fca76c7-37dd-4ce7-966c-472fcc71d261" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:01:26.737" UserDisplayName="SlapHappy" Text="Hosting IIS on multiple disjoint IP addresses" />
  <row Id="32649" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18255" RevisionGUID="5fca76c7-37dd-4ce7-966c-472fcc71d261" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:01:26.737" UserDisplayName="SlapHappy" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;windows2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="32650" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18244" RevisionGUID="f9012382-63c1-4bd5-8421-a277bd84c156" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:02:03.927" UserId="5473" Comment="added another link and reformatted." Text="Two references:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.namingschemes.com/Main_Page&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [RFC1178][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1178" />
  <row Id="32651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18256" RevisionGUID="f6e1aa24-0ec8-4005-8097-1365476d5cf6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:03:35.903" UserId="7174" Text="Typing too fast.  I've made more errors that way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I now have a three-step process when logged in as root or using sudo:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  Type a command, without hitting enter.&#xD;&#xA;2.  Sit on my hands and look at it without distraction.  (Talking to anybody counts as distraction.)&#xD;&#xA;3.  Hit enter." />
  <row Id="32652" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18256" RevisionGUID="f6e1aa24-0ec8-4005-8097-1365476d5cf6" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:03:35.903" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18257" RevisionGUID="563c51a5-9ffe-446b-b7d8-4ff5b3a63bf1" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:03:39.680" UserId="3038" Text="&quot;wks-$Username&quot; seen that in use, AND gets around the unique-name feature of AD. Works well for environments that image PCs before giving them to new employees." />
  <row Id="32654" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18257" RevisionGUID="563c51a5-9ffe-446b-b7d8-4ff5b3a63bf1" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:03:39.680" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32655" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18258" RevisionGUID="f3f0ff02-0413-49a1-bff1-9bc5c2a1a346" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:05:40.580" UserId="5535" Text="I think any IDS/IPS system has to be custom tuned to your environment to see any real benefits. Otherwise you just get flooded with false positives.  But IDS/IPS will never replace proper firewalls and server hardening.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've been using a Fortigate unit where I work for the past year and have been really happy with it.  It does a lot more than just IDS/IPS so it may not be exactly what you're looking for but it's worth a look. &#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;The IDS/IPS rules are updated automatically (default) or can be updated manually.  I find that it's IDS/IPS rules are pretty manageable as well via it's web interface.  I think it's ease of management is due to breaking down the protection into protection profiles which you then assign to rules on the firewall.  So rather than looking at all the rules on every packet on the network you get much more focused protection and alerts." />
  <row Id="32656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18259" RevisionGUID="e8f92905-3385-4959-a851-533e3cf0d221" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:06:19.957" UserId="6132" Text="Summer 2002. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I inadvertently deployed IE 6.0 with a forced reboot to 16,000 users in the middle of the day. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In truth I caught my mistake and typed the fastest ever &lt;b&gt;odadmin shutdown all&lt;/b&gt; (Tivoli command to stop all deployment servers). " />
  <row Id="32657" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18259" RevisionGUID="e8f92905-3385-4959-a851-533e3cf0d221" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:06:19.957" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18260" RevisionGUID="e604f9ba-77bc-4968-9956-d64bd6183de5" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:10:05.157" UserId="5792" Text="Looks like there may be a couple of typos in the top answer.  This may work better:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tar -cf - /path/to/dir | ssh remote_server 'tar -xvf - -C /path/to/remotedir'&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18261" RevisionGUID="fca121ef-25cf-4a05-af42-97242376f673" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:15:03.870" UserId="1435" Text="Even if you can do it online then given the array size I'd suggest you just do a full drive/system backup onto another disk, then wipe the array, build as you wish and restore. It'll almost certainly be quicker, less risky and give you a more optimised array layout once you're done." />
  <row Id="32661" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18262" RevisionGUID="049809d3-994f-4b3a-adb9-9e7aab8fc214" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:17:46.140" UserId="3125" Text="The most useless convention is the one where you let the users set their own machine name.  Avoid that at all cost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I typically use either types or brands of beer.  Types if you know your machine population will remain fairly small (one or two dozen); brands if it will be large.  Many users (mainly guys) get a kick out of it, because it allows them to sort of &quot;root for&quot; their favorite.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The two main problems with the beer branding scheme are a) what to do with multi-word names and b) how to deal with really long names." />
  <row Id="32662" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18262" RevisionGUID="049809d3-994f-4b3a-adb9-9e7aab8fc214" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:17:46.140" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32663" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18263" RevisionGUID="38b13cf2-bb09-4309-a0f3-de79fa6257be" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:19:32.643" UserId="7685" Text="I have a PowerEdge 2950 (not III) server with a 3.5&quot; SAS backplane. I'd like to put one or two Intel X25-M drives into it for hosting of a few virtual servers on faster disk. Can this be done? Is there hardware that would allow me to install 2 of these 2.5&quot; drives into an existing 3.5&quot; slot?" />
  <row Id="32664" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18263" RevisionGUID="38b13cf2-bb09-4309-a0f3-de79fa6257be" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:19:32.643" UserId="7685" Text="Install 2.5&quot; SSD drives into PowerEdge 2950" />
  <row Id="32665" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18263" RevisionGUID="38b13cf2-bb09-4309-a0f3-de79fa6257be" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:19:32.643" UserId="7685" Text="&lt;poweredge&gt;&lt;dell&gt;&lt;ssd&gt;" />
  <row Id="32666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18264" RevisionGUID="bc304011-fc3f-4366-b270-ba9e5ddde853" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:20:01.847" UserId="3179" Text="add a route for that interface. do &quot;route print&quot; to show what the current is and &quot;route add&quot; to add one. " />
  <row Id="32667" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18265" RevisionGUID="855987d9-2217-4c72-b8e2-be3d13d8beb2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:20:32.720" UserId="6609" Text="One thought; you ask &quot;are they worth it&quot;. I hate to give a non technical answer, but if your organization needs to have an IDS to indicate to a regulatory body that you are in compliance with some regulation or other, even if you find that from a technology perspective the device doesn't give you what you want, they may be by definition &quot;worth it&quot; if they keep you  in compliance.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not suggesting that &quot;it doesn't matter if its good or not&quot;, obviously something that does a good job is preferred to something that doesn't; but reaching regulatory compliance is a goal in itself." />
  <row Id="32668" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18266" RevisionGUID="91dbb897-1046-49fa-a24a-055223cc2210" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:22:43.777" UserId="4432" Text="You can do this with a simple and cheap 2.5&quot; to 3.5&quot; adapter.  Just search &quot;2.5 to 3.5 drive adapter&quot;.  Obviously you will be giving up the density advantage of 2.5&quot; drives." />
  <row Id="32669" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18267" RevisionGUID="2885e1b6-0717-4b81-a8f0-685bdafacf10" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:23:31.667" UserId="7324" Text="SATA power cables are both 5V and 12V, so they are fine being plugged into desktops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you asking if its possible or asking if there are mounting brackets available to install a 2.5&quot; HDD into a 3.5&quot; bay?" />
  <row Id="32670" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18268" RevisionGUID="ddbb922b-1689-4e0a-9e69-0e84a1ef4a2a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:23:51.463" UserId="4318" Text="I am of course assuming your new server is a dedicated virtual one, where you have root access to install anything you like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instead of paying for Plesk or cPanel, I usually install Virtualmin, because the install script takes care of virtualmin, webmin, mysql, apache, postfix, and everything else you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, Virtualmin isn't perfect; the default installation drops all virtual hosts into the apache configuration file, whereas I'd prefer it to create separate .conf files in a &quot;virtualhosts&quot; folder -- but it's great for managing virtualhosts and db accounts and all that tedious stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also manage cron jobs, processes that start on boot, etc. using Webmin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ADDITION: Though as an aside, you'll probably still have to do a lot of manual copying and editing to get everything working again, since you're presumably changing OSes, software versions, and directory structures. But I don't think there's anything around that.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32671" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18269" RevisionGUID="b53aef94-4eb4-4626-a780-c2519e2d3201" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:24:27.593" UserId="7682" Text="Terracopy or Richcopy.  Quick file transfers.  Scored points at my new job by mentioning this to my boss!" />
  <row Id="32672" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18269" RevisionGUID="b53aef94-4eb4-4626-a780-c2519e2d3201" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:24:27.593" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32673" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18270" RevisionGUID="839657b6-986f-4dff-9c61-095422fc246c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:26:43.953" UserId="5473" Text="[The Vizo Ares II][1] seems to do what you want. I googled &quot;dual 2.5&quot; drive&quot; to find that product.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll make an offhand suggestion that you use X25-E drives (with SLC flash instead of MLC) if you really want faster IO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vizo.com.tw/front/product/get_product_detail/75/2" />
  <row Id="32674" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17804" RevisionGUID="9daa9e28-ce52-48d2-8b50-1e211da53ed2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:29:50.953" UserDisplayName="Joe" Comment="added 629 characters in body" Text="I have the rights to log into a BOXI server and build queries and reports, but can only export 100,000 rows at a time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tools on my desktop that can connect to databases via things like ODBC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to use ODBC or some other connection type to connect to BusinessObjects?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---Edit---&#xD;&#xA;In response to the first two answers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you for your insight.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a perfect world, I would be glad to connect directly to the database servers that BOXI is pulling data from, but I can not. The only access I have to the data is through BOXI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I understand the row limitation is set by the BOXI admins, but they will not adjust it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---Edit 2---&#xD;&#xA;Answers to two more questions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. &quot;And you should think of it, what will you do with a query with more than 100k row ?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to analyze the data with tools on my desktop that are designed to connect directly to data sources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. &quot;Is there any valuable information in a 100k row answer ?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not look for 100k rows to be my final answer, I am hoping to analyze millions of rows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A better way to describe my issue:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have access to data in BOXI, but it is limited in the amount of analysis I can preform, so I want to connect to the data in BOXI and analyze it with tools on my desktop." />
  <row Id="32675" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18271" RevisionGUID="3cbe98c7-b1d5-4479-937d-f74f52904c1a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:30:13.870" UserId="1426" Text="In a large corporation we use the following scheme for non server computers. city abbreviation, employee number, d or l depending on weather it's a desktop or laptop, then a sequential number starting at one that increases for each computer the employee has. For example if your number 238 in the hr system and work in Minneapolis and have three computers in your name, two desktops and a laptop your names would be as follows.&#xD;&#xA;mn238d1&#xD;&#xA;mn238d2&#xD;&#xA;mn238l1&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32676" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18271" RevisionGUID="3cbe98c7-b1d5-4479-937d-f74f52904c1a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:30:13.870" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18272" RevisionGUID="d4f21bce-9266-48ca-a32c-7549ed59627c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:31:01.683" UserId="4318" Text="I prefer using Simpsons characters, because:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. There are so many of them&#xD;&#xA; 2. Most people -- and definitely many IT staff -- know the Simpsons &#xD;&#xA; 3. The characters are so distinct that we can choose a character that's close to the server's function, as a way of remembering what does what&#xD;&#xA; 4. It's a good way to endear our staff to the servers&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="32679" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18273" RevisionGUID="240e198f-a3c7-4094-aed4-22243f14a954" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:31:12.353" UserId="5668" Text="&#xD;&#xA;This is a known issue already addressed in the [opensuse wiki][1]. Some of their reccomended workarounds include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA; - passing acpi_sleep=s3_bios to the kernel &#xD;&#xA; - passing acpi_sleep=s3_mode to the kernel &#xD;&#xA; - passing both of the above (acpi_sleep=s3_bios,s3_mode) to the kernel &#xD;&#xA; - POSTing the video card from userspace after resume using vbetool &#xD;&#xA; - getting the video mode number before suspend and setting the same video mode after resume using vbetool &#xD;&#xA; - saving the VBE state before suspend and restoring it after resume using vbetool &#xD;&#xA; - saving the PCI config space of the VGA card before suspend and restoring it after resume &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.opensuse.org/S2ram" />
  <row Id="32680" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18274" RevisionGUID="8bf63d64-3967-4603-b2bb-0818444ddf6e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:33:33.003" UserId="5795" Text="I am working on a machine running Windows Server 2008. Every program I have tried to run (firefox, notepad, wordpad) works fine, but if I right-click on any item on the desktop or the start menu and select &quot;Run as Administrator&quot; it freezes. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can move the mouse around and open/close the start menu, but the items in the start menu do not change color when the mouse hovers over them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I googled for answers for some time but had no luck. Does anyone have any ideas that I could try? " />
  <row Id="32681" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18274" RevisionGUID="8bf63d64-3967-4603-b2bb-0818444ddf6e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:33:33.003" UserId="5795" Text="Windows Server 2008 freezes when I run programs as administrator" />
  <row Id="32682" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18274" RevisionGUID="8bf63d64-3967-4603-b2bb-0818444ddf6e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:33:33.003" UserId="5795" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;start-menu&gt;&lt;freezing&gt;" />
  <row Id="32683" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18275" RevisionGUID="e31be037-d5ff-4658-b175-546d92d8d757" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:35:26.527" UserId="2629" Text="&#xD;&#xA;MacEnterprise has an article called &quot;[Migrating a Local User to a Network User.][1]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.macenterprise.org/articles/migratingalocalusertoanetworkuser" />
  <row Id="32684" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18276" RevisionGUID="c4b65c6f-4740-4321-b6c8-715f34bf12ef" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:35:37.260" UserId="2930" Text="I got used to [muCommander][1] on my Mac, but it's also available on Windows, Linux and even as Webstart. It has a nice installer, runs within seconds, supports drag &amp; drop, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, it doesn't seem to be famous..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mucommander.com/" />
  <row Id="32685" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18277" RevisionGUID="bbb10e02-f65c-4800-a33d-0139ffb2762c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:36:35.510" UserId="6080" Text="SSD drives don't have moving parts and don't vibrate. In difference to HDDs they don't require fixed mounting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just fix them with one-two screws or even just glue with some scotch or so. Don't waste a money for the adapters, they may prevent a heat circulation. If you strongly need to have it looking &quot;cool&quot;, find a simple [mounting plates][1] and use one for each drive. However you'll need to make a cable management by yourself, you can't just split a data connector.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img.alza.cz/ImgW.asp?fd=f3&amp;cd=MK460a" />
  <row Id="32686" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10996" RevisionGUID="cad8b033-64f9-47de-9f6f-fc89cf830d4e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:38:23.043" UserId="7330" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited tags" Text="For most small businesses, having an IT team is really not a possibility.  You end up with someone wearing an accounting hat and an IT systems administrator hat and you end up losing in both worlds.  &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;If you were a small business (less than 10 employees) that needed the following things, who could you outsource this functionality to?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Exchange or Email Hosting&#xD;&#xA; 2. SharePoint - Intranet Site&#xD;&#xA; 3. Sql Server - For Internal Applications&#xD;&#xA; 4. IIS - For Internal Web Applications&#xD;&#xA; 5. Domain Management&#xD;&#xA; 6. Print Server&#xD;&#xA; 7. File Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Small business server is a great tool.  But not having the expertise on staff to support it really increases the costs of doing business.  Outsourcing the hosting to other businesses could in theory improve other areas of the business.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Who is best suited to host this stuff?  Essentially, a hosted small business server solution would be outstanding!" />
  <row Id="32687" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10996" RevisionGUID="cad8b033-64f9-47de-9f6f-fc89cf830d4e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:38:23.043" UserId="7330" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;small-business&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;outsourcing&gt;" />
  <row Id="32688" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18278" RevisionGUID="fb1afdec-c949-46fe-a6f7-33b33a474da9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:39:34.227" UserId="3306" Text="couple of things that make my life easier&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://terminals.codeplex.com/&quot;&gt;Terminals&lt;/a&gt; - multi tab terminal services/remote desktop client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;nmap - network scanner extroidanaire (no link cause it says I can't post more than one hyperlink, WTF?, oh well, not like it's hard to find)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32689" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18278" RevisionGUID="fb1afdec-c949-46fe-a6f7-33b33a474da9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:39:34.227" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18279" RevisionGUID="3cca0c66-e4ea-440e-b77d-5cacf1fe60bb" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:39:51.340" UserId="1435" Text="I've done this kind of thing (only as a trial) and it worked fine...BUT please take into account that when 'driven' hard SSD's can get as hot as 70C, while even 15krpm disks rarely go over about 55C - so ensure you have the airflow." />
  <row Id="32691" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18280" RevisionGUID="4d4bc421-1299-48f1-bd63-0d3f43a7a274" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:40:59.153" UserId="5281" Text="This issue has been plaguing me for a few days now and I can't seem to make any headway.  This will be my first test of the serverfault community.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have an HP server with two SCSI attached tape drives.  The server has Backup Exec 11d installed AND Microsoft DPM 2007.  Backup Exec uses one of the tape drives and DPM 2007 uses the other.  This has worked for the past few months without an issue.  Over the weekend, it seems something changed (I have no idea what) and things stopped working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the current situation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - BackupExec sees both drives and thinks that they are fully operable.  Backups performed with BackupExec work fine.&#xD;&#xA; - DPM only sees one of the two tape drives (it used to see both) and the one that it does see appears as &quot;Offline&quot;.&#xD;&#xA; - Device Manager sees both drives as operating correctly.  They both have the correct drivers (HP-based driver for DPM and Symantec-based driver for BackupExec) and up-to-date firmware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried disabling all of the BackupExec services and DPM still wasn't operating correctly.  What can I try next?" />
  <row Id="32692" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18280" RevisionGUID="4d4bc421-1299-48f1-bd63-0d3f43a7a274" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:40:59.153" UserId="5281" Text="Tape Library Appears Offline in Microsoft DPM 2007" />
  <row Id="32693" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18280" RevisionGUID="4d4bc421-1299-48f1-bd63-0d3f43a7a274" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:40:59.153" UserId="5281" Text="&lt;dpm&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;tape&gt;" />
  <row Id="32694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18281" RevisionGUID="2816ab14-7fca-46e1-9e55-845c4ce18e97" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:41:51.803" UserId="3834" Text="Names of mountains. At my old job we used the names of Norwegian mountains. (We're in Norway...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't see a similar scheme working too well for the danish or dutch, though..." />
  <row Id="32695" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18281" RevisionGUID="2816ab14-7fca-46e1-9e55-845c4ce18e97" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:41:51.803" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32696" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18282" RevisionGUID="269621ac-e4c5-4d3c-8e07-2ca91e8cc9c2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:43:44.390" UserId="7591" Text="I name systems after menu items from the local pseudo-Chinese fast food chicken outlet.  &quot;*hotandspicy*&quot; &quot;*penangcurry*&quot; &quot;*lemon*&quot; and so on.  Everyone in the office eats there, so it's only 'useless' to people who don't get to eat good pseudo-Chinese fast food chicken." />
  <row Id="32697" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18282" RevisionGUID="269621ac-e4c5-4d3c-8e07-2ca91e8cc9c2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:43:44.390" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32698" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18283" RevisionGUID="1f15c415-081e-4d77-84c5-d007f6609b99" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:47:37.937" UserId="5920" Text="We use PC001, PC002 and so on. Simple not so funny but useful ;-)" />
  <row Id="32699" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18283" RevisionGUID="1f15c415-081e-4d77-84c5-d007f6609b99" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:47:37.937" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32700" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18284" RevisionGUID="7a013ea0-2d25-4430-9eae-4b6dfda4ee67" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:49:02.193" UserId="3459" Text="Sourcefire has a good system and they have components that help discover when new unexpected traffic starts emanating from a system.  We run it in IDS mode rather than IPS mode because there are issues where legitimate traffic might be blocked, so we monitor the reports and overall it seems to do a pretty decent job." />
  <row Id="32701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18285" RevisionGUID="7d4f35c2-11b7-49cd-bf0c-8f4bb55eaa21" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:51:37.710" UserDisplayName="C L" Text="You need to &quot;expand&quot; it now using diskpart.exe." />
  <row Id="32702" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18286" RevisionGUID="9bc5b167-bdf9-46fc-97f4-02eb056378cf" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:56:34.613" UserId="5989" Text="You need a configuration management system. Two good choices are [Chef][1] and [Puppet][2]. Both are written in Ruby, both use declarative syntax for defining resources, and both are great for managing Apache servers and web sites. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Opscode provides a variety of [Chef cookbooks][3], including Apache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Puppet has some Apache2 recipes, but I haven't looked at them in some time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Home&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://github.com/opscode/cookbooks/tree/master" />
  <row Id="32703" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18287" RevisionGUID="e6fe557d-6e7a-475e-8ce5-c6143afc761b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T22:57:01.927" UserId="3420" Text="Series of tubes is a good analogy, but it's not complete.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Really I feel that any person able to function in society should be able to understand this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Computers use electricity to do mathematical operations, and store and transmit information. This information can be represented as numbers, words, images, audio, video. For children, use this opportunity to show a record to demonstrate how audio relates to vibrations, and movie film, to show how video is a series of still images.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Computers use electricity to do math. They can do this extremely fast. Everything that a computer does is based on a series of mathematical operations. A computer is able to do so much math so fast that it can perform extremely complex feats using simple math as a building block. To a computer, it is not very important whether the math represents words, audio, or video.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These electrical signals can be sent over great distances, like a telephone or telegraph. Use a battery, wire, and a lightbulb/LED to show a telegraph, and a laser pointer and fiber optic cables to show light being used to send the data. Show a cellphone and FM radio and explain briefly that radio waves can be used as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Two computers can send information between each other in this manner. In fact many computers can be connected to each other, to send information between each other over great distances. This is the Internet. Instead of this battery, wire, and lightbulb, we have millions of computers interconnected with countless wires. This interconnectivity gets very complicated, but to the computers involved, they are simply repeating simple math very quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you look at a web page on the Internet, whoever wrote the words you see did it on a computer that turned it into numbers. Whoever took the pictures you see did it with a camera that turned it into numbers. Whoever recorded the sounds you hear did it with a microphone that turned it into numbers. It was sent to you through a series of computers, transferring the numbers using electricity, light, or radio waves. For your computer to show it to you, it used the numbers to turn it back into light on your monitor. (Optionally explain speakers, it's a bit of a tangent but you can involve the telephone and some history).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should make sense to anyone. You can elaborate by drawing a simplified diagram of routers and hosts, and also explaining storage with the record as a starting point. The routing of packets is easy to explain - each computer has a numerical address. For any address, each router knows what direction it is in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The real issue is that most people don't *want* to understand. They don't want to spend a few minutes of their day learning something. The education system in the developed world is designed to remove people's will to learn. It's not that people can't understand such simple concepts. You simply can't convince them to listen. For people who are willing to listen, it's easy to help them understand. My experience is that this means very young children, and old people who have a technical background. This is similar to the problem of people who refuse to read what's on their computer screen. Software meant for end users that does not work based on reading the screen and answering the questions is broken. There's a lot of broken software out there. But also, a lot of people simply refuse to read the screen." />
  <row Id="32704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18288" RevisionGUID="712e0d43-69aa-42eb-8c99-6cd12a7445cd" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:00:30.580" UserId="914" Text="I'd keep your file server in house purely due to network performance reasons.  A small business isn't likely to have a high speed internet connection, downloading files on a regular basis from a remote connection isn't going to be very efficient." />
  <row Id="32705" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18289" RevisionGUID="2b0a15b5-1e3f-4e22-b7e9-a449740cd96b" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:02:01.747" UserId="6609" Text="First of all - this sounds like a bit of a security issue. The machine could begin acting as a router if it was compromised, which would then compromise the 192.168 network.  Hopefully this is not your office LAN environment.  It would be better to establish a firewall connected to both Internet connections (as untrusted connections) - with your web server in a DMZ network.  Something like... (pardon the ASCII art):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ISP A  -&gt;  firewall  &lt; -  ISP B&#xD;&#xA;                 |     |&#xD;&#xA;                 V     V&#xD;&#xA;               DMZ     LAN&#xD;&#xA;        web server     everything else&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could set up port forwarding on the firewall so that connections to port 80 of either ISP's IP forward to your web server, which is on a physically separate DMZ network.  Now, your budget / network architecture etc. might prohibit this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that's the case; a simple route add should do the trick.  The help file from route print:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &gt; route ADD 157.0.0.0 MASK 255.0.0.0  157.55.80.1 METRIC 3 IF 2&#xD;&#xA;             destination^      ^mask      ^gateway     metric^    ^&#xD;&#xA;                                                         Interface^&#xD;&#xA;      If IF is not given, it tries to find the best interface for a given&#xD;&#xA;      gateway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is less than terse, but correct. Assuming you want this to be a second route to the outside world, the syntax for the destination would be 0.0.0.0 mask 0.0.0.0.  For the gateway, this is the IP of the machine that gives you access to the second ISP.  I usually skip the metric and IF part, but I think you probably want to set the metric of your &quot;main&quot; ISP to 1 and the metric of the &quot;backup&quot; to 2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, I'm not totally sure what Windows will do if you enter this.  It will be able to use both gateways, and I think what it will do is prefer the one with metric 1, but if that fails use the one with metric 2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More info available here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc779696.aspx" />
  <row Id="32706" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18290" RevisionGUID="fd690011-8867-4ed3-98d6-4ad7674f683d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:03:05.240" UserId="1004" Text="I've installed Windows7 in VirtualBox 2.2.4 and worked like a charm. But compared with my WindowsXP virtual machine, the performance is slow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've installed Windows7 in (non-virtual) machines and the performance was better than XP and Vista. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to know about tips to optimize the guest Windows7 so the performance will be acceptable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was thinking about stop some services, but I don't know that services are necessary in the guest OS. Another thougth is about defragmentation. What your tips?" />
  <row Id="32707" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18290" RevisionGUID="fd690011-8867-4ed3-98d6-4ad7674f683d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:03:05.240" UserId="1004" Text="Virtual Machine guest optimization tips" />
  <row Id="32708" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18290" RevisionGUID="fd690011-8867-4ed3-98d6-4ad7674f683d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:03:05.240" UserId="1004" Text="&lt;virtual-machines&gt;&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="32709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18291" RevisionGUID="159fea13-044e-4b7a-877a-b15241e7b17e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:03:34.160" UserId="7398" Text="We also use Roman gods for our various remote boxes. However, as we are a multinational, we use [office designation]-[username] or [office designation]-[department][4 digit number] for workstations, e.g. syd1-jeremys or syd1-dev8209.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're moving more to the username side now as it's assured they will be unique, and it helps with administration when a particular user needs assistance and remote control is sufficient to solve the issue. Plus, we rebuild each machine if a user leaves the company, so using the username makes more sense. The only downside there is for short-term contractors, who tend to leave and be replaced with rather alarming frequency such that it's not always practical to rebuild their machine before their replacement arrives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ehtyar." />
  <row Id="32710" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18291" RevisionGUID="159fea13-044e-4b7a-877a-b15241e7b17e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:03:34.160" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32711" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15198" RevisionGUID="e25608b8-9011-4be2-baf6-d96eb1e6274d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:04:27.263" UserId="5920" Comment="added 116 characters in body; added 126 characters in body" Text="Anyone knows any good [continuous backup][1] software? I'm using Sonicwall appliances but I want to know if there are any good software solution for this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update 1**: I'm referring to filesystem. Of course, any other tool like Oracle and so on have their own method.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update 2**: The sonicwall appliance looks continually for filesystem changes and archive  them, also saves versions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_data_protection&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32712" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18292" RevisionGUID="8c4cf78e-afc2-4f3d-8d17-217e851eba3f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:04:32.367" UserId="3456" Text="This question overlaps quite a bit with [this one about tools a UNIX administrator cannot live without][1].  Many of the command-line tools for Mac OS X have UNIX roots, such as `which`; however there are notable exceptions that have no obvious UNIX equivalents, such as `osascript`, `open`, and `say`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3478/tools-a-unix-administrator-cannot-live-without" />
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  <row Id="32714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18293" RevisionGUID="0e5e528e-b786-4676-9b67-aebed9b29f94" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:06:13.937" UserId="4276" Text="Use separate partitions for various directories like `/tmp` or `/var` and mount them with `nosuid`, `nodev` or even `noexec`." />
  <row Id="32715" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18293" RevisionGUID="0e5e528e-b786-4676-9b67-aebed9b29f94" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:06:13.937" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32716" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18294" RevisionGUID="aea0e8cf-8a40-42c5-acf8-3297730dff94" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:06:17.493" UserDisplayName="Fred S" Text="Check out Citrix's solution called XenDesktop.  They have been the leader in application virtualization/remote access for over a decade and have recently moved into the desktop virtualization space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The technology is similar (ICA protocol) and if you do a quick search you'll find tons of articles and supporting documentation.  They also came out with HDX (i think High Definition eXperience) to enable high-end multimedia capabilities (3D rendering, HD streaming, etc)... check it out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.citrix.com/english/ps2/products/product.asp?contentID=163057&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18295" RevisionGUID="9b5fd9fb-d15b-465b-93ba-1cc5a54bc65c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:07:36.853" UserId="2621" Text="Can you try the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Have you logged in as the administrator to confirm this does not happen on that acccount?&#xD;&#xA; 2. Can you create a new account and verify the same problem occurs?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will at least attempt to resolve if just a profile issue. I have run wk8 since the beta and am now using 2k8 R2 RC and have not experienced this problem at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some more questions incase just an IO/Memory Issue:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Are you running the HyperV role? &#xD;&#xA; 2. If you have HyperV how many VM's running and what is the memory allocation on host system? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;You could also try a search in the MSDN/Technet forums and see if anyone else experiences your issues. But the first 2 steps should help us narrow the problem down.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32718" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18292" RevisionGUID="d166caf7-fb42-484f-904c-d69d46c98e3c" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:10:04.583" UserId="3456" Comment="added more examples of tools with UNIX roots" Text="This question overlaps quite a bit with [this one about tools a UNIX administrator cannot live without][1].  Many of the command-line tools for Mac OS X have UNIX roots, such as `df`, `du`, and `which`; however there are notable exceptions that have no obvious UNIX equivalents, such as `osascript`, `open`, `pbcopy`, `pbpaste`, and `say`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3478/tools-a-unix-administrator-cannot-live-without" />
  <row Id="32719" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18286" RevisionGUID="7b831bba-e67c-4511-88b5-b1520ed1cec7" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:11:08.403" UserId="5989" Comment="added 296 characters in body" Text="You need a configuration management system. Two good choices are [Chef][1] and [Puppet][2]. Both are written in Ruby, both use declarative syntax for defining resources, and both are great for managing Apache servers and web sites. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Chef configuration language is a pure Ruby DSL, and Puppet uses its own custom DSL. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Opscode provides a variety of [Chef cookbooks][3], including Apache. The Apache cookbook can be used to set up static vhost files for specific sites and php/rails/django web applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Puppet has some Apache2 [recipes][4], but I haven't looked at them in some time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Home&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://github.com/opscode/cookbooks/tree/master&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/tags?e=apache&amp;filter=Filter+Tags" />
  <row Id="32720" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18296" RevisionGUID="ed1c49fc-3319-434d-b7a6-61b56da347fc" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:11:11.010" UserId="2579" Text="There was a place that I was at for a short time that used ship names as their naming convention.  The most notable was what they used for their PDC: Titanic&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Talk about preparing for disaster...  Now you know why I left...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV" />
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  <row Id="32722" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="18251" RevisionGUID="50749bc7-c24a-4f0d-a07b-437a0c6ab381" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:12:40.617" UserId="984" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;gui&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="32723" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18297" RevisionGUID="bf120acd-c310-49df-b951-25a1da4f2c08" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:12:56.060" UserId="7398" Text="Unfortunately it's not available for OS X, but my vote is definately for [Double Commander][1]. I've been using it for several months now. It's written in Free Pascal/Lazarus, so you get to skip all that awful Java overhead and interface, and the developers are very responsive to feature requests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ehtyar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://doublecmd.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="32724" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18298" RevisionGUID="474d8cf5-d4a0-4c3f-8fa5-26d7411ad4b9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:13:05.547" UserId="7696" Text="i remember at university one of the lab computers was called 'moron'&#xD;&#xA;i guess they must have run out ideas by that stage. (or it was named after one of the lecturers)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;my only recomendation is to keep it short, so that there is less chance of a typo when accessing it, and it is easy to spell over the phone" />
  <row Id="32725" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18298" RevisionGUID="474d8cf5-d4a0-4c3f-8fa5-26d7411ad4b9" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:13:05.547" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18299" RevisionGUID="53a38b94-1bc8-4509-8f0b-8e04673a5264" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:15:06.493" UserId="2608" Text="Could you just use a query designer and paste the query into a table (form field) that stores all your monitors?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then run a job periodically to go through the table and run the queries, using dbmail to send mail to 'operators' you store in a table and config through your GUI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instead of a job, you could have a trigger check on each insert and send the mail using the now asynch dbmail." />
  <row Id="32727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18300" RevisionGUID="cc5ce8df-92d7-4ec2-b238-943861b727ec" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:16:56.177" UserId="6609" Text="Running Visual Studio 2003 on Windows Server 2003 (not configured as a terminal server), most of the time that I try to use the debugger, I completely lose control of the session. I end up having to log in to another open session and kill devenv.exe before I can recover.  This is usually on winforms apps, not web sites or console apps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea what's causing this?" />
  <row Id="32728" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18300" RevisionGUID="cc5ce8df-92d7-4ec2-b238-943861b727ec" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:16:56.177" UserId="6609" Text="Debugging applications in Visual Studio on Remote Desktop causes the session to freeze" />
  <row Id="32729" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18300" RevisionGUID="cc5ce8df-92d7-4ec2-b238-943861b727ec" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:16:56.177" UserId="6609" Text="&lt;remote-desktop&gt;" />
  <row Id="32730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18301" RevisionGUID="eeeca8b7-b8c3-4147-9f73-16f7bc2d0d53" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:19:21.133" UserId="7342" Text="You're more likely to find a decent Web UI for PowerDNS purely because it can use a database backend. As far as I'm aware, djbdns doesn't have support for any backend beyond its file based one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.the-scream.co.uk/forums/t27204.html&quot;&gt;This forum&lt;/a&gt; lists a collection of PowerDNS front ends. No idea if they're any good or not." />
  <row Id="32731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18302" RevisionGUID="3244df5a-3e42-4825-a2eb-9052138be1c3" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:20:50.647" UserId="3490" Text="I've setup tripwire on a debian server, and default policy had some strange settings. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Critical devices&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    (&#xD;&#xA;      rulename = &quot;Devices &amp; Kernel information&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      severity = $(SIG_HI),&#xD;&#xA;    )&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;        /dev            -&gt; $(Device) ;&#xD;&#xA;    #   /proc           -&gt; $(Device) ;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`/proc` is very volatile, so I've commented it out, but I guess I should put some of it content explicitly in here. I have some ideas, but I'll ask for an advice on that matter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other thing is `/var/log` :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # These files change every time the system boots&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    (&#xD;&#xA;      rulename = &quot;System boot changes&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      severity = $(SIG_HI)&#xD;&#xA;    )&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;        /var/lock               -&gt; $(SEC_CONFIG) ;&#xD;&#xA;        /var/run                -&gt; $(SEC_CONFIG) ; # daemon PIDs&#xD;&#xA;    #   /var/log                -&gt; $(SEC_CONFIG) ;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again too volatile and too many false positives. Should I explicitly monitor some specified parts of it and what. Rest of `/var` is `$(SIG_MED)` and `$(SEC_INVARIANT)`, which sounds reasonable for `/var/log` too." />
  <row Id="32732" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18302" RevisionGUID="3244df5a-3e42-4825-a2eb-9052138be1c3" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:20:50.647" UserId="3490" Text="Tripwire policy suggestions" />
  <row Id="32733" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18302" RevisionGUID="3244df5a-3e42-4825-a2eb-9052138be1c3" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:20:50.647" UserId="3490" Text="&lt;tripwire&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;policy&gt;" />
  <row Id="32734" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18303" RevisionGUID="c9bd6c9a-763c-4a82-80c1-d91712d0eb99" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:23:32.623" UserId="1435" Text="Make sure you've allocated enough resources to the VM, and that you have those resources free to allocated. Also switch off any virtual devices you don't need (serial ports etc.), then as you say look at the actual guest settings such as services etc." />
  <row Id="32735" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18304" RevisionGUID="7b0d79f4-2603-40e0-bb09-06974733c4d4" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:27:15.330" UserId="3038" Text="In my own testing, I've noticed that Win7 is a *lot* harder on the disk I/O channel than WinXP is. This is a problem on my work VMWare installation, where I have my VM disks on an XFS partition that suffers from poor meta-data writes. I've optimized as much as I can, but Win7 is just plain pokey compared to my WinXP. The big thing is to avoid swapping out to disk where possible, so make sure you have enough RAM allocated to the VM. That'll help." />
  <row Id="32736" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18263" RevisionGUID="8af8c02c-7721-4f5f-a456-2e9efb509f24" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:27:52.897" UserId="7685" Comment="added 13 characters in body" Text="I have a PowerEdge 2950 (not III) rack-mounted server with a 3.5&quot; SAS backplane. I'd like to put one or two Intel X25-M drives into it for hosting of a few virtual servers on faster disk. Can this be done? Is there hardware that would allow me to install 2 of these 2.5&quot; drives into an existing 3.5&quot; slot?" />
  <row Id="32737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18305" RevisionGUID="19aa3fa1-01ce-46e3-a001-e741e1dfa4fd" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:30:21.720" UserId="7682" Text="Another good tool is look@lan.  It will allow you to scan the network and will give you several different results." />
  <row Id="32738" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18306" RevisionGUID="c1531c8a-1467-4691-86c3-8a502ea92533" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:31:12.390" UserId="7342" Text="We have several naming schemes. Workstations are named after biscuits (oreo, hobnob, timtam, digestive), office servers are named after alcoholic drinks (pimms, vodka, gin) and our datacentre servers are named after London Underground stations (victoria, cockfosters, paddington) (with the exception of servers in large clusters where it became difficult to remember who was in what cluster, which are named the exciting w000, w001, w002 etc)." />
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  <row Id="32741" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18307" RevisionGUID="a2ae2c1b-0ce0-4f25-b3fe-fca022dbaac4" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:35:32.927" UserId="4785" Text="For some usrs, i'm installing a Debian 5.0 on their laptops.&#xD;&#xA;And when the system starts, they are scared of all the 'hacking-like' codes that the system notices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is useful for me, but not for them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my question is how can i hide those notices ? and replace them by spinner, or any progress bar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would have liked to do Windows XP like starting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas ?" />
  <row Id="32742" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18307" RevisionGUID="a2ae2c1b-0ce0-4f25-b3fe-fca022dbaac4" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:35:32.927" UserId="4785" Text="How to start a linux distribution and hide the starting notice ?" />
  <row Id="32743" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18307" RevisionGUID="a2ae2c1b-0ce0-4f25-b3fe-fca022dbaac4" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:35:32.927" UserId="4785" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;startup&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="32744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18308" RevisionGUID="60ebb001-9ca2-458e-8714-3dbd8406974f" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:37:05.577" UserId="6397" Text="Windows 7 has a native support to VHD boot, which means you can boot right to the VHD file without hosting OS supporting it. It's so nice and amazing working that way. Definitely worth trying. Maybe it's the next awesome way of virtualizing desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here is my blog post about Native VHD boot on Windows 7][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kjctech.net/blog/archive/2009/05/24/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-native-vhd-boot.aspx" />
  <row Id="32745" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18309" RevisionGUID="0bd0ec1f-ddac-41d1-9d48-12d327ac4f25" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:38:48.397" UserDisplayName="user6848" Text="At work, I'm the only IT guy (do it all, and do it now type guy) for the last 10 years.  If I ever got hit by a bus they would be totally screwed.  I've mentioned it several times to management/president type people, yet they ignore me.  Too bad for them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What can I do to alleviate their pain?  (Or should I even care?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Yes, this should be a community wiki, but, I don't see the checkbox... maybe I don't have enough rep.)" />
  <row Id="32746" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18309" RevisionGUID="0bd0ec1f-ddac-41d1-9d48-12d327ac4f25" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:38:48.397" UserDisplayName="user6848" Text="If you got hit by a bus, would your company be in trouble?" />
  <row Id="32747" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18309" RevisionGUID="0bd0ec1f-ddac-41d1-9d48-12d327ac4f25" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:38:48.397" UserDisplayName="user6848" Text="&lt;emergency&gt;&lt;planning&gt;" />
  <row Id="32748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18310" RevisionGUID="7319f49d-3f32-4721-a61c-a777d3561f33" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:39:17.803" UserId="7342" Text="If you're installing Debian on someone who isn't used to Linux, I'd recommend using Ubuntu instead. It's a little bit more user friendly on the desktop and has a splash start up screen. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ubuntu is pretty much identical to Debian in most respects as far as you would be concerned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you must use Debian, investigate &lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.debian.org/lenny/usplash&quot;&gt;USplash&lt;/a&gt;, which is what Ubuntu uses, but is already integrated. I couldn't tell you how simple it is to use." />
  <row Id="32749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18311" RevisionGUID="a0675926-9a87-4c9f-8dfe-37c506e0f5fc" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:40:41.340" UserId="1222" Text="Generally there's no need to optimize Windows 7 Virtual Machines. Unlike previous Windows releases it's pretty smooth right out of the box as long as it's got **at least 1Gb RAM allocated**. I'm using Windows 7 x64 under VMWare Fusion on OSX and it's blisteringly fast.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We run a *lot* of Windows VMs for software testing on a dedicated ESXi machine (about three each of 2000/XP/Vista/2003/2008/2008R2/Vistax64), so I can provide a few tips that apply Windows VMs in General.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Turn off all desktop effects, use &quot;Windows Classic&quot; mode&#xD;&#xA; - Disable the SuperFetch service (heavy on disk I/O and memory)&#xD;&#xA; - Allocate as much RAM as you can to the VM&#xD;&#xA; - Turn off Windows Defender&#xD;&#xA; - Install a lightweight AntiVirus (at least on 2000/XP/2003)&#xD;&#xA; - Use &quot;High performance&quot; power saving mode (i.e. none)&#xD;&#xA; - Disable Screensaver&#xD;&#xA; - If possible, put the virtual disk image on a separate physical drive. But make sure it's not on a software RAID array.&#xD;&#xA; - Go get some more RAM and allocate *that* to the VM as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My experience is only with the VMWare family of virtualization products (Workstation, Server, ESXi and Fusion) and I haven't come across any issues with Windows 7. I'd suggest downloading the VMWare Workstation and seeing if there might be a bottleneck somewhere with the VirtualBox implimentation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18312" RevisionGUID="997a0cd9-f7a1-4891-ac2f-f0fde0287250" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:40:51.263" UserId="5093" Text="URLs are for pointing to resources not commands to be run.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can link to a batch script (as mentioned above), or you can display the text in `monospace, code form` and let users copy &amp; paste." />
  <row Id="32751" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18313" RevisionGUID="f5a1419a-f5dd-4439-9d3e-dc6f76daa070" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:45:58.837" UserId="7342" Text="If you want to lower the learning curve for your replacement, the best thing you can do is to write documentation of the set up and of your processes. Possibly the easiest way to do that is to set up a wiki system somewhere and just keep adding to it. Some of it will become out of date, but what isn't will be invaluable." />
  <row Id="32752" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18311" RevisionGUID="247a7a1f-ceab-460e-a143-d360d6a361bf" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:46:02.690" UserId="1222" Comment="added 156 characters in body" Text="Generally there's no need to optimize Windows 7 Virtual Machines. Unlike previous Windows releases it's pretty smooth right out of the box as long as it's got **at least 1Gb RAM allocated**. I'm using Windows 7 x64 under VMWare Fusion on OSX and it's blisteringly fast.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We run a *lot* of Windows VMs for software testing on a dedicated ESXi machine (about three each of 2000/XP/Vista/2003/2008/2008R2/Vistax64), so I can provide a few tips that apply Windows VMs in General.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Turn off all desktop effects, use &quot;Windows Classic&quot; mode&#xD;&#xA; - Disable the SuperFetch service (heavy on disk I/O and memory)&#xD;&#xA; - Allocate as much RAM as you can to the VM&#xD;&#xA; - Turn off Windows Defender&#xD;&#xA; - Install a lightweight AntiVirus (at least on 2000/XP/2003)&#xD;&#xA; - Use &quot;High performance&quot; power saving mode (i.e. none)&#xD;&#xA; - Disable Screensaver&#xD;&#xA; - If possible, put the virtual disk image on a separate physical drive. But make sure it's not on a software RAID array.&#xD;&#xA; - Go get some more RAM and allocate *that* to the VM as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My experience is only with the VMWare family of virtualization products (Workstation, Server, ESXi and Fusion) and I haven't come across any issues with Windows 7. I'd suggest downloading the VMWare Workstation and seeing if there might be a bottleneck somewhere with the VirtualBox implimentation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember, system requirements for Win7 states a minimum of 1Gb RAM. Minimum. Performance is good with 1Gb, but give it less and you're asking for trouble.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18314" RevisionGUID="092e9523-795b-431c-997c-e0a39c263741" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:46:06.463" UserId="3459" Text="The key here is detailed and complete documentation.  This is something that is critical not only in case you are incapacitated but if they have a junior person come in and you want to go on vacation (or move on to greener pastures).  Having proper docs and references can be immensely useful for someone else to come up to speed on the network." />
  <row Id="32754" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18315" RevisionGUID="69d0ad0f-d53b-44ec-bdb3-9e410f99ccdc" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:46:09.490" UserId="658" Text="I have seen this behaviour as well, but my problem came from:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; highlighting text, and moving it with the mouse + left button click&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The RD session would freeze for about 2 minutes. I would silently sit in my pool of WTF for that time, and then proceed to forget about the issue. About 2 minutes later, bam, same problem, same cause.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32755" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="18125" RevisionGUID="ae414f96-b5cb-4ebc-ade5-e2f45e2d7d92" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:47:23.890" UserId="1757" Comment="typo" Text="How to copy a large numer of files fast between two servers" />
  <row Id="32756" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18316" RevisionGUID="cd852f30-0c30-4265-bdd8-a86faf4708c2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:47:32.330" UserId="6609" Text="OpenOffice! It's not perfect, but darned handy. There's a portable version too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This way if I get to a machine that has some budget version of Microsoft Office, or heaven forbid MS Works, installed I have tools that I am used to readily at hand." />
  <row Id="32757" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18316" RevisionGUID="cd852f30-0c30-4265-bdd8-a86faf4708c2" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:47:32.330" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32758" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18317" RevisionGUID="24854722-9fcc-48ee-906e-359352265285" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:48:40.410" UserId="5920" Text="[Ant][1] or [NAnt][2] to run some kind of operations with easy way to check if the tasks runs ok or not, parallelize, and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ant.apache.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://nant.sourceforge.net/" />
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  <row Id="32760" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18318" RevisionGUID="89471325-cbc3-4972-851f-c5a71fd09fca" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:48:53.793" UserId="7200" Text="I think you're looking for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netsh routing ip nat set global tcptimeoutmins=x&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This sets the timeout on TCP NAT translations in minutes. See: &#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754535(WS.10).aspx&quot;&gt;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754535(WS.10).aspx&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18319" RevisionGUID="57611929-4dbc-433f-96f9-648a1869bc82" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:49:28.710" UserId="7645" Text="I second the suggestion to consider Ubuntu.  Debian-based, already does a splash-screen out of the box, and otherwise less likely to confuse inexperienced users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For debian, look at [splashy][1], which looks like it's the preferred Debian way to do this, and there's [packages for it in lenny][2]. I've never personally done anything with it, though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://splashy.alioth.debian.org/wiki/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://packages.debian.org/lenny/splashy" />
  <row Id="32762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18320" RevisionGUID="f03335fe-5d38-4f83-98a4-6f1e8bb37913" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:49:43.437" UserId="1435" Text="I try VERY HARD to ensure that we have no SPoF knowledge-wise, including my own. That attitude is more valuable than any local knowledge I might have kept to myself." />
  <row Id="32763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18321" RevisionGUID="16dbfd42-d0f1-403c-be4f-37ff21a9349e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:50:39.347" UserId="7577" Text="I regularly come to think of what would be the best place to create and run a small IT company say a start-up. By safe I mean:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Not bothered by criminals collecting money from all businesses in the neighbourhood&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Not bothered by the army of lawyers trying every single hole in legislation system on every single little company (like it is in Germany)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. No software patents and endless suits about every single little feature or color piece in your software&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. Free from responsibility for user-generated content, well as long as you remove all generally considered &quot;illegal&quot; content after a request to do so or after you yourself notice it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5. The local court system does not welcome such attacks from local and foreign lawyers and &quot;protects&quot; their homegrown companies&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6. Reasonable taxes not killing a private entrepreneur from the very start of his adventure&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;7. Low bureaucracy and paperwork&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;8. Private data protection for your company (not like giving out your state of affairs to whoever asks)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;9. Well developed communication infrastructure (not like sitting over dial-up as the latest technology breakthrough)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. Will here be a better location for such a question?" />
  <row Id="32764" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18321" RevisionGUID="16dbfd42-d0f1-403c-be4f-37ff21a9349e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:50:39.347" UserId="7577" Text="What is the safest country to run an IT startup?" />
  <row Id="32765" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18321" RevisionGUID="16dbfd42-d0f1-403c-be4f-37ff21a9349e" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:50:39.347" UserId="7577" Text="&lt;small-business&gt;" />
  <row Id="32766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18322" RevisionGUID="0796e0d7-07cd-44b3-b524-99e2e0ed4830" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:51:35.307" UserId="7342" Text="RAID is only useful when you absolutely positively can't have the server go down unexpectedly. We use RAID on all our servers in our datacentre where there isn't some other form of redundancy. For example we don't use RAID on our webservers, because there's another 10 still working. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The litmus test is &quot;if a disk breaks in the middle of the night and it can't wait until 9am, it needs RAID&quot;" />
  <row Id="32767" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18323" RevisionGUID="90942c5b-b70f-47dd-a77e-8940bc6252de" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:51:47.723" UserId="2417" Text="There is also [dsh](http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/software/dsh.html.en) for parallel ssh runs. " />
  <row Id="32768" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18324" RevisionGUID="00e68693-0efd-423a-9b64-d86385f54000" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:52:51.407" UserId="1322" Text="I was reading a website about the difference between stealthed and closed ports.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.grc.com/faq-shieldsup.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A closed port will echo a packet if closed. However, a stealthed port will not respond at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it recommended to stealth all the ports you don't use? If so, how do you go about doing so?" />
  <row Id="32769" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18324" RevisionGUID="00e68693-0efd-423a-9b64-d86385f54000" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:52:51.407" UserId="1322" Text="Stealthed vs Closed Port" />
  <row Id="32770" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18324" RevisionGUID="00e68693-0efd-423a-9b64-d86385f54000" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:52:51.407" UserId="1322" Text="&lt;port&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;stealth&gt;" />
  <row Id="32771" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18325" RevisionGUID="47954d6d-cff6-41ab-b01d-2e821d1197ee" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:55:09.657" UserId="7577" Text="We have basically the same situation. That's why the director has hired me to add one more node of knowledge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But honestly, it is not your place to care. It is the business of management to assess risks and address them." />
  <row Id="32772" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18326" RevisionGUID="734642c4-9d1e-4ec9-bece-cdb114b2528a" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:55:43.980" UserId="1435" Text="Deeply odd question - but my first instinct is that one of the small European 'tax-havens' such as Monaco, Liechtenstein, Jersey etc. may be the closest you'll get to meeting these requirements." />
  <row Id="32773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18327" RevisionGUID="4f1d65ce-0e2e-4b09-b560-7352691401b4" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:55:51.543" UserId="6767" Text="Document the heck out of everything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There was a thread on Slashdot recently about starting documentation, which inspired me to write down my thoughts about documentation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My key points were:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Principle #1: It Is Never Done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Documentation is an on-going effort that will always lag behind what is in production. Changes are made ad-hoc, things moved around or discontinued or put into service at random. Documentation will never catch up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You have to sell the people paying the bills on the value of spending time (and therefore, money) on keeping the running documentation up to date. Frequently those conversations go like this: &quot;remember when I had to spend $TIME figuring out how $THING was broken? Well when I was finished, there was this tech note detailing $THING, so that the next guy to come along won't have to figure it all out.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You have to do it, even though you will never finish.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Principle #2: The Only Thing Worse Than No Documentation Is Wrong Documentation&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is more of a truism than a principle. Documentation can lull you into the false sense that something is in a known state and that if something goes wrong you can therefore have a running start at fixing it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is important to acknowledge this problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Principle #3: You Are Writing Documentation For Your Successor&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Odds are 95% of anything you do document you will never have to refer to again. Documentation is a collection of wisdom for the future, not for you. So you have to assume that your audience knows little or nothing about the specifics of how things are the way they are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And there will be a successor. I don't know about you, but I don't plan to be in these specific environments for the rest of my life. Opportunities come and go, and when they come, sometimes you go. But life goes on behind you, and the smoother you can make life for your successor the better. Otherwise you might have a collection of former customers who quietly say unflattering things about you. I like to say that it is the same 50 guys working everywhere in IT in Ottawa because you keep running into them everywhere. Helping your successor might open doors for you in the future.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now to a certain extent there is always a degree of &quot;blame the previous guy&quot; when trouble comes up. That is part of the business. I've done it myself. But on several occasions when I had blasted the previous guy as some kind of moron, I have learned otherwise that he really had his act together and knew more about what was going on than I did at the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Principle #4: &quot;Why&quot; is often more important than &quot;How&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When looking at a system most of us start thinking thinks like why the hell is this like this? There are almost always very specific reasons for the configuration choices made. In these circumstances, the &quot;Why&quot; dictates the &quot;How&quot;, and you have to make sure that the reader understands the specific problems being solved when examining the smoking remains of your solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Principle #5: It has to be easy or you won't do it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This means you have to be very aware of your tools as well as those who are going to use your tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keeping things up-to-date has to be easy. If you have to make any kind of effort, then you will find excuses to avoid doing it when it is best done, which is immediately after a change.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your tools are not easy for others to use, then they won't use it. This can be especially crippling in a team environment, since the larger the team gets the more likely you will encounter a team member who does not like your choice of tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I like a wiki for documents. However the problem is that a wiki does not force a structure on you, so the structure must be imposed from outside. This always leads to conflict somewhere as somebody else has a better/different idea.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In some places I've used Word and Visio documents &quot;published&quot; to PDF, with the &quot;latest&quot; PDF being considered authoritative. This is good in that you then have a collection that you can hand to your employer/successor. The PDFs, if properly dated, can provide a historical record of what happened, although one which is not easy to navigate through. It is bad in that I don't like Word or Visio and have been forced to get a basic understanding of these tools in order to effectively communicate the ideas.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My current employer is toying with the idea of Word documents in a Sharepoint portal. We'll just have to see how far we get there&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18328" RevisionGUID="ebc77c3a-170f-402f-ab49-963ce24abbc3" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:56:12.917" UserId="5233" Text="Three days ago (seriously) I was remotely logged in to a school server, installing Service Pack 2 on a Windows Server 2008 file server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I decided to schedule the needed reboot for late at night, when teachers wouldn't be logged on finishing their end-of-year report cards.  I typed something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt; at 23:59 &quot;shutdown -r -t 0&quot; &lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...which might have worked fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But then I second guessed myself.  Was my 'shutdown' syntax correct?  I tried to view the usage help by typing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt; shutdown /h &lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...and instantly lost my RDP connection.  Panicking, I hit up Google for the syntax.  A quick search revealed that the Server 2008 version of shutdown includes a /h switch, which (as you may have guessed) hibernates the machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Teachers started calling me within minutes to report that they could no longer open or save the report cards they had been working on.  Since I was offsite and the server room was locked, I had to call the school principal directly and walk her through the process of powering the machine back on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Today I brought homemade cookies to everyone as a form of apology." />
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  <row Id="32776" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18329" RevisionGUID="719a4eee-8425-4b20-9c79-7fb71b7dc4af" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:56:54.227" UserId="7342" Text="The United Kingdom doesn't seem to be that bad. Can't really comment on the bureaucracy, but it doesn't seem overly onerous. Communications are getting better, especially in larger cities." />
  <row Id="32777" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18330" RevisionGUID="975ce3ab-9e50-4b7d-83d9-dbd74168cdcf" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:58:50.623" UserId="7200" Text="Some operating systems respond to connection requests (in the case of TCP) or unsolicited packets (in the case of UDP) with packets indicating that nothing is listening there. Some operating systems can be configured to drop incoming packets to ports where nothing is listening with no response.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To me, neither behaviour is better than the other. My take on it is simple: Don't run unnecessary programs that listen for incoming connections / packets. The programs you have to run should be configured as securely as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Worrying about your box responding to port scans seems, to me, to be missing the point. In my opinion, Steve Gibson (who runs GRC.com) is a little bit nutty. (Is his &quot;nanoprobes&quot; page still up?)  He seems to be fear-mongering in some of his writing." />
  <row Id="32778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18331" RevisionGUID="7562a084-fea6-40bb-9df9-595062a00653" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:59:06.817" UserId="6767" Text="If sudo lets me do what I need to do -- and sometimes I *need* a root shell -- then yes, I'd give up the root account.  I'd probably be happier that way, actually." />
  <row Id="32779" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18332" RevisionGUID="f8dfdad7-65cd-4037-a86d-679c530903c3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:00:24.413" UserId="7342" Text="There is a number of DNS validation tools. NSLint is one such tool, which checks zone files on disk. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used &lt;a href=&quot;http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/sleuth/&quot;&gt;DNS Sleuth&lt;/a&gt; in the past, which does DNS queries to check your setup. You can use the website or download a copy to use locally." />
  <row Id="32780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18333" RevisionGUID="867b3511-eccd-433f-9015-5abf0d077ff2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:00:48.953" UserId="7645" Text="Depends on what you're trying to do.  Basically, if you don't reply with a packet saying the port is closed, you'll make life more difficult for legitimate users, but possibly also make life difficult for any attackers trying to break into the box. It won't prevent somebody scanning the box to find out what ports are open, but it might slow them down.  And it might make it less likely somebody finds out your system exists in the first place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it a system providing services on a well-known port to the world? (such as a web server)  Then trying to &quot;stealth&quot; your ports won't do much. good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it a system doing nothing anybody needs to know about?  go for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You didn't say what OS, etc. you're running, so the answer to how varies.  On Linux with iptables you do &quot;-j DROP&quot; instead of &quot;-j REJECT&quot;, basically." />
  <row Id="32781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18334" RevisionGUID="143daf0f-1194-4912-bc8a-3a10f93ea46b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:01:19.263" UserId="6609" Text="Configure a firewall to silently drop them instead of reply.  Most firewalls have a way to do this. Last time I needed to I was using ipf from OpenBSD and it was &quot;block drop&quot; versus &quot;block return&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/filter.html#syntax&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/options.html#block-policy&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18335" RevisionGUID="a6345121-3f6c-4ee1-8df9-869297312cfe" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:02:44.350" UserId="4942" Text="The letter w on my laptop keyboard doesn't seem to be working anymore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All w letters found here are copied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Strange thing is, keyboard shortcuts involving this letter still work, like CTRL+w, which is the standard shortcut to close a tab in any piece of software that somehow works with tabs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Google is of no help, as it refers me to the apple support center...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My operating system is windows Vista x86" />
  <row Id="32783" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18335" RevisionGUID="a6345121-3f6c-4ee1-8df9-869297312cfe" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:02:44.350" UserId="4942" Text="letter w not working anymore" />
  <row Id="32784" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18335" RevisionGUID="a6345121-3f6c-4ee1-8df9-869297312cfe" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:02:44.350" UserId="4942" Text="&lt;keyboard&gt;" />
  <row Id="32785" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18336" RevisionGUID="87ce35ea-38a0-41dc-89cd-506db1eb98dc" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:03:48.873" UserId="2417" Text="You can do the vacation reply through sieve plugins. They will also add powerful server-side mail filtering capabilities.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A sieve file example for vacation responder:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    require [&quot;fileinto&quot;, &quot;vacation&quot;];&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    vacation&#xD;&#xA;      # Reply at most once a day to a same sender&#xD;&#xA;      :days 1&#xD;&#xA;      :subject &quot;Out of office reply&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      # List of additional recipient addresses which are included in the auto replying.&#xD;&#xA;      # If a mail's recipient is not the envelope recipient and it's not on this list,&#xD;&#xA;      # no vacation reply is sent for it.&#xD;&#xA;      :addresses [&quot;j.doe@company.dom&quot;, &quot;john.doe@company.dom&quot;]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;I'm out of office, please contact Joan Doe instead.&#xD;&#xA;    Best regards&#xD;&#xA;    John Doe&quot;; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [Dovecot sieve page](http://wiki.dovecot.org/LDA/Sieve) for more information." />
  <row Id="32786" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18336" RevisionGUID="87ce35ea-38a0-41dc-89cd-506db1eb98dc" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:03:48.873" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32787" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18337" RevisionGUID="292bdd6d-4534-4f6c-8dd1-9e52802f52c6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:04:38.513" UserId="2783" Text="Is there a particular reason you want to stealth your ports?  It won't make your computer invisible (as your open ports will still respond to a port scan), makes extra work for you, and breaks the rules of RFC 791 (TCP).  Are you the subject of frequent port scans, or just buying into Steve Gibson's paranoia ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In any case, Steve Gibson answers that question on the page that you linked to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.grc.com/faq-shieldsup.htm#STEALTH&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Q	ShieldsUP! shows my ports as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 'Closed' and not 'Stealth', but I want&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Stealth! How do I get 'Stealth'?&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; A	'Stealthed' ports are a, strictly&#xD;&#xA;&gt; speaking, a violation of proper TCP/IP&#xD;&#xA;&gt; rules of conduct. Proper conduct&#xD;&#xA;&gt; requires a closed port to respond with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a message indicating that the open&#xD;&#xA;&gt; request was received, but has been&#xD;&#xA;&gt; denied. This lets the sending system&#xD;&#xA;&gt; know that its open request was&#xD;&#xA;&gt; received so that it doesn't need to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; keep retrying. But, of course, this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;affirmative denial&quot; also lets the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sending system know that a system&#xD;&#xA;&gt; actually exists on the receiving end .&#xD;&#xA;&gt; . . which is what we want to avoid in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the case of malicious hackers&#xD;&#xA;&gt; attempting to probe our systems.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; I coined the term 'Stealth' when I&#xD;&#xA;&gt; developed this site's port probing&#xD;&#xA;&gt; technology to describe a closed port&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that chooses to remain completely&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hidden by sending nothing back to its&#xD;&#xA;&gt; attempted opener, preferring instead&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to appear not to exist at all.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Since 'Stealthing' is non-standard&#xD;&#xA;&gt; behavior for Internet systems, it is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; behavior which must be created and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; enforced by means of a firewall&#xD;&#xA;&gt; security system of some sort. The&#xD;&#xA;&gt; native TCP/IP interface software used&#xD;&#xA;&gt; by personal computers will ALWAYS&#xD;&#xA;&gt; reply that a port is closed.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Therefore, some additional software or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hardware, in the form of a 'stealth&#xD;&#xA;&gt; capable firewall' must be added to the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; computer system in order to squelch&#xD;&#xA;&gt; its &quot;closed port&quot; replies.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; To get full stealth-mode status from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; your system, I highly recommend using&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the completely FREE ZoneAlarm 2&#xD;&#xA;&gt; firewall from ZoneLabs, Inc. Visit&#xD;&#xA;&gt; their website at www.ZoneLabs.com to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; learn more about this excellent and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; free firewall, then download the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; latest version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18338" RevisionGUID="4251b626-1c72-441d-b30b-1cc2ee9a74f9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:06:13.677" UserId="2783" Text="What happens if you plug in an external USB keyboard?" />
  <row Id="32789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18339" RevisionGUID="ca95ef1a-8c41-47c2-9c28-50d6b17a606c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:10:23.037" UserDisplayName="user6848" Text="If you had to explain Active Directory to someone how would you explain it?" />
  <row Id="32790" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18339" RevisionGUID="ca95ef1a-8c41-47c2-9c28-50d6b17a606c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:10:23.037" UserDisplayName="user6848" Text="Active Directory explained" />
  <row Id="32791" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18339" RevisionGUID="ca95ef1a-8c41-47c2-9c28-50d6b17a606c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:10:23.037" UserDisplayName="user6848" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="32792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18340" RevisionGUID="c4b67c1e-eeff-41a0-95d2-f3dd47775440" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:11:33.627" UserDisplayName="P.Turpie" Text="Has the W key been accidently remapped to something else?" />
  <row Id="32793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18341" RevisionGUID="e2327ec1-52fe-4014-bbf2-799e0a769981" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:13:33.877" UserId="4664" Text="It doesn't work in all programs or just in some ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you give out your process list ?" />
  <row Id="32794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18342" RevisionGUID="9ee41b61-1e04-47cb-89f0-d7484591d9fb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:14:44.890" UserId="2783" Text="The many posts above regarding the importance of documentation are spot on, but there is one other aspect to being &quot;the guy&quot; at work that you want to look out for.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are the only person that knows how to operate everything, vacations/births/emergencies are difficult to handle, and you can never be promoted or learn other positions in the company (if that interests you).  If you are not able to grow and learn and expand your skills, you may end up in a position down the line where you are looking for a job, and your resume shows that you have spent 10 years as a COBOL/FORTRAN programmer or an OS\2/Novell/NT admin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Growth and crosstraining are important to development as a sysadmin.  Instead of being &quot;the guy&quot; that the whole network depends on, be &quot;the guy&quot; that is always willing to show the new guy what to do and who is always interested in learning more about the business." />
  <row Id="32795" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18238" RevisionGUID="f7fd798f-f1b4-43fa-a641-4bcac57d08ca" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:15:56.560" UserId="984" Comment="added 82 characters in body" Text="There is a previous question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Should we disable the root user?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most people against the this possibility were saying you will need it and you will be in big trouble if you don't have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think is a real reason, there is plenty of way to avoid single point of failure of any components, so the criticality of having access to one server in particular become irrelevant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So if your IT infrastructure was completly redundant and the non-access to one particular server is non-critical and can be adressed by clustering, virtualisation, cloning, fast backup system, etc..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will you give up the root account ?&#xD;&#xA;My experience show than mainly sysadmin have a personal relationship with the root account and have big problem to not hold the password of their own server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2930/should-we-disable-the-root-user" />
  <row Id="32796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18343" RevisionGUID="191e175e-3153-486a-9138-2b076467ed87" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:16:38.587" UserId="7705" Text="I was going to attempt samba over ssh, any better ideas?" />
  <row Id="32797" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18343" RevisionGUID="191e175e-3153-486a-9138-2b076467ed87" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:16:38.587" UserId="7705" Text="Best way to mount a linux filesystem on windows over the internet?" />
  <row Id="32798" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18343" RevisionGUID="191e175e-3153-486a-9138-2b076467ed87" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:16:38.587" UserId="7705" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;samba&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="32799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18344" RevisionGUID="9b935df4-2341-412c-acd7-c7fe8e5aade6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:16:59.990" UserId="5922" Text="We still keep root accounts and login on all of our servers. The reason being that all other user accounts come from a central directory server. If a server was taken offline or somehow lost its connection to the directory, there needs to be a way to log in to it to work on it. I don't see how else this could be done other than having a root account." />
  <row Id="32800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18345" RevisionGUID="3d1e2c03-d652-4d2b-b536-ba2078b0fbdd" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:21:42.127" UserDisplayName="user6848" Text="I've had cheap keyboards where the keys start to go one by one and pretty soon you just break down and buy another keyboard because the amount of keys not working is just too much.  The max I've put up with is like 5 keys not working... and then only for a couple days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now if you have a laptop you could try taking it apart (probably voiding the warranty if any) and seeing if you have a cookie crumb stuck under their or perhaps even solder on a new switch.  Otherwise you could send it back for repair or take it to your local Apple authorized dealer.  Or perhaps even just use a can of air to blow it out and see if that helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes the key may work with others because of a crack in the motherboard... and I'm not saying try this but if you flex the computer in certain ways like pushing down in the corner with the control key and observe and see if the 'w' key works." />
  <row Id="32801" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18346" RevisionGUID="d38ee526-3608-4a42-aca1-aa9f5f0c86d8" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:22:58.660" UserId="2339" Text="It looks like there is a package that supports sshfs on Windows, it's called Dokan:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://dokan-dev.net/en/" />
  <row Id="32802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18347" RevisionGUID="1e769841-c429-4bec-a0ad-02f8ced808de" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:23:27.477" UserId="984" Text="&gt; Will you give up the root account ? My&#xD;&#xA;&gt; experience show than mainly sysadmin&#xD;&#xA;&gt; have a personal relationship with the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; root account and have big problem to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; not hold the password of their own&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I am responsible for a server, I will need some level privileged access.  It doesn't matter if this accounts name is **root**, or if I have to login as myself and use some tool to elevate my privileges.  If the system is a standard *nix (or close too the standard) then I will probably need the **root** access for some administrative task at some point or another, simply because this is the way it has been for decades, and there is lots of inertia in this way of doing things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I am not responsible for the host, then I probably should not be given the root account. In fact, I frequently try and avoid letting anyone tell me the what the root password is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; So if your IT infrastructure was&#xD;&#xA;&gt; completely redundant and the non-access&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to one particular server is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; non-critical and can be addressed by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; clustering, virtualisation, cloning,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; fast backup system, etc..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Honestly, I don't see how any of that relates to needing a privileged account to perform privileged tasks on a computer.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18348" RevisionGUID="8572cc83-e384-4961-b31d-14a5ba158e2f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:24:16.307" UserId="7342" Text="You could look at webdav over https. Apache and mod_webdav should work fairly easily. You might have file permission problems though with everything being owned by the webserver user." />
  <row Id="32804" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18349" RevisionGUID="e1b4c6cb-ae11-4ef2-9336-23509cb42b62" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:24:41.483" UserId="7200" Text="I'm glossing over quite a bit here, of course, but it's a decent semi-technical summary that would be suitable for communicating to others who are not familiar with Active Directory itself, but generally familiar with computers and the issues associated with authentication and authorization.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Active Directory is, at its heart, a database management system. This database can be replicated amongst an arbitrary number of server computers (called Domain Controllers) in a multi-master manner (meaning that changes can be made to each independent copy, and eventually they'll be replicated to all the other copies).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Active Directory database in an enterprise can be broken up into units of replication called &quot;Domains&quot;. The system of replication between server computers can be configured in a very flexible manner to permit replication even in the face of failures of connectivity between domain controller computers, and to replicate efficiently between locations that might be connected with low-bandwidth WAN connectivity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows uses the Active Directory as a repository for configuration information. Chief amongst these uses is the storage of user logon credentials (usernames / password hashes) such that computers can be configured to refer to this database to provide a centralized single sign-on capability for large numbers of machines (called &quot;members&quot; of the &quot;Domain&quot;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Permissions to access resources hosted by servers that are members of an Active Directory domain can be controlled through explicit naming of user accounts from the Active Directory domain in permissions called Access Control Lists (ACLs), or by creating logical groupings of user accounts into Security Groups. The information about the names and membership of these security groups are stored in the Active Directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ability to modify records stored in the Active Directory database is controlled through security permissions that, themselves, refer to the Active Directory database. In this way, enterprises can provide &quot;Delegation of Control&quot; functionality to allow certain authorized users (or members of security groups) to perform administrative functions on the Active Directory of a limited and defined scope. This would allow, for example, a helpdesk employee to change the password of another user, but not to place his own account into security groups that might grant him permission to access sensitive resources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Versions of the Windows operating system also can perform installations of software, make modifications to the user's environment (desktop, Start menu, behaviour of application programs, etc) by using the Group Policy. The back-end storage of the data that drives this Group Policy system is stored in Active Directory, and thus is given replication and security functionality.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, other software applications, both from Microsoft and from third-parties, store additional configuration information in the Active Directory database. Microsoft Exchange Server, for example, makes heavy use of the Active Directory. Applications use Active Directory to gain the benefits of replication, security, and delegation of control described above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whew! Not too bad, I don't think, for a stream of consciousness!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Super short answer: AD is a database to store user logon and group information, and configuration information that drives group policy and other application software." />
  <row Id="32805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18350" RevisionGUID="3a045bfa-0819-4e6e-8c2d-f733009ce327" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:25:10.173" UserId="3420" Text="It's a little hard to make sense of that page. Perhaps it was written by children or by someone selling a useless product. So let's start fresh.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's just discuss TCP for now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When someone attempts to connect to a TCP port (sends a SYN packet) that you do not wish to allow a connection to, you have a few choices for your response:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Respond with a RST packet, if you're not listening on this port that's per the TCP protocol. Normally you'd call this a &quot;closed&quot; port. It would make sense to call this a &quot;stealthed&quot; port if you are running some service on it that allows connections from other sources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Accept the connection and disconnect (RST or FIN) them immediately. TCP wrappers historically had this behavior for blocked connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) Ignore the packet. This is pretty common. It would make sense to call this a &quot;stealthed&quot; port if you're running some service on it that allows connections from other sources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) Accept the connection and ignore further packets for that connection. This can annoy an attacker although probably doesn't add any real security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5) Respond with a reasonable ICMP error. Usually done by routers (including firewalls), but not as commonly done by host-based &quot;firewalls&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6) Respond with an unreasonable ICMP error. Just to annoy/confuse an attacker&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;7) Respond inconsistently and randomly. This can annoy an attacker but probably doesn't add any real security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How you respond depends on what your goals are. If you want the machine to appear not to be a valid node, you should ignore the packet regardless of whether you have a service running (that allows connections from other sources) or not. But if you are going to respond to any traffic at all, this doesn't help hide your existence.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to just disallow the connection, and aren't trying to hide that your IP address is an active one, your best bet may be to respond with an RST packet, whether you are listening on that port or not. This hides whether you have a service on that port that allows connections from some addresses, or whether no service is running on that port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Choice #4 or #7 can frustrate someone running a port scanner, but can cause you occasional operational annoyances. It's not really all that useful for an address you're actually using, but can be entertaining for a honeypot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Choice #2 is common because some popular filtering software (e.g. TCP Wrappers) requires the connection to be accepted to get the source address, in order to determine whether it should be allowed. This is based on historical OS limitations that might not be relevant in a new installation with modern operating systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your choice will depend on your requirements. This includes whether you have any ports that you allow a connection to from every address, and whether you have any ports that you allow a connection to from some addresses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are not allowing incoming connections from any source, you'd might as well drop any disallowed packets. This hides the existence of your machine, making random attackers less likely to believe that it is a valid address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're allowing incoming connections from any source on some ports and from certain sources on other ports - a very common configuration - you have a few reasonable choices to pick between. If you send back a RST for ports you are not listening on at all, but behave differently for ports you are deliberately disallowing, you reveal what ports you are allowing connections to from select sources. I believe the better choice is to send back an RST regardless of whether you are not listening on that port at all or you are disallowing connections from the source.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is exactly the kind of security question that should include a threat model, an explanation of what services you are providing to everyone vs select sources, and either a security policy or clarification that you want assistance in defining a security policy. Additional confusion is caused by the introduction of new terminology without a clear definition." />
  <row Id="32806" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18343" RevisionGUID="9c8850c0-86af-42c7-a8ef-515059c79ba4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:26:27.897" UserId="7705" Comment="added 453 characters in body" Text="I was going to attempt samba over ssh, any better ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&#xD;&#xA;My mom has been bugging me to do some offsite backing up of here files, she currently uses norton ghost.  I have a VPS that I use for some other stuff and I figured that I could just setup a FTP server and let norton connect to that for some offsite backing up action.  But for some unknown reason, norton doesnt handle sftp or ftps, so I have to figure out how to automatically mount a linux drive on windows or get norton working with sftp." />
  <row Id="32807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18351" RevisionGUID="85effe49-185a-45ca-aab7-91fccf19e9d5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:26:43.137" UserId="7704" Text="I experience this strange behavior on WinXP, I could use IE to access any https sites, but I cannot use FireFox to access anything https, all of a sudden.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I thought it is FireFox, then my Visual Studio stopped being able to access https connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The message I got is &quot;Secure Connection Failed&quot; in FireFox.  This is my work computer, so I haven't restarted for a few days. It was all working fine, just all of a sudden this started happening.  Remember IE still working fine with https sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I googled without luck on what might be the cause, could someone please help on how to fix this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you so much,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ray." />
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  <row Id="32809" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18351" RevisionGUID="85effe49-185a-45ca-aab7-91fccf19e9d5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:26:43.137" UserId="7704" Text="&lt;https&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="32810" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18352" RevisionGUID="a31c4c9c-ad65-4552-93d8-6f66c42ebbd2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:31:30.653" UserId="6468" Text="I think what you're looking for is a framebuffer splash screen.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a howto:&#xD;&#xA;http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=41709" />
  <row Id="32811" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18353" RevisionGUID="656bb80e-2595-4300-a027-615d05f9214a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:31:31.043" UserDisplayName="John Brennan" Text="We had an array lose 3 drives on an IIS6 server. We now have the drives runing...for now. What's the best path to restoring the server to functionality. We have a backup of system state and the interpub directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="32812" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18353" RevisionGUID="656bb80e-2595-4300-a027-615d05f9214a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:31:31.043" UserDisplayName="John Brennan" Text="Restoring II6 server after a hardware failure." />
  <row Id="32813" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18353" RevisionGUID="656bb80e-2595-4300-a027-615d05f9214a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:31:31.043" UserDisplayName="John Brennan" Text="&lt;win2k3&gt;&lt;system-restore&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;" />
  <row Id="32814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18354" RevisionGUID="dcc3317d-b20e-47c0-a737-61f3497f69ff" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:32:54.147" UserId="6609" Text="I use a VPN for this. The file server runs poptop. Windows machines connect to it via the built in VPN client. SAMBA to share the folder, and voila.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use WINS for naming for extra credit so the Windows machines don't need shortcuts to things like \192.168.0.x\sharename on the desktop." />
  <row Id="32815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18355" RevisionGUID="374016b6-b183-489d-abbe-162adf2363ee" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:35:34.147" UserId="5989" Text="Common best practices in organizations I've worked in regarding the 'root' account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Disable remote access entirely, or only allow SSH via key authentication.&#xD;&#xA; * Disable/lock root's password (a la Ubuntu).&#xD;&#xA; * Strictly require use of `sudo` and ensure it logs properly.&#xD;&#xA; * Lock down `/bin/su` to only be executable by a certain group (often, `wheel` or `sysadmin`).&#xD;&#xA; * Ensure that root shells are well logged (enforce `script`, use `sudosh`, shell history tricks, etc).&#xD;&#xA; * Only users who require `root` access are granted rights to `sudo ALL` and rights are otherwise granted through sudo on a per-use basis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UID 0 is still required, particularly for tasks like opening ports below 1024, even if privs are dropped after an app is running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Security and convenience are mutually exclusive in IT. Using the `root` account directly is often a matter of convenience, not necessity, perhaps because admins hate typing `sudo` all the time?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32816" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15014" RevisionGUID="f2b825ab-4c97-4d7c-8661-5795e8101900" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:36:54.850" UserId="5144" Comment="Added real URLs (as I now have enough rep...)" Text="1. What is the difference between DEP always&#xD;&#xA;   on (&quot;/NoExecute=AlwaysOn&quot; in boot.ini) and DEP opt-out&#xD;&#xA;   ( &quot;/NoExecute=OptOut&quot; in boot.ini) with **no exceptions** ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   &quot;no exceptions&quot; = empty list of programs for which DEP does not apply.&#xD;&#xA;   DEP = Data Execution Prevention (hardware).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   One would expect it to work the same way, but it makes a&#xD;&#xA;   difference for some applications. E.g. for all versions&#xD;&#xA;   of UltraEdit 14 (14.2). It crashes at startup for DEP&#xD;&#xA;   always on, at least on Microsoft Windows XP Professional&#xD;&#xA;   Edition x64 edition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   **Update 1**: I think this difference is caused by the&#xD;&#xA;   backdoors that Microsoft has put into hardware DEP for&#xD;&#xA;   OptOut, according to Fabrice Roux (see below). In the&#xD;&#xA;   case of IrfanView, for which Steve Gibson observed the&#xD;&#xA;   same difference as I did for UltraEdit (see below), the&#xD;&#xA;   difference is caused by a non-DEP aware EXE packer&#xD;&#xA;   (ASPack) that Microsoft coded a backdoor for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Is there a difference between Windows XP, Windows Vista and&#xD;&#xA;   Windows 7 ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Is there a difference between 32 bit and 64 bit versions of&#xD;&#xA;   Windows ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sources:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From&#xD;&#xA;[http://blog.fabriceroux.com/index.php/2007/02/26/hardware_dep_has_a_backdoor?blog=1],&#xD;&#xA;  &quot;Hardware DEP has a backdoor&quot; by Fabrice Roux.&#xD;&#xA;  2007-02-26.&#xD;&#xA;  &quot;IrfanView was not using any trick to evade DEP ...&#xD;&#xA;    Microsoft just coded a backdoor used only in OPTOUT.&#xD;&#xA;    Bascially Microsoft checks the executable header for a&#xD;&#xA;    section matching one of the 3 strings. If one these&#xD;&#xA;    strings is found, DEP will be turned OFF for this&#xD;&#xA;    application by windows. ... 'aspack', 'pcle', 'sforce'&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From [http://www.grc.com/sn/sn-078.htm],&#xD;&#xA;  by Steve Gibson.&#xD;&#xA;  &quot;I can’t find any documentation on Microsoft’s site&#xD;&#xA;    anywhere, because we’re seeing a difference between&#xD;&#xA;    always-on and opt-out.  That is, you would imagine that&#xD;&#xA;    always-on mode would be the same as opting out if you&#xD;&#xA;    weren’t having any opt-out programs.  It turns out it’s&#xD;&#xA;    not the case.  For example ... the IrfanView file viewer&#xD;&#xA;    ... runs fine in opt-out mode, even if it has not been&#xD;&#xA;    opted out.  But it won’t launch, Windows blocks it from&#xD;&#xA;    launching ... in always-on mode.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From [http://www.grc.com/sn/sn-083.htm],&#xD;&#xA;  by Steve Gibson.&#xD;&#xA;  &quot;... IrfanView ... won’t run with DEP turned on. It’s&#xD;&#xA;    because it uses an EXE packer, an executable compression&#xD;&#xA;    program called ASPack. And it makes sense that it&#xD;&#xA;    wouldn’t because naturally an executable compressor has&#xD;&#xA;    got to decompress the executable, so it allocates a&#xD;&#xA;    bunch of data memory into which it decompresses the&#xD;&#xA;    compressed executable, and then it runs it. Well, it’s&#xD;&#xA;    running a data allocation, which is exactly what DEP is&#xD;&#xA;    designed to stop. On the other hand, UPX, which is&#xD;&#xA;    actually the leading and most popular EXE compressor,&#xD;&#xA;    it’s DEP- compatible because those guys realized, hey,&#xD;&#xA;    when we allocate this memory, we should mark the pages&#xD;&#xA;    as executable.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18356" RevisionGUID="d0d42d7d-f714-4e58-a437-0db21a7730d1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:39:02.540" UserId="7200" Text="When you say &quot;We now have the drive runing...for now.&quot;, you make me think that you haven't resolved your issue with the hardware. You really ought to do that before investing a lot of time in rebuilding the box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If Windows is totally gone, and all you have is the \inetpub directory and the System State you might, potentially, be missing application software that kept files outside those areas. Keep that in mind.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general, though, you should be able to reinstall Windows with the same computer name, partitioning scheme, and name of the \Windows folder, restore the System State backup, and put back the \Inetpub folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the box was a member of a domain you may have to disjoin and rejoin the domain after restoring the System State backup (depending on how old it was).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the box was a Domain Controller things become a bit more difficult.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18357" RevisionGUID="a76285cd-1dd0-4af1-8ed2-d892ad18de62" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:39:03.740" UserId="6609" Text="I'm liking Canada.  Less litigious than the US. Better crypto export laws; OpenBSD is homed from Canada in part because of that.  Low crime rates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The taxes aren't the lowest, though." />
  <row Id="32819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18358" RevisionGUID="a91a0867-21da-40c3-a3f7-3503c3313151" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:41:05.470" UserId="4878" Text="If you prefer a commercial version (because of the suppport) to Dokan-SSH, you can try ExpanDrive for Windows [ExpanDrive for Windows website][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.expandrive.com/windows" />
  <row Id="32820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18359" RevisionGUID="dec0c5fd-53d7-4393-b93f-8fd7723a4d9b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:42:04.440" UserId="6621" Text="stty doesn't seem to have a -topstop option; is it supposed to be -tostop?  Use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    man stty&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for details on the stty command and its options." />
  <row Id="32821" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18360" RevisionGUID="45225fdf-74e0-46b4-8804-4ced1639a1a2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:48:32.623" UserId="6929" Text="My answer is simply &quot;NO&quot;. Of course the root account is used whenever I need administrative rights, otherwise a normal user account is to be used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a MS Windows developer, I had been always using a domain account with local administrative rights. Otherwise there is too much trouble, especially when you need to deal with COM/COM+, etc. I had tried to develop using a normal user in the early days of Windows 2000 and gave up finally in a month of time... &quot;RunAs&quot; cannot save all the trouble for me at that time..." />
  <row Id="32822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18361" RevisionGUID="a5f02eed-f94e-4193-9c22-7aabde0d342a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:50:01.437" UserId="7709" Text="I have a Windows 2008 Standard server. It currently has 3x 1TB drives in RAID 5. I need to add another 2x 1TB drives. Is there any way to add these two disks into the existing RAID 5 array without any data loss, or without having to back everything up (We don't have that much extra free storage avaliable on short notice)?" />
  <row Id="32823" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18361" RevisionGUID="a5f02eed-f94e-4193-9c22-7aabde0d342a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:50:01.437" UserId="7709" Text="Expand Windows Server 2008 RAID 5 array" />
  <row Id="32824" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18361" RevisionGUID="a5f02eed-f94e-4193-9c22-7aabde0d342a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:50:01.437" UserId="7709" Text="&lt;software-raid&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="32825" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18362" RevisionGUID="ff6af87f-9abd-4315-8ead-33d872e065b0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:50:50.547" UserId="4664" Text="A few older ones in here will probably remember a cute little proggie from DOS days, *hdir* it was called. Did nothing special, except show the file and directory listing in colour.  &#xD;&#xA;(there were others that did the same thing, but I used this one, so remember its name).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any such today which work under XP (long file names ?) ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know *ls* has a *--color* option, but the one I'm using from unixkit-tiny has some problems working under my shell, it just displays rubbish, i.e. I haven't been able to get it to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example of rubbish:  &#xD;&#xA;*←[0m←[01;34mafter←[0m  ←[01;34mcolors←[0m  ←[0mdiff.vim←[0m  ←[01;34mdoc←[0m    ←[01;34mftplugin←[0m  ←[01;34mplugin←  &#xD;&#xA;[0m  ←[0mprogram.f90←[0m  &#xD;&#xA;←[m&quot;*  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;Not sure whether this should've been posted here or on SO. Not sure who it concerns more." />
  <row Id="32826" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18362" RevisionGUID="ff6af87f-9abd-4315-8ead-33d872e065b0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:50:50.547" UserId="4664" Text="Colored file listing in cmd shell under XP" />
  <row Id="32827" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18362" RevisionGUID="ff6af87f-9abd-4315-8ead-33d872e065b0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:50:50.547" UserId="4664" Text="&lt;cmd&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="32828" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18363" RevisionGUID="f02e577a-3821-4204-a3a0-1e01d2a0a7a5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:51:51.623" UserId="158" Text="Another option might be to require all ssh connections be verified by a certificate and do away with passwords altogether.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use to use Denyhosts, but I found I was only connecting regularly remotely from a handful of places, so I blocked all port 22 connections except from anywhere else, and use port knocking so I can connect from anywhere with my laptop if I have to." />
  <row Id="32829" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18364" RevisionGUID="005d1693-0e91-44a2-a84a-ff543b7c6d12" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:51:59.580" UserId="1322" Text="You can make an SSL certificate by using *.domain.com as the name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But unfortunately, this doesn't cover https://domain.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any fix for this?" />
  <row Id="32830" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18364" RevisionGUID="005d1693-0e91-44a2-a84a-ff543b7c6d12" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:51:59.580" UserId="1322" Text="OpenSSL certificate for subdomains AND domain?" />
  <row Id="32831" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18364" RevisionGUID="005d1693-0e91-44a2-a84a-ff543b7c6d12" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:51:59.580" UserId="1322" Text="&lt;openssl&gt;&lt;ssl&gt;&lt;certificate&gt;&lt;signed&gt;" />
  <row Id="32832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18365" RevisionGUID="8527d75b-6e2c-4dd3-916c-5b79157abd49" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:53:25.473" UserId="158" Text="Usually in these situations you compress first, then encrypt, as you get better compression ratios that way." />
  <row Id="32833" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18366" RevisionGUID="3a15f925-cf16-422d-8858-0a2f1517848c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:54:32.353" UserId="7710" Text="Before running the command, you must tell zsh to unlock your terminal:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ttyctl -u&#xD;&#xA;    stty -tostop&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32834" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18361" RevisionGUID="7a9873ab-d8a6-447a-983f-e2f59c328b53" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:55:32.820" UserId="7709" Comment="added 52 characters in body" Text="I have a Windows 2008 Standard server. It currently has 3x 1TB drives in Software RAID 5 (as per the Disk Management Console).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to add another 2x 1TB drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to add these two disks into the existing RAID 5 array without any data loss, or without having to back everything up (We don't have that much extra free storage avaliable on short notice)?" />
  <row Id="32835" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18367" RevisionGUID="51f13406-a61e-4e08-921d-b182166a9035" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:57:23.113" UserId="1382" Text="Traditionally, &quot;California&quot; has been the answer to that question, which is one of the reasons Silicon Valley happened here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The US is slipping down the desirability scale on several of your points, but I wouldn't personally consider taking a startup anywhere else." />
  <row Id="32836" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18368" RevisionGUID="5a2b091c-a44d-42fe-9037-6a7e7bf1e73e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:58:11.583" UserId="2101" Text="I seem to recall that *.domain.com actually violates RFC anyways (I think only lynx complains though :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Create a certificate with domain.com as the CN and *.domain.com in the alternate names field - that works." />
  <row Id="32837" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="18362" RevisionGUID="19ee50d7-62b5-4fe6-943e-2c579e904d75" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:58:31.210" UserId="4664" Comment="edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;cmd&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;shell&gt;" />
  <row Id="32840" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18347" RevisionGUID="6efe75c3-0877-430c-ad4f-1fce04a91181" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:00:26.353" UserId="984" Comment="added 134 characters in body" Text="&gt; Will you give up the root account ? My&#xD;&#xA;&gt; experience show than mainly sysadmin&#xD;&#xA;&gt; have a personal relationship with the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; root account and have big problem to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; not hold the password of their own&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I am responsible for a server, I will need some level privileged access.  It doesn't matter if this accounts name is **root**, or if I have to login as myself and use some tool to elevate my privileges.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the system is a standard *nix (or close too the standard) then I will probably need the **root** access for some administrative task at some point or another, simply because this is the way it has been for decades, and there is lots of inertia in this way of doing things.  But this doesn't mean that I would login as that account when I don't need it, or I would leave that account open and unprotected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I am not responsible for the host, then I probably should not be given the root account. In fact, I frequently try and avoid letting anyone tell me the what the root password is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; So if your IT infrastructure was&#xD;&#xA;&gt; completely redundant and the non-access&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to one particular server is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; non-critical and can be addressed by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; clustering, virtualisation, cloning,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; fast backup system, etc..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Honestly, I don't see how any of that relates to needing a privileged account to perform privileged tasks on a computer.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18370" RevisionGUID="59fbfb3c-c48a-4a68-9ba2-2d0aac0c90f8" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:01:28.070" UserId="7709" Text="From the good (bad?) old days, I used to use a tool called WS_PING - from the same people who provided the venerable WS_FTP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's only a trial, but you can grab it from http://www.whatsupgold.com/products/ws_ping-propack/ - it'll do everything you want and do it from Windows 95!" />
  <row Id="32842" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="18362" RevisionGUID="19ee50d7-62b5-4fe6-943e-2c579e904d75" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:58:31.210" UserId="4664" Comment="edited tags; edited title" Text="How to get coloured file listing in windows cmd shell ?" />
  <row Id="32843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18371" RevisionGUID="64b3ffc8-a744-472a-ac1e-a3d27e5832d2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:05:43.383" UserId="7711" Text="Might be helpful: http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/deployment/deploying-adobe-reader-9-for-windows" />
  <row Id="32844" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18176" RevisionGUID="7e35c8e3-7cbb-4b44-bf9f-7fde669cf6c1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:08:44.003" UserId="4276" Comment="fixed grammar" Text=" - **Network File System (NFS)** and then copy them with whatever you like, e.g. Midnight Commander (mc), Nautilus (from gnome). I have used NFS v3 with good results.&#xD;&#xA; - **Samba (CIFS)** and then copy the files with whatever you want to, but I have no idea how efficient it is.&#xD;&#xA; - **HTTP** with `wget --mirror` as [Evan Anderson][1] has suggested or any other http client. Be careful not to have any nasty symlinks or misleading index files. If all you have is MP3s, you should be safe.&#xD;&#xA; - **rsync**. I have used it with pretty good results and one of its nice features is that you can interrupt and resume the transfer later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've noticed that other people have recommended using *netcat*. Based on *my experience* with it I can say that it's slow compared with the other solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/users/7200/evan-anderson" />
  <row Id="32846" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18372" RevisionGUID="12c27b6c-21ba-4ab7-a679-e4916313ddef" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:54:13.090" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hello all, I was thinking that this could be done with a samba share tunneled over SSH?  Any better ideas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: Sorry, forgot about serverfault.com i suck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32847" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18372" RevisionGUID="12c27b6c-21ba-4ab7-a679-e4916313ddef" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:54:13.090" Text="Best way to mount a linux filesystem on windows over the internet?" />
  <row Id="32848" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18372" RevisionGUID="12c27b6c-21ba-4ab7-a679-e4916313ddef" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:54:13.090" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;samba&gt;&lt;not-programming-related&gt;" />
  <row Id="32849" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18373" RevisionGUID="bbd9c00b-7c0e-4bce-bea6-d7df681e909d" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:55:18.033" UserId="838" Text="&lt;p&gt;Your approach might work but &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.webdav.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;WebDAV&lt;/a&gt; might fit the bill as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18374" RevisionGUID="be2c5cc0-2dc8-4106-82df-cbc8b5eea7c1" CreationDate="2009-06-02T23:56:30.170" Text="&lt;p&gt;(note: is this a serverfault.com question?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I use a VPN for this.  The file server runs poptop. Windows machines connect to it via the built in VPN client.  SAMBA to share the folder, and voila.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use WINS for naming for extra credit so the Windows machines don't need shortcuts to things like \192.168.0.x\sharename on the desktop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18375" RevisionGUID="234fc9ac-9c18-4515-bb26-39bffc553313" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:06:45.577" Text="&lt;p&gt;I just tested WinSCP for you, it works with nothing but an open SSH port on the server--was very straight-forward.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't allow a true mount from looks of things, it gives you one of those left/right copy things instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I bet there is an SSHFS client for windows out there somewhere though if you really need that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit:&#xA;There is an old program from Novel that will do this, it's apparently free, but I haven't tested it.  You might give it a try: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/qna/999.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/qna/999.html&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32852" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18376" RevisionGUID="04bdba54-64da-4158-abed-b55b5cac2f42" CreationDate="2009-06-03T00:10:43.807" Text="&lt;p&gt;Seems like a sensible idea to me. I've done this before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a slight snag in that your local windows machine is probably already running it's own file sharing server (so you can't bind to localhost:139 when forwarding) and I you can't specify which port to connect to for file sharing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Really simple solution is to disable file sharing on your windows machine, or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blisstonia.com/eolson/notes/smboverssh.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Samba over SSH without disabling local file sharing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32853" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18064" RevisionGUID="41a66965-5535-4454-a570-52a400c708c6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:13:54.747" UserId="3181" Comment="added 16 characters in body" Text="This does not seem to be a zsh issue. This is an issue with the specific implementation of the command &lt;b&gt;stty&lt;/b&gt; on your system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To investigate a new command, remember:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt; $ man [command]&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also manual pages online, so if your particular system does not have the man pages installed, you can still get the needed info.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many modern utilities have built-in help info. Try&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;$ [command] -h &lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;$ [command] --help&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to figure out what options the [command] you're interested in has on your system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am also suspecting that you have a typo. Do you really mean &quot;topstop&quot;? This does not seem to be a valid option." />
  <row Id="32857" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18378" RevisionGUID="a019f279-787d-4482-8d69-d6ff74a611e4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:16:49.533" UserId="1170" Text="Is there website where one could find list of certified notebooks for OpenSolaris 2009.06?" />
  <row Id="32858" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18378" RevisionGUID="a019f279-787d-4482-8d69-d6ff74a611e4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:16:49.533" UserId="1170" Text="Website where one could find list of certified notebooks for OpenSolaris?" />
  <row Id="32859" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18378" RevisionGUID="a019f279-787d-4482-8d69-d6ff74a611e4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:16:49.533" UserId="1170" Text="&lt;opensolaris&gt;&lt;notebook&gt;" />
  <row Id="32860" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18379" RevisionGUID="c3ce673f-709a-4a63-a1b8-1660466f36c1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:19:22.040" UserId="7398" Text="I wouldn't recommend installing software you don't have the time to maintain. I'd also like to point out that you won't come across software that does not have the occasional nasty vulnerability, particularly where the internet is concerned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;May I ask what drives you toward the GUI? Text-based configuration can require some time and patience, but what in IT doesn't? It also seems rather futile setting up a GUI to configure something that should largely be a set-and-forget configuration. You may end up spending more time setting up the GUI than actually configuring the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ehtyar." />
  <row Id="32861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18380" RevisionGUID="6ad28263-47e4-4a02-b0a0-d30b6f8d3dea" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:22:27.763" UserId="7405" Text="Its not a list maintained by the vendor, but there is a community driven hardware compatibility list maintained on Sun's website. You can find it at:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/os/systems/views/all_laptops_all_results.page1.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32862" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18372" RevisionGUID="6b0fce6c-435d-4c0e-97e4-f0957b074c90" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:22:57.590" UserId="808" Comment="Since this was moved to serverfault, no need for not-programming-related" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hello all, I was thinking that this could be done with a samba share tunneled over SSH?  Any better ideas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: Sorry, forgot about serverfault.com i suck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32863" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="18372" RevisionGUID="6b0fce6c-435d-4c0e-97e4-f0957b074c90" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:22:57.590" UserId="808" Comment="Since this was moved to serverfault, no need for not-programming-related" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;samba&gt;" />
  <row Id="32864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18381" RevisionGUID="af71834d-f841-47bb-a022-76247095f5d1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:24:29.617" UserId="3181" Text="Well, it's Windows. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Reboot , and if that fails&#xD;&#xA;2) reinstall&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Snide comments out of my system, you might consider running Firefox with a test profile. From the Run command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&quot;C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe&quot; -ProfileManager&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and define a new, clean, profile. This would separate configuration from corruption issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next, try a stand-alone configuration of Firefox, such as a USB installable version, to see if your firefox installation has become corrupted." />
  <row Id="32865" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18382" RevisionGUID="4de5d60e-c078-4c1f-b686-184769aef6a2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:24:44.030" UserId="7714" Text="On Unix and GNU/Linux, there are still times when you need to be root but not often.  You can significally reduce the need to be root if you set up sudo, SELinux and/or capabilities correctly." />
  <row Id="32866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18383" RevisionGUID="b5cc28de-e8bf-497d-a9e4-e157aae0ff56" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:27:07.897" UserId="3181" Text="I *think* you could add the disks to the array and then use something like Partition Magic (or Partimage) to increase the size of the partition on the array of disks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regardless, you need a backup. RAID is not a backup strategy (as has been written many times in this site). Schedule the system downtime for immediately after the backup has completed, and be ready to restore." />
  <row Id="32867" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18384" RevisionGUID="412393d1-6057-40a2-8506-c85b82d29cdd" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:27:35.133" UserId="2617" Text="This doesn't seem directly related, but may be worth a shot:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From [MS KB 925336][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; When you try to install a large&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Microsoft Windows Installer (.msi)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; package or a large Microsoft Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Installer patch (.msp) package on a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; computer that is running Microsoft&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows Server 2003 or Microsoft&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows XP, you receive the following&#xD;&#xA;&gt; error message:  Error 1718. File&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FileName was rejected by digital&#xD;&#xA;&gt; signature policy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's the single most common problem I've had installing Service Packs on SQL Servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925336" />
  <row Id="32868" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18385" RevisionGUID="7742f623-1e7c-4a41-8992-bf99fb5b04b5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:28:50.453" UserDisplayName="Canllaith" Text="Most of the environments I've worked in the last few years have the root password in a password safe to be used for emergencies, and for all privileged access to go through sudo or ksu. Not only does this allow more fine-grained access control but has the side effect of maintaining an audit trail - you can tell which non-privileged account escalated to execute which command." />
  <row Id="32869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18386" RevisionGUID="4b22d8ce-8533-43dd-bdcf-6d45849a7a78" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:29:08.347" UserId="7714" Text="The Philippines is a good location. Cebu in particular. Good talent at a good price.  Taxes are low, cost of living is low.  " />
  <row Id="32871" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18388" RevisionGUID="06dc4e44-b37b-4839-a496-d7fcc8486173" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:29:35.663" UserId="4159" Text="When I connect to my office VPN via Internet Explorer 8, I'm now being prompted to instal XTSAC.cab. I've never needed to do this before; does anyone know what this is and if it's safe?" />
  <row Id="32872" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18388" RevisionGUID="06dc4e44-b37b-4839-a496-d7fcc8486173" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:29:35.663" UserId="4159" Text="What is XTSAC.cab and is it safe to load?" />
  <row Id="32873" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18388" RevisionGUID="06dc4e44-b37b-4839-a496-d7fcc8486173" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:29:35.663" UserId="4159" Text="&lt;ie8&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="32875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18389" RevisionGUID="1c7b2100-a18f-410b-ae66-989f84c95f9d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:32:22.820" UserId="984" Text="That *rubbish* is [ANSI escape codes][1].  I believe you can still load [ansi.sys][2] for the command.com shell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/Windows2000/UserTips/Miscellaneous/CommandInterpreterAnsiSupport.html" />
  <row Id="32876" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18390" RevisionGUID="bc857db2-066d-437c-986f-afca2ede1a23" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:32:44.333" UserId="5356" Text="Our servers are sub-domained and named after members of the Wu-Tang Clan:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ins.wu.domain.com - Inspectah Deck&#xD;&#xA;mk.wu.domain.com - Masta Killah&#xD;&#xA;chef.wu.domain.com - Raekwon the Chef&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and since there are only 9 members, when we need to expand, we'll use members of the larger Killa Beez klan and sub-domain them like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;name.kb.domain.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So far we haven't reached that point, but it is a lot of fun talking about our servers when clients are present." />
  <row Id="32877" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18390" RevisionGUID="bc857db2-066d-437c-986f-afca2ede1a23" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:32:44.333" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32878" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18391" RevisionGUID="c25dd40c-2578-455b-aca3-398d3b492fca" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:33:50.820" UserId="808" Text="The way I do this is to use [Cygwin][1]'s `ls`.  It's more heavy-weight than you're talking about, but there are other benefits, such as the availability of the UNIX `find` utility.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://www.cygwin.com/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32879" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18392" RevisionGUID="0da05545-42cc-4bb4-a8b3-6f9fafeed128" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:37:32.563" Text="If you can pop off the key, do so and use a pencil eraser to clean the copper contacts." />
  <row Id="32880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18393" RevisionGUID="18cf2469-44a8-4aaf-9067-05190e0ad3df" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:37:56.603" UserId="4268" Text="If you don't have rights to the domain where the contact object is homed, you won't be able to edit its properties. Try this for a test: create a contact in a domain where you have Domain Admin rights or better, then edit its forwarding address from the machine that's giving you the constraint violation error and report back on what happens." />
  <row Id="32881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18394" RevisionGUID="e4d2737c-9656-4df8-8ed8-1a6f96fd73b5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:39:47.523" UserId="984" Text="Perhaps there is a firewall on your network blocking outgoing https unless it goes through a proxy?  You might need to configure the proxy in your browser.  Firefox doesn't use the same proxy settings as IE, I am not sure about visual studio.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try using telnet to connect to port 443 to a https server and see if the connection is allowed.  If you cannot connect through telnet, then something is broken about your network.  If you can connect with telnet, then something is broken in your browser." />
  <row Id="32882" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18395" RevisionGUID="7f95109a-193a-49c9-9d49-e6f9c49b3b51" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:42:02.573" UserId="7324" Text="Is this a public website or an interanet/extranet site?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has the problem been going on for a while or just sudenly start?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What version of ColdFusion are you using?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming this is a public website I'd recommend looking at your access logs or look at mod_status (ExtendedInfo enabled) to see what URLs are being requested.  Its possible you have an attack or even just heavy (unexpected traffic).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do have abnormal traffic, see if you can also figure out where the traffic is coming from.  Maybe digg or slashdot got a hold of you? :-)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32883" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18372" RevisionGUID="96c38704-3058-4f6b-b505-d59dd5ee3e25" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:42:08.940" UserId="808" Comment="Edit in redundant link" Text="###Redundant (due to being moved from SO to SF):&#xD;&#xA;- [Best way to mount a linux filesystem on windows over the internet?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hello all, I was thinking that this could be done with a samba share tunneled over SSH?  Any better ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Sorry, forgot about serverfault.com i suck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/18343/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18396" RevisionGUID="f96d82ec-3e05-4a82-a630-e1ce0feb8e97" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:45:22.633" UserId="6917" Text="In the &quot;Security&quot; event log on a Windows 2003 domain controller, I see several entries of event 540 -- &quot;Successful Network Logon&quot; averaging a few minutes apart throughout the day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is the first one of these for a particular user on a particular day necessarily the time that the user logged in to their machine?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not (or even if so) is there another (better?) way to tell what time the user logged in in the morning?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32885" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18396" RevisionGUID="f96d82ec-3e05-4a82-a630-e1ce0feb8e97" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:45:22.633" UserId="6917" Text="How to tell what time a domain user logged in?" />
  <row Id="32886" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18396" RevisionGUID="f96d82ec-3e05-4a82-a630-e1ce0feb8e97" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:45:22.633" UserId="6917" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;event-log&gt;&lt;domain-controller&gt;&lt;domain&gt;" />
  <row Id="32887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18397" RevisionGUID="3a597e3b-a1e5-4c3e-9d6d-c93b8fbb49c6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:47:04.377" UserId="2617" Text="I've seen LDAP Constrain Violations can occur for two main reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. The data is invalid, malformed, or does not meet the schema constraints for some reason&#xD;&#xA; 2. The data is visible to you, but is not visible to the DC you are making the change on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it works/worked on another machine, or if it worked when you tried later in the day, then it is likely to be the 2nd option.  DC discovery, Global Catalog Replication, and Domain Replication in the extra domain could cause your client to have different visibility of the intended object when compared to the DC." />
  <row Id="32888" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18125" RevisionGUID="85737273-9f43-4b2a-b0b9-59d9b76a016c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:49:17.803" UserId="808" Comment="Edit for formatting and grammer" Text="I need to transfer a huge amount of mp3s between two serves (Ubuntu).&#xD;&#xA;By huge I mean about a million files which are on average 300K. &#xD;&#xA;I tried with `scp` but it would have taken about a week. (about 500 KB/s)&#xD;&#xA;If I transfer a single file by HTTP, I get  9-10 MB/s, but I don't know how to transfer all of them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to transfer all of them quickly?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32889" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="18125" RevisionGUID="85737273-9f43-4b2a-b0b9-59d9b76a016c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:49:17.803" UserId="808" Comment="Edit for formatting and grammer" Text="How to copy a large number of files quickly between two servers" />
  <row Id="32890" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="18125" RevisionGUID="85737273-9f43-4b2a-b0b9-59d9b76a016c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:49:17.803" UserId="808" Comment="Edit for formatting and grammer" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;file-transfer&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="32891" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17931" RevisionGUID="30033e4b-bcd8-4544-895b-31b1e254835c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:52:17.547" UserId="808" Comment="Edit for formatting and grammer" Text="I have heard that `pssh` and `clusterssh` are two popular ones, but I thought I would open it to discussion here and see what the community's experiences with these tools were? What are the gotchas? Any decent hacks or use cases?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32892" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="17931" RevisionGUID="30033e4b-bcd8-4544-895b-31b1e254835c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:52:17.547" UserId="808" Comment="Edit for formatting and grammer" Text="What is a good modern parallel SSH tool?" />
  <row Id="32893" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18398" RevisionGUID="e8db9826-63c2-4a99-8aa0-c189f06d2859" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:54:56.107" UserId="7200" Text="If you're looking for the interactive logon on a given client computer, the event long on that client computer is where you need to be looking. A user who logs on with, for example, cached credentials, won't be creating entries in the event log of a domain controller. Even if you're not looking for logons with cached credentials, configuring the client computers to audit logon events and looking in the client computer's event log is going to give you the best, most accurate, and easy to locate information." />
  <row Id="32894" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18399" RevisionGUID="ac6d2966-39cd-409c-b682-d038a4fdaabd" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:59:31.263" UserId="7200" Text="If you're using a SonicWall VPN then this is likely fine. Windows should allow you to see the publisher's signature. If it's signed by SonicWall, Inc. then you can feel fairly confident it's the right thing.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32895" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18400" RevisionGUID="f819d734-50b0-4856-99a6-aaff56c3d37a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T01:59:34.570" UserId="6534" Text="You are more likely to be bottlenecking on the number of spindles than the speed of your transport.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That is, yes, the raw speed of FC is faster than iSCSI, but if you are (hypothetically) trying to run 200 VMs off 6 spindles (physical disks), you're going to see worse performance than if you are trying to run 200 VMs off 24 spindles over iSCSI.  In our nearly-idle lab environment, we're running at about 2 NFS ops per VM (240ish vs 117), so that might give some notion of how much IO you'll have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think you'll see much difference based on the transport, unless you know you have very high contiguous IO (heavy instrument data log stream?  Video archiving?, I don't know what real-world scenarios might be like this, to be honest).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I really don't think you'd notice the transport unless the IOPS of the disks dramatically outweigh your load.  I would go with other criteria to make the decisions (ease of management, cost, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We went with NFS on a NetApp the last time we added storage." />
  <row Id="32896" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18401" RevisionGUID="416d4932-b101-4709-9b45-1998c310d549" CreationDate="2009-06-03T02:02:11.583" UserId="2617" Text="It may be more basic that you think: hardware fault.  Just for fun, try chkdsk /r and see if any bad sectors are reported at the end.  Hard drives fail, even new ones, RAID/Mirroring doesn't always report the error appropriately (particularly &quot;hardware&quot; RAID)." />
  <row Id="32897" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18402" RevisionGUID="56075387-1b14-4419-838c-6b9781e91264" CreationDate="2009-06-03T02:03:34.123" UserId="4381" Text="Probably not the answer you're looking for, but I'm 99% sure there isn't a way. Redirect http://domain.com/ to https://www.domain.com/ and just use the *.domain.com as the SSL cert. It's far from perfect, but should hopefully cover most of the cases you are interested in. The only other alternative is to use different IP addresses for domain.com and www.domain.com. Then you can use different certificates for each IP." />
  <row Id="32898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18403" RevisionGUID="c6310eb2-96cc-4b0d-a78b-f2f0743fec4b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T02:07:23.290" UserId="1544" Text="This doesn't directly answer your question, but perhaps an alternative solution for your offline backup setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you looked at [JungleDisk][1] and [DropBox][2]?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are fairly inexpensive &quot;cloud&quot; solutions that mount as if they were network drives in Windows/Linux/Mac.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been pretty pleased with JungleDisk.  I think I have about 20GB backed up and it costs me about $4.50/month with Amazon S3 as the backend.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jungledisk.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.getdropbox.com/" />
  <row Id="32899" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18404" RevisionGUID="3e51a4e5-0a84-4a7e-b8cf-a68ac9ab8f35" CreationDate="2009-06-03T02:07:57.563" UserId="4381" Text="It's nice to be able to have the root account enabled for cases where you break the configuration of sudo or where the method of authentication for normal users fail (e.g. in an LDAP environment). If you have a local user, and always use visudo (which will verify the sudo config and catch most mistakes), then you should be OK. Be prepared to have to use a boot CD to get into the system should things go wrong however. Having access to a root account, even if the password is kept somewhere safe and not accessible in normal use, gives you one more safety net should things go wrong." />
  <row Id="32900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18405" RevisionGUID="dcf61496-2e4c-45bb-aaa3-12902d6b73df" CreationDate="2009-06-03T02:08:37.077" UserId="7324" Text="Try this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Quit Word &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Go to System&gt;Preferences | International and change your input local to US English &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Launch Word &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. Go to Word&gt;Preferences | Spelling and Grammar and disable both&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32901" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18406" RevisionGUID="fdde4cb1-0791-4d35-a296-10478c3de5d6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T02:09:40.603" UserId="7136" Text="Is there a Windows GUI tool (or even a collection of &quot;Send to...&quot; scripts) to manage VirtualBox .vdi drives and/or virtual machines?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'm looking for is a way to right-click on a drive and clone it without resorting to the command line.  A tool that covers other tasks is a plus.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a set of self written Nautilus scripts for Ubuntu... However, I dual boot and would like similar functionality in Windows without rewriting them in .bat (teh sux) format.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32902" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18406" RevisionGUID="fdde4cb1-0791-4d35-a296-10478c3de5d6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T02:09:40.603" UserId="7136" Text="Is there a GUI tool for managing VirtualBox drives/machines?" />
  <row Id="32903" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18406" RevisionGUID="fdde4cb1-0791-4d35-a296-10478c3de5d6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T02:09:40.603" UserId="7136" Text="&lt;virtualbox&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="32904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18407" RevisionGUID="42a6ae17-bad6-47b6-afea-1aa6425f5e40" CreationDate="2009-06-03T02:09:59.960" UserId="4889" Text="Mail Chimp.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Heres a review for it by paul stamatiou when he used it for skribit: http:// paulstamatiou.com/2009/03/25/review-mailchimp-email-marketing" />
  <row Id="32905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18408" RevisionGUID="ecf101f6-fd9c-4f49-bd60-f04a92751762" CreationDate="2009-06-03T02:18:14.593" UserId="7723" Text="Not related to your question, but why not filter out those events, you shouldn't give a damn when you have those level of event returns,  Errors with severity of 3 or higher man, don't waste your time!" />
  <row Id="32906" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18409" RevisionGUID="80326aab-a5fb-409a-9d07-22c919879088" CreationDate="2009-06-03T02:21:56.443" UserId="4381" Text="You can do pretty much anything with apache log files with awk alone. Apache log files are basically whitespace separated, and you can pretend the quotes don't exist, and access whatever information you are interested in by column number. The only time this breaks down is if you have the combined log format and are interested in user agents, at which point you have to use quotes (&quot;) as the separator and run a separate awk command. The following will show you the IPs of every user who requests the index page sorted by the number of hits:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    awk -F'[ &quot;]+' '$7 == &quot;/&quot; { ipcount[$1]++ }&#xD;&#xA;        END { for (i in ipcount) {&#xD;&#xA;            printf &quot;%15s - %d\n&quot;, i, ipcount[i] } }' logfile.log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;$7 is the requested url. You can add whatever conditions you want at the beginning. Replace the '$7 == &quot;/&quot; with whatever information you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you replace the $1 in (ipcount[$1]++), then you can group the results by other criteria. Using $7 would show what pages were accessed and how often. Of course then you would want to change the condition at the beginning. The following would show what pages were accessed by a user from a specific IP:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    awk -F'[ &quot;]+' '$1 == &quot;1.2.3.4&quot; { pagecount[$7]++ }&#xD;&#xA;        END { for (i in pagecount) {&#xD;&#xA;            printf &quot;%15s - %d\n&quot;, i, pagecount[i] } }' logfile.log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also pipe the output through sort to get the results in order, either as part of the shell command, or also in the awk script itself:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    awk -F'[ &quot;]+' '$7 == &quot;/&quot; { ipcount[$1]++ }&#xD;&#xA;        END { for (i in ipcount) {&#xD;&#xA;            printf &quot;%15s - %d\n&quot;, i, ipcount[i] | sort } }' logfile.log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The latter would be useful if you decided to expand the awk script to print out other information. It's all a matter of what you want to find out. These should serve as a starting point for whatever you are interested in.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32907" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18410" RevisionGUID="0db1d782-ed44-4baf-9841-19defae70ae1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T02:05:03.077" Text="&lt;p&gt;Are there any existing tools or application which can automatically send email when the CPU on server is overused?&#xA;eg. CPU was more than 90% usage on a period of time or unusual CPU usage&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32908" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18410" RevisionGUID="0db1d782-ed44-4baf-9841-19defae70ae1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T02:05:03.077" Text="How to get alert while CPU overused (Windows Server 2003)?" />
  <row Id="32909" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18410" RevisionGUID="0db1d782-ed44-4baf-9841-19defae70ae1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T02:05:03.077" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="32910" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18411" RevisionGUID="44a37f6e-5057-4231-9d1b-03c55e37d2dc" CreationDate="2009-06-03T02:06:17.007" Text="&lt;p&gt;what operating system?  Linux just use a script that looks at the load values in /proc or from uptime.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32911" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18412" RevisionGUID="f89df5e4-c4b0-4de1-953e-900151a67abd" CreationDate="2009-06-03T02:29:41.217" Text="&lt;p&gt;For Windows I have used ServersAlive (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.woodstone.nu/salive/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;) before and found it to be a fantastic light weight tool. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many other products exist Nagios, Microsoft System Center are two others that come to mind.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32914" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18414" RevisionGUID="28189677-fbb0-4168-ab38-b5eb07262a6b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T02:40:07.170" UserId="1715" Text="You can do this with performance monitor (perfmon) out of the box in windows.  You can setup alerts on WMI counters with a threshold value, one of which can be total CPU.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only tricky part is that it doesn't have an option to send emails (you can get it to send you a *network message*) but you can get it to run a command-line argument.  You can use one of those command line mailer programs like blat to send an email." />
  <row Id="32915" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18414" RevisionGUID="28189677-fbb0-4168-ab38-b5eb07262a6b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T02:40:07.170" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18415" RevisionGUID="4937cad3-6aef-4f07-98b4-0f10bb0be4e2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T02:45:03.167" UserId="4253" Text="We use [Emma][1]. What's nice about Emma is they have a whole interface for creating and customizing newsletters on the web, and they're pretty cheap if you want them to create something new. They also have all the standard features: audience tracking, multiple lists, etc. We've used [Constant Contact][2] and [Bronto][3] in the past, and looked into a lot of others like [Vertical Response][4] and [MailChimp][5] and found Emma to be the easiest to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://myemma.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.constantcontact.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.bronto.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.verticalresponse.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.mailchimp.com/" />
  <row Id="32917" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18416" RevisionGUID="e7410380-76ae-4783-a2fa-8ea44b6260d3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T02:48:34.750" UserId="4392" Text="I've encountered this, except that I was transferring Oracle logs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the breakdown &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- scp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        inefficient and encrypted (encrypted = slower than unencrypted &#xD;&#xA;        depending on the link and your processor) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- rsync &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        efficient but typically encrypted (though not necessarily)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- FTP/HTTP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        both seem to be efficient, and both are plaintext. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used FTP with great success (where great success is equivalent to ~700Mb/s on a Gb network). If you're getting 10MB (which is equal to 80Mb/s), something is probably wrong. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What can you tell us about the source and destination of the data? Is it single drive to single drive? RAID to USB? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know this question already has an answer, but if your network is going this slow on a Gb/s  crossover cable, something absolutely needs fixed. " />
  <row Id="32918" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18417" RevisionGUID="d3220fe1-7f8d-4eda-ad66-08c6cfc1988f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T02:52:35.413" UserId="3281" Text="I had this same question a few months ago.  I set up a performance alert using the built in windows tools.  If it goes over the threshold, it fires off a vbs script that sends an email.  Found the vbs script on google.  Works great.  I also only run it during hours I care about.  No use having the blackberry buzzing away on the night stand unless it's a real emergency.&#xD;&#xA;Biggest drawback, no throttling.  It keeps sending emails every time the alert fires.  I keep thinking I'll dive into vbs and see if there's a way to limit it." />
  <row Id="32919" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18417" RevisionGUID="d3220fe1-7f8d-4eda-ad66-08c6cfc1988f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T02:52:35.413" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32920" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18418" RevisionGUID="b40e15e9-a039-4636-a687-44c0797c38a2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T02:52:59.687" UserId="7726" Text="This doesn't really answer the question but I'm a fan of [Mozy][1] for off-site backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Unlike Dropbox (which I do like too for sharing/syncing files), your files can be in any combination of directories.&#xD;&#xA; - Backups happens automatically in the background so you don't need to think about it&#xD;&#xA; - Backups are incremental - only changed files need to get sent&#xD;&#xA; - Like Dropbox, Mozy stores previous versions (up to a month?) so you're not in trouble even if you &quot;backed up&quot; files *after* they went wonky.&#xD;&#xA; - Your data will be encrypted with your own key (generated within Mozy client upon install) before it is sent over the wire, and you can optionally store this key with Mozy for safekeeping if you trust them enough and are afraid of losing your key.&#xD;&#xA; - And unlike the homebrew approach of copying files to another machine at home, your backups are truly off-site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mozy.com" />
  <row Id="32921" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18368" RevisionGUID="fe2af6c3-79c2-48c6-90c3-9905efe88759" CreationDate="2009-06-03T02:57:02.393" UserId="2101" Comment="Fixed field name" Text="I seem to recall that *.domain.com actually violates RFC anyways (I think only lynx complains though :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Create a certificate with domain.com as the CN and *.domain.com in the `subjectAltName:dNSName` names field - that works." />
  <row Id="32922" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18419" RevisionGUID="ebbdaf5b-2d42-417a-abc0-aca66abc258b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T02:57:46.993" UserId="7619" Text="An alternate suggestion that might help - It seems as though you might be over complicating the issue. There are multiple simple backup utilities for Windows, not withstanding your Norton solution. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Admittedly it's a little low-tech, but it seriously fulfills the &quot;offsite&quot; requirement AND removes the network from the equation, to protect against timeouts, lags, dropped VPN connections, etc. while you're backing up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using two like-sized external drives, label one &quot;Week 1&quot; and the other &quot;Week 2&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Connect the &quot;Week 1&quot; drive to the computer, configure it to perform a weekly full followed by incrementals, silently in the background. Have your mum remove the drive and set it aside. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Thursday or whaetver, stop by to raid the fridge, do a little laundry and connect up the drive labeled &quot;Week 2&quot;. Doublecheck, make sure that the drive has assumed the same drive letter and your backup software sees it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Grab and toss the &quot;Week 1&quot; drive on top of the clean shirts and socks in the laundry basket, on your way out the door. Keep it aside, safe and away from danger. This is your mum's `offline storage'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rinse, repeat. You've just created a smaller version of what most businesses do every week with their data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you've got space to spare or your mum's HD isn't that big and a lot of files don't change that often, feel free to juggle and tweak the times/config a bit if a.) you don't do laundry at home all that much and/or you're comfortable storing more than a week's worth of data on a drive like that." />
  <row Id="32923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18420" RevisionGUID="9e126a8f-fd18-44f9-90b4-fbdad18cdb0c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T02:58:18.897" UserId="3038" Text="There is an attribute on the AD User object called Last-Logon-Timestamp. It's updated every time a user logs in, but isn't replicated more than every 14 days as it is intended to be used to search for dead accounts. It can be used as a more accurate counter if you're willing to poll each DC in the domain for this information. From that you can build a trail of when users authenticated to the domain whenever it happens, not just in the morning." />
  <row Id="32924" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18421" RevisionGUID="d5e13137-5abd-45b9-93ca-b68588d551f3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T02:58:57.680" UserId="5989" Text="Konsole in KDE and Terminal.app on OS X also have the capability of turning one console or tab into a &quot;controlling&quot; terminal that send input to multiple tabs/windows/sessions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the past, I have used pconsole for this." />
  <row Id="32925" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18368" RevisionGUID="4f780d01-c630-47b6-86b4-fd2699e51b3f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:04:22.800" UserId="2101" Comment="added 94 characters in body" Text="I seem to recall that *.domain.com actually violates RFC anyways (I think only lynx complains though :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Create a certificate with domain.com as the CN and *.domain.com in the `subjectAltName:dNSName` names field - that works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For openssl, add this to the extensions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    subjectAltName          = DNS:*.domain.com" />
  <row Id="32926" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18422" RevisionGUID="bb94d0ab-92b4-44b0-b49a-f894ed167588" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:04:30.787" UserId="6534" Text="For just a single dd or bonnie++ (raw speed, linear writing) you should get pretty close to the wire-speed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But your bottleneck will be the disk array, once you start getting the random IO load of multiple VMs going, much more than the transport.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you don't have a battery backed write cache with a significant amount of RAM, your performance will crater as soon as you start getting a lot of writes with any other IO going on." />
  <row Id="32927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18423" RevisionGUID="bfa4240f-7790-46f4-b7b3-19d9c8f70b5c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:06:45.213" UserId="6436" Text="We use OpManager - great tool for monitoring server load, uptime, memory usage, etc... You can set up alerts based on thresholds so that you get an email if CPU goes over X, and a text message if CPU goes over Y.  I think its free for up to 10 nodes." />
  <row Id="32928" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18423" RevisionGUID="bfa4240f-7790-46f4-b7b3-19d9c8f70b5c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:06:45.213" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32929" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18424" RevisionGUID="7d48e304-f91c-4f18-bc24-a15038accd6b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:10:37.110" UserId="6755" Text="Executive summary: Use OpenCSW.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A longer answer: There used to be two major providers of Open Source packages, of which one has forked, so the current number is three.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* OpenCSW - a fork of Blastwave, run by one of its founders, Phil Brown. OpenCSW has the most advanced build system (mGAR), most of the manpower after the fork, and the newest packages. Its SourceForge projects are named `gar` (packages) and `opencsw` (tools).&#xD;&#xA;* Sunfreeware - I don't know of any code repository of theirs.&#xD;&#xA;* Blastwave - project started in 2002 by Dennis Clarke and Phil Brown, now run by Clarke, uses a less advanced version of the build system (compared to OpenCSW), has a publicly available code repository.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are two package management tools, `pkg-get` and `pkgutil`. Both work with OpenCSW and Blastwave. pkg-get is written in Korn shell, pkgutil is written in Perl and has a bit more features than pkg-get does. Both pkg-get and pkgutil automatically resolve and download dependencies." />
  <row Id="32930" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18425" RevisionGUID="b2245a3e-2845-4dfb-831b-282d5c2f4338" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:13:33.110" UserId="4392" Text="Lots of us have Storage Area Networks (SANs). Most of us, probably. How do you go about optimizing for speed? How many spindles do you have? iSCSI or FC? How do you break up your array? And if you have an EMC SAN, what do you do with the first four drives that share the stupid Flare OS? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking for input from anyone who has put effort into speeding up their SAN to make disk access more timely and reliable. " />
  <row Id="32931" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18425" RevisionGUID="b2245a3e-2845-4dfb-831b-282d5c2f4338" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:13:33.110" UserId="4392" Text="SAN Optimization: How do you go about it? " />
  <row Id="32932" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18425" RevisionGUID="b2245a3e-2845-4dfb-831b-282d5c2f4338" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:13:33.110" UserId="4392" Text="&lt;san&gt;&lt;storage&gt;&lt;iscsi&gt;&lt;fibre-channel&gt;" />
  <row Id="32933" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18425" RevisionGUID="b2245a3e-2845-4dfb-831b-282d5c2f4338" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:13:33.110" UserId="4392" />
  <row Id="32934" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18426" RevisionGUID="31f219cc-6ef4-419f-8f0c-a44e42a17ddf" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:13:44.060" UserId="7619" Text="Of course you should care. After all, any job worth doing is a job worth doing well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.) It's already been said but it needs repeating for reiteration. Document, document, document. Use excel spreadsheets, notepaper, quill and parchment if you have to. Several thousand mead notebooks like in the movie &quot;Se7en&quot; if need be. Either way, lay it out clear, concise and easy-to-read for whomever is going to have to replace you when you get hit by a meteor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.) Once you've begun documenting everything, you should be in the writing mood. Time to start a side project detailing the last few years' changes made on the servers. Start building a change-management process, but go through it historically. Make sure you note how often you've changed those disks on some of those finicky servers. How much they cost, etc. These provide great metrics for you to rely on anyway, even if that meteor misses you and takes out the neighbor's dog instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3.) Implement a monitoring system that monitors and emails critical failures. What's that, you say? You have one already? Sweet! Now document it. How it works, what you monitor, why you monitor it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4.) You've got a responsibility to take it to your management types again. And again, and again. As many times as you can. Be polite. Be respectful, but come bearing what the cost to the business would be, if that meteor came down and you disappeared. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is not a responsibility that you can blow off, it's an ethical requirement of your job and comisserate to the position you hold as the proverbial `keeper and guardian of the keys to the kingdom'. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Think of it this way. If you can avoid and forget worriyng about this and feel OK doing that, then why aren't you combing the accounting fileshares for company salaries to see what and how much more those management types are making than you. Why aren't you exploiting confidential corporate data for your own use? Why aren't you reading people's email?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simply put, (and hopefully) you aren't doing these things because of a good solid sense of morals and ethics. You know, the whole right from wrong sort of thing. Thus follows, if you have that, then you know that it's clearly your responsibility to document and prepare countermeasures against the worst-case scenerio. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being, your uninterrupted-by-work and relaxing vacation trip to Hawaii. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Sans meteor, that is.)" />
  <row Id="32935" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18427" RevisionGUID="f4daf6e9-8a12-405b-a488-0d67db26a93d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:18:24.893" UserId="57188" Text="Plesk 8.6 currently does not allow creating more than one FTP account per domain. You can setup 'web users' via the plesk interface but this sandboxes the FTP accounts outside of the web accessible folder (httpdocs). I need to allow multiple FTP users access to the httpdocs folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I setup multiple FTP accounts per domain via shell that can access httpdocs?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks - " />
  <row Id="32936" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18427" RevisionGUID="f4daf6e9-8a12-405b-a488-0d67db26a93d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:18:24.893" UserId="57188" Text="Setting up multiple FTP accounts on domain in Plesk 8.6 CentOS" />
  <row Id="32937" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18427" RevisionGUID="f4daf6e9-8a12-405b-a488-0d67db26a93d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:18:24.893" UserId="57188" Text="&lt;plesk&gt;&lt;shell&gt;&lt;ftp&gt;" />
  <row Id="32939" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18429" RevisionGUID="2da8c959-ee74-4921-a4d5-7b9e0b4cda7d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:22:08.240" UserId="7324" Text="Start here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/" />
  <row Id="32940" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18429" RevisionGUID="2da8c959-ee74-4921-a4d5-7b9e0b4cda7d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:22:08.240" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32941" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18430" RevisionGUID="da6ec822-c447-4876-9e87-ea19fe23628b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:24:16.550" UserId="7619" Text="&quot;See, imagine a giant tree with a bunch of buckets on the limbs. Inside these buckets are little keys that grant you access to special doors that live in an area, past the tree. If your name matches a name etched on one of those keys in one of those buckets, you get to open the door that matches that key and access the special information that's stored in there.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And my job, as an active directory administrator, is to make sure that all those buckets, keys and names etched on each are all up-to-date, working well, removed when no longer useful or needed. In addition, I build NEW doors that protect NEW rooms, mill the new keys that allow access and even water and grow the tree that holds all of it together.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*(Technically, I liked Evan's answer better, but this is how I'd explain it. :)*" />
  <row Id="32942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18431" RevisionGUID="0d96e3ad-4e42-4450-a5a7-bd71686d19d8" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:26:32.647" UserId="5233" Text="If you know the machine your user is currently logged into, try &lt;a href=&quot;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897545.aspx&quot;&gt;psloggedon&lt;/a&gt; from the Sysinternals Suite." />
  <row Id="32943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18432" RevisionGUID="771b622b-5b98-4cd3-bc79-4520cd90bef5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:27:40.663" UserId="7732" Text="I took over this position (Sys Admin / Lead Dev) from a guy who had his own specific way of doing everything. The 17 servers we have are all set up slightly different. There are *so* many procedures and manual handling of issues here and hardly any of it was documented (documentation pretty much included a single line explanation of each server and its role). This has made me re-evaluate a lot of the processes in the office. Everytime I learn something, its added to the wiki. I also delegate some server work to other devs so they can at least learn minimal info about small jobs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Documentation writing sucks, but think what it'd be like to come into your position without any." />
  <row Id="32944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18433" RevisionGUID="a82c5c66-09d7-4d58-9506-eff0d1dd0184" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:28:18.307" UserId="7324" Text="OpenVAS -- Free Software under GNU GPL and a fork of Nessus.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OpenVAS (Open Vulnerability Assessment System) is a network security scanner with associated tools like a graphical user front-end. The core component is a server with a set of network vulnerability tests (NVTs) to detect security problems in remote systems and applications. &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;http://www.openvas.org/" />
  <row Id="32945" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18434" RevisionGUID="da09676d-41bb-405c-9aa7-118a1193f3dc" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:31:40.873" UserId="4392" Text="In terms of GUI, Windows DNS is unparalleled. It's simple, clear, straightforward, and easy. I use it for my internal DNS without reservation. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would think long and hard before I used it externally as the authoritative DNS for my external domain, though. Windows' security history makes me hesitant to trust a server out on the net, even though plenty of people do it every day and don't get their servers cracked. It's probably my relative unfamiliarity with the OS that leads me to this prejudice. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But if GUI is your only concern, there's nothing I've seen easier than Windows DNS server. " />
  <row Id="32946" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18435" RevisionGUID="d7b8ee34-5be2-4f61-a60d-8bf5ca4caf74" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:36:33.983" UserId="5233" Text="I have a legacy Windows 95 app that needs to be run as an Administrator.  This is used by students in a school domain.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My predecessor set up a domain administrator account for this purpose and a &quot;Run As..&quot; batch script to start the program, but this still requires a teacher to enter a password.  I'd like a simpler way for students to start the app, without giving them increased local privileges or the password to a domain administrator account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's the best way to do this?" />
  <row Id="32947" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18435" RevisionGUID="d7b8ee34-5be2-4f61-a60d-8bf5ca4caf74" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:36:33.983" UserId="5233" Text="Legacy apps requiring administrator privileges on XP" />
  <row Id="32948" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18435" RevisionGUID="d7b8ee34-5be2-4f61-a60d-8bf5ca4caf74" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:36:33.983" UserId="5233" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;domain&gt;&lt;legacy&gt;&lt;administrator&gt;" />
  <row Id="32949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18436" RevisionGUID="5ae6a811-c4b6-4cb5-99a5-30f2500a36c8" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:52:04.950" UserId="6751" Text="So, you need something scalable. Why not create a table that you can insert rules into, first_name, Last_name, email_addr, table OR table.column such that you add your email rules to this table.  Then run a scheduled SQL script that performs a generic query by consulting the rules table, and checks the database for any rule matches.  By scripting it, you control how often the job runs, and also control how it emails, i.e. if it was a Perl Script using DBI database calls, you could also use a Perl Sendmail module to issue the emails right from within the same script. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could even start with just a flat text file, or XML file with the user-based rules... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is not inherently supported in the product, that you'd want to write an automation script that can be scheduled at your discretion.  The other option is possibly a hybrid of this, and use a database trigger ON INSERT to then fire the script/sql that performs the checks and emails." />
  <row Id="32950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18437" RevisionGUID="b5612357-3386-446b-b475-bd80c871a07a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:53:47.910" UserId="7398" Text="My apologies, the accepted answer regarding PowerDNS gave me the impression that only free DNS options were under consideration. Sorry, my bad. I would certainly agree with Matt Simmons that Windows Server DNS is unparalleled for usability from a GUI environment. However, in order to keep it updated with the latest security patches, the machine will need to have ~10 minutes downtime each month, and if you don't want to be touching your server as you mentioned, Windows is probably not the best way to go if you ask me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ehtyar." />
  <row Id="32951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18438" RevisionGUID="43fbf44e-0666-4c3c-af51-ceb5bf702cdc" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:57:24.223" UserId="5880" Text="I normally start by finding the HKLM key that the software uses - hopefully something sane - and using regedt32 (note regular regedit won't work) give thier group full control of that registry key. Then I'll give them full control of the installation directory. 99% of the time this resolves issues with needed local admin. &#xD;&#xA;Normally at this point if it doesn't work out i start lobbying to upgrade the app sometimes that works sometimes it doesn't. If you are really lucky and it's a common program searching google will give you the exact places you need to give permissions to run as a non admin." />
  <row Id="32952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18439" RevisionGUID="7705de5a-64d0-47f3-a1fc-fccbde76fafb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:58:54.187" UserId="6095" Text="Honestly, this is almost as broad as asking &quot;how do you make your servers fast&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In your case you want to start spending a lot of time with NaviAnalyzer.  Get familiar with your IOPS, queue depths, service times, and bandwidth metrics (though its rarely the issue).  EMC also has some elearning courses that you can usually get the sales rep to throw in for free with whatever your next purchase is going to be.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Speeding things up is more a question of avoiding screw ups (like partition alignment or bad stripe sizes) than improving things.   After that its only oversimplifying things a little to say that ultimately its spindles spindles spindles." />
  <row Id="32953" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18439" RevisionGUID="7705de5a-64d0-47f3-a1fc-fccbde76fafb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:58:54.187" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32954" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18440" RevisionGUID="cfbfe8ef-868d-4aa6-9eb2-f8364c3afb0f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T03:59:26.107" UserId="984" Text="I hope you mean a user that has local computer administrator group, and does not really a member of domain admins.  There is absolutely no reason, that the account should need to be a member of the domain administrator group.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, what you may need to do is figure out what what the application is doing that needs administrative access and then modify the permissions of the filesystem and registry so that students have those privileges.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The [sysinternals][1] tools filemon, and regmon will help with this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you haven't already, try searching Google for information about that specific program, perhaps someone else has already solved the problem and fixed it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://live.sysinternals.com/" />
  <row Id="32955" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18441" RevisionGUID="8c00efed-57a9-4f8f-9acd-2dab2940c580" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:00:12.640" UserId="843" Text="There seem to be a lot of references to time changes messing up the task scheduler. Is it possible your server isn't keeping good time, so the windows time service is constantly changing it? Maybe you could try disabling that service for a little while and seeing if it resolves your problem. (Some services might depend on Windows Time)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might also look at [933550][1] and [826895][2]. I know they aren't exactly the same version of server you running. You might have a corrupt task scheduler database. [328773][3] might also be a possibility. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933550&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826895&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328773" />
  <row Id="32956" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18442" RevisionGUID="bee1a8c9-ea08-4539-b1e6-24c59aed9388" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:00:22.407" UserId="6342" Text="I am running Ubuntu 0.04 LTS, its my webserver (LAMP).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My web root is: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /var/www/website/trunk/html/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I created a directory for user uploads behind that, at:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /var/www/vault/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chown -R www-data /var/www/vault/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and even, bravely: (was a desperate moment)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chmod 777 -R /var/www/vault&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My php script is unable to create subdirectories under: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /var/www/vault&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and I need it to, I have had luck uploading a file to the directory however, I get errors like this when it tries to make directories...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Warning: mkdir() [function.mkdir]: Permission denied in /var/www/website/trunk/html/jquery.uploadify/uploadretro.php on line 149&#xD;&#xA;    File /var/www/website/trunk/html../../../../vault/4d4d3092c24be8a8dac2ec269e969446.jpg does not exist.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could anyone help me out, or suggest something?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My php INI file is setup correctly allowing uploads, with a 5m size.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**More Info**&#xD;&#xA;The command at line 149 from the error above is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mkdir(str_replace('//','/',$targetPath), 777, true);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32957" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18442" RevisionGUID="bee1a8c9-ea08-4539-b1e6-24c59aed9388" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:00:22.407" UserId="6342" Text="www-data - can't create any directorys..." />
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  <row Id="32959" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18443" RevisionGUID="6feb079d-c595-451f-a5a9-26cb52011c56" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:01:57.893" UserId="4757" Text="Restart apache." />
  <row Id="32960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18444" RevisionGUID="a454e049-1397-471b-baa5-6cf5b47cd391" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:04:12.307" UserId="1369" Text="Using a RedHat-derivative distro (CentOS), I'd like to keep the list of regular users (UID over 500), and group (and shadow files) pushed to a backup server.  &#xD;&#xA;The sync is only one-way, from the main server to the backup server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't really want to have to deal with LDAP or NIS.  &#xD;&#xA;All I need is a simple script that can be run nightly to keep the backup server updated.  &#xD;&#xA;The main server can SSH into the backup system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestion?" />
  <row Id="32961" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18444" RevisionGUID="a454e049-1397-471b-baa5-6cf5b47cd391" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:04:12.307" UserId="1369" Text="Simple one-way synchronisation of user password list between servers" />
  <row Id="32962" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18444" RevisionGUID="a454e049-1397-471b-baa5-6cf5b47cd391" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:04:12.307" UserId="1369" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;user-management&gt;&lt;synchronization&gt;" />
  <row Id="32963" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18440" RevisionGUID="3cccd00f-1af7-4a53-88d9-369aeef040a6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:04:33.273" UserId="984" Comment="added 485 characters in body" Text="I hope you mean that you a user in a group that is in the local computer's administrator group, and you don't give out an account that is a member of domain admins.  There is absolutely no reason, that the account should need to be a member of the domain administrator group.  If you have given out an account to the teachers that is a member of domain admins I strongly urge you to change this ASAP.   You should create another group in the domain, and make that group a member of the local administrators group on the computers.  You should be able to add the group you create to the local administrators group with a startup script applied by a GPO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway back to solving the issues for the program.  What you may need to do is figure out what the application is doing that needs administrative access and then modify the permissions of the filesystem and registry so that students have those privileges.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The [sysinternals][1] tools filemon, and regmon will be very useful in figuring this out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you haven't already, try searching Google for information about that specific program, perhaps someone else has already solved the problem and fixed it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://live.sysinternals.com/" />
  <row Id="32964" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18194" RevisionGUID="6280d694-cf11-416a-a761-23ab814ecdf0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:05:15.517" UserId="1121" Comment="Packaged product, not looking to script something together" Text="We are looking to create an email notification system using our issue tracking software and the SQL Server database.  The goal is to send email when a number of conditions are met.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is to satisfy custom notifications that our customers request.  For example, one customer would like an email sent to person Y if a ticket is opened for a software problem, and an email sent to person Z if a ticket is opened for a hardware problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQL Server Notification Services seems to have the functionality, but we are interested in a GUI rather than writing queries by hand each time.  We also need some way to manage them, since the number of custom notifications could get into the thousands.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are good suggestions, but one requirement is that we have a GUI for managing rules.  We don't want to be hand-writing queries every time we need to create or change a notification.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We know we could hack something together with scripts, triggers, and scheduled tasks, but it seems like there ought to be some kind of packaged product that does this already.  Maybe it requires some database skills to initially set up, but ideally after that it can be updated by managers who aren't DBAs." />
  <row Id="32965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18445" RevisionGUID="7e3825f4-8c32-4922-a205-25a86f9feaf4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:06:41.787" UserId="7398" Text="I'm not aware of any GUI tools that you can use to manage this. You could always install perl or Python, or if you're really hooked on shell, MSYS/Cygwin (haven't been here long enough to post hyperlinks apparently, sorry). I would recommend you give batch files a try though, it would be the cleanest solution, despite its shortcomings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ehtyar." />
  <row Id="32966" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18442" RevisionGUID="cf2931c3-13ba-4bc6-88ef-67a085b9f4d8" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:07:06.263" UserId="6342" Comment="more info" Text="I am running Ubuntu 0.04 LTS, its my webserver (LAMP).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My web root is: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /var/www/website/trunk/html/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I created a directory for user uploads behind that, at:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /var/www/vault/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chown -R www-data /var/www/vault/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and even, bravely: (was a desperate moment)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chmod 777 -R /var/www/vault&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My php script is unable to create subdirectories under: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /var/www/vault&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and I need it to, I have had luck uploading a file to the directory however, I get errors like this when it tries to make directories...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Warning: mkdir() [function.mkdir]: Permission denied in /var/www/website/trunk/html/jquery.uploadify/uploadretro.php on line 149&#xD;&#xA;    File /var/www/website/trunk/html../../../../vault/4d4d3092c24be8a8dac2ec269e969446.jpg does not exist.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could anyone help me out, or suggest something?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My php INI file is setup correctly allowing uploads, with a 5m size.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**More Info**&#xD;&#xA;The command at line 149 from the error above is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mkdir(str_replace('//','/',$targetPath), 777, true);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Permissions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    drwxrwxrwx  2 www-data root 4.0K Jun  3 06:04 vault&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32967" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18446" RevisionGUID="129a0c49-d070-4ebd-b073-af4b3cbd830d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:07:34.170" UserId="7736" Text="When capabilities are more generically supported across everything, absolutely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Until then, I'll keep `sudo` around for the few things that still require explicit privilege escalation.  Last I looked into it, though, the notion of capabilities was still relatively not supported in many systems out of the box.  That would be important to have.  That way, no matter what your system, you can say &quot;This user has the capability to access this,&quot; without actually being escalated to another user account.  Of course, the privileges granted would need to be based on the roles of the users in the systems, but eventually, nobody should hold all the power of the account (at least, not if there are multiple functions that others are employed to handle).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're a DBA, you don't need any form of superuser access as long as you own the database system process and filesystem storage area(s).  That might mean that you have to ask the disk admin to fun fsck on your partitions or restore them from time to time, or whatever, but the DBA shouldn't have the ability to take down a machine with their own access rights, unless they “own” the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, if you're the only person managing 100% of the processes on the server, then `sudo` is absolutely sufficient.  It's only when you have others that use the server and/or manage things on it (or depend on it) and there are multiple administrators that separation of privilege enters into account, anyway." />
  <row Id="32968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18447" RevisionGUID="19906c65-96a8-4606-8216-89f1a9fc3c2f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:08:38.490" UserId="984" Text="If you wanted to do something really simple you could setup like [rdist][1] ([intro][2]) to simply push the files to you want to the other server.  To keep this secure, you would need to setup key-based ssh access for the rdist process to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.magnicomp.com/rdist/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.benedikt-stockebrand.de/rdist-intro.html" />
  <row Id="32969" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18448" RevisionGUID="2add1f73-c301-4cd7-b395-2b61665c540a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:08:52.233" UserId="7619" Text="&#xD;&#xA;1.) Most fun naming convention for me, mathematicians and physicists. The list of notable ones is almost endless and they're pretty distinctive, &quot;Dirac&quot;, &quot;Fermi&quot;, &quot;Pauli&quot;, &quot;Feynman&quot;, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.) Here's one that might work for you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First character: W, S or L, (Workstation, Server or Laptop)&#xD;&#xA;Second string: office/branch accounting code such as 047, 130, 227, etc.&#xD;&#xA;Third string: OS designator, (RHL, SUN, XP, VI, 2K, 2K3)&#xD;&#xA;Fourth: (here's where it splits and gets weird.) If it's a server, then a VERY short purpose code. (For application servers: &quot;app01&quot;, etc. DNS, mail, file, etc. If it's a workstation, then put in the last four digits of the user's extension.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So we've got:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sun Solaris application server, located in Dillion, Colorado which uses the office accounting code &quot;244&quot;:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;s244sunapp01&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows XP laptop, assigned to marketing personnel located in Anchorage, AL (office code 047) at extension x4556:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;L047xp4556&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows 2003 domain controller, located in Bellingham, WA (office code 012):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;s0122k3dc01&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...and so on, and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Worst naming convention I ever saw used was truncating the username in a workstation name, which led to ALL SORTS of weirdness." />
  <row Id="32970" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18448" RevisionGUID="2add1f73-c301-4cd7-b395-2b61665c540a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:08:52.233" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18449" RevisionGUID="cca77834-705a-48a3-96f9-c5b897d7ded6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:09:19.533" UserId="6751" Text="This could be b/c your Fedora DHCP client implementation does not have all the settings.  Check your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX where X could be 0 or 1 or other...depending on what your primary network card is, and how many you have etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe you need to have:&#xD;&#xA;DHCP_HOSTNAME=your_hostname &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For it to pass it's hostname on to the DHCP server, so it can then pass it on to DNS server via DDNS. Take a network packet capture of the DHCP transactions from your Linux client to the Server, and make sure you see the appropriate option with the hostname being passed.  I think it's option 12. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck." />
  <row Id="32972" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18450" RevisionGUID="b742fdbd-90a9-4d88-a82d-f6145c6cb4d1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:10:45.147" UserId="7737" Text="&#xD;&#xA;Well before you can answer what IDS/IPS you need I would want to better understand your security architecture. What do you use to route and switch your network, what other security measures do you have in your security architecture?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the risks you are trying to mitigate, ie what information assets are at risk and from what?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your question is too generic to give you anything but, what people think of product X and its the best for X reasons.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Security is a risk mitigation process and the implementation of IT security solutions needs to be inline with the identified risks. Just throwing IDS/IPS into your network based on what people think is the best product, is unproductive and a waste of time and money. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers&#xD;&#xA;Shane" />
  <row Id="32973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18451" RevisionGUID="c1d07b11-81c5-45c4-8426-932e0b5b0b9c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:11:46.363" UserId="984" Text="To help debug access I suggest you tothe system, and run a command like **sudo -i -u www-data**.  This will give you a shell with the same privileges as the web server.  Then simply change into /var/www/vault directory and see if you can create files and directories.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can create files/directories, then you problem is not permissions, and instead something is broken in your application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and btw your path looks broken.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /var/www/website/trunk/html../../../../vault/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pay particular attention to the **html..** And if **html..** is the legal value, then that path is going to resolve to **/var/vault**, not **/var/www/vault**" />
  <row Id="32974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18452" RevisionGUID="7440a5b3-aef6-4117-8c25-32183f6517d7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:15:54.653" UserId="5535" Text="From an ease of use point of view I would get a drobo unit.  I've heard nothing but good things about these units.  They cost a bit of money but you can mix drive sizes and replace drives as your storage capacity grows.  And they automatically keep the data safe using an advanced parity mechanism that is more sophisticated than your standard RAID technologies.  However the standard version only does N+1 redundancy, equivalent to RAID 5.  The DroboPro will do N+2 redundancy, equivalent to RAID 6.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However no storage solution is a replacement to a good backup strategy.  I would suggest an online backup solution like Mozy or Carbonite for near continuous off site backups in the cloud.  Or as the first poster suggests an external hard drive that you keep off site somewhere which you sync with at a set interval." />
  <row Id="32975" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18452" RevisionGUID="7440a5b3-aef6-4117-8c25-32183f6517d7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:15:54.653" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="32977" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18453" RevisionGUID="667fcfcf-28de-4639-9ba2-fc11c3d75da2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:17:08.427" UserId="6095" Text="Two ways&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.) setup &quot;naviagent&quot;, a piece of software that runs on your servers and &quot;phones home&quot; to the management addresses of the storage processers and does the registration for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.) manually, its somewhere in the navisphere gui.  Its been 2+ years since I worked with it so sorry I don't remember exactly where, but if you dig around for &quot;registration&quot; or &quot;register&quot; by rightclicking on stuff or through the top menu bar you'll find it." />
  <row Id="32978" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18451" RevisionGUID="c10f081d-775e-41d8-91cb-5d27526cd234" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:17:15.883" UserId="984" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="To help debug access I suggest you tothe system, and run a command like **sudo -i -u www-data**.  This will give you a shell with the same privileges as the web server.  Then simply change into /var/www/vault directory and see if you can create files and directories.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can create files/directories, then you problem is not permissions, and instead something is broken in your application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and btw your path looks broken.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /var/www/website/trunk/html../../../../vault/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pay particular attention to the **html..**.  If **html..** is the correct value, then that path is going to resolve to **/var/vault**, not **/var/www/vault**." />
  <row Id="32979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18454" RevisionGUID="7f0a18f0-42bf-444d-b3ec-15d23ea627ec" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:18:27.567" UserId="158" Text="You didn't mention if the two machines are on the same LAN, or if a secure channel (i.e. using SSH) is mandatory, but another tool you could use is [netcat][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would use the following on the receiving machine:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cd &lt;destdir&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    netcat -l -p &lt;port&gt; | gunzip | cpio -i -d -m&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then on the sending side:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cd &lt;srcdir&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    find . -type f | cpio -o | gzip -1 | netcat &lt;desthost&gt; &lt;port&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It has the following advantages:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - No CPU overhead for the encryption that ssh has.&#xD;&#xA; - The `gzip -1` provides light compression without saturating a CPU so it makes a good trade-off, giving a bit of compression while maintaining maximum throughput. (Probably not that advantageous for MP3 data, but doesn't hurt.)&#xD;&#xA; - If you can partition the files up into groups, you can run a two or more pipes in parallel and really ensure you're saturating your network bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;e.g.,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find &lt;dir1&gt; &lt;dir2&gt; -type f | cpio -o | gzip -1 | netcat &lt;desthost&gt; &lt;portone&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    find &lt;dir3&gt; &lt;dir4&gt; -type f | cpio -o | gzip -1 | netcat &lt;desthost&gt; &lt;porttwo&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Notes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Whatever way you transfer, I would probably run an rsync or [unison][2] afterwards to ensure you got everything.&#xD;&#xA; - You could use `tar` instead of [`cpio`][3] if you prefer.&#xD;&#xA; - Even if you do end up using ssh, I would ensure it is not using any compression itself, and pipe through `gzip -1` yourself instead to avoid CPU saturation.  (Or at least set the CompressionLevel to 1.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://netcat.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.manpagez.com/info/cpio/" />
  <row Id="32980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18455" RevisionGUID="0b3d03c2-4949-4753-8f88-84d10d39bc35" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:18:57.220" UserId="2293" Text="I currently have my Cisco ASA 5505 firewall configured to forward port 80 from the outside interface to a host on my dmz interface.  I also need to allow clients on my inside interface to access the host in the dmz by entering the public ip / dns record in their browsers.  I was able to do that by following the instructions [here][1], resulting in the following configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    static (dmz,outside) tcp interface www 192.168.1.5 www netmask 255.255.255.255 &#xD;&#xA;    static (dmz,inside) tcp 74.125.45.100 www 192.168.1.5 www netmask 255.255.255.255 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Where `74.125.45.100` is my public IP and `192.168.1.5` is the IP of the dmz host)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This works great except for the fact that my network has a dynamic public IP and this configuration will therefore break as soon as my public IP changes.  Is there a way to do what I want with a dynamic ip?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Note:** Adding an internal DNS record won't solve my problem since I have multiple dmz hosts mapped to different ports on the public IP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6120/products_configuration_example09186a00807968d1.shtml&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32981" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18455" RevisionGUID="0b3d03c2-4949-4753-8f88-84d10d39bc35" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:18:57.220" UserId="2293" Text="Cisco ASA Hairpinning with Dynamic IP" />
  <row Id="32982" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18455" RevisionGUID="0b3d03c2-4949-4753-8f88-84d10d39bc35" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:18:57.220" UserId="2293" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;asa&gt;&lt;hairpinning&gt;&lt;dynamic-ip&gt;" />
  <row Id="32983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18456" RevisionGUID="c5f1d0fa-f9bb-4720-b79d-8ea7d2f070a7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:20:05.347" UserId="6421" Text="Documentation is a huge deal. Where I'm at, I have the opposite problem as you really, we recently put in a new POS/Order Tracking system (we're an engraving and promotions company) and I'm have the problem of getting people to write in the system the information about the customization. Mainly low-level people, as the manager will do it to her orders, because she used to do it to all orders, putting it into a VERY OLD access database. I *so* want to go paperless, and it's entirely possible in our business, but I just can't get people to type the work order information in, dammit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, keep plugging away at getting authorization. Or if you're feeling nice, do it on your own time. It might be a good thing for your future at the company, not to mention your successor." />
  <row Id="32984" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18457" RevisionGUID="32daed3b-79c4-4732-a99f-e58255dca58c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:22:55.137" UserId="3146" Text="I use rsync in a crontab entry to do a simple backup that accomplishes the same thing.  Unfortunately I don't do it over ssh.  My crontab entry looks like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;0 4 * * 0 rsync -av --delete /etc/ /backup/etc/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actually my crontab starts my NAS server, i.e. the second path you see listed above, via wake-on-lan and then does several backups with this just being one of them.  Cron then sends me an email letting me know what was backed up, i.e. which files were synched, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've not looked into doing this over ssh but I hope this helps." />
  <row Id="32985" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18458" RevisionGUID="1b428fa0-5517-4bec-b722-0f5a20a6cfa1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:25:46.973" UserId="7693" Text="Be careful crossing the street, look both ways, ensure there are no buses with Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock inside charging down the road." />
  <row Id="32987" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18447" RevisionGUID="ed06a55a-85f7-48df-8f39-0d2496a678d7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:26:05.100" UserId="984" Comment="added 467 characters in body" Text="You requirement for just a partial sync means the script must be a lot more complex, and thus more likely to have some kind of bugs.  Personally, I would take take some time and investigate how much of an effort it would be to simply fix those other accounts.  I don't know how many services we are talking about, but I would guess, that all you would have to do after changing adjusting the IDs of the service accounts would be to update the owner of some files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you wanted to do something really simple you could setup like [rdist][1] ([intro][2]) to simply push the files to you want to the other server.  To keep this secure, you would need to setup key-based ssh access for the rdist process to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.magnicomp.com/rdist/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.benedikt-stockebrand.de/rdist-intro.html" />
  <row Id="32988" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18459" RevisionGUID="e7abbe01-f441-4118-9dfc-306c4bed68cc" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:27:03.663" UserId="2541" Text="If using active directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Navigate to C:\program files\the win 95 app folder. On security tab (properties) give &quot;Domain Users&quot; Read and Write Access. I usually avoid the &quot;Full Control&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Open Regedit and Navigate to &quot;LOCAL MACHINE\SOFTWARE&quot; and find the win 95 app. On permission tab give the &quot;Domain Users&quot; Read and Write access. Again, I try to avoid the &quot;Full Control&quot; thing here as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Here is an unusual one - then run the app for a minute as if you are one of the users (but logged in as admin) open a few of the screens and so on. Then close the app, and open windows search. Search  for files recently modified with timestamp during the time you were using the app. You may find some .ini which some programmers back then (win 95) put in the windows directory. I go to their properties and give the &quot;Domain Users&quot; &quot;Full Control&quot;....NOT ON THE WINDOWS DIRECTORY...JUST THE FILE WHICH BELONGS TO THE APP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That should do the trick. It worked for me several times.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32989" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18460" RevisionGUID="5a29c607-2896-4082-94a4-4d1a5a62d191" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:30:43.017" UserId="2467" Text="If it was my wife I'd just describe it as like a phone directory with a bit more info." />
  <row Id="32990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18461" RevisionGUID="bb29850c-f753-45e4-9a79-91c3357353c9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:32:33.683" UserId="32988" Text="There are many ways and solutions here, but to answer the original question there are three steps:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Create a password-less SSH-key on the server:   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    `ssh-keygen -b 4096`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Copy .ssh/id_rsa.pub to .ssh/authorized__keys2 on the client:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    `scp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub client:.ssh/authorized_keys2` &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Add something like this to your /etc/crontab (or edit with crontab -e): &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    `0 0 * * * scp /etc/{passwd,shadow,group} root@backupbox:/var/mybackupdir` &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="32992" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18462" RevisionGUID="3f106a1f-0454-4215-b267-d6de07b654ec" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:39:41.297" UserDisplayName="rich" Text="I have an existing Apache 2.2.3 server running on Red Hat Enterprise in production.  Unfortunately, I now have a need to use https, and mod_ssl is not installed.  I was hoping I could do this in yum and avoid recompiling Apache.  But when I do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;yum install mod_ssl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I get a dependency error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Missing Dependency: httpd = 2.2.3-22.el5_3.1 is needed by package 1:mod_ssl-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.i386 (rhel-i386-server-5)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess I'm not sure how to get Apache recognized with that version number.  &quot;yum upgrade httpd&quot; finds nothing to upgrade. &quot;yum clean all&quot; doesn't help.  Anyone have any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I am stuck with recompiling httpd, what's the best way to make sure I don't hose the server in the process?" />
  <row Id="32993" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18462" RevisionGUID="3f106a1f-0454-4215-b267-d6de07b654ec" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:39:41.297" UserDisplayName="rich" Text="Is it possible to add mod_ssl to an existing Apache server with yum?" />
  <row Id="32994" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18462" RevisionGUID="3f106a1f-0454-4215-b267-d6de07b654ec" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:39:41.297" UserDisplayName="rich" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;ssl&gt;&lt;yum&gt;" />
  <row Id="32995" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18463" RevisionGUID="3b84f421-8ba8-4e4e-9413-d365fdb3b96c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:41:34.493" UserId="6199" Text="NIS/NIS+ were invented for this exact reason. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But they're kind of ugly and centralized (LDAP/Kerberos/SMB/etc.) authentication is a much much better idea if you can do it. To setup NIS/NIS+ you will need:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Packages:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    yp-tools ypbind ypserv portmap&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and an /etc/yp.conf with something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    domain example.org server nis.example.org&#xD;&#xA;    ypserver nis.example.org&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and then in /etc/sysconfig/network:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    NISDOMAIN=example.org&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And I got lazy, here's a good howto: [http://www.wains.be/index.php/2007/02/28/setting-up-nis-under-centos-4/][1] that will walk you through it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally for backup I'd just backup the entire /etc/ directory and be done with it. It's only a few megs at most.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wains.be/index.php/2007/02/28/setting-up-nis-under-centos-4/" />
  <row Id="32996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18464" RevisionGUID="d29e057d-f488-4773-a0ba-9f716e3595a1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:43:43.163" UserId="1006" Text="Unless RedHat has done something really funny, mod_ssl was only separate with Apache 1.3.x. You should already have it installed with Apache 2.x. You probably just need to enable the module. (The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.modssl.org/&quot;&gt;modssl website&lt;/a&gt; clearly says Apache 1.3)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that's not the case, it appears you need to install the patches for RHSA-2009:1075-01. That version its asking for is from said update." />
  <row Id="32997" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18465" RevisionGUID="1e36c7fa-0ccb-4300-b6d7-12d1dba70549" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:53:33.407" UserId="4134" Text="I've found that the [Getting Things Done][1] approach helps get over the initial mental barrier preventing you from documenting your work properly. Rather than think of documentation as a monolithic task which will prevent you from doing &quot;real&quot; work, subdivide it into bite-sized chunks. Whenever you run across a tidbit of information that your successor should know, write it down. Then reserve an hour or two each week to review, clarify and categorize your knowledge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done &quot;Getting Things Done&quot;" />
  <row Id="32998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18466" RevisionGUID="8e2a50f1-341f-4778-b927-dbcbda99383f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:54:07.570" UserId="1006" Text="*Do some basic troubleshooting to narrow down the cause.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since you're referring to the Apple Support Center, I'm guessing this is an Apple laptop. So boot off your OS X install media, and see if `w` works there. (If you don't have OS X discs, use an Ubuntu disc. Or check in the BIOS if possible).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it works: Its probably a software problem with Windows. Proceed to troubleshoot software (safe mode, etc.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it doesn't work: Your hardware is broken. Replace keyboard (or send laptop in for repair).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Just because control-W works doesn't mean the hardware is OK. Holding down control puts pressure on the keyboard, and thus isn't a good test)" />
  <row Id="32999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18467" RevisionGUID="72654e7a-b0d8-4750-ad1d-ba14493f9999" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:54:49.067" UserId="7743" Text="Using a DLink 2640-T (ADSL2+Router). It cant resolve the internal hostnames. The manual is pointing to the firewall settings of the router to switch off the DNS-Blocking from external (which doesnt make sense to me). But even with that in place it just does not work. And all I got from  DLink support: Please reset and try again... What I did, no change.&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for any advice" />
  <row Id="33000" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18467" RevisionGUID="72654e7a-b0d8-4750-ad1d-ba14493f9999" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:54:49.067" UserId="7743" Text="Internal DNS with DLINK Router" />
  <row Id="33001" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18467" RevisionGUID="72654e7a-b0d8-4750-ad1d-ba14493f9999" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:54:49.067" UserId="7743" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;internal-dns&gt;&lt;router&gt;" />
  <row Id="33002" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18444" RevisionGUID="b1247d8d-a1c7-493e-8415-cd78120635dd" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:55:32.530" UserId="1369" Comment="Added clarification" Text="Using a RedHat-derivative distro (CentOS), I'd like to keep the list of regular users (UID over 500), and group (and shadow files) pushed to a backup server.  &#xD;&#xA;The sync is only one-way, from the main server to the backup server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't really want to have to deal with LDAP or NIS.  &#xD;&#xA;All I need is a simple script that can be run nightly to keep the backup server updated.  &#xD;&#xA;The main server can SSH into the backup system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestion?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**  &#xD;&#xA;Thanks for the suggestions so far but I think I didn't make myself clear enough.  &#xD;&#xA;I'm only looking at synchronising normal users whose **UID is on or above 500**.  &#xD;&#xA;System/service users (with UID below 500) may be different on both system.  &#xD;&#xA;So you can't just sync the whole files I'm afraid." />
  <row Id="33003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18468" RevisionGUID="0a9d6e00-d225-455c-86cb-aaf1fbb56dfd" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:55:44.480" UserId="7058" Text="You might just need to install the openssl package.  Try looking into that." />
  <row Id="33004" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18469" RevisionGUID="0ef7e0c9-a432-4501-b0b7-a41ff01c3e92" CreationDate="2009-06-03T04:57:30.403" UserId="7058" Text="Snort combined with ACID/BASE for reporting, is pretty slick for an OSS product.  I'd try that, at least to get your feet wet." />
  <row Id="33005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18470" RevisionGUID="7ee41b54-7074-4fae-98c8-cdc19e65894b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T05:00:10.647" UserId="7058" Text="See if IE is using a proxy, ie. your company has it setup that way.  Also, if ur computer has some sort of rootkit/spyware, it could cause similar behavior.  Though I haven't seen one that messed with port 443, yet." />
  <row Id="33006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18471" RevisionGUID="b9e198de-4412-423f-aa39-c1b36a3e7fc1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T05:09:40.457" UserId="7723" Text="troll detected." />
  <row Id="33007" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18472" RevisionGUID="5fc94423-b5be-4967-9e7c-4a254c21d3c5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T05:11:25.930" UserId="7730" Text="Taking the first question from your title &quot;How to tell what time a domain user logged in&quot; depends on what platform the user is logging into. For Windows 2000/XP/2003 event id 528 with logon type 2 will show you interactive logons from a local or domain account. LogParser is a great tool to parse the event logs from a large number of machines and supports a large number of outputs. So for example you could use the following to query the security log on a remote machine and output to a tab seperated file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    c:&gt;logparser.exe &quot;select TimeGenerated, SID from \\wksname\Security where EventID = 528&quot; -i EVT -resolveSIDs:ON -q:ON -headers:off -o:TSV &gt;&gt; c:\UserLogons.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Querying events from the Security logs on Windows Vista/2008/7 is slightly different in that the log file format has changed, as well as the event ids. Event id 4624 with logon type 2 will show successful interactive logins. We can use the [wevtutil](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732848.aspx) to query for similar data and output it in XML format:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    c:&gt;wevtutil qe Security /q:&quot;*[System[Provider[@Name='Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing'] and Task=12544 and (EventID=4624)] and EventData[Data[@Name='LogonType']='2']]&quot; /e:Events &gt; c:\UserLogons.xml&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for seeing event id 540 appear in your Security event logs on your domain controller:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Event 540 gets logged for a few different reasons. So for example you could see event id 540 with logon type 3 when a shared resource is accessed by the server service. Here are the logon types for this event id provided by Microsoft:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**2 	Interactive** 	A user logged on to this computer at the console.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**3 	Network** 	A user or computer logged on to this computer from the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**4 	Batch** 	Batch logon type is used by batch servers, where processes might run on behalf of a user without the user's direct intervention.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**5 	Service** 	A service was started by the Service Control Manager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**7	Unlock**	This workstation was unlocked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**8	NetworkCleartext** 	A user logged on to a network. The user's password was &#xD;&#xA;passed to the authentication package in its unhashed form. The built-in authentication packages all hash credentials before sending them across the network. The credentials do not traverse the network in plaintext (also called cleartext).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**9	NewCredentials** 	A caller cloned its current token and specified new credentials for outbound connections. The new logon session has the same local identity, but it uses different credentials for other network connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**10	RemoteInteractive**	A user logged on to this computer remotely using Terminal Services or a Remote Desktop connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**11	CachedInteractive** 	A user logged on to this computer with network credentials that were stored locally on the computer. The domain controller was not contacted to verify the credentials.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Happy hunting." />
  <row Id="33008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18473" RevisionGUID="c18fd37d-d3cf-4984-b07e-80e81b2f157f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T05:16:55.530" UserId="7723" Text="Boot it with Knoppix and use gparted to resize the partition, i have done this on production servers with good success.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Heres some generic instructions for someone one elses project.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/using-gparted-to-resize-your-windows-vista-partition/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Enjoy" />
  <row Id="33009" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18474" RevisionGUID="970df998-ff4c-4857-9af5-a98df6039e0e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T05:17:49.410" UserId="10407" Text="I'm doing it in Singapore. Startup company taxes are non-existent for the first few years. Personal taxes are low low (I paid less than S$2K in my first year!). Government hands out startup cash and consulting help to companies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Moving countries just to start a company is a big step tho.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18475" RevisionGUID="c9545d90-0d7f-49c1-b1e5-eca126eb7a89" CreationDate="2009-06-03T05:19:49.330" UserId="3431" Text="To have a good IDS, you need multiple sources. If an IDS has multiple alerts from multiple sources for the same attack, it will be able to fire an alert that has a whole lot more meaning then just a standard alert.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is why you need to correlate output from HIDS (Host IDS) such as OSSEC and NIDS (Network IDS) such as Snort. This can be done using [Prelude][1] for example. Prelude will agregate and correlate alerts to be able to generate real security warnings that have a lot more meaning. Say per example you have a network attack, if it stays a network attack, it's probably nothing too bad but if it becomes a host attack, that wil trigger appropriate alerts with a high level of importance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.prelude-ids.com/" />
  <row Id="33011" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16537" RevisionGUID="98421392-6835-40cd-b935-e9348bb30e5d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T05:19:53.573" UserId="4889" Comment="Fixing links (Now have rep)" Text="For USB ports:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.lindy.co.uk/usb-port-blocker-pack-of-4-colour-code-blue/40452.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://us.kensington.com/html/17084.html" />
  <row Id="33012" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18407" RevisionGUID="f83377ea-3eb1-47f2-bcf3-84317014c9ad" CreationDate="2009-06-03T05:20:33.853" UserId="4889" Comment="fixing link" Text="Mail Chimp.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Heres a review for it by paul stamatiou when he used it for skribit: http://paulstamatiou.com/2009/03/25/review-mailchimp-email-marketing" />
  <row Id="33013" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18473" RevisionGUID="9d20b8b8-6f0b-4517-9172-3f8d95f2f152" CreationDate="2009-06-03T05:22:43.067" UserId="7723" Comment="added 27 characters in body" Text="Backup with Clonezilla.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Boot it with Knoppix and use gparted to resize the partition, i have done this on production servers with good success.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Heres some generic instructions for someone one elses project.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/using-gparted-to-resize-your-windows-vista-partition/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Enjoy" />
  <row Id="33015" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18476" RevisionGUID="9e0658ec-fce8-4884-b215-8fcf88679a3c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T05:25:18.973" UserId="7723" Text="Zenoss Core has a nice zenpack for Dell server snmp traps(free!)&#xD;&#xA;www.zenoss.com  I run it in a Centos VM on ESX." />
  <row Id="33016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18477" RevisionGUID="fc9f1161-da35-47e9-84be-83d7cd357cf9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T05:29:22.587" UserId="7723" Text="Running ESXi instead of VMware-server will give you a HUGE performance boost.&#xD;&#xA;In either case I bet your second proc isnt licensed, IE, its not being used." />
  <row Id="33018" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18424" RevisionGUID="06260a61-4a99-4997-9daa-a847ebc61ebb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T05:35:44.913" UserId="6755" Comment="Added more content about using Solaris on the desktop." Text="Executive summary: Use OpenCSW.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A longer answer: There used to be two major providers of Open Source packages, of which one has forked, so the current number is three.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* OpenCSW - a fork of Blastwave, run by one of its founders, Phil Brown. OpenCSW has the most advanced build system (mGAR), most of the manpower after the fork, and the newest packages. Its SourceForge projects are named `gar` (packages) and `opencsw` (tools).&#xD;&#xA;* Sunfreeware - I don't know of any code repository of theirs.&#xD;&#xA;* Blastwave - project started in 2002 by Dennis Clarke and Phil Brown, now run by Clarke, uses a less advanced version of the build system (compared to OpenCSW), has a publicly available code repository.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are two package management tools, `pkg-get` and `pkgutil`. Both work with OpenCSW and Blastwave. pkg-get is written in Korn shell, pkgutil is written in Perl and has a bit more features than pkg-get does. Both pkg-get and pkgutil automatically resolve and download dependencies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as Firefox is concerned, version 3 is not available from OpenCSW yet. There is a package bundle you can download from elsewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you use a non-standard keyboard layout, the thing you might miss is the setxkbmap command.  A dodgy binary on a random blog was the best I could find.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing you'll miss is the GNU userland. OpenCSW can provide you with all the GNU core utils, with names prefixed with a 'g'; sed is gsed, grep is ggrep, and so forth. For interactive sessions, you can create aliases along the lines of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias sed=/opt/csw/bin/gsed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you happen to need to compile a piece of software, there is a free Sun compiler, coming with a bundle with Sun Studio. You should be able to find it on Sun's website.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Building new packages is a bit of a PITA, unless you have some sort of a fremwork. The packages format is relatively simple,  but Sun doesn't provide convenient package creation tools. I personally use OpenCSW's build system which automates all that away. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally, it would be an overstatement to say that Solaris can be a convenient desktop even for a sysadmin. Expect rough edges. Of course, there are benefits of running the same platform as your desktop and server." />
  <row Id="33019" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18479" RevisionGUID="c5627329-c19d-422f-9342-f16239f881ef" CreationDate="2009-06-03T05:42:32.280" UserId="7591" Text="You can use awk to extract users/groups with IDs of 500 or greater.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    awk -F: '($3&gt;=500) &amp;&amp; ($3!=65534)' /etc/passwd &gt; passwd.new&#xD;&#xA;    awk -F: '($3&gt;=500) &amp;&amp; ($3!=65534)' /etc/group &gt; group.new&#xD;&#xA;    awk -F: '($3&gt;=500) &amp;&amp; ($3!=65534) {print $1}' /etc/passwd | grep -f - /etc/shadow &gt; shadow.new&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then use rsync, scp, or your file transmission method of choice to copy the files to your backup system.  These files can then be appended to the end of a 'clean' passwd, group or shadow file when you need to restore them (ie: default system users/groups only, to prevent unintentional duplications of ID/username).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat passwd.new &gt;&gt; /etc/passwd&#xD;&#xA;    cat group.new &gt;&gt; /etc/group&#xD;&#xA;    cat shadow.new &gt;&gt; /etc/shadow" />
  <row Id="33020" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18480" RevisionGUID="a9388d45-3fbe-4c7c-8617-2a8ab2afef6c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T05:43:13.777" UserId="45931" Text="We are attempting to setup a Gentoo Linux box to run a Quagga BGP router for our internet connection. We've tried many things, but everything we've tried results in Quagga reporting that there is no BGP network available and it never connects to the neighbor router. I think a fresh start is going to be our best bet, so our question is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What configuration would we need to use (bgpd.conf/zebra.conf) to get the following setup working:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;*(please note: I just chose a couple random Google IP ranges, these are not the real IP addresses)*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Router IP: 74.125.53.103/29&#xD;&#xA; * Router AS: 9283&#xD;&#xA; * Public IP Range: 209.85.171.0/24 (these are the public IP addresses we use which run through the router listed above)&#xD;&#xA; * Neighbor IP: 74.125.53.104/29&#xD;&#xA; * Neighbor AS: 9283&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We currently have this setup and running through a Linksys home router running the DD-WRT firmware. It works like a champ, but the load is beginning to be too much for it. We've considered several options for routers and for various reasons I won't go into, running our own custom built router seems to be the favored choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you in advance for your help, we've been pulling our hair out trying to figure this out!" />
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  <row Id="33022" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18480" RevisionGUID="a9388d45-3fbe-4c7c-8617-2a8ab2afef6c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T05:43:13.777" UserId="45931" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;gentoo&gt;&lt;router&gt;" />
  <row Id="33023" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18424" RevisionGUID="a5df0236-f475-4175-9907-c50363d47436" CreationDate="2009-06-03T05:47:50.317" UserId="6755" Comment="added 328 characters in body" Text="Executive summary: Use OpenCSW.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A longer answer: There used to be two major providers of Open Source packages, of which one has forked, so the current number is three.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* OpenCSW - a fork of Blastwave, run by one of its founders, Phil Brown. OpenCSW has the most advanced build system (mGAR), most of the manpower after the fork, and the newest packages. Its SourceForge projects are named `gar` (packages) and `opencsw` (tools).&#xD;&#xA;* Sunfreeware - I don't know of any code repository of theirs.&#xD;&#xA;* Blastwave - project started in 2002 by Dennis Clarke and Phil Brown, now run by Clarke, uses a less advanced version of the build system (compared to OpenCSW), has a publicly available code repository.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are two package management tools, `pkg-get` and `pkgutil`. Both work with OpenCSW and Blastwave. pkg-get is written in Korn shell, pkgutil is written in Perl and has a bit more features than pkg-get does. Both pkg-get and pkgutil automatically resolve and download dependencies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as Firefox is concerned, version 3 is not available from OpenCSW yet. There is a package bundle you can download from elsewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you use a non-standard keyboard layout, the thing you might miss is the setxkbmap command.  A dodgy binary on a random blog was the best I could find.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing you'll miss is the GNU userland. OpenCSW can provide you with all the GNU core utils, with names prefixed with a 'g'; sed is gsed, grep is ggrep, and so forth. For interactive sessions, you can create aliases along the lines of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias sed=/opt/csw/bin/gsed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you happen to need to compile a piece of software, there is a free Sun compiler, coming with a bundle with Sun Studio. You should be able to find it on Sun's website.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Building new packages is a bit of a PITA, unless you have some sort of a fremwork. The packages format is relatively simple,  but Sun doesn't provide convenient package creation tools. I personally use OpenCSW's build system which automates all that away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sound card support is poor. If you want to listen to music, have your mp3 player ready.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Acrobat Reader for Solaris x86 was released only recently, and the version released is 4.0 (sic!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is Flashplayer, but after you install Firefox 3, you'll need to make the symlinks manually to have Firefox pick up the plugin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally, it would be an overstatement to say that Solaris can be a convenient desktop even for a sysadmin. Expect rough edges. Of course, there are benefits of running the same platform as your desktop and server." />
  <row Id="33024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18481" RevisionGUID="0d878ef7-4a77-41f0-a0b7-ac69394f548c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T05:51:18.690" UserId="7485" Text="Hi guys,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am always confused about 3 terms about Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, sometimes people call Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Core version, sometimes people call Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Full version and sometimes people just say Windows Server 2008 Enterprise version. Are they the same thing? Any differences?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks in advance,&#xD;&#xA;George" />
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  <row Id="33026" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18481" RevisionGUID="0d878ef7-4a77-41f0-a0b7-ac69394f548c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T05:51:18.690" UserId="7485" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;2008&gt;&lt;enterprise&gt;&lt;version&gt;" />
  <row Id="33027" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18482" RevisionGUID="0253c46e-9dae-4b61-b8b1-f84f2f89f179" CreationDate="2009-06-03T05:52:15.957" UserId="6111" Text="I have a domain connected Windows XP laptop user who is not a local administrator. I would like for him to be able to change his IP address on Windows XP since he travels quite a bit and may encounter networks which may or may not have DHCP enabled. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ability to change IP addresses is currently restricted by AD policy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a straightforward way to achieve this for just this specific user?" />
  <row Id="33028" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18482" RevisionGUID="0253c46e-9dae-4b61-b8b1-f84f2f89f179" CreationDate="2009-06-03T05:52:15.957" UserId="6111" Text="How do I allow a non-admin user to change their IP address on Windows XP?" />
  <row Id="33029" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18482" RevisionGUID="0253c46e-9dae-4b61-b8b1-f84f2f89f179" CreationDate="2009-06-03T05:52:15.957" UserId="6111" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;ip-address&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="33030" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18483" RevisionGUID="14f244e1-e2bb-4987-8b66-1630b3c0b481" CreationDate="2009-06-03T05:53:18.590" UserId="2467" Text="When Compaq were around I used to hear people call them &quot;Compact&quot;. Drove me crazy. Where did the freakin' 't' come from?!" />
  <row Id="33031" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18483" RevisionGUID="14f244e1-e2bb-4987-8b66-1630b3c0b481" CreationDate="2009-06-03T05:53:18.590" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33032" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18484" RevisionGUID="10628fe6-5905-432d-b5f2-6ecc3033c6ad" CreationDate="2009-06-03T05:59:05.427" UserId="3420" Text="Usually if there is a SAN performance issue, the realistic solution is to solve the political problems that forced you to buy a hard-to-diagnose and maintain SAN in the first place. Replace the SAN and host with an HP DL380 G5 with two controllers with 512MB cache and 4*146GB 15KRPM drives per controller in a RAID 1+0 (or perhaps a RAID 5 per controller). Stripe the two RAID groups. Add four 320GB FusionIO PCI-E SSD cards, RAID 1+0'd in software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The overall solution is faster than any SAN, and gives you more storage than most systems require.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You don't have controller level redundancy in this system. Buy two identical servers and mirror your databases in software, or mirror between the two controllers in software for a solution similar (well, greater) in reliability to the SAN." />
  <row Id="33033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18485" RevisionGUID="a9823e9f-7371-41df-80b6-70b90fd2f441" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:02:56.030" UserId="3420" Text="I was once greatly embarrassed by recommending FTP over SSL, assuming that the protocol had solved the design issues that plague FTP since the encryption would make them unsolvable. Instead, the encryption makes it impossible for a firewall to handle them!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FTP over SSL is sadly a useless protocol in the real world, where both ends will have a firewall in the way." />
  <row Id="33034" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18486" RevisionGUID="a522c32f-a571-4722-b8ef-a54805a49894" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:04:40.223" UserId="1602" Text="People who say &quot;megabytes&quot; when they really mean gigabytes. " />
  <row Id="33035" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18486" RevisionGUID="a522c32f-a571-4722-b8ef-a54805a49894" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:04:40.223" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18487" RevisionGUID="40e39e34-c958-4ca0-ba87-818b6ed8b434" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:05:59.547" UserId="2617" Text="On Vista and Windows 7, it's simply a matter of adding them to the local &quot;Network Configuration Operators&quot; group.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This does not exist on Windows XP and the only supportable way to change network configurations is with administrator access.  I'm sure you could hack registry permissions and tweak things to make it work, but that is likely to be a support nightmare when the user is remote.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Local Administrator is the only reliable method for Windows XP." />
  <row Id="33037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18488" RevisionGUID="d5fc8230-5dda-4e98-9c43-9dd523d17204" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:07:36.457" UserId="3420" Text="Don't document. Don't share knowledge with others. By documenting things, you make yourself less valuable. You will get paid less. Your bonus will be less. Your job security will be decreased. Why would you do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The proper balance is where you don't get disturbed unnecessarily during sleep or vacation. Otherwise, you devalue yourself." />
  <row Id="33038" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17599" RevisionGUID="0ac4a478-413c-448b-b423-fa0a54af9bb9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:09:33.987" UserId="7445" Comment="Added link to article" Text="Are all sites connected to the internet with the same ISP and broadband modem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there firewalls in front of your W2K3 machines? If so (and there should be!) make sure NAT and Access Rules are configured properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should make sure you have static IP set for all sites.&#xD;&#xA;You should check Windows Firewall settings for all computers.&#xD;&#xA;Check all logs on all routers and computers involved.&#xD;&#xA;[Edit] This article has a good one-two approach: http://blogs.technet.com/rrasblog/archive/2005/12/22/416421.aspx" />
  <row Id="33039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18489" RevisionGUID="06c89639-8cf3-429a-8d5a-35db2b154d07" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:17:48.090" UserId="6910" Text="Hi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After I installed service pack 2 on one of our Vista (amd64) workstations the group policy preferences stopped applying. The preferences are still working on our xp sp3 and vista sp1 workstations. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is happening in a pure Windows 2003 domain without any Windows 2008 servers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have seen this: [http://blog.mpecsinc.ca/2009/05/vista-service-pack-2-not-applying-group.html][1] but that can't be the way to install the client right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.mpecsinc.ca/2009/05/vista-service-pack-2-not-applying-group.html" />
  <row Id="33040" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18489" RevisionGUID="06c89639-8cf3-429a-8d5a-35db2b154d07" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:17:48.090" UserId="6910" Text="Group policy preferences stopped working on vista sp2" />
  <row Id="33041" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18489" RevisionGUID="06c89639-8cf3-429a-8d5a-35db2b154d07" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:17:48.090" UserId="6910" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;" />
  <row Id="33042" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18490" RevisionGUID="5363e727-734f-42c1-a4ec-ae3c198baee7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:20:16.697" UserId="7593" Text="Would it help to speed up a workstation to put in a second drive and set up a windows software RAID-0 (i.e. disk mirroring)? In theory the system could distribute it's reads over both drives, giving almost twice the performance in the best case. But does it help in practice? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am especially interested in your experience with startup times of application servers and if there is a significant speedup of software builds. (I am a developer.)" />
  <row Id="33043" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18490" RevisionGUID="5363e727-734f-42c1-a4ec-ae3c198baee7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:20:16.697" UserId="7593" Text="Windows Software RAID-0 for speedup of a workstation?" />
  <row Id="33044" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18490" RevisionGUID="5363e727-734f-42c1-a4ec-ae3c198baee7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:20:16.697" UserId="7593" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;software-raid&gt;&lt;softraid&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="33045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18491" RevisionGUID="630d52d2-56a9-4eab-b5d8-bee6165a0dea" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:21:37.270" UserId="2617" Text="There are two versions of every Windows Server 2008 operating system: the Core and Full editions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wikipedia has a reasonable article that explains [Server Core][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows Server 2008 includes a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; variation of installation called a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Server Core. Server Core is a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; significantly scaled-back installation&#xD;&#xA;&gt; where no Windows Explorer shell is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; installed. All configuration and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; maintenance is done entirely through&#xD;&#xA;&gt; command line interface windows, or by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; connecting to the machine remotely&#xD;&#xA;&gt; using Microsoft Management Console.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; However, Notepad and some control&#xD;&#xA;&gt; panel applets, such as Regional&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Settings, are available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main purpose for Server Core is to limit security risk on servers by limiting what can be installed and executed.  Fundamentally they are the same, with the same hardware requirements and limitations, just a different target usage - most organisations will actually want the Full edition most of the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Server_2008#Server_Core" />
  <row Id="33046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18492" RevisionGUID="83ff391e-b3b8-4a0e-a459-3b6e527340be" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:26:22.440" UserId="7445" Text="Your clients DNS settings should be pointing to the Dlink router's IP address, so that the client asks your router for names. The router should reply all internal names to your client, and should use your ISP's DNS servers for external lookups. &#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure that &quot;DNS-Blocking from external...&quot; has anything to do with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are your client computers able to register in DNS? What OS are they running?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33047" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="18335" RevisionGUID="d75b87a4-5f63-4b43-b387-b3713cd0ab67" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:29:27.440" UserId="1435" Comment="minor tidy" Text="Keyboard letter 'w' not working anymore" />
  <row Id="33048" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18493" RevisionGUID="0e70cbe7-0cf4-45cf-bd4c-04b19332fa15" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:31:43.083" UserId="3505" Text="RAID-0 is not mirroring - it's striping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID-1 is mirroring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID-0 is the fastest in all respects, but at the huge cost of Zero redundancy - so if you don't care about the data, and really care about performance, and think that the disk is your bottleneck (not unlikely), then you can use it." />
  <row Id="33049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18494" RevisionGUID="15892b57-42a0-400d-b7b4-fc04905dae9d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:32:30.993" UserId="2467" Text="Raid 0 is not mirroring - it is striping. There is no redundancy, if one disk fails you lose everything. Raid 1 is mirroring. You don't get anywhere near twice the speed in practice." />
  <row Id="33050" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18495" RevisionGUID="da538d3c-fc4b-45d2-9835-79b859e5b28b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:33:16.123" UserId="7732" Text="Hi Guys,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recently updated some code on a staging server and now one link in the app throws an Internal Server Error... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There have been no changes to the .htaccess in doc root, but to remove this from the equation, I removed the .htaccess to test and no go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apache2 logLevel has been changed to debug and *nothing* is being logged. (watching tail -f /var/log/apache2/error.log and loading the page does not append anything to the log).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This code is running perfectly well on our development server. I know thats not much to go by.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Without the logs, I am stumped. Ths is a fairly complex app and without logs I simply cannot work out what the issue is. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help is much appreciated. Thanks in advance." />
  <row Id="33051" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18495" RevisionGUID="da538d3c-fc4b-45d2-9835-79b859e5b28b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:33:16.123" UserId="7732" Text="Apache2 500 error trouble shooting." />
  <row Id="33052" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18495" RevisionGUID="da538d3c-fc4b-45d2-9835-79b859e5b28b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:33:16.123" UserId="7732" Text="&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;log-files&gt;&lt;.htaccess&gt;" />
  <row Id="33053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18496" RevisionGUID="be9f86d2-257a-4bd5-b462-55927a124fe0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:34:06.433" UserId="2617" Text="(Its been a while since I've worked with PERC controllers)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the PERC recognises free space is available, it might be quicker and easier to create a new mirrored volume in the free space and extend into that using Disk Management.  It's not an ideal solution, and will introduce a miniscule slow-down into disk access (1% max I'm guessing), but it could give you the space to survive until the next hardware refresh." />
  <row Id="33054" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18493" RevisionGUID="7b37c066-ae3e-46e9-9b6c-74bb0b1d31b9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:37:12.013" UserId="3505" Comment="added 903 characters in body" Text="RAID-0 is not mirroring - it's striping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID-1 is mirroring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID-0 is the fastest in all respects, but at the huge cost of Zero redundancy - so if you don't care about the data, and really care about performance, and think that the disk is your bottleneck (not unlikely), then you can use it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you care about both, you can move into the more expensive territory of RAID-10, or RAID-50.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Raid-10 is a RAID-1 of 2 RAID-0s, and RAID-50 is the RAID-5 of three or more RAID-0s.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Similarly, if your hardware supports it, you can do RAID-60 (RAID-6 over RAID-0s).  RAID-6 gives you the ability to have more than 1 disk fail per raid, but you'll need more disks obviously, for example in RAID-5, the minimum number of disks is 3, and 1 of the 3 can fail, but if two fail, you've lost your data.  RAID-6 will allow you to assign more than one disk for the purpose of redundancy at the cost of less-space, for example you can have a RAID-6 with 8 disks, and have 2 drives (or more) able to fail before you're in trouble.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bottom line is, never use RAID-0 alone, unless you are certain that you don't care about losing data, and the time that it will take you to setup everything all over again." />
  <row Id="33055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18497" RevisionGUID="9877202e-904b-4992-ac1f-e921fc1e7057" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:38:31.277" UserDisplayName="R. Francis Smith" Text="I use the tar through netcat approach as well, except I prefer to use socat -- a lot more power to optimize for your situation -- for example, by tweaking mss.  (Also, laugh if you want, but I find socat arguments easier to remember because they're consistent.)  So for me, this is very very common lately as I've been moving things to new servers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    host1$ tar cvf - filespec | socat stdin tcp4:host2:portnum&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    host2$ socat tcp4-listen:portnum stdout | tar xvpf -&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Aliases optional. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;R&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33056" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18498" RevisionGUID="18e3ce76-6873-41da-932b-4006b75ef663" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:38:42.697" UserId="7744" Text="First let me start by saying, I'm a pretty big believer that there is almost always a better solution than writing stuff out to disk.  Whether it's writting the data to a database, or feeding web services, writing out to disk should be the last option.  &#xD;&#xA;That being said there are some valid reasons, but this is sort of tricky and dependent on why the app needs to write out the files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having the data written outside of where code is running from is an absolute requirement.  Allowing end users to write to a path where the ASPX/asp engines can interpret/execute code is bad for obvious reasons.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some other things that impact this are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Whether you're running the worker process under a domain account or the standard network service.  It's important to realize that when you grant the IIS_WPG group write access to a folder, any ASP.NET application running under the default account on the server may write files to that folder.  This is a less than ideal configuration on servers where muliple applications run especially when the applications are untrusted and/or running in an ISP/shared hosting environment.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Whether the generated files need to be web available or not.  If your application is just writting out some non-web viewable files, simply creating the directory, granting the rights, and configuring the application to read/write to the correct place is all you need.  If the application needs to write out web viewable files, (this comes up fairly commonly in content management scenarios) you need to create a virtual directory (without execute code/scripts rights) that maps to your writable directory.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Whether or not you're working in a load balanced / web farm environment.  If your application is operating in a farmed environment and needs to write files to disk for some reason, you're presented with a whole new problem.  How do you keep user generated files on webserver1 in sync with the files generated on webserver2?  Doing it via some convoluted syncronization script is painful at best and riddled with race/syncro issues.  The best way of implementing this is to create a share on a third server (idealy a cluster with some redundancy) and store the data there.  If you're running your worker processes under domain accounts (Security Best Practice), you can even map to the share in the application without having a user/pass anywhere in the code or web.config (makes audit/security people happy).  IIS also has the ability to map virtual directories to UNC paths, so this won't impact your ability to make this content web viewable.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18499" RevisionGUID="bdd775b1-9299-4255-b02c-a666bff6fa8c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:39:19.887" UserId="3505" Text="A 500 usually means that some CGI that you're calling is failing, so it's not always easy to get useful logs - if you know what CGIs are being called, you can try and get them to do their own logging and see what you find.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said that, you should definitely get *some* messages in the logs, because just by virtue of the fact that you are getting a 500 - that means that the web server has spotted the error and sending you a 500 message.  So you should also check that it's actually logging to what you think it is logging to." />
  <row Id="33058" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="18335" RevisionGUID="f430c7f3-7288-4e4e-aa0f-5faa6660ac79" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:42:49.037" UserId="1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="33059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18500" RevisionGUID="c58f5d26-d4fc-4048-bb70-ba56c49b60fc" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:45:13.917" UserId="7751" Text="Hi , I just install a Windows 2003 on my server, and dont enable it's DNS server , I have a problem on this system, and can't open Microsoft web sites ( All Microsoft.com , and its subdomains) and dont have any problem from other pc on Lan or for other web sites? ( I can't ping microsoft,com) how can I fix this problem?&#xD;&#xA;Also I can't open any AntiVirus web sites&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33060" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18500" RevisionGUID="c58f5d26-d4fc-4048-bb70-ba56c49b60fc" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:45:13.917" UserId="7751" Text="DNS Problem" />
  <row Id="33061" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18500" RevisionGUID="c58f5d26-d4fc-4048-bb70-ba56c49b60fc" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:45:13.917" UserId="7751" Text="&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="33062" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="18500" RevisionGUID="19d98b34-d00a-4332-9430-c3251ec06c7c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:46:27.657" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="33063" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18501" RevisionGUID="cd50b39f-1a9e-4b89-8222-0423575746a5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:48:47.450" UserId="3505" Text=" 1. `ipconfig/all` - Does the server have a valid IP address?&#xD;&#xA; 2. Is the default gateway on the server correct?&#xD;&#xA; 3. Can you ping the gateway?&#xD;&#xA; 4. Have you assigned the DNS server for the server to use, and can you ping them?&#xD;&#xA; 5. Can you ping an IP address in your network segment&#xD;&#xA; 6. Can you ping an IP address outside of your network segment (i.e., through your gateway)&#xD;&#xA; 7. Use netstat to resolve some DNS names, but by this step, I would suspect some of the above steps have already failed.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33064" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18502" RevisionGUID="622369b6-57c6-49d4-bd57-e0d3ad76cad2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:48:54.390" UserId="7752" Text="Your Linux client configuration needs to be updated.  Add the following line&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; send host-name &quot;hostname&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to your equivalent of /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf.  (That's where Debian stores the DHCP client configuration file.)  This will tell the DHCP server the hostname of your Linux client.  The DHCP server should now configure the appropriate DNS entries for your Linux client.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33065" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18503" RevisionGUID="02984972-1389-4e1f-8c4f-2dfec64bc4a8" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:50:41.347" UserId="7398" Text="Sounds to me like a Conficker infection. I can't post more than one link at a time, so try running the test [here][1] and let us know the results.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ehtyar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/infection_test/cfeyechart.html" />
  <row Id="33066" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="18480" RevisionGUID="ea419d65-dc8e-44ec-a524-20ef758c1d47" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:53:23.040" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;gentoo&gt;&lt;router&gt;&lt;bgp&gt;&lt;ip-routing&gt;" />
  <row Id="33067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18504" RevisionGUID="4f271917-4c57-4fab-a2b9-5288d5a57c71" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:54:31.417" UserId="216" Text="The trailing '.' makes the name into a &quot;Fully Qualified Domain Name&quot;, i.e. an absolute domain name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Bind config files if you don't add the trailing '.' then the name is assumed to be relative to the current zone file's `$ORIGIN`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i.e.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ORIGIN example.com.&#xD;&#xA;    mail    IN A      192.168.1.1&#xD;&#xA;    mail2   IN A      192.168.1.2&#xD;&#xA;    server  IN A      192.168.1.3&#xD;&#xA;    @       IN MX 10  mail                   ; not FQDN - example.com. appended&#xD;&#xA;            IN MX 20  mail2.example.com.     ; FQDN &#xD;&#xA;            IN MX 30  mail.example.net.      ; FQDN in another domain&#xD;&#xA;    www     IN CNAME  server                 ; not FQDN - example.com. appended" />
  <row Id="33068" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="18482" RevisionGUID="74bcc558-3329-442e-b0e6-ee4d6a2426f7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:54:56.517" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;ip&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="33069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18505" RevisionGUID="db456a43-e93a-45f8-b2fd-7fe4531976f0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:55:17.763" UserId="7445" Text="In my opinion using software RAID is a solution you should avoid if at all possible. Sure, it's built-in to the OS so the price is right, but software mirrors (RAID1) and stripes (RAID0) are fragile and low-performing at best. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - They tend to break more easily&#xD;&#xA; - They require significant CPU overhead, so the performance you could gain is spent elsewhere&#xD;&#xA; - They typically don't support the features that give your the biggest benefits, such as hot-swapping (exchanging a disk without downing the server first) and hot-spare disks. (=extra disk that takes over if a disk in the RAID set (!=RAID0) dies).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In all production machines I would either get a hardware RAID-controller, or just drop the RAID altogether. The hardware RAID controller (such as HP's SMART controllers) are expensive, but for the performance and safety they provide it's by far worth it.&#xD;&#xA;The hardware RAID controller will offload your main CPU, so performance is excellent. They support hot-swapping disks, hot-spare disks and RAID-migration, should you decide that your initial RAID level wasn't right for you. They can also support battery-backed write-caching, so that if your computer loses power, writes on their way TO the diskset will be maintained and written once power is restored, to avoid dataloss. All these benefits will definitely help you out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To answer your inital question: (IMHO) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - ALWAYS USE RAID1 (mirror) for your OS disks, as you need the redundancy. They also do distributed reads from both disks. Writes are slower, but cachin on your hardware RAID controller eliminates this as a performance bottleneck.&#xD;&#xA; - ONLY use RAID0 if you don't care about the data on the drive, ie caching, backup-staging etc. &#xD;&#xA; - Use RAID5 for the best space/speed/redundancy/cost compromise, use RAID6 for VERY large volumes and extra redundancy and &#xD;&#xA; - DO invest in a hardware RAID controller. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Going the non-RAID route:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need raw speed on your workstation, get Solid-State drives for the OS. Get a second 10k rpm drive for data. Do backups ALL the time, to your second drive or to external storage. At home I've dropped all RAID-configs and bought a Windows Home Server for data and backups. Works like a charm and is by far the cheapest solution I can think of. Plus it has many other benefits, so it would just as easily serve a small business! (&lt;10 clients)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33070" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18506" RevisionGUID="45fdfc27-60ba-4093-b10f-adeeaa68a05b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T05:57:31.233" Text="&lt;p&gt;wat is the pre-liminary checks that can be done.. so that the server can ping.&#xA;please assist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33071" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18506" RevisionGUID="45fdfc27-60ba-4093-b10f-adeeaa68a05b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T05:57:31.233" Text="my question is if the server is not pinging ?" />
  <row Id="33072" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18506" RevisionGUID="45fdfc27-60ba-4093-b10f-adeeaa68a05b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T05:57:31.233" Text="&lt;tivoli&gt;" />
  <row Id="33073" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="18481" RevisionGUID="f91e49c1-3c1b-45b7-8b66-2263292b9044" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:55:52.630" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;enterprise&gt;&lt;version&gt;" />
  <row Id="33074" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="18481" RevisionGUID="bc162c5b-3565-4f21-a1dc-74d06d09257a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:56:38.293" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="33075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18507" RevisionGUID="f5c38c66-ac44-4309-915f-474094a2d681" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:57:55.997" UserId="7398" Text="The ISC maintains a collection of removal tools [here][1], though I would most definitely be reformatting a machine that was infected with Conficker.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some other things to consider:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Conficker spreads quite rapidly across unpatched networks, so try one of the scanners available on that page on your network to be sure your machine hasn't infected others.&#xD;&#xA; - You should also take a look at any removable media (USB keys) that have been used in that machine recently, not only to possibly trace the source of the infection but also to be sure it's not spreading that way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ehtyar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dshield.org/diary.html?storyid=5860" />
  <row Id="33076" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18506" RevisionGUID="08d7186d-ab44-4a72-bb5a-613ee37150ba" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:58:32.313" UserId="3505" Comment="deleted 8 characters in body; edited tags; added 1 characters in body" Text="What is the preliminary checks that can be done so that the server can ping?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please assist." />
  <row Id="33077" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="18506" RevisionGUID="08d7186d-ab44-4a72-bb5a-613ee37150ba" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:58:32.313" UserId="3505" Comment="deleted 8 characters in body; edited tags; added 1 characters in body" Text="&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="33078" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18508" RevisionGUID="daa643c4-60ed-4220-9dc0-15a5bd315e18" CreationDate="2009-06-03T06:59:22.093" UserId="7342" Text="Assuming this is a binary only program, the best way to work out what it's doing is using strace. The first thing to do is to find out what it's doing now:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;strace -f -o /tmp/cimserver.log -p $process_id&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can then look in /tmp/cimserver.log to see what system calls it's doing. You may find that the problem happened before now, in which case you'll need to run the process under strace from the start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;strace -f -o /tmp/cimserver.log /usr/sbin/cimserver $args&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Beware this will slow the process down a reasonable amount. You can reduce the logging to particular system calls by using the -e option. Check the man page for more info.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hopefully this will give you some pointer to the problem. Of course it could just be a bug in the software :)" />
  <row Id="33079" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18504" RevisionGUID="21d2cc77-ba9b-40c3-bfd0-2fd9f3fc2fd1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:03:24.470" UserId="216" Comment="added 88 characters in body" Text="The trailing '.' makes the name into a &quot;Fully Qualified Domain Name&quot;, i.e. an absolute domain name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Bind config files if you don't add the trailing '.' then the name is assumed to be relative to the current zone file's `$ORIGIN`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i.e.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ORIGIN example.com.&#xD;&#xA;    mail    IN A      192.168.1.1&#xD;&#xA;    mail2   IN A      192.168.1.2&#xD;&#xA;    server  IN A      192.168.1.3&#xD;&#xA;    @       IN MX 10  mail                   ; not FQDN - example.com. appended&#xD;&#xA;            IN MX 20  mail2.example.com.     ; FQDN &#xD;&#xA;            IN MX 30  mail.example.net.      ; FQDN in another domain&#xD;&#xA;            IN MX 40  mail2.example.net      ; ERROR - not FQDN - example.com appended&#xD;&#xA;    www     IN CNAME  server                 ; not FQDN - example.com. appended" />
  <row Id="33080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18509" RevisionGUID="63829558-d027-40d8-a43c-6f6f640affc6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:05:49.037" UserId="7732" Text="Ok guys, looks like it was just IE throwing the 500.&#xD;&#xA;Loading the page in Firefox shows a nice PHP parse error (the app is only supported in ie, so I had to switch my user agents to test). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the record, I went through all my vhosts so make sure the logs were all correct, which they were, I'm still not sure why I was getting nothing logged.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for the help!" />
  <row Id="33081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18510" RevisionGUID="6d5f384a-3e6f-4803-afca-d8274d2ceebf" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:12:18.773" UserId="402" Text="Most of the problems seem to be todo with a slipstreamed SP2 install, but it's probably worth trying the technique outlined in this post:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://forums.techarena.in/windows-vista-network/1176309.htm#post4430880][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-vista-network/1176309.htm#post4430880" />
  <row Id="33082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18511" RevisionGUID="be31a77c-959d-4757-b745-fc4491cd65cd" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:14:53.433" UserId="7398" Text="If you were to do it for a number of users, the most efficient way would be to run `net localgroup &quot;Network Configuration Operators&quot; /add &lt;user&gt;` on the machine they're using. Perhaps stick it in a logon script or something.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ehtyar." />
  <row Id="33083" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18346" RevisionGUID="411d08e8-23b2-4dfa-b1b5-2e2c35a8fb11" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:15:17.193" UserId="2339" Comment="Adding blurb about PSCP" Text="It looks like there is a package that supports sshfs on Windows, it's called Dokan:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://dokan-dev.net/en/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: in light of your recent edit you may find PSCP sufficient. PSCP is a command-line scp program from PuTTY: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could dump all files to be backed up to a certain directory on your Windows machine, then have a script scp those files to your VPS." />
  <row Id="33084" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18512" RevisionGUID="1b9cd288-8dd8-4fe7-abf8-ec21493cb1b7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:16:27.083" UserId="6558" Text="Situation: Two ISP's, need to provide failover redundancy.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems like the prevailing wisdom when it comes to Windows servers is &quot;don't multi-home&quot;.  And whenever anyone asks how to do it properly, you get people asking &quot;why do you need to&quot;?  Other suggestions are &quot;use a load balancing router&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, I've tried to use load balancing routers (consumer level, I can't afford high end Cisco's) and they just don't work reliably, and they don't really offer source based routing (or any kind of real policy based routing) to allow specific traffic to use specific internet connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best overall solution in my case is to simply feed both internet connections into my server via seperate NIC's.  The problem is that Windows doesn't seem to have a way to do what's called &quot;split-access&quot; routing.  Split-access allows multiple interfaces to have their own default gateways so that when a packet comes in from the internet, the response packets can be routed back over the same gateway (instead of the system default gateway).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more info on split-access read this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.rpdb.multiple-links.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This solution works great for Linux, using iproute2, i can setup split-access and things work great.  But in Windows, it always tries to respond to packets that originate from outside the LAN via the system default gateway rather than the gateway of the second net connection.  You can't simply add a second default gateway, as this causes all kinds of weird results.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Is there any way in Windows to do something similar to split-access with iproute2 in Linux?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The idea here is that I have two NIC's in the server.  I bind my web server to both NIC's with different IP addresses, then I use failover DNS system that will monitor my network connection and switch to the secondary IP (on the second ISP) if the first goes down.  Not the best solution, but I can pull it off for a lot less money than alternative solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For DNS failover, i'm considering a solution such as this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.dnsmadeeasy.com/s0306/prod/dnsfosm.html][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please don't lecture me about not needing to multi-home, because I cannot afford the equipment to do load balancing properly and consumer level equipment doesn't function reliably for my needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.rpdb.multiple-links.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.dnsmadeeasy.com/s0306/prod/dnsfosm.html" />
  <row Id="33085" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18512" RevisionGUID="1b9cd288-8dd8-4fe7-abf8-ec21493cb1b7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:16:27.083" UserId="6558" Text="Split access on a Windows Server?" />
  <row Id="33086" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18512" RevisionGUID="1b9cd288-8dd8-4fe7-abf8-ec21493cb1b7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:16:27.083" UserId="6558" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;routing&gt;" />
  <row Id="33087" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18513" RevisionGUID="cbbbf5f8-3ee7-44f4-9dd0-92c69789ce9d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:23:27.927" UserId="7405" Text="We manage our DNS/NIS hosts via an LDAP OU which in turn is used to build DNS, DHCP and the NIS hosts map dynamically every 10 minutes. This has been very useful as we have over 30 admins updating records on a daily basis." />
  <row Id="33088" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18514" RevisionGUID="0da30600-2ebc-4416-8d9a-d4fb0d5a1bb7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:23:51.043" UserId="7744" Text="This is going to depend some on your environment specifically how many servers we're talking about, whether the servers are 64 bit, and how stable the application is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I see three options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Continue to run everything in isolated app pools, balance across all your servers, and add more RAM.  &#xD;&#xA;Advantages: Robust.  &#xD;&#xA;Disadvantages: Cost (but ram is getting pretty cheap these days)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Consolidate into fewer app pools, balance across all your servers, and not add additional RAM.  Advantages: No additional cost.   &#xD;&#xA;Disadvantages: If the application has stability issues, consolidating 200 clients into 2 or 3 application pools is a potential recipe for disaster.  If your load balancer can properly detect the availability of the app and apply the state change to all the URLs this risk can be mitigated.  Also, if these machines are 32 bit, running 100+ clients in a single app pool may push you dangerously close to process memory limits. &#xD;&#xA; 3. Continue to run everything in isolated app pools, split your farm up into sub farms i.e. instead of having 6 servers serve 200 clients have 2 groups of 3 servers each serving 100 clients to cut down memory load, and not add additional RAM.  &#xD;&#xA;Advantages: Robust, No additional costs (as long as you have enough servers!).  &#xD;&#xA;Disadvantages: If you don't have at least 4 servers this is going to an expensive/unattractive option.  Also, you introduce new problems like having to track which specific clients are high usage and balancing those across the multiple farms." />
  <row Id="33089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18515" RevisionGUID="f22dc086-5246-43f4-ad4a-54965765677a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:25:05.007" UserDisplayName="av av" Text="China. specifically- Shenzen.&#xD;&#xA;beats the pants off everyone else on every count in your list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;just go there once, and see for yourself.&#xD;&#xA;I accidently went there with a friend, and came bak thunderstruck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;as a COBOL coolie, i've worked in Denver, Atlanta, Chicago, Frankfurt, HK and Sydney&#xD;&#xA;nothing like shenzen exists anywhere. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;av. new delhi. india&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33090" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18516" RevisionGUID="d8cf34a1-3603-4646-9192-9a96829d7f6c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:26:10.930" UserId="216" Text="Yes, like Zoredache says, &quot;this works&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some caveats though with wildcards that it's worth knowing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  The wildcard matches one _or more_ labels, so in your case `foo.bar.domain.com` will be matched by the wildcard, but `bar.foo.domain.com` will return `NXDOMAIN` because the presence of `foo` prevents any sub-domains of `foo` from matching&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.  The wildcard match is RRtype specific.  However If the wildcard and override records don't have the same RRtype then the over-riding records will still &quot;hide&quot; the wildcard, but you get `NODATA` (i.e. no answer, `rcode == NOERROR`).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ORIGIN example.com.&#xD;&#xA;    *     IN A   192.168.1.1&#xD;&#xA;    foo   IN TXT &quot;foo&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    % dig @localhost foo.example.com. A&#xD;&#xA;    (abbreviated)&#xD;&#xA;    ;; Got answer:&#xD;&#xA;    ;; -&gt;&gt;HEADER&lt;&lt;- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 36960&#xD;&#xA;    ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18517" RevisionGUID="bfe8dba6-ef8f-4a07-9e61-22a291ba1387" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:33:46.343" UserId="4883" Text="Delaware in the US is the most common choice for start-ups, primarily due to it's [advanced fair and effective corporation laws][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;USA isn't a good answer because corporation law differs dramatically from one state to another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a really good [forum thread on the topic][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_corporation&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=244009" />
  <row Id="33092" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18518" RevisionGUID="11bc29fd-841b-4c1b-bacc-b39cdfb415ba" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:33:49.217" UserId="1704" Text="I have a DeLock-branded, Si3132-based eSATA ExpressCard in my MacBook Pro, with the `com.SiliconImage.driver.Si3132r5` driver 1.5.16 on 10.5.7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Every now and then, it apparently decides to go nuts. All I/O to the external drive will be stalled for a few seconds, then continues, then stalls again, and so on. This has appeared a while ago, possibly with the 10.5.5 update. It appears to correspond to a system log message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    4/25/09 7:09:16 PM kernel SCSIPressurePathManager: new active path available, checking, loops = 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And sure enough, 1) I know the driver works through the SCSI system (i.e., drives are faked as external SCSI ones, not SATA ones), and 2) [the most useful Google result I could find][1] has to do with ExpressCards. Other results suggest different drivers, but so far I've only found rebadged versions of [SI's 1.1.9 driver][2] ([by Sonnet][3] and [by Rosewill][4]), which exhibits the same problem. I assume this is some sort of caching bug.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing I have yet to try is to install 10.5.4's SCSI-related kernel extensions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The stalling makes the card virtually useless, as performance via USB runs circles around this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/feedback/express34_card_reports.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.siliconimage.com/support/searchresults.aspx?pid=32&amp;cat=3&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.sonnettech.com/support/downloads/computercards.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.rosewill.com/products/d_814/productDetail.htm" />
  <row Id="33093" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18518" RevisionGUID="11bc29fd-841b-4c1b-bacc-b39cdfb415ba" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:33:49.217" UserId="1704" Text="What to do about &quot;SCSIPressurePathManager: new active path available&quot; errors?" />
  <row Id="33094" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18518" RevisionGUID="11bc29fd-841b-4c1b-bacc-b39cdfb415ba" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:33:49.217" UserId="1704" Text="&lt;expresscard&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;esata&gt;&lt;driver&gt;" />
  <row Id="33095" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="17957" RevisionGUID="80716f1a-4dda-40d3-b0a1-033fa17e9b87" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:33:50.633" UserId="1" CloseReasonId="1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="33096" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17957" RevisionGUID="a9990d7c-bec4-4a4e-b642-459d518a6a05" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:33:50.730" UserId="-1" Comment="insert duplicate link" Text="&gt; **Possible Duplicate:**  &#xA;&gt; [What firewall ports do I need to open when using FTPS?](http://serverfault.com/questions/10807/what-firewall-ports-do-i-need-to-open-when-using-ftps)  &#xA;&#xA;&#xA;Trying to open up ports in a sonicwall firewall.  The service is ftp over ssl (NOTE: NOT sftp).  What ports does this service use?  I have tried standard ftp port as well as 989 and 990.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, What other troubleshooting tips might one suggest?  I am a netcat nub, so any hints as to how to use that tool would be appreciated as well.  thanks" />
  <row Id="33097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18519" RevisionGUID="380c3c8f-bced-47fa-a9ea-1ef0734779df" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:34:59.977" UserId="7709" Text="There's quite a few things that can cause the system not to ping. I assume you mean that the server is not RESPONDING to ping?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In which case, where are you pinging it from? A local network (LAN), or from the internet?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it won't respond to PING on a local network (ethernet, usually), then it could be a Firewall setting. I assume you are running Windows?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Windows XP, you can disable/enable ICMP packets. When you PING it sends an ICMP packet, which some some firewalls will filter. If you are using the Windows firewall, it depends on the version of Windows you are running. If you are running a 3rd party firewall, you will need to check its settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other obvious thing is to check to see if the server is plugged in, and that it has an IP address, you are pinging the correct IP address and that there are no communication breakdowns between the server you are pinging, and yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To check the IP address of the server, go to Start &gt; Run &gt; CMD &gt; ipconfig, and scroll through the IP addresses presented there and try each one, one by one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are trying to ping it over the internet, then that's a much more complicated issue. It could be a firewall at the edge of your network (a consumer grade router maybe?), it could be the firewall again, or it could be a hundred other things." />
  <row Id="33098" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18519" RevisionGUID="380c3c8f-bced-47fa-a9ea-1ef0734779df" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:34:59.977" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33099" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18520" RevisionGUID="bba2d352-d7e6-4c53-8700-e0f87751f76e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:35:50.193" UserId="2991" Text="You could, in a logon script, create a line that writes a time stamp to a file somewhere?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Something like?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;net time &gt;&gt; \\server\logonlogs\%username%.txt&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18521" RevisionGUID="ad981ee3-efbc-4e03-8aeb-05da22280685" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:38:13.870" UserId="3181" Text="I think you will need to set up a linux based router to perform the dual-homing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33102" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18506" RevisionGUID="185b59d4-4bb6-4b5e-b158-609b812e7ea1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:40:37.330" UserId="1435" Comment="Major tidy/clarification" Text="What would be the preliminary checks that should be carried out if a server cannot 'ping'?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33103" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="18506" RevisionGUID="185b59d4-4bb6-4b5e-b158-609b812e7ea1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:40:37.330" UserId="1435" Comment="Major tidy/clarification" Text="What to check if 'pinging' doesn't work?" />
  <row Id="33106" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18523" RevisionGUID="56b53a67-6a13-46db-8124-b3404873cb38" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:44:21.033" UserDisplayName="Lars" Text="We use Truecrypt for encryption in my company, however recently an employee has got quite the odd problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Every once in a while when he boots his Vista pc, it changes the harddisk numbers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a huge problem, because Truecrypt has encrypted partitions on two harddisks (two physical drives), however when the harddisk numbers change truecrypt can no longer &quot;mount favorite&quot;, which remembers the numbers as they once were.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Essentially he has:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;harddisk(0)\partition(0)&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;harddisk(0)\partition(1)&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;harddisk(0)\partition(2) encrypted&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;harddisk(1)\partition(0) encrypted&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So when it swaps numbers, it suddenly reads&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;harddisk(0)\partition(0) encrypted&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;harddisk(1)\partition(0)&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;harddisk(1)\partition(1)&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;harddisk(1)\partition(2) encrypted&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried looking through the BIOS and disk management to no avail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas why Vista does this ?" />
  <row Id="33107" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18523" RevisionGUID="56b53a67-6a13-46db-8124-b3404873cb38" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:44:21.033" UserDisplayName="Lars" Text="Vista changes harddisk numbers at random why ?" />
  <row Id="33108" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18523" RevisionGUID="56b53a67-6a13-46db-8124-b3404873cb38" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:44:21.033" UserDisplayName="Lars" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="33109" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17564" RevisionGUID="8a8c73f8-28c7-4d45-8af0-7418120d8e3b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:44:55.947" UserId="4924" Comment="comment about pinning not working" Text="Putting a package on hold does not work (very well) to achieve this. It does not cover all tools in a satisfactory manner. For example aptitude on command-line completely ignores the previous invocation of `aptitude hold somepackage`, installing a package also installs the dependencies even if they are on hold.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best way in my opinion is to create a fake package (named for example &quot;unwanted-pkg&quot;) that conflicts with all the packages that you don't want and to install it (with `dpkg -i`). And then you put this package on hold to avoid its removal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use a tool like &quot;equivs&quot; to create the fake package easily. See `equivs-control`&#xD;&#xA; and `equivs-build`. A conflicts field look like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `Conflicts: xserver-xorg-video-2, xserver-xorg-core`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can conflict with the low-level dependencies common to all unwanted packages to avoid listing each individual package (or use virtual package like xserver-xorg-video-2).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that pinning does not work to solve this problem. If you do `aptitude install xorg` it will install many xserver-xorg-* packages despite the negative pinning. BTW, for the pinning to be recognized by apt (check with `apt-cache policy &lt;package&gt;`) you have to use a syntax like this one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ cat /etc/apt/preferences&#xD;&#xA;    Package: xserver-xorg-video-vga&#xD;&#xA;    Pin: version *&#xD;&#xA;    Pin-Priority: -100&#xD;&#xA;    $ LANG=C apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-vga&#xD;&#xA;    xserver-xorg-video-vga:&#xD;&#xA;      Installed: (none)&#xD;&#xA;      Candidate: 1:4.1.0-8&#xD;&#xA;      Package pin: 1:4.1.0-8&#xD;&#xA;      Version table:&#xD;&#xA;         1:4.1.0-8 -100&#xD;&#xA;            500 http://localhost lenny/main Packages&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using a regexp in the Package field does not work (except for &quot;*&quot; alone, in which case you have some other requirements in the Pin field).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33110" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18521" RevisionGUID="1599552b-e18f-42f5-8db3-4e47bf86554b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:46:58.877" UserId="3181" Comment="added 718 characters in body" Text="I think you will need to set up a linux based router to perform the dual-homing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Layer 3 routing issue is just the first problem, one that was solved with round-robin routing or even some kind of load assessment algorithm. Many applications and intermediate packet inspection points will expect consistent routing of a given connection, i.e., &quot;Persistent Connections&quot;. Maintaining persistent routing of connections has been a pain in the sides of network and security architects for some time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't afford a commerical product, have you investigated:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [LEAF][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Freesco][2]&#xD;&#xA; - Really, any of the offspring of the [Linux Router Project][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://leaf.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.freesco.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Linux_Router_Project" />
  <row Id="33111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18524" RevisionGUID="90162ea7-fba1-495c-a657-33087f237aa6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:48:24.990" UserId="4651" Text="Our servers are all named after pets.  with a slight breakdown by type.&#xD;&#xA;All domain controllers are named after birds.  Dogs for file and print.  Cats for application servers." />
  <row Id="33115" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18523" RevisionGUID="d105c185-b8e9-433c-b640-cffd778de044" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:56:04.600" UserId="1" Comment="formatting" Text="We use Truecrypt for encryption in my company, however recently an employee has got quite the odd problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Every once in a while when he boots his Vista pc, it changes the harddisk numbers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a huge problem, because Truecrypt has encrypted partitions on two harddisks (two physical drives), however when the harddisk numbers change truecrypt can no longer &quot;mount favorite&quot;, which remembers the numbers as they once were.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Essentially he has:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;harddisk(0)\partition(0)&#xD;&#xA;harddisk(0)\partition(1)&#xD;&#xA;harddisk(0)\partition(2) encrypted&#xD;&#xA;harddisk(1)\partition(0) encrypted&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So when it swaps numbers, it suddenly reads&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;harddisk(0)\partition(0) encrypted&#xD;&#xA;harddisk(1)\partition(0)&#xD;&#xA;harddisk(1)\partition(1)&#xD;&#xA;harddisk(1)\partition(2) encrypted&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried looking through the BIOS and disk management to no avail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas why Vista does this ?" />
  <row Id="33116" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18526" RevisionGUID="12ab6737-c0b0-42c3-92a9-96544177a7a3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:56:58.997" UserId="4076" Text="This is the probable minimun you require within your bgpd.conf. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    router bgp YOURASN&#xD;&#xA;    bgp router-id 74.125.53.103&#xD;&#xA;      network 209.85.171.0/24&#xD;&#xA;      neighbor 74.125.53.104 remote-as ISPASN&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It isn't pretty and you really should add some prefix lists etc before you start looking at adding multiple upstreams just so you don't accidently advertise the entire global table between two ISPs. That being said, if the gentoo box is only being used as a router and nothing else go get a copy of vyatta community edition and use that instead. " />
  <row Id="33117" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18527" RevisionGUID="b441dc7d-0f8b-41f3-b691-6f365660dc2f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T07:57:49.743" UserDisplayName="Daniel Laughland" Text="Had a client once who named servers after Playboy bunnies. That was not widely publicized outside of IT, however. ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I liked naming them after large cats, but then OS X came along and ruined that for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another fave is types of alcohol. JimBeam, Beefeater, Stoli, etc. Different classes of alcohol were different classes of server. Gin for mail servers, whiskeys for databases, the PDC was always Moonshine." />
  <row Id="33118" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="18518" RevisionGUID="8ff75a90-c151-4bcd-adf1-61d44f611073" CreationDate="2009-06-03T08:01:48.940" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;express-card&gt;&lt;mac-os-x&gt;&lt;esata&gt;&lt;driver&gt;" />
  <row Id="33119" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18528" RevisionGUID="9fb3c29e-229d-409f-ad40-9dd919858221" CreationDate="2009-06-03T08:02:39.220" UserId="4924" Text="If you know the URL of a repository you can lookup the `dists` sub-directory to find out all the distributions that are available in that repository. If you enter those directories you can find out a `Release` file that lists the available sections in a `Component` field.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example with the official Debian repository: [http://ftp.debian.org/debian/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The distributions available can be seen at: [http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you take the lenny distributione you can grab the Release file here: [http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/Release][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Inside that file you can find the list of sections:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Components: main contrib non-free&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And like people have already explained, in `/etc/apt/sources.lists` you have lines in the following format:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    deb repository-url distribution section1 section2 section3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now you can explore any well-maintained Debian repository !&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ftp.debian.org/debian&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/Release" />
  <row Id="33120" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18528" RevisionGUID="9fb3c29e-229d-409f-ad40-9dd919858221" CreationDate="2009-06-03T08:02:39.220" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33121" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18529" RevisionGUID="dbd374c3-96e1-4dc9-9c00-836c70e5706b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T08:06:16.280" UserId="4974" Text="Just a quick thought:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is any of the drives external or are there any other external drives that are sometimes attached to the unit? Are they sometimes powered on during boot and sometimes powered off?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33122" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18530" RevisionGUID="f1e4fbf4-083c-4037-8dba-040c20f8c656" CreationDate="2009-06-03T08:08:22.813" UserId="3181" Text="When diagnosing network connectivity issues, I start local and then move global.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, I try to ping the local ip address on the interface of the host I am using. This almost always works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then I ping the default gateway. Then I ping the DNS server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Pings&quot; are not limited to ICMP Echo/Request traffic. I will try to establish a TCP connection to ports I expect to be able to access. Telnet clients are good for this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At some point, I examine the network traffic with wireshark or tcpdump. Also, if I can, I will try to use an alternate host to see if it works.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33123" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18530" RevisionGUID="f1e4fbf4-083c-4037-8dba-040c20f8c656" CreationDate="2009-06-03T08:08:22.813" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33124" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18531" RevisionGUID="21a37fb1-4359-4137-b226-a163950c6214" CreationDate="2009-06-03T08:10:56.067" UserId="6965" Text="If you don't want to have to wade through your security logs, you could also try the account lockout and management tools &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7AF2E69C-91F3-4E63-8629-B999ADDE0B9E&amp;displaylang=en&quot;&gt;(link)&lt;/a&gt;.  This adds an extra property page to account details in ADUC, including &quot;last logon time&quot;." />
  <row Id="33127" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18521" RevisionGUID="eb7d41ec-02fd-4576-89a8-58c79a7cabda" CreationDate="2009-06-03T08:19:44.160" UserId="3181" Comment="added 180 characters in body" Text="I think you will need to set up a linux based router to perform the dual-homing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Layer 3 routing issue is just the first problem, one that was solved with round-robin routing or even some kind of load assessment algorithm. Many applications and intermediate packet inspection points will expect consistent routing of a given connection, i.e., &quot;Persistent Connections&quot;. Maintaining persistent routing of connections has been a pain in the sides of network and security architects for some time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't afford a commerical product, have you investigated:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [LEAF][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Freesco][2]&#xD;&#xA; - Really, any of the offspring of the [Linux Router Project][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Based on the comment, I was suggest investigating Source Based Routing in an upstream router. It seems to me that split-access routing is a special form a source based routing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://leaf.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.freesco.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Linux_Router_Project" />
  <row Id="33128" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18533" RevisionGUID="1fd0901b-efe6-4d54-a38c-4580140ce926" CreationDate="2009-06-03T08:20:35.813" UserId="3582" Text="I wish to grant Shell access over HTTP  (using a web browser) to a few of my users. Is there a utility, preferably free, which I may use to enable it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The no. of users are approx. 100 and I want separate shell sessions for each of them, and the web interface should require them to login with their user/pwd credentials." />
  <row Id="33129" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18533" RevisionGUID="1fd0901b-efe6-4d54-a38c-4580140ce926" CreationDate="2009-06-03T08:20:35.813" UserId="3582" Text="How to enable Shell Acess over HTTP/Web Browser?" />
  <row Id="33130" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18533" RevisionGUID="1fd0901b-efe6-4d54-a38c-4580140ce926" CreationDate="2009-06-03T08:20:35.813" UserId="3582" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;shell&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;http&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="33131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18534" RevisionGUID="eb50a146-94f4-439b-a6ca-9fedb0fd5cac" CreationDate="2009-06-03T08:29:13.130" UserId="4757" Text="[Ajaxterm][1] is nice and reasonably simple to set up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://antony.lesuisse.org/software/ajaxterm/" />
  <row Id="33132" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18535" RevisionGUID="c0e997e3-e6b7-4ec1-ac99-4ecdcc64f0b0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T08:29:19.807" UserId="4979" Text="Could it be that your HD with the 3 partitions is a slow starter? try enabeling PowerOn or Boot delay in your BIOS. " />
  <row Id="33133" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18521" RevisionGUID="f301c4fc-9f7e-4cb0-b24c-57c5e627daf0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T08:39:15.980" UserId="3181" Comment="added 263 characters in body; added 1 characters in body" Text="I would suggest setting up a linux based router to perform the dual-homing. Then configure source based routing to achieve the equivalent of iproute2. It seems to me that split-access routing is a special form of source based routing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternate suggestion: move the server to a linux platform and use iproute2 if that is the routing solution that meets all of your needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It sounds like you will be accepting limited non-connectivity periods, so you will not need to worry too much about the Layer 3 routing issues that plague VRRP or clustering architectures. One thing to keep in mind, however, is that many applications and intermediate packet inspection points will expect consistent routing of a given connection, i.e., &quot;Persistent Connections&quot;. Maintaining persistent routing of connections has been a pain in the sides of network and security architects for some time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't afford a commerical product, have you investigated:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [LEAF][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Freesco][2]&#xD;&#xA; - Astaro security gateway (install on a whitebox) or similar&#xD;&#xA; - Really, any of the offspring of the [Linux Router Project][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://leaf.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.freesco.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Linux_Router_Project" />
  <row Id="33134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18536" RevisionGUID="f818fd31-1950-4a1a-abd6-43b0b5042f2b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T08:45:37.387" Text="Hi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've configured a site to site vpn tunnel which is up and working as I would like.  I have configured persistant routes on the pc's at each end that need to speak to each other.  The subnets are as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Site 1: 10.0.0.0/11&#xD;&#xA;Site 2: 192.168.200.0/24&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am running into problems when I try and access site 2 from site 1 on a pc with an ip starting with anything else than 10.0.x.x  For example if my pc is configured with ip 10.0.0.77/11 I can access site 2.  If it is configured with 10.1.100.1/11, I can't.  It seems to me that the pix is forcing the subnet mask for site 1 to be 255.255.0.0 instead of 255.224.0.0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is anyone aware that this is the case and how to get around it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My running configs are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Running config Site 1:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PIX Version 6.3(4)  &#xD;&#xA;interface ethernet0 auto  &#xD;&#xA;interface ethernet1 100full   &#xD;&#xA;nameif ethernet0 outside security0  &#xD;&#xA;nameif ethernet1 inside security100  &#xD;&#xA;enable password sdf4536gdsfgsd  encrypted  &#xD;&#xA;passwd 3425sdfsdfg2345 encrypted  &#xD;&#xA;hostname our-side  &#xD;&#xA;domain-name domain.com  &#xD;&#xA;fixup protocol dns maximum-length 512  &#xD;&#xA;fixup protocol ftp 21  &#xD;&#xA;fixup protocol h323 h225 1720  &#xD;&#xA;fixup protocol h323 ras 1718-1719  &#xD;&#xA;fixup protocol http 80  &#xD;&#xA;fixup protocol rsh 514  &#xD;&#xA;fixup protocol rtsp 554  &#xD;&#xA;fixup protocol sip 5060  &#xD;&#xA;fixup protocol sip udp 5060  &#xD;&#xA;fixup protocol skinny 2000  &#xD;&#xA;fixup protocol smtp 25  &#xD;&#xA;fixup protocol sqlnet 1521  &#xD;&#xA;fixup protocol tftp 69  &#xD;&#xA;names  &#xD;&#xA;name 192.168.200.0 their_network  &#xD;&#xA;name 10.0.0.8 svr1  &#xD;&#xA;name 10.0.0.245 svr2  &#xD;&#xA;name 10.0.0.248 svr3  &#xD;&#xA;name 10.0.0.235 printer  &#xD;&#xA;access-list inside_outbound_nat0_acl permit ip 10.0.0.0 255.224.0.0 their_network  255.255.255.0 &#xD;&#xA;access-list outside_cryptomap_20 permit ip 10.0.0.0 255.224.0.0 their_network 255.255.255.0  &#xD;&#xA;access-list outside_access_in permit tcp their_network 255.255.255.0 any eq www  &#xD;&#xA;access-list outside_access_in permit tcp their_network 255.255.255.0 any eq https  &#xD;&#xA;access-list outside_access_in permit tcp their_network 255.255.255.0 host svr2 eq domain  &#xD;&#xA;access-list outside_access_in permit udp their_network 255.255.255.0 host svr2 eq domain  &#xD;&#xA;access-list outside_access_in permit udp their_network 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&#xD;&#xA;access-group outside_access_in in interface outside  &#xD;&#xA;access-group inside_access_in in interface inside  &#xD;&#xA;route outside 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 219.148.111.77 255  &#xD;&#xA;timeout xlate 3:00:00  &#xD;&#xA;timeout conn 1:00:00 half-closed 0:10:00 udp 0:02:00 rpc 0:10:00 h225 1:00:00  &#xD;&#xA;timeout h323 0:05:00 mgcp 0:05:00 sip 0:30:00 sip_media 0:02:00  &#xD;&#xA;timeout uauth 0:05:00 absolute  &#xD;&#xA;aaa-server TACACS+ protocol tacacs+  &#xD;&#xA;aaa-server TACACS+ max-failed-attempts 3  &#xD;&#xA;aaa-server TACACS+ deadtime 10  &#xD;&#xA;aaa-server RADIUS protocol radius  &#xD;&#xA;aaa-server RADIUS max-failed-attempts 3  &#xD;&#xA;aaa-server RADIUS deadtime 10  &#xD;&#xA;aaa-server LOCAL protocol local  &#xD;&#xA;http server enable  &#xD;&#xA;http 10.0.0.0 255.224.0.0 inside  &#xD;&#xA;no snmp-server location  &#xD;&#xA;no snmp-server contact  &#xD;&#xA;snmp-server community public  &#xD;&#xA;no snmp-server enable traps  &#xD;&#xA;floodguard enable  &#xD;&#xA;crypto ipsec transform-set ESP-3DES-MD5 esp-3des esp-md5-hmac  &#xD;&#xA;crypto map outside_map 20 ipsec-isakmp  &#xD;&#xA;crypto map outside_map 20 match address outside_cryptomap_20  &#xD;&#xA;crypto map outside_map 20 set peer 219.148.111.76  &#xD;&#xA;crypto map outside_map 20 set transform-set ESP-3DES-MD5  &#xD;&#xA;crypto map outside_map interface outside  &#xD;&#xA;isakmp enable outside  &#xD;&#xA;isakmp key ******** address 219.148.111.76 netmask 255.255.255.255 no-xauth no-config-mode  &#xD;&#xA;isakmp policy 20 authentication pre-share  &#xD;&#xA;isakmp policy 20 encryption 3des  &#xD;&#xA;isakmp policy 20 hash md5  &#xD;&#xA;isakmp policy 20 group 2  &#xD;&#xA;isakmp policy 20 lifetime 86400  &#xD;&#xA;telnet timeout 5  &#xD;&#xA;ssh timeout 5  &#xD;&#xA;console timeout 0  &#xD;&#xA;username user1 password asdfafddafaf encrypted privilege 15  &#xD;&#xA;terminal width 80  &#xD;&#xA;Cryptochecksum:43dfhsd34fghh  &#xD;&#xA;: end  &#xD;&#xA;[OK]  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Running config Site 2:**  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PIX Version 6.3(4)  &#xD;&#xA;interface ethernet0 100full   &#xD;&#xA;interface ethernet1 100full  &#xD;&#xA;nameif ethernet0 outside security0  &#xD;&#xA;nameif ethernet1 inside security100  &#xD;&#xA;enable password iCEghfhgeC10Q80xp encrypted  &#xD;&#xA;passwd iCEghgfhC10Q80xp encrypted  &#xD;&#xA;hostname vietnam-their-side  &#xD;&#xA;domain-name domain1.com  &#xD;&#xA;fixup protocol dns maximum-length 512  &#xD;&#xA;fixup protocol ftp 21  &#xD;&#xA;fixup protocol h323 h225 1720  &#xD;&#xA;fixup protocol h323 ras 1718-1719  &#xD;&#xA;fixup protocol http 80  &#xD;&#xA;fixup protocol rsh 514  &#xD;&#xA;fixup protocol rtsp 554  &#xD;&#xA;fixup protocol sip 5060  &#xD;&#xA;fixup protocol sip udp 5060  &#xD;&#xA;fixup protocol skinny 2000  &#xD;&#xA;fixup protocol smtp 25  &#xD;&#xA;fixup protocol sqlnet 1521  &#xD;&#xA;fixup protocol tftp 69  &#xD;&#xA;names  &#xD;&#xA;name 10.0.0.0 our_network  &#xD;&#xA;access-list acl_inside permit tcp 192.168.200.0 255.255.255.0 host 219.148.111.76 eq www  &#xD;&#xA;access-list inside_outbound_nat0_acl permit ip 192.168.200.0 255.255.255.0 our_network 255.224.0.0  &#xD;&#xA;access-list outside_cryptomap_20 permit ip 192.168.200.0 255.255.255.0 our_network 255.224.0.0  &#xD;&#xA;access-list outside_access_in permit icmp our_network 255.224.0.0 any  &#xD;&#xA;pager lines 24  &#xD;&#xA;icmp permit any outside  &#xD;&#xA;icmp permit any inside  &#xD;&#xA;mtu outside 1500  &#xD;&#xA;mtu inside 1500  &#xD;&#xA;ip address outside 219.148.111.76 255.255.255.192  &#xD;&#xA;ip address inside 192.168.200.1 255.255.255.0  &#xD;&#xA;ip audit info action alarm  &#xD;&#xA;ip audit attack action alarm  &#xD;&#xA;pdm location 192.160.0.0 255.224.0.0 inside  &#xD;&#xA;pdm location our_network 255.224.0.0 outside  &#xD;&#xA;pdm history enable  &#xD;&#xA;arp timeout 14400  &#xD;&#xA;global (outside) 1 interface  &#xD;&#xA;nat (inside) 0 access-list inside_outbound_nat0_acl  &#xD;&#xA;nat (inside) 1 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0 0  &#xD;&#xA;access-group outside_access_in in interface outside  &#xD;&#xA;route outside 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 219.148.111.76 1  &#xD;&#xA;timeout xlate 3:00:00  &#xD;&#xA;timeout conn 1:00:00 half-closed 0:10:00 udp 0:02:00 rpc 0:10:00 h225 1:00:00  &#xD;&#xA;timeout h323 0:05:00 mgcp 0:05:00 sip 0:30:00 sip_media 0:02:00  &#xD;&#xA;timeout uauth 0:05:00 absolute  &#xD;&#xA;aaa-server TACACS+ protocol tacacs+  &#xD;&#xA;aaa-server TACACS+ max-failed-attempts 3  &#xD;&#xA;aaa-server TACACS+ deadtime 10  &#xD;&#xA;aaa-server RADIUS protocol radius  &#xD;&#xA;aaa-server RADIUS max-failed-attempts 3  &#xD;&#xA;aaa-server RADIUS deadtime 10  &#xD;&#xA;aaa-server LOCAL protocol local  &#xD;&#xA;aaa authentication ssh console LOCAL  &#xD;&#xA;http server enable  &#xD;&#xA;http our_network 255.224.0.0 outside  &#xD;&#xA;http 192.168.200.0 255.255.255.0 inside  &#xD;&#xA;no snmp-server location  &#xD;&#xA;no snmp-server contact  &#xD;&#xA;snmp-server community public  &#xD;&#xA;no snmp-server enable traps  &#xD;&#xA;floodguard enable  &#xD;&#xA;sysopt connection permit-ipsec  &#xD;&#xA;crypto ipsec transform-set ESP-3DES-MD5 esp-3des esp-md5-hma  &#xD;&#xA;crypto map outside_map 20 ipsec-isakmp  &#xD;&#xA;crypto map outside_map 20 match address outside_cryptomap_20  &#xD;&#xA;crypto map outside_map 20 set peer 219.148.111.77  &#xD;&#xA;crypto map outside_map 20 set transform-set ESP-3DES-MD5  &#xD;&#xA;crypto map outside_map interface outside  &#xD;&#xA;isakmp enable outside  &#xD;&#xA;isakmp key ******** address 219.148.111.77 netmask 255.255.255.255 no-xauth no-c&#xD;&#xA;onfig-mode  &#xD;&#xA;isakmp policy 20 authentication pre-share  &#xD;&#xA;isakmp policy 20 encryption 3des  &#xD;&#xA;isakmp policy 20 hash md5  &#xD;&#xA;isakmp policy 20 group 2  &#xD;&#xA;isakmp policy 20 lifetime 86400  &#xD;&#xA;telnet timeout 5  &#xD;&#xA;ssh 192.168.200.0 255.255.255.0 inside  &#xD;&#xA;ssh timeout 60  &#xD;&#xA;console timeout 0  &#xD;&#xA;username user1 password tjqqn/L/teN49dfsgsdfgZbw encrypted privilege 15  &#xD;&#xA;terminal width 80  &#xD;&#xA;Cryptochecksum:bf200a9175be27sdfgsfdgdb91320d6df7ce5b21  &#xD;&#xA;: end  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't see any incorrect masks but I may be blind to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cammy&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33135" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18536" RevisionGUID="f818fd31-1950-4a1a-abd6-43b0b5042f2b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T08:45:37.387" Text="pix 501 - site to site vpn subnet problem" />
  <row Id="33136" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18536" RevisionGUID="f818fd31-1950-4a1a-abd6-43b0b5042f2b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T08:45:37.387" Text="&lt;site-to-site-vpn&gt;&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;subnet&gt;" />
  <row Id="33137" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18537" RevisionGUID="52eac764-5143-43ca-9a5a-a7722360a9fe" CreationDate="2009-06-03T08:49:33.743" UserDisplayName="littlegeek" Text="Here it states that the policy must adhere to &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Passwords must meet complexity requirements determines whether password complexity is enforced. If this setting is enabled, user passwords meet the following requirements:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The password is at least six characters long.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The password contains characters from at least three of the following five categories:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - English uppercase characters (A - Z)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - English lowercase characters (a - z)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Base 10 digits (0 - 9)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Non-alphanumeric (For example: !, $, #, or %)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Unicode characters&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The password does not contain three or more characters from the user's account name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They only setting is to ENABLE or DISABLE this feature.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was wondering if there is a way to change this policy?  IF so where?" />
  <row Id="33138" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18537" RevisionGUID="52eac764-5143-43ca-9a5a-a7722360a9fe" CreationDate="2009-06-03T08:49:33.743" UserDisplayName="littlegeek" Text="Can you change the type of Active Directory Password Complexity to be different than MS version?" />
  <row Id="33139" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18537" RevisionGUID="52eac764-5143-43ca-9a5a-a7722360a9fe" CreationDate="2009-06-03T08:49:33.743" UserDisplayName="littlegeek" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="33140" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18538" RevisionGUID="b6f01471-50a5-4b3b-a754-f2a097201a8f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T08:55:44.837" UserId="7577" Text="For example if I'm having a conversation in Skype, can he secretly log in in parallel with me and watch my screen? If yes, how to block him? I believe I have admin rights on my dev PC." />
  <row Id="33141" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18538" RevisionGUID="b6f01471-50a5-4b3b-a754-f2a097201a8f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T08:55:44.837" UserId="7577" Text="Is it possible for the administrator to see what I'm doing on my PC and how to prevent it?" />
  <row Id="33142" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18538" RevisionGUID="b6f01471-50a5-4b3b-a754-f2a097201a8f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T08:55:44.837" UserId="7577" Text="&lt;administration&gt;&lt;remote-access&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;" />
  <row Id="33143" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17636" RevisionGUID="48a789da-bef3-4102-998d-9b6e23678afe" CreationDate="2009-06-03T08:56:28.690" UserId="5144" Comment="Separated split and restore section. " Text="Yes, there is an (almost) non-intrusive and easy way:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Split each service to run in its own SVCHOST.EXE process and&#xD;&#xA;the service consuming the CPU cycles will be easily visible&#xD;&#xA;in Process Explorer (the space after &quot;=&quot; is required):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Servicename Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do this in a command line window or put it into a BAT&#xD;&#xA;script. Administrative privileges are required and&#xD;&#xA;a restart of the computer is required before it takes&#xD;&#xA;effect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The original state can be restored by:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Servicename Type= share&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example: to make Windows Management Instrumentation run in a&#xD;&#xA;separate SVCHOST.EXE:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config winmgmt Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This technique has no ill effects, except perhaps increasing&#xD;&#xA;memory consumption slightly. And apart from observing CPU&#xD;&#xA;usage for each service it also makes it easy to observe page&#xD;&#xA;faults delta, disk I/O read rate and disk I/O write rate for&#xD;&#xA;each service.&#xD;&#xA;For Process Explorer, menu View/Select Columns:&#xD;&#xA;  tab Process Memory/Page Fault Delta,&#xD;&#xA;  tab Process Performance/IO Delta Write Bytes,&#xD;&#xA;  tab Process Performance/IO Delta Read Bytes,&#xD;&#xA;respectively.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On most systems there is only one SVCHOST.EXE process that&#xD;&#xA;has a lot of services. I have used this sequence (it can be&#xD;&#xA;pasted directly into a command line window):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  1. &quot;Automatic Updates&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config wuauserv Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  2. &quot;COM+ Event System&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config EventSystem Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  3. &quot;Computer Browser&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Browser Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  4. &quot;Cryptographic Services&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config CryptSvc Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  5. &quot;Distributed Link Tracking&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config TrkWks Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  6. &quot;Help and Support&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config helpsvc Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  7. &quot;Logical Disk Manager&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config dmserver Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  8. &quot;Network Connections&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Netman Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  9. &quot;Network Location Awareness&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config NLA Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 10. &quot;Remote Access Connection Manager&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config RasMan Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 11. &quot;Secondary Logon&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config seclogon Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 12. &quot;Server&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config lanmanserver Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 13. &quot;Shell Hardware Detection&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config ShellHWDetection Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 14. &quot;System Event Notification&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config SENS Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 15. &quot;System Restore Service&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config srservice Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 16. &quot;Task Scheduler&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Schedule Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 17. &quot;Telephony&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config TapiSrv Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 18. &quot;Terminal Services&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config TermService Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 19. &quot;Themes&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Themes Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 20. &quot;Windows Audio&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config AudioSrv Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 21. &quot;Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config SharedAccess Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 22. &quot;Windows Management Instrumentation&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config winmgmt Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 23. &quot;Wireless Configuration&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config WZCSVC Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 24. &quot;Workstation&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config lanmanworkstation Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem End.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33144" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18521" RevisionGUID="f1baf63f-3748-4ad4-a141-27cdc118da28" CreationDate="2009-06-03T08:58:15.877" UserId="3181" Comment="added 139 characters in body" Text="I would suggest setting up a linux based router to perform the dual-homing. Then configure source based routing to achieve the equivalent of iproute2. It seems to me that split-access routing is a special form of source based routing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternate suggestion: move the server to a linux platform and use iproute2 if that is the routing solution that meets all of your needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternate suggestion: virtualize the Windows server, run on a linux server, and let the linuxe server running iproute2 do your routing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It sounds like you will be accepting limited non-connectivity periods, so you will not need to worry too much about the Layer 3 routing issues that plague VRRP or clustering architectures. One thing to keep in mind, however, is that many applications and intermediate packet inspection points will expect consistent routing of a given connection, i.e., &quot;Persistent Connections&quot;. Maintaining persistent routing of connections has been a pain in the sides of network and security architects for some time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't afford a commerical product, have you investigated:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [LEAF][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Freesco][2]&#xD;&#xA; - Astaro security gateway (install on a whitebox) or similar&#xD;&#xA; - Really, any of the offspring of the [Linux Router Project][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://leaf.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.freesco.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Linux_Router_Project" />
  <row Id="33145" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18539" RevisionGUID="86c7568c-2afa-4c14-a7a7-1ddb8d53a00f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T08:59:04.970" UserId="6689" Text="Bear in mind that being able to read from two disks will only give you a performance boost if your controller isn't the bottleneck, and if you've got reasonably fast drives, with an on-board controller, you'll probably get little or no gain." />
  <row Id="33146" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18540" RevisionGUID="18acf1be-4c51-4984-9fcf-bc22b075effe" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:01:16.417" UserDisplayName="ahes" Text="Try to use hping tool. You can ping any port using UDP or TCP. For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    0:~ # hping -n -S -p 22 -c 1 rootnode.net &#xD;&#xA;    HPING rootnode.net (wlan0 89.248.166.201): S set, 40 headers + 0 data bytes&#xD;&#xA;    len=44 ip=89.248.166.201 ttl=53 DF id=0 sport=22 flags=SA seq=0 win=5840 rtt=46.0 ms&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    --- rootnode.net hping statistic ---&#xD;&#xA;    1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss&#xD;&#xA;    round-trip min/avg/max = 46.0/46.0/46.0 ms&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-n option to not resolve hosts.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;-S to ping with SYN flag.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;-p port we want to ping.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;-c packet count.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can even use --traceroute option to see how and where firewall works." />
  <row Id="33147" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18540" RevisionGUID="18acf1be-4c51-4984-9fcf-bc22b075effe" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:01:16.417" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18541" RevisionGUID="5e649ea7-133b-4301-a402-44790348ed7c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:01:47.227" UserId="5234" Text="Tracert (or traceroute) would seem to be the next reasonable step; find out where the traffic is being stopped.  You could spend an awful lot of time troubleshooting something that isn't even part of the problem if you don't know that." />
  <row Id="33149" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18541" RevisionGUID="5e649ea7-133b-4301-a402-44790348ed7c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:01:47.227" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18543" RevisionGUID="77a19df9-0799-416a-9067-d3007145ede7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:02:42.937" UserId="2744" Text="It transpires that this issue was primarily down to my misunderstanding of the output of strace -r.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The '-r' option gives the time (in seconds) since the last system call, not the time that the last system call took to exeecute.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In this instance, the CPU was churning away performing some calculation, not processing the brk(). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The issue here is now resolved - it was caused by an upgrade to perl 5.8.9 (from perl 5.8.8). We've backed out of the perl upgrade, and will look into the cause of the perl 5.8.9 slowdown later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33154" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18544" RevisionGUID="aefc4617-f646-4daa-9500-affb66f17281" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:07:36.280" UserId="3810" Text="http://www.serfish.com/console/index.jsp try it's" />
  <row Id="33155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18545" RevisionGUID="16e89cff-bf15-4212-baf3-4b9cf7b20ec3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:08:44.813" UserId="7768" Text="If it's a local ping (you can't ping your GW), take a look at the arp tables. After trying to ping, run &quot;arp -na&quot; to see if you got a MAC address for the IP you tried to ping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also try [arping][1] to to see if that works. But you'll get the same information by pinging your gateway and then checking the arp tables.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes ping (ICMP) is blocked (by incompetent network admins), try surfing or using hping2 to gateway and beyond.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.habets.pp.se/synscan/programs.php" />
  <row Id="33156" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18545" RevisionGUID="16e89cff-bf15-4212-baf3-4b9cf7b20ec3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:08:44.813" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18547" RevisionGUID="f39adab3-6b1e-4731-a5f9-42eb0067b93d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:08:54.983" UserId="1436" Text="Generally no. RDC will lock your screen if they try to login however there are numerous other ways to see it such as installed transparent screen grabbers or using proxies to intercept traffic. &#xD;&#xA;You should trust your IT admin. If you don't, there is a problem." />
  <row Id="33159" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18548" RevisionGUID="e0b9ee81-599b-48de-bb01-9a876fbd142b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:10:59.533" UserId="2400" Text="As I can't comment yet, I'll post this as an answer: Please make sure to setup https (SSL) if you use Ajaxterm for a SSH session. All the SSH-encryption won't be of any use if the traffic between your browser and the webserver isn't encrypted. You'll find a &quot;Howto setup https&quot; further down the Ajaxterm-page posted by Alex.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33160" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18549" RevisionGUID="7d48923d-7c4b-4426-acde-685011b82483" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:11:54.790" UserId="7768" Text="Short answers: &quot;Yes&quot;, and &quot;you can't&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bring your own laptop to work if you want privacy." />
  <row Id="33161" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18550" RevisionGUID="5e12dfc4-cdf3-4f48-8de1-08696972f037" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:14:05.830" UserId="7485" Text="Hello everyone,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am using Virtual PC 2007 on Windows Vista Enterprise x86. I need Virtual PC addins to enable functions like shared folder between host and guest OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I am very surprised I can not find a download URL from search. Could anyone point me to the download URL for my platform please?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks in advance,&#xD;&#xA;George" />
  <row Id="33162" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18550" RevisionGUID="5e12dfc4-cdf3-4f48-8de1-08696972f037" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:14:05.830" UserId="7485" Text="where to download Virtual PC addins?" />
  <row Id="33163" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18550" RevisionGUID="5e12dfc4-cdf3-4f48-8de1-08696972f037" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:14:05.830" UserId="7485" Text="&lt;virtual&gt;&lt;pc&gt;&lt;2007&gt;&lt;addins&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="33164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18551" RevisionGUID="78f3ae7d-efa1-4814-86b9-e56ae5b0aa42" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:14:14.800" UserId="6965" Text="Even if he can't see your session directly, he can still watch the traffic coming out of your PC, or the address/port it's destined for, and get an idea of what you're doing that way.  If this is presenting you with a problem, maybe you shouldn't be doing it." />
  <row Id="33165" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18552" RevisionGUID="8051606f-39dc-4907-ba19-3ba06cb5f223" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:15:03.723" UserId="4392" Text="There is always the possibility that your admin has installed the equivalent of malware to watch you, but that's pretty draconian for most places unless someone has given them a reason. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally speaking, when it comes to work PCs, the employer has a right to do whatever they want, because it's their hardware, their software, and their time. Your admin should be acting as the enforcement arm of management, so if he's monitoring your computer, your issue isn't with him, it's with the corporate decisionmakers who decided that it was necessary. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if your admin is monitoring you and you disable it, I can promise that he or she will be displeased and it won't earn you any brownie points. It'll probably just make your life more difficult. " />
  <row Id="33166" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18553" RevisionGUID="e0e17eb4-37eb-4155-ad21-62c218b9c4b7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:15:07.683" UserId="1619" Text="We have to distribute and maintain a somewhat complex software application, whose installer does not (nor is expected to) install and configure every part needed on any possible kind of server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been the person responsible for the installation so far and I have knowledge of all the many pitfalls and tricks to get the installation to run smoothly. Now we have more people we want to train in this procedure and hopefully minimize my need to hand hold them while they're learning.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thing is, a linear document for all possible cases would be far from ideal, because there are many possible paths in the process, depending on the starting point (Windows Server 2003 32/64 bits, Windows Server 2008 32/64 bits, SQL Server 2005 32/64 bits, Windows XP Pro SP2/SP3, .NET 2.0 SP1/SP2) and on all the possible problems that arise in each combination.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I'm looking for a tool that is designed with this scenario in mind, hopefully generating documentation based on a set of input parameters (configuration of the machines) or, even better, a tool that will guide the installation process based on what's been happening and which can record new problems and map them to known solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can envision writing such a tool, but it doesn't look like a (very) trivial problem. This seems to be the intersection of a knowledge base and an expert system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, what do you do? Assume defeat and have huge linear docs and FAQ like KBs?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33167" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18553" RevisionGUID="e0e17eb4-37eb-4155-ad21-62c218b9c4b7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:15:07.683" UserId="1619" Text="Complex software installation documentation procedures or tools" />
  <row Id="33168" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18553" RevisionGUID="e0e17eb4-37eb-4155-ad21-62c218b9c4b7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:15:07.683" UserId="1619" Text="&lt;documentation&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="33169" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15570" RevisionGUID="ff35d117-3a5f-409f-bae4-8eeed91ed18f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:15:54.440" UserId="5038" Comment="added 580 characters in body" Text="One alternative model you could do is to use one VLAN for non-infected machines and one for infected machines. This would probably require using DHCP, so minimal reconfiguration has to be done on the infected machine. At that point, you could then use an ACL from the VLAN sub-interface to the net to block access to the Internet, while (ideally) leaving enough holes to download patches or virus updates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If all you're interested in is to make sure no TCP session can be established externally, you could always just use a blackhole route (a route into Null0) and coupled with reverse-path verification on the inbound router interface, this should be able to stop ALL outbound traffic from the hosts you want to isolate. It may even cause less of a load on the router, as it uses the forwarding engine instead of ACLs (though that depends on the specifics of the router hardware, some of the larger Cisco kit can ACL-filter at wirespeed by compiling the ACL and run it on an ASIC)." />
  <row Id="33170" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18543" RevisionGUID="f4519e31-3cbb-4530-a69a-0ee3c8e1e7b7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:16:05.937" UserId="2744" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="It transpires that this issue was primarily down to my misunderstanding of the output of strace -r.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The '-r' option gives the time (in seconds) since the last system call, not the time that the last system call took to execute.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In this instance, the CPU was churning away performing some calculation, not processing the brk(). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The issue here is now resolved - it was caused by an upgrade to perl 5.8.9 (from perl 5.8.8). We've backed out of the perl upgrade, and will look into the cause of the perl 5.8.9 slowdown later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18554" RevisionGUID="78a9914d-430e-4a4c-b50e-73d3bf1b3127" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:19:51.390" UserId="3867" Text="Yes, it is very much possible to login to a system and see what a user is doing. There are softwares like RAdmin and VNC which gives you real time console. &#xD;&#xA;Generally these softwares are use for remote administration but can be used for spying as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also few spy tools available but they contain all sort of malware so I guess your administrator wont install them." />
  <row Id="33172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18555" RevisionGUID="d8799ab4-9c66-4939-8f76-947f022b638e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:21:07.953" UserId="457" Text="What is the best approach to replacing a system file that is in use. I need to replace usbehci.sys in c:\windows\system32\drivers with an older version to fix a problem with Windows 7 and tuners in media center. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a standard way of replacing system files that are in use. A reboot is acceptable.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33173" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18555" RevisionGUID="d8799ab4-9c66-4939-8f76-947f022b638e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:21:07.953" UserId="457" Text="What is the best way to replace a system file?" />
  <row Id="33174" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18555" RevisionGUID="d8799ab4-9c66-4939-8f76-947f022b638e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:21:07.953" UserId="457" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;system&gt;" />
  <row Id="33175" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18556" RevisionGUID="c823d587-e1ef-4a8f-a5fe-aa50caed4921" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:21:29.683" UserId="4392" Text="Alright, I've got two comments. First, the one you want to hear (although you're probably not expecting this). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Gamebook Engine (http://freshmeat.net/projects/gamebook-engine) sounds like it might be what you want, since you're essentially talking about a &quot;Create your own Adventure&quot; kind of process. Go to page 45 if you're installing on Windows XP, page 26 if you attack the druid. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2nd comment: You're probably going about this the wrong way. What you should really do is write a wrapper for this installer that is intelligent enough to know your platforms and has specific instructions needed for that platform. It's (maybe) more work, but it sounds like it will save everyone time in the long run. " />
  <row Id="33176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18557" RevisionGUID="b623971c-41af-44d7-a80f-7855c3cedbaf" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:22:50.757" UserId="914" Text="[Replacer][1] is very nice and has always worked for me on XP.  I'm not sure with Vista or Windows 7, but its certainly worth a try.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that doesn't work you may wish to look into tools used to patch uxtheme, a common system file that's replaced to allow unoffical themes.  Many of them could be adapted to change other system files (such as the tool mentioned above).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www3.telus.net/_/replacer/" />
  <row Id="33177" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18558" RevisionGUID="c184e5a6-d6f1-49b8-8ac0-c06d3f9d0a28" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:22:57.373" UserId="3483" Text="I would probably go the wiki way: Using a wiki page per configuration question with links to other wiki pages depending on the answers. The flow through the installation would be represented by following the corresponding links. As new problems arise you create new wiki pages. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then depending on the wiki you might be able to print out the wiki pages in a nice way and combine them in the desired order for the different server installations." />
  <row Id="33178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18559" RevisionGUID="ef650f8f-be5d-4528-aa8c-13019eb86cce" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:23:55.763" UserId="4392" Text="The webmin suite (http://www.webmin.com/) has this (and far far more, if you're interested)" />
  <row Id="33179" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18560" RevisionGUID="3e5b61d7-96ee-445d-a5b6-c0a5d186a3cf" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:25:02.063" UserId="2277" Text="Virtual Machine Additions generally isn't a download, it's a feature of the Virtual PC software that just needs 'switching on'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824561&quot;&gt;This link&lt;/a&gt; shows how to do it in Virtual PC 2004, I suspect the procedure would be similar in Virtual PC 2007." />
  <row Id="33180" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18561" RevisionGUID="8c9b1b8a-8074-4f1f-b59e-ff4c33e7b3f0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:32:09.383" UserId="2489" Text="Check out the site [nonadmin][1] started by the excellent [Aaron Margosis][2].  It is a great resource as you roll out limited users on XP.  Some applications that want to run as admin need additional tweaking beyond the good answers already given to be able to run as a limited user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nonadmin.editme.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/" />
  <row Id="33181" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18562" RevisionGUID="cd6edb9f-a5f1-482f-bae4-abac317245c1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:35:00.423" UserDisplayName="John Doe" Text="My hosting company may cut me off. Any ideas on what files I should back up?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am running RedHat 4.1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How would I save my current PHP set up? Can I just save the .so files?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MySQL - is backing up the data directory and my.cnf enough?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apache - httpd.conf, html folders, sure, but anything else?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33182" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18562" RevisionGUID="cd6edb9f-a5f1-482f-bae4-abac317245c1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:35:00.423" UserDisplayName="John Doe" Text="My server is about to be switched off. I run a LAMP set up, what should I back up?" />
  <row Id="33183" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18562" RevisionGUID="cd6edb9f-a5f1-482f-bae4-abac317245c1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:35:00.423" UserDisplayName="John Doe" Text="&lt;php&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;lamp&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="33184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18563" RevisionGUID="5000e730-08d8-41c7-aaa4-324d299a9d07" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:39:12.503" UserId="48" Text="You can do so using a Password Filter, but its a pretty complex to do so. See [this article][1] on how to do so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a number of third party password filters availible to do this such as:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - [NFront][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [SpecOps][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms721884(VS.85).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://nfrontsecurity.com/products/nfront-password-filter/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.specopssoft.com/products/specopspasswordpolicy/" />
  <row Id="33185" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18564" RevisionGUID="4db3c479-ce68-4a78-8cb9-329836a7e9b3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:39:30.617" UserId="4392" Text="- /etc&#xD;&#xA;- /var/www&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do a mysqldump of all databases into a dated file, like servername-alldb-20090603.sql&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You probably shouldn't worry about your php.conf file unless you've got special things setup for some software you're running. " />
  <row Id="33186" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18565" RevisionGUID="ef60cd19-9ec8-43eb-88a7-2ce4355fdaff" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:40:44.920" UserId="4990" Text="I've seen the wonders of mDNS-based service discovery, but I haven't had much time to look more into it. I also there was references to it in DHCP config files or something. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I use mDNS to have zones auto-fill themselves? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Either by having DHCPd doing something&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Or each machine advertising itself&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want queries to the local DNS server (internal use only) to be able to answer questions. How do I do that? " />
  <row Id="33187" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18565" RevisionGUID="ef60cd19-9ec8-43eb-88a7-2ce4355fdaff" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:40:44.920" UserId="4990" Text="DHCP and mDNS magic - I want automatic $hostname.mydomain answers on my DNS server" />
  <row Id="33188" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18565" RevisionGUID="ef60cd19-9ec8-43eb-88a7-2ce4355fdaff" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:40:44.920" UserId="4990" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;mdns&gt;&lt;dhcp&gt;&lt;lan&gt;" />
  <row Id="33189" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18566" RevisionGUID="24870fc6-782c-4a8b-a89a-7d61dc6e3d6d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:41:02.437" UserId="7056" Text="rsync does not actually mount a filesystem but nonetheless lets you list contents of directories and transfer files to and from a Linux machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;rsync for Windows can be found, for example, in rsync.zip archive [there][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.brentnorris.net/rsyncntdoc.html" />
  <row Id="33190" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18566" RevisionGUID="24870fc6-782c-4a8b-a89a-7d61dc6e3d6d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:41:02.437" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33191" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18567" RevisionGUID="2644aa91-dc65-4d6b-90ea-c4ca7586b52c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:41:19.240" UserId="4757" Text="In order of the three programs you listed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Unless you modified some of your PHP configuration, you probably don't need to back up anything as you'll be running on default settings. However, the PHP configuration is usually located in up to four places: php.ini, php-cli.ini, and php/extensions.ini, and php/. These locations are usually in /etc, but they might be in /usr/local/etc instead.&#xD;&#xA; - You need to dump the data from MySQL. Copying the directory will generally require at least a 'repair' operation later, and will outright fail enough of the time that you shouldn't even bother trying it. Use `mysqldump`, like this: `mysqldump -u username -a -p | gzip -c &gt; mysqlbackup.sql.gz`. This will prompt for &quot;username&quot;'s password to MySQL, and dump all accessible databases for that user (if you do it as the root MySQL user, that will be everything).&#xD;&#xA; - Everything under wherever the apache configuration is stored is generally best. That's usually httpd/, apache/ or apache2/ in /etc or /usr/local/etc. Note that sometimes these folders contain a symlink to your logs directory, and if you copy that you might end up with more than you wanted!&#xD;&#xA; - Your actual web content (.html files, .php files, etc). These are wherever you put them!" />
  <row Id="33192" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18568" RevisionGUID="3a51ed48-737d-4b9a-bafa-d4fa30ab59bf" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:41:35.337" UserId="2277" Text="Have you given your admin a reason to *want* to watch you? To be fair, asking the question &quot;Can you see what I'm doing?&quot; is as good as painting a target on your back!" />
  <row Id="33193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18569" RevisionGUID="5a9695fd-14ce-4f68-bc5b-2f2bfc77c8ce" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:41:57.427" UserId="1810" Text="Saving your .so files (dynamically linked libraries) would require you to restore them to a system running exactly the same architecture and exactly the same version of all dependencies with exactly the same version of compiler/linker. In one word: failure. In general, the best approach to this is having an installation documentation or script which can be used to reproduce the current set up (mutatis mutandum) on the new environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For mysql: dump data and schema structure, for web content, backup the files and server configuration." />
  <row Id="33194" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18570" RevisionGUID="1ae55662-865a-4770-910b-3ac5fc6bbb2e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:42:59.547" UserId="4889" Text="In 2007 if my memory serves correctly when you open a virtual machine up, go into the file menu and its something like &quot;Install virtual additionals&quot; and it will guide you though the installer." />
  <row Id="33195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18571" RevisionGUID="7b7fdb86-2011-406e-b28f-703bbd7c953d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:43:10.077" UserId="4487" Text="It can be done by writing your own custom password filter DLL, which needs to be installed on each DC in your domain/s. MSDN and/or TechNet will have the details, but it's not simple from what I understand." />
  <row Id="33196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18572" RevisionGUID="76b4d5c4-62c6-4f29-89b8-94c7aee6dda5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:43:47.503" UserId="1463" Text="Not really, the increase in read performance for any cheap RAID-1 (mirror) is likely negliable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But as a developer or systems administrator, I prefer having a RAID-0 array of atleast two high-speed drives like Velociraptors (helped by a cheap RAID controller like a built-in Intel ICH10 as you can't boot from software RAID-0) for booting Windows and running applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This greatly increases Windows response during multi-tasking and other heavy I/O-loads like linking, installing patches and generally using the machine like a &quot;power user&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is also comparable to the increased response of substituting it for say an Intel X25M SSD - but at more than twice the price for about the same productivity increase, it doesn't feel like a good deal just yet unless it's a laptop that can't accept two+ 10krpm+ drives ^^&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A third separate data disk is used for my working copy / source code and I always commit changes at least each day to the central repository - often many times (after each individual fix or feature). For the purists making it a mirror won't hurt. Also make sure you can quickly restore the operating system and applications in some way - like a good deployment solution in place or a working image of it stored somewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, RAID-0 helps a lot (imho) and is a cost-effective way of boosting your computer's performance. But you should also first make sure you're using the fastest cpu you can have and the latest motherboard platform (chipset) with a decent amount of matching memory - because a faster cpu will always help, no matter what people say." />
  <row Id="33197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18573" RevisionGUID="f341f51a-896c-4ae3-bbf9-fcdd70900b16" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:43:51.153" UserId="7056" Text="You can also install [Windows Services for UNIX][1] on your Windows machine and access your Linux box via NFS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/interopmigration/bb380242.aspx" />
  <row Id="33198" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18573" RevisionGUID="f341f51a-896c-4ae3-bbf9-fcdd70900b16" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:43:51.153" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33200" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18575" RevisionGUID="19f61ed4-9f06-4e8c-9048-1a01a91a97a3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:44:19.467" UserId="6524" Text="If it's a VPS to which you have full access, it's good idea to backup &lt;code&gt;/etc&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;/home&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;/var&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;/usr/local&lt;/code&gt; directories, and anything else that you had to change by hand. Other directories, like &lt;code&gt;/usr&lt;/code&gt; are handled by the system's package manager and you don't need to have backups for them - when you will configure new machines, system will install all neccessary files for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;\*.so&lt;/code&gt; files are shared libraries, they are created at compilation time, and unless you changed the sources, you don't need to backup them. PHP configuration can be found in &lt;code&gt;/etc/php?/*&lt;/code&gt; directories and files (on Debian, on Red Hat it should be in a similar place).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for MySQL, it's good to make a text dump of the database using &lt;code&gt;mysqldump&lt;/code&gt; - it will be easier for you to restore the databases in different MySQL instance which may by a different version, incompatible with files from the &lt;code&gt;data/&lt;/code&gt; directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apache configuration should be kept within &lt;code&gt;/etc&lt;/code&gt; directory, or within virtual hosts directories, which you should also backup." />
  <row Id="33201" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18576" RevisionGUID="8a622e7b-f5d3-4310-8011-c8348e20aa59" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:45:54.487" UserId="4935" Text="Is there a way to view the actual commands that have been scheduled to execute using the GNU **at** command? **atq** just gives the job ids and execution time, I need to see the command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;p.s. In my case the distro is Ubuntu&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33202" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18576" RevisionGUID="8a622e7b-f5d3-4310-8011-c8348e20aa59" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:45:54.487" UserId="4935" Text="View commands queued in GNU at" />
  <row Id="33203" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18576" RevisionGUID="8a622e7b-f5d3-4310-8011-c8348e20aa59" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:45:54.487" UserId="4935" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="33205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18578" RevisionGUID="1911fcae-b575-4ac5-b6cd-09eef306bf2c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:46:33.410" UserId="7771" Text="I'm repeatedly getting 403 Permission Denied errors on trying to serve images from apache  running on Machine A. The images are in a directory which is an NFS share from Machine B.&#xD;&#xA;The entry on Machine B /etc/exports reads like this :&#xD;&#xA;/dir/ xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(rw,sync,no_root_squash)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm able to browse the NFS mounted files/directories on Machine A successfully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After going through httpd.conf, I also uncommented the options EnableMMAP off and EnableSendFile Off as written there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both machines are on RHEL5." />
  <row Id="33206" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18578" RevisionGUID="1911fcae-b575-4ac5-b6cd-09eef306bf2c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:46:33.410" UserId="7771" Text="Apache throwing 403 on serving images from an NFS share" />
  <row Id="33207" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18578" RevisionGUID="1911fcae-b575-4ac5-b6cd-09eef306bf2c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:46:33.410" UserId="7771" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;nfs&gt;" />
  <row Id="33208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18579" RevisionGUID="46279af3-1de6-4fbc-8f96-91f45be881d5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:46:38.790" UserId="7056" Text="Use [rsync for Windows][1] to backup data on your Windows machine&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.brentnorris.net/rsyncntdoc.html" />
  <row Id="33209" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18580" RevisionGUID="a736a831-8565-4d97-908b-acace5a92e01" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:48:01.113" UserId="4990" Text="Yes you can, thanks to virtualization. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bring your own external HDD with your OS of choice. Fire up KVM/Xen/VirtualBox/VMWare/VirtualPC, have it run the OS on the main HDD (this might take some work unfortunately but it's definitely possible). Your admin can see what's going on in the virtualized system, but he can't see what you're doing above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Caveat: if he's reaaaally good, and he has nothing better to do, he could have planted a rogue hypervisor in the Bios. But he's not THAT good. " />
  <row Id="33210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18581" RevisionGUID="6cc9973a-3c33-4532-b5b3-b09f9ae13856" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:51:12.230" UserId="3853" Text="If you have an environment where next to the static, wellknown ip's there are also a bunch of workstations, clients, (test)servers getting their ip from a DHCP server, or simply using a static IP for the duration of the test or what not (which is the case here where I work right now) you could try looking at programs like Look@LAN which scans the entire IP range and shows hostnames etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While it's not exactly bugfree, it does the job. There's probably hundreds of other software packages out there, but they had this one installed when I arrived so I just keep using that for the time being. It gets the job done so what more would I need?" />
  <row Id="33211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18582" RevisionGUID="25d68b6f-98d6-4d24-9cef-c04ba0885588" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:51:46.473" UserId="4889" Text="Your a end user of the network, it's up to the network administrator to control usage, misuse and access as he sees fit. THe way your asking seems like your doing private non work related matters at work and don't want to be caught. Anyways if you feel like he is acting inapproiately you should be contacting your departmental manager and asking them to contact the IT department." />
  <row Id="33212" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16118" RevisionGUID="fa6dc8c1-8ea1-451d-9107-75915390a6af" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:52:02.853" UserId="4990" Comment="addendum" Text="I'm working on a setup with two datacenters linked by a MAN (bridged) and everything is doubled between them, in fail-over mode with RedHat Cluster, DRBD and that kinf of things. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have one DNS server for each location, but it turns out that having both in /etc/resolv.conf doesn't help much; if one goes down, the client waits 10s or so half of the time. In other words, it's using them for load balancing, not fail-over. So I configured the two servers to use a VIP with ucarp (≈VRRP).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to have my two DNS servers both be up and, for example, respond to the same IP, all the time? It's no big deal if one NS resquest gets two answers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to do this with Anycast / Multicast and so on?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: turns out anycast won't do me any good in my scenario, I have only static routes, and most traffic is actually through a bridge. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What would be interesting would be a way to have two DNS servers answer to requests on the same IP, if that's somehow possible." />
  <row Id="33213" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="16118" RevisionGUID="fa6dc8c1-8ea1-451d-9107-75915390a6af" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:52:02.853" UserId="4990" Comment="addendum" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;multicast&gt;&lt;cluster&gt;" />
  <row Id="33214" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18583" RevisionGUID="9ea71ebb-f5c5-4a95-8f2d-137c961cc6e0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:53:43.880" UserId="7774" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;we are using ClearCase here (version 7.0.1), and the ClearCase WebServer is installed on a box different from the ClearCase VOBs and Views servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The box used is also hosting another application and audit/IT security here have questionned the fact that the Clearcase administration account (which is a generic account, even if I am the only one knowing the password) is also a local Admin account on the Windows box (the box is a Windows 2003 SP2 Server).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would think that as I may need to do ClearCase upgrades on the Server, I need admin rights on this box (but I am not even so sure, as everything is eclipse-based in &quot;web&quot;  ClearCase), but that can probably be done under my own name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OTOH, they may be ClearCase actions (Web views administration ?) that may require being the clearcase administrator with privileged access on the box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All in all, I am not sure at all, I will probably contact IBM to ask them but I thought I would asked here as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   Thomas&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS: I was not sure to ask this question on SO or SF. But as this has nothing to do with source code management, but everything to do with managing the ClearCase application servers themselves, I choose it to be my first SF question. :-D&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33215" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18583" RevisionGUID="9ea71ebb-f5c5-4a95-8f2d-137c961cc6e0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:53:43.880" UserId="7774" Text="Does the ClearCase administrator account needs to be an Windows Administrator to manage the ClearCase Web Server application " />
  <row Id="33216" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18583" RevisionGUID="9ea71ebb-f5c5-4a95-8f2d-137c961cc6e0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:53:43.880" UserId="7774" Text="&lt;administration&gt;&lt;application-server&gt;&lt;ibm&gt;&lt;privileges&gt;" />
  <row Id="33217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18584" RevisionGUID="0fc10b9f-5ac7-442e-8db5-84d37d016fc1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:53:47.357" UserId="4392" Text="NFS always causes fun things to happen like this whenever UID/GIDs aren't lined up just right. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming that your webserver is running as user &quot;apache&quot;, make sure that the permissions on the file are such that they're world-readable. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;su to the apache user and cd to the directory, and try cat'ing the files. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's most likely a permission issue. If apache isn't writing to the directory, it doesn't care if the files it's reading are on NFS or anything else. " />
  <row Id="33218" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18585" RevisionGUID="1db54561-278a-4c66-a4a5-9285cd0e16a2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T09:57:10.237" UserId="7767" Text="Rename the existing file (to anything you want), then copy the new file in and reboot. It should start using the new file, and if you want you should also be able to delete the old file now." />
  <row Id="33219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18586" RevisionGUID="6eb43d4a-422b-4e0f-b673-a0513b7fb78a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:00:55.953" UserId="7774" Text="I find [Agent Ransack][1] or its non-free version, File Locator Pro, to be much much more effective than the basic &quot;Search&quot; function of Windows (which was/is broken on XP)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33220" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18586" RevisionGUID="6eb43d4a-422b-4e0f-b673-a0513b7fb78a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:00:55.953" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33221" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18587" RevisionGUID="439a221a-1209-41ec-8461-95b9db0ecc81" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:05:50.250" UserId="3984" Text="Stephen, this sounds more like an outline spec for an application rather than a 'how do I do this ...?'! Do the rules change so frequently that Notification Services isnt the best solution?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reporting services can be scheduled and it is possible to use it to execute INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE commands based on user supplied parameter values as well as SELECT but that is not a polished way of running what seems to amount to a small CRM GUI that you have outlined.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe looking for an ASP.Net developer to build you a GUI around the rules you have detailed would be your way forward if you dont have time/experience to 'roll your own'? " />
  <row Id="33222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18588" RevisionGUID="3807b3b1-bd38-482a-8806-87462c6722c8" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:07:31.107" UserId="6729" Text="After you check ID with atq, you can check the command with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    at -c ID&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, as system administrator (root), you can check files in /var/spool/cron/atjobs/" />
  <row Id="33223" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18589" RevisionGUID="f94144b6-b554-4b76-940c-738686a5f7b3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:10:56.667" UserId="1895" Text="Hi everyone!  &#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for a free solution that runs on Ubuntu and allows to remotely manage an Ubuntu desktop (local display :0), even at the login/gdm phase.. What would you recommend?  &#xD;&#xA;Many thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(For the record, right now I'm using x11vnc but it doesn't look very stable when started from gdm)" />
  <row Id="33224" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18589" RevisionGUID="f94144b6-b554-4b76-940c-738686a5f7b3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:10:56.667" UserId="1895" Text="Remote desktop on local display that allows to login" />
  <row Id="33225" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18589" RevisionGUID="f94144b6-b554-4b76-940c-738686a5f7b3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:10:56.667" UserId="1895" Text="&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;vnc&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="33226" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18590" RevisionGUID="da96724f-0574-419b-bce2-8812905331e3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:11:17.133" UserDisplayName="jurylst" Text="The filemon and regmon tools mentioned previously have been consolidated into process monitor.  Look under http://live.sysinternals.com/ for procmon.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;9 times out of 10, it is just writing to HKLM\Software\vendor or c:\program files\vendor but for the complex cases you will want to learn process monitor and how to filter it down to the specific executable you are tracking and start by focusing on write operations rather than read (otherwise you will have hundreds of thousands of entries).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option is application virtualization using products like Thinapp (VMWare), App-V (Microsoft) or SVS (Altiris/Symantec).  While I haven't used Altiris in depth I think there is a free personal version that can allow you to test it out and get familiar with the methods used.  Vista also has a virtual registry and file system but I have never used Vista for this purpose." />
  <row Id="33227" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18591" RevisionGUID="822883d6-6ca5-4501-a725-05c6e22aa3cc" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:11:39.317" UserId="2299" Text="At a glance it looks OK. I've compared it with my Pic (515E) config and the two look very similar. I note you've used sysopt connection permit-ipsec at their_network but not at our_network. Presumably you want to restrict access to your central LAN from the remote end. It might be worth adding the sysopt connection permit-ipsec just as a test.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The usual way to diagnose this stuff is to look at the logging output. Does the Pix report anything useful when you ping from a 10.1.100.* address or from to remote site to a 10.1.100.* address? It would be interesting to tear down the VPN before pinging so you can see any VPN setup logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18592" RevisionGUID="3615d93e-4d7d-48c0-90f9-67c2fc327a69" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:13:31.170" UserId="4134" Text="If he has time/interest to monitor you, he can see everything you do. And while a tit-for-tat session between two admin-level users can be intellectually invigorating, all you're going to accomplish is to make him more interested in you. IMHO, not attracting attention in the first place is the best option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now.. the question is:  Why you want to block him? Depending on your local privacy laws, you either are not supposed to use a company computer for non-corporate Skype chats, or what he's doing is highly illegal. If it's the former, I can't help you. If it's the latter. then I suggest logging all software installations and/or remote control sessions to gather proof for any future corporate or legal action." />
  <row Id="33229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18593" RevisionGUID="34262ee7-093c-4cd5-8c37-88b1ec91af8d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:14:47.363" UserId="3116" Text="x2x is quite simple too" />
  <row Id="33230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18594" RevisionGUID="b7d1145e-899a-4f59-9591-a50177e87a1d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:15:19.390" UserId="5078" Text="It is not possible to snoop on your machine without extra software. Remote Desktop does not allow a 'view' or share - Remote Assistance does but requires you to initiate it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VNC/RAdmin etc require that you install software on your machine, and although it can be push installed from a remote location, it's not generally done, and will alert you that it is installed or that someone is using the connection. The same applies to LogMeIn and GoTomyPC&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Back Orifice will do exactly what you are afraid of, but is detected by even the lowliest of Antivirus products.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dameware allows surreptitious observations of a machine (most others tell you that you are being observed) and also allows the remote administrator to push the installation onto your machine as standard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The real question you should be asking is this ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are scared of being discovered - should you really be doing it in the first place? Is it breaking acceptable usage policies? Are your actions illegal / against your employers  company interest?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so - do not be scared of doing things you could be disciplined for by SIMPLY NOT DOING IT!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course it is also possible to identify the port your PC is connected on, set that as a monitor port and send all its traffic to a packet capture station (thats what most big corporates do in cases where monitored activity is required) There - they see everything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have before now installed SSH on windows machines, so that I can run command line utilities such as PSLIST and PSKILL to see if people are doing things they shouldnt *and stop them*)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the short answer to your question is 'No, not easily'&#xD;&#xA;The long answer to your question is 'Yes they can monitor everything you do, the level of their monitoring will take different amounts of effort, and often the effort is too much for the end results'" />
  <row Id="33231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18595" RevisionGUID="2a6b3ecd-814a-4a07-a47d-da71dfd1f599" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:17:14.313" UserId="4979" Text="In short, yes, using the build in software [RAID][1] 0 of Windows ([striping dynamic disks][2]) will speed up your disk IO. By how much will depend on your exact hardware and applications. Here is an [easy to read article][3] where you can see a 63% performance increase on a synthetic benchmark.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As others have said by adding a second disk you increase your chances of a disk dying on you, but you should have backups to cover for that, irrespective of weather you have one disk or two.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://arstechnica.com/paedia/r/raid-1.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/4605a967-060a-490e-808b-f20438f621ce1033.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.techimo.com/articles/index.pl?photo=149" />
  <row Id="33232" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18596" RevisionGUID="d96e24a9-8242-41fa-bd01-45e4d42b3041" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:18:36.730" UserDisplayName="ldapguru" Text="OpenLDAP may be the most prevalent, but there are alternatives which may be better. OpenDS, for example, supports many LDAP standard items which OpenLDAP does not (DIT structure rules not being supported by OpenLDAP is significant). OpenLDAP must be compiled, OpenDS does not. In my recent testing (May) on 4-core Xeons, OpenLDAP is faster than OpenDS by about 1.6% in indexed, single filter component searches - where OpenLDAP had all logging de-activated, and OpenDS had logging turned on. 1.6% increase in performance at the cost of no logging is far too small an increase for far too high a price.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OpenDS is also easier to maintain, being a single download, one-click affair, whereas OpenLDAP must be compiled. Of course, Windows is the most prevalent OS, but there is no need to use that, either. Use OpenDS from http://opends.dev.java.net" />
  <row Id="33233" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18597" RevisionGUID="8cbc252f-e136-4a5f-a8af-0d6aeef0622b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:19:16.823" UserId="7768" Text="Virtualization will get you more features such as raw sockets, being able to test a new FreeBSD kernel, being able to put the guests to sleep, reboot the host and resume the guests and configuring the kernel differently in the different hosts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not being able to ping from a bsd jail sucks. (maybe this can be turned on, I'm not a freebsd guru).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Performance-wise I don't know. But I really like the fact that I can start up a scratch OpenBSD (or whatever) and test some simple thing in no time at all, and not having to leave the couch. So I'd recommend virtualization even if you will only run freebsd-systems &quot;live&quot;." />
  <row Id="33234" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18598" RevisionGUID="82f6a24a-cf35-4f0a-981d-c70ffc7f22b1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:20:17.990" UserId="7083" Text="In addition to Matt's suggestion, also check that Apache is permitted to serve files from where your NFS mount point exists. For security purposes a lot Apache distributions come with a restrictive directive like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Directory /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        Options FollowSymLinks&#xD;&#xA;        AllowOverride None&#xD;&#xA;        Order deny,allow&#xD;&#xA;        Deny from all&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This prevents any files being served from / and above. Typically you will then have a less restrictive rule to allow another directory, which contains your DocumentRoots, to serve up files a little more freely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm unfamiliar with how RHEL5 distributes it's Apache config files. But you may need to create an additional Directory directive to permit files being served from your mount point." />
  <row Id="33235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18599" RevisionGUID="813f664c-4f3a-44fa-bd3b-0f1d9f012dc5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:20:58.893" UserId="6689" Text="If the machine boots, and you have a recovery/install disk handy, running 'sfc /scannow' checks that all the system files are fine, and will replace them if they're not, but if this is a nonstandard driver, it might not work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise, if you have a copy of the file, reboot into Linux, and copy it in?" />
  <row Id="33236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18600" RevisionGUID="a6f31435-17d1-4eae-b76e-eb483a34be70" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:21:16.770" UserId="2299" Text="If I understand your requirements correctly, a Draytek 2910 router will do exactly what you want, and unless your time is free it will be a lot cheaper than rolling your own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use Draytek 2910s all over the place, typically with one WAN port connected to an ADSL (NoNAT) router and the other to a leased line or similar connection. The router will detect a link failure on the WAN ports using a ping to an address you specify, and disables a failed port in about ten seconds. From inside traffic flows out through whichever WAN port is less loaded. You can also specify load balancing rules to direct outbound traffic through a specific WAN port based on source and/or destination ip address and/or port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From outside you use port mapping rules separately on each WAN port, and if, for example, you port map 80 to an internal server on both WAN ports the router accepts connections on either WAN port and directs it to the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33237" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18601" RevisionGUID="4594dd05-9be8-4aac-bc0f-75f48c27b175" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:21:34.057" UserId="5234" Text="There's a reason why your admin is the admin, and that's because it's part of his job to ensure that the activities of one or two (or more) people don't compromise the availability of services for all.  You're on a *corporate network*, and that means that you're using *shared services*.  The example of Skype may not use much bandwidth, but that's less bandwidth available for legitimate business use.  The same applies to storing MP3s on network shares and anything else like that.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33238" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18602" RevisionGUID="24345ff0-80ef-4e98-bcfb-291443ac7add" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:30:28.750" UserId="7732" Text="I've been using vbox for a while and there is no GUI that I know of.. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did find a few links on VBoxMagage that might be of assistance to you though (they were with me).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[UbuntuGeek: How to control virtual machines with VBoxManage][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Secrets for controlling VirtualBox from the command line ][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-control-virtual-machines-virtualbox-using-vboxmanage.html &quot;UbuntuGeek: How to control virtual machines with VBoxManage&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://linux.com/news/enterprise/systems-management/8224-secrets-for-controlling-virtualbox-from-the-command-line &quot;Secrets for controlling VirtualBox from the command line &quot;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33239" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18603" RevisionGUID="06e37c18-f835-486e-b98b-60125094aaf5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:31:18.437" UserId="7768" Text="Try if xrfb works better than x11vnc." />
  <row Id="33240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18604" RevisionGUID="63640a90-4a6b-46b6-aaa2-0eca33d29d59" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:32:03.553" UserId="2299" Text="Apologies for the long post, but this is what I use. You could probably streamline this a bit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ' **********************************************************************&#xD;&#xA;    ' AuditUsers&#xD;&#xA;    ' ==========&#xD;&#xA;    '&#xD;&#xA;    '  UserAccountControl&#xD;&#xA;    '  SCRIPT                         0x0001 1&#xD;&#xA;    '  ACCOUNTDISABLE                 0x0002 2&#xD;&#xA;    '  HOMEDIR_REQUIRED               0x0008 8&#xD;&#xA;    '  LOCKOUT                        0x0010 16&#xD;&#xA;    '  PASSWD_NOTREQD                 0x0020 32&#xD;&#xA;    '  PASSWD_CANT_CHANGE             0x0040 64&#xD;&#xA;    '  ENCRYPTED_TEXT_PWD_ALLOWED     0x0080 128&#xD;&#xA;    '  TEMP_DUPLICATE_ACCOUNT         0x0100 256&#xD;&#xA;    '  NORMAL_ACCOUNT                 0x0200 512&#xD;&#xA;    '  INTERDOMAIN_TRUST_ACCOUNT      0x0800 2048&#xD;&#xA;    '  WORKSTATION_TRUST_ACCOUNT      0x1000 4096&#xD;&#xA;    '  SERVER_TRUST_ACCOUNT           0x2000 8192&#xD;&#xA;    '  DONT_EXPIRE_PASSWORD           0x10000 65536&#xD;&#xA;    '  MNS_LOGON_ACCOUNT              0x20000 131072&#xD;&#xA;    '  SMARTCARD_REQUIRED             0x40000 262144&#xD;&#xA;    '  TRUSTED_FOR_DELEGATION         0x80000 524288&#xD;&#xA;    '  NOT_DELEGATED                  0x100000 1048576&#xD;&#xA;    '  USE_DES_KEY_ONLY               0x200000 2097152&#xD;&#xA;    '  DONT_REQ_PREAUTH               0x400000 4194304&#xD;&#xA;    '  PASSWORD_EXPIRED               0x800000 8388608&#xD;&#xA;    '  TRUSTED_TO_AUTH_FOR_DELEGATION 0x1000000 16777216&#xD;&#xA;    '&#xD;&#xA;    '  objUser.get(&quot;userAccountControl&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    ' **********************************************************************&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    option explicit&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' *** Global constants&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    const HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT   = &amp;H80000000&#xD;&#xA;    const HKEY_CURRENT_USER   = &amp;H80000001&#xD;&#xA;    const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE  = &amp;H80000002&#xD;&#xA;    const HKEY_USERS          = &amp;H80000003&#xD;&#xA;    const HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG = &amp;H80000005&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    const REG_SZ        = 1&#xD;&#xA;    const REG_EXPAND_SZ = 2&#xD;&#xA;    const REG_BINARY    = 3&#xD;&#xA;    const REG_DWORD     = 4&#xD;&#xA;    const REG_MULTI_SZ  = 7&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' *** User account status flags&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    const SCRIPT                         = &amp;H0001&#xD;&#xA;    const ACCOUNTDISABLE                 = &amp;H0002&#xD;&#xA;    const HOMEDIR_REQUIRED               = &amp;H0008&#xD;&#xA;    const LOCKOUT                        = &amp;H0010&#xD;&#xA;    const PASSWD_NOTREQD                 = &amp;H0020&#xD;&#xA;    const PASSWD_CANT_CHANGE             = &amp;H0040&#xD;&#xA;    const ENCRYPTED_TEXT_PWD_ALLOWED     = &amp;H0080&#xD;&#xA;    const TEMP_DUPLICATE_ACCOUNT         = &amp;H0100&#xD;&#xA;    const NORMAL_ACCOUNT                 = &amp;H0200&#xD;&#xA;    const INTERDOMAIN_TRUST_ACCOUNT      = &amp;H0800&#xD;&#xA;    const WORKSTATION_TRUST_ACCOUNT      = &amp;H1000&#xD;&#xA;    const SERVER_TRUST_ACCOUNT           = &amp;H2000&#xD;&#xA;    const DONT_EXPIRE_PASSWORD           = &amp;H10000&#xD;&#xA;    const MNS_LOGON_ACCOUNT              = &amp;H20000&#xD;&#xA;    const SMARTCARD_REQUIRED             = &amp;H40000&#xD;&#xA;    const TRUSTED_FOR_DELEGATION         = &amp;H80000&#xD;&#xA;    const NOT_DELEGATED                  = &amp;H100000&#xD;&#xA;    const USE_DES_KEY_ONLY               = &amp;H200000&#xD;&#xA;    const DONT_REQ_PREAUTH               = &amp;H400000&#xD;&#xA;    const PASSWORD_EXPIRED               = &amp;H800000&#xD;&#xA;    const TRUSTED_TO_AUTH_FOR_DELEGATION = &amp;H1000000&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    dim wsh_shell, wsh_env, domain_name, server_name&#xD;&#xA;    dim initial_ou, computer, last_logon, i&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    dim users(4, 1000) ' 0 = username, 1 = display_name, 2 = is_disabled, 3 = lastlogon_date, 4 = group membership&#xD;&#xA;    dim num_users&#xD;&#xA;    const MAX_USERS = 1000&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    wscript.echo &quot;Audit users started at &quot; &amp; formatdatetime(now(), 0)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' *** Get the domain name&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    set wsh_shell = Wscript.CreateObject(&quot;Wscript.Shell&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    set wsh_env   = wsh_shell.Environment(&quot;PROCESS&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    domain_name   = wsh_env(&quot;USERDNSDOMAIN&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    server_name   = wsh_env(&quot;COMPUTERNAME&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    set wsh_env = nothing&#xD;&#xA;    set wsh_shell = nothing&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' *** Open the Computers container&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    domain_name = split(domain_name, &quot;.&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    initial_ou = &quot;LDAP://DC=&quot; &amp; domain_name(0)&#xD;&#xA;    for i = 1 to ubound(domain_name)&#xD;&#xA;      initial_ou = initial_ou &amp; &quot;,DC=&quot; &amp; domain_name(i)&#xD;&#xA;    next&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    wscript.echo &quot;Checking domain &quot; &amp; initial_ou&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' *** Find all users&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    set initial_ou = GetObject(initial_ou)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    num_users = 0&#xD;&#xA;    FindAllUsers initial_ou&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' *** Post the data&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    for i = 0 to num_users-1&#xD;&#xA;      wscript.echo users(0, i) &amp; &quot;,&quot; &amp; users(1, i) &amp; &quot;,&quot; &amp; users(2, i) &amp; &quot;,&quot; &amp; users(3, i) &amp; &quot;,&quot; &amp; users(4, i)&#xD;&#xA;    next&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' *** All done&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    wscript.echo &quot;Audit users finished at &quot; &amp; formatdatetime(now(), 0)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    set initial_ou = nothing&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    wscript.quit 0&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' **********************************************************************&#xD;&#xA;    ' FindAllUsers&#xD;&#xA;    ' ------------&#xD;&#xA;    ' **********************************************************************&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    sub FindAllUsers(fau_OU)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      dim ou_name, user, user_dn, display_name, lastlogon_date&#xD;&#xA;      dim ldap_user, group_array, i&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      ou_name = fau_OU.distinguishedName&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' *** First list users in this OU&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      for each user in fau_OU&#xD;&#xA;        if lcase(user.class) = &quot;user&quot; then&#xD;&#xA;          user_dn = &quot;LDAP://CN=&quot; &amp; user.displayName &amp; &quot;,&quot; &amp; ou_name&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' *** Check we haven't found too many users&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;          if num_users &gt;= MAX_USERS then&#xD;&#xA;            wscript.echo &quot;WARNING: exceeded maximum number of users - &quot; &amp; cstr(MAX_USERS)&#xD;&#xA;            exit for&#xD;&#xA;          end if&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' *** New user&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;          users(0, num_users) = lcase(user.samAccountName)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' *** Get the display name; error trap this because it can fail&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;          users(1, num_users) = &quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;          on error resume next&#xD;&#xA;          err = 0&#xD;&#xA;          display_name = user.get(&quot;displayName&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;          if err = 0 then users(1, num_users) = display_name&#xD;&#xA;          on error goto 0&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' *** Get the enabled/disabled status&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;          users(2, num_users) = user.get(&quot;UserAccountControl&quot;) and ACCOUNTDISABLE&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;          if users(2, num_users) = 0 then&#xD;&#xA;            users(2, num_users) = &quot;0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;          else&#xD;&#xA;            users(2, num_users) = &quot;1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;          end if&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' *** Get the last logon date; this may fail so trap errors&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;          lastlogon_date = 0&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;          on error resume next&#xD;&#xA;          set lastlogon_date = user.get(&quot;lastLogon&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;          if err = 0 then&#xD;&#xA;            if not isempty(lastlogon_date) then&#xD;&#xA;              lastlogon_date = LongTimeToDate(lastlogon_date)&#xD;&#xA;              if lastlogon_date &lt; 0 then lastlogon_date = 0&#xD;&#xA;            end if&#xD;&#xA;          end if&#xD;&#xA;          on error goto 0&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;          users(3, num_users) = formatdatetime(lastlogon_date, 0)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' *** Get the group membership&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;          users(4, num_users) = &quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;          on error resume next&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;          err = 0&#xD;&#xA;          set ldap_user = GetObject(user_dn)&#xD;&#xA;          if err = 0 then&#xD;&#xA;            on error goto 0&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;            group_array = ldap_user.MemberOf&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;            if not isempty(group_array) then&#xD;&#xA;              if TypeName(group_array) = &quot;String&quot; then&#xD;&#xA;                users(4, num_users) = group_array&#xD;&#xA;              else&#xD;&#xA;                for i = lbound(group_array) to ubound(group_array)&#xD;&#xA;                  if users(4, num_users) &lt;&gt; &quot;&quot; then users(4, num_users) = users(4, num_users) &amp; &quot;;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                  users(4, num_users) = users(4, num_users) &amp; TrimGroupName(group_array(i))&#xD;&#xA;                next&#xD;&#xA;              end if&#xD;&#xA;            end if&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;            set ldap_user = nothing&#xD;&#xA;          end if&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;          on error goto 0&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' *** Finished with this user&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;          num_users = num_users + 1&#xD;&#xA;        end if&#xD;&#xA;      next&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' *** Now recurse into subcontainers&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      for each user in fau_OU&#xD;&#xA;        if lcase(user.class) = &quot;organizationalunit&quot; or lcase(user.class) = &quot;container&quot; then&#xD;&#xA;          FindAllUsers user&#xD;&#xA;        end if&#xD;&#xA;      next&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' *** All done&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    end sub&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' **********************************************************************&#xD;&#xA;    ' TrimGroupName&#xD;&#xA;    ' -------------&#xD;&#xA;    ' Turn the distinguished name into a simply group name&#xD;&#xA;    ' **********************************************************************&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    function TrimGroupName(tgn_FullName)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      dim group_name, len_group, c&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      TrimGroupName = &quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      group_name = &quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      len_group = len(tgn_FullName)&#xD;&#xA;      if len_group &lt; 4 then exit function&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      for i = 4 to len_group&#xD;&#xA;        c = mid(tgn_FullName, i, 1)&#xD;&#xA;        if c = &quot;,&quot; then exit for&#xD;&#xA;        group_name = group_name + c&#xD;&#xA;      next&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      group_name = lcase(group_name)&#xD;&#xA;      TrimGroupName = group_name&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    end function&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' **********************************************************************&#xD;&#xA;    ' LongTimeToDate&#xD;&#xA;    ' --------------&#xD;&#xA;    ' Convert the ADSI longint timestamp to a VBScript format date&#xD;&#xA;    ' **********************************************************************&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    function LongTimeToDate(lt_Time)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      dim ltdate&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      ltdate = lt_Time.HighPart * (2^32) + lt_Time.LowPart&#xD;&#xA;      ltdate = ltdate / (60 * 10000000)&#xD;&#xA;      ltdate = ltdate / 1440&#xD;&#xA;      ltdate = ltdate + #1/1/1601#&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      LongTimeToDate = ltdate&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    end function&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33241" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18605" RevisionGUID="07a50d6e-ebd9-4323-924b-9fac4f31318d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:36:16.960" UserId="6524" Text="There is a VirtualBox Manager GUI, both for Linux and for Windows version. I use it all the time on my Debian (just running 'virtualbox' opens up the GUI interface). You can see it on screenshots available on main VirtualBox site: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Screenshots&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In that interface you can find a .vdi manager which will let you mount/umount, clone, create new disk images, etc." />
  <row Id="33242" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18606" RevisionGUID="08215c38-7908-4bff-b526-19531d2b097a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:38:46.267" UserId="7073" Text="So to throw in my 2 cents here :)  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I echo what everyone said about using work pc's for work only.  If you're worried about him knowing what you are doing, then you shouldn't be doing it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So that said, there is one loop hole you MIGHT be able to get away with is turn on the windows firewall and block everything by default (disable all exceptions and prompt before allowing) then as stuff requests network access, you can see it and allow or deny it.  The advantage to this is its included with windows so you are not installing anything extra on your computer and if you are a laptop user you can claim it was to protect the laptop while you are on your home network since you don't trust your son's friend's laptop that he comes over with and plays WOW all night on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said the admin might have a GPO in place that disables your access to the windows firewall.  Best you can do there is use wireshark and see if anything &quot;interesting&quot; is going out.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And for the recommendations about bringing in another external drive, or laptop, one place I worked did not allow any of that, first time you did it you got a warning put in your file, second time you got fired." />
  <row Id="33243" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18607" RevisionGUID="52c9f130-0768-4fe5-91a4-ed48bd3bc241" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:40:28.840" UserId="2299" Text="I went through much pain with this, and the bottom line is that although the controller supports array expansion, Dell have disabled this in their Array Manager and they will not support it. If you replace the Dell driver with the LSI one (I think the controller is an LSI, though I wouldn't swear that it isn't an Adaptec) and use the LSI management software then you might be able to do it. However I would find this a scary business!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My solution was simply to create a new logical disk in the free space. This is completely safe and needs no reboots, though obviously it's clunkier having separate disks. If you really, *really* want a single partition then you'll have to backup then delete and recreate the array. Note that if your server has the Dell utility partition on it you need to be careful with partition imaging tools as you need to recreate the Dell utility partition or your server won't boot. I speak from (bitter) experience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33244" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18490" RevisionGUID="855d3ae6-156c-4319-959e-cff3e0e05af6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:44:41.747" UserId="7593" Comment="clarification" Text="Would it help to speed up a workstation to put in a second drive and set up a windows software RAID-1 or RAID-0 (i.e. disk mirroring / striping)? In theory the system could distribute it's reads over both drives, giving almost twice the performance in the best case. But does it help in practice?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am especially interested in your experience with startup times of application servers and if there is a significant speedup of software builds, and on performance when the build / server is running in background. (I am a developer.) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Clarification: Data safety is so important for me - that's what backups are for. ;-)" />
  <row Id="33245" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18605" RevisionGUID="afc88bb0-339c-4d5e-90ee-3e41eb7ba610" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:45:35.943" UserId="6524" Comment="Added more information" Text="There is a VirtualBox Manager GUI, both for Linux and for Windows version. I use it all the time on my Debian (just running 'virtualbox' opens up the GUI interface). You can see it on screenshots available on main VirtualBox site: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Screenshots&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In that interface you can find a .vdi manager which will let you mount/umount,  create new disk images, etc. Besides, those disk images are just plain files in &lt;code&gt;~/.VirtualBox/&lt;/code&gt; directory, which you can simply copy using your standard system tools." />
  <row Id="33246" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18608" RevisionGUID="295a294a-68ea-4366-883c-72aa8d96b9c8" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:47:12.587" UserId="5038" Text="I haven't poked about much with PIXes, but I'm wondering if there's an &quot;ip classless&quot; needed on both sides? I've had curious issues with IOS devices deciding on odd class-full (or at least octet-boundary) netmasks in the past because of that missing." />
  <row Id="33247" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17643" RevisionGUID="98c0fddf-d722-4c19-bff2-e5183bc4e241" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:49:48.650" UserId="7309" Comment="corrected spelling" Text="nginX seems to be the way to go if you're trying to retain the rewrite rules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This could be done like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if (!-e $request_filename) {&#xD;&#xA;      rewrite ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)?(/.*) $2  break;&#xD;&#xA;      rewrite ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)?(/.*\.php)$ $2 last;&#xD;&#xA;      rewrite ^ /index.php last;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But it seems like the power of nginX is to have less complex, smaller rules, so this might be a better way to replace that:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if (!-e $request_filename) {&#xD;&#xA;      rewrite ^ /index.php last;&#xD;&#xA;    }" />
  <row Id="33248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18609" RevisionGUID="07f22425-0eb0-4006-b7df-826831fc08dd" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:49:56.527" UserId="155" Text="When doing data warehouse bulk data loads into a table for which I don't require logging, typically my process is to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. truncate table&#xD;&#xA; 2. drop indexes&#xD;&#xA; 3. insert /*+ append */&#xD;&#xA; 4. re-create indexes without logging&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This works fine but dropping and re-creating indexes can causes problems so I was wondering whether folks thought this step was necessary. I understood that from 10g onwards, such index creation was optmised so that the indexes were re-built following the data load itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have any experience of this?" />
  <row Id="33249" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18609" RevisionGUID="07f22425-0eb0-4006-b7df-826831fc08dd" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:49:56.527" UserId="155" Text="Does Oracle optimise index creation following bulk data load" />
  <row Id="33250" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18609" RevisionGUID="07f22425-0eb0-4006-b7df-826831fc08dd" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:49:56.527" UserId="155" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;dba&gt;&lt;database&gt;" />
  <row Id="33251" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18610" RevisionGUID="054596a4-5c19-4a37-b26d-646f0228660f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:50:04.763" UserId="2509" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I was adding a new site to my debian+apache2 setup and managed to blow up apache!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Investigating the error logs revealed that I had forgotten to create the directory for the log files:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [Tue Jun 02 12:26:51 2009] [notice] Graceful restart requested, doing restart&#xD;&#xA;    apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName&#xD;&#xA;    (2)No such file or directory: apache2: could not open error log file /var/www/logs/rayipress.co.uk/error.log.&#xD;&#xA;    Unable to open logs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I've created that file and the access log file and changed the permissions/ownership to a suitable setting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've also enabled/disabled this site.  I disabled it straight away, then 'fixed' it, then enabled it.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is still refusing connections but nothing else is appearing in the log or access file for apache (I'm tailing the file).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Help would be *most* appreciated!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="33252" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18610" RevisionGUID="054596a4-5c19-4a37-b26d-646f0228660f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:50:04.763" UserId="2509" Text="Halp! I screwed up Apache!" />
  <row Id="33253" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18610" RevisionGUID="054596a4-5c19-4a37-b26d-646f0228660f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:50:04.763" UserId="2509" Text="&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;debian&gt;" />
  <row Id="33254" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18611" RevisionGUID="6157dc85-a790-4376-8ffb-417dd4302b9d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:50:09.147" UserId="7783" Text="I think the improvements are often negligible, and the question you ought to be asking is whether or not any speed increase is likely to be worth the risk; by striping you're saying that if either of those hard disks fails then your computer will no longer work until it is rebuilt. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How much of a problem would that be for you and is that worth the (likely small) increase in speed you'll see overall?" />
  <row Id="33255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18612" RevisionGUID="418d600d-797b-461c-8fd2-2462fbd29172" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:53:44.600" UserId="2991" Text="RAID 1 should improve your read perfomance, as it should read from both drives at once." />
  <row Id="33256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18613" RevisionGUID="d0890df9-62d2-452d-8bef-ba72aa95de91" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:59:18.817" UserId="7771" Text="Run this command and post the output here&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;$apache2ctl -t&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33257" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="18613" RevisionGUID="387b3417-e45c-4c94-bf2f-9e1d91a8b1da" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:59:50.547" UserId="7771" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:7771,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;s1d&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="33258" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="18613" RevisionGUID="6915377c-6d69-4ad5-9b8a-69c2c97a9f3c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:00:00.577" UserId="7771" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:7771,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;s1d&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="33259" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18610" RevisionGUID="ad7cacad-bd08-46a6-8858-d53bfaf3dbeb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:01:02.777" UserId="2509" Comment="more content" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I was adding a new site to my debian+apache2 setup and managed to blow up apache!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Investigating the error logs revealed that I had forgotten to create the directory for the log files:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [Tue Jun 02 12:26:51 2009] [notice] Graceful restart requested, doing restart&#xD;&#xA;    apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName&#xD;&#xA;    (2)No such file or directory: apache2: could not open error log file /var/www/logs/rayipress.co.uk/error.log.&#xD;&#xA;    Unable to open logs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I've created that file and the access log file and changed the permissions/ownership to a suitable setting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've also enabled/disabled this site.  I disabled it straight away, then 'fixed' it, then enabled it.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is still refusing connections but nothing else is appearing in the log or access file for apache (I'm tailing the file).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Here's the recent contents of &lt;a href=&quot;http://pastebin.com/m13e94b95&quot;&gt;/var/log/messages&lt;/a&gt; - don't think any of that is relevant to the problem but I could be wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And here's the contents on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://pastebin.com/m92b3b7d&quot;&gt;config file&lt;/a&gt; for the new site that appears to be causing the problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT2: Here's the output from apache2ctl -t&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName&#xD;&#xA;    Syntax OK&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Help would be *most* appreciated!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="33260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18614" RevisionGUID="2b239376-e4b1-4b4c-902d-3a4436cc0edc" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:02:18.920" UserId="7073" Text="Not sure if this will work for you since I haven't had your issue, but this might be an option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Linksys RV042 router might do the trick for you (BTW, this is now Cisco Small Business), the router was about $200 last time I checked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It has Dual WAN ports so you can have 2 seperate ISP's and each WAN gets its own IP.&#xD;&#xA;That I have done and it worked great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is what I didn't do because I didn't need to but you can try this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setup port forwarding like this&#xD;&#xA;WAN1 forwards port 80 to your internal server&#xD;&#xA;WAN2 forwards port 80 to your same internal server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should be able to forward both WAN's to the same internal IP &amp; Port.  I'm guessing here the reply packets will go out over the port they came in on in the router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then when your DNS fails over to your second IP it should work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd say buy one of these routers from a place you can return it if it doesn't work and give it a try.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also I've been using 8 of these for the last 3 years with not one issue with them.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33261" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18615" RevisionGUID="0f7b2823-ef2a-4c68-b36e-3145000925bf" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:02:53.897" UserId="6491" Text="Create the needed log directory:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; mkdir -p&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /var/www/logs/rayipress.co.uk/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that does not help, you can try:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; apache2ctl configtest&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then&#xD;&#xA;&gt; strace -o hugeapache.log -f apache2 -X&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That will create a huge logfile which can help with the debugging (put to some available url)." />
  <row Id="33262" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18616" RevisionGUID="74819665-598c-4664-9295-6e2e2b66eaff" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:05:31.160" UserId="5137" Text="Thanks to all who have answered.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Upon digging deeper into the product we already have, it appears that we can bridge traffic directly from the AP onto the LAN, with optional VLAN tagging per distinct SSID.  This is consistent with Paul's answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since it does indeed perform as we need (in theory), I'll mention our current solution:  We're using Siemens' HiPath Wireless solution.  They struck the right price/performance balance when evaluated for a single office several years ago." />
  <row Id="33263" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18424" RevisionGUID="f4199c57-0e3b-430a-bfd5-a065bdd07acb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:06:46.430" UserId="6755" Comment="added 6 characters in body" Text="Executive summary: Use OpenCSW.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A longer answer: There used to be two major providers of Open Source packages, of which one has forked, so the current number is three.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* OpenCSW - a fork of Blastwave, run by one of its founders, Phil Brown. OpenCSW has the most advanced build system (mGAR), most of the manpower after the fork, and the newest packages. Its SourceForge projects are named `gar` (packages) and `opencsw` (tools).&#xD;&#xA;* Sunfreeware - I don't know of any code repository of theirs.&#xD;&#xA;* Blastwave - project started in 2002 by Dennis Clarke and Phil Brown, now being run by Clarke, uses a less advanced version of the build system (compared to OpenCSW), has a publicly available code repository.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are two package management tools, `pkg-get` and `pkgutil`. Both work with OpenCSW and Blastwave. pkg-get is written in Korn shell, pkgutil is written in Perl and has a bit more features than pkg-get does. Both pkg-get and pkgutil automatically resolve and download dependencies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as Firefox is concerned, version 3 is not available from OpenCSW yet. There is a package bundle you can download from elsewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you use a non-standard keyboard layout, the thing you might miss is the setxkbmap command.  A dodgy binary on a random blog was the best I could find.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing you'll miss is the GNU userland. OpenCSW can provide you with all the GNU core utils, with names prefixed with a 'g'; sed is gsed, grep is ggrep, and so forth. For interactive sessions, you can create aliases along the lines of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias sed=/opt/csw/bin/gsed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you happen to need to compile a piece of software, there is a free Sun compiler, coming with a bundle with Sun Studio. You should be able to find it on Sun's website.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Building new packages is a bit of a PITA, unless you have some sort of a fremwork. The packages format is relatively simple,  but Sun doesn't provide convenient package creation tools. I personally use OpenCSW's build system which automates all that away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sound card support is poor. If you want to listen to music, have your mp3 player ready.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Acrobat Reader for Solaris x86 was released only recently, and the version released is 4.0 (sic!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is Flashplayer, but after you install Firefox 3, you'll need to make the symlinks manually to have Firefox pick up the plugin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally, it would be an overstatement to say that Solaris can be a convenient desktop even for a sysadmin. Expect rough edges. Of course, there are benefits of running the same platform as your desktop and server." />
  <row Id="33264" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18610" RevisionGUID="c1e66225-bec0-47d2-8edc-66f3013301ee" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:08:16.303" UserId="2509" Comment="fixed" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I was adding a new site to my debian+apache2 setup and managed to blow up apache!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Investigating the error logs revealed that I had forgotten to create the directory for the log files:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [Tue Jun 02 12:26:51 2009] [notice] Graceful restart requested, doing restart&#xD;&#xA;    apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName&#xD;&#xA;    (2)No such file or directory: apache2: could not open error log file /var/www/logs/rayipress.co.uk/error.log.&#xD;&#xA;    Unable to open logs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I've created that file and the access log file and changed the permissions/ownership to a suitable setting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've also enabled/disabled this site.  I disabled it straight away, then 'fixed' it, then enabled it.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is still refusing connections but nothing else is appearing in the log or access file for apache (I'm tailing the file).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Here's the recent contents of &lt;a href=&quot;http://pastebin.com/m13e94b95&quot;&gt;/var/log/messages&lt;/a&gt; - don't think any of that is relevant to the problem but I could be wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And here's the contents on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://pastebin.com/m92b3b7d&quot;&gt;config file&lt;/a&gt; for the new site that appears to be causing the problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT2: Here's the output from apache2ctl -t&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName&#xD;&#xA;    Syntax OK&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT3: Wow, retarded, I was hitting apache2 reload instead of restart.. it's all fixed, thanks for your help!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Help would be *most* appreciated!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="33265" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18617" RevisionGUID="2701f9a4-a111-43bf-b3ea-702aa822c63a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:17:47.047" UserId="7073" Text="Does it need to be part of the same drive?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could you add those two drives as a RAID 1 and mount them as an E drive?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then move some of the file shares over there to help balance the usage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thats what I did the last time I had to add more space to a file server.  Safer then messing with existing drives." />
  <row Id="33266" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18618" RevisionGUID="acd3968e-151f-4d81-abca-2d0b28e60798" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:18:56.467" UserId="4985" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've got a fresh CentOS box and we need to enable nice urls / permalinks. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the steps and files that need to be changed in order to get it up and running?" />
  <row Id="33267" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18618" RevisionGUID="acd3968e-151f-4d81-abca-2d0b28e60798" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:18:56.467" UserId="4985" Text="Enable nice urls / permalinks in CentOS" />
  <row Id="33268" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18618" RevisionGUID="acd3968e-151f-4d81-abca-2d0b28e60798" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:18:56.467" UserId="4985" Text="&lt;.htaccess&gt;&lt;mod-rewrite&gt;&lt;centos&gt;&lt;rewriterules&gt;" />
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  <row Id="33270" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18619" RevisionGUID="72685016-ef6f-433c-b912-790763f8a47e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:20:03.940" UserId="2662" Text="FTP clients, including those used programatically, allow the user to select ASCII or Binary transfers when uploading a file. Some clients also support some flavor of Auto, where you leave it to the FTP client to decide. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are some correct reasons to select one format over the other? How does one decide? Besides the clients supporting Auto-detect, how can one automate this decision?" />
  <row Id="33271" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18619" RevisionGUID="72685016-ef6f-433c-b912-790763f8a47e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:20:03.940" UserId="2662" Text="On what basis should you select ACSII or Binary transfers over FTP?" />
  <row Id="33272" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18619" RevisionGUID="72685016-ef6f-433c-b912-790763f8a47e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:20:03.940" UserId="2662" Text="&lt;ftp&gt;" />
  <row Id="33273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18620" RevisionGUID="857a74dd-55ff-4b8e-927d-a7f3d1bcd793" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:20:24.077" UserId="7787" Text="I need to install version 1.4 of Subversion on a Suse 10.1 (64 bit) box. I can't change either of these two versions and there isn't an RPM for this distro. After looking around I assume that I'll have to create an RPM myself. Is there a better way than this? If not does anyone have any tips on the process? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't need a step-by-step tutorial, just a basic outline of the process." />
  <row Id="33274" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18620" RevisionGUID="857a74dd-55ff-4b8e-927d-a7f3d1bcd793" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:20:24.077" UserId="7787" Text="How to create an RPM for Suse" />
  <row Id="33275" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18620" RevisionGUID="857a74dd-55ff-4b8e-927d-a7f3d1bcd793" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:20:24.077" UserId="7787" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;suse&gt;&lt;rpm&gt;" />
  <row Id="33276" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18621" RevisionGUID="95fa9a11-f90d-44c8-b581-aef7f6d8fc67" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:21:20.973" UserId="247" Text="I'm trying to copy a database from one server to another by backup and restore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've created steps in an agent job to backup the database to file and to xcopy the file over to the other server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to do the restore now, and it's not working.  The servers are linked, and the job is running on the source server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried to do RESTORE DATABASE, but it doesn't seem to do two-part naming (server and database) when doing a restore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've also tried using OPENQUERY but that doesn't work either, I think because RESTORE DATABASE has neither inputs or outputs." />
  <row Id="33277" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18621" RevisionGUID="95fa9a11-f90d-44c8-b581-aef7f6d8fc67" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:21:20.973" UserId="247" Text="SQL 2005 RESTORE DATABASE on a linked server" />
  <row Id="33278" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18621" RevisionGUID="95fa9a11-f90d-44c8-b581-aef7f6d8fc67" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:21:20.973" UserId="247" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="33279" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18622" RevisionGUID="fe71b61e-509f-4b73-acae-916c2ece6ccd" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:23:33.713" UserId="3955" Text="I'm just wondering if it's bad to put in Open DNS ips in my win 2008 dns server's forwarders as well as the DNS ips from my ISP? Is it bad to have lots of DNS  forwarders? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should i just use one set?" />
  <row Id="33280" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18622" RevisionGUID="fe71b61e-509f-4b73-acae-916c2ece6ccd" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:23:33.713" UserId="3955" Text="Can i use Open DNS as well as my ISP's DNS in my Win 2008 DNS server forwarders?" />
  <row Id="33281" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18622" RevisionGUID="fe71b61e-509f-4b73-acae-916c2ece6ccd" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:23:33.713" UserId="3955" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="33282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18623" RevisionGUID="6c5a617d-2b1e-445e-a4f9-23070f3fd99f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:29:47.540" UserId="247" Text="OK, that was pretty silly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    EXEC ('RESTORE DATABASE ...')&#xD;&#xA;    AT other_server_name" />
  <row Id="33283" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18624" RevisionGUID="a85d7ee5-fa73-4cbb-865a-0d103ab1e8ab" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:30:00.097" UserId="5763" Text="Windows uses both a carrige return and a line feed to show the end of a line in a text file.  Unix generally uses only one (I think a line feed).&#xD;&#xA;When you ftp files as text, the ftp program will convert line endings for you.  In binary mode the file is transfered exactly as is.&#xD;&#xA;So if you are transfering a text document then use ASCII.  Anything else and binary is probably your best bet." />
  <row Id="33285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18626" RevisionGUID="08ecaf37-5a3b-4279-a96c-b846e79c0b35" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:35:24.580" UserId="2299" Text="Hi Jacob. See http://www.ratsauce.co.uk/notablog/WinPECD.asp for my walkthrough of making a WinPE boot CD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18627" RevisionGUID="9e1c1353-b3c1-4acc-a5b7-3aa9a8493928" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:36:54.903" UserId="4562" Text="Many people use VNC because it's so mature and platform independent.  I can't tell you if it runs at login phase but you should also try FreeNX due to the increased speed over slow links as well as additional security.  You can also use a Windows box to control a Linux server with FreeNX. Here are a few links:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Linux-Magazine.com][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[UbuntuGeek][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linux-magazine.com/online/blogs/productivity_sauce_dmitri_s_open_source_blend_of_productive_computing/access_your_apps_and_docs_remotely_with_freenx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-setup-freenx-server-and-client-in-ubuntu-810-intrepid.html" />
  <row Id="33287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18628" RevisionGUID="b7a0e759-edc7-47c8-9cda-f6236debda50" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:37:02.437" UserId="4878" Text="On this day and age, where most text editors automatically detect and adapt to the unix/dos/mac line endings I find very little justification to use ASCII ftp transfers. I always use binary. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't like to have the files changed under the covers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I actually tend to use scp now much more than ftp, and scp just copies the bits..." />
  <row Id="33288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18629" RevisionGUID="5023211f-2bbd-4990-acf2-c336c67ccb1a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:37:11.360" UserId="5078" Text="Personally, I tend to use binary for every transfer. I was stung once with a file that had been placed from a windows machine onto a unix machine using binary transfer. As a result the txt file still had CR LF endings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ASCI mode looks at source and dest platforms and performs line-ending translation, so the resultant file I got had CR CR LF line endings (LF was translated by ASCI to CR LF as it was unix -&amp;gt; windows)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sounds petty - but it was a 20Gb log file, and I only had one time window in which to collect it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use eol conversion utils on the local machine if the necessity arises.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: I was getting the file back onto windows from the unix host" />
  <row Id="33289" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18624" RevisionGUID="ef3664f6-4159-47fd-b137-910dbc388624" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:41:01.760" UserId="5763" Comment="added 358 characters in body" Text="Windows uses both a carrige return and a line feed to show the end of a line in a text file.  Unix generally uses only one (I think a line feed).&#xD;&#xA;When you ftp files as text, the ftp program will convert line endings for you.  In binary mode the file is transfered exactly as is.&#xD;&#xA;So if you are transfering a text document then use ASCII.  Anything else and binary is probably your best bet.&#xD;&#xA;As others have pointed out, most modern text editors will deal with line endings anyway (Notepad doesn't, nor is it modern :) ) so binary is by far the safer option.&#xD;&#xA;I also agree with @njsf, I don't like files being changed behind my back.  I have editors that are quite capable of doing a find and replace to fix the line endings if it becomes necessary." />
  <row Id="33290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18630" RevisionGUID="504b8b59-0348-440a-9e30-de8ebb4ee732" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:41:44.020" UserId="1369" Text="Well, I thought there was something existing I could use without having to roll my own solution, but I had to do something quick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Below is a script that will do just what I needed.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Instructions&#xD;&#xA;For it to work, just change the few config variables for the minimum and maximum UID to be considered as a _normal_ user and the remote host name or IP address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You must have setup the remote server to accept incoming SSH sessions from the local server's `root` user without having to enter a password.  &#xD;&#xA;[Commander Keen][2] hinted on how it's done in his answer on this page but you can also refer to [_password-less SSH login_][3] for detailed instructions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;###How it works&#xD;&#xA;What the script does is copy each of the remote _passwd_, _group_, _shadow_, _gshadow_ files from the remote server to a temporary location on the lcoal server.  &#xD;&#xA;Then it strips these temp files from all &quot;normal&quot; users, keeping only the references to the system users.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The next step is going through each of the local versions of _passwd_, _group_, _shadow_, _gshadow_ and appending just the &quot;normal&quot; users to their corresponding temp files, then uploading each of them back to the remote server to replace the old one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Warning&#xD;&#xA;Before you attempt anything, make sure you make a copy of your  _passwd_, _group_, _shadow_, _gshadow_ on both the local and remote servers.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Security&#xD;&#xA;File ownership and attributes are preserved.  &#xD;&#xA;Temporary files are saved in `/tmp` and deleted, whether the sync was successful or not.  &#xD;&#xA;The local server must have password-less `root` access to the backup (but not the other way around). This is necessary so we can get the user accounts config files (which are otherwise restricted).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### The Code&#xD;&#xA;This is a first-attempt and it's a bit messy (not beautiful code) but it does the job pretty well and someone else may find it useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a Perl script that only has a dependency on the [`Net::SCP`][1] module to copy files securely between servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	#!/usr/bin/perl -w&#xD;&#xA;	use Net::SCP qw(scp);&#xD;&#xA;	use strict;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	use constant TRUE  =&gt; (1==1);&#xD;&#xA;	use constant FALSE =&gt; (1==0);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	#--------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;	# Configuration&#xD;&#xA;	# Modify as needed&#xD;&#xA;	#--------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;	my $remoteHost = '192.168.0.4';&#xD;&#xA;	my $minUID     = 500;&#xD;&#xA;	my $maxUID     = 30000;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	#--------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;	# Internal variables, normally not to be modified.&#xD;&#xA;	#--------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;	my $systemConfigDir = '/etc';&#xD;&#xA;	my $tmpDir = $ENV{TMPDIR} || $ENV{TMP} || $ENV{TEMP} || '/tmp';&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	#--------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;	#  Main&#xD;&#xA;	#--------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;	# STEP 1&#xD;&#xA;	# Get the remote files to /tmp and&#xD;&#xA;	# clean them of their normal users&#xD;&#xA;	ProcessFiles('remote');&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	# STEP 2&#xD;&#xA;	# Append the local normal users to the temp files&#xD;&#xA;	# and then send them back to the remote&#xD;&#xA;	ProcessFiles('local');&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	#--------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;	# Workhorse sub: does one of two things:&#xD;&#xA;	# if the passed argument is 'remote', then fetch each user account file&#xD;&#xA;	# from the remote server, then remove all normal users from each file,&#xD;&#xA;	# only keeping the system users.&#xD;&#xA;	# if the passed argument is 'local', then appends all normal local users to the&#xD;&#xA;	# previously fetched and cleaned-up files, then&#xD;&#xA;	# copies them back to the remote.&#xD;&#xA;	#--------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;	sub ProcessFiles {&#xD;&#xA;		my $which = shift;&#xD;&#xA;		&#xD;&#xA;		my $tmpfile;&#xD;&#xA;		my %username = ();&#xD;&#xA;		my %usergroup = ();&#xD;&#xA;		my %userUID = ();&#xD;&#xA;		my %userGID = ();&#xD;&#xA;		my @info;&#xD;&#xA;		foreach my $f ('passwd','group','shadow','gshadow') {&#xD;&#xA;			my $tmpfile = &quot;$tmpDir/$f.REMOTE&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;			if ($which eq 'remote') {&#xD;&#xA;				# Fetch the remote file &#xD;&#xA;				unlink $tmpfile if -e $tmpfile;&#xD;&#xA;				scp(&quot;$remoteHost:$systemConfigDir/$f&quot;, $tmpfile) or &#xD;&#xA;					die (&quot;Could not get '$f' from '$remoteHost'&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;			}&#xD;&#xA;			&#xD;&#xA;			# Glob the file content&#xD;&#xA;			open CONFIGFILE, (($which eq 'remote') ? $tmpfile : &quot;$systemConfigDir/$f&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;			my @lines = &lt;CONFIGFILE&gt;;&#xD;&#xA;			close CONFIGFILE;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;			# Open the temp file, either truncating it or in append mode&#xD;&#xA;			open TMPFILE,  (($which eq 'remote') ? &quot;&gt;$tmpfile&quot; : &quot;&gt;&gt;$tmpfile&quot; ) &#xD;&#xA;				or die &quot;Could not open '$tmpfile' for processing&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;			foreach my $line (@lines) {&#xD;&#xA;				 # Skip comments, although they should be illegal in these files&#xD;&#xA;				next if $f =~ /^\s*#/;&#xD;&#xA;				@info = (split ':', $line);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;				if ($f eq 'passwd') {&#xD;&#xA;					my $uid = $info[2];&#xD;&#xA;					my $isnormaluser = ($uid &gt; $minUID) &amp;&amp; ($uid &lt; $maxUID);&#xD;&#xA;					next if (($which eq 'remote') ? $isnormaluser : !$isnormaluser);&#xD;&#xA;					$username{$info[0]} = TRUE;&#xD;&#xA;					$userUID{$uid} = TRUE;&#xD;&#xA;					$userGID{$info[3]} = TRUE;&#xD;&#xA;				} elsif ($f eq 'group') {&#xD;&#xA;					next if !exists $userGID{$info[2]};&#xD;&#xA;					$usergroup{$info[0]} = TRUE;&#xD;&#xA;				} elsif ($f eq 'shadow') {&#xD;&#xA;					next if !exists $username{$info[0]};&#xD;&#xA;				} else {&#xD;&#xA;					next if !exists $usergroup{$info[0]};&#xD;&#xA;				}&#xD;&#xA;				# Any line that reaches this point is valid&#xD;&#xA;				print TMPFILE $line;&#xD;&#xA;			}&#xD;&#xA;			close TMPFILE;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;			if ($which eq 'local') {&#xD;&#xA;				# send the file back&#xD;&#xA;				scp($tmpfile, &quot;$remoteHost:$systemConfigDir/$f&quot;) or&#xD;&#xA;					die (&quot;Could not send '$f' to '$remoteHost'&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;				unlink $tmpfile;&#xD;&#xA;			}&#xD;&#xA;		}&#xD;&#xA;	}&#xD;&#xA;	#--------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;	# Make sure we cleanup the temp files when we exit&#xD;&#xA;	#--------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;	END {&#xD;&#xA;		my $tmpfile;&#xD;&#xA;		foreach my $f ('passwd','group','shadow','gshadow') {&#xD;&#xA;			$tmpfile = &quot;$tmpDir/$f.REMOTE&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;			unlink $tmpfile if -e $tmpfile;&#xD;&#xA;		}&#xD;&#xA;	}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:http://search.cpan.org/~ivan/Net-SCP-0.08/SCP.pm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]:http://serverfault.com/questions/18444/simple-one-way-synchronisation-of-user-password-list-between-servers/18461#18461&#xD;&#xA;  [3]:http://rcsg-gsir.imsb-dsgi.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/documents/internet/node31.html" />
  <row Id="33291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18631" RevisionGUID="f70a2e17-18c0-4d3b-9db7-a85765ef1a55" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:42:56.140" UserId="4733" Text="The answer is YES, YES, YES.  We use IntelliAdmin.  It allows us to login remotely and totally undetected while the user is logged in and using their machine.  We can see whats on your screen, minupulate your mouse and keyboard, and even lockout your mouse and keyboard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This tool was originally purchased for assisting end-users with issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our version only works inside the network and requires no third party software on the remote machine, but there is an 'internet' version that will work from anywhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.intelliadmin.com" />
  <row Id="33292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18632" RevisionGUID="52f9eaf2-c47f-4ed1-b132-5fb1a7a15036" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:45:19.940" UserId="5763" Text="I personally would take a look at Replacer first.  If for any reason that doesn't work for you, then boot from some form of Live CD.  I know of ubuntu (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD), I am sure other people, or google, could suggest others that my be smaller.  You will then be able to replace the system files for the installed OS.  This is also a useful way to fix a file replacement gone bad if the OS will no longer boot." />
  <row Id="33293" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17583" RevisionGUID="0d778824-8df4-44de-9882-18753f18be51" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:45:22.780" UserId="5075" Comment="added 758 characters in body" Text="I have three offices all with broadband routers feeding into Server 2003 running Routing and Remote Access that provides the clients with internet access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have setup VPN connection between site1 and Site2 and between site1 and site3, however I want to setup a VPN connection between site2 and site3 but this is giving me problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server at site1 can ping the router and server at site2 and site3 no problems, but site2 and site3 can not ping each other or each others router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any one have any idea why these two servers can't communicate with each other? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been trying tracert to see if that gives me any clue where the problem is. To save giving out my IP address on a public forum I will use the following notation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server1 - server at site1, router1 router at site1 etc&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;router1 has ip of a.b.c.89&#xD;&#xA;router2 has ip of d.e.f.217&#xD;&#xA;router3 has ip of d.e.f.249&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;server1 a.b.c.90&#xD;&#xA;server2 d.e.f.218&#xD;&#xA;server3 d.e.f.250&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;so tracert of d.e.f.217 or 249 from server1 completes no problem as stated before.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;tracert d.e.f.217 from server3 gives Destination host unreachable d.e.f.249&#xD;&#xA;and tracrt d.e.f.249 from server2 gets as far as hop 2 before timing out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could it be anything to do with the similarity between site2 and site3's IP both having identical first three numbers? " />
  <row Id="33294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18633" RevisionGUID="a71a0cb1-0dc0-4aec-b37e-c2a046989304" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:45:24.357" UserId="7621" Text="You should also look at turning on XDMCP, which basically presents you with the login screen remotely, and then manages a remote, thin GNOME session for you.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See: http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty/RemoteAccess&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33295" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18627" RevisionGUID="9b6562be-5bd6-4a09-97e8-bd892ca33f0b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:46:45.183" UserId="4562" Comment="added 3 characters in body" Text="Many people use VNC because it's so mature and platform independent.  I can't tell you if it runs at login phase but you should also try FreeNX due to the increased speed over slow links as well as additional security.  You can also use a Windows box to control a Linux server with FreeNX. Here are a couple links:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Linux-Magazine.com][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[UbuntuGeek][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linux-magazine.com/online/blogs/productivity_sauce_dmitri_s_open_source_blend_of_productive_computing/access_your_apps_and_docs_remotely_with_freenx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-setup-freenx-server-and-client-in-ubuntu-810-intrepid.html" />
  <row Id="33296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18634" RevisionGUID="65afafae-d4ff-450c-a0c2-22bdf7922228" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:47:45.603" UserId="4878" Text="If you really need and rpm for later package management ease, I would try getting this source rpm [svn 1.4.0 sources for SuSE 10.2][1], install that, cd to /usr/src/&lt;suse?&gt;/SPECS then&#xD;&#xA;rpm -bb subversion-1.4.0-31.spec.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I personally would prefer to just get the source from http://subversion.tigris.org and do the usual &quot;configure &amp;&amp; make &amp;&amp; make check &amp;&amp; sudo make install&quot; dance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/suse/updates/10.2/i386/rpm/src/subversion-1.4.0-31.src.html" />
  <row Id="33297" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18635" RevisionGUID="65cba5e9-3d2f-44c1-b978-fec20a6f7891" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:47:57.350" UserId="7342" Text="The easiest method would be to find a source rpm for a similar distribution. You should then be able to rebuild on your distribution. I believe there is a script called rpmbuild which will do most of the work for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Creating an RPM from scratch is probably more work than you'll want to do and more involved than can be described here." />
  <row Id="33298" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18636" RevisionGUID="59136108-6ed3-4bfa-b17a-74f67577e412" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:49:14.870" UserId="7789" Text="I hope someone can help, my brain is fried!  In W2K3, I can use prnmngr.vbs and get absolutely everything I need from the print server to list installed queues, port names, driver details, IP addresses etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But on Server 2000, the script doesn't work and I can't find a way to obtain a list of installed TCP ports and associated IP addresses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="33299" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18636" RevisionGUID="59136108-6ed3-4bfa-b17a-74f67577e412" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:49:14.870" UserId="7789" Text="Obtain port names &amp; associated IP addresses on W2K Server" />
  <row Id="33300" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18636" RevisionGUID="59136108-6ed3-4bfa-b17a-74f67577e412" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:49:14.870" UserId="7789" Text="&lt;windows-server-2000&gt;&lt;printing&gt;" />
  <row Id="33301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18637" RevisionGUID="45554b1d-ae17-4ba2-9705-5a63b09a8168" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:49:41.970" UserId="7621" Text="Note that transferring text to *some* systems is expedited by using the text (not really ASCII) mode because they don't use the character set.  For example, EBCDIC on IBM mainframes and similar systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As long as both systems use the same base character set, binary is probably less of a hassle.  " />
  <row Id="33302" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18638" RevisionGUID="f56fc282-9202-4202-85bb-cc3cea549fd4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:50:59.410" UserId="6729" Text="Understanding what is &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newline&quot;&gt;the way Windows and Unix encode new line in text file&lt;/a&gt;, and what is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol#Data_format&quot;&gt;difference between binary and ASCII transfer mode&lt;/a&gt; will let you answer this question by yourself." />
  <row Id="33303" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18639" RevisionGUID="1b2469f4-fc3f-4ba7-85fd-6513a871d054" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:51:12.920" UserId="7033" Text="Might not do everything you want, but I would recommend freenx or ssh -X.  XDMCP sends all network traffic unencrypted, so it's very insecure.  If you do use XDMCP, at least tunnel it through ssh:  http://tldp.org/HOWTO/XDMCP-HOWTO/ssh.html" />
  <row Id="33304" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18640" RevisionGUID="362cb39d-9880-4c30-ae55-8c7b387c2794" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:51:29.677" UserId="4428" Text="The subversion 1.4.0 tar file includes spec files for building RPM's under RHEL3/4 as well.  You should be able to use those for creating the RPM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, I agree with the previous answer, if there's no really overriding need for the RPM, just do the standard &quot;configure &amp;&amp; make &amp;&amp; make install&quot;." />
  <row Id="33305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18641" RevisionGUID="779ade13-e1e9-46af-bc40-ac172340f4ff" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:51:43.153" UserId="4990" Text="Always use binary. Do the conversion by hand, *if* needed -- it's more likely never needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ASCII mode does just line-end conversion between systems of different obedience. It's absolutely pointless nowadays. Most editors will adapt, XML parsers mostly ignore them, you only face problems when trying to compile .c files or run sh files on Unix that have MS-DOS line-ending -- but this usually only happens because of a misplaced ASCII mode transfer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just say no to ASCII mode. Modern FTP clients will default to BINARY anyway. " />
  <row Id="33306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18642" RevisionGUID="f977a276-a42b-4561-93f3-be0b7b51ffbf" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:51:45.183" UserId="7619" Text="Yes, &quot;We&quot; can see what you're doing, long story short.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here, we use Altiris to enable Helpdesk to administer your machine from afar, as well as perform application metering, maintaining configuration standards in the guise of rapid image deployment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On our network and in our company, Skype is a banned application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you install it, thanks to app metering, we'll know within 24/48 hours. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Altiris also comes with a remote control function that can be hidden from the logged-on user. (At least the taskbar display icon, etc.) If the bosses-that-be decide you need to be monitored, after our system emails us that you've installed Skype, then we'll do so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember that &quot;Use of electronic company equipment constitutes consent to monitoring&quot;, etc, blah, blah? Maybe it was worded differently in your company. Either way, I'll bet you a can of soda pop that your sr. IT, HR and Legal management have agreed on this policy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's say that you install Skype anyway and we don't catch it for a while. I'm still a pretty good network admin though, I'll probably catch the traffic from it on one of my wireshark or LanHound monitoring laptops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, you could just whip out your cell phone and call whomever it is you want to talk to, completely independent of your work-network. At that point, all you need to worry about is the NSA. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And you're not doing anything wrong, right?" />
  <row Id="33307" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18643" RevisionGUID="caf8e05c-502d-4f3b-83e8-5cc5fee0bbec" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:52:06.790" UserId="5763" Text="As a quick fix, you may find that running the application as a member of the Power Users local group will be sufficient permissions.  Power Users has modify rights on almost all of the registy and local file systsem.  So it is a good indication that if the app works as a Power User, then it can be made to work as a normal user by editing registry of file system permissions." />
  <row Id="33308" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18644" RevisionGUID="197595ba-3faa-48d4-bfde-1c76114ecf8a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:54:31.330" UserId="7790" Text="My network architecture is very simple:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;firewall - 192.168.0.1 running IPCop&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;vmware - 192.168.0.10 running Ubuntu Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both computers are connected to a switch, as well as several workstations in the company (about 20 computers total) and a wireless access point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At some point (which I haven't been able to determine yet), our Internet connection stops working. If I log into the firewall via SSH it's dead slow (you can barely type on the terminal). To my surprise, as soon as I unplug the VMWare Server from the network, the network goes back to normal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We tried swapping the firewall for another computer and the problem remained. Any hint on how to track it down? I couldn't find anything relevant on the server logs." />
  <row Id="33309" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18644" RevisionGUID="197595ba-3faa-48d4-bfde-1c76114ecf8a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:54:31.330" UserId="7790" Text="Network Problems with IPCop and VMWare" />
  <row Id="33310" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18644" RevisionGUID="197595ba-3faa-48d4-bfde-1c76114ecf8a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:54:31.330" UserId="7790" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="33311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18645" RevisionGUID="bec73739-4dd4-48b5-abd9-8146cb69ac94" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:54:59.300" UserId="1205" Text="I've been looking into setting up my own email server the past couple of weeks and the more I look into it the more I feel that this is an area I do not want to get into. I guess my heart just isn't into email and everything that comes with it. I just want it to work and forget about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've heard about people outsourcing their email to Google. I did some searches on this and I've figured out how I can send email using gmail with another email address than my gmail address but, I can't seem to figure out how to go about setting up incoming mail. Is this something you will have to do with Google App Engine?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33312" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18645" RevisionGUID="bec73739-4dd4-48b5-abd9-8146cb69ac94" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:54:59.300" UserId="1205" Text="Outsource my email server to Google" />
  <row Id="33313" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18645" RevisionGUID="bec73739-4dd4-48b5-abd9-8146cb69ac94" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:54:59.300" UserId="1205" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;google&gt;&lt;gmail&gt;" />
  <row Id="33314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18646" RevisionGUID="22fdeec5-3cc3-4664-9aff-94496048506c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:55:48.800" UserId="57188" Text="I agree with David Pashley - this is a somewhat vague question. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However I'm going to take a guess from looking at the question tags that you're using Apache as your webserver. In which case you will want to explore Mod_Rewrite [http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_rewrite.html][1] and modify either your Httpd.conf or .htaccess files to manipulate url rewrites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're using Lighttpd you would want to look at [http://redmine.lighttpd.net/wiki/lighttpd/Docs:ModRewrite][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are still a lot of 'ifs' in your question you might want to elaborate on. Some web frameworks will handle this for you (Rails, Django, CakePHP, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_rewrite.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://redmine.lighttpd.net/wiki/lighttpd/Docs:ModRewrite" />
  <row Id="33315" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18646" RevisionGUID="22fdeec5-3cc3-4664-9aff-94496048506c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:55:48.800" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18647" RevisionGUID="04cb371d-da9c-4fb2-a454-0349f5a361d6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:56:21.377" UserId="7342" Text="The &quot;Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName&quot; message is just a warning and won't impact the running of your web server. You can try making sure that &quot;hostname --fqdn&quot; returns the correct value if you want to get rid of it. I'm not sure if apache makes additional checks beyond that." />
  <row Id="33317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18648" RevisionGUID="675d595b-ae16-44b9-9d11-01a5bcd13e7c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:56:46.633" UserId="7790" Text="I think you are looking for Google Apps. It's available [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We switched about a 18 months ago, and I'm very pleased with the service and not having to maintain my Courier + Postfix + Horde server anymore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/index.html" />
  <row Id="33318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18649" RevisionGUID="f57e08bd-a787-4d45-b452-fecc82de7411" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:57:06.150" UserId="32988" Text="You're mixing the terms a bit. Google App Engine is for developing your own services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You want to sign up for Google Applications: http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/index.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When doing that, you'll get good instructions on how to relay your email through google. Both in- and outgoing." />
  <row Id="33319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18650" RevisionGUID="2441edfe-baa5-4f8c-a9a4-5ae10edfcaf4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:58:50.533" UserId="7342" Text="Google offer a commercial version of GMail. This is unrelated to Google App Engine. I'd recommend not doing it in house if you're not comfortable with your ability to do it well. It's probably cheaper and easier to pay someone else to do it for you. If you're happy with Google mail, then they don't seem any worse than anyone else." />
  <row Id="33320" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18618" RevisionGUID="4ac22d98-fa2a-496d-9a0c-4e21742bac2a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:59:08.800" UserId="4985" Comment="Added a bit more clarity to the question" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've got a fresh CentOS box and we need to enable nice urls / permalinks. We're running Apache with mod_rewrite installed but I'm aware I need edit a few config files to get the basics up and running. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the steps and files that need to be changed in order to get it up and running?" />
  <row Id="33321" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="18618" RevisionGUID="4ac22d98-fa2a-496d-9a0c-4e21742bac2a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:59:08.800" UserId="4985" Comment="Added a bit more clarity to the question" Text="Enable nice urls / permalinks in CentOS + Apache" />
  <row Id="33322" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="18618" RevisionGUID="4ac22d98-fa2a-496d-9a0c-4e21742bac2a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:59:08.800" UserId="4985" Comment="Added a bit more clarity to the question" Text="&lt;.htaccess&gt;&lt;mod-rewrite&gt;&lt;centos&gt;&lt;rewriterules&gt;&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="33323" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18651" RevisionGUID="db509e02-1416-45a3-9ac1-ae07d933114b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:00:46.413" UserId="7073" Text="My guess would be the VMWare server us flooding the network for some reason.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you say unplug the VMWare is it the physical machine being unplugged?  The VMWare is being stopped completely or the Unbuntu server is stopped and shutdown?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to isolate which of those 3 things is causing it.  I had something similiar at one point where about once every 2 weeks or so one of my windows servers would do the same thing you have.  Rebooting was my fix though since I was replacing the server soon it wasn't worth troubleshooting." />
  <row Id="33324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18652" RevisionGUID="50784722-ed0c-47ed-a987-d8361a7e2701" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:05:36.053" UserId="57188" Text="I did the same thing recently for two of my clients. Commander Keen is correct you are looking for [Google Applications][1]. There is a free and [paid][2] plan. The paid plan has more uptime guarantees and vastly more space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You route mail from your server to Google by modifying your Zone Record/DNS. Its not that hard to do. And they provide some [decent documentation][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been quite happy with this arrangement as my server is not bogged down with Qmail, SpamAssasin, Horde, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/apps/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/details.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=48090" />
  <row Id="33325" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3375" RevisionGUID="de33d49d-3027-484f-90ed-803a0cb1f67d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:05:59.970" UserId="1205" Comment="re-phrase" Text="[This document][1] explains in a very good and detailed way how to use rsync for incremental backups on Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots" />
  <row Id="33326" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18653" RevisionGUID="6142be6d-2640-40b4-a0cc-7018bb233612" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:06:41.607" UserId="45" Text="Google App Engine is a platform for developers. What you need is [Google Apps Messaging][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a free version (it shows ads) and a commercial one which has service level guarantees.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is a hosted solution which provides some nice features:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Web Interface (like Gmail)&#xD;&#xA;- Antispam/antivirus solution&#xD;&#xA;- 25 GB of space in the paid version  &#xD;&#xA;- Additional apps: instant message, and make high-quality voice and video communication without launching a separate application.&#xD;&#xA;- built-in search technology&#xD;&#xA;- 99% SLA in the commercial version&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/messaging.html" />
  <row Id="33327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18654" RevisionGUID="48cc1b45-e23b-46ea-95ec-59c37146a01e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:10:24.540" UserId="6901" Text="Just to make a complete answer for the next visitors, lighttpd does support rewrite rules although they don't support directly the equivalent of the -f and -d tags to verify the existence of a file and directory of the same name first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are currently three solutions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Wait until [feature 985][1] is implemented into the standard distribution, which should normally happen in the next 1.4.23. Or patch your own version yourself.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Use lighttpd's [mod_magnet][2] to test that.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Place your static files in a fixed directory, such as medias, and make an exception for this directory, such as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        $HTTP[&quot;host&quot;] == &quot;yoursite&quot; {&#xD;&#xA;            # all other config here ...&#xD;&#xA;            alias.url = (&#xD;&#xA;                &quot;/medias&quot; =&gt; &quot;/var/www/yoursite/public/medias&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            )&#xD;&#xA;            url.rewrite-once = (&#xD;&#xA;                &quot;^/medias/(.*)&quot; =&gt; &quot;$0&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;                &quot;^/(.*)$&quot; =&gt; &quot;/index.php/$1&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;                &quot;^/$&quot; =&gt; &quot;/index.php&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;            )&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/985&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://forum.lighttpd.net/topic/275#17802" />
  <row Id="33328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18655" RevisionGUID="ced4e51b-b57f-47af-a9b7-b44a768c769a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:12:36.460" UserId="6910" Text="I tested the solution in my original question and it clearly works. I guess I'll wait for an update to fix the problem before I deploy Vista sp2 here." />
  <row Id="33329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18656" RevisionGUID="ce9a6328-3e73-477e-948a-90ee9046bb38" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:15:46.490" UserId="7342" Text="It sounds like either something is flooding the network or there is a conflicting address between the firewall and the vmware box. Another possibility might be some sort of bridging on the vmware box causing ethernet problems." />
  <row Id="33330" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18657" RevisionGUID="0c5d308a-3548-490e-8866-048fafd1b79c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:20:04.320" UserId="7066" Text="Try PfSense firewall/router.  I've used it in similar situations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Vyatta may also be an option.  I haven't used it in awhile and have read their latest is much easier to set up." />
  <row Id="33331" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18658" RevisionGUID="999ebb6b-72ec-489b-8f1b-0aea52b914c9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:20:10.390" UserId="7795" Text="Hi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the licensing situation with Small Business Server 2003 and allowing other people and companies to connect and use the services?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also want to run Windows SharePoing Services (the free version) on there and allow access to this by clients to use as an intranet. Do I need to get additional licensing for this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Kind Regards&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33332" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18658" RevisionGUID="999ebb6b-72ec-489b-8f1b-0aea52b914c9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:20:10.390" UserId="7795" Text="SBS 2003 and WSS licensing" />
  <row Id="33333" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18658" RevisionGUID="999ebb6b-72ec-489b-8f1b-0aea52b914c9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:20:10.390" UserId="7795" Text="&lt;sbs2003&gt;&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;licensing&gt;" />
  <row Id="33334" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18659" RevisionGUID="8aa0ac54-acdc-483c-86de-40db60d98444" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:23:04.617" UserId="5778" Text="Be aware that there are bridging and NAT networks available by default on VM - one of them may be causing a conflict. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is &quot;very slow&quot; to the IPCop I would be interested to see if that was a network problem (does pinging the IPCop become sluggish?) or a CPU load issue (run top on IPCop).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you see any other odd networking issues at the same time? Have you perhaps got a loop in your network somewhere? How many NICs are in the VM box?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apologies for &quot;20 questions mode&quot; but myself and the other 'faulters may have a better stab with a spot more info :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTH,&#xD;&#xA;Tom" />
  <row Id="33335" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18660" RevisionGUID="0a213bfb-1ef2-4ee9-b7ee-6b55d36abf89" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:23:20.500" UserId="5473" Text="Unless you need to distribute this to others, I would just use configure, make, make install. I typically set prefix to something like /opt or /usr/local, and I keep all the original tars in a directory like /root/packages/ so I have a reasonable audit trail and know what I have installed and therefore what to uninstall. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18661" RevisionGUID="117c5d6f-c2ed-4c53-8c48-55c978425f7c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:26:09.890" UserId="2744" Text="&#xD;&#xA;Here's another example, with basic filtering (no RFC1918 inbound routes, only advertise your local prefix:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;router bgp YOURASN&#xD;&#xA; bgp router-id BGP_ROUTER_IP_ADDRESS&#xD;&#xA; network 209.85.171.0/24&#xD;&#xA; neighbor myisp peer-group&#xD;&#xA; neighbor myisp remote-as ISPASN&#xD;&#xA; neighbor myisp distribute-list 3 in&#xD;&#xA; neighbor myisp distribute-list 4 out&#xD;&#xA; neighbor myisp filter-list 2 out&#xD;&#xA; neighbor ISP_ROUTER_IP_ADDRESS peer-group myisp&#xD;&#xA; distance bgp 150 150 150&#xD;&#xA;!&#xD;&#xA;access-list 3 deny 10.0.0.0 0.0.0.255&#xD;&#xA;access-list 3 deny 192.168.0.0 0.0.255.255&#xD;&#xA;access-list 3 deny 172.16.0.0 0.15.255.255&#xD;&#xA;access-list 3 permit any&#xD;&#xA;access-list 4 permit 209.85.171.0 0.0.0.255&#xD;&#xA;!&#xD;&#xA;ip as-path access-list 2 permit ^$&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="33337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18662" RevisionGUID="576d5689-255e-4ab4-9832-b614e3a6a901" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:28:18.580" UserId="6751" Text="Demand is still currently low for open source IPv6 IPAM applications, and the commercial vendors (Alcatel-Lucent, Bluecat, Infoblox, and INS) are really the only ones with the credible solutions at this point. " />
  <row Id="33338" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18644" RevisionGUID="35e43824-3c90-4a77-8a14-3a7d94996fd3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:28:33.727" UserId="7790" Comment="updated with more information" Text="My network architecture is very simple:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;firewall - 192.168.0.1 running IPCop&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;vmware - 192.168.0.10 running Ubuntu Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both computers are connected to a switch, as well as several workstations in the company (about 20 computers total) and a wireless access point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At some point (which I haven't been able to determine yet), our Internet connection stops working. If I log into the firewall via SSH it's dead slow (you can barely type on the terminal). To my surprise, as soon as I unplug the VMWare Server from the network, the network goes back to normal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We tried swapping the firewall for another computer and the problem remained. Any hint on how to track it down? I couldn't find anything relevant on the server logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update with more information:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The VMWare box has 1 physical NIC and is running about 3 to 5 computers with bridged mode.&#xD;&#xA; - When the connection fails, running top on the firewall does not report huge CPU activity.&#xD;&#xA; - The firewall does not show any information on the logs when this problem happens.&#xD;&#xA; - I can't ping outside from the firewall when this failure manifests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18663" RevisionGUID="5c901105-64ad-4212-916d-bebc62f65b0e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:29:51.233" UserDisplayName="Freeloadr" Text="Here's a quick tip. If your fixing a configuration error that caused a syntax error, you can usually just do a graceful restart of apache to have it pick up your fixes.  However, run time errors like missing log file directories, bad permissions, full disks, etc require an actual restart of apache." />
  <row Id="33342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18665" RevisionGUID="b97d608c-caf0-4c88-84c8-3cac9d2e4e14" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:32:42.137" UserId="7802" Text="Please excuse (or even better, correct) my misuse of terminology here, I'm a bit of a noob at this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On my companies internal network, on the DNS server (server 2k3), if I create an AName record to an internal machine, say:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AndrewsPc 192.168.0.1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this works fine, and can be accessed from any networked machine no problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, subdomains do not work without being fully qualified with the domain name. For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for the internal webserver i set up an AName like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    CruiseControl 192.168.0.1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like the sites on it to be configured as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    MySite.CruiseControl 192.168.0.1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;however, the only way to access these sites is via:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    MySite.CruiseControl.MyDomainName&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where as i can Access CruiseControl via just `CruiseControl` i.e. it doesnt need to be `CruiseControl.MyDomainName`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm pretty sure I've setup dns records in exactly the same way on other networks and had no problem (i.e. not needed to add the domain on the end). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is causing this and how do I make it so i can access subdomains without needing the full domain path?" />
  <row Id="33343" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18665" RevisionGUID="b97d608c-caf0-4c88-84c8-3cac9d2e4e14" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:32:42.137" UserId="7802" Text="subdomain dns on windows server 2003 needing fully qualified name" />
  <row Id="33344" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18665" RevisionGUID="b97d608c-caf0-4c88-84c8-3cac9d2e4e14" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:32:42.137" UserId="7802" Text="&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="33348" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18667" RevisionGUID="27413185-2e6a-4e79-815d-0f426a5ae04c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:35:16.410" UserId="1944" Text="I have files which I source in my files.&#xD;&#xA;I want to search them, when I am at a file which have these sources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**How can you grep only sourced files and the current open file in Vim?**" />
  <row Id="33349" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18667" RevisionGUID="27413185-2e6a-4e79-815d-0f426a5ae04c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:35:16.410" UserId="1944" Text="Unable to grep sourced Files in Vim" />
  <row Id="33350" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18667" RevisionGUID="27413185-2e6a-4e79-815d-0f426a5ae04c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:35:16.410" UserId="1944" Text="&lt;vim&gt;&lt;grep&gt;" />
  <row Id="33351" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18668" RevisionGUID="d82c4b6c-eb8b-4e6d-aa3e-609b3604fb99" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:35:25.973" UserId="3950" Text="Rebuilding an existing src.rpm is probably the easiest. I would definitely *not* go the way of configure, make, make install because (a) that doesn't scale, (b) doesn't provide for easy removal / upgrading of the package and (c) is not atomic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Building an RPM is not so hard. There used to be a pretty good beginners tutorial at Linux.com, before they destroyed the site. You can try this [one][1], but it's a lot of text, not easy to digest. Still, it's better than nothing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll give you a few pointers, out of the back of my head:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. setup an .rpmmacros file in ~&#xD;&#xA; 2. create ~/rpmbuild/{RPMS,SRPMS,SPECS,BUILD,BUILDROOT,SOURCES}&#xD;&#xA; 3. drop the source tarball in ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES&#xD;&#xA; 4. drop the the spec file(s) in ~/rpmbuild/SPECS&#xD;&#xA; 5. run rpmbuild -bp YOURSPEC in ~/rpmbuild/SPECS (runs prepare phase)&#xD;&#xA; 6. run rpmbuild -bc YOURSPEC in ~/rpmbuild/SPECS (above and runs compile phase)&#xD;&#xA; 7. run rpmbuild -bb YOURSPEC in ~/rpmbuild/SPECS (above and builds actual package)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tend to use 5, 6 and 7 separately when creating new RPM's, because I like to inspect the ouput in detail. You might want to go for 7 immediately if you have a vendor provided specfile.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I usually have something like this in my .rpmmacros.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    %_topdir /home/YOURNAME/rpmbuild&#xD;&#xA;    %packager YOUR NAME &lt;YOUR@EMA.IL&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    %_tmppath /tmp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the syntax of the specfile: it is not that hard. There exists a very detailed, be it very old, reference work called '[Maximum RPM][2]'. Everything you want to know is in there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.tldp.org/RPM-HOWTO&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/" />
  <row Id="33352" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18669" RevisionGUID="2d1a6324-0c45-4b51-8132-9d87262c9781" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:35:41.980" UserId="7445" Text="Hi!&#xD;&#xA;This is something that has bothered me for a while.. When you open your active Network Connection in Windows (Pre-Vista) and display the Status dialog, it will show you the IP, hours online etc and below the &quot;nice&quot; animation there is a display of either Transmitted and Received Bytes or Transmitted and Received Packets... What determines which it chooses? Is it the network driver? Is it random?? :)&#xD;&#xA;Please enlighten me.. :)" />
  <row Id="33353" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18669" RevisionGUID="2d1a6324-0c45-4b51-8132-9d87262c9781" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:35:41.980" UserId="7445" Text="Windows Network Connection - bytes or packets???" />
  <row Id="33354" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18669" RevisionGUID="2d1a6324-0c45-4b51-8132-9d87262c9781" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:35:41.980" UserId="7445" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="33355" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18670" RevisionGUID="efe541f3-e54d-497e-949c-9af0989f6495" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:37:34.850" UserId="6910" Text="I am currently deploying some files through GPP to a folder under program files. I now have to differ between a 64bits and 32bits os. What is the easy way to filter out what computer to target with the targeting editor?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Wmi: SELECT * FROM Win32_Processor WHERE AddressWidth = 32&#xD;&#xA;2. environment: programfilesx86&#xD;&#xA;3. registry: ???&#xD;&#xA;4. os selection in the targeting editor&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am currently looking at using a WMI select, but it seems a but it seems overkill. What method is the best? " />
  <row Id="33356" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18670" RevisionGUID="efe541f3-e54d-497e-949c-9af0989f6495" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:37:34.850" UserId="6910" Text="Group policy preferences that only target 32bit or 64bit os" />
  <row Id="33357" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18670" RevisionGUID="efe541f3-e54d-497e-949c-9af0989f6495" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:37:34.850" UserId="6910" Text="&lt;group-policy&gt;" />
  <row Id="33358" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18671" RevisionGUID="825e72f3-6dbe-4cb4-b8b0-b56a8e2f523f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:39:06.817" UserId="6743" Text="Assuming your main file is called 'mainfile', you can run something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ grep searchstring mainfile $(grep source mainfile | awk '{print $2}')&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I assumed you use `source &lt;file&gt;` inside your mainfile for sourcing)" />
  <row Id="33359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18672" RevisionGUID="225f4020-7fb9-455b-a880-5efd5d743909" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:39:25.973" UserId="45" Text="You could use the following script. Save it under &quot;printerlist.vbs&quot; and call it using `cscript.exe printerlist.vbs` (so you'll get the output on the command line console.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    strComputer = &quot;.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Set objWMIService = GetObject(&quot;winmgmts:&quot; _&#xD;&#xA;     &amp; &quot;{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\&quot; &amp; strComputer &amp; &quot;\root\cimv2&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Set colInstalledPrinters = objWMIService.ExecQuery _&#xD;&#xA;     (&quot;SELECT * FROM Win32_Printer&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Set WshNetwork = WScript.CreateObject(&quot;WScript.Network&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    WScript.Echo(&quot;This Computer's Name = &quot; &amp; WshNetwork.ComputerName)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    For Each objPrinter in colInstalledPrinters&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;        If (objPrinter.Attributes AND 4) = 4 then&#xD;&#xA;    	  WScript.Echo(&quot;*****&gt; Default printer -- Start&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    	Else&#xD;&#xA;    	  WScript.Echo(&quot;---&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    	End If&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;        WScript.Echo(&quot;Name: &quot; &amp; objPrinter.Name)&#xD;&#xA;        WScript.Echo(&quot;Share name: &quot; &amp; objPrinter.ShareName)&#xD;&#xA;        WScript.Echo(&quot;Driver name: &quot; &amp; objPrinter.DriverName)&#xD;&#xA;        WScript.Echo(&quot;Caption: &quot; &amp; objPrinter.Caption)&#xD;&#xA;        WScript.Echo(&quot;Port: &quot; &amp; objPrinter.PortName)&#xD;&#xA;        WScript.Echo(&quot;Location: &quot; &amp; objPrinter.Location)&#xD;&#xA;        WScript.Echo(&quot;Description: &quot; &amp; objPrinter.Description)&#xD;&#xA;        WScript.Echo(&quot;Server: &quot; &amp; objPrinter.ServerName)&#xD;&#xA;        WScript.Echo(&quot;System name: &quot; &amp; objPrinter.SystemName)&#xD;&#xA;        WScript.Echo(&quot;Print processor: &quot; &amp; objPrinter.PrintProcessor)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	If (objPrinter.Attributes AND 4) = 4 then&#xD;&#xA;     	   WScript.Echo(&quot;*****&gt; Default printer -- End&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    	Else&#xD;&#xA;     	   WScript.Echo(&quot;---&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    	End If&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Next&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33360" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18673" RevisionGUID="5a20a1a1-3c3a-4cae-bf01-5d01e5511cbd" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:42:07.423" UserId="6470" Text="I'm not sure if I understood your question correctly, but if you want to run external command from vim and pass it the content of the file you are currently editing, you can use something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;:!grep sometext %" />
  <row Id="33363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18675" RevisionGUID="de79c614-0e1f-4f41-a886-d0d60751f5ca" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:46:13.693" UserId="7503" Text="If you're just looking for a customized Windows CD, look for nLite.  As for a bootable Windows CD, BartPE, mentioned above, is your best bet." />
  <row Id="33365" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18676" RevisionGUID="5bb7759f-8bf8-4c95-aa6f-abd68f134a3c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:46:57.080" UserId="4947" Text="As wzzrd says, try to rebuild an existing SRPM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Searching for OpenSUSE 10.3 RPMS][1] yields 2 interesting results:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [source RPM][2]&#xD;&#xA;* [x86_64 RPM][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that 10.3 is far from 10.1, but it's a good shot.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://software.opensuse.org/search&#xD;&#xA;[2]: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/10.3/standard/src/subversion-1.4.4-29.src.rpm&#xD;&#xA;[3]: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/10.3/standard/x86_64/subversion-1.4.4-29.x86_64.rpm" />
  <row Id="33366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18677" RevisionGUID="7a15243c-6cd0-4e03-890e-3735b1f9aa48" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:47:25.207" UserId="7302" Text="I know that there has to be a way to do this, I just haven't found it yet...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I prevent non-administrator users from changing the screen resolution?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Is there a way with Group Policy?&#xD;&#xA; - Is there some registry setting?&#xD;&#xA; - Is there an open-source utility?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any direction would be greatly appreciated!" />
  <row Id="33367" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18677" RevisionGUID="7a15243c-6cd0-4e03-890e-3735b1f9aa48" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:47:25.207" UserId="7302" Text="Windows XP: prevent users from changing screen resolution?" />
  <row Id="33368" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18677" RevisionGUID="7a15243c-6cd0-4e03-890e-3735b1f9aa48" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:47:25.207" UserId="7302" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;screen-resolution&gt;&lt;lockdown&gt;" />
  <row Id="33369" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18668" RevisionGUID="2a4f7e80-dca0-4d15-a47a-99f16d1a74ae" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:47:42.430" UserId="3950" Comment="added 85 characters in body" Text="Rebuilding an existing src.rpm is probably the easiest. I would definitely *not* go the way of configure, make, make install because (a) that doesn't scale, (b) doesn't provide for easy removal / upgrading of the package and (c) is not atomic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Building an RPM is not so hard. There used to be a pretty good beginners tutorial at Linux.com, before they destroyed the site. You can try this [one][1], but it's a lot of text, not easy to digest. Still, it's better than nothing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll give you a few pointers, out of the back of my head:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. setup an .rpmmacros file in ~&#xD;&#xA; 2. create ~/rpmbuild/{RPMS,SRPMS,SPECS,BUILD,BUILDROOT,SOURCES}&#xD;&#xA; 3. drop the source tarball in ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES&#xD;&#xA; 4. drop the the spec file(s) in ~/rpmbuild/SPECS&#xD;&#xA; 5. run rpmbuild -bp YOURSPEC in ~/rpmbuild/SPECS (runs prepare phase)&#xD;&#xA; 6. run rpmbuild -bc YOURSPEC in ~/rpmbuild/SPECS (above and runs compile phase)&#xD;&#xA; 7. run rpmbuild -bb YOURSPEC in ~/rpmbuild/SPECS (above and builds actual package)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If everything worked out, your RPM will have appeared in ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/${arch}.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tend to use 5, 6 and 7 separately when creating new RPM's, because I like to inspect the ouput in detail. You might want to go for 7 immediately if you have a vendor provided specfile.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I usually have something like this in my .rpmmacros.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    %_topdir /home/YOURNAME/rpmbuild&#xD;&#xA;    %packager YOUR NAME &lt;YOUR@EMA.IL&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    %_tmppath /tmp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the syntax of the specfile: it is not that hard. There exists a very detailed, be it very old, reference work called '[Maximum RPM][2]'. Everything you want to know is in there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.tldp.org/RPM-HOWTO&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/" />
  <row Id="33371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18679" RevisionGUID="6f2b7935-35d7-43ad-8334-0b9eeb563626" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:48:44.643" UserId="7783" Text="*How do you decide what is permissible to allow users control over?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) What do users need control over in order to carry out their jobs?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) What doesn't matter one way or the other? (e.g. does it really matter if someone in a role where customers are never going to see their computer desktop wants to pick their own desktop wallpaper?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) What can be locked down to make the job of managing the system easier without affecting the users?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) What should be locked down to some degree to prevent users going up a 'dead end' (e.g. hide options to turn on fax support from the PC if this will never ever work on your LAN to stop users wasting their time trying to use it and your time dealing with requests to help make it work)" />
  <row Id="33372" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18653" RevisionGUID="46f58e29-11d1-4836-bf22-583e0c82a0f2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:49:41.037" UserId="45" Comment="added 269 characters in body" Text="Google App Engine is a platform for developers. What you need is [Google Apps Messaging][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a free version (it shows ads) and a commercial one which has service level guarantees. One of my customers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is a hosted solution which provides some nice features:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Web Interface (like Gmail)&#xD;&#xA;- Antispam/antivirus solution&#xD;&#xA;- 25 GB of space in the paid version for *each* account in the domain&#xD;&#xA;- Additional apps: instant message, and make high-quality voice and video communication without launching a separate application.&#xD;&#xA;- built-in search technology&#xD;&#xA;- 99% SLA in the commercial version&#xD;&#xA;- Support for POP3 and IMAP connections&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of my customers switched one of its domains with 80 accounts to the free service and had no problems so far. There is an import function for bulk-creating user accounts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/messaging.html" />
  <row Id="33373" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18680" RevisionGUID="9b7748ba-d904-4c95-95ac-d7a45b838c6e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:50:20.477" UserId="2348" Text="What you need in your scenario  is The Windows Server 2008 (2003) External Connector (EC) license, as [described here][1], and this covers both scenarios you mentioned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please note: Additional licensing fees might apply if you plan to use Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 or SQL Server 2005/2008 as database backend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/external-connectors.aspx" />
  <row Id="33374" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18681" RevisionGUID="4c6faa36-417d-4be7-bf0b-8848bd9aa897" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:50:33.610" UserId="7503" Text="I've had issues similar to this in the past when using drives set to &quot;Cable Select&quot; when some drives don't spin up immediately on boot.  Its an extreme solution, but try cracking the case and turning off drive select.  If its an OEM system, they've likely left it on that setting, since its easier for them to do." />
  <row Id="33375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18682" RevisionGUID="8541bbb1-ae56-46f3-a685-4874ff186871" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:51:02.267" UserDisplayName="Don Zoomik" Text="If i remember correctly, you can hide Settings tab from Display properties in GP." />
  <row Id="33376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18683" RevisionGUID="b945d637-5472-4660-bf11-a9f670a6078e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:53:10.363" UserId="7577" Text="I believe we all aware of this perception of system administrators. He is typically perceived as someone who has the control of the whole network, act like an authority granting his &quot;precious&quot; time to fix problems he himself has created.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some feature is missing? Admin has removed the right. Access to some network resource is not working? Sure, he hasn't given you the access. WTF should I waste my time to call that *censored* and ask him the permission to do something which belongs to my job?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We also had an issue here. I detached my new PC and attached the old broken one to grab some data from the disk? Sure, some extreme security measures have blocked my account immediately. What for? Yes, and I still have no access to the network share on my new PC. Why? Then we tried to install the TFS and couldn't create network accounts without the admin who was absent most of the week? Why? It is our network, for us developers to perform our duties? Are we not trusted here?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And anytime you show some equal administration skills in public, he gets really angry. Yes, it is so childish.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Really dislike admins. Just can't stand them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What about you?" />
  <row Id="33377" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18683" RevisionGUID="b945d637-5472-4660-bf11-a9f670a6078e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:53:10.363" UserId="7577" Text="Admin as an evil personage. Origins, myths and the truth." />
  <row Id="33378" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18683" RevisionGUID="b945d637-5472-4660-bf11-a9f670a6078e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:53:10.363" UserId="7577" Text="&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;admin&gt;&lt;administrator&gt;" />
  <row Id="33381" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18685" RevisionGUID="78509c75-198f-48bd-9307-eb318738f7b3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:55:35.397" UserId="4694" Text="These statistics are **driver related**. It may change when you update your NIC driver.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Microsoft Help and Support][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;296669&amp;Product=winxp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the website: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The statistics that are displayed in the activity pane are adapter-specific statistics.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; These statistics are not a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; function of the operating system. The&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network interface vendor determines&#xD;&#xA;&gt; what statistics to report on the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network interface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33382" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18686" RevisionGUID="868cb14e-8905-4839-ae4a-856b141abd5a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:55:44.307" UserId="2561" Text="How do I determine the optimal stripe size for RAID 10 for mail stores and the transaction logs for Exchange 2003?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am planning to have 2 RAID 10 arrays for my exchange setup.  For the data store, 10x 399 GB disks and for the transaction logs 4x 399 GB disks.  My stripe size options are from 2^2 to 2^7 KB in increments of powers of 2.  The file system will be NTFS." />
  <row Id="33383" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18686" RevisionGUID="868cb14e-8905-4839-ae4a-856b141abd5a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:55:44.307" UserId="2561" Text="Best Raid 10 stripe size of Exchange 2003 Data Stores and Transaction Logs?" />
  <row Id="33384" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18686" RevisionGUID="868cb14e-8905-4839-ae4a-856b141abd5a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:55:44.307" UserId="2561" Text="&lt;exchange-2003&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="33385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18687" RevisionGUID="ae7cacd2-e196-43e8-9560-740e22dbb582" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:55:58.207" UserId="45" Text="You could disable the settings tab for users as policy:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Local Security Policy &gt; User Config &gt; Admin Templates &#xD;&#xA;       &gt; Control Panel &gt; Display &gt; Hide Settings Tab&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the MSDN documentation for this settting: [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms811676.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms811676.aspx" />
  <row Id="33386" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18688" RevisionGUID="abf20d52-d4f1-44c2-9b30-a0a300a271cd" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:56:50.297" UserId="1995" Text="The WMI Filter method is the best one to use because it's defined seperately of the GPO, natively administered in the GPMC, and can be linked to one or more GPOs as required.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Target 32-bit OS's with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Namespace: root\CIMv2&#xD;&#xA;- Query: Select * from Win32_Processor where AddressWidth = '32'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Target 64-bit OS's with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Namespace: root\CIMv2  &#xD;&#xA;- Query: Select * from Win32_Processor where AddressWidth = '64'" />
  <row Id="33387" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18689" RevisionGUID="66493f20-400c-4261-8b9a-83c4887f8dbb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:57:34.320" UserId="4703" Text="Intrusion detection systems are more than just a NIDS (network-based one). I find that for my&#xD;&#xA;environment, a HIDS is much more useful. Currently I am using OSSEC, which monitors my logs, files, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, if you are not getting enough value of Snort, try a different approach. Maybe modsecurity for apache or ossec for log analysis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33388" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18690" RevisionGUID="1e78d913-db4b-4fa7-a48b-8aa6b24aa4b1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T12:57:38.530" UserId="6522" Text="See it like a cross breed of an SQL server with a network file share, take the best bit of these two technologies, throw it away and whats left is Active Directory (or for that matter any LDAP). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now imagine that everything you usually do to configure a single PC, like setting up users, groups, printers, network shares, access rights and the such can be stored in a specific place and applied to any (multitude) of computer(s) willing to access that specific place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is how Microsoft wants us to use Active Directory." />
  <row Id="33389" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18691" RevisionGUID="6b45d93a-1f48-4d96-b903-120cb804ba2a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:01:34.767" UserId="4703" Text="You know that tripwire open source is outdated and not supported anymore? Plus, its configuration is a pain and it has no centralized support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The recommended integrity monitors that are open source, with centralized support and actively maintained are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-OSSEC - http://www.ossec.net&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Samhain - http://www.la-samhna.de/samhain/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Osiris - http://osiris.shmoo.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am specially a fan of OSSEC, which is the simplest,easiest to use... But try them all and see if you like.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33390" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18692" RevisionGUID="8370090d-5c7f-4256-bb6b-cf1eb6535862" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:01:44.673" UserId="6999" Text="Is there a maximum limit on the number of items that can be stored in a folder on Windows Server 2008?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a requirement to handle the ftp of hundreds of thousands of items to a folder and process the items in the folder. I've heard rumours that it is 5000 items. Anyone want to back this up with evidence? My google fu is failing me." />
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  <row Id="33392" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18692" RevisionGUID="8370090d-5c7f-4256-bb6b-cf1eb6535862" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:01:44.673" UserId="6999" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;ftp&gt;" />
  <row Id="33393" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18669" RevisionGUID="b42b710b-e6bb-4c45-b690-aa73782e58c5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:02:34.127" UserId="45" Comment="added 2 characters in body; edited title" Text="Hi!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is something that has bothered me for a while. When you open your active Network Connection in Windows (Pre-Vista) and display the Status dialog, it will show you the IP, hours online etc and below the &quot;nice&quot; animation there is a display of either Transmitted and Received Bytes or Transmitted and Received Packets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What determines which it chooses? Is it the network driver? Is it random? :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please enlighten me. :)" />
  <row Id="33394" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="18669" RevisionGUID="b42b710b-e6bb-4c45-b690-aa73782e58c5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:02:34.127" UserId="45" Comment="added 2 characters in body; edited title" Text="Windows Network Connection - bytes or packets?" />
  <row Id="33395" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18685" RevisionGUID="1beb2e05-6d15-49bf-9502-97adc26715ad" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:02:44.907" UserId="4694" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="These statistics are **driver related**. It may change when you update your NIC driver.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Microsoft Help and Support][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;296669&amp;Product=winxp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the website: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The statistics that are displayed in the activity panel are adapter-specific statistics.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; These statistics are not a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; function of the operating system. The&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network interface vendor determines&#xD;&#xA;&gt; what statistics to report on the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network interface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33396" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18693" RevisionGUID="fda540a0-0601-4a0d-903e-82c502b90f8a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:05:38.147" UserId="3256" Text="You should only have one A record per IP address - instead use [CNAME][1] (alias) records.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Multiple A records for the same IP address can cause problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNAME_record" />
  <row Id="33397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18694" RevisionGUID="266cf9f4-2e0b-4125-9f55-f947a01423e8" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:06:40.843" UserId="2991" Text="&quot;Are we not trusted here?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No, I wouldn't trust you." />
  <row Id="33398" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18695" RevisionGUID="aacf44e2-f66d-4ce3-b82c-63ac756026e1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:07:33.730" UserId="7200" Text="Microsoft gives you a lot of good information here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb125079.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Off the top of my head, I believe you want 32KB stripes and you'll want the partitions aligned to the stripe boundaries. Don't take my word for it-- read the guide. I can be an idiot sometimes. (smile)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: I said 64KB first. It should be 32KB. See-- I'm an idiot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also see: http://blogs.technet.com/evand/archive/2004/10/14/242127.aspx" />
  <row Id="33399" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13516" RevisionGUID="26361140-c0ea-479b-916b-6e7837291734" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:08:04.977" UserId="919" Comment="added 5 characters in body" Text="Use [etckeeper][1] to do it for you. There's lot of reasons for this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You will forget to use VCS on occasion; etckeeper hooks into package managers, giving you a pre-inst and post-inst state to roll back to&#xD;&#xA; - You will screw up file permissions&#xD;&#xA; - You will screw up handling the shadow passwd file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/etckeeper/" />
  <row Id="33400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18696" RevisionGUID="365f8820-435b-4d93-b404-dc33cb82e2a4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:08:10.640" UserId="7813" Text="What is the easyest way to set encrypted partition under linux?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, what I want is to have fixed size file in my home folder. When I mount it and type password, it should appear as regular folder. I should also be able to umount it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it would be possible to prevend other users, including root, to access it while mounted, it would be a bonus.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It shouldn't depend on any kernel featueres or configuration, cause I want to be able to mount it later on another computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33401" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18696" RevisionGUID="365f8820-435b-4d93-b404-dc33cb82e2a4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:08:10.640" UserId="7813" Text="Easyest way to setup encrypted partition" />
  <row Id="33402" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18696" RevisionGUID="365f8820-435b-4d93-b404-dc33cb82e2a4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:08:10.640" UserId="7813" Text="&lt;encryption&gt;&lt;privacy&gt;&lt;partition&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="33403" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18697" RevisionGUID="d2c06e5a-e490-4410-9603-afb39e43aba1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:08:15.977" UserId="2277" Text="See &lt;a href=&quot;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/bb457112.aspx&quot;&gt;This link at Microsoft&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It suggests that there is no limit to the number of files in a given folder as long as the number of files on any given volume is not greater than 4,294,967,295 (on NTFS) the link gives much lower limits for FAT32." />
  <row Id="33405" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18699" RevisionGUID="0ea227f9-6957-4f14-a8f7-2b4477eeb45e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:09:18.283" UserId="2561" Text="Although this isn't an answer to your question, keep in mind that with many file systems performance will start to degrade if a directory has more than X files.  In ext3 I think it around 30,000." />
  <row Id="33406" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18700" RevisionGUID="2c3f1a0d-e4bf-49ab-855a-1ab5744d337a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:11:01.090" UserId="7760" Text="1) since it's cache, you don't care about the data, so a striping RAID0 would be very good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) yes, block level is faster. That's RAID3 vs. RAID4&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) nop, but again, you are mirroring trash data&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) 200MB plus some rounding. Have a look at all the settings about objects' sizes: if you have enough RAM, fitting 0-50MB into it could be great speedup, where the default is about 4MB. Also choose carefuly your cache_dir params.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5) I don't think benchmarking is relevant because caching is very dependant on what you browse. You have to parse logs to check hit ratio, etc. You can use things like awffull, etc, any log parser should do. squidview is also a nice tool that acts like a 'top' to check instant usage." />
  <row Id="33407" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18701" RevisionGUID="92575c26-1c20-41bc-8aa7-11518ae6f7ea" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:11:56.143" UserId="3950" Text="Your last requirement screams 'Truecrypt'. There are some other options (like EncFS and luks / cryptsetup), but I wouldn't exactly call those 'easy' if you do not set them up during installation. A Truecrypt volume is most likely not a partition, it would be a file, but from your question, I guess that would be ok. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If mounted, root would be able to read it though, and I doubt a solution exists where root would be banned from reading the mounted partition / file. After all, root is God. I suppose you would be able to mimic what you want on a system with SELinux in strict mode, but building such a system is opening up a huge can of worms by itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So: [Truecrypt][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.truecrypt.org/" />
  <row Id="33408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18702" RevisionGUID="4a6aec86-5f9d-492d-8e29-b3eadb97323d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:12:21.523" UserId="45" Text="I don't think there is a limit &quot;per folder.&quot;. It should be the same as the absolute limit of files **per NTFS volume**: **2^32 - 1**. It would require 512 byte sectors and a maximum file size limit of one file per sector. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Realistically you have to calculate a realistic average file size and then apply these principles to that file size. So, I wouldn't be preoccupied, I have seen folder with much more that 5000 files. But if you want to open such a folder in Windows Explorer, you could have to wait for minutes. Consider using command line tools for accessing that folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is an interesting link on Technet: [How NTFS Works][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc781134.aspx" />
  <row Id="33409" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18703" RevisionGUID="77f3f9c4-34a7-4295-838e-a3e1e170ae4f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:12:30.137" UserId="5233" Text="As splattne correctly points out, you can hide the Display Settings tab using policy.  In AD Group Policy, it's under &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;User Configuration &gt; Policies &gt; Administrative Templates &gt; Control Panel &gt; Display &gt; Hide Settings Tab&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, all this does is exactly that: hide the settings tab. It will not stop advanced users from changing the resolution, especially if you have a tray application or shell extension installed by your graphics card driver that allows users to do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless someone has a better method, I would add the AD group policy above, and uninstall or disable or otherwise lock down any Intel/ATI/NVidia application that allows users to change the resolution.  This isn't bulletproof, but it should stop all but your most technical users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A truly bulletproof solution to preventing resolution changes under non-administrator accounts might interfere with certain fullscreen applications." />
  <row Id="33410" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18704" RevisionGUID="f85c06d0-f8d2-4078-a444-845d9bb9719e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:13:27.140" UserId="2004" Text="Files per volume [2^32-1][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc938937.aspx&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33411" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18705" RevisionGUID="3fcb3a27-2de6-4586-b8fb-ce1021d955fc" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:14:09.573" UserId="3256" Text="NTFS: 4,294,967,295 ([Wikipedia Entry][1])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ntfs" />
  <row Id="33412" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18706" RevisionGUID="081e6b1d-f694-40b4-8baf-b3838dbdb102" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:14:26.343" UserId="7461" Text="I second the above answer, Trucrypt is 	definitely your tool of choice.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18707" RevisionGUID="7bd8792d-66f6-4cac-a2e1-828735c3925d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:14:53.253" UserDisplayName="lakhaman" Text="postfix will forward two mail to user when i configure autoreply, sender_bcc and always_bcc.&#xD;&#xA;i have used postfix with dovecot and mysql for virtual user configuration. i dont found where is the problem is." />
  <row Id="33414" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18707" RevisionGUID="7bd8792d-66f6-4cac-a2e1-828735c3925d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:14:53.253" UserDisplayName="lakhaman" Text="postfix send double mail when mail is forwarded" />
  <row Id="33415" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18707" RevisionGUID="7bd8792d-66f6-4cac-a2e1-828735c3925d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:14:53.253" UserDisplayName="lakhaman" Text="&lt;postfix&gt;" />
  <row Id="33416" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16861" RevisionGUID="b2c0c54a-7a48-4cd1-9894-8d8c63411077" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:15:16.170" UserId="2363" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="The book [Release It!][1] has a nice selection of horror stories about what can go wrong in production.  Reading it can provide inspiration/ideas for designing with operations in mind.  (It's written by Michael Nygard, who has worked on both the development and operations sides.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pragprog.com/titles/mnee/release-it" />
  <row Id="33417" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18695" RevisionGUID="dc6d68e7-d874-42bc-8815-12fd391dc10a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:15:47.947" UserId="7200" Comment="More crap..." Text="Microsoft gives you a lot of good information here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb125079.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Off the top of my head, I believe you want 32KB stripes and you'll want the partitions aligned to the stripe boundaries. Don't take my word for it-- read the guide. I can be an idiot sometimes. (smile)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: I said 64KB first. It should be 32KB. See-- I'm an idiot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also see: http://blogs.technet.com/evand/archive/2004/10/14/242127.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An aside: Reading Evan Dodds posting again made me recall that I did see an adverse performance situation on an Exchange 2003 installation where the SMTP queues were put onto the same spindle as the transaction logs. I recall you saying that this box is going to be a back-end server, but it will, obviously, still be receiving incoming email from your front-end servers into SMTP queues. The situation I recall is much the same as Evan Dodds described-- the SMTP queues were on the transaction log spindle and the spindle ended up thrashing between trying to do sequential writes of the transation logs and random writes on the SMTP queues. Moving the SMTP queues to a spindle of their own ended up making the box a _lot_ happier. (It got the disk queue length way down on the transaction log disks, and decreased the user-visible symptom-- RPC timeout popups galore!) Watch out for that." />
  <row Id="33418" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18708" RevisionGUID="e218f8a7-28d9-4b12-999a-4f3e31da15c7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:16:08.040" UserId="2273" Text="First, I will assume that you added your subdomain under the main domain that your internal network is using.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    MyDomain&#xD;&#xA;    |--CruiseControl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure that your clients all have the *Append primary and connection specific DNS suffixes* stetting enabled in the Advanced TCP/IP Settings dialog for their adapter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also ensure that you are pushing the *DNS Domain Name* option via DHCP.  It should be set up with your primary domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tested your scenario in our network and it works fine to resolve an address like MySite.CruiseControl without adding the TLD MyDomain to the query.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33420" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18677" RevisionGUID="f8cfd250-02b9-493c-9190-31ec70cc26d9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:16:52.377" UserId="7302" Comment="explained" Text="I know that there has to be a way to do this, I just haven't found it yet...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I prevent non-administrator users from changing the screen resolution?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Is there a way with Group Policy?&#xD;&#xA; - Is there some registry setting?&#xD;&#xA; - Is there an open-source utility?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any direction would be greatly appreciated!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** This question refers specifically to systems running Windows XP professional." />
  <row Id="33421" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18710" RevisionGUID="14b57922-09b9-4eaf-a7c4-5d7daab7c126" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:18:05.213" UserId="7285" Text="Sysadmin are just folk trying to get their job done. Some are great and some stink.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What? You tend to generalize about people? You like to put them in labeled boxes so you can apply blanket statements about them based on what they do for a living? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Get over yourself." />
  <row Id="33422" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18711" RevisionGUID="fbd8acea-3178-4841-a9e2-81171ed90896" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:19:15.930" UserId="4997" Text="The problem we have is simple and I doubt we're alone in having it, our users want access to their Windows shares from off-campus. We need a solution that's secure and simple. ATM we are running the Davenport SMB to WebDAV bridge and it does work, but the code is a bit buggy and not under active development any more. The WebDAV aspect works great though. We also run WebDisk which is a HTTP (i.e. web page) to SMB bridge and that works too, but is nowhere near as handy as being able to mount the share removely over WebDAV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there another better alternatives out there that you could recommned? We try to run all Linux servers where possible, so ideally any solution shoudl run on Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bart. " />
  <row Id="33423" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18711" RevisionGUID="fbd8acea-3178-4841-a9e2-81171ed90896" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:19:15.930" UserId="4997" Text="Best Solution for remote access to SAMBA Shares?" />
  <row Id="33424" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18711" RevisionGUID="fbd8acea-3178-4841-a9e2-81171ed90896" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:19:15.930" UserId="4997" Text="&lt;samba&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;webdav&gt;" />
  <row Id="33425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18712" RevisionGUID="5c4d41bb-a21e-4dec-a61f-58f04dd0765d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:20:29.657" UserId="7129" Text="We have a Classic ASP web-application that we are hosting with a 3rd party hosting provider (Rackspace).  We have ~ 100 databases on a SQL server and around the same number of websites on a Web-Server (IIS).  Does anyone have any tips for optimizing performance.  We occasionally see memory and CPU spikes throughout the day.  We are setup with a simple SQL server and Web-server pair." />
  <row Id="33426" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18712" RevisionGUID="5c4d41bb-a21e-4dec-a61f-58f04dd0765d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:20:29.657" UserId="7129" Text="SQL/IIS (Classic ASP) Web Application Performance Optimization" />
  <row Id="33427" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18712" RevisionGUID="5c4d41bb-a21e-4dec-a61f-58f04dd0765d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:20:29.657" UserId="7129" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;web-hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="33428" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18713" RevisionGUID="142327f1-2eb5-470b-a923-18ae654706de" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:20:46.897" UserId="5190" Text="I use UBCD4Win which is better than just the UBCD, this is based on the BartPE as well and it already has a lot of useful tools. What I like about it is that it also has a forum so you can see what other people have done and tried. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out [UBCD4Win.com][1] for more info.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://UBCD4Win.com" />
  <row Id="33430" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18714" RevisionGUID="bc017795-06e4-4775-8a78-5a43a1fb7f27" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:25:49.883" UserId="7073" Text="That &quot;some extreme security measures have blocked my account immediately&quot; is likely one of the things that is put in place to help block things like the conflicker virus from spreading when some dump *** brings in his own virus infected laptop and plugs it into the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So by disabling un-authorized MAC addresses it prevents others from connecting to the network and just browsing around or spreading stuff.  This is becoming more common and why guest wifi networks are being installed." />
  <row Id="33431" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18715" RevisionGUID="233067c0-5bc4-4adb-b9ed-ae40447f8f3b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:26:33.190" UserId="1736" Text="If you want to even be able to say the word 'secure' in connection with this implementation and not blush, I'd think you'd have to run the connections over a [proper VPN][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linas.org/linux/vpn.html" />
  <row Id="33432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18716" RevisionGUID="ce864735-6ffb-448b-84dd-57f2dde02263" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:27:09.260" UserId="2561" Text="I would think having a [VPN][1] solution such as [OpenVPN][2] might the best, but maybe that is overkill for this one task.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;ct=res&amp;cd=1&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fopenvpn.net%2F&amp;ei=DHomStnqM5KNtgff1rzjBg&amp;usg=AFQjCNGG643PtxFA56nPs_KcMiB4EEH32Q&amp;sig2=LUdfJSsfukFNe2adbyIdSw" />
  <row Id="33433" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18717" RevisionGUID="25ebdabf-0e98-4fab-a75c-4cf5e4a7e4eb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:27:22.923" Text="I have a Windows 2003 Server that acts as a file, FTP, DNS and VPN server for a small (&lt;10 user) company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Periodically, remote users cannot connect to it via VPN or FTP. However when this happens it is still possible to connect to these services from within the local network and no other problems are reported by users locally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have enabled logging for the VPN connections. The log shows the 'internal' connections being made but nothing for the remote ones - not even a 'failed' login.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We also have 2 other servers for a website and email. These remain remotely accessible when we are having the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To permit VPN / FTP connections, we have to reboot the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, the server is running at all times and providing the services, the net connection and router are up and running fine. The only way back is to reboot the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any clues ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PG" />
  <row Id="33434" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18717" RevisionGUID="25ebdabf-0e98-4fab-a75c-4cf5e4a7e4eb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:27:22.923" Text="Server 2003 will not respond to remote requests but works fine for internal ones" />
  <row Id="33435" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18717" RevisionGUID="25ebdabf-0e98-4fab-a75c-4cf5e4a7e4eb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:27:22.923" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="33436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18718" RevisionGUID="bc581954-cd3c-4458-a4c6-2187e340e637" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:27:36.293" UserId="6609" Text="Check http://serverfault.com/questions/18343/best-way-to-mount-a-linux-filesystem-on-windows-over-the-internet/" />
  <row Id="33437" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18719" RevisionGUID="a1dde3a0-df57-42c9-8c7f-7c6795d34fec" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:29:11.190" UserId="2561" Text="Another solution might be to set up an [sftp server][1], and use [automount][2] to mount the share in their sftp home directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://vsftpd.beasts.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Automount.html" />
  <row Id="33438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18720" RevisionGUID="4a9dbf31-56c1-4150-ad0e-1499fa0b2351" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:29:21.300" UserId="1736" Text="Yes, you can do so, and there's nothing wrong with it." />
  <row Id="33439" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18721" RevisionGUID="519932f5-6aff-46d8-94a8-5ec6cad0ac79" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:33:37.910" UserId="6352" Text="What do you exactly mean by &quot;remote&quot; and &quot;local&quot;?&#xD;&#xA;Are remote users connecting from another network segment or from the Internet?&#xD;&#xA;Are they connecting through a router/firewall/NAT?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you mean &quot;users connecting from the Internet can't reach the server while LAN users keep connecting happily&quot;, then it probably is a problem with your Internet connection, or your router/firewall/NAT, whatever it is; if the problem was on the server itself, local users wouldn't be able to connect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How is the server connected? How many network interfaces does it have? What is it connected to (LAN/Internet)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you running Windows Firewall, or any other software firewall (including the RRAS one), on the server?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33440" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18722" RevisionGUID="7fbac7a0-6d2c-4ab9-81ab-544d6ed18eb7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:33:38.347" UserId="914" Text="I think this &quot;question&quot; is incredibly ignorant.  You should try talking to your sysadmin, policies are implemented for reasons...rarely just to wind you up.  sysadmins are just doing their job, unfortunately some parts of their job implement restrictions on other people, but generally sysadmins are reasonable and listen to your problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sure you'd be far more annoyed if the entire network became infected with malicious viruses due to their lack of security." />
  <row Id="33441" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18723" RevisionGUID="dbea1ff8-a827-42bf-b9f8-fdcd6dcbeda4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:34:09.423" UserId="2908" Text="If you change the batch script to use PSExec (from Sysinternals) instead of &quot;Run As&quot;, you can embed the password in the script instead of requiring a teacher to enter it. I use encoded vbscript for this purpose.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    '**Start Encode**&#xD;&#xA;    Const SET_PRIVELEGE_CMD = &quot;%comspec% /c psexec -i -u User -p Password &quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set objWShell = CreateObject (&quot;WScript.shell&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    objWShell.run SET_PRIVELEGE_CMD &amp; &quot;c:\MyApplication.exe&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To encode a vbscript file you need to [download and install sce10en.exe from Microsoft][1]. Once that is installed, open a command prompt, and navigate to the folder the encoding software is installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Usage:   screnc [/?] [/s] [/f] [/xl] [/l ScriptLanguage] [/e DefaultExtension]&#xD;&#xA;                    &lt;source&gt; &lt;destination&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Encode embedded script.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    /? -    Help&#xD;&#xA;    /s -    Silent: display no messages&#xD;&#xA;    /f -    Force: allow file(s) overwrite (source == destination)&#xD;&#xA;    /xl -   Exclude Language: does not add the language directive in asp files&#xD;&#xA;    /l ScriptLanguage -&#xD;&#xA;            Script Default Language: specify the default script language to be&#xD;&#xA;            used when encoding&#xD;&#xA;    /e DefaultExtension -&#xD;&#xA;            Default Extension: override actual file extension. Control the&#xD;&#xA;            encoder to be loaded.&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;source&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            The file to encode. It can have wildcard characters.&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;destination&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            The destination file. When &lt;source&gt; contains wildcard characters,&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;destination&gt; is the directory where to place the encoded&#xD;&#xA;            files; files will keep the same name. When &lt;source&gt; and&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;destination&gt; are the same /f must be used.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Example:&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Program Files\Windows Script Encoder&gt;screnc C:\temp\MyScript.vbs C:\temp\MyScript.vbe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that this is ***encoding*** not ***encrypting***. Someone who knows what they are doing can easily decode the script to get the password making this solution unusable in some settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=E7877F67-C447-4873-B1B0-21F0626A6329&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="33442" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="18683" RevisionGUID="40bdc470-1c11-4940-9428-2407d6cb9900" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:35:06.503" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="3" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="33443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18724" RevisionGUID="5e2e4ec6-620c-4391-b970-f935306aa89e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:35:16.300" UserId="7822" Text="I am having a difficult time with an issue that our support staff won't support (as they will not support Vista).  I am able to log into our domain without any issue, however, when I go home and log into my domain account (disconnected), everything works great.  I log out that night, redock my computer on our domain network and BLAMO, I get loaded into a TEMP profile.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I look under the event view, I get the following messages.  There are 3 others that follow it, relating to this event, however, I don't want to spam the threads unless you deem it necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Log Name:      Application&#xD;&#xA;    Source:        Microsoft-Windows-User Profiles Service&#xD;&#xA;    Date:          6/3/2009 6:53:21 AM&#xD;&#xA;    Event ID:      1508&#xD;&#xA;    Task Category: None&#xD;&#xA;    Level:         Error&#xD;&#xA;    Keywords:      &#xD;&#xA;    User:          SYSTEM&#xD;&#xA;    Computer:      xxx&#xD;&#xA;    Description:&#xD;&#xA;    Windows was unable to load the registry. This problem is often caused by insufficient memory or insufficient security rights. &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;     DETAIL - The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.&#xD;&#xA;     for C:\Users\xxx\ntuser.dat&#xD;&#xA;    Event Xml:&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Event xmlns=&quot;http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;System&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Provider Name=&quot;Microsoft-Windows-User Profiles Service&quot; Guid=&quot;{89B1E9F0-5AFF-44A6-9B44-0A07A7CE5845}&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;EventID&gt;1508&lt;/EventID&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Version&gt;0&lt;/Version&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Level&gt;2&lt;/Level&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Task&gt;0&lt;/Task&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Opcode&gt;0&lt;/Opcode&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Keywords&gt;0x8000000000000000&lt;/Keywords&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;TimeCreated SystemTime=&quot;2009-06-03T11:53:21.416184400Z&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;EventRecordID&gt;2156&lt;/EventRecordID&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Correlation ActivityID=&quot;{02CFD900-F800-0000-E482-E0C041E4C901}&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Execution ProcessID=&quot;112&quot; ThreadID=&quot;304&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Channel&gt;Application&lt;/Channel&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Computer&gt;xxx/Computer&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Security UserID=&quot;S-1-5-18&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/System&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;EventData Name=&quot;EVENT_REGLOADKEYFAILED&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Data Name=&quot;Error&quot;&gt;The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Data&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Data Name=&quot;File&quot;&gt;C:\Users\xxx\ntuser.dat&lt;/Data&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/EventData&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Event&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm just frustrated that I can't get support and most of the search articles I came across had to do with local accounts.  I did make a backup of the &quot;functioning&quot; profile, in hopes to restore that once everything is back to normal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've logged in as a local admin to the box and renamed the &quot;corrupt&quot; profile in hopes that it would simply be rebuilt when I logged back into my domain account.  However, when I did that, it STILL logged into the TEMP profile...grr!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advanced, &#xD;&#xA;Aaron" />
  <row Id="33444" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18724" RevisionGUID="5e2e4ec6-620c-4391-b970-f935306aa89e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:35:16.300" UserId="7822" Text="User Profile keeps loading TEMP Profile" />
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  <row Id="33446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18725" RevisionGUID="3aedfe43-5616-4ef1-a8b1-2c6b20a0e1cb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:36:55.970" UserId="6352" Text="If you want to treat CruiseControl like a domain suffix, i.e. if you want to create site1.cruisecontrol and site2.cruisecontrol, then you can define a ZONE called &quot;cruisecontrol&quot; in your DNS server and create the records in it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33447" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18726" RevisionGUID="64ab9aa7-d89f-4066-b62d-a1ea9922d544" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:37:13.630" UserId="4225" Text="Sorry guys, turns out this was an ID ten T error. (ID 10 T) When I placed the SATA drives into the enclosure, I put the drives in starting at the top slot. Apparently the enclosure requires that the drives start at the bottom. Putting my drives down there, allows Ubuntu to automatically detect them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Consequently, Paul and Supermathie are right, the devices did get renamed on subsequent reboots, (sda became sdb because it was replaced by the drive in the enclosure) but it didn't actually affect the booting of the OS since /etc/fstab references the UUID of the boot drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if anyone is planning on using the same SATA PCI controller card with this enclosure, DON'T. As I found out last night, the chip set on this card, SiI 3512, does not support eSATA port multipliers, which are required for accessing drives besides the first drive on my Sans Digital enclosure. The effect is that Ubuntu only sees the first drive in the enclosure, rather than seeing all drives. (which is less than useful)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps someone in the future." />
  <row Id="33449" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18442" RevisionGUID="6a414aff-e513-437f-864a-cbd1c7cdfcc8" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:38:14.067" UserId="6342" Comment="version change" Text="I am running Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, its my webserver (LAMP).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My web root is: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /var/www/website/trunk/html/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I created a directory for user uploads behind that, at:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /var/www/vault/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chown -R www-data /var/www/vault/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and even, bravely: (was a desperate moment)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chmod 777 -R /var/www/vault&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My php script is unable to create subdirectories under: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /var/www/vault&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and I need it to, I have had luck uploading a file to the directory however, I get errors like this when it tries to make directories...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Warning: mkdir() [function.mkdir]: Permission denied in /var/www/website/trunk/html/jquery.uploadify/uploadretro.php on line 149&#xD;&#xA;    File /var/www/website/trunk/html../../../../vault/4d4d3092c24be8a8dac2ec269e969446.jpg does not exist.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could anyone help me out, or suggest something?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My php INI file is setup correctly allowing uploads, with a 5m size.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**More Info**&#xD;&#xA;The command at line 149 from the error above is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mkdir(str_replace('//','/',$targetPath), 777, true);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Permissions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    drwxrwxrwx  2 www-data root 4.0K Jun  3 06:04 vault&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33450" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18728" RevisionGUID="13975cc7-5269-44db-8fce-c5a6a558d716" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:38:24.800" UserId="5169" Text="I upgraded some machines to XP SP3, and now whenever the user tries to install anything they get a &quot;You must be an administrator&quot; dialog box; however I went in locally and added the user as part of the Administrator's group to the local computer's Users and Groups (i.e. Admin Tools -&gt; Computer Management -&gt; Local Users and Groups).  The user has standard rights on the domain but nothing that would block this; users on SP2 don't have this problem and can install software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I go about fixing this?  It's getting annoying for the users to have to call me over and then have to log out, then log back in as the local Administrator account in order to install anything or configure an IP printer (option is grayed out except with Administrator account)." />
  <row Id="33451" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18728" RevisionGUID="13975cc7-5269-44db-8fce-c5a6a558d716" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:38:24.800" UserId="5169" Text="User is set as a local admin but gets access denied when trying to install software" />
  <row Id="33452" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18728" RevisionGUID="13975cc7-5269-44db-8fce-c5a6a558d716" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:38:24.800" UserId="5169" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="33453" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18729" RevisionGUID="5b329905-75cd-4660-92db-f558fcb7e3a3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:38:54.877" UserId="7619" Text="Can't we all just get along? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;:)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seriously though. It sounds like you've had some pretty bad experiences with less-than-gifted-in-the-social-skills-department &quot;Admins&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let me try to help. Illustrate a little of where &quot;we&quot; come from;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; He is typically perceived as someone&#xD;&#xA;&gt; who has the control of the whole&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network, act like an authority...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;He/she, (the admin) is someone _who is entrusted with the responsibility by the company's management_ of making sure the network is up, running and running well. Surely we need a level of detailed control to fulfill those requirements. Instead of a blind hatred for someone who's job it is to maintain that network, how about altering your approach a little and working with us?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Sure, he hasn't given you the access.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; WTF should I waste my time to call&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that censored and ask him the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; permission to do something which&#xD;&#xA;&gt; belongs to my job?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe you're not seeing the big picture here. It's not personal that something is disabled, it's likely the case that it's disabled for ALL users, because it's dangerous for folks who don't know how to use it/what it does, to mess with it. If you've got a valid reason and some good knowledge to back up your use of such a thing, your admin ***should*** have no reason to not grant you access. (I emphasize the `should' in there, because as in the case of all things, your mileage may vary. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I detached my new PC and attached the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; old broken one to grab some data from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the disk? Sure, some extreme security&#xD;&#xA;&gt; measures have blocked my account&#xD;&#xA;&gt; immediately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It sounds like you ran into some 802.1x mac address switchport blocking or something like that. Slow down, friend. Understand that countermeasures such as that are in place to block unauthorized access to the network. They're NOT there, directed at you. Don't take it personally. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, that's not an &quot;extreme security measure&quot;. It's actually quite commonplace, and AGAIN, there to avoid someone just walking up, plugging in and hacking away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps this entire frustrating situation could have been avoided by simply communicating what you intended to do, along with a justification? IMHO, a little polite communication goes a long way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Then we tried to install the TFS and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; couldn't create network accounts&#xD;&#xA;&gt; without the admin who was absent most&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of the week? Why? It is our network,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for us developers to perform our&#xD;&#xA;&gt; duties? Are we not trusted here?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again, I'd ask if you communicated your change to the persons _who are responsible for the operation and well-being of the network_ prior to them going on vacation? I'm not sure what you mean by &quot;TFS&quot;, (our industry is riddled with more acronyms than the military at times :), but your statement of &quot;It is our network, for us developers..&quot; puts me a little ill-at-ease, which I'm sure it does to your admin as well. It's not &quot;Your&quot; network per-se. It's &quot;the company's&quot; network, and provided to you as a tool to help enable you to get your job done. As is the case with all complicated tools, there is a `tool maintainer' who's responsibility it is to make sure that tool is working properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, as far as this statement goes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; And anytime you show some equal&#xD;&#xA;&gt; administration skills in public, he&#xD;&#xA;&gt; gets really angry. Yes, it is so&#xD;&#xA;&gt; childish.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ego is a fragile and unpredictable thing. From the gist of what you're saying in your post, it sounds like you understand exactly where I'm coming from with this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instead of seeking conflict and competition with your admin which in all likelihood is exacerbating the problem you're describing, try showing some patience and understanding. Communicate. Reach out, and be polite and respectful. You would be surprised how far that goes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, in your defense there's always the other side of the coin. Your admin may very well be one of those kinds of IT professionals who simply do NOT play well with others and it's unfortunate but has become somewhat common in our industry to hire the smart ones who have a lack of understanding user's needs or the ability to balance out security with business requirements. There are plenty of IT professionals who suffer from insecurity and other problems that result in them acting a lot like you've described. The best way to work with someone like that, is to show patience, understanding and friendship. Help them understand you. Show them that you're not threatening.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your admin is unreasonable to the point where it's proving to be a serious detriment to you and your team accomplishing your tasks, politely explain where you're coming from. Ask him or her to help. If you get a rude response, _take it to yours and theirs manager_. Explain your situation. Detail how you've been polite and tried to work with them, but are getting nowhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you fear repercussion from escalation, make sure to detail that in your meeting with management as well. Be honest. Have integrity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Either way, good luck mate." />
  <row Id="33454" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18723" RevisionGUID="55f4e8e0-aab5-419b-9376-92f6f582a465" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:39:34.500" UserId="2908" Comment="for clarity" Text="If you change the batch script to use PSExec (from Sysinternals) instead of &quot;Run As&quot;, you can embed the password in the script instead of requiring a teacher to enter it. I use encoded vbscript for this purpose.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    '**Start Encode**&#xD;&#xA;    Const SET_PRIVELEGE_CMD = &quot;%comspec% /c psexec -i -u User -p Password &quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set objWShell = CreateObject (&quot;WScript.shell&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    objWShell.run SET_PRIVELEGE_CMD &amp; &quot;c:\MyApplication.exe&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To encode a vbscript file you need to place the &quot;**Start Encode**&quot; text as a comment in the script before any of the code, and also [download and install sce10en.exe from Microsoft][1]. Once those are done, open a command prompt, and navigate to the folder the encoding software is installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Usage:   screnc [/?] [/s] [/f] [/xl] [/l ScriptLanguage] [/e DefaultExtension]&#xD;&#xA;                    &lt;source&gt; &lt;destination&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Encode embedded script.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    /? -    Help&#xD;&#xA;    /s -    Silent: display no messages&#xD;&#xA;    /f -    Force: allow file(s) overwrite (source == destination)&#xD;&#xA;    /xl -   Exclude Language: does not add the language directive in asp files&#xD;&#xA;    /l ScriptLanguage -&#xD;&#xA;            Script Default Language: specify the default script language to be&#xD;&#xA;            used when encoding&#xD;&#xA;    /e DefaultExtension -&#xD;&#xA;            Default Extension: override actual file extension. Control the&#xD;&#xA;            encoder to be loaded.&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;source&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            The file to encode. It can have wildcard characters.&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;destination&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            The destination file. When &lt;source&gt; contains wildcard characters,&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;destination&gt; is the directory where to place the encoded&#xD;&#xA;            files; files will keep the same name. When &lt;source&gt; and&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;destination&gt; are the same /f must be used.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Example:&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Program Files\Windows Script Encoder&gt;screnc C:\temp\MyScript.vbs C:\temp\MyScript.vbe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that this is ***encoding*** not ***encrypting***. Someone who knows what they are doing can easily decode the script to get the password making this solution unusable in some settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=E7877F67-C447-4873-B1B0-21F0626A6329&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="33455" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="18636" RevisionGUID="aca02252-0627-41dd-9229-124f52bfd161" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:40:08.260" UserId="7789" Comment="edited title" Text="Obtain port names &amp; associated IP addresses on W2K Print Server" />
  <row Id="33456" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16875" RevisionGUID="7ee20740-711d-43ce-a4bf-127c896d9989" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:40:34.343" UserId="7107" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;What are the best linux performance tweaks for javac without a makefile?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Kernel: 2.6.18-8&#xD;&#xA;Distro: Ubuntu Hardy Heron&#xD;&#xA;SCM: clearcase&#xD;&#xA;compiler: javac 1.6&#xD;&#xA;IDE: Eclipse&#xD;&#xA;filesystem: XFS mounted with noatime and nodirtime&#xD;&#xA;RAM: 2GB&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="33457" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="16875" RevisionGUID="7ee20740-711d-43ce-a4bf-127c896d9989" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:40:34.343" UserId="7107" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="What are the best linux performance tweaks for javac without a makefile?" />
  <row Id="33458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18730" RevisionGUID="43827223-2f48-4492-a654-fd7909363e21" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:41:13.657" UserId="5257" Text="On the SQL side of things, it might be a good idea to use SQL Profiler to identify any of your queries or stored procedures that are taking a long time to run. If you can identify any real problems here it can help speed up your application." />
  <row Id="33463" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18732" RevisionGUID="e485f1ae-1691-4762-af46-c44a1ec68dcb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:42:30.240" UserId="7711" Text="I can't really comment on the Linux side of things but with Windows I'd say there aren't too many pros for using an automated process over an image.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is lot of guidance available from Microsoft, [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The proof is in the pudding. Microsoft now use image based deployments for Vista, Windows 2008 and Windows 7. Using the new tools and process described in the link above you can deploy Windows to any HAL type (including XP), with full driver support and not a huge amount of effort. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/dd407791.aspx" />
  <row Id="33464" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18733" RevisionGUID="c06a05d3-2459-4e22-a233-e4a2f6e16669" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:44:05.290" UserId="7073" Text="Hi All,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am looking for an FTP client that intergrates with the Windows explorer so that users will be able to just use it like a normal mapped drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My users need remote access to company files and VPN is just too slow, so wanted to try it with FTP and see if this works any better.  Using the old style FTP client and uploadning/download is just not an option, too complex for them.  Ideally I'd like to make this as close to the same as a mapped drive as I can.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="33465" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18733" RevisionGUID="c06a05d3-2459-4e22-a233-e4a2f6e16669" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:44:05.290" UserId="7073" Text="FTP Client that intergrates fully into the Windows Explorer" />
  <row Id="33466" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18733" RevisionGUID="c06a05d3-2459-4e22-a233-e4a2f6e16669" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:44:05.290" UserId="7073" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;ftp&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="33467" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18734" RevisionGUID="13e06e92-5e1b-4a9e-bf41-061aca1ff624" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:44:19.877" UserId="3950" Text="Personally, I haven't used KVM for anything else then my personal experiments (yet). But in case you are wondering whether KVM is ready for prime time: Red Hat seems to [think so][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, since there are no enterprise ready distributions as of yet that implement kvm, I doubt you'll find a lot of people who have actually run kvm in heavy production. However, I am pretty sure me and my colleagues are going to look into kvm as soon as RHEV is launched. The technology is too promising to ignore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.redhat.com/about/news/prarchive/2009/agenda.html" />
  <row Id="33468" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18735" RevisionGUID="36cd9df6-d02e-49aa-aa04-f487fe0c280a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:45:52.917" UserId="1956" Text="That's not a simple question and doesn't have a simple answer. Entire books have been written on the subject of performance optimisation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe try starting with these articles which go into (in the first part) finding the performance problems.&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/performance/finding-the-causes-of-poor-performance-in-sql-server,-part-1/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/performance/finding-the-causes-of-poor-performance-in-sql-server,-part-2/][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can also suggest a book. &quot;SQL 2008 Performance tuning distilled&quot; by Grant Fritchey and Sajal Dam.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can find the worst performing of the queries, post them here or on a good SQL forum and someone will definitely help you. As it is, the question's way too broad to have a simple answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/performance/finding-the-causes-of-poor-performance-in-sql-server,-part-1/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/performance/finding-the-causes-of-poor-performance-in-sql-server,-part-2/" />
  <row Id="33469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18736" RevisionGUID="f1156cae-3ec7-49b3-8079-71f306336cec" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:46:10.140" UserId="7619" Text="I, personally am a big fan of restricting accounts that are logged into the machine as non-admins, but providing them the ability to invoke installations, etc. with the [&quot;run as&quot;][1] command. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could create a local admin user on the box, granting them privs and allowing them to use it to install programs?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294676" />
  <row Id="33472" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18086" RevisionGUID="d88925e8-dfc8-4588-9cb9-5039a0236ccd" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:47:09.903" UserId="4822" Comment="added 901 characters in body" Text="We have an internal company wiki. The wiki engine being used is [MediaWiki][1], the wiki engine that runs Wikipedia. Some of it contains IT stuff. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the things i want want to have are hyperlinks to the various virtual machines. An example of a command, as it needs to run, is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    vmrc://solo.avatopia.com:5901/Windows 2000 Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My first thought was to convert the URL into a link:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [vmrc://solo.avatopia.com:5901/Windows 2000 Server]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But the content renders literally as above: with the square brackets and all. Testing with other URL protocols:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [http://solo.avatopia.com]&#xD;&#xA;    [ftp://solo.avatopia.com]&#xD;&#xA;    [ldap://solo.avatopia.com]&#xD;&#xA;    [vmrc://solo.avatopia.com]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Only the first two work, and are converted to hyperlinks. The other two remain as liternal text. How can i add URLs to MediaWiki powered documentation?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Original Question**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have an internal company wiki. The wiki engine being used is [MediaWiki][1], the wiki engine that runs Wikipedia. Some of it contains IT stuff. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the things i want want to have are hyperlinks to the various virtual machines. An example of a command, as it needs to run, is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    \\solo\VMRC Client\vmrc.exe solo.avatopia.com:5901/Windows 2000 Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If launching from a command prompt, you have to quote the spaces:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\&gt;&quot;\\solo\VMRC Client\vmrc.exe&quot; solo.avatopia.com:5901/&quot;Windows 2000 Server&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My first thought in converting the above for use on our wiki-site, is to simply HTML-ify it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    file://\\solo\VMRC Client\vmrc.exe solo.avatopia.com:5901/&amp;quot;Windows 2000 Server&amp;quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but MediaWiki only converts **file://\\solo\VMRC** to a hyperlink, the remainder is text.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i've tried other random things, including enclosing the URL in square brackets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the correct answer? i don't want to happen to randomly stumble on some format that *happens* to work today, and breaks in the future.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki" />
  <row Id="33473" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18730" RevisionGUID="9612cf3d-d993-4649-b84c-3e552e099d48" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:47:44.100" UserId="5257" Comment="added 236 characters in body" Text="On the SQL side of things, it might be a good idea to use SQL Profiler to identify any of your queries or stored procedures that are taking a long time to run. If you can identify any real problems here it can help speed up your application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep in mind the Profiler tool often requires a lot of filtering to get the correct information. It is nice in the fact that you can record the start times of the queries being run and try to match them up with your CPU spike times." />
  <row Id="33474" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="18274" RevisionGUID="e7703894-8384-4cda-9eef-c164cd18f0d7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:48:29.340" UserId="5795" Comment="edited tags; added 308 characters in body" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;start-menu&gt;&lt;freezing&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="33475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18739" RevisionGUID="d109be4e-2954-450f-b4b9-d9e8b6525f6a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:48:37.903" UserId="7302" Text="I want to use CAT5e UTP cabling to carry audio and video over distances of maybe 150 feet or so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I plan to use the CAT5e cable as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - one wire pair for a composite video signal&#xD;&#xA; - one wire pair for the left audio channel&#xD;&#xA; - one wire pair for the right audio channel&#xD;&#xA; - one wire pair left unused for the time being&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I may also use the CAT5e cable as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - one wire pair for s-video lumen channel&#xD;&#xA; - one wire pair for s-video chroma channel&#xD;&#xA; - one wire pair for the left audio channel&#xD;&#xA; - one wire pair for the right audio channel&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have had success in the tests I have performed, and believe it is because CAT5e is rated to 350 MHz, while the video signal is only a fraction of that bandwidth, and the audio channels are even narrower.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I plan to install runs of CAT5e between the source (VCR/DVD player or computer) and the display (TV or DLP projector) in dozens of rooms, and want the inheritor to be able to pick up where I left off without scratching his or her head any saying 'WTF?'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;**Questions:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there existing standards for either of these applications, as far as which color wire pairs to use for what?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any good sources for CAT5e wire-color-coded punchdown (110-style) keystones or wallplates that terminate into red/white/yellow female RCA jacks or red/white female RCA jacks and a female s-video jack?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance!" />
  <row Id="33476" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18739" RevisionGUID="d109be4e-2954-450f-b4b9-d9e8b6525f6a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:48:37.903" UserId="7302" Text="Is there a standard for running audio/video over CAT5/CAT5e UTP?" />
  <row Id="33477" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18739" RevisionGUID="d109be4e-2954-450f-b4b9-d9e8b6525f6a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:48:37.903" UserId="7302" Text="&lt;cat5&gt;&lt;cat5e&gt;&lt;cabling&gt;&lt;distribution&gt;" />
  <row Id="33478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18740" RevisionGUID="6cb3df20-b029-4309-99c2-04e229b5daaa" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:48:59.540" UserId="7200" Text="I suspect you're going to need to do some profiling. At a gross level, you need to know where the bottlenecks are, so typical Windows performance monitoring guidelines apply. Chart gross performance of CPU (% utilization, % user mode vs kernel mode, context switches), disk (queue length, % disk time), and memory (page faults / sec, working set sizes). You'll want to start narrowing it down to which processes (IIS WAM, SQL Server, etc) are giving you grief.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Like the other posters said-- if it's the SQL queries you're running, then it's probably a database optimization problem. Don't overlook the possibility that your scripts, however, are executing silly queries (SELECT * and filtering the results in the script, etc) that are causing anomalous database load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If do you get down into individual scripts (i.e. you find that the bottleneck points to IIS / WAM processes), then have a look at this Stackoverflow question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/398028/performance-testing-for-classic-asp-pages  There's a code snippet in there that is a basic execution timer. At the risk of impacting performance further, but in an effort to get more visibility, you could also consider logging the parameters passed into and execution times of your scripts into the database. Looking for outliers in that data might help you find edge conditions in your scripts. Ideally, you want to design with profiling in mind from the start, and retrofitting can be tough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18741" RevisionGUID="f5d25d02-0d5f-4d1b-af14-fe78b70b594e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:49:34.937" UserId="1681" Text="What is wrong with using the FTP client included with windows explorer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open *Windows* Explorer and type your ftp address in the address bar (e.g. ftp://ftp.foo.com).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will be prompted for credentials if the site doesn't allow anonymous access.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to include the username when accessing the FTP site use: username@ftp://ftp.foo.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Brett" />
  <row Id="33480" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18274" RevisionGUID="e7703894-8384-4cda-9eef-c164cd18f0d7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:48:29.340" UserId="5795" Comment="edited tags; added 308 characters in body" Text="I am working on a machine running Windows Server 2008. Every program I have tried to run (firefox, notepad, wordpad) works fine, but if I right-click on any item on the desktop or the start menu and select &quot;Run as Administrator&quot; it freezes. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can move the mouse around and open/close the start menu, but the items in the start menu do not change color when the mouse hovers over them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I googled for answers for some time but had no luck. Does anyone have any ideas that I could try? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Update: I forgot to mention that the machine is virtual and I am using VMWare Workstation. In order to answer the questions below, I have been going to the same snapshot of the system each time. This lets me start the system in the exact same place each time in order to answer your questions and test.)" />
  <row Id="33481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18742" RevisionGUID="736fd929-d315-4953-a6a3-21a1e293b2c2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:53:41.060" UserId="455" Text="Over the past few weeks the company I work for has been having issues on their server wherein a file gets locked by something, and can't be unlocked. These files are almost always files that are being actively accessed over Windows file sharing. I've downloaded the popular &quot;Unlocker&quot; program, but that is unable to find any lock on the file. openfiles.exe does not show the file open. Yet I'm unable to open it in anything, including notepad - the system gives me a permission denied error even when accessing the file as the local system administrator. The problem always goes away when the server is rebooted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To make matters worse, I've also been unable to reproduce this error at all. It's frequency is anywhere from daily to a week of working perfectly fine. When the problem does happen, I have very little time to investigate it, because nine times out of ten the problem makes our production systems completely nonfunctional, and management wants the server rebooted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is also not limited to a single application. The majority of the file sharing traffic is in our production management software, [Globalshop](http://www.globalshopsolutions.com/), so the problem usually manifests itself somewhere in there, however the most recent occurrence was in a Microsoft Access database completely separate from anything Globalshop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone seen anything like this? Any idea what could cause it? Let me know if there's any more information you need." />
  <row Id="33482" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18742" RevisionGUID="736fd929-d315-4953-a6a3-21a1e293b2c2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:53:41.060" UserId="455" Text="Windows File Sharing Orphaned File Locks" />
  <row Id="33483" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18742" RevisionGUID="736fd929-d315-4953-a6a3-21a1e293b2c2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:53:41.060" UserId="455" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;locked-file&gt;" />
  <row Id="33484" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18743" RevisionGUID="d5c13138-28f4-4bea-97f3-b6e38158a799" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:53:51.573" UserId="7711" Text="It's not a bad idea I guess but consider this. If you are using OpenDNS to filter content what will happen when a request for objectionable content is forwarded to non-OpenDNS servers?? The request will succeed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think OpenDNS is a flexible and robust DNS solution and you should feel confident enough to use OpenDNS as your only forwarder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should have at least two dns servers in your forwarder list though, to ensure you still get DNS resolution if there is a problem with one of the servers." />
  <row Id="33485" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18744" RevisionGUID="88e2d34a-05e8-4de9-bd13-79de599e1e98" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:54:08.970" UserId="6342" Text="I have not having any luck getting my .htaccess with mod_rewrite working.  Basically all I am trying to do is remove 'www' from &quot;http://www.site.com&quot; and &quot;https://www.site.com&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there is anything I am missing (conf files, etc let me know I willl update this)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is my .htaccess file (located @ /var/www/site/trunk/html/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Options +FollowSymLinks&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine on&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*) [NC]&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule (.*) //%1/$1 [L,R=301]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My mod_rewrite is enabled:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    root@s15348441:/etc/apache2/mods-available# more rewrite.load&#xD;&#xA;    LoadModule rewrite_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_rewrite.so&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My apache config files:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;apache2.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Based upon the NCSA server configuration files originally by Rob McCool.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # This is the main Apache server configuration file.  It contains the&#xD;&#xA;    # configuration directives that give the server its instructions.&#xD;&#xA;    # See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/ for detailed information about&#xD;&#xA;    # the directives.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Do NOT simply read the instructions in here without understanding&#xD;&#xA;    # what they do.  They're here only as hints or reminders.  If you are unsure&#xD;&#xA;    # consult the online docs. You have been warned.  &#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # The configuration directives are grouped into three basic sections:&#xD;&#xA;    #  1. Directives that control the operation of the Apache server process as a&#xD;&#xA;    #     whole (the 'global environment').&#xD;&#xA;    #  2. Directives that define the parameters of the 'main' or 'default' server,&#xD;&#xA;    #     which responds to requests that aren't handled by a virtual host.&#xD;&#xA;    #     These directives also provide default values for the settings&#xD;&#xA;    #     of all virtual hosts.&#xD;&#xA;    #  3. Settings for virtual hosts, which allow Web requests to be sent to&#xD;&#xA;    #     different IP addresses or hostnames and have them handled by the&#xD;&#xA;    #     same Apache server process.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Configuration and logfile names: If the filenames you specify for many&#xD;&#xA;    # of the server's control files begin with &quot;/&quot; (or &quot;drive:/&quot; for Win32), the&#xD;&#xA;    # server will use that explicit path.  If the filenames do *not* begin&#xD;&#xA;    # with &quot;/&quot;, the value of ServerRoot is prepended -- so &quot;/var/log/apache2/foo.log&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    # with ServerRoot set to &quot;&quot; will be interpreted by the&#xD;&#xA;    # server as &quot;//var/log/apache2/foo.log&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ### Section 1: Global Environment&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # The directives in this section affect the overall operation of Apache,&#xD;&#xA;    # such as the number of concurrent requests it can handle or where it&#xD;&#xA;    # can find its configuration files.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's&#xD;&#xA;    # configuration, error, and log files are kept.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # NOTE!  If you intend to place this on an NFS (or otherwise network)&#xD;&#xA;    # mounted filesystem then please read the LockFile documentation (available&#xD;&#xA;    # at &lt;URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.1/mod/mpm_common.html#lockfile&gt;);&#xD;&#xA;    # you will save yourself a lot of trouble.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Do NOT add a slash at the end of the directory path.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    ServerRoot &quot;/etc/apache2&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # The accept serialization lock file MUST BE STORED ON A LOCAL DISK.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    #&lt;IfModule !mpm_winnt.c&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    #&lt;IfModule !mpm_netware.c&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    LockFile /var/lock/apache2/accept.lock&#xD;&#xA;    #&lt;/IfModule&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    #&lt;/IfModule&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # PidFile: The file in which the server should record its process&#xD;&#xA;    # identification number when it starts.&#xD;&#xA;    # This needs to be set in /etc/apache2/envvars&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    PidFile ${APACHE_PID_FILE}&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Timeout: The number of seconds before receives and sends time out.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    Timeout 300&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # KeepAlive: Whether or not to allow persistent connections (more than&#xD;&#xA;    # one request per connection). 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   # see README.Debian for details.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Include generic snippets of statements&#xD;&#xA;    Include /etc/apache2/conf.d/&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Include the virtual host configurations:&#xD;&#xA;    Include /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My default config file for www on apache&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    NameVirtualHost *:80&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	ServerAdmin info@site.com&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    	#SSLEnable&#xD;&#xA;    	#SSLVerifyClient none&#xD;&#xA;    	#SSLCertificateFile /usr/local/ssl/crt/public.crt  &#xD;&#xA;    	#SSLCertificateKeyFile /usr/local/ssl/private/private.key  &#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    	DocumentRoot /var/www/site/trunk/html&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;Directory /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		Options FollowSymLinks&#xD;&#xA;    		AllowOverride all&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;Directory /var/www/site/trunk/html&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews&#xD;&#xA;    		AllowOverride all&#xD;&#xA;    		Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;    		allow from all&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;Directory &quot;/usr/lib/cgi-bin&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		AllowOverride None&#xD;&#xA;    		Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch&#xD;&#xA;    		Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;    		Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,&#xD;&#xA;    	# alert, emerg.&#xD;&#xA;    	LogLevel warn&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined&#xD;&#xA;    	ServerSignature On&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;        Alias /doc/ &quot;/usr/share/doc/&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Directory &quot;/usr/share/doc/&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks&#xD;&#xA;            AllowOverride None&#xD;&#xA;            Order deny,allow&#xD;&#xA;            Deny from all&#xD;&#xA;            Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My ssl config file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    NameVirtualHost *:443&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:443&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	ServerAdmin info@site.com&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    	#SSLEnable&#xD;&#xA;    	#SSLVerifyClient none&#xD;&#xA;    	#SSLCertificateFile /usr/local/ssl/crt/public.crt  &#xD;&#xA;    	#SSLCertificateKeyFile /usr/local/ssl/private/private.key  &#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    	DocumentRoot /var/www/site/trunk/html&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;Directory /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		Options FollowSymLinks&#xD;&#xA;    		AllowOverride all&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	&lt;Directory /var/www/site/trunk/html&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    		Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews&#xD;&#xA;    		AllowOverride all&#xD;&#xA;    		Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;    		allow from all&#xD;&#xA; 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           Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks&#xD;&#xA;            AllowOverride None&#xD;&#xA;            Order deny,allow&#xD;&#xA;            Deny from all&#xD;&#xA;            Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My /etc/apache2/httpd.conf is blank&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The directory /etc/apache2/conf.d has nothing in it but one file (charset)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;contents of /etc/apache2/conf.dcharset&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Read the documentation before enabling AddDefaultCharset.&#xD;&#xA;    # In general, it is only a good idea if you know that all your files&#xD;&#xA;    # have this encoding. 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  <row Id="33488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18745" RevisionGUID="b3fd6734-3178-4567-91de-6a3445e84bca" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:54:57.330" UserId="7302" Text="There are several good ways to map a drive letter in Windows to an FTP location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Unkwntech][1] asked &quot;[How can I mount an FTP to a drive letter in windows?][2]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It appears he has chosen [WebDrive][3] as his accepted answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/users/2014/unkwntech&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6079/how-can-i-mount-an-ftp-to-a-drive-letter-in-windows&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.webdrive.com/products/webdrive/index.html" />
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  <row Id="33490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18747" RevisionGUID="f01f7cfd-9964-426d-b380-1a02d7261136" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:56:22.957" UserId="1956" Text="I blogged a bit from TechEd South Africa last year. Yours will probably be a bit bigger than ours was. Often it's mostly local speakers with a few international ones&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/category/conferences/teched-2008/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll second the recommendation to go to the PASS conference in Seattle. I'm saving up for it at the moment. From Sydney you've got a shorter distance to go than I have. ;-) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/category/conferences/teched-2008/" />
  <row Id="33491" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14898" RevisionGUID="b57652e9-85ea-41a3-a822-753a258add82" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:56:53.143" UserId="1654" Comment="added 505 characters in body" Text="When we manually deploy dual-boot Apple devices, this sequence of steps works well:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Install OS X image over the network&#xD;&#xA;2. Use Boot Camp to prepare the disk for Windows&#xD;&#xA;3. Use a Windows XP installation disc to install vanilla Windows&#xD;&#xA;4. Stop the installation where the setup wizard begins&#xD;&#xA;5. Format the Windows partition and install our WIM image with ImageX&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why are steps 3 and 4 necessary?  Why can't we just install our WIM?  In fact, it would seem easier just to use Disk Utility to create a second partition and install Windows there.  In this case, there wind up being three partitions, including a 200MB partition at the front of the disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Update***: Just reproduced this again.  Here are the steps so far.  If anyone wants to chime in on why this behaves this way, I'd love to hear your theories.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Installed OS X image&#xD;&#xA;2. Ran Boot Camp Assistant&#xD;&#xA;3. Selected &quot;Quit and Install Later&quot; rather than inserting a Windows disc&#xD;&#xA;4. Rebooted into WinPE&#xD;&#xA;5. Applied my WIM&#xD;&#xA;6. Rebooted to BootPicker screen&#xD;&#xA;7. Selected the Windows installation&#xD;&#xA;8. Machine reboots (to disk0s3 per BootPicker) to a black screen with blinking cursor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33492" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18748" RevisionGUID="8ab8c33c-c4b4-4af6-b85f-556daaf9e72e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:57:05.250" UserId="6195" Text="I have an internal network with a DNS server running BIND, connected to the internet through a single gateway. My domain &quot;example.com&quot; is managed by an external DNS provider. Some of the entries in that domain, say &quot;host1.example.com&quot; and &quot;host2.example.com&quot;, as well as the top-level entry &quot;example.com&quot;, point to the public IP address of the gateway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like hosts located on the internal network to resolve &quot;host1.example.com&quot;, &quot;host2.example.com&quot; and &quot;example.com&quot; to internal IP addresses instead of that of the gateway. Other hosts like &quot;otherhost.example.com&quot; should still be resolved by the external DNS provider.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have succeeded in doing that for the host1 and host2 entries, by defining two single-entry zones in BIND for &quot;host1.example.com&quot; and &quot;host2.example.com&quot;. However, if I add a zone for &quot;example.com&quot;, all queries for that domain are resolved by my local DNS server, and e.g. querying &quot;otherhost.example.com&quot; results in an error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to configure BIND to override only *some* entries of a domain, and to resolve the rest recursively?" />
  <row Id="33493" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18748" RevisionGUID="8ab8c33c-c4b4-4af6-b85f-556daaf9e72e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:57:05.250" UserId="6195" Text="Overriding some DNS entries in BIND for internal networks" />
  <row Id="33494" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18748" RevisionGUID="8ab8c33c-c4b4-4af6-b85f-556daaf9e72e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:57:05.250" UserId="6195" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;bind&gt;" />
  <row Id="33495" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18749" RevisionGUID="8571fdf5-04c7-4b9e-8a83-209f3248bb33" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:57:34.813" UserId="6608" Text="The protocols (http, ftp, gopher, etc) which turn into links when surrounded by square brackets ([]) are defined in the $wgUrlProtocols array in your LocalSettings.php file. Here are the default protocols allowed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $wgUrlProtocols = array(&#xD;&#xA;    	'http://',&#xD;&#xA;    	'https://',&#xD;&#xA;    	'ftp://',&#xD;&#xA;    	'irc://',&#xD;&#xA;    	'gopher://',&#xD;&#xA;    	'telnet://', // Well if we're going to support the above.. -ævar&#xD;&#xA;    	'nntp://', // @bug 3808 RFC 1738&#xD;&#xA;    	'worldwind://',&#xD;&#xA;    	'mailto:',&#xD;&#xA;    	'news:'&#xD;&#xA;    );&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To fix your problem, add vmrc as a protocol. Add/replace the following in your LocalSettings.php file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $wgUrlProtocols = array(&#xD;&#xA;    	'http://',&#xD;&#xA;    	'https://',&#xD;&#xA;    	'ftp://',&#xD;&#xA;    	'irc://',&#xD;&#xA;    	'gopher://',&#xD;&#xA;    	'telnet://', // Well if we're going to support the above.. -ævar&#xD;&#xA;    	'nntp://', // @bug 3808 RFC 1738&#xD;&#xA;    	'worldwind://',&#xD;&#xA;    	'mailto:',&#xD;&#xA;    	'news:',&#xD;&#xA;    	'vmrc://',&#xD;&#xA;    );&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can now create links using the square bracket syntax: (The URL comes first, separated from the link text by one space)&#xD;&#xA;    [vmrc://solo.avatopia.com:5901 Windows 2000 Server]&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33496" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18741" RevisionGUID="dab03716-5d68-4f0f-a1d8-7b35bede24a4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T13:57:45.920" UserId="1681" Comment="Added image" Text="What is wrong with using the FTP client included with windows explorer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open *Windows* Explorer and type your ftp address in the address bar (e.g. ftp://ftp.foo.com).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will be prompted for credentials if the site doesn't allow anonymous access.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to include the username when accessing the FTP site use: username@ftp://ftp.foo.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Brett&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Windows Explorer FTP view](http://brettski.com/f111/we_ftp.jpg)" />
  <row Id="33499" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18751" RevisionGUID="3204d43d-d4ba-4ebe-9d69-5cf14dd6c566" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:00:42.560" UserId="1831" Text="You may want to look into &quot;dnsmasq&quot;, which lets you do some pretty clever things with tweaking resolution." />
  <row Id="33500" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18752" RevisionGUID="68acd643-e5aa-4048-acd6-985e901026b1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:01:03.370" UserDisplayName="dave" Text="Apropos Explorer holding a file open: &quot;When this happens on a file you need to delete, you have the choice of forcing the handle closed, or rebooting.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can just end Explorer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is a one-time thing (Explorer does not normally hold this file open) then I would guess logging off and logging back on will do the trick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise, kill the desktop Explorer process and do what you want while it's gone. First start a copy of cmd.exe (you need a UI to do your intended cleanup). Make sure there are no non-desktop Explorers running. Then kill the last Explorer with, e.g., Task Manager. Do what you want in the command prompt. Finally, run Explorer from the command prompt, and it will become the desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd guess there may be some residual unpleasantness if some systray programs can't deal with the shell restarting." />
  <row Id="33502" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18741" RevisionGUID="dcb6d465-e7b6-4dc3-9d83-f2a5f8fba186" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:03:29.560" UserId="1681" Comment="grammar" Text="What is wrong with using the FTP client included with windows explorer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open ***Windows* Explorer** and type your ftp address in the address bar (e.g. ftp://ftp.foo.com).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will be prompted for credentials if the site doesn't allow anonymous access.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to include the username when accessing the FTP site use: username@ftp://ftp.foo.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Brett&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Windows Explorer FTP view](http://brettski.com/f111/we_ftp.jpg)" />
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  <row Id="33504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18755" RevisionGUID="f456d662-9a02-4b7a-9ec2-1771e125388d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:03:32.477" UserId="7619" Text="* Creates music&#xD;&#xA;* Hikes in the mountains&#xD;&#xA;* Watches movies&#xD;&#xA;* Drinks lambic and abbey ales&#xD;&#xA;* Takes pictures of stuff.&#xD;&#xA;* Draws cartoons&#xD;&#xA;* Works. (Hey, you DID say `spare time' and we ARE admins! :)&#xD;&#xA;* Fixes/repairs friends' computers and home networks.&#xD;&#xA;* Tells `userland' horror stories at bars.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;:)&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="33506" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18756" RevisionGUID="13ad91e9-68ae-4451-860f-2eecaa933fb5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:03:38.763" UserId="1463" Text="Mind you VPN is suppose to do more than just transfer files, when properly used it also provides a more secure access to resources... standard ftp would be a big no-no - you'd still need to wrap it inside an encrypted tunnel of some kind - be it some VPN or another hybrid like sftp and so forth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This sounds more like a case for terminal services (Remote Desktop Services or/and Citrix) if you really want to speed things like this up a lot - by simply negating the need to transfer the files to begin with! ^^ &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or you could have users actually use offline folders to synchronise important folders - though it's so annoyingly buggy until Vista was released so if the users aren't running Vista I'm not sure it would be fun to administer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sharepoint and HTTPS (or any SSL VPN) would likely be a better version of the ftp idea as well, though I don't really like Sharepoint..." />
  <row Id="33507" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18757" RevisionGUID="4f3b139b-4ab7-49d8-b92d-3190111d4fc4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:04:31.880" UserId="1385" Text="I'm trying to block access to images on my server if they are linked from some common &quot;baddies&quot;, i.e. sites with users that tend to use other peoples bandwidth:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* livejounal.com&#xD;&#xA;* blogger.com&#xD;&#xA;* myspace.com&#xD;&#xA;* ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are two things that differentiate my question from others like &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/410150/protecting-your-images-css-and-javascript-files-from-being-used-by-external-site&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/636402/how-can-i-edit-the-htaccess-file-to-deny-hotlinking-to-css-inc-files&quot;&gt;that question&lt;/a&gt;:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* I want to do it &quot;serverwide&quot;, i.e. configured in apache.conf for all hosts/domains, not in .htaccess or individual virtual hosts&#xD;&#xA;* I want to redirect the request to an image of my choice, not just send a 403 FORBIDDEN&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried to include RewriteRules in apache.conf, but it does not do anything at all. And there doesn't seem to be an option that allows me to redirect depending on SetEnv.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions?" />
  <row Id="33508" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18757" RevisionGUID="4f3b139b-4ab7-49d8-b92d-3190111d4fc4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:04:31.880" UserId="1385" Text="Apache 2: Prevent image hotlinking serverwide" />
  <row Id="33509" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18757" RevisionGUID="4f3b139b-4ab7-49d8-b92d-3190111d4fc4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:04:31.880" UserId="1385" Text="&lt;hotlinking&gt;&lt;apache2&gt;" />
  <row Id="33510" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18744" RevisionGUID="de93391d-5d39-4efa-b9a8-ab30e71e13e8" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:06:05.327" UserId="6342" Comment="added logs" Text="I have not having any luck getting my .htaccess with mod_rewrite working.  Basically all I am trying to do is remove 'www' from &quot;http://www.site.com&quot; and &quot;https://www.site.com&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there is anything I am missing (conf files, etc let me know I willl update this)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is my .htaccess file (located @ /var/www/site/trunk/html/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Options +FollowSymLinks&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine on&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*) [NC]&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule (.*) //%1/$1 [L,R=301]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My mod_rewrite is enabled:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    root@s15348441:/etc/apache2/mods-available# more rewrite.load&#xD;&#xA;    LoadModule rewrite_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_rewrite.so&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My apache config files:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;apache2.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Based upon the NCSA server configuration files originally by Rob McCool.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # This is the main Apache server configuration file.  It contains the&#xD;&#xA;    # configuration directives that give the server its instructions.&#xD;&#xA;    # See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/ for detailed information about&#xD;&#xA;    # the directives.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Do NOT simply read the instructions in here without understanding&#xD;&#xA;    # what they do.  They're here only as hints or reminders.  If you are unsure&#xD;&#xA;    # consult the online docs. You have been warned.  &#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # The configuration directives are grouped into three basic sections:&#xD;&#xA;    #  1. Directives that control the operation of the Apache server process as a&#xD;&#xA;    #     whole (the 'global environment').&#xD;&#xA;    #  2. Directives that define the parameters of the 'main' or 'default' server,&#xD;&#xA;    #     which responds to requests that aren't handled by a virtual host.&#xD;&#xA;    #     These directives also provide default values for the settings&#xD;&#xA;    #     of all virtual hosts.&#xD;&#xA;    #  3. Settings for virtual hosts, which allow Web requests to be sent to&#xD;&#xA;    #     different IP addresses or hostnames and have them handled by the&#xD;&#xA;    #     same Apache server process.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Configuration and logfile names: If the filenames you specify for many&#xD;&#xA;    # of the server's control files begin with &quot;/&quot; (or &quot;drive:/&quot; for Win32), the&#xD;&#xA;    # server will use that explicit path.  If the filenames do *not* begin&#xD;&#xA;    # with &quot;/&quot;, the value of ServerRoot is prepended -- so &quot;/var/log/apache2/foo.log&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    # with ServerRoot set to &quot;&quot; will be interpreted by the&#xD;&#xA;    # server as &quot;//var/log/apache2/foo.log&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ### Section 1: Global Environment&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # The directives in this section affect the overall operation of Apache,&#xD;&#xA;    # such as the number of concurrent requests it can handle or where it&#xD;&#xA;    # can find its configuration files.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's&#xD;&#xA;    # configuration, error, and log files are kept.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # NOTE!  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  <row Id="33511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18758" RevisionGUID="05811f9c-b18b-4025-b246-3d5a52bed7d9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:08:49.453" UserId="1369" Text="As an alternative to TrueCrypt, here a nice article from Linux Journal : [Protecting Files at Home Using Encrypted Containers][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8599" />
  <row Id="33512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18759" RevisionGUID="09b97698-05a3-4cfe-9dd3-8234b2715eaf" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:09:58.577" UserId="7829" Text="Got a user that everyone once in awhile (maybe once every 2 weeks or so) will do a &quot;save as&quot; in their Word 2007 and the created, saved document will be blank. But most of the time, &quot;save as&quot; works fine. Already re-installed the whole Office Suite. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's fine when he does email attachments. This is not related to email.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sequence of events (from client):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.      I create a new document and select SAVE AS&#xD;&#xA;2.      I select a file to SAVE AS&#xD;&#xA;3.      I create a name ie.  ExampleFileA&#xD;&#xA;4.      I select SAVE&#xD;&#xA;5.      A blank document is what is saved&#xD;&#xA;6.      I can sometimes recover the content of the document by selecting RECENT DOCUMENTS&#xD;&#xA;7.      Yesterday, the file for ExampleFileA in RECENT DOCUMENTS was blank&#xD;&#xA;8.      The situation has occurred with both pre-existing and newly created documents&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any thoughts?&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="33515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18760" RevisionGUID="caa3fe19-d2cc-4358-acf6-3ae72c1af5e7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:10:03.523" UserId="7461" Text="Sonance is providing an [adapter][1] for their own audio/video-system, that could fit your needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sonance.com/products/accessories/detail/212&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33516" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18742" RevisionGUID="3c8ee93c-c07c-4c0c-a3cd-80d679dd0048" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:11:36.530" UserId="455" Comment="added 65 characters in body; added 167 characters in body" Text="Over the past few weeks the company I work for has been having issues on their server wherein a file gets locked by something, and can't be unlocked. These files are almost always files that are being actively accessed over Windows file sharing. I've downloaded the popular &quot;Unlocker&quot; program, but that is unable to find any lock on the file. openfiles.exe does not show the file open. Yet I'm unable to open it in anything, including notepad - the system gives me a permission denied error even when accessing the file as the local system administrator. The problem always goes away when the server is rebooted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To make matters worse, I've also been unable to reproduce this error at all. It's frequency is anywhere from daily to a week of working perfectly fine. When the problem does happen, I have very little time to investigate it, because nine times out of ten the problem makes our production systems completely nonfunctional, and management wants the server rebooted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is also not limited to a single application. The majority of the file sharing traffic is in our production management software, [Globalshop](http://www.globalshopsolutions.com/), so the problem usually manifests itself somewhere in there, however the most recent occurrence was in a Microsoft Access database completely separate from anything Globalshop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone seen anything like this? Any idea what could cause it? Let me know if there's any more information you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're currently running Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[edit] I've tried checking permissions, but I'm disallowed access to those as well on the offending file. I can't open, move, delete, rename or even copy the file." />
  <row Id="33517" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14898" RevisionGUID="44f030e8-fbb7-4217-974b-1f60af27a978" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:12:03.050" UserId="1654" Comment="added 148 characters in body; added 98 characters in body" Text="When we manually deploy dual-boot Apple devices, this sequence of steps works well:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Install OS X image over the network&#xD;&#xA;2. Use Boot Camp to prepare the disk for Windows&#xD;&#xA;3. Use a Windows XP installation disc to install vanilla Windows&#xD;&#xA;4. Stop the installation where the setup wizard begins&#xD;&#xA;5. Format the Windows partition and install our WIM image with ImageX&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why are steps 3 and 4 necessary?  Why can't we just install our WIM?  In fact, it would seem easier just to use Disk Utility to create a second partition and install Windows there.  In this case, there wind up being three partitions, including a 200MB partition at the front of the disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Update***: Just reproduced this again.  Here are the steps so far.  If anyone wants to chime in on why this behaves this way, I'd love to hear your theories.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Installed OS X image&#xD;&#xA;2. Ran Boot Camp Assistant&#xD;&#xA;3. Selected &quot;Quit and Install Later&quot; rather than inserting a Windows disc&#xD;&#xA;4. Rebooted into WinPE&#xD;&#xA;5. Applied my WIM&#xD;&#xA;6. Rebooted to BootPicker screen&#xD;&#xA;7. Selected the Windows installation&#xD;&#xA;8. Machine reboots (to disk0s3 per BootPicker) to a black screen with blinking cursor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Booting with the Option key held does not list a Windows volume.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Diskpart, the volumes are all listed and the appropriate files are on C:.  I checked boot.ini and ensured that it was configured correctly and set the partition as active.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33518" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18711" RevisionGUID="5f1eaa0c-9da6-4be3-a600-16b597133c60" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:16:02.263" UserId="4997" Comment="clarified both question and title" Text="The problem we have is simple and I doubt we're alone in having it, our users want access to their Windows shares from off-campus. We need a solution that's secure and simple. ATM we are running the Davenport SMB to WebDAV bridge and it does work, but the code is a bit buggy and not under active development any more. The WebDAV aspect works great though. We also run WebDisk which is a HTTP (i.e. web page) to SMB bridge and that works too, but is nowhere near as handy as being able to mount the share removely over WebDAV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there another better alternatives out there that you could recommned? We try to run all Linux servers where possible, so ideally any solution shoudl run on Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bart. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S.&#xD;&#xA;I should have been more clear up-front, a VPN is not a viable solution for us ATM, just not practical with a few thousand staff and students and no budget for a VPN solution." />
  <row Id="33519" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="18711" RevisionGUID="5f1eaa0c-9da6-4be3-a600-16b597133c60" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:16:02.263" UserId="4997" Comment="clarified both question and title" Text="Best non-VPN Solution for remote access to SAMBA Shares?" />
  <row Id="33520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18761" RevisionGUID="4d089f00-1cec-410b-b57f-d6ab09081463" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:16:35.220" Text="&lt;p&gt;I want to change sshd's port on Mac OS X from default 22 to 32, but editing /etc/sshd_config seems does not work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I change it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="33522" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18761" RevisionGUID="4d089f00-1cec-410b-b57f-d6ab09081463" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:16:35.220" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;administration&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="33523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18762" RevisionGUID="f3c58b25-82c6-463f-8fc3-40b9bbe80ee6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T10:22:06.767" UserId="58367" Text="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050707140439980&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this hint&lt;/a&gt; you just need to change the port in /etc/services.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18763" RevisionGUID="aeb33b07-0f12-4b03-a3f4-da19426ee266" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:22:53.153" UserId="405" Text="I've got a Python application that I'm serving via IIS using [ISAPI-WSGI][1].  I've got it in its own application pool so that I can restart the Python interpreter whenever I want without disturbing other applications.  I don't expect any more than 2 or 3 people to access it at any given time.  Is there any reason for me to change the max number of worker processes to greater than the default of 1?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, what criteria should I consider when deciding how many worker processes to allocate?  Is it just about concurrency or are there other factors?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.google.com/p/isapi-wsgi/" />
  <row Id="33525" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18763" RevisionGUID="aeb33b07-0f12-4b03-a3f4-da19426ee266" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:22:53.153" UserId="405" Text="How many worker processes should I allocate for an Application Pool in IIS?" />
  <row Id="33526" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18763" RevisionGUID="aeb33b07-0f12-4b03-a3f4-da19426ee266" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:22:53.153" UserId="405" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;application-pools&gt;" />
  <row Id="33527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18764" RevisionGUID="c0a73ac0-7c3f-4eb4-b467-e4a02afce51c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:24:44.570" UserId="7619" Text="IMHO, this is the ***MOST IMPORTANT THING*** you can do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Search high and low for a good Sr. Linux/systems admin mentor, someone who's understanding, tough, fair, honest, smart and gifted in communication skills.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They're far and few between, but they're out there. Trust me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And learn, baby, learn. Attach yourself to him or her, watch for the little stuff. How do they set up their workflow? What processes do they use? What command aliases do they use? Any that you can adapt for your use? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="33528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18765" RevisionGUID="2d7032b4-ac26-4468-9a3e-c43680570da6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:26:21.447" UserId="4824" Text="The following from the MS KB may be helpful:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960464/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would seem to describe the same issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an aside, why were you given a laptop with an OS your support staff don't support?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960464/" />
  <row Id="33529" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18766" RevisionGUID="3abefc08-8f54-457d-87b7-28007b4b84cb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:26:22.197" UserId="7137" Text="&gt; root@s15348441:/etc/apache2/mods-available# more rewrite.load&#xD;&#xA;&gt; LoadModule rewrite_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_rewrite.so&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check for it in `/etc/apache2/mods-enabled` to see if it's actually getting pulled into the Apache configuration. I suspect that the rewrite module simply isn't being loaded (though I'd have expected to see an error in the logs about it)." />
  <row Id="33530" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18767" RevisionGUID="36d752dc-937b-4ac8-96c8-1cad7d3d17e6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:27:15.860" UserId="7033" Text="I've used checkinstall before in the past and it seemed to work pretty well.  YMMV." />
  <row Id="33532" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18201" RevisionGUID="bee4b97d-a436-456b-865d-94f71886bcec" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:29:24.343" UserId="5391" Comment="Added HIDS" Text="I have tried out various network-based IDS and IPS systems throughout the years and have never been happy with the results.  Either the systems were too difficult to manage, only triggered on well-known exploits based on old signatures, or were simply too chatty with the output.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In any case, I don't feel they provided **real** protection for our network.  In some instances, they were harmful due to dropping valid connections or just plain failing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the past few years, I am sure things have changed, so what are the recommended IDS systems these days?  Do they have heuristics that work and don't alert on legitimate traffic?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, is it just better to rely on good firewalls and hardened hosts?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**If you recommend a system, how do you know it's doing its job?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As some have mentioned in the answers below, let's also get some feedback on **host intrusion detection systems** as they are closely related to network-based IDS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For our current setup, we would need to monitor two separate networks with a total bandwidth of 50mbps.  I am looking for some real-world feedback here, not a list of devices or services capable doing IDS." />
  <row Id="33533" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18769" RevisionGUID="adfb792d-eb0e-47db-88f1-c60913c8353e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:29:59.613" UserId="4373" Text="One worker process is enough in my opinion. Consider that requests are queued, not rejected, when another request is being served and no more threads are available in the process (I'm assuming that the process is multi-threaded)." />
  <row Id="33534" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18742" RevisionGUID="c0999dca-e924-400f-8800-1dd7e744afe7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:30:03.577" UserId="455" Comment="added 69 characters in body" Text="Over the past few weeks the company I work for has been having issues on their server wherein a file gets locked by something, and can't be unlocked. These files are almost always files that are being actively accessed over Windows file sharing. I've downloaded the popular &quot;Unlocker&quot; program, but that is unable to find any lock on the file. openfiles.exe (or System Tools &gt; Shared Folders &gt; Open Files) does not show the file as being open by anything. Yet I'm unable to open it in anything, including notepad - the system gives me a permission denied error even when accessing the file as the local system administrator. The problem always goes away when the server is rebooted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To make matters worse, I've also been unable to reproduce this error at all. It's frequency is anywhere from daily to a week of working perfectly fine. When the problem does happen, I have very little time to investigate it, because nine times out of ten the problem makes our production systems completely nonfunctional, and management wants the server rebooted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is also not limited to a single application. The majority of the file sharing traffic is in our production management software, [Globalshop](http://www.globalshopsolutions.com/), so the problem usually manifests itself somewhere in there, however the most recent occurrence was in a Microsoft Access database completely separate from anything Globalshop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone seen anything like this? Any idea what could cause it? Let me know if there's any more information you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're currently running Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[edit] I've tried checking permissions, but I'm disallowed access to those as well on the offending file. I can't open, move, delete, rename or even copy the file." />
  <row Id="33536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18770" RevisionGUID="3f734923-b4c0-4f8c-90f1-b34d2575ea73" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:33:30.340" UserId="1873" Text="I am using denyhosts on my FreeBSD (6.2) box, and everything appears to be working fine, except denyhosts keeps adding the same 4 hosts to my denied file over and over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    eli18.internetdsl.tpnet.pl&#xD;&#xA;    mx-int.rundblick.de&#xD;&#xA;    vmnepo05.deri.ie&#xD;&#xA;    v29051.1blu.de&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone else seen this, or better yet know how to fix it? I googled for this, and didn't find any answers. One person had a similar problem, but no solution.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33537" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18770" RevisionGUID="3f734923-b4c0-4f8c-90f1-b34d2575ea73" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:33:30.340" UserId="1873" Text="How can I prevent denyhosts from adding the same host to the denied file over and over" />
  <row Id="33538" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18770" RevisionGUID="3f734923-b4c0-4f8c-90f1-b34d2575ea73" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:33:30.340" UserId="1873" Text="&lt;denyhosts&gt;&lt;sshd&gt;&lt;freebsd&gt;" />
  <row Id="33539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18771" RevisionGUID="eeb02799-3119-4b01-9ac2-f92e95616772" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:36:44.110" UserId="5799" Text="As pointed out by others here, you can block users from accessing the Display Properties dialog box by using Group Policies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But there's still a way of changing the resolution - the same way that's used by full-screen games. A simple program can temporarily change the resolution itself, Windows provides an API for that, and there already are a few such programs available on the internet that change the resolution on start, and restore it when they are closed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So unless you somehow manage to patch the system internals, there's no way to completely prevent all users from changing the resolution if they want." />
  <row Id="33540" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18630" RevisionGUID="a50e8a28-bef1-4320-bfb9-47e188c922de" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:37:46.213" UserId="1369" Comment="added 533 characters in body" Text="Well, I thought there was something existing I could use without having to roll my own solution, but I had to do something quick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Below is a script that will do just what I needed.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Instructions&#xD;&#xA;For it to work, just change the few config variables for the minimum and maximum UID to be considered as a _normal_ user and the remote host name or IP address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You must have setup the remote server to accept incoming SSH sessions from the local server's `root` user without having to enter a password.  &#xD;&#xA;[Commander Keen][2] hinted on how it's done in his answer on this page but you can also refer to [_password-less SSH login_][3] for detailed instructions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;###How it works&#xD;&#xA;What the script does is copy each of the remote _passwd_, _group_, _shadow_, _gshadow_ files from the remote server to a temporary location on the lcoal server.  &#xD;&#xA;Then it strips these temp files from all &quot;normal&quot; users, keeping only the references to the system users.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The next step is going through each of the local versions of _passwd_, _group_, _shadow_, _gshadow_ and appending just the &quot;normal&quot; users to their corresponding temp files, then uploading each of them back to the remote server to replace the old one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Warning&#xD;&#xA;Before you attempt anything, make sure you make a copy of your  _passwd_, _group_, _shadow_, _gshadow_ on both the local and remote servers.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Security&#xD;&#xA;File ownership and attributes are preserved.  &#xD;&#xA;Temporary files are saved in `/tmp` and deleted, whether the sync was successful or not.  &#xD;&#xA;The local server must have password-less `root` access to the backup (but not the other way around). This is necessary so we can get the user accounts config files (which are otherwise restricted).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### The Code&#xD;&#xA;This is a first-attempt and it's a bit messy (not beautiful code) but it does the job pretty well and someone else may find it useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a Perl script that only has a dependency on the [`Net::SCP`][1] module to copy files securely between servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	#!/usr/bin/perl -w&#xD;&#xA;	use Net::SCP qw(scp);&#xD;&#xA;	use strict;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	use constant TRUE  =&gt; (1==1);&#xD;&#xA;	use constant FALSE =&gt; (1==0);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	#--------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;	# Configuration&#xD;&#xA;	# Modify as needed&#xD;&#xA;	#--------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;	my $remoteHost = '192.168.0.4';&#xD;&#xA;	my $minUID     = 500;&#xD;&#xA;	my $maxUID     = 30000;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	#--------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;	# Internal variables, normally not to be modified.&#xD;&#xA;	#--------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;	my $systemConfigDir = '/etc';&#xD;&#xA;	my $tmpDir = $ENV{TMPDIR} || $ENV{TMP} || $ENV{TEMP} || '/tmp';&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	#--------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;	#  Main&#xD;&#xA;	#--------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;	# STEP 1&#xD;&#xA;	# Get the remote files to /tmp and&#xD;&#xA;	# clean them of their normal users&#xD;&#xA;	ProcessFiles('remote');&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	# STEP 2&#xD;&#xA;	# Append the local normal users to the temp files&#xD;&#xA;	# and then send them back to the remote&#xD;&#xA;	ProcessFiles('local');&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	#--------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;	# Workhorse sub: does one of two things:&#xD;&#xA;	# if the passed argument is 'remote', then fetch each user account file&#xD;&#xA;	# from the remote server, then remove all normal users from each file,&#xD;&#xA;	# only keeping the system users.&#xD;&#xA;	# if the passed argument is 'local', then appends all normal local users to the&#xD;&#xA;	# previously fetched and cleaned-up files, then&#xD;&#xA;	# copies them back to the remote.&#xD;&#xA;	#--------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;	sub ProcessFiles {&#xD;&#xA;	    my $which = shift;&#xD;&#xA;	    &#xD;&#xA;	    my $tmpfile;&#xD;&#xA;	    my %username = ();&#xD;&#xA;	    my %usergroup = ();&#xD;&#xA;	    my %userUID = ();&#xD;&#xA;	    my %userGID = ();&#xD;&#xA;	    my @info;&#xD;&#xA;	    foreach my $f ('passwd','group','shadow','gshadow') {&#xD;&#xA;	        my $tmpfile = &quot;$tmpDir/$f.REMOTE&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;	        if ($which eq 'remote') {&#xD;&#xA;	            # Fetch the remote file &#xD;&#xA;	            unlink $tmpfile if -e $tmpfile;&#xD;&#xA;	            scp(&quot;$remoteHost:$systemConfigDir/$f&quot;, $tmpfile) or &#xD;&#xA;	                die (&quot;Could not get '$f' from '$remoteHost'&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;	        }&#xD;&#xA;	        &#xD;&#xA;	        # Glob the file content&#xD;&#xA;	        open CONFIGFILE, (($which eq 'remote') ? $tmpfile &#xD;&#xA;	                                               : &quot;$systemConfigDir/$f&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;	        my @lines = &lt;CONFIGFILE&gt;;&#xD;&#xA;	        close CONFIGFILE;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	        # Open the temp file, either truncating it or in append mode&#xD;&#xA;	        open TMPFILE,  (($which eq 'remote') ? &quot;&gt;$tmpfile&quot; : &quot;&gt;&gt;$tmpfile&quot; ) &#xD;&#xA;	            or die &quot;Could not open '$tmpfile' for processing&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	        foreach my $line (@lines) {&#xD;&#xA;	             # Skip comments, although they should be illegal in these files&#xD;&#xA;	            next if $f =~ /^\s*#/;&#xD;&#xA;	            @info = (split ':', $line);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	            if ($f eq 'passwd') {&#xD;&#xA;	                my $uid = $info[2];&#xD;&#xA;	                my $isnormaluser = ($uid &gt; $minUID) &amp;&amp; ($uid &lt; $maxUID);&#xD;&#xA;	                next if (($which eq 'remote') ? $isnormaluser &#xD;&#xA;	                                              : !$isnormaluser);&#xD;&#xA;	                $username{$info[0]} = TRUE;&#xD;&#xA;	                $userUID{$uid} = TRUE;&#xD;&#xA;	                $userGID{$info[3]} = TRUE;&#xD;&#xA;	            } elsif ($f eq 'group') {&#xD;&#xA;	                next if !exists $userGID{$info[2]};&#xD;&#xA;	                $usergroup{$info[0]} = TRUE;&#xD;&#xA;	            } elsif ($f eq 'shadow') {&#xD;&#xA;	                next if !exists $username{$info[0]};&#xD;&#xA;	            } else {&#xD;&#xA;	                next if !exists $usergroup{$info[0]};&#xD;&#xA;	            }&#xD;&#xA;	            # Any line that reaches this point is valid&#xD;&#xA;	            print TMPFILE $line;&#xD;&#xA;	        }&#xD;&#xA;	        close TMPFILE;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	        if ($which eq 'local') {&#xD;&#xA;	            # send the file back&#xD;&#xA;	            scp($tmpfile, &quot;$remoteHost:$systemConfigDir/$f&quot;) or&#xD;&#xA;	                die (&quot;Could not send '$f' to '$remoteHost'&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;	            unlink $tmpfile;&#xD;&#xA;	        }&#xD;&#xA;	    }&#xD;&#xA;	}&#xD;&#xA;	#--------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;	# Make sure we cleanup the temp files when we exit&#xD;&#xA;	#--------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;	END {&#xD;&#xA;	    my $tmpfile;&#xD;&#xA;	    foreach my $f ('passwd','group','shadow','gshadow') {&#xD;&#xA;	        $tmpfile = &quot;$tmpDir/$f.REMOTE&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;	        unlink $tmpfile if -e $tmpfile;&#xD;&#xA;	    }&#xD;&#xA;	}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:http://search.cpan.org/~ivan/Net-SCP-0.08/SCP.pm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]:http://serverfault.com/questions/18444/simple-one-way-synchronisation-of-user-password-list-between-servers/18461#18461&#xD;&#xA;  [3]:http://rcsg-gsir.imsb-dsgi.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/documents/internet/node31.html" />
  <row Id="33541" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18772" RevisionGUID="f6dee5d2-231e-4094-aa0b-292b68d3788a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:38:06.540" UserId="914" Text="They're obviously causing problems, so if its always the same 4 people just permanently block them using your firewall?" />
  <row Id="33542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18773" RevisionGUID="f039e598-b7d2-4f9c-b054-a1fc34159221" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:40:33.807" UserId="5257" Text="Not sure if this will apply to you but I've had problems like this before where I work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Often times when users are getting loaded with the TEMP profile it's because the C: is almost out of space. I think it causes problems when it tries to write data to the user profile located on C:\Users\etc... I was often able to simply clear up some space on the C: and the profile would load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe this applies to you as it does seem like a similar issue." />
  <row Id="33543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18774" RevisionGUID="56788239-8fc6-4250-b94c-d97e3d2a28cc" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:40:37.517" UserId="7840" Text="Why not just create a portable html  page with links that can be opened in a browser with a wizard-styled navigation, IE &quot;click on this link if you have a windows 2003 server&quot;, etc. etc." />
  <row Id="33546" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18775" RevisionGUID="2b869998-7da3-4d6f-a6da-e877ce9d5ecb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:43:58.510" UserId="7841" Text="This is in a development system which is why i have a self generated SSL certificate. Its setup on our dev exchange server; i need to add a trust to call it from a CLR running inside SQL Server. Have downloaded teh certificate from IE but cant work out which certificate store to save it in; can anyone let me know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The windows is windows 2003, doubt it matters but its exchange 2007." />
  <row Id="33547" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18775" RevisionGUID="2b869998-7da3-4d6f-a6da-e877ce9d5ecb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:43:58.510" UserId="7841" Text="SSL Trust / SQL" />
  <row Id="33548" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18775" RevisionGUID="2b869998-7da3-4d6f-a6da-e877ce9d5ecb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:43:58.510" UserId="7841" Text="&lt;ssl&gt;&lt;trust&gt;&lt;windows2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="33549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18776" RevisionGUID="1c7c7bbd-4bb6-4b76-8e8b-208c3a711afb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:45:12.407" UserId="3116" Text="use cppw and cpgr:&lt;p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;CPPW(8)                                                                                                                                                      &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NAME&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       cppw, cpgr - copy with locking the given file to the password or group file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SYNOPSIS&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       cppw [-h] [-s] password_file&#xD;&#xA;       cpgr [-h] [-s] group_file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DESCRIPTION&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       cppw  and  cpgr will copy, with locking, the given file to /etc/passwd and /etc/group, respectively.  With the -s flag, they will copy the shadow versions of&#xD;&#xA;       those files, /etc/shadow and /etc/gshadow, respectively.&#xD;&#xA;       With the -h flag, the commands display a short help message and exit silently.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;SEE ALSO&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       vipw(8), vigr(8), group(5), passwd(5), shadow(5), gshadow(5)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;AUTHOR&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       cppw and cpgr were written by Stephen Frost, based on vipw and vigr written by Guy Maor." />
  <row Id="33550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18777" RevisionGUID="e9b374b7-d97d-4639-8d26-9bee457f8696" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:45:37.867" UserId="4392" Text="I'm the IT admin for a company with a small number of users (15-20). We currently run an astonishing array laptops, each bought sometime in the previous four years. Because of this, no two are alike, and support is a nightmare. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to switch from the process we have in place now to a lease based plan, where my users are upgraded in &quot;flights&quot;, so to speak. The benefits will be tremendous. I'll be able to roll out a standard image instead of wondering who has what version of what software, issues will be much easier to debug, and I can conduct thorough tests before rollout. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My problem is that I've never done leases nor planned rollouts like this. What advice would you give to someone who is just doing this for the first time? " />
  <row Id="33551" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18777" RevisionGUID="e9b374b7-d97d-4639-8d26-9bee457f8696" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:45:37.867" UserId="4392" Text="Switching from piecemeal machines to leases" />
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  <row Id="33553" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18777" RevisionGUID="e9b374b7-d97d-4639-8d26-9bee457f8696" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:45:37.867" UserId="4392" />
  <row Id="33554" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18778" RevisionGUID="5a18b0c4-1049-4af0-bf4b-e60f537a1ec1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:45:47.523" UserId="2664" Text="So I have a Windows XP SP 3 machine which is running Outlook 2007. When I search in Outlook for an email that exists using a basic keyword, like say &quot;MySQL&quot;, I get no results. However, Outlook gives me the following message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Search results may be incomplete&#xD;&#xA;&gt; because items are still being indexed.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Click here for more details.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I click, I get the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Outlook is currently indexing your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; items. &lt;BR/&gt;Search results may be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; incomplete because items are still&#xD;&#xA;&gt; being indexed. &lt;BR/&gt;8783 items remaining in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;Mailbox - USER&quot; &lt;BR/&gt;8812 items remaining&#xD;&#xA;&gt; across all open mailboxes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The thing is, these are the numbers it has been reporting for several days, and Outlook is open for 8 hours a day. It does not seem like the index is working. As best I can tell, the index seemed to stop about 3 weeks ago.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I force Outlook 2007 to re-index everything and start working properly again?" />
  <row Id="33555" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18778" RevisionGUID="5a18b0c4-1049-4af0-bf4b-e60f537a1ec1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:45:47.523" UserId="2664" Text="How do you force Outlook 2007 to re-index it's seach on Windows XP SP 3?" />
  <row Id="33556" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18778" RevisionGUID="5a18b0c4-1049-4af0-bf4b-e60f537a1ec1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:45:47.523" UserId="2664" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;outlook-2007&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;indexing&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="33557" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18274" RevisionGUID="fe4de3cb-c62c-4ce7-8b83-30cc7e0aa635" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:46:46.430" UserId="5795" Comment="Adding an update to show something else I tried to find the problem." Text="I am working on a machine running Windows Server 2008. Every program I have tried to run (firefox, notepad, wordpad) works fine, but if I right-click on any item on the desktop or the start menu and select &quot;Run as Administrator&quot; it freezes. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can move the mouse around and open/close the start menu, but the items in the start menu do not change color when the mouse hovers over them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I googled for answers for some time but had no luck. Does anyone have any ideas that I could try? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Update: I forgot to mention that the machine is virtual and I am using VMWare Workstation. In order to answer the questions below, I have been going to the same snapshot of the system each time. This lets me start the system in the exact same place each time in order to answer your questions and test.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Update: When I run any process as administrator and it freezes, I can start task manager, but I cannot see the new process (notepad, etc...) )" />
  <row Id="33558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18779" RevisionGUID="ea56cdfb-d4e7-41a2-ac07-5ee74dbfe519" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:46:58.817" UserId="5000" Text="Deploying Windows via images is fully supported by Microsoft using Sysprep to &quot;factory seal&quot; the image before deploying it. Sysprep resets the SID and essentially prepares the image for a new machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, it is highly recommended (unless you are a small company) to have a fully scripted install as well, for a simple reason. Every time you need to update your image, you have two options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Continually modify the existing image and re-sysprep it every time. This will eventually result in problems as you keep patching, modifying and sysprepping the same image over and over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Recreate the image from scratch, which is vastly preferable. However, if you don't have a scripted build, you run the high risk of getting plenty of inconsistencies between builds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, in summary:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Use a scripted build to create an image&#xD;&#xA;- Use the image for deployment&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An additional wrinkle in all this is that Windows Vista, 2008 and 7 all use an image-based install, so the gains of using image-based vs scripted install have disappeared anyway.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33559" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18550" RevisionGUID="b7a524fd-e272-4f99-b47d-b2f180162015" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:47:01.593" UserId="7485" Comment="added 172 characters in body" Text="Hello everyone,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am using Virtual PC 2007 on Windows Vista Enterprise x86. I need Virtual PC addins to enable functions like shared folder between host and guest OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I am very surprised I can not find a download URL from search. Could anyone point me to the download URL for my platform please?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks in advance,&#xD;&#xA;George&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT1:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After install the additionals, I still can not set the Folder Sharing option, here is my screen snapshot, any ideas what is wrong? i39.tinypic.com/91h10w.jpg " />
  <row Id="33560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18780" RevisionGUID="5c169589-af97-4dcb-b4b3-8022423f8aa9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:47:08.160" UserId="6622" Text="Winclone from [TwoCanoes software][1] is what we use for deploying XP images, and it works flawlessly with no Boot Camp required.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.twocanoes.com/winclone/ &quot;TwoCanoes&quot;" />
  <row Id="33561" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18781" RevisionGUID="36af201b-fa5d-4786-9461-eb9828f45d94" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:48:12.090" UserId="671" Text="What you're looking for is split DNS, which is defined by [Webopedia][1] as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; In a split DNS infrastructure, you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; create two zones for the same domain,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; one to be used by the internal&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network, the other used by the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; external network. Split DNS directs&#xD;&#xA;&gt; internal hosts to an internal domain&#xD;&#xA;&gt; name server for name resolution and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; external hosts are directed to an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; external domain name server for name&#xD;&#xA;&gt; resolution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Essentially, you will need to make a copy of your external zone file and prop it up on your internal DNS server, then change or add the records needed specifically for your internal network.  This is a pretty common setup, though it can be a pain to keep the &quot;external&quot; records synchronized between the two DNS servers.  If you create or change a record on the public server, it will also need to be created or changed on the private server as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This can be implemented regardless of what DNS server implementation you use.  In most setups, you will have one DNS server that serves the external network, and a different one that serves the internal network.  With BIND, as possibly other implementations, you can have both versions of the zone on the same server through a use of the &quot;allow-query&quot; statement within the zone section of the named.conf file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another possibility on BIND (and I've never tried this) would be to set your example.com domain on the internal DNS server with only the records you use internally.  Then, set a &quot;forward&quot; statement with the &quot;first&quot; argument (in conjunction with &quot;forwarders&quot;).  In theory, this would go ask the external DNS server (as set in &quot;forwarders&quot; for an answer, which wouldn't have your internal records and return a failure response.  Then, the internal server would look at itself for an answer.  Not sure if that would work, but it's a thought.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/split_DNS.html" />
  <row Id="33562" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18782" RevisionGUID="9347f77e-6e0e-4656-a1da-258353f83ff4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:48:18.063" UserId="2783" Text="There's an article for that :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102378321033.aspx" />
  <row Id="33563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18783" RevisionGUID="f7261f21-1b26-4545-b561-6d8813a1abf9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:48:22.807" UserId="640" Text="I'm moving some files around on the server (Windows Server 2003), and there's a locked file that no one seems to have open. How do I delete this file?" />
  <row Id="33564" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18783" RevisionGUID="f7261f21-1b26-4545-b561-6d8813a1abf9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:48:22.807" UserId="640" Text="How do I delete a locked file in Windows?" />
  <row Id="33565" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18783" RevisionGUID="f7261f21-1b26-4545-b561-6d8813a1abf9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:48:22.807" UserId="640" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;locked-file&gt;" />
  <row Id="33566" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18784" RevisionGUID="687da546-6808-40ae-b330-07892ed0f5d8" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:49:36.330" UserDisplayName="Stephen P. Schaefer" Text="You're already on the right track.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On your internal DNS servers, you'll need to define a zone for every exception host immediately below the &quot;example.com&quot;.  To minimize these exceptions, it is common practice to name all internal machines &quot;hosta.internal.example.com&quot;, with the DNS server sending most queries to external DNS servers, but authoritative for the zone &quot;internal.example.com&quot;.  (Once you get past a small operations, there is usually a couple DNS server to which clients are directed and a separate authoritative DNS to which those are servers are directed for &quot;internal.example.com&quot;.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usually, it is only when a host must be reachable both externally and internally that the exceptions you describe get created.  Even then, you may want to use &quot;host1.example.com&quot; from the outside and &quot;host1.internal.example.com&quot; from the inside.  Internal hosts get configured to look for names within &quot;internal.example.com&quot;.  There are situations where what you're already doing is appropriate, such as if the certificate for a server identifies the server as &quot;host1.example.com&quot;, in which case you want that to be the name to which clients connect. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33567" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18122" RevisionGUID="1d39bd32-4833-4384-a9be-b40a334788a1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:49:40.993" UserId="3557" Comment="added $Origin information" Text="DNS itself has a root zone.  this zone it called literally &quot;.&quot;.  Bind requires that you fully qualify a DNS name (this includes the . or root zone). Other UIs simplify this by assuming the root zone for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Within Bind, you may define an Origin variable that will be automatically appended if you do not specify a FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name, including the trailing .).  Alnitak has an excelent example of the syntax and various uses of this." />
  <row Id="33568" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18785" RevisionGUID="69f2e494-b83a-4df2-a6de-9717279f1044" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:49:44.130" UserId="5473" Text="A few methods are here:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/06/04/how-to-delete-an-undeletable-file/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33569" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18786" RevisionGUID="f7eebcaf-ec74-4a67-8781-36d1ffc8f1eb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:50:12.430" UserId="7309" Text="In order to change the port on Mac OS-X for your SSH daemon, follow the following steps:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Open Terminal and as edit the file `/etc/services` (as root)&#xD;&#xA; 1. Add a line at the bottom: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        secret-ssh 43539/tcp # secret SSH port&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Edit file `/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ssh.plist` and replace the code:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;key&gt;SockServiceName &lt;/key&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;string&gt;ssh &lt;/string&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;key&gt;SockServiceName &lt;/key&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;string&gt;secret-ssh &lt;/string&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Open *Sharing* control panel and ensure that *Remote Login* is checked off (if not uncheck it). Then check it again to start with the new configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now you should be able to run SSH command to your external IP as follows: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh -p 43539 ip_address_of_your_server -l username" />
  <row Id="33570" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18786" RevisionGUID="f7eebcaf-ec74-4a67-8781-36d1ffc8f1eb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:50:12.430" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18787" RevisionGUID="cc898484-0fab-40a2-84d3-10638474ffee" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:50:12.507" UserId="3657" Text="Use the openfiles command to identify and disconnect users who have the file open.  If that doesn't work, download the [Unlocker][1] utility.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/" />
  <row Id="33572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18788" RevisionGUID="9196ed7c-d461-4ba4-a572-7af94872220b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:53:35.730" UserId="4226" Text="The 1st issue we ran into, that most have already seen is the SCSI-3 Persistent Reservations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know of anyone that just jumps into Win2k8 and SQL2k8 without first testing in the lab.  Which means using some type of iSCSI storage.  In the past we had used Openfiler for our test cluster, which at this time does NOT function with Win2k8 Failover Clustering.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Starwind has recently released a free version that would do the trick, but that is only very recent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option, is that Microsoft now offers Windows Storage Server 2008 through their MSDN subscribers page.  Windows Storage Server has an iSCSI Target solution that works excellent with-in a test environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The next issue we ran into is that while Windows 2008 Failover Clustering will allow you to create a cluster with Warning Dialogs, you can NOT install SQL 2008 with out 1st having a validated cluster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft will not support an 'unvalidated' cluster, but in our instance it was just a matter of having a single disk that did not support SCSI-3, but it was not going to be used in the cluster anyways, but the validation wizard saw it as a potential disk, so flagged a warning.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQL was unable to be installed until that disk was removed.   Although I did also find a command line install option that ignores the Windows 2008 validation warnings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other than that, smooth sailing." />
  <row Id="33573" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18789" RevisionGUID="c693a384-2c50-43bf-aa53-32652d94d9ab" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:53:40.457" UserDisplayName="Bryan" Text="Attempting to implement client authentication with an SSL cert.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.modssl.org/docs/2.8/ssl_howto.html#auth-selective&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Receive the following errors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apache: Re-negotiation handshake failed: Not accepted by client!?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Firefox:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ssl_error_handshake_failure_alert&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I assume it is a configuration error, but have not been able to locate it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additional info: Commercial CA server cert servers secure works without problem in Apache 2.2 &amp; Passenger. Only client authentication related directives do not work." />
  <row Id="33574" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18789" RevisionGUID="c693a384-2c50-43bf-aa53-32652d94d9ab" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:53:40.457" UserDisplayName="Bryan" Text="ssl_error_handshake_failure_alert  with Commercial CA-based client certificate" />
  <row Id="33575" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18789" RevisionGUID="c693a384-2c50-43bf-aa53-32652d94d9ab" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:53:40.457" UserDisplayName="Bryan" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;ssl&gt;&lt;openssl&gt;&lt;vhost&gt;" />
  <row Id="33576" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18744" RevisionGUID="7e895427-5f98-4065-a4df-66bf0ecb4b72" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:53:45.043" UserId="6342" Comment="added 114 characters in body" Text="I have not having any luck getting my .htaccess with mod_rewrite working.  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  <row Id="33577" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18790" RevisionGUID="ce558124-587f-442a-be79-a001323ddbda" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:54:32.950" UserId="4822" Text="The thing you're looking for are called [Baluns][3]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; For Distributing Audio/Video Via Cat5&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Cable&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Today's A/V industry has created the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; need to send high resolution audio and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; video signals over increasingly long&#xD;&#xA;&gt; distances of cable. However, the size&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and cost of the video cabling,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; especially when long lengths are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; involved, had created a challenge. As&#xD;&#xA;&gt; needs and technology change, future&#xD;&#xA;&gt; cable replacement can be quite costly.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; A solution has been developed to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tackle this problem. By placing&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;balun&quot; adaptors at each end, signals&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can be adapted to be effectively sent&#xD;&#xA;&gt; over long distances of Cat5 cable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i found a company that has a whole [product page][2] of them. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the product pics has this schematic on the actual device:&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So you can steal their pinouts and use that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://www.mcmelectronics.com/content/productimages/s4/50-7740_2.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mcmelectronics.com/browse/Balun/3829865&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.mcmelectronics.com/content/en-US/manufacturer/baluns" />
  <row Id="33578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18791" RevisionGUID="bbea4ca6-e1dc-48fb-89ea-2c0d04bb640d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:55:12.090" UserId="7843" Text="I was assigned to a few computers to interface with our IT department and get them to perform some upgrades on the systems to allow them to connect to the company network.  After they came and did their scripts and other changes, the systems should behave almost identical to any other standard company computer in terms of logging off/shutting down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, when going to Start -&gt; Shut Down  (or CTRL+ALT+DELETE -&gt; Shut Down), on these systems they now only have the option to log off a user and no other options a the shut down menu.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anybody know of a registry setting or somewhere to change this and allow for shutting down?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you!" />
  <row Id="33579" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18791" RevisionGUID="bbea4ca6-e1dc-48fb-89ea-2c0d04bb640d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:55:12.090" UserId="7843" Text="Log Off only option in shutdown menu on Windows XP desktop" />
  <row Id="33580" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18791" RevisionGUID="bbea4ca6-e1dc-48fb-89ea-2c0d04bb640d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:55:12.090" UserId="7843" Text="&lt;xp-pro-sp2&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;shutdown&gt;" />
  <row Id="33581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18792" RevisionGUID="5cad247d-e024-470b-85a3-dadb2863c208" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:55:29.313" UserId="1973" Text="Hi Team,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have several LAMP servers that each run a special script we wrote to report on various system metrics. The report runs daily, and the idea is to be able to make a quick pass and spot any potential issues on the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each LAMP server runs RedHat Enterprise and hosts 40-50 (and growing) public facing websites each (a mix of HTML, custom PHP and Drupal sites).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is what the script currently includes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Server load and users logged in&#xD;&#xA; 2. Last 10 logins and times&#xD;&#xA; 3. Disk usage&#xD;&#xA; 4. Last 10 lines from various logs (qmail, mysql, secure, apache error, package)&#xD;&#xA; 5. username, port and last login time for every account&#xD;&#xA; 6. top dump&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The report is already long, so I'm interested in brevity as much as is feasible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you found other metrics important to include in such a script? Would you drop any from this list?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks, team.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;j" />
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  <row Id="33583" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18792" RevisionGUID="5cad247d-e024-470b-85a3-dadb2863c208" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:55:29.313" UserId="1973" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;lamp&gt;" />
  <row Id="33584" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18793" RevisionGUID="63d0e469-7a7d-4801-91be-87755b6ce600" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:56:59.577" UserId="1215" Text="Is there a way to limit the users ability to change time by more than an hour?" />
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  <row Id="33586" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18793" RevisionGUID="63d0e469-7a7d-4801-91be-87755b6ce600" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:56:59.577" UserId="1215" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;time&gt;" />
  <row Id="33587" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18794" RevisionGUID="66294ff8-39c7-47c8-92c2-ddb27bc8f93f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:57:02.557" UserId="3557" Text="There is no reason to require leases for this.  Simply purchase the machines in flights like you are suggesting.  also make sure to go with the business class machines which are likely to stick around for much longer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as knowing the versions of things, you may want to look at a Systems Management software rather than just going based on your images.  System Center Essentials would be appropriate for your organization size and will sit you in good stead going forward and moving towards the Enterprise level System Center products.  Alternately there are other software offerings to assist with this such as Altiris's Deployment Server (I'm not 100% certain of the naming on the Altiris products)." />
  <row Id="33588" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18794" RevisionGUID="66294ff8-39c7-47c8-92c2-ddb27bc8f93f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:57:02.557" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33589" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18795" RevisionGUID="7eea3c48-f17d-4646-94a8-aec482db2cbf" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:57:06.127" UserId="5078" Text="The only effective way to do is is with mod rewrite rules. If the referrer is not from your own domain, then rewrite the image url to be one that is non-existant, somewhere else, or a 1px by 1px transparent gif.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A lot of people do this with an image that says 'No leeching, buddy' or similar" />
  <row Id="33590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18796" RevisionGUID="599e1416-357c-4129-af8f-5564d8d9c65a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:57:18.157" UserId="2783" Text="Also take a look at the following article on Disk Partition alignment for RAID volumes.  While the article says it is for SQL, it is really for any database running on top of RAID with Windows Server 2003 or earlier.  You can increase the performance of your setup SIGNIFICANTLY (increase throughput and IOPS by as much as 30% while reducing latency) by making the change (but it has to be when you first partition your volumes, before they have been formatted):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd758814.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;more here: http://blogs.msdn.com/jimmymay/archive/2009/05/08/disk-partition-alignment-sector-alignment-make-the-case-with-this-template.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18797" RevisionGUID="bf6da703-b8ab-4197-b7bb-7e9768f2769e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:58:22.957" UserId="7783" Text="I don't think so - I think you can either change the time or you can't, at least with the built in tools. If the machine is in a domain, be aware that fiddling with the time will cause people to have problems with authentication to domain resources." />
  <row Id="33592" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18798" RevisionGUID="2c7f4662-a0f9-4187-aab3-a2a409474b65" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:58:28.263" UserId="1369" Text="Beyond the basics, here are a few areas that you should probably investigate further:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Settings up a mail system that performs well enough for hundreds of users, good spam filtering, security, backup solution, webmail access, etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Learning and experimenting with backup: choosing a good strategy, implementing it, making it as effective in $$ as possible (everyone wants backup but not everyone want to pay for the extra cost).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Server monitoring: again, having a good strategy and implementing it so you can monitor multiple servers, the goal being to be able to anticipate problems rather than fixing them when they happen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Security: auditing, locking resources, monitoring usage, complex firewall situations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * ...  &#xD;&#xA;Basically, anything that pushes the envelope and makes the difference between setting up something for yourself and settings up something for an organisation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Beyond these, I believe that to be an effective Senior Admin you need to understand what the company does, how people work, what they do, and find out how technology can help users being more effective and the company's bottom line.  &#xD;&#xA;IT doesn't exists in a vacuum: trying to find better ways for people to collaborate and have access to their data quickly and securely is what makes a good IT organisation.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So it's not just about being able to setup a mail server or installing a security product, it's about using your technical knowledge and experience to help the business you are working for.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Expanding your horizon beyond just the mechanics of IT will help you get farther." />
  <row Id="33593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18799" RevisionGUID="fdf4f0fb-5e53-45c2-bcf9-040229fb934e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:58:47.013" UserId="5000" Text="It's a Group Policy setting:&#xD;&#xA;User Configuration &gt; Administrative Templates &gt; Start Menu and Taskbar &gt; **Remove and prevent access to the Shut Down command**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is only applying to these few computers (and none others in the environment) check the local policy on these boxes:&#xD;&#xA;Start &gt; Run &gt; gpedit.msc&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33594" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18800" RevisionGUID="7e016f51-daf7-4544-9978-bbe6e5edcd0d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:59:31.537" UserId="4117" Text="I would test to make sure your environment is sane.  Test that PHP is running correctly (write a simple PHP script that echos something, wget it, make sure you received what you expected), your database (just connect and make sure you can see databases), etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you're doing SSL on those, check the certificate for expiration, unexpected changes, etc." />
  <row Id="33595" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18801" RevisionGUID="09925ecf-aaca-43f6-8271-fe4efb37fe58" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:59:50.163" UserId="5799" Text="First, check the Group Policies at *`gpedit.msc`* - *User Configuration* - *Administrative templates* - *Start Menu and Taskbar* - **Remove and prevent access to the Shut Down command**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, make sure the user has the privilege to shutdown the system (`SeShutdownPrivilege`).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(This might work: Open [ProcExp][procexp], double-click on `explorer.exe`, and look for the privilege in Security tab.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [procexp]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx &quot;Process Explorer&quot;" />
  <row Id="33596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18802" RevisionGUID="e656c2e3-56bc-46f2-9a6b-8f1c07ce2ac7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:59:50.863" UserId="671" Text="I would recommend using an automated gathering tool such as [Cacti][1] that will gather and report on various metrics over time.  This will allow you to easily spot trends and plan for the future.  There is an excellent book by John Allspaw called [The Art of Capacity Planning][2] which goes into this topic in great detail.  I highly recommend this for anyone who needs to track metrics on servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cacti.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596518578/" />
  <row Id="33597" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18803" RevisionGUID="5eda6ffa-bb1e-4176-8a0a-3ae91b7be5ae" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:00:47.197" UserId="7789" Text="Can't beat Kevin's sound advice there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recently came accross http://www.virtualcomputer.com/Products/nxtop and it looks quite interesting, might be of use in a smaller environment." />
  <row Id="33598" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18803" RevisionGUID="5eda6ffa-bb1e-4176-8a0a-3ae91b7be5ae" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:00:47.197" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33599" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18804" RevisionGUID="b102228a-9879-4ef9-8700-acad4e79a4ba" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:02:41.560" UserId="7083" Text="My advice would be not to report any of those things routinely. You will be swamped with information and human nature dictates that when an issue does arrive, you may indeed overlook it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instead report only when one of those variables is abnormal. Perhaps even more frequently during the day. You could use a monitoring and graphing system such as Cacti which will alert of you of such changes and keep historical data for future reference." />
  <row Id="33600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18805" RevisionGUID="dbfaf1a9-01a4-4eba-ac49-a2a5177a861a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:02:54.243" UserId="2413" Text="for your script - for performance checks i'd add content of mysql slow queries log [you need to activate it in mysql's my.cnf ]. if you have queries longer than few seconds there is probably some performance bottleneck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;put some consistency check - tripwire - integrit or sth else - on places that are not supposed to be modified [ /etc/ ? binaries ? ]. maybe add checking of ftp logs against geoip - probably you dont expect to see successful logins from china or ex-soviet union.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;put at least [iptables logging][1] for outgoing connections and include all unusual destination ports that showed up in your logs. you probably do not want outgoing http connections - maybe except update check within drupal - those can be sign of some attempts to download potentially malicious payload. or even better drop all outgoing traffic and add exceptions eg for outgoing tcp/25 if you send some mails. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;add graphical trend monitoring eg with [munin][2]. plot charts with load, number requests per sec, memory and swap usage, mysql queries per sec, slow queries, total eth traffic, mail traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and as Dan C suggests - you'll be drawn in logs and will start ignoring them. set up nagios or any other checking system. that will report to you when bad things happen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.faqs.org/docs/iptables/targets.html#LOGTARGET&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://munin.projects.linpro.no/" />
  <row Id="33601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18806" RevisionGUID="153ecd62-2d73-4f0f-9d37-9340e07e2b08" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:04:55.190" UserId="2358" Text="We are using an out of date custom application for managing mailing lists.  We are a very small office, an all Microsoft shop.  We have Exchange and Windows Sharepoint Services and Office 2007.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for thoughts about the best solution for setting up a shared contact list which would be used for mail merges and also simple searches.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sharepoint and Exchange/Outlook both have pros and cons - what are they?  Any other options?" />
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  <row Id="33603" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18806" RevisionGUID="153ecd62-2d73-4f0f-9d37-9340e07e2b08" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:04:55.190" UserId="2358" Text="&lt;contacts&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;sharepoint&gt;" />
  <row Id="33604" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17743" RevisionGUID="0abf5fdd-7564-4dbe-95e0-1db9dd03fab7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:05:03.427" UserId="3505" Comment="added 425 characters in body" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been running KVM for a few of the management servers at work, I've actually been very happy with it all around, and now want to move to the next phase, and deploy some heavy services (data-mining, ETL, etc) onto them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was wondering if anyone here has used KVM for something serious and has had any issues or comments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm specifically interested in performance-related issues you've experienced (assuming that you've not had stability issues to begin with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Formulating this for Q&amp;A...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Have you run KVM to host a resource-heavy service?&#xD;&#xA; 1. If Yes to 1, have you had any stability issues?&#xD;&#xA; 1. If Yes to 1 and No to 2, have you had any performance issues?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(When I get around to it, and I will eventually, I will push one of my LVMs into a very loaded (non-prod) environment, and I'll let you all know how it goes.  The data mining services we run are as heavy as it can get, so I'm sure this test will be fruitful! =) - Meanwhile I'm still looking forward to more answers to the questions above from anyone who'd like to share.  And big thanks to everyone who's responded so far.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33605" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18807" RevisionGUID="06bcf10d-0566-45bf-bfad-349db7546135" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:06:05.563" UserId="7073" Text="Here is how I do it for 30 computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Purchase computer with Vista home&#xD;&#xA; - Nuke that and install XP Pro using our open license (usually its either replacing a machine or we purchase another license)&#xD;&#xA; - Apply all windows updates&#xD;&#xA; - Connect to domain&#xD;&#xA; - Reboot&#xD;&#xA; - Group Policy installs all my user software :)&#xD;&#xA; - Give to end user&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since we buy computers in batchs of 1 to 5 even getting the same model will usually mean slightly different chip sets, video cards, etc when there are a couple of months between purchases that it makes doing machine images impractical&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also I agree, no reason to lease, you'll be cheaper in the long run to purchase especially if you drag out how long you keep them, even if they end up being test machines or spares in year 5" />
  <row Id="33606" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18807" RevisionGUID="06bcf10d-0566-45bf-bfad-349db7546135" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:06:05.563" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18808" RevisionGUID="25826f2a-7665-4753-a338-8ebc4f955603" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:06:48.387" UserId="3497" Text="I know we all struggle to strike a balance between keeping our user's workstations locked down but still usable.  I have a real problem with one client whose users are constantly installing toolbars, games, malware etc.  I really want to be able to take away their local administrative rights (and so does management).  The problem is they rely on a handful of poorly written applications that require local administrator rights to run properly.  Before anybody suggests it, it is not possible to get rid of these applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I realize I can create custom shortcuts to these applications using the runas command and saving the local administrator credentials.  The problem with this solution is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - I have to manually supply the local administrator credentials for each user.&#xD;&#xA; - Some of the programs rely on data in the local user profile and do not function properly if &quot;tricked&quot; into thinking they are running under the ComputerName\Administrator profile.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I would love is to install some application or apply a Group Policy that allows me to specify applications that should be allowed to elevate the local profile's permissions.  Is there a solution like this available?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How does everyone else handle locking down workstations and still supporting legacy/poorly written software?" />
  <row Id="33608" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18808" RevisionGUID="25826f2a-7665-4753-a338-8ebc4f955603" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:06:48.387" UserId="3497" Text="How do you lock down workstations and still support legacy applications that require local administrator rights?" />
  <row Id="33609" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18808" RevisionGUID="25826f2a-7665-4753-a338-8ebc4f955603" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:06:48.387" UserId="3497" Text="&lt;local-administrator&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;lockdown&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="33610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18809" RevisionGUID="ff27d4c4-f1d1-4fd3-a6c7-c1731218ce30" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:08:05.577" UserId="1385" Text="I have a solution, even if it is not very beautiful, because it leaves the default error 403 document changed even if the image is not hotlinked:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This goes into apache2.conf:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        SetEnvIfNoCase Referer &quot;livejournal.com&quot; hotlink&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;FilesMatch &quot;.(gif|jpg|jpeg|png)$&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;                ErrorDocument 403 /server404/no_hotlink.php&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/FilesMatch&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;FilesMatch &quot;.(gif|jpg|jpeg|png|mpg|avi|flv)$&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;                deny from env=hotlink&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/FilesMatch&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        Alias /server404 &quot;/var/www/_404&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Directory &quot;/var/www/_404&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            AllowOverride AuthConfig&#xD;&#xA;            Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;            Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We used the /server404 path for a serverwide 404 error document for some time, so we already had that. You could also call it 403 or GlobalNoHotlink or whatever you want. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For images (first FilesMatch) we set the &quot;forbidden&quot; ErrorDocument to a PHP file in our /server404 directory. Then we check if it is hotlinked (there we also do that for video files, thus two FilesMatch tags) and forbid access if hotlinked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This goes into /var/www/_404/no_hotlink.php - the PHP file called on forbidden image:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;?PHP&#xD;&#xA;        $file = dirname(__FILE__) . '/_default/no_hotlink.png';&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        header('HTTP/1.1 200 OK', true, 200);&#xD;&#xA;        header(&quot;Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;        header(&quot;Last-Modified: &quot; . gmdate(&quot;D, d M Y H:i:s&quot;) . &quot; GMT&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;        header(&quot;Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;        header(&quot;Pragma: no-cache&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;        header('Content-length: ' . filesize($file));&#xD;&#xA;        header('Content-type: image/png');&#xD;&#xA;        readfile($file);&#xD;&#xA;        ?&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* The first line is used to identify the image file we want to send out. &#xD;&#xA;* Then we set the HTTP header to 200 (this is optional. Decide for yourself),&#xD;&#xA;* add some headers to avoid caching of the image (we don't want to let that 8000x8000 pink pixel file appear &quot;from cache&quot; on our site if the person decides to go to our site, do we?).&#xD;&#xA;* Content-length according to the dummy file's size and &#xD;&#xA;* MIME type (You might have to change the latter of not using PNG).&#xD;&#xA;* Then we read the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It works - but it is not as beautiful as I'd like to have it, so will still be happy about other solutions." />
  <row Id="33611" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18805" RevisionGUID="80ce61b6-ce39-49b1-b322-b8e59342f93e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:08:27.273" UserId="2413" Comment="added 34 characters in body" Text="for your script - for performance checks i'd add content of mysql slow queries log [you need to activate it in mysql's my.cnf ]. if you have queries longer than few seconds there is probably some performance bottleneck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;put some consistency check - tripwire - integrit or sth else - on places that are not supposed to be modified [ /etc/ ? binaries ? ]. maybe add checking of ftp logs against geoip - probably you dont expect to see successful logins from china or ex-soviet union.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;put at least [iptables logging][1] for outgoing connections and include all unusual destination ports that showed up in your logs. you probably do not want outgoing http connections - maybe except update check within drupal - those can be sign of some attempts to download potentially malicious payload. or even better drop all outgoing traffic and add exceptions eg for outgoing tcp/25 if you send some mails. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;add graphical trend monitoring eg with [munin][2]. plot charts with load, number requests per sec, memory and swap usage, mysql queries per sec, slow queries, total eth traffic, mail traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and as Dan C suggests - you'll be drawn in logs and will start ignoring them. set up [nagios][3] or any other checking system. that will report to you when bad things happen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.faqs.org/docs/iptables/targets.html#LOGTARGET&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://munin.projects.linpro.no/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://nagios.org/" />
  <row Id="33612" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18810" RevisionGUID="5c88e5c3-e8e2-4d28-90c4-8f764c53d697" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:09:06.243" UserId="7261" Text="communigate - but with it's shoddy iPhone integration, I am beginning to wish we didn't" />
  <row Id="33613" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18811" RevisionGUID="77d8d0e7-979b-452b-bb50-a739df2b3bb2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:09:50.500" UserId="6638" Text="adding to David's reply, you need to escape the blanks with %20" />
  <row Id="33614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18812" RevisionGUID="6588dda5-2c72-495e-9192-eb7087b80add" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:10:10.297" UserId="6707" Text="I have a wordpress blog on my own server, which used permanant links containing Chinese characters in urls like http://techblog.zellux.czm.cn/2008/03/ics-lab4-%E7%BB%8F%E9%AA%8C/. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Several months ago I changed all the urls with english descriptions like http://techblog.zellux.czm.cn/2009/05/page-coloring/, and installed a plugin to generated sitemap.xml automatically and submitted it to Google Webmaster Tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now several months later I checked Google Webmaster Tools again, in Diagnostics-&gt;Web Crawl it said that it could not found 41 urls, all of which contained unicode of Chinese characters like the one before, and in the *Linked From* column they were all *unavailable*. As to &#xD;&#xA;Sitemaps-&gt;Sitemap details, it said that only 15 out of 115 URLs were indexed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my problem is how to make Google stop trying to crawl deprecated URLs but crawl only those specified in sitemap.xml?" />
  <row Id="33615" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18812" RevisionGUID="6588dda5-2c72-495e-9192-eb7087b80add" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:10:10.297" UserId="6707" Text="Google web crawler cannot find my wordpress posts" />
  <row Id="33616" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18812" RevisionGUID="6588dda5-2c72-495e-9192-eb7087b80add" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:10:10.297" UserId="6707" Text="&lt;google&gt;&lt;crawler&gt;&lt;wordpress&gt;&lt;website&gt;" />
  <row Id="33617" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18813" RevisionGUID="7cad4326-68e8-45a6-97e8-2090befbc5c9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:10:18.723" UserId="671" Text="There is no setting to control how &quot;much&quot; users can change the time, but Windows does have a setting in the domain security policy that can be set to disallow time changes.  By default, only Administrators and Power Users can set the time on a domain workstation.  This can be changed in the Default Domain Security Settings on the domain controller.  Navigate to the Security Settings, Local Policies, then User Rights Assignment.  There is a property called &quot;Change the system time&quot; which you can use to set the permissions on who can change the time on workstations, servers, and domain controllers." />
  <row Id="33618" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18814" RevisionGUID="df39bcb9-059c-4c8b-b20c-5d3c0ea2f7af" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:11:47.143" UserId="4419" Text="Seeing that the handshake fails it could be that the client doesn't understand (or is configured to use) the negotiated SSL Protocol. Check eg in FF whether all SSL protocols are enabled (SSL2, SSL3, TLSv1) and match that up with the SSL protocol configured for Apache.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**update:** it might also be usefull to do a network trace to see what cypher suites both client and server support. Maybe they cannot find matching suite and hence the handshake fails" />
  <row Id="33619" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18815" RevisionGUID="fa576905-befd-486a-ba8f-b587c141966e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:12:31.713" UserId="2722" Text="We have an ubuntu box set up to do some monitoring but due to the placement are unable to run CAT5 to the box itself. I have an Atheros PCI card that works great as long as someone is logged into Gnome and it doesn't disconnect from the AP during that time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to have Ubuntu connect to the AP during boot, and always reconnect if it finds a signal from a specified AP? The box would have a static IP and only connecting to a specific AP." />
  <row Id="33620" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18815" RevisionGUID="fa576905-befd-486a-ba8f-b587c141966e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:12:31.713" UserId="2722" Text="Have Ubuntu auto-connect to wireless AP without logging in" />
  <row Id="33621" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18815" RevisionGUID="fa576905-befd-486a-ba8f-b587c141966e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:12:31.713" UserId="2722" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;wireless&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="33622" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18816" RevisionGUID="78f5236c-c9b1-41f4-864d-108b51fd8bd5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:13:08.483" UserId="4392" Text="This is directly related to my question regarding leasing or purchasing in flights versus piecemeal design: http://serverfault.com/questions/18777/switching-from-piecemeal-machines-to-leases&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you buy a machine for a user, how long do you assume it will be in use? Do you plan 3 year or 5 year generations, or something else? Is it different for laptops vs desktops? (or are you even still buying desktops? I've bought 4 in as many years, I think). " />
  <row Id="33623" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18816" RevisionGUID="78f5236c-c9b1-41f4-864d-108b51fd8bd5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:13:08.483" UserId="4392" Text="What is your end user machine lifetime? " />
  <row Id="33624" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18816" RevisionGUID="78f5236c-c9b1-41f4-864d-108b51fd8bd5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:13:08.483" UserId="4392" Text="&lt;endusers&gt;&lt;desktop&gt;&lt;upgrade&gt;" />
  <row Id="33625" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18816" RevisionGUID="78f5236c-c9b1-41f4-864d-108b51fd8bd5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:13:08.483" UserId="4392" />
  <row Id="33626" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18777" RevisionGUID="271a3fa9-c992-4c0f-96db-06731e2b27dc" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:13:49.307" UserId="4392" Comment="added 220 characters in body" Text="I'm the IT admin for a company with a small number of users (15-20). We currently run an astonishing array laptops, each bought sometime in the previous four years. Because of this, no two are alike, and support is a nightmare. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to switch from the process we have in place now to a lease based plan, where my users are upgraded in &quot;flights&quot;, so to speak. The benefits will be tremendous. I'll be able to roll out a standard image instead of wondering who has what version of what software, issues will be much easier to debug, and I can conduct thorough tests before rollout. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My problem is that I've never done leases nor planned rollouts like this. What advice would you give to someone who is just doing this for the first time? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since machine lifetime plays a part in this, but is a completely valid question on its own, I have asked that question here: &#xD;&#xA;http://serverfault.com/questions/18816/what-is-your-end-user-machine-lifetime" />
  <row Id="33627" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18817" RevisionGUID="f1ed096c-1173-4ae4-8868-96a268913404" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:14:34.283" UserId="5799" Text="I find [Process Monitor][procmon] and Microsoft [Application Compatibility Toolkit][appcompatkit] useful when trying to get &lt;s&gt;stup&lt;/s&gt;legacy applications work. There's also [LUA Buglight][buglight], but I haven't tried it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for locking down, I would give local admin rights to those users who know what they are doing, and are not going to &quot;accidentially&quot; destroy things. (this is only my opinion)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [procmon]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx &quot;Process Monitor&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [appcompatkit]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=24DA89E9-B581-47B0-B45E-492DD6DA2971&amp;displaylang=en &quot;Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.5&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [buglight]: http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2008/11/06/lua-buglight-2-0-second-preview.aspx &quot;LUA Buglight 2.0, second preview&quot;" />
  <row Id="33628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18818" RevisionGUID="0de66b64-2b9e-4fa6-8b04-407c554c782d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:15:38.273" UserId="7783" Text="It's rare that a software package actually needs admin rights, but rather it's writing to an area of the registry or hard disk that admins normally have access to and other users do not. That might sound like nit-picking but its fundamental to nailing this issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use the process explorer tools from Microsoft to monitor what the applications are doing, and allocate rights to those areas to the users. [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx" />
  <row Id="33629" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18790" RevisionGUID="28f46b49-bac6-4ca8-bcd7-da2d36733d75" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:17:16.757" UserId="4822" Comment="added 51 characters in body" Text="The thing you're looking for are called [Baluns][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [For Distributing Audio/Video Via Cat5&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Cable][2]&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Today's A/V industry has created the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; need to send high resolution audio and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; video signals over increasingly long&#xD;&#xA;&gt; distances of cable. However, the size&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and cost of the video cabling,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; especially when long lengths are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; involved, had created a challenge. As&#xD;&#xA;&gt; needs and technology change, future&#xD;&#xA;&gt; cable replacement can be quite costly.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; A solution has been developed to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tackle this problem. By placing&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;balun&quot; adaptors at each end, signals&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can be adapted to be effectively sent&#xD;&#xA;&gt; over long distances of Cat5 cable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i found a company that has a whole [product page][3] of them. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the product pics has this schematic on the actual device:&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So you can steal their pinouts and use that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balun&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mcmelectronics.com/content/en-US/manufacturer/baluns&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.mcmelectronics.com/browse/Balun/3829865&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.mcmelectronics.com/content/productimages/s4/50-7740_2.jpg" />
  <row Id="33630" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18819" RevisionGUID="05b80eb6-e97e-4753-8c0c-275ff05dbd75" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:17:51.983" UserId="5391" Text="Leasing versus purchasing should be an accounting question, not IT.  You can do the same replacement cycle with both methods.  It really comes down to your company's cash flow, the cost of monies and the interest rates on leasing.  There could also be property tax issues that come up with leasing too." />
  <row Id="33631" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18819" RevisionGUID="05b80eb6-e97e-4753-8c0c-275ff05dbd75" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:17:51.983" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33632" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18820" RevisionGUID="c8593b76-2ec1-4ad9-afef-bae701c24853" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:18:06.100" UserId="5000" Text="It depends on what your support costs are. Manufacturers will generally give you three years warranty for a reasonable price, but then charge like a wounded bull for years 4 - 5 (and you're pretty much on your own after that).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So you could say the minimum life of a desktop laptop is three years, plus however long each individual machine lasts -- when it fails after three years you swap it for a brand new one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also bear in mind that future generations of Windows may not be compatible with 3+ year-old hardware (this was the case with Vista).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33633" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18820" RevisionGUID="c8593b76-2ec1-4ad9-afef-bae701c24853" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:18:06.100" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18821" RevisionGUID="3587aeaf-4682-4692-b2fd-bbb3eb9d581f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:18:14.230" UserId="3483" Text="I have something like this in my httpd.conf:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond &quot;%{HTTP_REFERER}&quot; !=&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond &quot;%{HTTP_REFERER}&quot; &quot;!^http://www.mydomain.com/.*$&quot; [NC]&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule &quot;\.(jpg|png)$ - [F]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might need to use this as well if you haven't used RewriteConds and RewriteRules before:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine On&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found it googleing or in the Apache Cookbook. Can't remember anymore." />
  <row Id="33635" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18822" RevisionGUID="d2fb138d-fb20-4829-8108-088d48781b79" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:18:34.820" UserId="4392" Text="Sure, you should be able to place the appropriate iwconfig and ifconfig commands in /etc/init.d/rc.local though that's not the &quot;Ubuntu way&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33636" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18823" RevisionGUID="9083795c-5681-41bb-99cf-ec08b367d495" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:18:53.073" UserId="7783" Text="We generally go with 4 years, as we can get this level of warranty from our supplier easily enough. It seems smart to bet with, rather than against our hardware suppliers." />
  <row Id="33637" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18823" RevisionGUID="9083795c-5681-41bb-99cf-ec08b367d495" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:18:53.073" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33638" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18814" RevisionGUID="b61e68dd-742d-4c08-867e-e5bf38724e57" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:20:32.977" UserId="4419" Comment="added 127 characters in body" Text="Seeing that the handshake fails it could be that the client doesn't understand (or is configured to use) the negotiated SSL Protocol. Check eg in FF whether all SSL protocols are enabled (SSL2, SSL3, TLSv1) and match that up with the SSL protocol configured for Apache.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**update:** it might also be usefull to do a network trace to see what cypher suites both client and server support. Maybe they cannot find matching suite and hence the handshake fails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or setting up the modssl log can reveal some more detail as well : http://www.modssl.org/docs/2.8/ssl_reference.html#ToC19" />
  <row Id="33639" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18667" RevisionGUID="2b867986-5ce1-491a-b189-03e8aa905a70" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:20:47.030" UserId="1944" Comment="added 88 characters in body" Text="I have files which I source in my files.&#xD;&#xA;I want to search them, when I am at a file which have these sources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I run unsuccessfully&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    !bufdo grep source &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;    !bufdo grep source %&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**How can you grep only sourced files and the current open file in Vim?**" />
  <row Id="33640" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18749" RevisionGUID="acfff57f-709c-4d45-a2d7-10c3b4be3f9d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:21:28.963" UserId="6608" Comment="added 36 characters in body" Text="The protocols (http, ftp, gopher, etc) which turn into links when surrounded by square brackets ([]) are defined in the $wgUrlProtocols array in your LocalSettings.php file. Here are the default protocols allowed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $wgUrlProtocols = array(&#xD;&#xA;    	'http://',&#xD;&#xA;    	'https://',&#xD;&#xA;    	'ftp://',&#xD;&#xA;    	'irc://',&#xD;&#xA;    	'gopher://',&#xD;&#xA;    	'telnet://', // Well if we're going to support the above.. -ævar&#xD;&#xA;    	'nntp://', // @bug 3808 RFC 1738&#xD;&#xA;    	'worldwind://',&#xD;&#xA;    	'mailto:',&#xD;&#xA;    	'news:'&#xD;&#xA;    );&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To fix your problem, add vmrc as a protocol. Add/replace the following in your LocalSettings.php file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $wgUrlProtocols = array(&#xD;&#xA;    	'http://',&#xD;&#xA;    	'https://',&#xD;&#xA;    	'ftp://',&#xD;&#xA;    	'irc://',&#xD;&#xA;    	'gopher://',&#xD;&#xA;    	'telnet://', // Well if we're going to support the above.. -ævar&#xD;&#xA;    	'nntp://', // @bug 3808 RFC 1738&#xD;&#xA;    	'worldwind://',&#xD;&#xA;    	'mailto:',&#xD;&#xA;    	'news:',&#xD;&#xA;    	'vmrc://',&#xD;&#xA;    );&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can now create links using the square bracket syntax: (The URL comes first, separated from the link text by one space. Spaces are not allowed in the URL.)&#xD;&#xA;    [vmrc://solo.avatopia.com:5901 Windows 2000 Server]&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33641" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18824" RevisionGUID="cfd75970-fb57-4bc5-b2fd-071e62a680ef" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:21:47.730" UserId="2417" Text="Try putting the rewrite rules directly into the VirtualHost config section (not under a &quot;Directory&quot; rule)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This way you can bypass any problems that may be cause by .htaccess and path identification mechanisms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Enable the mod_rewrite with&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;    a2enmod rewrite" />
  <row Id="33642" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18825" RevisionGUID="0e2b18b9-688a-40e8-8084-575734da3a45" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:21:48.653" UserId="2413" Text="referer checking not always works, some proxies or even browsers strip HTTP_REFERER header from http requests. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;it's much better to check some cookies in your content-generating code [ eg index.php that generates picture gallery ] and check on mod-rewrite or apache2 level if cookie is set to expected value.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;look [here][1] or [here][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.namepros.com/code/106681-protect-your-flash-files-hotlinking-specially.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.unixcities.com/apache/index1.html" />
  <row Id="33643" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18826" RevisionGUID="a5641888-57c7-4bd5-89ac-4a518d91f256" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:21:57.997" UserId="2579" Text="Use the following VBS to see if they are actually in the Admins Group:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Dim objComp&#xD;&#xA;    strComputer = 'Computer Name here&#xD;&#xA;    Set objComp = GetObject(&quot;WinNT://&quot; &amp; strComputer) 'seems to have issues here.&#xD;&#xA;    objComp.GetInfo  'or here....&#xD;&#xA;    If objComp.PropertyCount &gt; 0 Then&#xD;&#xA;        Set objGroup = GetObject(&quot;WinNT://&quot; &amp; strComputer &amp; &quot;/Administrators,group&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;        If objGroup.PropertyCount &gt; 0 Then&#xD;&#xA;            WScript.Echo  &quot;The members of the local Administrators group on &quot; &amp; strComputer &amp; &quot; are:&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            For Each mem In objGroup.Members&#xD;&#xA;                WScript.echo vbTab &amp; Right(mem.adsPath,Len(mem.adsPath) - 8)&#xD;&#xA;            Next&#xD;&#xA;        Else&#xD;&#xA;            WScript.echo &quot;** Connecting to the local Administrators group on &quot; &amp; strComputer &amp; &quot; failed.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            WScript.Quit 1&#xD;&#xA;        End If&#xD;&#xA;    Else&#xD;&#xA;        WScript.Echo  &quot;** Connecting to &quot; &amp; strComputer &amp; &quot; failed.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        WScript.Quit 1&#xD;&#xA;    End If" />
  <row Id="33644" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18827" RevisionGUID="709f6b3f-4b7b-4d04-8df8-1ed51608cfaa" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:23:25.903" UserId="7073" Text="Last place I was at we did it this way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Power users got new machines, high end specs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - power users are people who need the power not who know how to rework the registry on the weekend&#xD;&#xA; - these were the drafters (AutoCAD), engineers running simulator software &amp; developers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At 2 years, they got a new top end machine&#xD;&#xA;Their machine then went to support staff&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - These are the accountants, payroll, sales, people who generally only used &quot;office&quot; type applications&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So max machine life was about 4 years.  If a support person needed a new machine for any reason and the power users wasn't due for a while longer we'd upgrade the power user sooner since they make better use of the faster machine.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The machines we bought were high end enough that at 2 years old they were still better then some bottom end stuff, 4 gigs ram, and dedicated video cards was the norm for us." />
  <row Id="33645" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18827" RevisionGUID="709f6b3f-4b7b-4d04-8df8-1ed51608cfaa" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:23:25.903" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33646" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18828" RevisionGUID="e6ca57b4-b367-4d27-b14f-286b3b1099da" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:23:44.967" UserId="5799" Text="Have you tried adding the hosts to `/etc/hosts.allow`?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, denyhosts has its own internal cache, and if you edit `hosts.deny` without stopping denyhosts first, it will simply overwrite your changes after a minute or so." />
  <row Id="33647" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18829" RevisionGUID="ab69e5ed-03a8-4790-ae0f-231a16e225f5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:23:53.610" UserId="216" Text="In your case I'd strongly suggest running a real internal DNS server, rather than rely on the forwarder built into your router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See my document [draft-ietf-dnsext-dnsproxy][1] for the whys and wherefores.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-dnsext-dnsproxy" />
  <row Id="33648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18830" RevisionGUID="a6a87804-020c-4dc7-b495-8e3d4e3202a6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:24:30.237" UserId="6491" Text="I think your assumptions are okay.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is nothing interesting in proc to watch for, and they change every time.&#xD;&#xA;/dev is also a good question. I used to have that line, but now with udev I am not so sure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You still have this line, do you?&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /var            -&gt; $(SEC_INVARIANT) (recurse = 0) ;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My real problem with tripwire is, that it requires regular attention to keep it up-to-date.&#xD;&#xA;When I had the time it worked great, but not anymore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe it is worth to take a look at [Samhain][1]. It only reports once then learns the changes. It has other great features (maybe I will extend this later).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.la-samhna.de/samhain/" />
  <row Id="33649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18831" RevisionGUID="a0ab3a90-7919-46f3-9dd3-985a38411c24" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:25:04.060" UserId="3064" Text="What is the correct way to set the optimizer index cost adj parameter for Oracle.  As a developer I have observed huge performance improvements as this parameter is lowered.  Common queries are reduced from 2 seconds to 200ms.  There are lots of warnings on the net that lowering this value will cause dire issues with the database,  but no detail is given on what will start going wrong.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am currently only seeing only an upside, much improved application performance and no downside.  I need to better understand the possible negative repercussions of adjusting these parameters.  &#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="33651" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18831" RevisionGUID="a0ab3a90-7919-46f3-9dd3-985a38411c24" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:25:04.060" UserId="3064" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;performance-tuning&gt;" />
  <row Id="33652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18832" RevisionGUID="fd3c2b86-ae3f-45ba-afbd-fdddba1c032a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:25:49.080" UserId="7083" Text="**Exim** throughout. Why?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Happily backs off to our RDMS of choice.&#xD;&#xA; - Configuration files make easy reading.&#xD;&#xA; - Log files are easily read and parsed.&#xD;&#xA; - Documentation is concise.&#xD;&#xA; - Scales well.&#xD;&#xA; - Simple to bolt in non-standard delivery options without being hackish.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've had to use sendmail and qmail heavily in the past. And still today, occasionally. Both of which prove only to cause me immense pain whenever our paths cross." />
  <row Id="33653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18833" RevisionGUID="5357ddb5-206e-4435-af8b-1ebe8cfa3f7e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:26:05.693" UserId="621" Text="I recently upgraded one servers (running RHEL AS 5) from OpenSSH 4 server to OpenSSH 5.2 server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since the upgrade a customer is unable to scp files from the machine anymore. They use an ssh client from http://ssh.com/. &#xD;&#xA;I can scp files from and to the machine using openssh without problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use &quot;Public key authentication&quot; and they are still able to ssh to the machine but not scp files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any known -obvious- cause for such incompatibilities? If not how can I dig deeper into this issue?" />
  <row Id="33654" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18833" RevisionGUID="5357ddb5-206e-4435-af8b-1ebe8cfa3f7e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:26:05.693" UserId="621" Text="OpenSSH upgrade breaks scp" />
  <row Id="33655" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18833" RevisionGUID="5357ddb5-206e-4435-af8b-1ebe8cfa3f7e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:26:05.693" UserId="621" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;openssh&gt;" />
  <row Id="33656" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="18759" RevisionGUID="88fe5c5a-785e-4d71-ad82-2c3cf1a2d8cc" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:26:16.973" UserId="4392" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ms-office-2007&gt;&lt;microsoftword&gt;&lt;techsupport&gt;" />
  <row Id="33657" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18834" RevisionGUID="15bd67de-5f7f-47c4-8fd1-e4d5d4ec0b6d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:26:22.357" UserId="2070" Text="I'm working on a tool to get some data that is buried within a very large file on a remote system. It would be impractical to copy the entire file over, and all of the data I need exists within the first 1000 or so bytes of the file. I know that I can start a get and just cancel it with ^C to get a partial file, however this would be difficult (if not impossible) to automate with any consistency.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to tell my ftp client to only grab x bytes of the remote file and quit as soon as it has them. I've found a few windows clients that do partial downloads, but I haven't found anything in the ftp man page and documentation online is sparse.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found this HowTo: http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/doc/ftp.htx that suggests the following syntax:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ftp&gt; get bigfile.dat:0-5000 bigfile.nxt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is unclear to me if this is supposed to be implemented in the client or the server, but in either case, it doesn't seem to work in my environment. (Standard linux ftp client connecting to an FTP server running on z/OS)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even when trying between the linux standard ftp client and a filezilla server on windows, my attempts fail in the following way&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ftp&gt; get green.gif:0-10c&#xD;&#xA;    local: green.gif:0-10c remote: green.gif:0-10c&#xD;&#xA;    227 Entering Passive Mode (9,42,91,226,4,105)&#xD;&#xA;    550 File not found&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the :0-10c is interpreted as part of the filename it seems. Fail. Any thoughts?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33658" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18834" RevisionGUID="15bd67de-5f7f-47c4-8fd1-e4d5d4ec0b6d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:26:22.357" UserId="2070" Text="How to FTP 'get' a partial file only" />
  <row Id="33659" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18834" RevisionGUID="15bd67de-5f7f-47c4-8fd1-e4d5d4ec0b6d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:26:22.357" UserId="2070" Text="&lt;ftp&gt;" />
  <row Id="33660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18835" RevisionGUID="d5be4411-72cb-4831-971a-f0905517852f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:26:54.087" UserId="5281" Text="This issue has been resolved.  Here's a quick rundown for anyone else who is having trouble with DPM and BackupExec on the same server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The issue seemed to be that DPM didn't know how to handle the tape drive with the Symantec driver.  When we would do a re-scan, the drives wouldn't show up correctly because it was choking on the Symantec driver.  We fixed the issue with the following steps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Remove the tape drive from any Protection plans in DPM (just the long-term aspect).&#xD;&#xA; - Unhook the SCSI tape drives from our server.&#xD;&#xA; - Reboot.&#xD;&#xA; - Do a library re-scan in DPM, make sure nothing shows up.&#xD;&#xA; - Hook up the SCSI tape drives again and reboot.&#xD;&#xA; - Install the HP drivers for BOTH tape drivers.&#xD;&#xA; - Reboot.&#xD;&#xA; - Do a library re-scan in DPM so it recognizes both drives.&#xD;&#xA; - Install Symantec tape driver for the drive used by BackupExec.&#xD;&#xA; - Reboot.&#xD;&#xA; - Add the tape drive back to the the Protection plans in DPM." />
  <row Id="33661" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18836" RevisionGUID="9e40665b-abf9-46d6-ae23-a2a2b5d4fedc" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:28:46.673" UserId="7342" Text="You really want to have constant monitoring. We use Nagios to check each of our webservers several times a minute to make sure they're still working. We also monitor our databases and anything else we can think of. Over time you'll have outages and discover things that you should have monitored.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other side of the monitoring is some sort of graphing. We use Munin, but cacti or ganglia are common solutions. Graphing is invaluable to spot trends in your system." />
  <row Id="33662" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18837" RevisionGUID="a87d0a41-55a3-41d3-bfee-ba825a672886" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:29:18.903" UserId="2101" Text="Use curl. From the man page:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       -r/--range &lt;range&gt;&#xD;&#xA;              (HTTP/FTP/FILE)  Retrieve  a byte range (i.e a partial document)&#xD;&#xA;              from a HTTP/1.1, FTP server or a local FILE. Ranges can be spec-&#xD;&#xA;              ified in a number of ways.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;              0-499     specifies the first 500 bytes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;              500-999   specifies the second 500 bytes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;              -500      specifies the last 500 bytes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;              9500-     specifies the bytes from offset 9500 and forward&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;              0-0,-1    specifies the first and last byte only(*)(H)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;              500-700,600-799&#xD;&#xA;                        specifies 300 bytes from offset 500(H)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33663" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18838" RevisionGUID="723db63b-8fe2-4e86-9156-dac26c3eafc5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:29:19.353" UserId="4392" Text="I think you want to use curl for this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the man page: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       -r/--range &lt;range&gt;&#xD;&#xA;              (HTTP/FTP/FILE)  Retrieve  a byte range (i.e a partial document)&#xD;&#xA;              from a HTTP/1.1, FTP server or a local FILE. Ranges can be spec‐&#xD;&#xA;              ified in a number of ways.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;              0-499     specifies the first 500 bytes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;              500-999   specifies the second 500 bytes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;              -500      specifies the last 500 bytes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;              9500-     specifies the bytes from offset 9500 and forward&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33664" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18839" RevisionGUID="936d28ad-c503-4b97-bf54-7a0c7547361f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:29:34.330" UserId="1645" Text="As much as I would like to assign a lifetime to our machines, we end up keeping them until they pack it in. The odd time we do buy a new machine, executive management limits us to a small budget with the end result being a machine that is already at least one or two generations old. All in the name of saving money, yet for some reason we must buy from Dell even though I can source cheaper and more powerful machines locally." />
  <row Id="33665" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18839" RevisionGUID="936d28ad-c503-4b97-bf54-7a0c7547361f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:29:34.330" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18840" RevisionGUID="b9f0bd9c-0fbd-4cd7-8d6f-f3310ea0a8fa" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:30:15.360" UserId="2579" Text="We keep ours here for 3 years or until it dies (whichever comes first).  After 3 years, the computer is wiped and sent back to the vendor for a discount on our next purchase.  We rarely change a desktop's owner and if we do, we immediately record it on our asset management.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV" />
  <row Id="33667" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18840" RevisionGUID="b9f0bd9c-0fbd-4cd7-8d6f-f3310ea0a8fa" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:30:15.360" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33668" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18841" RevisionGUID="7014fb33-3c19-40ba-80e2-182ce5216213" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:30:52.300" UserId="7854" Text="Exchange 2007! Not cheap... but works. Easy. Lots of info on the net if you have problems." />
  <row Id="33669" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18842" RevisionGUID="814e1615-ec02-43dd-a85d-f703fd36a4e3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:31:07.713" UserId="1054" Text="I very much disagree with never giving local-admin access.  I would waste a colossal amount of time if I employed that practice.  However, it is difficult to gauge trust for local admin the larger your organization gets.  Consider employing a &quot;Scorched Earth&quot; policy for granting local admin with a signed form to accompany the granting thereof.  Said policy would be &quot;if you break it you're on your own, we'll spend a few minutes looking at it and then it's a wipe and reload.&quot;" />
  <row Id="33670" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18843" RevisionGUID="f9e49d1b-7a98-425d-a071-8a45b7e28cbd" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:31:24.140" UserId="7342" Text="Schemes like this depends heavily on the implementation of the server. Some servers support a lot more features than others. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would investigate some way of splitting the file up or consider a custom application that will send the range you ask for." />
  <row Id="33671" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18844" RevisionGUID="af3a39b4-0d8c-4445-ae68-de406f0f1b66" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:31:24.640" UserId="216" Text="The [Unbound][1] recursive DNS server has the ability to override individual resource records.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look at the `local-zone` and `local-data` configuration settings in the [manual][2], e.g.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    local-zone: &quot;example.com.&quot; transparent&#xD;&#xA;    local-data: &quot;foo.example.com. IN A 192.168.1.1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The `transparent` setting on the `local-zone` tells it to do normal recursive lookups for any names not supplied with `local-data`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.unbound.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.unbound.net/documentation/unbound.conf.html" />
  <row Id="33672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18845" RevisionGUID="37b6f0df-166e-4ac8-9328-3f8a870df448" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:32:22.420" UserId="2273" Text="There are a lot of potential issues.  First, have you examined the logs on your server to see if there are any clues?  Is it possible that the upgrade changed a setting that either the client cannot use or is not set to use.  For example, does your server now require SSH2 but the client is using only SSH1?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Log files will likely provide the way to the answer.  If the SCP client can do any logging, that could be helpful as well." />
  <row Id="33673" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18846" RevisionGUID="fb05939f-a077-4191-962f-00dcba061110" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:32:52.093" UserId="2629" Text="My organization has ~1800 machines that would be nice to track, half of which are laptops, most of which are Mac computers.  We are using the [Casper Suite][1] and [Helpdesk Pilot 3][2], and I've noted a couple of similar questions below, but none of these seem to do what I want regarding tracking the history of an asset (although it could well be that I'm using the tools wrong).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What I'd Like To Track:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want a history that shows when the computer was put into service, taken out of service for repair, moved to another location, and put into service again (and what its name was, and what Lab or User it was associated with.)  I want to be able to add notes (such as the condition of the hardware, troubleshooting done, repairs done, services changed, etc).  When a unit fails and needs to go in for repair, an identical unit is put into its place.  I really want a nice way to track this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I especially want to be able to look at a User's or Lab's history, to tell if certain entities aren't taking good care of their computers.  [We usually know, but can't back it up.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't necessarily need to track MAC addresses, Serial numbers, software versions, etc.  Casper tracks that well (and if I could figure out which unit in one system corresponds to a unit in the other system, all the details can be pieced together.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As lots of little notes would be needed, I needs to be fast and easy to use, or nothing will get documented!  A wiki could almost work, but it'd be nice to have timestamps in the asset history [and heck, to be able to do SQL queries on the data].  Something that does Asset History well (and maybe nothing else) would be great.  An integrated system may make sense, but I'm loath to replace our helpdesk now that users are finally used to the idea.  [Change, seemingly for change's sake, meets with resistance; a new system would have to be noticeably better.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Similar Questions:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [Can anyone recommend a light-weight Asset Management Tool for a Small Organization (25 assets)?][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [What is a good cost effective IT asset management solution?][4] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jamfsoftware.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.helpdeskpilot.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10055/can-anyone-recommend-a-light-weight-asset-management-tool-for-a-small-organizatio&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://serverfault.com/questions/13402/what-is-a-good-cost-effective-it-asset-management-solution" />
  <row Id="33674" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18846" RevisionGUID="fb05939f-a077-4191-962f-00dcba061110" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:32:52.093" UserId="2629" Text="Mac Asset History Tracking" />
  <row Id="33675" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18846" RevisionGUID="fb05939f-a077-4191-962f-00dcba061110" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:32:52.093" UserId="2629" Text="&lt;asset-management&gt;&lt;tracking&gt;&lt;history&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="33676" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18847" RevisionGUID="57dd00a2-095e-4336-b1cb-9cb3eb34ebe2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:34:21.670" UserId="2579" Text="Is it possible to run the apps in a Terminal Session?  This way you can give 'local admin' rights on the TS, but not on the actual local computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV" />
  <row Id="33677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18848" RevisionGUID="696f5308-409c-4710-98b2-8f67b9d7aaf3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:35:01.463" UserId="7485" Text="Hello everyone,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am using Virtual PC 2007 on Windows Vista Enterprise x86. My confusion is about the network setting for guest OS. In the network setting, I can set the network adaptor of guest OS to one of my physical network adaptors of my host OS (I have tested that it works for guest OS to use the physical network adaptor of host OS to access external network).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But in this way, 1. since both host OS and guest OS will use the same physical network adaptor, will there be any conflicts (e.g. same H/W serves two OS)? 2. will guest OS share a part of network bandwidth of the host OS of the physical network adaptor? 3. What means NAT setting in guest OS network connection adaptor?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks in advance,&#xD;&#xA;George" />
  <row Id="33678" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18848" RevisionGUID="696f5308-409c-4710-98b2-8f67b9d7aaf3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:35:01.463" UserId="7485" Text="Virtual PC network connection setting issue" />
  <row Id="33679" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18848" RevisionGUID="696f5308-409c-4710-98b2-8f67b9d7aaf3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:35:01.463" UserId="7485" Text="&lt;virtual&gt;&lt;pc&gt;&lt;2007&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="33680" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18849" RevisionGUID="932a2ecc-4c03-4bf5-8176-d82b36bb3ffa" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:36:01.760" UserDisplayName="Ryan" Text="I recently found out that my ISP disables port 135.  I have a server and personal computer behind my router.  A friend and I are working on a programming project and are running into some sql issues because of this blocked port.  For him to be able to access everything, I have dynadns configured&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personal Computer: 192.168.1.100 &#xD;&#xA;Server Computer: 192.168.1.110 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way for me to forward localhost traffice from port 135 to say port 8081 and then have my server take incoming requests from port 8081 to 135?  I have heard a little bit about ssh tunneling but it seems odd to be using Putty to login to my local machine where the ssh server is running to forward ports.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any advice would be very helpful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="33681" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18849" RevisionGUID="932a2ecc-4c03-4bf5-8176-d82b36bb3ffa" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:36:01.760" UserDisplayName="Ryan" Text="Forward port to another Ip/port" />
  <row Id="33682" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18849" RevisionGUID="932a2ecc-4c03-4bf5-8176-d82b36bb3ffa" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:36:01.760" UserDisplayName="Ryan" Text="&lt;ssh-tunnel&gt;&lt;port-forwarding&gt;" />
  <row Id="33683" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18850" RevisionGUID="fccaeb3e-a660-4fc2-9d05-93c19fe6e933" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:37:51.757" UserId="5920" Text="I'm trying to obtain a consistent export (with data pump) from an schema emulating the `CONSISTENT=Y`. Currently I'm executing data pumb in this way:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    '/ AS SYSDBA' schemas=arrels dumpfile=arrels.dmp nologfile=y flashback_time='2009-06-03 12:00:02' &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But when importing shows errors about inconsistency: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ORA-02298: cannot enable name - parent keys not found&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the data pump export are working with `flashback_time` and, of course, the constraints are validated on export time:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Why this is happening?&#xD;&#xA;  * Any suggestion to solve it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33684" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18850" RevisionGUID="fccaeb3e-a660-4fc2-9d05-93c19fe6e933" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:37:51.757" UserId="5920" Text="How to get a consistent export with Oracle Data Pump?" />
  <row Id="33685" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18850" RevisionGUID="fccaeb3e-a660-4fc2-9d05-93c19fe6e933" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:37:51.757" UserId="5920" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;data-pump&gt;&lt;oraclexe&gt;" />
  <row Id="33686" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18851" RevisionGUID="3816b9d1-c38f-42db-a839-2624ae1da180" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:37:52.113" UserId="715" Text="So, to summarise the answers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is no way to prompt MS SQL Server to release memory it doesn't immediately need. SQL Server should automatically releasing memory when it required, but not before then. And if your are having memory issues, you should reduce the value of the &quot;max server memory&quot; memory optin." />
  <row Id="33687" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18846" RevisionGUID="65c015cf-ddac-4cdb-b393-655a107478c8" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:37:54.983" UserId="2629" Comment="fixed a typo" Text="My organization has ~1800 machines that would be nice to track, half of which are laptops, most of which are Mac computers.  We are using the [Casper Suite][1] and [Helpdesk Pilot 3][2], and I've noted a couple of similar questions below, but none of these seem to do what I want regarding tracking the history of an asset (although it could well be that I'm using the tools wrong).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What I'd Like To Track:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want a history that shows when the computer was put into service, taken out of service for repair, moved to another location, and put into service again (and what its name was, and what Lab or User it was associated with.)  I want to be able to add notes (such as the condition of the hardware, troubleshooting done, repairs done, services changed, etc).  When a unit fails and needs to go in for repair, an identical unit is put into its place.  I really want a nice way to track this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I especially want to be able to look at a User's or Lab's history, to tell if certain entities aren't taking good care of their computers.  [We usually know, but can't back it up.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't necessarily need to track MAC addresses, Serial numbers, software versions, etc.  Casper tracks that well (and if I could figure out which unit in one system corresponds to a unit in the other system, all the details can be pieced together.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As lots of little notes would be needed, it needs to be fast and easy to use, or nothing will get documented!  A wiki could almost work, but it'd be nice to have timestamps in the asset history [and heck, to be able to do SQL queries on the data].  Something that does Asset History well (and maybe nothing else) would be great.  An integrated system may make sense, but I'm loath to replace our helpdesk now that users are finally used to the idea.  [Change, seemingly for change's sake, meets with resistance; a new system would have to be noticeably better.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Similar Questions:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [Can anyone recommend a light-weight Asset Management Tool for a Small Organization (25 assets)?][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [What is a good cost effective IT asset management solution?][4] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jamfsoftware.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.helpdeskpilot.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10055/can-anyone-recommend-a-light-weight-asset-management-tool-for-a-small-organizatio&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://serverfault.com/questions/13402/what-is-a-good-cost-effective-it-asset-management-solution" />
  <row Id="33688" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18852" RevisionGUID="b7632f0a-3863-418c-83c2-179852c5d7cb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:37:56.310" UserDisplayName="Richard" Text="I'm trying to put the whole of cygwin on a dvd, so I can have it with me for an offline install. I downloaded setup.exe, putted &quot;download without install&quot; and selected Current version and under &quot;All&quot; I selected &quot;Install&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After he downloaded all of it, I burned it onto a dvd.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now when I try to install the thing, he reports some missing dependencies and gives out a lot (and I do mean A LOT) of &lt;NULL&gt; errors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can somebody tell me where did I go wrong ? I'm assuming what I'm trying to do (put it on a dvd) is possible using that technnique ?" />
  <row Id="33689" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18852" RevisionGUID="b7632f0a-3863-418c-83c2-179852c5d7cb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:37:56.310" UserDisplayName="Richard" Text="Need help with putting cygwin on DVD for a offline install" />
  <row Id="33690" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18852" RevisionGUID="b7632f0a-3863-418c-83c2-179852c5d7cb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:37:56.310" UserDisplayName="Richard" Text="&lt;cygwin&gt;" />
  <row Id="33691" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18853" RevisionGUID="d0d02819-2d54-4174-b9ca-404b7d90cee8" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:39:54.030" UserId="3657" Text="Port 135 is used by active directory and other Microsoft services.  It is unlikely you'll find a good method for redirecting that port either on the client or the server.  You would be better off giving your friend remote access to a virtual PC on your network, using some kind of VPN, or otherwise getting him onto your network where these port assignments do not need to be changed." />
  <row Id="33692" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18854" RevisionGUID="d10fba38-b1ce-406f-b1ca-901e472fe244" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:39:54.887" UserId="5799" Text="  1. No, there won't be any conflicts. The way Virtual PC networking works, VPC driver will simply inject and listen for packets, a little like Wireshark's WinPcap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  2. Yes, the bandwidth will be shared.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  3. NAT is used when you don't want to attach to any network interface; it attaches to VirtualPC internal router. (This only allows outgoing connections.)" />
  <row Id="33693" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18855" RevisionGUID="233e83be-b4d7-4835-ad61-f6b2c2a2b941" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:40:09.333" UserId="5080" Text="This my have something to do with the openssh key vulnerability that was fixed. All vulnerable keys got black-listed and should be re-created. Just check to see if they can delete the cached fingerprints of your sever. Ons this is done, the client should show the new fingerprint to the user and ask them if they accept it.&#xD;&#xA;They reason the SSH may work, is that the app could have asked the user if they accept the new key, or initial contact was made after the upgrade.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18856" RevisionGUID="b591ca6b-fdc1-42e5-a52b-b8308de9b693" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:40:11.377" UserId="301" Text="Your ISP blocking 135 for good reason. That port, and port 445, are two of the major vectors for the continued attacks by malware and worms against Windows machines. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need access to those ports, can I suggest ssh forwarding, or using a VPN?" />
  <row Id="33696" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18857" RevisionGUID="a7a2e84f-3701-4750-91a6-27ef60831752" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:40:43.670" UserId="1054" Text="I would seriously consider setting up a site-site VPN instead of monkeying around with ports.  Most home routers on the market support it now." />
  <row Id="33697" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18858" RevisionGUID="5dbb72af-b892-46ca-95da-2ff2e65a8f6e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:41:06.460" UserId="2116" Text="Actualy, we don't know what router/gateway you're using so It'll be difficult to help you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BUT, most router/gateway have option to forward a port to another." />
  <row Id="33698" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18859" RevisionGUID="9eae9fbf-098d-4bad-b619-d93a8261ad8a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:41:58.703" UserId="2169" Text="It maybe had something to do with a recent change to the administrative account's password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I deleted all &quot;planned tasks&quot; related to the backup process, and recreated them with the &quot;add planned task&quot; wizard. By using the backup wizard then provided, i was able to set up everything as i wanted it through the ntbackup interface, and now have also the full command (&quot;ntbackup.exe ...&quot;) in the tasklist.&#xD;&#xA;Having set the *run as* stuff correctly, **this now works fine** - and the **sbs recovery tools work too**." />
  <row Id="33699" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18860" RevisionGUID="4e32928b-2c9e-47d1-a878-afc1bf8000b3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:42:07.533" UserDisplayName="Malcolm Gin" Text="@JD, I probably should have added this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The SharePoint Web Application in question is currently hosted on a physical server and SharePoint Farm that is integrated (on other Web Applications) with SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services (SSRS) and PerformancePoint 2007 (PPS). Both products DO NOT support Alternate Access Mappings (AAM).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While it's true that the Web Application we want to do the above with is not integrated with SSRS or PPS, our architect and our technical leads would prefer to avoid using AAM at all in that environment if at all possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So while in principle, I agree with your answer, in this case, I am asking for special exception and am asking about Tcl and UNICODE escaping in particular because I and our other technical strategists believe that this is the right answer in this particular situation." />
  <row Id="33700" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18860" RevisionGUID="4e32928b-2c9e-47d1-a878-afc1bf8000b3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:42:07.533" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33701" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="18849" RevisionGUID="05fce502-45ea-41a3-8b68-1b483390fad9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:42:14.710" UserId="2116" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ssh-tunnel&gt;&lt;port-forwarding&gt;&lt;routing&gt;&lt;tcpip&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="33702" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18815" RevisionGUID="e7622874-010e-4d15-a3eb-dc8fd26116df" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:42:52.090" UserId="2722" Comment="added 10 characters in body" Text="We have an ubuntu box set up to do some monitoring but due to the placement are unable to run CAT5 to the box itself. I have an Atheros PCI card that works great as long as someone is logged into Gnome and it doesn't disconnect from the AP during that time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to have Ubuntu connect to the AP during boot, and always reconnect if it finds a signal from a specified AP? The box would have a static IP and only connecting to a specific AP using WEP." />
  <row Id="33703" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18837" RevisionGUID="176ca2b4-c4f3-48ed-acc7-734ee92ecc9e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:43:17.547" UserId="2101" Comment="Added caveat" Text="Use curl. From the man page:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       -r/--range &lt;range&gt;&#xD;&#xA;              (HTTP/FTP/FILE)  Retrieve  a byte range (i.e a partial document)&#xD;&#xA;              from a HTTP/1.1, FTP server or a local FILE. Ranges can be spec-&#xD;&#xA;              ified in a number of ways.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;              0-499     specifies the first 500 bytes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;              500-999   specifies the second 500 bytes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;              -500      specifies the last 500 bytes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;              9500-     specifies the bytes from offset 9500 and forward&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;              0-0,-1    specifies the first and last byte only(*)(H)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;              500-700,600-799&#xD;&#xA;                        specifies 300 bytes from offset 500(H)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, note that the SIZE extension must be supported by the server for this to work." />
  <row Id="33704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18861" RevisionGUID="1745f54e-8000-43b7-98e0-a490387986d2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:43:27.360" UserId="1466" Text="You want to set up a **VPN** on one of your computers, and have the other one log into that one.  That way they will appear to be on the same subnet, and have full access to each other without exposing vulnerable ports to the world.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A really good Open Source VPN is **OpenVPN**.  I've only used the server under linux though, so I can't comment on how easy it is to set up on windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option is to flash your router with **dd-wrt** firmware.  There is a version that includes an OpenVPN server, and would connect your entire network to his.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33705" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18862" RevisionGUID="b52fa03b-94e9-47c7-8f9a-e781612c5e82" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:44:08.077" UserId="914" Text="Every one of our servers has DNS, so I just check the DNS records for free IPs everytime I need to assign a new static IP to a piece of hardware.  I don't see any need to record this data in multiple places." />
  <row Id="33706" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18863" RevisionGUID="40f94a7d-61eb-413a-9aae-544bf275e2a2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:44:26.033" UserId="959" Text="Try [rinetd][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This redirects TCP traffic from one port on a computer to another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.die.net/man/8/rinetd" />
  <row Id="33707" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18864" RevisionGUID="1e2f49be-d419-4e9b-9252-a473da427b4f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:44:57.920" UserId="4268" Text="Performing a standard ntbackup and then using gpg does create an intermediate, unencrypted file. However, if you turn on EFS, you can put the backup file in an encrypted folder so that an attacker can't recover plaintext of the .bkf file. That's probably going to be the easiest way to accomplish what you're asking for without completely switching toolsets." />
  <row Id="33708" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18854" RevisionGUID="dfc3f0fe-3f65-448c-a18a-9b411389df87" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:45:14.597" UserId="5799" Comment="Updated" Text="  1. No, there won't be any conflicts. The way Virtual PC networking works, VPC driver will simply inject and listen for packets, a little like Wireshark's WinPcap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  2. Yes, the bandwidth will be shared.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  3. NAT is used when you don't want to attach to any network interface; it attaches to VirtualPC internal router. (This only allows outgoing connections.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want the virtual machine to look like a real one, both from inside and outside, then attach to a physical interface. The VM will be accessible from all other boxen in that network - just like a real one. You can use file sharing, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you just want to be able to make outgoing connections from the VM, then NAT is enough." />
  <row Id="33709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18865" RevisionGUID="fe82f9c1-ae82-4afb-87be-2c8ad6b88d63" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:46:01.927" UserId="7861" Text="I have an IBM x3650 with the following components:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- 6 Gb NICs  (all connected to an Extreme Networks x450 switch that also houses the ISCSI vlan and the SAN ISCSI connections)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to configure it properly for software ISCSI to connect to a LUN on a SAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently I have it setup as follows AND IT DOES connect and see the LUN:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- 1 NIC - vSwitch0 / vswif0&#xD;&#xA;- 2 NICs - vSwitch1 / vswif1/vmkernel&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question really is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A) What exactly should I do with all 6 nics to utilize them properly for redundancy and load balancing?&#xD;&#xA;B)  Can I gain throughput (teaming) on vmkernel for the ISCSI operations?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm going to be adding a 2nd identical server once I have the right configuration on this one to the same LUNs so that I can do vmotion etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any guidance is appreciated.  Ask questions if you need clarification.  A few screenshots are attached as well&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VERSION is 3.5.0, 158874&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://i44.tinypic.com/161c5xh.jpg" />
  <row Id="33710" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18865" RevisionGUID="fe82f9c1-ae82-4afb-87be-2c8ad6b88d63" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:46:01.927" UserId="7861" Text="Help configuring a VMWARE server for software ISCSI" />
  <row Id="33711" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18865" RevisionGUID="fe82f9c1-ae82-4afb-87be-2c8ad6b88d63" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:46:01.927" UserId="7861" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;iscsi&gt;" />
  <row Id="33712" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18866" RevisionGUID="a1a5049f-8c2f-4be8-bf71-61b77cfb95d0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:46:42.673" UserId="7851" Text="My XP machine has become terribly slow and I want to identify the application at fault. Whatever is happening uses so much 'resource' (the current suspect is disk I/O) it makes my machine unresponsive and like I say, it seems to be related to disk access rather than processor hogging. I can look at the task manager to get a good idea but it's not ideal. I was wondering if there was some application that can monitor all aspects of processes effectively. Is Process Explorer my only hope?" />
  <row Id="33713" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18866" RevisionGUID="a1a5049f-8c2f-4be8-bf71-61b77cfb95d0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:46:42.673" UserId="7851" Text="How can I Monitor the Performance of Individual Apps on Windows" />
  <row Id="33714" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18866" RevisionGUID="a1a5049f-8c2f-4be8-bf71-61b77cfb95d0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:46:42.673" UserId="7851" Text="&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="33715" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18867" RevisionGUID="b94c578c-c630-4b44-a548-333458488361" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:49:26.507" UserId="1466" Text="Depending on the physical security of the box, you *could* configure gdm to auto-login using an unprivileged user account that has access to the wireless device.  Then **Network Manager** would handle all of the auto-reconnection issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is configured under **System | Administration | Login Window | Security**" />
  <row Id="33716" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18868" RevisionGUID="49716208-6821-4f8b-ab98-38d9cce12dfb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:52:08.560" UserId="3000" Text="From the Cygwin web site:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I make my own portable Cygwin on CD?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While some users have successfully done this, for example Indiana University's XLiveCD http://xlivecd.indiana.edu/, there is no easy way to do it. Full instructions for constructing a porttable Cygwin on CD by hand can be found on the mailing list at http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-07/msg01117.html. (Thanks to fergus at bonhard dot uklinux dot net for these instructions.)" />
  <row Id="33717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18869" RevisionGUID="248810b9-675a-40bf-8688-6a45b6ea9809" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:52:28.013" UserId="3657" Text="One thing to consider is that even with teaming, your throughput will be limited to the IP source/destination combination.  That is, if you have an ESX host talking to an iSCSI host, their traffic will only utilize one Gbps port of the team.  You should consider, on the iSCSI side, having multiple IP addresses that ESX can connect to which can better spread the load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, I would probably use it in his configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Team 1: 3 NICs: Use for service console, vmotion, and vmkernel (iSCSI) operations&#xD;&#xA; - Team 2: 3 NICs: Use for VM networking&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This gives you redundancy on each piece (service console, vmotion, vmkernel, vm networking) without carving up your NICs too much." />
  <row Id="33718" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18869" RevisionGUID="248810b9-675a-40bf-8688-6a45b6ea9809" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:52:28.013" UserId="3657" />
  <row Id="33719" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18870" RevisionGUID="37b5db9e-00d3-4e2a-a674-8a7f389890a8" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:56:18.443" UserId="2348" Text="Well if you plan to use Exchange Shared Folders (Contacts) to store your contacts this might be a problem because Microsoft will probably retire these in next release of Exchange.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand SharePoint contacts might fit in nicely:&#xD;&#xA;Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - available as web application&#xD;&#xA; - list item security&#xD;&#xA; - can be exported to Excel and Outlook&#xD;&#xA; - mail merge is supported (via Office)&#xD;&#xA; - you can build related list (e.g. connect each contact with account)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - creating complicated relationships and tracking your mailings is not supported OOTB. You might wanna consider Microsoft Dynamics CRM or 3rd party solution to do that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33720" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18871" RevisionGUID="a8e3d493-75d6-45bb-8549-f229391e1916" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:56:59.080" UserDisplayName="Anduril" Text="You can see IO read and writes with XP/Vista's task manager you just have to enable their columns under the View menu. This combined with CPU usage and CPU time should give you a rough idea whats taking up system time. However, if its a service blob like svchost you'll need Process Explorer to see whats taking it up. " />
  <row Id="33721" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18872" RevisionGUID="5447e7e6-bc7d-4bed-9339-89f735f59ef3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:57:09.547" UserId="4113" Text="I'm looking for an one-liner that will zip/unzip files (*.zip) in powershell" />
  <row Id="33722" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18872" RevisionGUID="5447e7e6-bc7d-4bed-9339-89f735f59ef3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:57:09.547" UserId="4113" Text="How to zip/unzip files in Powershell?" />
  <row Id="33723" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18872" RevisionGUID="5447e7e6-bc7d-4bed-9339-89f735f59ef3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:57:09.547" UserId="4113" Text="&lt;compression&gt;&lt;zip&gt;&lt;unzip&gt;&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="33725" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18874" RevisionGUID="7a35ba9b-f735-4716-8c05-6592558f1745" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:57:54.197" UserId="1736" Text="I imagine you'll want to look into [Reliability and Performance Monitor][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_ff_rmon.asp" />
  <row Id="33726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18875" RevisionGUID="52c94294-f141-4195-94e1-9d8c63a62255" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:58:12.057" UserId="887" Text="User perfmon, add objects from the Process group for each of the suspect apps for cpu, disk reads/writes; don't sample every second, instead sample every 10 - 30 seconds or so." />
  <row Id="33727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18876" RevisionGUID="3fdce719-ee47-4ce0-9979-eda233475ef3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:59:47.950" UserId="7867" Text="Actually there are some other tools in the sysinternals suite that I think you'll find helpful. Procmon.exe is a tool that captures all disk/process/network activity. What I would recommend to identify the process using the majority of disk I/O time is to open up procmon.exe and only turn on file system monitoring. Run the capture while you are noticing the performance degradation. You will see a ton of entries logged, although you will probably see a lot more entries for a specific process than any other process. The process with the majority of the disk activity is probably the culprit. You should be able to easily identify what it belongs to by double clicking on the process and selecting the process tab, and looking at the path and software publisher.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should tell you what is using alot of disk I/O. To discern why requires more in depth detective work, but hopefully this is a start for you." />
  <row Id="33728" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18877" RevisionGUID="b4326078-7deb-4ce5-aa35-b69490c7c7af" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:59:54.580" UserId="3557" Text="You may wish to check out http://www.codeplex.com/Pscx which has cmdlets specifically for this." />
  <row Id="33729" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18878" RevisionGUID="50f16e44-27c8-4326-93de-c80e98935392" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:59:55.487" UserId="1993" Text="Since SSH works but scp does not, I suspect an expected protocol mismatch between the client and server. Check the customer's configuration for the SSH Version/Protocol - it's probably requesting 1 while the server is requiring 2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that isn't it, please fill in some more details. What does &quot;unable to scp files&quot; any more mean? What is the error message they get?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check your logs (/var/log/syslog, /var/log/messages, /var/log/daemon.log) to see if the SSH server is throwing any errors. They should be pretty descriptive.  With the logs and the customer's error, we should be able to narrow down what the problem is." />
  <row Id="33730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18879" RevisionGUID="c418136f-4b7d-4a6c-9691-d63fc3bb6803" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:00:21.180" UserId="5384" Text="One of our clients, whose website we built, is a manufacturer of ultra-high-end bicycles. They would like to distribute kiosks -- basically, locked-down Windows XP boxes from Dell -- at some of their higher-profile dealers. The kiosks would be limited to browsing the manufacturer's website. I'm out of my element here, and would appreciate some help and/or good reading material (and/or step-by-step instructions ;-]) on:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Securing the desktop from casual stupidity. The kiosks are being deployed to high-end cycling boutiques.&#xD;&#xA;* Allowing access to specific web addresses only.&#xD;&#xA;* Restoring a kiosk remotely. Ideally the solution is simple enough for a bicycle salesperson to handle with a minimum of over-the-phone hand-holding.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, I am perfectly open to responses that amount to &quot;you are way over your head here, consult a professional.&quot; I argued as much when the job was proposed in the first place, but I was convinced to try taking this on myself before finding someone with more extensive systems administration experience." />
  <row Id="33731" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18879" RevisionGUID="c418136f-4b7d-4a6c-9691-d63fc3bb6803" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:00:21.180" UserId="5384" Text="How to lock down Windows XP for use as an internet kiosk?" />
  <row Id="33732" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18879" RevisionGUID="c418136f-4b7d-4a6c-9691-d63fc3bb6803" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:00:21.180" UserId="5384" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;" />
  <row Id="33733" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18880" RevisionGUID="238ceda1-0788-4d74-8d8b-836eeed05027" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:00:36.687" UserDisplayName="milton" Text="To prevent brute force attacks against ssh i've added some [iptables rules][1](1). The question is: how can I list the blocked IP-addresses?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (1)  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 22 -m state --state NEW -m recent --set --name SSH&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 22 -m state --state NEW -m recent --update --seconds 60 --hitcount 8 --rttl --name SSH -j DROP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net/techblog/article/block_brute_force_attacks_with_iptables/" />
  <row Id="33734" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18880" RevisionGUID="238ceda1-0788-4d74-8d8b-836eeed05027" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:00:36.687" UserDisplayName="milton" Text="List IP addresses blocked by iptables" />
  <row Id="33735" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18880" RevisionGUID="238ceda1-0788-4d74-8d8b-836eeed05027" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:00:36.687" UserDisplayName="milton" Text="&lt;iptables&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="33736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18881" RevisionGUID="49dc994e-8870-4e58-b72d-edbe91af8eb1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:02:05.293" UserId="7863" Text="Intrusion detection systems are invaluable tools, but they need to be used properly. If you treat your NIDS as an alert-based system, where the alert is the end, you will get frustrated (ok, alert X was generated, what do I do now?).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recommend looking at the NSM (Network security monitoring) approach where you mix NIDS (alerting systems) with session and content data, so you can properly examine any alert and better tune your IDS system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*I can't link, so just google for taosecurity or NSM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition to the network-based information, if you mix HIDS + LIDS (log-based intrusion detection) you will get a clear view of what is going on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Plus, don't forget that these tools are not meant the protect you from an attack, but to act as a security camera (physical comparison) so proper incident response can be taken.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18882" RevisionGUID="8d1ed356-4383-46e4-b2ac-13b28ec5d18d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:02:06.730" UserId="2084" Text="I finally found the setting that was really limiting the number of connections: net.ipv4.netfilter.ip\_conntrack\_max. This was set to 11,776 and whatever I set it to is the number of requests I can serve in my test before having to wait tcp\_fin\_timeout seconds for more connections to become available. The conntrack table is what the kernel uses to track the state of connections so once it's full, the kernel starts dropping packets and printing this in the log:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  2 20:39:14 XXXX-XXX kernel: ip_conntrack: table full, dropping packet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The next step was getting the kernel to recycle all those connections in the TIME_WAIT state rather than dropping packets. I could get that to happen either by turning on tcp\_tw\_recycle or increasing ip\_conntrack\_max to be larger than the number of local ports made available for connections by ip\_local\_port\_range. I guess once the kernel is out of local ports it starts recycling connections. This uses more memory tracking connections but it seems like the better solution than turning on tcp\_tw\_recycle since the docs imply that that is dangerous.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With this configuration I can run ab all day and never run out of connections:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net.ipv4.netfilter.ip_conntrack_max = 32768&#xD;&#xA;    net.ipv4.tcp_tw_recycle = 0&#xD;&#xA;    net.ipv4.tcp_tw_reuse = 0&#xD;&#xA;    net.ipv4.tcp_orphan_retries = 1&#xD;&#xA;    net.ipv4.tcp_fin_timeout = 25&#xD;&#xA;    net.ipv4.tcp_max_orphans = 8192&#xD;&#xA;    net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 32768    61000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The tcp\_max\_orphans setting didn't have any effect on my tests and I don't know why. I would think it would close the connections in TIME_WAIT state once there were 8192 of them but it doesn't to that for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33738" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18883" RevisionGUID="e99e7b72-2b19-48d6-b0a0-4a73dbe6d4e8" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:02:35.607" UserId="3657" Text="DotNetZip will allow you to do this from Powershell&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.codeplex.com/DotNetZip&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not a one-liner but the library will allow you to write the Powershell script you need.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also use the COM interface &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://blogs.msdn.com/daiken/archive/2007/02/12/compress-files-with-windows-powershell-then-package-a-windows-vista-sidebar-gadget.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, I found this by googling &quot;zip powershell&quot; or &quot;unzip powershell&quot;.  Might want to try that as a resource too." />
  <row Id="33739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18884" RevisionGUID="50f0b98f-abe2-43f1-888d-e5c0a1d9cb17" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:03:11.157" UserDisplayName="Lars" Text="Couldn't figure out how to do a comment, when I haven't got an openID login, so I hope it's okay it's posted as an answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway the disks are both SATA, so there's no master/slave/cable select jumper, since there's only one cable per disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The one with 3 partitions are on SATA1 port, and the other is on SATA4. (In BIOS it says so, and it matches the motherboard)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a custom built machine, that has just recently got a second harddrive for backup purposes (should the primary disk crash).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The fun thing is, most oftenly the 3 partition disk (which is on SATA1 port) is seen by windows as harddisk(1), and this was also the case when the partitions where mounted, so this is what's desired.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll try switching the cables on the motherboard, and see if it changes anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for BIOS settings for boot delay or powerOn or similar, there are no such settings in this BIOS :-(&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If all else fails I'll just have to order a different motherboard for him, and see if it fixes it. (His collegues who use different motherboards haven't any issues)" />
  <row Id="33741" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18886" RevisionGUID="6cb12ee9-131a-4896-8f9c-708975a9009b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:04:35.773" UserId="6470" Text="Is there a way of getting per process I/O statistics on AIX, i.e. to get current disk I/O rate of a process? Commands like iostat, nmon, topas etc. can't display such data. Filemon also doesn't help. Actually, what I would need is something much like iotop(1) command on Linux." />
  <row Id="33742" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18886" RevisionGUID="6cb12ee9-131a-4896-8f9c-708975a9009b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:04:35.773" UserId="6470" Text="Per process I/O accounting on AIX" />
  <row Id="33743" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18886" RevisionGUID="6cb12ee9-131a-4896-8f9c-708975a9009b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:04:35.773" UserId="6470" Text="&lt;aix&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="33744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18887" RevisionGUID="598bf8bf-6a0c-4304-b87b-d5818ae76622" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:04:39.657" UserId="5805" Text="Our small community college assigns each of our approximately 1000 students a personal `My Documents` folder that is an alias for a Windows server share (also mapped as their `P:` drive). Students access this from their computer lab accounts. For security reasons, this share is not accessible from our wireless network segment, nor from the public Internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Naturally, students would like to access their college files from their laptops and from home. Can anyone recommend a reasonably secure web-based storage system (open source or commercial) that could serve their shares from the Windows file server (Active Directory-managed accounts)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To make it as simple to use as possible, an ideal system would feature a client that could mount the connection to the web-based storage as a virtual filesystem. A lightweight or Flash client to support drag 'n drop and multiple-file up/download would be an acceptable alternative. Do either of these exist?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I especially welcome comments from anyone who's tried this, especially for a large, transient group of users that have wildly varying levels of computer literacy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33745" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18887" RevisionGUID="598bf8bf-6a0c-4304-b87b-d5818ae76622" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:04:39.657" UserId="5805" Text="What's a reasonably secure web-based storage system, that ideally can be mounted as a virtual filesystem on Windows?" />
  <row Id="33746" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18887" RevisionGUID="598bf8bf-6a0c-4304-b87b-d5818ae76622" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:04:39.657" UserId="5805" Text="&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;storage&gt;&lt;web-apps&gt;" />
  <row Id="33747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18888" RevisionGUID="aa6bf31b-dcde-4a5e-bf90-707ae1124eb6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:04:58.003" UserId="7854" Text="I use the 3 year plan. Mosly because the laptops are pretty torn up by then." />
  <row Id="33748" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18888" RevisionGUID="aa6bf31b-dcde-4a5e-bf90-707ae1124eb6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:04:58.003" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18889" RevisionGUID="2191e486-17a3-41ec-a950-792b2153c36c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:05:55.023" UserId="5390" Text=" Some company use FTP to publish the updates that we need from then, is there a software to automatize that? or i will to bash-script the process? any ideas?" />
  <row Id="33750" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18889" RevisionGUID="2191e486-17a3-41ec-a950-792b2153c36c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:05:55.023" UserId="5390" Text="Some kind of Auto-downloader from an FTP Site?" />
  <row Id="33751" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18889" RevisionGUID="2191e486-17a3-41ec-a950-792b2153c36c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:05:55.023" UserId="5390" Text="&lt;ftp&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="33752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18890" RevisionGUID="274452a9-196e-41cf-a774-a32712cf8b7e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:09:45.840" UserId="7342" Text="WebDAV springs to mind. Not sure how you'd implement that on Windows. I suspect IIS is involved somewhere." />
  <row Id="33753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18891" RevisionGUID="3466c9e1-e27f-4875-afc1-4ec19db7115d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:11:32.700" UserId="4319" Text="I have a Windows 2003 server with Windows Defender installed and every time a start WD, after a few hours it just stops running, there's no entries in the event log about it or anything, I've scanned the server and is all clean, just can't figure out why it's stopping with no apparent cause.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Jaime" />
  <row Id="33754" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18891" RevisionGUID="3466c9e1-e27f-4875-afc1-4ec19db7115d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:11:32.700" UserId="4319" Text="Windows Defender keeps closing up" />
  <row Id="33755" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18891" RevisionGUID="3466c9e1-e27f-4875-afc1-4ec19db7115d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:11:32.700" UserId="4319" Text="&lt;windows-defender&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="33756" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18892" RevisionGUID="3457b532-0da4-4f3e-98ec-47541e1fc771" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:12:31.030" UserId="5805" Text="One option would be to log any of your dropped packets with a rule like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 22 -m state --state NEW -m recent --update --seconds 60 --hitcount 8 --rttl -j LOG --log-prefix &quot;FW_DROPPED: &quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Insert that immediately before the `DROP` rule. Then, you can grep the syslog file for anything with &quot;FW_DROPPED&quot; in it and the list of IPs will be there. The entries in the log file look something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  3 08:05:57 some-machine kernel: [15852451.420557] FW_DROPPED: IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:50:ba:4a:d9:e3:00:12:17:3a:e3:64:08:00 SRC=228.23.45.189 DST=192.168.1.1 LEN=48 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=106 ID=10941 PROTO=TCP SPT=58212 DPT=22 WINDOW=65535 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, snipping out what follows &quot;SRC=&quot; will show you the dropped IPs. Sort that, eliminating duplicates, and you'll have your list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've found the [Iptables Tutorial][1] to be the most useful documentation for iptables/netfilter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://iptables-tutorial.frozentux.net/iptables-tutorial.html" />
  <row Id="33757" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18893" RevisionGUID="24d710b6-9dc0-46bc-867b-84e3064c3508" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:12:44.510" UserId="5075" Text="Have you tried Symantec Support? [https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also use Symantec Endpoint Protection and have had all sorts of problems. I don't use a proxy so have not encountered this issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can upgrade to the most recent version of their software, it may not fix your issue but its the first thing I can think of to try.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/" />
  <row Id="33758" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18770" RevisionGUID="e0129c8b-ee45-4484-b6fb-ded209c7baa8" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:13:36.333" UserId="1873" Comment="Clarified my setup" Text="I am using denyhosts on my FreeBSD (6.2) box, and everything appears to be working fine, except denyhosts keeps adding the same 4 hosts to my denied file over and over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    eli18.internetdsl.tpnet.pl&#xD;&#xA;    mx-int.rundblick.de&#xD;&#xA;    vmnepo05.deri.ie&#xD;&#xA;    v29051.1blu.de&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone else seen this, or better yet know how to fix it? I googled for this, and didn't find any answers. One person had a similar problem, but no solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just to clarify I currently have denyhosts configured to write all denied hosts to /etc/hosts.deniedssh, and my /etc/hosts.allow uses that file in a rule to deny access to all hosts in that file. Denyhosts for whatever reason keeps adding the same four hosts to hosts.deniedssh" />
  <row Id="33759" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18894" RevisionGUID="f0b78710-2ef1-44a7-bda4-a9c6ca312be4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:15:02.490" UserId="7854" Text="This is the ideal config for 6 nics assuming you will add addtinal servers and utilize HA, DRS and vMotions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Nic1** Service Console  in main vlan100, main subnet&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Nic2** Vmotion in main vlan100 Separate subnet&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Nic3** and **Nic4** both trunk ports for VMs to use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Nic5** and **Nic6**  - iSCSI Nics – in iscsi vlan, 2 separate subnets (assuming your SAN/NAS as 2, dual port controllers.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33760" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18895" RevisionGUID="2e522285-bb30-4b68-84be-5fd6d50a3006" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:15:17.670" UserDisplayName="Anduril" Text="Are you using the software included on the install disk or downloaded from their website? " />
  <row Id="33761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18896" RevisionGUID="e94cb13a-a402-47ea-9ca8-373ef317f3e0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:17:21.067" UserId="7730" Text="[Windows SteadyState](http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/whatis/default.mspx) is a free tool from Microsoft to perform exactly what you are looking for. It is also  easy to setup and manage, and appears to be a great fit for your kiosk rollout.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Windows SteadyState includes the following features to help you manage your shared computers:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Windows Disk Protection – Help protect the Windows partition, which contains the Windows operating system and other programs, from being modified without administrator approval. Windows SteadyState allows you to set Windows Disk Protection to remove all changes upon restart, to remove changes at a certain date and time, or to not remove changes at all. If you choose to use Windows Disk Protection to remove changes, any changes made by shared users when they are logged on to the computer are removed when the computer is restarted.  &#xD;&#xA;User Restrictions and Settings – The user restrictions and settings can help to enhance and simplify the user experience. Restrict user access to programs, settings, Start menu items, and options in Windows. You can also lock shared user accounts to prevent changes from being retained from one session to the next.  &#xD;&#xA;User Account Manager – Create and delete user accounts. You can use Windows SteadyState to create user accounts on alternative drives that will retain user data and settings even when Windows Disk Protection is turned on. You can also import and export user settings from one computer to another—saving valuable time and resources.  &#xD;&#xA;Computer Restrictions – Control security settings, privacy settings, and more, such as preventing users from creating and storing folders in drive C and from opening Microsoft Office documents from Internet Explorer®.  &#xD;&#xA;Schedule Software Updates – Update your shared computer with the latest software and security updates when it is convenient for you and your shared users.  " />
  <row Id="33762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18897" RevisionGUID="25208c47-df5c-4045-9747-794c4939ef3e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:17:29.273" UserId="7861" Text="Most answers here will handle the IT/tech side.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I'll say this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Check with your accounting department about how they depreciate assets like computers.  This helps to determine a lifecycle plan, and will make the Execs appreciate IT even more for thinking about the dollar figures involved and how Accounting handles those dollars." />
  <row Id="33763" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18897" RevisionGUID="25208c47-df5c-4045-9747-794c4939ef3e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:17:29.273" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33764" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18898" RevisionGUID="b8052ba4-975c-470e-a007-bfb8717dc37d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:17:34.593" UserId="6233" Text="In our company we have around 100 workstation with internet access, &#xD;&#xA;And day by day situation getting more worst and worst from perspective of  using&#xD;&#xA;internet access for the purpose of doing private jobs, and wasting time on social sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open hearted I am not for blocking sites like Facebook, Youtube, and others similar&#xD;&#xA;but day by day my colleagues do not finishing his tasks and while I looking at their monitor all time they are ruining  IE or Mozilla and chat and things like that.&#xD;&#xA;In other way Ill like to block youtube sometime when We have very poor internet access speed,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is my questions:&#xD;&#xA;Do other companies blocking social sites ?&#xD;&#xA;Do I need dedicated device for that like hardware firewall, super expensive router &#xD;&#xA;  Or I can do that whit my existing FreeBSD 6.1 self made router with two lan cards and&#xD;&#xA;configured nat to act like router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was trying  do that using ipfw and routerfirewall but without success,&#xD;&#xA;My code looks like &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ipfw add 25 deny tcp from 192.168.0.0/20 to www.facebook.com&#xD;&#xA;    ipfw add 25 deny udp from 192.168.0.0/20 to www.facebook.&#xD;&#xA;    ipfw add 25 deny tcp from 192.168.0.0/20 to www.dernek.&#xD;&#xA;    ipfw add 25 deny udp from 192.168.0.0/20 to www.dernek.&#xD;&#xA;    ipfw add 25 deny tcp from 192.168.0.0/20 to www.youtube.&#xD;&#xA;    ipfw add 25 deny udp from 192.168.0.0/20 to www.youtube.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33765" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18898" RevisionGUID="b8052ba4-975c-470e-a007-bfb8717dc37d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:17:34.593" UserId="6233" Text="best-practices to block social sites" />
  <row Id="33766" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18898" RevisionGUID="b8052ba4-975c-470e-a007-bfb8717dc37d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:17:34.593" UserId="6233" Text="&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;freebsd&gt;" />
  <row Id="33767" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18899" RevisionGUID="5d5ebb1c-8446-4721-8b3a-dc07c60a5b1e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:18:51.110" UserId="3235" Text="We keep ours 3 years.  All our eqiupment is leased.  So no machine is ever more than 3 years old. It makes support much easier because they all match one of 3 models, and one of 3 images." />
  <row Id="33768" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18899" RevisionGUID="5d5ebb1c-8446-4721-8b3a-dc07c60a5b1e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:18:51.110" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33769" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18900" RevisionGUID="c24f2193-d651-49ca-85da-375cd4a06edc" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:18:52.547" UserId="6470" Text="Look at &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;/proc/net/ipt_recent/YOURNAME&lt;/code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where YOURNAME is the name you used with --name option in your iptables rule." />
  <row Id="33770" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18879" RevisionGUID="4f3479e0-a96e-4fa3-ae3f-f2c515b1e903" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:19:24.980" UserId="5384" Comment="Expanded the details of the security requirement." Text="One of our clients, whose website we built, is a manufacturer of ultra-high-end bicycles. They would like to distribute kiosks -- basically, locked-down Windows XP boxes from Dell -- at some of their higher-profile dealers. The kiosks would be limited to browsing the manufacturer's website. I'm out of my element here, and would appreciate some help and/or good reading material (and/or step-by-step instructions ;-]) on:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Securing the desktop from casual stupidity. The kiosks are being deployed to high-end cycling boutiques, so given the clientele, malicious attacks will be extremely rare.&#xD;&#xA;* Allowing access to specific web addresses only.&#xD;&#xA;* Restoring a kiosk remotely. Ideally the solution is simple enough for a bicycle salesperson to handle with a minimum of over-the-phone hand-holding.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, I am perfectly open to responses that amount to &quot;you are way over your head here, consult a professional.&quot; I argued as much when the job was proposed in the first place, but I was convinced to try taking this on myself before finding someone with more extensive systems administration experience." />
  <row Id="33771" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18901" RevisionGUID="bc27f391-1079-44a7-b155-294cdf42333c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:19:52.293" UserId="7342" Text="You can find details under /proc/net/ipt_recent/SSH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/79/Netfilters_Recent_Module.pdf&quot;&gt;This article&lt;/a&gt; has more information." />
  <row Id="33772" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18902" RevisionGUID="d6e79bc5-8111-4b62-9d62-e2a4624a483b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:20:54.647" UserId="6767" Text="You'll probably have to bash-script it, but wrap it around ncftp as that will let you get or put files from the command line." />
  <row Id="33773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18903" RevisionGUID="f28e3179-e308-472a-ad1a-55ce88c2411c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:21:16.737" UserId="2626" Text="I would say for simplicities sake, take a look at using a bootable CD/USB Drive to load a lightweight linux OS to allow browsing the website.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With the kiosks only being used to browse one website, you really do not need the complexity of securing Windows when there are some prebuilt solutions that you can look at.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out [Matts Tech Blog on Bootable Kiosk CDs][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should point you in the right direction along with links to [KioskCD][2] and [Boothbox][3] (an open source Kiosk type CD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mattstechblog.blogspot.com/2006/05/create-your-own-bootable-firefox-kiosk.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.kioskcd.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://boothbox.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="33774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18904" RevisionGUID="8ce0ca22-c45f-4138-8428-06260ea7d653" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:21:21.683" UserId="4432" Text="MS Sharepoint would probably be a good solution and would easily integrate with your existing AD server.  It is secure, but not cheap. It does allow you to access the share either via HTTP/S or mapping it to a drive letter(I believe this function uses WebDAV as David posted).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/Pages/Default.aspx" />
  <row Id="33775" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18894" RevisionGUID="df368cf6-0a2a-4e17-9dbe-66adcac9173b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:21:46.910" UserId="7854" Comment="added 459 characters in body" Text="This is the ideal config for 6 nics assuming you will add addtinal servers and utilize HA, DRS and vMotions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Nic1** Service Console  in main vlan100, main subnet&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Nic2** Vmotion in main vlan100 Separate subnet&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Nic3** and **Nic4** both trunk ports for VMs to use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Nic5** and **Nic6**  - iSCSI Nics – in iscsi vlan, 2 separate subnets (assuming your SAN/NAS as 2, dual port controllers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be advised it is NOT recommended that you use teaming with your iSCSI nics. They should also be separate from your other services, I.E. vMotion, SC, Trunks etc. Using teaming will cause a delay in the event of a failure. It can also slow down the systems as your storage switches between controllers. I can explain in more detail if needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The vNIics however should use team. The nics in that team, Nic3 and Nic4, should be trunk ports on your switch.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33776" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18905" RevisionGUID="4676b0a0-85d1-42ab-aafb-41099a783169" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:22:14.007" UserId="1466" Text="It seems to me that a better solution would be to set up a VPN to handle the security side of things, then students would have all the access they are used to (if you want them to) in the way they are used to getting it.  **and it's simple to use** from the end-user's point of view." />
  <row Id="33777" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18906" RevisionGUID="ee7f0c93-e557-49b8-9161-e4ea2b0cc993" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:22:59.887" UserId="3235" Text="I work at a mid sized University, and we also have MyStorage folders for our 30k users.  We're using WebDAV  We know it's a dying protocol.  That said we haven't found anything else that replicates its functionality as easily or cheaply.  It does require IIS and another download from Microsoft.   Here is some documentation that might get you pointed in the right direction. [Installing and Configuring Webdav on IIS 7.0][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/350/installing-and-configuring-webdav-on-iis-70/" />
  <row Id="33778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18907" RevisionGUID="c7bf9253-4074-407b-b19c-864ee0007983" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:23:10.230" UserId="2299" Text="We only block sites if browsing is interfering with productivity, and we accept the views of local management on the issue (even when we suspect they are exaggerating).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We block sites using a proxy server; usually SQUID, which should run fine on your firewall. We put a rule on the firewall blocking outbound port 80 (and sometimes 443) from all hosts except from servers and the proxy server. Then we use a group policy to configure the proxy in users' Internet Explorer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some managers ask us for usage stats. Most don't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33779" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18908" RevisionGUID="ab673b4b-e79d-450b-8ec0-73dab10904c1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:23:34.800" UserId="1404" Text="If you are looking to automatically download whatever is published to an FTP site, you could use rsync, running it as a cron job:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rsync -P -v -r ftp.nluug.nl::Mandrakelinux/official/2006.0/i586/install/images/ .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [http://www.brunolinux.com/10-General_Info/Rsync.html][1] for more information about rsync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.brunolinux.com/10-General_Info/Rsync.html" />
  <row Id="33780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18909" RevisionGUID="5ef86d49-f8c0-4098-82e7-0039ed518ec0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:23:59.867" UserId="3657" Text="Use [OpenDNS][1].  You should be able to block social sites using that.  Otherwise, you should consider using a proxy server with filtering capabilties.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.opendns.org" />
  <row Id="33781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18910" RevisionGUID="5e48b55a-7c20-4844-9ff6-cc6563a81e89" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:24:02.753" UserId="984" Text="&gt; Do other companies blocking social&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sites?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, but that doesn't mean it is a good idea.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Do I need dedicated device for that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; like hardware firewall, super&#xD;&#xA;&gt; expensive router Or I can do that whit&#xD;&#xA;&gt; my existing FreeBSD 6.1 self made&#xD;&#xA;&gt; router with two lan cards and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; configured nat to act like router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can install Squid+Squidguard and force all traffic through the proxy.  You can setup ACLs to block sites you don't like." />
  <row Id="33782" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18896" RevisionGUID="db2f8b16-c8bc-4e7f-b007-d580e5fc76b9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:24:07.043" UserId="7730" Comment="added 357 characters in body" Text="[Windows SteadyState](http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/whatis/default.mspx) is a free tool from Microsoft to perform exactly what you are looking for. It is also  easy to setup and manage, and appears to be a great fit for your kiosk rollout.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Windows SteadyState includes the following features to help you manage your shared computers:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Windows Disk Protection – Help protect the Windows partition, which contains the Windows operating system and other programs, from being modified without administrator approval. Windows SteadyState allows you to set Windows Disk Protection to remove all changes upon restart, to remove changes at a certain date and time, or to not remove changes at all. If you choose to use Windows Disk Protection to remove changes, any changes made by shared users when they are logged on to the computer are removed when the computer is restarted.  &#xD;&#xA;User Restrictions and Settings – The user restrictions and settings can help to enhance and simplify the user experience. Restrict user access to programs, settings, Start menu items, and options in Windows. You can also lock shared user accounts to prevent changes from being retained from one session to the next.  &#xD;&#xA;User Account Manager – Create and delete user accounts. You can use Windows SteadyState to create user accounts on alternative drives that will retain user data and settings even when Windows Disk Protection is turned on. You can also import and export user settings from one computer to another—saving valuable time and resources.  &#xD;&#xA;Computer Restrictions – Control security settings, privacy settings, and more, such as preventing users from creating and storing folders in drive C and from opening Microsoft Office documents from Internet Explorer®.  &#xD;&#xA;Schedule Software Updates – Update your shared computer with the latest software and security updates when it is convenient for you and your shared users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SteadyState supports Windows XP Professional, Home Edition, Tablet PC Edition, as well as Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, Ultimate, Home Basic, Home Premium, and Starter. The hardware requirements are the same as for Windows XP and Windows Vista, so any computer that runs these operating systems well should also be able to run Windows SteadyState.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18911" RevisionGUID="60ef1b62-18fc-426e-81cc-a6728718aa08" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:25:00.193" UserId="4722" Text="If you're using OpenDNS you could always easily block by domain/content that way" />
  <row Id="33784" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18912" RevisionGUID="2c798160-1cca-462f-92f3-7453c57386aa" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:25:58.537" UserId="5075" Text="Quickly &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;open ftp.address.co.uk&#xD;&#xA;quote USER username&#xD;&#xA;quote PASS password&#xD;&#xA;cd ftp/dir&#xD;&#xA;put file&#xD;&#xA;bye&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you can then run ftp -n &lt; backup.sh, where backup.sh is the code above. I wrote some fancy create folders with todays date before running the ftp command. If anyones interested I can post them up here." />
  <row Id="33785" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18913" RevisionGUID="86d1233b-9edd-41b9-86b4-48cd284775cc" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:26:44.293" UserId="7342" Text="This should be dealt with via your disciplinary procedure, not your firewall. It's a technical solution for a non-technical problem." />
  <row Id="33786" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18914" RevisionGUID="38551c03-2de7-48d4-beb9-f36babbefe5f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:29:25.037" UserId="7200" Text="Some ideas for you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did a job like this for a Customer a few years ago. I configured Windows XP to start Internet Explorer in &quot;Kiosk Mode&quot; as the shell, and disabled the context menus. No keyboard was present on this unit, so the user couldn't exit full screen mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I had to do this today, I'd start looking around for kiosk extensions for Firefox or &quot;shells&quot; for Internet Explorer as a first step.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To prevent memory leaks in the browser from taking the unit down I used a screensaver to logoff the computer after an inactivity timeout, whereupon it auto logged-on again. I also scheduled a nightly reboot to keep the background processes from leaking away memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the recovery front, it would be fairly trivial to build a Windows PE / BartPE bootable USB stick to re-image the machine (ImageX, Ghost, whatever you want to use) if it failed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the &quot;access only certain web site&quot; front: You might be able to get away with pointing the DNS on the PC to a restrictive DNS server that only served the zones for sites you wanted to enable access to. You could use a &quot;HOSTS&quot; file, but then you run into update issues if any of those IPs change. You could use some &quot;netnanny&quot; type filtering software on the PC, but I have no experience with that to speak to. Finally, you could configure the PC to use a proxy server (either hosted locally on the PC, or centrally on the 'net) and filter requests that way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(That old kiosk job was really fun, in part, because the kiosk itself had no Internet connectivity! It ran an Apache / PHP / MySQL stack and a wildcard DNS server in the background and served up the site to itself and the other kiosks in the area via WiFi! If you tried to surf away from the main site it was hosting, a wildcard virtual host and the wildcard DNS would take you to a &quot;Sorry, you can't get there...&quot; page.) " />
  <row Id="33787" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18910" RevisionGUID="bc3472f8-43ee-492b-bfd2-1f3dfe14c7e1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:30:46.343" UserId="984" Comment="added 926 characters in body" Text="&gt; Do other companies blocking social&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sites?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, but that doesn't mean it is a good idea.  The book [Predictably Irrational][1] has an interesting discussion that basically suggests that if you block minor personal usage, it can actually cost you in productivity.  If people think their work place is friendly and home-like, they are more likely to work from home beyond their 40 hours.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If one individual is causing problems it may be better to work with the individual, then to use a technology solution to simply kill break things.  Technology is not a replacement for a manager actually doing their job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most filters are easily bypassed, you really should try and avoid getting into an arms race with your coworkers.  At some point you will just make your firewall so hostile they won't be able to get actual work done, and you still will probably have not blocked all the possible ways around the firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Do I need dedicated device for that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; like hardware firewall, super&#xD;&#xA;&gt; expensive router Or I can do that whit&#xD;&#xA;&gt; my existing FreeBSD 6.1 self made&#xD;&#xA;&gt; router with two lan cards and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; configured nat to act like router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can install Squid+Squidguard and force all traffic through the proxy.  You can setup ACLs to block sites you don't like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Predictably-Irrational-Revised-Expanded-Decisions/dp/0061854549/" />
  <row Id="33788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18915" RevisionGUID="a21d593c-3c5c-4419-a201-dbce44dadf31" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:31:10.650" UserId="7854" Text="VMware Converter.  You can boot from the bootable version  to convert or you can use the add in Converter in VC, Virtual Center. With the VC route you right click on the VMware server you want the Vm to run on and select import machine. Answer a few questions... and presto!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some things to look out for...  if you have more than one physical drive or partition on the physical box you will be able to chose to create one VMDK file with multiple drives within or one VMDK file per drive.  In cause that doesn’t make sense.  if the physical box has a C, D and E drives.. you can have&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1 VMDK cool_box.vmk (has 3 partitions)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;cool_box.vmk = c drive&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;cool_box1.vmk = d drive&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;cool_box2.vmk = e drive&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also you will prob find you can get by with a smaler page file than in the physcial and less RAM and MOST one vCPU runs better than 2 or 4. " />
  <row Id="33789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18916" RevisionGUID="90d24057-e79f-4cad-90f6-b310b079886e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:31:19.010" UserId="4370" Text="The best way to block stuff is to have the manager walk around, spending more time near those that don't get things done. If people get work done, why do you care what sites they visit or how much time they spend? If they don't, write them up, and let them move on. " />
  <row Id="33790" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18917" RevisionGUID="f81f076c-6e6a-4d5f-b778-dea2cd48d8d0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:31:22.537" UserId="4479" Text="We've got a flat performance requirement tier here so we replace desktops each 4-5 years.  Desktops are inexpensive enough we generally do not add any type of extra warranty - just keep a few spares around.  Laptops are different since they always seem to suffer a performance lag,get the heck beat out of them, and are made up of specialized components.  We carry full 3 year warranties and replace them at the end of that period." />
  <row Id="33791" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18917" RevisionGUID="f81f076c-6e6a-4d5f-b778-dea2cd48d8d0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:31:22.537" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18918" RevisionGUID="83623f0c-e031-4e75-88d2-f76d3c328e36" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:31:27.217" UserDisplayName="Anduril" Text="As Alex says Linux does not have a preemptive caching mechanism like Vista/Win7's Superfetch so its normally only going to use memory when its actually requested. Also, depending upon the value of swappiness you have set it could very well be paging much more quickly than you necessarily need" />
  <row Id="33793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18919" RevisionGUID="5f853e8b-f64f-43a9-8db5-db1bd9dbcdd4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:32:49.587" UserId="7073" Text="I know this question was asked a while ago but I'm going to answer anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Call every vendor who's database you are running on your SQL 2005 server and confirm with them the software will run in 2008.  As an example, BlackBerry server will not run in 2008 yet and you'll likely hose your server if you try it or even up with bad data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I called the vendors when I did this when moving from 2000 to 2005 and found one of our key piecies had issues.  Quickly corrected by an sql script from the vender but I'm glad I knew about it before hand and what to expect." />
  <row Id="33794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18920" RevisionGUID="bc443a17-5977-478b-97cc-80c644b01a7e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:34:04.980" UserId="5281" Text="Are you allowed to put in a hostname instead of an IP?   You might as a quick band-aid fix just create an 'A' record for &quot;theproxy&quot; that points to 10.200.1.10 and see if it manages to muck that up." />
  <row Id="33795" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18914" RevisionGUID="2d6e72ea-ffd4-4ed7-9d94-af362c5fd6f8" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:34:51.517" UserId="7200" Comment="added 631 characters in body" Text="Some ideas for you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did a job like this for a Customer a few years ago. I configured Windows XP to start Internet Explorer in &quot;Kiosk Mode&quot; as the shell, and disabled the context menus. No keyboard was present on this unit, so the user couldn't exit full screen mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I had to do this today, I'd start looking around for kiosk extensions for Firefox or &quot;shells&quot; for Internet Explorer as a first step.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To prevent memory leaks in the browser from taking the unit down I used a screensaver to logoff the computer after an inactivity timeout, whereupon it auto logged-on again. I also scheduled a nightly reboot to keep the background processes from leaking away memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the recovery front, it would be fairly trivial to build a Windows PE / BartPE bootable USB stick to re-image the machine (ImageX, Ghost, whatever you want to use) if it failed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the &quot;access only certain web site&quot; front: You might be able to get away with pointing the DNS on the PC to a restrictive DNS server that only served the zones for sites you wanted to enable access to. You could use a &quot;HOSTS&quot; file, but then you run into update issues if any of those IPs change. You could use some &quot;netnanny&quot; type filtering software on the PC, but I have no experience with that to speak to. Finally, you could configure the PC to use a proxy server (either hosted locally on the PC, or centrally on the 'net) and filter requests that way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That old kiosk job was really fun, in part, because the kiosk itself had no Internet connectivity! It ran an Apache / PHP / MySQL stack and a wildcard DNS server in the background and served up the site to itself and the other kiosks in the area via WiFi! You could even load updates to the content on the kiosk from USB memory stick or CD (with a proper authentication file on the media). If you tried to surf away from the main site it was hosting, a wildcard virtual host and the wildcard DNS would take you to a &quot;Sorry, you can't get there...&quot; page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would've liked to have used a Linux-based solution for that job, but the Customer had a requirement that I use Windows. I would've ended up doing a very similar thing w/ a Linux-based system anyway, since it allowed the Customer to load their live web-site onto a kiosk that otherwise had no Internet access and didn't require their web site developers to make any changes (i.e. the kiosk executed all of the PHP and used the database in the same way as the real web site). It was loads of fun!" />
  <row Id="33796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18921" RevisionGUID="cf930680-d31a-47bf-b16c-0abeb9f1e0e5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:35:48.143" UserId="45" Text="Does it happens during an automated full scan? Maybe it gets stuck on a file that is locked on your server. Did you try to run a manual full scan? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It could also run out of resources if the amount of files scanned. I once run into errors on a folder with many documents. Removing that folder solved the Defender problems, which reappeared as soon as I copied that folder back to the machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anonther workaround you could try: uninstall Windows Defender and reinstall the latest version. Perhaps something  went wrong in the configuration." />
  <row Id="33797" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18875" RevisionGUID="875da64b-86be-4444-ae8c-6137377246b2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:36:16.457" UserId="887" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="Use perfmon, add objects from the Process group for each of the suspect apps for cpu, disk reads/writes; don't sample every second, instead sample every 10 - 30 seconds or so." />
  <row Id="33798" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18922" RevisionGUID="489ba730-b497-473b-b39f-01006009df66" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:36:47.220" UserId="1828" Text="Does anyone know of a client that I can use to access a pop3 mailbox via command line on windows? I need it to support downloading emails to a file and have SSL support. I would really like for it to be free too. Using my google-fu, I wasn't able to find an app that had all 3 of those features." />
  <row Id="33799" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18922" RevisionGUID="489ba730-b497-473b-b39f-01006009df66" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:36:47.220" UserId="1828" Text="command line pop3 mail client for windows?" />
  <row Id="33800" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18922" RevisionGUID="489ba730-b497-473b-b39f-01006009df66" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:36:47.220" UserId="1828" Text="&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="33801" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18849" RevisionGUID="d68baaa8-dc28-4b3f-b60d-a2a389afd715" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:37:53.600" UserDisplayName="Ryan" Comment="added 294 characters in body" Text="I recently found out that my ISP disables port 135.  I have a server and personal computer behind my router.  A friend and I are working on a programming project and are running into some sql issues because of this blocked port.  For him to be able to access everything, I have dynadns configured&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personal Computer: 192.168.1.100 &#xD;&#xA;Server Computer: 192.168.1.110 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way for me to forward localhost traffice from port 135 to say port 8081 and then have my server take incoming requests from port 8081 to 135?  I have heard a little bit about ssh tunneling but it seems odd to be using Putty to login to my local machine where the ssh server is running to forward ports.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any advice would be very helpful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:  I am using a router with dd-wrt installed and have installed the vpn addon.  I was trying to get VPN working on my windows 2003 computer but was having problems with the GRE protocol not being configured.  I will attempt the vpn option with my router and post my results later today." />
  <row Id="33802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18923" RevisionGUID="edcb052e-2b82-4378-9fc1-3e454a518254" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:39:14.470" UserId="3657" Text="You could use these cmdlets for Powershell&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.nsoftware.com/powershell/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are not free, however" />
  <row Id="33803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18924" RevisionGUID="ee391fc6-5473-446a-8045-1e5ba88162fc" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:39:59.570" UserId="7854" Text="Heres one.. http://www.codeode.com/popclient/index.html" />
  <row Id="33804" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13853" RevisionGUID="68f39bea-bd0f-4e4a-8616-10dbb66fe94f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:40:23.283" UserId="1734" Comment="Responded to the question comment about the URL path to the repository and websvn." Text="I have multiple subversion repositories which are served up through Apache 2.2 and WebDAV. They are all located in a central place, and I used this [debian-administration.org][1] article as the basis (I dropped the use of the database authentication for a simple htpasswd file though).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since then, I have also started using [WebSVN][2]. My issue is that not all users on the system should be able to access the different repositories, and the default setup of WebSVN is to allow anyone who can authenticate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;According to the WebSVN documentation, the best way around this is to use subversion's path access system, so I looked to create this, using the AuthzSVNAccessFile directive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I do this though, I keep getting &quot;403 Forbidden&quot; messages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My files look like the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have default policy settings in a file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /svn/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      DAV svn&#xD;&#xA;      SVNParentPath  /var/lib/svn/repository&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      Order deny,allow&#xD;&#xA;      Deny from all&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each repository gets a policy file like below:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /svn/sysadmin/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        Include  /var/lib/svn/conf/default_auth.conf&#xD;&#xA;        AuthName &quot;Repository for sysadmin&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        require user joebloggs jimsmith mickmurphy&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The default_auth.conf file contains this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SVNParentPath      /var/lib/svn/repository&#xD;&#xA;    AuthType           basic&#xD;&#xA;    AuthUserFile       /var/lib/svn/conf/.dav_svn.passwd&#xD;&#xA;    AuthzSVNAccessFile /var/lib/svn/conf/svnaccess.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not fully sure why I need the second SVNParentPath in default_auth.conf, but I just added that today as I was getting error messages as a result of adding the AuthzSVNAccessFile directive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With a totally permissive access file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [/]&#xD;&#xA;    joebloggs = rw&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the system worked fine (and was essentially unchanged), but as I soon as I start trying to add any kind of restrictions such as&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [sysadmin:/]&#xD;&#xA;    joebloggs = rw&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;instead, I get the 'Permission denied' errors again. The log file entries are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu May 28 10:40:17 2009] [error] [client 89.100.219.180] Access denied: 'joebloggs' GET websvn:/&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu May 28 10:40:20 2009] [error] [client 89.100.219.180] Access denied: 'joebloggs' GET svn:/sysadmin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do I need to do to get this to work? Have configured apache wrong, or is my understanding of the svnaccess.conf file incorrect?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I am going about this the wrong way, I have no particular attachment to my overall approach, so feel free to offer alternatives as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE (20090528-1600):**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I attempted to implement [this answer][3], but I still cannot get it to work properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know most of the configuration is correct, as I have added&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [/]&#xD;&#xA;    joebloggs = rw&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;at the start and 'joebloggs' then has all the correct access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I try to go repository-specific though, doing something like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [/]&#xD;&#xA;    joebloggs = rw&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [sysadmin:/]&#xD;&#xA;    mickmurphy = rw&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then I got a permission denied error for mickmurphy (joebloggs still works), with an error similar to what I already had previously&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu May 28 10:40:20 2009] [error] [client 89.100.219.180] Access denied: 'mickmurphy' GET svn:/sysadmin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, I forgot to explain previously that all my repositories are underneath&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /var/lib/svn/repository&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE (20090529-1245):**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still no luck getting this to work, but all the signs seem to be pointing to the issue being with path-access control in subversion not working properly. My assumption is that I have not configured apache or svn to properly recognise my repository structure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is because the '[/]' entry seems to work perfectly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It also occurs to me that this is question that may belong better on StackOverflow?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE (20090603-1740):**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In response to one of the comments to this question, my WebDAV setup for subversion itself is given the location /svn/**repos** but websvn is set to /websvn.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/208&#xD;&#xA;[2]: http://websvn.tigris.org/&#xD;&#xA;[3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/13853/how-do-i-restrict-repository-access-via-websvn/13912#13912&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18925" RevisionGUID="126e769d-e5d3-4394-940c-2b763b228bda" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:40:56.900" UserId="1529" Text="Use the Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit for Windows (aka Steadystate) (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sharedaccess/default.mspx)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But to specifically make it an Kiosk - see below:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From Yuval Sinay MVP and http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555463&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To configure the local computer in Kiosk mode please use the following&#xD;&#xA;   steps:  &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;1. Go to &quot;Start&quot; -&gt; &quot;Run&quot;.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;2. Write &quot;Regedit&quot; and press on &quot;Enter&quot; button.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;3. Navigate to:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Warning: Using Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE or REGEDT32.EXE) incorrectly can cause serious,&#xD;&#xA;                  system-wide problems that may require you to reinstall Windows NT to correct them.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;4. In the right side of the screen double click &quot;Shell&quot; REG_SZ.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;5. Replace the &quot;Value data:&quot; with a new data &quot;iexplore -k http://www.msn.com&quot;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;6. Press on &quot;Ok&quot; button.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;7. If you are using Windows XP you can use &quot;Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit for Windows XP&quot;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;           to enhanced the local computer settings: &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;     Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit for Windows XP&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;     http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sharedaccess/default.mspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;8. Reboot the computer.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33806" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18926" RevisionGUID="1cd30cd9-ffa0-451c-a314-97c62bb14089" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:40:57.430" UserId="4575" Text="I've recently been trying out a [OCSreports NG][1]/[GLPI][2] combination that is working out extremely well. Both packages are FOSS &amp; were not too complicated to setup &amp; configure under RHEL5. This should fit precisely with what you're attempting to do. Here is a [how to guide][3]. As an added bonus, you can add LDAP support along with glpi's helpdesk ticketing system to tie asset's with people with extremely flexible support options. You can also set depreciation value &amp; several other items.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ocsinventory-ng.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.glpi-project.org/spip.php?lang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://wiki.ocsinventory-ng.org/index.php/Howtos:Main" />
  <row Id="33807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18927" RevisionGUID="8002082d-2573-44b3-b3a2-b2536a903473" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:42:41.297" UserId="7878" Text="I have a NFS server and a bunch of diskless clients booting from that server using TFTP. They have a read-only root partition mount from the server, and read-write /home mount from the server. Everything what needs to be writable is on tmpfs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hacked Gentoo init scripts (/bin/rc) to make it possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm running Xorg on each of those stations, and it successfully autoconfigures itself, but often with cosmic resolution (like 1600xsomethingbig where it used to be 1024x768). It looks really weird. Different stations have different graphic cards and monitors etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I set an upper limit of screen resolution used by Xorg? I would like it to still autoconfigure itself within this limit." />
  <row Id="33808" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18927" RevisionGUID="8002082d-2573-44b3-b3a2-b2536a903473" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:42:41.297" UserId="7878" Text="How to limit screen resolution in xorg 1.5?" />
  <row Id="33809" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18927" RevisionGUID="8002082d-2573-44b3-b3a2-b2536a903473" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:42:41.297" UserId="7878" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;xorg&gt;&lt;screen-resolution&gt;" />
  <row Id="33810" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18928" RevisionGUID="221f67e0-ecb9-4edf-a163-2b71c7ce232d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:43:17.847" UserId="7783" Text="I work at a college, and we block sites using Websense. Good (not perfect!) but expensive. OpenDNS is cheaper and also pretty good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the end of the day, though, my opinion is that there are very few technological solutions to behavioural problems. If your business doesn't want people visiting social networking sites then it needs to make it clear that this is against internet use policy otherwise it becomes a game for some people. By all means use tools to help enforce that policy if needed, but don't just block sites with no explanation or communication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also agree with the comment about whether or not the work is being done. If people are meeting their goals then you might well ask where the harm is in letting them loose on the Internet a little as well." />
  <row Id="33811" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18929" RevisionGUID="586166b6-ba18-4edd-8f11-0fa75d7a324f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:44:05.320" UserId="45" Text="You could use the [Command Line Pop Client][1] in combination with the SSL wrapper [Stunnel][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codeode.com/popclient/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.stunnel.org/" />
  <row Id="33812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18930" RevisionGUID="5ca0e5ff-b5aa-4fea-a193-ad0cb19d49d0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:44:27.800" UserDisplayName="Evan" Text="LegalITTech, thanks for mentioning NxTop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NxTop isn't just for laptops (we have a number of people inernally running XP and Vista on NxTop-enabled desktops). Essentially, NxTop offers centralized one-to-many management of virtual desktops through local execution of a bare metal client hypervisor, designed to ease PC management. Every person being managed through NxTop can be on different hardware, yet it is still one OS image that needs to be managed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We offer semi-regular webinars -- if anyone's interested or just wants to talk to someone for more info, I can get you in touch with the right people here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Evan&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Virtual Computer" />
  <row Id="33813" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18930" RevisionGUID="5ca0e5ff-b5aa-4fea-a193-ad0cb19d49d0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:44:27.800" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18931" RevisionGUID="f4b1d91b-5a0a-4a80-84dd-0418fda4ba07" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:45:09.497" UserId="4365" Text="you could use pine via cygwin; I've used that before." />
  <row Id="33815" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18906" RevisionGUID="98d0df29-9dea-4bfe-9f13-17805b684076" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:46:27.747" UserId="3235" Comment="Fixed grammar anda typo or two." Text="I work at a mid sized University, and we also have MyStorage folders for our 30k users.  We're using WebDAV.  We know it is a dying protocol.  That said we haven't found anything else that replicates its functionality as easily or cheaply.  It does require IIS and another download from Microsoft. Here is some documentation that might get you pointed in the right direction. [Installing and Configuring Webdav on IIS 7.0][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/350/installing-and-configuring-webdav-on-iis-70/" />
  <row Id="33816" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18929" RevisionGUID="cd0ac7d1-2761-4673-aa9d-753e96f42682" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:49:09.240" UserId="45" Comment="added 1181 characters in body" Text="You could use the [Command Line Pop Client][1] in combination with the SSL wrapper [Stunnel][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Command Line Pop Client**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Command Line POP Client is a free&#xD;&#xA;&gt; console utility that allows you to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; receive your e-mails to a local&#xD;&#xA;&gt; directory. It is suitable for batch&#xD;&#xA;&gt; jobs or whenever there is a need to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; download e-mails as files into a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; folder. This mail receiver supports&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the POP3 protocol and is both robust&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and light weight. The settings are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; defined in an xml file.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; This e-mail client is compatible for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2003.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Stunnel**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Stunnel is a program that allows you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to encrypt arbitrary TCP connections&#xD;&#xA;&gt; inside SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; available on both Unix and Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Stunnel can allow you to secure&#xD;&#xA;&gt; non-SSL aware daemons and protocols&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (like POP, IMAP, LDAP, etc) by having&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Stunnel provide the encryption,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; requiring no changes to the daemon's&#xD;&#xA;&gt; code.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; The Stunnel source code is not a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; complete product -- you still require&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a functioning SSL library such as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; OpenSSL or SSLeay in order to compile&#xD;&#xA;&gt; stunnel. This means that stunnel can&#xD;&#xA;&gt; support whatever (and only) that which&#xD;&#xA;&gt; your SSL library can, without making&#xD;&#xA;&gt; any changes in the Stunnel code.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codeode.com/popclient/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.stunnel.org/" />
  <row Id="33817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18932" RevisionGUID="69611c6f-9106-4ce7-9770-33c8f537af5c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:49:38.693" UserId="3125" Text="Agree that rsync is good, but an alternative is [lftp][1].  It has automated and interactive shell-like modes, and supports options that make mirroring simple.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lftp.yar.ru/" />
  <row Id="33818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18933" RevisionGUID="1d579136-32da-4944-bbdb-6ffe6107876b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:50:12.420" UserId="4365" Text="I've used [ncftpget][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ncftp.com/ncftp/doc/ncftpget.html &#xD;&#xA;to script ftp gets." />
  <row Id="33819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18934" RevisionGUID="02ff3062-c487-4a98-b81c-fd3a34c6ebb1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:51:04.713" UserId="7342" Text="I'm not sure this is possible. You could try creating a xorg.conf with only a screen section, listing all the resolutions you want. " />
  <row Id="33820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18935" RevisionGUID="7c3e8885-ffd3-4f25-b569-ebba3e712a6b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:51:45.367" UserId="7073" Text="Since you are planning long term to go VPN, I assume you'd like this to be cheap?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a thought, you could use basic IIS, using SSL and just put the users folder on the internet and allow directory browsing?  The IIS would check the permissions and only allow access to the files based on AD file permissions that are already there (think no more configuration then you do now)  Since you us SSL with it, its atleast secure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The big downside, is its one way only, to the students could read/download the files, but then when they change them they cannot put them back on the network until they plug back in." />
  <row Id="33821" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18936" RevisionGUID="b4aff99e-1713-4931-ad07-dbac4c9ba1d4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:53:00.277" UserId="7882" Text="Well, we say three years, basically because that's how we depreciate them.  But we are an IT company, so IRS aside, we'd do new hardware anyway in 3 years for our front-line folks just to be able to reasonably run the latest stuff from Microsoft and Lotus.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bottom line is:  Business conditions dictate the refresh cycle.  We target 3, but it's typically when we can afford it after 3." />
  <row Id="33822" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18936" RevisionGUID="b4aff99e-1713-4931-ad07-dbac4c9ba1d4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:53:00.277" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18937" RevisionGUID="e09e11df-5a0d-46a9-8122-fdbc2c93ad19" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:56:09.960" UserId="3431" Text="Just for the record, as ServerFault seems to be very VMware oriented, this is also possible with **Citrix XenServer**. It works pretty much like VMWare, you put a CD into a machine and it gets uploaded to a virtualization server which then executes it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The extra advantage is that you can have paravirtualization with Linux/BSD/Solaris which leads to much better performance then VMWare.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also XenServer is much cheaper then VMWare." />
  <row Id="33824" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18938" RevisionGUID="0de3dada-766d-4d27-af28-af0d28b15d73" CreationDate="2009-06-03T16:58:14.137" UserId="1054" Text="I agree that it's an HR / management policy, IT can only put less than perfect technology in place to implement.  If there's a problem it should be evident in the performance of the offender.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, when required to have proof for the purposes of disciplinary action then Internet usage logs are vital to the organization's case.  For this the organization must employ a logging / reporting mechanism.  Use of this should be communicated to employees and the usage policies should be clearly documented in the employee handbook.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We also perform usage monitorying use WebSense.  Categories strictly forbidden by our policy are straight-up blocked.  Others that are more loosely regulated are allowed by clicking through button that equates to the employee saying &quot;I understand this filter and am proceeding because of business reasons&quot;.  The tool you use is going to depend a lot on the type of policy you have and the size of your organization." />
  <row Id="33825" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18939" RevisionGUID="c2b72525-bb21-4d7c-8a42-4ccbee519bad" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:02:35.720" UserId="1736" Text="You know how the RIAA and MPAA publish these insane numbers on how much money piracy is costing them, based on the idiotic assumption that every unit of pirated content would be purchased if piracy were impossible?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're doing the same thing by assuming that if 'wasting' time on social media were impossible, that time would be spent doing productive work.  But unless these are data entry clerks you're talking about, we're probably talking about people with some kind of creative / knowledge-worker aspect to their job, which means that their productivity is a complex thing that doesn't look the same as that of a widget twister on an assembly line.  Their use of social media may easily be a key component of their productivity, and attacking it may be attacking what enables them to make you money.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And that's even before we get into the morale impact of treating employees like prisoners on a chain gang.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just sayin', dude." />
  <row Id="33826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18940" RevisionGUID="ab13f041-2d59-4dd9-820f-ff27cf18ba3d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:06:17.303" UserId="5234" Text="Typically about 4 years.  We like a single manufacturer solution and try to minimise on the number of models, as it makes the imaging task a whole lot easier (productivity lost by maintaining a gazillion different images can cost a lot too)." />
  <row Id="33827" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18940" RevisionGUID="ab13f041-2d59-4dd9-820f-ff27cf18ba3d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:06:17.303" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33828" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18941" RevisionGUID="389a71c5-a7ef-4673-b2bd-0fcb15b17edc" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:06:57.800" UserId="4575" Text="Not sure if this is the same exact thing but, here is what I experienced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We enabled roaming profiles. User reports this same issue (temp/default profile loaded, desktop icons/background askew,etc...). We'd have to go into the server, delete the user folder data &amp; then have the user connect on a wired link. The server would then load the profile from users machine &amp; copy all data. No other corruption had occurred. It seemed this was prevelent when a user had used a bad wireless connection with high latency. It responded enough that it didn't disconnect him (even over vpn at a cafe) but, it was enough to cause corruption and invalid crc checks. We also noticed that when we switched the DC to a Gig switch the problem decreased." />
  <row Id="33829" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18942" RevisionGUID="a8768a6a-4c9a-4c6c-b773-203effb48b18" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:08:15.067" UserDisplayName="Evan" Text="You can use a robots.txt file to exclude specified pages from being crawled. It would look like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    User-Agent: Googlebot&#xD;&#xA;    Disallow: /file-1&#xD;&#xA;    Disallow: /file-2&#xD;&#xA;    Disallow: /file-3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Create this in any text editor and upload to your root directory (or edit the existing robots.txt file if one is there).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Webmaster Tools also has a tool to generate a robots.txt file (Tools &gt; Generate robots.txt)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33830" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11050" RevisionGUID="372c2daf-3422-4324-ad3b-560b8b0aebc0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:08:42.023" UserId="1054" Comment="added 5 characters in body; edited title" Text="I am trying to see if its possible to toss all the computers in the server room and just run cables out of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The end goal is you just sit down at your desk and all you have is a display and peripherals.  No computer can be seen or heard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One idea is just to pass the required cables through the wall of the server room and setup the display and peripherals on the other side.  But how do you do it in such a way you don't get all the server room noise?  The required cables are different for every user, you can't just pass exactly what you need and seal it all up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another idea is just to use Ethernet for everything.  You can get DVI/audio/USB over Ethernet.  But then that's super expensive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And these computers will be used for more than just email.  They will be powerful and noisy machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT 2**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My goal here is to reduce noise, reduce cleaning (of dust off computers), reduce cooling by centralizing and removing computer cases, save space, and increase security." />
  <row Id="33831" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="11050" RevisionGUID="372c2daf-3422-4324-ad3b-560b8b0aebc0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:08:42.023" UserId="1054" Comment="added 5 characters in body; edited title" Text="How to separate the display and peripherals from the actual computer?" />
  <row Id="33832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18943" RevisionGUID="3354ec87-0439-4b7e-b3d1-1c955d500461" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:09:21.557" UserId="7890" Text="First, it's worth knowing that a default Ubuntu Desktop installation uses a piece of software named NetworkManager to manage the network. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The advantage of that is that it's very useful on laptops where you move around among different networks a lot, since it makes it very easy to find and connect to wireless networks. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The drawback is that it seems you must be logged in to get a network connection, and that's obviously less than optimal for a server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instead of running NetworkManager, the way to go is to configure your network settings in the file /etc/network/interfaces, a file which will be read at startup. I'm a bit uncertain on how to disable networkmanager, but I think it will detect that an interface has already been configured and stay away from it when you login. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, assuming that your network card is named ath0, you need to add something like the example below to /etc/network/interfaces:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    auto ath0&#xD;&#xA;    iface ath0 inet static &#xD;&#xA;        address 10.20.30.40&#xD;&#xA;        netmask 255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;        gateway 10.20.30.1&#xD;&#xA;        wireless-essid ESSID&#xD;&#xA;        wireless-ap 00:60:1D:01:23:45&#xD;&#xA;        wireless-key 0123-4567-89&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's been a while since I tested doing this, so the above is untested. The following manpages should be of help:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - interfaces(5)&#xD;&#xA; - iwconfig(8)&#xD;&#xA; - wireless(7)&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33833" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18910" RevisionGUID="676bc05a-d31d-4ade-8942-98c50012bf24" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:09:25.893" UserId="984" Comment="added 375 characters in body" Text="&gt; Do other companies blocking social&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sites?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, but that doesn't mean it is a good idea.  The book [Predictably Irrational][1] has an interesting discussion and links to several studies that basically suggests that if you block minor personal usage, it can actually cost you in productivity.  If people think their work place is friendly and home-like, they are more likely to work from home beyond their 40 hours.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If one individual is causing problems it may be better to work with the individual, then to use a technology solution to simply kill break things.  Technology is not a replacement for a manager actually doing their job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most filters are easily bypassed, you really should try and avoid getting into an arms race with your coworkers.  At some point you will just make your firewall so hostile they won't be able to get actual work done, and you still will probably have not blocked all the possible ways around the firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Do I need dedicated device for that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; like hardware firewall, super&#xD;&#xA;&gt; expensive router Or I can do that whit&#xD;&#xA;&gt; my existing FreeBSD 6.1 self made&#xD;&#xA;&gt; router with two lan cards and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; configured nat to act like router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can install Squid+Squidguard and force all traffic through the proxy.  You can setup ACLs to block sites you don't like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suggest you setup squid as a proxy, with no ACLs to block anything, and just watch the logs.  Force everyone through the proxy (with notice).  Then setup something like SARG to build reports.  If someone is really having a problem having a good report will give the employee's supervisor the evidence the need to start addressing the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Predictably-Irrational-Revised-Expanded-Decisions/dp/0061854549/" />
  <row Id="33834" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18938" RevisionGUID="87296814-347e-4241-af32-3d484ab1e6f2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:11:44.297" UserId="1054" Comment="added 146 characters in body" Text="I agree that it's an HR / management policy, IT can only put less than perfect technology in place to implement.  If there's a problem it should be evident in the performance of the offender.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, when required to have proof for the purposes of disciplinary action then Internet usage logs are vital to the organization's case.  For this the organization must employ a logging / reporting mechanism.  Use of this should be communicated to employees and the usage policies should be clearly documented in the employee handbook.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We also perform usage monitorying use WebSense.  Categories strictly forbidden by our policy are straight-up blocked.  Others that are more loosely regulated are allowed by clicking through button that equates to the employee saying &quot;I understand this filter and am proceeding because of business reasons&quot;.  The tool you use is going to depend a lot on the type of policy you have and the size of your organization.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also totally agree that restricting social sites is becoming more and more of an undesirable thing, especially for the upcoming generations." />
  <row Id="33835" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18944" RevisionGUID="ec029d87-e13d-46c4-a6df-6baaf44000b0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:12:16.027" UserId="5234" Text="You might pick up some useful tips from the other thread on this subject: http://serverfault.com/questions/18435/legacy-apps-requiring-administrator-privileges-on-xp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should then be able to set the necessary file system and registry permissions using a GPO." />
  <row Id="33838" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18946" RevisionGUID="e06b0d1f-c153-4cf5-830b-175134aead69" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:15:16.787" UserId="1247" Text="I don't think you really know how the application works if really think that these applications need an Administrator in order to work.  Product vendors will tell you this because its an easy cop out, but really its almost always not true.  I work in a DOD environment and we never given any one administrative rights to their system, because there are always ways around it.  I usually end up using [Process Monito][1]r which many people have mentioned, but you should also look at reading [Aaron Margosis' &quot;Non-Admin&quot; WebLog][2], it's dedicated to how to overcome these issues and to always use a least privileged account.  I also recommend listening to the [Least User Access (LUA) podcast from Microsoft Technet Radio][3], as they touched this topic with Aaron Margosis. Aaron appears to a have a new tool called [LUA Buglight 2.0][4] which is supposed to help in the process of overcoming the application requirements, but honestly I've never used it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Least User Access (LUA)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/bb510143.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2008/11/06/lua-buglight-2-0-second-preview.aspx" />
  <row Id="33839" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18947" RevisionGUID="64ae90c4-de6d-42f7-8714-c665409f1074" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:15:44.023" UserId="3657" Text="You might also consider VMware's ThinApp (formerly Thinstall)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.thinstall.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not sure if this can work around this particular issue but it may be able to." />
  <row Id="33840" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18833" RevisionGUID="00bd0015-7972-49ac-b18d-68c19aff9ca5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:15:52.150" UserId="621" Comment="added log" Text="I recently upgraded one servers (running RHEL AS 5) from OpenSSH 4 server to OpenSSH 5.2 server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since the upgrade a customer is unable to scp files from the machine anymore. They use an ssh client from http://ssh.com/. &#xD;&#xA;I can scp files from and to the machine using openssh without problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use &quot;Public key authentication&quot; and they are still able to ssh to the machine but not scp files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any known -obvious- cause for such incompatibilities? If not how can I dig deeper into this issue?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a log from the client side:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	user@srv/home/user&gt; /usr/local/bin/scp -v cdr@xxx.xxx.xxx.51:/home/cdr/test .&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshAppCommon/sshappcommon.c:133: Allocating global SshRegex context.&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:499: Received error &quot;SSH_FC_OK&quot;., msg: Globbing successful.&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:564: Starting transfer...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:/home/cdr/test&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:3018: File list has 2 files.&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:2567: Not yet connected, or connection down, waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFileCopy/sshfilecopy.c:940: Connecting to remote host. (host = xxx.xxx.xxx.51, user = cdr, port = NULL)&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[0] = /usr/local/bin/ssh2&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[1] = -l&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[2] = cdr&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[3] = -v&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[4] = -x&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[5] = -a&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[6] = -o&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[7] = clearallforwardings yes&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[8] = -o&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[9] = passwordprompt %U@%H's password: &#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[10] = -o&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[11] = nodelay yes&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[12] = -o&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[13] = authenticationnotify yes&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[14] = xxx.xxx.xxx.51&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[15] = -s&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[16] = sftp&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Connecting to xxx.xxx.xxx.51, port 22... (SOCKS not used)&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2/ssh2.c:2121: Entering event loop.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Client/sshclient.c:1403: Creating transport protocol.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshAuthMethodClient/sshauthmethodc.c:83: Added &quot;publickey&quot; to usable methods.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshAuthMethodClient/sshauthmethodc.c:83: Added &quot;password&quot; to usable methods.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Client/sshclient.c:1444: Creating userauth protocol.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: client supports 2 auth methods: 'publickey,password'&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:559: local ip = xxx.xxx.xxx.35, local port = 56985&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:561: remote ip = xxx.xxx.xxx.51, remote port = 22&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshConnection/sshconn.c:1930: Wrapping...&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2/ssh2.c:899: Opening /dev/tty for queries.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Remote version: SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.2&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Transport/trcommon.c:1306: Remote version has rekey incompatibility bug.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Transport/trcommon.c:1308: Remote version is OpenSSH, KEX guesses disabled.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Transport/trcommon.c:1647: lang s to c: `', lang c to s: `'&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Transport/trcommon.c:1712: c_to_s: cipher aes128-cbc, mac hmac-sha1, compression none&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Transport/trcommon.c:1715: s_to_c: cipher aes128-cbc, mac hmac-sha1, compression none&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Remote host key found from database.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:317: Received SSH_CROSS_STARTUP packet from connection protocol.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:367: Received SSH_CROSS_ALGORITHMS packet from connection protocol.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: server offers auth methods 'publickey,password,keyboard-interactive'.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2AuthPubKeyClient/authc-pubkey.c:1535: adding keyfile &quot;/devapp_users/nsdtest/.ssh2/nsdau187&quot; to candidates&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2AuthPubKeyClient/authc-pubkey.c:1535: adding keyfile &quot;/devapp_users/nsdtest/.ssh2/id_dsa_1024_a&quot; to candidates&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2AuthPubKeyClient/authc-pubkey.c:1535: adding keyfile &quot;/devapp_users/nsdtest/.ssh2/id_dsa_1024_b&quot; to candidates&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Constructing and sending signature in publickey authentication.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2AuthPubKeyClient/authc-pubkey.c:772: ssh_client_auth_pubkey_send_signature: reading /devapp_users/nsdtest/.ssh2/nsdau187&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2AuthPubKeyClient/authc-pubkey.c:1751: Public key authentication was successful.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:285: Received SSH_CROSS_AUTHENTICATED packet from connection protocol.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2/ssh2.c:650: Returning user input stream to original values.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:829: num_channels now 1&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:130: Source file is &quot;raw&quot;, and it needs to be parsed.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshTtyFlags/sshttyflags.c:354: Not a tty. (fd = 0)&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFileXferClient/sshfilexferc.c:981: ssh_file_client_receive_proc: bad VERSION&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	user@srv/home/user&gt; debug: SshConnection/sshconn.c:405: EOF from channel stream&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2ChannelSession/sshchsession.c:1721: received exit status : 0&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:803: num_channels now 0&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Got session close with exit_status=0&#xD;&#xA;	debug: destroying client struct...&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Client/sshclient.c:1478: Destroying client.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshConfig/sshconfig.c:555: Freeing pki. (host_pki != NULL, user_pki = NULL)&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshConnection/sshconn.c:1982: Destroying SshConn object.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Client/sshclient.c:1540: Destroying client completed.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshAuthMethodClient/sshauthmethodc.c:88: Destroying authentication method array.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshAppCommon/sshappcommon.c:146: Freeing global SshRegex context.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshConfig/sshconfig.c:555: Freeing pki. (host_pki = NULL, user_pki = NULL)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="33844" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18833" RevisionGUID="b6a1628e-7a23-4cab-8104-55b41d1da918" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:21:40.703" UserId="621" Comment="deleted 6963 characters in body" Text="I recently upgraded one servers (running RHEL AS 5) from OpenSSH 4 server to OpenSSH 5.2 server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since the upgrade a customer is unable to scp files from the machine anymore. They use an ssh client from http://ssh.com/. &#xD;&#xA;I can scp files from and to the machine using openssh without problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use &quot;Public key authentication&quot; and they are still able to ssh to the machine but not scp files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any known -obvious- cause for such incompatibilities? If not how can I dig deeper into this issue?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a log from the client side:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	user@srv/home/user&gt; /usr/local/bin/scp -v cdr@xxx.xxx.xxx.51:/home/cdr/test .&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshAppCommon/sshappcommon.c:133: Allocating global SshRegex context.&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:499: Received error &quot;SSH_FC_OK&quot;., msg: Globbing successful.&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:564: Starting transfer...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:/home/cdr/test&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:3018: File list has 2 files.&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:2567: Not yet connected, or connection down, waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFileCopy/sshfilecopy.c:940: Connecting to remote host. (host = xxx.xxx.xxx.51, user = cdr, port = NULL)&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[0] = /usr/local/bin/ssh2&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[1] = -l&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[2] = cdr&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[3] = -v&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[4] = -x&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[5] = -a&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[6] = -o&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[7] = clearallforwardings yes&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[8] = -o&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[9] = passwordprompt %U@%H's password: &#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[10] = -o&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[11] = nodelay yes&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[12] = -o&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[13] = authenticationnotify yes&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[14] = xxx.xxx.xxx.51&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[15] = -s&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[16] = sftp&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Connecting to xxx.xxx.xxx.51, port 22... (SOCKS not used)&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2/ssh2.c:2121: Entering event loop.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Client/sshclient.c:1403: Creating transport protocol.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshAuthMethodClient/sshauthmethodc.c:83: Added &quot;publickey&quot; to usable methods.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshAuthMethodClient/sshauthmethodc.c:83: Added &quot;password&quot; to usable methods.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Client/sshclient.c:1444: Creating userauth protocol.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: client supports 2 auth methods: 'publickey,password'&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:559: local ip = xxx.xxx.xxx.35, local port = 56985&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:561: remote ip = xxx.xxx.xxx.51, remote port = 22&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshConnection/sshconn.c:1930: Wrapping...&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2/ssh2.c:899: Opening /dev/tty for queries.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Remote version: SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.2&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Transport/trcommon.c:1306: Remote version has rekey incompatibility bug.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Transport/trcommon.c:1308: Remote version is OpenSSH, KEX guesses disabled.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Transport/trcommon.c:1647: lang s to c: `', lang c to s: `'&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Transport/trcommon.c:1712: c_to_s: cipher aes128-cbc, mac hmac-sha1, compression none&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Transport/trcommon.c:1715: s_to_c: cipher aes128-cbc, mac hmac-sha1, compression none&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Remote host key found from database.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:317: Received SSH_CROSS_STARTUP packet from connection protocol.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:367: Received SSH_CROSS_ALGORITHMS packet from connection protocol.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: server offers auth methods 'publickey,password,keyboard-interactive'.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2AuthPubKeyClient/authc-pubkey.c:1535: adding keyfile &quot;/devapp_users/nsdtest/.ssh2/nsdau187&quot; to candidates&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2AuthPubKeyClient/authc-pubkey.c:1535: adding keyfile &quot;/devapp_users/nsdtest/.ssh2/id_dsa_1024_a&quot; to candidates&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2AuthPubKeyClient/authc-pubkey.c:1535: adding keyfile &quot;/devapp_users/nsdtest/.ssh2/id_dsa_1024_b&quot; to candidates&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Constructing and sending signature in publickey authentication.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2AuthPubKeyClient/authc-pubkey.c:772: ssh_client_auth_pubkey_send_signature: reading /devapp_users/nsdtest/.ssh2/nsdau187&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2AuthPubKeyClient/authc-pubkey.c:1751: Public key authentication was successful.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:285: Received SSH_CROSS_AUTHENTICATED packet from connection protocol.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2/ssh2.c:650: Returning user input stream to original values.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:829: num_channels now 1&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:130: Source file is &quot;raw&quot;, and it needs to be parsed.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshTtyFlags/sshttyflags.c:354: Not a tty. (fd = 0)&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFileXferClient/sshfilexferc.c:981: ssh_file_client_receive_proc: bad VERSION&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. 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(host_pki = NULL, user_pki = NULL)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33845" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18949" RevisionGUID="9762636b-7dd0-453a-b8a6-1cb6517095f3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:22:53.743" UserId="4733" Text="We have several stand-alone servers with no monitor, keyboard, mouse - just a machine in a room.  We access them with Remote Desktop.  It is very convenient and isnt any different than sitting right in front of the machine." />
  <row Id="33846" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18950" RevisionGUID="a95d2c07-1d47-490c-9873-f7f6dc7236ca" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:23:50.387" UserId="1529" Text="GPRESULT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc733160(WS.10).aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Works against remote computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In windows 2003 we had to type GPRESULT only in the command line in order to view the Applied Group polices however in windows server 2008 we need to type the /R switch after the gpresult." />
  <row Id="33847" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17888" RevisionGUID="49ad30ef-9c17-4d23-83a2-90de541df1ed" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:25:54.190" UserId="431" Comment="Adding clarifications to user's edits" Text="You want to look at the question a different way: what you want to do is capture the query that BusinessObjects is executing on the database server, and then run that same query yourself on the database server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, if it's accessing data stored in Microsoft SQL Server, you can ask the database administrator to run Profiler to capture your queries while you're executing the report in BO.  He can then give you the queries you ran, and you can execute those same queries in your own tools to get the results directly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: I saw your edits, and what you're asking for just isn't possible.  BOXI isn't a middleware tier for accessing millions of rows of data via ODBC.  You either need to get the admins to allow you to export more data, or you need to connect to the underlying database." />
  <row Id="33848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18951" RevisionGUID="5f0665af-f99b-43bb-ac4c-221345ea2276" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:28:10.957" UserDisplayName="ole_berlin" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm thinking about the architecture of a system which should handle incoming mails and pass it to a rails app which processes the incoming mails. I'm not sure whats the best way to do something like that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It should work like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Mails are send to something like contact@user_id.myapp.com&#xD;&#xA;- The mailserver accepts the mails and passes them on to the rails app (or stores them and the rails app fetches them)&#xD;&#xA;- The rails app processes the mails (some analyzing then throws them in the db)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It should basically work like a queque. Sudden peaks in mail traffic shouldn't kill the rails app.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not looking for a complete solution. I'm just interested in your opinion. I figured 3 possible options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Rails connects via Pop3 to the mailserver and just downloads the messages (probably slow)&#xD;&#xA;- The mailserver pipes the mails with a POST request to the rails APP (probably also too slow, could kill the webserver when encountering a mailbomb)&#xD;&#xA;- The maildir is virtually linked into the rails app server's filesystem (mailserver and app server have to be separate) and rails just reads directly from that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you think is the best approach performance- and security-wise? Am I missing something here? Is there a better way? Do you now some best practice resources?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="33849" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18951" RevisionGUID="5f0665af-f99b-43bb-ac4c-221345ea2276" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:28:10.957" UserDisplayName="ole_berlin" Text="Best way to pass emails to an rails app" />
  <row Id="33850" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18951" RevisionGUID="5f0665af-f99b-43bb-ac4c-221345ea2276" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:28:10.957" UserDisplayName="ole_berlin" Text="&lt;emailserver&gt;&lt;rails&gt;" />
  <row Id="33851" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18671" RevisionGUID="6d8a08b0-bcd6-4f4b-9a65-1793acb480b4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:28:53.607" UserId="6743" Comment="added an example" Text="Assuming your main file is called 'mainfile', you can run something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ grep searchstring mainfile $(grep source mainfile | awk '{print $2}')&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I assumed you use `source &lt;file&gt;` inside your mainfile for sourcing)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: See an example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ head a b c&#xD;&#xA;    ==&gt; a &lt;==&#xD;&#xA;    afile&#xD;&#xA;    source b&#xD;&#xA;    source c&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ==&gt; b &lt;==&#xD;&#xA;    bfile&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ==&gt; c &lt;==&#xD;&#xA;    cfile&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    $ grep file a $(grep source a | awk '{print $2}')&#xD;&#xA;    a:afile&#xD;&#xA;    b:bfile&#xD;&#xA;    c:cfile&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33852" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18952" RevisionGUID="c5cb75d0-2efa-44da-9a7b-eb928f9d269a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:29:51.077" UserId="984" Text="There are lots of good suggestions.  Also check out [wget][1] or [curl][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://curl.haxx.se/" />
  <row Id="33853" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18953" RevisionGUID="6039e06b-d978-41cc-ab69-1ce528d8c5ba" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:31:15.770" UserId="7200" Text="Grab Handle.exe (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896655.aspx) and, on the server computer, run a &quot;handle -a&quot; redirecting the output to a text file. Search that for the affected filename. That should at least tell you what process on the server computer has an open handle to the file. I'd be interested to know what process has a handle to it. (I'm wondering about anti-virus software as a possibility...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My condolences for having to deal with GlobalShop, BTW." />
  <row Id="33854" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18954" RevisionGUID="6981c4aa-55d2-418d-93ab-257aff7a6c85" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:31:56.877" UserId="7232" Text="One thing I have found is to reboot after this error. Run an install fresh from Microsoft. It seems to work every time.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33855" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18955" RevisionGUID="3e0d6491-c1af-4890-9ae7-b0343d49f0ca" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:32:27.937" UserId="2116" Text="If you want a good protection against Conficker, you can configure you computer or router to use [OpenDNS][1]. They maintain a list of site that spread conficker and block them right away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also block many other things with it like a majority of spyware site, scam, phishing etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is very useful and it add a major security layer on your network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.opendns.com" />
  <row Id="33856" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18956" RevisionGUID="4a05112c-1ec8-4d92-9a93-9098eb7035ee" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:33:08.043" UserId="7898" Text="You may run into problems verifying the Windows license when you start the new instances of your VMs." />
  <row Id="33857" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18957" RevisionGUID="06073dd1-3fbd-4a57-8dff-60bd271c0efa" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:33:57.543" UserDisplayName="mike" Text="I'm currently running a Raid 0 configuration and wondering if I could switch it to a Raid 1 config without losing any data currently on the 2 drives.  Is there any software that will allow it to happen? Do I have to create a complete image of the raid 0; reconfigure and re-format and then restore the image?  I currently have 2, 640 gig drives running Raid 0. About 300 gig is currently stored on the array.  Would the back-up image be 300 gig or 1.2 terrabytes. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
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  <row Id="33859" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18957" RevisionGUID="06073dd1-3fbd-4a57-8dff-60bd271c0efa" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:33:57.543" UserDisplayName="mike" Text="&lt;raid&gt;" />
  <row Id="33860" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18958" RevisionGUID="8883b298-198e-4f55-8ff6-9446992a2a11" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:34:26.777" UserId="4733" Text="I use Windows SteadyState on over 75 machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its totally free and offers many specific restrictions as well as locking down the HD so that it is restored to a specific, preconfigured state at each restart.  For example, if a user manages to infect the machine with malware, a restart will clear it up immediately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;THere are way too many options to mention here.  Download it and try it out.  Its a very small download and is very easy to configure and use.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18959" RevisionGUID="5e896d4c-5a36-4f6c-b132-091c76ef23c4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:35:24.013" UserId="7122" Text="This is an idea that's been floating in my head for a few days, and I just wanted to see if it was feasible, and if so what the best way to go about implementing it would be.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have several computers running linux (Ubuntu to be specific), and I was wondering if it would be possible to employ Xorg's server/client design to create a virtual KVM system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My idea is to have them set up so that the computer my mouse, keyboard and monitor is attached to is acting as a client to all three servers (including itself), and to switch between them by hitting Ctrl+Alt+F6,7, or 8.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, is this possible, or something similar?  If it is possible, what are potential pitfalls.  For example, is response time likely to be affected if the server and client are connected over a 10/100 internal network?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33862" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18959" RevisionGUID="5e896d4c-5a36-4f6c-b132-091c76ef23c4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:35:24.013" UserId="7122" Text="How to use Xorg for virtual KVM?" />
  <row Id="33863" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18959" RevisionGUID="5e896d4c-5a36-4f6c-b132-091c76ef23c4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:35:24.013" UserId="7122" Text="&lt;x&gt;&lt;xorg&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="33864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18960" RevisionGUID="6d1718f3-2e2a-4194-b4d4-9c0133965f86" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:36:41.797" UserId="7200" Text="I've seen apps do this with POP3 (Spiceworks is one example I can think of). I think it's a decent way to separate the app. server from the mail server, and allows you to let the mail server concentrate on what it does well and freeing the client from the queuing / storage duties for the messages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;re: Security&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An issue with POP3 that springs to mind is the default use of cleartext credentials. If you can run it over SSL (mail server dependent), you can mitigate that concern.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;re: Perf and scaling&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not so sure that POP3 access is going to be all that slow. I'd be wary of doing the integration at the filesystem level, because you may have contention and locking issues (ugh-- think about mounting maildirs over NFS as an example of fun filesystem contention issues) as new mail comes in. POP3 gives you a nice method to atomically access items in the mailbox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having multiple consumers running on the same POP3 mailbox at the same time would probably be problematic (if you're trying to scale out to handle more message traffic). For that, you might want to script something on the mail server side to round-robin distribute incoming messages into a group of mailboxes, and tie each consumer to a given mailbox. (You might consider using IMAP for a multiple consumer architecture, but that's just me blowing smoke w/o thinking it thru.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're adding more layers and potential bottlenecks, certainly, than just accepting SMTP directly into your code, but you're leveraging all the work that the mail server authors have already done. I'd rather have a scaling problem on a mail server, though, than a scaling problem on custom SMTP server code.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33865" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18961" RevisionGUID="509d4855-5cb8-4f7d-9e60-3fd21a72c82b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:37:17.053" UserId="4575" Text="I have to use a Win2k/Exchange 2k setup for our companies mail. There is no way to change or upgrade that. Due to various hacking &amp; spam scenarios that played out, we implemented a linux based relay using qmail &amp; perdition. That seemed to quell our primary issues however, now, a sender does not receive a bounceback when mail is sent to a non-existent user in our organization. I am certainly open to other (FOSS only) solutions but, am stumped so far. Here are our requirements:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* must have POP &amp; SMTP access from the outside world using authenticated lookup&#xD;&#xA;* must be mail relay in every since. In stays in, out goes out. No anonymous mailings.&#xD;&#xA;* must integrate with 1 or more spam/rbl lists/groups for filtering&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally, I would just like to enable some type of AD LDAP or pop lookup on the same box so that when a user is not found it would bounce the msg back to the originator. I am having a difficult time finding a way to do this. I've thought of just performing a user dump for it to check against but, that can be cumbersome to keep updated everytime someone leaves the company. The current scenario performs a user lookup &amp; if it doesn't find the user it just drops it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions ? Might there be another way to configure this better ? Maybe a different package would work better ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33866" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18961" RevisionGUID="509d4855-5cb8-4f7d-9e60-3fd21a72c82b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:37:17.053" UserId="4575" Text="how to enable bounceback on internet facing linux email relay w/ Exchange 2000 backend" />
  <row Id="33867" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18961" RevisionGUID="509d4855-5cb8-4f7d-9e60-3fd21a72c82b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:37:17.053" UserId="4575" Text="&lt;pop3&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;smtp&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;&lt;spam-filter&gt;" />
  <row Id="33868" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18962" RevisionGUID="feed1e9a-514a-434e-83bb-375e481a9335" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:37:31.063" UserId="7342" Text="I'm afraid you would have to back up and restore or create a new RAID1 array using two different disks and copy everything to them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you'd backup at the filesystem level, not the block device level, you'd need 300GB of storage." />
  <row Id="33869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18963" RevisionGUID="80cbf52a-176d-4e94-9c17-ce53effa69ca" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:38:09.640" UserId="984" Text="It there was such a thing it would probably have to be supported by your RAID controller.  If you are using some cheap onboard 'failraid' the answer is almost certainly **no**, there is no way to convert a RAID0 to a RAID1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33870" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18964" RevisionGUID="85d85965-6f26-420d-af69-df6562262c4a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:38:24.493" UserId="7897" Text="Hello;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have created a custom root certificate authority for an internal network, example.com.  Ideally, I would like to be able to deploy the CA certificate associated with this certificate authority to my Linux clients (running Ubuntu 9.04 and CentOS 5.3), such that all of the applications automatically recognize the certificate authority (i.e. I do not want to have to configure Firefox, Thunderbird, etc manually to trust this certificate authority).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have attempted this on Ubuntu by copying the PEM-encoded CA certificate to /etc/ssl/certs/ and /usr/share/ca-certificates/, as well as by modifying /etc/ca-certificates.conf and rerunning update-ca-certificates, however applications do not seem to recognize that I have added another trusted CA to the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Therefore, is it possible to add a CA certificate once to a system, or is it necessary to manually add the CA to all of the possible applications that will attempt to make SSL connections to hosts signed by this CA in my network?  If it is possible to add a CA certificate once to the system, where does it need to go?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="33871" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18964" RevisionGUID="85d85965-6f26-420d-af69-df6562262c4a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:38:24.493" UserId="7897" Text="Add a custom certificate authority to Ubuntu" />
  <row Id="33872" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18964" RevisionGUID="85d85965-6f26-420d-af69-df6562262c4a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:38:24.493" UserId="7897" Text="&lt;ssl&gt;&lt;certificate&gt;" />
  <row Id="33873" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18965" RevisionGUID="080ee393-9875-490a-acee-449612e0d74c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:38:26.630" UserId="3557" Text="GPResult as Rob mentioned is an excellent way of doing this.  You can however also get at this information via the WMI RSP Classes.  Check out http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa375082(VS.85).aspx for further information as this may allow you to do this in powershell against all of your machines in the environment." />
  <row Id="33874" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18742" RevisionGUID="084452e4-5331-437f-a156-860781ca16bb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:38:36.160" UserId="455" Comment="added 216 characters in body; added 318 characters in body" Text="Over the past few weeks the company I work for has been having issues on their server wherein a file gets locked by something, and can't be unlocked. These files are almost always files that are being actively accessed over Windows file sharing. I've downloaded the popular &quot;Unlocker&quot; program, but that is unable to find any lock on the file. openfiles.exe (or System Tools &gt; Shared Folders &gt; Open Files) does not show the file as being open by anything. Yet I'm unable to open it in anything, including notepad - the system gives me a permission denied error even when accessing the file as the local system administrator. The problem always goes away when the server is rebooted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To make matters worse, I've also been unable to reproduce this error at all. It's frequency is anywhere from daily to a week of working perfectly fine. When the problem does happen, I have very little time to investigate it, because nine times out of ten the problem makes our production systems completely nonfunctional, and management wants the server rebooted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is also not limited to a single application. The majority of the file sharing traffic is in our production management software, [Globalshop](http://www.globalshopsolutions.com/), so the problem usually manifests itself somewhere in there, however the most recent occurrence was in a Microsoft Access database completely separate from anything Globalshop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone seen anything like this? Any idea what could cause it? Let me know if there's any more information you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're currently running Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[edit] I've tried checking permissions, but I'm disallowed access to those as well on the offending file. I can't open, move, delete, rename or even copy the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[edit2] I've managed to isolate two offending files. As long as no other production-interfering problems crop up, I've been authorized by management to keep the server online for the rest of the day to test them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[edit3] Brettski, in comments, suggested that I look at the file permissions. I've taken a screenshot of the properties window of one of the offending files. As you can see, there are no permissions available. http://i43.tinypic.com/24xgpe8.png (This is opened as the system administrator with full access rights.)" />
  <row Id="33875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18966" RevisionGUID="cbed83fa-06d1-4f50-8694-7952b995d50e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:38:43.307" UserId="2224" Text="I have an internal application that needs to be accessed by employees from their Macs at home. We have a way to facilitate this access, but have some concerns that information could be unintentionally leaked via the browser cache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Windows platforms, we have software that is part of the remote access solution that will allow us to clear the browser cache. For the Macs, no such solution exists -- but Safari private mode will address our concerns.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know of a way to write a script that will open Safari in private mode and write a cookie or some other artifact that would indicate to the server that the script launched Safari?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33876" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18966" RevisionGUID="cbed83fa-06d1-4f50-8694-7952b995d50e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:38:43.307" UserId="2224" Text="Force Safari to operate in Private Mode and detect that state from a webserver?" />
  <row Id="33877" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18966" RevisionGUID="cbed83fa-06d1-4f50-8694-7952b995d50e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:38:43.307" UserId="2224" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="33878" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18967" RevisionGUID="109944d5-4f66-493f-a07f-8547c746dc8d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:39:10.823" UserId="6724" Text="Hello Friends&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;my question is regarding the IP Address assigned to a machine, whenever we go to any site which reveal our IP Address, they display a number which is assigned to the machine through which we are accessing the Internet, i want to know how is it possible to retrieve the IP Address from the local machine using which commands, if any, rather than going to the sites to know the IP Address assigned to the machine by ISP.&#xD;&#xA;the local machine is having an IP Address of 192.168.1.2 and is having a DSL router provided by the ISP which will connect to the Internet with Win XP SP2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking for favorable replies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="33879" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18967" RevisionGUID="109944d5-4f66-493f-a07f-8547c746dc8d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:39:10.823" UserId="6724" Text="How to retrieve the IP Address Assigned to the machine by ISP" />
  <row Id="33880" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18967" RevisionGUID="109944d5-4f66-493f-a07f-8547c746dc8d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:39:10.823" UserId="6724" Text="&lt;ip-address&gt;" />
  <row Id="33881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18968" RevisionGUID="2d8b6f84-4564-43f0-8b26-8ef19f2b6c0c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:39:36.767" UserId="48" Text="If your using software RAID, i'm going to say its not possible to convert, I can't think of any way to do it. If your using hardware RAID, then it depends on your  controller, some controllers have a Migrate feature that may let you do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your best bet though would be to take an image, delete the array and recreate it. Your image should only be the size of the data, so around 300Gb" />
  <row Id="33882" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18958" RevisionGUID="1ac925cf-13ef-49cb-be11-a5abf2d0cd3b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:40:13.350" UserId="4733" Comment="added 67 characters in body" Text="I use Windows SteadyState on over 75 machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its totally free and offers many specific restrictions as well as locking down the HD so that it is restored to a specific, preconfigured state at each restart.  For example, if a user manages to infect the machine with malware, a restart will clear it up immediately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;THere are way too many options to mention here, but SS will do everything you mentioned in your question and more.  Download it and try it out.  Its a very small download and is very easy to configure and use.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18969" RevisionGUID="b8ece3f6-76e9-423c-9381-b548e1fef36c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:40:24.533" UserId="7232" Text="Have a look at Process Explorer located http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx This will give you all the process's as well as I/O and Memory spikes.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18970" RevisionGUID="d9a3fbb6-9948-4172-8a22-60ddff25aca9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:40:50.010" UserId="984" Text="Login to your DSL router and look at the status page.  If you want to log this information build a script that simply downloads the status page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also write a script with curl/wget that simply gets the page (http://checkip.dyndns.com/) on occasion." />
  <row Id="33885" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18971" RevisionGUID="9f5c98dc-e299-4fac-9e20-6fee7be0a9fe" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:40:50.150" UserId="7200" Text="You're just looking for the IP assigned to your NIC? Execute:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    IPCONFIG&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;from a command prompt.&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="33886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18972" RevisionGUID="95f7de68-56d3-4bca-8379-6832b541149a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:41:01.680" UserId="7783" Text="*Is there any software that will allow it to happen?* &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not aware of anything and I wouldn't trust anything that claimed to do it. I've seen &quot;proper&quot; hardware RAID controllers that let you do things like add disks to an existing array, but nothing to convert RAID 0  to something else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My point of view is that you pretty much HAVE to back up in order to be sure your data is safe, and that that point why not just do things the &quot;old fashioned&quot; way anyway?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Do I have to create a complete image of the raid 0; reconfigure and re-format and then restore the image?* &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You don't have to do it as a disk image as such (though that might be the quickest method) but this is how I would do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*I currently have 2, 640 gig drives running Raid 0. About 300 gig is currently stored on the array. Would the back-up image be 300 gig or 1.2 terrabytes.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh... 300Gb. You back up the files you have, not a bit by bit image of the disk (which would only be 600/640Gb anyway as this is the size of the logical drive that is sitting on your RAID 0 stripe)." />
  <row Id="33887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18973" RevisionGUID="035bccf2-19c7-4306-b3a4-4a05f202a613" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:44:03.030" UserId="48" Text="You could download [WGet][1] then run the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    wget -q -O - http://whatismyip.com/automation/n09230945.asp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will need to run this either from the WGet directory, or add it to your systems Path.&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://users.ugent.be/~bpuype/wget/" />
  <row Id="33889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18975" RevisionGUID="a6f0de7e-b4e9-4a70-a112-c5a12005f76e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:45:03.997" UserId="4733" Text="Check out this site http://www.blat.net/194/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use Blat for sending mail via command line and are very happy with it.  The link has alot of info." />
  <row Id="33890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18976" RevisionGUID="21332c26-e46f-4832-b5e2-4939e57f8787" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:45:47.723" UserId="4578" Text="Just a bit of follow-on for future readers: I'm using the x64 version of Windows 7 and I think that's where the problem is coming from. My guess is that the Java control panel applet is trying to change the settings in the wrong places since I installed the 32 bit Java on my 64 bit machine (IE typically runs as a 32 bit process even under the 64 OS so I wanted the 32 bit version of Java)." />
  <row Id="33891" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18977" RevisionGUID="f662b161-e98f-424e-8c4a-cadb76fb11ba" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:45:59.983" UserId="7342" Text="The method you've specified will update the central /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt. However, you'll find most applications aren't configured to use this file. Most applications can be configured to point at the central file. There's no automatic way of making everything use this file without reconfiguring them. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It may be worth filing bugs in Ubuntu/Debian to use this file by default." />
  <row Id="33892" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18978" RevisionGUID="64fcff9a-3c90-42f7-b258-806b2e3a4d2d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:50:55.183" UserId="7342" Text="You could do this fairly easily, but it won't be pretty. Basically you'd need to run three different Xservers on each of the different virtual terminals. The first one would be the normal X server running locally. The other two would need to be set up to use XDMCP. This &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/XDMCP-HOWTO.html&quot;&gt;really old HOWTO&lt;/a&gt; might be a good starting point." />
  <row Id="33894" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18979" RevisionGUID="8ac2721c-37dc-4717-9fac-bc82bf59a4e2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:51:57.507" UserId="5390" Text=" Its depend on the kind of company that you work for, in my case i work in the Education  area and here we are using SmartFilter (expensive as hell). but my point is, depending of the area of work you can block all the social sites using OpenDNS (i used before we brought SmartFilter)." />
  <row Id="33895" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18980" RevisionGUID="2143a26b-2c26-432e-9c89-0e5ebc4aba69" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:53:41.090" UserId="7810" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/&quot;&gt;Unlocker&lt;/a&gt; seems to have potential.  I haven't had a chance to try it yet though, so let me know how it works." />
  <row Id="33896" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18981" RevisionGUID="37817a87-79d5-4fca-8329-678f60e2ba62" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:53:58.203" UserId="7903" Text="I am trying to set samba up such that: there is one shared user account that can read-only browse one dir. I have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;changed security = share to security = user&lt;br&gt; &#xD;&#xA;I have commented out guest account = nobody&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;added a samba user &amp; password with smbpasswd&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;This is the dir entry in samba:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[test]&#xD;&#xA;    comment = is this working?&#xD;&#xA;    public = no&#xD;&#xA;    path = /thedir/home/&#xD;&#xA;    veto files = /.*/&#xD;&#xA;    browseable = yes&#xD;&#xA;    guest ok = no&#xD;&#xA;    username = theusername&#xD;&#xA;    read only = yes&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Despite all of these attempts, when I try to open the dir via Windows explorer I get the same greyed out 'servername\Guest' box?!? Without resorting to active directory, is there any way I can have this prompt work with the shared un &amp; pw I am trying to setup?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance." />
  <row Id="33897" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18981" RevisionGUID="37817a87-79d5-4fca-8329-678f60e2ba62" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:53:58.203" UserId="7903" Text="Samba log in Guest always asked" />
  <row Id="33898" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18981" RevisionGUID="37817a87-79d5-4fca-8329-678f60e2ba62" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:53:58.203" UserId="7903" Text="&lt;samba&gt;&lt;logon&gt;&lt;smb&gt;&lt;smb-conf&gt;" />
  <row Id="33899" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18982" RevisionGUID="c238b7d6-44b9-4216-875e-2779e155452a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:54:28.907" UserId="2600" Text="I like http://www.ipchicken.com/ .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It doesn't provide the additional information that Kevin's site does, but I find the name sticks in people's heads and is easy to remember." />
  <row Id="33900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18983" RevisionGUID="faa08825-ceac-45b9-8638-fc31e5bbcb92" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:55:21.243" UserId="7342" Text="Rails is probably the wrong tool for the job. You would probably want to write a small script that accepted the email on stdin and inserted it into your database. You might be able to use the same ActiveRecord code to do this. Then you just need to set up your MTA to deliver the mail by piping it to your script. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need a little more performance, you can rewrite your script to be a daemon that accepts the email via LTMP, which will save the inefficiency of starting a process for every mail." />
  <row Id="33901" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="18967" RevisionGUID="f7e94638-e926-475b-bc52-446b770eed99" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:55:52.273" UserId="2600" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ip-address&gt;&lt;isp&gt;" />
  <row Id="33902" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18742" RevisionGUID="902cae83-8dee-4df9-b08a-418e47ed3cd7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:56:13.410" UserId="455" Comment="added 35 characters in body" Text="Over the past few weeks the company I work for has been having issues on their server wherein a file gets locked by something, and can't be unlocked. These files are almost always files that are being actively accessed over Windows file sharing. I've downloaded the popular [Unlocker](http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/) program, but that is unable to find any lock on the file. openfiles.exe (or System Tools &gt; Shared Folders &gt; Open Files) does not show the file as being open by anything. Yet I'm unable to open it in anything, including notepad - the system gives me a permission denied error even when accessing the file as the local system administrator. The problem always goes away when the server is rebooted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To make matters worse, I've also been unable to reproduce this error at all. It's frequency is anywhere from daily to a week of working perfectly fine. When the problem does happen, I have very little time to investigate it, because nine times out of ten the problem makes our production systems completely nonfunctional, and management wants the server rebooted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is also not limited to a single application. The majority of the file sharing traffic is in our production management software, [Globalshop](http://www.globalshopsolutions.com/), so the problem usually manifests itself somewhere in there, however the most recent occurrence was in a Microsoft Access database completely separate from anything Globalshop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone seen anything like this? Any idea what could cause it? Let me know if there's any more information you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're currently running Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[edit] I've tried checking permissions, but I'm disallowed access to those as well on the offending file. I can't open, move, delete, rename or even copy the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[edit2] I've managed to isolate two offending files. As long as no other production-interfering problems crop up, I've been authorized by management to keep the server online for the rest of the day to test them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[edit3] Brettski, in comments, suggested that I look at the file permissions. I've taken a screenshot of the properties window of one of the offending files. As you can see, there are no permissions available. http://i43.tinypic.com/24xgpe8.png (This is opened as the system administrator with full access rights.)" />
  <row Id="33903" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18984" RevisionGUID="5acf609b-43f9-441d-8347-3f2fcd6d72e6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:57:59.087" UserId="7342" Text="Something to keep in mind is that Windows cleverly will only authenticate with one username per server, so if you have other shares on that server, you must have the same username and password for all of the shares on the server." />
  <row Id="33904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18985" RevisionGUID="f12a1b2d-ed0d-4a4b-bc6f-f228c26cca05" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:58:58.537" UserId="5480" Text="Multiple X Servers is the answer if you are opposed to using the remote desktop (vnc) available in the repositories and installed by default." />
  <row Id="33905" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18971" RevisionGUID="e8ffa4d9-18d5-4c14-8ddf-d9e2442b8f7d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:59:16.277" UserId="7200" Comment="I'm stupid. So what?" Text="You're just looking for the IP assigned to your NIC? Execute:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    IPCONFIG&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;from a command prompt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Re-re-re-reading your question again, it looks like you're asking for the IP address assigned to the Internet-side interface of your router. That's not stored on the local machine. You're going to have to write something to get it from the router itself, or rely on a third-party site to get you that.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33906" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18986" RevisionGUID="ad9a5728-ae35-4331-ba1c-b753ca85e76e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:00:28.753" UserId="7619" Text="    1.) Open `computer management', (right-click &quot;My Computer&quot;, select&#xD;&#xA;    `Manage')&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    2.) Scroll down to `Shared Folders', expand.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    3.) Select/click on `Open Files'. Double/triple-check to make sure&#xD;&#xA;    nobody has it open.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're good on the above, a too-deep file/folder path might be giving you some grief. Try navigating several folders towards the root, then cutting and pasting them to reduce some of that path. Alternately, you could rename the folders in the path to &quot;1&quot;, &quot;2&quot;, &quot;3&quot;, etc. Cutting down on some of the extraneous characters." />
  <row Id="33908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18987" RevisionGUID="9c91cd6e-3f01-426b-96ae-233d9d298ff3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:02:30.123" UserId="6566" Text="Brad is completely correct.  Once you've created differencing disks off of a parent VHD, you should never, ever touch the parent again.  Any changes to it will invalidate the parenting chain for the diff disks, as you've seen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is no way to recover from this without a backup, or without recreating all of your diff disks." />
  <row Id="33909" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18987" RevisionGUID="9c91cd6e-3f01-426b-96ae-233d9d298ff3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:02:30.123" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33910" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18988" RevisionGUID="bf809891-7286-44f6-8c7d-e8495859a94e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:06:07.930" UserId="7003" Text="We have an application that uses SSH to connect to a server : the application's network traffic (database, some custom TCP protocols, etc...) is tunneled through a SSH connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use a key pair and an unprivileged account on the server, but the users still can use their key to login to the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to configure the SSH server to allow the tunnels, but disable shell access ? (we use OpenSSH)" />
  <row Id="33911" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18988" RevisionGUID="bf809891-7286-44f6-8c7d-e8495859a94e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:06:07.930" UserId="7003" Text="Is it possible to allow SSH tunneling while disabling shell access ?" />
  <row Id="33912" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18988" RevisionGUID="bf809891-7286-44f6-8c7d-e8495859a94e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:06:07.930" UserId="7003" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;openssh&gt;&lt;tunneling&gt;&lt;shell&gt;" />
  <row Id="33913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18989" RevisionGUID="a868a401-5417-4b5b-a016-4a2b2b6c493f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:07:11.143" UserId="5390" Text=" You need to pull the CruiseControl suffix via DHCP too, and using just site1 or site2 will work. and yes in Win2k3 a child domain is a folder on DNS view." />
  <row Id="33914" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18990" RevisionGUID="14d5c549-8e66-4989-b530-049f1aba24d3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:09:12.777" UserId="1417" Text="We used to buy our power users (mainly engineers) a desk top work station and a separate laptop from on the road. We then realized a powerful laptop and external monitor (flat screen today) could double as a workstation. We also decided to lease for 3 years. This got us on a good upgrade schedule. After 3 years can either simply send them back or buy out the lease fairly cheap. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our office works usually use Citrix. The software runs on a server and each desk just needs a minimal PC as a client. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Non technical people who work outside the office get basic laptops again on a three year lease. " />
  <row Id="33915" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18990" RevisionGUID="14d5c549-8e66-4989-b530-049f1aba24d3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:09:12.777" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="33916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18991" RevisionGUID="f89a85dd-3a3d-4fe5-b8ff-44f4d3cdf24c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:09:38.547" UserId="6491" Text="You do not have the proper dns records set up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can test it youself with [policy checker][1] and [selector checker][2].&#xD;&#xA;Here is a [good tutorial for setting the right records][3].&#xD;&#xA;and also and [online form for doing the same][4].&#xD;&#xA;It seems that you have SPF records. You should definitely remove them!&#xD;&#xA;Here is a [case against spf][5].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ask if you have more questions!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://domainkeys.sourceforge.net/policycheck.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://domainkeys.sourceforge.net/selectorcheck.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-implement-domainkeys-in-postfix-using-dk-milter-centos5.1&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.dnswatch.info/dkim/create-dns-record&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://homepages.tesco.net/J.deBoynePollard/FGA/smtp-spf-is-harmful.html" />
  <row Id="33917" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18992" RevisionGUID="6cc7c1dd-e9b0-4dda-a84c-f2e005792a77" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:10:34.223" UserId="3038" Text="Setting the user's shell to /bin/false may do what you're looking for." />
  <row Id="33918" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18993" RevisionGUID="9bb57cc3-97a0-42c2-896f-3f9aa5087284" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:11:39.400" UserId="5390" Text=" What kind of networking equipment do you have? a few weeks ago we have a similar problem. A VMware ESX server was taking down some Cisco switch, those switch just put the fastethernet in disable (hardware error), this stop happening when the vmware box was removed from the network." />
  <row Id="33919" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="18898" RevisionGUID="a9c2976b-a4dc-46c8-bb4e-abf8f2d194b5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:13:03.143" UserId="1736" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;freebsd&gt;&lt;web-filtering&gt;" />
  <row Id="33920" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18994" RevisionGUID="b64ae2a2-9911-47fc-b712-4738a574f743" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:13:08.917" UserId="7809" Text="What best practices do you use while using NGinx?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try Files In Subdirectory.&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    location /wordpress {&#xD;&#xA;        try_files $uri $uri/ @wordpress;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    location @wordpress {&#xD;&#xA;       fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;&#xD;&#xA;       fastcgi_split_path_info ^(/site)(/.*)$;&#xD;&#xA;       fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /var/www/site/index.php;&#xD;&#xA;       fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;[More Information on try_files.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Normally PATH_INFO would include the &quot;/wordpress&quot;, so we use the &quot;split\_path\_info&quot; command to grab the part of the URI after &quot;/wordpress&quot;. This allows us to wordpress with and without the index.php file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxHttpMainModule#try_files" />
  <row Id="33921" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="18994" RevisionGUID="b64ae2a2-9911-47fc-b712-4738a574f743" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:13:08.917" UserId="7809" Text="NGinx Best Practices" />
  <row Id="33922" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="18994" RevisionGUID="b64ae2a2-9911-47fc-b712-4738a574f743" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:13:08.917" UserId="7809" Text="&lt;httpd&gt;&lt;nginx&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="33923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18995" RevisionGUID="6b5e4c48-ab50-428c-98b9-dc9c36860cd7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:13:37.370" UserId="7837" Text="At work, we tested PGP's full disk encryption in addition to Checkpoint's FDE and FileVault, and found PGP to be the best of the available options. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Briefly, it feels like PGP's solution doesn't treat MacOS as a second class citizen. The administration server has a web-based UI that works well with Firefox, Camino and Safari, so you can admin from your Mac and the preboot isn't a visibly obvious port of the Windows one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PGP supports Windows and Macintosh, using the same admin server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The full disk encryption feels faster than FileVault, and unlike FV, if you have a huge home directory, you don't need to have that much extra free space during the initial encryption, PGP encrypts the disk in place. You can even do work while the initial encryption is going on, unlike FileVault.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been using it for several months on my laptop and am very happy with it." />
  <row Id="33924" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18996" RevisionGUID="034b5147-de86-459a-840a-402541a189e4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:14:12.283" UserId="7912" Text="I am now running Windows 7 x64 full time and had the same issue with an HP Officejet Pro L7590.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Verify you have the latest Windows 7 x64 compatible NIC drivers when connecting through Ethernet.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Verify you have the latest Windows 7 x64 compatible mother/mainboard drivers.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Download the latest driver install kit from HP. Since they don't have Windows 7 drivers officially released yet, use the latest Vista x64 available.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Run the HP driver/software installer in compatibility mode by right clicking, selecting properties, and then configure the Compatibility tab for Windows Vista SP1 or SP2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The connection problem appears to have been the drivers for me. But once the connection issue was corrected with new drivers, the software would not work correctly after install until I ran it in compatibility mode." />
  <row Id="33925" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18997" RevisionGUID="50858488-8630-4553-afc0-ed8b9990c4df" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:14:18.383" UserId="7801" Text="As stated previously, there are lots of possibilities.  I'd start with this line though:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    scp:SshFileXferClient/sshfilexferc.c:981: ssh_file_client_receive_proc: bad VERSION" />
  <row Id="33926" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18998" RevisionGUID="c8f2d0e2-f3d8-4632-be68-139fd671a9ee" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:15:45.820" UserId="3657" Text="An alternative to consider would be using Citrix to launch the application remotely.  This keeps all data (regardless of client platform) on your internal systems while giving the users' access to the application." />
  <row Id="33927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="18999" RevisionGUID="9b0610b5-f7b1-47b2-9efd-15295864a2af" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:15:47.240" UserId="4502" Text="I believe you could set the `ForceCommand` directive to `/bin/false` to prevent shell access.  " />
  <row Id="33928" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18953" RevisionGUID="fcebd097-de4b-49cd-9d9d-93a49f3ec2bf" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:15:54.573" UserId="7200" Comment="added 450 characters in body" Text="Grab Handle.exe (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896655.aspx) and, on the server computer, run a &quot;handle -a&quot; redirecting the output to a text file. Search that for the affected filename. That should at least tell you what process on the server computer has an open handle to the file. I'd be interested to know what process has a handle to it. (I'm wondering about anti-virus software as a possibility...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My condolences for having to deal with GlobalShop, BTW.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;McAfee VirusScan 8, eh? Have a look at this: https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&amp;id=KB52156&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It refers to Microsoft Office files, but it sounds suspiciously like it could affect any type of file. See also:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/showthread.php?t=223545&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1453943&amp;page=1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=101&amp;threadID=207897&amp;messageID=2632853&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33929" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19000" RevisionGUID="40edc5e1-d2c1-4767-81ec-9c8abd8113a9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:16:43.230" UserId="3169" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;We're a small web development company. Our domain has two DCs: a main one (BEEHIVE, 192.168.3.20) in the datacenter and a second one (SPHERE2, 10.0.66.19) in the office. The office is connected to the datacenter via a VPN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We recently had a brief network outage in the office. During this outage, we weren't able to access the domain from our office machines. I had hoped that they would fail over to the DC in the office, but that didn't happen. So I'm trying to figure out why. I'm not an expert on Active Directory so maybe I'm missing something obvious.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both domain controllers are running a DNS server. Each office workstation is configured to use the datacenter DC as its primary DNS server, and the office DC as its secondary:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.3.20&#xD;&#xA;                                      10.0.66.19&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Both DNS servers are working, and both domain controllers are working (at least, I can connect to them both using AD Users + Computers).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are the SRV records that point to the domain controllers (I've changed the domain name but I've left the rest alone):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;C:\&gt;nslookup&#xD;&#xA;Default Server:  beehive.ourcorp.com&#xD;&#xA;Address:  192.168.3.20&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; set type=srv&#xD;&#xA;&gt; _ldap._tcp.ourcorp.com&#xD;&#xA;Server:  beehive.ourcorp.com&#xD;&#xA;Address:  192.168.3.20&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_ldap._tcp.ourcorp.com  SRV service location:&#xD;&#xA;          priority       = 0&#xD;&#xA;          weight         = 100&#xD;&#xA;          port           = 389&#xD;&#xA;          svr hostname   = beehive.ourcorp.com&#xD;&#xA;_ldap._tcp.ourcorp.com  SRV service location:&#xD;&#xA;          priority       = 0&#xD;&#xA;          weight         = 100&#xD;&#xA;          port           = 389&#xD;&#xA;          svr hostname   = sphere2.ourcorp.com&#xD;&#xA;beehive.ourcorp.com     internet address = 192.168.3.20&#xD;&#xA;sphere2.ourcorp.com     internet address = 10.0.66.19&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Richard&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33930" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19000" RevisionGUID="40edc5e1-d2c1-4767-81ec-9c8abd8113a9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:16:43.230" UserId="3169" Text="Can't log in using second domain controller when first DC is unreachable" />
  <row Id="33931" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19000" RevisionGUID="40edc5e1-d2c1-4767-81ec-9c8abd8113a9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:16:43.230" UserId="3169" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-domain&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="33932" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="18775" RevisionGUID="e5177c07-17c7-484d-879a-da7814486be4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:17:28.033" UserId="431" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ssl&gt;&lt;trust&gt;&lt;windows2003&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="33933" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19001" RevisionGUID="c708dc0a-f934-482a-beb4-937fd69951c2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:18:07.003" UserId="5286" Text="I have a powershell cmdlet (move-IMAPMailboxToExchange) that requires a lot of repetition to enter.  I want to call it with another batch/powershell script that just takes two args from the command line.  I've tried every calling convention I can think of but I can't make it work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Move-IMAPMailboxToExchange -SourcePassword P@ssW0rd! -allowunsecureconnection -sourceLoginId username -sourceserver source.ser.ver -sourceidentity username@mail.dom.ain targetclientaccessserver &quot;client.access.ser.ver&quot; -targetidentity username@mail.dom.ain -verbose&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To be this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    migrate-user username P@ssW0rd!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried $args, but that seems to expand.  I've tried $args[0] which works in the bareword password and sourcelogin, but doesn't work next to the @mail....  I've tried %1, etc, from the old DOS days but that doesn't work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm a unix dork and I'm not quite grokking powershell yet.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33934" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19001" RevisionGUID="c708dc0a-f934-482a-beb4-937fd69951c2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:18:07.003" UserId="5286" Text="Simplifying powershell cmdlet" />
  <row Id="33935" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19001" RevisionGUID="c708dc0a-f934-482a-beb4-937fd69951c2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:18:07.003" UserId="5286" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;" />
  <row Id="33936" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19002" RevisionGUID="b659eb1b-a099-4e8a-98cc-10b37d789b21" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:18:24.817" UserId="984" Text="In your authorized_keys file you can specify which command will be run when they login.  You could simply set that command to run something that will just wait around for a long time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    permitopen=&quot;tsserver.example.org:3389&quot;,no-pty,no-agent-forwarding,no-X11-forwarding,command=&quot;/usr/local/stm_shell.sh&quot; ssh-rsa AAAAB3....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My stm_shell.sh is this (it also enforces a 12 hour timeout).  I am not 100% sure if this is completely secure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # send a hang-up after this process exits&#xD;&#xA;    shopt -s huponexit&#xD;&#xA;    # maximum session length in hours&#xD;&#xA;    CONNECT_TIME=12&#xD;&#xA;    sleep $[CONNECT_TIME*60]&#xD;&#xA;    kill $PPID&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33937" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19003" RevisionGUID="49798806-fe61-47a8-99e5-67322ef86544" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:19:27.687" UserId="5286" Text="My wild guess is your site boundaries are wrong.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33938" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19004" RevisionGUID="7ddfa2e3-ad07-4653-9eec-4a3d27c1df59" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:20:49.883" UserId="7619" Text="Check to make sure that BOTH are Global Catalogs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Howto:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1.) Open Active Directory Sites and Services.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    2.) Scroll down, expand the site that your DC's are in. Expand&#xD;&#xA;    `Servers'.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    3.) Expand each of your DC's so that they're showing `NTDS Settings'.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    4.) Right-click on 'NTDS Settings', select `Properties'.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    5.) Ensure that the `Global Catalog' checkbox on each is checked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DISCLAIMER:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm assuming that you've already checked your replication, made sure everything else is working properly, etc. This is intended to be a quick-check option." />
  <row Id="33939" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19005" RevisionGUID="2d5e5bbd-22b6-4f0e-998f-90b619f54ef7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:22:52.717" UserId="6751" Text="If your DSL router has SNMP, you can usually fetch via snmpget the IP address that is assigned to the external interface of your DSL router. Most, (but not all) DSL router manufacturers have SNMP, and they support MIB-II. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@myhost ~]# snmpwalk -v1 -c ***** 10.1.10.1 ipAdEntAddr&#xD;&#xA;    IP-MIB::ipAdEntAddr.75.146.91.10 = IpAddress: 75.146.91.10&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In this case, I am querying the &quot;inside&quot; IP with SNMP and I get the following IP as my external IP. where ****** is my SNMP community string or password. ipAdEntAddr is the SNMP OID string i queried to get the answer. " />
  <row Id="33940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19006" RevisionGUID="a101d482-7353-426a-a8a5-d893e4080d0d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:24:03.790" UserId="2561" Text="Maybe the &quot;ChrootDirectory&quot; keyword in the sshd_config (man sshd_config) might give a little more extra security." />
  <row Id="33941" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19007" RevisionGUID="6e92f68b-6cbd-4e36-8c62-a803b2f9209c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:24:28.067" UserId="4156" Text="for some years, I've read that it's a good idea to create a swap partition having the double space of my RAM. does it still apply today? or this isn't needed anymore?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a server with 8 GiB of RAM and I need to create a swap partition, and I was wondering if  16 GiB was too much." />
  <row Id="33942" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19007" RevisionGUID="6e92f68b-6cbd-4e36-8c62-a803b2f9209c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:24:28.067" UserId="4156" Text="how big should be the swap partition?" />
  <row Id="33943" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19007" RevisionGUID="6e92f68b-6cbd-4e36-8c62-a803b2f9209c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:24:28.067" UserId="4156" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;swap&gt;&lt;memory&gt;&lt;partition&gt;" />
  <row Id="33944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19008" RevisionGUID="c7b52468-16f0-44c8-9a1e-674eb67078b5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:24:36.507" UserId="5286" Text="I have the same requirements.  I have a cronjob that does and ldap search against active directory looking for valid mail users, and then writes a file that is used by postfix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The relevant magic is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`ldapsearch -h server01.contoso.com -LLL -D 'exchange-postmaster@contoso.com' -y ~/.ad-password -x -Z -b 'dc=contoso,dc=com' '(msExchRecipientTypeDetails=1)' mailNickname &gt; /tmp/$$.exchange`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From there you'll have to rewrite the output to match whatever you need for qmail.  For postfix I write a table that is then run through postmap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have the script do a diff and e-mail me the diff results so I can tell if it's going crazy.  &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33945" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19009" RevisionGUID="35195617-54b5-41ba-bfe4-5f144af7210d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:24:42.433" UserId="7324" Text="We use a combination of OpenDNS but also run an IPCop box in front of the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This allows us to restrict sites such as MySpace, FaceBook, YouTube, etc EXCEPT for the lunch hour (12:00pm - 1:00pm).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This allows employees to check their myspace, facebook, etc during their lunch hour but keeps them &quot;focused&quot; on company time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Periodically we look at the IPCop log files and determine if more sites need to be blocked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you implement an IPCop solution you'll quickly discover that after about a week all of the goofing off &quot;magically&quot; stops.  You'll also find that you only have to block a handfull of sites to increase employee productivity a huge amount.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck" />
  <row Id="33946" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18988" RevisionGUID="1c99080b-fd28-4897-b0dc-2795ef1254c1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:25:02.200" UserId="7003" Comment="added 296 characters in body; edited title" Text="We have an application that uses SSH to connect to a server : the application's network traffic (database, some custom TCP protocols, etc...) is tunneled through a SSH connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use a key pair and an unprivileged account on the server, but the users still can use their key to login to the server, or do whatever port redirection they want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to configure the SSH server to allow only **some** tunnels (restricted on the tunnels' end address and port), and disable shell access ? (we use OpenSSH)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[edit]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I came across [this article](http://www.semicomplete.com/articles/ssh-security/), it seems like removing shell access is not enough. Changed title and description accordingly." />
  <row Id="33947" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="18988" RevisionGUID="1c99080b-fd28-4897-b0dc-2795ef1254c1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:25:02.200" UserId="7003" Comment="added 296 characters in body; edited title" Text="Securing SSH tunnels" />
  <row Id="33948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19010" RevisionGUID="10c4882b-a05c-4be7-8990-a89e40160c55" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:25:09.093" UserId="7603" Text="I have an error message getting returned to me from a website which would appear to be something wrong with the Server side. However, this server works for all other sites on the box.  Is there a possibility that I (Developer) am doing something wrong?  I have no idea where to to start to track this down on the server and my sysadmin says everything appears normal:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    The following recipient(s) cannot be reached:&#xD;&#xA;      Customer Service Account on 6/3/2009 11:00 AM&#xD;&#xA;             There was a SMTP communication problem with the&#xD;&#xA;    recipient's email server.  Please&#xD;&#xA;    contact your system administrator.&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;fgdc.myservername.net #5.5.0 smtp;550 Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server is 2003, 64-bit and running Exchange 2003&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Site is Asp.Net C#, using URL Routing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Where would I start to troubleshoot this?**" />
  <row Id="33949" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19010" RevisionGUID="10c4882b-a05c-4be7-8990-a89e40160c55" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:25:09.093" UserId="7603" Text="Can this SMTP Error be the Developer's Fault?" />
  <row Id="33950" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19010" RevisionGUID="10c4882b-a05c-4be7-8990-a89e40160c55" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:25:09.093" UserId="7603" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;smtp&gt;&lt;developer&gt;&lt;emailserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="33951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19011" RevisionGUID="08212b24-622b-46a3-9d41-5e024b721e88" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:26:09.903" UserId="6993" Text="I am running Windows7 RC1, I have recently installed CheckPoint VPN SecureClient (http://www.checkpoint.com/products/vpn-1_clients/) to connect to my work network. On installation this appears to have disabled Fast User Switching.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Switch user disabled][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will notice &quot;Switch user&quot; is now greyed out.&#xD;&#xA;I tried some googleing first and the most popular solution is to remove a registry entry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon \ GinaDLL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have no entry there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/9407/switchuserdisabled.png" />
  <row Id="33952" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19011" RevisionGUID="08212b24-622b-46a3-9d41-5e024b721e88" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:26:09.903" UserId="6993" Text="How do I re-enable fast user switching" />
  <row Id="33953" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19011" RevisionGUID="08212b24-622b-46a3-9d41-5e024b721e88" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:26:09.903" UserId="6993" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;checkpoint&gt;" />
  <row Id="33954" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19012" RevisionGUID="9ffbd1ca-294f-4338-bd87-d34a37d21706" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:26:25.487" UserId="4822" Text="No SSL support, but i use it when i need to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    c:\&gt;telnet pop3.avatopia.com 110&#xD;&#xA;       +OK Hello there.&#xD;&#xA;       &gt;user iboyd&#xD;&#xA;       +OK Password required.&#xD;&#xA;       &gt;pass xxxxxxxxx&#xD;&#xA;       +OK Logged in.&#xD;&#xA;       &gt;list&#xD;&#xA;       +OK&#xD;&#xA;       1 1924&#xD;&#xA;       2 1915&#xD;&#xA;       .&#xD;&#xA;       &gt;retr 1&#xD;&#xA;       Receive: from localhost ....&#xD;&#xA;       [trim]&#xD;&#xA;       &gt;dele 1&#xD;&#xA;       +OK Deleted&#xD;&#xA;       &gt;quit&#xD;&#xA;       +OK Bye-bye.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Connection to host list.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;    C:\&gt;" />
  <row Id="33955" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18997" RevisionGUID="10fe7d3e-a29f-42d8-adbb-674c931b25d0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:26:31.727" UserId="7801" Comment="added 349 characters in body" Text="As stated previously, there are lots of possibilities.  I'd start with this line though:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    scp:SshFileXferClient/sshfilexferc.c:981: ssh_file_client_receive_proc: bad VERSION&#xD;&#xA;    scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At first glance it looks like the client doens't like what it sees and drops the connection in an unclean manner.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you tried putting back the previous version of sshd and seeing what happens?&#xD;&#xA;What happens when the client attempts to ssh in without using keys?" />
  <row Id="33956" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19013" RevisionGUID="b833000a-04ba-4a69-8207-f6882d739f5b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:26:57.937" UserId="7861" Text="There is 3rd party tools that supposedly do it in PowerShell here:  http://www.sdmsoftware.com/freeware&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Particularly:  Out-SDMRSOPLoggingReport: Creates and XML or HTML Group Policy Results report&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33957" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19014" RevisionGUID="fc9889a2-771b-4145-a9c1-1307a9295522" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:27:53.113" UserId="7324" Text="I did this recently with my Alienware laptop (2 x 100GB drives in RAID 0).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used Norton Ghost ver8 to back up the drives to a plug in USB drive then reconfigured my RAID to RAID 1 and restored my image from Norton Ghost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The disk size changed (obviously) but Norton Ghost handles it very well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="33958" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18991" RevisionGUID="d4c1d515-6b8a-49d2-87ec-701da675d176" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:29:13.390" UserId="6491" Comment="spelling" Text="You do not have the proper dns records set up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can test it youself with [policy checker][1] and [selector checker][2].&#xD;&#xA;Here is a [good tutorial for setting the right records][3].&#xD;&#xA;and also and [online form for doing the same][4].&#xD;&#xA;It seems that you have SPF records. You should definitely remove them!&#xD;&#xA;Here is a [case against spf][5].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ask if you have any questions!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://domainkeys.sourceforge.net/policycheck.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://domainkeys.sourceforge.net/selectorcheck.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-implement-domainkeys-in-postfix-using-dk-milter-centos5.1&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.dnswatch.info/dkim/create-dns-record&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://homepages.tesco.net/J.deBoynePollard/FGA/smtp-spf-is-harmful.html" />
  <row Id="33959" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19015" RevisionGUID="bc532281-923c-4828-93ba-7d22e8575665" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:31:23.730" UserId="7324" Text="As a last resort you can try booting up in &quot;Safe Mode&quot; or &quot;Command Prompt&quot; mode and deleting the file that way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We see this a lot with viruses, spyware, etc.  Booting up in safe mode usually does the trick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck!" />
  <row Id="33960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19016" RevisionGUID="25080bb7-6ef5-4818-b80b-b0cc841ee89e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:32:03.260" UserId="2513" Text="Ideally you wont be using the swap at all, and the 2x RAM thing is really something left over from years past.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are worried about it, though, I would do something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Max Memory Requirement - Physical Ram = Swap&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think 16GB sounds way too big, personally.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33961" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19017" RevisionGUID="5b90c3b5-3b6b-4089-a06a-5d925c7bfdfe" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:32:40.873" UserId="808" Text="See the answer [How much SWAP space on a high memory system?][1] for some guidance, although your question is more general.  Opinions vary widely on this, but generally people with 1 GiB of RAM or more seem to either run without swap entirely, or with 1xmemory as swap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even if you don't plan on using so much RAM that you'll force swapping to occur, there's some value in having at least 1xmemory as swap:  It allows the operating system to swap out some things that aren't expected to be used immediately so that it can instead use that memory for disk or IO buffers, for example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/5841/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33962" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19018" RevisionGUID="ab07351e-2f40-4739-a802-eb1efd793b64" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:33:37.423" UserId="7723" Text="I am a Jr Admin of a company who's boss seems to think its a good idea to get local admin rights to all users...  I can't win until i take his job.  We have some users who set the firewalls to disable all connections coming in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I remotely reconfigure these firewalls without their knowledge?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Failed attempts below!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;S:\&gt;net use  \\192.168.1.71\IPC$ &quot;password&quot; /user:domain\username&#xD;&#xA;The command completed successfully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;S:\pstools&gt;sc \\192.168.1.71 pause &quot;Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing&#xD;&#xA; (ICS)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;[SC] OpenSCManager FAILED 1722:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The RPC server is unavailable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;S:\pstools&gt;telnet \\192.168.1.71 135&#xD;&#xA;Connecting To \\192.168.1.71...Could not open connection to the host, on port 13&#xD;&#xA;5: Connect failed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;S:\pstools&gt;psservice \\192.168.1.71 -u domain\username -p password stop &quot;Windows&#xD;&#xA;Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PsService v2.21 - Service information and configuration utility&#xD;&#xA;Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Mark Russinovich&#xD;&#xA;Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unable to access Service Control Manager on \\192.168.1.71:&#xD;&#xA;The RPC server is unavailable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sure I could drive out grab the machine, do some things to get me fired to have things done correctly, but i'm looking for a simpler way to get this done." />
  <row Id="33963" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19018" RevisionGUID="ab07351e-2f40-4739-a802-eb1efd793b64" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:33:37.423" UserId="7723" Text="How can I remotely disable Firewall on Windows XP?" />
  <row Id="33964" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19018" RevisionGUID="ab07351e-2f40-4739-a802-eb1efd793b64" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:33:37.423" UserId="7723" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;administration&gt;&lt;hacking&gt;" />
  <row Id="33965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19019" RevisionGUID="894813a6-c640-41e4-b7a0-602a39753074" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:33:44.990" UserId="7619" Text="Suggestions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.) Try commenting out/removing the &quot;guest ok&quot; statement.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.) Try removing/tweaking the veto files statement, (for no other reason that I've had some issues with that myself.) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actually, here's a working line from one of my smb.conf's, (several users on that machine, all co-workers of each other.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[username]&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;comment = Username home share&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;path = /home/username&lt;br&gt; &#xD;&#xA;writeable = yes&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt; invalid users = None&lt;br&gt; valid users = username,&#xD;&#xA;    co-worker1,&#xD;&#xA;        co-worker2, co-worker3,&#xD;&#xA;        co-worker4&lt;br&gt; veto files =&#xD;&#xA;        /*.ra/*.ram/*.wmv/*.avi/*.mpg/*.mpeg/*.mp3/*.oog/*.wav/*.mid/*.aac/*.mov/*.wma/&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        browseable = yes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe that will help?" />
  <row Id="33966" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19002" RevisionGUID="e66f3a36-ad82-4771-b8fe-e17aa9654221" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:34:18.653" UserId="984" Comment="added 135 characters in body" Text="In your authorized_keys file you can specify which command will be run when they login.  You could simply set that command to run something that will just wait around for a long time.  The sshd man [page][1] as a list of all the options you can use in your authorized_keys file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    permitopen=&quot;tsserver.example.org:3389&quot;,no-pty,no-agent-forwarding,no-X11-forwarding,command=&quot;/usr/local/stm_shell.sh&quot; ssh-rsa AAAAB3....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My stm_shell.sh is this (it also enforces a 12 hour timeout).  I am not 100% sure if this is completely secure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # send a hang-up after this process exits&#xD;&#xA;    shopt -s huponexit&#xD;&#xA;    # maximum session length in hours&#xD;&#xA;    CONNECT_TIME=12&#xD;&#xA;    sleep $[CONNECT_TIME*60]&#xD;&#xA;    kill $PPID&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.die.net/man/8/sshd" />
  <row Id="33967" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19020" RevisionGUID="a6627782-ea20-4884-a06d-2ccadcc2d6e6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:35:39.370" UserId="2513" Text="It is disabled on purpose by CheckPoint, we use that here as well.  It is in their documentation as a &quot;known limitation&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can re-enabled it using a registry edit, but I do not know if I can recommend doing that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Search for the registry key &quot;HideFastUserSwitching&quot; if you want to test it out." />
  <row Id="33968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19021" RevisionGUID="db87460d-fda3-408d-984c-4e39b049747c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:36:36.857" UserId="7723" Text="I got a HP 2015 working with XP 64bit.  Its a nightmare I assure you.&#xD;&#xA;Make sure to download the newest drivers from HP's site directly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Manually install the printer!  DO NOT USE THE AUTOMATED PROCESS!!!" />
  <row Id="33969" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19022" RevisionGUID="e16910b8-68b9-4ee4-a755-032fd97e633c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:36:37.307" UserId="3557" Text="Group Policy is the best answer for this.  All of the firewall settings can be set and enforced through this method." />
  <row Id="33970" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19023" RevisionGUID="3f870bca-2eb2-44f9-ad22-2c8424f2f02c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:36:45.933" UserId="7200" Text="That's the server saying that whoever you specified as the &quot;RCPT TO:&quot; is not valid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd recommend that you use something like Wireshark to capture the SMTP conversation between your code and the server and verify that you're sending what you expect to be, for starts. It's always nice to see what's happening on the wire and see if it jibes with what your code says should be happening.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are specifying the correct recipient, contact the server administrator and have them check it out. " />
  <row Id="33971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19024" RevisionGUID="d34760a4-ccf4-4f63-beeb-234eb69df8fc" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:37:01.300" UserId="4226" Text="Two words:&#xD;&#xA;Group Policy" />
  <row Id="33973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19025" RevisionGUID="0df33fbb-02b3-4630-96d9-4b817c445484" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:38:39.427" UserId="5000" Text="Unfortunately the answer is no. RAID 0 (striping) is currently giving you 2 x 640GB (1280GB), whereas RAID 1 (mirroring) would only give you 640GB. Since you only have 300GB worth of data, you need to use one of any number of &quot;disk imaging&quot; tools, of which Symantec's Ghost is the most widely known.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Steps:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Create an &quot;image&quot; of the RAID 0 array onto another disk (e.g. a USB drive)&#xD;&#xA;- Use the array controller's software to delete the existing RAID 0 array and create a new RAID 1 array&#xD;&#xA;- Restore the image back on to the array&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For 300GB this shouldn't take more than a couple of hours all up. The only assumptions are that you need 300GB of spare disk space and access to a disk imaging tool (there are plenty of free and open source ones)." />
  <row Id="33974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19026" RevisionGUID="4e64594d-63bc-42ba-8b25-4dc69268ed0d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:39:09.970" UserId="4822" Text="The majority of applications that fail to run as standard user fail because of **file** or **registry** access that they're being denied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Windows XP you can **ACL** the various folder and registry locations that the program needs access to, so that the *standard* user can access them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i.e. Give everyone full control to &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;    c:\Program Files\World of Warcraft&#xD;&#xA;    HLKM\Software\Green Planet\Project Quantum&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they're trying to register a COM object, or a file extension, you can ensure it's registered once, and then also give full control to that hive branch. e.g.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKLM\Software\Classes\GreenPlanet.ProjectQuantum.1&#xD;&#xA;    HKLM\Software\Classes\CLSID\{9785B48F-520D-4179-8DEE-A4C7DDEBAB4F}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Windows Vista you have a greater chance of running in standard user, since Microsoft bent over backwards to make apps run as standard user when they would just fail on Windows XP." />
  <row Id="33975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19027" RevisionGUID="0516663f-03dc-47e0-9e8f-bef1abf91530" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:39:24.103" UserId="7302" Text="If the machines are set to PXE boot, you could set up an image with your tools of choice ready to go, perhaps something made from BartPE, and then just power cycle the building. =P" />
  <row Id="33976" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18880" RevisionGUID="46f5c4cb-e740-4dcd-baec-df9cbf7f3777" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:39:47.927" UserId="808" Comment="Improve formatting" Text="To prevent brute force attacks against ssh I've added some [iptables rules][1] (below). The question is: How can I list the blocked IP addresses?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    (1)&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 22 -m state --state NEW -m recent --set --name SSH&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 22 -m state --state NEW -m recent --update --seconds 60 --hitcount 8 --rttl --name SSH -j DROP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net/techblog/article/block_brute_force_attacks_with_iptables/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33977" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="18880" RevisionGUID="46f5c4cb-e740-4dcd-baec-df9cbf7f3777" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:39:47.927" UserId="808" Comment="Improve formatting" Text="How do I list IP addresses blocked by iptables?" />
  <row Id="33978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19028" RevisionGUID="cddf4457-41ef-4c72-92fa-43037d11a974" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:40:42.057" UserId="7324" Text="Using a combination of DNSBL at the mail server/app level and GEOIP at the server level should remove the majority of your spam for you without having to implement spam scoring, fasle positives, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is especially true if your mail server/company only receives email from a handfull of known countries such as USA, Canada.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Argosoft mail server for windows does a good job of this but I am not aware of a similar linux based solution.  That's why I'd recommend using a trusted MTA on Linux (preferably with DNSBL) and then do a GEOIP solution at the server level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="33979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19029" RevisionGUID="628251f4-ad0b-444b-a0f1-dfe03834abfb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:40:51.917" UserId="4369" Text="I have a small business customer that we just moved to a new building. Other than a new firewall the network is the same. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On one XP pro PC one of the mapped drives works fine if you reboot and keep the folder open, but if you close the folder he is unable to access it after about five minutes of it being closed. Also the computer hangs for a very long time when you try to open the drive after the initial reboot. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The path works for the other 10 people on the network, it doesn't seem to be an issue with the network card.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas, this has got me stumped. " />
  <row Id="33980" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19029" RevisionGUID="628251f4-ad0b-444b-a0f1-dfe03834abfb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:40:51.917" UserId="4369" Text="Odd mapped drive issues" />
  <row Id="33981" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19029" RevisionGUID="628251f4-ad0b-444b-a0f1-dfe03834abfb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:40:51.917" UserId="4369" Text="&lt;mappeddrive&gt;" />
  <row Id="33982" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="17998" RevisionGUID="7e9deb12-f4b3-4d55-8cf5-8ad60e034cd4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:42:23.600" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:984,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Zoredache&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="33983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19030" RevisionGUID="56e25f2d-5e53-4f7f-bdf2-5ccc0bb5fd11" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:42:27.390" UserId="7302" Text="I found this line in among many other ACL lines in my PIX.  It looks different than the rest of them.  It's at the end of the rest of the ACL lines, including being after `access-list acl-out deny ip any any`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    access-list 110 permit ip 165.138.236.0 255.255.255.0 165.139.2.0 255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What does it do, and what are each of the parts?  The rest of my ACL lines end with something like `any eq 1234`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance!" />
  <row Id="33984" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19030" RevisionGUID="56e25f2d-5e53-4f7f-bdf2-5ccc0bb5fd11" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:42:27.390" UserId="7302" Text="Cisco PIX - What does this line do?" />
  <row Id="33985" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19030" RevisionGUID="56e25f2d-5e53-4f7f-bdf2-5ccc0bb5fd11" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:42:27.390" UserId="7302" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;pix&gt;&lt;acl&gt;&lt;access-list&gt;" />
  <row Id="33986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19031" RevisionGUID="a5eb8893-1a76-45b9-9ff4-61d473202861" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:43:35.610" UserId="7918" Text="On large systems, 8GB of physical ram, we usually allocate 2GB of swap.  These are loaded Database servers running Oracle or PostgreSQL.  For years, I've never seen swap hit even under heavy load.  Heavy load is roughly 100 to 150 users doing around 10,000 SQL READs, and maybe 2,500 writes per minute.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We also adjust the swampiness level up to discourage swapping and we turn off un-needed processes we know we don't need running.  (Custom Linux builds)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Like Eddie, says above, 1xMemory is a good rule of thumb for anything under 4GB in my opinion.  I do custom Linux builds for a large, fortune-5, company and these are the things we typically do; and we don't haven't had any issues in over the last 5 or so years I've been consulting for them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On larger systems: 64bit Linux with 32GB and 64GB of RAM, these are our Oracle database servers, and we typically keep 2GB of swap around for things like Eddie points out above - idle processes will be moved to swap depending on your swappiness settings.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19032" RevisionGUID="a37cd0ec-8ee0-49fb-b485-3bab7d89a745" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:44:13.330" UserId="7200" Text="It's allowing all traffic from the 165.138.236.0/24 subnet to the 165.139.2.0/24 subnet. It's probably being used as a match list on a VPN tunnel or to prevent NAT on tunneled traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The number, 110, is just an arbitrary number to identify the access list. &quot;Permit&quot; indicates that it will permit the traffic (as opposed to deny). &quot;IP&quot; indicates to match the IP protocol (as opposed to a protocol number, or TCP, UDP, ICMP, etc). The 165.138.236.0 and 255.255.255.0 identify the source network. The 165.139.2.0 and 255.255.255.0 identify the destination network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more in depth info, have a look at: http://www.networkclue.com/routing/Cisco/access-lists/index.aspx" />
  <row Id="33988" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19033" RevisionGUID="2719c1a7-9134-4e52-88ee-4acbceaa701b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:44:40.100" UserId="2101" Text="It allows IP traffic in general from 165.138.236.0/24 to 165.139.2.0/24.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The `eq 1234` in the other rules specify ports, but there are no ports in IP. To match a port, you have to specify TCP or UDP in the rule." />
  <row Id="33989" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19034" RevisionGUID="02ca0457-f583-4633-908c-27a8978482d7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:45:06.247" UserId="4575" Text="[Group Policy][1] is able to handle this in a domain environment. You can also use the command **netsh firewall set opmode mode = disable** . Another way is through exporting the .reg key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE-&gt;SOFTWARE-&gt;Policies-&gt;Microsoft-&gt;WindowsFirewall &amp; under the standard &amp; domain profiles change &quot;EnableFirewall&quot; to 0. You can do it silently from cli by typing regedt /s *filename*.reg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490626.aspx" />
  <row Id="33990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19035" RevisionGUID="821e8b7a-096c-4f1f-9853-1c604d094b9a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:45:25.807" UserId="6342" Text="I am almost completed on my website, its similar to facebook.  I am expecting to have perhaps 500-600 people my first month.  It's a LAMP Setup.  the users images aren't too big (&lt;20kb after I compress them, and its just really blogs and member searches)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking for some advice:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Should I use my 2 Dell Poweredge servers one a Mysql server, and the other the Apache server (specs: dual pentium III 800mhz, 1gb ram, Raid 5 and 2 Network cards, 130gb space) and host my site from my house until I get enough traffic to justify $100/month on co-location hosting.  (I have cable internet) (Free, but typical cable bandwidth 65ms ping, 3megabits down, 0.7 megabits up)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Use my VPS III account at 1 &amp; 1 (quad core amd (faster than my piii's), etc.. 1gb ram, 4gb burstable, 50gb space, can handle the traffice if needed, and never down) $60.00/month&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) Get a dedicated server with similar specs to #2, though there would be about 100gb space. $300?month.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**My budget is less than $80.00 a month until I have money coming in from it.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="33991" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19035" RevisionGUID="821e8b7a-096c-4f1f-9853-1c604d094b9a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:45:25.807" UserId="6342" Text="Advice for a start-up (VPS, Dedicatedm, Co-hosted?)" />
  <row Id="33992" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19035" RevisionGUID="821e8b7a-096c-4f1f-9853-1c604d094b9a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:45:25.807" UserId="6342" Text="&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="33993" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18436" RevisionGUID="60781bbc-1f6f-4c83-ab57-d3f0b34274f1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:45:37.430" UserId="6751" Comment="added 199 characters in body" Text="So, you need something scalable. Why not create a table that you can insert rules into, first_name, Last_name, email_addr, table OR table.column such that you add your email rules to this table.  Then run a scheduled SQL script that performs a generic query by consulting the rules table, and checks the database for any rule matches.  By scripting it, you control how often the job runs, and also control how it emails, i.e. if it was a Perl Script using DBI database calls, you could also use a Perl Sendmail module to issue the emails right from within the same script. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could even start with just a flat text file, or XML file with the user-based rules... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is not inherently supported in the product, that you'd want to write an automation script that can be scheduled at your discretion.  The other option is possibly a hybrid of this, and use a database trigger ON INSERT to then fire the script/sql that performs the checks and emails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simply wrap this process with a simple web front-end to add your rules. The SQL would largely stay the same and be generic.  You would just need a form to INSERT/DELETE/UPDATE the rows of rules. " />
  <row Id="33994" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19036" RevisionGUID="daa92b9b-a3f1-4426-9605-80e49acdabf2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:45:54.357" UserId="7861" Text="You can download this:  http://curl.haxx.se/latest.cgi?curl=win32-nossl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Extract it, then go to a command prompt and type &quot;curl http://whatismyip.com/automation/n09230945.asp&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(same idea roughly as above by Sam)" />
  <row Id="33995" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19037" RevisionGUID="2c1cfe85-cdc8-4c48-adb1-a79afe698099" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:47:10.250" UserId="4084" Text="While the users will have the local admin rights, you can't do anything that they won't be able to undo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't your company have some &quot;convention&quot; on what can be done using the company's computers and what must not be done?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And as there's nothing dialog can't change, have you tried to discuss with the users and ask them to disable their firewall?" />
  <row Id="33996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19038" RevisionGUID="a5a1166e-7a52-446c-9b32-723e77266ea5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:47:15.523" UserId="5390" Text=" That ACL is to allow all the traffic from one subnet to the other one on the same line." />
  <row Id="33997" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19026" RevisionGUID="eb938e93-cc0c-47c4-940d-b829fd3b09b8" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:47:34.680" UserId="4822" Comment="added 635 characters in body" Text="The majority of applications that fail to run as standard user fail because of **file** or **registry** access that they're being denied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Windows XP you can **ACL** the various folder and registry locations that the program needs access to, so that the *standard* user can access them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i.e. Give everyone full control to &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;    c:\Program Files\World of Warcraft&#xD;&#xA;    HLKM\Software\Green Planet\Project Quantum&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they're trying to register a COM object, or a file extension, you can ensure it's registered once, and then also give full control to that hive branch. e.g.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKLM\Software\Classes\GreenPlanet.ProjectQuantum.1&#xD;&#xA;    HKLM\Software\Classes\CLSID\{9785B48F-520D-4179-8DEE-A4C7DDEBAB4F}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your people are running Windows Vista, they have a greater chance of successfully running as standard user. Microsoft bent over backwards to make apps run as standard user, when they would have failed on Windows XP. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its file and registry virtualization is quite useful and working around applications that think they need to write to machine-wide locations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The real answer is to fix the application. There is almost no application on earth that needs to write to machine-common locations. These applications should be fixed by the authors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you did manage to find the one or two apps on earth that have a ligitimate reason to write to common locations, and you don't want your users to be running as administrators, then you ACL the locations to they have access to them." />
  <row Id="33998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19039" RevisionGUID="9c591f66-4af5-4515-9cd4-13cd8c11f0ea" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:47:38.470" UserId="5880" Text="You should look at the rest of the config to see if there is a rule such as VPN or NAT referencing ACL 110&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;doing a:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sh run | i 110 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will give you all the lines thave have 110 - i realize there is the posibility of fluff from ip address ect, but it shouldn't be too much. " />
  <row Id="33999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19040" RevisionGUID="1ad9ff45-b90d-4a6e-ab1f-fbba4f4038f2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:49:57.640" UserId="808" Text="What I do, for example for input address spoofing, is to define the chain `SPOOF_REJECT`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -N SPOOF_REJECT&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A SPOOF_REJECT -j LOG --log-prefix &quot;Input spoof detected: &quot;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A SPOOF_REJECT -j REJECT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then to send packets to this chain if they are spoofed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -i $EXT_DEV1 -s $INT_NET -j SPOOF_REJECT&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -i $EXT_DEV2 -s $INT_NET -j SPOOF_REJECT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could do something like this for each category of packets you drop or reject to get a line in the syslog to look for, then periodically grep, cut, sort, to get just the IP addresses from these log lines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The benefit to using individual chains for each category is that your configuration gets more straightforward and it gets easier to read your `iptables` configuration.  As you add more and more rules, you'll be glad that you used individual chains for specific different actions.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34000" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19032" RevisionGUID="eb242674-7785-418f-8be3-697deeffe7e0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:50:27.733" UserId="7200" Comment="Slightly decreased the stupid." Text="It's allowing all IP traffic from the 165.138.236.0/24 subnet to the 165.139.2.0/24 subnet. It's probably being used as a match list on a VPN tunnel or to prevent NAT on tunneled traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The number, 110, is just an arbitrary number to identify the access list. &quot;Permit&quot; indicates that it will permit the traffic (as opposed to deny). &quot;IP&quot; indicates to match the IP protocol (as opposed to a protocol number, or TCP, UDP, ICMP, etc). The 165.138.236.0 and 255.255.255.0 identify the source network. The 165.139.2.0 and 255.255.255.0 identify the destination network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more in depth info, have a look at: http://www.networkclue.com/routing/Cisco/access-lists/index.aspx" />
  <row Id="34001" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19041" RevisionGUID="89bb3df7-f6bd-4ad7-9528-c8c54d238a8f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:51:19.103" UserId="7902" Text="Suppose I have a remote system named &quot;remotesystem&quot;, and a user account &quot;foouser&quot; on that system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that on my local system, I can generate an SSH key pair as local user &quot;foouser&quot;, put the public key in the &quot;/home/foouser/.ssh/authorized_keys&quot; file on &quot;remotesystem&quot;.  When I SSH as &quot;foouser&quot; from my local system to &quot;remotesystem&quot;, SSH uses the key pair to authenticate me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But what if my local username is not the same as the username on the remote system?  That is, what if I want to SSH as local user &quot;baruser&quot; to &quot;remotesystem&quot;?  Obviously, I will need to generate a key pair for &quot;baruser&quot; and add the public key to &quot;/home/foouser/.ssh/authorized_keys&quot;.  Then, I should be able to &quot;ssh foouser@remotesystem&quot; while logged in as &quot;baruser&quot; locally, and SSH will use the key pair to authenticate, right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm asking because I am trying to get the key authentication working in this scenario, without success.  I'm not sure if its due to the username mismatch, or a configuration issue with the SSH server on the remote system." />
  <row Id="34002" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19041" RevisionGUID="89bb3df7-f6bd-4ad7-9528-c8c54d238a8f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:51:19.103" UserId="7902" Text="Can I use SSH key authentication to log into a remote system with a different username?" />
  <row Id="34003" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19041" RevisionGUID="89bb3df7-f6bd-4ad7-9528-c8c54d238a8f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:51:19.103" UserId="7902" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;" />
  <row Id="34004" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19042" RevisionGUID="866c8905-87ae-41cd-92f2-4af3c9520299" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:52:05.357" UserId="5390" Text=" I will go with option 2 first and later option 3 if the site got very popular.." />
  <row Id="34005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19043" RevisionGUID="1cb49728-12b0-4e73-b80d-8598ddd01cb4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:53:05.310" UserId="6901" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This question is in two parts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# Shape&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I limit the bandwidth on a ASA5510 to less than 10Mbps?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently I have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    policy-map shape_policy&#xD;&#xA;    class class-default&#xD;&#xA;     shape average 9000000 36096&#xD;&#xA;    !&#xD;&#xA;    service-policy shape_policy interface outside&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But when I look at the traffic on the outside interface it seems it sometimes busts the 10Mbps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# Police&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, is it possible to limit the bandwidth taken by each users on the ASA? I've tried something like that (although it is not running at the moment):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    police input 3000000 51200 conform-action transmit exceed action-drop&#xD;&#xA;    police output 3000000 51200 conform-action transmit exceed action-drop&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it the way to go or is there a better way?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34006" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19043" RevisionGUID="1cb49728-12b0-4e73-b80d-8598ddd01cb4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:53:05.310" UserId="6901" Text="ASA5510 Bandwidth Shaping" />
  <row Id="34007" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19043" RevisionGUID="1cb49728-12b0-4e73-b80d-8598ddd01cb4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:53:05.310" UserId="6901" Text="&lt;asa&gt;&lt;shape&gt;" />
  <row Id="34008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19044" RevisionGUID="dc6846f2-5517-42c2-8bf5-ec46fddc376a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:53:36.510" UserId="1645" Text="Virtual PC or VMWare may be a solution, depending on the situation." />
  <row Id="34009" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19045" RevisionGUID="eee61a2d-bbc3-4011-b1a9-fa01ece13fe8" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:54:02.407" UserId="533" Text="Sure, this could be the developer's fault.  For instance, the spec says that the RCPT should look like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RCPT TO:&lt;user@example.com&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, it's very common practice to actually send this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RCPT TO: user@example.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most fully-featured, mature MTAs accept the latter even though it's not strictly correct.  Some apps (like mail firewalls, CRM mail-catchers, etc) will be strict about it and return an error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not saying that's the cause in this case, but it's an example of how your code could work with most servers, but still be your fault if it breaks on a small percentage of servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I second Evan's recommendation to sniff the traffic and understand what's actually being sent." />
  <row Id="34010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19046" RevisionGUID="abfa0c0f-0d64-4ac2-bc79-a3877aa4233c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:54:04.667" UserId="5190" Text="I see this all the time, you can also run Systernal's Process Explorer to find who has the file, here's a great how-to on using Process Explorer for this purpose: [Unlocking files that are in use][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I personally like this way since I have this tool on my USB drive and can run it without having to install it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.shijaz.com/2008/10/unlocking-files-that-are-in-use.html" />
  <row Id="34011" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="19029" RevisionGUID="27ce4788-674f-4947-90ca-d6a1a2364039" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:54:24.933" UserId="1054" Comment="add tag" Text="&lt;mappeddrive&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="34012" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19047" RevisionGUID="e8bd8030-0a3b-4399-ba0f-1c2865cefb84" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:54:39.143" UserId="2629" Text="Does ([Quick][1]) [Synergy][2] or [x2x][3] meet the bill?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe they only switch between clients when you move the mouse off the display, but there is an off-change that they'd allow you to configure keyboard shortcuts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://quicksynergy.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://x2x.dottedmag.net/" />
  <row Id="34013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19048" RevisionGUID="ab2641cc-278e-4bdd-861d-d146838a6985" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:55:51.373" UserId="5799" Text="Yes, you can do this - just as you described it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;grawity@sine ~$ ssh-add -l&#xD;&#xA;4096 10:b3:fd:29:08:86:24:a6:da:0a:dd:c6:1e:b0:66:6a id_rsa (RSA)&#xD;&#xA;grawity@sine ~$ ssh root@arbelos&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;insert lame motd here&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;arbelos# _&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="34014" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19049" RevisionGUID="e52cb34d-71a2-44e9-85f6-05546c84c9c8" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:56:09.267" UserId="1803" Text="re: should I care?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless your office is 100% dysfunctional, people are going to notice that you make things work more smoothly.  That you care about the well-being of the company, and not just locking in your 'indispensibility'.  The company that banks on you never leaving / never getting a better offer isn't functioning very well.  It's someone's JOB to notice that you withhold that kind of thing from the company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I personally LOVE working with people who document, and want the work they've finished to stand on its own, and not constantly require their involvement.  When you document and put the things you've already done *behind* you, you open up more time to work on future projects." />
  <row Id="34015" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19050" RevisionGUID="d6d87010-3b7d-485f-9eae-bd6c8126c2fc" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:57:03.117" UserId="4392" Text="If you have an $80 budget and VPS III costs $60, then that looks like the best deal. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you get $500/month, get the dedicated server. " />
  <row Id="34016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19051" RevisionGUID="28476e34-376a-4112-8090-dfbf74240c45" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:57:07.283" UserId="1246" Text="Hi Mike - when launching a service, it is often easier to start very small until you get a good understanding of the footprint and your bottlenecks.  Not knowing exactly what your app is, I'd opt for #2, and then see where it goes.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you keep tiering in mind while building your application, there shouldn't be any big problems here.  If you use a standard OS and solid build documents (how to get your app going on a new system from start to finish), you can usually migrate to a new host with ease.   " />
  <row Id="34017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19052" RevisionGUID="b9da5a92-b219-4e4f-9bae-d290d49f1825" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:57:08.343" UserId="1704" Text="Your local username doesn't really matter (aside from the private key having to reside inside your local user's home directory). Just copy the key to the remote user's `authorized_keys` section and it will work." />
  <row Id="34018" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19009" RevisionGUID="eda3415f-eb3b-4b06-88d5-9aad3bcb3c3f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:57:21.773" UserId="7324" Comment="added 267 characters in body" Text="We use a combination of OpenDNS but also run an IPCop box in front of the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This allows us to restrict sites such as MySpace, FaceBook, YouTube, etc EXCEPT for the lunch hour (12:00pm - 1:00pm).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This allows employees to check their myspace, facebook, etc during their lunch hour but keeps them &quot;focused&quot; on company time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Periodically we look at the IPCop log files and determine if more sites need to be blocked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you implement an IPCop solution you'll quickly discover that after about a week all of the goofing off &quot;magically&quot; stops.  You'll also find that you only have to block a handfull of sites to increase employee productivity a huge amount.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS - Another great product we've used in the past is SecuredIM (http://www.securedim.com) which allows you to monitor inter-company chat and also take periodic screenshots of a user's desktop if you wish.  (ie. Take a snapshot of Joe's desktop every 10 minutes)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34019" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19053" RevisionGUID="e2a81386-b4ac-4584-8285-beefdc350c9f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:58:50.070" UserId="5778" Text="Most people wrongly assume the aim of web filtering is single-minded - it is not &quot;just&quot; about productivity - though I have seen numerous real world examples where productivity increases where output increases hugely when gentle controls are applied. I work for SmoothWall, a web filtering vendor - so whilst I might have a spot of bias, I am also well experienced!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Websense are even advertising &quot;say yes&quot; these days - and we (SmoothWall) agree. You need to be lenient. Using soft-block (just a reminder this is &quot;non policy&quot; or time bands are 2 ways of slackening things off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In any case... as I was saying.. not just productivity - I have seen HR issues arising from misuse of social networking, from misuse of adult websites, and from lack of evidence when these happen. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally... worth pointing out that not everyone behaves like we expect them to - not everyone has &quot;sysadmin/techie mindset&quot; and will work harder because you give them facerbook.. many will take a mile given an inch - human nature i am afraid." />
  <row Id="34020" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19054" RevisionGUID="3c5a9ffa-5876-4b79-93a3-83a2818c7edb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:59:09.710" UserId="7621" Text="There is no single algorithm that tells you how much swap you need.  In practice, you need to put your system under the biggest load you plan to support, and find out how much resource it actually uses.  Set your swap file accordingly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For physical RAM, you should put your system under the actual &quot;cruise&quot; load you expect to handle, and buy accordingly.  For low-latency systems you should not be swapping at all inside your cruise load (this is not the same as not having swap allocated or even in use.)  A small amount of swapping may occur due to little-used system utilities performing house keeping, but by and large you should have as little swapping as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, you can trade off performance for lower price.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19055" RevisionGUID="73a23cb0-ae59-41db-92c1-62e9aaba0c4e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:59:37.853" UserId="7809" Text="Here's my list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Development**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [E-Texteditor][1] - Light text editor with similar capabilities to textmate on the Mac. Great for fast editing. It's also opensource.&#xD;&#xA; - [Netbeans][2] - Great for debugging code, refactoring and general coding. I use this  most of the time.&#xD;&#xA; - [Adobe Fireworks][3] - Good graphics editor. It's not too pricey, but comes with the essentials for web graphics. Photoshop is overboard here.&#xD;&#xA; - [Charles Proxy][4] - Allows me to debug web connections, simulate slower connections, dynamically rewrite cookies and lots of other cool stuff.&#xD;&#xA; - [Putty][5] - No description needed (SSH Client).&#xD;&#xA; - [Virtualbox][6] - Free virtualisation software (Thanks Sun / Oracle). Allows one to mimic your production environment on your desktop (Great for learning Linux too).&#xD;&#xA; - [Win SCP][7] - Open source freeware SFTP, FTP and SCP client for Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Browsers**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Internet explorer all for testing my weblayouts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Utilities**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Imgburn][8] - The defacto standard for creating, burning and ripping image (ISO, etc ...) files.&#xD;&#xA; - [CCleaner][9] - Removes a lot of the junk programs leave around your computer. Reclaim GB's :)&#xD;&#xA; - [Truecrypt][10] - Keeps files _very_ secure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Firefox + Extensions**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - XDebug Helper - Tool to start/stop debug and profiling with PHP's Xdebug...&#xD;&#xA; - XPath Checker - An interactive editor for XPath expressions. &#xD;&#xA; - Web Developer Toolbar - Adds a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools.&#xD;&#xA; - Smush.it - Now included in YSlow 2&#xD;&#xA; - YSlow 2 - YSlow analyzes web pages and why they're slow based on Yahoo!'s rules for high performance web sites&#xD;&#xA; - AdBlock Plus - Ever been annoyed by all those ads and banners on the internet that often take longer to download than everything else on the page?&#xD;&#xA; - Firebug - Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.&#xD;&#xA; - FireCookie - Firecookie is an extension for Firebug that makes possible to view and manage cookies in your browser&#xD;&#xA; - Live HTTP Headers - View HTTP headers of a page&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Version Control**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Tortoise SVN][11] - Good SVN client for Windows. It's stable and works well.&#xD;&#xA; - [Bazaar][12] - Bazaar have a native client for Windows. Very easy to use, great alternative to git with it's horrible URLs.&#xD;&#xA; - [Tortoise GIT][13] - Not as stable as one hopes, but it's a good solid effort, should improve with time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Messaging**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Digsby][14] - Fantastic multi-IM client. Supports all the popular protocols. To avoid using the InstallQ variation, use the [Digsby Offline Install][15] (Link at bottom in small text).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's about it. Hope someone found this useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.e-texteditor.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.netbeans.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.adobe.com/products/fireworks/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.charlesproxy.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.virtualbox.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://winscp.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.imgburn.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.ccleaner.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.truecrypt.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://bazaar-vcs.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/&#xD;&#xA;  [14]: http://www.digsby.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [15]: http://www.digsby.com/download.php?os=win" />
  <row Id="34022" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19055" RevisionGUID="73a23cb0-ae59-41db-92c1-62e9aaba0c4e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:59:37.853" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19056" RevisionGUID="77318af7-ba0f-4be8-a7c9-cd5c219bf16e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:59:42.253" UserId="7783" Text="Can you not punt this question to your boss for &quot;training/advice on how to solve it&quot;? The advantage of being junior is that you can always kick things upstairs when its a result of your supervisor's stupid ideas so they get to see the consequences of their decisions." />
  <row Id="34024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19057" RevisionGUID="399bf518-603b-4019-87da-cf7539f81ff9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T18:59:42.720" UserId="371" Text=" - Documentation: Important&#xD;&#xA; - Your valuable job: Not as irreplaceable as you think" />
  <row Id="34025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19058" RevisionGUID="02bf1dc3-2151-41d7-be55-61b3ff5045e1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:00:07.697" UserId="1246" Text="Sounds like you're doing things correctly, but make sure that the permissions are correct on authorized_keys.  They should be set to 600." />
  <row Id="34026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19059" RevisionGUID="c53e4150-fb01-4bf0-ba2e-923b0f287933" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:00:51.940" UserId="1803" Text="Packet shaping to throttle streaming did our network a great deal of good.  Nobody's quite as concerned with the social networking sites now that 3 people pulling YouTube videos doesn't interfere with MSDN downloads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure to find out what the real pain points are before deciding on a solution." />
  <row Id="34027" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19060" RevisionGUID="631f4808-723b-452b-99f6-dccd58be7207" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:01:15.557" UserId="7921" Text="On my Apache server I have stored several docx, xlsx pptx files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some client browsers think that theses are regular zip files and change the file extension when downloading. How do I make it not do that anymore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Using Ubuntu server)" />
  <row Id="34028" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19060" RevisionGUID="631f4808-723b-452b-99f6-dccd58be7207" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:01:15.557" UserId="7921" Text="Why are docx, xlsx, pptx downloading from webserver as zip files?" />
  <row Id="34029" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19060" RevisionGUID="631f4808-723b-452b-99f6-dccd58be7207" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:01:15.557" UserId="7921" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;mime&gt;" />
  <row Id="34030" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19061" RevisionGUID="a72f8df6-bc33-4f75-87d0-06c14330def9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:02:39.050" UserId="584" Text="Don't run it from your house. In as crowded a space as &quot;Facebook competitor/clone&quot; is, a slow website will result in near-instant death for your site. You can't afford to lose your early adopters to a downed cable modem or 3 kb/sec transfer speeds." />
  <row Id="34031" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19062" RevisionGUID="cfea9228-2705-4f7b-bbab-098926db08a3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:02:39.953" UserId="4733" Text="I used PSTOOLS to do this recently.  It lets you open up a cmd prompt to a remote machine.  AFter that, just disable the firewall using &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;'netsh firewall set opmode mode = enable/disable'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34032" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19063" RevisionGUID="e3bca5d0-5f72-4722-b2b1-fbd882d09240" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:03:10.593" UserId="3657" Text="The files are actually ZIPs of XML documents.  Add this to your .htaccess in Apache&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.ms-word.document.macroEnabled.12 .docm&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document docx&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.template dotx&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.template.macroEnabled.12 potm&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.template potx&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.addin.macroEnabled.12 ppam&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.slideshow.macroEnabled.12 ppsm&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.slideshow ppsx&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.presentation.macroEnabled.12 pptm&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation pptx&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.ms-excel.addin.macroEnabled.12 xlam&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.binary.macroEnabled.12 xlsb&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.macroEnabled.12 xlsm&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet xlsx&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.ms-excel.template.macroEnabled.12 xltm&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.template xltx" />
  <row Id="34033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19064" RevisionGUID="bc70d085-0846-4b3f-96e6-4c357f2bda36" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:03:39.453" UserId="7921" Text="The server doesn't have proper mime types set up for the new ms file types &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;add the following to the /etc/mime.types file and restart apache and the problem should be fixed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Added by myname 2009-06-03&#xD;&#xA;    application/vnd.ms-word.document.macroEnabled.12                        docm&#xD;&#xA;    application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document docx&#xD;&#xA;    application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.template dotx&#xD;&#xA;    application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.template.macroEnabled.12                  potm&#xD;&#xA;    application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.template   potx&#xD;&#xA;    application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.addin.macroEnabled.12                     ppam&#xD;&#xA;    application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.slideshow.macroEnabled.12                 ppsm    &#xD;&#xA;    application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.slideshow  ppsx&#xD;&#xA;    application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.presentation.macroEnabled.12              pptm&#xD;&#xA;    application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation       pptx&#xD;&#xA;    application/vnd.ms-excel.addin.macroEnabled.12                          xlam&#xD;&#xA;    application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.binary.macroEnabled.12                   xlsb&#xD;&#xA;    application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.macroEnabled.12                          xlsm&#xD;&#xA;    application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet       xlsx    &#xD;&#xA;    application/vnd.ms-excel.template.macroEnabled.12                       xltm    &#xD;&#xA;    application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.template    xltx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=162526&gt; has information about this problem" />
  <row Id="34034" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19065" RevisionGUID="9099123d-b3a1-48c4-9bca-011eec6074c2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:04:04.553" UserId="7783" Text="Can you send email to the email address concerned using conventional weapons, so to speak? If so, it's probably your code. If not, it's their server (or possibly a firewall that tries to smarthost for their server)." />
  <row Id="34035" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19066" RevisionGUID="f01a91db-3855-4f78-b987-fc0536540332" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:04:06.503" UserId="7200" Text="Sounds like your web server is looking at the magic numbers inside these files and seeing that they ARE zip files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have a look at: http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=162526&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19067" RevisionGUID="97034ae7-6a43-4162-8242-f4503413e633" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:04:58.013" UserId="7723" Text="In the olden days you wanted as much as you could get,  Memory consumption in modern *nix kernels is a thing of the past.  The old saying was &quot;2x your memory&quot;.  Between 2GB or the amount of space the machine has in ram this day and age will take you close to where you need to be." />
  <row Id="34037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19068" RevisionGUID="6b0dac8c-16c0-45d0-ad67-8ae6d65d7692" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:06:05.220" UserId="584" Text="[Don't.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/news/5750/" />
  <row Id="34038" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19069" RevisionGUID="182a75f4-951b-41c6-8de3-faa658c05747" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:06:09.837" UserId="7324" Text="A seemingly timeless question.  The good folks over at SlashDot discussed this a while ago.  Check out what they had to say:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/01/221246" />
  <row Id="34039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19070" RevisionGUID="16dd90fc-30ff-4186-a69b-0e33ee0624c2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:07:59.193" UserId="6031" Text="The permissions on the .ssh directories on both machines much be correct. Generally, that means 700 on the .ssh directory and at most 755 on the home directory. In addition to 600 on all the files in the .ssh directories.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the user on the remote system is root, make sure that root can ssh. (PermitRootLogin in sshd_config) and that public key (PubkeyAuthentication) and if necessary RSA (RSAAuthentication) are enabled.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34040" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19071" RevisionGUID="5e34d96a-8902-414c-b246-8f6b1efbac77" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:09:26.820" UserId="7774" Text="Another free FTP/SFTP with a two-panel interface is [WinSCP][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  Thomas&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://winscp.net/eng/index.php" />
  <row Id="34041" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18878" RevisionGUID="f98eda69-07a3-4562-a61b-9afb10a05132" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:09:40.720" UserId="1993" Comment="pulled out incorrect suggestions" Text="What does &quot;unable to scp files&quot; any more mean? What is the error message they get?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check your logs (/var/log/syslog, /var/log/messages, /var/log/daemon.log) to see if the SSH server is throwing any errors. They should be pretty descriptive.  With the logs and the customer's error, we should be able to narrow down what the problem is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The logs you posted indicate the most likely problem:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[16] = sftp  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; ...  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; scp:SshFileXferClient/sshfilexferc.c:981: ssh_file_client_receive_proc: bad VERSION&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looks like this thing is trying to use the sftp protocol rather than scp directly. OpenSSH, by default, disables the sftp subsystem. I don't know when this change was made, but it sounds likely. Add this to your sshd_config and see if it changes things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Subsystem       sftp    internal-sftp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34042" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19072" RevisionGUID="4b05425c-318b-4ba5-82e9-890956854dde" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:10:22.327" UserId="7862" Text="I am attempting to use a Mac Xserve running 10.4.11 to access a file share on a Win2k8 machine, but it's failing due to Kerberos authentication errors.  Any ideas how to fix/update a Mac?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an aside, this is the first Mac I've dealt with in 20 years, so it's all new to me." />
  <row Id="34043" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19072" RevisionGUID="4b05425c-318b-4ba5-82e9-890956854dde" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:10:22.327" UserId="7862" Text="MAC 10.4.11 &amp; Win2k8" />
  <row Id="34044" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19072" RevisionGUID="4b05425c-318b-4ba5-82e9-890956854dde" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:10:22.327" UserId="7862" Text="&lt;macintosh&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;kerberos&gt;" />
  <row Id="34045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19073" RevisionGUID="b3681f29-fbb9-4ae9-99dd-233ab7ddfe0a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:11:21.857" UserId="4369" Text="I have a small business customer that we just moved to a new building. Other than a new firewall the network is the same. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They access a few programs across the network. Now that they have moved to the new office every time they open these applications they get a run or cancel box, this never happened at the old building and i can imagine that the new FW would cause something like this. Is there a way to prevent this from happening?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I added the unc to trusted sites, but that didn't work ... other than that I do not know what would be causing this." />
  <row Id="34046" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19073" RevisionGUID="b3681f29-fbb9-4ae9-99dd-233ab7ddfe0a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:11:21.857" UserId="4369" Text="Prevent Run or Cancel box from popping up on every use" />
  <row Id="34047" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19073" RevisionGUID="b3681f29-fbb9-4ae9-99dd-233ab7ddfe0a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:11:21.857" UserId="4369" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="34048" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19074" RevisionGUID="4b628026-6b89-4902-8d95-1033dc1a16e3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:11:58.080" UserId="7723" Text="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/pix/pix63/command/reference/about.html" />
  <row Id="34049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19075" RevisionGUID="767e183b-a8fe-4064-bcb5-b67903f53b42" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:12:16.613" UserId="7783" Text="Nothing in the local event logs or those on the server hosting the share, presumably?&#xD;&#xA;Does the client work ok with a share on another server? (or set up one on another client as a test?).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could this be a DNS issue? NetSH show any winsock issues? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Also the computer hangs for a very long time when you try to open the drive after the initial reboot. * When I hear stuff like that with an Active Directory domain, I start to wonder about name resolution." />
  <row Id="34050" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19057" RevisionGUID="4df668ba-1a3a-448d-a48e-e31e5e152cbb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:12:43.663" UserId="371" Comment="deleted 4 characters in body" Text=" - Documentation: Important&#xD;&#xA; - Your valuable job: Not as important as you think" />
  <row Id="34051" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19076" RevisionGUID="e217478b-df66-462a-853e-ed0eeb7185ac" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:15:06.403" UserId="4733" Text="I know its an old OS....but has anyone ever remotely accessed a Windows 2000 Server IN ANOTHER BUILDING IN ANOTHER CITY and, instead of logging off, SHUT IT DOWN?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason I ask is because I have done this.  Luckily it was only issuing out DHCP and my partner happened to be 5 minutes away....but for a few unsure seconds I was in a panic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I like Server 2003 and up that make you enter a reason before shutting down." />
  <row Id="34052" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19076" RevisionGUID="e217478b-df66-462a-853e-ed0eeb7185ac" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:15:06.403" UserId="4733" Text="Shutdown a Windows 2000 Server By Mistake?" />
  <row Id="34053" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19076" RevisionGUID="e217478b-df66-462a-853e-ed0eeb7185ac" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:15:06.403" UserId="4733" Text="&lt;mistakes&gt;" />
  <row Id="34054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19077" RevisionGUID="ff6f2f3f-f03a-4d22-89d9-33da16215d21" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:16:16.353" UserId="7619" Text="Monitor network connections in the background, command-line while you work. (AKA - The `revolving netstat'):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;netstat -a 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Stop services via command-line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;net stop [servicename]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fire up a Terminal Services session to a remote computer, via command-line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;mstsc /v:[servername]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They kept around the &quot;more&quot; command, which was nice. Check out what's going on with the latest updates that have been installed, via WSUS:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;more /c c:\windows\windowsupdate.log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Problems with resolving via netBIOS? (Remember that buggy-ole-protocol?) Or issues with domain trusts? This set of commands has always served well on old domain controllers. (Also demonstrates how to link commands, (the double-ampersand means, `only continue if the last command completed successfully')&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;nbtstat -R &amp;&amp; nbtstat -r &amp; nbtstat -c&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34055" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19077" RevisionGUID="ff6f2f3f-f03a-4d22-89d9-33da16215d21" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:16:16.353" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34056" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19078" RevisionGUID="4a1cf577-4676-40c6-8f37-119e99f9e154" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:16:18.367" UserId="7783" Text="Most common cause of Kerberos errors is time drift between the two boxes. Ensure they both have the same time and time zone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that's correct a look at [this forum thread][1] might help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?t=4578&amp;sid=85c5f48e8552283becfa356c9c34096" />
  <row Id="34057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19079" RevisionGUID="97a54ffa-8d9a-47e4-aff1-4cdbef544d89" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:16:28.460" UserId="7342" Text="With any ssh related problems, the first thing to do is turn up the client verbosity:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;ssh user@machine -vvv&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this fails to give you any insights as to what is wrong, you need to change the log level on the server and restart the daemon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;LogLevel DEBUG3&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should find the debug output in /var/log/auth.log (or where ever ssh is configured to log to). Once you've found the problem, remember to set it back to how you found it." />
  <row Id="34058" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19063" RevisionGUID="d719b499-321c-4609-935d-6a2f7a111024" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:16:42.483" UserId="3657" Comment="Fixed typo" Text="The files are actually ZIPs of XML documents.  Add this to your .htaccess in Apache&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.ms-word.document.macroEnabled.12 docm&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document docx&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.template dotx&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.template.macroEnabled.12 potm&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.template potx&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.addin.macroEnabled.12 ppam&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.slideshow.macroEnabled.12 ppsm&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.slideshow ppsx&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.presentation.macroEnabled.12 pptm&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation pptx&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.ms-excel.addin.macroEnabled.12 xlam&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.binary.macroEnabled.12 xlsb&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.macroEnabled.12 xlsm&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet xlsx&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.ms-excel.template.macroEnabled.12 xltm&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.template xltx" />
  <row Id="34059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19080" RevisionGUID="38078e82-9018-4d85-a4b1-bd7c219f6e74" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:16:53.140" UserId="846" Text="My thoughts ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Theoretically, lease vs. buy is a decision about money best left to the accountants.  **However**, the one nice thing about leasing from our (admin) viewpoint is that replacement (or conscious re-purchase) is forced after some number of years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - We typically budget to replace 33% of the laptops and 25% of the desktops each year.  This year we have reduced those fractions for the typical reasons.  The platforms (hardware, OS, software) are in relative stability now, so that is working out fine.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - It isn't really necessary to purchase and deploy in &quot;waves&quot;.  You should settle on a standard make and model (i.e. ThinkPad T61), keep buying it until it is no longer available, and stay in the same family.  If you set the standard just below bleeding edge it can last for 6-8 months; you will overpay a bit a the start and get great deals at the end.  If you buy Toshiba today, HP tomorrow and Dell next week you are going to suffer!  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - I recommend buying the OEM OS, and sticking with that OS unless there is a compelling reason otherwise.  You don't need to re-do the integration work that the PC manufacturer has already done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34060" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19080" RevisionGUID="38078e82-9018-4d85-a4b1-bd7c219f6e74" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:16:53.140" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19081" RevisionGUID="a211c016-7b54-4b6d-b4f2-dba968af1f86" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:18:58.127" UserId="1095" Text="I like Notepad2, its lightweight and it can handle large files." />
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  <row Id="34063" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="19076" RevisionGUID="42c7e108-1cde-4aa6-8f85-587c57f5e8ce" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:19:31.747" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="4" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="34064" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19082" RevisionGUID="299f8644-d799-4af5-90ce-fa769a80f0a6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:19:40.590" UserId="5390" Text=" Lucky me.. when i move from Linux Admin to Windows Admin, at that moment here at work we just have Win2k3 on own domain." />
  <row Id="34065" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19083" RevisionGUID="ee3d1fc6-bc89-42d2-96d4-3e5fcc8d09ed" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:20:37.750" UserId="6751" Text="I seriously doubt that the D-LINK 2640-T has a built-in DDNS server.  According to the Datasheet on that product it has DNS Relay support, and DDNS.  The DDNS functionality is implemented as a DDNS client to update public DDNS sites so that your External IP of the DSL Router can automatically update DNS records on the Internet.  I doubt they include a DDNS server that allows your &quot;internal&quot; clients to self-register with teh DSL modem/router device.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The DNS relay portion is to permit your &quot;internal&quot; clinets to point to the DSL router/modem and have it forward queries recursively to the Internet for resolution. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will need to either use hosts files or run your own Internal DNS server." />
  <row Id="34066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19084" RevisionGUID="4b297ccd-9a5f-4c39-8cad-32248602ce28" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:20:40.387" UserId="7929" Text="An IT guy at work remoted into and installed SQL Server 2008 Developer on my terminal, and at first everything seemed to be set up correctly. However, when I go into the Management Studio, I can't connect. I know that it's finding the server correctly, but my windows account credentials haven't been added as an admin it seems. This seems to me to imply that when Mr. IT Guy installed it, he accidentally left his network account as the sole admin. Am I deducing this correctly?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I &lt;i&gt;do&lt;/i&gt; have admin privelages on this computer (in Windows, not in the sql server installation apparently), and the server is installed locally, so it would seem that I should be able to override anything he did and set up my account as admin on the server. Is this possible? Or will he have to remote in and change the account permissions himself?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;-Robert&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. This is &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; the same issue &lt;a href=&quot;as http://serverfault.com/questions/11745/i-cannot-connect-to-my-local-sql-server-2008&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;. Mine actually finds the server, but gives me &quot;Login failed for user [my username]. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 18456).&quot;" />
  <row Id="34067" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19084" RevisionGUID="4b297ccd-9a5f-4c39-8cad-32248602ce28" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:20:40.387" UserId="7929" Text="Can't connect to local database in SQL Server (2008) Management Studio" />
  <row Id="34068" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19084" RevisionGUID="4b297ccd-9a5f-4c39-8cad-32248602ce28" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:20:40.387" UserId="7929" Text="&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;login&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="34069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19085" RevisionGUID="ece8268c-af13-4a62-8cde-c726963ae198" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:21:03.613" UserId="7934" Text="You should be able to define a function or script file around your cmdlet, like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    function migrate-user&#xD;&#xA;{&#xD;&#xA; param($username,$password)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Move-IMAPMailboxToExchange -SourcePassword $password -allowunsecureconnection -sourceLoginId $username -sourceserver 'source.ser.ver' -sourceidentity &quot;$username`@mail.dom.ain&quot; targetclientaccessserver 'client.access.ser.ver' -targetidentity &quot;$username`@mail.dom.ain&quot; -verbose&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;}" />
  <row Id="34070" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19086" RevisionGUID="0053a529-ba95-4c1f-b173-ebb25757a4f6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:21:11.460" UserId="5190" Text="I remember having something similar to this a while back. I'm trying to remember what it was exactly but I remember that Windows disconnects the drive when not in use for a specified time, about 5 mins or so and it's supposed to reconnect once you call for it but it seems to fail. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you tried pinging the machine before trying to opening the mapped drive? I seem to remember that was part of the solution, since like Rober said, it seems to be some sort of DNS issue." />
  <row Id="34071" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19087" RevisionGUID="31d693b1-3d6f-4699-93be-18941e691291" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:21:26.907" UserId="3925" Text="If you worry about a drive controller failing, then you also need to consider the server failing - fans, motherboard, RAM, network.. and then you also need to consider the router failing, and the cabling, and the power... and you also need to consider the datacentre failing (flood, fire, human error), and then you need to consider the external network failing (cables cut - all the time in some places!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, you can worry about site downtime so much you'd never bother putting anything online at all! Or you could factor the risk of failure against the cost of redundancy and get a much more realistic approach. And of all the things I listed, the hard drive is *the* single most likely point of failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next to human error, that is. Who type &quot;`shutdown -h now`&quot; when they wanted to reboot.... :(" />
  <row Id="34072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19088" RevisionGUID="22fb9b6e-c5ad-4b72-8189-812322b30675" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:21:33.380" UserId="3528" Text="In case you were wondering this is the serverfault site.  If your sysadmin said its the code- it's the code.  Errors are always the developers fault. If you want to blame the sysadmin I hear there is a site called stackoverflow that might be more sympathetic :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In all seriousness, yes it's the code.  According to the error the recipent is invalid.  Somehow the webserver is trying to send mail to an account called &quot;Customer Service Account&quot;  all email addresses are in the format of user@domainname.suffix.  THe fact that you got a 550 error shows that you connected properly to the destination mailserver but there is no user called &quot;Customer Service Account&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Technically 550 means unable to relay, but I am guessing that you are trying to send to an internal mailbox.  Even if you are trying to relay, this recipient is not formatted properly." />
  <row Id="34073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19089" RevisionGUID="960d4a9d-c5c6-4659-a991-1392eede1410" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:21:48.510" UserId="6031" Text="Given the speed of modern hard disk drives, large swaps are just an invitation to thrashing. Maybe SSDs will reverse this trend, but with maybe 300MB/s maximum transfer speed for a disk, swapping in 2-4GB is going to take a good while.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the old days (i.e.: Linux 1.2, i386, SunOS 4.x), you'd have maybe 5-15 MB of daemon processes running and anywhere from 4-32MB of RAM and so daemons that were just blocked waiting for I/O could be swapped out with no real performance hit... And they'd better since the user programs might have as few as 2-3MB of RAM available. Swapping made a lot of sense.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now in my environment, most servers have single memory heavy workloads and RAM can be fairly accurately estimated... Swap is there for emergencies, run-away processes and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The **exception** is for laptops and workstations that might sleep. Many OS will use the swap area to save the suspend image and in those cases, the swap must be larger then physical memory. In Linux with suspend2/tuxonice you should have 2xRAM in swap size to support suspend-to-disk." />
  <row Id="34074" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19090" RevisionGUID="72d3c2ca-2d76-4235-b898-d289b0cd76b8" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:22:28.010" UserId="1937" Text="One more reason that went unmentioned:  in the US defense/intelligence space, Red Hat is the only Linux distribution that has all of the [certifications and accredidations][1] that government agencies are looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.redhat.com/solutions/government/certifications/" />
  <row Id="34075" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19055" RevisionGUID="feb1d69e-50f9-496a-8c28-aaf698c0f58c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:22:33.440" UserId="7809" Comment="Make links bold." Text="Here's my list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Development**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [**E-Texteditor**][1] - Light text editor with similar capabilities to textmate on the Mac. Great for fast editing. It's also opensource.&#xD;&#xA; - [**Netbeans**][2] - Great for debugging code, refactoring and general coding. I use this  most of the time.&#xD;&#xA; - [**Adobe Fireworks**][3] - Good graphics editor. It's not too pricey, but comes with the essentials for web graphics. Photoshop is overboard here.&#xD;&#xA; - [**Charles Proxy**][4] - Allows me to debug web connections, simulate slower connections, dynamically rewrite cookies and lots of other cool stuff.&#xD;&#xA; - [**Putty**][5] - No description needed (SSH Client).&#xD;&#xA; - [**Virtualbox**][6] - Free virtualisation software (Thanks Sun / Oracle). Allows one to mimic your production environment on your desktop (Great for learning Linux too).&#xD;&#xA; - [**Win SCP**][7] - Open source freeware SFTP, FTP and SCP client for Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Browsers**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Internet explorer all for testing my weblayouts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Utilities**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [**Imgburn**][8] - The defacto standard for creating, burning and ripping image (ISO, etc ...) files.&#xD;&#xA; - [**CCleaner**][9] - Removes a lot of the junk programs leave around your computer. Reclaim GB's :)&#xD;&#xA; - [**Truecrypt**][10] - Keeps files _very_ secure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Firefox + Extensions**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - XDebug Helper - Tool to start/stop debug and profiling with PHP's Xdebug...&#xD;&#xA; - XPath Checker - An interactive editor for XPath expressions. &#xD;&#xA; - Web Developer Toolbar - Adds a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools.&#xD;&#xA; - Smush.it - Now included in YSlow 2&#xD;&#xA; - YSlow 2 - YSlow analyzes web pages and why they're slow based on Yahoo!'s rules for high performance web sites&#xD;&#xA; - AdBlock Plus - Ever been annoyed by all those ads and banners on the internet that often take longer to download than everything else on the page?&#xD;&#xA; - Firebug - Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.&#xD;&#xA; - FireCookie - Firecookie is an extension for Firebug that makes possible to view and manage cookies in your browser&#xD;&#xA; - Live HTTP Headers - View HTTP headers of a page&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Version Control**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [**Tortoise SVN**][11] - Good SVN client for Windows. It's stable and works well.&#xD;&#xA; - [**Bazaar**][12] - Bazaar have a native client for Windows. Very easy to use, great alternative to git with it's horrible URLs.&#xD;&#xA; - [**Tortoise GIT**][13] - Not as stable as one hopes, but it's a good solid effort, should improve with time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Messaging**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [**Digsby**][14] - Fantastic multi-IM client. Supports all the popular protocols. To avoid using the InstallQ variation, use the [**Digsby Offline Install**][15] (Link at bottom in small text).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ps, that's about it. Hope someone found this useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.e-texteditor.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.netbeans.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.adobe.com/products/fireworks/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.charlesproxy.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.virtualbox.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://winscp.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.imgburn.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.ccleaner.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.truecrypt.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://bazaar-vcs.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/&#xD;&#xA;  [14]: http://www.digsby.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [15]: http://www.digsby.com/download.php?os=win" />
  <row Id="34076" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="18351" RevisionGUID="52ac605e-6cf5-438c-8825-bb8e1aa7626b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:24:24.387" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:984,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Zoredache&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:48,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Sam Cogan&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="34077" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19091" RevisionGUID="614961cc-2b8a-4fbe-a88a-0e309db12ca0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:24:36.400" UserId="7324" Text="Did you take a look over here?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.directadmin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=137288" />
  <row Id="34079" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19093" RevisionGUID="c157299a-521f-4336-a654-7c34a82a272e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:28:28.153" UserId="846" Text="Two thoughts ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1- Learn to use Group Policy.  Not just for this task, but for your career.  You can control settings **and** you can control access to make changes.  The local admin can change the settings unless access is restricted, at which point domain admin trumps local admin (as Kara eloquently put it).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2- I suspect the firewall is blocking the incoming connections which you are trying to use to turn off the firewall.  Put another way .. if the firewall is set to block incoming connections, you won't be able to connect to execute a command and disable it!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34080" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19084" RevisionGUID="d1b50fac-2f9b-49b1-a579-ab7e06e5143a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:29:43.957" UserId="7929" Comment="edited body" Text="An IT guy at work remoted into and installed SQL Server 2008 Developer on my terminal, and at first everything seemed to be set up correctly. However, when I go into the Management Studio, I can't connect. I know that it's finding the server correctly, but my windows account credentials haven't been added as an admin it seems. This seems to me to imply that when Mr. IT Guy installed it, he accidentally left his network account as the sole admin. Am I deducing this correctly?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I &lt;i&gt;do&lt;/i&gt; have admin privelages on this computer (in Windows, not in the sql server installation apparently), and the server is installed locally, so it would seem that I should be able to override anything he did and set up my account as admin on the server. Is this possible? Or will he have to remote in and change the account permissions himself?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;-Robert&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. This is &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; the same issue as &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/11745/i-cannot-connect-to-my-local-sql-server-2008&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;. Mine actually finds the server, but gives me &quot;Login failed for user [my username]. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 18456).&quot;" />
  <row Id="34081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19094" RevisionGUID="35b3015c-1441-4b39-9505-196bef96e19c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:32:16.370" UserId="715" Text="I have a server with a mapped drive on it (maps to a directory on another server across the network).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also have an application that writes a file to the mapped drive (regularly scheduled, but monitored by e-mail).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Periodically a router in between the first server and the second server gets rebooted (either due to maintenance or as part of a weekly reboot schedule - it gets rebooted whether it needs it or not).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I have an Explorer window open and connected to the mapped drive during this reboot, the mapped drive becomes inaccessible. If I don't everything carries on tickety-bo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why? And is there something I can do about it?" />
  <row Id="34082" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19094" RevisionGUID="35b3015c-1441-4b39-9505-196bef96e19c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:32:16.370" UserId="715" Text="Mapped drive inaccessible after router reboot" />
  <row Id="34083" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19094" RevisionGUID="35b3015c-1441-4b39-9505-196bef96e19c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:32:16.370" UserId="715" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;unc&gt;&lt;mappeddrive&gt;" />
  <row Id="34084" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19095" RevisionGUID="1bc6f265-7463-418d-a8cd-785a148a0b9d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:32:52.873" UserId="7938" Text="It could be that he did the proper thing and revoked rights to the BUILTIN\ADMINISTRATORS group.  However, the right thing to do is in fact causing you issues.  I suggest you have him remote back in and grant your login SystemAdmin role rights if that is what you should have. He could also reinstate those same rights to the BUILTIN\ADMINISTRATORS group as well, but that is not recommended." />
  <row Id="34085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19096" RevisionGUID="360bcd7c-aa5f-43a4-aaff-852fb5168975" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:33:07.803" UserId="4733" Text="I cant believe only two mentions of VLC.  It plays anything you can throw at it!" />
  <row Id="34086" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19096" RevisionGUID="360bcd7c-aa5f-43a4-aaff-852fb5168975" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:33:07.803" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34087" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19097" RevisionGUID="bd49ecc8-ec22-4e34-988a-2756fb952d84" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:36:08.793" UserId="3038" Text="From what I remember, single-quotes is how PowerShell designates something as 'do not parse'. so...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might want to do something like this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $username=$args[0]&#xD;&#xA;    $passwd=$args[1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Move-IMAPMailboxToExchange [all that jazz]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a way to firmly declare the variables within the context of the script. If you're having trouble constructing the -sourceidentity and -targetidentity variables, you may want to pre-construct them before putting them on the move-imaptoexchange command...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $sourceident=&quot;$username&quot;+'@srcmail.dom.ain'&#xD;&#xA;    $targeditent=&quot;$username&quot;+'@tgtmail.dom.ain'" />
  <row Id="34088" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19098" RevisionGUID="709ec0bb-fa6c-4e34-b0bc-da8f280cdce7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:36:23.850" UserId="1545" Text="When I click on a *.json or *.patch file in Firefox, it asks me what external application I want to view it in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I don't *want* to use an external application. It's plain text -- I just want to view it in-browser.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There doesn't seem to be anything in the UI for this." />
  <row Id="34089" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19098" RevisionGUID="709ec0bb-fa6c-4e34-b0bc-da8f280cdce7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:36:23.850" UserId="1545" Text="How can I get Firefox to display MIME types in-browser?" />
  <row Id="34090" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19098" RevisionGUID="709ec0bb-fa6c-4e34-b0bc-da8f280cdce7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:36:23.850" UserId="1545" Text="&lt;firefox&gt;" />
  <row Id="34091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19099" RevisionGUID="f77b6879-3aa5-449f-b087-1eae60d98ed7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:37:32.987" UserId="7935" Text="Probably because the TCP connection was broken after the router reboot, so the SMB connection that underlies the mapped drive needs to be reestablished.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the router is rebooted on a regular schedule, you could always create a scheduled task on the first server that runs a simple batch file which deletes and then reestablishes the drive mapping after the reboot..." />
  <row Id="34092" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19100" RevisionGUID="04010d39-2278-4f5c-920b-8b38c2e9dd79" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:39:22.547" UserId="1054" Text="There's no way for the scheduled task to copy to the share if the network connection goes down (ie- your only route to the remote server goes away).  The data isn't going to get there with no route.  Are you sure the scheduled task is running during one of these reboot times?" />
  <row Id="34093" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18343" RevisionGUID="5b02d64d-a228-4ff9-b5c2-13843dcdf22d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:40:01.970" UserId="7705" />
  <row Id="34094" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18343" RevisionGUID="5b02d64d-a228-4ff9-b5c2-13843dcdf22d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:40:01.970" UserId="7705" Comment="added 50 characters in body" Text="I was going to attempt samba over ssh, any better ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&#xD;&#xA;My mom has been bugging me to do some offsite backing up of here files, she currently uses norton ghost.  I have a VPS that I use for some other stuff and I figured that I could just setup a FTP server and let norton connect to that for some offsite backing up action.  But for some unknown reason, norton doesnt handle sftp or ftps, so I have to figure out how to automatically mount a linux drive on windows or get norton working with sftp.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for all your help guys (girls?)!" />
  <row Id="34095" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19101" RevisionGUID="68f46cb2-9068-405a-a933-1ac5516a9108" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:40:31.983" UserId="4084" Text="The swap is also used to store dumps after kernel panic.&#xD;&#xA;If you're interested by analysing these dumps and don't have specified another dump destination, your swap should be at least as big as your RAM." />
  <row Id="34096" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19102" RevisionGUID="a59abc4c-b600-474a-a31b-238677fe8ddd" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:40:47.083" UserId="7056" Text="If you expect your system to be able to hibernate and then resume successfully :-) , it's probably better to allocate more space for the swap partition than the amount of physical RAM" />
  <row Id="34097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19103" RevisionGUID="58275bee-ae21-41a5-814b-e04299f5ae31" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:42:04.447" UserId="5745" Text="The most recent amusing mishap was a colleague installing a new Solaris 10 zone. The first time he'd randomly selected the swap device and the zone installed and ran quite happily. The second time he picked the device that happened to be the root drive...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The box didn't come up again. Oh, and it was a production system." />
  <row Id="34098" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19103" RevisionGUID="58275bee-ae21-41a5-814b-e04299f5ae31" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:42:04.447" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34099" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19104" RevisionGUID="f7c12245-d809-42d1-9f23-54efb996a7dd" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:42:06.160" UserId="3925" Text="Where I work we have a seriously good IT department, every year they get together from every office around Europe and have a 'restore fest' onto rented servers in a datacentre, effectively simulating what would happen if staff came to work one day and found the office had burnt down during the night.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Get the big boss involved, remind him that if disaster struck, he'd be out of a bonus that year (or worse!) and so maybe it would be prudent to organise a similar disaster recovery exercise. It shouldn't take long or cost much - admins get sent away with their offsite backup tapes and told to bring up an identical office environment from them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then sit back and watch IT get better - once management realise that the company data is dangerously close to being permanently lost, sparks will fly (from the rockets that will be strategically placed in said admins)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19105" RevisionGUID="70d5d1c0-d69f-4dd9-99a4-2d7aadd6ba42" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:43:06.377" UserId="7938" Text="I have to agree with Brent and Gail (and to some extent Rob.)  PASS over Tech Ed.  I've found the DBA Track to be suffering the past couple years at Tech Ed.  Furthermore, PASS is specific to SQL, this year it incorporates the MS BI Summit, and the atmosphere is much more conducive to asking questions and interactions with the speaker talent.  Networking is an important part of conferences and PASS is no exception.  However the talent and session list specifically this year compared to Tech Ed is vastly superior IMHO.  Compare the session listings and speaker talent and then make the decision based upon your findings if the cost is not an issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If cost is an issue then go with the PASS Summit CDs as Rob mentioned." />
  <row Id="34101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19106" RevisionGUID="1bc31090-1e48-48a3-a15c-626c1bfc24c5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:45:56.170" UserId="4408" Text="The Unix which statement is very useful in determening which path is used for program run from the command line, and it would be very helpful to have something similar in windows." />
  <row Id="34102" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19106" RevisionGUID="1bc31090-1e48-48a3-a15c-626c1bfc24c5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:45:56.170" UserId="4408" Text="Is there a Windows equivilant to the Unix/Linux which statement?" />
  <row Id="34103" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19106" RevisionGUID="1bc31090-1e48-48a3-a15c-626c1bfc24c5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:45:56.170" UserId="4408" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="34104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19107" RevisionGUID="d3b5091e-a2ba-4a16-943f-0f2250e37967" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:46:59.320" UserId="3235" Text="It looks like SonicWall might not yet be supporting IE8 for SSL VPN access.   Even if it is released which I don't think it is, your VPN might not have the newest version installed on it yet. Article 2 here: [SonicWall Support][1]  Also it could be a SSL expiration issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:  http://www.sonicwall.com/us/support/kb.asp?kbsk=+XTSAC.cab+ie8" />
  <row Id="34105" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19108" RevisionGUID="29a6fea0-039a-4e1a-a997-06239eef8679" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:47:27.930" UserId="5745" Text="I love RoundCube and use it with Gmail Apps, but it does seem to do some odd things with folders. I've had it created and copy folders too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Waiting for a production release might be better.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34106" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19109" RevisionGUID="1fce6e15-b624-4b08-bd57-49a0c10a8137" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:49:20.297" UserId="7936" Text="It actually boils down to 2 factors:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Certified Hardware Support Commercial&#xD;&#xA; - Support is available&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think there's much more to it. It's neither better nor worse than other distros. RH just happens to provide support which is what you want (or better need) in an enterprise environment." />
  <row Id="34107" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19110" RevisionGUID="f9eaae4e-ec7b-4ad3-97d1-5c6092032106" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:51:01.260" UserId="4733" Text="Lately I have had to use:  net use \\servername /d&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It kills permissions to specified resources.  " />
  <row Id="34108" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19110" RevisionGUID="f9eaae4e-ec7b-4ad3-97d1-5c6092032106" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:51:01.260" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19111" RevisionGUID="79d36c30-a4b4-4950-b781-7b138800ca45" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:51:31.727" UserId="613" Text="You've got it backwards - in X, the server is the _display_ and the client is the _software_.  So one machine can only act as a display server for itself.  Doing otherwise requires something like vnc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other implication of this, however, is that X software can be launched on a remote machine and have their display be local... the easy way is to first launch an xterm from the remote and then start up all the remote programs from there, like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    local$ ssh -X remote xterm&#xD;&#xA;    [ xterm pops up with a remote$ prompt ]&#xD;&#xA;    remote$ firefox&#xD;&#xA;    [ firefox pops up, display is on local, but it's running on remote ]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since the xterm is already using your local machine as its display, they all will do so as well.  Of course that could be shortcutted as&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    local$ ssh -X remote firefox&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19112" RevisionGUID="7e4b1d0a-90d0-469f-a775-71dfac0f53aa" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:51:57.703" UserId="3925" Text="Why not use a WMI script, run using cscript.exe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ' taken from&#xD;&#xA;    ' http://www.activexperts.com/activmonitor/windowsmanagement/adminscripts/registry/&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' computer name we want to modify (&quot;.&quot; for local, &quot;pcname&quot; for remote pc, no &quot;\\&quot; needed)&#xD;&#xA;    strComputer = &quot;.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' leave these constants&#xD;&#xA;    const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &amp;H80000002&#xD;&#xA;    Set StdOut = WScript.StdOut&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' connect to the registry on the specified computer&#xD;&#xA;    Set oReg=GetObject(&quot;winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\&quot; &amp;_ &#xD;&#xA;    strComputer &amp; &quot;\root\default:StdRegProv&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    StdOut.WriteLine &quot;Changing Registry on &quot; &amp; strComputer&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' registry key we want to modify &#xD;&#xA;    strKeyPath = &quot;SOFTWARE\MyCompany\&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' create a new key.&#xD;&#xA;    ' strKeyPath = &quot;SOFTWARE\MyCompany\New registry folder&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    ' oReg.CreateKey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,strKeyPath&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' write a string value&#xD;&#xA;    strValueName = &quot;String Value Name&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    strValue = &quot;string value&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,strKeyPath,strValueName,strValue&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' write a integer value&#xD;&#xA;    strValueName = &quot;DWORD Value Name&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    dwValue = 82&#xD;&#xA;    oReg.SetDWORDValue HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,strKeyPath,strValueName,dwValue&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34111" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19107" RevisionGUID="f6501573-11f9-4096-a82c-29102125063b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:52:54.470" UserId="3235" Comment="Fixed links." Text="It looks like SonicWall might not yet be supporting IE8 for SSL VPN access.   Even if it is released which I don't think it is, your VPN might not have the newest version installed on it yet. This KB article here: [IE8 Support][1]  Also it could be a SSL expiration issue ala this KB article [SSL Issue KB article][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:  https://www.fuzeqna.com/sonicwallkb/consumer/kbdetail.asp?kbid=6506&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://www.fuzeqna.com/sonicwallkb/consumer/kbdetail.asp?kbid=6705" />
  <row Id="34112" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19113" RevisionGUID="1af5878a-b7a2-4355-bbf3-e9c9c85b701a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:53:28.917" UserId="1736" Text="Nope, no native equivalent.  Can't even get command completion with `^F` in a `cmd /f:on` shell, more's the pity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can always install a Windows port of a Unix shell environment to get `which`, of course." />
  <row Id="34113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19114" RevisionGUID="ecb501d6-df68-4a27-a1d5-fe1449861c47" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:53:57.823" UserId="5745" Text="Assuming that you want your users to have the full feature-set, I'd give them Entourage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mail/Calender/Addressbook might well be able to talk to Exchange with Snow Leopard, but that doesn't mean you'll get the full functionality. Personally, I find Entourage lacking compared to Outlook, let alone the Apple apps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using OSX in the workplace I ditched the Apple tools pretty quickly. They just lack the features needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if they are used to Outlook, Entourage will be a much smoother transition." />
  <row Id="34114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19115" RevisionGUID="3fbfd8b7-5a62-4ad3-807f-22e6b392e73d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:54:51.237" UserId="2600" Text="+1 to what netlinxman said -- either an internal DNS server (harder) or entries in each machines host file (easy) is probably the way to go.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, if these on Windows machines then turning on WINS should allow the machines to find each other.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/windowsnetworkin1/g/bldef_wins.htm" />
  <row Id="34115" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19116" RevisionGUID="d4eb655f-62f1-47a5-a6e0-5a886446834d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:55:30.627" UserId="7944" Text="(originally posted on stackoverflow -- someone suggested I drop the question over here)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have any experience in upgrading individual chunks of the XAMPP LAMP stack without installing an upgrade from XAMPP?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have several production servers which require an update to the openssl lib but the upgrade from XAMPP would take us into newer versions of MySQL and PHP which we haven't tested against yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise, I would look for some sage wisdom from anyone who might have decided to forego XAMPP and build/maintain their own LAMP stack.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34116" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19116" RevisionGUID="d4eb655f-62f1-47a5-a6e0-5a886446834d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:55:30.627" UserId="7944" Text="Upgrading individual libraries within LAMPP (specifically, openssl)" />
  <row Id="34117" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19116" RevisionGUID="d4eb655f-62f1-47a5-a6e0-5a886446834d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:55:30.627" UserId="7944" Text="&lt;lamp&gt;&lt;xampp&gt;&lt;openssl&gt;" />
  <row Id="34118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19117" RevisionGUID="9525902b-162c-453a-8f3e-231008d615d3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:55:48.257" UserId="5799" Text="Save this to a file named `which.cmd`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    @for %%e in (%PATHEXT%) do @for %%i in (%1%%e) do @if NOT &quot;%%~$PATH:i&quot;==&quot;&quot; echo %%~$PATH:i&#xD;&#xA;    @for %%i in (%1) do @if NOT &quot;%%~$PATH:i&quot;==&quot;&quot; echo %%~$PATH:i&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or download [UnxUtils](http://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils) - they have lightweight native ports of the most common tools." />
  <row Id="34119" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19118" RevisionGUID="853fca10-6d74-4bf9-abb1-08e0b427ecb7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:57:27.830" UserId="1565" Text="I was part of a small company, and sometimes we had to bring down our Exchange server to perform maintenance.  The majority of mail during the downtime would get redelivered in a timely manner, but sometimes important emails would take days to finally get redelivered.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way for another server to accept the incoming email and then pass it along after the maintenance window is over?" />
  <row Id="34120" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19118" RevisionGUID="853fca10-6d74-4bf9-abb1-08e0b427ecb7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:57:27.830" UserId="1565" Text="receiving mail during Exchange maintenance?" />
  <row Id="34121" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19118" RevisionGUID="853fca10-6d74-4bf9-abb1-08e0b427ecb7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:57:27.830" UserId="1565" Text="&lt;maintenance&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;smtp&gt;" />
  <row Id="34122" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19119" RevisionGUID="d6f71f0d-1a6e-46a5-909f-8d632d3e45dc" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:57:28.610" UserId="5745" Text="System Preferences -&gt; Keyboard &amp; Mouse&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is tab that allows you to confirm all keymappings both globally and within specific apps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I'm on my PC at work so I can't be more specific, sorry. But, I do know you can do it there." />
  <row Id="34123" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19120" RevisionGUID="e3110f3a-b30c-458d-b7fe-0d38d3f1a9a9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:57:52.883" UserId="3174" Text="In Internet Properties- &gt; Security, you need to add the site to the Local Intranet zone.  We have a line added by GPO that looks like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;file://*.example.com&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;" />
  <row Id="34124" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19121" RevisionGUID="f189f281-b999-43f5-8282-937b5041cbfe" CreationDate="2009-06-03T19:59:48.950" UserId="7935" Text="A word of warning - DO NOT install SNMP on a SQL Server without taking down the SQL server for maintenance first. Installing SNMP will force SQL Server to exit memory, which will be ungood for uptime and your personal reputation. We had some issues with this when we rolled out SNMP in our environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Evan's comment above is also correct in that the only way to roll out Microsoft SNMP is through sysocmgr. There is no MSI to install it. If you want to remote install it you can use psexec (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx)..." />
  <row Id="34125" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19122" RevisionGUID="d29cfd51-51c0-4788-a88c-2bfc09bc4971" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:01:00.337" UserId="7200" Text="Absolutely. You're looking for a secondary MX (mail exchange) service. There are a variety of companies that and provide such a service. I like DynDNS.com's &quot;Backup MX&quot; service myself, but there are many companies who can provide such a service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could provide such a service yourself with a secondary mailserver on-site, but if you don't have redundant Internet connectivity to your office it probably makes sense to get this service from a third-party anyway (so that your email doesn't &quot;go nowhere&quot; if your Internet connection fails)." />
  <row Id="34126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19123" RevisionGUID="f6975d00-edcb-4868-bd9a-424e2403571d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:01:26.327" UserId="1810" Text="What you can do is either provide a backup MX record pointing to some front end smtp server (I used to do that with a linux box with exim) which is configured to redeliver your mail to the exchange server, or -why not- have that box in front permanently (as your public smtp server). The lightest servers will do really, so that solution should be in reach of any kind of organization." />
  <row Id="34127" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19124" RevisionGUID="2a92c001-2629-4b57-a3cf-60197e3bf927" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:01:56.980" UserId="7936" Text="I'd either simply create a tool that regularly fetches all mails in the defined POP3 accounts, or even better yet (IMHO) fetch it on an event basis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By event basis I mean something like: You have a website that lists the emails retrieved. Whenever this site is loaded a background task is fired off that fetches unseen mails from the mailbox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course it actually depends on what your system looks like. It's hard to say without actually knowing application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, you'd probably better ask this on [http://stackoverflow.com][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com" />
  <row Id="34128" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19125" RevisionGUID="52957abd-6b4b-4c5f-98b6-39c54aa94fd6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:02:54.683" UserId="2629" Text="Don't you just hate it when your password explodes, letting the [magic smoke][1] out of your server, and setting [lp0 ablaze][2]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In all seriousness, the number of places a person needs a username and password is increasing dramatically.  It looks like [OpenID][3] won't be solving the problem in the near future, and [Single Sign-On][4] seems more like a goal than a reality internally, even disregarding the great big net out there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just came from a meeting wherein I was told that we've paid for access to several external sites, and want to lower the bar and increase the likelihood that staff (and students) will make use of these resources.  Those speaking felt that our top five- to ten-percent of users might make use of the sites, but if we could provide a way to log people in to the sites (and give them a launching-off page) that the uptake might increase dramatically (and that we could save tech support money but not having to help people when they forget their passwords.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are you doing about this problem in your organization?  Are there any sensible approaches?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_smoke&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lp0_on_fire&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://openid.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_sign-on" />
  <row Id="34129" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19125" RevisionGUID="52957abd-6b4b-4c5f-98b6-39c54aa94fd6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:02:54.683" UserId="2629" Text="Alleviating the Password Explosion Problem" />
  <row Id="34130" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19125" RevisionGUID="52957abd-6b4b-4c5f-98b6-39c54aa94fd6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:02:54.683" UserId="2629" Text="&lt;password&gt;&lt;single-sign-on&gt;&lt;openid&gt;" />
  <row Id="34131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19126" RevisionGUID="f03aa9f6-e73c-49e7-91f6-21f0cde6409c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:03:09.067" UserId="7619" Text="Here's an add-on that might help: [&quot;Open in browser&quot;][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And here's a KB article that also might help, [&quot;MimeTypes&quot;][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8207&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://kb.mozillazine.org/MimeTypes.rdf" />
  <row Id="34132" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19115" RevisionGUID="9290cde5-aade-4406-8227-680ad379506a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:04:02.250" UserId="2600" Comment="added 256 characters in body" Text="+1 to what netlinxman said -- either an internal DNS server (harder) or entries in each machines host file (easy) is probably the way to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, if these on Windows machines then turning on WINS should allow them to find each other.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/windowsnetworkin1/g/bldef_wins.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The page for the 2640B version of this product does say that it supports DDNS, but this is for inbound access from the internet. http://www.d-link.com/products/resource.asp?pid=567&amp;rid=2167&amp;sec=0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;d-link TV vido explaining DDNS:  http://www.dlinktv.com/?vid=72" />
  <row Id="34133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19127" RevisionGUID="ddeb0e99-a1c9-4a6d-9b60-9a91e7f2cc24" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:05:52.557" UserId="6342" Text="I am using CentOS 5 with Plesk 9 (64-bit), I am running a site where users will be uploading pictures.  With a 64 bit os, are there any limits to how many files I can store?  All I care about is performance, and serving up the files.  I'd prefer not to have 4 directories deep of scattered files.  However, I am hoping, that at some point I could have 200-300 thousand images." />
  <row Id="34134" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19127" RevisionGUID="ddeb0e99-a1c9-4a6d-9b60-9a91e7f2cc24" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:05:52.557" UserId="6342" Text="Storing files in a directory... are there limits?" />
  <row Id="34135" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19127" RevisionGUID="ddeb0e99-a1c9-4a6d-9b60-9a91e7f2cc24" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:05:52.557" UserId="6342" Text="&lt;directory&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;limitations&gt;" />
  <row Id="34136" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19107" RevisionGUID="0e2bbe11-7110-4eb1-bdfb-ad9a1af3a68a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:06:46.783" UserId="3235" Comment="More complete answer." Text="The answer to if it's safe depends highly on if you've got a SonicWall VPN.  If you don't know who your VPN vendor is you should find out.  If it is SonicWall then the following are probably useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It looks like SonicWall might not yet be supporting IE8 for SSL VPN access.   Even if it is released which I don't think it is, your VPN might not have the newest version installed on it yet. This KB article here: [IE8 Support][1]  Also it could be a SSL expiration issue ala this KB article [SSL Issue KB article][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:  https://www.fuzeqna.com/sonicwallkb/consumer/kbdetail.asp?kbid=6506&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://www.fuzeqna.com/sonicwallkb/consumer/kbdetail.asp?kbid=6705" />
  <row Id="34137" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19128" RevisionGUID="21e25473-b298-4648-b0ee-f1a711a3093e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:07:34.580" UserId="5745" Text="Runbox are pretty efficient. I've used them for a number of years in addition to Google apps, and I've always found them to be more available, much quicker at resolving issues (never been down), and you get free webhosting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've found it to be worth the price.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I like the way Google Apps works, but I've found it to be a bit too non-standard in many ways, although, free is free for basic use, I'd rather pay and have guaranteed support." />
  <row Id="34138" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19117" RevisionGUID="f35ac8fb-0370-4a7e-9bef-f27d08fa1ac0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:08:17.263" UserId="5799" Comment="Suggest Services For Unix" Text="Save this to a file named `which.cmd`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    @for %%e in (%PATHEXT%) do @for %%i in (%1%%e) do @if NOT &quot;%%~$PATH:i&quot;==&quot;&quot; echo %%~$PATH:i&#xD;&#xA;    @for %%i in (%1) do @if NOT &quot;%%~$PATH:i&quot;==&quot;&quot; echo %%~$PATH:i&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or download [UnxUtils](http://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils) - they have lightweight native ports of the most common tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or if you don't care about lightweightness, install Microsoft [Services For Unix](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=896c9688-601b-44f1-81a4-02878ff11778&amp;DisplayLang=en). Yes, it has Microsoft Vi." />
  <row Id="34139" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19129" RevisionGUID="4ee3996a-3d15-4761-a860-6157df523030" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:08:41.130" UserId="3038" Text="Having a backup MX record and server is the way to handle this one. Other comments on this topic cover that well. One thing we've run into is that you have to have the same quality of spam-checker in front of your backup MX server, as spammers frequently specifically use backup MX servers under the assumption that their anti-spam is not as effective. " />
  <row Id="34140" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19130" RevisionGUID="099e8fb5-0583-4217-a7b2-db32e97409bb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:09:12.660" UserId="3528" Text="[Procmon][1] might be your best solution here as it is able to log what processes are using what files.  Even if the file isn't showing up in openfiles procmon will log who opened it.  Antivirus software is the usual culprit in these cases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx" />
  <row Id="34141" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19131" RevisionGUID="8d27834e-61fa-4c54-8fbf-3944a4964dbb" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:09:25.653" UserId="7942" Text="Besides the marquee features (ZFS, Zones, DTrace) people mentioned above, (Open)Solaris also has great observability and management tools. Some things that I like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - prstat - sort of like top but can view tons of stats based on per-process or per thread including breakdown of CPU time by many different categories (sleeping, locks, waiting on CPU, etc)&#xD;&#xA; - coreadm - easily administer how core files are named and managed&#xD;&#xA; - plockstat - view userland lock statistics for a process&#xD;&#xA; - lockstat - view kernel locks&#xD;&#xA; - FMA - fault management architecture handles HW failures well and has good reporting&#xD;&#xA; - privileges - hand out &quot;bite sized&quot; pieces of root privileges to accounts that need it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, the new 2009.06 OpenSolaris release has:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Excellent network virtualization support (vanity interface naming, virtual NICs, easy rate limiting)&#xD;&#xA; - Multi-protocol (iSCSI, FC) storage target support&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing that has long frustrated me with Solaris is the antiquated packaging/patching system.  This is being fixed in OpensSolaris with a new package management system.  I think there is still some work to do, but it is coming along fairly well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19132" RevisionGUID="903d3f6c-101a-45ef-8add-ab36e1aceaff" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:09:31.053" UserId="7946" Text="2 Parter... &#xD;&#xA; 1. We need to setup a trusted site on the server that will apply to all users who rdp into the server. I am look for a way to do this more systematically then require each user to set it up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. I have set up remoteapp, and according to all the documentation that i have found, the application should be able to span/move across a dual monitor setup. I found that the rdp file should include desktop span:i:1, which it does. The application comes across fine but when trying to move to secondary display the app just disappears.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34143" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19132" RevisionGUID="903d3f6c-101a-45ef-8add-ab36e1aceaff" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:09:31.053" UserId="7946" Text="Win Server 2008" />
  <row Id="34144" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19132" RevisionGUID="903d3f6c-101a-45ef-8add-ab36e1aceaff" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:09:31.053" UserId="7946" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;remoteapp&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;dual-monitor&gt;" />
  <row Id="34145" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19133" RevisionGUID="150678ab-f68e-4cd2-8cf2-98080027186a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:09:48.367" UserId="4117" Text="Kerberos gets you 90% there.  Then you've got to get your browsers passing kerberos tokens to internal websites (look in about:config on Mozilla variants, search for &quot;nego&quot; to see the preferences).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After that, RADIUS-type authentication for the things that require passwords, or LDAP." />
  <row Id="34146" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19134" RevisionGUID="c342d024-4cae-4bf4-8738-6b492f8e1236" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:10:47.507" UserId="7938" Text="It can probably be assumed that your &quot;optimizations&quot; include index rebuilds.  Only performing these tasks on a weekly basis may be acceptable on a database that does not encounter a great deal of updates and inserts, however if your data is highly fluid you may want to do a couple of things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Rebuild or reorganize your indexes nightly if your schedule permits and if the impact is acceptable. When performing these nightly index maintenance tasks target only those indexes that are fragmented beyond say 30% for rebuilds and in the range of 15-30% for reorgs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. These tasks are logged transactions, so if you're concerned about log growth then I would advocate what Paul recommended.  Final transaction log backup prior to index maintenance, switch to Simple recovery, followed by the maintenance process and then switch back to Full recovery followed by a Full data backup should do the trick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I take a zen-like approach to my log files: they are the size they want to be.  So long as they've not endured abberant growth due to poor backup practices in comparison to database activity that is the mantra I live by.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for scripts that perform the discretionary index maintenance look online:  there are a ton out there.  Andrew Kelly published a decent one in SQL Magazine about a year ago.  SQLServerPedia has some scripts from Michelle Ufford, and the latest issue of SQL Magazine (July 2009 I believe) has a full article on the topic as well.  Point is to find one that works well for you and make it your own with minimal customizations." />
  <row Id="34147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19135" RevisionGUID="2863659b-2be9-4b5f-8e06-bdfd20ba8375" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:11:44.933" UserId="3038" Text="This depends greatly on the filesystem you use. Certain older versions of ext3 were attrocious with this, which is how the btrees came about. Reiser is a lot more performant with large numbers of files such as that. In older days I've had a Novell NSS directory on a NetWare server with 250,000, 4kb files in it due to a GroupWise flub and it worked just fine. Enumerating the directory sucked a lot, but accessing a specific file in that directory worked as fast as you'd hope. As this was 8 years ago, I must presume modern Linux filesystems can handle that with aplomb. " />
  <row Id="34148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19136" RevisionGUID="50211e9b-c1ce-4ea8-aeae-be3d56a14924" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:12:07.880" UserId="7200" Text="It depends on the filesystem you're using, not the 64-bit'ness of the operating system. With every filesystem, there's going to be some point at which the big-O costs of the algorithm used to search the directory are going to get the better of the computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can break the file hierarchy up into even just a two (2) tier hierarchy you'll see better long-term scalability." />
  <row Id="34149" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19137" RevisionGUID="049e0859-0be0-48f5-9e3a-6db7fd3083fa" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:13:22.557" UserId="4117" Text="Instead of POP (if you go that route), use IMAP(S).  That way you can leave things on the server &quot;read&quot; once they've been acted on." />
  <row Id="34150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19138" RevisionGUID="efd936e9-7a47-4f8c-af82-3dcc8055810c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:14:19.653" UserId="7936" Text="Besides the stuff that is mentioned you should use some kind of monitoring tool (Nagios or whatever floats your boat) to alert you of updates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as how often goes: As soon as there's an update available!" />
  <row Id="34151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19139" RevisionGUID="6f166366-2090-4e9b-8556-32c344c7ac06" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:14:22.837" UserId="3235" Text="While VPN is secure it offers something FTP doesn't.  Security. FTP passes data in the clear.  So if this data is in any way important or private FTP is not a good way to move it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could try WebDAV which runs on in conjunction with IIS (like FTP) and would allow access remotely at internet speeds, and can use SSL encryption.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34152" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19084" RevisionGUID="1b7ba7c2-3cb8-480a-b5d2-b74389c71611" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:14:36.703" UserId="7929" Comment="added 231 characters in body" Text="An IT guy at work remoted into and installed SQL Server 2008 Developer on my terminal, and at first everything seemed to be set up correctly. However, when I go into the Management Studio, I can't connect. I know that it's finding the server correctly, but my windows account credentials haven't been added as an admin it seems. This seems to me to imply that when Mr. IT Guy installed it, he accidentally left his network account as the sole admin. Am I deducing this correctly?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I &lt;i&gt;do&lt;/i&gt; have admin privelages on this computer (in Windows, not in the sql server installation apparently), and the server is installed locally, so it would seem that I should be able to override anything he did and set up my account as admin on the server. Is this possible? Or will he have to remote in and change the account permissions himself?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;-Robert&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. This is &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; the same issue as &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/11745/i-cannot-connect-to-my-local-sql-server-2008&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;. Mine actually finds the server, but gives me &quot;Login failed for user [my username]. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 18456).&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;Update: The IT guy got back to me and told me it was on his end and fixed it (I believe without even remoting in somehow). Either way, it was not anything I was doing, which was my main question. Thanks for the response!&lt;/b&gt;" />
  <row Id="34153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19140" RevisionGUID="488c3006-a529-41a7-919c-d26ec91513f7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:15:12.663" UserId="3038" Text="We're making extensive use of the Central Authentication Service (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Authentication_Service&quot;&gt;wikipedia entry&lt;/a&gt;). It has plug-ins for a lot of things, and we've managed to use it for services that have separate identity information per-user. I *believe* it can also be used for services where there is a generic login to a site." />
  <row Id="34154" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19141" RevisionGUID="4b11ddc4-5b79-46dd-8098-8e3a5e17e282" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:16:20.023" UserId="5745" Text="UNIX/Linux/OSX&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having had to use quite a few different distro's in different versions I'm never quite sure which tool is the current front-end of choice, or how well it interacts with the underlying config files. In quite a few cases I've had to remove the GUI-created file and rewrite a new one by hand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know how the CLI tools work, largely the same across linux/unix systems, and the syntax of the files they are using. That doesn't change between systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, working as a vendor for a while I got used to being told to sit down at a machine and use it, never knowing which OS it was, or which version. I've even been told completely the wrong OS from time to time (Solaris not Linux; HP-UX not Solaris, etc). Knowing the standard CLI tools means I can work on any Unix machine. Sadly that often means vi not Emacs for those wanting a religious war, but vi has been on *every* unix/linux machine I've ever used." />
  <row Id="34155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19142" RevisionGUID="0c63d8eb-c741-4b13-829f-a079f2181ba5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:19:26.990" UserId="613" Text="Sounds to me like denyhosts is checking one file for its lists of hosts being denied (/etc/hosts.deny maybe?) but writing out newly denied hosts to /etc/hosts.deniedssh ; since they're not the same, it never 'realizes' that they've already been added so it keeps re-adding them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How did you get it to write to /etc/hosts.deniedssh?" />
  <row Id="34156" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19143" RevisionGUID="3167d9cb-8ce3-497f-86c8-3607b85ec7c8" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:19:43.027" UserId="7936" Text="Most default configurations of ext3 have a limit **32K subdirectories per directory** (can't rememeber the actual number now but we ran into just that issue a couple of weeks ago System was Debian/Etch at that time).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Might also hit you in some applications that use a lot of caching." />
  <row Id="34157" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="15469" RevisionGUID="d8a9bbfa-dd5a-409d-867e-638bc88ba76e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:20:15.117" UserId="1803" />
  <row Id="34158" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18680" RevisionGUID="13343d72-06ea-4fa3-8989-36498aae170e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:20:34.633" UserId="2348" Comment="improved" Text="In case you need to allow external users to your server you should use Windows Server 2008 (2003) External Connector (EC) license, as [described here][1], and this covers both scenarios you mentioned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However **you cannot use** this license with Small Business Server and it seems there is not similar license for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please note: Additional licensing fees might apply if you plan to use Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 or SQL Server 2005/2008 as database backend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/external-connectors.aspx" />
  <row Id="34159" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19144" RevisionGUID="941d1184-a0f5-4832-b2d0-e4c2a8dbdef5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:21:16.940" UserId="4621" Text="If the installation was done according to the best practices, then the answer from Tim Ford is the correct answer." />
  <row Id="34160" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="19127" RevisionGUID="a2d2a16b-7167-42c5-b99c-e1e8148127f3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:21:27.643" UserId="3038" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;directory&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;limitations&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;" />
  <row Id="34161" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19145" RevisionGUID="7cfe76f9-5f0c-42d9-a272-4ca0ff6b7732" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:21:29.437" UserId="6031" Text="File systems in Linux store directory in basically two ways:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. As a flat list of files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. As a data structure (usually a B+Tree or related data structure).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The former gets progressively slower as files are added. The latter does not. Note that ls might still take forever since it has to lookup the inodes of all those files, the directory entries only contains the filename and inode number.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ext3 directories are flat lists, with an option for a hashed tree index to speed things up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;XFS uses B+Trees.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But for either of these file systems, if you do an ls -l, it'll need to hit as many inodes as there are files. For name lookups (when opening a file for example) B+Tree and things like that will be much faster for large directories.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A hierarchy of directories makes it easier to manage the files however and so you might want to consider that possibility. Even a single layer of directories with, say, 4000 files limit each, would make things much easier to manage." />
  <row Id="34162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19146" RevisionGUID="0a5d39ac-7062-411b-85cc-f51e4080c5e0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:22:06.860" UserId="7935" Text="You don't even need to go through that trouble. Right click on the computer account in Active Directory Users and Computers, then chose Reset Account. Badaboom!" />
  <row Id="34163" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19147" RevisionGUID="37f3f36e-e4f9-4d8c-960f-9867448cfee8" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:24:39.133" UserId="7342" Text="We just use Debian/Ubuntu for our servers. No security update will cause you to upgrade a software version; everything is backported into the current stable release. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to upgrade a particular component, it's fairly easy to rebuild a particular package for an older release and there are normally very few complications from doing that." />
  <row Id="34164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19148" RevisionGUID="cce593a1-1b78-4cc0-8cc3-876ad4fe41ca" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:24:44.907" UserId="5745" Text="I hate to say it, but you might be overestimating your knowledge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've found in the enterprise that each environment has pretty strict rules on what is used, how each server is configured etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I initially learnt by setting up all sorts of servers, etc in my own time, but rapidly found that gave too much freedom. Enterprise environments are configured to minimise damage, more than they are to implement interesting or useful features. Administration at a higher level is about providing a known, defined solution to a business requirement that is exact in its scope. At a lower level it is about implementing it, which is frequently closer to what you'd expect to be monkey work, as everything should be predefined.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As useful as it is to get to know your way around a distro at home, you'll want to proper time in a proper environment. See if you can find a local LUG where you can talk to senior professionals and learn. Find out about their environments, procedures, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I've found that being able to get apache running really isn't worth much, as it just isn't that hard. The key is in scoping the installation to the requirement, and getting the service exactly as necessary, with no more and no less in place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Renaud's suggestions above are excellent learning points too, I just think that knowing the functionality is just a small part of the puzzle, and understanding the business drivers is much more important." />
  <row Id="34168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19150" RevisionGUID="3064022a-d51d-41d7-a3d7-568d0487b339" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:26:14.247" UserId="7936" Text="SSH Port forwarding.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Putty provides a nifty interface and distribution could be done with some ini files. The problem would be that&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - you have to forward a couple of ports (ok not that much of a problem)&#xD;&#xA; - Connections to the SMB share would look like coming from localhost (being the SMB server itself)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course that would also be just some kind of VPN." />
  <row Id="34169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19151" RevisionGUID="d375e67b-ec73-4249-8d4f-68aaf2a2ae02" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:26:28.240" UserId="7445" Text="Hi!&#xD;&#xA;I'm currently in the process of retiring an old Windows Server 2000 box from a client's network. The server has been rebooting spontaneously for about a month, and is generally old, so they wanted a new server. I've managed to move out all the stuff that was on it, now only the Domain Controller role remains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I'm unable to demote the DC because of an error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I do &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    dcpromo /demote&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the process runs up 'till a point where LSASS.exe suddenly crashes with an &quot;exception 128&quot; and I'm offered a chance to debug (server has VS2005 :)) - only as we all know from the days of the Sasser-worm, when LSASS.exe crashes, it restarts the computer after a minute!&#xD;&#xA;Add the extreeeeemly slow general operation of the server, and you need a large bucket of patience to keep going..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also tried&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dcpromo /forceremoval&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;with the same result as above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried a couple of suggestions I found online:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Memory is failing, remove RAM bank by bank. (did that, same result)&#xD;&#xA; - KB MS has fixed this in Service Pack 4 (it's already installed, but I guess I _could_ reinstall it..)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm tempted to just turn the server off and then do a metadata cleanup from one of the other DC's. That would be like giving up, and I don't like that. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So anyone seen this and maybe fixed it?" />
  <row Id="34170" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19151" RevisionGUID="d375e67b-ec73-4249-8d4f-68aaf2a2ae02" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:26:28.240" UserId="7445" Text="Windows 2000 Server dcpromo /demote fails.." />
  <row Id="34171" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19151" RevisionGUID="d375e67b-ec73-4249-8d4f-68aaf2a2ae02" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:26:28.240" UserId="7445" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;windows-server-2000&gt;" />
  <row Id="34172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19152" RevisionGUID="0a5d9087-ad76-4cbb-9703-7f12c8db2e8b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:28:56.957" UserId="3235" Text="WebDAV with SSL? So you're using HTTPS.  It would improve security a bit, while changing very little for your userbase." />
  <row Id="34173" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="19151" RevisionGUID="c1df5373-941c-4449-9609-200ccc30aa4b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:31:19.633" UserId="3657" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;windows-server-2000&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="34174" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19132" RevisionGUID="629ae543-9201-4c29-8f4d-2d924158c554" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:31:35.703" UserId="1054" Comment="fix formatting" Text="2 Parter... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. We need to setup a trusted site on the server that will apply to all users who rdp into the server. I am look for a way to do this more systematically then require each user to set it up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. I have set up remoteapp, and according to all the documentation that i have found, the application should be able to span/move across a dual monitor setup. I found that the rdp file should include desktop span:i:1, which it does. The application comes across fine but when trying to move to secondary display the app just disappears.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34175" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19153" RevisionGUID="28628ea6-3bd4-42aa-9491-8f0a02161d40" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:31:52.863" UserId="5745" Text="Having a secondary connection into the machine you're working on can be handy in case you kill your primary session, or do something silly that locks it up... heavy processing etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That way you still have access into the machine and can kill your primary session.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of the above comments refer to rm, but I've done some stupid things with other commands too...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ifconfig to take down the network - ouch, that requires physical presence to fix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for scripting I generally work in two windows. The first I use to write the script, the second to test out each line as I write it. Going slowly and carefully I can make sure that every line works as I expect as I write the code, taking care to maintain the same variables, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I don't find the extra prompts for things like rm -i really help. I make most of my mistakes when v. tired, stressed etc, which are the times when I'll just be banging out y and ignoring the prompt anyway. Bad practice perhaps." />
  <row Id="34176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19154" RevisionGUID="da090592-8594-4bbc-9a22-e622f280c8c3" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:32:15.530" UserId="2503" Text="RAID is worth the trouble when you have a battery-backed controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For server applications which frequently fdatasync() log files (which is not uncommon in databases) for durability, you'll end up writing the same blocks over and over again. This will kill IO performance if you don't have a battery backed controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you DO have a battery backed controller, many of the writes won't even reach the discs, instead just staying in memory until they're replaced by another write. This is a Good Thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The redundancy is a bonus but not essential, as important things should be redundant at a system level." />
  <row Id="34177" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19043" RevisionGUID="27acaca4-ad6c-408d-87dd-66fd2d50e8b2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:33:26.917" UserId="6901" Comment="Typo" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This question is in two parts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# Shape&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I limit the bandwidth on a ASA5510 to less than 10Mbps?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently I have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    policy-map shape_policy&#xD;&#xA;    class class-default&#xD;&#xA;     shape average 9000000 36096&#xD;&#xA;    !&#xD;&#xA;    service-policy shape_policy interface outside&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But when I look at the traffic on the outside interface it seems it sometimes busts the 10Mbps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# Police&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, is it possible to limit the bandwidth taken by each users on the ASA? I've tried something like that (although it is not running at the moment):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    police input 3000000 51200 conform-action transmit exceed-action drop&#xD;&#xA;    police output 3000000 51200 conform-action transmit exceed-action drop&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it the way to go or is there a better way?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19155" RevisionGUID="ed044afe-7a19-4b0f-9f46-e620f6c6f073" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:33:49.863" UserId="6031" Text="Read Maurice J. Bach's book. It's not Linuc related. It's not even modern. It's the best overall &quot;this is how UNIX works&quot; book I've read. Back when it was current, it was a pretty good book on how UNIX was actually implemented. By now it actually does a nice job of explaining how and why UNIX works the way it does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The book assumes you can understand some C.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Design of the UNIX Operating System (Maurice J. Bach, Prentice Hall PTR; 1986)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have the hardcover, I've read it a few times, and I loan it to each of my friend who's ever wanted to get a deep understanding of Linux/UNIX. As the publisher puts it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the first, and still, the most comprehensive book to describe the sophisticated workings of the UNIX System V kernel--the internal algorithms, the structures that form the basis of the UNIX operating system, and their relationship to the programming interface. System programmers will gain a better understanding of how the kernel works and will be able to compare algorithms used in the UNIX system to algorithms used in other operating systems. Programmers on UNIX systems will gain a deeper understanding of how their programs interact with the system and can thereby code more efficient programs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's face it, after a while a good Sys Admin has got to have a good grasp of how a system is put together and how to interact with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next after this in term of usefulness might be TCP/IP Illustrated vol. 1. Not to fully understand, but to know how networking works at a sufficiently low-level." />
  <row Id="34179" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19156" RevisionGUID="2044380f-93a3-480e-8098-83e4c1a02d0e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:33:55.700" UserId="984" Text="The worst case solution would be to simply give up, and manually remove the computer from the domain as if it has failed.  It really isn't worth trying to debbug.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216498&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.petri.co.il/delete_failed_dcs_from_ad.htm" />
  <row Id="34180" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18490" RevisionGUID="3807f4a5-11f6-4183-b8bc-282d985fc4dc" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:34:25.057" UserId="7593" Comment="Even more clarification" Text="Would it help to speed up a developer workstation to put in a second drive and set up a windows software RAID-1 or RAID-0 (i.e. disk mirroring / striping)? In theory the system could distribute it's reads over both drives, giving almost twice the performance in the best case. But how much does it help in practice? Any numbers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am especially interested in your experience with startup times of application servers and if there is a significant speedup of software builds, and on performance when the build / server is running in background.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Clarification: I am not talking about production servers - I'm just wondering whether this would be a cheap way to speed up the compile-deploy-test cycle when developing an application. Data safety is not the point - that's what backups are for.)" />
  <row Id="34181" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="18490" RevisionGUID="3807f4a5-11f6-4183-b8bc-282d985fc4dc" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:34:25.057" UserId="7593" Comment="Even more clarification" Text="Windows Software RAID-0 or 1 as speedup of a developer workstation?" />
  <row Id="34182" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19157" RevisionGUID="b6178da4-d96c-47b7-b13d-2f91cd3db05b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:34:35.713" UserId="2304" Text="http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing+file+types&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you open the preferences windows and go to the Applications tab, you should be able to find the content type (application/json) and change its action to &quot;Use Firefox&quot;" />
  <row Id="34183" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19085" RevisionGUID="fb3307e4-74ee-4051-b443-04a68e594017" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:34:43.137" UserId="7934" Comment="added 28 characters in body" Text="You should be able to define a function or script file around your cmdlet, like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        function migrate-user&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;     param($username,$password)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Move-IMAPMailboxToExchange -SourcePassword $password -allowunsecureconnection -sourceLoginId $username -sourceserver 'source.ser.ver' -sourceidentity &quot;$username`@mail.dom.ain&quot; targetclientaccessserver 'client.access.ser.ver' -targetidentity &quot;$username`@mail.dom.ain&quot; -verbose&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    }" />
  <row Id="34186" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19159" RevisionGUID="8034ea42-5827-43b6-9e8e-6c60413b2093" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:37:58.013" UserId="5778" Text="Consider _not_ using ext3, certainly.&#xD;&#xA;http://kernelnewbies.org/Ext4#head-97cbed179e6bcc48e47e645e06b95205ea832a68  (shows new features in ext4)&#xD;&#xA;might be a helpful kicking off point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would say have a look at how squid organises its cache too (multiple layers of directories) as many files in one directory may prove tough to maintain. Long lists (generally) suck." />
  <row Id="34187" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19160" RevisionGUID="70558ee1-cb93-454c-b045-12d95c80cc0c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:39:11.943" UserId="5391" Text="We have a need to obtain local numbers throughout the U.S. and worldwide terminated at our US headquarters.  It looks like this service is only available when using Voice over IP due to regulations on the PSTN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone recommend **VoIP aggregator or wholesale** services which might provide this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We would probably need 1000 to 10,000 numbers and be handling about 500,000 minutes a month (i.e. please don't recommend Skype)." />
  <row Id="34188" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19160" RevisionGUID="70558ee1-cb93-454c-b045-12d95c80cc0c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:39:11.943" UserId="5391" Text="Obtaining local telephone numbers in the U.S. and worldwide over VoIP/SIP" />
  <row Id="34189" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19160" RevisionGUID="70558ee1-cb93-454c-b045-12d95c80cc0c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:39:11.943" UserId="5391" Text="&lt;telecom&gt;&lt;voip&gt;&lt;sip&gt;" />
  <row Id="34190" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19161" RevisionGUID="10e3cd16-8f92-4cda-a0cd-a3433d1a9659" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:39:30.600" UserId="613" Text="As Matt_Simmons so lucidly explained, ntbackup won't do output to stdout, so trying to use it is doomed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;gpg, however, *will* do the right thing if you use (unix convention) '-' as the file to input.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So now you need a way to gather files that includes 'the ability to easily select and exclude individual files', which tar totally fits the bill for (see the -T and -X flags). Modern versions will even do compression as well, via -z (gzip) and -j (bzip) flags.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And of course you can tie them together with a pipe:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tar -cjf - /dir/to/backup -X .mp3 | gpg --encrypt - --output &quot;encrypted_backup.enc&quot;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34191" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19162" RevisionGUID="73077329-2023-46ef-8ad8-dd7fdeaca126" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:39:52.987" UserId="7936" Text="In short: You need to update every application by itself&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not even Firefox and Thunderbird share certificates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately Linux has no central place to store/manage SSL-certificates. Windows does have such a place but in the end you end up with the same problem (Firefox/Thunderbird won't use the Windows provided API to determine validity of an SSL cert)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd go with something like puppet/cfengine on each of the hosts and place the needed root certificates on all the clients with the mechanisms those tools provide." />
  <row Id="34192" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19155" RevisionGUID="830c4d99-abcd-4837-8ed1-f0bcd530e012" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:40:19.320" UserId="6031" Comment="edited body" Text="Read Maurice J. Bach's book. It's not Linux related. It's not even modern. It's the best overall &quot;this is how UNIX works&quot; book I've read. Back when it was current, it was a pretty good book on how UNIX was actually implemented. By now it actually does a nice job of explaining how and why UNIX works the way it does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The book assumes you can understand some C.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Design of the UNIX Operating System (Maurice J. Bach, Prentice Hall PTR; 1986)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have the hardcover, I've read it a few times, and I loan it to each of my friend who's ever wanted to get a deep understanding of Linux/UNIX. As the publisher puts it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the first, and still, the most comprehensive book to describe the sophisticated workings of the UNIX System V kernel--the internal algorithms, the structures that form the basis of the UNIX operating system, and their relationship to the programming interface. System programmers will gain a better understanding of how the kernel works and will be able to compare algorithms used in the UNIX system to algorithms used in other operating systems. Programmers on UNIX systems will gain a deeper understanding of how their programs interact with the system and can thereby code more efficient programs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's face it, after a while a good Sys Admin has got to have a good grasp of how a system is put together and how to interact with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next after this in term of usefulness might be TCP/IP Illustrated vol. 1. Not to fully understand, but to know how networking works at a sufficiently low-level." />
  <row Id="34193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19163" RevisionGUID="018e842c-2c8c-45aa-948a-1453dbf63fca" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:41:44.670" UserId="6125" Text="ext3 filesystems have htrees for big directories by default on most distros.  do a `tune2fs -l /dev/sda1` (or whatever blockdevice you're using) and check the &quot;Filesystem features:&quot; line.  if there's a &quot;dir_index&quot; among them, you're golden.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;note, however, that even the best directory structures can only make it fast to find one specific file.  doing `ls` on a huge directory is going to be terrible, as would be any pattern matching, even if you know it matches a single file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for these reasons, it's usually better to add one or two levels of directories.  usually using some bits of an ID to name the directories." />
  <row Id="34194" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19164" RevisionGUID="96d1d3ad-2789-4a5a-aeb6-b3d219796c7c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:41:48.037" UserId="7949" Text="If you are using ext3 (http:/ /osdir.com/ml/user-groups.linux.tclug/2005-01/msg00221.html), I found this quote (http:/ /llistes.bulma.net/pipermail/bulmailing/Week-of-Mon-20061016/078892.html) (warning: spanish speaking site)&#xD;&#xA;&quot;There is a limit of 32k&#xD;&#xA;(32768) subdirectories in a single directory, a limitation likely of&#xD;&#xA;only academic interest, as many people don't even have that many files&#xD;&#xA;(though huge mail servers may need to keep that in mind).  The ext2&#xD;&#xA;inode specification allows for over 100 trillion files to reside in a&#xD;&#xA;single directory&quot;&#xD;&#xA;Further reading (http:/ /llistes.bulma.net/pipermail/bulmailing/Week-of-Mon-20061016/078898.html) showed that ext3 *doesn't* have a 32K limitation, which can be empirically proven with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    a=0; i=1; while [ $a == 0 ]; do touch $i; a=$?; let i++; done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but it *does have* a 32K folder limit for folder, which can be tested with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    a=0; i=1; while [ $a == 0 ]; do mkdir $i; a=$?; let i++; done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This unfounded claim (http:/ /ask.metafilter.com/56152/Too-many-files) says that &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  ReiserFS has no trouble at all with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hundreds of thousands of files in a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; single directory. flabdablet - February 1, 2007&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This question (http:/ /stackoverflow.com/questions/478633/whats-the-maxium-number-of-files-a-unix-folder-can-hold) from sister site stackoverflow.com could help too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Someone with rep can make the hyperlinks work? Just registered and can't post more than one link per answer)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34195" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="19043" RevisionGUID="ed3e9fd2-cfd0-4f15-be3f-2afe393a3bba" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:42:24.573" UserId="2600" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;asa&gt;&lt;shape&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;cisco&gt;" />
  <row Id="34196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19165" RevisionGUID="6716208c-3af8-422f-8bf2-b8c729fb7ee0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:43:45.943" UserId="984" Text="&gt; We need to setup a trusted site on the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server that will apply to all users&#xD;&#xA;&gt; who rdp into the server. I am look for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a way to do this more systematically&#xD;&#xA;&gt; then require each user to set it up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One way to do this would be to build a login script that updates the registry.  They key you are looking for is at:  (see [kb182569][1])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\Domains&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is easy enough to script this with a visual basic script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Option Explicit&#xD;&#xA;    Dim oShell&#xD;&#xA;    Set oShell = WScript.CreateObject(&quot;WScript.Shell&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    oShell.RegWrite &quot;HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\Domains\example.org&quot;,&quot;2&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/182569" />
  <row Id="34197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19166" RevisionGUID="6ad618c1-3cea-461d-bd5a-0df50f6e713a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:45:14.910" UserId="1584" Text="Like Zoredache said, you should really split this into 2 questions.  That said, Group Policy is your solution for the first question.  Specifically **User Configuration - Policies - Windows Settings - Internet Explorer Maintenance - Security Zones and Content Ratings**.  Using this policy basically allows you to import the settings of the Security and Privacy settings on your local machine and apply them to computers who get the policy.  Trusted Sites is in the Security section.  Keep in mind, this will overwrite whatever settings are there already." />
  <row Id="34198" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19132" RevisionGUID="e320b4e4-d9b1-4b87-a05b-3496fab55170" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:46:56.797" UserId="7946" Comment="seperate questions" Text="&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We need to setup a trusted site on the server that will apply to all users who rdp into the server. I am look for a way to do this more systematically then require each user to set it up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34199" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="19132" RevisionGUID="e320b4e4-d9b1-4b87-a05b-3496fab55170" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:46:56.797" UserId="7946" Comment="seperate questions" Text="Win Server 2008 Trusted sites" />
  <row Id="34200" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="19132" RevisionGUID="e320b4e4-d9b1-4b87-a05b-3496fab55170" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:46:56.797" UserId="7946" Comment="seperate questions" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="34201" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19167" RevisionGUID="9cfc005e-0c8b-4ec1-ae69-732e78aa1eb4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:47:36.187" UserId="640" Text="We use [Prescient][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.comtech21.com/" />
  <row Id="34202" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19168" RevisionGUID="91ae6095-9822-4686-a422-d21290dbe2a6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:48:02.473" UserId="7946" Text="I have set up remoteapp, and according to all the documentation that i have found, the application should be able to span/move across a dual monitor setup. I found that the rdp file should include desktop span:i:1, which it does. The application comes across fine but when trying to move to secondary display the app just disappears.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="34203" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19168" RevisionGUID="91ae6095-9822-4686-a422-d21290dbe2a6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:48:02.473" UserId="7946" Text="Server 2008 Remote Apps" />
  <row Id="34204" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19168" RevisionGUID="91ae6095-9822-4686-a422-d21290dbe2a6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:48:02.473" UserId="7946" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;remoteapp&gt;&lt;dual-monitor&gt;" />
  <row Id="34205" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18490" RevisionGUID="b78dff1e-f80f-41d0-83ac-58c5ae6bdbae" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:48:14.857" UserId="7593" Comment="added 14 characters in body" Text="Would it help to speed up a developer workstation to put in a second drive and set up a windows software RAID-1 or RAID-0 (i.e. disk mirroring / striping)? In theory the system could distribute it's reads over both drives, giving almost twice the performance in the best case. But how much does it help in practice? Any numbers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am especially interested in your experience with startup times of application servers and if there is a significant speedup of software builds, and on performance when the build / server is running in background.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CLARIFICATION: I am not talking about production servers - I'm just wondering whether this would be a cheap way to speed up the compile-deploy-test cycle when developing an application. Data safety is not important in this context - that's what backups are for." />
  <row Id="34207" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19169" RevisionGUID="3cdde824-ae99-450b-aeec-dadd138d80d1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:49:48.957" UserId="7324" Text="I would add the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  Tunnelier&#xD;&#xA;2.  KeePass" />
  <row Id="34208" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19169" RevisionGUID="3cdde824-ae99-450b-aeec-dadd138d80d1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:49:48.957" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34209" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19170" RevisionGUID="b7d0624d-0e3e-4036-bbdb-c8fb4c68b04d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:50:09.533" UserId="4621" Text="As has been said, the easy part of the answer is a secondary MX pointer.  The hard parts are generally how many (it depends) and where to host any secondary SMTP servers.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are located in an area which is prone to Internet outages or your hosting provider is prone to outages (still happens), then arranging for secondary SMTP hosting at a stable location is &quot;A good thing to do&quot;tm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you only have one Internet link, then moving up your provider chain to the most stable provider (generally your service provider) would be the best action.  This also allows for email store-and-forward when your site is offline due to issues beyond your control, (Nature, utilities, construction, etc.).  Availability and cost vary by provider, but the service is generally a negotiable item.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the secondary SMTP host is configured to accept all mail and only forward to you, then the issue of SPAM and Virus checking becomes a single point, but this is rarely the case and you would need to have this as part of your secondary agreement so your domain is not flagged as promoting due to inaction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Multiple Internet providers allow a much more interesting set of solutions to this question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19171" RevisionGUID="ccb45815-3aef-4265-a7fe-973f5eec9928" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:53:11.727" UserId="530" Text="I have a nightly sp_updatestats on a production database, which seems to work fine, except for one particular stored proc that experience performance issues after the update.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The dev team is currently working on fixing the proc (some new indexes and some reorganization of the query that I've recommended), but currently the only workaround is to do an&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    UPDATE STATISTICS [SuperGiantTable]&#xD;&#xA;    WITH FULLSCAN&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, the question is, can I force the sp_ updatestats to do the &quot;with fullscan&quot; option? Do I *want* to? If not, then I'll probably just add this above UPDATE STATISTICS command to run immediately after the sp_updatestats.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQL 2000, btw." />
  <row Id="34211" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19171" RevisionGUID="ccb45815-3aef-4265-a7fe-973f5eec9928" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:53:11.727" UserId="530" Text="Update Statistics actually decreases performance?" />
  <row Id="34212" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19171" RevisionGUID="ccb45815-3aef-4265-a7fe-973f5eec9928" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:53:11.727" UserId="530" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2000&gt;&lt;indexes&gt;" />
  <row Id="34213" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19172" RevisionGUID="d78faa5f-3029-4177-97d3-ff0ad0c51923" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:54:11.960" UserId="7324" Text="Along the same lines as Prescient you could also check out companies such as Kall8 (http://www.kall8.com).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm going to guess that with the volume you're talking about you'll probably want to talk to someone fairly high up the food chain and cut a deal." />
  <row Id="34214" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19173" RevisionGUID="58096696-27a3-4452-bc99-8cef6fa77f9f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:57:58.660" UserId="7723" Text="Clonezilla Live, Knoppix and Trinity Rescue Kit are great for larger usb drives.&#xD;&#xA;I edit the syslinux.cfg file so all 3 are bootable." />
  <row Id="34215" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19173" RevisionGUID="58096696-27a3-4452-bc99-8cef6fa77f9f" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:57:58.660" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34216" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19174" RevisionGUID="7c2e6d5c-523a-47d1-9721-6fe849500345" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:59:45.757" UserId="5391" Text="Unless you are dealing with a [point-to-point][1] circuit or [MPLS][2] connection between your branch offices, simply adding QoS to your SonicWall or other VPN/Firewall device won't be enough.  If your SonicWall's are using public internet connections, they will have no control over the inbound data received for the WAN and outbound QoS will be stripped off once it hits your ISP's router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In fact, added any QoS policies to inbound traffic can cause more network conjestion.  Consider a SMB packet which has traversed your bandwidth limited download link and reaches the SonicWall.  The SonicWall sees that this is Windows file sharing, which is low priority, and drops or delays the packet due to higher priority VoIP that is also being received.  Well, the sending client gets the TCP retransmission and has to send that SMB packet again which increases the overall bandwidth usage on your link than if the packet had been allowed in the first place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess my suggestion to increase VoIP quality is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Utilize MPLS to connect to your branch offices which will honor your QoS policies.&#xD;&#xA; 2. When using the public Internet for VPN's, use links which are dedicated to VPN traffic only (so when Bob in accounting downloads 100MB of family photos from Flickr it won't affect VPN traffic).&#xD;&#xA; 3. If you combine internet and VPN traffic on one connection do **not** set QoS on inbound/ingress traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-to-point_(telecommunications)&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiprotocol_Label_Switching" />
  <row Id="34217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19175" RevisionGUID="0ef7a88b-d451-4ff9-b759-34b49b30533e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T20:59:46.067" UserId="7324" Text="Its going to depend somewhat on what filesystem you're using on your Linux server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming you're using ext3 with dir_index, you should be able to search large directories quite fast so speed shouldn't be much of a problem.  Listings (obviously) will take longer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the max number of files you can put in the directory, I'm pretty sure you can work reliably up to 32,000 files.  I'm not sure I'd want to exceed that (even though you probably can)." />
  <row Id="34218" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19176" RevisionGUID="6741e405-f9fe-4777-b921-eccabeb56575" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:01:08.310" UserId="5920" Text="There is any way to limit usage on folders with quota on Windows 2003 Server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know it's possible for volumes, but it's possible for folders?" />
  <row Id="34219" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19176" RevisionGUID="6741e405-f9fe-4777-b921-eccabeb56575" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:01:08.310" UserId="5920" Text="How to activate quota for users on folders?" />
  <row Id="34220" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19176" RevisionGUID="6741e405-f9fe-4777-b921-eccabeb56575" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:01:08.310" UserId="5920" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;quota&gt;" />
  <row Id="34221" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19177" RevisionGUID="bb9e0d69-e5f1-4fd9-bda9-082f629fb12e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:01:37.077" UserId="1047" Text="I'd like to allow directory browsing for logged in users but prevent it for anonymous users. Is there a way to do this using .htaccess?" />
  <row Id="34222" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19177" RevisionGUID="bb9e0d69-e5f1-4fd9-bda9-082f629fb12e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:01:37.077" UserId="1047" Text="How do I prevent directory browsing for all but valid users in .htaccess?" />
  <row Id="34223" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19177" RevisionGUID="bb9e0d69-e5f1-4fd9-bda9-082f629fb12e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:01:37.077" UserId="1047" Text="&lt;.htaccess&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="34224" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="18512" RevisionGUID="69fdfdbc-6554-4ac4-a75b-26e8d709e9ae" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:01:59.900" UserId="6558" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;routing&gt;&lt;wan&gt;" />
  <row Id="34225" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19178" RevisionGUID="8326d7ee-1cd2-4d08-87ec-e4ef587f274e" CreationDate="2009-01-01T22:03:14.447" Text="&lt;p&gt;I'm kinda clueless when it comes to the hardware end of things, I have a dedicated server from rackspace that runs me about $200 a month. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I host about 15 sites or so(mostly brochure-ware/php stuff) and this setup has served me well for the last few years but lately it's been bogged down a bit (recently started developing/hosting a few rails and merb apps with a few more on the way).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is should this setup be acceptable by upgrading the ram, or is it a relic that I should upgrade(if so, to what)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's my current setup&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;FreeBSD&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Transfer-Based-Bandwidth: 30GB&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hard Drive: 20GB EIDE&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hard Drive: 80GB EIDE&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Memory: 512MB DDR RAM&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Processor: Single AMD Athlon XP 2000+ 1.67 GHz&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for any input/suggestions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34226" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19178" RevisionGUID="8326d7ee-1cd2-4d08-87ec-e4ef587f274e" CreationDate="2009-01-01T22:03:14.447" Text="Is my server a relic?" />
  <row Id="34227" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19178" RevisionGUID="8326d7ee-1cd2-4d08-87ec-e4ef587f274e" CreationDate="2009-01-01T22:03:14.447" Text="&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;offtopic&gt;&lt;not-programming-related&gt;" />
  <row Id="34228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19179" RevisionGUID="79f5e7cf-aa23-4955-8d22-935400f9036e" CreationDate="2009-01-01T22:09:52.140" Text="&lt;p&gt;Sorry but that one deserves to go to the recycle bin. Help the economy and invest, say, $400 for something much better than that...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But seriously, your hardware may be reaching its useful life, mainly your disk drives. If you run a business with it, you should consider upgrading.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19180" RevisionGUID="48150582-8bd8-4c44-8913-2b59fb9328f7" CreationDate="2009-01-01T22:10:22.483" Text="&lt;p&gt;This is not the fastest machine by today's standards, but you could hang with it a little longer with some simple upgrades.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Upgrading the RAM would be first priority, since it is one of the most limited resources in a shared environment (and you have very little). After that, getting a fast hard drive to replace your ancient 20GB one (and possibly also the 80GB HD, since it should be pretty old too) would offer you much better throughput and lower latency which is critical for IO intensive operations. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quite likely the older hard-drives are near the end of their lifespan and are operating at much less then their optimal speeds (which wasn't too spectacular to begin with).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe with those two relatively cheap upgrades you can go on for another year or two if you're hosting only small sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I should mention though that I have a dedicated box on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theplanet.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the planet&lt;/a&gt; with about triple the horse power that your machine has, and it costs only 180$ a month so consider your options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19181" RevisionGUID="2e22fedf-e3cf-4f0b-b3f7-4ee777e905b2" CreationDate="2009-01-01T22:12:06.957" UserId="2250" Text="&lt;p&gt;A five-year-old CPU and 512 MB of memory seems very old given how much you're paying.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know how strenuous your workload is, but I would at least go for a 64-bit dual-core machine with 1 or 2 GB of memory.  Current Ruby implementations are known to be slow, especially the canonical Matz's Ruby Implementation (MRI), so a fast CPU is a priority.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, as Eran Galperin says, replacing the hard drives should also be a priority as the ones you have are likely near failure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might be able to keep the OS and the data on the hard drive, but it might be worth buying a whole new system instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19182" RevisionGUID="b2610532-b8c3-4128-a56d-4cade146a9e0" CreationDate="2009-01-01T22:45:07.513" UserId="1010" Text="&lt;p&gt;For rails, Joyent have some nice deals and very fast virtual machines in a similar price range. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's solaris, which is a bit of a pain for me (more familiar with linux), but it is very fast for rails.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34232" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19183" RevisionGUID="9e90cc07-f650-4e76-a59a-9de48fdd3db4" CreationDate="2009-01-01T22:55:56.573" UserId="18341" Text="&lt;p&gt;My server is soooo old.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;HOW OLD IS IT&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's so old that I went to BestBuy and bought a desktop for $500 that's twice as fast.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34233" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19184" RevisionGUID="d969140f-e899-4f5c-ae20-7f5822a3ec28" CreationDate="2009-01-01T23:49:15.327" Text="&lt;p&gt;You should definitely upgrade the Hard Drives, the problem is not so much storage space as speed and stability, as older Hard Drives are not only slower, but are more prone to failures, especially your 20GB one, which I assume is pretty old. Consider upgrading to SATA drives, for faster speeds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The RAM is rather low, especially if you're starting to run newer technologies on it, consider upgrading to DDR2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most (at least all the commonly used) server apps now support dual core and 64-bit, consider upgrading your CPU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, since prices have dropped recently, it might be more economical to just recycle it and bring in a new (blazing-fast) server.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34234" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19185" RevisionGUID="2bb2b7e1-c473-418b-8a6d-ac6c6885bf63" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:04:36.073" UserId="5920" Text="I think is one of the pain for sysadmins because the users don't take care of this and the y spend and spend and spend disk space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which are policies you mostly apply?" />
  <row Id="34235" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19185" RevisionGUID="2bb2b7e1-c473-418b-8a6d-ac6c6885bf63" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:04:36.073" UserId="5920" Text="How do you limit user disk usage on you company?" />
  <row Id="34236" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19185" RevisionGUID="2bb2b7e1-c473-418b-8a6d-ac6c6885bf63" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:04:36.073" UserId="5920" Text="&lt;disk-usage&gt;&lt;users&gt;" />
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  <row Id="34238" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19186" RevisionGUID="76aff544-d560-4057-a331-3724a657e1ae" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:04:36.307" UserId="7783" Text="This is one of the reasons we &quot;outsourced&quot; our email virus scanning + spam filtering to one of those offsite providers. Not only does this remove what can be an intensive process somewhere else, and save your internet connection bandwidth by not having stuff that you're going to reject out of hand travel over your link, it also means that in the event of an outage any email is queued by them until your server can pick it up. Obviously this costs a bit but depending on how much email you get and how important email is to your business, it might be worth considering.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We used Messagelabs and have since moved to Mimecast, but really there are dozens and dozens of providers out there you could look at." />
  <row Id="34239" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19187" RevisionGUID="4102a2fd-97de-4107-bafb-ba36ccbe1ea0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:05:09.740" UserId="7619" Text="I mean, it's being awfully nice about it and all. Each and every time it seems like it's a graceful shutdown.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows 2003 R2 server. (SP2)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;HP Proliant DL380 G4. (BIOS current as of 2007.)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Xeon dual-core proc (3.2 G)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;4 GB RAM.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Running:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* Altiris NS and management server&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* SQL Server 2000 SE (SP4)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* IIS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;According to the security and system log, a domain _service account_ with local admin privs is rebooting the box, with this entry in the log. (It even gives a _reason_, that nice little account! :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(And not only that, but the only other account that's logged in/connected happens to.. _ahem_, be my admin account.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Event Type:	Information&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Event Source:	Application Popup&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Event Category:	None&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Event ID:	26&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Date:		6/3/2009&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Time:		11:34:48 AM&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;User:		N/A&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Computer:	altiris-server&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Description:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Application popup: System Shutdown : The system is shutting down.  Please save all work in progress and log off.  Any unsaved changes will be lost.  This shutdown was initiated by mydomain\altiris-server-account.  Shutdown will begin in 1 seconds.  Shutdown message: Performing System Maintenance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(WTF? `Performing System Maintenance'? What system maintenance would that be, little service account?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The domain service account, (mydomain/altiris-server-account) is local admin on the box, and running the following Altiris services:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Altiris Client Message Dispatcher&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Altiris Client Task Data Loader&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Altiris Deployment Server Data Manager&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Altiris Deployment Server DB Management&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Altiris eXpress Server&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Altiris NS Receiver&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Altiris Object Host Service&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Altiris PXE Manager&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Altiris Service&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...as well as the following SQL services:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MSSQLSERVER&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;SQLSERVERAGENT&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm completely stymied. No scheduled tasks are performing any obvious reboots, nothing shows in displaying &quot;at&quot; on the local box.. Nothing else appears to be scheduled in an application, other than some Altiris stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34240" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19187" RevisionGUID="4102a2fd-97de-4107-bafb-ba36ccbe1ea0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:05:09.740" UserId="7619" Text="Why on EARTH is my windows 2003 Altiris server rebooting itself, once a day?" />
  <row Id="34241" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19187" RevisionGUID="4102a2fd-97de-4107-bafb-ba36ccbe1ea0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:05:09.740" UserId="7619" Text="&lt;reboot&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;altiris&gt;" />
  <row Id="34242" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19188" RevisionGUID="a4de5ba0-6790-488c-a103-dbe14e33f059" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:05:15.823" UserId="4413" Text="Your choice of tool depends on your hardware platform.  In any case bottlenecks will manifest in one of 3 points in your architecture:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Host&#xD;&#xA; 2. Switch Fabric&#xD;&#xA; 3. Storage Array&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will need a tool (or tools) that have the capability to monitor each of these components.  You might want to adopt a best of breed strategy and use 3 different tools or you might prefer a Lord of the Rings approach and select a single tool &quot;to rule them all.&quot;  Whatever works for you.  Start by contacting your vendor(s) and see which tools are available for your devices.  You should be able to start gathering metrics at each of these points in your I/O chain which will let you identify where you need to be focusing your effort." />
  <row Id="34243" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19189" RevisionGUID="8cb2ec4b-2ee1-4b15-a8ab-9231ce07505e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:05:16.587" UserId="4891" Text="Since it appears that you have already added additional domain controllers and they are operating, you can simply remove the computer from the network.  Based on the fact that it is failing, it should not be re=purposed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this server had any of the operation master roles (if it was the first DC installed it probably does) other DC's need to be promoted to those roles.  Those roles include schema and domain masters.  Be sure that you do the promotion as it could cause trouble if you need to modify the schema (some apps to this such as Exchange) or add additional domains.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19190" RevisionGUID="16563e1b-6615-4c65-9e9b-087158000a3b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:05:30.627" UserId="3925" Text="In a comment to my response to [this question][1] , cop1152 said he loved WMI scripts. Well, so do I!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are your favourite, best, most useful scripts you'd like to share with the community?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/11226/run-a-reg-file-in-a-logon-script-where-regedit-is-disabled/19112#19112" />
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  <row Id="34248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19191" RevisionGUID="080ac41c-26cd-49d7-b222-bca3285b9591" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:05:31.703" UserId="1736" Text="    AuthType Basic&#xD;&#xA;    AuthName &quot;private&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache/passwd/passwords&#xD;&#xA;    Require valid-user" />
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  <row Id="34250" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19164" RevisionGUID="c4621047-c7a9-46d2-b2f4-c133f66412cd" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:06:14.493" UserId="7949" Comment="added a small summary" Text="If you are [using ext3][1], I found [this quote][2] (warning: spanish speaking site)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;There is a limit of 32k (32768)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; subdirectories in a single directory,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a limitation likely of only academic&#xD;&#xA;&gt; interest, as many people don't even&#xD;&#xA;&gt; have that many files (though huge mail&#xD;&#xA;&gt; servers may need to keep that in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; mind).  The ext2 inode specification&#xD;&#xA;&gt; allows for over 100 trillion files to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; reside in a single directory&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Further reading][3] showed that ext3 *doesn't* have a 32K limitation, which can be empirically proven with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    a=0; i=1; while [ $a == 0 ]; do touch $i; a=$?; let i++; done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but it *does have* a 32K folder limit for folder, which can be tested with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    a=0; i=1; while [ $a == 0 ]; do mkdir $i; a=$?; let i++; done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This (unfounded) claim][4] says that &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  ReiserFS has no trouble at all with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hundreds of thousands of files in a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; single directory. flabdablet - February 1, 2007&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This question][5] from sister site stackoverflow.com could help too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - There *is* a limit to the amount of directories,&#xD;&#xA; - You *should* keep your files/directories under 32K, but *can* go a lot further,&#xD;&#xA; - The file system you are using does matter.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://osdir.com/ml/user-groups.linux.tclug/2005-01/msg00221.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://llistes.bulma.net/pipermail/bulmailing/Week-of-Mon-20061016/078892.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://llistes.bulma.net/pipermail/bulmailing/Week-of-Mon-20061016/078898.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://ask.metafilter.com/56152/Too-many-files&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/478633/whats-the-maxium-number-of-files-a-unix-folder-can-hold" />
  <row Id="34251" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19192" RevisionGUID="52e9bd3c-58f1-49d9-b8c1-51c7a06737c1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:07:23.197" UserId="3155" Text="I have setup a RHEL5 server that is running samba &amp; winbind.  I am also using the 'username map' feature to map all my Linux user accounts to their AD user accounts.  The Windows users can map to the Samba share and everything works as it should.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only issue I am having is when the Windows users are coping files to the share the files are set with the AD User account of 'DOMAIN+user' instead of the Linux user 'user group'.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know of a way that when the Windows users add files to the share that the permissions with be for their Linux account and not their AD user account?    Is this even possible?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="34257" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19195" RevisionGUID="544c7611-28c6-48ac-9318-0f94b51af634" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:11:33.953" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34258" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19010" RevisionGUID="ead81a4c-ca60-44f5-8ec1-7dd814fe0a46" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:12:39.007" UserId="7603" Comment="UPDATED WITH SOLUTION" Text="I have an error message getting returned to me from a website which would appear to be something wrong with the Server side. However, this server works for all other sites on the box.  Is there a possibility that I (Developer) am doing something wrong?  I have no idea where to to start to track this down on the server and my sysadmin says everything appears normal:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    The following recipient(s) cannot be reached:&#xD;&#xA;      Customer Service Account on 6/3/2009 11:00 AM&#xD;&#xA;             There was a SMTP communication problem with the&#xD;&#xA;    recipient's email server.  Please&#xD;&#xA;    contact your system administrator.&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;fgdc.myservername.net #5.5.0 smtp;550 Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server is 2003, 64-bit and running Exchange 2003&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Site is Asp.Net C#, using URL Routing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Where would I start to troubleshoot this?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As it turns out, my system administrator traced the problem down to a layer of Spam protection.  Turns out MIMESweeper may be throwing the message away, as it sees the message from our web server farm trying to send an email out with an internal address.  We tested external addresses (gmail, hotmail, etc) and it worked Fine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for all the answers.  As it turns out, the best answer was &quot;Talk to your System Admin&quot; from my perspective... but I thought I'd update the question for anyone out there with something similar." />
  <row Id="34259" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19191" RevisionGUID="dff92be3-4381-4096-81a6-813f6f741b3d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:14:16.460" UserId="1736" Comment="added 113 characters in body; added 67 characters in body; deleted 1 characters in body; added 396 characters in body; added 2 characters in body" Text="    RewriteEngine on&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{REMOTE_USER} =&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}/index.html !-f&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}/index.php !-f&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule .? - [F,L]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll need to chain together as many `index.foo` types as you use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is assuming that by 'logged in user' you mean someone logged in using HTTP BASIC authentication.  If you mean someone logged in to a custom authentication mechanism, you'd need to hook a rewrite map into that, which probably isn't worth the effort; at that point I'd put an `index.foo` in all of my directories that checked for my custom authentication and sent an index or not, depending." />
  <row Id="34260" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="19191" RevisionGUID="0b80b09e-fe95-49bb-ad81-6fe4e9449e76" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:14:20.140" UserId="1736" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1736,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;chaos&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="34261" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19196" RevisionGUID="aefb599f-73a2-4ee5-a937-f131dfaac1fc" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:14:41.030" UserId="2664" Text="So from my understanding, VMWare can let various [VM's have shares, reservations, and limits][1] on how much CPU they get. My question is, how does this actually work on the host server CPU?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, there is a VM Server X, which has a single 1 GHz CPU. Now it is running two VM's A and B. A is given 300 MHz and B is given 700 MHz. How does the base Server X CPU actually share the Hz processing power? Does it time share the CPU much like an OS task thread? Or can it actually split the power concurrently?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://vmzare.wordpress.com/2007/02/27/sharesreservationlimits-cpumemory-resource-settings/" />
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  <row Id="34263" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19196" RevisionGUID="aefb599f-73a2-4ee5-a937-f131dfaac1fc" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:14:41.030" UserId="2664" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;cpu&gt;" />
  <row Id="34264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19197" RevisionGUID="a762428f-50e8-48cf-b51a-9b3793c83bb1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:15:25.193" UserId="7619" Text="We use the default [Microsoft quota system][1] on the file servers, specifically when it comes to home drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other than that, one of our admins down south of us has a tendency to let the users' project spaces fill up, then encourages them to run duplicate finders and large-file/last-accessed programs such as [&quot;Doublekiller&quot;][2], [&quot;Easy Duplicate Finder&quot;][3] and [&quot;JDisk Report&quot;][4], which is one of my personal favorites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another solution we're looking at implmenting is Symantec's [&quot;Enterprise Vault&quot;][5] especially if you're doing disk-disk-tape or have the tape storage available to shuffle files off to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755917(WS.10).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.bigbangenterprises.de/en/doublekiller/download.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.easyduplicatefinder.com/download.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.symantec.com/business/enterprise-vault" />
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  <row Id="34266" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19198" RevisionGUID="5fc18f88-0904-44ca-8cef-b3ac35190b87" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:16:15.363" UserId="7621" Text="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/howto/htaccess.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Explains exactly how to do that.  The Require parameter will be what you want to look at." />
  <row Id="34267" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19199" RevisionGUID="25ff5cf5-8db7-4bad-9104-2ecec0637019" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:16:58.437" UserId="1512" Text="I'm trying to reconfigure a bind record on an Ubuntu 9.04 server so that email is redirected out to gmail  My existing records look like this (not the real ip)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;; MX Records&#xD;&#xA;@	IN	MX	10	mail&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;; Address Records&#xD;&#xA;@	IN	A	70.88.42.67&#xD;&#xA;www	IN	A	70.88.42.67&#xD;&#xA;ftp	IN	A	70.88.42.67&#xD;&#xA;mail	IN	A	70.88.42.67&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Am I correct in thinking that the change that is needed is simply&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;; MX Records&#xD;&#xA;@       IN      MX      10      mail&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;; Address Records&#xD;&#xA;@	IN	A	70.88.42.67&#xD;&#xA;www	IN	A	70.88.42.67&#xD;&#xA;ftp	IN	A	70.88.42.67&#xD;&#xA;mail    IN      CNAME   ghs.google.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm making the changes to the db file held in /var/cache/bind and subsequently going to restart bind to apply them.  Is this sufficient?" />
  <row Id="34268" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19199" RevisionGUID="25ff5cf5-8db7-4bad-9104-2ecec0637019" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:16:58.437" UserId="1512" Text="Configure DNS to forward email to google " />
  <row Id="34269" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19199" RevisionGUID="25ff5cf5-8db7-4bad-9104-2ecec0637019" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:16:58.437" UserId="1512" Text="&lt;bind&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;gmail&gt;" />
  <row Id="34270" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19200" RevisionGUID="0904216c-f300-4900-98a9-54551a2f880d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:18:46.340" UserId="5391" Text="You cannot reference a CNAME record in your MX record. You will need to obtain the correct MX entry from Google." />
  <row Id="34271" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19201" RevisionGUID="6c59eef5-b1f6-423d-a9ac-04a89dc1e8aa" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:18:57.073" UserId="6031" Text="One thing with dedicated servers is that they start you out with crappy hardware... And then they let you for it for as long as it lives. That's how they maintain their profits.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your box is about right for 2002.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm currently an iWeb customer for my vanity server... And 69$/month gets me &quot;700GB of bandwidth&quot; (if I can actually use that much with a 10Mb/s throttling) and better specs in all respects (only 1GB ram however).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Talk to your rackspace rep and get them to update you to something more like what they offer new customers. If they won't do that... Migrate elsewhere." />
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  <row Id="34273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19202" RevisionGUID="81acaff7-5277-48b2-ba6e-71eaa09bc66c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:19:03.237" UserId="6177" Text="I love UltraEdit and use it all the time.  I'm still using an older version, 6.00b, but it works fine for everything I need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- It's fast&#xD;&#xA;- It handles large files effortlessly&#xD;&#xA;- It handles and converts unix and dos end of lines&#xD;&#xA;- It has a hex mode so you can look at binary files when you need to&#xD;&#xA;- It has simple column editing&#xD;&#xA;- It has macros that can be recorded easily or edited if you need something more complex&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sure VIM and Notepad++ can do all of these, but I'm used to UltraEdit and have never had any reason to look at the others.  We bought a 20-user license years ago for the company but it's now only used by myself and other admins, so it ends up on our PCs, on many of the servers. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34274" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19202" RevisionGUID="81acaff7-5277-48b2-ba6e-71eaa09bc66c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:19:03.237" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19203" RevisionGUID="9c2f8119-23d1-496a-bb13-93099baee95e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:19:20.677" UserId="3925" Text="$200 for that? I don;t think you should upgrade - I think you should downgrade. Entry level servers are significantly cheaper than that, and yet have much more power.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But then you said Rackspace, and the cost becomes clear... have you tried asking them for a quote for their new entry-level servers? As long as its not too expensive, you can take that offer and move all your apps to it, upgrading the OS at the same time. You might have to pretend to be a new customer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've just loked at their website, and the 'worst' server they offer is a 1212 Opteron, 1Gb RAM and 250 SATA HDD. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34276" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19203" RevisionGUID="9c2f8119-23d1-496a-bb13-93099baee95e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:19:20.677" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34277" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19204" RevisionGUID="223bbb53-c748-4825-a994-a56d011f3eaf" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:19:24.267" UserId="3557" Text="At a very basic level it is time sharing the processor.  This is a little more complex to imagine when you bring in multi-processors and multi-cores and hyperthreading but the basic concept remains the same." />
  <row Id="34278" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19205" RevisionGUID="c085fb87-96b0-429c-bb99-a26c07a8fafa" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:19:48.850" UserId="984" Text="You probably want something like this. (see [link][1])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;		IN	MX	1  	ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.&#xD;&#xA;		IN	MX	5 	ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.&#xD;&#xA;		IN	MX	5	ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.&#xD;&#xA;		IN	MX	10	ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM.&#xD;&#xA;		IN	MX	10	ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM.&#xD;&#xA;		IN	MX	10	ASPMX4.GOOGLEMAIL.COM.&#xD;&#xA;		IN	MX	10	ASPMX5.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure you add that [trailing period][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=33915&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/18113/" />
  <row Id="34280" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19207" RevisionGUID="38f1a736-7a5c-4ae4-a3ee-40287d7d432c" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:21:24.510" UserId="4487" Text="No, quotas are per volume only." />
  <row Id="34281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19208" RevisionGUID="29824fd4-e134-437b-a785-065daed4c9c0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:22:12.077" UserId="4392" Text="I don't know how to do it the way that you're configuring it, but I know that Likewise Open did all of this for me. It makes it extremely easy to add domain users into local groups, and UID/GIDs are a hash, so they're identical across all of my authenticated machines. I can't tell you how amazing it was to finally have it just work. " />
  <row Id="34282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19209" RevisionGUID="ddb7fbdb-e107-448f-a2bf-58ce915ede2e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:22:48.813" UserId="1584" Text="You'll need to move to Windows 2008 Server to get more granular control of your quotas out of the box.  Otherwise, you'll have to look into 3rd party quota solutions." />
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  <row Id="34287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19212" RevisionGUID="953cfbd1-1ddd-42fd-a658-b49545eeaa54" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:26:10.197" UserId="3925" Text="There is the [keepass][1] option. Keepass can open a website, tab to the correct login fields, type in your username and password and press enter all in one easy click. Put a pre-filled keepass DB on a pendrive and give them to your users, they can store their own passwords in there too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It might not be good enough for a web-based login system for thousands of users, but it might make users more comfortable that their passwords are secure (and is still a great solution for individual users).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://keepass.info/" />
  <row Id="34288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19213" RevisionGUID="0431fe7e-7624-481b-8829-30d98fee1dad" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:26:23.610" UserId="1322" Text="How do you pick a domain name?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With all the cyber squatters out there, the name you want is likely to be taken, unless you choose some foreign TLD that costs $20+.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Do you contact domain owners and try to buy them out?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you try to buy recently expired ones like [this][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How do you think up of Web 2.0 names like digg, reddit, twitter, skype, meebo, 37signals? Or simple word combinations like serverfault?&#xD;&#xA; - Would you use other TLDs instead of .com?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2005/03/how-to-snatch-an-expiring-domain" />
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  <row Id="34290" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19213" RevisionGUID="0431fe7e-7624-481b-8829-30d98fee1dad" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:26:23.610" UserId="1322" Text="&lt;domain&gt;" />
  <row Id="34291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19214" RevisionGUID="fa1b94f5-a33c-423c-9b7f-378bfc06a79e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:26:37.870" UserId="6177" Text="We use Frontbridge (oops, sorry, Exchange Hosted Services) to do anti-spam and anti-virus filtering on our incoming mail, and it also queues mail when your server is down.  Here's MS's information page:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.microsoft.com/online/exchange-hosted-services.mspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/online/exchange-hosted-services.mspx" />
  <row Id="34292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19215" RevisionGUID="daf7a13e-f005-4cf8-bcfd-09637a4ceebe" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:28:03.640" UserId="993" Text="This happens in the VMkernel. Check [VMworld 2007 - TA61 VMware Infrastructure 3 - Best Practices for Performance][1] for a good talk on shares, reservations, limits, and performance sharing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: The VMworld site requires registration - and make sure to click the 'view' link instead of the link to the actual session.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmworld.com/community/sessions/2007/" />
  <row Id="34293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19216" RevisionGUID="a1cfc63a-cc34-4d95-969e-061ecd78058a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:29:27.177" UserId="7936" Text="This question can actually only be answered if you tell us where you are located.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I consider the SysAdmin to be the person that is in charge of each and every bit of data, thus carries the largest risk when data is lost/exposed/abused (Even if you won't face legal consequences your boss will come to you and you will have to explain why on earth the data could get out of your company).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I personally make sure that:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - In case it's needed I can access each piece of information (**everything**, after all I'm the standing on the wrong side of the fan when shit hits it)&#xD;&#xA; - I tell this to my boss&#xD;&#xA; - I tell my boss that I won't access anything without permission&#xD;&#xA; - I tell my boss that I will ask for another party to watch me and the requestor if I don't feel comfortable with the data access request&#xD;&#xA; - I want all of the above signed and sealed in a written manner&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other things I make sure:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Hear everything&#xD;&#xA; - See everything&#xD;&#xA; - Talk about nothing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These points aren't about snooping around in files or anything like that, it's just about the regular chatting with colleagues and co-workers and trying to fit together the different pieces.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Talk about nothing nothing means to not participate in the chatting from a certain point, people come to me regularly with requests about lost passwords, files to be restored or other stuff. That could lead back to ceertain opinions about otherwise hard working people, I don't want that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Tell **everyone** about the stuff my boss and I agreed over&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This can be in terms of talking from person to person, company mails or posters with friendly reminders that there's a party in the company that could access all data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These aren't exactly examples of laws colleagues or I stumbled over. But that is the part where &quot;Talk about nothing&quot; comes to play. Sorry to disappoint you with examples." />
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  <row Id="34300" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17764" RevisionGUID="91d0569a-7c0b-4d9a-8534-01444d7d8a86" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:32:52.913" UserId="5920" Comment="added 157 characters in body" Text="We have a MGE U.P.S. (Evolution S 3000) with the ability to send mails when power down occurs. The thing is that the firmware settings doesn't allow to send using smtp accounts requiring password and our system requires it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone knows about any mail-server-tool which allows to do something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. A client (the UPS firmware) connects to this mail-server-tool to send mail without password.&#xD;&#xA; 2. The mail-server-tool sends again the mail through our servers providing smtp passwords.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know it's a very strange behavior but the MPE service says that there is no upgrade to firmware and no way to solve it...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope I explained the issue nicely!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update 1**: The main problem on this is that there is no access to SMTP server, then it s not possible to change the server configuration in this case." />
  <row Id="34301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19218" RevisionGUID="b1ea48ef-325b-45d6-9dbf-85555b9026bf" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:35:04.797" UserId="7324" Text="It really depends...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How many databases?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How big is the database(s)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How much activity?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;sp_updatestats (by default) updates statistics with a default sampling rate. You can try using the resample option, but that will only work if an auto update has not occurred since the last time you updated stats (auto update also uses a default sampling rate).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you rebuild an index, the statistics are updated with a full scan and most people see good performance after an index rebuild. &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Only rare situations people turn off auto stats features.  I would recommend leaving it ON.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have a job that runs at an appropriate interval (which depends on your data modification patterns for each table) and does a manual stats update using full scan or some other high sampling rate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally I would go as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If its a big database &#xD;&#xA;  -- Transaction log backup hourly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  -- Differential backup daily.&#xD;&#xA;  -- Daily defrag.&#xD;&#xA;  -- Daily update stats.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  -- Reindex once a week.&#xD;&#xA;  -- Full backup once a week.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A lot depends on the database and transactions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34302" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19219" RevisionGUID="e392bb91-e16f-43f4-9bfa-18cc977954ba" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:36:56.727" UserId="846" Text="This is one of those areas where my views are contrary to the mainstream.  We do **not** have disk quotas, in fact we encourage users to get data onto the servers and out of file cabinets.  We have been doing this for a while, in preparation for implementing document management.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Disk is inexpensive, and has been for a while.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - None of the alternatives is more palatable to letting home folders and shared folders grow.  If users have disk quotas, they are either going to save data onto their local drives, find other places on the network to hide it, or print it and stick it in their drawers/files.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - We do regularly monitor space and usage, and work with users who are getting out of control.  We can help them archive things to DVD and/or to triage when necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - We take this approach with email as well.  We have an archiving solution (old mail to an archive server) so the disk space on the email server is not out of control.  Only a couple of users are really a concern anyway, and we can work with them." />
  <row Id="34303" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19219" RevisionGUID="e392bb91-e16f-43f4-9bfa-18cc977954ba" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:36:56.727" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34304" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19204" RevisionGUID="838a773c-2268-4c4e-a156-1181cc2a7cb6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:39:01.697" UserId="3557" Comment="more info" Text="At a very basic level it is time sharing the processor.  This is a little more complex to imagine when you bring in multi-processors and multi-cores and hyperthreading but the basic concept remains the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the case because the Guest Machine is actually very similar to an OS thread because the underlying VMWare software is essentially an OS dedicated to hosting Virtual Machines." />
  <row Id="34305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19220" RevisionGUID="daed6358-2579-4b1e-aed1-b677e05bcfbf" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:40:45.767" UserId="2489" Text="The way you ask the question leads me to believe that you are a small startup without a lot of resources.  Given that, I would suggest you use .com unless you're going for something cute like del.ico.us.  Then either do a nonsense word that's easy to pronounce or run several words together like WeWalkDogs.com.  Don't use .tv or .biz or any of the spammish domains.  Good luck!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19221" RevisionGUID="f8d84aa8-1db8-43ad-a5c6-50d69a9a0584" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:41:16.343" UserId="7783" Text="How is this a technical question?" />
  <row Id="34307" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19222" RevisionGUID="39a8cf25-f108-4d5e-988d-3e7adc0a17f2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:55:56.730" Text="&lt;p&gt;I would love to start learning python by setting up a little website, and for that I need hosting. Where should I look for in a hosting provider to be sure I can use python?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT:&#xA;to be complete: I don't want a list of hosting companies, but I want to know what I should look for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course I can take the first host which mentions 'Python' in its specs, but I want to be sure I can really use it, and not only the basic things... Problem is I don't know much about python, so it's difficult to know what I'm looking for...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34308" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19222" RevisionGUID="39a8cf25-f108-4d5e-988d-3e7adc0a17f2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:55:56.730" Text="Python Hosting" />
  <row Id="34309" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19222" RevisionGUID="39a8cf25-f108-4d5e-988d-3e7adc0a17f2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:55:56.730" Text="&lt;python&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="34310" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19223" RevisionGUID="deeee3c8-8ef8-4cf6-ac42-25eba4c30a8b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:57:11.517" Text="&lt;p&gt;Do you have to host it on the internet?  Wouldn't it be easier to do your tests and whatnot on an internal server?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19224" RevisionGUID="5f2d240d-2f73-4662-8b24-6f26ebf72341" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:59:47.520" Text="&lt;p&gt;Most hosting providers have a &lt;strong&gt;list of supported server side technologies&lt;/strong&gt;.  Just look for python on that list.  From what I have seen, most unix providers support python.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19225" RevisionGUID="54e1c5b4-124d-41a9-89b9-7573aec1b794" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:59:52.463" Text="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;nearlyfreespeech&lt;/a&gt; support python and as far as I can find are the cheapest option for a low bandwidth, low web space site.  However they don't support django if you wanted to use that.&#xA;Another low cost option that supports python is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.angryhosting.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;angry hosting&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19226" RevisionGUID="04129d80-33d0-4cce-8264-a4c09fa35ad8" CreationDate="2009-06-03T14:59:57.363" Text="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dreamhost.com/hosting-features.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.dreamhost.com/hosting-features.html&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;Dreamhost is IMO one of the best hosts out there and they support python.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19227" RevisionGUID="5a9586d3-2aa1-41f4-b1b8-2dbe44d3a5c7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:09:52.023" Text="&lt;p&gt;If you're looking for somewhere to host a site using a Python framework - Django, Pylons, Turbogears - you can't go wrong with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.webfaction.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Webfaction&lt;/a&gt; - they specialise in that sort of thing, and have one-click installers for all the major frameworks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't get as much space/bandwidth as you would for the same money with Dreamhost, but for a small site that probably doesn't matter. And you do get &lt;em&gt;excellent&lt;/em&gt; support. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19228" RevisionGUID="25250911-e4b8-4b49-9ffe-2e10592c5c3a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:13:20.003" UserId="4935" Text="&lt;p&gt;Have you considered &lt;a href=&quot;http://code.google.com/appengine/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Google App Engine&lt;/a&gt;? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's free for sites with low bandwidth usage&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Minimal setup required, so it's easy to get started&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As you advance, you can move to using some of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.djangoproject.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Django framework&lt;/a&gt;'s functionality. Django is a popular platform for developing Python web apps &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only caveat I can think of is that &lt;a href=&quot;http://code.google.com/appengine/kb/general.html#libraries&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;some&lt;/a&gt; of the lower level Python libraries are not supported, for security reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19229" RevisionGUID="b68132fc-140a-4040-b26e-8d02d014a387" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:34:18.387" Text="&lt;p&gt;If you are comfortable with setting up the server, I would look into a VPS host.  The flexibility of being able to select the components you want to use, greatly outweighs the the inconvenience having to maintain the OS on your own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19230" RevisionGUID="11ebdd9e-591f-4194-8464-034ac086c497" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:36:41.567" UserId="4808" Text="&lt;p&gt;Here is what I would look for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Linux server&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Python pre-installed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Apache setup supporting all of the following:&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;mod_wsgi&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;cgi&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;mod_python&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ssh access&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ability to install your own add-on libraries.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will give you the freedom to experiment with multiple ways of building and deploying a website using python.  You may have to go with a VPS to get all of this, but that's better for learning anyway.  The more control you have, the more things you can break and learn how to fix.  The ability to reload a good base image is also helpful when things get too screwed up in the learning process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19231" RevisionGUID="cad689c6-da26-42a5-836c-15173463c7f1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T15:40:39.290" Text="&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/DjangoFriendlyWebHosts&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;URL&lt;/a&gt; from the Django website gives you a plethora of options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19232" RevisionGUID="f7dd0a53-5e78-440a-9fd5-f0f14f70ce94" CreationDate="2009-06-03T17:25:18.790" Text="&lt;p&gt;App Engine is the mutts nuts.  Use it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.diveintopython.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.diveintopython.org/&lt;/a&gt; is great too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;web.py is nearly as simple as app engine for getting started with python web apps.  Not quite as well impemented though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did I mention that app engine is great?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19233" RevisionGUID="93e445aa-2ae4-48d6-bf00-eb52e14b0399" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:42:46.340" UserId="3038" Text="Directory quotas. This simple method has helped put a lid on storage growth. By making users request quota increases, and charging them for the increase, it helps users police themselves.(*)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, putting these kinds of things in place after the fact are the kinds of things that user-revolts are made of. If you're starting something from scratch, then that's the perfect time to roll this kind of stuff out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(*) The down-side of quotas of any kind is that it encourages users to start using C:\[profile]mydocuments for data. In our case, storage is a dear commodity due to our inability to convince the powers that be to invest in it, so we have to exert downward pressure on data-growth on the centrally managed servers." />
  <row Id="34321" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19233" RevisionGUID="93e445aa-2ae4-48d6-bf00-eb52e14b0399" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:42:46.340" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34322" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19234" RevisionGUID="d5dda949-0687-4fe2-aadd-4cbebce98235" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:42:55.793" UserId="7324" Text="There are actually still a lot of good domains out there to be found.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- $200 for a domain is actually cheap (and a business expense) if your idea is good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- If someone else has the domain you want... absolutely contact them and try to buy them out.  Just be prepared to walk away.  We've picked up names for clients for $100-$500 which we thought we'd never get.  Remember, you don't get what you don't ask for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Names like digg, reddit, twitter, etc are fine but be prepared to spend some serious marketing time (and $$$) branding it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- I personally still prefer .com domains but its not as bad as it used to be.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another place I would check would be services such as nameboy.com or justdropped.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other sites out there have &quot;snap back&quot; services so you can register a domain as soon as it expires (hopefully).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the end, it really depends on your website idea and how much money you're willing to spend.  I can tell you though... there are still lots of good domains out there to be had.  It just takes some time (and a little luck) to find them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Happy hunting!" />
  <row Id="34323" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19235" RevisionGUID="d183d694-fd69-46b2-a6fc-e79d61732904" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:44:48.783" UserId="5618" Text="You could also use a software KVM with an adapter. They're few and far between.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One such product from epiphan (Never heard of them before today's google) [Product Page][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.epiphan.com/products/frame-grabbers/kvm2usb/" />
  <row Id="34324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19236" RevisionGUID="e80700d6-6d15-4a1a-888d-e44aa1643776" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:45:47.003" UserId="7783" Text="I think the main point is not how old the server is but whether or not it does what you want. If it's starting to &quot;bog down&quot; then try and find out where and ensure you give yourself plenty of headroom in that direction when you do upgrade." />
  <row Id="34325" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19236" RevisionGUID="e80700d6-6d15-4a1a-888d-e44aa1643776" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:45:47.003" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34326" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19221" RevisionGUID="866f66c8-c17c-46bb-b55c-5ae35196a5bd" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:47:23.897" UserId="7783" Comment="added 128 characters in body" Text="How is this a technical question? Not trying to be nasty with this question, but you really might do better asking webbish marketing types than technical people." />
  <row Id="34327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19237" RevisionGUID="112fad32-086a-4e6b-aff2-07c5338b5229" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:51:16.883" UserId="7965" Text="Building boost with macports falls causes a cc1plus process to run forever.  Anyone know anything about this?  (BTW, port is version 1.710 and I'm running OS X 10.5.6 with kernel 9.6.0)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ port install boost&#xD;&#xA;    ---&gt;  Fetching boost&#xD;&#xA;    ---&gt;  Attempting to fetch boost_1_38_0.tar.bz2 from http://superb-east.dl.sourceforge.net/boost&#xD;&#xA;    ---&gt;  Verifying checksum(s) for boost&#xD;&#xA;    ---&gt;  Extracting boost&#xD;&#xA;    ---&gt;  Applying patches to boost&#xD;&#xA;    ---&gt;  Configuring boost&#xD;&#xA;    ---&gt;  Building boost" />
  <row Id="34328" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19237" RevisionGUID="112fad32-086a-4e6b-aff2-07c5338b5229" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:51:16.883" UserId="7965" Text="Trouble installing boost on Leopard using macports" />
  <row Id="34329" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19237" RevisionGUID="112fad32-086a-4e6b-aff2-07c5338b5229" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:51:16.883" UserId="7965" Text="&lt;port&gt;&lt;macports&gt;&lt;leopard&gt;" />
  <row Id="34330" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19055" RevisionGUID="858310fe-693e-4fb8-b81e-1d964ac5d154" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:52:56.677" UserId="7809" Comment="Add media section + adobe reader." Text="Here's my list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Development**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [**E-Texteditor**][1] - Light text editor with similar capabilities to textmate on the Mac. Great for fast editing. It's also opensource.&#xD;&#xA; - [**Netbeans**][2] - Great for debugging code, refactoring and general coding. I use this  most of the time.&#xD;&#xA; - [**Adobe Fireworks**][3] - Good graphics editor. It's not too pricey, but comes with the essentials for web graphics. Photoshop is overboard here.&#xD;&#xA; - [**Charles Proxy**][4] - Allows me to debug web connections, simulate slower connections, dynamically rewrite cookies and lots of other cool stuff.&#xD;&#xA; - [**Putty**][5] - No description needed (SSH Client).&#xD;&#xA; - [**Virtualbox**][6] - Free virtualisation software (Thanks Sun / Oracle). Allows one to mimic your production environment on your desktop (Great for learning Linux too).&#xD;&#xA; - [**Win SCP**][7] - Open source freeware SFTP, FTP and SCP client for Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Media**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [**Spotify**][8] - All the music you want (for free).&#xD;&#xA; - [**VLC Media Player**][9] - Plays most files, lean and stable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Browsers**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Internet explorer all for testing my weblayouts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Utilities**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [**Imgburn**][10] - The defacto standard for creating, burning and ripping image (ISO, etc ...) files.&#xD;&#xA; - [**CCleaner**][11] - Removes a lot of the junk programs leave around your computer. Reclaim GB's :)&#xD;&#xA; - [**Truecrypt**][12] - Keeps files _very_ secure.&#xD;&#xA; - [**Adobe Reader**][13] - Esssential for reading PDF files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Firefox + Extensions**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - XDebug Helper - Tool to start/stop debug and profiling with PHP's Xdebug...&#xD;&#xA; - XPath Checker - An interactive editor for XPath expressions. &#xD;&#xA; - Web Developer Toolbar - Adds a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools.&#xD;&#xA; - Smush.it - Now included in YSlow 2&#xD;&#xA; - YSlow 2 - YSlow analyzes web pages and why they're slow based on Yahoo!'s rules for high performance web sites&#xD;&#xA; - AdBlock Plus - Ever been annoyed by all those ads and banners on the internet that often take longer to download than everything else on the page?&#xD;&#xA; - Firebug - Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.&#xD;&#xA; - FireCookie - Firecookie is an extension for Firebug that makes possible to view and manage cookies in your browser&#xD;&#xA; - Live HTTP Headers - View HTTP headers of a page&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Version Control**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [**Tortoise SVN**][14] - Good SVN client for Windows. It's stable and works well.&#xD;&#xA; - [**Bazaar**][15] - Bazaar have a native client for Windows. Very easy to use, great alternative to git with it's horrible URLs.&#xD;&#xA; - [**Tortoise GIT**][16] - Not as stable as one hopes, but it's a good solid effort, should improve with time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Messaging**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [**Digsby**][17] - Fantastic multi-IM client. Supports all the popular protocols. To avoid using the InstallQ variation, use the [**Digsby Offline Install**][18] (Link at bottom in small text).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ps, that's about it. Hope someone found this useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.e-texteditor.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.netbeans.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.adobe.com/products/fireworks/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.charlesproxy.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.virtualbox.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://winscp.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://spotify.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.imgburn.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://www.ccleaner.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://www.truecrypt.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://get.adobe.com/reader/&#xD;&#xA;  [14]: http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [15]: http://bazaar-vcs.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [16]: http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/&#xD;&#xA;  [17]: http://www.digsby.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [18]: http://www.digsby.com/download.php?os=win" />
  <row Id="34331" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19238" RevisionGUID="2b5f702b-d719-444c-8bd9-5467bf41fff1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:54:59.810" UserId="6522" Text="I did it the other way around, I looked for a business name that wasn't already a .com, .net and .org." />
  <row Id="34332" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19213" RevisionGUID="f4762ba8-576a-458d-8231-be083480d067" CreationDate="2009-06-03T21:58:49.537" UserId="1322" Comment="added 365 characters in body" Text="How do you pick a domain name?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With all the cyber squatters out there, the name you want is likely to be taken, unless you choose some foreign TLD that costs $20+.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Do you contact domain owners and try to buy them out?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you try to buy recently expired ones like [this][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How do you think up of Web 2.0 names like digg, reddit, twitter, skype, meebo, 37signals? Or simple word combinations like serverfault?&#xD;&#xA; - Would you use other TLDs instead of .com?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is an interesting article about the naming of this site.&#xD;&#xA;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/03/it-stack-overflow-update-naming-is-hard/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also I think that naming is part of IT. You've probably given the computers in your network names haven't you? Or did you really just access by IP address? Asking about domains is just one scope higher than your lan.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2005/03/how-to-snatch-an-expiring-domain" />
  <row Id="34334" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19240" RevisionGUID="075507e3-821a-4e09-a460-efcf4386d414" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:03:06.487" UserId="2354" Text="What is your favourite terminal program?&#xD;&#xA;----------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you a **xterm** traditionalist or an **eterm** fanboy?&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Do you stick with what comes with your windowing environment: &lt;br/&gt;**gnome-terminal**, **konsole**, **cmd.exe** or **terminal.app**?&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe **aterm** is more your thing or even **rxvt**?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Let us know!**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;*This is a poll, so please only one answer per terminal.&#xD;&#xA;Upvote your choice, tell us why in a comment.*" />
  <row Id="34335" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19240" RevisionGUID="075507e3-821a-4e09-a460-efcf4386d414" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:03:06.487" UserId="2354" Text="Poll: What is your favourite terminal program?" />
  <row Id="34336" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19240" RevisionGUID="075507e3-821a-4e09-a460-efcf4386d414" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:03:06.487" UserId="2354" Text="&lt;gnome&gt;" />
  <row Id="34337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19241" RevisionGUID="6eb3a4f8-4b02-4d59-8e5c-c9200fcedb8b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:05:43.267" UserId="7577" Text="&gt; Do you contact domain owners and try to buy them out?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Never. Consider it not negotiating with terrorists. If all of us were stuck to the principles, there would not have been any squatters&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Do you try to buy recently expired ones like this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not tried but seems like a reasonable option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; How do you think up of Web 2.0 names like digg, reddit, twitter, skype, meebo, 37signals? Or simple word combinations like serverfault?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe the web 2.0 hype is over. Look at this constantly updated list of new sites: [MoMB | The Museum of Modern Betas][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://momb.socio-kybernetics.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is just no way I can remember most of those unreadable names. Better pick up two words and put the together.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Would you use other TLDs instead of .com?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is a local non-english site then sure. Otherwise not much sense. Often users just enter the site name in browser, without &quot;http&quot;, then the browser automatically appends the &quot;http&quot; and &quot;.com&quot; or runs you name through a searh engine ultimately leading the user to your competitor's .com site. Would you want that?" />
  <row Id="34338" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19240" RevisionGUID="075507e3-821a-4e09-a460-efcf4386d414" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:06:29.413" UserId="2354" />
  <row Id="34339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19242" RevisionGUID="ec07da5b-4cb7-40dc-881d-9d7f4f33c215" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:06:34.403" UserId="6522" Text="I was a sysadmin at a school and all students had network accounts. I wanted to encourage the use of computers so I removed the quota limits on the home directories. For most students this went well but some filled up their directory quickly with gigs of video and mp3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Contrary to what you expect this wasn't pirated stuff but their own video footage and music from the school band.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So in the end I only needed a script which made up some nice statistics of the file usage, if a home drive was filling up more then ten times the average I would have a look at it and suggest a better way of archiving. Mostly this was just a list of the biggest files and last access time. Really misbehaving students would be put back into quota but that situation has not risen during my employment there." />
  <row Id="34340" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19242" RevisionGUID="ec07da5b-4cb7-40dc-881d-9d7f4f33c215" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:06:34.403" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19243" RevisionGUID="3ea5d9f1-7941-4636-aa46-4057c184c1b2" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:06:54.030" UserId="2101" Text="You'll essentially need to setup a proxy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Configure a lightweight mail server somewhere (preferably with its own local UPS if this is an important UPS that it's monitoring) that accepts mail only from the MGE (possibly via a direct ethernet cable) and then forwards it on to the real mail server." />
  <row Id="34342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19244" RevisionGUID="309fcae6-1c0f-4eb4-9f2f-abea99c902ef" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:09:23.073" UserId="6804" Text=" - I install XFCE terminal now whenever I have X, it has all the features you'd expect and it does it all well." />
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  <row Id="34344" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19211" RevisionGUID="cedc6399-57da-48b1-8676-dce8d72f32f1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:09:32.590" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix typo, grammar" Text="Almost newbie to the SAP world, and newly graduating from the Computer Engineering department." />
  <row Id="34346" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19207" RevisionGUID="1627910c-25ae-4ee8-94b9-e39d23661ab5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:10:24.707" UserId="4487" Comment="added 338 characters in body" Text="No, quotas are per volume only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** actually, it seems that Server 2003 **R2** actually includes enhancements to quotas, including the ability to set quotas at the folder level in addition to old-style volume quotas. See if [this][1] meets your requirements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Configuring-Volume-Folder-Quotas.html" />
  <row Id="34347" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19177" RevisionGUID="ece3b47c-efca-4bfb-8977-dd135b4ffbbe" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:18:11.183" UserId="1047" Comment="added 30 characters in body" Text="I'd like to allow directory browsing for users logged in via HTTP Basic authentication but prevent it for anonymous users. Is there a way to do this using .htaccess?" />
  <row Id="34348" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19246" RevisionGUID="c013e95d-1582-4f25-b52c-33cdecd2b2c4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:19:01.273" UserId="4874" Text="Honestly, anything that supports `mod_wsgi` should do. Everything else (server software, config, etc.) depends on what you need/want, and is therefore up to you." />
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  <row Id="34352" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19248" RevisionGUID="f90561f6-0c03-4163-9ab4-5204b8c248a7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:21:10.490" UserId="5663" Text="You can add hosts/ips to /var/lib/denyhosts/allowed-hosts to prevent them from ever being added no matter how many logins they fail. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34353" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19249" RevisionGUID="a64c78a7-6f08-4110-8f10-536d1452a2c7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:22:41.720" UserId="4538" Text="gnu screen, hands down. " />
  <row Id="34354" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19249" RevisionGUID="a64c78a7-6f08-4110-8f10-536d1452a2c7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:22:41.720" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34357" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19251" RevisionGUID="d4bd0466-92bf-4529-9616-1fd266f164c1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:24:16.210" UserId="1054" Text="Have a look at [Sun's Identity Management package OpenSSO][1].  I believe there is a piece that allows you to create an internal SSO infrastructure that will sign users onto extranet apps.  I'm not 100% positive, but it looks to be open source and maybe free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sun.com/software/identity/index.jsp" />
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  <row Id="34360" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19253" RevisionGUID="0cb1c444-f7cb-4523-8dbc-41459c8bbdf4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:24:52.213" UserId="7976" Text="I've recently discovered on the Vista boxes in my office that if a user logs in from outside the network using Remote Desktop to their office PC the default printer changes.  That change of default printer is really annoying when they come back to the office and have to reset the default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there some way to set or verify a default when the user logs in locally?" />
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  <row Id="34363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19254" RevisionGUID="0412ed23-1e84-4c8b-b095-9668a77191d5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:25:15.163" UserId="7783" Text="It's a timeshare. At the end of the day the computer still works the same way no matter if it's running Windows hosts on VMWare ESX Server, a Linux DNS server or Windows XP with the fabled only existing copy of Duke Nukem Forever." />
  <row Id="34365" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19255" RevisionGUID="ca3f1f61-76d0-4f93-911b-af23882d8fd9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:27:45.250" UserId="5947" Text="SecureCRT (Windows)." />
  <row Id="34366" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19255" RevisionGUID="ca3f1f61-76d0-4f93-911b-af23882d8fd9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:27:45.250" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19256" RevisionGUID="327cf7fe-80ab-4c4e-8e9c-0c7d98cdf6c6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:28:46.013" UserId="1466" Text="I'm not sure how *username map* works...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could you give the linux user accounts the same uid as the DOMAIN+user equivalent?  In that case when you log on as the linux user, you will be able to see the same files that the DOMAIN+user can." />
  <row Id="34368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19257" RevisionGUID="4feef5d7-04f9-420c-9eec-356af71924e8" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:31:50.017" UserId="7936" Text="With [Hadoop][1] and [CouchDB][2] all over in Blogs and related news what's a distributed-fault-tolerant storage (engine) that actually works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - CouchDB doesn't actually have any distribution features built-in, to my knowledge the glue to automagically distribute entries or even whole databases is simply missing.&#xD;&#xA; - Hadoop seems to be very widely used - at least it gets good press, but still has a single point of failure: The NameNode. Plus, it's only mountable via FUSE, I understand the HDFS isn't actually the main goal of Hadoop&#xD;&#xA; - [GlusterFS][3] does have a shared nothing concept but lately I read several posts that lead me to the opinion it's not quite as stable&#xD;&#xA; - [Lustre][4] also has a single point of failure as it uses a dedicated metadata server&#xD;&#xA; - [Ceph][5] seems to be the player of choice but the homepage states it is still in it's alpha stages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the question is which distributed filesystem has the following feature set (no particular order):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - POSIX-compatible&#xD;&#xA; - easy addition/removal of nodes&#xD;&#xA; - shared-nothing concept&#xD;&#xA; - runs on cheap hardware (AMD Geode or VIA Eden class processors)&#xD;&#xA; - authentication/authorization built-in&#xD;&#xA; - a network file system (I'd like to be able to mount it simultaneously on different hosts)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nice to have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - locally accessible files: I can take a node down mount the partition with a standard local file system (ext3/xfs/whatever...) and still access the files&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm **not** looking for hosted applications, rather something that will allow me to take say 10GB of each of our hardware boxes and have that storage available in our network, easily mountable on a multitude of hosts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadoop&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CouchDB&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlusterFS&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lustre_(file_system)#ZFS_integration&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceph" />
  <row Id="34369" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19257" RevisionGUID="4feef5d7-04f9-420c-9eec-356af71924e8" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:31:50.017" UserId="7936" Text="Distributed Storage Filesystem - Which one/Is there a ready to use product?" />
  <row Id="34370" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19257" RevisionGUID="4feef5d7-04f9-420c-9eec-356af71924e8" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:31:50.017" UserId="7936" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;storage&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;" />
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  <row Id="34372" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19259" RevisionGUID="b27d4849-9f84-4630-b89e-85bc6b9352ac" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:33:36.893" UserId="5551" Text="The local connections use shared memory and so won't be affected by the firewall. Which application have you tried to connect with? I'd be interested in your connection string from the same machine-connection. Usually I use the uid, pwd, eng, and dbf parameters and they are enough to make a connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34373" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19260" RevisionGUID="3048f676-df71-49fc-abbd-dfdfea6dfca4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:35:32.100" UserDisplayName="nor_light" Text="Gnome Terminal" />
  <row Id="34374" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19260" RevisionGUID="3048f676-df71-49fc-abbd-dfdfea6dfca4" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:35:32.100" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34375" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18818" RevisionGUID="d4e73a8c-fe14-4502-90c2-bf4721169318" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:36:51.177" UserId="7783" Comment="tidy up a few mistakes, thanks to comments from grawity.; added 25 characters in body" Text="It's rare that a software package actually needs admin rights, but rather it's writing to an area of the registry or hard disk that admins normally have access to and other users do not. That might sound like nit-picking but its fundamental to nailing this issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use the process *monitor* **edit: thanks grawity** tools from Microsoft to monitor what the applications are doing, and allocate rights to those areas to the users. [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can then use Group Policies to apply security ACLs to both files and folders and parts of the registry. A common cause of this problem is the program writing to either/or it's installation folder in c:\program files, or its global settings on the machine registry under HKey Local Machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx" />
  <row Id="34376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19261" RevisionGUID="2e048e2c-9179-41e7-8deb-c401c791f830" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:37:23.077" UserId="7342" Text="Do you really, absolutely positively need POSIX semantics? Life gets a lot easier if you can use a custom datastore. We have an internally written datastore that is effectively a very large distributed key-value store. You store a file in it and you get a token back. If you want the file back, give it the token you were given earlier. It's distributed, is shared-nothing, data is replicated three times, nodes can be added and removed at will, both storage servers and controlling servers." />
  <row Id="34377" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19262" RevisionGUID="bb3dec45-9ce0-4de5-842b-ad95f18bab0b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:38:27.397" UserId="3313" Text="Today I had luck and it went full screen.  When I checked **Control Panel &gt; Personalization &gt; Display Settings**, it was set at 640 x 480, which is the low point on the slider.  I think it has to due with the Virtual PC Console **Settings &gt; Display** where &quot;Virtual machine window resizing options&quot; is set to &quot;Allow any screen resolution.&quot;" />
  <row Id="34378" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19263" RevisionGUID="ed6f951b-f044-4429-9762-8b485ec18993" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:38:30.750" UserId="7709" Text="The only part of this question I can sugget an answer to is #4.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We evaluated and considered 10GbE for our SAN, and decided it was cheaper, more effective, and safer, to stick with teamed/load balanced 1Gb apaptors. To achieve the same level of redundancy with 10GigE was astronomical, and provided nominal performance increase for clients (you're not going to put a 10GbE card in each client, after all)." />
  <row Id="34379" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19264" RevisionGUID="b1ffe471-ea56-42cd-8f56-298ff15cd241" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:38:35.540" UserId="984" Text="If disabling printing through remote desktop is not an option you could create a quick visual basic script to reset the printer, and put it in their startup folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Option Explicit&#xD;&#xA;    Set oNet = CreateObject(&quot;Wscript.Network&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    oNet.SetDefaultPrinter &quot;printer name&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19265" RevisionGUID="246cba1c-082f-4fe7-a5f8-f913b05aa4ca" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:39:51.233" UserId="984" Text="While I am on windows I use [putty][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/" />
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  <row Id="34382" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19240" RevisionGUID="79f0ff42-5ec7-429b-90d2-ddf68ea9de70" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:41:37.843" UserId="2354" Comment="added 16 characters in body" Text="What is your favourite terminal program?&#xD;&#xA;----------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you a **`xterm`** traditionalist or an **`eterm`** fanboy?&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Do you stick with what comes with your windowing environment: &lt;br/&gt;**`gnome-terminal`**, **`konsole`**, **`cmd.exe`** or **`terminal.app`**?&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe **`aterm`** is more your thing or even **`rxvt`**?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Let us know!**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;*This is a poll, so please only one answer per terminal.&#xD;&#xA;Upvote your choice, tell us why in a comment.*" />
  <row Id="34383" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19266" RevisionGUID="8be8249d-c5e3-4482-9099-7f03a7017bff" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:42:07.953" UserId="4621" Text="As KPWINC said, &quot;It really depends&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are several more items which influence the answer to your question that a general answer may not be appropriate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft MSDN has entries for sp_updatestats ([http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa260337(SQL.80).aspx][1]) and &quot;UPDATE STATISTICS&quot; ([http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa260645(SQL.80).aspx][2])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To answer your last questions first:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to re-read the SQLServerPedia entry.  Specifically:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Your index rebuild will automatically&#xD;&#xA;&gt; update the statistics for the index&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (with 100% sample size which is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; usually better then what you end up&#xD;&#xA;&gt; with when using sp_updatestats). **After&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the index rebuild is complete you can&#xD;&#xA;&gt; use sp_updatestats to update the other&#xD;&#xA;&gt; statistics that require attention**&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (2005+).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking at the UPDATE STATISTICS (2000) documentation says the following for sampling:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Note  The default behavior is to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; perform a sample scan on the target&#xD;&#xA;&gt; table or indexed view. **SQL Server&#xD;&#xA;&gt; automatically computes the required&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sample size**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Kimberly Tripp has put together a few blog entries on statistics, indexes, and database maintenance plans ([http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/KIMBERLY/category/Statistics.aspx][3]).  While the information may or may not be directly usable by you, the guidance of each blog entry should be and the referenced sites will probably be helpful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa260337(SQL.80).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa260645(SQL.80).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/KIMBERLY/category/Statistics.aspx" />
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  <row Id="34385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19267" RevisionGUID="46da99ca-bed5-4535-900c-13cf40693191" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:43:47.247" UserId="2824" Text="iTerm on OS X.&#xD;&#xA;http://iterm.sourceforge.net/" />
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  <row Id="34387" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19240" RevisionGUID="3b7eda62-edb7-4b19-bb70-7ecfaf43d99d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:43:45.500" UserId="914" Comment="Correct typos." Text="What is your favourite terminal program?&#xD;&#xA;----------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you a **`xterm`** traditionalist or an **`eterm`** fanboy?&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Do you stick with what comes with your windowing environment: &lt;br/&gt;**`gnome-terminal`**, **`konsole`**, **`cmd.exe`** or **`terminal.app`**?&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe **`aterm`** is more your thing or even **`rxvt`**?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Let us know!**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;*This is a poll, so please only one terminal per answer.&#xD;&#xA;Upvote your choice, tell us why in a comment.*" />
  <row Id="34388" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19185" RevisionGUID="c9315457-77d8-4f2f-8674-330a2c7e7897" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:44:54.890" UserId="1466" Comment="re-worded to make it better" Text="I think this is one area that is a pain for every sysadmin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Users don't really know how much storage space they are using, and don't take the time to manage what is stored there, or how long it stays around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What policies does your company implement to keep networked diskspace under control?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34389" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="19185" RevisionGUID="c9315457-77d8-4f2f-8674-330a2c7e7897" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:44:54.890" UserId="1466" Comment="re-worded to make it better" Text="How do you limit the use of network storage in your company?" />
  <row Id="34390" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="19185" RevisionGUID="c9315457-77d8-4f2f-8674-330a2c7e7897" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:44:54.890" UserId="1466" Comment="re-worded to make it better" Text="&lt;storage&gt;&lt;quota&gt;&lt;diskmanagement&gt;&lt;diskspace&gt;&lt;policy&gt;" />
  <row Id="34391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19268" RevisionGUID="6bbffd3b-d150-431c-9e58-e09a07150b82" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:46:35.570" UserId="7709" Text="We run FMS 3.5 on a Dual Dual-Core Xeon with 4gb of ram, and so far it hasn't missed a beat. We run about 50-150 concurrent connections. The main issue you will have, from experience, is memory. FMS loves to cache, especially when stremaing oft-requested content.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is only one thing I will advise you to stear absolutally clear of - do not run FMS under a virtualised environment. We initially had it running inside a virtual machine and it was absolutally pathetic. Switching it to a 'real' server (even though the server is shared with other services) was a thousand times better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing to note is that we run Windows, which is probably less efficient than the *nix variants.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With some QoS between the server and the clients to maximise throughput for things that you really need (like streaming video) and throttle things you don't so much (webcam chats), I can't imagine you would have too many problems if you ran a server with two cores and 4gb of ram." />
  <row Id="34392" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19269" RevisionGUID="b49464df-65a1-40e2-b816-be62bbb0e7c5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:47:04.370" UserId="108" Text="eTerm when on linux  (Terminal.app when on mac osx, rxvt when on windows w/ cygwin and finally putty when all else fails)" />
  <row Id="34393" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19269" RevisionGUID="b49464df-65a1-40e2-b816-be62bbb0e7c5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:47:04.370" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34394" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19270" RevisionGUID="6177abd3-5ef0-4519-9967-2869e6eaa4d9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:48:41.823" UserId="914" Text="If you want a guarantee a host is going to support everything you want it to in terms of software, you're best of looking into getting a dedicated server or a VPS (I recommend [Linode][1]).  Or do your development locally, there's many good guides on how to set various things up, especially with a popular language like python.  Leaning how to set python up would be a good experience alongside learning the language itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linode.com" />
  <row Id="34395" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19270" RevisionGUID="6177abd3-5ef0-4519-9967-2869e6eaa4d9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:48:41.823" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34396" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19271" RevisionGUID="49330f45-c214-41b7-bbd8-e54b84e1c9b9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:49:44.473" UserDisplayName="StevoIBM" Text="You can also look at IBM ISS solutions as well for securing your file and data transfer protocols using the IPS appliance. This would help maintain security of these systems." />
  <row Id="34397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19272" RevisionGUID="28b05688-73fd-4a5b-b08c-6ab9da589451" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:50:37.217" UserId="2116" Text="Finally I've got a 30 days trial from PublicIP with ZoneCD and We'll definitly go for this solution. My boss is willing to pay the 175$ a year for the service after I showed and explain him what this solution can bring to us.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to thank you all for you answer, they'll surely be useful for someone else I hope!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WiFi Dog derivated win ;)" />
  <row Id="34398" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19272" RevisionGUID="28b05688-73fd-4a5b-b08c-6ab9da589451" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:50:37.217" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34399" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19273" RevisionGUID="93336128-d653-4d53-9329-600c1f372976" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:51:25.560" UserId="7977" Text="I use Terminal.app with the Homebrew theme and antialiased Monaco 11pt text. It makes using the terminal a very comfortable and nice experience. I love Mac's font rendering." />
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  <row Id="34401" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="19190" RevisionGUID="580095c3-f110-4ca3-ac28-8d4ad1ce06af" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:51:40.897" UserId="914" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;wmi&gt;&lt;admin&gt;&lt;scripts&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="34402" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19240" RevisionGUID="25a55c07-190b-4028-950e-4d87457b5c5a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:53:20.830" UserId="2354" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="What is your favourite terminal program?&#xD;&#xA;----------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you a **`xterm`** traditionalist or an **`eterm`** fanboy?&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Do you stick with what comes with your windowing environment: &lt;br/&gt;**`gnome-terminal`**, **`konsole`**, **`cmd.exe`** or **`terminal.app`**?&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe **`aterm`** is more your thing or even **`rxvt`**?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Let us know!**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;*This is a poll, so please only **one terminal per answer**.&#xD;&#xA;Upvote your choice, tell us why in a comment.*" />
  <row Id="34403" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19274" RevisionGUID="1af9463b-dbe1-4d72-9442-dfabb3946558" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:55:46.490" UserId="442" Text="I currently have a Linux box hosting our internal Subversion repository. Access to this repository is via svn+ssh with authenticating happening against user accounts on the machine. I have recently acquired a shiny, new box (also installed with Linux) and want to transition the subversion repository across to it (as it has more space across six disks configured using RAID 1+0).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do I have to do to transfer all the user, group, and file information from the current machine to the new machine so as to minimise the impact on the current users of the repository? My current thoughts are to copy across the relevant entries from the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files (and shadow files?), and to copy the user folders in /home. Is there anything I am missing?" />
  <row Id="34404" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19274" RevisionGUID="1af9463b-dbe1-4d72-9442-dfabb3946558" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:55:46.490" UserId="442" Text="How to transfer user accounts to a new Linux machine?" />
  <row Id="34405" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19274" RevisionGUID="1af9463b-dbe1-4d72-9442-dfabb3946558" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:55:46.490" UserId="442" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;user-management&gt;&lt;migration&gt;" />
  <row Id="34406" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19275" RevisionGUID="681acf4d-7b78-4abc-bafc-30d09ecd96ca" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:58:30.133" UserId="7398" Text="[xterm][1] on Linux and [MSYS][2] (for linux toolset) or [Console2][3] on Windows. When testing stuff that will be used outside the organisation, I try to use the basic Terminal or Command Prompt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ehtyar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://invisible-island.net/xterm/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mingw.org/wiki/MSYS&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/" />
  <row Id="34407" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19275" RevisionGUID="681acf4d-7b78-4abc-bafc-30d09ecd96ca" CreationDate="2009-06-03T22:58:30.133" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19276" RevisionGUID="6d616e91-5eee-48b5-84a7-0263ad7e3590" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:00:31.330" UserId="7936" Text="Are you by any chanced running Debian/Lenny?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We ran into a similiar issue and finally found out that accepted certificates now mustn't have MD5 (SHA-something is fine) checksum because it's considered insecure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our issue was with GnuTLS+OpenLDAP thou. You might want to try a renewed cert or even a self-signed cert before spending more money." />
  <row Id="34409" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19277" RevisionGUID="421830f2-3d61-46bc-8cf7-828fad038fc1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:01:13.717" UserId="4664" Text="**cmd.exe**, but I'm not happy with it. I just don't have an alternative.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I miss short file names and command.com (16-bit)" />
  <row Id="34410" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19277" RevisionGUID="421830f2-3d61-46bc-8cf7-828fad038fc1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:01:13.717" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34411" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19278" RevisionGUID="8237c493-ad53-4873-87de-6006716202c9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:01:55.477" UserId="4733" Text="One of my favs (because it was my first) that gave me the most trouble...that I wrote over and over and over until it worked correctly....was a script that remotely 'disabled' our homemade web-filter.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use a 'customized' (by me) version of Squid with some freely available blacklists to content filter and block ports on our public machines (I work for a med-sized, 3-branch public library system).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The WMI script runs on a staff machine.  Once a staff member executes it he/she is prompted to select which machine to disable the filter.  When the script executes, essentially it removes the check mark from the proxy setting opions in Internet Explorer, at the registry level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The filter is enabled by a batch file that fires off when the patrons session is up and the computer auto logs off and back on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We ended up using my WMI only on a few test machines, but I really enjoyed learning how almost anything can be accomplished with WMI." />
  <row Id="34412" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19278" RevisionGUID="8237c493-ad53-4873-87de-6006716202c9" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:01:55.477" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19279" RevisionGUID="1c7f4b2a-b4f5-438e-904e-c064dd69aec5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:03:45.350" UserId="7977" Text="I'm sorry, I cannot post URLs yet. I found a thorough article that goes over the passing over of the correct files at cyberciti.biz, the article name is **Move or migrate user accounts from old Linux server to a new Linux server**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is an excerpt from the article:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Following files/dirs are required for traditional Linux user management:&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * **/etc/passwd** - contains various pieces of information for each user&#xD;&#xA;&gt; account&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; * **/etc/shadow** - contains the encrypted password information for user's&#xD;&#xA;&gt; accounts and optional the password&#xD;&#xA;&gt; aging information.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; * **/etc/group** - defines the groups to which users belong&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; * **/etc/gshadow** - group shadow file (contains the encrypted password for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; group)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; * **/var/spool/mail** - Generally user emails are stored here.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; * **/home** - All Users data is stored here.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; You need to backup all of the above files and directories from old server to new Linux server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope this helps, and sorry again for not being able to post an actual URL." />
  <row Id="34414" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19280" RevisionGUID="0d0ac1a3-9231-4e91-aeed-7f287617952b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:04:17.703" UserId="4538" Text="How many users are we talking about? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's just a few, it would be much safer to just run &quot;useradd&quot; on the new system, making sure to specify the same uid and gid for each user you're migrating. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, once accounts have been created on the new machine with the same uid/gid, disable logins on the old machine, and use rsync to transfer over their home directories.   The only remaining step would be to reset their passwords after the migration. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The issue with copying things like /etc/passwd and /etc/group is that if you mess things up, you'll completely block yourself (or root) from logging in to the new system.  Additionally, different unix flavors might have different interpretations of these files, so you should be very careful.  One small slip and you could open up logins as user &quot;guest&quot; or any number of other security holes. " />
  <row Id="34415" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19281" RevisionGUID="ecfdaafc-78c4-4d77-a6d7-ad0b5e55e1e6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:08:56.853" UserId="1435" Text="I'm a terminal.app on OSX guy too" />
  <row Id="34416" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19281" RevisionGUID="ecfdaafc-78c4-4d77-a6d7-ad0b5e55e1e6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:08:56.853" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34417" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19178" RevisionGUID="037d74d3-9e34-466d-96da-28e6ae9fa3ec" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:12:04.023" UserId="914" Comment="&quot;not-programming-related&quot; not appropriate for server fault, was originally on stack overflow" Text="&lt;p&gt;I'm kinda clueless when it comes to the hardware end of things, I have a dedicated server from rackspace that runs me about $200 a month. &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I host about 15 sites or so(mostly brochure-ware/php stuff) and this setup has served me well for the last few years but lately it's been bogged down a bit (recently started developing/hosting a few rails and merb apps with a few more on the way).&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is should this setup be acceptable by upgrading the ram, or is it a relic that I should upgrade(if so, to what)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's my current setup&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;FreeBSD&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Transfer-Based-Bandwidth: 30GB&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hard Drive: 20GB EIDE&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hard Drive: 80GB EIDE&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Memory: 512MB DDR RAM&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Processor: Single AMD Athlon XP 2000+ 1.67 GHz&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for any input/suggestions&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34418" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="19178" RevisionGUID="037d74d3-9e34-466d-96da-28e6ae9fa3ec" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:12:04.023" UserId="914" Comment="&quot;not-programming-related&quot; not appropriate for server fault, was originally on stack overflow" Text="&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="34419" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19282" RevisionGUID="9511a386-b54a-4d94-afdc-66551561eff0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:13:02.273" UserId="6080" Text="- OCFS/GFS/other, what do you prefer for Linux and why?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Are there any solutions for Windows servers? Especially interested to share the same partition between Linux &amp; Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I am have an experience only with OCFS2 and find it stable only on SLES10." />
  <row Id="34420" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19282" RevisionGUID="9511a386-b54a-4d94-afdc-66551561eff0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:13:02.273" UserId="6080" Text="Cluster file systems" />
  <row Id="34421" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19282" RevisionGUID="9511a386-b54a-4d94-afdc-66551561eff0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:13:02.273" UserId="6080" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;clustering&gt;" />
  <row Id="34422" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19283" RevisionGUID="1bc8bb48-8046-4753-b1a2-c2b2db855693" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:16:31.877" UserId="7990" Text="I am running 64-bit Vista with 8 GB ram and 4 cores. It supports hardware-assited virtualization.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using Virtual PC 2007, my newly built 32-bit Windows XP Pro VM is running incredibly poorly. Even the simplest actions like showing the start menu will cause the CPU usage to hit 100%.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The same VM setup hosted on a dual-core 32-bit XP Pro box without hardware-assited virtualization work just fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions? Right now it is almost unusable on my Vista box and I don't even know where to start looking for the cause." />
  <row Id="34423" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19283" RevisionGUID="1bc8bb48-8046-4753-b1a2-c2b2db855693" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:16:31.877" UserId="7990" Text="Virtual PC Performance Issue on 64-bit Vista" />
  <row Id="34424" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19283" RevisionGUID="1bc8bb48-8046-4753-b1a2-c2b2db855693" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:16:31.877" UserId="7990" Text="&lt;virtualpc&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;" />
  <row Id="34425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19284" RevisionGUID="51e10164-ada6-46bc-a7d5-065b0aa72b05" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:16:48.663" UserDisplayName="hgmiguel" Text="What about windows powershell?" />
  <row Id="34426" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19284" RevisionGUID="51e10164-ada6-46bc-a7d5-065b0aa72b05" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:16:48.663" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34427" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19285" RevisionGUID="3df2c33c-b03b-4c59-a059-189a64093b05" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:17:32.687" UserId="914" Text="I'd consider asking rackspace if you could get moved to a more recent server of equal price.  I shouldn't think they're still selling servers of that low spec for that high price." />
  <row Id="34428" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19285" RevisionGUID="3df2c33c-b03b-4c59-a059-189a64093b05" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:17:32.687" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34429" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19286" RevisionGUID="f1fb29a3-1839-4b96-bbd5-db3ce8c264c7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:19:13.930" UserId="914" Text="Console2 when I'm forced to use Windows." />
  <row Id="34430" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19286" RevisionGUID="f1fb29a3-1839-4b96-bbd5-db3ce8c264c7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:19:13.930" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34431" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19287" RevisionGUID="a9cd6fb3-a6ea-4c06-a657-d4abf7dc9364" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:19:18.580" UserId="7988" Text="SAP is *complicated*, there are innumerable horror stories floating around the net.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This isn't something you can take a course in and suddenly start making big bucks. People may try but the potential for screwing something up is high, and then you're name is mud.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd recommend getting some real world experience first, ideally in a medium to large company that uses SAP. If you've been on the receiving end of consultants, seen the good and bad, and had to deal with the day to day side of a system then you will be a much more attractive proposition for someone looking for an SAP consultant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The alternative is to get hired by an established SAP consultancy, many of the major IT consultancy firms will hire new graduates and provide the necessary training and enable you to get the relevant experience, without the worry of having to find consulting gigs. The downside is you may be thrown at a problem along with many other new consultants and find yourself not really in a position to do anything but there merely to generate revenue for the firm." />
  <row Id="34432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19288" RevisionGUID="2daecf3f-101a-49e5-bab8-b0df6224b279" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:20:07.517" UserId="1435" Text="Does your organisation have a change process, formalising every change, from whole new system deployments to cable patches?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so does your process score those asking for changes or/and also those carrying out those changes based on how good they are? if so how's that working for you - any tips? if not do you think it would be a good idea?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a process but every change gets the same scrutiny no matter how small or how 'safe a pair of hands' the requester/implementer has been previously - I want to change this but thought it wise to see if you've ran into problems with this method.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="34433" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19288" RevisionGUID="2daecf3f-101a-49e5-bab8-b0df6224b279" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:20:07.517" UserId="1435" Text="Does your change control process score change requester and/or implementers?" />
  <row Id="34434" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19288" RevisionGUID="2daecf3f-101a-49e5-bab8-b0df6224b279" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:20:07.517" UserId="1435" Text="&lt;changemanagement&gt;&lt;change&gt;&lt;process&gt;&lt;scoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="34435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19289" RevisionGUID="b8b00977-c7dd-41ad-95d0-5308d14bf0bf" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:21:19.043" UserId="7709" Text="Are you sure that the Virtualisation technology is enabled in your BIOS? Your setup sounds identical to mine (Quad Core, 8Gb, Vista x64) and I run dozens of Virtual Machines (albeit VMWare) without it missing a beat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an experiment, I turned Virtualisation off and found performance was greatly hampered.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That would be your first stop - checking to see if it's actually enabled in your BIOS." />
  <row Id="34436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19290" RevisionGUID="1fea32c9-ae4b-4a7f-bb5a-68db23456cb0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:22:01.570" UserId="7989" Text="On my Mac I use [Authoxy](http://www.hrsoftworks.net/Products.php#authoxy) to avoid having to continuously reauthenticate to my client's proxy server. It works like this: I give Authoxy my credentials and the location of the PAC file. It runs locally on some port (say 8888) and any program where I need to specify a proxy server, I put 127.0.0.1:8888. The program connects to Authoxy and it connects to the real proxy server. I don't have to copy authentication info everywhere, reenter credentials all the time, etc. Very nice. More importantly, apps that are too stupid to support proxy authentication or that don't support PAC files can connect to Authoxy, whereas I'm screwed with the normal proxy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need someway to accomplish the same thing in Windows XP." />
  <row Id="34437" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19290" RevisionGUID="1fea32c9-ae4b-4a7f-bb5a-68db23456cb0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:22:01.570" UserId="7989" Text="Proxy Proxy for Windows XP (like Authoxy for Mac)" />
  <row Id="34438" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19290" RevisionGUID="1fea32c9-ae4b-4a7f-bb5a-68db23456cb0" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:22:01.570" UserId="7989" Text="&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;" />
  <row Id="34439" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19274" RevisionGUID="f7de8089-5b20-4fa7-ba45-1f2ebc68b98d" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:22:06.250" UserId="442" Comment="Added extra info on my setup." Text="I currently have a Linux box hosting our internal Subversion repository. Access to this repository is via svn+ssh with authenticating happening against user accounts on the machine. I have recently acquired a shiny, new box (also installed with Linux) and want to transition the subversion repository across to it (as it has more space across six disks configured using RAID 1+0).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do I have to do to transfer all the user, group, and file information from the current machine to the new machine so as to minimise the impact on the current users of the repository? My current thoughts are to copy across the relevant entries from the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files (and shadow files?), and to copy the user folders in /home. Is there anything I am missing?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Extra info. Old box is Ubuntu 8, new box is Ubuntu 9. There are about a dozen users and a dozen custom groups." />
  <row Id="34440" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19291" RevisionGUID="f3a31584-08f6-43df-b2f7-8dc961844da5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:22:12.800" UserId="3420" Text="I prefer gnome-terminal until it starts causing me trouble, e.g. with cut-n-paste due to the complexity of Gnome. Then I switch to xterm for the remainder of the life of that desktop environment. I actually have one system on which I've been using gnome-terminal for months! The ability to configure gnome-terminal using reasonable means instead of the completely braindamaged historical mess of X resources is a big win.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sadly, I find myself happier using putty on Windows. I don't ever use an xterm when sitting at a Windows machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should always be using screen. I'm surprised a lot of people don't know about it - it should be more prominently advertised somewhere. In the days of dialup to shell providers, everyone used it and it was just well known. You won't realize how great screen is for about a week. The ability to handle multiple 'screens', and the nice cut-n-paste are just neat features. The detach/reattach support is very nice, e.g. to go to work, reattach your home screen session and your work screen session, then go home, sit down at your desk, reattach to both, the sit on the couch and reattach to both. This is an amazing convenience. Still, you won't notice how truly great it is until your desktop crashes and you can safely reattach to everything you were in the middle of with no trouble whatsoever. You can also leave screens open as a reminder of what you were in the middle of, take a real weekend off, and reattach and need to extra reminder of what you were doing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34441" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19291" RevisionGUID="f3a31584-08f6-43df-b2f7-8dc961844da5" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:22:12.800" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34442" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19292" RevisionGUID="dbd612d6-cea8-48f7-8a2c-f4e4ca428646" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:23:50.957" UserId="6080" Text="SecureCRT, [Console][1] - for Windows&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Linux I prefer RoxTerm because it has tabs but require only GTK libs." />
  <row Id="34443" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19292" RevisionGUID="dbd612d6-cea8-48f7-8a2c-f4e4ca428646" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:23:50.957" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19293" RevisionGUID="4e268958-6d46-4c35-808c-28d51120090a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:26:41.963" UserId="1435" Text="Seriously consider Sun's open-source CFS [Lustre][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sun.com/software/products/lustre/" />
  <row Id="34445" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19294" RevisionGUID="00823ccc-4b2b-4890-9631-17b59111d874" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:27:42.603" UserDisplayName="Sunny Chan" Text="I don't think the hardware components would be an issue if you stick with the recommended requirements.  I would be more concern about the bandwidth." />
  <row Id="34446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19295" RevisionGUID="4c6d6ff1-7a98-4578-9b18-b98d205b2eb7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:27:50.090" UserId="6609" Text="I'd call them on it.  They've paid for that machine and the bandwidth and the support many times over considering how long you've been with them.  Ask them for a new machine for free.  You may be surprised." />
  <row Id="34447" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19295" RevisionGUID="4c6d6ff1-7a98-4578-9b18-b98d205b2eb7" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:27:50.090" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34448" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19279" RevisionGUID="4cd1b7df-dd34-4d8f-b2b5-7ae7aa386e52" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:28:00.870" UserId="914" Comment="Added the referenced URL" Text="I'm sorry, I cannot post URLs yet. I found a thorough article that goes over the passing over of the correct files at cyberciti.biz, the article name is **Move or migrate user accounts from old Linux server to a new Linux server**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is an excerpt from the article:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Following files/dirs are required for traditional Linux user management:&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * **/etc/passwd** - contains various pieces of information for each user&#xD;&#xA;&gt; account&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; * **/etc/shadow** - contains the encrypted password information for user's&#xD;&#xA;&gt; accounts and optional the password&#xD;&#xA;&gt; aging information.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; * **/etc/group** - defines the groups to which users belong&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; * **/etc/gshadow** - group shadow file (contains the encrypted password for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; group)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; * **/var/spool/mail** - Generally user emails are stored here.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; * **/home** - All Users data is stored here.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; You need to backup all of the above files and directories from old server to new Linux server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope this helps, and sorry again for not being able to post an actual URL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit by Adam: URL is [http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-move-migrate-user-accounts-old-to-new-server/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-move-migrate-user-accounts-old-to-new-server/" />
  <row Id="34449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19296" RevisionGUID="b1bc6a33-8da5-4ac8-874d-2370e619d4d1" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:30:20.053" UserId="7709" Text="It would appear that the short answer is &quot;No&quot; - a Windows RAID-5 array cannot be expanded (safely) once it has been made. So make sure you get enough headroom in it in the first place, or buy a proper RAID controller that supports online expansion!" />
  <row Id="34450" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19297" RevisionGUID="899049ec-207d-4b04-9c8e-67ca83491ea6" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:33:37.147" UserId="3420" Text="If an SSD doesn't support SMART, it hopefully supports some more powerful and hardware-specific mechanism of getting this sort of information. It really should still support SMART so that it integrates with standard tools better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't get this data from your SSD at all, I wouldn't trust it. There are a lot of very poor SSDs on the market, and one that gives you no information about its health is very suspect. Not knowing how many blocks have failed is pretty dangerous. Treat such an SSD as a toy and nothing more.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34451" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19298" RevisionGUID="014fe160-ed4e-4ee6-97ad-8e1cb7ff636e" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:38:07.027" UserId="3420" Text="My experience is that SSDs have a much higher failure rate than hard drives, due to the immaturity of the technology, and immaturity of the products developed around the technology.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This has nothing to do with the expected failure of blocks. Between wear-leveling and spare blocks to handle failures, I've never seen a recent SSD that could start experiencing block failures within a three-year lifespan of nonstop writes. Either they're cheap and their write performance is too poor, or they're expensive and they have enough spare blocks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the drive is going to experience undue mechanical stress, I've seen SSDs experience much lower failure rates than hard drives. For example, in airplanes." />
  <row Id="34452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19299" RevisionGUID="0d51e7f5-4c09-4719-a99c-dca7293bcf8b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:41:08.987" UserId="7732" Text="No Konsole users? &#xD;&#xA;I am a Fedora user and have always just used Konsole, never really looked at the alternatives though as it seems to just do everything well. I'm always willing to try new things though. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and putty on windows, with Putty Connection Manager (tabs, baby)." />
  <row Id="34453" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19299" RevisionGUID="0d51e7f5-4c09-4719-a99c-dca7293bcf8b" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:41:08.987" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34454" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19300" RevisionGUID="56552306-e2f7-4f3c-b2be-aee4272aaf16" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:45:36.700" UserId="413" Text="Back before I switched to full-time ubuntu, I used to like &lt;a href=&quot;http://software.jessies.org/terminator/&quot;&gt;Terminator&lt;/a&gt; on windows quite a lot- nice list of features, including unlimited scrolling, infinite scrollback buffers, multiple tabs, etc etc etc." />
  <row Id="34455" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19300" RevisionGUID="56552306-e2f7-4f3c-b2be-aee4272aaf16" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:45:36.700" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19301" RevisionGUID="2d212487-5d56-43e1-8f25-7e76c3198253" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:51:33.673" UserId="7353" Text="Short Answer: Yes there are companies out there blocking web access (social or other sites)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Long Answer:&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;From employer point of view: Time used at work, not doing any work, is wasted.&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;From employee point of view: My work is done, while waiting for more to come, I'll go (to that website) - Depends on the kind of work you do, there can be a gap from when your work is done to when you receive more work to do.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I am one of the employee that got my web access shot down when our company decided to trial WebSense. And the few things I learn from being locked down by websense:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;UL&gt;&#xD;&#xA; &lt;LI&gt;I learn a lot on open proxy, tunneling, and information about circumventing web blocks in general&lt;/LI&gt;&#xD;&#xA; &lt;LI&gt;Big amount of unrest among the staff with the web access lock down - Doesn't affect higher-ups because their access is not restricted&lt;/LI&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/UL&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Restricting people from accessing social websites should be part of the company business practice and part of the company work ethic, there should be little or no need for such enforcement through the use of the technology (Reference: David Pashley's comment above).&#xD;&#xA;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Enforcement on personal level will be beneficial for both the company and the staff member in the long run. The staff member will be more responsible with their work and their access to social sites, and the company will be beneficial from more responsible staff member. &#xD;&#xA;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Personal Monitoring&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Cost: Practically $0. Manager/team leader to spend more time to manage and monitor their team.&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Benefit: Staff have less time to visit social sites (to do more work), &quot;might&quot; improve their sense of responsibility in the long run.&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Web Blocking Software&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Cost: Depends on the software, might be free, might be $$$$. Also, time spent to fine-tuning the software.&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Benefit: Save the company time from staff accessing social sites, save the company bandwidth in general.&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34457" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19302" RevisionGUID="81cfa2ba-ad60-44cd-88a3-1d74bb37ab3a" CreationDate="2009-06-03T23:59:29.097" UserId="7730" Text="- Enable Hardware Assisted Virtualization in the BIOS.&#xD;&#xA;- Install the VM Tools on the guest OS.&#xD;&#xA;- Run your VM's from a separate spindle if you can. A lot of times the bottleneck is disk.&#xD;&#xA;- Give VM's the right amount of memory for the task. If the VM is constantly swapping it can play havoc with performance.&#xD;&#xA;- Make sure the host and guest operating systems are defragmented.&#xD;&#xA;- Cut off fancy gui effects on the guest systems.&#xD;&#xA;- Exclude your .vhd,.vmdk and associated files from the host systems active anti-virus scanning.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just a few tips that should help. By the way I have the same exact setup on my desk as well (Quad Core Intel Q9400, 8Gb RAM, Vista 64) and have been using Vmware Server 2 with multiple VM's without issue." />
  <row Id="34458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19303" RevisionGUID="49faa64f-eead-4516-87ac-00998a3bd628" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:06:49.763" UserId="1054" Text="Have a look at [WebScarab][1].  It's Java based, has a Java Web Start installer or a JAR executable, whichever.  All kinds of fun toys there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_WebScarab_Project" />
  <row Id="34459" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19043" RevisionGUID="1896a466-b676-4291-8fa3-e95383311376" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:09:33.197" UserId="6901" Comment="More details in the title" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This question is in two parts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# Shape&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I limit the bandwidth on a ASA5510 to less than 10Mbps?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently I have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    policy-map shape_policy&#xD;&#xA;    class class-default&#xD;&#xA;     shape average 9000000 36096&#xD;&#xA;    !&#xD;&#xA;    service-policy shape_policy interface outside&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But when I look at the traffic on the outside interface it seems it sometimes busts the 10Mbps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# Police&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, is it possible to limit the bandwidth taken by each users on the ASA? I've tried something like that (although it is not running at the moment):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    police input 3000000 51200 conform-action transmit exceed-action drop&#xD;&#xA;    police output 3000000 51200 conform-action transmit exceed-action drop&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it the way to go or is there a better way?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**// Addendum:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should add I'm using version 8.0(4) of the firmware as it can help provide proper configurations for the latest ASAs." />
  <row Id="34460" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="19043" RevisionGUID="1896a466-b676-4291-8fa3-e95383311376" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:09:33.197" UserId="6901" Comment="More details in the title" Text="Cisco ASA5510 Bandwidth Shaping/Limiting" />
  <row Id="34461" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19304" RevisionGUID="b98e7cc5-081f-456b-bc79-95413498e761" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:17:11.350" UserId="3505" Text="We do have a CR process that everything must go through, but there is no scoring.  There is levels of course - for example you indicate what the risks associated with the change are, and which environments could be affected by those risks - the environment might be something like &quot;production Oracle DBs servicing Portal&quot; for example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the CR states anything more than a minor - then the CR people have to have a big fat meeting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As part of the CR, everyone needs to have a complete roll-back plan.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...But no, there is no scoring as such, other than the reputation you'll gain once they get to know you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think it's not a bad idea at all though, might put some incentive for people to do CRs, another reason why CRs are partly-useless here where I work specifically (imo) - is that you submit CRs, but don't have any means of querying them in a useful way, so again - less incentive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best way to make such things useful I think is to provide some value back to the people that you expect to use them.  Either through functionality, or scoring (like serverfault), or other." />
  <row Id="34462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19305" RevisionGUID="a431c9ed-86c4-4ad9-8abb-eb1bee977f0f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:17:21.663" UserId="7991" Text="Since Postfix's local delivery agent assumes the user's identity when delivering mail or checking for .forward files, the fact that the postfix user itself is unable to access the home areas should not cause any problems. At our site, the vast majority of .forward files are not directly readable by the postfix user." />
  <row Id="34463" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19306" RevisionGUID="b897a26c-513f-4120-aa5c-9ebfac04b2e5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:17:35.563" UserId="6468" Text="I've got an HP Laserjet 2430tn that supports a staff of approximately 15 people.  It has over 207,000+ pages printed in its lifespan so far.  It needs new rollers, as the paper jams more and more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A &quot;maintenance kit&quot; for this printer looms around $200, to replace the rollers and the fuser.&#xD;&#xA;Is it worth it to get the whole kit with the fuser or simply replace the rollers for $30?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are no problems with the printing when it doesn't jam, but I've never done a maintenance kit and I'm not sure if it's needed for almost half the cost of the printer itself." />
  <row Id="34464" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19306" RevisionGUID="b897a26c-513f-4120-aa5c-9ebfac04b2e5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:17:35.563" UserId="6468" Text="Printer Maintenance Kits?" />
  <row Id="34465" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19306" RevisionGUID="b897a26c-513f-4120-aa5c-9ebfac04b2e5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:17:35.563" UserId="6468" Text="&lt;printers&gt;&lt;maintenance&gt;&lt;kits&gt;" />
  <row Id="34466" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19307" RevisionGUID="fceac16a-5437-4760-807f-96631a374844" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:22:05.793" UserId="1409" Text="With 200k printed pages you want to get a maintenance kit when/if the printer is calling for it.  The fuser might not seem to be going bad, but it will, and it is worth replacing now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the past I've purchased refurbished maintenance kits from [The Printer Works][1].  On newer printers I use genuine HP parts, but on older models that I don't want to spend as much on, I'll purchase refurbished parts.  I've never had a problem with either. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.printerworks.com/" />
  <row Id="34467" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19308" RevisionGUID="7236388e-7ee9-4a90-8934-5b9e3a527d6e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:22:37.683" UserId="4392" Text="Can you add the postfix user to all of the groups? " />
  <row Id="34468" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19309" RevisionGUID="68df3d64-755d-4cf6-83bc-fb55413f8544" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:24:09.897" UserId="1435" Text="Not convinced this is a SF question - but I'd be tempted to spent as little as possible - new replacement printers are cheap these days." />
  <row Id="34469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19310" RevisionGUID="9ec59580-1fb3-4226-a558-f151f65adbb8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:26:29.753" UserId="6550" Text="how much is the fuser separately? If we accept the rollers at $30 then the fuser is worth the remaining $170. If you can get the fuser cheaper than that, get them separately. However; the fuser will fail one day; and it's always handy to have a printer maintenance kit ready when that day comes :)" />
  <row Id="34470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19311" RevisionGUID="aa258d4c-f4fb-4dd3-a22c-71734181b162" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:29:18.583" UserId="481" Text="I am logged in as administrator and I right click on a folder and then go to properties, then the security tab, then advanced, then the owner tab.  I am not on a domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I see that the folder has a group ownership of administrators.  &#xD;&#xA;I change this ownership of this item and all subitems to the user administrator.  I verified and all subitems do indeed now have the ownerhip of administrator. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But then I try to create a new txt file inside that folder, and when I go to see what the ownership is on it, it is administrators.  I expected the new ownership to inherit the ownership from it's parent item or take it from me the logged on user administrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What can be done to solve this problem so that new files I create when logged on with administrator will create them with an owner of administrator instead of administrators?  &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34471" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19311" RevisionGUID="aa258d4c-f4fb-4dd3-a22c-71734181b162" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:29:18.583" UserId="481" Text="file ownership for new files with administrator - why is it giving access to the group administrators?" />
  <row Id="34472" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19311" RevisionGUID="aa258d4c-f4fb-4dd3-a22c-71734181b162" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:29:18.583" UserId="481" Text="&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;acl&gt;" />
  <row Id="34473" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19312" RevisionGUID="508595ea-70b6-4dce-a1b5-6aa1e1bf0f3f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:31:38.207" UserId="3420" Text="Although the theory of operation of an SSD should make it more reliable than a hard drive, the technology and resulting products are immature.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should expects SSDs to have a failure rate similar to any electronic component. Since the consequences of data loss are often more severe than the consequences of downtime due to a failed CPU, redundancy makes more sense. Realistically, consumer-grade SSDs will have a greater failure rate than expected because they're so poorly made, and high-end SSDs will have a greater than expected failure rate because they're bleeding edge technology.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even if the data is not important, the downtime and work caused by recovering the system can be significant. I worked in one environment where a handful of sysadmins manage many hundreds of systems with exclusively redundant storage. There was at one point a belief that it was acceptable to have nonredundant storage for unimportant easily-recoverable data. Luckily, the lesson as to why this is wrong was properly learned. Recovering a system from a drive failure tied up a sysadmin for hours. The cost savings in the price of a drive was nothing compared to the waste in paying someone to recover the system.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34474" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19313" RevisionGUID="066e7f3a-2e70-4aac-807c-8b42a3c7d66a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:32:12.530" UserId="4392" Text="GFS2 was until 5.3 a &quot;technology preview&quot;, even though the documentation for RHCS gave specific instructions for it. I can't speak to it in 5.3 because I gave up on it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have heard good things about Lustre and OCFS. I have also gathered from listening to a lot of people that (if you have the disk space available) DRBD is an excellent way to go. Unfortunately,  I'm yet to try it. " />
  <row Id="34475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19314" RevisionGUID="0acd93c4-4dda-403f-974f-587af7e2170a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:40:55.147" UserId="3420" Text="Be prepared to do a lot of testing. I spent a great deal of time trying to understand the relationship between number of writes and write performance of the generally excellent FusionIO devices. The vendor wasn't too helpful in understanding the situation at first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember that the definition of a &quot;free&quot; block can vary. For example, if you wrote to it ever, the storage can't consider it free. Perhaps if you later write to it with all 0's or all 1's, it can flag it as a free block although I have not seen this in practice. I found shocking performance artifacts by creating a logical volume that was only a small portion of the overall storage. Then, creating a logical volume that contained the rest of the storage, writing to it heavily for a half-hour, and deleting the logical volume. To the SSD, these blocks are of course not free. But I had forever destroyed the write performance by doing this test.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By formatting the device with extra &quot;reserved&quot; blocks, the reality of the performance impact was made irrelevant. The FusionIO devices support fast writes because they erase the reserved blocks in the background, and use them for new writes. (The block you overwrote is flagged as free, and later gets erased).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34476" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19315" RevisionGUID="34c72e36-ca7a-437d-986c-1ea9a34944c5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:41:11.043" UserId="6558" Text="I would not consider using Vista with SSD's.  Vista was not optimized for use with SSD's (nor was XP) and has some serious performance bottlenecks.  You would be better off with SSD's on Windows 7 which has shown to have significant SSD perofrmance improvements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SSD's may be susceptible to static electical disturbance.  As long as you don't care if you lose everything (say you have good backups and can restore from an image) then RAID0 is fine and should give a nice boost, though i've never seen any benchmarks to confirm this with SSD's.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19316" RevisionGUID="41cd69fb-fc80-46db-900f-54222b022d88" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:41:30.887" UserId="4432" Text="We use GFS on RHEL 5.3 and CentOS 5.3 with no issues.  From what I see, Windows support is in its infancy though." />
  <row Id="34478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19317" RevisionGUID="ebb80336-f162-4511-8ce7-2de70ac568f8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:41:40.590" UserId="2123" Text="Our E1 connection is being closed by our firewall*.  It happens intermittently every few days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I find log entries like this one around the same time as the dropout:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  2 09:53:35 sg580 kernel: Flood - dropped: IN=eth1 OUT= MAC=00:d0:cf:04:7c:13:00:15:2b:ff:97:68:08:00 SRC=61.162.229.252 DST=221.133.***.*** LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=104 ID=256 PROTO=TCP SPT=6000 DPT=1433 WINDOW=16384 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Always from the same SRC ip too!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are we being DOS attacked?!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What can we do about this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ashley&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Our firewall is a SnapGear SG580&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34479" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19317" RevisionGUID="ebb80336-f162-4511-8ce7-2de70ac568f8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:41:40.590" UserId="2123" Text="Do reports of packet flooding suggest a DOS attacK?" />
  <row Id="34480" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19317" RevisionGUID="ebb80336-f162-4511-8ce7-2de70ac568f8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:41:40.590" UserId="2123" Text="&lt;dos&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="34481" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="19311" RevisionGUID="69b8e27d-b291-479d-b074-7f0d1e9932ed" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:47:03.080" UserId="481" Comment="edited title" Text="file ownership for new files with administrator - why is it giving ownership to the group administrators?" />
  <row Id="34483" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19318" RevisionGUID="842fee01-e89a-4420-91a5-cb2d819e88dd" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:49:17.663" UserId="1171" Text="I have used the [NTLM Authorization Proxy Server][1], this does what you are looking for if your upstream proxy is MS ISA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ntlmaps.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="34484" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19303" RevisionGUID="07830e07-d4ca-4a25-ab85-d9d53b8cde57" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:50:36.617" UserId="1054" Comment="added 87 characters in body; added 35 characters in body" Text="Have a look at [WebScarab][1].  It's Java based, has a Java Web Start installer or a JAR executable, whichever.  All kinds of fun toys there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** ooh, wait.  Might not support autoproxy config yet...  Thought that it did.  Still is an awesome tool, though!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_WebScarab_Project" />
  <row Id="34485" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19319" RevisionGUID="78ab95d6-2b6a-4c6c-a5cf-529d52c55e57" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:53:31.933" UserId="7949" Text="We have several wireless networks, some of them, doesn't need a proxy, some of them do. Furthermore, when some of our users go to other places, they need to change their proxies. Most of our users are not that well versed with computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to minimize the need for them to manually change this settings, as I've already done&#xD;&#xA;with their wireless connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there an existing program to set an specific wireless network to a certain fixed proxy configuration?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there isn't, do you know if the necessary API exists to change it with a script or small application?" />
  <row Id="34486" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19319" RevisionGUID="78ab95d6-2b6a-4c6c-a5cf-529d52c55e57" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:53:31.933" UserId="7949" Text="Is there a way to bind a wireless network to a proxy setting?" />
  <row Id="34487" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19319" RevisionGUID="78ab95d6-2b6a-4c6c-a5cf-529d52c55e57" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:53:31.933" UserId="7949" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;wireless-network&gt;&lt;automation&gt;" />
  <row Id="34488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19320" RevisionGUID="737a7f7f-0b8f-48a4-bc6f-00013022dba5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:54:05.863" UserId="7991" Text="To follow up on WaldenL's ticketing system suggestion, Request Tracker (http://bestpractical.com/rt/) is a very nice open source ticketing system. We've used it successfully at my workplace for years for everything from IT support to employment application management." />
  <row Id="34489" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="19317" RevisionGUID="2faebd70-7166-4b3b-85b0-d3da503fd3bb" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:57:45.310" UserId="2123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;denial-of-service&gt;" />
  <row Id="34490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19321" RevisionGUID="8e17ab61-8b46-491a-a13f-fdb0e3571bb9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T00:59:53.607" UserId="7200" Text="You'll find a setting in the &quot;Security Options&quot; section of the &quot;Local Policies&quot; section of the &quot;Security Settings&quot; section of the &quot;Windows Settings&quot; of the &quot;Computer Configuration&quot; portion of the local group policy (or GPO). The setting is &quot;System objects: Default owner for objects created by members of the Administrators group&quot; (at least in Windows XP).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Members of the &quot;Administrators&quot; group will have objects they create set with the owner as  Administrators when this setting is set. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To be honest, I'm not immediately sure on Microsoft's rationale for this setting, except to say that it would allow for a common ability to reset permissions on objects w/o taking ownership by all &quot;Administrators&quot;. I'd be interested to see if anybody has a link to an explicit statement of purpose on this setting from Microsoft." />
  <row Id="34491" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19321" RevisionGUID="3c78fc29-202a-43ec-8a7e-4f540b017b2f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:05:11.210" UserId="7200" Comment="Reducing the stupid, adding details..." Text="You'll find a setting in the &quot;Security Options&quot; section of the &quot;Local Policies&quot; section of the &quot;Security Settings&quot; section of the &quot;Windows Settings&quot; of the &quot;Computer Configuration&quot; portion of the local group policy (or GPO). The setting is &quot;System objects: Default owner for objects created by members of the Administrators group&quot; (at least in Windows XP).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Members of the &quot;Administrators&quot; group will have objects they create set with the owner as  Administrators when this setting is set. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To be honest, I'm not immediately sure on Microsoft's rationale for this behaviour, except to say that it would allow for a common ability to reset permissions on objects w/o taking ownership by all &quot;Administrators&quot;. I'd guess that was the intent. I'd be interested to see if anybody has a link to an explicit statement of purpose on this setting from Microsoft.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I noticed that this setting's default differs between Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 (here's an article from Microsoft on it http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318825), but I still don't see a statement of purpose behind why you would want things set one way versus the other.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34492" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19322" RevisionGUID="286277c8-9c63-4556-b349-8edff74a1b6d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:08:46.243" UserId="1923" Text="We use Kayako eSupport [http://www.kayako.com/solutions/esupport/][1] which does everything we need it to. The biggest let down we tend to have with it is reporting statistics on how the CSR's are spending their time on tickets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kayako.com/solutions/esupport/" />
  <row Id="34493" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19323" RevisionGUID="5dabdcad-467a-4eeb-9665-eaf3ec7719a3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:11:49.517" UserId="7949" Text="I'm planning to deploy some kiosk computers and would like to leave them with a small pendrive as boot disk, keeping the rest at an easy to back up server, ala [LTSP][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right now I'm pondering two options. An NFSed /home/, or a local copy of ~/ copied on login, rsynced on logout.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My fears are that working with files might get too slow, or my network might get [clogged][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ltsp.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_of_tubes" />
  <row Id="34494" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19323" RevisionGUID="5dabdcad-467a-4eeb-9665-eaf3ec7719a3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:11:49.517" UserId="7949" Text="Is it safe to have home folder hosted with NFS?" />
  <row Id="34495" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19323" RevisionGUID="5dabdcad-467a-4eeb-9665-eaf3ec7719a3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:11:49.517" UserId="7949" Text="&lt;nfs&gt;&lt;home-directory&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;user-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="34496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19324" RevisionGUID="fd322e68-3691-4862-9dd9-8d4e4135ac66" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:11:50.060" UserId="6609" Text="You might try transparent proxying. Very handy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.benzedrine.cx/transquid.html" />
  <row Id="34497" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19325" RevisionGUID="dd6b90cc-7439-4172-8702-01992e40e766" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:12:09.717" UserId="7827" Text="I'm getting ready to setup a server that will be responsible for tracking statistical data from a high volume traffic source.  It will be handling about 100k requests/hour, all of which are small GETs.  All I need is a simple server setup that can process the parameters of the get request and write them to a CSV file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My first thought was to use lighttpd+fastcgi+php, as that's a configuration I'm already familiar with.  But, given that I don't get to make these kinds of performance decisions everyday, I'd like to explore some other options and see if there might be something even better for this purpose." />
  <row Id="34498" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19325" RevisionGUID="dd6b90cc-7439-4172-8702-01992e40e766" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:12:09.717" UserId="7827" Text="High performance web server with no database interactivity" />
  <row Id="34499" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19325" RevisionGUID="dd6b90cc-7439-4172-8702-01992e40e766" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:12:09.717" UserId="7827" Text="&lt;scalability&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;lighttpd&gt;&lt;optimization&gt;" />
  <row Id="34500" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19326" RevisionGUID="f3a14843-e46d-465b-9631-1a21c5c3acbe" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:12:38.360" UserId="3110" Text="&#xD;&#xA;[CRM Desk][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's cheap, robust, and best of all, hosted by someone else.  Used them for another client of mine.  They created the portal for us in about 2 hours.  Their tech support is stellar.  All around great site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.crmdesk.com/" />
  <row Id="34501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19327" RevisionGUID="98c02ce9-0356-4891-bc46-d0162e9041ce" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:12:47.377" UserId="3420" Text="Your NAS solution may have only been tested with a particular kind of drive, including firmware version. It may have custom firmware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will have to trust the manufacturer's advice about supported drives. Even though they may deliberately deceive you so that they exclusively can sell you overpriced drives, there's no way to determine whether this is the case or whether there is a good reason for a particular drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most flaky SATA solutions I've seen have problems due to interactions between drives and the controller. A drive that the controller vendor never tested is asking for more problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's a very low-end NAS solution, the problems caused by the NAS itself will probably eclipse any problems caused by drive/controller compatibility. And it is unlikely that there is custom firmware, or even serious testing of drives by the vendor." />
  <row Id="34502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19328" RevisionGUID="eaaf13a4-f521-441f-8b35-de28e9dd1fbe" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:14:31.227" UserId="7991" Text="For debugging purposes, you might want to have someone forward your &quot;spammy&quot; mail back to you (make sure to have them include all the headers). Many spam filters are configured to insert headers summarizing the results of various checks performed on the mail." />
  <row Id="34503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19329" RevisionGUID="9bdad257-ed6b-40f9-9d82-2f32727182e1" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:14:35.907" UserId="7398" Text="Technically one would use DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) to describe a DoS attack from multiple source IPs, but it's almost impossible to actually cause a Denial of Service condition when flooding from only a single IP, not to mention it occurs only every few days. So no, I wouldn't call it a DoS attack.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd say block him and see how things go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ehtyar." />
  <row Id="34507" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19331" RevisionGUID="6aabf846-cb10-42b6-af2f-6623cb62d4a3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:19:55.150" UserId="4965" Text="I'm taking care of a windows servers in my company. AFAIK, the server is a member of active directory. I notice from task manager that the process LSASS.exe is taking a lot of memory and cpu time. Via google, I've found it could possibly be fixed with some updated patches.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just curuious. What is LSASS.exe ? What does it do ? And why it takes a lot of memory and CPU time ? Can it be reduce if the patches does not work ?" />
  <row Id="34508" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19331" RevisionGUID="6aabf846-cb10-42b6-af2f-6623cb62d4a3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:19:55.150" UserId="4965" Text="What is LSASS.exe ? And why it takes a lot of memory and CPU time ?" />
  <row Id="34509" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19331" RevisionGUID="6aabf846-cb10-42b6-af2f-6623cb62d4a3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:19:55.150" UserId="4965" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-domain&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="34510" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19332" RevisionGUID="e745c92a-80b5-43c3-9ddf-7087f435536d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:21:33.180" UserId="7991" Text="The problem with using the submission port is that it is usually intended for use only by authenticated users. Because of this, external mail servers are not going to attempt to deliver mail to your server using the submission port." />
  <row Id="34511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19333" RevisionGUID="2ffd8edf-5d5c-438a-8eb1-0972f8b6b2f4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:23:20.790" UserId="7200" Text="LSASS is the Local Security Authority Subsystem. It's ultimately responsible for making the access granted / access denied decision when you attempt to access resources in a Windows NT-derived operating system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On domain controller computers (at least, W2K and W2K3-- I don't know about W2K8 off the top of my head) it hosts the Active Directory database. On a domain controller computer, you will see CPU, RAM, and IO resources consumed by this process. On a member server that isn't a domain controller you shouldn't see quite as big an impact.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19334" RevisionGUID="1c279fe3-d71f-44e0-9cc1-ce7399871461" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:23:38.653" UserId="4156" Text="I use an NFSed home and it works fine. but you must make sure the network is fast enough and that it will never be down." />
  <row Id="34513" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19335" RevisionGUID="05f024e6-0ebf-48e3-bf8a-880851841b6a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:25:26.810" UserId="1585" Text="I need to run scan about 50 desktop computers and check to see if any *.doc, *.xls, *.ppt etc... files are being stored locally.  I am wondering what tools might be available for this.  A quick Google didn't find any great solutions so I am thinking I may need to write a script to do this.  " />
  <row Id="34514" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19335" RevisionGUID="05f024e6-0ebf-48e3-bf8a-880851841b6a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:25:26.810" UserId="1585" Text="What tools are available to scan remote desktops for certain types of files?" />
  <row Id="34515" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19335" RevisionGUID="05f024e6-0ebf-48e3-bf8a-880851841b6a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:25:26.810" UserId="1585" Text="&lt;search&gt;&lt;remote&gt;&lt;desktop&gt;" />
  <row Id="34516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19336" RevisionGUID="a69b4c81-8257-4e5a-a28b-72474c5bea87" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:25:42.457" UserDisplayName="stevej" Text="Does IIS 6 inherently support IP tunneling? I heard from a consulting group that it does not but I find that hard to believe. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not, is there a standard way to support IP tunneling using third-party solutions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34517" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19336" RevisionGUID="a69b4c81-8257-4e5a-a28b-72474c5bea87" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:25:42.457" UserDisplayName="stevej" Text="IIS 6 support for IP Tunneling" />
  <row Id="34518" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19336" RevisionGUID="a69b4c81-8257-4e5a-a28b-72474c5bea87" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:25:42.457" UserDisplayName="stevej" Text="&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;ip&gt;&lt;tunneling&gt;&lt;support&gt;" />
  <row Id="34519" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19333" RevisionGUID="405ab8ad-cfab-451f-8856-a08a94d05b6e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:28:32.623" UserId="7200" Comment="added 360 characters in body" Text="LSASS is the Local Security Authority Subsystem. It's ultimately responsible for making the access granted / access denied decision when you attempt to access resources in a Windows NT-derived operating system. Each time you try to access any resource, a bit of code deep down in LSASS actually says &quot;Yeah, go ahead&quot; or &quot;Woah! No way!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On domain controller computers it hosts the Active Directory database. Thusly, on a domain controller computer, you will see more CPU, RAM, and IO resources consumed by this process because it's running AD. On a member server that isn't a domain controller you shouldn't see quite as big an impact.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as patching your boxes go, take what &quot;Windows Update&quot; or &quot;Microsoft Update&quot; says to do as the &quot;right thing&quot;. For the most part, this will get you patched to current levels. Be careful mucking about with LSASS, because killing it will cause your computer to reboot. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19337" RevisionGUID="c04c3ab1-48b9-4c48-aee5-0cf5c1a3c4d2" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:29:15.523" UserId="2556" Text="LSASS.exe is the Local Security Authentication Server process. Basically it enforces Security Policy. If the process is taking up an inordinate amount of CPU cycles then I would first look at what security policies you have in place. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;LSASS.exe has been hit by viruses in the past so you obviously want to make sure your Antivirus software is running and up-to-date.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, it is a core system file so don't try and kill it. Like Wolverine, kicking it in the balls will only piss it off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-RaindogShane" />
  <row Id="34521" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19338" RevisionGUID="e7b7da96-c667-49c5-b216-aeda769684d7" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:30:20.780" UserId="5473" Text="I lot of places I have worked use NFS mounted home directories. There usually isn't a huge difference in performance (and kiosk users are probably a bit less demanding then developers who know how to get hold of their local IT guy). One problem I have seen is what happens when I'm logged into a Gnome desktop and the NFS server goes away for whatever reasons. Things get real unresponsive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34522" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19325" RevisionGUID="05edc652-2b53-4319-881b-465f4bb5353a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:31:39.187" UserId="7827" Comment="fixed traffic amount" Text="I'm getting ready to setup a server that will be responsible for tracking statistical data from a high volume traffic source.  It will be handling requests at about 6-7mil/hour on average, all of which are small GETs.  All I need is a simple server setup that can process the parameters of the get request and write them to a CSV file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My first thought was to use lighttpd+fastcgi+php, as that's a configuration I'm already familiar with.  But, given that I don't get to make these kinds of performance decisions everyday, I'd like to explore some other options and see if there might be something even better for this purpose." />
  <row Id="34523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19339" RevisionGUID="b488ec5b-8690-4b0b-9dda-692a7f6b3905" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:32:07.843" UserId="7353" Text="The only thing I can think of is to set their IE / Firefox / (Browser here) to &quot;Auto Detect Proxy Setting for Network&quot; from the computer/laptop.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19340" RevisionGUID="dd748aea-8c2f-4c20-b03c-36f8a9cb26b9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:33:05.003" UserId="7200" Text="I'm assuming you're doing this from a Windows machine to Windows machines. I'd do something quick and dirty like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Machines.TXT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    COMPUTERNAME-1&#xD;&#xA;    COMPUTERNAME-2&#xD;&#xA;    COMPUTERNAME-3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Scan-Machines.cmd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    @echo off&#xD;&#xA;    if &quot;%1&quot;==&quot;&quot; goto all&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    echo Scanning \\%1\C$&#xD;&#xA;    dir \\%1\c$ /s /a /b &gt; %1.txt&#xD;&#xA;    goto end&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    :all&#xD;&#xA;    for /f &quot;delims=&quot; %%i in (Machines.TXT) do call %0 &quot;%%i&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    :end&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Put all the machine names in the Machines.TXT file (and put it in the same folder as Scan-Machines.cmd). Run Scan-Machines.CMD and you'll end up with one text file for each machine listing all the files on their &quot;C:&quot; &quot;drives&quot;. Then you can just search the text files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yep-- quick and dirty, but cheap.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34525" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19341" RevisionGUID="b7652b79-c07f-4661-9b2e-215cd4ed5366" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:33:25.267" UserId="2051" Text="Normally you can right-click an executable and select &quot;Run As&quot; and away you go, but it doesn't seem to work for .msi files." />
  <row Id="34526" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19341" RevisionGUID="b7652b79-c07f-4661-9b2e-215cd4ed5366" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:33:25.267" UserId="2051" Text="How do I run a .msi installer with elevated priviledges on Windows" />
  <row Id="34527" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19341" RevisionGUID="b7652b79-c07f-4661-9b2e-215cd4ed5366" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:33:25.267" UserId="2051" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;installer&gt;&lt;msi&gt;&lt;runas&gt;" />
  <row Id="34528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19342" RevisionGUID="bc9bfa75-e730-4c1d-af57-5701bab6c657" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:33:29.480" UserId="3169" Text="As Rex suggested, you can use the iisback script - for example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iisback /backup /b WebBackup /v 0 /e yourpassword /overwrite&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also a good &lt;a href=&quot;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2006.08.saveyourweb.aspx&quot;&gt;TechNet Magazine article&lt;/a&gt; with more info.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34529" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19343" RevisionGUID="ca288c22-8c7f-40c6-9750-1573121b1b5d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:39:19.503" UserId="7200" Text="You shouldn't have to start MSI's with elevated privileges if you're already logged-on with an Administrator account. The Windows Installer service will elevate automatically (and prompt you w/ UAC, if your OS is configured to do so).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're not logged-on as an Administator, you'll want to do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    runas /user:&lt;administrator username here&gt; &quot;msiexec /i &lt;Path and Filename of MSI&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That will start an installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also just open an elevated command prompt, go to the directory where the MSI is sitting, and key in the MSI's name at the command prompt (with the .MSI extension). That will also start an installation." />
  <row Id="34530" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19344" RevisionGUID="dd13ea44-54c8-4598-8c2b-97d98326e30e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:40:27.347" UserId="4733" Text="I dont know if gmail supports this or not, but my signature is actually a gif image of text.  Just a thought.  " />
  <row Id="34531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19345" RevisionGUID="0e09ed88-a2a4-45cf-9ee8-ec392bff7f07" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:42:55.783" UserId="2546" Text="The real cost here is not $200 for the maintenance kit, but it's your time (what does that cost the company per hour?) dealing with jams and the lost productivity when staff cannot print. Next to staff costs, the risk that you are buying fuser a few months earlier than you need is minuscule.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So buy the maintenance kit or buy a new printer and don't think about it any more." />
  <row Id="34532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19346" RevisionGUID="22f31efb-50d7-48a1-98c0-eec7d1056b8f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:43:51.537" UserId="7709" Text="Another option is to add a registry key in XP:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit the key&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKey_Classes_Root\Msi.Package\shell\runas&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and set the value to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Install &amp;as...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Create the following key:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKey_Classes_Root\Msi.Package\shell\runas\command&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and set it to&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    msiexec /i &quot;%1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then right-click the MSI and there you go. I wouldn't suggest the 2nd method unless this is something you do all the time though.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34533" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19346" RevisionGUID="10c2f023-5d8a-45f0-b624-be7c1352a079" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:49:20.547" UserId="7709" Comment="deleted 3 characters in body" Text="Another option is to add a registry key in XP:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit the key&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKey_Classes_Root\Msi.Package\shell\runas&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and set the value to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Install &amp;as...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Create the following key:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKey_Classes_Root\Msi.Package\shell\runas\command&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and set it to&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    msiexec /i &quot;%1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then right-click the MSI and there you go. I wouldn't suggest this method unless this is something you do all the time though.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34534" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19347" RevisionGUID="f7ca6a59-6882-4551-9741-e324e7831058" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:53:07.747" UserDisplayName="gocyclones" Text="PuTTY running with pageant on Windows to a Linux server running gnu screen.  Nothing can touch it." />
  <row Id="34535" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19347" RevisionGUID="f7ca6a59-6882-4551-9741-e324e7831058" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:53:07.747" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19348" RevisionGUID="7a241e70-207f-46b0-8180-38c7e920580a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:54:01.537" UserId="7200" Text="I'm assuming you're not talking about 6-in-4 tunneling, but rather just IP-IP tunneling using IPv6.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The protocol itself doesn't &quot;support&quot; or &quot;not support&quot; tunneling-- IP doesn't care what it's carrying (which is one of the great things about it). What you put inside an IP datagram (v4 or v6) is your business.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said that, RFC2473 (http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2473.html) describes a general case of tunneling protocols within IPv6. Per RFC4294 (http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc4294.html), though, an IPV6 host implementation &quot;MAY&quot; implement RFC2473. So, having an IPv6 stack doesn't guarantee that an RFC2473 tunnel will be supported by that stack.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34537" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19349" RevisionGUID="b3c90a27-e069-419a-b569-cda003a8ccc8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:54:40.647" UserId="3388" Text="I have a handful of production servers running Centos.  My application requires a fairly recent version of PHP (&gt; 5.2, IIRC).  The options currently available to Centos Users are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. The official, mainstream centos5/redhat packages.  &#xD;&#xA;  * Pros: Most stable, most secure, easy to install -- redhat regularly releases security updates and advisories.&#xD;&#xA;  * Cons: packages are old (5.1.6?)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Third party repositories (like [Remi Collet][1]'s repo)&#xD;&#xA;  * Pros: Bleeding-edge, easy to install&#xD;&#xA;  * Con: Unreliable -- we used to use the utterramblings repository... but the guy has been totally MIA for over a year now.  I don't want to get left high and dry like that again.&#xD;&#xA;  * Con: Not as secure or stable&#xD;&#xA; 3. Use the CentOS testing repository&#xD;&#xA;  * Pros: Pretty recent version, easy to install&#xD;&#xA;  * Cons: Unstable.  They don't call it &quot;testing&quot; for nothing.  Not ideal for a production server&#xD;&#xA; 4. Build from source (php.net)&#xD;&#xA;  * Pros: Bleeding edge&#xD;&#xA;  * Cons: Labor intensive, insecure, unstable&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other options:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; 1. Redhat offers the [Redhat application stack][2] which includes recent builds, but no centos equivalent exists.&#xD;&#xA;  * Is there any reason CentOS versions of these packages don't exist?  The source must be available, right?&#xD;&#xA;  * The source has to be available, right?  How hard would it be to build centos packages myself?&#xD;&#xA; 1. Other linux distros&#xD;&#xA;  1. Debian is comparable in stability to redhat, but offers old packages&#xD;&#xA;  2. Ubuntu offers fresher, but less stable/secure packages&#xD;&#xA;  3. Others?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, in the end, my question is this: Is there a good source of stable, secure, regularly updated PHP packages or source out there (for ANY linux distro)?  Where do you get your source/binaries from?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://rpms.famillecollet.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.redhat.com/appstack/" />
  <row Id="34538" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19349" RevisionGUID="b3c90a27-e069-419a-b569-cda003a8ccc8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:54:40.647" UserId="3388" Text="Compromising between fresh and secure PHP packages on production servers?" />
  <row Id="34539" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19349" RevisionGUID="b3c90a27-e069-419a-b569-cda003a8ccc8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T01:54:40.647" UserId="3388" Text="&lt;php&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;package-management&gt;&lt;centos&gt;" />
  <row Id="34540" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19350" RevisionGUID="565c682c-a6dc-4d31-a774-f5323ced5523" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:00:53.960" UserId="7200" Text="I build my own RPMs because I don't trust third part maintainers to stay on the face of the earth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a bit of a pain (though I only build a few packages), but I know what I'm getting when I'm done. I use the spec files from the upstream (RHEL / CentOS) but I modify them to suit my needs when necessary, and subsititute in whatever version of the source I'm looking for (modifying the upstream's patches, when necessary).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This also helps my workflow of not installing compilers on production systems, since I can ship my custom-built binaries out to them. I also do this to provide backports for newer packages to older OS's when I'm &quot;stuck&quot; running an older OS (no budget to upgrade, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can get your hands on SRPMS, building a package isn't too hard. (It's mainly getting the build environment together for a given package that can be a pain.) Building an RPM from nothing (i.e. writing the spec yourself) is a good exercise, though you should read some &quot;professionally&quot; done specfiles first to get a feel for it." />
  <row Id="34541" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19351" RevisionGUID="a8927385-0090-42ad-bea0-c6abc2c9a738" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:03:05.080" UserId="4785" Text="I can't really answer to your question, but what I use to do, is to use the official source code release, then compile it on a developpement environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then I just do a package from it using the dpkg tool (I'm using debian), but there should be similar way to do a package with RedHat like OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, you just have to spread it on your servers." />
  <row Id="34545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19353" RevisionGUID="0394b228-80b7-49f0-95d5-93b549de8753" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:04:47.417" UserId="1348" Text="You want to do 6-7 million write operations to a CSV file per *hour*?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seriously, a database is a better idea.  A database is designed to handle concurrent writes, and can be scaled vertically (bigger machine, faster disks) or horizontally (load spread over multiple servers).  Writing to a single CSV file (or *any* file) requires some form of locking to handle concurrency issues, and scales poorly as IO load and concurrency increases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To work around that you'll probably end up implementing your own caching and buffering layers, then start splitting the load between multiple files, etc, etc.  Use some type of database from the outset and save yourself a lot of headaches.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34546" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19354" RevisionGUID="24123727-39ae-4312-bdda-f539fad59348" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:08:22.713" UserId="813" Text="Perhaps this is outside of your control, but is a web server really the right tool for this?" />
  <row Id="34547" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19355" RevisionGUID="867814a1-3c4e-4a0a-845b-b19178ec2f03" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:08:54.213" UserId="5049" Text="Just to highlight the Debian side:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The previous Debian release - Etch (8th April 2007) - came with PHP 5.2.0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The current Debian release - Lenny (14th February 2009) - came with PHP 5.2.6.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there should be any major updates to packages during a release cycle, those versions are usually available at [backports.org][1] if they've got a noticeable user base. A complete list of backported packages available for Lenny can be found [here][2]. This list is relatively short as of now, since the last release is only a few months old.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To see the specific versions for [PHP][3] and other packages in Debian you can use [packages.debian.org][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://backports.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://backports.org/debian/dists/lenny-backports/main/binary-i386/Packages&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=php5&amp;searchon=names&amp;exact=1&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://packages.debian.org/" />
  <row Id="34548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19356" RevisionGUID="b882fc74-52c6-4eeb-94ac-2cced67be006" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:09:20.000" UserId="7246" Text="&lt;http://www.howtoforge.com&gt; recently posted an article on using GlusterFS as a NFS replacement/alternative, you may want to check it out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.howtoforge.com/creating-an-nfs-like-standalone-storage-server-with-glusterfs-on-debian-lenny&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a short description of why its a good 'safe' alternative to NFS, from the GlusterFS project page &lt;http://www.gluster.org/&gt;:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;GlusterFS self-heals itself on the fly. There is no fsck. Storage backend is accessible directly as regular files and folders (NFS style). With replication enabled, GlusterFS can with-stand hardware failures.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More information can be found in the project documentation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps or at least helps point you in the right direction!" />
  <row Id="34549" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19356" RevisionGUID="6e5a759d-2e8e-48f7-bee8-a7740b7ce9d7" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:14:44.063" UserId="7246" Comment="added 216 characters in body" Text="&lt;http://www.howtoforge.com&gt; recently posted an article on using GlusterFS as a NFS replacement/alternative, you may want to check it out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.howtoforge.com/creating-an-nfs-like-standalone-storage-server-with-glusterfs-on-debian-lenny&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a short description of why its a good 'safe' alternative to NFS, from the GlusterFS project page &lt;http://www.gluster.org/&gt;:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;GlusterFS self-heals itself on the fly. There is no fsck. Storage backend is accessible directly as regular files and folders (NFS style). With replication enabled, GlusterFS can with-stand hardware failures.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More information can be found in the project documentation. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, another nice thing about using GlusterFS is if you need more space on your SAN you just add another storage brick (server node) and you are able to scale/grow your storage in parrallel when there is need. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps or at least helps point you in the right direction!" />
  <row Id="34552" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19359" RevisionGUID="8d320516-2101-4d14-be90-bbfb18291ee4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:19:48.267" UserId="8000" Text="DNS Service Discovery is just a convention for finding services by first looking for a PTR record, eg:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ dig +short ptr _http._tcp.dns-sd.org&#xD;&#xA;    ;; Truncated, retrying in TCP mode.&#xD;&#xA;    \032*\032Zeroconf._http._tcp.dns-sd.org.&#xD;&#xA;    \032*\032Multicast\032DNS._http._tcp.dns-sd.org.&#xD;&#xA;    \032*\032DNS\032Service\032Discovery._http._tcp.dns-sd.org.&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;&lt; snipped &gt;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then an SRV record, eg:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ dig +short srv \ *\ Multicast\ DNS._http._tcp.dns-sd.org&#xD;&#xA;    0 0 80 multicastdns.org.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And finally a TXT record for anything not encapsulated by the SRV record:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ dig +short txt \ *\ Multicast\ DNS._http._tcp.dns-sd.org&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;path=/&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The end result of the above would be an entry titled &quot; * Multicast DNS&quot; that would link to http://multicastdns.org:80/. You might ask how a DNS-SD aware client would know how to look up these records on dns-sd.org? Well it would either have to be explicitly told (configured manually) or it'd have to look at the systems search domains which could be configured via DHCP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DHCP daemons can maintain records for the leases they give out by either being tightly coupled to a DNS daemon (eg: dnsmasq) or by sending update requests to a DNS server. Generally the later is done using TSIG'd DNS update requests but the method varies with DNS/DHCP servers used - this is pretty common with ISC BIND + DHCP and the Microsoft stack which uses a similar method.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Multicast DNS removes much of the hassle involved in setting up an environment like the above by making clients responsible for advertising their records. It's not without it's own quirks though - although it's got DNS in it's name, (unicast) DNS and mDNS don't interope, they exist in parallel which leads to clashes in environments that use the &quot;.local&quot; namespace (default for mDNS stacks) with their local unicast DNS. You can also end up with unexpected hostnames — if for example two clients vie for the same hostname, one will lose and retry with a number appended (this behaviour can be changed). That said, in a small environment this is not likely to become an issue. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;mDNS setup is a matter of installing Bonjour on Windows or Avahi on UNIX like systems. OS X has Bonjour out of the box. Once installed, you should be able to access another machine via it's hostname with &quot;.local&quot; appended. Whilst it's possible to change from the default &quot;.local&quot; namespace it is a bit of a hassle." />
  <row Id="34553" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19340" RevisionGUID="0697fbda-b765-4687-b42f-7e56359df85b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:21:50.133" UserId="7200" Comment="Fixing script to handle computer names with spaces..." Text="I'm assuming you're doing this from a Windows machine to Windows machines. I'd do something quick and dirty like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Machines.TXT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    COMPUTERNAME-1&#xD;&#xA;    COMPUTERNAME-2&#xD;&#xA;    COMPUTERNAME-3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Scan-Machines.cmd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    @echo off&#xD;&#xA;    if &quot;%1&quot;==&quot;&quot; goto all&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    echo Scanning %~1&#xD;&#xA;    dir &quot;\\%~1\c$&quot; /s /a /b &gt; &quot;%~1.txt&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    goto end&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    :all&#xD;&#xA;    for /f &quot;delims=&quot; %%i in (Machines.TXT) do call %0 &quot;%%i&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    :end&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Put all the machine names in the Machines.TXT file (and put it in the same folder as Scan-Machines.cmd). Run Scan-Machines.CMD and you'll end up with one text file for each machine listing all the files on their &quot;C:&quot; &quot;drives&quot;. Then you can just search the text files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yep-- quick and dirty, but cheap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Fixed to allow computer names with spaces in them. Computer names with spaces make me weep, but the script should handle them." />
  <row Id="34555" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19360" RevisionGUID="647771c3-0e39-4db0-aa21-483a4d9b3fdd" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:23:28.197" UserId="6129" Text="I have heard many times that HTTPS should be used for transferring private data, since HTTP is vulnerable to eavesdroppers. But in practical terms, just who is capable of eavesdropping on a given surfer's HTTP traffic? Their ISP? Other people on the same LAN? Anyone who knows their IP address?" />
  <row Id="34556" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19360" RevisionGUID="647771c3-0e39-4db0-aa21-483a4d9b3fdd" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:23:28.197" UserId="6129" Text="Who can eavesdrop on a user's HTTP traffic?" />
  <row Id="34557" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19360" RevisionGUID="647771c3-0e39-4db0-aa21-483a4d9b3fdd" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:23:28.197" UserId="6129" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;http&gt;" />
  <row Id="34558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19361" RevisionGUID="2a88de7e-6c6f-4bfc-9e64-d70bd75dcb09" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:23:41.113" UserId="5049" Text="Given that you're going to do about 2000 Requests/sec or 500µs/request on _AVERAGE_ (meaning much higher peaks), CSVs are probably a no-go due to clobbered entries on concurrent writes, since nothing guarantees atomic writes in your files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One idea would be per-process/per-writer files which are collected later, another idea would be using a database heavily tuned for high amounts of writes. You could also have a look at Message Queues or Group Communication Protocols (e.g. [Spread][1]), but I don't know if they're up for that amount of volume.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whatever you do, throw some quick ideas up and benchmark them. Current hardware can do wonders about performance, only optimize when needed. As for PHP - be sure to have an Opcode Cache installed (e.g. [APC][2]), otherwise you'll be burning many cycles in unnecessary recompilation of the scripts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also keep in mind how the growth of the service looks like, it makes hardly any sense to aim for a solution which is going to be overwhelmed in a few months.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.spread.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://us.php.net/apc" />
  <row Id="34559" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19362" RevisionGUID="fad8938e-991c-4f1a-9a03-0f38cb8f2b70" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:26:17.850" UserId="7709" Text="Does this happen in every browser? Or only in certain browsers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SSL is very very touchy regarding domains and subdomains, and browsers are touchy about permitting non-ssl content into an encrypted page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not familiar with navigation function of the extPlorer, but it sounds to me like it is loading using an AJAX call, and the most common issue with AJAX is cross-domain support. Switching from HTTPS to HTTP may be classified as this, depending on the browser.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AJAX calls can only be made to the same domain. If the AJAX request is hard-coded to http:// and you're using https://, the browser may reject the request (FireFox will log this as &quot;Access is Denied&quot; in the error log).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's not using AJAX, and is using, for example, an iFrame, then the browser's security settings could be blocking the iFrame from loading if it's pointing to a HTTP site as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thirdly, if it's accessing a sub-domain for whatever reason (https://admin.site/administrator - for example) then the SSL certificate will not validate for this site and the browser will most likely block the response as well." />
  <row Id="34560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19363" RevisionGUID="d20825fb-182f-4254-b293-6a500120d989" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:26:49.003" UserId="6767" Text="So one of the things that many (most?) Linux distributions can do is to either accept the dhcp option telling it what its node name should be, and/or do a reverse-lookup on the ip address it has been given via dhcp and apply its initial node name from that answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to make XP do either of those?" />
  <row Id="34561" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19363" RevisionGUID="d20825fb-182f-4254-b293-6a500120d989" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:26:49.003" UserId="6767" Text="Automatically name an XP node from DHCP/DNS" />
  <row Id="34562" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19363" RevisionGUID="d20825fb-182f-4254-b293-6a500120d989" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:26:49.003" UserId="6767" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;dhcp&gt;" />
  <row Id="34563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19364" RevisionGUID="c4c13ffa-c2f8-40f3-a513-334fdfa6b4e6" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:26:52.077" UserId="808" Text="It could be a configuration problem on the machine in question that causes it to send a flood.  It could be a router or network configuration issue.  Or it could be something hostile.  It depends on whether it's coming from inside or outside your network.  It looks like it's coming from outside your network.  In this case, I agree with Ehtyar Holmes and say block it and see what happens.  If it's someone who can legitimately connect to your network, but who has some problem with their computer, then they may contact you.  If it's someone hostile, they'll hopefully leave you alone.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19365" RevisionGUID="ba2a1a26-52c3-40ad-9912-faee3d6a06f5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:28:03.430" UserId="5473" Text="Anyone that has access to a router, switch, or other network gear in the path between your computer and the web server can watch your traffic. They see your https traffic too, they just can't make sense of it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34565" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19366" RevisionGUID="036f38e6-22ab-44f0-ab5d-10a23e64138a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:28:09.873" UserId="7200" Text="On a LAN, you can use ARP cache poisoning to, in many cases, eavesedrop on such traffic. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On shared-media LANs-- i.e. non-switched, like wireless Ethernet w/o encryption-- you don't even need to do that. Just listen!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the ISP, and the ISP's ISP, and the ISP's ISP's ISP... etc, an attacker would only need to sniff the traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, at the far end there will be another LAN, just as susceptible to eavesdropping as the source LAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;J. Random idiot who knows your IP address isn't going to be eavesdropping on your traffic without hacking something along the way, or diverting the traffic flow from its normal path to them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yeah-- cleartext is bad. " />
  <row Id="34566" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18902" RevisionGUID="1954446c-b3dd-4c44-8f0e-3cd0d3af1c85" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:28:19.920" UserId="6767" Comment="elaborated on 'ncftp'" Text="You'll probably have to bash-script it, but wrap it around ncftpget and/or ncftpput as that will let you get or put files from the command line." />
  <row Id="34567" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19367" RevisionGUID="924c78e1-e1e0-4663-8f40-3c7b54129d3f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:28:21.590" UserId="1205" Text="I need to write a script that will build my server from a fresh Ubuntu server install. Among things like Apache and PHP it needs to install MySQL. The only problem here is that when I install MySQL with apt-get, at some point the installation will bring up a dialog that allows me to type my root password. I.e., human interaction is required.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I bypass this screen during installation and avoid human interaction while still using apt-get to install MySQL?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34568" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19367" RevisionGUID="924c78e1-e1e0-4663-8f40-3c7b54129d3f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:28:21.590" UserId="1205" Text="Scripted install of MySQL on Ubuntu" />
  <row Id="34569" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19367" RevisionGUID="924c78e1-e1e0-4663-8f40-3c7b54129d3f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:28:21.590" UserId="1205" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;install&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;script&gt;" />
  <row Id="34570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19368" RevisionGUID="d8f7679c-f41f-4b04-9553-9c3944cd74d9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:28:26.973" UserId="3505" Text="The one thing to note is that when the NFS server is out - your mounts will freeze - doing a soft mount will not block so the &quot;freeze&quot; itself can be avoided, however that will not fix the problem of home directories as without a home directory, the user is screwed anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even when the NFS server recovers, unless you do something about it, the freeze problem will remain - you'll have to kill the process on the mounting machine, and remount.  The reason for this is that when the NFS server comes back up, it assigned a different `fsid` - so you can at least fix this problem by hard-coding the `fsid`s on the NFS server, for example...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #. Home Directories&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/users \&#xD;&#xA;      192.168.16.0/22(rw,sync,no_root_squash,fsid=1) \&#xD;&#xA;      192.168.80.0/22(rw,sync,no_root_squash,fsid=1)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #. Scratch Space&#xD;&#xA;    /var/ftp/scratch \&#xD;&#xA;      192.168.16.0/22(rw,async,no_root_squash,fsid=3) \&#xD;&#xA;      192.168.80.0/22(rw,async,no_root_squash,fsid=3) \&#xD;&#xA;      172.28.24.151(rw,async,root_squash,fsid=3)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19369" RevisionGUID="1fcb70c8-8082-4131-8e5b-cbb5c80a68a5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:30:21.027" UserId="7200" Text="Nope, unfortunately. The computer name is set in the registry, and it's not going to change based on DHCP or a reverse DNS lookup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I suppose, technically, it could be possible, but I'd guess you'd need a reboot after setting the name.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Okay, okay-- I suppose this wouldn't be _that_ hard to do, but I'm fairly sure you're going to incur a reboot each time the name changes. Still, you could do this in a startup script, and if the name doesn't change, just boot as normal. Hey... this might be fun to write!)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19370" RevisionGUID="8ae99c33-e774-48b1-b6a2-36b02b216043" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:30:58.700" UserId="7709" Text="If you throw Wireless into the link, anywhere along the way (WiFi card, Wireless Bridge, etc) then anyone who is even in the vicinity of the network can listen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WEP is easilly broken, given a reasonably short period of time sitting next to a busy network, and once you're on the network, you can view everybodies traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try it out for yourself if you want. Download a program called WireShark, and ask it to capture in Promiscious mode. See what comes up!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anything that is sensitive, confidential, private, and business related, should be sent via HTTPS. A signed certificate is not expensive, and if you're on a domain you can create your own Certificate Authority which can be used to assign certificates to encrypt traffic that will automatically be trusted by clients on the same domain." />
  <row Id="34573" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19338" RevisionGUID="b8b5dac9-7416-47f0-88e3-64d0b50d9ffa" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:31:10.277" UserId="5473" Comment="spelling." Text="I lot of places I have worked use NFS mounted home directories. There usually isn't a huge difference in performance (and kiosk users are probably a bit less demanding than developers who know how to get hold of their local IT guy). One problem I have seen is what happens when I'm logged into a Gnome desktop and the NFS server goes away for whatever reasons. Things get real unresponsive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34574" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19366" RevisionGUID="fc3f0e09-cd49-4127-874e-0c270e6e3fb6" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:33:51.130" UserId="7200" Comment="added 396 characters in body" Text="On a switched LAN (like most Ethernet networks), you can use ARP cache poisoning to, in many cases, eavesedrop on such traffic. Basically, you can fake the client computer out and make it think that your eavesdropping station is the router off the LAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On shared-media LANs-- i.e. non-switched, &lt;b&gt;like wireless Ethernet w/o encryption or w/ broken encryption&lt;/b&gt;-- you don't even need to do that. Just listen!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the ISP, and the ISP's ISP, and the ISP's ISP's ISP... etc, an attacker would only need to sniff the traffic. Any point in the path the traffic flows thru is subject to potential eavesdropping. There are LANs in between there, too, so there's always the possibility of eavesdropping by ARP cache poisoning, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, at the far end there will be another LAN, just as susceptible to eavesdropping as the source LAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;J. Random idiot who knows your IP address isn't going to be eavesdropping on your traffic without hacking something along the way, or diverting the traffic flow from its normal path to them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yeah-- cleartext is bad. " />
  <row Id="34575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19371" RevisionGUID="41eccc8a-0e27-451c-98c7-5ebf0e1e74b9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:35:54.433" UserId="808" Text="Depending on your ISP and on whether or not your connection is shared, others on your local loop may be able to sniff all your traffic.  This would usually be neighbors.  This is in addition to the list of people mentioned by other answers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, in addition to eavesdropping, there's also the &quot;man-in-the-middle&quot; attack where someone puts themselves between you and the web server in question.  If you are talking SSH to the remote server, the man-in-the-middle attack won't get anywhere.  If you are talking cleartext, they can act as a proxy and see everything you do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The point is that people can listen in on your conversations even without being on your LAN or the remote LAN.  ARP cache poisoning for folks on your local network (or who have hacked your local network), but also DNS poisoning to make you think you're talking to someone other than who you are.  If you use HTTPS with a purchased, signed certificate, people have the opportunity to know that they're not talking to the correct server, as the certificate will be the wrong one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19372" RevisionGUID="61ac3385-fe28-475b-aa1d-3ffbc3b6affd" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:38:15.677" UserId="7921" Text="I used to be a 100% aterm guy, but gnome-terminal cleaned up sufficiently around 3 years ago, at which point I stopped bothering to install aterm. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I loved it because it was lightning quick, easy to read and configure. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Though it was possibly a leftover from when i was running WindowMaker primarily." />
  <row Id="34577" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19372" RevisionGUID="61ac3385-fe28-475b-aa1d-3ffbc3b6affd" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:38:15.677" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19373" RevisionGUID="d207d35c-0881-4b28-9438-a658d19729e7" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:39:38.217" UserId="4276" Text="Have a look at [cachefilesd][1].  I haven't used it myself, but it looks promising.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The cachefilesd daemon manages the caching files and directory that are that are used by network filesystems such a AFS and NFS to do persistent caching to the local disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, don't forget to tune the rsize and wsize parameters and use Jumbo frames if possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://people.redhat.com/~dhowells/fscache/" />
  <row Id="34579" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19374" RevisionGUID="0faaa4b1-cb8f-481e-8672-f154e2f11656" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:40:47.560" UserId="7709" Text="I'd be doing a lot of research into which VM solution to use. There are some known exploits in VMWare (and likely other solutions as well) that will allow one compromised virtual machine to access the memory space of the host (and thus, other virtual machines)." />
  <row Id="34581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19375" RevisionGUID="20be29ee-141c-46fa-a60c-dcaeef718467" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:42:46.420" UserId="5049" Text="Easy - just follow the cable from your PC to the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is maybe specific to Austria, but it probably looks similar all over the world.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;let's assume we've got an DSL user:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* PC -&gt; Ethernet -&gt; Modem&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anybody with access to the local infrastructure can sniff the traffic&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Modem -&gt; 2-wire-Copper -&gt; DSLAM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anybody with access to the copper infrastructure and equipment which is able to decode the data can eavesdrop. Most of this wiring is relatively unprotected and easy to access if you know where to look, but to actually decode the data you'd probably need some very specific equipment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* DSLAM -&gt; ISP infrastructure -&gt; ISP core routers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most DSLAMs are connected via Fibre to some sort of Fibre Ring/MAN to routers of the ISP. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There have been stories in Germany where supposedly three-letter-agencies from the U.S. of A eavesdropped on traffic of a Metropolitan Area Network. There are off-the-shelf devices which can do this, you just need the right budget, intent and knowledge of the local infrastructure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* ISP core routers -&gt; BGP -&gt; Target AS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given that the destination server is not in the same Autonomous System as the user is, the traffic has to be sent over the &quot;Internet&quot;. If you're going over the Internet, to use a quote from Snatch, &quot;All Bets Are Off&quot;. There are so many nooks and crannies were a malicious operators could attach themselves, that you're best assuming that all your traffic is going to be read.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The DHS (or maybe some other agency) actively eavesdropped on backbone infrastructure in the USA on this level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Target AS Border router -&gt; ISP infrastructure -&gt; Housing Center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Housing Center Router -&gt; Switches -&gt; Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is how quite a few sites were already attacked. Ethernet offers no protection for hosts which are in the same (V)LAN/broadcast domain, so any host can try ARP spoofing/poisoning to impersonate another server. This means that all traffic for a given server can be tunneled through a machine in the same (V)LAN." />
  <row Id="34582" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19376" RevisionGUID="5614605d-802c-4204-9d62-a6264f0b2f6f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:46:06.070" UserId="4562" Text="That is a pretty solid volume although there is a big disparity between 1,000 and 10,000 numbers.  You need to decide if you're willing to sign a contract for monthly minimums or if the growth will be more organic.  With 10,000 DIDs you could probably call Level3 and be playing with the big dogs.  If not you could try SimpleSignal or Zayo.  They have a big presence here in Denver and I have had good luck with them in the past." />
  <row Id="34583" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19377" RevisionGUID="9fd3bcfe-030f-470a-963b-dda0e17bcf6e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:50:21.600" UserId="7709" Text="Hmm, I'm not sure I understand your question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IIS 6 (the Windows web server) will serve IP traffic to any host that requests it. It does not do any tunneling itself - it sits ontop of that layer of TCP/IP stack.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An IP tunnel (whether encrypted by IPSec, CHAP or whatever) should appear at the server as an IP address on an virtual adapter. If that's the case, then yes, IIS 6 can serve content to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you mean IPv6, then this is another matter all together!" />
  <row Id="34584" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19378" RevisionGUID="1b46b107-7811-4ab2-a734-f96b4c854e5d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:54:13.823" UserId="5391" Text="We have many HP printers that run at or near their monthly maximum duty and we keep an very close eye on our printing costs.  Rollers will need to be replaced about at the  maintenance interval (especially if you are seeing jams), and although you end up buying the whole kit, it is usually just the pick up rollers on the large tray needs replacing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the fuser, we easily get 30% more than the expected life out of a fuser.  If you are not seeing print quality issues, I would hold off for another 50k to 75k pages before replacing the fuser.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, I see someone recommended Printer Works for parts. I must add that we have had issues with that company refunding the core charge on fusers.  I personally won't work with them anymore." />
  <row Id="34585" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19379" RevisionGUID="1ac74c66-c2db-4fee-a59c-e9381564e0dc" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:58:22.410" UserId="8005" Text="I am running CentOS 5.3 and would like to log all messages from the &quot;at&quot; daemon. My syslog.conf contains the following entry:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cron.* /var/log/cron&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I assumed that cron line in syslog refers to the entire family of &quot;cron, anacron, at and batch&quot;. However, while cron and anacron actions seem to get looged, &quot;at&quot; actions do not get logged. How do I log atd actions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you for your attention " />
  <row Id="34586" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19379" RevisionGUID="1ac74c66-c2db-4fee-a59c-e9381564e0dc" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:58:22.410" UserId="8005" Text="Logging atd messages via syslog" />
  <row Id="34587" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19379" RevisionGUID="1ac74c66-c2db-4fee-a59c-e9381564e0dc" CreationDate="2009-06-04T02:58:22.410" UserId="8005" Text="&lt;atd&gt;&lt;syslog&gt;" />
  <row Id="34588" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19380" RevisionGUID="aa6839cc-f790-4c9d-bff6-2d3a7180918c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:01:18.037" UserId="7999" Text="I'm looking for a good batch script that would quickly find &amp; clean all the known safe temporary folders/files from Windows (as many variants as possible) machines (e.g. the windows temp folder, all users IE temp folders, etc.). I'm fond of UI tools like CCleaner (over Cleanmgr.exe), but when I'm trying to clean several computers **quickly and/or with minimal involvement**, it would be nice to have a script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Plus with a script, I could chain several scripts together. Maybe one to then fire up various antivirus and/or malware detectors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have a good one or can point to a good resource?" />
  <row Id="34589" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19380" RevisionGUID="aa6839cc-f790-4c9d-bff6-2d3a7180918c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:01:18.037" UserId="7999" Text="Delete temporary files from batch script in xp" />
  <row Id="34590" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19380" RevisionGUID="aa6839cc-f790-4c9d-bff6-2d3a7180918c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:01:18.037" UserId="7999" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;batch-file&gt;&lt;delete&gt;&lt;temp-files&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="34591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19381" RevisionGUID="ed3c60f9-e465-4ee3-9520-dccf9afc11e8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:02:18.940" UserId="7904" Text="I use NFS for my home directories in our production environment.  There are a couple tricks...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Don't NFS mount to /home - that way you can have a local user that allows you in in the event that the NFS server goes down.  We mount to /mnt/nfs/home&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Use soft mounts and a very short timeout - this will prevent processes from blocking for...forever.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Use the automounter.  This will keep resource usage down and also means that you don't need to worry about restarting services when the NFS server comes up if it goes down for some reason.&#xD;&#xA;auto.master:&#xD;&#xA;  +auto.master&#xD;&#xA;  /mnt/nfs /etc/auto.home --timeout=300&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;auto.home&#xD;&#xA;   home -rw,soft,timeo=5,intr      home.bzzprod.lan:/home&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. Use a single sign-on system so y ou don't run into permission related issues.  I have an OpenLDAP server." />
  <row Id="34592" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19382" RevisionGUID="edba584b-4bd9-4d54-986d-2821cacf5c48" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:02:31.217" Text="I am using sc command to query status of a service running on computer PRODSRV from two computers. It works fine from one, but fails from another. What do I do wrong?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PRODSRV is Windows Server 2003. Computer from which sc works is also Windows Server 2003, the result of sc from it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sc \\prodsrv query mssqlserver&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SERVICE_NAME: mssqlserver&#xD;&#xA;            TYPE               : 10  WIN32_OWN_PROCESS&#xD;&#xA;            STATE              : 4  RUNNING&#xD;&#xA;                                    (STOPPABLE, PAUSABLE, ACCEPTS_SHUTDOWN)&#xD;&#xA;            WIN32_EXIT_CODE    : 0  (0x0)&#xD;&#xA;            SERVICE_EXIT_CODE  : 0  (0x0)&#xD;&#xA;            CHECKPOINT         : 0x0&#xD;&#xA;            WAIT_HINT          : 0x0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Computer from which sc does not work is Windows Vista and the result is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sc \\prodsrv query mssqlserver&#xD;&#xA;    [SC] OpenSCManager FAILED 5:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Access is denied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you!" />
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  <row Id="34595" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19383" RevisionGUID="6aa6aad0-9682-4090-8f60-8083d48aed90" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:02:50.653" UserId="5268" Text="Did you try making both Channel and Exten external numbers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Action: Originate&#xD;&#xA;Channel: Zap/g2/8135551213&#xD;&#xA;Context: default&#xD;&#xA;Exten: 8135551212&#xD;&#xA;Priority: 1&#xD;&#xA;Callerid: 3125551212 " />
  <row Id="34596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19384" RevisionGUID="c8334a9f-bb8c-4217-abb3-481e56fcd34c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:03:05.007" UserId="7200" Text="Okay-- I see what you're saying now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In theory, you could write a service that registers with the &quot;Network Location Awareness&quot; service (&lt;a href=&quot;http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms739931(VS.85).aspx&quot;&gt;http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms739931(VS.85).aspx&lt;/a&gt; - available on WinXP and up, I believe). This is exactly the type of thing that NLA was added to the Windows OS for. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This wouldn't be a simple little VBScript thing, but it wouldn't be that much coding either. I don't have the spare cycles right now to work on it, but maybe somebody could pick up the idea and run with it. Being able to register programs to execute based on NLA notifications would be very useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Gosh-- there's even sample code! &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ef8a6228-f11d-4ba0-b73e-dd8dc7dd11e8&amp;displaylang=en&quot;&gt;http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ef8a6228-f11d-4ba0-b73e-dd8dc7dd11e8&amp;displaylang=en&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a quick-and-dirty fix, you could replace the &quot;Internet Explorer&quot; shortcut with one that ran a script to detect the IP subnet the computer has obtained an IP address from and set the appropriate proxy setting. I'd have to test that w/ already-open IE windows to see how it reacted... (poorly, I'd suspect).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's a real hack, though.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34597" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19385" RevisionGUID="ce8278c2-0adc-47f4-96e8-d36b5e01faa4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:06:35.543" UserId="7756" Text="I use [whereis][1] written by Joseph M. Newcomer (co-author of Win32 Programming). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.flounder.com/whereis.htm&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19386" RevisionGUID="9137459f-56df-45e6-8c91-321ccacb2e4a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:07:53.123" UserId="6132" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html&quot;&gt;PuTTY&lt;/a&gt;" />
  <row Id="34599" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19386" RevisionGUID="9137459f-56df-45e6-8c91-321ccacb2e4a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:07:53.123" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19387" RevisionGUID="0ffc6a1d-4eed-465c-ba6f-a969e30308d4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:08:19.333" UserId="6798" Text="I want to set up a virtual server running windows server 2008 64-bit. I need a motherboard &#xD;&#xA;that supports dual processors and holds a lot of RAM. I also need 2 network adapters so I can use one for the host server(Win2K8) and the other for the virtual network. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone give me a list of what the best components would be for this project? I am really concerned about getting a good motherboard that isn't terribly expensive. Can anyone recommend any specific models.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am also not too sure what type of hard drive configuration to use. What would be the best configuration to use for this application and what are some high quality drives? How important is the speed of the drives?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as processors go, what would anyone recommend? I know it's going to depend on the motherboad I get, but this could definately influence that decision. Can anyone recommend anything in particular?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34601" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19387" RevisionGUID="0ffc6a1d-4eed-465c-ba6f-a969e30308d4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:08:19.333" UserId="6798" Text="Best components for a Virtual Server host machine" />
  <row Id="34602" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19387" RevisionGUID="0ffc6a1d-4eed-465c-ba6f-a969e30308d4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:08:19.333" UserId="6798" Text="&lt;recommendation&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="34603" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19384" RevisionGUID="7f8875d5-0be1-488e-b3de-fc53e73b8b04" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:09:05.197" UserId="7200" Comment="added 473 characters in body" Text="Okay-- I see what you're saying now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In theory, you could write a service that registers with the &quot;Network Location Awareness&quot; service (&lt;a href=&quot;http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms739931(VS.85).aspx&quot;&gt;http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms739931(VS.85).aspx&lt;/a&gt; - available on WinXP and up, I believe). This is exactly the type of thing that NLA was added to the Windows OS for. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This wouldn't be a simple little VBScript thing, but it wouldn't be that much coding either. I don't have the spare cycles right now to work on it, but maybe somebody could pick up the idea and run with it. Being able to register programs to execute based on NLA notifications would be very useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Gosh-- there's even sample code! &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ef8a6228-f11d-4ba0-b73e-dd8dc7dd11e8&amp;displaylang=en&quot;&gt;http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ef8a6228-f11d-4ba0-b73e-dd8dc7dd11e8&amp;displaylang=en&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a quick-and-dirty fix, you could replace the &quot;Internet Explorer&quot; shortcut with one that ran a script to detect the IP subnet the computer has obtained an IP address from and set the appropriate proxy setting. I'd have to test that w/ already-open IE windows to see how it reacted... (poorly, I'd suspect).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's a real hack, though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Okay-- one other stupid hack idea.  (Giggles...)  You could run a proxy on each machine, configure IE and other software to use the local proxy, and then automate the configuration of the local proxy (possibly based on NLA like I described above). That would get around IE acting poorly if the registry-based proxy setting changed out from under it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It'd be nice if the people who ran the networks that are outside your control just used proxy auto-config." />
  <row Id="34604" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19388" RevisionGUID="996210cb-2d7f-4314-832c-8bd83f0ef889" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:09:35.727" UserId="2556" Text="Good solution, Evan. To save the time and tedium of looking through the list of files searching for your entries you could add the following to Evan's script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dir &quot;\\%~1\c$&quot; /s /a /b *.doc *.xls *ppt &gt; &quot;%~1.txt&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That way you don't have to parse the returned data looking for your desired extensions." />
  <row Id="34605" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19389" RevisionGUID="5c73eada-682b-475c-bd2a-2af78a9f1afb" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:11:53.460" UserId="7200" Text="Looks like your credential to access PRODSRV remotely doesn't have rights to query services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are the two machines you're showing members of the same domain? How are you logged-on to each machine?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It looks like a credential problem is all you're dealing with. Let us know re: the above and we'll work out how you need to be logged-on. You can probably get away with doing a &quot;NET USE&quot; to PRODSRV before you run the SC command and be home-free..." />
  <row Id="34606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19390" RevisionGUID="87000cb0-3fbc-45a5-b175-904648533ae8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:15:47.070" UserId="7200" Text="Be careful about trashing temporary files. Some software installers stash files there between boots. An old boss of mine stored important files there (but, then, he wasn't too bright about some things).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a batch file, do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    DEL /S /Q &quot;%TEMP%\*.*&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will do what you want. Running that as a logon-script (or while logged-on, in general) will clear the per-user temp directory. Running it as a startup script (while running as as .DEFAULT) will clear the per-machine temp directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a VBScript that I run to clean out temporary files on boot and on logon based on their age. It's something that belongs to a Customer so I can't post it here (wrote it on their dime), but it's something that a scripter could put together in a few minutes for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not aware of a supported API to clean out the IE &quot;Temporary Internet Files&quot;. You could just delete them, I suppose, but I wouldn't. " />
  <row Id="34607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19391" RevisionGUID="744d2956-6be9-4f01-b9a2-de527662aa86" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:17:37.113" UserId="4307" Text="When using Windows, **PuTTY** is my terminal of choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Mac, I just use **Terminal.app** with [this][1] modified Pro theme.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Linux, I use **rxvt-unicode-ml** with the [ANSI color scheme][2] borrowed from PuTTY and some other tweaks to make it more like a normal GUI program rather than the next generation of a crotchety old X11 program.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://triplehelix.org/~joshk/Pro.terminal&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://triplehelix.org/~joshk/rxvt-unicode-ml.Xresources" />
  <row Id="34608" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19391" RevisionGUID="744d2956-6be9-4f01-b9a2-de527662aa86" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:17:37.113" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34609" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19392" RevisionGUID="3f5d82a4-f9e0-4425-8daf-dff6fe8e9335" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:17:42.323" UserId="6132" Text="You have this natively with PowerShell. If you don't have PS you can &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/powershell/default.mspx&quot;&gt;get it&lt;/a&gt; from Microsoft. It's free. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is an article from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.linux-magazine.com/issues/2007/78/shell_games/(kategorie)/0&quot;&gt;Linux-Magazine&lt;/a&gt; which touches on the topic of Unix (bash) commands available in PowerShell." />
  <row Id="34610" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19389" RevisionGUID="3d9c5d7e-1347-4183-8dde-9a250b321fd9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:18:32.603" UserId="7200" Comment="added 40 characters in body" Text="Looks like your credential to access PRODSRV remotely doesn't have rights to query services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are the PRODSRV and Vista machines you're showing members of the same domain? How are you logged-on to each machine when you run this command?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It looks like a credential problem is all you're dealing with. Let us know re: the above and we'll work out how you need to be logged-on. You can probably get away with doing a &quot;NET USE&quot; to PRODSRV before you run the SC command and be home-free..." />
  <row Id="34611" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19393" RevisionGUID="fee9f8a9-6161-41ed-9f6d-f91894a3df07" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:19:21.587" UserId="3528" Text="The best **safe** way to clean up the temp directories is with cleanmgr. The downside is that you have to either run sageset on each machine or (and far easier) is to build an ADM file with the registry entries and use group policy to push them out to client desktops.  the registry key to look at is: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See also [How to Automate the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/315246" />
  <row Id="34612" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19394" RevisionGUID="4f1049be-92b0-4e3f-8022-d8323a808d87" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:20:12.443" UserId="4156" Text="[Konsole](http://konsole.kde.org), as I'm most of the time on KDE!" />
  <row Id="34613" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19394" RevisionGUID="4f1049be-92b0-4e3f-8022-d8323a808d87" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:20:12.443" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34614" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19335" RevisionGUID="4c41f3ad-94b5-43e8-b86c-200777eee87c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:23:37.680" UserId="1585" Comment="Grammar" Text="I need to scan about 50 desktop computers and check to see if any *.doc, *.xls, *.ppt etc... files are being stored locally.  I am wondering what tools might be available for this.  A quick Google didn't find any great solutions so I am thinking I may need to write a script to do this.  " />
  <row Id="34615" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19368" RevisionGUID="0510b8a4-b52d-4d6b-91ad-dcd8e94d8b08" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:24:48.143" UserId="3505" Comment="added 1131 characters in body" Text="The one thing to note is that when the NFS server is out - your mounts will freeze - doing a soft mount will not block so the &quot;freeze&quot; itself can be avoided, however that will not fix the problem of home directories as without a home directory, the user is screwed anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even when the NFS server recovers, unless you do something about it, the freeze problem will remain - you'll have to kill the process on the mounting machine, and remount.  The reason for this is that when the NFS server comes back up, it assigned a different `fsid` - so you can at least fix this problem by hard-coding the `fsid`s on the NFS server, for example...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #. Home Directories&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/users \&#xD;&#xA;      192.168.16.0/22(rw,sync,no_root_squash,fsid=1) \&#xD;&#xA;      192.168.80.0/22(rw,sync,no_root_squash,fsid=1)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #. Scratch Space&#xD;&#xA;    /var/ftp/scratch \&#xD;&#xA;      192.168.16.0/22(rw,async,no_root_squash,fsid=3) \&#xD;&#xA;      192.168.80.0/22(rw,async,no_root_squash,fsid=3) \&#xD;&#xA;      172.28.24.151(rw,async,root_squash,fsid=3)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The **`exports(5)`** man page states...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    fsid=num&#xD;&#xA;              This option forces the filesystem identification portion of the file handle&#xD;&#xA;              and  file attributes used on the wire to be num instead of a number derived&#xD;&#xA;              from the major and minor number of the block device on which the filesystem&#xD;&#xA;              is  mounted.   Any 32 bit number can be used, but it must be unique amongst&#xD;&#xA;              all the exported filesystems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;              This can be useful for NFS failover, to ensure that  both  servers  of  the&#xD;&#xA;              failover  pair use the same NFS file handles for the shared filesystem thus&#xD;&#xA;              avoiding stale file handles after failover.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...While that indicates that as long as the major/minor numbers do not change (which they usually don't, except for when you're exporting SAN/multipath volumes, where the may change), I've found that we've completely removed the problem - i.e., if the NFS server comes back - the connection has been restored quickly - I still really don't know why this has made a difference for devices such as `/dev/sdaX` for example." />
  <row Id="34617" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17769" RevisionGUID="8e24a37a-8b31-4c98-a1bc-282e598d2a18" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:28:40.943" UserId="7528" Comment="added 61 characters in body; added 155 characters in body" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Am planning to run a chat script on my Apache server and it uses polling every second to receive messages. I know about Comet etc, but I do not want to use them at the current time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am wondering if anyone can give me an approximate number of concurrent users it will be able to handle?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Server Specs**&#xD;&#xA;Ubuntu Server,&#xD;&#xA;256MB RAM,&#xD;&#xA;Quad Core&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Script** basically is a simple chat script which reads from mysql db if there are any new messages, if yes, it returns those messages, else it exits.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you for your time." />
  <row Id="34618" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19368" RevisionGUID="9b9df053-2b7f-4ff9-acae-2c989aa59d6f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:31:25.400" UserId="3505" Comment="added 252 characters in body" Text="The one thing to note is that when the NFS server is out - your mounts will freeze - doing a soft mount will not block so the &quot;freeze&quot; itself can be avoided, however that will not fix the problem of home directories as without a home directory, the user is screwed anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even when the NFS server recovers, unless you do something about it, the freeze problem will remain - you'll have to kill the process on the mounting machine, and remount.  The reason for this is that when the NFS server comes back up, it assigned a different `fsid` - so you can at least fix this problem by hard-coding the `fsid`s on the NFS server, for example...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #. Home Directories&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/users \&#xD;&#xA;      192.168.16.0/22(rw,sync,no_root_squash,fsid=1) \&#xD;&#xA;      192.168.80.0/22(rw,sync,no_root_squash,fsid=1)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #. Scratch Space&#xD;&#xA;    /var/ftp/scratch \&#xD;&#xA;      192.168.16.0/22(rw,async,no_root_squash,fsid=3) \&#xD;&#xA;      192.168.80.0/22(rw,async,no_root_squash,fsid=3) \&#xD;&#xA;      172.28.24.151(rw,async,root_squash,fsid=3)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The **`exports(5)`** man page states...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    fsid=num&#xD;&#xA;              This option forces the filesystem identification portion of the file handle&#xD;&#xA;              and  file attributes used on the wire to be num instead of a number derived&#xD;&#xA;              from the major and minor number of the block device on which the filesystem&#xD;&#xA;              is  mounted.   Any 32 bit number can be used, but it must be unique amongst&#xD;&#xA;              all the exported filesystems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;              This can be useful for NFS failover, to ensure that  both  servers  of  the&#xD;&#xA;              failover  pair use the same NFS file handles for the shared filesystem thus&#xD;&#xA;              avoiding stale file handles after failover.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...While that indicates that as long as the major/minor numbers do not change (which they usually don't, except for when you're exporting SAN/multipath volumes, where the may change), I've found that we've completely removed the problem - i.e., if the NFS server comes back - the connection has been restored quickly - I still really don't know why this has made a difference for devices such as `/dev/sdaX` for example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should now point out that my argument is largely anecdotal - it doesn't actually make sense why it has fixed the problem, but it &quot;seems&quot; to have fixed it - somehow - there are probably other variables at play here that I've not yet discovered. =)" />
  <row Id="34619" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19396" RevisionGUID="c14c142b-588b-4502-b433-fdadea24362e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:33:38.797" UserId="1992" Text="One more thing to bear in mind is that the automatically-computed sample rate may cause the generated histogram and density vector to not properly account for any data skew you might have, which the sproc happens to operating against.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you know the difference in query plans between the sproc after a sampled stats update and a fullscan stats update?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One other thing - be careful of maintenance plans that rebuild indexes and then update those same statistics that were updated as a side-effect of the rebuild - you can end up with *WORSE* statistics then if you'd just left the rebuild-updated-stats alone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="34620" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19397" RevisionGUID="b48f6e03-1876-4a85-8c2c-23d4fe1dc1cc" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:33:45.863" UserId="5898" Text="Ideally, your management network would be a different network to your other network, or at least a different vlan with limited routed access. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These systems aren't really running that many services though:&#xD;&#xA;PORT     STATE SERVICE&#xD;&#xA;22/tcp   open  ssh&#xD;&#xA;80/tcp   open  http&#xD;&#xA;443/tcp  open  https&#xD;&#xA;555/tcp  open  dsf&#xD;&#xA;5120/tcp open  unknown&#xD;&#xA;5900/tcp open  vnc&#xD;&#xA;5988/tcp open  unknown&#xD;&#xA;MAC Address: 00:30:48:D9:3A:71 (Supermicro Computer)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(and UDP/623 for IPMI itself)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of these are needed if you want to do any kind of remote management. If you don't want to do remote management, then you should consider not enabling the IPMI controller at all, or buying an X9DTU board instead ( the -F denotes &quot;built-in BMC&quot;) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to do full remote management, can't run your IPMI controllers on a different network, and still want to disable some access, then you can always get the IPMI controller to execute iptables commands. You could script an ssh login to execute the commands, or ask Supermicro for the devkit for the BMC and build a new image with a custom iptables script.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19398" RevisionGUID="286c9578-1bda-4017-9574-60c0798d19a3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:34:49.123" UserId="7709" Text="&quot;Good&quot; and &quot;Not Expensive&quot; don't usually belong in the same sentence together...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, here's some general pointers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) If you're on the cheap, go for an Intel Core 2 processor. Dual or Quad Core, whichever, depending on how many VMs you want to run. Choose the ones with the biggest cache you can afford.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) The other advantage of running a Core 2 is that RAM (DDR2) is exceptionally cheap. You need lots of it. Lots and lots. 8Gb would be a good number to start at. Note that because this is on the cheap, there will be no error checking (ECC), so it's not really that ideal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) Disk I/O is never going to be as good as it would be in a native solution, but it all comes down to what you want. Highly Redundant and Super Fast? RAID10. Massive storage with low cost? RAID5. By spending $200 on a motherboard you should get one with on-board RAID, but don't be suprised if it doesn't do RAID5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) Steer clear of massive disks. My most recent app server has 5x 1TB drives, and I had a disk fail the other week. 1TB is a lot of storage to risk. Again, go for big cache over capacity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5) Most good motherboards will have dual NICs, however if they don't, any half-decent PCI nic should do. If budget permits, get a dual nic card and use redundancy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the record, the app server I recently deployed using desktop components is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Core 2 Quad 2.8Ghz&#xD;&#xA;    8Gb DDR2 RAM&#xD;&#xA;    5x 1TB RAID-5 (SATA-150)&#xD;&#xA;    Adaptec RAID card&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And it runs quite nicely. On the flip site, the last app server I deployed with server components is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Dual Quad-Core Xeon 2.4Ghz&#xD;&#xA;    24Gg DDR2 ECC REG'd RAM&#xD;&#xA;    3x 74Gb SAS Disks&#xD;&#xA;    iSCSI remote disks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Budget permitting, I would choose the 2nd server any day." />
  <row Id="34622" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19399" RevisionGUID="335d9026-05e1-4063-8835-644bdc890bc9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:48:40.233" UserId="5268" Text="You need to preseed the debconf database.  debconf needs to be installed first before you try this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The version of mysql and ubuntu could change the line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo mysql-server mysql-server/root_password select PASSWORD | debconf-set-selections&#xD;&#xA;    echo mysql-server mysql-server/root_password_again select PASSWORD | debconf-set-selections&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example you made need this instead:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo mysql-server-5.0 mysql-server/root_password password PASSWORD | debconf-set-selections&#xD;&#xA;    echo mysql-server-5.0 mysql-server/root_password_again password PASSWORD | debconf-set-selections&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34623" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19400" RevisionGUID="cb371d80-ec30-429a-be9f-57287e765997" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:50:21.867" UserId="3459" Text="You can check the security event log to see what the Vista thinks about your credentials.  That might provide a hint about what's going on.  You can access the security event log by running compmgmt.msc on the Vista system, System Tools - Event Viewer - Windows Logs - Security." />
  <row Id="34624" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19401" RevisionGUID="d60e4c74-b1d5-4a13-af1c-80cb20a264ff" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:53:51.580" UserId="5268" Text="Sadly programs like firefox and thunderbird use their own database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However you could write a script to find all the profiles, then add the cert.  Here is the tool to add the cert:  http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/tools/certutil.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As well you can setup a default cert8.db file, so new profiles will get it too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For other applications its a matter of if they support the central store or not." />
  <row Id="34625" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19402" RevisionGUID="301e32b2-5c03-4e49-91bf-39065f0db853" CreationDate="2009-06-04T03:57:44.443" UserId="5268" Text="The best I can think of (if you don't want to have X generate a config file, then add your screen sections too it) is run xrandr after X starts.  If the resolution is over 1024x768, change it." />
  <row Id="34626" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19403" RevisionGUID="2dcda413-0f85-485d-b1d6-5478352c1d21" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:01:51.127" UserId="3505" Text="According to **`atd(8)`**, it already logs to syslog, you just need to make sure that you don't have any bad syslog rules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe post your `syslog.conf` file here first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also note that `atd` is not configurable as far as designating a specific log facility, but that should not be a problem, you'll just have to make sure you're syslog configuration is right." />
  <row Id="34627" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19404" RevisionGUID="66a60eb9-533c-485f-a167-4e3728b3bd5d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:05:03.943" UserId="8009" Text="What sort of parameters are passed through GET request ? Does it need to be in CSV/Database realtime ? or do you think you could create a dummy HTML file (or PHP) and just use the web logs to get parsed and dumped into a CSV later as a batch job ? (okay .. this sounds convoluted .. but easy to handle) .." />
  <row Id="34628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19405" RevisionGUID="e95e3f2d-168f-4536-ae59-3658b80aabde" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:08:22.190" UserId="6779" Text="You may want to check out [GlusterFS][1]. It's Linux-only, but very configurable. One of the advantages is the lack of needing extra metadata servers if you're starting out small.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gluster.org/" />
  <row Id="34629" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19406" RevisionGUID="6c143650-4c42-41a7-801e-fbdae7970f2b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:09:39.007" UserId="8009" Text="You could try implementing  [WPAD][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Proxy_Autodiscovery_Protocol" />
  <row Id="34630" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19407" RevisionGUID="1e80e4dd-6eb0-4950-85f5-09d4ac6a6fc9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:09:55.353" UserId="3505" Text="Malicious or not - it *is* a DOS attack - but a try-hard one at best.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Notice that the SYN flag is set, i.e., it is trying to establish a new connection to your IP on port 1433 - Sounds like a MS SQL service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are vulnerabilities for that service, so it's likely to be some pathetic script-kiddy trying to be l33t.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have a look at the [SANs page on port 1433 vulnerabilities][1]...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;Note that it *is* - very much so - possible to perform a DOS attack from a single host, despite the previous comment made.  It depends on the service, and the vulnerability, not the fact that it's from 1 host or many.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, if 1 unit of attack, causes 5 units of resource-waste, then maybe the attack would do better by using 100 hosts, however if 1 unit of attack can cause 100,000 units of resource-waste, then 1 host is more than enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://isc.sans.org/port.html?port=1433" />
  <row Id="34631" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19408" RevisionGUID="bab5ee60-c225-41b9-8844-0d7f6c5411ae" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:10:06.197" UserId="3528" Text="I'd take a look at server 2008 web edition and use ADO.net to write to the CSV file.  You shouldn't have a thruput problem since ado.net will buffer the writes." />
  <row Id="34632" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19409" RevisionGUID="9536d9f2-d76e-4afd-95a0-3bee911d53a8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:17:20.970" UserId="613" Text="Lustre allows for multiple metadata-stores in active/passive configuration for redundancy, so no single point of failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OCFS2 might also be worth looking at.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that cutting out the requirement for multiple simultaneous network access makes it possible to switch to something like iSCSI or even cifs or nfs.  The downside is you have to 'carve out' pieces of your uberArray into bites for each server that needs space.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34633" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19407" RevisionGUID="72323c2e-1e74-4b48-b8c1-d5745d9451a9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:18:34.573" UserId="3505" Comment="added 177 characters in body" Text="Malicious or not - it *is* a DOS attack - but a try-hard one at best.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Notice that the SYN flag is set, i.e., it is trying to establish a new connection to your IP on port 1433 - Sounds like a MS SQL service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are vulnerabilities for that service, so it's likely to be some pathetic script-kiddy trying to be l33t.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have a look at the [SANs page on port 1433 vulnerabilities][1]...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;Note that it *is* - very much so - possible to perform a DOS attack from a single host, despite the previous comment made.  It depends on the service, and the vulnerability, not the fact that it's from 1 host or many.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, if 1 unit of attack, causes 5 units of resource-waste, then maybe the attack would do better by using 100 hosts, however if 1 unit of attack can cause 100,000 units of resource-waste, then 1 host is more than enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;Finally, notice that the IP address of the source is from China, Beijing.  Is it likely that you should be receiving a MS SQL connection at a high rate from Beijing? =)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://isc.sans.org/port.html?port=1433" />
  <row Id="34634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19410" RevisionGUID="40e0b15f-59a5-453d-94eb-a917db12f588" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:20:10.357" UserDisplayName="anon" Text="You can use Apache to point to several different servers of varying types.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;# Drop me in a file called my_proxies.conf in conf.d&#xD;&#xA;# Apache picks up everything in conf.d/*.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NameVirtualHost *:80&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# This Apache serves up images and cgi-bin&#xD;&#xA;ProxyPass /images !&#xD;&#xA;ProxyPass /cgi-bin !                                        &#xD;&#xA;#                            &#xD;&#xA;# Got stuff on this server (Jetty, Glassfish, Tomcat, or Apache )&#xD;&#xA;#&#xD;&#xA;ProxyPass /foo http://localhost:8080/foo&#xD;&#xA;ProxyPassReverse /foo http://localhost:8080/foo&#xD;&#xA;Redirect /foo http://localhost:8080/foo&#xD;&#xA;ErrorLog /tmp/foo_error_log&#xD;&#xA;CustomLog /tmp/foo_access_log&#xD;&#xA;#&#xD;&#xA;# Root comes last&#xD;&#xA;# Let's put our main app on its own special server&#xD;&#xA;#&#xD;&#xA;ProxyPass / http://localhost:9090/&#xD;&#xA;ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:9090/&#xD;&#xA;ErrorLog /tmp/bar_error_log&#xD;&#xA;CustomLog /tmp/bar_access_log&#xD;&#xA;#&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="34635" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19411" RevisionGUID="3b358f0c-dd3c-4088-86d5-e256dcdf1f87" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:23:51.630" UserId="5591" Text="Having a change control process that has ways of circumventing additional scrutiny bypasses the main reason for a change control process in the first place.  One of the benefits of getting people together to discuss changes is that you get more eyes and minds looking at potential changes.  The more people (who preferably all work in different areas of your production infrastructure) you get looking at the problem, the more complete a picture you can get of the potential impacts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While I think it's a neat idea to have a scoring system (possibly similar to the one on this site), even all-stars make mistakes/oversights.  A tiny change in one place can have huge impacts in another." />
  <row Id="34636" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19398" RevisionGUID="b8fa5423-e512-4e39-a4c5-5e2982c5c0a3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:29:10.993" UserId="7709" Comment="edited body" Text="&quot;Good&quot; and &quot;Not Expensive&quot; don't usually belong in the same sentence together...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, here's some general pointers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) If you're on the cheap, go for an Intel Core 2 processor. Dual or Quad Core, whichever, depending on how many VMs you want to run. Choose the ones with the biggest cache you can afford.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) The other advantage of running a Core 2 is that RAM (DDR2) is exceptionally cheap. You need lots of it. Lots and lots. 8Gb would be a good number to start at. Note that because this is on the cheap, there will be no error checking (ECC), so it's not really that ideal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) Disk I/O is never going to be as good as it would be in a native solution, but it all comes down to what you want. Highly Redundant and Super Fast? RAID10. Massive storage with low cost? RAID5. By spending $200 on a motherboard you should get one with on-board RAID, but don't be suprised if it doesn't do RAID5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) Steer clear of massive disks. My most recent app server has 5x 1TB drives, and I had a disk fail the other week. 1TB is a lot of storage to risk. Again, go for big cache over capacity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5) Most good motherboards will have dual NICs, however if they don't, any half-decent PCI nic should do. If budget permits, get a dual nic card and use redundancy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the record, the app server I recently deployed using desktop components is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Core 2 Quad 2.8Ghz&#xD;&#xA;    8Gb DDR2 RAM&#xD;&#xA;    5x 1TB RAID-5 (SATA-150)&#xD;&#xA;    Adaptec RAID card&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And it runs quite nicely. On the flip site, the last app server I deployed with server components is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Dual Quad-Core Xeon 2.4Ghz&#xD;&#xA;    24Gb DDR2 ECC REG'd RAM&#xD;&#xA;    3x 74Gb SAS Disks&#xD;&#xA;    iSCSI remote disks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Budget permitting, I would choose the 2nd server any day." />
  <row Id="34637" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19412" RevisionGUID="8c6df36b-c721-450a-a40b-3f8d2cc94d96" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:29:57.560" UserId="3181" Text="Given the budget concerns, I would suggest &quot;Last Season's Model&quot; of server from the likes of Dell or HP. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By watching the various dealsite RSS feeds for &quot;Small Business&quot; related feeds, I have found that these standard servers cost less than roughly equivalent servers I have built myself, and they require a lot less time to install. My only complaint with the stock servers is the fan noise, which in a few, very limited situations, has been a problem. Also, waiting for a manufacturer's special can be annoying, but sometimes one has more time than budget.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Farseeker's suggestions for App servers seem pretty good." />
  <row Id="34638" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19413" RevisionGUID="3292ca59-496c-42c9-9cb8-875659ea7fc5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:30:41.320" UserId="2876" Text="You should install the certificate in the Trusted Root store for the security context (user) that will be executing the CLR code that makes the connection. This would be the SQL Server service account unless you are using impersonation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more info on CLR impersonation, check out this post from the SQL CLR Integration Team at Microsoft:&#xD;&#xA;[http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlclr/archive/2006/06/16/635003.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlclr/archive/2006/06/16/635003.aspx" />
  <row Id="34639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19414" RevisionGUID="70ac10ec-66c5-4f05-82cd-eeea8f56278e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:33:08.367" UserId="5591" Text="Powershell version 1.0 was sorely limited in a lot of aspects, but version 2.0 is coming along nicely.  Compared to batch scripts, it is much more powerful.  I don't really use it as a shell, only for scripts, so my experience is colored accordingly.  I don't really like the syntax (-eq vs ==, -gt vs &gt;, etc), but I appreciate being able to drop into .NET if I need to do something weird.  I think that by version 3.0 it will be great.  Right now I would put it firmly in the category of &quot;gets the job done&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use it mainly for automating the deployment of code.  This is an area where it shines over creating something in C#.  The shell-related operations like recursive directory copy and other things bash scripters have been taking for granted for years make things so much easier." />
  <row Id="34640" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19414" RevisionGUID="70ac10ec-66c5-4f05-82cd-eeea8f56278e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:33:08.367" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34641" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19415" RevisionGUID="c68a3248-e8fb-465e-a935-01ad26dae66a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:33:43.450" UserId="1602" Text="Hard drive speed is very important to I/O. If you google enough, you can find benchmarks that clearly prove that HD access times are critical in virtual environments. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If performance and budget are most important (and fault tolerance no so much), I would get 4 10K-15K RPM hard drives and create two pairs of RAID 1/0 (You can get more performance with RAID-0 but you should consider regular automated image backups in case of HD failure). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One RAID volume should hold the Host OS (and maybe some low-priority VM's) and the other RAID volume should hold the VM's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the HD brands. As of this date, the best price/performance would be either a traditional 74GB WD Raptor (very inexpensive but fast and reliable drive) or a 150GB WD Velociraptor (slightly faster, bigger, costs more). The next level up from there would be Fujitsu SAS drives, which offer slightly better access times, but require a SAS RAID controller (which doesn't come cheap).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as good 'affordable' server boards: SuperMicro, TYAN, and Intel all make solid affordable boards. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34642" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19416" RevisionGUID="c0e82653-a7d0-455d-8084-c2d3b2c8034b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:33:44.433" UserId="6779" Text="The 7-Zip command line documention mentions -si and -so switches to read from stdin and write to stdout.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `7z a dummy -tgzip -so Doc.txt &gt; archive.gz`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; compresses Doc.txt file to output stream and writes that stream to archive.gz file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It doesn't mention piping, but if you can write to stdout, I don't see why gpg wouldn't be able to read it in." />
  <row Id="34643" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19417" RevisionGUID="527b7747-086a-4cc6-a2fc-5eeacd507a98" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:35:54.897" UserId="3181" Text="I think that some of the enterprise desktop search products have a management interface for auditing where files are stored, where duplicates of files are kept, and even where older versions of existing files are stashed away. " />
  <row Id="34644" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19418" RevisionGUID="e582e9a0-0397-4cc3-aed1-ba1656981fb5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:37:09.793" UserId="3528" Text="it's unclear what you mean by tunneling.  You can set up Routing and remote access (using PPTP or L2TP) if you want to allow remote access.  You can also set up IPsec and domain isolation if you are trying to restrict traffic to certain hosts.  Take a look at this doc and see if this describes what you are trying to do: [Server and Domain Isolation][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/network/bb545651.aspx" />
  <row Id="34645" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19419" RevisionGUID="56153fea-5d2e-4fe6-bdbc-f228b1b1a76a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:37:36.547" UserId="8014" Text="[tcpproxy][1] should do what you need. I'm guessing that your server is listening on TCP/135, and you want to punch a hole in your firewall and expose TCP/8081 on your workstation to the outside world. In that case, you would run tcpproxy on your workstation with a config file that looked something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    port 8081&#xD;&#xA;    interface eth0&#xD;&#xA;        server xyz:135&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, replace 'eth0' with whatever your interface name is, and 'xyz' with your server's actual hostname.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.quietsche-entchen.de/cgi-bin/wiki.cgi/proxies/TcpProxy" />
  <row Id="34646" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="19380" RevisionGUID="e167e962-95da-4a08-8773-6346f7f2875a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:37:57.590" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;batch-file&gt;&lt;delete&gt;&lt;temp-files&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;" />
  <row Id="34647" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="19380" RevisionGUID="f83a42ca-5ab8-45d5-937a-3dc7ea49ab97" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:38:54.767" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;batch-file&gt;&lt;temp-files&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;" />
  <row Id="34648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19420" RevisionGUID="6a9dd044-c741-41dd-874c-f10db08fb3df" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:29:36.137" Text="&lt;p&gt;I THINK THE TELL ITSELF IS ENOUGH TO DESCRIBE MY PROBLEM?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34649" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19420" RevisionGUID="6a9dd044-c741-41dd-874c-f10db08fb3df" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:29:36.137" Text="How to monitor all network connections in LAN?" />
  <row Id="34650" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19420" RevisionGUID="6a9dd044-c741-41dd-874c-f10db08fb3df" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:29:36.137" Text="&lt;lan&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="34651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19421" RevisionGUID="c5646b2a-bced-4140-998a-112014687272" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:37:14.700" UserId="1275" Text="&lt;p&gt;Probably wireshark, maybe. But it's difficult to tell from your question since it does not include enough information to be able to tell what you mean by &quot;monitor&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19422" RevisionGUID="3ba78baa-bc16-4523-9d3a-737ec54d3ce1" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:43:52.540" UserId="3544" Text="[ntop][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ntop is a network probe that shows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network usage in a way similar to what&#xD;&#xA;&gt; top does for processes. In interactive&#xD;&#xA;&gt; mode, it displays the network status&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on the user's terminal. In Web mode,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; it acts as a web server, creating a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; HTML dump of the network status. It&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sports a NetFlow/sFlow&#xD;&#xA;&gt; emitter/collector, a HTTP-based client&#xD;&#xA;&gt; interface for creating ntop-centric&#xD;&#xA;&gt; monitoring applications, and RRD for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; persistently storing traffic&#xD;&#xA;&gt; statistics.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; ntop is available for both Unix and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Win32-based platforms. It has been&#xD;&#xA;&gt; developed by Luca Deri, an Italian&#xD;&#xA;&gt; research scientist and network manager&#xD;&#xA;&gt; at University of Pisa.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Common usage on linux system is to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; start the ntop daemon&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (/etc/init.d/ntopd start), then one&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can use the web interface to ntop via&#xD;&#xA;&gt; visiting http://127.0.0.1:3000&#xD;&#xA;&gt; provided the loopback device has been&#xD;&#xA;&gt; started (/etc/init.d/net.lo start) and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the listening port for ntop is 3000&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (look out for the -w option in ps aux&#xD;&#xA;&gt; | grep ntop).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ntop.org/" />
  <row Id="34653" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19422" RevisionGUID="3ba78baa-bc16-4523-9d3a-737ec54d3ce1" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:43:52.540" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34654" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19392" RevisionGUID="906e4363-5c56-47c1-b5d8-546a88469c39" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:44:26.253" UserId="6132" Comment="Clarification" Text="You have this with PowerShell. If you don't have PS you can &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/powershell/default.mspx&quot;&gt;get it&lt;/a&gt; from Microsoft. It's free. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is an article from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.linux-magazine.com/issues/2007/78/shell_games/(kategorie)/0&quot;&gt;Linux-Magazine&lt;/a&gt; which touches on the topic of Unix (bash) commands available in PowerShell." />
  <row Id="34655" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19423" RevisionGUID="84511b1c-a20f-457e-b747-507f3154ce65" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:46:03.957" UserId="7709" Text="Hmm. I guess we can just take a stab and guess that you're probably looking for something like SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol). If your switch/router/PC supports SNMP traps then it can send its status and codes and messages to an NMS (Network Monitor Station) which can show you the status of the devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have all our custom software sending SNMP traps every time there is a failure or a crash, and a lot of managed switches will give you port details via the same method (who is on, off, speed and duplexing, etc)" />
  <row Id="34656" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19423" RevisionGUID="84511b1c-a20f-457e-b747-507f3154ce65" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:46:03.957" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34657" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18770" RevisionGUID="d0f8fab0-65e7-4d84-b621-c0ab4c746682" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:46:17.730" UserId="1873" Comment="Added config information" Text="I am using denyhosts on my FreeBSD (6.2) box, and everything appears to be working fine, except denyhosts keeps adding the same 4 hosts to my denied file over and over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    eli18.internetdsl.tpnet.pl&#xD;&#xA;    mx-int.rundblick.de&#xD;&#xA;    vmnepo05.deri.ie&#xD;&#xA;    v29051.1blu.de&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone else seen this, or better yet know how to fix it? I googled for this, and didn't find any answers. One person had a similar problem, but no solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just to clarify I currently have denyhosts configured to write all denied hosts to /etc/hosts.deniedssh, and my /etc/hosts.allow uses that file in a rule to deny access to all hosts in that file. Denyhosts for whatever reason keeps adding the same four hosts to hosts.deniedssh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit 2:**&#xD;&#xA;Here are the relevant portions of my denyhosts.conf file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Mandrake, FreeBSD or OpenBSD:&#xD;&#xA;    SECURE_LOG = /var/log/auth.log&#xD;&#xA;    # Most operating systems:&#xD;&#xA;    HOSTS_DENY = /etc/hosts.deniedssh&#xD;&#xA;    #######################################################################&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # WORK_DIR: the path that DenyHosts will use for writing data to&#xD;&#xA;    # (it will be created if it does not already exist).&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Note: it is recommended that you use an absolute pathname&#xD;&#xA;    # for this value (eg. /home/foo/denyhosts/data)&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    WORK_DIR = /usr/local/share/denyhosts/data&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally the four hosts in question are no where to be found in my /var/log/auth.log file (at least not the most current one)." />
  <row Id="34659" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19425" RevisionGUID="faeaa066-17d8-41f7-b758-519a9fa2e1b0" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:49:28.690" UserId="3181" Text="First, you need a network design that allows for network monitoring. One could use lots of monitor ports. Alternatively, use network hubs instead of layer 2 bridges or switches.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then install IDS (Intrusion Detection System) on every network segment." />
  <row Id="34660" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19425" RevisionGUID="faeaa066-17d8-41f7-b758-519a9fa2e1b0" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:49:28.690" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34661" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19420" RevisionGUID="1688d273-4b4a-4b4c-aee1-6d0644949bdd" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:53:55.017" UserId="1233" Comment="Remove body - only degrades question." Text="I am interested in monitoring all the network connections within my LAN. What options are available?" />
  <row Id="34665" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19427" RevisionGUID="471aadf8-fa32-4c84-b076-3b9a87462cd9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:58:04.307" UserId="4209" Text="While I will eventually be looking at a system configuration management framework like puppet, what I wanted to begin with was a multiplexer.  clusterssh works well enough on Linux.  For Mac OS X, I found csshX which is effectively the same thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I liked the look of Omnitty the best, especially since it doesn't require a GUI or multiple windows, but unfortunately, I wasn't able to get it to run on Ubuntu or CentOS and couldn't get it to compile on OS X. :/" />
  <row Id="34666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19428" RevisionGUID="abc959c5-a1e5-47cf-8abe-7d36b1146dfb" CreationDate="2009-06-04T04:59:19.467" UserId="3431" Text="[Doku Wiki][1] or Sharepoint for other things that fit into a chart. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You get used pretty fast to posting on a wiki and the syntax is not so complex really. It is very easy to organize information and make it easy to find it later on by someone else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use visio to make graphs for clearer explanations (export as JPEG).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki" />
  <row Id="34667" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19429" RevisionGUID="643930cc-c53d-486f-9fe2-b2351dbefc8e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:03:50.113" UserId="1873" Text="I may be misunderstanding your requirements, but have you looked at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_systems#Distributed_file_systems" />
  <row Id="34668" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19430" RevisionGUID="37b29e6a-ef82-491d-ba8d-eb4db38d831a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:03:51.503" UserId="4428" Text="We use a combination of text files for quick searching with grep.  And SharePoint for a more organized collection of in-depth documentation (Visio diagrams, etc.)." />
  <row Id="34669" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19431" RevisionGUID="8d79dd4a-e91d-476f-8de1-450dfbcd1778" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:06:00.890" UserId="3459" Text="&quot;Monitor&quot; can have multiple meaning so it is difficult to tell what you mean.  If you want to monitor the status of your network connections (as in whether the connections are up or down) then many switches support SNMP and you can use a program like What's Up Gold or Solarwinds to report changes on the ports status.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to monitor the network connections on the servers you can use a platform that does periodic ICMP requests to test if the servers are still alive.  The previously mentioned software does that too as well as software like IPSentry (and numerous others mentioned in other questions on Serverfault like [here][1] or [here][2]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to monitor the actual traffic and look at the packets, then you need to mirror the ports on your switch to a copy port (assuming your switch has that capability) and have something like Wireshark on a system capturing that port.  However you might be overloading the bandwidth of that port (depending on the traffic on the other ports, and the number of other ports being mirrored).  If that happens you will lose packets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3326/network-traffic-monitoring&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/44/what-tool-do-you-use-to-monitor-your-servers" />
  <row Id="34670" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19431" RevisionGUID="8d79dd4a-e91d-476f-8de1-450dfbcd1778" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:06:00.890" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34671" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19432" RevisionGUID="60bdb33d-9cd9-4e83-93e9-d4c2aa932453" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:06:39.610" UserId="984" Text="See this [question][1], your exposure using http is the same as the protocols mentioned there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/13504/if-i-use-ftp-or-telnet-by-accident-to-what-extent-is-my-password-unsafe" />
  <row Id="34672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19433" RevisionGUID="0d352cc9-3b06-4389-be2d-8e44a49698ed" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:09:24.283" UserId="6178" Text="I am a big fan of teraterm utf-8.  I do a lot of serial console work.  It does a very good job at serial stuff as well as ssh, telnet, and the ilk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And best of all it is free. :)" />
  <row Id="34673" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19433" RevisionGUID="0d352cc9-3b06-4389-be2d-8e44a49698ed" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:09:24.283" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34674" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19434" RevisionGUID="44ccd66a-cb48-440f-abb1-34cb2d71704e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:13:44.023" UserId="7744" Text="Sharepoint is nice. &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;It's search features have the ability to index almost any type of document, making searching documentation really easy. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It can do some templating as well which can make thing easier if for example you have a standard info sheet for each server you build.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It can also version your documents for you so you have an audit history of documentation changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Plus the files contained in the document libraries can be accessed over the web, in outlook, or via a unc share all right out of the box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34681" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13419" RevisionGUID="82ebafef-b0bf-47d0-b31c-f195efe94c40" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:26:19.600" UserId="4569" Comment="More Details on Question Added" Text="I'm looking for a good open-source alternative to active directory that can handle:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Authorization/Authentication&#xD;&#xA;- Group Policy&#xD;&#xA;- Replication and Trust Monitoring&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition, are there any consolidated systems out there that handle these responsibilities?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** Since a lot have asked for more details, I am trying to offer a service setting up an infrastructure for organizations, hardware/software setups, right now I am looking at a Linux stack, both desktops and servers, however a hybrid stack is possible, and I am investigating alternatives." />
  <row Id="34682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19435" RevisionGUID="32c1398f-5f5d-45d9-98a3-e6f44415f96c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:28:49.253" UserId="1936" Text="As Google Apps (Enterprise) clients, we use the heck out of Google Sites -- their wiki &quot;flavor.&quot; Easy to use and we've had great adoption from admins and developers." />
  <row Id="34683" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="15257" RevisionGUID="9867970a-f463-46a7-92f5-1cea6555a278" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:29:11.857" UserId="1" CloseReasonId="4" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="34684" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19436" RevisionGUID="5df1fafc-cfca-42e2-a2cc-b603a2943274" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:31:45.207" UserId="3420" Text="You want DNS to be reliable. Adding a huge amount of complexity to the setup will cause an absolute nightmare when something breaks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of the proposed solutions only work when the redundant DNS servers are at the same site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The fundamental issue is that the DNS client is broken as designed. It doesn't remember when a server was unreachable, and keeps trying to connect to the same nonresponsive server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NIS handled this issue by having ypbind keep state. A clumsy solution, but it usually works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The solution here is to lean on vendors to implement a reasonable solution to this problem. It's getting worse with IPV6, as the AAAA requests are adding to the length of time spent wasted on timeouts. I have seen protocols fail (e.g. an sshd connection) because they spent so much time waiting on DNS timeouts due to a single unreachable DNS server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the interim, as has been previously suggested, write a script that replaces resolv.conf with one that contains only valid nameservers. Share this script with vendors to demonstrate the unclean solution that you were forced to implement.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This hasn't been seriously tested, and it assumes an nslookup that parses like mine, and a grep that supports &quot;-q&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Run this out of cron every 5 minutes or so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not seriously suggesting that anyone actually use cron and a shell script for critical failover management, the error-handling surprises are just too great. This is a proof of concept only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To test this for real, change the &quot;nameservers=&quot; line at the top, change resolv_conf at the top to /etc/resolv.conf not /tmp/resolv.conf, and the default header for resolv.conf that contains example.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may need to restart nscd if you replace resolv.conf.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;#!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;# full list of nameservers&#xD;&#xA;nameservers=&quot;127.0.0.1 192.168.0.1 192.168.1.1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# resolv.conf filename, change to /etc/resolv.conf for production use&#xD;&#xA;resolv_conf=&quot;/tmp/resolv.conf&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# for tracking during the test&#xD;&#xA;failed_nameservers=&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;good_nameservers=&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# test loop&#xD;&#xA;for nameserver in $nameservers; do&#xD;&#xA;    if nslookup localhost $nameserver | grep -q 'Address.*127\.0\.0\.1'; then&#xD;&#xA;        good_nameservers=&quot;$good_nameservers $nameserver&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    else&#xD;&#xA;        failed_nameservers=&quot;$failed_nameservers $nameserver&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# if none succeded, include them all&#xD;&#xA;if [ -z &quot;$good_nameservers&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;    good_nameservers=&quot;$nameservers&quot;&#xD;&#xA;fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# error reporting, consider writing to syslog&#xD;&#xA;if [ -n &quot;$failed_nameservers&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;    echo warning: failed nameservers $failed_nameservers&#xD;&#xA;fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# create the temporary replacement resolv.conf&#xD;&#xA;new_rc=&quot;$resolv_conf.new.$$&quot;&#xD;&#xA;echo domain example.com  &gt; $new_rc&#xD;&#xA;echo search example.com &gt;&gt; $new_rc&#xD;&#xA;for nameserver in $good_nameservers; do&#xD;&#xA;    echo nameserver $nameserver &gt;&gt; $new_rc&#xD;&#xA;done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# don't deploy a corrupt resolv.conf&#xD;&#xA;if ! grep -q nameserver $new_rc; then&#xD;&#xA;    echo warning: sanity check on $new_rc failed, giving up&#xD;&#xA;    exit 1&#xD;&#xA;fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# keep a backup&#xD;&#xA;if [ -f $resolv_conf ]; then&#xD;&#xA;    rm -f $resolv_conf.previous&#xD;&#xA;    ln $resolv_conf $resolv_conf.previous&#xD;&#xA;fi&#xD;&#xA;# deploy the new one&#xD;&#xA;mv $new_rc $resolv_conf&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34685" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19437" RevisionGUID="3f5d0119-9ec8-4cf6-8485-f9250c44bd76" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:32:25.063" UserDisplayName="Makis" Text="Hi!&#xD;&#xA;While searching online for dedicated hosting servers i stumble on some websites offering root servers for great prices compared to other dedi servers while features were also great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know what root servers is all about?" />
  <row Id="34686" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19437" RevisionGUID="3f5d0119-9ec8-4cf6-8485-f9250c44bd76" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:32:25.063" UserDisplayName="Makis" Text="what is a root server hosting?" />
  <row Id="34687" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19437" RevisionGUID="3f5d0119-9ec8-4cf6-8485-f9250c44bd76" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:32:25.063" UserDisplayName="Makis" Text="&lt;web-hosting&gt;&lt;root&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="34688" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19438" RevisionGUID="e4a43459-8905-4832-9cca-cb652b8071ad" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:33:12.113" UserId="8017" Text="I am trying to upgrade a system from SharePoint 2003 to 2007 using gradual upgrade. I've moved all of the smaller site collections successfully, but I'm running into trouble with the larger ones (2-30GB). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The upgrade process is running for a couple of hours and then timing out during DropFullTextSearch. The timeout period seems to be about 30 minutes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anything I can do to either improve performance for the upgrade process or extend the timeout?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I already tried doing a database migration, but with that method none of the site collections showed up in SharePoint central admin. " />
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  <row Id="34690" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19438" RevisionGUID="e4a43459-8905-4832-9cca-cb652b8071ad" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:33:12.113" UserId="8017" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;" />
  <row Id="34691" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17521" RevisionGUID="ea9b50df-fda9-46ff-b0f9-c2e84ca4fdb3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:37:45.660" UserId="7408" Comment="Add a para discussing password issues." Text="I've recently acquired a SuperMicro X8DTU-F motherboard, which has a built-in BMC, which basically runs the IPMI system. It turns out to be a small Linux system running on an ARM processor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, it's running a boatload of software, much of which I don't need, and I don't have the ability to put it behind a firewall. However, I do want the IPMI functionality. Does anybody who has used one of these have some specific suggestions on how to secure the thing? It boots from what is essentially a ROM filesystem, and there don't even seem to be any hooks to turn off any of the various servers it runs....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd also be interested in how I might verify the list of names and passwords that can be used to access the system through all of the various services. The default is `ADMIN` / `ADMIN`, but none of the files in /conf or /etc have 'ADMIN' in them, which rather worries me. There are `/conf/shadow` and `/conf/webshadow` files, with mysterious 'test' IDs in them, which doesn't make me feel particularly comfortable either." />
  <row Id="34692" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19439" RevisionGUID="4e544478-350c-4fae-bdc8-76618cc7a022" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:40:59.383" UserId="7415" Text="I asked a similar question a few days ago and decided to try PRTG Network Monitor. I am not sure I am using it the most effective way but it was very easy to configure and it will send you email notifications when an alarm is triggered. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try the &quot;Free&quot; edition, it has 10 sensors available, one of preconfigured ones is the CPU sensor, you just need to add an alarm trigger and configure the Notification service. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[PRTG Network Monitor][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.paessler.com/prtg" />
  <row Id="34693" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19439" RevisionGUID="4e544478-350c-4fae-bdc8-76618cc7a022" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:40:59.383" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19440" RevisionGUID="f45fde46-9569-4405-9479-7a1eb1fc00f4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:41:52.940" UserId="6550" Text="I believe a root server is a server where you have root access (full privileges) to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this most likely means it's a virtual server, so you can do whatever you was (even destroy it) and it won't affect other people who have purchased servers from the company." />
  <row Id="34696" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19441" RevisionGUID="84c74d2a-5a92-4e21-b8e6-ce925a36c6f1" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:42:57.803" UserId="7732" Text="Could it simply be that the host is offerent root access to their servers while the others are more a 'managed' server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Root access means that you can run tasks and applications as the system's administrator, you basically have no restraints." />
  <row Id="34698" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19442" RevisionGUID="1fe5dcd3-ac7d-431f-b188-11f69aeaad12" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:46:15.677" UserId="3235" Text="We're using a wiki.  Sure the syntax took a bit to get used to, but the one we're using (twiki) stores its data entirely as text files.  This allows us to easily read them in the event of a disaster, as we can restore them to anywhere, and search them from the command line via grep, and read them in any text editor we like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Every server has a page, with a standard collection of sub-pages for change managment info, startup/shutdown, and configuration notes, as well as dns, firewall, and asset info.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34699" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19443" RevisionGUID="706e986a-e1d0-46d6-a570-e27fdd7dc93f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:46:22.367" UserId="7783" Text="You probably won't like this answer, but my feeling is that for something like this its best to just buy something off the shelf that the virtual server software you are using supports. I know price is a concern and this sounds like the most expensive way of doing things, but imho you'll end up paying the same or more over the lifetime of the server anyway, the only difference is that with a pre-built server you're paying more of the cost upfront rather than later on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VMWare, for example, have an extensive HCL for ESX Server type products, and in terms of making sure all your components are on it, it's easier just to buy a server that is on their HCL rather than plough through all the components individually. The comment in another answer about buying 'last year's model' of server is a good one I think.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to build your own, then besides checking HCLs, you need to ensure that the processors support virtualisation directly, and use as many disk spindles as possible to improve IO throughput." />
  <row Id="34700" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19444" RevisionGUID="c91f81cc-5010-4a2b-b2bf-a4cc99a8ce71" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:46:31.040" UserId="4569" Text="Here's a post that may help:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Receiving Emails and Attachments with Rails][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The article also has links to previous posts on setting up RailsCron.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://naffis.com/2006/8/14/receiving-emails-and-attachments-with-rails" />
  <row Id="34701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19445" RevisionGUID="02e31b59-21bd-46a5-bff3-da4366a653a1" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:48:33.377" UserId="7408" Text="It sounds to me as if [NetFlow](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflow) is the sort of tool you want to be using here. If you're using switches that support it, they can do things like log every TCP connection (or only certain ones based on filters such as port), the amount of traffic across each connection, and that sort of thing. You can do something similar with non-NetFlow-enabled switches if you have a monitoring port to which you can hook up a computer running  nProbe (at the http site www.ntop.org/nProbe.html) or something similar. There's a large list of software related to NetFlow applications here: (at the http site www.switch.ch/network/projects/completed/TF-NGN/floma/software.html)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(BTW, don't blame me for lack of links beyond the first; this site has decided it doesn't want them.)" />
  <row Id="34702" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19445" RevisionGUID="02e31b59-21bd-46a5-bff3-da4366a653a1" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:48:33.377" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34703" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19446" RevisionGUID="fe3ff282-89a9-419a-a6dd-e250735c8f31" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:52:52.200" UserId="4979" Text="[Here][1] is my current list of components for my next build. I have documented the reasoning for each option. This is a single processor machine (I7 920). For my purposes I do not think my Hyper-V workload will be CPU-bound.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/14409/decent-hardware-1-500-for-hyper-v-dev-test-machine" />
  <row Id="34704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19447" RevisionGUID="74ef5075-caab-486b-a210-854d0b79f511" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:55:26.030" UserId="8021" Text="We're using a wiki. In fact, we're using MediaWiki. On top of MediaWiki, we have the &lt;a href=&quot;http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki&quot;&gt;Semantic Mediawiki extension&lt;/a&gt; installed, which actually turns our MediaWiki into something of a loosely typed database that we can query with Category, title, contents, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For instance, let's say I want to see all the network cnames that route through Cluster F. All I need to do is use the Special:Ask page to query [[Category:cname]] [[destination::cluster_f]] ... and it'll return all the pages that are categorized as a cname with the destination as cluster_f. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We support a couple hundred very disparate customers, so having that documentation in a central place (and having it cross-linked so that the special cases stay documented and tied into the whole) is a huge handy thing. Obviously, our documentation needs to be maintained, but you can take more of a 'gardener' approach to the maintenance because the mediawiki toolkit for keeping a large dataset current is already fairly mature. " />
  <row Id="34705" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19448" RevisionGUID="3a1c219a-a648-4f09-a7ce-fb84838cde87" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:55:34.703" UserId="3420" Text="The most popular is bash. The best is zsh, but it's not so much better than bash to convince many people to change their habits.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using csh or sh is a mistake. You should only use ksh if you're forced to (bash is not available). If a script must have good portability, either use sh and be aware of what features are unique to your implementation, or consider bash as it's quite widespread.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have seen people who are significantly more comfortable with tcsh to prefer it over bash.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think it makes sense to habitually use the same shell for interactive use as for scripts. I recommend zsh to people who are newly learning and who have control over their environment, but bash to people who are already slightly comfortable with it. People who may have old shells forced on them or be forced to maintain old scripts should get comfortable with sh, csh, and ksh.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My comments come from the bias of someone who uses bash regularly, occasionally notices zsh, says &quot;that's cute&quot; and goes back to bash, and who resents being occasionally forced to use sh or csh due to legacy &quot;requirements&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that when I say sh, I mean the old bourne shell, and when I say csh, I mean the old csh. Sometimes these are links to more modern shells.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also beware that there are two major releases of ksh out there, with some significant differences in feature sets.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34706" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19449" RevisionGUID="2a6debe5-760c-47a6-bf5f-0a7c41cee3c0" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:56:44.610" UserId="7408" Text="I'm not sure what you really mean by a &quot;lot&quot; of memory, but I assume it's well over 4 GB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The cheaper solution is to go with an i7 system; ASUS P6T motherboards have six slots, giving you up to 12 GB of memory. That's not dual-CPU, but it is 4-core with two hyperthreads per core, which might be enough for your needs. (Yes, the hyperthreading really works.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The next step beyond that is something along the lines of a Supermicro X8DTU-F, which has twelve slots, for up to 24 GB of unbuffered memory or 96 GB of registered ECC memory. This will give you two CPUs, each with 4 cores and hyperthreading.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am currently using systems with both of these motherboards, and I'm very happy with them." />
  <row Id="34707" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19450" RevisionGUID="52af8688-ab28-4ec5-81ec-3eba9ede798e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T05:57:10.007" UserId="3420" Text="Whatever the answer is, I'm concerned about a provider that could not clearly articulate what they mean. (Probably the difference between a virtual server and an account on a shared server). I'm also concerned about the experience a user will have who didn't know the difference immediately, unless the primary goal is as a learning experience.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34708" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19451" RevisionGUID="d781c59b-a418-434a-9e27-bfc5143fff2e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:00:11.217" UserId="7408" Text="Note that you may also be exposed when using HTTPS if you haven't verified out-of-band the certificate used by the other side. That is to say, if you're prompted with a message that says the remote site cannot be verified for some reason, you may be talking not to the site itself, but to an attacker who will relay your traffic to and from the actual site, recording it all the while." />
  <row Id="34709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19452" RevisionGUID="c252364c-e808-4e9e-bd6d-122db7743d13" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:01:17.267" UserId="3420" Text="Unless it's for academic/development purposes, this kind of thing should be approached starting with the overall requirements for the project. Most distributed filesystems are not mature enough for a serious deployment - for example, what do you do if the whole thing flakes out. If it's for academic/development purposes, then this is actually a good thing as you could learn a great deal and fix a lot of bugs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The comment questioning whether you really need POSIX semantics is a good start. Non-POSIX &quot;filesystem&quot; semantics can be so much more flexible, leading to much more reliable systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is a legacy application, I really wonder why a modern distributed filesystem might be considered the best solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't get me wrong - these are amazingly fun toys. I just wouldn't want to be responsible for a complex interdependent solution that is not commonly used and would be very difficult to fix when it flakes out." />
  <row Id="34710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19453" RevisionGUID="9babf6df-93a0-4004-97ee-d462672f74d7" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:03:43.847" UserId="3420" Text="The last time I investigated a tape solution was less than a year ago, and it was still cheaper than disk, sadly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing that was not considered in the analysis - important to me but ignored by management - is that it is easy to protect a tape. They take a long time to erase, and they can be taken offsite easily. When all backups are on disk, all of your data can be destroyed instantly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember that your tape solution should include regular test restores, verifications from users that data they think is important is backed up, and alerting of failures due to a jukebox flaking out, bad drives, etc." />
  <row Id="34711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19454" RevisionGUID="ef9a03d8-03c5-41ef-863d-323a510d85ed" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:04:44.187" UserId="1233" Text="Have you tried running `sudo port install -d boost` to enable debug messages in hopes of finding out what it's stuck on?" />
  <row Id="34712" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19455" RevisionGUID="5f44e9cb-7882-4251-9216-d9367dae5f7f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:08:07.160" UserId="8021" Text="I can't speak to the rest, but you seem to be confused between a 'distributed storage engine' and a 'distributed file system'. They are not the same thing, they shouldn't be mistaken for the same thing, and they will never be the same thing. A filesystem is a way to keep track of where things are located on a hard drive. A storage engine like hadoop is a way to keep track of a chunk of data identified by a key. Conceptually, not much difference. The problem is that a filesystem is a dependency of a storage engine... after all, it needs a way to write to a block device, doesn't it? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All that aside, I &lt;b&gt;can&lt;/b&gt; speak to the use of ocfs2 as a distributed filesystem in a production environment. If you don't want the gritty details, stop reading after this line: It's kinda cool, but it may mean more downtime than you think it does. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've been running ocfs2 in a production environment for the past couple of years. It's OK, but it's not great for a lot of applications. You should really look at your requirements and figure out what they are -- you might find that you have a lot more latitude for faults than you thought you did. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an example, ocfs2 has a journal for each machine in the cluster that's going to mount the partition. So let's say you've got four web machines, and when you make that partition using mkfs.ocfs2, you specify that there will be six machines total to give yourself some room to grow. Each of those journals takes up space, which reduces the amount of data you can store on the disks. Now, let's say you need to scale to seven machines. In that situation, you need to take down the &lt;b&gt;entire&lt;/b&gt; cluster (i.e. unmount all of the ocfs2 partitions) and use the tunefs.ocfs2 utility to create an additional journal, provided that there's space available. Then and only then can you add the seventh machine to the cluster (which requires you to distribute a text file to the rest of the cluster unless you're using a utility), bring everything back up, and then mount the partition on all seven machines. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See what I mean? It's supposed to be high availability, which is supposed to mean 'always online', but right there you've got a bunch of downtime... and god forbid you're crowded for disk space. You DON'T want to see what happens when you crowd ocfs2. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep in mind that evms, which used to be the 'preferred' way to manage ocfs2 clusters, has gone the way of the dodo bird in favor of clvmd and lvm2. (And good riddance to evms.) Also, heartbeat is quickly going to turn into a zombie project in favor of the openais/pacemaker stack. (Aside: When doing the initial cluster configuration for ocfs2, you can specify 'pcmk' as the cluster engine as opposed to heartbeat. No, this isn't documented.) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For what it's worth, we've gone back to nfs managed by pacemaker, because the few seconds of downtime or a few dropped tcp packets as pacemaker migrates an nfs share to another machine is trivial compared to the amount of downtime we were seeing for basic shared storage operations like adding machines when using ocfs2. " />
  <row Id="34713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19456" RevisionGUID="0f805138-ddf9-4fee-969e-c763866be6fa" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:19:10.210" UserId="8021" Text="I discussed some of the merits and drawbacks ... well, ok, the drawbacks, of &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/19257/distributed-storage-filesystem-which-one-is-there-a-ready-to-use-product/19455#19455&quot;&gt;ocfs2 in a production environment&lt;/a&gt; over in another question. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Long story short: Cool toys, but make sure you &lt;b&gt;reallyreallyreallyREALLY&lt;/b&gt; need the featureset before you deploy it, or you might deploy yourself into a corner. You'll watch your permissible downtime dribble away through your fingers as lights blink and disks spin incomprehensibly. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;k.i.s.s - keep IT simple, stupid. Note the caps." />
  <row Id="34714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19457" RevisionGUID="ca14b0be-e86e-4225-b317-24fe8c5a7c40" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:20:54.373" UserDisplayName="Sameer" Text="As it is possible to Set Addtional Domain Controller in a site , where there are only 10 to 15 users." />
  <row Id="34715" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19457" RevisionGUID="ca14b0be-e86e-4225-b317-24fe8c5a7c40" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:20:54.373" UserDisplayName="Sameer" Text="Additional Domain Controller" />
  <row Id="34716" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19457" RevisionGUID="ca14b0be-e86e-4225-b317-24fe8c5a7c40" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:20:54.373" UserDisplayName="Sameer" Text="&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="34717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19458" RevisionGUID="03024d6a-c01e-43f9-ac38-bda3511375b8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:25:55.003" UserId="8021" Text="We keep a VM running to build packages that aren't available from the distribution's repositories. This is a constant problem when you're using a distro; the solution usually is to build them yourself and keep up to date on the security advisories and leaks for those packages. Security patches that vendors distribute are usually provided first via the security lists, then are tested and integrated by vendors and released. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Frankly, as long as you gpg-key check your code (and then sign your packages with your own key), you're going to be as secure as the distro's code. You just have to keep up to date, which isn't insecure, it's just labor. If you need the functionality, then that's up to you to do the labor. Otherwise, go with a distro that doesn't have the trailing-edge problems that centOS has or that has an official build service (*cough* OpenSuSE) or buy a license from a vendor that updates more frequently. You can work, or you can pay. Your choice, but there's only so much 'free' in 'beer'...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And go hang out with some crufty old gray-hairs that will enjoy telling you how labor-intensive it was to keep up a box when EVERYTHING got compiled from source. ;) " />
  <row Id="34718" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19459" RevisionGUID="469db0d9-7bb0-4eaa-940d-b1a31ba390bc" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:28:12.893" UserId="3947" Text="Try 'IPTRAF' Its wonderful tool.After installation, it will detect all ethernet ports and yu can start monitoring your local network. http://iptraf.seul.org/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;enjoy..:)" />
  <row Id="34719" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19459" RevisionGUID="469db0d9-7bb0-4eaa-940d-b1a31ba390bc" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:28:12.893" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34720" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19460" RevisionGUID="59a77839-b3aa-4bb4-9fc1-f0704202d4bc" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:28:40.690" UserDisplayName="Guillaume Moigneu" Text="I use GoSa as my AD server :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;GOsa² provides a powerful GPL'ed framework for managing accounts and systems in LDAP databases. Using GOsa² allows system administrators to easily manage users and groups, fat and thin clients, applications, phones and faxes, mail distribution lists and many other parameters. In conjunction with FAI (Fully Automatic Installation), GOsa² allows the highly automated installation of preconfigured systems. GOsa² therefore provides a single, LDAP-based point of administration for large and small environments, thus making the administration of users and systems and all related parameters manageable and easy. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More info on https://oss.gonicus.de/labs/gosa/" />
  <row Id="34721" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19461" RevisionGUID="bcfa7472-8f24-49e2-981b-8e6ec9e73dbb" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:29:21.347" UserId="7744" Text="Like scevans mentioned load balancing can certainly be done with windows NLB.  I'd guess most windows web shops start out that way.  And some continue to use it indefinitely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a common misconception that NLB performs poorly, it's really not half bad from a performance prospective.  NLB is very good for some things like applications that are relatively stable and not under active development.  Where NLB starts to let you down is it's State checking, NLB is basically completely oblivious to the application layer, therefore at some point in time, when one of your JVM's or IIS Worker Processes blow up, NLB will continue to see the broken server listening, and continue to happily route requests to your down application on your up server, this is obviously bad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is sort of where purpose built web load balancers start to come into their own.  Pretty much all of them support a variety of balance methods, anything from round robin, least connection, and weighted versions of both those.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Being able to specify a health check page for each application on each server brings a new level of confidence and allows the load balancers to make better decisions.  Depending on your application, a health check page should usually be purpose built. I like the health check page to quickly poll the db server to ensure the db connectivity is functional.  This call should be super cheap, our DB wizard supplies this i think its a 'Select 1' but i could be wrong.  If the call succeeds, the test page displays a server identifier (we also use this page to see what server we get stuck to on sticky enabled Farms). Anyway, the load balancer will hit this several times a minute, and then parse the response file, as long as it doesn't fail it stays in the rotation.  If that page fails for any reason, the server is removed from the rotation.  This is also handy for situations where the people administering the web servers don't have the expertise/access to the load balancer.  By simply renaming the health check file they can easily pull a server out of the rotation for deployment or troubleshooting purposes.  Most load balancers can also be configured with a sorry server.  If your health check fails on all nodes in the farm, users are sent to a different server containing a (static) maintenance page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SSL termination on the load balancer can also be handy.  Some load balancers don't speak HTTPS for health checking, so in some situations, offloading your SSL is the only way you get to take advantage of all the cool health check related features listed above.  Offloading your SSL also obviously frees up web server cpu cycles to serve web rather than encrypt/decrypt, but to me the bigger benefits are around troubleshooting and SSL management.  Depending on your platform and tools managing an SSL cert across a large farm of servers isn't very easy (msdeploy didn't support it until the latest release).  Installing a cert on 2 load balancers is usually faster/easier than 10+ servers.  It's also pretty helpful in troubleshooting, every now and then you get that super bizarro issue where you need to dig down to the packet level and snoop what is being sent to the web server.  With offloaded SSL all of that traffic is in plain text and infinitely easier to analyze.  Note: this also means the network segment between your load balancers and your servers needs to be secure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With regards to failover, I'm of the opinion that applications should be designed to not require sticky sessions unless there is an extremely compelling reason.  In the .NET world this usually is as simple as configuring the application to send its session state to a sql server on all nodes, and make sure all the session objects are serializable (you'll get a nice big error the first time you turn it on if they're not).  When you're running in this configuration, you can work on web servers whenever without impacting users simply by removing the server from the rotation, making your change, and putting it back into the rotation.  Since the session data is all stored centrally in SQL, it doesn't matter which node answers the request.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With regards to Software vs. Hardware and justifying the costs, that one is a little tricker.  If you've got the budget hardware balancers are nice. Doing stuff in hardware is obviously faster, and more importantly, the support you get from hardware vendors is generally a lot better.  These days software balancers are getting more and more feature complete.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where as most of my experience is on the F5-BigIP, Cisco Arrowpoint/CSS and Cisco ACS lines.  I've recently started looking into IIS7 Application Request Routing (ARR) for a consulting client of mine on a budget.  If you've got spare hardware and windows licenses, it doesn't cost you anything, and it looks fairly feature complete.  I'm interested to see how it stacks up.  You can find more info about [ARR here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let me know if you'd like any more specific info&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/489/using-the-application-request-routing-module/ &quot;ARR here&quot;" />
  <row Id="34722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19462" RevisionGUID="26532d76-207e-4ec4-9e51-08afef71bc33" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:31:18.643" UserId="7594" Text="[Puppet][1] requires certificates between the client (puppet) being managed and the server (puppetmaster). You can run manually on the client and then go onto the server to sign the certificate, but how do you automate this process for clusters / cloud machines?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/" />
  <row Id="34723" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19462" RevisionGUID="26532d76-207e-4ec4-9e51-08afef71bc33" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:31:18.643" UserId="7594" Text="How can I pre-sign puppet certificates?" />
  <row Id="34724" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19462" RevisionGUID="26532d76-207e-4ec4-9e51-08afef71bc33" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:31:18.643" UserId="7594" Text="&lt;puppet&gt;&lt;cloud&gt;&lt;amazon-ec2&gt;" />
  <row Id="34725" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19463" RevisionGUID="5a908d21-4233-4a6b-8234-662e47a87592" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:32:00.420" UserId="7594" Text="On the server (puppetmaster) run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    puppetca --generate &lt;NAME&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then copy the following from the server onto the client:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs/&lt;NAME&gt;.pem&#xD;&#xA;    /var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs/ca.pem&#xD;&#xA;    /var/lib/puppet/ssl/private_keys/&lt;NAME&gt;.pem&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you wish to has &lt;NAME&gt; as something other than the hostname use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    puppetd --fqdn=&lt;NAME&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And add to /etc/puppet/puppet.conf if running the daemon&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [puppetd]&#xD;&#xA;    certname=&lt;NAME&gt;" />
  <row Id="34726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19464" RevisionGUID="62ae5d8b-ab6f-4b38-a338-032ac0785934" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:34:12.927" UserId="8021" Text="We've been using &lt;a href=&quot;http://www2.cit.cornell.edu/security/tools/&quot;&gt;Cornell Spider&lt;/a&gt; to scan servers, documents, and databases for social security numbers on a somewhat automated basis. We've hacked some additional functionality on to talk to our database engines and to manage the scan with our desktop management software. The basic functionality in the engine is there to do what you need, you could probably just hack the engine a touch and have a solid, deployable solution that you can set to log back centrally to a shared drive. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on use, there may be a better alternative to scanning. A friend who administers a student lab has started re-imaging the machine on every logout. It only takes about thirty seconds to a minute to copy a clean 10GB image over from a protected 10GB separate partition on the local machine's disk, and you don't have to worry about kids replacing the windows start splash with a crude drawing of genitalia. " />
  <row Id="34728" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19465" RevisionGUID="41a01879-c1d9-45bc-ac29-a08f89bec1fb" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:36:33.577" UserId="3950" Text="Be careful with the soft mounts! Soft mounting an NFS filesystem means IO will fail after a timeout occurs. Be very sure that is what you want on users' homedirectories! My guess is you don't. Using a hard mount on homedirectories in combination with the intr option feels a lot safer here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hard will not timeout: IO operations will be retried indefinitely. The intr option makes it possible to interrupt the mounting process. So if you mount the export and experience a failure, the hard-mount will lock your session. The intr option will make it possible to interrupt the mount, so the combination is pretty safe and ensures you will not easily loose a users data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, autofs makes this all even easier." />
  <row Id="34729" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19466" RevisionGUID="5fba51f0-5707-4a53-a9d5-be96f83f317c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:36:43.577" UserId="3174" Text="Yes, but what problem are you trying to solve?" />
  <row Id="34730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19467" RevisionGUID="93c9ae3b-253b-42ae-b216-d94c7a3cfdd6" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:37:45.727" UserDisplayName="Steven" Text="On a decidated root server with 1+X public IP addresses in a hosted environment, running Debian Lenny with Xen 3.2, I want to install multiple domUs. Bridged network route is not an option due to hosting company requirements. They recommend routed setup but as far as I can understand this requires spending two public IPs on the dom0 which I can't affort.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my setup, X domUs will have a public facing IP address and should be reachable from the network. Other domUs should be in private subnets (e.g. 10.0.*.* / 192.168.*.*) and not reachable from the outside. domUs in the same private subnets should be able to reach each other but not domUs in other private subnets. A plus would be if all traffic (incl. the domUs with public IP addresses) were routed through the dom0 which could act as firewall (iptables?).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anybody who has a similar setup as I and is willing to share some configuration files and tips?" />
  <row Id="34731" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19467" RevisionGUID="93c9ae3b-253b-42ae-b216-d94c7a3cfdd6" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:37:45.727" UserDisplayName="Steven" Text="Xen mixed routing" />
  <row Id="34732" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19467" RevisionGUID="93c9ae3b-253b-42ae-b216-d94c7a3cfdd6" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:37:45.727" UserDisplayName="Steven" Text="&lt;xen&gt;&lt;routing&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="34733" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19468" RevisionGUID="323b7daf-f5a9-4ce8-8f5e-a54b914f9b1c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:41:13.927" UserId="7744" Text="I'm not 100% sure I understand the question.  But you should be able to add an additional domain controller to your existing domain providing you have the proper credentials. Having a small number of users doesn't mean you can't add redundancy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only issues around adding another DC come around mostly obscure windows versions like Small Business Server and Windows Server Foundation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34734" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19469" RevisionGUID="17083671-87c6-4a04-b749-0bbf6153fea3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:43:01.240" UserId="1561" Text="The age-old question.  I've seen responses go both ways on this, but never a comprehensive answer as to why you want firewalls active within your trusted network.  When I say &quot;trusted&quot;, I (typically) mean a LAN that is already behind an active firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to have comprehensive reasons as to why you would want this.  The only argument I've ever heard of is that firewalls inactive within your trusted network lead to a &quot;crunchy-chewy&quot; security arrangement, where breaching the &quot;crunchy-hard&quot; exterior firewall exposes all of the &quot;soft-chewy&quot; internal machines." />
  <row Id="34735" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19469" RevisionGUID="17083671-87c6-4a04-b749-0bbf6153fea3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:43:01.240" UserId="1561" Text="Should you run firewalls inside your network perimeter?" />
  <row Id="34736" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19469" RevisionGUID="17083671-87c6-4a04-b749-0bbf6153fea3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:43:01.240" UserId="1561" Text="&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="34737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19470" RevisionGUID="48ac1588-3f86-4344-bb9b-e7fb565a0e6b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:43:25.530" UserId="5989" Text="We use a number of tools and methods.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [Functional specifications][1] for infrastructure components and software.&#xD;&#xA;* Two [Confluence Wikis][2]. One for internal corporate documentation (policies, procedures, internal infrastructure and IT, etc) and one for our open source software products.&#xD;&#xA;* [RSpec][3] and [Cucumber][4] tests. Our software is mostly written in Ruby, and we practice [BDD][5]/[TDD][6], so specification tests drive the actual code, and document as well.&#xD;&#xA;* Inline code documentation. We use [RDoc][7] markup in code comments.&#xD;&#xA;* Declarative configuration management ([Chef][8]). All our servers are managed with Chef, which &quot;self documents&quot; through delcarative resources in recipes and cookbooks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We like Confluence because it is very flexible and powerful and feature complete, plus it ties into the ticket management software we like, [Jira][9].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In previous companies I've worked at, I've used a variety of tools and methods and many have tried to stay with a single catch-all resource (like a Wiki) for everything. The problem with that is documenting various topics with a single tool not uniquely suited toward covering that topic means that many things won't get documented at all, because it is difficult to migrate the information. As a Unix/Linux geek, I believe that each task requires a specific tool, and that tool should fit that task exceedingly well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_specification&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://rspec.info/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://cukes.info/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior_Driven_Development&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_Driven_Development&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://rdoc.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Home&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/" />
  <row Id="34738" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19471" RevisionGUID="61c7abf6-1ccb-40ed-9c89-f10ae85f65df" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:43:26.107" UserId="7752" Text="vi.  emacs.  Your favourite text editor.  :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'd be better off learning how to edit the configuration files directly rather than relying on some incomplete GUI tool.  You have complete control when you use your favourite text editor." />
  <row Id="34739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19472" RevisionGUID="f15b5de2-c0ec-4e58-b18f-9e6fc77ce68c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:44:20.003" UserId="3950" Text="Just to throw my €0.02 in here: can't [OpenAFS][1] do what you want?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.openafs.org/" />
  <row Id="34740" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19473" RevisionGUID="fa97c1db-7d44-42e1-885a-68b7bec607cf" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:46:52.153" UserId="1561" Text="I would like a definitive answer as to why this practice should be pursued with services that are exposed to potentially hostile network(s) (i.e. the Internet).  As I understand it, there is a method for breaking out of a chroot jail, so if there is no real value to this security measure, then why are some installations still pursuing it?" />
  <row Id="34741" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19473" RevisionGUID="fa97c1db-7d44-42e1-885a-68b7bec607cf" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:46:52.153" UserId="1561" Text="Is it worth the effort to chroot a publicly-exposed service in a *nix environment?" />
  <row Id="34742" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19473" RevisionGUID="fa97c1db-7d44-42e1-885a-68b7bec607cf" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:46:52.153" UserId="1561" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;server-security&gt;&lt;chroot&gt;" />
  <row Id="34743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19474" RevisionGUID="06f11921-b054-4933-8989-9dec9f81cf0c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:47:03.603" UserId="5989" Text="The problem with linear installation is lack of idempotence, or the ability to repeat the task over and over with the same results, and if a failure occurs, it picks up right where it was broken (after fixing what broke it, of course :-)).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If a manual installation fails halfway through, you often have to scrap the whole thing over again. Enter the human factor, and you may have a disaster waiting to happen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't have an answer for the Windows world, but Unix/Linux have two excellent configuration management tools that are designed for idempotence: Chef and Puppet. While linear installation procedures may be desired for some things, these tools will resume where left off if something unexpected occurred and something wasn't installed all the way." />
  <row Id="34744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19475" RevisionGUID="c1f6d1d2-b686-4c65-b926-3d8743f3a6d0" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:48:53.037" UserId="984" Text="Yes, simply because with just an firewall at the border, you have a single point of failure.  If that firewall has a bug that allows it to be bypassed, then your security is gone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Security should be a layered approach, applying security at each layer whenever it is possible, or at least cost effective, and appropriate for the level of risk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As with all security advice, you should take into account the actual risk involved if your system was compromised.  If all you would loose is a non-critical box with no data then it may not matter all that much.  If you are trying to protect state-secrets, bank accounts or health care information you need to employ a lot more layers." />
  <row Id="34745" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19476" RevisionGUID="afc7abfe-d629-4dc0-ab42-e609f9e09a4a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:50:11.617" UserId="5989" Text="I didn't see this question before I answered [another question][1], but here we go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use a number of tools and methods.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [Functional specifications][2] for infrastructure components and software.&#xD;&#xA;* Two [Confluence Wikis][3]. One for internal corporate documentation (policies, procedures, internal infrastructure and IT, etc) and one for our open source software products.&#xD;&#xA;* [RSpec][4] and [Cucumber][5] tests. Our software is mostly written in Ruby, and we practice [BDD][6]/[TDD][7], so specification tests drive the actual code, and document as well.&#xD;&#xA;* Inline code documentation. We use [RDoc][8] markup in code comments.&#xD;&#xA;* Declarative configuration management ([Chef][9]). All our servers are managed with Chef, which &quot;self documents&quot; through delcarative resources in recipes and cookbooks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We like Confluence because it is very flexible and powerful and feature complete, plus it ties into the ticket management software we like, [Jira][10].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In previous companies I've worked at, I've used a variety of tools and methods and many have tried to stay with a single catch-all resource (like a Wiki) for everything. The problem with that is documenting various topics with a single tool not uniquely suited toward covering that topic means that many things won't get documented at all, because it is difficult to migrate the information. As a Unix/Linux geek, I believe that each task requires a specific tool, and that tool should fit that task exceedingly well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/19426/what-tools-are-you-using-to-do-the-documentation/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_specification&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://rspec.info/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://cukes.info/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior_Driven_Development&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_Driven_Development&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://rdoc.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Home&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/" />
  <row Id="34746" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19476" RevisionGUID="afc7abfe-d629-4dc0-ab42-e609f9e09a4a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:50:11.617" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34747" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19470" RevisionGUID="e716f914-27be-48f3-9203-8c288303fdb8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:50:49.507" UserId="5989" Comment="deleted 1634 characters in body" Text="This question is very well a duplicate of [this one][1] and I moved my answer there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3970/how-are-you-documenting-your-work-processes-and-environment/" />
  <row Id="34748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19477" RevisionGUID="dd69580f-c240-4560-8c91-7ce56ce014e2" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:52:10.643" UserId="984" Text="&gt; So if there is no real value to this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; security measure, then why are some&#xD;&#xA;&gt; installations still pursuing it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There may not be much security gained, but in some cases you make the system easier for the user.  If they are not distracted by all the other stuff they don't need to see, they may file the system easier to use." />
  <row Id="34749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19478" RevisionGUID="478bafb4-8b8d-4451-bd3c-acdb5e542805" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:52:27.397" UserId="7320" Text="Never underestimate the ability of another employee to bring their virus laden laptop from home and plug it into your backbone, either." />
  <row Id="34750" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="8415" RevisionGUID="681b41ba-dc3c-4e4c-9ef3-aa0165df0ed7" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:52:42.827" UserId="1561" Comment="changed title to reflect ultimate goal (clarification)" Text="Recommended Dovecot/Thunderbird-to-Exchange/Outlook Migration Strategy" />
  <row Id="34751" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8415" RevisionGUID="681b41ba-dc3c-4e4c-9ef3-aa0165df0ed7" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:52:42.827" UserId="1561" Comment="changed title to reflect ultimate goal (clarification)" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;imap&gt;&lt;migration&gt;&lt;offlineimap&gt;&lt;dovecot&gt;" />
  <row Id="34752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19479" RevisionGUID="c96c69b1-f1ea-456a-8b60-92bab37dce8b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:52:52.203" UserId="5989" Text="We set up Nginx with Chef, using [this cookbook][1] which contains scripts for handling nginx configuration similar to how Debian does Apache2, and also some sample templates with sane defaults.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://github.com/opscode/cookbooks/tree/184b160301d70d99fce2ba248867bdae0d23d77f/nginx" />
  <row Id="34753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19480" RevisionGUID="e0190b6c-4c4f-47ca-9962-61ef6ea1c49c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:53:18.240" UserId="3431" Text="Well that depends how much trust you put in your &quot;trusted&quot; network... By default in a very classic network configuration, your network edge is sufficient.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's say you have a big trusted zones with all your web/client/nfs/... servers. If one gets hacked, it will be able to access every single server to infect them and spread chaos on your network. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I strongly believe you need to have a VLAN for each functional group (one per client, on per web architecture) and all the communications out of each VLAN need to be filtered by a firewall. This allows you to isolate security-wise all of your functional groups and avoid crashing all of your company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Speaking from experience, the previous company in which I was working died because of this very matter. So yes it is usefu :-)" />
  <row Id="34754" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19481" RevisionGUID="7734d36f-4852-462f-ab76-ecafba2f89ae" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:55:28.407" UserId="984" Text="&gt; Bridged network route is not an option&#xD;&#xA;&gt; due to hosting company requirements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am just wondering, I have no idea if this will work, but have you investigated the possibility of using a [proxy arp][1] approach?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.bridging.proxy-arp.html" />
  <row Id="34755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19482" RevisionGUID="e5d6f912-f439-441e-95b1-f78a74c0e8e0" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:56:27.657" UserId="6383" Text="How big are you?  At a certain size (which will vary) you will likely it useful to separate accounts, payroll, HR and production servers from unfiltered/unlogged access from the rest of the company." />
  <row Id="34756" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19483" RevisionGUID="b6e94e1f-e84c-45a0-b04f-a709fa9bd722" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:57:42.753" UserId="7342" Text="You should never consider a chroot a complete security feature. While is makes attack harder, if you do manage to get some control inside the chroot, it is fairly easy to break out of. There's a method involving chrooting to a parent directory (..) More info &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bpfh.net/simes/computing/chroot-break.html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. The reason that chroot gives some security benefit is that many of the applications that a hacker might expect to have around just won't be there. If given the choice between something being chrooted or not chrooted, I'd pick the chrooted option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A better approach would be something like BSD's jail, Solaris's zones or some virtualisation technology like KVM or Xen. These approaches take the same compartimentalisation idea that chroot does and makes them stronger. You could also look at something like SELinux, but this is slightly more complicated, and therefore prone to mistakes." />
  <row Id="34757" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19484" RevisionGUID="f1ac35f9-b841-4f78-92d7-d34ad0fcc3c2" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:57:50.960" UserId="3431" Text="I find chroots to be way to complicated and have never been able to install one. One could argue that if I had been able to do so, I would find great interest in it but I still haven't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think that isolating your services in virtual machines (on Xen of course, but VMWare will work too if you insist :-P ) is a much better idea considering the computing power available these days. Virtual machines also have the huge advantage of being really easy to backup/migrate which chroots do not have. You also have comprehensive interface for managing VMs, which you definently don't have for chroots." />
  <row Id="34758" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19485" RevisionGUID="4b4dee18-fae5-4e5f-96d5-6832ec103fd1" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:58:06.373" UserId="1561" Text="This question will be submitted as a wiki.  The intent is to gather valuable configurations, deployment ideas, and smb.conf settings to assist with this wonderful service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having used this for over a year in a mission-critical role, I can safely say that there are ups and downs to using this software; but along the way, I also learned a thing or two that separates truth from hype.  What things have you encountered, done, or otherwise thought of to make this service work its best?" />
  <row Id="34759" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19485" RevisionGUID="4b4dee18-fae5-4e5f-96d5-6832ec103fd1" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:58:06.373" UserId="1561" Text="Samba Server Implementation Details and Best Practices" />
  <row Id="34760" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19485" RevisionGUID="4b4dee18-fae5-4e5f-96d5-6832ec103fd1" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:58:06.373" UserId="1561" Text="&lt;samba&gt;" />
  <row Id="34761" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19485" RevisionGUID="4b4dee18-fae5-4e5f-96d5-6832ec103fd1" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:58:06.373" UserId="1561" />
  <row Id="34762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19486" RevisionGUID="cd053708-de62-43a4-90d1-1d828462065d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:58:29.977" UserId="7744" Text="I think having firewalls within the network is a good thing for a variety of reasons.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Protect your sensitive internal data from being modified/stolen/deleted.  If every end user in your company has network access to all of your production database servers, passwords are all that protect your data.  In some cases (sql accounts vs. domain accounts) it's common for the entire development staff to have the write access password on all of these db's.  Most of the statistics I've seen indicate you're far more likely to be attacked from within than from an outside attacker.  Disgruntled employees can be extremely motivated.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Protect your sensitive internal data from being **accidently** modified/deleted.  Accidently pointing a Stage web server at a Production DB server happens way more often than you'd think.  If you firewall off your Prod DB servers such that only prod web servers and DBA's can reach them, you mitigate this risk significantly.&#xD;&#xA; 3. A more robust, layered approach.  The more layers of sensible security you add, the better.  Some people can go a little crazy with this, but overall this is a good idea.&#xD;&#xA; 4. As your network gets larger you need protection from yourself.  Be it rogue access points, or laptops, its almost impossible to be 100% confident that everything on your network is conforming to your security policy." />
  <row Id="34763" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19477" RevisionGUID="e5e7a988-a764-4e09-a8eb-eda9edf7fff1" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:58:58.227" UserId="984" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="&gt; So if there is no real value to this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; security measure, then why are some&#xD;&#xA;&gt; installations still pursuing it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There may not be much security gained, but in some cases you make the system easier for the user.  If they are not distracted by all the other stuff they don't need to see, they may find the system easier to use.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34764" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19487" RevisionGUID="a4b821b4-6649-4fe5-a4ee-b5300b3ac09d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:59:30.207" UserId="3867" Text="I am planning to test a filesystem.&#xD;&#xA;What all should i consider to do. or how to accomplish the same.&#xD;&#xA;Are there are any tools to test a filesystem or any reliable references?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Purpose: Planning to shift from ext3 to EFS." />
  <row Id="34765" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19487" RevisionGUID="a4b821b4-6649-4fe5-a4ee-b5300b3ac09d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:59:30.207" UserId="3867" Text="how to do filesystem testing?" />
  <row Id="34766" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19487" RevisionGUID="a4b821b4-6649-4fe5-a4ee-b5300b3ac09d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:59:30.207" UserId="3867" Text="&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="34767" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19488" RevisionGUID="09379332-a3fa-4b3c-bc4c-be8db4dbc098" CreationDate="2009-06-04T06:59:51.860" UserId="3947" Text="The server with root privileges to host your contents. The provider will be giving you some  Virtual Server with some limited space (if you want more space and performance, you may have to more)to maintain yourself with a dedicated ip to it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example :http://www.linode.com/" />
  <row Id="34768" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19489" RevisionGUID="7aa65507-3484-45fc-9584-9dea55d8031a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:01:16.490" UserId="4924" Text="You should setup two bridges on dom0. You can use the standard entries in `/etc/network/interfaces` for this. Let's assume your real card is eth0 (and there's a DHCP server behind it) and you have `bridge-utils` installed. The file could look like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    auto br0&#xD;&#xA;    iface br0 inet dhcp&#xD;&#xA;        bridge_ports eth0&#xD;&#xA;        bridge_maxwait 0&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    auto br1&#xD;&#xA;    iface br1 inet static&#xD;&#xA;        bridge_ports none&#xD;&#xA;        bridge_maxwait 0&#xD;&#xA;        address 192.168.0.1&#xD;&#xA;        netmask 255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You configure `/etc/xen/xend-config.sxp` with network-brigde and vif-bridge. In each domU config file, you select whether you want it to have direct external access (via br0) or if it should get only access via br1. For this you can use vif lines like those:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    vif = ['bridge=br0']&#xD;&#xA;    vif = ['bridge=br1']&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, you still have to setup the NAT/masquerading over br1 and the network configuration of the domU should match (i.e. those on br0 should used DHCP and those on br1 should have a static IP in my example above)." />
  <row Id="34769" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19490" RevisionGUID="7e85dd75-abcc-495b-b371-f2fbee1783b6" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:03:51.713" UserId="3431" Text="I have setup the exact same thing. What we did was NAT. This is definently what you are looking for. You need to have a script in the dom0 NATing the traffic of the public IPs to the appropriate private IPs. You can obviously apply firewall rules in the process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the NATing of the public IPs a single line is sufficient :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -d PUBLICIP -j DNAT --to-destination INTERNALIP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Repeat this process for each public IP add firewall rules if you wish.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Masquerading the VMs :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19491" RevisionGUID="42c5d3c1-4bcd-4c9d-9ba2-892226e9a9ae" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:03:52.087" UserId="984" Text="While [bonnie++][1] is primarily focused on bench-marking performance it does work above the filesystem.  It performs some tests that give different results per-filesystem.  I suspect you are probably interested in the change in performance related to EFS as well, so you may want to try that at least as one of your tests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/" />
  <row Id="34771" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19482" RevisionGUID="a0740da9-7b56-4c64-bb41-edc55ede4759" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:05:58.057" UserId="6383" Comment="Spelling" Text="How big are you?  At a certain size (which will vary) you will likely it useful to separate accounts, payroll, HR and production servers from uncontrolled access from the rest of the company.  (I'd love to give myself a pay-rise.  Unfortunately, for some people that will go beyond wishful thinking.)" />
  <row Id="34772" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19492" RevisionGUID="06dd7e4a-525b-4558-a3c6-8bd074246ffc" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:06:55.387" UserId="7342" Text="If you have multiple servers you need to rebuild, I highly recommend you look at something like &lt;a href=&quot;http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/&quot;&gt;Puppet&lt;/a&gt; instead of writing a shell script. Puppet has a descriptive language, so you define how you want the system to look, not how to get it there. The package type has a responsefile option that allows you to define the debconf answers in Steven's answer." />
  <row Id="34773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19493" RevisionGUID="211df053-2ca8-4840-91dd-1663d04521dc" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:08:06.417" UserId="1561" Text="Ok, so we've seen the questions about allowing developers different amounts of latitude when locking down or deploying machines, but what about their internet access?  Do you allow unlimited NATing of their workstations?  Do they have to at least run through a proxy to log their access?  Do they run through a proxy that filters the content that is returned to them?  Or do you simply restrict their access as needed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My personal opinion is to run them through a proxy with no limits on the sites visited, but filter the content as it's delivered to prevent malicious code from crossing into the &quot;inside&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the best resolution to this?  Am I wrong?  Should developers just have whatever access they want at any time?" />
  <row Id="34774" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19493" RevisionGUID="211df053-2ca8-4840-91dd-1663d04521dc" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:08:06.417" UserId="1561" Text="Should you force your developers to run through a proxy?" />
  <row Id="34775" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19493" RevisionGUID="211df053-2ca8-4840-91dd-1663d04521dc" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:08:06.417" UserId="1561" Text="&lt;developer&gt;&lt;internet&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;" />
  <row Id="34776" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19494" RevisionGUID="c5e78e94-aa84-41c3-862f-656f519354ad" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:09:22.590" UserId="5989" Text="Simple answer: automatically sign new requests. This of course is dangerous because you're blindly trusting any system that connects to your puppetmaster, which is the purpose for requiring manual signing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [puppetmasterd]&#xD;&#xA;    autosign = true&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can specify false and a file to use to determine which keys to sign, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See the [configuration reference][1] on the Puppet wiki.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option is to use a tool like [Capistrano][2], where you specify the puppetmaster node and create the client instance nodes, and in the task:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Create the instance node, say with EC2's API with Ruby.&#xD;&#xA;* Run puppetd on the instance, connecting to the server.&#xD;&#xA;* Run puppetca --sign for the instance's request (since we know the instance name as it was given in the creation bit above).&#xD;&#xA;* Run puppetd again on the instance, this time successfully connecting as the certificate is signed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/ConfigurationReference#configuration-parameter-reference&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.capify.org/" />
  <row Id="34777" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19495" RevisionGUID="d5a863cf-901c-4cb9-ac14-619cffedb6aa" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:09:52.853" UserId="165" Text="My .bashrc looks like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias name@server=&quot;ssh server sname&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;bashrc read&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The `echo` statement is just for checking if it is read. But the echo does nothing. I want to set an alias for a quicker ssh into a box doing a certain command which is a working alias on the remote box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34778" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19495" RevisionGUID="d5a863cf-901c-4cb9-ac14-619cffedb6aa" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:09:52.853" UserId="165" Text="Why is my .bashrc not read under cygwin?" />
  <row Id="34779" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19495" RevisionGUID="d5a863cf-901c-4cb9-ac14-619cffedb6aa" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:09:52.853" UserId="165" Text="&lt;bash&gt;&lt;cygwin&gt;&lt;bashrc&gt;" />
  <row Id="34780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19496" RevisionGUID="78c6484e-6e60-472f-96cd-4e30bf01ef16" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:10:19.203" UserId="1561" Text="Let's get the ball rolling:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ok, so the first thing I learned is: newer versions of Samba reload their settings *on-the-fly*.  That's right, the moment you save that smb.conf file, Samba notices the change in the file and reloads the settings from it.  This answered an age-old issue: how to reload settings into Samba without restarting the services (which then cuts file access to all users - not a good thing when users are still using file-based databases).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The version of Samba I was using was packaged with RHEL 5.1, and this behavior continued even after a package update." />
  <row Id="34781" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19496" RevisionGUID="78c6484e-6e60-472f-96cd-4e30bf01ef16" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:10:19.203" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19497" RevisionGUID="0fc6cab9-b6db-4e2e-9784-e67fe40bb5d5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:12:31.523" UserId="5989" Text="I haven't used cygwin in some time, but I'm guessing that it wants ~/.bash_profile. Simple fix to test.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ln -s ~/.bashrc ~/.bash_profile&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or if ~/.bash_profile exists, source .bashrc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]&#xD;&#xA;    then&#xD;&#xA;      . ~/.bashrc&#xD;&#xA;    fi" />
  <row Id="34783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19498" RevisionGUID="bd5cb4f5-6bc5-4866-acde-b2b5a757d1d6" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:13:07.997" UserId="7768" Text="Why do you want your developers to jump through hoops? Don't you want them to use their time to do actual work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What problem are you trying to solve?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're trying to lock them in by force so that they don't facebook on company time, why not just have a policy &quot;No facebook on company time&quot;? Don't you trust your developers? And if you don't, why do you hire developers that don't have the skill to go around your barriers?" />
  <row Id="34784" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19499" RevisionGUID="3d1bf9f8-f820-45d6-a706-aae683936a03" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:15:24.433" UserId="7760" Text="Blocking porn and streaming content (youtube, etc) should be enough.&#xD;&#xA;You can do this with squid or a proprietary network appliance (like BlueCoat).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think what's more important is to limit their bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;In a previous job, as a networkd administrator, i used to share the network connection with the dev team. And that's not fun when you're working on a remote system through a VPN while some developer is downloading a CD ISO, etc." />
  <row Id="34785" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19500" RevisionGUID="16119ac9-a497-4eaf-bcfb-5bc63cba8d73" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:15:27.477" UserId="4762" Text="&gt; As I understand it, there is a method&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for breaking out of a chroot jail&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (...) then why are some installations&#xD;&#xA;&gt; still pursuing it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can say the same thing about passwords. The point is that quite often securing some resources means placing so many obstacles on intruder's way to force him to give up before reaching the target. You can't rely on a single method to secure given resource. Furthermore, chrooting gives you more control over an application you're running. You can restrict file system resources this app have access to." />
  <row Id="34786" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19501" RevisionGUID="8e2c59bf-3c9d-4538-bec0-1f83f9cd3ad1" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:15:59.113" UserId="4924" Text="My first answer would also be bonnie++, a quick search also reveals [Iozone3][1]. Both are available as Debian packages. If you do simpler tests (cp, mv, rm), you should consider clearing the cache kept by the kernel with `echo 1 &gt; /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches` before each test otherwise it might cause differences that are not representative of the filesystem itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.iozone.org/" />
  <row Id="34787" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19502" RevisionGUID="ccb76cc9-8333-40c3-8906-36d3c8885b1f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:17:06.083" UserId="1810" Text="Any knowledgable person will have access to whatever he/she wants as soon as you allow outgoing https (corkscrew anyone?). Really, policy and education are far more effective with tech-savvy people... .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, some filtering might be appropriate, but you should be aware that it can be easily circumvented, and so not rely on that line of defense exclusively... " />
  <row Id="34788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19503" RevisionGUID="b9a301c0-3ff4-4426-8d37-f094a7b1028f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:17:50.890" UserId="2671" Text="&gt; Should developers just have whatever access they want at any time?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, or else your organization will be anonymously mentioned on stackoverflow in one of the many &quot;annoying working conditions&quot; community wiki questions. ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But seriously, there are two things to consider here.  First, developers are a pretty technically savvy bunch, obviously.  There is a less of a risk of them opening up stupid email attachments, visiting/downloading malicious content, etc.  Second, unless you have a reason to proxy internet access, why bother?  Has your organization been plagued by malicious content seeping in?  Has there been a number of intrusions or other security problems?  Have your other solutions failed to address such problems?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If none of these questions apply to you, then you're solving a problem that doesn't exist, and people will see proxied access as draconian because of it." />
  <row Id="34789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19504" RevisionGUID="c2d12cf9-ef60-4807-a99b-d6d93c8a739f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:19:03.023" UserId="7760" Text="Running a firewall on a internal server lets you control what services are really used and prevents misusages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, you have a solaris server intended to be used as a NFS server only.&#xD;&#xA;Then one day you discover that some users have discovered that they are able to connect to it using telnet/ssh/rsh/X and have started to run their seismic job on it ..." />
  <row Id="34790" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19505" RevisionGUID="8e892654-a8c8-492a-931f-c87aa66afe8a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:19:26.750" UserId="1810" Text="Because your cygwin bash is a login shell which reads the profile files, not the rc files. See jtimberman's answer for the second part of the answer... ." />
  <row Id="34791" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19506" RevisionGUID="0992798d-f378-40b3-91bb-a81936f1b4b4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:21:04.190" UserId="3947" Text="Bind does'nt have any perticular web interface, Instead of that use http://www.powerdns.com/" />
  <row Id="34792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19507" RevisionGUID="4505bfc8-0120-4b44-aaa4-6197a4695395" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:22:17.057" UserId="5989" Text="In addition to Puppet as mentioned, there's also [Chef][1]. Opscode provides a  cookbook for [configuring MySQL][2], with a user tunable server root password which is by default randomly generated. The recipe is already set up to use a preseed package installation. There's also a [cookbook][3] for setting up a mysql database server for a Rails application, which can be modified, of course.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disclosure: I work for Opscode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Home&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://github.com/opscode/cookbooks/tree/184b160301d70d99fce2ba248867bdae0d23d77f/mysql&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://github.com/opscode/rails_infra_repo/blob/7bc8231cab2b1feb7e994086eec63971b3fe36a1/site-cookbooks/database/recipes/default.rb" />
  <row Id="34793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19508" RevisionGUID="28b64187-f59d-43d7-addb-2ef18f8f720a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:26:51.277" UserId="7760" Text="It's perl.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I always find perl even on some old solaris 2.6 and writing perl is far more portable than writing shell script, keeping in mind that /bin/sh may vary a lot. Then instead of writing some csh/ksh/bash, where i'll always find one server with the wrong version of the shell for feature X, i've switched to perl. It's sometimes a bit more verbose, but i get 100% portability for my work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And no need to say that a shell itself does nothing: if you don't have to correct grep/awk/sed versions (and there are dozens of awk implementations), you're screwed, while perl pattern matching, data structures, etc are universal." />
  <row Id="34794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19509" RevisionGUID="fb781617-9e4b-489e-8493-71328aaf4825" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:27:49.043" UserId="5989" Text="Modern distributions 'backport' security patches to the 'current' release of their packages, without bumping the primary version numbers in the package (ie, 0.9.6), so version changes don't break other components or packages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want the latest and greatest versions of everything, you should consider rolling your own packages for your application stack, and hosting them on an internal mirror / repository." />
  <row Id="34795" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19510" RevisionGUID="d680ba00-b4f2-4c93-ac43-471870a3222b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:29:00.443" UserId="7320" Text="Here's a little script I wrote that I keep on my USB utility drive... GREAT for citrix servers :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    @echo off&#xD;&#xA;    Echo Started %time%&#xD;&#xA;    Echo Started %time% &gt;&gt; temps.txt&#xD;&#xA;    Echo Running for XP... &gt;&gt; temps.txt&#xD;&#xA;    Echo Running for XP...&#xD;&#xA;    FOR /F &quot;tokens=*&quot; %%G IN ('DIR /B /AD') DO IF EXIST &quot;%%G\Local Settings\Temp\&quot; (&#xD;&#xA;    	RMDIR /S /Q &quot;%%G\Local Settings\Temp&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	MKDIR &quot;%%G\Local Settings\Temp&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	Echo Cleared %%G\Local Settings\Temp&#xD;&#xA;    	Echo Cleared %%G\Local Settings\Temp &gt;&gt; temps.txt&#xD;&#xA;    )&#xD;&#xA;    FOR /F &quot;tokens=*&quot; %%G IN ('DIR /B /AD') DO IF EXIST &quot;%%G\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\&quot; (&#xD;&#xA;    	RMDIR /S /Q &quot;%%G\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	MKDIR &quot;%%G\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	Echo Cleared %%G\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\&#xD;&#xA;    	Echo Cleared %%G\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\ &gt;&gt; temps.txt&#xD;&#xA;    )&#xD;&#xA;    Echo Done.&#xD;&#xA;    Echo Running for Vista &gt;&gt; temps.txt&#xD;&#xA;    Echo Running for Vista...&#xD;&#xA;    FOR /F &quot;tokens=*&quot; %%G IN ('DIR /B /AD') DO IF EXIST &quot;%%G\AppData\Local\Temp\&quot; (&#xD;&#xA;    	RMDIR /S /Q &quot;%%G\AppData\Local\Temp\&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	MKDIR &quot;%%G\AppData\Local\Temp\&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	Echo Cleared %%G\AppData\Local\Temp\&#xD;&#xA;    	Echo Cleared %%G\AppData\Local\Temp\ &gt;&gt; temps.txt&#xD;&#xA;    )&#xD;&#xA;    FOR /F &quot;tokens=*&quot; %%G IN ('DIR /B /AD') DO IF EXIST &quot;%%G\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\&quot; (&#xD;&#xA;    	RMDIR /S /Q &quot;%%G\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	MKDIR &quot;%%G\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	Echo Cleared %%G\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\&#xD;&#xA;    	Echo Cleared %%G\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\ &gt;&gt; temps.txt&#xD;&#xA;    )&#xD;&#xA;    Echo Done.&#xD;&#xA;    Echo Ended %time%&#xD;&#xA;    Echo Ended %time% &gt;&gt; temps.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use at your own risk, etc... THIS DELETES STUFF.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I run this from the Documents and Settings folder or Users on Vista. You could easily throw a CD command up top to run this from anywhere you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cd %userprofile%&#xD;&#xA;    cd ..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, it's generally safe to clear the temp folder at any time in my experience. Programs using files in temp will lock them, and this script will error on that file and keep going.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The IF EXIST line is particularly nice here, it keeps the script from creating folders in NetworkService and similar folders, and if you aren't running it on Vista or XP that section goes by super fast.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Creates temps.txt logfile where ever you run the script from" />
  <row Id="34796" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19493" RevisionGUID="178cd788-684c-49d8-867d-0842dc1e2de0" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:30:37.633" UserId="1561" Comment="added 375 characters in body" Text="Ok, so we've seen the questions about allowing developers different amounts of latitude when locking down or deploying machines, but what about their internet access?  Do you allow unlimited NATing of their workstations?  Do they have to at least run through a proxy to log their access?  Do they run through a proxy that filters the content that is returned to them?  Or do you simply restrict their access as needed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My personal opinion is to run them through a proxy with no limits on the sites visited, but filter the content as it's delivered to prevent malicious code from crossing into the &quot;inside&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the best resolution to this?  Am I wrong?  Should developers just have whatever access they want at any time?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Follow-Up Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the record, I am a Generalist.  That is, I am both the proxy admin *and* the resident ERP developer where I work.  And yes, my access is logged and filtered, although I can go anywhere I please.  I've seen *both* sides of this issue, but I have yet to hear a good reason why letting people run wild with your internet resources is a good thing." />
  <row Id="34797" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19498" RevisionGUID="6e729525-4877-43d6-a48c-740b1227b8b5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:33:10.967" UserId="7768" Comment="added 233 characters in body" Text="Why do you want your developers to jump through hoops? Don't you want them to use their time to do actual work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What problem are you trying to solve?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're trying to lock them in by force so that they don't facebook on company time, why not just have a policy &quot;No facebook on company time&quot;? Don't you trust your developers? And if you don't, why do you hire developers that don't have the skill to go around your barriers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also the issue of worker morale. If you don't trust them by either blocking them or logging accesses, they will want to switch jobs. I know I would be actively looking for a new job if my employer logged internet access." />
  <row Id="34798" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19511" RevisionGUID="dfd6bfad-ead3-49a0-9ef1-9245f598dd1b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:34:00.060" UserId="4979" Text="Maybe you should consider differentiated storage. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your dev might need more space, but maybe it is not &quot;enterprise class&quot; drivespace he is after. Maybe he just needs to have a place of storing .vhd's and ISO's that is case of a disk crash can be downloaded again from MSDN. Maybe test runs require large transient space requirements that only need to be there for the duration of the test run. For all these a $50 Wallmart drive can be a valid solution." />
  <row Id="34799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19512" RevisionGUID="7819f161-fca0-4692-bc6b-d3925106776a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:41:14.977" UserId="5989" Text="For provisioning, you'll want to look into [preseeding installation][1], or perhaps [system-imager][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For configuration and maintenance after the system is up, look into a configuration management tool like [Chef][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/installation-guide/i386/preseed-intro.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://wiki.systemimager.org/index.php/Main_Page&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Home" />
  <row Id="34800" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19493" RevisionGUID="3c4bd60b-5ae2-4d6e-be8b-cdd7efaf3be9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:48:51.980" UserId="1561" Comment="added 129 characters in body" Text="Ok, so we've seen the questions about allowing developers different amounts of latitude when locking down or deploying machines, but what about their internet access?  Do you allow unlimited NATing of their workstations?  Do they have to at least run through a proxy to log their access?  Do they run through a proxy that filters the content that is returned to them?  Or do you simply restrict their access as needed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My personal opinion is to run them through a proxy with no limits on the sites visited, but filter the content as it's delivered to prevent malicious code from crossing into the &quot;inside&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the best resolution to this?  Am I wrong?  Should developers just have whatever access they want at any time?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Follow-Up Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the record, I am a Generalist.  That is, I am both the proxy admin *and* the resident ERP developer where I work.  And yes, my access is logged and filtered, although I can go anywhere I please.  I've seen *both* sides of this issue, but I have yet to hear a good reason why letting people run wild with your internet resources is a good thing.  And not everyone has enormous amounts of bandwidth - my work still uses a T1 to connect, and it can fill up very, very quickly." />
  <row Id="34801" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19513" RevisionGUID="8b57974e-a199-49d9-bae9-6e71cd732283" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:49:51.447" UserId="7486" Text="One way of looking at this is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You company has some kind of perimeter security, right?  Ie, a gate house with a fence, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Think of this as your main firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still, you lock buildings, you lock off sections of buildings, and you lock individual offices etc.  If you have badges that you scan, some peoples badges don't even let them get into sections of some buildings, let alone into individual offices.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each of those locked sections is like another firewall.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are going to use firewalls you as your protection you should think of having them isolate sections of your network from each other.  You should not assume that a packet is good just because it is inside your perimeter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19514" RevisionGUID="6e05a769-ceb4-4631-902a-e0aa279f35d5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:51:16.937" UserId="5763" Text="I work in a large organisation.  My internet access, like almost everyone elses, has to go through the web proxy.  There is network security in place so that I can't just change the IE settings to skip the proxy.  Other than occasionaly blocking TheDailyWTF forums when it notices certain words it doesn't cause me any issue.  Our total internet connection is somewhere around 2*2Mb for 2000 staff.  It is sometimes inconvenient when I need to download a service pack, but generally a little planning prevents the issue.  and if it is really urgent then there is a standard broadband line that comes into the office for exactly this purpose.&#xD;&#xA;So No.  I see no reason why developers should be exempted from any but the most draconian internet policy." />
  <row Id="34803" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="18759" RevisionGUID="03079fea-d89a-4e57-916b-541b1e919546" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:52:09.353" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ms-office-2007&gt;&lt;ms-word&gt;&lt;tech-support&gt;" />
  <row Id="34804" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="14740" RevisionGUID="28c37bff-d57b-4448-8700-08dd4eb75c5d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:53:02.783" UserId="3505" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ms-word&gt;&lt;document-management&gt;&lt;ms-office&gt;" />
  <row Id="34805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19515" RevisionGUID="90eb2ea7-6325-47b3-9647-5fd0ef521b95" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:53:47.633" UserId="7783" Text="Where I work //Everyone// goes through a proxy. It's not a big deal. It's used to enforce internet policy, but we're responsive to fixing stuff being blocked that should not be." />
  <row Id="34806" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19510" RevisionGUID="2b2d841c-c88b-4a2b-92d9-9bb5e2f6390b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:56:58.640" UserId="7320" Comment="added 244 characters in body" Text="Here's a little script I wrote that I keep on my USB utility drive... GREAT for citrix servers :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    @echo off&#xD;&#xA;    Echo Started %time%&#xD;&#xA;    Echo Started %time% &gt;&gt; temps.txt&#xD;&#xA;    Echo Running for XP... &gt;&gt; temps.txt&#xD;&#xA;    Echo Running for XP...&#xD;&#xA;    FOR /F &quot;tokens=*&quot; %%G IN ('DIR /B /AD') DO IF EXIST &quot;%%G\Local Settings\Temp\&quot; (&#xD;&#xA;    	RMDIR /S /Q &quot;%%G\Local Settings\Temp&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	MKDIR &quot;%%G\Local Settings\Temp&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	Echo Cleared %%G\Local Settings\Temp&#xD;&#xA;    	Echo Cleared %%G\Local Settings\Temp &gt;&gt; temps.txt&#xD;&#xA;    )&#xD;&#xA;    FOR /F &quot;tokens=*&quot; %%G IN ('DIR /B /AD') DO IF EXIST &quot;%%G\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\&quot; (&#xD;&#xA;    	RMDIR /S /Q &quot;%%G\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	MKDIR &quot;%%G\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	Echo Cleared %%G\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\&#xD;&#xA;    	Echo Cleared %%G\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\ &gt;&gt; temps.txt&#xD;&#xA;    )&#xD;&#xA;    Echo Done.&#xD;&#xA;    Echo Running for Vista &gt;&gt; temps.txt&#xD;&#xA;    Echo Running for Vista...&#xD;&#xA;    FOR /F &quot;tokens=*&quot; %%G IN ('DIR /B /AD') DO IF EXIST &quot;%%G\AppData\Local\Temp\&quot; (&#xD;&#xA;    	RMDIR /S /Q &quot;%%G\AppData\Local\Temp\&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	MKDIR &quot;%%G\AppData\Local\Temp\&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	Echo Cleared %%G\AppData\Local\Temp\&#xD;&#xA;    	Echo Cleared %%G\AppData\Local\Temp\ &gt;&gt; temps.txt&#xD;&#xA;    )&#xD;&#xA;    FOR /F &quot;tokens=*&quot; %%G IN ('DIR /B /AD') DO IF EXIST &quot;%%G\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\&quot; (&#xD;&#xA;    	RMDIR /S /Q &quot;%%G\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	MKDIR &quot;%%G\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	Echo Cleared %%G\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\&#xD;&#xA;    	Echo Cleared %%G\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\ &gt;&gt; temps.txt&#xD;&#xA;    )&#xD;&#xA;    Echo Done.&#xD;&#xA;    Echo Ended %time%&#xD;&#xA;    Echo Ended %time% &gt;&gt; temps.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use at your own risk, etc... THIS DELETES STUFF.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I run this from the Documents and Settings folder or Users on Vista. You could easily throw a CD command up top to run this from anywhere you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cd %userprofile%&#xD;&#xA;    cd ..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, it's generally safe to clear the temp folder at any time in my experience. Programs using files in temp will lock them, and this script will error on that file and keep going.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The IF EXIST line is particularly nice here, it keeps the script from creating folders in NetworkService and similar folders, and if you aren't running it on Vista or XP that section goes by super fast.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Creates temps.txt logfile where ever you run the script from&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Advice from ##windows-server on Freenode:&#xD;&#xA;Q: Why don't you detect which OS it's running on in the begining and run the appropriate section?&#xD;&#xA;A: I use the script frequently on offline media, such as a hard drive that's been extracted." />
  <row Id="34807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19516" RevisionGUID="e787f92a-6744-4585-812b-fab06b58c68d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T07:59:16.640" UserId="7486" Text="Offsite is probably the most important part of tape backup.  The other important aspect is history, ie, you get a snapshot of what was the file contents as of a certain date. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can do this with disks if you take snapshots and push them to a remote site, possibly more than one remote sites.  Sun has products to do this, and, I'll bet that emc, netapp, ibm, hp, etc all can do this as well.  The finance and drugs industry care deeply about these sorts of backups." />
  <row Id="34808" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19496" RevisionGUID="6ab9475f-09f9-41fd-a1e7-2b425a23879a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:01:26.103" UserId="1561" Comment="added 163 characters in body" Text="Let's get the ball rolling:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ok, so the first thing I learned is: newer versions of Samba reload their settings *on-the-fly*.  That's right, the moment you save that smb.conf file, Samba notices the change in the file and reloads the settings from it.  This answered an age-old issue: how to reload settings into Samba without restarting the services (which then cuts file access to all users - not a good thing when users are still using file-based databases).  If you've had Windows admins sit there and point out &quot;I can add shares on the fly, how do you expect to do this?&quot;, well, now you have an answer on how to do it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The version of Samba I was using was packaged with RHEL 5.1, and this behavior continued even after a package update." />
  <row Id="34809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19517" RevisionGUID="0019851e-03e3-4375-99ce-20bcf7816ebe" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:01:27.790" UserId="3630" Text="I've got Oracle XE installed on Debian linux and the character set is configured to AL32UTF8.&#xD;&#xA;There are several client applications that connects to a database from Windows with the different locales - French etc, not English. That's ok with all the client data these applications put into database, nothing converted and text data in French represents correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But texts in audit tables looks like '??????' if contains any not-english character. I suppose this is because audit records go to database in the different locale and it's not dependent on the client's globalization/locale settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How this globalization issue can be fixed? thanks!" />
  <row Id="34810" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19517" RevisionGUID="0019851e-03e3-4375-99ce-20bcf7816ebe" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:01:27.790" UserId="3630" Text="Oracle Database character set issue with the audit tables on Debian" />
  <row Id="34811" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19517" RevisionGUID="0019851e-03e3-4375-99ce-20bcf7816ebe" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:01:27.790" UserId="3630" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;security-audit&gt;&lt;localization&gt;" />
  <row Id="34812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19518" RevisionGUID="80b8fe34-dcf9-4275-b297-bad74d6b72f4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:07:36.997" UserId="7342" Text="A slightly alternative system is to use debmirror to make a complete mirror of the distributions you want. It takes more disk space and the initial download is a little heavy, but you can keep it up to date over night and then you won't have to wait when you want to download new packages in the future. I've also found it slightly more reliable than using the proxy server." />
  <row Id="34813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19519" RevisionGUID="ed3ba7b9-4cbe-441b-82d9-97918aecd0ac" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:08:47.150" UserId="8013" Text="Use the &#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=35FC4205-792B-4306-8E4B-0DE9CCE72172&amp;displaylang=en&quot;&gt;Transporter Suite.&lt;/a&gt;  It was written specifically for this purpose.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, you import a CSV file of the IMAP users and passwords, and it will import the data correctly.  You can also import users one at a time if you are scared of doing a batch process.  It's actually pretty hard to botch an import.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do not use imapsync or any other IMAP to IMAP based sync engine.  It sort of works, but much of the metadata will be screwed up -- specifically dates.  Even with the --syncinternaldates option, Exchange will still overwrite the dates to the current date, and you will have a botched migration.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34814" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="8415" RevisionGUID="25ffa19b-bf7c-4c42-b3cc-6700038ea475" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:10:40.983" UserId="1561" Comment="re-edit to make search of this closed topic easier; I'm sure others will need this info at some point." Text="Recommended Dovecot / Thunderbird to Exchange / Outlook Migration Strategy" />
  <row Id="34815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19520" RevisionGUID="0d907a4e-0de7-4961-887c-d0471a266b2e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:11:15.493" UserId="1322" Text="From nginx 0.7.12 and later, a &quot;&quot; is usable in server_name to catch requests without a &quot;Host&quot; header.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use the following as a catchall for undefined virtual hosts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    server {&#xD;&#xA;      server_name _ &quot;&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    }" />
  <row Id="34816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19521" RevisionGUID="d993dce5-b2d0-4c08-ae1e-e6e71d1317a0" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:13:17.813" UserId="3630" Text="I really don't think there is a solution to your problem because it looks like Word just fails saving your documents in a randomly fasion due to the technical issue that user cannot fix. I would suggest to plan re-installing Windows on that machine. It could turn out that re-installing Windows and several applications is faster that the time you could spend figuring out the reason why Word fails." />
  <row Id="34817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19522" RevisionGUID="a166f8cc-e5d4-4ef4-a70c-f9477d12910e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:13:32.210" UserId="3437" Text="With the right plugins, [Trac][1] can become a combination ticket and wiki system. This makes it easy for your tickets to link to wiki articles and vice versa.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A couple of plugins I like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Private Tickets plugin][2]. Trac is built as a bugbase where all tickets and their responses are public. That's not appropriate to an IT ticket system, but this plugin fixes that.&#xD;&#xA; - [Trac WYSIWYG plugin][3]. Let's face it, most people are not going to learn wikisyntax to make you happy. This gives them a 'what you see is what you get' editor for both tickets and wiki pages.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;There are quite a few [more][4] customizations for Trac. It's not hard to setup and customize a Trac system to your liking!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://trac.edgewall.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/PrivateTicketsPlugin&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/TracWysiwygPlugin&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://trac-hacks.org/" />
  <row Id="34818" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19522" RevisionGUID="a166f8cc-e5d4-4ef4-a70c-f9477d12910e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:13:32.210" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19523" RevisionGUID="b3c5182a-0404-4422-ae0a-4e940a284c0e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:17:39.253" UserId="7769" Text="Here are two more options, I've found them really useful for filesystem benchmarking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) **Postmark** - it's a benchmark which emulates real-world usage of a filesystem accessed by a busy mail server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Download: http://www.freshports.org/benchmarks/postmark/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When testing, make sure you've compared different options of ext3 logging - they may be quite different in terms of performance (writeback logging gave best result in my Postmark experiments).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) **Filebench** - another great benchmark, giving you even more flexibility. If you have a specific reason for considering a move from ext3, you'll probably like filebench - it has many different workloads so that you can only concentrate on the performance bottleneck which interests you (file create/delete operations or sequential read/write vs random ones, to give you a few examples).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You have to google for it as I'm not allowed any more hyperlinks yet - the project itself is hosted on SourceForge, and a really nice quick start guide is found on OpenSolaris.org website.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One final note: be sure to spread the load across as many disks (spindles) as possible for the most accurate results. It also makes sense to allocate a few disks for benchmarking specifically, and newfs them before each run of your benchmark." />
  <row Id="34820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19524" RevisionGUID="138fe417-806f-46d2-8ed6-b907a0e0f462" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:20:15.677" UserId="3630" Text="I suppose having such kind of a requirement it's better to start thinking of Sharepoint Services installation and placing documents to its document library. Sharepoint supports keeping history of the uploaded and edited documents including the person (windows account) who worked with them and when. The only thing you should do in this case is to force anyone to share and submit documents only via Sharpoint document library." />
  <row Id="34821" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19525" RevisionGUID="91fcea76-bb29-4c03-978f-6d49c50b63cd" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:20:27.017" UserId="8039" Text="I am a graduation student at the University of West-Flanders in Belgium and I am researching the possibilities of XenMotion in Citrix XenServer. Now I am trying to get XenMotion working from an Intel Xeon X5365 (Clovertown 3GHz) to an Intel Xeon X5470 (Harpertown 3.33 GHz).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am guessing that maybe the SSE4.1 capability of the Harpertown is what's causing the failure. (It won't be the clockspeed because migrating from X5365 to E5345 (Clovertown 2.33 GHz) works perfectly)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My collegue is working on ESX, trying out VMotion, and he has the capability of masking cpu flags from withing ESX.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I am wondering if it would be possible to hide flags in the proc filesystem or with an instruction at boottime maybe?" />
  <row Id="34822" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19525" RevisionGUID="91fcea76-bb29-4c03-978f-6d49c50b63cd" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:20:27.017" UserId="8039" Text="possible to hide CPU instruction set flags?" />
  <row Id="34823" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19525" RevisionGUID="91fcea76-bb29-4c03-978f-6d49c50b63cd" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:20:27.017" UserId="8039" Text="&lt;xenserver&gt;&lt;citrix&gt;&lt;xen&gt;" />
  <row Id="34824" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19526" RevisionGUID="9b60fe0a-98c5-4e58-958c-7933346fe2eb" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:20:39.013" UserId="6948" Text="Take a look at chirp http://www.cse.nd.edu/~ccl/software/chirp/ and parrot http://www.cse.nd.edu/~ccl/software/parrot/ " />
  <row Id="34825" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19527" RevisionGUID="ec08ccce-134f-4148-9845-a0dc80afc451" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:23:51.410" UserId="8013" Text="TCP Chimney is one of many features which help offload much of the network processing from the CPU and into the network card.  The problem with it is that some network cards don't do it correctly.  When this happens, checksums get messed up or packets get mangled in mysterious ways.  Mangled packets are as good as dropped packets and therefore don't make it to their destination.  " />
  <row Id="34826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19528" RevisionGUID="4f5f0f57-a6d7-4706-9532-05846bdf67b9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:27:05.523" UserId="6948" Text="Take a look at chirp http://www.cse.nd.edu/~ccl/software/chirp/ . It is pretty straightforward to setup and should run both on Linux and Windows  &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19529" RevisionGUID="28cb481b-e3e7-479b-956b-800941b003cf" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:27:07.987" UserId="8042" Text="If you just mean adding a secondary domain controller to a domain, then yes, it's possible. We have a &quot;backup&quot; domain controller runnning. All of the AD info is replicated between the two.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.petri.co.il/how_to_install_active_directory_replica_on_windows_2003.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for info.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34829" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19531" RevisionGUID="7212d7de-d2e7-4954-9274-9122ac907381" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:27:39.920" UserId="3630" Text="We are using Confluence as wiki and sharepoint for documents in some cases.&#xD;&#xA;I believe that online wiki format is a prefered one when you need to share this information really widely and what's much more important when documents are going to be edited and updated very often. So I think the knowledge base articles it's better to put in wiki." />
  <row Id="34830" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19531" RevisionGUID="7212d7de-d2e7-4954-9274-9122ac907381" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:27:39.920" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34831" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19532" RevisionGUID="c740ef90-8354-4d83-b78a-ba42bc647c62" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:29:11.993" UserId="97" Text="How to combine HTTP and HTTPS blocks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    server {&#xD;&#xA;        listen 80;&#xD;&#xA;        listen 443 default ssl;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;        # other directives&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This was posted as an answer to a different question. [See here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10854/nginx-https-serving-with-same-config-as-http" />
  <row Id="34832" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18680" RevisionGUID="1d2b6c11-8bb6-4611-8d42-c60f5066f0ce" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:29:25.317" UserId="2348" Comment="added 136 characters in body" Text="In case you need to allow external users to your server you should use Windows Server 2008 (2003) External Connector (EC) license, as [described here][1], and this covers both scenarios you mentioned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However **you cannot use** this license with Small Business Server and it seems there is no similar license for it. Here is the full list of [available EC][2] licenses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please note: Additional licensing fees might apply if you plan to use Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 or SQL Server 2005/2008 as database backend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/external-connectors.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ladylicensing.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!87F95F1B5B21B01E!1752.entry" />
  <row Id="34833" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19527" RevisionGUID="8c8ba4e0-9a4b-4632-be75-43a1adbe6e01" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:30:15.813" UserId="8013" Comment="added 51 characters in body" Text="TCP Chimney is one of many features which help offload much of the network processing from the CPU and into the network card.  The problem with it is that some network cards don't do it correctly.  When this happens, checksums get messed up or packets get mangled in mysterious ways.  Mangled packets are as good as dropped packets and therefore don't make it to their destination.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Btw, Broadcom cards are notorious for this bug." />
  <row Id="34834" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19533" RevisionGUID="bd60602e-6d17-43cd-8b95-a015e618bc4b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:32:12.547" UserId="97" Text="I also posted a while ago about how to properly handle gzip compression with nginx as older browsers may have issues with just a blanket gzip statement. HTH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://tumblelog.jauderho.com/post/27655495/gzip-compression-with-nginx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tumblelog.jauderho.com/post/27655495/gzip-compression-with-nginx" />
  <row Id="34835" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19534" RevisionGUID="7afaaf96-46d4-4399-8470-109d2d56eb37" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:32:47.960" UserId="3630" Text="I think you could have a look at open-source Apache Directory LDAP v3 compliant server http://directory.apache.org" />
  <row Id="34836" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19535" RevisionGUID="0e1017f6-2ef2-46aa-a08d-5fc6f2023f93" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:33:43.717" UserId="7083" Text="The bad news is: there isn't presently any support for this in XenServer 5.5 today.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The good news is: it is a feature of the underlying XenSource hypervisor, so you can probably expect to see it in XenServer in the near future." />
  <row Id="34837" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19536" RevisionGUID="524b63ef-01e9-44c7-9754-7409ef40da85" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:34:13.870" UserId="1447" Text="Get the maintenance kit if the rollers or fuser are are dirty/worn and causing jams.  The last time I bought a maintenance kit (for a HP laserjet 9000) I only bothered to install the fuser because the coating on the fuser roller was damaged.  The kit cost £60 off ebay.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34839" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19537" RevisionGUID="3a1f8251-b823-40ef-8698-093a87e50d8c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:39:07.870" UserId="402" Text="I've always been of the opinion that using IT to police HR issues is a bad idea.  If you have a problem with people not working by messing around on the internet, then limiting their internet access is only going to cause them to waste time in some other way.  If you want to stop the problem you have to address the root cause.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How you do this can take different forms depending on the type of job." />
  <row Id="34840" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19538" RevisionGUID="3ff68fd5-ce38-4e40-992c-c8dcb134f490" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:39:48.897" UserId="5234" Text="Or use the GPO setting &quot;Always Install with Elevated Privileges&quot; in Admin Templates/Windows Components/Windows Installer." />
  <row Id="34841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19539" RevisionGUID="8da89ae9-663a-4961-9af5-7d64fe247f77" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:43:38.110" UserId="3273" Text="hostOS:ubuntu 9.04&#xD;&#xA;guestOS:ubuntu 9.04&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ====================== intra NET&#xD;&#xA;           l&#xD;&#xA;           l AAA.AAA.AAA.1/24&#xD;&#xA;     -------------&#xD;&#xA;     l  HostOS   l&#xD;&#xA;     -------------&#xD;&#xA;           l 10.0.2.2&#xD;&#xA;           l----------------&#xD;&#xA;           l 10.0.2.15      l 10.0.2.x&#xD;&#xA;     ------------     ------------&#xD;&#xA;     lGuest A     |    |Guest B   |&#xD;&#xA;     ------------     ------------&#xD;&#xA;**HostOS**&#xD;&#xA;reverse proxy with pound (localhost port80　→ localhost port 50801)&#xD;&#xA;NAT locacalhost 50801 → GuestA 80&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Guest A**&#xD;&#xA;lampp apache web server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I set it from office NET so that it is connected to GuestA when AAA connects AAA to AAA .1 port80. &#xD;&#xA;I can be connected to apache of GuestA and come, and a PHP script, HTML are in condition to be able to display it together. &#xD;&#xA;But GuestA does &quot;interruption&quot; right after I download it when I click hyperlink such as http://AAA.AAA.AAA.1/file.pdf that download pop up occurs, and pdf started, and GuestA dies. &#xD;&#xA;Of course I am in a condition not to be able to receive data because the download stops. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will there be any solution?" />
  <row Id="34842" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19539" RevisionGUID="8da89ae9-663a-4961-9af5-7d64fe247f77" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:43:38.110" UserId="3273" Text="VirtualBOX2.2 + GuestOS(ubuntu9.04) +lampp" />
  <row Id="34843" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19539" RevisionGUID="8da89ae9-663a-4961-9af5-7d64fe247f77" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:43:38.110" UserId="3273" Text="&lt;virtualbox&gt;" />
  <row Id="34844" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19540" RevisionGUID="5bce72fa-2b21-48fb-b54e-6e362b271c1f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:44:35.003" UserId="8013" Text="If you want to recover the files on your other partition, you need to &quot;take ownership&quot; of the drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right-click the drive, hit properties.  Select Security tab.  Click Advanced.  Select Owner tab.  Click edit.  Select your account and click &quot;OK&quot;.  Now go get some coffee while Windows resets the ACLs on every file on that drive for you." />
  <row Id="34845" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19498" RevisionGUID="912d44ff-6cb3-4370-9e0e-7b9cf825f89b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:45:44.767" UserId="7768" Comment="added 62 characters in body" Text="Why do you want your developers to jump through hoops? Don't you want them to use their time to do actual work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What problem are you trying to solve?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're trying to lock them in by force so that they don't facebook on company time, why not just have a policy &quot;No facebook on company time&quot;? Don't you trust your developers? And if you don't, why do you hire developers that don't have the skill to go around your barriers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also the issue of worker morale. If you don't trust them by either blocking them or logging accesses, they will want to switch jobs. I know I would be actively looking for a new job if my employer logged internet access. Treat people like criminals and they will act like criminals." />
  <row Id="34846" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19541" RevisionGUID="755e998d-95a3-4909-9ef8-4099e09dd965" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:46:54.733" UserId="97" Text="How to enable Time Machine to backup to a NAS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Find MAC address&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ifconfig en0 | grep ether | sed s/://g | sed s/ether//&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Command to create sparsebundle to copy over to NAS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo hdiutil create -nospotlight -library SPUD -size 160g -fs &quot;Case-sensitive Journaled HFS+&quot; -type SPARSEBUNDLE -volname &quot;&lt;VOLNAME&gt;&quot; ./&lt;HOSTNAME&gt;_&lt;MAC_ADDRESS&gt;.sparsebundle&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Works like charm backing up to my ReadyNAS." />
  <row Id="34847" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19541" RevisionGUID="755e998d-95a3-4909-9ef8-4099e09dd965" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:46:54.733" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19542" RevisionGUID="0ec670a2-f9b6-4be2-81d2-6af44b666cca" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:48:11.940" UserId="5898" Text="[Citrix Xenserver Enterprise][1] is free.  Note that this is a commercialised version of Xen, with management tools around it. It is not the same as installing your favourite distribution and adding Xen to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Citrix Xenserver Enterprise gives you central multi-host management, no limit on physical hosts, resource pooling, SAN (iSCSI, FC, SAS) and NAS (NFS) shared storage, live migration between hosts (if using shared storage), P2V and V2V conversion, intelligent resource placement, and so on. And it's free - no limits whatsoever. You can start with a couple of servers, and scale up and out as you grow. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you start needing more complicated infrastructure, you can buy [Xenserver Essentials][2] package, which gets you high availability, VM provisioning, workload management, etc. It's not free, however :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.xenserver.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/feature.asp?contentID=1686940" />
  <row Id="34849" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19543" RevisionGUID="7c05e711-20c6-46ed-91ed-64a36e4270dd" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:48:43.437" UserId="5500" Text="Not strictly on-topic, but regarding proxies and developers, what I'd do first is take care that (web) developers make sure that *their* apps play nice behind a *reverse* proxy, URL rewriting and all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More on-topick, philosophically, an employer has every right to control and monitor what you see through their uplink, but (a) in many places in the world, foremost Europe, the law takes a dim view on that and (b) if you have developers that are not self-motivated enough not to clog the tubes during work hours and not competent enough to see whatever they want if they're allowed HTTP (less blacklists) or, even more, SSH, your problem is not proxy filtering.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, QoS is a completely different story - but filtering, nah.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Edit: QoS may be the right way to filter, anyway. This may look a little passive-aggressive and is more from psychology than strictly technological, but a firewall admin at a customer's found that if he blocked stuff, people would find a way around - it was a very tech-savvy user base - but if he just made it unusably slow, they wouldn't. Maybe that's useful to you...)" />
  <row Id="34850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19544" RevisionGUID="4e751aa6-0da6-4abb-bfb6-79128a5f8443" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:58:42.480" UserId="3925" Text="One I wrote to help a colleague, who RDPd to a server, opened Event Viewer, looked through it for errors. Then repeated for the other 3 servers... every day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    '&#xD;&#xA;    ' WMI script to read all eventlog errors generated since last time this script was run.&#xD;&#xA;    ' This script reads a datetime value from a file (EventView_date.txt) and uses it to&#xD;&#xA;    ' construct a WMI query for all windows EventLog entries since then that are of type&#xD;&#xA;    ' Error or error (seems winxp writes with a lowercase e)&#xD;&#xA;    '&#xD;&#xA;    ' These results are written to a file (EventView_&lt;dts&gt;.log) and the time the script was&#xD;&#xA;    ' run is written to the date file. 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This can be used in a batch file, or in&#xD;&#xA;    '        a scheduled task - the command is cscript, the parameter is this vbs file.&#xD;&#xA;    '&#xD;&#xA;    '&#xD;&#xA;    ' &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    On Error Resume Next&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    '&#xD;&#xA;    ' update this to refelect the computers to monitor - comma separated for multiple&#xD;&#xA;    '&#xD;&#xA;    arrComputers = Array(&quot;server1&quot;, &quot;server2&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Const wbemFlagReturnImmediately = &amp;h10&#xD;&#xA;    Const wbemFlagForwardOnly = &amp;h20&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Set objFSO = CreateObject(&quot;Scripting.FileSystemObject&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    today = &quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set objDateFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile (&quot;EventView_date.txt&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;        today = objDateFile.Readline&#xD;&#xA;        Wscript.echo &quot;today = &quot; &amp; today&#xD;&#xA;        if (isempty(today)) then&#xD;&#xA;            WScript.Echo &quot;Date file not found, using today's date at midnight&quot;&#xD;&#xA; 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&amp; objItem.Message&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    		objFile.WriteLine &quot;SourceName: &quot; &amp; objItem.SourceName&#xD;&#xA;    		objFile.WriteLine &quot;TimeGenerated: &quot; &amp; WMIDateStringToDate(objItem.TimeGenerated)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    		objFile.WriteLine &quot;Type: &quot; &amp; objItem.Type&#xD;&#xA;    		objFile.WriteLine &quot;User: &quot; &amp; objItem.User&#xD;&#xA;    		objFile.WriteLine&#xD;&#xA;    		objFile.WriteLine &quot;------------------------------------------&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		objFile.WriteLine&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    		records = records + 1&#xD;&#xA;       Next&#xD;&#xA;       &#xD;&#xA;       WScript.Echo &quot;          &quot; &amp; records &amp; &quot; records found&quot;&#xD;&#xA;       objFile.WriteLine &quot;          &quot; &amp; records &amp; &quot; records found&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Next&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Function WMIDateStringToDate(dtmDate)&#xD;&#xA;    	WMIDateStringToDate = CDate(Mid(dtmDate, 5, 2) &amp; &quot;/&quot; &amp; _&#xD;&#xA;    	Mid(dtmDate, 7, 2) &amp; &quot;/&quot; &amp; Left(dtmDate, 4) _&#xD;&#xA;    	&amp; &quot; &quot; &amp; Mid (dtmDate, 9, 2) &amp; &quot;:&quot; &amp; Mid(dtmDate, 11, 2) &amp; &quot;:&quot; &amp; Mid(dtmDate,13, 2))&#xD;&#xA;    End Function&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' takes a dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss format and turns it into yyyymmdd&#xD;&#xA;    Function DateToWMIDateString(dtmDate)&#xD;&#xA;    	DateToWMIDateString = Mid(dtmDate, 7, 4) &amp; Mid(dtmDate, 4, 2) &amp; Left(dtmDate, 2) &amp; Mid(dtmDate, 12, 2) &amp; Mid(dtmDate, 15, 2) &amp; &quot;00&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    End Function&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="34852" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19545" RevisionGUID="cb0009f5-5623-4f8d-8825-67a320f9884f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:00:40.837" UserId="7783" Text="To be honest, both of these are very viable platforms over both short and long term, currently the two best technology leaders and the like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've gone with VMWare and we're very happy with it but at the end of the day it's subjective imho." />
  <row Id="34853" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19546" RevisionGUID="0564e0c8-cc76-45e1-970a-e6835ef8a11c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:02:51.223" UserId="5234" Text="The Group Policy Management Console can also do this in a GUI manner, and has nice features such as letting you see exactly which policy each setting is coming from." />
  <row Id="34854" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19547" RevisionGUID="f64f2c9f-22ad-446b-b0d1-902a7552551d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:07:09.280" UserId="5500" Text="Don't just test for speed, also consider reliability. Try to, e.g., power down disks on a busy filesystem and see what's left.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The quality of the repair and recovery tools available is also important, and very hard to test discretely. Block structure may e.g. inhibit tools that try to salvage data in raw mode from a unsalvageable filesystem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more hints on testing a filesystem under very harsh beatings you may be interesting what the ZFS guys did: [One][1] [Two][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.sun.com/bill/entry/zfs_and_the_all_singing&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/zfstestsuite/" />
  <row Id="34855" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="18775" RevisionGUID="5fefcd12-5009-4e4a-b13d-df4235cf8ae5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:10:42.423" UserId="7841" Comment="edited title" Text="SSL Certificate Trust Required for Services" />
  <row Id="34856" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19397" RevisionGUID="a35859b8-e5ba-48ca-b567-6bcc74b38275" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:14:08.627" UserId="5898" Comment="added 36 characters in body" Text="Ideally, your management network would be a different network to your other network, or at least a different vlan with limited routed access. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These systems aren't really running that many services though:&#xD;&#xA;    PORT     STATE SERVICE&#xD;&#xA;    22/tcp   open  ssh&#xD;&#xA;    80/tcp   open  http&#xD;&#xA;    443/tcp  open  https&#xD;&#xA;    555/tcp  open  dsf&#xD;&#xA;    5120/tcp open  unknown&#xD;&#xA;    5900/tcp open  vnc&#xD;&#xA;    5988/tcp open  unknown&#xD;&#xA;    MAC Address: 00:30:48:D9:3A:71 (Supermicro Computer)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(and UDP/623 for IPMI itself)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of these are needed if you want to do any kind of remote management. If you don't want to do remote management, then you should consider not enabling the IPMI controller at all, or buying an X9DTU board instead ( the -F denotes &quot;built-in BMC&quot;) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to do full remote management, can't run your IPMI controllers on a different network, and still want to disable some access, then you can always get the IPMI controller to execute iptables commands. You could script an ssh login to execute the commands, or ask Supermicro for the devkit for the BMC and build a new image with a custom iptables script.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34857" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19548" RevisionGUID="74efc9a9-344b-4856-980c-4d2b0c8db88f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:20:20.690" UserId="5847" Text="Is your ipcops external interface comeing out also on the vmware lan interfac? where is it connected to?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i once had similar problem when i had more than one interface comeing from my vmware host to a switch with trunks." />
  <row Id="34858" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19549" RevisionGUID="2d8581d9-7142-43c3-ae84-28e6e91ddea9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:20:49.673" UserId="5500" Text="Don't run chroots when you can run jails/zones/openvz for pretty much the same effort and overhead, and have a much more standard-looking, more isolated environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Chroots used to be a good idea for non-root user services when nothing better was available, but are passé now." />
  <row Id="34859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19550" RevisionGUID="6b6bfc99-8986-4aa7-9512-68a934420311" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:27:12.733" UserDisplayName="m4ff0" Text="If you just want to have a fast overwiew of who is doing what, then you could give &quot;iftop&quot; a try. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Project Homepage: http://www.ex-parrot.com/~pdw/iftop/&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="34861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19551" RevisionGUID="4eafce98-fbce-4164-8dc0-5f1896f7fc22" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:34:07.540" UserId="1792" Text="Here is a PowerShell one-liner that outputs all services hosted in svchost.exe processes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PS&gt;get-process svchost | % {get-wmiobject win32_service -filter &quot;processid=$($_.id)&quot;} | format-table processid,name,displayname,state,status -auto&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    processid name          displayname                               state   status&#xD;&#xA;    --------- ----          -----------                               -----   ------&#xD;&#xA;          316 HTTPFilter    HTTP SSL                                  Running OK&#xD;&#xA;         1328 DcomLaunch    DCOM Server Process Launcher              Running OK&#xD;&#xA;         1328 TermService   Terminal Services                         Running OK&#xD;&#xA;         1392 RpcSs         Remote Procedure Call (RPC)               Running OK&#xD;&#xA;         1528 AudioSrv      Windows Audio                             Running OK&#xD;&#xA;         1528 BITS          Background Intelligent Transfer Service   Running OK&#xD;&#xA;         1528 Browser       Computer Browser                          Running OK&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shorter version of an one-liner looks like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    gps svchost | % {gwmi win32_service -f &quot;processid=$($_.id)&quot;} | ft proc*,name,disp*,stat* -auto&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34862" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19552" RevisionGUID="79244ef9-9f4f-40d8-a69c-c363745ec509" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:36:45.820" UserId="4084" Text="I'm working with a lot of AIX servers with ksh. It is also the default shell for root in OpenBSD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each time it is possible, I switch the default shell of my user account to zsh.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I write sh or perl scripts as often as possible." />
  <row Id="34863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19553" RevisionGUID="34657137-ab18-4ca0-bad3-0a45bd481d5d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:53:41.870" UserId="2991" Text="Is it possible to view a remote computers &quot;Task Manager&quot; information locally?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to be able to see the process list of a remote XP computer in the same sort of format as &quot;Windows Task Manager&quot; gives, so that it's possible to see which process specifically is taking up what percentage of processor time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I specifically do not want to logon via RDP or such like and preferably using tools that come with WinXP.  I understand that &quot;tasklist&quot; can show processes, performance manager can show cpu %, but they don't really marry up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's also be useful to be able to kill a process remotely without having to sue PSKill or such like." />
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  <row Id="34866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19554" RevisionGUID="f3941718-a62e-4b11-86a3-8c530172e9da" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:54:44.660" UserId="1941" Text="Hi Guys, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is probably out of band, but you may know, so I'll ask anyway. Anyone know how to add multiple docs at once into google docs easily? " />
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  <row Id="34868" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19554" RevisionGUID="f3941718-a62e-4b11-86a3-8c530172e9da" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:54:44.660" UserId="1941" Text="&lt;google-apps&gt;&lt;document-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="34869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19555" RevisionGUID="1c786ef9-e862-407b-89ae-92d66e88e8eb" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:55:54.843" UserId="5500" Text="A packet filter is not &quot;security.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A comprehensive solution will definitely also filter traffic in an internal network, but that doesn't necessarily take the shape of a packet filtering firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Inhibiting, e.g., traffic between clients to slow worm propagation can be a very good thing, but is best served by configuring it in your switches, or - if that's unavailable - just fixing all non-server IP-adresses to 0.0.0.0 in the clients' ARP cache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding incoming laptops, just giving them a non-routed WLAN where they have to VPN in to reach a virus-scanning proxy may be preferrable to having a packet filter between each network. 802.11x that only allows permanently installed workstations onto switch ports may actually provide for this and the previous points.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VLANs also do more than their share, for both security and performance. Not everybody has to talk to everybody else, and if you don't switch/route between them in the first place, you don't have to filter." />
  <row Id="34870" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17847" RevisionGUID="5c468a8e-9311-43b5-a122-b24860d897d1" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:56:46.013" UserId="3984" Comment="more details and extra link" Text="first shot, try IDERA, they have a free tool called Job Manager that is a lite version of a paid product - it only allows connection to max of 20 servers. [www.idera.com][1]. It allows editing of job properties and drag and drop schedule changes. The interface is simple and gives a really good snapshot of your job execution history with the option to drill in to get error details.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have [RedGate SQL Response][2] as our main SQL Server health monitor. Its got a free 14 day trial option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sure there are more that are just as good but I have not experienced any of the current version from other providers&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.idera.com/Products/Free-Tools/SQL-job-manager/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.red-gate.com/products/SQL_Response/index.htm" />
  <row Id="34871" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19556" RevisionGUID="ddd566ac-91c2-475a-ab03-125631967759" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:57:07.790" UserId="3853" Text="I am doing some testing with Hyper-V LiveMotion, and when I stress the VM and try to LiveMotion it, sometimes it'll work just fine, sometimes it'll restart and give no clear error, sometimes it just &quot;fails&quot; and I have to manually restart the VM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The most common error though is a bluescreen in the actual VM. It's a 0x00000124 error with no clear indication of what could be wrong. Googling it just gives some hits with bluescreens apparently related to audio drivers, but those can't be a problem in this case, right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I run Hyper-V RC2 on a full Enterprise installation. Processors are pretty much the same (Theyre both AMD Barcelona machines, one 2-way and the other 4-way but both just have 2 CPU's). Instruction set and stepping and what not are exactly the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone think of a solution, maybe someone who experienced the same and can tell me if there's something specific triggering this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
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  <row Id="34873" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19556" RevisionGUID="ddd566ac-91c2-475a-ab03-125631967759" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:57:07.790" UserId="3853" Text="&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;bluescreen&gt;&lt;bsod&gt;" />
  <row Id="34874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19557" RevisionGUID="dac1a886-d7ad-4cf4-a363-b44802be6b4d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:57:30.253" UserId="7743" Text="Answering my question (after continue the hard way learning about networking, which I am not expert in)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The router supports the internal DNS relay provided the clients are in the same workgroup !&#xD;&#xA;This is straight forward for Windows clients. But Ubuntu, or better Linux, doesnt really now about the workgroup concept (I guess) until you install/activate samba.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ubuntu: **sudo apt-get install samba**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check **/etc/samba/smb.conf** for workgroup setting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I can ping the Linux clients from the Windows clients (fast),&#xD;&#xA;but the reverse is very slow! &quot;ping windowshostname&quot; or ping &quot;anylinuxname&quot; from linux host results in a 2..3 seconds waiting time followed by very slow response times. Maybe I ask as another question here ..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for your feedback !" />
  <row Id="34875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19558" RevisionGUID="4c41cfbc-c2ae-4025-af40-82b800274b44" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:57:41.597" UserId="5500" Text="Email them in, either attaching multiple files at once or using a script." />
  <row Id="34876" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="19473" RevisionGUID="1deaf344-b015-433a-822b-2122415ce81c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:58:20.020" UserId="1561" Comment="edited title" Text="Does using chroot for a publicly-exposed service provide any real security benefit?" />
  <row Id="34877" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19559" RevisionGUID="1a121631-c0ea-4ce8-a53f-8a3586e0d9ad" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:59:38.970" UserId="234" Text="I am trying to recover the password for one of the logins on a SQL 2005 (SP3) database. There seem to be a large number of tools out there to do this. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm a little nervous of running a tool against a live database server that I don't know much about.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What tools would you recommend?" />
  <row Id="34878" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19559" RevisionGUID="1a121631-c0ea-4ce8-a53f-8a3586e0d9ad" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:59:38.970" UserId="234" Text="SQL 2005 Password Recovery" />
  <row Id="34879" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19559" RevisionGUID="1a121631-c0ea-4ce8-a53f-8a3586e0d9ad" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:59:38.970" UserId="234" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;server-security&gt;&lt;password-recovery&gt;" />
  <row Id="34880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19560" RevisionGUID="3fe2ba06-7ac8-4280-b0fa-7d102c190d71" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:02:13.193" UserId="1409" Text="Take a look at Process Explorer from MS (used to be system internals).  I believe it has what you're looking for, [Process Explorer][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. The top&#xD;&#xA;&gt; window always shows a list of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; currently active processes, including&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the names of their owning accounts,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; whereas the information displayed in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the bottom window depends on the mode&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that Process Explorer is in: if it is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; in handle mode you'll see the handles&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that the process selected in the top&#xD;&#xA;&gt; window has opened; if Process Explorer&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is in DLL mode you'll see the DLLs and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; memory-mapped files that the process&#xD;&#xA;&gt; has loaded. Process Explorer also has&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a powerful search capability that will&#xD;&#xA;&gt; quickly show you which processes have&#xD;&#xA;&gt; particular handles opened or DLLs&#xD;&#xA;&gt; loaded.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx" />
  <row Id="34881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19561" RevisionGUID="1291f8e4-2218-44e9-af59-70b2c354b5a8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:05:27.510" UserId="2458" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're running PHP 5.2.5 on an IIS 7 Server and we're having problems making PHP errors visible... At the moment whenever we have a PHP error the server sends back a 500 error with the message &quot;The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried configuring `php.ini` to display errors to the screen as well as log them to a specific folder but it seems that the Server catches all errors before and prevents and handling by PHP...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This might be a good setting for production websites but it's rather annoying on a development server... ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does someone know what we have to do to make IIS display PHP errors on screen? Any links, tipps or tutorials on the subject would be appreciated!" />
  <row Id="34882" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19561" RevisionGUID="1291f8e4-2218-44e9-af59-70b2c354b5a8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:05:27.510" UserId="2458" Text="How can I display and log PHP errors on IIS7?" />
  <row Id="34883" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19561" RevisionGUID="1291f8e4-2218-44e9-af59-70b2c354b5a8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:05:27.510" UserId="2458" Text="&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;php&gt;&lt;error&gt;&lt;log-files&gt;" />
  <row Id="34884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19562" RevisionGUID="6992bf75-49e6-49bb-8aa0-179ba7cd21f7" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:08:09.967" UserId="4694" Text="[**PsTools**][1] by Mark Russinovich&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PsList - list detailed information about processes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**pslist \\\ipaddress**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; How it Works&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Like Windows NT/2K's built-in PerfMon&#xD;&#xA;&gt; monitoring tool, PsList uses the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows NT/2K performance counters to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; obtain the information it displays.&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896649.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/1562/pslist.png" />
  <row Id="34885" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19563" RevisionGUID="a971d401-2df0-4118-9667-929e0303b6e4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:09:24.833" UserId="8052" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am ssh'ing into a server (SLES 10 sp2) that does not have access to the internet.&#xD;&#xA;I need to run updates and install new software on this server, preferably using Yast.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my idea was:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Create a proxy using ssh to a box that has access to the outside.&#xD;&#xA;2. Setup Yast to use this proxy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ssh command I run on the isolated server looks as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh -D 9999 username@ip-of-box-with-internet-access&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Yast I go to *Network Service &gt; Proxy* and enter the following as the HTTP Proxy URL:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    http://localhost:9999&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I go to *Test proxy settings* it fails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect that Yast does not know it is a SOCKS5 proxy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could anyone tell me how I can setup Yast to use a proxy created with ssh?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help would be appreciated!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34886" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19563" RevisionGUID="a971d401-2df0-4118-9667-929e0303b6e4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:09:24.833" UserId="8052" Text="Use YaST through a SOCKS5 proxy" />
  <row Id="34887" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19563" RevisionGUID="a971d401-2df0-4118-9667-929e0303b6e4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:09:24.833" UserId="8052" Text="&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;" />
  <row Id="34888" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19564" RevisionGUID="f10721e6-5785-4ea5-a29f-5bec8a119972" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:11:20.773" UserId="5500" Text="May I also suggest you automate the server staging process from the raw iron?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[FAI][1] nowadays has profiles to install most major Debian-based systems, including Ubuntu, from the network. This of course is just an extension to the puppet answer, which is an extension to the debconf answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The combination of staging from FAI, then customizing with puppet into server roles (where puppet will use the proper tools for your system, like debconf for Debian (-likes) rather automatically), is rather popular these days and it shouldn't be too hard to find examples that match what you want to do rather closely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A major added benefit of having a staging/configuration server is that it's also a logical place to keep your configuration version-controlled, e.g. with [git][2] (which has the benefit of naming repository states by checksum, so that you're safe against corruption as long as you note the right checksums down), for a truly clean and reproducible process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/everyday.html" />
  <row Id="34889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19565" RevisionGUID="c1a4dca8-184f-4b6d-809a-6aad3778bb40" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:12:08.260" UserId="4889" Text="Have you considered a outside service to manage it? here is another topic about the subject matter http://serverfault.com/questions/17973/looking-for-mass-email-delivery-service/" />
  <row Id="34890" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19561" RevisionGUID="aa213ba6-1887-4264-b153-43b73dea1061" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:12:18.650" UserId="2458" Comment="edited body" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're running PHP 5.2.5 on an IIS 7 Server and we're having problems making PHP errors visible... At the moment whenever we have a PHP error the server sends back a 500 error with the message &quot;The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This might be a good setting for production websites but it's rather annoying on a development server... ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried configuring `php.ini` to display errors to the screen as well as log them to a specific folder but it seems that the Server catches all errors before and prevents and handling by PHP...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does someone know what we have to do to make IIS display PHP errors on screen? Any links, tipps or tutorials on the subject would be appreciated!" />
  <row Id="34891" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19493" RevisionGUID="647ba4bf-4fc3-4f92-81c1-37cf01461abf" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:13:28.117" UserId="1561" Comment="added 1254 characters in body" Text="Ok, so we've seen the questions about allowing developers different amounts of latitude when locking down or deploying machines, but what about their internet access?  Do you allow unlimited NATing of their workstations?  Do they have to at least run through a proxy to log their access?  Do they run through a proxy that filters the content that is returned to them?  Or do you simply restrict their access as needed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My personal opinion is to run them through a proxy with no limits on the sites visited, but filter the content as it's delivered to prevent malicious code from crossing into the &quot;inside&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the best resolution to this?  Am I wrong?  Should developers just have whatever access they want at any time?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Follow-Up Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the record, I am a Generalist.  That is, I am both the proxy admin *and* the resident ERP developer where I work.  And yes, my access is logged and filtered, although I can go anywhere I please.  I've seen *both* sides of this issue, but I have yet to hear a good reason why letting people run wild with your internet resources is a good thing.  And not everyone has enormous amounts of bandwidth - my work still uses a T1 to connect, and it can fill up very, very quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**(Sigh) Yet Another Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ok, easy there, put down the pitchforks and torches...you mention &quot;restrict&quot; and everyone suddenly sees the world in black/white, not a slight shade of gray.  This isn't a question of either/or, *it's a question of how much*, as in how far is acceptable to everyone involved?  This isn't a question of the competency of the developer or their understanding of technology.  *No amount of technical understanding and skill will save you from a drive-by download*, it's not always the person that can have an issue, sometimes it's the technology itself.  Yes, they still exist, yes they still infest computers, and yes, I have recently seen one in the last 4 days.  This isn't all about restricting what people can do so that the admin can be seen as some kind of horrible troll (as if they want to be seen that way), rather some of this is also about preventing crap from infesting the network.  So at what point - from unbarred access, to complete whitelist - will you get everyone to agree is acceptable?  **If no-one can agree, or if it comes down to &quot;devs need access without questions&quot; vs. &quot;admins need to secure the network without questions&quot;, then it's time to just close this and turn it into a community wiki.**" />
  <row Id="34892" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19560" RevisionGUID="d93b2ec5-2ce9-415c-87d2-f17b8603da0e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:15:29.063" UserId="1409" Comment="Add screen shot image" Text="Take a look at Process Explorer from MS (used to be system internals).  I believe it has what you're looking for, [Process Explorer][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. The top&#xD;&#xA;&gt; window always shows a list of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; currently active processes, including&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the names of their owning accounts,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; whereas the information displayed in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the bottom window depends on the mode&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that Process Explorer is in: if it is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; in handle mode you'll see the handles&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that the process selected in the top&#xD;&#xA;&gt; window has opened; if Process Explorer&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is in DLL mode you'll see the DLLs and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; memory-mapped files that the process&#xD;&#xA;&gt; has loaded. Process Explorer also has&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a powerful search capability that will&#xD;&#xA;&gt; quickly show you which processes have&#xD;&#xA;&gt; particular handles opened or DLLs&#xD;&#xA;&gt; loaded.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://i.technet.microsoft.com/bb896653.ProcessExplorer(en-us,MSDN.10).jpg" />
  <row Id="34893" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19566" RevisionGUID="090357b7-5c3c-4829-8021-7c7410992524" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:16:20.967" UserId="48" Text="Just to double check, you do have logging set to E_ALL, and display_errors is enabled in your php.ini? Usually this is enough to display these errors in IIS 7." />
  <row Id="34894" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19567" RevisionGUID="d139e731-fb77-441d-9886-8f06eeedc1e5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:16:38.033" UserId="7769" Text="What might help is making sure you have the following setting on all the affected ESX servers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*/etc/vmware/config* file needs the line&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    vmauthd.server.alwaysProxy = &quot;TRUE&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's more info on this issue, it appears to be a bug which should be fixed in later releases: http://communities.vmware.com/message/442403" />
  <row Id="34895" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19568" RevisionGUID="100e4600-c4a5-4397-95b2-af3f81ca2034" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:17:58.980" UserId="3955" Text="I'm confused. i've changed the transport limits in organisation configuration&gt;global settings&gt; transport settings. I've also altered it in the send and receive connectors max message size. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When i attach a file over 10mb in outlook it says attachment size exceeds the allowable limit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i can't find where i'm supposed to change it. I'm sure it's easy... " />
  <row Id="34896" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19568" RevisionGUID="100e4600-c4a5-4397-95b2-af3f81ca2034" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:17:58.980" UserId="3955" Text="How do i change the max attachment size in exchange 2007?" />
  <row Id="34897" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19568" RevisionGUID="100e4600-c4a5-4397-95b2-af3f81ca2034" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:17:58.980" UserId="3955" Text="&lt;exchange-2007&gt;" />
  <row Id="34898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19569" RevisionGUID="ad45f82c-fc48-467d-9670-7451564876d9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:22:44.557" UserId="5500" Text="I don't see how to (even semi-)reliably do this with a single (more-or-less inexpensive) server. If all you ever do is parse get parameters, your best bet may be to get a high-performance lightweight open source HTTP server like [gatling][1] and hack it to record the request to a fast queue like [rabbit][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you can have a writer that reads from that queue and writes to the file in a tight loop sequentially.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This way you can make sure that writes are atomic while being able to scale the presumably expensive parts (parsing and queueing) horizontally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will certainly be slower in &quot;CPU cycles per request&quot; than having one server just write to a file, but it will stay reliable when the traffic would overwhelm one machine, and you won't even lose data if your final sequential writer gets swamped for a while.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nota bene:&#xD;&#xA;(a) what's intuitively expensive need not be so, code exploratively and profile.&#xD;&#xA;(b) are you sure you don't want to ask the fine programming specialists at [stackoverflow][3]? We mostly do systems here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.fefe.de/gatling/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.rabbitmq.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.stackoverflow.com/" />
  <row Id="34899" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19493" RevisionGUID="2118d627-02af-4fc9-b8d8-55075bc26897" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:23:07.490" UserId="1561" Comment="re-edit, removed defensive language, revert to neutral question.  Considering making into wiki as no-one seems to have a rational answer.; added 276 characters in body" Text="Ok, so we've seen the questions about allowing developers different amounts of latitude when locking down or deploying machines, but what about their internet access?  Do you allow unlimited NATing of their workstations?  Do they have to at least run through a proxy to log their access?  Do they run through a proxy that filters the content that is returned to them?  Or do you simply restrict their access as needed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My personal opinion is to run them through a proxy with no limits on the sites visited, but filter the content as it's delivered to prevent malicious code from crossing into the &quot;inside&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the best resolution to this?  Am I wrong?  Should developers just have whatever access they want at any time?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Follow-Up Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the record, I am a Generalist.  **That is, I am both the proxy admin *and* the resident ERP developer where I work.  And yes, my access is logged and filtered, although I can go anywhere I please.**  I've seen *both* sides of this issue, but I have yet to hear a good reason why letting people run wild with your internet resources is a good thing.  And not everyone has enormous amounts of bandwidth - my work still uses a T1 to connect, and it can fill up very, very quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**(Sigh) Yet Another Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ok, easy there, put down the pitchforks and torches...I mention &quot;restrict&quot; and everyone suddenly sees the world in black/white, not a slight shade of gray.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This isn't a question of either/or, *it's a question of how much*, as in how far is acceptable to everyone involved?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I say my access is *filtered*, it means that specific types of content - typically ActiveX controls - are blocked from running.  If you're still pushing a public internet site that uses ActiveX exclusively, then I probably don't have an interest in visiting it again." />
  <row Id="34900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19570" RevisionGUID="ae33751f-afb3-4d4f-b8f0-c21bc6bcde1c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:23:11.420" UserId="4955" Text="[NGS Squirrel.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This load the passwords hashes out of sysxlogins (or whatever the new view is :-) and cracks them: it does not load the live server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(not to be confused with SQuireL, the client tools)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ngssoftware.com/products/database-security/ngs-squirrel-sql.php" />
  <row Id="34901" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19571" RevisionGUID="a8610a7d-8307-40d4-8eee-2ab1ee64ba4d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:23:12.903" UserId="3947" Text="Hi..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i am running debian lenny on my machine. The problem is when I try to copy data from usb device to my hdd, The transfer rate is very very slow, Even if i put 10MB file to copy it takes arround 15min to cp to hdd. But the same usb device it i connect to laptop it works fine. Even it was problem when etch was there, i though it may get solved after upgrading to lenny. Is there any solution for this.." />
  <row Id="34902" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19571" RevisionGUID="a8610a7d-8307-40d4-8eee-2ab1ee64ba4d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:23:12.903" UserId="3947" Text="Copying from external device very slow." />
  <row Id="34903" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19571" RevisionGUID="a8610a7d-8307-40d4-8eee-2ab1ee64ba4d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:23:12.903" UserId="3947" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;lenny&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="34904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19572" RevisionGUID="134f2487-f47e-45ce-b823-0ffd6380f17b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:23:27.347" UserId="1376" Text="Do you have any more info on the timeout message and where it is coming from (e.g. SQL or SharePoint)? If SQL Server then you could try reorganizing the database indexes and compacting it first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is also possible there is some database corruption which [stsadm -o databaserepair][1] might fix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288636.aspx" />
  <row Id="34905" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="2528" RevisionGUID="8a092cdd-a506-4959-b0a1-de993dbee7a2" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:27:18.883" UserId="1409" Comment="Updated experience since orginal post" Text="We bought an Intel x25-m for one developer's laptop.  Just like Joel's article mentioned above, the boot time was much faster, and the load time of apps was much faster.  For us, the $389 was well worth the money on a few select machines.  As soon as they come down in price, I see us getting more of these.  They made a noticeable difference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since posting this, we bought 3 more Intel SSD drives.  I put one of them in my laptop and it has been wonderful.  The boot time alone makes them worth the money.  I can now boot my laptop in 30 seconds (**not** a huge difference) but I can then log in and start using Outlook in 15-30 seconds.  In the past I would login, start Outlook and a couple apps and then go get a cup of coffee.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't say enough good things about the SSD drives.  The only issue we have is determining at what price point do they make sense to buy 200 more for everyone else in the company." />
  <row Id="34906" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19573" RevisionGUID="5c174ebe-d66a-4885-b60c-da1a3cea97e0" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:27:56.887" UserId="5500" Text="Does your desktop have USB 2? Is the specific port you're using USB 2?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can check by looking whether the USB HCI driver module is ohci/uhci (USB 1) or ehci (USB 2)." />
  <row Id="34907" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19562" RevisionGUID="13c5d326-910d-4ec1-a88c-a9cf9ca6ec01" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:28:07.137" UserId="4694" Comment="added 173 characters in body; deleted 195 characters in body" Text="GUI [Remote Process Explorer][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ![Blockquote][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896649.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/1562/pslist.png&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://lizardsystems.com/remote-process-explorer/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/9938/guis.png&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[**PsTools**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PsList - list detailed information about processes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**pslist \\\ipaddress**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]" />
  <row Id="34908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19574" RevisionGUID="c86267af-e406-4c85-b409-b33b5f467371" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:30:35.913" UserId="6383" Text="Maybe we should turn the question around?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do developers need to do that cannot be done with a proxy in place?  Why do developers need to be treated differently (in terms of web/net access) to everyone else?" />
  <row Id="34909" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19493" RevisionGUID="5c4457cf-7638-4e1f-bea6-a06249cf8d9e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:33:02.757" UserId="1561" Comment="even more cleanup, sorely tempted to mark as wiki" Text="Ok, so we've seen the questions about allowing developers different amounts of latitude when locking down or deploying machines, but what about their internet access?  Do you allow unlimited NATing of their workstations?  Do they have to at least run through a proxy to log their access?  Do they run through a proxy that filters the content that is returned to them?  Or do you simply restrict their access as needed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*My personal opinion is to run them through a proxy with no limits on the sites visited, but filter the content as it's delivered to prevent malicious code from crossing into the &quot;inside&quot;.  Useful data - ISO images, programs, etc. are not limited, but are scanned.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the best resolution to this?  Am I wrong?  Should developers just have whatever access they want at any time?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Follow-Up Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the record, I am a Generalist.  That is, I am both the proxy admin *and* the resident ERP developer where I work.  And yes, my access is logged and filtered, although I can go anywhere I please.  I've seen *both* sides of this issue, but I have yet to hear a good reason why letting people run wild with your internet resources is a good thing.  And not everyone has enormous amounts of bandwidth - my work still uses a T1 to connect, and it can fill up very, very quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**(Sigh) Yet Another Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ok, easy there, put down the pitchforks and torches...I mention &quot;restrict&quot; and everyone suddenly sees the world in black/white, not a slight shade of gray.  This isn't a question of either/or, *it's a question of how much*, as in how far is acceptable to everyone involved?" />
  <row Id="34910" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19558" RevisionGUID="aaa9b333-a0b3-42a0-8c3c-3e5a3b1ee749" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:33:39.760" UserId="5500" Comment="added 105 characters in body" Text="Email them in, either attaching multiple files at once or using a script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: You get the email address for sending in documents to your account on the normal upload page." />
  <row Id="34911" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19562" RevisionGUID="8c9360e1-e814-4f12-9bab-f4c347215396" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:33:45.453" UserId="4694" Comment="deleted 248 characters in body" Text="GUI [Remote Process Explorer][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ![Blockquote][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://lizardsystems.com/remote-process-explorer/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/9938/guis.png&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34912" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19575" RevisionGUID="be7e4a8b-b1d9-4b4a-aa72-1ac0ce3ca870" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:34:40.150" UserId="3630" Text="We do almost the same way except that we bulk load to temporary staging tables and then transfer to the actual table. I think creating indexes after data loading is a quite normal ETL step and shouldn't cause any problem. It takes some time, but without indexes it goes much more slower. We've never faced to any issues creating indexes on already filled in tables." />
  <row Id="34913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19576" RevisionGUID="e1625e90-287b-43c4-9786-068212c8e59e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:36:01.627" UserId="6965" Text="Personally, OpenSuSE for me.  Mainly because of YaST and autoYaST; great package management, upgrades/updates, etc." />
  <row Id="34914" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19577" RevisionGUID="32af33ea-446a-4694-a6a9-65a480789071" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:36:32.827" UserId="247" Text="I'm trying to standardise all databases on a single collation - Latin1_General_CI_AS (the standard collation).  I have some databases that are in SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know I can use ALTER DATABASE to change the database collation, but that only affects new objects.  My understanding is that the only way to change existing columns is to do ALTER COLUMN on each column in every table - and I would need to drop and recreate all the indexes to do even that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess it would look something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    DROP INDEX indexname ON tablename&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER TABLE tablename ALTER COLUMN columname varchar(50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AS NULL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    CREATE CLUSTERED INDEX indexname ON tablename (columname ASC)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and repeat for every varchar, char, text, nvarchar, nchar and ntext column in the entire database.  That would be an **enormous** SQL script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there an easier way to do this, or can anyone suggest a way to automate the creation of a SQL script to do it?" />
  <row Id="34915" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19577" RevisionGUID="32af33ea-446a-4694-a6a9-65a480789071" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:36:32.827" UserId="247" Text="How do I change the collation of a SQL Server Database?" />
  <row Id="34916" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19577" RevisionGUID="32af33ea-446a-4694-a6a9-65a480789071" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:36:32.827" UserId="247" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;collation&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="34917" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19566" RevisionGUID="056779bd-023e-4e53-bd4a-227ee0163b53" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:37:26.070" UserId="48" Comment="Added more detail" Text="Just to double check, you do have logging set to E_ALL, and display_errors is enabled in your php.ini? Usually this is enough to display these errors in IIS 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next, take a look at your IIS settings, as it may be set to only show error messages locally. In the IIS 7 configuration editor this is under system.webServer-&gt;httpErrors. You will need to change errorMode to Detailed from DetailedLocalOnly. Obviously this now means anyone browsing your site will be able to see the error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, if you want to keep them local you can RDP to the server and run the app from their, if you can." />
  <row Id="34918" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19578" RevisionGUID="4bcfb870-7240-43be-98a5-be0ba7bfacca" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:37:28.893" UserId="7768" Text="Yes it does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If your daemon or whatever is providing the service does not run as root then even a hole in that daemon is isolated from the rest of the system.&#xD;&#xA; - If your OS can restrict operations that can be done while chroot()ed, it's even better. grsec-patches to Linux for example can remove ability of the root user inside a chroot to break out, or create /dev-nodes inside the chroot&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If, however, you get an exploitable kernel bug (or just a root hole if not grsec or BSD jails) inside the chroot, then the whole system is owned. Not so if you run a real virtualizer (such as VMWare, but NOT BSD jails. They don't help since they use the same kernel for all &quot;systems&quot;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So yes, it adds a security layer, if used correctly." />
  <row Id="34919" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19579" RevisionGUID="55baff7a-8789-4945-ae34-c79e44ee3be2" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:42:02.863" UserId="4955" Text="[MS KB 325335][1] has options on how to do this for the whole db and all columns.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Script database tables (with new collation)&#xD;&#xA; 2. DTS/SSIS data (watching collation)&#xD;&#xA; 3. Add constraints&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;325335" />
  <row Id="34921" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19580" RevisionGUID="81586cd2-3fb4-4b55-93bf-dbb6947ebe99" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:42:27.713" UserId="7473" Text="I work as a consultant in LAN, WLAN and security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mostly this question arrises when in need for a routing point for new VLAN/subnet.  &#xD;&#xA;My preference is definitely the firewall (if you know enough how to manage your firewall of course.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This adds security and reliability in a simple way&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - a router forwards by default, a firewall blocks by default. This means that only necessary services will be permitted.&#xD;&#xA;  - router is not session aware, a firewall is session aware. This makes configuration of ACL a lot less burdensome.&#xD;&#xA;  - a firewall has easy logging about what he blocks, an  ACL on the router mostly only gives counters. This enhances troubleshooting and visibility into your network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The pay-off of course is that a firewall has for the this same reasons worse performance per dollar than a router or L3-routing switch.  &#xD;&#xA;For sure you should isolate all traffic that normally does not has heavy traffic outside its VLAN: guest internet, infrastructure from 3rd parties (HVAC, access control), DMZ, APs, VoIP, ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Question is the traffic between standard client PCs and servers. If you run it throught a firewall, throughput should be considered.  As well keep in mind that a firewall without IDP does allow or block certain services and does not look what happens inside this specific service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So here we have to balance security vs. investment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right now, Juniper is launching a new series of firewalls with incredible performance, for reasonable price, which makes it possible to replace your routing core with a routing firewall.  Have a look at the SRX series.  This SRX firewall with Gb throughput does not cost more than routing switch of decent brand.  " />
  <row Id="34922" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19581" RevisionGUID="b10618f2-c87e-477d-b215-7609fac394fe" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:51:44.530" UserId="8039" Text="I'm relatively new in Linux (I've been working with it for about two years). And I think most modern distro's use bash.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Though I've heard good things about ZSH and it's backwards compatible with BASH&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out this [link][1]: It gives a good overview of advantages of ZSH over BASH&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://friedcpu.wordpress.com/2007/07/24/zsh-the-last-shell-youll-ever-need/" />
  <row Id="34923" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19562" RevisionGUID="84787ea0-f8ee-4b5a-9172-405d0a69e7af" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:55:01.980" UserId="4694" Comment="added 198 characters in body; added 9 characters in body" Text="EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Remote Process Explorer][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Showing the parameters of running processes &lt;br&gt; (Process ID, Parent PID, CPU, Memory Usage, Priority, Handles, Threads and much more) in real time.&#xD;&#xA;Killing the selected process at any moment, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ![Blockquote][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://lizardsystems.com/remote-process-explorer/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/9938/guis.png&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34924" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19582" RevisionGUID="d08d1634-124d-42b0-ab69-aa616a793ef3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T10:55:24.757" UserId="8039" Text="As Bernd asked:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which usb module is loaded? uhci or ehci&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    lsmod | grep hci&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The output should look something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    uhci_hcd               22404  0 &#xD;&#xA;    ehci_hcd               34688  0 &#xD;&#xA;    usbcore               134576  5 oss_usb,usbhid,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it only shows uhci and not ehci, then the usb 2.0 drivers just aren't loading" />
  <row Id="34925" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="19554" RevisionGUID="be945c72-aafe-4e05-84c9-0e328a79846c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:01:58.987" UserId="1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="34926" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19583" RevisionGUID="17e8a6b8-c342-4b93-ba60-cf119bcfd27d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:05:24.470" UserId="15313" Text="Is there any way to specify a Group Policy only for the users who are members of a trusted active directory domain?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34927" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19583" RevisionGUID="17e8a6b8-c342-4b93-ba60-cf119bcfd27d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:05:24.470" UserId="15313" Text="How to apply group policy to users from a trusted domain" />
  <row Id="34928" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19583" RevisionGUID="17e8a6b8-c342-4b93-ba60-cf119bcfd27d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:05:24.470" UserId="15313" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;trust&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;" />
  <row Id="34929" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19584" RevisionGUID="c1457c6d-c87a-4628-b8b7-632257f7f7c4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:06:06.577" UserId="1808" Text="I installed VMWare Server on a 64 bit XP machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After creating a new virtual machine (for XP 64 bit guest OS) and adding a CD pointing to XP64 setup ISO, VMWare doesn't let me run the virtual machine:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Attempting to load an x64 operating&#xD;&#xA;&gt; system, however this CPU is not&#xD;&#xA;&gt; compatible with x64 mode. Please&#xD;&#xA;&gt; install a 32-bit X86 operating system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What gives? (My host is definitely a 64 bit machine)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34930" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19584" RevisionGUID="c1457c6d-c87a-4628-b8b7-632257f7f7c4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:06:06.577" UserId="1808" Text="Running VMWare on XP 64 bit does not allow a 64 bit guest OS" />
  <row Id="34931" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19584" RevisionGUID="c1457c6d-c87a-4628-b8b7-632257f7f7c4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:06:06.577" UserId="1808" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;64-bit&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="34932" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19585" RevisionGUID="b0e6412e-7268-4b62-a217-f5b1bd20ef6c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:06:19.493" UserId="8062" Text="I have a VM with SharePoint (WSS 3.0) installed on it. What is the best way to clone the VM so that the cloned machine has a new SID etc? Running NewSid on the VM breaks SharePoint. Is it possible this way round, or do I have to install SharePoint, but not run the config, and then somehow script the setting up of SharePoint?" />
  <row Id="34933" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19585" RevisionGUID="b0e6412e-7268-4b62-a217-f5b1bd20ef6c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:06:19.493" UserId="8062" Text="Cloning SharePoint (WSS 3.0) and Hyper-V" />
  <row Id="34934" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19585" RevisionGUID="b0e6412e-7268-4b62-a217-f5b1bd20ef6c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:06:19.493" UserId="8062" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;vm&gt;&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;clone&gt;" />
  <row Id="34935" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19586" RevisionGUID="dad83842-9c2d-44a0-b7d2-068c6502d968" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:07:40.503" UserId="2141" Text="We have a requirement to send desktop alerts to various users (compliance, production) across a network when other users have submitted content online for a report.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At present we are using NET SEND but this has no guarantee of delivery and has proved unreliable from both client and server perspective (and I gather will be unsupported in later versions of Windows; we are currently running XP).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are considering a Jabber-based solution but has anyone used a Jabber client to pop up alert messages on the screen like NET SEND does, as opposed to just bringing a chat window to the front or displaying a temporary 'toast' message near the system tray. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We need the alert message to be persistent and only dismissed by the user, indicating they have seen it. Toast-style pop-ups would be fine as long as it was not only for a limited time and again had to be dismissed by the user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any solutions?" />
  <row Id="34936" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19586" RevisionGUID="dad83842-9c2d-44a0-b7d2-068c6502d968" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:07:40.503" UserId="2141" Text="Using Jabber to send network messages" />
  <row Id="34937" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19586" RevisionGUID="dad83842-9c2d-44a0-b7d2-068c6502d968" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:07:40.503" UserId="2141" Text="&lt;jabber&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;alerts&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="34938" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13589" RevisionGUID="8bad5574-b923-425a-8f57-aecce31226fb" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:09:54.337" UserId="3867" Comment="deleted 185 characters in body" Text="Drink lots of coffee to stay awake." />
  <row Id="34939" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19587" RevisionGUID="60c8949f-490d-4f9b-98bc-a3cd8501baff" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:13:24.360" UserId="3947" Text="Looking at the scenario, The best backup solution can be given by &quot;faubackup&quot;, Go through this http://faubackup.sourcef2orge.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Faubackup  uses  a  filesystem on a hard drive for incremental and full backups.  This enables the backup to be accessable through standard filesystem tools. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Later Backups to the same filesystem will automatically be incremental, as unchanged files are only hard-linked with the  existing version of the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Executing ’faubackup srcdir destdir’ is a bit like ’cp -a srcdir destdir/‘date‘’.  That is, it will copy everything from srcdir to a subdirectory of destdir.  This directory is named after the time of the backup (format ’YYYY-MM-DD@hh:mm:ss’).   All  filenames,   permissions, contents will be preserved.  It can cope with soft-, hardlinks and with holes in files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The  big advantage over a simple copy is the use of hard-links between unchanged files to minimize disk space usage.  You can exe‐cute faubackup on a regular basis, and any files which haven’t  changed  between  these  calls  are  not  copied  again,  but  are      hardlinked  between  the various backup-directories.  This is similar to incremental backups, where only changed files are written to the tape.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19588" RevisionGUID="6856fbdb-09f6-4c70-8e34-fe5d56d0e01d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:21:27.183" UserId="2600" Text="This may be a better question to ask over at Stackoverflow, but it does look like there are python and perl libraries for Jabber, so this should be possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://jabberpy.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://search.cpan.org/~reatmon/Net-Jabber-2.0/lib/Net/Jabber.pm&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34941" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19589" RevisionGUID="dd6d9f44-d61a-43b8-baca-a90074043c81" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:24:44.727" UserId="7200" Text="Any user policy that applies to them is going to come out of the domain their account is a member of, unless you're overriding user policy processing with loopback policy processing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Computer policy is going to come from the domain that the computer they are logging-on to is a member of.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you thinking something like this? &quot;When one of these users from domain ABC logs-on to one of the computers that is a member of domain XYZ I'd like to have certain group policy settings apply. When an ABC user logs-on to an ABC computer, though, I don't want those settings to apply. When an XYZ user logs-on to an XYZ computer, I don't want those settings to apply either.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, then there's no way with simple group policy to do what you're describing. You could mimic the functions of group policy with a script that checked the logon domain of the user, but running such a script in the context of the user would not permit changes to computer-specific settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let me know how off-target I am with what you're asking, and I'll edit to answer your real question... (smile)" />
  <row Id="34942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19590" RevisionGUID="40df385e-c788-4c8a-8ccc-adf570cae470" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:26:56.313" UserId="7808" Text="You require Intel-VT or AMD-V support for your processor in order to run 64-bit Guests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your processor supports it, it can usually be enabled through the BIOS. If you can't find the option there, chances are it may not be available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some more reading [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=1901" />
  <row Id="34943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19591" RevisionGUID="08af5749-b914-4bb1-a0b9-956d88331258" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:27:36.593" UserId="7904" Text="iTerm on the Mac is great.  It is tabbed and has a great feature - send input to all tabs.  Makes working on multiple identical servers a breeze. " />
  <row Id="34944" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19591" RevisionGUID="08af5749-b914-4bb1-a0b9-956d88331258" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:27:36.593" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34945" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19592" RevisionGUID="75bbbb8c-590d-4041-a85f-3494928616bb" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:28:54.970" UserId="1808" Text="Figured it out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a BIOS switch that needs to be turned on (turned of by default) on Intel machines: `VT Support`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once I enabled it everything works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More info [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;externalId=1901" />
  <row Id="34946" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19593" RevisionGUID="ec6ecbba-e4c8-4b2e-9ac7-4c7d0f7d84c2" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:31:30.970" UserId="2711" Text="After installing SP2 to W2K3 straight after adding a second drive, my VM after restart is now detecting the 2 disks the wrong way around. I am getting &quot;Operating System not found&quot; and when I boot from a recovery disk it offers me the chance to log into &quot;D:\Windows&quot; - it should be C:\!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the quickest way for me to get the VM detecting the drives in the correct order again so I can boot?" />
  <row Id="34947" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19593" RevisionGUID="ec6ecbba-e4c8-4b2e-9ac7-4c7d0f7d84c2" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:31:30.970" UserId="2711" Text="VMware detects wrong drive as C:\" />
  <row Id="34948" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19593" RevisionGUID="ec6ecbba-e4c8-4b2e-9ac7-4c7d0f7d84c2" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:31:30.970" UserId="2711" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="34949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19594" RevisionGUID="dfd5eb4a-5748-43b8-84b8-6f7431420d21" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:32:49.640" UserId="1376" Text="If you've already run the SharePoint Configuration Wizard then the SharePoint is effectively tied to that machine. But up to that point you are able to clone it. You can then script the rest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have a look at [this question][1] on Stack Overflow (should be moved here) for more info.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/913832/how-to-duplicate-a-virtual-pc-with-sharepoint-k2-and-domain-controller/928816" />
  <row Id="34950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19595" RevisionGUID="39454d15-ed45-47f7-90a7-0fb8d06cb4db" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:39:53.340" UserId="7808" Text="Check the .vmx file in the folder where your VM disk is held.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This holds configuration information for your Virtual Machine, you can edit it with a text editor. Shut down your VM first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From one of my config files:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    scsi0:0.present = &quot;TRUE&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    scsi0:0.fileName = &quot;Ubuntu.vmdk&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This represents the system disk in this particular VM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have multiple disks, you should be able to edit these entries to the correct order." />
  <row Id="34951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19596" RevisionGUID="61caff2c-d930-4352-8d31-a6934e127308" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:41:51.590" UserDisplayName="Fred" Text="Answer based on Exchange 2003, but probably valid for 2007 as well: there may be size restriction on the individual account (look up user in active directory users &amp; computers -&gt; exchange general -&gt; delivery restrictions)." />
  <row Id="34952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19597" RevisionGUID="b5711fc3-87af-4719-b8aa-0510c30611a2" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:46:30.460" UserDisplayName="Stefano Loddo " Text="The parameter should not be changed in a production environment. The main use is to force a plan change just to verify performance with different execution-plans. Basically you're suggesting to optimizer that all indexes in your database are cheaper to use than other access path. And this may be true for some sql and may be false for other ones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have a good performace plan , you should understand why optimizer don't use it and try to fix (i.e. no fresh/accurate statics are available -&gt; collect fresh , more accurate stats ).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps , &#xD;&#xA; Stefano " />
  <row Id="34953" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19598" RevisionGUID="f45eb247-0c30-4dca-b212-e881f1d75b2f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:47:51.270" UserId="3867" Text="Have used PSI jabber client. It has popup notifications along with sound notifications. &#xD;&#xA;Same goes for JAJC jabber client." />
  <row Id="34954" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19599" RevisionGUID="bb875195-2e77-4bd9-85dc-8322409b6956" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:48:02.020" UserId="7342" Text="You can massively mitigate problems by setting a couple of options in your resolv.conf:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;options rotate timeout:2&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;rotate makes the resolver pick one of your nameservers at random, rather than using the first one unless it times out. timeout:2 reduces the dns timeout to two seconds, rather than the default value.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(NB: this was tested on Debian/Ubuntu, but I don't think this is a Debian specific change)" />
  <row Id="34955" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19600" RevisionGUID="56e759dc-5f1d-429e-ba4e-e12a7996929a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:52:48.943" UserId="2972" Text="I've managed to source a copy of the download off a contact of mine. If anyone needs it, get in touch via my personal site." />
  <row Id="34956" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14670" RevisionGUID="ce1b7f2f-e4e2-4bff-86ea-b5ffbe700bd8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:55:28.197" UserId="3997" Comment="Fixed sample paths" Text="If you would prefer to set those folders during install, you will have to use an attended installation. UNATTEND.TXT is an INI file that contains the unattended setup settings for Windows XP. Specifically to set system folders to non-default locations, you would add this into your UNATTEND.TXT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [Unattended]&#xD;&#xA;    CommonProgramFilesDir=&quot;D:\Programs\Common Files&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    ProgramFilesDir=D:\Programs&#xD;&#xA;    TargetPath=\WINDOWS&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    [GuiUnattended]&#xD;&#xA;    ProfilesDir=C:\Users&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This site is a great references for creating an unattend installation of Windows XP: unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More reference material can be found in the Windows XP Deployment Tools from the Microsoft Downloads site microsoft.com/downloads" />
  <row Id="34957" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19601" RevisionGUID="b8a9bc91-95cf-4832-8c81-eaa10ec79065" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:55:49.880" UserId="4822" Text="i have some [software][1] running on a server which **requires** a sound card to be installed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i'm trying to find a virtual, or emulated, sound card driver for Windows 2000 Server. It doesn't have to play anything, say streams anywhere, do just anything. It just has to be there. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Note:** This is a physical machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i've already tried the [REaudio driver][2] from [MixW][3]; it does not work (no sound card virtually appears in the system).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tversity.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mixw.co.uk/download/download.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.mixw.co.uk/" />
  <row Id="34958" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19601" RevisionGUID="b8a9bc91-95cf-4832-8c81-eaa10ec79065" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:55:49.880" UserId="4822" Text="Virtual Sound Card for Windows Server?" />
  <row Id="34959" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19601" RevisionGUID="b8a9bc91-95cf-4832-8c81-eaa10ec79065" CreationDate="2009-06-04T11:55:49.880" UserId="4822" Text="&lt;sound&gt;&lt;drivers&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="34960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19602" RevisionGUID="9df2f1b9-6d91-41b0-abdd-666525f83644" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:00:37.400" UserId="8074" Text="There's another advantage of using an internal subdomain: cleverly using search suffixes and only hostnames instead of FQDN, you can build configuration files that work both in development, QA and production. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, you always use &quot;database = dbserv1&quot; in your configuration file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the development server, you set the search suffix to &quot;dev.example.com&quot;&#xD;&#xA;=&gt; database server used: dbserv1.dev.example.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the QA server, you set the search suffix to &quot;qa.example.com&quot; &#xD;&#xA;=&gt; database server used: dbserv1.qa.example.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And on the production server, you set the search suffix to &quot;example.com&quot; &#xD;&#xA;=&gt; database server used: dbserv1.example.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That way, you can use the same settings in every environment.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34961" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="18806" RevisionGUID="8fef06d5-ca63-473d-adba-4a5b327906e7" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:00:40.753" UserId="2358" Comment="edited title; added 24 characters in body" Text="Contact list management - Microsoft shop" />
  <row Id="34962" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19593" RevisionGUID="0d454bce-7518-47ad-9b42-8457f3451d90" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:02:06.150" UserId="2711" Comment="Added ultimate solution." Text="After installing SP2 to W2K3 straight after adding a second drive, my VM after restart is now detecting the 2 disks the wrong way around. I am getting &quot;Operating System not found&quot; and when I boot from a recovery disk it offers me the chance to log into &quot;D:\Windows&quot; - it should be C:\!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the quickest way for me to get the VM detecting the drives in the correct order again so I can boot?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ultimately LukeR below is correct. I was able to do it from within &quot;Edit Settings&quot; on the individual hard drives rather than editing the vmx directly, but the SCSI order was the correct solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WHY did it happen? Because this was originally, months ago, a P2V server, and the P2V process had assigned C drive to SCSI 0:1 rather than 0:0. That was fine, right up to the point I added a second HDD, which ESX gave the ID 0:0. As soon as I rebooted, it decided 0:0 was the lowest and therefore primary partition, and tried to boot off that. All I had to do was switch the IDs around." />
  <row Id="34963" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19603" RevisionGUID="7263edc8-b627-44ee-8159-01edc9b0177b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:02:42.157" UserId="4487" Text="I've found [this][1] article useful when it comes to understanding the various message size limits in Exchange 2007.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.msexchange.org/articles-tutorials/exchange-server-2007/management-administration/exchange-2007-message-size-limits.html" />
  <row Id="34964" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18806" RevisionGUID="8fef06d5-ca63-473d-adba-4a5b327906e7" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:00:40.753" UserId="2358" Comment="edited title; added 24 characters in body" Text="We are using an out of date custom application for managing mailing/contact lists.  We are a very small office, an all Microsoft shop.  We have Exchange and Windows Sharepoint Services and Office 2007.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for thoughts about the best solution for setting up a shared contact list which would be used for mail merges and also simple searches for email/phone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sharepoint and Exchange/Outlook both have pros and cons - what are they?  Any other options?" />
  <row Id="34965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19604" RevisionGUID="080cc189-9690-4d41-9af4-77c26acb96dd" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:04:11.457" UserId="7200" Text="If you're running Exchage 2007 SP1 changes you made with Set-TransportConfig should have copied to the global settings in AD. If you're not running Exchange 2007 SP1, then you're going to need to change these values in AD using something like ADSIEDIT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, here's a good overview of the process w/ screenshots: http://exchangepedia.com/blog/2007/09/exchange-server-2007-setting-message-size.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're still ing Exhcange 2007 RTM, here's an article that will describe changing the global size limit: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb310771.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're best off going to Exchange 2007 SP1 (or SP2) if you're still running RTM." />
  <row Id="34966" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19605" RevisionGUID="86cd95b7-9d61-4cbe-aaf5-f6247688cc1c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:05:51.830" UserId="4824" Text="Process explorer can't, to my knowledge, connect to a remote computer. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But you may want to check out the pstools program [pslist][1], also from Sysinternals. You **can** list the processes running on another machine. pslist is a command line tool, however.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896682.aspx" />
  <row Id="34967" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19606" RevisionGUID="2ad05b03-0ef1-4816-859f-2ee755a03b30" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:08:10.550" UserId="1463" Text="Personally I've just set up a few OUs in AD with AD Contacts for external contacts - which are then put into whatever distribution lists are needed and easily searchable through both Windows and Outlook for the users... I guess what you want is something fancier though ^^" />
  <row Id="34968" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10483" RevisionGUID="bb6691ce-88a1-424a-8814-7271de2537fb" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:08:25.213" UserId="3351" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;busybox&gt;&lt;maemo&gt;" />
  <row Id="34969" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10509" RevisionGUID="964d364d-1043-4245-9e16-d3eec27e022a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:08:43.310" UserId="3351" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;n810&gt;&lt;vim&gt;&lt;shell&gt;&lt;maemo&gt;" />
  <row Id="34970" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19607" RevisionGUID="5d9fb82a-0f7d-465f-abbb-b5417189d24f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:10:27.150" UserId="1079" Text="&gt; Are there any solutions for Windows servers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NBD Server for Windows _might_ be the answer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.vanheusden.com/windows/nbdsrvr/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It allows you to share disk blocks from Windows machines to a Linux server. You can aggregate those blocks into a RAID array of some kind (use Linux software RAID, MDADM) using NBD on your Linux server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://nbd.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mdadm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm inclined to think that machines providing shared network block devices are going to want second network cards.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Especially interested to share the same partition between Linux &amp; Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can format your new volume and share it as a Samba share." />
  <row Id="34971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19608" RevisionGUID="4253661c-cc0a-48f4-8a07-3f5f9dcf4f0b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:11:01.253" UserId="4703" Text="Chroot adds a lot of security benefits and you can only break it if you are root. So you are raising the bar for what an attacker needs to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Plus, chroot provides an application isolation, while virtualization provide operating system separation. So you can run, for example, apache inside chroot on a virtual machine. " />
  <row Id="34972" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19609" RevisionGUID="cbcb5f1f-268a-46ea-9053-a92e07dafe66" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:12:44.730" UserId="7073" Text="Go out and purchase cheap pair of USB headphones, they will install themselves as an audio device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Downside is of course needing to have them plugged in if once installed you don't need them but the software needs it to run.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Though maybe you could tuck them inside the case." />
  <row Id="34973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19610" RevisionGUID="c1830863-3e67-47ff-879f-5ae7f7efa7d3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:15:52.860" UserId="7073" Text="That will be it, but also after you switch the bios setting you will need to power down the whole PC, I also pulled power to ensure there was nothing going to the motherboard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The setting is &quot;locked&quot; into whatever position its in a long as power is applied regardless of setting." />
  <row Id="34974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19611" RevisionGUID="1702a50f-436c-4b3d-abc4-ba53325185b7" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:20:12.157" UserId="8079" Text="Where do I go to disable the password complexity policy for the domain. I've logged onto the domain controller (Windows Server 2008) and found the option in local policies which is of course locked from any changes. However I can't find the same sort of policies in the AD stuff or group policy manager. Which nodes do I have to expand out to find it as for the life of me I can't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is my first AD experimentation. Any help is appriciated." />
  <row Id="34975" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19611" RevisionGUID="1702a50f-436c-4b3d-abc4-ba53325185b7" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:20:12.157" UserId="8079" Text="Disable password complexity rule in Active Directory" />
  <row Id="34976" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19611" RevisionGUID="1702a50f-436c-4b3d-abc4-ba53325185b7" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:20:12.157" UserId="8079" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;password&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;" />
  <row Id="34977" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19612" RevisionGUID="1dfdc075-91ba-47cb-9976-e616ac35de10" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:23:35.290" UserId="4703" Text="One of basic security principles is &quot;least privileges&quot;. Someone (or something) only needs the minimum access/information necessary to do their job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a database that is only accessible by a web server, why would you allow every other server on your network to access it? Same applies to every other system... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, you need a firewall in the perimeter and also the host-based firewalls on each system (iptables, pf, etc) to provide more granular control. That way if one system is compromised, it is going to be much harder for the attack to spread on your network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Plus, if you have segments with different clearances you also need a perimeter firewall or at least a vlan in there (say separating a HR network from the dev one, or the DMZ from the intranet).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, yes, there is a definitive answer :)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19613" RevisionGUID="cf18aacf-2f7f-483f-aea0-eca7c08a6f23" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:25:56.430" UserId="7200" Text="You're looking to change the password complexity setting you found in the &quot;Default Domain Policy&quot;, not the local group policy. Then do a &quot;gpupdate&quot; and you'll see the change take effect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open Group Policy Management Console (Start / Run / GPMC.MSC), open the Domain, and right-click and Edit the &quot;Default Domain Policy&quot;. Then dig into the &quot;Computer Configuration&quot;, &quot;Windows Settings&quot;, &quot;Security Settings&quot;, &quot;Account Policies&quot;, and modify the password complexity requirements setting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Editing the &quot;Default Domain Policy&quot; is definitely a quick-and-dirty thing to do. The better thing to do, once you get a better handle on group policy management, would be to return the default back to default settings and make a new GPO overriding the default with the settings you want. To get you by fast, though, editing the default isn't going to hurt you." />
  <row Id="34979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19614" RevisionGUID="83d978cb-6ab1-49ad-ab54-938487ef88b2" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:26:21.220" UserId="7808" Text="You should find it in&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Computer Configuration &gt; Windows Settings &gt; Accounts Policies &gt; Password Policy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is an option labeled &quot;Password must meet complexity requirements&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;disable this to achieve what you want." />
  <row Id="34980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19615" RevisionGUID="34f01804-2a04-4893-a606-a4256e3a3a70" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:26:53.870" UserId="1803" Text="Computer Configuratin/Windows Settings/Security Settings/Account Policies/Password Policy/Password must meet complexity requirements&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recommend creating a new policy (named 'Password' or something similarly helpful) rather than editing the Default." />
  <row Id="34981" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8986" RevisionGUID="817afd95-2192-4b71-85a5-e8cb242a59ee" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:29:29.457" UserId="45" Comment="frame structure" Text="You can find a good summary here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[What is the difference between UDP and TCP internet protocols?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both TCP and UDP work at transport layer TCP/IP model, but have very different usage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The most important differences are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Reliability**:  &#xD;&#xA;   TCP: connection-oriented  &#xD;&#xA;   UDP: connectionless&#xD;&#xA; - **Ordered**:  &#xD;&#xA;   TCP: order of message receipt is guaranteed  &#xD;&#xA;   UDP: order is not guaranteed&#xD;&#xA; - **Protocol weight**:  &#xD;&#xA;   TCP: heavyweight, because of the connection/ordering overhead  &#xD;&#xA;   UDP: lightweight, very few overhead&#xD;&#xA; - **Packets**:  &#xD;&#xA;   TCP: streaming, data is read as a &quot;stream,&quot; with nothing distinguishing where one packet ends and another begins. There may be multiple packets per read call.  &#xD;&#xA;   UDP: datagrams, one packet per one read call.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Frame structure**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to send data over the network, it has to be encapsulated into &quot;frames.&quot; There are various methods of encapsulation depending on the protocol and topology that are being used. The following images show how TCP and UDP frame structures differ.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TCP frame:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UDP frame:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Typical protocols which use TCP are HTTP, FTP and SMTP. Examples of protocols using UDP are DNS and DHCP.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/key-differences-between-tcp-and-udp-protocols/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/9123/frametcp.png&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/3686/frameudp.png" />
  <row Id="34982" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19616" RevisionGUID="4778e6ab-3b82-44f0-a980-c412c4323da6" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:29:35.260" UserId="8080" Text="Hi, has anyone had any experience with Comodo Antivirus? Normally things are not free for commercial use unless you go down the open source way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to know iof anyone has deploy this antivirus across their network succesfully and how good it is? (all of our computers down here are Win Xp - SP2)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nico" />
  <row Id="34983" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19616" RevisionGUID="4778e6ab-3b82-44f0-a980-c412c4323da6" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:29:35.260" UserId="8080" Text="Comodo Antivirus - Free antivirus for commercial use" />
  <row Id="34984" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19616" RevisionGUID="4778e6ab-3b82-44f0-a980-c412c4323da6" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:29:35.260" UserId="8080" Text="&lt;antivirus&gt;" />
  <row Id="34985" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19617" RevisionGUID="b668306e-33f1-40a7-b403-b5d18b05e422" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:29:58.800" UserId="5198" Text="We use an HP ScanJet 4890.  So far no issues." />
  <row Id="34986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19618" RevisionGUID="0611dc34-34ea-47f3-aff6-1d65b395cd4c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:31:25.587" UserId="5611" Text="If you can't afford Infrastructure, but want the bare metal hypervisor of ESXi, check out Citrix's XenServer, for **free**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;XenServer is analogous to ESXi, but XenServer also has a VM Manager, XenCenter, analogous to Vmware Infrastructure, which they released as free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been using it instead of ESXi, and really liking it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check it out [here.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anapologetos&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/feature.asp?contentID=1686939" />
  <row Id="34987" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19618" RevisionGUID="0611dc34-34ea-47f3-aff6-1d65b395cd4c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:31:25.587" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34988" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19619" RevisionGUID="25a00ba2-9015-4825-b851-a4f89cdaef0c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:37:44.730" UserId="7863" Text="The proper way to think is that if you are using clear-text, then anyone can access this information (public info). Be it on a network or to access an external web site. There are so many attacks and redirections that can be done that it is impossible to preview.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because of that, only send public information (or information that is not terribly confidential) on clear text. Yes, including email.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*btw, try traceroute to any web site and see how many hops there are in the middle. Your data is going through all of them:&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34989" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19620" RevisionGUID="9e5a8f0c-f1ae-4b32-a23a-512738ae328b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:39:30.487" UserId="6751" Text="This is the trade off of going with &quot;vendor&quot; stack versus rolling your own.  I've done it both ways.  And I am no longer in the business of maintaining my own stacks.  It's good experience, you really learn the software, how it's put together etc. But it takes work and time.  When you are using a &quot;vendor&quot; provided stack, it's best to use their stack &quot;as is&quot;, and apply any one-off fixes that they may provide.  Afterall, that is one of their key benefits is: Install one pkg and not have to maintain libraries and dependencies. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The tradeoff is: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;vendor&quot; stack means you sort of have to wait for updates, patches, fixes at their rate for their stack release. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;rolling your own stack means you maintain all those updates, patches, fixes and can apply these at any rate you choose. You just have to do the work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, you can slide in libraries, but in a way you are voiding the supportability of the stack. If you encounter a problem, is it b/c of that library you just added to the stack and how will the &quot;vendor&quot; or community be able to best support it?" />
  <row Id="34990" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19605" RevisionGUID="de70cf5a-1957-45ce-9454-b7a5aaa9dc5c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:40:02.263" UserId="4824" Comment="Added an update; added 1 characters in body" Text="Process explorer can't, to my knowledge, connect to a remote computer. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But you may want to check out the pstools program [pslist][1], also from Sysinternals. You **can** list the processes running on another machine. pslist is a command line tool, however.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW, you need to run in task-manager mode to get the CPU % e.g. pslist \\\computername -s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896682.aspx" />
  <row Id="34991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19621" RevisionGUID="fcf2b9ae-08c3-453c-8b2f-55edc841015e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:38:12.517" Text="&lt;p&gt;In my work i dont have much work issues , so i decided to build a vmware infrastructure in my laptop and start learning system adminstration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could you please give some thoughts about how i can gain experience in that way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="34992" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19621" RevisionGUID="fcf2b9ae-08c3-453c-8b2f-55edc841015e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:38:12.517" Text="How to gain system adminstration skills " />
  <row Id="34993" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19621" RevisionGUID="fcf2b9ae-08c3-453c-8b2f-55edc841015e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:38:12.517" Text="&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;system-administration&gt;&lt;admin&gt;&lt;not-programming-related&gt;&lt;administration&gt;" />
  <row Id="34995" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19623" RevisionGUID="44f968d8-f237-4150-899b-5bdec661c871" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:45:05.553" UserId="3853" Text="Since its a Hyper-V machine, turn off the SharePoint server VM, rightclick and export. Pick the folder you will actually be running the new VM from, ie. C:\Virtual Machines\ or what not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then go to Import Virtual Machine, and in the next dialog you should see some options. One of them is to &quot;copy the virtual machine&quot; which will create a new unique ID for the VM. No need to click the last checkbox since you already have new files (vhd etc) to run the VM from by exporting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There might be easier options if you have SCVMM installed, but that VM is currently turned off here so I can't check it. But my first approach should only take you a couple minutes." />
  <row Id="34996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19624" RevisionGUID="80a035c9-c2c6-4e4b-b567-c8c83c9b2001" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:45:56.210" UserId="7808" Text="Production experience is what counts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's fine to have a test environment on your laptop, or wherever, but you really need to get your hands dirty on systems that people use everyday.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What exactly is your work?" />
  <row Id="34997" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19624" RevisionGUID="80a035c9-c2c6-4e4b-b567-c8c83c9b2001" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:45:56.210" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="34998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19625" RevisionGUID="cd331db0-0dd1-422e-afe8-7da4342dcaa4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:46:48.423" UserId="3110" Text="I would actually go with Public Folders in Outlook.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The import/export functionality is quick and easy.&#xD;&#xA; - It will take you all of about 5 minutes to set one up.&#xD;&#xA; - Making the contacts available to you in outlook is built in.&#xD;&#xA; - Depending on your network setup, they will always be available.  Even without network connectivity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The one piece that might be a bit problematic is mail merges.  I've never used outlook contact lists as a data source.  I'm highly confident that you can though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm saying use public folders since they are still available at least in Exchange 2007, and I can't believe that MS will get rid of them that soon.  " />
  <row Id="34999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19626" RevisionGUID="9de759b7-51be-43e8-9992-5a7b4b5ec2f8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:51:14.830" UserId="7200" Text="I've seen a few deployments of firewalls inside networks to guard a single host, and have personal experience with two. In both of these cases, the single host being protected was a legacy operating system running in a configuration that was &quot;certified&quot; and could not be changed (one for legal compliance reasons, the other to continue receiving support from the vendor).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because the hosts exposed unwanted services to the network (and because, in one case, the host provided no good logging facilities for recording distinct TCP sessions-- something the Customer wanted to have) and because the configurations of the hosts were fixed, we opted to firewall the hosts with a dedicated firewall device (in one case a Cisco PIX, and in another a Linux-based computer running an IPtables firewall and a TCP proxy service).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, if you've got legacy hosts &quot;stuck&quot; in a sub-optimal configuration you might consider deploying a firewall just to protect them." />
  <row Id="35000" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19627" RevisionGUID="e7050324-da91-43a0-bc96-35b2c9df9d2f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:51:30.943" UserId="5880" Text="In my consulting days about 80% of the small businesses i worked with [Act Contact Manager][1]. They were all really happy with it. I haven't worked with it since 2006 so I can speak to how the newer versions are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.act.com" />
  <row Id="35002" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18744" RevisionGUID="89007f08-22f7-47b6-978b-2e1432b4dc3e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:53:19.243" UserId="6342" Comment="added 41 characters in body" Text="I have not having any luck getting my .htaccess with mod_rewrite working.  Basically all I am trying to do is remove 'www' from &quot;http://www.site.com&quot; and &quot;https://www.site.com&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there is anything I am missing (conf files, etc let me know I willl update this)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** Still hoping for a solution&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is my .htaccess file (located @ /var/www/site/trunk/html/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Options +FollowSymLinks&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine on&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*) [NC]&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule (.*) //%1/$1 [L,R=301]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My mod_rewrite is enabled:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The auto regenerated sym link is there in mods-available and /usr/lib/apache2/modules/ contains mod_rewrite.so&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    root@s15348441:/etc/apache2/mods-available# more rewrite.load&#xD;&#xA;    LoadModule rewrite_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_rewrite.so&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My apache config files:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;apache2.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Based upon the NCSA server configuration files originally by Rob McCool.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # This is the main Apache server configuration file.  It contains the&#xD;&#xA;    # configuration directives that give the server its instructions.&#xD;&#xA;    # See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/ for detailed information about&#xD;&#xA;    # the directives.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Do NOT simply read the instructions in here without understanding&#xD;&#xA;    # what they do.  They're here only as hints or reminders.  If you are unsure&#xD;&#xA;    # consult the online docs. You have been warned.  &#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # The configuration directives are grouped into three basic sections:&#xD;&#xA;    #  1. Directives that control the operation of the Apache server process as a&#xD;&#xA;    #     whole (the 'global environment').&#xD;&#xA;    #  2. Directives that define the parameters of the 'main' or 'default' server,&#xD;&#xA;    #     which responds to requests that aren't handled by a virtual host.&#xD;&#xA;    #     These directives also provide default values for the settings&#xD;&#xA;    #     of all virtual hosts.&#xD;&#xA;    #  3. Settings for virtual hosts, which allow Web requests to be sent to&#xD;&#xA;    #     different IP addresses or hostnames and have them handled by the&#xD;&#xA;    #     same Apache server process.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Configuration and logfile names: If the filenames you specify for many&#xD;&#xA;    # of the server's control files begin with &quot;/&quot; (or &quot;drive:/&quot; for Win32), the&#xD;&#xA;    # server will use that explicit path.  If the filenames do *not* begin&#xD;&#xA;    # with &quot;/&quot;, the value of ServerRoot is prepended -- so &quot;/var/log/apache2/foo.log&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    # with ServerRoot set to &quot;&quot; will be interpreted by the&#xD;&#xA;    # server as &quot;//var/log/apache2/foo.log&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ### Section 1: Global Environment&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # The directives in this section affect the overall operation of Apache,&#xD;&#xA;    # such as the number of concurrent requests it can handle or where it&#xD;&#xA;    # can find its configuration files.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's&#xD;&#xA;    # configuration, error, and log files are kept.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # NOTE!  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  <row Id="35003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19628" RevisionGUID="799c5ec9-65df-4d22-b2d6-cc2f33393616" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:53:33.890" UserId="2546" Text="The first thing to learn is automation and remote access. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suggest you find a couple of old computers and set them up in a network, then figure out how to automate everything and do it remotely. Roll-out, upgrades, backup, bugfixes etc." />
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  <row Id="35005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19629" RevisionGUID="1b07e015-58d0-4ba7-88e0-59f74ef71406" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:56:07.773" UserId="8085" Text="I have the following &lt;Location&gt; configuration (beside a ReverseProxy entry) to force clients to deliver a client certificate:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /SSLTest/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            SSLVerifyClient require&#xD;&#xA;            SSLVerifyDepth 2&#xD;&#xA;            SSLRequireSSL&#xD;&#xA;            SSLOptions +OptRenegotiate&#xD;&#xA;            SSLCipherSuite HIGH&#xD;&#xA;            SSLRequire %{SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_OU} eq &quot;MyClientX&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can i disable this requirement to several IPs. I tried different variants with SetEnvIf like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SetEnvIf Remote_addr 192.168.1.46 is_internal &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and added a `&lt;IfDefine !is_internal&gt;` &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;around the Location, but this seems to be parsed on apache startup only. Is there a way around rewrite rules?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm using Apache 2.2 on Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thx in advance" />
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  <row Id="35008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19630" RevisionGUID="2ccbeed7-d1dc-45ad-b6cb-65c61dab4c95" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:59:59.360" UserId="7342" Text="The only real way to learn sysadmin skills is to play with things. Set up mail servers, dns servers, webservers, anything you can. The more you experiment with things, the more you'll learn. " />
  <row Id="35009" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19630" RevisionGUID="2ccbeed7-d1dc-45ad-b6cb-65c61dab4c95" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:59:59.360" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19631" RevisionGUID="29320fbd-d14b-49ab-921c-4d4191f8cc6d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:00:26.830" UserId="1736" Text="Sorry, can't be done.  No hooks for it." />
  <row Id="35011" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19632" RevisionGUID="3a4b9927-7184-489e-adcc-395985040bc6" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:02:31.680" UserId="4134" Text="Filter (and cache!) as much you want, but for goodness sake, please use an [autoconfigured proxy][1] (preferably with [WPAD][2]) and don't force the developers to use it. I use my work laptop from a variety of locations (company network, public and private WLANs, customers' networks etc), so autoconfiguration saves a lot of hassle. Also, I frequently work with not-yet-public (read: no DNS) websites residing on customer premises, and these sites are only accessible from specific computers (usually with a VPN). Unless you want to maintain an exception list, please let me bypass the proxy so that I can do my work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_auto-config&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Proxy_Autodiscovery_Protocol" />
  <row Id="35012" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19628" RevisionGUID="9fccdefc-a59a-45c8-ab18-ee20331995de" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:03:08.480" UserId="2546" Comment="added 108 characters in body" Text="The first thing to learn is automation and remote access. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suggest you find a few cheap old computers and set them up in a network, then figure out how to automate everything and do it remotely. Roll-out, upgrades, backup, bugfixes etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then start setting up servers: file, mail, DNS, web. Then set up multiple servers and load-balance them." />
  <row Id="35013" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="18898" RevisionGUID="55ecc2c6-a4ab-4ec4-a42c-c7ee83bd20ed" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:03:20.710" UserId="1736" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;freebsd&gt;&lt;web-filtering&gt;" />
  <row Id="35014" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19633" RevisionGUID="5584ead1-229a-4e96-87a5-a4f0c7ada631" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:03:42.473" UserId="7619" Text="Yes, you can.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The number of users/workstations as related to domain controllers is up to interpretation, however where I work we go with the general rule, &quot;20+ users, stick a DC in there.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may find some other help via this tech republic article, [here][1] and also by poking around this MS technet article [here][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-11184-0.html?forumID=39&amp;threadID=179362&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc960556.aspx" />
  <row Id="35015" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19634" RevisionGUID="0f6cfcc2-9ceb-43db-9a4f-1781c3ad4c1d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:04:00.040" UserId="2273" Text="Is there a way to connect to an ssh session that was disconnected?  We are having problems with our network connection to a remote site that we are working on separately; however, in the mean time we experience a large number of disconnects due to lost packets while connected to servers at the remote location.  Many times the session stays active for a while, and sometimes it happens to be in the middle of some action (file editing, running some process, etc...) that I need to get back to rather than restart if possible.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="35017" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19634" RevisionGUID="0f6cfcc2-9ceb-43db-9a4f-1781c3ad4c1d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:04:00.040" UserId="2273" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;" />
  <row Id="35018" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19635" RevisionGUID="499f0652-16af-4df5-a1ac-b2b5295398e2" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:06:11.533" UserId="3950" Text="I'd install and start screen to fix your problem. Screen will let you reconnect to a previous screen session. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apart from that, screen also let's you do cool things like split your screen, view the console etc. You can find more info [here][1] and [here][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For starters, if you get disconnected, you can use &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    screen -ls&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to view your sessions and &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    screen -r ${session} &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to reconnect to a disconnected one. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Screen&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/" />
  <row Id="35019" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19636" RevisionGUID="0554d63c-8c21-4025-bb6a-4fc99e6960cf" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:06:11.863" UserId="8093" Text="Learning system administration is a process of experiences. More or less these experiences come from production level systems. With that said to gain some form of experience in a Lab/Test environment is good but not real world. I would suggest continue with the Test environment, make up scenarios from issues that come up here on server fault and try and find solutions. To be good a good sysadmin you have to be resourceful at finding answers on how to fix the problem, why the problem happened, and how to make sure the problem doesn't come back." />
  <row Id="35020" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19636" RevisionGUID="0554d63c-8c21-4025-bb6a-4fc99e6960cf" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:06:11.863" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19637" RevisionGUID="71034e91-7e5f-40c1-8426-e5415a39897c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:06:45.077" UserId="3116" Text="You can use screen.&#xD;&#xA;Screen sessions can be detached (when connection is lost) and resumed later on a different or the same terminal." />
  <row Id="35022" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19638" RevisionGUID="9ee1ecb5-c416-40c3-8182-ecf586913fd5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:08:12.483" UserId="7861" Text="There's also a great article at the Technet site:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc137749.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That helps explain the differences between the new Windows 2008 password policy options and the &quot;old&quot; Windows 2003/2000 domain password policies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's good reading to make sure you understand what you can do now, especially since you stated that you are using Windows 2008." />
  <row Id="35023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19639" RevisionGUID="faac8279-0f03-4a3d-80de-bab5e941e219" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:08:27.927" UserId="5473" Text="This isn't an answer, but a workaround. Use [screen][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you first log in, run screen. You get another shell, run commands in that. If you're disconnected, the screen process keeps the terminal alive so that the your shell and the processes it is running don't fall over. When you reconnect, run 'screen -r' to resume.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a bunch more to configuring and using screen, but the above should workaround your problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/" />
  <row Id="35024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19640" RevisionGUID="8db6353c-a735-43ea-832a-6a7a23dd3a87" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:08:36.477" UserId="7619" Text="We run firewalls on all local workstations where I work and we view it as a &quot;good thing&quot;, insofar as has been mentioned previously, some lunkhead could bring a personal laptop in that's infected with a virus or worm and release it into the `trusted' corporate network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running a solution like Symantec or McAfee, you can centrally manage the firewall rulesets on all clients to quickly respond to a fast-spreading worm, (then again, if you're a quick thinker on your feet, you can also create pre-set ACL's on interconnecting switches and routers within your LAN to potentially block a malicious code from spreading, once you know how it traverses a network.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, be advised that you MAY POSSIBLY run into application issues where your clients need to communicate with servers on specific ports, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To summarize; Firewalls on XP, Vista, etc. workstations = good thing. Do not deploy onto servers, unless you're ready to document and tweak for clients connecting to applications." />
  <row Id="35025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19641" RevisionGUID="d74398cb-7808-4d75-902b-8e0266443c99" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:08:54.637" UserId="8085" Text="Try to set ClientAliveInterval (e.g. 60) and TCPKeepAlive (yes or no) to appropriate values on the serverside sshd.conf .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should keep your session alive even if the connection gets lost for minutes." />
  <row Id="35026" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19631" RevisionGUID="139f4de0-19b0-4e5d-9309-025f6009c1fd" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:11:30.170" UserId="1736" Comment="added 132 characters in body; added 9 characters in body" Text="Sorry, can't be done.  No hooks for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The nearest thing would be having /SSLTest/Internal and /SSLTest/External, and rewriting /SSLTest to one or the other based on client IP." />
  <row Id="35027" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19642" RevisionGUID="eabd532c-3764-4331-a433-69e286c4397c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:12:16.363" UserDisplayName="Jaison" Text="after login to my windows 2003 server terminal and start typing some thing in the notepad for some letter like E and so on..i am getting some fuctionalities&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if i type letter E  explorer will pop up &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;how to get rid of this?" />
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  <row Id="35030" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19643" RevisionGUID="26670ea4-b84f-4d1b-9c0e-363211d91887" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:15:29.807" UserId="1736" Text="It sounds like your Windows key is stuck.  First attempted resolution method is percussive maintenance: whack it a few times." />
  <row Id="35031" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19644" RevisionGUID="8cc1cead-60fb-440b-964a-9a23e6fb3216" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:15:48.917" UserId="7200" Text="Sounds like the state of the &quot;Windows Key&quot; is getting &quot;stuck&quot; in Remote Desktop sessions. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The discussion in this posting has some ideas &lt;a href=&quot;http://michaelshadle.com/2007/09/19/windows-key-stuck-in-remote-desktop/&quot;&gt;http://michaelshadle.com/2007/09/19/windows-key-stuck-in-remote-desktop/&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Zow... it looks like this is a long-standing bug.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looks like you can disable the &quot;Windows Key&quot; in the registry on the terminal server as a workaround. " />
  <row Id="35032" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19645" RevisionGUID="e1fe9a81-ac60-49cb-aad3-8cf0e7bc5fc8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:16:43.893" UserId="5390" Text=" The screen solution is the more practical and secure, i use it everyday and with an autoconnect script is a live saver!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19646" RevisionGUID="083c2bf0-482b-45d2-a7c1-3a7e2e3472dd" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:19:07.463" UserId="2744" Text="As mentioned above, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/&quot;&gt;GNU Screen&lt;/a&gt; is the way to go. It will allow you to have a 'screen session' on the remote box that you can run multiple commands in, via multiple 'screen windows'. This will simply detach if your parent SSH connection dies, keeping all the subprocesses running within it alive and well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;'man screen' is your friend as usual, and the OS package should be called 'screen' if it is not installed by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basics are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Start a screen session (on your remote host):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; $ screen&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Disconnect from your screen session: CTRL-A, d&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Reconnect to your screen session after logging back in again:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; $ screen -d -r&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Open another screen 'window': CTRL-A, c&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Cycle through you open screen windows: CTRL-A, space&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is &lt;i&gt;lots&lt;/i&gt; of cool stuff you can do with Screen. I've been using it for over 10 years, and still am finding out new features. It's my favourite Unix utility.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35034" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10028" RevisionGUID="17bd18d0-5e93-42ba-b4e3-1e62d925d85a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:19:10.880" UserId="2482" Comment="Minor formatting change" Text="I am using [grub4dos][1] to dual boot XP and XP64.  Both systems are on NTFS filesystems.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setup was simple:  I copied the grub4dos folder onto my NTFS file system.  Renamed the windows boot loader &quot;ntldr&quot; out of the way and copied the grub4dos boot loader &quot;grldr&quot; to &quot;ntldr&quot;.  That way I am still using a microsoft standard MBR which makes my corporate required virus scanner happy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This method also keeps my partitions independent.  I can dump a partition off to an external drive and load a different operating system in it's place.  I keep Vista32, XP32, Vista64 and XP64 images on my external drive.  In about 1.5 hrs I can load any one of those images onto either of my two laptop partitions and be ready to go without fussing with boot configurations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**  One more tip.  When you do a windows install set the hidden bit on all partitions except the  one on which you are installing windows.  The window installer will replace the boot sequence on the bootable partition and you loose partition independence.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://gna.org/projects/grub4dos/" />
  <row Id="35035" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19647" RevisionGUID="89c8f310-a002-41b6-9d43-8803497822df" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:19:38.787" UserId="48" Text="Its the  MaxSubmitMessageSize property that you need to change, in Exchange 2007 this is read from 3 places, in this order:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Individual Mailbox&#xD;&#xA;- Transport Settings container&#xD;&#xA;- Organisation Settings container&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To change these use the following commands inside the Exchange Management Shell&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Transport Container&#xD;&#xA;-------------------&#xD;&#xA;This will set the value for all users, in this case to 50Mb&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    set-transportconfig -maxsendsize 50Mb&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Individual Mailbox&#xD;&#xA;------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     set-mailbox 'mailboxName' -maxsendsize 50Mb&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19648" RevisionGUID="e3b06e6f-f74c-4281-bcd6-46bafd31bafa" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:21:02.327" UserDisplayName="Mike Danko" Text="Learn how to deal with ticketing systems, spend insane amounts of time on conference calls, and manage your life very, very, very effectively. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Communications skills are as important as anything technical, if not more so. Conservatively speaking, 60% of my time is spent explaining and documenting and 40% doing work. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My first suggestion would be to join a FLOSS Operating system community, like the Fedora, OpenSolaris, or Ubuntu Community. Just hang around and read for a while, get to know some people and then work with who you like. You could even lend a hand to non-infrastructure related projects (that rely on infrastructure) like Docs, Packaging, etc. This will give you a good start on dealing with the sort of communication that you'd deal with, with the same ticketing systems, full blown fires, and issues you'd deal with. You might even find it leading to work somewhere where things are going on. " />
  <row Id="35037" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19648" RevisionGUID="e3b06e6f-f74c-4281-bcd6-46bafd31bafa" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:21:02.327" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35038" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19649" RevisionGUID="7b4d9f49-e2f0-43bf-927a-37dffa560807" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:21:50.627" UserId="7861" Text="Since you built a small virtual &quot;lab&quot; if you will on your machine I would recommend 2 things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  Start with the online virtual labs at MS for both IT Pros and System Developers here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.microsoft.com/events/vlabs/default.mspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.  Emulate what you learn at the MS virtual labs in your own test environment, creating a domain and adding servers to it that perform various roles.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would personally start with a Windows 2003 environment (if you are wanting to go the MS IT Pro route) and add a few Win2008 servers as well in the mix.  That will help you be &quot;current&quot; and still ensure that you can support most of what is still out there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, I'd recommend reading books if you are a reader.  Books I'd recommend for general knowledge are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - CCNA Official Exam Certification Library (CCNA Exam 640-802) (Exam Certification Guide) (Hardcover) http://www.amazon.com/Official-Certification-Library-640-802-Guide/dp/1587201836/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1244121237&amp;sr=1-2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*This is an excellent resource for beginners to understand TCP/IP, fundamental networking skills like subnetting, vlans, routing, etc.  Regardless of if you use Cisco equipment or not*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition (Paperback) http://www.amazon.com/802-11-Wireless-Networks-Definitive-Second/dp/0596100523/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1244121489&amp;sr=1-1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*This book is simply amazing...way in depth but a worthy read to fully understand wireless, which is very important nowadays*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Time Management for System Administrators (Paperback) http://www.amazon.com/Management-System-Administrators-Thomas-Limoncelli/dp/0596007833/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1244121569&amp;sr=1-1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*One of the best books I've ever read.  Excellent, excellent, excellent*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Practice of System and Network Administration, The (2nd Edition) (Paperback) http://www.amazon.com/Practice-System-Network-Administration-2nd/dp/0321492668/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1244121569&amp;sr=1-3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*I found this one to be more of a refresher for me, but I've had friends new to sysadmin stuff that found it a wealth of knowledge.  Great information and a ton of great ideas and concepts.  A worthy read*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-TheCleaner" />
  <row Id="35039" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19649" RevisionGUID="7b4d9f49-e2f0-43bf-927a-37dffa560807" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:21:50.627" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35040" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16400" RevisionGUID="650fb23c-8127-4852-8b10-571e06fc6d52" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:23:46.147" UserId="5473" Comment="added 320 characters in body; added 17 characters in body; added 4 characters in body" Text="**Update:** I'm looking for an automated &quot;95th percentile bandwidth limiter&quot;. I was originally hoping for  something part of the traffic shaping code in the kernel but I think it doesn't exist. I'm aware that I can manually limit at 3Mbps and be safe, but that would be wasting a lot of bandwidth that I could be using. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Original:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's assume I have a set of co-located servers and I pay for 3Mbps at 95th percentile. I would like to use as much of that as possible without incurring overage charges. Without any throttling, the servers would generate 10Mbps of traffic, leading to overage charges. What I'm asking is for something that would not throttle at all for 5% of the time becuase the 95th percentile billing rules will throw those out, while keeping me under the 3Mbps the rest of the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35041" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19650" RevisionGUID="332f91a3-d9f8-43d2-bc17-68a9c658ae2f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:26:27.720" UserId="45" Text="Unfortunately this is not an easy task in SQL Server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could use a scripting tool like Redgate's SQL Compare for your&#xD;&#xA;existing database objects (tables, stored procedures, views etc.) If you don't have a license, you could using a the free trial. After you've created the new database with the right collation and rebuilt the objects from your script, you could run SSIS to transfer data from one database to another. If you have lots of data, use T-SQL bulk insert.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For having the right collation for future databases on that server, you could change the default collation on the server. The following MSDN article explains what changes using the COLLATE clauses of ALTER DATABASE and ALTER TABLE:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[**Setting and Changing the Database Collation (SQL Server 2008 Books Online)**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; You can change the collation of any&#xD;&#xA;&gt; new objects that are created in a user&#xD;&#xA;&gt; database by using the COLLATE clause&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of the [ALTER DATABASE][2] statement. This&#xD;&#xA;&gt; statement does not change the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; collation of the columns in any&#xD;&#xA;&gt; existing user-defined tables. These&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can be changed by using the COLLATE&#xD;&#xA;&gt; clause of [ALTER TABLE][3].&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; When you change the database&#xD;&#xA;&gt; collation, you change the following:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; - The default collation for the database. This new default collation&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is applied to all columns,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; user-defined data types, variables,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and parameters subsequently created in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the database. It is also used when&#xD;&#xA;&gt; resolving the object identifiers&#xD;&#xA;&gt; specified in SQL statements against&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the objects defined in the database.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; - Any char, varchar, text, nchar, nvarchar, or ntext columns in system&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tables are changed to the new&#xD;&#xA;&gt; collation.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; - All existing char, varchar, text, nchar, nvarchar, or ntext parameters&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and scalar return values for stored&#xD;&#xA;&gt; procedures and user-defined functions&#xD;&#xA;&gt; are changed to the new collation.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; - The char, varchar, text, nchar, nvarchar, or ntext system data types,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and all user-defined data types based&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on these system data types, are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; changed to the new default collation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175835.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms174269.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190273.aspx" />
  <row Id="35042" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19651" RevisionGUID="51eb536d-2675-466d-be8d-e851639ed79b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:26:39.387" UserId="4392" Text="The first step is to want to, and you've definitely got that covered. Reaching out to the community is more than most people do, and will give you a lot more perspective and insight than those people who don't. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Systems administration might be more accurately thought of as the care and feeding of data. We're essentially data wranglers, and most of our time is spent moving it around or making sure it's available to the people who need it. To that end, I suggest that you become very comfortable with moving files around a network using things like rsync, curl, and scp, and making files available to various services like HTTP, FTP, samba, NFS and the like. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also suggest that you practice backing up your data and restoring it. Bacula and Amanda are good enterprise-ready free backup solutions, so take advantage of that. I believe that both (I know Amanda does) can deal with virtual tape libraries, where you have a disk image that acts like a tape, and software that acts like a tape changer. It's important to learn how to deal with that, because almost all large backup solutions use that concept. Having a viable backup solution is the art of saying &quot;what if...&quot; and having answers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Overall, you're doing great. The only thing that I can think of that you'd need to know that you aren't virtualizing is networking equipment, and you can fake that by using routing simulators or even picking up virtual machines. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck, and come back with more questions! " />
  <row Id="35043" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19651" RevisionGUID="51eb536d-2675-466d-be8d-e851639ed79b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:26:39.387" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35044" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19652" RevisionGUID="adb254f1-701b-4d28-9d97-6567f405dd5c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:27:00.323" UserId="8017" Text="A little time with reflector revealed that the upgrade code was calling sp_fulltext_database - searching for that gave me a number of posts about querys running for days and suggestions to reinstall windows. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After restarting the search service, the operation completed in 3 seconds." />
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  <row Id="35047" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19653" RevisionGUID="b6967e07-b1c0-4b45-a7f0-ab79a0e2b0d8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:27:08.140" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35048" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19654" RevisionGUID="32dabe94-7cc9-489f-abf4-bbe3e7473bee" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:28:40.197" UserId="8090" Text="The best tool for this is Internet Usage Policy with open statistics (but management will object to this, as, you know - they are also people). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Block all connections to the outside from user lan, no port exceptions!&#xD;&#xA;2. Get some proxy server, for example - Squid and add filter like Squidguard&#xD;&#xA;3. Now there are two ways: configure user to use proxy (takes some time) or enable transparent proxy (might be problems with SSL connections, but faster). &#xD;&#xA;4. Look for the user, who is happy and uninstall TOR (http://tor.kamagurka.org/index.html.en) from his PC, remove usb, floppy, cdrom, etc, so he cannot use portable version (or better - fire him with a lot of publicity in the company)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19655" RevisionGUID="aa0074d0-4112-43db-a8c6-e68cbb66d16b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:29:44.203" UserId="8089" Text="Hi, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is my setup: two CentOS 5.2 boxes on VMWare ESXi 4.0. The first box sees the internet on eth0 and local network on eth1. The second box runs PostgreSQL 8.3 and sees only local network on eth0. Both boxes use iptables.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have set up port 5432 forwarding on box1 and am able to connect to PostgreSQL on box2 via pgAdminIII from Vista notebook. The database I am connecting to has two schemas, one is 'smaller' (basically just one table), another one is bigger (some 30 tables, 100 functions, etc.) So I am able to work with the smaller schema (browse the table and so on) but I cannot even expand the bigger schema - pgAdminIII hangs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;During the attempt to expand the bigger schema, tcpdump on the box2 gives me this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    IP box1_ext_ip &gt; box2_ip: ICMP my_notebook_ip unreachable - need to frag (mtu 1500), length 556&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where box_ext_ip is eth0 IP address&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should say that I these are clones of the development boxes, and the original network structure was different - box2 was directly accessible without port forwarding and there was no problem accessing the databases whatsoever. I suspect that I am missing something about iptables setup and would appreciate your advise." />
  <row Id="35050" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19655" RevisionGUID="aa0074d0-4112-43db-a8c6-e68cbb66d16b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:29:44.203" UserId="8089" Text="Postgresql behind firewall: Can't retrieve schema" />
  <row Id="35051" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19655" RevisionGUID="aa0074d0-4112-43db-a8c6-e68cbb66d16b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:29:44.203" UserId="8089" Text="&lt;postgresql&gt;&lt;iptables&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="35052" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19656" RevisionGUID="a13f57c2-c40b-4fd7-ba8c-d7b0c51e8687" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:30:01.927" UserId="7200" Text="I've never used the product, but after looking at their site, I'd hazard a guess that you're not going to have the best time centrally deploying and managing that product. If you have a very small number of client computers you might &quot;break even&quot; on the amount of time you're going to spend tending to the product versus the cost of buying something that can be centrally deployed, upgraded, and managed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, you're going to pay for an antivirus product either in licensing fees or in your sweat and toil. (&lt;em&gt;smile&lt;/em&gt;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an aside: If your users are running as &quot;Administrator&quot;, you will get a &quot;return on investment&quot; from getting them to run as limited users. Many viruses, worms, etc, are severely hampered in their ability to &quot;get things done&quot; by a user who is running with a limited user account. You'll get some benefit just by doing that, even if you don't end up deploying anti-virus software." />
  <row Id="35053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19657" RevisionGUID="ffc56bfe-9521-49d3-9cde-a3a6e708e402" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:30:26.013" UserId="4733" Text="WIndows Key + E is the shortcut to open Explorer...sounds like its stuck.  When you press 'R' does the Run box appear?" />
  <row Id="35054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19658" RevisionGUID="d0e55356-72cb-4485-a1a1-489cb8d222b8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:30:40.803" UserId="7096" Text="I would actively shy away from VMware Server for anything but testing and quick lab work.  ESXi is a much more robust solution.  Performance is better, and you get the upward scalability for when your operation grows.  Also, the VI Client interface beats VMS2's web interface any day of the week.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As others have mentioned, there are some cool third-party tools which can give you additional functionality, such as Veeam's backup tools.  The API used by VMS 1.x was almost non-existent, so you never saw many third-party tools for this product line.  On the other hand, ESXi shares the same VI API that ESX has been using for a long time now, so you'll always have a greater momentum for third-party software in that space.  Note however that VMware limits the API for ESXi unless you pay for some vCenter licenses.  But buying vCenter gets you a ton of other features, so I'd definitely recommend checking that out regardless.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your budget is $0, my personal pick is definitely ESXi over VMware Server, MS Hyper-V Server (the non-Windows one), or VirtualBox.  I don't know much about Xen, so can't speak to its merits." />
  <row Id="35055" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19658" RevisionGUID="d0e55356-72cb-4485-a1a1-489cb8d222b8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:30:40.803" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35056" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19659" RevisionGUID="88787c23-455e-4c36-acbe-f23044e23e96" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:30:49.100" UserId="7453" Text="None, unless you happen to want a nice windows Gui on the host system. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I chose Server because coworkers don't have any experience with virtualization (and are not used to remote desktops), so when there's a problem they walk up to the server and check it out. But that's only for some servers who don't need ultimate performance (those are on self-compiled xen hosts).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With Server, they have the basic windows gui they're used to, and they can call the web app (why they don't do it on their workstation just beats me) and call a console to the Vm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As long as they can fulfil their jobs it's okay, I guess." />
  <row Id="35057" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19659" RevisionGUID="88787c23-455e-4c36-acbe-f23044e23e96" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:30:49.100" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19660" RevisionGUID="a48e65de-0887-430c-bf18-1bc62a8a2ce7" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:33:14.823" UserId="7801" Text="While screen will keep your shell session open on the remote server if your ssh session drops, it won't do anything about the problem of ssh connections being dropped.  As zero_r suggests, try tuning your ssh connection with keep alives and long timeouts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suggest you track down the cause of the lost packets causing the problems and fix that instead of working around it." />
  <row Id="35060" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19661" RevisionGUID="434f3ed5-eb66-4b68-85fc-f68d352b7bdb" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:33:24.060" UserId="45" Text="Some workarounds for this bug in Remote Desktop:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Close Remote Desktop Connection&#xD;&#xA;2. Open a new Remote Desktop Connection, setting &quot;Apply Windows Key Combinations&quot; to &quot;On the remote computer&quot;&#xD;&#xA;3. Press the `Ctrl Alt End` and lock the computer&#xD;&#xA;4. Login again and it should work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or simpler:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open the virtual keyboard, press the Windows key several times to release it." />
  <row Id="35061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19662" RevisionGUID="5ea09361-1f42-4dab-80a6-6d7ab8503ba3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:35:54.633" UserId="7200" Text="You're having an MTU issue, but I'm not sure why. I'm trying to get my head wrapped around your virtual topology here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, your Windows Vista notebook is connected to the &quot;local&quot; network, or the Internet network?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am assuming that your Windows Vista notebook is connected to the Internet and that you're accessing the external-side IP address of &quot;box 1&quot; to use the port-forwarding on port 5432 to get to &quot;box 2&quot;. If that's the case, what do you get back when you try to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ping -l 1472 -f &amp;lt;box 1 IP address&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35063" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19663" RevisionGUID="4667219b-b15d-43f3-bb58-228e765b3b22" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:37:37.703" UserId="7861" Text="&gt; How do you know when it's better to spend the money on Cisco equipment?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nobody ever got fired for buying Cisco...lol.  That phrase has been thrown around plenty.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my opinion, people go with Cisco because it is safe.  You will always find people that can support it, just like MS stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Funny thing about your OP though is that you state the &quot;higher price&quot; but Cisco sales guys, especially on a new PBX of theirs are more than happy to bring their pricing down to &quot;get in the door&quot; with you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I personally shun away from Cisco, but that's simply because I prefer a sort of &quot;best of breed&quot; approach and believe Juniper (networking) and Alcatel (phones) have better products." />
  <row Id="35064" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19664" RevisionGUID="2a8c98ee-781b-4983-b51d-b263b810145a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:37:50.387" UserId="4428" Text="Find someone (friend, co-worker) who needs something done or can at least act like a customer.  Because until you have someone else making demands of your time needing their problem(s) fixed or their project(s) implemented, you won't get the understanding of what a sysadmin may spend a good part of their day doing." />
  <row Id="35065" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19664" RevisionGUID="2a8c98ee-781b-4983-b51d-b263b810145a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:37:50.387" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19665" RevisionGUID="e69c3b78-35d2-49c6-9b1d-9d96cb6c9e5a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:40:23.677" UserId="1447" Text="Generally it is not recommended to do this to a live server.  The last time I looked, doing this was not officially supported by Microsoft.  To do this in practice, you have to create a new instance with the right collation and migrate the database to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Restore of a DB with to a server with a different default collation causes all sorts of fun as tempdb will have the collation of the new server, so this is also not recommended.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19666" RevisionGUID="3c2415d1-3ffb-476e-ac90-48752ef5fe08" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:40:36.140" UserId="4387" Text="The real Dickie xterm: http://invisible-island.net/xterm/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have to connect to a range of servers - Solaris old and new, SCO, Macs, Linux, BSD - and the real Dickie xterm gives me least problems and maximum compatibility." />
  <row Id="35068" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19666" RevisionGUID="3c2415d1-3ffb-476e-ac90-48752ef5fe08" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:40:36.140" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19667" RevisionGUID="2411ecfb-b381-46db-9b93-dfd4387c2233" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:40:41.413" UserId="4535" Text="I would check the output of &quot;dmesg&quot; to see if the kernel or the drivers are outputting any error messages. I've had very slow reads and writes with certain drivers (old NTFS drivers before NTFS-3G, for example) that were fixed by upgrading to a newer version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also check &quot;lspci -v&quot; to see if the kernel thinks your onboard USB controllers are 1.0 or 2.0 (ohci/uhci is USB1, ehci is USB2).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;lsusb&quot; can also list the detected USB devices and can assist in troubleshooting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this drive is NTFS, also look at the NTFS-3G driver. It's fast, reliable, and works beautifully with my 300G external USB drive." />
  <row Id="35070" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19668" RevisionGUID="a4d1b076-e8aa-47b9-95ec-0889255faaac" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:42:03.207" UserId="8017" Text="If you're dealing with a single server and not too much custom code, SQL backups should be adequate - for out of the box stuff you can install sharepoint and reattach a content database to get all your documents back. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Backing up of global configuration (such as search properties) and any custom features installed is a bit more complicated - simple SQL backup may be good enough, but it may fall over if things like server name are different on the new server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having spent the last few days trying to upgrade a 50GB content database, I'd definitely recommend you split the database into smaller pieces before you have to do it at short notice.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35071" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19669" RevisionGUID="618faee1-eb81-4cd0-8289-01aa67261fc6" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:42:59.010" UserId="7801" Text="We have something similar in house.  We use the Miranda IM client with the notifyanything and popup plugins. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Notifyanything allows the client to receive udp messages on a specified port.&#xD;&#xA;Popup does just that, displays the message in the window at the top of the users screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In our case, everything is on the internal network, so loss of UPD packets is not a concern.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is an example of the python script we run to send the udp messages from the servers to the users:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/usr/bin/python&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    import socket, sys&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    hosts = (&#xD;&#xA;      ('10.0.0.1',  15000),&#xD;&#xA;      ('10.0.0.2',  15000),&#xD;&#xA;      ('10.0.0.3',  15000),&#xD;&#xA;    )&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    def send(txt):&#xD;&#xA;      s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)&#xD;&#xA;      for h,p in hosts:&#xD;&#xA;        s.sendto(txt, 0, (h,p))&#xD;&#xA;      del s&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    if len(sys.argv) &gt; 1:&#xD;&#xA;      s = &quot;\n&quot;.join(sys.argv[-2:])&#xD;&#xA;      send(s)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19670" RevisionGUID="5257fcd3-c3d1-4380-9983-1333989ef22e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:45:19.193" UserId="6101" Text="Why are usb hubs only available up to 7 ports? Is there something technical that prevents that? I thought USB addressing allowed 127 USB devices to be connected, so that's not it." />
  <row Id="35073" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19670" RevisionGUID="5257fcd3-c3d1-4380-9983-1333989ef22e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:45:19.193" UserId="6101" Text="Why are usb hubs only available up to 7 ports?" />
  <row Id="35074" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19670" RevisionGUID="5257fcd3-c3d1-4380-9983-1333989ef22e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:45:19.193" UserId="6101" Text="&lt;usb&gt;" />
  <row Id="35075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19671" RevisionGUID="bcff02bd-f8ee-4e01-80eb-607e51ea61d0" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:45:50.563" UserId="8039" Text="I would just use a DNS server to block domains but then don't forget to set your firewall so that users can't use a DNS server outside the company (like opendns)" />
  <row Id="35076" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19672" RevisionGUID="48af0c10-645b-4666-9316-51c715dfb49e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:45:51.890" UserId="45" Text="Besides wasting space on the database, unnecessary indexes on SQL Server can slow down insert and update operations. Developers who lack experience in database principles sometimes tend to create table indexes which don't make sense for the running queries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a common procedure or tool for SQL Server 2005/2008 for analyzing the database workload and giving hints which indexes are either never used or not necessary on a certain operational database?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Thank you!*&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35077" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19672" RevisionGUID="48af0c10-645b-4666-9316-51c715dfb49e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:45:51.890" UserId="45" Text="Method for finding unnecessary indexes of an operational SQL Server database?" />
  <row Id="35078" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19672" RevisionGUID="48af0c10-645b-4666-9316-51c715dfb49e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:45:51.890" UserId="45" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;indexes&gt;&lt;optimization&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="35079" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19673" RevisionGUID="e7cef5cd-26cf-429d-b22f-9d581be29144" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:47:10.810" UserId="5221" Text="As others have pointed out, screen is generally the best solution for this and it adds a host of other useful features too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can setup your profile on the remote machine to automatically start and/or reconnect to screen on login, which saves you forgetting to start screen the one time you need it because you suffer a connection drop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See http://tlug.dnho.net/?q=node/239 (or search Google for many other examples dones slightly different ways)." />
  <row Id="35080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19674" RevisionGUID="0ea28c61-d020-4884-b265-bcf55c8b3838" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:47:14.273" UserId="8104" Text="Never host by yourself at home. I will select option 2 as the budget is only $80. " />
  <row Id="35081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19675" RevisionGUID="c4ecc2e3-0bd6-4473-992e-36eaff71ddc4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:48:33.930" UserId="45" Text="Why only seven ports?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look at this monster:&#xD;&#xA;[49-port USB hub is just plain practical][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/05/28/49-port-usb-hub-is-just-plain-practical/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/49ph_populated-with-dongles.jpg" />
  <row Id="35082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19676" RevisionGUID="99d27efd-6cdc-4e74-9cb9-31c5edcb7670" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:48:58.217" UserId="8104" Text="Does anybody has any recommendation of the above mention subject? Share with me your windows VPS if you have." />
  <row Id="35083" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19676" RevisionGUID="99d27efd-6cdc-4e74-9cb9-31c5edcb7670" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:48:58.217" UserId="8104" Text="Recommendation of budget Windows VPS" />
  <row Id="35084" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19676" RevisionGUID="99d27efd-6cdc-4e74-9cb9-31c5edcb7670" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:48:58.217" UserId="8104" Text="&lt;vps&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;budget&gt;" />
  <row Id="35086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19678" RevisionGUID="c0df6a13-9300-4981-bcbb-4d8f0789c618" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:51:47.590" UserId="7200" Text="I wanted to give a shout-out for doing the opposite. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm installing Windows 7 into VHD's on my test machines, but keeping my data (by changing the default location of the C:\Users... folder) out in the physical NTFS partition. Then I can boot different operating system instances and have a common shared area that's accessible to those different instances (though I'm not trying to share entire user profiles between instances of Windows... that would take some trickery unless I was using a domain user account).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My data is sitting comfortably on an NTFS partition on the raw block device where it's easy to get at, but there's a clear separation between the OS and the data." />
  <row Id="35087" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19679" RevisionGUID="6414843a-78b6-4ced-9cc8-d18f7f304116" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:52:25.123" UserId="4226" Text="Here is a 13 port usb hub.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[13 port USB hub][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817364017" />
  <row Id="35088" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19680" RevisionGUID="996a0d98-d4c5-453a-961e-c6c6180b94b2" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:52:28.523" UserId="3431" Text="Maybe because no one (as in 99.9999%)  has a use for more then 7 ports ?" />
  <row Id="35089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19681" RevisionGUID="ce3905d7-871d-4195-98e3-d19f1fda8940" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:53:35.650" UserId="7073" Text="I haven't connected to an XP machine this way, but it should work.  I googled it quickly and it seems this will work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use the terminal server manager that is part of the windows server admin pack (free download from microsoft)  Open this and then connect to the XP machine.  It will show you the session, who's logged in and any running processes.  I use this to see what's happening on servers, works well.  From what I saw on google to connect it to XP might need a couple of registy edits but should work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update, I just looked and while you can see the processes it doesn't appear to give you any information about CPU usage.  Sorry thought it did initially." />
  <row Id="35090" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19682" RevisionGUID="978fc933-df84-4f6e-a23b-f448a24f317e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:53:48.410" UserId="8085" Text="I would also suggest to fetch the server-status page with a script and parse the necessary values to get runtime information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add this to your apache configuration (already existing in most distribution)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /server-status&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        SetHandler server-status&#xD;&#xA;        Order deny,allow&#xD;&#xA;        Deny from all&#xD;&#xA;        Allow from .example.com&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This handler is provided by mod_status. You can see current requests, requests per second, etc." />
  <row Id="35091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19683" RevisionGUID="39da6aa2-8ca2-46dd-a409-191709ad59d6" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:54:00.393" UserId="8039" Text="I think the main issue is power.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not going to look up the technical numbers and figures, but if you put too many devices on a hub, The USB port won't be able to supply enough power to all the devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here is a USB hub with 16 ports][1] (8 on each side) and it uses an external power source.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gizmag.com/brando-super-16-port-usb-hub/9691/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit: the 13 port hub posted earlier also has an external power supply..." />
  <row Id="35092" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="13360" RevisionGUID="83854c6a-6e0d-4ba5-9430-ea8336b4e68d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:55:31.403" UserId="3356" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;puppet&gt;" />
  <row Id="35093" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19662" RevisionGUID="6dc0c7d7-15da-4762-8599-2096fbdd8757" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:55:44.757" UserId="7200" Comment="added 299 characters in body" Text="You're having an MTU issue, but I'm not sure why. I'm trying to get my head wrapped around your virtual topology here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, your Windows Vista notebook is connected to the &quot;local&quot; network, or the Internet network?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am assuming that your Windows Vista notebook is connected to the Internet and that you're accessing the external-side IP address of &quot;box 1&quot; to use the port-forwarding on port 5432 to get to &quot;box 2&quot;. If that's the case, what do you get back when you try to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ping -l 1472 -f &amp;lt;box 1 IP address&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Okay-- very good. If you would, run an &quot;ifconfig&quot; on both &quot;box 1&quot; and &quot;box 2&quot; and examine the MTU value on each Ethernet interface. They should all be 1500. (I'm just trying to get a handle on why &quot;box 1&quot; told &quot;box 2&quot; that it couldn't fragment a 556 byte datagram bound for your notebook...)" />
  <row Id="35094" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19684" RevisionGUID="8b4688ff-4e96-4132-bee7-f4135060d4b0" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:55:50.187" UserId="7210" Text="You could use the Infomation_Schema views to generate a script easily enough, but I'm not sure this is the best way to solve your problem.  Re-creating all indexes on a largish db could take an enormous amount of time/log space etc.  I'd go with migrate (not restore) to a new instance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dave J" />
  <row Id="35095" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19675" RevisionGUID="54b3149d-0c7a-4688-9afc-ca141f00cf33" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:57:29.683" UserId="45" Comment="added 31 characters in body; added 72 characters in body" Text="Why should the theoretical port number be limited to only seven ports? There are hubs with more ports on the market.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look at this monster example:&#xD;&#xA;[49-port USB hub is just plain practical][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/05/28/49-port-usb-hub-is-just-plain-practical/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/49ph_populated-with-dongles.jpg" />
  <row Id="35096" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19685" RevisionGUID="8b32baf6-6c5d-43e5-a9d5-ae98282982f4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:57:36.843" UserId="4535" Text="I do most of the documentation for my company, and the format that was established when I started working here was MS Word for editable originals, exported to PDF for read-only general releases. It works fairly well for projects where only one person is updating the document, and since that person is usually me, management hasn't seen a need to change.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've started documenting our bugs and upcoming tasks with [Trac][1], while using a &quot;Peer Review&quot; extension for code reviews. That has seen great acceptance from our team because it's simple to collaborate in and it's easy to navigate. A few other team members have expressed a desire to begin collaborating more with specifications, test procedures, and manuals, so we're looking into DocBook/XML exported into PDF for public documentation like manuals, and Trac WIKI pages for internal documents like specifications and test procedures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my mind, the biggest issues when choosing a documentation format are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Is it easy to create?&#xD;&#xA;2. Is it easy to maintain?&#xD;&#xA;3. Is it easy to maintain if someone else wrote it?&#xD;&#xA;4. Can it be exported/converted into other formats without much hassle?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1-3 make my life easier, and are important for producing documentation quickly without going insane. I think the fourth one is the most important on the customer end, because formats are continually going to change. Microsoft Word 2003 format isn't going to be around forever, and neither is our current implementation of PDF. I need to make sure that all of our customers can read our documents, no matter what their OS or document reader-of-choice is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://trac.edgewall.org/" />
  <row Id="35097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19686" RevisionGUID="62d9781b-2419-4549-8d7e-b299f18ec950" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:58:04.033" UserId="4442" Text="Consider something like [Amazon EC2][1] or RackSpace's [cloud offering][2]. They offer you near total control of you application environment and the ability to grow very quickly if you need it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mosso.com/?CMP=rackspacehome" />
  <row Id="35098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19687" RevisionGUID="15128796-a9f6-4f05-9d90-d80746295b85" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:58:46.343" UserId="7096" Text="If you want a really comprehensive solution, check out the [VI Power Documenter][1].  It may be overkill for you though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a PowerShell script which will grab most of the info you were looking for and export to a CSV which you can easily work with in Excel of course.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    param ( $Path )&#xD;&#xA;    Connect-VIServer -Server MyVIServer&#xD;&#xA;    $HDPrimarySize = @{&#xD;&#xA;    	Name = &quot;Primary HD Size (GB)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	Expression = { $_.HardDisks[0].CapacityKB / 1MB }&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    $AvgMemUsage = @{&#xD;&#xA;    	Name = &quot;Mem Usage (Daily Avg %)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	Expression = { ($_ | Get-Stat -Stat mem.usage.average -MaxSamples 1 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue ).Value }&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    $vm = Get-VM&#xD;&#xA;    $output = $vm | Select-Object Name, MemoryMB, NumCpu, $HDPrimarySize, $AvgMemUsage &#xD;&#xA;    $output | Export-Csv -NoTypeInformation -Path $Path&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-7473" />
  <row Id="35100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19689" RevisionGUID="bb34130d-7664-4c3a-9d25-48f965c61d91" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:59:27.510" UserId="8085" Text="If you're running RedHat or some clone like CentOS you can edit `/etc/security/limits.conf` to limit resources per user or per group. On other distributions, this config file could be located elsewhere." />
  <row Id="35101" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18994" RevisionGUID="657c6836-2ddd-4ccd-a528-5cbc8ac5ba86" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:59:38.197" UserId="7809" Comment="Change site to wordpress in split_path_info directive." Text="What best practices do you use while using NGinx?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try Files In Subdirectory.&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    location /wordpress {&#xD;&#xA;        try_files $uri $uri/ @wordpress;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    location @wordpress {&#xD;&#xA;       fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;&#xD;&#xA;       fastcgi_split_path_info ^(/wordpress)(/.*)$;&#xD;&#xA;       fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /var/www/wordpress/index.php;&#xD;&#xA;       fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;[More Information on try_files.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Normally PATH_INFO would include the &quot;/wordpress&quot;, so we use the &quot;split\_path\_info&quot; command to grab the part of the URI after &quot;/wordpress&quot;. This allows us to wordpress with and without the index.php file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxHttpMainModule#try_files" />
  <row Id="35102" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19690" RevisionGUID="e5a2f595-331b-4359-94ff-d66feddd53fa" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:59:42.987" UserId="7200" Text="I'm seeing a cute little T-SQL script here (&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2008/02/11/sql-server-2005-find-unused-indexes-of-current-database/&quot;&gt;http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2008/02/11/sql-server-2005-find-unused-indexes-of-current-database/&lt;/a&gt;) to show unused indexes that should run on SQL Server 2005. Another one &lt;a href=&quot;http://aspadvice.com/blogs/ssmith/archive/2008/03/31/Find-Unused-SQL-2005-Indexes-for-Current-DB.aspx&quot;&gt;http://aspadvice.com/blogs/ssmith/archive/2008/03/31/Find-Unused-SQL-2005-Indexes-for-Current-DB.aspx&lt;/a&gt; here, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It looks like dm_db_index_usage_stats is the key to all of this. Pretty neat! (See &lt;a href=&quot;http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188755.aspx&quot;&gt;http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188755.aspx&lt;/a&gt;  I'm gonna have to go look at some production databases I created now to see what these stats look like.  (*smile*)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Some very nice addt'l background here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.msdn.com/craigfr/archive/2008/10/30/what-is-the-difference-between-sys-dm-db-index-usage-stats-and-sys-dm-db-index-operational-stats.aspx&quot;&gt;http://blogs.msdn.com/craigfr/archive/2008/10/30/what-is-the-difference-between-sys-dm-db-index-usage-stats-and-sys-dm-db-index-operational-stats.aspx&lt;/a&gt;" />
  <row Id="35103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19691" RevisionGUID="fc120713-de71-4d0a-b4d9-ca16cb42ca2f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T13:59:57.760" UserId="7783" Text="I suspect that power is a concern, as suggested, but also that the market for hubs over a certain size isn't big enough to make it worth pushing them as a common item." />
  <row Id="35104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19692" RevisionGUID="b69dff34-f852-46f2-9007-8bfc3c9b5cfe" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:03:37.003" UserId="48" Text="See [this question][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/12655/cheap-vps" />
  <row Id="35105" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19693" RevisionGUID="e0fe9e3f-a909-4e5c-a686-739b50d81f1e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:05:25.517" UserId="8116" Text="I see from &quot;The Joel Test for sysadmin jobs&quot; question on ServerFault that no one said the company better be using ITIL or they wouldn't work there.  In fact, no one mentioned ITIL at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is ITIL a fad?  Is it too cumbersome to be practical?  Do you have to be a certain size for ITIL to work well?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ITIL definitions of &quot;incident&quot; vs &quot;problem&quot; are interesting, but in a fast-paced help desk environment, have organizations really found it useful to distinguish between the two? " />
  <row Id="35106" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19693" RevisionGUID="e0fe9e3f-a909-4e5c-a686-739b50d81f1e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:05:25.517" UserId="8116" Text="Is ITIL worth implementing?" />
  <row Id="35107" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19693" RevisionGUID="e0fe9e3f-a909-4e5c-a686-739b50d81f1e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:05:25.517" UserId="8116" Text="&lt;itil&gt;" />
  <row Id="35108" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19694" RevisionGUID="40e0eb14-5d7f-45b4-a40f-f80eb43ec83e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:05:48.853" UserId="993" Text="[Get-VMStat][1] is the easy way to do this with PowerShell. I have a [blog post][2] outlining how to use the script if you're new to PowerShell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.peetersonline.nl/index.php/vmware/vmware-stats-oneliner/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://virtualandy.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/get-vmstat-and-resource-allocation/" />
  <row Id="35109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19695" RevisionGUID="8ed3304b-c986-41fb-bced-385fcc7403d0" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:06:43.783" UserId="8002" Text="This question mistakenly labels cmd.exe as a terminal. Cmd.exe is a text-mode shell and so is powershell.exe. The &quot;terminal&quot; is the console window which is automagically created by csrss.exe (aka client-server runtime subsystem (aka windows subsystem)). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(More here: http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2007/12/31/6909007.aspx)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The gist of all that is that there isn't really a viable terminal option for Windows other than the default magic. There is Console2 which actually works by doing voodoo with a hidden csrss console window and doesn't work on x64 windows. It is possible to do xterm with Cygwin but again doesn't work on x64. One can use xterm using the aforementioned SUA + an x-server but then only text-mode applications will work attempting to start a Windows GUI app from a pty yields an error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To answer the original question, I'm basically a curmudgeon so I tend to use the most basic built-in option for a given system:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows: console windows &#xD;&#xA; - OS X: terminal.app&#xD;&#xA; - UNIX-alike with X: xterm&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35110" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19695" RevisionGUID="8ed3304b-c986-41fb-bced-385fcc7403d0" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:06:43.783" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19696" RevisionGUID="929eff3a-b23a-47fa-9d59-db33dd4be60b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:07:59.553" UserId="7210" Text="try select * from Sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats.  You can see which have never been touched.  Make sure they have been around long enough though, running this the day after a new index has been created may not be enough time....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also be aware indexes may not be used today but as data size increases they are considered a better bet by the optimizer.  Typically with small (new) tables the optimizer will *always* scan but will start to seek when the number of rows has risen above the tipping point&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dave J&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Evan beat me to it, but he is spot on.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35112" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19697" RevisionGUID="2adace76-44a3-43d2-b876-e8bffc97d683" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:08:20.660" UserId="1185" Text="Check this out, from SQL Mag - Creating a Job Scheduling Advisor. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.sqlmag.com/Article/ArticleID/100664/sql_server_100664.html" />
  <row Id="35113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19698" RevisionGUID="5b056e8b-392f-4766-969a-04daf27e6ce5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:08:49.083" UserId="8039" Text="I know the issue has been resolved, but I suggest you have a look at [this article about FC vs iSCSI][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.anandtech.com/IT/showdoc.aspx?i=3147&amp;p=5" />
  <row Id="35114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19699" RevisionGUID="f89f96f5-c2b8-4254-90de-a449640ddc55" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:10:16.397" UserId="4442" Text="Does anyone here have any experience with [OpenFiler][1] in a large production environment they would like to share? We have about 3 TB of document images and databases and expect to grow rapidly in the near future (perhaps 10 or more TB). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4478/how-does-the-lefthand-san-perform-in-a-production-environment" />
  <row Id="35115" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19699" RevisionGUID="f89f96f5-c2b8-4254-90de-a449640ddc55" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:10:16.397" UserId="4442" Text="OpenFiler in large production environment" />
  <row Id="35116" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19699" RevisionGUID="f89f96f5-c2b8-4254-90de-a449640ddc55" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:10:16.397" UserId="4442" Text="&lt;san&gt;&lt;openfiler&gt;" />
  <row Id="35117" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19662" RevisionGUID="7eccf3ba-9143-4545-8c7e-c17d44112721" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:10:22.870" UserId="7200" Comment="added 302 characters in body" Text="You're having an MTU issue, but I'm not sure why. I'm trying to get my head wrapped around your virtual topology here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, your Windows Vista notebook is connected to the &quot;local&quot; network, or the Internet network?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am assuming that your Windows Vista notebook is connected to the Internet and that you're accessing the external-side IP address of &quot;box 1&quot; to use the port-forwarding on port 5432 to get to &quot;box 2&quot;. If that's the case, what do you get back when you try to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ping -l 1472 -f &amp;lt;box 1 IP address&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Okay-- very good. If you would, run an &quot;ifconfig&quot; on both &quot;box 1&quot; and &quot;box 2&quot; and examine the MTU value on each Ethernet interface. They should all be 1500. (I'm just trying to get a handle on why &quot;box 1&quot; told &quot;box 2&quot; that it couldn't fragment a 556 byte datagram bound for your notebook...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Zow. Okay-- that's wild. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's not too much to ask, could you post the contents (or links thereto) of your iptables configs into the question? (I'm starting to get stumped here. What you're describing is something that I've done frequently, but I'm not sure how it's breaking down.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19700" RevisionGUID="8f06dcf2-6319-4616-bcb6-0d04d24b00cc" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:12:33.443" UserId="8113" Text="SysInternals has a tool called MoveFile that will do move or delete the file upon reboot of the machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[MoveFile link][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897556.aspx" />
  <row Id="35119" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19701" RevisionGUID="7f729587-c9b2-4179-8bd6-897e2da2b138" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:12:48.840" UserId="8100" Text="The answer depends on where you are and how sophisticated your infrastructure can be.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The offical US NIST time servers are available [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are authoritative, and are the best NTP sources of time you will find in the US.  To use them, configure a single ntp server on your network to synchronize to at least three, but no more than five, geographically diverse servers from the list.  (Note that the servers change from time to time: check every few months and update accordingly).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, configure every host on your network to synchronize to your server, which itself is synchronizing to the NIST cloud.  Do not configure multiple hosts to synchronize directly to these servers, and do not query them relentlessly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are unable or unwilling to run a local personal NTP server, then consider instead using the NTP Pool Project pool.ntp.org servers instead.  Configure your hosts to synchronize with these directly, choosing the pool that is closest to you geographically.  The only difference between this method and the previous one is that these servers are stratum 2, and themselves synchronize with stratum 1 servers like NIST.  You will very likely not notice any difference. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The purpose of using the pool if you are not running a local ntp server is to minimize the load on the stratum 1 servers.  If you require a very high degree of accuracy (beyond what most desktop or simple server users need), then you should run a local ntp server.  Without one, most of the benefits of using stratum 1 time sources are lost, so you had might as well use the ntp pool instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/servers.cgi" />
  <row Id="35120" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19702" RevisionGUID="3a3d5307-913f-40e9-8895-dbcbff3c51b8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:13:03.443" UserId="4226" Text="Absolutely.  ITIL is not a set in stone 10 commandments that have to be followed to the letter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's simply a foundation or a framework to operate out of.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The real problem comes in the interpretation.  If you take ITIL to a level that circumvention becomes easier than implementation, it will never work.  But when properly implemented, IT Service level goes up, and Sysadmin stress goes WAAAAY down!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35122" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19703" RevisionGUID="e7991601-01bf-45a8-8f83-9e2d95c9cb6b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:15:19.553" UserId="5049" Text="ITIL isn't a on/off decision, you gradually roll out the things that are relevant for your environment and tackle the areas which cause the most friction/pain in your organization.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example: If your helpdesk is being overwhelmed with requests it helps to start categorizing them, analyzing the sources and decide on actions to alleviate the situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's really just a set of best common practices and rules which have proven themselves to work in organizations." />
  <row Id="35123" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19704" RevisionGUID="068b18f7-cf86-4e92-98ed-39454cd06d71" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:15:28.117" UserId="7783" Text="Anyone who implements ITIL dogmatically is a fool (and they told me that on an &quot;official&quot; ITIL course).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can/are supposed to adapt and adopt parts of it to your needs. It's obviously nuts for a one IT person shop to try and implement ITIL, when most of the conversations between the various &quot;areas&quot; of change management, release management, etc are actually going to take place inside one person's brain but having said that, at the other end of the scale, if you just got offered a fortune to be internal helpdesk manager for Microsoft or HP or Apple or whoever, with users and helpdesk callcentres all over the place, how could you possibly do the job at all without ITIL or something similar as a guideline?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I really should add at this point that we've implemented incident vs. problem management for our helpdesk and it *has* been very helpful." />
  <row Id="35124" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19705" RevisionGUID="cb4467a7-0520-4b51-ac5f-306e17c12c89" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:16:15.917" UserId="8112" Text="Our current SharePoint WFE VM is on its last leg, we can't RDP into it or connect to it in any way. We're looking at moving our intranet which lives on this WFEs onto a new SharePoint farm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to prove out whether or not this will work, here are the steps I've followed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Create a new SharePoint farm (new SharePoint WFE VM connecting to a new SQL Server)&#xD;&#xA; - Restore a backup of our content database onto the new SQL Server&#xD;&#xA; - Create a web application on the new SharePoint farm&#xD;&#xA; - Create a new site collection (Collaboration Portal) on the new SharePoint farm&#xD;&#xA; - In Central Administration, select the web application, go to Content Databases, and set the web application's content database status to offline&#xD;&#xA; - Use stsadm to associate the database we copied over to the web &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  stsadm -o addcontentdb -url&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [http://server:port] -databasename&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [database name] -databaseserver&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [database server]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The operation succeeds, however when I bring up my site I get the following error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0 Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:14:43 GMT Connection: close &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't expect this to work 100% right out of the gate, but I'm just looking for some indication that my content database is truly attached to the new web application. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would appreciate any feedback or hearing about peoples' experience in moving sites around farms. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35125" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19705" RevisionGUID="cb4467a7-0520-4b51-ac5f-306e17c12c89" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:16:15.917" UserId="8112" Text="Moving a SharePoint site to a new server/farm" />
  <row Id="35126" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19705" RevisionGUID="cb4467a7-0520-4b51-ac5f-306e17c12c89" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:16:15.917" UserId="8112" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;" />
  <row Id="35127" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19706" RevisionGUID="d383b9a4-5e92-405d-b1c5-8d17f868cfd0" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:17:38.910" UserId="8021" Text="This is more of an organizational culture question as opposed to a technical question. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Technically, there's no good reason to restrict their access unless you have specific &quot;problem children&quot; that have bad habits that need to be regulated. (Disclaimer: I have been the problem child in the past.) My website has posts about things as diverse as raising a puppy to doghood and gardening, which ends up triggering draconian &quot;work-related-only&quot; content filters. Even if you're on a limited bandwidth internet connection, it's pretty easy to track down excessive users at the network layer and manage your users that way. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Culturally, there's lots of reasons that this could be desirable to management, but that's a management question/answer. " />
  <row Id="35129" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19696" RevisionGUID="4977aa4a-a231-4fb1-adfe-760b8a68d633" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:19:04.630" UserId="7210" Comment="correction; added 2 characters in body" Text="try left joining onto select * from Sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats.  You can see which have never been touched.  Make sure they have been around long enough though, running this the day after a new index has been created may not be enough time....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also be aware indexes may not be used today but as data size increases they are considered a better bet by the optimizer.  Typically with small (new) tables the optimizer will *always* scan but will start to seek when the number of rows has risen above the tipping point&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dave J&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Evan beat me to it, but he is spot on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit 2:  corrected advice, forgot the anti-join bit!" />
  <row Id="35130" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19707" RevisionGUID="2e9d94ef-a86d-4f1a-8674-0124fa15ebd5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:20:00.870" UserId="431" Text="We've got a wiki article at SQLServerPedia with a script to do this, plus a tutorial video on how to use it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://sqlserverpedia.com/wiki/Find_Missing_Indexes" />
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  <row Id="35132" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4648" RevisionGUID="2bf9c1fa-281c-4061-98d8-7e15816da287" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:24:45.540" UserId="1531" Comment="Clarified Requirements" Text="I'm looking for an Enterprise Email management system.  Something were we can have multiple people answering emails from multiple email boxes and have the emails automatically presented to them as they come in.  We are currently using Nortel's Contact Center Six, but due to numerous issues are looking for an alternative.  Please enter one option per answer along with any pros/cons you have found.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Edit:***&#xD;&#xA;Key features necessary are the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Multiple email addresses each routed to their own &quot;Queue&quot; or &quot;Department&quot;.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Ability to assign queues to an agent along with a priority for each queue.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Automatic assignment/presentation of email to an agent based on availability." />
  <row Id="35133" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4648" RevisionGUID="2bf9c1fa-281c-4061-98d8-7e15816da287" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:24:45.540" UserId="1531" Comment="Clarified Requirements" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;nortel&gt;&lt;enterprise-email&gt;" />
  <row Id="35134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19709" RevisionGUID="835d082b-3c3f-4fe5-9d64-c3e0fc0bc940" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:27:43.867" UserId="8113" Text="We have school districts using R2 printing deployment for labs.  To combat this left out function from R2 we use [Kixtart][1] to help.  This will help is you deploy printers for users in specific labs.   This will also provide the delay needed to wait for windows to add the printer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Labs have a naming convention.  HS101-01, HS101-02, HS102-01, HS102-02, etc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using a kixtart startup script from a Group Policy Object we have kix32.exe execute this script below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ;Capture room number&#xD;&#xA;    $pos = INSTR(@WkSta, &quot;-&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    IF $pos &gt; 0&#xD;&#xA;    	$Room = LEFT(@WkSta, ($pos - 1));&#xD;&#xA;    	; ? $Room&#xD;&#xA;    ELSE&#xD;&#xA;    	$Room = @WkSta;&#xD;&#xA;    ENDIF&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    SLEEP 45   ; Give the computer time to log in and add the printer&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ;;;;;;;;;;;;; BEGIN PRINTER DEFAULTS LIST ;;;;;;;;;;;;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    SELECT&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;    	Case $Room = &quot;HS71&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		SetDefaultPrinter(&quot;\\nebsdfs\HS71 - HP LaserJet 4100 Series PCL&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	Case $Room = &quot;HS086&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		SetDefaultPrinter(&quot;\\nebsdfs\HS086 - HP LaserJet 4000&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	Case $Room = &quot;ES102&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		SetDefaultPrinter(&quot;\\nebsdfs\ES102 - HP LaserJet 4000&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ENDSELECT&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ;;;;;;;;;;;;;; END PRINTER DEFAULTS LIST ;;;;;;;;;;;;;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope this will help.  Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kixtart.org/" />
  <row Id="35135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19710" RevisionGUID="d6514e62-b2cd-4a59-9003-dcc90c352fbe" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:29:04.067" UserId="8002" Text="You can use taskkill.exe to kill a process on a remote Windows system. I don't think tasklist.exe is going to give you the output you want so you will need to use sysinternals pslist.exe as another commenter suggested. You can also use pskill.exe instead of taskkill.exe." />
  <row Id="35136" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19711" RevisionGUID="ffcd4cb9-cf6a-4051-ab98-21d4bc639098" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:30:24.937" UserId="8021" Text="This probably isn't a big help, but this has been discussed extensively of late over at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://oss.clusterlabs.org/pipermail/pacemaker&quot;&gt;Pacemaker&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://lists.linux-ha.org/pipermail/linux-ha/&quot;&gt;Linux-HA&lt;/a&gt; mailing lists. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not very good with heartbeat, but with pacemaker I would set up a constraint that caused the cluster resource manager to flush disks with a write lock to the disk (or down mysql temporarily) before trying to switch over, and then releasing the lock once the switch had been completed. " />
  <row Id="35137" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="19634" RevisionGUID="0d7bc3d4-c289-4925-82e8-ffab7be89d21" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:31:26.230" UserId="2273" Comment="Added screen tag for answer relevance" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;screen&gt;" />
  <row Id="35138" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19712" RevisionGUID="fd206011-6215-481f-97b0-9cce42ba98c2" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:38:18.540" Text="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to build a disk image as an output from my build system (currently SCons). Creating disk images from a directory structure is very easy to do, for example with genext2fs (&lt;a href=&quot;http://genext2fs.sourceforge.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://genext2fs.sourceforge.net/&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But what I would like to do is to create an image that contains several partitions from multiple directories. I am currently having to do this by gluing together dd, losetup, kpartx, mount and copying files over. This requires root access.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any convenient way to do this as a non-root user? Any application out there, suitable for inclusion into a build system that can perform this task efficiently?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35139" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19712" RevisionGUID="fd206011-6215-481f-97b0-9cce42ba98c2" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:38:18.540" Text="Creating disk images with partitions as a non-root user" />
  <row Id="35140" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19712" RevisionGUID="fd206011-6215-481f-97b0-9cce42ba98c2" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:38:18.540" Text="&lt;rootfs&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="35141" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19713" RevisionGUID="e9754286-d414-4908-9596-d91a5ba77c27" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:41:54.413" Text="&lt;p&gt;you can try with mkisofs...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;mkisofs -l -iso-level 4 -o file.iso folder&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19714" RevisionGUID="90241675-a0b5-4579-b10a-516243a87796" CreationDate="2009-06-04T08:49:17.940" Text="&lt;p&gt;mkisofs only makes a single iso9660 partition. I need to have one image with several partitions that can be written directly to a CF-card or harddrive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35143" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19715" RevisionGUID="a0faf4af-6399-4d78-ab3e-c594e2fb15f8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:05:18.407" Text="&lt;p&gt;You can create partition's separately and then concatenate them together via cat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35144" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19716" RevisionGUID="cece864a-86ec-450e-8be1-396831e39f99" CreationDate="2009-06-04T12:39:29.363" UserId="5473" Text="&lt;p&gt;I haven't tried this, but have you tried fakeroot? It's commonly used on Debian-based distributions to bootstrap the initial set of files needed for an install (or in the case of a 64-bit system, a chroot with 32-bit files). You didn't say what OS you're using, fakeroot might not work for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've seen this problem solved another way, use a virtual machine in the build system. In the VM you can be root without messing up the OS on your actual build machine, you can snapshot it so everytime it powers on it's at the same clean state. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35145" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19717" RevisionGUID="b2604ac1-1019-46ae-bda1-2dd43770d129" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:26:40.127" Text="&lt;p&gt;Has anyone configured IIS 6.0 loadbalancing on win 2003 servers with ASP.NET app using InProc Sessions. How can this be achieved?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35146" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19717" RevisionGUID="b2604ac1-1019-46ae-bda1-2dd43770d129" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:26:40.127" Text="Load balanced IIS Servers with ASP.NET InProc Session" />
  <row Id="35147" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19717" RevisionGUID="b2604ac1-1019-46ae-bda1-2dd43770d129" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:26:40.127" Text="&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;loadbalancing&gt;&lt;windows2003&gt;&lt;asp.net&gt;&lt;deployment&gt;" />
  <row Id="35148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19718" RevisionGUID="a1a799a1-81f1-4f41-848c-ce705993fff3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:34:58.083" Text="&lt;p&gt;I can't say that I have ever load balanced an IIS 6 server with InProc sessions without using a load balancing device. If you can't use some kind of distributed cache, such as SQL Server or a more performant custom cache, you will probably need to set up some kind of &quot;sticky session&quot; routing in a load balancing device. This allows you to farm out your web sites, but for each user, for the duration of their session, they are repeatedly routed to the same particular server in the farm. This allows you to use InProc sessions, but at the relatively minor cost of not having perfectly ideal load balancing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: You might get better answers for this kind of question over on StackOverflow's sister site: www.ServerFault.com.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35149" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19719" RevisionGUID="e77fe6a9-d8e7-4214-b99d-6901f62586ca" CreationDate="2009-06-04T09:39:54.140" UserId="43" Text="&lt;p&gt;It could be achieved depending on how you are balancing. A lot of balancers will allow you to nominate a cookie as their method for deciding where to direct stick sessions, but it's very dependant on the hardware/software balancer you're using. That's the only way it's going to work for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19720" RevisionGUID="8fec4a84-e402-4b1d-a0a2-8a0971d87910" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:32:42.123" UserId="3511" Text="I will say your best solution is a proxy server" />
  <row Id="35151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19721" RevisionGUID="f5caca75-fdfd-48b2-98bb-b10fe7a9abf3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:34:48.813" UserId="1466" Text="Some machines have slow and fast USB sockets.  On mine, for instance, there are 2 USB sockets on the keyboard that are very slow (but much more convenient), but the ones on the back of the machine itself are much faster.  If I have any sizeable files to transfer, I use the ones on the machine." />
  <row Id="35152" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19722" RevisionGUID="3bc932ac-9ce3-43e0-85fa-7dc7053bd00f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:36:05.033" UserId="7751" Text="Hi&#xD;&#xA;I have a server that using Windows server 2003 , and Microsoft DNS Server.&#xD;&#xA;I have a problem on my DNS setting &#xD;&#xA;ERROR: No reverse DNS (PTR) entries. The problem MX records are: &#xD;&#xA;225.208.20.***.in-addr.arpa -&gt; no reverse (PTR) detected&#xD;&#xA;You should contact your ISP and ask him to add a PTR record for your ips&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Reverse Lookup zones I add a new Zone an on this zone ptr records for DOMAINNAME , MAIL.DOMAINNAME.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But this doesn’t fix my problem and still on intoDNS.com I find that error message , therefor some of my emails can’t reach to mail servers &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How Can I set PTR records for my Mail Server?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35153" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19722" RevisionGUID="3bc932ac-9ce3-43e0-85fa-7dc7053bd00f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:36:05.033" UserId="7751" Text="DNS Server Configuration problem , PTR records" />
  <row Id="35154" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19722" RevisionGUID="3bc932ac-9ce3-43e0-85fa-7dc7053bd00f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:36:05.033" UserId="7751" Text="&lt;reverse-dns&gt;&lt;windows2003&gt;&lt;emailserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="35155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19723" RevisionGUID="361426a7-3a2b-4933-a793-b34d664bd126" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:39:18.913" UserId="3511" Text="download WIRESHARK (network monitoring tool, used to be called ethereal) and THE DUDE (network mapping and more).&#xD;&#xA;they are both free." />
  <row Id="35156" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19723" RevisionGUID="361426a7-3a2b-4933-a793-b34d664bd126" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:39:18.913" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35157" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19724" RevisionGUID="3f0a4bef-29d2-4e8b-bacb-3cb77c8cf451" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:40:20.143" UserId="7200" Text="Reverse lookup records translate IP addresses back into names. A lot of mail servers like to do this as part of anti-spam measures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to request that the party authoritative for the reverse zone your email server lives in create the PTR records. That's probably your ISP. There's nothing you can do in the DNS server in your office-- the rest of the world doesn't look to that server for DNS. When the 3rd party mail servers initiate a reverse lookup request, that traffic isn't coming to your office-- it's going to ISP DNS servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd start by contacting support at your ISP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I'm assuming, in all of the above, that you're not the authoritative party for your reverse DNS zones, but probably just somebody hosting a mail server on the end of a point-to-point Internet connection from some random ISP.)" />
  <row Id="35158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19725" RevisionGUID="4207c36c-a4e0-4ec2-8df1-f7b830e26ae4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:42:52.570" UserId="8021" Text="Ok, so you have a machine on the network that does *not* have it's traffic routed through a gateway to the internet, but it is on a network with other machines that DO have their traffic routed through a gateway to the internet. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.) Why is the box isolated? Is it a security risk or is it paranoia? Firewall rules should be sufficient to keep the box isolated from the network while still allowing outbound connections and respondents to those connections. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.) The easier way may be to use a VPN software as opposed to a proxy. YAST uses a variety of protocols and subtools (i.e. curl) to fetch patches, most of which ignore other systemwide settings. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3.) Instead of a proxy, you may consider using a VPN solution or setting up a local mirror using Novell's patch mirroring application (&lt;a href=&quot;http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=5YxjWD8_ZZk&quot;&gt;called 'SMT'&lt;/a&gt;) and your mirror credentials (both available from the Novell customer center.) " />
  <row Id="35159" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19723" RevisionGUID="6a417ccb-f6bc-48c9-b2ad-59e8842136c6" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:47:03.687" UserId="3511" Comment="added 126 characters in body" Text="download WIRESHARK (network monitoring tool, used to be called ethereal) with this you will see all network traffic and protocols live and also THE DUDE (network mapping) will give you a graphical interface of your network with statistics.&#xD;&#xA;they are both free." />
  <row Id="35160" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19726" RevisionGUID="052450b7-79ba-434f-b424-05cfb8cba5c6" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:47:42.437" UserId="584" Text="I doubt there's any difference - I've yet to personally experience a dedicated server provider that didn't provide root access (either by default, or on request). I suspect they're just using slightly different terminology." />
  <row Id="35161" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9453" RevisionGUID="a62e07a4-6fd2-44df-afbd-086dc5e0c1b2" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:48:28.910" UserId="613" Comment="added 55 characters in body" Text="[Puppet][1] is a more recently-written tool, written in Ruby, that is gaining ground against cfengine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/" />
  <row Id="35162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19727" RevisionGUID="5b09131a-aa12-4f73-8d18-7c299c514f7e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:48:34.433" UserId="7073" Text="You should google for Contact Center Software.  Thats really what you are looking for.&#xD;&#xA;CIC &amp; Avaya are two names that come to mind.  I don't know of any free/cheap ones though" />
  <row Id="35163" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19728" RevisionGUID="09f9d654-83f5-4c4c-862c-9a8c7bdcaa25" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:49:51.293" UserId="1376" Text="You don't mention whether this is a single server SharePoint installation or whether the SQL Server lives on another machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason why this is important is because you can save a lot of time by simply building up a new server, installing SharePoint to the same patch level as your original server, and connecting the new one to your existing server farm. Then run SharePoint Configuration Wizard on the old server to disconnect it from the existing SharePoint config, and finally amend your DNS entries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are able to do this it will save a lot of pain!" />
  <row Id="35164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19729" RevisionGUID="a31953d7-d36c-4e48-bfe2-5f2a916ebe1b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:50:59.480" UserId="5110" Text="In our current environment we have a single (ADSL) fixed IP address connecting our network to the internet.  We use this for accessing our exchange webmail, hosted on Windows SBS 2003.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to open our sharepoint instance to staff who work offsite.  This obviously uses the same port as Exchange and our other public facing web applications.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Can I configure things so the sharepoint site is available via the public interface and how!)?&#xD;&#xA; - Is this a sensible way to do things?&#xD;&#xA; - Is this a possible DNS fix?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't want to set the request on a non-standard port, but if this is the best way to do things, I will do it.  It is also a temporary fix until we get our second connection up and running properly (with 6 fixed IP addresses)." />
  <row Id="35165" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19729" RevisionGUID="a31953d7-d36c-4e48-bfe2-5f2a916ebe1b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:50:59.480" UserId="5110" Text="Public facing Sharepoint Instance with single public IP address?" />
  <row Id="35166" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19729" RevisionGUID="a31953d7-d36c-4e48-bfe2-5f2a916ebe1b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:50:59.480" UserId="5110" Text="&lt;web&gt;&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;routing&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="35167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19730" RevisionGUID="46462c84-defe-4b56-b185-165aafa5c1de" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:51:26.157" UserId="7486" Text="Are you sure that blocking social networking sites solves the problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem you state is that the situation is getting worse and worse...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you mean that your employees are using too much bandwidth on these social networking sites?  Or do you mean that your employees are spending too much of their work time on certain web sites?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is the first, then it would be best to get traffic numbers.  I'd be for the idea of public traffic numbers, but, regardless, of whether or not they are public then if the problem is too much network traffic collecting the numbers would let you make intelligent decisions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have too much traffic then, I'd collect the number for a week or two, and then announce that site zzz.com, aaa.com, etc will be blocked as of a particular date.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If, on the other hand, the problem is that employees are spending too much of their work time the problem isn't a tech problem and should probably be dealt with other ways.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you still want to deal with this technically then if you collect the traffic numbers you can block the top 10 sites that aren't deemed important to your business and see if things improve.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19731" RevisionGUID="3eca408e-7759-4c8a-a2b8-9a7b6282b82b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:51:51.243" UserId="4099" Text="I've been running Hyperic for a few months now and for the most part I'm pretty happy with it. I have recently noticed however that the agent process seems to hog 100% of the cpu every 15 mins for about 30 secs. The servers are windows 2003, the hyperic agent is version 4.0.3. Some googling hasn't turned up much of any use. I'd appreciate any pointers as to how I might further investigate this, or suggestions for a cure if anyone else has seen the same themselves. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35169" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19731" RevisionGUID="3eca408e-7759-4c8a-a2b8-9a7b6282b82b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:51:51.243" UserId="4099" Text="Periodic 100% cpu with Hyperic Agent" />
  <row Id="35170" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19731" RevisionGUID="3eca408e-7759-4c8a-a2b8-9a7b6282b82b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:51:51.243" UserId="4099" Text="&lt;hyperic&gt;" />
  <row Id="35171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19732" RevisionGUID="990e2d03-31bf-4919-ad9e-647b57592f48" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:52:29.697" UserId="2103" Text="I heard a suggestion from Jason Calacanis in an episode of [&quot;This Week is Startups&quot;][1] to send an email to the employees so that they could know how much time they are wasting. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most users are probably unaware just how much time they are spending on some of these sites. With this method, employees can self-police and also know that if it gets out of hand management would likely know as well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The sponsor of the show that had the product that could do this was [WebSpy][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://thisweekinstartups.com/2009/05/twist-episode-04-with-keith-richman/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.webspy.com/twist/" />
  <row Id="35172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19733" RevisionGUID="4ede3bd5-73d0-4748-97a6-f2048b7695d7" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:53:03.893" UserId="4442" Text="What you are describing sounds like workflow to me. Three are many good systems including [K2][1] (Commercial) and [Jboss][2] (open source).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.k2.com/en/index.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.jboss.com/" />
  <row Id="35175" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19735" RevisionGUID="6a47b239-35a6-4be9-838b-bc0cdeba36c7" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:56:26.913" UserDisplayName="littlegeek" Text="hi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;have an issue that for .docx files in owa are downloading as a zip file...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;anyone help?" />
  <row Id="35176" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19735" RevisionGUID="6a47b239-35a6-4be9-838b-bc0cdeba36c7" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:56:26.913" UserDisplayName="littlegeek" Text=".docx owa downloading as a zip?" />
  <row Id="35177" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19735" RevisionGUID="6a47b239-35a6-4be9-838b-bc0cdeba36c7" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:56:26.913" UserDisplayName="littlegeek" Text="&lt;owa&gt;&lt;word2007&gt;" />
  <row Id="35178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19736" RevisionGUID="af73afff-77d3-4d4e-800d-e0732cad6254" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:58:37.407" UserId="48" Text="Are you using IE8 to access OWA? If so you need to add your OWA site to the trusted site list in IE8 for it to download properly." />
  <row Id="35179" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18833" RevisionGUID="fdbcc475-7a1b-47ae-bac8-0a1215f0b0cd" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:58:41.697" UserId="621" Comment="Added server logs" Text="I recently upgraded one servers (running RHEL AS 5) from OpenSSH 4 server to OpenSSH 5.2 server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since the upgrade a customer is unable to scp files from the machine anymore. They use an ssh client from http://ssh.com/. &#xD;&#xA;I can scp files from and to the machine using openssh without problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use &quot;Public key authentication&quot; and they are still able to ssh to the machine but not scp files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any known -obvious- cause for such incompatibilities? If not how can I dig deeper into this issue?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a log from the client side:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	user@srv/home/user&gt; /usr/local/bin/scp -v cdr@xxx.xxx.xxx.51:/home/cdr/test .&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshAppCommon/sshappcommon.c:133: Allocating global SshRegex context.&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:499: Received error &quot;SSH_FC_OK&quot;., msg: Globbing successful.&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:564: Starting transfer...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:/home/cdr/test&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:3018: File list has 2 files.&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:2567: Not yet connected, or connection down, waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFileCopy/sshfilecopy.c:940: Connecting to remote host. (host = xxx.xxx.xxx.51, user = cdr, port = NULL)&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[0] = /usr/local/bin/ssh2&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[1] = -l&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[2] = cdr&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[3] = -v&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[4] = -x&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[5] = -a&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[6] = -o&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[7] = clearallforwardings yes&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[8] = -o&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[9] = passwordprompt %U@%H's password: &#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[10] = -o&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[11] = nodelay yes&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[12] = -o&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[13] = authenticationnotify yes&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[14] = xxx.xxx.xxx.51&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[15] = -s&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[16] = sftp&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Connecting to xxx.xxx.xxx.51, port 22... (SOCKS not used)&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2/ssh2.c:2121: Entering event loop.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Client/sshclient.c:1403: Creating transport protocol.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshAuthMethodClient/sshauthmethodc.c:83: Added &quot;publickey&quot; to usable methods.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshAuthMethodClient/sshauthmethodc.c:83: Added &quot;password&quot; to usable methods.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Client/sshclient.c:1444: Creating userauth protocol.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: client supports 2 auth methods: 'publickey,password'&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:559: local ip = xxx.xxx.xxx.35, local port = 56985&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:561: remote ip = xxx.xxx.xxx.51, remote port = 22&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshConnection/sshconn.c:1930: Wrapping...&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2/ssh2.c:899: Opening /dev/tty for queries.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Remote version: SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.2&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Transport/trcommon.c:1306: Remote version has rekey incompatibility bug.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Transport/trcommon.c:1308: Remote version is OpenSSH, KEX guesses disabled.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Transport/trcommon.c:1647: lang s to c: `', lang c to s: `'&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Transport/trcommon.c:1712: c_to_s: cipher aes128-cbc, mac hmac-sha1, compression none&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Transport/trcommon.c:1715: s_to_c: cipher aes128-cbc, mac hmac-sha1, compression none&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Remote host key found from database.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:317: Received SSH_CROSS_STARTUP packet from connection protocol.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:367: Received SSH_CROSS_ALGORITHMS packet from connection protocol.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: server offers auth methods 'publickey,password,keyboard-interactive'.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2AuthPubKeyClient/authc-pubkey.c:1535: adding keyfile &quot;/devapp_users/nsdtest/.ssh2/nsdau187&quot; to candidates&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2AuthPubKeyClient/authc-pubkey.c:1535: adding keyfile &quot;/devapp_users/nsdtest/.ssh2/id_dsa_1024_a&quot; to candidates&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2AuthPubKeyClient/authc-pubkey.c:1535: adding keyfile &quot;/devapp_users/nsdtest/.ssh2/id_dsa_1024_b&quot; to candidates&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Constructing and sending signature in publickey authentication.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2AuthPubKeyClient/authc-pubkey.c:772: ssh_client_auth_pubkey_send_signature: reading /devapp_users/nsdtest/.ssh2/nsdau187&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2AuthPubKeyClient/authc-pubkey.c:1751: Public key authentication was successful.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:285: Received SSH_CROSS_AUTHENTICATED packet from connection protocol.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2/ssh2.c:650: Returning user input stream to original values.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:829: num_channels now 1&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:130: Source file is &quot;raw&quot;, and it needs to be parsed.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshTtyFlags/sshttyflags.c:354: Not a tty. (fd = 0)&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFileXferClient/sshfilexferc.c:981: ssh_file_client_receive_proc: bad VERSION&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	[...] same until the user presses Ctrl+C&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	user@srv/home/user&gt; debug: SshConnection/sshconn.c:405: EOF from channel stream&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2ChannelSession/sshchsession.c:1721: received exit status : 0&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:803: num_channels now 0&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Got session close with exit_status=0&#xD;&#xA;	debug: destroying client struct...&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Client/sshclient.c:1478: Destroying client.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshConfig/sshconfig.c:555: Freeing pki. (host_pki != NULL, user_pki = NULL)&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshConnection/sshconn.c:1982: Destroying SshConn object.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Client/sshclient.c:1540: Destroying client completed.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshAuthMethodClient/sshauthmethodc.c:88: Destroying authentication method array.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshAppCommon/sshappcommon.c:146: Freeing global SshRegex context.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshConfig/sshconfig.c:555: Freeing pki. (host_pki = NULL, user_pki = NULL)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And here are the entries form the server log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	Jun 3 07:22:36 localhost sshd[19898]: Accepted publickey for cdr from xxx.xxx.xx.x port 53119 ssh2&#xD;&#xA;	Jun 3 07:22:36 localhost sshd[19900]: subsystem request for sftp&#xD;&#xA;	Jun 3 07:22:58 localhost snmpd[8500]: netsnmp_assert index == tmp failed if-mib/data_access/interface.c:467 _access_interface_entry_save_name()&#xD;&#xA;	Jun 3 07:23:58 localhost last message repeated 4 times&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And btw &quot;Subsystem sftp internal-sftp&quot; is already enabled in the conf file, and I can sftp files form the server without problems." />
  <row Id="35180" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="19735" RevisionGUID="56d978b5-094f-443e-930e-7d68c5b6545f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T14:58:48.437" UserId="48" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;owa&gt;&lt;word2007&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;" />
  <row Id="35181" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19737" RevisionGUID="70a60056-c8b9-43da-899f-fc39b48ccfbe" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:00:10.523" UserId="7200" Text="If the SharePoint site is being hosted by the same box as Exchange/OWA, you could configure a host-header to host both sites on port 80, and create a second name in the public DNS that refers to that host-header name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they're not running on the same box you're going to need an HTTP reverse-proxy solution to split those incoming requests between Exchange and SharePoint, since you can't just port-forward port 80 to two (2) different boxes at your firewall. I believe you could do it with Apache running as a proxy, though I'd have to hunker down and work up a config to tell you for sure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Exposing services to the public, if you want to do that, isn't an unheard-of thing. Doing gyrations to host multiple sites running on physically separate boxes with HTTP reverse-proxying is a bit of a stretch, but it's feasible. If this is only a temporary thing, I'd question investing a lot of time in it." />
  <row Id="35182" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19738" RevisionGUID="bf90a001-6956-4878-90aa-1b30a1bca117" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:00:41.910" UserId="8080" Text="Ive been now trying the Remote Process Explorer that Roy posted and i have to say that im impressed. I had quite a bit of fun with it. The best functionality i saw was the ability to log off and shut computers down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tubs commented that is not realtime view, but its very very close to it, you can choose the refresh time according to the priority of the process (high, every 2 secs, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only thing that i couldt really manage to do was to run a process, the process run but for some reason it doesnt pop on the users screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apart from that i would really consider this program.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nico" />
  <row Id="35183" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19699" RevisionGUID="f7cd8b5c-c4af-482b-8800-3241bad967ed" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:01:58.790" UserId="4442" Comment="added 131 characters in body" Text="Does anyone here have any experience with [OpenFiler][1] in a large production environment they would like to share? We have about 3 TB of document images and databases and expect to grow rapidly in the near future (perhaps 10 or more TB). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Clearification**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We will most likely be connecting to the SAN via ISCSI over GB Ethernet from web, database and FTP servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4478/how-does-the-lefthand-san-perform-in-a-production-environment" />
  <row Id="35184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19739" RevisionGUID="cc1a55a0-1f1a-4968-9326-d016e15a008c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:02:04.733" UserId="8132" Text="that clearly depends the goal you're trying to achieve. Maybe you could grab all traffic from a span port on your switches with wireshark, or put in that port an NIDS (snort+base will do the job). You can also deploy some monitoring system using  Zabbix for example to graph the snmp values of your snmp queries. You can also use arp cache poisoning with etercap to go beyond in the middle.&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="35185" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19739" RevisionGUID="cc1a55a0-1f1a-4968-9326-d016e15a008c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:02:04.733" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35186" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19740" RevisionGUID="5fcb035d-e7fb-4380-8299-e07163280fe0" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:02:12.283" UserDisplayName="littlegeek" Text="Out of the box, IIS6 only accepts requests for known MIME types. Since Office 2007 was released after Windows Server 2003 and IIS6, IIS6 knows nothing about the new MIME types. So you need to manually add them:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1.Open Computer Management. (Right-click My Computer... Manage...)&#xD;&#xA;    2.Right-click Internet Information Services (IIS) Management... Properties...&#xD;&#xA;    3.Click MIME Types...&#xD;&#xA;    4.Click New... and add the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Extension MIME Type &#xD;&#xA; - .xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - .xltx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.template&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - .potx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.template &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - .ppsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.slideshow &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - .pptx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - .sldx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.slide &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - .docx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - .dotx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.template &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - .xlam application/vnd.ms-excel.addin.macroEnabled.12 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - .xlsb application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.binary.macroEnabled.12 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;N.B. These MIME types were added to IIS7 as noted in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936496" />
  <row Id="35187" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19741" RevisionGUID="4dcf0f41-834f-4ef6-8ae8-6a881a835e9a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:05:01.810" UserId="7723" Text="I do not yet, but i certainly plan to.&#xD;&#xA;If you plan on being able to save yourself in the future keep this information in mind.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-and-configuring-openfiler-with-drbd-and-heartbeat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am working on a HA esx cluster at home for training." />
  <row Id="35188" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19742" RevisionGUID="9c357768-f434-474e-8cbb-4b8acc14869a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:08:50.677" UserId="4134" Text="You can have multiple web applications sharing the same IP and port. Configure a new CNAME record to point to your public IP (e.g. sharepoint.yourcorp.example) and extend your Sharepoint web application to accept requests with that host header." />
  <row Id="35189" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19743" RevisionGUID="210c2e60-fda2-49d0-a33e-9ffb2d68ac5c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:08:59.197" UserId="1843" Text="I know there is such a thing as a visual bell in Vim that makes the whole screen flash instead of beeping. Several terminal programs also have the same feature.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for a similar type of visual bell that will flash all of my screens, on all of my virtual desktops, in X. I've only got headphones at work and my pc speaker is too quiet, so I need some other notification method that will definitely get my attention.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know if it exists?" />
  <row Id="35190" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19743" RevisionGUID="210c2e60-fda2-49d0-a33e-9ffb2d68ac5c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:08:59.197" UserId="1843" Text="Is there a visual bell in Linux that works in X?" />
  <row Id="35191" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19743" RevisionGUID="210c2e60-fda2-49d0-a33e-9ffb2d68ac5c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:08:59.197" UserId="1843" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;x&gt;" />
  <row Id="35192" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19744" RevisionGUID="1c3470f8-737b-4c4d-9d4e-b8f6085e1246" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:09:06.950" UserId="8137" Text="I second the recomendation to use OpenDNS. It's a great easy to use tool for this kind of thing." />
  <row Id="35193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19745" RevisionGUID="8240347d-4b26-4de1-8330-6100b9d6d995" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:09:33.563" UserId="1992" Text="A few things to bear in mind about using sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. The output only contains indexes that have been used since the last time the database was started. When a database is shutdown, all entries from the in-memory cache of information for that database are removed. Similarly, the cache does not survive an instant restart. There is no way to manually clear the entries for a particular database without restarting the database. The various articles referenced in the first answer (and also on my blog) describe how to capture the output at various times to do time-series analysis.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Be sure to test your *entire* business cycle. You don't want to remove an index that's used for an end-of-month report or CEO query, even though it may be tempting to.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Make sure you understand the various counts and what they mean before making a decision on whether the index is being profitably used, or simply maintained at expense.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="35194" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18870" RevisionGUID="2006cb98-1658-418f-a1c8-b2cd6d0a600d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:11:44.947" UserId="2348" Comment="added 277 characters in body; added 3 characters in body" Text="Well you might want to use Exchange Public Folders (Contacts) to store your contacts there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE:** Microsoft will not retire Public Folders in future releases of Exchange. Take a look at [this article][1] to learn more about future and possible usage of Public Folders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I see it SharePoint approach is much better and it will fit nicely:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - available as web application&#xD;&#xA; - list item security&#xD;&#xA; - can be exported to Excel and Outlook&#xD;&#xA; - datasheet edit mode&#xD;&#xA; - mail merge is supported (via Office)&#xD;&#xA; - you can build related list (e.g. connect each contact with account)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - creating complicated relationships and tracking your mailings is not supported OOTB. You might wanna consider Microsoft Dynamics CRM or 3rd party solution to do that.&#xD;&#xA; - There is Outlook &lt;&gt; SharePoint integration but each user must enable it manually&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/03/31/448537.aspx" />
  <row Id="35195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19746" RevisionGUID="4e83f76c-f22e-4475-b17f-709827b48b7c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:11:49.067" UserId="3552" Text="I have been experimenting with FreeNAS and OpenFiler for the past month or so. I am putting my eggs in the OpenFiler basket. I haven't been running in a production environment, but all the research I have done points to OpenFiler as being the Enterprise solution. In pretty much all performance reviews I have seen it out performs FreeNAS and other appliance type devices. This is of course based on the hardware you are running from and how you tune the server. Also based on my research, anyone who has purchases the support package has mentioned their support is very exceptional. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So as long as you have got a decent hardware setup and a support package, I'd say OpenFiler would be a success in production. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also see someones comparison of FreeNAS to OpenFiler here to get some ideas of what sort of performance they saw with OpenFiler.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.scribd.com/doc/29643/OpenFiler-vs-FreeNAS][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.scribd.com/doc/29643/OpenFiler-vs-FreeNAS" />
  <row Id="35196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19747" RevisionGUID="8cc89157-9107-4a51-a662-62167c3ad753" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:15:25.673" UserId="8139" Text="My computer is running Windows XP. I want to test some software on Windows 7. Can I run Windows 7 in Virtual PC on an XP computer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="35197" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19747" RevisionGUID="8cc89157-9107-4a51-a662-62167c3ad753" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:15:25.673" UserId="8139" Text="Can I install Windows 7 onto a Virtual PC on a Windows XP computer?" />
  <row Id="35198" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19747" RevisionGUID="8cc89157-9107-4a51-a662-62167c3ad753" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:15:25.673" UserId="8139" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;windows-7&gt;" />
  <row Id="35199" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19748" RevisionGUID="0c4eac2d-3dad-4568-8eb8-83d855b0ab15" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:17:38.040" UserId="1176" Text="I did some index-related query and I've shown this in my blog (http://dbalink.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/how-to-finding-index-usage-stats-with-dmv-in-tsql/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35200" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19746" RevisionGUID="37ae0e09-372a-4389-9729-faf304c59a35" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:17:43.483" UserId="3552" Comment="added 23 characters in body" Text="I have been experimenting with FreeNAS and OpenFiler for the past month or so. I am putting my eggs in the OpenFiler basket. I haven't been running in a production environment, but all the research I have done points to OpenFiler as being the Enterprise solution for all things NAS/SAN. In pretty much all performance reviews I have seen it out performs FreeNAS and other appliance type devices. This is of course based on the hardware you are running from and how you tune the server. Also based on my research, anyone who has purchases the support package has mentioned their support is very exceptional. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So as long as you have got a decent hardware setup and a support package, I'd say OpenFiler would be a success in production. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also see someones comparison of FreeNAS to OpenFiler here to get some ideas of what sort of performance they saw with OpenFiler.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.scribd.com/doc/29643/OpenFiler-vs-FreeNAS][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.scribd.com/doc/29643/OpenFiler-vs-FreeNAS" />
  <row Id="35201" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19729" RevisionGUID="6cee0b27-33b5-4154-bca2-bfe6e4871f52" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:18:31.143" UserId="5110" Comment="Clarification: Sharepoint instance is not on the same machine as our main web host." Text="In our current environment we have a single (ADSL) fixed IP address connecting our network to the internet.  We use this for accessing our exchange webmail, hosted on Windows SBS 2003.  Our sharepoint server exists on another machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to open our sharepoint instance to staff who work offsite.  This obviously uses the same port as Exchange and our other public facing web applications.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Can I configure things so the sharepoint site is available via the public interface and how!)?&#xD;&#xA; - Is this a sensible way to do things?&#xD;&#xA; - Is this a possible DNS fix?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't want to set the request on a non-standard port, but if this is the best way to do things, I will do it.  It is also a temporary fix until we get our second connection up and running properly (with 6 fixed IP addresses)." />
  <row Id="35202" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19749" RevisionGUID="a6475624-0620-4b6f-90dc-6c46eccc54fa" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:18:33.187" UserId="4136" Text="Yes, that's what its made for." />
  <row Id="35203" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19219" RevisionGUID="b1923bfc-d484-4283-9fcd-b1f72ffdec5f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:18:54.027" UserId="846" Comment="Added note about our role." Text="This is one of those areas where my views are contrary to the mainstream.  We do **not** have disk quotas, in fact we encourage users to get data onto the servers and out of file cabinets.  We have been doing this for a while, in preparation for implementing document management.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Disk is inexpensive, and has been for a while.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - None of the alternatives is more palatable to letting home folders and shared folders grow.  If users have disk quotas, they are either going to save data onto their local drives, find other places on the network to hide it, or print it and stick it in their drawers/files.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - We do regularly monitor space and usage, and work with users who are getting out of control.  We can help them archive things to DVD and/or to triage when necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - We take this approach with email as well.  We have an archiving solution (old mail to an archive server) so the disk space on the email server is not out of control.  Only a couple of users are really a concern anyway, and we can work with them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*EDIT: Reading other answers and comments, a question comes to mind .. should we force the business and the users to cater to our convenience?  My view is that we should cater to the business as much as possible, which is why we operate a &quot;quota-free&quot; environment. Our role is to support the business, not the other way around.*" />
  <row Id="35204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19750" RevisionGUID="8cc13595-a199-460f-a750-d6d9581801fe" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:21:54.303" UserId="1928" Text="Sounds like Hyperic is scanning your servers every 15 minutes. What configuration settings is Hyperic checking, and can they be refined to have less of an impact?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You could try monitoring fewer settings on one of the servers to see if it has an effect. &#xD;&#xA; - It's also possible that another process is reading the registry and or file system at the same time as Hyperic. You might try disabling unnecessary services to see if that reduces CPU load." />
  <row Id="35205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19751" RevisionGUID="54d3e1b6-6512-4bdb-9de6-1b961be965e1" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:22:01.400" UserId="2299" Text="Damn, beaten to it, I was about to suggest NGS :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This URL, http://www.ngssoftware.com/papers/cracking-sql-passwords.pdf, describes how their cracker works. They even helpfully supply C++ source that you can compile yourself. I've used the NGS software and it works provided the password isn't too hard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The NGS software just takes the password hash from the row in syslogins, so it doesn't tinker with master.mdf. Like you, I'd be pretty nervous about anything that hacked the master database, and I'd use it only as a last resort.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19752" RevisionGUID="39580355-68a4-4093-9723-a1e64af77c96" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:23:34.393" UserId="4370" Text="Are you recovering because someone lost a password or because you need to recreate this on a new server? If it's the former, use the NGS tool above. If it's the latter, you can script the login with a hashed password, and run the script on the new server, securely moving the password without needing to know it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Search sp_help_revlogin for a script." />
  <row Id="35207" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19746" RevisionGUID="8ec24022-e341-402a-a852-96481a035676" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:25:03.907" UserId="3552" Comment="added 666 characters in body; added 32 characters in body; added 123 characters in body" Text="Outside of OpenFiler, your options would be other NAS OSes (FreeNAS, NASLite...), dedicated NAS appliances running custom software or completely rolling your own with a mainstream linux distribution (or Windows if you really want). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been experimenting with FreeNAS and OpenFiler for the past month or so. I am putting my eggs in the OpenFiler basket. I haven't been running in a production environment, but all the research I have done points to OpenFiler as being the Enterprise solution compared to other NAS OSes and NAS Appliances. In pretty much all performance reviews I have seen it out performs those solutions. This is of course based on the hardware you are running from and how you tune the server. Also, based on my research, anyone who has purchases the support package has mentioned their support is very exceptional. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also see someones comparison of FreeNAS to OpenFiler here to get some ideas of what sort of performance they saw with OpenFiler.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.scribd.com/doc/29643/OpenFiler-vs-FreeNAS][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have not compared OpenFiler to custom solutions though. Some people prefer to support and maintain a more common linux distribution like ubuntu and expose NAS features manually. I think this would be the preferred solution if you are running on uncommon hardware. That is something that I am not interested in doing. I'd imagine you could get as good or possibly better performance with a custom solution depending on your hardware and the support for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So as long as you have got a decent hardware setup and a support package, I'd say OpenFiler would be a success in production. Just be sure to check the [hardware compatibility][2] page&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.scribd.com/doc/29643/OpenFiler-vs-FreeNAS&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.openfiler.com/products/hardware-compatibility" />
  <row Id="35208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19753" RevisionGUID="94c194c5-b094-42af-aa4c-0f1a30762e2f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:27:02.857" UserId="2499" Text="An executive asked me to do some research on backup solutions for him and some other executives.  Currently they have been using Norton Ghost to image their computers to an external HD, which is a PITA for people not technically savvy.  We have an in-house backup solution we use for some of our machines, but it is designed around storing the data on our servers, which they don't want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was wondering what programs other people have used to incrementally backup their PC's.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Requirements**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Relatively easy to use/configure&#xD;&#xA; - Incrementally backup files (e.g. only changed files).&#xD;&#xA; - Can be used with any drive (e.g. not network or cloud based)&#xD;&#xA; - Not a drive imaging program (e.g. Norton Ghost, PING)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Useful Features**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Can be scheduled to run at regular times automatically&#xD;&#xA; - File encryption&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for any advice." />
  <row Id="35209" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19753" RevisionGUID="94c194c5-b094-42af-aa4c-0f1a30762e2f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:27:02.857" UserId="2499" Text="Best method to backup executives' Windows computers" />
  <row Id="35210" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19753" RevisionGUID="94c194c5-b094-42af-aa4c-0f1a30762e2f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:27:02.857" UserId="2499" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="35211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19754" RevisionGUID="208bf4a8-811b-4ac0-adc1-6a9c50488edb" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:28:43.757" UserId="2561" Text="I don't of anything exactly like that, but you can use the command line tool notify-send to have pop-ups on the desktop.  In Ubuntu the package is libnotify-bin.  For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    notify-send -u normal -t 10000 -i info 'hw' 'Hello world'" />
  <row Id="35212" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18111" RevisionGUID="9a76df64-4bfb-434d-8982-37e94573f78a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:31:43.220" UserId="5473" Comment="added more detail after comments from OP." Text="&gt;&gt; When I plug in the device, the guest OS suggests using a USB 2.0 port which means to me it's not recognizing the USB 2.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **Original Answer:** &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Are you sure you have USB turned on for your VM?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ok, so it seems like your USB 2.0 on the host is showing up in your guest connected to VMware's  UHCI (1.1) controller instead of the EHCI (2.0) controller in the virtual machine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could try a few things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Make sure 'ehci.present = &quot;TRUE&quot;' is in your .vmx file for the VM. If you need to add it, shutdown the VM, change the vmx file, then restart it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- In Device Manager in the Windows guest, be sure you see an ECHI controller and that it appears to be working (no exclamation points or anything).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Look around the USB menus in the Server UI. There may be a way to connect a given host USB device to the EHCI controller if it's not already there. I don't have the Server 2.0 UI in front of me, so this may be way off. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35213" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19755" RevisionGUID="60d4b1e6-5668-444d-b3cc-b46fed951395" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:31:51.020" UserId="4370" Text="That works fine, but it also is an issue if the source server job fails or the network hiccups. I'd recommend you create the restore job on the destination server. You can still kick off the job with EXEC ..AT or with sp_start_job from the source server, but you've removed a dependency here. It also allows you to schedule the restore (if this is a regular occurrence) on the destination server." />
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  <row Id="35219" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19757" RevisionGUID="93979fc9-dcff-48be-9320-bcc611e7f2c7" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:32:02.473" UserId="3223" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;user-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="35220" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19758" RevisionGUID="10bb6b79-05aa-4559-89c8-62f48ccaf356" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:32:48.460" UserId="6080" Text="We use openfiler and host a large amounts of data (5TB+) including a Xen DomU of the websites with 1kk+ hits/daily almost without any problems. If you need iSCSI, there's probably no stable free alternatives." />
  <row Id="35221" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19759" RevisionGUID="564c928c-9be6-4df4-a18c-c8483f7387a3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:33:18.820" UserId="7801" Text="We use [Rugg][1] to test the file systems of our servers.  It's Python based and easy to use.  It works by creating a large file which it subdivides, then performs various operations on in sequence or parallel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://rugg.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="35222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19760" RevisionGUID="5e0bc826-d024-4222-bab4-04fa7ef77b65" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:33:59.050" UserId="3223" Text="Robocopy with a scheduled task." />
  <row Id="35223" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19761" RevisionGUID="01a5c048-a96f-4e80-8877-6e189a8cd011" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:34:24.527" UserId="2561" Text="The free MS tool [jetstress][1] simulates Exchange disk usage of both the mail stores and the transaction logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Disk-Performance-Testing-Jetstress-2007.html" />
  <row Id="35225" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19762" RevisionGUID="9735fcec-534d-4aa6-86e1-075ce01d91ab" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:34:41.890" UserId="7355" Text="One major win for Git is Github and the way it crosses source-hosting with a social-network to change the culture of your software project.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although other dcvss are probably comparable technically, github looks to me like a real step forward culturally.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35226" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19763" RevisionGUID="20fa0787-b9c5-4d12-be88-66b5e92f6448" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:27:55.827" Text="&lt;p&gt;I have a case where I have one machine that has numerous NFS mounts.  Once in a while, one of the NFS servers loses its devices due to a hardware issue that requires a reboot to fix.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, users come along via something like ftp, do an ls on a directory and it hangs.  Then they typically get frustrated and try again.  This ends up hanging the client machine by using up all of the ftp sessions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to get NFS to just drop the mount, so that when they do an ls they just get an empty directory?  Or is there some way for me to detect when an NFS host isn't responding properly and drop it? ... Or can I do this from the server side somehow when drives are gone?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35227" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19763" RevisionGUID="20fa0787-b9c5-4d12-be88-66b5e92f6448" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:27:55.827" Text="How to make NFS more robust when the server drops devices" />
  <row Id="35228" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19763" RevisionGUID="20fa0787-b9c5-4d12-be88-66b5e92f6448" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:27:55.827" Text="&lt;configuration&gt;" />
  <row Id="35229" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19746" RevisionGUID="a786c821-b344-45b4-8e27-36d44a27940b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:35:18.957" UserId="3552" Comment="edited body" Text="Outside of OpenFiler, your options would be other NAS OSes (FreeNAS, NASLite...), dedicated NAS appliances running custom software or completely rolling your own with a mainstream linux distribution (or Windows if you really want). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been experimenting with FreeNAS and OpenFiler for the past month or so. I am putting my eggs in the OpenFiler basket. I haven't been running in a production environment, but all the research I have done points to OpenFiler as being the Enterprise solution compared to other NAS OSes and NAS Appliances. In pretty much all performance reviews I have seen it out performs those solutions. This is of course based on the hardware you are running from and how you tune the server. Also, based on my research, anyone who has purchased the support package has mentioned their support is very exceptional. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also see someones comparison of FreeNAS to OpenFiler here to get some ideas of what sort of performance they saw with OpenFiler.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.scribd.com/doc/29643/OpenFiler-vs-FreeNAS][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have not compared OpenFiler to custom solutions though. Some people prefer to support and maintain a more common linux distribution like ubuntu and expose NAS features manually. I think this would be the preferred solution if you are running on uncommon hardware. That is something that I am not interested in doing. I'd imagine you could get as good or possibly better performance with a custom solution depending on your hardware and the support for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So as long as you have got a decent hardware setup and a support package, I'd say OpenFiler would be a success in production. Just be sure to check the [hardware compatibility][2] page&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.scribd.com/doc/29643/OpenFiler-vs-FreeNAS&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.openfiler.com/products/hardware-compatibility" />
  <row Id="35230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19764" RevisionGUID="29f46a64-0703-4920-9df5-05c759e06101" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:35:27.880" UserId="4136" Text="Depends on the solution you have in place for your enterprise. For instance we use CA's Arcserve Backup product which relies on agents on target machines. You install the proper agent on machines you want and throw them into a backup rotation and you're good to go! The agents not only pick up drives but Registry states so you can restore bits/pieces. As for storing data on your servers, you're going to have to otherwise your solution is for naught. If you keep backups on the machine you're backing up and the machine goes missing or damaged, what are you going to restore from? If you're truly backed into a corner here then use Windows native backup tools and partition your hard drives. If there's corruption in Windows then at least having backups on different partition provides some sort of protection." />
  <row Id="35231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19765" RevisionGUID="f996d543-278a-43fa-aa98-9ecbef972beb" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:35:29.843" UserId="5391" Text="We have used the Desktop and Laptop Option (DLO) with Backup Exec.  It works decently well and meets your requirements except file encryption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For file encryption, the cheap route would be to simply install [TrueCrypt][1] on their laptops and use a strong boot password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.truecrypt.org/" />
  <row Id="35232" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19766" RevisionGUID="9a7182fd-d76a-4239-a8ff-0836bc3b5757" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:35:34.477" UserId="7302" Text="You could use something like [Zenity][1] to show an alert dialog, or perhaps even a notification area item.  You could also use [dzen][2] or [xmsgd][3] if you want something text-based.  Note that none of these 'flash the screen' though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://live.gnome.org/Zenity&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://gotmor.googlepages.com/dzen&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://freshmeat.net/projects/xmsgd/" />
  <row Id="35233" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19767" RevisionGUID="0c339230-2995-4273-b0dc-44c1ab498269" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:36:44.193" UserId="8132" Text="You can also try s [syncback][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/sbse-features.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe roaming profiles will do the trick also.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;hope this helps." />
  <row Id="35234" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19768" RevisionGUID="9965eaae-f510-4805-af7c-d791af607ecb" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:37:00.137" UserId="1135" Text="Look for the following line in /etc/inittab&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    id:5:initdefault:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The number in this line if the default run level. You can set it to the following options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:&#xD;&#xA;    #   0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)&#xD;&#xA;    #   1 - Single user mode&#xD;&#xA;    #   2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)&#xD;&#xA;    #   3 - Full multiuser mode&#xD;&#xA;    #   4 - unused&#xD;&#xA;    #   5 - X11&#xD;&#xA;    #   6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19769" RevisionGUID="17741689-68c2-4b89-8b29-b0d55735938d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:37:18.360" UserId="6178" Text="There are a few different places.  However, the following should cover most of the them:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;check in /etc/inittab&#xD;&#xA;use the &quot;chkconfig&quot; command to update the rcX.d directories with symbolic links to the /etc/init.d entries." />
  <row Id="35236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19770" RevisionGUID="c033d8bf-8f4a-40a5-8821-ba4f1804f47f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:37:31.040" UserId="4260" Text="Daemons are usually started from scripts in /etc/rc.d/ or /etc/init.d&#xD;&#xA;There are hardlinks to the corresponding startscript from a runlevel specific directory (e.g. rc0.d to rc5.d)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short: create a link from the respective directory in /etc/rc.d to the startscript of the daemon." />
  <row Id="35239" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19772" RevisionGUID="9016bdcf-bb67-4cea-b681-3b2413cdae87" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:39:51.380" UserId="1813" Text="With **mod_log** you can log headers sent back to the client in the access.log file with the `%{Set-Cookie}o` directive. But if there are **multiple occurences** of the same header, as is [authorized by the HTTP RPC][1], **only one gets logged**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can we have **all of them** logged ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For reference, the RFC states :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Multiple message-header fields with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the same field-name MAY be present in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a message if and only if the entire&#xD;&#xA;&gt; field-value for that header field is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; defined as a comma-separated list&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [i.e., #(values)]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`Set-Cookie` is such a field-name since the field-value is comma-separated. I would not mind to have them joined together as suggested in the HTTP RPC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec4.html#sec4.2" />
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  <row Id="35241" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19772" RevisionGUID="9016bdcf-bb67-4cea-b681-3b2413cdae87" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:39:51.380" UserId="1813" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;logging&gt;" />
  <row Id="35242" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19773" RevisionGUID="656d8fd6-7bb7-4d63-a083-8bc5ed382249" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:40:39.663" UserId="6178" Text="You first need to change your nfs mounts to us the interruptable options(intr on most flavors).  This will allow you to Ctl-C out apps that would normally hang waiting for return from the kernel that is never gonna happen.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35243" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19773" RevisionGUID="656d8fd6-7bb7-4d63-a083-8bc5ed382249" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:40:39.663" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19774" RevisionGUID="53f50b7c-a1d9-45fb-bd4f-403be7c723ed" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:41:41.173" UserId="7787" Text="A HDD has just failed on a linux server (Red Hat Linux release 9) we support. Not a big problem since it's on a RAID (MegaRAID SCSI). We're now in the process of getting a new one to replace it. In the meanwhile, however, the server is constantly beeping and annoying the hell out of everyone there. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since I have remote ssh access I was wondering if there was a way to get it to shut up, preferably via the command line, until we fix the problem." />
  <row Id="35245" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19774" RevisionGUID="53f50b7c-a1d9-45fb-bd4f-403be7c723ed" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:41:41.173" UserId="7787" Text="How to stop a linux server from beeping when a RAID HDD has failed." />
  <row Id="35246" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19774" RevisionGUID="53f50b7c-a1d9-45fb-bd4f-403be7c723ed" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:41:41.173" UserId="7787" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;raid&gt;&lt;hdd&gt;" />
  <row Id="35247" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19775" RevisionGUID="b38acbc5-2397-45c2-a02e-17074d4d467f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:41:54.060" UserId="2934" Text="It might need some tweaking, but I had success using the &quot;SQL Server 2000 Collation Changer&quot; utility:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.codeproject.com/KB/database/ChangeCollation.aspx" />
  <row Id="35248" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19745" RevisionGUID="33c65817-86a4-4514-adf9-ef73d0899f90" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:42:24.480" UserId="1992" Comment="added 199 characters in body" Text="A few things to bear in mind about using sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. The output only contains indexes that have been used since the last time the database was started. When a database is shutdown, all entries from the in-memory cache of information for that database are removed. Similarly, the cache does not survive an instant restart. There is no way to manually clear the entries for a particular database without restarting the database. The various articles referenced in the first answer (and also on my blog) describe how to capture the output at various times to do time-series analysis.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Be sure to test your *entire* business cycle. You don't want to remove an index that's used for an end-of-month report or CEO query, even though it may be tempting to.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Make sure you understand the various counts and what they mean before making a decision on whether the index is being profitably used, or simply maintained at expense.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS One more thing for others reading this and wondering if there's an equivalent method for SQL Server 2000 - no, we (as I was on the team at the time) only added the capability for 2005 onwards." />
  <row Id="35249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19776" RevisionGUID="d8fcc401-4000-4fd5-88cc-901116127386" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:44:05.303" UserId="8042" Text="Yep, fire up VirtualBox, VMWare or VirtualPC and attach the ISO to a virtual CD drive.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19782" RevisionGUID="c5c986b3-b05a-4b29-9e40-3598792c5589" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:45:24.520" UserId="6767" Text="Personally I am using &quot;Vista Backup And Restore Center&quot; with my computers to back up to an external USB drive.  Comes with the OS, and can be scheduled to make backups and do incrementals.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I only run the backups on Friday nights, so I have to make sure the computer is on and in it's dock if it is a laptop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the laptop my employer has also installed a cloud-based backup tool, but I've never had to use it to do a restore." />
  <row Id="35258" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19770" RevisionGUID="f0388ba2-f405-4e46-be85-651a54384a49" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:45:34.053" UserId="4260" Comment="added 9 characters in body; added 49 characters in body" Text="Daemons are usually started from scripts in /etc/rc.d/ or /etc/init.d&#xD;&#xA;There are symlinks to the corresponding startscript from a runlevel specific directory (e.g. /etc/rc0.d to /etc/rc6.d)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short: create a link from the respective directory in /etc/rc.d to the startscript of the daemon. The location of the link determins the runlevel." />
  <row Id="35259" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19783" RevisionGUID="f9a93171-5beb-48c3-8f46-4c586d8ccac1" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:45:49.433" UserId="5847" Text="Is there a way to define wildcard hosts in puppetmaster´s nodes.pp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;say i want all the hosts in one domain to receive a set of classes ca i do something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # nodes.pp&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    node basenode {&#xD;&#xA;      include  admina, adminb, admic&#xD;&#xA;      }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    node &quot;*.acme.com&quot; {&#xD;&#xA;        include adminc&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="35261" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19783" RevisionGUID="f9a93171-5beb-48c3-8f46-4c586d8ccac1" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:45:49.433" UserId="5847" Text="&lt;puppet&gt;&lt;management&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="35262" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19784" RevisionGUID="51fc6473-d4fa-47d4-9134-cf1630784ada" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:46:01.197" UserId="5880" Text="The beeping is off the RAID card, you will need to access the card to turn it off. I would check with your vendor to see if there are management utilities to do this, I know it can be done in Dell OpenManage so I would assume there is a utility out there to do this for other systems. Otherwise you'll need to reboot and go into the RAID bios to turn it off." />
  <row Id="35263" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19785" RevisionGUID="8570ae0c-6eed-40e2-a0ba-e0c800c0447f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:46:41.117" UserId="7137" Text="The [man page](http://www.manpagez.com/man/8/megaraid/) suggests `megaraid -alarm -silence` is what you want." />
  <row Id="35264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19786" RevisionGUID="3786eb3a-8a29-4409-aaf3-46a8d685ad4f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:47:01.710" UserId="3356" Text="You're really asking two questions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. How to change the default runlevel of a server&#xD;&#xA; 2. How to change which runlevels a daemon runs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1 is answered by Mark ([His Answer][1])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2 is going to be system dependent.  On RedHat based systems (RH, YDL, Fedora, etc) then you'll use chkconfig to configure everything.  As an example, to have apache start at runlevels 3, 4, and 5, you would run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chkconfig --levels 345 httpd on&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a gentoo system you would use the rc-update tool, and run these commands:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rc-update add apache2 default&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/19756/change-run-level/19768#19768" />
  <row Id="35265" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="19772" RevisionGUID="a5a1ae02-cb4a-4cac-977f-5c24dcb0205f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:47:05.873" UserId="1813" Comment="Made the title crystal clear (I hope)" Text="Log multiple occurences of one HTTP header with Apache" />
  <row Id="35266" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="19772" RevisionGUID="a5a1ae02-cb4a-4cac-977f-5c24dcb0205f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:47:05.873" UserId="1813" Comment="Made the title crystal clear (I hope)" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;logging&gt;" />
  <row Id="35267" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19787" RevisionGUID="6710c7c5-414f-4e82-83ad-e894298ee8a9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:47:37.027" UserId="8100" Text="This depends on what you mean by NTP.  If you are running the NTP time synchronization daemon (ntpd) with a reasonable configuration, then the time will never jump.  The daemon continuously slews the system time toward actual time.  It doesn't &quot;run&quot; at intervals: it queries its time sources at intervals simply to determine how much to slew the time.  You will never see skipped time, nor will your time move backward in any detectible way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The time will jump, however, if you are synchronizing via certain other means.  For example, if you use a cron job to run `ntpdate` or `ntpd -q` (which you shouldn't do unless you have a very good reason and understand the possibll dire consequences), then your system time could instantaneously and wildly change each time this runs.  The time could also jump when you first start ntpd, depending on how you have it configured.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding Cron:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the exact time that a cron job was supposed to run does not occur (is skipped) due to a time jump, then it simply will not run.  It will run at the next interval for which it is scheduled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the exact time that a cron job was supposed to run occurs twice (the time jumps backward), then it will run both times.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To solve the cron problem, run ntpd as a service/daemon, thus ensuring that your time will never jump.  If you manually jump the time, you will have to check all of your cron jobs to determine what did not run (or will run twice) and manually intervene.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, the best solution is to solve the time problem.  The cron problem is simply a symptom of the much more serious time jump issue, which can cause all sorts of problems beyond cron (logging, auditing, SELinux, etc...)" />
  <row Id="35268" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19788" RevisionGUID="a3efc70b-abe7-403a-a0e8-02193e5bc028" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:48:13.593" UserId="846" Text="It sounds like you want [Carbonite][1] or [Mozy][2], although consumer-oriented solutions may not be reasonable in a corporate/executive setting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want a &quot;corporate&quot; solution, consider Iron Mountain's [Online PC Backup][3] program.  Iron Mountain's solution can be managed by IT centrally and has lots of &quot;security&quot; features that should appeal to the execs.  It is more expensive than Carbonite or Mozy but is still relatively inexpensive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These fail the &quot;not network or cloud based&quot; requirement, but that is not a wise requirement anyway.  The backup to the USB drive sitting next to the computer is not sufficient to protect the organization.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't do the off-site backup, using TrueCrypt to encrypt a USB drive and scheduling a batch file using robocopy or teracopy (or similar) to save to that volume is easy.  My batch file that I run weekly on my laptop is below; f: is an external USB drive.&#xD;&#xA;*****&#xD;&#xA;    md &quot;F:\%USERNAME%\backup&quot; &#xD;&#xA;    md &quot;F:\%USERNAME%\backup\Desktop&quot; &#xD;&#xA;    md &quot;F:\%USERNAME%\backup\Documents&quot; &#xD;&#xA;    md &quot;F:\%USERNAME%\backup\Downloads&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    robocopy &quot;%USERPROFILE%\Desktop&quot; &quot;F:\%USERNAME%\backup\Desktop&quot; *.* /E /R:0 /XO /LOG:&quot;F:\%USERNAME%\backup\%username%_Desktop.txt&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    robocopy &quot;%USERPROFILE%\Documents&quot; &quot;F:\%USERNAME%\backup\Documents&quot; *.* /E /R:0 /XO /LOG:&quot;F:\%USERNAME%\backup\%username%_Documents.txt&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    robocopy &quot;%USERPROFILE%\Downloads&quot; &quot;F:\%USERNAME%\backup\Downloads&quot; *.* /E /R:0 /XO /LOG:&quot;F:\%USERNAME%\backup\%username%_Downloads.txt&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.carbonite.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.ironmountain.com/digital/pc/backup.asp" />
  <row Id="35269" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19789" RevisionGUID="57433adf-f053-4297-bfcd-d30b32aef692" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:48:51.487" UserId="2908" Text="I'm not sure what the minimum would be in your situation, we don't use the clustering option where I work. However, the only way I could come up with to minimize our setup was to undeploy everything but the services I knew we needed. I then started JBoss and went through the errors in the log to figure out what dependencies were missing, deploy them, and then restart JBoss to get clean logs. I think I had to restart about five times to catch all of the necessary services." />
  <row Id="35270" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19790" RevisionGUID="a0582e62-5a8d-4052-98bd-5a45a1a3a841" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:49:12.233" UserId="5880" Text="For the server part, i normally use telinit `&lt;`runlevel`&gt;` or you can do init `&lt;`runlevel`&gt;`" />
  <row Id="35271" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19791" RevisionGUID="5e9e60b1-b1df-4e25-aa17-e94825d3d55d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:49:19.677" UserId="7975" Text=" 1. Log into Google Contacts and Export your contacts. There's a link in the top-right to do this, and will offer a choice of three formats: Google CSV, Outlook CSV, or vCard. Choose vCard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. When the &quot;Downloads&quot; box pops up with contacts.vcf, right-click and choose &quot;Copy Download Link.&quot; It should look something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    http //mail.google.com/mail/contacts/data/export?exportType=GROUP&amp;groupToExport=%5EMine&amp;out=VCARD&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. Go install the [vcardcmxml script][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. Feed the output of your Google contacts export to the vcardcmxml script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. Use cron to lather, rinse, repeat for updates to the Contacts list as frequently as necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://vostrom.com/vcardcmxml/" />
  <row Id="35272" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19792" RevisionGUID="31c0e9d0-5471-47ed-b3ff-cc5b62b2de2f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:53:14.987" UserId="1639" Text="Have not tried it, but you probably have to update the profile that you want to keep. Its not very robust but it can be done with REG LOAD and then add, delete and unmount.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19793" RevisionGUID="218b712d-557e-4f23-8364-fb2999b2d8f5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:56:54.107" UserId="1992" Text="Hi folks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This isn't a how-should-I-do-this question, just to set the stage. It's a what has your experience been? Please read through the whole question before quickly replying.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I spent the day yesterday teaching the current round of SharePoint MCM (Microsoft Certified Masters - see [here][1]) students all about high-availability technologies in SQL Server, plus how the SQL log/recovery/backup/restore work. This is really important as under every Enterprise-class MOSS installation is an Entreprise-class SQL Server hidden away, usually without a DBA. Kimberly teaches them a day of database maintenance on Friday (a kind of narrowed down version of the first week of the SQL MCM which we teach).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We were discussing the possibilities around using database mirroring to provide high-availability to SharePoint databases, and the relative pros and cons. Now, I know database mirroring to it's lowest internal depths, as I used to own it while at Microsoft, so no need to point out behaviors and idiosyncracies in your replies. I also know the various caveats and guidelines in the mirroring whitepaper from the SharePoint folks, and yes, they are just generalized guidelines not hard-and-fast rules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is this: I'd like to hear from anyone who's implemented database mirroring for SharePoint and whether you found it worked for you, or you crashed and burned. In particular, how did you find the failover behavior worked for you? Did you end up with some database principals on one server and some on the other, effectively splitting your farm and making it unusable until manual intervention failed everything over to one server? Did you use it for local or remote HA? And so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any replies will be gratefully received and will help broaden the knowledge base around marrying these two technologies, and I'll feed stories back into the SharePoint product group, and the future MCM rotations I teach as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Edit: PS I'll put together a blog post about experiences and guidelines to this over the weekend too]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/master/Sharepoint/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="35274" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19793" RevisionGUID="218b712d-557e-4f23-8364-fb2999b2d8f5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:56:54.107" UserId="1992" Text="Combining SharePoint and Database Mirroring" />
  <row Id="35275" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19793" RevisionGUID="218b712d-557e-4f23-8364-fb2999b2d8f5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:56:54.107" UserId="1992" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;database-mirroring&gt;" />
  <row Id="35276" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19794" RevisionGUID="0e19fc2e-ec56-418b-90b9-1aef659140ef" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:56:58.817" UserId="7801" Text="Go to LSI's website and download the CLI tool for your raid card.  Depending on the driver your using (the one from LSI or the default one in the kernel) you can do just about anything, including turning off the alarm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    MegaCli -AdpSetProp AlarmSilence -a0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35277" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19795" RevisionGUID="02e402ee-3476-4f4f-a449-ad69bfb17d84" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:57:27.693" UserId="7892" Text="Hello&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for some software that will provide a service that resembles SendThisFile.com.  My users generally turn to services like these when they are trying to send files that exceed the mail servers limits (either our own, or the recepients).  I've offered to set up FTP accounts for users, but we find that some clients have a difficult time logging into an FTP site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I could write something in PHP, but it feels a bit like I'd be reinventing the wheel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are other companies doing to transfer large volumes of data to clients or partners where the limitations of email are a restriction, and vpn isn't a possible solution?" />
  <row Id="35278" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19795" RevisionGUID="02e402ee-3476-4f4f-a449-ad69bfb17d84" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:57:27.693" UserId="7892" Text="Hosted form of web-based file transfer tools" />
  <row Id="35279" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19795" RevisionGUID="02e402ee-3476-4f4f-a449-ad69bfb17d84" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:57:27.693" UserId="7892" Text="&lt;file-transfer&gt;&lt;web-apps&gt;" />
  <row Id="35280" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19796" RevisionGUID="83b551d3-edce-4ef2-a492-92cd46759750" CreationDate="2009-06-04T15:58:11.077" UserId="1792" Text="If you plan to install Windows 7 RC using Microsoft Virtual PC 2007, don't use a version older than [Virtual PC 2007 SP1][1] (6.0.192.0). Old version (6.0.156.0) will surprise you with BSOD after installation of the Virtual Machine Additions (Error: Fs_Rec.sys - The driver mistakenly marked a part of its image pagable instead of nonpagable.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=28c97d22-6eb8-4a09-a7f7-f6c7a1f000b5&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="35281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19797" RevisionGUID="f5c92ef5-2166-4c43-a1f8-cd1990555e75" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:00:31.917" UserId="3562" Text="To see the previous and current runlevel,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@example ~]# runlevel&#xD;&#xA;    N 3&#xD;&#xA;Here, there was no previous runlevel, and the current runlevel is 3.    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To change the runlevel temporarily,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@example ~]# init RUNLEVEL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To permanently change the default runlevel of the machine, change /etc/inittab's&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    id:5:initdefault:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Change 5 to your preferred level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're using RHEL or one of the clone distributions like CentOS, the default runlevel will be 3 for servers, and 5 for desktops where X should be started automatically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're using Debian or Centos, the default runlevel will be 2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ubuntu has moved to the upstart task selection program, so it may lack /etc/inittab and will use runlevel 2 by default. Create one if you want to change the default runlevel, or you can pass the runlevel as part of startup through grub.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To change the runlevel of a daemon:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're using RHEL or one of the clone distributions like CentOS,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@example ~]# chkconfig --list ntpd&#xD;&#xA;    ntpd            0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@example ~]# chkconfig ntpd on&#xD;&#xA;    [root@example ~]# chkconfig ntpd off&#xD;&#xA;    [root@example ~]# chkconfig --level 2,5 ntpd on &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're using Debian, I usually manually change the status of a daemon per runlevel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@example ~]# ls /etc/rc2.d/*ntp*&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/rc2.d/S23ntp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other tools to change daemon runlevels are **rc-update** and &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@example ~]# cd /etc/rc2.d/&#xD;&#xA;    [root@example rc2.d]# mv K23ntpd S23ntpd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the symlink for the daemon begins with K, it's stopped at that runlevel. If it starts with S, it is started at that runlevel." />
  <row Id="35282" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19400" RevisionGUID="ab3bae4d-312b-4fae-861a-e1e2055815f7" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:01:15.987" UserId="3459" Comment="Changed from checking Vista box to PRODSRV event log." Text="You can check the security event log to see what the PRODSRV thinks about your credentials from the Vista system.  That might provide a hint about what's going on.  You can access the security event log by running compmgmt.msc on the 2003 system, System Tools - Event Viewer - Security." />
  <row Id="35283" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19798" RevisionGUID="2de4b837-c06b-4c94-9978-76b8e72f99c1" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:03:49.117" UserId="4694" Text="I really like [**sysv-rc-conf**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; DESCRIPTION:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       sysv-rc-conf gives an easy to use interface for manag‐&#xD;&#xA;       ing &quot;/etc/rc{runlevel}.d/&quot; symlinks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sysv-rc-conf.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/9454/sysvrcconf.gif" />
  <row Id="35284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19799" RevisionGUID="a6d3c109-3558-4b7b-9734-2d81ef18ebfb" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:05:34.870" UserId="6397" Text="Yes, of course you can. It doesn't matter which host operation system you are using. As long as you have one of the virtual programs running, you should be able to run Windows 7 on top of that." />
  <row Id="35285" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19707" RevisionGUID="627d08c2-bec5-417a-a210-a3a49200412d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:07:09.297" UserId="431" Comment="Added another video" Text="We've got a wiki article at SQLServerPedia with a script to do this, plus a tutorial video on how to use it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One to find indexes not being used:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://sqlserverpedia.com/wiki/Find_Indexes_Not_In_Use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And another to find indexes you should add:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://sqlserverpedia.com/wiki/Find_Missing_Indexes" />
  <row Id="35286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19800" RevisionGUID="4e950794-8a86-4f55-8dfd-5de04e2a2f96" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:07:30.700" UserId="7892" Text="There's some documentation on Drupal's site about using clean URLs in II6 that I'm currently using.  Check out &lt;a href=&quot;http://drupal.org/node/3854&quot;&gt;http://drupal.org/node/3854&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The short answer is download ISAPI Rewrite 2 lite from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.isapirewrite.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.isapirewrite.com/&lt;/a&gt;.  The lite version only lets you configure one set of rewrite rules for your entire IIS configuration, but works well and is free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The paid version lets you specifiy rewrite rules for each site you have configured in IIS, but required more configuration of IIS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ISAPI rules I'm using are:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;# Helicon ISAPI_Rewrite configuration file&#xD;&#xA;# Version 3.1.0.62&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RewriteEngine On&#xD;&#xA;RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f&#xD;&#xA;RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d&#xD;&#xA;RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !=/favicon.ico&#xD;&#xA;RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your Drupal installation was installed under a subdirectory, you'd want to adjust these rules a bit." />
  <row Id="35287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19801" RevisionGUID="80079563-fef5-4e16-8633-e95f8f6a7663" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:09:17.357" UserId="6383" Text="[NILFS2][1] has been merged into the current development kernel, and will be available in kernel 2.6.30 (You can run a -rc kernel if you're impatient).  It apparently [performs very well][2] on SSDs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As with anything recently merged into the kernel, you'll have to make your own decision regarding stability and maturity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nilfs.org/en/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7345/1.html" />
  <row Id="35288" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19798" RevisionGUID="f328a159-90ee-414f-8b57-b0e05df8f803" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:09:50.430" UserId="4694" Comment="added 58 characters in body" Text="I really like [**sysv-rc-conf**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; DESCRIPTION:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       sysv-rc-conf gives an easy to use interface for manag‐&#xD;&#xA;       ing &quot;/etc/rc{runlevel}.d/&quot; symlinks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sysv-rc-conf.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/9454/sysvrcconf.gif&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have ubuntu : sudo apt-get install sysv-rc-conf" />
  <row Id="35289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19802" RevisionGUID="61355f0e-e985-40dd-8a57-2387bfe08371" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:11:23.047" UserId="7073" Text="To go back to your Ghost why not make it simple for them?&#xD;&#xA;Ghost can be scripted completely&#xD;&#xA;So create a second partition on their drive&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When they boot they get a duel boot with 3 options&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Boot Windows (default after 30 seconds)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Backup to Network&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Backup to External USB Drive&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Option 2 &amp; 3 boot to the second partition and run a bat script file to run ghost with a reboot computer when its done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The executive reboots at the end of the day, picks 2 and goes home&#xD;&#xA;He arrives the next morning with his computer waiting for him to login" />
  <row Id="35290" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19788" RevisionGUID="48228d59-a774-4e0b-a293-c6f187dd4597" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:11:56.103" UserId="846" Comment="fix bad Mozy link" Text="It sounds like you want [Carbonite][1] or [Mozy][2], although consumer-oriented solutions may not be reasonable in a corporate/executive setting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want a &quot;corporate&quot; solution, consider Iron Mountain's [Online PC Backup][3] program.  Iron Mountain's solution can be managed by IT centrally and has lots of &quot;security&quot; features that should appeal to the execs.  It is more expensive than Carbonite or Mozy but is still relatively inexpensive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These fail the &quot;not network or cloud based&quot; requirement, but that is not a wise requirement anyway.  The backup to the USB drive sitting next to the computer is not sufficient to protect the organization.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't do the off-site backup, using TrueCrypt to encrypt a USB drive and scheduling a batch file using robocopy or teracopy (or similar) to save to that volume is easy.  My batch file that I run weekly on my laptop is below; f: is an external USB drive and the locations are for my Vista system.&#xD;&#xA;*****&#xD;&#xA;    md &quot;F:\%USERNAME%\backup&quot; &#xD;&#xA;    md &quot;F:\%USERNAME%\backup\Desktop&quot; &#xD;&#xA;    md &quot;F:\%USERNAME%\backup\Documents&quot; &#xD;&#xA;    md &quot;F:\%USERNAME%\backup\Downloads&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    robocopy &quot;%USERPROFILE%\Desktop&quot; &quot;F:\%USERNAME%\backup\Desktop&quot; *.* /E /R:0 /XO /LOG:&quot;F:\%USERNAME%\backup\%username%_Desktop.txt&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    robocopy &quot;%USERPROFILE%\Documents&quot; &quot;F:\%USERNAME%\backup\Documents&quot; *.* /E /R:0 /XO /LOG:&quot;F:\%USERNAME%\backup\%username%_Documents.txt&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    robocopy &quot;%USERPROFILE%\Downloads&quot; &quot;F:\%USERNAME%\backup\Downloads&quot; *.* /E /R:0 /XO /LOG:&quot;F:\%USERNAME%\backup\%username%_Downloads.txt&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.carbonite.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://mozy.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.ironmountain.com/digital/pc/backup.asp" />
  <row Id="35291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19803" RevisionGUID="d6195628-fb4e-438d-bbe4-a35dab5f4c68" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:12:03.203" UserId="2513" Text="I have seen a lot of these over the years.  Generally when I am looking for a decent PHP script, I check out HotScripts, believe it or not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They have a full section of scripts that seems to do what you want:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.hotscripts.com/category/php/scripts-programs/file-manipulation/upload-systems/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One I can say I have used and works really nicely, is [Afian][1].  It might be a little too full featured for your needs though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.afian.com" />
  <row Id="35292" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19655" RevisionGUID="47994037-cc1c-492d-a80c-2ce218405dbe" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:13:48.707" UserId="8089" Comment="added 198 characters in body" Text="Hi, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is my setup: two CentOS 5.2 boxes on VMWare ESXi 4.0. The first box sees the internet on eth0 and local network on eth1. The second box runs PostgreSQL 8.3 and sees only local network on eth0. Both boxes use iptables.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have set up port 5432 forwarding on box1 and am able to connect to PostgreSQL on box2 via pgAdminIII from Vista notebook. The database I am connecting to has two schemas, one is 'smaller' (basically just one table), another one is bigger (some 30 tables, 100 functions, etc.) So I am able to work with the smaller schema (browse the table and so on) but I cannot even expand the bigger schema - pgAdminIII hangs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;During the attempt to expand the bigger schema, tcpdump on the box2 gives me this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    IP box1_ext_ip &gt; box2_ip: ICMP my_notebook_ip unreachable - need to frag (mtu 1500), length 556&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where box_ext_ip is eth0 IP address&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should say that I these are clones of the development boxes, and the original network structure was different - box2 was directly accessible without port forwarding and there was no problem accessing the databases whatsoever. I suspect that I am missing something about iptables setup and would appreciate your advise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Patience...**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I waited long enough (20 min or so) and voila - I could access the bigger scheme. So I guess I should rephrase the question: **why does it take so long?** Where should I look?" />
  <row Id="35293" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12599" RevisionGUID="a8033341-ec0f-40aa-af93-21a9fff124ac" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:15:09.810" UserId="1808" Comment="added 179 characters in body" Text="Many developer prefer the GMail interface and thus forward (actually pull) all their email to GMail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming we trust Google, are there any reasons why this should be disallowed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;[Interesting article][1] today from Bruce Schneier about Cloud Services and security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/06/cloud_computing.html" />
  <row Id="35294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19804" RevisionGUID="c80e3f6c-83fa-411c-8c69-d0717875dd81" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:18:33.267" UserId="4381" Text="Here's a [good article on virtualization and going green](http://omniti.com/seeds/using-less-is-green), and the use of Solaris Zones compared to VMWare (disclaimer: I work for the guy who wrote it)." />
  <row Id="35295" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19805" RevisionGUID="c64b0f26-d3b6-40b8-98dc-963e5ca3cb26" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:19:40.300" UserId="1787" Text="The best site to look for such tools is [**HotScripts**][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're looking for PHP solution, the categories you should check-out are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [PHP » Scripts &amp; Programs » File Manipulation » Upload Systems][2]&#xD;&#xA;- [PHP » Scripts &amp; Programs » File Manipulation » File Management][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hotscripts.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.hotscripts.com/category/php/scripts-programs/file-manipulation/upload-systems&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.hotscripts.com/category/php/scripts-programs/file-manipulation/file-management/" />
  <row Id="35296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19806" RevisionGUID="8bfc4463-fd71-42f6-bdd0-cf8846b9631d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:20:29.520" UserId="3334" Text="There's a client server application.&#xD;&#xA;Client - .NET 2.0 based desktop application.&#xD;&#xA;Server - ASP .NET 2.0 based web application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The client communicates with the server using normal HTTP requests, since the server is essentially a website hosted on a web server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This solution is primarily for intranets - i.e. the web application is hosted on one of the internal servers in the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**In this architecture, does the client need to be built to manage proxy settings?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since the web server is inside the LAN, under this situation, is access to an internal web server also configured through proxies? Or are proxies strictly for all Internet calls from machines in the intranet?" />
  <row Id="35297" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19806" RevisionGUID="8bfc4463-fd71-42f6-bdd0-cf8846b9631d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:20:29.520" UserId="3334" Text="Client (desktop app) ...Server (web app) - Intranet solution - should proxy situation be considered?" />
  <row Id="35298" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19806" RevisionGUID="8bfc4463-fd71-42f6-bdd0-cf8846b9631d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:20:29.520" UserId="3334" Text="&lt;intranet&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;" />
  <row Id="35299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19807" RevisionGUID="08a467f5-67ef-436d-88cb-33012268b5a9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:21:11.687" UserId="1466" Text="We have a **tone generator** kit for tracing network cables, but I am having trouble using it correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The tone generator end plugs into the network cable I am trying to trace, and then I assume I should be able to go into the server room and just swipe the probe across the ends of the patch cables while still plugged into the switch, and hear the tone, but that doesn't seem to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - When the probe is pointed directly at the tone generator, it responds correctly.&#xD;&#xA; - When I point it a few inches down the wire that is connected to it, it does not respond.  I suspect this is due to the cable shielding?  As a result, I assume I need to point at the cable end, and not the middle of the wire in the server room.&#xD;&#xA; - My understanding is that the probe does not require you to un-plug any cables to work.  Is this correct?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would be great if someone who knows what they are doing would **document the correct procedure** here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="35300" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19807" RevisionGUID="08a467f5-67ef-436d-88cb-33012268b5a9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:21:11.687" UserId="1466" Text="How to use a Tone Generator to trace a network cable" />
  <row Id="35301" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19807" RevisionGUID="08a467f5-67ef-436d-88cb-33012268b5a9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:21:11.687" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;cables&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="35304" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19808" RevisionGUID="dca93eb6-e45d-4e1a-b800-ded6f5a29da7" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:21:40.093" UserId="8104" Text="&gt; InProc is for single server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are going to plant load balancer, you would need to look at State Server or Sql Server Database. Find out more at &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.codeproject.com/KB/session/ASPNETSession.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/session/ASPNETSession.aspx" />
  <row Id="35305" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19808" RevisionGUID="dca93eb6-e45d-4e1a-b800-ded6f5a29da7" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:21:40.093" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35306" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10906" RevisionGUID="eab8196d-f82c-416d-8731-afb05d635dcd" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:22:13.870" UserId="48" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;exchange-2003&gt;&lt;spam&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;" />
  <row Id="35307" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19809" RevisionGUID="4f4abb1a-67d7-47c7-bf61-03eace2be5c5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:22:44.693" UserId="4381" Text="As others have mentioned, running ntpd will prevent this problem, but if you have problems due to time skipping, you could make use of anacron. It's designed for use when a computer isn't up 24/7 and to run jobs asap, but I don't see why it wouldn't work in the situation you described." />
  <row Id="35308" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1571" RevisionGUID="2aa06e85-8246-425c-8078-3e9a8c3a3ecb" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:23:06.347" UserId="48" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;" />
  <row Id="35309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19810" RevisionGUID="bb2569c4-ebd5-4c10-ba32-899edd5734df" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:23:14.570" UserId="3431" Text="Proxies on the LAN are only useful if you're going to be doing some kind of filtering or accounting. I don't see them being useful in your case as long the app usage stays on the LAN." />
  <row Id="35310" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19662" RevisionGUID="a4b7ed8a-772e-46c8-88d6-b750d6b4696a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:23:20.887" UserId="7200" Comment="added 840 characters in body" Text="You're having an MTU issue, but I'm not sure why. I'm trying to get my head wrapped around your virtual topology here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, your Windows Vista notebook is connected to the &quot;local&quot; network, or the Internet network?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am assuming that your Windows Vista notebook is connected to the Internet and that you're accessing the external-side IP address of &quot;box 1&quot; to use the port-forwarding on port 5432 to get to &quot;box 2&quot;. If that's the case, what do you get back when you try to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ping -l 1472 -f &amp;lt;box 1 IP address&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Okay-- very good. If you would, run an &quot;ifconfig&quot; on both &quot;box 1&quot; and &quot;box 2&quot; and examine the MTU value on each Ethernet interface. They should all be 1500. (I'm just trying to get a handle on why &quot;box 1&quot; told &quot;box 2&quot; that it couldn't fragment a 556 byte datagram bound for your notebook...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Zow. Okay-- that's wild. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's not too much to ask, could you post the contents (or links thereto) of your iptables configs into the question? (I'm starting to get stumped here. What you're describing is something that I've done frequently, but I'm not sure how it's breaking down.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Back with you now. Okay. I'm getting perplexed at this one now. The iptables configuration doesn't look like it should be causing any problems. I do see that you're forwarding UDP 5432 onto &quot;box 2&quot;. You don't need to forward that-- Postgres only uses TCP. That won't hurt anything, though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;During your 20 minute wait, did you see traffic moving between the Vista notebook and &quot;box 2&quot;? Can you reproduce that condition every time you connect?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not that it makes a huge difference, but on the FORWARD chain on &quot;box 1&quot;, I'd typically make the rule that ACCEPTs packets with RELATED,ESTABLISHED set to be the first rule in the chain (to short-circuit processing). I can't think this would have any significant performance impact for you, though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hate not knowing the answer to a problem. This is going to keep me awake at night." />
  <row Id="35311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19811" RevisionGUID="df940cb8-4fe0-48cb-a5ca-ab3d8ea896a5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:23:35.347" UserId="613" Text="I just found [SpiderOak][1], which is fully cross platform (Mac, Win, Linux) and as a bonus is a big OSS supporter, having open sourced several of the libraries they developed internally.  They're not flat-rate, but rather 'stepped' - $10/100GB/mo or $100/100GB/yr, and no bandwidth fees.  I may move my backups there from S3 (which I suspect they use on the backend, but they get bulk discount rates that I don't as an individual).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://spideroak.com/" />
  <row Id="35312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19812" RevisionGUID="4bc4e25c-a790-4ce8-b952-b1082b09e527" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:25:31.803" UserId="7200" Text="My experience with tone generators is that you're going to be touching the pins on the jacks on the patch panel, or, if you've got a really sensitive probe, the terminations on the back of the patch panel. I've never used a tone generator / probe combination that was able to pull tone thru the insulation of a UTP cable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know that I'd plug a tone generator into the far end of a cable that's patched into a switch, either. You probably won't blow anything up, but I wouldn't try it." />
  <row Id="35313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19813" RevisionGUID="b9caee03-64f5-4936-97be-e51a664ac349" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:27:27.010" UserId="3607" Text="First, check the batteries or make sure that you have new ones.  Next, you should be swiping along the patch panel and not the switch.  I swipe along the underside of the cable jacks (against the copper side) or along the punch panel on the back.  I usually get a clearer signal this way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think you should test your toner by plugging the generator into a line you know is patched properly and stick the receiver in the proper jack." />
  <row Id="35314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19814" RevisionGUID="aadba3d4-9e99-42d3-85ba-b6950bf9a66d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:27:39.317" UserId="5426" Text="I have replicated Symantec Endpoint Protection from the Symantec Server to the Clients in the past, and it worked great on a LAN enviroment. I wonder if the VPN is the catch. I would be willing to bet this weird port action isn't allowed by your VPN tunnels. What you may look at is just coping the files off the server from the \\'YourSymantecServerIPAddress'\vphome\CLT-INST share folder that shold be setup on the Symantec Server.  You can hope that once you install the files from the share, it should point back to the server for updates and these take place on only a single port, much eaiser to track down what needs to be opened up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2007071909500548 says:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;**What ports do clients use to communicate with the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager?**&#xD;&#xA;Clients use the default ephemeral ports (1024 to 65535) for TCP for network communications. The ephemeral port range that is used, however, rarely exceeds 5000.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35315" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19747" RevisionGUID="5273056e-28d7-413d-aae4-0d8ceb0b0cb3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:29:03.543" UserId="8139" Comment="reason for question" Text="My computer is running Windows XP. I want to test some software on Windows 7. Can I run Windows 7 in Virtual PC on an XP computer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: The reason I ask is that the documentation for Virtual PC 2007 does NOT mention Windows 7 as a supported guest operating system." />
  <row Id="35316" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18870" RevisionGUID="a2d3e647-01a5-4585-8132-a66db1f6e0ef" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:29:11.123" UserId="2348" Comment="deleted 14 characters in body" Text="Well you might want to use Exchange Public Folders (Contacts) to store your contacts there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE:** Microsoft will not retire Public Folders in Exchange 2010. Take a look at [this article][1] to learn more about future and possible usage of Public Folders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I see it SharePoint approach is much better and it will fit nicely:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - available as web application&#xD;&#xA; - list item security&#xD;&#xA; - can be exported to Excel and Outlook&#xD;&#xA; - datasheet edit mode&#xD;&#xA; - mail merge is supported (via Office)&#xD;&#xA; - you can build related list (e.g. connect each contact with account)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - creating complicated relationships and tracking your mailings is not supported OOTB. You might wanna consider Microsoft Dynamics CRM or 3rd party solution to do that.&#xD;&#xA; - There is Outlook &lt;&gt; SharePoint integration but each user must enable it manually&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/03/31/448537.aspx" />
  <row Id="35317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19815" RevisionGUID="080597a1-b2ca-4d7f-a079-84c3eb950635" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:29:17.240" UserId="8104" Text="Maybe you can try discountasp.net" />
  <row Id="35318" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19815" RevisionGUID="080597a1-b2ca-4d7f-a079-84c3eb950635" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:29:17.240" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19816" RevisionGUID="a0de2bae-ab20-46ed-a9a3-48ce076bc0a9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:30:50.747" UserId="4160" Text="You didn't specify GNOME or KDE, but KDE 4.2 has built-in support for this. If you look under System Settings &gt; Accessibility, you can turn on the visual bell there. KDE also let's you customize actions for various system notifications that go beyond sounds. For example, you can show a popup, run a command, mark a taskbar entry, etc. This is under System Settings &gt; System Notifications." />
  <row Id="35320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19817" RevisionGUID="e044bc06-6b10-4322-8867-52e5f4e2b793" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:31:13.490" UserId="7200" Text="To my mind, any application that uses HTTP ought to be capable of using an HTTP proxy. Nicest would be if your application supported proxy autoconfiguration. You can't ever predict every environment the application is going to end up getting used in, and, as a sysadmin, I value flexibility with respect to adapting to network environments in application software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since you're using .NET, depending on how you're doing your HTTP you may be able to get this all &quot;for free&quot; from the underlying native code." />
  <row Id="35321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19818" RevisionGUID="2eb4089f-51a0-4dc8-b28e-df4c90b61daa" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:31:50.667" UserId="8021" Text="The 'wand' end of the tone generator usually has a 'gain' adjustment. Make sure you adjust this appropriately for your environment. It depends on physical contact with the copper if the signal is faint, although I've traced wires across an entire building and not needed &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you have a lot of interference (active network connections) or jacketed / interference-resistant cable, you're going to need conductive contact between the wand and the actual wires inside the cable. " />
  <row Id="35322" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19768" RevisionGUID="abf224a6-2b05-40c9-95c0-ddf762115251" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:32:51.257" UserId="1135" Comment="clarified that answer applies to red hat" Text="For RHEL, look for the following line in /etc/inittab&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    id:5:initdefault:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The number in this line if the default run level. You can set it to the following options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:&#xD;&#xA;    #   0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)&#xD;&#xA;    #   1 - Single user mode&#xD;&#xA;    #   2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)&#xD;&#xA;    #   3 - Full multiuser mode&#xD;&#xA;    #   4 - unused&#xD;&#xA;    #   5 - X11&#xD;&#xA;    #   6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35323" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19819" RevisionGUID="a991199b-39f0-4071-8a32-8e20a43d7a1f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:33:36.483" UserId="5426" Text="JFV sort of hit on this, but you may want to consider not installing SP3. Try having them with all of the patches at the SP2 level and see if they run for a while or not. I have heard (all-be-it antidotal) SP3 has caused problems with some people's XP instillations, such as weird explorer problems happening. Personally I have not experience these issues, but I would be willing to run it as an SP2 machine and see what happens." />
  <row Id="35324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19820" RevisionGUID="46608699-0c7d-434e-b3cf-6aa183ef8427" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:34:39.070" UserId="8079" Text="I've got a machine here that's running a website. It's only really a development machine but it has IIS on it for testing purposes. Problem is that when pages get loaded in internet explorer using the machines name, the request is going out to the proxy server which is coming back with an error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The requested URL could not be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; retrieved&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; --------------------------------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; While trying to retrieve the URL:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; http://seed-dev1.hull.ac.uk:5555/ &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; The following error was encountered: &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Unable to determine IP address from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; host name for seed-dev1.hull.ac.uk &#xD;&#xA;&gt; The dnsserver returned: &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Name Error: The domain name does not&#xD;&#xA;&gt; exist.  This means that: &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;  The cache was not able to resolve the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hostname presented in the URL.   Check&#xD;&#xA;&gt; if the address is correct.  Your cache&#xD;&#xA;&gt; administrator is webmaster. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; --------------------------------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Generated Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:18:33&#xD;&#xA;&gt; GMT by slb-webcache-east.hull.ac.uk&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (squid/2.6.STABLE22)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The error makes sense as the machine is really seed-dev1.net.dcs.hull.ac.uk. Regardless, I don't want it to be going off to the proxy server for local addresses. Not only is 'Bypass proxy server for local addresses' ticked on the proxy settings, but I've added exceptions in addition so it shouldn't be using the proxy for addresses beginning with: '*.hull.ac.uk; localhost; 127.0.0.1; seed-dev1' I can confirm that the exceptions are at least working because I can get to any pages within hull.ac.uk which I wouldn't be able to if I hadn't put it in the exception list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As that doesn't work, I went further by going to the hosts file at C:\Windows\system32\drivers\ect&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and added a line changing it to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;127.0.0.1       localhost&#xD;&#xA;127.0.0.1	      SEED-DEV1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A quick restart and it still doesn't work. Any pages that I try to access using the machine name just get that bad page returned from the proxy. Using localhost is all well and good for a single page but then you click on a link and it just switches back to the machine name in the url.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions of stuff I could try would be much appriciated" />
  <row Id="35325" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19820" RevisionGUID="46608699-0c7d-434e-b3cf-6aa183ef8427" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:34:39.070" UserId="8079" Text="Internet Explorer not bypassing proxy for local addresses" />
  <row Id="35326" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19820" RevisionGUID="46608699-0c7d-434e-b3cf-6aa183ef8427" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:34:39.070" UserId="8079" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;hosts&gt;" />
  <row Id="35327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19821" RevisionGUID="7829e882-8412-4b4b-bfdb-e91a1a9803f3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:36:35.807" UserDisplayName="Mike M" Text="Assuming you're in a Windows environment, especially Vista, you can redirect their some of their Profile folders (Documents, AppData, Favorites, etc.) to a server, then enable local caching so that it keeps a local copy on their workstation or laptop in case they disconnect or something else happens. Syncing a copy of the data to a file share on a server lets you explore additional options - roaming, replication to other sites/servers via DFS, and encryption if need be.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're working on a solution based on this idea for our top execs who are mostly laptops. Dan Holme has detailed it in his Windows Admin Reskit book. " />
  <row Id="35328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19822" RevisionGUID="c5f31fdb-0776-4357-bc3e-fde7cda4358b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:36:59.643" UserId="8150" Text="I know that you can configure Exchange to allow connections using IMAP and POP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But is there a way to let IMAP clients access an Exchange mail box, without changing any settings on the target Exchange server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm up for any ideas, including if you can set up some kind of bridge server in the middle that loads mail as an Exchange client and sets up an IMAP-accessible server." />
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  <row Id="35330" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19822" RevisionGUID="c5f31fdb-0776-4357-bc3e-fde7cda4358b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:36:59.643" UserId="8150" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;imap&gt;" />
  <row Id="35331" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19823" RevisionGUID="4abb8b65-e310-4558-aa37-2b3dcd7a6a74" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:37:42.777" UserId="4621" Text="Bear in mind that SQL Server does not know your business.  It does not know what business tactical and strategic decisions your company has made, is making, and will make.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This means that an index missing today may not be relevant tomorrow or it may become more relevant.  The same logic applies to indexes which are under utilized or not used at all.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When SQL Server RTM'd, I wrote my own scripts for perusing and reporting-on the DM tables and thought about automating their activity.  One glance at a missing index report where SQL Server was asking for all remaining columns of a table to be added as &quot;Include&quot; columns on an index for a table with **very dynamic content** was the deterrent I needed to not automate the process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I still use my scripts, but I apply my company's business decisions to what I do -- Something I can do in a smaller company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As always, know your data, know your business, know your business' direction.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35332" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19670" RevisionGUID="ba655e7c-c254-4bf5-b1bd-91a4c4b395c8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:38:41.793" UserId="6101" Comment="added 128 characters in body; added 189 characters in body" Text="Why are usb hubs only available up to 7 ports? Is there something technical that prevents that? I thought USB addressing allowed 127 USB devices to be connected, so that's not it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Thanks for the links for hubs with more ports. There are a lot of them with 7 ports, and I'd never seen one with more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what I have that plugs into USB:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. mouse&#xD;&#xA;2. keyboard&#xD;&#xA;3. ipod&#xD;&#xA;4. ipod shuffle&#xD;&#xA;5. camera&#xD;&#xA;6. joystick&#xD;&#xA;7. rudder pedals&#xD;&#xA;8. gps&#xD;&#xA;9. external HD&#xD;&#xA;10. memory stick&#xD;&#xA;11. phone" />
  <row Id="35333" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19824" RevisionGUID="0e686017-5012-41f9-91da-ba40c9984a84" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:39:25.910" UserId="5520" Text="I've got a HP DL380 running and I know one of the drives has failed.  The OS doesn't see the individual drives, it just sees one big volume called /dev/cciss/c0d0.  Is there any way I can figure out the model number of the physical drives without rebooting?  Also is there any way to make the LED on the the failed drive blink so I can identify which one it is?  I'm hoping there's a way of doing this from linux without rebooting to get to the BIOS menu." />
  <row Id="35334" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19824" RevisionGUID="0e686017-5012-41f9-91da-ba40c9984a84" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:39:25.910" UserId="5520" Text="How do you get information about the physical drives in a HP Smart Array RAID volume" />
  <row Id="35335" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19824" RevisionGUID="0e686017-5012-41f9-91da-ba40c9984a84" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:39:25.910" UserId="5520" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;smartarray&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="35336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19825" RevisionGUID="02de1f76-5fe4-4e05-aba5-7e86435b6e9d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:39:33.320" UserDisplayName="Samosa" Text="I simply want to run a ResetSearchIndex -force &lt;dbname&gt; on a schedule. What is the correct usage for the command in the Scheduled Task properties? It seems I would first need to start Powershell, then load the console file or snap-in for Exchange, which one of these is the closest:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINDOW~2\v1.0\POWERS~1.EXE -&quot;D:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Scripts&quot; ResetSearchIndex.ps1 -force dbname*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINDOW~2\v1.0\POWERS~1.EXE -PSConsoleFile &quot;D:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\bin\exshell.psc1&quot; -noexit -command &quot;.'D:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Scripts' ResetSearchIndex.ps1 -force dbname*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINDOW~2\v1.0\POWERS~1.EXE -PSConsoleFile &quot;D:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\bin\exshell.psc1&quot; -noexit -command &quot;.'D:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Scripts\ResetSearchIndex.ps1' -force dbname*&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35337" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19825" RevisionGUID="02de1f76-5fe4-4e05-aba5-7e86435b6e9d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:39:33.320" UserDisplayName="Samosa" Text="Add Scheduled Task to reset search indexes for Exchange 2007" />
  <row Id="35338" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19825" RevisionGUID="02de1f76-5fe4-4e05-aba5-7e86435b6e9d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:39:33.320" UserDisplayName="Samosa" Text="&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;powershell&gt;" />
  <row Id="35339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19826" RevisionGUID="c3a22484-ef84-4b23-bdc0-398cba3464a0" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:42:10.770" UserId="7200" Text="I suppose somebody could write a MAPI (the &quot;native&quot; API that Outlook &quot;speaks&quot; to Exchange) to IMAP gateway, but seeing as how Exchange already has one built-in, I'm not sure why you'd want to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With Exchange 2003 you can do &quot;Front End&quot; Exchange Server computers that talk the IMAP protocol to clients and get mail from a &quot;Back End&quot; Exchange Server computer storing the mail. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With Exchange 2007 you can deploy a server with the Client Access Role to do the same thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you clarify what you're trying to do?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35340" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19827" RevisionGUID="eb24cd5d-b2d2-4528-8a15-c5d74155b8f4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:43:22.733" UserId="3657" Text="The only &quot;change&quot; to the Exchange server for IMAP would be to turn on the IMAP service (in exchange 2003) and ensure that the user is enabled for IMAP access.  I think the process is very similar for 2007.  Both support IMAP as an access method out of the box." />
  <row Id="35341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19828" RevisionGUID="22826d08-e1bb-4cc6-ba85-1a6da2e73cd3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:44:16.553" UserId="2629" Text="I work for a school division (K-12).  While I am most interested in what works well on the Mac, Windows and Linux administrators must face the same issue and have analogous solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of our computer in a given lab are roughly identical machines.  Thus we have labs of new desktops, labs of old desktops, labs of new laptops (with 802.11n) and labs of old laptops (with 802.11g cards).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for recommendations for the types of accounts to use.  The Mac (and presumably other systems) supports several types of accounts, which I've detailed below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My specific questions are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Have I missed anything in my assessments of the different types of accounts?&#xD;&#xA; - Which sort of accounts would you recommend, for use by largely non-technical students in classes taught by largely non-technical teachers?&#xD;&#xA; - Would you use the same type of accounts on desktops and laptops?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you have tips to mitigate some of the problems?  (ex. We use local accounts and allow the students to back up to the network?  The teachers enforce a seating chart so that students always use the same machine?  We can't think of a better way to teach students to back up files than allow them to lose major assignments?)&#xD;&#xA; - What advice do you offer for a student who uses different computers in different classes?  (Possibly a nice new machine in Social Studies and an old laptop in English?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Account Types:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Local Account**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Home folder exists on the computer itself; data access could not be faster&#xD;&#xA;  - Unaffected by network issues&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Requires access to a specific computer&#xD;&#xA;  - If the unit fails, data is lost &#xD;&#xA;  - Need to create accounts for each user of the computer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Network Account**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Data is stored on a server, where it can be properly backed up&#xD;&#xA;  - If an end-user computer fails, the data is safe&#xD;&#xA;  - Accounts are stored in a directory system; you don't really care where a student logs in&#xD;&#xA;  - No time is spent syncing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Cons:&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;  - File access speed is dependent upon network conditions&#xD;&#xA;  - Some applications behave poorly or are really slow&#xD;&#xA;  - Really should not be used wirelessly&#xD;&#xA;  - Back-end services need to be working reliably:&#xD;&#xA;      - AFP/NFS/SMB file share must be up and working&#xD;&#xA;      - Directory service needs to be working for users to log in&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Mobile Accounts**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These try to be the best of both worlds.  There are two extremes: one where you sync all the data, and one where no data is synced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Mobile Accounts, No Syncing**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      - Users can lot into a range of machines, and a home folder is created for them&#xD;&#xA;      - Data access is fast; it is right on the hard drive&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Cons:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;       - Initial log-in requires a working network and directory service&#xD;&#xA;       - The user needs to use the same computer each time, or they will be unable to access their files&#xD;&#xA;      - Home folders accumulate over time and aren't cleared out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Mobile Accounts, Full Syncing**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        - Users can log into a range of machines, and their home folder is copied off of a file sharing server to the local hard drive (and changes are kept in sync).&#xD;&#xA;        - Access is fast; the files are on the hard drive&#xD;&#xA;        - Files also live on the server.  If a client computer fails, the user can access their files on a different machine.&#xD;&#xA;        - This is the ideal setup for a one-to-one laptop deployment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   - Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        - Syncing conflicts really confuse non-technical users.  They don't know how to answer when they are told, &quot;File X differs.  Do you want to use the local version of the network version?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        - Syncing a home-folder with lots of data is really slow.  So much so that it is best for the user to always use the same computer.&#xD;&#xA;        - Home folders accumulate over time and aren't cleared out.&#xD;&#xA;        - Syncing requires back-end services to be functioning properly&#xD;&#xA;        - Users need to spend time syncing before and after logging in (and syncing continous in the background as they work)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Mobile Accounts, Partial Syncing**&#xD;&#xA;    - Pros:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;         - Less space on the file server is required when you don't sync certain files or folders (like movies, music, and photos)&#xD;&#xA;         - Less strain is put on the network&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    - Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;         - Certain files will only exist on one machine, and live and die with that machine.&#xD;&#xA;         - If student expect to use various machines, you really need to make it clear which files will not be synced.&#xD;&#xA;         - All problems given in the full syncing, except that the &quot;syncing is really slow&quot; issue is reduced." />
  <row Id="35342" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19828" RevisionGUID="22826d08-e1bb-4cc6-ba85-1a6da2e73cd3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:44:16.553" UserId="2629" Text="Lab User Accounts" />
  <row Id="35343" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19828" RevisionGUID="22826d08-e1bb-4cc6-ba85-1a6da2e73cd3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:44:16.553" UserId="2629" Text="&lt;home-directory&gt;&lt;synchronization&gt;&lt;users&gt;" />
  <row Id="35344" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19829" RevisionGUID="0f152221-1aa6-432f-8648-e3c90826831b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:44:46.773" UserId="8157" Text="Run something as a different user (good for troubleshooting w/o having people to log off)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    runas /U:*domainname*\*username* &quot;*someapplication*&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for example, if you want to open an explorer window with your credentials&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    runas /U:example.com\mylogin &quot;explorer /separate&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for management console snapins (services in this example) you need to use mmc followed by the normal command to open that snap-in&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    runas /U:example.com\mylogin &quot;mmc services.msc&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These work on XP - I believe there are different rules for Vista&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35345" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19829" RevisionGUID="0f152221-1aa6-432f-8648-e3c90826831b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:44:46.773" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35346" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19670" RevisionGUID="7f8345c5-fba3-4784-8c5a-aa287bc0c72c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:44:50.250" UserId="6101" Comment="added 91 characters in body; added 23 characters in body" Text="Why are usb hubs only available up to 7 ports? Is there something technical that prevents that? I thought USB addressing allowed 127 USB devices to be connected, so that's not it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Thanks for the links for hubs with more ports. There are a lot of them with 7 ports, and I'd never seen one with more. I didn't think 7 was the technical limit, I just wondered why 7 seemed to be so universal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what I have that plugs into USB:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. mouse&#xD;&#xA;2. keyboard&#xD;&#xA;3. ipod&#xD;&#xA;4. ipod shuffle&#xD;&#xA;5. camera&#xD;&#xA;6. joystick&#xD;&#xA;7. rudder pedals&#xD;&#xA;8. throttle quadrant&#xD;&#xA;9. gps&#xD;&#xA;10. external HD&#xD;&#xA;11. memory stick&#xD;&#xA;12. phone" />
  <row Id="35347" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19830" RevisionGUID="1f015da5-08f7-448c-9a7f-21fbfaaf455e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:45:34.803" UserId="7619" Text="Another suggestion, (although it's a little risky/beta right now)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been experimenting with Windows Live Mesh. It's got 5Gb of storage for free and I could see a setup of something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 1.) Create a Windows Live mesh account for your exec. Configure it on his/her&#xD;&#xA;&gt; laptop to autologin in the background.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2.) Create a folder with the exec's name that's shared between the mesh&#xD;&#xA;&gt; virtual desktop and the exec's&#xD;&#xA;&gt; desktop, one-way only. Configure it to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; grab whatever is in the exec's folder&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and replicate it to the server.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 3.) Explain to the exec that anything they put in that folder will get&#xD;&#xA;&gt; magically whisked away to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `backupland'. Explain the 5Gb&#xD;&#xA;&gt; limitation, indicate no music, pics,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; etc. are to be stored in there,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; because it's for business-critical&#xD;&#xA;&gt; files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[An extra added benefit is that since you're working with one mesh account, you can add a bunch of devices and replicate the folders between them. Let's say you've got 3 or 4 execs, if they want, you can have &quot;John Brown's&quot; folder replicate to &quot;Jane Smith's&quot; desktop and vice-versa, or everyone's folder replicated to &quot;Mister President and CEO's&quot; desktop.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here's the link][1]. Again, it's beta but might be a good interim solution, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mesh.com/" />
  <row Id="35348" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19831" RevisionGUID="a22541a9-da11-496f-b8b6-725edb04ef33" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:45:47.690" UserId="7073" Text="At a small company I was at we had just roled out a basic Sharepoint Services site.  We were small but our emplyees were around the world so the web access &amp; MS Office intergration for Sharepoint was amazing (everything else sucked but thats another story)  Since we didn't have much money and we were small we kept it simple, one SQL server with RAID and one web server also with RAID.  About 1 week and 5 gigs of project data into it the power supply failed in the SQL box.  We had a day of downtime waiting for delivery of the new one.  We could have rolled the backups onto another server, but since we were still new to sharepoint the DR plan was still in development and we figured it would take as long to figure it all out as it would to just wait for the power supply to arrive, and since we know as soon as we had a new power supply we'd be online and not have to failback we just opted to wait and not risk messing up sharepoint.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35349" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19832" RevisionGUID="4c8502bc-a0e6-41ac-a96c-0e7506f96ddd" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:45:50.030" UserId="5426" Text="We use a company named Televolve for all of our sip trunking and DID needs. I don't know if they are big enough to handle your request, but carlos our support guy knows his stuff inside out. He is also very good about helping you, even if it doesn't mean he gets any more buisness out of it. His email is carlos at televolve dot com. Let him know that Matt from United Christian pointed you his way." />
  <row Id="35350" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19833" RevisionGUID="614efe11-7d1a-4048-b06e-9d723df1e373" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:47:32.537" UserId="5763" Text="If you are using the NLB clustering that ships as part of windows server 2003 then you are looking for the affinty setting.  If you set this to &quot;single affinty&quot; then communication from one IP address will always route to the same server, thus allowing the client to get access to the InProc session state.&#xD;&#xA;There is some documentation on how to set it at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb734858.aspx" />
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  <row Id="35352" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19834" RevisionGUID="b44b6696-27bb-4f35-a0b3-88d73f0cf2f4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:48:21.413" UserId="613" Text="You could cheat and get thin clients that mount on the back of monitors (called a 'VESA mount') and use those to run remote desktop/vnc fullscreen to the 'big iron' that you keep in the closet.  Note that this will work fine for most dev work, but things requiring fast graphics (ie. playing quake or lots of fly-though rendering while working on 3D modelling or animation) will of course suffer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;My goal here is to reduce noise, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are fanless VESA-mounted machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;reduce cleaning (of dust off computers),&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's &quot;part of the monitor&quot; more or less, and small at that&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;reduce cooling by centralizing and removing computer cases, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The big iron that requires massive cooling is in the closet&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;save space, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Being VESA-mounted, they're on the back of your monitor, not on your desktop&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;and increase security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remote desktops require a login to get to the big iron where the real work is done, so walking off with one doesn't get you anything beyond the physical hardware (of which the display is almost as expensive as the computer).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35353" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19835" RevisionGUID="5ef750f4-95e8-4b2e-b71c-474284834905" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:48:26.110" UserId="8150" Text="uploadthingy.com is a hosted solution that does exactly this for a monthly fee. I think data is saved to Amazon S3 so performance should be good. I haven't used them myself. Edit: Just to clarify, UploadThingy is a widget that you insert into your own website but the actual data is stored on S3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to host the files on your own server, the uploadify.com script looks really promising. However personally I don't want the hassle of maintaining customer's uploaded files myself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm a new user so I'm not allowed to post these URLs as actual links - I could be spamming!" />
  <row Id="35354" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19836" RevisionGUID="38e253e2-00f9-435f-b61f-e70bf4e4fb78" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:49:34.453" UserId="6132" Text="Human error resulted in a two terabyte MS-SQL database having all of its indexes dropped. They noticed fairly quickly and decided to rebuild the indexes. Unfortunately that process took over 48 hrs. In hindsight it would have been easier (and caused much less downtime) to restore from tape." />
  <row Id="35355" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19670" RevisionGUID="49d8354b-565a-4273-b71f-b9280dbdf8b8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:52:34.057" UserId="6101" Comment="added 5 characters in body" Text="Why are usb hubs only available up to 7 ports? Is there something technical that prevents that? I thought USB addressing allowed 127 USB devices to be connected, so that's not it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Thanks for the links for hubs with more ports. There are a lot of them with 7 ports, and I'd never seen one with more. I didn't think 7 was the technical limit, I just wondered why 7 seemed to be so universal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what I have that plugs into USB:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. mouse&#xD;&#xA;2. keyboard&#xD;&#xA;3. ipod&#xD;&#xA;4. ipod shuffle&#xD;&#xA;5. camera&#xD;&#xA;6. joystick&#xD;&#xA;7. rudder pedals&#xD;&#xA;8. throttle quadrant&#xD;&#xA;9. gps&#xD;&#xA;10. external HD&#xD;&#xA;11. memory stick&#xD;&#xA;12. cell phone" />
  <row Id="35356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19837" RevisionGUID="d558fb73-2456-41ae-a96b-473aef14c856" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:52:46.663" UserId="5426" Text="So this is a little bit of a strech, but I have a hunch it is the answer you are looking for. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I run a Vista 64-bit machine that has the same problem you are speaking of. Turns out the problem is beause of UAC. For some reason UAC does not pop up the way it should and does in other places. On my machine I disabled UAC completely, rebooted, and the RunAs worked just fine. Good news in my situation is that I found another way to make the app work the way I wanted it to without needing RunAs and I was able to resetup UAC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server 2008 from what I understand is very like Vista, and hopefully this helps you." />
  <row Id="35357" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19838" RevisionGUID="5998f45c-4e42-423e-8d29-5b467a67b892" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:54:24.287" UserId="7619" Text="Let's try the easy ones first:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(In Internet Explorer; and I'm assuming you're using IE because you're running IIS on 127.0.0.1 and you reference the hosts file in \drivers\etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 1.) Navigate to &quot;tools&quot;, &quot;internet options&quot;, &quot;connections&quot;, &quot;LAN&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Settings&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2.) Make sure, &quot;Bypass proxy server for all local addresses&quot; is selected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, hmm. Assuming you're running an internal DNS server/private IP addresses:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 3.) In a command-prompt, run: &quot;ipconfig /registerdns&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 4.) Ensure that you can forward and reverse ping your machinename w/ it's&#xD;&#xA;&gt; internal IP address.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 5.) If &quot;localhost&quot; isn't working, try pinging localhost at the command&#xD;&#xA;&gt; prompt, it's resolving to 127.0.0.1,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; yeah?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's clean up that hosts file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 5.) Make sure your hosts file wasn't inadvertently saved with a &quot;.txt&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; extention. If so, remove it.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 6.) In your LAN/adapter settings, make sure that you don't have any DNS&#xD;&#xA;&gt; suffixes to be appended.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Curious to see if any of those fixed the problem..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35358" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19839" RevisionGUID="60389462-4111-4ceb-b553-9090f7da1c79" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:55:01.713" UserId="6162" Text="I have an Linux (Ubuntu) virtual machine that's been setup as a desktop; it starts X and the full UI. I only need it as a server (will be accessing it via ssh) and am looking to reduce the memory footprint.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's a good way to prevent X from starting when the machine boots?" />
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  <row Id="35360" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19839" RevisionGUID="60389462-4111-4ceb-b553-9090f7da1c79" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:55:01.713" UserId="6162" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="35361" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19828" RevisionGUID="71e01988-43ff-4b93-b0cc-0f4d930d5d94" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:55:09.217" UserId="2629" Comment="Added point about multimedia usage to Guest Accounts" Text="I work for a school division (K-12).  While I am most interested in what works well on the Mac, Windows and Linux administrators must face the same issue and have analogous solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of our computer in a given lab are roughly identical machines.  Thus we have labs of new desktops, labs of old desktops, labs of new laptops (with 802.11n) and labs of old laptops (with 802.11g cards).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for recommendations for the types of accounts to use.  The Mac (and presumably other systems) supports several types of accounts, which I've detailed below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My specific questions are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Have I missed anything in my assessments of the different types of accounts?&#xD;&#xA; - Which sort of accounts would you recommend, for use by largely non-technical students in classes taught by largely non-technical teachers?&#xD;&#xA; - Would you use the same type of accounts on desktops and laptops?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you have tips to mitigate some of the problems?  (ex. We use local accounts and allow the students to back up to the network?  The teachers enforce a seating chart so that students always use the same machine?  We can't think of a better way to teach students to back up files than allow them to lose major assignments?)&#xD;&#xA; - What advice do you offer for a student who uses different computers in different classes?  (Possibly a nice new machine in Social Studies and an old laptop in English?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Account Types:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Local Account**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Home folder exists on the computer itself; data access could not be faster&#xD;&#xA;  - Unaffected by network issues&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Requires access to a specific computer&#xD;&#xA;  - If the unit fails, data is lost &#xD;&#xA;  - Need to create accounts for each user of the computer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Network Account**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Data is stored on a server, where it can be properly backed up&#xD;&#xA;  - If an end-user computer fails, the data is safe&#xD;&#xA;  - Accounts are stored in a directory system; you don't really care where a student logs in&#xD;&#xA;  - No time is spent syncing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Cons:&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;  - File access speed is dependent upon network conditions&#xD;&#xA;  - Some applications behave poorly or are really slow&#xD;&#xA;  - Really should not be used wirelessly&#xD;&#xA;  - Back-end services need to be working reliably:&#xD;&#xA;      - AFP/NFS/SMB file share must be up and working&#xD;&#xA;      - Directory service needs to be working for users to log in&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Mobile Accounts**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These try to be the best of both worlds.  There are two extremes: one where you sync all the data, and one where no data is synced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Mobile Accounts, No Syncing**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      - Users can lot into a range of machines, and a home folder is created for them&#xD;&#xA;      - Data access is fast; it is right on the hard drive&#xD;&#xA;      - File servers aren't needed to support it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Cons:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;       - Initial log-in requires a working network and directory service&#xD;&#xA;       - The user needs to use the same computer each time, or they will be unable to access their files&#xD;&#xA;      - Home folders accumulate over time and aren't cleared out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Mobile Accounts, Full Syncing**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        - Users can log into a range of machines, and their home folder is copied off of a file sharing server to the local hard drive (and changes are kept in sync).&#xD;&#xA;        - Access is fast; the files are on the hard drive&#xD;&#xA;        - Files also live on the server.  If a client computer fails, the user can access their files on a different machine.&#xD;&#xA;        - This is the ideal setup for a one-to-one laptop deployment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   - Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        - Syncing conflicts really confuse non-technical users.  They don't know how to answer when they are told, &quot;File X differs.  Do you want to use the local version of the network version?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        - Syncing a home-folder with lots of data is really slow.  So much so that it is best for the user to always use the same computer.&#xD;&#xA;        - Home folders accumulate over time and aren't cleared out.&#xD;&#xA;        - Syncing requires back-end services to be functioning properly&#xD;&#xA;        - Users need to spend time syncing before and after logging in (and syncing continous in the background as they work)&#xD;&#xA;        - Especially is students are doing multimedia work, your file server can fill up really quickly.  [I gather that quotas have not worked here well in the past.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Mobile Accounts, Partial Syncing**&#xD;&#xA;    - Pros:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;         - Less space on the file server is required when you don't sync certain files or folders (like movies, music, and photos)&#xD;&#xA;         - Less strain is put on the network&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    - Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;         - Certain files will only exist on one machine, and live and die with that machine.&#xD;&#xA;         - If student expect to use various machines, you really need to make it clear which files will not be synced.&#xD;&#xA;         - All problems given in the full syncing, except that the &quot;syncing is really slow&quot; issue is reduced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Update -- a couple of variations occured to me*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Local Accounts, Single Login**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Don't have to worry about forgotten passwords!&#xD;&#xA;- Access is fast and doesn't depend on network conditions&#xD;&#xA;- The user account can be created in the master image&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- It is a free-for all.  You can't expect you work to be there the next time you log in (or worse, it may be modified!)&#xD;&#xA;- If it seems that your file is there most of the time, then something important will be lost when you need it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Guest Accounts**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- You log into a newly created, clean account every time&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- All files are lost on log-off&#xD;&#xA;- Work has to be saved externally&#xD;&#xA;- Multimedia usage becomes very difficult&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35362" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19840" RevisionGUID="1aefd516-b42e-4795-8653-aa1e8d218a7a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:56:03.440" UserId="48" Text="The third option should do what you want:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINDOW~2\v1.0\POWERS~1.EXE -PSConsoleFile &quot;D:\Program &#xD;&#xA;    Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\bin\exshell.psc1&quot; -noexit -command &quot;.'D:\Program &#xD;&#xA;    Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Scripts\ResetSearchIndex.ps1' -force dbname&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19841" RevisionGUID="625576d3-5f75-4eff-a9da-fe3c35b89e33" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:56:46.263" UserId="8160" Text="I have a basic three tier web application, and I want to use GlassFish.&#xD;&#xA;Assuming same admin skills, any difference in having the host OS be Windows 2003 Server or RedhHat?" />
  <row Id="35364" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19841" RevisionGUID="625576d3-5f75-4eff-a9da-fe3c35b89e33" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:56:46.263" UserId="8160" Text="GlassFish on Windows vs RedHat" />
  <row Id="35365" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19841" RevisionGUID="625576d3-5f75-4eff-a9da-fe3c35b89e33" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:56:46.263" UserId="8160" Text="&lt;glassfish&gt;&lt;os&gt;" />
  <row Id="35366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19842" RevisionGUID="0a652cdb-9968-4664-ad87-6b7fdf7adc59" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:58:42.530" UserId="3657" Text="Go to System -&gt; Administration -&gt; Services and disable GDM" />
  <row Id="35367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19843" RevisionGUID="46143cb3-062c-447d-bbc6-0b221f6c6a62" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:58:45.107" UserId="1030" Text="When I edit the crontab using `crontab -e` it opens the crontab in vi. I'd prefer it to use nano. How can I change this?" />
  <row Id="35368" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19843" RevisionGUID="46143cb3-062c-447d-bbc6-0b221f6c6a62" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:58:45.107" UserId="1030" Text="Change default crontab editor to nano in FreeBSD" />
  <row Id="35369" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19843" RevisionGUID="46143cb3-062c-447d-bbc6-0b221f6c6a62" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:58:45.107" UserId="1030" Text="&lt;crontab&gt;&lt;vi&gt;&lt;nano&gt;&lt;freebsd&gt;&lt;editing&gt;" />
  <row Id="35370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19844" RevisionGUID="494ddaf7-4ab5-48e9-a745-c07d3f192f1b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T16:59:02.687" UserId="1466" Text="You can disable GDM by:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    update-rc.d -f gdm remove&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then re-boot and you should have your console window." />
  <row Id="35371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19845" RevisionGUID="6835feb9-6f00-4e00-bbc0-e8e929518c19" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:00:13.310" UserId="515" Text="Probably by setting the environment variable EDITOR.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I.e.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    export EDITOR=/path/to/nano" />
  <row Id="35372" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19846" RevisionGUID="9a05d1cd-7569-4ecc-bb02-f56a1111fef0" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:00:33.340" UserId="3657" Text="Should be&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    export EDITOR=/usr/bin/nano&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;adjust for your location of nano (use 'which' to find).  You can put that command in your .bashrc or similar profile script to have it in effect all the time." />
  <row Id="35373" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19847" RevisionGUID="b7ce627b-8157-44ff-a0ac-f20f627eab7a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:00:43.713" UserId="7200" Text="I don't use Ubuntu (I'm a CentOS / Fedora guy), but typically this is done with runlevels. I'm reading that, at least on Ubuntu &quot;Gutsy&quot;, there isn't a runlevel that doesn't start X by default. What a pain!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have a look at this guy's site-- it should at least give you an idea of where to look. http://caulfield.info/emmet/2008/03/add-a-textonly-runlevel-to-ubu.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On RedHat-style distributions this would be easy...  &amp;gt;smile&amp;lt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I dunno about these techniques above to remove GDM, but I'd rather be able to select a different runlevel to get X back than go removing software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Here's some potentially better thoughts: http://cviorel.easyblog.ro/2008/07/02/enabledisable-gdm-in-ubuntu/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35374" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19848" RevisionGUID="d365ad8b-7390-46e2-a042-abde889b10bd" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:01:45.660" UserId="8021" Text="We just use rsync and a hosted linux VPS with a bunch of storage. It's a flat rate, we can't even come close to the bandwidth allotment, it's incremental, it's easy to cron, and it's simple and has been well-supported since the dialup days. " />
  <row Id="35375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19849" RevisionGUID="fef40266-5227-4997-81f7-b5d2811a632c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:01:47.220" UserId="1466" Text="There is a symbolic link under */etc/alternatives/editor* that can be pointed to /path/to/nano&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use the **update-alternatives** utility to do this as well - although I am not too familiar with using it." />
  <row Id="35376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19850" RevisionGUID="3a7c5f2c-fd83-4029-87b9-0b70b60b3b79" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:04:37.560" UserDisplayName="Carson Chittom" Text="Depending on what you need, there is also `xmessage`&amp;mdash;it's old, it's ugly, but it's included with X.  It doesn't flash the screen, but it will pop up a message, and you can specify what buttons are on it (which one you press is returned in the exit status) if that's important." />
  <row Id="35377" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19851" RevisionGUID="bbef3bc0-3202-4334-aeb1-b74187cbbafc" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:04:40.553" UserId="717" Text="If your processor supports it, you can even install 64bit Windows 7 on a 32bit XP host using virtual box." />
  <row Id="35378" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19852" RevisionGUID="81f93cdd-0f41-4498-b293-307db90c3439" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:04:52.300" UserId="8157" Text="We are currently setting up a conference/meeting/voting system.   There is a PC (Call it CompA) whose secondary display is the public display which shows information,voting results, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is another PC (call it CompB) which a clerk sits at.   I would like to be able to display CompA's secondary display as a window on CompB.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main concerns are data transfer speed and hands free use.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to avoid a VNC/RDP solution - this would cause CompA to have to send quite a bit of data and this display is updating constantly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd also like the window to display immediately at log-in- no need for the clerk to do anything (although a double-click or two wouldn't be the end of the world).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I realize I'm asking for a pretty ridiculous thing, but I figured someone here may have experience or some imaginative ideas.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for reading!" />
  <row Id="35379" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19852" RevisionGUID="81f93cdd-0f41-4498-b293-307db90c3439" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:04:52.300" UserId="8157" Text="Mimic Picture in Picture functionality" />
  <row Id="35380" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19852" RevisionGUID="81f93cdd-0f41-4498-b293-307db90c3439" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:04:52.300" UserId="8157" Text="&lt;video&gt;&lt;rdp&gt;&lt;vnc&gt;&lt;remote&gt;" />
  <row Id="35381" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19853" RevisionGUID="b065284a-b359-46ec-a22f-a532ee47ff01" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:05:11.160" UserId="48" Text="If you can only access the Exchange Server via MAPI, and I'm assuming this is the case here, you want IMAP access but aren't able to access the Exchange server via IMAP, and you can't get it turned on, then you would need something in the middle that is able to connect to the server via MAPI and then translate this into IMAP to pass on to the IMAP client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could perhaps use something like [FetchMail][1] to get the mail off the Exchange server and forward it to an IMAP enabled server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whatever you do is going to be a bit of a cludge though, your best bet is to try and convince your admins to enable IMAP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://fetchmail.berlios.de/" />
  <row Id="35382" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19854" RevisionGUID="a52eb9c2-1834-49f1-85b9-936f2a530372" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:07:02.467" UserId="4392" Text="I would recommend a Mac server and using the Apple Directory Service to manage the users: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://training.apple.com/itpro/leopard301&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's an LDAP backend and similar to Active Directory in some ways. Since you're a Mac house, it is probably your best bet, although you /can/ authenticate Macs against Active Directory (and other LDAP based models) if you really want to. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35386" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19843" RevisionGUID="1f3e6f3e-5c2f-4709-8a66-dad9208a0eaf" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:09:12.043" UserId="1030" Comment="added resolution" Text="When I edit the crontab using `crontab -e` it opens the crontab in vi. I'd prefer it to use nano. How can I change this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For some reason the `export` command returns `command not found`. And changing the EDITOR env value didn't work for `crontab -e`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The following command worked on my system:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`setenv VISUAL /usr/local/bin/nano`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35387" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19856" RevisionGUID="383df2fa-fbfd-4653-b178-3b6791b5f7d3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:09:44.320" UserId="48" Text="I'm not sure there are any huge differences, assuming the same spec. I have heard some admins say that running Application Client Container (ACC) is faster on linux." />
  <row Id="35388" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19857" RevisionGUID="97215fde-aeb2-458b-b04d-f95c3ff38c74" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:10:20.683" UserId="7200" Text="How do you plan on having the display update on &quot;CompB&quot; if you don't want to use some network protocol to get the video updates over there? That's a bit perplexing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VNC isn't the most efficient thing in the world, but with compression it isn't too bad. If these PCs are going to be on a LAN together the bandwidth consumed probably isn't an issue anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If these updates are going to occur over a lower bandwidth network perhaps you want to think about reproducing the display locally by transferring the state information that drives the &quot;CompA&quot; display with an application running locally on &quot;CompB&quot;, rather than moving the video framebuffer or windowing environment drawing primitives over the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, as I see it, you've got two (2) choices: Replicate the video framebuffer / drawing primitive information, or replicate the underlying state that drives the remote display. You could do the first w/ something like VNC in a scaled window. You're going to have to have code written to do the second." />
  <row Id="35389" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16383" RevisionGUID="9a408975-7443-4758-97f9-5f6a1038a245" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:11:58.963" UserId="3552" Comment="added 73 characters in body" Text="For the purpose of this question, I am interested in server/datacenter related hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you had any measureable amount of ROI by swapping existing hardware to more &quot;green&quot; or energy efficient hardware? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, VMWare says you can reduce energy consumption by up to 80% by using virtualization. I have also heard of a cooling solution from HP which is suppose to reduce a small amount of engery usage (&lt;25% I think). Google has also done something by integrating a UPS into their power supplies to reduce energy consumption. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any real world experiences would be great, but if you have any details on initial cost, savings and pay off time about what changes were make that would fantastic. I am not only interested in virtualization, I am interested in anything." />
  <row Id="35390" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19858" RevisionGUID="9597e50b-d788-42b0-a37c-058a93554e07" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:12:19.557" UserId="7904" Text="It will help if you use the automounter, a soft mount, and a short timeo value on the client. " />
  <row Id="35391" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19858" RevisionGUID="9597e50b-d788-42b0-a37c-058a93554e07" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:12:19.557" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35393" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19860" RevisionGUID="355e8503-4fbd-4e68-ae9b-d7f9d66ef6a7" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:14:16.650" UserId="7801" Text="For sh based shells:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    export EDITOR=/path/to/nano&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For C shell based:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    setenv EDITOR /path/to/nano&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember that unless you save these setting to your login profile script (/home/user/.bash_profile for example), you lose the setting at log out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I remember correctly, FreeBSD uses C shell as the default user shell." />
  <row Id="35394" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19264" RevisionGUID="97c79a21-710a-431b-a0a7-b8a7d59902b8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:14:35.510" UserId="984" Comment="added 14 characters in body" Text="If disabling printing through remote desktop is not an option you could create a quick visual basic script to reset the printer, and put it in their startup folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Option Explicit&#xD;&#xA;    Dim oNet&#xD;&#xA;    Set oNet = CreateObject(&quot;Wscript.Network&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    oNet.SetDefaultPrinter &quot;printer name&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35395" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19861" RevisionGUID="96f2aa1d-8c0e-4318-96e5-d264bd09ba54" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:15:52.777" UserId="4428" Text="[CCISS Driver/Tools][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Click on the cciss utilities link and you'll find links to several tools.  I personally use array-info.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://cciss.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="35396" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19849" RevisionGUID="dff6157d-03d0-40c2-b1aa-21a8b18cf08c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:15:57.550" UserId="1466" Comment="added 99 characters in body" Text="There is a symbolic link under */etc/alternatives/editor* that can be pointed to /path/to/nano&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use the **update-alternatives** utility to do this as well - although I am not too familiar with using it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(note - I'm speaking from an 'ubuntu' point-of-view.  not sure if this is the same for FreeBSD)" />
  <row Id="35397" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19839" RevisionGUID="534d210c-fb3d-4d58-8fdf-dbb8d6386822" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:16:53.447" UserId="6162" Comment="Updated with answer." Text="I have an Linux (Ubuntu) virtual machine that's been setup as a desktop; it starts X and the full UI. I only need it as a server (will be accessing it via ssh) and am looking to reduce the memory footprint.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's a good way to prevent X from starting when the machine boots?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: ended up going with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo mv /etc/rc2.d/S30gdm /etc/disabled-S30gdm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;via the link in Evan Anderson's answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35399" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19858" RevisionGUID="1dfb8690-587b-4626-885c-9ea6dab59c5b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:18:24.270" UserId="7904" Comment="deleted 9 characters in body" Text="It will help if you use autofs, a soft mount, and a short timeo value on the client. " />
  <row Id="35400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19863" RevisionGUID="36079029-bec6-4178-b7a6-a309d5d09d52" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:18:27.360" UserId="5234" Text="Check your IE Zones - I've seen it happen at times that IE would place a local server in the Internet zone, thus causing it to ignore the &quot;bypass proxy&quot; setting.  Haven't figured out the reason why yet, but it does appear related to either a non-standard port or the server not being a member of the same Windows Domain as the client.  To be honest, this is not something I've spent too much time researching; once I found a solution I moved on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should be able to explicitly add this server to your Intranet zone and thus trigger the proxy bypass; otherwise you will need to explicitly add the FQDN of the server to your &quot;bypass proxy&quot; list." />
  <row Id="35401" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19852" RevisionGUID="f99cc1de-2b4a-4963-8f60-b9b67f94ad15" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:19:19.977" UserId="8157" Comment="Noted that the receiving computer does feature an S-Video in" Text="We are currently setting up a conference/meeting/voting system.   There is a PC (Call it CompA) whose secondary display is the public display which shows information,voting results, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is another PC (call it CompB) which a clerk sits at.   I would like to be able to display CompA's secondary display as a window on CompB.  A point of note is that CompB does have an S-Video input.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main concerns are data transfer speed and hands free use.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to avoid a VNC/RDP solution - this would cause CompA to have to send quite a bit of data and this display is updating constantly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd also like the window to display immediately at log-in- no need for the clerk to do anything (although a double-click or two wouldn't be the end of the world).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I realize I'm asking for a pretty ridiculous thing, but I figured someone here may have experience or some imaginative ideas.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for reading!" />
  <row Id="35402" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19864" RevisionGUID="2431c6f5-d27b-4123-9a39-6dfc7fec1b85" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:19:21.850" UserDisplayName="SysAdmin" Text="I suggest doing traditional master/differential file level backups (to facilitate single file restoration) as well as doing a baremetal backup of the server's boot partition.  If the server fails, you can then restore the OS/Apps to repaired/replaced hardware and be up in running in very short order, followed by a file level restoration.  I would also consider backing up to a disk target/appliance like a Unitrends solution (or equivalent)." />
  <row Id="35403" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19864" RevisionGUID="2431c6f5-d27b-4123-9a39-6dfc7fec1b85" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:19:21.850" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19865" RevisionGUID="183b17b6-5e33-4fb4-bd87-a369bc4072ce" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:20:10.600" UserId="7246" Text="UbuntuGeek just posted an article on this very subject today. Its along the same lines as the &lt;http://www.ducea.com&gt; answer above, but just a more current post with some of the newer projects added in. Anyway, tts a decent quick overview covering several Nagios config gui, which should give you a good starting point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.ubuntugeek.com/nagios-configuration-tools-web-frontends-or-gui.html&gt;" />
  <row Id="35405" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19866" RevisionGUID="25d0353b-054e-434f-aa48-a5c9463c4ec6" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:21:03.127" UserId="5257" Text="I'm looking for some advice regarding the best way to set up my disks/partitions for SQL Server. Here are some of my major concerns:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How should the SQL files be seperated (data files, logs, temp)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it better to RAID a lot of HDDs and partition the space or to make multiple RAIDs with fewer disks for each RAID?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should data and log files be on a different RAID type?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should the default databases (master,msdb, etc...) be located on the C: or should they be in the same place as the other data/log files?" />
  <row Id="35406" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19866" RevisionGUID="25d0353b-054e-434f-aa48-a5c9463c4ec6" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:21:03.127" UserId="5257" Text="Recommended disk/partition setup for a SQL Server" />
  <row Id="35407" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19866" RevisionGUID="25d0353b-054e-434f-aa48-a5c9463c4ec6" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:21:03.127" UserId="5257" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;raid&gt;&lt;partition&gt;" />
  <row Id="35408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19867" RevisionGUID="faa4f0df-3a1c-4131-b4c6-d25df3df2b97" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:22:04.810" UserId="3854" Text="I do know how to connect remotely to another Server running Windows Server 2003 on my network. But what i would like to know is..........can i connect to another Server through the internet? If YES.....how can i do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am sitting in South Africa. Our Head office is in USA. I need to connect to a Server there in order to create/change/update items on that Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advanced!!" />
  <row Id="35409" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19867" RevisionGUID="faa4f0df-3a1c-4131-b4c6-d25df3df2b97" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:22:04.810" UserId="3854" Text="Remote Connect to a Server through internet?" />
  <row Id="35410" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19867" RevisionGUID="faa4f0df-3a1c-4131-b4c6-d25df3df2b97" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:22:04.810" UserId="3854" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;connection&gt;&lt;remote-access&gt;" />
  <row Id="35414" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19869" RevisionGUID="7e7075ea-9d66-4f51-bbcc-69bb30abd922" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:24:25.600" UserId="3552" Text="Your best option would be set up a VPN back to your office in the USA. This will allow you to remote into any machine just as if you were on the network,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another less secure option would be to just set up port forwarding on the router to point to the machine you want to remote into.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If all else fails, you can use something like [goto my pc.][1] (not recommended for production servers it is a hack, but it will work)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.gotomypc.com/" />
  <row Id="35415" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19870" RevisionGUID="9d875df5-1770-4fdc-b65c-693609fb6496" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:24:55.897" UserId="7320" Text="The best solution for you would probably be to set up a media-friendly monitor with an S-video input which supports PIP natively.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternately, the only software I'm aware of that supports PIP in Windows is Media Center. If you run a media center instance in windowed mode, shrunk down, you could pipe the video feed in (via s-video with proper hardware) or split the output of the other PC and use an adapter. You might need Vista's flavor of Media Center to do the run as a little window trick." />
  <row Id="35416" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19871" RevisionGUID="9fff848e-0678-482e-896f-44489d61644d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:24:55.990" UserId="6725" Text="Might want to a look at OpenMAPI.org.  They have the beginning of an IMAP/MAPI gateway." />
  <row Id="35417" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19872" RevisionGUID="598c0507-2886-4ce9-80ef-8273751ebedb" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:25:40.107" UserId="2302" Text="How do you know one of the drives has failed?  On our ProLiant servers the LEDs on the individual drive trays that turn orange and flash angrily when the drive fails.  On your DL380 if one of the drives has failed it should be giving you a visual cue on the font of the unit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get more information, you could try the [Array Configuration Utility Software][1] available from HP -- I haven't used the Linux version but we sure have had good luck with SmartArray controllers on Windows for over a decade, going back to the Compaq versions.  It's one of the those things that's &quot;just worked&quot; like it's supposed to for us.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/software-management/acumatrix/index.html" />
  <row Id="35418" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19873" RevisionGUID="c45690db-f62c-4dc5-9986-44b85754656a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:25:41.900" UserId="4694" Text="Please post useful commands that you use in your **logon script**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some that I use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; map a network drive:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **net use v: \\fileserver\apps**&lt;br&gt; map a network printer: &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **RunDll32.EXE printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;\\\printserver\BNE Xerox DC1100 PCL&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 6&quot;** &lt;br&gt; delete a network printer:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **RunDll32.EXE printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /dn /q /n&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;\\\printserver\HP LaserJet 2300&quot;**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; disable windows firewall: &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **netsh firewall set opmode disable** &lt;br&gt; install a new program: &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **if not exist &quot;C:\Program Files\Antivirus\&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;V:\Antivirus\install.msi&quot;**&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt; create a shortcut on users Desktop: &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **copy &quot;V:\shortcuts\dictionary.lnk&quot; &quot;%USERPROFILE%\Desktop&quot;**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35419" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19873" RevisionGUID="c45690db-f62c-4dc5-9986-44b85754656a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:25:41.900" UserId="4694" Text="Useful Logon Script Commands" />
  <row Id="35420" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19873" RevisionGUID="c45690db-f62c-4dc5-9986-44b85754656a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:25:41.900" UserId="4694" Text="&lt;logon-scripts&gt;&lt;windows-domain&gt;" />
  <row Id="35421" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19874" RevisionGUID="e9e308e9-9712-4d54-b282-ba2a2a4223d1" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:26:17.203" UserId="4136" Text="If your office is expecting to remote into another office server on your own network, why would you want to go through the internet? If its on the same network you should just be able to use RDP regularly. If you're not on the network check with your sysadmins about a VPN connection." />
  <row Id="35422" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19875" RevisionGUID="47c66927-5216-4eb6-a46a-f3313921fc98" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:26:19.293" UserId="4002" Text="I myself have not managed to get the latest Mono installed from packages yet, but I do have a good tutorial for building the latest Mono from source on Ubuntu: [Install Mono 2.4 From Source on Ubuntu][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.ruski.co.za/page/Install-Mono-on-Ubuntu.aspx&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35423" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19824" RevisionGUID="c430eef4-505b-45d3-af18-34393ccee502" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:28:10.053" UserId="5520" Comment="added 45 characters in body" Text="I've got a HP DL380 running and I know one of the drives has failed.  (I have a cron job running cciss_vol_status) The OS doesn't see the individual drives, it just sees one big volume called /dev/cciss/c0d0.  Is there any way I can figure out the model number of the physical drives without rebooting?  Also is there any way to make the LED on the the failed drive blink so I can identify which one it is?  I'm hoping there's a way of doing this from linux without rebooting to get to the BIOS menu." />
  <row Id="35424" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19876" RevisionGUID="f950101a-bbbd-4736-b1c6-01fd56597214" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:28:22.893" UserId="2273" Text="Both your outbound firewall/router and the firewall/router on the other end (the server you are trying to connect to) needs to allow the correct port for remote access.  By default this is port 3389 although you can change this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other option is if you have a VPN set up to the remote office, (which will be more secure anyway) then you connect to the VPN and you should be able use RDP to connect to the server." />
  <row Id="35425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19877" RevisionGUID="24233d68-cca0-459b-9017-44da554bce01" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:28:38.663" UserId="8093" Text="A little more information is needed here I think. How do you now connect to the server? Why not use a VPN if you’re not on a WAN connection. I would not recommend for security reasons that you open a server to the internet for remote administration. If you are connected to the network via VPN then you can get to the server the same way you would if you were in the office. " />
  <row Id="35426" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19878" RevisionGUID="f846884a-1074-482c-90d0-7531226bd0a6" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:29:39.193" UserId="7660" Text="You'd either need to open up port 3389 (RDC) on your USA location's firewall &amp; forward port 3389 requests the the USA server's internal IP address, which isn't very secure, or establish a VPN tunnel into the USA location's subnet &amp; simply allow RDC connections locally." />
  <row Id="35427" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19879" RevisionGUID="59f7364c-213f-4644-8150-2b3733149af4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:29:44.107" UserId="4136" Text="Here's a nice blog post: http://sqlserveradvisor.blogspot.com/2009/03/sql-server-disk-configuration.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;White paper on disk alignment: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd758814.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short your OS should be on RAID 1, your data files on RAID 10 (preferably) and log files on RAID 1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PDF on top 10 best performance tips: http://www.stlssug.org/docs/Best_Practices_for_Performance.pdf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also remember to put your TEMPDB on a separate disk for performance reasons. I'm sure Paul Randal will come in here and blow your mind with why in a bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MS says why for tempdb: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175527.aspx" />
  <row Id="35428" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19880" RevisionGUID="931baee4-d81f-4c82-ad7f-d144a90901c5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:29:45.463" UserId="8167" Text="I have a POP3 from ISP servicing about 1/2 of my organization.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I set up Exchange in our 30 person headquarters.  I found a script that downloads from the POP3 on ISP to Exchange server.  Everyone here is set up and working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, when I mail to our domain, the mail needs to goto the ISP's POP3 server, but instead looks on the Exchange address book and finds nothing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our internal domain is domainname.local.  The company is domainname.com.  I set up on reciepient policies, that our primary is domain.com.  Domain.local is also on there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mail to other domains works fine.  I need to find a way in exchange to force email for us to look up the MX record and goto the POP3 server." />
  <row Id="35429" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19880" RevisionGUID="931baee4-d81f-4c82-ad7f-d144a90901c5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:29:45.463" UserId="8167" Text="How can I force exchange to send all mail outside of the organization, despite recipient policy" />
  <row Id="35430" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19880" RevisionGUID="931baee4-d81f-4c82-ad7f-d144a90901c5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:29:45.463" UserId="8167" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;" />
  <row Id="35431" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19869" RevisionGUID="976ab1b6-3bbb-4b28-9959-f8a707dc0bff" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:30:13.903" UserId="3552" Comment="added 27 characters in body; added 197 characters in body" Text="Your best option would be set up a VPN back to your network in the USA. This will allow you to remote into any machine just as if you were on the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A less secure option would be to just set up port forwarding on the USA router to point to the machine you want to remote into.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An even less secure option, if all else fails, you can use something like [goto my pc.][1] (I actually haven't used this service, so I can't really comment on the security aspect of it, but since it involves a third party application, I think it would be less secure of all options -- I could be wrong, but I wouldn't bet on it if it was a production server.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.gotomypc.com/" />
  <row Id="35432" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19857" RevisionGUID="536051f2-57ae-4fc4-a91a-2779e668e609" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:30:45.260" UserId="7200" Comment="added 270 characters in body" Text="How do you plan on having the display update on &quot;CompB&quot; if you don't want to use some network protocol to get the video updates over there? That's a bit perplexing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VNC isn't the most efficient thing in the world, but with compression it isn't too bad. If these PCs are going to be on a LAN together the bandwidth consumed probably isn't an issue anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If these updates are going to occur over a lower bandwidth network perhaps you want to think about reproducing the display locally by transferring the state information that drives the &quot;CompA&quot; display with an application running locally on &quot;CompB&quot;, rather than moving the video framebuffer or windowing environment drawing primitives over the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, as I see it, you've got two (2) choices: Replicate the video framebuffer / drawing primitive information, or replicate the underlying state that drives the remote display. You could do the first w/ something like VNC in a scaled window. You're going to have to have code written to do the second.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: If the computers are going to be physically close you could split and convert the VGA output on &quot;CompA&quot; and either pipe it into an application (like a &quot;TV Viewer&quot; program or such) on &quot;CompB&quot;, or like Garrett says, just use a monitor that can do PIP on &quot;CompB&quot;." />
  <row Id="35434" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19881" RevisionGUID="1c213d41-46d9-4349-9f96-307ed0fa84e8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:31:47.520" UserId="5075" Text="I am familiar with using rsync to back up various files from my system but what is the best way to completely restore a machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I have tried in the past is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Do a basic format/reinstall from the Fedora install disks&#xD;&#xA;2. Make sure networking is enabled &#xD;&#xA;3. Copy everything from rsync backup over the top of the newly installed system&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This way sort of works but I do not think every package that was installed works 100% afterwards.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to be able to restore my system with the minimum amount of effort and everything work the same as at the moment the backup was taken. Also if possible install to other machines and essentailly have two machines with the same packages and data." />
  <row Id="35435" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19881" RevisionGUID="1c213d41-46d9-4349-9f96-307ed0fa84e8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:31:47.520" UserId="5075" Text="Complete restore of linux system" />
  <row Id="35436" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19881" RevisionGUID="1c213d41-46d9-4349-9f96-307ed0fa84e8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:31:47.520" UserId="5075" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;fedora&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;system-restore&gt;&lt;rsync&gt;" />
  <row Id="35438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19882" RevisionGUID="f648930a-6f30-40ae-928d-cc6d76686205" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:33:30.200" UserId="1820" Text="If this type of management is going to be common, and you require access to multiple servers with multiple users, you may want to consider Terminal Services Gateway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its a feature only available in Windows Server 2008, and it allows a TS Gateway server to serve requests to internal resources, across a secure channel." />
  <row Id="35439" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19883" RevisionGUID="cb52bcb3-acd8-48eb-a786-8eff3a2459a3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:33:32.320" UserId="7989" Text="There is a non-free tool that looks like it does what I need: http://www.proxifier.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still holding out for a free version though. Anyone?" />
  <row Id="35440" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19884" RevisionGUID="c41e38ba-c483-4846-8dee-a0335cb0cb2c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:34:00.137" UserId="45827" Text="My experience has been (on older setups) that I can remote into a system, edit a text file (*.config, *.aspx, *.ashx, etc...) in Notepad and save it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am unable to do this on the new box.  I don't know whether it has to do with IIS7 or Windows 2008 or something entirely different.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I set things up to allow quick Notepad edits of files being served by IIS7?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(AFAIK, I have full permissions on the file.  It is not marked read-only.)" />
  <row Id="35441" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19884" RevisionGUID="c41e38ba-c483-4846-8dee-a0335cb0cb2c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:34:00.137" UserId="45827" Text="Unable to save text config files in IIS7 on Windows 2008." />
  <row Id="35442" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19884" RevisionGUID="c41e38ba-c483-4846-8dee-a0335cb0cb2c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:34:00.137" UserId="45827" Text="&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="35443" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="19290" RevisionGUID="ded50594-8ce9-48cf-a836-9df1e36b45ed" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:34:10.433" UserId="7989" Comment="Added tag for proxifier" Text="&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;" />
  <row Id="35444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19885" RevisionGUID="65e0082e-5544-4e71-8409-b4500b33904f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:34:11.290" UserId="7200" Text="If this is Exchange 2003 you could use the functionality on the SMTP Virtual Server to forward messages with unknown recipients to the ISP's mail server hosting the POP3. The setting is accessible in the properties for the SMTP Virtual Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is sort of an inelegant solution, but it should do what you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(You could even make Contact objects in your AD for users who have accounts at the ISP w/ the POP3 such that they appear in the GAL for Outlook users. I shouldn't be encouraging this... &amp;gt;smile&amp;lt;)" />
  <row Id="35445" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19886" RevisionGUID="3b6df9bb-4f85-48e3-80bf-d64d32cd6862" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:35:05.907" UserId="5899" Text="Fedora 11 is scheduled to be released 6/9/09 and will include Mono 2.4.  Try&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    yum search mono&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to see what packages are available after installation." />
  <row Id="35446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19887" RevisionGUID="26c6cac2-4c1d-44e7-85dd-0f4c543733de" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:37:10.253" UserDisplayName="eliott" Text="I would first try duplicating your VRRP, but with an additional VIP.&#xD;&#xA;For each VIP, alternate the primary and backup nodes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DNS1 = vip1 primary, vip2 secondary&#xD;&#xA;DNS2 = vip2 primary, vip1 secondary&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then have each of your client machines have both ips in the resolver.&#xD;&#xA;That way the load is spread across the nameservers, but if one goes down, the other one just takes over the additional load." />
  <row Id="35447" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19379" RevisionGUID="b7b8a5b7-da55-42de-b954-0e53a082033e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:37:37.243" UserId="8005" Comment="added 924 characters in body" Text="I am running CentOS 5.3 and would like to log all messages from the &quot;at&quot; daemon. My syslog.conf contains the following entry:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cron.* /var/log/cron&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I assumed that cron line in syslog refers to the entire family of &quot;cron, anacron, at and batch&quot;. However, while cron and anacron actions seem to get looged, &quot;at&quot; actions do not get logged. How do I log atd actions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you for your attention &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Added) I would like to add the contents of my syslog.conf just in case there is an error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Log all kernel messages to the console.&#xD;&#xA;    # Logging much else clutters up the screen.&#xD;&#xA;    #kern.*							/dev/console&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Log anything (except mail) of level info or higher.&#xD;&#xA;    # Don't log private authentication messages!&#xD;&#xA;    *.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none		/var/log/messages&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # The authpriv file has restricted access.&#xD;&#xA;    authpriv.*						/var/log/secure&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Log all the mail messages in one place.&#xD;&#xA;    mail.*							-/var/log/maillog&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Log cron stuff&#xD;&#xA;    cron.*							/var/log/cron&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Everybody gets emergency messages&#xD;&#xA;    *.emerg							*&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Save news errors of level crit and higher in a special file.&#xD;&#xA;    uucp,news.crit						/var/log/spooler&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Save boot messages also to boot.log&#xD;&#xA;    local7.*						/var/log/boot.log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35448" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19888" RevisionGUID="8cb1612a-e61c-4b56-b341-ba68aa63e31d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:37:42.470" UserId="4733" Text="I am running XP Pro SP3 on a Dell Latitude E6500.  Inside of that I am running VirtualBox with Windows7.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most everything works well.  I am unable to view Win7 in full screen and I havent found drivers for my sound card yet...but other than that I am pleased.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="35449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19889" RevisionGUID="c517230b-3012-40f9-bbce-bb5e0179afbc" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:38:04.370" UserId="1992" Text="This is a big 'it depends' question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't answer the how to create the individual RAID arrays question for you, as I'm not a storage expert, but I can help you with the rest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first thing you nede to consider is what is the workload on the various databases - OLTP (read/write) or DSS/DW (read-mostly). For read/write workloads, you should be looking at RAID 1 or RAID 10 (RAID 1+0), as these provide redundancy and great read/write performance. For read-mostly workloads you can use RAID 5. The reason RAID 5 should not be used for read/write workloads is that you pay a performance penalty on writes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Transaction logs, by their very nature are read/write (or write-mostly, depending on whether you're using the transaction log for anything - e.g. log backups or replication) and so should never be put on RAID 5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This means that for some databases and workloads, you may have data files on RAID 5 and log files on RAID 1/10, and for other databases you may have everything on RAID 1/10. Going further, if you have a partitioned database, it may contain some read-mostly and some read/write data, possibly even within the same table. This could be split into separate filegroups and then each filegroup put on an appropriate RAID level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Separation of actual databases again depends on the workload, and the capabilities of the underlying IO subsystem - a higher degree of separation may be required for storing things on individual RAID arrays than on a SAN, for instance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tempdb is a special case all on its own, as its usually a heavily-loaded database and should be stored separate from the other databases. The system databases should not be heavily used and can be placed anywhere as long as there is redundancy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a link to a whitepaper I helped write that should help you: [Physical Database Storage Design][1]. Also make sure your IO subsystem can handle the anticipated workload - see this whitepaper: [Predeployment I/O Best Practices][2]. Finally, make sure that you use the correct RAID stripe size (usually 64K or higher on newer systems), the correct NTFS allocation unit size (usually 64K), and that on systems prior to Windows Server 2008, you set the disk partition offset correctly. For info on these, and pointers to more information on them and why you should configure them this way, see this blog post: [Are your disk partition offsets, RAID stripe sizes, and NTFS allocation units set correctly?][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bototm line: know your workload and your IO subsystem capabilities and then implement accordingly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope this is helpful to you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS As far as tempdb is concerned, it's a big can of worms over how you should configure it and there's all kinds of conflicting information. I wrote a comprehensive blog post about tempdb data file configuration at [Misconceptions around TF 1118][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/physdbstor.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/bestpractice/pdpliobp.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/Are-your-disk-partition-offsets-RAID-stripe-sizes-and-NTFS-allocation-units-set-correctly.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/Misconceptions-around-TF-1118.aspx" />
  <row Id="35450" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19879" RevisionGUID="2979b4b1-eeb9-4171-9fdb-6497caaa99f3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:39:15.180" UserId="4136" Comment="added 92 characters in body" Text="Here's a nice blog post: http://sqlserveradvisor.blogspot.com/2009/03/sql-server-disk-configuration.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;White paper on disk alignment: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd758814.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short your OS should be on RAID 1, your data files on RAID 10 (preferably) and log files on RAID 1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQL Performance article: http://www.sql-server-performance.com/faq/raid_1_raid_5_p1.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PDF on top 10 best performance tips: http://www.stlssug.org/docs/Best_Practices_for_Performance.pdf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also remember to put your TEMPDB on a separate disk for performance reasons. I'm sure Paul Randal will come in here and blow your mind with why in a bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MS says why for tempdb: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175527.aspx" />
  <row Id="35451" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19890" RevisionGUID="80a4834b-7866-408f-8b77-7878438d26b1" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:39:19.610" UserId="5899" Text="Depending on the nature of the event and what desktop environment you are using, [Specto][1] might work for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://specto.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="35452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19891" RevisionGUID="9779374a-140b-4d8e-927b-0c91437a6f23" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:40:11.683" UserId="7312" Text="Few years ago while working for an auto finance company, I brought down one db server during a deployment. That is one of the major screw-ups I am involved in my professional life, although I came out squeaky clean from that issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We had one-way Transactional replication from SQL 2K (SP3) to SQL 2K (SP3) and during deployments, replication should be teared down and rebuilt as a company policy if it involves table(s) in replication. At some point, a decision was made to upgrade to SP4 and changes were rolled to all prod servers but replication wasn't rebuilt after the upgrade.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Couple of weeks later, my project (I was a database developer and a contractor) was due for deployment and I am at the data center supporting the deployment( usually deployments are done at midnight). Replication was brought down, project deployment was successful and while rebuilding replication failed after 2 hours. The SCM person, re-started it without reading the complete error message at 3 am and it failed again after 2 hours and we are almost nearing the SLA. I knew I had to call my manager at 5 am and lot of calls were made to escalate the issue to all levels/groups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DBA group took over the issue and I was kept in dark from the troubleshooting steps and my manager asked me 3 times in 2 hours to check if I my scripts are responsible for the screw-up. My head was on the line. 4 Prod DBA's and 2 managers were hot on this issue &amp; a Ticket was raised with MSFT, and even after 3 pm the issue was NOT resolved until I figured out what really happened. In one article (table), we had a unique index on a column but the data quality wasn't good. We had '' and null value and the remaining millions of records were legitimate values although some legacy data was questionable. After the SP4 upgrade, SQL Server was trying to transform '' and null values to null on the subscriber side and it failed because the unique key/index violation. The bad data was removed after getting high level permissions from business group and I got to keep my job for another year. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lesson learned: Test, Test &amp; Test each and every program you have before moving with a upgrade.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35453" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19892" RevisionGUID="97dd5751-720b-4aff-9565-491adc47dbfb" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:40:33.600" UserId="7302" Text="I work at a small company that has two offices, each with its own Business DSL connection to the Internet.  In order to create a LAN between the two offices, my predecessor purchased and installed two Linksys WRV54G Wireless VPN Broadband Routers to provide a hardware solution to make the computers at both locations see each other and think they are on the same LAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Despite keeping up with every firmware update, I still finding myself driving to one office or the other (it's almost always the office I am not at) about once or twice a week to power-cycle its router to either get the wireless part working again for somebody's laptop, or to get the Internet gateway part working again.  The VPN tunnel always seems to stay up, however.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am looking to replace these WRV54Gs with something (perhaps multiple pieces of hardware) that can perform all the functions of the WRV54Gs, but that don't misbehave so much.  It will be easy to just pick up a wireless access point off the shelf.  It will be similarly easy to pick up a couple 8-port switches off the shelf.  The real trouble is that I can't seem to find any hardware to do the VPN part.  I want this to be completely hands-off the workstations, so it has to be a hardware solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What type of router can I use to work as an Internet gateway for our Business DSL connections, as well as be the endpoint of a VPN tunnel that, for lack of better terms, fools windows into thinking that the remote LAN is actually local?" />
  <row Id="35454" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19892" RevisionGUID="97dd5751-720b-4aff-9565-491adc47dbfb" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:40:33.600" UserId="7302" Text="Replacement for Linksys WRV54G?" />
  <row Id="35455" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19892" RevisionGUID="97dd5751-720b-4aff-9565-491adc47dbfb" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:40:33.600" UserId="7302" Text="&lt;linksys&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;router&gt;" />
  <row Id="35456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19893" RevisionGUID="edb07980-fcc6-44dd-9abf-47d216fb061b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:41:22.023" UserDisplayName="anon" Text="We have a database that has grown organically over the past year.  How can we quickly analyze the space used by each table?  We would like to consider the indexes as well." />
  <row Id="35457" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19893" RevisionGUID="edb07980-fcc6-44dd-9abf-47d216fb061b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:41:22.023" UserDisplayName="anon" Text="How to analyze space used by tables, indexes" />
  <row Id="35458" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19893" RevisionGUID="edb07980-fcc6-44dd-9abf-47d216fb061b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:41:22.023" UserDisplayName="anon" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;" />
  <row Id="35459" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19894" RevisionGUID="78de63d7-3450-4feb-8100-d2f8ec66b845" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:41:46.953" UserId="6383" Text="Grab a copy of [system recovery cd][1], and after your initial minimal install, boot from it, mount and chroot into your disk, and then do the rsync.  After it's finished you may need to run update-grub to get it booting from the correct boot device and kernel.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page" />
  <row Id="35460" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19884" RevisionGUID="eb3f94cc-380f-4d86-b4a0-847d78e240b8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:42:28.667" UserId="45827" Comment="added 151 characters in body" Text="My experience has been (on older setups) that I can remote into a system, edit a text file (*.config, *.aspx, *.ashx, etc...) in Notepad and save it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am unable to do this on the new box.  I don't know whether it has to do with IIS7 or Windows 2008 or something entirely different.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I set things up to allow quick Notepad edits of files being served by IIS7?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(AFAIK, I have full permissions on the file.  It is not marked read-only.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using Notepad, when I try to save it says &quot;Cannot create the C:\inetpub\wwwroot\myfile.config file.  Make sure that the path and name are correct.&quot;" />
  <row Id="35462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19895" RevisionGUID="c79cd8ca-babf-453c-ae82-a35a1f51a5c8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:43:34.047" UserId="2372" Text="Try running Notepad as an elevated program (&quot;Run as administrator&quot;).  This also applies to Vista and Win 7." />
  <row Id="35463" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19896" RevisionGUID="8e3fca99-9595-4a9e-b431-718f9fb16734" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:45:15.090" UserId="5473" Text="Here's what I've done (this assumes a single disk, at /dev/sda)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - use dd to backup the MBR and partition table: &quot;dd bs=512 if=/dev/sda of=/backups/sda.layout&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - use rsync the entire thing with something like: &quot;rsync -axvPH --numeric-ids ...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On restore I do this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - boot the target machine with sysrescuecd, I've probably got sda.layout on a USB stick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - restore the MBR/partition table with dd: &quot;dd bs=512 if=/path/to/sda.layout of=/dev/sda&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - get the kernel to re-read the partition table, I usually reboot with sysrescuecd. *This sucks, anyone have better suggestions?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - on reboot, mount all the various partions under /restore/. I make the mount points identical under restore, so if I have /boot, /var on your source, I end up with /restore/boot, /restore/var, etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - use rsync to restore the entire thing. " />
  <row Id="35464" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19891" RevisionGUID="a404af24-5ab6-4233-bf03-c00cb99fe04b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:45:23.250" UserId="7312" Comment="timings" Text="Few years ago while working for an auto finance company, I brought down one db server during a deployment. That is one of the major screw-ups I am involved in my professional life, although I came out squeaky clean from that issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We had one-way Transactional replication from SQL 2K (SP3) to SQL 2K (SP3) and during deployments, replication should be teared down and rebuilt as a company policy if it involves table(s) in replication. At some point, a decision was made to upgrade to SP4 and changes were rolled to all prod servers but replication wasn't rebuilt after the upgrade.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Couple of weeks later, my project (I was a database developer and a contractor) was due for deployment and I am at the data center supporting the deployment( usually deployments are done at midnight). Replication was brought down, project deployment was successful and while rebuilding replication failed after 2 hours. The SCM person, re-started it without reading the complete error message at 3 am and it failed again after 2 hours and we are almost nearing the SLA. I knew I had to call my manager at 5 am and lot of calls were made to escalate the issue to all levels/groups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DBA group took over the issue at 6 am and I was kept in dark from the troubleshooting steps and my manager asked me 3 times in 2 hours to check if I my scripts are responsible for the screw-up. My head was on the line. 4 Prod DBA's and 2 managers were hot on this issue &amp; a Ticket was raised with MSFT, and even after 3 pm the issue was NOT resolved until I figured out what really happened. In one article (table), we had a unique index on a column but the data quality wasn't good. We had '' and null value and the remaining millions of records were legitimate values although some legacy data was questionable. After the SP4 upgrade, SQL Server was trying to transform '' and null values to null on the subscriber side and it failed because the unique key/index violation. The bad data was removed after getting high level permissions from business group and I got to keep my job for another year. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lesson learned: Test, Test &amp; Test each and every program you have before moving with a upgrade.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19897" RevisionGUID="b8da07c1-16ee-41b6-a9c7-4659cec959d5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:45:27.197" UserId="4733" Text="RDC will do this...should do this.  ALso IntelliAdmin Internet Edition will do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.intelliadmin.com/RemoteControlPro_Manual.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35466" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19898" RevisionGUID="fae074c5-1258-48da-be61-7a6de00d7c7f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:46:35.040" UserId="2567" Text="If it's the exact same machine, I would just use `dd` to create a disk image, then reimage it as necessary (possibly changing some configurations afterwards if appropriate).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're switching hardware, I've had some success creating a tarball or complete rsync backup of the file system root. I'm not sure why you'd need a complete install first - as long as you take a full backup, the base Fedora install shouldn't be a prerequisite." />
  <row Id="35467" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19899" RevisionGUID="57873c98-d7a8-479d-8eab-a6e85a7c9c58" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:46:55.647" UserId="3552" Text="If you aren't ready to purchase business grade routers (I am guessing they might be too expensive based on the previous usage of the WRV54G), I'd recommend a router that runs dd-wrt. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&amp;DEPA=0&amp;Order=BESTMATCH&amp;Description=dd-wrt&amp;x=0&amp;y=0][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dd-wrt is a custom firmware which supports a lot of great features including VPN. I use them at home with a linksys WRT54GL which currently has an uptime of 60 days. dd-wrt uses [OpenVPN][2] which supports linking two offices. This solution is a little more manual and involved, but it is cheap and has been rock steady for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&amp;DEPA=0&amp;Order=BESTMATCH&amp;Description=dd-wrt&amp;x=0&amp;y=0&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/OpenVPN" />
  <row Id="35468" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19900" RevisionGUID="28fae9c6-a3f2-4704-95d3-3760d5d1bd72" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:47:15.350" UserId="4136" Text="Try using a tool like this to view your MySQL instance in an easy-to-read format: http://www.aquafold.com/index-mysql.html" />
  <row Id="35469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19901" RevisionGUID="6430ee80-5dcd-4f58-be21-629333e3df8c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:47:35.787" UserId="2561" Text="If you are willing to shell out the cash, a lot of Cisco routers can do this with a site-to-site VPN IPSEC tunnel.  I know my 2800s do." />
  <row Id="35470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19902" RevisionGUID="1cb1cbdb-6f97-498c-9159-ba99079b9648" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:47:57.440" UserId="4535" Text="I've always thought that the Gentoo way of installing a new system (from backup or otherwise) was the best due to its simplicity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Create working, minimal system.&#xD;&#xA;2. Load the working system as a hard drive in a livecd.&#xD;&#xA;3. Tar the filesystem up and save somewhere.&#xD;&#xA;4. Load the target system with a livecd.&#xD;&#xA;5. Prep the target hard drive and mount it.&#xD;&#xA;6. Untar to mounted hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;7. Enter chroot.&#xD;&#xA;8. Set up bootloader and other system-dependent things.&#xD;&#xA;9. Reboot and go.&#xD;&#xA;10. Install new software/copy user folders/add other files as necessary." />
  <row Id="35471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19903" RevisionGUID="284145bd-bdf4-46e3-bb8b-55373e029613" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:50:54.627" UserId="4276" Text="The safest way is to clone the whole disks or at least the relevant partitions and restore them using a Live CD. Another more space efficient method is to use dump (xfsdump for XFS), but in this case you'll have to recreate (format) the partitions by hand. Don't forget to create them with the same parameters, especially UUID and LABEL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S.: I don't think that rsync is very good for system backups, because AFAIK it doesn't support extended attributes, like the ones used by SELinux." />
  <row Id="35472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19904" RevisionGUID="d8ce3965-77b3-48d1-a90b-e8a3a0af72ef" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:51:50.367" UserId="7619" Text="Here's one of my favorites. We've got 700+ users and various divisions and subgroups that require their own drives. We're mapping based on username currently:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; if %username% == [username] net use&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /delete Z:\ if %username% ==&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [username] net use Z:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; \\servername\share&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;another is the mapping of homedrives:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; net use H: \\homeserver\%username%&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /persistent:yes" />
  <row Id="35473" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19905" RevisionGUID="06170bc2-dded-4c4d-ab2a-8c39afe02abb" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:52:57.477" UserId="1531" Text="We us [IP Check][1] which has been renamed PRTG it allows for a wide range of sensors that can monitor all sorts of different activity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.paessler.com/prtg" />
  <row Id="35474" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19905" RevisionGUID="06170bc2-dded-4c4d-ab2a-8c39afe02abb" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:52:57.477" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35475" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="19861" RevisionGUID="cd7ee512-a8d4-4673-8a38-037295316225" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:53:25.010" UserId="4428" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:4428,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;TCampbell&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="35476" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19906" RevisionGUID="ca360246-3f1c-4770-9c9a-ed47419addbc" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:53:28.240" UserId="7616" Text="  I would highly recommend you utilize Sonicwall TZ210 appliances to replace your Linksys WRV54Gs.  The Sonicwall NSA210 has built-in Wireless N, 7 Ethernet Interfaces, as well easily support your Site-to-Site VPN configuration required between your two locations.  I have personally used these unit as well as the older TZ170 &amp; TZ180 appliances to execute your exact same requirements.  The TZ210 also has the capability of handling both Client VPN Termination for Work@Home users, Reporting on Bandwidth Abuse, and UTM (Unified Threat Management)." />
  <row Id="35477" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19601" RevisionGUID="a9fbecec-3378-4938-ae9a-50e490fc0e2b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:53:55.243" UserId="4822" Comment="added 106 characters in body" Text="i have some [software][1] running on a server which **requires** a sound card to be installed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i'm trying to find a virtual, or emulated, sound card driver for Windows 2000 Server. It doesn't have to play anything, say streams anywhere, do just anything. It just has to be there. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Note:** This is a physical machine, but i want the solution that will port to a Microsoft Virtual Server machine running Windows 2000 Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i've already tried the [REaudio driver][2] from [MixW][3]; it does not work (no sound card virtually appears in the system).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tversity.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mixw.co.uk/download/download.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.mixw.co.uk/" />
  <row Id="35478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19907" RevisionGUID="8dc50d17-06a4-4709-a6bf-099ee9e95957" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:56:01.260" UserId="8013" Text="You're not going to be able to get this to work this way because of how Windows authenticates to the server.  Once you connect to a server, those credentials are used for all shares on that server.  The only way to change it is to disconnect from the server completely(using net use /delete from Windows or rebooting).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What exactly are you trying to do?  Basically, you need to make sure that your clients don't successfully authenticate as guest anywhere else on the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Typically, the way it is done is every user gets their own account, and you just use groups to control access to individual shares. " />
  <row Id="35479" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19903" RevisionGUID="17644151-cd98-4bbc-add3-ec62fc4fc451" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:56:02.773" UserId="4276" Comment="added 163 characters in body" Text=" - The safest way is to **clone** the whole&#xD;&#xA;   disks or at least the relevant&#xD;&#xA;   partitions and restore them using a&#xD;&#xA;   Live CD. &#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA; - Another more space efficient method&#xD;&#xA;   is to use **dump** (xfsdump for XFS), but&#xD;&#xA;   in this case you'll have to recreate&#xD;&#xA;   (format) the partitions by hand.&#xD;&#xA;   Don't forget to create them with the&#xD;&#xA;   same parameters, especially UUID and&#xD;&#xA;   LABEL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You can also use **tar** with the `--xattrs`&#xD;&#xA;   parameter to save each file's extended attributes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S.: I don't think that rsync is very good for system backups, because AFAIK it doesn't support extended attributes, like the ones used by SELinux." />
  <row Id="35480" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19908" RevisionGUID="e05eeace-dac2-4985-adfb-002ea17c5f98" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:59:20.427" Text="(remote_user is no longer the default.)  SiteMinder sets SMUSER by default, but you might want to set a custom header explicitly in order to control the format." />
  <row Id="35481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19909" RevisionGUID="85464f8c-cdc6-49e6-b436-cd53484fa4ce" CreationDate="2009-06-04T17:59:34.203" UserId="1736" Text="    ls -la /var/lib/mysql/*" />
  <row Id="35482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19910" RevisionGUID="1156868f-80ee-4d52-810f-80901fa648c7" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:01:07.477" UserId="5391" Text="According to [this post][1] from the Microsoft Product Manager for System Restore, this is not possible.  It looks like you will need to manually do this on each system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_thread/thread/2055c3b56db7280e/0fbdee306286b344?#0fbdee306286b344" />
  <row Id="35483" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19816" RevisionGUID="3a7a1274-d00b-4c73-95ea-69f7f45a8cfa" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:01:11.237" UserId="4160" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="You didn't specify GNOME or KDE, but KDE 4.2 has built-in support for this. If you look under System Settings &gt; Accessibility, you can turn on the visual bell there. KDE also lets you customize actions for various system notifications that go beyond sounds. For example, you can show a popup, run a command, mark a taskbar entry, etc. This is under System Settings &gt; System Notifications." />
  <row Id="35484" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19911" RevisionGUID="fe214284-0962-4bc5-830b-3d9688c66b8d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:01:33.917" UserId="7619" Text="If this is a temporary solution you need, and don't have the time/inclination to set up a VPN, Webex is pretty good. You can check it out, [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.webex.com/" />
  <row Id="35485" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17948" RevisionGUID="0c031f82-57ce-493d-8b88-6e2a0ec061b8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:01:44.993" UserId="5668" Comment="added 28 characters in body" Text="We have a large Vista migration underway and are using USMT (User State Migration Tool) to grab profiles in preparation for the push, which has resulted in some problems.&#xD;&#xA;The majority of the captures proceed smoothly however a significant minority fail with some quixotic errors, this is typical:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;Info                  [0x080000] CopyStream: Can't copy streams from {&quot;C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures\060812-F-3108S-103.jpg&quot;} to {&quot;45&quot;} object. Error 112. Exception class UnBCL::IOException: unable to write to FileStream.&#xD;&#xA;enum Mig::SendObjectResult __thiscall Mig::CMediaManager::SendObjectInternal(class UnBCL::Stream *,const unsigned short *,const unsigned short *,int)&#xD;&#xA;void __thiscall UnBCL::FileStream::Write(const unsigned char *,int,int)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Info                  [0x000000] Report problem is called&#xD;&#xA;Info                  [0x000000] Unable to process object C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures\060812-F-3108S-103.jpg -&gt; 45, retries left = 3&#xD;&#xA;Info                  [0x0802e6] Notification result: Retry.&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;....a bit later that becomes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;Error                 [0x0802e9] CopyStream: Can't copy streams from {&quot;C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures\060812-F-3108S-103.jpg&quot;} to {&quot;45&quot;} object. &#xD;&#xA;Error 112. Exception class UnBCL::IOException: unable to write to FileStream.&#xD;&#xA;enum Mig::SendObjectResult __thiscall Mig::CMediaManager::SendObjectInternal(class UnBCL::Stream *,const unsigned short *,const unsigned short *,int)&#xD;&#xA;void __thiscall UnBCL::FileStream::Write(const unsigned char *,int,int)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Error                 [0x0802f1] Failed to store object &quot;C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures\060812-F-3108S-103.jpg&quot;, stream = &quot;default&quot;. User aborted operation.&#xD;&#xA;Error                 [0x08030a] MigDoMigration caught exception: class Mig::CAbortException: User aborted Send operation..&#xD;&#xA;void __thiscall Mig::CMediaManager::SendCatalogEntry(class Mig::CCatalogEntry *)&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...finally culminating in:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;Info                  [0x000000] USMT error Code (status) = 11&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[Error code 11][1] corresponds to &lt;pre&gt;USMT`_UNABLE`_DOMIGRATION  (A file is in use)&lt;/pre&gt; which does not seem to track with any activity occuring on the machine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've found the Microsoft documentation extremely unhelpful on diagnosing problems such as this and was wondering what tips other admins might have on troubleshooting USMT issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys/archive/2009/01/14/usmt-error-codes.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19912" RevisionGUID="8b4274bc-835d-4ee0-8738-afd0d82723bd" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:03:33.290" UserId="7861" Text="For a &quot;cheapo&quot; solution, I would actually recommend something like GOTOMYPC.com .  I say this based on the assumption that you are new to doing remote administration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Someething like gotomypc is easy enough to setup and will be secure enough in the interim that you can use it while deploying a better corporate solution such as a VPN or SSL VPN or secure terminal services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They have a 30 day trial so no money spent for a quick interim solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:  oops didn't see Bob's post regarding gotomypc" />
  <row Id="35487" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19913" RevisionGUID="543f955f-b4bc-477a-b963-4cdcde6f29da" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:05:25.907" UserId="3038" Text="We're higher-ed, so not quite the same environment. On the other hand, we have on the order of 21,000 students to educate, so we're the size of some smaller K-12 school districts. And this is what works for us.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each student has their own directory service login (three directories, actually. Active Directory, Novell eDirectory, and NIS+). Lab and classroom workstations vary widely but are 95% Windows machines. We leverage the Novell login-script to create drive mappings. Each user has a home directory, and many classes have a class directory for shared files (at least, those not already using Blackboard). Each model of machine has a consistent software environment installed on it, which takes some time for our desktop folk to cook up when we need to make changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since workstations are effectively disposable, students either use their home directory or (much more often these days) a USB thumb-drive, not the local workstation to store data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As we move to an AD-based login script, we'll be doing much the same thing. We have the advantage of a fast, reliable wired network in all buildings that these workstations can use. The login scripts only require access to the directory servers and typically run very fast (so long as all the servers being mapped to are up and talking). We've found that dedicated student accounts make single-sign-on a lot easier to put together, especially when developing web-based services such as a student portal. We've even managed to SSO Blackboard." />
  <row Id="35488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19914" RevisionGUID="1bf31781-1549-4a04-beea-7fb8b0741586" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:05:32.147" UserId="658" Text="The I.T. dept is considering allowing installation and automated deployment of Google Chrome browser to 100+ desktops. One of the requirements is for domain credentials to be passed through. The desired behaviour is the same as Internet Explorer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An issue has come up when browsing intranet resources. Intranet sites which require Active Directory authentication are showing the &quot;Authentication Required&quot; dialog.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For each site, you have to enter your domain credentials.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Question**: Does Google Chrome currently, or plan to, support passthrough Windows authentication? If so, how do you configure this security setting?" />
  <row Id="35489" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19914" RevisionGUID="1bf31781-1549-4a04-beea-7fb8b0741586" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:05:32.147" UserId="658" Text="Google Chrome: passthrough Windows authentication" />
  <row Id="35490" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19914" RevisionGUID="1bf31781-1549-4a04-beea-7fb8b0741586" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:05:32.147" UserId="658" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;google-chrome&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;&lt;passthrough&gt;&lt;credential&gt;" />
  <row Id="35491" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19915" RevisionGUID="5eda88b1-8b2a-495f-94c8-e2c1ad2c40ce" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:05:42.897" UserId="5899" Text="It would take more effort up front, but [Kickstart][1] and [Revisor][2] allow you customize an installation and use it on other machines.  You can include customized versions of your settings files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may also want to consider keeping your home directory on a separate partition. You can leave that partition alone while doing a clean install on another partition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Kickstart&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://revisor.fedoraunity.org/" />
  <row Id="35492" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19916" RevisionGUID="91562ff8-8cf1-4cba-83b9-811eb0c2d0f1" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:06:02.270" UserId="4526" Text="In the early days of IE, a local server was defined to be &quot;a server without periods in the name&quot;.  in your example &quot;http://seed-dev1/&quot; would be local and &quot;http://seed-dev1.hull.ac.uk:5555/&quot; would be remote and sent to the proxy server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the IE Internet Options dialog, click on the Advanced button next to the port number text box for the proxy setting.  You should see a text box at the bottom of this new dialog box that allows for exceptions.  Try entering seed-dev1.hull.ac.uk in that box and clicking the OK buttons until you get back to the main IE window.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks,&#xD;&#xA;mark&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35493" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19917" RevisionGUID="2628d05e-e8ce-449d-af7e-97bf29825aca" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:08:29.940" UserId="7200" Text="I can't tell you about whether it's planned or not, but it's not there in the current version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's based on an open-source browser, Chromium. If you want such a feature you can pay somebody to add it." />
  <row Id="35494" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19918" RevisionGUID="5f3eccbf-4d48-4efa-a198-bd5a8c416616" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:09:16.820" UserId="5922" Text="I never clone systems entirely. You never know what may change, and your system cloned image is already out of the date the moment one change occurs. The best way to do it is to establish a procedure that lets you produce functionally identical systems. One possibility is something like Kickstart, or AutoYaST or similar tools. Keep good backups of your configuration, and ideally use a configuration management system such as Bcfg2, Puppet, or CFEngine to configure everything instead of doing it by hand. Then when you need to create a new system that's similar to another one you have, or recreate an existing system, it's a simple and well-defined procedure. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35495" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="19914" RevisionGUID="243cd609-1db2-40a7-9d61-de03c9405756" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:11:00.700" UserId="658" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;google-chrome&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;&lt;passthrough&gt;&lt;browsers&gt;" />
  <row Id="35496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19919" RevisionGUID="a2e966e3-1c1f-4da6-97e1-c3cbfd362c3e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:11:22.883" UserId="3235" Text="Have you considered a service for this?  Companies like digitliti[link text][1] provide offsite backups that don't require any user intervention.  They charge basically by the amount of data stored, however since they do deduplication user data compresses down pretty small.  We're using it for a couple of very special areas that have backup needs they feel are different from the rest of the organization. It works pretty slick, restores are fast and easy, everything that is backed up is encrypted, and it can be restored to any machine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It has a bit of a maintenance cost but for a few executives machines it should be much cheaper than the loss of the data from any of those machines.  IT can get the whole machine OS and all or just selective folders.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.digitiliti.com" />
  <row Id="35497" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19920" RevisionGUID="4cc4c78c-34cb-4c72-8c68-b660b5d85e5c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:12:09.170" UserId="5100" Text="We have a 4-core physical server happily running along with Win2k3, IIS6, and SQL Server 2k5. Our service provider would like us to P2V the box to ESX. We are not opposed to it, but I've gotten really comfortable with assessing performance on the physical server and feel a bit squeamish about how the virtual replacement will be configured and perform. My quesitons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. The box is multi-slot, 4-core - what will the O/S 'think' it has for CPU? Will this make Windows want to re-register?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. How will the performance compare? IIS and SQL love lots of cores and each is &lt;10% on the physical box now. What will VMWare do with that?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance to all for your thoughts." />
  <row Id="35498" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19920" RevisionGUID="4cc4c78c-34cb-4c72-8c68-b660b5d85e5c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:12:09.170" UserId="5100" Text="Multi-core P2V single-core performance" />
  <row Id="35499" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19920" RevisionGUID="4cc4c78c-34cb-4c72-8c68-b660b5d85e5c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:12:09.170" UserId="5100" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="35500" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19904" RevisionGUID="63f27580-6b24-497e-b753-fbbab7187976" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:12:22.867" UserId="7619" Comment="whoops, put a linebreak in there to make things more clear." Text="Here's one of my favorites. We've got 700+ users and various divisions and subgroups that require their own drives. We're mapping based on username currently:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; if %username% == [username] net use&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /delete Z:\&lt;br&gt; if %username% ==&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [username] net use Z:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; \\servername\share&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;another is the mapping of homedrives:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; net use H: \\homeserver\%username%&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /persistent:yes" />
  <row Id="35501" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19865" RevisionGUID="d321d804-881b-4945-8418-6efe6eff1740" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:14:38.463" UserId="7246" Comment="grammer, misc updates" Text="UbuntuGeek just posted an article on this very subject today. Its along the same lines as the &lt;http://www.ducea.com&gt; answer by Xerxes, but just a little more current article with some of the newer projects added in. Anyway, its a decent quick overview covering several Nagios config gui, which should give you a good starting point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.ubuntugeek.com/nagios-configuration-tools-web-frontends-or-gui.html&gt;" />
  <row Id="35502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19921" RevisionGUID="2a04c8c7-bd74-47eb-b7f6-5a5bde7564c8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:15:32.627" UserId="7861" Text="For drive mappings we actually use vbscript (actually we use .vbs instead of .bat files regardless for login scripts):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Set WshNetwork = CreateObject(&quot;WScript.Network&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;WshNetwork.MapNetworkDrive &quot;H:&quot;, &quot;\\fwmnas\qip&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also have part of it necessary to determine whether the OS is x86 or x64 based:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 'Determine if OS is 32 bit or 64 bit first&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject(&quot;WScript.Shell&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;	X = WshShell.RegRead(&quot;HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment\PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;	If X = &quot;x86&quot; Then&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's very basic but basically you have an IF THEN ELSE part that says if it is 32 bit do this otherwise do this...I just left out the rest of the code.  If you are interested in more of it let me know." />
  <row Id="35503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19922" RevisionGUID="fe853c60-7c3c-45d6-9b99-eb540b82a39a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:15:37.807" UserId="5663" Text="Not in this way.  You can create a 'default' node that will apply to any signed client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    node &quot;default&quot; {&#xD;&#xA;       include foo&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But you can only have 1 default.  If you want to replicate the functionality you describe you can use the external_nodes method of classification.  Basically you write a script that returns valid yaml when a client connects.  That script can do it anyway you want, check fqdn, query a db, hit ldap, etc." />
  <row Id="35504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19923" RevisionGUID="b4ae7aef-40c0-49d5-b4b5-8309f0498e8b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:16:02.093" UserId="1518" Text="As background, I'm a very reluctant Domino &quot;admin&quot; and know very little about settings on the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a mail-in database which is using the ID of the admin who set it up as the from/reply address.  Obviously he'd prefer that replies go back to the mail-in database.  Where can I set the reply-to address or the from address to something else?" />
  <row Id="35505" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19923" RevisionGUID="b4ae7aef-40c0-49d5-b4b5-8309f0498e8b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:16:02.093" UserId="1518" Text="Setting reply-to address in Domino/Notes" />
  <row Id="35506" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19923" RevisionGUID="b4ae7aef-40c0-49d5-b4b5-8309f0498e8b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:16:02.093" UserId="1518" Text="&lt;lotus-notes&gt;&lt;domino&gt;" />
  <row Id="35507" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19861" RevisionGUID="d237758a-69b9-4331-8b4a-d803e613f306" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:16:48.333" UserId="4428" Comment="added 46 characters in body" Text="If you have the smartmontools (specifically smartctl), you could do the following (assuming the DL380 max of 6 drives (0-5)):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for i in `seq 0 5`&#xD;&#xA;    do&#xD;&#xA;        smartctl -d cciss,$i -a /dev/cciss/c0d0&#xD;&#xA;    done" />
  <row Id="35508" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19924" RevisionGUID="94a96c48-1660-4a10-9a37-f4142cb3380e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:17:54.667" UserId="8100" Text="Your procedure can cause numerous problems, and should be avoided.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are two primary recommended ways to go about this, and a third if you are purely trying to build a development environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Imaging**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the hardware that you will be restoring TO will be the same, or similar enough, use a disk imaging tool to make a copy of the entire hard drive or array.  When you wish to restore, simply re-image the machines in question with this image.  If you image to multiple machines, be aware that you will need to update any machine-specific settings on the other devices (hostname, static IP address, etc...) such that they do not conflict with one another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To do the actual imaging, I would recommend any tool or product that can clone hard drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Configuration/Home Directory backups**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On your primary machine, regularly back up (with whatever method you like) whichever of the following directories (or others) you require:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/home - All user personal settings, documents, and files  &#xD;&#xA;/etc - configurations  &#xD;&#xA;/opt - special software not installed via the package manager  &#xD;&#xA;/usr/local - special software not installed via the package manager  &#xD;&#xA;/var - logs and such  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When restoring, re-install the OS on the machines in question, and then copy each of these (or the relevant files only) to its proper location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Virtual Machines with snapshots**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Create a virtual machine in VMWare (or whatever else you prefer).  When it is configured as you wish it to be, create a snapshot.  This snapshot can then easily be restored to any number of new or existing virtual machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general, you should only back up data and configurations (however you define these).  The OS and software can trivially be rebuilt at any time: only your own content is valuable.  If this setup is for development, and you need to ensure an identical environment (as opposed to simply getting things working again), then snapshots in a virtual machine are really your best bet. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Imaging is the brute force solution.  If you can, just back up your data, and don't worry about the OS itself.  Trying to restore it entirely is asking for trouble.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can clarify what your final intent is here, I can provide a more detailed solution." />
  <row Id="35509" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19925" RevisionGUID="ed4eac81-2af4-4cae-b258-ddf15ba77fd9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:18:40.607" UserId="3657" Text="The OS will think it has how ever many CPU it is assigned in ESX.  This can be 1, 2, or 4 virtual CPU.  I think in vSphere this has been raised to 8.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is possible that Windows will want to reregister because every piece of hardware will change.  That's a simple thing to fix though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Performance should not be an issue.  I run a 300 person Exchange server on a 2 virtual CPU virtual machine with no issues.  You may find also that the VM performs just as well with less virtual CPU because for each virtual CPU you have to coordinate a physical core being read to process a tick.  The more virtual CPUs, the more cores that have to be &quot;free&quot;.  We run most servers with 1 virtual CPU unless there is an absolute need for more.  SQL and Exchange are the only machines we run currently with 2 virtual CPU (including Citrix).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19927" RevisionGUID="e3fcd227-4ed9-4f36-90f0-74cfc6eda357" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:21:11.553" UserId="8181" Text="I have an interview coming up and I want to play around with POP3 and SMTP protocol. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to login to my gmail's pop3 server account using Microsoft Telnet command line program but it's **not working**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm typing *pop.gmail.com 995* into the command window. I think it's not working because Gmail servers require SSL. I have tried using Putty to connect to pop.gmail.com at port 995 but this too is not working. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If Microsoft Telnet or Putty is not working, what else would?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35513" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19927" RevisionGUID="e3fcd227-4ed9-4f36-90f0-74cfc6eda357" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:21:11.553" UserId="8181" Text="How to Telnet to Pop3 server?" />
  <row Id="35514" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19927" RevisionGUID="e3fcd227-4ed9-4f36-90f0-74cfc6eda357" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:21:11.553" UserId="8181" Text="&lt;pop3&gt;&lt;telnet&gt;" />
  <row Id="35515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19928" RevisionGUID="24d2c186-3859-4c73-b40c-805f99d10702" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:21:17.093" UserId="3235" Text="I am a big fan of network accounts and network storage for all users. I work in higher-ed and we can trust that people can remember their passwords.  Which may be a bigger issue with younger users but probably not.   Network storage is limited by your network speed but for the sizes of files and the types of documents most students are working on that's not a huge limiting factor.  If it is you should be looking at what's wrong with your network and working on fixing the infrastructure problem there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you use centralized logon with script mounted home directories your students data will all be in one place all the time.  Also it's what most higher ed organizations are doing for student data so it gives them good practice for what to expect when they get beyond your doors. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35516" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="19861" RevisionGUID="e9e922cb-a1f1-4196-a8ad-502036a86698" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:21:23.240" UserId="4428" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:4428,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;TCampbell&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="35517" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19929" RevisionGUID="648c5452-8d7f-4e82-9be5-bbda49ea541a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:22:41.893" UserId="7861" Text="See this great article:  http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/1007&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But are you saying you are taking the existing box and making it ESX or moving the existing &quot;server&quot; off the current hardware and onto another ESX host somewhere?  When you say &quot;P2V&quot; it it makes me think the latter." />
  <row Id="35518" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19930" RevisionGUID="300aefd9-49e2-4acd-9639-b4a2ef118c4e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:23:14.310" UserId="3251" Text="It's UAC kicking you down.  Non-elevated processes basically have no rights in the INETPub directory structure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What we do on all our W2K8 boxes is install a folder on the desktop with 3 shortcuts in it - CMD (elevated), Explorer (Elevated) and ProcExplorer (Elevated).  Each admin then right clicks them and selects &quot;Pin to Start Menu&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UAC is quite painful with access issues - the error messages are standard &quot;Access Denied&quot; errors rather than &quot;UAC is preventing access&quot; errors, which is confusing as all get out.  I don't know how many times I've logged on to a &quot;broken&quot; box where the admin has granted full rights to Everyone in an attempt to fix this w/o knowing it's UAC overriding the ACLs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Notes: To get explorer to work as elevated, you need to edit the folder options and check &quot;Launch folder windows in a separate process&quot;.  Or run this REG file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;DisableThumbnailCache&quot;=dword:00000001&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;DontPrettyPath&quot;=dword:00000001&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;EnableBalloonTips&quot;=dword:00000001&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;FriendlyTree&quot;=dword:00000001&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;Hidden&quot;=dword:00000001&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;HideFileExt&quot;=dword:00000000&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;SeparateProcess&quot;=dword:00000001&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;ShowAttribCol&quot;=dword:00000001&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;ShowSuperHidden&quot;=dword:00000001&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;SuperHidden&quot;=dword:00000001&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35519" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19931" RevisionGUID="08e22a38-aa0c-4be2-ad20-c2331bb26bd5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:23:37.010" UserId="640" Text="You could use [stunnel][1] to create an SSL tunnel and telnet through it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.stunnel.org/" />
  <row Id="35520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19932" RevisionGUID="5aef13a1-c480-43a2-9992-74af06efbc32" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:23:57.070" UserId="5799" Text="You can install [OpenSSL for Windows][openssl-win], and use it to connect to servers using SSL. Type this in the command line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;openssl s_client -connect pop.gmail.com:995&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the way, Gmail's SMTP servers require authentication too (unless you're connecting from anotehr known mail server), so you'd better start with something simpler.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [openssl-win]: http://www.slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html" />
  <row Id="35521" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19933" RevisionGUID="d30b32cc-a830-42e1-a398-8e3d6bd87e68" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:24:38.833" UserId="5391" Text="This is not included in Google Chrome; however, you could try running a local proxy service which supports NTLM.  This would need to be installed on each desktop and Chrome would need to be configured to utilize the proxy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[NTLM Authorization Proxy Server][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Cntlm Authentication Proxy][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ntlmaps.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://cntlm.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="35522" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19934" RevisionGUID="384b68f4-4b39-45f8-b695-067a534e8e6c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:24:50.313" UserId="2629" Text="[VDMSound][1] might work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It was designed to emulate sound ifrom old dos games.  [The wikipedia article][2] says it has been discontinued, and I've no idea if it works without a real sound card to push sound out to, but it is designed to work on Windows 2000.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vdmsound/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VDMSound" />
  <row Id="35523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19935" RevisionGUID="1b96a68b-cf09-410f-86e9-c425373f8773" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:25:49.720" UserId="4578" Text="There's something about Windows memory management and it's relationship to TaskManager that I don't understand and I'm hoping someone can enlighten me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I'm running a virtual machine (doesn't matter if it's Virtual PC 2007, Virtual Server 2005, or VirtualBox since they act the same way) and bring up TaskManager I can see on the processes tab some entries for the VM but the memory values are fairly small (around 30 MB). Obviously it's not including the memory actually being consumed by the VM itself. None of the various Memory-related columns you can make visible appear to work differently. The Memory usage on the Performance tab appears to be correct for total memory usage including the VM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my question is why doesn't the VM's memory usage (which will be 100's of MB) show up on the Processes tab?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35524" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19935" RevisionGUID="1b96a68b-cf09-410f-86e9-c425373f8773" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:25:49.720" UserId="4578" Text="Virtual Machine memory usage not appearing in TaskManager" />
  <row Id="35525" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19935" RevisionGUID="1b96a68b-cf09-410f-86e9-c425373f8773" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:25:49.720" UserId="4578" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;memory&gt;&lt;task-manager&gt;" />
  <row Id="35526" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19936" RevisionGUID="141cf9ac-7e9c-4ade-8620-a544df72b804" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:26:00.000" UserId="613" Text="What version of apache? what version of mod_log?  The correct answer may be to either file a bug report with apache or patch it in yourself." />
  <row Id="35527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19937" RevisionGUID="e20b9a4e-5db4-4834-9df9-1dc6d0a79023" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:26:07.877" UserId="7744" Text="Mysql has some built in functionality&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    use &lt;datbase name&gt;;&#xD;&#xA;    show table status;" />
  <row Id="35528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19938" RevisionGUID="feac0e97-e7e0-4d7b-9196-4385df67c8da" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:29:50.803" UserId="7904" Text="Not sure about Ubuntu, but in RedHat/Fedora/CentOS, you just change the default runlevel in /etc/inittab to 3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    id:3:initdefault:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35529" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19939" RevisionGUID="6a9eaf9f-9b2d-42ee-adca-2ef50a1a3b3a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:32:13.577" UserId="7646" Text="Okay, we've all heard the apocryphal stories about problems with server drives configured as &quot;Dynamic&quot;, but the ability to make changes without having to reboot is clearly beneficial.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm adding a second disk, a RAID1 virtual disk, hardware managed, to a development server hosting Virtual Server.  As this is a development server, reboots can happen during working hours with proper notice, so making changes without rebooting isn't critical.  I'm leaning toward &quot;basic&quot;, because I'm &quot;afraid&quot; of dynamic because of the stories too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is, has anyone here actual suffered failure/corruption/other problems of a dynamic disk?" />
  <row Id="35530" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19939" RevisionGUID="6a9eaf9f-9b2d-42ee-adca-2ef50a1a3b3a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:32:13.577" UserId="7646" Text="Windows Server 2003 basic versus dynamic disks - what are peoples' experiences with dynamic?" />
  <row Id="35531" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19939" RevisionGUID="6a9eaf9f-9b2d-42ee-adca-2ef50a1a3b3a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:32:13.577" UserId="7646" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;raid&gt;" />
  <row Id="35532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19940" RevisionGUID="8417caf4-346b-4d61-bbc9-28ca267c1882" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:32:56.040" UserDisplayName="grasshopper" Text="Hello all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have the following error when ever I try to connect to a SVN server on my network:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;'Could not authenticate to server: rejected Basic challenge'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone help?" />
  <row Id="35533" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19940" RevisionGUID="8417caf4-346b-4d61-bbc9-28ca267c1882" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:32:56.040" UserDisplayName="grasshopper" Text="SVN client authentication error" />
  <row Id="35534" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19940" RevisionGUID="8417caf4-346b-4d61-bbc9-28ca267c1882" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:32:56.040" UserDisplayName="grasshopper" Text="&lt;svn&gt;" />
  <row Id="35535" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19389" RevisionGUID="01449e34-c621-452f-a905-8204f2a56d3e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:35:23.460" UserId="7200" Comment="added 322 characters in body" Text="Looks like your credential to access PRODSRV remotely doesn't have rights to query services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are the PRODSRV and Vista machines you're showing members of the same domain? How are you logged-on to each machine when you run this command?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It looks like a credential problem is all you're dealing with. Let us know re: the above and we'll work out how you need to be logged-on. You can probably get away with doing a &quot;NET USE&quot; to PRODSRV before you run the SC command and be home-free...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Before you run the SC, do the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    NET USE \\PRODSRV\IPC$ /USER:&lt;username you logon to PRODSRV with&gt; &lt;password you use on PRODSRV&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm suspecting that you're not using exactly the name username and password on the Vista machine and PRODSRV, but you are on PRODSRV and the other Windows 2003 box. " />
  <row Id="35536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19941" RevisionGUID="d0e73e7b-7b5a-44a1-9420-f9990def6f53" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:36:33.550" UserId="613" Text="You've got bad credentials in your http(s) svn url.  The error message is telling you that it's trying to use http [Basic Auth][1] and failing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication" />
  <row Id="35537" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19942" RevisionGUID="d7f6936f-b8b1-4680-bcb3-46cb6bcc73f4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:36:35.267" UserId="8152" Text="The short answer for servers I've set up has always been&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Logs on separate physical disks, raid 1 or 10 (striping + mirroring)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Database on own disks, depending on performance needs usually RAID5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lots of cache on the raid controller(s)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Preferably stick your OS and Windows Pagefile on a separate array again, usually just a mirror (Raid 1).  This keeps all write operations separated so heavy performance doesn't drag everything down.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I've experienced in the past is that having database writes + log writes + pagefile writes will bog down a Raid5 array and performance will go to heck in a handbasket.  The problem is that your performance will be fine in testing, dev, etc.  But when you get into production and usage skyrockets this problem will appear &quot;out of blue&quot; and user complaints skyrocket." />
  <row Id="35538" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19943" RevisionGUID="ea77aa9e-dcae-4ecf-9ab7-296bde1d93e9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:37:05.843" UserId="3235" Text="We're currently finding them by noticing which machines are listed in event logs of other machines for LSA policy violations.  Specifically IN the Event log Source LsaSrv error 6033.  The machine making the anonymous session connections that are being denied are conficker infected.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19944" RevisionGUID="f22e67eb-7615-40a1-b792-02dac00f911c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:37:08.510" UserId="3380" Text="I am a SQL Server DBA and recently been given responsibility for an Oracle environment. (11g)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now i do timed backups of my transaction logs on SQL Server and then migrate them to a different server. I would like to do this with Oracle as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oracle's redo logs appear to be size based before they switch and allow the server to archive them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can someone provide some tips / best practices on how to achieve this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would also appreciate any advice on sizing the redo logs and how to handle changes in usage patterns during the day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I forgot to say this is on a Redhat 5 Enterprise server" />
  <row Id="35540" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19944" RevisionGUID="f22e67eb-7615-40a1-b792-02dac00f911c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:37:08.510" UserId="3380" Text="archive log backups in oracle." />
  <row Id="35541" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19944" RevisionGUID="f22e67eb-7615-40a1-b792-02dac00f911c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:37:08.510" UserId="3380" Text="&lt;oracle11g&gt;" />
  <row Id="35542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19945" RevisionGUID="bc96c866-1d2d-4fd7-a1ac-924bc2f3f7d3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:38:18.073" UserId="7150" Text="The leadership of the small company I work for has gotten very excited about SaaS and is pushing our product into a SaaS deployment - I have a concern about this because part of the functionality of the product is based on the users being able to use business intelligence tools to write reports against the application's underlying database.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I ask about how we plan on providing that functionality in the SaaS model, I am greeted with blank stares and the response is simply that we will expose the database server on the internet and allow people to query the database as if it were running within their corporate network.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This scares the bejeebers out of me, but I don't know if I am just being paranoid, or if there is significant reason to be concerned.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my question is: is it possible to appropriately harden the security of an Oracle database server so that we wouldn't need to be concerned about the fact that it will sit exposed on the internet? And if so, what resources should I be researching to learn to do this?  The database will be storing proprietary information that our clients would not want to expose to the world, and yet a proposal to put this functionality behind a VPN has been squarely rejected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My searches on hardening an oracle database have pretty much all included statements along the lines of &quot;Never ever poke a hole in your firewall&quot;, so it could be that the correct answer here is &quot;Update your resume as fast as possible&quot;, but I appreciate whatever advice you can give. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35543" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19945" RevisionGUID="bc96c866-1d2d-4fd7-a1ac-924bc2f3f7d3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:38:18.073" UserId="7150" Text="The wisdom of exposing a database server on the internet?" />
  <row Id="35544" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19945" RevisionGUID="bc96c866-1d2d-4fd7-a1ac-924bc2f3f7d3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:38:18.073" UserId="7150" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;database&gt;&lt;saas&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="35545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19946" RevisionGUID="54c43ab3-0389-4774-b583-a97996eb5e9f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:39:06.853" UserId="1992" Text="Hey folks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another question from talking to the SharePoint gurus while teaching MCM yesterday. The SharePoint guidelines are that content databases above 100GB are not supported. Without getting into the reasons behind those guidelines, I'm interested to hear about content databases *larger* than 100GB and your experiences with them (primarily around performance, disaster recovery, and HA provisioning).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How far have you managed to push your SharePoint installation? I've heard second-hand stories of &gt; 1TB content databases, but I'd like to hear from the SharePoint admins themselves.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for any info you have." />
  <row Id="35546" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19946" RevisionGUID="54c43ab3-0389-4774-b583-a97996eb5e9f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:39:06.853" UserId="1992" Text="Maximum size of SharePoint content databases" />
  <row Id="35547" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19946" RevisionGUID="54c43ab3-0389-4774-b583-a97996eb5e9f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:39:06.853" UserId="1992" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sharepoint&gt;" />
  <row Id="35548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19947" RevisionGUID="14715612-7a43-4561-a2ed-369f9b04841b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:40:06.523" UserId="8177" Text="**Setup:**  &#xD;&#xA;Fedora 8  &#xD;&#xA;Apache 2.2.8  &#xD;&#xA;Tomcat 5.5.8  &#xD;&#xA;Apache is forwarding requests using AJP.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Problem:**  &#xD;&#xA;After a certain period of time (no constant at all, can be between an hour or two, or one or more days) Tomcat will go down. Either it stops responding, or it puts up the generic 'Service Temporarily Unavailable'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Diagnosis:**  &#xD;&#xA;There are two servers with the same setup. One houses a higher traffic website (several requests per second), the other a low traffic one (a handful of requests every few minutes). Both websites are completely different codebases, but they exhibit similar issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the first server, when the problem occurs all threads slowly start getting taken up until it reaches the limit (MaxThreads 200). At that point the server is no longer responding (and comes up with the service unavailable page after a long period of time).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the second server, when the problem occurs requests take a long time and when they are done all you see is the service unavailable page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other than the mention of the MaxThreads problem, the Tomcat logs do not indicate any specific issues that could be causing this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, in the Apache logs we're seeing random messages referring to AJP. Here's a sample of random message that we see (in no specific order):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [error] (70007)The timeout specified has expired: ajp_ilink_receive() can't receive header&#xD;&#xA;    [error] (104)Connection reset by peer: ajp_ilink_receive() can't receive header&#xD;&#xA;    [error] proxy: AJP: disabled connection for (localhost)&#xD;&#xA;    [error] ajp_read_header: ajp_ilink_receive failed&#xD;&#xA;    [error] (120006)APR does not understand this error code: proxy: read response failed from 127.0.0.1:8009 (localhost)&#xD;&#xA;    [error] ap_proxy_connect_backend disabling worker for (localhost)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other odd thing that we've noticed on the higher traffic server is that right before the problem starts happening, database queries are taking much longer than before (2000-5000 ms versus normally 5-50ms). This only lasts for 2-4 seconds before the MaxThreads message comes up. I'm assuming this is a result of the server suddenly dealing with too much data/traffic/threads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Background Information:**   &#xD;&#xA;These two servers had been running without a problem for quite some time. The systems were actually setup each using two NICs during that time. They separated internal and external traffic. After a network upgrade, we moved these servers to single NICs (this was recommended to us for security/simplicity reasons). After that change, the servers started having these problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Resolution:**  &#xD;&#xA;The obvious solution would be to move back to a setup of two NICs. The problems with that are that it would cause some complications with the network setup, and it seems like ignoring the problem. We'd prefer to try and get it running on a single NIC setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Googling the various error messages didn't provide anything useful (either old solutions or unrelated to our problem).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've tried adjusting the various timeouts but that just made the server run slightly longer before dying.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're not sure where to look to diagnose the problem further. We're still grasping at straws at what the problem could be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) The setup with AJP and Tomcat is incorrect, or outdated (i.e. known bugs?)  &#xD;&#xA;2) The network setup (two NICs versus one NIC) is causing confusion or throughput problems.  &#xD;&#xA;3) The websites themselves (there's no common code, no platforms being used, just basic Java code with servlets and JSP)" />
  <row Id="35549" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19947" RevisionGUID="14715612-7a43-4561-a2ed-369f9b04841b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:40:06.523" UserId="8177" Text="Apache+Tomcat having problems communicating. Unclear error messages. Bringing down websites hosted under Tomcat." />
  <row Id="35550" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19947" RevisionGUID="14715612-7a43-4561-a2ed-369f9b04841b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:40:06.523" UserId="8177" Text="&lt;tomcat&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;ajp&gt;" />
  <row Id="35551" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19948" RevisionGUID="d88ea258-c94a-4ff6-b045-e091f6af89ce" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:40:21.343" UserId="8180" Text="I am relatively new to using linux but have a vps with centos installed with uTorrent installed via wine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The VPS has 50GB of space which I have noticed all of that is being taken up by the home/admin/ directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Inside this directory are two other directories - Desktop and Downloads which downloads only takes up 34gb and Desktop which says nothing due to all that is on there is 1 icon to utorrent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What could be taking up the extra 16GB of space?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35552" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19948" RevisionGUID="d88ea258-c94a-4ff6-b045-e091f6af89ce" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:40:21.343" UserId="8180" Text="cleaning up centos install" />
  <row Id="35553" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19948" RevisionGUID="d88ea258-c94a-4ff6-b045-e091f6af89ce" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:40:21.343" UserId="8180" Text="&lt;centos&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;" />
  <row Id="35555" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19950" RevisionGUID="59bb5594-6b6e-4ad7-a7fc-91148ff9ff7c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:41:54.977" UserId="2561" Text="I would set up a second database server in the DMZ, and import dumps into that database, and make that database publicity available.  " />
  <row Id="35556" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19951" RevisionGUID="dce2cbfc-b8b5-448d-adc9-a9243b38fea7" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:41:56.083" UserId="6397" Text="Native VHD boot should be the way to go.  However, we will have to wait until Windows 7 releases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Native VHD boot, in case if anyone doesn't know, is the way to boot your computer right to the VHD file without having to boot the hosting OS first. Another words, once it boots, no middle layer laying in between, and it uses full hardware capacity, including multimedia devices." />
  <row Id="35557" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19952" RevisionGUID="1e26e170-9177-4795-a608-9c76d34a4511" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:41:56.927" UserId="984" Text="When I am using innodb tables in my databases I like to use the [innodb_file_per_table][1] setting.  This allows me to get a quick idea of what is going on with ls like chaos [suggested][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This statement may give you a pretty good idea about how much space you are using.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    use information_schema;&#xD;&#xA;    SELECT `TABLE_SCHEMA`, `TABLE_NAME`, `TABLE_ROWS`, `DATA_LENGTH`, &#xD;&#xA;           `INDEX_LENGTH`, `DATA_FREE` FROM `TABLES`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/multiple-tablespaces.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/19893/how-to-analyze-space-used-by-tables-indexes/19909#19909&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19953" RevisionGUID="62ccc6cb-455d-4236-b74d-2d15a8abe657" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:42:04.977" UserId="1435" Text="Presumably you haven't installed the various tools from the HP PSP/'Proliant Support Pack'?, if you have then just browse to the SMH/'System Management Homepage' (http://hostname:2301).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you haven't then have you setup the iLO/'Integrated Lights Out' port? if so then you'll be able to look in the IML/'Insight Management Log' in that. If you haven't set it up just look at the label on the machine with the serial number on, it'll list the iLO administrator password - record this, connect a pc to the iLO port, then when you reboot the machine next time go into setup, set the iLO IP/NM/DG, HTTP**S** to that IP from the laptop, userid=administrator/password=what from the label and it's all GUI from there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Feel free to ask any more questions directly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regards,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Phil." />
  <row Id="35559" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19954" RevisionGUID="715a06db-fe36-4886-8023-41508314423b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:42:43.180" UserId="5890" Text="Since you say &quot;hardware will be different&quot;, [SystemImager][1] can come very handy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is just a bunch of wrapper scripts around PXE and Rsync.&#xD;&#xA;Therefore the &quot;backup&quot; that it creates is just a complete directory structure of your backed-up Linux server. You can &quot;cd&quot; into this dir and change stuff around as you feed. (SystemImager manages changing Network settings on its own when you push the image out.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can chroot into your backed up server and run yum or apt to install software before you push the image out.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.systemimager.org/index.php/Main_Page&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: You can take a look at the SI script that creates partitions/logical volumes and modify it according to the disk size of the target machines. You can also add/remove kernel modules. " />
  <row Id="35560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19955" RevisionGUID="967e1a36-769f-476a-9c28-08bd8150e3db" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:43:12.773" UserId="1529" Text="SaaS is goods.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Exposing a database Server to the Internet - not so good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why do they need it exposed? Is it because of RPC and they don't want to use Static RPC ports? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But there are some great application firewalls and if you lock down the DB's endmapper port and then firewall it - you can do some good stuff with ACLs, IP restrictions, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And you will need to audit event logs, vulnerability scan, etc." />
  <row Id="35561" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19956" RevisionGUID="39586677-deda-40d1-86e5-b8b11a82461b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:43:42.680" UserId="1496" Text="I'll bet it's temp files used by uTorrent. Try checking under `/home/admin/.wine/dosdevices/c:/`. The `/home/admin/.wine` directory is hidden since its name starts with a period, that's why you probably didn't check it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also use `find` to check for files bigger than, say, 50 MB, a la:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find /home/admin -size +50M&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Adjust the 50M accordingly (+100M for finding files bigger than 100MB, +1G for files bigger than 1 GB, etc.)" />
  <row Id="35562" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19957" RevisionGUID="e2fdc91e-68ca-4fa4-8190-87c45b457512" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:44:39.650" UserId="2943" Text="What are the pros and cons of giving SQL's service account administrator privileges?" />
  <row Id="35563" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19957" RevisionGUID="e2fdc91e-68ca-4fa4-8190-87c45b457512" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:44:39.650" UserId="2943" Text="What are the pros and cons of giving SQL's service account administrator privileges?" />
  <row Id="35564" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19957" RevisionGUID="e2fdc91e-68ca-4fa4-8190-87c45b457512" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:44:39.650" UserId="2943" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="35565" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19958" RevisionGUID="5b5def9d-6c76-4bd1-b030-98294a611252" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:44:53.427" UserId="1992" Text="And yet one more SharePoint question from MCM yesterday.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What kind of HA do you provision for your SharePoint search databases? I heard from one admin of a very, very large SharePoint farm that they don't have a redundant copy of the search database and they repopulate it if it gets lost. The problem is that to recrawl their 43 million items takes 8 *weeks*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not a SharePoint expert, but I'm guessing that without a fully functional search database, functionality is going to be degraded. Does 8 weeks sound right for this? That seems astronomically slow. What's your experience?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="35566" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19958" RevisionGUID="5b5def9d-6c76-4bd1-b030-98294a611252" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:44:53.427" UserId="1992" Text="Time to recrawl and repopulate a SharePoint search database?" />
  <row Id="35567" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19958" RevisionGUID="5b5def9d-6c76-4bd1-b030-98294a611252" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:44:53.427" UserId="1992" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;" />
  <row Id="35568" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19959" RevisionGUID="7c6e42a9-3da3-45c0-b4b3-fddf4adbbd7c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:47:53.107" UserId="2561" Text="With OpenVZ there are soft and hard quotas.  I within the VPS the disk size will appear as the soft quota until you exceed it. Maybe your VPS is OpenVZ?" />
  <row Id="35569" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19948" RevisionGUID="88c0557f-8100-4bf4-8ab2-0a63fd3887cf" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:48:21.687" UserId="8180" Comment="added 51 characters in body; added 14 characters in body" Text="I am relatively new to using linux but have a vps with centos installed with uTorrent installed via wine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The VPS has 50GB of space which I have noticed all of that is being taken up by the home/admin/ directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Inside this directory are two other directories - Desktop and Downloads which downloads only takes up 34gb and Desktop which says nothing due to all that is on there is 1 icon to utorrent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What could be taking up the extra 16GB of space?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the files were in /home/admin/.local/share/Trash/files&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19960" RevisionGUID="a8be612f-ff9d-4659-a4e9-6e727789da0b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:51:28.420" UserId="1770" Text="First suggestion is to never mess with them manually unless you really know what you're doing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you want to do is read up on rman, the Oracle tool for performing backups (including redo log backups).  I would highly recommend researching this pretty thoroughly to make sure you fully understand how the various aspects of Oracle backups work before you take any actions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, generally Oracle the redo/archive logs should remain where they're written until after you've performed a backup.  The backup will usually be setup to include the archive logs that are required along with the database backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the size of redo logs, it's going to be based directly on the volume of database change transactions.  The more changes, the greater the log volume.  This will be highly individual to your applications and usage, so I'd recommend you start recording statistics on it (transaction volume, transaction log size, database size, etc., all with timestamps).  Once you've got a few weeks worth of data you can start correlating activity with logs and distill it to some valid estimates." />
  <row Id="35571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19961" RevisionGUID="5e463364-c5a3-4341-87c3-9260841a69e5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:51:58.590" UserId="8021" Text="Exposing a database isn't really a &lt;b&gt;giant&lt;/b&gt; issue compared to some of the other services that are often exposed to world+dog... except that it's a complicated system with a lot of potential vulnerabilities, including permissions escalation. I would make sure that you don't expose the database to public queries and run with SSL required, etc. I would say it's possible, but yes, you should be paranoid and you should maintain a separate database install for the public facing one. If your company's not willing to pay the licensing costs for that, yeah, skedaddle. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the customer/support side, connecting directly to the database might be an issue if the customer's ISP blocks certain types of ports or traffic. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a SaaS model, what you'll generally want your programmers to do is to write an API that can be queried from the application. APIs of this nature typically operate over https and provide data back to the application in the HTTP response. Added bonus: It works from anywhere where the web works, it is VERY easy to cache result sets using memcached or other caching technologies to reduce load on the db server, and http auth is pretty well supported and tested." />
  <row Id="35572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19962" RevisionGUID="aac4d882-c9ff-4068-a172-ea631ec06893" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:52:43.067" UserId="7744" Text="As i'm sure you'll agree pretty much by definition access and security are a trade off.&#xD;&#xA;And you're being tasked with making sensitive data accessible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Short answer is, you can mitigate a lot of the risk with firewall trickery, solid network architecture, updated patch sets, access auditing, and a copious backups.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Password management also comes to mind as a tricky thing to accomplish, often application accounts have passwords that never expire, and physical/network access controls are put in place to ensure ex-employees with password knowledge can't gain access to the data.  If your DB server is exposed to the entire internet, this seems like something that would be difficult to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will probably also want to define a 'we've been compromised what do we do now?' strategy, so that you level set expectations for everyone involved and have a plan of action for when your luck runs out." />
  <row Id="35573" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19963" RevisionGUID="882fa04d-5cc1-43e6-a5cc-3a205dd7bdee" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:52:55.047" UserId="2101" Text="`xdiskusage` is an excellent disk space usage visualizer - you can see the problem areas almost immediately." />
  <row Id="35574" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19964" RevisionGUID="a944204c-ba98-499c-80e4-afcc564277a4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:53:20.617" UserId="984" Text="Unless you need a dynamic disk for to use software RAID, I am not sure why you would use one.  As far as I know there is no real advantage to sue them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have used the software RAID on occasion, and so I have used dynamic disks, I have never had any issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The one thing that may be a minor issue for some is that accessing dynamic disk from other disk imaging environments and older Linux systems is not possible." />
  <row Id="35575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19965" RevisionGUID="fa1638f5-3b0b-4697-b36d-23cd12285cf9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:54:36.540" UserId="5749" Text="Keep the DB Server safely behind the firewall.  If necessary, write web services that live on a public facing website that has a tunnel to the DB server.  Make sure the web services have limited access to the DB.  If the requirement is that they are doing reporting, then the web services only need read-only access.  I'd probably create views of the data I wanted to present, and grant read access to them, not to the underlying tables themselves. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Like Rob said,  audit everything, run vulnerability scans,  include access logging in the web service apps themselves, so you can see who accessed what and when." />
  <row Id="35576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19966" RevisionGUID="24ebf9ad-abc1-4fa9-8b47-9df1823cc2e6" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:54:56.027" UserId="1435" Text="There are far better MSSQL guys on here than me but in general terms I'd suggest the following;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OS and code on C: - this should be the local disks, should be a RAID1 array pair - we use 2 x 2.5-inch SAS 146GB 10krpm disks for this but you could use 2 x SATA 7.2 disks.&#xD;&#xA;Data should be on a pretty fast (10krpm or better) RAID 1/10, 5/50/6/60 array of whatever size you need - we hold ours on FC SAN LUNs, usually on a 'tier 2'/10krpm disk group.&#xD;&#xA;Logs should be on a separate VERY FAST (15krpm) small (10GB or less?) RAID 1 array pair - we hold ours on FC SAN LUNs, usually on a very small 'tier1'/15krpm disk group or on a 'tier0'/ssd group.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Either way you want each chunk of these on separate spindles/arrays for performance - of course it'll all work off a single disk but I guess you're looking for a balance of performance and cost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We store our master/tempdb with our regular databases but you could break it into a separate data array LUN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="35577" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19967" RevisionGUID="472edd4b-bdc6-4fb5-9461-e5055080c817" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:55:01.657" UserId="3380" Text="The major one is security, especially if you need something like xp_cmdshell for backward compatibility. It could make it easy to run any command on the machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Service accounts don't get there passwords changed to often and lead to another possible atack vector.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the safest approach is to keep service accounts to the least privilege." />
  <row Id="35578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19968" RevisionGUID="85ffe20e-2f99-45ee-9cb1-968353ec6b08" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:58:36.487" UserId="5391" Text="We use several SaaS application in the course of our business and they do this two ways.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Provide web-based reporting capabilities&#xD;&#xA; 2. Allow the export of the database in a standard format for the customer to write their own reports &quot;offline&quot; (CSV, MDB, etc)&#xD;&#xA; 3. Expose the underlying data through web services&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Besides security, you have to worry about performance in a multi-tennant system.  You do not want one user's poorly written report in Crystal to affect all of the other reporting users." />
  <row Id="35579" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19969" RevisionGUID="c9722078-22d3-4f8e-b768-5766ab38d8e8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T18:59:17.890" UserId="2101" Text="I highly recommend converting the design of the mail-in database from the standard mail template to the DominoTeamMailbox template available at OpenNTF:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.openntf.org/Projects/pmt.nsf/ProjectLookup/DominoTeamMailbox&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can manually set the from/reply-to addresses in the database configuration. We use it for all of our mail-in databases (as well as our customers')." />
  <row Id="35580" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19970" RevisionGUID="312ddb3d-adcf-479f-93d5-583d08e0cae9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:00:07.560" UserId="355" Text="You need at least UID, PWD, and ENG to connect to a server locally, and remote clients need to add &quot;LINKS=tcpip&quot; as well. If just adding LINKS doesn't work (since clients will be using UDP broadcasts, which may be filtered by the firewall), you might need to specify the hostname, like: &quot;LINKS=tcpip(host=myhostname)&quot;." />
  <row Id="35581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19971" RevisionGUID="75a6e805-5d5b-4e20-bf92-beaf372573b5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:00:09.620" UserId="6742" Text="Take a look at this StackOverflow question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Best reverse proxy for IIS 6][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems to imply that IIS can't natively do it, but an ISAPI extension called 'Helicon ISAPI Rewrite 3.0' can.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/712199/best-reverse-proxy-for-iis-6" />
  <row Id="35582" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19972" RevisionGUID="ba5ef1c5-5cc9-462b-b287-8cfc383211e0" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:00:26.670" UserId="1054" Text="Pro: full access to the local system&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Con: full access to the local system&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition, if the service account is also a domain account then SQL also has access to whatever network resources the account has access to which can be good or not.  In SQL 2005+ you still have to specifically enable some of the features that present dangers down at the system level via the surface area configuration (xp_cmdshell, CLR, etc) but once they're enabled then....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Making it local admin is a lazy man's way of doing things, albeit much easier.  In my opinion you have to weigh the risks.  Much safer and best practice, though, to make it a non-privileged account and grant privileges as necessary.  Use the principle of least privilege on the servers." />
  <row Id="35583" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19973" RevisionGUID="0d13795b-117b-4be9-a055-d7d8e5375eab" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:02:10.207" UserId="1791" Text="That command works fine for me.  At first I thought perhaps you weren't using bash, and the ^ or \ characters were being interpreted differently, so I tried csh and sh and it still worked fine.  Are you sure that you're typing &quot;^&quot; (shift 6) &quot;\&quot; (not /) and &quot;?&quot; (normal question mark)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can try it like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    stty erase &quot;^?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which should have the same effect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that doesn't work, I can't help since I don't have access to OS X.  Good luck!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35584" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19974" RevisionGUID="24ffe38e-b8eb-44fe-a8ea-c46bd70baa7b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:03:23.997" UserId="8021" Text="The gotcha I'm leery of is that the configuration frontend can sometimes create really garbagey config files that aren't intuitive to edit by hand should you need to later. This is sort of a problem with any system that uses machine generated config files, and is fairly well understood even if it's not intuitive. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My usual approach with Nagios has been to use the templating and inheritance features extensively, and to split my configs out into many, many, many, many files. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's worth noting here that the Nagios community recently forked because the main developer's kind of lacking in leadership skills, and Nagios really hasn't improved or changed much in ten years. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.icinga.org/&quot;&gt;Icinga is supposedly the new cool, but I haven't tried it yet.&lt;/a&gt; " />
  <row Id="35585" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19975" RevisionGUID="0890533b-a751-46a8-a2d4-e6270ba6bef4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:04:34.353" UserId="6132" Text="Security. I suggest contacting the vendor of the app that the DB is supporting and find out exactly what the service account needs to do. Sometimes vendors get lazy and just throw a blanket &quot;requires root&quot; in their documentation, but when pressed you discover that they only need certain insert rights.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember, root is very unforgiving." />
  <row Id="35586" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19865" RevisionGUID="ee2d2a5e-c923-4045-bb82-6a6c8f29fc1b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:04:42.043" UserId="7246" Comment="added 206 characters in body; added 5 characters in body" Text="UbuntuGeek just posted an article on this very subject today. Its along the same lines as the &lt;http://www.ducea.com&gt; answer by Xerxes, but just a little more current article with some of the newer projects added in. Anyway, its a decent quick overview covering several Nagios config gui, which should give you a good starting point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.ubuntugeek.com/nagios-configuration-tools-web-frontends-or-gui.html&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;edit&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The new &lt;b&gt;official&lt;/b&gt; nagios exchange opened up today as well, here is a link to the Configuration section for quick reference:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Addons/Configuration&gt;" />
  <row Id="35587" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19976" RevisionGUID="6b0cd890-107b-462f-b936-a89c31afb2a9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:04:57.457" UserId="1584" Text="I might get down voted for this, but so be it.  I've always considered logon scripts to be kind of hack'ish and try to only use them as a last resort.  There are so many ways to manage systems and users these days with things like Group Policy, Group Policy Preferences, and SCCM/SMS.  I mean, there's always going to be cases where there just isn't a better way to do things.  But many of the examples provided so far can easily be done without a login script like installing software and mapping network drives." />
  <row Id="35588" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19655" RevisionGUID="8c05533a-ea8b-4b0c-8e08-6eb620b9d942" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:07:46.373" UserId="8089" Comment="added 899 characters in body" Text="Hi, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is my setup: two CentOS 5.2 boxes on VMWare ESXi 4.0. The first box sees the internet on eth0 and local network on eth1. The second box runs PostgreSQL 8.3 and sees only local network on eth0. Both boxes use iptables.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have set up port 5432 forwarding on box1 and am able to connect to PostgreSQL on box2 via pgAdminIII from Vista notebook. The database I am connecting to has two schemas, one is 'smaller' (basically just one table), another one is bigger (some 30 tables, 100 functions, etc.) So I am able to work with the smaller schema (browse the table and so on) but I cannot even expand the bigger schema - pgAdminIII hangs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;During the attempt to expand the bigger schema, tcpdump on the box2 gives me this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    IP box1_ext_ip &gt; box2_ip: ICMP my_notebook_ip unreachable - need to frag (mtu 1500), length 556&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where box_ext_ip is eth0 IP address&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should say that I these are clones of the development boxes, and the original network structure was different - box2 was directly accessible without port forwarding and there was no problem accessing the databases whatsoever. I suspect that I am missing something about iptables setup and would appreciate your advise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Patience...**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I waited long enough (20 min or so) and voila - I could access the bigger scheme. So I guess I should rephrase the question: **why does it take so long?** Where should I look?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;The log shows that the following query takes way too long:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    2009-06-04 21:04:46 EEST LOG:  00000: duration: 493578.874 ms  statement: &#xD;&#xA;    SELECT pr.oid, pr.xmin, pr.*, format_type(TYP.oid, NULL) AS typname, &#xD;&#xA;    typns.nspname AS typnsp, lanname, proargnames, proconfig,&#xD;&#xA;            pg_get_userbyid(proowner) as funcowner, description&#xD;&#xA;                  FROM pg_proc pr&#xD;&#xA;                  JOIN pg_type typ ON typ.oid=prorettype&#xD;&#xA;                  JOIN pg_namespace typns ON typns.oid=typ.typnamespace&#xD;&#xA;                  JOIN pg_language lng ON lng.oid=prolang&#xD;&#xA;                  LEFT OUTER JOIN pg_description des ON des.objoid=pr.oid&#xD;&#xA;                 WHERE proisagg = FALSE AND pronamespace = 2200::oid&#xD;&#xA;                   AND typname &lt;&gt; 'trigger'&#xD;&#xA;                 ORDER BY proname&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I run it via psql from box1 or box2 or 'original' machine, it executes immediately. " />
  <row Id="35589" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19977" RevisionGUID="557d4856-3f27-4de2-b1f6-de2590fbf651" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:08:32.003" UserId="5567" Text="I take it he's got an agent within that database that is sending out email when a new message comes into the database?  Otherwise, why would you be concerned with replies for a database that *receives* email?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If my assumptions are correct, the easiest solution is to sign that agent with another ID.  You might create a generic ID for this purpose and name it the same or similar to your Mail In Database name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on how the emails are being generated, you could edit the code in the agent to set the reply address.  For example, if the agent is using the @MailSend function, there's a parameter for reply-to name.  Otherwise, the ID that signed the agent will be used for the from and reply addresses." />
  <row Id="35590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19978" RevisionGUID="d8418761-703e-4a07-82a5-0ec57ad540ae" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:08:35.653" UserId="7205" Text="Which version of Sql Server 2008 do you use with your Enterprise Moss installation and why? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More specifically, do you actually need all that the Enterprise Sql Server version provides or is the standard version more than capable to provide service for a company of 1000+ users. &#xD;&#xA;What about 5000 users?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an added note, we will be running the entire installation in an esx farm with a SAN data source." />
  <row Id="35591" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19978" RevisionGUID="d8418761-703e-4a07-82a5-0ec57ad540ae" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:08:35.653" UserId="7205" Text="Sql Server 2008 and Moss 2007 " />
  <row Id="35592" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19978" RevisionGUID="d8418761-703e-4a07-82a5-0ec57ad540ae" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:08:35.653" UserId="7205" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;vmware-esx&gt;&lt;san&gt;" />
  <row Id="35593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19979" RevisionGUID="038a06fe-abf4-41ba-a86f-858f462ab742" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:10:19.363" UserId="2456" Text="I am in the process of migrating a request tracker 3.6 instance from one server to another.  The old server uses PostgreSQL and the new one will use MySQL.  Is there a way to migrate the data from one database to another?" />
  <row Id="35594" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19979" RevisionGUID="038a06fe-abf4-41ba-a86f-858f462ab742" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:10:19.363" UserId="2456" Text="Request Tracker migrate PostgreSQL to MySQL" />
  <row Id="35595" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19979" RevisionGUID="038a06fe-abf4-41ba-a86f-858f462ab742" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:10:19.363" UserId="2456" Text="&lt;postgresql&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;migration&gt;" />
  <row Id="35596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19980" RevisionGUID="ef05fd45-72dd-4ee8-9e89-ed4b34b5458f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:11:28.083" UserId="8021" Text="The above answers are excellent from the client point of view, but you should also think about the server side. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In our environment, we're using an nfs server to share out web content among several machines. The machines also use pacemaker/openais to figure out who should have the NFS server process running, the fiber channel volume mounted, and the IP address for the nfs server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When we need to reboot one machine, pacemaker detects this and moves the active NFS server to another node so that services aren't interrupted. " />
  <row Id="35597" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19980" RevisionGUID="ef05fd45-72dd-4ee8-9e89-ed4b34b5458f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:11:28.083" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19981" RevisionGUID="2cecc414-c255-4605-9431-2e1e320fedb2" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:12:58.173" UserId="1565" Text="The 7 comes from the spec.  The theoretical limit for USB is 127 devices which is (2^7)-1.  It would be 128 because there are 7 bits for the address, but address 0 is reserved. So we have 127.  Also, there is an upper limit of 7 tiers of devices which is explained in these articles:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.totalphase.com/support/kb/10047/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.usblyzer.com/usb-topology.htm&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35599" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19982" RevisionGUID="fd87553a-6cbc-48b7-837d-e1ce06f57280" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:15:00.540" UserId="8152" Text="We train our users to pick passphrases and use the first letter of each word.  &#xD;&#xA;WTOUTPPAUTFLOEW -- add a zero or 3 (leetifying), vary the capslock a couple times and you've got something no dictionary will ever pick out but is still easy to remember.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;however-- just make sure you don't change their password to a passphrase based on the company slogan/vision statement etc." />
  <row Id="35600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19983" RevisionGUID="49e580a4-ef57-49cd-b6a6-c7b69b048987" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:15:57.230" UserDisplayName="Chad D" Text="On SBS 2003 you could have the console login, and 2 admin users logged in remotely. On a recent SBS 2008 server I installed, it appears, by default that it is using remote desktop and only allows one user at a time, either console or remote. Can it be changed to act like SBS 2003?" />
  <row Id="35601" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19983" RevisionGUID="49e580a4-ef57-49cd-b6a6-c7b69b048987" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:15:57.230" UserDisplayName="Chad D" Text="Terminal services verus remote desktop on a SBS 2008 server" />
  <row Id="35602" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19983" RevisionGUID="49e580a4-ef57-49cd-b6a6-c7b69b048987" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:15:57.230" UserDisplayName="Chad D" Text="&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;terminal-server&gt;&lt;sbs-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="35603" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19984" RevisionGUID="b75ba37e-c506-4579-bfd8-69068406c832" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:17:01.270" UserId="5778" Text="If you really want to learn about these protocols... fire up vmware, get hold of ubuntu, and dig in - running a simple smtp/pop3 server is not mega taxing, great practice and you'll learn LOADS more :)" />
  <row Id="35604" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19985" RevisionGUID="dac6cc49-f7d5-4a5e-8faf-a3a724188394" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:18:41.407" UserId="8197" Text="We have a DB's at 111 and 102GB, respectively, that get backed up in under 30 minutes on a GigE network. I have heard that larger databases can have problems with long-running stored procedures, but have seen no demonstration of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A nice quote from The &quot;Scaling SharePoint 2007: Storage Architecture&quot; whitepaper:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;...This is commonly referred to as the “100GB content database size limitation”. In fact, this is not a true limitation but rather a recommendation. SQL Server databases have been scaling far beyond 100GB for years now. Practically speaking, the recommendation is based primarily on two significant factors:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Service Level Agreement (SLA) requirements for a given organization may dictate that backup operations for the SharePoint databases must be executable in a limited amount of time. The size of the content databases will have a direct impact on how long it takes to execute that backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. The storage subsystem must be robust enough to handle the disk I/O requirements of the SharePoint solution that it serves.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As long as a given organization is able to mitigate these two considerations, then the content databases can be allowed to grow. Real world implementations have seen successful SharePoint deployments that have implemented database sizes of 100GB, 150GB, 200GB, 250GB, 300GB, 350GB and 400GB.&quot;" />
  <row Id="35605" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19981" RevisionGUID="0727cf02-ea08-4fbc-9985-c31373fa30fa" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:18:56.383" UserId="1565" Comment="added 54 characters in body" Text="The 7 comes from the spec.  The theoretical limit for USB is 127 devices which is (2^7)-1.  It would be 128 because there are 7 bits for the address, but address 0 is reserved. So we have 127.  Did you notice how the 49 port hub is a multiple of 7?  Also, there is an upper limit of 7 tiers of devices which is explained in these articles:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.totalphase.com/support/kb/10047/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.usblyzer.com/usb-topology.htm" />
  <row Id="35606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19986" RevisionGUID="72e9e355-2ad5-4573-9dbe-90c66879760f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:19:01.033" UserId="8194" Text="Posted this sucker on StackOverflow, but I think its probably more germane to this crowd :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having an issue with sending an MSMQ message to the second DNS name on a server. If we send the IP for that same server, we're fine, but thats not where we are going architecturally. Any ideas as to why MSMQ would care about which name it receives?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is our example :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server Information: The physical server load-int-01, has a second IP and DNS name associated with it. First ip/dns: load-int-01, with IP 10.0.10.10 Second ip/dns: load-intv, with IP 10.0.10.20&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Queue Path Formats Used: FormatName:DIRECT=OS:load-int-01\private$\MyQueue -&gt; Works Fine FormatName:DIRECT=OS:load-intv\private$\MyQueue -&gt; Returns the error “The queue does not exist or you do not have sufficient permissions to perform this operation”&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have also tried using the IP addresses instead, and both sets of IPs work fine. FormatName:DIRECT=TCP:10.0.10.10\private$\MyQueue -&gt; Works Fine FormatName:DIRECT=TCP:10.0.10.20\private$\MyQueue -&gt; Works Fine&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks! -Bob&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35607" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19986" RevisionGUID="72e9e355-2ad5-4573-9dbe-90c66879760f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:19:01.033" UserId="8194" Text="Cant send to MSMQ with 2 DNS names" />
  <row Id="35608" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19986" RevisionGUID="72e9e355-2ad5-4573-9dbe-90c66879760f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:19:01.033" UserId="8194" Text="&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="35609" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19987" RevisionGUID="ab923099-9029-4976-b981-7804dce8d2ea" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:19:31.687" UserId="2456" Text="I have a PostgreSQL 8.3 data directory backup.  I need to copy a database from this backup into a new PostgreSQL instance.  Due to problems with the old server I cannot do a pg_dump of the database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have figured out which directory is for the database in question.  In MySQL for instance all you would normally do is shutdown the server, copy the directory across and restart it and the database would be available.  Now this does not work with PostgreSQL and I suspect it is because the database is not listed in global/pg_database file.  This file seems to be auto-generated when PostgreSQL starts so how do I tell the system that the database is there?" />
  <row Id="35610" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="19987" RevisionGUID="ab923099-9029-4976-b981-7804dce8d2ea" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:19:31.687" UserId="2456" Text="Recover PostgreSQL database from filesystem backup" />
  <row Id="35611" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19987" RevisionGUID="ab923099-9029-4976-b981-7804dce8d2ea" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:19:31.687" UserId="2456" Text="&lt;postgresql&gt;&lt;disaster-recovery&gt;" />
  <row Id="35612" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19988" RevisionGUID="8dd25ad7-b6ce-4ada-8c94-0f7c2feaeaa5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:20:03.823" UserId="4979" Text="Sql Server 2008 Enterprise Ed. 2 node cluster. You choose this for high availibility, not speed. We run 3 front end MOSS nodes on Hyper-V, With a Dell Equallogic SAN. The SQL Server cluster is not virtualized since that configuration is currently not supported by Microsoft. " />
  <row Id="35613" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19989" RevisionGUID="70b12aa2-139e-4f75-9965-8b4afd47f18a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:20:40.200" UserId="5965" Text="If you are starting with around 1000 users and might end up with 5000+ users, I'd say it's a typical scale-up project, and I would defo go with enterprise edition. I would probably go with a clustered backend right from the start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, it all depends on the traffic pattern of those 1000-500 users and the service level you wish to deliver. It's not impossible to switch from standard to enterprise later either, but it will cost you some downtime, which might or might not be an option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19990" RevisionGUID="23e5d3e4-be3b-4bc9-8fc9-b17782aa7a11" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:20:48.640" UserId="5426" Text="I am running a Dynamic Disk on Vista 64 for a RAID 0 setup. I have had no problems as of so far, but agree with Zoredache, if your hardware makes it work just fine, I wouldn't mess with it inside of Windows. Mine was hardware setup and I liked it better than now with the software solution." />
  <row Id="35615" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19991" RevisionGUID="22795491-0c2f-428a-afc6-b57f8eab7a72" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:21:53.523" UserId="2456" Text="After some more searching and getting the terms correct I came across the following:&#xD;&#xA;[http://rt.bestpractical.com/view/PgToMySQL][1] and linked from there is a Perl script that will do the required migration.  It will need DBI and the mysql &amp; postgresql drivers but seems to work pretty well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://rt.bestpractical.com/view/PgToMySQL" />
  <row Id="35616" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19992" RevisionGUID="634fb1c0-3fde-4ff1-8192-5643031b4e8b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:15:55.677" Text="&lt;p&gt;Suppose under current directory,there are multiple sub-directories,and one is called A.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;how to delete all sub-directories except A with bash?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="35618" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="19992" RevisionGUID="634fb1c0-3fde-4ff1-8192-5643031b4e8b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:15:55.677" Text="&lt;bash&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;not-programming-related&gt;" />
  <row Id="35619" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19993" RevisionGUID="97b89a49-4743-4622-9036-8d1aff94dbc1" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:20:52.577" UserId="241" Text="&lt;p&gt;Something like &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;find . -type d -not -name A -exec rm -ir {} \;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;should do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35620" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19994" RevisionGUID="dc4f2084-8259-4096-8007-95dbfdf6d71f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:22:32.043" Text="&lt;p&gt;i usually do this by working up an ls command that gets it right first.  i'm not at a unix machine, but something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ls -lda &quot;[^A]&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you get it right, pipe it to a command&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ls -lda &quot;[^A]&quot; | xargs rm -rf&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Feel free to edit above if I've got my regular expression wrong...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19995" RevisionGUID="59e31129-b687-46d8-ae20-1521b42ceb15" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:23:54.600" Text="&lt;p&gt;If you want to be more flexible but manual you can do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;ls &amp;gt; /tmp/foo&#xA;edit /tmp/foo as you like&#xA;xargs -a /tmp/foo rm -r&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That way you can do general munging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35622" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19996" RevisionGUID="7a1270d6-5300-4aa8-9c49-e6355135c56f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:24:11.383" Text="&lt;p&gt;Here's one way.  Be careful with this sort of thing, though, it's so powerful that it can only be used for good or evil...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;find * -type d | grep -v &quot;^A&quot; | xargs rm -rf&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35623" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19997" RevisionGUID="892cf07a-78be-42d4-a793-da27a7694ff8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:28:16.333" UserId="6004" Text="    find -type d -not -name &quot;A&quot; -a -not -name &quot;.&quot; -delete" />
  <row Id="35624" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19997" RevisionGUID="892cf07a-78be-42d4-a793-da27a7694ff8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:28:16.333" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35625" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19998" RevisionGUID="2798f7e6-45b7-4eb4-a1fe-c6a0d6e3ad33" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:28:19.110" UserDisplayName="TheBonsai" Text="Bash has extended globbing (first test, then remove the echo):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    shopt -s extglob&#xD;&#xA;    echo rm -rf !(A)" />
  <row Id="35626" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19998" RevisionGUID="2798f7e6-45b7-4eb4-a1fe-c6a0d6e3ad33" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:28:19.110" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35627" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="19999" RevisionGUID="ecc130df-0e34-4fb3-940a-7910c5dec5cb" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:30:10.400" UserId="5223" Text="I would recommend _against_ using 'tcsh' as a shell.&#xD;&#xA;It tends to make you think that writing shell scripts in tcsh is ok.&#xD;&#xA;It's not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The real attraction seems to be the 'up-arrow' command line ease-of-use,&#xD;&#xA;but with bash you get that anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, coding scripts is much easier in 'sh' and it's derivatives (like bash and ksh)rather than csh and tcsh.  I've also found that sh is on ever flavor of unix, and bash is easily obtainable as a first choice add-on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd warn against using the features of ksh and bash (like variable arrays and hashs) unless you can guarantee it's existance throughout the enterprise.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35630" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20000" RevisionGUID="866780fe-4dfe-4e82-bd19-e770e564f917" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:30:29.887" UserId="8152" Text="Have your IT staff (and if possible, a police officer/reservist friend or someone in the security field) sit in a room some day.  Watch Sneakers, Mission Impossible and Oceans 11.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then come up with every scenario where someone would break into the room.  Under the floor, thru the walls, defeating the door lock, through the ceiling, through the vents.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, layer your security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;use doors, locks, concrete and metal bars/grates to make the room as impervious as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, assume that your first line of security is breached.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Motion sensors, silent alarms, audible alarms are all good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Locks on all the racks keep people out (or slow them down).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few cameras (outside the door and in the server room) which log to a separate room/site is an excellent deterrant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a side note, don't forget about securing the backups.  " />
  <row Id="35631" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20000" RevisionGUID="866780fe-4dfe-4e82-bd19-e770e564f917" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:30:29.887" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35632" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20001" RevisionGUID="9a1aaf05-658e-49ff-93f2-3b82fff8da0c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:33:53.297" UserId="1803" Text="Maybe there's a better way to do this by now, but I've got a policy applying only to my server OU that runs bginfo.exe with parameters: %logonserver%\netlogon\bginfo\server.bgi /timer:0 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It throws a few choice bits up as the background, to make remote sessions easier to identify." />
  <row Id="35633" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20002" RevisionGUID="4dd79085-9988-46ff-87b8-78e79d5a3936" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:33:55.307" UserId="4392" Text="It's a tradeoff. I've heard that big log files are more efficient, but we don't use them because A) the bigger the loss of a file, the bigger the loss of your data and B) our bandwidth is crap&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This leads to us spooling files for a few hours then transferring and running updates on the various standby machines. We're actually using Oracle8i still, and because the database was designed a long time ago by someone who wasn't a DBA, I still have to manually create new datafiles and control files. /sigh&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20003" RevisionGUID="c4855802-d466-4389-9b71-46d7df956410" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:34:02.873" UserId="431" Text="Rather than counting the number of users, I'd ask a few other questions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Does it need to be accessed by end users 24/7?**  If so, you need Enterprise Edition to get online index rebuilds.  If you can get maintenance windows after hours or on the weekends, then you can get by with Standard Edition, which takes indexes offline while rebuilding them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Have you tested your IO throughput?** You said you're using ESX - if it's v3.5 or earlier, or if you're not using the top license tier for v4, then you don't get multipathing capabilities.  Your throughput is confined to just one host bus adapter per array.  If these terms make your eyes bleed, here's the short story - you might be bottlenecked at just 200-400MB/sec, which can be saturated with a dozen SATA drives.  No matter what kind of SAN you hook up, it won't matter if you can only get one HBA of throughput at a time.  Standard versus Enterprise will be the least of your problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**How do you plan to do disaster recovery?** If you're thinking about using log shipping or database mirroring, then look into Enterprise's capabilities.  If you're doing mirroring, then you get some slick features around corrupt page recovery by using the mirror's SAN instead of the primary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Are you storing sensitive data or documents in SharePoint?** If so, you should consider Enterprise to take advantage of Transparent Data Encryption.  That encrypts the data at rest, when it's sitting on the SAN, thereby preventing someone from grabbing a SAN snapshot or a copy of your backup tapes and restoring an entire copy of your database when you're not looking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Don't worry about compression.** Enterprise adds the ability to do data compression, but don't let that sway your decision.  Your SharePoint users are probably going to be storing a ton of binary documents, which don't compress very well anyway." />
  <row Id="35635" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20004" RevisionGUID="3bc6fea1-4bb3-49a7-9c81-387c8a5c832f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:35:50.157" UserId="7862" Text="I work with a system that does about 112 million files.  A full crawl takes about 3 weeks.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would say this is up to how you setup crawlers for the farm.  Multiple index servers would be best for this to help spread the load out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My best advice is to put all the db's on the same HA cluster if it is that important to you.  However, search databases are, by design, meant to be regenerated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will functionality be degraded?  only search in that your queries will only return against data that has been crawled.  Content will be fine still." />
  <row Id="35636" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20005" RevisionGUID="a9aece82-0cee-4619-b343-a8020d18d7bc" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:36:13.027" UserId="5223" Text="In a *nix world, I'd have to pick:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - vim&#xD;&#xA; - curl&#xD;&#xA; - perl&#xD;&#xA; - bash&#xD;&#xA; - apache&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35637" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20005" RevisionGUID="a9aece82-0cee-4619-b343-a8020d18d7bc" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:36:13.027" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35638" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="19213" RevisionGUID="67b8150e-c957-40f4-80f7-ec384e6cb572" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:38:02.490" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:984,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Zoredache&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="35640" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20006" RevisionGUID="44119255-ce02-43cd-a65d-b9e248948583" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:39:54.750" UserId="903" Text="I am currently running Ubuntu 9.04, Jaunty, and have had some issues that caused a few kernel panics to crop up. These panics cause the system to dump a bunch of information to the terminal and hang.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More often than not, these happen while I am away from the system. This means that the system sits idle until I come to the terminal, see that it has had a kernel panic, and restart the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to automate the restart with Linux? I know that with a Windows BSOD, there is an option to automatically reboot after the core dump has occurred. Is there a similar option for Linux?" />
  <row Id="35641" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20006" RevisionGUID="44119255-ce02-43cd-a65d-b9e248948583" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:39:54.750" UserId="903" Text="Automatic Reboot after Kernel Panic" />
  <row Id="35642" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20006" RevisionGUID="44119255-ce02-43cd-a65d-b9e248948583" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:39:54.750" UserId="903" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;kernel-panic&gt;&lt;kernel&gt;&lt;reboot&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="35643" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19997" RevisionGUID="1c98e008-5da6-482d-867b-c1368b298062" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:39:59.163" UserId="6004" Comment="added 18 characters in body" Text="    find -maxdepth 1 -type d -not -name A -not -name &quot;.&quot; -exec rm -ir {} \;" />
  <row Id="35644" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20007" RevisionGUID="3e82fef0-70ae-433c-9fc6-f14d08527636" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:40:10.443" UserId="3657" Text="We have a Citrix PS4.0 farm made up of 2 physical and 2 virtual Citrix servers.  Any one of them at some point or another will eventually degrade in performance due to hitting 100% CPU usage.  I can see the CPU usage spike in the Virtual Infrastructure Client when this happens on either of the VMware servers.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is not a load issue related to the number of users as it can happen at any time with any number of users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Users are running shared desktops, not applications.  Installed applications in the desktop are standard office application (Word, Excel, Outlook) with limited Internet Explorer access through a Bluecoat Proxy and a couple industry-specific applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What tools can be used to troubleshoot and diagnose the source of the problem?  Once the server hits 100% CPU, it is impossible to log onto and see what process is consuming all the resources.  The only recourse is to hard reset the machine.  All servers restart at 4am each morning on a schedule.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NOTE: I already have ThreadMaster installed on all Citrix servers using the default configuration options and logging activities.  The logs do not reveal the source of the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35645" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20007" RevisionGUID="3e82fef0-70ae-433c-9fc6-f14d08527636" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:40:10.443" UserId="3657" Text="Citrix degrades with 100% CPU" />
  <row Id="35646" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20007" RevisionGUID="3e82fef0-70ae-433c-9fc6-f14d08527636" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:40:10.443" UserId="3657" Text="&lt;citrix&gt;&lt;troubleshooting&gt;&lt;cpu&gt;" />
  <row Id="35647" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20008" RevisionGUID="6c71f355-558d-4768-a164-0a409e00eca9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:41:08.960" UserId="2340" Text="Run the SQL service account under non-admin for SQL 2000 is tricky. I tried it once and it took a good deal of trial and error, setting rights for the custom account on registry, files, etc, etc.  At the end of it , it seemed to work, but I hand no idea if it would always work in all scenarios.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For SQL 2005+, really there is no excuse. The MS SQL team provides configured roles on installation with the appropriate rights-- just drop in a non-admin account and voila, a MS approved way to run SQL without windows administrator rights.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have stored procedures or what have you that requires administrator rights, you should rewrite them, remove them, replace them.  This is highly unlikely unless you are loading custom extended stored procedures or COM objects that do something that requires admin rights, or trying to run arbitrary code with xp_cmdshell.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an Evil Hacker(TM), I'd say the biggest PRO: is being able to run fdisk via a SQL Injection attack :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Don't forget that the Slammer virus, which causes global internet failures was a SQL Server  vulnerability.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL_slammer_(computer_worm)" />
  <row Id="35648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20009" RevisionGUID="c62298e5-78e2-414d-963b-7feda2ea4ab5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:41:38.287" UserId="3657" Text="Add the following to /etc/sysctl.conf:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    kernel.panic = 20&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will reboot after a panic after 20 seconds" />
  <row Id="35649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20010" RevisionGUID="6528bd9a-2fc8-4a80-8011-829913698433" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:41:51.190" UserId="7033" Text="I have a Mac OS X file server that serves via SMB/CIFS and AFP.  The server is a domain client via the golden triangle approach, but this results in a very large UID for the users.  This is fine for my current setup, but I'd like to get NFS working as well.  Obviously I need to do some UID mapping, but I'm not sure how to go about doing this.  Any advice?" />
  <row Id="35650" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20010" RevisionGUID="6528bd9a-2fc8-4a80-8011-829913698433" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:41:51.190" UserId="7033" Text="Mapping UIDs for NFS" />
  <row Id="35651" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20010" RevisionGUID="6528bd9a-2fc8-4a80-8011-829913698433" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:41:51.190" UserId="7033" Text="&lt;mount&gt;&lt;nfs&gt;&lt;setuid&gt;" />
  <row Id="35652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20011" RevisionGUID="8d126c9e-d50b-448f-8d6f-e4fb62befa2b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:42:59.407" UserId="8202" Text="We have a SharePoint (MOSS 2007 on Win2003 R2) with SSRS reports (from SQL 2005) embedded in it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When we connect to the SharePoint portal through our VPN (firewall is Juniper SA4000) and using Internet Explorer (6, 7, and 8) and try to export any SSRS report under Excel, we get an error message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Internet Explorer cannot download .&#xD;&#xA;    Internet Explorer was not able to open the internet site. The requested site is either unavailable or cannot be found. Please try again later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When not using the VPN (LAN from the office), everything (exporting under Excel) works fine.&#xD;&#xA;When using Firefox through the VPN, it works fine. &#xD;&#xA;When exporting to any other format (pdf or text or whatever), everything is fine under both IE and FF.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our firewall people suspect something in SSRS/MOSS/Office. Our MOSS consultants suspect something in the firewall Juniper SA4000. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any tip welcome. :)" />
  <row Id="35653" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20011" RevisionGUID="8d126c9e-d50b-448f-8d6f-e4fb62befa2b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:42:59.407" UserId="8202" Text="SSRS Export to Excel not working through VPN (Juniper SA4000)" />
  <row Id="35654" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20011" RevisionGUID="8d126c9e-d50b-448f-8d6f-e4fb62befa2b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:42:59.407" UserId="8202" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;juniper&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="35655" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20012" RevisionGUID="d9036149-9b93-42e4-b0c0-1cc6089e7963" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:43:37.380" UserId="2561" Text="Don't use find as some people have shown with -exec and rm without passing -print0 to find and -0 to xargs.  It will get confused on file names with spaces or newlines:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ mkdir 'foo foo'&#xD;&#xA;    $ mkdir foo$'\n'foo &#xD;&#xA;    $ find . -type d -exec rm -ir {} \;&#xD;&#xA;    rm: cannot remove directory `.'&#xD;&#xA;    rm: remove directory `./foo\nfoo'? y&#xD;&#xA;    find: `./foo\nfoo': No such file or directory&#xD;&#xA;    rm: remove directory `./foo foo'? y&#xD;&#xA;    find: `./foo foo': No such file or directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instead use find -print0 with xargs -0 , '-exec command {} +', or -delete if your find supports it." />
  <row Id="35656" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20012" RevisionGUID="d9036149-9b93-42e4-b0c0-1cc6089e7963" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:43:37.380" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35657" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20013" RevisionGUID="b07405e6-04c2-4825-abad-84c661c50178" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:43:52.293" UserId="5223" Text=" - rsync running over ssh to keep things consistent... in multiple directions (-gloptru[n]c)&#xD;&#xA; - vim and vimdiff to edit with 'folding' and viewing differences in scripts, logs, etc&#xD;&#xA; - perl and (ba)sh for scripting and analysis&#xD;&#xA; - curl (and maybe wget) for posting/fetching data from ...&#xD;&#xA; - apache to webify them all (or at least create point-n-click admin tools)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35658" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20013" RevisionGUID="b07405e6-04c2-4825-abad-84c661c50178" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:43:52.293" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35659" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19759" RevisionGUID="ec8c0f07-6d40-4863-8e3e-a43f9fbe5b5d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:45:53.037" UserId="7801" Comment="added 349 characters in body" Text="We use [Rugg][1] to test the file systems of our servers.  It's Python based and easy to use.  It works by creating a large file which it subdivides, then performs various operations on in sequence or parallel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://rugg.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:  Here is an example script that will test /data (a partition) repeatedly until the script is killed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    (&#xD;&#xA;    while true&#xD;&#xA;    do&#xD;&#xA;      cd /data&#xD;&#xA;      rm -rf *&#xD;&#xA;      rugg 'zone 97%, subdivide 16 | blank | ensure blank | fill same text, ensure same'&#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;    ) | tee /tmp/rugg.log&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    exit 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20014" RevisionGUID="a160ed75-eb12-4a7a-ae0e-d777624b319a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:46:11.103" UserId="8202" Text="Have [phpmyadmin][1] installed on your server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; phpMyAdmin is a free software tool&#xD;&#xA;&gt; written in PHP intended to handle the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; administration of MySQL over the World&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Wide Web. phpMyAdmin supports a wide&#xD;&#xA;&gt; range of operations with MySQL. The&#xD;&#xA;&gt; most frequently used operations are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; supported by the user interface&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (managing databases, tables, fields,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; relations, indexes, users,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; permissions, etc), while you still&#xD;&#xA;&gt; have the ability to directly execute&#xD;&#xA;&gt; any SQL statement&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php" />
  <row Id="35661" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19993" RevisionGUID="13ef2b12-56d0-406b-b785-ff03f859a7fb" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:46:49.620" UserId="241" Comment="added 153 characters in body" Text="&lt;p&gt;Something like &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;find . -type d -not -name A -exec rm -ir {} \;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;should do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;__edit__&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It should really be &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find . -type d -maxdepth 1 -not -name A -exec rm -ir {} \;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to prevent `find` from recursing below A.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35662" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20015" RevisionGUID="085c3b37-984f-452f-bd37-5967de22e0ff" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:49:16.947" UserId="7645" Text="I'm a fan of something like this for figuring out where all my space is going:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    du -mcx | sort -n&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After cd'ing to the directory you're investigating, of course.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The biggest items will be the top level directories, but you should be able to see which bottom-level directories are the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can add a &quot;-a&quot; to the du command-line to see individual files listed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The &quot;-m&quot; makes it output in megabytes; you can use &quot;-k&quot; for kilobytes instead.  The &quot;-x&quot; prevents it crossing filesystem boundaries, which is useful if you're looking for something on the / partition, for instance.  The -c produces a grand total.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The biggest directories will pop out right at the bottom of the list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or format it upside down and just give the top 20:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    du -mx | sort -rn | head -n 20&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35663" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20016" RevisionGUID="3a4e2465-38c3-411c-a686-434c79af2954" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:49:19.910" UserId="1054" Text="Could be due to reverse lookup.  I'm not sure how MSMQ gets its hostname info, but if it's getting the hostname from Windows and not the DNS hostname of the second IP then a reverse lookup for the second IP would fail since it would return the second dns hostname which is different then the actual hostname of the server." />
  <row Id="35664" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20017" RevisionGUID="37047d38-d561-4a93-b574-0f45485d1be8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:49:52.827" UserId="7066" Text="Can you keep a session open and running Task Manager yourself?  Sort Task Manager by CPU usage and when you see 100%, look for the piggish process." />
  <row Id="35665" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20018" RevisionGUID="b81106e4-ecc1-4e11-aacf-1b5050a1d8db" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:50:42.717" UserId="8206" Text="I've had very good luck with Mondo Rescue. Basically it backs up all your files and partitions to a bootable CD for later use. It can handle changes in partitions and drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.mondorescue.org/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20019" RevisionGUID="449ac754-e548-49a0-877f-7eb1833c28f2" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:50:55.197" UserId="1466" Text="What about:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mv A /tmp/&#xD;&#xA;    rm * -rf&#xD;&#xA;    mv /tmp/A .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This avoids some of the &quot;scariness&quot; of a typo in the other commands." />
  <row Id="35667" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20019" RevisionGUID="449ac754-e548-49a0-877f-7eb1833c28f2" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:50:55.197" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35668" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20020" RevisionGUID="b6f8ed1e-b340-4fe0-830a-9b579c4cd94b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:41:01.710" Text="&lt;p&gt;My server has one IP assigned to it. It is running as a DNS server, but no domains are pointing at it - nothing is using it for DNS right now. I have a domain which I want to host on this server.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I have my server providing the DNS for the domain, as well as the hosting?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So can I have one server:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;91.101.8.107&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One domain:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;furnace.com&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And set these nameservers for the domain at my registrar:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;ns1.furnace.com&#xA;ns2.furnace.com&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... I can't think how this would work. Surely I need a separate server with its own DNS to act as the nameserver? Then my server can only act as the nameserver for &lt;em&gt;other&lt;/em&gt; domains, but not the nameserver for furnace.com ..?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(FYI: those are not the real domain or IP)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35669" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20020" RevisionGUID="b6f8ed1e-b340-4fe0-830a-9b579c4cd94b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:41:01.710" Text="Can a single-ip server be a domains host AND nameserver?" />
  <row Id="35670" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20020" RevisionGUID="b6f8ed1e-b340-4fe0-830a-9b579c4cd94b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:41:01.710" Text="&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="35671" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20021" RevisionGUID="6dc6520c-57c9-4b35-bf46-7dbcd08fcccd" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:45:59.797" Text="&lt;p&gt;There is no technical reason why this cannot work. However, the reason why you should have more than one nameserver, is of course that if one server is down, the other one is reachable, so many domain registrars demand that these are not identical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you can do, is be your own primary domain service, and find some (free) secondary domain service (like www.everydns.net).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That way, this will work perfectly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the reason why this works in the first place: there is also the 'whois' system, which is used to find the first nameserver. More details can be found in Wikipedia (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_system&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_system&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20022" RevisionGUID="7e800a8d-0923-4cc5-9019-650048b84c5b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:52:30.323" UserId="5223" Text="&#xD;&#xA;#FROM epoch:&#xD;&#xA;dump epoch timestamps to readable forms from stdin (first example)&#xD;&#xA;or as args (second example), and dont forget the power of strftime!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`perl -pe '$_=~s/(\d{10})/scalar localtime($1)/eg'`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`perl -e '$s=join(&quot; &quot;,@ARGV);$s=~s/(\d{10})/scalar localtime($1)/eg;print&quot;$s\n&quot;'`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`perl -pe 'use POSIX qw(strftime);s/(\d{10,10})/strftime(&quot;%Y%m%d-%H:%M:%S&quot;,$1)/eg'`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;#TO epoch:&#xD;&#xA;If you have Date::Manip module installed for perl (which usually ISNT there by default), you can use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`perl -MDate::Manip -e '$stamp=UnixDate(ParseDate(join(&quot; &quot;,@ARGV)),&quot;%s&quot;);printf&quot;%d %s\n&quot;,$stamp,scalar localtime($stamp)' sep 9 2006`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes it's hard to decide if you want to REPLACE the timestamps in your 'filter',&#xD;&#xA;or if you want to preface the line with the timestamp found.  I flip back-n-forth on that one." />
  <row Id="35673" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20023" RevisionGUID="1cca0acb-d4b7-4634-8eb9-d859b260cd43" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:53:18.217" UserId="5965" Text="Have a look at Microsoft's ADMT 3.x toolset. It lets you transition users (with passwords) as well as computers, profile shares and the works. Its quite nifty. There is a quite heavy (as usual) doc that accompanies it, but it all boils down to a pretty straightforward migration, in my opinion. If you google admt you'll get a bunch of good blog post with the basics.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Trond" />
  <row Id="35674" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20024" RevisionGUID="049dd831-0672-43b9-a612-5c24ba62d720" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:54:02.177" UserId="1736" Text="The first thing I think of when I hear that a server runs for a while, suddenly slows down and then starts having service failures is that it's running out of RAM and thrashing swap.  I'm not clear on whether the AJP failures you're seeing could be consequent to timeouts, but it doesn't seem completely unreasonable; don't see any obvious way it would connect to the NIC, though.  In any event, I recommend you get a picture of what's going on with your memory usage when these events come about.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are running out of RAM, you may need to turn down your Apache `MaxClients` and increase your `ListenBacklog`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the way, thanks for making your question so well-organized and complete." />
  <row Id="35675" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20025" RevisionGUID="4dea951e-8859-4c37-9ef7-6e35717d466a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:55:07.167" UserId="8210" Text="Hello I was able to install MS-DOS 6.0 on the ESXi server and was able to install 3.11 windows, but when I try to start windows for the first time the mouse and keyboard dont work. I can see the cursor blinking on the password prompt so it doesnt look like it froze but I cant do anything. Any  thoughts ? Thanks" />
  <row Id="35676" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20025" RevisionGUID="4dea951e-8859-4c37-9ef7-6e35717d466a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:55:07.167" UserId="8210" Text="Installing Windows 3.11 For Workgroups on ESXi Server" />
  <row Id="35677" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20025" RevisionGUID="4dea951e-8859-4c37-9ef7-6e35717d466a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:55:07.167" UserId="8210" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;vmware-esxi&gt;&lt;vmware-esx&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="35681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20027" RevisionGUID="e4917e61-1e42-4b6d-a867-b625fe31497a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:56:36.917" UserId="2291" Text="We use Symantec backup exec 12.  We don't feel it is necessary to backup the system state nightly.  We are opting to back it up monthly or if system changes are made.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have read articles on what exactly the system state back's up.  From my understanding so far, even with the system state, one still needs to backup their whole C: drive and any other drive on the system to be able to perform a system restore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are backing up multiple servers to a compress 800gb tape.  The question is, now we opted to only backup up the system state monthly, which saves us 80gb's per full backup, is it your opinion do we need to continue to backup the full C: drive nightly?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note:  We do a Weekly master and nightly incremental.  The reason this question arises is that we hold out the weekly master, then a monthly returning the previous week into rotation, hold monthly until the year end is performed and then year end is saved for good and each month will eventually go back into rotation.  Blah Blah I am rambling.  Currently we are on two tapes per full backup.  We were trying to get down to 1 tape, for convenience, but want to do the backups RIGHT!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What have other admins found as best practice?" />
  <row Id="35682" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20027" RevisionGUID="e4917e61-1e42-4b6d-a867-b625fe31497a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:56:36.917" UserId="2291" Text="Backing up system state" />
  <row Id="35683" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20027" RevisionGUID="e4917e61-1e42-4b6d-a867-b625fe31497a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:56:36.917" UserId="2291" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;system-state&gt;" />
  <row Id="35684" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20028" RevisionGUID="fb7da345-865a-42da-a86e-5442e32a9abd" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:58:22.717" UserId="78" Text="Hey,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can not change the **User Templates** path in &quot;File location...&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It simply refuses to change to anything different.&#xD;&#xA;My goal is to set the path to a templates folder on the server e.g \\myserver\folder\templates.&#xD;&#xA;Although, choosing a different local path does not work either. It simply does not respond and keeps the default path.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you offer any assistance?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://i42.tinypic.com/29w5uzo.jpg" />
  <row Id="35685" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20028" RevisionGUID="fb7da345-865a-42da-a86e-5442e32a9abd" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:58:22.717" UserId="78" Text="Change user templates path in Word 2007" />
  <row Id="35686" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20028" RevisionGUID="fb7da345-865a-42da-a86e-5442e32a9abd" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:58:22.717" UserId="78" Text="&lt;ms-office-2007&gt;" />
  <row Id="35688" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="13597" RevisionGUID="92613672-4389-4bba-9cd2-6077f3fc23f7" CreationDate="2009-06-04T19:59:35.270" UserId="3853" />
  <row Id="35689" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20030" RevisionGUID="63ea323e-8287-45bc-a8da-ed192b761db8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:00:17.860" UserId="7537" Text="Try clonezilla live cd. You can boot into a live session and image your machine without having to install anything. You then have the option to store the copy of the image on a network share or remote machine and so on." />
  <row Id="35690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20031" RevisionGUID="f2edaafe-ac76-434f-9b30-891da5a8a550" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:00:26.470" UserId="1435" Text="Perhaps ESX only emulates USB keyboards and mice? just an idea - not sure but it would explain it." />
  <row Id="35692" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19906" RevisionGUID="46faf49d-4b27-4e7a-8bb7-d941446fab95" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:00:53.770" UserId="7616" Comment="Fixed Incorrect Product reference (NSA210 to TZ210)" Text="  I would highly recommend you utilize Sonicwall TZ210 appliances to replace your Linksys WRV54Gs.  The Sonicwall TZ210 has built-in Wireless N, 7 Ethernet Interfaces, as well easily support your Site-to-Site VPN configuration required between your two locations.  I have personally used these unit as well as the older TZ170 &amp; TZ180 appliances to execute your exact same requirements.  The TZ210 also has the capability of handling both Client VPN Termination for Work@Home users, Reporting on Bandwidth Abuse, and UTM (Unified Threat Management)." />
  <row Id="35693" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20033" RevisionGUID="f18ca66c-32d3-493a-84bd-123f50413662" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:01:14.300" UserId="4947" Text="I've had better results with mod\_proxy instead of mod\_ajp in terms of stability, so try that solution. It's non-invasive - at best it will solve the problem and at worst it will rule out mod\_ajp.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other that that, sounds like your Tomcats stop responding and all request threads are tied up. Have your dev team look into what's going on - [taking a thread dump][1] and delivering it to them will be useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Programming/Stacktrace/" />
  <row Id="35694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20034" RevisionGUID="ebfd9f9b-635a-45ce-b06e-f31ad23c8c32" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:01:27.123" UserId="8206" Text="Shameless plug. This is not really a .vimrc change but rather a VIM plugin. I use RCSVers on every installed version of VIM. Basically it uses the RCS command to save off a version of any file you edit. You don't know how many times I've screwed up a config file only to have RCSVers save me by showing me the changes I've made.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=563" />
  <row Id="35695" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20034" RevisionGUID="ebfd9f9b-635a-45ce-b06e-f31ad23c8c32" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:01:27.123" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35696" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20035" RevisionGUID="f3c454f9-8ef6-4693-900e-54d3155eb8cf" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:03:27.917" UserId="1390" Text="I think the most minimalistic package you'll find is `nullmailer`. Don't know much about it myself, but seems to be exactly what you're looking for. The debian package is called simply `nullmailer`. From the package description:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Description: simple relay-only mail transport agent&#xD;&#xA;     Nullmailer is a replacement MTA for hosts, which relay to a fixed set of smart&#xD;&#xA;     relays. It is designed to be simple to configure and especially useful on slave&#xD;&#xA;     machines and in chroots. &#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;     The sendmail interface of this package doesn't provide the -bs switch, hence&#xD;&#xA;     it's not LSB compatible!&#xD;&#xA;    Homepage: http://untroubled.org/nullmailer/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I said, i don't know much about it, for me it just worked, pretty much out of the box, with some very minor configuration (like a mail address..)." />
  <row Id="35697" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20036" RevisionGUID="8e27e073-1c3e-464f-8098-ba344cc9f7f2" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:04:02.783" UserId="5922" Text="Take a look at the [LeftHand SAN][1] solutions from HP (formerly from LeftHand Networks). They provide a highly available iSCSI SAN product. We've been using it for nearly 2 years as a block storage for everything in our office. Works very well and the HA failover generally works as advertised, provided your initiator is good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/highlights/lefthandsans.html" />
  <row Id="35698" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20037" RevisionGUID="29ab35a4-a53e-4483-b9dc-02914e76ab86" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:04:07.867" UserId="4947" Text="How can I achieve low latency for NFS exports in order to e.g. have developers work nicely in Eclipse/Visual Studio with their workspaces mounted over NFS?" />
  <row Id="35699" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20037" RevisionGUID="29ab35a4-a53e-4483-b9dc-02914e76ab86" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:04:07.867" UserId="4947" Text="Tuning NFS for minimum latency" />
  <row Id="35700" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20037" RevisionGUID="29ab35a4-a53e-4483-b9dc-02914e76ab86" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:04:07.867" UserId="4947" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;nfs&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;latency&gt;" />
  <row Id="35701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20038" RevisionGUID="7270a56c-abcc-42e3-a0a5-b9f84f6f4297" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:04:57.413" UserId="5985" Text="If you're able to use linux, you may be interested in LTSP (Linux Terminal Service Project)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Essentially, you'd need a fairly robust central server (and redundancy, as if this thing is gone, you're basically toast), and a decently managed network. Everything would be stored on this machine. I'd have to check, but I don't believe any kind of syncing is required (everything is done on the fly) so having at LEAST 100mbit is going to be required, however as was previously mentioned, students shouldn't be saving something that large anyways.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The great thing about this method is that all preferences and programs are &quot;mobile&quot; and can easily be used on one computer as well as the next. " />
  <row Id="35703" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20039" RevisionGUID="d1b43f67-412d-481b-b8fb-a4c94402e18e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:05:33.590" UserId="768" Text="You could use [pfSense][pfsense] it has many [features][pfsense_features]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Firewall&#xD;&#xA;- Network Address Translation (NAT)&#xD;&#xA;- Redundancy&#xD;&#xA;- Load Balancing&#xD;&#xA;Reporting and Monitoring&#xD;&#xA;- RRD Graphs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  The RRD graphs in pfSense maintain historical information on the following.&#xD;&#xA;    * CPU utilization&#xD;&#xA;    * Total throughput&#xD;&#xA;    * Firewall states&#xD;&#xA;    * Individual throughput for all interfaces&#xD;&#xA;    * Packets per second rates for all interfaces&#xD;&#xA;    * WAN interface gateway(s) ping response times&#xD;&#xA;    * Traffic shaper queues on systems with traffic shaping enable&#xD;&#xA;- **VPN**&#xD;&#xA;- Dynamic DNS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  Through:&#xD;&#xA;    * DynDNS&#xD;&#xA;    * DHS&#xD;&#xA;    * DyNS&#xD;&#xA;    * easyDNS&#xD;&#xA;    * No-IP&#xD;&#xA;    * ODS.org&#xD;&#xA;    * ZoneEdit&#xD;&#xA;- Captive Portal&#xD;&#xA;- DHCP Server and Relay&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It has a nice, easy to use web-based configuration, just look at the [screen-shots][pfsense_screenshots].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best of all you can build it yourself with commodity hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[pfsense]: http://pfsense.org&#xD;&#xA;[pfsense_features]: http://www.pfsense.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=40&amp;Itemid=43&#xD;&#xA;[pfsense_screenshots]: http://www.pfsense.org/screenshots/" />
  <row Id="35704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20040" RevisionGUID="1dd7750e-1fb3-4bc0-8447-05ca1cd85746" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:07:33.197" UserId="1134" Text="From looking at the source of the at program ([From the CentOS 5.3 source repository][1]) , it looks like it is indeed logging to syslog, but only fatal errors regarding the at daemon itself are logged (like if you try to run 2 at daemons at the same time).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, process executions, resulting return code and standard error/output are not logged to syslog at all. Even when turning on debug (which requires recompilation) the log messages are not very informative (for end users) and write something like : &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    atd[24116]: pid 24121 exited with status 0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which will not help you a lot in identifying which command was ran, or by which user or what was it's standard output/error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;atd **does** send an email notification to the user who requested the command, in case the command had failed, or produced anything in it's standard output/error. But for commands that succeed without any output , no mail is sent. You can change that using the -m flag.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From at(1):&#xD;&#xA;&gt; -m      Send mail to the user when the job has completed even if there was no&#xD;&#xA;&gt; output.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/5.3/os/SRPMS/at-3.1.8-82.fc6.src.rpm" />
  <row Id="35705" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20041" RevisionGUID="4c7b4cee-33a0-4c59-ab86-561ea30892d7" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:09:06.593" UserId="5698" Text=" * atop - yet another top alternative, great for monitoring changes in processes&#xD;&#xA; * strace/ltrace - for tracking down those REALLY annoying bugs&#xD;&#xA; * ldd - track down broken library dependencies&#xD;&#xA; * cron, logrotate ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, beyond command line, you need Nagios/Cacti/MRTG/etc...&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35706" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20041" RevisionGUID="4c7b4cee-33a0-4c59-ab86-561ea30892d7" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:09:06.593" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35707" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20042" RevisionGUID="cf4783c6-db82-47d1-bc9b-e362edff0855" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:09:08.497" UserDisplayName="Fred Damstra" Text="World Data Products offers a free poster similar to what you're asking for if you're willing to give them your contact information (which they will use as a sales lead, but their prices have been pretty competitive).  Unsure if it's been kept up to date, but I had one a few years ago and it came in handy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.wdpi.com/form.php][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wdpi.com/form.php" />
  <row Id="35708" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20043" RevisionGUID="854da574-8ee7-4295-922c-eab200eab87d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:09:34.487" UserId="4884" Text="I'm from argentina and I know than some ESP as hotmail or other sites block emails going out from our ips, so now I bought a VPS in US (slicehost) with a fixed ip just for me and I want to know if for being a US ip I will have more chances to reach to who I want instead being blocked" />
  <row Id="35709" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20043" RevisionGUID="854da574-8ee7-4295-922c-eab200eab87d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:09:34.487" UserId="4884" Text="are some IP better than others" />
  <row Id="35710" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20043" RevisionGUID="854da574-8ee7-4295-922c-eab200eab87d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:09:34.487" UserId="4884" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;isp&gt;&lt;ip&gt;" />
  <row Id="35711" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19988" RevisionGUID="949d967b-7f5d-42fb-9213-1e3ec285ef36" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:10:16.420" UserId="4979" Comment="added 31 characters in body" Text="We chose a Sql Server 2008 Enterprise Ed. 2 node cluster for high availibility, not speed. We run 3 front end MOSS nodes on Hyper-V, with a Dell Equallogic iSCSI SAN. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The SQL cluster was not virtualized since at design time (mid 2008) the SQL 2008 cluster configuration was not supported by Microsoft. " />
  <row Id="35712" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20044" RevisionGUID="a2a85d91-fd07-41cb-82c6-8b1e4a5a204e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:10:47.167" UserId="3657" Text="NetApp also provides a clustered highly available iSCSI system like the 3020HA" />
  <row Id="35714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20045" RevisionGUID="4a238052-ecbf-4902-965e-abaccb1a9a78" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:15:05.007" UserId="7861" Text="Most emails blocked based on IP are either because that IP is on a known RBL (blacklist) or a company's own spam filters are blocking that IP (either through learning or through a &quot;list&quot; they subscribe to or are auto-updated with).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm guessing if it is a new public US IP you'll start out just fine.  But be sure and use email practices that will help prevent you getting blocked in the future.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things like allowing people to unsubcribe to emails and other techniques will help if you are mass mailing emails out.  See here for help and suggestions: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=81126&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are just sending out emails as a typical company would to customers, etc. then I think you'll be just fine with what you have purchased." />
  <row Id="35715" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19828" RevisionGUID="ec3a65cb-f771-4e88-a70b-3503dd5ca611" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:15:18.500" UserId="2629" Comment="Added note about Apple's user management guide" Text="I work for a school division (K-12).  While I am most interested in what works well on the Mac, Windows and Linux administrators must face the same issue and have analogous solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of our computer in a given lab are roughly identical machines.  Thus we have labs of new desktops, labs of old desktops, labs of new laptops (with 802.11n) and labs of old laptops (with 802.11g cards).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for recommendations for the types of accounts to use.  The Mac (and presumably other systems) supports several types of accounts, which I've detailed below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My specific questions are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Have I missed anything in my assessments of the different types of accounts?&#xD;&#xA; - Which sort of accounts would you recommend, for use by largely non-technical students in classes taught by largely non-technical teachers?&#xD;&#xA; - Would you use the same type of accounts on desktops and laptops?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you have tips to mitigate some of the problems?  (ex. We use local accounts and allow the students to back up to the network?  The teachers enforce a seating chart so that students always use the same machine?  We can't think of a better way to teach students to back up files than allow them to lose major assignments?)&#xD;&#xA; - What advice do you offer for a student who uses different computers in different classes?  (Possibly a nice new machine in Social Studies and an old laptop in English?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Account Types:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Local Account**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Home folder exists on the computer itself; data access could not be faster&#xD;&#xA;  - Unaffected by network issues&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Requires access to a specific computer&#xD;&#xA;  - If the unit fails, data is lost &#xD;&#xA;  - Need to create accounts for each user of the computer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Network Account**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Data is stored on a server, where it can be properly backed up&#xD;&#xA;  - If an end-user computer fails, the data is safe&#xD;&#xA;  - Accounts are stored in a directory system; you don't really care where a student logs in&#xD;&#xA;  - No time is spent syncing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Cons:&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;  - File access speed is dependent upon network conditions&#xD;&#xA;  - Some applications behave poorly or are really slow&#xD;&#xA;  - Really should not be used wirelessly&#xD;&#xA;  - Back-end services need to be working reliably:&#xD;&#xA;      - AFP/NFS/SMB file share must be up and working&#xD;&#xA;      - Directory service needs to be working for users to log in&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Mobile Accounts**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These try to be the best of both worlds.  There are two extremes: one where you sync all the data, and one where no data is synced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Mobile Accounts, No Syncing**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      - Users can lot into a range of machines, and a home folder is created for them&#xD;&#xA;      - Data access is fast; it is right on the hard drive&#xD;&#xA;      - File servers aren't needed to support it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Cons:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;       - Initial log-in requires a working network and directory service&#xD;&#xA;       - The user needs to use the same computer each time, or they will be unable to access their files&#xD;&#xA;      - Home folders accumulate over time and aren't cleared out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Mobile Accounts, Full Syncing**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        - Users can log into a range of machines, and their home folder is copied off of a file sharing server to the local hard drive (and changes are kept in sync).&#xD;&#xA;        - Access is fast; the files are on the hard drive&#xD;&#xA;        - Files also live on the server.  If a client computer fails, the user can access their files on a different machine.&#xD;&#xA;        - This is the ideal setup for a one-to-one laptop deployment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   - Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        - Syncing conflicts really confuse non-technical users.  They don't know how to answer when they are told, &quot;File X differs.  Do you want to use the local version of the network version?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        - Syncing a home-folder with lots of data is really slow.  So much so that it is best for the user to always use the same computer.&#xD;&#xA;        - Home folders accumulate over time and aren't cleared out.&#xD;&#xA;        - Syncing requires back-end services to be functioning properly&#xD;&#xA;        - Users need to spend time syncing before and after logging in (and syncing continous in the background as they work)&#xD;&#xA;        - Especially is students are doing multimedia work, your file server can fill up really quickly.  [I gather that quotas have not worked here well in the past.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Mobile Accounts, Partial Syncing**&#xD;&#xA;    - Pros:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;         - Less space on the file server is required when you don't sync certain files or folders (like movies, music, and photos)&#xD;&#xA;         - Less strain is put on the network&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    - Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;         - Certain files will only exist on one machine, and live and die with that machine.&#xD;&#xA;         - If student expect to use various machines, you really need to make it clear which files will not be synced.&#xD;&#xA;         - All problems given in the full syncing, except that the &quot;syncing is really slow&quot; issue is reduced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Update -- a couple of variations occured to me, and I later saw that they are suggested in Apple's [User Management v10.5][1] document, on p. 142 (&quot;Using Mac OS X Portable Computers with Multiple Users&quot;).*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Local Accounts, Single Login**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Don't have to worry about forgotten passwords!&#xD;&#xA;- Access is fast and doesn't depend on network conditions&#xD;&#xA;- The user account can be created in the master image&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- It is a free-for all.  You can't expect you work to be there the next time you log in (or worse, it may be modified!)&#xD;&#xA;- If it seems that your file is there most of the time, then something important will be lost when you need it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Guest Accounts**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- You log into a newly created, clean account every time&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- All files are lost on log-off&#xD;&#xA;- Work has to be saved externally&#xD;&#xA;- Multimedia usage becomes very difficult&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://images.apple.com/server/macosx/docs/User_Management_v10.5.mnl.pdf" />
  <row Id="35716" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20043" RevisionGUID="ac22847c-dc5f-480c-b5b3-fa1cec75baff" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:16:29.027" UserId="1054" Comment="one more that I missed" Text="I'm from Argentina and I know that some ESP, such as hotmail or other sites, block emails going out from our ip addresses, so now I bought a VPS in the US (from slicehost) with a fixed ip just for me and I want to know if for being a US ip will I have more chances to reach to who I want instead being blocked?" />
  <row Id="35717" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="20043" RevisionGUID="ac22847c-dc5f-480c-b5b3-fa1cec75baff" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:16:29.027" UserId="1054" Comment="one more that I missed" Text="Are some IP addresses better than others?" />
  <row Id="35718" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20046" RevisionGUID="5f202161-985e-4565-a529-705a15b131a9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:16:34.737" UserId="1736" Text="I don't know for sure what everybody out there does, but I kind of suspect that IP-based email blocking isn't so much about geolocation, blacklisting Argentina or whatever, as it's about whether the IPs in question have been used for sending spam or are actively being used for doing so.  Either way, if your IP number is just for you and nobody has been spamming from it, you should be okay.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless, of course, you start spamming from it, in which case you will be blacklisted promptly enough." />
  <row Id="35719" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20047" RevisionGUID="0368b57b-51e0-44ce-9851-5b3698225e45" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:17:34.097" UserId="4535" Text="I can set this just fine, both to a local folder on my computer and to a server on my LAN. I've got Word 2007 OEM running on Windows XP SP2. My your screenshot, you seem to be running Vista, so maybe that's part of the problem." />
  <row Id="35720" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20048" RevisionGUID="b8554355-6614-499d-a5ae-34a40066ee74" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:17:49.477" UserId="6392" Text="It will work because of glue records - in addition to the NS records, the com zone would also contain A records for ns1.furnace.com and ns2.furnace.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example (xname.org provides free DNS hosting, hope they don't mind using them here):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ dig any  +norecurse xname.org @D0.ORG.AFILIAS-NST.org.&#xD;&#xA;    ; &lt;&lt;&gt;&gt; DiG 9.5.1-P2 &lt;&lt;&gt;&gt; any +norecurse xname.org @D0.ORG.AFILIAS-NST.org.&#xD;&#xA;    ;; global options:  printcmd&#xD;&#xA;    ;; Got answer:&#xD;&#xA;    ;; -&gt;&gt;HEADER&lt;&lt;- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 28941&#xD;&#xA;    ;; flags: qr; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 3&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ;; QUESTION SECTION:&#xD;&#xA;    ;xname.org.			IN	ANY&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:&#xD;&#xA;    xname.org.		86400	IN	NS	ns0.xname.org.&#xD;&#xA;    xname.org.		86400	IN	NS	ns2.xname.org.&#xD;&#xA;    xname.org.		86400	IN	NS	ns1.xname.org.&#xD;&#xA;    xname.org.		86400	IN	NS	ns3.xtremeweb.de.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:&#xD;&#xA;    ns0.xname.org.		86400	IN	A	195.234.42.1&#xD;&#xA;    ns1.xname.org.		86400	IN	A	87.98.164.164&#xD;&#xA;    ns2.xname.org.		86400	IN	A	88.191.64.64&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ;; Query time: 42 msec&#xD;&#xA;    ;; SERVER: 199.19.57.1#53(199.19.57.1)&#xD;&#xA;    ;; WHEN: Thu Jun  4 22:15:27 2009&#xD;&#xA;    ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 159&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ns3.xtremeweb.de is not in the xname.org zone and thus needs no glue record here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35721" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20048" RevisionGUID="b8554355-6614-499d-a5ae-34a40066ee74" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:17:49.477" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20049" RevisionGUID="06dc9254-53f2-4494-9fc8-8f3a306528be" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:19:06.013" UserId="700" Text="I need some hardware to support additional file server space (Preferably 1TB+), as well as a backup solution that will let me pull drives or tapes periodically to store off-site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can I do this easily with a single server/NAS, or should I really be looking at getting a seperate NAS and tape drive?" />
  <row Id="35723" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20049" RevisionGUID="06dc9254-53f2-4494-9fc8-8f3a306528be" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:19:06.013" UserId="700" Text="Hybrid fileserver and removable storage backup NAS" />
  <row Id="35724" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20049" RevisionGUID="06dc9254-53f2-4494-9fc8-8f3a306528be" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:19:06.013" UserId="700" Text="&lt;nas&gt;&lt;tape&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;offsite&gt;" />
  <row Id="35725" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20050" RevisionGUID="c78ec605-7e2e-4b30-8deb-8fc0148da546" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:19:25.857" UserId="7861" Text="Have you read this article? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924460&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can change mine no worries on the same OS (Vista)...what are you trying to change it to?  Does it accept any other folder on your C drive?" />
  <row Id="35726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20051" RevisionGUID="12235206-ccdb-47d6-b3c5-5944f24a958c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:19:50.207" UserId="7342" Text="Wait for filesystem caching, or don't do compiles over NFS. Hard disks are always going to be quicker than network filesystems." />
  <row Id="35727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20052" RevisionGUID="88fbcab2-1838-4a8a-aa82-a37363e5318d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:21:10.580" UserId="7520" Text="Just as a datapoint, I have been running an LSI MegaRAID SATA 300 card with a RAID 5 configuration, and have been very happy.  Have had one incident of a drive failure, and was able to rebuild the &gt;1TB array in just a couple of hours using the megarc command line utility - with no down time.  The performance has been great so far.  I have had success in the past using software RAID in a RAID0 configuration, but drivers at installation time were always a bit of a pain to deal with." />
  <row Id="35728" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20052" RevisionGUID="88fbcab2-1838-4a8a-aa82-a37363e5318d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:21:10.580" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35729" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20053" RevisionGUID="fc02c534-ce83-4db9-bd24-68455304c186" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:23:04.007" UserDisplayName="jason s" Text="In theory you could backup strictly the system state and you would be able to restore that to a fresh installation of the OS on new hardware if you had a disaster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In practice, things don't always go so smoothly. Oftentimes there are either A) logs or B) hardware-specific utilities/drivers sitting on the C-Drive which would be either helpful or critical in the event of a restore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to figure out whether you can get away with just the system state, you should really perform a disaster recovery test and do an actual restoration (in fact, you should really do this test just as a general rule every year). Always err on the side of backing up too much, until you've proven that you can do with less.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-j" />
  <row Id="35730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20054" RevisionGUID="9d7805ca-fb37-4d9e-961c-6a069d71f3d5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:24:02.883" UserId="8219" Text="I want to connect two laptops through their wireless network adapters. I dont want to use any wireless router or access point. How can I do that. Both are running windows xp, where one has sp2 and other has sp3. I am looking around internet but unable to get solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also tried this way described by Microsoft [http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/bowman_02april08.mspx][1] but unable to establish. Can you people guide me this process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/bowman_02april08.mspx" />
  <row Id="35731" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20054" RevisionGUID="9d7805ca-fb37-4d9e-961c-6a069d71f3d5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:24:02.883" UserId="8219" Text="Connecting two laptops through wireless adapters without wireless router" />
  <row Id="35732" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20054" RevisionGUID="9d7805ca-fb37-4d9e-961c-6a069d71f3d5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:24:02.883" UserId="8219" Text="&lt;wireless-network&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;laptop&gt;" />
  <row Id="35733" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20055" RevisionGUID="3c70a856-ac4a-4452-b878-35e85b45a2eb" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:24:38.200" UserId="3657" Text="Windows 3.1x is supported under ESX 4.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://pubs.vmware.com/guestnotes/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=guestnotes&amp;file=guestos_doswin.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also see the known issues section" />
  <row Id="35734" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19828" RevisionGUID="941f5642-ffe9-45db-a9d0-d12d76461f7e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:25:55.390" UserId="2629" Comment="Asked for confirmation about laptop/wireless users doing multimedia" Text="I work for a school division (K-12).  While I am most interested in what works well on the Mac, Windows and Linux administrators must face the same issue and have analogous solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of our computer in a given lab are roughly identical machines.  Thus we have labs of new desktops, labs of old desktops, labs of new laptops (with 802.11n) and labs of old laptops (with 802.11g cards).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for recommendations for the types of accounts to use.  The Mac (and presumably other systems) supports several types of accounts, which I've detailed below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My specific questions are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Have I missed anything in my assessments of the different types of accounts?&#xD;&#xA; - Which sort of accounts would you recommend, for use by largely non-technical students in classes taught by largely non-technical teachers?&#xD;&#xA; - Would you use the same type of accounts on desktops and laptops?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you have tips to mitigate some of the problems?  (ex. We use local accounts and allow the students to back up to the network?  The teachers enforce a seating chart so that students always use the same machine?  We can't think of a better way to teach students to back up files than allow them to lose major assignments?)&#xD;&#xA; - What advice do you offer for a student who uses different computers in different classes?  (Possibly a nice new machine in Social Studies and an old laptop in English?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**:  When describing systems you manage, can you please mention if any users or using laptops (or wireless connections), and if students are working with large files (such as doing audio or visual editing?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Account Types:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Local Account**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Home folder exists on the computer itself; data access could not be faster&#xD;&#xA;  - Unaffected by network issues&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Requires access to a specific computer&#xD;&#xA;  - If the unit fails, data is lost &#xD;&#xA;  - Need to create accounts for each user of the computer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Network Account**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Data is stored on a server, where it can be properly backed up&#xD;&#xA;  - If an end-user computer fails, the data is safe&#xD;&#xA;  - Accounts are stored in a directory system; you don't really care where a student logs in&#xD;&#xA;  - No time is spent syncing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Cons:&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;  - File access speed is dependent upon network conditions&#xD;&#xA;  - Some applications behave poorly or are really slow&#xD;&#xA;  - Really should not be used wirelessly&#xD;&#xA;  - Back-end services need to be working reliably:&#xD;&#xA;      - AFP/NFS/SMB file share must be up and working&#xD;&#xA;      - Directory service needs to be working for users to log in&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Mobile Accounts**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These try to be the best of both worlds.  There are two extremes: one where you sync all the data, and one where no data is synced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Mobile Accounts, No Syncing**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      - Users can lot into a range of machines, and a home folder is created for them&#xD;&#xA;      - Data access is fast; it is right on the hard drive&#xD;&#xA;      - File servers aren't needed to support it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Cons:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;       - Initial log-in requires a working network and directory service&#xD;&#xA;       - The user needs to use the same computer each time, or they will be unable to access their files&#xD;&#xA;      - Home folders accumulate over time and aren't cleared out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Mobile Accounts, Full Syncing**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        - Users can log into a range of machines, and their home folder is copied off of a file sharing server to the local hard drive (and changes are kept in sync).&#xD;&#xA;        - Access is fast; the files are on the hard drive&#xD;&#xA;        - Files also live on the server.  If a client computer fails, the user can access their files on a different machine.&#xD;&#xA;        - This is the ideal setup for a one-to-one laptop deployment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   - Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        - Syncing conflicts really confuse non-technical users.  They don't know how to answer when they are told, &quot;File X differs.  Do you want to use the local version of the network version?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        - Syncing a home-folder with lots of data is really slow.  So much so that it is best for the user to always use the same computer.&#xD;&#xA;        - Home folders accumulate over time and aren't cleared out.&#xD;&#xA;        - Syncing requires back-end services to be functioning properly&#xD;&#xA;        - Users need to spend time syncing before and after logging in (and syncing continous in the background as they work)&#xD;&#xA;        - Especially is students are doing multimedia work, your file server can fill up really quickly.  [I gather that quotas have not worked here well in the past.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- **Mobile Accounts, Partial Syncing**&#xD;&#xA;    - Pros:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;         - Less space on the file server is required when you don't sync certain files or folders (like movies, music, and photos)&#xD;&#xA;         - Less strain is put on the network&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    - Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;         - Certain files will only exist on one machine, and live and die with that machine.&#xD;&#xA;         - If student expect to use various machines, you really need to make it clear which files will not be synced.&#xD;&#xA;         - All problems given in the full syncing, except that the &quot;syncing is really slow&quot; issue is reduced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Update -- a couple of variations occured to me, and I later saw that they are suggested in Apple's [User Management v10.5][1] document, on p. 142 (&quot;Using Mac OS X Portable Computers with Multiple Users&quot;).*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Local Accounts, Single Login**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Don't have to worry about forgotten passwords!&#xD;&#xA;- Access is fast and doesn't depend on network conditions&#xD;&#xA;- The user account can be created in the master image&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- It is a free-for all.  You can't expect you work to be there the next time you log in (or worse, it may be modified!)&#xD;&#xA;- If it seems that your file is there most of the time, then something important will be lost when you need it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Guest Accounts**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- You log into a newly created, clean account every time&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- All files are lost on log-off&#xD;&#xA;- Work has to be saved externally&#xD;&#xA;- Multimedia usage becomes very difficult&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://images.apple.com/server/macosx/docs/User_Management_v10.5.mnl.pdf" />
  <row Id="35735" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20056" RevisionGUID="251f415d-65b9-4728-b50e-73b9502cb5ea" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:26:27.370" UserId="5985" Text="I'm not certain what your situation is, but in my experience a full backup of a system is not necessary or even a good idea. (GASP!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Essentially, the best thing to do is have failsafe redundancy in the beginning (such as Master-Master replication on a mysql server), or Raid-1. (or 5 for best results).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, in my opinion and experience a &quot;state-backup&quot; is a messy way to get things done. If you need absolute minimum downtime (as in less than a minute) use redundency. for all else, use a backup solution that fits the system (rsync based solution for the file system, repositories for code, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, ALWAYS CHECK YOUR BACKUPS. In my previous post as a Jr. Linux Sysadmin, I came across 8 years worth of weekly backups...ended up needing one. found that the man who had just been fired for gross-incompetence, had been backing up the wrong directly (an empty one) for 8 years." />
  <row Id="35736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20057" RevisionGUID="3a5c9d8f-34a0-43a6-83e4-cb2359fbcc70" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:28:29.283" UserId="4535" Text="Are you looking for something like this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/setup/adhoc.mspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's called Ad-Hoc wireless networking and it can be used to connect PCs to each other (and to the internet via ICS) without a router." />
  <row Id="35737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20058" RevisionGUID="e1bdd830-95bb-480e-889a-c4abc58965d4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:28:46.023" UserId="6031" Text="Many ISPs register their dial-up and DSL/Cable modem pools in list of IPs that should never send email addresses. That way mail server can filter them out for spam knowing that they should never see valid emails from those IPs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you don't have valid DNS (and valid reverse DNS and MX records), many email providers will block you as likely spammer." />
  <row Id="35738" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20059" RevisionGUID="7099c097-1442-4b0e-b35e-0dedd0c97c04" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:29:43.197" UserDisplayName="ryanc" Text="You have several choices for send-only mailers.  ssmtp was already mentioned, but msmtp and nbsmtp will also get the job done." />
  <row Id="35739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20060" RevisionGUID="0ca2445a-e833-41f8-89e6-e0a780b0fbce" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:29:54.117" UserId="3235" Text="I do complete backups of our C: drives on select windows servers with system states weekly. We only bother to backup the OSes of machines which have things kept on the C: drive that aren't easily recreated.  Many boxes are faster to rebuild than restore anyhow. The theory behind Weekly Fulls being stuff shouldn't be changing on those drives all that often.  We keep those backups two weeks, so we have two back copies.  It has given us a great balance at being able to get back what we need and not consuming too much disk.  Also it means our OS/System State backups are relatively fresh, and if we do have to roll back in changes lost, they're only from the past week, which means they are recent enough to remember, and not too many as to be a nuisance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We do not store user data of any sort on our C: drives.  They're jsut there for application data that can't be installed on another drive, and for configuration issues. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We do have nightly backup of our DCs with SystemStates so that we have current AD info once again those we only keep two weeks, basically for DR only.  In comparison to user data which we keep much longer." />
  <row Id="35740" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18087" RevisionGUID="9d604f54-1df1-420d-a1fc-1dff82465347" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:31:16.907" UserId="7633" Comment="added 258 characters in body" Text="I've got IIS 5.1 running on my machine with one Web Site (Default Web Site) containing a few virtual directories.  I've got one virtual directory running an ASP.net site and it's working fine.  I tried to set up another virtual directory to run a classic asp site, but I guess you're not supposed to be able to do that.  So I was going to set up a separate web site to run it under, but I can't find the option to do this.  I looked around online and it appears that I should have an option when I right-click on the Web Sites folder to create a new web site, but this is absent.  The only options in that context menu are &quot;Refresh&quot;, &quot;Properties&quot; and &quot;Menu&quot;.  I can't find the &quot;New Web Site&quot; option anywhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know why this might be?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The issue was I didn't have NTFS permissions set for the website's directory, so it was giving me a no access error. I thought this was to do with IIS as apparently sometimes incorrect settings in IIS can cause this error.  Apparently not." />
  <row Id="35741" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20061" RevisionGUID="82b56e37-d7d3-4de3-a45c-4350b9f72f73" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:31:18.437" UserId="7730" Text="I use most of the tools already listed, but here's one no one has touched on yet:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [Puppet](http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet) - system for automating system administration tasks" />
  <row Id="35742" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20061" RevisionGUID="82b56e37-d7d3-4de3-a45c-4350b9f72f73" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:31:18.437" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20062" RevisionGUID="dd7534c3-ecde-4b1c-b50c-23e8f7ce1e48" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:31:30.760" UserId="7723" Text="Software raid=fake.  Go ahead and try to throw a disk in another raid after it and see if you can recover anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since your planning on a Raid0 I do hope you have a very consistent backup and recovery solution!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hardware only, if your not spending over 200 for a Raid card, its most likely FAKE RAID as well!(generalization i know)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://linux-ata.org/faq-sata-raid.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I love your blog btw." />
  <row Id="35745" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20062" RevisionGUID="dd7534c3-ecde-4b1c-b50c-23e8f7ce1e48" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:31:30.760" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35746" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20063" RevisionGUID="d20125d3-f3f0-496b-ad4a-991482741fb9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:33:31.193" UserDisplayName="Todd" Text="The SiteMinder IIS agent is an ISAPI filter/extension.  It sits in the web server and passes through requests to the underlying page which no changes required on the page as long as you can look to a header for the authenticated user ID.  The agent handles all the redirects for authentication and will preserve the originally requested location so that after authentication the user is sent on to the correct page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SiteMinder supports a concept called responses.  With a response you can set any HTTP header you want.  As described above, SM_USER is set by default, but you can also set REMOTE_USER or any other header you would like.  Since SiteMinder supports a significant number of authentication schemes, you could continue to use Windows Integrated Authentication with the IIS server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to get into more details, I'm @tclayton on Twitter." />
  <row Id="35747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20064" RevisionGUID="a1e87849-99bd-4b36-a318-02538ba3c3a3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:34:54.297" UserId="8222" Text="This sounds like you're still in the design stage. If that's true, a few things to look at are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- NFSv3/4 over NFSv2, to allow for larger packets, and features like &quot;safe asynchronous write&quot;&#xD;&#xA;- Check your NFS client for read-ahead and delayed write, both of those features will help&#xD;&#xA;- Obviously keep network latency low - GBit connections over a fast switch&#xD;&#xA;- Make sure your NFS server is tuned for speed. That's both the NFS implementation, and how it is configured.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a good NFS FAQ, including some tuning tips, over yonder: http://nfs.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="35749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20066" RevisionGUID="04a22829-8ec0-4653-8250-a073516bb97d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:36:26.930" UserId="7723" Text="&lt;b&gt;Learn VIM or Emacs in and out!!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;For text editing&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Grep&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Sed&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Awk&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;For network tools&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Nmap&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;dig&lt;br&gt;" />
  <row Id="35750" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20066" RevisionGUID="04a22829-8ec0-4653-8250-a073516bb97d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:36:26.930" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35751" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20067" RevisionGUID="56791d5e-3df6-4630-b90b-f8f95ecb340d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:38:13.900" UserId="6031" Text="In our Mac-centric lab setting (university), here's what works:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NIS for user authentication. Linux server, DES hashes and Full Name in the Unix password file gives us compatibility from 10.2 to 10.5. Setup varies based on OSX version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NFS for home directories. Linux server, NFSv3/NFSv4. 10.5 is very sensitive to NFS lockd working properly but otherwise solid. 10.4 cannot recover lost network shares... A timeout means a hard reboot (or remote SSH login, and a sudo command to kill a daemon and a soft reboot.) 10.3 works pretty well. For 10.5 we use automount for share management, a shell script in /Library/StartupItems on older versions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Laptops are a crap shoot. They don't make good &quot;lab&quot; computers. 802.1g is sucky for NFS/NIS and with 10.4 network reliability (and no timeouts &gt; 2-3 seconds) is a must for anything resembling &quot;reliable&quot; operation. 802.1n probably solves the bandwidth/performance concerns but I wouldn't try with anything less then 10.5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In our cases, laptops have a single local user (the owner) and we only support NFS over wired network (and their assigned static IPs). Users use a pair of shell script to bring the NFS shares up and down as needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: I should add that this is for research labs with Master/Ph.D. students and so our data per user is on the order of 250GB+. The user count however is quite low. About 25 macs and as many Linux workstations and maybe a dozen servers and a total of 12-15TB of disks? About 50 daily active users.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35752" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19896" RevisionGUID="f06770cb-0c09-4b97-9272-e1de996bcde3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:39:13.507" UserId="5473" Comment="deleted 58 characters in body" Text="Here's what I've done (this assumes a single disk, at /dev/sda)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - use dd to backup the MBR and partition table: &quot;dd bs=512 if=/dev/sda of=/backups/sda.layout&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - use rsync the entire thing with something like: &quot;rsync -axvPH --numeric-ids ...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On restore I do this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - boot the target machine with sysrescuecd, I've probably got sda.layout on a USB stick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - restore the MBR/partition table with dd: &quot;dd bs=512 if=/path/to/sda.layout of=/dev/sda&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Use partprobe *(thanks Mark)* to get the kernel to re-read the partition table. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Mount all the various partions under /restore/. I make the mount points identical under restore, so if I have /boot, /var on your source, I end up with /restore/boot, /restore/var, etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - use rsync to restore the entire thing. " />
  <row Id="35753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20068" RevisionGUID="f20003a7-9130-49e1-80dd-8654e0ab7c92" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:39:36.830" UserId="5985" Text="I answered this question before...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyways, I work as the sysadmin for an online advertising company, and we deal with this on a daily basis. Location is not a huge factor for IPs, reputation is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Spam filters will check lists, and if they're bad, ignore them. they're more complex than that though, they check RDNS, refferal, and content for keywords.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're strickly interested in IP rep:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://security.rr.com/cgi-bin/block-lookup?IPADDRESS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.mail-abuse.com/cgi-bin/lookup&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are the two tools to check IP's reputation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your IP is &quot;bad repped) contact your hosting company, they will usually change it out for free." />
  <row Id="35754" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20069" RevisionGUID="a1b79228-1bfe-4093-b5dd-199b16b2ab08" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:40:30.370" UserId="4392" Text="A tape drive would be a very good solution (LTO-4 so you can encrypt it on the fly would be my selection). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't want to invest in tape drives and media (which can get expensive), then you might consider external USB enclosures. Part of my backup plan actually includes 5 USB disks, one for each weekday. I can always recover yesterday's files and easily transport them to whichever server is in need, which is a lot faster than over the network. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll note that this isn't a complete backup plan in and of itself. I also have a tape drive that gets written to as well, " />
  <row Id="35755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20070" RevisionGUID="6142f86f-f145-4890-9f3f-50abdb103204" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:41:07.170" UserDisplayName="Tom" Text=" - sh&#xD;&#xA; - vim&#xD;&#xA; - ssh&#xD;&#xA; - git&#xD;&#xA; - awk&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Interaction, editing, communication, control, automation... what else could you need?" />
  <row Id="35756" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20070" RevisionGUID="6142f86f-f145-4890-9f3f-50abdb103204" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:41:07.170" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35757" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20071" RevisionGUID="2a576ada-8132-4e0e-9349-bdf6bbc767a4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:41:55.717" UserId="7205" Text="What are the best solutions for disaster recovery of a Moss farm? Outside of Microsoft's Data Protection manager, what is there?" />
  <row Id="35758" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20071" RevisionGUID="2a576ada-8132-4e0e-9349-bdf6bbc767a4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:41:55.717" UserId="7205" Text="Moss 2007 Backup and Recovery" />
  <row Id="35759" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20071" RevisionGUID="2a576ada-8132-4e0e-9349-bdf6bbc767a4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:41:55.717" UserId="7205" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;backup-restoration&gt;" />
  <row Id="35760" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20072" RevisionGUID="c974a6fd-6224-4cad-b1bb-05fb868cd886" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:43:34.573" UserId="6392" Text="You've already been given a solution to create static tables for control. Another solution woulde be to use [qmail-verify][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.qmail-ldap.org/wiki/index.php/Qmail-verify" />
  <row Id="35761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20073" RevisionGUID="6a9f421c-c3fd-4ee3-a982-b498754abfa1" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:44:39.347" UserId="1415" Text="As recomended Sonicwall has some very nice appliances out there. But they tend to be on the high side of pricing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But staying in the low end on the price range, Linksys makes some very nice business class devices. I've used the WRV200 in a few locations and it's worked flawlessly. I ahd one at my home for a while and I only ever needed to restart it once in 6 months for an ISP change. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This gives you your wireless, also give you VPN support and VLAN support. There is also a newer modal that has gigabit support with wired connections. " />
  <row Id="35762" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="19323" RevisionGUID="70ca554a-81a4-4645-a02f-2b80940140f1" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:45:10.110" UserId="7949" Comment="changed question not to imply security" Text="Is it feasible to have home folder hosted with NFS?" />
  <row Id="35763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20074" RevisionGUID="17bf1271-e6df-46ea-9814-0a2c079d949e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:45:40.093" UserId="6031" Text="perl and vim. In that order. Anything else, I can use perl to emulate somehow." />
  <row Id="35764" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20074" RevisionGUID="17bf1271-e6df-46ea-9814-0a2c079d949e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:45:40.093" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35765" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20075" RevisionGUID="aa0437b9-1f13-4d5e-b6fb-ae95347bb66d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:50:17.337" UserId="6953" Text="I have several Ubuntu machines (mostly 8.04) that I would like to register their hostnames (or desired hostnames) with my main DNS server running on Windows 2000 so that I can access these machines from any other machine using that DNS server by hostname.  Windows clients can do this automatically with the MS client or manually with ipconfig /registerdns.  How do I do the equivalent in Linux?  I don't necessarily want to register them with the domain using Likewise Open, unless that is the only way to send DNS entries to the Windows server." />
  <row Id="35766" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20075" RevisionGUID="aa0437b9-1f13-4d5e-b6fb-ae95347bb66d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:50:17.337" UserId="6953" Text="How do I register Linux server with Windows DNS server" />
  <row Id="35767" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20075" RevisionGUID="aa0437b9-1f13-4d5e-b6fb-ae95347bb66d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:50:17.337" UserId="6953" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="35768" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20076" RevisionGUID="32285ea8-a594-448c-aac2-23801bc2e4f5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:51:05.340" UserId="6031" Text="On a practical basis, NFS performs well for home directory if there's a 100mbit switched network or better. For more then 10-20 kiosks, the server should have gigabit connectivity. You won't win performance contests, but things like Firefox and Open Office will work okay.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Copying in the home directory will be a major pain in term of delays at login (on a 100mbit network that's max 12MB/s. A 100MB home directory is close to 10 seconds.) Rsync will thrash you syncing web browser cache... 10 minutes and 500 files hurt." />
  <row Id="35769" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19824" RevisionGUID="9a5462fa-8293-4124-9994-3157b07716ab" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:51:24.497" UserId="5520" Comment="deleted 18 characters in body" Text="I've got a HP DL380 running and I know one of the drives has failed.  (I have a cron job running cciss_vol_status) The OS doesn't see the individual drives, it just sees one big volume called /dev/cciss/c0d0.  Is there any way I can figure out the model number of the physical drives?  Also is there any way to make the LED on the the failed drive blink so I can identify which one it is?  I'm hoping there's a way of doing this from linux without rebooting to get to the BIOS menu." />
  <row Id="35770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20077" RevisionGUID="7ad53ca0-31fd-4e36-8db4-468ae168d4ff" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:54:02.743" UserId="3657" Text="Have you considered configuring your Windows DHCP server to update DNS entries from the DHCP leases?  This could achieve the desired result without any changes on the DNS server or Linux side of things." />
  <row Id="35771" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20078" RevisionGUID="9d3f849a-ac4a-4e29-8d3e-2070c304fd7b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:54:32.023" UserId="8222" Text="Given that these devices are at customer premises and need to &quot;phone home&quot; to your website, I'd:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Segment the network so these devices live in a separate DMZ, with no access to the customer's internal network. Provided their function - which was not elaborated upon - does not require access to the customer's network, that is. If they are &quot;like TiVos&quot;, that would be true: They have a function, they need Internet, but they don't need to know or care about the rest of the customer's network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Give the customer a defined number of ports and IPs to configure for these devices to go outbound, and allow no access inbound. Likely, they'll need http or https to your web server, and nothing else. The customer can configure this on the firewall protecting the DMZ these devices &quot;live&quot; in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Configure the devices to auto-detect proxy settings. Assist customers that mandate the use of web proxies with setting up the PAC file and &quot;wpad&quot; hostname for auto-detection, assuming the devices use IE to connect back to your web server. There are a number of walk-throughs available on how to set this up. This way, proxy settings need not be configured on &quot;100s of devices&quot;, all that is required is the wpad location hosting the PAC file, so that the devices may discover a proxy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- I'm assuming the devices will use DHCP inside the customer's network? How is basic network configuration handled for these?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Software updates - take the burden off your customers. Configure these devices so that you can push out updates to them. The SMS answer in this thread looks like a good solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- And as already pointed out in the thread, harden the devices - turn off all Windows CE services that are surplus to requirements. Come up with a Windows CE configuration that gives you all the features you need for your application, and nothing more.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35772" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20079" RevisionGUID="6fea4e5a-101d-4fe1-af1c-56b4a18d98a4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:57:13.033" UserId="7243" Text="You can try scheduling a script to run every minute or so that appends the process list to a file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    pslist &gt;&gt; whatever.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Something like this might at least give you a clue as to what's going on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;([pslist comes with the Sysinternals Suite][1])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896682.aspx" />
  <row Id="35773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20080" RevisionGUID="3c9bfe8d-4183-4345-9740-1328fb750975" CreationDate="2009-06-04T20:58:09.350" UserId="4818" Text="MSMQ is probably expecting the computer's netbios name to match the dns hostname used to get there.  It's the same problem you have when you try to use a CNAME to map a drive to a Windows server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a way to alias the name for it by adding a registry entry:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKEY_Local_Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters&#xD;&#xA;    Add Value: OptionalNames REG_SZ with as value the name of the alias &#xD;&#xA;    If you make it a type REG_MULTI_SZ, you can add multiple aliases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20081" RevisionGUID="538e4b39-5a2e-4931-ad1d-361d46d283da" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:02:13.880" UserId="966" Text="I'm tasked with providing fail over of our Exchange 2003 Server. Currently we're using Microsoft backup to backup the mail store nightly over the network to another machine. We currently use double take to mirror a database server and it seems like a reasonable solution for the exchange server but it is quite expensive and I'd need to dedicate a standby server for it. I've heard double take can sync to a VM, but I'm not on support with them anymore and I can't find much info on the subject.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My goals are (of course) to minimize cost and downtime. I'd love to use my double take backup server as a standby for multiple machines (it's got the space), but I don't know if it's possible. The maximum downtime I can afford is less then a day (my servers are on hardware support contracts, but hardware (drives, raid controllers, motherboards etc) still takes time to ship), so I'm not looking for immediate fail over, just the ability to smoothly transition to a backup machine in an emergency.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What have people used? What works well?" />
  <row Id="35775" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20081" RevisionGUID="538e4b39-5a2e-4931-ad1d-361d46d283da" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:02:13.880" UserId="966" Text="What are good ways to have a backup and fail over for a single exchange server in a domain?" />
  <row Id="35776" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20081" RevisionGUID="538e4b39-5a2e-4931-ad1d-361d46d283da" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:02:13.880" UserId="966" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;doubletake&gt;" />
  <row Id="35777" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20082" RevisionGUID="777afc85-0549-4027-a046-f3afb8b8d27f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:02:55.143" UserId="7243" Text="If you want the Linux machines to update DNS themselves, then the DNS zone(s) must be configured for **nonsecure dynamic updates**. Then if you're using samba, you can update the record manually like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net ads dns register -P&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure if this command requires you to be on the domain though." />
  <row Id="35779" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20083" RevisionGUID="e206b571-3849-4b7e-924f-fa7360ac06a9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:04:33.317" UserId="7934" Text="Ten Powershell scripts I use as SQL Server DBA (All are described/posted on my [blog][1])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Check disk space on all SQL Servers and load data to SQL table&#xD;&#xA; 2. Run permissions reports on all production SQL Servers and load data to a SQL database&#xD;&#xA; 3. Discover all Windows 2003 clusters, nodes, and virtuals on network and load to SQL tables&#xD;&#xA; 4. Discover all databases on all SQL Servers as defined in SCCM and load to SQL table&#xD;&#xA; 5. Create a SQL Server backup scorecard by loading backup information across all SQL Servers to a SQL table&#xD;&#xA; 6. Verify TCP Offload Engine is disabled in Windows 2003 SP2 (this is a performance killer for many SQL Servers)&#xD;&#xA; 7. Verify Disk Partition alignments (Also a performance killer if disks are aligned improperly)&#xD;&#xA; 8. Copy SQL tables from one server to another&#xD;&#xA; 9. Recursivley copy all SSIS packages using a MSDB Storage from one server to another including folder structure&#xD;&#xA; 10. Create my own graphical object dependency viewer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.chadwickmiller.spaces.live.com" />
  <row Id="35780" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20083" RevisionGUID="e206b571-3849-4b7e-924f-fa7360ac06a9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:04:33.317" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20084" RevisionGUID="7993a438-7ec4-4b8e-a59e-e1fe4e48fee2" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:05:17.447" UserId="6031" Text="Don't compile over NFS. NFS performance is usually a factor of the disk I/O performance and compiling is what's going to drive your number of file I/O ops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't avoid that, caching is what will save the day. Cram that NFS server as full of RAM as you can, use asynchronous writes and enable all caching you can client-side. The fact is that a RAID is no better at handling (non-cached) disk operations then a single hard disk. And with the small file sizes of a compilation workload, combined throughput won't change a thing." />
  <row Id="35783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20085" RevisionGUID="e60b39eb-125f-4d3c-87f7-74ba62f231ca" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:05:26.543" UserId="3121" Text="hi -&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have Windows XP SP2 clients running the Cisco VPN 3000 client (3030) on wireless connections.  When off the VPN, the clients get their DNS servers from DHCP (they are definitely not statically configureD).  In some cases, the clients continue trying to talk this DNS server even after they get on the VPN, even though the VPN concentrator is giving out different DNS Server addresses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone seen this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks " />
  <row Id="35784" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20085" RevisionGUID="e60b39eb-125f-4d3c-87f7-74ba62f231ca" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:05:26.543" UserId="3121" Text="Wireless Windows client keeps using previous DNS server after getting on Cisco VPN" />
  <row Id="35785" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20085" RevisionGUID="e60b39eb-125f-4d3c-87f7-74ba62f231ca" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:05:26.543" UserId="3121" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;wireless&gt;" />
  <row Id="35787" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20086" RevisionGUID="6f6d5084-e120-4730-ad85-ec343c64d27f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:06:54.043" UserId="7309" Text="Using ESX 3.5 U4, logging on to the Web Access with FireFox 3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can't use the xPI console plugin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone been able tog et this to work? I know that OSX/FF is not supported, but maybe someone's modified the xpi installer in some fashion?" />
  <row Id="35788" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20086" RevisionGUID="6f6d5084-e120-4730-ad85-ec343c64d27f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:06:54.043" UserId="7309" Text="VMWare Web Access Console on OSX" />
  <row Id="35789" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20086" RevisionGUID="6f6d5084-e120-4730-ad85-ec343c64d27f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:06:54.043" UserId="7309" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="35790" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20087" RevisionGUID="91457718-c843-4dbc-8331-a5b8bed8ad63" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:08:24.603" UserId="7243" Text="There's a good discussion about this [on Jeremy Zawodny's blog][1]. This convinced me that there's something to be said about software RAID.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/008696.html" />
  <row Id="35791" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20087" RevisionGUID="91457718-c843-4dbc-8331-a5b8bed8ad63" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:08:24.603" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20088" RevisionGUID="d5b5a01f-cc3b-48c0-b39f-9d58c9442640" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:08:42.230" UserId="5500" Text="Please be aware that in PostgreSQL, your cluster data directory is a self-contained unit that cannot reliably be restored in parts, as per the documentation [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your best hope is to use the full data directory of the old server and to start a server on it, then restore from a dump of the database you get from there:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Get a postgresql.conf that fit the configuration on the new host going (orient yourself by the files in the old - which you change here - and new data directories)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Find out the user name of the old installation's PostgreSQL superuser - most likely postgres.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Create this user name (UNIX user) on the new host, unless it's already there.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Give (chown) the old data directory to that user, unless the uid matches the one on the old server.&#xD;&#xA; 5. Configure pg_hba.conf in the old data directory to allow connections from local users to the same postgres user name (this is normally the default, but check).&#xD;&#xA; 6. Run the old database cluster as the UNIX user with the same name as the old data directory's superuser, e.g. for user postgres: &lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo -u postgres postgres -D old_data_directory&#xD;&#xA;    # or with su:&#xD;&#xA;    su postgres&#xD;&#xA;    postgres -D old_data_directory&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 7. dump the old database, again with the usual user name, postgres: &lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo -u postgres pg_dump -p /path/to/socket/for/old/directory database_name &gt; dump_file.sql&#xD;&#xA;    # becoming postgres with su analogous to above&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 8. adapt the dump_file.sql to the new server's user names etc; create the empty database with appropriate ownership there&#xD;&#xA; 9. scan the database into the new server:&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo -u postgres psql -p /path/to/socket/for/new/directory new_database_name&#xD;&#xA;    # once again, getting postgres privileges using su analogous to above&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That should get you set, or at least show a good path to get there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/backup-file.html" />
  <row Id="35793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20089" RevisionGUID="23a69982-67dc-4720-83a0-e09f3295d73d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:11:17.560" UserId="7783" Text="You need to plan this rather than shoot from the hip, but this is a case where virtualisation can work as a kind of &quot;poor man's clustering&quot; from the point of view of protection against *hardware* issues. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming you back up the virtual hard disks *themselves* rather than the files inside them, which takes some thought but is perfectly &quot;do-able&quot;, you can take these to any server running your virtual server software (whether VMWare, Microsoft, Xen or whatever) and just create a new virtual server on that machine using the &quot;current&quot; virtual hard disks and you're away - you don't need all the fancy stuff like vmotion and its equivalents." />
  <row Id="35794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20090" RevisionGUID="ac3c43e5-75a5-4750-bff7-5bc7723d9752" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:11:48.200" UserId="7821" Text="The problem with the MOSS Search database is that its very tightly coupled with the index file that physically resides in the file system of the farm's Index server; I believe transactions are sync'ed down to the millisecond. So if you lose your Search database your only option (unless you have a specialized SharePoint DR tool) is to rebuild your index and start over with a new Search database, because your index file will be out of sync with the restored database and become corrupt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The latest version of Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2007 is able to back up the search index and database, but you have to run a special script to enable that functionality. I'm not sure if tools from other vendors are able to do it, I think that several are but can't remember off the top of my head. The only way to restore your index if you're using SQL backups or SharePoint's out of the box backup/restore tools is to rebuild it from scratch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The previous answer is spot on about managing the size of the search corpus with multiple indexes, although it does add some additional overhead and complexity to the farm. An additional index server will need to be build and it can be a challenge to effectively manage user queries so they hit the correct index and/or merge results." />
  <row Id="35795" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20091" RevisionGUID="3cf7b531-da5e-49ea-88e5-60d831d8720a" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:12:11.147" UserId="7801" Text="For cases like this I'll use a wrapper around the command that logs to syslog.  For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    logger -i -t mycmd Starting&#xD;&#xA;    /bin/somecommand&#xD;&#xA;    logger -i -t mycmd Completed&#xD;&#xA;    exit 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then from cron, at, etc I'll call the wrapper script instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know this is more of a work around than a solution, but it gets the job done." />
  <row Id="35796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20092" RevisionGUID="dc52ee69-c181-4a92-aa42-656564c7ae88" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:16:12.463" UserId="8222" Text="The correct answer is to create a loopback interface. When nothing is plugged into the LAN bgroup, the interface goes &quot;down&quot;, and all routes associated with it are removed from the routing table. That's a behavior you want, actually, as it helps when using route-based redundant VPNs - it's the only way for a device to know &quot;that tunnel is down and I should now route to over here&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Okay, so what you do is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- In your vrouter - likely the trust-vr - check the option to &quot;Ignore Subnet Conflict for Interfaces in This VRouter&quot;&#xD;&#xA;- Create a new loopback.1 interface&#xD;&#xA;- Give it the last address in your LAN bgroup space, with a /32 netmask. E.g., if your LAN bgroup has 192.168.1.0/24, loopback.1 would be 192.168.1.254/32. Analogous for smaller net spaces.&#xD;&#xA;- Make sure your DHCP server on that bgroup does not include the loopback interface's address in its IP pool(s).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now you can manage the unit using that loopback IP address, which will always remain reachable; and you did not have to carve out additional address space to do that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ensuring that a tunnel remains &quot;up&quot; is an entirely different concern. In ScreenOS, this can be accomplished with the &quot;monitor rekey&quot; option (and &quot;optimized&quot; for good measure if you want to, with a specific destination IP and source port if the outside isn't pingable, and possibly with an interval of 5 instead of 1 if the lines you go over are residential ISPs). That has nothing to do with being able to manage, however. It can give you good indication and advance warning of VPN failure, if you configure a server that receives logs and sends out notifications to staff on &quot;VPN Down&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;It also has the risk of making your VPNs &quot;flap&quot; if you misconfigure - that is, if the address that Monitor is pinging cannot, actually, be pinged, or if the interval is too aggressive for the quality / latency of your ISP connection(s). That can be handled by, for example, pinging said loopback address through the tunnel: You won't be relying on the external address being reachable to ping.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35797" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20093" RevisionGUID="4e5f6bdd-b957-4d94-b740-186cc01ed270" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:18:25.940" UserId="5989" Text="I ran into the same issue with VMware Server 2.0 on OS X. The solution I used was to create a virtual machine in VMware itself with the minimum requirements to run Ubuntu 9.04 desktop and run Firefox there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;General steps:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Configure networking so it is available from workstation via SSH.&#xD;&#xA; * Enable X11 Forwarding with SSH. (-X/-Y commandline options, or ForwardX11/ForwardX11Trusted ~/.ssh/config options)&#xD;&#xA; * ssh to the 'desktop' VM.&#xD;&#xA; * Run firefox, it should display on your local system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is about the best work around, unfortunately. Modifying the Firefox plugin XPI is pretty much out of the question, it is compiled GTK specifically against Linux, IIRC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Minimum requirements for Ubuntu 9.04:][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * 300 MHz x86 processor&#xD;&#xA; * 64 MB of system memory (RAM)&#xD;&#xA; * At least 4 GB of disk space (for full installation and swap space)&#xD;&#xA; * VGA graphics card capable of 640x480 resolution&#xD;&#xA; * CD-ROM drive or network card &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(using an alternate install CD). Or you can install a server version and just install ubuntu-desktop metapackage :-).    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements" />
  <row Id="35798" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20058" RevisionGUID="1be4b08e-48d7-4a0c-87fd-fbd4674be5f5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:18:36.423" UserId="6031" Comment="deleted 9 characters in body" Text="Many ISPs register their dial-up and DSL/Cable modem pools in list of IPs that should never send emails. That way mail server can filter them out for spam knowing that they should never see valid emails from those IPs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you don't have valid DNS (and valid reverse DNS and MX records), many email providers will block you as likely spammer." />
  <row Id="35799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20094" RevisionGUID="57c04efc-e208-4cb1-b559-a978cba3f3f2" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:20:32.317" UserId="8236" Text="It depends on what you mean by &quot;connect&quot;, and what type of Windows network you are talking about.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the Windows network is domain based (eg Active Directory), you might want to run the winbind daemon (which usually depends on the other Samba daemons) and properly connect the Linux computer to the domain so it can use the networks shared credentials etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you just want to very occasionally mount the odd Windows file share, then you only need the client components (eg smbfs)." />
  <row Id="35800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20095" RevisionGUID="85cc3fd2-2e4d-4870-ba06-894bd33b033e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:23:29.550" UserId="7783" Text="The question is, do they want you to reach them. Your US IP address might help you reach people inside the US but there are no guarantees and probably *no* addresses that aren't blocked by *someone* somewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some people are crazy and block just about everything. Some people do block geographically, but from their point of view this can seem reasonable if they are certain they won't receive email from certain locations (I have my doubts about this but... their email server their rules).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The thing to worry about with IP addresses if whether or not they have previously spammed. It's possible to get out of the &quot;managed&quot; DNS RBLs (for very small or crazy values of &quot;possible&quot; for some of the more extreme lists) but if a previous user of that address spammed from it and a bunch of sysadmins dropped the address into their local router's deny table then good luck with that one, I'm afraid." />
  <row Id="35801" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20096" RevisionGUID="e591ee0a-7d09-4929-83e5-c7e70ebc1c32" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:23:58.580" UserId="3235" Text="I think a backup solution separate from your storage solution is the way to go.  The problem with storing your backups on a NAS is that it is likely in the same environment as your existing storage, especially if you're using it for both backups and storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which means if something goes wrong, like power surge, flood, fire, tornado, spilled cup of coffee, insert crisis here.. your data is gone.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tape is not as &quot;cool&quot; as backup to disk, but it is absolutely the easiest way to get your data off site.  Tapes are robust, have relatively easy storage requirements, don't mind bumps and shocks the way a pulled HDD do. A tape solution is also easily expanded as you can always get more media as your data grows.  If your data grows beyond what you can get on your SAN solution you need whole new NAS which costs a TON more than does more media.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;LTO4 is in fact awesome, but lots of other tape media/software will let you encrypt on your way to tape.  Downsides to tape include the need for backup software (however with linux tar is fine) and you have ongoing media costs as well as the need to rotate your media so unless you have a tape changer you need to make sure someone pays attention to the tapes every day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things to remember when dealing with tape and moving it off site yourself include:&#xD;&#xA; - don't put it on a heated car seat&#xD;&#xA;   (the tape may get wiped)&#xD;&#xA; - don't leave them in a very hot car&#xD;&#xA; - store it in whatever orientation&#xD;&#xA;   means the tape is hanging on it's&#xD;&#xA;   spindle, if it slumps it may become&#xD;&#xA;   unreadable in as little as 18 months&#xD;&#xA;   vs many years the other way.&#xD;&#xA; - make sure more than one person knows&#xD;&#xA;   where the tapes are off site and how&#xD;&#xA;   to access them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have used a SAN as backup to disk target with NetBackup in the past.  It works pretty well, and the restores are fast and easy. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short I'd definitely split the solution." />
  <row Id="35802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20097" RevisionGUID="07cda872-b6ae-45e8-b69f-6d332a7363ee" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:25:08.483" UserId="6031" Text="I've always ended up caving and using a Windows desktop... There's so much that can only be done quickly (if at all, like licensing and mounting virtual DVDs) with the VI3 client and that piece of .NET2 trash is dog-slow. By far the weakest point of the ESX system." />
  <row Id="35803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20098" RevisionGUID="fe197508-5fab-423a-b208-5bf21c7315e8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:26:52.257" UserId="1992" Text="Check out this comprehensive blog post by SharePoint Joel: [SharePoint Backup Restore, High Availability, and Disaster Recovery][1] which has a lot of advice and lots of links to further reading (whitepapers, technical articles, and more blog posts).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're going to implement some kind of backup strategy, remember not to plan a backup strategy - plan a restore strategy based around your RTO and RPO (basically how quickly do you want to be able to restore, with how much allowable data loss) and then figure out what backups you need to be able to take to achieve that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most important thing? Once you've put together your DR strategy, test it to make sure it works the way you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/joelo/archive/2007/03/09/sharepoint-backup-restore-high-availability-and-disaster-recovery.aspx" />
  <row Id="35804" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19923" RevisionGUID="14ae1d4b-d5df-442d-8621-6d9230139e90" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:28:52.207" UserId="1518" Comment="added clarification" Text="As background, I'm a very reluctant Domino &quot;admin&quot; and know very little about settings on the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a mail-in database which is using the ID of the admin who set it up as the from/reply address.  Obviously he'd prefer that replies go back to the mail-in database.  Where can I set the reply-to address or the from address to something else?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;Clarification&lt;/b&gt; (probably the first of many):  The mailbox receives mail (it's the webmaster@ourcompany address).  A couple of people monitor the mailbox and send replies if any are warranted.  We don't want the replies coming from any individual's address - just have them come from webmaster.  Instead, they appear to come from &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastard_Operator_From_Hell&quot;&gt;BOFH&lt;/a&gt;@ourcompany.com." />
  <row Id="35805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20099" RevisionGUID="0f15bbf5-65bb-4a0b-92c4-b4420993c7e0" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:31:35.930" UserId="6031" Text="Disabling all the &quot;smart&quot; indentation modes. Great for programming, hell for config file." />
  <row Id="35806" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20099" RevisionGUID="0f15bbf5-65bb-4a0b-92c4-b4420993c7e0" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:31:35.930" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20100" RevisionGUID="158f0b23-9ef2-4450-a3fb-3b2788998baf" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:35:07.917" UserId="4703" Text="I would suggest getting some samples from:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://ossec.net/wiki/index.php/Log_Samples&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They have logs from attacks, errors, failures, multiple devices, etc that you can throw against your tool to test." />
  <row Id="35808" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20101" RevisionGUID="f6457295-4752-4a87-9b01-da5348db2790" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:37:02.733" UserId="7243" Text="If you run **ipconfig /all**, it probably shows something like this near the top:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;DNS Suffix Search List: example.com&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you just want to resolve names without having to type the domain, i'd make it look like this (i.e. list **all** of your domains here):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;DNS Suffix Search List: example.com&#xD;&#xA;                        subdomain.example.com&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now when your computer tries to resolve a &quot;short&quot; name like **mysite**, first it will try **mysite.example.com** (since that's the first domain in the search list), and if it can't resolve that, it will try **mysite.subdomain.example.com**. Of course, you can order the domains any way you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a Windows 2003 domain, then you'll probably want to configure the DNS search list via group policy so that you don't have to configure it manually on every machine." />
  <row Id="35809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20102" RevisionGUID="bb3062ad-18f4-4b6e-b87a-756f49a9cb96" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:39:44.633" UserId="984" Text="I tried a WFW 3.11 VM I had created under Vmware workstation 4.x on an ESX 3.5i server and it worked for me.  I have no idea why it wouldn't be working for you.  Perhaps the virtual hardware that is selected for a new VM is different then what I got from the imported VM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might want to try creating a VM in an older version Vmware and then importing it." />
  <row Id="35810" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20103" RevisionGUID="d8b4c77e-e290-4592-addf-02f55d10c8e1" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:43:01.083" UserId="7709" Text="When you're in the MS-DOS prompt, switch to the \windows folder and run SETUP. Check to see if the installtion options (particularly the keyboard) match your real-life setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Man this is bringing back memories of the old days)" />
  <row Id="35811" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20104" RevisionGUID="00750090-5539-426d-8d16-5cf1975eca5b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:43:26.107" UserId="984" Text="&gt; Sorry, I forgot to put in the question&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that these are static IP's. I realize&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I could add the DNS entries on the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows side manually as well, but I'm&#xD;&#xA;&gt; not actually in charge of that Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; DNS server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't have control of the DNS server, and it the DNS isn't setup to allow non-secure updates, and it isn't setup to update based on DHCP assignments, and you have a static address, then you are probably out of luck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since this system has a static address, is there some reason you can't just contact the person who runs the DNS server and ask them to add a record for your system?" />
  <row Id="35812" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20082" RevisionGUID="1c2adb93-09f3-42f6-8afd-0d5a3e7fbff4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:44:45.543" UserId="7243" Comment="added 17 characters in body" Text="If you want the Linux machines to update DNS themselves, then the DNS zone(s) must be configured for **nonsecure dynamic updates**. Then if you have the Samba client installed, you can update the record manually like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net ads dns register -P&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure if this command requires you to be on the domain though." />
  <row Id="35813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20105" RevisionGUID="2e3c81d2-7980-4d9f-99bc-b56a590d4f44" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:46:19.783" UserId="7709" Text="I used to use Dynamic disks, even if it was just a single volume with nothing special. Never again. It was a nightmare to recover. MS-DOS can't see it, Norton Ghost reads it as a RAW volume, you can't access the data on it from anything but another Windows machine (which is great... if you have another Windows machine).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Great for running Software RAID, but very difficult in data recovery situations." />
  <row Id="35814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20106" RevisionGUID="f5b8c6de-5dc5-4583-a0c1-eacaf85bcafa" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:46:58.377" UserId="8242" Text="I'm in the process of reviewing every SQL statement that an application makes against the database, for performance reasons.&#xD;&#xA;Is there an easy way to log all statements that are executed by the PostgreSQL database server?&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="35815" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20106" RevisionGUID="f5b8c6de-5dc5-4583-a0c1-eacaf85bcafa" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:46:58.377" UserId="8242" Text="Postgres: How can I see all SQL statements being executed by the database server?" />
  <row Id="35816" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20106" RevisionGUID="f5b8c6de-5dc5-4583-a0c1-eacaf85bcafa" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:46:58.377" UserId="8242" Text="&lt;postgresql&gt;&lt;database&gt;&lt;sql&gt;" />
  <row Id="35817" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20096" RevisionGUID="6926d932-17e7-4f69-9135-7d843290d352" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:50:41.147" UserId="3235" Comment="added 95 characters in body" Text="I think a backup solution separate from your storage solution is the way to go.  The problem with storing your backups on a NAS is that it is likely in the same environment as your existing storage, especially if you're using it for both backups and storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which means if something goes wrong, like power surge, flood, fire, tornado, spilled cup of coffee, insert crisis here.. your data is gone.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tape is not as &quot;cool&quot; as backup to disk, but it is absolutely the easiest way to get your data off site.  Tapes are robust, have relatively easy storage requirements, don't mind bumps and shocks the way a pulled HDD do. A tape solution is also easily expanded as you can always get more media as your data grows.  If your data grows beyond what you can get on your SAN solution you need whole new NAS which costs a TON more than does more media.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;LTO4 is in fact awesome, but lots of other tape media/software will let you encrypt on your way to tape.  Downsides to tape include the need for backup software (however with linux tar is fine) and you have ongoing media costs as well as the need to rotate your media so unless you have a tape changer you need to make sure someone pays attention to the tapes every day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things to remember when dealing with tape and moving it off site yourself include:&#xD;&#xA; 1. don't put it on a heated car seat&#xD;&#xA;   (the tape may get wiped)&#xD;&#xA; 2. don't leave them in a very hot car&#xD;&#xA; 3. store it in whatever orientation&#xD;&#xA;   means the tape is hanging on it's&#xD;&#xA;   spindle, if it slumps it may become&#xD;&#xA;   unreadable in as little as 18 months&#xD;&#xA;   vs many years the other way.&#xD;&#xA; 4. make sure more than one person knows&#xD;&#xA;   where the tapes are off site and how&#xD;&#xA;   to access them.&#xD;&#xA; 5. Test restores frequently No less than once a month you should test restore something.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have used a SAN as backup to disk target with NetBackup in the past.  It works pretty well, and the restores are fast and easy. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short I'd definitely split the solution." />
  <row Id="35818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20107" RevisionGUID="f4503885-fda2-496e-830d-ed0b47298e1d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:52:40.363" UserId="4578" Text="I assume you've read through the official VirtualBox documentation on setting up headless systems, right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/UserManual.html#vboxheadless&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Did those instructions not work for you? They specifically mention 2 different ways to start a headless VM. Have you asked on the VirtualBox forums?" />
  <row Id="35819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20108" RevisionGUID="8af57bfb-0c82-4e11-98e9-0e6968545dae" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:53:43.997" UserId="3696" Text="Of course, you can detect slowest queries by yourself, but I advise you to use [pgFouine][1] — a PostgreSQL log analyzer. It`s easy to install and really useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sample reports: [here][2] and [here][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://pgfouine.projects.postgresql.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://pgfouine.projects.postgresql.org/reports/sample_default.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://pgfouine.projects.postgresql.org/reports/sample_hourly.html" />
  <row Id="35820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20109" RevisionGUID="8c9ad59d-650e-4934-9aa8-90e6b4c4e845" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:54:47.473" UserId="2629" Text="This almost works:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo 'tell application &quot;System Events&quot; ^ log out ^ keystroke return ^ end tell' | tr '^' '\n' | osascript&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't mind waiting for the login window timer to countdown, this is easier:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    osascript -e 'tell application &quot;System Events&quot; to log out'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, while you can log yourself out this way (from an SSH session), you'll get: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    _RegisterApplication(), FAILED TO establish the default connection to the WindowServer, _CGSDefaultConnection() is NULL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you try to do it to someone else (even with sudo)." />
  <row Id="35821" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17197" RevisionGUID="27d56e48-44f8-4654-a436-3f52e9c13a01" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:55:20.170" UserId="6491" Comment="relatime, noatime ssd" Text="It seems to be that the answer is to use a filesystem you would use with normal disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linus seems to second this idea.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [Theodore Ts'o 's article regarding this][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In his other blog entry [he writes how to align to ssd's erase block size][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems to me that modern SSD's are smart enougth that you should not care. My choice of filesystem is XFS btw.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are two mount options: relatime, noatime which can be used to reduce disk writes at the expense of modified posix semantics. Reduced disk writes are considered as a good idea with SSD's [Theodore Ts'o made some bechmarks][3] regarding the issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://thunk.org/tytso/blog/2009/02/22/should-filesystems-be-optimized-for-ssds/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://thunk.org/tytso/blog/2009/02/20/aligning-filesystems-to-an-ssds-erase-block-size/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://thunk.org/tytso/blog/2009/03/01/ssds-journaling-and-noatimerelatime/" />
  <row Id="35822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20110" RevisionGUID="9226bcc7-115e-4d96-90e7-bba7b0749e29" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:59:13.673" UserId="5989" Text="Our CTO has a pretty feature-filled [Vim configuration on GitHub][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Highlights:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Syntax highlighting, 2 space tabstop, expanded tabs.&#xD;&#xA;* NERDtree, a file-tree view similar to TextMate's project drawer.&#xD;&#xA;* [FuzzyFileFinder][2], plugin to do TextMate's cmd-T functionality.&#xD;&#xA;* Lots of color themes with a nice one (twilight) default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I find it great for Ruby coding, as our system administration tools are written in Ruby.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://github.com/adamhjk/adam-vim/tree/master&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://weblog.jamisbuck.org/2008/10/10/coming-home-to-vim" />
  <row Id="35823" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20110" RevisionGUID="9226bcc7-115e-4d96-90e7-bba7b0749e29" CreationDate="2009-06-04T21:59:13.673" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35824" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19397" RevisionGUID="5f5e2b22-8429-483d-813b-4b347800797d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:02:17.910" UserId="5898" Comment="note about rw mounted /conf" Text="Ideally, your management network would be a different network to your other network, or at least a different vlan with limited routed access. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These systems aren't really running that many services though:&#xD;&#xA;    PORT     STATE SERVICE&#xD;&#xA;    22/tcp   open  ssh&#xD;&#xA;    80/tcp   open  http&#xD;&#xA;    443/tcp  open  https&#xD;&#xA;    555/tcp  open  dsf&#xD;&#xA;    5120/tcp open  unknown&#xD;&#xA;    5900/tcp open  vnc&#xD;&#xA;    5988/tcp open  unknown&#xD;&#xA;    MAC Address: 00:30:48:D9:3A:71 (Supermicro Computer)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(and UDP/623 for IPMI itself)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of these are needed if you want to do any kind of remote management. If you don't want to do remote management, then you should consider not enabling the IPMI controller at all, or buying an X9DTU board instead ( the -F denotes &quot;built-in BMC&quot;) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to do full remote management, can't run your IPMI controllers on a different network, and still want to disable some access, then you can always get the IPMI controller to execute iptables commands. You could script an ssh login to execute the commands, or ask Supermicro for the devkit for the BMC and build a new image with a custom iptables script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had another look at our systems here, and the /conf filesystem is mounted rw. None of the init scripts called anything directly in /conf (that I could see), but there is a crontab file. So, I guess you could copy in an iptables script, and edit /conf/crontab to call it at some suitable interval. You'd want it to be run ASAP on BMC init, but you don't neccesarily want it running every minute. Or maybe you don't care.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35825" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20111" RevisionGUID="e180dfb8-a9fa-42ef-a093-0cf5a2a208dd" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:05:36.220" UserId="1210" Text="There is usually only one reason for this:  You're using Split Tunneling as opposed to Full Tunneling.  In the former, you're allowing them local lan/internet access while also allowing them access to the VPN, two interface cards will show up in ipconfig.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With full tunneling, all traffic must travel through the VPN tunnel, which, from a security standpoint, is the most desired setup." />
  <row Id="35826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20112" RevisionGUID="287aa95f-e495-4f6b-b4cb-cbcef3563c3f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:06:55.420" UserId="5426" Text="To be clear all of my information came from this webpage:&#xD;&#xA;http://blog.mpecsinc.ca/2009/03/sbs-2008-remove-single-ts-user.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Click Start and type: Terminal Services Configuration [Enter] (the console will come up immediately while typing) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Click Continue at the UAC prompt. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Double click on the Restrict each user to a single session setting. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. Uncheck the setting. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5. Click Apply and OK.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20113" RevisionGUID="45fa1106-619c-4f29-9c89-01b88f5dcfb4" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:10:56.817" UserId="1210" Text="According to this [blog post][1], you cannot use Terminal Services in SBS2008&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2008/09/26/can-i-use-terminal-services-in-sbs-2008.aspx" />
  <row Id="35828" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20114" RevisionGUID="f81036f9-8de4-4571-87fe-eafb376c8840" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:11:41.650" UserId="5898" Text="I've used [CA XOSoft][1] Replication and HA for this exact scenario.  From my experience it performs pretty well. It'll handle both replication of specified files, and HA migration of either an IP address or modifying a DNS name, and then starting/stopping services on the appropriate nodes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's somewhat cheaper than Doubletake, and last I looked it was cheaper to license for running in a VM than on physical hardware, which lends itself well to a DR VM situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://arcserve.com/products/product.aspx?id=8282" />
  <row Id="35829" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20028" RevisionGUID="3329cccf-9a1d-4f77-9001-396b1ae55b60" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:12:10.073" UserId="78" Comment="Added clarifications" Text="Hey,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can not change the **User Templates** path in &quot;File location...&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It simply refuses to change to anything different.&#xD;&#xA;My goal is to set the path to a templates folder on the server e.g \\myserver\folder\templates.&#xD;&#xA;Although, choosing a different local path does not work either. It simply does not respond/react and keeps the default path.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you offer any assistance?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(The screenshot is not from a client-computer of mine. I live in Denmark. I did not want to confuse you with danish screenshots.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some info:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Client computers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows XP SP3&#xD;&#xA; - Microsoft Office 2007 OEM (Updated to SP2)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem goes for all my client computers. I work for a small sized company with 30 computers. We are slowly upgrading them to Office 2007 from Office 2003 - and this is one of the problems I am facing. So far, the only computers with Office 2007 is completely new computers with Microsoft Office 2007 OEM (updated to SP2). This will only happen for our really old computers though. The others will simply just receive an upgrade-license...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://i42.tinypic.com/29w5uzo.jpg" />
  <row Id="35830" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20115" RevisionGUID="7df20dec-71df-4e4e-98e8-84a4134e851c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:13:12.257" UserId="8247" Text="[www.db2bookmarks.com][1] &lt; -- this collection of links is great...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.db2bookmarks.com" />
  <row Id="35831" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20115" RevisionGUID="7df20dec-71df-4e4e-98e8-84a4134e851c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:13:12.257" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20116" RevisionGUID="bfd4bdfb-8856-45b2-867a-1b07aa2db6a5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:16:30.173" UserId="6397" Text="If you are planing for the hardware failure, the simplest solution is virtualizing your Exchange server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If further more you also need to be prepared for system self, you then just make a good backup or snapshot of the VM." />
  <row Id="35833" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19356" RevisionGUID="65f62152-c9e5-4633-b80f-ef8af95d9e09" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:17:44.290" UserId="7246" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="&lt;http://www.howtoforge.com&gt; recently posted an article on using GlusterFS as a NFS replacement/alternative, you may want to check it out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.howtoforge.com/creating-an-nfs-like-standalone-storage-server-with-glusterfs-on-debian-lenny&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a short description of why its a good 'feasible' alternative to NFS, from the GlusterFS project page &lt;http://www.gluster.org/&gt;:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;GlusterFS self-heals itself on the fly. There is no fsck. Storage backend is accessible directly as regular files and folders (NFS style). With replication enabled, GlusterFS can with-stand hardware failures.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More information can be found in the project documentation. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, another nice thing about using GlusterFS is if you need more space on your SAN you just add another storage brick (server node) and you are able to scale/grow your storage in parrallel when there is need. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps or at least helps point you in the right direction!" />
  <row Id="35834" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20117" RevisionGUID="e1497022-33a3-405e-ac6f-9bfb68b2bf1d" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:20:41.820" UserId="6352" Text="When you experience the problem again, try to reach the Internet from the server, by PINGing some Internet address and/or using Internet Explorer. So you can see if the problem is caused by the server losing (somewhat) Internet access, so becoming unable to respond to incoming requests, or specifically by the services it's providing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, try restarting the Routing and Remote Access Service, instead of rebooting the whole servers, and see if this resolves it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW, what service pack level is the server? Is it up-to-date with the latest patches?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35835" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18022" RevisionGUID="290b224c-c750-436f-9091-86654fdaaf2b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:23:11.877" UserId="7246" Comment="grammar" Text="Any ideas on what a migration strategy might be to sanely migrate mail away from the Argosoft mail server for windows? product site: &lt;http://www.argosoft.com/RootPages/MailServer/Default.aspx&gt; (note: not the .net version). We are wanting to migrate to a more standard setup using Postfix/Dovecot on Ubuntu.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would something like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-migrate-mailboxes-between-imap-servers-with-imapsync&quot;&gt; imapsync&lt;/a&gt; do the trick? Anyone successfully migrate their mail away from the Argosoft Mail Server product?" />
  <row Id="35836" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20118" RevisionGUID="c27fd9eb-3801-45a4-85f9-1796aeece968" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:24:25.777" UserId="3038" Text="We've found it convenient to use on SAN-based volumes that may need to get expanded, such as our backup-to-disk volumes. If you really do need a volume larger than 2TB, Dynamic makes that a lot easier." />
  <row Id="35837" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19348" RevisionGUID="6a7b2250-756d-4da0-a17b-054e8c3b3f79" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:25:00.657" UserId="7200" Comment="deleted 442 characters in body" Text="Okay, okay-- I blew all that crap away. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming dblack's comment is accurate re: what you're looking for is accurate, the answer is an unfortunate &quot;no&quot;. IIS doesn't have proxying functionality like Apache does. " />
  <row Id="35838" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20119" RevisionGUID="50257f4d-52fb-443b-8668-5cbe94ab9844" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:13:13.047" Text="&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know of any open source XML firewalls that provide equivalent functionality to DataPower, Vordel, etc?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35839" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20119" RevisionGUID="50257f4d-52fb-443b-8668-5cbe94ab9844" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:13:13.047" Text="Open Source XML Firewalls?" />
  <row Id="35840" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20119" RevisionGUID="50257f4d-52fb-443b-8668-5cbe94ab9844" CreationDate="2009-06-03T11:13:13.047" Text="&lt;xml&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;web-services&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;web-development&gt;" />
  <row Id="35842" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20121" RevisionGUID="389628b5-b3d2-4fe8-8f4e-150924f654f3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:36:42.413" UserId="3454" Text="Didn't see this in any of the answers, but linkd.exe (in the Windows 2003 Resource kit [here][1]) allows you to create junctions, which pretty much function as a soft/hard link does in Linux. Junctions are available from Windows 2000 and up, so just copy linkd.exe to the target system and it should work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd" />
  <row Id="35843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20122" RevisionGUID="f93dbf50-0bc2-4cb1-b000-8daa6ac70d7e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:36:47.060" UserId="6491" Text="[See my other answer regarding raid to get the concept][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dell PERC 6 although a real hardware raid is a &quot;cheap&quot; one. You should avoid that one and use software raid instead (if you can). If you end up using it as a hardware raid no worries, it is not that bad. Just do not expect too much from it (e.g. bad performance). There are also [binary utilities][2] that can be used to manage the controller from linux. They all suck compared to good hw raid or software raid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My comment is based on my experince with a 1 or 2 generation older card. It could have been improved since, but I do not think so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/15751/when-is-raid-worth-the-trouble/15870#15870&#xD;&#xA;   [2]: http://linux.dell.com/storage.shtml" />
  <row Id="35844" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20122" RevisionGUID="f93dbf50-0bc2-4cb1-b000-8daa6ac70d7e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:36:47.060" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35845" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20123" RevisionGUID="edd2b465-c245-45a8-8f50-090d592ab969" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:37:26.343" UserId="2448" Text="If I'm going to make a DNS change to an A record for my domain (changing from one IP to another), how long can I expect until people are moved over to the new info? Is it simply &lt;= the TTL? I know it used to take a while, but in 2009 how long should I expect?" />
  <row Id="35846" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20123" RevisionGUID="edd2b465-c245-45a8-8f50-090d592ab969" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:37:26.343" UserId="2448" Text="How Long Will A DNS Change Take" />
  <row Id="35847" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20123" RevisionGUID="edd2b465-c245-45a8-8f50-090d592ab969" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:37:26.343" UserId="2448" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;domain-name&gt;" />
  <row Id="35848" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16115" RevisionGUID="0d08b2aa-56fe-4d72-955c-4ccbf4b3d9dd" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:39:44.370" UserId="6524" Comment="Fix typo" Text="First, if you have more than a couple machines you work with, consider putting your &lt;code&gt;~/.vim/&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;~/.vimrc&lt;/code&gt; and other useful config files (&lt;code&gt;screen&lt;/code&gt;, your shell, etc.) in a revision control system. I prefer using &lt;code&gt;darcs&lt;/code&gt; - it's cheap on Debian systems (no need to install Haskell compiler, just install the package directly), distributed, and has great interactive modes. If you know/like &lt;code&gt;git&lt;/code&gt;, you can also stick with that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My current config files are available in my darcs repository, &lt;code&gt;http://repo.harnir.net/&lt;/code&gt;. Some specific examples from my &lt;code&gt;~/.vimrc&lt;/code&gt; follow. Sorry, no links for scripts, etc. because I'm a new user, but all those you can find on &lt;code&gt;http://vim.org/&lt;/code&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Essential ViM scripts for sysadmins ###&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - a backup script is a must, when you edit remote files. I use &lt;strong&gt;cbackup.vim&lt;/strong&gt; script, which keeps last 10 copies of each edited file in a central directory and automatically removes old ones - just put in your &lt;code&gt;~/.vim/plugins/&lt;/code&gt; directory and forget about it :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;strong&gt;TaskList&lt;/strong&gt; lets you quickly search for &lt;code&gt;FIXME&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;XXX&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;TODO&lt;/code&gt; tags in current file, display them and go to the tag with just one keypress. If you use these tags, consider installing this one&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;strong&gt;dbext&lt;/strong&gt; is essential for all DBA, also very useful for programmers working with databases. Let's you run queries, check structure of the databases and whatnot. It is essentially a front end for tools like &lt;code&gt;mysql&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;sqlite3&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;sqlplus&lt;/code&gt; and others. If you work with databases, it's a must!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Syntax files ###&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't seen many useful syntax in the wild, most files sysadmins work with are configs in &lt;code&gt;/etc&lt;/code&gt; and they are usually pretty well highlighted. In my &lt;code&gt;~/.vim/syntax/&lt;/code&gt; I currently have syntax for &lt;strong&gt;CSS colors&lt;/strong&gt;, which is awesome (also good for web developers), but the rest isn't very well written, I'll perhaps update them in the spare time. Additional syntax files worth having are for: &lt;strong&gt;dhcpd.conf&lt;/strong&gt;, /etc/network/&lt;strong&gt;interfaces&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;nginx&lt;/strong&gt; configuration files, and &lt;strong&gt;SpamAssassin&lt;/strong&gt;'s local.cf.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Useful tip with syntax: if a configuration file isn't recognized (has a weird name, like &lt;code&gt;/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/some.domain.com&lt;/code&gt;, you can either append correct extension to it's name (in this case &lt;code&gt;.conf&lt;/code&gt;) or add a ViM modeline at the end of it:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;# vim:filetype=apache&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### ViM configuration options ###&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of the configuraion options is very popular, like &lt;code&gt;set nocompatible ruler&lt;/code&gt; etc. Very good options to have are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;code&gt;set gdefault&lt;/code&gt;: inverses the &lt;code&gt;g&lt;/code&gt; mode in &lt;code&gt;s///g&lt;/code&gt; - with that option &lt;code&gt;/g&lt;/code&gt; will be used by default, so you don't need to add it every time - just add it to turn it off&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;code&gt;set incsearch ignorecase smartcase hlsearch&lt;/code&gt;: essential for searching through files - incremental, shows matches in real time, search ignores case unless you use upper case letters&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;code&gt;set pastetoggle=&amp;lt;F6&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;: or other key which you prefer, toggles between &lt;code&gt;paste&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;nopaste&lt;/code&gt; modes, a must if you copy-paste something from a web pages like ServerFault :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;code&gt;set noerrorbells visualbell t_vb=&lt;/code&gt;: get rid of the annoying bell or visual bell every time you do something ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Functions, keyboard mappings ###&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - paste your user name and current date into a file, useful if you work in a team and add comments in files about who changed something when. Just write &lt;code&gt;xxsig&lt;/code&gt; and press space, it will be changed to something like &lt;code&gt;harnir 20090531&lt;/code&gt;. For this to work correctly with root (ie. write your user name instead of &lt;code&gt;root&lt;/code&gt;), you need to log in using &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt;.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;  &lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;iabbrev xxsig &amp;lt;Esc&amp;gt;:r ![ -n &quot;$SUDO_USER&quot; ] &amp;&amp; echo &quot;$SUDO_USER `date '+\%Y\%m\%d'`&quot; \|\| echo &quot;$USER `date '+\%Y\%m\%d'`&quot;&amp;lt;CR&amp;gt;I&amp;lt;BS&amp;gt;&amp;lt;Esc&amp;gt;A&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Insert comment &quot;lines&quot;, like &lt;code&gt;# -- Some title -------------------{{{1&lt;/code&gt;, length 78 characters - press &lt;code&gt;\com#&lt;/code&gt; in normal mode and there it is. You will be automatically in Replace mode so you can add the title:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  &lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;nmap \com# O# &amp;lt;Esc&amp;gt;72A-&amp;lt;Esc&amp;gt;3A{&amp;lt;Esc&amp;gt;A1&amp;lt;Esc&amp;gt;&amp;lt;Home&amp;gt;4&amp;lt;Right&amp;gt;R&amp;lt;Space&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can easily modify it for other comment systems (&lt;code&gt;&quot;&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;//&lt;/code&gt;, etc.), or just check my config file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Ending touch ###&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have your configuration files in RCS system, you might want to sometimes include configuration options specific to a certain machine. For that, it's good to have &lt;code&gt;~/.vimrc.local&lt;/code&gt; file, included automatically at the end of the configuration (if it's present, of course).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;if filereadable(expand(&quot;~/.vimrc.local&quot;))&#xD;&#xA;        source ~/.vimrc.local&#xD;&#xA;endif&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="35849" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20124" RevisionGUID="9e4c3199-eb32-4b5e-9d65-6fa6fa886529" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:40:33.310" UserId="2372" Text="It's generally &lt;= the TTL, but some clients and DNS proxies cache the old setting longer than the TTL.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20125" RevisionGUID="8204a527-e4bb-4210-a75d-cb913734b219" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:44:28.730" UserId="5880" Text="I've seen on average 3-4 hours for most people. However, i still use 7 days as a rule of thumb for a complete changeover. &#xD;&#xA;This generally covers all the people who don't play nice with DNS TTLs" />
  <row Id="35851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20126" RevisionGUID="69be9c4d-5b00-4685-bce0-eeeb2901afe3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:45:37.370" UserId="5221" Text="Theoretically everyone should see the updated A record somewhere between instantly and the relevant TTL value. Most registrars set the TTL to 24 hours IIRC, so for 24 hours some people will see the old address and some will see the old and by 24 hours after the change everyone should have the new address, with some instead using a lower value like 4 hours.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have access to change the TTL values (i.e. you run you own DNS servers like I do) then you can reduce the TTLs down to something small a day or so before you make your change so the prorogation period is much lower.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I say &quot;theoretically&quot; above as there will always be some bugs, glitches, and badly configured caches out there that will mean some users will not see the change for longer. This is especially true if you use very small TTLs as there are still some ISPs out there with DNS caches that ignore TTLs below a given value.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing to look out for is delays between your registrar's DNS control panel and their DNS servers. For instance I noticed that changes made to domains managed by 123-reg.co.uk can take up to an hour to appear on their DNS servers, which is an extra hour on top of the TTL value that you'll have to account for." />
  <row Id="35852" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20127" RevisionGUID="f3add0da-ac98-4b96-8e2b-446d4dd92d22" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:46:02.970" UserId="2302" Text="We don't do full backups of C:, either, but we do back up system state nightly.  If you use active directory, it's pretty important to keep regular system state backups from your DCs -- they don't take up that much space by themselves compared to a full backup of the entire drive, and if your backup is older than the DNS tombstone age (which is 60 days by default) it's no good for restoring AD. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From direct experience, bare metal backup of the OS and system drive often don't go smoothly.  We choose to use things like hot-swap RAID for redundancy and then backup data and -- wherever possible -- configuration with the assumption we'll need to reinstall OS and apps if anything goes completely bonkers anyway." />
  <row Id="35853" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20128" RevisionGUID="c9471193-62b1-4772-a43c-1d008b849fbc" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:46:04.140" UserId="340" Text="Agreed with Mike.  We generally tell our clients 24-48 hours to propogate throughout the world to all ISP's.  Most major ISP's honor the TTL's and update quickly.  Some of the more remote locations take longer.  Good luck!" />
  <row Id="35854" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20129" RevisionGUID="89c593f9-5af0-4a99-933c-395e3a7996df" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:46:31.613" UserId="6491" Text="zsh as a shell&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is especially efficient with [grml.org's extensions/setup][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://grml.org/zsh/" />
  <row Id="35855" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20129" RevisionGUID="89c593f9-5af0-4a99-933c-395e3a7996df" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:46:31.613" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35856" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20126" RevisionGUID="b6aca23f-cce8-49c5-8576-d9ebad28f78b" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:46:36.853" UserId="1466" Comment="spelling\" Text="Theoretically everyone should see the updated A record somewhere between instantly and the relevant TTL value. Most registrars set the TTL to 24 hours IIRC, so for 24 hours some people will see the old address and some will see the old and by 24 hours after the change everyone should have the new address, with some instead using a lower value like 4 hours.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have access to change the TTL values (i.e. you run you own DNS servers like I do) then you can reduce the TTLs down to something small a day or so before you make your change so the propogation period is much lower.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I say &quot;theoretically&quot; above as there will always be some bugs, glitches, and badly configured caches out there that will mean some users will not see the change for longer. This is especially true if you use very small TTLs as there are still some ISPs out there with DNS caches that ignore TTLs below a given value.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing to look out for is delays between your registrar's DNS control panel and their DNS servers. For instance I noticed that changes made to domains managed by 123-reg.co.uk can take up to an hour to appear on their DNS servers, which is an extra hour on top of the TTL value that you'll have to account for." />
  <row Id="35857" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20130" RevisionGUID="5719b9b4-372d-40af-ba6d-113d141a1bf3" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:52:02.710" UserId="5234" Text="Complete backups of asolutely *everything* on the server here; full at weekends, differentials nightly.  Considering the fairly minimal overhead that doing System State imposes on your backup in terms of both time and storage, there's no real reason not to do it." />
  <row Id="35858" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20131" RevisionGUID="8e9e8d27-e62a-4d27-99de-3e674ba92021" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:52:11.273" UserDisplayName="Steven" Text="I've a Windows Server 2003 installation on VMWare Server 1. Using the instructions at http://ian.blenke.com/vmware/vmdk/xen/hvm/qemu I converted this virtual machine to a Xen image (Xen 3.3). However, I still get the 0x000007b bluescreen. As the domU reboots right away I have a hard time seeing any additional information, but I guess it probably is related to the whole scsi/ide switch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anything else I can do? For starters, keeping the blue screen visible would be a nice start. Also maybe any drivers missing in Microsoft's kb 314082 article (see link via above one) that I need on Xen 3.3?" />
  <row Id="35859" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20131" RevisionGUID="8e9e8d27-e62a-4d27-99de-3e674ba92021" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:52:11.273" UserDisplayName="Steven" Text="VMWare-&gt;Xen migrated image does not boot" />
  <row Id="35860" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20131" RevisionGUID="8e9e8d27-e62a-4d27-99de-3e674ba92021" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:52:11.273" UserDisplayName="Steven" Text="&lt;xen&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="35861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20132" RevisionGUID="ba14b181-d7fc-4488-a909-a2c73390cac9" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:52:29.027" UserId="1791" Text="*How can you see what Steve's command does?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the command is successful, there will be no output.  However, it's easy to see what it has done: at the prompt type something then try to backspace over it.  Instead of erasing what you typed, you'll get ^H displayed for every backspace you type.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To return things to normal, use this command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    stty erase ^h&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(that's just shift 6, then h)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As with my first answer, this works for me on Ubuntu with bash.  However, it may be different on OS X." />
  <row Id="35862" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20133" RevisionGUID="24e2a0f8-3e9e-47c4-9c21-ccc033ce7892" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:56:44.180" UserId="3437" Text="The answer is really: there is no simple yes or no answer. But security is at least as important for your dev users as for anyone else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the one hand, yes devs tend to be technically more savvy. On the other hand, theirs is often a stressful job and their dev milestones are likely to take priority over the extra care needed to maintain one's own system as a secure environment.This isn't a criticism of developers; it's a forthright consideration of their daily duties.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are going to give devs full, unfettered access to their systems, then you should really consider the following additional measures:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Provide another system, locked down as much as normal user systems are locked down, for normal non-dev use. &#xD;&#xA; - Ask what if anything would prevent an infected system from endangering the codebase. Could a backdoor'd machine check in malignant code, or wipe out the codebase, in the hands of a hostile hacker? Take appropriate steps to mitigate this risk.&#xD;&#xA; - Similarly, ask what if anything protects the business data held in systems the devs have access to.&#xD;&#xA; - Regularly do software inventory and security audit of dev systems. &#xD;&#xA;  - Get an idea what they're running and use this information to build your dev system redeployment images. &#xD;&#xA;  - Sooner or later you'll have a dev who gets careless and installs things that are clearly   dangerous or completely non-work-related. By sending warnings quickly when this happens, you'll be letting the dev community know that yes, someone is watching, and they do have a responsibility to stay within reasonable standards.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are going to lockdown dev systems, then you should consider the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Do you have the support capacity to answer their support requests rapidly? Consider the average pay rate of your devs, and ask whether or not they deserve a faster response-time SLA. It probably doesn't make sense to keep your $120k dev (who's key to a multimillion dollar project) waiting around while you're handling support reqs from $60k/year employees.&#xD;&#xA; - Do you have clear and unambiguous policy on what support requests you will and will not service for your devs? If they start getting the feeling that support is arbitrary, you *will* eventually feel the pain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a side note, I've seen very similar arguments take place with sysadmins. On at least two different jobs I've seen sysadmins argue quite acrimoniously when it was suggested that they should themselves have locked down systems, or at least use two logins (one with root/admin privs; one without). Many sysadmins felt that they should not be locked down in any way and argued strenuously against such measures. Sooner or later some lockdown-averse admin would have a security incident and the example would have an educational effect on all of us. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used to be one of those sysadmins who ran with admin privs all the time. When I made the change to dual accounts and only elevating at need, I admit that it was quite frustrating during the first few months. But the silver lining in the cloud was that I learned a lot more about the security of the systems I was administering, when my normal account lived under the same restrictions I was placing on the users. **It made me a better admin!** I suspect that the same is true of developers. And fortunately in the Windows world, we now have UAC, which makes it easier to run as a limited user and elevate only when needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I do not think that anyone should be above some form of security practices. Everyone (sysadmins, devs, upper management included) should be subject to enough security procedures and oversight to keep them on their toes. To say otherwise is to say that company systems and data are not worth the effort to protect. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's put it another way. If Mark Russinovich can be [taken in by a rootkit][1], anybody can!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2005/10/31/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights-management-gone-too-far.aspx" />
  <row Id="35863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20134" RevisionGUID="65376fdf-7216-4814-9486-3e7d5c031490" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:57:33.290" UserId="5221" Text="pv: Displays the progress of long operations that can be redirected. http://www.ivarch.com/programs/pv.shtml&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Useful then you want to monitor something that is going to take ages, like copying/compressing a raw block device over the network (which is how I take paranoia backups of my 8Gb netbook before tinkering with anything major like tweaking with file system settings).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also: I'll second votes for ssh, rsync, screen, htop and netcat as mentioned by people above - all of which are more important than pv but pv had not been mentioned yet. In fact pv is often a useful addition when piping stuff to or from to netcat." />
  <row Id="35864" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20134" RevisionGUID="65376fdf-7216-4814-9486-3e7d5c031490" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:57:33.290" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35865" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20135" RevisionGUID="bbc97296-2eb8-4726-a2e2-381df06b84c5" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:58:39.857" UserDisplayName="John Breakwell" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you sending on the same machine (local to load-intv) or from a remote machine? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, what IP addresses are actually returned when you query DNS for load-intv and load-int-01? Just the ones you mention - 10.0.10.20 and 10.0.10.10 respectively - or extra ones?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any HOSTS files involved? If so, do you have any other DNS names mapped to 10.0.10.20?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers&#xD;&#xA;John Breakwell (MSFT)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20136" RevisionGUID="2a465196-c54a-4830-8a1a-6352667b954c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:59:20.900" UserId="52978" Text="We have been instructed to implement a Microsoft Groove workspace.  This would normally not be a concern, but the workspace will be utilized by machines which exist in our internal/restricted network as well as from peers from an outside/unknown network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does there exist a best-practice for such an implementation?... or would this potentially expose the restricted network too broadly?" />
  <row Id="35867" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20136" RevisionGUID="2a465196-c54a-4830-8a1a-6352667b954c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:59:20.900" UserId="52978" Text="How can we use Microsoft Groove with peers existing in both secure and unsecured network segments?" />
  <row Id="35868" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20136" RevisionGUID="2a465196-c54a-4830-8a1a-6352667b954c" CreationDate="2009-06-04T22:59:20.900" UserId="52978" Text="&lt;microsoft&gt;&lt;groove&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="35869" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20133" RevisionGUID="db43f447-1ce9-4511-813d-800f749c6e53" CreationDate="2009-06-04T23:04:24.073" UserId="3437" Comment="added a few points" Text="The answer is really: there is no simple yes or no answer. But security is at least as important for your dev users as for anyone else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the one hand, yes devs tend to be technically more savvy. On the other hand, theirs is often a stressful job and their dev milestones are likely to take priority over the extra care needed to maintain one's own system as a secure environment.This isn't a criticism of developers; it's a forthright consideration of their daily duties.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are going to give devs full, unfettered access to their systems, then you should really consider the following additional measures:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Provide another system, locked down as much as normal user systems are locked down, for normal non-dev use. &#xD;&#xA; - Ask what if anything would prevent an infected system from endangering the codebase. Could a backdoor'd machine check in malignant code, or wipe out the codebase, in the hands of a hostile hacker? Take appropriate steps to mitigate this risk.&#xD;&#xA; - Similarly, ask what if anything protects the business data held in systems the devs have access to.&#xD;&#xA; - Regularly do software inventory and security audit of dev systems. &#xD;&#xA;  - Get an idea what they're running and use this information to build your dev system redeployment images. &#xD;&#xA;  - Sooner or later you'll have a dev who gets careless and installs things that are clearly   dangerous or completely non-work-related. By sending warnings quickly when this happens, you'll be letting the dev community know that yes, someone is watching, and they do have a responsibility to stay within reasonable standards.&#xD;&#xA; - Are you doing regular malware scans? In some cases, devs will rightly complain of the performance tax levied by on-access AV systems (those AV systems which are always on, always scanning on every file access). It may be preferable to move to a nightly scan strategy, and /or create file/folder exclusions to your on-access scanning. Make sure that excluded files are scanned in some other way, though.&#xD;&#xA;  - Can your admin-enabled devs turn off all AV scanning? How would you detect and remediate this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are going to lockdown dev systems, then you should consider the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Do you have the support capacity to answer their support requests rapidly? Consider the average pay rate of your devs, and ask whether or not they deserve a faster response-time SLA. It probably doesn't make sense to keep your $120k dev (who's key to a multimillion dollar project) waiting around while you're handling support reqs from $60k/year employees.&#xD;&#xA; - Do you have clear and unambiguous policy on what support requests you will and will not service for your devs? If they start getting the feeling that support is arbitrary, you *will* eventually feel the pain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Either way, you do need to admit that developers are a special case and they do need extra support of some kind. If you're not budgeting for this, problems are likely festering right now ... or will be in the future.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a side note, I've seen very similar arguments take place with sysadmins. On at least two different jobs I've seen sysadmins argue quite acrimoniously when it was suggested that they should themselves have locked down systems, or at least use two logins (one with root/admin privs; one without). Many sysadmins felt that they should not be locked down in any way and argued strenuously against such measures. Sooner or later some lockdown-averse admin would have a security incident and the example would have an educational effect on all of us. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used to be one of those sysadmins who ran with admin privs all the time. When I made the change to dual accounts and only elevating at need, I admit that it was quite frustrating during the first few months. But the silver lining in the cloud was that I learned a lot more about the security of the systems I was administering, when my normal account lived under the same restrictions I was placing on the users. **It made me a better admin!** I suspect that the same is true of developers. And fortunately in the Windows world, we now have UAC, which makes it easier to run as a limited user and elevate only when needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I do not think that anyone should be above some form of security practices. Everyone (sysadmins, devs, upper management included) should be subject to enough security procedures and oversight to keep them on their toes. To say otherwise is to say that company systems and data are not worth the effort to protect. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's put it another way. If Mark Russinovich can be [taken in by a rootkit][1], anybody can!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2005/10/31/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights-management-gone-too-far.aspx" />
  <row Id="35870" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20137" RevisionGUID="09eb56b1-c066-4e52-b8c7-456a23de5790" CreationDate="2009-06-04T23:06:56.533" UserId="5221" Text="It could be that Windows does not like the change of system architecture, either because you have moved between host machines as well as moving between VMMs, because you have gone from single CPU to virtual SMP (or vice versa), or just because VMWare and Xen present the hardware differently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know about 2003 in this respect, but Windows 2000 and NT had different HALs (Hardware Abstraction Layers) for single processor and SMP systems and a few other circumstances and only installs the right one at install time so if you change the underlying hardware it might not cope. There are ways to change the HAL post-install though I can't remember how off the top of my head.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35871" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18994" RevisionGUID="d29fe959-251d-4daf-ad64-a923acff92d0" CreationDate="2009-06-04T23:07:27.497" UserId="7809" Comment="added 22 characters in body" Text="What best practices do you use while using NGinx?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[try_files][1] in Subdirectory**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_Credits go to Igor for helping me with this one._&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    location /wordpress {&#xD;&#xA;        try_files $uri $uri/ @wordpress;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    location @wordpress {&#xD;&#xA;       fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;&#xD;&#xA;       fastcgi_split_path_info ^(/wordpress)(/.*)$;&#xD;&#xA;       fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /var/www/wordpress/index.php;&#xD;&#xA;       fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Normally PATH_INFO would include the &quot;/wordpress&quot;, so we use the &quot;split\_path\_info&quot; command to grab the part of the URI after &quot;/wordpress&quot;. This allows us to wordpress with and without the index.php file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxHttpMainModule#try_files" />
  <row Id="35872" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20138" RevisionGUID="5c63ffe9-0f98-4634-b47f-2ee08a3f10ba" CreationDate="2009-06-04T23:07:42.943" UserId="1375" Text="The config option you're looking for is `log_statement = &quot;all&quot;` (if you just want the statements), or `log_min_statement_duration = &lt;some number&gt;` if you're just after &quot;slow&quot; queries (for some value of &quot;slow&quot;).  See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/runtime-config-logging.html for more details on logging configuration." />
  <row Id="35873" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20139" RevisionGUID="054eed19-af91-4f01-8859-bec29cf57d34" CreationDate="2009-06-04T23:14:50.183" UserId="5223" Text="I have several cases where I need applications to be migrated from one server to another in the event of a failure (server hang or crash).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On solaris we do this with VCS (Veritas Cluster Server).&#xD;&#xA;What options are available for Linux?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please indicate level of effort to setup/maintain or cost (if any) for each.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35874" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20139" RevisionGUID="054eed19-af91-4f01-8859-bec29cf57d34" CreationDate="2009-06-04T23:14:50.183" UserId="5223" Text="good failover / high availabiltiy solutions for linux?" />
  <row Id="35875" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20139" RevisionGUID="054eed19-af91-4f01-8859-bec29cf57d34" CreationDate="2009-06-04T23:14:50.183" UserId="5223" Text="&lt;failover&gt;&lt;high-availability&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;vcs&gt;" />
  <row Id="35876" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20140" RevisionGUID="420c3aa0-6fa3-47e4-930b-6f6c7ab59e00" CreationDate="2009-06-04T23:21:11.433" UserId="5473" Text="I bet it's because the boot drive changed from Windows' point of view. IIRC, Windows doesn't deal well with the boot drive changing out from underneath it." />
  <row Id="35879" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20142" RevisionGUID="e6909e29-e3a3-48a0-9c69-f5709a0b4dba" CreationDate="2009-06-04T23:24:07.310" UserId="1375" Text="http://linux-ha.org/ for all your high-availability needs.  Like the song says, the best things in life are free." />
  <row Id="35880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20143" RevisionGUID="9a4217de-1f1e-489b-94e0-40addb139115" CreationDate="2009-06-04T23:25:53.403" UserId="6965" Text="I always tell my users it'll be 48 hours for full propagation, to compensate for all the issues mentioned above.  A general rule to remember is that it's &lt;= the TTL, except for cases when you REALLY need it to be..." />
  <row Id="35881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20144" RevisionGUID="2fe0727b-e238-485c-ac10-8dabf8220401" CreationDate="2009-06-04T23:28:01.683" UserId="6965" Text="It may well be the virtual disk controller; I've run up against that when virtualising Linux servers.  " />
  <row Id="35882" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20133" RevisionGUID="33e65e8c-dad8-4268-be17-32c2ef107a7f" CreationDate="2009-06-04T23:29:01.870" UserId="3437" Comment="added 100 characters in body" Text="The answer is really: there is no simple yes or no answer. But security is at least as important for your dev users as for anyone else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the one hand, yes devs tend to be technically more savvy. On the other hand, theirs is often a stressful job and their dev milestones are likely to take priority over the extra care needed to maintain one's own system as a secure environment.This isn't a criticism of developers; it's a forthright consideration of their daily duties.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are going to give devs full, unfettered access to their systems, then you should really consider the following additional measures:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Provide another system, locked down as much as normal user systems are locked down, for normal non-dev use. &#xD;&#xA;  - The put their full-access dev machines into a special VLAN, with access only to dev resources.&#xD;&#xA; - Ask what if anything would prevent an infected system from endangering the codebase. Could a backdoor'd machine check in malignant code, or wipe out the codebase, in the hands of a hostile hacker? Take appropriate steps to mitigate this risk.&#xD;&#xA; - Similarly, ask what if anything protects the business data held in systems the devs have access to.&#xD;&#xA; - Regularly do software inventory and security audit of dev systems. &#xD;&#xA;  - Get an idea what they're running and use this information to build your dev system redeployment images. &#xD;&#xA;  - Sooner or later you'll have a dev who gets careless and installs things that are clearly   dangerous or completely non-work-related. By sending warnings quickly when this happens, you'll be letting the dev community know that yes, someone is watching, and they do have a responsibility to stay within reasonable standards.&#xD;&#xA; - Are you doing regular malware scans? In some cases, devs will rightly complain of the performance tax levied by on-access AV systems (those AV systems which are always on, always scanning on every file access). It may be preferable to move to a nightly scan strategy, and /or create file/folder exclusions to your on-access scanning. Make sure that excluded files are scanned in some other way, though.&#xD;&#xA;  - Can your admin-enabled devs turn off all AV scanning? How would you detect and remediate this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are going to lockdown dev systems, then you should consider the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Do you have the support capacity to answer their support requests rapidly? Consider the average pay rate of your devs, and ask whether or not they deserve a faster response-time SLA. It probably doesn't make sense to keep your $120k dev (who's key to a multimillion dollar project) waiting around while you're handling support reqs from $60k/year employees.&#xD;&#xA; - Do you have clear and unambiguous policy on what support requests you will and will not service for your devs? If they start getting the feeling that support is arbitrary, you *will* eventually feel the pain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Either way, you do need to admit that developers are a special case and they do need extra support of some kind. If you're not budgeting for this, problems are likely festering right now ... or will be in the future.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a side note, I've seen very similar arguments take place with sysadmins. On at least two different jobs I've seen sysadmins argue quite acrimoniously when it was suggested that they should themselves have locked down systems, or at least use two logins (one with root/admin privs; one without). Many sysadmins felt that they should not be locked down in any way and argued strenuously against such measures. Sooner or later some lockdown-averse admin would have a security incident and the example would have an educational effect on all of us. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used to be one of those sysadmins who ran with admin privs all the time. When I made the change to dual accounts and only elevating at need, I admit that it was quite frustrating during the first few months. But the silver lining in the cloud was that I learned a lot more about the security of the systems I was administering, when my normal account lived under the same restrictions I was placing on the users. **It made me a better admin!** I suspect that the same is true of developers. And fortunately in the Windows world, we now have UAC, which makes it easier to run as a limited user and elevate only when needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I do not think that anyone should be above some form of security practices. Everyone (sysadmins, devs, upper management included) should be subject to enough security procedures and oversight to keep them on their toes. To say otherwise is to say that company systems and data are not worth the effort to protect. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's put it another way. If Mark Russinovich can be [taken in by a rootkit][1], anybody can!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2005/10/31/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights-management-gone-too-far.aspx" />
  <row Id="35883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20145" RevisionGUID="12a871b1-b55e-4140-9ccd-4780fe0ca2ec" CreationDate="2009-06-04T23:30:55.360" UserId="3262" Text="Has somebody a good guide for getting started using Darwin Streaming Server and Darwin Proxy Server? I've searched in the Internet with no success." />
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  <row Id="35885" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20145" RevisionGUID="12a871b1-b55e-4140-9ccd-4780fe0ca2ec" CreationDate="2009-06-04T23:30:55.360" UserId="3262" Text="&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="35886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20146" RevisionGUID="784e8e60-6560-4d7e-b9ab-0c47a099901e" CreationDate="2009-06-04T23:31:01.507" UserId="5049" Text="The Linux HA community is a bit partitioned at the moment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Tools Formerly Known As Linux HA are currently [Pacemaker][1] and [OpenAIS][2], these are most often run in combination with [DRBD][3] when a shared-nothing architecture is needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suggest getting a good book on this topic before diving in, since this is a quite comprehensive area, and the state of the projects is not necessarily as user-friendly as some vendor solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also Linux solutions by some of the cluster software vendors, but I can't tell you much on those since I have never used them myself. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://clusterlabs.org/wiki/Main_Page&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.openais.org/doku.php&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.drbd.org/" />
  <row Id="35887" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19873" RevisionGUID="38a8cc0e-9810-4522-b977-59675812c656" CreationDate="2009-06-04T23:39:33.487" UserId="4694" />
  <row Id="35888" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20147" RevisionGUID="21f38b23-948f-4c52-aab6-e3111d3f4f43" CreationDate="2009-06-04T23:40:48.553" UserId="3437" Text="Because your question spans multiple operating systems, there cannot be a single correct answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can say this for Windows 2000 systems: I've run thousands of them, and can only recall a handful of cases where communication had failed AND the system was not completely hung. Often a simple disable/re-enable of the incommunicado NIC would solve this, followed by a driver update and/or replacement of NIC with something less cheesy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(IOW, I've only seen it with old buggy drivers and/or off-brand NICs.)" />
  <row Id="35889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20148" RevisionGUID="8c683f26-0ce4-4aa6-8a8a-0a3698aa77d2" CreationDate="2009-06-04T23:45:35.253" UserId="8250" Text="I'm looking for a way to backup machines running multiple operating systems (possibly with more than one OS on one machine) to a central server on a schedule.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The server is running Ubuntu Server 8.04 LTS, and the clients are running Windows XP SP3, Windows XP-64 SP2, and Ubuntu 9.04.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So far I've looked at Clonezilla Server (doesn't work because I have a separate DHCP server), FOG (only for Windows clients), partimage (only a live cd), and rsync (good for files, not for imaging).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I like the idea of Clonezilla Server, which has the clients PXE boot, and then images them to store on the server, but again, the DHCP is a killer for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should I stop looking for one solution and instead have separate backup plans for each OS (DriveImage XML for Windows, tar etc. for Linux)? Or is there a program/solution that will work for what I want to do?" />
  <row Id="35890" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20148" RevisionGUID="8c683f26-0ce4-4aa6-8a8a-0a3698aa77d2" CreationDate="2009-06-04T23:45:35.253" UserId="8250" Text="OS-agnostic Backup Imaging Solution" />
  <row Id="35891" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20148" RevisionGUID="8c683f26-0ce4-4aa6-8a8a-0a3698aa77d2" CreationDate="2009-06-04T23:45:35.253" UserId="8250" Text="&lt;os-agnostic&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;imaging&gt;" />
  <row Id="35892" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20149" RevisionGUID="7613b6dd-533e-4306-9bd9-bbbcb06b9f75" CreationDate="2009-06-04T23:48:19.887" UserId="1928" Text="Try using [Fiddler][1] to inspect the traffic while you're on the corporate LAN, and compare the traffic through the VPN / Juniper firewall. You could try [Fiddler with Firefox][2] and IE as another comparison. Hopefully you'll see a difference that will point you in the right direction...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am *guessing* this has something to do with authentication differences between Firefox and IE, and that there's a proxy breaking IE's method of authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also try changing security on your SharePoint site, is it possible to open up a blank report for a brief period of time (ie, anonymous access allowed, no Integrated Security / NTFS issues possible).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler2/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://javaswamy.blogspot.com/2007/02/using-fiddler-with-firefox.html" />
  <row Id="35893" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19873" RevisionGUID="4c66d988-2af5-4de3-80ea-3a4d158100ac" CreationDate="2009-06-04T23:49:20.557" UserId="4694" Comment="deleted 9 characters in body" Text="Please post useful commands that you use in your **logon script**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some that I use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; map a network drive:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **net use v: \\fileserver\apps**&lt;br&gt; map a network printer: &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **RunDll32.EXE printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;\\\printserver\Xerox DC1100 PCL&quot;** &lt;br&gt; delete a network printer:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **RunDll32.EXE printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /dn /q /n&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;\\\printserver\HP LaserJet 2300&quot;**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; disable windows firewall: &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **netsh firewall set opmode disable** &lt;br&gt; install a new program: &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **if not exist &quot;C:\Program Files\Antivirus\&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;V:\Antivirus\install.msi&quot;**&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt; create a shortcut on users Desktop: &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **copy &quot;V:\shortcuts\dictionary.lnk&quot; &quot;%USERPROFILE%\Desktop&quot;**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35894" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20150" RevisionGUID="645a0376-2f88-43b0-9b3d-34a088bbefcc" CreationDate="2009-06-04T23:57:12.673" UserId="984" Text="You should be able to disable the clonezilla dhcp server, and add the dhcp options to your existing DHCP server that you need to actually PXE boot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can PXE boot a linux with partimage pretty easily, and if you are good with scripts you could automate a backup, but I think this is what clonezilla already does.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35895" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20151" RevisionGUID="43cb2878-5c05-44f8-93fd-66ac65fa68f8" CreationDate="2009-06-04T23:57:59.867" UserId="2224" Text="IIRC, some Juniper VPNs cannot delegate address assignments to your organization's DHCP servers, so depending on how you're DNS is secured, clients may not be able to register their host names correctly, which can break Kerberos. Also, if you're using a reverse proxy to get to the Sharepoint farm, there are numerous ways to implement that in a way that breaks Kerberos.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first thing I would try is to make sure that you allow negotiation for auth so that the browser will downgrade to NTLM or Basic/Digest auth. If that works, you can start yelling at the VPN guys, who may or may not be able to do something about it." />
  <row Id="35896" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20152" RevisionGUID="f990d61b-b9e8-46be-9e6d-806c515b2d71" CreationDate="2009-06-05T00:00:12.080" UserId="5989" Text="I have used a variety of cluster solutions on Linux. I'm also a configuration management proponent, so I'll add a bit about that in my descriptions (Chef or Puppet, that is)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Veritas Cluster Server (VCS). It's been awhile, but we deployed a few Linux VCS clusters on RHEL 3.0. I would hope its available on RHEL 5.0. You should be familiar with the difficulty in setting this up, as its familiar territory. As you may be aware, VCS is expensive. Anecdotally, VCS is not well suited to being set up by configuration management. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Speaking of RHEL, Red Hat Cluster Suite has matured a lot since its original release with RHEL 2.1. The setup/configuration phase is pretty straightforward, and the documentation is very complete and helpful, and like VCS you can purchase support from the vendor. For commercial HA products, RHCS is reasonably priced. I would only use configuration management to install the packages, and maintain them &quot;by hand&quot; through the web interface. Also, I've heard of some people using it on non-Red Hat platforms, though I don't have experience with that directly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux-HA (drbd/heartbeat) are great as well, though coming from VCS the configuration may seem simplistic, yet unwieldy. This is pretty easy to automate with a configuration management tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a proof of concept, I've installed a Linux cluster with IBM's HACMP - their AIX clustering software. I would not recommend this, as I recall it is more expensive than even VCS. IBM has specific procedures for installing and maintaining HACMP, I would not use configuration management here." />
  <row Id="35897" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20153" RevisionGUID="533f2433-ad6b-4f1a-882a-7410de59542e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T00:03:16.960" UserId="2224" Text="The answer is &quot;it depends&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rebooting can fix issues or make it easier to detect issues by providing better logging or easily observed problems. (Hmmm... rebooting shouldn't take 10 minutes)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Resorting to reboots as a standard troubleshooting technique is a bad practice, however. Somebody needs to understand how things are disconnected so you can triage, isolate the failed components and start troubleshooting the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hate to say it, but it may be useful to look at something like ITIL, particularly incident and problem management. It may help you or your management reorganize your support system to actually function in a rational way." />
  <row Id="35898" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20149" RevisionGUID="bf60afd0-4454-46ab-9fd0-36b54df18179" CreationDate="2009-06-05T00:09:03.510" UserId="1928" Comment="fixed grammer" Text="Try using [Fiddler][1] to inspect the traffic while you're on the corporate LAN, and compare the traffic through the VPN / Juniper firewall. You could try [Fiddler with Firefox][2] and IE as another comparison. Hopefully you'll see a difference that will point you in the right direction...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am *guessing* this has something to do with authentication differences between Firefox and IE, and that there's a proxy breaking IE's method of authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also try changing security on your SharePoint site, is it possible to open up a blank report for a brief period of time (ie, anonymous access allowed, no Integrated Security / NTFS issues possible)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler2/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://javaswamy.blogspot.com/2007/02/using-fiddler-with-firefox.html" />
  <row Id="35899" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20154" RevisionGUID="e7983c9c-aa5d-4fa6-b2f6-a4603425ac0d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T00:10:32.807" UserId="8017" Text="For day to day usage, database size isn't that important - most queries return the items in one list and it doesn't matter what else is in the database. However, operations that work on the whole database will become more difficult. Backups are the most obvious example - they will take longer with large databases. However, as long as the database doesn't exceed what can be backed up overnight you'll be ok - backups are designed to be long running and are pretty reliable as long as you don't run out of disk space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where you'll run into real problems is with less frequent things like moving or upgrading content databases - these can require about 5 times the database size in free space and are implemented using queries that can do things like trigger out of control autogrow. " />
  <row Id="35900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20155" RevisionGUID="3006d535-9b50-4abd-bace-29774bccf495" CreationDate="2009-06-05T00:11:22.543" UserId="5989" Text="All the standard commands and utilities (bash, grep, sed, awk, find, xargs, ssh, vim, etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Lsof, awesome in so many ways, I love to use it for finding open ports AND the files associated with that process.&#xD;&#xA;* Screen, for multi-session awesome.&#xD;&#xA;* Tcpdump, its funny how many application problems are really weird network issues&#xD;&#xA;* Ruby, makes more sense to me than Perl, becoming wildly popular for SA work.&#xD;&#xA;* Chef, configuration management system.&#xD;&#xA;* Capistrano, ssh in a for loop, but less crappy. And in Ruby.&#xD;&#xA;* Rake, more sensible than make.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35901" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20155" RevisionGUID="3006d535-9b50-4abd-bace-29774bccf495" CreationDate="2009-06-05T00:11:22.543" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35902" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20156" RevisionGUID="0e9960fc-f89f-47c8-a35c-ed59688097c1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T00:13:59.670" UserId="268" Text="In most benchmark tests the Quad core isn't always ahead and frequently behind (tomshardware CPU Charts etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BUT the test cases are primarily orientated towards the desktop/game rig.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AS a Dedicated Server for a Database driven website.  Should I consider more cores over speed?" />
  <row Id="35903" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20156" RevisionGUID="0e9960fc-f89f-47c8-a35c-ed59688097c1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T00:13:59.670" UserId="268" Text="Dedicated Web Server: Dual Core 3.0GHz Verses Quad Core 2.4GHz" />
  <row Id="35904" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20156" RevisionGUID="0e9960fc-f89f-47c8-a35c-ed59688097c1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T00:13:59.670" UserId="268" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;server-configuration&gt;&lt;cpu&gt;" />
  <row Id="35905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20157" RevisionGUID="f3182fff-09fa-4192-bef8-7ad7f0188515" CreationDate="2009-06-05T00:29:02.720" UserDisplayName="Rick" Text="I have inherited an Active Directory domain where certificate services were installed and not put to good use, and not documented.  I would like to revamp the infrastructure and actually use the services for many security related applications, but I am unsure what to expect or where to begin.  Basically, I am wondering if any one else has had a similar issue and what process was used.  I would ultimately like to start over and do things correctly, but I have not found out if this is possible, or if there are any applications that may break.  From what I have found so far, the service was mainly used to supply development sites with certificates.  Users are issued certificates, but I have never come across any instance of them being used.  Any information/help is much appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="35906" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20157" RevisionGUID="f3182fff-09fa-4192-bef8-7ad7f0188515" CreationDate="2009-06-05T00:29:02.720" UserDisplayName="Rick" Text="Cleaning Up Certificate Services Infrastructure" />
  <row Id="35907" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20157" RevisionGUID="f3182fff-09fa-4192-bef8-7ad7f0188515" CreationDate="2009-06-05T00:29:02.720" UserDisplayName="Rick" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;certificate&gt;" />
  <row Id="35908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20158" RevisionGUID="3bff543a-9c5f-4b2d-acbd-d8c07b0a27f8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T00:29:26.637" UserId="8252" Text="I want to permanently change the hostname on a Solaris box.  How do I do that?" />
  <row Id="35909" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20158" RevisionGUID="3bff543a-9c5f-4b2d-acbd-d8c07b0a27f8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T00:29:26.637" UserId="8252" Text="How do I permanently change the hostname on Solaris 10?" />
  <row Id="35910" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20158" RevisionGUID="3bff543a-9c5f-4b2d-acbd-d8c07b0a27f8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T00:29:26.637" UserId="8252" Text="&lt;solaris&gt;" />
  <row Id="35911" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20159" RevisionGUID="2289b06d-988a-49cc-b20b-5649387ad47c" CreationDate="2009-06-05T00:30:24.297" UserId="2783" Text="They don't make it easy, do they?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Answer here: http://www.tech-faq.com/change-hostname-solaris.shtml" />
  <row Id="35912" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20160" RevisionGUID="6a40221b-f781-4062-8a8c-77c111666e41" CreationDate="2009-06-05T00:34:36.837" UserId="3125" Text="If the one server will be running all components in the stack (HTTP service and database service, and whatever else) then the answer is absolutely yes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the machine will only run the front-end services, the answer is still most likely yes.  At the basic level, web serving capacity is driven primarily by memory capacity.  After that, things like I/O and process forking come into play.  I think you're probably better off with more cores, because the httpd won't care too much about clocks.  The newer quad-core CPUs, by and large, have faster memory interconnects also, which will surely help." />
  <row Id="35913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20161" RevisionGUID="e24c4bca-553a-4c53-90cf-526fe00ff465" CreationDate="2009-06-05T00:48:13.317" UserId="3125" Text="I've been using it for about a year and a half now, and it appears to be a black box.  No instrumentation, no decent low-level docs, not much community around it.  The only advice I have is that, depending on the OS, you will probably need to try out both version 5.5.5 and the version 6 builds, and then resort to source compile.  In my experience, both of those versions binary builds segfault on FC/CentOS with absurd regularity.  The binary builds also defecate on your filesystem in a lot of stupid ways." />
  <row Id="35914" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20162" RevisionGUID="26b87ff2-0adb-40f3-8e27-57a33eacb7fe" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:00:43.537" UserId="8021" Text="For what it's worth, we looked at it, tried to use it, failed utterly (which is saying something for the BSD nerd I have working with me), and ended up going with Real Media's Helix server." />
  <row Id="35915" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20163" RevisionGUID="317e9a89-9fd1-4120-9e7f-a8a40557184b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:06:36.307" UserId="8021" Text="Michael is correct that the community is a bit fractured right now, and documentation is a tad sparse. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actually, it's all there, it's just impossible to understand. What you really want is the &quot;Pacemaker Configuration Explained&quot; ebook... (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.clusterlabs.org/mediawiki/images/f/fb/Configuration_Explained.pdf&quot;&gt;Link to PDF&lt;/a&gt;). You'll want to read it about a dozen times, and then try to implement it, and then read it another dozen times so that you can actually grok it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best supported implementation of cluster services for Linux at this point is probably going to be Novell's SLES11 and it's High Availability Extension (HAE). It JUST came out a month or two ago, and it comes with a nice thick 200 page manual that describes how to set it up and get things running. Novell has also been excellent about supporting Pacemaker configurations in various forms. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Beyond that, there's RHEL5's implementation, which has the same package and decent documentation, but I think it's more expensive than SLES. At least, it is for us. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would avoid Heartbeat right now and go with Pacekmaker/OpenAIS because they're going to be much better supported going into the future. HOWEVER, the current state of the community is such that there are a few experts, there are a few people who are running it in production, and there are a whole ton of people that are completely clueless. Join the Pacemaker mailing list and pay attention to a man named Andrew Beekhof." />
  <row Id="35916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20164" RevisionGUID="70d928f8-3c7e-4a46-97fd-0d3e71998ecd" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:03:00.077" UserId="8257" Text="&lt;p&gt;I just discovered that my site  has ...I believe...been hacked. along with a couple other sites on my host. if you go to the bottom of the site youll see an iframe. I dont know what that is, it shouldnt be there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I deleted all the code from my site and its still there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I checked htaccess thinking maybe someone added auto_append...nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any clue as to how else something can be added to the bottom of my site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Im currently downloading some logs to look through. Any help is appreciated, thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;edit:moving to serverfault.com&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35917" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20164" RevisionGUID="70d928f8-3c7e-4a46-97fd-0d3e71998ecd" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:03:00.077" UserId="8257" Text="My site hacked??" />
  <row Id="35918" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20164" RevisionGUID="70d928f8-3c7e-4a46-97fd-0d3e71998ecd" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:03:00.077" UserId="8257" Text="&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="35919" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20165" RevisionGUID="9e31f5a6-f23f-4e49-a28d-e2e063f9a5ac" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:04:36.690" Text="&lt;p&gt;Um, well I'm not going to check the URL, sorry.  Don't want to get hacked myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20167" RevisionGUID="ec3bc5c7-8c91-476c-a322-f7aac20c8d47" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:10:58.203" UserId="8256" Text="hi everyone, i am moving to a new file server under Server 2008 Standard 32bit edition. I will refer to the older server as just &quot;server&quot;, the new one i named as server2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i have updated server2 and patched it. I have also joined the domain as member server and set up the raid structure. I have also moved the data over to the right spot. BUT here is what i am not 100% sure on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The company wants to keep the old name of &quot;server&quot;, i did not want to do that and was thinking of just making a cname alias in AD DNS forward lookup zone to point to the new ip address of server2 but you can reference it as server. In order to do the alias i would naturally remove or rename the old server or just unjoin it from the domain altogether.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have read that you can just rename a computer to a previous name in AD as long as you have unjoined and removed it from the appropirate list under Active Directory? Can i just rename a server that is a member server in a domain? Do i have to change the sid or run newsid?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just looking for some best practices.&#xD;&#xA;thanks in advance.&#xD;&#xA;gd&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35924" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20167" RevisionGUID="ec3bc5c7-8c91-476c-a322-f7aac20c8d47" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:10:58.203" UserId="8256" Text="Migrate to new server 2008 file server but keep old server name (under domain AD)" />
  <row Id="35925" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20167" RevisionGUID="ec3bc5c7-8c91-476c-a322-f7aac20c8d47" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:10:58.203" UserId="8256" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;migration&gt;&lt;rename&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="35927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20168" RevisionGUID="a0abdcf7-7b82-4ffc-8766-3ac4991e9db1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:12:51.510" UserId="8021" Text="I haven't configured it on OSX, but what you're looking for is called idmapd. On an OSX box, the daemon is actually called rpc.idmapd. (Note: NOT imapd.)" />
  <row Id="35928" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20169" RevisionGUID="f64daf90-bc90-4b5f-bc77-97517d812013" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:14:23.317" UserId="57188" Text="Hi all - &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I configured Apache2 to allow WebDav on a directory (CentOS 5 / Plesk 8.6):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;WebDav is enabled in httpd.conf&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;/var/lib/dav/lockdb is writeable by Apache&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My target dir is chmod 777&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My target dir is chowned apache:psacln&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;using Basic Authentication (setup by Plesk interface)&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in my vhost.conf I have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;Directory /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs/target_dir&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;        Dav On&#xD;&#xA;	AllowOverride none&#xD;&#xA;        Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;        Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;/Directory&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can connect to the directory using authentication fine and download files from it. But I cannot write to the dir. I get a 403 Error when I attempt to upload or create a dir.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have any tips?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance - " />
  <row Id="35929" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20169" RevisionGUID="f64daf90-bc90-4b5f-bc77-97517d812013" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:14:23.317" UserId="57188" Text="WebDAV on CentOS - getting 403 error when attempt to upload" />
  <row Id="35930" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20169" RevisionGUID="f64daf90-bc90-4b5f-bc77-97517d812013" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:14:23.317" UserId="57188" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;webdav&gt;&lt;centos&gt;&lt;plesk&gt;" />
  <row Id="35931" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20170" RevisionGUID="00692124-5aa0-4a2f-9e12-7b90eef28dbf" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:14:57.903" UserId="6609" Text="I am not thrilled with the Activity Monitor that ships with SQL Server 2005, though I suppose it is trying to be the same thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A snippet of the query, username, database name, from table name, CPU time, IO time, memory allocated, maybe locks obtained...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set the refresh speed for 2-3 seconds and let it run?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I love the profiler - very useful for performance tuning; but something that worked like top would be awesome for troubleshooting sometimes." />
  <row Id="35932" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20170" RevisionGUID="00692124-5aa0-4a2f-9e12-7b90eef28dbf" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:14:57.903" UserId="6609" Text="&quot;top&quot; style activity monitor for SQL Server?" />
  <row Id="35933" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20170" RevisionGUID="00692124-5aa0-4a2f-9e12-7b90eef28dbf" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:14:57.903" UserId="6609" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="35934" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20171" RevisionGUID="54f0fd5c-ad2e-453d-aaaf-a3dcadc5f93f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:18:53.170" UserId="3038" Text="Server 2008 may be different, but in general I try to avoid renaming Windows servers whenever possible. Most **especially** if there is non-Microsoft software (such as backup agents) installed on it. Microsoft themselves was bad enough at putting &quot;servername&quot; in the registry and random files instead of &quot;%computername%&quot; back in the NT and 2000 days, that it scared me off of it in 2003. That said, I've been impressed at how different 2008 is from 2003r1, so they may finally have the kinks worked out of renaming a long-standing server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which is to say, you CAN do it just like you found out. It works. All the deep in the bowels stuff uses SID, and the user-readable stuff as a variable. Newsid is a nice tool for catching all the leftovers if you're paranoid, but I believe you need to run that while undomained." />
  <row Id="35935" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20172" RevisionGUID="a049f15f-b4a9-4c10-a957-b930b0593373" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:19:10.970" UserId="984" Text="Answering these questions should help you find the solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a proxy between you and the server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you ruled out browser plugins adding something?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you ruled out malware on your workstation?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you tried retrieving the page with telnet/netcat instead of using a browser?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this a serer you maintain?  You mention other sites, do they also have this problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the contents of the iframe?" />
  <row Id="35936" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20172" RevisionGUID="a049f15f-b4a9-4c10-a957-b930b0593373" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:19:10.970" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35937" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20173" RevisionGUID="831b5108-015c-4838-961d-315bb8b6770b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:21:21.873" UserId="7645" Text="What does your error_log say?  That's the first place to look." />
  <row Id="35938" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20174" RevisionGUID="0e05fc91-27a8-42d6-b5c0-0e4df27633c6" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:24:47.843" UserId="3420" Text="I came across this exact issue. The goal was to deliver each alert along an escalation pathway - sending the alert to the next person in the list if it was not acknowledged in a given timeframe. We determined that Jabber was the best solution, but that to do it right we had to extend the protocol or investigate more clients. (The protocol lends itself very well to extension and there are countless clients available). This catch was because it was frequently desirable to acknowledge some alerts but not others.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example. An alert's ultimate path:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Send to admin A via Jabber.&#xD;&#xA;No acknowledgement after 5 minutes, sent to admin B via Jabber.&#xD;&#xA;No acknowledgement after 5 minutes, sent to admin A via SMS.&#xD;&#xA;No acknowledgement after 5 minutes, sent to admin B via SMS.&#xD;&#xA;No acknowledgement after 5 minutes, sent to admin A and B's manager via Jabber.&#xD;&#xA;No acknowledgement after 5 minutes, sent to admin A and B's manager via SMS.&#xD;&#xA;Manager evaluates the alert, acknowledge it or phones admin A or B.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The catch is that if a second alert is generated in the middle of this process, admin A or B may wish to acknowledge it, but not acknowledge the first alert. For example, if they're busy with a separate issue that generated the other alert, or if they're not near a computer, know that the second alert is not serious, but that the first alert needs to be handled by someone near a computer and the escalation mechanism is the most efficient way to find the right person.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There were two types of message delivery in Jabber. (I believe called normal vs chat) It's possible that one of the two types allowed a differentiation in which message was responded to. Unfortunately, the messaging type that might have allowed for this caused extreme inconvenience with the clients we tested if a large flood of messages were received. (Also I'm not sure whether the people testing determined whether it was possible to indeed differentiate what was being responded to, due to this issue overwhelming the testing).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As it was exploratory and we didn't really have time to implement a full solution, we didn't determine whether the problem was just choosing a better client or whether extensions to the protocol were necessary. I still think Jabber is the best method to deliver alerts. For any alert delivery/escalation system, a person who acknowledges an alert should take ownership of the alert, and there should be repercussions for everyone failing to acknowledge an alert. This has to work with the system understanding the best way to reach a person, an on-call rotation, the risk of alert floods, the issue of alerts created by a person who is currently out of the rotation, and any political considerations caused by an alerting system that accidentally creates accountability if the existing system has none.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35939" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20175" RevisionGUID="1834e83d-43e4-4b30-8f57-f1a57aeef98b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:26:46.703" UserId="8255" Text="For practical purposes, all DNS servers will see a change to an A record somewhere between instantly and the TTL value on the A record. The [Wikipedia article][1] has an excellent writeup on this subject.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Individual applications may not see the change within the TTL because of local DNS caches within routers, firewalls, operating systems and applications. As mentioned in the Wikipedia article: &quot;These caches typically use very short caching times — on the order of one minute. Internet Explorer offers a notable exception: recent versions cache DNS records for half an hour&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A reboot (or power cycle for routers) will typically flush all local DNS caches, but obviously you can't expect every user out there to reboot every device after you change your A record. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't change your A records directly, then whatever application makes the changes (control panel software, for example) may introduce its own delays.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use a default TTL of 4 hours. If we are planning to change an A record, we lower the A record's TTL to 5 minutes (must be done more than 4 hours before the change is to go into place). After the change has been made, we put the TTL back to 4 hours. Most applications see the change right away, but a few users will call in with problems and need to reboot. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Wikipedia article also has a good discussion on &quot;propagation&quot;: &quot;Many people incorrectly refer to a mysterious 48 hour or 72 hour propagation time when you make a DNS change. ...&quot;. The root servers (not the registrars) control the TTL on your domain's NS records. You can see these TTL values for yourself with the nslookup command. Right now, the  now, the TTL for my NS records on the &quot;F&quot; root server is set to 2 days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_system#Caching_and_time_to_live" />
  <row Id="35940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20176" RevisionGUID="b77850ce-8b4d-49c3-a236-cfaa4f3b76be" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:27:35.873" UserId="5611" Text="First thing to do is alert your hosting company.  They will be able to look at logs you don't have access to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly: I see your using Wordpress.  You need to:&#xD;&#xA;    -Check and see if Wordpress is up2date&#xD;&#xA;    -Check and make sure that all of your Wordpress Plugins are also up2date&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If any of the above are not up2date, you need to check and see if the version you are running has a known vulnerability. (Check the software's site, etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Start going through your webroot to find any out of place files.  Make sure to look in temp dirs also.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is found to be a bad hack, you will want to restore from a known good backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should get you started in the right direction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anapologetos&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35941" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20176" RevisionGUID="b77850ce-8b4d-49c3-a236-cfaa4f3b76be" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:27:35.873" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20177" RevisionGUID="d690118c-df35-4a0a-b39d-ce620866af3a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:27:57.340" UserId="4889" Text="The letter &quot;I&quot; might do what your looking for, for the silent part:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Microsoft(R) Windows (R) 2000 Operating System User Profile Deletion Utility v5.&#xD;&#xA;    00&#xD;&#xA;    Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1981-1999&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    This utility deletes Windows NT and Windows 2000 user profiles.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    usage:  DELPROF [/Q] [/I] [/P] [/C:\\&lt;computername&gt;] [/D:&lt;days&gt;]&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;            /Q      Quiet, no confirmation.&#xD;&#xA;            /I      Ignore errors and continue deleting.&#xD;&#xA;            /P      Prompts for confirmation before deleting each profile.&#xD;&#xA;            /C      Remote computer name.&#xD;&#xA;            /D      Number of days of inactivity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But also look at http://www.wisesoft.co.uk/scripts/vbscript_delete_local_profiles.aspx which does the same kind of thing but dosn't use delprof and you can skip certain user profiles.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if you are using roaming profiles and don't want them kept at all, look into using &quot;Delete Cached copies of roaming profiles&quot; in your GPO's can be found as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Computer Config &gt; Admin Template &gt; User Profiles &gt; Delete Cached copies of roaming profiles&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;although it has been known to fail on wireless networks and such so it might still be good to run either delprof or another script every so often to catch those.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35943" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20172" RevisionGUID="3e5d4339-565c-4aa9-b5f9-3b0adb81cac5" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:28:21.770" UserId="984" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Answering these questions should help you find the solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a proxy between you and the server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you ruled out browser plugins adding something?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you ruled out malware on your workstation?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you tried retrieving the page with telnet/netcat instead of using a browser?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this a server you maintain?  You mention other sites, do they also have this problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the contents of the iframe?" />
  <row Id="35944" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20173" RevisionGUID="00e70b9a-82d3-4c76-afa2-7404f5abb042" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:29:48.367" UserId="7645" Comment="add note about access_log and higher directories" Text="What does your error_log say?  That's the first place to look.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, look in the regular access_log; sometimes some DAV clients will try to do DAV things at higher level directories than where you're doing your work, which requires them to have at least read-only DAV access up to the virtualhost root." />
  <row Id="35945" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20178" RevisionGUID="8961a09e-7903-4159-806c-f61f07726f5e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:30:24.683" UserId="7200" Text="I am assuming that SERVER and SERVER2 are both member server computers and not domain controller computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I replace old server computers I try and assign the name of the old server computer I'm replacing to the new machine. This is a common practice. (If you're consolidating servers then that's a a whole different &quot;can of worms&quot;.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's no problem with renaming a domain member server computer after it's joined to the domain. (Supposedly you can rename domain controllers in the Server 2008 version of Active Directory, but I haven't tried it yet.) Of course, in the case of re-using a name that was already assigned to another computer, you'll want to either take the original computer holding that name offline or rename it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've done what you're describing many, many times with various versions of Windows. From the point you've described, I'd rename &quot;SERVER&quot; to &quot;OLDSERVER&quot;, and &quot;SERVER2&quot; to &quot;SERVER&quot;, leaving both joined to the domain throughout the process. You don't have to disjoin &quot;SERVER&quot; from the domain in this process. Once you've renamed &quot;SERVER&quot; while joined to the domain to &quot;OLDSERVER&quot;, the object in the AD previously named &quot;SERVER&quot; will change to &quot;OLDSERVER&quot;, freeing the name &quot;SERVER&quot; to be assigned to &quot;SERVER2&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an aside: I have no idea why you'd be running &quot;newsid&quot; unless you installed the system from a disk image (and even then, you should be using SYSPREP to change the SID). You don't need to regnerate the SID unless the SID is a duplicate of another machine's (like if the machine is a disk cloned image of another machine).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35946" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20179" RevisionGUID="ea57c2e6-4934-41a4-a35a-3e56197661c6" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:31:11.673" UserId="2489" Text="I considered and ultimately rejected for our company doing the CNAME technique that you describe.  Even though I considered it highly unlikely there might be some reason I wanted to continue accessing the old server.  However, I consider the CNAME technique very useful and you may need to disable strict name checking, which I discuss in [a question about warm standby][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8714/warm-standby-with-windows-server-2003" />
  <row Id="35947" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20180" RevisionGUID="ce30495b-d321-465f-a80d-019d9689b286" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:31:46.087" UserId="3463" Text="(I don't have enough reputation, otherwise I would just post this as a comment, but...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I went to the website, with Kaspersky Anti-Virus with very high security settings, and Kaspersky had to block a few attempts at hidden installations.." />
  <row Id="35948" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20180" RevisionGUID="ce30495b-d321-465f-a80d-019d9689b286" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:31:46.087" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20181" RevisionGUID="7155d41e-4809-406a-8a5b-b310e17871c0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:31:56.167" UserId="5953" Text="I'm running Server 2008 with Exchange 2007 SP1. All is running quite well and good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I have a few clients who are not thrilled with the idea of joining a domain environment, mainly because of the hassle involved in copying profiles around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On my test computer, I've had no luck getting the computer to connect to server.example.local when not joined to the domain. I imagine that there is a security policy setting that is not allowing anonymous clients to connect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly, the client is adamant about a lack of passwords and password prompts. They'd like ideally for Outlook to open and not prompt for usernames.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been told by the client that their previous IT company had managed to setup another exchange server without it prompting for usernames and passwords (their words, not mine) but I haven't figured out how this was achieved.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, my questions in short:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Can I have computers that are not joined to a domain connect to an Exchange 07 server?&#xD;&#xA;2. Can I have computers that are connected to said exchange server NOT prompt for passwords each time Outlook is opened?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All client PC's are using Vista or W7, with Office 2007 SP2." />
  <row Id="35950" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20181" RevisionGUID="7155d41e-4809-406a-8a5b-b310e17871c0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:31:56.167" UserId="5953" Text="Can I allow PC's not joined to a domain to connect to Exchange 07?" />
  <row Id="35951" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20181" RevisionGUID="7155d41e-4809-406a-8a5b-b310e17871c0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:31:56.167" UserId="5953" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;outlook-2007&gt;" />
  <row Id="35952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20182" RevisionGUID="ed06fdc1-535a-4ce9-9cd3-0a09039c62e9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:33:00.983" UserId="7999" Text="I've been curious about this for awhile now. I don't know if I'm seeing a real pattern or not, but having worked with may home office/small office wireless routers for a few years now. I've noticed that the heavier the traffic is in the environment, the less reliable they become over time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Desktops become clogged with malware and innumerable user installed programs, but a router just sits there &quot;untouched&quot; - pretty much the same as the day that you pulled it out of the box - other than occasional firmware updates. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not talking about total failure, but the frequency that they become unresponsive. A quick reboot and users can connect again, but over time those reboots happen once a day to twice a week rather than once a month.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess typically overtime bandwidth demands also go up. More users connecting or downloading/streaming more things, but in a couple environments where usage rates stay relatively constant, it still seems to happen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would think that the hardware would basically either work or not rather than a general decline. What components, hardware or software, might be causing this or is it a made up pattern in my head?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35953" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20182" RevisionGUID="ed06fdc1-535a-4ce9-9cd3-0a09039c62e9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:33:00.983" UserId="7999" Text="Why would wireless routers become less reliable over time?" />
  <row Id="35954" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20182" RevisionGUID="ed06fdc1-535a-4ce9-9cd3-0a09039c62e9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:33:00.983" UserId="7999" Text="&lt;wireless-network&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;reliability&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;reboot&gt;" />
  <row Id="35955" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20183" RevisionGUID="2fbfd779-fd41-4ac3-9703-4c3a4da2ef14" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:34:58.267" UserId="8262" Text="I am running Apache2 with mpm_prefork on a MediaTemple (dv) server.  No significant changes have been made to my server configuration recently.  httpd.conf is currently set to the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    MaxKeepAliveRequests 200&#xD;&#xA;    KeepAliveTimeout 15&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;IfModule prefork.c&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        StartServers           10&#xD;&#xA;        MinSpareServers        10&#xD;&#xA;        MaxSpareServers        10&#xD;&#xA;        MaxClients            200&#xD;&#xA;        MaxRequestsPerChild   4000&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/IfModule&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I am getting the following error just prior to a full-on apache crash:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 04 18:30:24 2009] [warn-phpd] mmap cache can't open /var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com/httpdocs/filename.php - Too many open files in system (pid 19873)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am getting annoyed with babysitting this server to restart it when Apache crashes.  Help?" />
  <row Id="35956" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20183" RevisionGUID="2fbfd779-fd41-4ac3-9703-4c3a4da2ef14" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:34:58.267" UserId="8262" Text="Apache crashing; &quot;Too many open files in system&quot;" />
  <row Id="35957" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20183" RevisionGUID="2fbfd779-fd41-4ac3-9703-4c3a4da2ef14" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:34:58.267" UserId="8262" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;centos&gt;" />
  <row Id="35958" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20184" RevisionGUID="1b45d92c-ea2d-45d8-965d-961f34e31ecd" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:35:00.530" UserId="7732" Text="Hi All,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a pressing issue... I was silly and ran apt-get upgrade on our debian domain controller / internal smtp server and now the users (on WinXP &amp; Vista) cannot access the network shares or smtp server. No conf's were changed, I can ping the box from windows, but thats it. I can even see one of the two shares, but cannot access it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: smtp server now working, its only the samba shares now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help would be muchly appreciated! Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Christian" />
  <row Id="35959" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20184" RevisionGUID="1b45d92c-ea2d-45d8-965d-961f34e31ecd" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:35:00.530" UserId="7732" Text="Problem with samba shares / smtp server on local machine after apt-get upgrade" />
  <row Id="35960" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20184" RevisionGUID="1b45d92c-ea2d-45d8-965d-961f34e31ecd" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:35:00.530" UserId="7732" Text="&lt;samba&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="35961" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20185" RevisionGUID="4c2f5169-2058-40ec-9ed5-d438bef2428b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:35:25.910" UserId="7200" Text="PCs that aren't joined to the domain can definitely talk to Exchange with Outlook. Outlook is going to prompt the user for credentials when connecting to the Exchange Server computer. I know that Outlook 2003 didn't have any &quot;remember password&quot; functionality, but I'm not sure about Outlook 2007. If I had to guess, I'd say that it doesn't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't believe server autodiscovery will work, either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Why are they so adverse to joining a domain? Roaming user profiles aren't required, and the existing local profiles can be migrated to domain user profiles.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It *might* be possible to do the whole &quot;poor man's workstation trust&quot; wherein you create domain user accounts that match the local usernames / passwords used on the client computers to get Outlook not to prompt for passwords. That's an environment that's hard to keep password synchronized in, and I'm not even sure it would work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They really need to join their clients to the domain. That's the solution. It'd be interesting to hear more about why they have a problem with it. (I'm guessing they're doing lousy things like storing data on the hard disk drives of clients, peer-to-peer file sharing, etc... *sigh*)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You indicate that your tests aren't working. What kind of error messages are you receiving when it fails? (Name resolution could be iffy in such an environment. You might not have the whole DNS infrastructure that AD mandates in place, for one.)" />
  <row Id="35962" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20176" RevisionGUID="71bb544e-3afe-40c4-ab64-02bb171caa8a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:35:51.090" UserId="5611" Comment="formatting issue." Text="First thing to do is alert your hosting company.  They will be able to look at logs you don't have access to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly: I see your using Wordpress.  You need to:&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;BR&gt;-Check and see if Wordpress is up2date&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;BR&gt;-Check and make sure that all of your Wordpress Plugins are also up2date&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If any of the above are not up2date, you need to check and see if the version you are running has a known vulnerability. (Check the software's site, etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Start going through your webroot to find any out of place files.  Make sure to look in temp dirs also.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is found to be a bad hack, you will want to restore from a known good backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should get you started in the right direction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anapologetos&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35963" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20186" RevisionGUID="d397b43e-9d36-4d79-b365-c9d675bd81b7" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:38:39.683" UserId="4889" Text="What is that javascript in your page source after the closing html tag?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also i would get the extenstion that hides your wordpress version from the page source, for example i can see your running &quot;WordPress 2.7.1&quot; (which is the current version :claps:) but once a expoilt for that is found people will be able to search for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also check the other files that your wordpress uses, i know that it can inculde and require (won't show up in page source since they are php based) from other files and i know that extenstions/themes can also do so make sure those are up to date.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also check to see what extenstions and themes are installed/enabled and get rid of any you don't know.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35964" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20186" RevisionGUID="d397b43e-9d36-4d79-b365-c9d675bd81b7" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:38:39.683" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20187" RevisionGUID="bc814705-2471-4788-9c62-fd4536797602" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:41:23.220" UserId="3497" Text="RPC-HTTP, also known as Outlook Anywhere will definitely provide Exchange functionality without the need for a domain, but I'm not sure you can set it to never prompt for a username and password." />
  <row Id="35966" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20188" RevisionGUID="c29b376a-21b4-4fd8-a219-19fac11cb923" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:42:16.433" UserId="7645" Text="Try running &quot;ulimit -n 8192&quot; before starting up apache.  It's probably running into the max open file limit. " />
  <row Id="35967" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20189" RevisionGUID="ca7c173d-45d8-48c0-be21-9da148328b05" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:42:49.787" UserId="7200" Text="I've got routers / APs that have been in place in Customer sites for 4+ years with no problems (some &quot;enterprise class&quot;, and others that are just Linksys toys). The AP that I'm using right now is a 2003 vintage Linksys WRT54G, and it works as well as the day it was new.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suppose some hardware components in some devices could be borderline on tolerances, and years of use could cause them to degrade. Being in a harsh environment might do it, too. Generally, though, electronics either suffer &quot;infant mortality&quot; or run forever. (I could see the little wall-wart power bricks on some units going out of spec as being a potential cause, too. Some of the lower-end units come with pretty crappy power adapters, and I have replaced a few of those over the years with &quot;generic&quot; universal adapters from Rat Shack.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess, ultimately, I'm saying &quot;I dunno.&quot; I've got no good answer for you. &amp;gt;smile&amp;lt;  Wonder why I posted, eh?" />
  <row Id="35968" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4986" RevisionGUID="3abcfbad-56c4-45f1-b1ac-0cb14ea1f63e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:43:42.047" UserId="2012" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="http://www.spiceworks.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This tool is easy to install, and will setup basic monitoring, inventory, and patch levels for you.  This will get you by until you have had time to study the network and setup something more specific like Nagios or System Center.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as tools and processes that I have used in the past I follow this routine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Map physical plant&#xD;&#xA; - Map logical system&#xD;&#xA; - Map IP address space (external and&#xD;&#xA;   internal)&#xD;&#xA; - Aggregate all our login accounts and password for systems and websites using PINs     &#xD;&#xA; - clean up/add antivirus installation  &#xD;&#xA; - clean up/add anti spam solution      &#xD;&#xA; - systematically bring all devices to latest patch levels&#xD;&#xA; - clean up errors in Active directory&#xD;&#xA; - clean up errors in Exchange (or mail system)&#xD;&#xA; - clean up servers one by one as time permits&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my Tool box I have...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Visionapp Remote Desktop&#xD;&#xA; - Spiceworks&#xD;&#xA; - Addiscon&#xD;&#xA; - PINs (http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/pins.html)&#xD;&#xA; - pstools (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896649.aspx)&#xD;&#xA;  " />
  <row Id="35969" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20190" RevisionGUID="cbee8326-ae5f-4fd6-90ec-4b7a9fdc9c45" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:43:49.660" UserId="3038" Text="As with what Evan Anderson said, it is possible. We have a large population of non-domained workstations, and have since even the NT4 days. These machines haven't had trouble talking to whatever our emailer was (MSMail/Exch5.5/Exch2K/Exch2003/Exch2007). The trick is in setting up the Outlook/mail profile right. I believe you need an FQDN in the Mail Server field to trigger discovery, and the rest just falls into place. As for usernames, see Evan's answer." />
  <row Id="35970" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20186" RevisionGUID="85ddb279-ed57-4169-a572-2197b1142dcb" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:44:16.710" UserId="4889" Comment="put code tags around meta tage" Text="What is that javascript in your page source after the closing html tag?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also i would get the extenstion that hides your wordpress version from the page source since it shows it as a meta tag (`&lt;meta name=&quot;generator&quot; content=&quot;WordPress 2.7.1&quot; /&gt;`), for example i can see your running &quot;WordPress 2.7.1&quot; (which is the current version :claps:) but once a expoilt for that is found people will be able to search for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also check the other files that your wordpress uses, i know that it can inculde and require (won't show up in page source since they are php based) from other files and i know that extenstions/themes can also do so make sure those are up to date.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also check to see what extenstions and themes are installed/enabled and get rid of any you don't know.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20191" RevisionGUID="834bd0a3-6fc6-4ef0-b6b4-877c926c94bd" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:44:49.847" UserId="984" Text="I suggest you try adding a line like this **ulimit -n 16384** to the top of file /**etc/default/apache2** and then restarting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also see this [link][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/vhosts/fd-limits.html" />
  <row Id="35972" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20192" RevisionGUID="3eb3de8f-0592-48b9-b16f-b1d35c738ce6" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:46:13.917" UserId="8229" Text="I'm currently searching for a server to put in my office. The mains specifications for this server is to make the less acoustic noise as possible and be rackable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I already tried an HP DL360 G3 and it does an infernal noise, and it annoyed all my team even in a closed room.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I looked at Dell servers but there is no description there about acoustic noise level and everything. Do you have some kind of experience with Dell servers or advice in buying server regarding this particular problem ?" />
  <row Id="35973" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20192" RevisionGUID="3eb3de8f-0592-48b9-b16f-b1d35c738ce6" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:46:13.917" UserId="8229" Text="Dell PowerEdge server acoustic noise" />
  <row Id="35974" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20192" RevisionGUID="3eb3de8f-0592-48b9-b16f-b1d35c738ce6" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:46:13.917" UserId="8229" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;dell&gt;" />
  <row Id="35975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20193" RevisionGUID="b8b674a5-2e91-4f7d-abc7-9490a53c08bd" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:46:44.930" UserId="386" Text="I've had the same experience as you - I've been through numerous WAP/routers over the years. My current Linksys WRT54G is several years old, and now it needs to be rebooted about twice a week.  It didn't used to be that way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I expect it's a matter of dust building up inside and maybe tin whiskers on the components." />
  <row Id="35976" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20194" RevisionGUID="75241a17-ee3a-4e49-9720-a2eec2ecd697" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:48:02.663" Text="That's probably exactly what it sounds like -- your server has more files open than the kernel is configured to handle. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I assume you have a shared server? If you have root on the server, you could raise the limit for the Web server user with ulimit -n &lt;value&gt; up to the max configured in /proc/sys/fs/file-max, but for a shared server you'll probably need to talk to your service provider.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's also possible that the specific server you're on is overcrowded, assuming you share it, in which case MediaTemple will need to shuffle some of you around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, have you added any new features to your Web presence lately, or has your traffic increased a lot?" />
  <row Id="35977" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20195" RevisionGUID="beadf390-7aa6-4159-ac0e-da92ce539fbe" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:48:10.963" UserId="4818" Text="One thing that comes to mind is that maybe it's not the device, but that the environment has become more noisy. More microwaves/phones/cell towers, and more other wireless networks in closer proximity may be giving your router fits." />
  <row Id="35978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20196" RevisionGUID="44600f60-1553-4709-ac6c-7657db0e0d22" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:49:01.883" UserId="7200" Text="I've removed an Enterprise CA from an AD domain (Windows 2003) I &quot;inhertied&quot; and started w/ a new Enterprise CA with no ill effects. I followed the directions in this article &lt;a href=&quot;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889250&quot;&gt;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889250&lt;/a&gt; and then started with a fresh deployment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All-in-all, I felt it went very smoothly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(My Customer was similar to yours, probably. They'd installed it, didn't use it for anything, and then were on the verge of trashing the machine running the enterprise CA root. I needed certificates for WPA2-RADIUS authentication and ended up walking right into a rats nest of junk.)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20197" RevisionGUID="f39e2e5e-138c-41e5-9ed4-7ca758f08ae0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:49:04.927" UserId="8263" Text="Professionally, I use VxFS (Veritas Filesystem) as it is native with HP-UX, as is LVM.  Using VxVM offers some advantages and a different set of capabilities, but it too is good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My bias in Linux is to go with XFS or ext3 and possibly LVM.  I say possibly because since home and personal systems are smaller than servers, there's no need to not use the entire disk - nor to partition the drive into a dozen partitions.  LVM offers nothing in such an environment.  If you have terabyte drives though, it might be useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If using Solaris, ZFS can't be beat: it is arguably the most advanced filesystem of our time.  If only it was available on other systems...." />
  <row Id="35980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20198" RevisionGUID="1536a150-171f-40d9-a84f-e710bc055d9a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:50:00.323" UserDisplayName="Patrick Ecord" Text="I have never worked with sharepoint before and my company is looking to move all the customer information from their password protected excel sheet :shutters: to a sharepoint site where we can manage access a little better. I have a a question pertaining to my particular project and in general.  &#xD;&#xA;How do you set up the site so that it uses active directory for when users log-on?&#xD;&#xA;What would be a good way of moving the data from an excel spreadsheet to a sharepoint site?&#xD;&#xA;**What are some interesting things you have managed to do with sharepoint?**" />
  <row Id="35981" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20198" RevisionGUID="1536a150-171f-40d9-a84f-e710bc055d9a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:50:00.323" UserDisplayName="Patrick Ecord" Text="What is some cool things you can do with sharepoint 2007" />
  <row Id="35982" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20198" RevisionGUID="1536a150-171f-40d9-a84f-e710bc055d9a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:50:00.323" UserDisplayName="Patrick Ecord" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;2007&gt;&lt;microsoft&gt;" />
  <row Id="35983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20199" RevisionGUID="5cbacb3f-ce90-4d58-8a1a-930a2dbd0002" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:50:05.547" UserId="984" Text="There is a lot of variety in the PowerEdge line of servers.  At least some of them are very loud.  You may be better off trying to investigate some kind of sound proofing." />
  <row Id="35984" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="20192" RevisionGUID="73211a5e-ae2d-4ba3-a39b-625db4bc26b4" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:50:11.990" UserId="2783" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;dell&gt;&lt;noise&gt;&lt;volume&gt;&lt;sound&gt;" />
  <row Id="35985" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20200" RevisionGUID="cb4d4fb6-c8e6-467f-8bd0-ae162574de87" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:52:04.937" UserId="3420" Text="One thing you're not asking - when you have an incident, how long is acceptable until someone actually looks at it? I saw a shop go from exclusively 8/5 to 50% 12/5 and 50% 24/6 over a gradual process (a couple years) without adding staff. The new issues created by this were somewhat mitigated by getting more redundant hardware, better monitoring (especially alert delivery).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The real problem is that everyone had come to expect a large maintenance window during convenient hours of the day. This was handled by having more people work from 8am-8pm, more people scheduled to work Saturdays and Sundays, and three-day weekends being considered an opportunity do to maintenance that had previously been done after-hours on normal days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;People became increasingly burnt out and disgruntled. But IT management was able to hide these problems from their management, looking like heroes able to do more work with less staff. Upper management never understood that the decreased maintenance windows for hardware maintenance were a serious problem, because IT management would not admit that this caused an issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The environment became increasingly pathological and I ended up leaving due to IT management's habit of lying about requirements and issues all the way up the chain. The last I heard, the remaining staff is feeling more burned-out, more ill-treated. People are losing their families becuase three-day weekends are considered a time to do extra work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, one group started offering secret &quot;comp days&quot;, i.e. if Saturday is scheduled for 18 hours of work, then Monday could be scheduled as a weekend day. This had to be done in secret for fear of management finding out that extra work requires extra people.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The company's profits are increasing, and the salary of the IT management is increasing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Vacations were surprisingly not a problem due to careful scheduling and a diverse staff that did not share many religious holidays.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems like an overall success to me." />
  <row Id="35986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20201" RevisionGUID="960df7f2-c8f3-4db1-a8ad-f2ab20f3aaf6" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:52:42.127" UserId="2489" Text="As many have already pointed out, it's no problem to have a non-domain computer use Exchange.  I do so myself.  However, I think it would be more of a problem if the computers in question were XP Home or Vista Home.  These can't remember the logins or domains." />
  <row Id="35987" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20185" RevisionGUID="99194ed9-1cc9-4ae3-bd99-23c688223ab7" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:52:42.220" UserId="7200" Comment="Autodiscovery! ZOW!" Text="PCs that aren't joined to the domain can definitely talk to Exchange with Outlook. Outlook is going to prompt the user for credentials when connecting to the Exchange Server computer. I know that Outlook 2003 didn't have any &quot;remember password&quot; functionality, but I'm not sure about Outlook 2007. If I had to guess, I'd say that it doesn't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Autodiscovery will work. Have a look at this article &lt;a href=&quot;http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/04/30/438249.aspx&quot;&gt;http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/04/30/438249.aspx&lt;/a&gt; (search for the phrase &quot;non domain&quot;) for a brief bit about how the autodiscovery works on non-domain clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Why are they so adverse to joining a domain? Roaming user profiles aren't required, and the existing local profiles can be migrated to domain user profiles.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It *might* be possible to do the whole &quot;poor man's workstation trust&quot; wherein you create domain user accounts that match the local usernames / passwords used on the client computers to get Outlook not to prompt for passwords. That's an environment that's hard to keep password synchronized in, and I'm not even sure it would work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They really need to join their clients to the domain. That's the solution. It'd be interesting to hear more about why they have a problem with it. (I'm guessing they're doing lousy things like storing data on the hard disk drives of clients, peer-to-peer file sharing, etc... *sigh*)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You indicate that your tests aren't working. What kind of error messages are you receiving when it fails? (Name resolution could be iffy in such an environment. You might not have the whole DNS infrastructure that AD mandates in place, for one.)" />
  <row Id="35988" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20202" RevisionGUID="33693466-2369-47e8-915e-9883146e4a71" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:53:15.667" UserId="1993" Text="**Preface**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Authenticating against Active Directory with Kerberos is pretty simple on systems using PAM, but OpenBSD doesn't and makes it more difficult. From a tcpdump, it looks like the PAM systems are just doing pre-authentication while OpenBSD's bsd_auth system is using the whole Kerberos authentication process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, this took me a while to figure out so hopefully some concise instructions will save you time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few quick notes before we begin:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Users must exist on the OpenBSD system before attempting to login. They are not autocreated.&#xD;&#xA; - If you want users autocreated, look into Samba/Winbind. I've had nothing but trouble (inexplicable crashes, serious log spamming, unreliable authentication) from it, so I only use it when I have to.&#xD;&#xA; - This was tested on OpenBSD 4.5 and Windows Server 2003. I'm pretty sure it'll work with Win2k, but YMMV.&#xD;&#xA; - This version of OpenBSD uses Heimdal 0.7.2. Everything here aside from the paths and login.conf stuff will probably work on other *nixes running the same Heimdal, but again, YMMV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Instructions**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These steps assume you are trying to authenticate myuser@myhost.fqdn against the domain EXAMPLE.COM. The domain controller is pdc.EXAMPLE.COM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Create an Active Directory User account named myhost (that's not a typo, these instructions won't work with a Computer account). Disable password expiration and don't let the user change it's own password. Set the password to whatever you like - it'll be changed soon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. It's probably a good idea to create the User account under a new OU, remove it from the Domain Users group and add it to a dedicated group. This is all a matter of taste and your security layout.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. On pdc.EXAMPLE.COM, download and install Windows Server Support Tools (specifically, you'll need ktpass.exe)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. On pdc.EXAMPLE.COM, run:  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; ktpass -out c:\temp\myhost.keytab -princ host/myhost.fqdn@EXAMPLE.COM -mapuser myhost -pType KRB5`_`NT_PRINCIPAL +rndpass&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   This updates the myhost user's password to something random (+rndpass), maps&#xD;&#xA;   the Kerberos principal &quot;host/myhost.fqdn@EXAMPLE.COM&quot; to the user &quot;myhost&quot; in&#xD;&#xA;   Active Directory, and then dumps the principal and private key info into the&#xD;&#xA;   -out keytab file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. Securely copy c:\temp\myhost.keytab to myhost and delete the file from pdc.EXAMPLE.COM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 6. On myhost, add the AD keytab to your main keytab:  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; ktutil copy /path/to/myhost.keytab /etc/kerberosV/krb5.keytab&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 7. Configure /etc/krb5.conf. Below is the bare minimum that you need. There's a lot of options available, take a look at the manpage for more details. This just sets the maximum acceptable clock skew to 5 minutes, makes EXAMPLE.COM the default realm, and tells Kerberos how to translate between DNS and Kerberos realms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &gt; [libdefaults]  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; clockskew = 300  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; default_realm = EXAMPLE.COM  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; &#xD;&#xA; &gt; [realms]  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; EXAMPLE.COM = {    &#xD;&#xA; &gt; default_domain = EXAMPLE.COM  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; }  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; &#xD;&#xA; &gt; [domain_realm]  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; .EXAMPLE.COM = EXAMPLE.COM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 8. Verify that you can get a ticket:&#xD;&#xA; &gt; `# kinit Administrator@EXAMPLE.COM`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `Administrator@EXAMPLE.COM's Password:`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `# klist`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `Credentials cache: FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_0`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `      Principal: Administrator@EXAMPLE.COM`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `  Issued           Expires          Principal`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `Jun  4 21:41:05  Jun  5 07:40:28  krbtgt/EXAMPLE.COM@EXAMPLE.COM`  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 9. Modify /etc/login.conf to use Kerberos authentication. Your exact login.conf configuration will vary depending on how you use your system, but to go from a vanilla install to using Kerberos, just edit and comment this line under the default login class:  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `:tc=auth-defaults:\`  &#xD;&#xA;And add above it:  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `:auth=krb-or-pwd:\`  &#xD;&#xA;This checks Kerberos first unless the user is root. If Kerberos fails, it will use local passwords.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 10. Add the users you'd like to authenticate on this host. Leave the passwords blank unless you want them to be able to use both Active Directory and local passwords (not recommended). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  You can blank existing users' passwords &quot;chpass &lt;user&gt;&quot; and replacing the &quot;Encrypted password:&quot; value with an asterisk (*)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 11. Test SSH and Sudo. Both should work flawlessly with your Active Directory credentials.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's all there is to it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Links**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A couple useful sites:  &#xD;&#xA;[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb742433.aspx][1]  &#xD;&#xA;[http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v7r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.express.doc/info/exp/ae/tsec_kerb_create_spn.html][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb742433.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v7r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.express.doc/info/exp/ae/tsec_kerb_create_spn.html" />
  <row Id="35989" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20202" RevisionGUID="33693466-2369-47e8-915e-9883146e4a71" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:53:15.667" UserId="1993" Text="Authenticating OpenBSD against Active Directory with Kerberos" />
  <row Id="35990" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20202" RevisionGUID="33693466-2369-47e8-915e-9883146e4a71" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:53:15.667" UserId="1993" Text="&lt;openbsd&gt;&lt;kerberos&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;" />
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  <row Id="35992" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20203" RevisionGUID="2ae3a865-cf98-4366-a22d-c9d004e29d28" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:55:18.707" UserId="7243" Text="hi galen!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if they were able to edit php.ini, i believe they could add a footer to every php page (which obviously, you wouldn't see in your own code). make a test.php and see if it still happens." />
  <row Id="35993" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20203" RevisionGUID="2ae3a865-cf98-4366-a22d-c9d004e29d28" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:55:18.707" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="35994" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20199" RevisionGUID="09c84297-afc7-4a66-ba3c-8d98916d228a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:55:52.917" UserId="984" Comment="added 166 characters in body" Text="There is a lot of variety in the PowerEdge line of servers.  At least some of them are very loud.  You may be better off trying to investigate some kind of sound proofing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are curious about a specific system you should login to http://support.dell.com/ and check the manuals, some will tell you how much sound the system makes." />
  <row Id="35995" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20204" RevisionGUID="eb8da36a-a106-49b0-b70a-c75e330149c8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:55:53.930" UserId="7645" Text="HP DL360 is a 1U server.  You'll probably have better luck with 2U or even 4U servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a fundamental problem: noise is a function of fan RPM, while air movement is a function of fan RPM times fan radius.  And if you have a certain amount of wattage being used, for a given ambient temperature the amount of air you'll have to move through the system will be fairly constant.  As an added bonus problem: rack-mount servers just aren't designed to be quiet, generally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So if you're generating a certain amount of heat and your fan has to fit inside 1U, it'll have to spin twice as fast (or more) as fans that fit in 2U.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cooler air in the room will help, too.  As will lower wattage CPUs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seriously, an HP DL380 that's otherwise configured about the same (same wattage CPU, same drives, same RAM) will be quieter, and generally costs about the same." />
  <row Id="35996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20205" RevisionGUID="fd97f6b1-58ee-4cd7-b5ed-55c05a558c3b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T01:59:12.787" UserId="1529" Text="The first thing you have to realize is that they are going to make noise - they are servers, not meant for offices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have to have one - I would stick with anything under 1U - they tend to have smaller fans and I would aim for non-SCSI drives (SSDs are really quiet but very expensive).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Every major manufacturer has to write a Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheet for their hardware (OSHA, HazMat, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/about_dell/values/regulatory_compliance/dec_conform?c=us&amp;cs=04&amp;l=en&amp;s=bsd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each section with have Energy and Acoustics Data - Dell r710 - Declared Noise Emissions Measurements are in accordance with ISO 9296 (tested in accordance with ISO 7779).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sound Power (LWAd, bels)&#xD;&#xA;(1 bel=10 decibels, re 10-12 Watts)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5.6&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="35997" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20200" RevisionGUID="32402fbf-696c-4716-9f38-34421c9cc8a2" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:00:55.983" UserId="3420" Comment="added 683 characters in body" Text="One thing you're not asking - when you have an incident, how long is acceptable until someone actually looks at it? And will this impact your regular maintenance windows?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I saw a shop go from exclusively 8/5 to 50% 12/5 and 50% 24/6 over a gradual process (a couple years) without adding staff. The new issues created by this were somewhat mitigated by getting more redundant hardware, better monitoring (especially alert delivery).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The real problem is that everyone had come to expect a large maintenance window during convenient hours of the day. This was handled by having more people work from 8am-8pm, more people scheduled to work Saturdays and Sundays, and three-day weekends being considered an opportunity do to maintenance that had previously been done after-hours on normal days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another problem is that everyone had come to expect that only unusual problems, extremely severe problems, or problems with a certain small handful of systems, needed to be handled during the middle of the night or the weekend. This was handled by never defining these requirements, so that a severely sleep-deprived individual could choose to ignore a particular issue if he was unable at the time, without fear of repercussions. (Although it could cost the company a great deal).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;People became increasingly burnt out and disgruntled. But IT management was able to hide these problems from their management, looking like heroes able to do more work with less staff. Upper management never understood that the decreased maintenance windows for hardware maintenance were a serious problem, because IT management would not admit that this caused an issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The environment became increasingly pathological and I ended up leaving due to IT management's habit of lying about requirements and issues all the way up the chain. The last I heard, the remaining staff is feeling more burned-out, more ill-treated. People are losing their families becuase three-day weekends are considered a time to do extra work, and because of the expectation of working such long hours that their family is asleep when they return home. (only to do more work anyway).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, one group started offering secret &quot;comp days&quot;, i.e. if Saturday is scheduled for 18 hours of work, then Monday could be scheduled as a weekend day. This had to be done in secret for fear of management finding out that extra work requires extra people.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The company's profits are increasing, and the salary of the IT management is increasing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Vacations were surprisingly not a problem due to careful scheduling and a diverse staff that did not share many religious holidays.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems like an overall success to me." />
  <row Id="35998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20206" RevisionGUID="b7dcb7c0-3b2e-40f0-9253-0b44dd4321ea" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:02:23.640" UserId="7732" Text="Ok, so I ran another upgrade, this time dist-upgrade, restarted samba and now it is working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of this and I just wanted to upgrade subversion, which is still not upgraded! Bah! Give me yum anyday... :)" />
  <row Id="35999" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20204" RevisionGUID="a419b5a3-c697-4eb0-82e7-59e1ca78cccf" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:03:35.260" UserId="7645" Comment="added 103 characters in body" Text="HP DL360 is a 1U server.  You'll probably have better luck with 2U or even 4U servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a fundamental problem: noise is a function of fan RPM, while air movement is a function of fan RPM times fan radius.  And if you have a certain amount of wattage being used, for a given ambient temperature the amount of air you'll have to move through the system will be fairly constant.  As an added bonus problem: rack-mount servers just aren't designed to be quiet, generally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So if you're generating a certain amount of heat and your fan has to fit inside 1U, it'll have to spin twice as fast (or more) as fans that fit in 2U.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cooler air in the room will help, too (modern servers have variable speed fans that will slow down if there's less need).  As will lower wattage CPUs (&quot;high efficiency&quot;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seriously, an HP DL380 that's otherwise configured about the same (same wattage CPU, same drives, same RAM) will be quieter, and generally costs about the same." />
  <row Id="36000" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20207" RevisionGUID="183bac0d-4bad-46bd-907a-8b5b54fe97a6" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:04:43.370" UserId="2372" Text="Keep in mind that the System State includes the Registry.   Whether anything changes the registry will depend on your server and the services installed.   If any of those service definitions reside in the registry and the settings change, you will need to update the System State backup after any of those service definitions changes.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36001" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20208" RevisionGUID="8b0eee36-7942-4b6a-b098-7982f74bbd3a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:04:54.527" UserId="4392" Text="Alright, lets do some basic troubleshooting. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Step 1** - Is the service runnning? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      /etc/init.d/smb status&#xD;&#xA;If not, start it&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      /etc/init.d/smb start&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Step 2** - Can we connect to it locally &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      telnet localhost 139&#xD;&#xA;If not, check /var/log/samba/* and /var/log/messages to see why it didn't actually start&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;**Step 3** - Can we connect to it remotely &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      telnet server.ip.address.x 139&#xD;&#xA;If not, check the firewall&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      iptables -L -n &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and adjust accordingly &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Step 4** - Does SMBClient let you list the shares&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      smbclient //localhost -L --user username &#xD;&#xA;If not, use the error to help troubleshoot (or post it here)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Step 5** - Does SMBClient let you list the shrares remotely&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      smbclient //server.ip.address.x -L --user username&#xD;&#xA;If this doesn't work and the previous steps all did, check the firewall again, and check the firewall on the remote systems. " />
  <row Id="36002" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20209" RevisionGUID="ba754f00-6324-427a-a5c9-f2ce2a50242f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:11:36.683" UserDisplayName="Ryan" Text="I have recently installed OpenVPN on my windows 2003 server.&#xD;&#xA;Once someone is connected to the server, they do not have internet access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - My network is on 192.168.1.1&#xD;&#xA; - my server is on 192.168.1.110  &#xD;&#xA; - I am using the dd-wrt firmware &#xD;&#xA; - I have enabled port 1194 for 192.168.1.110 on the router &#xD;&#xA; - Routing and Remote Access is disabled &#xD;&#xA; - I have 2 Tap-Win32 Adapter V8(s) on my windows 2003 server &#xD;&#xA; - I have tried setting this line to 192.168.1.1 and also my isp's dns servers &#xD;&#xA;push &quot;dhcp-option DNS 192.168.1.1&quot;  # Replace the Xs with the IP address of the DNS for your&#xD;&#xA;   home network (usually your ISP's DNS)&#xD;&#xA; - I have created an advanced routing Gateway in dd-wrt &#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;         Destination LAN NET: 192.168.10.0&#xD;&#xA;         Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.252&#xD;&#xA;         Gateway: 192.168.1.110&#xD;&#xA;         Interface: Lan &amp; WLAN&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have followed this website exactly:  http://www.itsatechworld.com/2006/01/29/how-to-configure-openvpn/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My server file looks as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    local 192.168.1.110 # This is the IP address of the real network interface on the server connected to the router&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    port 1194 # This is the port OpenVPN is running on - make sure the router is port forwarding this port to the above IP&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    proto udp # UDP tends to perform better than TCP for VPN&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    mssfix 1400 # This setting fixed problems I was having with apps like Remote Desktop&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    push &quot;dhcp-option DNS 192.168.1.1&quot;  # Replace the Xs with the IP address of the DNS for your home network (usually your ISP's DNS)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    #push &quot;dhcp-option DNS X.X.X.X&quot;  # A second DNS server if you have one&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    dev tap&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    #dev-node MyTAP  #If you renamed your TAP interface or have more than one TAP interface then remove the # at the beginning and change &quot;MyTAP&quot; to its name&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ca &quot;ca.crt&quot;  &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    cert &quot;server.crt&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    key &quot;server.key&quot;  # This file should be kept secret&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    dh &quot;dh1024.pem&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    server 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.128  # This assigns the virtual IP address and subent to the server's OpenVPN connection.  Make sure the Routing Table entry matches this.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    push &quot;redirect-gateway def1&quot;  # This will force the clients to use the home network's internet connection&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    keepalive 10 120&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    cipher BF-CBC        # Blowfish (default) encryption&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    comp-lzo&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    max-clients 100 # Assign the maximum number of clients here&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    persist-key&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    persist-tun&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    status openvpn-status.log&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    verb 1 # This sets how detailed the log file will be.  0 causes problems and higher numbers can give you more detail for troubleshooting&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My client1 file is as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    client&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    dev tap&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    #dev-node MyTAP  #If you renamed your TAP interface or have more than one TAP interface then remove the # at the beginning and change &quot;MyTAP&quot; to its name&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    proto udp&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    remote my-dyna-dns.com 1194  #You will need to enter you dyndns account or static IP address here. The number following it is the port you set in the server's config&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    route 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 vpn_gateway 3  #This it the IP address scheme and subnet of your normal network your server is on.  Your router would usually be 192.168.1.1&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    resolv-retry infinite&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    nobind&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    persist-key&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    persist-tun&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ca &quot;ca.crt&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    cert &quot;client1.crt&quot; # Change the next two lines to match the files in the keys directory.  This should be be different for each client.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    key &quot;client1.key&quot;  # This file should be kept secret&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ns-cert-type server&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    cipher BF-CBC        # Blowfish (default) encrytion&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    comp-lzo&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    verb 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance!" />
  <row Id="36003" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20209" RevisionGUID="ba754f00-6324-427a-a5c9-f2ce2a50242f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:11:36.683" UserDisplayName="Ryan" Text="Can't access the internet when connected to OpenVPN server" />
  <row Id="36004" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20209" RevisionGUID="ba754f00-6324-427a-a5c9-f2ce2a50242f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:11:36.683" UserDisplayName="Ryan" Text="&lt;openvpn&gt;&lt;internet&gt;&lt;windows2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="36005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20210" RevisionGUID="425cbaf8-c6b7-4021-a826-dfa5260d1f6e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:16:33.227" UserDisplayName="Adrien Pestel" Text="For the web part I would use Nginx (lighttpd is getting older ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the datas :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best way for this kind of job is looking to something like MapReduce.&#xD;&#xA;Hadoop is a free implementation of MapReduce.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just store statistics to simple file and batch them in a key/value system like HBase (part of Hadoop).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you have a fully redundant (thanks to HDFS) and scalable solution that can handle petabytes of datas.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20211" RevisionGUID="f78fd3bb-311a-4070-9080-66d13c5ccb18" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:18:26.080" UserId="8021" Text="In my experience, it's been heat. There's not a lot of airflow in these devices (no fans) and they're usually tucked up in closets or somewhere with no airflow. My last wireless router was screwed into a wall high in a closet. It lasted a year, and the case was always warm. When I replaced it (with the same model of linksys), I put a fan up there with it and the current one has lasted three years. " />
  <row Id="36008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20213" RevisionGUID="5d09dae9-a746-45c4-9323-889806e738a1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:22:31.953" UserId="3920" Text="Forget about awk and grep. Check out [asql][1]. Why write unreadable scripts when you can use sql like syntax for querying the logfile. Eg.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    asql v0.6 - type 'help' for help.&#xD;&#xA;    asql&gt; load /home/skx/hg/engaging/logs/access.log&#xD;&#xA;    Loading: /home/skx/hg/engaging/logs/access.log&#xD;&#xA;    sasql&gt; select COUNT(id) FROM logs&#xD;&#xA;    46&#xD;&#xA;    asql&gt; alias hits SELECT COUNT(id) FROM logs&#xD;&#xA;    ALIAS hits SELECT COUNT(id) FROM logs&#xD;&#xA;    asql&gt; alias ips SELECT DISTINCT(source) FROM logs;&#xD;&#xA;    ALIAS ips SELECT DISTINCT(source) FROM logs;&#xD;&#xA;    asql&gt; hits&#xD;&#xA;    46&#xD;&#xA;    asql&gt; alias&#xD;&#xA;    ALIAS hits SELECT COUNT(id) FROM logs&#xD;&#xA;    ALIAS ips SELECT DISTINCT(source) FROM logs;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.steve.org.uk/Software/asql/" />
  <row Id="36009" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13494" RevisionGUID="c80c0514-0164-41db-b664-bde0823248aa" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:23:54.463" UserId="3920" Comment="Added the link" Text="Some time back google did an analysis of Git and Mercurial. You can read it online on &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://code.google.com/p/support/wiki/DVCSAnalysis" />
  <row Id="36010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20214" RevisionGUID="5da94d2d-0832-44ac-97f7-fcb9ab5324b1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:25:20.047" UserId="6419" Text="fogproject.org&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used this extensively and it works great." />
  <row Id="36011" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20209" RevisionGUID="44a47128-6a28-43f2-93e4-050095d70c52" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:25:21.950" UserDisplayName="Ryan" Comment="added 289 characters in body" Text="I have recently installed OpenVPN on my windows 2003 server.&#xD;&#xA;Once someone is connected to the server, they do not have internet access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - My network is on 192.168.1.1&#xD;&#xA; - my server is on 192.168.1.110  &#xD;&#xA; - I am using the dd-wrt firmware &#xD;&#xA; - I have enabled port 1194 for 192.168.1.110 on the router &#xD;&#xA; - Routing and Remote Access is disabled &#xD;&#xA; - I have 2 Tap-Win32 Adapter V8(s) on my windows 2003 server &#xD;&#xA; - I have tried setting this line to 192.168.1.1 and also my isp's dns servers &#xD;&#xA;push &quot;dhcp-option DNS 192.168.1.1&quot;  # Replace the Xs with the IP address of the DNS for your&#xD;&#xA;   home network (usually your ISP's DNS)&#xD;&#xA; - I have created an advanced routing Gateway in dd-wrt &#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;         Destination LAN NET: 192.168.10.0&#xD;&#xA;         Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.252&#xD;&#xA;         Gateway: 192.168.1.110&#xD;&#xA;         Interface: Lan &amp; WLAN&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have followed this website exactly:  http://www.itsatechworld.com/2006/01/29/how-to-configure-openvpn/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:  I just tried to connect through the cmd prompt and get the following subnet error - potential route subnet conflict between local LAN [192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0] and remote VPN [192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My server file looks as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    local 192.168.1.110 # This is the IP address of the real network interface on the server connected to the router&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    port 1194 # This is the port OpenVPN is running on - make sure the router is port forwarding this port to the above IP&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    proto udp # UDP tends to perform better than TCP for VPN&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    mssfix 1400 # This setting fixed problems I was having with apps like Remote Desktop&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    push &quot;dhcp-option DNS 192.168.1.1&quot;  # Replace the Xs with the IP address of the DNS for your home network (usually your ISP's DNS)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    #push &quot;dhcp-option DNS X.X.X.X&quot;  # A second DNS server if you have one&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    dev tap&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    #dev-node MyTAP  #If you renamed your TAP interface or have more than one TAP interface then remove the # at the beginning and change &quot;MyTAP&quot; to its name&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ca &quot;ca.crt&quot;  &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    cert &quot;server.crt&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    key &quot;server.key&quot;  # This file should be kept secret&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    dh &quot;dh1024.pem&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    server 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.128  # This assigns the virtual IP address and subent to the server's OpenVPN connection.  Make sure the Routing Table entry matches this.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    push &quot;redirect-gateway def1&quot;  # This will force the clients to use the home network's internet connection&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    keepalive 10 120&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    cipher BF-CBC        # Blowfish (default) encryption&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    comp-lzo&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    max-clients 100 # Assign the maximum number of clients here&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    persist-key&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    persist-tun&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    status openvpn-status.log&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    verb 1 # This sets how detailed the log file will be.  0 causes problems and higher numbers can give you more detail for troubleshooting&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My client1 file is as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    client&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    dev tap&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    #dev-node MyTAP  #If you renamed your TAP interface or have more than one TAP interface then remove the # at the beginning and change &quot;MyTAP&quot; to its name&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    proto udp&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    remote my-dyna-dns.com 1194  #You will need to enter you dyndns account or static IP address here. The number following it is the port you set in the server's config&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    route 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 vpn_gateway 3  #This it the IP address scheme and subnet of your normal network your server is on.  Your router would usually be 192.168.1.1&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    resolv-retry infinite&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    nobind&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    persist-key&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    persist-tun&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ca &quot;ca.crt&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    cert &quot;client1.crt&quot; # Change the next two lines to match the files in the keys directory.  This should be be different for each client.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    key &quot;client1.key&quot;  # This file should be kept secret&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ns-cert-type server&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    cipher BF-CBC        # Blowfish (default) encrytion&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    comp-lzo&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    verb 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.imagechicken.com/uploads/1244172383041838100.jpg" />
  <row Id="36012" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20139" RevisionGUID="ceb032d4-a3cf-4cea-9398-54835bf3c1f3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:25:23.463" UserId="5223" Comment="added more details about complexity level required" Text="I have several cases where I need applications to be migrated from one server to another in the event of a failure (server hang or crash).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On solaris we do this with VCS (Veritas Cluster Server).&#xD;&#xA;What options are available for Linux?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please indicate level of effort to setup/maintain or cost (if any) for each.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-- More details added --&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To give a idea of the complexity level:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- failing server could hang or crash without notice, may still be 'ping-able'&#xD;&#xA;- recovery server needs to start up it's applications on failover&#xD;&#xA;- once failing server boots/power-cycles, it becomes passive as not to intefere with the recovery server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a data collection or compute node, not a database, so simpler solutions could work." />
  <row Id="36013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20215" RevisionGUID="45fa4514-4407-4706-b62e-139acc4eba13" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:25:28.500" UserDisplayName="zwr" Text="I used to come with the problem,and i have solved it with a popular Outlook recovery tool called Advanced Outlook Repair . It is a powerful tool to recover messages, folders and other objects from corrupt or damaged Microsoft Outlook PST files. Detailed information about Advanced Outlook Repair can be found at http://www.datanumen.com/aor/" />
  <row Id="36014" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20216" RevisionGUID="074e1454-0017-47c1-a83a-9c12af26e4f5" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:25:51.730" UserId="7200" Text="It looks to me like the server is pushing the &quot;redirect-gateway&quot; option down to the client. This causes the client to use the VPN as its default gateway. Comment out the line in the server config 'push &quot;redirect-gateway def1&quot;'. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Woah there-- just saw your edit. You client can't be using the same IP addresses as the LAN it's connecting to. That's not going to work. One end or the other needs to use different IP addresses." />
  <row Id="36015" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20217" RevisionGUID="50763459-8178-495f-97e9-166d250a12d4" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:29:40.023" UserDisplayName="Todd Gardner" Text="I went to the site in question, it tried to install a trojan like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.martinsecurity.net/2008/09/04/analyzing-a-malicious-pdf-trojpdfjs-a/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Loading a malicious pdf with javascript. Viewing the code, it also looks very similar. Probably should be avoided unless you've locked down your computer. As for solutions, I think contacting your hosting company, as Anapologetos said, would be the essential first step." />
  <row Id="36016" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20217" RevisionGUID="50763459-8178-495f-97e9-166d250a12d4" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:29:40.023" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20218" RevisionGUID="cb97302a-d059-4d3c-b984-5df7230f1f53" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:30:58.600" UserId="4392" Text="Evan's comment is right on, except that I would urge you to consider enabling the &quot;redire-gateway&quot; and configuring the server to accept all internet-bound traffic, at least if you do any content filtering. If you don't, your laptops become (even more of) a vulnerability to your network. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Split-tunnel VPN is generally considered &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.isaserver.org/tutorials/2004fixipsectunnel.html&quot;&gt;insecure&lt;/a&gt; since it essentially offers attackers who compromise the laptop a short-circuit to the juicy center of your network. " />
  <row Id="36018" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20219" RevisionGUID="2c723e19-77b3-4867-a731-6bb466920682" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:31:56.447" UserId="7861" Text="It's difficult to get into specifics without knowing where you are wanting to go...but:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;cool things we've done:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - RSS feeds from external sites to their &quot;My Sites&quot;&#xD;&#xA; - weather updates on our intranet home page&#xD;&#xA; - Using Excel Web Services (like you were asking about data from excel) to post graphs and data from excel as well as KPI's (key performance indicators...so green, yellow, red)&#xD;&#xA; - workflows for expense reports and timesheets&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is lots you can do in Sharepoint though...one of the biggest things though for us was moving almost all of the user's home drive data to their My Site and setting up departmental sub-sites to allow them to collaborate together.  Thus making it a much more interactive &quot;file server&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36019" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20163" RevisionGUID="c7a67762-2aaa-447e-b3dd-8f803bc1a056" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:33:54.493" UserId="8021" Comment="Edit to provide requested details" Text="Michael is correct that the community is a bit fractured right now, and documentation is a tad sparse. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actually, it's all there, it's just impossible to understand. What you really want is the &quot;Pacemaker Configuration Explained&quot; ebook... (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.clusterlabs.org/mediawiki/images/f/fb/Configuration_Explained.pdf&quot;&gt;Link to PDF&lt;/a&gt;). You'll want to read it about a dozen times, and then try to implement it, and then read it another dozen times so that you can actually grok it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best supported implementation of cluster services for Linux at this point is probably going to be Novell's SLES11 and it's High Availability Extension (HAE). It JUST came out a month or two ago, and it comes with a nice thick 200 page manual that describes how to set it up and get things running. Novell has also been excellent about supporting Pacemaker configurations in various forms. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Beyond that, there's RHEL5's implementation, which has the same package and decent documentation, but I think it's more expensive than SLES. At least, it is for us. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would avoid Heartbeat right now and go with Pacekmaker/OpenAIS because they're going to be much better supported going into the future. HOWEVER, the current state of the community is such that there are a few experts, there are a few people who are running it in production, and there are a whole ton of people that are completely clueless. Join the Pacemaker mailing list and pay attention to a man named Andrew Beekhof.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit to provide requested details: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pacemaker/OpenAIS uses a 'monitor' operation on a 'primitive resource' (e.g. nfs-server) to keep track of what the resource is doing. If the example NFS server goes unresponsive to the rest of the cluster for X number of seconds, then the cluster will execute a STONITH (Shoot The Other Node In The Head) operation to shut down the primary node, promoting the secondary node to active. You decide in the configuration what to bring up afterward and associated actions to take. Implementation details from there depend on what service you're trying to make fail over, execution windows for certain operations (such as promoting the primary node back to master) and the whole thing's pretty much as configurable as possible. " />
  <row Id="36020" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20220" RevisionGUID="56208114-da8a-4e6d-9cf2-3567ee2286bd" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:37:59.073" UserId="7861" Text="While I don't recommend the following approach overall, nobody has mentioned it but you could let them connect using POP3 settings instead and it will allow you to setup their username and password when you create the profile.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This would eliminate the prompting for a username/password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, there are definitely caveats to going the POP3 route though (server side email, etc.)...so be aware." />
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  <row Id="36024" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20217" RevisionGUID="9f4e9445-3c51-4e04-bdbb-1011407b811d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:40:37.790" UserDisplayName="Todd Gardner" Comment="added 37 characters in body" Text="(don't have the rep for comments)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I went to the site in question, it tried to install a trojan like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.martinsecurity.net/2008/09/04/analyzing-a-malicious-pdf-trojpdfjs-a/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Loading a malicious pdf with javascript. Viewing the code, it also looks very similar. Probably should be avoided unless you've locked down your computer. As for solutions, I think contacting your hosting company, as Anapologetos said, would be the essential first step." />
  <row Id="36025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20222" RevisionGUID="7877eefd-b79e-477a-92ce-ddec4deab5cc" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:41:32.547" UserId="7732" Text="So I stuffed an upgrade of debian, both upgrade and dist-upgrade. I am more used to yum but thats no excuse. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now things are being silly. The majority of things work, however, my bugzilla install fails. On loading bugzilla I get a 500 error and this is logged in the error.log;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;[Fri Jun 05 12:34:16 2009] [error] [client 172.20.0.160] Can't locate Email/Address.pm in @INC (@INC contains: . /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 /usr/local/lib/site_perl) at Bugzilla/Mailer.pm line 48.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[Fri Jun 05 12:34:16 2009] [error] [client 172.20.0.160] BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Bugzilla/Mailer.pm line 48.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[Fri Jun 05 12:34:16 2009] [error] [client 172.20.0.160] Compilation failed in require at Bugzilla/Token.pm line 35.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[Fri Jun 05 12:34:16 2009] [error] [client 172.20.0.160] BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Bugzilla/Token.pm line 35.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[Fri Jun 05 12:34:16 2009] [error] [client 172.20.0.160] Compilation failed in require at Bugzilla/Auth/Persist/Cookie.pm line 37.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[Fri Jun 05 12:34:16 2009] [error] [client 172.20.0.160] BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Bugzilla/Auth/Persist/Cookie.pm line 37.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[Fri Jun 05 12:34:16 2009] [error] [client 172.20.0.160] Compilation failed in require at Bugzilla/Auth.pm line 37.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[Fri Jun 05 12:34:16 2009] [error] [client 172.20.0.160] BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Bugzilla/Auth.pm line 37.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[Fri Jun 05 12:34:16 2009] [error] [client 172.20.0.160] Compilation failed in require at Bugzilla.pm line 31.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[Fri Jun 05 12:34:16 2009] [error] [client 172.20.0.160] BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Bugzilla.pm line 31.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[Fri Jun 05 12:34:16 2009] [error] [client 172.20.0.160] Compilation failed in require at /var/www/bugzilla/index.cgi line 34.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[Fri Jun 05 12:34:16 2009] [error] [client 172.20.0.160] BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /var/www/bugzilla/index.cgi line 34.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[Fri Jun 05 12:34:16 2009] [error] [client 172.20.0.160] Premature end of script headers: index.cgi&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, when I run checksetup.pl from Bugzilla, it seems to end prematurely;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Checking user setup ...&#xD;&#xA;Removing existing compiled templates ...&#xD;&#xA;Precompiling templates ...&#xD;&#xA;Not a subroutine reference at /usr/share/perl5/Bugzilla/Template.pm line 59.&#xD;&#xA;Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/bugzilla/lib/checksetup.pl line 1291&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have reinstalled both perl and perl-base;&#xD;&#xA; &gt; apt-get install --reinstall perl-base &lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;apt-get install --reinstall perl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And have had no success.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help would be muchly appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, this site is becoming a lifesaver for a systems-noob like myself and I am really thankful to all the help I get.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Christian" />
  <row Id="36026" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20222" RevisionGUID="7877eefd-b79e-477a-92ce-ddec4deab5cc" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:41:32.547" UserId="7732" Text="Broken upgrade of debian, causing perl issues" />
  <row Id="36027" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20222" RevisionGUID="7877eefd-b79e-477a-92ce-ddec4deab5cc" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:41:32.547" UserId="7732" Text="&lt;bugzilla&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;perl&gt;&lt;apt&gt;&lt;aptitude&gt;" />
  <row Id="36028" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20223" RevisionGUID="dc189621-70c0-4ada-872d-134fb0e828f8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:41:56.570" UserId="8021" Text="Keep an eye on &lt;i&gt;what gets upgraded or installed&lt;/i&gt; as you're running apt-get upgrade. (And make sure you run it in interactive mode so you can say no.) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MOST linux upgrades do not require a reboot. My list of 'things I know may require a reboot' includes: upgraded kernel modules or a new kernel, dlm updates, video drivers, and a handfull of other things that I recognize when I see them but can't remember off the top of my head. Part of the 'experience' thing that comes with being a linux sysadmin for x number of years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally, if I know the dependencies for a particular library have been updated, I'll end up restarting some extra services just to make sure they didn't have something cached oddly. For example, when I see an upgrade to openssl, if it doesn't bounce apache, mysql, and openvpn, I'll do that manually really quick just to be on the safe side because all of those server processes use ssl. " />
  <row Id="36029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20224" RevisionGUID="03eb9ed3-6bbd-4369-89f7-6bbc1f1ab691" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:42:45.900" UserId="2718" Text="FAM used to have this feature way back when. I don't know if it has been/can be ported to use inotify as a backend, though..." />
  <row Id="36030" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20225" RevisionGUID="e96f3e72-f3ae-49bb-a3bb-1278488c2f17" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:42:58.037" UserDisplayName="Adam Jacob Muller" Text="Dell r610/r710 (we just started getting these at work) are SUPER quiet at idle. Start to push them and the fans are obviously going to kick, but at idle, they barely whisper." />
  <row Id="36031" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18295" RevisionGUID="6d1bb2d3-2c40-44a3-9713-70fde19f907f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:43:08.597" UserId="2621" Comment="Added snapshot and ESX questions" Text="Can you try the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Have you logged in as the administrator to confirm this does not happen on that acccount?&#xD;&#xA; 2. Can you create a new account and verify the same problem occurs?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will at least attempt to resolve if just a profile issue. I have run wk8 since the beta and am now using 2k8 R2 RC and have not experienced this problem at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some more questions incase just an IO/Memory Issue:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Are you running the HyperV role? &#xD;&#xA; 2. If you have HyperV how many VM's running and what is the memory allocation on host system? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;You could also try a search in the MSDN/Technet forums and see if anyone else experiences your issues. But the first 2 steps should help us narrow the problem down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Updated: So you are running under VMWare. Is this workstation or ESX? Have you tried copying to another server and merging your snapshots to eliminate the Virtual disk subsystem as the issue? " />
  <row Id="36032" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20226" RevisionGUID="8964c001-8cd1-4989-9939-056ac06d01ae" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:46:12.180" UserId="5808" Text="They don't make it difficult, either.  Assuming that you have allowed the operating system to configure the primary interface for you, there are three (3) files you must change:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;/etc/hosts&#xD;&#xA;/etc/nodename&#xD;&#xA;/etc/hostname.&amp;lt;interface&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;interface&amp;gt; will be the primary ethernet interface for the system.  Some examples (depending on your architecture) will be bge0, hme0, e1000g0, eri0, qfe0. Here's an ad-free answer for future reference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20227" RevisionGUID="9598bd76-dff1-476d-ba46-b8397cb448a4" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:49:40.940" UserId="8255" Text="Many of these small devices have a hard time with power sags and brownouts. If the power goes completely out (and stays off for a few seconds), then comes back on, things are OK, but other power problems cause lockups or other strange problems (returns pings, but won't route). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When we moved into our house 8 years ago, our power was rock solid for several years and my Linksys WRT54GL never missed a beat. During the last few years, there has been a lot of nearby construction and power sags and outages have become relatively common. If the lights flicker, often my computer will keep going, there is a 50% chance that the coffee maker's clock will reset, but there is about a 90% chance that the WRT54GL will lockup. I assume a UPS would fix the problem, but just I haven't gotten around to trying it. At some point, the wall transformer failed. It seems that the WRT54GL has been better since it was replaced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also: Many of these devices run Linux (mine runs openwrt). The more traffic you push through a typical Linux device, the more likely you are to run out of some type of kernel resource (slots to keep track of TCP or NAT sessions,  process handles, etc.). Rebooting the device will reset the tables. We had this type of problem with Linux based firewalls in our data center. I never was able to track down what kind of resource limit was being hit, but adding RAM helped and finally a substantial hardware upgrade (running the same software) has fixed the problem completely." />
  <row Id="36034" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20228" RevisionGUID="f3c9413a-e1a3-48f9-bac6-8d1b3f021295" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:49:54.433" UserId="3437" Text="Don't be elitist.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*&quot;Don't waste my time, buddy. You're just a dogsbody sysadmin; **I** write the software and **you** merely service it. So just shut up with your petty concerns and do as I say, OK?&quot;*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A developer actually said those words to me once(1). In email. CC'd to a large distribution group. The implication was clear: as a developer, he was lord and master of the entire software universe; and I was simply a day-laborer hired to deal with tasks too trivial for him to waste his valuable time on. Of course this is a nearly worst-case example, but you know, I've heard strong and weak echoes of that comment from a number of developers both before and since(2). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may make more money than me (but don't assume it!). But it takes a team to build, operate, and maintain the systems that our users rely on. Ultimately **we all serve them.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I get that your job and your skills are different than mine. I respect your abilities. I hope you'll answer my questions even when they seem elementary and stupid to you. I'll cheerfully return this courtesy!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not on a mad power-trip, as so many bad (or simply uncaring) devs have said and thought and posted in various forums. But my concerns are different than yours, and my questions and suggestions are not in service of my ego. Indeed my job is to make you look better, by keeping your apps in tip-top running condition, available and responsive to all the users. To do it, I have to keep the rest of the network and systems also running in tip-top shape. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm fully aware that you have run into stupid, power-mad, and/or just plain lazy admins in the past. I'm trying not to be one and not to look like one. If you leave room for this possibility, and acknowledge it when you see it, I'm pretty sure you'll get what you need while those other assholes are still fuming about what an asshole their sysadmin is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(1)He was also insisting that his program (a tool for writing and managing software requirements) needed domain admin privileges to install and run. It was a **major** security risk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(2)I have also worked with many awesome developers who could teach when necessary, and learn when necessary. " />
  <row Id="36035" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20217" RevisionGUID="a30883e6-fd6b-4714-ba71-db1a805c3f51" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:51:19.003" UserDisplayName="Todd Gardner" Comment="deleted 37 characters in body" Text="I went to the site in question, it tried to install a trojan like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.martinsecurity.net/2008/09/04/analyzing-a-malicious-pdf-trojpdfjs-a/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Loading a malicious pdf with javascript. Viewing the code, it also looks very similar. Probably should be avoided unless you've locked down your computer. As for solutions, I think contacting your hosting company, as Anapologetos said, would be the essential first step." />
  <row Id="36036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20229" RevisionGUID="e77808f7-a55e-4c9e-abd2-246f2351f1d7" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:56:40.020" UserId="4392" Text="      perl -MCPAN -e shell &#xD;&#xA;      install Email::Address&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe? I'm no perl person..." />
  <row Id="36039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20231" RevisionGUID="1f04381d-f6ff-4459-ae4f-3573c7898662" CreationDate="2009-06-05T02:59:01.017" UserId="2546" Text="You are using Perl 5.10 - are you trying to install an older version of Bugzilla which doesn't work with it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use a more recent Bugzilla ([3.0.2][1] and up) or [see here][2] for a workaround.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=390442&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://markmail.org/message/ee756b345n3gg7gh#query:%22subroutine%20reference%20at%20%2Fusr%2Fshare%2Fperl5%2FBugzilla%2FTemplate.pm%20line%2059.%22+page:1+mid:2qcj53beh7356gk6+state:results" />
  <row Id="36040" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20232" RevisionGUID="fe0fe37a-0684-4c85-9090-4010a53f5166" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:00:51.153" UserId="7723" Text="this violates everything known to man but...in my apartment i have a poweredge 2650 that i use for testing purposes.  i pulled out the two intake fans and leave the case off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Noise Dampening will occur if&#xD;&#xA;A) you use sound deading material&#xD;&#xA;B) install in a rack." />
  <row Id="36041" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20233" RevisionGUID="adeee7a1-a2cd-4d89-8042-3144ed854efb" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:01:30.760" UserId="4392" Text="I hate to ask questions that don't really address the original request, but are you sure there's no way around keeping it in your office? Servers really weren't meant to be &quot;quiet&quot; or for use in habited areas. If the machine must be in your office, is there a reason it has to be rackable? Could it be a desktop on a rack shelf? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's got to be a better solution that won't drive you crazy. " />
  <row Id="36042" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20176" RevisionGUID="66ed5df9-3678-43ae-8e9c-3653a6339ad1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:01:45.487" UserId="5611" Comment="Added &quot;Pls. Ignore&quot; Comment" Text="First thing to do is alert your hosting company.  They will be able to look at logs you don't have access to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly: I see your using Wordpress.  You need to:&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;BR&gt;-Check and see if Wordpress is up2date&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;BR&gt;-Check and make sure that all of your Wordpress Plugins are also up2date&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If any of the above are not up2date, you need to check and see if the version you are running has a known vulnerability. (Check the software's site, etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Start going through your webroot to find any out of place files.  Make sure to look in temp dirs also.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is found to be a bad hack, you will want to restore from a known good backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should get you started in the right direction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anapologetos&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:&#xD;&#xA;Please Ignore / Thumb Down XTZ's answer.  It is reactionary and dangerous, not to mention inaccurate.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36043" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20234" RevisionGUID="55805511-1d5a-4536-9e86-54c8538abaee" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:01:48.950" UserId="8021" Text="Beyond everything else here... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Ask for a simulated production environment (a development server or VM with the same configuration as the live server) and then use it to test the release process. Then provide us with this release process, including a list of changes and the order in which they should be applied (i.e. 1. Enter maintenance mode, 2. apply SQL update, 3. update source to X version, 4. leave maintenance mode, 5. pray)&#xD;&#xA;- Make sure you have a maintenance mode that can kick users out to retain data integrity. You don't want us running a big system update across several servers with users logged in and executing transactions... that's a recipe for fail in most cases. &#xD;&#xA;- Use a development model that is somewhat standardized. For instance, all of our new applications at work (web group) use Zend Framework.  &#xD;&#xA;- Provide us with changelogs that we can read, including a list of bugs fixed that we can look up to get an idea of the scope of changes. Sometimes we can identify potential problems just because we have a different point of view. " />
  <row Id="36044" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20235" RevisionGUID="81db7b90-2cc0-43ed-9afd-17ef3a42e870" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:01:59.370" UserId="6132" Text=" - Don't develop without specs&#xD;&#xA; - Document (or ensure that those who do document do so accurately)&#xD;&#xA; - Don't be afraid to support the customer (as a higher tier level of support)" />
  <row Id="36045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20236" RevisionGUID="bc5403fc-8aa9-42f7-90f7-12677d848da9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:04:13.780" UserId="7723" Text="Clonezilla server can handle this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.clonezilla.org for all instructions, you will have to setup a DRBL server and configure clonezilla.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure to create some livecds/usbs as i have found not all machines can PXE boot on provided drivers." />
  <row Id="36046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20237" RevisionGUID="4b641516-97ef-49b9-9c49-eb023d5b625b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:06:15.807" UserId="3539" Text="So I have screen compiled with 256 colors, running on Konsole in 256 color mode. If start screen, the TERM is set to &quot;screen&quot;. If I manually export the TERM to screen-256color everything works beautifully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have two questions. The first is why screen is setting the TERM to &quot;screen&quot; instead of &quot;screen-256color&quot; when it supports this? The second is, if I have the following line in my .screenrc file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    term    screen-256color&#xD;&#xA;why is screen *still* not setting my term?" />
  <row Id="36047" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20237" RevisionGUID="4b641516-97ef-49b9-9c49-eb023d5b625b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:06:15.807" UserId="3539" Text="Setting $TERM for gnu screen" />
  <row Id="36048" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20237" RevisionGUID="4b641516-97ef-49b9-9c49-eb023d5b625b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:06:15.807" UserId="3539" Text="&lt;screen&gt;&lt;term&gt;" />
  <row Id="36049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20238" RevisionGUID="17d4fd67-d6b8-4ac2-87d0-b7903b08d7cd" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:13:24.527" UserId="5497" Text="I am running SQL Server CE replication on a web server and recently replications have been failing.  When I try to visit the diag utility (http://webaddress/Replication/SqlCeSa30.dll?Diag I get an http 401.1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HTTP Error 401.1 - Unauthorized: Access is denied due to invalid credentials.&#xD;&#xA;    Internet Information Services (IIS)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The website is setup for anonymous access in Directory Security, the file ACL permissions are all correct (and have not changed) and I re-ran the ConWizard.exe tool which said that everything was still ok.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36050" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20238" RevisionGUID="17d4fd67-d6b8-4ac2-87d0-b7903b08d7cd" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:13:24.527" UserId="5497" Text="HTTP 401.1 all of the sudden after a server reboot" />
  <row Id="36051" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20238" RevisionGUID="17d4fd67-d6b8-4ac2-87d0-b7903b08d7cd" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:13:24.527" UserId="5497" Text="&lt;replication&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;" />
  <row Id="36052" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20239" RevisionGUID="3cf2c4e7-ec37-4429-90a0-b6cc6dfe5d69" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:16:15.397" UserId="3528" Text="It's certainly possible to use imap4 or pop access to have the client save the passwords.  I'd also wonder why they have exchange onsite at all if they don't want a domain.  Domain's make file sharing easier (if there is any impact at all).  I'd be interested in the &quot;hassle&quot; copying files around.  Note that if they are using exchange 2007 they already have a domain- so it isn't saving them any less maintenance.  It is also possible to set the domain security policy to allow blank passwords.  This would allow the users to login in the morning by typing in a username only in the morning.  If the users stay at the same workstations they can be joined to the domain and the users will never know it by setting the systems to autologin.  The following steps will turn on autologin:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.run regedit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.Navigate to the following registry key: &#xD;&#xA;HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3.Double-click the DefaultUserName entry, type the user name to log on with, and then click OK. &#xD;&#xA;If DefaultUserName registry value name is not found, create the new String Value (REG_SZ) with value name as DefaultUserName.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4.Double-click the DefaultPassword entry, type the password for the user account under the value data box, and then click OK. &#xD;&#xA;If there is no DefaultPassword value, create a new String Value subkey (REG_SZ) with DefaultPassword as the value name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that if no DefaultPassword string is specified, Windows automatically changes the value of the AutoAdminLogon registry key from 1 (true) to 0 (false) to turn off the AutoAdminLogon feature.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5.In Windows Vista, DefaultDomainName has to be specified as well. To do so, double click on DefaultDomainName, and specify the domain name of the user account. If it’s local user, specify local host name. &#xD;&#xA;If the DefaultDomainName does not exist, create a new String Value (REG_SZ) registry key with value name as DefaultDomainName.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6.Double-click the AutoAdminLogon entry, type 1 in the Value Data box, and then click OK. &#xD;&#xA;If there is no AutoAdminLogon entry, create a new String Value entry (REG_SZ) with AutoAdminLogon as the value name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;7.If it exists, delete the AutoLogonCount key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;8.Quit regedit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;9.Click Start, click Restart, and then click OK.&#xD;&#xA;After computer reboots and Windows XP or Vista starts, system can log on automatically to the preset or predefined user in the registry." />
  <row Id="36053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20240" RevisionGUID="85da86b8-b418-42e5-8001-76cd24fc8e22" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:16:24.583" UserId="3437" Text="Since the original question specifies a file server, I'd like to draw your attention to **[DFS - Distributed File System][1]**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a nutshell, it can make server name issues for file servers Just Go Away(TM). With DFS you build a namespace for your files, eg *\\\domainname\DFSname\foldername* which remains constant even if you move the files to another server. And you can still use the old *\\\servername\sharename* structure concurrently, until all of your users and apps have migrated to the new DFS names. It's the best of both worlds. And as a bonus, it adds replication capabilities as well, if you need them. But you can deploy it for a single server without problem. I even have my Linux/Samba shares referenced within my DFS namespace.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;During the transition, you can use cnames; as Knox suggested, you may need to [disable strict name checking][2]. Although the linked article doesn't mention Windows 2008, [these guys (@MS)][3] say it's applicable there as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753479.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/281308/en-us&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/winservergen/thread/6f1a9b90-dba3-43c8-8c2c-d393b7a40410/" />
  <row Id="36054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20241" RevisionGUID="03e41fc6-c07b-4552-8afe-3dcf5e81b013" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:18:44.500" UserId="7645" Text="I see that you already solved this with the CPAN shell, but it would be better to install with Debian packages, that way you have only one place to check for upgrades, etc...  In fact, I'll bet if you'd used the debian bugzilla package in the first place you wouldn't have run into this problem in the first place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    apt-get install libemail-address-perl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The general case: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    apt-cache search Email::Address &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which gives you output like (but sometimes more than one package):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    libemail-address-perl - RFC 2822 Address Parsing and Creation&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, you can optionally use this to verify that the package is the right one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    apt-cache show libemail-address-perl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And finally the apt-get install that I started with." />
  <row Id="36055" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20182" RevisionGUID="703ac20e-07f5-48e1-8b51-86b9c7ecb7b4" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:19:30.663" UserId="7999" Comment="added 222 characters in body" Text="I've been curious about this for awhile now. I don't know if I'm seeing a real pattern or not, but having worked with may home office/small office wireless routers for a few years now. I've noticed that the heavier the traffic is in the environment, the less reliable they become over time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Desktops become clogged with malware and innumerable user installed programs, but a router just sits there &quot;untouched&quot; - pretty much the same as the day that you pulled it out of the box - other than occasional firmware updates. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not talking about total failure, but the frequency that they become unresponsive. A quick reboot and users can connect again, but over time those reboots happen once a day to twice a week rather than once a month.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess typically overtime bandwidth demands also go up. More users connecting or downloading/streaming more things, but in a couple environments where usage rates stay relatively constant, it still seems to happen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would think that the hardware would basically either work or not rather than a general decline. What components, hardware or software, might be causing this or is it a made up pattern in my head?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** Not to make this question more complicated, but sometimes it's just the wireless access that stops. The wired computers continues to work just fine. Hopefully, some others can confirm that they've seen this, too." />
  <row Id="36056" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20182" RevisionGUID="c356b753-6da2-4e7b-b447-4f1d16e652e1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:26:02.240" UserId="7999" Comment="added 12 characters in body" Text="I've been curious about this for awhile now. I don't know if I'm seeing a real pattern or not, but having worked with many home office/small office wireless routers for a few years now, I've noticed that the heavier the traffic is in the environment, the less reliable they become over time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Desktops become clogged with malware and innumerable user installed programs, but a router just sits there &quot;untouched&quot; - pretty much the same as the day that you pulled it out of the box - other than occasional firmware updates. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not talking about total failure, but the frequency that they become unresponsive. A quick reboot and users can connect again, but over time those reboots happen 3-4 times/wk rather than once a month or once every 6 months.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess typically over time bandwidth demands also go up - more users connecting or downloading/streaming more things, but in a couple environments where usage rates stay relatively constant, it still seems to happen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would think that the hardware would basically either work or not rather than a general decline. What components, hardware or software, might be causing this or is it a made up pattern in my head?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** Not to make this question more complicated, but sometimes it's just the wireless access that stops. The wired computers continues to work just fine. Hopefully, some others can confirm that they've seen this, too." />
  <row Id="36057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20242" RevisionGUID="b2f23af5-5ddf-46fc-a82d-7753251fe9b0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:26:44.173" UserId="8278" Text="Ive got a strong background in Linux and OSX, and just left a job where I was architecting systems based on those platforms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I've got a Windows Server running IIS that has a number of different websites that it hosts. Most of them are just a bunch of HTML, JS and Images, with some ASP for some customer tools. (Each website has a different set of customer tools, or they are the same tools, but with minor code changes between them.) I'm also adding a develop web server with the same code, but the 'bleeding edge' stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need an effective way of managing changes and updates to the overall codebase (henceforth referring to both the images and the html and the asp, for all the sites). When a dev (or webmaster) checks in changes, I want it to show up automatically on the developer server, but should be manually pushed out to the live server. I'd be tempted to just make the websites SVN repositories, but I'd be concerned about the overhead of having the webdeveloper having to log into the server and trigger an SVN update via commandline/tortise (and heaven forbid, manage tags).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally I'd also manage IIS profile settings between the systems, but the major need is to be able to manage the process, and expose it to our ASP developer, and our webmaster, both of which are used to just FTPing up the files to the live site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, any recommendations on tools (beyond some SVN hacking with BAT files + teaching the webmaster how to log into the server and do updates) or workflows that would help this out? I even considered an RPM type package (or some Windows equivalent, of course) to manage the live server, but that seems like a bit too much overhead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="36058" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20242" RevisionGUID="b2f23af5-5ddf-46fc-a82d-7753251fe9b0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:26:44.173" UserId="8278" Text="Tools for managing code deployment/versioning for IIS / Windows enviroments" />
  <row Id="36059" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20242" RevisionGUID="b2f23af5-5ddf-46fc-a82d-7753251fe9b0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:26:44.173" UserId="8278" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;deployment&gt;&lt;version-control&gt;" />
  <row Id="36060" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20243" RevisionGUID="58e99126-4818-4835-b8fc-e808c7f00c8d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:27:20.757" UserId="2660" Text="The following tasks are done by my team on a very regular basis with PowerShell&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - list the available memory on all the nodes of our Hyper-V clusters.&#xD;&#xA; - Manage a Netapp filer&#xD;&#xA; - Provision new Hyper-V Virtual Machines&#xD;&#xA; - Write to and Read from SharePoint lists programmatically&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Day to day, I have a PS prompt up all the time and use it for any one off tasks that I used to use CMD for." />
  <row Id="36061" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20243" RevisionGUID="58e99126-4818-4835-b8fc-e808c7f00c8d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:27:20.757" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36062" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20244" RevisionGUID="81d3198b-25f3-45d9-bb85-1c29d0716ce3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:29:54.603" UserId="8278" Text="In addition to Adam's point, multiple cores mean that you can run multiple processes at once - when using a webserver that's threaded, you can server more clients simultaneously without (as much) context switching between threads." />
  <row Id="36063" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20245" RevisionGUID="ad04f29a-4c95-425a-8c65-f2804673fdf7" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:35:26.917" UserId="8278" Text="Making Things Happen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596517717/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the updated edition of this critically acclaimed and bestselling book, Microsoft insider Scott Berkun offers a collection of essays on field-tested philosophies and strategies for defining, leading, and managing projects. Based on his nine years of experience as a program manager for Microsoft's biggest projects, Berkun explains to technical and non-technical readers alike what it takes to get through a large software or web development project." />
  <row Id="36064" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20246" RevisionGUID="75160295-27e6-4dcd-8c95-673455d0eae8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:38:43.370" UserId="3528" Text="There's alot of intersting apps in the fantastic 40 (available here [Templates][1]) Also note that the sharepoint site is actually running on sharepoint server [Microsoft Office SharePoint Server ][2] and it does a good job of showing off some of the capabilites of SPS2007.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;as far as the authentication question goes, to keep users from being prompted for login when going to a SharePoint site, you need to add the site to either your Local Intranet or Trusted Sites zones in your IE security settings. If you are using IE7 and add the site to the Trusted zone, then you also need to modify the authentication type for the zone itself. I'd recommend adding it to local intranet myself but there are times that you'd want it in trusted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By default IE7 is set to pass through authentication only for the Local intranet zone. So, to make the prompt go away in trusted zones you must modify the security settings for Trusted zones. Go to your Internet Options, on the security tab select the Trusted zone and then click the Custom level button. Scroll all the way to the bottom and change the setting for Logon to Automatic logon with current username and password. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Uploading excel to a list is simple in excel 2007&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;data--list--create list (follow the prompts)&#xD;&#xA;data--list--publish (follow the prompts)&#xD;&#xA;the URl is the url of the site without default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/Pages/Default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/Pages/Default.aspx" />
  <row Id="36065" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="5632" RevisionGUID="f99a49a2-9f9c-4107-a76c-3dc68daeee50" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:42:14.000" UserId="1684" />
  <row Id="36066" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5632" RevisionGUID="f99a49a2-9f9c-4107-a76c-3dc68daeee50" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:42:14.000" UserId="1684" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;shell&gt;&lt;recommendation&gt;" />
  <row Id="36067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20247" RevisionGUID="7afdb833-79e1-4524-aff1-1eebddc3c4e9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:42:22.830" UserId="4460" Text="I'll second the Limoncelli, et.al. 'The Practice of System and Network Administration,' but I'll add another, and possibly place it higher - Eliyahu M. Goldratt's 'The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement'&#xD;&#xA;I think it places any enterprise SysAdmin in the mindset of 'how do all plates spinning lead to a company's common goal.'  When I worked QA/Field Engineer work at an ERP software co., prior to getting into SysAdmin work, this was 'the bible.'" />
  <row Id="36068" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20248" RevisionGUID="14f044fb-abfb-45aa-8304-1c7cf37336eb" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:42:45.980" UserId="5989" Text="Inspired by a similar question [specifically about developers][1], I would like to know how system administrators work with Database Administrators better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my 10 years experience as a system administrator, I've worked with a variety of DBAs. I've seen a lot of conflict on both sides, most often due to disagreements about who owns what, especially regarding security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the question is: How do you come to compromise when disagreeing with DBAs?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/16698/what-do-you-wish-developers-would-do-differently" />
  <row Id="36069" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20248" RevisionGUID="14f044fb-abfb-45aa-8304-1c7cf37336eb" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:42:45.980" UserId="5989" Text="What would make working with DBAs easier?" />
  <row Id="36070" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20248" RevisionGUID="14f044fb-abfb-45aa-8304-1c7cf37336eb" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:42:45.980" UserId="5989" Text="&lt;dba&gt;&lt;communication&gt;&lt;relationships&gt;" />
  <row Id="36071" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20249" RevisionGUID="41abe7ce-f0f1-4d8d-99cb-0cc0d8dfcc98" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:45:46.740" UserId="4460" Text="Eliyahu M. Goldratt's 'The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement' I think it places any enterprise SysAdmin in the mindset of 'how do all plates spinning lead to a company's common goal.' When I worked QA/Field Engineer work at an ERP software co., prior to getting into SysAdmin work, this was 'the bible.'" />
  <row Id="36072" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20075" RevisionGUID="322cc956-e108-4436-b4c0-441f504cf2c0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:46:06.910" UserId="919" Comment="added 161 characters in body" Text="I have several Ubuntu machines (mostly 8.04) that I would like to register their hostnames (or desired hostnames) with my main DNS server running on Windows 2000 so that I can access these machines from any other machine using that DNS server by hostname.  Windows clients can do this automatically with the MS client or manually with ipconfig /registerdns.  How do I do the equivalent in Linux?  I don't necessarily want to register them with the domain using Likewise Open, unless that is the only way to send DNS entries to the Windows server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are static IP's. I realize I could add the DNS entries on the Windows side manually as well, but I'm not actually in charge of that Windows DNS server." />
  <row Id="36073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20250" RevisionGUID="aa2f2289-d7c7-4f30-b616-a5d5d963d3d8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:46:12.980" UserId="10407" Text="Like anyone, be friendly. It makes life easier." />
  <row Id="36074" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20251" RevisionGUID="7fd10523-da31-452d-9b66-9f34219d7cd4" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:47:06.143" UserId="8278" Text="What tools do you install on Windows systems (servers in particular) on a regular basis - the 'can't live without' tools?" />
  <row Id="36075" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20251" RevisionGUID="7fd10523-da31-452d-9b66-9f34219d7cd4" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:47:06.143" UserId="8278" Text="Must have Windows Systems Admin tools and settings" />
  <row Id="36076" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20251" RevisionGUID="7fd10523-da31-452d-9b66-9f34219d7cd4" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:47:06.143" UserId="8278" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="36078" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20253" RevisionGUID="f6bef0df-d19d-4339-827e-de139c9d5cb8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:50:43.657" UserId="2585" Text="I've had a simple web page for years now, but it's all static HTML and I'm ready to do something more ambitious. I realize though that I have a lot of ignorance in this area, and I'd like some references for learning as much as I can on the subject.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are a couple of example questions just off the top of my head, not meant to be representative or anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If I'm signed up with a shared host, does that mean my IP address is also shared? What happens if that machine also hosts a porn site, is my site going to be added to a bunch of block lists?&#xD;&#xA; - How do I setup my site so that a Python program can serve the content?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again, I'm not looking for the answers to specific questions, I'm asking where are the references that will help me figure this stuff out on my own.  Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36079" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20253" RevisionGUID="f6bef0df-d19d-4339-827e-de139c9d5cb8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:50:43.657" UserId="2585" Text="Web hosting 101?" />
  <row Id="36080" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20253" RevisionGUID="f6bef0df-d19d-4339-827e-de139c9d5cb8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:50:43.657" UserId="2585" Text="&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;web-hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="36081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20254" RevisionGUID="a32c1c4d-afa3-4f60-beed-f530629f231d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:50:56.993" UserId="7243" Text="could you just create a [svn post commit hook][1] to copy the changed files to the dev server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.4/svn.ref.reposhooks.post-commit.html" />
  <row Id="36082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20255" RevisionGUID="dbc92d77-2e3f-42e0-8caa-ff18c6bd2c40" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:52:11.547" UserId="7861" Text="Most of this has been covered with other questions here but:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Windows server 2003 resource kit tools and management tools&#xD;&#xA;-viruscanning&#xD;&#xA;-enable remote administration&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Beyond that I don't put anything else on unless needed by the apps being &quot;served&quot;." />
  <row Id="36083" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20256" RevisionGUID="a40b5881-e233-45ab-9079-258c3f4e18df" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:52:13.483" UserId="3437" Text="None. Though I do have a [large number][1] of tools and utilities that I keep in a directory, mapping to it and using them when needed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By doing this, you don't have to reinstall them on all your servers, then be sad when you have to work on some server where the tools have not yet been installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tools.assembla.com/quuxutils" />
  <row Id="36084" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20257" RevisionGUID="fc0ff6ff-d46b-48e2-a698-88230ef49570" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:53:55.773" UserId="6550" Text="might want to check out &lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[http://serverfault.com/questions/3482/tools-a-windows-administrator-cannot-live-without][1]&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;but to summarise; SysInternals, WinDirStat and Powershell&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3482/tools-a-windows-administrator-cannot-live-without" />
  <row Id="36085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20258" RevisionGUID="950b5594-25e0-4c52-9d04-2936cffa9339" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:53:59.780" UserId="5799" Text="In reply to the first question - usually web blocklists only check hostnames, so your site shouldn't be affected." />
  <row Id="36086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20259" RevisionGUID="5663a3e6-66f3-41c6-bd0f-d5ceada7d49a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:55:22.960" UserId="7861" Text="I can speak to the first part.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most sites use host headers...so that even though hundreds of sites may be on a single IP address your site is directed to your content based on your domain name and dns info.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, yes, you could get that IP added to block lists...but usually not blocked by IP :)" />
  <row Id="36087" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20260" RevisionGUID="1cf60533-6b24-4853-90eb-8736f34c6c9e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:58:11.787" UserId="8021" Text="Nagios pinged us one morning when business hours started to say that it couldn't connect to a non-critical server. Ok, hike to the server room. It's an old server, a Dell 1650 purchased in '02, and we knew that the 1650s have been having hardware problems. The PFY stabs the power button. Nothing. Hit it again, and hold it for five seconds to 'force power on' ... which overrides the BMC's error protection, since without a DRAC there's no way to examine the BMC logs without having the power on to the chassis. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The machine starts POST, and then dies again. I'm standing above it and go, &quot;I smell smoke.&quot; We pull the server out on it's rails, and one of the power supplies feels warm, so the PFY pulls it and is about to close the box back up. I say, &quot;No, that's not power supply smoke, that's motherboard smoke.&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We open the case again and look for the source of the burning smell. Turns out an inductor coil and a capacitor something blew off the voltage regulator on the motherboard, and sprayed molten copper and capacitor goop across everything, shorting a bunch of stuff and basically making a big mess. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The worst part for me was recognizing that I'd smoked enough hardware to recognize the difference between the smell of a burnt motherboard and a burnt power supply. " />
  <row Id="36088" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20260" RevisionGUID="1cf60533-6b24-4853-90eb-8736f34c6c9e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:58:11.787" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20261" RevisionGUID="8b7eaa9a-b1bc-4074-9ed0-1b4ff9f23c67" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:00:39.393" UserId="6550" Text="A newish tool for Web Application testing is [Cenzic Hailstorm][1] It's quite extensive and will do a thorough job.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Nessus will also work quite well. You might want to read [Nessus Web App Testing PDF Guide][2] and [Security Testing with Nessus][3]&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Paul Asadoorian from [pauldotcom.com][4] is the product evangelist for nessus now, so he has quite a few good posts about using nessus to perform these kinds of tests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cenzic.com/products/software/overview/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.nessus.org/whitepapers/OWASP-05-2009-NessusWebAppTesting.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.nessus.org/whitepapers/sec_test_sc3_nessus.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://pauldotcom.com" />
  <row Id="36090" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20262" RevisionGUID="273f0bbd-d069-4f68-93f7-af2ce825cd4d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:01:09.423" UserId="8021" Text="On OpenSuSE Linux, SLES, and Novell OES (all SuSE-based products), we've got a script that runs zypper and looks for packages that need to be updated. When it finds one, it submits a ticket to JIRA and assigns it to the sysadmins. When we install the updates, we close the ticket, which leaves an audit trail that tells us when it was installed and by whom. This can be reconciled/confirmed with the zypper and sudo logs, which are centralized on a syslogging server. " />
  <row Id="36091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20263" RevisionGUID="8e925ca7-503a-4076-b9e5-6ee02774f420" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:04:36.623" UserId="919" Text="Given a set of XML files available on a Windows Share \\server\share contains spaces\direcory\, I need a bash command to download one specific file from that share.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Neither wget nor curl support any smb:// URI, and I'd like to avoid the mount command. Solutions?" />
  <row Id="36092" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20263" RevisionGUID="8e925ca7-503a-4076-b9e5-6ee02774f420" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:04:36.623" UserId="919" Text="How can I script a download from Windows File Sharing?" />
  <row Id="36093" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20263" RevisionGUID="8e925ca7-503a-4076-b9e5-6ee02774f420" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:04:36.623" UserId="919" Text="&lt;cifs&gt;&lt;smb&gt;&lt;rhel&gt;&lt;bash&gt;" />
  <row Id="36094" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20264" RevisionGUID="29b0f381-b8cd-462a-b036-18195066b977" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:04:56.967" UserId="7136" Text="Two reasons **heat** and **age**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Inexpensive home routers have very poor heat dissipation, causing lockups and poor transfer rates.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Transmitters wear out over time (probably due to item #1)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Every WiFi router I've owned has lost the transmitter eventually (usually long before the wired connections failed.)  You can extend the life of the router by mounting it in a cool dry place.  The one in my (nice clean) basement has lasted three years and is still going strong.  On top of your (dust covered) TV it will die in 1." />
  <row Id="36095" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20251" RevisionGUID="c618c7c8-587d-4fa7-af7b-254c2aecd77b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:05:19.023" UserId="8278" Comment="Clarifying Focus" Text="What tools do you install on Windows systems on a regular basis - the 'can't live without' tools?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Edit : I mean to focus on more client tools for usage rather than sysadmin tools - as pointed out http://serverfault.com/questions/3482/tools-a-windows-administrator-cannot-live-without does a good job of that)" />
  <row Id="36096" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20265" RevisionGUID="3fb3d9d1-7aa0-4b39-b13d-4ebaa15f4287" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:06:31.410" UserId="4651" Text="smbclient can be scripted to upload or download files using the -c option.  Syntax is similar to ftp.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;smbclient -I [server IP] &quot;//servername/path with spaces/&quot; -c &quot;get [filename]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20266" RevisionGUID="366723eb-32a0-402d-a804-262ff94435e2" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:10:12.103" UserId="984" Text="&gt; How do I setup my site so that a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Python program can serve the content?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depends on how you like your python.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [FastCGI][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Mod_python][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [Zope][3]&#xD;&#xA; - many others&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; What happens if that machine also&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hosts a porn site, is my site going to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; be added to a bunch of block lists?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check the usage policies.  Some hosting providers won't do porn, and make it clear in their usage agreements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Either way, it probably won't be a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://cleverdevil.org/computing/24/python-fastcgi-wsgi-and-lighttpd&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.modpython.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.zope.org/" />
  <row Id="36098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20267" RevisionGUID="e77abf33-f967-4c63-be95-cdb5606cd94e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:15:19.427" UserId="919" Text="&gt; How do I setup my site so that a Python program can serve the content?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apache is a highly extendable system. [mod_python][1] is one way of doing what you are looking for. In general, modules are a common form way to extend apache to support a given language. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're hungry for more, the [Apache HTTPD Documentation][2] is full of information and tutorials. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.modpython.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/" />
  <row Id="36099" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20268" RevisionGUID="ec2af3dd-7f14-4e57-a3db-681ad71b0381" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:16:26.880" UserId="2637" Text="I think it's helpful to remember that when doing your job, sometimes the way you do things may not make the most sense to outside observers, but you do them that way for a reason.  The same principle (probably) applies to that difficult DBA.  Showing them the same respect you'd like to be treated with can go a long way." />
  <row Id="36100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20269" RevisionGUID="624b6a39-4920-4f5a-9e1b-49cc6d9c90a6" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:17:07.923" UserId="7744" Text="I really like having a copy of [UnxUtils][1] handy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For those of us most comfortable with tools like gawk, sed, grep, tail, less, etc having native ports (read: not dependent on cygwin) of these is a life savor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know you can get a lot of the same functionality from PowerShell, but when you've been doing something one way for 10+ years, familiar is just easier. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can easily copy a needed .exe to a server w/o installing anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ &quot;UnxUtils&quot;" />
  <row Id="36101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20270" RevisionGUID="ce84c2e5-c66e-4638-aa9b-70185bd86327" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:20:31.350" UserId="6856" Text="I think, first, you should understand, how does Internet and it's services works. To do that, you'll need a theory of computer networks, a little patience and Google.&#xD;&#xA;To get started, try Google and Wikipedia:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Client-server&#xD;&#xA; - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet&#xD;&#xA; - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_network&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And next, you should to get a little closer with scripting language's (mostly, on sirver-side)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripting_language&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then, when you will know a little bit about everything, you'll be able to choose specific things to study more closer on: such as programming language (php, python, perl), web-server (apache, iis). I suppose, the best way to learn something - is to start from the history of the subject.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36102" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20263" RevisionGUID="12f782ea-7c24-48f2-bcea-19f4da4f393a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:20:33.033" UserId="919" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="Given a set of XML files available on a Windows Share \\\\server\share contains spaces\direcory\, I need a bash command to download one specific file from that share.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Neither wget nor curl support any smb:// URI, and I'd like to avoid the mount command. Solutions?" />
  <row Id="36103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20271" RevisionGUID="716e74fa-56b4-46ec-aeba-4001fd082ac0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:24:08.317" UserId="4979" Text="The best thing by far with SharePoint are the basic out-of-the-box simple sites. Creating a team collaboration workspace where all project members can upload relevant documents, have a project contact list, a bundown chart published from Excel, a list of upcoming milestones, a documentation wiki etc. is really easy and set up with a few clicks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can do lots more with heavy customization, custom web-parts etc., but then you will often find yourself cursing the system and question the sanity of the MS team that constructed this monstrosity." />
  <row Id="36104" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19454" RevisionGUID="49101613-c819-430e-94dd-29497a451de8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:24:28.347" UserId="1233" Comment="Fix command" Text="Have you tried running `sudo port -d install boost` to enable debug messages in hopes of finding out what it's stuck on?" />
  <row Id="36105" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20272" RevisionGUID="4168b063-1184-4d56-8486-9b21070dfa77" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:28:08.590" UserId="1082" Text=" - show respect&#xD;&#xA; - say &quot;please&quot; and &quot;thank you&quot; when appropriate&#xD;&#xA; - assume the other guy knows what he does, when you don't understand, politely ask &quot;why&quot;, and indicate you wish to learn.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, be friendly &amp; respectful .. not something this engineer always pulls of without an internal struggle.." />
  <row Id="36106" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20273" RevisionGUID="5bd5cd34-0e9c-4231-a2f6-413ce74c3028" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:29:18.993" UserId="6751" Text="Check the version of MySQL you are running.  Are you running 5.1 or 5.0.x? There are problems with the libraries for 5.1 under PHP 5.x.  I had a problem similar to this, and my fix was to go back to the latest version of the 5.0.x code of MySQL and remove the 5.1 server. " />
  <row Id="36107" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20274" RevisionGUID="9ea6b6c2-477b-45aa-a0f2-02babfa7f277" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:29:26.107" UserId="613" Text="from 'man proc':&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   **/proc/sys/fs/file-max**&#xD;&#xA;&gt;               This file defines a system-wide limit  on  the  number  of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; open&#xD;&#xA;&gt;               files  for  all processes.  (See also setrlimit(2),&#xD;&#xA;&gt; which can be&#xD;&#xA;&gt;               used by a process to set the per-process  limit, &#xD;&#xA;&gt; RLIMIT_NOFILE,&#xD;&#xA;&gt;               on  the  number of files it may open.)  If you get lots of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; error&#xD;&#xA;&gt;               messages about running out of file handles, try increasing &#xD;&#xA;&gt; this&#xD;&#xA;&gt;               value:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;               echo 100000 &gt; /proc/sys/fs/file-max&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;               The  kernel constant NR_OPEN imposes an upper limit on the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; value&#xD;&#xA;&gt;               that may be placed in file-max.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;               If you  increase  /proc/sys/fs/file-max,  be  sure  to &#xD;&#xA;&gt; increase&#xD;&#xA;&gt;               /proc/sys/fs/inode-max   to   3-4   times   the   new  value &#xD;&#xA;&gt; of&#xD;&#xA;&gt;               /proc/sys/fs/file-max, or you will run out of inodes.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;        **/proc/sys/fs/file-nr**&#xD;&#xA;&gt;               This (read-only)  file  gives  the  number  of  files &#xD;&#xA;&gt; presently&#xD;&#xA;&gt;               opened.  It contains three numbers: the number of allocated&#xD;&#xA;&gt; file&#xD;&#xA;&gt;               handles; the number of free file handles; and the maximum&#xD;&#xA;&gt; number&#xD;&#xA;&gt;               of file handles.  The kernel allocates file handles&#xD;&#xA;&gt; dynamically,&#xD;&#xA;&gt;               but it doesn't free them again.   If  the  number  of &#xD;&#xA;&gt; allocated&#xD;&#xA;&gt;               files  is  close  to the maximum, you should consider&#xD;&#xA;&gt; increasing&#xD;&#xA;&gt;               the maximum.  When the number of free  file  handles  is &#xD;&#xA;&gt; large,&#xD;&#xA;&gt;               you've  encountered a peak in your usage of file handles and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you&#xD;&#xA;&gt;               probably don't need to increase the maximum.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The second number is worth looking at to see if the first number is what you need to increase.  If so, you can set it in your /etc/sysctl.conf with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    fs.file-max=512000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that this sets the _system_ limit; the per-user limit is set with 'ulimit', which you already indicated you were familiar with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36108" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20275" RevisionGUID="f91ebe7a-aed1-482a-9305-46d59a46aee2" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:38:38.083" UserId="8282" Text="If I read your question correctly, I think you are asking about which tools you should include in your client image (or install on all client boxes).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've found many tools over the years and mainly keep them all on a server for when I need them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I almost always include the i386 directory off of the WinXP/Vista installation media.  I usually put it in the root of the client machine - very useful when you have to install/remove a windows component and don't have the original media.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sure you could put it on the network - but sometimes the problem is no network!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20276" RevisionGUID="b1cf0275-107f-4df7-ac9e-a9db078751e5" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:41:15.990" UserId="8283" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have two computers. One of them has a server running, the other has an application that communicates with that server. These computers are deployed to various sites. Sometimes these computers can be wired directly together, other times they will only be connected over a wireless connection I don't control. As an additional requirement, the server also needs to be able to access the internet using dhcp if a connetion is available. The goal is to be able to set these computers up in an office, then deploy them to a site with almost no on-site configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What can I do to ensure that the computer running the application can always (or as in as many cases as possible) can find the server and communicate with it (HTTP over port 80). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My thought is to setup the server with multiple IPs. It can access the internet using DHCP on one. The other will be set to a static IP. The application computers will be configured to know this static IP address ahead of time and make requests to it. However, in the tutorials that show how to accomplish it, I must enter my gateway and subnet mask. And won't these change depending on the network I join?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please excuse me if I'm missing something exceedingly obvious or overlooking other factors. I know next to nothing about networking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there's a piece of hardware that can help, that's fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is vista and xp.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36110" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20276" RevisionGUID="b1cf0275-107f-4df7-ac9e-a9db078751e5" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:41:15.990" UserId="8283" Text="How can I Ensure communication between computers in unknown deployment environment?" />
  <row Id="36111" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20276" RevisionGUID="b1cf0275-107f-4df7-ac9e-a9db078751e5" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:41:15.990" UserId="8283" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;ip&gt;&lt;http&gt;" />
  <row Id="36112" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20277" RevisionGUID="38a6a9d8-121d-47be-a3ff-6d97cca8de44" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:45:46.183" UserId="1082" Text="Instead of using a newer version of Bugzilla, you might consider (re-)installing Perl 5.8 to a different directory. Don't overwrite the OS's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the past I have learned the hard way to keep the OS version and the App version of Perl in separate directories. Let the OS manage/fill it's Perl version requirements, and make sure you meet the requirements of the App in a different directory. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20278" RevisionGUID="b6493757-2bb5-4dcb-a607-46a6522bce1f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:48:38.360" UserId="3420" Text="If it's a learning experience, you should get a virtual server to which you have full access. This will satifsy your need to learn, and shouldn't cost much. You should then have your own IP address. There's no way to predict what an overzealous block list could include - they could deduce that you share a network or an ISP with a porn site. The &quot;legitimate&quot; censorship software generally relies on hostnames and URLs, but there is a lot of this out there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may wish to consider running a server at home instead of paying for a virtual server. This depends on what Internet connectivity is available in your area and what hardware you own. Cheap virtual servers can be similar to home Internet connectivity - luck will play a major factor in their customer service and in their reliability and performance. Overzealous censorship blocking lists could also include ISPs that provide service to home customers, if you're worried about ones so excessive that they block by IP address. I would just ignore this for now and see what problems you run into later, it's rarely a serious issue, and always the client's fault for using unreasonable blocking software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It sounds like one of your questions is &quot;what does an HTTP request look like, and how does it specify the hostname&quot;. I think it's good to start from a low level like this. The Wikipedia HTTP article should give you a reasonable overview and point you to appropriate RFCs. Since you seem interested in low-level details, which is indeed necessary for a proper understanding, knowing a bit about TCP and DNS would be helpful, but you probably don't need to fully understand them. If it's Web Hosting 101, about 10 minutes should be spent on TCP and 10 minutes on DNS for every week spent on HTML.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think the real question here is - what's a book that discusses all of this, from the ground up, with an reasonable balance of detail. Many people here learned this stuff ad-hoc, possibly as the technology was developed. Some others may have learned from schools. This can make it hard to provide guidance to someone learning fresh. I'm curious about myself, in case I get asked this myself by someone who's willing to learn." />
  <row Id="36114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20279" RevisionGUID="c5e2c982-5a1c-461c-acf6-1daefc109e38" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:49:44.660" UserId="613" Text="As everyone has noted, there are lots of parameters to consider.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  The most basic one is power.  Check with your datacenter on the difference in rates for them providing 220V vs 110V power - you might be suprised.  Do they offer an 18V DC option? (this is most often available in datacenters that cater more to telecom gear, as that's been the standard there for decades)  Power supplies exist to let x86 gear run off of all the above.  IIRc, the DC power supplies are most efficient, followed by the 220V and then the 100V.  DC is most efficient because it's just a voltage drop via resistor, not an AC/DC converter as is in AC power supplies (the outputs of a PC power supply are +/-12V and +/-5V, right?).  Sometimes it's even most cost effective to put a per-rack AC/DC converter and then run the AC to the converter in the rack and then short-run the DC power up to the machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  Besides type of power, there's plain old power use: spinning down unused drive arrays, setting up unused machines to sleep in a low-power mode, or to come online when needed (via remote power control or wake-on-lan) but othewise shut themselves down, virtualization to consolidate workloads into fewer physical machines while maintaining logical separation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  The effects of power consumption trickle all through the equation: less power means less waste heat means less cooling necessary.  It's the cornerstone of going green... but it's also complicated and can be difficult to measure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  My favorite way to be green these days is actually to punt and 'use the cloud'.  Amazon and Google and Rackspace and Linode are better at this than me, and probably better at it than you too.  Figure out how to apply the cloud to your problem, thereby making the entire datacenter-provisioning problem... someone else's.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36115" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20280" RevisionGUID="bb48c56d-1e47-4dfa-ac1c-20d1d0625f73" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:50:25.550" UserId="2851" Text="I am looking into a TCP capture with Wireshark and I am seeing numerous AJP errors that look similar to below coming from our Apache server. I'm wondering what is causing these errors and what I can do to resolve them?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; AJP13 Error?[Unreassembled&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Packet [incorrect TCP checksum]]&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Checksum: 0x66ff [incorrect, should be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 0x0912 (maybe caused by &quot;TCP checksum&#xD;&#xA;&gt; offload&quot;?)]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36116" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20280" RevisionGUID="bb48c56d-1e47-4dfa-ac1c-20d1d0625f73" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:50:25.550" UserId="2851" Text="AJP Checksum Error" />
  <row Id="36117" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20280" RevisionGUID="bb48c56d-1e47-4dfa-ac1c-20d1d0625f73" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:50:25.550" UserId="2851" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;ajp&gt;" />
  <row Id="36118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20281" RevisionGUID="2f4426bb-694f-4b8d-9e25-83eaa2e1408d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:53:26.043" UserId="984" Text="You probably have a network card that [offloads][1] the tcp checksumming.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.wireshark.org/TCP_checksum_offload" />
  <row Id="36119" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20282" RevisionGUID="c148de11-d2a7-40e0-bb4b-8e7c208f579f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T04:57:56.487" UserId="301" Text="Your network card has told the TCP stack that it can handle the TCP checksum calculation in hardware. This means the fields in the TCP header that are passed down the stack lack a checksum, as the card said it will add them before it puts them on the wire.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately this means that anything snooping on the packet on the way out of the machine will see a packet without a correct checksum because the two bytes that make up the checksum retain the previous value of whatever data was written to that area of memory previously." />
  <row Id="36121" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20284" RevisionGUID="d5105bab-2d6c-4174-b397-d50e551e4a1d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:02:11.280" UserId="8282" Text="You can also modify them via the registry.  I find this useful when scripting some legacy programs that require certian enviromental variables to function.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/104011" />
  <row Id="36122" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20285" RevisionGUID="928994c4-f2c5-4c52-b582-58762786c5b9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:06:10.103" UserId="5497" Text="Well it seems the issue was the Anonymous User account.  Somehow it got its password change/corrupted.  I reset the password in AD and updated it in IIS, and the SQL Server replication agent and everything is working fine again.  Weird." />
  <row Id="36123" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20286" RevisionGUID="fce22d8e-e06b-4d52-b55c-43fc0d2e2fa3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:09:12.127" UserId="3420" Text="You should install HP's full complement of tools, hpasm/hprsm packages, etc. They are literally the hardest packages to install I have ever seen. It seems they were written by people with no concern for ease of deployment. They provide a shell script you can run by hand, use this at first until you figure out how to hack that script, write a wrapper, install the RPMs individually, or lean or the vendor to behave reasonably.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should monitor syslog for the errors from these tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should parse hpasmcli (show server, show dimm) and hpacucli (controller all show, then for each controller slot=X pd all show) output to identify failures. If you rely on the syslog reporting, you will miss failures and have embarrassing disasters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should parse hplog output as well, and clear the output after checking it, archiving this output somewhere. Consider this a redundant check to the hpasmcli/hpacucli checking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should use hponcfg to make sure the ILO is configured, and connect to it to make sure it is actually responsive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure you can upgrade firmware, and do so regularly. HP releases critical firmware upgrades, for example that turn a crash from a minor memory error without identifying the bad DIMM into a fault light. HP changed my opinion about upgrading firmware when it is not absolutely required. (Well, it -is- absolutely required, you just have no one telling you so).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Give up on the SNMP stuff. You have a lot of work to do, this is just additional work that will not give you the full functionality you need, so that you will still have to do the other work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The HP servers are still the best Intel servers with respect to reporting/managing hardware issues. They just have certain extremely annoying issues. Perhaps if every customer complains at least once they will make deployment easier. There's just no excuse for this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A DL3[68]0 G5 running RHEL5 and constantly monitored HP management tools along with occasional stress tests of disk and memory will be the most reliable Intel solution on the market. Just do your diligence to make sure you get your money's worth. HP provides you the tools, they just don't make them as easy to use as they should.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Only use HP RAM. It's just not worth the trouble otherwise. You don't need vendors pointing fingers at each other when a DIMM has a fault light go on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do a datacenter walkthrough for fault lights regularly and use this to correct failures in your monitoring scripts. This is how I learned that syslog is barely useful and you must check hpasmcli/hpacucli regularly." />
  <row Id="36124" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20287" RevisionGUID="42e72bbe-e1ec-4ff6-ba0b-9c620d9287eb" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:09:17.367" UserId="5687" Text="&quot;The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage&quot;, by Clifford Stoll. Stoll is an astrophysicist, but he was working as a systems manager at UC Berkeley in the 1980s when a seemingly-minor billing error eventually led to discovering and apprehending a cracker who been intruding in his network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's definitely an IT book, and in some sense it's kind of an admin book, but since it's written like a novel it's nothing like all those reference texts we spend our days (and nights) poring over." />
  <row Id="36125" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20288" RevisionGUID="dffcd27d-e9d3-4de3-b4b0-38fed4d1c01b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:11:14.197" UserId="1006" Text="The way this is usually solved to use one of the several service discovery protocols already available. For example, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeroconf&quot;&gt;Wikipedia's Zeroconf article&lt;/a&gt;. Multicast DNS + DNS-SD seems to be the current popular and widely supported method, though there are others (and the Wiki mentions most).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, there exists a mod-dnssd for apache2 that lets Apache use Avahi to announce itself over multicast DNS." />
  <row Id="36126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20289" RevisionGUID="657d3977-ed2e-47e4-b6a5-dc036c8a7cb3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:13:22.197" UserId="3420" Text="If your employer feels that employees running a short-lived stress-reducing game such as Solitaire is a problem, seek new employment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;People are more efficient if they are allowed to relax for a short time with a simple game such as this. People are vastly less efficient if they are treated like slaves or machines. Employers that fail to realize this will be problematic to work for in many ways.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also consider how being involved in an unethical situation such as this will impact you personally. Either you will experience feelings of guilt, or you will start to feel it is OK to monitor your family in this way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you think it is OK to monitor employees' personal email usage from work, ask whether it is OK to ask them to do work while at home. " />
  <row Id="36127" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20290" RevisionGUID="3b9d080c-2ef8-4982-962c-9cf376903d5a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:14:05.983" UserId="8282" Text="You have to allow &quot;Authenticated Users&quot; (Or a more specific group) the ability to create folders under the root.  Probably should give &quot;Administrators&quot; &quot;Full Control&quot; at this time as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also assign CREATOR OWNER &quot;Full Control&quot; of ONLY sub folders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That way a new user has the ability to:&#xD;&#xA;1) Create the initial re-directed folder under the root share&#xD;&#xA;2) Retain control of that folder and only that folder&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure you also setup share permissions on your root share allowing &quot;Authenticated Users&quot; to R/W." />
  <row Id="36128" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20291" RevisionGUID="e712878a-1bf9-42e8-a91c-45d81fadfd19" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:16:14.420" UserId="3420" Text="Check lsof to see what is actually going on. Exceeding an unreasonably high limit is often due to a leak or other bug.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36129" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20292" RevisionGUID="1257d2df-1dc9-4bcb-8330-72087add3085" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:23:12.753" UserDisplayName="Mike Walsh" Text="Rather than make a recommendation (although I can't help repeating the earlier suggestion of the Best Practices book *but only if you have already worked with MOSS for at least 6 months as otherwise imo it's too much too soon*), here's a link to my list of all SharePoint books out there and about to be out there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v3%20WSS%20FAQ/V%20Books.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The pure Admin books are in section A, but Best Practices for instance isn't there but in section D (General), so check out at least that section too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="36130" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20293" RevisionGUID="bc799a6b-803e-403f-8056-942c112470e9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:24:48.070" UserId="3657" Text="Have you tried booting the VM with a Windows 2003 installation CD and attempting a repair of the installation it finds?" />
  <row Id="36131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20294" RevisionGUID="dd70313b-e611-4880-bfe4-7a5464962739" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:25:52.263" UserId="7312" Text="Kyle,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am NOT clear of what you are asking here?  Do you want to setup something that runs every 2-3 seconds and give info like CPU, IO etc...?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try this. Adam Machanic has nifty script that does more than what you have asked and its been of great help for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://sqlblog.com/files/folders/beta/entry14380.aspx&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36132" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20270" RevisionGUID="e0400fed-b355-427d-9962-1fb964c17a3d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:27:22.777" UserId="6856" Comment="Added some more useful links, closer to exact theme.; deleted 2 characters in body" Text="I think, first, you should understand, how does Internet and it's services works. To do that, you'll need a theory of computer networks, a little patience and Google.&#xD;&#xA;To get started, try Google and Wikipedia:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Client-server&#xD;&#xA; - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet&#xD;&#xA; - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_network&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And next, you should to get a little closer with scripting language's (mostly, on sirver-side)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripting_language&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then, when you will know a little bit about everything, you'll be able to choose specific things to study more closer on: such as programming language (php, python, perl), web-server (apache, iis). I suppose, the best way to learn something - is to start from the history of the subject.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, since it was a little lower, than you was needed, i could only give one great Source of the Knowlege (a little how-to): &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/network-apache.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a bit more closer to your question about Python (how to install it's module):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/network-apache.html#NETWORK-WWW-DJANGO-INSTALL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is an article about Apache web-server from FreeBSD Handbook (one of my favorites)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, maybe you should check out this (more detailed documentation on mod_python):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.modpython.org/live/mod_python-2.7.8/doc-html/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(also includes Windows installation guide - http://www.modpython.org/live/mod_python-2.7.8/doc-html/app-wininst.html ) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But if I where on your place, I'd prefer to use PHP or Ruby for that purpose.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PHP-help source:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.php.net/manual/en/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ruby's basics:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/quickstart/" />
  <row Id="36133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20295" RevisionGUID="3219571a-1a54-4673-823a-e171a8fc9279" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:27:45.193" UserDisplayName="Mike Walsh" Text="All the SharePoint MVPs seem to recommend Forefront because of the different engines that come with it and because of the overheads that come with all the other products.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They do this NOT because it is from Microsoft (just in case that wasn't clear).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20296" RevisionGUID="f2f72b06-6f18-464f-9424-3701b8745ea9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:29:14.877" UserId="8282" Text="Two quick things I can think:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) If you have a &quot;Restricted Users&quot; GPO set up in your domain, they may be getting removed from the Administrators group everytime there is a gpupdate (~ every 15mins)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Have you tried right-clicking (or SHIFT right-clicking) on the install file and choosing &quot;Run as Administrator...&quot;?" />
  <row Id="36135" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18707" RevisionGUID="6f1ef1ce-95a2-4349-b653-2c4067ae6813" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:34:24.213" UserDisplayName="lakhaman" Comment="quetion after adding log and master.cf" Text="postfix will forward two mail to user when i configure autoreply, sender_bcc and always_bcc.&#xD;&#xA;i have used postfix with dovecot and mysql for virtual user configuration. i dont found where is the problem is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;when i send mail from lakhaman@sufalam.com to jugal@sufalam.com and &#xD;&#xA;in main.cf i have&#xD;&#xA;always_bcc=pranav@sufalam. following are the log.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;May 30 07:25:27 sufalammail postfix/smtpd[7827]: connect from unknown[192.168.0.201]&#xD;&#xA;May 30 07:26:58 sufalammail postfix/smtpd[7827]: 69139222DE: client=unknown[192.168.0.201]&#xD;&#xA;May 30 07:27:13 sufalammail postfix/cleanup[7839]: 69139222DE: message-id=&lt;20090530015658.69139222DE@sufalammail.com&gt;&#xD;&#xA;May 30 07:27:13 sufalammail postfix/qmgr[7824]: 69139222DE: from=&lt;lakhaman@sufalam.com&gt;, size=363, nrcpt=2 (queue active)&#xD;&#xA;May 30 07:27:14 sufalammail postfix/pickup[7823]: 050C4222E0: uid=491 from=&lt;lakhaman@sufalam.com&gt;&#xD;&#xA;May 30 07:27:14 sufalammail postfix/cleanup[7839]: 050C4222E0: message-id=&lt;20090530015658.69139222DE@sufalammail.com&gt;&#xD;&#xA;May 30 07:27:14 sufalammail postfix/qmgr[7824]: 050C4222E0: from=&lt;lakhaman@sufalam.com&gt;, size=475, nrcpt=3 (queue active)&#xD;&#xA;May 30 07:27:14 sufalammail postfix/pipe[7842]: 69139222DE: to=&lt;jugal@sufalam.com&gt;, relay=dfilt, delay=93, delays=92/0.04/0/0.59, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered via dfilt service)&#xD;&#xA;May 30 07:27:14 sufalammail postfix/pipe[7842]: 69139222DE: to=&lt;pranav@sufalam.com&gt;, relay=dfilt, delay=93, delays=92/0.04/0/0.59, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered via dfilt service)&#xD;&#xA;May 30 07:27:14 sufalammail postfix/qmgr[7824]: 69139222DE: removed&#xD;&#xA;May 30 07:27:14 sufalammail postfix/virtual[7852]: 050C4222E0: to=&lt;jugal@sufalam.com&gt;, relay=virtual, delay=0.16, delays=0.03/0.02/0/0.1, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to mailbox)&#xD;&#xA;May 30 07:27:14 sufalammail postfix/virtual[7852]: 050C4222E0: to=&lt;pranav@sufalam.com&gt;, relay=virtual, delay=0.16, delays=0.03/0.02/0/0.11, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to mailbox)&#xD;&#xA;May 30 07:27:14 sufalammail postfix/virtual[7852]: 050C4222E0: to=&lt;pranav@sufalam.com&gt;, relay=virtual, delay=0.16, delays=0.03/0.02/0/0.11, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to mailbox)&#xD;&#xA;May 30 07:27:14 sufalammail postfix/qmgr[7824]: 050C4222E0: removed&#xD;&#xA;May 30 07:27:15 sufalammail postfix/smtpd[7827]: disconnect from unknown[192.168.0.201]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;active entry of master.cf is show as below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# ==========================================================================&#xD;&#xA;# service type  private unpriv  chroot  wakeup  maxproc command + args&#xD;&#xA;#               (yes)   (yes)   (yes)   (never) (100)&#xD;&#xA;# ==========================================================================&#xD;&#xA;smtp      inet  n       -        -       -       -       smtpd&#xD;&#xA;#        -o content_filter=spamfilter:dummy&#xD;&#xA;         -o content_filter=vacation:dummy&#xD;&#xA;         -o content_filter=dfilt:dummy&#xD;&#xA;#       -o cleanup_service_name= cleanupAF&#xD;&#xA;vacation  unix  -       n        n       -       -       pipe&#xD;&#xA;    flags=Rq user=vacation argv=/var/spool/vacation/vacation3.pl -f ${sender} -- ${recipient}&#xD;&#xA;# flags=Rq user=vacation argv=/usr/bin/perl argv=/var/spool/vacation/vacation.pl -f ${sender} -- ${recipient}&#xD;&#xA;#submission inet n       -       n       -       -       smtpd&#xD;&#xA;#  -o smtpd_tls_security_level=encrypt&#xD;&#xA;#  -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes&#xD;&#xA;#  -o smtpd_client_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject&#xD;&#xA;#  -o milter_macro_daemon_name=ORIGINATING&#xD;&#xA;#smtps     inet  n       -       n       -       -       smtpd&#xD;&#xA;#  -o smtpd_tls_wrappermode=yes&#xD;&#xA;#  -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes&#xD;&#xA;#  -o smtpd_client_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject&#xD;&#xA;relay     unix  -       -       n       -       -       smtp&#xD;&#xA;        -o smtp_fallback_relay=&#xD;&#xA;#       -o smtp_helo_timeout=5 -o smtp_connect_timeout=5&#xD;&#xA;showq     unix  n       -       n       -       -       showq&#xD;&#xA;error     unix  -       -       n       -       -       error&#xD;&#xA;retry     unix  -       -       n       -       -       error&#xD;&#xA;discard   unix  -       -       n       -       -       discard&#xD;&#xA;local     unix  -       n       n       -       -       local&#xD;&#xA;virtual   unix  -       n       n       -       -       virtual&#xD;&#xA;lmtp      unix  -       -       n       -       -       lmtp&#xD;&#xA;anvil     unix  -       -       n       -       1       anvil&#xD;&#xA;scache    unix  -       -       n       -       1       scache&#xD;&#xA;#&#xD;&#xA;# ====================================================================&#xD;&#xA;# Interfaces to non-Postfix software. Be sure to examine the manual&#xD;&#xA;# pages of the non-Postfix software to find out what options it wants.&#xD;&#xA;#&#xD;&#xA;# Many of the following services use the Postfix pipe(8) delivery&#xD;&#xA;# agent.  See the pipe(8) man page for information about ${recipient}&#xD;&#xA;# and other message envelope options.&#xD;&#xA;# ====================================================================&#xD;&#xA;#&#xD;&#xA;# maildrop. See the Postfix MAILDROP_README file for details.&#xD;&#xA;#spamassassin unix -      n       n       -       -       pipe&#xD;&#xA;#    flags=Rq user=spamd argv=/usr/bin/spamc -u ${user} -e /usr/sbin/sendmail -oi -f ${sender} ${recipient}&#xD;&#xA;#dovecot    unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe&#xD;&#xA;#       flags=DRhu user=vmail:vmail argv=/usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver -d ${recipient}&#xD;&#xA;#spamfilter unix         -       n       n       -       -       pipe&#xD;&#xA;#   flags=Rq user=spamfilter argv=/usr/local/bin/spamfilter.sh -f ${sender} -- ${recipient}&#xD;&#xA;#spamfilter unix -       n       n       -       -       pipe&#xD;&#xA;#    flags=Rq user=vmail argv=/usr/bin/spamc -u ${user}@${domain} -e /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix -oi -f ${sender} ${recipient}&#xD;&#xA;dfilt     unix    -       n       n       -       -       pipe&#xD;&#xA;    flags=Rq user=filterAlt argv=/etc/postfix/disclaimer -f ${sender} -- ${recipient}&#xD;&#xA;#vacation  unix  -       n        n       -       -       pipe&#xD;&#xA;#    flags=Rq user=vacation argv=/var/spool/vacation/vacation3.pl -f ${sender} -- ${recipient}&#xD;&#xA;cleanupAF unix n - n - 0 cleanup&#xD;&#xA;#-o always_bcc=pranav@sufalam.com&#xD;&#xA;#-o recipient_bcc_maps=mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_always_bcc.cf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;same way if i send mail to autoreply user then also sender get two mail.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36136" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20297" RevisionGUID="d2eb8541-8c86-495f-8c3e-462f55e351a6" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:35:28.563" UserId="5063" Text="Although unrealistic it would be helpful if developers were forced to work in a production sysadmin or dba role before been set loose on the world.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So many specialized applications I deal with have either no clue about installation in a managed environment, or commit atrocities of database design." />
  <row Id="36137" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20298" RevisionGUID="bc4e69d9-686f-4a4e-be48-5c701c339528" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:39:06.997" UserId="3867" Text="With Linux we have implemented clustering with heartbeat and drbd.&#xD;&#xA;Heartbeat checks the status of the server.&#xD;&#xA;DRBD is used for data sync between servers.&#xD;&#xA;We have oracle service running on one server and apache on another server.&#xD;&#xA;When server running oracle fails, heartbeat senses the same and restores oracle service on server running apache. and vice a versa.&#xD;&#xA;Have been using this setup for many other purposes and have been reliable till date." />
  <row Id="36138" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20299" RevisionGUID="6744d0d5-1ba2-43a5-865c-513f3684a37a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:43:00.170" UserId="8290" Text="Hang out on the blogs of -- and read the books written by -- the staff at [OmniTI][1]. Just scroll to the bottom of their home page and look at the photo of the stack of books written by their employees -- I'm guessing a number of these books are just what you're looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://omniti.com" />
  <row Id="36139" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20300" RevisionGUID="2ad05292-3f58-4310-b6b3-1edb16372829" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:43:52.697" UserId="8002" Text="- UNIX subsystem aka Interix (Services for UNIX 3.5 or Subsystem for Unix Application + Utilities)&#xD;&#xA;	- pkg bootsrapper from Interopsystems SUA community&#xD;&#xA;	- OpenSSH (includes OpenSSL)&#xD;&#xA;	- curl (unix version)&#xD;&#xA;	- md5&#xD;&#xA;	- zip/unzip&#xD;&#xA;	- whois&#xD;&#xA;- PowerShell&#xD;&#xA;- info-zip (zip.exe, unzip.exe)&#xD;&#xA;- curl with ssl&#xD;&#xA;- ncftp&#xD;&#xA;- 7-zip&#xD;&#xA;- MagicISO&#xD;&#xA;- inSSIDer&#xD;&#xA;- On Vista:&#xD;&#xA;	- Windows telnet client&#xD;&#xA;	- PuTTYtel" />
  <row Id="36140" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20301" RevisionGUID="49944031-2c24-471d-a317-9a0bb7c017a1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:45:39.180" UserId="6647" Text="Not so seriously - the chronicles of the Bastard Operator from Hell - either a how-to or how-not-to for dealing with users, depending on how you feel about them at the time...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;bofh.ntk.net/Bastard.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.theregister.co.uk/odds/bofh/" />
  <row Id="36141" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20302" RevisionGUID="97b2a9d2-3c51-4556-8e13-bd101eb32041" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:46:32.253" UserId="8009" Text="At home, it is mostly the neighborhood wifi in use, Microwaves, and things like cordless phones, wireless home theatre speakers etc. The best way to assess the best wifi channel to use, is to use something like netstumbler (or whatever is the latest). Or trying to use Wireless-N and check if the issue still persists." />
  <row Id="36142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20303" RevisionGUID="e83da5e9-aca9-40c9-8fd6-8ad7704446b3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:49:01.670" UserId="4469" Text="Hey guys. Since OP said he will be on share host, the Service Provider will be the one who setup Python support. I don't think he need to worry about setting up python on the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OP, you might want to check with your host and see if they provide Python support and if the server is Windows or *nix." />
  <row Id="36143" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20304" RevisionGUID="f3be1e41-89f9-43a8-a59e-a7aef3c25dd8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:51:48.450" UserId="8291" Text="I'm from a programming background and been thrown into managing a Linux server at work because of an emergency with our reg sys admin. Is it reliable or safe to have our PHP files owned by root yet Apache obviously running on Fedora 8 as apache?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apache is given rights to read and in minor cases like the uploads directory, write privileges by chmod 777 for that uploads folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are running mod_security but wondered if there was some better practice. I'm alone on this for the next 2-3 weeks while the sys admin is recuperating." />
  <row Id="36144" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20304" RevisionGUID="f3be1e41-89f9-43a8-a59e-a7aef3c25dd8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:51:48.450" UserId="8291" Text="Dev background, safe to have php files owned by root but Apache different user?" />
  <row Id="36145" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20304" RevisionGUID="f3be1e41-89f9-43a8-a59e-a7aef3c25dd8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:51:48.450" UserId="8291" Text="&lt;fedora&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;php&gt;&lt;setup&gt;" />
  <row Id="36146" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11844" RevisionGUID="73485ac7-8039-427e-b881-81cf2f10d37c" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:52:03.037" UserId="919" Comment="link to linode" Text="The Ubuntu Server 8.04 [install guide][1] suggests a minimum of 384MB of RAM to install, and 500MB of disk space. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Based on my [Linode][2] image, the following is reasonably close to minimal:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Syslog runs every 20 minutes to write a --MARK--, incurring a small amount of disk activity and storage use. Any logging activity will generally be stored in /var/log/messages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cron runs hourly, daily, weekly and monthly; daily events include apt-get'ting new updates (but not installing them). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/preparing-to-install.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.linode.com/?r=a4260271d3642eed634a2204375f256d79149b89" />
  <row Id="36147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20305" RevisionGUID="93f99a5f-334c-4d56-b711-0cd3ac4a8c17" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:52:03.100" UserId="8000" Text="Trying to guess what static IP address won't clash is asking for trouble. As derobert suggested multicast DNS + DNS-SD is a good fit. The only stack for Windows is [Apple's Bonjour][1] implementation which will give you the capability to register and resolve your service on the local network as well with some further configuration, punch a hole through the firewall (if the router supports NAT-PMP or uPnP) and update a DNS zone with the appropriate DNS-SD records.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll likely need to do some scripting to tie Bonjour to your application's configuration but without know what your application is it's hard to say what would be a good fit. That said, the dns-sd.exe command-line utility automated with a simple batch or WSH script could do the job as could the various bindings for Python, Perl or Ruby for less trivial configurations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.apple.com/downloads/Bonjour_for_Windows" />
  <row Id="36148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20306" RevisionGUID="cdef9422-f626-43ce-846f-317ec41a9135" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:52:59.197" UserId="8009" Text="Did you try using limit: (for example)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;Limit PUT POST DELETE PROPFIND PROPPATCH MKCOL COPY MOVE LOCK UNLOCK&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        Require valid-user&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/Limit&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36149" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20307" RevisionGUID="fc3b71b1-6e4c-474a-9851-14e6e953a4d6" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:53:18.947" UserId="8282" Text="Since it seems like they will almost always be on the same network, couldn't you just run WINS on the &quot;server&quot; computer and connect by NetBIOS name?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That way you don't need to worry about the IP Address at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actually, now that I think of it, you probably don't even need WINS, NetBIOS should be able to handle it." />
  <row Id="36150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20308" RevisionGUID="d49487c8-953c-4dff-ac45-953530bb1c37" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:55:03.220" UserId="8290" Text="Aren't WordPress pages, like those of most CMSes, generated from a database?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, here's the dirty little secret of open-source CMSes, PHP, and shared web hosting: many shared hosting servers do not separate the execution privileges of their clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They just use the out-of-the-box configuration--which is not really suitable for shared hosting--where PHP runs as an Apache module, and thus every PHP script on every site on the server runs under the same effective UID and GID.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This means that, if PHP can read your script, it can read the scripts of every other site on the server. And vice versa.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, many open-source CMSes store high-privilege database credentials to in plain text in a PHP file. Drupal does this; Joomla does this; I haven't looked at the WordPress source but I'd be surprised if it *didn't* do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short: **It's extremely likely that fully-privileged access to your WordPress database is within trivial reach of every other user who shares a server with you**." />
  <row Id="36151" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20308" RevisionGUID="d49487c8-953c-4dff-ac45-953530bb1c37" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:55:03.220" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36152" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20309" RevisionGUID="5d6661d9-aaf5-4a74-80f4-0a52ce9c4d55" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:56:43.573" UserId="8288" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;semi-n00b here. I'm setting up a server that will have Ubuntu 8.04 LTS with a LAMP setup. The system is dual Opteron 248s with 4GB memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had a few questions about settings in the bios:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Will turning off (disable) some of the hardware from bios free up memory for the OS? So disabling the USB Host Controller, serial/parallel ports, floppy disk controller, pci device slots, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. I have a setting for &quot;CPU0,CPU1 Link Tx Speed&quot; with option for 800MHz or 1GHz and &quot;CPU0, GOLEM0 Link Tx Speed&quot; with option for 600MHz or 800MHz. Should these be set to the highest settings? Or, how do I consider what these should be set at.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. I have a setting for &quot;4GB Memory Hole Adjust&quot; Auto or Manual. It is currently set to Auto but if I set it to Manual I can choose the &quot;Memory Hole Size&quot;. I assume this is for the amount of memory set aside for the hardware. Should this be adjusted? But also it leads to my next question...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. I am still undecided on 64bit or 32bit OS. If I upgrade to 8GB I will definitely go with 64bit. But with 4GB at the moment and just a vanilla 32bit ubuntu-server installed, the 'free' command shows:&#xD;&#xA;    Memory: 4090732 (total), 42272 (used), 4048460 (free)  &#xD;&#xA;    Swap: 4803392, 0, 4803392  &#xD;&#xA;Does this mean the OS is getting access to nearly the full 4GB of memory? Also, with 4GB memory, will 64bit give me improvement in performance vs 32bit for a server hosting the full LAMP stack? And what about if I migrate MySQL off to its own dedicated server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5. My other machine is dual Athlon MPs with 2GB memory, so 32bit. How do you recommend I use these 2 servers (for best performance) that are hosting a couple of my own sites all on LAMP setups. Do I put MySQL on its own machine, or what do you recommend. I have ecommerce sites as well as a social network type site with photo uploads and some GD processing going on with php.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks and sorry for so many questions." />
  <row Id="36153" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20309" RevisionGUID="5d6661d9-aaf5-4a74-80f4-0a52ce9c4d55" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:56:43.573" UserId="8288" Text="Bios settings for Dual Opteron Server + 32/64 bit Linux decision + how to use 2 LAMP machines" />
  <row Id="36154" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20309" RevisionGUID="5d6661d9-aaf5-4a74-80f4-0a52ce9c4d55" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:56:43.573" UserId="8288" Text="&lt;ubuntu-server&gt;&lt;bios&gt;&lt;memory&gt;&lt;64-bit&gt;&lt;32-bit&gt;" />
  <row Id="36155" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20040" RevisionGUID="9d68a82b-f440-4a9f-b797-76b400e215e3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:57:18.940" UserId="1134" Comment="Corrected another typo and re-arranged some stuff" Text="From looking at the source of the 'at' program ([from the CentOS 5.3 source repository][1]) , it looks like it is indeed logging to syslog, but only fatal errors regarding the at daemon itself are logged (for example, if you try to run 2 at daemons at the same time).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, process executions, resulting return code and standard error/output are not logged to syslog at all. Even when turning on debug (which requires recompilation) the log messages are not very informative (for end users) and write something like : &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    atd[24116]: pid 24121 exited with status 0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which will not help you a lot in identifying which command was ran, by which user or what was its standard output/error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;atd **does** send an email notification to the user who requested the command, in case the command had failed, or produced anything in it's standard output/error. But for commands that succeed without any output , no mail is sent. You can change that using the -m flag.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From [at(1)][2]:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; -m      Send mail to the user when the job has completed even if there was no&#xD;&#xA;&gt; output.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/5.3/os/SRPMS/at-3.1.8-82.fc6.src.rpm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?at" />
  <row Id="36156" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20300" RevisionGUID="f4554b1e-266b-4835-a70d-9492f7dfa7ee" CreationDate="2009-06-05T05:58:35.037" UserId="8002" Comment="added 19 characters in body" Text="- UNIX subsystem aka Interix (Services for UNIX 3.5 or Subsystem for Unix Application + Utilities)&#xD;&#xA;	- pkg bootsrapper from Interopsystems SUA community&#xD;&#xA;	- OpenSSH (includes OpenSSL)&#xD;&#xA;	- curl (unix version)&#xD;&#xA;	- md5&#xD;&#xA;	- zip/unzip&#xD;&#xA;	- whois&#xD;&#xA;- PowerShell&#xD;&#xA;- info-zip (zip.exe, unzip.exe)&#xD;&#xA;- curl with ssl&#xD;&#xA;- ncftp&#xD;&#xA;- 7-zip&#xD;&#xA;- MagicISO&#xD;&#xA;- inSSIDer&#xD;&#xA;- Network Monitor&#xD;&#xA;- On Vista:&#xD;&#xA;	- Windows telnet client&#xD;&#xA;	- PuTTYtel" />
  <row Id="36157" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20310" RevisionGUID="7751370a-6cbf-4615-9ff0-0d14f70b7de3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T06:04:37.380" UserId="4469" Text="Is your developers using Visual studio? You can use [Visual SVN plug-in][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It sound like a Source Control system is much better than doing what you describe. You can setup a SVN on windows with [Visual SVN Server][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or [SourceGearVault][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.visualsvn.com/visualsvn/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sourcegear.com/vault/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20311" RevisionGUID="86144dac-dce5-49e3-b7cc-2fb9cf976684" CreationDate="2009-06-05T06:07:48.467" UserId="1369" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a RedHat derivitive (CentOS 5.2) linux email server, I'd like users to be able to set an &quot;Out of Office&quot; auto-reply.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The mail server stack uses [postfix][1] + [amavisd][2] + [dovecot][3] + [roundcube][4] for the main elements.  &#xD;&#xA;Users only have access to the server through email (no shell or file access).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;User will enable and disable the &quot;out of office&quot; service by themselves, either by sending an email to a certain account or through other mean.  &#xD;&#xA;It must be simple to use for users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of the features I'm looking for &quot;Out of Office&quot; auto-replies:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* ideally, only send the notification to a given sender once over the period of absence.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* doesn't send notification to mailing lists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* must be server based and not require the user to have their mail client open (I know that Thunderbird can be configured to do that, but it's not a practical solution for us).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* ideally, allow the user to set their own message (we have users speaking different languages, some will be able to check their emails while they are away, other won't, so I'd like to give them the choice).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for any help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:http://www.postfix.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]:http://www.dovecot.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]:http://www.ijs.si/software/amavisd/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]:http://roundcube.net/" />
  <row Id="36159" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20311" RevisionGUID="86144dac-dce5-49e3-b7cc-2fb9cf976684" CreationDate="2009-06-05T06:07:48.467" UserId="1369" Text="Setting up &quot;Out of Office&quot; autoreply on linux mail server" />
  <row Id="36160" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20311" RevisionGUID="86144dac-dce5-49e3-b7cc-2fb9cf976684" CreationDate="2009-06-05T06:07:48.467" UserId="1369" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;emailserver&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="36161" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14177" RevisionGUID="62871710-6c23-4674-96c5-5e2eb2562895" CreationDate="2009-06-05T06:14:21.370" UserId="919" Comment="added 149 characters in body" Text="There is one book you need on your desk: Tannenbaum's [*Computer Networks*][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![cover courtesy google][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will cover a wide range of networking topics, with insightful diagrams and most importantly, citations for further reading. It does not restrict itself to TCP/IP or &quot;the internet&quot; but covers a wide range of possible networks, local, cellular, ad-hoc wireless, etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FComputer-Networks-4th-Andrew-Tanenbaum%2Fdp%2F0130661023%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1244182333%26sr%3D1-1&amp;tag=jlduggesblog-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://bks7.books.google.com/books?id=Pd-z64SJRBAC&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;img=1&amp;zoom=1&amp;sig=ACfU3U1l-Q_uuKEugvWLX-N3dBL046i_RQ" />
  <row Id="36162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20312" RevisionGUID="e86e1b34-e787-4dbf-b085-e784c7a61eb8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T06:17:02.630" UserId="1006" Text="First off, it sounds like you're leaning towards premature optimization with your question here. Machines are pretty fast. You need very significant load on any reasonably designed, normal-ish website (in the many hits per second range) before you're going to hit the limits of your dual Opteron system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(1) No, or at least not noticeably so. It may free up IRQs, etc., but you probably don't need to worry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(2, 3) Don't play with BIOS settings if you have no idea what they do. (For 2, the proper setting, I believe, depends on hardware, and hopefully your system builder knew what he was doing.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(4) Due to the additional registers you get in 64 bit mode, 64 bit is almost always a better choice. Also, while the system can see 4GB (or more) RAM, an individual app — say, MySQL — will be limited to 1.5–3GiB depending on kernel config. And you definitely don't want to reinstall if you decide you want a bigger MySQL query cache and add RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(5) This is hard to say without knowing the performance characteristics of your sites. First, if it doesn't matter (your performance requirements are not very high, determined by measurement) I suggest saving electricity and turning off the second machine. If you have the load, then often splitting MySQL to its own machine helps, and I'd use the 64-bit box for MySQL because databases, in general, love RAM." />
  <row Id="36163" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20313" RevisionGUID="7d175e5e-daee-4fa4-a72e-38439fa83d3f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T06:18:19.147" UserId="6383" Text="There's a program called vacation that is a part of most unix and linux distributions.  It is server based, and you can set your own messages.  I don't think it's too smart, though, so it might not support the first two point on your list." />
  <row Id="36164" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20308" RevisionGUID="81828708-3c46-44aa-9b82-1c94b488b392" CreationDate="2009-06-05T06:18:36.463" UserId="8290" Comment="added 329 characters in body" Text="Aren't WordPress pages, like those of most CMSes, generated from a database?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, here's the dirty little secret of open-source CMSes, PHP, and shared web hosting: many shared hosting servers do not separate the execution privileges of their clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Often PHP runs as an Apache module, which means it runs with the privileges of Apache. But since there is only one Apache on the server, everyone's PHP scripts run with the same privileges (i.e. with the same effective UID and GID).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This means that, if PHP can read *your* scripts, it can read the scripts of every other customer on the server. And vice versa.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, many open-source CMSes store high-privilege database credentials in plain text in a PHP file. Drupal does this; Joomla does this; I haven't looked at the WordPress source but I'd be surprised if it *didn't* do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short: **It's extremely likely that fully-privileged access to your WordPress database is within trivial reach of every other user who shares the server with you.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I sort of hate to write that in bold but I feel like I've been banging my head against a wall with this issue for a few months now, during which time I've run into two, possibly three apparently-reputable hosting companies that use this setup, and just can't be bothered by the enormous security problem it presents." />
  <row Id="36165" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20314" RevisionGUID="40973b59-1ecb-4c1f-8c2b-3ebe119b46c3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T06:20:05.413" UserId="7065" Text="My company is developing a network software and its network stablitiy is very importatnt. So my supervisor want me to set up the testing environment for our QA team.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can take care of almost everything to set it up except the network latency test. I need to find a tool that can control the network latency but I couldn't able to find one. My supervisior have mentioned that there is a tool which create a vitual NIC to control network latency or something.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please let me know if you've seen any of network latency control tool or something helpful infomation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you." />
  <row Id="36166" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20314" RevisionGUID="40973b59-1ecb-4c1f-8c2b-3ebe119b46c3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T06:20:05.413" UserId="7065" Text="How can I control the network latency?" />
  <row Id="36167" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20314" RevisionGUID="40973b59-1ecb-4c1f-8c2b-3ebe119b46c3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T06:20:05.413" UserId="7065" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;latency&gt;" />
  <row Id="36169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20316" RevisionGUID="8ddda2fb-40a5-4a38-b626-5174a0c4e002" CreationDate="2009-06-05T06:25:06.933" UserId="8294" Text="We've been using varnish on ssd drives for the last 9 months, it has worked extremely well for us.  We previously used a squid memory only cache with a carp layer.  It worked, but memory fragmentation was a real problem requiring frequent restarts.  Squid 2.x also will only use one core which makes it rather inefficient on current hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For our site, which is very cache friendly, we see about about 10% cpu usage on an 8 core machine serving 100Mbit/s of traffic. In our tests we run out of bandwidth before we hit cpu limits with 2 1Gb ports.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do have some advice for running varnish with an ssd cache.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Random write performance really matters.  We tried several vendor's for ssd drives before settling on the intel x-25m.  We've seen some post as little as .1MB/s for 4k random writes, we get 24MB/s 4k random writes with the x-25m.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Raid0. The cache in 2.0 is not persistent, so no need to worry about redundancy.  This does make restarts hurt, but those are rare.  You can do things like load a new config and purge objects without restart.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - mmap mode.  The varnish cache can be mmap'd to a file or use swap space.  Using swap has not worked well for us, it tends to use more i/o bandwidth to serve the same amount of traffic.  There is a 4 sector readahead in the linux swapin code, we wrote a patch to remove this but have not tried it in production.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Deadline scheduler. With 2.6.28+ this is ssd aware and performs well.  We tried noop but found that deadline was fairer as i/o bandwidth becomes limited.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Disable read ahead.  Since there is no rotational delay, no point in reading extra data just because you might need it.  i/o bandwidth is precious on these things.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Run 2.6.28+. mmap of a lot of space on linux gives the memory manager a good workout, but the split lru patches help a lot.  kswapd cpu usage dropped a lot when we updated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've posted our vcl file as well as several tools we use with varnish at [link text][1].  The vcl also includes a neat hack implementing a very fast geoiplookup server based on the maxmind database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.google.com/p/wikia/source/browse/#svn/utils/varnishhtcpd" />
  <row Id="36170" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20317" RevisionGUID="9bf8a378-36aa-4795-8dce-46b244afbed6" CreationDate="2009-06-05T06:27:50.517" UserId="2914" Text="Any book that tells about body language. ie. how to detect that this customer doesn't want this thingamajig." />
  <row Id="36171" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8498" RevisionGUID="7261d7c6-569e-4b3e-bb3d-6a6ed86cd5a4" CreationDate="2009-06-05T06:31:19.760" UserId="1092" Comment="bios update" Text="I have Dell Optiplex 960 with Vista Business 64-bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everyday after work I'm clicking &quot;shut down&quot; button which puts my machine into hybrid-sleep mode.&#xD;&#xA;It works great, but once a week just before saving whole memory to the disk, the computer restarts and I see a screen with options how to run my windows because of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have similiar machine at home - DIY with Gigabyte motherboard, Vista Home Premium 64-bit - and had never saw such behaviour.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found somwhere on the internet that disabling &quot;Allow this device to wake up computer&quot; checkbox for keyboard and mouse may help, but not in my case :-(&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is almost no information about those crashes in Event Viewer. For example yesterday I can find in System Log error at 18:03 that last shutdown from 18:01 was unexpected, but I have a hole in logs beetwen 14:58 and 18:02.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should I search for some newer drivers or bios updates ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** I've updated BIOS from version A01 to A03. Next day it happend again :-(&#xD;&#xA;Anyone know how to track drivers responsible for such behaviour?" />
  <row Id="36172" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8498" RevisionGUID="7261d7c6-569e-4b3e-bb3d-6a6ed86cd5a4" CreationDate="2009-06-05T06:31:19.760" UserId="1092" Comment="bios update" Text="&lt;dell&gt;&lt;optiplex&gt;&lt;hybrid-sleep&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="36173" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20318" RevisionGUID="9d53cae0-b0b9-4ba0-86de-e4fd19e984e2" CreationDate="2009-06-05T06:33:38.757" UserId="8002" Text="Neal Stephenson [*In The beggining there was the Command Line*][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html" />
  <row Id="36175" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="20242" RevisionGUID="5e1f5e86-3aa9-49e6-b257-0a7eecd21d08" CreationDate="2009-06-05T06:36:10.077" UserId="123" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;deployment&gt;&lt;version-control&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="36176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20320" RevisionGUID="5a545694-4ecd-4f32-b78f-9d3d25229a34" CreationDate="2009-06-05T06:43:48.410" UserId="3947" Text="Hi.. Try this..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.postfix.org/addon.html, http://www.howtoforge.com/autoresponders_for_virtual_postfix_users" />
  <row Id="36177" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20321" RevisionGUID="df9476a3-24ca-4773-8905-a71cb971d374" CreationDate="2009-06-05T06:44:44.443" UserId="8132" Text="here a non exhaustive list of the tools i keep on my usb stick for windows work:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- truecrypt &#xD;&#xA;- Password Generator&#xD;&#xA;- AccessEnum&#xD;&#xA;- ADexplorer&#xD;&#xA;- ADinsight&#xD;&#xA;- Autologon&#xD;&#xA;- blat&#xD;&#xA;- changepw&#xD;&#xA;- chwinpw&#xD;&#xA;- Cover your tracks&#xD;&#xA;- diskmon&#xD;&#xA;- Fpipe&#xD;&#xA;- LogonSessions.exe&#xD;&#xA;- LSASecretDump&#xD;&#xA;- NetSpeed&#xD;&#xA;- newsid&#xD;&#xA;- ntfsinfo&#xD;&#xA;- ofl&#xD;&#xA;- portmon&#xD;&#xA;- Sysinternals suite&#xD;&#xA;- putty&#xD;&#xA;- user2sid&#xD;&#xA;- sid2user&#xD;&#xA;- Wireshark&#xD;&#xA;- cdrtools&#xD;&#xA;- stunnel&#xD;&#xA;- killbox&#xD;&#xA;- tcpxd&#xD;&#xA;- tftpd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of them are probably outdated now, hope this helps anyway." />
  <row Id="36178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20322" RevisionGUID="737a1372-e061-4830-8a42-5f1e2aeed96b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T06:44:51.543" UserId="8002" Text="It sounds like you are describing a [Continuous Integration][1] scenario. Maybe something like [Cruise Control][2] would be appropriate for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.martinfowler.com/articles/continuousIntegration.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ccnet.thoughtworks.com/" />
  <row Id="36179" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14320" RevisionGUID="1ec27e6f-5ff4-4d14-a997-18b8930bdfaf" CreationDate="2009-06-05T06:49:30.207" UserId="3947" Comment="added 26 characters in body" Text="The Computer Networks, By Andrew Tannenbaum.. The Best Book" />
  <row Id="36180" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20323" RevisionGUID="102275aa-550b-4208-8b87-f2e1bf4445cc" CreationDate="2009-06-05T06:53:02.477" UserId="3947" Text="Hi.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try to run apt-get -f install, It may fix your broken packages." />
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  <row Id="36182" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="20323" RevisionGUID="beaee5e4-46f9-42ce-a910-c6422baad15d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T06:55:42.143" UserId="3947" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:3947,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Caterpillar&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="36184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20324" RevisionGUID="495b205f-d905-447f-9943-1d358f08ff66" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:05:05.403" UserId="4084" Text="The &quot;basic&quot; pack:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - List item&#xD;&#xA; - Firefox (web browser)&#xD;&#xA; - Filezilla (ftp client)&#xD;&#xA; - OpenOffice.org&#xD;&#xA; - VLC&#xD;&#xA; - Concept Draw Office ( visio &amp; Project like)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Windows computers, I add:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - notepad++ (text editor)&#xD;&#xA; - PDF Creator&#xD;&#xA; - Winrar (or winace, or other)&#xD;&#xA; - and WinMine of course ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Mac computers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Flip4Mac (codecs)&#xD;&#xA; - Microsoft Remote Desktop client&#xD;&#xA; - TextWrangler (text editor)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36185" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20325" RevisionGUID="55a6690f-7fd7-40ad-a013-291641a12e75" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:09:08.653" UserId="6569" Text="Currently I'm taking charge of a CentOS based VPS with cPanel installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I would like to upgrade the version of PHP and MySQL installed, along with some other optimizations to perform.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, after logging in as Root, I navigated through all the folders, but to my horror, I couldn't find the applications, not even the users' directories.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any guide in managing CentOS VPS?" />
  <row Id="36186" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20325" RevisionGUID="55a6690f-7fd7-40ad-a013-291641a12e75" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:09:08.653" UserId="6569" Text="Managing CentOS VPS through SSH" />
  <row Id="36187" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20325" RevisionGUID="55a6690f-7fd7-40ad-a013-291641a12e75" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:09:08.653" UserId="6569" Text="&lt;centos&gt;&lt;vps&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;" />
  <row Id="36188" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20326" RevisionGUID="c516248f-3172-4efa-94db-08de598b692a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:12:03.313" UserId="8290" Text="What group owns the PHP files? Your mention of 777 suggests that it's the 'wheel' or 'adm' or some other privileged group, so that the only way Apache can see any file is when that file is world-readable. Or world-writable, in the case of the uploads folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's almost certainly not a good thing -- although the severity would depend on what all you're running on the server (both web-based and otherwise), whether any of the PHP scripts contain plaintext credentials, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If, on the other hand, the files are owned by the gid that Apache runs under, then I don't think there's a problem, strictly speaking. You could in theory do a `chmod -R o-rwx` on DocumentRoot to remove all &quot;world&quot; privileges, and everything would be nice and safe and your web pages would still work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But the root-ownership still smells like a misconfiguration, and if I saw that on a web server I would be inclined to suspect other problems as well." />
  <row Id="36189" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20327" RevisionGUID="8419175b-8e7e-4f20-85fc-8c5a9ac68468" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:15:19.703" UserDisplayName="brandnewmath" Text="777 permissions are usually considered a Bad Idea for PHP scripts. If the files are owned by the root user, you'll likely want them to at least be owned by the apache group so they don't have to be world readable if that's not what you want. This way you could scale back to 770 permissions. (It seems a little odd for the scripts to be owned by root to begin with, too.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the future, you might also want set the sticky bit on the directory to ensure that new files added to that directory are automatically chgrp'd to whatever group owns the directory with the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;chmod 2775 /path/to/directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This way, you can (for example) set the group owner of the directories you're serving to apache, and new content that gets added will automatically be in the apache group and thus readable without needing to grant world-readable permissions (assuming an appropriate umask)." />
  <row Id="36190" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13295" RevisionGUID="bd96bb9a-a7b9-409f-a662-992c2acd8a37" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:18:16.203" UserId="4487" Comment="fixed link, which I couldn't do at the time I posted the answer" Text="Creating reverse DNS zones with the Windows Server 2003 DNS service is quite easy, take a look here: http://www.windowsreference.com/dns/how-to-create-dns-reverse-lookup-zone-in-windows-server-2003/.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I suspect that you will not be able to solve your problem by configuring your own reverse zone on your internal DNS server. The reason is that DNS PTR records (i.e. reverse DNS) for public IP addresses are usually managed by the ISP to which the relevant IP addresses has been allocated. In other words, when remote servers attempt to lookup the DNS name for your IP, they will query the ISP's DNS servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will have to contact your ISP and ask if they are able to modify the DNS PTR record for your IP address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternately, your ISP may offer an SMTP relay service, i.e. you configure your mail server to relay via an SMTP server provided by the ISP. Most mail servers refer to this as delivery via smart host." />
  <row Id="36191" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20326" RevisionGUID="54f58ada-78a3-4e75-ba18-362154dbd8d7" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:19:13.737" UserId="8290" Comment="tone down &quot;gid-owned is safe&quot; and mention setuid" Text="What group owns the PHP files? Your mention of 777 suggests that it's the 'wheel' or 'adm' or some other privileged group, so that the only way Apache can see any file is when that file is world-readable. Or world-writable, in the case of the uploads folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's almost certainly not a good thing -- although the severity would depend on what all you're running on the server (both web-based and otherwise), whether any of the PHP scripts contain plaintext credentials, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If, on the other hand, the files are owned by the gid that Apache runs under, then you're in somewhat better shape. You could in theory do a `chmod -R o-rwx` on DocumentRoot to remove all &quot;world&quot; privileges, and everything would most likely be nice and safe and your web pages would still work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But then there's the question of setuid bits. I'm not sure off the top of my head whether a root-owned PHP script with setuid turned on could, in practice, be exploited for malicious purposes, but I wouldn't want one on my web server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And even if setuid is not a concern, the root-ownership still smells bad. If I saw that on a web server I would be inclined to suspect other problems as well." />
  <row Id="36192" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="20025" RevisionGUID="6df51b7e-4252-472c-905f-5959dbd9360a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:19:37.870" UserId="919" Comment="you know this deserves this tag" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;vmware-esxi&gt;&lt;vmware-esx&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;wtf&gt;" />
  <row Id="36193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20328" RevisionGUID="31cb925c-db37-47cd-9065-002e8e9f5a78" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:20:12.330" UserId="6647" Text="As Ram Prasad said, you need that Limit statement in the Directory entry in your vhosts.config file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You also need a .DAV directory that is owned by apache in the same directory as your .htaccess file. I have found this usually causes the 403 error, as Apache uses this folder to write temporary files to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See also: http://www.webdav.org/mod_dav/install.html" />
  <row Id="36194" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20308" RevisionGUID="027fe930-ccf9-479b-a733-f1d3b90d64bb" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:22:35.290" UserId="8290" Comment="simplify" Text="Aren't WordPress pages, like those of most CMSes, generated from a database?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, here's the dirty little secret of open-source CMSes, PHP, and shared web hosting: on many shared hosting servers, everyone's PHP scripts run with the same privileges (i.e. with the UID and GID of the Apache daemon).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This means that, if PHP can read *your* scripts, it can read the scripts of every other customer on the server. And vice versa.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, many open-source CMSes store high-privilege database credentials in plain text in a PHP file. Drupal does this; Joomla does this; I haven't looked at the WordPress source but I'd be surprised if it *didn't* do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short: **It's extremely likely that fully-privileged access to your WordPress database is within trivial reach of every other user who shares the server with you.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I sort of hate to write that in bold but I feel like I've been banging my head against a wall with this issue for a few months now, during which time I've run into two, possibly three apparently-reputable hosting companies that use this setup, and just can't be bothered by the enormous security problem it presents." />
  <row Id="36195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20329" RevisionGUID="b490cc01-b6b8-4431-bb53-1df52f7281c5" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:23:30.233" UserId="6524" Text="Add in your '~/.screenrc':&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;attrcolor b &quot;.I&quot;&#xD;&#xA;termcapinfo xterm 'Co#256:AB=\E[48;5;%dm:AF=\E[38;5;%dm'&#xD;&#xA;defbce &quot;on&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="36196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20330" RevisionGUID="c1cd3230-459f-492a-8681-b3c6d928c233" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:25:19.683" UserId="5989" Text="Some books that helped me learn how to become a better system administrator over the years, in order that I'd recommend reading them today.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [The Practice of System and Network Administration][1]&#xD;&#xA;* [Linux System Administration Handbook][2]&#xD;&#xA;* [Time Management for System Administrators][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You didn't say which language you develop in (though you allude to C/C++ with your analogy). A lot of system administrators focus their tool development on scripting languages like Ruby, Perl, Python or plain ol' Shell. Personally I like Ruby.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [Minimal Perl][4]&#xD;&#xA;* [Programming Ruby][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0321492668/tomontime-20&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.admin.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0596007833/tomontime-20&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://minimalperl.com/consultix/mp4sh.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://pragprog.com/titles/ruby/programming-ruby&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36197" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20330" RevisionGUID="c1cd3230-459f-492a-8681-b3c6d928c233" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:25:19.683" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36201" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20332" RevisionGUID="16ffe2d6-b531-4e58-abd5-97d2ed150ee7" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:27:45.340" UserId="8297" Text="I'm setting up a network for a new small business and we need a MySQL server. The business has a very limited budget. As I understand it, small businesses are still allowed to use the free edition of MySQL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other than official support (which I really don't foresee needing), what advantages are there? Is there anything worth justifying $600/year to a company that can barely afford that?" />
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  <row Id="36203" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20332" RevisionGUID="16ffe2d6-b531-4e58-abd5-97d2ed150ee7" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:27:45.340" UserId="8297" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;" />
  <row Id="36204" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20281" RevisionGUID="e1316d52-6595-4571-8dea-6f04442add4f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:30:01.937" UserId="984" Comment="added 23 characters in body" Text="You probably have a network card configured on your system to [offload][1] the tcp checksumming.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.wireshark.org/TCP_checksum_offload" />
  <row Id="36205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20333" RevisionGUID="00be9a95-8578-4f97-96bd-6c2ead0b555a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:31:01.230" UserId="7342" Text="MySQL recently announced that Community and Enterprise will be the same version. They released  that customers weren't entirely happy about paying money to use untested code.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't need the commercial support (and I don't think most people do) I wouldn't bother with it." />
  <row Id="36206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20334" RevisionGUID="1861b3ce-d57d-4bce-b313-7bdc1ee6f23b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:32:35.923" UserId="32988" Text="![limoncelli][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Practice of System and Network Administration][2] is the only one you need in my opinion. You can find specific information about how to solve technical problems online. What this book gives you is a set of best practices and it makes it easier to adjust to the sysadmin point of view.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512gcuc0aWL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU01_.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.amazon.com/Practice-System-Network-Administration-2nd/dp/0321492668/" />
  <row Id="36207" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20334" RevisionGUID="1861b3ce-d57d-4bce-b313-7bdc1ee6f23b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:32:35.923" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20335" RevisionGUID="2c273b56-aa65-4bc6-a1a8-39d4945d4356" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:40:56.327" UserId="984" Text="&gt; Is there anything worth justifying&#xD;&#xA;&gt; $600/year to a company that can barely&#xD;&#xA;&gt; afford that?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The question is, what will be the cost to your company of the mysql server fails in some obscure way.  Will you be able to afford some down-time to restore a copy of your database if it was corrupt for some reason?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are running a shopping site, and if the mysql server goes down, the outage will cost you in lost sales.  If those lost sales are more then the cost of the enterprise license then not buying the license would be a bad decision.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is for a site small blog or something and mysql goes down, you may just annoy a few of your visitors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to decide what your level of risk is, and if you need to pay for professional support to help you minimize that risk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep in mind that when/if you have a critical failure you probably can find someone who will help you, it will just cost you more then if you had gotten a support contract ahead of time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may want to at least make sure you a phone number written down of someone you can call in a emergency.  There are probably mysql experts that you can hire in a pinch.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36209" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20336" RevisionGUID="86173a15-d9e4-4b40-9c04-098eaee25656" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:41:16.843" UserId="2783" Text="Very similar question asked and answered here: [What is the recommended size for a server 2008 system partition?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/14893/what-is-the-recommended-size-for-a-server-2008-system-partition&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as cleaning up the Winsxs directory... don't.  You will break future updates, MSIs, and Windows Update from working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See more here: http://blogs.msdn.com/jonwis/archive/2007/01/02/deleting-from-the-winsxs-directory.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even better... from the Windows 7 Engineering team, everything you need to know about Microsoft's engineering goals around disk space and the real size of the sxs folder (it's not as big as you think):  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2008/11/19/disk-space.aspx" />
  <row Id="36210" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20333" RevisionGUID="1d9196e7-b130-4720-8877-0542bfb11a30" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:42:03.457" UserId="919" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="MySQL recently announced that Community and Enterprise will be the same version. They realized that customers weren't entirely happy about paying money to use untested code.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't need the commercial support (and I don't think most people do) I wouldn't bother with it." />
  <row Id="36211" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20314" RevisionGUID="afaa493d-8166-49ae-a2f5-2c632fd5978b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:43:22.237" UserId="919" Comment="fix spelling" Text="My company is developing a network software and its network stability is very important. So my supervisor want me to set up the testing environment for our QA team.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can take care of almost everything to set it up except the network latency test. I need to find a tool that can control the network latency but I couldn't able to find one. My supervisor have mentioned that there is a tool which create a virtual NIC to control network latency or something.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please let me know if you've seen any of network latency control tool or something helpful information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you." />
  <row Id="36212" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20337" RevisionGUID="52f86e7d-45de-4930-8fd7-2addbd36a881" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:49:16.937" UserId="1322" Text="Which log rotation tool do you prefer?" />
  <row Id="36213" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20337" RevisionGUID="52f86e7d-45de-4930-8fd7-2addbd36a881" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:49:16.937" UserId="1322" Text="Cronolog vs logrotate" />
  <row Id="36214" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20337" RevisionGUID="52f86e7d-45de-4930-8fd7-2addbd36a881" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:49:16.937" UserId="1322" Text="&lt;cronolog&gt;&lt;logrotate&gt;" />
  <row Id="36215" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20338" RevisionGUID="335df25c-76a4-4111-abb9-ee0786ca14fa" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:49:41.520" UserId="7783" Text="To be honest, I can't imagine installing a Windows server with less than 40Gb as a bare minimum, ideally 60Gb or even 80Gb for the system partition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for WinSXS cleanup, you'll find a lot of people claiming you can do this and that, and Microsoft telling you to leave it alone apart from maybe one or two very specific issues. On a workstation I might be persuaded to experiment but on a server I'd be wary about betting against the vendor's suggestions." />
  <row Id="36216" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20339" RevisionGUID="e0365e25-7684-422a-b799-2fce5f1b0d8e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:49:53.720" UserId="4685" Text="If it has to be windows.. its not going to be easy and free i think.&#xD;&#xA;If you got some budget for this, go Shunra. No budget, go linux and use Qdisc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ive tried some free linux WAN simulators to emulate 4 hostingsites with delays and bandwidthlimits.. all just crashed with my config so i ended up setting up Qdisc manually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you decide to go with the linux option i could assisst in the Qdisc config.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more opinions youve got a link from Zoredache in you questionpost." />
  <row Id="36217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20340" RevisionGUID="900b968a-7b27-4ab8-8f08-a3e93faa9ed3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:51:07.447" UserId="7342" Text="For workloads with significant amounts of parallel tasks, like webserving or databases, more cores beats faster cores. If you have a 4 core machine and you get 4 hits at the same time, each request is going to get its own core. If you have two cores, requests are going to have to share. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if you're not serving that much the difference is irrelevent as your CPU is going to spend most of its time idle." />
  <row Id="36218" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20341" RevisionGUID="1cc0f0d7-6153-4931-904a-919dc0f1a154" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:52:26.897" UserId="7342" Text="Only ever used logrotate. It's what Debian uses by default and I've never had any complaints with it." />
  <row Id="36219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20342" RevisionGUID="b89f2535-4c62-46b9-a1d0-e4ef7b7dcd2c" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:53:30.593" UserId="8305" Text="Its often more efficient to use the &lt;code&gt;map&lt;/code&gt; directive in place of regular expressions when switching the root for matching subdomains:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    server {&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        server_name mysite.tld ~^.+\.mysite\.tld$;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        map $host $files {&#xD;&#xA;            default            common;&#xD;&#xA;            mysite.tld         common;&#xD;&#xA;            www.mysite.tld     common;&#xD;&#xA;            admin.mysite.tld   admin;&#xD;&#xA;            system.mysite.tld  system;&#xD;&#xA;            *.mysite.tld       users;&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        root /var/www/mysite/$files;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    }" />
  <row Id="36220" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20343" RevisionGUID="2efa760f-c88b-4870-8dd0-13d3b6fa8be2" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:57:37.370" UserId="8305" Text="The &lt;code&gt;empty_gif&lt;/code&gt; module is also *very* useful, especially if you need monitor responses from the webserver (using nagios/monit/etc):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    location /token {&#xD;&#xA;        empty_gif;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    location /favicon.ico {&#xD;&#xA;        empty_gif;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    location /img/1px.gif {&#xD;&#xA;        empty_gif;&#xD;&#xA;    } " />
  <row Id="36221" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20344" RevisionGUID="4e6dce5b-22e8-4019-bed9-c66a24461fd1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T07:59:23.327" UserId="8090" Text="Of course there is - &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.dummies.com/store/product/Red-Hat-Enterprise-Linux-4-For-Dummies.productCd-0764577131,navId-322464.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;m" />
  <row Id="36222" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20326" RevisionGUID="e2363125-7dad-4cb1-95ae-dc784d131672" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:00:20.253" UserId="8290" Comment="deleted 70 characters in body" Text="What group owns the PHP files? Your mention of 777 suggests that it's the 'wheel' or 'adm' or some other privileged group, so that the only way Apache can see any file is when that file is world-readable. Or world-writable, in the case of the uploads folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's almost certainly not a good thing -- although the severity would depend on what all you're running on the server (both web-based and otherwise), whether any of the PHP scripts contain plaintext credentials, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If, on the other hand, the files are owned by the gid that Apache runs under, then you're in somewhat better shape. You could in theory do a `chmod -R o-rwx` on DocumentRoot to remove all &quot;world&quot; privileges, and everything would most likely be nice and safe and your web pages would still work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But then there's the question of setuid bits. I'm not sure off the top of my head whether a root-owned PHP script with setuid turned on could, in practice, be exploited for malicious purposes, but I wouldn't want one on my web server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And even if setuid is not a concern, the root-ownership still doesn't smell right to me." />
  <row Id="36223" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20345" RevisionGUID="a1206ff7-1e60-4b6f-a624-76a3d0b3a018" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:04:21.303" UserId="8305" Text="If you need to flip contextually between http and https for subdomains handled by the same server block, you can use variables to do so. Might not be the most efficient way to do things, but it works:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    server {&#xD;&#xA;      server mysite.tld ~^.+\.mysite\.tld$;&#xD;&#xA;      &#xD;&#xA;      set $req_ssl = 0;&#xD;&#xA;      &#xD;&#xA;      map $host $files {&#xD;&#xA;          default            common;&#xD;&#xA;          mysite.tld         common;&#xD;&#xA;          www.mysite.tld     common;&#xD;&#xA;          admin.mysite.tld   admin;&#xD;&#xA;          system.mysite.tld  system;&#xD;&#xA;          *.mysite.tld       users;&#xD;&#xA;      }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      root /var/www/mysite/$files;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      if ( $files = &quot;admin&quot; ){&#xD;&#xA;        set $req_ssl 1;&#xD;&#xA;      }&#xD;&#xA;      &#xD;&#xA;      if ( $files = &quot;common&quot; ){&#xD;&#xA;        set $req_ssl 2;&#xD;&#xA;      }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      if ( $scheme = http )&#xD;&#xA;      {&#xD;&#xA;        set $req_ssl $req_ssl.1;&#xD;&#xA;      }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      if ( $scheme = https )&#xD;&#xA;      {&#xD;&#xA;        set $req_ssl $req_ssl.2;&#xD;&#xA;      }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      if ($req_ssl = 1.1){&#xD;&#xA;        rewrite ^ https://$host$uri;&#xD;&#xA;      }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      if ($req_ssl = 2.2){&#xD;&#xA;        rewrite ^ http://$host$uri;&#xD;&#xA;      }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    }" />
  <row Id="36224" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20346" RevisionGUID="f1177c1e-d0bb-43ea-860c-db56f13bba4f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:04:40.913" UserId="7342" Text="We use backuppc, which can backup using tar, rsync or Windows shares. It has a very good web interface, very configurable and has worked very well for us. I have never used it to back up windows machines though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It doesn't however deal with reimaging servers in case of a complete failure. We would reinstall the operating system and restore our files from there." />
  <row Id="36225" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20347" RevisionGUID="1aa0901c-093e-4847-9ccd-8208d1add492" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:06:09.337" UserId="47290" Text="We have recently moved our Team System installation from a VM onto a physical server.  Most aspects seem to work okay (work items, source control etc), but am seeing the following error in the event logs every hour (presumably when the warehouse is updating)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Event Type:    Error  &#xD;&#xA;Event Source:    TFS Warehouse  &#xD;&#xA;Event Category:    None  &#xD;&#xA;Event ID:    3000  &#xD;&#xA;Date:        03/06/2009  &#xD;&#xA;Time:        12:26:32  &#xD;&#xA;User:        N/A  &#xD;&#xA;Computer:    TFS1  &#xD;&#xA;Description:  &#xD;&#xA;TF53010: The following error has occurred in a Team Foundation component or extension:  &#xD;&#xA;Date (UTC): 03/06/2009 11:26:32  &#xD;&#xA;Machine: TFS1  &#xD;&#xA;Application Domain: /LM/W3SVC/1724018147/Root/Warehouse-3-128884367959382827  &#xD;&#xA;Assembly: Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Warehouse, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a; v2.0.50727  &#xD;&#xA;Process Details:  &#xD;&#xA;  Process Name: w3wp  &#xD;&#xA;  Process Id: 5080  &#xD;&#xA;  Thread Id: 6016  &#xD;&#xA;  Account name: NTSERVERS\sqlservice  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Detailed Message: TF51209: A run-time error  System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException: The given key was not present in the dictionary.  &#xD;&#xA;   at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowKeyNotFoundException()  &#xD;&#xA;   at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.get_Item(TKey key)  &#xD;&#xA;   at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Adapter.Adapter.FindTreeNodeUriFromId(Object id, Int32 treeStructureType)  &#xD;&#xA;   at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Adapter.Adapter.ProcessKeywordValue(FactEntry fact, PayloadRow fieldRow, PayloadRow dr)&#xD;&#xA;   at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Adapter.Adapter.AddWorkItemFactEntry(PayloadRow dr, String projectUri, String previousState, DateTime dtChangedDate)  &#xD;&#xA;   at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Adapter.Adapter.PopulateFacts(PayloadRow dr)  &#xD;&#xA;   at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Adapter.Adapter.MakeDataChanges()  &#xD;&#xA;   at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Warehouse.AdapterWrapper.RunTimerAdapter() occurred on adapter Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Adapter.Adapter.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We reapplied TFS 2008 SP1 overnight to correct a different issue (iterations added not appearing in the work item iteration list).  We noticed that a couple of iterations on two different projects had disappeared, although we were able to track the work items down (their iteration entries were blank).  I think we may have an issue with the warehouse iterations being corrupt in some way?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Help appreciated..." />
  <row Id="36226" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20347" RevisionGUID="1aa0901c-093e-4847-9ccd-8208d1add492" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:06:09.337" UserId="47290" Text="TFS2008 Iteration Corruption - error TF51209" />
  <row Id="36227" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20347" RevisionGUID="1aa0901c-093e-4847-9ccd-8208d1add492" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:06:09.337" UserId="47290" Text="&lt;tfs&gt;" />
  <row Id="36228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20348" RevisionGUID="2219016b-2ab7-4188-a5f8-9c976c303619" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:07:04.823" UserId="984" Text="I prefer cronolog, but it isn't a really strong preference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;logrotate where is started by cron, and if a system is down for some reason when the rotate should have happened, then your log files won't be rotated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also like having log files have the date (%Y%m.combined.access.log) in the name because I keep those logs around for a long time.  On most systems, by default, apache logrotate will name the files access.log,access.log.1,etc.  It may be possible to use a date in the logfiles with logrotate, but I couldn't figure out how to do last time I looked." />
  <row Id="36229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20349" RevisionGUID="2b75e3c0-13de-44b2-8207-2cc017bc6eed" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:10:25.067" UserId="3839" Text="MediaTemple is [using Virtuozzo][1] virtualization technology? Virtuozzo is built on top of OpenVZ. On OpenVZ there is a limit on number of open files. Maybe is Your containter hit the limit?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Run this command (if you can):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;cat /proc/user_beancounters &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and look at values of numfile resource.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.parallels.com/eu/news/id,12409" />
  <row Id="36230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20350" RevisionGUID="de4caec3-9e50-4658-9a51-aae1d1e7307a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:13:14.967" UserId="7408" Text="Using `/conf/crontab`, as dlawson pointed out, sounds like an excellent idea to me. This allows me to run a script once a minute that ensures everything but http and ssh is&#xD;&#xA;shut down:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/init.d/cdserver stop&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/init.d/fdserver stop&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/init.d/cim_sfcb stop&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/init.d/webgo stop&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That still leaves me with a web server with password-based access control (I can see no way to have it validate client certificates) and who knows what remote vulnerabilities. Turning it off when I'm not using it (which is most of the time) seems like a reasonable solution; adding a crontab entry to shut it down every five or ten minutes would catch those cases where someone forgets to shut it down when he's done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ssh daemon is a version of [dropbear](http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html) that appears to be fairly heavily modified. It reads usernames and plaintext passwords from `/conf/PMConfig.dat` (which is also used by the web server), logs in any valid name and password as the root user, and ignores the `~/.ssh/authorized_keys` file. This last problem is annoying; it forces you to allow password logins and opens the possibility of backdoors depending on from where-all it gets its names and passwords.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So that's the dilemma you face: how much do you really trust this modified ssh daemon installed on a system that was fairly obviously designed by security-na&amp;iuml;ve developers?" />
  <row Id="36231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20351" RevisionGUID="997cf380-ae0c-47a3-85ea-377e8e6381b3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:13:31.880" UserId="8308" Text="I wonder what scripting languages is most used as logon scripts these days. Is people still hacking away in batch-file files or vbscripts, or do you use PowerShell or something completely different?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I have [pretty good experience with vbscript][1], it works across almost all Windows versions, but PowerShell looks sweet and might be an option going forward.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, what is your preferred scripting language for logon scripts, and why? And if you can, please share some of the brilliant things you do in your logon scripts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regards, Egil.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.egil.dk/xml-driven-logon-script/" />
  <row Id="36232" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20351" RevisionGUID="997cf380-ae0c-47a3-85ea-377e8e6381b3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:13:31.880" UserId="8308" Text="What scripting language do you use for your logon scripts?" />
  <row Id="36233" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20351" RevisionGUID="997cf380-ae0c-47a3-85ea-377e8e6381b3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:13:31.880" UserId="8308" Text="&lt;logon-scripts&gt;&lt;vbscript&gt;&lt;batch-file&gt;&lt;powershell&gt;" />
  <row Id="36234" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20352" RevisionGUID="9b2ec225-9d84-465d-82cb-2a858a5c1197" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:13:41.987" UserId="7342" Text="We use Linux Virtual Server and keepalived for our high availability. keepalived can either do  VRRP on the hosts themselves (which I believe relies on the other server dying) or you can set it up on an separate host to do load balancing, which can have service availability checks. It may be possible to configure service checks in the first situation but I've not checked. The second situation is particularly good if you can have both servers running at the same time, otherwise you can do a manual switch over." />
  <row Id="36235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20353" RevisionGUID="bcc06276-f3a5-4b6e-bc06-303efc90352f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:21:26.293" UserId="7408" Text="[Marionette](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marionnet) may be able to help you out here, and possibly simplify your life with creating other network configurations for testing as well." />
  <row Id="36236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20354" RevisionGUID="3d50dd6b-ea2f-4fd3-9ef4-ea4ec9c0fdd1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:23:03.450" UserId="6990" Text="Remo Fritzsche's &quot;goldfish&quot; software was written for database-backed virtual email setups (Dovecot, Postfix, ...) as I have documented in my ISPmail tutorial on workaround.org to provide vacation autoresponders. See: http://www.remofritzsche.ch/goldfish/ It's basically a cron-based PHP script that uses a database in the background to remember who has already been sent an autoreply. It can be enabled/disabled by a flag in the user accounts table that Postfix/Dovecot use." />
  <row Id="36237" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20355" RevisionGUID="786852d1-aa93-44db-9b2f-9e14a0d61f15" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:23:28.787" UserId="4685" Text="Is there a good way to make a LTI installation wait for an ipaddress before its trying to start the installation wizard?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I currently get errors when i boot my PEimg that only says the networkpath to the deploymentshare is unavaible. ipconfig in the cmd.. I've got no IP:(&#xD;&#xA;ipconfig /renew get me a valid ip-address tough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Im using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, WAIK 2008 sp1, server 2008 Deployment services." />
  <row Id="36238" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20355" RevisionGUID="786852d1-aa93-44db-9b2f-9e14a0d61f15" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:23:28.787" UserId="4685" Text="WinPE slow dhcp crashes LTI" />
  <row Id="36239" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20355" RevisionGUID="786852d1-aa93-44db-9b2f-9e14a0d61f15" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:23:28.787" UserId="4685" Text="&lt;deployment&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;dhcp&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="36240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20356" RevisionGUID="acec0e1e-00cc-4de7-97e8-51b37fbd36b4" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:31:25.760" UserId="6383" Text="After reading [How valuable do you find professional memberships?](http://serverfault.com/questions/17423/how-valuable-do-you-find-professional-memberships) I thought it would be useful to list the various professional groups and associations available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Discussion of the value (or not) of the groups belongs with the [How valuable do you find professional memberships?](http://serverfault.com/questions/17423/how-valuable-do-you-find-professional-memberships) question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To start with, ordered alphabetically, by country:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Australia**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SAGE-AU](http://www.sage-au.org.au), The System Administrators Guild of Australia&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**USA**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[LOPSA](http://www.lopsa.org), The League of Professional System Administrators&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SAGE](http://www.sage.org), The USENIX Special Interest Group for Sysadmins&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please add any more that you know of." />
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  <row Id="36242" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20356" RevisionGUID="acec0e1e-00cc-4de7-97e8-51b37fbd36b4" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:31:25.760" UserId="6383" Text="" />
  <row Id="36243" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20356" RevisionGUID="acec0e1e-00cc-4de7-97e8-51b37fbd36b4" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:31:25.760" UserId="6383" />
  <row Id="36244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20357" RevisionGUID="6c30d2cf-24ea-4c10-813a-371ab7d5ba81" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:32:27.567" UserId="7342" Text="From the description, I'd suggest the problem may be due to the database queries taking too long. If the queries are taking longer, request will take longer and therefore you'll have more of them running at once. As you're seeing, you're running out of tomcat threads. When you solve the problem with the database you should be okay. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Get a stack trace, either using jstack or using kill -3 $process_id. See what your threads are doing when it dies. If they're all waiting on the database, that's a good pointer to my theory. They might all be waiting on some lock.&#xD;&#xA; - Install LambdaProbe. It's invaluable for finding out what your tomcat is doing.&#xD;&#xA; - Upgrade your tomcat. 5.5.8 is incredibly old. I think they're now on 5.5.27." />
  <row Id="36245" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20358" RevisionGUID="e653c71b-3184-4aee-9407-ce2397c218df" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:33:04.633" UserId="3950" Text="[Red Hat Cluster Suite][1] will do what you want for just about every possible application. In combination with GFS and Cluster LVM you can have solid shared storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maintenance is not much more difficult then keeping the individual boxes running. The application migration makes it easier, actually, to patch the individual boxes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RHCS comes with a web frontend (Luci) and a GTK frontend (system-config-cluster) to make configuration and migration clickable. It'll let you configure failover domains per application, recovery policies, fencing, all from one central, web-based management console.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Considering the fact that RHCS actually has a pretty solid support option, I'd go for RHCS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not sure how much this would cost you, but I figure it's in the range of several thousand dollars. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.redhat.com/cluster_suite/" />
  <row Id="36246" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20359" RevisionGUID="cc54dc81-a9cd-4473-9ff5-86a37e446eac" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:36:02.037" UserId="4721" Text="Your title strongly suggests a unix environment (or maybe its just me :-). Could be more precise if you add the phrase &quot;for windows&quot; at the end of the question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sorry for writing this as an answer, wanted to make it a comment but i just started on serverfault and don't have sufficient credits to add a comment." />
  <row Id="36247" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20360" RevisionGUID="85dc14f6-3d19-4d55-b5aa-26f3a85fa5bc" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:37:28.977" UserId="8313" Text="For now, our logon scripts still are winNT batch files, and will stay for quite a while. &#xD;&#xA;The reason for being so conservative is how fundamentally important the scripts are, and how easy it would be to screw up the distibution of the proper interpreter on all computers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If and when Windows 7 replaces Windows XP, imho, it will become feasible to switch the logon scripts to PowerShell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But even before then, it is possible to branch to other scripts (perl etc) from the logon.cmd after doing the proper tests." />
  <row Id="36248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20361" RevisionGUID="302e43cb-0751-49cf-902d-5bb2bb8a389b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:39:29.080" UserId="8127" Text="First of all, you want a reliable filesystem first, and a fast one second. Which rules out some options...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Performance testing shows that often XFS gives the best performance. There are some stability issues with it once you reach disk-very-close-to-full scenarios, but as long as you monitor for that not happening, it'll give you slightly better performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In theory you don't need a journaling filesystem for the pg_xlog directory, but the difference in speed is usually so small it's just not worth it. For the data directory, you really should always have a metadata journaling filesystem." />
  <row Id="36249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20362" RevisionGUID="fafc6329-7aea-4de7-b1ad-4b0af6f7094d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:45:39.910" UserId="8314" Text="Hi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some classic asp pages we are serving, which require a float to be like 1.5 instead of 1,5. So the comma should be a point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.  " />
  <row Id="36250" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20362" RevisionGUID="fafc6329-7aea-4de7-b1ad-4b0af6f7094d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:45:39.910" UserId="8314" Text="IIS6 - Classic ASP - Comma to point" />
  <row Id="36251" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20362" RevisionGUID="fafc6329-7aea-4de7-b1ad-4b0af6f7094d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:45:39.910" UserId="8314" Text="&lt;asp&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;" />
  <row Id="36252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20363" RevisionGUID="0808ff10-6c27-4f6d-9ff3-6d9a189a88af" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:46:00.363" UserId="3925" Text="[UltraMonkey][1], its partly build on top of Linux-HA framework. I've always thought of it as more a load-balancing solution than a true cluster, but it handles fail-over well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ultramonkey.org/3/" />
  <row Id="36253" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20364" RevisionGUID="8532d1ba-e5bd-4176-a97d-faddce62cf30" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:46:11.640" UserId="7342" Text="Filesystem is only part of the problem. You can get significant performance boost by changing your IO scheduler. Fortunately this is fairly easy to test as you can change the IO scheduler on the fly. I'd suggest trying each one for a couple of days under typical load and see which gives the best performance." />
  <row Id="36256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20366" RevisionGUID="00e97171-629a-4423-a374-e4b25229549e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:55:52.620" UserId="8315" Text="&#xD;&#xA;Hi all, I want to restore and recover my oracle database to the current state.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, I have a full backup on Sunday and I have all archive logs from Sunday to Wednesday.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I restore and recover from backup to the new host, my database is in the state of Sunday only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I apply all archive logs I have to recover my database to the state of Wednesday?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do I need controlfile autobackup on Sunday or the current one on Wednesday?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please give me steps to do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regards,&#xD;&#xA;Sarith" />
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  <row Id="36259" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19797" RevisionGUID="05a68a16-00a4-4e23-9201-16dff49457ff" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:56:13.900" UserId="3562" Comment="cleaned up mistakes" Text="To see the previous and current runlevel,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@example ~]# runlevel&#xD;&#xA;    N 3&#xD;&#xA;Here, there was no previous runlevel, and the current runlevel is 3.    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To change the runlevel temporarily,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@example ~]# init RUNLEVEL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To permanently change the default runlevel of the machine, change /etc/inittab's&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    id:5:initdefault:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Change 5 to your preferred level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're using RHEL or one of the clone distributions like CentOS, the default runlevel will be 3 for servers, and 5 for desktops where X should be started automatically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're using Debian or its various offshoots, the default runlevel will be 2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ubuntu has moved to the upstart task selection program, so it may lack /etc/inittab and will use runlevel 2 by default. Create one if you want to change the default runlevel, or you can pass the runlevel as part of startup through grub.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To change the runlevel of a daemon:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're using RHEL or another RPM-based distro, chkconfig will probably be the most convenient way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@example ~]# chkconfig --list ntpd&#xD;&#xA;    ntpd            0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@example ~]# chkconfig ntpd on&#xD;&#xA;    [root@example ~]# chkconfig ntpd off&#xD;&#xA;    [root@example ~]# chkconfig --level 2,5 ntpd on &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're using Debian, I usually manually change the status of a daemon per runlevel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@example ~]# ls /etc/rc2.d/*ntp*&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/rc2.d/S23ntp&#xD;&#xA;    [root@example ~]# cd /etc/rc2.d/&#xD;&#xA;    [root@example rc2.d]# mv K23ntpd S23ntpd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the symlink for the daemon begins with K, it's stopped at that runlevel. If it starts with S, it is started at that runlevel." />
  <row Id="36260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20367" RevisionGUID="13812969-f931-4636-9a8e-c8a4952e6d63" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:57:29.450" UserId="8316" Text="What Internet pages I can visit to make consume a maximum of bandwidth to my INTERNET access provider?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * Whatever is the domain of activity concerned (weather report, finance, anything...), it has no importance.&#xD;&#xA;    * Something that we can let turn several days (not like speed test page).&#xD;&#xA;    * Something funnier than the download of a file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="36263" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20356" RevisionGUID="efa7a06d-6910-476b-92b8-ab44596c8444" CreationDate="2009-06-05T08:58:23.567" UserId="6383" Comment="added 68 characters in body; edited tags; added 57 characters in body" Text="After reading [How valuable do you find professional memberships?](http://serverfault.com/questions/17423/how-valuable-do-you-find-professional-memberships) I thought it would be useful to list the various professional groups and associations available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Discussion of the value (or not) of the groups belongs with the [How valuable do you find professional memberships?](http://serverfault.com/questions/17423/how-valuable-do-you-find-professional-memberships) question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To start with, ordered alphabetically, by country:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Australia**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ACS](http://acs.org.au), Australian Computer Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SAGE-AU](http://www.sage-au.org.au), The System Administrators Guild of Australia&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UK**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[BCS](http://www.bcs.org.uk), British Computer Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**USA**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[LOPSA](http://www.lopsa.org), The League of Professional System Administrators&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SAGE](http://www.sage.org), The USENIX Special Interest Group for Sysadmins&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please add any more that you know of." />
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  <row Id="36265" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20368" RevisionGUID="af907a92-e83f-4a3a-8d96-0b00f73d7d00" CreationDate="2009-06-05T09:01:02.970" UserId="6646" Text="**Worldwide**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[PASS][1] - Professional Association for SQL Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlpass.org/" />
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  <row Id="36267" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20367" RevisionGUID="0f6f55f0-8f19-4efb-95f7-6d891b546e77" CreationDate="2009-06-05T09:02:42.153" UserId="984" Comment="fixed formatting" Text="What Internet pages I can visit to make consume a maximum of bandwidth to my INTERNET access provider?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Whatever is the domain of activity concerned (weather report, finance, anything...), it has no importance.&#xD;&#xA; - Something that we can let turn several days (not like speed test page).&#xD;&#xA; - Something funnier than the download of a file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36268" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20369" RevisionGUID="e81d331e-a61b-48f7-964f-68f2a306f71e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T09:04:50.793" UserId="1134" Text="In my experience, logrotate is great. It's very flexible, and works well with most software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, there are some issues with it, and as cronolog primarily a web log rotation facility, I'll write down my experience with logrotate + apache which was problematic: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When rotating logs , we must notify apache that a log is being rotated, as even if logrotate renames access.log to access.log.1, apache will continue writing to access.log.1, as it is writing to the inode, and renaming the file doesn't affect the inode number.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On debian etch (and probably many other distros), logrotate is being used to rotate apache logs. Now, apache has a [graceful restart][1] that advises the apache child processes to exit once they finish serving existing connections, apache then re-reads it's configuration, spawns new child processes, which start writing to a new log file (In case the previous one was rotated). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This sounds like a great solution, however graceful restart does not always work in certain conditions (like heavy load), so debian developers decided to use an apache restart instead of a graceful restart, in the apache logrotate configuration. Unfortunetly this causes all connections to be dropped at once, which is very bad for heavily loaded sites. In addition, apache restart can also cause problems like apache stopping and not starting (also in certain load situations), see bug links below for details.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The bottom line is, logrotate is great, but can lead to certain issues for certain programs. I don't have much experience with cronolog, but as it writes logs through a pipe, it doesn't require any apache reloads when it's rotating log files, which basically solves all that is described above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Related logrotate/apache debian bugs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Debian bug [#301702][2] &#xD;&#xA; 2. Debian bug [#400455][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/stopping.html#graceful&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=301702&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=400455" />
  <row Id="36269" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20356" RevisionGUID="7ac347e7-7921-4da8-88a7-953f4ee4d4c8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T09:05:30.277" UserId="6383" Comment="added 156 characters in body" Text="After reading [How valuable do you find professional memberships?](http://serverfault.com/questions/17423/how-valuable-do-you-find-professional-memberships) I thought it would be useful to list the various professional groups and associations available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Discussion of the value (or not) of the groups belongs with the [How valuable do you find professional memberships?](http://serverfault.com/questions/17423/how-valuable-do-you-find-professional-memberships) question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To start with, ordered alphabetically, by country:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Global**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ACM](http://www.acm.org), Association for Computing Machinery&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[PASS](http://www.sqlpass.org/), Professional Association for SQL Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Australia**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ACS](http://acs.org.au), Australian Computer Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SAGE-AU](http://www.sage-au.org.au), The System Administrators Guild of Australia&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UK**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[BCS](http://www.bcs.org.uk), British Computer Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**USA**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[LOPSA](http://www.lopsa.org), The League of Professional System Administrators&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SAGE](http://www.sage.org), The USENIX Special Interest Group for Sysadmins&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please add any more that you know of." />
  <row Id="36270" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20370" RevisionGUID="f1f08adb-b5dd-462a-9fdd-e02af9fe0889" CreationDate="2009-06-05T09:07:33.033" UserId="7342" Text="If you want to test your bandwidth, mirror something like the debian archive. If you want to test lots of small pages, then use (or write your own) web spider that just fetches web page after webpage. Run multiple copies until you use up your bandwidth." />
  <row Id="36271" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20371" RevisionGUID="73dce6ce-16b6-4e0c-a06c-e2aa43fca218" CreationDate="2009-06-05T09:12:23.943" UserId="984" Text="I am not sure, but this seems more of a programming issue and probably belongs on stackoverflow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But it may be possible the script is using the system settings and you just need to change your [Regional and Language Options][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307938" />
  <row Id="36272" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20372" RevisionGUID="d7201b9a-f8e6-4441-9de7-0500d071ff9a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T09:17:34.730" UserId="4134" Text="Running a Bittorrent seed for a popular (and legal, of course) file can exhaust any and all available bandwidth.. but why do you want to consume bandwidth in the first place?" />
  <row Id="36273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20373" RevisionGUID="77fc0c2d-0990-47c2-bf30-64469ea68bcf" CreationDate="2009-06-05T09:18:14.900" UserId="2489" Text="Although we use powershell on our servers, we use **vbscript** on the clients to login.  VBscript is installed by default and we use it instead of CMD batch files because of the access to wmi and specifically we use it to install all the appropriate printers." />
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  <row Id="36277" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20375" RevisionGUID="07a50553-5a47-4077-aa01-c3b8183e781d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T09:24:21.470" UserId="6365" Text="while true; do wget -O /dev/null http://somethingbig; done" />
  <row Id="36278" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20376" RevisionGUID="c5a4d1d0-4ab7-40c3-a34c-b77b30e1cbbe" CreationDate="2009-06-05T09:24:59.847" UserId="3431" Text="Would copying the content of one directory in the other not cut  it ? Or copy both of the contents into a single folder. The first options costs one command and the other two. " />
  <row Id="36279" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20377" RevisionGUID="d0737852-1b8d-49a8-90d0-b8aaae7363d5" CreationDate="2009-06-05T09:25:04.417" UserId="984" Text="One option is to use [unionfs][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Unionfs: A Stackable Unification File&#xD;&#xA;&gt; System &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; This project builds a stackable&#xD;&#xA;&gt; unification file system, which can&#xD;&#xA;&gt; appear to merge the contents of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; several directories (branches), while&#xD;&#xA;&gt; keeping their physical content&#xD;&#xA;&gt; separate. Unionfs is useful for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; unified source tree management, merged&#xD;&#xA;&gt; contents of split CD-ROM, merged&#xD;&#xA;&gt; separate software package directories,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; data grids, and more. Unionfs allows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; any mix of read-only and read-write&#xD;&#xA;&gt; branches, as well as insertion and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; deletion of branches anywhere in the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; fan-out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or another similar option [aufs][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.filesystems.org/project-unionfs.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://aufs.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="36280" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20378" RevisionGUID="7f17f1c6-b7be-4c26-a667-2f1e99469666" CreationDate="2009-06-05T09:34:13.510" UserId="8132" Text="I use a python script for this purpose, you can easly implement ini files for the script and if you want to schedule it under windows you can build an exe with py2exe. Youcan grab a sample code [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://postneo.com/stories/2003/01/01/beyondTheBasicPythonFtplibExample.html" />
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  <row Id="36283" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20379" RevisionGUID="bf66771b-24d9-4db9-b2e8-b2fea3416333" CreationDate="2009-06-05T09:38:05.547" UserId="7373" Text="&lt;macos&gt;&lt;serial&gt;&lt;com&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="36284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20380" RevisionGUID="afac4a3f-e163-4a51-a901-0dc4e9e8a32f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T09:38:32.190" UserId="6522" Text="I've seen to have remembered that a tweaked FreeBSD will give you a bit more performance as opposed to other OS. Though I am sure that this info is outdated and probably a myth in the first place.&#xD;&#xA;But you can try it out nevertheless, see this guideline for the kernel settings:&#xD;&#xA;http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/kernel-resources.html" />
  <row Id="36285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20381" RevisionGUID="6e08fa57-bb83-41c6-9385-ca667a49e83a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T09:44:41.117" UserId="8317" Text="I will show you how to do migration from sql server to oracle after that you can move data.&#xD;&#xA;For the migration, you need to program SQL Developer with JDK1.5 to move data from Ms sql to oracle. If you want to know clear, please read help of SQL Developer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the backup database, I advise you to read rman command in oracle and you will know clearly how to backup and restore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can see this website for download and read help for migration. And You can download any documents related to oracle database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/sql_developer/index.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20382" RevisionGUID="1f655e49-10c5-41cf-83e2-50a026ef5e99" CreationDate="2009-06-05T09:46:24.390" UserDisplayName="olivier" Text="Did you have a look to AccessStream &quot;Open Source Enterprise Application Security&quot; ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.accesstream.com/project-goals&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://trac.accesstream.com/wiki/AccesStream&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36287" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20382" RevisionGUID="1f655e49-10c5-41cf-83e2-50a026ef5e99" CreationDate="2009-06-05T09:46:24.390" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20383" RevisionGUID="9f54ee9d-2366-41dc-ac8c-e7aff8141b3a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T09:50:16.957" UserId="1" Text="We were a little surprised to see this on our [Cacti](http://www.cacti.net/) graphs for June 4 web traffic:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/8897/sowebtrafficjun04.png&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We ran [Log Parser](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=890cd06b-abf8-4c25-91b2-f8d975cf8c07&amp;displaylang=en) on our IIS logs and it turns out this was a perfect storm of Yahoo and Google bots indexing us.. in that 3 hour period, we saw 287k hits from 3 different google ips, plus 104k from yahoo. Ouch?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While we don't want to block Google or Yahoo, this has come up before. We have access to a [Cisco PIX 515E](http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/ps4094/), and we're thinking about putting that in front so we can dynamically deal with bandwidth offenders without touching our web servers directly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But is that the best solution? **I'm wondering if there is any software or hardware that can help us identify and block excessive bandwidth use**, ideally in real time? Perhaps some bit of hardware or open-source software we can put in front of our web servers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are mostly a windows shop but we have some linux skills as well; we're also open to buying hardware if the PIX 515E isn't sufficient. What would you recommend?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36289" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20383" RevisionGUID="9f54ee9d-2366-41dc-ac8c-e7aff8141b3a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T09:50:16.957" UserId="1" Text="Dynamically blocking excessive HTTP bandwith use?" />
  <row Id="36290" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20383" RevisionGUID="9f54ee9d-2366-41dc-ac8c-e7aff8141b3a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T09:50:16.957" UserId="1" Text="&lt;bandwidth&gt;&lt;http&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="36291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20384" RevisionGUID="74fb7e63-ab43-42ad-b8d6-d65a8407d629" CreationDate="2009-06-05T09:51:41.417" UserId="8090" Text="hi, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ftpcopy used to be my quick choice for mirroring:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; ftpcopy is a simple FTP client written to copy files or directories&#xD;&#xA; (recursively) from an FTP server.  It was written to mirror FTP sites&#xD;&#xA; which support the EPLF directory listing format, but it also supports&#xD;&#xA; the traditional listing format (/bin/ls).&#xD;&#xA; .&#xD;&#xA; ftpls is an FTP client which generates directory listings, either in&#xD;&#xA; plain text or HTML.&#xD;&#xA; .&#xD;&#xA; **The tools only support passive mode FTP**.  There is no plan to support&#xD;&#xA; active mode.&#xD;&#xA; .&#xD;&#xA; See http://www.ohse.de/uwe/ftpcopy.html for more information.&#xD;&#xA;Bugs: mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com&#xD;&#xA;Origin: Ubuntu&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20385" RevisionGUID="7393683b-ca2d-45a7-a1a7-b61cf39ad7fe" CreationDate="2009-06-05T09:58:13.027" UserId="48" Text="If your PIX is running version 7.2 or greater of the OS, or can be upgraded to it, then you can implement QOS policies at the firewall level. In particular this allows you to shape traffic and should allow you to limit the bandwidth used by bots. Cisco have a good gudie to this [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa72/configuration/guide/qos.html" />
  <row Id="36294" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="18812" RevisionGUID="f440de9f-adc2-4dbf-bb42-379f5fbbc3f4" CreationDate="2009-06-05T09:58:15.927" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1054,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;squillman&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:48,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Sam Cogan&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="36295" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20386" RevisionGUID="2512133a-d716-4402-8ee0-282782fcb616" CreationDate="2009-06-05T09:58:51.823" UserId="1435" Text="We use Foundry load-balancers (specifically SI850s) to handle this kind of shaping issue, it also handles quite a lot of other 'nastys' like SYN-floods etc. Might be a bit overkill for you guys though." />
  <row Id="36297" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20387" RevisionGUID="34091343-e002-420f-828b-a416199a717b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:00:39.463" UserId="8323" Text="Hi all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have long running process at Debian. At some point in throw an error &quot;Too many open files&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ulimit -a&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;shows&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; open files                      (-n)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 1024&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wish to increase number of open files in 2 times.&#xD;&#xA;After execution&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ulimit -n 2048&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the limit is active until end of my session, which is not applicable for the task.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**How can I permanently increase number of open files?**" />
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  <row Id="36303" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20388" RevisionGUID="0788fdcb-1507-4903-8268-b286c51283ad" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:07:13.927" UserDisplayName="alfred" Text="I have this error when I have my HDD full.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check NTFS autorizations (system account too), Quota volume, ..." />
  <row Id="36304" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20389" RevisionGUID="8e13c34b-2306-4679-9593-73689b87afcc" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:11:15.463" UserId="8321" Text="I face some trouble with IBM DB2's auto-increment columns. At first, all my columns were defined as **GENERATED ALWAYS**, but since I had trouble with this when using the &quot;db2 import ...&quot; command, I changed them to **GENERATED BY DEFAULT**. This is necessary, sinceI need the IDs to be consistent, because other tables reference them. So using &quot;db2 import ... modified by identityignore ...&quot; isn't an option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I now import data, the IDs are inserted correctly, but everytime I do this, I have to remember to set a new start for the auto-increment column by getting the highest Id+1 and alter the column like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SELECT MAX(mycolumn)+ 1 FROM mytable;&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER TABLE mytable ALTER COLUMN mycolumn RESTART WITH &lt;above_result&gt;;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I forget this, an Insert-Statement will fail with an duplicate PK error, since the auto-increment column is the primary key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my question is:&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to find the next value for an auto-increment column, so I could write Statements that would check, if this value is less then the SELECT MAX and needs to be set?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or:&#xD;&#xA;Isn't this whole thing as complicated as it seems to me? Could I somehow import data, preserving the IDs and have the auto-increment column still working as expected?" />
  <row Id="36305" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20389" RevisionGUID="8e13c34b-2306-4679-9593-73689b87afcc" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:11:15.463" UserId="8321" Text="How to find the next generated value for a auto-increment column?" />
  <row Id="36306" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20389" RevisionGUID="8e13c34b-2306-4679-9593-73689b87afcc" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:11:15.463" UserId="8321" Text="&lt;db2&gt;&lt;ibm-db2&gt;&lt;sql&gt;&lt;database&gt;" />
  <row Id="36307" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20390" RevisionGUID="3d1731bf-33df-4a34-8ae1-2549a4052a05" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:12:20.423" UserId="247" Text="Does anyone know of a good tool for managing updates to Acrobat Reader?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've just noticed that there is yet another security update, and I'd love to find something as good as WSUS to manage it" />
  <row Id="36308" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20390" RevisionGUID="3d1731bf-33df-4a34-8ae1-2549a4052a05" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:12:20.423" UserId="247" Text="Update management for Adobe Acrobat Reader" />
  <row Id="36309" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20390" RevisionGUID="3d1731bf-33df-4a34-8ae1-2549a4052a05" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:12:20.423" UserId="247" Text="&lt;acrobat&gt;&lt;automaticupdates&gt;" />
  <row Id="36310" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20391" RevisionGUID="5a6ea44b-b865-421e-8089-34d057d90acb" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:13:17.660" UserId="5898" Text="If your process is started via a script, you can place the call to ulimit in the script just prior to executing the daemon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you wish to increase the ulimit for your user, or for all users, you can set limits that are applied via pam_limits on login. These are set in /etc/security/limits.conf. In your case, you could do something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    *               hard    nofile             2048&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that &quot;hard&quot; denotes a hard limit - one that cannot be exceeded, and cannot be altered. A soft limit can be altered by a user (Eg, someone without root capabilities), but not beyond the hard limit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Read the &quot;limits.conf&quot; for more information on using pam_limits.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20392" RevisionGUID="e62ef780-84f2-4de4-80ed-d7aa0009a2cb" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:14:49.857" UserId="244" Text="Are there any free tools available to perform hard drive diagnostic?&#xD;&#xA;I have an old 3.5 IDE Samsung HDD which I use as an external drive through USB connection. I recently started to have problems with accessing some of the data.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36312" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20392" RevisionGUID="e62ef780-84f2-4de4-80ed-d7aa0009a2cb" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:14:49.857" UserId="244" Text="Free Tools for Hard Drive Diagnostics" />
  <row Id="36313" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20392" RevisionGUID="e62ef780-84f2-4de4-80ed-d7aa0009a2cb" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:14:49.857" UserId="244" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;tools&gt;&lt;diagnose&gt;" />
  <row Id="36314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20393" RevisionGUID="be6a03b5-e619-41e5-b381-9d7c831cc245" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:17:12.330" UserId="8132" Text="You can grab Hiren's boot cd which contains tools for this purpose. [Website is here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe you'll have to attach it to the IDE bus for doing your maintenance work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd" />
  <row Id="36315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20394" RevisionGUID="dd226b55-282c-48f7-9dc2-75f4a0a66a1c" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:19:24.323" UserId="6522" Text="Yup, but while your at it why don't you take a good look at your organizations procedures and support requirements, talk with the managers and users what kind of support level do they expect if they have to make a trade off between money. Then document this and the procedures used to do your job. What you actually did is the same as what all these ITIL/ISO stuff is about too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Knowing standards like ITIL makes the above task easier because you have a framework which results in the right questions to ask to cover the task completely, but the most important thing is documentation about:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What is required&#xD;&#xA; - Why is it required&#xD;&#xA; - For Who is it required  &#xD;&#xA; - When is it required&#xD;&#xA; - Which person owns the requirement (is responsible)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Splitting down the documentation to the lowest entity (like a single task) is tremendous amount of work but as soon as you do that you probably discover that large amount of tasks done now manually are either unnecessary, can be automated and/or can be delegated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Taking a in-depth harsh look at your organization is never popular or easy to do but it will result in a better understanding of the company and help you be more profitable by just stop doing things that are unnecessary and delegating tasks down to a lower pay level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What really is going to make you unpopular is when you do these kinds of standardization is that often you inadvertently describe that a lot of management layers are only there because of themselves and that cutting them out will likely improve communication and performance." />
  <row Id="36316" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19655" RevisionGUID="7d992483-b084-4540-94aa-9e73441adb47" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:21:49.827" UserId="8089" Comment="added 713 characters in body; edited title; added 57 characters in body" Text="Hi, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is my setup: two CentOS 5.2 boxes on VMWare ESXi 4.0. The first box ip is 192.168.22.52 on eth0 and 192.168.99.1 on eth1. The second box runs PostgreSQL 8.3 with ip 192.168.99.2 on eth0. Here are iptables for [box1][1], for box2 see comment below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have set up port 5432 forwarding on box1 and am able to connect to PostgreSQL on box2 via pgAdminIII or psql from Vista notebook (192.168.22.1, there is no other boxes in this subnet, it has its own switch and is physically isolated). The database I am connecting to has two schemas, one is 'smaller' (basically just one table), another one is bigger (some 30 tables, 100 functions, etc.) So I am able to work with the smaller schema (browse the table and so on) but I when I try to expand the bigger schema - pgAdminIII freezes for 20 min or so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PostgreSQL log shows there is a query which takes way too long:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    2009-06-04 21:04:46 EEST LOG:  00000: duration: 493578.874 ms  statement: &#xD;&#xA;    SELECT pr.oid, pr.xmin, pr.*, format_type(TYP.oid, NULL) AS typname, &#xD;&#xA;    typns.nspname AS typnsp, lanname, proargnames, proconfig,&#xD;&#xA;            pg_get_userbyid(proowner) as funcowner, description&#xD;&#xA;                  FROM pg_proc pr&#xD;&#xA;                  JOIN pg_type typ ON typ.oid=prorettype&#xD;&#xA;                  JOIN pg_namespace typns ON typns.oid=typ.typnamespace&#xD;&#xA;                  JOIN pg_language lng ON lng.oid=prolang&#xD;&#xA;                  LEFT OUTER JOIN pg_description des ON des.objoid=pr.oid&#xD;&#xA;                 WHERE proisagg = FALSE AND pronamespace = 2200::oid&#xD;&#xA;                   AND typname &lt;&gt; 'trigger'&#xD;&#xA;                 ORDER BY proname&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both box1 and box2 are clones of the development boxes, and the original network structure was different - box2 was directly accessible without port forwarding and there was no problem accessing the databases whatsoever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, if I run the above query via psql on box2 or 'original' machine, or from box1 connecting to box2, it executes immediately.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;During the query is run, tcpdump on the box2 periodically says:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    12:45:39.770609 IP 192.168.99.2.postgres &gt; 192.168.22.1.49484: . 8760:10220(1460) ack 1 win 54&#xD;&#xA;    12:45:39.968496 IP 192.168.22.1.49484 &gt; 192.168.99.2.postgres: . ack 10220 win 16425&#xD;&#xA;    12:45:39.968541 IP 192.168.99.2.postgres &gt; 192.168.22.1.49484: . 10220:11680(1460) ack 1 win 54&#xD;&#xA;    12:45:39.968574 IP 192.168.99.2.postgres &gt; 192.168.22.1.49484: . 11680:13140(1460) ack 1 win 54&#xD;&#xA;    12:45:39.969250 IP 192.168.22.1.49484 &gt; 192.168.99.2.postgres: . ack 13140 win 16425&#xD;&#xA;    12:45:39.969275 IP 192.168.99.2.postgres &gt; 192.168.22.1.49484: . 13140:17520(4380) ack 1 win 54&#xD;&#xA;    12:45:39.969408 IP 192.168.22.52 &gt; 192.168.99.2: ICMP 192.168.22.1 unreachable - need to frag (mtu 1500), length 556&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other than that, I do not see much traffic. MTU on all ethN interfaces is 1500. ping -l 1472 -f 192.168.99.1 from the notebook goes through without problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect that I am missing something about iptables or network setup and would appreciate your advise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.flyupload.com/?fid=762209775&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36317" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="19655" RevisionGUID="7d992483-b084-4540-94aa-9e73441adb47" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:21:49.827" UserId="8089" Comment="added 713 characters in body; edited title; added 57 characters in body" Text="Postgresql behind firewall: Query takes too long" />
  <row Id="36318" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20393" RevisionGUID="b4c524a2-30f5-4e5e-bf09-1e98fdeee8f4" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:22:46.203" UserId="8132" Comment="added 10 characters in body; added 8 characters in body" Text="You can grab Hiren's boot cd which contains some free tools for this purpose. [Website is here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe you'll have to attach your drive to the IDE bus for doing your maintenance work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd" />
  <row Id="36319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20395" RevisionGUID="4ec82505-4610-4e01-9387-85a32ae06b94" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:23:54.503" UserId="5529" Text="You mean something like [Adobe Update Manager][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3185&amp;promoid=DTEHP" />
  <row Id="36320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20396" RevisionGUID="bca5c954-d042-4141-847d-040f6a49211b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:24:01.880" UserId="6522" Text="Use Filemon and Regmon from sysinternals to see what happens at that moment." />
  <row Id="36321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20397" RevisionGUID="f441b099-2156-4fb4-ba2b-aceb3d8720fc" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:25:00.553" UserId="6793" Text="There is also a &quot;total max&quot; of open files set in the kernel, you&#xD;&#xA;can check the current setting with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And set a new value with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;104854&quot; &gt; /proc/sys/fs/file-max&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to keep the config between reboots add&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sys.fs.file-max=104854&#xD;&#xA;to&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/sysctl.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To check current max file usage:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@srv-4 proc]# cat /proc/sys/fs/file-nr&#xD;&#xA;    3391    969     52427&#xD;&#xA;    |	     |       |&#xD;&#xA;    |	     |       |&#xD;&#xA;    |         |       maximum open file descriptors&#xD;&#xA;    |        total free allocated file descriptors&#xD;&#xA;    total allocated file descriptors&#xD;&#xA;    (the number of file descriptors allocated since boot)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36322" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20398" RevisionGUID="97f37047-6669-4f18-92f2-b84a95d1f178" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:25:32.080" UserId="8326" Text="I think you might be interested to look at bacula.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.bacula.org/en/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is an open source distributed network backup solution and is very powerful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regards,&#xD;&#xA;Ovanes" />
  <row Id="36323" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20399" RevisionGUID="336de034-ccc8-4a7c-89d9-ce3baf8fdf69" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:28:16.757" UserId="5529" Text="I wonder that no one mentioned [VNC][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.uvnc.com/" />
  <row Id="36324" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20399" RevisionGUID="336de034-ccc8-4a7c-89d9-ce3baf8fdf69" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:28:16.757" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36325" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20397" RevisionGUID="b27663f4-4d92-433b-a388-56ce5f066a77" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:30:05.223" UserId="6793" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="There is also a &quot;total max&quot; of open files set in the kernel, you&#xD;&#xA;can check the current setting with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And set a new value with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;104854&quot; &gt; /proc/sys/fs/file-max&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to keep the config between reboots add&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sys.fs.file-max=104854&#xD;&#xA;to&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/sysctl.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To check current max file usage:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@srv-4 proc]# cat /proc/sys/fs/file-nr&#xD;&#xA;    3391    969     52427&#xD;&#xA;    |	     |       |&#xD;&#xA;    |	     |       |&#xD;&#xA;    |        |       maximum open file descriptors&#xD;&#xA;    |        total free allocated file descriptors&#xD;&#xA;    total allocated file descriptors&#xD;&#xA;    (the number of file descriptors allocated since boot)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36326" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20400" RevisionGUID="11f44c0c-9b22-482b-9ca3-01fa3c7b7b18" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:32:55.623" UserId="1435" Text="The idea of ITIL makes a lot of sense, unfortunately in my experience it's often a tool to allow support/operations staff to get their way over, and slow down, business-serving changes." />
  <row Id="36327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20401" RevisionGUID="38d4027f-1cef-4478-aa5f-c38608ff21fb" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:33:11.567" UserId="1439" Text="Just gone live with a new Postfix mail server, sat in front of an Exchange box for inbound mail only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's set up to reject email for unknown recipients, which works fine, but I want to get a log of exactly what destination email addresses have been rejected, just to be sure no domains/recipients have been missed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've had a Google but come up blank. Is there a decent simple way to do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="36328" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20401" RevisionGUID="38d4027f-1cef-4478-aa5f-c38608ff21fb" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:33:11.567" UserId="1439" Text="How to log rejected messages in Postfix" />
  <row Id="36329" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20401" RevisionGUID="38d4027f-1cef-4478-aa5f-c38608ff21fb" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:33:11.567" UserId="1439" Text="&lt;log-files&gt;&lt;smtp&gt;&lt;postfix&gt;" />
  <row Id="36330" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20402" RevisionGUID="ff3b7332-5432-4600-b458-09924bd8aa0f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:33:43.343" UserId="8090" Text="hello, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is probably not the answer you wanted, but I just wanted to share some thoughts. &#xD;&#xA;In general system administration is not only about the tools, but also about mental framework you use. In short - if you know what tasks you want to do, then finding a tool to do it is pretty simple. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically there are few questions sysadmin has to know about the system: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. What do I have? (Hardware, software inventory tools, like rpm, apt, lshw)&#xD;&#xA;2. How am I doing? (cpu, memory, disk usage, application usage tools, like top, vmstat, sar)&#xD;&#xA;3. How will I be doing in the future? (monitoring tools, such as nagios, zabbix)&#xD;&#xA;4. How secure I want to be? (firewalling tools, server hardening tools, like iptables, snort, ids systems, security modules for applications)&#xD;&#xA;5. What I want my server(s) to do? (tools to manage applications, for example postfix, qmail, apache, java, php and so on).&#xD;&#xA;6. How to make my life easier? (tools to version config files, deploy configuration into multiple servers, unattended installs)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now the personal choice of the tools is .. personal. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Btw, the answer about vi is great!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;m" />
  <row Id="36331" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20402" RevisionGUID="ff3b7332-5432-4600-b458-09924bd8aa0f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:33:43.343" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36332" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20403" RevisionGUID="5f85aae8-748c-40ae-b1fa-a4b713dff2dd" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:34:36.960" UserId="5221" Text="If you are running PHP in such a way as it runs as Apache's user (i.e. &quot;www-data&quot; on debian systems, &quot;nobody&quot; on CentOS+cPanel shared hosts, ...) then the owner of the file doesn't really matter from the PoV of being called via Apache - PHP and therefore the script will always be running as the Apache user not the user that owns the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you run PHP as a module then this is almost certainly the case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have PHP configured to run scripts as the specific user (via suphp, suexec, or similar - you may be doing this if you run PHP via the CGI or FastCGI methods) then having script files owned by a privileged user is a very bad idea.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for &quot;777&quot; permissions, this should be avoided too especially if you are not the only user on the server. I would instead make sure that the directory is owned by the user Apache will be running PHP as and use &quot;700&quot; (or in a group that this user is also in and use 770). For greater paranoia, if your scripts will always know the filename they want and don't need to read the directory listing, disallow execute permission on the directory too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also never have scripts world-writable. Default suPHP setups actually protect you from this a little by refusing to run scrips that with permissions that are world-writable (or in directories that are).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a general rule, I avoid using less restrictive permissions in development than would be needed in a live, publicly available, environment. This avoids accidentally leaving the perms too permissive when promoting code to live, and avoids introducing bugs where your code assumes more permissive access than it is allowed in the live environment." />
  <row Id="36333" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20404" RevisionGUID="b853038c-65b5-41c6-a2e5-0ac813e8a3d1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:35:01.720" UserId="1134" Text="As others have said you can apply specific limits per user or group in /etc/security/limits.conf.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: ulimit -n shows the soft limit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ulimit -H -n &#xD;&#xA;will show you the hard limit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This makes ulimit -a and ulimit -n output quite confusing if for example, you were raising the number of files from 1024 to 4096, as you would expect to see the hard limit output, but you're still seeing 1024 which is the soft limit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, remember that these limits are enforced per login, so re-login in a new shell and check your changes , don't expect them to be propagated to existing logins." />
  <row Id="36336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20405" RevisionGUID="5a8454ca-5158-464d-af81-884b0d674be2" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:40:46.637" UserId="8090" Text="hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;there are few tools that might help - http://www.postfix.org/addon.html#logfile&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but the first step would be to check mail log, /var/log/mail.log or in similar directory, depending on how you have configured it and there you should see NOQUEUE: reject: lines with the information you need. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;good luck!&#xD;&#xA;m" />
  <row Id="36337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20406" RevisionGUID="6ed7a5f6-fae7-4c33-88b5-3e43fe48d058" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:41:00.850" UserId="7774" Text="Personnaly, I have used the following in the past:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - HD Tach from Simpli Software (http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public/index.php?request=HdTach)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - HD Tune from EFD Software (www.hdtune.com)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  Thomas" />
  <row Id="36338" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20407" RevisionGUID="45dbe83f-6977-4648-a393-324c641aad95" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:41:54.327" UserId="8080" Text="*A few I normally use:*&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**ps**: to see the processes currently running&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**wc**: word count. Displays new lines, words, bytes.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**grep**: find pattern. Match or no match (inverse match)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**&gt;** for redirecting output to new file or &gt;&gt; to add at the end of a file.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**|** to chain commands together. Output of first command used on the next one.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**tee**: writes the input it receives to a file and it also displays the text on screen.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*most common chain i use:*&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;ps ax | grep mysql" />
  <row Id="36339" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20407" RevisionGUID="45dbe83f-6977-4648-a393-324c641aad95" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:41:54.327" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36340" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20408" RevisionGUID="b897f26c-2939-4d54-8bcf-f289c39091a2" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:42:31.720" UserId="3058" Text="Be ready to explain WHY you do something and listen to WHY they do something.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It really helps is both parties can back up a few steps and concentrate less on how they currently (or expect to) do something and focus on what the overall purpose is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the DBA is focusing on getting program X to talk to the database when the sysadmin doesn't allow program x to run on &quot;his&quot; network no one is going to leave the room happy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If on the other hand the DBA needs to accomplish something that can be done with program X, but the sysadmin knows of a security flaw in program X.  The DBA can discuss what he's trying to accomplish.  The sysadmin can share the information about the security issue.  Together they can look for a better way to accomplish the goal (or find a fix to the security issue).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When it's over, the job will be done and both parties have learned something." />
  <row Id="36341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20409" RevisionGUID="830a25dc-8545-46fe-97a7-6020cf2c87a9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:44:10.653" UserDisplayName="Bill" Text="Is it possible to setup CA Siteminder SSO to frontend Outlook Web Access? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently, our OWA is setup to AD authentication but we primarily use CA SSO from a central portal and thus would like to make the authentication process seemless to the end user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any online references or comments with experience to this question would be appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36342" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20409" RevisionGUID="830a25dc-8545-46fe-97a7-6020cf2c87a9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:44:10.653" UserDisplayName="Bill" Text="CA Siteminder SSO integration wth Microsoft OWA?" />
  <row Id="36343" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20409" RevisionGUID="830a25dc-8545-46fe-97a7-6020cf2c87a9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:44:10.653" UserDisplayName="Bill" Text="&lt;owa&gt;" />
  <row Id="36344" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20410" RevisionGUID="ab014716-45f2-4175-a4ce-ada83fb6ed33" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:45:52.103" UserId="8328" Text="Hi&#xD;&#xA;How does mtu calculation work with L2 VPNs? Sample topology is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CE---PE---MPLS---PE---CE&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where and how would you implement MTU calculcation? What will decide how much MTU should be?  I have different LSPs running in the MPLS network. Does LSPs have their own MTU and if yes then where do they get this MTU value from? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I have created a logical L2 interface on top of physical interface, where will i set the mtu? On physical or logical? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does the mtu calculation also differ based on type of port I have like Sonet/Ethernet/DS3? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please share your knowledge on this. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Prakash" />
  <row Id="36345" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20410" RevisionGUID="ab014716-45f2-4175-a4ce-ada83fb6ed33" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:45:52.103" UserId="8328" Text="how to calculcate MTU in L2 VPNs?" />
  <row Id="36346" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20410" RevisionGUID="ab014716-45f2-4175-a4ce-ada83fb6ed33" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:45:52.103" UserId="8328" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="36347" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20411" RevisionGUID="32f8126d-7b54-411a-9c78-7ad9cc8b0575" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:47:50.460" UserId="7056" Text="[partimage][1] can help with this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page" />
  <row Id="36348" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20412" RevisionGUID="a08d416f-36dc-4abd-9ec3-3dfce4051316" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:48:18.837" UserId="6793" Text="[pflogsumm.pl][1] is a great application to parse and produce&#xD;&#xA;statistics from postfix log files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://jimsun.linxnet.com/postfix_contrib.html" />
  <row Id="36349" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="20351" RevisionGUID="06246e10-ad02-4e97-b7cc-dd05196e0d04" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:50:37.943" UserId="8308" Comment="better title" Text="What scripting language do you use for your logon scripts in your Windows enviroment?" />
  <row Id="36350" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="20351" RevisionGUID="06246e10-ad02-4e97-b7cc-dd05196e0d04" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:50:37.943" UserId="8308" Comment="better title" Text="&lt;logon-scripts&gt;&lt;vbscript&gt;&lt;batch-file&gt;&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="36351" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20413" RevisionGUID="016bdd2b-030e-4ac8-8099-900fb276cc17" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:55:56.997" UserId="3947" Text="Hi..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try this : http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/01/22/postfix.html quite simple.." />
  <row Id="36352" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20414" RevisionGUID="f6991f32-2abf-4496-a2e4-7ffea99d42b9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:57:36.353" UserId="3058" Text="You might be better off looking into ways to reduce the noise.  The previous suggestion to look into a 2,3 or 4U computer would help but not completely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A longer term solution would include sound reduction for putting the computer(s) into another room.  Doubling up the drywall and other sound reduction methods exist.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you cannot put the computer(s) into another room something like http://www.kellsystems.com/ can drastically cut down the noise." />
  <row Id="36353" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20415" RevisionGUID="1a63e3e7-d97a-4208-9a3b-f29b159baf4c" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:58:24.027" UserId="7453" Text="Often when I find myself in front of a unix/linux (or any other *nix variant) console and have to quickly diagnose the server's condition, I just can't remember everything that should be checked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll try a vmstat, some ps/top manoeuvres, read procinfo and some log files (boot &amp; sys), but what I'd really like is a quick way to view Cpu, Hard disk and Physical Memory condition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I seem to know a lot of it already is present in vmstat, but somehow I miss the ease of server 2008 where you can find a nice resource monitor while even the task manager itself can provide a quick peek on the system condition (and not even talking about server 2008's monitoring graph tools).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestion, or am I just being lame because vmstat really is the grail ?" />
  <row Id="36354" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20415" RevisionGUID="1a63e3e7-d97a-4208-9a3b-f29b159baf4c" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:58:24.027" UserId="7453" Text="How to quickly find out if a *nix server is running OK ?" />
  <row Id="36355" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20415" RevisionGUID="1a63e3e7-d97a-4208-9a3b-f29b159baf4c" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:58:24.027" UserId="7453" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;performance-monitoring&gt;&lt;status&gt;" />
  <row Id="36356" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20407" RevisionGUID="95c50c12-07fc-4559-9c45-403605db1977" CreationDate="2009-06-05T10:59:43.633" UserId="8080" Comment="deleted 16 characters in body" Text="*A few I normally use:*  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**ps**: to see the processes currently running  &#xD;&#xA;**wc**: word count. Displays new lines, words, bytes.  &#xD;&#xA;**grep**: find pattern. Match or no match (inverse match)  &#xD;&#xA;**&gt;** for redirecting output to new file or &gt;&gt; to add at the end of a file.  &#xD;&#xA;**|** to chain commands together. Output of first command used on the next one.  &#xD;&#xA;**tee**: writes the input it receives to a file and it also displays the text on screen.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*most common chain i use:*  &#xD;&#xA;ps ax | grep mysql" />
  <row Id="36357" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20416" RevisionGUID="085bacf9-06c5-4b7f-a56e-aef5c2fb8ceb" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:07:53.913" UserId="2413" Text="if you want a bit of bells and whistles - try [htop][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;it's top on steroids, you can configure it to display on 'bars' cpu time spend in userland/system/iowait/irqs. this might give you good view what's the cause of load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;still - some info that you get from vmstat will not be displayed in htop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://htop.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="36358" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20416" RevisionGUID="aa22b10f-f34f-4ad7-a365-d75e26bf335f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:14:12.327" UserId="2413" Comment="added 12 characters in body" Text="if you want a bit of bells and whistles under linux - try [htop][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;it's top on steroids, you can configure it to display on 'bars' cpu time spend in userland/system/iowait/irqs. this might give you good view what's the cause of load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;still - some info that you get from vmstat will not be displayed in htop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://htop.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="36359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20417" RevisionGUID="bea9d551-0e83-4dd8-a324-219996a103d5" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:16:45.347" UserId="8334" Text="For Windows, let's not forget NET and NETSH, you'd be lost in networks without them." />
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  <row Id="36361" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20390" RevisionGUID="3a390985-0d6d-43df-9bde-cdc9827243b2" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:18:15.517" UserId="247" Comment="Asked about third-party tools." Text="Does anyone know of a good tool for managing updates to Acrobat Reader?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've just noticed that there is yet another security update, and I'd love to find something as good as WSUS to manage it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do the third-party tools like Shavlik do the trick?" />
  <row Id="36362" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20418" RevisionGUID="db31166c-cda7-4346-aef2-dd5a0c2d5df5" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:20:17.260" UserId="8080" Text="run dxdiag: DirectX Diagnostic Tool, apart from giving direct x components isntalled on your system it also gives a System information summary. All information can be exported as text file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CIPHER: this is a good one to permanently delete files off the computer. Once a file is deleted, is only marked as delted and it wont truly be delted off the hard drive until its overwritten with ne information or you can run cipher and the location of where the file used to be to truly delete it from the hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usage:  &#xD;&#xA;cipher /w:&quot;drive letter&quot;:&quot;folder name&quot;  &#xD;&#xA;example cipher /w:C: (to do all the C: drive.) " />
  <row Id="36363" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20418" RevisionGUID="db31166c-cda7-4346-aef2-dd5a0c2d5df5" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:20:17.260" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20419" RevisionGUID="480cfa42-b68b-445b-b8cb-67d70afc0138" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:21:03.327" UserId="7721" Text="What is the http.conf in order to automatically serve all my git repositories?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, if I have a directory structure as follows (a number of project inside a central directory named git):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/../htdocs/git/project1  &#xD;&#xA;/../htdocs/git/project2  &#xD;&#xA;/../htdocs/git/project3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do I have to write in order to avoid repeating the same &lt;Location&gt; for each project:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /git/project1&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       DAV on&#xD;&#xA;       AuthType Basic&#xD;&#xA;       AuthName &quot;Git&quot;&#xD;&#xA;       AuthUserFile /../htdocs/git/project1/passwd.git&#xD;&#xA;       Require valid-user&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bonus question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to have the repos somewhere outside apache's htdocs and redirect the requests there? (like using DocumentRoot)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Notes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All repos are --bare because they are the central repos (which Trac uses)" />
  <row Id="36365" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20419" RevisionGUID="480cfa42-b68b-445b-b8cb-67d70afc0138" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:21:03.327" UserId="7721" Text="Multiple Git Repos Setup" />
  <row Id="36366" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20419" RevisionGUID="480cfa42-b68b-445b-b8cb-67d70afc0138" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:21:03.327" UserId="7721" Text="&lt;git&gt;&lt;setup&gt;" />
  <row Id="36367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20420" RevisionGUID="23015d64-98bf-4b1e-864f-2e96c20ffe7f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:21:24.993" UserId="8334" Text="I once used simple voltage regulators to cut down RPM in a rebranded OEM server. The thing didn't regulate itself at all so even when running idle, it kept roaring. It was in a rack that somehow was put into a room with people in it, so it was the only way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It had pretty powerful fans though, so i had to really look around to find voltage regulators. Kept an eye on temperatures for a week and it's been running for about 2 years now." />
  <row Id="36368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20421" RevisionGUID="006a560e-2dd9-418d-8c18-365c70159c6f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:22:56.147" UserDisplayName="wbilancio" Text="I use a combination of VBScript, WMI and ADSI.  I am also starting to play with Powershell to see what it can do in the login scripts." />
  <row Id="36369" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20422" RevisionGUID="a945a991-b730-4de3-8703-642ac0af2414" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:25:23.973" UserId="1802" Text="Wwhen i was starting to work as a Systemadministrator alot of changes pass my life. &#xD;&#xA;The Point at this time was i had no idea what i had to expect with this changes. And i desided to read [1]. In a little distanced view i think that gave me alot of improvement for my daily work. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1] http://www.amazon.com/Habits-Highly-Effective-People/dp/0743269519/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1244200902&amp;sr=8-1" />
  <row Id="36370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20423" RevisionGUID="0269a013-2868-4318-aa1e-0cc0a63fd051" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:31:14.007" UserId="2561" Text="Don't forget iostat, part of the sysstat package.  If you want something that easily portable, why not write a shell or Perl script that you can develop over time?  This would be a good way to learn the differences between systems and get better at scripting. You can generally parse most of the information out of proc or just wrap up all those tools." />
  <row Id="36371" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19655" RevisionGUID="af05e385-6cd1-4eb2-b0de-aae05e51c733" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:38:21.170" UserId="8089" Comment="edited body" Text="Hi, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is my setup: two CentOS 5.2 boxes on VMWare ESXi 4.0. The first box ip is 192.168.22.52 on eth0 and 192.168.99.1 on eth1. The second box runs PostgreSQL 8.3 with ip 192.168.99.2 on eth0. Here are iptables for [box1][1], for box2 see comment below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have set up port 5432 forwarding on box1 and am able to connect to PostgreSQL on box2 via pgAdminIII or psql from Vista notebook (192.168.22.1, there is no other boxes in this subnet, it has its own switch and is physically isolated). The database I am connecting to has two schemas, one is 'smaller' (basically just one table), another one is bigger (some 30 tables, 100 functions, etc.) So I am able to work with the smaller schema (browse the table and so on) but I when I try to expand the bigger schema - pgAdminIII freezes for 20 min or so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PostgreSQL log shows there is a query which takes way too long:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    2009-06-04 21:04:46 EEST LOG:  00000: duration: 493578.874 ms  statement: &#xD;&#xA;    SELECT pr.oid, pr.xmin, pr.*, format_type(TYP.oid, NULL) AS typname, &#xD;&#xA;    typns.nspname AS typnsp, lanname, proargnames, proconfig,&#xD;&#xA;            pg_get_userbyid(proowner) as funcowner, description&#xD;&#xA;                  FROM pg_proc pr&#xD;&#xA;                  JOIN pg_type typ ON typ.oid=prorettype&#xD;&#xA;                  JOIN pg_namespace typns ON typns.oid=typ.typnamespace&#xD;&#xA;                  JOIN pg_language lng ON lng.oid=prolang&#xD;&#xA;                  LEFT OUTER JOIN pg_description des ON des.objoid=pr.oid&#xD;&#xA;                 WHERE proisagg = FALSE AND pronamespace = 2200::oid&#xD;&#xA;                   AND typname &lt;&gt; 'trigger'&#xD;&#xA;                 ORDER BY proname&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both box1 and box2 are clones of the development boxes, and the original network structure was different - box2 was directly accessible without port forwarding and there was no problem accessing the databases whatsoever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, if I run the above query via psql on box2 or 'original' machine, or from box1 connecting to box2, it executes immediately.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;During the query is run, tcpdump on the box2 periodically says:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    12:45:39.770609 IP 192.168.99.2.postgres &gt; 192.168.22.1.49484: . 8760:10220(1460) ack 1 win 54&#xD;&#xA;    12:45:39.968496 IP 192.168.22.1.49484 &gt; 192.168.99.2.postgres: . ack 10220 win 16425&#xD;&#xA;    12:45:39.968541 IP 192.168.99.2.postgres &gt; 192.168.22.1.49484: . 10220:11680(1460) ack 1 win 54&#xD;&#xA;    12:45:39.968574 IP 192.168.99.2.postgres &gt; 192.168.22.1.49484: . 11680:13140(1460) ack 1 win 54&#xD;&#xA;    12:45:39.969250 IP 192.168.22.1.49484 &gt; 192.168.99.2.postgres: . ack 13140 win 16425&#xD;&#xA;    12:45:39.969275 IP 192.168.99.2.postgres &gt; 192.168.22.1.49484: . 13140:17520(4380) ack 1 win 54&#xD;&#xA;    12:45:39.969408 IP 192.168.22.52 &gt; 192.168.99.2: ICMP 192.168.22.1 unreachable - need to frag (mtu 1500), length 556&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other than that, I do not see much traffic. MTU on all ethN interfaces is 1500. ping -l 1472 -f 192.168.99.1 from the notebook goes through without problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect that I am missing something about iptables or network setup and would appreciate your advise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.flyupload.com/?fid=190843179&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36372" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20424" RevisionGUID="47908a3d-94ff-47fe-a8de-73a08ae184fc" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:40:02.243" UserId="8080" Text="It has happened many times in my organisation that some people have left in not really good terms. So when you go to check their computers you find that they normally delete their emails, somethims you can find them in the delted folde (lol) but sometimes they even delete them from there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a way to get them back, I would like to see how other sys admin deal with this...  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;Download a hex editor from google.  &#xD;&#xA;Open the .pst with the hexeditor and delete positions 7 and 13.(just count the letter and do *space bar* on top of letter at space 7 and letter at space 13.  &#xD;&#xA;This will corrupt the pst file. Save it.    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Run SCANPST.EXE, normally located in &quot;C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\1033&quot;. It will make a backup and then it will attempt to repair the file. Once its finished, open the .pst on outlook and emails should now be there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NOW... if you are a sysadmin and you leave the company and you dont want anyone to recover your emails, or at least make it extra harder for them... then all you need to do after deleted your email is go to (in MS Outlook) Tools &gt; Option &gt; Mail Set up &gt; Data Files &gt; Choose the pst and click on settings &gt; Compact Now.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36373" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20424" RevisionGUID="47908a3d-94ff-47fe-a8de-73a08ae184fc" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:40:02.243" UserId="8080" Text="How to recover outlook emails" />
  <row Id="36374" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20424" RevisionGUID="47908a3d-94ff-47fe-a8de-73a08ae184fc" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:40:02.243" UserId="8080" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;data-recovery&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="36375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20425" RevisionGUID="d9e169a5-27d7-4625-8b62-c8f811a70536" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:41:01.383" UserId="431" Text="Yeah, Jason Massie ([Twitter][1] - [Blog][2]) wrote an excellent one that you can customize here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Current query activity with one-second refresh][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It uses the dynamic management views in SQL Server 2005 &amp; newer to show what's going on in your server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://twitter.com/statisticsio&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.stastisticsio.com&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://sqlserverpedia.com/wiki/Misc_DMV_queries" />
  <row Id="36376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20426" RevisionGUID="a3b3cc07-6d33-4b3c-b688-8399b32218e3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:42:17.730" UserId="8090" Text="While this book is rather old - principles do not die easily. Combine it with The Linux Administration Handbook mentioned above, serve chilled: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UNIX System Administration Handbook&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.amazon.com/UNIX-System-Administration-Handbook-3rd/dp/0130206016/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1244201827&amp;sr=1-1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also this one will help: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Essential Drucker, Druckers Management Essentials&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Drucker-Druckers-Management-Essentials/dp/0061345016/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1244201968&amp;sr=1-1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36377" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20427" RevisionGUID="31180227-f7b3-4250-9bf3-5187adbb62dd" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:46:00.080" UserId="7822" Text="I appreciate all of the responses and I apologize if my question was out of context for the site.  The issue was finally resolved with some removals of the computer account from the domain, as well as deletion of the temp and domain user profiles on the local machine.  Again, I apologize if this is out of context for the site." />
  <row Id="36378" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20428" RevisionGUID="6b52b69a-cb13-49ed-93be-c522deb89139" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:46:01.077" UserId="8339" Text="I would recomment you download and read [Automated deployments of Ubuntu][1] whitepaper.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ubuntu.com/system/files/u1/AutomatedDeploymentsWP-20090126.pdf" />
  <row Id="36379" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20429" RevisionGUID="73390241-a3ea-4d1d-8bf4-1a1c520d26a0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:47:23.760" UserId="2561" Text="If using Exchange, I would approach this from the server side first (For the non-archived emails): [Recovering Deleted Items in Exchange 2003][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Recovering-Deleted-Items-Exchange-Server-2003-Part1.html" />
  <row Id="36380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20430" RevisionGUID="c17eb8bb-4e70-47d6-aa5d-3e997c91f32f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:52:12.120" UserId="5110" Text="We use exmerge do perfrom our exchange backups.  This works fine when there isn't too many users on the network, but it does blow away the security on the mailbox files.  You'd be able to get emails abck from backups then.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a Sysadmin, I'd change the access rights to my mailbox so they're not backed up.  Not 100£ effective, but it would make things more difficult, and I'd flush the deleted items from the system manager as well." />
  <row Id="36381" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20431" RevisionGUID="7359cf26-861e-4361-9c01-0e79a2051393" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:52:38.780" UserId="3110" Text="I've used KIX for about 15 years.  It's fast, easy, and just about anyone can learn it.  Which is the best part as far as I'm concerned as I then don't have to be the one maintaining the scripts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also there is a great free kix editor [Kixtarter][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.burtoncomputerservices.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=44:kixtarter-article&amp;catid=34:software-downloads&amp;Itemid=53" />
  <row Id="36382" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20432" RevisionGUID="ab44cf6c-7cd5-4e01-8ea0-573c3744e801" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:54:01.213" UserId="7822" Text="I think renaming is one of the most sought after features.  Unfortunately, as mentioned above, there is no contextual menu to do a site rename.  If you don't utilize the work items or the sharepoint features, the built in move command will be your best bet.  You will, as mentioned above have to create a new team project with the desired name. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36383" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20433" RevisionGUID="48bdd3db-c6a7-4820-98ca-4ea35b0c4f16" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:55:55.910" UserId="45" Text="This article was very useful to me in deploying Adobe Acroba Reader:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Deploying Adobe Reader 9 for Windows][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are two sections which could be interesting for you. This one: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **What To Do About Adobe Updater**&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Reader 9 continues to include the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Adobe Updater application which has&#xD;&#xA;&gt; been updated to version 6. While I&#xD;&#xA;&gt; haven’t seen it misbehave for some&#xD;&#xA;&gt; time and it no longer drops an Updater&#xD;&#xA;&gt; folder in your Documents folder, you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; might still want to disable it.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; There are a few ways to do this. You&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can disable Updater by running it&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (click Help / Check for Updates) then&#xD;&#xA;&gt; click the Preferences link. You will&#xD;&#xA;&gt; then see the Preferences dialog,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; where you can choose to disable&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Updater.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and the following section&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **Updating Reader**&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Updating Adobe Reader can be a bit of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a challenge, especially for smaller&#xD;&#xA;&gt; environments using only Group Policy&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Software Installation. For Reader 8,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Adobe released updates as a complete&#xD;&#xA;&gt; download of the installer rather than&#xD;&#xA;&gt; patches. I recommend updating using&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the full installer as updates for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; version 9 are released.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; If you would really prefer to use the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Updater to keep Reader current, you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; could use the following command in a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; task using Windows Task Scheduler:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     &quot;%CommonProgramFiles%\Adobe\Updater6\Adobe_Updater.exe&quot; -AU_LAUNCH_MODE=1&#xD;&#xA;     -AU_DISPLAY_LANG=en_US -AU_LAUNCH_APPID=reader9rdr-en_US&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/deployment/deploying-adobe-reader-9-for-windows" />
  <row Id="36384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20434" RevisionGUID="b11e8e4c-da96-4228-9bd7-3d05159dd55d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:58:23.707" UserId="8339" Text="Depending on how many servers you have you may want to setup nagios[1] or a similar monitoring system for this.  Basically you set limits on metric (cpu usage, memory usage etc..), and if a limit is exceeded you receive an alert, which could be a page or email or whatever.  However if this is your home pc, I find myself using [nmon][2].  It's great for getting an over all picture of your system.  It will display info about memory, disk, cpu, and network usage, as well as kernel information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/WikiPtype/nmon&#xD;&#xA;  [1] www.nagios.org" />
  <row Id="36385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20435" RevisionGUID="3c74a704-2254-4b62-818f-0beda1b07640" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:58:42.367" UserId="6336" Text="Messages deleted from the exchange mailbox should be recoverable via the exchange deleted items bin (server side - and you DO have this set up, right?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Messages deleted from a PST file can be recoverable only if outlook didn't compact the file yet. The PST file has a marginally stupid behavior, and it will compact it automatically on exiting (or opening) outlook, if the changes in the PST reached 10% or more of it's size (that is, if you delete half the messages in the PST and close the outlook, it will probably compact it without asking you)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The smart way of not even needing to voodoo your way to those deleted email messages, is to force everyone to store their PST files on a network drive, which is the way you should be doing it anyway if you want to have backups for those users that accidentally lost data. Then you can just restore the PST from yesterdays/last week's backup, and maybe only lose a few of the latest messages." />
  <row Id="36386" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20416" RevisionGUID="fc85439c-cb08-4fc1-86cb-de5b7c65500e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:59:49.400" UserId="2413" Comment="added 178 characters in body" Text="if you want a bit of bells and whistles under linux - try [htop][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;it's top on steroids, you can configure it to display on 'bars' cpu time spend in userland/system/iowait/irqs. this might give you good view what's the cause of load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;still - some info that you get from vmstat will not be displayed in htop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you can as well take a look at sar from [sysstat][2]. [ iostat mentioned by Kyle Brandt is part of the same package ].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://htop.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://pagesperso-orange.fr/sebastien.godard/" />
  <row Id="36387" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20436" RevisionGUID="c1aa3852-7a9c-4bfc-a99b-ec5dcc26120c" CreationDate="2009-06-05T11:59:51.710" UserId="7073" Text="ah Sharepoint intergration with AD, now that brings back some bad memories and nightmares.  I'm sure its better now, but I remember calling MS asking them how to configure permissions using windows groups and was told we can't do that.  I stumbled across it 3 days later.  But the whole permissions thing is a complete and total nightmare.  It might use AD, but it had none of the flexability of a filesystem for things like inheriting, mixing up permissions, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try out something else, maybe a password protected excel sheet?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just play with sharepoint a lot before rolling it to production and think ahead for what you might want to do with it.  Our biggest limitation was we could easily copy sites to different locations and things like that." />
  <row Id="36388" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20437" RevisionGUID="6de9b0d8-5d40-4184-8477-d4a89b7c3eb8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:00:13.723" UserId="5221" Text="With cPanel you are not really managing a CentOS server as such, you are managing a cPanel server running on a basic CentOS base. It installs and manages its own Apache, PHP and MySQL builds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The cPanel interface for the root user has the facility to upgrade or downgrade Apache and PHP between the officially supported versions. First make sure that cPanel itself is fully up-to-date (most install update automatically, but it is worth checking) then check to see if the version you want is already in the lists so you can upgrade to them that way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can install your own Apache/PHP/what-ever, if none of those in the standard cPanel build are not recent enough for you, but it is not recommended as you will lose any official support you might have from the makers of cPanel and your custom setup migth get broken next time there is a significant update to cPanel." />
  <row Id="36389" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20438" RevisionGUID="4cfb0392-148a-4965-b318-e029bddb9cd0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:02:42.473" UserId="8340" Text="Try SchemaCrawler - it is a free, commandline, open-source tool, written in Java. It is OS and database independent. It is designed to find differences between schemas (and even data). There are a JavaScript and templating language interfaces that you can use to generate your own scripts. (Examples with the download.) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://schemacrawler.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="36390" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20424" RevisionGUID="f152efc9-ebd8-4729-87fa-3ce967e94fb2" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:05:03.080" UserId="1054" Comment="fix some grammar" Text="It has happened many times in my organization that some people have left in not really good terms. So when you go to check their computers you find that they normally delete their emails, sometimes you can find them in the deleted folder (lol) but sometimes they even delete them from there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a way to get them back, I would like to see how other sys admins deal with this...  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;Download a hex editor from google.  &#xD;&#xA;Open the .pst with the hexeditor and delete positions 7 and 13.(just count the letter and do *space bar* on top of letter at space 7 and letter at space 13.  &#xD;&#xA;This will corrupt the pst file. Save it.    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Run SCANPST.EXE, normally located in &quot;C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\1033&quot;. It will make a backup and then it will attempt to repair the file. Once its finished, open the .pst on outlook and emails should now be there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NOW... if you are a sysadmin and you leave the company and you don't want anyone to recover your emails, or at least make it extra harder for them... then all you need to do after deleted your email is go to (in MS Outlook) Tools &gt; Option &gt; Mail Set up &gt; Data Files &gt; Choose the .pst and click on settings &gt; Compact Now.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20439" RevisionGUID="985a831b-debb-4201-b1dd-69fecf80362d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:05:16.420" UserId="45" Text="I think there is no real solution to this &quot;problem.&quot; Since most organizations keep emails on the server which (hopefully) are regularly backed up, there will always be the option to restore your emails from a recent backup. I guess it wouldn't be ethically correct and even illegal, to remove all backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, in my opinion, a professional way to deal with it is, that your work email (emphasis on &quot;work&quot;) should always be handled from the perspective that the company will have access to it. Keep personal things separated from business communication using a different email address and provider (web based.)" />
  <row Id="36392" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20437" RevisionGUID="7b35399b-948d-4c31-a4bc-abc1b576c5c5" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:05:16.717" UserId="5221" Comment="missed detail" Text="With cPanel you are not really managing a CentOS server as such, you are managing a cPanel server running on a basic CentOS base. It installs and manages its own Apache, PHP and MySQL builds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The cPanel interface for the root user has the facility to upgrade or downgrade Apache and PHP between the officially supported versions. First make sure that cPanel itself is fully up-to-date (most install update automatically, but it is worth checking) then check to see if the version you want is already in the lists so you can upgrade to them that way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can install your own Apache/PHP/what-ever, if none of those in the standard cPanel build are not recent enough for you, but it is not recommended as you will lose any official support you might have from the makers of cPanel and your custom setup migth get broken next time there is a significant update to cPanel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit: I forgot to add: the management interface referred to above is web based, usually find it at https://&lt;server&gt;:2087 or http://&lt;server&gt;:2086. It is a while since I've used cPanel as either as user or an admin but back when I did the official forum and parts of webhostingtalk.com contained many useful discussions." />
  <row Id="36393" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20440" RevisionGUID="e0d26b86-f882-48c9-9b81-110dcff6eac3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:05:16.920" UserId="1846" Text="Tideway Foundation is a tool for automated network discovery and application modeling that can draw visual representations of your network. You can [download a free virtual appliance][1] from their website.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Note**: I used to work for Tideway and still have an interest in the company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tideway.com/downloads/" />
  <row Id="36394" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20216" RevisionGUID="75c624ba-8dda-499f-aaa2-bc84b755961e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:05:38.073" UserId="7200" Comment="Name resolution, etc..." Text="It looks to me like the server is pushing the &quot;redirect-gateway&quot; option down to the client. This causes the client to use the VPN as its default gateway. Comment out the line in the server config 'push &quot;redirect-gateway def1&quot;'. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Woah there-- just saw your edit. You client can't be using the same IP addresses as the LAN it's connecting to. That's not going to work. One end or the other needs to use different IP addresses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming routing is configured properly on your Windows Server 2003 machine (per the www.itsatechworld.com page you referenced), you should be able to PING the Windows Server 2003 machine and Windows Vista machine by their LAN IPs via the VPN. If you can, then you've got routing right on the Windows Server 2003 and DD-WRT machines and you can proceed. If not, then you need to start tracking down why either (1) PING traffic coming off the OpenVPN tunnel isn't getting to the destination, or (b) why PING replies from the destination host aren't coming back. You may end up putting something like Wireshark on your Windows Vista machine to see if the PING requests are even getting there (since PING can't tell you if your request is being received and the reply is just being lost).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you've got IP connectivity across the VPN working fine. I'd recommend installing the DNS and WINS services on your Windows Server 2003 VPN server computer and configuring the server computer and the Windows Vista home computer to use that machine for WINS and DNS. You can either add your ISP's DNS as a &quot;forwarded&quot; on the Windows Server 2003 machine, or leave the stock &quot;root hints&quot; configured to allow it to resolve Internet names. In your OpenVPN server configuration, add the following line right after the 'push &quot;dhcp-option DNS 192.168.1.1&quot; line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    push &quot;dhcp-option WINS 192.168.1.1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is going to get the remote clients taking to the WINS and DNS servers on your Windows Server 2003 machine, and should get you both DNS and NetBIOS name resolution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're not using an Active Directory domain at home, you'll probably want to setup a standard forward lookup zone on the Windows Server 2003 DNS server for your Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista machines to register into. You'll want to grant clients permission to dynamically update records (albeit insecurely) when you create this zone. You should add the option &quot;DNS domain name&quot; (option 15) to your DHCP scope at home so that your client computers there pick up the right DNS domain name suffix. (If you're using DD-WRT for DNS then I can't tell you how to do that. I'm an OpenWRT guy, and I manage my WRT54G from the command line. I'd recommend running DHCP from the Windows Server 2003 machine anyway, but I just like that DHCP server more.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using an Active Directory domain you'll already have a forward lookup zone created in DNS. Since your remote VPN clients aren't members of your domain, though, they won't be able to register in DNS under the stock security settings that Windows Server sets on the DNS zone (at least, if you let it create the zone during DCPROMO). It's insecure, but if you want to allow them to register you could either (a - less secure) chang the permission on the zone to allow insecure registrations, or (b - more secure but still insecure) create A and PTR records for them and modify the permission on each of those records to allow anyone to update them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It sounds like this is a home networking thing, and it's really a good learning opportunity for a lot of things-- IP routing, VPNs, name resolution. Perhaps you're looking for it to &quot;just work&quot; and not as a learning opportunity, in which case I can only offer my apologies and say that these things just aren't &quot;turnkey&quot; yet." />
  <row Id="36395" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20441" RevisionGUID="24e72d8d-3168-4a4e-982c-ab79652b2544" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:05:42.673" UserId="8340" Text="Instead of storing the actual DDL scripts, we source control a description of the schema metadata that can be diffed against another database. We use SchemaCrawler - a free, commandline, open-source tool, written in Java, and designed for this purpose.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://schemacrawler.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="36396" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20430" RevisionGUID="90de781d-c503-421c-a8d4-97e3b62eea73" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:06:00.117" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix a characther thing..." Text="We use exmerge do perfrom our exchange backups.  This works fine when there isn't too many users on the network, but it does blow away the security on the mailbox files.  You'd be able to get emails abck from backups then.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a Sysadmin, I'd change the access rights to my mailbox so they're not backed up.  Not 100% effective, but it would make things more difficult, and I'd flush the deleted items from the system manager as well." />
  <row Id="36406" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20445" RevisionGUID="46f8d893-c6f6-4f78-bbeb-b7dbd375f727" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:11:06.743" UserId="3552" Text="I thought [SpinRite][1] was free, but I guess it isn't any more. Based on that I would use the manufacturers diagnostics tool, see samsungs [here][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/support/utilities/Support_HUTIL.html" />
  <row Id="36407" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20415" RevisionGUID="46096f2c-9f39-4f76-aaca-845d6121014d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:12:30.627" UserId="7453" Comment="added 585 characters in body" Text="Often when I find myself in front of a unix/linux (or any other *nix variant) console and have to quickly diagnose the server's condition, I just can't remember everything that should be checked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll try a vmstat, some ps/top manoeuvres, read procinfo and some log files (boot &amp; sys), but what I'd really like is a quick way to view Cpu, Hard disk and Physical Memory condition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I seem to know a lot of it already is present in vmstat, but somehow I miss the ease of server 2008 where you can find a nice resource monitor while even the task manager itself can provide a quick peek on the system condition (and not even talking about server 2008's monitoring graph tools).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestion, or am I just being lame because vmstat really is the grail ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&#xD;&#xA; Well thanks for the feedback, everyone. I should add that I'm not really talking about constant monitoring (where nagios is a very good proposition), but about an occasional walk to a server - not necessarily mine - to do a quick system condition lookup (sometimes I just happen to be somewhere and Bang, Hey, can you come over to check this one ?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The stick with some utility-scripts is indeed nice, already have one with sysinternals apps for windows machines. Htop is cool also, although I don't think being able to install it wherever I happen to be." />
  <row Id="36408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20446" RevisionGUID="f9d314be-a23b-4f87-9971-dbfbb261a4e1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:12:47.493" UserId="6383" Text="If all your repositories can use the same AuthUserFile, then &lt;Location /git&gt; will do, but I don't think that's what you're asking.  You'll probably have to generate multiple Location sections externally, say with some perl code, and get apache to re-read the config files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you considered using gitosis or git-daemon?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For your bonus question, something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias /git /path/to/repository/root&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Directory &quot;/path/to/repository/root&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       ...&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="36409" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20447" RevisionGUID="e2e2ad01-e6ba-46d3-a2e9-0a3994ab65ff" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:13:30.457" UserId="8339" Text="I would suggest you make daily backups of all the mail on the server.  Then, when someone decides to leave and delete their mail before hand, you still haveall of there mail in your backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How long you decided to keep backups of mail is entirely up to storage space, company policy etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since your mail server is on linux, then you're most likely using maildir format, I would suggest running in cron:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   tar -zxf mail-backup.tgz /path/to/mail&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then when you need to restore you can gunzip mail-backup.tgz and use tar to select what directory you want to extract." />
  <row Id="36410" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20448" RevisionGUID="f12f079e-79a8-421d-8b49-b1f4dbc59ee8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:13:54.357" UserId="7073" Text="I would say to use either the API's or web services, with web services preferred since there should be more flexability in what end users (customers) user to connect to them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Part 2, management will say nuts to that, we need to get market NOW! and don't want to spend money developing it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Part 3, you need to convience management why exposing the DB directly is bad, and then come up with a whole lot of white parts, and security reports etc.  Plus also if I was thinking about using your software and it is SaaS I'd want to know all about your security, and as soon as I found out you're exposing the DB the deals off.  " />
  <row Id="36411" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20449" RevisionGUID="d75e21d8-7bc6-4ed4-993d-2789dbe599da" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:14:17.880" UserId="7200" Text="On the &quot;recovering mail&quot; front: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It looks like several of these posters thing you're running Exchange. Others talk about backing-up the mail. I'm guessing you're just storing PST files on the local hard disk drives of PCs, and very likely people are turning off the PCs after hours so that you can't get remote backups. It's not the greatest idea in the world to put PST files on &quot;network drives&quot;, but it can be done. If the users leave Outlook open, though, you're not going to be able to get consistent backups of the PST files no matter where they live.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using that little hack to &quot;corrupt&quot; the PST file and then rebuild it w/ SCANPST is a neat idea. &amp;gt;smile&amp;lt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the &quot;making mail disappear&quot; front:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since you are just using PST files and you want to be sure that a PST isn't recoverable I'd highly recommend using an overwrite utility rather than just &quot;compacting&quot; the file. It's highly likely that a block-level examination of the disk (like with forensics tools) would still turn up some of the old email even after you &quot;compacted&quot;. Overwriting the bits will make them much more inaccessible (and much more expensive to attempt to access).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nico: Your employer sounds more and more like a joyful place to work.. &amp;gt;sigh&amp;lt;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck." />
  <row Id="36412" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20450" RevisionGUID="f8926bfb-6dd5-4b5f-83a4-63af70161c3b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:20:15.930" UserId="7073" Text="We do the standard exchange backups so I could do it that way if I needed to but I recently found a new field in Exchange at the mailbox store level which is send copy of all email this store uses to another email address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So while it's only effective from the time I started using it, we now have an archive of all email sent and recieved by everyone in another email server that is just a simple SMTP server.  This is done more for legal reasons and in the 8 months its been running other then confirming its still working I've not had to go into it." />
  <row Id="36415" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20452" RevisionGUID="efc3fc65-ead5-47b4-9b1d-15eff6de0cfc" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:23:34.710" UserId="8090" Text="If you control your mail server - you could create copy of every incoming email message, for example using always_bcc feature in postfix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36416" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20453" RevisionGUID="58cbed3a-54c7-4a19-891d-8f32241c67fb" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:23:58.407" UserDisplayName="Filipe" Text="After 1 or 2 days, my firewall becomes extremely slow. I have 5 machines behind it and they also become extremely slow. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My current conntrack limit:&#xD;&#xA;[root@fw ~]# cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_conntrack_max&#xD;&#xA;100000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Average conntrack table count:&#xD;&#xA;[root@fw ~]# cat /proc/net/ip_conntrack |wc -l&#xD;&#xA;1301&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My iptables rules:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[root@fw ~]# iptables -L -n&#xD;&#xA;Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)&#xD;&#xA;target     prot opt source               destination&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Chain FORWARD (policy DROP)&#xD;&#xA;target     prot opt source               destination&#xD;&#xA;DROP       all  --  24.0.0.0/8           0.0.0.0/0&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     udp  --  $IP_155        0.0.0.0/0           udp&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     udp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_155       udp dpt:8888&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     udp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_155       udp dpt:9999&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     udp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_155       udp dpt:8777&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     udp  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     all  --  $IP_160        $IP_39&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     all  --  $IP_39         $IP_160&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     all  --  $ip_veloX        0.0.0.0/0&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     all  --  192.168.1.0/24       0.0.0.0/0&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     all  --  192.168.1.0/24       0.0.0.0/0&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     all  --  0.0.0.0/0            192.168.1.0/24&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     all  --  192.168.1.0/24       0.0.0.0/0&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     all  --  0.0.0.0/0            192.168.1.0/24&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     all  --  192.168.1.0/24       0.0.0.0/0&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     all  --  0.0.0.0/0            192.168.1.0/24&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_39        state NEW tcp dpt:2106&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_160       state NEW tcp dpt:2106&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_156       state NEW multiport dports 7777&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_211       state NEW multiport dports 7777&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_215       state NEW multiport dports 7777&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_160       state NEW multiport dports 7777&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_155       state NEW multiport dports 7777&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_155       state NEW multiport dports 8767,9999,8777,14534,51234,6969,7777&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_160       state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_156       state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_211       state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_215       state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_39        state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_155       state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_160        0.0.0.0/0           state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_156        0.0.0.0/0           state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_211        0.0.0.0/0           state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_215        0.0.0.0/0           state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_39         0.0.0.0/0           state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_155        0.0.0.0/0           state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_160        0.0.0.0/0           state NEW&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_156        0.0.0.0/0           state NEW&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_211        0.0.0.0/0           state NEW&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_215        0.0.0.0/0           state NEW&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_39         0.0.0.0/0           state NEW&#xD;&#xA;ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_155        0.0.0.0/0           state NEW&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)&#xD;&#xA;target     prot opt source               destination&#xD;&#xA;[root@fw ~]#&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36417" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20453" RevisionGUID="58cbed3a-54c7-4a19-891d-8f32241c67fb" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:23:58.407" UserDisplayName="Filipe" Text="Why firewall/server becomes slow after 1-2 days? Affects firewall and machines behind it" />
  <row Id="36418" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20453" RevisionGUID="58cbed3a-54c7-4a19-891d-8f32241c67fb" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:23:58.407" UserDisplayName="Filipe" Text="&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;iptables&gt;" />
  <row Id="36420" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20454" RevisionGUID="0987ffcb-e0c6-4eba-993a-dae4d0ff1b12" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:24:08.703" UserId="4392" Text="Alright, take the latest image you have in standby mode, and start it up &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     connect internal; &#xD;&#xA;     startup nomount; &#xD;&#xA;     alter database mount standby database; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then place your archive logs (or Sunday's, if you've got them segregated by day) where they belong and do &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     recover standby database; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's going to prompt you for a filename. Since that filename should be in your Sunday logs, just type AUTO. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The way I do it on my databases is to have a large filesystem specifically for archive logs called /db_archive and each day is a directory under there. My oracle instance is under /db and it looks for my archive logs under /db/archive, so when I recover a specific day's logs, I link /db_archive/DATE -&gt; /db/archive  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not optimum, but I'm dealing with Oracle 8i, and many years ago the database wasn't setup ideally. Hopefully soon we'll migrate to Oracle 11 and I won't have to do all of this crap. " />
  <row Id="36421" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20455" RevisionGUID="c00e57ff-8808-4aea-9265-1a21ccf70f12" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:24:11.247" UserId="1801" Text="Do I need to stop or limit services (Apache, MySQL, ...) during software RAID 1 reconstruction on Linux ?  &#xD;&#xA;Is there a risk of corrupting or losing data ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am using Linux MD devices (with mdadm) on Debian 5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="36422" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20455" RevisionGUID="c00e57ff-8808-4aea-9265-1a21ccf70f12" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:24:11.247" UserId="1801" Text="Do I need to stop services (Apache, MySQL) during software RAID 1 reconstruction on Linux ?" />
  <row Id="36423" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20455" RevisionGUID="c00e57ff-8808-4aea-9265-1a21ccf70f12" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:24:11.247" UserId="1801" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;software-raid&gt;" />
  <row Id="36424" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20456" RevisionGUID="c2494a9a-ad6e-42fe-b262-8af9a0447725" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:24:20.357" UserId="8342" Text="You could use the [Migration and Sync Toolkit][1] from the TFS team and hosted on Codeplex. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I just get the data into a CSV file from my old work item system and then use Excel to get it imported into TFS.  TFS comes with an excellent (no pun intended) Excel integration that is good for bulk actions on TFS work items.  When you are importing, probably easiest to include the orginial systems bug id in the new work item title to make it easier to cross reference to begin with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codeplex.com/MigrationSyncToolkit" />
  <row Id="36426" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="20367" RevisionGUID="9fbe43b6-812d-4b88-ac14-6ef215058860" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:24:47.673" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:48,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Sam Cogan&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1054,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;squillman&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="36427" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20457" RevisionGUID="26181e68-885f-422d-b363-41b5cb976951" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:26:07.500" UserId="4392" Text="If you're rebuilding your RAID, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**A)** You should make backups first&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**B)** Your performance will suck. You'd be better off to move any critical services to another host while this is happening, in which case yes, I'd turn off the various daemons. " />
  <row Id="36428" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20453" RevisionGUID="c192ac3f-2cfb-49f0-861e-dfcd7511a1e3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:26:16.003" UserId="48" Comment="Added code tags; added 10 characters in body" Text="After 1 or 2 days, my firewall becomes extremely slow. I have 5 machines behind it and they also become extremely slow. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My current conntrack limit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@fw ~]# cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_conntrack_max&#xD;&#xA;    100000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Average conntrack table count:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@fw ~]# cat /proc/net/ip_conntrack |wc -l&#xD;&#xA;    1301&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My iptables rules:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        [root@fw ~]# iptables -L -n&#xD;&#xA;        Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)&#xD;&#xA;        target     prot opt source               destination&#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;        Chain FORWARD (policy DROP)&#xD;&#xA;        target     prot opt source               destination&#xD;&#xA;        DROP       all  --  24.0.0.0/8           0.0.0.0/0&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     udp  --  $IP_155        0.0.0.0/0           udp&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     udp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_155       udp dpt:8888&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     udp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_155       udp dpt:9999&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     udp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_155       udp dpt:8777&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     udp  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     all  --  $IP_160        $IP_39&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     all  --  $IP_39         $IP_160&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     all  --  $ip_veloX        0.0.0.0/0&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     all  --  192.168.1.0/24       0.0.0.0/0&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     all  --  192.168.1.0/24       0.0.0.0/0&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     all  --  0.0.0.0/0            192.168.1.0/24&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     all  --  192.168.1.0/24       0.0.0.0/0&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     all  --  0.0.0.0/0            192.168.1.0/24&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     all  --  192.168.1.0/24       0.0.0.0/0&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     all  --  0.0.0.0/0            192.168.1.0/24&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_39        state NEW tcp dpt:2106&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_160       state NEW tcp dpt:2106&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_156       state NEW multiport dports 7777&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_211       state NEW multiport dports 7777&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_215       state NEW multiport dports 7777&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_160       state NEW multiport dports 7777&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_155       state NEW multiport dports 7777&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_155       state NEW multiport dports 8767,9999,8777,14534,51234,6969,7777&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_160       state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_156       state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_211       state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_215       state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_39        state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_155       state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_160        0.0.0.0/0           state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_156        0.0.0.0/0           state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_211        0.0.0.0/0           state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_215        0.0.0.0/0           state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_39         0.0.0.0/0           state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_155        0.0.0.0/0           state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_160        0.0.0.0/0           state NEW&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_156        0.0.0.0/0           state NEW&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_211        0.0.0.0/0           state NEW&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_215        0.0.0.0/0           state NEW&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_39         0.0.0.0/0           state NEW&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_155        0.0.0.0/0           state NEW&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;        target     prot opt source               destination&#xD;&#xA;        [root@fw ~]#&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36429" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20052" RevisionGUID="c55d493f-9157-4b54-ad10-9273b3d331b7" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:28:20.433" UserId="7520" Comment="Added OS" Text="Just as a datapoint, I have been running an LSI MegaRAID SATA 300 card with a RAID 5 configuration on Centos 5, and have been very happy.  Have had one incident of a drive failure, and was able to rebuild the &gt;1TB array in just a couple of hours using the megarc command line utility - with no down time.  The performance has been great so far.  I have had success in the past using software RAID in a RAID0 configuration, but drivers at installation time were always a bit of a pain to deal with." />
  <row Id="36430" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20458" RevisionGUID="24633578-95e2-41d9-aa7d-0b95661896cf" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:30:21.743" UserId="4392" Text="Have you tried setting up a machine that uses known PMTU (http://www.netheaven.com/pmtu.html) and figuring it out from there? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Worst case scenario, work your way up by hand. " />
  <row Id="36431" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="18724" RevisionGUID="2cfeffb9-1f47-4652-ad37-5ffc9ab7f021" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:37:14.533" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="36432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20459" RevisionGUID="16c75637-a46c-44f9-b1b4-694ba93d7f6c" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:38:33.127" UserId="523" Text="The [Ultimate Boot CD][1] has some Hard Drive tools on it that should detect any errors on the drive. Just make sure that you back up all your data FIRST. Doing intense testing on a bad drive may lead to worse failure and data lost. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/" />
  <row Id="36433" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20453" RevisionGUID="d05ec032-23e6-46b2-823d-4344aca7843d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:39:56.653" UserDisplayName="Filipe" Comment="added 172 characters in body" Text="After 1 or 2 days, my firewall becomes extremely slow. I have 5 machines behind it and they also become extremely slow. After hardware reboot, it becomes fast again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My current conntrack limit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@fw ~]# cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_conntrack_max&#xD;&#xA;    100000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Average conntrack table count:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@fw ~]# cat /proc/net/ip_conntrack |wc -l&#xD;&#xA;    1301&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My iptables rules:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        [root@fw ~]# iptables -L -n&#xD;&#xA;        Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)&#xD;&#xA;        target     prot opt source               destination&#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;        Chain FORWARD (policy DROP)&#xD;&#xA;        target     prot opt source               destination&#xD;&#xA;        DROP       all  --  24.0.0.0/8           0.0.0.0/0&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     udp  --  $IP_155        0.0.0.0/0           udp&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     udp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_155       udp dpt:8888&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     udp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_155       udp dpt:9999&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     udp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_155       udp dpt:8777&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     udp  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     all  --  $IP_160        $IP_39&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     all  --  $IP_39         $IP_160&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     all  --  $ip_veloX        0.0.0.0/0&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     all  --  192.168.1.0/24       0.0.0.0/0&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     all  --  192.168.1.0/24       0.0.0.0/0&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     all  --  0.0.0.0/0            192.168.1.0/24&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     all  --  192.168.1.0/24       0.0.0.0/0&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     all  --  0.0.0.0/0            192.168.1.0/24&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     all  --  192.168.1.0/24       0.0.0.0/0&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     all  --  0.0.0.0/0            192.168.1.0/24&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_39        state NEW tcp dpt:2106&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_160       state NEW tcp dpt:2106&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_156       state NEW multiport dports 7777&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_211       state NEW multiport dports 7777&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_215       state NEW multiport dports 7777&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_160       state NEW multiport dports 7777&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_155       state NEW multiport dports 7777&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_155       state NEW multiport dports 8767,9999,8777,14534,51234,6969,7777&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_160       state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_156       state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_211       state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_215       state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_39        state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            $IP_155       state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_160        0.0.0.0/0           state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_156        0.0.0.0/0           state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_211        0.0.0.0/0           state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_215        0.0.0.0/0           state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_39         0.0.0.0/0           state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_155        0.0.0.0/0           state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_160        0.0.0.0/0           state NEW&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_156        0.0.0.0/0           state NEW&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_211        0.0.0.0/0           state NEW&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_215        0.0.0.0/0           state NEW&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_39         0.0.0.0/0           state NEW&#xD;&#xA;        ACCEPT     tcp  --  $IP_155        0.0.0.0/0           state NEW&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;        target     prot opt source               destination&#xD;&#xA;        [root@fw ~]#&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[root@fw ~]# df -h&#xD;&#xA;Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on&#xD;&#xA;/dev/sda1             142G   21G  114G  16% /&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36434" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20460" RevisionGUID="0930563f-0fb5-4d19-bea6-4b898184a806" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:41:09.693" UserId="1205" Text="I just upgraded to Trac 0.11.4 on Ubuntu and I noticed that the /usr/share/trac/templates directory no longer exists. As a result, in my trac.ini, the templates-dir is not set ([inherit] section) and where the Trac logo is supposed to be I see the alt text *(please configure the [header_logo] section in trac.ini)*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know where either the templates directory is located or the global trac.ini?&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="36437" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20461" RevisionGUID="2b4f4899-5217-49c7-97dc-e5b063129762" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:45:25.807" UserId="2413" Text="it'll not help directly in this case but always put &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A FORWARD -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;as first rule. this will save you some cpu cycles for all packets belonging to connections already established.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;similarly with input / output if you have DROP policy there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;what is load of the machine [ take it from w or top ]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;do you have something interesting in dmesg?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;do you do some address translation?" />
  <row Id="36438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20462" RevisionGUID="b96f2849-6344-4189-bed5-0e7cb7fe1072" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:46:06.117" UserId="5537" Text="I'm using `mod_rewrite` to map `/foo/bar/baz` to `/foo/qux` using&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine on&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteBase /foo/&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^bar/baz$ bar/baz/ [L,R=permanent]&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^bar/baz/(.*) qux/$1 [L]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to allow indexes in `/foo/qux`, so I have `Options +Indexes` in `/foo/qux/.htaccess`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that the index output reads &quot;`Index of /foo/qux`&quot; even when the URL used to access it is `/foo/bar/baz`. Ideally, I'd like the output to reflect the URL used (so either `/foo/qux` or `/foo/bar/baz`, depending). I'd settle for the output always saying &quot;Index of `/foo/bar/baz`&quot;. Is there a way to do this using `mod_rewrite` or plain-vanilla Apache configuration options?  " />
  <row Id="36439" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20462" RevisionGUID="b96f2849-6344-4189-bed5-0e7cb7fe1072" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:46:06.117" UserId="5537" Text="Making the output of +Indexes match a rewritten URL" />
  <row Id="36440" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20462" RevisionGUID="b96f2849-6344-4189-bed5-0e7cb7fe1072" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:46:06.117" UserId="5537" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;mod-rewrite&gt;&lt;.htaccess&gt;" />
  <row Id="36441" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20463" RevisionGUID="7f20908f-144b-4806-ab82-db946352c368" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:48:08.953" UserId="4506" Text="I have deployed Coldfusion 8 on JBoss 5.1.0. During the CF installation only two WARs have been created instead of one EAR, no porblem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am able to start the CF admin gui but i get the following error when the rds.war should be deployed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    java.lang.RuntimeException: org.jboss.deployers.client.spi.IncompleteDeploymentException: Summary of incomplete deployments (SEE PREVIOUS ERRORS FOR DETAILS):&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    *** DEPLOYMENTS IN ERROR: Name -&gt; Error&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    vfsfile:/C:/jboss/server/default/deploy/rds.war/ -&gt; org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException: URL file:/C:/jboss/server/default/deploy/rds.war/ deployment failed&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    DEPLOYMENTS IN ERROR:&#xD;&#xA;      Deployment &quot;vfsfile:/C:/jboss/server/default/deploy/rds.war/&quot; is in error due to the following reason(s): java.lang.SecurityException: Seed must be between 20 and 64 bytes. Only 8 bytes supplied.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;            at org.jboss.profileservice.management.upload.remoting.StreamingDeploymentTarget.invoke(StreamingDeploymentTarget.java:313)&#xD;&#xA;            at org.jboss.profileservice.management.upload.remoting.StreamingDeploymentTarget.start(StreamingDeploymentTarget.java:190)&#xD;&#xA;            at org.jboss.profileservice.management.upload.DeploymentProgressImpl.start(DeploymentProgressImpl.java:231)&#xD;&#xA;            at org.jboss.profileservice.management.upload.DeploymentProgressImpl.run(DeploymentProgressImpl.java:88)&#xD;&#xA;            at org.rhq.plugins.jbossas5.util.DeploymentUtils.run(DeploymentUtils.java:120)&#xD;&#xA;            at org.rhq.plugins.jbossas5.AbstractManagedDeploymentComponent.invokeOperation(AbstractManagedDeploymentComponent.java:181)&#xD;&#xA;            at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)&#xD;&#xA;            at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)&#xD;&#xA;            at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)&#xD;&#xA;            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)&#xD;&#xA;            at org.rhq.core.pc.inventory.ResourceContainer$ComponentInvocationThread.call(ResourceContainer.java:482)&#xD;&#xA;            at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)&#xD;&#xA;            at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)&#xD;&#xA;            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)&#xD;&#xA;            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)&#xD;&#xA;            at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)&#xD;&#xA;    Caused by: org.jboss.deployers.client.spi.IncompleteDeploymentException: Summary of incomplete deployments (SEE PREVIOUS ERRORS FOR DETAILS):&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    *** DEPLOYMENTS IN ERROR: Name -&gt; Error&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    vfsfile:/C:/jboss/server/default/deploy/rds.war/ -&gt; org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException: URL file:/C:/jboss/server/default/deploy/rds.war/ deployment failed&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    DEPLOYMENTS IN ERROR:&#xD;&#xA;      Deployment &quot;vfsfile:/C:/jboss/server/default/deploy/rds.war/&quot; is in error due to the following reason(s): java.lang.SecurityException: Seed must be between 20 and 64 bytes. Only 8 bytes supplied.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;            at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.checkComplete(DeployersImpl.java:993)&#xD;&#xA;            at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.checkComplete(DeployersImpl.java:939)&#xD;&#xA;            at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.checkComplete(MainDeployerImpl.java:873)&#xD;&#xA;            at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.repository.MainDeployerAdapter.checkComplete(MainDeployerAdapter.java:128)&#xD;&#xA;            at org.jboss.profileservice.management.upload.remoting.AbstractDeployHandler.start(AbstractDeployHandler.java:265)&#xD;&#xA;            at org.jboss.profileservice.management.upload.remoting.AbstractDeployHandler.invoke(AbstractDeployHandler.java:177)&#xD;&#xA;            at org.jboss.remoting.ServerInvoker.invoke(ServerInvoker.java:891)&#xD;&#xA;            at org.jboss.remoting.transport.local.LocalClientInvoker.invoke(LocalClientInvoker.java:106)&#xD;&#xA;            at org.jboss.remoting.Client.invoke(Client.java:1724)&#xD;&#xA;            at org.jboss.remoting.Client.invoke(Client.java:629)&#xD;&#xA;            at org.jboss.profileservice.management.upload.remoting.StreamingDeploymentTarget.invoke(StreamingDeploymentTarget.java:305)&#xD;&#xA;            ... 15 more&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do i fix this problem?" />
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Calculator&#xD;&#xA;- [cipher][6] - Displays or alters the encryption of directories [files] on NTFS partitions&#xD;&#xA;- [cleanmgr.exe][7] - Disk Cleanup&#xD;&#xA;- [cls][8] - clear the command line screen&#xD;&#xA;- [cmd /k][9] - Run command with command extensions enabled&#xD;&#xA;- [color][10] - Sets the default console foreground and background colors in console&#xD;&#xA;- [command.com][11] - Default Operating System Shell&#xD;&#xA;- [compmgmt.msc][12] - Computer Management&#xD;&#xA;- [control.exe /name Microsoft.NetworkAndSharingCenter][13] - Network and Sharing Center&#xD;&#xA;- [control keyboard][14] - Keyboard Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control mouse(or main.cpl)][15] - Mouse Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control sysdm.cpl,@0,3][16] - Advanced Tab of the System Properties dialog&#xD;&#xA;- [control userpasswords2][17] - Opens the classic User Accounts dialog&#xD;&#xA;- [desk.cpl][18] - opens the display properties&#xD;&#xA;- [devmgmt.msc][19] - Device Manager&#xD;&#xA;- [diskmgmt.msc][20] - Disk Management&#xD;&#xA;- [dsquery][21] - Finds any objects in the directory according to criteria&#xD;&#xA;- [dxdiag][22] - DirectX Diagnostic Tool&#xD;&#xA;- [eventvwr][23] - Windows Event Log (Event Viewer)&#xD;&#xA;- [explorer .][24] - Open explorer with the current folder selected.&#xD;&#xA;- [explorer /e][25], . - Open explorer, with folder tree, with current folder selected.&#xD;&#xA;- [findstr][26] - Find a string in a file&#xD;&#xA;- [firewall.cpl][27] - Opens the Windows Firewall settings&#xD;&#xA;- [fsmgmt.msc][28] - Shared Folders&#xD;&#xA;- [fsutil][29] - Perform tasks related to FAT and NTFS file systems&#xD;&#xA;- [getmac][30] - Shows the mac address(es) of your network adapter(s)&#xD;&#xA;- [gpedit.msc][31] - Group Policy Editor&#xD;&#xA;- [httpcfg.exe][32] - [HTTP Configuration Utility][33]&#xD;&#xA;- [iisreset][34] - To restart IIS&#xD;&#xA;- [InetMgr.exe][35] - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 7&#xD;&#xA;- [InetMgr6.exe][36] - 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http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6741#6741&#xD;&#xA;  [71]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/16022#16022&#xD;&#xA;  [72]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773112.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [73]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/13100#13100&#xD;&#xA;  [74]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3962#3962&#xD;&#xA;  [75]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4987#4987&#xD;&#xA;  [76]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6923#6923&#xD;&#xA;  [77]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6516#6516&#xD;&#xA;  [78]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6349#6349&#xD;&#xA;  [79]: 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  <row Id="36445" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20464" RevisionGUID="e713bc3d-15f7-406b-bec3-bb3355eecdfc" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:50:35.240" UserId="2456" Text="While it is not required that you stop services from running on the system you will find that performance will be degraded due to the disk IO caused by the rebuild process.  If you watch the rebuild processes speed you will see that the process does free up resources to other processes so that the system continues to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to speed the rebuild up then it would be advantageous to stop unnecessary processes and let the box just rebuild or if this is not possible to move some of the load off to another system." />
  <row Id="36446" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20460" RevisionGUID="9568a73b-70ad-4c17-8bdd-670e09f7f62c" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:53:10.227" UserId="1205" Comment="edited body" Text="I just upgraded to Trac 0.11.4 on Ubuntu and I noticed that the /usr/share/trac/templates directory no longer exists. As a result, in my trac.ini, the templates_dir is not set ([inherit] section) and where the Trac logo is supposed to be I see the alt text *(please configure the [header_logo] section in trac.ini)*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know where either the templates directory is located or the global trac.ini?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36447" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20465" RevisionGUID="6adf9f71-08eb-41ef-935a-25e0c4ca3955" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:55:49.257" UserId="8021" Text="I'm managing a server running NFS v4 with Pacemaker/OpenAIS. NFS is configured to use TCP. When I migrate the NFS server to another node in the Pacemaker cluster, even though the metadata is persisted, connections from the clients 'hang' and eventually time out after 90 seconds. After that 90 seconds, the old mountpoint becomes 'stale' and the mounted files can no longer be accessed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The 90 second grace period seems to be part of the server configuration and not the client configuration. I see this message on the server: &#xD;&#xA;&gt; kernel: NFSD: starting 90-second grace period&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I restart the NFS client on the client nodes after I migrate (unmounting and then remounting the share), then I don't experience the problem, but connections and file transfers still interrupted. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Three questions: &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;1. What is the 90 second grace period? What's it there for? &#xD;&#xA;2. How can I keep the files from going stale on the clients without restarting them after I migrate the NFS server to another node? &#xD;&#xA;3. Is it actually possible to migrate the NFS server without having large file uploads drop? " />
  <row Id="36448" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20465" RevisionGUID="6adf9f71-08eb-41ef-935a-25e0c4ca3955" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:55:49.257" UserId="8021" Text="NFS v4, HA Migration, and stale handles on clients" />
  <row Id="36449" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20465" RevisionGUID="6adf9f71-08eb-41ef-935a-25e0c4ca3955" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:55:49.257" UserId="8021" Text="&lt;nfs&gt;&lt;high-availabiltiy&gt;&lt;pacemaker&gt;&lt;migration&gt;&lt;nfs-client&gt;" />
  <row Id="36450" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20466" RevisionGUID="5e361c50-6935-40b8-8e04-4aebf412e8c9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:56:02.423" UserId="8262" Text="I've solved my problem by adding the following to /usr/sbin/apachectl :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ULIMIT_MAX_FILES=&quot;ulimit -n 16384&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem appears to have quieted down, at least for the past 12 hours." />
  <row Id="36451" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20467" RevisionGUID="06152af9-a2f4-4871-af2e-f857986600c2" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:57:03.170" UserId="45" Text="Maybe this thread on *daemonforums.org* contains a hint of the options you have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=634][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I had an email from the author of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; netfwd to let me know that it doesn't&#xD;&#xA;&gt; support pty. He recommended I try&#xD;&#xA;&gt; socat, which worked perfectly!&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;     # socat GOPEN:/dev/ptyp0,ignoreeof TCP:10.0.1.93:10002&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Then point the application at&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /dev/ttyp0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=634" />
  <row Id="36452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20468" RevisionGUID="cb90cfee-de82-4163-b924-21e0f21d6dc7" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:58:22.063" UserId="7453" Text="Someone mentionned cacls ? (or the more up-to-date icacls)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; cacls (Change Access Control Lists) is a command line utility for Microsoft Windows to change Access Control List (ACL) permissions on a directory, its subcontents, or files. An access control list is a list of permissions for securable object, such as a file or directory, that controls who can access it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A real life-saver on a file-server when specific file(s) and/or directory(s) permissions have to be modified.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/i/tr/cms/contentPics/r00220020626van01_02.gif" />
  <row Id="36453" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20468" RevisionGUID="cb90cfee-de82-4163-b924-21e0f21d6dc7" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:58:22.063" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36454" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20469" RevisionGUID="039a94d6-cd67-45f2-9418-95c0d7695839" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:00:36.130" UserId="6647" Text="If at all possible, I would suggest using SSH for sharing your repositories - it will offer better security, and generally work better as HTTP is a &quot;dumb&quot; protocol in Git terms. This also means you can use the standard file system permissions for controlling access, and you can have hook scripts run etc. HTTP is the lowest common denominator protocol for Git, and I think you would be better off using something else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are stuck using HTTP for some reason, then pgs' answer is the way to go." />
  <row Id="36455" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20470" RevisionGUID="b564d2e4-16a8-4e05-8321-86650a4fb993" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:00:41.357" UserId="48" Text="While Powershell is a fantastic scripting tool, and I use it all the time on servers, its a pain to use for scripts on client machines because its not installed everywhere, like VBscript is. Yes it could be rolled out by group policy but a lot of companies don't want to do that just to make life a bit easier for sysadmins! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once organisations move to Windows 7 and Powershell is installed by default, then things can start to get interesting," />
  <row Id="36456" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10985" RevisionGUID="19034ac9-f834-4cba-b3c8-a3a45b5b78a1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:01:03.433" UserId="45" Comment="I.P. -&gt; IP" Text="Are IP addresses with a 0 in the last octet valid?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    10.6.43.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my case, I have the the following netmask&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    255.255.252.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What about a 0 for the other octets?" />
  <row Id="36457" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="10985" RevisionGUID="19034ac9-f834-4cba-b3c8-a3a45b5b78a1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:01:03.433" UserId="45" Comment="I.P. -&gt; IP" Text="Is X.Y.Z.0 a valid IP address?" />
  <row Id="36458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20471" RevisionGUID="ba8345e4-6fcc-4c9c-9d40-8add28bee4a5" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:01:22.370" UserId="2840" Text="If you insist on using hibernation, keep in mind that hibernating 2-4 GB machine it may take quite a lot of time to save and read hibernation file. In my case,defragmenting disk and then [defragmenting hibernation file][1] helped me tremendously when disk was nearly full.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897426.aspx" />
  <row Id="36459" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20472" RevisionGUID="5a6cb915-f2e4-461e-975d-5a84ac6179da" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:05:54.753" UserId="6965" Text="The best way to do this is to use some method that the user has no control over.  If they can't see or access it, or even know it exists, then they won't know that they &quot;need&quot; to delete it before leaving.  A few options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Journal mailboxes (assuming that you&#xD;&#xA;    know that this is going to happen in&#xD;&#xA;    advance and want to prepare for it).&#xD;&#xA; 2. Tracking logs (if you only want to&#xD;&#xA;    know what the sent to whom, and&#xD;&#xA;    when).&#xD;&#xA; 3. Multiple backups from which&#xD;&#xA;    individual mailboxes/messages can be&#xD;&#xA;    restored.  I've only ever used&#xD;&#xA;    Exchange 2007 (I'm a former&#xD;&#xA;    forcibly-converted GroupWise admin),&#xD;&#xA;    but the deleted item/mailbox&#xD;&#xA;    retention in it's pretty good,&#xD;&#xA;    although I don't know what it was&#xD;&#xA;    like under previous versions." />
  <row Id="36461" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20473" RevisionGUID="1fddcabc-e456-4084-9709-9519a1b76921" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:06:40.303" UserId="8339" Text="Provided that you're referring to your bandwidth becoming slow, I would first try reloading iptables (root$ /etc/init.d/iptables reload, or alternatively flushing and reloading your rules manually) and see if that solves your problem.  If it does, then you know it's your fw config.  If it doesn't then you can start monitoring your system to see if something is eating up resources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm guessing the former problem, and it's generally related to your nat translation table getting full. You can view it with '-t nat' and whatever appropriate options." />
  <row Id="36462" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20471" RevisionGUID="0a23efa0-67ca-495c-b858-3579e12f6412" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:07:34.780" UserId="2840" Comment="added 108 characters in body" Text="One of the drawbacks of suspend is that if the power is lost during suspend, your machine state is gone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you insist on using hibernation, keep in mind that hibernating 2-4 GB machine it may take quite a lot of time to save and read hibernation file. In my case,defragmenting disk and then [defragmenting hibernation file][1] helped me tremendously when disk was nearly full.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897426.aspx" />
  <row Id="36463" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20474" RevisionGUID="f1fc62ee-d85c-4cb8-8f03-f5b39cdcf6e6" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:07:51.597" UserId="5190" Text="The answers above with HD Tune and UBCD4Windows are great but I always would go with the manufactures own test tools. That's what I do with my Seagate HDs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's Samsungs utility: [ES Tool][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/support/utilities/ES_Tool.html" />
  <row Id="36464" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20475" RevisionGUID="9fdcd952-8555-473f-bb50-f9666c15693e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:10:18.413" UserId="2629" Text="If you do find out that a HDD is failing, you may want to check out [Recovery Is Possible][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://freshmeat.net/projects/recoveryispossible/" />
  <row Id="36465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20476" RevisionGUID="dea46cd7-5622-4a6d-ba42-9e9fde0016b2" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:13:50.920" UserId="5150" Text="Is there any free/open source  hosting control panel available for windows 2003/2008 , I am not asking about limited freeware like dot net panel/plesk  , " />
  <row Id="36466" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20476" RevisionGUID="dea46cd7-5622-4a6d-ba42-9e9fde0016b2" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:13:50.920" UserId="5150" Text="Free Windows  hosting control panel" />
  <row Id="36467" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20476" RevisionGUID="dea46cd7-5622-4a6d-ba42-9e9fde0016b2" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:13:50.920" UserId="5150" Text="&lt;hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="36468" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20355" RevisionGUID="dc228c2d-887c-4adf-8d51-9533e7c4a865" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:14:44.383" UserId="1054" Comment="fix some formatting and spacing" Text="Is there a good way to make a LTI installation wait for an ip address before its trying to start the installation wizard?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I currently get errors when i boot my PEimg that only says the network path to the deployment share is unavailable. ipconfig in the cmd.. I've got no IP :(&#xD;&#xA;ipconfig /renew gets me a valid ip-address though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, WAIK 2008 sp1, server 2008 Deployment services." />
  <row Id="36469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20477" RevisionGUID="858538fa-ab15-44fb-b390-8c91d0d2c6e0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:14:58.297" UserId="8348" Text="I have 2 NICs in my machine, and we have 2 internets services on our LAN; one is a DSL one is a partial T-1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have one NIC with the DSL as the gateway, and the other NIC has the T-1 as the gateway. So, how does Windows XP know or decide which one to use when I go surfing the web?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I want to force a certain one (becuase of load), I currently handle it manually by disabling the one I do not want to use. That forces it to use the other one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It all works fine, but I'd like to know more about how determine the which one it will when both are active." />
  <row Id="36470" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20477" RevisionGUID="858538fa-ab15-44fb-b390-8c91d0d2c6e0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:14:58.297" UserId="8348" Text="2 Nics, 2 Gateways. How to choose which NIC to use for web surfing." />
  <row Id="36471" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20477" RevisionGUID="858538fa-ab15-44fb-b390-8c91d0d2c6e0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:14:58.297" UserId="8348" Text="&lt;nic&gt;&lt;gateway&gt;" />
  <row Id="36472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20478" RevisionGUID="ce479582-0c2a-4c58-af8a-4e20184e296c" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:16:09.623" UserId="8339" Text="I'm not sure about yahoo, but you can configure Google's bot to slowly index your site if you are experiencing too much load from them scraping your pages.  Have a look at [Google Webmasters][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, most web servers can limit traffic per connection so you can try that.  I would stay away from hardware solutions since it's most likely going to cost more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/webmasters/" />
  <row Id="36473" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20139" RevisionGUID="123ef6c4-01cd-4b16-85fe-78b77e08409b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:16:44.193" UserId="5223" Comment="no shared storage is possible" Text="I have several cases where I need applications to be migrated from one server to another in the event of a failure (server hang or crash).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On solaris we do this with VCS (Veritas Cluster Server).&#xD;&#xA;What options are available for Linux?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please indicate level of effort to setup/maintain or cost (if any) for each.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-- More details added --&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To give a idea of the complexity level:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- failing server could hang or crash without notice, may still be 'ping-able'&#xD;&#xA;- recovery server needs to start up it's applications on failover&#xD;&#xA;- once failing server boots/power-cycles, it becomes passive as not to intefere with the recovery server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a data collection or compute node, not a database, so simpler solutions could work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-- even more details (sorry) --&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;shared storage is not an option, but not much state (if any) needs to migrate from one server to the other.  We keep the two servers in sync via rsync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you very much for all the posts so far." />
  <row Id="36474" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20479" RevisionGUID="c50bacfb-f363-44d0-8f6c-a5e74730ea1f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:18:48.917" UserId="1054" Text="Open up Network Connections and choose Advanced Settings from the Advanced menu.  This will show you / allow you to config the ordering of NICs, service bindings for each NIC and service proivders." />
  <row Id="36476" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20481" RevisionGUID="24f127fd-eccd-41d3-8e90-ba9476d2f7e9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:19:47.480" UserId="8339" Text="rsync -avz /path/1 /union/dir&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;rsync -avz /path/2 /union/dir&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It'll work on local and remote directories." />
  <row Id="36477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20482" RevisionGUID="bdef1750-f2b5-497a-9ec1-0bf4acf9b452" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:20:55.280" UserId="48" Text="[ZPanel][1] is free hosting control panel that works with both windows and Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/zpanel/" />
  <row Id="36478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20483" RevisionGUID="658b017d-43f6-4d81-9d0c-88e4126cc5eb" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:22:17.510" UserId="7083" Text="Agreed with what the others have said. But just to pick on the last point of your question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's no risk of corrupting or losing data if you continue to use the drives during the re-sync period." />
  <row Id="36479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20484" RevisionGUID="931dd580-f32b-474a-bb68-378443b723e9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:23:52.513" UserId="8339" Text="What connection you are using depends on your default gateway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can check this on windows by looking at your routing table.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;route print&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or on linux with netstat -r.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whatever IP is pointing to 0.0.0.0 is your default route." />
  <row Id="36480" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20485" RevisionGUID="aa908096-cdb1-4390-abb1-4fb00319aaaa" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:25:20.033" UserId="7861" Text="http://windowshostingc.sourceforge.net/ - open source one&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20486" RevisionGUID="cf504ef4-7e66-427f-b6df-f41ed91589ba" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:27:04.303" UserId="2840" Text="We had Dell PowerEdge 2900 (tower model, 6U) in office, and it was very loud on start, sounding as jet plane on take off. Very soon it would calm down but it emitted quite distinct fan noise, so we immediately moved it out to nearby empty office. At end of day when it was turned off, everybody noticed change of background noise. " />
  <row Id="36482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20487" RevisionGUID="12d79303-fc6a-41d5-9539-5ee9b9d15aa2" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:28:23.600" UserId="7067" Text="Hi, I have a user with a username of jsmith who was recently married and wants her login to reflect her new married name:  jdoe.  I understand that usermod will make the changes but I am concerned about implications that I haven't thought of.  I want to do the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;mkdir /home/jdoe&#xD;&#xA;chown jdoe:jdoe /home/jdoe    &#xD;&#xA;usermod -l jdoe -m /home/jdoe jsmith&#xD;&#xA;cp -rp /home/jsmith/* /home/jdoe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The user belongs to a common group so there should be no GID issues and I've run find commands with no results looking for files owned by her GID.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From my experimentation:&#xD;&#xA;The usermod command changes ownership of all files with the UID of jsmith to jdoe.&#xD;&#xA;There are no files with her GID so that is moot.&#xD;&#xA;I'll have to go in manually to /etc/group and change her username in any group where she is a member.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Essentially my questions are these:&#xD;&#xA;Will /etc/shadow and /etc/gshadow need to be altered by hand?&#xD;&#xA;Am I missing anything?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36483" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20487" RevisionGUID="12d79303-fc6a-41d5-9539-5ee9b9d15aa2" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:28:23.600" UserId="7067" Text="RHEL4U3 user modification question" />
  <row Id="36484" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20487" RevisionGUID="12d79303-fc6a-41d5-9539-5ee9b9d15aa2" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:28:23.600" UserId="7067" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;user-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="36485" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20488" RevisionGUID="797152f0-7bc3-4e72-94dd-b60fbdd0c49d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:28:56.563" UserId="7861" Text="Not to take this another route (pun)...but have you considered a single NIC in your machine pointing to a managed switch or firewall that is connected to both the DSL line and the T1?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This way you eliminate the routing on the client workstation and let your networking equipment handle the default route(s) and failovers." />
  <row Id="36486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20489" RevisionGUID="05185ae3-7c42-49e3-85e0-021b3e622411" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:32:58.790" UserId="2341" Text="**Worldwide**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[IEEE Computer Society][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Canada**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[CIPS][2] - Canadian Information Processing Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.computer.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.cips.ca/about&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36487" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20489" RevisionGUID="05185ae3-7c42-49e3-85e0-021b3e622411" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:32:58.790" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20490" RevisionGUID="29c5611c-1aa6-468a-bed9-9c35fd51e2a6" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:33:10.303" UserId="45" Text="Wikipedia has a list of [harddisk diagnostic software][1]. These programs are called S.M.A.R.T. tools, they detect if some of the reliability parameters are not okay. I used  the free [Active@ Hard Disk Monitor][2] to run checks on my harddisks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_S.M.A.R.T._tools&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ntfs.com/disk-monitor.htm" />
  <row Id="36489" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20491" RevisionGUID="07e88324-ccb8-4efc-ad3d-e2951ab23e06" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:33:14.890" UserId="4392" Text="Assuming that this is a locally authenticated user (as it sounds like it is), you should be able to only change /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and /etc/group, then mv her old home directory name to the new directory name. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That would ensure that she has the same UID as before so no file permission errors will crop up. The only remnants of her old login would exist in log files. " />
  <row Id="36490" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20169" RevisionGUID="feee0eb7-5e23-4ceb-a02e-7d8762ddcb86" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:33:31.723" UserId="57188" Comment="Updated issue to include new findings." Text="Hi all - &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I configured Apache2 to allow WebDav on a directory (CentOS 5 / Plesk 8.6):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;WebDav is enabled in httpd.conf&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;/var/lib/dav/lockdb is writeable by Apache&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My target dir is chmod 777&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My target dir is chowned apache:psacln&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;using Basic Authentication (setup by Plesk interface)&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in my vhost.conf I have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;Directory /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs/target_dir&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;        Dav On&#xD;&#xA;	AllowOverride none&#xD;&#xA;        Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;        Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;/Directory&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can connect to the directory using authentication fine and download files from it. But I cannot write to the dir. I get a 403 Error when I attempt to upload or create a dir.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have any tips?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance - &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Update - 6/5&lt;/strong&gt; Using the comments below I've isolated the issue to being some type of conflict with .htpasswd protected directories. I can created an unprotected dir and enable WebDAV uploads fine. But once I enable Basic Auth on the directory everything goes south. I can read but no longer upload.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is my vhost.conf:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;Directory /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/subdomains/subdomain/httpdocs/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        AuthUserFile /var/www/.htpasswd&#xD;&#xA;        AuthName &quot;Login&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        AuthType Basic&#xD;&#xA;        Require valid-user&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        DAV on&#xD;&#xA;	AllowOverride none&#xD;&#xA;        &amp;lt;Limit PUT POST DELETE PROPFIND PROPPATCH MKCOL COPY MOVE LOCK UNLOCK&gt;&#xD;&#xA;                Require valid-user&#xD;&#xA;        &amp;lt;/Limit&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
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  <row Id="36492" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3780" RevisionGUID="5b08ce65-3e75-4096-9ade-c15bde6580c8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:39:47.503" UserId="1224" Comment="added 202 characters in body" Text="The aim for this Wiki is to promote using a command to open up commonly used applications without having to go through many mouse clicks - thus saving times on monitoring, troubleshooting Windows machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Answer entries need to specify&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Application name&#xD;&#xA; - Commands&#xD;&#xA; - Screenshot (Optional)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shortcut to commands&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [&amp;&amp;][1] - Command Chaining&#xD;&#xA;- [%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\rcimlby.exe -LaunchRA][2] - Remote Assistance (Windows XP)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl][3] - Programs and Features (Formerly Known as &quot;Add or Remove Programs&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl @,2][4] - Turn Windows Features On and Off (Add/Remove Windows Components pane)&#xD;&#xA;- [cacls][5] - change Access 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  <row Id="36495" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20493" RevisionGUID="8d63ef21-62c8-4f4e-85fd-c380557dadf6" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:42:33.990" UserId="2561" Text="If you do need to update the user ID, you can do it using find.  For example, if old the UID is 500 and the new UID is 600:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find / -user 500 -print0 | xargs -0 chown 600" />
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  <row Id="36497" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20356" RevisionGUID="ca40850b-56a0-46e2-b72d-dd10798157ed" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:43:10.243" UserId="6383" Comment="added 195 characters in body; added 63 characters in body; added 17 characters in body" Text="After reading [How valuable do you find professional memberships?](http://serverfault.com/questions/17423/how-valuable-do-you-find-professional-memberships) I thought it would be useful to list the various professional groups and associations available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Discussion of the value (or not) of the groups belongs with the [How valuable do you find professional memberships?](http://serverfault.com/questions/17423/how-valuable-do-you-find-professional-memberships) question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To start with, ordered alphabetically, by country:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Global**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ACM](http://www.acm.org), Association for Computing Machinery&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[IEEE Computer Society](http://www.computer.org/), The IEEE Computer Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[PASS](http://www.sqlpass.org/), Professional Association for SQL Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Australia**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ACS](http://acs.org.au), Australian Computer Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SAGE-AU](http://www.sage-au.org.au), The System Administrators Guild of Australia&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Canada**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[CIPS](http://www.cips.ca/about), Canadian Information Processing Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UK**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[BCS](http://www.bcs.org.uk), British Computer Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**USA**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[LOPSA](http://www.lopsa.org), The League of Professional System Administrators&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SAGE](http://www.sage.org), The [USENIX](http://www.usenix.org/) Special Interest Group for Sysadmins&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[USENIX](http://www.usenix.org/), The Advanced Computing Systems Association&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please add any more that you know of." />
  <row Id="36498" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20495" RevisionGUID="066cbe7e-2b9a-4cb4-87e0-6cc82ce64824" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:43:10.540" UserId="7243" Text="Funny, I recently wrote an article about this on my blog ([Getting Started in Information Technology is Easy][1]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://conigliaro.org/2009/05/13/getting-started-in-information-technology-is-easy/" />
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  <row Id="36500" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20251" RevisionGUID="816d89a8-5037-4b2a-935f-0c91c50d792e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:44:00.460" UserId="1803" />
  <row Id="36501" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="20251" RevisionGUID="816d89a8-5037-4b2a-935f-0c91c50d792e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:44:00.460" UserId="1803" Comment="Clarified title" Text="Must have Windows Systems Client-side tools and settings" />
  <row Id="36502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20496" RevisionGUID="13936d2b-b96e-43b9-9e10-4b039f2c17e6" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:47:10.097" UserId="7342" Text="As has been commented, there is very little risk of any data corruption during a rebuild. You are obviously still at risk of losing another drive until it has completed. You should make sure your backups are up to date and working. You do have backups don't you?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The rebuild obviously is going to use IO, but running processes will have higher priority. This means that heavy IO bound processes are going to make your rebuild take longer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux has a couple of tuning knobs to change how fast the process runs at: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;/proc/sys/dev/raid/speed_limit_min&#xD;&#xA;/proc/sys/dev/raid/speed_limit_max&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On my machine they are set to 1000 and 200,000 respectively. The minimum is not all that reliable as I believe userspace IO still trumps it. Just echo new values in to those files to change them. You can see the current speed by checking /proc/mdstat. You can have a nice updating display using:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;watch cat /proc/mdstat&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Press ctrl-c to exit." />
  <row Id="36503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20497" RevisionGUID="a4f1dfa7-f1da-4ace-be27-c5771cef4bec" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:49:15.990" UserId="2503" Text="I wrote a software-based load balancer for TCP which does not require a separate machine. It shares a single IP address by announcing it on a multicast link-level address and negotiating between machines to avoid two machines serving the same TCP connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The down side is that it is not really production-ready - but if you want to test it on your test network I'd be pleased.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Fluffy cluster is here](http://code.google.com/p/fluffy-linux-cluster/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't necessarily detect a &quot;alive but sick&quot; situation, but I do do load-balancing between the member servers (if the userspace process dies the other nodes will notice and remove the failed node)" />
  <row Id="36504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20498" RevisionGUID="b866f7aa-8fe7-49da-88a2-f5d0334c25de" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:49:35.660" UserId="5223" Text="- talk to your admin both formally and informally about what you are doing.  They will usually be interested and can express possible impacts upon production early on.  You dont have to agree, but it helps identify trouble spots.&#xD;&#xA;- No, you cant have the entire server to yourself... If you need to, it's a political decision, regardless of how technically sound it is.  If you want to work the politics, go right ahead.&#xD;&#xA;- Production hardware often looks different that your development server, and even within farms, the specs on machines are different.&#xD;&#xA;- Learn how production is setup, because you likely cannot replicate it on your desktop, doing this prevents you from making poor assumptions.&#xD;&#xA;- Just because you can cache stuff in memory doesn't mean you should, wait for the bottleneck first (in unit testing or pre-production performance testing)&#xD;&#xA;- if you are sticking data in a database, think about how you could split the data up into read-only data (that could be horizontally scaled) and read-write data (that usually only vertically scales).&#xD;&#xA;- if you are sticking data in a database, must be really be an RDBMS ?  there are other key-value pair systems out there that scale better (netcache).&#xD;&#xA;- dont think AJAX is the end-all solution, it looks cool, but it limits the monitoring and automation possibilities.  I'm not saying dont use it, just think twice.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20499" RevisionGUID="d4b33b1c-446f-4946-a323-b8e0de21526d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:49:43.163" UserId="3789" Text="Yes, resyncing seriously affects disk performance. Depending on the size of your RAID partition, you cold throttle down resync speed (as root):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;echo 10000 &gt; /proc/sys/dev/raid/speed_limit_max&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for instance throttles resync at a rate of 10MB/sec. You can throttle it down as much as needed to leave I/O capacity for your services. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The disadvantage is that the more you throttle it down, the longer it takes until the RAID is redundant again. Thus more time for the remaining drive to fail as well and taking the entire array with it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36506" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20500" RevisionGUID="32f3bf6b-bd7e-4bd1-940e-41561d91ce2c" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:52:05.330" UserId="5611" Text="Worldwide:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SANS Institute][1] (**S**ysAdmin, **A**udit, **N**etworking, and **S**ecurity)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sans.org" />
  <row Id="36507" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20500" RevisionGUID="32f3bf6b-bd7e-4bd1-940e-41561d91ce2c" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:52:05.330" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36508" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20501" RevisionGUID="1a24e2d9-f68a-4554-9222-d37f4af17812" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:54:51.330" UserId="5500" Text="Small businesses these days are often pretty reliant on email but don't have the ressources to host a safe and secure service themselves. I am looking for an email provider for a SMB customer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. I'm looking for an email-only service, no bells and whistles.&#xD;&#xA; 2. The provider for this customer must be an EU business because of the stricter data protection laws around here. Here in Austria would be best, but all of the EU will be acceptable.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA; Otherwise, hearing of good providers from other areas is also interesting - but please say that they don't apply in this case in the answer about them.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Main priority is reliability:&#xD;&#xA;  1. failover location(s)&#xD;&#xA;  2. sane hosting environment&#xD;&#xA;  3. reliable backups, if possible with a documented and externally audited process&#xD;&#xA; 4. Next is security:&#xD;&#xA;  1. good data protection history&#xD;&#xA;  2. valid certificates (should not need saying, but reality...)&#xD;&#xA;  3. independent auditing would be great here, too&#xD;&#xA; 5. They should host a set of MXs and an outgoing relay, do SPAM filtering and allow IMAPS access.&#xD;&#xA; 6. A painless price point is always a good thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I have forgotten anything you would consider important for outsourced email hosting for SMBs, please say so as well!" />
  <row Id="36509" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20501" RevisionGUID="1a24e2d9-f68a-4554-9222-d37f4af17812" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:54:51.330" UserId="5500" Text="Looking for a solid business email provider in the EU." />
  <row Id="36510" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20501" RevisionGUID="1a24e2d9-f68a-4554-9222-d37f4af17812" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:54:51.330" UserId="5500" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;outsourcing&gt;&lt;isp&gt;&lt;providers&gt;" />
  <row Id="36511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20502" RevisionGUID="33a36098-243b-42fb-bad7-186d3d14d0c6" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:54:52.563" UserId="5745" Text="Some more modern computers will automatically detect the connection type and don't even require a crossover cable between. They test the cable when it's connected to see which pins to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a modern NIC you might be able to get away with a straight cable." />
  <row Id="36512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20503" RevisionGUID="ba50f2b1-0c88-4d6b-bdd1-17ab88f69a2a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:57:31.823" UserId="8039" Text="I'm not using Trac, but maybe you can find the global trac.ini by using&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find / -iname &quot;*trac.ini&quot; 2&gt; /dev/null&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you can replace the first slash ('root') with the folder where trac is residing and you can leave out the '2&gt; /dev/null' if you're comfortable with scrolling through pages of permission denied errors to find the right path. (or if you are searching with the root account)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find /usr/bin -iname &quot;*trac.ini&quot;" />
  <row Id="36513" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20504" RevisionGUID="7cccb1f0-92b3-488b-9792-9ef01361f72b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:57:54.117" UserId="5745" Text="The finder allows you to make (S)FTP sessions. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;'Connect to server' allows a range of protocols:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;smb://&#xD;&#xA;ftp://&#xD;&#xA;afp://&#xD;&#xA;etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just can't remember which menu it is off the top of my head. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36514" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20505" RevisionGUID="53ffa94d-6c8e-43d9-b8d5-c6d950f734d8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T13:59:15.143" UserId="5792" Text="&#xD;&#xA;    src = site/your-logo.png&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Place `your-logo.png` in &amp;lt;trac_environment&gt;/htdocs/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20506" RevisionGUID="d80e83da-dc66-4a8a-87a0-dcba288d1359" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:04:18.050" UserId="4506" Text="Just add this line to your arguments for the JVM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -Dcoldfusion.disablejsafe=true&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you, Dave Shuck -&gt; [http://daveshuck.instantspot.com/blog/2009/05/08/Solving-javalangSecurityException-Seed-must-be-between-20-and-64-bytes-Only-8-bytes-supplied][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://daveshuck.instantspot.com/blog/2009/05/08/Solving-javalangSecurityException-Seed-must-be-between-20-and-64-bytes-Only-8-bytes-supplied" />
  <row Id="36516" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20505" RevisionGUID="b432a55f-3b7d-46b1-8b5f-431860c15d94" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:05:28.093" UserId="5792" Comment="... address other part of question" Text="    src = site/your-logo.png&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Place `your-logo.png` in &amp;lt;trac_environment&gt;/htdocs/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the templates, this may help: [TracInterfaceCustomization#ProjectTemplates][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracInterfaceCustomization#ProjectTemplates" />
  <row Id="36517" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20507" RevisionGUID="c44cb099-6644-43ba-82ef-f4d8d056c09d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:05:42.523" UserId="6793" Text="Who is hot-linking your images:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   awk -F\&quot; '($2 ~ /\.(jpg|gif)/ &amp;&amp; $4 !~ /^http:\/\/www\.mydomain\.com/){print $4}' access_log | sort | uniq -c | sort&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36519" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20509" RevisionGUID="dbf670bd-c0c4-4acb-b738-115adfaa1d7c" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:07:08.700" UserId="6965" Text="Worldwide:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lpi.org/&quot;&gt;LPI (Linux Professional Institute)&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36520" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20509" RevisionGUID="dbf670bd-c0c4-4acb-b738-115adfaa1d7c" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:07:08.700" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36521" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20510" RevisionGUID="4af605f7-94ef-4291-88b2-622f12faaa1d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:09:37.197" UserId="846" Text="The best way is to get control of the emails **before** they get deleted.  I will discuss generally and point to examples for Exchange because that is the mail system  I know best.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1- Get the emails off of the server and to an archive of some kind when they are created.  The specific solution depends on your mail server ... [GFI][1] and [Sherpa][2] are among many available for Exchange.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2- I like IMAP idea (Robert Moir's comment to [this][3] answer).  It is even better if the mail server can hold on to deleted items for a while.  Exchange has a &quot;2 level&quot; trash bin .. one in the user mailbox, then another accessible only by admins on the server.  You will have to make sure that the server has enough disk space to support all of the users mail, but disk is cheap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3- You could also go at this using Outlook archiving, particularly if you can control the settings centrally.  If you have AD this is easy to do with Group Policy.  Set Outlook to archive daily to a central server location, and include that location in your nightly backups.  You could also have a &quot;rotation&quot;, moving them nightly to various locations so you have multiple versions around in the event of bad behavior.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gfi.com/landing/marlist.asp?adv=191&amp;loc=44&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sherpasoftware.com/microsoft-exchange-products/mail-attender.shtml&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/20424/how-to-recover-outlook-emails/20435#20435" />
  <row Id="36522" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="20477" RevisionGUID="98a170b4-33f8-4f89-88d4-bdb5301346fc" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:11:24.603" UserId="1054" Comment="Add WinXP tag" Text="&lt;nic&gt;&lt;gateway&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="36523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20511" RevisionGUID="a41a30d8-ae38-45b4-a156-dee80a836f33" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:16:38.320" UserDisplayName="Overloaded Constructor" Text="OK, so the solution was resolved by swapping out the DVD. Do not know why it was bad, since it worked fine in another machine.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20512" RevisionGUID="5e42b338-56cc-492c-8ca6-a43189701364" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:18:15.667" UserId="3146" Text="Historically, I've always upgraded my hardware and software together.  In short, since I've always had new hardware I've always installed the latest distribution version from scratch.  This time, however, I don't need to upgrade my hardware but I do want to upgrade my distribution to one that is still supported, i.e. receives security updates, etc.  Currently, I run Postfix and Cyrus-IMAP on a Fedora 8 server.  I'm considering upgrading to the new Fedora 11 (when released).  I know how to set up Postfix and Cyrus-IMAP and I have good backups of all the configuration data and the actual mail so I'm not overly concerned about losing anything or getting myself into a situation that I can't get out of.  What I don't have a lot of experience with is during the install process choosing the &quot;Upgrade&quot; option instead of the &quot;New Install&quot; option.  My concern is that an upgrade may screw up anything from SELinux to apache (I run squirrelmail also) to who knows what in such a subtle way that I don't realize it for some time, e.g. security holes, etc.  Does anyone have experience using the upgrade option and if so what do I need to be especially aware of?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This server actually provides a couple of different services but the mail service is the critical one." />
  <row Id="36525" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20512" RevisionGUID="5e42b338-56cc-492c-8ca6-a43189701364" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:18:15.667" UserId="3146" Text="How are Postfix &amp; Cyrus-IMAP effected when upgrading Fedora?" />
  <row Id="36526" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20512" RevisionGUID="5e42b338-56cc-492c-8ca6-a43189701364" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:18:15.667" UserId="3146" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;postfix&gt;&lt;imap&gt;" />
  <row Id="36527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20513" RevisionGUID="ef84091b-9a7e-4714-bb6f-b6f0815b6a47" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:20:34.383" UserId="2750" Text="Other solutions may work for this but keep in mind that Windows hangs on to port 135 pretty strongly for filesharing and it's use of the port may make redirecting it difficult. On Windows, there is a good SSH guide to port forwarding at [http://www.bitvise.com/port-forwarding][1] and BitVise makes, in my opinion, good SSH client and server products for Windows. Their client makes port forwarding easy and graphical, although the same can be done with PuTTY for free on the client side. I would strongly recommend encrypting forwarded traffic with SSH if you control both endpoints, vs. running a public server for anyone to connect to (which may not be as private). Port 135 would definitely be something I'd want to encrypt if I opened it to the internet, even on a different port!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bitvise.com/port-forwarding &quot;BitVise: Port Forwarding How-To&quot;" />
  <row Id="36528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20514" RevisionGUID="0559b103-eb60-4877-8945-eff9f6603255" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:23:29.587" UserId="4310" Text="At this moment we are using Visual SVN and we are backing up the entire repositories directory for visual svn.  This backs up the entire data for each repository inside our svn engine.  I am curious if I will be able to restore those files in case of an emergency or a disaster?  Any of you have experience with this restoration procedure?  Thanks." />
  <row Id="36529" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20514" RevisionGUID="0559b103-eb60-4877-8945-eff9f6603255" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:23:29.587" UserId="4310" Text="What ways there are to backup repositories for Windows VisualSVN?" />
  <row Id="36530" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20514" RevisionGUID="0559b103-eb60-4877-8945-eff9f6603255" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:23:29.587" UserId="4310" Text="&lt;visualsvn&gt;&lt;svn&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="36531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20515" RevisionGUID="67130938-97e6-47f7-8ac9-fb5951c91462" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:23:38.167" UserId="2750" Text="I would look first at the configuration file for Openfire, which is pretty flexible. It's been a while since I have worked with it, but the port it listens on should be a configuration option in the XML-based config file, and some Google searches and/or a review of the documentation should turn up some more details if the config file isn't self-documenting. No use making the solution more complex if you can solve it in your application, and it may (I'm not sure) be capable of listening on both ports at once even." />
  <row Id="36532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20516" RevisionGUID="0ff86ce2-bced-41b1-8b14-022fb781868f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:26:40.000" UserId="1403" Text="I'm not a member of any professional organizations.  There's several out there that offer what look like great benefits, but I simply don't have the time to take advantage of them, so I won't spend the money to join.  I always wish I could when they send me info, but it's simply not possible.  :-(&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The user groups in the area seem pretty good too (and are mostly free), but the same lack of time issue prevents me from ever making it to meetings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the same problem I hear from everyone I talk to.  Seems like the best way to increase participation would be to find a way to get rid of the need to sleep and/or eat!  Lack of interest is not the issue, it's the complete lack of available time that keep many professionals away." />
  <row Id="36533" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20516" RevisionGUID="0ff86ce2-bced-41b1-8b14-022fb781868f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:26:40.000" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36534" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20517" RevisionGUID="c84220ea-ef84-429e-80dd-5a2cbc2d5c73" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:27:07.660" UserId="3770" Text="Considering your description, I would think of the David 10 from Tobit.&#xD;&#xA;We use it in the company I work for, and it's really good and reliable.&#xD;&#xA;They also provide videoconference teaching system, that is not as expensive &#xD;&#xA;as a real administrator teaching.&#xD;&#xA;For the price: we pay 2€ per user per month, plus the text messages, a good service as well.&#xD;&#xA;Hope it's what you were expecting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regards." />
  <row Id="36535" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20518" RevisionGUID="3d845b2f-32c9-4844-a9af-1c552c68edd6" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:30:12.413" UserId="1565" Text="I've used [PortMapper][1] by AnalogX to do this exact thing.  It is very easy to setup and run.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/Network/pmapper/Freeware.htm" />
  <row Id="36536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20519" RevisionGUID="5457ae6b-3527-403a-a3a4-a7d3d194d80a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:33:33.107" UserDisplayName="Eric" Text="I have a service on a Windows Server 2k8 machine. If I set it to logon as local system, it won't start. Event logs show error 7000 and 7009 (both timeouts).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I set it to logon as a local administrator account, I can start it manually. But it won't start automatically if I restart the server (I have startup type set to automatic).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What am I doing wrong?" />
  <row Id="36537" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20519" RevisionGUID="5457ae6b-3527-403a-a3a4-a7d3d194d80a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:33:33.107" UserDisplayName="Eric" Text="Why won't my service start as local system?" />
  <row Id="36538" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20519" RevisionGUID="5457ae6b-3527-403a-a3a4-a7d3d194d80a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:33:33.107" UserDisplayName="Eric" Text="&lt;windows-service&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="36539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20520" RevisionGUID="93f91bde-2591-4708-b5f1-bfda8b859743" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:02:34.890" Text="&lt;p&gt;I am running Ubuntu 8.04 and have proftpd server running on it. All the permissions are setup fine except I cannot overwrite files (I have to delete and then upload - really annoying). I am not sure what the problem is. The owner of all files/folders is my username and the group is root (this could be the problem?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is what the permissions look like: rwxr-xr-x&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any ideas? Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36540" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20520" RevisionGUID="93f91bde-2591-4708-b5f1-bfda8b859743" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:02:34.890" Text="FTP permissions" />
  <row Id="36541" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20520" RevisionGUID="93f91bde-2591-4708-b5f1-bfda8b859743" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:02:34.890" Text="&lt;ftp&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="36542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20521" RevisionGUID="08a0dbcf-8aba-4ba1-9d9c-b8f3596659ee" CreationDate="2009-06-05T03:32:31.650" Text="&lt;p&gt;In the config file (probably in /etc/proftpd.conf), check the AllowOverwrite flag. To enable overwrite, it should be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;AllowOverwrite on&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36543" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="3166" RevisionGUID="504135b1-b7ac-46cc-bce0-d2d522d4a2f9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:35:26.397" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="36544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20522" RevisionGUID="a6638b77-7076-4152-9d90-5ec0bd9936aa" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:37:52.287" UserId="1474" Text="If you 'whois microsoft.com', you get a whole bunch of listings from pranksters who thought it would be funny to mess with the listings by putting 'microsoft.com' in their subdomains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The output instructs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; To single out one record, look it up with &quot;xxx&quot;, where xxx is one of the&#xD;&#xA;of the records displayed above. If the records are the same, look them up&#xD;&#xA;with &quot;=xxx&quot; to receive a full display for each record.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But this does not work as far as I can tell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    david:~$ whois '&quot;microsoft.com&quot;'&#xD;&#xA;    whois: com&quot;.whois-servers.net: nodename nor servname provided, or not known&#xD;&#xA;    david:~$ whois =microsoft.com&#xD;&#xA;    (...blah, blah, blah...)&#xD;&#xA;     No match for =MICROSOFT.COM&#xD;&#xA;    david:~$ whois '&quot;=microsoft.com&quot;'&#xD;&#xA;    whois: com&quot;.whois-servers.net: nodename nor servname provided, or not known&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So how do you do it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know I can go to a web site to look it up, but that's not the point." />
  <row Id="36545" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20522" RevisionGUID="a6638b77-7076-4152-9d90-5ec0bd9936aa" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:37:52.287" UserId="1474" Text="How to whois microsoft.com from command-line?" />
  <row Id="36546" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20522" RevisionGUID="a6638b77-7076-4152-9d90-5ec0bd9936aa" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:37:52.287" UserId="1474" Text="&lt;whois&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="36547" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20478" RevisionGUID="45b1dabf-bb72-4878-9e9f-b998152bbfc9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:39:14.483" UserId="8339" Comment="cleanup answer" Text="I'm not sure about yahoo, but you can configure the frequency at witch Google's bot indexes your site. Have a look at [Google Webmasters][1].  I'm not sure if Yahoo has anything similar.  At any that'll reduce your traffic up to 50%.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, some web servers can limit traffic per connection so you can try that. I personally would stay away from hardware solutions since it's most likely going to cost more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/webmasters/" />
  <row Id="36548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20523" RevisionGUID="82cc3c4d-e1e4-49b1-be1a-d6cfe301fc4f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:41:33.433" UserId="993" Text="Expired domain names = downtime for websites. Downtime = bad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How does your organization make sure domain names have been renewed? I believe ICANN requires registrars to give a notice at 60 days and 30 days, but these can easily get ignored -- especially with a large amount of domains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does your solution work for a large amount of domain names? (&gt; 100) Is it registrar specific?" />
  <row Id="36549" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20523" RevisionGUID="82cc3c4d-e1e4-49b1-be1a-d6cfe301fc4f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:41:33.433" UserId="993" Text="Tips for Domain Name Management?" />
  <row Id="36550" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20523" RevisionGUID="82cc3c4d-e1e4-49b1-be1a-d6cfe301fc4f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:41:33.433" UserId="993" Text="&lt;domain-name&gt;&lt;management&gt;" />
  <row Id="36551" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20524" RevisionGUID="c97adf08-956e-437a-804d-aa6ea6f3b16c" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:42:37.317" UserId="8263" Text="One item I would consider - in reference to your last question - is to make /tmp noexec,nosuid - that is, no executables will be able to run from /tmp, and no suid binaries will be able to switch userid.  However, this might affect some programs, so test it before you rely on it completely - I think ssh was even one of these, but I forget.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a security measure that will improve your security in regards to /tmp.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing: a lot of users will try to use /tmp as permanent temporary storage: any enforced cleanup of /tmp has to be done along with education of the users: remind them that /tmp is *temporary* and anything placed there can disappear at any time." />
  <row Id="36552" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="20476" RevisionGUID="a707c1ed-b9ed-4c72-a4df-9aa1c3e45728" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:42:42.713" UserId="816" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="36553" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20434" RevisionGUID="c34088b2-250c-4743-9f7a-f0945b209d00" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:42:47.193" UserId="8339" Comment="spelling" Text="Depending on how many servers you have you may want to setup nagios[1] or a similar monitoring system for this.  Basically you set limits on metrics (cpu usage, memory usage etc..), and if a limit is exceeded you receive an alert, which could be a page or email or whatever.  However if this is your home pc, I find myself using [nmon][2].  It's great for getting an over all picture of your system.  It will display info about memory, disk, cpu, and network usage, as well as kernel information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/WikiPtype/nmon&#xD;&#xA;  [1] www.nagios.org" />
  <row Id="36554" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20525" RevisionGUID="5c4b4e4d-8054-4ab3-a11e-f6a6871100de" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:44:14.787" UserId="8256" Text="i have a server 2003 member server in a domain that hangs on local console login and under remote desktop connection (rdc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i have disconnected sessions on that server from command line on another computer but still no luck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i fear that the only logical solution might be the reset!. but i don't want to do that. any other advice? thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;as a last effort i will try to pull the apc battery out of the ac socket and hope that the server will shut down gracefully when the battery gets to 20% left. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks again.&#xD;&#xA;gd" />
  <row Id="36555" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20525" RevisionGUID="5c4b4e4d-8054-4ab3-a11e-f6a6871100de" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:44:14.787" UserId="8256" Text="server 2003 r2 console login hangs with grey screen, server continues to work properly though" />
  <row Id="36556" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20525" RevisionGUID="5c4b4e4d-8054-4ab3-a11e-f6a6871100de" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:44:14.787" UserId="8256" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;2003&gt;&lt;console&gt;&lt;remote&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;" />
  <row Id="36557" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20526" RevisionGUID="d6de775b-a4df-40df-9fac-d4016b59ee85" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:45:14.630" UserId="7646" Text="There is one individual here whose name cannot be found when a caller uses the &quot;dial-by-name&quot; function in the auto attendant of our Cisco Unified Communications phone system.  As far as I can tell from comparing the configuration of other users' directory listings there's nothing different for this user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't want to have to remove and re-add him.  Has anyone experienced this problem?" />
  <row Id="36558" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20526" RevisionGUID="d6de775b-a4df-40df-9fac-d4016b59ee85" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:45:14.630" UserId="7646" Text="Cisco phone system auto attendant dial-by-name feature cannot find one particular person" />
  <row Id="36559" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20526" RevisionGUID="d6de775b-a4df-40df-9fac-d4016b59ee85" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:45:14.630" UserId="7646" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;voip&gt;&lt;telephony&gt;" />
  <row Id="36560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20527" RevisionGUID="a294e697-6fdc-43f9-aebc-af31ba416ad7" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:45:35.550" UserId="8090" Text="hi, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;whois microsoft.com -h whois.tucows.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;m" />
  <row Id="36561" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20528" RevisionGUID="317a2897-c08a-41f3-84f9-ef18c1149829" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:45:42.537" UserId="2750" Text="In addition to the other answers, no you do not need a special NIC. VMs can get their own IP and even MAC address even though through one physical host NIC. This is similar (but not exactly like) to how you can assign multiple IP addresses to a single NIC even without using virtualization, directly in Windows. In that case however, you're not also hosting multiple MAC addresses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hyper-V, or VMware if you're running VMware Server or ESXi, or XenServer if you're using that, all take care of translating the networking so that multiple virtual machines can share the same physical NIC. Multiple physical NICs are still needed for redundancy and/or additional bandwitdh which may be a necessity if you have many virtual machines and/or high traffic (and if you're using centralized storage like a SAN, a dedicated NIC or NICs for that is highly recommended as well). But it will function with one." />
  <row Id="36562" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20529" RevisionGUID="8280dcf0-dbfe-4a4a-8d1e-c3f403f65789" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:49:54.103" UserId="2561" Text="At my company we actually have the office manager handle this.  I have found they tend to stay at one Job for longer periods than IT people and probably are better at keeping track of these sort of things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also put them into any sort of license management system you are using." />
  <row Id="36563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20530" RevisionGUID="c1f4f22e-c502-46de-89e6-ec240fdce832" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:50:52.917" UserId="5824" Text="Or using the advised method - whois &quot;=microsoft.com&quot;" />
  <row Id="36564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20531" RevisionGUID="42d81c5b-b391-4836-b014-71a53b576ab5" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:51:59.280" UserId="2232" Text="A user's workstation has five printers installed. When she logs on to the terminal server (win2003 r2 sp2 x64), it takes five minutes for all the printers to become available in her terminal server session.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Her WinXP workstation uses RDP 5.2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The printers types are HP4100, HP4250 and HP4200.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dozens of users with similar setups connect to this terminal server, but she's the only one experiencing this problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36565" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20531" RevisionGUID="42d81c5b-b391-4836-b014-71a53b576ab5" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:51:59.280" UserId="2232" Text="Terminal server client's printers load slowly" />
  <row Id="36566" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20531" RevisionGUID="42d81c5b-b391-4836-b014-71a53b576ab5" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:51:59.280" UserId="2232" Text="&lt;terminal-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="36567" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20532" RevisionGUID="692e524b-12d4-4d10-9541-baeb8546bf5e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:53:12.773" UserId="4392" Text="That's interesting. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does this help?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://forums.techarena.in/small-business-server/844637.htm#post3288398&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36568" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="20525" RevisionGUID="0aefd940-15d8-469b-8124-b433efe5e032" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:53:29.823" UserId="7342" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;console&gt;&lt;remote&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;" />
  <row Id="36569" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20533" RevisionGUID="60ea83bb-d562-48cd-92c0-4b9800c10a59" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:53:35.860" UserId="2744" Text="&#xD;&#xA;We're expanding our Nagios 3 infrastructure, and are frequently coming across new NRPE or general Nagios plugins to test our existing infrastructure. This is in dribs and drabs though - it would be useful to get a summary of plugins that the Nagios users out there most value.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you could list a single plugin per post, preferably with a short description of why you love it and a link to the MonitoringExchange or plugin developer site. This way folk can vote for plugins already listed and we can see them in preferential order.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please do not list plugins that others have already mentioned, for this reason. If you have more to add regarding a plugin someone else has listed, please leave a comment to their answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36570" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20533" RevisionGUID="60ea83bb-d562-48cd-92c0-4b9800c10a59" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:53:35.860" UserId="2744" Text="What are your most useful/valued Nagios plugins?" />
  <row Id="36571" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20533" RevisionGUID="60ea83bb-d562-48cd-92c0-4b9800c10a59" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:53:35.860" UserId="2744" Text="&lt;nagios&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="36572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20534" RevisionGUID="ceed105e-28c7-4a69-9cec-3c747500bcb8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:54:22.223" UserId="8370" Text="What edition of SQL Server 2008 does change tracking require? &#xD;&#xA;Change Data Capture requires Enterprise from what I've read, I'm hoping change tracking will run on standard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TIA&#xD;&#xA;Dave" />
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  <row Id="36574" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20534" RevisionGUID="ceed105e-28c7-4a69-9cec-3c747500bcb8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:54:22.223" UserId="8370" Text="&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="36575" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20484" RevisionGUID="c6a6266e-f322-4ffe-ad10-ed1417b6272a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:54:42.613" UserId="8339" Comment="grammar, spelling" Text="The simplest way to figure out what interface your traffic is going through is to look at your route table.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux:  netstat -r&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Windows: route print&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, you can use a (win32)tracert/(linux)traceroute/mtr to see the path you are taking to get to your destination." />
  <row Id="36576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20535" RevisionGUID="fede2406-8320-49f8-ad42-5a36edd98528" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:56:46.773" UserId="4381" Text="Use mod_macro:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Macro Project $repos&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /git/$repos&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       DAV on&#xD;&#xA;       AuthType Basic&#xD;&#xA;       AuthName &quot;Git for $repos&quot;&#xD;&#xA;       AuthUserFile /../htdocs/git/$repos/passwd.git&#xD;&#xA;       Require valid-user&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Macro&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you just add a single line for each repository&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Use Project repos1&#xD;&#xA;    Use Project repos2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This isn't automatic unfortunately, i.e. it doesn't pick up all repositories in a directory, but you can run a cron job to create the config for you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;# Git repository definitions&quot; &gt; /path/to/httpd_projectdef.conf&#xD;&#xA;    for i in /path/to/git/*; do echo &quot;Use Project `basename $i`&quot; &gt;&gt; /path/to/httpd_projectdef.conf; done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The project macro can also do the trac http config too if you wish.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20536" RevisionGUID="031e49f8-8b94-48b2-b858-248101c461e3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:58:05.553" UserId="8213" Text="Google Apps?" />
  <row Id="36579" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20478" RevisionGUID="b0a88326-d0f3-4605-aa3f-b762511a7ab3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:58:26.037" UserId="8339" Comment="fix spelling" Text="I'm not sure about yahoo, but you can configure the frequency Google's bot indexes your site. Have a look at [Google Webmasters][1].  I'm not sure if Yahoo has anything similar.  At any that'll reduce your traffic up to 50%.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, some web servers can limit traffic per connection so you can try that. I personally would stay away from hardware solutions since it's most likely going to cost more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/webmasters/" />
  <row Id="36580" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20537" RevisionGUID="0963ae83-db82-4967-a97f-2e6a905b5e98" CreationDate="2009-06-05T14:59:26.113" UserId="7243" Text="This is a bit of a shameless plug, but if you're monitoring Windows machines using NRPE, [NagiosPluginsNT][1] seems to work pretty well. ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://conigliaro.org/projects/wiki/NagiosPluginsNT" />
  <row Id="36581" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20472" RevisionGUID="12a0bcc4-2eba-4a01-8164-27d412454acc" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:00:21.620" UserId="6965" Comment="Changed point 2 to make sense" Text="The best way to do this is to use some method that the user has no control over.  If they can't see or access it, or even know it exists, then they won't know that they &quot;need&quot; to delete it before leaving.  A few options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Journal mailboxes (assuming that you&#xD;&#xA;    know that this is going to happen in&#xD;&#xA;    advance and want to prepare for it).&#xD;&#xA; 2. Tracking logs (if you only want to&#xD;&#xA;    know what they sent to whom, and&#xD;&#xA;    when).&#xD;&#xA; 3. Multiple backups from which&#xD;&#xA;    individual mailboxes/messages can be&#xD;&#xA;    restored.  I've only ever used&#xD;&#xA;    Exchange 2007 (I'm a former&#xD;&#xA;    forcibly-converted GroupWise admin),&#xD;&#xA;    but the deleted item/mailbox&#xD;&#xA;    retention in it's pretty good,&#xD;&#xA;    although I don't know what it was&#xD;&#xA;    like under previous versions." />
  <row Id="36582" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20538" RevisionGUID="6cd4a1ce-6f8d-4c32-90f7-23696186b5e0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:01:32.117" UserId="6336" Text="If you just want to soft-shutdown the server, and pressing the power button doesn't do that, you can use the &quot;shutdown&quot; console command to remotely shutdown the server (or shutdown -r to restart it). just type &quot;shutdown /?&quot; in cmd to see the syntax.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming the problem recurs, and the hang is on the login phase, i had a similar problem on a couple of my servers that had to do with domain authentication. I don't remember specifics, but upgrading to SP2 and installing a specific hotfix for the problem fixed it. (i don't remember the KB number, but a search of the technet for &quot;windows hangs on login&quot; should provide clues)" />
  <row Id="36583" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19896" RevisionGUID="806698c6-54ab-4f98-8f00-b32aa6c21134" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:02:46.357" UserId="5473" Comment="added a critical &quot;count=1&quot; to the dd cmdlines thanks to a commenter. " Text="Here's what I've done (this assumes a single disk, at /dev/sda)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - use dd to backup the MBR and partition table: &quot;dd bs=512 count=1 if=/dev/sda of=/backups/sda.layout&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - use rsync the entire thing with something like: &quot;rsync -axvPH --numeric-ids ...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On restore I do this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - boot the target machine with sysrescuecd, I've probably got sda.layout on a USB stick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - restore the MBR/partition table with dd: &quot;dd bs=512 count=1 if=/path/to/sda.layout of=/dev/sda&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Use partprobe *(thanks Mark)* to get the kernel to re-read the partition table. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Mount all the various partions under /restore/. I make the mount points identical under restore, so if I have /boot, /var on your source, I end up with /restore/boot, /restore/var, etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - use rsync to restore the entire thing. " />
  <row Id="36584" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20539" RevisionGUID="675eca94-3e00-4fcb-8d15-c5f6bf70c2ec" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:02:49.103" UserId="8093" Text="Does this user show up in the directory when you search for them on the Cisco phone by selecting the Directory button -&gt; Corporate Directory option? If they do not I would first check that users voice mail account as the Auto Attendant and Dial-by-name features are, in a typical deployment, handled by the Voice mail/Unity box." />
  <row Id="36585" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20540" RevisionGUID="eaf85cb4-b856-4f1f-80e0-cc57ed84adff" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:03:02.190" UserId="6965" Text="Failing that, you can also use something like GWIMPEXP (http://www.slewis.org/) to export the GroupWise address book into a format that Thunderbird can make sense of." />
  <row Id="36586" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20541" RevisionGUID="69457e8f-f975-40f6-880b-dfc54d0f8bb2" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:03:24.280" UserId="3431" Text="Centreon definently !" />
  <row Id="36587" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20542" RevisionGUID="9f5e63cf-a632-4b77-a0da-d9d1f544c185" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:03:50.753" UserId="3657" Text="Bluecoat (formerly Packeteer) PacketShaper products can dynamically throttle excessive usage on traffic that it manages." />
  <row Id="36588" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20543" RevisionGUID="5a103d32-35fc-4604-ab72-c0c13584ea44" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:04:23.793" UserId="7342" Text="Our most useful plugins are one which test our higher application functionality. For example, we have tests that try to log into the website and tests that try to send an email and check check a pop3 mail box to make sure it arrived. If any of those things break, then we can use lower level checks to see what is wrong. Is the pop3 dead? the MTA, the MDA? The database server? the datastore?" />
  <row Id="36589" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20544" RevisionGUID="6f0572d2-2089-421a-a709-183825970e7f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:06:39.297" UserId="8373" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking to synchronize two windows folders over a wireless network. I'm currently using Syncback, but it doesn't seem suitable for large reorganisations over a slow network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i.e. if I move a folder and contents from one location to another on source, then syncback will delete the original location on the destination and copy files over the network from source to the new location on destination. I am looking to move around 100GB of data in this way, and it is too slow re-copy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I really want is a tool which will recognise the fact that a move has taken place on the source, and execute the same move on the destination, without any network transfer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does such a tool exist?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers" />
  <row Id="36590" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20544" RevisionGUID="6f0572d2-2089-421a-a709-183825970e7f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:06:39.297" UserId="8373" Text="Synchronize with intelligent move and rename - windows" />
  <row Id="36591" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20544" RevisionGUID="6f0572d2-2089-421a-a709-183825970e7f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:06:39.297" UserId="8373" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;synchronization&gt;" />
  <row Id="36592" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20545" RevisionGUID="e1c224b1-0a41-4028-8896-c3458d97da04" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:07:04.617" UserId="2421" Text="Have you tried using the SetupWarehouse command to rebuild the warehouse databases (both relational and OLAP):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms400783.aspx" />
  <row Id="36593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20546" RevisionGUID="8fd60062-0fdf-4fb2-afe6-6f445b55c6a0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:07:45.643" UserId="4392" Text="In terms of flexibility, you can't beat the snmp plugin. It's behind nearly every check I run, and if that isn't, the TCP connect is. " />
  <row Id="36594" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="20531" RevisionGUID="0126e659-8367-4313-88e7-8bdc9eced8ed" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:08:32.927" UserId="1054" Comment="add tag" Text="&lt;terminal-server&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="36595" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20547" RevisionGUID="1ed8b16a-3049-4150-87f0-855769b599aa" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:10:25.670" UserId="846" Text="Several thoughts ...  we have the same dilemma!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1- Make it a regular part of someone's job to check the registrar once a month and renew (or choose not to renew) any domains expiring in the next 60 or 90 days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2- Keep your own records (we use a list on SharePoint) rather then relying on the registrar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3- Consolidate onto a single registrar.  This will make the review and renewal process easier.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A couple of kludges will reduce (but not eliminate) the incidence of expirations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a- Reserve key domains for a long time.  Network Solutions will let you do it for 100 years!  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;b- Setup auto-renew for key domains, if it is available on your registrar.  Then you just need to check (quarterly?) that the credit card has not expired.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20548" RevisionGUID="95341eca-73ae-40e9-82e5-711428e8a3a6" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:11:16.840" UserId="7136" Text="I usually install the following on a new (Windows) workstation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Firefox&#xD;&#xA; - Open Command Window Here (from MS Powertoys for Windows collection)&#xD;&#xA; - GnuWin32 (*ix command line tools for windows)&#xD;&#xA; - WinZip&#xD;&#xA; - Pidgin (IM Client)&#xD;&#xA; - Putty (ssh Client)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a Ubuntu Linux box I install:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - OpenSSL&#xD;&#xA; - Samba (Windows file sharing)&#xD;&#xA; - NFS&#xD;&#xA; - Various Nautilus scripts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also install the following if I'll be doing &quot;work&quot; on the machine:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - VirtualBox (Virtualization Server)&#xD;&#xA; - Java SDK&#xD;&#xA; - Eclipse&#xD;&#xA; - Tortoise (Subversion Client)&#xD;&#xA; - Maven&#xD;&#xA; - ANT&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36597" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20548" RevisionGUID="95341eca-73ae-40e9-82e5-711428e8a3a6" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:11:16.840" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36598" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20531" RevisionGUID="f2717481-717d-4109-804f-171e6a0d4839" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:11:21.550" UserId="2232" Comment="Added more relevant information regarding printer and rdp setup." Text="A user's workstation has five printers installed. When she logs on to the terminal server (win2003 r2 sp2 x64), it takes five minutes for all the printers to become available in her terminal server session.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Her WinXP workstation uses RDP 5.2. Only the printer drivers are loaded on the terminal server, so we're using RDP's printer re-direction. No third party apps are involved. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The printers types are HP4100, HP4250 and HP4200. They are networked in her office in Oklahoma; the terminal server is located in Illinois.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dozens of users with similar setups connect to this terminal server, but she's the only one experiencing this problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36599" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20549" RevisionGUID="9727e140-153e-4430-a4db-16bd476dc54a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:12:02.827" UserId="1736" Text="When we register a domain, we put a recurring task in our ticketing system with annual recurrence, assigned to the person who handles the renewals, scheduled so it hits a month before the next cycle.  No reliance on external tracking or emails; that doesn't seem to work out well." />
  <row Id="36600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20550" RevisionGUID="60670c2a-1cc8-4768-85fd-f7044c429a84" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:12:21.860" UserId="4310" Text="We have an application that sends newsletter in email format. We would like to have a bounceback report.  I am sure there has to be tools (free or not) that do this already, look into a specific email that was sent and wait for bounceback and then drops a report somewhere.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The use case is simple.  We send a newsletter to a distribution list with the subject x, and from addres y@y.com then we want to see how many emails came back per code rejection and other groupings.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help will be appreciated." />
  <row Id="36601" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20550" RevisionGUID="60670c2a-1cc8-4768-85fd-f7044c429a84" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:12:21.860" UserId="4310" Text="Ways to get a bounceback report for my newsletter application?" />
  <row Id="36602" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20550" RevisionGUID="60670c2a-1cc8-4768-85fd-f7044c429a84" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:12:21.860" UserId="4310" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;emailserver&gt;&lt;centos&gt;&lt;redhat&gt;" />
  <row Id="36604" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20552" RevisionGUID="0c1cc875-56db-437c-b035-c9e49f9b03c1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:14:48.157" UserId="4742" Text="I find [check_nfsmount][1] is useful on many of my servers.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:  I would also vote up check_snmp if I had the rep to do that.  It is in use on all of my servers, plus the logic behind check_hpjd which I have running on all of my HP Printers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.monitoringexchange.org/cgi-bin/page.cgi?g=2172.html;d=1" />
  <row Id="36606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20553" RevisionGUID="808c6ded-ea3d-4f03-9394-a61a05a2fe1f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:17:31.257" UserId="2561" Text="This isn't pure Apache configuration option, but as an alternative you could replace the Rewrites with symbolic links on the actual file system.  With Linux, you would use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ln -s &lt;target&gt; &lt;link_name&gt;" />
  <row Id="36607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20554" RevisionGUID="f3ca4ba3-b4f0-4bc6-8dbb-f92ba17c2448" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:18:18.837" UserId="4392" Text="Why don't you manually copy it on each end, then run syncback after that's all done? " />
  <row Id="36608" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20555" RevisionGUID="966434d9-60dc-4465-b3ee-edee1f767046" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:18:30.507" UserId="6793" Text="You could use [phplist][1] which got an advanced Bounce handling let's you teach phplist to distinguish between permanent and temporary message-delivery errors. You can define automated actions on receipt of bounce messages according to matches with your regular expressions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[phplist Documentation : PhpListConfigBounces][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.phplist.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://docs.phplist.com/PhpListConfigBounces" />
  <row Id="36609" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20556" RevisionGUID="bf3934f6-a8ba-4410-9b91-a399b76bba60" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:18:54.653" UserDisplayName="Evan" Text="tomjedrz and chaos note most of the things that I do to ensure domains don't expire, though I also set a meeting reminder in both Outlook and my personal email to remind me to check expirations on a semi-annual basis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One other thing I do is ignore any notices we get for domains renewals that aren't from the registrar we used -- lots of scams out there that wrap domain transfers into renewal notices (I do glance at all of these notices we receive, it's just 99.9% of them end up in the recycle bin).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a lot of domains to manage, particularly if you're looking to manage many country-specific TLDs, you can outsource to a company like MarkMonitor to take care of everything for you (though this can get costly)." />
  <row Id="36610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20557" RevisionGUID="3faa8a64-b345-4ac8-897b-c66665a3bee5" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:19:29.630" UserId="4392" Text="Also, the only &quot;sync&quot;-like thing that does what you're looking for are things like revision control software. I know Subversion can do things like that, and I suspect git and the other newer ones can as well. " />
  <row Id="36612" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20555" RevisionGUID="ca0c68b9-53f3-4b7f-a3be-d195f1c461da" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:20:34.073" UserId="1054" Comment="fix grammar" Text="You could use [phplist][1] which has advanced Bounce handling.  It let's you teach phplist to distinguish between permanent and temporary message-delivery errors. You can define automated actions on receipt of bounce messages according to matches with your regular expressions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[phplist Documentation : PhpListConfigBounces][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.phplist.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://docs.phplist.com/PhpListConfigBounces" />
  <row Id="36613" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20559" RevisionGUID="feb88e04-b715-4a8e-ba7f-afc1ab51b884" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:20:59.987" UserId="4392" Text="We have considered using Atomic Mail Tracker ( http://www.massmailsoftware.com/tracker/ ) but haven't made any decisions. It looks like it has all of the features we want, so it might help you, too. " />
  <row Id="36614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20560" RevisionGUID="18705ea0-73b2-45c2-8008-fd15f7f04078" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:21:52.900" UserId="6965" Text="check_nt (talking to NSClient or something similar on the subject) lets you interrogate WMI on a Windows box - if there's a performance counter for it, you can now monitor it with Nagios." />
  <row Id="36615" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20561" RevisionGUID="ccd984bc-d7d3-4bb3-8bc6-09b6730f1d58" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:21:57.673" UserId="4428" Text="My most useful one is one that I wrote myself that checks the SSL certificates on our webservers so I can keep an eye on expiry." />
  <row Id="36617" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20555" RevisionGUID="8c79362d-e141-4cd3-a11b-983781f77e04" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:22:29.827" UserId="6793" Comment="added info about return-path" Text="You could use [phplist][1] which has advanced Bounce handling.  It let's you teach phplist to distinguish between permanent and temporary message-delivery errors. You can define automated actions on receipt of bounce messages according to matches with your regular expressions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[phplist Documentation : PhpListConfigBounces][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another way is to set a message header:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Return-Path: &lt;bounces@example.com&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And you could change &quot;bounces&quot; to an unique id to know exactly which address that bounced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.phplist.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://docs.phplist.com/PhpListConfigBounces" />
  <row Id="36618" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20562" RevisionGUID="7fab9e47-526a-4326-8912-358794727458" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:23:47.670" UserId="2869" Text="See this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb522489.aspx&gt; (Change Data Capture)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc280462.aspx&gt; (Change Tracking)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc280519.aspx&gt; (Comparison)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and, finally, this seems to indicate that Change Tracking is supported by Express Edition:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlexpress/thread/3452dd14-d4d1-48e0-9de4-a193619a72be&gt;" />
  <row Id="36619" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20563" RevisionGUID="a9ffe5ca-b066-4cd2-97ed-214284e160c8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:24:16.610" UserId="7801" Text="Along with the other suggested possibilities, another one is that one of your gateways NICs is starting to fail.  When things start to &quot;slow down&quot;, run and ifconfig and check the packet counts.  In particular check the error counts." />
  <row Id="36620" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20564" RevisionGUID="fb5fe3d4-6639-4bcf-a06e-ef7456397f76" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:24:17.047" UserId="6965" Text="PNP (pnp4nagios.org) - generates RRD-style graphs for any Nagios check that outputs perf. data.  Awesomely useful, especially when trying to convince the devs that that newly-installed service really is the cause of all those CPU spikes..." />
  <row Id="36621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20565" RevisionGUID="df24f599-2ec5-4f28-8778-dc416c4e57fe" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:25:05.780" UserId="1736" Text="Honestly, the one that does the most for me is plain old `check_disk`.  Nothing makes me feel quite so special, in that &quot;stop eating the paste&quot; way, as having a server that was running fine yesterday blow up, running around like mad and then finding out it's because I let the disks fill up.  Never having to do that again in my life is worth a lot to me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(And don't forget to check the inodes, too, kids watching at home.)" />
  <row Id="36622" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20566" RevisionGUID="b50dbb55-d3e9-4356-ba29-4431d7132f01" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:25:23.613" UserId="1803" Text="Through ticket software, Sharepoint, whatever - add a task to the IT **group's** Outlook, so that employee churn isn't an issue.  With a lead time of at least a month (to account for accounts payable lag)." />
  <row Id="36623" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20567" RevisionGUID="d23fd549-3a87-4558-af82-f3627dd0589e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:26:13.547" UserId="584" Text="If the registrar supports it, I just turn on recurring billing." />
  <row Id="36624" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20568" RevisionGUID="76e7a55b-b8b4-4420-8049-816d091f9aa3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:27:21.220" UserDisplayName="jplourenco" Text="One tool sometimes very handy is nohup. I use it to run scripts that last for a long time using remote SSH clients. " />
  <row Id="36625" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20568" RevisionGUID="76e7a55b-b8b4-4420-8049-816d091f9aa3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:27:21.220" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36626" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20569" RevisionGUID="104a6b0e-dc1f-461f-af36-d818fb52d4e0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:28:23.527" UserId="4742" Text="My base client install has Firefox, Adobe Acrobat Reader, 7-Zip, Java Runtime, and putty." />
  <row Id="36627" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20569" RevisionGUID="104a6b0e-dc1f-461f-af36-d818fb52d4e0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:28:23.527" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20570" RevisionGUID="446d804f-ea75-48c0-99e8-cf9d4708dea8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:31:07.140" UserId="8263" Text="I would agree that check_snmp is an extremely valuable plugin; it can be used for almost any purpose and everything shows up in SNMP generally speaking.  SNMP is available on systems as diverse as HP-UX, Tru64, and OpenVMS with no additional installations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another (not quite a) plugin that is very useful is NagiosGrapher; I have my experience in an [article][1] that explains more, but also so that others can use it without any difficulties that I experienced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One last: NSCA.  You can write a Perl or Ruby or ksh script and feed the output into NSCA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Between the flexibiities of NSCA and SNMP combined with the reporting of NagiosGrapher, this should expand your monitoring very well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://administratosphere.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/about-nagiosgrapher-v171/" />
  <row Id="36629" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="20534" RevisionGUID="57a0cb13-beef-44f3-9e6e-1dc4c5820809" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:31:51.650" UserId="431" Comment="Adding SQLServer tag" Text="&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="36630" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20571" RevisionGUID="7b6d9cdb-1960-4a49-a97d-74505a864d73" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:32:29.010" UserId="3235" Text="After a few catastrophic failures in the registration/renewal process we have finally convinced our userbase that the correct way to get a new domain name is to go through IT.  Therefore we have them all managed by one person, who keeps a documented list of the domain name, the department or individual who requested it, date requested, IP it is using, and expriation date. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Monthly we check the list and renew all the ones due in the next month.  It works great, and it allows us to check with the people who requested them about if they are still using them or not.  " />
  <row Id="36631" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20572" RevisionGUID="0d3cefa1-faa8-4c1a-a07c-a954013f9df8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:34:54.997" UserId="7200" Text="Microsoft DFS replication will do what you're talking about. It monitors the NTFS change journal and uses the uniquely assigned file numbers to track renames / moves of files. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows Server 2003 R2 and Windows Server 2008 can do this. The DFS Replication service is included in Windows Vista, but the &quot;PC to PC Sync&quot; feature that would use it was cut from Vista RTM. I don't see where it's ever been added back into the product. (Somebody who knows more about it than me should comment about that.)" />
  <row Id="36632" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20573" RevisionGUID="c0cb3b85-7653-4a01-80a8-d22efc3b7773" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:35:04.187" UserId="671" Text="We manage hundreds of domain names for clients and have a few different processes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, we renew for multiple years whenever possible.  This reduces the need to renew year after year, and we can usually take advantage of multi-year renewal discounts.  For these we then put an entry into the system administration schedule to review the WHOIS information every year, and then an entry to renew again 90 days before it will expire.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next, we use automatic renewal with the registrar for some names that renew every year.  This helps to ensure that they get renewed even if we don't get the notice for whatever reason.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And finally, we have an e-mail address setup specifically to receive domain renewal notifications.  This goes to a few different people here at the office.  I am responsible for receiving those and processing the ones that need to be handled.  If a notice comes in for one that is less than 30 days out, then a couple of other people in the office know to either come bug me about it or check with the client and handle it if I am not available (vacation or whatever).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wrote up a blog article a while back called [The Importance of Domains][1] that outlines some general tips for domain name management.  It's aimed at clients, but anyone who owns a domain name may benefit from it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://gravityfreedom.com/2008/07/03/the-importance-of-domains/" />
  <row Id="36633" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15054" RevisionGUID="8dd2db26-d281-425d-8d89-f806007cb265" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:35:32.000" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="This Apple support article explains how to do this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Mac OS X 10.4: How to prevent .DS_Store file creation over network connections][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 1. Open the Terminal. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2. Type:&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;        `defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true` &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 3. Press Return.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 4. Restart the computer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1629" />
  <row Id="36634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20574" RevisionGUID="934e674c-4367-4486-a690-1ef5b8c77714" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:36:39.300" UserId="5075" Text="I like check_http to check my websites are still working, I have expanded it to check that certain text can be found on it after one time my hosting company decided to serve blank pages and my nagios checks all passed as the server was still running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36635" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20575" RevisionGUID="8ea2b5d7-bbab-4bee-9917-8481b3683137" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:37:21.530" UserId="2783" Text="Have you tried Windows Live Sync (formerly foldershare)?  I'm not sure how many files you are talking about, but it can sync up to 20 folders with 20,000 items each, both across a LAN or over the Internet, between PCs and/or Macs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.foldershare.com" />
  <row Id="36639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20577" RevisionGUID="cfc8c792-cc20-4f3f-81be-7f0556543441" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:38:41.150" UserId="3329" Text="Are you certain that the schema you're exporting ('arrels') does not have referential constraints that refer to objects in other schemas?" />
  <row Id="36640" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20578" RevisionGUID="58b9e2cb-0b8c-4721-8e9f-332002ffa417" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:39:11.867" UserId="3657" Text="Another product to consider is Vertias (Symantec) Replication Exec.  It may be able to handle this situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Storage level replication is also a very good option but will cost you big $$$" />
  <row Id="36643" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20580" RevisionGUID="dfdc8c3c-bfad-4c7f-96b9-3d9cc4ceeb53" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:41:27.777" UserId="45" Text="Maybe in this case you may take a look at [Easy2sync][1]. It recognizes renamed directories.   Maybe it handles large file movements intelligently too. Could be worth trying it out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.easy2sync.com/en/produkte/easy2sync_features2.php" />
  <row Id="36644" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20581" RevisionGUID="d66c0928-8c9b-45f8-a4d1-ca45434323e6" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:42:33.513" UserId="1992" Text="Change Tracking is in every edition - the whole point of it is to support the occasionally-connected systems scenario - e.g. a handheld device. Change Data Capture is Enterprise only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And here's a feature article I wrote for TechNet Magazine in the November 2008: [SQL Server 2008: Tracking Changes in Your Enterprise Database][1], that gives some of the gotchas you might run into as a DBA on a system with either Change Tracking or Change Data Capture enabled, and an expanded comparison sheet between them. From talking to the tech writers in the SQL Books Online team, they know that the BOL needs to be upgraded a bit for these two features - the TN Mag article is a bit more 'accessible' right now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Main one for Change Tracking is that you should really use snapshot isolation too -&gt; tempdb load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/TechNet-Magazine-Article-on-Tracking-Changes-in-Your-Enterprise-Database.aspx" />
  <row Id="36645" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20582" RevisionGUID="3e73c36d-fd41-4404-ba33-e24253729770" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:42:37.883" UserId="8263" Text="I would echo the warning some have given against NFS - although NFS is probably your best bet (strange as that sounds).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had an NFS client that I had to disconnect from AC to shut off because the NFS server had disappeared and the client refused (in the kernel) to unlock or shutdown because the NFS server was gone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To do it right, I would insist on NFSv4 throughout, stick with TCP connections, use jumbo frames, and use an NFS cluster.  You can't afford to have your NFS server disappear." />
  <row Id="36647" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20583" RevisionGUID="80199643-e1a6-4a23-a77d-293d7adb4502" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:43:24.620" UserId="7619" Text="There's a few ways to do this;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.) DFS folder replication will work, there's a tutorial [here][1] and [here's][2] the MS webpage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.) [Robocopy][3] in mirroring mode will work as well, but it won't key off the fact that a file has changed. Here's a script that I shamelessly copied from somewhere, (why re-invent the wheel, eh? :) that I used when migrating large amounts of data from one share to another. (A big bonus with this is that it will do incremental mirroring, i.e. run it once to replicate, then run it again and it will only copy over the files that have changed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Script is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; @ECHO OFF&lt;br&gt; SETLOCAL&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; SET&#xD;&#xA;&gt; _source=&quot;\\workstation01\share&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; SET _dest=&quot;\\workstation02\share&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; SET _what=/COPYALL /B /SEC /MIR&lt;br&gt; ::&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /COPYALL :: COPY ALL file info&lt;br&gt; ::&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /B :: copy files in Backup mode.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; :: /SEC :: copy files with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SECurity&lt;br&gt; :: /MIR :: MIRror a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; directory tree&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; SET _options=/R:0 /W:0&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /LOG:worstation_copy.txt /NFL /NDL&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; :: /R:n :: number of Retries&lt;br&gt; ::&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /W:n :: Wait time between retries&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; :: /LOG :: Output log file&lt;br&gt; :: /NFL&#xD;&#xA;&gt; :: No file logging&lt;br&gt; :: /NDL :: No&#xD;&#xA;&gt; dir logging&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; ROBOCOPY %_source% %_dest% %_what%&#xD;&#xA;&gt; %_options%&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3.) If you use HP in a large corporate setting and have a vendor agreement or something set up with them, check into [HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring][4], however it's a bit heavy-handed for two windows folders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4.) Finally, there's also, (beta warning! Beta warning!) [Windows Live Mesh][5], but it's.. You know, beta. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I'd go with the robocopy option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Configuring-Using-DFS-Replication.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/storage/dfs/default.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/sm/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.mesh.com/" />
  <row Id="36648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20584" RevisionGUID="81f2f810-aaf2-47f4-84aa-be74a9a455e5" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:44:44.557" UserId="1992" Text="You may have corruption in the SQL Server database that underpins TFS. Do you have a DBA or someone knowledgeable with SQL Server that can run DBCC CHECKDB on the database?" />
  <row Id="36649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20585" RevisionGUID="9ff9e703-4857-4cb6-9ca2-4037a490eed8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:44:56.333" UserDisplayName="claytron" Text="These are the tools I use on a daily basis (as a developer more than a sysadmin)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- zsh&#xD;&#xA;- lsof&#xD;&#xA;- ps&#xD;&#xA;- ack (or grep)&#xD;&#xA;- find&#xD;&#xA;- svn&#xD;&#xA;- python&#xD;&#xA;- tar&#xD;&#xA;- which&#xD;&#xA;- fortune (a guy has to keep his sanity somehow)" />
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  <row Id="36651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20586" RevisionGUID="bb2eb17b-97de-403d-ab41-fe0c6e983f55" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:45:04.930" UserId="7767" Text="I'm trying to install a test server. I've got Server 2008 installed, now I'm trying to install Citrix XenApp 5 on it. &#xD;&#xA;I downloaded the trial version (which is a 1.1 GB file called XA50_WS2008_EN.zip) and went through the installation. License server (with the 90 day trial license) is correctly installed, mamagement tools are also correctly installed, but it looks like the citrix XenApp server itself has not been installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I start the Citrix Access Management Console locally on the server I get the error &quot;Citrix MFCOM service did not respond as expected. ...&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows remote desktop services are configured and working fine. Everything else on the server is working fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas what I'm doing wrong, or where to get the server installation from? I'm sure it's a really simple step I missed.&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="36652" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20586" RevisionGUID="bb2eb17b-97de-403d-ab41-fe0c6e983f55" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:45:04.930" UserId="7767" Text="Citrix XenApp Server on Server2008" />
  <row Id="36653" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20586" RevisionGUID="bb2eb17b-97de-403d-ab41-fe0c6e983f55" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:45:04.930" UserId="7767" Text="&lt;citrix&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="36654" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20587" RevisionGUID="6aa4fe31-a19b-415e-9ef0-f419ad3b5293" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:45:10.357" UserId="1101" Text="[WebInject][1] is very useful for monitoring Web sites if you want to go beyond the check_http functionality; it can handle login pages and perform multiple steps in one Nagios check.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.webinject.org/plugin.html" />
  <row Id="36655" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20541" RevisionGUID="3acecdbb-5b39-476a-84d7-5ef9932d7207" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:46:31.667" UserId="3431" Comment="added 39 characters in body" Text="Centreon definently for graphs and all the Nagios features !" />
  <row Id="36656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20588" RevisionGUID="3aca7f36-f9d8-43c5-b642-7d6bc19cff62" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:48:00.913" UserId="6965" Text="My personal favourite isn't actually mine, and I'm VERY glad of it.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~elf/hack/recovery.html&quot;&gt;Take a look here.&lt;/a&gt;" />
  <row Id="36657" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20588" RevisionGUID="3aca7f36-f9d8-43c5-b642-7d6bc19cff62" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:48:00.913" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20589" RevisionGUID="5a49ad83-39af-4031-b515-9de4af06720d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:50:49.503" UserId="8080" Text="check_multiprocs used with check_nrpe [link text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.monitoringexchange.org/cgi-bin/page.cgi?g=1491.html;d=1" />
  <row Id="36659" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20590" RevisionGUID="e95a3c86-f82c-4a95-ac3c-252db7c01722" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:51:45.353" UserId="8379" Text="When an OST file is corrupted, Outlook (2007) complains:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;Errors have been detected in the file blah.ost. Quit Outlook and all mail-enabled applications, and then use the Inbox repair tool(Scanpst.exe) to diagnose and repair the file&#xD;&#xA;&quot;&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Living right next to scanpst.exe is scanost.exe which, so far as I can tell:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Only works with OST Files&#xD;&#xA;- Lets you browse your mailbox hierarchy, rather than make you locate outlook0.ost and scan the whole file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is: Is there a functional difference between doing a verify and repair of an OST file in ScanPST vs a &quot;scan all folders&quot; ScanOST?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, more concise:  Is there ever a reason to use both?" />
  <row Id="36660" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20590" RevisionGUID="e95a3c86-f82c-4a95-ac3c-252db7c01722" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:51:45.353" UserId="8379" Text="ScanOST Vs. ScanPST" />
  <row Id="36661" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20590" RevisionGUID="e95a3c86-f82c-4a95-ac3c-252db7c01722" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:51:45.353" UserId="8379" Text="&lt;outlook-2007&gt;&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;pst&gt;" />
  <row Id="36662" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20591" RevisionGUID="f160f8d4-8464-4514-b538-6eefa5a75a93" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:52:09.127" UserId="7801" Text="Along with all the other suggested options, you may want to look at more basic hardware factors:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - try using a different usb cable&#xD;&#xA; - try a different usb port on the computer&#xD;&#xA; - try using the hard drive in a different external drive case&#xD;&#xA; - if available, try using esata&#xD;&#xA; - try connecting the hard drive directly to your motherboard and see if the problem occurs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And as always, if you think the drive is flaky, make a backup of the data on it asap.  It will protect your data from a drive that may be dying and give you the option of doing destructive data tests if need be." />
  <row Id="36663" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20592" RevisionGUID="b9a6bb50-9e79-4cf8-ab0b-f4f9f9372c25" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:52:27.037" UserId="45" Text="This forum thread on citrix.com contains a solution which may work for you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Thread: Citrix MFCOM Service did not respond as expected][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One post points to several Citrix support articles. In [one][2] of these articles a possible cause is mentioned:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The Access Management Console in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Citrix Presentation Server 4.5&#xD;&#xA;&gt; leverages MFCOM and CPSCOM interfaces.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; In order to use a remote Presentation&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Server in the Access Management&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Console discovery process, the remote&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Presentation Server must be enabled&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for network COM+ access. If the remote&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Presentation Server is not running&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Internet Information Services (IIS),&#xD;&#xA;&gt; then typically network COM+ access is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; not enabled.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And a resolution:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Enable network COM+ access. The&#xD;&#xA;&gt; following describes two methods of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; enabling network COM+ access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.citrix.com/thread.jspa?threadID=235802&amp;tstart=0&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX112853" />
  <row Id="36664" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="14563" RevisionGUID="8a3a20c9-6993-4cca-8e94-9574421b6b74" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:53:01.420" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="36665" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20593" RevisionGUID="bfabbd2a-d2af-46ff-820a-7c7e19336af9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:54:00.917" UserId="7774" Text="I don't know if that can be used over a slow network, as I only use it locally or on directly connected computers to do my backups, but you may want to consider [Microsoft SyncToy 2.0][1] ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first time you run it, it could be quite slow, but then after that, it will detect the files which are out of sync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It works with folder pairs, and create a small file on its own at the root of each folders. I know it detects simple renames and simple moves, I have not tried complex ones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can schedule it to run regularly with the Windows Task Scheduler, I believe (I have yet to try that).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   Thomas&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/DownLoads/details.aspx?familyid=C26EFA36-98E0-4EE9-A7C5-98D0592D8C52&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="36666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20594" RevisionGUID="a8efa748-aa5e-4ad4-a05a-d5a945c2770a" CreationDate="2009-05-21T22:21:31.057" Text="&lt;p&gt;Anybody have any experiencing improving database performance using Solid State Drives (particually Postgres DB's) using Solid State Drives such as HP's IO Accelerator (found easily enough on Google, but I am a new user and can't post a link yet)?  Did you see any marked improvements?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="36669" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20595" RevisionGUID="34b773f3-35c1-4514-954f-6e072404e5b5" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:57:56.667" UserId="8193" Text="Done by one of my employee's... Perfect example of why you clearly label your servers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sent my employee out to the colo to rebuild the secondary MSSQL database server (which had no current data on it).  Primary one was actively in use.  You can probably predict the rest of this story...  Once there, he rebooted the server, started the install and reformatted the drives, only to have me call him and ask him why the primary database server was no longer responding.  (doh)" />
  <row Id="36670" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20595" RevisionGUID="34b773f3-35c1-4514-954f-6e072404e5b5" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:57:56.667" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36671" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20596" RevisionGUID="52fa469d-1e47-4e9c-b19e-69ffb0ce6cc8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:58:45.743" UserId="7083" Text="I don't believe it's possible, due to the order in which `mod_rewrite` and `mod_autoindex` handle the request. The path that `mod_autoindex` receives is and must be the &quot;real&quot; one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Kyle's symlink workaround is the only solution I'm aware of." />
  <row Id="36672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20597" RevisionGUID="4516e87c-3919-40f2-a5b9-5d328ed1a717" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:58:50.893" UserId="4381" Text="This is kind of cheating, because I have done a lot of development on it, and it actually checks lots of different things at once, but the most useful nagios 'plugin' for me is [Resmon](https://labs.omniti.com/trac/resmon). It is an agent you run on the server itself, and nagios connects over http to perform the checks. I guess it's similar to what nrpe does, but with a number of different design decisions." />
  <row Id="36673" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20598" RevisionGUID="a8deb752-afbe-4175-8f6e-95e2484b2057" CreationDate="2009-06-05T15:59:47.223" UserId="8384" Text="Why not just put it into your calendar when you buy a domain? I manage tons of domains for me and other people and companies (100+). If I buy it I put it in my calendar and if its for a client I put it in their company calendar as well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also notify them personally if the domain is coming up for renewal. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My registrar does a really good job of notifying me when I should renew domains though, so I almost don't need to do any calendar stuff, I just prefer to." />
  <row Id="36674" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20572" RevisionGUID="b5ab508d-e098-4cde-8390-8657c064a955" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:00:08.813" UserId="7200" Comment="added 679 characters in body" Text="Microsoft DFS replication will do what you're talking about. It monitors the NTFS change journal and uses the uniquely assigned file numbers to track renames / moves of files. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows Server 2003 R2 and Windows Server 2008 can do this. The DFS Replication service is included in Windows Vista, but the &quot;PC to PC Sync&quot; feature that would use it was cut from Vista RTM. I don't see where it's ever been added back into the product. (Somebody who knows more about it than me should comment about that.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could &quot;capture&quot; your actions by way of doing the initial moves / renames via script, then running that script on the remote machines. It's sub-optimal, but if you're not going to pay for something that uses the filesystem change journal you're going to have to implement the functionality yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do it via script, just use relative paths in your script and then you'll have a script suitable to run w/o modification on the remote copies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No doubt somebody could write a cute little GUI that &quot;acted&quot; like Explorer and let you do the moves / renames / etc and then generated such a script. It would be a pretty niche application, though, I'd think." />
  <row Id="36675" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20599" RevisionGUID="26b9fec1-d296-46a4-a680-3b1122aa6048" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:02:33.070" UserId="3058" Text="I ran fsck and now my Linux server (Oracle Enterprise Linux (a Red Hat derivitave)) will not boot.  The old blocks are in the lost+found folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I get the box working again without rebuilding?" />
  <row Id="36676" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20599" RevisionGUID="26b9fec1-d296-46a4-a680-3b1122aa6048" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:02:33.070" UserId="3058" Text="How do I recover from a failed fsck?" />
  <row Id="36677" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20599" RevisionGUID="26b9fec1-d296-46a4-a680-3b1122aa6048" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:02:33.070" UserId="3058" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;fsck&gt;" />
  <row Id="36678" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20600" RevisionGUID="c1ec0535-ac02-471f-870e-351fbf81d2ca" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:03:28.713" UserId="4600" Text="I think that it is easy to see some benefits of separating BOOT and DATA into two partitions or drives; it makes for each backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I was always under the impression that it is better to separate your BOOT from your DATA drives to increase performance. For this reason, I had 4 drives, configured in two mirrors (BOOT &amp; DATA).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because drives are so large now, I'd prefer to take two terabyte drives, mirror them, and partition them into BOOT and DATA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Am I loosing any performance benefit here?" />
  <row Id="36679" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20600" RevisionGUID="c1ec0535-ac02-471f-870e-351fbf81d2ca" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:03:28.713" UserId="4600" Text="Are there compelling reasons to separate BOOT and DATA on a server, to increase performance?" />
  <row Id="36680" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20600" RevisionGUID="c1ec0535-ac02-471f-870e-351fbf81d2ca" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:03:28.713" UserId="4600" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;server-configuration&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="36681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20601" RevisionGUID="f83ed6cc-fb3b-4a37-82b1-93db89693779" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:04:00.040" UserId="2908" Text="I have never used the Comodo Antivirus, but I used to be a big fan of their firewall. I stopped using it when I ran into compatibility issues with our Cisco VPN software. The compatibility problem was severe enough to crash my laptop repeatedly. If you test it out and do not have any compatibility issues, it should be a good solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since you have 200 clients, I would recommend that you use a centrally managed system. [Comodo Endpoint Security Manager][1] provides a central console to administrate their antivirus and firewall software. However, I think there is a cost for licenses after the first five.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://enterprise.comodo.com/security-solutions/endpoint-security/endpoint-security-manager/" />
  <row Id="36682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20602" RevisionGUID="0415169f-7b6e-41c6-9ddc-c5b15aaf0320" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:04:24.063" UserId="8374" Text="I do daily backups of my mysql databases with mysqldump+scheduled tasks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but, as i can read on [this answer][1], mysqldump does not guarantee a consistent dataset... what's the meaning?&#xD;&#xA;That means that if someone will access the website while i am backing up, and his actions will edit two tables, and one table is has already parsed by mysqldump, resulting in an &quot;incomplete&quot; backup that can lead to problems?&#xD;&#xA;If mysqldump is not good, what is the best way to backup?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8044/backup-mysql-server" />
  <row Id="36683" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20602" RevisionGUID="0415169f-7b6e-41c6-9ddc-c5b15aaf0320" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:04:24.063" UserId="8374" Text="What's the meaning of consistent dataset? (MySQL)" />
  <row Id="36684" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20602" RevisionGUID="0415169f-7b6e-41c6-9ddc-c5b15aaf0320" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:04:24.063" UserId="8374" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;dump-files&gt;" />
  <row Id="36685" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20603" RevisionGUID="637727dd-6091-4b57-8952-e0f77840cc03" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:04:50.163" UserId="45" Text="The Inbox Repair tool ScanPST.exe works on Microsoft Outlook 97-2002 Personal Folders File (.pst) and the Office Outlook Personal Folders File (.pst) data files in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 and Microsoft Office Outlook 2007.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The OST Integrity Check tool, ScanOST.exe, runs only on .ost files, which are Outlook Offline Folder files (synchronized offline Exchange repositories) and can be used to diagnose and repair synchronization issues. It scans both your .ost file and your mailbox on Exchange, compares objects and folders in each, and attempts to reconcile synchronization differences between them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While ScanPST can run offline, in order to run ScanOST you must be connected to your Exchange server.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36686" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20604" RevisionGUID="1c8f8a95-9220-49e1-bb85-093c3f312486" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:08:05.960" UserId="3038" Text="For servers that use some kind of SAN for their data, it makes absolute sense as boot-from-SAN is still a bit dodgy even after all these years. A pair of local mirrored drives for the boot/OS volumes, and any data volumes supplied by the SAN. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For DAS servers it is less obvious. Some workloads, like databases, are happier when on their very own spindles. Other workloads are low enough disk I/O that it just plain doesn't matter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So yes, there is some performance benefit here, but it depends greatly on where your bottlenecks are and how your storage is attached to the server." />
  <row Id="36687" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20605" RevisionGUID="65c18c69-aa57-4e86-9a45-7a5de226284d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:10:24.957" UserId="7075" Text="We have an app that can use mssql2k or 2k8.  We've been using 2k but I decided to try 2k8 to compare.  I installed in on our win2k3 server alongside mssql2k.  In the ODBC applet on the server, I was able to set up access to 2k8, and it passes the test at the end successfully, whether I tell it to use Windows Authentication or an sql login.  The latter is how the app always accessed mssql2k.  The app works fine from the server, but when I try it on a workstation (winxpsp3), I get a window titled, &quot;Microsoft SQL Server Login&quot; that says:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Connection failed:&#xD;&#xA;    SQLState: '01000'&#xD;&#xA;    SQL Server Error: 53&#xD;&#xA;    [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][DBNETLIB]ConnectionOpen (Connect()).&#xD;&#xA;    Connection failed:&#xD;&#xA;    SQLState: '08001'&#xD;&#xA;    SQL Server ERror: 17&#xD;&#xA;    [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][DBNETLIB]SQL Server does not exist or access denied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then I get the ODBC login dialog, which I can't get to login correctly (I just keep getting the same error above), even copying and pasting a password  after resetting it on the server, and whether &quot;trusted&quot; is checked or not.  &quot;Options&quot; is disabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The server was straight SERVERNAME for mssql2k, but for mssql2k8 it's called SERVERNAME\mssql2008.  That works on the server, why not on the workstation?  (Which I'm logged in as the same person on, BTW.)" />
  <row Id="36688" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20605" RevisionGUID="65c18c69-aa57-4e86-9a45-7a5de226284d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:10:24.957" UserId="7075" Text="can't access sqlserver2008 from workstations, but can from server" />
  <row Id="36689" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20605" RevisionGUID="65c18c69-aa57-4e86-9a45-7a5de226284d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:10:24.957" UserId="7075" Text="&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;workstation&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;login&gt;" />
  <row Id="36690" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20603" RevisionGUID="fbd31131-1e58-4018-853c-31e8de4fa8c9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:11:07.247" UserId="45" Comment="added 347 characters in body; added 6 characters in body" Text="The **Inbox Repair tool ScanPST.exe** works on Microsoft Outlook 97-2002 Personal Folders File (.pst) and the Office Outlook Personal Folders File (.pst) data files in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 and Microsoft Office Outlook 2007.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The **OST Integrity Check tool ScanOST.exe** runs only on .ost files, which are Outlook Offline Folder files (synchronized offline Exchange repositories) and can be used to diagnose and repair synchronization issues. It scans both your .ost file and your mailbox on Exchange, compares objects and folders in each, and attempts to reconcile synchronization differences between them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While ScanPST can run offline, you must be connected to your Exchange server in order to run ScanOST.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you cannot open your .ost file, you can run ScanPST to diagnose and repair the  corrupted .ost file. ScanPST can be used on your .ost *and* .pst files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This Microsoft Office Support article contains further details: [Scan and repair corrupted Outlook data files][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA100758311033.aspx" />
  <row Id="36691" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20606" RevisionGUID="f4ddec29-d3d2-4c8f-83aa-5434af8f3aed" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:12:34.610" UserId="1529" Text="We did some Oracle benchmarking with a Fusion IO card.  It was pretty fast.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Took one of our 35 minute processes down to 11 minutes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It wasn't a SSD drive per se but a PCI card with NAND memory on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The SLC type is supposedly better than the MLC type.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately only 64 bit OS supported so 32 bit has to get migrated or wait for a 32 bit driver (from Fusion IO).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36692" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20606" RevisionGUID="f4ddec29-d3d2-4c8f-83aa-5434af8f3aed" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:12:34.610" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36693" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19604" RevisionGUID="00a63596-2cf7-423e-a37b-47738f4fab18" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:12:47.027" UserId="7200" Comment="added 147 characters in body; deleted 3 characters in body; added 56 characters in body" Text="If you're running Exchage 2007 SP1 changes you made with Set-TransportConfig should have copied to the global settings in AD. If you're not running Exchange 2007 SP1, then you're going to need to change these values in AD using something like ADSIEDIT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, here's a good overview of the process w/ screenshots: http://exchangepedia.com/blog/2007/09/exchange-server-2007-setting-message-size.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're still ing Exhcange 2007 RTM, here's an article that will describe changing the global size limit: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb310771.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're best off going to Exchange 2007 SP1 (or SP2) if you're still running RTM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could you post a link to the output of a &quot;Get-TransportConfig&quot;, &quot;Get-SendConnector | fl&quot;, &quot;Get-ADSiteLink | fl&quot;, and &quot;Get-RoutingGroupConnector | fl&quot; from the Exchange Management Shell?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20607" RevisionGUID="02f22a74-730d-467f-aa78-7d32f644a64e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:13:09.663" UserId="1992" Text="Here's a great blog post with lots of research and data links from James Hamilton, an architect at Microsoft I used to work with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SSD versus Enterprise SATA and SAS disks][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I discussed this briefly with Richard and Carl in a .NET Rocks recording on Tuesday. If you have an IO bottleneck with a random read workload, then using SSDs should give you a big boost as it flattens the latency and seek time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Edit: PS, of course my data/viewpoint is all around SQL Server, but an IO subsystem is an IO subsystem, and the results should translate fairly well across any major RDBMS)]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2009/04/18/SSDVersusEnterpriseSATAAndSASDisks.aspx" />
  <row Id="36695" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20607" RevisionGUID="02f22a74-730d-467f-aa78-7d32f644a64e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:13:09.663" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36696" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20608" RevisionGUID="71c87e00-5660-4c1f-b7ad-921a9c7fcb4f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:13:28.040" UserId="6491" Text="You should use [VERP][2]. This is a method where you embed the recipient email address in the sender (envelope). This is especially useful when forwarding is involved (on the remote user part) as parsing the bounced mail to get the real original recipient is impossible in that case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You did not said which mailer you use, but here is the [documentation for postfix][1]. Minimal modification is required in you program if you choose this path.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.postfix.org/VERP_README.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_envelope_return_path" />
  <row Id="36697" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20609" RevisionGUID="7b770714-2a4b-4af5-ab48-23ad66dcf9e8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:14:07.850" UserId="8256" Text="can you log who deletes files under an Active Directory Domain, the file would have been deleted from a file server (member server on domain). The data was recovered but now am wondering who did it.&#xD;&#xA;thanks.&#xD;&#xA;gd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36698" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20609" RevisionGUID="7b770714-2a4b-4af5-ab48-23ad66dcf9e8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:14:07.850" UserId="8256" Text="simple way to track who deleted files on server 2003 box" />
  <row Id="36699" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20609" RevisionGUID="7b770714-2a4b-4af5-ab48-23ad66dcf9e8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:14:07.850" UserId="8256" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;2003&gt;&lt;files&gt;" />
  <row Id="36700" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20610" RevisionGUID="c16530e8-9158-4107-9868-792144d6aea3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:14:22.890" UserId="671" Text="See this related question:&#xD;&#xA;http://serverfault.com/questions/7798/how-to-enable-remote-connections-for-sql-server-2008" />
  <row Id="36701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20611" RevisionGUID="c436fd25-aab5-40dd-9516-2b3c420692c0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:14:39.923" UserId="8047" Text="Typically the way mass list sender software works is to generate a unique ID, either for the destination user (in the case of a discussion list) or for the specific mailing + the destination user (which might be more suitable for a newletter) and use that for the return address.  You store the unique IDs in a database for use when parsing bounces.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You use some kind of prefix-matching in your mail server to route bounce-123456789@example.com to a specific mailbox for post-processing.  Strip the unique ID out of the destination address of the bounce, then look it up in your database to see who the original recipient was.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This gets around the potential expansion / munging of recipient addresses that may happen when poorly implemented MTAs get ahold of your original message.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For extra credit, keep a count of how often a given email address has bounced so that you stop sending to boxes which have gone away.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36702" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20612" RevisionGUID="ddf67f57-5dbd-4120-856b-325a3ddcb079" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:16:25.677" UserId="44" Text="I use in my Server a trayless hard disk rack, something like this: [http://www.raidsonic.de/en/pages/products/mobile-racks.php?we_objectID=4343][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wonder if there is trayless **external** hard drive enclosure available? I searched but nothing turned up so far.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.raidsonic.de/en/pages/products/mobile-racks.php?we_objectID=4343" />
  <row Id="36703" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20612" RevisionGUID="ddf67f57-5dbd-4120-856b-325a3ddcb079" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:16:25.677" UserId="44" Text="Is there a trayless external hard disk enclosure available?" />
  <row Id="36704" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20612" RevisionGUID="ddf67f57-5dbd-4120-856b-325a3ddcb079" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:16:25.677" UserId="44" Text="&lt;enclosures&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;external&gt;&lt;external-hdd&gt;" />
  <row Id="36705" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20613" RevisionGUID="c09ac013-7df4-4568-b92a-39ac7764d87b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:17:06.143" UserId="7801" Text="We are currently moving our info from various documents spread around the network to two locations:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. A wiki available on our intranet&#xD;&#xA; 1. A copy of the information related to a particular server in that servers /root directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, while recording the what, remember to record why something is configured like it is.  This helps prevent ideas that seem like a good idea from turning into mistakes." />
  <row Id="36706" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20613" RevisionGUID="c09ac013-7df4-4568-b92a-39ac7764d87b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:17:06.143" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36707" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="20609" RevisionGUID="aa1163ec-80e3-4f78-bfe3-f926d092929e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:17:16.643" UserId="7342" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;files&gt;" />
  <row Id="36708" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20614" RevisionGUID="26510e04-7b38-4221-b483-dfbb23553f42" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:17:30.137" UserId="7200" Text="You could have used the &quot;Auditing&quot; functionality in ]Windows to do this, but if you didn't have it configured to begin with then the data is gone. (Even if you did have it configured, you would not have appreciated the amount of unnecessary data it created. Practically speaking, there's no easy way to do what you want.)" />
  <row Id="36709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20615" RevisionGUID="f6a342b7-9dcc-4f8f-aff8-e2698dab9276" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:18:00.930" UserId="671" Text="Unless you specifically have auditing enabled, you are likely out of luck.  Microsoft has a [knowledgebase article][1] describing how to enable object auditing that may be of help going forward.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310399" />
  <row Id="36710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20616" RevisionGUID="eab729ef-fe9c-4ae0-b90a-1a0cab2a3c40" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:18:29.620" UserId="2566" Text="See:  [http://www.visualsvn.com/support/topic/00012/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That points to the following documentation:  &#xD;&#xA;[http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.reposadmin.maint.html#svn.reposadmin.maint.backup][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It describes using the subversion commands to take the backup.  I hope this is what you are doing already because taking a straight directory backup can result in having a non-usable repository.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should be able to use the backup from the subversion backup command to restore the full repository.  However, as with any backup strategy, you must test the restoration yourself to be sure it works for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.visualsvn.com/support/topic/00012/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.reposadmin.maint.html#svn.reposadmin.maint.backup" />
  <row Id="36711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20617" RevisionGUID="181fe907-b05c-4e1d-bdfa-ccf18cbb86b8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:19:06.250" UserId="1992" Text="Did you enable remote connections? That's most likely the issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to use the SQL Server Configuration Manager to do this for 2008. Instructions on MSDN Books Online [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc281850.aspx" />
  <row Id="36712" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20618" RevisionGUID="5470c20e-091d-4a6a-bb32-fe0ed4ef6523" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:19:29.383" UserId="3459" Text="Traditionally boot drives also contained paging files (on Windows systems).  Putting the paging file on separate spindles could provide some benefit but it's highly dependent on the amount of memory in the server and how much paging actually goes on." />
  <row Id="36714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20620" RevisionGUID="cadbc337-fcbe-4ca3-8113-0499dc765caa" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:20:06.823" UserId="45" Text="Did you check the Windows firewall settings on the server? You'll have allow TCP 1433." />
  <row Id="36716" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20621" RevisionGUID="330cc637-b5c6-4839-8145-9ad0aaab28ff" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:21:29.350" UserId="7083" Text="Your scenario of what might make an inconsistent backup is exactly right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use mysqldump to take a consistent backup by adding the flag --lock-all-tables. The caveat is, as the name suggests, that all tables will be locked against writes until the backup is completed. Which depending on the size of your database could be a long time and cause great disruption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some alternatives. Some of which are commercial. I'm going assume you are using MyISAM, which is generally more tricky to backup consistently than InnoDB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One solution is to place MySQL's data onto storage that facilitates quicker backups by another method. Such as a SAN or LVM2 block device, which support snapshots. You will still have to place MySQL into a locked state but because snapshots take very little time to complete it the disruptive effect is negligible. You can then start another MySQL daemon against the snapshot of data should wish to take a consistent mysqldump and export it elsewhere at leisure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use a similar method myself against iSCSI backed storage." />
  <row Id="36717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20622" RevisionGUID="1ccdf20f-3251-4803-a80e-7052cca8eee3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:21:59.427" UserId="4600" Text="I have approximately 10 servers configured as such:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* AMD 64 X2 AM2 dual or quad core chips&#xD;&#xA;* 4-16GB RAM DDR800+&#xD;&#xA;* Dual SATA II Software Mirrored Boot Drives (Win Server)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to configure them to use their data drives on a cheap DIY NAS in the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am considering using RAID10 or RAID5/6 with 8 SATA II drives in a separate machine. That machine would have 2 GbE ports, connected to a GbE switch that each of the servers connect to with a dedicated GbE port (a separate one for the Internet Uplink).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this a really poor idea? How much bandwidth am I really going to be able to get to go through these SATA drives, for 10 servers?" />
  <row Id="36718" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20622" RevisionGUID="1ccdf20f-3251-4803-a80e-7052cca8eee3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:21:59.427" UserId="4600" Text="Does this DIY SATA NAS Solution make sense for me?" />
  <row Id="36719" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20622" RevisionGUID="1ccdf20f-3251-4803-a80e-7052cca8eee3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:21:59.427" UserId="4600" Text="&lt;nas&gt;&lt;sata&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="36720" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20623" RevisionGUID="f4090cf6-fac0-40de-9f60-9145e63272c2" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:22:43.857" UserId="7342" Text="Imagine two tables. While you're backing up the first, the second gets changed.The backup will  include that change. You don't have a snapshot. This is a problem if say you deleted a foreign key. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The solution is to have a slave database replicated to, which when you do the backup, you stop replication, do your backup and then start replication again. This way, you have a snapshot in time of your database. " />
  <row Id="36721" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20624" RevisionGUID="bd77c1ce-b1b7-4fa2-aa3a-b6a5b993e74d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:22:50.953" UserId="4165" Text="Have you tried this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Run gpedit.msc &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Go to User Configuration &gt;&gt; Administrative Templates &gt;&gt; Windows Components &gt;&gt; Attachment &#xD;&#xA;Manager&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add &quot;*.exe&quot; to the &quot;Inclusion list for moderate risk file types&quot; setting." />
  <row Id="36722" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20613" RevisionGUID="179205fd-7431-4774-a65c-caa5681d9f4d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:23:07.800" UserId="7801" Comment="added 90 characters in body" Text="We are currently moving our info from various documents spread around the network to two locations:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. A wiki available on our intranet&#xD;&#xA; 1. A copy of the information related to a particular server in that servers /root directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For network diagrams, [Network Notepad][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, while recording the what, remember to record why something is configured like it is.  This helps prevent ideas that seem like a good idea from turning into mistakes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.networknotepad.com/" />
  <row Id="36723" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20625" RevisionGUID="1155193c-ad77-49e4-af61-d9b2f53cdeb5" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:23:49.250" UserId="4600" Text="I am considering running HyperV for all my servers, because backup and disaster recovery plans are easier, when I can move the images around to any hardware and not have to worry about drivers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, my machines are not powerful enough to house maybe more than 1 or 2 virtual machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does running 1 virtual machine on a box make sense?" />
  <row Id="36724" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20625" RevisionGUID="1155193c-ad77-49e4-af61-d9b2f53cdeb5" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:23:49.250" UserId="4600" Text="Does running one Virtual Machine on a HYPER-V box make sense?" />
  <row Id="36725" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20625" RevisionGUID="1155193c-ad77-49e4-af61-d9b2f53cdeb5" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:23:49.250" UserId="4600" Text="&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;" />
  <row Id="36726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20626" RevisionGUID="3aa06970-7397-4383-820a-3123712600d6" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:24:05.413" UserId="7200" Text="I'm not aware of any that the drive goes inside like you're showing, but I have one of these and realy like it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817707170&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The drive just slots in &quot;naked&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actually, it looks like the company that makes the tray you described also has &quot;docks&quot;, too: http://www.icydock.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They've got some sweet looking multi-disk external enclosures there, as well as &quot;docks&quot; like the StarTech that I have." />
  <row Id="36727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20627" RevisionGUID="a55610f4-9aad-423a-b9d7-d98751334029" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:25:03.570" UserId="5075" Text="I have used mysqldump on a mysql database lots of times and am familiar with how it works. Does anyone know if there is a similar tool that could be used on a sql server database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know sql server can backup its database but I would like to get all the sql insert statements out into a text file if possible." />
  <row Id="36728" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20627" RevisionGUID="a55610f4-9aad-423a-b9d7-d98751334029" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:25:03.570" UserId="5075" Text="mysqldump for sql server" />
  <row Id="36729" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20627" RevisionGUID="a55610f4-9aad-423a-b9d7-d98751334029" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:25:03.570" UserId="5075" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;database&gt;" />
  <row Id="36730" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20237" RevisionGUID="1223e96e-5b67-4bf5-91d0-94a8ed31936d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:25:53.520" UserId="3539" Comment="added screen version" Text="So I have screen compiled with 256 colors, running on Konsole in 256 color mode. If start screen, the TERM is set to &quot;screen&quot;. If I manually export the TERM to screen-256color everything works beautifully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have two questions. The first is why screen is setting the TERM to &quot;screen&quot; instead of &quot;screen-256color&quot; when it supports this? The second is, if I have the following line in my .screenrc file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    term    screen-256color&#xD;&#xA;why is screen *still* not setting my term?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additional information:&#xD;&#xA;I'm running Screen version 4.00.03jw4 (FAU) 2-May-06 on Kubuntu Jaunty amd64&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20628" RevisionGUID="3ad9008a-fcb0-487f-8dee-4e801b23feec" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:26:34.097" UserId="45" Text="You could do a visual search on Google Images, like this one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://images.google.de/images?q=trayless%20external%20hard%20drive%20enclosure&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sa=N&amp;hl=de&amp;tab=wi][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps you are lucky and can spot a model which is the right one for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://images.google.de/images?q=trayless%20external%20hard%20drive%20enclosure&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sa=N&amp;hl=de&amp;tab=wi" />
  <row Id="36732" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="20605" RevisionGUID="4dd72ea3-fb63-494b-b07b-fac21da24573" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:27:35.937" UserId="45" Comment="edited title" Text="Can't access SQL Server 2008 from workstations, but can from server" />
  <row Id="36733" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20629" RevisionGUID="57757c2f-8041-4b3b-a51e-77b3dea99b2e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:28:19.740" UserId="4226" Text="You would be essentially doubleing the number Operating Systems you need to support, since Hyper-V *IS* another OS that would need to be managed, patched, locked down, etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not to mention the wasted resources on the Parent Partition." />
  <row Id="36734" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20630" RevisionGUID="0e94418c-9561-4d6c-8a13-e4ab261178d8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:28:26.090" UserId="7619" Text="Some links that may help:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Saving data from broken opensuse partition][1]&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here's a pdf that could be good.][2]&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and, a [ubuntu forum post][3] that has a lot of links inside that might point you in the right direction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/suse-linux-help/118214-solved-saving-data-broken-opensuse-partition.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://oreilly.com/catalog/morelnxsvrhks/chapter/hack96.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=615680&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTH.." />
  <row Id="36735" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20577" RevisionGUID="7fdb26bf-b96b-43a3-a796-b7a646bfe187" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:28:43.577" UserId="3329" Comment="added 148 characters in body" Text="Are you certain that the schema you're exporting ('arrels') does not have referential constraints that refer to objects in other schemas? If one or more of the foreign key references in the arrels schema refer to tables in other schemas, then you'll have to export/import them as well." />
  <row Id="36736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20631" RevisionGUID="3fbabf09-6ab6-48fe-b16d-ddd87cf7e431" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:29:29.643" UserId="671" Text="There are several companies that manufacture [hard drive cradles][1] that you just plug a drive into directly.  The ones I have seen are single-drive only, so may not be exactly what you're looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogean.com/blog/cool-gadgets/sata-hard-disk-drive-cradle" />
  <row Id="36737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20632" RevisionGUID="8c47fbbf-6370-4a3c-91a0-b067ea0db0d8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:29:34.700" UserId="3528" Text="Scan OST is only useful if the user in question is not able to come into the office.  Simply deleting the OST file (while outlook is shutdown) and restarting outlook will cause it to recreate the file.  If a user is working offline and has an issue scan OST will recover the offline mail.  I would say that the first time there is an issue with a users OST file you shouldn't have to scan the PST as well.  However whatever corrupted the OST has a good shot at screwing up the PST file as well (although the PST file format is a litte more resilient).  So when they call you a second time scan both." />
  <row Id="36738" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20624" RevisionGUID="bfe6f72f-da8f-4de2-a693-d0f0cd4c1e3d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:30:00.173" UserId="4165" Comment="added link to original article" Text="Have you tried this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Run gpedit.msc &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Go to User Configuration &gt;&gt; Administrative Templates &gt;&gt; Windows Components &gt;&gt; Attachment &#xD;&#xA;Manager&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add &quot;*.exe&quot; to the &quot;Inclusion list for moderate risk file types&quot; setting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Forgot to include the link where I found this info:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winvista/1151260847" />
  <row Id="36739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20633" RevisionGUID="a33855d6-51a4-406c-b690-feab35cd9579" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:30:59.937" UserId="5391" Text="We do this with one of our demo environments for the sole reason that it can easily be backed up, blown away or moved to a developer's machine for tweaking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason why we only run one is due to the high system requirements of the demo (CPU usage and memory usage).  Having multiple running at the same time is not feasible." />
  <row Id="36740" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20634" RevisionGUID="9887563b-4d72-4319-b00d-2de44852e236" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:31:39.530" UserId="5922" Text="How much bandwidth you get through the drives is going to depend on a number of factors. The speed of the drives, the RAID configuration you use, the RAID controller, etc. You didn't mention anything about the workload that these systems are going to be using the NAS for. If it's just for document storage a setup like this is more than enough. If you're doing anything with high performance I/O requirements, such as a video editing, I think you'll find the setup lacking." />
  <row Id="36741" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20635" RevisionGUID="2fcbea58-be03-462a-9f82-6c68ade729fc" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:31:51.653" UserId="5325" Text="aside from writing your own sql to do this, there are commercially available tools eg:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [ApexSql Script ][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apexsql.com" />
  <row Id="36742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20636" RevisionGUID="88401a24-2e27-44ae-a475-7dd0ff8bdc11" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:33:43.303" UserId="671" Text="SQL Server 2008 has a new option that will allow you to do this.  There is a [decent article][1] that explains how to do this.  Earlier versions of SQL Server do not have this functionality built in and would require an external tool to generate the script for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kodyaz.com/articles/sql-server-script-data-with-generate-script-wizard.aspx" />
  <row Id="36743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20637" RevisionGUID="42cc6c03-c7e9-48d7-9694-1877acc6c36f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:34:54.953" UserId="1992" Text="Had a quick look at mysqldump (as I'm a SQL Server expert) and there's nothing native in SQL Server before 2008 that will do the same thing. However, you can script out the table definitions from the database (using SQL Server Management Studio) and then you can export all the table data into a file, in native (i.e. raw) or readable format.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That will allow you to recreate the database and insert the data in the way you want - using the SQL Server import tools, or you can create the insert statements yourself (although you'll start getting trickiness with identity values etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wouldn't recommend doing it yourself though - if you really want this method, try one of the (non-free) tools available. The only one off the top of my head is [Apex SQL Script][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On 2008 you can do this using SQL Server Management Studio without any of the nastiness of building scripts or buying another product.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this is helpful!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apexsql.com/sql_tools_script.asp" />
  <row Id="36744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20638" RevisionGUID="f12788b3-97b9-4d2f-918a-b8b56c392af7" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:36:23.280" UserId="45" Text="This Microsoft support article explains how to use the free tool SQLDUmper to create SQL insert statements for your tables:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[How to use the Sqldumper.exe utility to generate a dump file in SQL Server 2005][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917825" />
  <row Id="36745" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="20638" RevisionGUID="3c45521f-6459-4e87-866a-b9d3d52e51ad" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:37:13.000" UserId="45" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:45,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;splattne&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="36747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20640" RevisionGUID="8cc115df-f95d-4106-be5b-27ea8497c767" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:38:10.687" UserDisplayName="John Barry" Text="&#xD;&#xA;in a simple shell script I'm trying to run this command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat /filelocation/myoutput.PDF | /opt/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/bin/acroread -toPostScript&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Under most circumstances this is working. Occasionally however, I'm getting an error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    lp: standard input is empty&#xD;&#xA;    lp: request not accepted&#xD;&#xA;    Broken pipe&#xD;&#xA;    cat: Cannot write to output.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This seems to occur only under heavy loads where we're processing an extensive amount of pdfs recursively. (calling said shell command over and over with different files)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36748" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20640" RevisionGUID="8cc115df-f95d-4106-be5b-27ea8497c767" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:38:10.687" UserDisplayName="John Barry" Text="cat, pipe, and acroread - why is it failing occasionally?" />
  <row Id="36749" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20640" RevisionGUID="8cc115df-f95d-4106-be5b-27ea8497c767" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:38:10.687" UserDisplayName="John Barry" Text="&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="36750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20641" RevisionGUID="c14cea46-7cad-4b27-85f6-0d24a0b1c709" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:38:17.490" UserId="6383" Text="&gt; Should /tmp be on a real disk area or allowed to be implemented basically on the SWAP area (or tmpfs)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you considered what happens when /tmp fills up in this situation?  It's not the sort of thing you do twice.  I've done it once (on Solaris /tmp will eat up all available RAM and swap), and it brought the server to it's knees." />
  <row Id="36751" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="20640" RevisionGUID="2d69c022-4ee4-4553-97eb-d66d4e969504" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:39:57.143" UserId="4392" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;pdf&gt;&lt;shell&gt;" />
  <row Id="36752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20642" RevisionGUID="f40a56d4-7cf2-4a22-94c8-1ce388f0dd43" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:40:30.513" UserId="1681" Text="For all of your systems I would not think that makes sense, though the type of systems you plan to put in place would matter.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To run one one virtual machine on one box has only one benefit, the ability to restore it somewhat quickly if it crashes.  But you really are wasting resources the could be better utilized toward server services.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You say the that the backup is easier, but is it?  You still need to backup your host machine.  I mean you don't want to have to reload it from scratch, then load all the patches before you can get your VM up and running?  What are you saving there?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Invest in a true backup software application like Backup Exec with it's Disaster Recovery add-on, this will allow you to reload servers straight from tape if they need to be rebuilt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are running 2 VM's on a machine, maybe it's worth it, but probably not.  You are still better running the services right on the host OS.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps I (we) could give you a more direct answer is you could give some details on the environment you are thinking about visualizing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One point I thought of, is that recovery could be moved to a machine already setup up a Hyper-V host, very quickly&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Brett" />
  <row Id="36753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20643" RevisionGUID="501f3897-bb2a-48af-b5ce-14b90d7c42f3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:40:37.047" UserId="2783" Text="While Jim is correct about the additional administrative overhead, virtualizing the server now will allow you to easily move it to a different server a week, a month, or a year from now when you have newer/better/faster hardware to run the virtual machine.  You didn't mention the workload (I/O intensive applications like SQL server would not be the best candidates), and the decision is certainly about making tradeoffs, but if your priorities are around disaster recovery and server mobility, I'd say go for it." />
  <row Id="36754" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20644" RevisionGUID="0cb8c8c8-77af-44a9-af35-e752471ae97a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:40:46.020" UserId="7073" Text="Its not a bad idea, but I would try it out first to see how your performance it.  It will make it real easy to move machines in the future when you do upgrade.  You are not doubling the OS since the Hyper-V part of it is designed to not consume resources it doesn't need but you would have to ensure its properly take care of.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would take a look at ESXi from VMWare.  its a 32meg hyper visor, scaled down on features but is designed for a production setup." />
  <row Id="36755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20645" RevisionGUID="29439b5e-3392-4803-becf-6af652796157" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:42:48.120" UserId="8289" Text="We've found that MediaWiki has been a slow starter, but once folks outside of IT got wind of how easy it was to add comments, changes, edits etc., it's become indispensable. Developers are using it for internal documentation, facilities dept. for posting notices, etc. It's grown beyond just being an IT documentation tool." />
  <row Id="36756" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20645" RevisionGUID="29439b5e-3392-4803-becf-6af652796157" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:42:48.120" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36757" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20646" RevisionGUID="1f6f3c63-aa7f-4549-b0a2-ff752822196b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:42:53.393" UserId="4392" Text="I've found that performance really lags on the cheaper NAS boxes. I'm not sure what the problem was, but I had a few lower-end SNAP! appliances and they were dogs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're building the NAS, then you have the opportunity to build speed into the devices. Since you're probably not wanting to use expensive disks (ie faster w/ more cache), you should probably make up for it with spindles. 8 1TB drives in a RAID10 will give you plenty of speed and reliability with 4TB usable. RAID6 on the other hand would give you 6TB usable but you'd have to compute two checksums for every write. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36758" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20638" RevisionGUID="be287355-b48f-45a9-abdb-15b570194613" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:43:12.440" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 49 characters in body; added 726 characters in body" Text="There is a freeware which creates SQL insert statements from the data of your tables:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[**SQL Dumper**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;SQL Server Dumper enables you to dump selected SQL Server database tables into SQL INSERT &#xD;&#xA;&gt; statements, that are saved as local&#xD;&#xA;&gt; .sql files and contain all the data&#xD;&#xA;&gt; required to create a duplicate table,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; or to be used for backup purposes. You&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can choose to create an individual&#xD;&#xA;&gt; .sql file for each table, or combine&#xD;&#xA;&gt; all selected tables into a single&#xD;&#xA;&gt; file.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; This program implements the following&#xD;&#xA;&gt; special features:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - Foreign Keys  order tables in text file in order to insert data without&#xD;&#xA;&gt; colisions/errors&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - Primary Key IDENTITY   guarantees the value of the IDENTITY field&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - Reference to itself  eliminates the constraint and at the end create it&#xD;&#xA;&gt; again&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use it in combination with SQL Server's built-in schema generation (object scripting).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ruizata.com/" />
  <row Id="36759" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="20638" RevisionGUID="ac606213-78e0-4d51-a31a-6ecb9a996f20" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:43:26.450" UserId="45" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:45,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;splattne&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="36760" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20647" RevisionGUID="a9e3aff1-0303-4475-938e-76c103929868" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:43:58.663" UserId="7975" Text="The [Drobo][1] is just such a device, though it also provides a RAID controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.drobo.com/" />
  <row Id="36761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20648" RevisionGUID="e0c0bc50-ef80-4e20-ba77-cea047d63352" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:44:01.580" UserId="5473" Text="I have a [Thermaltake BlacX eSata][1]. I use it for backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-BlacX-eSATA-Docking-Station/dp/B001A4HAFS" />
  <row Id="36764" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20650" RevisionGUID="a35af502-9f01-4ab5-8f9f-d6bf54578274" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:45:39.910" UserId="4315" Text="I've been beating my head against this one for a few days now. We have a two weeks' worth of daily backup snapshots of our production mysql data dir (i.e. the actual binary files, not sql dumps) and I need to restore a table from one of the backups so we can compare it to what we have now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I created a dummy schema directory and extracted the relevant table files (.MYI, .MYD and .frm) and restarted mysql. It shows up, I can &quot;show tables&quot;, but if I try to interact with it in any way (&quot;desc tablename&quot;, &quot;select...&quot;, etc) I get:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;Can't find file: './schema_name/table_name.frm' (errno: 13)&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ed: real names sanitized]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Errno 13 is permissions so I double-checked everything. The directory and files have the same owner and group (mysql:mysql) as all the other schemas. They also have the same perms (700 on the dir, 660 on the files). Looking at &quot;ls -n&quot; the uids also match up exactly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most recently I have tried doing a full extract of a different backup and then linking it into the mysql data dir (there's not enough room on that volume to extract the full thing) and I get the same error. I've also tried pointing mysql's data dir in my.cnf to the dir holding the backup and restarting. It built out the mysql tables that needed to be there but I still got the same error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only thing I can find through googling is people who had this problem because of actual ownership or permission errors, which does not seem to be the case for me. I've also found some remark in passing about a UMASK env variable that can result in this error but I *think* that has to do with fresh installs, which this is not." />
  <row Id="36765" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20650" RevisionGUID="a35af502-9f01-4ab5-8f9f-d6bf54578274" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:45:39.910" UserId="4315" Text="Fixing &quot;Can't find file: ... (errno: 13)&quot; on mysql" />
  <row Id="36766" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20650" RevisionGUID="a35af502-9f01-4ab5-8f9f-d6bf54578274" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:45:39.910" UserId="4315" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;" />
  <row Id="36767" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20651" RevisionGUID="f2ed6cd0-567e-4a20-941b-7c6d6257769e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:46:21.857" UserId="7200" Text="You have a mess, basically. If the filesystem will mount read-only you should be looking at copying all the data out of the partition that you want to salvage and starting fresh. There is no &quot;magic&quot; command you can execute to clean up an inconsistent filesystem. fsck tried to help, but if things are so bad that fsck can't put them back together again, short of you examining the filesystem metadata by hand and attempting to put it back together again yourself, I think your best hope is to get what data you can out and cut your losses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd recommend attaching a second hard disk drive w/ enough space to hold an image of the original disk and imaging the original disk off with dd. Then you can reinstall, mount the image you took of the original disk read-only, and start copying data off of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Backups are your friend. Look at this as a valuable lesson." />
  <row Id="36768" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20652" RevisionGUID="0e9223ed-836f-4d1b-a697-cfa3365fa298" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:46:36.427" UserId="6230" Text="Do you keep the counter ON during heavy production loads&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Which performance counters do you find useful for ASP.Net/IIS 6.0 websites?&lt;br&gt;" />
  <row Id="36769" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20652" RevisionGUID="0e9223ed-836f-4d1b-a697-cfa3365fa298" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:46:36.427" UserId="6230" Text="Do you use performance counters on production IIS web sites?" />
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  <row Id="36771" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20653" RevisionGUID="99cde0b9-6809-443c-9ca5-2c1e4f87dd80" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:47:55.257" UserId="3281" Text="We are currently planning the move to Exchange 2007 from a generic pop3 email server.  I've read a few books on exchange, and it seems like most of technet to get ready for this.  A question I keep running into.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do I do with the old pst files?  Do I import them into exchange?  What about the large ones with years of data?  Leave them as an archive locally for the user?  Can I import only the last year of data?  I believe I could with exporting, but is there an automated way to do it without touching every computer?  And, what about space issues right up front?  I'm going to limit mailbox sizes, but what if the user is over the limit just with the initial pst import?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seems like a lot of questions all in one, but boils down to what do I do with the old pst files and what has worked for you?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note:  The pst files are all in Outlook 2003.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36772" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20653" RevisionGUID="99cde0b9-6809-443c-9ca5-2c1e4f87dd80" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:47:55.257" UserId="3281" Text="Exchange 2007 deployment from pop3 - what to do with old pst files?" />
  <row Id="36773" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20653" RevisionGUID="99cde0b9-6809-443c-9ca5-2c1e4f87dd80" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:47:55.257" UserId="3281" Text="&lt;exchange-2007&gt;" />
  <row Id="36774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20654" RevisionGUID="387c1056-a5fe-4dce-8abe-19f86e6af051" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:48:19.683" UserId="7342" Text="This would happen is acroread died before it sent any output. Without finding out why it died, you don't have chance of fixing it. Given it's closed source, the only thing you can do is try using strace to see what it's doing when it dies. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;cat /filelocation/myoutput.PDF | strace -f -o /tmp/acroread.$$.strace /opt/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/bin/acroread -toPostScript&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will make acroread a lot slower, but hopefully will make it fail at lower loads, so it should be quicker to see what is causing the problem. Note this uses $$ to use the process id of the script. If you call this more than once from the same script, you'll need to find some other way of using different files." />
  <row Id="36779" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20656" RevisionGUID="5a29c45f-4c30-4f91-bd1f-0d33ee2fa14b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:54:36.100" UserId="5535" Text="There are many other advantages as well as disadvantages to virtualization.  You didn't mention your workload on your servers so you'll want to do some testing to make sure it will work for your environment and workloads.  You may find that for the more I/O intensive servers virtualization may have too much overhead.  Otherwise I think that you'll find that virtualizing the servers will work out better for you in the long run for the following reasons.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - At the moment you may not have machines powerful enough to run multiple guests that will change in time and consolidating on newer hardware will be very easy to do.  So planning ahead now will save your company time and money down the road.&#xD;&#xA; - It sounds like you have multiple physical servers but you didn't mention it but if your guest OS images will be on a shared storage (NAS or SAN).  If so you will be able to live migrate your virtual servers between the hardware for maintenance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are of course many other advantages to virtualization." />
  <row Id="36780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20657" RevisionGUID="7fe619a9-882e-4393-a5a7-a9cd2dc5e8c2" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:55:12.307" UserId="7073" Text="My basic systems where RAID1 or RAID5, I would sperate off 20gigs usually for the system drive and then rest for the data drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Logic is, if there if is some massive file system issue with the system drive, hopefully it won't cross into the data drive.  That would let me format the system drive if needed and leave the data alone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Backups also happened, but if it saved me copying a few hundred gigs of data back over it was worth it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The size of the system drive would be dependant on what the server was, the exchange server got more room then a basic file server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also kept things neat, everyone knew the E: drive on every server was all data." />
  <row Id="36781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20658" RevisionGUID="bb910f40-ef78-419e-a0b5-2bbabeb0b549" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:55:47.953" UserId="7342" Text="strace is your friend in this instance. Find the process id of your mysql then run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;strace -efile -f -o /tmp/mysql.log -p $pid&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In another window do something that causes the error. You can then press ctrl-c to kill strace. If you look in /tmp/mysql.log you should see what caused the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an aside, I really recommend you don't rely on copying the binary datafiles. SQL dumps are a lot more reliable and flexible. Also, it would appear you're using MyISAM. I'd really recommend against using those unless you don't care about the data in them. InnoDB has so many advantages over MyISAM." />
  <row Id="36782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20659" RevisionGUID="8adbede6-4a43-4d89-b5e1-8a0fc16b0f80" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:56:27.860" UserId="2331" Text="The rule is that any user that authenticates with your domain requires a Client Access License (CAL). Unfortunately this does limit what you can do with products like SharePoint in terms of providing external access to non-employees.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The EULA also says that you're not supposed to provide services to other companies (i.e. you can't use your license to become a service provider). Microsoft has another type of license for that, called SPLA - Service Provider License Agreement. Under SPLA, you can provide services and you have to report usage to your licensing provider and pay a monthly per-user fee.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you can do with SharePoint is to provide access using Forms Authentication and using the ASP.Net Profile services. Andrew Connell has some [good advice on using forms authentication][1] on his blog.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.andrewconnell.com/blog/articles/HowToConfigPublishingSiteWithDualAuthProvidersAndAnonAccess.aspx" />
  <row Id="36783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20660" RevisionGUID="38f6d51c-c769-4cb6-a748-f5e763c4c053" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:56:30.743" UserId="4891" Text="Look for an organization that has an active local chapter.  Even large groups like ACM and IEEE Computer Society will be of limited benefit unless you are active.  I have found that local chapters make the benefits much greater and offer more opportunities to get involved.  That is unless someone is only looking at something to put on a resume." />
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  <row Id="36785" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="20653" RevisionGUID="88dccde9-eeeb-4d35-9e08-2c0f2eceabd9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:56:58.357" UserId="3038" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="36786" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20661" RevisionGUID="e6505ca4-26cc-4b26-983f-a87c0637d4e1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:58:53.750" UserId="3955" Text="We need to do a crude type of backup on one of our mac's - we need to copy files from it onto our windows fileserver once a day regardless of whether someone is logged onto it or not. I can find scripts that do it while a user is logged on and the windows share is mounted but i can't figure out a way of doing it when they are not logged on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a unix / osx geek out there that knows how to do this?" />
  <row Id="36787" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20661" RevisionGUID="e6505ca4-26cc-4b26-983f-a87c0637d4e1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:58:53.750" UserId="3955" Text="script to copy files while not logged in on mac " />
  <row Id="36788" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20661" RevisionGUID="e6505ca4-26cc-4b26-983f-a87c0637d4e1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:58:53.750" UserId="3955" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="36789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20662" RevisionGUID="593ff0b4-c60d-4807-93b0-198d06bb74e0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:00:14.247" UserId="45" Text="I've never had problems running performance counters on my servers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Microsoft suggests watching following counters for IIS][1]: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Memory\Pages/sec&#xD;&#xA;- Memory\Available Bytes&#xD;&#xA;- Memory\Committed Bytes&#xD;&#xA;- Memory\Pool Nonpaged Bytes&#xD;&#xA;- Processor\% Processor Time&#xD;&#xA;- Processor\Interrupts/sec&#xD;&#xA;- Processor\System Processor Queue Length&#xD;&#xA;- LogicalDisk\% Disk Time&#xD;&#xA;- PhysicalDisk\% Disk Time&#xD;&#xA;- LogicalDisk\Avg. Disk Queue Length&#xD;&#xA;- PhysicalDisk\Avg. Disk Queue Length&#xD;&#xA;- LogicalDisk\Avg. Disk Bytes/Transfer&#xD;&#xA;- PhysicalDisk\Avg. Disk Bytes/Transfer&#xD;&#xA;- System\Context Switches/sec&#xD;&#xA;- Web Service\Bytes Total/sec&#xD;&#xA;- Web Service\Total Method Requests/sec&#xD;&#xA;- Web Service\Current Connections&#xD;&#xA;- Web Service Cache\File Cache Hits %&#xD;&#xA;- Web Service Cache\Kernel:URI Cache Misses&#xD;&#xA;- Web Service Cache\Kernel:URI Cache Hits %&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically for ASP.NET I would watch&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- ASP.NET\Application Restarts&#xD;&#xA;- ASP.NET\Requests Queued&#xD;&#xA;- ASP.NET\Worker Process Restarts&#xD;&#xA;- ASP.NET Applications\Errors Total&#xD;&#xA;- ASP.NET Applications\Requests/Sec&#xD;&#xA;- ASP.NET Applications\Pipeline Instance Count&#xD;&#xA;- .NET CLR Exceptions\# of Exceps Thrown&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/7898b860-462c-4846-a3a8-1179f287ad88.mspx?mfr=true" />
  <row Id="36790" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20663" RevisionGUID="83645d26-f2b4-440a-90cc-3af5f61fe1e1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:03:15.193" UserId="447" Text="All the PS utilities from Sysinternals...and many of the other ones as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://live.sysinternals.com/Tools/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using PowerShell, you can use this function to download all the Sysinternal programs from a PowerShell prompt. I did not write this. I would supply the original link, but I can't find it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Change the path in line 3 (counting blanks) to specify the folder to copy the programs to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Function Get-SysInternals {&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       param ( $sysIntDir=&quot;d:\console\&quot; )&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       if( !$sysIntDir.endsWith(&quot;\&quot;)) { $sysIntDir+=&quot;\&quot; }&#xD;&#xA;       $log = join-path $sysIntDir &quot;changes.log&quot;&#xD;&#xA;       add-content -force $log -value &quot;`n`n[$(get-date)]SysInternals sync has started&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;          dir \\live.sysinternals.com\tools -recurse | foreach {&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;             $fileName = $_.name&#xD;&#xA;             $localFile = join-path $sysIntDir $_.name&#xD;&#xA;             $exist = test-path $localFile&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;             $msgNew = &quot;new utility found: $fileName , downloading...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;             $msgUpdate = &quot;file : $fileName  is newer, updating...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;             $msgNoChange = &quot;nothing changed for: $fileName&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;             if($exist){&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;                if($_.lastWriteTime -gt (get-item $localFile).lastWriteTime){&#xD;&#xA;                   copy-item $_.fullname $sysIntDir -force&#xD;&#xA;                   write-host $msgUpdate -fore yellow&#xD;&#xA;                   add-content -force $log -value $msgUpdate&#xD;&#xA;                } else {&#xD;&#xA;                   add-content $log -force -value $msgNoChange&#xD;&#xA;                   write-host $msgNoChange&#xD;&#xA;                }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;              } else {&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;                   if($_.extension -eq &quot;.exe&quot;) {&#xD;&#xA;                      write-host $msgNew -fore green&#xD;&#xA;                      add-content -force $log -value $msgNew&#xD;&#xA;                   }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;                   copy-item $_.fullname $sysIntDir -force&#xD;&#xA;             }&#xD;&#xA;       }&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://live.sysinternals.com/Tools/" />
  <row Id="36791" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20663" RevisionGUID="83645d26-f2b4-440a-90cc-3af5f61fe1e1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:03:15.193" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20664" RevisionGUID="8e6a394d-c7dd-4243-b32f-e7eb002f6816" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:08:12.360" UserId="1310" Text="I highly recommend checking out the 'cron' command. It allows you to schedule arbitrary commandline tasks at various times with repetition." />
  <row Id="36793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20665" RevisionGUID="ce8a005e-a019-4e67-9445-83f242f7b5f2" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:13:06.920" UserId="4487" Text="I haven't had to deal with a situation like this, but I would probably use the [Import-Mailbox cmdlet][1] to import from PST. I have used it in the past on a once-off basis and it works very well. You can use the StartDate and EndDate parameters to limit what is imported if desired.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If disk space allows, you could also start out with no limits on your mailbox store/s and import everything from the PSTs, then look at reducing mailbox sizes with a view to applying limits as required at a later date.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb629586.aspx" />
  <row Id="36794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20666" RevisionGUID="c9362a0b-c5dd-4385-98be-7ff5f1bc5096" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:13:34.283" UserId="1997" Text="In addition to cron, rsync may also be helpful if you just want to keep a current copy of all the files. Here's a [howto][1] from the Ubuntu forums which describes the process pretty similarly to what you would do in OS X. You can skip ahead to to the part on rsync, and fink or macports can be substituted for the aptitude commands to get packages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The instructions my look a bit involved, but once you get going, it shouldn't be too hard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=639979" />
  <row Id="36795" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20667" RevisionGUID="03a7f363-bb92-45ee-859c-a5f6aaf71cdc" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:14:28.633" UserId="4538" Text="My web server (apache2) is continually pounded by malicious bots, asking for URLs like these:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       /blog/tag/pnphpbb2//index.php?name=PNphpBB2&amp;file=posting&amp;mode=quote/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&amp;file=viewtopic&amp;p=34004/viewtopic.php?p=15&amp;sid=be4c914eb746ac7c96beea717fdfc692/&amp;highlight=../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00 HTTP Response 301&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       //index.php?name=PNphpBB2&amp;file=posting&amp;mode=quote/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&amp;file=viewtopic&amp;p=34004/viewtopic.php?p=15&amp;sid=be4c914eb746ac7c96beea717fdfc692/&amp;highlight=../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00 HTTP Response 200&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       /wiki/index.php/Main:Some_Wiki_Pagename//index.php?name=PNphpBB2&amp;file=posting&amp;mode=quote/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&amp;file=viewtopic&amp;p=34004/viewtopic.php?p=15&amp;sid=be4c914eb746ac7c96beea717fdfc692/&amp;highlight=../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00 HTTP Response 200&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       /wiki/index.php//index.php?name=PNphpBB2&amp;file=posting&amp;mode=quote/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&amp;file=viewtopic&amp;p=34004/viewtopic.php?p=15&amp;sid=be4c914eb746ac7c96beea717fdfc692/&amp;highlight=../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00 HTTP Response 200&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       /blog/2009/01/title-of-post-here//index.php?name=PNphpBB2&amp;file=posting&amp;mode=quote/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&amp;file=viewtopic&amp;p=34004/viewtopic.php?p=15&amp;sid=be4c914eb746ac7c96beea717fdfc692/&amp;highlight=../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00 HTTP Response 301&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like a nightly cron process to find any host requesting a &quot;malicious&quot; URL, and add them to an HTTP equivalent to hosts.deny.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would imagine that there would be a set of regexps defining malicious URLs, and well as possibly some apache plugin to easily do the host denying (without having to do an httpd restart every night). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anything like this exist?" />
  <row Id="36796" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20667" RevisionGUID="03a7f363-bb92-45ee-859c-a5f6aaf71cdc" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:14:28.633" UserId="4538" Text="Equivalent to denyhosts, but for HTTP requests?" />
  <row Id="36797" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20667" RevisionGUID="03a7f363-bb92-45ee-859c-a5f6aaf71cdc" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:14:28.633" UserId="4538" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;spam&gt;&lt;brute-force-attacks&gt;" />
  <row Id="36798" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20668" RevisionGUID="364680b3-f3a5-4bc2-8715-e663f5ba5639" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:14:48.243" UserId="8392" Text="I have some virus files being randomly created on root of a c: disk of one of my servers. How can I find out what created it? Some 3rd party software maybe?" />
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  <row Id="36800" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20668" RevisionGUID="364680b3-f3a5-4bc2-8715-e663f5ba5639" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:14:48.243" UserId="8392" Text="&lt;virus&gt;&lt;tracking&gt;&lt;rootkit&gt;" />
  <row Id="36801" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20669" RevisionGUID="82d16f76-ed02-4eb3-979e-8e0f7f7046b3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:14:52.067" UserId="846" Text="Before making this decision, I would make the decision about how you are going to handle disk space, quotas, archiving, etc.  Then you make the conversion decision congruent with those policies.  &#xD;&#xA;--&gt; My thoughts on this matter are [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My recommendation ... &#xD;&#xA;1- Decide on archiving and retention policies.  How long are you saving what kind of email.  When in doubt, go longer .. you can always reduce but once something is gone it is gone.  &#xD;&#xA;2- Implement a centralized email archiving system (such as [GFI][2]).  There are a ton of them for Exchange, and they aren't that expensive.  &#xD;&#xA;3- Disable archiving in Outlook.  This is easily done through Group Policy.  &#xD;&#xA;4- For current users, import the PST files into the Exchange mailbox, or into the archiving solution.  Most Archiving solutions have a process for finding and grabbing PST files.  I would put the PST files from terminated users into a folder on the network somewhere and ignore them until they are needed.  &#xD;&#xA;5- Run the archiving system.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are not willing or able to do implement archiving system, I would still import the PST files into the mailboxes for current users if possible.  If not possible, I would find them and copy them to a central point on the server for retention.  Then I would have each user open the PST in their Outlook manually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take care.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/19185/how-do-you-limit-the-use-of-network-storage-in-your-company/19219#19219&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gfi.com/mailarchiver/" />
  <row Id="36802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20670" RevisionGUID="4e29aae9-f9f7-4060-9a99-597fd45ffdb7" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:14:53.720" UserId="45" Text="You could use [ExMerge][1] (official name: &quot;Microsoft Exchange Server Mailbox Merge Wizard&quot;) to Import PST Files. You can set some filters for the import, like the mailboxes to import and a date range.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a good tutorial:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Exchange Server Tools: Use ExMerge To Import PST Files][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=429163ec-dcdf-47dc-96da-1c12d67327d5&amp;DisplayLang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.dtidata.com/resourcecenter/2007/05/11/exchange-server-tools-use-exmerge-import-pst-files/" />
  <row Id="36803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20671" RevisionGUID="460e5b90-00bf-4868-a8a9-b8615a8c5ff4" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:16:12.530" UserId="7250" Text="When making content management tools available to web users, which type of CMS is easier to secure, train your users on and generally keep running and happy:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Online, databased CMS (i.e. Drupal, DotNetNuke, etc.)&#xD;&#xA; - client tool with server component (i.e. Adobe Contribute)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any CMS systems in particular that you would expressly not allow to run on hardware you maintain?" />
  <row Id="36804" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20671" RevisionGUID="460e5b90-00bf-4868-a8a9-b8615a8c5ff4" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:16:12.530" UserId="7250" Text="Content Management Pros and Cons" />
  <row Id="36805" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20671" RevisionGUID="460e5b90-00bf-4868-a8a9-b8615a8c5ff4" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:16:12.530" UserId="7250" Text="&lt;content-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="36806" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20672" RevisionGUID="a02ff8c7-6447-4b61-8833-b2b54d77071f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:16:50.250" UserId="1803" Text="If you're getting your feet wet with virtualization, I'd say it's definitely worth it for the learning process alone.  You gain a degree of hardware independence - isolated hardware failure involves minimal downtime of any critical system before it's spun up on a different host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nobody's even mentioned how fearless you can be about installing patches and version upgrades to VMs, since catastrophic problems are erased with a snapshot.  This saves me a lot of time, and has allowed us to make some improvements we couldn't afford in risk/downtime previously.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ease of future consolidation has already been brought up.  I think overall, it's a step forward." />
  <row Id="36807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20673" RevisionGUID="a98d52de-5518-4812-929f-eaa71f9202df" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:18:34.053" UserId="2908" Text="I don't think you are necessarily doing anything wrong. Sounds like another service it depends on hasn't fully started yet. It is possible that any dependencies are not configured at all. It also appears that the service requires full admin to run.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a workaround, I would configure the service properties this way:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. On the **Log On** tab, use the local&#xD;&#xA;    administrator account.&#xD;&#xA; 2. On the **Recovery** tab, change the first&#xD;&#xA;    and second failure events to restart&#xD;&#xA;    the service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not the most elegant solution, but if it's purely an issue due to permissions and timing, this should resolve it." />
  <row Id="36808" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20674" RevisionGUID="cdcd524a-ef42-49df-83ea-2dcba722297a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:20:17.827" UserId="584" Text="I generally prefer the online databased system for its flexibility. Contribute is great, but inflexible - I don't have the source code to manipulate the way it works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If Contribute does **exactly** what you want **and will always want**, go for it, but otherwise something you have the code to may serve you better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only major CMS (that I've experienced thus far) I'd forbid from my systems is Joomla." />
  <row Id="36809" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="527" RevisionGUID="d1579015-64ac-47c6-96ea-2ab8e090a0c5" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:20:55.047" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="36810" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20675" RevisionGUID="ff382bde-066b-49a2-b427-af44fbb56da5" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:21:20.430" UserId="7200" Text="Have a look at the &quot;Owner&quot; tab under the &quot;Advanced&quot; properties of the &quot;Security&quot; properties page of the file's properties sheet. Odds are good, though, that you're going to see &quot;Administrators&quot; as the owner (which won't be too helpful).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The auditing functionality in Windows can help with this kind of thing, but it generates such large volumes of seemingly useless data that it's, practically speaking, not worth it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36811" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20670" RevisionGUID="37fe7f79-4dc1-4528-99e9-8d27f4037d58" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:21:36.373" UserId="45" Comment="added 365 characters in body" Text="You could use [ExMerge][1] (official name: &quot;Microsoft Exchange Server Mailbox Merge Wizard&quot;) to import PST Files. You can set some filters for the import, like the mailboxes to import and a date range.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a good tutorial:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Exchange Server Tools: Use ExMerge To Import PST Files][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a modern server infrastructure and plenty of server resources, I would tend to import all data and forget about the pst files. It makes your handling (backups, ...) so much easier. Maybe you can think about letting your users clean their mailboxes before the import, so they can decide, what's important and must be kept, and what can be deleted. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=429163ec-dcdf-47dc-96da-1c12d67327d5&amp;DisplayLang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.dtidata.com/resourcecenter/2007/05/11/exchange-server-tools-use-exmerge-import-pst-files/" />
  <row Id="36812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20676" RevisionGUID="b69e83f1-0b62-43c3-b2ec-a560614c3fb3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:22:20.693" UserId="3552" Text="I think this will largely depend on your networking hardware. If your cheap server has a cheap nic or you are using a cheap switch you could see anywhere from 20-80% of what gigabit is capable of. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the making sense part, I think that will depend on what the servers are doing. My gut tells me this solution isn't exactly what you need, it sounds like too many servers depending on inferior quality hardware. " />
  <row Id="36813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20677" RevisionGUID="b430b05c-0392-4665-9636-17b4a50eedf9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:22:30.100" UserId="4487" Text="Perhaps you can try using [PowerAdmin File Sight][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.poweradmin.com/file-sight/" />
  <row Id="36814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20678" RevisionGUID="655e30ac-7a16-4a97-bfc2-086bedf389e0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:24:13.123" UserId="7200" Text="If it's Apache 2.0, you can try mod_access: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_access.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Apache 2.2, it's mod_authz_host: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_authz_host.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It sure looks like you're going to have to signal Apache to reload its configuration to make changes in the module's configuration take effect, though." />
  <row Id="36815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20679" RevisionGUID="6720d382-67b5-4000-bfb0-b282621f1964" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:25:25.273" UserId="7616" Text="Depending on what interfaces you are looking to connect with, NewerTech has the Voyager line of External 2.5&quot; &amp; 3.5&quot; Hard Drive Dock Solutions.  They have a range of interfaces from Firewire800/400, USB 2.0 and eSATA for connections to multiple types of machines. Click the link below to review NewerTech Voyager's options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/NewerTech/Voyager/Hard_Drive_Dock" />
  <row Id="36816" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20669" RevisionGUID="21af2569-e3ab-4d1d-bd53-b5a8c2837ba9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:29:44.517" UserId="846" Comment="correct the list formatting, add note" Text="Before making this decision, I would make the decision about how you are going to handle disk space, quotas, archiving, etc.  Then you make the conversion decision congruent with those policies.  &#xD;&#xA;--&gt; My thoughts on this matter are [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My recommendation ...   &#xD;&#xA;1- Decide on archiving and retention policies.  How long are you saving what kind of email.  When in doubt, go longer .. you can always reduce but once something is gone it is gone.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2- Implement a centralized email archiving system (such as [GFI][2]).  There are a ton of them for Exchange, and they aren't that expensive.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3- Disable archiving in Outlook.  This is easily done through Group Policy.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4- For current users, import the PST files into the Exchange mailbox, or into the archiving solution.  Most Archiving solutions have a process for finding and grabbing PST files.  I would put the PST files from terminated users into a folder on the network somewhere and ignore them until they are needed.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5- Run the archiving system.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are not willing or able to do an archiving system, do still import the PST files into the mailboxes for current users if possible.  If not possible, I would find them and copy them to a central point on the server for retention.  Then I would have each user open the PST in their Outlook manually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*As a side note .. if disk space is already a concern before implementation you are in for lots of problems.*  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take care.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/19185/how-do-you-limit-the-use-of-network-storage-in-your-company/19219#19219&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gfi.com/mailarchiver/" />
  <row Id="36817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20680" RevisionGUID="3b25692b-4310-4203-91a3-4b5f8ef6b01e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:29:59.087" UserId="7342" Text="An example would be:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;Location /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;   Order Deny,Allow&#xD;&#xA;   Deny from 123.123.123.123 231.213.123.0/24&#xD;&#xA;   Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;/location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd recommend having this in a separate file that you include from your main config and just rewrite this small fragment. You can do a reload to pick up the change, which doesn't stop your server like a restart would." />
  <row Id="36818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20681" RevisionGUID="51658830-feb9-4527-8ae1-ad738367fbad" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:30:37.010" UserId="1820" Text="You said the user has standard rights on the domain, which suggests a domain account, but you mentioned that the modifications you made were to a local user in &quot;Local Users and Groups&quot;. These are two separate concepts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, is the user logging on as a local user or domain user? When they log on, is domain set to &quot;Computer name (this computer)&quot;, or &quot;Domain name&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is a domain account, what you want to do is open Control Panel &gt; User Accounts.&#xD;&#xA;- Click Add&#xD;&#xA;- Type the username and domain&#xD;&#xA;- Choose &quot;other&quot; and set it to Administrators.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This gives that domain user administrative rights to that specific computer.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36819" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20614" RevisionGUID="43ad6afd-14d7-4cd1-af1d-d610d1379060" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:30:55.793" UserId="1054" Comment="Remove errant character" Text="You could have used the &quot;Auditing&quot; functionality in Windows to do this, but if you didn't have it configured to begin with then the data is gone. (Even if you did have it configured, you would not have appreciated the amount of unnecessary data it created. Practically speaking, there's no easy way to do what you want.)" />
  <row Id="36820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20682" RevisionGUID="c950818d-a030-4978-8cdb-ab876e605f85" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:34:17.550" UserId="2299" Text="I've attempted the calculation in the past, but to honest these days I use ping -f -l &lt;size&gt; and keep increasing &lt;size&gt; till it returns a fragmentation error. This is generally pretty reliable, though I have my suspicions that sometime intervening routers sometimes ignore the DF flag.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36821" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20683" RevisionGUID="6c7b27d9-8953-46d3-b275-aa645b9381fe" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:35:12.210" UserId="7342" Text="http://www.modsecurity.org/ may do what you want." />
  <row Id="36822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20684" RevisionGUID="b12b124a-8ddf-499e-b849-08ceb54d0990" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:36:37.577" UserId="2294" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the best way (cleanest) to lock out printing on vista client machines (on a domain)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!!" />
  <row Id="36823" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20684" RevisionGUID="b12b124a-8ddf-499e-b849-08ceb54d0990" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:36:37.577" UserId="2294" Text="vista lockout printing" />
  <row Id="36824" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20684" RevisionGUID="b12b124a-8ddf-499e-b849-08ceb54d0990" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:36:37.577" UserId="2294" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;domain&gt;&lt;printing&gt;" />
  <row Id="36825" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20685" RevisionGUID="77e39327-e7c8-45c6-984f-43eb1bbb0b28" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:39:22.187" UserId="6230" Text="[This article][1] from MSDN mag explain alot about how to use Velocity cache (CTP)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd861287.aspx" />
  <row Id="36826" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20685" RevisionGUID="77e39327-e7c8-45c6-984f-43eb1bbb0b28" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:39:22.187" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20686" RevisionGUID="3b179d37-3586-47ff-84ac-6e20a067dde9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:41:32.637" UserId="4713" Text="When people are added to a WSS site, their title and department are imported from Active Directory. As time goes on, titles and departments can change. Is there a way to get this information updated in the WSS site?" />
  <row Id="36828" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20686" RevisionGUID="3b179d37-3586-47ff-84ac-6e20a067dde9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:41:32.637" UserId="4713" Text="WSS 3.0 Site People and Groups" />
  <row Id="36829" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20686" RevisionGUID="3b179d37-3586-47ff-84ac-6e20a067dde9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:41:32.637" UserId="4713" Text="&lt;wss-3.0&gt;" />
  <row Id="36830" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20687" RevisionGUID="7328f899-9a0c-413d-85f4-4eea23a27ccd" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:43:27.937" UserId="8396" Text="Let's assume for a second that what ever is creating these files isn't malicious:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You can look at the owner to see what user created the files&#xD;&#xA; - Then use something like Sysinternals Process Explorer to view the processes that are running under that user (Right Click the columns and check &quot;User Name&quot; on the &quot;Process Image&quot; tab&#xD;&#xA; - Then look at the handles that each of these processes has (Goto View Menu, Check &quot;Show Low Pane, Change &quot;Lower Pane View&quot; to &quot;Handles&quot;), one of them may have a handle open to the weird files you're seeing &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if whatever is creating these files is malicious it will take steps to thwart you. (File hiding, process hiding, obfuscation, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use some of the utilities here to check for rootkits:&#xD;&#xA;http://serverfault.com/questions/6149/a-list-of-windows-rootkit-detection-and-removal-tools&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*But if it the server has been owned, you know it's been owned, and you don't know how they got in: It's time to start rebuilding it and activating any incident response plan you may have.*" />
  <row Id="36831" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20688" RevisionGUID="9d90bd2f-9b9a-438d-9952-f8529f0c7ace" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:44:35.063" UserId="671" Text="For our web projects, we use a custom built content management system that uses a back-end database with a web-based console for management.  Here's why:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  1. **Moves with the site** - If the customer wants to move their hosting, there are specific requirements for hosting and the entire site along with its management features can be moved at once without having to reconfigure external tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  2. **More secure** - There is a single point of entry: the admin login.  No need to make the database server available to the outside world or have FTP access enabled all the time (only when code updates need to be pushed out).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  3. **Accessible from anywhere** - If a client needs to make a change, they can log in from any web browser and do the change without having to worry about external software or opening holes in a local firewall, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  4. **Flexibility** - Since we have access to all of the code and database, we can make whatever we want on the site manageable without being constrained by the limits of whatever installed external software.  Changes can be rolled out quickly and apply to everyone immediately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The cons to using a system like this might include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  1. **Training** - With a proprietary interface, some user training may be needed.  You're likely to run into this with any content management software though, external or not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  2. **Speed** - Using a web interface may not be as fast as using a native management application can be.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20689" RevisionGUID="86b372e4-3d2e-4bd4-b66c-a0405a62eec1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:46:27.290" UserId="7616" Text="You could also utilize FileMon for Windows, to log the Time and Process the file write was committed.  Once you do that, track down the process using nestat -ao and look for the PID of the process that wrote the file.  From here find the IP Address that is making the connection to your server and continue the investigation or DENY the connection if you are using Windows Built-in Firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Link to FileMon for Windows: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896642.aspx" />
  <row Id="36833" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20690" RevisionGUID="b9a9afa0-7759-4632-8924-34b9c641eaea" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:46:29.303" UserDisplayName="fifo" Text="See also here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/862388/delete-all-files-directories-except-two-specific-directories&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36834" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20690" RevisionGUID="b9a9afa0-7759-4632-8924-34b9c641eaea" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:46:29.303" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36835" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20691" RevisionGUID="f7d879bf-c782-40ed-bf2a-7351a747e365" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:47:40.423" UserId="7200" Text="Hmm... If your users don't have Administrator rights and you wanted to disable all printing I suppose you could use Group Policy to force the &quot;Spooler&quot; service to &quot;Disabled&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some applications (Microsoft Access comes to mind) that need to get a device context to a printer before they will work (the &quot;Reports&quot; feature in Access works like this), so disabling the Spooler service is probably not the best idea in practice, but it would work in theory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can test your applications and verify that they work with the Spooler service stopped and disabled then that's a *very* easy setting to set domain-wide.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It might be more practical to just not configure any local printers on the client computers and set the group policy option to prevent users from adding printers. " />
  <row Id="36836" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20692" RevisionGUID="f5294f1b-6750-46b4-8acc-1784c9ac6cc8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:49:02.637" UserId="381" Text="I have an &quot;Alert&quot; setup in perfmon, but it gives me only two options to start it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Manualy&#xD;&#xA; 1. At an specified time (schedule)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**How to Setup Perfmon to Automaticaly Start an &quot;Alert&quot; At System Startup?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know I can type &quot;`logman start {alert-name}`&quot; to start the alert, but how to run this command automaticaly at system startup?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One solution is to create a .bat with this command and leave it at &quot;Startup&quot; folder. But, it would require to logon to trigger this .bat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So... what are the alternatives?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36837" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20692" RevisionGUID="f5294f1b-6750-46b4-8acc-1784c9ac6cc8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:49:02.637" UserId="381" Text="How to Setup Perfmon to Automaticaly Start an &quot;Alert&quot; At System Startup?" />
  <row Id="36838" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20692" RevisionGUID="f5294f1b-6750-46b4-8acc-1784c9ac6cc8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:49:02.637" UserId="381" Text="&lt;perfmon&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="36839" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20693" RevisionGUID="bff008b5-ff4e-4853-a0fd-44324ec4b9db" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:50:35.580" UserDisplayName="RedBarn" Text="a bit more details would help; Windows version, name of file(s), text or binary?  Can they be renamed/deleted or are they locked in use?  Many times this will point to what ligit program added the file.  You can run strings.exe and look for clues if its a binary file.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If its an NTFS drive, you can check the security tab and under advanced/owner, to see who created.  Process explorer from sysinternals.com will also give clues." />
  <row Id="36840" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20678" RevisionGUID="b93f9461-32ac-415c-8230-79c61e61d670" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:51:35.890" UserId="7200" Comment="added 186 characters in body" Text="If it's Apache 2.0, you can try mod_access: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_access.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Apache 2.2, it's mod_authz_host: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_authz_host.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It sure looks like you're going to have to signal Apache to reload its configuration to make changes in the module's configuration take effect, though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Modsecurity looks like what you want, as opposed to building static deny configurations by grepping your log files and using one of the above. I'm gonna upvote that answer now." />
  <row Id="36841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20694" RevisionGUID="545f0fa0-c1ef-48b0-805b-815717b1309a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:51:53.393" UserId="613" Text="You could make your shell script even simpler and see if you at least get better error messages out:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     /opt/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/bin/acroread -toPostScript &lt; /filelocation/myoutput.PDF&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This also makes the suggested strace a little nicer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     strace -f -o /tmp/acroread.$$.strace /opt/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/bin/acroread -toPostScript &lt; /filelocation/myoutput.PDF&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36842" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20695" RevisionGUID="93db2db0-2c53-4964-9912-9e56b00c7c5a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:53:11.300" UserId="7200" Text="You can create a &quot;Scheduled Task&quot; to run on system startup. Have a look at &quot;Schedule&quot; properties of a task and you'll see what I'm talking about." />
  <row Id="36844" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20697" RevisionGUID="8067d604-b738-4cf2-b4c2-58c6ebcf686e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:58:46.360" UserId="1409" Text="We have front end MS Exchange 2003 Server and recently people started complaining that emails weren't being delivered.  Upon looking closer at the logs we found this error message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;     Event Type:	Error&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;     Event Source:	Service Control Manager&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;     Event Category:	None&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;     Event ID:	7031&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;     Date:		6/4/2009&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;     Time:		11:08:00 AM&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;     User:		N/A&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;     Computer:	&lt;Server&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;     Description:&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;     The IIS Admin Service service terminated unexpectedly.  It has done&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;     this 39 time(s).  The following&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;     corrective action will be taken in 1&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;     milliseconds: Run the configured&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;     recovery program.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We found [MS KB article Q304166][1] and were able to determine which message in the Exchsrvr\Mailroot\vsi 1 folder was causing the problem by removing them one at a time and restarting the services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The email that was causing all this havoc was a 200K PDF file that was emailed to 3,500 addresses.  Why would exchange be crippled so badly?  I realize 3500 is a large number of people to email but I would have guessed that the SMTP server would have throttled the connections and slowly sent out this email over the evening or even a couple days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way in Exchange to determine maximum SMTP load?  Have others seen this same reaction, or should we be looking for a misconfiguration on the server? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When/if we need to send to a large group again, is there a way to gauge how much the server can handle in one batch, or do I need to user Perfmon and just start testing to see how it handles 100,250,400, etc?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304166&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36845" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20697" RevisionGUID="8067d604-b738-4cf2-b4c2-58c6ebcf686e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:58:46.360" UserId="1409" Text="Exchange Issues because W3SVC keeps crashing" />
  <row Id="36846" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20697" RevisionGUID="8067d604-b738-4cf2-b4c2-58c6ebcf686e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:58:46.360" UserId="1409" Text="&lt;smtp&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;" />
  <row Id="36847" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20698" RevisionGUID="8b56135d-2cb2-45d9-b2b2-6dd76a08ea0a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T17:59:13.537" UserId="7861" Text="I like Evan's answer but I'll add one more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If ALL of the printers are &quot;print server only printers&quot; on a Windows server in your organization, then you could always create a DENY in the security settings of the printer, or just limit the security to those that are allowed to print to the printers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That would prevent everything but creating a local printer using a TCP/IP port, but like Evan said you can use a GPO or remove them as admins to accomplish that part of it." />
  <row Id="36848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20699" RevisionGUID="1db7ee12-c6ff-4577-ba0b-dab1cadf283f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:00:09.743" UserId="8021" Text="We've got a very large Plone installation. I'm not a giant fan of Plone because it's based on Zope and Zeo, both of which can be giant hogs as far as resources go. You also need to have a load balancer and squid in front of Plone in my experience if you expect any level of performance. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I like and have used most of the PHP-based CMSes, blogging software, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From a security and scalability point of view, the type of software that writes static HTML files up to the server is easiest to implement on a broad scale (many sites, many users) -- whether it's web-based or client-based. You can host sites that way with a minimum of resources. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your needs are small and you want to go dynamic, look at Wordpress. It's more of a CMS than a blogging tool at this point and has a really rich feature set, template set, and plugins, and is relatively easy to develop for. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your needs are larger-scale, then you're going to get into systems like Plone. Plone met our needs because of it's rather extensive ACL system. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With any tool that has a broad user base, you're not going to run into a situation where you have major security holes sitting out there in the open for long. I'd be leery of anything that has a very narrow scope or a tiny user base. For the same reason, I'd be leery of rolling my own when SO MUCH work has been done already to develop and secure this kind of system." />
  <row Id="36849" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20700" RevisionGUID="befd560c-9c0e-4946-90ab-ce0ef112b305" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:02:09.490" UserId="5426" Text="We use a Watchguard firewall (ours is a X1000 which is end-of life now). They have many feautres revolving around blocking domains or ips who are seen time and time again or are using an obsesive amount of bandwidth. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This would need some tweaking because you obvisouly would not want to block Jon Skeet on stackoverflow :)" />
  <row Id="36850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20701" RevisionGUID="ff107062-5e6b-4f65-a81f-17a6c2bdb4fe" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:04:05.070" UserId="846" Text="You can get 98% of the way there by making sure the user does *not* have local admin privileges, that there is no local printer already attached, and that there is no server-based network printer to which they have rights.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't get by the local admin restriction, stopping the spooler service  (as [Evan][1] suggested) might work.  There is also a Group Policy setting to prevent users from installing printer drivers.  But someone with local admin rights who knows what they are doing will be able to get something printed eventually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/20684/vista-lockout-printing/20691#20691" />
  <row Id="36851" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="20686" RevisionGUID="c0de7785-24f0-4f0f-9b28-e2ac9c85ee69" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:05:41.620" UserId="5391" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;wss-3.0&gt;&lt;sharepoint&gt;" />
  <row Id="36852" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20702" RevisionGUID="4a1ccbae-53d3-4a6a-9466-abb8f1eca020" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:07:05.533" UserId="8401" Text="I would like to be able to create new users in OSX 10.5 remotely after ssh'ing into the machine.  How do I do this?" />
  <row Id="36853" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20702" RevisionGUID="4a1ccbae-53d3-4a6a-9466-abb8f1eca020" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:07:05.533" UserId="8401" Text="How do I create user accounts from the Terminal in OSX 10.5?" />
  <row Id="36854" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20702" RevisionGUID="4a1ccbae-53d3-4a6a-9466-abb8f1eca020" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:07:05.533" UserId="8401" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;user-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="36855" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20703" RevisionGUID="497a838f-7382-47f5-8b05-cc371a674684" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:08:28.040" UserId="7200" Text="It's not a capacity problem-- that's a big. Any unhandled exception in an application is a bug. (Never let a developer tell you otherwise.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you current on patches?" />
  <row Id="36856" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20704" RevisionGUID="f9a74c74-cccf-4f3d-9816-96b21a5aad7b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:13:41.027" UserId="1840" Text="Wouldn't you want your crucial hosts being served with the most signal-reliable/improved method of connectivity?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Gig Switch&lt;-&gt;Cat5E&lt;-&gt;Server?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Gig Switch&lt;-&gt;Cat6&lt;-&gt;Server?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My understanding about Cat6 is that it delivers improved signaling between two NICs.  I've heard people suggest Cat5E for short distances and Cat6 for longer than 20'.  **Is this the correct assessment for choosing Cat6 over Cat5E cables?**&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36857" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20704" RevisionGUID="f9a74c74-cccf-4f3d-9816-96b21a5aad7b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:13:41.027" UserId="1840" Text="[Link Layer] Should Cat6 cables be used for servers ('important hosts') rather than Cat5-E?" />
  <row Id="36858" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20704" RevisionGUID="f9a74c74-cccf-4f3d-9816-96b21a5aad7b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:13:41.027" UserId="1840" Text="&lt;cat5e&gt;&lt;cat6&gt;&lt;network-design&gt;&lt;link-layer&gt;" />
  <row Id="36859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20705" RevisionGUID="5fb561c3-07dc-48c8-bbd2-511fafe78e23" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:13:57.000" UserId="3657" Text="This script from CodeProject should do what you're looking for or at least point you in the right direction&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.codeproject.com/KB/sharepoint/SPUpdateUserInfoList.aspx" />
  <row Id="36860" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20706" RevisionGUID="8d7d2637-d631-4e5e-83be-a5511b8c3127" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:15:16.763" UserId="4054" Text="Use the dscl command.  This example would create the user &quot;luser&quot;, like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dscl . -create /Users/luser&#xD;&#xA;    dscl . -create /Users/luser UserShell /bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    dscl . -create /Users/luser RealName &quot;Lucius Q. User&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    dscl . -create /Users/luser UniqueID &quot;1010&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    dscl . -create /Users/luser PrimaryGroupID 80&#xD;&#xA;    dscl . -create /Users/luser NFSHomeDirectory /Users/luser&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can then use passwd to change the user's password, or use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dscl . -passwd /Users/luser password&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll have to create /Users/luser for the user's home directory and change ownership so the user can access it, and be sure that the UniqueID is in fact unique.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This line will add the user to the administrator's group:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dscl . -append /Groups/admin GroupMembership luser&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20707" RevisionGUID="757aa4c2-f96b-44d3-b2fe-b907eb11f58e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:15:19.323" UserDisplayName="Mark Lubin" Text="I tried Comodo's free products a few years back on my personal and it was a horrid experience caused the software caused many problems on my XP box, perhaps they have cleaned up their act but surely there are far better solutions out there." />
  <row Id="36862" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20708" RevisionGUID="6d65e72b-0273-4e54-9fff-dbda29e581fc" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:19:22.263" UserDisplayName="Mark Lubin" Text="IMO letting all users run as admin on their local machines is a pretty bad idea, if you are only doing it to make installation of software easier please heed the above comment about right-clicking and running the installation as admin with your own credentials." />
  <row Id="36863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20709" RevisionGUID="6a0b8a62-1677-4020-930a-b7ed3026377a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:19:36.397" UserId="1736" Text="If you seriously can't get the budget for Cat6 (Cat6a, while we're at it) instead of Cat5E to all your servers, then I guess some length criterion like that is as reasonable as anything.  But it really seems nonsensical to me to connect crucial servers with anything less than the best cabling you can lay hands on." />
  <row Id="36864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20710" RevisionGUID="67d15ccd-267a-4997-8e28-5594f4b0b137" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:20:14.243" UserId="5391" Text="There is currently on reason to use Cat6 cables when connecting to hosts.  Cat5E is all that is required for gigabit connectivity.  In fact, if you upgrade to 10GBase-T in the future, it may still require replacing Cat6 with Cat6a.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should add that the Cat6 that I have worked with in the past was much more difficult to route than Cat5e.  I'm not sure if the thicker insulation is a requirement for the spec, but it was not fun to work with." />
  <row Id="36865" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16798" RevisionGUID="ed5efbe2-1529-4592-9ac6-6a2bab94cbc6" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:20:33.367" UserId="768" Comment="Added 5-in-1" Text="[allpin_serial]:    http://www.allpinouts.org/index.php/Category:Serial_Cables&#xD;&#xA;[allpin]:           http://www.allpinouts.org/&#xD;&#xA;[allpin_cisco]:     http://www.allpinouts.org/index.php/Cisco_Console_RJ45_to_DB9_Pin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[hwbook]:           http://www.hardwarebook.info/&#xD;&#xA;[hwbook_cisco]:     http://www.hardwarebook.info/Cisco_Console_%289%29&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[pinouts.ru]:       http://pinouts.ru/&#xD;&#xA;[pinouts.ru_cisco]: http://pinouts.ru/SerialPortsCables/CiscoConsole9_pinout.shtml&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[5-in-1]:           http://www.ossmann.com/5-in-1.html &quot;the 5-in-1 network admin's cable&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[google_crossover]: http://www.google.com/search?q=keychain+%22Ethernet+Crossover+Adapter%22 &quot;google&quot;&#xD;&#xA;[shopwiki_cross]:   http://www.shopwiki.com/Ethernet+Crossover+Adapter &quot;Shop Wiki&quot;&#xD;&#xA;[thinkgeek_cross]:  http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;btnI=&amp;q=site%3Athinkgeek.com+gadgets+%22Ethernet+Crossover+Adapter%22 &quot;Think Geek&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would look at [AllPinouts.org][allpin] under the [serial cables][allpin_serial] category.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the reference for [Cisco RJ45 to DB9][allpin_cisco] connector.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you ever find out about a cable that isn't listed there you can create an account and add it to the database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are other places I have found information about cables.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [Pinouts.ru][pinouts.ru]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [Cisco Console][pinouts.ru_cisco]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [Hardware Book][hwbook]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [Cisco Console][hwbook_cisco]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also check out the [5-in-1][5-in-1] Network Admin's cable, if you want you could use a [keychain][google_crossover] [Cross-Over][shopwiki_cross] [adapter][thinkgeek_cross], instead of *&quot;The World's Shortest Crossover Cable&quot;*" />
  <row Id="36866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20711" RevisionGUID="1989a622-2930-4f44-a5a0-453afbd605d2" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:21:34.693" UserId="3925" Text="you need to bear in mind that to get a good backup, the guest needs to have its internal memory state saved to disk. Its no use backing up a running VM!. Suspending a VM requires some downtime, so if you need 24x7 uptime, this is not the best solution for you - you will end up making backups using backup software running inside the VM, and if you're doing that, you might as well run the VM on bare metal instead for the better IO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you shell out for expensive backup software, you can run your 1 machine on the bare machine, and your backups will still be good. You can run simple backup software like Acronis or R1soft's CDP on your machine and it will happily save the entire system state continually throughout the day, giving you much more up-to-date backups. Restoring may be more difficult than simply copying a VM image back, but if you've lost your host OS too then you're in no better position in using a VM at that point anyway!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VM guests do have some advantages to fancy backup software, you can store several versions, you can rollout upgrades and patches immediately after a backup so you can restore quicker if it proves to not work (and even easier if you use snapshots).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think, all in all, if your VMs are so resource-hungry that you can only run 1, you might as well invest in the appropriate backup software and use that instead. The problem is that you will need much better hosts to run the image as virtualisation typically gives you less CPU and memory, but also significantly less disk and network IO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36867" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20712" RevisionGUID="fc5c786e-5fc8-4160-bc15-5894803a31d5" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:22:19.667" UserId="32988" Text="We used Comodo (formerly Trustix) firewall at work, but the licensing was a bitch. Sure it was free, but it stopped working if you didn't renew the license yearly.  I'd rather pay more for a better license-scheme tbh.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't know if it applies to their AV software though, but it's a thing to keep in mind. Especially if you need to upgrade licenses on 200 computers every year..&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36868" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20713" RevisionGUID="9581c1d1-c2f1-4dc6-919a-b641b2eccc83" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:23:07.623" UserId="5351" Text="I use dynamic SSH port-forwarding (-D) and normal SSH port-forwarding (-L or -R) for many different things, including adding a layer of encryption to my wireless web traffic. The command I use normally looks something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh -l raam -D 9000 my-linux-server.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After starting the tunnel, I configure my web browser to use a SOCKS v5 Proxy of 127.0.0.1 with port 9000. Now all traffic in my browser (except DNS) is transmitted through the SSH tunnel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I'm ready to close the tunnel (when I'm taking my laptop to another location, for example), I simply type &quot;logout&quot;. However, the SSH session hangs and I have to press CTRL+c to get my local prompt back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why does this happen and how can I prevent it? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(My guess is that the connections I opened through the tunnel remain open and my local SSH client is waiting for them to close before giving me my prompt back. If this is the case, how can I force all those connections to close when I'm ready to logout?)" />
  <row Id="36869" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20713" RevisionGUID="9581c1d1-c2f1-4dc6-919a-b641b2eccc83" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:23:07.623" UserId="5351" Text="Why does logging out of an SSH session hang when using port-forwarding?" />
  <row Id="36870" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20713" RevisionGUID="9581c1d1-c2f1-4dc6-919a-b641b2eccc83" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:23:07.623" UserId="5351" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;ssh-tunnel&gt;&lt;port-forwarding&gt;" />
  <row Id="36871" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20714" RevisionGUID="e3873f3d-8cb7-4638-af13-cfc3b4b807e0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:25:39.287" UserId="3110" Text="It really doesn't matter a whole heck of a lot.  I know you might see a bit of signal loss over Gigabit speeds on Cat5e, but would any of your applications or users really know the difference?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the price difference isn't that much, then by all means pay for Cat 6.  Otherwise hang with the Cat5e." />
  <row Id="36872" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20715" RevisionGUID="54d6832c-5535-4d76-b7fb-136ab59be1d5" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:26:42.280" UserId="4538" Text="As you expected, this happens because SSH won't exit if there are outstanding connections going through the tunnel.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you exit your browser (and all other programs that are going through the port 9000 tunnel) then SSH should exit." />
  <row Id="36873" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20716" RevisionGUID="fbf82ce0-2e28-466d-8d63-c730657d48d1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:28:51.387" UserId="1276" Text="You can background SSH doing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;enter&gt;~&amp;" />
  <row Id="36874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20717" RevisionGUID="f82598e3-be35-49d8-8829-586dd9c966d5" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:31:22.503" UserId="8021" Text="When I've run into this problem before, it was because the files weren't owned by the mysql user, regardless of their permissions. `chmod 777` is not really something you want to be running on a data directory edited by a server anyway. " />
  <row Id="36875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20718" RevisionGUID="0fc0667a-2b39-4f5c-8cd7-431f7fd4a31d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:31:57.103" UserId="7840" Text="if your NAS server has enough slots for quad gigE cards, I would recommend using a point-to-point connection between it and the 10 clients instead of putting a switch in between(ie, cross-over cables between NAS and client). This will give you maximum bandwidth, at a cost of future expansion and probably a up front cost of buying many quad gigE cards." />
  <row Id="36876" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20719" RevisionGUID="3e534412-1872-4586-a18a-6525df914c2a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:32:18.960" UserId="7250" Text="For Sql Server 2005 and 2000, Microsoft has the Database Publishing Wizard which you can download [here][1] for free. A newer version of that tool is built into Sql Server 2008. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=56E5B1C5-BF17-42E0-A410-371A838E570A&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="36877" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20710" RevisionGUID="4805cf04-1284-454a-af92-50906d613417" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:32:42.533" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix typo" Text="There is currently no reason to use Cat6 cables when connecting to hosts.  Cat5E is all that is required for gigabit connectivity.  In fact, if you upgrade to 10GBase-T in the future, it may still require replacing Cat6 with Cat6a.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should add that the Cat6 that I have worked with in the past was much more difficult to route than Cat5e.  I'm not sure if the thicker insulation is a requirement for the spec, but it was not fun to work with." />
  <row Id="36878" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20715" RevisionGUID="3f4d8277-f4f1-4221-9c1c-03e9e5bc5b8d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:34:07.350" UserId="4538" Comment="added 260 characters in body" Text="As you expected, this happens because SSH won't exit if there are outstanding connections going through the tunnel.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you exit your browser (and all other programs that are going through the port 9000 tunnel) then SSH should exit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ssh man page says: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     The session terminates when the command or shell on the remote machine exits and all X11 and TCP connections have been closed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And I don't see any options to change that behavior, so I suspect there's nothing you can do. " />
  <row Id="36879" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20720" RevisionGUID="9ab0f796-1997-467e-9730-2bdbfa5f76f8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:35:47.907" UserId="5806" Text="I work on SharePoint at Microsoft&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In WSS I'm not aware of a way to do this without custom code. I haven't checked out the script in Kevin Kuphal's response to vouch for it. The (for-pay) MOSS (Microsoft Office SharePoint Server..) comes with a user profile sync timer job that attempts to solve this." />
  <row Id="36880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20721" RevisionGUID="1ee2c370-ec94-4a49-99c1-fe03fc026763" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:36:17.003" UserId="8021" Text="We use MediaWiki with various plugins, including SemanticMediaWiki. SMW is nice because it turns our MediaWiki installation into a big, free-form relational database that can be queried at will. Need to know which server a website's on? Visit it's page. Need to know what websites are hosted on a server? Run a query, and it'll pick the page names out based on the proper tag on each website's page. " />
  <row Id="36881" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20721" RevisionGUID="1ee2c370-ec94-4a49-99c1-fe03fc026763" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:36:17.003" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36882" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20722" RevisionGUID="f10c2173-70c5-4809-8610-384c8b839967" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:37:08.497" UserId="5426" Text="Personally (and I don't know if you will see this answer but maybe the Google people behind you will), I would run with Windows Terminal Servies. Esentially it makes the local machines thin/dumb clients and keeps all of their data at the server. This would work extremelly well for the enviroment you are describing including the remoting in through a VPN. RDP is pretty easy on the bandwith. We have run a solution like this for 2 and a half years now and have been thrilled with it." />
  <row Id="36883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20723" RevisionGUID="0f75d5c1-4c09-4329-b73e-7e6e71b4003e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:40:03.843" UserId="7768" Text="They aren't the same. Cisco, HP and APC use at least two separate pinouts." />
  <row Id="36884" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20697" RevisionGUID="c0aedcb6-0a97-4051-b631-332b1356309f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:42:07.957" UserId="1409" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="We have a front end MS Exchange 2003 Server and recently people started complaining that emails weren't being delivered.  Upon looking closer at the logs we found this error message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;     Event Type:	Error&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;     Event Source:	Service Control Manager&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;     Event Category:	None&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;     Event ID:	7031&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;     Date:		6/4/2009&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;     Time:		11:08:00 AM&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;     User:		N/A&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;     Computer:	&lt;Server&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;     Description:&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;     The IIS Admin Service service terminated unexpectedly.  It has done&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;     this 39 time(s).  The following&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;     corrective action will be taken in 1&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;     milliseconds: Run the configured&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;     recovery program.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We found [MS KB article Q304166][1] and were able to determine which message in the Exchsrvr\Mailroot\vsi 1 folder was causing the problem by removing them one at a time and restarting the services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The email that was causing all this havoc was a 200K PDF file that was emailed to 3,500 addresses.  Why would exchange be crippled so badly?  I realize 3500 is a large number of people to email but I would have guessed that the SMTP server would have throttled the connections and slowly sent out this email over the evening or even a couple days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way in Exchange to determine maximum SMTP load?  Have others seen this same reaction, or should we be looking for a misconfiguration on the server? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When/if we need to send to a large group again, is there a way to gauge how much the server can handle in one batch, or do I need to user Perfmon and just start testing to see how it handles 100,250,400, etc?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304166&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36885" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20724" RevisionGUID="69995ab5-c614-4b7a-a8f9-c559b1913b11" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:43:25.007" UserId="7519" Text="If the enabling remote connections does nothing for you check the TCP/IP settings by going to the Sql Server Configuration Manager. Expand the SQL Server Network Configuration item and then click on protocols for 'Your Instance Name (mssql2008)'. TCP/IP should be enabled, if not do so. Then go to properties for TCP/IP. Make sure that it is not using dynamic ports unless there are no firewall restrictions.  If there are firewall restriction go to the bottom were it say IPAll and then TCP Port and enter a port number like 1435. Then enable this port in the firewall and try again." />
  <row Id="36886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20725" RevisionGUID="fd319f02-9d0f-4b45-89dc-4c8dea303558" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:44:50.853" UserId="8021" Text="Yes. When we get a device that has a cable, the cable gets labeled with the serial number of the unit it came with, the date unpacked, and the name of the unit in our nomenclature, and placed on a wall-mounted pegboard with similar cables in the server room. The rule is to NEVER throw one out. Ever. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A sysadmin that used the wrong cable on a very large, expensive KVM bricked the thing while trying to upgrade the firmware. Luckily for him, he kept his job. That has not always been the case. " />
  <row Id="36887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20726" RevisionGUID="ab1b9991-fd4f-4a71-a738-6b223de5826b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:45:18.467" UserDisplayName="liedele" Text="Groupwise.&#xD;&#xA;Takes only me to support mail for 7000 people. Server side I think is great.&#xD;&#xA;Client Side is... getting better." />
  <row Id="36888" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20726" RevisionGUID="ab1b9991-fd4f-4a71-a738-6b223de5826b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:45:18.467" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20727" RevisionGUID="84ec1584-0d74-46aa-89b8-ebd35a30c0bd" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:46:14.860" UserId="8021" Text="Dell, in my experience, has had issues with their blade servers. Even the comments on their own website from users are overwhelmingly negative. HP or IBM are the way to go. " />
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  <row Id="36891" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20728" RevisionGUID="7f75312b-81f3-4cd8-8106-50b08c72f141" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:47:02.050" UserId="1736" Text="So I have this going on:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # apt-get update&#xD;&#xA;    Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org etch Release.gpg [1032B]                     &#xD;&#xA;    Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org etch Release                                        &#xD;&#xA;    (...bunch more of this elided...)&#xD;&#xA;    Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org etch/contrib Sources&#xD;&#xA;    Fetched 68.8kB in 1s (37.4kB/s)&#xD;&#xA;    Reading package lists... Done&#xD;&#xA;    W: There is no public key available for the following key IDs:&#xD;&#xA;    9AA38DCD55BE302B&#xD;&#xA;    W: GPG error: http://ftp.us.debian.org etch Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 9AA38DCD55BE302B&#xD;&#xA;    W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apparently I can't run apt-get update because of a problem that apt-get wants me to run apt-get update to fix, which is displeasing.  How do I fix this?" />
  <row Id="36892" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20728" RevisionGUID="7f75312b-81f3-4cd8-8106-50b08c72f141" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:47:02.050" UserId="1736" Text="Why does apt-get update tell me to run apt-get update?" />
  <row Id="36893" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20728" RevisionGUID="7f75312b-81f3-4cd8-8106-50b08c72f141" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:47:02.050" UserId="1736" Text="&lt;apt&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;error&gt;" />
  <row Id="36894" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20729" RevisionGUID="503699d9-fa30-4545-849b-19f877f5d2e7" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:34:19.910" Text="&lt;p&gt;I have searched but am unable to find the specific packages that are needed to set up DHCP in OpenSolaris (I am using 2008.11). Are they included in the default installation? Or, we have to use pkg install?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36895" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20729" RevisionGUID="503699d9-fa30-4545-849b-19f877f5d2e7" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:34:19.910" Text="Setting up DHCP in OpenSolaris" />
  <row Id="36896" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20729" RevisionGUID="503699d9-fa30-4545-849b-19f877f5d2e7" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:34:19.910" Text="&lt;opensolaris&gt;&lt;dhcp&gt;&lt;packages&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="36897" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20730" RevisionGUID="c51fff53-2afd-42c3-945d-2b8f74197609" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:48:20.287" UserId="5763" Text="I'm a programmer, so all of my mistakes belong on SO.  However, below are some of the sysadmin errors I have witnessed.  &#xD;&#xA;1) Revoke log on permissions from ALL users on a windows NT domain. (Other than the builtin admin on the PDC, sadly only the contractor that set the domain up knew the password, and they were long since gone)  I don't actually know how this was achieved.  I do know that I got to sit and chat with my fellow developers for a few hours.&#xD;&#xA;2) Acidentally delete the Member Servers OU.  That was another few hours chatting while a restore from tape was done.  &#xD;&#xA;3) Our admin intended to give all domain admins permission to use CD &amp; Floppy drive access.  (We used SecureNT to control access to removable media at the time)  Sadly he got the group membership backwards and instead gave all users of removable media full domain admin rights as well.  I found this because some tables turned up in a production SQL database that had been created by a user that shouldn't have been able to.  When I told the admin in question I enjoyed watching his face change from, no, thats the right way round, down to, oh ****.  Thankfully there was no serious harm done." />
  <row Id="36898" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20730" RevisionGUID="c51fff53-2afd-42c3-945d-2b8f74197609" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:48:20.287" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20732" RevisionGUID="baddd514-5645-4f44-8142-99ab9ea6492f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:51:08.627" UserId="8021" Text="Groupwise. Server-side has been ROCK SOLID since the switch to OES, which is basically SLES. The client is natively 'cross-platform' (*nix/Mac one is Java), so if  you're in a Mac/Windows/Linux environment, you don't have to force people to have a Windows desktop or struggle with the horrible outlook web access client when not using Internet Explorer. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Groupwise Web Access, Mobile clients, etc. don't take a PHD and 3 years of training on a high mountain in Washington State to deploy... unlike OWA via HTTPS. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Overall, it's still a bit of an odd duck, but it's really nice to have an enterprise mail platform that you can put up and run without a headache. " />
  <row Id="36901" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20732" RevisionGUID="baddd514-5645-4f44-8142-99ab9ea6492f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:51:08.627" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36902" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20733" RevisionGUID="3927c3b1-2936-4f75-bb39-e84ca022a152" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:51:52.790" UserId="523" Text="Try doing this and running apt-get again:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    apt-key update&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; apt-key is a program that is used to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; manage a keyring of gpg keys for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; secure apt. The keyring is kept in the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; file /etc/apt/trusted.gpg (not to be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; confused with the related but not very&#xD;&#xA;&gt; interesting /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg).&#xD;&#xA;&gt; apt-key can be used to show the keys&#xD;&#xA;&gt; in the keyring, and to add or remove a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Further info on the Debian wiki: http://wiki.debian.org/SecureApt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that doesn't work, try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net --recv-keys 9AA38DCD55BE302B&#xD;&#xA;    apt-key add /root/.gnupg/pubring.gpg&#xD;&#xA;    apt-get update " />
  <row Id="36904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20735" RevisionGUID="91e5a098-2eb8-474d-9048-b2b09693659d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:56:31.360" UserId="5426" Text="The only thing that comes to mind is permissions. I know the error says resources, but this seems more like a permissions thing to me. Just for giggles make everyone (or a select few) an admin (don't forget to turn this off) and see if your problem disappears. If it does, then permissions is your culprit. " />
  <row Id="36905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20736" RevisionGUID="08ce8a71-0250-470a-a851-da2d2003a9fb" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:56:44.293" UserDisplayName="bill T" Text="Yes, there is an add on module available for SiteMinder that supports integration with OWA. Inquire with CA support and they can direct you the correct location for the component" />
  <row Id="36907" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20738" RevisionGUID="13739dbc-ee15-4a24-bd27-d0646efbc9c1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:57:52.403" UserId="5989" Text="I saw this comment:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Been there, done that. We aliased the killall-command on the solaris-boxes after that: alias killall='echo ORLLY?' =) – Commander Keen May 28 at 12:03&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In response to [an answer][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It made me wonder, what do sysadmins do to prevent stupid mistakes, either for themselves or others?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a previous organization where *every* change had to go through change management (even adding a host to /etc/hosts), we did copy/paste instructions for all change records. If it required additional commands/procedures that weren't in the record, a new ticket was opened.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7902/best-sysadmin-accident/7965#7965" />
  <row Id="36908" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20738" RevisionGUID="13739dbc-ee15-4a24-bd27-d0646efbc9c1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:57:52.403" UserId="5989" Text="What do you do to prevent stupid mistakes?" />
  <row Id="36909" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20738" RevisionGUID="13739dbc-ee15-4a24-bd27-d0646efbc9c1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:57:52.403" UserId="5989" Text="&lt;prevention&gt;&lt;maintenance&gt;&lt;novice&gt;&lt;teamwork&gt;" />
  <row Id="36910" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20739" RevisionGUID="ebcf3ceb-bb0c-4cc9-94a9-d0a126c044cf" CreationDate="2009-06-05T18:58:37.987" UserId="575" Text="Owais Shaikh, of the Web Deployment Team, has written an article about [syncing servers in a farm using msdeploy](http://blogs.iis.net/moshaikh/archive/2009/04/26/web-server-change-notification-or-web-server-compare-or-multi-server-sync-in-a-web-farm.aspx).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't tried it yet but I'll be sure to report back when I do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36911" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20740" RevisionGUID="26fc09e9-221d-4403-ba00-6ef6551c1738" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:02:48.227" UserDisplayName="Jared Robinson" Text="Whenever I'm done with an upgrade, I check for [.rpmnew and .rpmsave][1] files in /etc, and restore things as necessary. I like to use a graphical diff tool like 'meld' to merge my .rpmsave files into the new config file -- that way, I don't miss important new configuration options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for SELinux, I've had good luck with upgrades not screwing up security contexts of files in my data areas (web root and /home). If I've installed custom policy, sometimes I have to tweak and redeploy it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my case, I use postfix and dovecot. If my memory serves me correctly, Postfix typically upgrades without issue. I've had occasional issues with dovecot. Like you, I typically back up my config files from /etc and /var/ before doing an upgrade. That way, I can recover gracefully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to create tar backups that include SELinux attributes, use 'star -xattr -H=exustar'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for security holes being opened up due to an upgrade -- I've never had it happen. Your mileage may vary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/121476" />
  <row Id="36912" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20741" RevisionGUID="674767b5-fdf3-4337-b1dc-a9914e0833df" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:03:31.847" UserId="1840" Text="Just don't make a mistake that was obviously noted or explained in the documentation... which is a good advice: **READ THE DOCUMENTATION FIRST**" />
  <row Id="36913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20742" RevisionGUID="56fabc78-9d19-4b5d-964e-bb8cb133a6c3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:05:45.680" UserId="4874" Text="If you have no idea what you're doing, **hire someone else to do it** instead of trying to figure it out yourself." />
  <row Id="36914" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20743" RevisionGUID="439dbd2c-9e37-4ad9-af4f-a41528b4f55a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:06:10.873" UserId="8199" Text="I was reloading a system for someone and during the manual backup process asked the question &quot;do you have any other programs you use?&quot; and &quot;is there anything else important you do on the computer?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;He said &quot;no&quot; SEVERAL times.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was convinced and formatted the drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;about 30 minutes later he said &quot;oh my god&quot; and put both hands on his head.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Turns out he had been working on a book script for over 10 YEARS in a specialized program. This was back when programs used to save user data in it's program files directory and I missed it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whhhhooooops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;He wasn't mad at me, but it was a sobering feeling." />
  <row Id="36915" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20743" RevisionGUID="439dbd2c-9e37-4ad9-af4f-a41528b4f55a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:06:10.873" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20744" RevisionGUID="88c6b73b-670a-4a86-8313-f8f62b754a99" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:07:10.480" UserId="2390" Text="I have a windows home server that just told me that I couldn't add a new PC to my server since I had reached the 10 computer limit.  Yet when I log into the console, I see 9 computers in the list.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm wondering if there's a phantom computer somehow stuck in the server's settings that just isn't being shown.  Anyone know how i can get it to allow my 10th computer to be allowed to be added?" />
  <row Id="36917" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20744" RevisionGUID="88c6b73b-670a-4a86-8313-f8f62b754a99" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:07:10.480" UserId="2390" Text="Windows Home Server 10 computer limit problem" />
  <row Id="36918" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20744" RevisionGUID="88c6b73b-670a-4a86-8313-f8f62b754a99" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:07:10.480" UserId="2390" Text="&lt;windows-home-server&gt;&lt;whs&gt;" />
  <row Id="36919" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20745" RevisionGUID="dbad72e0-8f8e-406b-b8c1-672c5e114f15" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:07:35.427" UserId="2787" Text="Are you running something like selinux or some other similar package? I'd suggest disabling that (or modifying the security policies) to see if something there is preventing MySQL from being able to access the files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[edit] If so, check syslog to see if selinux is blocking mysql from doing anything. If it is SELinux, I'm told this may disable it so that you might test this theory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/sbin/setenforce Permissive" />
  <row Id="36920" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20746" RevisionGUID="c6329f93-384c-4501-998d-b0469f3e0b1d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:10:12.380" UserId="6793" Text="[fail2ban][1] &#xD;&#xA;scans log files like /var/log/apache/error_log and bans IP that makes these automated&#xD;&#xA;scans based on regular expressions (called filters). By default it updates the firewall (iptables) to block the offending IP. It is very easy to write new actions and &#xD;&#xA;implementing one for updating a .htaccess should be quite simple, there are several&#xD;&#xA;examples available in the fail2ban distribution. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.fail2ban.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page" />
  <row Id="36921" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20747" RevisionGUID="6dfbd414-6557-41ef-9341-345bf24b675b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:10:34.687" UserId="999" Text="I need to find the last time that the &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    apt-get update&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;command was run on my server.  How can I determine this information?" />
  <row Id="36922" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20747" RevisionGUID="6dfbd414-6557-41ef-9341-345bf24b675b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:10:34.687" UserId="999" Text="Find last time update was performed with apt-get" />
  <row Id="36923" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20747" RevisionGUID="6dfbd414-6557-41ef-9341-345bf24b675b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:10:34.687" UserId="999" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;apt&gt;&lt;aptitude&gt;" />
  <row Id="36924" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18744" RevisionGUID="3cad79f1-d2df-4de6-9c98-a39b01e2fe43" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:10:42.020" UserId="6342" Comment="added 117 characters in body; edited title" Text="I have not having any luck getting my .htaccess with mod_rewrite working.  Basically all I am trying to do is remove 'www' from &quot;http://www.site.com&quot; and &quot;https://www.site.com&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there is anything I am missing (conf files, etc let me know I willl update this)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I jsut can't see whats wrong here... I am using a 1&amp;1 VPS III Virtual private server... anyone ever have this issue?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am using Ubuntu 8.04 Server LTS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is my .htaccess file (located @ /var/www/site/trunk/html/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Options +FollowSymLinks&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine on&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*) [NC]&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule (.*) //%1/$1 [L,R=301]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My mod_rewrite is enabled:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The auto regenerated sym link is there in mods-available and /usr/lib/apache2/modules/ contains mod_rewrite.so&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    root@s15348441:/etc/apache2/mods-available# more rewrite.load&#xD;&#xA;    LoadModule rewrite_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_rewrite.so&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My apache config files:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;apache2.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Based upon the NCSA server configuration files originally by Rob McCool.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # This is the main Apache server configuration file.  It contains the&#xD;&#xA;    # configuration directives that give the server its instructions.&#xD;&#xA;    # See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/ for detailed information about&#xD;&#xA;    # the directives.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Do NOT simply read the instructions in here without understanding&#xD;&#xA;    # what they do.  They're here only as hints or reminders.  If you are unsure&#xD;&#xA;    # consult the online docs. You have been warned.  &#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # The configuration directives are grouped into three basic sections:&#xD;&#xA;    #  1. Directives that control the operation of the Apache server process as a&#xD;&#xA;    #     whole (the 'global environment').&#xD;&#xA;    #  2. Directives that define the parameters of the 'main' or 'default' server,&#xD;&#xA;    #     which responds to requests that aren't handled by a virtual host.&#xD;&#xA;    #     These directives also provide default values for the settings&#xD;&#xA;    #     of all virtual hosts.&#xD;&#xA;    #  3. Settings for virtual hosts, which allow Web requests to be sent to&#xD;&#xA;    #     different IP addresses or hostnames and have them handled by the&#xD;&#xA;    #     same Apache server process.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Configuration and logfile names: If the filenames you specify for many&#xD;&#xA;    # of the server's control files begin with &quot;/&quot; (or &quot;drive:/&quot; for Win32), the&#xD;&#xA;    # server will use that explicit path.  If the filenames do *not* begin&#xD;&#xA;    # with &quot;/&quot;, the value of ServerRoot is prepended -- so &quot;/var/log/apache2/foo.log&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    # with ServerRoot set to &quot;&quot; will be interpreted by the&#xD;&#xA;    # server as &quot;//var/log/apache2/foo.log&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ### Section 1: Global Environment&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # The directives in this section affect the overall operation of Apache,&#xD;&#xA;    # such as the number of concurrent requests it can handle or where it&#xD;&#xA;    # can find its configuration files.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's&#xD;&#xA;    # configuration, error, and log files are kept.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # NOTE!  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           Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks&#xD;&#xA;            AllowOverride None&#xD;&#xA;            Order deny,allow&#xD;&#xA;            Deny from all&#xD;&#xA;            Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My /etc/apache2/httpd.conf is blank&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The directory /etc/apache2/conf.d has nothing in it but one file (charset)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;contents of /etc/apache2/conf.dcharset&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Read the documentation before enabling AddDefaultCharset.&#xD;&#xA;    # In general, it is only a good idea if you know that all your files&#xD;&#xA;    # have this encoding. It will override any encoding given in the files&#xD;&#xA;    # in meta http-equiv or xml encoding tags.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    #AddDefaultCharset UTF-8&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My apache error.log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 00:12:31 2009] [error] [client 216.168.43.234] client sent HTTP/1.1 request without hostname (see RFC2616 section 14.23): /w00tw00t.at.ISC.SANS.DFind:)&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 05:03:51 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 05:03:54 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 05:13:48 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 05:13:51 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 05:13:54 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 05:13:57 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 05:17:28 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 05:26:23 2009] [notice] caught SIGWINCH, shutting down gracefully&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 05:26:34 2009] [notice] Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6 with Suhosin-Patch mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.8g configured -- resuming normal operations&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 06:03:41 2009] [notice] caught SIGWINCH, shutting down gracefully&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 06:03:51 2009] [notice] Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6 with Suhosin-Patch mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.8g configured -- resuming normal operations&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 06:25:07 2009] [notice] caught SIGWINCH, shutting down gracefully&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 06:25:17 2009] [notice] Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6 with Suhosin-Patch mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.8g configured -- resuming normal operations&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 12:09:25 2009] [error] [client 61.139.105.163] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/fastenv&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 15:04:42 2009] [notice] Graceful restart requested, doing restart&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 15:04:43 2009] [notice] Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6 with Suhosin-Patch mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.8g configured -- resuming normal operations&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 15:29:51 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 15:29:54 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 15:30:32 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 15:45:54 2009] [notice] caught SIGWINCH, shutting down gracefully&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 15:46:05 2009] [notice] Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6 with Suhosin-Patch mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.8g configured -- resuming normal operations" />
  <row Id="36925" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="18744" RevisionGUID="3cad79f1-d2df-4de6-9c98-a39b01e2fe43" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:10:42.020" UserId="6342" Comment="added 117 characters in body; edited title" Text=".htaccess not working (mod_rewrite) " />
  <row Id="36926" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20748" RevisionGUID="32553c6c-ae50-4b24-82af-ed362a13f81a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:11:41.720" UserId="1403" Text="You can even perform rudimentary rate-limiting with any regular Cisco router of any decent capacity/vintage.  Are you using a Cisco router?" />
  <row Id="36927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20749" RevisionGUID="dc0efa05-d94b-48b4-a9d2-7681f36b4bf9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:14:58.953" UserId="5234" Text="Exchange, primarily so that we can have a single vendor client/server platform so that if we get any &quot;funnies&quot; we won't have each vendor trying to blame the other (a very important reason IMO).  Single sign on is also a crucial factor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We also have Domino available but - aside from one evangelist - the concensus is that the client is not something we would like to give to our users." />
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  <row Id="36929" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20750" RevisionGUID="9ffc3b38-761c-404f-b4d1-de0785be02f1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:16:57.950" UserId="6793" Text="You could check the Access times on the files in /var/lib/apt/lists which is updated&#xD;&#xA;when you run apt-get update. If apt-get update was run with sudo you should have a&#xD;&#xA;line logged in /var/log/auth.log when it was done.." />
  <row Id="36931" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="20744" RevisionGUID="14316afd-d384-4b49-8f04-e83d843d8339" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:17:45.780" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="36932" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20751" RevisionGUID="6308c3b1-5a84-41a7-8601-006d242af130" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:18:03.737" UserId="8199" Text="Is the server being counted in the list?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What list do you mean? Can you be more specific?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;-Mathew" />
  <row Id="36933" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20752" RevisionGUID="58a4a303-84c8-46d7-9081-2b09d5a14675" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:18:04.437" UserId="7137" Text="I don't do anything to prevent them, but rather, plan around the expectation that I'm bound to make horrific ones. " />
  <row Id="36934" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20753" RevisionGUID="9ca914ec-422b-4789-bb52-3edebdf2b64b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:19:25.603" UserId="2629" Text="If you have a bunch of users to create, it is possible to create a structured text file and pass it to `dsimport` to do the job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apple's [Command-Line Administration][1] Guide has a whole chapter on users and groups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://images.apple.com/server/macosx/docs/Command_Line_Admin_v10.5.pdf" />
  <row Id="36935" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20754" RevisionGUID="6602192a-329b-4cfe-af13-6db943793ce1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:19:43.420" UserId="5611" Text="Synaptic logs a history file (&gt;File &gt; History) , aptitude logs both history in /var/log/aptitude and auto-installed packages in /var/lib/aptitude/pkgstates, so you could check these for latest activity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anapologetos" />
  <row Id="36936" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20755" RevisionGUID="5e035947-09ca-4c9e-b6a8-5d7594392eb9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:21:34.290" UserId="5663" Text="When it comes to any kinda of trending data my current favorite approach is to use munin and it's plugin architecture.  Munin plugins are extremely simple to write so it's really easy to trend all sorts of data.  If you already have a script that grabs each process you should be able to generate data for each process and have munin stick it in an rrd db to generate graphs on. " />
  <row Id="36937" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20756" RevisionGUID="8ef8e263-856f-401c-8bce-44bd6c21d39f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:21:46.693" UserId="5480" Text="/var/log/dpkg.log will keep a history of what was done, but not necessarily which app called dpkg (synaptic, apt-get, etc)." />
  <row Id="36938" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20757" RevisionGUID="4e76243c-f2da-4c1e-89bf-95d5e8d3e813" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:22:10.747" UserId="3950" Text="We have a policy to only edit system configuration with a script that backs up the configuration file first, before letting you edit it. It's basically a wrapper around vi, but it does the job pretty well: it's very easy to roll back even the most complex changes." />
  <row Id="36939" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20758" RevisionGUID="91c68e83-7077-46a8-924e-680f97abc2fd" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:22:16.677" UserId="1736" Text="By far the most widespread practice in this vein is to set `alias rm=&quot;rm -i&quot;` and `alias mv=&quot;mv -i&quot;`." />
  <row Id="36940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20759" RevisionGUID="a5215d54-f2fe-41e8-b1d7-eb848ddea9bf" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:22:34.460" UserId="8199" Text="I'm careful to be specific about what I'm doing before I do anything. Writing a script that deletes all files in the current working directory for example can work in my test, but do something bad later on." />
  <row Id="36941" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20760" RevisionGUID="bbc01450-908e-4908-8693-271b5631e181" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:25:23.940" UserId="2787" Text="Among others, these might prove valuable:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias rm='rm -i'&#xD;&#xA;    alias cp='cp -i'&#xD;&#xA;    alias mv='mv -i'&#xD;&#xA;    alias mysql='mysql --safe-updates' (or add to your .my.cnf)&#xD;&#xA;    set -o noclobber&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you often do a lot of browsing your database, but don't often have to make a lot of changes, create a separate user that **only** has SELECT privileges on tables." />
  <row Id="36942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20761" RevisionGUID="23555095-f303-43d6-a3b6-e7457d67aea4" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:26:01.083" UserId="6793" Text="Some tips for linux machines:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias rm=&quot;rm -i&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    alias mv=&quot;mv -i&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - disable ctrl-alt-delete&#xD;&#xA; - install molly-guard : protects remote machines from accidental shutdowns/reboots&#xD;&#xA; - install metche : configuration monitor to ease collective administration" />
  <row Id="36943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20762" RevisionGUID="1289f36f-6f4d-4233-ba89-5ee4cf3fc66d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:26:10.757" UserId="8342" Text="SQL Express is not supported for current version of TFS, you must use SQL 2005 or SQL 2008.  A full license of TFS comes with a limited use license of SQL Server Standard (basically limited to use only by the TFS application)" />
  <row Id="36946" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20764" RevisionGUID="cf0913e7-2729-47a3-8a1c-2651326ac542" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:26:23.140" UserId="5234" Text="It's also worth looking in gpedit.msc and checking out the Computer Config | Windows Settings | Security Settings | Local Policies | User Rights Assignment | Deny log on as a service and Log on as a service entries." />
  <row Id="36947" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20765" RevisionGUID="4da7bdd5-95a2-428a-8801-fe1cde6925a9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:29:46.270" UserId="7324" Text="To reduce the crawling load - This only works with Microsoft and Yahoo. For Google you’ll need to specify a slower crawling speed through their Webmaster Tools (http://www.google.com/webmasters/).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be VERY careful when implementing this because if you slow down the crawl too much, robots won’t be able to get to all of your site and you may lose pages from the index.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some examples:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Yahoo's Slurp Robot - Please wait 7 seconds in between visits User-agent:&#xD;&#xA;    slurpCrawl-delay: 7&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;    # MSN Robot - Please wait 5 seconds in between visits User-agent:&#xD;&#xA;    msnbotCrawl-delay: 5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Slightly off topic but you can also specify a Sitemap or Sitemap index file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you’d like to provide search engines with a comprehensive list of your best URLs.  You can also provide one or more Sitemap autodiscovery directives.  Please note that user-agent does not apply to this directive so you cannot use this to specify a Sitemap to some but not all search engines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please read my sitemap and index everything!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sitemap: http://yourdomain.com/sitemap.axd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20766" RevisionGUID="275900d8-6768-4267-83f0-7a297fbf5815" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:30:23.273" UserId="5663" Text="As stated in the comment you can create a tunnel only connection using -f, but you'll still have the issue of the connection not terminating until everything using the tunnel has exited.  You can use the ~# option (escape sequence and a 'pound') to list the forwarded connections you have open on a given connection before you logout." />
  <row Id="36949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20767" RevisionGUID="280dc28f-2be1-4b7c-bcf1-6737cbab4800" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:31:39.730" UserDisplayName="littlegeek" Text="I take a maxim from my carpenter freinds...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Measure twice cut once.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Before doing things that may result in me standing in a unemployment queue...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Think twice run once." />
  <row Id="36950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20768" RevisionGUID="5cbfc7be-945d-4c6a-bb21-2dbb32ae0dd9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:33:21.553" UserId="8342" Text="Has anyone figured out a way to get Windows Home Server to be used as a repository for Time Machine backups from Leopard without installing any additional software on the Mac machine?  The new HP Media Smart's have this as an added value feature and I'd quite like to have this functionality on my homemade WHS box without shelling out for a new HP machine and migrating all my data across.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows Home Server makes it's volumes available as standard Windows File Shares (smb)." />
  <row Id="36951" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20768" RevisionGUID="5cbfc7be-945d-4c6a-bb21-2dbb32ae0dd9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:33:21.553" UserId="8342" Text="Using WHS for a Mac Time Machine Backup" />
  <row Id="36952" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20768" RevisionGUID="5cbfc7be-945d-4c6a-bb21-2dbb32ae0dd9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:33:21.553" UserId="8342" Text="&lt;windows-home-server&gt;&lt;whs&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;leopard&gt;&lt;time-machine&gt;" />
  <row Id="36953" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20769" RevisionGUID="1407c2d3-e99f-4662-8169-d4181b97688f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:33:56.980" UserId="1322" Text="I was reading an article about a recent website (astalavista.com) that was hacked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The perpetrator wrote down how he did it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://pastebin.com/f751e9f5b&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;##What can we learn from this to better secure web servers? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;###One of the things that puzzled me:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        [+] Connecting to astalavista.com:80&#xD;&#xA;        [+] Grabbing banner...&#xD;&#xA;                LiteSpeed&#xD;&#xA;        [+] Injecting shellcode...&#xD;&#xA;        [-] Wait for it&#xD;&#xA;       &#xD;&#xA;        [~] We g0tshell&#xD;&#xA;                uname -a: Linux asta1.astalavistaserver.com 2.6.18-128.1.10.el5 #1 SMP Thu May 7 10:35:59 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux&#xD;&#xA;                ID: uid=100(apache) gid=500(apache) groups=500(apache)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried searching to see if there was any remote injection vulnerability in Litespeed, but I could not find any. Some people claimed that the kernel was susceptible to the vmsplice() exploit, but doesn't this still require arbitrary code execution?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;###Another thing&#xD;&#xA;    mysql&gt; select username,password,email from contrexx_access_users where is_admin = 1;&#xD;&#xA;    +------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------------+&#xD;&#xA;    | username   | password                         | email                       |&#xD;&#xA;    +------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------------+&#xD;&#xA;    | system     | 0defe9e458e745625fffbc215d7801c5 | info@comvation.com          |&#xD;&#xA;    | prozac     | 1f65f06d9758599e9ad27cf9707f92b5 | prozac@astalavista.com      |&#xD;&#xA;    | Be1er0ph0r | 78d164dc7f57cc142f07b1b4629b958a | paulo.santos@astalavista.ch |&#xD;&#xA;    | schmid     | 0defe9e458e745625fffbc215d7801c5 | ivan.schmid@comvation.com   |&#xD;&#xA;    +------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------------+&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    system:f82BN3+_*&#xD;&#xA;    Be1er0ph0r:belerophor4astacom&#xD;&#xA;    prozac:asta4cms!&#xD;&#xA;    commander:mpbdaagf6m&#xD;&#xA;    sykadul:ak29eral&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How did they get rainbow table coverage up to 18 characters long? How complete are the md5 rainbow tables out there? " />
  <row Id="36954" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20769" RevisionGUID="1407c2d3-e99f-4662-8169-d4181b97688f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:33:56.980" UserId="1322" Text="Securing Webservers" />
  <row Id="36955" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20769" RevisionGUID="1407c2d3-e99f-4662-8169-d4181b97688f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:33:56.980" UserId="1322" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;hack&gt;&lt;exploit&gt;&lt;website&gt;" />
  <row Id="36956" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20770" RevisionGUID="13907596-dfc1-46f5-88cf-1a4d10b5308b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:34:56.807" UserId="6519" Text="I'm trying to setup a new FTP server using IIS 6.0 on Windows 2008.  If I use an FTP client (such as Windows XP's built-in FTP command at the command line), I can login and browse files/directories without problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I access the FTP site via a web browser (Tried FireFox and IE), I can login, but it won't list files.  IE gives a &quot;can't display this webpage error&quot; and FireFox gives the normal Index of ftp://fileserver/, but shows no files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm testing on our intranet to rule out firewall/router issues, but that should obviously not matter since command-line FTP works fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas/suggestions?" />
  <row Id="36957" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20770" RevisionGUID="13907596-dfc1-46f5-88cf-1a4d10b5308b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:34:56.807" UserId="6519" Text="IIS6.0 FTP - can't list files in browser" />
  <row Id="36958" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20770" RevisionGUID="13907596-dfc1-46f5-88cf-1a4d10b5308b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:34:56.807" UserId="6519" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;ftp&gt;" />
  <row Id="36959" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20738" RevisionGUID="99848df3-9aeb-4a1e-9ab2-98891c8a06d0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:34:58.490" UserId="5989" Comment="blockquote" Text="I saw this comment:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;Been there, done that. We aliased the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; killall-command on the solaris-boxes&#xD;&#xA;&gt; after that: alias killall='echo&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ORLLY?' =) – Commander Keen May 28 at&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 12:03&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In response to [an answer][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It made me wonder, what do sysadmins do to prevent stupid mistakes, either for themselves or others?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a previous organization where *every* change had to go through change management (even adding a host to /etc/hosts), we did copy/paste instructions for all change records. If it required additional commands/procedures that weren't in the record, a new ticket was opened.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7902/best-sysadmin-accident/7965#7965" />
  <row Id="36960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20771" RevisionGUID="6c511051-1e92-47ed-948d-4082016eff3c" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:17:03.193" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi Guys,&#xA;I have some tape Cartridges written in UNIX/ Linux which i want to restore in a Windows Vista/ 2003 64bit Server system. Can anyone suggest the software/ tools required. Windows doesn't recognize these tapes when i insert in Tape Drive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good Luck,&#xA;Pinaki&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36961" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20771" RevisionGUID="6c511051-1e92-47ed-948d-4082016eff3c" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:17:03.193" Text="Restore Unix Tapes in Windows" />
  <row Id="36962" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20771" RevisionGUID="6c511051-1e92-47ed-948d-4082016eff3c" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:17:03.193" Text="&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;&lt;tape&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;data&gt;" />
  <row Id="36963" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20772" RevisionGUID="d85aa955-ad91-492f-b526-c6df064bdc03" CreationDate="2009-06-05T12:19:32.237" Text="&lt;p&gt;I've successfully used &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cygwin.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Cygwin&lt;/a&gt; dd to read and write tapes under Windows - perhaps that will work for you?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20773" RevisionGUID="265c9fb0-4664-45a2-be42-298673fdb9b0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:38:19.670" UserId="8021" Text="The md5 rainbow tables are very complete. Especially when your password has your username in it. " />
  <row Id="36965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20774" RevisionGUID="cd1c93d1-54e2-4ffa-97f3-8ba8692f853c" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:38:47.297" UserId="5234" Text="Is there some kind of agressive power saving on the printers?  I can conceive of situations where that, combined with driver settings, could cause this." />
  <row Id="36966" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20775" RevisionGUID="44c1454c-6177-4db3-9eb6-96a216ed711a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:40:26.810" UserId="3146" Text="I used Sendmail for many years.  However, when I needed to overcome my ISP's mail size limit, i.e. the size of an individual email, I started using a commercial relay service.  The commercial relay service requires authentication each time you send email.  At the time, and it may still be true I don't know, Sendmail did not support this.  Consequently, I needed a secure MTA that did support this mechanism and that turned out to be Postfix.  I've now used Postfix for several years and it's worked great.  It was easy to setup, at least compared to Sendmail, and it doesn't need the same number of updates to keep it secure as Sendmail did, i.e. it's pretty stable and secure." />
  <row Id="36967" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20775" RevisionGUID="44c1454c-6177-4db3-9eb6-96a216ed711a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:40:26.810" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20776" RevisionGUID="06459c1c-61d9-48bf-b5d1-119a85fe92b1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:42:09.210" UserId="3380" Text="Apologies if this a dumb question, but i have not found an answer yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do you find out how much free disk/file space for a given folder or partition. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically i need to know how much free space there is before i carry out a tasks on the server and don't wish to hit the limits unexpectedly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks in advance." />
  <row Id="36969" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20776" RevisionGUID="06459c1c-61d9-48bf-b5d1-119a85fe92b1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:42:09.210" UserId="3380" Text="Determine the free file space in Linux." />
  <row Id="36970" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20776" RevisionGUID="06459c1c-61d9-48bf-b5d1-119a85fe92b1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:42:09.210" UserId="3380" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;" />
  <row Id="36971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20777" RevisionGUID="4779fcb9-b4a7-4afb-8ab3-9626c468a795" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:42:50.223" UserId="8386" Text="I switched our email to Google Apps for Domains back in mid '07 and never looked back. It's been fantastic for blocking spam. I even pretty must have everyone using it through the web and not a desktop client, I only have one hold out who insists on using Outlook. I've found it really useful for online collaboration tools &amp; sharing documents &amp; calendar events." />
  <row Id="36972" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20777" RevisionGUID="4779fcb9-b4a7-4afb-8ab3-9626c468a795" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:42:50.223" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="36973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20778" RevisionGUID="d5a7deda-f7bc-4c0e-bc6c-07d04871fcdc" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:43:02.763" UserId="8428" Text="What edition are you running and do you have an SA agreement?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you running antivirus on the server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, what hotfix(s)/rollup are you running for PS4 and what SP are you on for Windows?" />
  <row Id="36974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20779" RevisionGUID="10a8cecb-384a-4338-80e0-b1b0421c7a04" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:43:20.563" UserId="5234" Text="We've occasionally had PE2950s in the office and likewise on startup they sound like a jet taking off; you will be disrupted by them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm gonna make a fairly radical suggestion here: if you need a Server *OS* rather than Server *hardware*, have you considered a reasonably specced Workstation-model PC?" />
  <row Id="36975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20780" RevisionGUID="d5af8545-3ed6-4649-8efa-2ce50634c7d9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:44:14.197" UserId="1736" Text="You want `df`.  (And `df -i` for inodes free.)" />
  <row Id="36976" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20703" RevisionGUID="5bec17e5-60bd-44dc-87fb-3faca610c5e4" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:44:19.173" UserId="7200" Comment="added 178 characters in body" Text="It's not a capacity problem-- that's a bug. Any unhandled exception in an application is a bug. (Never let a developer tell you otherwise.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you current on patches?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Sounds like you've found a bug to me, if you can repro the problem. I have no idea how to actually report such a bug to Microsoft, but it probably needs to be reported." />
  <row Id="36977" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20781" RevisionGUID="2b87f709-2942-4263-b8bd-a4059863fb8e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:45:21.153" UserId="4891" Text="What is your goal with a CMS?  Who would be doing updates and what kind of updates.  Is training users mainly for accessing data or for uploading and maintaining the data?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A CMS is probably better than Contribute if flexibility is needed.  Which CMS and will depend on what capabilities that you need." />
  <row Id="36978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20782" RevisionGUID="6f225b6e-94a9-484a-97a6-70b66eac3529" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:45:22.713" UserId="5611" Text="First off, resources for md5 rainbow tables:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.freerainbowtables.com/en/tables/md5/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://project-rainbowcrack.com/table.htm][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anapologetos&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freerainbowtables.com/en/tables/md5/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://project-rainbowcrack.com/table.htm" />
  <row Id="36979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20783" RevisionGUID="90f0f213-6db0-4bca-a8e1-6958e76fdadf" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:45:51.060" UserId="6519" Text="chaos answered first, but I just wanted to add &quot;df -h&quot; is more useful (display it in human-readable terms (MB, GB, KB, etc) instead of blocks), but you can figure that out from df's help page." />
  <row Id="36980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20784" RevisionGUID="e54978a9-418b-42bd-8032-53ffc5d42be6" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:45:55.037" UserId="6804" Text="    df -h # shows free disk space on all partitions&#xD;&#xA;    du -hs foldername # shows space used by a particular folder&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20785" RevisionGUID="fb7d8b8e-0b07-48aa-a672-52ff5ce96252" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:46:16.970" UserId="6793" Text="       cd /path/to/dir&#xD;&#xA;       df -h .&#xD;&#xA;       Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on&#xD;&#xA;       /dev/sda1              36G   20G   14G  60% /" />
  <row Id="36985" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20788" RevisionGUID="5f75d55f-1bc0-48bf-8ced-499205222a07" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:50:01.207" UserId="2787" Text="The solution I've always used:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Replicate to another server, preferably in the same physical location (so that if you need to, you can do a manual failover).&#xD;&#xA;2. Set up a shell script to take backups on that server, using --master-data --single-transaction (assuming you're using InnoDB) so that you can get the master log's position as well as ensuring transactional consistency in your DB dump. [I wrote this one][1], which may suit your purposes or not.&#xD;&#xA;3. Upload your backup to wherever it is you want your backup to go. I upload mine to Mosso Cloud Files (which is incredibly fast if you're on a Mosso server) using [another script that I put together.][2]&#xD;&#xA;4. Run this backup on a period representative of how important your data is to you. We run ours every two hours.&#xD;&#xA;5. Take a vacation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://github.com/danudey/miscellany/blob/master/mysql-hacks/mysqlbackup&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://github.com/danudey/miscellany/blob/master/misc-hacks/mosso_backup.py" />
  <row Id="36986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20789" RevisionGUID="69a4f1cc-678c-44d2-b86f-c395d2a2474e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:50:19.177" UserId="413" Text="my favorite trick for getting the really big files listed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    du | sort -rn | head&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;gets the top 10 filepigs listed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tim" />
  <row Id="36987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20790" RevisionGUID="4e3fb7b1-5a7d-4856-b394-71083e4fafa8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:51:32.543" UserId="7801" Text="Another possibility is using mod_rewite to match the URL and sending the client a 403 (or whatever code you want). Example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine on&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^/.*passwd.*/ - [L,NC,G]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or for fun:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine on&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^/(.*passwd.*)/ http://127.0.0.1/$1 [L,NC,R=301]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="36988" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20791" RevisionGUID="656117b2-4bb3-46d5-8c3d-4183873550d9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:51:40.360" UserId="8256" Text="have taken over a client from another consultant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the current file server that is a member server is joined to the domain.&#xD;&#xA;BUT, if you look under control panel&gt;administrative panel&gt;local users or accounts &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the domain_name\Administrator is not added to the server for local account. i never really gave much attention to this in the past and just came across it by accident while looking at the ntfs security settings on some folders. This means that the domain_name\administrator is not explcitly set in ntfs security but i am assuming since that person was the creator they actually have control based on that user. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should the domain_name\Administrator not be added to it (this is part of a member server) explicitly? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks.&#xD;&#xA;gd" />
  <row Id="36989" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20791" RevisionGUID="656117b2-4bb3-46d5-8c3d-4183873550d9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:51:40.360" UserId="8256" Text="member server 2003 (file server) domain administrator account problem not locally added to server" />
  <row Id="36990" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20791" RevisionGUID="656117b2-4bb3-46d5-8c3d-4183873550d9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:51:40.360" UserId="8256" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;2003&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="36991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20792" RevisionGUID="938ffefe-0b02-4b26-87da-c04fc5c5ca0e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:52:50.327" UserId="2629" Text="I'm afraid I don't know, but this answer ([How to enable time machine backup to a NAS][1]) may get you on the right track.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7346/useful-commandline-commands-on-mac-os/19541#19541" />
  <row Id="36992" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20793" RevisionGUID="5138419e-ddd5-4573-bd01-9220b9180b7b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:53:39.217" UserId="4891" Text="Proper termination of Cat 6 (6a) is much more critical than 5e.  This will require a greater skill level for the installers.  If you are simply using patch cables, then the distance is probably short.  For 1Gb speeds, 5e will work fine for short runs and most long runs.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using long runs through areas of high RF/EMI, consider Cat 6, otherwise Cat 5e will work fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have plans to upgrade to 10Gb, I would consider a fiber solution instead of copper in any case.  " />
  <row Id="36993" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20794" RevisionGUID="c0432b95-93cd-4644-9963-2015cb051129" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:54:09.857" UserId="5778" Text="Surprised no-one has added...  go home when you're tired!&#xD;&#xA;Brain does not do its best work when you're 10 or 12 hours into the day, go home, grab a beer, get some shut-eye and hit the ground running in the morning!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also find &quot;peer review&quot; useful... &quot;hey bob, I'm just going to bargle the frargle - you see anything up with that?&quot; just saying it out loud can solidify what you are doing in your mind.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now we return you to &quot;technical solutions for a single, tired brain&quot; ;)" />
  <row Id="36995" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20795" RevisionGUID="8af1d2df-765f-413b-b8f6-42c8fb5e8e62" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:55:20.930" UserId="6132" Text="I don't get out of bed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Failing that I read twice and click once." />
  <row Id="36996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20796" RevisionGUID="08563a46-f80a-49b7-964b-6a40addedb9c" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:55:35.843" UserId="4538" Text="As others suggested, use df for locally mounted disks that you're managing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For NFS and other remote mounted volumes, you may encounter a quota system.  For these systems, use the &quot;quota&quot; command to find out how much free quota remains, which will likely be smaller than the number of bytes remaining.  This is not always true, though. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can find more about quota here: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Quota.html" />
  <row Id="36997" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20797" RevisionGUID="64b07a4c-e41a-4475-968c-60f7b9b212c7" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:55:46.687" UserId="7861" Text="DOMAIN\Administrator is a domain account, not a local account.  As such it should be listed in the GROUPS section (implicitly or explicitly) in the Administrators group.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So it will either show up as &quot;DOMAIN\Administrator&quot; in that group list, or it will be included in &quot;DOMAIN ADMINISTRATORS&quot; in that group list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This assumes that either of those is in that group.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can set them in the group if not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will need to use Active Directory Users and Computers to check which groups the Administrator account for the domain is a part of in the domain itself (like Domain Administrators)" />
  <row Id="36998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20798" RevisionGUID="3f18d469-8804-4da6-b821-95c57580891d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:56:30.350" UserId="1791" Text="Many commands have an option that just shows the output as if the command were run, but doesn't actually do it. (E.g. rsync --dry-run)  Look for them, and use them." />
  <row Id="36999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20799" RevisionGUID="6614b323-a4ab-4c15-99e4-7be4ecc7f781" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:56:40.990" UserDisplayName="john d" Text="Hi, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the cost for gigabyte of hard disks (3.5 SATA) is smaller than bluray one (I am referring to 50 GB disks).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are advantages and disadvantages of using hard disk instead of read only optical disks?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am interested in the intrinsic properties of these devices, not external (ie I do not care a 1000 GB HD can store as 20 BD so it requires smaller space).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I can think right now:&#xD;&#xA;- Ease of handle: HD sensible to static electricity and magnetic fields, while optical disks can be scratched and heat can damage them.&#xD;&#xA;- Durability: how much time an HD can sit unused and keep its data? I have not data about durability of bluray disks, someone has? (some DVD after 5 years start giving problems in external region)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other considerations?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37000" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20799" RevisionGUID="6614b323-a4ab-4c15-99e4-7be4ecc7f781" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:56:40.990" UserDisplayName="john d" Text="Hard disks as backup media" />
  <row Id="37001" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20799" RevisionGUID="6614b323-a4ab-4c15-99e4-7be4ecc7f781" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:56:40.990" UserDisplayName="john d" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="37002" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20800" RevisionGUID="5fe0d362-a529-49fc-abac-cf4f1472a4f5" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:57:12.830" UserId="1435" Text="Maybe I'm getting it super cheap compared to some of you but to me Cat6 is 20% more than Cat5e, so I go Cat6 every time." />
  <row Id="37003" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20782" RevisionGUID="c426b250-b375-44de-a59e-856f2b1b62b2" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:57:51.953" UserId="5611" Comment="More thoughts." Text="**First off**, a few observations:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  -Even though the banner grabbed is for LiteSpeed (a drop-in Apache replacement), the resulting access is through the Apache user&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;  -Since the resulting access is through the Apache user, most likely this is an Apache/LiteSpeed level vulnerability, not a kernel vulnerability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Secondly**, resources for md5 rainbow tables:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.freerainbowtables.com/en/tables/md5/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://project-rainbowcrack.com/table.htm][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;btw, I agree with *Unknown*, which is why I posted these links as evidence.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anapologetos&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freerainbowtables.com/en/tables/md5/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://project-rainbowcrack.com/table.htm" />
  <row Id="37004" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20801" RevisionGUID="03db2481-a415-49b2-a09d-3a3033f5f3c9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:58:34.340" UserId="5257" Text="I have a database that was recently shrunk and when I run sp_spaceused I see that it has 500MB of unallocated space. I'm trying to keep this database to a certain size (do to MSDE size restrictions for my desktop users) and I'm not sure if the unallocated space affects the overall database size. Is there a way to remove this unallocated space from the database?" />
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  <row Id="37006" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20801" RevisionGUID="03db2481-a415-49b2-a09d-3a3033f5f3c9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:58:34.340" UserId="5257" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;database&gt;" />
  <row Id="37007" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20802" RevisionGUID="d1925eeb-46aa-441e-b35e-32c95bd5dc3c" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:59:01.360" UserId="1435" Text="Disks=faster, cheaper, larger capacity&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Optical=data *should* last longer" />
  <row Id="37008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20803" RevisionGUID="747cd542-e5bf-4934-b271-d6c0c342be36" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:59:02.017" UserId="8431" Text="My office is thinking of setting up a media server with speakers connected to it so that everyone in our office can queue up music via a web app. Right now we just pass around a speaker cable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know of a Linux web app we could install or some third-party web service that would allow anyone with access to the site/account to queue up music to be played on the media server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a webapp that could find shared music on the local network?" />
  <row Id="37009" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20803" RevisionGUID="747cd542-e5bf-4934-b271-d6c0c342be36" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:59:02.017" UserId="8431" Text="Intranet music web application for an office media server?" />
  <row Id="37010" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20803" RevisionGUID="747cd542-e5bf-4934-b271-d6c0c342be36" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:59:02.017" UserId="8431" Text="&lt;media&gt;&lt;music&gt;&lt;web-apps&gt;" />
  <row Id="37011" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20804" RevisionGUID="bb100b3a-8d5b-4c12-b153-ec3af13918f3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T19:59:23.700" UserId="4538" Text="I suspect you can check the last modified times on files /var/cache/apt to figure out when the last updates were applied to the package lists. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just tested this, and ran &quot;sudo apt-get update&quot; twice in a row, and the dates did not change from their current value, but I suspect this is because there were no new updates to apply, and that the caches are up to date. " />
  <row Id="37012" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20805" RevisionGUID="fa9e3f95-fa19-4a0c-a28f-24cc3b08230d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:02:52.023" UserId="7861" Text="I'll add to chopper and state that unless your backup requirements require you to keep backup media rotations of years or permanent storage, then either will probably last for the life of your backup rotation." />
  <row Id="37013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20806" RevisionGUID="5956091b-f218-46ed-b012-0a5717c3a83d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:05:49.147" UserId="8437" Text="Automate whatever you can.  Whenever you rely on yourself doing something manually, you allow the possibility for mistakes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use various techniques to [write robust shell scripts](http://www.davidpashley.com/articles/writing-robust-shell-scripts.html).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When preparing a batch job (for loop, [clusterssh](http://apps.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/clusterssh/index.php?title=Main_Page) job, etc.), prepend the commands that do stuff with `echo` to make sure that they look sane." />
  <row Id="37014" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20807" RevisionGUID="6ac9bfbc-504c-4565-9167-1c7897c14f23" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:06:55.477" UserId="8386" Text="I think it's hard to protect yourself from yourself.. if I knew I was doing it wrong in the first place, then I wouldn't have done it. That said, I are a couple of thinks I try to remember:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Read through instructions before attempting the task. This is sometimes hard because who really likes instructions?&#xD;&#xA;2. Read ALL prompts. If there is a prompt, it was designed for a purpose.. reading these and not rushing through clicking has definitely saved me a couple of Homer DOH! moments.&#xD;&#xA;3. Document difficult tasks. Most of the time when I complete something new and challenging and has not been previously documented, I'll take the time to write up some notes on the task.&#xD;&#xA;4. Backups" />
  <row Id="37015" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20808" RevisionGUID="8b212281-19be-44e0-a77f-4ec44a26bf10" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:08:13.493" UserId="5391" Text="If you just need the ACL settings, you could do the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    robocopy &lt;source&gt; &lt;destination&gt; /S /copy:SOU /SECFIX&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will copy subdirectory information, including **S**ecurity ACLs, **O**wner, and aUditing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the relevant help information on the options above:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;/COPY:copyflag[s] :: what to COPY for files (default is /COPY:DAT).&#xD;&#xA;                       (copyflags : D=Data, A=Attributes, T=Timestamps).&#xD;&#xA;                       (S=Security=NTFS ACLs, O=Owner info, U=aUditing info).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /SECFIX :: FIX file SECurity on all files, even skipped files." />
  <row Id="37016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20809" RevisionGUID="4f2b8dad-5b7d-423e-9268-7d2e8d6921c4" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:09:34.380" UserId="887" Text="See [DBCC SHRINKFILE][1]&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189493.aspx" />
  <row Id="37017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20810" RevisionGUID="dce7567a-7e2c-47ba-be16-cec12d74ad0d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:09:46.720" UserId="5847" Text="Provided that all the Music is on the Server, There´s nothing more flexible than slimdevices squeezecenter. Of course Logitech will try to sell you their excellent Squeeze*** Devices but the Software also works without them and you can stream to any MP3-stream capable player.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_features.html" />
  <row Id="37018" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20811" RevisionGUID="9ba277b3-a695-4ae3-a1a9-a75241423703" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:12:29.053" UserId="984" Text="df - report file system disk space usage ([man][1])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    df [OPTION]... [FILE]...&#xD;&#xA;    Description&#xD;&#xA;    This manual page documents the GNU version of df. df displays the amount of disk space available on the file system containing each file name argument. If no file name is given, the space available on all currently mounted file systems is shown. Disk space is shown in 1K blocks by default, unless the environment variable POSIXLY_CORRECT is set, in which case 512-byte blocks are used.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    If an argument is the absolute file name of a disk device node containing a mounted file system, df shows the space available on that file system rather than on the file system containing the device node (which is always the root file system). This version of df cannot show the space available on unmounted file systems, because on most kinds of systems doing so requires very nonportable intimate knowledge of file system structures.&#xD;&#xA;    Options&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Show information about the file system on which each FILE resides, or all file systems by default.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    -a, --all&#xD;&#xA;        include dummy file systems &#xD;&#xA;    -B, --block-size=SIZE use SIZE-byte blocks&#xD;&#xA;    -h, --human-readable&#xD;&#xA;        print sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G) &#xD;&#xA;    -H, --si&#xD;&#xA;        likewise, but use powers of 1000 not 1024 &#xD;&#xA;    -i, --inodes&#xD;&#xA;        list inode information instead of block usage &#xD;&#xA;    -k&#xD;&#xA;        like --block-size=1K &#xD;&#xA;    -l, --local&#xD;&#xA;        limit listing to local file systems &#xD;&#xA;    --no-sync&#xD;&#xA;        do not invoke sync before getting usage info (default) &#xD;&#xA;    -P, --portability&#xD;&#xA;        use the POSIX output format &#xD;&#xA;    --sync&#xD;&#xA;        invoke sync before getting usage info &#xD;&#xA;    -t, --type=TYPE&#xD;&#xA;        limit listing to file systems of type TYPE &#xD;&#xA;    -T, --print-type&#xD;&#xA;        print file system type &#xD;&#xA;    -x, --exclude-type=TYPE&#xD;&#xA;        limit listing to file systems not of type TYPE &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;du - estimate file space usage  ([man][2])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    du [OPTION]... [FILE]...&#xD;&#xA;    du [OPTION]... --files0-from=F&#xD;&#xA;    Description&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Summarize disk usage of each FILE, recursively for directories.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    -a, --all&#xD;&#xA;        write counts for all files, not just directories &#xD;&#xA;    --apparent-size&#xD;&#xA;        print apparent sizes, rather than disk usage; although the apparent size is usually smaller, it may be larger due to holes in ('sparse') files, internal fragmentation, indirect blocks, and the like &#xD;&#xA;    -B, --block-size=SIZE use SIZE-byte blocks&#xD;&#xA;    -b, --bytes&#xD;&#xA;        equivalent to '--apparent-size --block-size=1' &#xD;&#xA;    -c, --total&#xD;&#xA;        produce a grand total &#xD;&#xA;    -D, --dereference-args&#xD;&#xA;        dereference FILEs that are symbolic links &#xD;&#xA;    --files0-from=F&#xD;&#xA;        summarize disk usage of the NUL-terminated file names specified in file F &#xD;&#xA;    -H&#xD;&#xA;        like --si, but also evokes a warning; will soon change to be equivalent to --dereference-args (-D) &#xD;&#xA;    -h, --human-readable&#xD;&#xA;        print sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G) &#xD;&#xA;    --si&#xD;&#xA;        like -h, but use powers of 1000 not 1024 &#xD;&#xA;    -k&#xD;&#xA;        like --block-size=1K &#xD;&#xA;    -l, --count-links&#xD;&#xA;        count sizes many times if hard linked &#xD;&#xA;    -m&#xD;&#xA;        like --block-size=1M &#xD;&#xA;    -L, --dereference&#xD;&#xA;        dereference all symbolic links &#xD;&#xA;    -P, --no-dereference&#xD;&#xA;        don't follow any symbolic links (this is the default) &#xD;&#xA;    -0, --null&#xD;&#xA;        end each output line with 0 byte rather than newline &#xD;&#xA;    -S, --separate-dirs&#xD;&#xA;        do not include size of subdirectories &#xD;&#xA;    -s, --summarize&#xD;&#xA;        display only a total for each argument &#xD;&#xA;    -x, --one-file-system&#xD;&#xA;        skip directories on different file systems &#xD;&#xA;    -X FILE, --exclude-from=FILE&#xD;&#xA;        Exclude files that match any pattern in FILE. &#xD;&#xA;    --exclude=PATTERN Exclude files that match PATTERN.&#xD;&#xA;    --max-depth=N&#xD;&#xA;        print the total for a directory (or file, with --all) only if it is N or fewer levels below the command line argument; --max-depth=0 is the same as --summarize &#xD;&#xA;    --time&#xD;&#xA;        show time of the last modification of any file in the directory, or any of its subdirectories &#xD;&#xA;    --time=WORD&#xD;&#xA;        show time as WORD instead of modification time: atime, access, use, ctime or status &#xD;&#xA;    --time-style=STYLE show times using style STYLE:&#xD;&#xA;        full-iso, long-iso, iso, +FORMAT FORMAT is interpreted like 'date' &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.die.net/man/1/df&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://linux.die.net/man/1/du" />
  <row Id="37019" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20811" RevisionGUID="9ba277b3-a695-4ae3-a1a9-a75241423703" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:12:29.053" UserId="984" />
  <row Id="37020" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20007" RevisionGUID="18cda5db-1741-4d70-9aec-d9b014aec4f8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:12:56.650" UserId="3657" Comment="Added additional software information; added 9 characters in body; added 118 characters in body" Text="We have a Citrix PS4.0 farm made up of 2 physical and 2 virtual Citrix servers.  Any one of them at some point or another will eventually degrade in performance due to hitting 100% CPU usage.  I can see the CPU usage spike in the Virtual Infrastructure Client when this happens on either of the VMware servers.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is not a load issue related to the number of users as it can happen at any time with any number of users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Users are running shared desktops, not applications.  Installed applications in the desktop are standard office application (Word, Excel, Outlook) with limited Internet Explorer access through a Bluecoat Proxy and a couple industry-specific applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What tools can be used to troubleshoot and diagnose the source of the problem?  Once the server hits 100% CPU, it is impossible to log onto and see what process is consuming all the resources.  The only recourse is to hard reset the machine.  All servers restart at 4am each morning on a schedule.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NOTE: I already have ThreadMaster installed on all Citrix servers using the default configuration options and logging activities.  The logs do not reveal the source of the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Citrix Presentation Server 4.0, Enterprise Edition&#xD;&#xA; - Hotfix PSE400W2K3R03&#xD;&#xA; - Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition Service Pack 1&#xD;&#xA; - Runs Symantec Client Security 10.0.0.359 configured per the recommendations from Citrix for file exclusions, etc." />
  <row Id="37021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20812" RevisionGUID="4688f76d-7d4e-4f5b-a98b-cd5f8c4808ab" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:13:25.683" UserId="7646" Text="UPDATE: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Very strange. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Under &quot;**Line Settings for this Device**&quot;, I added his four digit extension to the &quot;**Line Text Label**&quot;, clicked &quot;**Update**&quot;, and now it works. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mind you not everyone has a value here, though some do. I figure the record for this user in the directory must've been corrupted or something, and putting in a new value and resubmitting fixed it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seems logical, I guess" />
  <row Id="37022" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20771" RevisionGUID="bffd1489-5237-4bab-8d20-0a23b7fc0f06" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:14:17.680" UserId="984" Comment="added 5 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi Guys,&#xD;&#xA;I have some tape Cartridges written in UNIX/ Linux which i want to restore in a Windows Vista/ 2003 64bit Server system. Can anyone suggest the software/ tools required. Windows doesn't recognize these tapes when i insert in Tape Drive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good Luck,&#xD;&#xA;Pinaki&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37023" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="20771" RevisionGUID="bffd1489-5237-4bab-8d20-0a23b7fc0f06" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:14:17.680" UserId="984" Comment="added 5 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;tape&gt;&lt;data&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="37024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20813" RevisionGUID="6b7424b8-56e7-4a0d-bd9d-12b9c4ecf85f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:14:32.640" UserId="7445" Text="As far as I know, only HP has built this as extra functionality into their latest-generation HP Media Smart solutions. Which tells me that it should be possible for a nifty developer to make an Add-in that does this.." />
  <row Id="37025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20814" RevisionGUID="9061f450-007b-44b3-a22c-54aa86ddc568" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:15:56.270" UserId="7634" Text="I think that using hdd's is going to  be a good and cheap way for backup, as long as not internal hdd's are used. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Normal Harddisks should last long enough for most needs, on special long time needs you should consider using SSD's or other flash-storage." />
  <row Id="37026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20815" RevisionGUID="94fcc947-4fdd-476c-b0c6-731782a18961" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:16:00.717" UserId="6490" Text="Hi folks &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because one of our customers is running out of disk space, I need to extend his Raid5 with one more disk.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;At the moment the raid5 contains 3x72gb harddisk. The harddisk i want to add is exactly the same one. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;He's running Win2003std on a HP Pro Liant DL380 G3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;what would be the best (fastest) way? and do i need to convert the partition to dynamic volume? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;anybody tried that with the HP tools?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;kind regards &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;sam" />
  <row Id="37027" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20815" RevisionGUID="94fcc947-4fdd-476c-b0c6-731782a18961" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:16:00.717" UserId="6490" Text="Extend Raid5 with a new HD (HP DL380 G3)" />
  <row Id="37028" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20815" RevisionGUID="94fcc947-4fdd-476c-b0c6-731782a18961" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:16:00.717" UserId="6490" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;hp&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;" />
  <row Id="37029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20816" RevisionGUID="60e683e1-8a92-4b33-b036-6bfc20b9f834" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:16:31.590" UserId="7519" Text="SqlACID is right and look specifically at TRUNCATEONLY or target_size" />
  <row Id="37030" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20817" RevisionGUID="6c52b3d5-28a7-4f5f-a776-68a56de568e3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:18:03.460" UserId="4442" Text="Some data (documents for example) must be stored in an immutable form. You can't beat some sort of WORM or optical system can't be beat. If that requirement doesn't exist for you (check with your legal department and any records managers you may have) I think you can't beat a hard disk." />
  <row Id="37031" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20818" RevisionGUID="2205309e-44ba-41ec-9d85-f045167c7901" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:21:28.927" UserId="6621" Text="(This answer should be considered an addendum to fill in some blanks in palmer's procedure)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To pick an unused UniqueID for you new user, you could use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    maxid=$(dscl . -list /Users UniqueID | awk '{print $2}' | sort -ug | tail -1)&#xD;&#xA;    newid=$((maxid+1))&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...then use the sequence of dscl commands palmer gave to create the account, and then create the new user's home directory with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cp -R /System/Library/User\ Template/English.lproj /Users/luser&#xD;&#xA;    chown -R luser:staff /Users/luser&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(there is a createhomedir command, but it didn't work when I tested it.)" />
  <row Id="37032" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20819" RevisionGUID="cded3b25-e57a-4a26-865a-2bb5e9951e93" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:22:26.163" UserId="2427" Text="The packages you need are:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - SUNWdhcm                         DHCP Manager&#xD;&#xA; - SUNWdhcsb                        Binary File Format Data Module for BOOTP/DHCP Services&#xD;&#xA; - SUNWdhcsr                        BOOTP/DHCP Server Services, (Root)&#xD;&#xA; - SUNWdhcsu                        BOOTP/DHCP Server Services, (Usr)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure if they are included in the default install, but a quick&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; `pkginfo | grep DHCP`  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should tell you if you have them." />
  <row Id="37033" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20819" RevisionGUID="cded3b25-e57a-4a26-865a-2bb5e9951e93" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:22:26.163" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37034" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20820" RevisionGUID="33e71688-2ec6-4248-a46a-cb90804ab6b7" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:22:50.797" UserId="1992" Text="Be very careful running shrink for data files, it causes index fragmentation because of the algorithm it uses (I used to own the code when at MS). This blog post I wrote contains an example script that shows what I mean [Auto-shrink – turn it OFF!][1]. Although the blog post title is about auto-shrink, manual data file shrink uses the exact same code in SQL Server and so has the same problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're only using the TRUNCATEONLY option as Kyle says, you won't do any data movement and won't cause fragmentation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have indexes in the database, you have two options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Run the shrink and remove index fragmentation afterwards. Don't do it using index rebuild though (as it will need to grow the database again for space for the new index). Use my old DBCC INDEXDEFRAG or it's replacement ALTER INDEX ... REORGANIZE. That only needs one data page to operate and so won't grow the database again.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Create another filegroup in the database, move all indexes into it using the CREATE INDEX ... WITH DROP_EXISTING syntax, and then drop the old filegroup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/Auto-shrink-e28093-turn-it-OFF!.aspx" />
  <row Id="37035" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20821" RevisionGUID="cbae581e-3287-4321-91e2-010aa8cea506" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:24:23.993" UserId="8182" Text="I wouldn't feel comfortable backing up data on consumer grade drives...Maybe a netapp or an xiv but then your cost savings go out the window.." />
  <row Id="37036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20822" RevisionGUID="95de4d49-a2bf-4285-92eb-ca9ca7efa343" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:24:32.150" UserId="6793" Text="We use and are very happy with MPD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Music Player Daemon (MPD)][1] is a flexible, powerful, server-side application for playing music. Through plugins and libraries it can play a variety of sound files while being controlled by its network protocol.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many clients availible, web, linux, osx, iphone and windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Music_Player_Daemon_Wiki" />
  <row Id="37037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20823" RevisionGUID="d8e4b69a-280d-4ce8-b041-b5e7a7eb754b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:24:32.573" UserId="3657" Text="Have you considered booting your system with a Knoppix or other Linux LiveCD that contains some of those Unix tape utilities to read the data off the tape and dump it to your hard disk?  " />
  <row Id="37038" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20823" RevisionGUID="d8e4b69a-280d-4ce8-b041-b5e7a7eb754b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:24:32.573" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20824" RevisionGUID="36b38839-00a3-41b9-819c-f87c70c8ecab" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:25:25.380" UserId="2413" Text="do like this - take a look at [iostat][1] and look at iops/sec on your disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then - in maintenance window - run xtrabackup without throttling and see again what numbers of iops/sec can your system generate. say it's x.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;after that look how many iops/sec is typical for system during off-peak hours. say it's y.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;based on this make some estimation how many iops/sec can you dedicate to backup job. i would calculate it as x - 2 * y or x - 3 * y to leave some headroom for spikes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i think xtrabackup's parameter will be linearly proportional to iops/sec but not equal - so in last step use trial and error to tune it so iostat shows you desired number of operations/sec. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;alternativly use ionice [ a little about it [here][2] ], give your backup job low priority and do not throttle it at all. i'm doing it for [rdiff-backup][3] jobs - works quite nicely. note that ionice [ afaik ] works only with some io schedulers in linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://pagesperso-orange.fr/sebastien.godard/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://friedcpu.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/why-arent-you-using-ionice-yet/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/non-gnu/rdiff-backup/" />
  <row Id="37040" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20782" RevisionGUID="e9215f8b-6123-481b-a7cd-9777ed6eebae" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:27:31.177" UserId="5611" Comment="added 554 characters in body" Text="**First off**, a few observations:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  -Even though the banner grabbed is for LiteSpeed (a drop-in Apache replacement), the resulting access is through the Apache user&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;  -Since the initial resulting access is through the Apache user, most likely this is an Apache/LiteSpeed level vulnerability, not a kernel vulnerability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  -.bash_history: Another ouch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; **Secondly**, how to better secure the system:&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;   -Using an Intrusion Dection System like [OSSEC][1], would have alerted the admins as critical files were changed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  -Using a Layer 7 (Application Layer) [firewall][2] could have filtered out the bad input that resulted in the initial web user compromise&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;  -Don't store user's / customer's passwords.  Always use a salted hash.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  -Don't tick off attackers. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Finally**, resources for md5 rainbow tables:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.freerainbowtables.com/en/tables/md5/][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://project-rainbowcrack.com/table.htm][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;btw, I agree with *Unknown*, which is why I posted these links as evidence.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anapologetos&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ossec.net&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_firewall&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.freerainbowtables.com/en/tables/md5/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://project-rainbowcrack.com/table.htm" />
  <row Id="37041" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20825" RevisionGUID="525dae23-a4a8-4a70-8e6b-dc3dd11f9202" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:28:24.280" UserId="8021" Text="Assuming you're using the HP controllers: You'll need to reboot, hit whatever the key is to get into the RAID controller, add the new drive to the container, and then wait for the array to rebuild. When you boot up, you'll need to expand the partition. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's fairly simple once you start doing it, but schedule more downtime than you need and take a backup first just to be safe. That's just good practice any time you're messing with the storage layer. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're using software raid or a non-HP controller... well, you're kinda on your own, kid. " />
  <row Id="37042" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20826" RevisionGUID="f30433cd-9aa7-4a88-bf33-f1256b9831db" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:29:28.240" UserId="3657" Text="Perhaps the FTP client is using PASV transfers automatically.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have both the FTP and FTP-DATA ports (20 and 21) opened on the firewall?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is an option in IE to use PASV transfers under Advanced options that you can check/uncheck.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More information here: http://slacksite.com/other/ftp.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sounds like the firewall is getting in the way and you should configure your browsers and FTP clients to use PASV FTP" />
  <row Id="37043" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20827" RevisionGUID="95b6d9ec-53af-4061-aa18-8592c6c67231" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:30:08.147" UserId="7520" Text="I would be careful about assumptions on the lifetime of writable or rewritable optical media.  I actually had a case where I needed to restore a 4 year old CD-R/W and found that it was unreadable on the drives we had at restore time.  The original drive that wrote it was long gone.  This was an important back-up, and a restore was tested after it was burned initially.  I have not checked what the current life expectation is on optical media, but since then I have only used optical media as a secondary back-up to a separate HD on important archival storage." />
  <row Id="37044" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20824" RevisionGUID="50e2aaf4-5293-40b0-bca6-2290cc1308df" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:30:55.587" UserId="2413" Comment="added 53 characters in body; added 12 characters in body; added 108 characters in body" Text="it all depends but you can guesstimate something with this approach: take a look at [iostat][1] and look at iops/sec on your disk. if you have typical database you're most probably limited by number of random seeks/sec, not the bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. in maintenance window - run xtrabackup without throttling and see again what numbers of iops/sec can your system generate. say it's x.&#xD;&#xA; 2. after that look how many iops/sec is typical for system during off-peak hours. say it's y.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;based on this make some estimation how many iops/sec can you dedicate to backup job. i would calculate it as x - 2 * y or x - 3 * y to leave some headroom for spikes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i think xtrabackup's parameter will be linearly proportional to iops/sec but not equal - so in last step use trial and error to tune throttle value so iostat shows you desired number of operations/sec. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;alternativly use ionice [ a little about it [here][2] ], give your backup job low priority and do not throttle it at all. i'm doing it for [rdiff-backup][3] jobs - works quite nicely. note that ionice [ afaik ] works only with some io schedulers in linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://pagesperso-orange.fr/sebastien.godard/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://friedcpu.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/why-arent-you-using-ionice-yet/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/non-gnu/rdiff-backup/" />
  <row Id="37045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20828" RevisionGUID="57b28041-f310-4840-bdb0-159e3d6c045c" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:32:39.310" UserId="413" Text="I've really liked using &lt;a href=&quot;http://subsonic.sourceforge.net/&quot;&gt;Subsonic Media Streamer&lt;/a&gt; - seems to be the best mix of features and has a good inline player. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.jinzora.com/&quot;&gt;Jinzora&lt;/a&gt; isn't bad either, but is a lot rougher around the edges." />
  <row Id="37047" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20829" RevisionGUID="7776a6d3-9467-407e-9d5d-7e4e5a223bc0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:36:07.213" UserId="8442" Text="Through damn right stupidity I bent the pins on a CPU in a machine have rendering it pretty useless.  In an attempt to reclaim any useful (re-sellable) parts I have removed the Adaptec SCSI controller, however I'm having trouble identifying it and I don't easily have to hand another box to pop it in.&#xD;&#xA;It is labelled as adaptec 3000s it has 4 LVD connectors two internal and two external, the processor is labelled AIC-7899G.&#xD;&#xA;It was controlling a RAID array.&#xD;&#xA;It has space for two memory slots (one of them being filled).&#xD;&#xA;It has a further PCI 64&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know which part it is?" />
  <row Id="37048" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20829" RevisionGUID="7776a6d3-9467-407e-9d5d-7e4e5a223bc0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:36:07.213" UserId="8442" Text="Help identifying Adaptec SCSI controller " />
  <row Id="37049" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20829" RevisionGUID="7776a6d3-9467-407e-9d5d-7e4e5a223bc0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:36:07.213" UserId="8442" Text="&lt;raid&gt;" />
  <row Id="37050" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20830" RevisionGUID="f32e9daa-c1ca-453b-8c04-316b1ad9b340" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:38:39.767" UserId="7067" Text="I want to enforce password complexity on my RH system (local authentication) and have discovered that I need a pam module line something similar to this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;password  required pam_cracklib.so &#xD;&#xA;               dcredit=-1 ucredit=-1 ocredit=-1 lcredit=0 minlen=8&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is should I be altering /etc/pam.d/login or /etc/pam.d/system-auth and what is the difference between the two files?" />
  <row Id="37051" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20830" RevisionGUID="f32e9daa-c1ca-453b-8c04-316b1ad9b340" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:38:39.767" UserId="7067" Text="\etc\pam.d\login vs. \etc\pam.d\system-auth" />
  <row Id="37052" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20830" RevisionGUID="f32e9daa-c1ca-453b-8c04-316b1ad9b340" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:38:39.767" UserId="7067" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;pam&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="37053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20831" RevisionGUID="b1182561-e0aa-4cfa-bec3-f93291164d5d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:38:49.017" UserId="5535" Text="Are you talking about data backups or data archival?  These are two related but different problems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Questions to ask yourself when choosing a solution for backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How fast do you need to be able to restore data?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you need point in time snapshots of your data or just the latest?&#xD;&#xA; - What volume of data are you dealing with?  A few TB's would likely have a different solution than a few hundred TB's.&#xD;&#xA; - And as Jim brought up are there any legal issues involved that would require immutable data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It sounds like you're not dealing with terabytes here if these are your choices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I would vote on external hard drives if you follow the following guidelines.  But the first one applies to any backup media.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Always have the data on at least two drives and preferably in two geographic locations.&#xD;&#xA; - Every 3-4 years replace your drives with newer larger drives.  You'll be able to consolidate the number of drives your dealing in the process assuming that you're going beyond a single drive.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20832" RevisionGUID="2c7842f3-829f-4411-b7e6-60793a90ffb4" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:40:36.563" UserId="8443" Text="you say that dropping and re-creating indexes can create problems. Another way to do it is the mark the indexes unusable and then rebuild them. This way their definition (name, columns, tablespace etc) is never &quot;lost&quot;, even if some step fails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, in step 2 loop over all the indexes of the table and run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ALTER INDEX my_index_name UNUSABLE;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and in step 4 loop over the indexes and rebuild. You can specify nologging, the desired parallel level, index compression etc:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ALTER INDEX my_index_name REBUILD NOLOGGING PARALLEL 16;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is more efficient to build indexes in one clean sweep then &quot;row by row&quot;. In the first case Oracle does one full table scan, sorts and writes the index. If the index is maintained during the bulk load, it gets updated all the time during the load, so it needs to constantly update its leaf block all over the place, doing more work and I/O. Why? because each index block will get updated several times during different points in time of the load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW - hopefully, you have a &quot;step 5&quot; - collect statistics on table and indexes (in parallel)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20833" RevisionGUID="f343ce1c-fd18-4665-b98e-0a392d60f9e6" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:42:09.167" UserId="984" Text="&gt; It all works fine, but I'd like to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; know more about how determine the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; which one it will when both are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; active.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For every network interface there is an associated number called the [metric][1], when routes get created for that interface they use that metric for the route.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When system needs to send a packet and needs to decide how to route the packet it consults the route table, working through the routes from most specific to lease specific.  Whenever it finds two routes of identical specicifity it will use the route metric to decide which route to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See also:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - An explanation of the Automatic Metric feature for Internet Protocol routes - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299540&#xD;&#xA; - How to change the binding order of network adapters in Windows XP and in Windows 2000 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894564&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; How to choose which NIC to use for web&#xD;&#xA;&gt; surfing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are asking if you can setup routes under windows to select the route by what type of protocol (http,ssh,etc) you are using, then I have to tell you that is not possible under Windows.  You would need to setup up a router that supports policy-based routing.  The [LARTC howto][2] has a very good discussion on how to do this under Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrics_(networking)&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://lartc.org/" />
  <row Id="37056" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20834" RevisionGUID="e1ddbdc3-4162-4669-b689-246af09b5669" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:44:24.280" UserId="5745" Text="I know this is tagged linux, but in the interest of completeness..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The -h option isn't always available. I know Solaris, etc doesn't have it on their tools (du, df, ls, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20835" RevisionGUID="4c18c80f-dde3-4341-bd0f-839ab8903759" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:46:07.473" UserId="3657" Text="Adaptec's KB answers this question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://ask.adaptec.com/scripts/adaptec_tic.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=15256&amp;p_created=1199921508&amp;p_topview=1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Adaptec 3000S is just the label of the PCB. This PCB is used with two different controllers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Adaptec SCSI RAID 3200S (two Ultra160 SCSI channels, two internal and two external connectors)&#xD;&#xA;- Adaptec SCSI RAID 3400S (four Ultra160 SCSI channels, two internal and four external connectors) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So you're looking for the Adaptec SCSI RAID 3200S&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support/raid/scsi_raid/ASR-3200S/" />
  <row Id="37058" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20836" RevisionGUID="82e9e8c2-007f-48fb-919c-f1fafe979622" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:48:35.427" UserId="4392" Text="Checklists and scripting&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For every complex task, there is a checklist or a script that will save your butt. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's good enough for surgeons and airline pilots, it's good enough for us. " />
  <row Id="37059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20837" RevisionGUID="b8442fd3-4afc-4120-aac7-d509a49ea5ab" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:49:32.083" UserId="1584" Text="A lot of the answers provided so far seem to assume that you want a streaming solution where each person in the office can play their own individual playlists privately within the confines of their office/cube/pod/etc.  If that's the case, feel free to ignore this answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, it sounds to me like you want what is effectively an office Jukebox  where there's only ever one song playing at a time and everyone in the general area hears the same thing.  For a long time, my office mate and I had a setup for this type of situation using a combination of WinXP, [Winamp][1], and a utility called [WWWinamp][2].  It looks like the WWWinamp project has been taken over and ported to .NET since we were using it.  But basically, it provided a simple web interface to browse, search, and queue up music in Winamp on the &quot;server&quot; (the XP machine).  The server played the music through directly connected speakers that we could both hear.  We eventually added a simple Windows Media stream of the current audio output so that we could listen to &quot;what was playing&quot; remotely as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It was kind of kludgy, but it worked great at the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.winamp.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.enusbaum.com/blog/welcome-to-enusbaumcom-home-to-eric-nusbaum-and-all-his-ramblings/about_wwwinamp/" />
  <row Id="37060" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20838" RevisionGUID="c8312383-348d-4423-955e-7b8e141b5b45" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:49:54.550" UserId="66" Text="Do you really need a rack mounted server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a tower PowerEdge here in the office and the thing is practically silent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20839" RevisionGUID="2fe21850-fada-49ba-b288-f920534070d8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:51:56.603" UserId="2302" Text="[Something like this?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-67261-24966-0/2?mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2FAdaptec-3000s-Dual-port-Ultra160-SCSI-64MB-Controller_W0QQitemZ170331061801QQcmdZViewItem&amp;itemid=170331061801" />
  <row Id="37062" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20840" RevisionGUID="4a62dbb2-44cd-4e51-910d-120bc31d0a18" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:52:20.050" UserId="6804" Text="So I've got a few servers which I'd like to log centrally but obviously I don't want to pass the data insecurely over the internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried syslog-ng but can't make it work in a secure way, a normal `ssh -L PORT:localhost:PORT user@host` SSH tunnel won't work because I believe that makes the logs appear to come from the local machine, and a VPN seems a bit like overkill." />
  <row Id="37063" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20840" RevisionGUID="4a62dbb2-44cd-4e51-910d-120bc31d0a18" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:52:20.050" UserId="6804" Text="How would you send syslog *securely* over the public Internet?" />
  <row Id="37064" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20840" RevisionGUID="4a62dbb2-44cd-4e51-910d-120bc31d0a18" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:52:20.050" UserId="6804" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;tunneling&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;syslog&gt;" />
  <row Id="37065" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20841" RevisionGUID="ccd2d5e3-8305-45bd-a89d-219792bc1667" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:53:01.593" UserId="4156" Text="I'm setting up some new computers and I was wondering what could be a good greeting message to show on their welcome screen. I'm using KDM and I don't like the default message: *Welcome to %s at %n*. KDM has a few %-variables and they are substituted with their corresponding values:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; %d: current display  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; %h: local host name, possibly with the domain name  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; %n: local node name, most probably the host name without the domain name  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; %s: operating system  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; %r: operating system version  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; %m: machine (hardware) type&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;how do you think it would be a cool welcome message?" />
  <row Id="37066" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20841" RevisionGUID="ccd2d5e3-8305-45bd-a89d-219792bc1667" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:53:01.593" UserId="4156" Text="what's a reasonable greeting message for KDM?" />
  <row Id="37067" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20841" RevisionGUID="ccd2d5e3-8305-45bd-a89d-219792bc1667" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:53:01.593" UserId="4156" Text="&lt;kde&gt;&lt;login&gt;" />
  <row Id="37068" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20842" RevisionGUID="784e8c65-2692-4bec-aa1f-d6ae21510cc7" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:53:02.467" UserDisplayName="mattymo" Text="System-auth is for all types of login, including ssh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;login is just for local console (NOT remote login)" />
  <row Id="37069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20843" RevisionGUID="e702acf7-afee-4c90-98dd-5164667cf799" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:53:14.947" UserId="3657" Text="Short answer: VPN&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It may seem overkill, but it is the right answer and not that complicated to set up." />
  <row Id="37070" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20844" RevisionGUID="daf762a2-44c0-465b-b5b9-bbf4b7ddf6ed" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:54:46.007" UserId="7453" Text="I had one not so long ago. During some Oracle ODBC bridge deployment, I had to modify the path on about 500 user posts. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a quite simple operation, really. Too bad I forgot about those quotes. People started ringing after they had some strange garbled messages (the ODBC install failing), and seemed to think rebooting the machine would be just wat it needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, some other previous installation PREPENDED (!!!) some program files path in the system variable (with spaces and all, without quotes), so the new path stopped just there, at c:\Program (of course, the existence of %ProgramFiles% remained completely ignored). No system, no system32, no shell. So no logon scripts either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;People who rebooted didn't have any network access anymore, and no automated script could repair the damage. Of course, as soon as I went to some complaining user, looked around and checked the path, I got that.. sinkin' feeling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In about 30 minutes, I had another script, with the most standard path values, ready to be mailed to everyone (e-mail still worked). Users even phoned back to be sure the patch was real, as they are not used being send cryptic exe's with strange reasons to apply them, and most of them weren't even aware of what was happening.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first version was messy (a new semicolon at each execution), but it logged every possible path value available, so I quickly had data with possible paths, so I just had to create something smart to check them all, end get the path nicely in place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All in all, it lasted only about 45 minutes, and I was luckely the one who put everything back allright. But still, when a corrupted path pops up now, I'm still ready to take the blame ;)" />
  <row Id="37071" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20844" RevisionGUID="daf762a2-44c0-465b-b5b9-bbf4b7ddf6ed" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:54:46.007" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20845" RevisionGUID="0bf921d4-acfb-43e5-983c-279a14394c9f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:57:07.857" UserId="6397" Text="You may take deep look at richcopy to see if it works for you. It has the option to keep all files' attributes including the security settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.04.utilityspotlight.aspx?pr=blog&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It also support multi-thread copying, which will increase the copying speed." />
  <row Id="37073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20846" RevisionGUID="47c3731f-58be-453b-a555-10553e8e4ca0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:57:17.000" UserId="1565" Text="I've been using hard disks as backup media for at least 6 years.  I've used hard drives 20 years old that still have no problems with data retention.  The only problem I've had is storage.  It's best to put them in a box or case so they are easier to stack and label.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WiebeTech has a good solution: http://www.wiebetech.com/products/cases.php&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37074" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20847" RevisionGUID="4f7dcd84-3991-40ec-b3ed-1a5dfb235767" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:57:31.273" UserId="7453" Text="automated versioning on the most important configuration files and logon scripts, so everything remains tracable." />
  <row Id="37075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20848" RevisionGUID="f806dee1-90b3-4ac6-bee4-3e6fc03ecf5f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:58:28.387" UserId="4042" Text="Hello, guys&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to configure IIS6 with wildcard mappings for an ASP.Net MVC application, so I found [this][1] tutorial, however, checking the mappings association, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[mappings image][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I checked my IIS6 Manager is different from that of the tutorial, and given this, i can't associate a wildcard mapping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am using IIS 6 Manager downloaded from Microsoft site a few days ago.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;any thoughts or ideas? thanks in advance!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://haacked.com/archive/2008/11/26/asp.net-mvc-on-iis-6-walkthrough.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/9435/iis6.gif" />
  <row Id="37076" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20848" RevisionGUID="f806dee1-90b3-4ac6-bee4-3e6fc03ecf5f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:58:28.387" UserId="4042" Text="IIS6 Wildcard mapping lost" />
  <row Id="37077" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20848" RevisionGUID="f806dee1-90b3-4ac6-bee4-3e6fc03ecf5f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:58:28.387" UserId="4042" Text="&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;deployment&gt;" />
  <row Id="37078" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="20841" RevisionGUID="9f147f3b-5d08-429b-8c7f-9b3a20cbd8ac" CreationDate="2009-06-05T20:59:09.303" UserId="4156" Comment="added the tag &quot;subjective&quot;." Text="&lt;kde&gt;&lt;login&gt;" />
  <row Id="37079" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20849" RevisionGUID="b524f094-0e86-4392-99f0-e04cef99e77d" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:00:26.307" UserId="1662" Text="We colored the bash prompts differently on dev / stage / production systems.   &quot;Oh shit, I was on production?!?!?!&quot;" />
  <row Id="37080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20850" RevisionGUID="3283be01-c86e-4003-992d-64611f449243" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:01:27.787" UserId="7324" Text="Have you tried syslog-ng and stunnel?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  Install Stunnel&#xD;&#xA;2.  Create certificate files for syslog-ng over Stunnel&#xD;&#xA;3.  Configure Stunnel for Use With syslog-ng&#xD;&#xA;4.  Install syslog-ng&#xD;&#xA;5.  Configure syslog-ng &#xD;&#xA;6.  DONE!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NOTE:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Stunnel (http://www.stunnel.org) is a program that allows you to encrypt arbitrary TCP connections inside SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) available on both Unix and Windows. Stunnel can allow you to secure non-SSL aware daemons and protocols (like POP, IMAP, LDAP, etc) by having Stunnel provide the encryption, requiring no changes to the daemon's code. " />
  <row Id="37081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20851" RevisionGUID="23f622d2-f1b7-4d48-bb61-386ef010cabe" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:01:44.027" UserId="3657" Text="Would you like to play a game?" />
  <row Id="37082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20852" RevisionGUID="c9cbaa5d-0d94-4fee-ba57-1a328833436c" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:04:50.243" UserId="6397" Text="Other than the requirement stating that the data stored in media cannot be written, hard disk is always my choice." />
  <row Id="37083" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20853" RevisionGUID="42d3a661-1ad5-4ee2-af5a-5ae13e8ef89c" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:11:01.637" UserId="4392" Text="I agree with Zoredache, it depends a great deal on what you used to write the data. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you used tar (or amanda, which uses freely available tools), Richie's suggestion of using cygwin may be good, because you may be able to get whatever tool running under it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think that 'dd' will give you much usable information, since it will essentially create tape images. The exception would be if you were to make images of the tapes and present them to a Linux virtual machine running whatever software you used to create them. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More information will get you a better answer. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37084" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20853" RevisionGUID="42d3a661-1ad5-4ee2-af5a-5ae13e8ef89c" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:11:01.637" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37085" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20803" RevisionGUID="29c0ac0e-f725-4edb-9181-888a25730afc" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:11:24.553" UserId="8431" Comment="added 90 characters in body" Text="My office is thinking of setting up a media server with speakers connected to it so that everyone in our office can queue up music via a web app. Right now we just pass around a speaker cable. I'd like something like a jukebox, where the server plays its music through its speakers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know of a Linux web app we could install or some third-party web service that would allow anyone with access to the site/account to queue up music to be played on the media server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a webapp that could find shared music on the local network?" />
  <row Id="37086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20854" RevisionGUID="dd2d3c35-d029-44e4-8783-360b013ca1db" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:13:43.767" UserId="8451" Text="I'm strongly against protective aliases like rm=&quot;rm -i&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you retrain your brain to expect rm to be safe, you become very dangerous on any machine without those protections. I'd much rather train my fingers to type &quot;rm -i&quot; or just use mv instead of rm, since those aren't likely to get me into trouble in a new environment." />
  <row Id="37087" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20855" RevisionGUID="e59689db-9000-4af5-bbbc-6e5e7875ab50" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:15:11.830" UserId="3053" Text="Rsyslog can do this. [Encrypting Syslog Traffic with TLS][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rsyslog.com/doc-rsyslog_tls.html" />
  <row Id="37088" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20856" RevisionGUID="51521546-fab1-4fa3-aee6-612a9dc0ce88" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:16:11.390" UserId="8443" Text="Hi Leonid,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The likely option is the the audit data is saved correctly in French, but YOUR client doesn't support it, so your Oracle client translate French letters to ???? for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. What is the NLS_LANG of your client / environment? (for example, from your environment)&#xD;&#xA; 2. In order to check if the data is stored correctly in sys.aud$ table, run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`SELECT username, ascii(username) from DBA_AUDIT_TRAIL;`  --optionally with a WHERE clause to limit it to a few suspected rows&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If all the ??? characters have the same ascii code, Oracle stores ???. If every ??? has a different ascii code, Oracle stores French letters and you client NLS_LANG configuration does not support French letters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope that helps you troubleshooting it..." />
  <row Id="37089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20857" RevisionGUID="e79fbf3c-08a0-4a5d-860f-dbfa20b74f30" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:17:32.433" UserId="5847" Text="or do a `sudo apt-get install debian-archive-keyring` first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;after that you can continue a normaly" />
  <row Id="37090" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20858" RevisionGUID="d3bfe04f-e76e-4c9c-91ec-7b73c241ab19" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:21:27.573" UserId="7744" Text="Your screen shot looks very similar to mine when i try to manage my IIS6 servers from my XP workstation, are you trying to manage the server remotely?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, have you tried RDPing to the actual IIS server and opening the mappings console.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just spot checked all my IIS6 servers and they all include the Wildcare application maps section.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37091" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19947" RevisionGUID="ddfcc6d9-572d-4eec-b934-56b8fe147e40" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:22:39.787" UserId="8177" Comment="Added a new finding based on a previous answer." Text="**Setup:**  &#xD;&#xA;Fedora 8  &#xD;&#xA;Apache 2.2.8  &#xD;&#xA;Tomcat 5.5.8  &#xD;&#xA;Apache is forwarding requests using AJP.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Problem:**  &#xD;&#xA;After a certain period of time (no constant at all, can be between an hour or two, or one or more days) Tomcat will go down. Either it stops responding, or it puts up the generic 'Service Temporarily Unavailable'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Diagnosis:**  &#xD;&#xA;There are two servers with the same setup. One houses a higher traffic website (several requests per second), the other a low traffic one (a handful of requests every few minutes). Both websites are completely different codebases, but they exhibit similar issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the first server, when the problem occurs all threads slowly start getting taken up until it reaches the limit (MaxThreads 200). At that point the server is no longer responding (and comes up with the service unavailable page after a long period of time).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the second server, when the problem occurs requests take a long time and when they are done all you see is the service unavailable page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other than the mention of the MaxThreads problem, the Tomcat logs do not indicate any specific issues that could be causing this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, in the Apache logs we're seeing random messages referring to AJP. Here's a sample of random message that we see (in no specific order):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [error] (70007)The timeout specified has expired: ajp_ilink_receive() can't receive header&#xD;&#xA;    [error] (104)Connection reset by peer: ajp_ilink_receive() can't receive header&#xD;&#xA;    [error] proxy: AJP: disabled connection for (localhost)&#xD;&#xA;    [error] ajp_read_header: ajp_ilink_receive failed&#xD;&#xA;    [error] (120006)APR does not understand this error code: proxy: read response failed from 127.0.0.1:8009 (localhost)&#xD;&#xA;    [error] ap_proxy_connect_backend disabling worker for (localhost)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other odd thing that we've noticed on the higher traffic server is that right before the problem starts happening, database queries are taking much longer than before (2000-5000 ms versus normally 5-50ms). This only lasts for 2-4 seconds before the MaxThreads message comes up. I'm assuming this is a result of the server suddenly dealing with too much data/traffic/threads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Background Information:**   &#xD;&#xA;These two servers had been running without a problem for quite some time. The systems were actually setup each using two NICs during that time. They separated internal and external traffic. After a network upgrade, we moved these servers to single NICs (this was recommended to us for security/simplicity reasons). After that change, the servers started having these problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Resolution:**  &#xD;&#xA;The obvious solution would be to move back to a setup of two NICs. The problems with that are that it would cause some complications with the network setup, and it seems like ignoring the problem. We'd prefer to try and get it running on a single NIC setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Googling the various error messages didn't provide anything useful (either old solutions or unrelated to our problem).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've tried adjusting the various timeouts but that just made the server run slightly longer before dying.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're not sure where to look to diagnose the problem further. We're still grasping at straws at what the problem could be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) The setup with AJP and Tomcat is incorrect, or outdated (i.e. known bugs?)  &#xD;&#xA;2) The network setup (two NICs versus one NIC) is causing confusion or throughput problems.  &#xD;&#xA;3) The websites themselves (there's no common code, no platforms being used, just basic Java code with servlets and JSP)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update 1:**  &#xD;&#xA;Following David Pashley's helpful advice, I did a stack trace/thread dump during the issue. What I found was that all 200 threads were in one of the following states:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;TP-Processor200&quot; daemon prio=1 tid=0x73a4dbf0 nid=0x70dd waiting for monitor entry [0x6d3ef000..0x6d3efeb0]&#xD;&#xA;	at  oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleConnectionCacheImpl.getActiveSize(OracleConnectionCacheImpl.java:988)&#xD;&#xA;	- waiting to lock &lt;0x7e3455a0&gt; (a oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleConnectionCacheImpl)&#xD;&#xA;    [further stack trace removed for brevity]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;TP-Processor3&quot; daemon prio=1 tid=0x08f142a8 nid=0x652a waiting for monitor entry [0x75c7d000..0x75c7ddb0]&#xD;&#xA;	at oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleConnectionCacheImpl.getConnection(OracleConnectionCacheImpl.java:268)&#xD;&#xA;	- waiting to lock &lt;0x7e3455a0&gt; (a oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleConnectionCacheImpl)&#xD;&#xA;    [further stack trace removed for brevity]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Curiously, only one thread out of all the 200 threads was in this state:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;TP-Processor2&quot; daemon prio=1 tid=0x08f135a8 nid=0x6529 runnable [0x75cfe000..0x75cfef30]&#xD;&#xA;	at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method)&#xD;&#xA;	at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:129)&#xD;&#xA;	at oracle.net.ns.Packet.receive(Unknown Source)&#xD;&#xA;	at oracle.net.ns.DataPacket.receive(Unknown Source)&#xD;&#xA;	at oracle.net.ns.NetInputStream.getNextPacket(Unknown Source)&#xD;&#xA;	at oracle.net.ns.NetInputStream.read(Unknown Source)&#xD;&#xA;	at oracle.net.ns.NetInputStream.read(Unknown Source)&#xD;&#xA;	at oracle.net.ns.NetInputStream.read(Unknown Source)&#xD;&#xA;    [further stack trace removed for brevity]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It might be that the Oracle driver in this thread is forcing all other threads to wait for it to complete. For some reason it is must be stuck in this reading state (the server never recovers on its own, it requires a restart).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This suggests that it must be related to either the network between the server and the database, or the database itself. We're continuing diagnosis efforts, but any tips would be helpful." />
  <row Id="37092" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20859" RevisionGUID="59ece983-1339-4eff-baef-0794e698ebd0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:25:01.047" UserId="6905" Text="I would go with hard drives since they are more flexible and are cost effective. Also optical media may become a pain to manage and keep organized. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A hard drive should last a long time, just remember to store them inside a antistatic bag and spin them once in a while just to be nice (personal recommendation)." />
  <row Id="37094" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20861" RevisionGUID="8ddf35c1-79af-4a35-94e8-483ce1940ad4" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:29:37.260" UserId="7324" Text="&quot;A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.&quot; – WOPR, on Tic Tac Toe (and also Global Thermonuclear War) " />
  <row Id="37095" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20862" RevisionGUID="329a986a-1840-4288-90ff-124885a75287" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:30:04.703" UserId="5234" Text="&quot;Hello Dave&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a bit well worn, but you don't mess with a classic." />
  <row Id="37097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20863" RevisionGUID="6b789d32-e76b-4fa0-a2ea-1203bc8e4bf6" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:33:53.913" UserId="732" Text="I recently installed RHEL 5.3 on my desktop from Ubuntu and I'm getting some extremely slow disk reads and I haven't been able to fix the problem. I'm using a Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250820AS but only getting ~3.6 MB/sec reads. I haven't been able to set DMA using hdparm. Any suggestions on how to get better read speed out of this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # hdparm -Tt /dev/hda&#xD;&#xA;    /dev/hda:&#xD;&#xA;     Timing cached reads:   16380 MB in  2.00 seconds = 8209.75 MB/sec&#xD;&#xA;     Timing buffered disk reads:   12 MB in  3.04 seconds =   3.94 MB/sec&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm pretty sure the multcount is wrong as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # hdparm /dev/hda&#xD;&#xA;        /dev/hda:&#xD;&#xA;         multcount    = 16 (on)&#xD;&#xA;         IO_support   =  0 (default 16-bit)&#xD;&#xA;         unmaskirq    =  0 (off)&#xD;&#xA;         using_dma    =  0 (off)&#xD;&#xA;         keepsettings =  0 (off)&#xD;&#xA;         readonly     =  0 (off)&#xD;&#xA;         readahead    = 256 (on)&#xD;&#xA;         geometry     = 30401/255/63, sectors = 488397168, start = 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The current Kernel I'm on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # uname -a&#xD;&#xA;    Linux novaprospekt 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 #1 SMP Tue Mar 24 12:10:27 EDT 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37098" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20863" RevisionGUID="6b789d32-e76b-4fa0-a2ea-1203bc8e4bf6" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:33:53.913" UserId="732" Text="Slow disk reads on RHEL 5.3" />
  <row Id="37099" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20863" RevisionGUID="6b789d32-e76b-4fa0-a2ea-1203bc8e4bf6" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:33:53.913" UserId="732" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;redhat&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="37100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20864" RevisionGUID="96205219-81dc-42ff-93b9-df2a3fb96f52" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:34:03.367" UserId="5223" Text="Building a list of common questions would be a great index for this answers to this question.  My common questions are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - why did the hitrate change?&#xD;&#xA; - why is overall response time rising?'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I notice such changes by monitoring the server-status pages (via mod_status) for&#xD;&#xA;hitrate and approximate response time for active and recently completed requests&#xD;&#xA;(knowing full-well that I miss a huge pile of data, but samples are good enough).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use the following LogFormat directive (the %T is really useful)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;LogFormat &quot;%h %l %u %t \&quot;%r\&quot; %&gt;s %b \&quot;%{Referer}i\&quot; \&quot;%{User-Agent}i\&quot; %T&quot; custom&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for cause-effect and what happened first...&#xD;&#xA;usually about specific subsets of patterns in my logs,&#xD;&#xA;so I need to know the following for any given pattern/regular expression:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - hitcounts per interval (minute or hour) for a given pattern (ip address or cgi string or parameters, etc)&#xD;&#xA; - histograms of approximate response time (using %T parameter)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I generally use perl, because eventually it gets complex enough to be worthwhile.&#xD;&#xA;A non-perl example would be a quickie hitrate per minute for non-200 status codes:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;tail -9000 access_log | grep -v '&quot; 200 ' | cut -d: -f2,3 | uniq -c&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Yes I'm cheating with that grep, presuming a quote-space-200-space matches only http status codes....&#xD;&#xA;could use awk or perl to isolate the field&#xD;&#xA;just keep in mind it could be inaccurate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A more complex example in perl might be to visualize a change in hitrate for a pattern.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a lot to chew in the script below, especially if you are unfamilar with perl.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - reads stdin so you can use portions of your logs, use tail (especially with tail -f),&#xD;&#xA;with or without greps and other filtering...&#xD;&#xA; - cheats epoch timestamp extraction with hack of a regex and use of Date::Manip&#xD;&#xA; - you could modify it only slightly to extract response time or other arbitrary data&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    use Date::Manip;&#xD;&#xA;    use POSIX qw(strftime);&#xD;&#xA;    $pattern=shift || &quot;.&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    $ival=shift || 60;&#xD;&#xA;    $tick=shift || 10;&#xD;&#xA;    $minb=undef;&#xD;&#xA;    while (&lt;&gt;){&#xD;&#xA;        next unless /$pattern/;&#xD;&#xA;        $stamp=&quot;$1 $2&quot; if m[(../.../....):(..:..:..)];&#xD;&#xA;        $epoch = UnixDate(ParseDate($stamp),&quot;%s&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;        $bucket= int($epoch/$ival)*$ival;&#xD;&#xA;        $minb=$bucket if $bucket&lt;$minb || !defined($minb);&#xD;&#xA;        $maxb=$bucket if $bucket&gt;$maxb;&#xD;&#xA;        $count{$bucket}++;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    # loop thru the min/max range to expose any gaps&#xD;&#xA;    for($t=$minb;$t&lt;=$maxb;$t+=$ival){&#xD;&#xA;        printf &quot;%s %s %4d %s\n&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;                $t,&#xD;&#xA;                strftime(&quot;%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S&quot;,localtime($t)),&#xD;&#xA;                $count{$t}+0,&#xD;&#xA;                substr(&quot;x&quot;x100,0,$count{$t}/$tick&#xD;&#xA;        );&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;If you just want to process standard metrics, checkout&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 'mergelog' to get all your logs together (if you have multiple apaches behind a load balancer) and&#xD;&#xA; - webalizer (or awstats or other common analyzer).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20865" RevisionGUID="7176f49c-2390-4d95-b75d-054bf565fd25" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:34:07.267" UserId="7324" Text="Notice&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a Department of Defense computer system.&#xD;&#xA;This computer system, including all related equipment, networks, and network devices (specifically Internet access), are provided only for authorized U.S. government use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DoD Computer systems may be monitored for all lawful purposes, including to ensure that their use is authorized, for management of the system, to facilitate protection against unauthorized access, and to verify security procedures, servivability, and operational security. Monitoring includes active attacks by authorized DoD entities to test or verify the security of this system. During monitoring, information may be examined, recorded, copied, and used for authorized purposes. All information, including personal information, placed on or sent over this system may be monitored. There is no expectation of privacy in any information transmitted in or through this system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use of this DoD computer system, authorized or unauthorized, constitutes consent to monitoring of this system. Unauthorized use may be subject to criminal prosecution. Evidence collected during monitoring may be used for administrative, criminal, or other adverse action. Use of this system constitutes consent to monitoring for these purposes.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20866" RevisionGUID="2c0e2e0b-2e9f-4d89-a8d7-7a0a7bbd924a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:35:37.640" UserId="5426" Text="It is not listed in the question, but one other option that may or may not work depending on your situation is storing it with a service like Amazon S3. Then you don't care how they store it, they do and I bet the costs would end up being less. Keep in mind that if your data needs to be encrypted legally (and even if it doesn't you may want to anyways) you will need a process in there for that as well. I know there are other online backup options out there besides S3. Other Server Fault people, leave their names in the comments, heck there is probably a question with the &quot;what is the best online backup service&quot; somewhere already." />
  <row Id="37104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20867" RevisionGUID="fcc0790d-4693-4db8-a800-a72293ccfcf8" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:37:02.300" UserId="1531" Text="For our 10g Oracle database I had a script that would periodically create batch files to run DBVerify on all our datafiles.  This way if I needed to check for corruption I would just have to run the batch files.  After upgrading to Oracle 11g my batch files do not worked.  I traced the problem down to dbv itself.  Here is the command generated by the script:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dbv FILE=F:\ORACLE\ORADATA\CD\CAMPUSCHURCH1.DBF BLOCKSIZE=4096 &#xD;&#xA;    LOGFILE='c:\DBVerify_COREDEV\CAMPUSCHURCH1_55.txt'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I run this it gives a DBV-00100: Specified FILE (C:\Windows\system32/F:\ORACLE\ORADATA\CD\CAMPUSCHURCH1.DBF) not accessible.  *Note: The folder I am in is C:\Windows\system32.*  I can get it to work by switching to F:\ and removing F:\ from my dbv call, but I don't like that because then I'd have to change my script to switch to the proper drive before each dbv call.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone verify my findings and/or provide a solution?" />
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  <row Id="37108" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20869" RevisionGUID="e2a7af3f-170a-4add-8233-a170714b4182" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:37:48.273" UserId="4742" Text="I've run Exchange 2007 at a past employer, but now we are &quot;running&quot; Google Apps for Domains.  Much cheaper, and way better calendar sharing than Exchange." />
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  <row Id="37110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20870" RevisionGUID="dd36ee15-99d5-4518-81ef-81b64eb1ea0b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:38:30.973" UserId="8443" Text="Hi Daryl,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason it is not recommended to change this parameters is that they have db-wide impact on the optimizer - so when you change it to tune a specific query, it will likely have some impact on many other queries. So, changing it in production without carefully testing the entire app is dangerous.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Setting it in a dev/test environment, and staying with the same value in production might be acceeptible (used to be a common practice in OLTP systems). However, can you be sure that your app will run in a dedicated db? and will not be ever consolidated into another DB with a default set of parameters?&#xD;&#xA; 2. The parameters help because Oracle uses some heuristics about relative cost of I/O versus CPU, and in your case the heuristics aren't good enough, so Oracle chooses sub-optimal execution plans. The recommended way to fix the heuristics is letting Oracle  collect **system statistics** for your db machine - how fast is the CPU, how long does it take to get single block/multiple block from your I/O system during regular system load etc. [See Oracle Documentation][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to use both system statistics and the optimizer parameters, google it up, Jonathan Lewis wrote about it (sorry, the site doesn't let me post more than one link)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope that helps&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28274/stats.htm#i41496&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37111" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20864" RevisionGUID="113da863-e560-4b97-b2bd-c39e2cc3c380" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:39:19.800" UserId="5223" Comment="failed attempt at fixing formatting" Text="Building a list of common questions would be a great index for this answers to this question.  My common questions are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - why did the hitrate change?&#xD;&#xA; - why is overall response time rising?'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I notice such changes by monitoring the server-status pages (via mod_status) for&#xD;&#xA;hitrate and approximate response time for active and recently completed requests&#xD;&#xA;(knowing full-well that I miss a huge pile of data, but samples are good enough).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use the following LogFormat directive (the %T is really useful)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;LogFormat &quot;%h %l %u %t \&quot;%r\&quot; %&gt;s %b \&quot;%{Referer}i\&quot; \&quot;%{User-Agent}i\&quot; %T&quot; custom&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for cause-effect and what happened first...&#xD;&#xA;usually about specific subsets of patterns in my logs,&#xD;&#xA;so I need to know the following for any given pattern/regular expression:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - hitcounts per interval (minute or hour) for a given pattern (ip address or cgi string or parameters, etc)&#xD;&#xA; - histograms of approximate response time (using %T parameter)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I generally use perl, because eventually it gets complex enough to be worthwhile.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;HR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;A non-perl example would be a quickie hitrate per minute for non-200 status codes:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;tail -9000 access_log | grep -v '&quot; 200 ' | cut -d: -f2,3 | uniq -c&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Yes I'm cheating with that grep, presuming a quote-space-200-space matches only http status codes....&#xD;&#xA;could use awk or perl to isolate the field&#xD;&#xA;just keep in mind it could be inaccurate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;HR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;A more complex example in perl might be to visualize a change in hitrate for a pattern.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a lot to chew in the script below, especially if you are unfamilar with perl.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - reads stdin so you can use portions of your logs, use tail (especially with tail -f),&#xD;&#xA;with or without greps and other filtering...&#xD;&#xA; - cheats epoch timestamp extraction with hack of a regex and use of Date::Manip&#xD;&#xA; - you could modify it only slightly to extract response time or other arbitrary data&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/usr/bin/perl&#xD;&#xA;    # script to show changes in hitrates for any regex pattern&#xD;&#xA;    # results displayed with arbitrary intervals&#xD;&#xA;    # and ascii indication of frequency&#xD;&#xA;    # gaps are also displayed properly&#xD;&#xA;    use Date::Manip;&#xD;&#xA;    use POSIX qw(strftime);&#xD;&#xA;    $pattern=shift || &quot;.&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    $ival=shift || 60;&#xD;&#xA;    $tick=shift || 10;&#xD;&#xA;    $minb=undef;&#xD;&#xA;    while (&lt;&gt;){&#xD;&#xA;        next unless /$pattern/;&#xD;&#xA;        $stamp=&quot;$1 $2&quot; if m[(../.../....):(..:..:..)];&#xD;&#xA;        $epoch = UnixDate(ParseDate($stamp),&quot;%s&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;        $bucket= int($epoch/$ival)*$ival;&#xD;&#xA;        $minb=$bucket if $bucket&lt;$minb || !defined($minb);&#xD;&#xA;        $maxb=$bucket if $bucket&gt;$maxb;&#xD;&#xA;        $count{$bucket}++;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    # loop thru the min/max range to expose any gaps&#xD;&#xA;    for($t=$minb;$t&lt;=$maxb;$t+=$ival){&#xD;&#xA;        printf &quot;%s %s %4d %s\n&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;                $t,&#xD;&#xA;                strftime(&quot;%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S&quot;,localtime($t)),&#xD;&#xA;                $count{$t}+0,&#xD;&#xA;                substr(&quot;x&quot;x100,0,$count{$t}/$tick&#xD;&#xA;        );&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;HR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;If you just want to process standard metrics, checkout&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 'mergelog' to get all your logs together (if you have multiple apaches behind a load balancer) and&#xD;&#xA; - webalizer (or awstats or other common analyzer).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37112" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20871" RevisionGUID="fc63e17f-09f6-4955-82ea-e3585e894c57" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:39:51.797" UserId="3047" Text="I have a functioning Exchange 2007 system that receives mail for users@domain.com.  I'd like to set up a mailbox that will get all mail from whateveruser@subdomain.domain.com.  Is this possible?" />
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  <row Id="37123" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20875" RevisionGUID="21223fe6-28bc-4a33-bc9d-1f721fd1b738" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:46:45.853" UserId="2787" Text="One thing I've never seen anyone else do, for reasons that I can't imagine, is to change the Apache log file format to a more easily parseable version with the information that actually matters to you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, we never use HTTP basic auth, so we don't need to log those fields. I *am* interested in how long each request takes to serve, so we'll add that in. For one project, we also want to know (on our load balancer) if any servers are serving requests slower than others, so we log the name of the server we're proxying back to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's an excerpt from one server's apache config:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # We don't want to log bots, they're our friends&#xD;&#xA;    BrowserMatch Pingdom.com robot&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Custom log format, for testing&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    #         date          proto   ipaddr  status  time    req     referer         user-agent&#xD;&#xA;    LogFormat &quot;%{%F %T}t    %p      %a      %&gt;s     %D      %r      %{Referer}i     %{User-agent}i&quot; standard&#xD;&#xA;    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log standard env=!robot&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you can't really tell from this is that between each field is a literal tab character (\t). This means that if I want to do some analysis in Python, maybe show non-200 statuses for example, I can do this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for line in file(&quot;access.log&quot;):&#xD;&#xA;      line = line.split(&quot;\t&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;      if line[3] != &quot;200&quot;:&#xD;&#xA;        print line&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or if I wanted to do 'who is hotlinking images?' it would be&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if line[6] in (&quot;&quot;,&quot;-&quot;) and &quot;/images&quot; in line[5]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For IP counts in an access log, the previous example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat log | grep -o &quot;[0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}&quot; | sort -n | uniq -c | sort -n&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;becomes something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat log | cut -d '\t' -f 3 | uniq -c | sort -n&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Easier to read and understand, and far less computationally expensive (no regex) which, on 9 GB logs, makes a huge difference in how long it takes. When this gets REALLY neat is if you want to do the same thing for User-agents. If your logs are space-delimited, you have to do some regular expression matching or string searching by hand. With this format, it's simple:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat log | cut -d '\t' -f 8 | uniq -c | sort -n&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Exactly the same as the above. In fact, any summary you want to do is essentially exactly the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why on earth would I spend my system's CPU on awk and grep when cut will do exactly what I want orders of magnitude faster?" />
  <row Id="37124" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20876" RevisionGUID="514cd013-d469-4100-8d21-33531c027aa0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:46:46.743" UserId="7246" Text="It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37125" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20877" RevisionGUID="37d589a4-b878-4f16-b064-805eb24493fd" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:47:15.183" UserDisplayName="peli" Text="Create a catchall address for subdomain.domain.com&#xD;&#xA;[How to create a &quot;catchall&quot; mailbox sink for Exchange Server][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324021" />
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  <row Id="37127" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20879" RevisionGUID="cf0e2907-4593-4774-9e80-d6d05944cef4" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:48:33.930" UserId="4042" Text="Hello everybody&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to manage various IIS sites and I wanted to know how much memory, net and CPU resources is consuming each IIS app.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also I would want to know if is any app handling db connection dirtly, I mean, opening a lot of connections, etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it however possible? &#xD;&#xA;¿What tools do you IIS admins use? &#xD;&#xA;¿How can I learn more about this topic?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My target is IIS 6 on Windows 2003 and ocasionally on a XP development machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance" />
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  <row Id="37129" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20879" RevisionGUID="cf0e2907-4593-4774-9e80-d6d05944cef4" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:48:33.930" UserId="4042" Text="&lt;iis6&gt;" />
  <row Id="37130" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20880" RevisionGUID="5a6531c9-01af-487f-9b9b-00676b45a4e3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:52:41.567" UserId="1980" Text="Oh the dream of connecting 127 devices at once!  It'd be a dream if I could connect even...say..more than four...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a Belkin USB hub with 7 ports on it.  At any given time I can get about four of them to work.  (Actually, all the ports work, just not all at the same time...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could this be somekind of a memory issue?  I have a teribyte-and-a-half hard drive hooked up to it, and when I plug in my measly 8GB thumb drive it doesn't recognize it and I have to plug it into a port directly on the machine to get it to work.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37131" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20880" RevisionGUID="5a6531c9-01af-487f-9b9b-00676b45a4e3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:52:41.567" UserId="1980" Text="Connect up to 127 USB devices MY ASTERISK!  Mine gives up after about 4! " />
  <row Id="37132" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20880" RevisionGUID="5a6531c9-01af-487f-9b9b-00676b45a4e3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:52:41.567" UserId="1980" Text="&lt;usb&gt;&lt;usb-flash-drive&gt;&lt;external-hdd&gt;&lt;belkin&gt;" />
  <row Id="37133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20881" RevisionGUID="06f34192-37fa-4de6-990a-c59dc8a01499" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:53:43.187" UserId="5473" Text="Is the hub powered? You might be drawing too much power from the bus.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20882" RevisionGUID="3598f3dd-6307-4c75-8c98-c07e259104ab" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:54:07.133" UserId="6905" Text="Somebody ask the same question [on Slashdot][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ask.slashdot.org/askslashdot/04/08/20/2035211.shtml?tid=222&amp;tid=185&amp;tid=95&amp;tid=4&amp;tid=218" />
  <row Id="37135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20883" RevisionGUID="c7447a5c-cea2-4001-b4e7-dfe219299eee" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:54:10.503" UserDisplayName="Ken Davis" Text="You might also check out the free Kiwi Secure Tunnel&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.solarwinds.com/products/kiwi_syslog_server/related_tools.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.solarwinds.com/products/kiwi_syslog_server/related_tools.aspx" />
  <row Id="37136" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20884" RevisionGUID="826b2017-c11d-418d-beb6-9973fc5a63ee" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:55:24.777" UserId="8461" Text="I am attempting to put together a package for the silent (no user interaction) install and uninstall of an application using InstallShield. I did not create this application and don't have access to any kind of source for the installation. I created a response file using setup.exe /r for both the install and the uninstall, named install.iss and uninstall.iss respectively. When I run setup.exe /s /f1&quot;%cd%\install.iss&quot; with the program uninstalled, it runs just great. Trouble is, when I run setup.exe /s /f1&quot;%cd%\uninstall.iss&quot; with the program installed, I get an error code! (number 3) Did I not create this response file correctly? Why should it work with the install and not with the uninstall? Program is Teradata Manager 12.0, any input would be appreciated." />
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  <row Id="37139" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20885" RevisionGUID="20e99ce7-cc71-4e3b-8156-dfaa4c503f7b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:59:56.013" UserId="2374" Text="I have an installation of OpenSSO running on Glassfish.  Everything is pretty much stock with as little configuration as possible to get the system working.  I've started running into issues where the server will stop responding.  It will accept requests but hang on the responses.  After twenty minutes or so all of the requests complete, lightning fast, and everything is back to normal.  Sadly, the logs don't show anything out of the ordinary that would be causing this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I am looking for is a general strategy.  How would you go about diagnosing and resolving issues like these on Java Application servers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="37140" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20885" RevisionGUID="20e99ce7-cc71-4e3b-8156-dfaa4c503f7b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:59:56.013" UserId="2374" Text="What is a good strategy for diagnosing a Java Application Server that has stopped responding?" />
  <row Id="37141" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20885" RevisionGUID="20e99ce7-cc71-4e3b-8156-dfaa4c503f7b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T21:59:56.013" UserId="2374" Text="&lt;java&gt;&lt;application-server&gt;&lt;glassfish&gt;&lt;not-responding&gt;" />
  <row Id="37142" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20577" RevisionGUID="5227e451-bf3d-4977-97d1-8e925590bc4b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T22:00:54.093" UserId="3329" Comment="Another suggestion" Text="Are you certain that the schema you're exporting ('arrels') does not have referential constraints that refer to objects in other schemas? If one or more of the foreign key references in the arrels schema refer to tables in other schemas, then you'll have to export/import them as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: The documentation seems to indicate you need to specify the flashback time in double quotes, e.g.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;'... flashback_time='&quot;2009-06-03 12:00:02&quot;'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another example I came across was to use the TO_TIMESTAMP function:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;exp system/manager file=exp.dmp flashback_time=\&quot;TO_TIMESTAMP('19-06-2004&#xD;&#xA;13:24:26', 'DD-MM-YYYY HH24:MI:SS')\&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, you must have automatic undo management enabled to use this." />
  <row Id="37143" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20886" RevisionGUID="09fcff76-f0a7-4937-8eb7-01075717a120" CreationDate="2009-06-05T22:00:59.070" UserId="4392" Text="Just out of curiosity, how are writes? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      dd if=/dev/zero of=fil1 bs=1M count=2000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37144" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20887" RevisionGUID="b3878c7b-6f05-4379-ae46-a2f871701d37" CreationDate="2009-06-05T22:02:14.730" UserId="3483" Text="Document everything you do, you can use this later on as a script when you have to redo the task. Peer review. Double check and use a stage machine to test the stuff you want to do/change.Automate and keep everything configuration related under some version control system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most important &quot;don't be afraid of making mistakes - you will do them&quot;. Most often this will make it easier for you to work. Mistakes will happen just be prepared to be able to clean up the mistakes nicely." />
  <row Id="37145" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4859" RevisionGUID="9a34b539-2767-49ff-ac77-a078e49c5d59" CreationDate="2009-06-05T22:03:17.460" UserId="1565" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;physicalization&gt;&lt;v2p&gt;" />
  <row Id="37146" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20888" RevisionGUID="80383986-eac7-4ee4-9b30-3ed6f54963ee" CreationDate="2009-06-05T22:04:55.707" UserId="8443" Text="it seems like a bug, regression from 10g... did a quick lookup in metalink and didn't find anything...&#xD;&#xA;How about opening an SR with a test case of 10g vs 11g? if it is a known issue, you might get a patch. If it isn't, they will hopefully fix it (eventually).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a bit related note, you can consider using RMAN to check for physical and logical corruptions in your database. I believe it is better and more comprehensive check. For example,run rman VALIDATE CHECK LOGICAL DATABASE  [Check the docs here][1]. If rman find block corruption, it populates v$database_block_corruption and you can then just use rman to recover the specific corrupted blocks. You can parallelize the RMAN VALIDATE by opening multiple channels...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/backup.111/b28270/rcmvalid.htm" />
  <row Id="37147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20889" RevisionGUID="f72974d1-a7b9-4623-9f50-b29f5619afa9" CreationDate="2009-06-05T22:08:16.543" UserId="2787" Text="I'll second [fail2ban][1]. It works live, it can ban temporarily, and it can add IP addresses to your firewall so Apache doesn't have to waste time on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even more efficient when coupled with the [ipset netfilter module][2] for iptables (which is faster for handling large amounts of addresses), and it can ban them instantly so they only get to make one or two requests before getting blocked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you really, really hate these people and are running Linux, you could also try to implement tarpitting for iptables (a quick search hasn't found any 2.6-compatible patches). This will accept the connection and then immediately set the window size to 0 (preventing data from being transferred), but also prevent the remote end from closing the connection at all, meaning whatever app is connecting will have to wait somewhere between three and twenty (!!) minutes before the connection times out on their end.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is great for stopping portscanners as well, because it makes them take orders of magnitude longer than they normally would.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.fail2ban.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ipset.netfilter.org/" />
  <row Id="37148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20890" RevisionGUID="c25f7235-831f-4e3d-a724-3a031c1f8786" CreationDate="2009-06-05T22:10:10.860" UserId="2787" Text="I'd wager it has something to do with the (poorly-conceived) way that USB works, which is essentially a round-robin queue. The host bus controller asks each device in turn if it needs to do any sending or receiving, then after that one moves on to the next. The more devices you have on the bus, the more latency you're going to have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Especially with USB hard drives, it's really nice if you can give them their own bus so that the host never has to interrupt them to see if the mouse has moved at all. How much of a difference this makes in practice I haven't bothered to measure." />
  <row Id="37149" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20891" RevisionGUID="da93c569-ce0b-40fc-b703-374c130ceb5e" CreationDate="2009-06-05T22:12:09.547" UserId="889" Text="[CSTechCast][1] is a great show and they have great interviews, and good news content and tips.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cstechcast.com/" />
  <row Id="37150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20892" RevisionGUID="177d032a-4ea9-453c-aea9-5fcc47f283ac" CreationDate="2009-06-05T22:17:59.537" UserId="8443" Text="I have both Oracle 10g release 2 and 11g running on my laptop Ubuntu 8.04 64-bit. I have following the phytian guide... What is the exact error you get during install?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW - some have suggested you install in a supported environment. If you want - create a new VM and install Oracle EL - a clone of RHEL, fully supported, fully free. I would just get the EL 5.3 [from here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW - if you use VirtualBox - the version in the Ubuntu 8.04 repository used to be old and didn't support 64-bit guests, so if you use VirtualBox and not VmWare, get the latest release from their site&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://edelivery.oracle.com/linux" />
  <row Id="37151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20893" RevisionGUID="09d1d833-b14f-46b5-92fd-89571ae00f42" CreationDate="2009-06-05T22:18:59.923" UserId="7730" Text="When a user submits a job by means of the task scheduler, the task scheduler logs that user on as a batch user rather than as an interactive user. The Task Scheduler injects this right for the user into the computer's effective policy immediately after the task is scheduled. If there is a contradictory group policy defining the Logon as a batch job user right, the effective policy settings will be overwritten by the group policy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure the Administrators group or the user scheduling the tasks is defined in the &quot;Logon as a batch job&quot; in the group policy. I believe its under Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\User Rights Assignment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also what error appears in the Schedlgu.txt log in C:\Windows?" />
  <row Id="37152" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20894" RevisionGUID="97804367-728a-4126-bfbf-a08f79271f0b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T22:22:39.090" UserId="5985" Text="I suppose it really depends on your business. In my previous post as a Jr. Linux Sysadmin, anything going bad was VERY bad. We had clients who depended on things, programmers who didn't do a great job of securing/saving their code, and people in other departments messing with things they had no right to touch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my current position, mistakes aren't to terribly bad. The other day, my boss accidentally rm -rf *ed the wrong directory. was it a pain to rewrite the scripts? you bet. did we lose much money? nope.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All I can say is follow the mantra previous mentioned: think twice, do once. And, because we all know that doesn't always work out, have some kind of recovery plan. Personally I'm a fan of an Rsync'd directory that saves all important files nightly, but that's because it works for me. other people may need backup solutions that are far more frequent." />
  <row Id="37153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20895" RevisionGUID="dfc02542-85f8-4e53-88b5-3fe3205a5e27" CreationDate="2009-06-05T22:25:05.230" UserId="8193" Text="A little out of the scope of the question, but as 'df' and 'du' are already well covered... if you find the two don't match, it's useful to use the command 'lsof +L1' to list deleted, but still open files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your diskspace will not be freed up if a deleted file is still open until it is closed (seen this a lot with improper log rotation setups)." />
  <row Id="37154" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20858" RevisionGUID="95c831d4-c6f5-4453-b530-fd2fbb01b2c7" CreationDate="2009-06-05T22:26:37.787" UserId="7744" Comment="added 313 characters in body" Text="Your screen shot looks very similar to mine when i try to manage my IIS6 servers from my XP workstation, are you trying to manage the server remotely?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, have you tried RDPing to the actual IIS server and opening the mappings console.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just spot checked all my IIS6 servers and they all include the Wildcare application maps section.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IIS5.1 doesn't support Wildcard mappings. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IIS version is tied to the OS. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - IIS5 = Windows 2000&#xD;&#xA; - IIS5.1 = Windows XP&#xD;&#xA; - IIS6 = Windows 2003&#xD;&#xA; - IIS7 = Windows 2008 / Vista&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You either need to throw your development code on a windows 2003/2008 server, or upgrade your workstation to vista.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20897" RevisionGUID="f0ba23f8-40b5-48a4-a0be-316cc8e3e244" CreationDate="2009-06-05T22:27:13.433" UserId="3528" Text="[TechNet Events and Webcasts][1] has some great webcasts and podcasts available. No subscription to technet required.  In addition Microsoft provides various virtual machines and lab guides available to get some hands on time for servers or subjects you don't have time to build a lab for.  The virtual labs are available here: [TechNet Virtual Labs][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/events/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/virtuallabs/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="37159" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20898" RevisionGUID="7a4c4d57-bf01-4f85-a7dd-5250aafdf6fa" CreationDate="2009-06-05T22:27:59.373" UserId="5985" Text="In my previous job, our most common backup/archive method was using harddrives. the only &quot;difficult&quot; part for us was managing what was saved on each disk. if you come up with some kind of logical/manageable system for organizing your hard-drives you should be golden. " />
  <row Id="37160" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20899" RevisionGUID="478073b9-aee1-422b-9f8c-7eb2deea0aaf" CreationDate="2009-06-05T22:29:00.683" UserId="6804" Text="A few plucked from my bashrc:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias grep='grep --color=auto'&#xD;&#xA;    alias egrep='grep -E --color=auto'&#xD;&#xA;    alias e='$EDITOR'&#xD;&#xA;    alias g='git'&#xD;&#xA;    alias csort='sort | uniq -c | sort -n' # column sort piped data&#xD;&#xA;    alias sl='ls' # fat fingers&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;Generally, I usually have my bashrc figure out what package manager the system uses and then have it aliased as `apt` and `yum`, meaning on any machine on which my bashrc runs, I can just do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    apt search foo&#xD;&#xA;    yum install foo&#xD;&#xA;    apt update&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not perfect but most of the common actions are the same between yum and aptitude, by the time you're trying to do something more complicated you can just remember what OS you're on." />
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  <row Id="37163" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20900" RevisionGUID="212fc7ac-cc33-46de-88a7-bf1b81a82b74" CreationDate="2009-06-05T22:29:03.850" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20901" RevisionGUID="1fc30696-0128-4778-90f4-01448526d361" CreationDate="2009-06-05T22:36:24.320" UserId="2787" Text="If you're going beyond a few hundred images, definitely consider two things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Nested hierarchies with hashed filenames;&#xD;&#xA;2. Not using ext3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd recommend using XFS, or, failing that, ReiserFS, with a two- or three-deep directory hierarchy divided up by two-byte pairs. e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    11/2f/112f667c786eac323e300632b5b2a78d.jpg&#xD;&#xA;    49/2f/49ef6eb6169cc57d95218c842d3dee5c.jpg&#xD;&#xA;    0a/26/0a26f9f363f1d05b94ceb14ff5f27284.jpg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will give you 256 directories in the first few levels, splitting images up over a total of 65535 separate directories (which is more than enough for 100-200k images and beyond). It will make things much faster and much more scalable, and make it a lot easier to maintain later on as well." />
  <row Id="37165" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20902" RevisionGUID="cec9be61-1fe8-4fee-91a6-7055d9ab3a1b" CreationDate="2009-06-05T22:38:54.190" UserId="2787" Text="One question to ask: what kind of disk controller are you on? If you're on an old, lousy ATA/33 controller that doesn't support DMA (very well), doesn't do 32-bit I/O, and so on, you're pretty limited in terms of what you can do." />
  <row Id="37166" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20903" RevisionGUID="347d4084-6dc1-4040-bd36-a815f9d34b8a" CreationDate="2009-06-05T22:44:33.833" UserId="8465" Text="If you installed the HP Array Configuration Utility CLI, you should have a hpacucli.exe program which allow you to add your disk without rebooting your server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not sure how it works on windows but it does without problems on linux." />
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  <row Id="37168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20905" RevisionGUID="a2e34eb5-f7b7-4307-bd64-f55cfa401972" CreationDate="2009-06-05T22:48:30.160" UserId="4268" Text="This is definitely a bug. The SMTP engine in Exchange 2003 is actually built as a set of extensions that are loaded and run by the IIS SMTP engine. If w3svc is crashing, it's most likely because of a malformed message (including the possibility of a bad address or misbehaving recipient server)-- not because of the load generated by the size of the file or the number of recipients. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you wanted to test this further, you could have the user send the message to smaller subgroups of the original 3500 in an effort to narrow down the problem." />
  <row Id="37169" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20903" RevisionGUID="b667e7b7-830f-41f8-8b0a-3932b1a059c1" CreationDate="2009-06-05T22:53:28.387" UserId="8465" Comment="added 169 characters in body" Text="If you installed the HP Array Configuration Utility CLI, you should have a hpacucli.exe program which allow you to add your disk without rebooting your server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not sure how it works on windows but it does without problems on linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It should be something like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;hpacucli ctrl slot=0 array A add drives=1I:1:4&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then extend the logical drive&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;hpacucli ctrl slot=0 logicaldrive 1 modify size=max" />
  <row Id="37170" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20906" RevisionGUID="a482732f-ae6a-4ed1-bd5d-0d41f6a72780" CreationDate="2009-06-05T22:54:39.493" UserId="5920" Text="I've found an answer to the problem. I put exactly the current timestamp:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    flashback_time='2009-06-03 12:05:02'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I put a sooner timestamp (for instance 5 minutes before) it works perfectly...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20907" RevisionGUID="4005d7a2-e788-4f89-bbc3-81e3bb8742c6" CreationDate="2009-06-05T22:59:15.223" UserId="1135" Text="Here are some general tips for diagnosing Java issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Recent JDKs ship with [VisualVM][1]. You can attach this to a running JVM instance to monitor thread and memory usage.&#xD;&#xA; - If you are on Linux you could use kill -3 to get a thread dump and look for deadlocks using using [Thread Dump Analyzer][2]&#xD;&#xA; - Look into what information Glassfish may expose via JMX. You can then use JConsole to attach to the process and view the JMX information at runtime.&#xD;&#xA; - You mention that the logs don't show anything. If this is a recurring issue may you should increase the log level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://visualvm.dev.java.net&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://tda.dev.java.net" />
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  <row Id="37174" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18200" RevisionGUID="b8aeb4e0-58c0-4c86-ab75-259d0d9856de" CreationDate="2009-06-05T23:04:13.920" UserId="5920" Comment="added 31 characters in body" Text="    -Hello girl, what is your name?&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    -Ruth.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    -Root, nice. And which is your password?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37175" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20909" RevisionGUID="d454dd7e-796a-4c6c-a98b-b7552d96f7f0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T23:04:47.147" UserId="1992" Text="There are many SQL Server options that can be enabled for databases, and one of the most misunderstood ones is auto-shrink. Is it safe? If not, why not?" />
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  <row Id="37178" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20909" RevisionGUID="d454dd7e-796a-4c6c-a98b-b7552d96f7f0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T23:04:47.147" UserId="1992" />
  <row Id="37179" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20910" RevisionGUID="c81395be-c37b-4ccd-9bf7-c11bf1c9262c" CreationDate="2009-06-05T23:06:46.193" UserId="1992" Text="(I originally asked as a regular question but then found out the correct method - thanks BrentO)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No, never.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've come across this several times now on ServerFault and want to reach a nice wide audience with some good advice. If people frown on this way of doing things, downvote and I'll remove this gladly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Auto-shrink is a very common database setting to have enabled. It seems like a good idea - remove the extra space from the database. There are lots of 'involuntary DBAs' out there (think TFS, SharePoint, BizTalk, or just regular old SQL Server) who may not know that auto-shrink is positively evil.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While at Microsoft I used to own the SQL Server Storage Engine and tried to remove the auto-shrink feature, but it had to stay for backwards compatibility.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why is auto-shrink so bad?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The database is likely to just grow again, so why shrink it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Shrink-grow-shrink-grow causes file-system level fragmentation and takes lots of resources. &#xD;&#xA; 2. You can't control when it kicks-in (even though it's regular-ish)&#xD;&#xA; 3. It uses lots of resources. Moving pages around in the database takes CPU, lots of IO, and generates lots of transaction log. &#xD;&#xA; 4. Here's the real kicker: data file shrink (whether auto- or not) causes massive index fragmentation, which leads to poor performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did a blog post a while back that has an example SQL script that shows the problems it causes and explains in a bit more detail. See [Auto-shrink – turn it OFF!][1] (no advertising or junk like that on my blog). Don't get this confused with shrinking the log file, which is useful and necessary on occasion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So do yourselves a favor - look in your database settings and turn off auto-shrink. You should also not have shrink in your maintenance plans, for exactly the same reason. Spread the word to your colleagues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/Auto-shrink-e28093-turn-it-OFF!.aspx" />
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  <row Id="37186" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20913" RevisionGUID="78534af8-0325-46f0-bb2e-de07db2543b0" CreationDate="2009-06-05T23:13:45.600" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37187" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20914" RevisionGUID="2d3298d2-248a-4ac3-b779-538bbec5b784" CreationDate="2009-06-05T23:15:29.280" UserId="5221" Text="It isn't &quot;unsafe&quot; - it won't damage anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But it is not recommended for production environments where the database may decide to go off and start an expensive rearrangement exercise just before a pile of requests come in making those requests take longer to be served. You are much better off using scheduling shrink operations along with other maintenance operations such as backups (actually, after backups - it'll more from the transaction log that way). Or just not shrinking at all unless there is a growth problem - you can always setup a monitor to let you know when the unused allocated space grows beyond a certain ratio or fixed size.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IIRC the option is off by default for all databases in all MSSQL editions except Express." />
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  <row Id="37192" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20910" RevisionGUID="10420316-4065-4522-af30-db57dceca3fd" CreationDate="2009-06-05T23:25:48.463" UserId="1992" Comment="added 275 characters in body" Text="(I originally asked as a regular question but then found out the correct method - thanks BrentO)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No, never.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've come across this several times now on ServerFault and want to reach a nice wide audience with some good advice. If people frown on this way of doing things, downvote and I'll remove this gladly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Auto-shrink is a very common database setting to have enabled. It seems like a good idea - remove the extra space from the database. There are lots of 'involuntary DBAs' out there (think TFS, SharePoint, BizTalk, or just regular old SQL Server) who may not know that auto-shrink is positively evil.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While at Microsoft I used to own the SQL Server Storage Engine and tried to remove the auto-shrink feature, but it had to stay for backwards compatibility.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why is auto-shrink so bad?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The database is likely to just grow again, so why shrink it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Shrink-grow-shrink-grow causes file-system level fragmentation and takes lots of resources. &#xD;&#xA; 2. You can't control when it kicks-in (even though it's regular-ish)&#xD;&#xA; 3. It uses lots of resources. Moving pages around in the database takes CPU, lots of IO, and generates lots of transaction log. &#xD;&#xA; 4. Here's the real kicker: data file shrink (whether auto- or not) causes massive index fragmentation, which leads to poor performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did a blog post a while back that has an example SQL script that shows the problems it causes and explains in a bit more detail. See [Auto-shrink – turn it OFF!][1] (no advertising or junk like that on my blog). Don't get this confused with shrinking the log file, which is useful and necessary on occasion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So do yourselves a favor - look in your database settings and turn off auto-shrink. You should also not have shrink in your maintenance plans, for exactly the same reason. Spread the word to your colleagues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: I should add this, reminded by the second answer - there's common misconception that interrupting a shrink operation can cause corruption. No it won't. I used to own the shrink code in SQL Server - it rolls back the current page move that it's doing if interrupted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/Auto-shrink-e28093-turn-it-OFF!.aspx" />
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  <row Id="37201" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20922" RevisionGUID="5b13cb49-6268-415f-adfc-b53ce0dd91ca" CreationDate="2009-06-05T23:47:22.353" UserId="5898" Text="To clarify some of the points already mentioned:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MLC drives store more data per cell, which increases the write latency slightly. They also have significantly lower (typically 1/10th) the expected write cycle count of SLC drives. For anything enterprise related, I'd stay well away from MLC drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding the overall lifespan of a drive, all SSDs use wear levelling algorithms to balance out hot write areas. Some drives retain spare flash area for internal use (the Intel X25-E does this, and the FusionIO drive let's you determine the reserved area when you partition the drive), which extends the write capacity - if you've got 80 GB of flash to wear level 60 GB of partition over, your drive lasts longer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All SSDs also require an erase cycle before a block can be overwritten. (Blocks don't get erased when a file is deleted, as a file deletion is a FS operation, and the block device doesn't see it). This can cause a massive performance hit during heavy write periods for drives with poor controllers, as this operation can take a while and in some cases block access.  Intel drives, I believe, make use of their spare flash to accelerate this - they use spare flash to provide a clean block to write to, then erase the dirty block and move it into the spare pool in the background. &#xD;&#xA;There is a new ATA TRIM command that is being implemented in newer drives, with support coming in linux and windows 7, which will allow the OS to trigger a background erase of all dirty blocks, which will improve performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The long-term &quot;performance degradation&quot; of SSDs is generally in reference to the erase/write cycle mentioned above, so decent drives and the TRIM command should essentially eliminate this as a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're going to get SSDs for an enterprise system, do the research and only get good quality enterprise-level SLC drives. The Intel X25-E (not -M, these are desktop drives), and Fusion-IO drives are the only ones I'd recommend at this stage.  " />
  <row Id="37202" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20922" RevisionGUID="5b13cb49-6268-415f-adfc-b53ce0dd91ca" CreationDate="2009-06-05T23:47:22.353" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20923" RevisionGUID="646867fe-512b-4254-8996-b7a9a4adabc3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T23:48:42.667" UserId="1247" Text="Microsoft had their [Technet Radio][1] which was podcasts about their various products.  They talk about  their history, present, and future and the best practices around them.  I say had because it has been a couple months since they published any new posts so I don't know if they stopped making any new episodes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your a VMware administrator, then I recommend these podcasts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [VMware Communities Roundtable][2]&#xD;&#xA;- [Virtualization Security Roundtable][3]&#xD;&#xA;- [Virtual Thoughts][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your into Powershell then I recommend these&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Powerscripting podcast][5]&#xD;&#xA; - [get-scripting podcast][6]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and the following three are really developer podcasts but they sometimes lean towards system administration and really good shows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [StackOverflow podcast][7]&#xD;&#xA; - [Hanselminutes][8]&#xD;&#xA; - [Sod This][9]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and if your into great conspiracy theories in regards to IT =&gt; &#xD;&#xA;[I, Cringley][10]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm also fans of the previously mentioned [RunAs Radio][11], [Brian Madden TV][12], and [Mind of Root][13]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/bb510143.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=19367&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=34217&amp;cmd=tc&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=50667&amp;cmd=tc&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://powerscripting.wordpress.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://get-scripting.blogspot.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/category/podcasts/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.hanselminutes.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.sodthis.com/podcast/&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.cringely.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://www.runasradio.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/tv/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://www.mindofroot.com/" />
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  <row Id="37208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20925" RevisionGUID="016ef30f-3f12-4395-bba5-75bd7868b83c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:01:43.237" UserId="8472" Text="I've got an SVN repository that lives on a Windows network drive (and accessed through a `file` url).  A number of my coworkers can't and won't use SVN, so I need to maintain a read-only mirror of everything in the repository in another directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't see any easy way to do it.  I can't make it a working copy, because that chews up too much network space.  `svn export` won't remove files which are deleted from the repository.  I was trying to create a hook script to copy files over when they're checked in, but I can't guarantee the path to the SVN executable will be the same for every client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was going to simply have a script which I manually run which compares each file in the repository with the file on the network and either deletes or copies it if there's a mismatch, but I can't seem to get the size of the file from the repository, which means I would have to rely solely on the reported change date of the file--which I'm reluctant to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's the best way of getting this set up?" />
  <row Id="37209" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20925" RevisionGUID="016ef30f-3f12-4395-bba5-75bd7868b83c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:01:43.237" UserId="8472" Text="How do I set up a read-only file system mirror for an SVN repository?" />
  <row Id="37210" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20925" RevisionGUID="016ef30f-3f12-4395-bba5-75bd7868b83c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:01:43.237" UserId="8472" Text="&lt;svn&gt;" />
  <row Id="37211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20926" RevisionGUID="d957c66d-720b-468e-93e8-3d2f6b619c97" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:08:22.873" UserId="575" Text="I'd recommend Microsoft ISA Server 2006. Specifically for this requirement, it will limit to 600 HTTP requests/min per IP by default and you can apply an exception for Jon Skeet (sorry, I realise that &quot;joke&quot; has been made already!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You have the additional benefits of application-level filtering, the ability to load-balance across multiple webservers (instead of NLB on those servers), VPN termination etc. There's a number of commercial extensions available and you can even write your own ISAPI filter if you're feeling brave.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's obviously not open-source but has benefits to a Windows shop and runs on commodity hardware." />
  <row Id="37212" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20927" RevisionGUID="0cef3244-3d00-474f-967b-8bc122f04f44" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:09:25.573" UserId="3664" Text="I need a tool to automatically remove Symantec AV (~v10.0) from desktops when the uninstall password is not known or the install is corrupt. I know some AV products will do this for you if they can (Trend sometimes) but in other cases it would be great not to have to remove it manually since this is about 33 steps." />
  <row Id="37213" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20927" RevisionGUID="0cef3244-3d00-474f-967b-8bc122f04f44" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:09:25.573" UserId="3664" Text="Automated tool to remove symantec AV" />
  <row Id="37214" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20927" RevisionGUID="0cef3244-3d00-474f-967b-8bc122f04f44" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:09:25.573" UserId="3664" Text="&lt;symantec&gt;&lt;antivirus&gt;" />
  <row Id="37215" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20928" RevisionGUID="6c5afa03-e5a6-4095-abd8-e6ab5da98a53" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:11:56.397" UserId="1922" Text="Make a ROBOCOPY /MIR from an existing working copy?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37216" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20929" RevisionGUID="1fac3b9d-2ada-454b-9d78-510a37ee203a" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:23:28.810" UserId="5880" Text="I have created a set of scripts to do just this task. You can download them [Here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You have to into each of the batch files and edit them so that &lt;path to killsym&gt; matches your enviroment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let me know if you need more info or if you have issues. This script has been used on thousands of machines at my company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://brokenhaze.com/downloads/KillSym.rar" />
  <row Id="37217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20930" RevisionGUID="a819d92e-73ae-4ca5-9742-e4366ed7de07" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:23:38.407" UserId="1674" Text="What sort of IO does the shark report is making it to the disk?  Does the shark show any queueing going on?  What sort of response time does the SAN show?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How much cache does the SAN have?  Are other systems using the SAN as well?  How is the cache on the SAN laid out?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are only looking at Windows to give you numbers back you aren't getting the whole story as the SAN will mask some of these settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37218" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20931" RevisionGUID="d4c51d2f-e80c-4617-aba4-055818334560" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:29:13.440" UserId="3420" Text="You're asking to have your life ruined. Someone who downloads kiddie porn or emails a threat to certain individuals will result in serious prosecution for you. &quot;Someone else used my wide-open network&quot; is barely a defense (it works for a small percentage of people), and you can no longer use that defense if they find this post.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If someone uses your network to commit a class of crime where you are guilty until prove innocent, you will regret leaving it open.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pretend security such as WEP or MAC address restrictions at least give you plausible deniability when something happens. But it's possible to make it actually secure as well. And you're losing your ability to use ignorance of the security of WEP by posting here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you really insist on leaving you network open for some political reason, then at least sniff all traffic and keep it for at least 90 days. This may help your defense. Also keep surveillance cameras pointed at at any area from which your network is accessible without a highly directional antenna.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20932" RevisionGUID="0000a078-77db-4f5e-83e5-e70b14addb1f" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:32:22.537" UserId="7228" Text="I am trying to enable WCF to scale out using Asycn pattern, it is a configuration setting, to enable asynch processing, but i can't find out where this is. I think it was in .net 3.5 SP1 feature, but there isn't much on it." />
  <row Id="37220" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20932" RevisionGUID="0000a078-77db-4f5e-83e5-e70b14addb1f" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:32:22.537" UserId="7228" Text="how do i enable Asynch Module/Http on IIS7" />
  <row Id="37221" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20932" RevisionGUID="0000a078-77db-4f5e-83e5-e70b14addb1f" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:32:22.537" UserId="7228" Text="&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;scaling&gt;&lt;windows2008&gt;&lt;wcf&gt;" />
  <row Id="37222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20933" RevisionGUID="0dabf5a7-b529-4b36-afa0-d43d741f2355" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:32:32.363" UserId="2661" Text="I have an Apache server that's proxying to Tomcat via mod_jk. I've set up a custom log in Apache to log the access times:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    LogFormat &quot;%h %l %u %t \&quot;%r\&quot; %&gt;s %b %D&quot; transfertimes&#xD;&#xA;    CustomLog /path/to/transfer-times.log transfertimes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm running ApacheBench on the web server itself. I've noticed that as I increase the concurrency, my 99th percentile request times appear to exponentially increase, although the 50th percentile remains relatively stable. As an example, ApacheBench will say that roughly 10 requests of 1000 take &gt; 1 second to respond with a concurrency level of 100.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, when I look at the transfer-times.log, no requests show up as greater than 1 second, based on the %D in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_log_config.html#formats&quot;&gt;LogFormat&lt;/a&gt;. I'm trying to figure out what would cause the disparity between Apache's log and ApacheBench's reported access times. Normally I could attribute it to network latency, but I'm running this all on a single host. I'm thinking there must be something quirky with Linux TCP parameters or file descriptors I need to tune, but I'm not sure where to start.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37223" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20933" RevisionGUID="0dabf5a7-b529-4b36-afa0-d43d741f2355" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:32:32.363" UserId="2661" Text="ApacheBench: Request times going into the ether" />
  <row Id="37224" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20933" RevisionGUID="0dabf5a7-b529-4b36-afa0-d43d741f2355" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:32:32.363" UserId="2661" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;benchmarking&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="37225" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20934" RevisionGUID="38b15ae0-53ee-4561-961a-4c4aa54b99dd" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:33:54.297" UserId="3420" Text="Cheap RAID implementations are terrible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your choices are, in order of reliability:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;1) HP DL servers with their hardware RAID.&#xD;&#xA;2) 3Ware RAID cards.&#xD;&#xA;3) ZFS&#xD;&#xA;4) Linux Software Raid&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anything else is asking for trouble, and indeed may result in lower overall reliability than a non-RAID solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Consider what to do if your controller fails and the manufacturer is out of business.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Consider whether you can recover from an apparent double-disk failure caused by power/cabling issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those are two examples among hundreds.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37226" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20935" RevisionGUID="ee759010-7a1c-4ef9-9edf-6f07e8c8611e" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:36:43.780" UserId="3420" Text="Running a database off of RAID5 is usually a mistake. I have only seen it done in two cases - well-engineered databases that were read-intensive with few writes, and databases where &quot;wasting space&quot; due to RAID5 was not politically viable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID5 will destroy transactional performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you are considering RAID5, see if you can get RAID6 to work. Theoretical reliability is so much better, although real-world reliability is often worse due to immature implementations.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37227" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20936" RevisionGUID="7139edf0-62b9-4ab6-97b2-047513df701c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:37:38.837" UserId="7137" Text="They *won't* use SVN? Honestly, I'd do my best to shove it down their throats (any end user can use TortoiseSVN with a minimal of re-training) if at all possible. There's no reason you should have to hack around their laziness.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I see it, there are at least two ways of hacking it --&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * **Create separate working copies and hand-manage SVN for each**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I actually have the same problem at my place of work, and my boss told me that we **can't** force them to use it. Instead, we create a network share for each developer/group which needs access to the code, then manually `svn up`/`svn commit` for them upon request.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * **Have one &quot;Master&quot; working copy and hand out SMB/FTP/NFS access to it**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a terrible setup with another group -- they didn't want to use SVN, so we just gave them raw Samba access to the production machine to tinker with the files. Then, every night a cron job goes through and adds all the new files and commits it to the repo. Since there's only one working copy there aren't ever any conflicts. Honestly it's serves little purpose except to make me sleep a little sounder at night.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They're both absolutely stupid ways of doing it -- the first requires hand conflict resolution (by you, or a member of your team) and the other has practically no advantage over the disk backups. IMHO the only *real* solution is to teach your end-users not only *how* to use SVN, but *why* they should be using it. That way they can be responsible for their own work, leaving you to deal with the real problems." />
  <row Id="37228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20937" RevisionGUID="59af0b69-0a2a-4e4e-8ac8-43beb55672fe" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:37:52.063" UserDisplayName="masdog" Text="It really depends on what you want to do with the NAS you're building.  What sort of data will reside on the NAS?  Databases?  Files?  Video?  VM?  How hard will each of the servers be hitting the NAS?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are looking at hooking in 10 servers to the NAS, you might want to look at bonding your GigE ports together." />
  <row Id="37229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20938" RevisionGUID="b487f400-2fcd-4e52-8730-539a7c823f3d" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:39:28.570" UserId="3420" Text="This is controller-specific (if software RAID, consider the driver (e.g. Linux MD) to be your controller).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usually in such a migration you have the luxury of extra drives for the migration. In such a case, the answer is yes, and it's easy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The real question is - what kind of data could be store on a RAID0 and later require migration to RAID1. They fill such wildly differing requirements that the question itself is confusing.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20939" RevisionGUID="ea528ce4-30a7-4675-9763-020c8693bcf3" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:43:51.873" UserId="3420" Text="Use syslog-ng or another syslog daemon that supports TCP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Send the data over an encrypted tunnel. Don't use an ssh tunnel, it is too fiddly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UDP syslog is a historical braindamaged protocol that should have been eliminated long ago. If your vendor provides it by default, please lean on them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your vendor does not provide a syslog solution that signs each message before sending it on, lean on them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The software is easy, the algorithms are easy. The politics of getting it installed by default are not.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20940" RevisionGUID="9751e377-8848-4553-a3e7-029f37176319" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:47:03.260" UserId="3420" Text="Secure against whom? The US government requires -destruction- of the data. You can choose between sandblasting the platters or heating them past the Curie point in a kiln. (Most people heat past melting to demonstrate due diligence).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise, overwriting with /dev/zero will stop any attacker who does not have tremendous resources. The &quot;DOD erase&quot; of multiple iterations overwriting with differing data is silly.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37232" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20941" RevisionGUID="39e304c8-90a5-4b4c-a3bf-a7de728e225a" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:50:46.047" UserId="4792" Text="Is there anybody out there using D-Link's xStack enterprise switches ? I have run into some snags and would appreciate exchanging notes with other admins using the same switches. What kind of switch do you have and what have you used them for ? thanks." />
  <row Id="37233" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20941" RevisionGUID="39e304c8-90a5-4b4c-a3bf-a7de728e225a" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:50:46.047" UserId="4792" Text="anybody using D-Link xStack enterprise switches ?" />
  <row Id="37234" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20941" RevisionGUID="39e304c8-90a5-4b4c-a3bf-a7de728e225a" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:50:46.047" UserId="4792" Text="&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="37235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20942" RevisionGUID="00241f15-f46a-43c4-aa33-987d915e2075" CreationDate="2009-06-06T00:54:10.220" UserId="3420" Text="net-snmp is useless - essentially a failure. Your best bet is to parse ps output (with a custom set of options presumably), and analyze the resulting output." />
  <row Id="37240" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20864" RevisionGUID="ec395a03-8aeb-4a17-8278-7cacd5dda82a" CreationDate="2009-06-06T01:00:32.737" UserId="1" Comment="fix markdown" Text="Building a list of common questions would be a great index for this answers to this question.  My common questions are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - why did the hitrate change?&#xD;&#xA; - why is overall response time rising?'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I notice such changes by monitoring the server-status pages (via mod_status) for&#xD;&#xA;hitrate and approximate response time for active and recently completed requests&#xD;&#xA;(knowing full-well that I miss a huge pile of data, but samples are good enough).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use the following LogFormat directive (the %T is really useful)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    LogFormat &quot;%h %l %u %t \&quot;%r\&quot; %&gt;s %b &#xD;&#xA;        \&quot;%{Referer}i\&quot; \&quot;%{User-Agent}i\&quot; %T&quot; custom&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for cause-effect and what happened first...&#xD;&#xA;usually about specific subsets of patterns in my logs,&#xD;&#xA;so I need to know the following for any given pattern/regular expression:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - hitcounts per interval (minute or hour) for a given pattern (ip address or cgi string or parameters, etc)&#xD;&#xA; - histograms of approximate response time (using %T parameter)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I generally use perl, because eventually it gets complex enough to be worthwhile.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A non-perl example would be a quickie hitrate per minute for non-200 status codes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tail -9000 access_log | grep -v '&quot; 200 ' | cut -d: -f2,3 | uniq -c&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes I'm cheating with that grep, presuming a quote-space-200-space matches only http status codes.... could use awk or perl to isolate the field just keep in mind it could be inaccurate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A more complex example in perl might be to visualize a change in hitrate for a pattern.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a lot to chew in the script below, especially if you are unfamilar with perl.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- reads stdin so you can use portions of your logs, use tail (especially with tail -f),&#xD;&#xA;with or without greps and other filtering...&#xD;&#xA;- cheats epoch timestamp extraction with hack of a regex and use of Date::Manip&#xD;&#xA;- you could modify it only slightly to extract response time or other arbitrary data&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;code follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/usr/bin/perl&#xD;&#xA;    # script to show changes in hitrates for any regex pattern&#xD;&#xA;    # results displayed with arbitrary intervals&#xD;&#xA;    # and ascii indication of frequency&#xD;&#xA;    # gaps are also displayed properly&#xD;&#xA;    use Date::Manip;&#xD;&#xA;    use POSIX qw(strftime);&#xD;&#xA;    $pattern=shift || &quot;.&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    $ival=shift || 60;&#xD;&#xA;    $tick=shift || 10;&#xD;&#xA;    $minb=undef;&#xD;&#xA;    while (&lt;&gt;){&#xD;&#xA;        next unless /$pattern/;&#xD;&#xA;        $stamp=&quot;$1 $2&quot; if m[(../.../....):(..:..:..)];&#xD;&#xA;        $epoch = UnixDate(ParseDate($stamp),&quot;%s&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;        $bucket= int($epoch/$ival)*$ival;&#xD;&#xA;        $minb=$bucket if $bucket&lt;$minb || !defined($minb);&#xD;&#xA;        $maxb=$bucket if $bucket&gt;$maxb;&#xD;&#xA;        $count{$bucket}++;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    # loop thru the min/max range to expose any gaps&#xD;&#xA;    for($t=$minb;$t&lt;=$maxb;$t+=$ival){&#xD;&#xA;        printf &quot;%s %s %4d %s\n&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;                $t,&#xD;&#xA;                strftime(&quot;%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S&quot;,localtime($t)),&#xD;&#xA;                $count{$t}+0,&#xD;&#xA;                substr(&quot;x&quot;x100,0,$count{$t}/$tick&#xD;&#xA;        );&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you just want to process standard metrics, checkout&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 'mergelog' to get all your logs together (if you have multiple apaches behind a load balancer) and&#xD;&#xA; - webalizer (or awstats or other common analyzer).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37241" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20945" RevisionGUID="a71d8f62-d70d-4617-8266-46a417d128d2" CreationDate="2009-06-06T01:03:22.500" UserId="1922" Text="I have made some tests with VisualSVN Server and tortoise&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I put this command in the Post-Commit hook, any change I do are sent to the c:\data\folder_to_share_readonly folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;svn_executable_path\svn&quot; update c:\data\folder_to_share_readonly --quiet --non-interactive --username myUser --password myPwd" />
  <row Id="37242" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20946" RevisionGUID="bc9b7e1f-6af2-47c6-9ec4-5aba0d9b446b" CreationDate="2009-06-06T01:05:02.747" UserId="3420" Text="If your employees are choosing to waste time rather than do their job, why would removing one of the thousands of ways they can waste time matter?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps the problem is a work environment created by people who think they can treat their employees in this kind of manner." />
  <row Id="37244" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20765" RevisionGUID="83da7c73-8c46-4725-bdda-62ff58b28fbc" CreationDate="2009-06-06T01:09:08.777" UserId="1" Comment="clarify answer" Text="To reduce the crawling load - This only works with Microsoft and Yahoo. For Google you’ll need to specify a slower crawling speed through their Webmaster Tools (http://www.google.com/webmasters/).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be VERY careful when implementing this because if you slow down the crawl too much, robots won’t be able to get to all of your site and you may lose pages from the index.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some examples (these go in your `robots.tx`t file)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Yahoo's Slurp Robot - Please wait 7 seconds in between visits&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    User-agent: slurp&#xD;&#xA;    Crawl-delay: 7&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;    # MSN Robot - Please wait 5 seconds in between visits&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    User-agent: msnbot&#xD;&#xA;    Crawl-delay: 5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Slightly off topic but you can also specify a Sitemap or Sitemap index file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you’d like to provide search engines with a comprehensive list of your best URLs.  You can also provide one or more Sitemap autodiscovery directives.  Please note that user-agent does not apply to this directive so you cannot use this to specify a Sitemap to some but not all search engines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Please read my sitemap and index everything!&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Sitemap: http://yourdomain.com/sitemap.axd" />
  <row Id="37245" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20948" RevisionGUID="c0d9b383-d7f2-48cb-9194-ddf665d76a99" CreationDate="2009-06-06T01:12:38.630" UserId="3420" Text="The biggest issue with using a 64-bit OS is the wasted memory when using Java applications (Java is pointer-happy). You can mitigate this by providing developers with a 32 or 64 bit version of Java, and an explanation of the issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's inconceivable to find software that won't run on the 64-bit system that will run on the 32-bit system. RedHat provides 32-bit compat libraries for everything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Users who need to allocate more than 4GB (really 2 or 3 GB) of RAM will get very upset if they learn that you installed a 32-bit OS. Although I did have some users who used a few hundred megs of RAM unless a catastrophic memory leak occurred. They were very upset that we gave them 64-bit Java on a 64-bit OS - the whole system crashed (minutes of downtime) instead of the problematic application (seconds of downtime).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37246" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20949" RevisionGUID="f9f3ac5e-4328-4851-bb9a-231078e278c3" CreationDate="2009-06-06T01:17:22.867" UserId="7744" Text="Note: This reply is .NET centric because thats what I find is most commonly used on the Microsoft stack.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CPU/memory stats are per worker process.  So if you're looking to get per site information, your first step is going to be separating each site into it's own worker process (application pool).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once that is complete, you can get per process stats by simply opening up task manager.  If you're on windows 2003+ they'll be called w3wp.exe.  Open view -&gt; columns, and tick PID to show PID's for each process.  Then open up a command prompt and run &quot;iisapp&quot; this will map PID's to App Pool names.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perfmon (start-&gt;run-&gt;perfmon) exposes a lot of good information but it's not necessarily easy to access.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a million different monitoring packages that can read perfmon information remotely and trigger alerts when thresholds are reached.  Anything from Microsoft's Systems Center Operations Manager, to What's Up Gold, to free tools like Nagios.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The thing to remember with perfmon data is it's counters are at the OS and framework level.  So you can glean some good information about some of your worker processes, and .NET states.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The answer to your specific question can be found in the .NET data provider for SQL server object.  Keep an eye on the connection pool counts for your application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're having a performance issue and you want to capture data from a running process, take a look at IIS DebugDiag.  This will allow you to create a memory dmp file when certain conditions are met, and it even has some canned analyzers which will automagically troubleshoot some common problems.  Note that out of the box DebugDiag mostly has info on native (read: non-managed) code. If you're using .NET and running into memory issues check out Tess's script for DebugDiag which will do some .NET centric memory analysis on DMG files. [Debug Diag .NET Memory Script][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The thing is, if you're looking for actual metrics on how long a specific method is running, this sort of information isn't really available without paying for some very nice, but very expensive tools.  If you've got a good tools budget (read: more then 10k) I highly recommend AviCode. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/tess/archive/2009/05/12/debug-diag-script-for-troubleshooting-net-2-0-memory-leaks.aspx" />
  <row Id="37247" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20950" RevisionGUID="9b200d87-4385-4b46-a00a-ea57ba5ff39f" CreationDate="2009-06-06T01:18:32.257" UserId="2514" Text="Is there a way to distribute a rule to Outlook 2003 and 2007 clients? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We'd like a way for to have emails from corporate communications generate a desktop alert or perhaps be flagged for followup automatically. It would need to be deployable centrally using Active Directory or Exchange.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My first thought was group policy, but apparently Outlook rules aren't part of what you can control using group policy. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone implemented something similar?" />
  <row Id="37248" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20950" RevisionGUID="9b200d87-4385-4b46-a00a-ea57ba5ff39f" CreationDate="2009-06-06T01:18:32.257" UserId="2514" Text="Distributing Rules to Outlook 2003 and 2007 clients" />
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  <row Id="37250" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="20941" RevisionGUID="c8352797-7c01-4ad0-819c-4d193dc177a2" CreationDate="2009-06-06T01:31:43.967" UserId="1736" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;d-link&gt;&lt;switch&gt;" />
  <row Id="37251" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20951" RevisionGUID="44b32235-8b13-4f1b-9583-ce110952605a" CreationDate="2009-06-06T01:37:10.650" UserId="1602" Text="I have a Hyper-V host (Dual QuadCores with 24GB of RAM) with a Gigabit network connection hosting about 5 guest OS's on a bridged virtual network. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For some reason each Guest OS is only able to transfer at about 100K/s on the network. This is severely slow? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas as to the cause or things I can do to increase the transfer speeds of the guests? " />
  <row Id="37252" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20951" RevisionGUID="44b32235-8b13-4f1b-9583-ce110952605a" CreationDate="2009-06-06T01:37:10.650" UserId="1602" Text="Hyper-V slow network transferring" />
  <row Id="37253" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20951" RevisionGUID="44b32235-8b13-4f1b-9583-ce110952605a" CreationDate="2009-06-06T01:37:10.650" UserId="1602" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="37254" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19960" RevisionGUID="d905f8d7-5c97-45c4-ad9a-ba659759dbf9" CreationDate="2009-06-06T01:46:36.860" UserId="1770" Comment="Add additional information about archive log handling during rman backups." Text="First suggestion is to never mess with them manually unless you really know what you're doing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you want to do is read up on rman, the Oracle tool for performing backups (including redo log backups).  I would highly recommend researching this pretty thoroughly to make sure you fully understand how the various aspects of Oracle backups work before you take any actions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, generally Oracle the redo/archive logs should remain where they're written until after you've performed a backup.  The backup will usually be setup to include the archive logs that are required along with the database backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the size of redo logs, it's going to be based directly on the volume of database change transactions.  The more changes, the greater the log volume.  This will be highly individual to your applications and usage, so I'd recommend you start recording statistics on it (transaction volume, transaction log size, database size, etc., all with timestamps).  Once you've got a few weeks worth of data you can start correlating activity with logs and distill it to some valid estimates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:  I think I partially misunderstood the original question.  I think you're asking for a way to basically checkpoint your redo logs to right now when you run a backup, so that you are fully consistent with your backup right up to when you issued the backup start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And, rman will actually handle all that dirty work for you.  From some rman documentation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; When taking a backup of archived redo&#xD;&#xA;&gt; logs that includes the most recent log&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (that is, a BACKUP ... ARCHIVELOG&#xD;&#xA;&gt; command is run without the UNTIL or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SEQUENCE option) if the database is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; open, then before beginning the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; backup, RMAN will switch out of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; current online redo log group, and all&#xD;&#xA;&gt; online redo logs that have not yet&#xD;&#xA;&gt; been archived, up to and including the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; redo log group that was current when&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the command was issued. This ensures&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that the backup contains all redo that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; was generated prior to the start of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another little bit that provides a little more detail:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; You can add archived redo logs to a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; backup of other files by using the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; BACKUP ... PLUS ARCHIVELOG clause.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Adding BACKUP ... PLUS ARCHIVELOG&#xD;&#xA;&gt; causes RMAN to do the following:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;  1. Runs the ALTER SYSTEM ARCHIVE LOG&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     CURRENT command.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  2. Runs BACKUP ARCHIVELOG ALL. Note&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     that if backup optimization is&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     enabled, then RMAN skips logs that&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     it has already backed up to the&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     specified device.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  3. Backs up the rest of the files&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     specified in BACKUP command.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  4. Runs the ALTER SYSTEM ARCHIVE LOG&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     CURRENT command.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  5. Backs up any remaining archived logs&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     generated during the backup.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; This guarantees that datafile backups&#xD;&#xA;&gt; taken during the command are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; recoverable to a consistent state.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The rman documentation should be able to provide more details for you.  I would give the URL I pulled that from (online Oracle rman docs) but the URL has already changed from when I bookmarked it, so I don't trust it to stay around.  Googling for rman docs should be able to find it, though." />
  <row Id="37255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20952" RevisionGUID="cca45f8f-b1b1-49d5-bb98-5439b01c4cbd" CreationDate="2009-06-06T01:46:43.520" UserId="4268" Text="There are several ways to do this, presuming you want to create rules on the server so that they run even when the user's Outlook isn't active.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - you can use the [rule.dll][1]&#xD;&#xA;   component of the Exchange 5.5 SDK.&#xD;&#xA;   It's really, really old, and the&#xD;&#xA;   rules you create won't be visible or&#xD;&#xA;   manageable through Outlook-- that may&#xD;&#xA;   or may not be what you want.  &#xD;&#xA; - the    Outlook 2007 object model has&#xD;&#xA;   tools    for [creating and managing&#xD;&#xA;   rules][2],    but it only works with&#xD;&#xA;   Outlook 2007.    However, the created&#xD;&#xA;   rules will work    no matter what&#xD;&#xA;   version of Outlook the    user runs.&#xD;&#xA; - the Outlook Redemption    library includes a set of [APIs for managing rules][3]. Redemption is commercial software, but it's much easier to use than rule.dll. The author provides excellent support, and the library itself is pretty easy to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To deploy this centrally, your code would need to log on to a user's mailbox and create the rule; you'll also need a way to enumerate all of the mailboxes and do a few other housekeeping tasks. Should be a nice weekend project!&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/251125&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb206763.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/rdo/rdorules.htm" />
  <row Id="37256" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20533" RevisionGUID="939bbae6-6532-4594-909f-2eae0fd90949" CreationDate="2009-06-06T01:55:07.733" UserId="2744" Comment="added 5 characters in body" Text="We're expanding our Nagios 3 infrastructure, and are frequently coming across new NRPE or general Nagios plugins to test our existing infrastructure. This is in dribs and drabs though - it would be useful to get a summary of plugins that the Nagios users out there most value.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please list a single plugin per post, preferably with a short description of why you love it and a link to the MonitoringExchange or plugin developer site. This way folk can vote for plugins already listed and we can see them in preferential order.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would be better not list plugins that others have already mentioned, for the same reason. If you have more to add regarding a plugin someone else has listed, please leave a comment to their answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20953" RevisionGUID="ebbcbef0-4bb5-42e1-a694-fa2e812c237c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T01:59:27.867" UserId="5899" Text="Yum allows plugins to be installed and the Fedora repo contains a yum-allowdowngrade plugin (not sure about CentOS/RHEL). After installing, you should be able to run the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    yum --allow-downgrade install subversion-javahl-1.4.2-4.el5.i386&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have never tried using it though and am not sure if switching from 64-bit to 32-bit would technically be considered a downgrade." />
  <row Id="37258" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20954" RevisionGUID="e145954b-fe60-4efe-a61b-1a3ecc42a5fd" CreationDate="2009-06-06T01:59:58.337" UserId="5880" Text="Number one is [NagiosWSC][1] It lets you do _agentless_ monitoring of Windows hosts over WMI&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nagios-wsc.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37259" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20955" RevisionGUID="96574984-14b5-49ae-8b17-af0a72295b0d" CreationDate="2009-06-06T02:02:04.573" UserId="5890" Text="Great answers above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing I would like to add is that `df- hP` give you output thats more easily parsed. (P is for portability)" />
  <row Id="37260" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="13012" RevisionGUID="45f8f484-a8eb-4fc8-ba87-1abe1616b8bc" CreationDate="2009-06-06T02:04:51.947" UserId="2744" Comment="Fixing question to better match the answer discovered" Text="Why would brk() in strace output be taking several seconds?" />
  <row Id="37261" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18543" RevisionGUID="990a3957-bee2-4a4a-a21b-da74977f3033" CreationDate="2009-06-06T02:07:11.817" UserId="2744" Comment="added 7 characters in body" Text="It transpires that this issue was primarily down to my misunderstanding of the output of strace -r.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The '-r' option gives the time (in seconds) &lt;i&gt;since&lt;/i&gt; the last system call, not the time that the last system call took to execute.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In this instance, the CPU was churning away performing some calculation, not processing the brk(). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The issue here is now resolved - it was caused by an upgrade to perl 5.8.9 (from perl 5.8.8). We've backed out of the perl upgrade, and will look into the cause of the perl 5.8.9 slowdown later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37262" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20956" RevisionGUID="f2cf930f-efb6-471f-8821-6085a88fbcf7" CreationDate="2009-06-06T02:11:02.420" UserId="919" Text="&gt; using_dma    =  0 (off)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a big problem. When you run the tests, do you notice a high cpu spike?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try providing the output of hdparm -i /dev/hda; and see what might cause this." />
  <row Id="37263" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19746" RevisionGUID="611091e1-c660-46a1-8817-ea372031932a" CreationDate="2009-06-06T02:16:25.483" UserId="3552" Comment="added additional comments" Text="Outside of OpenFiler, your options would be other NAS OSes (FreeNAS, NASLite...), dedicated NAS appliances running custom software or completely rolling your own with a mainstream linux distribution (or Windows if you really want). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been experimenting with FreeNAS and OpenFiler for the past month or so. I am putting my eggs in the OpenFiler basket. I haven't been running in a production environment, but all the research I have done points to OpenFiler as being the Enterprise solution compared to other NAS OSes and NAS Appliances. In pretty much all performance reviews I have seen it out performs those solutions. This is of course based on the hardware you are running from and how you tune the server. Also, based on my research, anyone who has purchased the support package has mentioned their support is very exceptional. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also see someones comparison of FreeNAS to OpenFiler here to get some ideas of what sort of performance they saw with OpenFiler.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.scribd.com/doc/29643/OpenFiler-vs-FreeNAS][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have not compared OpenFiler to custom solutions though. Some people prefer to support and maintain a more common linux distribution like ubuntu and expose NAS features manually. I think this would be the preferred solution if you are running on uncommon hardware. That is something that I am not interested in doing. I'd imagine you could get as good or possibly better performance with a custom solution depending on your hardware and the support for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So as long as you have got a decent hardware setup and a support package, I'd say OpenFiler would be a success in production. Just be sure to check the [hardware compatibility][2] page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additional Edit: Make sure when you set up openfiler you do it with all new drives which do not have any data. Openfiler uses LVM and doesn't play nicely with drives with existing partitions on them. It will probably be easiest to setup openfiler with nothing on it, then migrate your documents and images later. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.scribd.com/doc/29643/OpenFiler-vs-FreeNAS&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.openfiler.com/products/hardware-compatibility" />
  <row Id="37264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20957" RevisionGUID="0355886b-c65c-4074-8c0e-57050e46073a" CreationDate="2009-06-06T02:16:54.453" UserDisplayName="masdog" Text="It sounds like you have a single NIC for five VMs.  If you have more than one NIC in the system, you might want to think about bonding the NICs together to get more bandwidth for the five VMs.  If you only have one, you might want to look into buying a dual or quad-port NIC, bonding those interfaces, and bridge the VMs out that way." />
  <row Id="37272" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20961" RevisionGUID="6046c5eb-9846-45ec-86f0-dff08e491f95" CreationDate="2009-06-06T02:28:24.827" UserId="7320" Text="Having asked this question before, the resounding answer was to enable Counting on the interfaces of interest. However, I didn't find it very nice to look at or easy to digest." />
  <row Id="37273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20962" RevisionGUID="40f9d0f4-0492-4efb-bb6b-f557053a06fd" CreationDate="2009-06-06T02:34:25.237" UserId="5792" Text="Perhaps you could use webdav for this?  More info here: [webdav autoversioning][1]  Be sure to read through the warnings and such.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(But I agree with the &quot;force them to use it anyway&quot; answer.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.2/svn.webdav.autoversioning.html" />
  <row Id="37274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20963" RevisionGUID="c57fdd12-1afd-41d1-a061-5b589f3c9294" CreationDate="2009-06-06T02:35:48.400" UserId="2744" Text="Not a great deal to add to the excellent answers above, but if possible I'd add a second server room, for backup/redundancy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Provided it's far enough, or protected enough, from the other server room, then you gain a great degree of protection against the less serious disasters that may occur - a server fire causing a whole rack failure, for example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Naturally, this does not replace a full disaster recovery plan or adequate backups - but does provide a cheap second layer of defence if required.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37275" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20951" RevisionGUID="bcbd5e51-6549-4c71-afe2-88ad7ec18248" CreationDate="2009-06-06T02:36:31.770" UserId="1602" Comment="added 58 characters in body" Text="I have a Hyper-V host (Dual QuadCores with 24GB of RAM) with a Gigabit network connection hosting about 5 guest OS's on a bridged virtual network. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For some reason each Guest OS is only able to transfer at about 100K/s on the network despite there being ABSOLUTELY NO network traffic whatsoever. Is this normal? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas as to the cause or things I can do to increase the transfer speeds of the guests? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37277" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20964" RevisionGUID="2ef938c0-faec-44b8-8bd0-39886192eefb" CreationDate="2009-06-06T02:40:00.673" UserId="8009" Text="I had used two plugins .. one was to provide XML feed of the alerts, and other to send alerts via twitter. Both were useful (apart from the regular plugins). if you count NRPE as a plugin, then add that too." />
  <row Id="37278" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20965" RevisionGUID="5fbc19dd-eb2e-476d-adba-9bcab65b2e16" CreationDate="2009-06-06T02:54:14.187" UserId="7136" Text="I think you are running afoul of the maximum power draw for a single  USB device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You **can** chain more hubs to get more ports but you must supply **more power** than the computer can via the USB port to run them all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;A maximum of 5 unit loads (500mA) can be drawn from a port in USB 2.0,&quot; - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Serial_Bus#Power&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you supply more power by plugging the hub into a wall wart you will not be able to draw more than 500mA via the computer's USB port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37279" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20966" RevisionGUID="bdd55758-a8f4-47ac-bb0b-9c9853b34396" CreationDate="2009-06-06T03:02:40.393" UserId="7200" Text="TheCleaner's answer is a bit unclear sounding to me, so I'm going to give it a go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By default, when you join a Windows machine to a domain the &quot;DOMAIN\Domain Admins&quot; group from the domain is joined to the joining computer's &quot;Administrators&quot; group. The &quot;DOMAIN\Domain Users&quot; is joined to the joining computer's &quot;Users&quot; group.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By default, the &quot;DOMAIN\Administrator&quot; account is a member of &quot;DOMAIN\Domain Admins&quot;. Since the &quot;DOMAIN\Domain Admins&quot; group gets joined to the &quot;Administrators&quot; group on each computer you join to the domain, the effect is that the &quot;DOMAIN\Administrtor&quot; user becomes a member of the &quot;Administrators&quot; group on each computer joined to the domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(An aside: You can override this behaviour with a &quot;Restricted Groups&quot; policy if you want, but that's a different question and another can of worms.)" />
  <row Id="37280" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20967" RevisionGUID="1a491fdf-9772-4d60-ac06-8bd59c67a54f" CreationDate="2009-06-06T03:03:14.107" UserId="8021" Text="One that checks the actual latency to pull up websites, and scans it for a 'status:ok' hidden tag. It caught a problem with our squid cache and a language set problem that only happened once every few nights at 3am when someone hit the site with a browser that requested a turkish language internationalized version of the page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seriously, set up every type of monitoring that you possibly can. The weird bugs and errors that you can catch in a complex environment with good monitoring is just amazing. Also, log your performance data to an rrd database and display it in Cacti." />
  <row Id="37281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20968" RevisionGUID="2b8bb456-fac3-4452-bd34-869a175820b6" CreationDate="2009-06-06T03:03:33.623" UserId="6622" Text="Think about DR planning from the get-go. If I had it to do all over again, I'd have separated the network gear (switches and routers) from the servers, and had a shorter (30u is great) so I could have just rolled the rack out the door and onto a truck that time when Verizon couldn't replace a backhoed T1 line for FOUR FREAKING DAYS and we had to move the servers to our DR location. (Not that I'm still bitter.) Also, depending on location, it's a good idea to have at least one 208 or 240V circuit and space to put the spot cooler when a hurricane knocks out your HVAC in August in Texas." />
  <row Id="37282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20969" RevisionGUID="5c2991a6-af7a-4724-aa56-a0da21e69a5b" CreationDate="2009-06-06T03:12:08.677" UserId="6622" Text="There are still some commercial apps that are only supported on the 32-bit version (as I discovered when I tried to deploy Kerio Mail Server 6.6.1 back in March-- 6.7.0 was released in May and is 64-bit compatible, so that's okay now). If you're planning on only running FOSS apps or a few commercial closed-source apps which are 64-bit compatible that's not so much of an issue." />
  <row Id="37283" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20970" RevisionGUID="805dde35-8046-4744-a4aa-21da0a404559" CreationDate="2009-06-06T03:22:49.980" UserId="6622" Text="RAID is great for uptime, but it's not a substitute for backup. As a colleague once commented, &quot;You know that 'Oh, sh!t' moment when you deleted something accidentally? RAID just means you get to 'Oh, sh!t' more than one drive at the same time.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, that day when you pop your head into your boss's office and tell her, &quot;By the way, the database server had a hard drive crash last night-- we never went down, it finished rebuilding onto the spare at 5 AM and I've sent the bad drive off under warranty&quot; -- that's when RAID is priceless." />
  <row Id="37284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20971" RevisionGUID="8ee2ba71-c350-4a4f-a4a9-c95012a189b5" CreationDate="2009-06-06T03:34:02.437" UserId="6622" Text="When you say &quot;and to mount some network drives,&quot; be aware that Macs cannot access DFS shares without third-party software. AdmitMac claims it works, and it may at this point; when I dealt with it about a year ago DFS access was an unmitigated disaster." />
  <row Id="37285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20972" RevisionGUID="e50a9ec8-941b-4735-a876-0fbfd5922689" CreationDate="2009-06-06T03:36:31.870" UserId="4872" Text="I have been a Linux user on and off for many years. Recently, I have been using it daily. I am looking for suggestions for media; commercial books, free information, online videos etc that will help me to understand the OS at a much deeper level. Your suggestions please." />
  <row Id="37286" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20972" RevisionGUID="e50a9ec8-941b-4735-a876-0fbfd5922689" CreationDate="2009-06-06T03:36:31.870" UserId="4872" Text="What is the best resource for really understanding Linux deeply" />
  <row Id="37287" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20972" RevisionGUID="e50a9ec8-941b-4735-a876-0fbfd5922689" CreationDate="2009-06-06T03:36:31.870" UserId="4872" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;video&gt;&lt;book&gt;&lt;pdf&gt;&lt;learning&gt;" />
  <row Id="37288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20973" RevisionGUID="d92cf388-948f-4246-9c14-942b4ed2cc5e" CreationDate="2009-06-06T03:38:45.720" UserId="6622" Text="You can purchase Entourage as a stand-alone application through Microsoft volume licensing. With 3 years Software Assurance (probably worth it, since Microsoft has consistently improved Exchange support through various iterations of Entourage) it should set you back less than $110/seat -- significantly less expensive than the full Office suite. Without SA IIRC it's about $80/seat." />
  <row Id="37289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20974" RevisionGUID="879e0fc9-a79b-4a7a-b471-f4e45a045748" CreationDate="2009-06-06T03:43:37.113" UserId="7999" Text="I hope this is not off topic, after all many of use are in charge of buying/replacing the machines and equipment that we maintain, so I'm curious ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What sites do you go to find the good deals on hardware, components, and gadgets and why? What's its competitive advantage?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll post mine below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37290" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20974" RevisionGUID="879e0fc9-a79b-4a7a-b471-f4e45a045748" CreationDate="2009-06-06T03:43:37.113" UserId="7999" Text="What are your favorite hardware deals sites?" />
  <row Id="37291" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20974" RevisionGUID="879e0fc9-a79b-4a7a-b471-f4e45a045748" CreationDate="2009-06-06T03:43:37.113" UserId="7999" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;budget&gt;" />
  <row Id="37292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20975" RevisionGUID="9ef0cf5c-df01-4e0e-9a47-7951d9f6e41f" CreationDate="2009-06-06T03:44:51.090" UserId="7999" Text="So here my answer/list to start ... I find that aggregator deal sites that are either completely or mostly tech focused are best. If a good deal pops up Amazon.com, Geeks.com, etc., they'll quickly appear on the aggregators, too, but there are some exceptions where to wait is to possibly miss out (woot!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I regularly search these for myself &amp; my clients (or just a bit of procrastination). I save them in a *firefox folder and use &quot;Open All in Tabs&quot; almost daily*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[dealcritic.com][1] - people vote up the best deals, so you immediately get a sense of how much of a value it is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[bensbargains.net][2] - has trackers for certain hot products, quick, simple search&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[fatwallet.com][3] - good for finding coupon codes and discussion on various deals if you're unsure of the product&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[dealnews.com][4] - wide range of deals and coupon codes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[dealnews.com/memory][5] (aka dealram) - quickly find the best prices on the exact ram you need&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[pricewatch.com][6] - great categorization, numerous merchants, great for searching when you need a certain type of product but you don't need a particular brand or model&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[froogle.com][7] - quickly find an exact product (brand &amp; model), but i prefer pricewatch for product types&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dealcritic.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://bensbargains.net&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://fatwallet.com&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://dealnews.com&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://dealnews.com/memory&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://pricewatch.com&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://froogle.com" />
  <row Id="37293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20976" RevisionGUID="8b60ebbb-6167-48f3-8925-00fe533b57aa" CreationDate="2009-06-06T03:47:52.237" UserId="4392" Text="I had a book called &quot;Linux Programming&quot; that taught me more about the OS than any &quot;Learn Linux&quot; book. I wish I had the ISBN number, but it was amazing..partly because it went into the programming &quot;why&quot;s, not not just the &quot;how&quot;s. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Overall, most of my learning was honestly through breaking it and fixing it. It happened slowly, and I'm still learning new things after 12 years. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's definitely a process. The key is to be very, very curious. When you encounter something that you're unfamiliar with, become familiar with it. Seek out knowledge about how and why it ticks, and learn the underlying technologies, too. " />
  <row Id="37294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20977" RevisionGUID="b005c433-becb-4fa7-9a17-aa97c3d7f556" CreationDate="2009-06-06T03:49:13.140" UserId="2579" Text="NewEgg.com - Excellent comments and voting on the products and the best prices&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TigerDirect.com, CompUSA.com, &amp; InfoTelDistributors.com - Good prices and selection, easy to purchase items from them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the sites that I have found a great many good deals for hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV" />
  <row Id="37295" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20978" RevisionGUID="f0b96a91-4049-4122-8cf9-eae51bec4518" CreationDate="2009-06-06T03:53:05.207" UserId="8021" Text="The best way to understand Linux is to break it, badly, and then fix it. " />
  <row Id="37296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20979" RevisionGUID="4d6c19bf-4906-4372-8bfd-251c4b8ebe1c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T03:53:28.297" UserId="7200" Text="I'd advise you to set reasonable goals for things you'd like to do using Linux and applications running on Linux (run a web server, serve files to Windows hosts, serve DHCP, run a graphical desktop, etc). It's my firm belief that you only learn when you're &quot;doing&quot;. Once you've got a goal in mind, pursue it. That means reading man pages (lots and lots of man pages), &quot;HOWTO&quot; documentation, mailing lists archies, random blog posts, and, of course, the documentation that comes with the various programs you're installing or compiling to run on your boxes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having taught classroom-based IT certification courses for several years, I believe I can say with some degree of authority that the students who I saw make the most progress were the ones that were doing crazy projects of their own design, and learning by the seats of their pants.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I said before, man pages, &quot;HOWTO&quot; documentation (http://tldp.org/docs.html and in many, many other places on the 'net) and mailing list archives are your friends. I'd steer clear of any books that talk about kernel internals, at least at this stage. You don't need that kind of deep knowledge to get started.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Talk to other people. Server Fault looks like it's turning out to be a great place to get good advice. Ask questions here, and don't think that you're going to look stupid doing so. If you can get some &quot;face time&quot; with people who are familiar with Linux, go for it. (Though I'd recommend you try and separate opinion from fact. There are as many &quot;holy wars&quot; in the Linux community over differing opinions of how to do things as in any other community-- perhaps more, given the nature of the community.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get really &quot;deep&quot; knowledge of the Unix heritage of Linux, you might go for some older Unix-specific administration or reference manuals. I'd steer clear of these early on (at least until you can appreciate the historical nature of the &quot;paths not taken&quot; with Linux as compared to some of the Unix-derived operating sysems).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess, in short, I'm saying that there's no magic book or books, no super-secret videos that the &quot;masters&quot; learned from, but absolutely no limit to what you can learn if you stick to it and aren't afraid to get your hands dirty.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I will throw a shout-out to a book. I highly recommend &quot;TCP/IP Illustrated&quot; (http://www.amazon.com/Illustrated-Volumes-Addison-Wesley-Professional-Computing/dp/0201776316). It's not Linux-specific at all, but you will be doing so many things that deal with TCP/IP that knowing it &quot;cold&quot; is a no-brainer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37297" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20980" RevisionGUID="8dae2c37-355b-4ee1-b1a3-2db7016928c0" CreationDate="2009-06-06T03:57:53.403" UserId="810" Text="Another aggregator site that I sometimes find good deal through:&#xD;&#xA;[www.techbargains.com][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.techbargains.com/" />
  <row Id="37298" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20974" RevisionGUID="1cd9f784-7b64-4ace-98b9-f06cf6333705" CreationDate="2009-06-06T03:59:27.270" UserId="7999" Comment="added 6 characters in body" Text="I hope this is not off topic, after all many of us are in charge of buying and/or replacing the machines and equipment that we maintain, so I'm curious ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What sites do you go to find the good deals on hardware, components, and gadgets and why? What's its competitive advantage?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll post mine below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20981" RevisionGUID="1d7af982-a2b0-497f-8de9-a78dcdac1415" CreationDate="2009-06-06T03:59:47.330" UserId="1840" Text="Other than using it everyday (Which I think is a great thing!), I recommend you start thinking about services that could be implemented for your network on a linux box.  Start designing it based on Linux services, research and implement once your ready.  There will be hopefully mistakes in the process, and that experience will help you understand the OS at a deeper level.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37300" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20982" RevisionGUID="54a3f1c8-c5f6-4fa8-b4fe-0e14485784da" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:00:37.360" UserId="4721" Text="You will find several free guides at The Linux Documentation Project,&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tldp.org/guides.html&quot;&gt;guides&lt;/a&gt; page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a short list i pick from there, but you should scroll through the page to find what you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide; Jun 2008&#xD;&#xA; - Linux on the Road; Nov 2005&#xD;&#xA; - The Linux System Administrators' Guide; July 2005&#xD;&#xA; - Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide; Mar 2009 (yes, this is good for understanding linux too)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should look for specific &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/categories.html&quot;&gt;HOWTOs&lt;/a&gt; for topics you are interested in. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tldp.org/sorted_howtos_full.html&quot;&gt;Another reference to a date sorted HOWTO list&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some starters at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://linuxreviews.org/beginner/index.html.en&quot;&gt;Linux beginners guide&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, this is a small book available online -- &lt;a href&quot;http://www.kroah.com/lkn/&quot;&gt;Linux Kernel in a Nutshel&lt;/a&gt;. Its in PDF form of the 2007 edition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should use these references only as a feeler to start you own search for things that you need.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37301" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20979" RevisionGUID="12bc1920-3d2e-497f-9827-dcf9a58c01e9" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:00:43.740" UserId="7200" Comment="added 393 characters in body" Text="I'm not sure, when you say a &quot;deeper level&quot;, if you're talking about getting more into the command line (some people never leave the GUI that comes with their distro, if you can imagine that), or with really gritty low-level stuff like writing kernel drivers. I'm going to assume more of the former than the latter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd advise you to set reasonable goals for things you'd like to do using Linux and applications running on Linux (run a web server, serve files to Windows hosts, serve DHCP, run a graphical desktop, etc). It's my firm belief that you only learn when you're &quot;doing&quot;. Once you've got a goal in mind, pursue it. That means reading man pages (lots and lots of man pages), &quot;HOWTO&quot; documentation, mailing lists archies, random blog posts, and, of course, the documentation that comes with the various programs you're installing or compiling to run on your boxes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having taught classroom-based IT certification courses for several years, I believe I can say with some degree of authority that the students who I saw make the most progress were the ones that were doing crazy projects of their own design, and learning by the seats of their pants.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I said before, man pages, &quot;HOWTO&quot; documentation (http://tldp.org/docs.html and in many, many other places on the 'net) and mailing list archives are your friends. I'd steer clear of any books that talk about kernel internals, at least at this stage. You don't need that kind of deep knowledge to get started.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Talk to other people. Server Fault looks like it's turning out to be a great place to get good advice. Ask questions here, and don't think that you're going to look stupid doing so. If you can get some &quot;face time&quot; with people who are familiar with Linux, go for it. (Though I'd recommend you try and separate opinion from fact. There are as many &quot;holy wars&quot; in the Linux community over differing opinions of how to do things as in any other community-- perhaps more, given the nature of the community.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get really &quot;deep&quot; knowledge of the Unix heritage of Linux, you might go for some older Unix-specific administration or reference manuals. I'd steer clear of these early on (at least until you can appreciate the historical nature of the &quot;paths not taken&quot; with Linux as compared to some of the Unix-derived operating sysems).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not knowing what your overall skill-level is, I will throw a shout-out to a book that my or may not be heplful. I highly recommend &quot;TCP/IP Illustrated&quot; (http://www.amazon.com/Illustrated-Volumes-Addison-Wesley-Professional-Computing/dp/0201776316). It's not Linux-specific at all, but you will be doing so many things that deal with TCP/IP that knowing it &quot;cold&quot; is a no-brainer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess, in short, I'm saying that there's no magic book or books, no super-secret videos that the &quot;masters&quot; learned from, but absolutely no limit to what you can learn if you stick to it and aren't afraid to get your hands dirty.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37302" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20975" RevisionGUID="91764811-4be5-4bc4-99e7-764837a93d1f" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:01:14.397" UserId="7999" Comment="added 12 characters in body" Text="So here my answer/list to start ... I find that aggregator deal sites that are either completely or mostly tech focused are best. If a good deal pops up Amazon.com, Geeks.com, etc., they'll quickly appear on the aggregators, too, but there are some exceptions where to wait is to possibly miss out (woot!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I regularly search these for myself &amp; my clients (or just a bit of procrastination). I save them in a *firefox folder and use &quot;Open All in Tabs&quot; almost daily*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[dealcritic.com][1] - people vote up the best deals, so you immediately get a sense of how much of a value it is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[bensbargains.net][2] - has trackers for certain hot products, quick, simple search&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[fatwallet.com][3] - good for finding coupon codes and discussion on various deals if you're unsure of the product or merchant&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[dealnews.com][4] - wide range of deals and coupon codes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[dealnews.com/memory][5] (aka dealram) - quickly find the best prices on the exact ram you need&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[pricewatch.com][6] - great categorization, numerous merchants, great for searching when you need a certain type of product but you don't need a particular brand or model&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[froogle.com][7] - quickly find an exact product (brand &amp; model), but i prefer pricewatch for product types&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dealcritic.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://bensbargains.net&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://fatwallet.com&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://dealnews.com&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://dealnews.com/memory&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://pricewatch.com&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://froogle.com" />
  <row Id="37303" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20983" RevisionGUID="e8da2bc9-cf15-438a-bcc2-f73dbbfca731" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:02:05.970" UserId="8484" Text="My configurations:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(0)Configured all-in-one server (windows 2008) IIS + DNS + AD (the only domain controller)internal IP:192.168.1.200  computer name: w2k8&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(1)registered a public domain mydomain.com from ISP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(2)added HOST entry (A) mylan.mydomain.com from ISP domain entries, and point to my home router's only public IP address (say 123.123.123.123)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(3)On the home router (LinkSys Wireless-G), Made port forwarding (port 80 for web) to my all-in-one server 192.168.1.200&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(4) I can successfully load my server web page from any public browser with http://mylan.mydomain.com/...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My Question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I make the my internal server &quot;w2k8.mylan.mydomain.com&quot; to get ping from any remote internet PC? I tried port 53 (suppose to be DNS port) forwarding. I also tried play with ISP domain NS entries, but can't make it. I think it's quite possible. Please help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Simon&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37304" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20983" RevisionGUID="e8da2bc9-cf15-438a-bcc2-f73dbbfca731" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:02:05.970" UserId="8484" Text="How to use a Internal DNS(windows 2008) from internet" />
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  <row Id="37306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20984" RevisionGUID="a3381e74-6aa5-481b-90b9-f1f89fa28274" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:03:25.593" UserId="1605" Text="I have a service, running in command line. In some machines ( maybe Linux, I don't know), I can terminate the service by typing CTRL+C. However, I can't do this in my Windows XP machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any batch script terminator that I can try on?" />
  <row Id="37307" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20984" RevisionGUID="a3381e74-6aa5-481b-90b9-f1f89fa28274" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:03:25.593" UserId="1605" Text="Commands to Terminate Batch Script in Command Line ( except CTRL+C)" />
  <row Id="37308" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20984" RevisionGUID="a3381e74-6aa5-481b-90b9-f1f89fa28274" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:03:25.593" UserId="1605" Text="&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;batch-file&gt;" />
  <row Id="37309" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20982" RevisionGUID="c28e7d6e-48ab-4b66-86e8-59c2121a1c4e" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:07:02.950" UserId="4721" Comment="added 73 characters in body; added 19 characters in body; added 21 characters in body; edited body; deleted 1 characters in body" Text="You will find several free guides at The Linux Documentation Project, [guides page][1].&#xD;&#xA;This is a short list i pick from there, but you should scroll through the page to find what you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide; Jun 2008&#xD;&#xA; - Linux on the Road; Nov 2005&#xD;&#xA; - The Linux System Administrators' Guide; July 2005&#xD;&#xA; - Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide; Mar 2009 (yes, this is good for understanding linux too)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should look for specific [HOWTOs][2] for topics you are interested in. [Another date sorted HOWTO list][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some starters at the [Linux reviews beginners page][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, this is a small book available online -- [Linux Kernel in a Nutshell][5]. Its in PDF form of the 2007 edition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should use these references only as a feeler to start you own search for things that you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tldp.org/guides.html &quot;guides page&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/categories.html &quot;HOWTOs&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.tldp.org/sorted_howtos_full.html &quot;Another reference to a date sorted HOWTO list&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://linuxreviews.org/beginner/index.html.en &quot;Linux beginners guide&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.kroah.com/lkn/ &quot;Linux Kernel in a Nutshell&quot;" />
  <row Id="37310" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20985" RevisionGUID="b07763f9-1d4e-4b34-bfca-75352257676c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:08:04.163" UserId="7200" Text="If it's a script executing in CMD.EXE or COMMAND.COM, &amp;lt;Ctrl&amp;gt;-&amp;lt;C&amp;gt; will terminate it. It sounds to me like you're running a console-mode application (an EXE), in which case it's very likely that there isn't a keyboard termination character. It'll just depend on what the author of the application coded in." />
  <row Id="37311" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="20983" RevisionGUID="acc1f243-08f8-42e1-9a7b-a2160f5d12ba" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:11:30.287" UserId="8484" Comment="edited title" Text="How to resolve a internal server name from Internet with an internal DNS server (windows 2008)" />
  <row Id="37312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20986" RevisionGUID="485108ce-4e98-47c8-b730-c79e8a59a55e" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:12:04.983" UserId="7200" Text="As a first statement: If the PCs on your LAN (like w2k8.mylan.mydomain.com) are using RFC1918 &quot;private&quot; IP addresses then it doesn't matter if people out there on the 'net can resolve their names or not-- they'll never be able to route packets there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That aside, assuming you have a static IP address, you could put in an NS entry for &quot;mylan.mydomain.com&quot; into the public DNS for your public static IP address. You'll have to forward UDP port 53 through your firewall to your DNS server. At that point, you can put whatever records you want into that DNS server in the &quot;mylan.mydomain.com&quot; zone and they should resolve for users on the global Internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just because they resolve, though, doesn't mean that the people out there can route packets to the addresses they resolve to. Keep that in mind." />
  <row Id="37313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20987" RevisionGUID="8247363d-5394-4c7b-ad62-ab5d21650e51" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:16:20.700" UserId="2115" Text="Could you use the Task Manager to kill the process manually?  I'm not sure if you can do that as a batch job (i.e. for large numbers of processes automatically), but you shouldn't really be killing large numbers of processes automatically, and in any case Task Manager is no less efficient than Ctrl+C." />
  <row Id="37314" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20984" RevisionGUID="fb2e01b6-0198-489a-8885-78d889222092" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:19:08.867" UserId="1605" Comment="added 8 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="I have a Python Script, running in command line. In some machines ( maybe Linux, I don't know), I can terminate the service by typing CTRL+C. However, I can't do this in my Windows XP machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any Python  script terminator that I can try on?" />
  <row Id="37315" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="20984" RevisionGUID="fb2e01b6-0198-489a-8885-78d889222092" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:19:08.867" UserId="1605" Comment="added 8 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="Commands to Python  Script in Command Line ( except CTRL+C)" />
  <row Id="37316" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="20984" RevisionGUID="fb2e01b6-0198-489a-8885-78d889222092" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:19:08.867" UserId="1605" Comment="added 8 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;python&gt;" />
  <row Id="37317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20988" RevisionGUID="dd23e9fe-1690-4db9-827b-251c99c56408" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:20:14.170" UserId="1605" Text="I found the answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The command to break a Python script, on a Windows XP machine, is &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    CTRL+Pause Break" />
  <row Id="37318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20989" RevisionGUID="d7270fc7-fee6-4568-b624-be90e3592529" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:20:23.467" UserId="6751" Text="While it is possible for you to forward ICMP packets from the internet to your internal server, why would you want to?  You can probably configure the Linksys to do port forwarding for packets that arrive at 123.123.123.123 and fwd them to 192.168.1.200.  You are basically already going that with TCP port 80.  I don't recommend it though.  Is this b/c you want to monitor it?  Are you sure that's what you want, b/c its not good security. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do port forwarding for udp/tcp 53 to from the external interface of the linksys 123.123.123.123 to 192.168.2.200 you will not open ping, you will be permitting them to perform DNS lookups.  Once again, not a good idea. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only address and ports you should &quot;expose&quot; to the Internet is for those services that you want to make publically available to the Internet. " />
  <row Id="37319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20990" RevisionGUID="ad826f16-4161-4fce-9376-6b7d2b035efa" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:25:55.297" UserId="3528" Text="No, Domain accounts are not explicitly added by default.  Best practice would be to never add individual accounts to a server. Always create a domain level group and add that to the local group on the server. As previously mentioned the domain admins group gets added by default not an account.   Take a look at this webcast on best practices for managing groups&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[TechNet Webcast: Windows Server 2003 Administration Series (Part 4 of 12): Group Management (Level 200)][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032267243&amp;EventCategory=5&amp;culture=en-US&amp;CountryCode=US" />
  <row Id="37320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20991" RevisionGUID="9e3c1c8f-d22b-4c1c-a9eb-05ba4347d2e8" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:28:36.947" UserId="3528" Text="Not this is not normal.  Make sure that the driver is up to date then verify that you do not have a link speed or duplex mismatch on the switch." />
  <row Id="37321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20992" RevisionGUID="e2b6bc3a-77e2-409d-9400-bfa7afc6f1ba" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:30:17.567" UserId="1470" Text="[PA File Sight][1] could help you there.  You can set up a monitor to watch file creates in C:\  The app can log the creation time, the process used (assuming it's a local process) and the account used.  It can log that data to a log file, database, and/or alert you in real time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a commercial product, but has a fully-functional 30 day trial that would work for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Full disclosure: I work for the company that created PA File Sight.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.poweradmin.com/file-sight" />
  <row Id="37322" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20915" RevisionGUID="2af47968-8052-47f3-bb0d-aa81d6b2ac52" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:32:34.520" UserId="1205" Comment="update; added 6 characters in body; deleted 1 characters in body" Text="I was wondering if it is possible to get the subversion timeline information of an existing repository to show up in a fresh Trac installation?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I currently see that if I have an existing repository that Trac only sees the part of the svn timeline from the moment Trac was installed and doesn't show any of the commits before that time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE:**&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I've used trac-admin to resync my repository but nothing seems to show up on the Trac timeline page. This is the command that I use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    trac-admin &lt;path to trac instance&gt; resync&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which gives me the following output:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Resyncing repository history...&#xD;&#xA;    73 revisions cached.&#xD;&#xA;    Done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But again, nothing shows up on the Trac timeline page.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37323" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20993" RevisionGUID="0cccb33b-93f1-4e60-80b9-f59e3ad92b9d" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:36:14.370" UserId="3528" Text="You need to do the registration manually or you can use this tool [WcfAsyncWebUtil.exe ][1] from this Blog [The .NET Endpoint][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/wenlong/attachment/8856601.ashx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/endpoint/archive/2008/08/14/orcas-sp1-improvement-asynchronous-wcf-http-module-handler-for-iis7-for-better-server-scalability.aspx" />
  <row Id="37324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20994" RevisionGUID="67e35858-7521-4255-ab44-96f4e3b1b478" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:41:46.513" UserId="7720" Text="File servers are a fact of life in IT and I'm curious if there are any generally accepted practices (I hesitate to use the word &quot;best&quot; here) for how you create groups and apply permissions for managing client access to a shared folder on a file server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At my current job, I ended up inheriting quite a mess of different ways of doing this ranging from dozens of groups on the ACLs to just putting individual users directly on the filesystem. My task was to clean up the mess and come up with some kind of standardized way of approaching this throughout the company (large environment, 150k personnel, 90k client computers, 100's of file servers).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From my understanding of the issue, it seems that you at a minimum need one group per required access level per secured resource. This model seems to give the most flexibility in that you do not need to touch the filesystem permissions again unless you need to support a different access level. The downside is that you will create more groups than with re-using the same group across multiple shared resources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is an example showing what I mean:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a share called &quot;Test Results&quot; out on a file server named FILE01 and you have folks who need read-only access, read-write access, and full control. 1 secured resource * 3 access levels = 3 security groups. In our AD environment, we create these as universal groups so we can easily add users/groups from any of the domains in the forest. Since each group uniquely refers to a shared folder and access level, the group names incorporates those &quot;key&quot; pieces of data and the permissions are thus:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;FILE01-Test Results-FC&quot;  --  Full Control&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;FILE01-Test Results-RW&quot;  --  Read &amp; Write&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;FILE01-Test Results-RO&quot;  --  Read Only&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Typically, we would also include the built-in SYSTEM account and built-in Administrators with Full Control access as well. Any changes to who actually gets what access to this share can now be handled using group memberships rather than having to touch the ACL (either by adding &quot;Role&quot; groups representing specific business roles like Managers, Technicians, QA Analysts, etc. or just individual users for one-off access).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Two Questions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Is this actually a recommended or valid approach for handling permissions or am I missing some simpler, more elegant solution? I'd be especially interested in any solutions that use inheritance but still retain flexibility in not having to re-ACL large parts of the filesystems when things change.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) How are you handling file server permissions and group structure in your environment? Bonus points for those who are also working in large environments.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37325" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="20994" RevisionGUID="67e35858-7521-4255-ab44-96f4e3b1b478" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:41:46.513" UserId="7720" Text="Is there a generally accepted practice for file server permissions?" />
  <row Id="37326" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="20994" RevisionGUID="67e35858-7521-4255-ab44-96f4e3b1b478" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:41:46.513" UserId="7720" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;acl&gt;" />
  <row Id="37327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20995" RevisionGUID="a009f95a-50fd-4a98-8f30-0b30058073f1" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:43:19.163" UserId="1933" Text="If you have a NAT router, it might be dropping the session after a period of time (5 minutes is a common timeout value).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try bypassing it (bridge it, or plug directly into the uplink) or borrow a different make/model to test." />
  <row Id="37328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20996" RevisionGUID="cc15e767-4767-469d-ba89-932b91a622f5" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:44:48.410" UserId="1271" Text="You can stay apprised of various *deals of the day* with desktop application [Wootalyzer][1]. It has a General/Tech section with [Newegg][2], [Pacific Geek][3], [Buy.com][4], [Tiger Direct][5], and others.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Also many other non-tech DotD sites.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course something useful needs to be offered, and don't buy impulsively. You can get some of the best deals this way but remember to compare prices; frequently something you want but don't yet need isn't truly discounted enough compared to the competition to warrant immediate purchase. By the time you do it may have dropped to an equivalent price anyways.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wootalyzer.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.newegg.com&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.pacificgeek.com&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.buy.com&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.tigerdirect.com" />
  <row Id="37329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20997" RevisionGUID="ecdb2604-3599-434c-b17e-ccf6318d2930" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:45:08.207" UserId="6609" Text="I found drifting through Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, and then even various other Linux distros a good way to learn a lot about Linux. About how it did things differently. You learn as much about your home town while visiting other places than you learn about where you are." />
  <row Id="37330" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20998" RevisionGUID="36113fc0-3a08-487c-9422-4bbf86dcab07" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:47:46.890" UserId="3528" Text="You can do a wildcard mapping on IIS5.1; just map `*.*` to aspnet_isapi.dll like any other handler. (uncheck verify file exists).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit- there is apparently more to it to get the actual code to work- see this stackoverflow question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Deploy ASP.Net MVC on IIS 5.1 ( Windows XP)][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/301359/deploy-asp-net-mvc-on-iis-5-1-windows-xp" />
  <row Id="37331" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="20999" RevisionGUID="201c3642-df65-4802-b934-c1da9642c267" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:51:06.277" UserId="7073" Text="The server shouldn't have crashed on this.  I'd call MS for a follow up, I've had great experience with MS support and its well worth it.  If you pay for a ticket with MS and the issue turns out to be their fault (as this looks like) they refund the ticket.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a side note you can purchase technet plus from MS which costs less then the cost of 2 support incidents and the technet plus includes 2 support calls plus access to test software &amp; managed news groups.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="37334" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21000" RevisionGUID="0ed6c26c-2599-4ccb-9955-b3e35c213e0d" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:51:37.540" UserDisplayName="Jeremy Thake" Text="There is a whitepaper available on TechNet that explains SQL maintenance in more detail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262731.aspx&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37335" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21000" RevisionGUID="0ed6c26c-2599-4ccb-9955-b3e35c213e0d" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:51:37.540" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21001" RevisionGUID="b5e41691-f248-4e17-af31-cb48bc911271" CreationDate="2009-06-06T04:53:21.293" UserId="2302" Text="We had good luck with CDW over the years.  The prices are decent, support is good, and they integrate with lots of purchasing groups, which saves us a few bucks here and there." />
  <row Id="37337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21002" RevisionGUID="d872507a-0e69-4561-9fa7-b43454fe4198" CreationDate="2009-06-06T05:00:09.003" UserId="5880" Text="Your approach is basically the way i would approach it.  &#xD;&#xA;The only things i would add are these:   &#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;1) I would add to your &quot;roles&quot; scheme by evaluating what they need across servers not on just one server you are probably going to run into outliers to this, but my theory with those is when you run into them, create another group. in my experience where there is one outlier there are many.  &#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;2) I would STRONGLY re-evalute the need for Universal groups for everything as you take a replication hit with them as the members and groups inside of the Universal group is replicated to the Global Catalog servers while with Domain Local and Global only the group is replicated to the global catalog servers. So if you make a change in a universal group it kicks off a replication, while with global and domain local it does not." />
  <row Id="37338" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21003" RevisionGUID="09ee34eb-7ef5-4019-8c15-0271d58ea9d9" CreationDate="2009-06-06T05:02:26.957" UserId="919" Text="School. To really understand the Linux system you need a wide array of Computer Science systems backgrounds. Compilers, Computer Architecture and Operating Systems. And you need a guide who can show you what's important and correct any misunderstandings you have or form. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you understand how modern processors work, and how C compilers exploit them, you can dive into books like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0131429388?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=jlduggesblog-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0131429388&quot;&gt;Minix 3:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Minix3][1]&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the latest version of the book that Torvalds, author of the Linux kernel, (loosely) based his work on. You'll learn about the fundamental components and algorithms of an operating system, and how exactly to implement one: the text comes with a nearly complete printing of the source code to Minix for reference and instructional purposes. Check out the interrupt handler to get a complete understanding of how the system works and where control flows. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And before you scoff at schooling and Computer Science, it's important to note that the jobs Operating Systems are asked to do are generally NP-complete. So understanding a wide variety of available algorithms is critical to performance tuning, since there won't be a provably optimal algorithm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition to the kernel, there's a number of other areas. Because Linux is open source, this is an academic gold mine. Systems like Debian and Ubuntu make their source available, and it's dead simple:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`apt-get source package-name`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many upstreams also host their code in revision control, so you can read the most up to date version of a program's source, or even see how it was built years ago.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/3125C47MR4L._SL160_.jpg" />
  <row Id="37339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21004" RevisionGUID="f024a406-3f69-49e4-b4a7-83f95c598554" CreationDate="2009-06-06T05:04:48.167" UserId="7342" Text="Only years of experience playing with individual components will give you a deep understanding. Having said that, the vast majority of Oreilly Press books are really well written and perfect if you're not a dummy and have more than 24 hours. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a project called &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/&quot;&gt;Linux From Scratch&lt;/a&gt;, which shows you how to build a linux distribution from nothing. You may find it educational to do once. It'll be time consuming as you need to compile everything from source and you'll throw it all away at the end. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I find &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lwn.net&quot;&gt;LWN.net&lt;/a&gt;'s kernel page invaluable for keeping up with how things work in the kernel at a high level. " />
  <row Id="37341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21006" RevisionGUID="301b1a50-05d8-4370-9812-fb1bfa6234e6" CreationDate="2009-06-06T05:07:40.453" UserId="3528" Text="That approach isn't bad.  As a rule never use individual users to add permissions- use a group.  Groups can however be used across resources. Eg HR might have RW access to files while MANAGERS might have R.  You can also set up Access Based Enumeration.  Take a look at the following webcast:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[TechNet Webcast: Windows Server 2003 Administration Series (Part 4 of 12): Group Management (Level 200)][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Access based enumeration can make life easier too see:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Access-based Enumeration][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ABE can help reduce the number of different shares you have to administer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032267243&amp;EventCategory=5&amp;culture=en-US&amp;CountryCode=US&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc784710(WS.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="37342" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16283" RevisionGUID="122bedd1-ce50-46b9-8b47-6c0e3cc147b6" CreationDate="2009-06-06T05:14:52.267" UserId="6751" Comment="added 421 characters in body; added 6 characters in body" Text="Pursuant to my original response, I have just posted two more articles on my blog entitled:&#xD;&#xA;Anycast DNS - Part 3, Using RIP and Anycast DNS - Part 3, Using RIP (continued).  The latter goes into more details, but at www.netlinxinc.com/netlinx-blog.html you will find actual recipes on how to configure Cisco routers and Open Source Quagga host-based routing software for Anycast DNS using RIP. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am currently working on writing the fourth article in the series.  This will provide recipies on how to deploy Anycast DNS using OSPF.  Last in the series, I'll show recipes for deploying Anycast DNS using BGP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [Anycast DNS - Part 1, Overview][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [Anycast DNS - Part 2, Using Static Routes][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [Anycast DNS - Part 3, Using RIP][3] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [Anycast DNS - Part 3, Using RIP (continued)][4] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.netlinxinc.com/netlinx-blog/45/118.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.netlinxinc.com/netlinx-blog/45/119.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.netlinxinc.com/netlinx-blog/45/120.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.netlinxinc.com/netlinx-blog/45/121.html" />
  <row Id="37343" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21007" RevisionGUID="4c48ec95-728f-4871-a7ca-e97a8e9841de" CreationDate="2009-06-06T05:14:56.227" UserId="7645" Text="If the --allow-downgrade doesn't work, and there's other things depending on this that won't let you uninstall, you could do this in a single transaction using the yum shell:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # yum shell&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; remove subversion-javahl-1.4.2-4.el5.x86_64&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; install subversion-javahl-1.4.2-4.el5.i386&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; run&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37344" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20915" RevisionGUID="aaa86809-4dd1-4b81-9016-ccb0649f4a92" CreationDate="2009-06-06T05:22:08.413" UserId="1205" Comment="deleted 378 characters in body" Text="I was wondering if it is possible to get the subversion timeline information of an existing repository to show up in a fresh Trac installation?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I currently see that if I have an existing repository that Trac only sees the part of the svn timeline from the moment Trac was installed and doesn't show any of the commits before that time.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37345" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21008" RevisionGUID="da0432f9-07d8-42b6-a3fe-800d223184d3" CreationDate="2009-06-06T05:22:36.680" UserId="6751" Text="Try DBvisualizer from Minq Software ... http://www.minq.se/products/dbvis/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's universal.  It is Java based, and uses JDBC drivers to access just about any DB platform.  It's a very mature product, and has commercial and freebie.  I liked it so much, I splurged for the licensed copy!" />
  <row Id="37346" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21009" RevisionGUID="ad94a9b8-329f-4bf4-a675-98b294f73d94" CreationDate="2009-06-06T05:23:39.893" UserId="5880" Text="I am trying to track down a sql issue with timeouts and am by no means a DBA, but i'm stuck with the job so i'll get it done. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been running a trace on just about everything i can think of related to IO and network connectivity. The only number that stands out as insanely large is the one on the 'Wait for the Worker' Cumulative wait time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can someone explain to me what this is and at what point i should be concerned at it's value. What I have in my trace right now is 4611686018427391ms cumulative wait time. That can't be good right?" />
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  <row Id="37350" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21010" RevisionGUID="33018d33-a605-4ce6-a34a-6498407878d9" CreationDate="2009-06-06T05:35:33.770" UserId="6751" Text="I've been working on publishing some articles on Anycast DNS using Quagga, so I am fairly familiar with it.  The article I am currently working on was OSPF, and one of the gotchas that i experienced was that my Quagga Box was NOT seeing OSPF adjacencies or upstream routers.  I had to add firewall rules to IPtables to allow OSPF protocol to work. Are you sure you have the right firewall rule(s) in place for bgp peering to happen? I think it's TCP port 179 for GBP..." />
  <row Id="37351" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21010" RevisionGUID="f4f81e0f-814d-4b2d-b326-76825165ef82" CreationDate="2009-06-06T05:41:15.973" UserId="6751" Comment="added 69 characters in body; edited body" Text="I've been working on publishing some articles on Anycast DNS using Quagga, so I am fairly familiar with it.  The article I am currently working on was OSPF, and one of the gotchas that i experienced was that my Quagga Box was NOT seeing OSPF adjacencies or upstream routers.  I had to add firewall rules to IPtables to allow OSPF protocol to work. Are you sure you have the right firewall rule(s) in place for bgp peering to happen? I think it's TCP port 179 for BGP...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A nice article http://netup.biz/BGP_Cisco_Gentoo_Linux_Quagga.php" />
  <row Id="37352" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21011" RevisionGUID="7774c5df-4685-443c-a3a4-1410489652b8" CreationDate="2009-06-06T05:42:59.947" UserId="8489" Text="You can try using pdf2ps:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    pdf2ps [ options ] input.pdf [output.ps]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, you may want to install a newer version of Adobe Acrobat." />
  <row Id="37353" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21012" RevisionGUID="e54d0174-e703-4d57-b904-6ea312a408cc" CreationDate="2009-06-06T05:45:48.117" UserId="5694" Text="I've seen a SQL server with both Autogrow and Autoshrink enabled.  This (relatively powerful) server was terribly slow, because all it did all day was shrink and grow the database files.  Autoshrink can be useful, but I'd recommend two things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Turn Autoshrink off by default.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Document your server configs, so you know where Autogrow and Autoshrink are enabled and where they're not." />
  <row Id="37354" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21012" RevisionGUID="e54d0174-e703-4d57-b904-6ea312a408cc" CreationDate="2009-06-06T05:45:48.117" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37355" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21013" RevisionGUID="52a12016-296f-483e-b6e9-1b0781a4df83" CreationDate="2009-06-06T05:47:01.407" UserDisplayName="Trey" Text="1. Logs. Stop guessing and check the logs of your devices. Usually 192.168.100.1(Modem) 192.168.1.1 (router), and admin/admin will get you into 80% of the devices. But google the model number for more info. It will tell you a lot of what is actually causing the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Troubleshoot before resolving. Many times its human nature to start trying to solve a problem before you understand what the problem is. When you connection bogs down, what is bogging down? Slow load time(Pass through)? High ping? Low wireless signal? Delay response(nothing,nothing..boom, 100% load), etc. And don't forget you can have more then one problem. Investigate, Isolate, Eliminate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Don't rule out software. You point out hardware should be stable. Maybe it is. Could you be getting some interference and thus another wireless network draws the eye of your client's roam?  Could heavy computer load be messing with the encryption algorithm? Most important, what kind of AV you got? And even more important, don't use the router's propertery wireless client. Always, always, always use OS client. Big reason why mac networks seem so much more stable. Unless where talking work with VPN or such, then your stuck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. Check what settings you have on your router? QOS? Disable legacy wireless settings (IE disable B and do G only), Is it secure? Whats your NAT type? UPNP? Ask a complicated question and receive a complicated answer. Good luck my friend." />
  <row Id="37356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21014" RevisionGUID="bf4c9f43-3d4e-4d31-a188-079916c092fe" CreationDate="2009-06-06T05:49:03.430" UserId="8263" Text="The system starts up fine, and for about 5 minutes (est.) things are fine.  Then the system starts to get very sluggish (&quot;choppy&quot;): the mouse will freeze for two or three seconds, then release for about one to two seconds.  I've tried using DTrace, but so far to no avail: I'm still learning DTrace and finding out what I should be looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The system is an HP nc4010 Pentium M based laptop, and I installed the system using the text mode - running the GUI on a remote X server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The CPU utilization consistently (at the height of difficulties) is almost constantly at 80-95% in system operations.  There is always idle time: anywhere from 7 to 90 percent, depending on usage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've looked around a bit but haven't come up with anyting.  No messages in messages log.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you recommend?" />
  <row Id="37357" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21014" RevisionGUID="bf4c9f43-3d4e-4d31-a188-079916c092fe" CreationDate="2009-06-06T05:49:03.430" UserId="8263" Text="OpenSolaris/x86 responding sluggishly - frequent freezing" />
  <row Id="37358" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21014" RevisionGUID="bf4c9f43-3d4e-4d31-a188-079916c092fe" CreationDate="2009-06-06T05:49:03.430" UserId="8263" Text="&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;opensolaris&gt;&lt;debugging&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="37359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21015" RevisionGUID="4c743bc0-d0e4-464c-b9b4-bed32f12a314" CreationDate="2009-06-06T05:50:04.877" UserId="4694" Text="We use **squid 3.0** on Centos5.3 and have currently 20 users(Windows Explorer) using this proxy. The problem &#xD;&#xA;is that the access through proxy is slower. Even a simple webpage like google.com(.au) takes 5sec longer than &#xD;&#xA;a direct connection without proxy. Looks like there is approximately 2-5 second delay. Disabling cache for &#xD;&#xA;google.com(.au) didn't help. Explicitely defining dns_nameservers makes no difference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server parameters : Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2220, 6GB memory, 60gb SCSI hdd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**cache_mem 256 MB** &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**cache_dir ufs /usr/local/squid/var/cache 30000 16 256** &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**maximum_object_size_in_memory 256 KB**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**minimum_object_size 0 KB** (0 - 200 KB - not a real difference, the delay is still there) &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**maximum_object_size 32 MB**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How would you change these specifications in squid.conf based on the server specifications.&#xD;&#xA;What can cause the delay ? Also for a bigger webpage like yahoo.com.au is there a way to receive a part of the page &#xD;&#xA;from cache and then the rest (images last). At the moment there is nothing for 15 sec and then a whole webpage appears. " />
  <row Id="37360" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21015" RevisionGUID="4c743bc0-d0e4-464c-b9b4-bed32f12a314" CreationDate="2009-06-06T05:50:04.877" UserId="4694" Text="slow response from squid proxy - optimization" />
  <row Id="37361" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21015" RevisionGUID="4c743bc0-d0e4-464c-b9b4-bed32f12a314" CreationDate="2009-06-06T05:50:04.877" UserId="4694" Text="&lt;centos&gt;&lt;squid&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;" />
  <row Id="37362" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21016" RevisionGUID="b3ac77a4-12d3-4373-aab8-41067ccb187e" CreationDate="2009-06-06T05:51:13.317" UserId="919" Text="From the README:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Bandwidth usage&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ===============&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Mumble will use 10-40 kbit/s outgoing, and the same incoming for each user.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; So if there are 10 other users on the server with you, your incoming&#xD;&#xA;&gt; bandwidth requirement will be 100-400 kbit/s if they all talk at the same time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21017" RevisionGUID="f7e6f474-ad66-430e-9c65-9009d3460413" CreationDate="2009-06-06T05:59:29.023" UserId="7342" Text="My first hunch would be to sniff the traffic using tcpdump and load it into wireshark to see where the delay is happening.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;tcpdump -i any -s 0 -w /tmp/squid.pcap&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(If you're doing it over ssh, add &quot;not port ssh&quot; to the end.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you load this into wireshark you should be able to see where the delay appears to be. I'd  recommend doing this during a quiet time so there isn't too much traffic obscuring your view. If you can be the only person accessing the proxy at the time, even better." />
  <row Id="37364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21018" RevisionGUID="47d812b3-4c9a-49dc-affd-052b33bfbc33" CreationDate="2009-06-06T06:01:25.057" UserId="5694" Text="Your method of using resource group for each access level is correct.  The only thing I would consider is using Domain Local Groups for resources.  You don't necessarily need to use Universal Groups if you're creating server-specific resource groups.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The downside of using Domain Local Groups for resources is that you end up with more total groups.  The upside is that you have less of a problem with replication, as Zypher noted. " />
  <row Id="37365" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21019" RevisionGUID="7cff10f9-a10b-4cff-b9d4-f5b1b9fa885d" CreationDate="2009-06-06T06:03:13.633" UserId="8489" Text="You can try to update/add the screen section to your xorg.conf file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Section &quot;Screen&quot;&#xD;&#xA;	Identifier	&quot;Default Screen&quot;&#xD;&#xA;	Device		&quot;Generic Video Card&quot;&#xD;&#xA;	Monitor		&quot;Generic Monitor&quot;&#xD;&#xA;	DefaultDepth	24&#xD;&#xA;	SubSection &quot;Display&quot;&#xD;&#xA;		Depth		16&#xD;&#xA;		Modes		&quot;1024x768&quot; &quot;800x600&quot; &quot;640x480&quot;&#xD;&#xA;	EndSubSection&#xD;&#xA;	SubSection &quot;Display&quot;&#xD;&#xA;		Depth		24&#xD;&#xA;		Modes		&quot;1024x768&quot; &quot;800x600&quot; &quot;640x480&quot;&#xD;&#xA;	EndSubSection&#xD;&#xA;    EndSection&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll want to make sure that your &quot;Default Screen&quot; is listed in the Server Layout section:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Section &quot;ServerLayout&quot;&#xD;&#xA;	Identifier	&quot;Default Layout&quot;&#xD;&#xA;	Screen		&quot;Default Screen&quot;&#xD;&#xA;	InputDevice	&quot;Generic Keyboard&quot;&#xD;&#xA;	InputDevice	&quot;Configured Mouse&quot;&#xD;&#xA;	InputDevice     &quot;stylus&quot; &quot;SendCoreEvents&quot;&#xD;&#xA;	InputDevice     &quot;cursor&quot; &quot;SendCoreEvents&quot;&#xD;&#xA;	InputDevice     &quot;eraser&quot; &quot;SendCoreEvents&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    EndSection&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll also want to make sure that the &quot;Device&quot; and &quot;Monitor&quot; id's match your configuration." />
  <row Id="37366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21020" RevisionGUID="ed32f7d4-72f9-4c41-b55d-1cbd320c0044" CreationDate="2009-06-06T06:10:40.453" UserId="5694" Text="I don't mean to turn your question into a separate discussion, but I've seen Entourage absolutely wreak havoc with Exchange 2003 calendars.  I've seen Entourage repeatedly overwrite and delete calendar entries, presumably because it thought its data was correct and the Exchange server's data was not.  This situation was complicated significantly by multiple delegates running Microsoft Outlook, as well as BlackBerry Enterprise Server and multiple copies of Entourage (on different Macs) accessing the same mailbox.  I wasn't close enough to the situation to have called Microsoft, but from what I gather, they weren't able to provide solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This may sound crazy, but I'd actually recommend Parallels or VMware Fusion and Outlook 2003 or 2007 over Entourage.  I believe (but don't know for sure) that was the ultimate solution in the above-mentioned case." />
  <row Id="37367" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21017" RevisionGUID="405a1cf1-9168-4372-8343-f308d5d4e60e" CreationDate="2009-06-06T06:14:01.943" UserId="7342" Comment="Add suggests of likely locations of delay" Text="My first hunch would be to sniff the traffic using tcpdump and load it into wireshark to see where the delay is happening.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;tcpdump -i any -s 0 -w /tmp/squid.pcap&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(If you're doing it over ssh, add &quot;not port ssh&quot; to the end.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you load this into wireshark you should be able to see where the delay appears to be. I'd  recommend doing this during a quiet time so there isn't too much traffic obscuring your view. If you can be the only person accessing the proxy at the time, even better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Likely delays are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Browser contacting proxy&#xD;&#xA; - Proxy contacting webserver&#xD;&#xA; - Proxy DNS requests&#xD;&#xA; - Proxy returning response to browser" />
  <row Id="37368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21021" RevisionGUID="758ed151-d18e-4e7a-bace-07f887bbacf0" CreationDate="2009-06-06T06:14:26.153" UserId="1840" Text="I'd really reconsider the use of wireless for a network where bandwidth is heavily demanded.  Specially if you don't have the required policies (features or capabilities) in the Access Point(s) or controller to prioritize and/or shape said traffic.  Sure there are cases where access points (or any kind of device) just gives out due to temperatures, static, bad signals, northern lights, etc... but talking about wireless, I think it's more common for this kind of network to start becoming less reliable due to heavy loads.  I'd make sure you have the correct specifications (as in enough equipment) to support this, if wireless communication is a requirement for business-critical traffic in your environment." />
  <row Id="37369" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21022" RevisionGUID="0a2ab571-3fee-4d13-ac23-df034ae133b8" CreationDate="2009-06-06T06:17:43.823" UserId="8489" Text="Screen always sets TERM to &quot;screen&quot; by default. Nevertheless, you should realize that a TERM=screen still supports colors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tested adding &quot;term    screen-256color&quot; to my ~/.screenrc and it does set the TERM to &quot;screen-256color&quot; for me (Screen version 4.00.03 (FAU) 23-Oct-06). Is it possible that screen is looking in the wrong place for your .screenrc file?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also try launching screen as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    screen -T screen-256color&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See if that works." />
  <row Id="37370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21023" RevisionGUID="fe4e27c7-c51c-418b-94be-34ab53e65d31" CreationDate="2009-06-06T06:19:32.323" UserId="3038" Text="I'm looking at a migration from NetWare to Windows Server 2008 so this has been on my mind a lot lately. Server 2008 (and to some extent Server 2003R2) have some very nice features that really ease this transition. Server 2008 comes with Access Based Enumeration out of the box. This is a very nice feature that allows users to only see directories they have rights into. If you have a share like...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;\\\user-home-srv\homes\&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Without ABE the end user would see tens/hundreds/thousands of directories. With ABE the end user would see only one. The same holds true of shared shares. With ABE you can have a single huge volume for all of your departmental directories if you wish, and not spam the heck out of your users with directories they can't get into. While not an ACL issue, it is somewhat related so I bring it up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing that Server 2008 seems to do better than its earlier versions is ACL inheritance. It just seems faster at propagating down to the leaf an ACL change at the top of a large tree.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Due to our Netware legacy, we have a large number of groups that are named based on who is in them, with a few out there named for what they give access to. For directories that have regimented access, we also use the &quot;RO&quot; &quot;Full&quot; nomenclature. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a monolithic &quot;shared&quot; volume (still on NetWare, but we plan to have it monolithic when we move to Windows) that is the single shared volume for all 4,400 workers, and has over 3.5 million files on it. The top-level directories are all department names, and each department regulates what goes on inside them. There are a few exceptions for the really large departments, those have a 2nd level of directories with ACLs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At my last job we were even able to set up permissions so HR employees applying for jobs wouldn't be able to see their own application data on their server. It took some inheritance-rights-filters to do it, which is similar to the &quot;block inheritance&quot; tag on Windows. The tricky part there was documenting it all, but it *worked*." />
  <row Id="37371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21024" RevisionGUID="d95470e8-16f1-4083-a37a-83393d427f97" CreationDate="2009-06-06T06:25:45.320" UserId="7073" Text="This is quick and dirty but it does work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have done this in Exchange 2003 so I can only assume 2007 can do it as well.  There is an option on the mailstore in 2003 to &quot;Archive all message sent or received by mailboxes on this store&quot;  You specify an email address in there and Exchange will send a copy of all email to that address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then put hMailServer on a dedicated box that only you have access to.  You now have a copy of all email for the legal reasons.  Backup this box and you're all set.  You access it using an IMAP client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best part is the cost can be nothing if you use existing hardware for the hMailServer since it's free&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do an ExMerge on all the current mailboxes and that gives you a quick snapshot of everyone as they are and then hMailServer for everything from this point on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does nothing to address the size of the store but thats not what it's solving." />
  <row Id="37372" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21025" RevisionGUID="c6d55714-66f4-4273-9b48-24ecc01f5c35" CreationDate="2009-06-06T06:31:17.853" UserId="5989" Text="I have a friend that works for a nonprofit organization. She is curious about use of Social Networking sites like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn with regard to IT. The scope of this question isn't limited to these sites/services, as the third bullet points out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is really a multipart question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* How have social networking &quot;web 2.0&quot; sites impacted IT policy and procedure? Are individuals allowed to use these sites? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* How have social networking sites boosted IT productivity? Have they caused headaches with updates to policy and traffic control?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Is your nonprofit organization hosting/developing/running a social networking site? In other words, are you a charity for some cause that provides a site specifically to promote the cause and connect users/donors/benefactors?" />
  <row Id="37373" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21025" RevisionGUID="c6d55714-66f4-4273-9b48-24ecc01f5c35" CreationDate="2009-06-06T06:31:17.853" UserId="5989" Text="How has Social Networking changed your nonprofit?" />
  <row Id="37374" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21025" RevisionGUID="c6d55714-66f4-4273-9b48-24ecc01f5c35" CreationDate="2009-06-06T06:31:17.853" UserId="5989" Text="&lt;nonprofit&gt;&lt;social-networking&gt;&lt;web2.0&gt;" />
  <row Id="37375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21026" RevisionGUID="2ba2725e-6018-4a96-bda0-a9b08ead2476" CreationDate="2009-06-06T06:31:50.690" UserId="1435" Text="[Entropy][1] :(&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy" />
  <row Id="37376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21027" RevisionGUID="f18649c1-55ff-49e1-8694-1159754478ac" CreationDate="2009-06-06T06:34:00.967" UserId="1435" Text="For the UK I like [dabs.com][1] and [ebuyer.com][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dabs.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ebuyer.com" />
  <row Id="37377" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18230" RevisionGUID="86b00520-e53d-4133-834c-398c5c8d03ec" CreationDate="2009-06-06T06:36:26.580" UserId="2302" Comment="deleted 9 characters in body" Text="I know lots of people will throw out snort as a solution, and it is good -- snort and sguil are a good combination for monitoring different subnets or VLANs, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We currently use [Strataguard from StillSecure][1], it's a snort implementation on a hardened GNU/Linux distro.  It's very easy to get up and running (much easier than snort alone), has a free version for lower-bandwidth environments, and a very intuitive and useful web interface.  It makes it reasonably easy to update, tune, modify, and research rules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While it can be installed in IPS mode and automatically lock down the firewall for you, we use it in IDS mode only -- installed it on the monitor port on our central switch, popped a second NIC in for management, and it's worked great for scrutinizing traffic.  The number of false positives (espeically pre-tuning) is the only downside, but this does let us know it's working, and the interface makes it very easy to examine the rule signature, inspect the captured packets, and follow links to research the vulnerability so one can decide if the alert is truly a problem or not and adjust the alert or rule as necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.stillsecure.com/strataguard/" />
  <row Id="37378" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15030" RevisionGUID="24633555-397b-4858-b6de-36903a3a6431" CreationDate="2009-06-06T06:36:36.033" UserId="7342" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;logging&gt;&lt;reporting&gt;&lt;usage&gt;&lt;netscreen&gt;" />
  <row Id="37379" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21028" RevisionGUID="c97a737a-0cef-48f3-88ca-106dd5624079" CreationDate="2009-06-06T06:36:55.003" UserId="7058" Text="I find [dealspl.us][1] has some sweet deals from across a whole assortment of categories.  That + categories and RSS feeds plus a nice search makes me a deal addict.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dealspl.us" />
  <row Id="37380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21029" RevisionGUID="5e465071-bd6e-4e7c-a801-6a6637a6c7b4" CreationDate="2009-06-06T06:41:36.460" UserId="1322" Text="How do I setup an iptable setting to drop all IP packets that don't have my IP address on it? (do I even need to do this?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the closest I can think of, but I think it doesn't quite work because I somehow need to be able to specify NOT destination AND source.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * filter&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -A INPUT -i eth0 -d ! 1.2.3.4 -j DROP&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    COMMIT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37381" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21029" RevisionGUID="5e465071-bd6e-4e7c-a801-6a6637a6c7b4" CreationDate="2009-06-06T06:41:36.460" UserId="1322" Text="Beginner iptables question" />
  <row Id="37382" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21029" RevisionGUID="5e465071-bd6e-4e7c-a801-6a6637a6c7b4" CreationDate="2009-06-06T06:41:36.460" UserId="1322" Text="&lt;iptables&gt;" />
  <row Id="37383" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21030" RevisionGUID="0aa67aa2-f77a-407f-be71-c782d981e8a0" CreationDate="2009-06-06T06:45:50.537" UserId="7342" Text="Sadly the most obvious answer, &lt;a href=&quot;http://gallery.menalto.com/&quot;&gt;Gallery2&lt;/a&gt;, is written in PHP. It may be that installing PHP under IIS and configuring Gallery2 is significantly less work than writing something yourself. " />
  <row Id="37384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21031" RevisionGUID="3abc4bb9-4f35-44e0-aaaa-451e3377faed" CreationDate="2009-06-06T06:49:54.493" UserId="7342" Text="You don't need to do this; the networking stack ignores packets that aren't destined for your machine. Only hosts on your local network would be able to send you packets with the wrong destination address anyway. This would also block broadcasts, which may be a problem." />
  <row Id="37385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21032" RevisionGUID="f107eedb-0598-43e6-838a-0280c6fcd5ae" CreationDate="2009-06-06T06:52:45.983" UserId="984" Text="&gt; Do I even need to do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You shouldn't need a rule to do this.  Your system normally will ignore packets not addressed for it.  Unless your system is setup for bridging, or routing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you did want to block traffic, you should explicitly allow your IP address, and then simply set the policy of the table to DROP." />
  <row Id="37386" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21033" RevisionGUID="77584986-fd4e-4d6d-9650-94d682452d49" CreationDate="2009-06-06T06:54:37.027" UserId="6177" Text="When it comes to books, I like the O'Reilly's, so &quot;Essential System Administration Pocket Reference&quot; and &quot;Linux System Administration&quot; are possible starting points.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My copy of [TCP/IP Network Administration][1] is an older one and I haven't used it in a while, but I found it very useful to get a more in-depth understanding of what's going on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596002978/" />
  <row Id="37387" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21034" RevisionGUID="1cc49252-320b-4f35-89d4-a5878e8e68e6" CreationDate="2009-06-06T06:55:51.733" UserId="97" Text="Egad, if you had asked me this 9 years ago, I probably would have been able to help you. As it stands, it's all a rather vague memory at this point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I am attaching a link that may help. It is a link to some of my notes how to set up NetBackup to connect to an EMC. Not quite the same thing but has some things that may apply. HTH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.carumba.com/talk/quicknotes/quicknote_001.txt][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.carumba.com/talk/quicknotes/quicknote_001.txt" />
  <row Id="37388" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21035" RevisionGUID="8d63695c-f14f-4328-a043-b7a5ea5671e7" CreationDate="2009-06-06T06:56:26.397" UserId="5989" Text="I probably wouldn't send log data over the internet in the first place, but install a centralized loghost at the location(s) where needed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These days, I prefer rsyslog to syslog-ng. It is a near drop in replacement, and has a variety of papers and howtos, including one on sending [encrypted data][1] with TLS/SSL (as of v3.19.0), older versions can still [use stunnel][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my experience with both rsyslog and syslog-ng, rsyslog wins out in ease of configurability, especially since you can use your existing syslog.conf, and add onto that. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For what it's worth, Rsyslog is the default syslog daemon on [Debian Lenny][3] (5.0), [Ubuntu][4] and [Fedora][5]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rsyslog.com/doc-rsyslog_tls.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.rsyslog.com/module-Static_Docs-view-f-rsyslog_stunnel.html.phtml&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://wiki.debian.org/Rsyslog&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/sysklogd-to-rsyslog&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureRsyslog" />
  <row Id="37389" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21036" RevisionGUID="9cd28937-6307-4a9f-b623-87efedf732a3" CreationDate="2009-06-06T07:03:30.830" UserId="5989" Text="This is an ideal place to display a message about authorized access. From the Center for Internet Security's benchmark for Red Hat / CentOS, 10 Warning Banners:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Presenting some sort of statutory warning message prior to the normal&#xD;&#xA;&gt; user logon may assist the  prosecution&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of trespassers on the computer system.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Changing some of these login banners&#xD;&#xA;&gt; also has the  side effect/benefit of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hiding OS version information and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; other detailed system information from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; attackers attempting to target&#xD;&#xA;&gt; specific attacks at a system (though&#xD;&#xA;&gt; there are other mechanisms available &#xD;&#xA;&gt; for acquiring at least some of this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; information).    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Guidelines published&#xD;&#xA;&gt; by the US Department of Defense&#xD;&#xA;&gt; require that warning message include&#xD;&#xA;&gt; at least  the name of the organization&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that owns the system, the fact that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the system is subject to monitoring&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and  that such monitoring is in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; compliance with local statutes, and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that use of the system implies consent&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to  such monitoring.  Clearly, the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; organization's local legal counsel&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and/or site security administrator &#xD;&#xA;&gt; should review the content of all&#xD;&#xA;&gt; messages before any system&#xD;&#xA;&gt; modifications are made, as these&#xD;&#xA;&gt; warning  messages are inherently&#xD;&#xA;&gt; site-specific.    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; More information&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (including citations of relevant case&#xD;&#xA;&gt; law) can be found at &#xD;&#xA;&gt; http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/s&amp;sappendix2002.htm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can download the benchmark for your platform from the [Center for Internet Security][1]. These are documents of 'consensus based' recommendations for best practices in securing systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://cisecurity.org/bench_linux.html" />
  <row Id="37393" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21038" RevisionGUID="270e7dc8-a5ef-401c-aa28-145b1c7da1e7" CreationDate="2009-06-06T07:08:15.080" UserId="1674" Text="That time may be fine.  It's the cumulative wait time since the instance was last started.  If it's been running for months that number would be fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Limit your trace to commands which take a long time to run.  You can filter based on the duration (it's in miliseconds).  Try starting with 10000 or so and see what comes up.  Start with the execution plans for these queries and see what indexes are missing." />
  <row Id="37394" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21039" RevisionGUID="b2f4c779-11d9-426f-8f93-53ac660a586e" CreationDate="2009-06-06T07:10:37.837" UserId="8263" Text="For some web pages, it is not possible to draw the page before nearly the entire page is downloaded, images and all.  To speed up such a page, there are a few things you can do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* **Use web cache** (as you already are): this brings in images quicker.&#xD;&#xA;* **Use faster machines**: much of the time may be in &quot;composition&quot; - that is, laying out the web page for display, and not in getting the information.&#xD;&#xA;* **Use faster browsers**: this is the same as the above.  If using IE5, try IE6 or IE7.  If using Firefox 2, try Firefox 3 or Safari.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In days gone by, I used to browse with Internet Explorer for Macintosh (68k in those days).  I well remember seeing the &quot;newspaper&quot; icon that told you to wait as IE was computing how to display the page (not getting data: computing...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing to be aware of: some pages will explicitly request that they not be cached: it is up to the cache administrator as to whether these requests are granted or denied.  Typically these pages are those that change often or that the web admin does not want to have stored elsewhere.  Thus, in such a page, you will have an additional overhead involved as the web cache must process the page on your behalf, even though there is no page ever in the cache at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would agree that sniffing traffic is a good way to determine why things are being delayed.  What part of the network stream is actually causing the delay?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wireshark (and tcpdump) have a large set of filters that you can use to clean up the traffic: the only reason you'd really have to wait until a quiet time is in order to avoid having a massive TCP dump file.  However, you can get a reasonable set of data just be limiting yourself to direct-to-proxy network traffic:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tcpdump -s 0 -n -w tcpdump.dat port 3128&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Port 3128 is the standard squid port: use whatever is appropriate for you.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using Wireshark, you can instantly filter based on a single TCP traffic stream: so you don't have to worry about the mixing of different streams there either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also look at the logs in /var/log/squid and examine what is happening to the request: is it coming from the cache?  Is it coming from the remote site?  Try repeated requests - does the page come up quicker after running it once?" />
  <row Id="37396" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21040" RevisionGUID="e140b7bd-9eb7-432f-b344-2a3c0922742c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T07:27:18.863" UserId="8263" Text="There are a number of features that Solaris has that Linux people wish they had.  These include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* **ZFS**: a filesystem that provides extreme flexibility, more than anything now available.  Dynamic growth and reduction, snapshots, clones, and more - all available for free.&#xD;&#xA;* **DTrace**: a debugger that can present you with details on how the kernel is working.  Because of the way the kernels are written, DTrace is inherently much more flexible than SystemTap.&#xD;&#xA;* **SMF**: yet another system to replace System V init scripts - but this one seems to have more people interested in it than any of the others.&#xD;&#xA;* **Zones and Containers**: these are very flexible and have a lot of people excited: they provide for very flexible virtualization." />
  <row Id="37397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21041" RevisionGUID="845030bd-efe2-4969-80ec-471c072fa9b2" CreationDate="2009-06-06T07:29:23.353" UserId="7485" Text="Hello everyone,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my IIS log, I found warning level event ID 1013, which says the stop time exceeds expected stop time for worker process of a specific web application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is, how could I know or track from what reason IIS worker process stops? Does this warning level event ID means worker process application pool is stopped or not?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks in advance,&#xD;&#xA;George" />
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  <row Id="37412" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="570" RevisionGUID="59541d60-3e7f-4c10-9aeb-d98333b74620" CreationDate="2009-06-06T07:43:48.173" UserId="7342" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;defaults&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="37413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21043" RevisionGUID="d2135058-2b11-4c76-9b06-2b9c8a258e99" CreationDate="2009-06-06T07:44:47.097" UserId="7783" Text="My opinion, fwiw, is that from the point of view of a user &quot;web 2.0&quot; is a lot of noise that signifies nothing. That's really just a bunch of technology and doesn't really matter in the long run - Facebook would still be Facebook regardless of the technology used to build it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for &quot;social networking&quot;, we don't really let people use those sites, nor are we especially aggressive about blocking them, which is to say the majority of them fall into categories which we are already blocking, but we're not fussed about ones that don't. We constantly review that policy, so if it was felt by our PHBs that social networking was useful it would quickly be unblocked and embraced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We don't see how they would boost *IT* productivity, but this depends on your definition of a 'social networking' site. Serverfault and friends are arguably &quot;social networking&quot; which does boost productivity by helping us solve problems, but following Oprah on twitter isn't going to help our coders code faster or me figure out that obscure email issue with less hassle, is it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Consider social networking as a ***marketing tool*** however and you might get an entirely different answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for us hosting a social networking site, we give our users/customers blogs on sharepoint and we use a little bit of AJAX to make it look nice. Does that count? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In all seriousness, I've suggested to our PHBs and marketing team that our website should look more like myfacespacebook and less like an accountant's geocities homepage in order to attract our target audience (students) but I think they either didn't want to put the work into finding out what those sites look like and why students use them or they thought I was being sarcastic (to be fair to them, that IS a reasonable default position with my comments on their web design!)." />
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  <row Id="37448" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21047" RevisionGUID="0a0af624-8e5a-40d2-9f92-085223cb2931" CreationDate="2009-06-06T08:45:33.917" UserId="7485" Text="Hello everyone,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am using IIS 6.0 on Windows Server 2003. I want to learn what means recycle after &quot;Fixed number of requests&quot; in application pool setting? My current confusion is, suppose I set this number to 100, and the 99th person connects to my web site, than the 100th person comes and the 100th person will trigger application pool recycle, which means all session information for the 99th person will be lost?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks in advance,&#xD;&#xA;George" />
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  <row Id="37450" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21047" RevisionGUID="0a0af624-8e5a-40d2-9f92-085223cb2931" CreationDate="2009-06-06T08:45:33.917" UserId="7485" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;application&gt;&lt;pool&gt;" />
  <row Id="37451" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21047" RevisionGUID="725e3ed1-2b26-462e-b4ff-a732efc17e88" CreationDate="2009-06-06T08:50:57.400" UserId="7485" Comment="added 102 characters in body" Text="Hello everyone,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am using IIS 6.0 on Windows Server 2003. I want to learn what means recycle after &quot;Fixed number of requests&quot; in application pool setting? My current confusion is, suppose I set this number to 100, and the 99th person connects to my web site, than the 100th person comes and the 100th person will trigger application pool recycle rule of 100th requests, which means all session information for the 99th person will be lost (in-process session will expire when application pool worker process restarts)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks in advance,&#xD;&#xA;George" />
  <row Id="37452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21048" RevisionGUID="de2dcdf5-4cee-4710-b60f-344dafc77a1d" CreationDate="2009-06-06T08:51:10.940" UserId="8263" Text="I'm wondering about tools that are powerful and that most system administrators either don't know about or don't use (but should).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thus, things like sudo, vi, emacs, dtrace, ps, and top are out.  I have some ideas but I just *hate* to skew the statistics...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll just wait and see if anyone mentions my favorites." />
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  <row Id="37456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21050" RevisionGUID="784f83d2-c3cd-4b25-a8ef-105fbb642fea" CreationDate="2009-06-06T08:58:53.717" UserId="4979" Text="Run your Vista in a virtual machine on Hyper-V, and give the VM only logical processor." />
  <row Id="37457" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21051" RevisionGUID="5a23986e-2ccd-4dbd-92a6-a7963711d768" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:00:18.347" UserId="7342" Text="strace is useful in a surprisingly large number of places." />
  <row Id="37458" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21047" RevisionGUID="b04f8851-8bb6-47f4-9187-4bd77a2415ea" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:02:15.800" UserId="7342" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;application-pools&gt;" />
  <row Id="37459" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21041" RevisionGUID="be9be4fd-d371-4582-ad98-2fb8e6d7fa23" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:02:50.637" UserId="7342" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;application-pools&gt;" />
  <row Id="37460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21052" RevisionGUID="6d87c2ec-d09b-403f-8474-fd16bccd0aff" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:04:25.173" UserId="2417" Text="ZFS and SMF are great, but a real pain with solaris is that package manager is ages behind its linux counterparts. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also all utilities are different in subtle ways(killall anyone?), if you admin linux machines most of the time, switching to solaris means reading man pages again and again. A sucky &quot;more&quot; pager and always slightly misconfigured terminals make your life difficult.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37461" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21053" RevisionGUID="c92177d9-470d-470b-b0cf-f732f843ee81" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:04:58.323" UserId="1840" Text="[&lt;h1&gt;iPerf&lt;/h1&gt;][1]&#xD;&#xA;Iperf helps you run tests that measure maximum TCP and UDP bandwidth performance. It allows the tuning of various parameters and UDP characteristics reporting bandwidth, delay jitter, datagram loss: [http://openmaniak.com/iperf.php][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;,And&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[&lt;h1&gt;MTR&lt;/h1&gt;][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MTR is also a pretty good one.  It combines the functionality of the 'traceroute' and 'ping' programs in a single network diagnostic tool. Like traceroute except it gives more network quality and network diagnostic info. Leave running to get real time stats. Reports best and worst round trip times in milliseconds... It shows latency, jitter (average/best/worst): [http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;use:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; mtr server.domain.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://openmaniak.com/iperf.php&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://openmaniak.com/iperf.php&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://locobox.googlepages.com/mtr.jpg" />
  <row Id="37462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21054" RevisionGUID="afcf3f40-415b-4251-9207-44ef2b79f199" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:06:22.220" UserId="3955" Text="&#xD;&#xA;Ok here are some outputs from the manangement shell. I have to put this here since it's too long for a comment...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Get-TransportConfig:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ClearCategories                : True&#xD;&#xA;    DSNConversionMode              : UseExchangeDSNs&#xD;&#xA;    GenerateCopyOfDSNFor           : {5.4.8, 5.4.6, 5.4.4, 5.2.4, 5.2.0, 5.1.4}&#xD;&#xA;    InternalSMTPServers            : {127.0.0.1}&#xD;&#xA;    JournalingReportNdrTo          : &lt;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    MaxDumpsterSizePerStorageGroup : 18MB&#xD;&#xA;    MaxDumpsterTime                : 7.00:00:00&#xD;&#xA;    MaxReceiveSize                 : 50MB&#xD;&#xA;    MaxRecipientEnvelopeLimit      : 5000&#xD;&#xA;    MaxSendSize                    : 50MB&#xD;&#xA;    eceiveDomainSecureList     : {}&#xD;&#xA;    TLSSendDomainSecureList        : {}&#xD;&#xA;    VerifySecureSubmitEnabled      : False&#xD;&#xA;    VoicemailJournalingEnabled     : True&#xD;&#xA;    WritingBrandingInDSNEnabled    : True&#xD;&#xA;    Xexch50Enabled                 : True&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Get-SendConnector | fl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    AddressSpaces                : {smtp:*;1}&#xD;&#xA;    AuthenticationCredential     :&#xD;&#xA;    Comment                      :&#xD;&#xA;    ConnectedDomains             : {}&#xD;&#xA;    ConnectionInactivityTimeOut  : 00:10:00&#xD;&#xA;    DNSRoutingEnabled            : True&#xD;&#xA;    DomainSecureEnabled          : False&#xD;&#xA;    Enabled                      : True&#xD;&#xA;    ForceHELO                    : False&#xD;&#xA;    Fqdn                         : [our domain]&#xD;&#xA;    HomeMTA                      : Microsoft MTA&#xD;&#xA;    HomeMtaServerId              : JUDGES&#xD;&#xA;    Identity                     : Windows SBS Internet Send JUDGES&#xD;&#xA;    IgnoreSTARTTLS               : False&#xD;&#xA;    IsScopedConnector            : False&#xD;&#xA;    IsSmtpConnector              : True&#xD;&#xA;    LinkedReceiveConnector       :&#xD;&#xA;    MaxMessageSize               : 50MB&#xD;&#xA;    Name                         : Windows SBS Internet Send JUDGES&#xD;&#xA;    Port                         : 25&#xD;&#xA;    ProtocolLoggingLevel         : None&#xD;&#xA;    RequireTLS                   : False&#xD;&#xA;    SmartHostAuthMechanism       : None&#xD;&#xA;    SmartHosts                   : {}&#xD;&#xA;    SmartHostsString             :&#xD;&#xA;    SourceIPAddress              : 0.0.0.0&#xD;&#xA;    SourceRoutingGroup           : Exchange Routing Group (DWBGZMFD01QNBJR)&#xD;&#xA;    SourceTransportServers       : {JUDGES}&#xD;&#xA;    UseExternalDNSServersEnabled : False&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Get-ADSiteLink | fl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Cost              : 100&#xD;&#xA;    ADCost            : 100&#xD;&#xA;    ExchangeCost      :&#xD;&#xA;    MaxMessageSize    : unlimited&#xD;&#xA;    Sites             : {Default-First-Site-Name}&#xD;&#xA;    AdminDisplayName  :&#xD;&#xA;    ExchangeVersion   : 0.0 (6.5.6500.0)&#xD;&#xA;    Name              : DEFAULTIPSITELINK&#xD;&#xA;    DistinguishedName : CN=DEFAULTIPSITELINK,CN=IP,CN=Inter-Site Transports,CN=Site&#xD;&#xA;                    s,CN=Configuration,DC=contra,DC=local&#xD;&#xA;    Identity          : contra.local/Configuration/Sites/Inter-Site Transports/IP/D&#xD;&#xA;                    EFAULTIPSITELINK&#xD;&#xA;    Guid              : ca9984b7-5541-471b-9914-be56515bef87&#xD;&#xA;    ObjectCategory    : contra.local/Configuration/Schema/Site-Link&#xD;&#xA;    ObjectClass       : {top, siteLink}&#xD;&#xA;    WhenChanged       : 18/12/2008 14:17:30&#xD;&#xA;    WhenCreated       : 18/12/2008 14:17:30&#xD;&#xA;    OriginatingServer : JUDGES.contra.local&#xD;&#xA;    IsValid           : True&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Get-RoutingGroupConnector | fl - returns nothing. just a new command prompt...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="37465" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21055" RevisionGUID="bd022261-e87b-4fe4-862f-67fbd80006b4" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:06:29.693" UserId="1322" Text="&lt;awstats&gt;&lt;analytics&gt;&lt;statistics&gt;" />
  <row Id="37466" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21050" RevisionGUID="8e2a35f7-bb79-46c0-bc80-9849a909a8c9" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:10:24.303" UserId="4979" Comment="added 168 characters in body" Text="Run your Vista in a virtual machine on Hyper-V, and give the VM only logical processor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, you can use the [/numproc=1][1] option in boot.ini to force the machine to use a single processor &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833721" />
  <row Id="37467" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21056" RevisionGUID="747f002e-f169-4b92-9ad6-8580f4142fe6" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:11:36.500" UserId="2417" Text="[autossh](http://www.harding.motd.ca/autossh/) watches your connection and if it goes down, it reconnects. It is more reliable than keepalives." />
  <row Id="37468" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21057" RevisionGUID="fe227026-1aaa-443d-8005-f733e130e6f0" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:11:44.283" UserId="8505" Text="[**Sysstat / Sar**][1] - superb historic monitoring for servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Network/CPU/Memory/IO/etc/etc brilliant if you need to examine why a machine went down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example load averages between 6am and 7am this morning:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    hcooper@localhost:~$ sar -q -s 06:00:00 -e 07:30:00&#xD;&#xA;    Linux 2.4.27-3-686 (localhost) 	06/06/09&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    06:05:01      runq-sz  plist-sz   ldavg-1   ldavg-5  ldavg-15&#xD;&#xA;    06:15:01            2       200      0.00      0.05      0.04&#xD;&#xA;    06:25:01            4       199      0.01      0.05      0.04&#xD;&#xA;    06:35:02            0       208      1.74      1.39      0.79&#xD;&#xA;    06:45:01            1       201      0.12      0.52      0.70&#xD;&#xA;    06:55:02            1       197      0.04      0.14      0.40&#xD;&#xA;    07:05:01            2       203      0.13      0.10      0.24&#xD;&#xA;    07:15:01            2       200      0.00      0.05      0.15&#xD;&#xA;    07:25:01            2       200      0.01      0.04      0.08&#xD;&#xA;    Average:            2       201      0.26      0.29      0.30&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://pagesperso-orange.fr/sebastien.godard/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21058" RevisionGUID="2ca2a752-891d-4014-814b-0daeb34ad149" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:14:25.947" UserId="7342" Text="For my personal site, I tend to use both awstats and Google analytics. Awstats is more accurate, but Google provides information awstats just can't. One disadvantage of Google is including javascript, which could affect your page load time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No one should use webalizer because it's just so damned ugly :) " />
  <row Id="37470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21059" RevisionGUID="4361ab7f-8ea5-4cb4-a88a-637bdff435a3" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:15:55.743" UserId="5500" Text="German speaking area, http://www.switchshop24.de/ has some amazing deals, also used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Also http://geizhals.at/ (ger as well) is a great top prices aggregator, but I guess every sysadmin in the German-speaking world know that already. :)" />
  <row Id="37471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21060" RevisionGUID="2eca63db-380e-41f0-acb0-ef04bf947fe9" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:15:58.970" UserId="3082" Text="The manual page that's quoted shows it, and [rkthkr][1]'s answer uses it but it's not highly visible: if you specify a pathname at the end of the `df` command line, it limits its display to the filesystem containing that path only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to trim off the header line then pipe it through `tail -1`, and to grab just the free space column, pipe that through `awk '{print $4}'` (or a `cut` selecting the appropriate field or columns).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/users/6793/rkthkr" />
  <row Id="37472" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21050" RevisionGUID="0c337022-556c-4653-882c-9a652fc5ea7a" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:19:49.167" UserId="4979" Comment="added 352 characters in body; added 4 characters in body; added 4 characters in body" Text="Run your Vista in a virtual machine on Hyper-V, and give the VM only one logical processor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, you can use the [/numproc=1][1] option in boot.ini to force the machine to use a single processor. You can configure this through msconfig.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Click Start, click Run, type msconfig, and then click OK.&#xD;&#xA;2. Click the &quot;Boot&quot; tab.&#xD;&#xA;3. Click &quot;Advanced options...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;4. Click to select the &quot;Number of processors&quot; check box, and select &quot;1&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;5. Click OK two times, and then restart the computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833721&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://i39.tinypic.com/141789i.png" />
  <row Id="37473" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21061" RevisionGUID="9e654c76-3748-421a-9d07-fddf48a64d9d" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:26:24.100" UserId="7342" Text="PHP applications have a reputation for higher than average security problems. What configuration techniques do you use for making sure the application is secure as possible?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for ideas like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Using &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hardened-php.net/&quot;&gt;Hardened PHP/Suhosin&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA; - Using &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.modsecurity.org&quot;&gt;mod_security&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I normally use Linux, but feel free to suggest Windows solutions too." />
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  <row Id="37476" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21062" RevisionGUID="67ac08a6-74fb-4c23-860d-dd74a42cb79b" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:31:24.027" UserId="4287" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;     Where can i find a demo of the web-interface for Managed PDU's from APC (i'm interested in geting a glimpse at the features) ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mike." />
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  <row Id="37478" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21062" RevisionGUID="67ac08a6-74fb-4c23-860d-dd74a42cb79b" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:31:24.027" UserId="4287" Text="&lt;apc&gt;&lt;pdu&gt;" />
  <row Id="37479" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21050" RevisionGUID="a2cd3b5b-59ea-4962-b826-71aef38e4a7e" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:32:17.597" UserId="4979" Comment="added 260 characters in body" Text="Run your Vista in a virtual machine on Hyper-V, and give the VM only one logical processor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, you can use the [/numproc=1][1] option in boot.ini to force the machine to use a single processor. You can configure this through msconfig.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Click Start, click Run, type msconfig, and then click OK.&#xD;&#xA;2. Click the &quot;Boot&quot; tab.&#xD;&#xA;3. Click &quot;Advanced options...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;4. Click to select the &quot;Number of processors&quot; check box, and select &quot;1&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;5. Click OK two times, and then restart the computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Appart from these answers to your direct question, you might also want to consider advanced multitreading debugging tools such as [Intel's Thread Checker][3] if that applies to your environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833721&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://i39.tinypic.com/141789i.png&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-thread-checker/" />
  <row Id="37480" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21063" RevisionGUID="613204e0-7c07-4b14-953c-5646bcf42cb8" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:33:54.503" UserId="7342" Text="Not sure this is appropriate here, but a quick google found:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://testdrive.apc.com/pdu.htm" />
  <row Id="37481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21064" RevisionGUID="bf43516c-dacb-43b9-aec3-affebdb82a63" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:36:26.123" UserId="3431" Text="1. Use the open_basedir directive to confine your PHP scripts to their home directory and eventual extra application directories. This is very efficient by itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Use hardened php because that costs nothing and it can help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Use [suPHP][1] to have PHP scripts execute as the owner of the file (one user per website) and avoid using files with bad permissions such as 777... suPHP can also allow you to have on php.ini per website so that one site's stupid requirement don't destroy everything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. Mod_security is a big plus but needs to be well used and configured.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.suphp.org/Home.html" />
  <row Id="37482" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21050" RevisionGUID="720c34b8-c638-41f3-88fe-99a39fa1e385" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:38:57.037" UserId="4979" Comment="added 395 characters in body; deleted 33 characters in body; added 16 characters in body; added 68 characters in body; edited body" Text="David, &#xD;&#xA;let's first tackle your direct question: How to restrict Windows Vista to one core.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I see two ways:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(a) Run your Vista in a virtual machine on Hyper-V, and give the VM only one logical processor. This leaves you the rest of the machine to put to good use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(b) Alternatively, you can use the [/numproc=1][1] option in boot.ini to force the machine to use a single processor. You can configure this through msconfig.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Click Start, click Run, type msconfig, and then click OK.&#xD;&#xA;2. Click the &quot;Boot&quot; tab.&#xD;&#xA;3. Click &quot;Advanced options...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;4. Click to select the &quot;Number of processors&quot; check box, and select &quot;1&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;5. Click OK two times, and then restart the computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But maybe it is enough to restrict *just your program* to a single core, then [setting processor affinity][3] is the preferrable answer. This can be achieved through configuration or directly from your process code.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Appart from these you might also want to consider advanced multitreading debugging tools such as [Intel's Thread Checker][4] if that applies to your environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833721&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://i39.tinypic.com/141789i.png&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/programming-and-development/?p=691&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-thread-checker/" />
  <row Id="37483" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21061" RevisionGUID="dba4884f-1929-4383-991a-77db4aa153ed" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:42:08.780" UserId="7342" Comment="add tags" Text="PHP applications have a reputation for higher than average security problems. What configuration techniques do you use for making sure the application is secure as possible?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for ideas like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Using &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hardened-php.net/&quot;&gt;Hardened PHP/Suhosin&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA; - Using &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.modsecurity.org&quot;&gt;mod_security&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA; - Disabling register\_globals and allow\_url\_fopen in php.ini&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I normally use Linux, but feel free to suggest Windows solutions too." />
  <row Id="37484" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21061" RevisionGUID="dba4884f-1929-4383-991a-77db4aa153ed" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:42:08.780" UserId="7342" Comment="add tags" Text="&lt;php&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="37485" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21065" RevisionGUID="0415eee2-59aa-47eb-81c8-beb9dd735b58" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:48:26.317" UserId="6365" Text="grep, awk, netcat - can't live without them&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For monitoring I use NetMRG and Nagios.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Uptimed is also a nice tool to monitor uptime and avalibility.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21066" RevisionGUID="eb921a41-6700-4cea-aecf-019bdfbeb9a2" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:48:32.667" UserId="1409" Text="For deals or specials, I agree with some of the sites already mentioned, Tiger Direct, New Egg, etc.  For everyday low prices I prefer to use [www.provantage.com][1].  Rarely do I find deals on their website, but I find their prices hard to beat on day to day buying of items.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, everything comes with a price, and their customer service and pre-sales support leaves a lot to be desired. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.provantage.com" />
  <row Id="37487" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20704" RevisionGUID="2429f157-1bd9-4252-a1a1-a700f8a06877" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:50:07.000" UserId="1840" Comment="I thought I had this last sentence in there" Text="Wouldn't you want your crucial hosts being served with the most signal-reliable/improved method of connectivity?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Gig Switch&lt;-&gt;Cat5E&lt;-&gt;Server?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Gig Switch&lt;-&gt;Cat6&lt;-&gt;Server?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My understanding about Cat6 is that it delivers improved signaling between two NICs.  I've heard people suggest Cat5E for short distances and Cat6 for longer than 20'.  **Is this the correct assessment for choosing Cat6 over Cat5E cables?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to clear my notion of needing it for improved performance." />
  <row Id="37488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21067" RevisionGUID="5835095f-6f64-43be-8c8a-1a8d26fcb893" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:54:33.900" UserId="3026" Text="We use IslLight.com, which is great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It works like CoPilot.com (which I don't know), but you have the option to show your desktop to the client, as well as seeing and remoting a clients machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I belive that there is both chat and VoIp support." />
  <row Id="37489" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21068" RevisionGUID="3d5963e1-0401-4151-8fa2-2f40d18b9486" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:55:06.473" UserId="3026" Text="I have a Windows 7 Media Center running 24/7 on my home network - sitting behind a NAT ADSL router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to enable access to music, movies, pictures etc. from the Internet. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to know what you think is the best way of sharing files in this setup?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm thinking of FTP or Standard Windows Share? FTP would require port 21 open in the router and redirected to the Media Center... but which ports are required for Windows sharing?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there other better and more secure alternatives?" />
  <row Id="37490" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21068" RevisionGUID="3d5963e1-0401-4151-8fa2-2f40d18b9486" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:55:06.473" UserId="3026" Text="How do I share files from a Windows machine over the internet?" />
  <row Id="37491" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21068" RevisionGUID="3d5963e1-0401-4151-8fa2-2f40d18b9486" CreationDate="2009-06-06T09:55:06.473" UserId="3026" Text="&lt;shares&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;nat&gt;" />
  <row Id="37492" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21069" RevisionGUID="5ecea5d4-cb52-4955-9058-49ca2d65e5fd" CreationDate="2009-06-06T10:00:59.223" UserId="3950" Text="[Systemtap][1] rocks. Systemtap provides you with very simple-to-grasp tools to write a kernel module that inspects various parts of the kernel. Pretty deep tech, but on occasion very, very useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apart from that I'd say: a combination of sysstat and rrdtool for long term trend analysis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceware.org/systemtap/" />
  <row Id="37494" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21070" RevisionGUID="3b5bad33-30be-4b02-8df9-4658a14d3181" CreationDate="2009-06-06T10:09:57.613" UserId="1922" Text="[http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=9&amp;daysprune=30&amp;prefixid=Comp9][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;People looking for deal and posting only the most interesting...  and got comment about the deal.  Also there's others sections for other stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, mostly consumer component.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=9&amp;daysprune=30&amp;prefixid=Comp9" />
  <row Id="37495" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19988" RevisionGUID="910a83af-c5d7-4624-b0e2-29582afbb435" CreationDate="2009-06-06T10:10:40.030" UserId="4979" Comment="added 91 characters in body" Text="For a customer we chose a Sql Server 2008 Enterprise Ed. 2 node cluster for high availibility, not speed. The design is a conservative straight out of the Microsoft playbook 5 node farm with 3 front end MOSS nodes on Hyper-V and a Dell Equallogic iSCSI SAN. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The SQL cluster was not virtualized since at design time (mid 2008) the SQL 2008 cluster configuration was not supported by Microsoft. " />
  <row Id="37496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21071" RevisionGUID="87337639-7903-4867-b6e0-74462e6b4a98" CreationDate="2009-06-06T10:16:47.727" UserId="7783" Text="Who are you sharing them with? Have you considered whether something like Live Mesh (or there are other similar solutions with higher capacities) would work for you, for example? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think using Windows file sharing over the internet represents a large security risk and probably won't be a very satisfactory solution anyway, due to issues like speed and the likelyhood of the traffic probably being blocked by every other firewall and filter you encounter." />
  <row Id="37497" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19988" RevisionGUID="b714590f-297c-45e0-ad9f-b00bd381dd6b" CreationDate="2009-06-06T10:28:22.773" UserId="4979" Comment="added 85 characters in body" Text="For a customer we chose a Sql Server 2008 Enterprise Ed. 2 node cluster for high availibility, not speed. The design is a conservative straight out of the Microsoft playbook 5 node farm with 3 front end MOSS nodes on Hyper-V and a Dell Equallogic iSCSI SAN. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The SQL cluster was not virtualized since at design time (mid 2008) the SQL 2008 cluster configuration was not supported by Microsoft. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://bluesurftech.com/TechBlog/Lists/Photos/farm.png" />
  <row Id="37498" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21072" RevisionGUID="8e72d7b4-6b44-4324-a333-0d02cdb7a1ab" CreationDate="2009-06-06T10:30:16.637" UserId="2084" Text="For general Unix philosophy and an excellent introduction to the command line, there is Brian Kernighan and Rob Pike's classic [The Unix Programming Environment](http://www.amazon.com/Unix-Programming-Environment-Prentice-Hall-Software/dp/013937681X).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, IBM's [DeveloperWorks](http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/) web site has over 900 articles in its Linux section. You can browse the article list for topics you find interesting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, once you're ready to get into the nitty-gritty, go to the source. Grab the source code for the kernel version you're using at [kernel.org](http://www.kernel.org) (your distribution will also have kernel source packages you can install) and check out the Documentation directory. You'll find lots of reference material on kernel internals and configuration settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37499" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21073" RevisionGUID="46241620-b174-498f-b9b1-5eecbe73a055" CreationDate="2009-06-06T10:31:45.480" UserId="3437" Text="![It's a feature not a bug!][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Treat them as features, not bugs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since you're probably going to be giving them verbose answers ... put those answers somewhere on your IT website, for re-use next time the question is asked. (You do have some sort of knowledgebase or FAQ, right?) This kind of user can help you hone and shape those answers for completeness and readability. 8&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many users of this type really do just want to get the best possible use out of their computer. But of course some of them do have other motivations. The goldbrickers, the IT-haters, the otherwise disaffected. In these cases, you'll probably want to get management involved - both yours and theirs. At some point, this users manager will probably be concerned that her employee is spending more time yanking IT's chain than doing his own job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/2596/featureiu1.jpg" />
  <row Id="37500" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20830" RevisionGUID="41b4a630-0143-4bfa-90d1-510d2a54ef06" CreationDate="2009-06-06T10:37:21.630" UserId="1375" Comment="Fix title for slashes, example formatting" Text="I want to enforce password complexity on my RH system (local authentication) and have discovered that I need a pam module line something similar to this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    password  required pam_cracklib.so dcredit=-1 ucredit=-1 ocredit=-1 lcredit=0 minlen=8&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is should I be altering /etc/pam.d/login or /etc/pam.d/system-auth and what is the difference between the two files?" />
  <row Id="37501" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="20830" RevisionGUID="41b4a630-0143-4bfa-90d1-510d2a54ef06" CreationDate="2009-06-06T10:37:21.630" UserId="1375" Comment="Fix title for slashes, example formatting" Text="/etc/pam.d/login vs. /etc/pam.d/system-auth" />
  <row Id="37502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21074" RevisionGUID="15c82032-5509-4155-adea-9d9d57031377" CreationDate="2009-06-06T10:43:57.780" UserId="1375" Text="You want system-auth.  It is a &quot;generic&quot; set of PAM parameters used by (typically) all services on the system.  The `login` service is used by (unsurprisingly) the `/bin/login` program (which is invoked for logins to virtual consoles only).  If you add that line to `/etc/pam.d/login`, then only password changes initiated by the login program would have the complexity requirements enforced (and, in case you're wondering, login doesn't do password changes)." />
  <row Id="37503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21075" RevisionGUID="4e0faa44-52eb-47ff-adf7-54460d51e199" CreationDate="2009-06-06T10:45:25.080" UserId="2943" Text="SP_WHO2 active&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;displays current active connections." />
  <row Id="37504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21076" RevisionGUID="accfef52-409e-464c-a2e3-ff0c5702b589" CreationDate="2009-06-06T10:48:35.557" UserId="5021" Text="For a small company, I can safely say use the community version. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they are worried about backup, there are many many ways to backup mysql, including paid tools which are quite reasonably priced." />
  <row Id="37505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21077" RevisionGUID="84d067e9-5472-4390-b193-061182d06de6" CreationDate="2009-06-06T10:49:17.833" UserId="282" Text="You might want to take a look at [TVersity][1] we have used it to share multimedia across several devices across our LAN, there is no reason it couldn't be used across the Internet other than upstream bandwidth provided by ADSL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tversity.com/" />
  <row Id="37506" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21078" RevisionGUID="e2e4bff7-aa6d-4c60-a009-fa6435411b44" CreationDate="2009-06-06T10:52:29.667" UserId="4924" Text="To ensure the origin of package that you download, APT will want to verify the signatures of the Release file. If it can't verify it, it will complain with the message that you saw. In that case, you have to install the corresponding GPG key so that APT can verify the file properly. Unfortunately you should not blindly download any key as you really want to allow only trusted keys that are owned by the repository owner. Thus you must download it in a way that ensures its origin, and simply downloading it with `gpg --recv-key` doesn't ensure that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Installing a new key is done with `apt-key add &lt;key-file&gt;`. Most non-official repositories provide you the key on their website and give you instructions like this (the URL differs of course) :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    wget -O - http://ftp-master.debian.org/keys/archive-key-5.0.asc | sudo apt-key add -&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the case of an official Debian mirror, you should automatically have the right key installed, it's contained in the package `debian-archive-keyring` and its configuration activates the keys automatically. So ensure you have it installed, and ensure it's up-to-date:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    apt-get install debian-archive-keyring&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't trust your mirror, you can also install it only after having installed the right key with the previous method, I actually gave the URL of the official key that you needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more infos about how the Debian Archive Keys are handled you can check [http://ftp-master.debian.org/keys.html][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ftp-master.debian.org/keys.html" />
  <row Id="37507" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21079" RevisionGUID="f7bc9f91-b2a3-4ed6-9b48-8f82f2adba8b" CreationDate="2009-06-06T10:57:19.390" UserId="2943" Text="The only time I've been forced to shrink a database was to refresh a copy on a test server with less disk space (insufficient to hold the production database).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The production database's file(s) had generous free space, unfortunately you have to restore a database with the same file(s) sizes as you've backed it up with. So had no choice but to shrink production before backing it up.  (The shrink took ages, lots of resource was consumed and the subsequent transaction log growth was problematic.)  " />
  <row Id="37508" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21079" RevisionGUID="f7bc9f91-b2a3-4ed6-9b48-8f82f2adba8b" CreationDate="2009-06-06T10:57:19.390" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37509" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21080" RevisionGUID="311af5b2-bdc2-4853-8443-dd8a501e9973" CreationDate="2009-06-06T10:58:09.593" UserId="1205" Text="Is there a limit of the number of databases a single MySQL server can handle?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="37511" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21080" RevisionGUID="311af5b2-bdc2-4853-8443-dd8a501e9973" CreationDate="2009-06-06T10:58:09.593" UserId="1205" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;" />
  <row Id="37512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21081" RevisionGUID="5d11efe7-e538-4f08-8937-7ecf0bd51882" CreationDate="2009-06-06T10:59:33.287" UserId="2111" Text="I've always been somewhat paranoid about verifying data backed up to removable media, so after copying stuff to a USB flash drive or portable HDD, I invariably unmount the drive, remount it and diff -q the stored files with the originals.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Years ago I discovered that (at least with the equipment I've got), I was seeing bit errors at something on the order of 1bit/GByte.  Somehow (I forget the details) I discovered that the cure is, before writing any data, to do&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo 64 &gt; /sys/block/sda/device/max_sectors&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(assuming the media appears as sda of course).&#xD;&#xA;As long as I remember to do that, I've never had any problems.&#xD;&#xA;(I belive the default `max_sectors` value is 128).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My questions are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Is this just me ?  I've seen the issue with a variety of flash drives, portable HDDs, motherboards and laptops (but never done an exhaustive test of all combinations to see if I have any which are actually reliable).  The media which has been used with windows, and the machines which dual-boot windows, seem to have no similar problems there so it does appear to be linux specific.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What actually causes the issue ?  Is non-standards-compliant media, chipsets, cables ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Is there anything I can configure on my systems (Debian Lenny) which will automatically set the `max_sectors` ?  (Some HAL scriptage or sysctl tweak ?  A more global /sys parameter ?).  Presumably the default 128 is in the kernel somewhere, but a custom kernel seems a bit drastic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for any advice" />
  <row Id="37513" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21081" RevisionGUID="5d11efe7-e538-4f08-8937-7ecf0bd51882" CreationDate="2009-06-06T10:59:33.287" UserId="2111" Text="USB storage media - data integrity issues on linux" />
  <row Id="37514" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21081" RevisionGUID="5d11efe7-e538-4f08-8937-7ecf0bd51882" CreationDate="2009-06-06T10:59:33.287" UserId="2111" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;usb&gt;&lt;usb-flash-drive&gt;&lt;data-integrity&gt;&lt;debian&gt;" />
  <row Id="37515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21082" RevisionGUID="d3da36f7-7a9f-4afe-b1e9-2505b49787ec" CreationDate="2009-06-06T11:05:38.783" UserId="282" Text="I see that you have already got some answers [on Stack Overflow][1], there are two articles that helped me understand how to get round the issues with sessions in ASP.net specifically:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Why do I loose ASP Session State in&#xD;&#xA;   IIS6][2] - David Wang&#xD;&#xA; - [Thoughts on&#xD;&#xA;   Application Pool Recycling and&#xD;&#xA;   Application Availability][3] - David&#xD;&#xA;   Wang&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You shouldn't have to recycle the Application Pool on a regular basis, in your example it coulde easily be several times a minute. If you do need to for a technical reasons, then schedule it at a specific time such as 0400 in the morning.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/959299/application-pool-recycle-after-fixed-number-of-requests&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/david.wang/archive/2005/09/19/Why_do_I_lose_ASP_Session_State_on_IIS6.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://blogs.msdn.com/david.wang/archive/2006/01/26/Thoughts-on-Application-Pool-Recycling-and-Application-Availability.aspx" />
  <row Id="37516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21083" RevisionGUID="ea1391c0-a541-476d-8d15-c9c9bb23ff1c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T11:06:44.147" UserId="7324" Text="Depending on the number of files or size of files, I have seen similar things in the past.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;During a backup/copy of over 4 million .PDF files we found that the MD5 hashes on some files were NOT the same!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What worked for us was rsync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing I would suggest you try is to rsync the files over and see if you still experience the data loss.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="37517" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21084" RevisionGUID="f338e6fe-0c10-41a2-bcce-7d824cf2bcfe" CreationDate="2009-06-06T11:12:05.133" UserId="7324" Text="I don't know the exact limit, but you'll run out of system resources long before you'll run out of databases. I've seen installations with 500+ databases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've even seen multiple instances of mySQL with multiple databases running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, whether the client SHOULD have had 500 databases on that system is a totally different question.  LOL!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The hardware you run on is definitely going to be a determining factor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="37518" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21085" RevisionGUID="8474d692-5494-4d2f-949e-27b221e11a12" CreationDate="2009-06-06T11:13:37.440" UserId="7342" Text="I'm unable to find any record of MySQL having a limit in the documentation. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're using MyISAM, you may run into a limit on the number of open file handles you can have as it uses several files per table. You can raise this using ulimit. InnoDB normally uses one file for all databases and two for database journal logs, but you still have one metadata file per table so this shouldn't be so much a problem unless you've configure InnoDB to do one file per table. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regardless of open file handle limits, you'll find practical limits due to filesystem performance with many files in a directory structure, but we're talking several thousand in the same directory. If you get to this point, you're doing something very wrong." />
  <row Id="37519" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21086" RevisionGUID="e0b2da14-c55c-4add-85e8-b491a9593c68" CreationDate="2009-06-06T11:13:49.123" UserId="282" Text="I have never come across a hard limit to the number of databases one on server, it will depend on the size and the traffic of each of the databases, I have certainly had single servers with in excess of 2000 databases, however the databases were only used by a handful of students at any one time." />
  <row Id="37520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21087" RevisionGUID="a1b6a397-a197-4224-88f8-356de6d1cbba" CreationDate="2009-06-06T11:28:19.360" UserId="7324" Text="Looks like your post was slanted towards Linux but here's one for windows even I didn't know about until recently:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**getmac**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Admin&gt;getmac&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Physical Address    Transport Name&#xD;&#xA;    =================== ==========================================================&#xD;&#xA;    42-35-7C-4F-85-1b   \Device\Tcpip_{72338DC1-13A4-8514-2C1B-60FC3B4559DB}&#xD;&#xA;    00-11-05-86-D2-C0   \Device\Tcpip_{CCD25CFB-7765-1BE2-C59B-57C05FD32B67}&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    C:\Admin&gt;" />
  <row Id="37521" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21088" RevisionGUID="454fd87e-f039-4672-b108-4a0bf3dbe42a" CreationDate="2009-06-06T11:34:34.603" UserId="8487" Text="Implementing SAME - Striping And Mirroring Everything as suggested in a previous answer - is a good default strategy.  In particular if you are concerned about write performance avoids RAID5 at all costs - it creates a 4x write overhead while maintaining parity information. A RAID5 array with a large memory cache might hide that overhead for a while, but for prolonged writes the RAID 5 penalty will eventually be felt. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a lot of things to consider in optimizing write IO, but here are a few more things to consider:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Make sure there are enough disk devices in the stripe to support the IO rate.  You need to place enough disks in the stripe to support the total IOs per second required, not just the number of GB to be stored.    Disk provide better response time when only partly full of data – the outer parts of the disk can deliver data faster than the inner parts.  So in general you want to have sparsely populated disks in your stripe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- It's better to avoid IO than to optimize IO. The biggest source of avoidable write IO is temporary segment IO for sorts and hash operations.  Correctly sizing the PGA Aggregate Target is the best way to avoid this. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Make sure all your indexes are serving a valid purpose - to speed up a query or to enforce primary or foreign keys.  Index maintenance is often the biggest source of write IO, so don’t have any superfluous indexes. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Create large and numerous redo logs.  This helps avoid log switch overhead and database stalls that can occur when logs cycle before data file checkpoints complete.  You might also want to put your redo logs on dedicated devices or a dedicated finely grained stripe.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;- Use asynchronous IO.  If your datafiles are on file systems (e.g. not RAW or ASM) then set FILESYSTEMIO_OPTIONS to AYNCH or SETALL.  SETALL implements direct IO as well as async IO which usually helps writes but may slow down reads. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- If you are prepared to take a risk with your COMMITs, you can change COMMIT_WRITE (10g) or COMMIT_WAIT and COMMIT_LOGGING to delay or batch the IO that occurs when you issue a commit.  Make sure you understand the implications, though; you could lose some transactions in the event of a database failure if you do this. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- If you have access to the application code, make sure that array inserts are being used and - maybe – use direct path inserts using the APPEND hint. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37522" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21089" RevisionGUID="e4905c5e-00ca-46ec-a7b3-abd196df0f8f" CreationDate="2009-06-06T11:38:08.263" UserId="2413" Text="couple of network tools:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[tshark][1] - real time text version of graphical network traffic analyser - [wireshark][2]. when raw output from tcpdump is just not enough for you tshark can do the trick. sample :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1041488.938623 192.168.10.14 -&gt; 123.13.42.143 TCP 2525 &gt; 25 [SYN] Seq=0 Len=0 MSS=1460&#xD;&#xA;    1041488.964593 192.168.10.14 -&gt; 123.13.42.143 TCP 2525 &gt; 25 [ACK] Seq=1 Ack=0 Win=65535 Len=0&#xD;&#xA;    1041488.997561 192.168.10.14 -&gt; 123.13.42.143 SMTP Command: EHLO s72f30c9a2c784&#xD;&#xA;    1041489.034541 192.168.10.14 -&gt; 123.13.42.143 SMTP Command: AUTH LOGIN&#xD;&#xA;    1041489.064026 192.168.10.14 -&gt; 123.13.42.143 SMTP Message Body&#xD;&#xA;    1041489.095757 192.168.10.14 -&gt; 123.13.42.143 SMTP Message Body&#xD;&#xA;    1041489.304390 192.168.10.14 -&gt; 123.13.42.143 SMTP Command: MAIL FROM: &lt;someone@somewhere.cx&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    1041489.375849 192.168.10.14 -&gt; 123.13.42.143 SMTP Command: RCPT TO: &lt;anotherperson@wherever.se&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    1041489.409579 192.168.10.14 -&gt; 123.13.42.143 SMTP Command: DATA&#xD;&#xA;    1041489.470060 192.168.10.14 -&gt; 123.13.42.143 SMTP Message Body&#xD;&#xA;    1041489.503278 192.168.10.14 -&gt; 123.13.42.143 SMTP Message Body&#xD;&#xA;    1041489.529797 192.168.10.14 -&gt; 123.13.42.143 SMTP EOM:&#xD;&#xA;    1041492.660752 192.168.10.14 -&gt; 123.13.42.143 SMTP Command: QUIT&#xD;&#xA;    1041492.726452 192.168.10.14 -&gt; 123.13.42.143 TCP 2525 &gt; 25 [FIN, ACK] Seq=2362 Ack=281 Win=65254 Len=0&#xD;&#xA;    1041492.734770 192.168.10.14 -&gt; 123.13.42.143 TCP 2525 &gt; 25 [ACK] Seq=2363 Ack=282 Win=65254 Len=0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[httpry][3] real time passive http analyser. sample output:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    06/06/2009 13:36:16     74.125.77.104   192.168.10.138  &lt;       -       -       -       HTTP/1.1        204     No Content&#xD;&#xA;    06/06/2009 13:37:16     192.168.2.255   212.77.100.101  &gt;       GET     wp.pl   /       HTTP/1.0        -       -&#xD;&#xA;    06/06/2009 13:37:16     212.77.100.101  192.168.2.255   &lt;       -       -       -       HTTP/1.0        302     Found&#xD;&#xA;    06/06/2009 13:37:16     192.168.2.255   212.77.100.101  &gt;       GET     www.wp.pl       /       HTTP/1.0        -       -&#xD;&#xA;    06/06/2009 13:37:16     212.77.100.101  192.168.2.255   &lt;       -       -       -       HTTP/1.0        200     OK&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;both tools are very useful for troubleshooting some connectivity issues reported by users in remote offices / networks where you have access only to edge gateway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and usual monitoring favorites:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [nagios][4] for alerting, bash or any other scripting language to write your own checks of anything you want to monitor&#xD;&#xA; - [munin][5] for plotting trend charts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/tshark.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.wireshark.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://dumpsterventures.com/jason/httpry/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://nagios.org&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://munin.projects.linpro.no/" />
  <row Id="37523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21090" RevisionGUID="122c5866-0bd2-4aab-b7f3-7078a45db680" CreationDate="2009-06-06T11:39:43.270" UserId="1956" Text="Why do you want to shrink? Databases tend to grow as more data gets put in them. It's in their nature. There's nothing wrong with having unused space in the data file. In fact, SQL needs some free space in the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shrinking causes massive fragmentation and will just result in the data file growing again next time data gets added. When that happens, the entire system will slow down as the file is expanded (especially if you don't have instant initialisation on). Also repeated shrinks and grows will cause fragmentation at the file-system level, which is hard to fix." />
  <row Id="37524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21091" RevisionGUID="3c0b7c67-dfbf-4221-ae40-72b3ecd30d0a" CreationDate="2009-06-06T11:42:05.587" UserId="2943" Text="I have a large table which has a clustered index with an identity primary key. I'm deciding on the correct value for the fill factor for this table to minimise page splits. We maintain indexes using a script run daily which measures fragmentation and takes appropriate action. The table contains variable length columns.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My first thought was to set it at 100 (as records should only be written to then end of the table) but I assume that changes to the variable length columns could also cause page splits, so I'm now veering towards 90.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any advice appreciated." />
  <row Id="37525" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21091" RevisionGUID="3c0b7c67-dfbf-4221-ae40-72b3ecd30d0a" CreationDate="2009-06-06T11:42:05.587" UserId="2943" Text="Correct value for fill factor for clustered indexes with surrogate identity keys." />
  <row Id="37526" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21091" RevisionGUID="3c0b7c67-dfbf-4221-ae40-72b3ecd30d0a" CreationDate="2009-06-06T11:42:05.587" UserId="2943" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;indexes&gt;&lt;indexing&gt;&lt;index&gt;" />
  <row Id="37527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21092" RevisionGUID="75cbc052-e1ea-4b57-b4f6-b4c14dacf04e" CreationDate="2009-06-06T11:43:27.537" UserId="45" Text="I personally prefer [Google Analytics][1] over self-hosted solutions. Depending on the number of hits your sites get, you'll have to run a dedicated machine for your web analytic software. Also, there is less administrative overhead (copying log files, handling user accounts etc.) if you outsource the service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Google Analytics provides some &quot;Enterprise&quot; features, which a difficult to find in other *free* solutions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - scalable for any size&#xD;&#xA; - analyzing subsets of the traffic&#xD;&#xA; - custom reports&#xD;&#xA; - motion charts&#xD;&#xA; - track and compare campaigns&#xD;&#xA; - benchmarking&#xD;&#xA; - trends&#xD;&#xA; - funnel visualization&#xD;&#xA; - geo targetting&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/analytics/" />
  <row Id="37528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21093" RevisionGUID="e72ac018-1767-400d-99fe-1f441a00d045" CreationDate="2009-06-06T11:44:23.743" UserId="8506" Text="I use '**[ss][1]**' which is part of the iproute package (which also includes the great ip and tc commands) to get information about tcp/udp sockets.&#xD;&#xA;It supplies more information that the regular 'netstat' and can be used with filters, for instance:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ss -o state established '( dport = :www or sport = :www )'&#xD;&#xA;    Recv-Q Send-Q Local  Address:Port                  Peer Address:Port   &#xD;&#xA;    0      0      192.168.22.100:52430                 209.85.173.118:www     &#xD;&#xA;    0      0      192.168.22.100:51115                 209.85.229.101:www     &#xD;&#xA;    0      0      192.168.22.100:49105                 209.85.227.104:www     &#xD;&#xA;    0      0      192.168.22.100:37792                 209.85.227.101:www     &#xD;&#xA;    0      0      192.168.22.100:60337                 69.59.196.212:www     &#xD;&#xA;    0      0      192.168.22.100:37794                 209.85.227.101:www   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.die.net/man/8/ss&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37529" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21094" RevisionGUID="1c3d6d47-4958-420d-97fe-4e2f0907062b" CreationDate="2009-06-06T11:45:00.123" UserId="4733" Text="We have used IntelliAdmin for years.  Its like you're sitting right in front of the remote machine and have taken over the users keyboard and mouse.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IntelliAdmin requires no 3rd party software installation for their LAN edition, just a port (2790) in the firewall which we open before deploying all machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe we paid $100 back in the day for 2 licenses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.intelliadmin.com" />
  <row Id="37530" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21095" RevisionGUID="d8ddc4d5-193d-4aaf-8ede-bad17fb9af2f" CreationDate="2009-06-06T11:49:33.070" UserId="45" Text="You could use Microsoft [Debug Diagnostics][1] for IIS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Debug Diagnostics (DebugDiag) 1.1 is a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; comprehensive tool designed to help&#xD;&#xA;&gt; IIS administrators or developers&#xD;&#xA;&gt; determine why a IIS worker process is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; crashing, hanging, or memory leak. It&#xD;&#xA;&gt; offers a simple User Interface to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; build rules for capturing these common&#xD;&#xA;&gt; problems with web applications and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; also offers a built-in analysis&#xD;&#xA;&gt; system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=34&amp;g=6&amp;i=1286" />
  <row Id="37531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21096" RevisionGUID="2b486c0f-40ad-4394-a178-3e5585e3ed70" CreationDate="2009-06-06T11:51:57.797" UserId="4733" Text="hfs http file server http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It wont let you stream anything, but it will let you login with a username/pass and download anything that you have made available to the app.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its totally free and does all of the setup for you.  I have registered a domian name and pointed it at my home server.  When I want a small file I just visit the site and download it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21097" RevisionGUID="71486f3b-3e2a-4b79-8331-181ae86f0a93" CreationDate="2009-06-06T11:55:58.793" UserId="6111" Text="I am running Windows Vista where the entire system drive has been encrypted using Truecrypt 6.2 Whole Drive Encryption (WDE). I was wondering whether defragging a drive which is encrypted with WDE would yield the same results as a non-encrypted drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I understand speed of defrag might take a hit due to the added requirement of having to read-decrypt-defrag, but would the quality of defrag be affected?" />
  <row Id="37533" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21097" RevisionGUID="71486f3b-3e2a-4b79-8331-181ae86f0a93" CreationDate="2009-06-06T11:55:58.793" UserId="6111" Text="Defrag a drive encrypted with Whole Drive Encryption" />
  <row Id="37534" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21097" RevisionGUID="71486f3b-3e2a-4b79-8331-181ae86f0a93" CreationDate="2009-06-06T11:55:58.793" UserId="6111" Text="&lt;encryption&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;defrag&gt;" />
  <row Id="37535" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21095" RevisionGUID="7371989c-4748-44dc-b760-970f56937a73" CreationDate="2009-06-06T11:56:45.533" UserId="45" Comment="added 597 characters in body" Text="You could use Microsoft [Debug Diagnostics][1] for IIS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Debug Diagnostics (DebugDiag) 1.1 is a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; comprehensive tool designed to help&#xD;&#xA;&gt; IIS administrators or developers&#xD;&#xA;&gt; determine why a IIS worker process is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; crashing, hanging, or memory leak. It&#xD;&#xA;&gt; offers a simple User Interface to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; build rules for capturing these common&#xD;&#xA;&gt; problems with web applications and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; also offers a built-in analysis&#xD;&#xA;&gt; system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are three components:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - debugging service: collects all kinds of debug information&#xD;&#xA; - debugger host: hosts the Windows Symbolic Debugger Engine (dbgeng.dll) to attach to processes and generate memory dumps.&#xD;&#xA; - user interface: analyze memory dumps, automate the creation of control scripts and show the status of running processes, including services&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here some links to tutorials: [Microsoft Support][2], [ASPAlliance][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=34&amp;g=6&amp;i=1286&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;919789&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://aspalliance.com/1350_Post_Production_Debugging_for_ASPNET_Applications__Part_1.4" />
  <row Id="37536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21098" RevisionGUID="fdc2cef8-0b73-45ef-8c25-6093edad9d10" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:00:07.687" UserId="4733" Text="works with XP, start&gt;run&gt;msconfig&gt;boot.ini&gt;check all boot paths&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="37537" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21099" RevisionGUID="96872502-efc1-4d9b-aa1c-d1cc57dd2006" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:04:10.353" UserId="1565" Text="While watching an episode of [Tekzilla][1], I learned about another free program:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[BB FlashBack Express][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://revision3.com/tekzilla/cooli7&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.bbsoftware.co.uk/BBFlashBack_FreePlayer.aspx" />
  <row Id="37538" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21100" RevisionGUID="e5cc15c9-25a8-43c8-874f-5ce8c77a778c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:08:28.123" UserId="6965" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://humdi.net/vnstat/&quot;&gt;vnstat&lt;/a&gt; comes in handy - a little trafic monitor that gives output in the same way as vmstat, e.g:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; eth1&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; &#xD;&#xA;    &gt;            received:       1.40 TiB   (48.4%)&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;         transmitted:       1.50 TiB   (51.6%)&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;               total:       2.90 TiB   since 20.11.08&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; &#xD;&#xA;    &gt;                         rx      |     tx      |   total&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;         ------------------------+-------------+------------&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;         yesterday      6.15 GiB |    8.50 GiB |   14.65 GiB&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;             today      6.98 GiB |    4.77 GiB |   11.75 GiB&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;         ------------------------+-------------+------------&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;         estimated      7.82 GiB |    5.35 GiB |   13.17 GiB" />
  <row Id="37539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21101" RevisionGUID="2ddf94b8-6d7b-4e2c-8cb5-aae3200eef7f" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:11:25.017" UserId="6204" Text="ZFS, DTrace and SMF are hardly hidden features since anyone who has ever heard of Solaris also has heard of them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you'd really like to get to know some hidden/less known features of Solaris, I recommend you read the [Less known Solaris Features][1] ebook by [Jörg Möllenkamp][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.c0t0d0s0.org/pages/lksfbook.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.c0t0d0s0.org/" />
  <row Id="37540" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21102" RevisionGUID="80bd1cb1-b5ae-4126-a19b-41606b188cb0" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:15:14.597" UserId="4924" Text="It depends on how you start your long-running process. If it's started at boot time (via /etc/rcX.d/* scripts) then you must put a ulimit call in your startup script as the default limit is set by the kernel and it's not tunable without recompiling it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using `/etc/security/limits.conf` could work if you use `cron` to start it for example with a entry like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    @reboot $HOME/bin/my-program&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That should work because /etc/pam.d/cron enables pam_limits.so.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37541" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21103" RevisionGUID="85c0f89e-d596-4610-abd0-a1af411ceca2" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:17:49.027" UserId="4392" Text="I think you would be far, far better off to just copy stuff to another drive, wipe it, and copy it back. That way it's guaranteed to be linear. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of two things would happen with defragging. Either it would not defragment at all due to the random nature that TrueCrypt uses to disguise encrypted volumes, or it would defrag and take god-knows-how-long because of the processor usage of decrypting tens of thousands of blocks (or more) of encrypted data. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I said, recreate the drive if defragmentation is an issue.  " />
  <row Id="37542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21104" RevisionGUID="b5dfed21-9497-43b5-99ca-14d3ce5b3247" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:17:50.540" UserId="1840" Text="For what you're looking for, I believe you'll be happy with either the **'Putty-tunnel-manager'** (**'PTM'**?) project or **'Putty Tray'** solutions.  The two get their sessions from Putty, though you can move/copy the sessions to PTM as oppose to putty tray which uses putty all the way.  Only PTM will allow you to stop and start a tunnel session from the taskbar... Putty tray will allow you to start it only.  I've used Tunnelier, but it doesn't seem to be what you're looking for since I couldn't find an easy way of creating taskbar items(sessions).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I like Putty Tray better because I like having access to a terminal window/session when I load a tunnel (makes me feel more powerful by having access to Putty's configuration as oppose to the limited settings offered in PTM)... but maybe you want this as a solution for end-users, so with PTM you only create your tunnel (no terminal window opens).  The nice thing about this is that if you left-click on the icon it shows you your opened sessions.  A minus for PTM, it gave me a UI programming error when trying to call the taskbar when the settings page was in the background... looks like a bug.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All in all, that's my assessment for the already posted solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to add another solution I found though it might be a little more bloated than putty and the above solutions.  In any case, I thought it was a worthy mention since it's free and pretty full-featured:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[&lt;h1&gt;**XShell**&lt;/h1&gt;][1]&#xD;&#xA;Free for home and education&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This [**features**][3] page is pretty informative, so I won't rewrite it here.  I found this client to be pretty full-feature which was something I was looking for, specially for the Tabs and easy launching of sessions/tunnels through the taskbar.  Here's a couple of highlighted features listed on the site:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Using full screen view to use your entire monitor as a terminal&#xD;&#xA; - Using Compose bar to send a string to multiple servers at once.&#xD;&#xA; - Using tunneling bar for real time channel monitoring (SSH)&#xD;&#xA; - Using Dynamic Port Forwarding with Tunneling bar (SSH)&#xD;&#xA; - Using local shell interface to control Xshell&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The application sessions are text-based and saved to the user's profile which could be easily scripted '\Application Data\NetSarang\Xshell\Sessions\Links'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The application comes with **Xactivator.exe (276KB)** which is the taskbar app that can be launched at startup, finds the sessions and allows you quick launch for them... unfortunately, it does not provide a disconnect in the taskbar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.netsarang.com/products/xsh_features.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.netsarang.com/e_image/xsh_161.gif&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.netsarang.com/products/xsh_features.html" />
  <row Id="37543" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="20932" RevisionGUID="e8ee063f-8229-4d0a-8afd-6a36be9f77eb" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:22:06.313" UserId="7342" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;scaling&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;wcf&gt;" />
  <row Id="37544" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21104" RevisionGUID="bf647ef1-08c8-4d1d-836a-518827cf0e87" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:24:11.833" UserId="1840" Comment="added comp details" Text="For what you're looking for, I believe you'll be happy with either the **'Putty-tunnel-manager'** (**'PTM'**?) project or **'Putty Tray'** solutions.  The two get their sessions from Putty, though you can move/copy the sessions to PTM as oppose to putty tray which uses putty all the way.  Only PTM will allow you to stop and start a tunnel session from the taskbar... Putty tray will allow you to start it only.  I've used Tunnelier, but it doesn't seem to be what you're looking for since I couldn't find an easy way of creating taskbar items(sessions).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I like Putty Tray better because I like having access to a terminal window/session when I load a tunnel (makes me feel more powerful by having access to Putty's configuration as oppose to the limited settings offered in PTM)... but maybe you want this as a solution for end-users, so with PTM you only create your tunnel (no terminal window opens).  The nice thing about this is that if you left-click on the icon it shows you your opened sessions.  A minus for PTM, it gave me a UI programming error when trying to call the taskbar when the settings page was in the background... looks like a bug.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All in all, that's my assessment for the already posted solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to add another solution I found though it might be a little more bloated than putty and the above solutions.  In any case, I thought it was a worthy mention since it's free and pretty full-featured:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[&lt;h1&gt;**XShell**&lt;/h1&gt;][1]&#xD;&#xA;Free for home and education&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This [**features**][3] page is pretty informative, so I won't rewrite it here.  I found this client to be pretty full-feature which was something I was looking for, specially for the Tabs and easy launching of sessions/tunnels through the taskbar.  Here's a couple of highlighted features listed on the site:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Using full screen view to use your entire monitor as a terminal&#xD;&#xA; - Using Compose bar to send a string to multiple servers at once.&#xD;&#xA; - Using tunneling bar for real time channel monitoring (SSH)&#xD;&#xA; - Using Dynamic Port Forwarding with Tunneling bar (SSH)&#xD;&#xA; - Using local shell interface to control Xshell&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The application sessions are text-based and saved to the user's profile which could be easily scripted '\Application Data\NetSarang\Xshell\Sessions\Links'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The application comes with **Xactivator.exe (276KB)** which is the taskbar app that can be launched at startup, finds the sessions and allows you quick launch for them... unfortunately, it does not provide a disconnect in the taskbar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Compatible with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; - Microsoft Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista&#xD;&#xA;&gt; - Microsoft Windows Terminal Server&#xD;&#xA;&gt; - Citrix MetaFrame for Windows&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.netsarang.com/products/xsh_features.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.netsarang.com/e_image/xsh_161.gif&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.netsarang.com/products/xsh_features.html" />
  <row Id="37545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21105" RevisionGUID="4b3ccd1b-44ff-4768-b2ed-d30368038ef4" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:25:07.683" UserId="1131" Text="I don't get why there are two different programs in a minimal install to install software. Don't they do the same thing? Is there a big difference? I have read everywhere to use aptitude over apt-get but I still don't know the difference" />
  <row Id="37546" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21105" RevisionGUID="4b3ccd1b-44ff-4768-b2ed-d30368038ef4" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:25:07.683" UserId="1131" Text="What's the difference between apt-get and aptitude?" />
  <row Id="37547" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21105" RevisionGUID="4b3ccd1b-44ff-4768-b2ed-d30368038ef4" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:25:07.683" UserId="1131" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="37548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21106" RevisionGUID="7cdc6834-0aa1-4c65-b106-fcace9ad20d7" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:27:30.353" UserId="3912" Text="I'm currently using a Joyent Accelerator to host my webapps, and it's working fine, however I need to reduce costs so I'm downgrading my current plan and that imposes some new memory limits (256M rss, 512M swap). I wasn't too far over them yesterday, but after restarting Apache several times today, I'm now 411M rss, 721M swap (prstat -Z -s cpu).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Searching in Server Fault only gives me lots of ways and specific tools to monitor the server, but no advice on how to reduce/optimize it's memory usage. I've also seen &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/11467/how-do-i-reduce-ram-usage-on-my-server&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, but I don't think it's good for this particular (or may I say generic?) situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The server is running Solaris on a shared CPU, and I'm using a Apache + MySQL + PHP stack.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm interested in knowing the steps one can take to troubleshot this and solve the issues. However, I'm also running out of time to lower my memory foot print and downgrade the plan before the current ends, so anything that can make magic and save the day is welcome as well :)" />
  <row Id="37549" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21106" RevisionGUID="7cdc6834-0aa1-4c65-b106-fcace9ad20d7" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:27:30.353" UserId="3912" Text="How to reduce memory usage on a Unix webserver" />
  <row Id="37550" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21106" RevisionGUID="7cdc6834-0aa1-4c65-b106-fcace9ad20d7" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:27:30.353" UserId="3912" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;memory&gt;" />
  <row Id="37551" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20169" RevisionGUID="aaa80230-59e4-40bb-a605-28f8fb360d74" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:30:26.763" UserId="57188" Comment="added update" Text="Hi all - &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I configured Apache2 to allow WebDav on a directory (CentOS 5 / Plesk 8.6):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;WebDav is enabled in httpd.conf&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;/var/lib/dav/lockdb is writeable by Apache&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My target dir is chmod 777&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My target dir is chowned apache:psacln&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;using Basic Authentication (setup by Plesk interface)&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in my vhost.conf I have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;Directory /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs/target_dir&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;        Dav On&#xD;&#xA;	AllowOverride none&#xD;&#xA;        Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;        Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;/Directory&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can connect to the directory using authentication fine and download files from it. But I cannot write to the dir. I get a 403 Error when I attempt to upload or create a dir.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have any tips?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance - &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Update - 6/5&lt;/strong&gt; Using the comments below I've isolated the issue to being some type of conflict with .htpasswd protected directories. I can created an unprotected dir and enable WebDAV uploads fine. But once I enable Basic Auth on the directory everything goes south. I can read but no longer upload.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is my vhost.conf:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;Directory /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/subdomains/subdomain/httpdocs/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        AuthUserFile /var/www/.htpasswd&#xD;&#xA;        AuthName &quot;Login&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        AuthType Basic&#xD;&#xA;        Require valid-user&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        DAV on&#xD;&#xA;	AllowOverride none&#xD;&#xA;        &amp;lt;Limit PUT POST DELETE PROPFIND PROPPATCH MKCOL COPY MOVE LOCK UNLOCK&gt;&#xD;&#xA;                Require valid-user&#xD;&#xA;        &amp;lt;/Limit&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Update 6/6&lt;/strong&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Was able to get WebDAV working on a different domain with minimal effort. The only difference between the two domains is that in the one which refuses to allow write access I have a DocumentRoot directive:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs/app/webroot&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Might this be causing some problems?" />
  <row Id="37553" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21108" RevisionGUID="9726ff63-76ed-48a8-b9cd-32d57276e126" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:34:35.343" UserId="8506" Text="aptitude is a wrapper for dpkg just like apt-get/apt-cache, but it is a one-stop-shop tool for searching/installing/removing/querying.&#xD;&#xA;A few examples that apt might not supply:&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;    $ aptitude why libc6&#xD;&#xA;    i   w64codecs Depends libc6 (&gt;= 2.3.2)&#xD;&#xA;    $ aptitude why-not libc6&#xD;&#xA;    Unable to find a reason to remove libc6.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ aptitude show libc6&#xD;&#xA;    Package: libc6&#xD;&#xA;    State: installed&#xD;&#xA;    Automatically installed: no&#xD;&#xA;    Version: 2.9-4ubuntu6&#xD;&#xA;    Priority: required&#xD;&#xA;    Section: libs&#xD;&#xA;    Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers &lt;ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    Uncompressed Size: 12.1M&#xD;&#xA;    Depends: libgcc1, findutils (&gt;= 4.4.0-2ubuntu2)&#xD;&#xA;    Suggests: locales, glibc-doc&#xD;&#xA;    Conflicts: libterm-readline-gnu-perl (&lt; 1.15-2), &#xD;&#xA;    tzdata (&lt; 2007k-1), tzdata-etch, nscd (&lt; 2.9)&#xD;&#xA;    Replaces: belocs-locales-bin&#xD;&#xA;    Provides: glibc-2.9-1&#xD;&#xA;    Description: GNU C Library: Shared libraries&#xD;&#xA;     Contains the standard libraries that are used by nearly all programs &#xD;&#xA;     on the system. This package includes shared versions of the standard &#xD;&#xA;     C library and the standard math library, as well as many others.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37554" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21109" RevisionGUID="1d82a489-9e18-4d89-b325-7d998d3c20c8" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:35:56.140" UserId="8188" Text="as you know when you install a package if it needs other packages (dependencies) they will be downloaded and installed too. aptitude tracks, at the moment of install, the packages that come with the installed one so when you remove the latter aptitude will ask you for the removal of the other (now unused) &quot;orphaned&quot; dependencies. apt-get will keep them in your system silently if you remove the &quot;main&quot; package. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;it looks like the latest versions of apt-get has a similar functionality:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/aptitude&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37555" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21110" RevisionGUID="95250462-fac8-47ba-b3b4-b18e27f4ccde" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:38:17.073" UserId="4428" Text="od - octal dump&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;strings - find printable strings in files&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37556" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="21068" RevisionGUID="3c311fe2-7fff-4d7d-a56b-18e890742757" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:42:39.930" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="37557" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21111" RevisionGUID="7dc3e095-8a4e-48a9-829b-69ddb64271ba" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:45:43.110" UserDisplayName="Mehyuen" Text="On the Sonicwall support site there is a document site_to_site_vpn_troubleshooting_on_sonicwall_security_appliances.pdf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Provides steps in troublshooting this type of scenario.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21112" RevisionGUID="cc7b0af3-4fae-4356-bd6e-cd78a692a3da" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:46:34.263" UserId="8511" Text="I just got an Ubuntu server set up, and it seems to have come with Python 2.5. I've been developing my app in Python 2.6, but `apt-cache search ^python` seems to not contain 2.6. What is the fastest way to update the repositories `apt-get` looks through to include one that has Python 2.6?" />
  <row Id="37559" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21112" RevisionGUID="cc7b0af3-4fae-4356-bd6e-cd78a692a3da" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:46:34.263" UserId="8511" Text="What is the fastest way to install Python 2.6 on an Ubuntu server?" />
  <row Id="37560" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21112" RevisionGUID="cc7b0af3-4fae-4356-bd6e-cd78a692a3da" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:46:34.263" UserId="8511" Text="&lt;apt&gt;&lt;aptitude&gt;" />
  <row Id="37561" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21048" RevisionGUID="a30fec47-412f-4b8e-ac70-dae39e0a5102" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:48:17.177" UserId="1803" />
  <row Id="37562" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21113" RevisionGUID="ff5fcfaa-31e1-4ebc-be10-f80a43967ad9" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:50:59.780" UserId="2413" Text="    apt-get update; apt-get install python2.6&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;works for me [ jaunty ]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21114" RevisionGUID="dafb414e-d6e0-444a-81c3-27f1d41eb092" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:51:05.973" UserId="8505" Text="You could of course limit the number of processes apache can fork, however this would only work as a sudo-hard limit on your memory usage. From a lower level point of view you can use [plimit][1] to restrict the resources available to a process. Apply this to the parent and child processes inherit I believe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However from a web server configuration point of view it can come down to how your code runs really! But bear in mind small things like using .htaccess files use more resources than using central apache configuration files (as they are read every time a request comes in, leading to greater overhead), something which is signification in large web sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1] http://manpages.unixforum.co.uk/man-pages/unix/solaris-10-11_06/1/plimit-man-page.html" />
  <row Id="37564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21115" RevisionGUID="cb7e8e49-c5d7-4e12-8440-ff8b73a5938f" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:51:12.900" UserId="4694" Text="I already mentioned this tool in another answer on SF. &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA; [**sysv-rc-conf**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; DESCRIPTION:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       sysv-rc-conf gives an easy to use interface for manag‐&#xD;&#xA;       ing &quot;/etc/rc{runlevel}.d/&quot; symlinks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sysv-rc-conf.sourceforge.net/#description&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/9454/sysvrcconf.gif&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have ubuntu : sudo apt-get install sysv-rc-conf" />
  <row Id="37565" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21115" RevisionGUID="cb7e8e49-c5d7-4e12-8440-ff8b73a5938f" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:51:12.900" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37566" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21116" RevisionGUID="03d293fa-f40e-4ecf-9431-2a9753d9158f" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:53:44.580" UserId="7861" Text="For Windows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PATHPING is nice (and built in) for some advanced ping stats&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also like QCHECK :  http://www.ixchariot.com/products/datasheets/qcheck.html&#xD;&#xA;It's a great GUI based simple network analyzer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;File Unlocker is a life saver at times even on servers:  http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37567" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21116" RevisionGUID="03d293fa-f40e-4ecf-9431-2a9753d9158f" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:53:44.580" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37568" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21117" RevisionGUID="85f2aff8-cdd3-46c4-8ca8-9dac309587e4" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:55:48.633" UserId="8505" Text="One of the serious advantages of aptitude is its ability to calculate dependencies. Firstly it can handle complicated inter-dependencies without intervention by yourself, which often apt-get fails on. But if you don't like the solution it has presented you (and it will score its own solution to demonstrate how good it thinks it is), you can ask it to go away and come up with another solution to resolve the conflict.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It really does do some awesome package management." />
  <row Id="37569" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21118" RevisionGUID="0f9d395f-6e3d-4ae8-bb2c-4ce48efb2e8a" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:56:46.040" UserId="3146" Text="The biggest difference is that aptitude is designed to be interactive where the apt tools are better suited for scripting work.  You can use the latter, i.e. the apt tools, interactively just fine with a lot more effort to get the same results that aptitude provides.  If you had to settle on just one tool or the other for some reason then you need to decide how much effort you want to put into your package management." />
  <row Id="37570" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21114" RevisionGUID="2decb5ec-e1aa-4e42-b1f9-b5e245521381" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:59:08.440" UserId="8505" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="You could of course limit the number of processes apache can fork, however this would only work as a sudo-hard limit on your memory usage. From a lower level point of view you can use [plimit][1] to restrict the resources available to a process. Apply this to the parent and child processes inherit I believe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However from a web server configuration point of view it can come down to how your code runs really! But bear in mind small things like using .htaccess files use more resources than using central apache configuration files (as they are read every time a request comes in, leading to greater overhead), something which is signification in large web sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://manpages.unixforum.co.uk/man-pages/unix/solaris-10-11_06/1/plimit-man-page.html" />
  <row Id="37571" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21113" RevisionGUID="2c31fc46-478e-4c17-91b0-d1dd66bcb1c8" CreationDate="2009-06-06T12:59:27.753" UserId="2413" Comment="added 218 characters in body; deleted 30 characters in body" Text="    apt-get update; apt-get install python2.6&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;works for me [ jaunty ], but you might have older version of ubuntu. fiddle a bit with /etc/apt/sources.list and apt-get distr-upgrade as described  [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://vps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=271" />
  <row Id="37572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21119" RevisionGUID="a478e07e-4cee-410e-a636-7732dd3bc8de" CreationDate="2009-06-06T13:01:12.163" UserId="5629" Text="You're already making the first step by using Linux as your regular desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to understand how all the parts hook together and are configured, I would suggest running [Gentoo][1].  From a regular stage3 install, you have to compile your own kernel, install all your services (except SSH which is there out of the box), build and configure X yourself, etc.  When you're doing that, you end up with a much greater understanding of all the bits that go into a binary linux installation.  It also doesn't hurt that Gentoo has the best documentation of any Distro I've found, or that portage is a fantastically powerful and flexible package manager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gentoo.org/" />
  <row Id="37573" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21120" RevisionGUID="622b198c-32cf-477b-a7bf-236e0cf6a966" CreationDate="2009-06-06T13:02:23.817" UserId="2538" Text="fgrep &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;e.g. fgrep -r &lt;pattern&gt; * --include=*.rb&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;walks the dir structure from the current directory looking for &lt;pattern&gt; in ruby source files&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and is much easier to use than find " />
  <row Id="37574" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21120" RevisionGUID="622b198c-32cf-477b-a7bf-236e0cf6a966" CreationDate="2009-06-06T13:02:23.817" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37575" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="20879" RevisionGUID="5d454433-f3a4-4729-9e41-29762b943624" CreationDate="2009-06-06T13:03:50.443" UserId="1803" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;tools&gt;&lt;administration&gt;" />
  <row Id="37576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21121" RevisionGUID="17017083-08ce-4186-aa53-8edc184e1ed0" CreationDate="2009-06-06T13:05:58.257" UserId="4392" Text="I have a couple of nagios servers that currently alert me via SMS and email, but I'd like to add outgoing calls to that. The ideal solution would have the nagios machines call my cellphone and play an mp3/wav across the call to let me know something is wrong. My only problem is that I'm not sure how to go about accomplishing this. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect I may have to buy a PBX card to do it, but I was hoping that someone here had done something similar with a regular modem and off-the-shelf software. Any ideas or hints? " />
  <row Id="37577" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21121" RevisionGUID="17017083-08ce-4186-aa53-8edc184e1ed0" CreationDate="2009-06-06T13:05:58.257" UserId="4392" Text="Nagios alerts by telephone? " />
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  <row Id="37581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21122" RevisionGUID="a3f4c310-8642-4a3a-b3ff-900e16514b55" CreationDate="2009-06-06T13:15:00.177" UserId="1466" Text="I've added the **dotdeb** repositories to my /etc/apt/sources.lst&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    deb http://packages.dotdeb.org stable all&#xD;&#xA;    deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org stable all&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As they patch php / apache / mysql much more frequently than Debian does." />
  <row Id="37582" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21123" RevisionGUID="ec969320-1207-43cc-9654-ec326222d944" CreationDate="2009-06-06T13:17:33.213" UserId="8354" Text="wrap apt-get in a script that first writes a timestamp to a file, and then does the usual work. that way, you can define the timestamp format and location ;)" />
  <row Id="37583" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21124" RevisionGUID="7c7ec4ec-01df-48fc-a034-ed3f79817588" CreationDate="2009-06-06T13:25:48.770" UserId="2948" Text="We have a content databse that is 300 GB in size.  No problems with backups after switching to Lite Speed.  Before the switch we would see serious performance degradation with web sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the record we did NOT want to have a Content DB this large.  We had specific business requirements around content sharing that would have been very difficult to implement if we had put the content in seperate site collections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When we first went live we had major locking issues with the database during peak usage.  We traced this back to use of CrossListQueryCache object in SharePoint.  We changed from using that API and it fixed a lot of our performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wrote up a little blog article with more information [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We still see locking issues with certain types of updates (deleting blobs &gt; 20 MB), renaming webs (this can cause updates to lots of records in AllUserData table.  We are working with MS Support on specific cases (i.e. removing large items from recycle bin).  These have been traced back to the way specific stored procedures in SharePoint are deleting data, but we do not have a solution yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I think problems occur after you get so many records in the AllUserData table and the easist way for MS to communicate this to people was to say stay below 100 GB.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suggest pinging the people at MS IT... I have heard off the record that they have a SharePoint Content DB &gt; 800 GB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sharepoint.nailhead.net/2009/05/lessons-learned-from-launch-of-intranet.html" />
  <row Id="37584" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21125" RevisionGUID="ee90fdad-c9dd-40d3-9e74-622b5e7183af" CreationDate="2009-06-06T13:31:22.193" UserId="2948" Text="We told NOT to even try it with SharePoint by MS (this was 1.5 years ago when we first started planning our SharePoint 2007 implementation).  " />
  <row Id="37585" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21126" RevisionGUID="c0f62645-18dd-46b2-990f-0bd2b4f8e435" CreationDate="2009-06-06T13:31:37.293" UserId="7721" Text="Here is the situation, I have a folder named git which contains various --bare git repositories. This is on my server which is CentOS 5. My personal computer at home is a Windows XP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to push my local repositories to my server using an account on a per-repository bases. I've been searching for hours with no luck. Here is what I've done which came the closest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ran a daemon at my server by typing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    git daemon --verbose --base-path=/path/to/git/parent/folder --export-all&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then use TortoiseGit to push at the address: git://myserver.com/project and I get this from the daemon:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Connection from XX.XX.XX.XX Extended  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; attributes (22 bytes) exist  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;host=myserver.com&gt; Request  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; receive-pack for '/project'  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 'receive-pack': service not enabled   &#xD;&#xA;&gt; for '/path/to/git/parent/project'  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; [XXXX] Disconnected (with error)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used --enable=receive-pack and successfully push my local repository to the server but the result was not what I wanted: namely, to login in as a user. Receive-pack enables everyone to anonymously push to the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've searched for hours but I cannot find how to configure accounts independently for each repository. I have read various articles saying something about SSH but I'm not sure if this is what I want. As far as I know, SSH is to securely connect to my server by logging in to a linux account at the server (i.e. root, userA etc.) And that is not what I want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take SVN for example, with subversion you can create a .htpasswd file with the accounts you want only for that specific repository. Is there a similar way with Git?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you." />
  <row Id="37586" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21126" RevisionGUID="c0f62645-18dd-46b2-990f-0bd2b4f8e435" CreationDate="2009-06-06T13:31:37.293" UserId="7721" Text="GIt Daemon and Access Control for Multiple Repos" />
  <row Id="37587" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21126" RevisionGUID="c0f62645-18dd-46b2-990f-0bd2b4f8e435" CreationDate="2009-06-06T13:31:37.293" UserId="7721" Text="&lt;git&gt;&lt;git-daemon&gt;" />
  <row Id="37588" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21127" RevisionGUID="b6171add-6132-4220-b3c2-35dd0220e2b2" CreationDate="2009-06-06T13:36:45.633" UserId="2413" Text="maybe sip command line client like [this][1] would be helpful? it very much depends what you monitor, how reliable your sip provider would be and so on. still i have more trust in hardware sms gateway. assuming you do not monitor internet access infrastructure or your nagios server has separate independent internet connection - this could actually work. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.opensourcesociety.org/2008/01/20/pjsip-command-line-voip-client-for-linux/" />
  <row Id="37589" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21128" RevisionGUID="08f4d29a-304b-4b59-afd3-4fa2259129d1" CreationDate="2009-06-06T13:38:06.130" UserId="2948" Text="The recovery story with the SSP DB which hosts BDC, Search, User Profiles is really bad because part of it is in SQL Server and part of it is in files on the servers.  It is a really poor architecture.  If everything were in SQL Server then recovery would be doable.  But because part of the Search Indexes are on file system recovery becomes a nightmare.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We actually had to recover the SSP already.  To do this we attached the content database to a new farm and pulled out information for User Profiles (we do not use BDC).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then we rebuilt the search index by recrawling content.  It is a pain and means the SLA for search recovery is poor, but we felt this was the most reliable solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21129" RevisionGUID="5f4c5f75-6c46-426b-8c4c-b80208b86bec" CreationDate="2009-06-06T13:45:51.953" UserId="1715" Text="*It Depends*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a balancing act.  If your table is read intensive, with not many updates or deletes that the default (which is 100) should be ok.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your table is very write intensive, with lots of updates, then a value below 80 might be more appropriate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's no magic formula for this stuff.  (AFAIK, if there is please let me know)  Best thing to do is have a test environment, have some workload to test make the changes &amp; see how your database performs." />
  <row Id="37591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21130" RevisionGUID="982c58bf-96f4-4873-97bd-789aaa6d71a1" CreationDate="2009-06-06T13:50:04.770" UserId="4529" Text="I'm not sure about the dialing out bit, but I reckon you could use festival to do the text to voice synthesis part of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/" />
  <row Id="37592" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21131" RevisionGUID="de5e45ee-86ae-47c2-9533-5ea8d224bcb9" CreationDate="2009-06-06T13:50:05.657" UserId="2553" Text="My current development machine is Windows XP, and I use a modified tcpip.sys to allow me to exceed the 10 connection limit built in to IIS. I know that Vista's IIS has the same limit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone confirm whether this connection limit is present in Windows 7 IIS as well?" />
  <row Id="37593" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21131" RevisionGUID="de5e45ee-86ae-47c2-9533-5ea8d224bcb9" CreationDate="2009-06-06T13:50:05.657" UserId="2553" Text="Are there any connection limits on Windows 7 IIS v7.5?" />
  <row Id="37594" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21131" RevisionGUID="de5e45ee-86ae-47c2-9533-5ea8d224bcb9" CreationDate="2009-06-06T13:50:05.657" UserId="2553" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;iis7.5&gt;" />
  <row Id="37595" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21127" RevisionGUID="67f2f84b-0eaa-47e6-b2fe-3b21039a597f" CreationDate="2009-06-06T13:50:10.993" UserId="2413" Comment="added 14 characters in body" Text="maybe sip command line client like one described [here][1] would be helpful? it very much depends what you monitor, how reliable your sip provider would be and so on. still i have more trust in hardware sms gateway. assuming you do not monitor internet access infrastructure or your nagios server has separate independent internet connection - this could actually work. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.opensourcesociety.org/2008/01/20/pjsip-command-line-voip-client-for-linux/" />
  <row Id="37596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21132" RevisionGUID="4376490a-400f-47b5-b233-cb377c07401c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T13:52:40.443" UserId="2417" Text="The biggest difference is: type &quot;aptitude&quot; without any parameters. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It gives you a Text based user interface, you can use keybord to search/navigate etc. see information on dependencies, reverse dependencies, all available versions of a package, and you can do any package manager operation on them from that screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can press &quot;g&quot; to review the changes, modify the package additions and removals if necessary, and apply all pending operations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A great visual way of package management over an ssh connection or plain old terminal." />
  <row Id="37597" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21133" RevisionGUID="6ffd6fc3-e533-49bb-8a12-e5dbc70e3ce6" CreationDate="2009-06-06T13:59:53.427" Text="Well... nobody likes change. Outlook users won't like Notes and Notes users will not feel compfortable with Notes at the begining.  Is the same in both directions.&#xD;&#xA;Depends a lot on the version you a.xre migrating from (Notes 8.x is much more user friendly) and if you have Notes applications (users miss those a lot, generally what happens is you have to keep the servers for a long time just for those and you duplicate your infrastructure).&#xD;&#xA;Admins hate the change, since Notes is much more stable and predictable, and things are more exposed for troubleshooting." />
  <row Id="37598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21134" RevisionGUID="8a9f4c45-18f1-4781-9213-731e57a6d3de" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:05:15.430" UserId="6743" Text="For apache, remove the modules you do not use, as they just use additional memory. For MySQL, remove innodb/bbdb if you do not use them, and remove PHP modules you do not need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next you should configure apache MaxClients based on the size of one process and the amount of memory you want to give apache. Same goes for max connections on MySQL (I recommend the excellent [MySQL Tuning Primer][1] Script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have control over your PHP app, make sure it doesn't use too much memory (e.g. in variables, especially static ones).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to go further, you can replace apache+mod_php with nginx+fcgi setup, which will probably result in further memory reduction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One last thing - you really don't want to swap on a web server. Just a little, to remove the unneeded stuff, but swapping regularily on a web server will result in a non-responsive web site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.day32.com/MySQL/tuning-primer.sh" />
  <row Id="37599" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="17854" RevisionGUID="b4e414c6-b503-4d79-9002-396a91a46169" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:10:33.753" UserId="2767" Comment="Edited title to better reflect what the problem turned out to be." Text="Memory problems - Server 2003 64 addresses 3.2gb only. Intel 945G" />
  <row Id="37600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21135" RevisionGUID="00d03f1d-4b9f-401e-b2db-2bf22bac5ef8" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:10:42.707" UserId="5586" Text="That 'patch' was to bypass the number of half-open outbound connections, not a hard limit on connections. I believe the limit on concurrent inbound connections is only enforced via language in the EULA, not technically enforced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This was also removed in Windows Vista SP2, as per [the notable changes document][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In summary, there is no concurrent connection limit present.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd335036.aspx?ppud=4" />
  <row Id="37601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21136" RevisionGUID="1e1f2b90-ebf7-4cf0-b391-40935bccb6d6" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:18:46.780" UserId="6804" Text="What version of Ubuntu is it? There's an (admittedly very old) post on StackOverflow here which suggests you have to do it from source, but it depends on your version: [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/142764/how-do-i-upgrade-python-2-5-2-to-python-2-6rc2-on-ubuntu-linux-8-04" />
  <row Id="37602" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21137" RevisionGUID="d8dabb3e-35ad-4bb6-baaa-337fc3eecd69" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:23:25.323" UserId="8506" Text="You could try using the '**git+ssh//**' uri instead of '**git//**'. This will allow you to run server-less (git wise) and to give different users permissions to each repository.&#xD;&#xA;Once you've done that, you can use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    git+ssh://user@remotehost/repos/path/project.git&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;as a git remote location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To initialize an empty repository, which you can push data into, use the '**git --bare init**' command on the remote host." />
  <row Id="37603" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21138" RevisionGUID="7013a624-7f5b-43e9-b1a6-d9988073b1e8" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:26:59.920" UserId="4979" Text="With Vista it depends on the version. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/413110/which-is-the-maximum-number-of-windows-concurrent-tcp-ip-connections/929973#929973 " />
  <row Id="37604" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21139" RevisionGUID="759b076f-cce7-4951-bdf9-6e321d6e2de4" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:32:11.813" UserId="6497" Text="Does anyone know a list of conferences/events that might be worth visiting for sysadmins, sytem architects,...?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What comes to my mind when thinking of some events that might be worth a visit for people from the sysadmin section:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.usenix.org/event/lisa09/&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix09/&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.usenix.org/events/nsdi09/&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.usenix.org/events/sec09/&#xD;&#xA; - http://en.oreilly.com/velocity2009 &#xD;&#xA; - http://opensourcebridge.org/&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.netways.de/english/osdc/y2009/&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.sans.org/sans2009/&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.ukuug.org/events/spring2009/&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.interop.com/lasvegas/&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.vmworld.com/community/conferences/2009/&#xD;&#xA; - http://fsoss.senecac.on.ca/2009/&#xD;&#xA; - http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2009&#xD;&#xA; - http://sc09.supercomputing.org/&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.interop.com/newyork/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you aware of any other events?" />
  <row Id="37605" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21139" RevisionGUID="759b076f-cce7-4951-bdf9-6e321d6e2de4" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:32:11.813" UserId="6497" Text="List of sysadmin/scaling/infrastructure specific conferences" />
  <row Id="37606" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21139" RevisionGUID="759b076f-cce7-4951-bdf9-6e321d6e2de4" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:32:11.813" UserId="6497" Text="&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;conference&gt;" />
  <row Id="37607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21140" RevisionGUID="c7d2f578-c8e0-4344-97a9-cec76ed02e27" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:32:12.000" UserId="6804" Text="This isn't possible through Plesk as you may have guessed, however you can just add normal UNIX accounts on the command using `useradd`, `passwd` etc. [This article][1] also suggests matching the UID with the `-u` option of `useradd`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.diademblogs.com/linux/creation-of-additional-ftp-users-for-plesk-linux" />
  <row Id="37608" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21141" RevisionGUID="c97f99ea-7972-4f74-a67d-907bf8d14f3d" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:33:59.300" UserDisplayName="__B__" Text="I'm sharing a dreamhost account with a friend: each one of us share this space and he already has 2 registered domains. I have none. I mainly use it to host some other friends systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm planning in doing a small specific website, but I dont want to ask for my friend to create a subdomain for me because it doesn't make any sense to his websites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I wanna know is: is it possible to use a dyndns account (mydomain.dyndns.org) or similar to point to a directory in dreamhost as if it was a domain? If so, what I need to do to accomplish this configuration?" />
  <row Id="37609" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21141" RevisionGUID="c97f99ea-7972-4f74-a67d-907bf8d14f3d" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:33:59.300" UserDisplayName="__B__" Text="Is it possible to use a dyndns subdomain in thir party host providers?" />
  <row Id="37610" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21141" RevisionGUID="c97f99ea-7972-4f74-a67d-907bf8d14f3d" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:33:59.300" UserDisplayName="__B__" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;dns-hosting&gt;&lt;web-hosting&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="37611" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21142" RevisionGUID="3d56aaea-549a-4787-8116-04979856dcb1" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:37:08.747" UserDisplayName="Rich Magahiz" Text="It might be possible to do if you are on a SAN and can expose the Server volumes so the physical machines can boot off of them. But yes the drivers and other hardware-specific things could take a long time to straighten out, depending on the operating system we are talking about." />
  <row Id="37612" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21143" RevisionGUID="c622c641-bb41-4ca6-b9eb-8d9fd084667d" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:40:08.557" UserId="4694" Text="I've noticed that we have in Active Directory more users than the company has actual employees. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Is there a simple way to check multiple Active Directory accounts and see if there are any accounts that have not been used for a while? This should help me determine whether some accounts should be disabled or deleted." />
  <row Id="37613" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21143" RevisionGUID="c622c641-bb41-4ca6-b9eb-8d9fd084667d" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:40:08.557" UserId="4694" Text="last time an AD user has logged in?" />
  <row Id="37614" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21143" RevisionGUID="c622c641-bb41-4ca6-b9eb-8d9fd084667d" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:40:08.557" UserId="4694" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;domain-users&gt;" />
  <row Id="37615" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21144" RevisionGUID="081e0501-2040-4228-aad3-0ffd1f7a1a9d" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:44:21.637" UserId="8517" Text="mrdenny's response is the right one. Ideally the Navisphere Host Agent will do this for you but if that is not working (give it a couple of minutes and a restart if possible) or not an option you can do this solely within Navisphere's Connectivity Status dialog.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Within Navisphere right click on the Array and select Connectivity Status. If your host is powered on and your Fabric Zoning has been correctly installed you should see entries with the WWN's (the hexadecimal strings you mention) of the HBA's from your server listed as logged in but not registered. Select these and hit the Register button. At this point you can select an existing host if you've already set one up or you can create a new host identity to map the WWN to. If you have a standard redundant setup with two HBA's routing through two separate Fabrics that are in turn connected to separate front end ports on each of the Storage Processors - this means you will typically have 4 entries to manually register. If the host was already registered with different HBA's you should remove these at the same time (assuming they have now been completely removed) in order to keep things neat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have the HBA's registered (each entry shows as logged in and registered in the Connectivity Status dialog) you can then check that the correct LUNS are assigned to the Storage Group for the host. If you are editing an existing Storage Group then you may need to refresh that directly by checking the Connectivity Status dialog for the Storage Group itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this stage any LUNS in the storage group should be visible to the server - rescan for storage within the OS and it should be visible. Some OS's need a couple of scans for this to work - ESX is particularly sluggish if you rescan from within the VI Client for example.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37616" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21145" RevisionGUID="6e6d9ae4-deee-4ea3-b097-0fb4c32179bc" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:45:37.237" UserId="7137" Text="Two things to note about Dreamhost's shared hosting --&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * They don't let you run persistent processes, so the de-factor updaters are going to get killed.&#xD;&#xA; * Their shared hosting servers should have a static IP address, so you don't strictly need an updater. You just need a way to prevent DynDNS from expiring your entry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Use a Shell Script + Cron Updater&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The easiest way to get around the first problem is to write a shell script which checks your IP address and sends an update to DynDNS if necessary. You can find [scripts which do this](http://dyndnscommunity.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&amp;t=731) -- you just have to enter your username/password and make sure they work correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you've confirmed that it works, have your friend set up a cron job via the DreamHost web panel to run your script once a month (or however often DynDNS expects you to update) so they don't delete your entry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Use a CNAME Entry&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a bit of a hack. The idea is that your friend's domain has the correct IP address, so a CNAME entry which points to the right IP address will also be right. I don't know if DynDNS lets you create CNAME entries, but NoIP does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Despite that, you'll probably still have to run some kind of update script to pingback to DynDNS every so often so they don't delete your entry for inactivity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Buy an Actual Domain&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seriously they're like $10." />
  <row Id="37617" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21146" RevisionGUID="bb99619a-e915-423c-86e6-c73db3575f8c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:45:47.640" UserId="1736" Text="Not really, no.  This is close to being the classic question &quot;how do I get DNS to point to a URL?&quot;, to which the answer is, you can't, DNS has to point to an IP number.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The crucial piece that you have to have is the virtual host configuration on Dreamhost.  Your friend doesn't have to set up a subdomain for you, he can just set up hosting for your dyndns domain, but that much has to happen." />
  <row Id="37618" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21147" RevisionGUID="10cae22b-7f0e-4683-970b-1151321cf7f4" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:46:02.493" UserId="8529" Text="Hello guys !&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Someone have experience with lamp monitoring ? I mean standard monitoring and slow queries monitoring for mysql, virtual hosts load as well. And alerting if something going not well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cacti is very cool tool for this, but it has no alerts system and it very huge. I like zabbix, its performance. But I can't find any note or plugin for apache monitoring, some tool which will take */server-status collect this data, collect data for each vhost and save this to zabbix database with graphics drawing further opportunitys =)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also something from proc stat for mysql, collect data for each user, him stats, slow queries and so on, with graphics as result =)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Must been this tools is anywhere, I'm just can't find it...&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37619" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21147" RevisionGUID="10cae22b-7f0e-4683-970b-1151321cf7f4" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:46:02.493" UserId="8529" Text="LAMP monitoring by zabbix. " />
  <row Id="37620" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21147" RevisionGUID="10cae22b-7f0e-4683-970b-1151321cf7f4" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:46:02.493" UserId="8529" Text="&lt;lamp&gt;" />
  <row Id="37621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21148" RevisionGUID="d3ea72ed-cb71-46c5-89ba-8a2579e21d00" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:52:01.107" UserId="1070" Text="If `apt-get` fails you, compiling from source is trivial:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # change this to latest on http://python.org/download/&#xD;&#xA;    PY_TWOSIX=&quot;http://python.org/ftp/python/2.6.2/Python-2.6.2.tgz&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Required to compile anything - this is the only Ubuntu specific line&#xD;&#xA;    sudo apt-get install build-essential&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Download/extract the Python source file set in PY_TWOSIX&#xD;&#xA;    cd /tmp/&#xD;&#xA;    wget $PY_TWOSIX -O py.tgz&#xD;&#xA;    gunzip py.tgz&#xD;&#xA;    tar -xf py.tar&#xD;&#xA;    cd Python-*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Configure, build and install it into /usr/local/python/2.6.2/&#xD;&#xA;    ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/python/2.6.2&#xD;&#xA;    make&#xD;&#xA;    sudo make install&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Link python binary into /usr/local/bin/ as python2.6&#xD;&#xA;    sudo ln -s /usr/local/python/2.6.2/bin/python /usr/local/bin/python2.6&#xD;&#xA;    # you can also at add the directory to your $PATH rather than using sym-links&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course you should try and install everything via your package manager (so you get automatic updates and such), but I tend to keep old versions of Python around, and putting them in `/usr/local/python/` shouldn't interfere with `apt-get` at all." />
  <row Id="37622" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15170" RevisionGUID="e5d5d0cd-c3b7-40c6-ad96-308ebeb8c849" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:52:37.550" UserId="5876" Comment="spelling mistakes and grammar" Text="Epson V10 is excellent document scanner with a really small footprint driver witch also support full automatic mode so you do not have to adjust dpi and doctype setting not even cropping. It recognize black and white print, artwork, color artwork and color photo. It is supported under linux on 32 bit version sorry no 64 bit driver yet. And the best thing is the way you open it. You can scan really thick books too because you can lie the spine on the cover." />
  <row Id="37623" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21149" RevisionGUID="645b7ebf-7453-43d1-88ba-10eb1a8aa05d" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:54:26.750" UserId="8517" Text="You need to have Navisphere ( specifically an Array running Flare presenting the Navisphere user interface) to use the Navisphere CLI but there is no separate license needed in order to install and use them. This is different to PowerPath which needs to be licensed on each host in order to enable its full functionality (load balancing\multipathing..). " />
  <row Id="37624" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21150" RevisionGUID="a5e510ad-21a8-49c2-aa34-70109b4edd93" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:54:53.053" UserId="6856" Text="O'Reiley's Active Directory Cookbook gives an explanation in chapter 6:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6.28.1 Problem &#xD;&#xA;You want to determine which users have not logged on recently. &#xD;&#xA;6.28.2 Solution &#xD;&#xA;6.28.2.1 Using a graphical user interface &#xD;&#xA;1.  Open the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in. &#xD;&#xA;2.  In the left pane, right-click on the domain and select Find. &#xD;&#xA;3.  Beside Find, select Common Queries. &#xD;&#xA;4.  Select the number of days beside Days since last logon. &#xD;&#xA;5.  Click the Find Now button. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6.28.2.2 Using a command-line interface &#xD;&#xA;    &gt; dsquery user -inactive &lt; NumWeeks &gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get more information, see recipe 6.28" />
  <row Id="37625" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21151" RevisionGUID="734faee0-90b2-4345-b199-5719808c09ec" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:55:50.570" UserId="6497" Text="Check out **gitosis** which is a git repository hosting application. Quoting the description from the Debian package of gitosis:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    This package aims to make hosting git repositories easier and safer.&#xD;&#xA;    It manages multiple repositories under one user account, using SSH&#xD;&#xA;    keys to identify users. End users do not need shell accounts on the&#xD;&#xA;    server; they will talk to one shared account that will not let them&#xD;&#xA;    run arbitrary commands.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can find the gitosis source at http://eagain.net/gitweb/?p=gitosis.git&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Documentation on how to set it up:&#xD;&#xA;http://scie.nti.st/2007/11/14/hosting-git-repositories-the-easy-and-secure-way&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm very happy with gitosis, we're using it at the grml project (http://grml.org/) with more than 100 repositories and it works fine without any problems." />
  <row Id="37626" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21152" RevisionGUID="0650cde4-759a-450c-a506-e5dea2ec6f8e" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:56:05.280" UserId="5586" Text="Here's [a powershell script][1] which will output this info to a CSV file, which you can view/filter in Excel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://synjunkie.blogspot.com/2008/08/powershell-finding-unused-ad-accounts.html" />
  <row Id="37627" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21148" RevisionGUID="460eec8f-8842-495c-b81e-4167501d6098" CreationDate="2009-06-06T14:57:34.887" UserId="1070" Comment="added 252 characters in body" Text="There is a Python 2.6 package for Ubuntu, &lt;http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=python2.6&gt;, but only for the `jaunty` and `karmic` releases. You could possibly grab the `.deb` file and install it on previous versions, but things may break..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If `apt-get` fails you, compiling from source is trivial:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # change this to latest on http://python.org/download/&#xD;&#xA;    PY_TWOSIX=&quot;http://python.org/ftp/python/2.6.2/Python-2.6.2.tgz&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Required to compile anything - this is the only Ubuntu specific line&#xD;&#xA;    sudo apt-get install build-essential&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Download/extract the Python source file set in PY_TWOSIX&#xD;&#xA;    cd /tmp/&#xD;&#xA;    wget $PY_TWOSIX -O py.tgz&#xD;&#xA;    gunzip py.tgz&#xD;&#xA;    tar -xf py.tar&#xD;&#xA;    cd Python-*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Configure, build and install it into /usr/local/python/2.6.2/&#xD;&#xA;    ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/python/2.6.2&#xD;&#xA;    make&#xD;&#xA;    sudo make install&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Link python binary into /usr/local/bin/ as python2.6&#xD;&#xA;    sudo ln -s /usr/local/python/2.6.2/bin/python /usr/local/bin/python2.6&#xD;&#xA;    # you can also at add the directory to your $PATH rather than using sym-links&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course you should try and install everything via your package manager (so you get automatic updates and such), but I tend to keep old versions of Python around, and putting them in `/usr/local/python/` shouldn't interfere with `apt-get` at all." />
  <row Id="37628" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21135" RevisionGUID="c2505798-6465-482c-8fe6-0efa76641889" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:05:29.910" UserId="5586" Comment="renounced claim that there is no connection limit.; added 16 characters in body" Text="Edit: I stand corrected, there is a 10 concurrent connection HTTP limit, confirmed by testing." />
  <row Id="37629" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21153" RevisionGUID="39c71877-0552-45bb-94ce-b84bbc9214fe" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:06:11.017" UserId="8527" Text="I think it all depends on what you're looking to get out of your stats.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're looking for as it happens traffic data, Awstats is the way to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're looking for custom reporting, trending data, ad tracking, not to mention pretty graphs and a good UI, go with Google Analytics.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However since they're both free, I say don't limit yourself and use both as you see fit." />
  <row Id="37630" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21154" RevisionGUID="4dd94a78-3034-4080-b4f9-3904306fba00" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:08:14.477" UserId="1070" Text="Aside from providing a pretty console UI when you run `aptitude` with no arguments, it combines the various `apt-*` commands (and `dselect`) into one utility..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To search for a package and install it, using apt-get:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    apt-cache search somepkg&#xD;&#xA;    apt-get install somepkg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;..but with aptitude it's the same command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    aptitude search somepkg&#xD;&#xA;    aptitude install somepkg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`aptitude` does have some additional features, like `aptitude changelog somepkg` and things like holding packages (to stop them being upgraded) - nothing you couldn't achieve via other commands/methods, it's just more unified and nice to use." />
  <row Id="37631" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21155" RevisionGUID="f275e5d8-7257-4da0-855c-866323ea5b62" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:09:52.100" UserId="8047" Text="You should look into Asterisk, an open-source PBX&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.asterisk.org/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might want to look at the pre-bundled distributions rather than starting from scratch, as Asterisk is quite configurable and can be daunting to the newcomer at a low level (much like Apache httpd).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To send the alerts you describe, I'd suggest using the spool file configuration.  Build a dialplan that when invoked dials the appropriate number and plays the right file.  Once that's working, you can drop files into an Asterisk directory which will cause that portion of your dialplan to be invoked.  You can pass parameters and such in the spool files, so you wouldn't have to create each message from scratch - you could have it read out the server letter-by-letter or use the integration to several TTS engines to try to say the server name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will need outbound termination to get the call out onto the PSTN, but there are many providers of such services.  Most offer pricing where you pay a small standing charge for the account and then a low (on the order of cents per minute) outbound call charge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps." />
  <row Id="37632" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21150" RevisionGUID="f290c9d8-f2eb-4241-b662-3979193ff2a6" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:11:09.853" UserId="6856" Comment="patched formatting" Text="O'Reiley's Active Directory Cookbook gives an explanation in chapter 6:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6.28.1 Problem: &#xD;&#xA;You want to determine which users have not logged on recently. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6.28.2 Solution &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6.28.2.1 Using a graphical user interface &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Open the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in. &#xD;&#xA;2.  In the left pane, right-click on the domain and select Find. &#xD;&#xA;3.  Beside Find, select Common Queries. &#xD;&#xA;4.  Select the number of days beside Days since last logon. &#xD;&#xA;5.  Click the Find Now button. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6.28.2.2 Using a command-line interface &#xD;&#xA;    &gt; dsquery user -inactive &lt; NumWeeks &gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get more information, see recipe 6.28" />
  <row Id="37633" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21156" RevisionGUID="a397e150-1e3c-48aa-8eb0-0fbfcb469e65" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:12:49.770" UserDisplayName="Zocalo" Text="I use DumpSec, a freeware tool from Somarsoft for this: [DumpSec][1]&#xD;&#xA;Usefull to find stale computer accounts :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.systemtools.com/free.htm" />
  <row Id="37634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21157" RevisionGUID="18c1e288-a674-43cf-9de1-bfab2585da17" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:12:50.147" UserId="1131" Text="What are the differences between using dev tap and dev tun for openvpn? I know they can't work in linked operation but whichone is better?" />
  <row Id="37635" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21157" RevisionGUID="18c1e288-a674-43cf-9de1-bfab2585da17" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:12:50.147" UserId="1131" Text="Should I use tap or tun for openvpn?" />
  <row Id="37636" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21157" RevisionGUID="18c1e288-a674-43cf-9de1-bfab2585da17" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:12:50.147" UserId="1131" Text="&lt;openvpn&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;tap&gt;&lt;tun&gt;" />
  <row Id="37637" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18824" RevisionGUID="ff8166b8-0085-44ff-a770-fdb57b3f5a37" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:17:32.227" UserId="2417" Comment="added 187 characters in body" Text="Try putting the rewrite rules directly into the VirtualHost config section (not under a &quot;Directory&quot; rule)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This way you can bypass any problems that may be cause by .htaccess and path identification mechanisms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check if rewrite_module is loaded into apache:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    apache2ctl -t -D DUMP_MODULES&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not enabled, enable the mod_rewrite with&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;    a2enmod rewrite&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will set up necessary links under mods-**enabled** (not mods-*available*)" />
  <row Id="37638" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21158" RevisionGUID="405167d3-dad7-4c62-a498-bf7f082bbdcc" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:19:28.620" UserId="8047" Text="PEM on it's own isn't a certificate, it's just a way of encoding data.  X.509 certificates are one type of data that is commonly encoded using PEM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PEM is a X.509 certificate (whose structure is defined using ASN.1), encoded using the ASN.1 DER (distinguished encoding rules), then run through Base64 encoding and stuck between plain-text anchor lines (BEGIN CERTIFICATE and END CERTIFICATE).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can represent the same data using the PKCS#7 or PKCS#12 representations, and the openssl command line utility can be used to do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The obvious benefits of PEM is that it's safe to paste into the body of an email message because it has anchor lines and is 7-bit clean.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RFC1422 has more details about the PEM standard as it related to keys and certificates." />
  <row Id="37639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21159" RevisionGUID="1311121a-7f31-4582-9abd-3c4944e4d224" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:21:28.880" UserId="8527" Text="I work in an environment that has a fairly large Linux desktop fleet however previous jobs rarely had Linux as an option and if they did, it was limited to a few sysadmins.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now that desktop Linux has gained a little more popularity, what is preventing you from deploying it in your environment?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Software (lack thereof, incompatibility)&#xD;&#xA; - User comfort&#xD;&#xA; - Support tools (lack thereof or lack of knowledge in supporting Linux)&#xD;&#xA; - Licensing agreement lock in (hands are tied because you've agreed to a multi-year deal with another OS vendor)&#xD;&#xA; - Some combination of all of the above?" />
  <row Id="37640" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21159" RevisionGUID="1311121a-7f31-4582-9abd-3c4944e4d224" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:21:28.880" UserId="8527" Text="What is preventing you from deploying desktop Linux in your environment?" />
  <row Id="37641" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21159" RevisionGUID="1311121a-7f31-4582-9abd-3c4944e4d224" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:21:28.880" UserId="8527" Text="&lt;desktop&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="37642" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21160" RevisionGUID="21ce83ba-6994-4ec0-8373-50188a99ef5b" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:23:40.107" UserId="6397" Text="Well, because none of software used in my office has the linux version. So I guess software incompatibility is no. 1 reason why we can't adopt Linux in office." />
  <row Id="37643" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21138" RevisionGUID="567949e8-38a9-4389-89ec-c0f679ab9a7a" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:29:01.953" UserId="4979" Comment="added 414 characters in body" Text="With Vista it depends on the version. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/413110/which-is-the-maximum-number-of-windows-concurrent-tcp-ip-connections/929973#929973 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since Vista SP2 the limitation has been removed from TCPIP.SYS, but has been configurable through a registry key. Windows7 should follow that same behavior ([source][1] and [for 7][2]), but of course we will not know for 7 definitely until RTM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969710&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/itprovistasp/thread/2afc725f-44fd-4ae1-9eb8-f0c3a0f552bc/" />
  <row Id="37644" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21161" RevisionGUID="b5c6fc93-d701-47c1-8198-9633b2eb6960" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:30:15.757" UserId="3052" Text="Check out [Rackspace Email][1] (formerly Mailtrust) -- we've been using them for several years now and have been quite happy with their service and support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rackspace.com/email_hosting" />
  <row Id="37645" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21162" RevisionGUID="7440a656-0367-44e3-9a5b-14e4d5b515d7" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:30:20.530" UserId="6656" Text="Company IT-strategy." />
  <row Id="37646" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21163" RevisionGUID="b3422536-bf43-4947-a6dc-ebf749dad3c4" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:30:40.157" UserDisplayName="Tom" Text="Suhosin has a rather substantial performance cost, so the &quot;costs nothing&quot; comment is a bit off." />
  <row Id="37647" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21164" RevisionGUID="b14174a7-77ad-4f50-99fd-bfb067579d17" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:30:58.410" UserId="5662" Text="Because every single user 'NEEDS' Microsoft Office...?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21165" RevisionGUID="88e523e6-eca8-454f-bffc-1513a2c76b58" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:32:09.280" UserId="1605" Text="My computer is getting a bit slow nowadays, especially during startup when I press the &quot;start&quot; button on my computer and wait for it to load my desktop completely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any side effects if I disable some of the service in the service tab, in msconfig?&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/El7gap0o-ekf8dMFRicQpQ?feat=embedwebsite&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://lh6.ggpht.com/_SDci0Pf3tzU/SiqLYWN-_3I/AAAAAAAAEz0/4X_c5HF7F-Q/s400/services.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I mean, if I disable any of those services, will my computer still able to boot?" />
  <row Id="37649" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21165" RevisionGUID="88e523e6-eca8-454f-bffc-1513a2c76b58" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:32:09.280" UserId="1605" Text="Disabling Services under the Service tab in msconfig" />
  <row Id="37650" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21165" RevisionGUID="88e523e6-eca8-454f-bffc-1513a2c76b58" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:32:09.280" UserId="1605" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;windows-service&gt;" />
  <row Id="37651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21166" RevisionGUID="d7616469-b4e1-40a5-853c-98a56a069619" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:32:58.763" UserId="6656" Text="I run the log files through [visitors][1]; which I think is quite nice. Using [Graphviz][2] it can produce graphs visualizing the path people take through a website.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hping.org/visitors/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.graphviz.org/" />
  <row Id="37652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21167" RevisionGUID="c8d486cf-18d0-4e13-9263-15512cbf4a0a" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:33:58.637" UserId="8047" Text="Try using SVN::Notify::Mirror&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://search.cpan.org/~jpeacock/SVN-Notify-Mirror-0.038/lib/SVN/Notify/Mirror.pm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a perl module, but you hook into it via the standard SVN hook system (the documentation has examples).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will keep a checked-out copy of the repository or portion thereof locally, but can then push that to another system using rsync.  So long as you get your permissions straight, this will be your read-only up-to-date copy for people to refer to.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37654" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21168" RevisionGUID="5aa358ba-103a-4b60-a0dc-0638d004386a" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:34:58.073" UserId="2413" Text="if it's ok to create vpn on layer 3 [ one more hop between subnets ] - go for tun.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if you need to bridge two ethernet segments in two different locations - then use tap. this can be useful in some cases but i would advice not to go for it if you do not really have to. if you choose bridging there will be a bit of 'garbage' [ that is broadcast packets ] going across your vpn." />
  <row Id="37655" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21169" RevisionGUID="0660a27f-9cc1-49d0-8437-5f9b58d2ab4e" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:35:48.710" UserId="3867" Text="We use Webtrends for our analysis. Have used it and also seen some huge corporate using it.&#xD;&#xA;Along with Webtrends have also used AWSTATS." />
  <row Id="37656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21170" RevisionGUID="235dd0ca-9f64-4b5b-a8e1-65ee559cce86" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:38:24.900" UserId="2489" Text="[Black Viper][1] is a well known resource for understanding a lot of standard services and what effect they will have if you turn them off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm" />
  <row Id="37657" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21168" RevisionGUID="d096fe34-e996-46b9-87dd-ae2b49fed7e7" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:41:54.423" UserId="2413" Comment="added 13 characters in body; added 255 characters in body" Text="if it's ok to create vpn on layer 3 [ one more hop between subnets ] - go for tun.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if you need to bridge two ethernet segments in two different locations - then use tap. in such setup you can have computers in the same ip subnet [ eg 10.0.0.0/24 ] on both ends of vpn, and they'll be able to 'talk' to each other directly without any changes in their routing tables. vpn will act like ethernet switch. this might sound cool and is useful in some cases but i would advice not to go for it unless you really need it. if you choose such layer 2 bridging setup - there will be a bit of 'garbage' [ that is broadcast packets ] going across your vpn. " />
  <row Id="37658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21171" RevisionGUID="3db4441a-5754-4ad4-832d-af7796d385cc" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:43:29.943" UserId="5749" Text="As you go through this process,  document it, with both the steps you run, and the accounts you disable/delete.  At some point an auditor will ask you how you remove old accounts, and you'll need the documentation." />
  <row Id="37659" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21129" RevisionGUID="8e1fddec-5b67-4cd7-827c-7e534ed64af2" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:44:18.850" UserId="1715" Comment="added 19 characters in body" Text="*It Depends*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a balancing act.  If your table is read intensive, with not many updates or deletes then the default (which is 100) should be ok.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your table is very write intensive, with lots of updates, then a value below 80 might be more appropriate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's no magic formula for this stuff.  (AFAIK, if there is please let me know)  Best thing to do is have a test environment, have some workload to test. Make the changes &amp; see how your database performs with the workload." />
  <row Id="37660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21172" RevisionGUID="9752b3ff-e289-46fd-ac49-c272796db097" CreationDate="2009-06-06T15:50:42.223" UserDisplayName="liz hitchcock" Text="You can use DynDNS to do this.  You will need to use a service called Webhop http://www.dyndns.com/services/webredirect/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37661" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21173" RevisionGUID="31381730-8077-4e66-80f4-f0a57e0c7c88" CreationDate="2009-06-06T16:03:13.303" UserId="7342" Text="If a package is not available in your version of Ubuntu, it's fairly easy to backport the package from a more recent version. For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's start by installing some packages required for building any package:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;apt-get install build-essential devscripts&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next we get the source packaging. In this case we go to http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/python2.6 and look on the right and see three links under &quot;Download Source Package&quot;. You should end up with a .tar.gz, .diff.gz and a .dsc file. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next we unpack the source:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;dpkg-source -x python2.6_2.6.2-0ubuntu1.dsc&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will extract everything into a directory. If you change into that directory and see if we can build it with the packages we currently have installed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;debuild -us -uc -b&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will either take some time and build you some packages in the directory above the source directory. Alternatively it will complain about missing build dependencies. If you're  lucky, you can just install them and try building the package again. If you're unlucky, the package requires an updated package. You can try following the same procedure to build the build dependency or you can try changing the dependency version in debian/control. I'd only do the latter if you discover you're ending up building too many packages as the packaging hasn't been tested with those changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you've got your packages, you can run &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;dpkg -i foo.deb bar.deb&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it complains about dependencies, you can run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;apt-get install -f&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which should sort out your dependency problems. If it doesn't, you may need to back port more packages." />
  <row Id="37662" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21112" RevisionGUID="dc15a310-be61-4f7b-9d31-85538f256159" CreationDate="2009-06-06T16:03:54.707" UserId="7342" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;apt&gt;&lt;aptitude&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="37663" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21174" RevisionGUID="35c2a352-cb1f-4028-9879-37a1f84e0ffc" CreationDate="2009-06-06T16:05:53.003" UserId="8533" Text="Hi there, I've been using XP Embedded for a while and I recently started working with Embedded Standard since that's the latest binaries for Windows Embedded and includes SP3.  Everything works just as expected and the same way as XP Embedded but the one thing that really annoys me is the length it takes to build a run-time image.  With XP Embedded I could build a run-time image in about 20 mins or less.  With Embedded Standard it takes at least 45 minutes to an hour.  I understand there are more files (SP3) files, but what really makes me wonder the most is that Target Designer sits on this file for the majority of the build:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Building: Windows XP Service Pack 1 Resource DLL: copying C:\Windows\System32\MUI\OCOA\xpsp1res.dll&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, it's taking all this time to copy 1 service pack 1 file?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Doesn't make sense, is there something I'm doing wrong with a new component or something?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="37664" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21174" RevisionGUID="35c2a352-cb1f-4028-9879-37a1f84e0ffc" CreationDate="2009-06-06T16:05:53.003" UserId="8533" Text="Windows Embedded Standard Run-Time Image Build Length" />
  <row Id="37665" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21174" RevisionGUID="35c2a352-cb1f-4028-9879-37a1f84e0ffc" CreationDate="2009-06-06T16:05:53.003" UserId="8533" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;embedded&gt;" />
  <row Id="37666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21175" RevisionGUID="15a3d900-7c35-4a67-8acf-76f8f496536a" CreationDate="2009-06-06T16:12:58.153" UserId="1233" Text="NetInfo has been replaced by Directory Services (dscl) and it can be noted the default shell for Mac OS X since 10.3 has been bash. Prior to that it was tcsh.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to do this from the command line (eg. for pushing via ARD or remotely via SSH) you can run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo dscl localhost -change /Local/Default/Users/USERNAME shell OLD_SHELL NEW_SHELL&#xD;&#xA;    #In Use:&#xD;&#xA;    sudo dscl localhost -change /Local/Default/Users/chealion shell /bin/bash /bin/zsh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're not sure of the current shell you can run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo dscl localhost -read /Local/Default/Users/USERNAME shell&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the user is not a local user the path will simply change and if necessary you would change `localhost` to the name of your Open Directory Server. (Assuming it runs 10.5).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The info is stored in .plists (xml) in `/private/var/db/dslocal/` - you don't want to edit the plist files by hand however." />
  <row Id="37667" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21176" RevisionGUID="da64deef-1bdd-4b4e-bc12-2f8478cf50cc" CreationDate="2009-06-06T16:14:46.743" UserId="7619" Text="A very quick and dirty method/suggestion:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set each suspected account's password to expire and require reset upon next login. Place an asterisk in the description field of each account. Wait a week or so, re-check your flagged accounts to see which ones still need the password reset. Disable the offenders, wait for helpdesk calls, re-enable the ones that were on vacation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternately you could also send a list of suspected users to your HR/personnel department and see if any of them will verify that they are in fact, still employed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One more:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, I believe that if you open &quot;Active Directory Users and Computers&quot; and expand the AD Query tool, you can create a query that details what you're looking for.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37668" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21177" RevisionGUID="e941758a-0fd6-4e24-9aff-9e49d1d12896" CreationDate="2009-06-06T16:17:06.257" UserId="4942" Text="The fact that it's so hard for someone who comes straight from windows, to find out how to install the most recent packages. The concept of packages was alien to me untill I first tried ubuntu, and the commandline was just scary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, the linux folder structure is **very** weird, if you're used to windows only.&#xD;&#xA;Where are you important files? Where do I need to go to edit something? It's all so weird." />
  <row Id="37669" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21178" RevisionGUID="3c7335d3-e173-4795-9a61-e11d878227d6" CreationDate="2009-06-06T16:20:51.180" UserId="5830" Text="**Windows**: Nbtstat (has a variety of tricks, but -A to get the machine name of a remote IP can be really handy assuming you're in an environment where permissions will let this work)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of the sysinternals tools, (process explorer, debug view, etc...). Particularly debug view, you'd be surprised how many server programs write interesting/useful things to the debug log and that's the only way I know to view it. Those are must-haves though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Unix**: strace/ktrace/truss Are my favorite tools (best non-obvious use, if a there's a process running that has it's stderr redirected to /dev/null and you don't want to stop it, monitor the calls to write on fd2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;lsof: (list of open files) I always forget about this one, but when you need it, you need it." />
  <row Id="37670" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21178" RevisionGUID="3c7335d3-e173-4795-9a61-e11d878227d6" CreationDate="2009-06-06T16:20:51.180" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37671" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21179" RevisionGUID="a1a74f71-7d76-488a-9916-bf38fa309265" CreationDate="2009-06-06T16:21:48.930" UserId="6497" Text="First of all when you get a new device I can recommend writing data to it and verify the data afterwards using md5sum/sha1sum/... Especially cheap USB devices tend to be broken. :( It's not that unusual that USB pens work fine on the first few (hundred) MBs but tend to dataloss on the last MBs. Sadly many users aren't aware of that and notice problems too late: when the USB pen is getting full.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem you're speaking of is usually located at the USB chipset (though sometimes it's visible only when using special combinations of hardware). If it works with Windows but fails with Linux using the same hardware this sounds like there's a workaround in the Windows driver that does not exist in the Linux kernel (yet).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To automatically set the max\_sectors: use udev for this task. It allows you to configure max\_sectors for just the devices you want to adjust it for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can retrieve the necesssary information about your usb device running:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # udevadm info -a -p /sys/class/block/sda/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or for older udev versions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # udevinfo -a -p /sys/class/block/sda/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then grab the attributes you'd like to use for your rules and create a new file like 42-fix-max_sectors.rules and place it under /lib/udev/rules.d (when using recent udev versions) or /etc/udev/rules.d (for older udev versions). To get an idea how this configuration file could look like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SUBSYSTEM==&quot;block&quot;, ATTRS{model}==&quot;Voyager Mini    &quot;, RUN+=&quot;/bin/sh -c '/bin/echo 64 &gt; /sys/block/%k/device/max_sectors'&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure to reload udev after writing your rules file (through running /etc/init.d/udev reload). For testing your configuration file I can recommend using: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # udevadm test /sys/class/block/sda/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS: I prefer to replace hardware if I notice *any* problems because usually it's not worth the effort to work on any workarounds (and I'm sure you're aware of murphy who will catch you anyway as soon as you think you've got it working ;))." />
  <row Id="37672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21180" RevisionGUID="219a8ba2-3eb2-4727-9c0a-ac99c284e549" CreationDate="2009-06-06T16:22:35.513" UserId="1992" Text="Nick's pretty much correct.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do updates that increase the size of a record on packed pages, then you'll cause page splits, but apart from that, with an identity primary key nothing's going to cause page splits in the clustered index.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Although saying that, there are 5 types of page splits that the Storage Engine can do, and not all of them cause fragmentation and data movement - the one you get when inserting monatonically increasing identity values is a end-of-page split. But I digress...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've helped many customers with this and I wrote the BOL around it all - if you want to just pick a value as the stake-in-the-ground, 70% has seen the most success. As Nick says, monitor and tweak as appropriate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Picking a fillfactor for any index is a balancing act of how much activity occurs that pushes the page fullness towards 100% and how often you can take corrective action to reset the fillfactor. You need to think about how much space will initially be 'wasted' on the pages if you set the fillfactor really low, like 50%, but again I've seen this be appropriate in some cases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also consider how the index will be used. If it's just for singleton lookups, you might get away with a lower fillfactor and more time between rebuild/defrag as you're not going to waste too many IOs/memory from having a lot of the sparsely populated clustered index in memory. For doing large range scans, you'd want to have the fillfactor a bit higher, to increase the IO and memory efficiency.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's also the OLTP vs DW question - usually a DW is unchanging so the indexes would have 100% fillfactor. OLTP is the hard part.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After you've sorted out the clustered index, remember that the nonclustereds will need attention too as they most likely will get fragmented.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When reseting the fillfactor, remember you have a choice between rebuilding and defragging. DBCC INDEXDEFRAG/ALTER INDEX ... REORGANIZE can reset the fillfactor in some cases for indexes that aren't badly fragmented.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Sorry for the 'over-answer' - one of my hot-buttons, having written the code :-)" />
  <row Id="37673" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21181" RevisionGUID="d5d37122-1564-4106-b7dd-c4a291fc5959" CreationDate="2009-06-06T16:23:29.410" UserId="6856" Text="There is one very huge problem as users. They've been workig in Windows environment for 10..15 years, so they just don't even know, sometime, that there is an alternative systems exsts. Also, there is a number of applications, which don't have Linux-compatible versions, and those people who works with that programs just doesn't want to study anything new. I thing, that's absolutely wrong, but still didn't found the way to solve the problem." />
  <row Id="37674" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21182" RevisionGUID="f911e521-f2ca-484a-adff-5a7578fd6cad" CreationDate="2009-06-06T16:30:51.750" UserId="2783" Text="There's a little checkbox at the bottom of the window that says &quot;Hide all Microsoft Services&quot;.  Before randomly disabling services, check this box so that you only disable new things that have been added over time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Two other great resources for troubleshooting slow boot times are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Autoruns (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx) which will show you everything that runs at startup (there are many different places beyond what MSConfig shows)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Process Monitor (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx) which will allow you to enable boot-time logging.  You can turn on the logging, reboot the computer, stop the log, and then analyze the log after rebooting to see what exactly is taking up the boot time (you may find it is just an out of date driver somewhere that just needs to be updated)." />
  <row Id="37675" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21183" RevisionGUID="889964f6-554a-4ca2-84dd-651e33452a88" CreationDate="2009-06-06T16:31:55.073" UserId="6383" Text="SAGE-AU have an annual conference: [http://www.sage-au.org.au/display/conf/Home][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sage-au.org.au/display/conf/Home" />
  <row Id="37676" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21184" RevisionGUID="b7f9d2c7-060a-4879-a494-5f85f65d96f7" CreationDate="2009-06-06T16:33:19.453" UserId="3038" Text="There is some small demand in the computer labs for linux machines, but the large majority of them require Windows for various windows-only software packages. Our standard lab build includes a lot of software, and a good amount of it only exists in Windows, or their Linux/FOSS versions are sub-standard. On the one hand open-office usage is increasing, which is encouraging.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other thing is that our desktop function knows what the heck it is doing on Windows, but a good... 80% of them only know enough bash to navigate around a file structure much less fix broken stuff. Considering how much trouble I've gone to in attempting to change how they install applications, changing the *operating system* is something that would have to come from senior management. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then there is price. We're on a Microsoft Campus Agreement, so desktop OS is pretty darned cheap. Did you know that if you go true blue end to end it actually is cheaper than trying to do it with best-of-breed software packages? Considering the budget crisis we're going through, senior management has *noticed* that and is so far the only instance I can find of, &quot;spend a little to save lots.&quot;" />
  <row Id="37677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21185" RevisionGUID="7f98ded6-842a-4192-ae08-b089f8bbadd1" CreationDate="2009-06-06T16:34:05.300" UserId="8021" Text="Users are the main problem, and 'weird bugs' are another problem. We're more comfortable supporting Windows on the desktop at this point, and there's no reason to change now that Windows 7 doesn't look to be a turd. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For what it's worth, there's only one person left in our entire IT office who uses Windows on *their* desktop; we're all on various flavors of linux or OSX. It's impossible to do this with normal users though because we don't understand yet how to deploy good security practices for desktop users, how to make sure they have all the software they need all the time, and how to make sure that when something breaks they don't blame Linux. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Frankly, Linux is *still* not ready for non-power-user desktops without extensive and experienced support or extremely limited requirements. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have supported a LTSP install with 30 clients. It was nice, but they ended up switching away from it due to firefox problems." />
  <row Id="37678" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21179" RevisionGUID="05d5dd23-ebf4-46a7-8a04-8bde24d7f757" CreationDate="2009-06-06T16:37:41.003" UserId="6497" Comment="add info regarding the default value of max_sectors and link to http://www.linux-usb.org/FAQ.html#i5" Text="First of all when you get a new device I can recommend writing data to it and verify the data afterwards using md5sum/sha1sum/... Especially cheap USB devices tend to be broken. :( It's not that unusual that USB pens work fine on the first few (hundred) MBs but tend to dataloss on the last MBs. Sadly many users aren't aware of that and notice problems too late: when the USB pen is getting full.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem you're speaking of is usually located at the USB chipset (though sometimes it's visible only when using special combinations of hardware). If it works with Windows but fails with Linux using the same hardware this sounds like there's a workaround in the Windows driver that does not exist in the Linux kernel (yet). And whereas Linux uses max\_sectors=240 by default (being 120kB) it seems to be 64kB transfers (max\_sectors=128) for Windows, according to http://www.linux-usb.org/FAQ.html#i5 (where some problems with the adapters made by Genesys Logic are mentioned as well).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To automatically set the max\_sectors: use udev for this task. It allows you to configure max\_sectors for just the devices you want to adjust it for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can retrieve the necesssary information about your usb device running:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # udevadm info -a -p /sys/class/block/sda/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or for older udev versions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # udevinfo -a -p /sys/class/block/sda/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then grab the attributes you'd like to use for your rules and create a new file like 42-fix-max_sectors.rules and place it under /lib/udev/rules.d (when using recent udev versions) or /etc/udev/rules.d (for older udev versions). To get an idea how this configuration file could look like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SUBSYSTEM==&quot;block&quot;, ATTRS{model}==&quot;Voyager Mini    &quot;, RUN+=&quot;/bin/sh -c '/bin/echo 64 &gt; /sys/block/%k/device/max_sectors'&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure to reload udev after writing your rules file (through running /etc/init.d/udev reload). For testing your configuration file I can recommend using: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # udevadm test /sys/class/block/sda/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS: I prefer to replace hardware if I notice *any* problems because usually it's not worth the effort to work on any workarounds (and I'm sure you're aware of murphy who will catch you anyway as soon as you think you've got it working ;))." />
  <row Id="37679" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21186" RevisionGUID="22c16420-180d-4071-90de-b720b1112f96" CreationDate="2009-06-06T16:44:26.030" UserId="1293" Text="On my Ubuntu 9.04 system, both `/etc/udev/rules.d` and `/lib/udev/rules.d` are used. The `README` recommends using `/etc/udev/rules.d` for local rules or to override package-supplied rules which are contained in `/lib/udev/rules.d`. Also, it says:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The udev daemon watches this directory&#xD;&#xA;&gt; with inotify so that changes to these&#xD;&#xA;&gt; files are automatically picked up, for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this reason they must be files and not&#xD;&#xA;&gt; symlinks to another location as in the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; case in Debian.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm posting this information here since Ubuntu is Debian based, and these differences might be important to someone who might assume that the behavior is the same." />
  <row Id="37680" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21187" RevisionGUID="56e85b84-c639-45a6-84fe-c170b42c19b0" CreationDate="2009-06-06T16:47:08.753" UserId="6622" Text="You'll need to put together a script that creates a mountpoint, mounts the Windows server using mount_smbfs at that mountpoint, copies the files, and then unmounts the server. You'll have to decide what behavior you want if there is a user logged in-- you probably don't want them trying to mount the same share twice. Here's are some bits from a script I use for a similar task (by the way, nice formatting that turns every bash comment into a header, O Server Fault team):&#xD;&#xA;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- First, create a mountpoint&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if [ -e /private/tmp/Volumes ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;        mkdir /private/tmp/Volumes/Terminal/&#xD;&#xA;else&#xD;&#xA;        mkdir /private/tmp/Volumes/&#xD;&#xA;        mkdir /private/tmp/Volumes/Terminal/&#xD;&#xA;fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Now, mount the Sophos computer there&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;mount_smbfs //username:password@192.168.1.1/InterChk /private/tmp/Volumes/Terminal&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- If the mount was unsuccessful, bail!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if [ ! -e /private/tmp/Volumes/Terminal/ESXP ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;        exit&#xD;&#xA;fi &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Remove the old Sophos folders before backing the current one up&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if [ -e /Library/WebServer/Documents/Sophos.old ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;rm -r /Library/WebServer/Documents/Sophos.old&#xD;&#xA;fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if [ -e /Library/WebServer/Documents/Sophos ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;mv /Library/WebServer/Documents/Sophos /Library/WebServer/Documents/Sophos.old&#xD;&#xA;fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Create a new one&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;mkdir /Library/WebServer/Documents/Sophos&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- And copy the latest CIDs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;cp -Rp /private/tmp/Volumes/Terminal/ESXP /Library/WebServer/Documents/Sophos/ESXP&#xD;&#xA;cp -Rp /private/tmp/Volumes/Terminal/ES9x /Library/WebServer/Documents/Sophos/ES9x&#xD;&#xA;cp -Rp /private/tmp/Volumes/Terminal/ESOSX /Library/WebServer/Documents/Sophos/ESOSX&#xD;&#xA;cp -Rp /private/tmp/Volumes/Terminal/savlinux /Library/WebServer/Documents/Sophos/savlinux&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Set permissions for Web access&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;chown -R _www /Library/WebServer/Documents/Sophos&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- And unmount the volume&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;umount /private/tmp/Volumes/Terminal/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- And remove the mountpoint&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;rmdir /private/tmp/Volumes/Terminal/&#xD;&#xA;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps get you started. Then use cron or launchd to set tit up on a repeating schedule, or if you prefer you can set it up as a logout script so when the user logs out it automatically backs up files. " />
  <row Id="37681" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20950" RevisionGUID="4387dc7b-bc35-43cb-b7d5-9d33f19effb2" CreationDate="2009-06-06T16:48:30.157" UserId="2514" Comment="edited to clarify that I'm talking about client-only rules, not server side." Text="Is there a way to distribute a client-only rule to Outlook 2003 and 2007 clients? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We'd like a way for to have emails from corporate communications generate a desktop alert or perhaps be flagged for followup automatically. It would need to be deployable centrally using Active Directory or Exchange.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My first thought was group policy, but apparently Outlook rules aren't part of what you can control using group policy. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone implemented something similar?" />
  <row Id="37682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21188" RevisionGUID="e797c7d9-c270-4b52-aecf-09241b5b735c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T16:50:24.707" UserId="4979" Text=" - ASUS DSBV-DX usd 229&#xD;&#xA; - 2x Intel Xeon E5405 2x usd 229&#xD;&#xA; - 4x 1GB ECC memory 4x usd 15&#xD;&#xA; - HD 160 GB usd 40&#xD;&#xA; - Decent case and PSU usd 90&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Total: usd 887 or usd 111 per core (8 cores)" />
  <row Id="37683" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21189" RevisionGUID="671015e7-e5f7-44a4-84ba-833189c13a86" CreationDate="2009-06-06T16:52:31.770" UserId="7324" Text="I would strongly recommend this as &quot;required reading&quot;:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Unix Programming Environment - Brian W. Kernighan / Rob Pike&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ISBN 0-13-937681-X&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.amazon.com/Unix-Programming-Environment-Prentice-Hall-Software/dp/013937681X" />
  <row Id="37684" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21141" RevisionGUID="33218cdb-127d-4165-b918-643bd53cf557" CreationDate="2009-06-06T16:52:58.023" UserDisplayName="__B__" Comment="added 749 characters in body; added 5 characters in body" Text="I'm sharing a dreamhost account with a friend: each one of us share this space and he already has 2 registered domains. I have none. I mainly use it to host some other friends systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm planning in doing a small specific website, but I dont want to ask for my friend to create a subdomain for me because it doesn't make any sense to his websites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I wanna know is: is it possible to use a dyndns account (mydomain.dyndns.org) or similar to point to a directory in dreamhost as if it was a domain? If so, what do I need to do to accomplish this configuration?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;EDIT:&lt;/b&gt; Thanks for all your answers. I don't plan to buy a domain since I don't have a credit card and here in my country the domains make public some personal information (like a &quot;social security number&quot; equivalent I think) that I don't agree with. And the domain is a test, it's possibly to change, so I would just test it and &quot;throw it away&quot; after the testing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've found a &quot;free domain service for the first year&quot;, http://www.co.cc/. But I don't know this company so well, and I know that dyndns is a good one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not so experienced in dreamhost's panel and DNS, sorry if this is too &quot;noob&quot;. Do you know which tutorials should I read about DNS concepts amd dreamhost to setup a dyndns solution like the one proposed by &lt;b&gt;hark&lt;/b&gt;?" />
  <row Id="37686" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21191" RevisionGUID="358efbf8-12a4-462a-a025-2e7f8c3bea23" CreationDate="2009-06-06T16:56:07.347" UserId="1840" Text="What's stopping us is what's stopping a lot of companies (or IT departments): &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Vision!&lt;/h1&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We 'think' there will be much savings since we won't be paying hefty M$ taxes and server licenses for a bunch of services, but we don't actually have any data to back that up, or the leadership needed for such a 'out of the box' thinking.  We need a visionary who's able to convey the practical and financial solution that Open-Source provides.  He/She not only needs to convince administration, but his/her own team.  The way I see it now, we're only going to be able to accomplish this with an outside consultant who could manage such a project, but that is also not practical since we're really talking about 'customized' solutions which would be pretty expensive by itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're not there yet, but doesn't mean we will never get there - Some of us here are still analyzing the situation." />
  <row Id="37687" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21192" RevisionGUID="85cbf2d8-2953-4da7-ba16-f3db35eeb3c1" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:05:57.187" UserId="8374" Text="Many reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Employees must be trained again&#xD;&#xA; 2. Case sensitive file systems + unexperienced users = disaster; i have seen dozens of files like &quot;scholarship.ods&quot;, &quot;Scholarship.ods&quot;, &quot;scholarship.ODS&quot; - they simply cannot understand this, and end to send always the wrong document via email&#xD;&#xA; 3. No microsoft office - clients always come with documents using microsoft-specific features, so we cannot open it with openoffice&#xD;&#xA; 4. customers will think &quot;hey, they use linux because they cannot afford windows licenses&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and so on" />
  <row Id="37688" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21193" RevisionGUID="7ec6730f-0a31-410a-b146-9efdad787d36" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:08:26.073" UserId="1233" Text="### Running a script when no one is logged in&#xD;&#xA;To run a daemon that runs no matter whether you have a user logged in or not you'll want to look at launchd for managing the script that will actually doing the backup. Since Mac OS X 10.4 cron has been replaced by a program called [launchd](http://developer.apple.com/MacOsX/launchd.html) ([man page](http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man8/launchd.8.html)) which combines cron, init.d, rc, and a couple other utilities all into one program.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For reference, launchd runs Launch Agents (run as a user when a user is logged in) and Launch Daemons (run regardless of when a user is logged in). These tasks are defined by xml .plist files that can be found in one of the following locations:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `/System/Library/LaunchDaemons` (system tasks - don't modify),  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; `/Library/LaunchAgents` (computer wide tasks that run when any user is logged in),  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; `/Library/LaunchDaemons` (computer wide tasks that run no matter who is logged in),  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; `~/Library/LaunchAgents` (user specific tasks that run when that user is logged in).&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;More information on the loading, unloading, etc. can all be found on the man page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The easiest method I've found is to create a shell script to run your backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can then load it and have it run by placing the following .plist file in `/Library/LaunchDaemons` and then run `sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.example.script.plist` to load it to run.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	&lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;UTF-8&quot;?&gt;&#xD;&#xA;	&lt;!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC &quot;-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN&quot; &quot;http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;	&lt;plist version=&quot;1.0&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;	&lt;dict&gt;&#xD;&#xA;		&lt;key&gt;Label&lt;/key&gt;&#xD;&#xA;		&lt;string&gt;org.example.script&lt;/string&gt;&#xD;&#xA;		&lt;key&gt;OnDemand&lt;/key&gt;&#xD;&#xA;		&lt;true/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;		&lt;key&gt;ProgramArguments&lt;/key&gt;&#xD;&#xA;		&lt;array&gt;&#xD;&#xA;			&lt;string&gt;/PATH/TO/BACKUP/script.sh&lt;/string&gt;&#xD;&#xA;		&lt;/array&gt;&#xD;&#xA;		&lt;key&gt;RunAtLoad&lt;/key&gt;&#xD;&#xA;		&lt;false/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;		&lt;!-- This runs the script every day at 2AM --&gt;&#xD;&#xA;		&lt;key&gt;StartCalendarInterval&lt;/key&gt;&#xD;&#xA;		&lt;dict&gt;&#xD;&#xA;			&lt;key&gt;Hour&lt;/key&gt;&#xD;&#xA;			&lt;integer&gt;2&lt;/integer&gt;&#xD;&#xA;			&lt;key&gt;Minute&lt;/key&gt;&#xD;&#xA;			&lt;integer&gt;0&lt;/integer&gt;&#xD;&#xA;		&lt;/dict&gt;&#xD;&#xA;	&lt;/dict&gt;&#xD;&#xA;	&lt;/plist&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally if you want to edit or create launchd plists I'd recommend looking up [Lingon](http://tuppis.com/lingon/) a GUI for editing and creating such .plist files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Backup script&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A really simple backup script could involve the following elements:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Mounting the windows file share:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;eg. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mkdir /tmp/MountLocation&#xD;&#xA;    mount -t smbfs //domain;user:password@server/sharepath /tmp/MountLocation&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Use rsync to backup the files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) Unmount the windows files share when done:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;eg.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [`umount /tmp/MountLocation`] &#xD;&#xA;    then &#xD;&#xA;    	rmdir /tmp/MountLocation&#xD;&#xA;	fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More info about `mount -t smbfs` can be found on it's [man page](http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man8/mount_smbfs.8.html) or [man mount](http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man8/mount.8.html).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Minor Caveats&#xD;&#xA;On the off hand, it should be noted that in Tiger (10.4) StartCalendarInterval has a rather annoying bug when dealing with sleeping that has since been fixed in Leopard (10.5) and later." />
  <row Id="37689" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21194" RevisionGUID="124aaee7-78ea-4928-944c-c337dca59b88" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:19:50.640" UserId="4659" Text="Just start building your own distro. I've done it for yourself and you know what? After 4 mounth I've spend on that I know about Linux internals more that guys around me who are using Linux more the 10 years." />
  <row Id="37690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21195" RevisionGUID="f443c32f-67f4-4833-b164-6ffdf977887f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:34:25.667" Text="&lt;p&gt;in a simple shell script I'm trying to run this command:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;cat /filelocation/myoutput.PDF | /opt/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/bin/acroread -toPostScript&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under most circumstances this is working. Occasionally however, I'm getting an error:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;lp: standard input is empty&#xA;lp: request not accepted&#xA;Broken pipe&#xA;cat: Cannot write to output.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems to occur only under heavy loads where we're processing an extensive amount of pdfs recursively. &#xA;(calling said shell command over and over with different files)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37691" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21195" RevisionGUID="f443c32f-67f4-4833-b164-6ffdf977887f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:34:25.667" Text="cat, pipe, and acroread - why is it failing occasionally?" />
  <row Id="37692" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21195" RevisionGUID="f443c32f-67f4-4833-b164-6ffdf977887f" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:34:25.667" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;shell&gt;" />
  <row Id="37693" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21196" RevisionGUID="2640afb3-7f9e-4b2d-a791-346abafec0c3" CreationDate="2009-06-05T16:37:30.110" Text="&lt;p&gt;This is probably happening if the pipes haven't been closed properly and are trying to reopen. This could happen if you're under heavy load, like you say you are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Try introducing a slowing factor between calls. Maybe throw a 'wait 1' command in there between calls to your script.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21197" RevisionGUID="1e83e0e7-e6cd-4e7b-bd33-aa614c54fa8d" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:31:03.597" UserId="8539" Text="Hello server fault :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Property management at my organization has informed me that our building will be losing power for 4 hours tomorrow.  I need to be prepared for this event (we're a small organization, i'm young, therefore I am I.T).  What sorts of things do I need to be aware of.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am planning on going in and shutting down all machines and printers.  Will this cover me?  We have a managed switch.  Does it need to be shut down?  Do I need to disconnect plugs in case of a surge?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seems like I'll be covered all around if I just unplug everything.  Thanks for any insight though." />
  <row Id="37695" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21197" RevisionGUID="1e83e0e7-e6cd-4e7b-bd33-aa614c54fa8d" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:31:03.597" UserId="8539" Text="Power loss at company" />
  <row Id="37696" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21197" RevisionGUID="1e83e0e7-e6cd-4e7b-bd33-aa614c54fa8d" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:31:03.597" UserId="8539" Text="&lt;power-management&gt;&lt;power&gt;&lt;switch&gt;" />
  <row Id="37697" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21198" RevisionGUID="53d30fd6-faf0-464e-b1de-632a5d781bd5" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:32:05.450" UserId="45" Text="There is a [special version of TCP-Z][1], a tool for &quot;patching&quot; tcpip.sys, for Windows 7 - an indication that this setting still exists in Microsoft new operating system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Disclaimer: it is not advised to change operating system drivers.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.blogsdna.com/2719/windows-7-tcpipsys-auto-patcher-to-remove-tcpip-connection-limit.htm" />
  <row Id="37698" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21199" RevisionGUID="655e6314-402d-484f-bca9-92f5be63a9a1" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:33:15.400" UserId="2711" Text="Well I'll say why I wouldn't deploy a linux desktop fleet above Microsofts products, as of 2009 anyway:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Management on a large scale - nothing even close to Group Policy or Active Directory for Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Useability - most users will be completely lost on a *nix system. Re-training several thousand people just to use an OS is not a trivial or cheap exercise without some proof of massive benefits.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Application support. Many systems in the corporate world are written for Windows. While some of the newer ones have had the foresight to develop in Java and therefore be cross-platform, there are many that havent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In summary? Total Cost of Ownership. An often bandied about term but its true. If an XP license costs $300, that may only be a days wage for a person. If that person needs a days training to learn a different OS, and then a week of impaired productivity as they get used to it, XP has already paid for itself a couple of times over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most people are also familiar with Outlook. An Exchange standard license costs around $700. Divide that among the number of users and, again, it pays for itself in preference to training users to use another tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most end users just want to use the tools they know to do their job. Giving them the tools they already know how to use, even if they cost, is almost always going to be cheaper than re-training them to use &quot;free&quot; products." />
  <row Id="37699" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21200" RevisionGUID="f2f66987-cc5d-417e-8484-ac25e0d487fb" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:37:42.880" UserId="3420" Text="This is excellent! I expect random data corruption on all hardware, but I have noticed that USB devices are so poor that it's an ongoing nightmare. Obviously the root cause was crappy USB chipsets combined with protocol and filesystem developers that don't care about data integrity, but a workaround that makes USB devices usable is very appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should still expect data corruption always, because you don't know what new problems you could encounter that cause it. Keep hashes of all your files before copying a large data set, and verify them after.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cd /oldfs&#xD;&#xA;    find . -type f -exec md5sum {} \; &gt;&amp; /oldfs.md5&#xD;&#xA;    rsync -a . /newfs/&#xD;&#xA;    cd /newfs&#xD;&#xA;    md5sum -c /oldfs.md5 | grep -v OK$&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now that it has been found that the default setting for max_sectors causes corruption on many devices, it would be good to lean on distribution vendors and kernel developers to distribute defaults that focus on data integrity with common devices, and not on performance with a few. The devices being non-compliant is hardly a reason to not use the settings they expect, when data corruption is the result." />
  <row Id="37700" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21201" RevisionGUID="82e35580-d753-468d-bad8-c91a5c77b73c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:40:25.183" UserId="7783" Text="Shut everything down, including switches and routers, and either unplug or turn off at the wall socket. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're worried about surges, is there a budget to get a few small UPS to cover the most critical equipment?" />
  <row Id="37701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21202" RevisionGUID="dfebc366-f7d4-478a-ad2a-add9a20247de" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:41:35.773" UserId="1082" Text="Too late for a rehearsed shut-down scenario .. I suggest you do all you described, then be around when power comes back ..  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;don't forgett to post a note explaining to your collegues what happened .. most of them will have &quot;forgotten&quot; to turn of their computer and might want to know why the system needs to be booted...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="37702" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21203" RevisionGUID="7d4dbaa3-3131-4d30-9864-648626adfc76" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:41:54.400" UserDisplayName="furnace" Text="Hey guys, I'm trying to install SVN on CentOS 5. Unfortunately a simple yum install isn't going to work (afaik) because I'm using the DirectAdmin control panel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When it comes to running 'make' I get this error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lexpat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm new to installing things without yum (!) so am a bit lost. Do you have any advice on how to get past this hurdle?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just to give a little more context to the error;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /apache   -I/usr/include/apache -I/etc/svn-install/subversion-1.6.2/sqlite-amalgamation  -o subversion/svn/util.o -c subversion/svn/util.c&#xD;&#xA;    cd subversion/svn &amp;&amp; /bin/sh /etc/svn-install/subversion-1.6.2/libtool --tag=CC --silent --mode=link gcc  -g -O2  -g -O2 -pthread   -rpath /usr/lib -o svn  add-cmd.o blame-cmd.o cat-cmd.o changelist-cmd.o checkout-cmd.o cleanup-cmd.o commit-cmd.o conflict-callbacks.o copy-cmd.o delete-cmd.o diff-cmd.o export-cmd.o help-cmd.o import-cmd.o info-cmd.o list-cmd.o lock-cmd.o log-cmd.o main.o merge-cmd.o mergeinfo-cmd.o mkdir-cmd.o move-cmd.o notify.o propdel-cmd.o propedit-cmd.o propget-cmd.o proplist-cmd.o props.o propset-cmd.o resolve-cmd.o resolved-cmd.o revert-cmd.o status-cmd.o status.o switch-cmd.o tree-conflicts.o unlock-cmd.o update-cmd.o util.o ../../subversion/libsvn_client/libsvn_client-1.la ../../subversion/libsvn_wc/libsvn_wc-1.la ../../subversion/libsvn_ra/libsvn_ra-1.la ../../subversion/libsvn_delta/libsvn_delta-1.la ../../subversion/libsvn_diff/libsvn_diff-1.la ../../subversion/libsvn_subr/libsvn_subr-1.la /etc/httpd/lib/libaprutil-1.la  -lexpat /etc/httpd/lib/libapr-1.la -luuid -lrt -lcrypt  -lpthread -ldl&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lexpat&#xD;&#xA;    collect2: ld returned 1 exit status&#xD;&#xA;    make: *** [subversion/svn/svn] Error 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="37703" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21203" RevisionGUID="7d4dbaa3-3131-4d30-9864-648626adfc76" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:41:54.400" UserDisplayName="furnace" Text="installing SVN - CentOS - cannot find -lexpat" />
  <row Id="37704" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21203" RevisionGUID="7d4dbaa3-3131-4d30-9864-648626adfc76" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:41:54.400" UserDisplayName="furnace" Text="&lt;centos&gt;&lt;svn&gt;" />
  <row Id="37705" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21204" RevisionGUID="ee54e4b5-926b-4bf8-bf43-5ecfdade73e2" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:42:20.220" UserId="6397" Text="I never considered self-hosted web tracking solution because simply I don't want to add one more thing in my list to manage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use both google analytics and [Reinvigorate][1] the same time on my sites. Both work great. Never had any problem with them. I usually check Google Analytics end of the day and the other during the day, as Reinvigorate provides information more in real time while Google Analytics delays most of the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.reinvigorate.net/" />
  <row Id="37706" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21205" RevisionGUID="8ffecd20-04df-4f44-85bd-7d67e7b79341" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:42:36.460" UserId="7783" Text="The black viper guide is very good but I'm generally of the opinion that you shouldn't fiddle with things you don't understand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're likely to get far more profit from tidying up the system and un-installing stuff you don't use than you are from changing services around." />
  <row Id="37707" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21206" RevisionGUID="ed80d4e0-74fb-4d9b-995a-18d920075fbc" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:43:08.487" UserId="2711" Text="Before the outage:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Power everything off - workstations, servers, printers, switches, the works.&#xD;&#xA;* Turn off your UPS' so they don't panic when power is lost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After outage in this order:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Turn on UPS&#xD;&#xA;* Turn on networking (router, switches etc)&#xD;&#xA;* Turn on servers&#xD;&#xA;* Turn on workstations&#xD;&#xA;* Turn on everything else&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have a test plan ready so you can test important functionality is working&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Internet connectivity&#xD;&#xA;* Email, printing etc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If possible, have a laptop with a separate network connection handy (ie: you can get to the internet without your work router working). That way you have a way to ask for help here if something goes wrong with the networking when it comes back up. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should be fine though - the fact that you took the time to ask here shows you already have the requisite &quot;clue&quot; required for IT support!" />
  <row Id="37708" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21207" RevisionGUID="a285ed53-d51e-451e-9661-0eca9d31bbe3" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:43:28.843" UserId="3420" Text="Users need MS office. Excel really is a lot better than anything else. Other word processors might be acceptable, but it doesn't matter if users refuse to accept it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shared calendaring. Outlook is the only decent email client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many websites work only with IE. This is changing, but still too many to sacrifice a business over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Third party software - most totally critical to the business. With RedHat backing away from Linux on the desktop, there is less and less of a chance that certain software will ever have a Linux version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So far as usability, I saw a major switch from Solaris to Windows on the desktop about 7 years ago. Users had constant usability complaints, and software was installed to provide virtual desktops, etc. But when they found out that they could use Excel and Outlook, it was all worth it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No vendor stands behind Linux on the desktop. Ouch.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21208" RevisionGUID="925dd41c-28e6-4365-88d8-18a993666ba7" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:43:59.670" UserId="3038" Text="Having just done through a datacenter shutdown in the last week, this is fresh on my mind ;). Yes, shutting everything down needs to be done. Some things can tolerate having the power yanked out from underneath them, and they typically can be identified by not having a power switch on them. Depending on what the heck the facilities people are doing, you may want to physically unplug higher value assets from the wall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes you can get sizeable power-surges when power returns, and that can kill gear. Also, be aware of your start-up load. EVERYTHING powering on at once may be enough to pop breakers and bring everything down again. That sucks. Try for a staged power-on to get around this." />
  <row Id="37710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21209" RevisionGUID="95a637d8-5ecd-4faf-809e-7d96ae332275" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:44:01.667" UserId="7619" Text="First of all, you've got good backups, right? :) Always a good idea to make sure that you're all backed up, just in case a disk decides to not spin up, etc. when you bring everything back online. Nothing like breathing easy after a power outage then realizing that one critical SQL server never came back. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second, you're right, gracefully shut down and turn off all servers, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's not a modern building and/or you don't have a UPS in-line with surge protection, (which it sounds like) or anything like that, it's always better being safe rather than sorry, and I would suggest unplugging equipment. Bringing power back online could result in a power spike.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, a little FYI; bring your core servers down last, (such as DNS, etc.) You don't want to bring down your DNS servers and find yourself unable to resolve the rest of the servers if you're shutting them off remotely :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When bringing everything back online, bring the network equipment up first, then your core critical servers, then finally your app/file servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck!" />
  <row Id="37711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21210" RevisionGUID="4a41c62e-f308-4ace-955f-3eb1bba6701f" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:45:32.007" UserId="6689" Text="I'm trying to set up an NFS share on a server 2008 machine, that can be accessed from and ESXi server. However, when asked to provide a list of groups/accounts, the only two options I am given are AD Intergration, and a Username Mapping Server, neither of which I have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A guide I was looking at used the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files, with Windows Services for Unix 3.5, but this isn't compatible with Windows Server 2008 64bit. Is it possible to do this Windows Server 2008, using just the two files, or will I have to use a third party NFS server?" />
  <row Id="37712" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21210" RevisionGUID="4a41c62e-f308-4ace-955f-3eb1bba6701f" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:45:32.007" UserId="6689" Text="Using /etc/passwd with NFS on Server 2008?" />
  <row Id="37713" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21210" RevisionGUID="4a41c62e-f308-4ace-955f-3eb1bba6701f" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:45:32.007" UserId="6689" Text="&lt;nfs&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;vmware-esxi&gt;" />
  <row Id="37714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21211" RevisionGUID="a82c8b46-8ff0-4a35-8e8b-b2e52a0c8675" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:50:16.333" UserId="7137" Text="I assume that since you're using the `STDOUT`/`STDIN` version of `-toPostScript` that you're piping to the output of `acroread` to `lp` (not shown in the question?). I have a feeling you're hitting a spooling issue -- either you're filling up the spool entirely (which causes `lp` to barf) or hitting some other kind of limit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This thread](http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447626+1244310053959+28353475&amp;threadId=1227067) discusses some diagnostics for being unable to print a large file (though I suspect printing many small files in quick succession can cause the same ailments) --&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * **Check if your /var/spool/lp has enough free space.**&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Assuming that /var/spool is the mount point, check if this filesystem has the &quot;largefiles&quot; option turned on. (Probably not applicable to your situation).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know much of anything about printing, but **I definitely think it's `lp` that's causing the problem, not `cat`, `acroread` or pipes** in general. (Though, if you suspect `acroread` you can try `pdf2ps`, a utility that comes with [`xpdf`](http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/))." />
  <row Id="37715" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21211" RevisionGUID="a82c8b46-8ff0-4a35-8e8b-b2e52a0c8675" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:50:16.333" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37716" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21212" RevisionGUID="bebd73c8-0f9a-4043-babf-7b3adaf6e5d7" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:50:32.573" UserId="6558" Text="It all comes down to one word.  &quot;Value&quot;.  Linux is not currently a good value, even though it is &quot;cheaper&quot; than the competitor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Companies are concerned about quarterly costs and revenue.  Therefore, especially in this economy, they're not willing to take a huge financial hit to train new staff so they can save money over 5 years.  If they don't save money NOW they won't be there in 5 years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On top of that, not only will they have to train staff, they will have to put up with reduced productivity and &quot;growing pains&quot; of learning how to use the new products.  That also hurts the bottom line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The fact is, and perhaps ironically, a downturn economy is not the time to be switching to a zero license cost product.  But the again, a good economy has no reason to switch so it's a catch-22.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even if you factor in the costs of virus removal, anti-virus, anti-spyware, etc.. those are costs that are amortized over many quarters, not a gigantic hit upfront.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That doesn't even begin to take into account all the vertical software out there that has no Linux equivelent.  All that VB code will have a hard time being ported to Linux.  Sure, you can use a VM, but then you're still paying for your windows license on top of all the costs of migrating.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21213" RevisionGUID="9174c7d1-95aa-41f0-b7f6-ae14cd06314b" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:52:04.147" UserId="3420" Text="I have seen RAID6 implementations that were about as fast as RAID5, and some that were MANY times slower. You have to test with great caution when using RAID6 - it's the right choice if it works, but it can be a disaster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any recommendation for anandtech or tomshardware for serious advice such as this should be avoided. These are serious issues, and those sites do not do serious testing. They're jokes. Maybe they started off legitimate, but they simply aren't now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have seen workloads that were random-write intensive, with huge amounts of cache, where RAID5 was just as fast or even faster than RAID1+0. This is because the data was being written at a sufficiently slow rate (lots of writes, but all small blocks) where the cache could keep up flushing it to disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You have to test your workload if you really care." />
  <row Id="37718" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21212" RevisionGUID="f6463ffc-d563-41b6-be89-6e69f9362b7f" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:56:50.797" UserId="6558" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="It all comes down to one word.  &quot;Value&quot;.  Linux is not currently a good value, even though it is &quot;cheaper&quot; than the competitor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Companies are concerned about quarterly costs and revenue.  Therefore, especially in this economy, they're not willing to take a huge financial hit to train new staff so they can save money over 5 years.  If they don't save money NOW they won't be there in 5 years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On top of that, not only will they have to train staff, they will have to put up with reduced productivity and &quot;growing pains&quot; of learning how to use the new products.  That also hurts the bottom line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The fact is, and perhaps ironically, a downturn economy is not the time to be switching to a zero license cost product.  But then again, a good economy has no reason to switch so it's a catch-22.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even if you factor in the costs of virus removal, anti-virus, anti-spyware, etc.. those are costs that are amortized over many quarters, not a gigantic hit upfront.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That doesn't even begin to take into account all the vertical software out there that has no Linux equivelent.  All that VB code will have a hard time being ported to Linux.  Sure, you can use a VM, but then you're still paying for your windows license on top of all the costs of migrating.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37719" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21214" RevisionGUID="8d1433e3-35e2-452d-99f1-4b50a8a57481" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:57:38.753" UserId="1585" Text="I am trying to install postfix on a newly build Ubuntu 8.04 on a Dell R200.  When I start the install process&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo apt-get install postfix&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I get stuck at the following screen&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The session becomes non-responsive, enter / ctrl-c ... no response&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas how to get past this hangup?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/58/postfixhung.png&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37720" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21214" RevisionGUID="8d1433e3-35e2-452d-99f1-4b50a8a57481" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:57:38.753" UserId="1585" Text="Installing postfix hangs at Postfix Configuration Screen?" />
  <row Id="37721" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21214" RevisionGUID="8d1433e3-35e2-452d-99f1-4b50a8a57481" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:57:38.753" UserId="1585" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;postfix&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="37722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21215" RevisionGUID="56594f70-d3bd-43ac-b4cc-2170124faa20" CreationDate="2009-06-06T17:58:38.360" UserId="1069" Text="If speed is the ONLY concern, then RAID0 wins hands down no comparison.  But it is rare to only care about speed.  RAID0 has no redundancy at all and is far more likely to fail than a single drive so be careful how you use it." />
  <row Id="37723" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21216" RevisionGUID="5d8b9156-7722-4b88-8e27-adcb89d70cd3" CreationDate="2009-06-06T18:02:48.633" UserId="3950" Text="You are missing the expat development package&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    yum install expat-devel&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and rerun make after that&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;though I doubt this question belongs on SF" />
  <row Id="37724" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21217" RevisionGUID="7cb84ef5-bf51-49b2-92b8-73cd49170736" CreationDate="2009-06-06T18:03:51.890" UserDisplayName="furnace" Text="for CentOS 5: install the expat-devel package&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;rpm -Uvh ftp://mirror.switch.ch/pool/3/mirror/centos/5.3/os/i386/CentOS/expat-devel-1.95.8-8.2.1.i386.rpm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A google for &quot;centos expat devel&quot; got the answer in the end - although I landed on CentOS 4 rpms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&amp;q=centos+expat-devel+rpm&amp;btnG=Google+Search&amp;meta=&amp;aq=f&amp;oq=" />
  <row Id="37725" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21201" RevisionGUID="d1a8ad0a-3df7-40b0-a5c5-d621d02b7831" CreationDate="2009-06-06T18:04:29.083" UserId="7783" Comment="added 393 characters in body" Text="Shut everything down, including switches and routers, and either unplug or turn off at the wall socket. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're worried about surges, is there a budget to get a few small UPS to cover the most critical equipment?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;I like neobyte's suggestion to have a &quot;test plan&quot; for when you bring stuff back up. Even if you just have one in your head, and a firm order to follow to restore services quickly you'll be fine. Make sure people know that you're working to a plan and hopefully they'll understand why switching on their workstation before you've looked at the servers and switch isn't going to help!" />
  <row Id="37726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21218" RevisionGUID="b1cfa726-e275-40ef-a940-e5e24e3512c6" CreationDate="2009-06-06T18:09:19.523" UserId="8543" Text="I'd like to know pros and cons.. reasons for and against the idea of sys admin’s maintaining user account lists with passwords.. and additionally not allowing those users to change their passwords.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I understand that systems like Windows seem to encourage the idea that users should maintain their own password security and be allowed to change their password at will. I can appreciate the need for privacy and users having alibis to protect themselves in the event that a colleagues word disagrees with the system's logs. But at the same time i can also see how some people might justify having user’s passwords on file in the event that access is required to some of the materials that users may want to keep private.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd really love to be educated on this idea." />
  <row Id="37727" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21218" RevisionGUID="b1cfa726-e275-40ef-a940-e5e24e3512c6" CreationDate="2009-06-06T18:09:19.523" UserId="8543" Text="What are the arguments for and against a network policy where the sys admin knows users passwords?" />
  <row Id="37728" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21218" RevisionGUID="b1cfa726-e275-40ef-a940-e5e24e3512c6" CreationDate="2009-06-06T18:09:19.523" UserId="8543" Text="&lt;password&gt;&lt;policy&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;privacy&gt;&lt;rights&gt;" />
  <row Id="37729" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21138" RevisionGUID="a9cecb91-cd37-48e6-9b88-b74d36c6debc" CreationDate="2009-06-06T18:11:34.077" UserId="4979" Comment="added 171 characters in body; added 18 characters in body" Text="In short, no. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With Vista pre-sp2 it depended on the version. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/413110/which-is-the-maximum-number-of-windows-concurrent-tcp-ip-connections/929973#929973 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since Vista SP2 the limitation have been removed from TCPIP.SYS, and has been configurable through a registry key. Windows7 should follow that same behavior ([source][1] and [for 7][2], and [here][3]), but of course we will not know for 7 definitely until RTM since appart from technial there may be license restrictions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969710&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/itprovistasp/thread/2afc725f-44fd-4ae1-9eb8-f0c3a0f552bc/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://deepxw.blogspot.com/2009/05/say-bye-to-half-open-tcp-connections.html" />
  <row Id="37730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21219" RevisionGUID="4aa9877e-2208-4248-938b-81e21fa82c67" CreationDate="2009-06-06T18:13:20.547" UserId="6689" Text="A sysadmin should be able to access any files a user has, unless they're encrypted, in which case the user's Windows password won't help. Having the system knowing the passwords means that you can never know if a user did something, or a sysadmin did, which could cause a lot of problems if you ever get into a dispute. The passwords would have to be stored somewhere, which means there's the potential for them to be lost. Finally, users will find it harder to remember a password they didn't create.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The pros are that there's no need to reset passwords, but you'll have to remind users of them. It also makes it easier to login to users accounts, but outside of testing or diagnosing a problem, this isn't needed, and you can get the passwords on a case by case basis then.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There really isn't any reason to do this, it creates a lot of problems, for no real gain." />
  <row Id="37731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21220" RevisionGUID="5dbd85e1-e7f2-4c82-b09d-390a45ef3970" CreationDate="2009-06-06T18:16:36.267" UserId="7342" Text="Administrators can always change a user's password. They have no reason to know the user's password. If there is a problem or the user is away and someone else needs access to files, then a manager can ask for the password to be changed for the day and the user can set their password back the next time they are in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a benefit in administrators trying to crack users' passwords to prevent weak passwords being used." />
  <row Id="37732" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21221" RevisionGUID="dbe9d5a4-62b0-41f3-ac2c-0c899d4b4075" CreationDate="2009-06-06T18:21:48.453" UserId="4955" Text="There is no justification. A sysadmin can change the password if needed but they should not know or store it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are *only* cons.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What about my private information that I expect HR to keep private?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finding out where I live because I took their parking space... posting my salary on the internet... passing on information to an ex.. emailed porn to the management has my name attached...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd be surprised if a company has such a policy written down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37733" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21222" RevisionGUID="71b19f41-3edb-4ce9-9251-58367f7d4dc8" CreationDate="2009-06-06T18:31:01.743" UserId="2413" Text="i know it might sound silly but connect to that machine over some ssh client ( from linux in x from graphical terminal or via putty in windows ) and enlarge the window. as i remember in this dialog there is combo below where you select desired configuration." />
  <row Id="37734" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21223" RevisionGUID="7c8b6127-8529-4456-92aa-61e62854e976" CreationDate="2009-06-06T18:35:59.440" UserId="1069" Text="Take a look at [SpiceWorks][1].  SpiceWorks uses WMI and SSH to collect this information from Windows, Mac and Linux machines.  Not a script but a complete solution including a local database for what you are looking for here.  Worth taking a look at least.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.spiceworks.com/" />
  <row Id="37735" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21224" RevisionGUID="0b587b97-da47-4e0b-826e-9c21b3a80d0b" CreationDate="2009-06-06T18:36:44.710" UserId="2604" Text="Applications, applications, applications!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When a company has significant investments in Windows-only software and devices and the training that goes along with them, it will never be cost-effective to make a whole-company change in platform.  The Windows license cost, included in the price of a new machine, is miniscule compared to the expenditure required to change tens or hundreds of applications and retrain users.  It may be feasible to move some machines to Linux if the number or type of applications is limited, such as in a single department or for kiosks; however, why increase the number of platforms and associated administrative burden for a small number of deskops when you are already supporting two or three versions of desktop Windows in the rest of the company, and when the existing solutions works fine?" />
  <row Id="37736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21225" RevisionGUID="e6f0a7be-65e6-4131-b43f-370241c947fa" CreationDate="2009-06-06T18:44:57.067" UserId="6397" Text="I tend to against the policy where sysadmin should know the password. It should be based on case by case. Whenever we as IT person need the users' password to do the work, we should be asking for them and advise the user to change them once we finish our work. And IT shouldn't store any passwords in any format.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I also have to admit that sometime having a password sheet is very handy, very very handy." />
  <row Id="37737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21226" RevisionGUID="f54970ae-89a0-4355-8023-4b8ae29bffd7" CreationDate="2009-06-06T18:45:06.177" UserId="8047" Text="If you are using InnoDB tables, there is a commercial tool called &quot;hot backup&quot; that creates a consistent backup while the server is up.  I won't link it as it's a commercial site, but a google search should bring it up if you're interested.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With other table formats, you can obtain a read lock on the tables, then copy the underlying data files, but this will block write operations to the tables, so you have to do it when applications are not relying on writes or with applications that have been written to handle a failed write gracefully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More info in the MySQL docs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/replication-howto-rawdata.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37738" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21227" RevisionGUID="67351057-ea76-4664-a469-c1c75362ba72" CreationDate="2009-06-06T18:46:45.970" UserId="103" Text="I am wondering if there is a way to change the group policy settings for accounts, namely&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Log on locally&#xD;&#xA; - Log on as a service&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;without using the GUI? For instance can I use powershell or the registry for those?" />
  <row Id="37739" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21227" RevisionGUID="67351057-ea76-4664-a469-c1c75362ba72" CreationDate="2009-06-06T18:46:45.970" UserId="103" Text="Change group policy settings for accounts?" />
  <row Id="37740" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21227" RevisionGUID="67351057-ea76-4664-a469-c1c75362ba72" CreationDate="2009-06-06T18:46:45.970" UserId="103" Text="&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;registry&gt;" />
  <row Id="37741" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21224" RevisionGUID="778359b2-52f5-4e7d-9e77-209048243c70" CreationDate="2009-06-06T18:47:49.650" UserId="2604" Comment="Added an inequality." Text="Applications, applications, applications!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When a company has significant investments in Windows-only software and devices and the training that goes along with them, it will never be cost-effective to make a whole-company change in platform.  The Windows license cost, included in the price of a new machine, is miniscule compared to the expenditure required to change tens or hundreds of applications and retrain users.  It may be feasible to move some machines to Linux if the number or type of applications is limited, such as in a single department or for kiosks; however, why increase the number of platforms and associated administrative burden for a small number of deskops when you are already supporting two or three versions of desktop Windows in the rest of the company, and when the existing solutions works fine?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux as a desktop operating system is only viable in corporations that already have Windows-based systems when the following is true:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[cost of replacing all Windows-only applications]  &#xD;&#xA;  + [cost of administrator training]  &#xD;&#xA;  + [cost of user training]  &#xD;&#xA;&lt;  &#xD;&#xA;[cost of existing software license and maintenance agreements]  &#xD;&#xA;  + [Windows license portion of new machine cost each year] × *n*,  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where *n* is the number of years over which management can depreciate all the costs on the left side of the inequality. This also requires that the company has enough cash on hand or is willing to borrow enough to pay for those costs." />
  <row Id="37742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21228" RevisionGUID="206b0b37-1e8e-4337-8eca-e27801179cc3" CreationDate="2009-06-06T18:49:34.467" UserId="6246" Text="To crib the best comments from [Percona's take on this][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[Comment 4: Robert Wultsch][2]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I prefer the following as it will kill them in a multi threaded manner… (sometimes killing a single query can take a while)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for i in $(mysql -uroot -pPASS -e&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ’show processlist’ | grep&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ’search_term’ | awk ‘{print $1}’); do&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; mysql -uroot -pPASS -e “kill $i” &amp;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[Comment 8: Shlomi Noach][3]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An [INFORMATION_SCHEMA.PROCESSLIST stored procedure][4] which is a bit verbose to copy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[Comment 16: Bryan][5]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If information_schema.processlist doesn’t exist on your version of MySQL, this works in a linux script:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;pre&gt;#!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; for each in `mysqladmin -u root -prootpwd processlist | awk &#xD;&#xA;&gt; ‘{print $2, $4, $8}’ | grep $dbname | grep $dbuser | awk ‘{print $1}’`;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; do mysqladmin -u root -prootpwd kill $each;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; done&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[Comment 21: Andrew Watson][6]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; mysqladmin proc | grep Sleep | sort -r&#xD;&#xA;&gt; -n -k6 | awk {’print $1; ‘} | xargs mysqladmin kill&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or something to that effect…&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2009/05/21/mass-killing-of-mysql-connections/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2009/05/21/mass-killing-of-mysql-connections/#comment-564930&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2009/05/21/mass-killing-of-mysql-connections/#comment-564998&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2009/05/21/mass-killing-of-mysql-connections/#comment-564998&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2009/05/21/mass-killing-of-mysql-connections/#comment-567874&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2009/05/21/mass-killing-of-mysql-connections/#comment-569160" />
  <row Id="37744" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18994" RevisionGUID="a0066d0a-94d3-4b33-85a1-419cbfe4d868" CreationDate="2009-06-06T18:53:00.200" UserId="7809" />
  <row Id="37745" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21230" RevisionGUID="db65a66f-1be2-4b32-b7b9-b6cea9156fc0" CreationDate="2009-06-06T18:55:53.517" UserId="103" Text="Firefox adoption in the home/personal user base seems to be growing fine, but adoption in the enterprise is not going anywhere quickly. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My view on this is because SysAdmins are not promoting it within the organisations because Interner Explorer has features which make it more acceptable to an enterprise, such as&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Managing settings via GPO&#xD;&#xA; - Integration into the rest of the update stack&#xD;&#xA; - Support of common business applications&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So what would you add to Firefox to get it more promotion by SysAdmins in the enterprise?" />
  <row Id="37746" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21230" RevisionGUID="db65a66f-1be2-4b32-b7b9-b6cea9156fc0" CreationDate="2009-06-06T18:55:53.517" UserId="103" Text="What features would you add to Firefox to get it into the enterprise?" />
  <row Id="37747" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21230" RevisionGUID="db65a66f-1be2-4b32-b7b9-b6cea9156fc0" CreationDate="2009-06-06T18:55:53.517" UserId="103" Text="&lt;firefox&gt;&lt;features&gt;&lt;enterprise&gt;" />
  <row Id="37748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21231" RevisionGUID="f954a714-ca05-4a61-8f27-db623808340c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T18:57:46.947" UserId="2604" Text="You could try to figure out where in the registry those specific policy settings are stored, and then manipulate them in a script using reg.exe.  Keep in mind, though, that Group Policy will override your settings at each refresh.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not aware of any command-line based GPO editing tools, if that is what you mean." />
  <row Id="37749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21232" RevisionGUID="6242aa94-0f21-4d3f-bdc3-614e7230dd1c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T19:04:29.303" UserId="7591" Text="Our network involves a series of dumb text terminals which telnet into a SCO OpenServer 6 server.  Occasionally, one of these terminals will crash, forcing the operator to move to a different terminal until the broken terminal is either repaired or replaced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This normally leaves hanging processes, and the related annoyances of important files not being closed down properly.  Rather than manually killing the processes and closing/repairing the unclosed files, it would be so much more practical to just 'reattach' the existing processes to the new terminal and allow the operator to continue as if nothing happened.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the question is: Is this even possible?  And if so, what is the best way for me to go about doing it?" />
  <row Id="37750" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21232" RevisionGUID="6242aa94-0f21-4d3f-bdc3-614e7230dd1c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T19:04:29.303" UserId="7591" Text="Is is possible to reattach a telnet connection?" />
  <row Id="37751" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21232" RevisionGUID="6242aa94-0f21-4d3f-bdc3-614e7230dd1c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T19:04:29.303" UserId="7591" Text="&lt;telnet&gt;&lt;terminal&gt;&lt;unix&gt;" />
  <row Id="37752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21233" RevisionGUID="1d1f0f16-b355-4266-ac08-324fad05ec4e" CreationDate="2009-06-06T19:09:56.220" UserId="4392" Text="This is what the 'screen' utility was invented for. Although I've used it mainly on Linux, there's absolutely no reason a port for your OS couldn't exist. It's part of the gnu tool set, and I haven't found a port, but one probably exists (or could). " />
  <row Id="37753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21234" RevisionGUID="b889ce7f-894f-486b-b002-6239efec704f" CreationDate="2009-06-06T19:14:46.087" UserId="8493" Text="The only thing I'd add is to make sure you have all your support contracts and replacement parts easily findable.  I'm sure you do, but double and triple check that.  If you've had servers that haven't powered down in a long time you'll occasionally find issues with all the moving parts (hard drive bearings/motors, fan motors and bearings and some really silly stuff that we normally don't think about).  &#xD;&#xA;If you can be there for the duration, make up a list for your important servers including their service tag, configurations, where the backups are and any people that might be responsible for apps on each machine.  Tape that up on the side of the server in question, or have it in a binder in the datacenter for when you start trying to bring things back up.  You don't want to have to keep running all over your office if something is broken." />
  <row Id="37754" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21235" RevisionGUID="95b84413-4815-47a7-b99b-5678ec05d54b" CreationDate="2009-06-06T19:15:44.447" UserId="1840" Text="As others have already noted here: No good reason for IT to know user's password, instead the access of user's password might serve a negative situation in a few forms.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**In addition to what has already been said**, if you do need to know a password is local administrator's password for the machine (or root), and the master encryption password for the System.  Anything having to do with user profiles should be considered off-limits, unless there is an administrative request to query these files (there are tools for that)" />
  <row Id="37755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21236" RevisionGUID="2fb78f85-6e34-4037-836e-050f00d51819" CreationDate="2009-06-06T19:20:19.320" UserId="8493" Text="Unix centric answer (simple tools) : &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **ntop** (can't believe I haven't seen this yet)&#xD;&#xA; - **tcpdump/snoop**&#xD;&#xA; - double recommendation for **sar**&#xD;&#xA; - **rsync** (life would suck more than anything without it)" />
  <row Id="37756" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21236" RevisionGUID="2fb78f85-6e34-4037-836e-050f00d51819" CreationDate="2009-06-06T19:20:19.320" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37757" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21237" RevisionGUID="c35cbee6-6ac0-4bcc-b8ef-d12f758968d2" CreationDate="2009-06-06T19:23:23.103" UserId="2711" Text="From my perspective:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Why add an additional browser to the software you manage?&#xD;&#xA;* IE can be managed through Group Policy with the rest of the OS.&#xD;&#xA;* IE is patch managed along with the OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use Firefox myself, but would prefer not to deploy it across a fleet. It doesn't add enough to justify the management." />
  <row Id="37758" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21238" RevisionGUID="6ee4bf73-94ec-4f11-9c48-222725aee7cc" CreationDate="2009-06-06T19:43:17.137" UserId="7783" Text="If it came in MSI format for easy allocation to Windows workstations, and could be managed by GPO and Apple Open Directory then it would be perfect. It would also need to work well with things like Sharepoint, but I suspect that's an issue for the people designing sites in Sharepoint rather than mozilla.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know there's currently a fork of firefox that is designed to work with GPOs, but I'm talking about having it work with the &quot;standard&quot; product out of the box, and being able to control *and lock down* and any all preferences.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As neobyte says, patch management is also an issue. Firefox's current method doesn't scale for business imho." />
  <row Id="37759" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21239" RevisionGUID="991c0b0d-cece-4712-9e86-ded9d4c88dc9" CreationDate="2009-06-06T19:47:08.143" UserId="7083" Text="An alternative solution is to use an approach that [Digg describe][1], which is to automatically prune any SELECT queries which take longer than an allotted period of time to complete. Generally speaking you only want to prune SELECT queries because they are read-only and shouldn't affect the data integrity of your application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Two such utilities that you can use to automate this are [dbmon.pl][2] and mkill which is part of a package called [mtop][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.digg.com/?p=213&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://faemalia.net/mysqlUtils/dbmon.pl&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://mtop.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="37760" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21240" RevisionGUID="6d7c76ec-1362-47fb-a886-c93eeb0cb0e6" CreationDate="2009-06-06T19:47:15.507" UserId="8493" Text="Are you looking for some basic firewall/topology suggestions?  I like the idea of using things like **pound** to prevent access directly to the PHP webserver from the unwashed internets.  That way you can also segregate the webserver from other parts of your network as well." />
  <row Id="37761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21241" RevisionGUID="33ffa885-b7a4-4df4-96c5-3b9d2cd2eb15" CreationDate="2009-06-06T19:50:13.907" UserId="1620" Text="Software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - From dev's point of view, that would mean finding an alternative to Visual C++, and a way to mantain the existing software compiled with that app.&#xD;&#xA; - Creatives should find an alternative to Photoshop, Flash, etc.&#xD;&#xA; - The Call Center should find an alternative to our main CRM app (Windows/IE only).&#xD;&#xA; - From the users' point of view, that would mean searching for some office suite that has equivalents of Word, Outlook, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That alternative doesn't exist, IMHO, still.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21242" RevisionGUID="340efd7f-e227-4d9c-9322-c210d0b2a0ee" CreationDate="2009-06-06T19:51:52.173" UserId="8493" Text="One thing that might help memory growth over time is setting the httpd keepalive lower, but I'd test that carefully in case your application needs longer lived processes." />
  <row Id="37763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21243" RevisionGUID="13072c20-38c5-4578-89d1-94bfb769e010" CreationDate="2009-06-06T19:57:24.440" UserId="8493" Text="Someone else mentioned this, and I think its the thing that helped me most with using various linux flavors.  If you feel you have a reasonable handle on linux, start using open/net/freebsd.  &#xD;&#xA;As for why, most linux folks I've worked with may use one or two linux distros that aren't all that different from the other.  Sure, most of them knew those distros like the back of their hand, but they could still get surprised on an alarming basis with certain things.  I think (not to start a flame war) that the way the BSDs are assembled its a little easier to discover the &quot;why&quot; of the way things are done (plus, lurking on the bsd mailing lists they explain that &quot;why&quot; to death).  It comes down to changing your point of view, it may never occur to you to ask why certain things are the way they are until someone does it in a completely different manner." />
  <row Id="37764" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21244" RevisionGUID="e60b3726-f724-48b4-9e22-e93b63fc282d" CreationDate="2009-06-06T19:59:28.320" UserId="8047" Text="Don't mix up authentication and authorization.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A password proves to the system who you are (authentication)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Group membership and filesystem permissions typically dicates what you can do (authorization).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To give a trusted admin access to files that are owned by someone else, you bump up their authorization level.  You do not let them log in as if they were the other person.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37765" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21245" RevisionGUID="285851bc-04b5-4efb-9ce9-39e853b28dfc" CreationDate="2009-06-06T20:11:55.300" UserId="8554" Text="Screen is wonderful, as the previous answer has noted. It will probably solve your issue. For situations where screen is not appropriate (i.e. running a background task) look at nohup." />
  <row Id="37766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21246" RevisionGUID="3c7be65c-48a0-40e5-9e4f-0fb6d17ce2ae" CreationDate="2009-06-06T20:16:24.417" UserId="7486" Text="Keep in mind that if you go for having written down username/password combos, you have a very important list.  Losing that list, or, worse yet, having someone copy that list without you knowing that a copy was made, would be a big big problem.  And you really really do not want that in a file one some disk somewhere, which would be the common solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is one of the many reasons why one does not write down passwords in clear text." />
  <row Id="37767" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21141" RevisionGUID="bc036b88-a486-49d5-bdda-f6988efdb75b" CreationDate="2009-06-06T20:17:34.087" UserId="984" Comment="edited body; edited title" Text="I'm sharing a dreamhost account with a friend: each one of us share this space and he already has 2 registered domains. I have none. I mainly use it to host some other friends systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm planning in doing a small specific website, but I dont want to ask for my friend to create a subdomain for me because it doesn't make any sense to his websites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I wanna know is: is it possible to use a dyndns account (mydomain.dyndns.org) or similar to point to a directory in dreamhost as if it was a domain? If so, what do I need to do to accomplish this configuration?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;EDIT:&lt;/b&gt; Thanks for all your answers. I don't plan to buy a domain since I don't have a credit card and here in my country the domains make public some personal information (like a &quot;social security number&quot; equivalent I think) that I don't agree with. And the domain is a test, it's possibly to change, so I would just test it and &quot;throw it away&quot; after the testing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've found a &quot;free domain service for the first year&quot;, http://www.co.cc/. But I don't know this company so well, and I know that dyndns is a good one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not so experienced in dreamhost's panel and DNS, sorry if this is too &quot;noob&quot;. Do you know which tutorials should I read about DNS concepts and dreamhost to setup a dyndns solution like the one proposed by &lt;b&gt;hark&lt;/b&gt;?" />
  <row Id="37768" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="21141" RevisionGUID="bc036b88-a486-49d5-bdda-f6988efdb75b" CreationDate="2009-06-06T20:17:34.087" UserId="984" Comment="edited body; edited title" Text="Is it possible to use a dyndns subdomain in third party host providers?" />
  <row Id="37769" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21247" RevisionGUID="291fd1d4-bd39-4027-a5a4-5acb8723161e" CreationDate="2009-06-06T20:23:18.443" UserId="8550" Text="I'm currently running 125 Django sites on a single dedicated box at GoDaddy.  The sites are relativelly low traffic and I'm wondering what i can do to optimize the memory usage in my apache config.  Before I tuned the prefork directives to a lower MaxServer and MaxrequestsPerChild, the box would hang after about 5 hours of being live.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been scowering google for answers, but I can't come up with anything definite for the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Are there any arguments for mod\_python vs mod\_wsgi in multi site django installs&#xD;&#xA; - Is there a way to optimize static file serving to conserve memory in apache virtual hosts? (/site_media/ vs media.domain.com)&#xD;&#xA; - What is the argument for prefork vs worker and memory usage in a multi VirtualNameHost environment?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Current config file included below:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	ServerAdmin webmaster@domain.com&#xD;&#xA;    	DocumentRoot /var/www/projectroot/django/chat/static&#xD;&#xA;    	ServerName domain.com&#xD;&#xA;    	ServerAlias www.domain.com&#xD;&#xA;        Alias /media /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/media&#xD;&#xA;    	ErrorLog logs/www.domain.com-error_log&#xD;&#xA;    	CustomLog logs/www.domain.com-access_log common&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Location &quot;/&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            SetHandler python-program&#xD;&#xA;            PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython&#xD;&#xA;            PythonPath &quot;['/var/www/domain/django'] + sys.path&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE chat.settings_domain1 #chat is the name of the project all the sites reside in&#xD;&#xA;            PythonDebug Off&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Location &quot;/media&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            SetHandler None&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Location &quot;/site_media&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            SetHandler None&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;-Tom" />
  <row Id="37770" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21247" RevisionGUID="291fd1d4-bd39-4027-a5a4-5acb8723161e" CreationDate="2009-06-06T20:23:18.443" UserId="8550" Text="Way to configure apache for ~125 django sites to optimize memory usage (mod_python v mod_wsgi; worker vs prefork; static files)" />
  <row Id="37771" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21247" RevisionGUID="291fd1d4-bd39-4027-a5a4-5acb8723161e" CreationDate="2009-06-06T20:23:18.443" UserId="8550" Text="&lt;django&gt;&lt;memory&gt;&lt;optimization&gt;&lt;virtualhosts&gt;" />
  <row Id="37772" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21248" RevisionGUID="437a1248-b924-4046-b672-0050a8f5293f" CreationDate="2009-06-06T20:27:53.643" UserId="8493" Text="**top** is a good tool (if its installed), but the other one I like for a real quick look to see if anything is wrong is **dmesg**.  That should let you know if the server's experiencing something incredibly major (disconnected nics, disk faults, memory faults etc)." />
  <row Id="37773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21249" RevisionGUID="cf0ce6fb-72a3-427a-8ed3-b906b73964d4" CreationDate="2009-06-06T20:28:16.203" UserId="2427" Text="I don't yet have an answer for you, only more questions..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would start with running prstat (top) to see if you can determine if there is a specific process that is causing the slowdown.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You mention &quot;... I installed the system using the text mode - running the GUI on a remote X server.&quot;  Are you still using the remote X server, or are you running a local X server &#xD;&#xA;and that is where the problem happens?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does it happen to more than one user?" />
  <row Id="37774" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20744" RevisionGUID="cd85ba87-823f-4902-a27e-36db52d5c99e" CreationDate="2009-06-06T20:34:35.177" UserId="2390" Comment="added 743 characters in body" Text="I have a windows home server that just told me that I couldn't add a new PC to my server since I had reached the 10 computer limit.  Yet when I log into the console, I see 9 computers in the list.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm wondering if there's a phantom computer somehow stuck in the server's settings that just isn't being shown.  Anyone know how i can get it to allow my 10th computer to be allowed to be added?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT/RESOLVED:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So - since I can't post the answer here since someone thought this question was not worth posting on serverfault - i'll answer it here in the question itself instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found a registry setting that has a folder for each machine added to the WHS server - and one of the folders below this key looked quite incomplete.  So - I exported that registry key, and then deleted it.  Once I deleted it - the WHS server let me add my 10th client.  The key that I found is here - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Home Server\Transport\Clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks to all that took an interest in this question, and to those of you that tried to help even though others thought it was inappropriate for the serverfault site." />
  <row Id="37775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21250" RevisionGUID="6fcad53d-fc81-423a-9a7d-9a53becd1953" CreationDate="2009-06-06T20:43:31.600" UserId="5268" Text="Asterisk is overkill - but would work without issue.  Save some time  and get a voice capable modem and use vgetty.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a tutorial which shows an 11 line perl script for playing a message over an outbound call: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.webreference.com/perl/tutorial/14/2.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37776" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21251" RevisionGUID="e87b3889-5fb2-48cf-ae5c-2ad5c5727a8a" CreationDate="2009-06-06T20:51:36.640" UserId="8558" Text="I am a software developer.  I travel and sometimes have a need to access my files at home and tweak other family members computers.  I would like to connect to my home network via VPN and then RDP into whatever machine i need to.  Currently i have a Windows Server 08 machine, which is my file server, database server, web server (for development work), source control repository, etc. (and also somewhat of a workstation when i need it to be).  I want to use this same machine to run my VPN through.  I have a linksys WRTG54 router.  My ISP is AT&amp;T DSL, with a dynamic IP address - so i'm assuming I'll either need to request a static IP or sign up with one of those static ip services.. where it keeps your dynamic ip synced up with a static one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While I do understand software engineering I am no expert in networking.  What do i need to do to setup my VPN?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37777" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21251" RevisionGUID="e87b3889-5fb2-48cf-ae5c-2ad5c5727a8a" CreationDate="2009-06-06T20:51:36.640" UserId="8558" Text="How to setup VPN on home network" />
  <row Id="37778" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21251" RevisionGUID="e87b3889-5fb2-48cf-ae5c-2ad5c5727a8a" CreationDate="2009-06-06T20:51:36.640" UserId="8558" Text="&lt;home&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="37779" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21068" RevisionGUID="4aa08f34-f6ef-41b9-837f-308400175c0a" CreationDate="2009-06-06T20:54:13.483" UserId="3026" Comment="changed Media Center to home server, to make it system releated. Why is sharing files not system releated? If I was writing Windows Server instead of Windows 7 Media Center, the question would be just as valid. I don't get it." Text="I have a home server (running Windows 7 Media Center 24/7) on my home network - sitting behind a NAT ADSL router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to enable access to music, movies, pictures etc. from the Internet. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to know what you think is the best way of sharing files in this setup?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm thinking of FTP or Standard Windows Share? FTP would require port 21 open in the router and redirected to the Media Center... but which ports are required for Windows sharing?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there other better and more secure alternatives?" />
  <row Id="37780" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19639" RevisionGUID="31229cb7-2e78-46a4-b660-e243bebb9a12" CreationDate="2009-06-06T20:55:23.747" UserId="5473" Comment="gammar." Text="This isn't an answer, but a workaround. Use [screen][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you first log in, run screen. You get another shell, run commands in that. If you're disconnected, the screen process keeps the terminal alive so that your shell and the processes it is running don't fall over. When you reconnect, run 'screen -r' to resume.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a bunch more to configuring and using screen, but the above should workaround your problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/" />
  <row Id="37781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21252" RevisionGUID="270342f7-f5a7-4654-ac81-41c94b9e90a8" CreationDate="2009-06-06T20:55:33.323" UserId="2503" Text="mysqldump does normally create consistent snapshots (unless you tell it not to). It achieves this by locking the whole server using a global read lock, which is not desirable in most cases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you use InnoDB tables exclusively, you can use a transactional dump which is also consistent but won't lock anything out (for long)." />
  <row Id="37782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21253" RevisionGUID="d757db7a-e8b3-4d58-84fe-d17741712e3c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T20:56:13.790" UserId="5268" Text="They removed that feature in w2008&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753302.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; User Name Mapping has changed—server functionality no longer exists, but client functionality is present. Services for NFS can still retrieve mappings from existing legacy User Name Mapping servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So you would need a w2003 server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't tried it in 2008, but the article implies you can use local accounts - if you select the AD option, does it proceed without a domain?" />
  <row Id="37783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21254" RevisionGUID="bc8fbb5d-ef43-4467-aaf3-011d10e3cbac" CreationDate="2009-06-06T20:57:35.020" UserId="7993" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where can I download the latest x64 version of the SonicWall Global VPN Client?" />
  <row Id="37784" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21254" RevisionGUID="bc8fbb5d-ef43-4467-aaf3-011d10e3cbac" CreationDate="2009-06-06T20:57:35.020" UserId="7993" Text="Where can I download the latest 64 bit version of the SonicWall VPN client " />
  <row Id="37785" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21254" RevisionGUID="bc8fbb5d-ef43-4467-aaf3-011d10e3cbac" CreationDate="2009-06-06T20:57:35.020" UserId="7993" Text="&lt;sonicwall&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="37786" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21254" RevisionGUID="bc8fbb5d-ef43-4467-aaf3-011d10e3cbac" CreationDate="2009-06-06T20:57:35.020" UserId="7993" />
  <row Id="37787" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21255" RevisionGUID="6901ee56-250b-4ac1-9dee-621edd869422" CreationDate="2009-06-06T19:56:57.007" Text="&lt;p&gt;How do you do a headless install of linux? No monitor, no keyboard. Machine has floopy and cd drive. Can I configure a live cd to run sshd with a preconfigured pass or something similar and manage it via that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instructions for fedora 8+ would be ace but anything else also welcomed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cheers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37788" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21255" RevisionGUID="6901ee56-250b-4ac1-9dee-621edd869422" CreationDate="2009-06-06T19:56:57.007" Text="Headless linux install" />
  <row Id="37789" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21255" RevisionGUID="6901ee56-250b-4ac1-9dee-621edd869422" CreationDate="2009-06-06T19:56:57.007" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;fedora&gt;&lt;not-programming-related&gt;" />
  <row Id="37790" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21256" RevisionGUID="04935cca-98c0-4191-81f8-1a69f630e9a1" CreationDate="2009-06-06T20:00:51.167" Text="&lt;p&gt;Wrong side, this should be asked on &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ServerFault&lt;/a&gt;. To be more helpful, you are looking for &lt;a href=&quot;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Kickstart&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;kickstart&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37791" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21254" RevisionGUID="72ca6908-9e0c-41ee-9bac-76c6a5f5fd3e" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:02:51.920" UserId="7993" Comment="Added some additional tags" Text="&lt;sonicwall&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;x64&gt;&lt;64-bit&gt;" />
  <row Id="37792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21257" RevisionGUID="4a40edeb-8064-410d-8575-733358550d11" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:03:23.480" UserId="5268" Text="I would install openvpn. http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a tutorial for using windows as a server and client&#xD;&#xA;http://www.runpcrun.com/howtoopenvpn&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll need dynamic DNS on your server and forward the openvpn port on your linksys to your server.  Once openvpn is configured, you'll be able to connect to your dynamic DNS host name from where ever you are and get full access to your home network." />
  <row Id="37793" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21145" RevisionGUID="1fbbf9b6-d386-461f-a6c0-70f8da0fc0cf" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:04:45.410" UserId="7137" Comment="added 1169 characters in body; deleted 17 characters in body" Text="Two things to note about Dreamhost's shared hosting --&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * They don't let you run persistent processes, so the de-factor updaters are going to get killed.&#xD;&#xA; * Their shared hosting servers should have a static IP address, so you don't strictly need an updater. You just need a way to prevent DynDNS from expiring your entry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Use a Shell Script + Cron Updater&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The easiest way to get around the first problem is to write a shell script which checks your IP address and sends an update to DynDNS if necessary. You can find [scripts which do this](http://dyndnscommunity.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&amp;t=731) -- you just have to enter your username/password and make sure they work correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you've confirmed that it works, have your friend set up a cron job via the DreamHost web panel to run your script once a month (or however often DynDNS expects you to update) so they don't delete your entry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Use a CNAME Entry&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a bit of a hack. The idea is that your friend's domain has the correct IP address, so a CNAME entry which points to the right IP address will also be right. I don't know if DynDNS lets you create CNAME entries, but NoIP does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Despite that, you'll probably still have to run some kind of update script to pingback to DynDNS every so often so they don't delete your entry for inactivity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Buy an Actual Domain&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seriously they're like $10.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Configuring Dreamhost to Serve the Domain&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I'm not so experienced in dreamhost's panel and DNS, sorry if this is too &quot;noob&quot;. Do you know which tutorials should I read about DNS concepts and dreamhost to setup a dyndns solution like the one proposed by hark?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DreamHost has some pretty good documentation in some areas on their site. [Here's one of their knowledge base articles on how to add a domain](http://wiki.dreamhost.com/KB_/_Domains_/_Adding_Extra_Domains#How_do_I_add_a_domain_or_sub_domain_to_my_account.3F). Effectively --&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you've got a DNS entry pointing at the server's IP address (ie, the domain resolves to the right address), you can use DreamHost's control panel to set the account up to serve that domain. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  1. Simply log in, and from the **Main Menu** select **Domains**. &#xD;&#xA;  2. At the very top it'll have a button to **Add a New Domain**.&#xD;&#xA;  3. On the page which that button takes you, you want the **Fully Hosted** option. Drop your domain (the DynDNS one) into the **Domain to host** field and you should be all set.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Someone else will have to provide links to a list of DNS tutorials :)" />
  <row Id="37794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21258" RevisionGUID="ea1135b2-d705-4bbd-8865-e00895d277ea" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:07:14.500" UserId="4733" Text="What if you setup a machine and created your custom rules, then exported the rules to an accessible location.  Could a logon script or a batch file import the rules somehow?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;..just a guess." />
  <row Id="37795" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21256" RevisionGUID="b9fb5f5a-e15f-4d3c-a442-3910f15a278c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:09:44.107" UserId="7342" Comment="added 265 characters in body; deleted 15 characters in body" Text="For Redhat/CentOS/Fedora, you are looking for &lt;a href=&quot;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Kickstart&quot;&gt;kickstart&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Ubuntu and Debian you want to look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed&quot;&gt;preseeding&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both work in much the same way by feeding the installer a file that answers all the questions that the installer would normally ask you for. They also allow you to run scripts after the installation has completed, so you can customize the install." />
  <row Id="37796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21259" RevisionGUID="93f3086f-25ea-48b9-9e1e-6e9c370826dc" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:10:47.270" UserId="3657" Text="You can download the VPN client by logging onto my.sonicwall.com with your logon and going to the Download Center and choosing the Global VPN client.  There are 64-bit clients for Windows XP and Windows Vista." />
  <row Id="37797" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21259" RevisionGUID="93f3086f-25ea-48b9-9e1e-6e9c370826dc" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:10:47.270" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37798" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21260" RevisionGUID="133817bd-7e9c-4904-bc3c-42f226c3a1f9" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:11:19.393" UserId="4733" Text="I didnt see this mentioned here, but I only skimmed the answers.  Alot of users use the same passwords for EVERYTHING.  If you have their network password then chances are you have the password for their personal email, photobucket, facebook, whatever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think its a bad idea.  A rouge sysadmin could cause a lot of trouble.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21261" RevisionGUID="81967f7d-fe87-45d5-be0e-a8ad6b5fca54" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:15:09.947" UserId="8021" Text="You're going to need to limit how many apache server processes are running, and being as close to the limit as you are, you're not going to be able to handle very much peaky traffic. Having a web server that's maxed out under normal usage is generally a Bad Idea (tm), as web traffic is nice and low for the most part until you get slashdotted or digged or fireballed or whatever. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main issues are the number of apache processes that are running at any one point -- assuming prefork here, since I've only deployed PHP applications and PHP is not threadsafe. I don't have experience dimensioning the worker MPM. There are some items that are in shared memory, and some items that are in each process's memory. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can reduce the total memory footprint by leaving out shared modules that you don't need. Basically, Apache comes configured from most hosts to do just about everything under the sun. If you're not using mod_userdir, then comment it out of your apache config. Just be careful how much you remove, because some of the things you may need or their dependencies are not intuitive! All of the modules should be documented on the apache.org website. The per process footprint is harder to get smaller; most apache configurations these days only come with the four essential modules compiled in. Beyond those four modules, most of the memory usage comes from either leaks or application RAM that's not garbage collected effectively, which is why you might want to set the number of requests handled by each process low. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You *really* want to keep your memory usage in RAM itself and not go into swap. Swap means I/O. I/O is slow and will drive your CPU usage through the roof as processes block while waiting for something to get shuffled out of swap. " />
  <row Id="37800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21262" RevisionGUID="d9e9f02e-8cfb-4ff7-87a6-6da1525e46ff" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:15:15.827" UserId="4947" Text="OpenSUSE and SLE have [AutoYast][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.suse.com/~ug/autoyast_doc/index.html" />
  <row Id="37801" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21262" RevisionGUID="d9e9f02e-8cfb-4ff7-87a6-6da1525e46ff" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:15:15.827" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21263" RevisionGUID="0c1b8607-825e-48c5-a90f-a3a369ce4fc4" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:18:22.577" UserId="4902" Text="I know there is a small utility program to do this, but my memory fails me.  I often want to find the location of an executable that is somewhere on my windows path -- I just don't know where.  I know it is on my path because I can run it regardless of my current directory.  Can someone refresh my recollection? :-)" />
  <row Id="37803" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21263" RevisionGUID="0c1b8607-825e-48c5-a90f-a3a369ce4fc4" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:18:22.577" UserId="4902" Text="Searching the path in Windows to find a file" />
  <row Id="37804" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21263" RevisionGUID="0c1b8607-825e-48c5-a90f-a3a369ce4fc4" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:18:22.577" UserId="4902" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;utilities&gt;" />
  <row Id="37805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21264" RevisionGUID="dd3f5f2b-1869-4fe3-ba7f-221d7e9cce79" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:18:32.857" UserId="8561" Text="[Simple DNS Plus][1] - nothing better out there!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.simpledns.com" />
  <row Id="37806" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21265" RevisionGUID="e78da605-b3a8-4b84-8e55-534a2bc255ea" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:25:07.960" UserId="3657" Text="There is a good answer for this in PowerShell over on StackOverflow&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/63805/equivalent-of-nix-which-command-in-powershell" />
  <row Id="37807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21266" RevisionGUID="f50cdbee-aaef-46a1-ad34-fe4802095a53" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:27:18.080" UserId="282" Text="The command you are looking for is a port of the whereis command available under UNIX based operating systems, there is a project available on [CodeProject][1], a [batch file][2] and a [downloadable utility][3]. Take your pick&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/whereis.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/01/20/357225.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.flounder.com/whereis.htm" />
  <row Id="37808" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21267" RevisionGUID="51c316f4-c651-4b36-839b-4a909c62e596" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:29:06.250" UserId="3657" Text="Have you considered using the free version of LogMeIn?  Far easier than setting up a VPN and works from anywhere (no worries about networks that block VPN usage like hotels that use a home-grade router allowing only 1 VPN per network)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.logmein.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You don't even need dyndns or open any ports in your firewall" />
  <row Id="37809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21268" RevisionGUID="9a2fc199-289d-4533-895b-e9306786e435" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:30:13.770" UserId="1322" Text="&gt; The server is running Solaris on a shared CPU, and I'm using a Apache + MySQL + PHP stack.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't have experience with Solaris, but the best thing you can do is to not use Apache/mod_php.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Switch to nginx with php-fastcgi. &#xD;&#xA; - Recompile php to use the minimal amount of plugins. &#xD;&#xA; - Get rid of unnecessary processes like ntpd (use ntpdate), ftp (use scp) etc..." />
  <row Id="37810" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21269" RevisionGUID="cadc2595-a96d-44c1-9bb6-247d34cf60ba" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:34:11.733" UserId="3657" Text="I found this article&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    http://wiki.vpslink.com/Low_memory_MySQL_/_Apache_configurations&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To be very useful in laying out the configuration changes needed for low memory configurations.  I tweaked them for my own situation but they should give you the tools needed to find the best fit for your environment" />
  <row Id="37811" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21270" RevisionGUID="3d51c0b8-a49f-406e-9f78-bc13b2335a7c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:35:25.427" UserId="8562" Text="Does anyone know of software that can run on a Linux (CentOS) web server that will take user uploaded material, convert it to TIFF-F and either return the converted TIFF-F file to the user or e-mail it as an attachment? It can be written in PHP, JAVA, RoR or Perl.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37812" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21270" RevisionGUID="3d51c0b8-a49f-406e-9f78-bc13b2335a7c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:35:25.427" UserId="8562" Text="Software to Convert Various File Formats to TIFF-F for Internet Faxing" />
  <row Id="37813" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21270" RevisionGUID="3d51c0b8-a49f-406e-9f78-bc13b2335a7c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:35:25.427" UserId="8562" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;batch-conversion&gt;&lt;image&gt;" />
  <row Id="37814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21271" RevisionGUID="f23f506b-7cd1-4300-9fb2-8c3de29aac2d" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:40:43.343" UserId="5898" Text="You can have linux (and grub and syslinux) redirect their output over the serial port to another computer, which you can then use to manage the installation.  I suspect none of the standard installers will support this immediately, although it's easy enough to change if you're comfortable with rebuilding a distro iso.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;kickstart will probably be quicker to setup for you, but it's hard to diagnose problems without any kind of feedback - if your kickstart script fails, you have no idea why.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="37815" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21271" RevisionGUID="f23f506b-7cd1-4300-9fb2-8c3de29aac2d" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:40:43.343" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21272" RevisionGUID="56527422-a1a6-48fd-b171-5a91c56a9a8c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:41:33.230" UserId="5390" Text=" I`m doing it with pfSense [ http://pfsense.com ], pfsense comes with openvpn, ipsec and pptp. to manage dynamic ip just sing in into DynDNS or other and pfsense will update his public ip to it." />
  <row Id="37817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21273" RevisionGUID="30c87b3b-a59d-4529-bd12-bf315480b3d1" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:50:40.403" UserId="5898" Text="Management issues aside, I think the vast majority of non-technical users are simply just resistant to change.   I've tried deploying Thunderbird and Firefox at one company, but a good proportion of the staff just couldn't get their head around the differences between Thunderbird and Outlook (no Exchange involved, just an IMAP server). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The company wasn't in a position to run training on Thunderbird (other than doing it myself there wasn't really anyone to get to do it), so the project got part implemented, with the can-do staff using one Terminal Server with Fx and Thunderbird, and the rest using another TS with Outlook and IE.  " />
  <row Id="37818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21274" RevisionGUID="31f0f10a-c247-4e00-945d-07d582b169e0" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:50:52.090" UserId="5687" Text="You can try booting [Headless Knoppix][1] and, once that's running, installing to the running barebones system over ssh. There are lots of solutions for this, so use Google to find your favorite.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hopefully the machine's BIOS is already set to look to the floppy and/or CD as boot devices before checking the hard drive, otherwise you're going to need to hook up some peripherals just to change that setting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Headless_Knoppix" />
  <row Id="37819" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21274" RevisionGUID="31f0f10a-c247-4e00-945d-07d582b169e0" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:50:52.090" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37820" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21258" RevisionGUID="caf65781-960f-46c8-95fe-2fe5d8149ed3" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:54:10.897" UserId="4733" Comment="added 139 characters in body" Text="What if you setup a machine and created your custom rules, then exported the rules to an accessible location.  Could a logon script or a batch file import the rules somehow?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;..just a guess.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT -I have been looking at cmd line switches for Outlook.  It looks like there is a switch for everything EXCEPT 'rules and alerts'" />
  <row Id="37821" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20942" RevisionGUID="eaa9b346-5aa1-4265-b1a8-ad963b7a715e" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:57:41.967" UserId="3420" Comment="added 331 characters in body" Text="It's interesting to see all the custom agents/protocols out there for process monitoring. Part of this is because of net-snmp's utter failure to be useful in monitoring data per-process, and common clients wanting to rely on SNMP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've usually seen this solved with custom scripts that run ps using a custom set of options, parse the resulting output, and handle it as needed. This leads to scalability problems in managing many variations on this solution across a large enterprise.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21275" RevisionGUID="6ea1aea3-8a96-48dd-994b-03d3611214ac" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:59:49.777" UserId="2783" Text="Chealion's answer is perfect, but I would add that the answer to your question (what is best), depends primarily on three factors:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Cost&#xD;&#xA;- Priority&#xD;&#xA;- Workload&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The cheapest solutions (which also can operate with the smallest number of disks) are RAID 0 and 1, which are optimized for speed and data loss respectively.  The more expensive solutions require more drives, more power, more cooling, and typically more expensive RAID controllers.  Using RAID built on to your motherboard (software based) is different (and slower) from buying a real multi-hundred-dollar-battery-backed RAID controller that moves much of the heavy-lifting to hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The priority refers to the importance you place on data loss/speed/capacity (pick any two).  If you have, say, 4 500GB drives to work with... configured as RAID 0 you would have 2TB of capacity and slightly less than 4x the speed of a single drive.  However, if any of those drives fails, all of your data is lost.  If you use those same 4 drives as RAID 1, you only have the capacity and speed of a single drive, but you could have three of the drives fail  and not lose any data.  Either RAID 0 or 1 with that many drives would be somewhat wasteful, and levels such as RAID 5 or 10 are a good middle ground.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, workload makes a difference.  RAID 5 and 6 have slower write speeds than several other RAID levels due to the fact that a checksum must be calculated and written for every write (while read speeds are as fast as you have spindles).  Some workloads (such as databases) may be very write intensive, and running RAID 5 can make a noticeable difference with performance.  Write intensive workloads often work better with RAID levels such as 10, 50, 60, etc.   Other workloads (such as web servers) are primarily read intensive, and writing is not a priority.  In those cases, it makes sense to use a cheaper RAID level such as 5 than to invest in the hardware needed for RAID 10/50/60." />
  <row Id="37823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21276" RevisionGUID="3238b8d0-3a2a-4155-af93-4c95513c0346" CreationDate="2009-06-06T22:02:02.690" UserId="7137" Text="I'd recommend installing [ImageMagick](http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php) -- it's probably available through your package manager of choice. It comes with a myriad of command-line tools to process images. The one you want is [`convert`](http://www.imagemagick.org/script/convert.php), which can be used to transform images (or any of it's other [supported formats](http://www.imagemagick.org/script/formats.php)) via&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`convert $INPUT_IMAGE -monochrome -compress fax $OUTPUT_TIF`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can then take the output file and email it with [any of the methods described in this question](http://serverfault.com/questions/17589/easiest-way-to-email-file-via-command-line-in-nix)." />
  <row Id="37824" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21258" RevisionGUID="31a320f5-75d0-4be6-b68d-9b79fb6b682d" CreationDate="2009-06-06T22:08:46.250" UserId="4733" Comment="added 187 characters in body" Text="What if you setup a machine and created your custom rules, then exported the rules to an accessible location.  Could a logon script or a batch file import the rules somehow?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;..just a guess.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT -I have been looking at cmd line switches for Outlook.  It looks like there is a switch for everything EXCEPT 'rules and alerts'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT - see if this helps.  It isnt exactly what you asked for, but it may take you there:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/officetips/aug05/tips0818.mspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37825" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21277" RevisionGUID="24ccfc6b-ed62-4b61-91d0-2114719d2514" CreationDate="2009-06-06T22:15:50.837" UserId="7246" Text="Along the same lines as cron-apt you should take a look at the **unattended-upgrades** package &lt;http://packages.debian.org/lenny/unattended-upgrades&gt;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its very easy to configure and will enable you to have security updates downloaded and applied automatically but leave other updates for manual upgrading (or at your discretion upgrade everything!). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Official Ubuntu Server Guide, has a reasonably detailed section covering the use of the unattended-upgrades package &lt;https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/serverguide/C/automatic-updates.html&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: depending on your level of caution/paranoia you can do a rolling upgrade on a group of test servers first, then if there are not issues, allow your production boxes to update, although I personally have not come across any trouble with security updates wrecking havoc so far (knock on wood)...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also a config option to mail you the results of each security update as well, once its applied, and if there were any dialog or interactive prompts that were presented during the update and that will need manual tweaking by a sysadmin, it will mention this as well." />
  <row Id="37826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21278" RevisionGUID="9b4ff8d4-9ae1-4405-85d2-86b58a1fd9a8" CreationDate="2009-06-06T22:21:00.327" UserId="914" Text="Lack of graphic drivers is a big show stopper for many people, especially when dealing with dual monitors." />
  <row Id="37827" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21277" RevisionGUID="7a42b308-e9c8-4ff5-b7d7-bc6012f42cc6" CreationDate="2009-06-06T22:21:12.433" UserId="7246" Comment="added 5 characters in body" Text="Along the same lines as cron-apt you should take a look at the **unattended-upgrades** package &lt;http://packages.debian.org/lenny/unattended-upgrades&gt;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its very easy to configure and will enable you to have security updates downloaded and applied automatically but leave other updates for manual upgrading (or at your discretion upgrade everything!). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Official Ubuntu Server Guide, has a reasonably detailed section covering the use of the unattended-upgrades package &lt;https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/serverguide/C/automatic-updates.html&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: depending on your level of caution/paranoia you can do a rolling upgrade on a group of test servers first, then if there are not issues, allow your production boxes to update, although I personally have not come across any trouble with security updates wrecking havoc so far (knock on wood)...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also a config option to mail you the results of each security update as well, once its applied. Also, if there were any dialog or interactive prompts that were presented during the update, ones that will need manual tweaking by a sysadmin, it will mention these as well." />
  <row Id="37828" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21279" RevisionGUID="9d49ccc0-d353-484d-9b92-d37586357940" CreationDate="2009-06-06T22:28:38.690" UserId="5898" Text="The other end of the equation is the device sitting on the desk.  I'd recommend Wyse thinclients here - they have great hardware options and featuresets. The S-series models boot to login in about 5 seconds, and the V-series have decent hardware options like dual DVI output and wireless.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of your requirements was multimedia and otherwise video intensive operations (IDEs) - the Wyse clients combined with an ICA session from Citrix XenApp (formerly Presentation Server) or XenDesktop can do multimedia offload to the device for good quality movie playback (Speedscreen Multimedia Acceleration). Progressive SpeedScreen in ICA helps with highly detailed IDE windows and so on - one use case is for CAD/CAM software over ICA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.wyse.com/Fulfillment/downloads/Wyse_ThinOS.pdf&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37829" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21280" RevisionGUID="dc6462ef-0697-41d3-83c9-2e00dbb26a10" CreationDate="2009-06-06T22:31:06.063" UserId="914" Text="A way to remotely force upgrades.  WSUS controls IE upgrades, there's no equivalent for Firefox, you just can't rely on users to keep on top of updates." />
  <row Id="37830" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21281" RevisionGUID="240a5cac-6d68-430d-9b6f-33dfb17c0400" CreationDate="2009-06-06T22:31:36.610" UserId="3420" Text="Anything that relies on SNMP to monitor servers is a failure. There are fundamental issues with SNMP making it impossible to properly monitor a server. Furthermore, most SNMP agents suck. Net-SNMP sucks really bad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usually issues like this are ignored, as long as pretty graphs are produced. I've told development managers that the data they're looking at is useless, that we're only doing it to satisfy a mandate to produce pretty graphs, and they were OK with that, and continued to ask questions about the graph.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, it takes about 20 SNMP requests to get information about a single thread. On a system with a million threads that needs polling once per minute, that's 20 million packets per minute for monitoring! I realize a million threads is a lot and not everyone needs per-minute polling, but it's also not unreasonable and many people need more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usually the meaning of &quot;free&quot; memory is confused. I've seen this ignored because it allows for the purchase of extra memory - quite beneficial in a financial environment where a busy day could result in 3x normal memory usage and where management refuses to size for those peaks. Essentially the lies cancel out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Often monitoring tools meant to monitor switches/routers will get per-CPU statistics via SNMP for a server, and report the data prominently. Many people don't want to hear that per-CPU statistics are not what they want and that per-thread statistics are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regardless of how the data is retrieved, many common problems require sub-minute or even sub-second polling to understand. Luckily the Linux sar can sample data at 1-second intervals with no problem. It doesn't save all the data that iostat does, which can make understanding a storage bottleneck guesswork. I just save &quot;iostat -x 1&quot; data as well. For example, if a user complains about sub-second freezes (or, if a customer complains that their transactions that normally take 10ms occasionally take 200ms), sub-second polling of all process/thread statistics is useful. Sadly, few kernels provide a reasonable mechanism to do this. (there's no legitimate reason why I can't pull this data down in a structured way in one system call, and I shouldn't have to deal with conversion of the data to decimal in the kernel, and from decimal in my application, along with other silly overhead).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Failure to save disk performance stats in a reasonable manner is a common oversight.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Failure to have well-synchronized clocks is a common problem. The fact that NTP is always required is missed on many people. The fact that improper NTP configuration can mean you don't know how synchronized two clocks are is a common problem. The fact that a serious business should spend the money on a GPS clock of their own is often missed. For companies involved in NASDAQ trading, I point to the regulations, write up an explanation for our customers about what time accuracy to expect (they frequently ask), and when asking for approval of this explanation, describe what setup we need to obey the regulations, obey our promises to our customers, and troubleshoot problems with vendors that rely on time synchronization.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Delivery of alerts is a common problem. Basically you need to make sure that a person will respond to alerts, that a person is accountable for alerts they acknowledge, and that an alert will be re-sent via another pathway or to another person if it is not acknowledged. If people are receiving bogus alerts that prevent them from treating pages seriously, the monitoring system needs to receive attention.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Understanding the difference between trending and error alerting is important.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reporting errors in syslog is important, as is having a mechanism to identify new types of errors even if it is not timely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've touched on some really important stuff here. But nothing is so important as this - no matter what monitoring/trending/alerting solution you buy, it will have a significant cost to set up and customize for your environment. There is no solution available that makes the setup/maintenance cost significantly lower. A common failure is to keep purchasing new monitoring systems, leave them in a default setup, and allow it to be useless.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Promises from a vendor that they will help customize for free are useless. Unless you have it in writing clearly. Promises from a vendor that they will sell you expensive customization services are useless - you can't trust that they will do so competently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have critical custom in-house applications and your developers refuse to add instrumentation, logging, and other assistance for monitoring to their application, you have a problem. Basically, negligent developers who don't care about the operational aspects of their software. On the other hand, the developers need to be involved in a discussion about what aspects of their software to monitor, so a convenient method of exposing this can be designed. They may be under pressure to add features and not consider reliability or alerting of problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37831" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21281" RevisionGUID="240a5cac-6d68-430d-9b6f-33dfb17c0400" CreationDate="2009-06-06T22:31:36.610" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21282" RevisionGUID="8b91ee4b-948a-4633-9434-1ede620ad9d7" CreationDate="2009-06-06T22:38:29.933" UserId="8506" Text="For a fedora/rhel specific solution, you could create a fedora netboot CD by re-packing the isolinux directory as a bootable CD with mkisofs, while changin the isolinux.cfg file to start a VNC installation by default&#xD;&#xA;You should edit the isolinux/isolinux.cfg and add &quot;vnc&quot; to the append directive of the default boot stanza, usually something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    label linux&#xD;&#xA;    kernel vmlinuz&#xD;&#xA;    append initrd=initrd.img ramdisk_size=8192&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;would turn into:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    label linux&#xD;&#xA;    kernel vmlinuz&#xD;&#xA;    append initrd=initrd.img ramdisk_size=8192 vnc &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you could also add ip=(ip) or ip=dhcp and method=(http|ftp|nfs):// (or whatever you have) so the installer gets a default/dhcp ip address and can find the network installation sources faster&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit: forgot to mention that using a static ip would be easier, 'cause then you know to where to connect with a vnc client" />
  <row Id="37833" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21282" RevisionGUID="8b91ee4b-948a-4633-9434-1ede620ad9d7" CreationDate="2009-06-06T22:38:29.933" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37834" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21283" RevisionGUID="c79ed076-cbea-49ff-b62e-ea93d7427777" CreationDate="2009-06-06T22:39:39.400" UserId="1944" Text="I can change the eol character of all lines except the active one by&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    hi nonText ctermfg=2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I do not know how to change the eol character of the line where my cursor is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**How can you highlight the eol character of an active line?**" />
  <row Id="37835" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21283" RevisionGUID="c79ed076-cbea-49ff-b62e-ea93d7427777" CreationDate="2009-06-06T22:39:39.400" UserId="1944" Text="Unable to highlight an active eol character in Vim" />
  <row Id="37836" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21283" RevisionGUID="c79ed076-cbea-49ff-b62e-ea93d7427777" CreationDate="2009-06-06T22:39:39.400" UserId="1944" Text="&lt;vim&gt;" />
  <row Id="37837" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21284" RevisionGUID="1b631b22-0a78-4ace-a441-77578919c23c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T22:40:02.863" UserId="8565" Text="Let's say I have a software raid1 array from two partitions. I get one HDD out of the computer, and put it into another computer, and copy some data to the mirrored partiton.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What happens when I put the HDD back into it's original place?&#xD;&#xA;Will the new data get mirrored to the other drive? If yes how does the controller check/notice that there is new data on the drive? Surely it can't check the whole partition on every boot. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, what happens when I delete a file in the same scenario as above? Will it get deleted back from the other drive, or will it get copied back?" />
  <row Id="37838" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21284" RevisionGUID="1b631b22-0a78-4ace-a441-77578919c23c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T22:40:02.863" UserId="8565" Text="Raid1 question" />
  <row Id="37839" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21284" RevisionGUID="1b631b22-0a78-4ace-a441-77578919c23c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T22:40:02.863" UserId="8565" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;software-raid&gt;" />
  <row Id="37840" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20533" RevisionGUID="79c682cd-69b9-4917-bbc5-2bc813a92616" CreationDate="2009-06-06T22:43:09.330" UserId="2744" Comment="deleted 9 characters in body; added 3 characters in body" Text="We're expanding our Nagios 3 setup, and are frequently coming across new NRPE or general Nagios plugins to test our existing infrastructure. This is in dribs and drabs though - it would be useful to get a summary of plugins that the Nagios users out there most value.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please list a single plugin per post, preferably with a short description of why you love it and a link to the MonitoringExchange or plugin developer site. This way folk can vote for plugins already listed and we can see them in preferential order.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would be better to not list plugins that others have already mentioned, for the same reason. If you have more to add regarding a plugin someone else has listed, please leave a comment to their answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21285" RevisionGUID="10346dea-3153-4bdf-9f3d-52f4aa7d1ed2" CreationDate="2009-06-06T22:43:28.567" UserId="2224" Text="They need to get a group of developers at Mozilla who care about anything other than folks at home.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's think about the deficiencies of Firefox:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - No good, documented way to mirror the Firefox update repository and have clients pull down updates locally when approved.&#xD;&#xA; - No good, documented way to mirror the Firefox add-on update repository and have clients pull down updates locally when approved.&#xD;&#xA; - No standard way of applying extensions.&#xD;&#xA; - No standard way of installing the application via systems management tools on platforms other than Linux. (And with Linux you're limited to whatever your distro packages)&#xD;&#xA; - A settings mechanism that's is about as manageable as Windows 95 was back in the bad old days.&#xD;&#xA; - A downright hostile attitude towards people who want to do something about these issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll see good alternatives as Safari and Chrome mature. Forget about Firefox." />
  <row Id="37842" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21286" RevisionGUID="39dbe3b4-8fec-48fa-8081-e1c137f1558c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T22:44:13.713" UserId="8506" Text="Is this a Linux or Windows question? What is your specific implementation?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usually, the removed drive is failed, and when adding it back, you'll have to &quot;unfail&quot; it.&#xD;&#xA;This in turn usually means that the failed disk is re-initialized with all the data from the working disk.&#xD;&#xA;So in essence, all the changes made to the disk you removed will probably be lost in such a situation" />
  <row Id="37843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21287" RevisionGUID="ee6d3062-6dc1-45cf-aaaa-9bb1302e2eec" CreationDate="2009-06-06T22:46:24.223" UserId="8569" Text="You'd have to break a feature in FF to get this working but,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Pass through authentication of the Windows user credentials.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a number of web apps that use authentication and making users logon everytime in FF would just be painful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37847" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21289" RevisionGUID="96475384-afe1-4c3a-ad05-1b61a488930b" CreationDate="2009-06-06T23:00:17.660" UserId="2467" Text="We've seen users sneak Firefox onto their machines, even though they are not local admins. As it doesn't &quot;install&quot; you just need the expanded distribution on a network share and just run firefox.exe direct over the network. They found this out themselves when they discovered that IE6 (our SOE browser) is incompatible with a growing number of apps. So it can sneak in the backdoor! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A big reason for not using Firefox is the lack of official ActiveX support. We have a number of these around the business.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21290" RevisionGUID="1ca676c9-ecfe-4d6f-be03-89d39d79dd34" CreationDate="2009-06-06T23:02:01.947" UserId="6522" Text="It doesn't, but then again I am working in a company specialized in open-source solutions and support. And for everybody that says that the TCO of ownership of MS products is lower because of familiarity should realize that every user at least at one point had to be trained, whatever the software package is. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If a company relies on pre-trained people to do their job in a specific way you want, the conclusion is usually; it isn't done the way you want, you have frustrated employees and/or the cost of your tools is unnecessary high.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37849" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21291" RevisionGUID="2f969b6a-4cc6-4566-87c4-c00d9e5bd40b" CreationDate="2009-06-06T23:07:18.190" UserId="2744" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://reductivelabs.com/products/facter/&quot;&gt;Facter&lt;/a&gt; is a particular favourite.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's frequently just considered as part of the larger Puppet configuration management framework, but extremely useful in its own right; giving a consistent cross-platform way of finding out core system information. Great in shell scripts, essentially.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  facter operatingsystem =&gt; ubuntu&#xD;&#xA;  facter lsbdistcodename =&gt; hardy&#xD;&#xA;  facter domain =&gt; mydnsdomain.com&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's also very easy to extend with your own (or other people's) 'facts', eg:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  facter local_postgresql_port =&gt; 5434&#xD;&#xA;  facter has_hardware_raid =&gt; LSI&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37850" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21291" RevisionGUID="2f969b6a-4cc6-4566-87c4-c00d9e5bd40b" CreationDate="2009-06-06T23:07:18.190" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21292" RevisionGUID="d581d7bc-7464-4b41-a986-eef532aff3cd" CreationDate="2009-06-06T23:07:40.373" UserId="8206" Text="Multitail is a must. Monitor multiple files on one screen. Can also follow file names instead of descriptors. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vanheusden.com/multitail/images/sd/multitail-konsole.png" />
  <row Id="37852" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21292" RevisionGUID="d581d7bc-7464-4b41-a986-eef532aff3cd" CreationDate="2009-06-06T23:07:40.373" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37853" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21293" RevisionGUID="7f4ac168-9864-49bf-a856-1c7f1403a769" CreationDate="2009-06-06T23:14:47.957" UserId="8568" Text="Google Web History Trends is showing URLs such as the following for 4 out of 10 of my Top Clicks (including the top 2):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http:// ocean2-4979731.org/page/0.volume&#xD;&#xA; - http:// ocean2-6610805.org/page/0.volume&#xD;&#xA; - http:// ocean2-5267347.org/page/0.volume&#xD;&#xA; - http:// ocean2-23139960.org/page/0.volume&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(spaces added due to Server Fault one hyperlink limit)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have never seen nor visited sites like this, indeed a WHOIS search shows that none of these domain names have ever been registered.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should I check for infection by a botnet (perhaps attempting to access update URLs), or is Google just going haywire?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Web searches for terms such as &quot;ocean2-*.org&quot; turn up almost no results except an unanswered question at &lt;http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Web+Search/thread?tid=5797241256dbfcee&gt;)" />
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  <row Id="37855" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21293" RevisionGUID="7f4ac168-9864-49bf-a856-1c7f1403a769" CreationDate="2009-06-06T23:14:47.957" UserId="8568" Text="&lt;google&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;virus&gt;" />
  <row Id="37856" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21294" RevisionGUID="cb38c413-ca0a-42d8-b651-18092fc1652e" CreationDate="2009-06-06T23:19:07.170" UserId="1515" Text="If user profiles (including documents, application data and other settings) are stored locally, what's the best way to back up this information or redirect to a user share on the network?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Synch the local profile to a network user share?&#xD;&#xA;- Change environment variable %USERPROFILE% to point to a network user share? &#xD;&#xA;- Change My Documents path to network user share?&#xD;&#xA;- Best practice?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37857" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21294" RevisionGUID="cb38c413-ca0a-42d8-b651-18092fc1652e" CreationDate="2009-06-06T23:19:07.170" UserId="1515" Text="How do you ensure user files and settings are backed up?" />
  <row Id="37858" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21294" RevisionGUID="cb38c413-ca0a-42d8-b651-18092fc1652e" CreationDate="2009-06-06T23:19:07.170" UserId="1515" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;user-management&gt;&lt;network-share&gt;" />
  <row Id="37859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21295" RevisionGUID="e200c523-64cc-41ba-94b9-f229f1e8ff86" CreationDate="2009-06-06T23:19:57.713" UserId="4381" Text="[iftop](http://www.ex-parrot.com/~pdw/iftop/), this gives a much better output than ntop in my opinion." />
  <row Id="37860" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21295" RevisionGUID="e200c523-64cc-41ba-94b9-f229f1e8ff86" CreationDate="2009-06-06T23:19:57.713" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21296" RevisionGUID="2fca951e-0e2a-437b-9627-031617bc335d" CreationDate="2009-06-06T23:23:24.930" UserId="671" Text="With Windows, you can use [roaming profiles][1] to keep user information and documents stored in a central location automatically.  This can be implemented using domain policies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738596.aspx" />
  <row Id="37862" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21297" RevisionGUID="92661749-cb90-4e4b-85d6-5b0350070f90" CreationDate="2009-06-06T23:25:26.983" UserId="914" Text="I'm planning on compiling my own kernel, which I've done many times before but as always there's still a chance this could go wrong and the machine could fail to reboot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This machine is within a remote data center to which I have no physical access and thus it would cost me a great amount to have someone to physically go to the server to fix it should the machine fail to boot correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way I can set grub to use a new kernel for a single boot only but fall back to the old kernel upon an additional reboot.  So I could use my remote power management console to reboot the machine if it failed to boot correctly with the new kernel, it would then fall back to the old kernel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know this is possible with lilo using the `lilo -r kernel` command, is there a grub equivalent?" />
  <row Id="37863" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21297" RevisionGUID="92661749-cb90-4e4b-85d6-5b0350070f90" CreationDate="2009-06-06T23:25:26.983" UserId="914" Text="Kernel Upgrade - Grub default" />
  <row Id="37864" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21297" RevisionGUID="92661749-cb90-4e4b-85d6-5b0350070f90" CreationDate="2009-06-06T23:25:26.983" UserId="914" Text="&lt;kernel&gt;&lt;grub&gt;&lt;reboot&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="37866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21299" RevisionGUID="bf16e524-7098-429b-8f94-d16912136846" CreationDate="2009-06-06T23:30:51.887" UserId="671" Text="When you disconnect a drive from an active RAID array, it will see the drive as failed within its configuration.  When you insert a new drive (or the same drive), it will see it as &quot;new&quot; to the array and rebuild the contents from the known good remaining drive, so any changes you made to the contents will be overwritten.  If you do this to a drive while the array is offline, the changes you made will upset the checksums that the array controller uses to track changes, and again, it will see the drive as failed and attempt a rebuild.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to copy files into your array, you'll need to do so through the controller (regardless of whether it's software or hardware)." />
  <row Id="37867" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21300" RevisionGUID="f1faa2b7-34ce-4f8e-a7bf-e47e80e6c5e3" CreationDate="2009-06-06T23:37:49.033" UserId="8506" Text="You could try using the &quot;fallback&quot; directive in /boot/grub/menu.lst.&#xD;&#xA;You will need to specify a fallback kernel or kernels, and use the savedefault directive in the kernel stanzas to be used as backups, for example (taken from the [grub manual][1]):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    default saved        # This is important!!!&#xD;&#xA;    timeout 10&#xD;&#xA;    fallback 1 2         # This is important!!!&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;    title A&#xD;&#xA;    root (hd0,0)&#xD;&#xA;    kernel /kernel&#xD;&#xA;    savedefault fallback # This is important!!!&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;    title B&#xD;&#xA;    root (hd1,0)&#xD;&#xA;    kernel /kernel&#xD;&#xA;    savedefault fallback # This is important!!!&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;    title C&#xD;&#xA;    root (hd2,0)&#xD;&#xA;    kernel /kernel&#xD;&#xA;    savedefault&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will cause the A kernel to boot, and if any failure occurs (kernel not found or kernel panic), the first and then the second fallback will be used (as specified in the fallback directive)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please note that the manual specifies a missing kernel or kernel panic, it says nothing about a network card not working. Which in your case can be as bad as a kernel panic&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://info2html.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/info2html-demo/info2html?(grub.info.gz)Booting%2520fallback%2520systems" />
  <row Id="37868" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21301" RevisionGUID="8317ff67-3e8b-4cef-922f-216168302920" CreationDate="2009-06-06T23:38:49.267" UserId="5611" Text="After doing a bit of poking around, this is the best explanation I found:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*If you use a google books search and click the star next to the book&#xD;&#xA;found in google web history the notebook loads something akin to the&#xD;&#xA;follow:*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*God and Reason in the Middle Ages &lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;ocean2-125956.org/page/0.volume*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Presumably the URL is of some internal form and produces a Server not&#xD;&#xA;Found error.**  As I am trying to create a  set of bookmarks for&#xD;&#xA;students to access material published via google books,  this is a...*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From [http://markmail.org/message/ckxshtvbqs2yoonm][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anapologetos&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://markmail.org/message/ckxshtvbqs2yoonm" />
  <row Id="37869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21302" RevisionGUID="a1d703df-822d-48c3-aa7c-5955d8df69d4" CreationDate="2009-06-06T23:39:03.353" UserId="8021" Text="I'm not sure how to answer your question -- I don't think control characters like that can be highlighted. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do know that they can be search-and-replaced easily. In the case of the `^M` EOL character, I usually use `:%s/ctrl-Vctrl-M//g`" />
  <row Id="37870" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21303" RevisionGUID="99d4e3e5-528a-4703-beca-83db7f28ef17" CreationDate="2009-06-06T23:41:40.757" UserId="3038" Text="To quote a bit from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Booting-once_002donly.html&quot;&gt;GRUB Manual&lt;/a&gt; which adds a bit of extra checking for katriel's answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;You can teach GRUB to boot an entry only at next boot time. Suppose that your have an old kernel old_kernel and a new kernel new_kernel. You know that old_kernel can boot your system correctly, and you want to test new_kernel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To ensure that your system will go back to the old kernel even if the new kernel fails (e.g. it panics), you can specify that GRUB should try the new kernel only once and boot the old kernel after that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, modify your configuration file. Here is an example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     default saved        # This is important!!!&#xD;&#xA;     timeout 10&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;     title the old kernel&#xD;&#xA;     root (hd0,0)&#xD;&#xA;     kernel /old_kernel&#xD;&#xA;     savedefault&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;     title the new kernel&#xD;&#xA;     root (hd0,0)&#xD;&#xA;     kernel /new_kernel&#xD;&#xA;     savedefault 0         # This is important!!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that this configuration file uses `default saved' (see default) at the head and `savedefault 0' (see savedefault) in the entry for the new kernel. This means that GRUB boots a saved entry by default, and booting the entry for the new kernel saves `0' as the saved entry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With this configuration file, after all, GRUB always tries to boot the old kernel after it booted the new one, because `0' is the entry of the old kernel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The next step is to tell GRUB to boot the new kernel at next boot time. For this, execute grub-set-default (see Invoking grub-set-default):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     # grub-set-default 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This command sets the saved entry to `1', that is, to the new kernel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This method is useful, but still not very robust, because GRUB stops booting, if there is any error in the boot entry, such that the new kernel has an invalid executable format. Thus, it it even better to use the fallback mechanism of GRUB. Look at next subsection for this feature. " />
  <row Id="37871" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21304" RevisionGUID="7026fc69-e702-439f-a2f9-3413f77129b9" CreationDate="2009-06-06T23:42:24.733" UserId="671" Text="It sounds like you have monitoring and metrics confused.  Cacti is a tool for tracking metrics (CPU or memory use over time, hits per second on Apache, etc.).  Use Cacti to spot trends and know when you need to upgrade or add systems, or to implement load balancing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For true service monitoring and alerting, you'll want a tool like [Nagios][1].  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nagios.org/" />
  <row Id="37872" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21147" RevisionGUID="46b7af8c-c7ea-44c0-b8bc-62121971a32c" CreationDate="2009-06-06T23:42:39.603" UserId="671" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;lamp&gt;&lt;metrics&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="37873" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21301" RevisionGUID="f7f0b00c-2acb-4631-a3a3-d2591100680e" CreationDate="2009-06-06T23:44:41.703" UserId="5611" Comment="SF messing up the links." Text="After doing a bit of poking around, this is the best explanation I found:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*If you use a google books search and click the star next to the book&#xD;&#xA;found in google web history the notebook loads something akin to the&#xD;&#xA;follow:*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*God and Reason in the Middle Ages &lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;ocean2-125956.org/page/0.volume*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Presumably the URL is of some internal form and produces a Server not&#xD;&#xA;Found error.**  As I am trying to create a  set of bookmarks for&#xD;&#xA;students to access material published via google books,  this is a...*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From [http://markmail.org/message/ckxshtvbqs2yoonm][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:  Here are a couple more links to backup the previous theory. &lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, you have a Google Books result (H. H. Richardson: Complete Architectural Works), with the (possibly internal) URL (http://ocean2-7300440.org/page/0.volume)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:26XaxQt_7RsJ:www.mister-wong.com/users/3312971/+&quot;page/0.volume&quot;&amp;cd=3&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=u][2]s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:23ibHqVCI0oJ:www.mister-wong.com/users/3312950/+&quot;page/0.volume&quot;&amp;cd=4&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=us][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anapologetos&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://markmail.org/message/ckxshtvbqs2yoonm" />
  <row Id="37876" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21307" RevisionGUID="848ad12c-01f9-42e5-86fb-e98f04609485" CreationDate="2009-06-07T00:11:00.927" UserId="2744" Text="Start reading/cat'ing files in &lt;code&gt;/proc&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;/etc&lt;/code&gt; - you won't do any damage by simply reading the files (save maybe screwing up your terminal/ssh-connection if you cat a file that produces binary info), and much of it is human readable. '&lt;code&gt;sysctl -a&lt;/code&gt;' output is also a gold-mine. When you find something interesting, google or &lt;code&gt;man&lt;/code&gt; for more information about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can find some real gems about how the kernel and OS work this way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few quick pointers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;/etc/inittab&#xD;&#xA;/etc/rcS.d&#xD;&#xA;/etc/rc2.d&#xD;&#xA;/etc/crontab&#xD;&#xA;/proc/1/environ&#xD;&#xA;/proc/filesystems&#xD;&#xA;/proc/meminfo&#xD;&#xA;/proc/cpuinfo&#xD;&#xA;sysctl -a | grep vm.swappiness&#xD;&#xA;/etc/default    # debian-based&#xD;&#xA;/etc/sysconfig  # redhat-based&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Quick tip - some output in /proc is NUL separated, and hence is hard to read. Use 'tr' to convert the NUL's to newlines, eg: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA; sudo cat /proc/1/environ | tr '\0', '\n'&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37877" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21308" RevisionGUID="5325a08b-440a-4675-9e9a-650151eb8acc" CreationDate="2009-06-07T00:21:44.447" UserId="3146" Text="If you simply want to see the eol character use the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;:set list&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will show tabs and eol characters.  The default character representation for eol is the '$' character.  This can be changed with the 'lcs' command if you want.  To turn this off simply use the command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;:set nolist&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you want to read more about this command you need to type:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;:help nolist&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The 'set list' command shows the eol character on all lines, i.e. the active and non-active lines both in control and in editing modes." />
  <row Id="37878" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21309" RevisionGUID="d2308f2f-f51e-425a-a1e6-1b20da05f26a" CreationDate="2009-06-07T00:39:02.847" UserDisplayName="jplourenco" Text="Using Suhosin/mod_security/SuPHP certainly will turn your PHP server secure. Disabling certain functions like exec, passthru, system and escapeshellcmd will help a lot too. " />
  <row Id="37879" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21310" RevisionGUID="8d821af0-9e05-4740-b9d6-56c2165b635c" CreationDate="2009-06-07T00:39:30.850" UserId="3038" Text="There is a lot to learn about Linux, or any operating system. One kind of learning is what **I** call &quot;in depth&quot; learning, which is finding out how the kernel operates, what assumptions it makes, how the various bits talk to each other, and how it deals with hardware. That's kernel stuff. Stuff like that is very useful in figuring out why the operating system broke in just that way. In fact, I learned it the same way &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/20972/what-is-the-best-resource-for-really-understanding-linux-deeply/20978#20978&quot;&gt;Karl Katzke&lt;/a&gt; did. I broke stuff, and made it better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For this kind of knowledge, Linux is pretty easy. It's all documented in many places. The same can't be *quite* said for Windows, though there is still a lot of doc out there for it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then there is the 'getting around in the OS' learning, which is where knowledge of bash/sed/awk/regex and all that other stuff comes in handy. Because the fact is, an operating system is much more than its kernel these days. You have vendor supplied driver blobs. You have how this particular distribution packages its startup scripts. You have various patch/update mechanisms. You have system daemons that everyone needs, but aren't kernel.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a much broader spectrum of knowledge than simple kernel-fu. It varies by distributer so how things work on Red Hat may not work the same on Slackware. Where files are kept can vary. As can what they picked to replaced 'vi'. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Learning Linux&quot; is more about learning an entire ecosystem than it is a simple operating system." />
  <row Id="37880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21311" RevisionGUID="46c0c88f-171a-4863-88c6-5b9144aab7de" CreationDate="2009-06-07T00:48:10.563" UserId="1006" Text="The two answers about it being marked failed and rebuilding are correct, and hopefully this is what will happen. That's the best-case scenario.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other possibility is that the software does not notice, and then it'll still think the drives are in sync. (For example, this could happen if you did this stunt with the power off) The end result will most likely be corruption, and the only fix will be to format and restore from backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember, RAID works at the disk level, it doesn't know anything about the filesystem on top. Just a bunch of sectors. When the filesystem requests block 10, the RAID layer knows that block 10 is stored on block 10 of both disk1 and disk2. Somehow, it picks one disk or the other and reads block 10. Except because of your modifying the disks behind its back, block 10 on disk1 and disk2 is different. Oops. You can expect a mix of disk1 and disk2 on a per-block basis, including blocks used to store filesystem metadata." />
  <row Id="37881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21312" RevisionGUID="dc5b14c7-8736-4129-afcb-5fbe34638d48" CreationDate="2009-06-07T01:16:58.873" UserId="1293" Text="fldiff is a graphical diff program" />
  <row Id="37882" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21312" RevisionGUID="dc5b14c7-8736-4129-afcb-5fbe34638d48" CreationDate="2009-06-07T01:16:58.873" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21313" RevisionGUID="dbe3ceac-88ed-469e-b654-f61f2573fea9" CreationDate="2009-06-07T01:18:26.047" UserId="4165" Text="The answer I gave for a similar question may also apply to you - thought I would at least throw it out in case it did.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://serverfault.com/questions/19073/prevent-run-or-cancel-box-from-popping-up-on-every-use/20624#20624" />
  <row Id="37884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21314" RevisionGUID="5752407d-91d6-4c85-8402-edea5fb6afc1" CreationDate="2009-06-07T00:39:45.173" UserId="4942" Text="&lt;p&gt;How can I prevent external users from somehow getting a list of files that are on my machine?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For instance, My website is in folder /htdocs/ and I have some other random documents in there too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I make sure that the user can only see the site and can never get an overview of what files I have on that harddrive?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37885" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21314" RevisionGUID="5752407d-91d6-4c85-8402-edea5fb6afc1" CreationDate="2009-06-07T00:39:45.173" UserId="4942" Text="Making sure nobody can view the file directory on my machine" />
  <row Id="37886" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21314" RevisionGUID="5752407d-91d6-4c85-8402-edea5fb6afc1" CreationDate="2009-06-07T00:39:45.173" UserId="4942" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;http&gt;" />
  <row Id="37887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21315" RevisionGUID="7ef807fb-9aed-4ef3-ae50-476269f80b94" CreationDate="2009-06-07T00:42:28.600" UserId="1359" Text="&lt;p&gt;With Apache, you can create a &lt;code&gt;.htaccess&lt;/code&gt; file like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; Options -Indexes&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more details, check out &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thesitewizard.com/apache/prevent-directory-listing-htaccess.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;How to Prevent a Directory Listing of Your Website with .htaccess&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37888" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21316" RevisionGUID="4cce7302-c931-4270-acc2-1d6966978f09" CreationDate="2009-06-07T00:44:47.207" UserId="2552" Text="&lt;p&gt;assuming apache look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/misc/security%5Ftips.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; for some good security tips&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;in specific add to httpd.conf&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;Directory /&amp;gt;&#xA;     Order Deny,Allow&#xA;     Deny from all&#xA; &amp;lt;/Directory&amp;gt;&#xA;&#xA;&amp;lt;Directory /htdocs&amp;gt;&#xA;     Order Deny,Allow&#xA;     Allow from all&#xA; &amp;lt;/Directory&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21317" RevisionGUID="a6349592-65e4-4ec0-bec0-71fe7575a423" CreationDate="2009-06-07T01:29:37.967" UserId="2514" Text="I don't have any experience with Zabbix, but if you 're not already committed to a tool, [Zenoss][1] has all the monitoring plugins you're looking for as well as RRD generated performance graphs. The graphs aren't quite as nice as Cacti's but they're easy to set up. The monitoring and alerting tools are very nice as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.zenoss.com/" />
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  <row Id="37893" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21319" RevisionGUID="4fcb73ff-aaae-4899-ae24-cd008952ce77" CreationDate="2009-06-07T01:40:45.630" UserId="883" Text="I have Time Machine working nicely, making snappshotted backups on a regular basis. The backed up files are easily &amp; quickly available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to make an offsite copy of these backups for ultimate safety. I already have a webhost (Dreamhost) with lots of available space. I'd like to find the best way to transfer these files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally, this system should as many of the following as possible:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Fast&#xD;&#xA; - Low-bandwidth&#xD;&#xA; - Secure / encrypted on the remote end&#xD;&#xA; - Preserving the various snapshots / versions that TM makes&#xD;&#xA; - Able to browse the backed up files through normal means&#xD;&#xA; - Reliable: a broken remote backup operation shouldn't render the entire backup unusable&#xD;&#xA; - Easy to set up" />
  <row Id="37894" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21319" RevisionGUID="4fcb73ff-aaae-4899-ae24-cd008952ce77" CreationDate="2009-06-07T01:40:45.630" UserId="883" Text="Offsite Time Machine Backups" />
  <row Id="37895" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21319" RevisionGUID="4fcb73ff-aaae-4899-ae24-cd008952ce77" CreationDate="2009-06-07T01:40:45.630" UserId="883" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;time-machine&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;offsite&gt;" />
  <row Id="37897" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21301" RevisionGUID="a773c01a-a5b3-480c-89cf-0fa3005aabff" CreationDate="2009-06-07T01:42:07.687" UserId="914" Comment="Fixed links" Text="After doing a bit of poking around, this is the best explanation I found:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*If you use a google books search and click the star next to the book&#xD;&#xA;found in google web history the notebook loads something akin to the&#xD;&#xA;follow:*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*God and Reason in the Middle Ages &lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;ocean2-125956.org/page/0.volume*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Presumably the URL is of some internal form and produces a Server not&#xD;&#xA;Found error.**  As I am trying to create a  set of bookmarks for&#xD;&#xA;students to access material published via google books,  this is a...*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From [http://markmail.org/message/ckxshtvbqs2yoonm][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:  Here are a couple more links to backup the previous theory. &lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, you have a Google Books result (H. H. Richardson: Complete Architectural Works), with the (possibly internal) URL (http://ocean2-7300440.org/page/0.volume)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Link 1][2]&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[Link 2][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anapologetos&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://markmail.org/message/ckxshtvbqs2yoonm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://tinyurl.com/kjuudc&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://tinyurl.com/mmtwlu" />
  <row Id="37899" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21293" RevisionGUID="a5e37904-701f-4b5d-9b4e-22e60615d0ee" CreationDate="2009-06-07T01:44:10.413" UserId="914" Comment="Corrected links" Text="Google Web History Trends is showing URLs such as the following for 4 out of 10 of my Top Clicks (including the top 2):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://ocean2-4979731.org/page/0.volume&#xD;&#xA; - http://ocean2-6610805.org/page/0.volume&#xD;&#xA; - http://ocean2-5267347.org/page/0.volume&#xD;&#xA; - http://ocean2-23139960.org/page/0.volume&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have never seen nor visited sites like this, indeed a WHOIS search shows that none of these domain names have ever been registered.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should I check for infection by a botnet (perhaps attempting to access update URLs), or is Google just going haywire?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Web searches for terms such as &quot;ocean2-*.org&quot; turn up almost no results except an unanswered question at &lt;http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Web+Search/thread?tid=5797241256dbfcee&gt;)" />
  <row Id="37900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21322" RevisionGUID="12c044a8-9485-4b44-bc31-85e2d76b1c45" CreationDate="2009-06-07T01:46:41.907" UserId="883" Text="So far, rsync looks like a pretty good solution:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - It transfers deltas, making it low-bandwidth&#xD;&#xA; - Because of the low bandwidth, it's relatively fast&#xD;&#xA; - The backed up files are browsable, since they're just file copies&#xD;&#xA; - An interrupted backup won't screw up any successfully backed up or unmodified files&#xD;&#xA; - It works well over SSH, so it's secure in transit&#xD;&#xA; - It's pretty easy to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm no rsync expert, but as far as I know it doesn't:&#xD;&#xA; - Encrypt files at the destination&#xD;&#xA; - Preserve the TM snapshots without making an entirely new backup copy (which would nullify the low-bandwidth/fast benefit).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd appreciate any advice on replacement solutions or enhancements to rsync to solve these problems." />
  <row Id="37901" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21323" RevisionGUID="791755e4-598b-411c-832b-48d84f41a249" CreationDate="2009-06-07T01:49:52.620" UserId="7949" Text="The [source][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That, of course, if you mean the kernel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are trying to learn the system above the kernel and the API, I would start at learning old school `Unix`. Maybe try some FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD/DragonflyBSD. A little [Minix][2] too could help. They are all different, and in those diferencies, your curiousity will make you search why it is so, you will gain a lot of technical, comercial, political and historical knowledge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another way would be go diggin' in `/etc`, old Unix manuals, and of course, [Google][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Linux from scratch][4] is a great way of **`learning`** GNU/Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kernel.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.minix3.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.google.com/linux&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/" />
  <row Id="37902" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21324" RevisionGUID="e5631968-9f92-453c-8e9f-a4ada6b592dc" CreationDate="2009-06-07T01:57:02.980" UserId="5745" Text="All our apps are clustered, so **cssh** is pretty handy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**scp** - only mentioned because so few people use it, relying on FTP instead. I've always loved the ability to grab files instantly from remote hosts. Secure, quick, and doesn't need a dedicated daemon running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="37904" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20460" RevisionGUID="1c754318-c9df-4d9f-bb12-2aee4ea6c8ed" CreationDate="2009-06-07T01:59:17.233" UserId="1205" Comment="rephrase" Text="I just upgraded to Trac 0.11.4 on Ubuntu and I noticed that the */usr/share/trac/templates* directory no longer exists. As a result, in my trac.ini, the *templates_dir* variable is not set (*[inherit]* section) and where the Trac logo is supposed to be I see the alt text *(please configure the [header_logo] section in trac.ini)*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know where either the templates directory is located or the global trac.ini?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE:**&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Apperantly the */usr/share/trac/templates* directory only exist if you install Trac from the Ubuntu repositories (*apt-get install trac*). However, when you install Trac manually (when you want the latest version e.g.) this location is not created during installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You don't necessarily need a global trac.ini. If the logo is missing from you Trac instance you can easily add it by modifying the *[header_logo]* section of the *conf/trac.ini* of your Trac installation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [header_logo] &#xD;&#xA;    alt = &#xD;&#xA;    height = -1 &#xD;&#xA;    link = http://example.org &#xD;&#xA;    src = common/trac_banner.png &#xD;&#xA;    width = -1 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37905" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21323" RevisionGUID="01d56a6c-8566-4e8e-ae54-fc3f1801c6c2" CreationDate="2009-06-07T02:00:38.510" UserId="7949" Comment="Added links and some specific linux distros." Text="The [source][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That, of course, if you mean the kernel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are trying to learn the system above the kernel and the API, I would start at learning old school [`Unix`][2]. Maybe try some [FreeBSD][3]/[OpenBSD][4]/[NetBSD][5]/[DragonflyBSD][6]. A little [Minix][7] could help too. Then move to [Slackware][8], [Arch][9], [Debian][10] and [Gentoo][11]. They are all different ([and][12] [come][13] [with][14] [great][15] [documentation][16]), and in those diferencies, your curiousity will make you search why it is so, you will gain a lot of technical, comercial, political and historical knowledge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another way would be go diggin' in `/etc`, old Unix manuals, and of course, [Google][17].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Linux from scratch][18] is a great way of **`learning`** GNU/Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kernel.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.amazon.com/Unix-Programming-Environment-Prentice-Hall-Software/dp/013937681X&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.freebsd.org&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.openbsd.org&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.netbsd.org&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.dragonflybsd.org&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.minix3.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.slackware.com&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.archlinux.org&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.debian.org&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://www.gentoo.org&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://www.netbsd.org/docs/&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/handbook/&#xD;&#xA;  [14]: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Main_Page&#xD;&#xA;  [15]: http://www.openbsd.org/docum.html&#xD;&#xA;  [16]: http://www.freebsd.org/docs.html&#xD;&#xA;  [17]: http://www.google.com/linux&#xD;&#xA;  [18]: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/" />
  <row Id="37906" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21323" RevisionGUID="c9fd6b09-ef1c-4f3c-af3e-67518732eccd" CreationDate="2009-06-07T02:07:08.433" UserId="7949" Comment="added link to kernel" Text="The [source][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That, of course, if you mean the [kernel][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are trying to learn the system above the kernel and the API, I would start at learning old school [`Unix`][3]. Maybe try some [FreeBSD][4]/[OpenBSD][5]/[NetBSD][6]/[DragonflyBSD][7]. A little [Minix][8] could help too. Then move to [Slackware][9], [Arch][10], [Debian][11] and [Gentoo][12]. They are all different ([and][13] [come][14] [with][15] [great][16] [documentation][17]), and in those diferencies, your curiousity will make you search why it is so, you will gain a lot of technical, comercial, political and historical knowledge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another way would be go diggin' in `/etc`, old Unix manuals, and of course, [Google][18].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Linux from scratch][19] is a great way of **`learning`** GNU/Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kernel.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.kroah.com/lkn/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.amazon.com/Unix-Programming-Environment-Prentice-Hall-Software/dp/013937681X&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.freebsd.org&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.openbsd.org&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.netbsd.org&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.dragonflybsd.org&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.minix3.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.slackware.com&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.archlinux.org&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://www.debian.org&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://www.gentoo.org&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://www.netbsd.org/docs/&#xD;&#xA;  [14]: http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/handbook/&#xD;&#xA;  [15]: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Main_Page&#xD;&#xA;  [16]: http://www.openbsd.org/docum.html&#xD;&#xA;  [17]: http://www.freebsd.org/docs.html&#xD;&#xA;  [18]: http://www.google.com/linux&#xD;&#xA;  [19]: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/" />
  <row Id="37907" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21325" RevisionGUID="0798f491-f479-4d4e-a1c1-6947c37474a9" CreationDate="2009-06-07T02:10:51.407" UserId="8256" Text="Under windwos enviro on a domain we map the U:\ drive to each user as they log in (script under profile).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All users are instructed to save everything under their u drive. For notebook users we use offline files and folders. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Email is done through exchange using rpc over http.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BUT most of my clients are engineers so if you tell them make sure that you are saving under the u:\ drive then they will do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have other users that just don't listen no matter what, so i script robocopy on the workstation to pipe data over every 1hr over a giga connection. They don't even know that it is running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;gd" />
  <row Id="37908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21326" RevisionGUID="0411c826-6206-43ef-a076-b57fb19adcfc" CreationDate="2009-06-07T02:11:10.597" UserId="7949" Text=" - Politics. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Lack of knowledge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Abversion to risk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take your pick." />
  <row Id="37909" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21327" RevisionGUID="e21f7d3d-c259-490d-8038-31cc97eb232d" CreationDate="2009-06-07T02:31:08.480" UserId="6800" Text="I would like to automatically run my own command any time a drive is inserted under Linux (including USB drives, for example). Obviously the simplest solution would be to regularly poll and check for changes to /proc/partitions or to /dev/disk, but I was hoping for something a little more elegant than that. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37910" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21327" RevisionGUID="e21f7d3d-c259-490d-8038-31cc97eb232d" CreationDate="2009-06-07T02:31:08.480" UserId="6800" Text="Run a command when a disk is inserted (Linux)" />
  <row Id="37911" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21327" RevisionGUID="e21f7d3d-c259-490d-8038-31cc97eb232d" CreationDate="2009-06-07T02:31:08.480" UserId="6800" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;autorun&gt;&lt;hotplug&gt;" />
  <row Id="37912" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21328" RevisionGUID="10ff9857-7d60-4f3e-94d1-dee94fbd11b7" CreationDate="2009-06-07T02:31:45.843" UserId="5989" Text="I'm not familiar with Dreamhost. Do you simply have a home directory and shell account? If so, I'd look into using PGP (or rather, GNUPG) to encrypt files/directories. There's a script for doing a recursive directory encryption with GNUPG, [gpgdir][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have root access, you can use encfs. There's a guide for [setting it up on Ubuntu][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cipherdyne.org/gpgdir/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FolderEncryption" />
  <row Id="37913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21329" RevisionGUID="76959fa9-8775-42df-a824-e41443f2bbd4" CreationDate="2009-06-07T02:35:24.463" UserId="2224" Text="One thing that people have missed here is cost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are big enough to have a Microsoft ELA, you will need to continue to pay for Microsoft licensing on Linux PCs, since the ELA applies to all computers that aren't servers, kiosks or appliances.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Moving to desktop Linux requires an investment in infrastructure and support at least as costly as supporting Windows. But you still need to invest in Microsoft's technology unless to make a full switch or are too small to have an ELA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IMO, Macs are the only non-Microsoft desktop platform with the management capability to be a viable corporate desktop." />
  <row Id="37914" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21330" RevisionGUID="41dac9d1-ebff-454a-89ce-002ae3d43acc" CreationDate="2009-06-07T02:37:02.057" UserId="8576" Text="It depends on what you want your RPO (Recovery Point Objective) to be. This is how far back in time your last backup was, or more importantly, how much data do you can afford to lose...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Doubletake can replicate the VMs and has a pretty snazzy RPO&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also script VM level backups with VMware VCB. RPO isn't that great, but there is a lot of support out there for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other option is to write a script, put it on one of your ESX hosts that is attached to both of your SANs. http://www.vmts.net/vmbk.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck!" />
  <row Id="37915" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21331" RevisionGUID="bac1a7de-fd0b-4f1d-bbc7-e3a783b23d60" CreationDate="2009-06-07T02:37:29.340" UserId="584" Text="If you're comfortable coding up a little plugin yourself, [Twilio][1] offers a powerful and exceedingly easy to implement API for making calls with text-to-speech, user input, voice recording, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.twilio.com/" />
  <row Id="37916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21332" RevisionGUID="0749769e-061f-4de9-8ae2-5153502f75b9" CreationDate="2009-06-07T02:48:02.173" UserId="8576" Text="Vmware Converter is pretty trustworthy, although there are some caveats with whatever tool you use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. RAID drivers, NIC bonding, USB devices, and a host of other things need to be removed before the P2V.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. OEM licensed OSes (ie you purchased a Dell server that came with Windows 2003 server) will not work. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P2Ver Beware! Good luck!" />
  <row Id="37917" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21333" RevisionGUID="f386c3d2-074e-4cd5-810e-ee02ca4f5f00" CreationDate="2009-06-07T02:48:04.890" UserId="6715" Text="I'm administering a number of Macs, whose users would like to be able to make use of iCal.app (and hence iPhone sync) to view and edit Oracle Calendar events.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a good way to bidirectionally interface Oracle Calendar's SyncML with iCal.app?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or alternatively is there a way to bridge a SyncML server to provide CalDAV service (which iCal.app can natively handle)?" />
  <row Id="37918" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21333" RevisionGUID="f386c3d2-074e-4cd5-810e-ee02ca4f5f00" CreationDate="2009-06-07T02:48:04.890" UserId="6715" Text="How to bidirectionally sync Oracle Calendar (SyncML) with Apple's iCal.app" />
  <row Id="37919" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21333" RevisionGUID="f386c3d2-074e-4cd5-810e-ee02ca4f5f00" CreationDate="2009-06-07T02:48:04.890" UserId="6715" Text="&lt;ical&gt;&lt;syncml&gt;&lt;caldav&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="37920" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21334" RevisionGUID="63ad81ed-ab4d-4362-b5a4-46a1adeb0b50" CreationDate="2009-06-07T02:50:53.387" UserId="1770" Text="Be very, very, careful with leasing.  It &lt;strong&gt;can&lt;/strong&gt; be a very useful and important purchasing tool, but it can also get you into a huge amount of trouble.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First things first, never lease anything without a (reasonable) buyout option unless you are 100% absolutely guaranteed positive you are not going to keep it.  Also, make absolutely sure that you keep track of your lease agreements and know what is and isn't on lease, and when the leases end.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Especially for smaller companies, I'm a fan of leasing for large purchases ($100k for a new storage system, or $200k for a new Oracle RAC setup, or whatever).  It can help you spread the purchase out over a couple of years, instead of taking a big hit all at once.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm generally not a big fan of leasing on smaller purchases.  Leasing adds additional overhead in order to manage the leases and track the systems.  If you screw up here, you can end up with missing or lost systems that you then have to pay for (possibly at a premium) because you didn't own it, just leased it.  And that's on top of the replacement cost you'll have to cover if you still need the device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Part of the reason I'm really pushing this is that I worked at a company that started with leasing a few things.  Then some absolutely morons in the finance department decided to lease &lt;em&gt;everything&lt;/em&gt;.  Without making that clear to the rest of the company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the time we figured out what was going on, we had devices that we'd paid for 2-3 times over (because we'd been leasing them for 5 years when they were purchased on a lease that covered their value in 18-24 months).  Worse, the leases we'd gotten suckered into (again, complete morons in the finance department) had no buyout option.  We had to rip out and return basically &lt;em&gt;everything&lt;/em&gt; we'd purchased in the past few years unless we wanted to keep paying for it forever.  And remember what I said about keeping track of everything?  Hah!  Right.  It took roughly two full time employees six months to get a reasonable handle on where we were, with a huge effort to fully catalog and organize everything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and also be *very* careful with leasing and software.  You can really screw yourself over if you lease software (if purchased bundled with the hardware or via a third party leasing agent).  You might have planned on upgrading your Exchange servers and keeping the same Exchange licenses, but if you bought them bundled with your Dell servers on a lease, and are returning your servers, those Exchange licenses are probably going to have to go back, too (also illustrating the importance of a buyout option again).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Leasing can be very useful.  Just remember: Buyer beware, and make sure you know what you're doing.  Remember that when you lease, you don't actually own the hardware, so keep track of it.  Make sure you have a buyout.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck. ;-)" />
  <row Id="37921" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21334" RevisionGUID="63ad81ed-ab4d-4362-b5a4-46a1adeb0b50" CreationDate="2009-06-07T02:50:53.387" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37922" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21335" RevisionGUID="ed25997b-eb98-4b6e-b1fd-ebd888d88d43" CreationDate="2009-06-07T02:51:28.563" UserId="4392" Text="Autorun ( http://linux.die.net/man/1/autorun ) takes care of CDs, but I don't think something like that exists for other media. I'm really not of the opinion that it /should/, either. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might be able to craft autorun into looking at dmesg on occasion, but chances are good that it will only work for your pet system. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is your overall goal? Maybe there's a better way?" />
  <row Id="37923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21336" RevisionGUID="24d4fcc2-788a-447d-9cbb-7db3aaa80572" CreationDate="2009-06-07T02:52:09.280" UserId="6800" Text="In general, when you pull a disk out of a RAID-1 array *while the array is active*, then the array is considered out-of-sync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you re-insert the removed disk, it will go though approximately the same process as it would if you inserted a completely new disk -- the contents of the *active* drive will be copied block-by-block until the new drive is an exact duplicate, and then the array will go back to it's &quot;normal&quot; operating condition as a live RAID-1 array.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Presumably you're asking whether the array will detect that this is the drive that was recently removed and somehow short-cut the synchronization process. The answer to that is *no*. The controller will have to re-copy *everything*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that if the array is **not** online when the drive is removed, you can usually safely re-attach the drive before bringing the array online without having to re-synchronize. " />
  <row Id="37924" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21337" RevisionGUID="3d76024f-080b-4598-af5f-fc975523d84a" CreationDate="2009-06-07T02:59:02.043" UserId="6031" Text="To be honest, OS X is a sweet desktop environment. With all the usual UNIX-y tools available without resorting to things like CygWin. As a headless O/S, it's kind of crap. There's a grey area where as a developer one might want to have a stack of virtualized OS X systems to test different versions. Beyond that it's not really a good virtualizable platform. Apple allows it sufficiently for developers and test purpose, but there's no ESX-like virtual data center setup... And I can't figure out why anyone would want to." />
  <row Id="37925" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21334" RevisionGUID="55082ea4-09c7-4582-a48c-cfc89989f2dd" CreationDate="2009-06-07T02:59:50.153" UserId="1770" Comment="Add bit about pruchasing practices." Text="First of all, it sounds like you need to get a handle on your IT purchasing practices.  If you're doing things right, 4 years shouldn't result in more than 2-3 laptop models.  You should be purchasing business class hardware to reduce lineup changes.  For example, Dell guarantees that each model in the Latitude line will be available for a certain amount of time, to give buyers a stable purchase option.  This also gives you better support options geared towards IT departments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to make sure that all IT related purchases get approved by IT, and you need to make sure you have a defined standard platform for employees.  Get those in place, and I expect most of your problems will go away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As to leasing . . . Be very, very, careful with leasing.  It &lt;strong&gt;can&lt;/strong&gt; be a very useful and important purchasing tool, but it can also get you into a huge amount of trouble.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First things first, never lease anything without a (reasonable) buyout option unless you are 100% absolutely guaranteed positive you are not going to keep it.  Also, make absolutely sure that you keep track of your lease agreements and know what is and isn't on lease, and when the leases end.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Especially for smaller companies, I'm a fan of leasing for large purchases ($100k for a new storage system, or $200k for a new Oracle RAC setup, or whatever).  It can help you spread the purchase out over a couple of years, instead of taking a big hit all at once.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm generally not a big fan of leasing on smaller purchases.  Leasing adds additional overhead in order to manage the leases and track the systems.  If you screw up here, you can end up with missing or lost systems that you then have to pay for (possibly at a premium) because you didn't own it, just leased it.  And that's on top of the replacement cost you'll have to cover if you still need the device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Part of the reason I'm really pushing this is that I worked at a company that started with leasing a few things.  Then some absolutely morons in the finance department decided to lease &lt;em&gt;everything&lt;/em&gt;.  Without making that clear to the rest of the company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the time we figured out what was going on, we had devices that we'd paid for 2-3 times over (because we'd been leasing them for 5 years when they were purchased on a lease that covered their value in 18-24 months).  Worse, the leases we'd gotten suckered into (again, complete morons in the finance department) had no buyout option.  We had to rip out and return basically &lt;em&gt;everything&lt;/em&gt; we'd purchased in the past few years unless we wanted to keep paying for it forever.  And remember what I said about keeping track of everything?  Hah!  Right.  It took roughly two full time employees six months to get a reasonable handle on where we were, with a huge effort to fully catalog and organize everything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and also be *very* careful with leasing and software.  You can really screw yourself over if you lease software (if purchased bundled with the hardware or via a third party leasing agent).  You might have planned on upgrading your Exchange servers and keeping the same Exchange licenses, but if you bought them bundled with your Dell servers on a lease, and are returning your servers, those Exchange licenses are probably going to have to go back, too (also illustrating the importance of a buyout option again).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Leasing can be very useful.  Just remember: Buyer beware, and make sure you know what you're doing.  Remember that when you lease, you don't actually own the hardware, so keep track of it.  Make sure you have a buyout.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck. ;-)" />
  <row Id="37927" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21327" RevisionGUID="f4dc90ec-87a1-42cd-889c-e90d0b8032c3" CreationDate="2009-06-07T03:05:27.817" UserId="6800" Comment="Added usage examples" Text="I would like to automatically run my own command any time a drive is inserted under Linux (including USB drives, for example). Obviously the simplest solution would be to regularly poll and check for changes to /proc/partitions or to /dev/disk, but I was hoping for something a little more elegant than that. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know this is possible, because GNOME does this very thing; any time a new drive is inserted, GNOME runs it's own &quot;autoplay&quot; mechanism to take some action. (&quot;*Would you like to view the pictures on this SD card?*&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can come up with two uses for this: the first is in an Amazon EC2 cluster I manage, to detect and initialize newly attached EBS storage volumes automatically. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other usage is on a Linux-based home file-server device; when I insert an SD card into the device, it should mount the card, move the pictures from the card onto the internal hard drive, unmount the card, and then beep to let me know it's done." />
  <row Id="37928" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21339" RevisionGUID="d852c23b-71ae-4020-b4d1-13601c78bb51" CreationDate="2009-06-07T03:05:34.387" UserId="4664" Text="EOL characters are under the NonText highlighting group. However, the ones on the current line conform to the Normal and Cursorline group, if you have CursorLine turned on. If you don't, there's no problem, EOL goes with the NonText group. If you do, you can modify CursorLine group, but not much, cause you'll be changing the entire current line highlighting." />
  <row Id="37929" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21340" RevisionGUID="c57a1388-c23d-4cf5-953e-e3e3fed7e1be" CreationDate="2009-06-07T03:07:48.203" UserId="6543" Text="It is possible for an AF_UNIX socket to be unbound to a filename, to be &quot;unnamed&quot;, (or also &quot;abstract&quot; in which case is has a name but it has nothing to do with the filesystem) at least in Linux. It is unlikely that OS X is different. For details, see the man page for the socket function bind (or look in the dev docs). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, if OS X has the equivalent of the /proc filesystem you could possibly get a handle on the socket by going through the list of file descriptors of the target process. YMMV. Oops, it does not have a procfs. See [this][1] about Mac specific workarounds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://osxbook.com/book/bonus/chapter11/procfs/" />
  <row Id="37930" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21341" RevisionGUID="33978339-e977-4108-b100-13738e832ebf" CreationDate="2009-06-07T03:10:10.023" UserId="3677" Text="I have a Vonage router used for outgoing VOIP calls.  It gets a LAN ip by connecting to a Linksys WRT54g via DHCP.  From there, it cannot actually get a WAN ip or connect out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do I need to port forward?" />
  <row Id="37931" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21341" RevisionGUID="33978339-e977-4108-b100-13738e832ebf" CreationDate="2009-06-07T03:10:10.023" UserId="3677" Text="Running a Vonage router behind a Linksys Firewall" />
  <row Id="37932" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21341" RevisionGUID="33978339-e977-4108-b100-13738e832ebf" CreationDate="2009-06-07T03:10:10.023" UserId="3677" Text="&lt;vonage&gt;&lt;voip&gt;" />
  <row Id="37933" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21342" RevisionGUID="8ec6a93b-c6da-4475-a8bb-2198180e0edb" CreationDate="2009-06-07T03:14:33.307" UserId="7200" Text="The &quot;Network Location Awareness&quot; service (&lt;a href=&quot;http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms739931(VS.85).aspx&quot;&gt;http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms739931(VS.85).aspx&lt;/a&gt;) in Windows XP (and 2000? I don't recall...) and up will enable this functionality, but I haven't found where anybody has written an application to take advantage of it. I'd love to code something myself, but I don't have enough spare cycles to even begin to think about it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This wouldn't be a simple little VBScript thing, but it wouldn't be that much coding either. Maybe somebody could pick up the idea and run with it. There's even sample code at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ef8a6228-f11d-4ba0-b73e-dd8dc7dd11e8&amp;displaylang=en&quot;&gt;http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ef8a6228-f11d-4ba0-b73e-dd8dc7dd11e8&amp;displaylang=en&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There have been numerous times I've wanted this functionality, and I'd think there are more than a few people who would like to see it." />
  <row Id="37934" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21343" RevisionGUID="33242d58-1cd7-4d4a-b067-493dd86e3c0c" CreationDate="2009-06-07T03:19:11.207" UserId="6543" Text="Udev rules are what you are looking for. From the man page itself:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ... If udev receives a device event, it&#xD;&#xA;&gt; matches its configured rules against&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the available device attributes&#xD;&#xA;&gt; provided in sysfs to identify the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; device. Rules that match may provide&#xD;&#xA;&gt; additional device information or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; specify a device node name and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; multiple symlink names and **instruct&#xD;&#xA;&gt; udev to run additional programs** as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; part of the device event handling. ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Emphasis mine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The rules files are in /etc/udev/rules.d/ and their documentation is in udev(7). Oh, and they work for practically everything." />
  <row Id="37935" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21344" RevisionGUID="5f0f6e1c-3ceb-415a-bcdf-17f5c35a24e5" CreationDate="2009-06-07T03:22:26.363" UserId="5264" Text="I found a pretty good link here.&#xD;&#xA;http://linlog.skepticats.com/content/udevautorun/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically you can place scripts in /etc/udev for all block devices or specific ones." />
  <row Id="37936" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21345" RevisionGUID="7c706114-b4b9-40ce-aa74-264f302b6e22" CreationDate="2009-06-07T03:23:14.273" UserId="7073" Text="I'm doing this as a seperate answer since it is different then my last advice and an alternate to leasing :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Something my last place did is because money was tight we couldn't afford the up front costs of the new equipment (about $10k, money was real tight)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway as a stop gap we did financing instead.  Similiar to leasing in that it was a monthly payment, which we could afford and we owned the equipment so nothing to worry about with having to return it at the end or buyouts etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only place that gave financing though was Dell Financial and the interest rates sucked (15%) but it got us over the hurdle and we got the project launched, and paid out the loans pretty within the year.  Plus side to using Dell Financial is that it was seemless to us to use since it was all done on the Dell side, we just signed the PO." />
  <row Id="37937" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21345" RevisionGUID="7c706114-b4b9-40ce-aa74-264f302b6e22" CreationDate="2009-06-07T03:23:14.273" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37938" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21346" RevisionGUID="9f4dc98a-2de8-4a12-89c7-257523a69371" CreationDate="2009-06-07T03:25:15.843" UserId="8576" Text="I may be reading into this too much, but it sounds like you are wanting to run VMs from an NFS share on a Windows 2008 server that has a larger amount of storage than your ESXi server does? I'd recommend against it for production.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could always fire up Cygwin and run an NFS server on 2008!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.csparks.com/CygwinNFS/index.xhtml&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have fun! Good luck!" />
  <row Id="37939" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21347" RevisionGUID="66dbd2a3-f46f-4b34-be99-6eaa44066032" CreationDate="2009-06-07T03:32:38.200" UserId="6543" Text="Also, you could restrict the apache user via SELinux policy. If you are on a system with SELinux that is...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look at his article on [secure containers][1] (lightweight virtual machines). Perhaps for the more paranoid or those who have problems of scale.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-lxc-security/index.html" />
  <row Id="37940" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21347" RevisionGUID="66dbd2a3-f46f-4b34-be99-6eaa44066032" CreationDate="2009-06-07T03:32:38.200" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37941" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21303" RevisionGUID="b3cb9390-e2a9-4a99-8876-b8fed2a6c1ad" CreationDate="2009-06-07T03:33:12.113" UserId="3038" Comment="improve format" Text="To quote a bit from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Booting-once_002donly.html&quot;&gt;GRUB Manual&lt;/a&gt; which adds a bit of extra checking for katriel's answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;You can teach GRUB to boot an entry only at next boot time. Suppose that your have an old kernel old_kernel and a new kernel new_kernel. You know that old_kernel can boot your system correctly, and you want to test new_kernel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;To ensure that your system will go back to the old kernel even if the new kernel fails (e.g. it panics), you can specify that GRUB should try the new kernel only once and boot the old kernel after that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;First, modify your configuration file. Here is an example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     default saved        # This is important!!!&#xD;&#xA;     timeout 10&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;     title the old kernel&#xD;&#xA;     root (hd0,0)&#xD;&#xA;     kernel /old_kernel&#xD;&#xA;     savedefault&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;     title the new kernel&#xD;&#xA;     root (hd0,0)&#xD;&#xA;     kernel /new_kernel&#xD;&#xA;     savedefault 0         # This is important!!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Note that this configuration file uses `default saved' (see default) at the head and `savedefault 0' (see savedefault) in the entry for the new kernel. This means that GRUB boots a saved entry by default, and booting the entry for the new kernel saves `0' as the saved entry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;With this configuration file, after all, GRUB always tries to boot the old kernel after it booted the new one, because `0' is the entry of the old kernel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;The next step is to tell GRUB to boot the new kernel at next boot time. For this, execute grub-set-default (see Invoking grub-set-default):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     # grub-set-default 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;This command sets the saved entry to `1', that is, to the new kernel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;This method is useful, but still not very robust, because GRUB stops booting, if there is any error in the boot entry, such that the new kernel has an invalid executable format. Thus, it it even better to use the fallback mechanism of GRUB. Look at next subsection for this feature. " />
  <row Id="37942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21348" RevisionGUID="ba946c1e-43d0-478d-a581-6d92c8efca35" CreationDate="2009-06-07T03:33:29.807" UserId="8576" Text="I didn't have to port forward anything, it actually calls home to the Vonage mothership, but I wasn't receiving &quot;dial tone&quot; until I called them and had it activated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a Vonage Motorola vt2142, you can browse to it's IP address. Default login is router/router. The provisioning status should give you a little clue as to whats going on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good Luck!" />
  <row Id="37943" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21208" RevisionGUID="a3c097cb-0cac-45d1-bc14-1d3775fdf2b2" CreationDate="2009-06-07T03:36:47.240" UserId="3038" Comment="Added true anecdote." Text="Having just done through a datacenter shutdown in the last week, this is fresh on my mind ;). Yes, shutting everything down needs to be done. Some things can tolerate having the power yanked out from underneath them, and they typically can be identified by not having a power switch on them. Depending on what the heck the facilities people are doing, you may want to physically unplug higher value assets from the wall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes you can get sizeable power-surges when power returns, and that can kill gear. Also, be aware of your start-up load. EVERYTHING powering on at once may be enough to pop breakers and bring everything down again. That sucks. Try for a staged power-on to get around this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** We had a case where the transfer switch for the generator didn't fire, and the UPS ran out of batteries. When utility came back, everything powered on at once. 20 seconds later the UPS hit Overload and dropped load from the room again. By then enough techs had arrived on site (it HAD to happen during a weekend) that they managed to get enough stuff turned off at the rack-switches that when utility came back again the room didn't drop *again*. That yo-yo cost us a lot of hardware, and it was week recovering from some of the damage. " />
  <row Id="37944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21349" RevisionGUID="082ee582-aef0-466f-98ac-03a99abdceea" CreationDate="2009-06-07T03:40:26.687" UserId="6767" Text="It is easy to blame the admins -- however Oskar has it right: these things are driven from the top.  If management won't spend the bucks to make backups a priority, then the sysadmins are usually out of luck and do the best they can with the resources they have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The key, if you are one of those unlucky admins -- and I have been in this boat for some customer engagements -- is that you ensure that managment is briefed, repeatedly, and in a paper-trail-confirmable way, that this is a risk to the business.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My strategy is to constantly hammer at the problems.  If you do that, sometimes the problems will get fixed, but it's mostly so that whomever I report to can't hide behind the &quot;I was never briefed&quot; excuse.  As a consultant, I can usually go one better.  I can get my bosses to brief more senior management than I can that there is a vulnerability.  This spreads the blame around, or at least focuses it at a level higher than I am.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the same time you have to be inventive and work hard to minimize the risks with whatever resources the customer can provide.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While in some cases the admins may be culpable, management is always responsible: either for knowing the risk and not doing enough to mitigate it, or hiring people who don't alert them to these risks." />
  <row Id="37945" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21350" RevisionGUID="1eaf9ad3-1af8-4df1-bebd-44d1beabc48e" CreationDate="2009-06-07T03:52:25.163" UserId="1205" Text="After installing my Trac instance I removed the *anonymous* user since I don't want anonymous users to enter the system. However, when browsing to the Trac instance and failing to log in, Trac will display a page with an error and in the top right corner *Login* and *Preferences* links. Clicking this link will bring an not authenticated user to the Preference page where changes can me made (like time-zone amongst other things).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can remove the *Preferences* link from the menu by by setting it to disabled in the *[metanav]* section of *trac.ini*:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [metanav]&#xD;&#xA;    prefs = disabled&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, even tough the link ins't there anymore one can still navigate to it. How do I affectingly remove the *Preferences* link for not authenticated users in Trac?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37946" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21350" RevisionGUID="1eaf9ad3-1af8-4df1-bebd-44d1beabc48e" CreationDate="2009-06-07T03:52:25.163" UserId="1205" Text="Trac preferences only for authenticated users" />
  <row Id="37947" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21350" RevisionGUID="1eaf9ad3-1af8-4df1-bebd-44d1beabc48e" CreationDate="2009-06-07T03:52:25.163" UserId="1205" Text="&lt;trac&gt;&lt;preferences&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;" />
  <row Id="37948" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21249" RevisionGUID="bf04bf55-d3ce-4deb-a4e6-2257f9cf3672" CreationDate="2009-06-07T03:55:07.780" UserId="2427" Comment="Took out questions, made them a comment to the question itself" Text="I would start with running prstat (top) to see if you can determine if there is a specific process that is causing the slowdown.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21351" RevisionGUID="ad21e248-3a21-4379-8388-0f140b76ee54" CreationDate="2009-06-07T03:56:15.750" UserId="6543" Text="**pv** pipe viewer. Insert it between commands in a pipeline to get an indication how fast data is moving, how long till it finishes, etc. It can also act as a rate limiter." />
  <row Id="37950" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21351" RevisionGUID="ad21e248-3a21-4379-8388-0f140b76ee54" CreationDate="2009-06-07T03:56:15.750" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21352" RevisionGUID="50fdf627-14a8-41b5-95f9-110b45ba83af" CreationDate="2009-06-07T04:03:08.670" UserId="4562" Text="I was recently in a jam trying to get the latest copy off their website and I didn't have my account information with me.  I checked BugMeNot.com and they had a working account that I could use to grab it.  " />
  <row Id="37952" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21352" RevisionGUID="50fdf627-14a8-41b5-95f9-110b45ba83af" CreationDate="2009-06-07T04:03:08.670" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37955" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21354" RevisionGUID="181c4bac-a004-474d-b476-1690f8a26f59" CreationDate="2009-06-07T04:11:01.803" UserId="3528" Text="The first thing you will want to do is get a handle on how your software will be purchased/licensed.  You may already have the licenses you need depending on how you got your existing licenses.  This is also the time to look at upgrading to vista (especially since there is no upgrade path from XP).  As far as deployment goes you can use [Windows Deployment Services][1] WDS from server 2008 or 2003 (even if you choose XP).  System Center would be a great add on depending on how much software and config management you need to do.  With 20 users you're probably on the cusp of needing it (vs. nice to have).  So plan on evaluating it before purchase.  One thing no ones mentioned is that it's likely you will not have 1 standard image unless you are running vista (since it's very unlikely the CEO and the facilities manager will have similar laptop needs) So you will be using multiple laptop types.  It would be really really nice if you could get the same laptop for everyone but it should be top of the line in that case (as it will probably have to last a while).  Also a couple of points about buying the OEM windows OS:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. You will receive no support from Microsoft.  You will be referred to the original OEM licensee.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. You cannot upgrade the FULL OEM version.  When windows 7 or appears this will not be a qualifying license.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Currently you can transfer a non-OEm license to a new machine.  You remove windows from the first machine and the license will transfer to the new machine.  You call Microsoft and get a new activation code.  You cannot do this with the OEM license.  It is for one machine only, the original machine.  You will not be issued an activation code for a new machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772106.aspx" />
  <row Id="37956" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21354" RevisionGUID="181c4bac-a004-474d-b476-1690f8a26f59" CreationDate="2009-06-07T04:11:01.803" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="37961" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21357" RevisionGUID="483dd5bb-f7cc-4a6b-a705-9cca09bcf074" CreationDate="2009-06-07T04:24:15.570" UserId="6383" Text="Everything inside me says &quot;No!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you think you need it then you probably don't understand the tools and authorisations available to you as a sysadmin, as pointed out in the other answers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let me also point you to the [SAGE Code of Ethics](http://www.sage.org/ethics/).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37962" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21358" RevisionGUID="aaf23631-e196-4630-9dac-b6b580b3ad8e" CreationDate="2009-06-07T04:25:52.943" UserDisplayName="Robert" Text="I've got a server that'll boot and log let you term serv into it at 6 min but acutally become useful at 18 min from hitting reboot.  After rooting around in the logs I strongly think it's a service timing out and my current suspect is the WMI service.  This used to be a hyper-v host but has been repurpsed w/o formatting to a Server 2k7 R2 OCS director.  I normally would be more through but we are on a tight timeline with consultants. :(&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To the meat of the matter: How do I tell what services the WMI service uses as dependants?  I can see what depends on it and I'd rather not have to look through EVERY process to determine this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Beyond this, if anyone's had any ideas/suggestions on how to troubleshoot WMI or this kind of error or tools would be welcome.  I want to re-install WMI but I don't think that's reasonable/plasuable without doing a 'repair' install of the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Help?" />
  <row Id="37963" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21358" RevisionGUID="aaf23631-e196-4630-9dac-b6b580b3ad8e" CreationDate="2009-06-07T04:25:52.943" UserDisplayName="Robert" Text="WMI - Win 2k8 - How do I tell what it's dependancies are?" />
  <row Id="37964" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21358" RevisionGUID="aaf23631-e196-4630-9dac-b6b580b3ad8e" CreationDate="2009-06-07T04:25:52.943" UserDisplayName="Robert" Text="&lt;wmi&gt;&lt;windows-service&gt;&lt;win2k8&gt;&lt;processes&gt;" />
  <row Id="37965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21359" RevisionGUID="9e9b3052-8fb8-4d2e-a504-d82cc06814e2" CreationDate="2009-06-07T04:26:33.380" UserId="8199" Text="For XP it's:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right click my computer --&gt;&#xD;&#xA;properties  --&gt;&#xD;&#xA;advanced  --&gt;&#xD;&#xA;startup and recovery  --&gt;&#xD;&#xA;settings &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm pretty sure it's the same for Win7" />
  <row Id="37966" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21360" RevisionGUID="c4f8160e-6903-425c-b184-5e6c4db8f3c4" CreationDate="2009-06-07T04:26:48.870" UserId="8533" Text="Well, I studied the path and the MUI stands for &quot;multilanguage user interface&quot;, so I removed the extra language support and the building of the image was done in 171 seconds, now that's tolerable, I don't know which language it was that was giving me problems." />
  <row Id="37967" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21361" RevisionGUID="36b34fc5-ff10-4d40-bbca-f2549f2e69fe" CreationDate="2009-06-07T04:38:00.533" UserId="4889" Text="Managing settings via GPO can already be done by a third party package called [Firefox ADM][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/firefoxadm" />
  <row Id="37968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21362" RevisionGUID="2c9da9b3-048e-4ef7-907e-ce7bb4435de8" CreationDate="2009-06-07T04:38:53.700" UserId="6543" Text="NFS stores a lot of the client's state on the server. Pacemaker/OpenAIS can't make up for NFS's shortcomings in this area. The grace period is there for the server and clients to recapture state. It's part of the protocol.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, it seems that you are not moving client state over completely (like /var/lib/nfs contents). See [this][2] for ideas and what needs to be synced state-wise on the server side.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.linux-nfs.org/wiki/index.php/NFS_Recovery_and_Client_Migration&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.howtoforge.com/high_availability_nfs_drbd_heartbeat" />
  <row Id="37969" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20177" RevisionGUID="896cee06-3f72-4954-8a9e-4ce00c27cbb7" CreationDate="2009-06-07T04:39:01.357" UserId="4889" Comment="tiny correction" Text="The letter &quot;I&quot; might do what your looking for, for the silent part:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Microsoft(R) Windows (R) 2000 Operating System User Profile Deletion Utility v5.&#xD;&#xA;    00&#xD;&#xA;    Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1981-1999&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    This utility deletes Windows NT and Windows 2000 user profiles.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    usage:  DELPROF [/Q] [/I] [/P] [/C:\\&lt;computername&gt;] [/D:&lt;days&gt;]&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;            /Q      Quiet, no confirmation.&#xD;&#xA;            /I      Ignore errors and continue deleting.&#xD;&#xA;            /P      Prompts for confirmation before deleting each profile.&#xD;&#xA;            /C      Remote computer name.&#xD;&#xA;            /D      Number of days of inactivity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But also look at http://www.wisesoft.co.uk/scripts/vbscript_delete_local_profiles.aspx which does the same kind of thing but dosn't use delprof and you can skip certain user profiles.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if you are using roaming profiles and don't want them kept at all, look into using &quot;Delete Cached copies of roaming profiles&quot; in your GPO's which can be found at:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Computer Config &gt; Admin Template &gt; User Profiles &gt; Delete Cached copies of roaming profiles&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;although it has been known to fail on wireless networks and such so it might still be good to run either delprof or another script every so often to catch those.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="37970" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21363" RevisionGUID="87cfc7a6-408d-48cb-a866-9ea8813320e6" CreationDate="2009-06-07T04:47:19.220" UserId="4629" Text="I have a server with a RAID 1 config. The data on the RAID is in a critical state, how is that different that a rebuild state?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The OS is booting up fine and I can sort of read the machines data without error, it is when I start to copy the data that the copy fails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any good software tools on the web for RAID analysis?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The error I get is from a windows prompt:&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Windows - Delay Write Failed&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Windows was unable to save all the data on the file .... The data has been lost. This error may be caused by a failure of your computer hardware or network connection. Please try to save this file elsewhere.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any other suggestions as well? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(The RAID drives are about 2 years old so from what I hear, they may totally fail at the same time.)" />
  <row Id="37971" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21363" RevisionGUID="87cfc7a6-408d-48cb-a866-9ea8813320e6" CreationDate="2009-06-07T04:47:19.220" UserId="4629" Text="Raid Data Help" />
  <row Id="37972" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21363" RevisionGUID="87cfc7a6-408d-48cb-a866-9ea8813320e6" CreationDate="2009-06-07T04:47:19.220" UserId="4629" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;1&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="37973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21364" RevisionGUID="e23ffdab-8bbd-4bac-a32a-38dcd9f1a401" CreationDate="2009-06-07T04:48:13.023" UserId="6543" Text="Put the files on a very fast disk or a built-for-speed RAID array since disk IO will determine the lower bound on your latency whether the client is local or remote. The other answers are also OK. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A nice solution is to make the file server be a *build* server also. " />
  <row Id="37974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21365" RevisionGUID="8fcb5e4a-c7d1-4245-8199-12a29749c17a" CreationDate="2009-06-07T04:51:07.590" UserId="4889" Text="Why are you resetting someones password when someone is away and another person wants/needs the work? almost every person stores non work related data in their accounts these days. You should be moving only the required data from their space and placing it into the space that belongs to the user that requires it." />
  <row Id="37975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21366" RevisionGUID="e849ca0f-0357-4a74-817c-faf207a37291" CreationDate="2009-06-07T04:54:30.377" UserId="6199" Text="Backup your system NOW to external media. Buy new hard drives because it sounds like one failed and the other may not be far behind. " />
  <row Id="37976" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21367" RevisionGUID="a45ef287-d5da-4d7e-8ee0-47e8ef16cc28" CreationDate="2009-06-07T05:00:35.450" UserId="3472" Text="I tried out the &quot;Full Screen&quot; option of the &quot;Display Options&quot; of PowerShell v1, and now I'm unable to set this property back to &quot;Window&quot;. I provide my permission as an administrator to make the change back to &quot;Window&quot;, but it has no effect. How do I get it back to &quot;Window&quot;?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Of course, I imagine this is a more basic problem than setting a property of PowerShell.)" />
  <row Id="37977" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21367" RevisionGUID="a45ef287-d5da-4d7e-8ee0-47e8ef16cc28" CreationDate="2009-06-07T05:00:35.450" UserId="3472" Text="Setting PowerShell Display Options Property" />
  <row Id="37978" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21367" RevisionGUID="a45ef287-d5da-4d7e-8ee0-47e8ef16cc28" CreationDate="2009-06-07T05:00:35.450" UserId="3472" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;privileges&gt;" />
  <row Id="37980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21368" RevisionGUID="e9794389-ce30-4875-b376-b150276c084d" CreationDate="2009-06-07T05:09:23.170" UserId="7469" Text="Some of the execs in the company I do work for are complaining that they cannot access the (PPTP) VPN from various Business Class airport lounge wireless networks. They can access normal web pages. Being a lowly IT serf I've not had the chance to take a laptop into any of these places myself, so I've had to try and diagnose this 2nd hand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The VPN server is a Snapgear linux appliance running PopTop. According to the logs the snapgear recieves the PPTP initiation request from the client and authenticates, but the client then times-out.  To me this sounds like the TCP protocol session initiation works, but the airport lounge router/firewall may be blocking the GRE protocol.  (Incidentally I've observed that some models Cisco wireless routers are by default not configured to allow GRE, and have assumed this might be the case here)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So... I'm not 100% sure what to do next. I could setup an OpenVPN server, but that would require installing client software on all the (Windows) laptops.  The other idea might be to setup Windows 2008 Terminal Services Gateway, that would allow access to the terminal servers via HTTPS from the internet.  That would solve the issue of remote TS access but then for email, I'd probably need to look at setting up RPC/HTTPS for Outlook clients.  Is it feasible to setup both Windows 2008 Terminal Services Gateway and an Exchange RPC/HTTPS frontend gateway on the same machine?    I am sure that an OpenVPN server would be more secure, but I'd be interested to know how well these windows based gateways work as an alternative to VPNs and if people would recommend them. Thanks in advance!" />
  <row Id="37981" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21368" RevisionGUID="e9794389-ce30-4875-b376-b150276c084d" CreationDate="2009-06-07T05:09:23.170" UserId="7469" Text="PPTP VPN not working in airport business lounge - alternatives?" />
  <row Id="37982" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21368" RevisionGUID="e9794389-ce30-4875-b376-b150276c084d" CreationDate="2009-06-07T05:09:23.170" UserId="7469" Text="&lt;pptp&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;gateway&gt;" />
  <row Id="37983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21369" RevisionGUID="75a5c65c-4db4-4b4d-abd5-2007540357e2" CreationDate="2009-06-07T05:13:04.253" UserId="3657" Text="You're on the right track.  You need to set up an SSL VPN of some kind.  We use a Sonicwall SSL VPN appliance.  It allows for installation of the client directly from the logon page (very simple, any user can do it) as well as reverse proxy functionality for web apps and terminal services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.sonicwall.com/us/products/Secure_Remote_Access.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OpenVPN is a good software alternative." />
  <row Id="37984" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21370" RevisionGUID="6f068608-792d-4d99-b46b-f7750ad0a6d8" CreationDate="2009-06-07T05:19:00.107" UserId="6132" Text="Accountability is the issue. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If users are ever questioned about activity conducted from their login they have an automatic out if it is standard operating procedure that someone else can get into their account without first changing the password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't risk losing the accountability of your sysadmins and/or your users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I see no pros.&#xD;&#xA;    " />
  <row Id="37986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21372" RevisionGUID="84b96108-bba0-4361-b44f-1e30845566d3" CreationDate="2009-06-07T05:24:33.013" UserId="4881" Text="Work computers provide privacy from persons who are not authorized to access the owner's information that is stored on them.  Employees have no privacy when using an employer's equipment, which is why your logon banner says that all activity may be monitored at any time, with or without cause.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(If you don't have such a logon banner, run — don't walk — to your corporate counsel ASAP, because it's a Really Good Idea.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, that's another question.  I don't think I can say anything that hasn't been said in another answer, although I think it needs to be explicitly stated that a password is an **individual** identifier, and therefore any password should be known by exactly one person; generic Administrator etc. account passwords should be stored in a safe and changed after every use." />
  <row Id="37987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21373" RevisionGUID="421606f4-813f-43cf-92e1-0b94cb18b5cc" CreationDate="2009-06-07T05:27:05.940" UserId="6177" Text="In order to maintains systems, admins need the ability to do anything - access files, change them, etc.  So there needs to be a way for an admin to access any file, but it doesn't have to be by having the users' passwords.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For myself, I see only negatives to having people passwords - loss of accountability being the main one.  If I don't have anyone's password, I can't routinely access their files or emails, I can't pretend to be them and do something in their name.  Our company president used to want us to have his password so we could easily work on his system, but after a lot of trying I convinced him to change it and NOT tell us what it was.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't think of a likely situation where an admin needs anything more than the ability to change a password so they can access files in an emergency.  That, and _temporarily_ knowing people's passwords was always enough.  In cases where we had to do some work on a PC as the person, we'd either get their password and then change it after or we'd change it and get them to change it back." />
  <row Id="37988" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21374" RevisionGUID="281918f8-d1f3-4bf1-a3f5-b98b4bb2d514" CreationDate="2009-06-07T05:32:35.180" UserId="8297" Text="Obviously seeing as how many of us here are system administrator type people, we have a lot of passwords strung out across numerous systems and accounts. Some of them are low priority, others could cause serious harm to a company if discovered (don't you just love power?).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simple, easy to remember passwords just aren't acceptable. The only option is complex, hard-to-remember (and type) passwords. So, what do &lt;b&gt;you&lt;/b&gt; use to keep track of your passwords? Do you use a program to encrypt them for you (requiring yet &lt;i&gt;another&lt;/i&gt; password in turn), or do you do something less complicated such as a piece of paper kept on your person, or is it somewhere in between those options?" />
  <row Id="37989" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21374" RevisionGUID="281918f8-d1f3-4bf1-a3f5-b98b4bb2d514" CreationDate="2009-06-07T05:32:35.180" UserId="8297" Text="How do you manage your passwords?" />
  <row Id="37990" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21374" RevisionGUID="281918f8-d1f3-4bf1-a3f5-b98b4bb2d514" CreationDate="2009-06-07T05:32:35.180" UserId="8297" Text="&lt;password&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="37991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21375" RevisionGUID="103bc76e-e440-4ab4-84d6-807169aaa476" CreationDate="2009-06-07T05:37:31.007" UserId="3246" Text="I would recommend [Server fault][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A group in our IT Department use it and really like the features it has to offer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.lavasoftware.com/PasswordVault%20-%20Password%20Manager%20&amp;%20Web%20Form%20Filler%20For%20Windows,%20MacOS%20and%20Linux.html" />
  <row Id="37992" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21375" RevisionGUID="3b2eeefc-79d0-4845-b583-0daae6fc3ed0" CreationDate="2009-06-07T05:43:28.390" UserId="3246" Comment="added 129 characters in body; added 95 characters in body" Text="I would recommend [Server fault][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A group in our IT Department use it and really like the features it has to offer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The passwords are always encrypted.  Individual users can choose what passwords to share.  Best of all the software is free. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whatever you decide to use make sure the OS is secure and that the passwords are encrypted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.lavasoftware.com/PasswordVault%20-%20Password%20Manager%20&amp;%20Web%20Form%20Filler%20For%20Windows,%20MacOS%20and%20Linux.html" />
  <row Id="37993" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21376" RevisionGUID="5c4dec64-7d58-45f6-97d6-1b0912cc42b5" CreationDate="2009-06-07T05:43:57.717" UserId="4721" Text="Lets assume that you have a lot of (different) passwords for various on-line services and equipment you own. You would want to store these in a file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Never keep your password file open (as in unencrypted) on your machines/servers.&#xD;&#xA;Having said that, do not keep it encrypted with some web-space provider that gives you encryption support either -- unless your really trust them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For mobile storage of passwords, consider [TrueCrypt][1] volumes or files that you can store where ever convenient -- like your pendrives or even e-mail attachments. TrueCrypt is supported on almost all platforms and provides very good security when you decrypt the files for viewing. Then, you have to just take care that you do not copy or leave the file on some system (or deleted files folder).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ah! and get serious with your password generation :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.truecrypt.org/ &quot;TrueCrypt&quot;" />
  <row Id="37994" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21377" RevisionGUID="8aee7c7f-5faf-4c8e-9316-e4821595a288" CreationDate="2009-06-07T05:44:16.500" UserId="2914" Text="[KeePass][1] is great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://keepass.info/" />
  <row Id="37996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21379" RevisionGUID="775d90aa-cc6d-45f3-af06-37049cb1f2f0" CreationDate="2009-06-07T05:47:55.260" UserId="6811" Text="We keep our passwords printed out, in a binder with our other network documentation, and in our physically secure server room that only a few people have access to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know what 'real sys admins' think of this but I think this is a good solution for us.  I am interested in the other answers to this question." />
  <row Id="37997" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21380" RevisionGUID="00541bd3-ee8e-4028-9dc8-e98c8c7e6771" CreationDate="2009-06-07T05:49:05.337" UserId="1349" Text="Unfortunately, within a password protected spreadsheet." />
  <row Id="37998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21381" RevisionGUID="8ed0cb25-fbe6-42f0-8dc4-e92ed92493ec" CreationDate="2009-06-07T05:51:51.850" UserId="8585" Text="Here's a pretty strange one: I am getting the following error in a VMware Fusion Virtual Machine:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cannot access /usr/share/postgresql: Stale NFS file handle&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The weird part being that this is not actually an NFS mount; I don't even have the NFS client *installed* on this server! I'm not really sure where to go with this as *mount -O* and restarting don't fix anything. I've restored snapshots as old as a week, when things were working fine, without success. Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="37999" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21381" RevisionGUID="8ed0cb25-fbe6-42f0-8dc4-e92ed92493ec" CreationDate="2009-06-07T05:51:51.850" UserId="8585" Text="VMWare Fusion: Stale NFS file handle w/o NFS" />
  <row Id="38000" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21381" RevisionGUID="8ed0cb25-fbe6-42f0-8dc4-e92ed92493ec" CreationDate="2009-06-07T05:51:51.850" UserId="8585" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;fusion&gt;&lt;nfs&gt;&lt;ubuntu-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="38001" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21382" RevisionGUID="e8d5e11c-3a8e-49f9-a112-0ea073abe674" CreationDate="2009-06-07T05:56:27.113" UserId="2711" Text="You are running Windows 2003 SP1? That went out of support in April, so your OS does not get any security patches anymore. You need to upgrade to SP2 ASAP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SP2 also has lots of random bug fixes in it - there is a chance your issue could go away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh and FYI Citrix 4 goes EOM (End of Maintenance, no more bug fixes) at the end of this month June 09, and EOL (End of Life, no more security patches or any other patches) at the end of Dec 09. Enjoy your upgrade cycle!" />
  <row Id="38002" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21383" RevisionGUID="8bcd335c-211a-4664-95d4-838326260e2f" CreationDate="2009-06-07T05:57:53.960" UserId="2567" Text="I've seen it relatively often that a &quot;stale NFS file handle&quot; really indicates that a file system is corrupted or unclean - try running `fsck` on it." />
  <row Id="38003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21384" RevisionGUID="51b89e82-0a7d-4543-b31b-b4b240e93434" CreationDate="2009-06-07T06:00:26.107" UserId="6469" Text="A &quot;critical&quot; RAID element is an element which reports a physical, unrecoverable malfunction, and must be replaced as soon as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since you're running RAID 1, you should be able to run the array degraded and swap your drive out for a new one, if your server must be online all the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, you must also consider the possibility that it's your RAID controller card (if you have one) that is malfunctioning. Though this is *much* less likely, it's still something to keep in mind when rebuilding your array." />
  <row Id="38004" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21385" RevisionGUID="14243582-7822-4d19-9ef7-be832c065aaa" CreationDate="2009-06-07T06:01:15.593" UserId="8297" Text="I exclusively run Linux servers at work, and desktop Linux at home. I would sincerely love to run all Linux clients (Samba somehow seems like &quot;cheating&quot; to me) at work but the software we use is heavily tied to Windows and there aren't any Linux alternatives. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The software itself isn't bad but it's heavily based in .NET which is obviously very Windows specific, and I wouldn't ever feel comfortable running our main productivity software in Wine (if it seemingly worked)." />
  <row Id="38005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21386" RevisionGUID="3d5f0925-1768-4059-ab94-8727e3573703" CreationDate="2009-06-07T06:04:07.613" UserId="3181" Text="[Password Safe][1] has solid encryption and random password generator. Groups of passwords are then distributed as encrypted files based on who needs which passwords.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="38006" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21199" RevisionGUID="ab078fef-3bbb-430e-b9ab-a9ea5ea1fd10" CreationDate="2009-06-07T06:08:10.943" UserId="2711" Comment="Typo" Text="Well I'll say why I wouldn't deploy a linux desktop fleet above Microsofts products, as of 2009 anyway:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Management on a large scale - nothing even close to Group Policy or Active Directory for Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Useability - most users will be completely lost on a *nix system. Re-training several thousand people just to use an OS is not a trivial or cheap exercise without some proof of massive benefits.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Application support. Many systems in the corporate world are written for Windows. While some of the newer ones have had the foresight to develop in Java and therefore be cross-platform, there are many that havent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In summary? Total Cost of Ownership. An often bandied about term but it's true. If an XP license costs $300, that may only be a days wage for a person. If that person needs a days training to learn a different OS, and then a week of impaired productivity as they get used to it, XP has already paid for itself a couple of times over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most people are also familiar with Outlook. An Exchange standard license costs around $700. Divide that among the number of users and, again, it pays for itself in preference to training users to use another tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most end users just want to use the tools they know to do their job. Giving them the tools they already know how to use, even if they cost, is almost always going to be cheaper than re-training them to use &quot;free&quot; products." />
  <row Id="38007" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21387" RevisionGUID="3c39dd6f-f87a-471d-92e2-54d24cdc4139" CreationDate="2009-06-07T06:09:50.893" UserId="7324" Text="trac-admin /opt/trac/$setup_name permission remove anonymous '*'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should take away all permissions for anonymous users." />
  <row Id="38008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21388" RevisionGUID="2fb8a25f-0002-4973-8c7a-252be4d2001a" CreationDate="2009-06-07T06:14:46.563" UserId="7324" Text="It could be caused by several things.  This issue is discussed in quite a bit of detail over on the Vonage forums here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.vonage-forum.com/ftopic9056.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are 3 pages to that particular thread so be sure to read through it all as there are several different problems and solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="38009" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21389" RevisionGUID="f37168b8-2a8b-4a14-b023-c8337c0a198c" CreationDate="2009-06-07T06:15:02.897" UserId="3752" Text="I'm gonna go off on a tangent a bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The point is that if the administrator is 100% ethical it doesn't matter if he knows user passwords, likewise if the administrator is not 100% ethical, then it doesn't matter if he doesn't know the password. He has root, he can get the password without anyone else knowing. (He is root, remember, the ruler of the machine. There is nothing he cannot do on that machine, including cleaning the logs, blocking ports, running whatever tool he wants, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is no one that is 100% ethical in the eyes of HR, therefore you must assume that the admin always has access to the user passwords. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you think the admin cannot do that because he lacks the skills, please replace him/her with someone who does. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So having a policy that the admin should not have access to the user passwords is a waste of printed Policy &amp; Procedures paper, since it could not be possibly be enforced. At best it offers a false sense of security, and that is the worst kind of security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21390" RevisionGUID="ac6cef5b-f50d-4ce6-9531-886bc0894a92" CreationDate="2009-06-07T06:17:23.720" UserId="3657" Text="Your best option is to assign the Vonage unit a static IP address in your DHCP server.  Then configure that IP as the DMZ port in your firewall.  This will forward anything not already forwarded to the unit.  This gives your Vonage unit access to all the ports it needs." />
  <row Id="38011" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21391" RevisionGUID="5999205b-ec11-4375-8e99-785abd37d7e7" CreationDate="2009-06-07T06:19:18.847" UserId="4117" Text="I use a program called &lt;a href=&quot;http://nsd.dyndns.org/pwsafe/&quot;&gt;pwsafe&lt;/a&gt; on my desktop.  If need a password from somewhere else, I SSH over and use that." />
  <row Id="38012" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21392" RevisionGUID="89df8765-1524-48e1-ab51-a78e1fd89ecc" CreationDate="2009-06-07T06:23:44.797" UserId="1592" Text="In terms of UNIX tools there is of course the Microsoft Unix for Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ATT Research also provides UWIN." />
  <row Id="38013" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21392" RevisionGUID="89df8765-1524-48e1-ab51-a78e1fd89ecc" CreationDate="2009-06-07T06:23:44.797" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38014" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21393" RevisionGUID="0c7e92f4-8789-4f8a-8852-1cebc2d56688" CreationDate="2009-06-07T06:31:08.230" UserId="1592" Text="I might suggest going to the official Subversion site (http://subversion.tigris.org/project_packages.html).  There you get a link to collabNet BINARY packages for Redhat versions 4,5 and others.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since CentOS is really a recompilation of Redhat AS sources you should have no problem using the RedHat binary packages.  Its also nice as all the necessary binaries, modules and such are included." />
  <row Id="38015" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7721" RevisionGUID="4ce46299-d1fc-4e85-99b2-2989a5795f95" CreationDate="2009-06-07T06:31:13.130" UserId="1496" Comment="added 9 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;When I try to install the office 2003 SP 1 (or 2 or 3) on a Virtual PC (2007) instance (using XP as OS) I get the message that it cannot get installed because Office 2003 is not installed. But of course I have installed Office 2003!! &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought this was a Virtual PC 2007 related problem but I got the exact same behavior when I used VM Server i.e. a totally different virtualization product. So it must have something to do with the SP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then I thought that I could solve it by installing office 2003 on the host of the virtual instance (as well) to &quot;trick&quot; the Office 2003 SP 1 installer. But of course that did not work either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I solve this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Kallis&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38016" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7721" RevisionGUID="4ce46299-d1fc-4e85-99b2-2989a5795f95" CreationDate="2009-06-07T06:31:13.130" UserId="1496" Comment="added 9 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;virtualpc&gt;&lt;ms-office&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;" />
  <row Id="38018" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21394" RevisionGUID="c79906a3-4238-4eab-a2c2-b33852144453" CreationDate="2009-06-07T06:37:15.207" UserId="8588" Text="Occassionally Windows computers crash badly so it cannot even do a safe boot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do not have access to the Windows install media (preinstalled PC), which boot image would you recommend to start a shell on the Windows hard disk volume (NTFS)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A DOS or UNIX type shell would be ok.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I will prefer a solution which have a data transfer mechanism via WiFi, net or CD/DVD so user data can be salvaged.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38019" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21394" RevisionGUID="c79906a3-4238-4eab-a2c2-b33852144453" CreationDate="2009-06-07T06:37:15.207" UserId="8588" Text="Boot image to inspect NTFS volumes" />
  <row Id="38020" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21394" RevisionGUID="c79906a3-4238-4eab-a2c2-b33852144453" CreationDate="2009-06-07T06:37:15.207" UserId="8588" Text="&lt;boot&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;crash&gt;" />
  <row Id="38021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21395" RevisionGUID="85015ebe-2b3a-4454-8d4d-bdacda856c1e" CreationDate="2009-06-07T06:38:07.297" UserId="4307" Text="First of all, this probably has nothing to do with VMware Fusion. You are, as Tim states, probably just having issues with the filesystem on your VM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, there is no &quot;NFS client&quot;; it is probably built in to the kernel of your Linux distro as a, well, filesystem." />
  <row Id="38022" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21396" RevisionGUID="fe22086b-6b97-4773-b5b5-9d7ad2c2de91" CreationDate="2009-06-07T06:41:48.130" UserId="5989" Text="What is preventing us from deploying Linux desktops in our company?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're all using Macs already ;-).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do have a somewhat unique perspective. In the four companies I've worked at in the last 10 years of doing professional system administration (including IBM Global Services), I have had the option of using a Linux workstation, and did. Not to say this wasn't without struggles.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Company One**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First company out of college was a Unix/Linux backup software company. The CEO mandated that since we develop software for Linux, everyone including nontechnical people had to use Linux as their desktop. He didn't exclude himself either, and he was very much not technical. Now this was in 1999-2000 to give a frame of reference. Desktop Linux was *not* sophisticated. GNOME was a very immature environment, and KDE wasn't much better. Hardware support in Linux itself wasn't near as good as it is now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Challenges- &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Streaming video. While rare, some of the stuff the marketing team worked with was Real Networks, and RealPlayer was spotty. I spent at least 2-3 hours a week re-explaining how to do things on Linux to the marketing team.&#xD;&#xA;* Printing. Ugh. I hate printing on Linux. Its not actually a lot better now than it was then, except maybe the tools are better. Printers suck. Oh and thats not Linux specific.&#xD;&#xA;* Office applications. Microsoft Office was of course the primary app used in the business world. We used StarOffice, and I hated it. Probably due to printing problems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Company Two**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This was IBM! I worked as a system administrator in eBusiness, and since late 2000, IBM has maintained an internal Linux deployment stack, which installed all the IBM required software like the labor claiming tool, the printing tool (heh!), Lotus Notes (w/ WINE), Lotus Sametime, and the VPN software. This 'distribution' went through many iterations and got *really* good by the time I left IBM in 2007. It was rough but usable for several years, but with Lotus Notes 8 and Lotus Sametime having &quot;native&quot; Linux clients (read: Java-based), it was actually about as usable as Windows (which I don't consider usable :-)).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Challenges-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Printing again. Even though IBM has sophisticated printers and tools for configuring them, printing still sucks. &#xD;&#xA;* Lotus Notes. This was primarily an issue with Notes itself being a heaping pile of garbage :). When they went from being an unofficial (but developed internally) WINE stack to a Java client, this got a lot better. I still hate Notes though.&#xD;&#xA;* Lotus Sametime. The native Sametime client on Windows was (is?) horrid. There were several internal projects including a perl/gtk program, a couple trillian plugins, and a GAIM/Pidgin plugin. Eventually they went with a somewhat decent, usable client with 7.5.&#xD;&#xA;* Office software. This is primarily IBM hanging onto Lotus products for dear life. There were no open office plugins to convert, at least until the open office integration into Notes 8.&#xD;&#xA;* IE only CRM. One of the ticketing tools we had to use was a Siebel CRM which didn't work with any browser except IE6. Further, if a certain critical patch were installed (which was auto installed **by the IBM patch manager**, it wouldn't run. Full of fail and lose.&#xD;&#xA;* Unique IBM challenges. Such as the CRM issue above, but others as well, too numerous to iterate here :-).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Company Three**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I worked for a security training company that uses Linux for all the company infrastructure and backend support. All the admin staff used Linux either as primary workstation OS, or secondary workstation. Adoption of Linux for non-sysadmin staff probably resembles the challenges faced by other companies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Challenges-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Prevalance of Outlook and shared calendaring, but actually a lack of it! Because the company is security focused, they are &quot;we must own and control everything&quot; focused. We didn't have an Exchange server, shared calendaring in effect really just didn't exist. During the infrastructure upgrade I was hired on mainly to work on, we installed Zimbra, and while the user migration from the old email to Zimbra took place after I left, I heard it was a smashing success and the shared calendaring in Zimbra was very popular feature indeed.&#xD;&#xA;* Office software. Particularly PowerPoint presentations. All the training materials were written by the courseware authors primarily in PowerPoint. There really isn't an equal on Linux. Nuff said.&#xD;&#xA;* User training. Most people were used to Windows from their home systems and other positions, so retraining 100 people would have been cost prohibitive. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Company Four**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ah, the company I'm at now. We all use Macs. We use Google Apps, so no shared calendaring woes there, no client access license costs (though probably a per-user cost, which is much less than Exchange!). We thrive on open source software (we're an open source company!), and of course for those that need it, Microsoft Office (or iWork) is available anyway. I'm not one of those people, so it's wonderful being 100% Microsoft-free for work purposes (I still use it for gaming!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've noticed as I get more exposure to the startup world, many more startups are using Macbooks + Google Apps == the win. Linux servers are usually a cloud node running the web site, code is hosted on GitHub (public or private repositories), DNS is outsourced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**End Thoughts**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So while many people point out the &quot;more obivous&quot; reasons why Windows stays its ground and Linux is not as widely deployed, there are fewer challenges to switching now than there have been. Many of the arguments against Linux are unfounded to those in the know anyway, TCO being the biggest argument, since thats what Microsoft spends billions of dollars of marketing FUD spreading. TCO is a subjective answer to an issue of diverse topic, IMO, because while models can predict costs, they don't always hit the exact problem space of every company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21397" RevisionGUID="10332e58-96b4-4da5-a62b-0a8dcffa9af2" CreationDate="2009-06-07T06:43:29.110" UserId="7625" Text="You may want to use ApacheAuth for Trac (possibly against AD, LDAP, or just .htpasswd): that way only authenticated users get to see the page in the first place. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also you wouldnt have to worry about the Trac logon process being secure (spam etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21398" RevisionGUID="25cf14b1-0c70-42fa-918b-dd293897712d" CreationDate="2009-06-07T06:47:11.553" UserId="7709" Text="The easiest one for that would most likely be Knoppix: http://www.knoppix.net/ - it's a bootable Linux distribution that runs completely off the CD, doesn't touch the physical disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other other option, is Windows PE: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/. It's like Knoppix for Windows (gives you a bootable Windows shell, without touching the hdd). You need to have physical Windows disks avaliable to make the bootable disk, but if you keep it handy and you're on-site without windows media, it's a life saver. Especially if you create your PE image with lots of nice software, like Norton Ghost, etc. It even supports a lot of network cards." />
  <row Id="38025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21399" RevisionGUID="c1b26baa-6ef2-4e2a-87cb-dd62497c05f8" CreationDate="2009-06-07T06:48:43.890" UserId="5989" Text="While there's a wide variety of private non-routable networks across 192.168/16 or even 10/8, sometimes in being thoughtful of potential conflict, it still occurs. For example, I set up an installation OpenVPN once with the internal VPN network on 192.168.27. This was all fine and dandy until a hotel used that subnet for floor 27 on their wifi.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I re-IP'd the VPN network to a 172.16 network, since that seems to be all but unused by hotels and internet café's. But is that an appropriate solution to the problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While I mention OpenVPN, I'd love to hear thoughts about this problem on other VPN deployments, including plain ol' IPSEC." />
  <row Id="38026" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21399" RevisionGUID="c1b26baa-6ef2-4e2a-87cb-dd62497c05f8" CreationDate="2009-06-07T06:48:43.890" UserId="5989" Text="How do you avoid network conflict with VPN internal networks?" />
  <row Id="38027" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21399" RevisionGUID="c1b26baa-6ef2-4e2a-87cb-dd62497c05f8" CreationDate="2009-06-07T06:48:43.890" UserId="5989" Text="&lt;openvpn&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="38028" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21400" RevisionGUID="d57f87fc-00ad-4440-a6fe-492696adff19" CreationDate="2009-06-07T06:49:16.243" UserId="7625" Text="Make sure to make a copy before you start a rebuild. &#xD;&#xA;A rebuild might find errors on the remaining drive, which &quot;might&quot; not happen during a copy. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21401" RevisionGUID="038cc29a-2edb-4062-aa6b-62258b954e30" CreationDate="2009-06-07T06:51:04.040" UserId="4117" Text="An &quot;HTTP Proxy&quot; and a &quot;SOCKS5 Proxy&quot; aren't the same thing.  That's why YAST doesn't get it :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A quick fix would be to install Squid or some other HTTP proxy on `ip-of-box-with-internet-access` , and then do something like `ssh -L 12345:localhost:8080 user@ip-of-box-with-internet-access` from the server.  I do this all the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An example of a quick HTTP proxy would be [micro proxy][1], but I haven't used that and thus can't give a recommendation.  Squid isn't too bad to set up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.acme.com/software/micro_proxy/" />
  <row Id="38030" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21402" RevisionGUID="e4157053-e512-41a1-9ffb-1b5ede5c74cf" CreationDate="2009-06-07T06:52:15.787" UserId="5989" Text="I always set up tun. Tap is used by ethernet bridging in OpenVPN and introduces an unprecendented level of complexity that is simply not worth bothering with. Usually when a VPN needs to be installed, its needed **now**, and complex deployments don't come fast.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The [OpenVPN FAQ][1] and the [Ethernet Bridging HOWTO][2] are **excellent** resources on this topic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://openvpn.org/index.php/open-source/faq.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/miscellaneous/76-ethernet-bridging.html" />
  <row Id="38031" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21400" RevisionGUID="eb850d28-1474-4293-8d15-70cab730a872" CreationDate="2009-06-07T06:56:08.570" UserId="7625" Comment="added 138 characters in body; added 88 characters in body" Text="Make sure to make a copy before you start a rebuild. &#xD;&#xA;A rebuild might find errors on the remaining drive, which &quot;might&quot; not happen during a copy, causing your remainging drive to fail as well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you tell us if it is a software-raid or a hardware-raid? &#xD;&#xA;In case of software-raid, is it set up in windows drive manager, or with the mainboard bios, or some other way? &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38032" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21403" RevisionGUID="37394e29-e131-45a4-84c7-e6f0e8c63616" CreationDate="2009-06-07T07:01:16.330" UserId="7709" Text="Probably not helpful to your situation right now, but the Activity Monitor in SQL 2008 Management Console is miles ahead of the SQL 2005 console.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Great if you have access to a the 2008 installation media (it will connect to the 2005 server just fine), not so much if you don't." />
  <row Id="38033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21404" RevisionGUID="e18d63e3-ef83-4d0d-9276-698003406659" CreationDate="2009-06-07T07:04:55.510" UserId="7342" Text="I think that what ever you use, you're going to risk a conflict. I would say that very few networks use ranges under 172.16, but I have no evidence to back that up; just the gut feeling that no one can remember it. You could use public IP addresses, but that's a bit of a waste and you may not have enough to spare. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An alternative could be to use IPv6 for your VPN. This would require setting up IPv6 to every host you'd want access to, but you'd definitely be using a unique range, especially if you get yourself a /48 allocated to your organisation." />
  <row Id="38034" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21405" RevisionGUID="b08c799d-9881-4579-a0e2-2ead0aa9d68e" CreationDate="2009-06-07T07:12:37.243" UserId="7342" Text="We have a PGP encrypted text file. It is encrypted to each of the sysadmin's keys. We use a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=661&quot;&gt;vim plugin&lt;/a&gt; to make it easy to update.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At a previous job we used a similar scheme, but used symmetrical encryption because we hadn't discovered the plugin (or it didn't exist yet) and no one had spent the time to work out how private keys would work." />
  <row Id="38035" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21159" RevisionGUID="82e52ab8-aa0d-4fc7-9e74-d1c46d5c3399" CreationDate="2009-06-07T07:14:11.497" UserId="1" />
  <row Id="38036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21406" RevisionGUID="207e7c0d-c72b-4a9c-9898-361994754ccc" CreationDate="2009-06-07T07:14:12.433" UserId="1293" Text="I've used a Ubuntu live boot CD to duplicate an NTFS drive using dd on a sector copy basis. But I was also able to mount the drive and copy files and had net access." />
  <row Id="38037" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21358" RevisionGUID="6168ad81-b17d-4c8d-ba35-24d2034dadbc" CreationDate="2009-06-07T07:14:24.570" UserId="7342" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;wmi&gt;&lt;windows-service&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;processes&gt;" />
  <row Id="38038" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21407" RevisionGUID="df11087a-862e-4e40-b1a3-14e4c9fc7000" CreationDate="2009-06-07T07:15:44.053" UserId="5989" Text="I try not to use too many &quot;nonstandard&quot; tools. That is, tools that aren't easily available between operating systems or out of a particular distribution's software repository. I work on a Macbook, and I do testing on a variety of different Linux/Unix platforms. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, I like [ohai][1](1). It is the node data collection tool used by Chef. It outputs data in JSON, so it can be manipulated with a variety of JSON parsing libraries. Since I work on Chef :-), it's a &quot;nonstandard&quot; tool available on every system I work with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(1) Disclosure. I work for the company that wrote Chef and Ohai.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://github.com/opscode/ohai" />
  <row Id="38039" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21407" RevisionGUID="df11087a-862e-4e40-b1a3-14e4c9fc7000" CreationDate="2009-06-07T07:15:44.053" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38040" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21408" RevisionGUID="7cf02c33-e90b-43cb-89a3-3b1b2564c569" CreationDate="2009-06-07T07:17:26.873" UserId="4629" Text="Are there any great RAID analysis software tools out there?" />
  <row Id="38041" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21408" RevisionGUID="7cf02c33-e90b-43cb-89a3-3b1b2564c569" CreationDate="2009-06-07T07:17:26.873" UserId="4629" Text="Raid Anaylsis Software" />
  <row Id="38042" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21408" RevisionGUID="7cf02c33-e90b-43cb-89a3-3b1b2564c569" CreationDate="2009-06-07T07:17:26.873" UserId="4629" Text="&lt;software-raid&gt;&lt;hardware-raid&gt;&lt;raid&gt;&lt;software&gt;" />
  <row Id="38043" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21409" RevisionGUID="138cc903-e9a7-4ab2-9773-872dca4f0894" CreationDate="2009-06-07T07:17:51.973" UserId="5989" Text="Server focused answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At a previous employer, the admin staff didn't have passwords set. We used only SSH authentication. After working there, I became a big believer in two factor authentication schemes, such as a passphrase protected client certificate or key (like an SSH key, or SSL client certificate). " />
  <row Id="38044" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21357" RevisionGUID="97ca6b39-1ff7-4dbc-8ec4-161aff98c8f8" CreationDate="2009-06-07T07:19:13.017" UserId="6383" Comment="Mention education: technical, legal and ethical." Text="Everything inside me says &quot;No!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you think you need it then you probably don't understand the tools and authorisations available to you as a sysadmin, as pointed out in the other answers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let me also point you to the [SAGE Code of Ethics](http://www.sage.org/ethics/).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Was this a manager's idea?  Either way some education is in order: for yourself, so you know what can and can't be done, technically, legally and ethically; for management, so you and they can develop a policy that meets business needs; and for users, so they know what they can expect." />
  <row Id="38045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21410" RevisionGUID="a943bd63-1aec-4929-b39c-87d2d2b33b9b" CreationDate="2009-06-07T07:44:46.333" UserId="6177" Text="I keep my passwords in a text file so it's easy to look at - don't need any application.  I keep the file encrypted with a long passphrase that I've never ever written down.  I guess one of these days I should tell my wife what it is...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The &quot;working&quot; version of the file is printed out in a small font so it fits on one sheet of paper and it's folded into the little notebook that I carry around and keep track of like my wallet.  Basically, I follow Bruce Schneier's advice and have good passwords that are written down somewhere secure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our &quot;what if one admin gets hit by a bus&quot; plan is that each of us has their own encrypted password file.  There's a small enough number of us and we're all not dumb enough to leave a printed list lying around, so it works well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We also have a small file in the shared directories we use that has the less critical passwords we all refer to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We &quot;generate&quot; our own complex passwords for the most critical uses: I usually go first and pick a letter or number.  Then the next guy picks one, then me (or another guy), and so on.  We end up with things like  pl8u7ke  which turn out to be not too hard to remember if you use them pretty much every day." />
  <row Id="38046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21411" RevisionGUID="b9386b4a-9e14-48a6-8bbd-8348206a0f64" CreationDate="2009-06-07T07:51:45.510" UserId="6177" Text="The third octet of our Public class C was .67, so we used that inside, ie 192.168.67.x&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When we set up our DMZ, we used 192.168.68.x&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When we needed another block of addresses we used .69.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If we had needed more (and we came close a couple times) we were going to renumber and use 10. so that we could give every division in the company lots of networks." />
  <row Id="38047" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21412" RevisionGUID="f127242a-df16-4bf9-8d54-4bbb6ca5f59d" CreationDate="2009-06-07T07:58:04.497" UserId="4011" Text="We have a bunch of large HDTVs in our monitoring office keeping an eye on all of our production equipment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are monitoring:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cisco routers&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;HP switches&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;HP proliant servers&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Windows 2003&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;IIS&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;SQL server &lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;At the moment we use&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Nagios for uptime/availability and alert sending&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cacti for bandwidth usage&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Perfmon running on Vista for server performance&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A combination of other tools and our own custom code to monitor our actual application performance.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;All of this is fine apart from the Perfmon part - it gives us what we want - i.e. real time charts on the screen, logging certain performance counters, etc - the only problem is setting it up is a real chore. If the Vista PC running Perfmon is rebooted (normally due to Windows Update) then setting all the counters up again takes ages - literally an hour or two's worth of work for somebody in the office...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anybody know of a way to either:&#xD;&#xA;1. Script adding Perfmon counters&#xD;&#xA;2. Another tool with graphical output and WMI/windows counter access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Mike" />
  <row Id="38048" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21412" RevisionGUID="f127242a-df16-4bf9-8d54-4bbb6ca5f59d" CreationDate="2009-06-07T07:58:04.497" UserId="4011" Text="Real time monitoring of MS Windows servers and their services" />
  <row Id="38049" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21412" RevisionGUID="f127242a-df16-4bf9-8d54-4bbb6ca5f59d" CreationDate="2009-06-07T07:58:04.497" UserId="4011" Text="&lt;perfmon&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;performance-monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="38050" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21400" RevisionGUID="92564273-7442-47f3-8745-be03d7f60008" CreationDate="2009-06-07T08:00:43.120" UserId="7625" Comment="response to OP´s comment" Text="Make sure to make a copy before you start a rebuild. &#xD;&#xA;A rebuild might find errors on the remaining drive, which &quot;might&quot; not happen during a copy, causing your remainging drive to fail as well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you tell us if it is a software-raid or a hardware-raid? &#xD;&#xA;In case of software-raid, is it set up in windows drive manager, or with the mainboard bios, or some other way? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By your answer, I suppose you used the mainboard raid component. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you put in a physical raid card, it very probably is a software raid. The Mainboard has what is called a raid controller, but isnt. In fact, most of the time it is a software raid, setup by mainboard bios and driver.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This combination has a worse probability of doing The Right Thing (TM) when you try to repair, as compared to a proper raid controller. Beware - there are cheap IDE or SATA raid controller cards that do exactly the same thing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But then, if your data recovery works, the mirroring did its job: you lost a drive, but not the data. &#xD;&#xA;If the server is not particularly important, set it up the same way, and go on for another few years. &#xD;&#xA;But if the data has any kind of value, go for a proper solution, and a professional to set it up, including backup. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. Data Recovery is not backup" />
  <row Id="38051" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21413" RevisionGUID="4891025d-d7a3-4d0f-bf40-976e15aa1601" CreationDate="2009-06-07T08:20:55.153" UserId="28" Text="I started out using tun, but switched to tap since I didn't like the use of a /30 subnet for _each_ PC (I need to support Windows). I found that to be wasteful and confusing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then I discovered the &quot;topology subnet&quot; option on the server. Works with the 2.1 RCs (not 2.0), but it gives me all the advantages of tun (no bridging, performance, routing, etc) with the convenience of one (sequential) IP address per (windows) machine." />
  <row Id="38052" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21414" RevisionGUID="a844505e-7223-443b-8cb2-ef78a37eb173" CreationDate="2009-06-07T08:23:52.713" UserId="2299" Text="After you have added all the counters you can save the resulting config as an msc file. Then just open the .msc to reopen the monitor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21415" RevisionGUID="67911f9f-b9c7-450c-bac4-77f11b841b06" CreationDate="2009-06-07T08:26:10.323" UserId="2299" Text="WinPE. See http://www.ratsauce.co.uk/notablog/WinPECD.asp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looks and works much like Server 2008 Core.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21416" RevisionGUID="2e7f576c-d0b8-477d-bf54-69b1e776fdef" CreationDate="2009-06-07T08:29:43.123" UserId="6779" Text="I believe the ports around 990 were for implicit SSL, which was an old non-standard way of doing FTP/SSL. The &quot;right&quot; way these days is explicit SSL, which means you still connect on port 21 and then negotiate SSL before sending your goodies. To support connections through a firewall, you need to use PASV mode and hard set the data ports to be used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe you need at least one port per data connection you want to support. If it's just you, you're probably fine only opening a few extra ports. Specifically for me, I use 21000-21010.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In vsftpd.conf, I have these two lines (along with all the other stuff to support SSL):&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `pasv_min_port=21000`&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `pasv_max_port=21010`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On my firewall, I have a public static IP with one-to-one/static NAT to the internal IP and only tcp ports 21, 21000-21010 open." />
  <row Id="38055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21417" RevisionGUID="1b68e2b6-8bb0-45a8-adb5-39aac1546d15" CreationDate="2009-06-07T08:31:36.833" UserDisplayName="James Bradley" Text="I normally use pam_limits.so and /etc/security/limits.conf to set ulimits on filesize/cputime etc for the regular users logging in to my server running Ubuntu. Can anyone give the best way of doing similar with Solaris 10. I think it is done using /etc/system but have no idea what to add to the file or indeed if it is the correct file." />
  <row Id="38056" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21417" RevisionGUID="1b68e2b6-8bb0-45a8-adb5-39aac1546d15" CreationDate="2009-06-07T08:31:36.833" UserDisplayName="James Bradley" Text="How to set ulimits in Solaris 10" />
  <row Id="38057" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21417" RevisionGUID="1b68e2b6-8bb0-45a8-adb5-39aac1546d15" CreationDate="2009-06-07T08:31:36.833" UserDisplayName="James Bradley" Text="&lt;openldap&gt;&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;ulimit&gt;" />
  <row Id="38059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21418" RevisionGUID="e731645a-48d2-4054-9c2e-1abcd10539ae" CreationDate="2009-06-07T08:36:50.363" UserId="2299" Text="For workstations use a group profile to redirect My Documents to a network share (your third suggestion). For laptops use offline files, but note that this will slow down shutdown and logoff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wouldn't use roaming profiles just to centralise document storage as it can seriously slow down logon and logoff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that if the little darlings (actually it's often the MD) install iTunes on their laptops you'll be replicating their iTunes database. In W2k8 you can control redirection of My Music separately from My Documents, but this isn't available in 2003.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38060" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21419" RevisionGUID="cd2f3f29-62b9-48a3-86c4-7045de877a18" CreationDate="2009-06-07T08:37:24.137" UserId="1584" Text="The service properties window you viewed from the Services snap-in should have 2 sections in the Dependencies tab.  The first one is for *services it depends on*.  The other is for *services that depend on it*.  I would've thought you'd seen that already unless I'm missing something in your question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for troubleshooting, I was going to recommend the Diagnostics-Performance event log to start with.  But for the life of me, I can't find it on my Server 2008 install, only on my Vista install.  Event logs in general will be your friend though.  Take a look through the various logs in *Applications and Services Logs*." />
  <row Id="38061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21420" RevisionGUID="5ef69246-dec2-4cb4-85a2-8ae3073f8f0c" CreationDate="2009-06-07T08:47:45.130" UserId="7783" Text="If this is related to your other question about RAID, you probably are going to need to use whatever tools come with the raid hardware you're using. I can tell you that I like Dell's management tools, but as they only work with Dell servers it's no help to you if you have a HP or homebuilt server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using software RAID then the operating system's own disk management tools and logs keep track of status and so-on." />
  <row Id="38062" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21350" RevisionGUID="9187de50-c73f-488a-8a44-4215bb47228c" CreationDate="2009-06-07T08:52:35.637" UserId="1205" Comment="rephrase; added 4 characters in body; deleted 12 characters in body" Text="After installing my Trac instance I removed the *anonymous* user since I don't want anonymous users to enter the system. However, when browsing to the Trac instance and failing to log in (**authentication is handled by Apache** using an *htpasswd* file), Trac will display an error page and display in the top right corner the *Login* and *Preferences* links. Clicking the Preferences link will bring an not authenticated user to the Preference page where changes can me made (like time-zone amongst other things).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can remove the *Preferences* link from the menu by by setting it to disabled in the *[metanav]* section of *trac.ini*:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [metanav]&#xD;&#xA;    prefs = disabled&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, even tough the link ins't there anymore visually, anyone can still navigate to it by adding */prefs* to the URL. How do I affectingly remove the *Preferences* link for not authenticated users in Trac?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38063" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21421" RevisionGUID="8da7d9c1-353b-469d-928b-12e1d40d1db2" CreationDate="2009-06-07T09:05:57.840" UserId="2413" Text="if not realtime charts [ that is with few minutes sampling time ] are ok for you - take a look at [Munin Node for Windows][1]. alternatively you can probably fetch plenty of statistics from windows via snmp but i've tried it long time ago and abandoned idea quite quickly. munin-node was just enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jory.info/serendipity/categories/4-Munin-Node" />
  <row Id="38064" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21422" RevisionGUID="5ca0aec7-7dcb-4231-a668-cae5d0eb0ec7" CreationDate="2009-06-07T09:08:17.727" UserId="5075" Text="I run a dns server on a linux machine for testing local versions of my websites. I have configured my client machine in network connections to use this dns server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However if my linux machine dies or I reboot it, I have to manually go into network connections and change my dns settings back to my isps dns server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way that I can configure my client machine to use my dns server if it can be contacted, if not it uses a different address?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am aware that there is the alternative dns server setting but If I put anything in there it sometimes uses primary, sometimes alternative. I want alternative to be only used if primary is unavailable." />
  <row Id="38065" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21422" RevisionGUID="5ca0aec7-7dcb-4231-a668-cae5d0eb0ec7" CreationDate="2009-06-07T09:08:17.727" UserId="5075" Text="Automatically changing DNS Client Settings" />
  <row Id="38066" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21422" RevisionGUID="5ca0aec7-7dcb-4231-a668-cae5d0eb0ec7" CreationDate="2009-06-07T09:08:17.727" UserId="5075" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="38067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21423" RevisionGUID="f6375cfd-1bc8-49d7-85f8-f015883f166e" CreationDate="2009-06-07T09:14:32.567" UserId="216" Text="If the DNS server stops working when you reboot you simply need to sort out why that is (See `man chkconfig` on some Linux versions).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You haven't said what O/S your client machine is running.  In either event, I'd suggest using DHCP to dole out your DNS settings.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38068" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21424" RevisionGUID="2613bbf4-b154-4807-9b96-dd55ac9f5f72" CreationDate="2009-06-07T09:16:17.883" UserId="5735" Text="Why fsck is so slow on ext4 filesystem?&#xD;&#xA;I was always using reiserfs or xfs and with those systems fsck was really fast, just few seconds. Now i decided to give a try ext4 but i'm dissapointed that everytime the system has to fsck my homedir it takes ages (can be 25minutes on my 250GB home partition that is 85% full). Maybe it's because it was converted from ext3?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38069" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21424" RevisionGUID="2613bbf4-b154-4807-9b96-dd55ac9f5f72" CreationDate="2009-06-07T09:16:17.883" UserId="5735" Text="Slow ext4 fsck." />
  <row Id="38070" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21424" RevisionGUID="2613bbf4-b154-4807-9b96-dd55ac9f5f72" CreationDate="2009-06-07T09:16:17.883" UserId="5735" Text="&lt;fsck&gt;&lt;ext4&gt;" />
  <row Id="38071" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21425" RevisionGUID="98782e6b-7c1d-4431-9cf2-24036c21b509" CreationDate="2009-06-07T09:22:43.610" UserId="1576" Text="I had fdisk segfault and just wondered if anyone had any other options?" />
  <row Id="38072" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21425" RevisionGUID="98782e6b-7c1d-4431-9cf2-24036c21b509" CreationDate="2009-06-07T09:22:43.610" UserId="1576" Text="What's the quickest way to format a drive (USB, HDD, Floppy) under Linux?" />
  <row Id="38073" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21425" RevisionGUID="98782e6b-7c1d-4431-9cf2-24036c21b509" CreationDate="2009-06-07T09:22:43.610" UserId="1576" Text="&lt;fdisk&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;formatting&gt;&lt;format&gt;" />
  <row Id="38074" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21426" RevisionGUID="600d9703-dcd8-44ec-a653-6204d7da5a4d" CreationDate="2009-06-07T09:29:55.437" UserId="8517" Text="Process Monitor from SysInternals (now Microsoft since they were acquired a few years back) will allow you to do boot time logging of all or a filtered set of processes. This will generate a large amount of data but it will allow you to drill down into every dependency and see what is actually happening. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If WMI is actually causing this my suspicion is that a boot\startup task is being triggered that is causing WMI to execute a query or set of queries that are attempting to go into far too much detail or are timing out because of the fact that you have re-purposed rather than re-built the server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Task Scheduler in Administrative Tools in the Control Panel can be used to find such scheduled items but I find the interface clumsy. The command line tools Schtasks will give you all of the details for scheduled system\user tasks that are scheduled to run at startup, user logon time or periodically and you can pipe the output to a file for easy searching.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From a cmd window:&#xD;&#xA;schtasks /query /v /FO List &gt; tasks.tmp&#xD;&#xA;Now open tasks.tmp in an editor and search for entries that have a Startup Type of &quot;At system start up&quot; or &quot;At logon time&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Schtasks will also let you disable specific tasks if you find entries that you want to remove, just remember that some tasks may be automatically restored by system policies.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21427" RevisionGUID="5e25b5a0-1b16-46e4-aebd-694f77651113" CreationDate="2009-06-07T09:38:09.787" UserId="7342" Text="The place to configure your DNS servers is /etc/resolv.conf. It will contain something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;search example.com&#xD;&#xA;nameserver 192.168.0.1&#xD;&#xA;nameserver 192.168.0.2&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nameservers are specified using the nameserver option and are used in the order they're specified, so this client will use 192.168.0.1 unless it doesn't respond for 5 seconds, in which case it will try 192.168.0.2. The search option is a list of domains suffixes to add to requests if a lookup fails (By default if your query has no dot in, and therefore probably just a hostname, the resolver will not do an initial query and just try adding the suffixes).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This file is normally static. You would normally edit it by hand or use some GUI tool to do it for you. This is what you are doing when you use the networks connection settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if you have an interface configured for DHCP, the DHCP  server can give out nameservers, so the DHCP client has to update the file. DHCP requests will normally happen at boot time and also when the lease runs out (which is controlled by the server; could be hourly, daily or anywhere in between).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is also possible that some other configuration system is rewriting your resolv.conf on boot up. Linuxconf was prone to do this. You might find a comment in /etc/resolv.conf warning you not to edit the file because it will get overwritten if this is the case. This might give you a clue what to change.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you have to keep reconfiguring your servers after boot and you don't specify what version of linux you are using, I'll make an assumption that it is DHCP causing the problem. There are a couple of solutions. First, you could change the DHCP server to give out the right DNS servers. This may not be desirable or possible if you don't control the server or you don't want everyone on the network to get those DNS servers. The second solution is to tell the client to ignore the options from the server. You may find a GUI option to do this, but more likely, You're going to have to do this by hand. You can do this by editing dhclient.conf (/etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf on Debian and Ubuntu) and adding the following line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;supersede domain-name-servers 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.2;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38076" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21422" RevisionGUID="b991393d-fa8e-4396-afe4-de1917b430b3" CreationDate="2009-06-07T09:38:36.200" UserId="7342" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="38077" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21428" RevisionGUID="460b4039-6823-49f1-9d8b-211c6082e4ab" CreationDate="2009-06-07T09:41:09.860" UserId="6383" Text="If fdisk segfaults, then try cfdisk or sfdisk." />
  <row Id="38078" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21429" RevisionGUID="ea350ed9-27dd-4115-96b6-c6f5dfd7fc44" CreationDate="2009-06-07T09:42:52.523" UserId="7342" Text="fdisk is for partitioning drives. To format a drive, you would use the mkfs command. You need to specify the filesystem type using the -t option. I believe the default is ext2. The mkfs man page will explain more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;# mkfs -t vfat /dev/sda1&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="38079" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21430" RevisionGUID="8cb3c026-d0e3-4ace-89ac-38bce932ac45" CreationDate="2009-06-07T09:49:25.490" UserId="2571" Text="I have a VPS account with CentOS Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These two files are filling up the 20 GB hard drive every 24 hours:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This stats file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /home/httpd/tanguay.info/stats/tanguay.info-error_log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and a file in this directory that seems to have different names when it appears but grows to 5+ GB in size:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /home/admin/__processed_stats&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All I want to do right now it *turn apache stats recording off* so that my hard drive doesn't fill up and clobber my mail, ftp, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So in the file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I commented out the line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #ErrorLog logs/error_log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then I deleted both huge files above, rebooted the virtual machine, and saw that the first file (tanguay.info-error_log) had been recreated and was growing again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**So where do I turn off logging in Apache?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**(or perhaps Apache is not even using this httpd.conf file as its configuration file, where is that saved?)**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38080" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21430" RevisionGUID="8cb3c026-d0e3-4ace-89ac-38bce932ac45" CreationDate="2009-06-07T09:49:25.490" UserId="2571" Text="Why doesn't commenting out ErrorLog in httpd.conf stop logging errors?" />
  <row Id="38081" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21430" RevisionGUID="8cb3c026-d0e3-4ace-89ac-38bce932ac45" CreationDate="2009-06-07T09:49:25.490" UserId="2571" Text="&lt;vps&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;logging&gt;" />
  <row Id="38082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21431" RevisionGUID="3f1a5244-6fd2-43e8-b8b2-ac675f0ff1ca" CreationDate="2009-06-07T09:52:58.370" UserId="8517" Text="It's been about a year since I played with this but my understanding is that spanning support is still relatively poor in the RDP Client. You need to be running at least version 6 of the RDP\MSTSC client to support spanning, both (local) monitors must be the same resolution with the primary on the left ([1] [2]) and the maximum resolution is 4096x2048. Span mode basically treats the monitors as one large display so it may not behave as you expect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try making the connection from the command line using: MSTSC /span /v:&lt;servername&gt; - this should work if both your server and client are at the right version and is less prone to typos\errors than modifying the .rdp file. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need more flexibility then SplitView may be worth looking at but this requires a server side component and it is commercial software. They have a very good tutorial on setting up basic spanning mode in any case so it's a good place to go if you are still having issues.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38084" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21433" RevisionGUID="a9d5b333-f743-49c8-b457-ec13673a22d3" CreationDate="2009-06-07T10:06:25.330" UserId="1810" Text="You may want to give the script plugin a try: [Hyperic HQ Script Plugin][1], and [its tutorial][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.hyperic.com/display/DOC/Script+Plugin&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.hyperic.com/display/DOC/Script+Plugin+Tutorial" />
  <row Id="38085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21434" RevisionGUID="d80471de-e55a-436e-bc13-ec866570fc12" CreationDate="2009-06-07T10:15:37.840" UserId="7342" Text="Two things get logged into the error log; errors from apache itself and a copy of stderr from any CGI or PHP application. You can reduce the errors from Apache by using the LogLevel option, but this usually accounts for very little of the logging. Mostly 404s. You'll probably find that most of it is generated by your applicatons. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The obvious thing to do would be to look to see what is in the error log and fix the problem. If it's giving you multi-gigabytes of logs a day, its trying to tell you something. Perhaps update your answer with a link to a snippet of your logs. That should allow us to give you more detailed responses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(BTW, you only need to reload apache for it to pick up any configuration changes. There should be no reason to restart the entire server. )" />
  <row Id="38086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21435" RevisionGUID="36811b5e-a9c1-4e4a-8e7b-8c37ce7b12f1" CreationDate="2009-06-07T10:17:57.663" UserId="1810" Text="You may find this link interesting: [Tuning the Operating System][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://docs.sun.com/source/817-5051/pt_tuningos.html" />
  <row Id="38087" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21436" RevisionGUID="c1c08850-f24a-45b7-a101-516f381c392c" CreationDate="2009-06-07T10:19:49.300" UserId="8505" Text="I don't know if it is common knowledge, but RPM has support for rollbacking to a previous installation after performing an upgrade (which breaks something for instance). You can pass rpm the *[--repackage][1]* flag to generate a bunch of RPMs of files currently installed that it is going to change. You can then afterwards say &quot;*rpm -Uvh --rollback '2 hours ago'*&quot; and rollback your machine effortlessly to as it was 2 hours ago.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is, has anyone found something similar in Debian-based distros?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7034" />
  <row Id="38088" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21436" RevisionGUID="c1c08850-f24a-45b7-a101-516f381c392c" CreationDate="2009-06-07T10:19:49.300" UserId="8505" Text="Transactions and Rollback with Debian" />
  <row Id="38089" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21436" RevisionGUID="c1c08850-f24a-45b7-a101-516f381c392c" CreationDate="2009-06-07T10:19:49.300" UserId="8505" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;rpm&gt;" />
  <row Id="38090" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21437" RevisionGUID="3db4fe44-0d26-4ad5-a6fc-2ada6bf1c35f" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:01:53.007" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi, Apache with php works well, but none of the changes I make in php.ini have effect, I've even delete all the contents of the file, then restart Apache, and run phpinfo() and surprisingly everything continues working well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The file I'm editing is the one that appears in the phpinfo() like &quot;Loaded Configuration File&quot;. (/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I'm running Ubuntu 9.04 and PHP 5.2&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More Details:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm restarting with sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart, I've also tried  sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 stop, and then start, at restarting I get:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Restarting web server apache2                                                apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName&#xA;... waiting apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName&#xA;                                                                     [ OK ]&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;which php&quot; did not produce any results.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My installation of PHP was done using Synaptic Package Manger, choosing &quot;Mark Packages by task&quot; and then LAMP server.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have any clue of what to do...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38091" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21437" RevisionGUID="3db4fe44-0d26-4ad5-a6fc-2ada6bf1c35f" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:01:53.007" Text="In Ubuntu I make changes to php.ini but nothing happens" />
  <row Id="38092" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21437" RevisionGUID="3db4fe44-0d26-4ad5-a6fc-2ada6bf1c35f" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:01:53.007" Text="&lt;php&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="38093" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21438" RevisionGUID="7f47b989-f397-4729-a4ac-c16fee63634e" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:10:23.863" Text="&lt;p&gt;Looks like you are changing the wrong php.ini - Check the location of php.ini that is given in the phpinfo() output! This will show you the php.ini that is actually used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also check if the Apache restart really succeeded. ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38094" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21439" RevisionGUID="0236644a-37c0-42bd-bc40-e1f735a281b6" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:10:33.193" UserId="2619" Text="&lt;p&gt;Make sure you're editing the correct file. There are several files for different circumstances all (&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;at least on Jaunty&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;) nestled in &lt;code&gt;/etc/php5/&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For apache+mod_php, you want &lt;code&gt;/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38095" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21440" RevisionGUID="063d51f3-e7c2-4da3-857e-2c807c21082d" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:51:33.627" Text="&lt;p&gt;Open up the terminal and type&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;which php&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then you'll know which version you have and you can go from there.  I would also be checking to see that you did properly restart your apache server&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38096" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21441" RevisionGUID="579f5f32-dd73-4e0d-a5ff-86d51dc020dc" CreationDate="2009-06-06T21:57:25.110" Text="&lt;p&gt;Verify that you are not using 2 php.ini files - one for the web server module and another one for the CLI version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21442" RevisionGUID="819db683-9178-402d-a770-3e1d502d2d10" CreationDate="2009-06-06T22:17:54.790" UserId="2722" Text="&lt;p&gt;It continues to work because PHP will run without a php.ini file, but it runs with whatever options were turned on at compile time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What changes are you making that are not showing up in the phpinfo() output?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38098" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21420" RevisionGUID="cf24ab4b-7f1a-4fb7-a557-ca7f02cc84be" CreationDate="2009-06-07T10:26:48.300" UserId="7783" Comment="added 100 characters in body" Text="If this is related to your other question about RAID, you probably are going to need to use whatever tools come with the raid hardware you're using. I can tell you that I like Dell's management tools, but as they only work with Dell servers it's no help to you if you have a HP or homebuilt server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using software RAID then the operating system's own disk management tools and logs keep track of status and so-on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As David says, if this isn't what you're asking for then you need to expand your question a bit." />
  <row Id="38099" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21422" RevisionGUID="e9c7b49c-acef-481f-9692-241f01377b11" CreationDate="2009-06-07T10:32:19.680" UserId="5075" Comment="added 354 characters in body" Text="I run a dns server on a linux machine for testing local versions of my websites. I have configured my client machine in network connections to use this dns server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However if my linux machine dies or I reboot it, I have to manually go into network connections and change my dns settings back to my isps dns server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way that I can configure my client machine to use my dns server if it can be contacted, if not it uses a different address?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am aware that there is the alternative dns server setting but If I put anything in there it sometimes uses primary, sometimes alternative. I want alternative to be only used if primary is unavailable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: I don't think I made my question very clear. I don't have any problem with my dns server, that is set up fine. But if for some reason it is unreachable and can not be contacted clients (windows and linux) can not browse the internet because they are looking for a non existent dns server. In this case I want them to use a different dns server." />
  <row Id="38100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21443" RevisionGUID="995e790e-3ed8-4648-9c0a-34cfcd0c6480" CreationDate="2009-06-07T10:34:34.307" UserId="8594" Text="The Netscreen SNMP MIB includes counters for all interfaces and policies, so you should be able to graph them using [Cacti][1] or a similar SNMP monitoring product.  (I haven't implemented policy graphs yet myself, or I would have linked to them.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cacti.net" />
  <row Id="38101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21444" RevisionGUID="ea8d8999-11ec-4e9b-95ab-5c60710557ca" CreationDate="2009-06-07T10:40:36.340" UserId="8555" Text="I don't believe that there is such an option with `aptitude` or `apt-get`. However, `aptitude` keeps an excellent, clear log at */var/log/aptitude*.You can use that to attempt rollbacks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How well it will go will depend on the exact situation. If you merely want to remove a few packages you've installed, it should be trivial. But if you've upgraded (either because you follow testing or unstable or because you installed a security upgrade or point-release upgrade), then things are a bit more complicated. You can check if you still have the older .deb in your cache, or you can visit [Debian snapshot][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't use `aptitude`, you can poke around in `dpkg`'s log (at `/var/log/dpkg.log`), but I find that a lot less friendly to work with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://snapshot.debian.net/" />
  <row Id="38102" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21445" RevisionGUID="9549a97b-a6c3-4bcb-87d7-84bead2fa36d" CreationDate="2009-06-07T10:50:00.347" UserId="7342" Text="Sadly this is not something that either dpkg or apt is able to do. Debian packages aren't really meant to be downgraded and it isn't supported or tested. There certainly is no snapshotting support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, having said that, you can do it by hand. If you look in /var/log/dpkg.log, you'll find the log of operations that have happened. It's a little verbose, but you should be able to get the list of previous versions of packages that have been installed. Assuming they are still available in the repositories configured in your sources.list, you should be able to do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;# apt-get install foo=1.2 bar=3.4-5&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they are not available in the repo, you might still find them in /var/cache/apt/archives/ or you may be able to find them available for download somewhere, maybe in another repository.  Once you have your list of packages, you can run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;# dpkg -i foo_1.2_amd64.deb bar_3.4-5_all.deb&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should then find you're back to the versions you had installed before. You may find that somethings are not the same, like configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a method for having snapshots using LVM, but this is not particularly quick or easy to enable on an existing install. You would probably have to reinstall the system and set up your drives to use LVM. You can then create a LVM snapshot, do the upgrade, test it and then either remove the snapshot if you're happy or roll back to that snapshot if you're not. Obviously any data written since the snapshot will be removed as well as the packages." />
  <row Id="38103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21446" RevisionGUID="2cbe9c2a-4b48-4307-bae2-cc4163e7dedd" CreationDate="2009-06-07T10:51:22.183" UserId="5234" Text="There may be legal obligations too, in terms of data protection, use of personal information, and so forth.  True, as an admin there is nothing technical to stop me changing a users password and accessing their account, but I would always get *written* authorisation from the HR manager (the person's own manager is not good enough) before doing this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The big one for me is trust.  If you have the power supreme, you are in a position where everyone from the lowliest grunt to the CEO has to trust you not to misuse it.  Irrespective of the reality behind it, anything that helps to reinforce that trust will make things a lot easier for you.  So making it well known that &quot;we don't know your passwords and we can't access your account without changing your passwords (in which case you'll know about it)&quot; is a good thing." />
  <row Id="38104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21447" RevisionGUID="84ce2a77-909f-43af-8f4f-d175bd64cf3e" CreationDate="2009-06-07T10:53:16.843" UserId="5075" Text="I have apache 2.2.11 installed on my server and I have been trying to decrease the load time of my website pages based on the advice from the yslow firefox plugin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have configured gzip and etag and some of its other suggestions fine but I have noticed in the header for my css files etag is being appended with the text gzip.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know why and how to get round this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;Header from my server&#xD;&#xA;Date	Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:40:57 GMT&#xD;&#xA;Server	Apache/2.2.11 (Fedora)&#xD;&#xA;Last-Modified	Sun, 31 May 2009 15:06:38 GMT&#xD;&#xA;Etag	&quot;3b4-46b36a802bb80&quot;-gzip&#xD;&#xA;Accept-Ranges	bytes&#xD;&#xA;Cache-Control	max-age=2592000&#xD;&#xA;Expires	Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:40:57 GMT&#xD;&#xA;Vary	Accept-Encoding&#xD;&#xA;Content-Encoding	gzip&#xD;&#xA;Content-Length	530&#xD;&#xA;Connection	close&#xD;&#xA;Content-Type	text/css&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The same code on my hosted package uses an older version of apache and doesn't have the same problem. Could this just be an apache bug?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;Header from my hosting package&#xD;&#xA;Date	Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:48:26 GMT&#xD;&#xA;Server	Apache/2.0.63 (FreeBSD) mod_python/3.3.1 Python/2.5.1 PHP/5.2.6 with Suhosin-Patch mod_fastcgi/2.4.6 mod_ssl/2.0.63 OpenSSL/0.9.7e-p1 DAV/2 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.8.8&#xD;&#xA;Last-Modified	Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:54:52 GMT&#xD;&#xA;Etag	&quot;3b4-1d104300&quot;&#xD;&#xA;Accept-Ranges	bytes&#xD;&#xA;Cache-Control	max-age=2592000&#xD;&#xA;Expires	Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:48:26 GMT&#xD;&#xA;Vary	Accept-Encoding&#xD;&#xA;Content-Encoding	gzip&#xD;&#xA;Content-Length	530&#xD;&#xA;Connection	close&#xD;&#xA;Content-Type	text/css&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="38105" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21447" RevisionGUID="84ce2a77-909f-43af-8f4f-d175bd64cf3e" CreationDate="2009-06-07T10:53:16.843" UserId="5075" Text="Apache gzip configuration" />
  <row Id="38106" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21447" RevisionGUID="84ce2a77-909f-43af-8f4f-d175bd64cf3e" CreationDate="2009-06-07T10:53:16.843" UserId="5075" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;web-hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="38107" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21444" RevisionGUID="ed0df51a-db39-4514-b2c0-e89f8b678d1a" CreationDate="2009-06-07T10:54:17.280" UserId="8555" Comment="Add another possible method; added 54 characters in body" Text="I don't believe that there is such an option with `aptitude` or `apt-get`. However, `aptitude` keeps an excellent, clear log at */var/log/aptitude*.You can use that to attempt rollbacks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How well it will go will depend on the exact situation. If you merely want to remove a few packages you've installed, it should be trivial. But if you've upgraded (either because you follow testing or unstable or because you installed a security upgrade or point-release upgrade), then things are a bit more complicated. You can check if you still have the older .deb in your cache, or you can visit [Debian snapshot][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't use `aptitude`, you can poke around in `dpkg`'s log (at `/var/log/dpkg.log`), but I find that a lot less friendly to work with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit** Now that I look at the article, there is one thing that is somewhat similar. You can get the state of your packages by doing this sequence. First get a list of the current package state:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dpkg --get-selections &quot;*&quot; &gt; my_packages-datestamp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then later you could rollback by using that package list:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dpkg --set-selections &lt; my_packages-datestamp&#xD;&#xA;    apt-get -u dselect-upgrade&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used this method to reinstall and then have exactly the current set of packages on the machine, and it's worked well. Again, though, how well it works will depend on what packages from the previous package list are available to you - either in your cache or in your repos.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://snapshot.debian.net/" />
  <row Id="38108" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21284" RevisionGUID="564961d9-8615-4419-a3a5-d23bc559deb5" CreationDate="2009-06-07T11:04:34.903" UserId="8565" Comment="added 202 characters in body; added 407 characters in body" Text="Let's say I have a software raid1 array from two partitions. I get one HDD out of the computer, and put it into another computer, and copy some data to the mirrored partiton.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What happens when I put the HDD back into it's original place?&#xD;&#xA;Will the new data get mirrored to the other drive? If yes how does the controller check/notice that there is new data on the drive? Surely it can't check the whole partition on every boot. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, what happens when I delete a file in the same scenario as above? Will it get deleted back from the other drive, or will it get copied back?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is on an Ubuntu machine, and by getting the drive out, I mean that the computer is completely turned off while doing this, and is only turned back on the when the drive is back in it's place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the raid controller does not recognize the change because the power is off while doing this, is there a way to instruct it to reconstruct the array?&#xD;&#xA;Like, let's say that raid is constructed from /dev/sda1 and /dev/sdb1, I turn off the computer, and pull out the sdb drive, copy data to it, put it back, and now I want to instruct the controller to reconstruct the array, using /dev/sdb1 &quot;as a master&quot;." />
  <row Id="38109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21448" RevisionGUID="7fcfbb2b-1f64-48b8-9d27-cb32a8a5ed70" CreationDate="2009-06-07T11:12:22.250" UserId="2600" Text="I found the following linux distro that may do what you are looking for:&#xD;&#xA;[In particular the WAN fail-over.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While not a direct answer to you, I hope this answers the intent if not the specifics of your question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    http://www.untangle.com/&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Active Directory Connector&#xD;&#xA;    Attack Blocker&#xD;&#xA;    Branding Manager&#xD;&#xA;    Commtouch Spam Booster&#xD;&#xA;    eSoft Web Filter&#xD;&#xA;    Firewall&#xD;&#xA;    Intrusion Prevention&#xD;&#xA;    Kaspersky Virus Blocker&#xD;&#xA;    OpenVPN&#xD;&#xA;    PC Remote&#xD;&#xA;    Phish Blocker&#xD;&#xA;    Policy Manager&#xD;&#xA;    Protocol Control&#xD;&#xA;    Remote Access Portal&#xD;&#xA;    Reports&#xD;&#xA;    Routing &amp; QoS&#xD;&#xA;    Spam Blocker&#xD;&#xA;    Spyware Blocker&#xD;&#xA;    Virus Blocker&#xD;&#xA;    WAN Balancer&#xD;&#xA;    WAN Failover&#xD;&#xA;    Web Filtering" />
  <row Id="38110" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21448" RevisionGUID="9965a9fd-1b36-4d9d-b589-00649148e0f6" CreationDate="2009-06-07T11:17:40.367" UserId="2600" Comment="deleted 18 characters in body" Text="I came across the following linux distro that may do what you are looking for:  &#xD;&#xA;[In particular the WAN fail-over.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While not a direct answer to you, I hope this answers the intent if not the specifics of your question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    http://www.untangle.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Active Directory Connector&#xD;&#xA; - Attack Blocker&#xD;&#xA; - Branding Manager&#xD;&#xA; - Commtouch Spam Booster&#xD;&#xA; - eSoft Web Filter&#xD;&#xA; - Firewall&#xD;&#xA; - Intrusion Prevention&#xD;&#xA; - Kaspersky Virus Blocker&#xD;&#xA; - OpenVPN&#xD;&#xA; - PC Remote&#xD;&#xA; - Phish Blocker&#xD;&#xA; - Policy Manager&#xD;&#xA; - Protocol Control&#xD;&#xA; - Remote Access Portal&#xD;&#xA; - Reports&#xD;&#xA; - Routing &amp; QoS&#xD;&#xA; - Spam Blocker&#xD;&#xA; - Spyware Blocker&#xD;&#xA; - Virus Blocker&#xD;&#xA; - WAN Balancer&#xD;&#xA; - WAN Failover&#xD;&#xA; - Web Filtering" />
  <row Id="38111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21449" RevisionGUID="a0359687-4be4-420f-8fbf-0a0c810d5571" CreationDate="2009-06-07T11:42:06.667" UserId="3437" Text="Personally I use [eWallet][1], so that I can sync my password file to my phone. It does cost $30, but I've been happy with it over the years and the support has always been fast and courteous.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a work situation, my preferred solution is Portable [KeePass][2] or similar. The executable and the password file can be put on a floppy or USB key. Master password written on the outside of the floppy/USBkey. Seal this into an envelope, sign your name and date across the flap, then put clear tape over the date and signature. Update with a new envelope every 6 months or so(1).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The envelope is then placed in a secure location. Every so often, the envelope(s) themselves should be inventoried.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;(1)Optionally keep the old envelopes for historical purposes - if not, old ones must be destroyed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.iliumsoft.com/site/ew/ewallet.php&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://keepass.info/" />
  <row Id="38112" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21450" RevisionGUID="514fe224-824b-441c-822f-55f52a68409b" CreationDate="2009-06-07T11:42:13.970" UserId="6804" Text="Really, you need to do what David [said][1], there's obviously a problem if you're getting that amount of logs. If you do however want to dump all your logs, on any UNIX machine you can just  symlink your error logfile to /dev/null, effectively dumping them into the UNIX black hole.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ln -s /dev/null /path/to/error.log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a Centos VPS if you're using the httpd rpm then it should definitely be loading it's config from /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf, however it may be including other files or directives after your ErrorLog line, check `httpd -S` to ensure there's no extra vhosts loading configuration later on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/21430/why-doesnt-commenting-out-errorlog-in-httpd-conf-stop-logging-errors/21434#21434" />
  <row Id="38113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21451" RevisionGUID="69c3bf33-fad1-4a50-b03b-fef6b5f5ae28" CreationDate="2009-06-07T11:48:12.887" UserId="4574" Text="Say I have a directory with one file in it&#xD;&#xA;mylongfilename.blahdeblah.txt&#xD;&#xA;now the keystrokes&#xD;&#xA;mv [tab] [tab]&#xD;&#xA;will result in&#xD;&#xA;mv mylongfilename.blahdeblah.txt mylongfilename.blahdeblah.txt&#xD;&#xA;on my command line&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'd now like to do is type something in the place of the second blahdeblah&#xD;&#xA;If I hit ctrl-b a few times I'll be back at the . before .txt&#xD;&#xA;At this point I want to type something like ctrl-w to delete to the preceding .&#xD;&#xA;Ie I'd end up with&#xD;&#xA;mv mylongfilename.blahdeblah.txt mylongfilename..txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a keystroke similar to ctrl-w that will do that?&#xD;&#xA;(Ctrl-w will delete to the preceding space - not what I want)" />
  <row Id="38114" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21451" RevisionGUID="69c3bf33-fad1-4a50-b03b-fef6b5f5ae28" CreationDate="2009-06-07T11:48:12.887" UserId="4574" Text="In bash how do you delete a partial word similar to ctrl-w" />
  <row Id="38115" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21451" RevisionGUID="69c3bf33-fad1-4a50-b03b-fef6b5f5ae28" CreationDate="2009-06-07T11:48:12.887" UserId="4574" Text="&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;bash&gt;" />
  <row Id="38116" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21452" RevisionGUID="85deb798-99c9-4df3-a5b4-5bac9a9c419e" CreationDate="2009-06-07T11:53:22.870" UserId="5144" Text="There is an easy way to get the information you are asking &#xD;&#xA;for (but it does require a slight change to your system). I &#xD;&#xA;am posting my answer to a similar question, &#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://serverfault.com/questions/2786/&gt; (perhaps the two &#xD;&#xA;questions should be merged?):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Split each service to run in its own SVCHOST.EXE process and&#xD;&#xA;the service consuming the CPU cycles will be easily visible&#xD;&#xA;in Task Manager or Process Explorer (the space after &quot;=&quot; is required):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Servicename Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do this in a command line window or put it into a BAT&#xD;&#xA;script. Administrative privileges are required and&#xD;&#xA;a restart of the computer is required before it takes&#xD;&#xA;effect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The original state can be restored by:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Servicename Type= share&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example: to make Windows Management Instrumentation run in a&#xD;&#xA;separate SVCHOST.EXE:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config winmgmt Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This technique has no ill effects, except perhaps increasing&#xD;&#xA;memory consumption slightly. And apart from observing CPU&#xD;&#xA;usage for each service it also makes it easy to observe page&#xD;&#xA;faults delta, disk I/O read rate and disk I/O write rate for&#xD;&#xA;each service.&#xD;&#xA;For Process Explorer, menu View/Select Columns:&#xD;&#xA;  tab Process Memory/Page Fault Delta,&#xD;&#xA;  tab Process Performance/IO Delta Write Bytes,&#xD;&#xA;  tab Process Performance/IO Delta Read Bytes,&#xD;&#xA;respectively.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On most systems there is only one SVCHOST.EXE process that&#xD;&#xA;has a lot of services. I have used this sequence (it can be&#xD;&#xA;pasted directly into a command line window):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  1. &quot;Automatic Updates&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config wuauserv Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  2. &quot;COM+ Event System&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config EventSystem Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  3. &quot;Computer Browser&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Browser Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  4. &quot;Cryptographic Services&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config CryptSvc Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  5. &quot;Distributed Link Tracking&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config TrkWks Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  6. &quot;Help and Support&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config helpsvc Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  7. &quot;Logical Disk Manager&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config dmserver Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  8. &quot;Network Connections&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Netman Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem  9. &quot;Network Location Awareness&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config NLA Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 10. &quot;Remote Access Connection Manager&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config RasMan Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 11. &quot;Secondary Logon&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config seclogon Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 12. &quot;Server&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config lanmanserver Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 13. &quot;Shell Hardware Detection&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config ShellHWDetection Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 14. &quot;System Event Notification&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config SENS Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 15. &quot;System Restore Service&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config srservice Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 16. &quot;Task Scheduler&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Schedule Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 17. &quot;Telephony&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config TapiSrv Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 18. &quot;Terminal Services&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config TermService Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 19. &quot;Themes&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config Themes Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 20. &quot;Windows Audio&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config AudioSrv Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 21. &quot;Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config SharedAccess Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 22. &quot;Windows Management Instrumentation&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config winmgmt Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 23. &quot;Wireless Configuration&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config WZCSVC Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem 24. &quot;Workstation&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SC Config lanmanworkstation Type= own&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem End.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="38118" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14409" RevisionGUID="791bdaea-578a-46a5-97a9-7537566702b4" CreationDate="2009-06-07T11:53:53.057" UserId="4979" Comment="Price update" Text="I'm looking to build a decent &lt; 1.500$ dedicated Hyper-V solution for development and testing purposes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The parts list I was thinking of is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Intel Core I7 920 $279 *(fastest affordable desktop proc. Hyper-V compat.)*&#xD;&#xA; - Asus P6T Deluxe V2 $290 *(Confirmed Hyper-V compat. Confirmed 6 dimm working, 2x GigE)*&#xD;&#xA; - 12GB - 2x CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) $208 *(On Mobo compatibility list, low heatsink profile)*&#xD;&#xA; - 5x Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB $275 *(cheap single platter drive)*&#xD;&#xA; - Samsung WriteMaster SH-S223F $25&#xD;&#xA; - Antec P183 $165 *(quality case with lots of room to work)*&#xD;&#xA; - EnerMax Modu82+ 625W $180 *(efficient and quiet)*&#xD;&#xA; - Scythe  Orochi Rev. B SE1366 $59 *(confirmed compat. with MB layout, very quiet)*&#xD;&#xA; - ASUS EAH4350 SILENT $38 *(low energy, passive cooling)*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Total: $1.519&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since the machine would sit close to where I work, noise levels will be an issue, though I could look into putting it in a separate room if significantly better use of the budget can be made by removing the silence requirement.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would this be a good solution? Would I be better of going for 2 or even 3 cheap machines? If so, in what configuration ([a dedicated iSCSI box perhaps?][1])?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would going for a real dual Opteron/Xeon server type machine be better option?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(All prices are in USD, I used Newegg as a reference)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** I have updated the prices, and the increase over the last week has pushed this system past the USD 1.500 original limit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6860/cheapest-iscsi-san-for-windows-2008-sql-server-clustering" />
  <row Id="38119" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21453" RevisionGUID="d29d8a69-ee5d-4790-800c-b77f9ba161c7" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:00:54.490" UserId="7355" Text="On a standard, dual boot Vista Home and Ubuntu, I'd like to be able to access the Ubuntu partition from Windows. I imagine that there must be software to let you do this. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone recommend a good (preferably free-as-in-speech) package to do this?" />
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  <row Id="38122" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18744" RevisionGUID="ba21c23d-18ca-4c25-a7e4-664cb06fadc7" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:01:30.093" UserId="6342" Comment="added 117 characters in body; added 826 characters in body" Text="**Edit:** I am pretty sure my .htaccess file is NOT being executed, and the problem is NOT with my rewrite rules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have not having any luck getting my .htaccess with mod_rewrite working.  Basically all I am trying to do is remove 'www' from &quot;http://www.site.com&quot; and &quot;https://www.site.com&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there is anything I am missing (conf files, etc let me know I willl update this)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I jsut can't see whats wrong here... I am using a 1&amp;1 VPS III Virtual private server... anyone ever have this issue?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am using Ubuntu 8.04 Server LTS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is my .htaccess file (located @ /var/www/site/trunk/html/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Options +FollowSymLinks&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine on&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*) [NC]&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule (.*) //%1/$1 [L,R=301]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My mod_rewrite is enabled:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The auto regenerated sym link is there in mods-available and /usr/lib/apache2/modules/ contains mod_rewrite.so&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    root@s15348441:/etc/apache2/mods-available# more rewrite.load&#xD;&#xA;    LoadModule rewrite_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_rewrite.so&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    root@s15348441:/var/log# apache2ctl -t -D DUMP_MODULES&#xD;&#xA;    Loaded Modules:&#xD;&#xA;     core_module (static)&#xD;&#xA;     log_config_module (static)&#xD;&#xA;     logio_module (static)&#xD;&#xA;     mpm_prefork_module (static)&#xD;&#xA;     http_module (static)&#xD;&#xA;     so_module (static)&#xD;&#xA;     alias_module (shared)&#xD;&#xA;     auth_basic_module (shared)&#xD;&#xA;     authn_file_module (shared)&#xD;&#xA;     authz_default_module (shared)&#xD;&#xA;     authz_groupfile_module (shared)&#xD;&#xA;     authz_host_module (shared)&#xD;&#xA;     authz_user_module (shared)&#xD;&#xA;     autoindex_module (shared)&#xD;&#xA;     cgi_module (shared)&#xD;&#xA;     dir_module (shared)&#xD;&#xA;     env_module (shared)&#xD;&#xA;     mime_module (shared)&#xD;&#xA;     negotiation_module (shared)&#xD;&#xA;     php5_module (shared)&#xD;&#xA;     rewrite_module (shared)&#xD;&#xA;     setenvif_module (shared)&#xD;&#xA;     ssl_module (shared)&#xD;&#xA;     status_module (shared)&#xD;&#xA;    Syntax OK&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My apache config files:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;apache2.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Based upon the NCSA server configuration files originally by Rob McCool.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # This is the main Apache server configuration file.  It contains the&#xD;&#xA;    # configuration directives that give the server its instructions.&#xD;&#xA;    # See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/ for detailed information about&#xD;&#xA;    # the directives.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Do NOT simply read the instructions in here without understanding&#xD;&#xA;    # what they do.  They're here only as hints or reminders.  If you are unsure&#xD;&#xA;    # consult the online docs. You have been warned.  &#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # The configuration directives are grouped into three basic sections:&#xD;&#xA;    #  1. Directives that control the operation of the Apache server process as a&#xD;&#xA;    #     whole (the 'global environment').&#xD;&#xA;    #  2. 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If the filenames do *not* begin&#xD;&#xA;    # with &quot;/&quot;, the value of ServerRoot is prepended -- so &quot;/var/log/apache2/foo.log&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    # with ServerRoot set to &quot;&quot; will be interpreted by the&#xD;&#xA;    # server as &quot;//var/log/apache2/foo.log&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ### Section 1: Global Environment&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # The directives in this section affect the overall operation of Apache,&#xD;&#xA;    # such as the number of concurrent requests it can handle or where it&#xD;&#xA;    # can find its configuration files.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's&#xD;&#xA;    # configuration, error, and log files are kept.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # NOTE!  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           Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks&#xD;&#xA;            AllowOverride None&#xD;&#xA;            Order deny,allow&#xD;&#xA;            Deny from all&#xD;&#xA;            Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My /etc/apache2/httpd.conf is blank&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The directory /etc/apache2/conf.d has nothing in it but one file (charset)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;contents of /etc/apache2/conf.dcharset&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Read the documentation before enabling AddDefaultCharset.&#xD;&#xA;    # In general, it is only a good idea if you know that all your files&#xD;&#xA;    # have this encoding. It will override any encoding given in the files&#xD;&#xA;    # in meta http-equiv or xml encoding tags.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    #AddDefaultCharset UTF-8&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My apache error.log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 00:12:31 2009] [error] [client 216.168.43.234] client sent HTTP/1.1 request without hostname (see RFC2616 section 14.23): /w00tw00t.at.ISC.SANS.DFind:)&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 05:03:51 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 05:03:54 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 05:13:48 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 05:13:51 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 05:13:54 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 05:13:57 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 05:17:28 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 05:26:23 2009] [notice] caught SIGWINCH, shutting down gracefully&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 05:26:34 2009] [notice] Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6 with Suhosin-Patch mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.8g configured -- resuming normal operations&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 06:03:41 2009] [notice] caught SIGWINCH, shutting down gracefully&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 06:03:51 2009] [notice] Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6 with Suhosin-Patch mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.8g configured -- resuming normal operations&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 06:25:07 2009] [notice] caught SIGWINCH, shutting down gracefully&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 06:25:17 2009] [notice] Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6 with Suhosin-Patch mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.8g configured -- resuming normal operations&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 12:09:25 2009] [error] [client 61.139.105.163] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/fastenv&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 15:04:42 2009] [notice] Graceful restart requested, doing restart&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 15:04:43 2009] [notice] Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6 with Suhosin-Patch mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.8g configured -- resuming normal operations&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 15:29:51 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 15:29:54 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 15:30:32 2009] [error] [client 99.247.237.46] File does not exist: /var/www/site/trunk/html/favicon.ico&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 15:45:54 2009] [notice] caught SIGWINCH, shutting down gracefully&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 03 15:46:05 2009] [notice] Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6 with Suhosin-Patch mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.8g configured -- resuming normal operations&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="38130" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21457" RevisionGUID="ff879908-a7ea-43a9-95b7-ac9202a6388b" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:06:34.867" UserId="4721" Text="Presuming that you have quite a few such 'mv' operations to do in that directory, why not write a short translation script using say, 'sed'?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll find some tricks &lt;a href=&quot;http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?p=19829&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. But don't let that limit you, but all means lookup some more sed and awk too." />
  <row Id="38131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21458" RevisionGUID="2aad1129-7ca0-4660-8217-7b4fcf50b845" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:06:51.620" UserId="6804" Text="For Ext3 and Ext2 - there's one great answer: [this software][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Free as in beer but works perfectly well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Ian answered first, same software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.fs-driver.org/" />
  <row Id="38132" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21459" RevisionGUID="24487b78-ec93-481e-99fc-9a79cf1d0efe" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:10:15.630" UserId="1682" Text="Bash has emacs and vi modes. In vi mode, simply dw for delete word, or cw for change word. set -o vi to get into vi mode. There's probably an emacs mode equivalent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;man readline is the reference for bash keyboard stuff, and bash specific editions to readline are in man bash." />
  <row Id="38133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21460" RevisionGUID="9db3ba92-59ba-4024-becd-4e282a174c68" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:14:01.993" UserId="8555" Text="You appear to be in emacs mode. To do what you want there, this works:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    meta-b&#xD;&#xA;    meta-b&#xD;&#xA;    ctrl-w&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each `meta-b` moves you back one &quot;word&quot; (in this case to .txt and then .blahblah.txt), then `ctrl-w` deletes from blahblah.txt backwards." />
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  <row Id="38135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21461" RevisionGUID="d5330ea9-8865-43ae-8978-7a072ed0eeee" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:17:12.120" UserId="6383" Text="From man bash:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    COMP_WORDBREAKS&#xD;&#xA;        The set of characters that the Readline library treats as word separators when&#xD;&#xA;        performing  word  completion.   If COMP_WORDBREAKS is unset, it loses its special&#xD;&#xA;        properties, even if it is subsequently reset.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Changing this should change the characters used as word breaks, so if you added '.' to it's current value, then Ctrl-w would delete back to the '.' instead of back to the preceeding space." />
  <row Id="38136" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21462" RevisionGUID="2b8de646-12f9-4cad-8bda-3bdc208a9b06" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:18:48.093" UserId="6689" Text="If you need portable read-only access [Explore2fs][1] is a standalone tool that can do it. Useful if you're not on your own machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.chrysocome.net/explore2fs" />
  <row Id="38137" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21460" RevisionGUID="6a8575a8-08b9-4d1f-984b-a491a3e4d09e" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:20:36.080" UserId="8555" Comment="Add a line" Text="You appear to be in emacs mode. To do what you want there, this works:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    meta-backspace&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I completely misunderstood what you had in mind at first. Sorry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    telemachus ~ $ mv mylongfilename.blahblah.txt mylongfilename.|.txt&#xD;&#xA;The pipe shows were the cursor ends up." />
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  <row Id="38139" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21463" RevisionGUID="644ef734-2357-4801-bdfe-495316e2ced1" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:23:42.617" UserId="8602" Text="Random disconnects often happen if some power-saving feature is putting your network adapter to sleep (That explains why it works with constant traffic.) or if your WIFI card is trying to aggressively optimize network performance by hopping between several access points. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can install the newest version of the *deterministic network enhancer* (search for citrix dneupdate), because this is what provides the &quot;virtual adapter&quot;. Sometimes it even helps to enable UDP encapsulation...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By now I just install the ShrewSoft VPN Client when such problems come up.&#xD;&#xA;Although this is not a perfect solution, it is a far more efficient one than finding the cisco error. And users seem happy with it. Seems to connect faster." />
  <row Id="38140" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21460" RevisionGUID="6a0291b0-7677-42f8-9e9f-71ed60cebf5a" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:26:01.430" UserId="8555" Comment="Clarification" Text="You appear to be in emacs mode. To do what you want there, this works:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    meta-backspace&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Strictly speaking it's M-Del. See [this page][1] for more Emacs keybindings. I don't think Bash's emacs mode supports them all, but it supports this one.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    telemachus ~ $ mv mylongfilename.blahblah.txt mylongfilename.|.txt&#xD;&#xA;The pipe shows were the cursor ends up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.math.uh.edu/~bgb/emacs_keys.html" />
  <row Id="38141" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21464" RevisionGUID="ebe87a66-11a6-4aea-bdc4-84ca2e897ec4" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:26:16.580" UserId="4268" Text="Do you have a group policy setting that forces the template folder to a particular location?" />
  <row Id="38142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21465" RevisionGUID="3229a13f-7118-485f-a948-99be85f60681" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:26:18.343" UserId="8521" Text="You can try to swap the words to put the part `blahdeblah` at the end of the line (with Esc-T) and then remove the end of the line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - mv [tab] [tab]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   mv mylongfilename.blahdeblah.txt mylongfilename.blahdeblah.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Esc-T] (Swap the last two words before the cursor)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   mv mylongfilename.blahdeblah.txt mylongfilename.txt .blahdeblah&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Alt-b] [Alt-b] [Alt-f] and [Ctrl-k]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   mv mylongfilename.blahdeblah.txt mylongfilename.txt" />
  <row Id="38143" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21466" RevisionGUID="e75e49a3-bdc4-4b3e-ad78-1dcd85de4f02" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:28:45.130" UserId="4733" Text="This really isnt my area of expertise...and it may be obvious, but here it is: We have what I guess you could call a virtual network.  We have 4 locations in 4 cities connected by broadband internet (Comcast and Verizon) all 5mb business lines.  One location houses a file server and a database server for all other locations.  This system has been in place since before my time.  We have budgeted for a fiber connection in the next couple of years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that opening even the smallest files (mostly Office docs) takes forever.  Even files that are just kilobytes in size seem to take a very long time to open or even transfer over.  Saving changes to a med-sized Excel (or any Office doc)over the network temp freezes up your machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What can I use to troubleshoot this problem?  ALso, this issue is worse at certain times of the day and particular bad at a certain location.  I should also mention that machines located inside the LAN where the servers are stored have no issues at all.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Am I expecting too much by wanting near-lan-like speeds from this setup?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38144" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21466" RevisionGUID="e75e49a3-bdc4-4b3e-ad78-1dcd85de4f02" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:28:45.130" UserId="4733" Text="Possible Issue With (what I think is) a Virtual Network " />
  <row Id="38145" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21466" RevisionGUID="e75e49a3-bdc4-4b3e-ad78-1dcd85de4f02" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:28:45.130" UserId="4733" Text="&lt;wan&gt;&lt;lan&gt;&lt;bandwidth&gt;&lt;speed&gt;" />
  <row Id="38146" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21467" RevisionGUID="67ff38e5-c459-44f1-affd-36ade0c2ead5" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:29:06.440" UserId="431" Text="My favorite RAID performance analysis tool for Microsoft Windows machines is SQLIO, a free utility from Microsoft.  I've written up a [SQLIO tutorial with a video][1] that explains how to get it, how to use it, and how to analyze the results.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're not after performance analysis, you can get better answers by telling us what you're trying to analyze (including the gear you're testing) and what operating system you're using.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sqlserverpedia.com/wiki/SAN_Performance_Tuning_with_SQLIO" />
  <row Id="38147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21468" RevisionGUID="d8dcfd59-61f4-481e-a9db-179c277870dc" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:33:21.807" UserId="431" Text="Can you elaborate on how you configured gzip?  For example, are you using mod_deflate?  Can you post snippets from your httpd.conf, especially the AddOutputFilterByType field?  I followed these directions for my particular hosting provider, and it's possible that text/css isn't in the list at your hosting provider:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://kb.mediatemple.net/questions/1567/Compressing+web+pages+with+mod_deflate" />
  <row Id="38148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21469" RevisionGUID="e550d580-9db9-4503-babe-7b98b177fb6b" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:36:11.320" UserId="5792" Text="The preferences only affect the current user session, so an anonymous user can set their own preferences, but won't affect any other users (even other anonymous users).  What is the concern with having that available?" />
  <row Id="38149" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21470" RevisionGUID="4424ac5c-af8c-46ff-8211-ff8fa53a359d" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:38:07.063" UserId="4757" Text="Lucky ol' you gets to dig around in WMI. Check out the [Python module 'wmi'][1] which is about as good as I've seen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://timgolden.me.uk/python/wmi.html" />
  <row Id="38150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21471" RevisionGUID="1a0cd1c4-1d9d-4805-9487-c455ad8758e0" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:38:25.267" UserId="4733" Text="Not a solution, but a possible troubleshooting step to rule out.....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you 'open' a document over the network?  For example, can you click FILE and then OPEN and then navigate throughout the network?  If so, can you 'save' in the same manner? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38151" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21465" RevisionGUID="87eef9cb-a541-4420-b9b8-9dae81b2b56d" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:39:22.287" UserId="8521" Comment="deleted 28 characters in body" Text="You can try to swap the words to put the part `blahdeblah` at the end of the line (with Esc-T) and then remove the end of the line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - mv [tab] [tab]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   mv mylongfilename.blahdeblah.txt mylongfilename.blahdeblah.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Esc-T] (Swap the last two words before the cursor)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   mv mylongfilename.blahdeblah.txt mylongfilename.txt .blahdeblah&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Ctrl-w]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   mv mylongfilename.blahdeblah.txt mylongfilename.txt" />
  <row Id="38158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21474" RevisionGUID="29b8a254-3bb8-428e-b871-c9076d91cd3c" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:46:03.253" UserId="1375" Text="Yeah, 5Mbit over any sort of Internet link isn't going to give you reasonable performance for a Windows file share.  The latency will absolutely kill you." />
  <row Id="38159" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21475" RevisionGUID="1ebf7078-525b-489b-9657-681b1cab6585" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:47:57.103" UserId="7355" Text="I tried to upgrade Ubuntu from Hardy to Intrepid last night, and seem to have killed it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can boot into &quot;recovery mode&quot; and the root shell, but it freezes when it tries to start the Gnome environment etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In this recovery mode it doesn't seem to be on the network (ie. ifconfig shows the lo bit but not the eth0 bit) And I can't ping or ssh to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I start networking from this prompt?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;cheers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;phil&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38160" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21475" RevisionGUID="1ebf7078-525b-489b-9657-681b1cab6585" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:47:57.103" UserId="7355" Text="Starting network connection from Ubuntu recovery?" />
  <row Id="38161" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21475" RevisionGUID="1ebf7078-525b-489b-9657-681b1cab6585" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:47:57.103" UserId="7355" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="38162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21476" RevisionGUID="b11e4cb5-ab6f-46e6-ae7d-b22fc242be62" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:50:53.543" UserId="2908" Text="Due to the metric of the connection, a DNS lookup should always pick LAN over WLAN. As long as the routing table is showing a lower metric for the LAN connection than the WLAN, it should be working the way you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to ensure a specific order to the DNS servers, you can define a prefered order list at &quot;Connection Properties&gt;Internet Protocol(TCP/IP) Properties&gt;Advanced&gt;DNS&quot;. This list will need to be defined on each connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38163" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21477" RevisionGUID="87db85e8-72c6-4791-974b-b95792b4fd6e" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:51:27.020" UserId="7783" Text="I'm British rather than American so I'm not aware of the typical expectations from Verizon and Comcast's business internet business, but if the problem is worse at different times of the day I'd suspect contention. Do you have a SLA for the performance of these lines and have you verified that it's being met?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That aside you clearly can't expect &quot;near LAN&quot; performance from something that's nowhere near a modern LAN in terms of specification for much the same reason you can't expect &quot;near spaceship&quot; performance from a paper airplane: no matter how good your paper airplane making skills are you just can't get there from here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To some degree the latency you're likely to see over WAN links is likely to make performance noticably worse than a LAN running at the *same speed* at the best of times, and you're probably comparing a 5Mb internet connection to a 100Mb or 1000Mb LAN, so clearly there has to be limits on what you expect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which isn't to say that the current situation is acceptable either. You need to do a couple of things IMHO, to make the best of the current links:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the order I'd do this...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Check what's currently going over these network connections to ensure that something unexpected isn't sucking up the bandwidth you do have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. Consider 'caching' documents that don't change often but which are used by all offices (e.g. manuals, policy documents, etc) on &quot;local&quot; servers for each office, even if the &quot;local server&quot; is a nominated PC that is always on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. Take a look at the routers you are using in each office - are they designed for the sort of use you are making of them?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. Consider making sure material that does have to travel over the link is served up in a manner friendly to slower links (e.g. place documents on an intranet rather than a file share and it'll probably work better because HTTP is better designed for slower speed connections than windows file sharing, for example)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. Definitely speak to your ISPs about the SLA for these lines, contention issues." />
  <row Id="38164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21478" RevisionGUID="5542e112-0e84-4c9e-98da-e38e1a184f58" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:51:43.947" UserId="3364" Text="I have had somewhat the same problem; and I don't think you can configure a list of DNS servers to be asked, when domain information is needed. [See this question][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When Windows asks the first name server; it will either return the address, or NXDOMAIN, indicating that the address cannot be resolved.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/11324/primary-dns-when-there-are-multiple-network-connections" />
  <row Id="38167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21481" RevisionGUID="33c9defc-b736-4b88-9fd5-b6d1907e8494" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:58:27.430" UserId="1375" Text="To start networking, `/etc/init.d/networking start` should do the trick.  I'd say that if Gnome isn't starting, you've got X config problems.  If you disable gdm from starting on boot, then you should be able to get to a regular console prompt and do diagnosis from there (check `/var/log/Xorg.0.log` and so on)." />
  <row Id="38168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21482" RevisionGUID="a596ffca-288b-430d-9494-f18430e9f898" CreationDate="2009-06-07T12:59:02.750" UserId="4694" Text="Do you normally get your IP address from DHCP server ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **$ ifconfig eth0 up**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **$ sudo dhclient eth0**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To set IP address you want (for example 192.168.0.1) type:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up**&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21483" RevisionGUID="e67d4055-8037-4175-b3c9-f66ef247a5c1" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:05:02.893" UserId="8607" Text="Here's an ideal .htaccess that both compresses and sets sutiable expire headers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Insert filter&#xD;&#xA;    SetOutputFilter DEFLATE&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Netscape 4.x has some problems...&#xD;&#xA;    BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Netscape 4.06-4.08 have some more problems&#xD;&#xA;    BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # MSIE masquerades as Netscape, but it is fine&#xD;&#xA;    # BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Make sure proxies don't deliver the wrong content&#xD;&#xA;    Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;IfModule mod_expires.c&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      ExpiresActive On&#xD;&#xA;      ExpiresDefault &quot;access plus 1 seconds&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      ExpiresByType image/x-icon &quot;access plus 2592000 seconds&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      ExpiresByType image/jpeg &quot;access plus 2592000 seconds&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      ExpiresByType image/png &quot;access plus 2592000 seconds&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      ExpiresByType image/gif &quot;access plus 2592000 seconds&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash &quot;access plus 2592000 seconds&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      ExpiresByType text/css &quot;access plus 604800 seconds&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      ExpiresByType text/javascript &quot;access plus 216000 seconds&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      ExpiresByType application/x-javascript &quot;access plus 216000 seconds&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      ExpiresByType text/html &quot;access plus 600 seconds&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      ExpiresByType application/xhtml+xml &quot;access plus 600 seconds&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/IfModule&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;IfModule mod_headers.c&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;FilesMatch &quot;\\.(ico|jpe?g|png|gif|swf)$&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	Header set Cache-Control &quot;max-age=2592000, public&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/FilesMatch&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;FilesMatch &quot;\\.(css)$&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	Header set Cache-Control &quot;max-age=604800, public&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/FilesMatch&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;FilesMatch &quot;\\.(js)$&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	Header set Cache-Control &quot;max-age=216000, private&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/FilesMatch&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;FilesMatch &quot;\\.(x?html?|php)$&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	Header set Cache-Control &quot;max-age=600, private, must-revalidate&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/FilesMatch&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/IfModule&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;IfModule mod_headers.c&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      Header unset ETag&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/IfModule&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    FileETag None&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;IfModule mod_headers.c&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      Header unset Last-Modified&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/IfModule&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The following article covers what it does and also talks about compression:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.samaxes.com/2009/01/06/more-on-compressing-and-caching-your-site-with-htaccess/][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/959252/compress-page-to-make-it-load-faster/959456#959456&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.samaxes.com/2009/01/06/more-on-compressing-and-caching-your-site-with-htaccess/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38170" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21482" RevisionGUID="9c8b4acc-a6ba-41e1-ba16-5bd2e0cf488a" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:05:59.633" UserId="4694" Comment="added 255 characters in body; added 1 characters in body; deleted 1 characters in body; deleted 21 characters in body" Text="Do you normally get your IP address from DHCP server ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **$ ifconfig eth0 up**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **$ sudo dhclient eth0**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To set IP address you want (for example 192.168.0.1) type:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a problem with gdm during the boot, switch to the real console:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Use the **Ctrl-Alt-F1** shortcut keys to switch to the first console.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;To switch back to Desktop mode (gdm), use the **Ctrl-Alt-F7** shortcut keys." />
  <row Id="38171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21484" RevisionGUID="b0748905-b26d-4821-ae1c-113f8e28f656" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:12:39.730" UserId="8555" Text="Probably my favorite, since it makes writing new aliases so easy:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias realias='vim ~/.bash_aliases;source ~/.bash_aliases'" />
  <row Id="38172" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21484" RevisionGUID="b0748905-b26d-4821-ae1c-113f8e28f656" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:12:39.730" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38173" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21485" RevisionGUID="e24f6400-1ce1-4e70-8cc3-fc5c9a3f9926" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:15:04.063" UserDisplayName="Idan" Text="Hello.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried installing a 'quick and dirty' website in our LAN (just so I can publish an RSS feed which will be used internally by our team) by installing IIS 5 on an old Windows XP SP2 machine. The 'website' works, but attempting to access the page containing the RSS results all too often in a &quot;max connections exceeded&quot; error message.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to increase the amount of maximum connections in IIS v5.1?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38174" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21485" RevisionGUID="e24f6400-1ce1-4e70-8cc3-fc5c9a3f9926" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:15:04.063" UserDisplayName="Idan" Text="Setting the maximum amount of connections on IIS5 and Windows XP" />
  <row Id="38175" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21485" RevisionGUID="e24f6400-1ce1-4e70-8cc3-fc5c9a3f9926" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:15:04.063" UserDisplayName="Idan" Text="&lt;iis5&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="38176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21486" RevisionGUID="52cc88cf-acbd-4d76-a8c3-74312e98df0f" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:15:06.623" UserId="4979" Text="You can prioritize one adapter over another. Read through [this article][1] for how to do it. However, when you say &quot;I'd like the DNS lookup to first try the default DNS for the LAN and then if there was no match, try the default DNS for the wireless.&quot;, I believe you are trying to do something that will never work. Unless the service is totaly unavailable, your first DNS server, the one on your LAN will always aswer, even if that answer is &quot;I can't give you an IP for that name&quot;. Windows is not going to then try another DNS server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894564" />
  <row Id="38177" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21487" RevisionGUID="7f65c8b9-ebe4-4422-8760-320e229ec7f9" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:16:32.487" UserId="1944" Text="The file contains the following line&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    google.friendconnect&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I got the line from the following command&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat * | grep google&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I do not know its location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**How can you get the precise location of the file** without Ack?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38178" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21487" RevisionGUID="7f65c8b9-ebe4-4422-8760-320e229ec7f9" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:16:32.487" UserId="1944" Text="Unable to find a file by content" />
  <row Id="38179" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21487" RevisionGUID="7f65c8b9-ebe4-4422-8760-320e229ec7f9" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:16:32.487" UserId="1944" Text="&lt;find&gt;" />
  <row Id="38180" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21488" RevisionGUID="a3b0d8f8-f5e4-47b8-9caa-efe399f79dff" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:21:31.887" UserId="7936" Text="I'd definitely go for mod_wsgi. It allows you to define users, number of threads/processes on a per application basis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not quite sure about the memory requirements but mod_python is considered inferior to mod_wsgi on just about every FAQ or hint you see. [WSGIDaemonProcess][1] allows you to configure a lot of options, stacksize, number of processes and the different timeouts may be of interest to you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have no experience with GoDaddy so I can't tell you about how far you can go configuring everything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the apache part I'd definitely use prefork with the right numbers (depends on your expected user numbers how many childs you want to allow)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For static hosting you could disable all the handlers and even force a certain MIME-Type so that the configuration will just work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If memory is your bottleneck you might want to check on ngninx from my experience (not that much) memory usage can be predicted a lot better with nginx than with apache, I have no idea about mod-wsgi + ngninx however.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/ConfigurationDirectives#WSGIDaemonProcess" />
  <row Id="38181" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21489" RevisionGUID="bdde1ceb-001c-4af2-b3d8-f6345bbf9036" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:21:46.940" UserId="8555" Text="Try the -H flag for `grep`. Also, don't use `cat` there, please. It isn't necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    grep -H google *&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actually, the -H flag is the default when you search more than one file. So, in this case it's redundant." />
  <row Id="38182" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21490" RevisionGUID="5d9c89a0-5222-4829-957d-b4d2d9d0737d" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:22:31.523" UserId="3356" Text="To find the file you could run&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    grep -r 'google.friendconnect' /&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That will iteratively search all files for that string.  It will take a while, and you will get a lot of ‘Permission Denied’ errors unless you run it as root.  Another useful option to grep that you probably also want is ‘-n’.  That will also print out the line number of the file that matched.  Such as,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    grep -n 'google.friendconnect' *&#xD;&#xA;    testfile:3:google.friendconnect" />
  <row Id="38183" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21491" RevisionGUID="03037d95-9d62-42cf-bc78-af540332eda4" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:22:43.833" UserId="5889" Text="grep google *&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(instead of using cat, give grep a list of file names and it will print the name of the files matching when it prints the lines)" />
  <row Id="38184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21492" RevisionGUID="08d4b4aa-13ec-4895-a3d3-0e9064c479fa" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:22:57.750" UserId="2553" Text="There are two utilities that can help you with this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[TCP-Z][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Update of TCPIP.SYS][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll find some more info in a similar question: http://serverfault.com/questions/21131/are-there-any-connection-limits-on-windows-7-iis-v7-5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing you can do, which degrades performance slightly, is to either turn off keep-alives in IIS, or set the keep-alive timeout very low, e.g., 5 seconds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.lvllord.de/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://deepxw.blogspot.com/2009/01/tcp-z-center.html" />
  <row Id="38185" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21493" RevisionGUID="c98f324d-6107-4d3f-8fed-e4bca3ce0bff" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:28:25.853" UserId="4721" Text="An optimal way to search the string in all files under a directory to print matching files with line numbers on the matched line would look like this from the base directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    grep -Hn &lt;string_of_interest&gt; `find . -type f`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That is without using AWK (which is what you meant i guess)." />
  <row Id="38186" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21494" RevisionGUID="4d139933-04e1-4d90-b227-7f9df2807d82" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:28:43.043" UserId="6751" Text="On Solaris you can set this parameter to be a hard or soft limit system-wide OR you can do the same for a specific application so that it has the correct # of open file descriptors in its run-time space. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To make it a system-wide change, edit /etc/system with following entries&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Hard limit on file descriptors for single process&#xD;&#xA;    set rlim_fd_max = 4096&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Soft limit on the file descriptors for a single process&#xD;&#xA;    set rlim_fd_cur = 1024&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using a solaris project for an application space like oracle, you can set the max file descriptors in the project by:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    projadd -U oracle -K “process.max-file-descriptor=(priv,4096,deny)” user.oracle&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, you can set it using ulimit directly in an application's owner's shell startup file.  For example, it is possible to establish max file descriptors by setting ulimit in the .profile of the web server's owner to ulimit -s 32768 and calling that from the startup/shutdown script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you can see there are lots of options and ways of doing this.  " />
  <row Id="38187" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21492" RevisionGUID="86e6f8ec-ee67-4cfd-8900-58c9cc7f71d9" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:28:44.387" UserId="2553" Comment="added 262 characters in body" Text="There are two utilities that can help you with this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[TCP-Z][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Update of TCPIP.SYS][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll find some more info in a similar question: http://serverfault.com/questions/21131/are-there-any-connection-limits-on-windows-7-iis-v7-5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing you can do, which degrades performance slightly, is to either turn off keep-alives in IIS, or set the keep-alive timeout very low, e.g., 5 seconds. This doesn't give you more half-open connections, but means the ones available will only be used for a short amount of time. This would still only allow 10 concurrent users, but the odds of concurrency get much lower when you shorten or disable the keep-alives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.lvllord.de/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://deepxw.blogspot.com/2009/01/tcp-z-center.html" />
  <row Id="38188" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21489" RevisionGUID="aaf3c612-291a-49c5-ad5b-01cda2c6c0af" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:29:16.443" UserId="8555" Comment="Clarify my answer" Text="Try the `-H` flag for `grep`. Also, don't use `cat` there, please. It isn't necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    grep -H google *&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To clarify, the `-H` flag forces `grep` to print the filename. Afer thinking it over, I remembered that the -H flag is the default when you search more than one file. So, in this case it's redundant. Andy's answer below is really simpler and right." />
  <row Id="38189" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21486" RevisionGUID="ed3c91c2-a887-42d0-9d7b-52c1f7275dad" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:29:59.267" UserId="4979" Comment="added 370 characters in body" Text="You can prioritize one adapter over another. Read through [this article][1] for how to do it. &lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, when you say &quot;I'd like the DNS lookup to first try the default DNS for the LAN and then if there was no match, try the default DNS for the wireless.&quot;, I believe you are trying to do something that will never work. Unless the service is totaly unavailable, your first DNS server, the one on your LAN will always aswer, even if that answer is &quot;I can't give you an IP for that name&quot;. Windows is not going to then try another DNS server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you probably want is to get the internal IP adresses of your systems when you are connected through your LAN, and external resolved addresses when connected outside, or in general for any external names. This can be achieved by [setting up split DNS][2] on your LAN DNS server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894564&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6097830.html" />
  <row Id="38190" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21495" RevisionGUID="31c05f76-5268-4fee-a4e3-22aba101046f" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:30:04.337" UserId="7936" Text="I'd go with a hosted Zimbra.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Several EU Providers are available (check out the links on [zimbra.com][1])&#xD;&#xA; - Really good Web Client and Admin Interface&#xD;&#xA; - Easy migration to local services (IMAP/Zimbra/other Groupware Suites) thru IMAP and simple HTTP ressources to import everything&#xD;&#xA; - Prepared to grow, just disable everything in your COS (Class of Service) you don't need and stay with email only, if you need a calendar later just enable it in your COS&#xD;&#xA; - Really nice server side filtering of emails&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;Compliance features&quot; e.g. you can forward all the mails from/to an employee to another mailbox for archiving&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;Native&quot; Desktop Client (apart from classic Thunderbird/IMAP/POP)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - it's not email only&#xD;&#xA; - not exactly light weight (about 2GB of RAM for a standard install, Java Software)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://zimbra.com" />
  <row Id="38191" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21496" RevisionGUID="75ca8ffc-873c-492d-975f-5497a5dbe86a" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:31:59.230" UserDisplayName="Alex Konnaris" Text="can you explain some more about the two different works, are they connected to two different LAN domains eg siteA.local and siteB.local?  If the answer is yes, then you can treat them in the same way as LAN and VPN, below is a brief explanation of how to get name resolution for a separate domain over VPN - it will help to show how to use different DNS's for different connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- When creating a new VPN connection add the IP address for DNS - this is the obvious part.&#xD;&#xA;- Now go to your Network Connections in Control Panel, right-click on either LAN/WLAN/VPN and look at the properties, then select TCP/IP and click Properties, click Advanced and go to the DNS tab, select the radio button for &quot;Append these DNS suffixes (in order)&quot; and add the &quot;other&quot; domain eg siteB.local, click OK and OK and OK to return to the Control Panel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This automatically happens when you join a domain, but has to be forced to work with name resolution on separate networks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't want to make this change and you know the FQDN (fully qualified domain names) and you have specified the DNS IP for the LAN and WLAN, you should get resolution when you do eg: ping server1.siteA.local or ping server1.siteB.local&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38192" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21489" RevisionGUID="b2dbca83-563b-4124-85d5-2b50ce6146de" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:36:18.880" UserId="8555" Comment="deleted 6 characters in body" Text="Try the `-H` flag for `grep`. Also, don't use `cat` there, please. It isn't necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    grep -H google *&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To clarify, the `-H` flag forces `grep` to print the filename. Afer thinking it over, I remembered that the -H flag is the default when you search more than one file. So, in this case it's redundant. Andy's answer is really simpler and right." />
  <row Id="38193" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21477" RevisionGUID="d3dae908-edea-46cc-95cb-696435d0ced7" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:37:03.840" UserId="7783" Comment="added 277 characters in body" Text="I'm British rather than American so I'm not aware of the typical expectations from Verizon and Comcast's business internet business, but if the problem is worse at different times of the day I'd suspect contention. Do you have a SLA for the performance of these lines and have you verified that it's being met?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That aside you clearly can't expect &quot;near LAN&quot; performance from something that's nowhere near a modern LAN in terms of specification for much the same reason you can't expect &quot;near spaceship&quot; performance from a paper airplane: no matter how good your paper airplane making skills are you just can't get there from here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To some degree the latency you're likely to see over WAN links is likely to make performance noticably worse than a LAN running at the *same speed* at the best of times, and you're probably comparing a 5Mb internet connection to a 100Mb or 1000Mb LAN, so clearly there has to be limits on what you expect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which isn't to say that the current situation is acceptable either. You need to do a couple of things IMHO, to make the best of the current links:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the order I'd do this...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Check what's currently going over these network connections to ensure that something unexpected isn't sucking up the bandwidth you do have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. Consider 'caching' documents that don't change often but which are used by all offices (e.g. manuals, policy documents, etc) on &quot;local&quot; servers for each office, even if the &quot;local server&quot; is a nominated PC that is always on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. Take a look at the routers you are using in each office - are they designed for the sort of use you are making of them?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. Consider making sure material that does have to travel over the link is served up in a manner friendly to slower links (e.g. place documents on an intranet rather than a file share and it'll probably work better because HTTP is better designed for slower speed connections than windows file sharing, for example)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. Definitely speak to your ISPs about the SLA for these lines, contention issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hmm.. Should have added - check for simple things related to name resolution and other things that can slow windows server performance down at the best of times. Maybe experiment with adding hosts file entries for the server(s) to a remote workstation to see if that helps." />
  <row Id="38194" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21490" RevisionGUID="7359b923-afed-46ec-9a88-b17a09143a62" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:37:41.110" UserId="3356" Comment="Clarifying scope of answer" Text="For the general class of problem you're describing, to find the file you could run&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    grep -r 'google.friendconnect' /&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where ‘/‘ would be whatever directory path you want to search.  This will recursively search all files in that directory tree for that string.  The specific command presented will take a while, and will produce a lot of ‘Permission Denied’ errors unless you run it as root.  Since it will be search proc, var, sys, and other users home directories.  Another useful option to grep that you probably also want is ‘-n’.  That will also print out the line number of the file that matched.  Such as,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    grep -n 'google.friendconnect' *&#xD;&#xA;    testfile:3:google.friendconnect&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I find that 90% of the time I use the options ‘irn’ for grep:  case insensitive, recursive, and print line numbers." />
  <row Id="38195" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21494" RevisionGUID="34ca78ec-3eee-47d3-a791-3ae7c9df787b" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:40:24.850" UserId="6751" Comment="added 163 characters in body" Text="On Solaris you can set this parameter to be a hard or soft limit system-wide OR you can do the same for a specific application so that it has the correct # of open file descriptors in its run-time space. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To make it a system-wide change, edit /etc/system with following entries&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Hard limit on file descriptors for single process&#xD;&#xA;    set rlim_fd_max = 4096&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Soft limit on the file descriptors for a single process&#xD;&#xA;    set rlim_fd_cur = 1024&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NOTE: without setting rlim_fd_max as shown above, the default value for file descriptors or nofiles is half of the rlim_fd_cur. So, it's best to set them both.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using a solaris project for an application space like oracle, you can set the max file descriptors in the project by:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    projadd -U oracle -K “process.max-file-descriptor=(priv,4096,deny)” user.oracle&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, you can set it using ulimit directly in an application's owner's shell startup file.  For example, it is possible to establish max file descriptors by setting ulimit in the .profile of the web server's owner to ulimit -s 32768 and calling that from the startup/shutdown script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you can see there are lots of options and ways of doing this.  " />
  <row Id="38196" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2219" RevisionGUID="31c7a51b-a309-45dd-936e-df7dc13bc054" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:44:41.880" UserId="45" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;switch&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;lan&gt;" />
  <row Id="38197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21497" RevisionGUID="61aa77fc-1843-40bb-9d54-7d596d8791a2" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:45:55.463" UserId="1247" Text="Have you tried using the [flux capacitor][1] script?  I know you said that you don't want to install any additional software, but the flux capacitor doesn't install anything, but instead unlocks some of the built-in Time Machine restrictions.  See here for more info:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.techtalkforfamilies.com/blog/dale/how_to_use_mac_os_x_leopards_time_machine_over_a_network_without_buying_time_capsule][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.9to5mac.com/time-machine-fix-flux-capacitor-43262455&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.techtalkforfamilies.com/blog/dale/how_to_use_mac_os_x_leopards_time_machine_over_a_network_without_buying_time_capsule" />
  <row Id="38198" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21453" RevisionGUID="799cbd86-6550-4f9e-be86-eda432203acc" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:47:22.733" UserId="7355" Comment="windows wants to format the drive" Text="On a standard, dual boot Vista Home and Ubuntu, I'd like to be able to access the Ubuntu partition from Windows. I imagine that there must be software to let you do this. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone recommend a good (preferably free-as-in-speech) package to do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update : thanks to the first posters here I tried fs-driver, but it seems to consider my Linux partition unformatted, and wants to format it." />
  <row Id="38199" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21498" RevisionGUID="f1d0f204-9eac-4bec-bb86-c1a0cee551e4" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:47:29.317" UserId="8609" Text="Here is the scenario: The computer connects to my network, the DHCP server asigns to it an IP address, and sets every thing right. I can ping, trace and it resolves DNS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the problem: I can`t get any application to access the internet (e.g.: IE, Firefox), and when working with another computer each time I do a ping to it, I get a request time out message. I tried tracing the computer through my network and I'm getting the same result.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Computer's Operating System: Windows Vista Starter Edition.&#xD;&#xA;Network: Connecting through a wireless router or connecting an UTP cable to it (Doesn't matter I get the same exact result).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So far, all I can think of is that it's a problem with the operating system. It seems to me that the network connection works fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance." />
  <row Id="38200" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21498" RevisionGUID="f1d0f204-9eac-4bec-bb86-c1a0cee551e4" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:47:29.317" UserId="8609" Text="Computer connects OK to the network, but applications won't access internet." />
  <row Id="38201" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21498" RevisionGUID="f1d0f204-9eac-4bec-bb86-c1a0cee551e4" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:47:29.317" UserId="8609" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="38202" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21454" RevisionGUID="05303f6b-70ec-4c21-b44e-213524ca25c7" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:48:24.947" UserId="4287" Comment="added 266 characters in body; added 33 characters in body" Text="Anyone using a Python script to monitor CPU usage on a Windows machine ? i've google for some time but have not been able to find any usable script. could you guys show me some example of what you're using ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the errors i got.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    Traceback (most recent call last):&#xD;&#xA;  File &quot;test.py&quot;, line 1, in &lt;module&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    import wmi&#xD;&#xA;  File &quot;c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\wmi.py&quot;, line 141, in &lt;module&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    from win32com.client import GetObject, Dispatch&#xD;&#xA;ImportError: No module named win32com.client&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="38203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21499" RevisionGUID="309adcdf-390a-4d21-84fb-541e8f021f60" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:51:08.717" UserId="4924" Text="There is no such option in dpkg or any apt related tool and there's a simple reason explaining this. Installing a package is not only unpacking files but also configuring them and this is done by running the pre/post installation/removal script associated to each package.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Restoring old files is easy but undoing what the postinst scripts have done is way more difficult. In theory dpkg supports the downgrade because it gives all the necessary information to the scripts so that they can detect when they're downgraded but in practice very few package implements that support properly (and Debian doesn't support downgrades officially).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note however that for many simple packages that have no postinst script, the downgrade works very well. `apt-get` and `aptitude` can be used to force installation of older version with syntaxes like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    aptitude install foo/testing # Downgrade a package to testing if you run unstable&#xD;&#xA;    aptitude install foo=1.2-3 # Downgrade to 1.2-3 if you run a higher version&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So if you keep a note of all packages installed with their version, you can in most cases restore a previous state that works. You can also find out the versions previously installed by analzing dpkg's log `/var/log/dpkg.log`  (or aptitude's log if you use only `aptitude` and not `apt-get`)." />
  <row Id="38204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21500" RevisionGUID="7b9b6fa1-ca09-40c5-b5d3-781f0fe0fe0a" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:55:00.083" UserId="8047" Text="I use the diceware method of generating passwords (so that they are easier to remember than true random garbage):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I try to use password groups for access to different types of systems, to both limit the number of passwords I have to remember at any given time and to limit damage if one is compromised.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then I change them regularly.  How regularly you change them depends on how quickly you can train yourself to remember new passwords.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you absolutely have to, you can keep the results of the dice rolls locked up somewhere like a safe or a safety deposit box.  Re-creating the passwords from the rolls (just doing the word list lookups) is an annoying enough task to serve as a deterrent to forgetting.  And the worst part is that once you've looked up the first couple of words, you usually remember the rest anyway.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38205" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21486" RevisionGUID="b02bc7b9-9663-407b-b931-aba0d09146bf" CreationDate="2009-06-07T13:58:38.440" UserId="4979" Comment="added 130 characters in body; deleted 11 characters in body" Text="You can prioritize one adapter over another. Read through [this article][1] for how to do it. &lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, when you say &quot;I'd like the DNS lookup to first try the default DNS for the LAN and then if there was no match, try the default DNS for the wireless.&quot;, that is not going to work.&#xD;&#xA;Your LAN DNS Server, if available, will either resolve the name for you, answer that the name does not exist, or refer you to another DNS server. While you might think that the third option would be your ticket, understand that the DNS resolver in Windows (an most other systems) is a stub resolver that can not follow referrals, and so your DNS query will fail at that point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If what you truly want is to get the internal IP adresses of your systems when you are connected through your LAN, and external resolved addresses when connected outside, or in general for any external names. This can be achieved by [setting up split DNS][2] on your LAN DNS server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894564&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6097830.html" />
  <row Id="38206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21501" RevisionGUID="a97977fe-9388-4eb9-9990-7480fa1e5775" CreationDate="2009-06-07T14:01:11.010" UserId="7033" Text="    sudo chsh shell user&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where shell is the one you want for that user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    man chsh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for more examples.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38207" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21502" RevisionGUID="29188252-7f36-40ca-bd4e-5ff8b8c5f2d8" CreationDate="2009-06-07T14:05:23.373" UserId="1928" Text="From [Script Center][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I accidentally set PowerShell to full&#xD;&#xA;&gt; screen. Is there any way to get it out&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of that mode?&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; You can right-click on the icon in the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; left-hand corner of the PowerShell&#xD;&#xA;&gt; window, choose properties, and then&#xD;&#xA;&gt; configure the window to look any way&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you want it to look.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or you can try &quot;Alt-ENTER&quot; on the keyboard, which toggles between full screen and non-full screen modes. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/webcasts/psweek/day2qanda.mspx" />
  <row Id="38208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21503" RevisionGUID="a40e4eb3-5ac3-43a8-8ecd-5a8fce8f52d1" CreationDate="2009-06-07T14:13:35.483" UserId="4694" Text="[DiskInternals Linux Reader ][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Safe and quick, **read-only** access to **Ext2/Ext3** Linux file systems.&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/screenshots.shtml&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38209" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21504" RevisionGUID="153935f7-a14f-40a9-b9d0-d5f118c77df5" CreationDate="2009-06-07T14:16:27.630" UserId="45" Text="Can you ping your router from the machine? Is the IP address you see on the PC in the range of addresses your DHCP assigns, for example 192.168.0.x - 192.168.0.y? Or maybe there are some firewall settings on your router prohibiting access, if not explicitly set for a new machine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is no restriction in Windows Vista Starter edition which disables internet access. There are only some other network features disabled as described in this Microsoft Help article: [Networking in Windows Vista Starter][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/44526469-b916-4442-9372-4f566795bbcf1033.mspx" />
  <row Id="38210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21505" RevisionGUID="2d71e4df-06af-4997-8509-07041f92164e" CreationDate="2009-06-07T14:19:42.307" UserId="4924" Text="The official tool that is currently used within the Debian installer and recommended in the release notes is `aptitude`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Aptitude offers a curses interface (when run without any parameter) and a command line interface that can do almost everything that `apt-cache`/`apt-get` does. It also has a better dependency resolver that let you browse between multiple solutions. Even when using the command line version, you can interact with the proposed solution and give supplementary orders or hints (like installing or removing a package that is recommended by another one).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But aptitude is based on the libapt library (it's not a direct wrapper of dpkg) and as such it depends on the `apt` package so you can't have aptitude installed without apt-get (which is also in the apt package).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ dpkg --status aptitude| grep Depends&#xD;&#xA;    Depends: libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6-4.7, [...]&#xD;&#xA;    $ dpkg --status apt|grep Provides&#xD;&#xA;    Provides: libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6-4.7&#xD;&#xA;    $ dpkg --search /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6.so.4.7 /usr/bin/apt-get&#xD;&#xA;    apt: /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6.so.4.7&#xD;&#xA;    apt: /usr/bin/apt-get&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To learn more on how apt/dpkg/aptitude interact you can check the [diagram made by Daniel Burrows][1] (aptitude's main author). Another diagram presents the information stored by the various package management tools: [A map of the apt and dpkg state files][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://algebraicthunk.net/~dburrows/blog/entry/apt-system-diagram/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://algebraicthunk.net/~dburrows/blog/entry/a-better-map-of-the-apt-state-files/" />
  <row Id="38211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21506" RevisionGUID="7440ef00-8a13-44b9-b351-bae2dde05a5d" CreationDate="2009-06-07T14:23:42.767" UserId="8614" Text="I was looking [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, it sounds promising to be able to restrict where programs are executed from, making sure they only execute from %PROGFILES% and %WINDIR%, but I have to wonder how enforceable and lock-downable that is to do. Assuming that page is followed, and there are no current vulnerabilities(only for the purposes of my question).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you ensure that programs can't be executed from %TEMP%, that programs couldn't just be launched from cmd or start commands, or from within other programs? Basically, are there any ways around this, and if so, how too could you lock them down?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457006.aspx" />
  <row Id="38212" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21506" RevisionGUID="7440ef00-8a13-44b9-b351-bae2dde05a5d" CreationDate="2009-06-07T14:23:42.767" UserId="8614" Text="Can you actually restrict where programs are executed from on later versions of Windows?" />
  <row Id="38213" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21506" RevisionGUID="7440ef00-8a13-44b9-b351-bae2dde05a5d" CreationDate="2009-06-07T14:23:42.767" UserId="8614" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="38214" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21498" RevisionGUID="6e82f10a-08cd-4d1a-b4fa-2da52aca910e" CreationDate="2009-06-07T14:25:56.290" UserId="8609" Comment="added 300 characters in body" Text="Here is the scenario: The computer connects to my network, the DHCP server asigns to it an IP address, and sets every thing right. I can ping, trace and it resolves DNS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the problem: I can`t get any application to access the internet (e.g.: IE, Firefox), and when working with another computer each time I do a ping to it, I get a request time out message. I tried tracing the computer through my network and I'm getting the same result.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Computer's Operating System: Windows Vista Starter Edition.&#xD;&#xA;Network: Connecting through a wireless router or connecting an UTP cable to it (Doesn't matter I get the same exact result).  &#xD;&#xA;DHCP Server: It is set up to wrok with a maximum of 20 connections. At the moment there are less than 5 computers connected to the network.&#xD;&#xA;Firewall: Within my network there are no firewalls working.&#xD;&#xA;Router restrictions: I didn't set my router to restrict access (e.g. Mac address restriction).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So far, all I can think of is that it's a problem with the operating system. It seems to me that the network connection works fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance." />
  <row Id="38215" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21507" RevisionGUID="212bd527-1296-4583-8694-edb4840dae6b" CreationDate="2009-06-07T14:32:33.407" UserId="8594" Text="Debian-based distros like Ubuntu call it apache instead of httpd.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38220" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21509" RevisionGUID="1d1b2460-2244-4997-a2a9-308c36e0460d" CreationDate="2009-06-07T14:41:31.660" UserDisplayName="efutch" Text="Your array will become corrupted, as the filesystems in both disks will have different data, and the first time the system tries to write a new file in one of the partitions of the disk, it will mess up not only the filesystem's tables, but the data in it too." />
  <row Id="38221" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21510" RevisionGUID="1014a665-bd4d-4bc8-a0d2-b5e4c568e7b7" CreationDate="2009-06-07T14:43:57.290" UserId="1692" Text="I've had to do this myself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Run msconfig, select the boot tab, and remove the unwanted entry." />
  <row Id="38222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21511" RevisionGUID="9b0b2f3d-ab47-432f-97d2-bc96a8874973" CreationDate="2009-06-07T14:49:04.113" UserId="4287" Text=" How do you run a perl script as a windows service ? (i have a script that gathers all sort of data and then relays them to a server, but i need to run this as a system service in order to report data all the time." />
  <row Id="38223" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21511" RevisionGUID="9b0b2f3d-ab47-432f-97d2-bc96a8874973" CreationDate="2009-06-07T14:49:04.113" UserId="4287" Text="Run perl script as a windows service" />
  <row Id="38224" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21511" RevisionGUID="9b0b2f3d-ab47-432f-97d2-bc96a8874973" CreationDate="2009-06-07T14:49:04.113" UserId="4287" Text="&lt;perl&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;service&gt;" />
  <row Id="38225" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21512" RevisionGUID="22ce81fa-a583-4785-ad0e-4d9fafed0926" CreationDate="2009-06-07T14:50:41.130" UserId="5234" Text="This is something that we considered when we originally implemented Windows 2000, and it comes up a coupla times every year.  Back then (2001), we felt that Linux was just nowhere near ready for serious consideration as a Desktop OS for the non technical end user.  A short time back it seriously looked as though switching to Linux would involve considerably *less* work on our behalf than switching to Vista would (both from XP).  Now with Windows 7 looking as though Microsoft actually sat up and took notice of stuff, I'm not so sure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which brings me to one of major things that would hold us back: the amount of effort involved in switching.  Sure the two can interoperate to an extent, but it's by no means totally seamless.  See, Linux right now is just fine on the end user desktop (most of our users just have a few app icons and some shared folders and printers - so long as they don't have to dive into the command line it's not going to present any difficulties for them).  Likewise it's just fine on the server.  But *making the two meet in the middle is where the real work is*, and I don't see Linux out of the box giving me anything close to what Windows out of the box gives me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, most of the arguments in favour of Linux are sound and valid under certain assumed circumstances.  If I had a small network, or a technically focussed user base who were prepared to put up with a certain level of disruption, it would be feasible.  With the amount of non-technical end users and sites I have, it's just not a runner.  The install/configure/test cycle would just prevent us from doing anything *productive* for such a long time, and that's even before we start adding on additional stuff like LDAP." />
  <row Id="38226" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21512" RevisionGUID="22ce81fa-a583-4785-ad0e-4d9fafed0926" CreationDate="2009-06-07T14:50:41.130" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38227" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21513" RevisionGUID="2c97da8b-0c71-4c10-b6e3-94995bf0e2cc" CreationDate="2009-06-07T14:51:08.133" UserId="8039" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am researching XenServer from Citrix and (with 2 colleagues)&#xD;&#xA;comparing it with VMware ESX and Microsoft HyperV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In our tests, it seems that Xen's live migration is using less&#xD;&#xA;resources than VMware's ESX and I would like to know why that is. I&#xD;&#xA;found an article from last year that references a paper from 2005,&#xD;&#xA;explaining what actually happens with the pages/memory during live migration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is an extract of that [article][1] about the memory transfer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Push phase- The source VM continues running while certain pages are pushed across the network to the new destination. To ensure consistency, pages modified during this process must be re-sent.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Stop-and-copy phase The source VM is stopped, pages are copied across to the destination VM, then the new VM is started.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Pull phase The new VM executes and, if it accesses a page that has not yet been copied, this page is faulted in (&quot;pulled&quot;) across the network from the source VM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was wondering if the memory transfer still happens in the same&#xD;&#xA;fashion as it did 4 years ago.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://community.citrix.com/blogs/citrite/barryf/2008/02/10/Everything+You+Always+Wanted+to+Know+about+XenMotion?focusedCommentId=71697504&amp;#comment-71697504" />
  <row Id="38228" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21513" RevisionGUID="2c97da8b-0c71-4c10-b6e3-94995bf0e2cc" CreationDate="2009-06-07T14:51:08.133" UserId="8039" Text="Xen live motion" />
  <row Id="38229" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21513" RevisionGUID="2c97da8b-0c71-4c10-b6e3-94995bf0e2cc" CreationDate="2009-06-07T14:51:08.133" UserId="8039" Text="&lt;xen&gt;&lt;xenserver&gt;&lt;migration&gt;" />
  <row Id="38230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21514" RevisionGUID="0ef69451-1dab-4284-b3aa-f341bbdd9426" CreationDate="2009-06-07T14:52:33.857" UserId="45" Text="I think Software Restriction Policies, introduced with Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 are a valid instrument to prevent unwanted programs from running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the Path rules you describe are not secure enough in your opinion, you could always add hash rules (cryptographic &quot;fingerprints&quot; of the executables that remain the same regardless of the file name or location.) and certificates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only way (that I know) to bypass Software Restriction Policies in Windows XP, is using a secondary logon account (start with &quot;Run As&quot;)." />
  <row Id="38231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21515" RevisionGUID="1945372d-4ea5-4fd4-bfae-cf5aa85da232" CreationDate="2009-06-07T14:52:55.663" UserId="8617" Text="1) There is a file called &quot;version&quot; in the installation directory ($DLC).  The &quot;pro&quot; command cats this file on startup.  You can too: cat $DLC/version&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) There is also a command called &quot;showcfg&quot; which will provide all of your licensing data.  &quot;$DLC/bin/showcfg&quot;." />
  <row Id="38234" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21511" RevisionGUID="5041758d-020c-411c-8cf3-eff6610b3e94" CreationDate="2009-06-07T14:57:25.517" UserId="45" Comment="edited body" Text="How do you run a perl script as a windows service?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a script that gathers all sort of data and then relays them to a server, but I need to run this as a system service in order to report data all the time." />
  <row Id="38235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21517" RevisionGUID="636bc379-3ccd-474b-9924-47d587989379" CreationDate="2009-06-07T14:58:15.200" UserId="4824" Text="What happens if you temporary disable the windows firewall?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21518" RevisionGUID="d5725275-fb03-422e-b271-7d546f9639b8" CreationDate="2009-06-07T14:58:29.147" UserId="45" Text="You could try the procedure descibed on this page:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Install a perl script as a Win NT/2000/XP service.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This perl script uses *srvany* and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; *instsrv* (two free programs from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Microsoft; put on my perlmonk.org&#xD;&#xA;&gt; website for ease of linking) to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; install a perl script as a Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; NT/2000/XP service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the comments on the same page there a some interesting options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I prefer to compile my scripts with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; perl2exe and install the binary as a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; service. I've used instsrv and srvany,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; but I prefer to use the freely&#xD;&#xA;&gt; available FireDaemon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; You might also consider Win32::Daemon for a pure-perl solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=230377" />
  <row Id="38237" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21519" RevisionGUID="2b411b94-5e13-4b7c-bbdb-b2946b6e017f" CreationDate="2009-06-07T14:59:04.560" UserId="8617" Text="Yes and no.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You cannot do it directly -- IOW you can't just backup the db from UNIX and restore it on Windows and magically be upgraded.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When changing platforms you generally have to dump and load.  The fastest method is (usually) a &quot;binary dump&quot;.  The binary dump format is portable across platforms and upwards compatible.  So you should be able to binary dump from UNIX and binary load on Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When changing versions you will also need to recompile.  If you have the source that should be fairly easy.  Usually it just compiles and off you go.  Sometimes there are new keywords that conflict with the code but those are easily dealt with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure that you use the character client on the Windows side -- compiling UNIX character code in the GUI environment will result in a very unpleasant UI." />
  <row Id="38238" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21520" RevisionGUID="4cd57582-105d-4e14-bf66-dcca3965d7b5" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:02:22.620" UserId="7934" Text="Display options are set per shortcut link. Right click the shortcut on Programs &gt; Windows Powershell 1.0. If you are launching Powershell from a a Shortcut other than Programs &gt; Windows Powershell 1.0, you would need to apply the setting to the shortcut you are using instead." />
  <row Id="38239" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21518" RevisionGUID="95c3eb49-fdf8-4401-9b55-3c4f1f7a9ce7" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:04:15.203" UserId="45" Comment="added 200 characters in body; added 46 characters in body" Text="You could try the procedure descibed on this page:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Install a perl script as a Win NT/2000/XP service.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This perl script uses *srvany* and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; *instsrv* (two free programs from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Microsoft; put on my perlmonk.org&#xD;&#xA;&gt; website for ease of linking) to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; install a perl script as a Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; NT/2000/XP service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the comments on the same page there a some interesting options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I prefer to compile my scripts with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; perl2exe and install the binary as a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; service. I've used instsrv and srvany,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; but I prefer to use the freely&#xD;&#xA;&gt; available FireDaemon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; You might also consider [Win32::Daemon][2] for a pure-perl solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As alternative you could also try [ExeService][3], a program which allows you to run executables, scripts and commands as Windows Services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=230377&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.roth.net/perl/Daemon/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://slion.net/view/Dev/ExeService" />
  <row Id="38240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21521" RevisionGUID="2645e473-8b76-467e-84ca-606ddb8e287a" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:05:56.573" UserId="1944" Text="I have an alias for&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    alias tdA='todo -a'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I get the following in Zsh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tdA          &#xD;&#xA;    zsh: correct 'tdA' to 'tda' [nyae]? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**How can you make Zsh not to suggest a fix for an alias?**" />
  <row Id="38241" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21521" RevisionGUID="2645e473-8b76-467e-84ca-606ddb8e287a" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:05:56.573" UserId="1944" Text="Unable to make Zsh not to suggest a fix for an alias" />
  <row Id="38242" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21521" RevisionGUID="2645e473-8b76-467e-84ca-606ddb8e287a" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:05:56.573" UserId="1944" Text="&lt;zsh&gt;&lt;alias&gt;" />
  <row Id="38243" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21199" RevisionGUID="4b85810d-6c27-448f-ad01-73a2b1da33b6" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:06:11.333" UserId="2711" Comment="Typo" Text="Well I'll say why I wouldn't deploy a linux desktop fleet above Microsofts products, as of 2009 anyway:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Management on a large scale - nothing even close to Group Policy or Active Directory for Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Usability - most users will be completely lost on a *nix system. Re-training several thousand people just to use an OS is not a trivial or cheap exercise without some proof of massive benefits.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Application support. Many systems in the corporate world are written for Windows. While some of the newer ones have had the foresight to develop in Java and therefore be cross-platform, there are many that havent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In summary? Total Cost of Ownership. An often bandied about term but it's true. If an XP license costs $300, that may only be a days wage for a person. If that person needs a days training to learn a different OS, and then a week of impaired productivity as they get used to it, XP has already paid for itself a couple of times over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most people are also familiar with Outlook. An Exchange standard license costs around $700. Divide that among the number of users and, again, it pays for itself in preference to training users to use another tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most end users just want to use the tools they know to do their job. Giving them the tools they already know how to use, even if they cost, is almost always going to be cheaper than re-training them to use &quot;free&quot; products." />
  <row Id="38244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21522" RevisionGUID="8e3658ca-a5a5-4287-9d28-742bf921f76c" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:06:32.627" UserId="8617" Text="BTW -- Progress version 8 dates from the mid 90s.  8.3E was one of the last patch releases to v8." />
  <row Id="38245" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21523" RevisionGUID="566c30f1-49f8-4407-82d0-980c2a0ed63b" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:11:57.123" UserId="481" Text="I have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\folder1  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\folder1\subfolder\a.txt  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\folder1\subfolder\b.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\folder2  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\folder2\subfolder\a.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a simple DOS command to copy all of the folders, subfolders and files from folder1 TO folder2, but if something exists in folder2 I do not want to overwrite it. &#xD;&#xA;If folder 1 has a file that do not exist in folder2, I want them to be copied in. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: both folder1 and folder2 share common subfolder names. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't do this in windows explorer because there is no option to say overwrite files? No to all. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the end I would like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\folder2   &#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\folder2\su bfolder\a.txt (folder 2's a.txt)  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\folder1\subfolder\b.txt  " />
  <row Id="38246" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21523" RevisionGUID="566c30f1-49f8-4407-82d0-980c2a0ed63b" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:11:57.123" UserId="481" Text="win2003 way to copy folders in a smart way?" />
  <row Id="38247" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21523" RevisionGUID="566c30f1-49f8-4407-82d0-980c2a0ed63b" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:11:57.123" UserId="481" Text="&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;windos&gt;&lt;copying&gt;" />
  <row Id="38250" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21525" RevisionGUID="72a3e5c0-9134-4471-aedf-d84ba93be858" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:15:38.317" UserId="7934" Text="For personal passwords, Since I use multiple computers I like the free online service [Clipperz][1]&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.clipperz.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Encryption is done client-side and stored remotely. For work-related, +1 for Password Safe." />
  <row Id="38251" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21526" RevisionGUID="c5a10e14-0368-4b61-8549-77bdb8b18ffa" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:15:55.120" UserId="3912" Text="*Thanks everyone for your answers!* Following your suggestions I've been able to reduce my memory usage to 195M SWAP and 108M RSS, without touching my code (I'll definitely optimize it soon, but this was supposed to be a solution to get me out of trouble fast).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the list of things I did:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Got rid of the wildcard used in VirtualHost entries.** Instead of *:80 and *:443, I used the real IP of my server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Changed Apache's prefork MPM.** These are the values I ended up using:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;StartServers           1&#xD;&#xA;MinSpareServers        1 &#xD;&#xA;MaxSpareServers        5 &#xD;&#xA;ServerLimit           16&#xD;&#xA;MaxClients            16&#xD;&#xA;MaxRequestsPerChild    0&#xD;&#xA;ListenBacklog        100&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are by no means magical numbers. I've spent some time trying different values and combination, and then testing them against the real usage of my server and everyone should do the same in their enviroment. For the record, my server receives close to 2M pvs/month, serving both dynamic pages and assets at a regular rate - no digg effect. The intention, again, was to reduce the memory footprint, not to improve performance or HA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Reference:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/perf-tuning.html&quot; title=&quot;Apache Performance Tuning&quot;&gt;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/perf-tuning.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mpm_common.html&quot; title=&quot;Apache MPM Common Directives&quot;&gt;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mpm_common.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**Tunned down Apache's KeepAlive.** By setting &lt;code&gt;KeepAliveTimeout&lt;/code&gt; to a lower value (2 in my case) I can expect less server processes just waiting on connections with idle clients that may not request any more content.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reference: &lt;a href=&quot;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/core.html#keepalivetimeout&quot; title=&quot;KeepAliveTimeout Directive&quot;&gt;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/core.html#keepalivetimeout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**Removed MySQL's unused module.** I added &lt;code&gt;skip-innodb&lt;/code&gt; to MySQL's my.cnf. Massive memory consumption reduction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are also some remarkable good suggestions that I couldn't personally do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remove PHP modules you do not need.&lt;/strong&gt; The PHP on my server has most mods already compiled, I'll probably try my own minimal PHP on other VPS.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Switch to nginx with php-fastcgi.&lt;/strong&gt; That's another good advice that I'll be trying soon, but right now I can't risk the downtime.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;" />
  <row Id="38252" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21523" RevisionGUID="3270dd53-30bf-4a3e-8c81-f023402bd3b2" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:17:36.050" UserId="481" Comment=" ; added 80 characters in body; deleted 3 characters in body; edited body" Text="I have 2 folders, the first:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\folder1  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\folder1\subfolder\a.txt  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\folder1\subfolder\b.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and the second:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\folder2  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\folder2\subfolder\a.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to merge them like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\folder2   &#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\folder2\subfolder\a.txt (folder 2's a.txt)  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\folder2\subfolder\b.txt  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Description of what I want:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a simple DOS command to copy all of the folders, subfolders and files from folder1 TO folder2, but if something exists in folder2 I do not want to overwrite it. &#xD;&#xA;If folder 1 has files that do not exist in folder2, I want them to be copied in. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: both folder1 and folder2 share common subfolder names. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't do this in windows explorer because there is no option to say overwrite files? No to all. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21528" RevisionGUID="a444e12e-81a1-4251-85e2-e3e39c5244f4" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:20:09.230" UserId="2612" Text="Yes, the **robocopy.exe** resource kit utility I think was made part of the OS with Windows 2003. You can specify all sorts of optionss as what gets overwritten or not. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21529" RevisionGUID="526cae17-c112-41f2-b424-043ccd4f49db" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:23:26.070" UserId="4694" Text="try **% unsetopt correct** I have the spelling correction off by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it works, add it to your **.zshrc**" />
  <row Id="38259" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21530" RevisionGUID="0246230f-4638-4b90-8d11-a565a9788a92" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:26:08.890" UserId="7809" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I install Engine X (NGinx) from source since the ones in the ubuntu repo are quite old. I was wandering what's the best method to update these types of installations?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My current workflow involves.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Downloading the new source&#xD;&#xA; - Configuring and installing the application with the same paths.&#xD;&#xA; - Rebooting NGinx.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But something tells me that's not exactly the best route.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Suggestions?" />
  <row Id="38260" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21530" RevisionGUID="0246230f-4638-4b90-8d11-a565a9788a92" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:26:08.890" UserId="7809" Text="How to upgrade software installed from source?" />
  <row Id="38261" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21530" RevisionGUID="0246230f-4638-4b90-8d11-a565a9788a92" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:26:08.890" UserId="7809" Text="&lt;nginx&gt;&lt;source&gt;&lt;build&gt;&lt;software&gt;&lt;update&gt;" />
  <row Id="38264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21532" RevisionGUID="0222a233-c343-479c-ad7d-80acc662a0fe" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:30:13.030" UserId="4460" Text="I do not see this mentioned yet, but if you own a iMac or other Mac hardware configuration with an ATI card, the current OS X System Update DOES NOT ALLOW 3d Acceleration with VMWare Fusion 2.  I personally feel that VMWare did a poor job with their support of Mac users in this regard - there should have been some sort of email to inform their user community to hold off on the System update until driver issues could be worked out and patched with ATI and Apple.  It was an 'after the fact' announcement on a VMWare blog - not an email to the user base.  Users that have ATI 4850 on iMac like myself are still waiting on a fix.  I love the 'Unity' feature and the features that allow moving the Virtual Machine around on different disks and the performance of VMWare, but this bad support move, just may have me delete and go to Parallels." />
  <row Id="38265" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21529" RevisionGUID="9b898a5d-2654-482a-8059-09303e040bbe" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:30:31.907" UserId="4694" Comment="added 12 characters in body" Text="try&#xD;&#xA;&gt;**% unsetopt correct** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have the spelling correction off by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it works, add it to your **.zshrc** file." />
  <row Id="38266" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21533" RevisionGUID="de88edf3-a0e8-43a5-98c1-bbede5236c27" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:34:28.810" UserId="8558" Text="Is it better to setup a raid array or a batch copy command on a scheduler?  My needs are simple - to backup my important files (some source code, financial data, etc.) on my home network nightly to a separate hard drive.  My server OS is Windows Server 2008." />
  <row Id="38267" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21533" RevisionGUID="de88edf3-a0e8-43a5-98c1-bbede5236c27" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:34:28.810" UserId="8558" Text="raid or batch copy on scheduler? " />
  <row Id="38268" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21533" RevisionGUID="de88edf3-a0e8-43a5-98c1-bbede5236c27" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:34:28.810" UserId="8558" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;batch-file&gt;" />
  <row Id="38269" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21534" RevisionGUID="58b77899-4888-4aa9-8607-3b8a30e850ae" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:35:02.867" UserId="45" Text="You could use the /Y switch of [XCOPY][1] or use [ROBOCOPY][2] (&quot;Robust File Copy for Windows&quot; as part of the [Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools][3]), which by default overwrites without asking for confimation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B240268&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc733145.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="38270" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21535" RevisionGUID="e78adc06-89bf-4217-a6b5-50193e025696" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:38:45.120" UserId="8537" Text="For personal passwords, I use 1Password. It has a great (free) iPhone/iPod Touch application so I have my passwords with me where ever I go." />
  <row Id="38271" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21528" RevisionGUID="665aa98b-a77f-4dd8-b22a-32244bfee67c" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:40:23.243" UserId="2612" Comment="Markdown" Text="Yes, the **robocopy.exe** resource kit utility I think was made part of the OS with Windows 2003. You can specify all sorts of options as what gets overwritten or not. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By default, robocopy won't overwrite same files, just newer versions over old - it's a file syncing tool, mainly. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to avoid **any** sort of overwrite, this might work, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    robocopy C:\FOLDER1 C:\FOLDER2 /e /xc /xn /xo &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **/e** is copy all subfolders, even empty ones  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; **/xc** is exclude changed files  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; **/xn** is exclude newer files  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; **/xo** is exclude older files  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recommend you test first with these additional switches, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    robocopy C:\FOLDER1 C:\FOLDER2 /e /xc /xn /xo /l /log+:robocopy.txt /np /ndl /tee&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where,  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; **/l** is just list, don't actually do anything. Remove this switch when you're happy with what robocopy will do.  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; **/log+:** appends output to a text file, so you can study it, or **/log:**, which overwrites the log each time.  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; **/np** prevents &quot;% done&quot; progress info in the log  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; **/ndl** is a personal preference for a cleaner log output, but maybe leave this switch out until you're comfortable with how robocopy works  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; **/tee** shows you output on the screen as well as the log.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38272" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21536" RevisionGUID="d99063d7-4f5c-4e49-aa8e-6ac94de3a53e" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:40:39.373" UserId="45" Text="RAID isn't thought for replacing backups. RAID is for making your harddisks redundant, so that when one is failing, the information will still available on the partition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But if you accidentally delete files on the RAID partition it will not be available on other disks of the array.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, if you're using RAID, I strongly recommend doing regular backups to other media (NAS, other servers' shares, tape etc.)" />
  <row Id="38273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21537" RevisionGUID="b372b4c0-842e-421b-92dc-2e2cd532d3a3" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:41:38.810" UserDisplayName="odedn" Text="The WebClient service always at &quot;stopping&quot; state. Of course the service itself does not work (I cannot access sharepoint folders using their UNC paths, for example). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tried rebooting - the service goes to &quot;stopping&quot; right after reboot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tried enabling basic authentication as [some][1] recommend, did not help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tried killing the &quot;svchost&quot; process; the WebClient service then goes out of &quot;stopping&quot; state. Attempting to start the service, it gets stuck in &quot;stopping&quot; right away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;System is WinXP SP2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.minasi.com/sp2info/" />
  <row Id="38274" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21537" RevisionGUID="b372b4c0-842e-421b-92dc-2e2cd532d3a3" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:41:38.810" UserDisplayName="odedn" Text="WebClient service always at &quot;stopping&quot; state" />
  <row Id="38275" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21537" RevisionGUID="b372b4c0-842e-421b-92dc-2e2cd532d3a3" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:41:38.810" UserDisplayName="odedn" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;services&gt;&lt;svchost&gt;&lt;webdav&gt;" />
  <row Id="38276" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21538" RevisionGUID="6572cc46-cf45-42eb-946f-3760ee8d054a" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:45:05.717" UserId="2224" Text="To improve file transfers, look at using protocols like SCP which aren't assuming that you're on a LAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, dig into the specifics of how your networks work and optimize. Windows defaults to a 65k TCP Window size (pre-Vista), which is often too large for WAN connections and fragments your IP packets, thus reducing performance. Tuning this down significantly may improve overall throughput. Ditto with MTU size. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing to try is [disabling SNP][1] on Windows servers. SNP offloads work to NIC cards and performs other &quot;optimizations&quot; that typically cause problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I work in a big enterprise environment, where we've struggled to deliver services with DSL/Cable and 98% of our remote connectivity is delivered by T-1, MPLS, Frame Relay or Ethernet, so I don't have alot of advice specific to your situation. I'd suggest asking for advice on forums on sites like BroadbandReports and Ars Technica's networking forum for more advice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948496" />
  <row Id="38277" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21482" RevisionGUID="be93a6cc-e9ed-4d81-a573-953de33ba12d" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:49:24.693" UserId="4694" Comment="added 60 characters in body" Text="Do you normally get your IP address from DHCP server ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **$ ifconfig eth0 up**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **$ sudo dhclient eth0**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To set IP address you want (for example 192.168.0.1) type:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up** &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **route add default gw GATEWAY-IP eth0**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a problem with gdm during the boot, switch to the real console:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Use the **Ctrl-Alt-F1** shortcut keys to switch to the first console.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;To switch back to Desktop mode (gdm), use the **Ctrl-Alt-F7** shortcut keys." />
  <row Id="38278" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21539" RevisionGUID="939ac648-93b5-4736-b693-f9c0eb68d1fc" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:51:32.240" UserId="2413" Text="i'm afraid this is the only way. if you have more servers to maintain - consider having separate test environment where you compile and possibly package result of your compilation. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this will slightly standardize your setups and ease deployment on many servers. also you'll not need gcc on production machines [ which many will consider as security benefit ]." />
  <row Id="38279" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21540" RevisionGUID="16ee4d85-a822-44ca-9757-dde28260bae6" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:54:27.663" UserId="5687" Text="I use apg and pwsafe on my personal server. apg (Automated Password Generator) creates random passwords according to criteria you can define, and pwsafe is just the command-line Linux version of Password Safe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can always SSH into my server to get my passwords if necessary, though for low-value sites I *do* wind up using the same password in multiple places." />
  <row Id="38280" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21528" RevisionGUID="c0898b1d-44f7-49f7-93bb-f4248bbada49" CreationDate="2009-06-07T15:55:08.923" UserId="2612" Comment="Spelling" Text="Yes, the **robocopy.exe** resource kit utility I think was made part of the OS with Windows 2003. You can specify all sorts of options as to what gets overwritten or not. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By default, robocopy won't overwrite same files, just newer versions over old - it's a file syncing tool, mainly. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to avoid **any** sort of overwrite, this might work, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    robocopy C:\FOLDER1 C:\FOLDER2 /e /xc /xn /xo &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **/e** is copy all subfolders, even empty ones.  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; **/xc** is exclude changed files.  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; **/xn** is exclude newer files.  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; **/xo** is exclude older files.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recommend you test first with these additional switches, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    robocopy C:\FOLDER1 C:\FOLDER2 /e /xc /xn /xo /l /log+:robocopy.txt /np /ndl /tee&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where,  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; **/l** is just list, don't actually do anything. Remove this switch when you're happy with what robocopy will do.  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; **/log+:** appends output to a text file, so you can study it, or **/log:**, which overwrites the log each time.  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; **/np** prevents &quot;% done&quot; progress info in the log.  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; **/ndl** is a personal preference for a cleaner log output, but maybe leave this switch out until you're comfortable with how robocopy works.  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; **/tee** shows you output on the screen as well as the log.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21541" RevisionGUID="5272d38d-5ced-4e93-aec0-9a00825a01cf" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:04:10.840" UserId="8602" Text="&lt;code&gt;umount /dev/sdX1 &amp;&amp; eject /dev/sdX &lt;/code&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This spins downs some of my external usb drives. I guess this depends on the controller.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;No need for a spin-up command, just mount the device and it comes back to life.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21542" RevisionGUID="26fffb8e-4ee3-469b-87ad-2760abb9aa71" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:06:16.390" UserId="45" Text="If you already applied the tip you mentioned (setting &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet&#xD;&#xA;          \Services\WebClient\Parameters\UseBasicAuth (DWORD)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to &quot;1&quot;, reverting the value to pre-SP2., you could debug the problem using [Sysinternals Process Explorer][1] to see what resources the `svchost.exe`, which hosts the service is using. Use the command-line use `&quot;tasklist /svc&quot;` to determing, which svchost.exe process is hosting the WebClient service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx" />
  <row Id="38283" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21489" RevisionGUID="68ce9245-e28c-4a7e-a9f9-68d08d3cbdff" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:07:17.510" UserId="8555" Comment="typo" Text="Try the `-H` flag for `grep`. Also, don't use `cat` there, please. It isn't necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    grep -H google *&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To clarify, the `-H` flag forces `grep` to print the filename. After thinking it over, I remembered that the -H flag is the default when you search more than one file. So, in this case it's redundant. Andy's answer is really simpler and right." />
  <row Id="38285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21544" RevisionGUID="9c2b3072-de98-4339-9bc0-a686a299ef43" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:08:14.670" UserId="6469" Text="You should check out the Yubikey (http://www.yubico.com/).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It generates an OTP for use in a two-factor authentication system, but for non-network-accessible applications, it can be configured to output at 64-character pseudo-random (for all intents and purposes, unguessable) password, or you can set the password yourself." />
  <row Id="38286" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21498" RevisionGUID="c185c2c0-7766-42ca-bd27-0bf34d2274ab" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:10:08.177" UserId="8609" Comment="added 145 characters in body; deleted 5 characters in body" Text="Here is the scenario: The computer connects to my network, the DHCP server asigns to it an IP address, and sets every thing right. I can ping, trace and it resolves DNS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the problem: I can`t get any application to access the internet (e.g.: IE, Firefox), and when working with another computer each time I do a ping to it, I get a request time out message. I tried tracing the computer through my network and I'm getting the same result.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Computer's Operating System: Windows Vista Starter Edition.&#xD;&#xA;Network: Connecting through a wireless router or connecting an UTP cable to it (Doesn't matter I get the same exact result).  &#xD;&#xA;DHCP Server: It is set up to wrok with a maximum of 20 connections. At the moment there are less than 5 computers connected to the network.&#xD;&#xA;Firewall: Within my network there are no firewalls working.&#xD;&#xA;Router restrictions: I didn't set my router to restrict access (e.g. Mac address restriction).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So far, all I can think of is that it's a problem with the operating system. It seems to me that the network connection works fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Here is some update**: I found out when this started, just after removing Symantec's Live Update. Still not knowing how to resolve it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance." />
  <row Id="38287" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21536" RevisionGUID="a309e8f9-b2ef-4ab6-9c0f-705a0c7fec33" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:14:02.833" UserId="45" Comment="added 58 characters in body" Text="RAID isn't thought for replacing backups. It's a method for making your harddisks redundant. If one disk is failing, the information will still be available on the partition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But let's say you accidentally delete files or the folders on the RAID partition. In this case the deleted data will not be available on the other disks of the array.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, if you're using RAID, I strongly recommend doing regular backups to other media (NAS, other servers' shares, tape etc.)" />
  <row Id="38288" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21544" RevisionGUID="af720800-3358-44ba-a488-0943d871a419" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:17:05.277" UserId="6469" Comment="added 268 characters in body" Text="You should check out the Yubikey (http://www.yubico.com/).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It generates an OTP for use in a two-factor authentication system, but for non-network-accessible applications, it can be configured to output at 64-character pseudo-random (for all intents and purposes, unguessable) password, or you can set the password yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The static or one-time password is output as though from a keyboard, so it nearly universally available. I use mine on Linux, MacOS and Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS edit: I'm toying around my own Yubikey but have no vested interest; I just think it's a very handy password tool." />
  <row Id="38289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21545" RevisionGUID="6500ee1a-530c-4409-9a8d-4a9b40b7f2ea" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:19:48.127" UserId="6383" Text="I've just installed [dar](http://dar.linux.free.fr/) (but haven't had a chance to play with it yet).  It's similar to tar with gzip or bzip2 compression, with the added ability to split the archive into multiple parts, and calculate parity so that if one or more parts are corrupted, it can be reconstructed from the parity files." />
  <row Id="38290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21546" RevisionGUID="4085e4ee-b72e-441b-88fc-ddc90092ef76" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:21:57.967" UserId="6470" Text="I'm using gpass (GNOME password manager). It's small GTK application, requires master key to view all other passwords, uses blowfish for encryption and has possibility of generating new passwords.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://projects.netlab.jp/gpass/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://projects.netlab.jp/gpass/" />
  <row Id="38291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21547" RevisionGUID="2073950f-d333-452f-9306-380fe9695746" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:25:38.253" UserId="4392" Text="Hi. We have lots in common. One of the things we don't have in common is that you've got a 5Mb/s link, where as I'm using a 1.544Mb/s T1 between my various offices. Here's how I've coped. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, Robert Moir's suggestions are all spot on and his observations are correct. If I can flesh out one of his points, if you aren't monitoring the traffic on the various network links, do it. MRTG is not the best solution, but it's the simplest, and it makes it easy to see when your peak hours are. It may be (and in my case certainly is) that your slow traffic speeds are caused by your users. My wires run hot pretty much the whole time my users are doing anything. They know that when people are doing large DB queries, transferring files, and downloading content, then the network will be slow. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since it sounds like you might be using leased lines and not internet-pointed T1s or DSL links like I am, you can take advantage of a device known as a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.networkcomputing.com/showitem.jhtml?docid=1524f5&quot;&gt;WAN accelerator&lt;/a&gt; which gets installed on both ends of a line (one each at your home office and your branch office, for example) and compresses the traffic, which yields an effective higher throughput than the bandwidth is capable of. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next, make any services local that you possibly can. The less you have to send over the link, the better. If the users have roaming profiles or home directories, keep those at the branch office, or at least sync them nightly so they can use the local copy. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Decentralize your network security. I don't know how your network traffic works, but lots of places make their branch office only have one network connection, to the central office, and so internet bound traffic goes through the same pipe as internal traffic, in order to hit the corporate firewall. That setup is more secure, but it kills your bandwidth. Decentralizing that by getting internet access lines at the offices and installing smaller firewalls on those sounds like the opposite of what every security professional recommends (and it is), but business operations come before security in the IT version of Maslow's hierarchy. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21548" RevisionGUID="f9106677-ad05-4ce8-91d9-ce38e80f5b58" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:28:31.853" UserId="1134" Text="You are right to think this isn't the best route. This route requires many manual steps, and is very error prone, and doesn't scale well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When working with linux distributions, you should stick to the package management as much as possible. This brings you a lot of advantages like dependency checking, easy installation/removal, easy software inventory, upgrade support including handling of configuration files, and more. When you start using a source package, you loose all of these great features, and things start to get messy pretty quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First of all, you should check out the [ubuntu backports repository][1], maybe they have an updated version for NGinx that you can use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they don't have a suitable version, then the best solution would be to create a backported ubuntu package yourself. It really isn't that hard, and it's less work than compiling it from source manually each time. Backporting requires, basically, taking the source package from ubuntu, replacing the old upsteam tar.gz file with the latest one that you want, and rebuilding the package.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use [this guide][2] to help you backport the package.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://doc.cliss21.com/index.php?title=Backports" />
  <row Id="38293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21549" RevisionGUID="f69ea5a3-8594-4545-a016-81d72fb30e58" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:30:08.683" UserId="7342" Text="If you're going to be installing this on a single machine, then doing it from source every time is problem the best way. If you are going to be installing this on several machines and you want to make sure it's consistent, it's probably worth learning how to make Debian packages. You could probably use the packaging in Ubuntu as a base." />
  <row Id="38294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21550" RevisionGUID="9f182308-8c29-4683-8353-25838e3297a7" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:33:48.690" UserId="4392" Text="There isn't a great way. The reason that effective package management was created was to solve this very problem. Upgrading and uninstalling source-compiled things is hard. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I agree with Tom and David. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is a one-off case, then re-compiling from source is probably your best bet. If it's on an array of machines, it's definitely time to move to the supported package management. " />
  <row Id="38295" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21551" RevisionGUID="3ecfb6a7-fae0-4dea-8c6b-6218393f445f" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:35:29.780" UserId="6469" Text="In my experience, most vulnerabilities on a PHP-based web site are the result of poor (site) design, rather than flaws in PHP itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some quick tips:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Universally* filter input, escape output. Clarificaiton: filter doesn't mean escape, it means &quot;if I find something fishy in this user input, cause the submission to fail and tell the user to reformat.&quot;&#xD;&#xA; - Rather than using escapeshellcmd(), simply *don't allow any user input to be executed in the shell*. That's dangerous and probably never actually necessary.&#xD;&#xA; - *Don't* call functions like phpinfo() on a production site (or if you do, see below*).&#xD;&#xA; - When designing a web application, *always* consider &quot;is this a possible attack vector?&quot; Say, SQL injection. If the answer is &quot;yes,&quot; plug it immediately--don't say &quot;ok, I'll add that later in development as a feature.&quot; Security is never a feature.&#xD;&#xA; - *Never* output raw errors to the user; this means setting php.ini's display_errors = Off, log_errors = On. Trap run-time errors and output something pretty. Take Twitter's whale as an example: it won't give the user debug-level information, it just says &quot;woops, something broke, please refresh&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*You might also take a peek at a short post I wrote called &quot;Securing phpinfo(), sort of&quot; and be sure to read the comments http://egovsergo.com/2009/04/03/protecting-your-phpinfo/ It was a quick idea I had to (somewhat) protect phpinfo() if I somehow forgot to remove it on a production site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a more general way, some developers write wrappers for sensitive functions which check whether not the &quot;production site&quot; flag is set or not, and disables the sensitive function in production." />
  <row Id="38296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21552" RevisionGUID="dce31ebb-3e20-41b8-8aff-8ec702400dcc" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:35:36.410" UserId="7342" Text="I wrote &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.davidpashley.com/articles/network-troubleshooting.html&quot;&gt;this network troubleshooting guide&lt;/a&gt; a while ago and should help you find out what the problem is. It should take you from checking your network driver to making sure your IP configuration is correct." />
  <row Id="38297" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21553" RevisionGUID="1276dc15-2134-4c68-aaf0-29d5483aa639" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:35:58.063" UserId="4762" Text="I found it quite convenient to installed different version in separate locations and just symlink to the version you want to use, like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel     7B Jun  7 18:26 /usr/local/foo -&gt; foo-1.0&#xD;&#xA;    drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel   512B Jun  7 18:26 /usr/local/foo-1.0&#xD;&#xA;    drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel   512B Jun  7 18:26 /usr/local/foo-1.1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The benefits are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - minimized service downtime during an upgrade&#xD;&#xA; - easy rollback&#xD;&#xA; - you can still use the same o' path, like `/usr/local/foo/bin/bar`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course you still have to re-apply any configuration changes you've done to the previous version, but for that you can use some versioning system (RCS/SVN/GIT) or configuration management tool like [Bcfg2][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And, of course this is suitable only for a handful or less hosts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/bcfg2/" />
  <row Id="38298" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21554" RevisionGUID="b5766b9f-65e2-44b5-94c2-ab0fa644a5c6" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:37:44.097" UserId="6543" Text="You are missing the python win32 extensions which you can find [here][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://python.net/crew/mhammond/win32/Downloads.html" />
  <row Id="38300" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21556" RevisionGUID="c31f9b65-c1c6-4c2c-8c0b-696f868fbe24" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:38:35.967" UserId="5264" Text="A public lab at our university apparently uses this policy in a Vista environment, but it doesn't seem to be completely restricted. I'm not sure what the rules are. Portable putty works from my desktop, for instance.&#xD;&#xA;One time I wanted to run the simple lame executable from my desktop to encode a wave file and it wouldn't run." />
  <row Id="38301" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21523" RevisionGUID="33f66bd2-0344-4073-ba36-d31dd58864d9" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:38:36.527" UserId="7342" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;copying&gt;" />
  <row Id="38302" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21557" RevisionGUID="6636ab0f-7625-44e3-b9c3-ccca955de1a4" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:38:49.523" UserId="4410" Text="Next time... how about compiling it into a *.rpm or *.deb?" />
  <row Id="38303" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21498" RevisionGUID="1ac49b82-6c99-4f16-96d5-0090ef775ff1" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:40:17.773" UserId="7342" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="38304" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21454" RevisionGUID="2860eee3-845d-45a4-8384-f4fbb66eab74" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:41:31.250" UserId="7342" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;python&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;cpu&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="38305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21558" RevisionGUID="3f0d8f8e-8ae0-446f-843d-e88398b20ba3" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:43:34.053" UserId="3323" Text="Since you already met your target, here's few extra:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since you removed all unnecessery php modules, you could to the same for apache. By default (depending on the installation thou) apache loads quite a bunch of extra modules and most of them are not really required for normal day to day usage.  For example, there are bunch of authentication modules that are always loaded. deflate is typically not required unless you are trying to limit your bandwidth usage. Autoindex &amp; status goes are also questionable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And another one is that you can limit the amount of memory available for php in php.ini: memory_limit=xxxM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38306" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21417" RevisionGUID="97d3864a-5457-4520-8f30-0588962a9f8d" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:48:22.297" UserDisplayName="James Bradley" Comment="added 91 characters in body" Text="I normally use pam_limits.so and /etc/security/limits.conf to set ulimits on filesize/cputime etc for the regular users logging in to my server running Ubuntu. Can anyone give the best way of doing similar with Solaris 10. I think it is done using /etc/system but have no idea what to add to the file or indeed if it is the correct file. I'm particularly interested in setting up ulimit -f without going down the .profile route." />
  <row Id="38307" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21559" RevisionGUID="b32d8491-db81-4b5f-bb91-6b8da59e5a52" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:53:51.847" UserId="45" Text="Maybe there are still some parts of  the Symantec security software you removed. Try to download and run the [Norton Removal Tool][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your Internet connectivity is not back after running the cleanup tool and restarting the computer, try to fix Winsock.  Open a command prompt (Start &gt; Run &gt; type `cmd`) and enter this command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     netsh winsock reset&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Restart your PC after entering the command and try to open a public web page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://service1.symantec.com/Support/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039" />
  <row Id="38308" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21560" RevisionGUID="1aaef6af-e4a0-40cd-ba97-3ac2e90f4ba1" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:54:36.060" UserId="1435" Text="Redundant power supplies" />
  <row Id="38309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21561" RevisionGUID="e736cd9f-d9f8-414d-b890-15a54e39ee94" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:55:56.727" UserId="8625" Text="For ages I've gotten used to editing Perl CGI scripts in &quot;vi&quot; and simultaneously having a browser open to test them.  Lately, I've been getting &quot;500&quot; server errors when I do that, and when I run the script from the shell, I get &quot;bad interpreter: Text file busy&quot;.  The only solution is to exit &quot;vi&quot; whenever I want to test the script, which is a royal pain and **should** be totally unnecessary.  What's up with that?  I'm running a Debian server, which I keep updated regularly, and I'm assuming it started with some so-called &quot;upgrade&quot; :)" />
  <row Id="38310" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21561" RevisionGUID="e736cd9f-d9f8-414d-b890-15a54e39ee94" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:55:56.727" UserId="8625" Text="bad interpreter: Text file busy" />
  <row Id="38311" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21561" RevisionGUID="e736cd9f-d9f8-414d-b890-15a54e39ee94" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:55:56.727" UserId="8625" Text="&lt;perl&gt;&lt;vi&gt;&lt;cgi&gt;" />
  <row Id="38312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21562" RevisionGUID="736ec2f1-e681-4172-a360-e391e3c27cd4" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:57:58.547" UserId="4392" Text="That's bizarre. Are you writing it before you attempt to refresh it? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, can you 'cat' the file while it's open? " />
  <row Id="38313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21563" RevisionGUID="701c7f70-4ba3-413b-aac0-745f0a1cb0b7" CreationDate="2009-06-07T16:58:13.883" UserDisplayName="efutch" Text="Another nice option is to install rsync on the Windows machine, and you get all sorts of great functionality.  DeltaCopy is one tool based on rsync: http://www.aboutmyip.com/AboutMyXApp/DeltaCopy.jsp" />
  <row Id="38314" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21548" RevisionGUID="09e7e9b7-01bf-4236-850b-8b22e36d96dc" CreationDate="2009-06-07T17:08:54.830" UserId="1134" Comment="Re-organized the package management features list" Text="You are right to think this isn't the best route. This route requires many manual steps, and is very error prone, and doesn't scale well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When working with linux distributions, you should stick to the package management as much as possible. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The advantages of using package management: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Dependency support&#xD;&#xA; - Easy installation/removal&#xD;&#xA; - Software inventory&#xD;&#xA; - Upgrade/Downgrade support, including handling of configuration files&#xD;&#xA; - The source package basically documents your build process, and automated it for you once it's written. &#xD;&#xA; - Package signing&#xD;&#xA; - and more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you start working from source only, you loose all of these great features, and things start to get messy pretty quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to solve your spesific problem, you should check out the [ubuntu backports repository][1], maybe they have an updated version for NGinx that you can use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they don't have a suitable version, then the best solution would be to create a backported ubuntu package yourself. It really isn't that hard, and it's less work than compiling it from source manually each time. Backporting requires, basically, taking the source package from ubuntu, replacing the old upsteam tar.gz file with the latest one that you want, and rebuilding the package.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use [this guide][2] to help you backport the package.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://doc.cliss21.com/index.php?title=Backports" />
  <row Id="38315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21564" RevisionGUID="0b964817-cf4a-422f-8a0c-6f8057363475" CreationDate="2009-06-07T17:23:52.520" UserId="2783" Text="While Process Monitor is a general purpose utility (that will do everything but wash dishes for you), for this particular question you want to use VMMap (another SysInternals utility)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/dd535533.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*VMMap is a process virtual and physical memory analysis utility. It shows a breakdown of a process's committed virtual memory types as well as the amount of physical memory (working set) assigned by the operating system to those types. Besides graphical representations of memory usage, VMMap also shows summary information and a detailed process memory map. Powerful filtering and refresh capabilities allow you to identify the sources of process memory usage and the memory cost of application features.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Besides flexible views for analyzing live processes, VMMap supports the export of data in multiple forms, including a native format that preserves all the information so that you can load back in. It also includes command-line options that enable scripting scenarios.* &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21565" RevisionGUID="af261077-ce18-43d4-9943-ea57c1ac1f55" CreationDate="2009-06-07T17:24:48.447" UserDisplayName="Gero" Text="You could also just use explorer to copy the contents of folder2 to folder1 (or to a copy of folder1). In that case you can overwrite existing files in folder1 and therefore files in folder2 'win'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Am i missing something?" />
  <row Id="38317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21566" RevisionGUID="18a2d311-cf5b-4333-8486-58bbdcd6938a" CreationDate="2009-06-07T17:30:52.257" UserId="5787" Text="Our Windows based [PRTG Network Monitor][1] has a good integration of WMI monitoring (it also covers the multi-domain issues you mentioned) together with SNMP monitoring and 40 other sensor types. It does availabilty monitoring as well as traffic gaphing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW, we found that Vista does a horrible job when it comes to WMI monitoring. Quote: &quot;The results are shattering for Windows Vista and Windows 2008: When it comes to network monitoring via WMI, Windows XP and Windows 2003 are up to 70 times faster than Windows 2008 or Vista.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See my blog Article: [Don’t Use Windows Vista And Windows 2008 for Network Monitoring via WMI!][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.paessler.com/prtg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.paessler.com/blog/2009/06/03/network-monitoring-basics/dont-use-windows-vista-and-windows-2008-for-network-monitoring-via-wmi/" />
  <row Id="38318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21567" RevisionGUID="8c99eede-f392-4fb6-8615-fcad3c2af78d" CreationDate="2009-06-07T17:35:38.783" UserId="1736" Text="You appear to be having [this issue][1], which is because at some point `nvi` started opening files `O_RDWR` instead of `O_RDONLY`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your `vi` is in fact `nvi`, I'd try using a different `vi`, say `vim`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dpk.net/2009/03/13/flock-before-execve/" />
  <row Id="38319" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21523" RevisionGUID="be71513c-2fc5-4333-9642-f2aaa33e78d4" CreationDate="2009-06-07T17:43:14.493" UserId="481" Comment=" " Text="I have 2 folders, the first:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\folder1  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\folder1\subfolder\a.txt  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\folder1\subfolder\b.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and the second:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\folder2  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\folder2\subfolder\a.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to merge them like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\folder2   &#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\folder2\subfolder\a.txt (folder 2's a.txt)  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; C:\folder2\subfolder\b.txt  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Description of what I want:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a simple DOS command to copy all of the folders, subfolders and files from folder1 TO folder2, but if something exists in folder2 I do not want to overwrite it. &#xD;&#xA;If folder 1 has files that do not exist in folder2, I want them to be copied in. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: both folder1 and folder2 share common subfolder names. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note 2: Folder2 is several TB's so I really have to copy into folder 2.  Folder1 is only several GB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't do this in windows explorer because there is no option to say overwrite files? No to all. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21568" RevisionGUID="a2f05be4-9c09-4038-b2ca-2112fd19eec7" CreationDate="2009-06-07T17:43:16.833" UserId="5223" Text="We run into this when editing CGIs...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the #! interpreter line gets Ctrl-M on it somehow,&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;rendering the executable not found.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It looks like a perl error but is really the 'she-bang' interpreter line having 'nearly' invisible characters at the end.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In our case, we found this after the file was written.&#xD;&#xA;try using dos2unix command to copy to another name and try hitting that.&#xD;&#xA;If it works, you've found your root cause.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sorry to say that I have no real workaround except to recognise the problem when I see it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21569" RevisionGUID="8254b309-2234-49e2-8898-e0ded7f0d0d1" CreationDate="2009-06-07T17:57:18.147" UserId="4661" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;is it possible to read the position of a given &quot;icon&quot; on the desktop?&#xD;&#xA;Or better, store them all and be able to restore them later (for instance after a change of resolution)?" />
  <row Id="38322" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21569" RevisionGUID="8254b309-2234-49e2-8898-e0ded7f0d0d1" CreationDate="2009-06-07T17:57:18.147" UserId="4661" Text="How to determine the position of an &quot;icon&quot; on the desktop (windows xp)?" />
  <row Id="38323" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21569" RevisionGUID="8254b309-2234-49e2-8898-e0ded7f0d0d1" CreationDate="2009-06-07T17:57:18.147" UserId="4661" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;desktop&gt;" />
  <row Id="38324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21570" RevisionGUID="60ecf9e6-d1b2-4bcd-9a36-5fe0f831aadb" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:11:12.567" UserId="45" Text="There are some freeware utilities which you could use, for example&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[**DesktopOK**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Save and restore the positions of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; icons. DesktopOK is a small but&#xD;&#xA;&gt; effective solution for user that have&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to change the screen resolution often.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Software/DesktopOK&amp;language=english" />
  <row Id="38325" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21571" RevisionGUID="72231373-382d-45c6-a998-aa1852082c3b" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:11:52.220" UserId="1736" Text="To answer the questions in your question detail text, rather than your question title, [yes, it's clearly possible :)][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.iconsaver.com/index.html" />
  <row Id="38326" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21572" RevisionGUID="80eea109-2a43-425a-92eb-452fd0e46a84" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:12:34.747" UserId="8555" Text="I ran `cleanlinks` in my $HOME directory. Apparently, some links should stay dirty and some empty directories matter (say the ones in your mailbox folders). Feh." />
  <row Id="38327" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21572" RevisionGUID="80eea109-2a43-425a-92eb-452fd0e46a84" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:12:34.747" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21573" RevisionGUID="2f9335d0-739a-4600-aa5c-0d636848498b" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:24:54.427" UserId="919" Text="Conversions from ext3 will not fully utilize extents. It simply upgrades the inodes and leaves them as extents of size 1. If you run the files through a program like tar, you might be able to acquire better compressed extents files. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It also matters how you converted from ext3 to ext4; different options have different capabilities and may impact fsck time. Additionally, I think a full drive is going to take longer to fsck; you're checking some 200GB worth of data after all, and probably tripled the size inodes take up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you might do is file a bug with the distribution who built the kernel you're using, or the kernel bugzilla directly. This is the sort of behavior that upstream is interested in diagnosing and fixing, after all." />
  <row Id="38329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21574" RevisionGUID="0d6de2c2-644e-4c59-ad4b-2b1ed84c3b51" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:25:50.070" UserId="7591" Text="Once, many many moons ago, I needed to find a particular executable but couldn't remember the complete name of it (but could remember a few of the letters).  So I figured I'd check the /usr/bin directory with something like this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rm /usr/bin/i*g*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Strange.  Nothing returned.  Figuring I just had misremembered the second letter, I tried again with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rm /usr/bin/i*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again, nothing.  After doing the same with /usr/local/bin, /usr/sbin, and anything else I figured it might be in, I realized I'd been mistyping the 'ls' command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't quite know where the brainfart came from, but it's definitely not a mistake I ever made again." />
  <row Id="38330" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21574" RevisionGUID="0d6de2c2-644e-4c59-ad4b-2b1ed84c3b51" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:25:50.070" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38331" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21575" RevisionGUID="1d0a8f5a-c16f-452f-8a71-185833be710b" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:26:16.717" UserId="1435" Text="You're lucky - both are great products, Parallels is supposed to be faster overall with Fusion having slightly better functionality - just pick one and you'll be happy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I love the portability of VMWare VM files so went for Fusion but you can't mess this one up :)" />
  <row Id="38332" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21576" RevisionGUID="ab5e6cd9-fe1b-477b-b15c-a5ac4e91a14d" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:27:07.650" UserId="7033" Text="Keychain.  I've tried 1password, but keychain does what I need it to do, and I like the way it works better." />
  <row Id="38333" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21577" RevisionGUID="d29ab0a0-1497-4f40-a431-7b002774e2d6" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:27:25.310" UserId="28" Text="    mikeage@linode ~$ aptitude -h | tail -n 1&#xD;&#xA;                  This aptitude does not have Super Cow Powers.&#xD;&#xA;    mikeage@linode ~$ apt-get -h | tail -n 1&#xD;&#xA;                       This APT has Super Cow Powers.&#xD;&#xA;    mikeage@linode ~$ aptitude moo&#xD;&#xA;        There are no Easter Eggs in this program.&#xD;&#xA;        mikeage@linode ~$ apt-get moo&#xD;&#xA;             (__)&#xD;&#xA;             (oo)&#xD;&#xA;       /------\/&#xD;&#xA;      / |    ||&#xD;&#xA;     *  /\---/\&#xD;&#xA;        ~~   ~~&#xD;&#xA;    ....&quot;Have you mooed today?&quot;...&#xD;&#xA;    mikeage@linode ~$ aptitude -v moo&#xD;&#xA;    There really are no Easter Eggs in this program.&#xD;&#xA;    mikeage@linode ~$ aptitude -vv moo&#xD;&#xA;    Didn't I already tell you that there are no Easter Eggs in this program?&#xD;&#xA;    mikeage@linode ~$ aptitude -vvv moo&#xD;&#xA;    Stop it!&#xD;&#xA;    mikeage@linode ~$ aptitude -vvvv moo&#xD;&#xA;    Okay, okay, if I give you an Easter Egg, will you go away?&#xD;&#xA;    mikeage@linode ~$ aptitude -vvvvv moo&#xD;&#xA;    All right, you win.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;                                   /----\&#xD;&#xA;                           -------/      \&#xD;&#xA;                          /               \&#xD;&#xA;                         /                |&#xD;&#xA;       -----------------/                  --------\&#xD;&#xA;       ----------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    mikeage@linode ~$ aptitude -vvvvvv moo&#xD;&#xA;    What is it?  It's an elephant being eaten by a snake, of course. " />
  <row Id="38334" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21578" RevisionGUID="f2e76d7e-5112-453d-b05b-f509bda690ce" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:32:39.263" UserId="7645" Text="That log (`tanguay.info-error_log`) is clearly not generated by that configuration line (`logs/error_log`).  Is there another ErrorLog in httpd.conf, something in /etc/httpd/conf.d, or something somewhere else?  `httpd -S` could help." />
  <row Id="38335" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21579" RevisionGUID="de7c9102-730c-40ca-b79a-9ac35928c7f1" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:35:45.997" UserId="3677" Text="This was observed on Mac OS X 10.5, running Terminal.app.  On a native Linux machine, from a bash command prompt, typing meta-backspace deletes up until the most recent whitespace.  On a Mac, it sounds the system bell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SSHing into a Linux machine with Terminal.app as the terminal causes the same problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This behavior is consistent with the third party application iTerm.  However, the Windows program PuTTy handles meta-backspace (and other meta commands) as expected." />
  <row Id="38336" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21579" RevisionGUID="de7c9102-730c-40ca-b79a-9ac35928c7f1" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:35:45.997" UserId="3677" Text="Terminal.app does not support alt/meta/command-key modifiers such as meta-backspace" />
  <row Id="38337" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21579" RevisionGUID="de7c9102-730c-40ca-b79a-9ac35928c7f1" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:35:45.997" UserId="3677" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;terminal&gt;&lt;putty&gt;" />
  <row Id="38338" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21580" RevisionGUID="6c1cb787-8199-492c-9573-c6a7ef974120" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:39:11.900" UserId="1516" Text="I often use SCP to copy files around - particularly web-related files. The problem is that whenever I do this, I can't get my command to copy hidden files (eg, .htaccess).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I typically invoke this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    scp -rp src/ user@server:dest/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This doesn't copy hidden files. I don't want to have to invoke this again (by doing something like `scp -rp src/.* ...` - and that has strange `.` and `..` implications anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I didn't see anything in the `scp` man page about an &quot;include hidden files&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I accomplish this?" />
  <row Id="38339" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21580" RevisionGUID="6c1cb787-8199-492c-9573-c6a7ef974120" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:39:11.900" UserId="1516" Text="How to make scp copy hidden files?" />
  <row Id="38340" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21580" RevisionGUID="6c1cb787-8199-492c-9573-c6a7ef974120" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:39:11.900" UserId="1516" Text="&lt;scp&gt;&lt;hidden-files&gt;" />
  <row Id="38341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21581" RevisionGUID="58dcb86e-1535-477b-9e2c-ed16cd9b9a43" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:42:19.103" UserId="5234" Text="The proposed approach seems fairly solid.  One thing to look out for though is the way you initially set up the file shares.  Recommended practice is to have a single top-level share, containing subfolders which you then assign the group permissions to.  NTFS can then bypass the &quot;Traverse Folder/Execute File&quot; on the top level folder and grant access to the subfolder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The structure would then look like \\servername\sharename\group-folder, with share permissions only needing to be set on the &quot;sharename&quot; folder, and the actual NTFS permissions set on the &quot;group-folder&quot; folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your file server will be able to perform better with this kind of setup too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;General other things I would do is have a naming convention for the groups such that the group name is the same as the group folder name (with FC/RW/RO appended if desired), and stick the UNC to the folder into the group description (so that your logon script can read it back and set a drive mapping that way, and also so that you can more easily see what shared folders apply to which groups)." />
  <row Id="38342" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21498" RevisionGUID="a612892a-a690-4400-a773-f0d1d60a30d5" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:43:25.903" UserId="8609" Comment="added 169 characters in body" Text="Here is the scenario: The computer connects to my network, the DHCP server asigns to it an IP address, and sets every thing right. I can ping, trace and it resolves DNS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the problem: I can`t get any application to access the internet (e.g.: IE, Firefox), and when working with another computer each time I do a ping to it, I get a request time out message. I tried tracing the computer through my network and I'm getting the same result.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Computer's Operating System: Windows Vista Starter Edition.&#xD;&#xA;Network: Connecting through a wireless router or connecting an UTP cable to it (Doesn't matter I get the same exact result).  &#xD;&#xA;DHCP Server: It is set up to wrok with a maximum of 20 connections. At the moment there are less than 5 computers connected to the network.&#xD;&#xA;Firewall: Within my network there are no firewalls working.&#xD;&#xA;Router restrictions: I didn't set my router to restrict access (e.g. Mac address restriction).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So far, all I can think of is that it's a problem with the operating system. It seems to me that the network connection works fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Here is some update**: I found out when this started, just after removing Symantec's Live Update. Still not knowing how to resolve it. Apparently, Norton's desintallation tool, messes with the dns configuration. I found a work around that worked, but I still couldn't find the real reason of my problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance." />
  <row Id="38343" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21582" RevisionGUID="66e1f362-b202-4cd8-a92b-574b215fdada" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:44:08.833" UserId="2305" Text="had trouble with network (on a remote machine) and just wanted to restart the interface&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ifconfig eth0 down &amp;&amp; ifconfig eth0 upp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nowadays, I make sure someone is near the machine before trying things like this (iptables is a good candidate as well). And when nobody was there, I once typed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sleep 600; reboot&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;into another (screen) terminal, so that it would reboot if I could not ctrl+c the command within 10 minutes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I learned from that mistake as well (ctrl+c the sleep will run the reboot) and now I use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sleep 600 &amp;&amp; reboot&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which will enable me to ctrl+c it." />
  <row Id="38344" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21582" RevisionGUID="66e1f362-b202-4cd8-a92b-574b215fdada" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:44:08.833" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38345" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21583" RevisionGUID="cfa02db5-e2e0-42a9-a899-fd52a4bf1b50" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:44:46.990" UserId="5611" Text="Coming in Windows 7 Enterprise &amp; Server 2008 R2:  [AppLocker][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I saw a demo of this at a recent TechNet Conference.  You can restrict / allow based on the folowing characteristics of the executable:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   -Path Rules &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   -Hash Rules&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   -Publisher Rules&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using the above rules together, you can *&quot;ensure that programs can't be executed from %TEMP%, that programs couldn't just be launched from cmd or start commands, or from within other programs?&quot;*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[More info here.][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anapologetos&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/enterprise/products/applocker.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://4sysops.com/archives/review-windows-7-applocker-part-1-overview/" />
  <row Id="38346" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21584" RevisionGUID="482e7be8-c88d-4971-9e3b-7ffbc9e9e258" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:46:57.610" UserId="5234" Text="Try a computer startup script: Start | Run | gpedit.msc | Computer Configuration | Windows Settings | Scripts (Startup/Shutdown)." />
  <row Id="38347" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21585" RevisionGUID="87ae5857-1f25-4960-91bc-cd8628858a45" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:48:33.537" UserId="7033" Text="Well, after further research, I've found that nfs-user-server will allow you to do this sort of mapping.  It's kind of a bummer, because the main reason I wanted to use NFS over CIFS was speed.  nfs-user-server runs in userspace, so it's not as fast as nfs-kernel-server.  Doesn't seem to be a optimal solution." />
  <row Id="38348" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21586" RevisionGUID="1249c397-f778-46c4-b027-e478717be86a" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:49:40.443" UserId="2221" Text="I have a web server where I currently host an ASP.Net Web Application that uses the IIS6 SMTP Server to send notification emails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I installed PHP and Wordpress using the Web Plataform Installer and installed it as a subdirectory for my website. The blog is working perfectly, but it doesn't send any notification email, and says that the mail() function is not set, even though I correctly application uses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any other place I need to go to enable the mail function?" />
  <row Id="38349" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21586" RevisionGUID="1249c397-f778-46c4-b027-e478717be86a" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:49:40.443" UserId="2221" Text="How to enable PHP mail() function in a IIS7 / Win2008 server?" />
  <row Id="38350" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21586" RevisionGUID="1249c397-f778-46c4-b027-e478717be86a" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:49:40.443" UserId="2221" Text="&lt;php&gt;&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;mail&gt;" />
  <row Id="38351" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21587" RevisionGUID="94f26661-4f00-494c-ae9e-f9da3bb9e44d" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:51:05.810" UserId="6491" Text="You can try rsync. It's better suited for this job:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; rsync -av src/ user@server:dest/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(And its manual page is worth reading.)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38352" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21588" RevisionGUID="80ed4921-4718-49c0-943f-6207d7a7beb6" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:51:07.370" UserId="4392" Text="That should absolutely match hidden files. The / at the end of the source says &quot;every file under this directory&quot;. Nevertheless, testing and research bear you out. This is stupid behavior. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The &quot;answer&quot; is to append a dot to the end of the source: &#xD;&#xA;http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/moving-home-data-from-old-system-to-new-linux-system.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The **real** answer is to use rsync. " />
  <row Id="38353" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21589" RevisionGUID="f7b763ae-598f-49a8-921f-8972fb4f1111" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:52:49.377" UserId="5473" Text="Don't put a slash after the source directory. Your code would look like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    scp -rp src user@server:dest/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will create a directory 'src' under 'dest' on the remote machine, with all the hidden files included. It's probably not exactly what you want, but it will copy hidden files in src.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38354" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21590" RevisionGUID="279a393e-dc99-454c-a2d7-baef4339f769" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:52:56.663" UserDisplayName="Edmond Egan" Text="I think you should be fine, like has been said - it will be easier to move your machine once virtualized if you want to move to different hardware in the future, In the case of Hyper-V, providing that the services running on the box support vss writers you can backup a running VM using windows server backup (once you register the vss writer for Hyper-V) without any downtime, we do this nightly on a box running server 2008 x64 standard.   " />
  <row Id="38355" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21568" RevisionGUID="626c9b51-11a4-4d7a-8728-ec004c48e175" CreationDate="2009-06-07T18:58:30.740" UserId="5223" Comment="addition of error message" Text="We run into this when editing CGIs...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the #! interpreter line gets Ctrl-M on it somehow,&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;rendering the executable not found.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It looks like a perl error but is really the 'she-bang' interpreter line having 'nearly' invisible characters at the end.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In our case, we found this after the file was written.&#xD;&#xA;try using dos2unix command to copy to another name and try hitting that.&#xD;&#xA;If it works, you've found your root cause.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sorry to say that I have no real workaround except to recognise the problem when I see it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--edit--&#xD;&#xA;Our error message is usually:&#xD;&#xA;scriptname: file not found&#xD;&#xA;NOT the 'file busy' mentioned in the question.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38356" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21232" RevisionGUID="8653da14-6aba-4b9a-94d6-1466f27cbf6d" CreationDate="2009-06-07T19:01:48.190" UserId="4392" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;telnet&gt;&lt;terminal&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;screen&gt;" />
  <row Id="38357" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21591" RevisionGUID="d3d027ee-430e-4e26-a013-dc1eebee6e81" CreationDate="2009-06-07T19:03:01.370" UserId="1736" Text="Basically, you need to set up these in your `php.ini`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [mail function]&#xD;&#xA;    SMTP = mail.example.com&#xD;&#xA;    sendmail_from = admin@example.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These work on Win32 only and let you change `mail()`'s behavior to run through SMTP.  Obviously, you have to have an SMTP server that will let you talk to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mainly this is done because actually [integrating a `sendmail` equivalent][1] on Win32 is a nightmare.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.php.net/manual/en/mail.requirements.php" />
  <row Id="38358" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21592" RevisionGUID="2a58faef-70f0-4ad9-b556-f7bc3a8ebf24" CreationDate="2009-06-07T19:03:17.640" UserId="2442" Text="While cleaning up my home folder on a production webserver, I forgot that I had symlinked the server's web root to a place in my home folder.  Not thinking, I ran an rm -rf on that folder and next thing I know, people are calling that the web site is down!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OOPS!" />
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  <row Id="38360" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21513" RevisionGUID="1836e974-cf67-4fe3-8e96-d8000dad918d" CreationDate="2009-06-07T19:03:36.360" UserId="4392" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;xen&gt;&lt;xenserver&gt;&lt;migration&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="38364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21594" RevisionGUID="e7d4e512-5ef3-4442-9a03-59c79365a2d0" CreationDate="2009-06-07T19:21:38.447" UserId="5268" Text="If you have drive a and b in an mdadm raid 1 and you&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) power off the server A&#xD;&#xA;2) Put drive B in server B&#xD;&#xA;3) Using mdadm, write to drive B in server B&#xD;&#xA;4) Power off B&#xD;&#xA;5) Boot server A with A and B.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The most likely thing to happen is it will notice the A and B checksums are different and start the array with B and A will be considered faulty - since B's checksum will be more recent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You would then add A to the array, and B will be copied over A.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know why you'd want to do this though." />
  <row Id="38365" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21595" RevisionGUID="10410ee8-7c72-4ede-a507-65a4d22bf5eb" CreationDate="2009-06-07T19:33:35.693" UserId="1276" Text="Story told to me:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another branch called because their local PBX had some issues. After some investigation, we learned that they updated their server, but not their Asterisk configuration. So, the admin decided to instruct the branch guy to redo the configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Admin: *&quot;Ok, now, type rm -rf /etc/asterisk&quot;*&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Guy: *&quot;Ok.&quot;*&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Admin: *&quot;Now, type cp /var/...&quot;*&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Guy: *&quot;Wait, it is still running...&quot;*&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Admin: *???... !!!*" />
  <row Id="38366" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21595" RevisionGUID="10410ee8-7c72-4ede-a507-65a4d22bf5eb" CreationDate="2009-06-07T19:33:35.693" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21596" RevisionGUID="79391ea4-fca3-424b-8704-fd91d128d1e3" CreationDate="2009-06-07T19:35:50.430" UserId="4664" Text="A friend of mine brought an usb key to me. It's an usb of unknown manufacturer (at least I can't see any names or markings on it), and it contains some promo materials and some things she needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, &quot;it doesn't work on my system&quot; as she putted it bluntly. I plugged it in, and indeed, it doesn't recognize it as an usb drive, but as a HID keyboard device. I have no idea where to get drivers for it. Windows update found nothing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideas welcomed...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By a stroke of luck, a few seconds after I posted this, I managed somehow to get it to work. Installed some drivers from XP SP3 cd. When plugged it in a drive, it (literally) starts the *run* from the StartMenu, *writes* (you can see it like typing, letter by letter) an adress and goes to some webpage ... from the promo materials.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, the problem is I still can't see it as a recognized device anywhere ... how to access the data on such a thing ?" />
  <row Id="38368" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21596" RevisionGUID="79391ea4-fca3-424b-8704-fd91d128d1e3" CreationDate="2009-06-07T19:35:50.430" UserId="4664" Text="Confused with usb key searching for drivers on WinXP" />
  <row Id="38369" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21596" RevisionGUID="79391ea4-fca3-424b-8704-fd91d128d1e3" CreationDate="2009-06-07T19:35:50.430" UserId="4664" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;usb&gt;" />
  <row Id="38370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21597" RevisionGUID="ba95f13b-9434-47ed-abb8-6ac1c00c74da" CreationDate="2009-06-07T19:37:16.480" UserId="4164" Text="There are services such as [email2phone][1] that will convert email messages into phone calls.  These are generally trivial to setup, and wouldn't require changes to your Nagios setup other than adding a new email address.  You're somewhat limited in what you can do, but for a quick solution it might work for you.  If you want more flexibility and have some development skills, Twilio would also be a good option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both of these, as well as local sip-based options, will have problems if you have a complete loss of connectivity.  To handle that, you would need to either have a separate connection for notification (such as a PSTN line) or use Nagios along with a third-party monitoring service to alert you to total connectivity loss.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://email2phone.net/" />
  <row Id="38372" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="21498" RevisionGUID="4b557a80-25b5-41d9-a5ed-9474474bd7a1" CreationDate="2009-06-07T19:40:24.587" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="38375" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="21596" RevisionGUID="acb1ea44-7a76-4695-bcfe-e6d848937ed9" CreationDate="2009-06-07T19:41:39.390" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="38377" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21599" RevisionGUID="8be39d2f-2412-4287-bd65-09c28fc127d1" CreationDate="2009-06-07T19:55:10.640" UserId="2103" Text="    setup.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It was Windows Vista." />
  <row Id="38378" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21599" RevisionGUID="8be39d2f-2412-4287-bd65-09c28fc127d1" CreationDate="2009-06-07T19:55:10.640" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38383" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21601" RevisionGUID="73edcf34-ae6f-4ae0-b51c-689d43030fc0" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:04:51.323" UserId="4924" Text="This kind of classification is done by [Debtags][1] and you can use aptitude to search packages based on debtags. You can exclude all packages tagged `interface::x11` by doing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    aptitude search \!~Ginterface::x11&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But instead of excluding X11 apps, you can be more specific, you can look for text based interface only:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    aptitude search ~Ginterface::text-mode&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or web-based interface with interface::web. And you can mix that with all other search features of aptitude.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also do this [search on the web][2] by selecting/excluding more and more tags until you have a small set of packages that you can inspect more closely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://debtags.alioth.debian.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://debtags.alioth.debian.org/cloud/" />
  <row Id="38384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21602" RevisionGUID="0418286b-b6ed-4c2f-a1de-10942717f033" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:07:08.340" UserId="8640" Text="    Thinking: &quot;Before i do this upgrade, I'd better be safe than sorry, and take a backup.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Writing: tar xzvf backup.tgz /path/to/production_site &amp;&#xD;&#xA;    ... time passes&#xD;&#xA;    ... checking size of backup.tgz&#xD;&#xA;    Thinking: Why is this file not growing?&#xD;&#xA;    ... thinking some more&#xD;&#xA;    ... time freezes, realising that a week of development on the site is gone, overwritten by an old backup." />
  <row Id="38385" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21602" RevisionGUID="0418286b-b6ed-4c2f-a1de-10942717f033" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:07:08.340" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38388" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21604" RevisionGUID="dbf27847-39cc-4990-936f-eeb115828a0c" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:10:38.487" UserId="6609" Text="In teaching a new Junior Admin how to do something, he made a typo and we didn't catch it before he hit enter.  So instead of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    kill -9 &lt;somepid&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We did:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    kill -%9 &lt;somepid&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a Solaris 7 machine, this apparently translates to &quot;halt&quot;.  (I could be mis-remembering the exact typo, but a % was involved).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The machine was a three hour drive away at a client's site. We had to call them and beg them to switch the machine back on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38389" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21604" RevisionGUID="dbf27847-39cc-4990-936f-eeb115828a0c" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:10:38.487" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38390" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21605" RevisionGUID="c4acacd2-568c-4e3b-9b7f-d1d4f4901b29" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:12:08.157" UserId="4322" Text="This may be a question for superuser.com, given its intent, but that site isn't up yet. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm using my macbook's internet sharing to share it's wifi connection with my xbox 360. This works, and I can see the internet from the xbox, which is fine. What I'd like to do is get my xbox to be able to see my other computers on my main network, so that I can do media sharing. I have a network that is on 192.168.2.x subnet, and my internet sharing on my macbook is set up on the 192.168.20.x subnet. My macbook obviously can see my media PC over the wireless network...but how do I get across the 2 subnets so my xbox can see my media PC?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38391" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21605" RevisionGUID="c4acacd2-568c-4e3b-9b7f-d1d4f4901b29" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:12:08.157" UserId="4322" Text="Getting 2 different local subnets to see each other" />
  <row Id="38392" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21605" RevisionGUID="c4acacd2-568c-4e3b-9b7f-d1d4f4901b29" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:12:08.157" UserId="4322" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;home-network&gt;" />
  <row Id="38393" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21606" RevisionGUID="06cedf88-ae8a-42ed-963d-76c57510fbb5" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:12:37.313" UserId="4156" Text="for personal passwords, I use [PassPack](http://www.passpack.com)." />
  <row Id="38394" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21605" RevisionGUID="ade60ffb-b4c0-49a1-9b2d-42152294ac38" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:16:19.130" UserId="4392" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;home-network&gt;&lt;belongs-on-superuser&gt;" />
  <row Id="38395" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21605" RevisionGUID="cef55c0e-a183-4ff3-ba07-ae15a00f0f3c" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:17:07.990" UserId="4322" />
  <row Id="38396" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21607" RevisionGUID="565a16c1-47e6-44c1-9581-02e62e3ea7e4" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:17:12.780" UserId="4287" Text="You need to use some sort of Gateway / router between the 2 networks, but i would recomand using only one network for all of your pc's." />
  <row Id="38397" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21607" RevisionGUID="565a16c1-47e6-44c1-9581-02e62e3ea7e4" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:17:12.780" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38398" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21608" RevisionGUID="ac15dea1-2957-4c7c-8b0a-59eb4e7f32a7" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:19:35.380" UserId="4392" Text="I don't know how the XBOX &quot;sees&quot; the other machines, but probably via broadcast. If that is the case, you need to get an actual AP to put on the .2.x network, since your Mac is acting like a router (and routers divide broadcast domains). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The overall solution is to get the XBox on the .2.x network, however you want to accomplish that. " />
  <row Id="38399" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21608" RevisionGUID="ac15dea1-2957-4c7c-8b0a-59eb4e7f32a7" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:19:35.380" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21609" RevisionGUID="9a46384a-dc13-4549-9ac0-2cb0959a7177" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:19:42.760" UserId="45" Text="You could set the subnet mask on all machines to &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      255.255.224.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This way your host ip adress range is 192.168.0.1 - 192.168.31.254, which includes both subnets you mention." />
  <row Id="38401" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21609" RevisionGUID="9a46384a-dc13-4549-9ac0-2cb0959a7177" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:19:42.760" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38402" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21610" RevisionGUID="87197984-1485-449a-9718-29a54bc57eea" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:21:27.310" Text="I have a photographic memory, I can remember passwords to zip files I created in the 80s - not actually as cool as you might think :)" />
  <row Id="38403" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21611" RevisionGUID="772262c6-4d08-442b-8ea0-4ff04226b672" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:22:41.507" UserId="6990" Text="aptitude remebers which packages you deliberately installed and which have been automatically installed to satisfy dependencies. Upon removal of a package aptitude will remove those automatically installed packages to keep your system tidy. apt-get isn't that smart.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;aptitude will quickly become an indispensable tool once you use different repositories with different versions of a package. Imagine you are working with backports.org or inofficial repositories like debian-multimedia.org. Then aptitude will show (at the bottom of the details page of a certain package) the available version number and allow you to select one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you get into a situation where programs conflict due to such usage of inofficial repositories you will see a &quot;Broken: ...&quot; display on the top. You can type l~b (limit / flag / broken) and just get a list of packages that conflict with each other. Makes it much easier to resolve the conflict manually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Futhermore you can use &quot;l&quot; to limit the package list. Imagine you are looking for packages that start with &quot;openoffice&quot; then press &quot;l&quot; and type &quot;^openoffice&quot; (it's a regular expression) and you will see just those packages. Choose a &quot;flat package list&quot; from the menu and you will get reach your goal quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The complete handbook is very large offering you many more filters and possibilities. Even if you don't know them aptitude is a handy replacement for apt-get and you can use it with common parameters like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;aptitude install ... (install or upgrade a package)&#xD;&#xA;aptitude remove ... (remove the binary portions of a package but preserve your /etc configuration)&#xD;&#xA;aptitide purge ... (remove the package completely including your configuration)" />
  <row Id="38406" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21613" RevisionGUID="b617f2dc-59a0-49f9-bdec-23b5ea1597f5" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:32:43.233" UserId="6990" Text="The downside to letting the admin know all the passwords is that he/she might be quitting the organisation and taking all that data along. But the same may be happen to data located in network shares.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whatever you do don't store the users' passwords in plain text. Like in &quot;call us if you forget your password&quot;. That's a no-go. The user will be assigned a new password when showing up at the helpdesk personally and be forced to change their password before the first login.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For information that is truly confidential I suggest the users take additional measures like PGP or Truecrypt but then should be told explicitly that their data cannot be recovered by their trusted sysadmins.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should the management worry about the admins being able to peek into every document then they should to the sysadmin work themselves. A system administrator is supposed to have nearly complete trust." />
  <row Id="38407" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21614" RevisionGUID="4ca21220-8fd3-4ba8-a588-b595146e7799" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:34:39.280" UserId="6470" Text="shutdown -h now on production database system I was connected via remote ssh tunnel. I suspected something was wrong when instead of shutting down my own box I got the message &quot;`connection closed by remote host`&quot; ;)" />
  <row Id="38408" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21614" RevisionGUID="4ca21220-8fd3-4ba8-a588-b595146e7799" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:34:39.280" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38409" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18886" RevisionGUID="72034148-fdad-4303-9c7a-7a262025025f" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:45:26.780" UserId="6470" Comment="added 249 characters in body; edited tags" Text="Is there a way of getting per process I/O statistics on AIX, i.e. to get current disk I/O rate of a process? Commands like iostat, nmon, topas etc. can't display such data. Filemon also doesn't help. Actually, what I would need is something much like iotop(1) command on Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: it seems there is no builtin command(s) to do this. I will most probably make my own by using the [SPMI API][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.aix.prfusrgd/doc/prfusrgd/ch16body.htm" />
  <row Id="38410" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="18886" RevisionGUID="72034148-fdad-4303-9c7a-7a262025025f" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:45:26.780" UserId="6470" Comment="added 249 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;aix&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="38411" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21615" RevisionGUID="5545f322-88a7-46d0-9c83-fd26f3d459fd" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:50:51.357" UserId="1602" Text="Having used drive imaging software for over a decade, I find it mind boggling that Virtual Machines can be snapshotted and restored in a matter of seconds, while drive imaging often takes hours.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can snapshot a VM, reinstall to a different OS, then do a restore and somehow magically within seconds my old VM is back up perfectly in the state it was previously in. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How is this able to happen? What is the VM host actually to the VM that makes this possible?" />
  <row Id="38412" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21615" RevisionGUID="5545f322-88a7-46d0-9c83-fd26f3d459fd" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:50:51.357" UserId="1602" Text="How does Virtual Machine snapshotting work? " />
  <row Id="38413" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21615" RevisionGUID="5545f322-88a7-46d0-9c83-fd26f3d459fd" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:50:51.357" UserId="1602" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="38414" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21609" RevisionGUID="a26136f5-0992-45fa-b099-5d63d2334347" CreationDate="2009-06-07T20:55:43.437" UserId="45" Comment="typos" Text="You could set the subnet mask on all machines to &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      255.255.224.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This way your host IP address range is 192.168.0.1 - 192.168.31.254, which includes both subnets you mention." />
  <row Id="38415" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21616" RevisionGUID="500da0dc-7e94-47bb-8b6e-08751734c40b" CreationDate="2009-06-07T21:04:24.947" UserId="1682" Text="It is only writing the differences in files changed from the time of the snapshot, not the complete virtual machine disk. Like unix diff and patch, except a more sophisticated version that diffs on a binary level and knows about other details of your virtual machine." />
  <row Id="38416" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21617" RevisionGUID="1d74f313-f2bb-4994-b412-c059d2e81845" CreationDate="2009-06-07T21:04:54.680" UserId="4307" Text="At least in VMware snapshots, what happens is that the snapshot is basically a signal to the VMX to start a new checkpoint for disk writes and machine state. Depending on whether your VM is powered off or on, restoring the snapshot can simply involve just nuking everything that happened past that checkpoint. Otherwise, all of your VM's disk sectors become copy on write, which means when you perform a hot snapshot restoration, it only has to rewrite the sectors that have changed since you took the snapshot. So that's why it's faster." />
  <row Id="38417" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21618" RevisionGUID="4ace3361-3dc5-40e3-92e9-b785fdcddca8" CreationDate="2009-06-07T21:05:01.297" UserId="6470" Text="When you create a snapshot, all changes made on the initial virtual disk image are not actually made on the image itself, but they are written to a new (snapshot) disk file. This action is so fast because there is no need to copy whole virtual disk image, because it works on copy on write principle (only changed, i.e. written blocks are written to snapshot image). Note that snapshot image grows as you change more and more data on your original virtual disk image (which stays as it was on the moment you took the snapshot). It will most probably be much smaller than original image, but in the worst case it will be exactly the same size (if all blocks were changed).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are two actions you can make with this new snapshot image:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. **Discard snapshot**: very fast action. Virtual machine manager simply deletes snapshot image file and returns control onto the original disk image or some of the previous snapshots&#xD;&#xA; 2. **Merge snapshot**: virtual machine manager merges changed blocks (i.e. snapshot image) with original image. This action will take time depending on how much blocks from original image have changed. Again, worst case scenario is that whole original image will be overwritten in case that all blocks from original image have been written after creation of a snapshot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All procedures described above also work for multiple snapshots. In that case original image may be one snapshot, and next snapshot may reference block on that (first) snapshot. This way you can have many snapshots you can discard or merge with ease. " />
  <row Id="38418" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21619" RevisionGUID="33c77dd5-3308-4a7a-a182-112aaee90237" CreationDate="2009-06-07T21:08:59.087" UserId="5473" Text="Yout virtualization software has to keep track of three things, RAM, configuration (how many network cards in the VM?), and disk. I'm ignoring the first two (they're not complicated, you can just make copies of the relatively small files) and explaining only the disk snapshotting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First off, what the VM sees as a hard disk is really just a set of files on the host file system. To do a snapshot, the virtual machine software takes the VM's disk at a certain point in time, preserves it, opens a new empty disk file, and does a [copy-on-write][1] scheme with every subsequent disk access. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's say your disk file is BigVM.disk. You snapshot and now your VM software renames your disk to BigVM-s1.vmdk, then makes a new empty BigVM.disk. When your VM is running, all read requests go through BigVM.disk. If that file does not have an entry for the part of the disk your VM wants, then the data from BigVM-s1.disk is returned. On a write, the data is written to BigVM.disk instead of BigVM-s1.disk. A future read to that same sector will return the data from BigVM.disk instead of the original snapshot contained in BigVM-s1.disk. BigVM-s1.disk contains your VM's hard disk state as of your snapshot, while BigVM.disk contains all the diffs to your disk since that snapshot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What happens when you revert to an older snapshot? The VM software throws away the contents of BigVM.vmdk and starts over, with a new empty BigVM.vmdk which still points at BigVM-s1.vmdk.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy-on-write" />
  <row Id="38419" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21618" RevisionGUID="232a1061-d242-4be3-a048-0b907769a0db" CreationDate="2009-06-07T21:10:50.863" UserId="6470" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="When you create a snapshot, all changes made on the initial virtual disk image are not actually made on the image itself, but they are written to a new (snapshot) disk file. This action is so fast because there is no need to copy whole virtual disk image, because it works on *copy on write* principle (only changed, i.e. written blocks are written to snapshot image). Note that snapshot image grows as you change more and more data on your original virtual disk image (which stays as it was on the moment you took the snapshot). It will most probably be much smaller than original image, but in the worst case it will be exactly the same size (if all blocks were changed).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are two actions you can make with this new snapshot image:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. **Discard snapshot**: very fast action. Virtual machine manager simply deletes snapshot image file and returns control onto the original disk image or some of the previous snapshots&#xD;&#xA; 2. **Merge snapshot**: virtual machine manager merges changed blocks (i.e. snapshot image) with original image. This action will take time depending on how much blocks from original image have changed. Again, worst case scenario is that whole original image will be overwritten in case that all blocks from original image have been written after creation of a snapshot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All procedures described above also work for multiple snapshots. In that case original image may be one snapshot, and next snapshot may reference block on that (first) snapshot. This way you can have many snapshots you can discard or merge with ease. " />
  <row Id="38420" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21620" RevisionGUID="221e4a3c-84df-4473-adbc-687b07387f69" CreationDate="2009-06-07T21:15:17.030" UserId="4629" Text="In a RAID 1 that is going bad what does the status's &quot;Current&quot; and &quot;dropped&quot; mean?" />
  <row Id="38421" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21620" RevisionGUID="221e4a3c-84df-4473-adbc-687b07387f69" CreationDate="2009-06-07T21:15:17.030" UserId="4629" Text="RAID 1 Status" />
  <row Id="38422" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21620" RevisionGUID="221e4a3c-84df-4473-adbc-687b07387f69" CreationDate="2009-06-07T21:15:17.030" UserId="4629" Text="&lt;raid&gt;" />
  <row Id="38423" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20170" RevisionGUID="9389ff2a-0e16-4768-b152-1968d7bff306" CreationDate="2009-06-07T21:17:08.027" UserId="6609" Comment="added 76 characters in body" Text="I am not thrilled with the Activity Monitor that ships with SQL Server 2005, though I suppose it is trying to be the same thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A snippet of the query, username, database name, from table name, CPU time, IO time, memory allocated, maybe locks obtained...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set the refresh speed for 2-3 seconds and let it run?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I love the profiler - very useful for performance tuning; but something that worked like top would be awesome for troubleshooting sometimes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: command line tools that didn't require sql studio might be nice.  " />
  <row Id="38424" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21621" RevisionGUID="067548f9-4e79-49f6-bd9e-af68deba1c38" CreationDate="2009-06-07T21:18:33.937" UserId="8074" Text="I use [1Password][1] from Agile Web Solutions. It integrates seamlessly with all common browsers on the Mac and with the help of [Dropbox][2], I can access the same password collection from all of my machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to access your secrets from different OS platforms, [KeypassX][3] is a good choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://agilewebsolutions.com/products/1Password&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.getdropbox.com&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.keepassx.org/downloads" />
  <row Id="38425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21622" RevisionGUID="c54db4dc-abe5-44ef-8e6f-99a2861d3948" CreationDate="2009-06-07T21:25:35.107" UserId="5268" Text="You'll need to provide a lot more detail.  What controller?  What OS?  What tool?  What context?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally I'd say dropped would mean a bad drive (failed, faulty, etc), if its listed beside a drive." />
  <row Id="38426" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21623" RevisionGUID="5fda7337-b29e-4dc2-89f9-b0ca77912c29" CreationDate="2009-06-07T21:27:49.643" UserId="2253" Text="Yes, IP addresses have different values. Addresses which were used by a spammer, for instance, are &quot;tainted&quot;. They are in many blacklists and most blacklists are poorly managed or not at all so, in practice, these IP addresses have a lower value. Some people even suggested an [evaluation system for IP addresses][1] to reflect this. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The country of origin **may be** one of the inputs in a decision process: in the same way that some landlords do not rent to black people or some employers do not hire people with an arabic name. I remember a public meeting about spam, in Paris (France), where the AOL representative boasted &quot;We blacklisted most of Africa&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But remember each destination site has its own policy and procedures so there is little chance that you will find a magic bullet, such as simply a change of IP address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.renesys.com/blog/2008/11/for-sale-clean-lightly-used-ip.shtml" />
  <row Id="38427" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="21251" RevisionGUID="8cd133c0-3a65-45d8-a808-a6622eb3cbdb" CreationDate="2009-06-07T21:28:55.723" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="38428" PostHistoryTypeId="11" PostId="21251" RevisionGUID="81ac3e14-733d-4780-8d02-f8c7d66ba84d" CreationDate="2009-06-07T21:29:11.323" UserId="1803" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="38429" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21624" RevisionGUID="a13341eb-0928-4e76-a55f-370ae26979b4" CreationDate="2009-06-07T21:35:10.253" UserId="6609" Text="When logging in to a Debian Sarge install from cygwin, if I run top the output is &quot;double spaced&quot; for lack of a better word.  The end result is that I can see the last few lines for the last few processes, but its not really usable:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    28849 root       9   0  1896 1884 1392 S  4.6  0.5   0:01.36 dump&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    28861 root      12   0  1104 1104  848 R  1.6  0.3   0:00.14 top&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;        5 root      10   0     0    0    0 D  0.3  0.0   0:00.01 bdflush&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;        1 root       8   0   444  444  396 S  0.0  0.1   0:15.48 init&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;        2 root       8   0     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.01 keventd&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;        3 root      19  19     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.12 ksoftirqd_CPU0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm pretty sure this might be a termcap issue. Am I missing something simple?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38430" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21624" RevisionGUID="a13341eb-0928-4e76-a55f-370ae26979b4" CreationDate="2009-06-07T21:35:10.253" UserId="6609" Text="cygwin termcap issue running top?" />
  <row Id="38431" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21624" RevisionGUID="a13341eb-0928-4e76-a55f-370ae26979b4" CreationDate="2009-06-07T21:35:10.253" UserId="6609" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;cygwin&gt;" />
  <row Id="38432" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20043" RevisionGUID="a33a2790-a27f-43bb-9f0f-b2727e66318b" CreationDate="2009-06-07T21:35:59.703" UserId="1435" Comment="minor tidy" Text="I'm from Argentina and I know that some ISP, such as hotmail or other sites, block emails going out from our IP addresses, so now I bought a VPS in the US (from slicehost) with a fixed ip just for me and I want to know if for being a US IP will I have more chance to reach who I want instead being blocked?" />
  <row Id="38433" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="20043" RevisionGUID="a33a2790-a27f-43bb-9f0f-b2727e66318b" CreationDate="2009-06-07T21:35:59.703" UserId="1435" Comment="minor tidy" Text="Are some IP addresses more 'accepted' than others?" />
  <row Id="38434" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21625" RevisionGUID="4a43f92e-20ea-402c-9028-e0d3b393458f" CreationDate="2009-06-07T21:36:40.593" UserId="5880" Text="In going with what seems to really be your problem in your commect to Matt's answer here is the solution I use: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To connect my xbox i got a cheap wireless bridge - you could actually do it with a cheap router too just turn off the router stuff. plug the xbox into the bridge/router and hook that into your wireless network. Works like a charm for me. I used to use a WRT54G to do this but have since upgraded to cisco small biz gear as I started using 802.1x on my wireless network." />
  <row Id="38435" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21625" RevisionGUID="4a43f92e-20ea-402c-9028-e0d3b393458f" CreationDate="2009-06-07T21:36:40.593" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21626" RevisionGUID="8426ef78-7046-4f13-925e-a7da42cab282" CreationDate="2009-06-07T21:38:59.667" UserId="1803" Text="Inter-server dependencies / server boot order will be best laid out ahead of time, too.  For example, if it's a windows network, power up DC's first, then database servers, then exchange, etc.  This is a great list for your documentation, in any case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Minimizes restarts and logfile spam." />
  <row Id="38437" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="21165" RevisionGUID="69ea9a88-6458-4a53-bf38-b47377883af5" CreationDate="2009-06-07T21:39:19.167" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:984,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Zoredache&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="38438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21627" RevisionGUID="77ce23bd-edbb-462e-b862-541a90ed4d51" CreationDate="2009-06-07T21:41:15.810" UserDisplayName="T K" Text="Contact Business-IQ (http://www.business-iq.com/). Their training is excellent. They just trained 12 of our developers and we are already up and running with the system three days later." />
  <row Id="38439" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21628" RevisionGUID="7526bec8-8a61-48b4-ab0e-6980546d123c" CreationDate="2009-06-07T21:49:49.863" UserId="7783" Text="SLA Agreement for what? These are generally *specific* documents that refer to specific services you offer your users (or that a supplier offers you) and in the former case are very much custom written based on the business needs and funding (it's no good saying &quot;email is a mission critical system where only 1 hour downtime a month is acceptable&quot; if email system isn't funded at the level needed to provide that). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I say &quot;business&quot; here but SLAs might be different between different parts of the business. Your accountancy department are probably more concerned about the uptime of the accountancy system than the call centre, who on the other hand are probably *very* interested in phone systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're talking about the latter (SLA where you are the customer, or an &quot;underpinning contract&quot; if this is a service you rely on in order to provide a service to your customers) then this is more generic but generally down to the supplier concerned and specific to them." />
  <row Id="38441" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21629" RevisionGUID="0276c52f-2cee-4f0e-bf3c-3430df9bf254" CreationDate="2009-06-07T22:09:30.510" UserId="8649" Text="I'm running php5 behind a nginx proxy, as Fast_CGI, after some usage (Always while being used, not while idle. The Fast_CGI server just shuts down (no longer displays in a 'ps -A'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In php.ini Log_Errors is set to On and Error_Log is set to /var/log/php.log, however if view php.log only the startup errors are displayed, nothing that would signify php shutting down." />
  <row Id="38442" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21629" RevisionGUID="0276c52f-2cee-4f0e-bf3c-3430df9bf254" CreationDate="2009-06-07T22:09:30.510" UserId="8649" Text="php as fast_cgi shutdowns without log" />
  <row Id="38443" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21629" RevisionGUID="0276c52f-2cee-4f0e-bf3c-3430df9bf254" CreationDate="2009-06-07T22:09:30.510" UserId="8649" Text="&lt;php&gt;&lt;fastcgi&gt;" />
  <row Id="38444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21630" RevisionGUID="7b817558-8e72-4c85-a785-f4b82474cb99" CreationDate="2009-06-07T22:21:37.007" UserId="7342" Text="The best way to find out what the problem is when you don't get any output is to run php under strace. Start up php and get the list of pids from ps. Then run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;# strace -f -o /tmp/php.strace.log -p pid1 -p pid2 -p pid3 ....&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once PHP dies, look in the log to see what happens.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said that, in your particular instance, I suspect you have your environment variables wrong. If you have a single php process, this would agree with my hunch. PHP has an option to terminate after a certain number of requests. This is a sensible thing to do to prevent memory leaks and other such problems. There is also an option to specify the number of processes that are running at the same time. If there is only one process, after a number of requests, it will die. The solution is to run more than one processes. The options that I use are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;export PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN=4&#xD;&#xA;export PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS=1000&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you put these lines in the script you use to start your php server, you should find your PHP website remains running. :)" />
  <row Id="38445" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20951" RevisionGUID="3e11933e-df86-4d64-b9de-6e3e1907845e" CreationDate="2009-06-07T22:37:25.633" UserId="1602" Comment="added 158 characters in body" Text="I have a Hyper-V host (Dual QuadCores with 24GB of RAM) with a Gigabit network connection hosting about 5 guest OS's on a bridged virtual network. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For some reason each Guest OS is only able to transfer at about 100K/s on the network despite there being ABSOLUTELY NO network traffic whatsoever. Is this normal? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas as to the cause or things I can do to increase the transfer speeds of the guests? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***UPDATE***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the following tricks have NOT worked: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Update all drivers and BIOS of the host server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Disabled TCP Offloading in the guest VM" />
  <row Id="38446" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21615" RevisionGUID="9732c1c9-2ff6-464f-9376-662947b22f20" CreationDate="2009-06-07T22:40:44.207" UserId="1602" Comment="added 5 characters in body" Text="Having used drive imaging software for over a decade, I find it mind boggling that Virtual Machines can be snapshotted and restored in a matter of seconds, while drive imaging often takes hours.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can snapshot a VM, reinstall to a different OS, then do a restore and somehow magically within seconds my old VM is back up perfectly in the state it was previously in. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How is this able to happen? What does the VM host actually do to the VM that makes this possible?" />
  <row Id="38447" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21631" RevisionGUID="b304dba3-a4af-45b7-a130-d771776eb9d8" CreationDate="2009-06-07T22:45:17.740" UserId="8039" Text="What about the speed from the host itself? (ruling out hypervisor problems)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you tried peer to peer? (ruling out switch/router problems)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you tried a different network cable or NIC? (ruling out hardware problems)" />
  <row Id="38450" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21633" RevisionGUID="2371ed72-1c52-444e-8b79-bbbea2786caf" CreationDate="2009-06-07T22:55:05.380" UserId="8655" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have an Ubuntu VPS/slice at Slicehost. Right now I use Exim (Exim4) as my mechanism to send email. I don't receive email on my slice; I only send email (for example, if someone leaves a comment on my blog, an email is sent to me telling me so). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a /etc/exim4/passwd.client file that has my credential information for sending the email, of the form:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ### target.mail.server.example:login:password&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know a way how I can have multiple target mail servers depending on the website/domain visited? For example, I have one target mail server for when someone leaves a comment on my blog and another when sending out an order confirmation to someone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you!" />
  <row Id="38451" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21633" RevisionGUID="2371ed72-1c52-444e-8b79-bbbea2786caf" CreationDate="2009-06-07T22:55:05.380" UserId="8655" Text="How do I target a different mail server depending on domain with exim?" />
  <row Id="38452" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21633" RevisionGUID="2371ed72-1c52-444e-8b79-bbbea2786caf" CreationDate="2009-06-07T22:55:05.380" UserId="8655" Text="&lt;exim&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="38455" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21635" RevisionGUID="1fd6497c-2e5a-4e57-b1ff-de6027572de5" CreationDate="2009-06-07T23:03:53.990" UserId="1135" Text="To help remember passwords I find that it is useful if they are pronouncable so you can at least say them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I keep a list of a few passwords that I commonly need in my wallet. Not 100% secure but I think it's unlikely to cause any major issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The master list of all passwords is kept in a fireproof safe." />
  <row Id="38456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21636" RevisionGUID="c73fef31-951b-425c-ac9e-e6c6f9ea1a4e" CreationDate="2009-06-07T23:05:31.600" UserId="5221" Text="You will need to give more details (OS, hardware RAID controller or software? which controller/software?, how are you reading these status?, can you give a fuller readout instead of just those two words?, ...) to get a genuinely useful answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I were to hazard a guess, I would say that &quot;dropped&quot; indicates a drive that the controller/software has determined is bad and has been dropped from the array and needs replacing.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38457" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21637" RevisionGUID="c1148e09-b007-40a5-a10d-040db3b208b7" CreationDate="2009-06-07T23:10:11.747" UserId="5435" Text="I just have a spreadsheet at google docs with the data. " />
  <row Id="38458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21638" RevisionGUID="802fe7e4-327c-466f-9626-d7d96c619cac" CreationDate="2009-06-07T23:18:32.430" UserDisplayName="Merijn" Text="I have a general purpose (mail, web, file, etc) server running on a small mixed (Windows/FreeBSD) network. I'm not pleased with how I laid out the disk originally and since it's rather out of date anyway I intend to simply reinstall the entire machine and fix every little annoyance while I'm at it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been using gjournaling on other machines and I'm pleased with it. I know how to set up new partitions so that they contain both journal and data, and I know how to create a journal for an existing partition on a newly created partition. I still have a couple of questions left about gjournal before I get started on the machine:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. How do I create partitions to contain both journal and data during the FreeBSD install, if I have to create a seperate journal partition for each partition I will hit the limit of 8 partition letters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. I know it's safe to mount filesystems async when journaling, but do people mount the root file system async as well while journaling or is this unwise?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Is it possible to journal an entire slice at once? This would save the trouble of significantly increasing the size of my root, /var and several other small partitions to actually have enough space to store the journal data." />
  <row Id="38459" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21638" RevisionGUID="802fe7e4-327c-466f-9626-d7d96c619cac" CreationDate="2009-06-07T23:18:32.430" UserDisplayName="Merijn" Text="Gjournaling a general purpose server on small network" />
  <row Id="38460" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21638" RevisionGUID="802fe7e4-327c-466f-9626-d7d96c619cac" CreationDate="2009-06-07T23:18:32.430" UserDisplayName="Merijn" Text="&lt;freebsd&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;" />
  <row Id="38461" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21639" RevisionGUID="322c6514-d45f-49d2-a1ed-06445daedb35" CreationDate="2009-06-07T23:24:34.570" UserId="7398" Text="[KeePassX][1] is a cross-platform KeePass alternative. A very nice (Qt) GUI and almost identical functionality.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ehtyar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.keepassx.org/" />
  <row Id="38462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21640" RevisionGUID="14ec5df1-9f34-4d43-8cf0-8898e9b009b5" CreationDate="2009-06-07T23:28:02.067" UserId="3181" Text="It depends. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As mentioned by others, some applications work better on 32bit OS vs. 64bit OS. The reverse is also true&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As mentioned by others, 64bit OS allows for more RAM access than even 32bit with [PAE][1] enabled, although PAE enabled OS can general access a lot of RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I have found, much to my dismay, is that the chipset/BIOS puts a limit on the maximum memory I can use. Even with 64bit Ubuntu, my system still can only access 3.2GB of RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension" />
  <row Id="38463" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21641" RevisionGUID="96dfc9d6-f1dc-4e05-9ef3-befa04f75c62" CreationDate="2009-06-07T23:29:57.243" UserId="3181" Text="It depends. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As mentioned by others, some applications work better on 32bit OS vs. 64bit OS. The reverse is also true.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As mentioned by others, 64bit OS allows for more RAM access than even 32bit with [PAE][1] enabled, although PAE enabled OS can general access a lot of RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I have found, much to my dismay, is that the chipset/BIOS puts a limit on the maximum memory I can use. Even with 64bit Ubuntu, my system still can only access 3.2GB of RAM. I decided to return to the 32bit version to take advantage of better compatibility with some consumer applications&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension" />
  <row Id="38464" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21639" RevisionGUID="16bc42c0-bf9f-4cc2-9342-2378c658c999" CreationDate="2009-06-07T23:30:53.933" UserId="7398" Comment="Forgot to mention it supports KeePass DBs" Text="[KeePassX][1] is a cross-platform KeePass alternative. A very nice (Qt) GUI and almost identical functionality.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ehtyar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[edit]&#xD;&#xA;Forgot to mention it supports KeePass DBs&#xD;&#xA;[/edit]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.keepassx.org/" />
  <row Id="38465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21642" RevisionGUID="094b1622-f852-45a6-9938-12414b19aa90" CreationDate="2009-06-07T23:35:49.073" UserId="5234" Text="You might be able to do this by adding a second IP address to your media PC that's in the same subnet as the XBOX.  If that works fine for you, it's probably the least painful solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To do this (assuming Windows XP), go to the properties of your LAN connection, Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) properties, Advanced button, and add it there." />
  <row Id="38466" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21642" RevisionGUID="094b1622-f852-45a6-9938-12414b19aa90" CreationDate="2009-06-07T23:35:49.073" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38467" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21643" RevisionGUID="2dbbb799-55d5-4481-b4bc-133bb3641ea9" CreationDate="2009-06-07T23:45:13.000" UserId="5694" Text="I use [Passkeeper][1].  It's simple, free, lightweight and doesn't require installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.passkeeper.com/" />
  <row Id="38468" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21644" RevisionGUID="b77fa78e-55ff-4a79-9388-331c91ecf5aa" CreationDate="2009-06-07T23:50:16.070" UserId="1682" Text="Works fine for me. I'd suggest running cygwin 1.7, its still beta but I've found it to be stable and has lots of improvements over the stable 1.5. Also, you will probably get better answers for this question on the cygwin mailing list." />
  <row Id="38469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21645" RevisionGUID="960fb473-d9b6-4f53-9d4b-b16747567e60" CreationDate="2009-06-08T00:01:08.140" UserId="471" Text="Hi.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I got autofs to mount a partition. It works fine, except I can't get it to mount with write privileges to regular users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried with this in auto.master:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`/misc	/etc/auto.misc --timeout=60`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and this in auto.misc:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`data		-fstype=vfat,rw   :/dev/sda5`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And I didn't get it to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I was using fstab, the solution was to let users mount it passing the user mount option. Is there a way to make autofs mount stuff as the current user?" />
  <row Id="38470" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21645" RevisionGUID="960fb473-d9b6-4f53-9d4b-b16747567e60" CreationDate="2009-06-08T00:01:08.140" UserId="471" Text="how to get autofs to mount a partition as rw?" />
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  <row Id="38472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21646" RevisionGUID="d81474b7-10d4-4265-b98e-ef52fe53ccf8" CreationDate="2009-06-08T00:18:01.190" UserId="1737" Text="I need to install a few binary packages that are only available in the i386 architecture on 64-bit (amd64) Ubuntu. How do I add the new 32-bit repository so ia32-apt-get will automatically install and convert the i386-only binary packages and their dependencies?" />
  <row Id="38473" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21646" RevisionGUID="d81474b7-10d4-4265-b98e-ef52fe53ccf8" CreationDate="2009-06-08T00:18:01.190" UserId="1737" Text="How do I add repositories to ia32-apt-get?" />
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  <row Id="38475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21647" RevisionGUID="a9a1af97-026e-424c-8ff9-f53eb8842e34" CreationDate="2009-06-08T00:25:49.410" UserId="1882" Text="![Bow Before me For I am Root][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My one of these is getting a bit ratty...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Source][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/zoom/bow-before-me.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/unisex/frustrations/58f5/" />
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  <row Id="38477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21648" RevisionGUID="28b0d09f-c48f-4cb9-9d79-3415b1e14bf9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T00:26:06.287" UserId="4733" Text="I am personally not a big fan, but McAfee Enterprise 8.5i (and prob others) will allow you to easily create custom rules that restrict where .exe's fire off from." />
  <row Id="38478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21649" RevisionGUID="6a9068a9-806b-402c-aa69-eec89f523a6a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T00:30:11.387" UserDisplayName="fletchnj" Text="I would say this is my favorite alias. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;alias resume='screen -D -R' &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It proves to be very handy after my windows workstation is automatically rebooted every weekend (Firm's policy).  &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38479" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21649" RevisionGUID="6a9068a9-806b-402c-aa69-eec89f523a6a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T00:30:11.387" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38480" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21638" RevisionGUID="63dd55ed-5271-41f5-ad06-0b9cd7a63889" CreationDate="2009-06-08T00:31:50.497" UserId="919" Comment="add a clarifying link to gjournal" Text="I have a general purpose (mail, web, file, etc) server running on a small mixed (Windows/FreeBSD) network. I'm not pleased with how I laid out the disk originally and since it's rather out of date anyway I intend to simply reinstall the entire machine and fix every little annoyance while I'm at it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been using [gjournaling][1] on other machines and I'm pleased with it. I know how to set up new partitions so that they contain both journal and data, and I know how to create a journal for an existing partition on a newly created partition. I still have a couple of questions left about gjournal before I get started on the machine:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. How do I create partitions to contain both journal and data during the FreeBSD install, if I have to create a seperate journal partition for each partition I will hit the limit of 8 partition letters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. I know it's safe to mount filesystems async when journaling, but do people mount the root file system async as well while journaling or is this unwise?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Is it possible to journal an entire slice at once? This would save the trouble of significantly increasing the size of my root, /var and several other small partitions to actually have enough space to store the journal data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.freebsd.org/gjournal" />
  <row Id="38481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21650" RevisionGUID="54189779-3a19-4737-9b25-8bd1b3704ec6" CreationDate="2009-06-08T00:37:25.410" UserId="7991" Text="Have you tried adding &quot;,user&quot; after the &quot;rw&quot; in auto.misc?" />
  <row Id="38482" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21645" RevisionGUID="bf257356-12e7-4820-b0cb-9bd194d707c6" CreationDate="2009-06-08T00:42:16.437" UserId="471" Comment="added 81 characters in body" Text="Hi.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I got autofs to mount a partition. It works fine, except I can't get it to mount with write privileges to regular users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried with this in auto.master:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`/misc	/etc/auto.misc --timeout=60`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and this in auto.misc:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`data		-fstype=vfat,rw   :/dev/sda5`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And I didn't get it to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I was using fstab, the solution was to let users mount it passing the user mount option. Is there a way to make autofs mount stuff as the current user?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: forgot to mention, using the user option in auto.misc also didn't work." />
  <row Id="38484" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21652" RevisionGUID="2e6a4332-1336-4d2c-b3ae-d6b81320df8f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T00:56:35.190" UserId="7342" Text="Unfortunately you can't install an i386 package on an AMD64 machine; dpkg just won't let you. You can do a couple of things to get around this. Probably the easiest is to set up an i386 chroot using debootstrap:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;# /usr/sbin/debootstrap --arch i386 jaunty /mnt/ubuntu http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can then chroot into /mnt/ubuntu and install your packages. " />
  <row Id="38485" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21646" RevisionGUID="2eee2dbc-b51c-4463-a437-1493997da3e5" CreationDate="2009-06-08T00:56:49.277" UserId="7342" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;amd64&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;apt&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="38486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21653" RevisionGUID="576dcd35-1c5a-4ffd-9f5b-225e025a23a6" CreationDate="2009-06-08T00:57:51.910" UserId="5268" Text="You can't.  Most likely there is a very specific reason why those packages aren't in the amd64 repository.  If you don't see a reason why, then you can try building them yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Go to the package page, download the source deb and build it yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Get the needs files&#xD;&#xA;apt-get install devscripts build-essential fakeroot dpkg-dev&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lets say you want to build bc.  Find the source package:&#xD;&#xA;http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/bc&#xD;&#xA;The link to the dsc file in on the right.  Then run:&#xD;&#xA;dget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/b/bc/bc_1.06.94-3ubuntu1.dsc&#xD;&#xA;cd bc-1.06.94/&#xD;&#xA;dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And you'll have fresh deb files you can install with dpkg." />
  <row Id="38487" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21654" RevisionGUID="7da838ae-ccf9-4e1e-b87f-5f901a4998c4" CreationDate="2009-06-08T01:23:21.800" UserId="2711" Text="I have my personal profile's Documents folder redirected to a network drive H:\ . This was done by right clicking on Documents, choosing Location, and selecting H:\ .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a problem where some (I am not sure whether it is all) MSI installers will fail with an &quot;Error 1327 Invalid Drive H:\&quot; when I attempt to install them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a workaround, I can edit the registry at&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and set the registry key &quot;**Personal**&quot; temporarily back to &quot;**%USERPROFILE%\Documents**&quot;, do the install, and then change it back. I don't know why this needs to be done though, as nothing is actually installed into that directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have a more elegant solution?" />
  <row Id="38488" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21654" RevisionGUID="7da838ae-ccf9-4e1e-b87f-5f901a4998c4" CreationDate="2009-06-08T01:23:21.800" UserId="2711" Text="Vista MSI installs fail with error 1327 after redirecting Documents folder" />
  <row Id="38489" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21654" RevisionGUID="7da838ae-ccf9-4e1e-b87f-5f901a4998c4" CreationDate="2009-06-08T01:23:21.800" UserId="2711" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;msi&gt;" />
  <row Id="38490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21655" RevisionGUID="422aa435-3529-4c9f-837a-b3134c5696a7" CreationDate="2009-06-08T01:25:08.897" UserId="984" Text="&gt; Is there a way to make autofs mount&#xD;&#xA;&gt; stuff as the current user?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not really, but what you could do is setup a group for users who will be allowed to have access to that resource, add all the users to the group, and then finally pass the gid, umask, and dmask options to set the group, and permissions the fat filesystem will use once it is mounted." />
  <row Id="38491" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21655" RevisionGUID="5215c692-5bb4-46ec-86af-e184afb35841" CreationDate="2009-06-08T01:33:57.483" UserId="984" Comment="added 48 characters in body" Text="&gt; Is there a way to make autofs mount&#xD;&#xA;&gt; stuff as the current user?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not really, but what you could do is setup a group for users who will be allowed to have access to that resource, add all the users to the group, and then finally pass the gid, umask, and dmask [options][1] to set the group, and permissions the fat filesystem will use once it is mounted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.die.net/man/8/mount" />
  <row Id="38492" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21656" RevisionGUID="1a9173b5-24ea-4311-90c7-268d065691ea" CreationDate="2009-06-08T01:38:42.267" UserId="7469" Text="The HP StorageWorks MSL2024 Tape Library has a &quot;mailslot&quot;, which is a single tape slot for loading/unloading one tape at a time (as opposed to removing a magazine containing 11 or 12 tapes).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I have not quite understood yet is how to setup basic daily tape handling operations from within BackupExec 12.5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a backup-policy that links a backup-job-template to an export-tape-template.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This appears to work. The backup job runs, then the tape gets exported into the mailslot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this point the Operator should be able to come along and remove the tape from the mailslot to give to a courier, and to load a tape received from same courier (we use a courier to keep tapes in a secure offsite storage facility).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that when the operator goes to the MSL2024 front panel and presses the Enter button twice to unlock the mailslot, he/she gets the message &quot;mailslot locked by host system&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So far my solution is to schedule ANOTHER separate job at 7.30am to &quot;Unlock Library&quot;, but I find this messy and I wonder if I am going about this the best way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;THEN I have another problem!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have another job set to run at 4.00pm to Import a tape from the mailslot (ie the tape that was dropped off by the courier at the same time he picked up last nights tape).  The problem here is that BackupExec generates an Alert Message to &quot;Please insert media into the portal&quot;.  Unlike some other alert messages there is no &quot;automatic response&quot; option, so an operator HAS to go into the BackupExec management console and OK the alert message before the tape will be imported from the mailslot.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas regarding one or both issues?  " />
  <row Id="38493" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21656" RevisionGUID="1a9173b5-24ea-4311-90c7-268d065691ea" CreationDate="2009-06-08T01:38:42.267" UserId="7469" Text="HP StorageWorks MSL2024 Tape Library and Backup Exec 12.5" />
  <row Id="38494" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21656" RevisionGUID="1a9173b5-24ea-4311-90c7-268d065691ea" CreationDate="2009-06-08T01:38:42.267" UserId="7469" Text="&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="38495" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21657" RevisionGUID="3d2a1f80-cb27-476d-bb11-538a6ac10fd1" CreationDate="2009-06-08T01:48:44.513" UserId="4757" Text="Back in the IPv4-only days, a LISTEN connection showing in `netstat` as listening on `0.0.0.0` would respond to connections on any IPv4 interface in the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I understand it, the new IPv6 idiom `::` listens on all available IPv6 _and_ IPv4 interfaces. Is this correct, for all OSes (Unix, Windows, Mac)? Is there an idiom to listen on just the IPv6 interfaces?" />
  <row Id="38496" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21657" RevisionGUID="3d2a1f80-cb27-476d-bb11-538a6ac10fd1" CreationDate="2009-06-08T01:48:44.513" UserId="4757" Text="Semantics of :: and 0.0.0.0 in dual-stack OSes" />
  <row Id="38497" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21657" RevisionGUID="3d2a1f80-cb27-476d-bb11-538a6ac10fd1" CreationDate="2009-06-08T01:48:44.513" UserId="4757" Text="&lt;ipv6&gt;&lt;ip&gt;&lt;netstat&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="38498" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21561" RevisionGUID="a631801f-8e88-4d3f-aa51-4c6c1987cac4" CreationDate="2009-06-08T01:57:47.870" UserId="8625" Comment="add 500 tag" Text="&lt;perl&gt;&lt;vi&gt;&lt;cgi&gt;&lt;500&gt;" />
  <row Id="38499" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21658" RevisionGUID="15bf02fd-edf4-4269-be7d-d76839213122" CreationDate="2009-06-08T02:01:12.590" UserId="4392" Text="You could probably do it with your network ID, AAAA:BBBB:CCCC:DDDD:: or whatever it is for you. That would guarantee that only IPv6 interfaces would pick it up. I think. I'm no IPv6 master. " />
  <row Id="38500" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21659" RevisionGUID="c6e387aa-c1ff-49a4-81ca-a2983c2bf10a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T02:09:55.680" UserId="7342" Text="This isn't possible, as a segment of the IPv6 address space is the same as the IPv4 space, so even if you could somehow disable IPv4 sockets, you'd still be able to send IPv4 packets to the IPv6 socket. Checkout the IPv4 transition section in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6#Special_addresses&quot;&gt;IPv4 wikipedia page&lt;/a&gt;." />
  <row Id="38501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21660" RevisionGUID="25fa1a49-1f1d-4d85-b960-0ea83248a161" CreationDate="2009-06-08T02:11:01.030" UserId="5268" Text="The From address isn't controlled by exim.  The software submitting the message, blog or ecommerce site, has to set it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As David said, I'm not sure if Google checks the from header, so you may have to add both from address into google first (settings -&gt; account -&gt; add email)" />
  <row Id="38502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21661" RevisionGUID="9233ae49-0628-4ecc-a5c3-d305148a0e03" CreationDate="2009-06-08T02:13:21.260" UserId="5268" Text="Is the MSI running as a different user, so it doesn't have H: mapped?" />
  <row Id="38503" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21659" RevisionGUID="fd39ed56-20db-4fb7-821d-660ef1f60eee" CreationDate="2009-06-08T02:19:51.513" UserId="7342" Comment="added 615 characters in body" Text="This isn't possible, as a segment of the IPv6 address space is the same as the IPv4 space, so even if you could somehow disable IPv4 sockets, you'd still be able to send IPv4 packets to the IPv6 socket. Checkout the IPv4 transition section in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6#Special_addresses&quot;&gt;IPv4 wikipedia page&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Ah, bit further down it does say:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Some common IPv6 stacks do not support the IPv4 mapped address feature, either because the IPv6 and IPv4 stacks are separate implementations (Microsoft Windows prior to Vista/Longhorn: e.g. XP/2003), or because of security concerns (OpenBSD). On these operating systems, it is necessary to open a separate socket for each IP protocol that is to be supported. On some systems (e.g., Linux, NetBSD, FreeBSD) this feature is controlled by the socket option IPV6_V6ONLY as specified in &lt;a href=&quot;http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3493&quot;&gt;RFC 3493&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;" />
  <row Id="38504" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1802" RevisionGUID="82c5c375-8ab4-4a8b-b880-8c9071581e1a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T02:20:13.840" UserId="1193" Comment="added 99 characters in body; edited tags" Text="I am experiencing strange latency on my mac mini (os x 10.5.6) when I'm using my wireless internet.  It has &quot;full bars&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- It &lt;u&gt;only happens&lt;/u&gt; on the mac mini, not on the other two windows computers that are on the same wireless.&#xD;&#xA;-  It &lt;u&gt;goes away&lt;/u&gt; once I plug my mac mini into my vista box using ICS. (using a crossover cable).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The latency is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- `ping` stalls for 3 to 5 seconds before it runs like normal at 150ms.&#xD;&#xA;- Loading websites stall for 3 to 5 seconds then appear to load normally.&#xD;&#xA;- Oddly `dig` doesn't seem to stall at all, returns results in 150ms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas how to trouble shoot this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things have I already tried:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- I have have done the standard reboot everything cycle.&#xD;&#xA;- I have powered off all wireless adapters in the entire house. (and nearest neighbor is 1/4 mile away)&#xD;&#xA;- I have turned off IPv6 (I have never had it on)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other thoughts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Could this be just the way OS X show wireless signal?  (ie. show full bars when the signal isn't really that strong)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SOLVED:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My wireless router has failed. I replaced it with a new one and the problem is gone.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38505" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1802" RevisionGUID="82c5c375-8ab4-4a8b-b880-8c9071581e1a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T02:20:13.840" UserId="1193" Comment="added 99 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="38506" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21662" RevisionGUID="7df24b1f-2e24-499f-8561-98524d1d7830" CreationDate="2009-06-08T02:21:02.073" UserId="8625" Text="I use ssh to connect to a remote site (from ubuntu desktop to debian server). When I first connect a dialog pops up (probably from gnome or seahorse) asking for the passphrase, but from then on it connects with no dialog. That's fine, but I would like it to expire eventually. As it is, even days later, I don't need to give the password, until I log out or reboot or run &quot;ssh-add -D&quot; manually (from the ubuntu desktop). How do I set an expiration?" />
  <row Id="38507" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21662" RevisionGUID="7df24b1f-2e24-499f-8561-98524d1d7830" CreationDate="2009-06-08T02:21:02.073" UserId="8625" Text="set an expiration for ssh cache?" />
  <row Id="38508" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21662" RevisionGUID="7df24b1f-2e24-499f-8561-98524d1d7830" CreationDate="2009-06-08T02:21:02.073" UserId="8625" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;gnome&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;debian&gt;" />
  <row Id="38509" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21561" RevisionGUID="4e9c03c0-cb97-4625-8261-72082cec5a43" CreationDate="2009-06-08T02:22:16.597" UserId="8625" Comment="tag" Text="&lt;perl&gt;&lt;vi&gt;&lt;cgi&gt;&lt;500&gt;&lt;debian&gt;" />
  <row Id="38510" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4819" RevisionGUID="b1477fe9-c3a0-4c35-9fd6-81a6d28cdbeb" CreationDate="2009-06-08T02:27:00.177" UserId="1980" Comment="added another update." Text="I have a test server that runs Windows XP, and we attach an external hard drive to it via USB 2.0.  (And yes the computer has USB 2.0 ports on it)   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The drive is a 1.5 Terrabyte [Segate FreeAgent drive][1] (model ST315005FDA2E1-RK) which is formatted with NTFS.  It is &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;hooked into a Belkin Hi-speed USB 2.0 7 port hub (model #F5U307).  &#xD;&#xA;![Hi-speed USB 2.0 7 port hub model #F5U307][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I leave the external hard drive connected to it for too long I get a message that says something about &quot;Windows Delayed Write Failure&quot; and then the external HDD re-attaches itself to the server, but it always crashes any programs that happened to be using the drive at the time as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any solution to this problem, it's plauged me for years!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. Yeah, I know I should probably upgrade already.  I'm waiting for Windows 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Oh, and after taking a look at the specs on the FreeAgent website, apparently after 15-minutes of non-usage this thing turns off!  It says however that you can adjust this setting...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# Update&#xD;&#xA;Just as an update to this question, since I tried changing the power save settings to off, I've left the drive and a virtual machine I had running on all day and thus far have not received the &quot;Windows Delayed Write Failure&quot; error that I had received before.  If anything changes I will update the post.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# Update 2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I started having the same problem again after I made a fix to the power settings.  I looked around at a couple of pages on the Internet about this, and one of them said that if you have it hooked up to a USB hub that can't handle it, that you'll start getting &quot;Windows Delayed Write Failure&quot; errors.   I've now started plugging the external HDD directly into the machine not using the hub, and that seems to take care of the problem.&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://freeagent.seagate.com/en-us/hard-drive/desktop-hard-drive/Free-Agent.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.belkin.com/images/product/F5U307-WHT/THN1001_F5U307-WHT.gif" />
  <row Id="38511" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="4819" RevisionGUID="b1477fe9-c3a0-4c35-9fd6-81a6d28cdbeb" CreationDate="2009-06-08T02:27:00.177" UserId="1980" Comment="added another update." Text="Windows Delayed Write Failure - USB 2.0 Hub and External HDD" />
  <row Id="38512" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="4819" RevisionGUID="b1477fe9-c3a0-4c35-9fd6-81a6d28cdbeb" CreationDate="2009-06-08T02:27:00.177" UserId="1980" Comment="added another update." Text="&lt;external-hdd&gt;&lt;usb&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="38514" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21664" RevisionGUID="806857aa-ca13-41bb-bdc4-147732cccf75" CreationDate="2009-06-08T02:33:51.507" UserId="4392" Text="Could it be using the lifetime option to ssh-agent? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/manpage?ssh-agent&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21665" RevisionGUID="6ef9304c-fefe-4727-8f42-38b6797158ab" CreationDate="2009-06-08T02:42:18.187" UserId="8021" Text="I'm not an expert on Xen migration, and I'm using the open-source Xen server. In my experience, the Xen server is very efficient with migration as long as your storage layer is fast -- in our experience, disk images as files on ocfs2 volume or (god forbid) NFS mount were much slower than block devices on a SAN with a shared locking volume on a NFS mount. We haven't had problems with disk corruption, but do tend to snapshot things (both LVM2 and VM state) before we start the migration on a very active system just to be sure. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;According to &quot;Running Xen: A Hands On Guide to the Art of Virutalization&quot; by Mathews, Dow, et. al., Prentice Hall 2008, pg. 484, &#xD;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;The implementation of Xen's live migration involves the novel use of an iterative multipass algorithm that transfers the virtual machine guest memory in successive steps. After the source VM and the destination VM first negotiate to ensure resources are sufficient on the receiving machine, an initial pass over the guest's memory is performed with each page being transferred to the destination. On each successive iteration, only the guest memory that has been dirtied in the interim is sent. This process is executed until either the remaining number of dirty pages is sufficiently small enough&lt;small&gt;(sic)&lt;/small&gt; that the remaining pages can be transmitted quickly or the number of dirty pages remaining to transfer in each pass is not decreasing. At that point, the system is actually quiesced and the final state sent to the new host and transfer of control to the new physical machine completed.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It looks like that's similar to the list of steps you described above, with the addition of the iterations. Note that the machine may be doing I/O at two places with the current state of live migration. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unlike VMWare and HyperV, the nice thing about XenServer is that there's a ton of people that have been running it and trying their hardest to break it ten ways from Sunday in very serious production environments. Live migration is new to us and we don't do it in a production environment yet because we have redundancy concerns (non-trivial to scale to n machines at this point due to having our shared data partitions on ocfs2 volumes), but in our test environments we've been having fun bouncing machines all over the place. " />
  <row Id="38516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21666" RevisionGUID="e2c2727c-3838-4927-8f87-1e9dbf0287bb" CreationDate="2009-06-08T02:46:38.553" UserId="3312" Text="In a prev. life, when I had to &quot;remember&quot; 20 different passwords for various environments with different password-generation rules for each one, I used [Whisper32][1].  It did the job well enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ivory.org/oldwebsite/whisper.html" />
  <row Id="38517" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21662" RevisionGUID="ccce5686-c51e-4f46-a42b-a0d631f11e6a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T02:52:28.370" UserId="8625" Comment="tag" Text="I use ssh to connect to a remote site (from ubuntu desktop to debian server). When I first connect a dialog pops up (probably from gnome or seahorse) asking for the passphrase, but from then on it connects with no dialog. That's fine, but I would like it to expire eventually. As it is, even days later, I don't need to give the password, until I log out or reboot or run &quot;ssh-add -D&quot; manually (from the ubuntu desktop). How do I set an expiration?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: using some answers from here as clues, I've figured out (I think) that seahorse and ssh-agent are being started from the /etc/X11/Xsession.d on my ubuntu desktop system.  There are files for each (seahorse and ssh-agent).  It seems like ssh-agent is the go-to program for what I want to do, since seahorse just puts a GUI face on it, but I can't figure out how to specify arguments to ssh-agent.  The 90x11-common_ssh-agent file is not very straightforward... it refers to $OPTIONFILE but I have no idea what that variable is set to or how to find out." />
  <row Id="38518" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21662" RevisionGUID="ccce5686-c51e-4f46-a42b-a0d631f11e6a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T02:52:28.370" UserId="8625" Comment="tag" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;gnome&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;debian&gt;" />
  <row Id="38519" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21654" RevisionGUID="466253b5-52ca-438f-82f6-ad632ad7b2f9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:03:23.277" UserId="2711" Comment="Missed word" Text="I have my personal profile's Documents folder redirected to a network drive H:\ . This was done by right clicking on Documents, Properties, choosing Location, and selecting H:\ .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a problem where some (I am not sure whether it is all) MSI installers will fail with an &quot;Error 1327 Invalid Drive H:\&quot; when I attempt to install them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a workaround, I can edit the registry at&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and set the registry key &quot;**Personal**&quot; temporarily back to &quot;**%USERPROFILE%\Documents**&quot;, do the install, and then change it back. I don't know why this needs to be done though, as nothing is actually installed into that directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have a more elegant solution?" />
  <row Id="38520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21667" RevisionGUID="42259020-f943-4406-8d6a-1ad3a14eca99" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:14:56.077" UserId="8667" Text="I am looking for a way to mount a vhd file created by Vista's complete computer backup system within Vista Ultimate x64. What is the best way?" />
  <row Id="38521" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21667" RevisionGUID="42259020-f943-4406-8d6a-1ad3a14eca99" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:14:56.077" UserId="8667" Text="What is the best way to mount a VHD File in Vista X64?" />
  <row Id="38522" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21667" RevisionGUID="42259020-f943-4406-8d6a-1ad3a14eca99" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:14:56.077" UserId="8667" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;vhd&gt;" />
  <row Id="38523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21668" RevisionGUID="933636d9-73b2-4c88-b719-b73ff38b43e5" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:29:02.773" UserId="8668" Text="We use CyberArk, as we needed a PCI compliant solution (and we have HIPPA needs too), plus it is almost all customer systems.  I'm not thrilled with CyberArk, but it does work." />
  <row Id="38524" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20356" RevisionGUID="185751bb-2ce6-457e-820a-39ebe1f5991c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:31:27.200" UserId="6383" Comment="Reformat." Text="After reading [How valuable do you find professional memberships?](http://serverfault.com/questions/17423/how-valuable-do-you-find-professional-memberships) I thought it would be useful to list the various professional groups and associations available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Discussion of the value (or not) of the groups belongs with the [How valuable do you find professional memberships?](http://serverfault.com/questions/17423/how-valuable-do-you-find-professional-memberships) question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To start with, ordered alphabetically, by country:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;***System Administration Specific***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Global**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[PASS](http://www.sqlpass.org/), Professional Association for SQL Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Australia**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SAGE-AU](http://www.sage-au.org.au), The System Administrators Guild of Australia&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**USA**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[LOPSA](http://www.lopsa.org), The League of Professional System Administrators&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SAGE](http://www.sage.org), The [USENIX](http://www.usenix.org/) Special Interest Group for Sysadmins&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;***IT And Computing in General***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Global**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ACM](http://www.acm.org), Association for Computing Machinery&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[IEEE Computer Society](http://www.computer.org/), The IEEE Computer Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Australia**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ACS](http://acs.org.au), Australian Computer Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Canada**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[CIPS](http://www.cips.ca/about), Canadian Information Processing Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UK**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[BCS](http://www.bcs.org.uk), British Computer Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**USA**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[USENIX](http://www.usenix.org/), The Advanced Computing Systems Association&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please add any more that you know of." />
  <row Id="38525" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21669" RevisionGUID="1bf1fdce-d993-4308-b56a-8517c402dd5d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:32:31.377" UserId="1682" Text="First of all &quot;uses caching stuff I don't need&quot;... what are you talking about?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Complains about cygwin's size are unjustified myths. The base cygwin installation is very minimal and there is no point to trying to make it smaller for yourself. Compared to the 20+ gb size of vista, my cygwin is 500 mb, 2.5% the size to emulate a completely different operating system and about 10 or 20 cents of hard drive space." />
  <row Id="38526" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21670" RevisionGUID="67bd1eaf-71b8-4af6-95dd-765c3dc9f9ed" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:34:02.967" UserId="1651" Text="I'm using [Fiddler][1] to monitor some HTTP traffic. I want to configure it to watch traffic from a few specific domains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **`CustomRules.js`** can be modified to manipulate traffic passing through fiddler&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **`oSession.HostnameIs(&quot;required.host.name&quot;)`** can be used to check the host name&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - I want to check the host name in the **`OnBeforeRequest(oSession: Session)`** function&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;What I don't know is the syntax, or property I need to set to ignore or hide sessions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.fiddler2.com/Fiddler2/version.asp" />
  <row Id="38527" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21670" RevisionGUID="67bd1eaf-71b8-4af6-95dd-765c3dc9f9ed" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:34:02.967" UserId="1651" Text="Configuring Fiddler to watch specific domains" />
  <row Id="38528" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21670" RevisionGUID="67bd1eaf-71b8-4af6-95dd-765c3dc9f9ed" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:34:02.967" UserId="1651" Text="&lt;traffic&gt;&lt;http&gt;&lt;network-monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="38529" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21671" RevisionGUID="f4a76078-dbc7-471b-8786-c23d00bfc16d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:34:37.380" UserId="8670" Text="I realize this is a crazy question, but has anyone ever tried to provide a host with their own memory for a dedicated box? I am running on an alright rig on ServerBeach but like any host, they are holding RAM hostage. Its a bit absurd to me for hosts to expect people to pay $15/month+ per GB these days. You can almost buy ram for that price.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm wondering if they'd laugh at me if I called and asked if I could send them 24-48 gb of ram (half to go in my box, the other half for them to keep to compensate if they ever had to replace it). I'd send them the exact same ram they use to avoid compatibility issues and I'd obviously offer to pay for their standard install rates, expecting or even offering to pay a premium for this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would I get laughed at? heh" />
  <row Id="38530" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21671" RevisionGUID="f4a76078-dbc7-471b-8786-c23d00bfc16d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:34:37.380" UserId="8670" Text="Has anyone ever tried to provide a host with their own memory for a dedicated box?" />
  <row Id="38531" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21671" RevisionGUID="f4a76078-dbc7-471b-8786-c23d00bfc16d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:34:37.380" UserId="8670" Text="&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;memory&gt;&lt;low-memory&gt;" />
  <row Id="38532" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21619" RevisionGUID="b0a28af3-5e78-4983-9427-50afc852969d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:35:35.833" UserId="5473" Comment="change all uses of &quot;vmdk&quot; to &quot;disk&quot;." Text="Yout virtualization software has to keep track of three things, RAM, configuration (how many network cards in the VM?), and disk. I'm ignoring the first two (they're not complicated, you can just make copies of the relatively small files) and explaining only the disk snapshotting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First off, what the VM sees as a hard disk is really just a set of files on the host file system. To do a snapshot, the virtual machine software takes the VM's disk at a certain point in time, preserves it, opens a new empty disk file, and does a [copy-on-write][1] scheme with every subsequent disk access. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's say your disk file is BigVM.disk. You snapshot and now your VM software renames your disk to BigVM-s1.disk, then makes a new empty BigVM.disk. When your VM is running, all read requests go through BigVM.disk. If that file does not have an entry for the part of the disk your VM wants, then the data from BigVM-s1.disk is returned. On a write, the data is written to BigVM.disk instead of BigVM-s1.disk. A future read to that same sector will return the data from BigVM.disk instead of the original snapshot contained in BigVM-s1.disk. BigVM-s1.disk contains your VM's hard disk state as of your snapshot, while BigVM.disk contains all the diffs to your disk since that snapshot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What happens when you revert to an older snapshot? The VM software throws away the contents of BigVM.disk and starts over, with a new empty BigVM.disk which still points at BigVM-s1.disk.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy-on-write" />
  <row Id="38533" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21672" RevisionGUID="8658dade-3ef8-43df-bfb2-1cb5ee629b53" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:37:01.040" UserId="3657" Text="Does the vhdmount.exe included with Virtual Server 2005 work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Referenced [here][1] and other places (google)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/cschotte/archive/2008/03/26/how-to-mount-a-vhd-quickly-under-vista-using-your-mouse.aspx" />
  <row Id="38534" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21671" RevisionGUID="fb77ff15-f83f-4117-b086-4f3faf06caec" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:39:45.967" UserId="8670" Comment="deleted 9 characters in body" Text="I realize this is a crazy question, but has anyone ever tried to provide a host with their own memory for a dedicated box? I am running on an alright rig on ServerBeach but like any host, they are holding RAM hostage. Its a bit absurd to me for hosts to expect people to pay $15/month+ per GB these days. You can almost buy ram for that price.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm wondering if they'd laugh at me if I called and asked if I could send them 24-48 gb of ram (half to go in my box, the other half for them to keep to compensate if they ever had to replace it). I'd send them the exact same ram they use to avoid compatibility issues and I'd obviously pay for their standard install rates, expecting or even offering to pay a premium for this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would I get laughed at? heh" />
  <row Id="38535" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21669" RevisionGUID="01f5d57b-c77d-449a-aed1-8a234e2fb167" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:40:57.523" UserId="1682" Comment="added 60 characters in body" Text="First of all &quot;it seems to use caching stuff I don't need&quot;... what the heck are you talking about? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Complains about cygwin's size are unjustified myths. The base cygwin installation is very minimal and there is no point to trying to make it smaller for yourself. Cygwin has very small memory footprint. Compared to the 20 gb size of vista, my cygwin is 500 mb, 2.5% the size to emulate a completely different operating system and about 10 or 20 cents of hard drive space." />
  <row Id="38536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21673" RevisionGUID="b67a16c2-96d5-4d41-ad66-077c9507efaf" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:44:53.630" UserId="1682" Text="You'd be doing them a favor to let them know a valid concern you have as a customer. You'd be finding out if they value their customers. Go for it." />
  <row Id="38537" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21674" RevisionGUID="814137b3-dea0-4285-9008-03aa634aee9d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:45:41.040" UserId="6792" Text="I think both 32 and 64 bit versions of [Virtual PC][1] will work as well. You can make a new PC and attach it as a drive, or if you have the .vmc file that goes with it, you should be able to attach to it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=04D26402-3199-48A3-AFA2-2DC0B40A73B6&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="38538" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21675" RevisionGUID="3c79244f-927e-4f43-94f7-51d290d3eac4" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:47:45.233" UserId="5268" Text="In /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90x11-common_ssh-agent add your arguments to SSHAGENTARGS at the top: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SSHAGENTARGS='-t 1d' &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or however long you want the key to last.  If there isn't an SSHAGENTARGS, then post the contents of the file and I'll let you know where  to edit it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OPTIONFILE is something different.  It a file where you say if you want ssh-agent to start period - you can't place arguments to the program in it.  The file is at /etc/X11/Xsession.options" />
  <row Id="38539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21676" RevisionGUID="e586134b-3761-4743-b856-df449bf19dda" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:48:01.487" UserId="8668" Text="Why was scsi id 3 your default boot disk in vintage Sun OS? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain." />
  <row Id="38540" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21671" RevisionGUID="a2a4f4d4-b99b-4bb7-8130-342c6dec1db2" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:49:53.417" UserId="8670" Comment="edited body" Text="I realize this is a crazy question, but has anyone ever tried to provide a host with their own memory for a dedicated box? I am running on an alright rig on ServerBeach but like any host, they are holding RAM hostage. Its a bit absurd to me for hosts to expect people to pay $25/month+ per GB these days. You can almost buy ram for that price.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm wondering if they'd laugh at me if I called and asked if I could send them 24-48 gb of ram (half to go in my box, the other half for them to keep to compensate if they ever had to replace it). I'd send them the exact same ram they use to avoid compatibility issues and I'd obviously pay for their standard install rates, expecting or even offering to pay a premium for this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would I get laughed at? heh" />
  <row Id="38541" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21677" RevisionGUID="4d172ef7-12ca-47dd-aae1-94ed2e06e348" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:51:18.297" UserId="8671" Text="I have set up MOSS 2007 Enterprise with a Calendar that I added to custom columns to. We have synced this calendar in Outlook, and it works great creating and editing events from either Sharepoint or Outlook. The issue is that I want to be able to add two extra fields to the New Event form in Outlook that I have added to the Sharepoint Calendar. I went into Outlook's Form Designer. I go to the second tab to add the extra data fields, but I can't figure out how to be able to map to those two extra fields for the Sharepoint calendar. What's the best way to solve my problem?" />
  <row Id="38542" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21677" RevisionGUID="4d172ef7-12ca-47dd-aae1-94ed2e06e348" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:51:18.297" UserId="8671" Text="Adding shared fields to a Sharepoint Calendar to sync with an Outlook Calendar" />
  <row Id="38543" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21677" RevisionGUID="4d172ef7-12ca-47dd-aae1-94ed2e06e348" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:51:18.297" UserId="8671" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;calendar&gt;&lt;outlook&gt;" />
  <row Id="38544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21678" RevisionGUID="6c271e63-1c95-4f27-8ba1-07cfe3d3113c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:53:05.283" UserId="6751" Text="As a cygwin user i agree with both the prior posts. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NEEDS: grep, sed, awk, cut, diff, comm, vim, OpenSSH, tar, gzip, bash, wget &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for space, I agree with Ian.  Small price to pay for space.  You can now get a 1TB 10,000 RPM drive for under $100.00.  I can remember when we all had to pay over $150.00 for a 20.00 GB drive. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are really concerned about local drive space, try to get your self a NAS storage box to sit on your network, and store the &quot;downloaded packages&quot; to it. That will further reduce the footprint on your own machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's really a small price to pay for Cygwin. " />
  <row Id="38545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21679" RevisionGUID="e43e82aa-514c-4b68-920c-b9af81f04aa2" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:57:44.790" UserId="4840" Text="We use [SplashID][1].  Works on my desktop and WM phone.  It's the only one I have used and I like it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://splashdata.com/splashid" />
  <row Id="38546" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21680" RevisionGUID="1f936c9d-2fa3-4b1c-a54d-ec0cbf74e9c0" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:59:27.563" UserId="3459" Text="[NPA (Network Professional Association)][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.npanet.org/" />
  <row Id="38547" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21680" RevisionGUID="1f936c9d-2fa3-4b1c-a54d-ec0cbf74e9c0" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:59:27.563" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21681" RevisionGUID="938e1a13-ce45-4e80-b558-3ea2b0b8bd34" CreationDate="2009-06-08T03:59:51.680" UserId="7730" Text="To follow up on Kevin Kuphal's answer (sorry wouldn't fit in the comment section):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes vhdmount.exe does work and remember you don't need to install Virtual Server. You can install only the VHDMount components (as the link Kevin provided stated), use the Custom option in the Virtual Server R2 SP1 installer and clear all components except VHDMount. If you want to use the command line options over the registry modifications use the following.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To mount an image:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    vhdmount.exe /m vhd_path drive&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where vhd_path is the path to the .vhd file you want to mount and drive is the drive letter to which you want to assign the image. You need to specify the colon after the drive letter (e.g., F:).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By default, VHD Mount creates an undo disk for each mounted image, just like Microsoft Virtual PC and Virtual Server do. If you want to override this behavior and write directly to the mounted image, you can add the /f switch:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    vhdmount.exe /m vhd_path drive /f&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To dismount an image, you have two options. If you want to save any changes you’ve made to the VHD before dismounting, follow the syntax:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    vhdmount.exe /u /c vhd_path&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don’t want to save any changes you’ve made to the VHD before dismounting, use this syntax instead:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    vhdmount.exe /u /d vhd_path&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that you need administrative rights to run VHD Mount. In Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 you can create and attach vhd's directly through the Disk Management tool or through diskpart." />
  <row Id="38549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21682" RevisionGUID="2b2db3ab-9779-4dae-a11d-27f35173ee56" CreationDate="2009-06-08T04:05:19.050" UserId="5268" Text="Double check that the new router is being used by exim&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    grep spams /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then do some debugging, something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat message-with-header.txt | exim -bm -t -d+route&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should see it run through each router, so check if it runs yours and hopefully tell you why its not working (condition failed, earlier router already took the message, etc)" />
  <row Id="38550" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20356" RevisionGUID="2c9a0d86-bf89-4f6d-b057-6dc5d92abe8e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T04:07:12.603" UserId="6383" Comment="Add NPA" Text="After reading [How valuable do you find professional memberships?](http://serverfault.com/questions/17423/how-valuable-do-you-find-professional-memberships) I thought it would be useful to list the various professional groups and associations available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Discussion of the value (or not) of the groups belongs with the [How valuable do you find professional memberships?](http://serverfault.com/questions/17423/how-valuable-do-you-find-professional-memberships) question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To start with, ordered alphabetically, by country:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;***System Administration Specific***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Global**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[PASS](http://www.sqlpass.org/), Professional Association for SQL Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Australia**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SAGE-AU](http://www.sage-au.org.au), The System Administrators Guild of Australia&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**USA**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[LOPSA](http://www.lopsa.org), The League of Professional System Administrators&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[NPA](http://www.npanet.org/), Network Professional Association&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SAGE](http://www.sage.org), The [USENIX](http://www.usenix.org/) Special Interest Group for Sysadmins&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;***IT And Computing in General***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Global**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ACM](http://www.acm.org), Association for Computing Machinery&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[IEEE Computer Society](http://www.computer.org/), The IEEE Computer Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Australia**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ACS](http://acs.org.au), Australian Computer Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Canada**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[CIPS](http://www.cips.ca/about), Canadian Information Processing Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UK**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[BCS](http://www.bcs.org.uk), British Computer Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**USA**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[USENIX](http://www.usenix.org/), The Advanced Computing Systems Association&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please add any more that you know of." />
  <row Id="38551" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21683" RevisionGUID="50795b33-69a0-4488-bbe8-7047db28dcbf" CreationDate="2009-06-08T04:11:21.643" UserId="8668" Text="You can recover the LVM info, it is just a bit of a pain (well, perhaps things have improved in the past year or two).  LVM is handy, and probably worth it, unless you are certain about your partitioning." />
  <row Id="38552" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21684" RevisionGUID="f18cadb0-ddcd-4457-b47c-8a5b2fd70603" CreationDate="2009-06-08T04:15:43.663" UserId="8668" Text="Well, ReiserFS (and if you are up for patching your kernel, Rieser4) have some advantages, especially with small files. Unfortunately it seems they will never make it into the kernel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this point, I'd run ext4, unless I was paranoid, in which case I'd run ext3.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the future, I'd run BRTFS, but that is still in alpha, it should pick up much of the niftyness of the Rieser file systems and ZFS (far and away the most interesting production file system, but not for Linux (though you can use it with FUSE))." />
  <row Id="38553" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21685" RevisionGUID="c131c4ef-7171-4396-9c73-b27b650ffe60" CreationDate="2009-06-08T04:23:09.123" UserId="8675" Text="Its worth a shot, but I'd assume the reason they charge so much for extra RAM is because they have a corner on the market, and therefore can get away with it. Since you don't have access to the box, and are most likely going to need more ram, they can get away with charging so much for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Much like a crack dealer giving you the first little bit on the cheap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your also asking them to let you introduce an unknown quantity into their systems. How do they know you haven't done some sort of crazy NSA hacking on those ram chips so you can break into their network. (Ok, thats pretty far fetched, but I hope you see what I'm trying to say)." />
  <row Id="38556" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21687" RevisionGUID="38fef593-1959-46c0-b765-52be987266be" CreationDate="2009-06-08T04:34:17.977" UserId="8668" Text="Well, ReiserFS is a nice reasonably bug free file system in the kernel. Reiser4 seems to be a dead end, and not likely to ever make it into the kernel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For those of us interested in the idea of the Reiser file systems, and also of ZFS, the fs to watch is BtrFs. Still alpha though. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38557" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21688" RevisionGUID="2ffa68a7-b12f-4829-9203-47e41304e4f8" CreationDate="2009-06-08T04:35:04.823" UserId="8674" Text="I'd like to have dev environments 'baselined' with certain software installed along with component packages.  From time to time, a new software piece may be desired which I'd like to install in a clean VM until confidence is obtained that it's desirable to be on the production dev box.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been playing around with a test system trying to 'versionize' it by naming it like DevUsr0105 (major version 01, sub version 05, DevUsr is username) but this gets difficult with activation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can imagine a time frame from release of the next version before deprecating the previous version so at some times there may be two DevUsr type VMs in use.  (New dev happening on the latest dev release, and completing previous work on the existing VM before retiring it.)  There's obviously no problem paying for two OS licenses per Dev but I don't want the hassle of calling in to migrate an activation.  (Also - isn't there a limit on the # of migrations per license?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each developer would grab the latest production developer VM whenever a new release is available. Any of their local customizations would be versionized in their SVN repository to ensure a clean migration without a lot of manual work.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So is the latest release sysprep'ed and ready for final activation by the developer?  Do we really need to transfer the activation or re-activate the OS on every dev VM release?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VM's are not actively being utilized yet by developers and I'm just looking for feedback on how something like this is being handled by others before wasting a lot time going down the wrong path.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38558" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21688" RevisionGUID="2ffa68a7-b12f-4829-9203-47e41304e4f8" CreationDate="2009-06-08T04:35:04.823" UserId="8674" Text="Vista VMWare Release SysPrep/Activation Best Practice?" />
  <row Id="38559" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21688" RevisionGUID="2ffa68a7-b12f-4829-9203-47e41304e4f8" CreationDate="2009-06-08T04:35:04.823" UserId="8674" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="38560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21689" RevisionGUID="09c95c86-4667-4c22-ac81-07082813bb0e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T04:38:19.140" UserId="8668" Text="Most FS will choke with more than 65K files in a dir, I think that is still true of ext4. The Rieser file systems do not have that limit (the folks at mp3.com paid to make sure of that). Not sure about anything else, but that is one of the usage scenarios that RieserFS was made for." />
  <row Id="38561" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21690" RevisionGUID="0ad6c245-2deb-45e6-869e-664a2dccdb75" CreationDate="2009-06-08T04:41:03.487" UserId="1268" Text="I have been trying to access the repair section for VS 2008 Team suite and encountered a cryptic error: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;A problem has encountered while loading the visual studio 2008 setup components&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some googling pointed me out to this [blog post][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The work around seems to be de-installing a hotfix before you can access the repair/uninstall dialog. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a better workaround in place? A new hotfix that can be applied on top, perhaps? A KB from MS? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The site is an Israeli site, so I'm assuming this may be related to the fact I have/had Hebrew components installed on my Vista machine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/shair/archive/2009/05/09/a-problem-has-encountered-while-loading-the-visual-studio-2008-setup-components.aspx" />
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  <row Id="38563" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21690" RevisionGUID="0ad6c245-2deb-45e6-869e-664a2dccdb75" CreationDate="2009-06-08T04:41:03.487" UserId="1268" Text="&lt;visual-studio-2008&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="38564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21691" RevisionGUID="9b8f0118-c5d0-4aa3-82ea-599944025e4a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T04:42:49.147" UserId="7752" Text="As Steven and David has already mentioned, you have not provided enough information for anyone to be able to help you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd suggest that you read Eric Raymond's essay [How To Ask Questions The Smart Way][1] and then edit your question to provide more detail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html" />
  <row Id="38565" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21692" RevisionGUID="79cc48ce-b06c-434f-9500-42e7fe7b2304" CreationDate="2009-06-08T04:44:44.307" UserId="8673" Text="For this example, let's assume your database is called &quot;zig&quot;, and your backed up database is called &quot;zig_backup&quot;. I'll also assume that your **backup database and your live database have the same schema.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll also assume that your live database is being updated constantly and you can not perform the merge &quot;offline&quot; and then flip a switch to make the merged copy &quot;live.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The issues to be aware of are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Potential for indexes or primary keys in old/new to conflict for some reason (usually if a mistake was made, or records were lost accidentally)&#xD;&#xA; - Deletions which have happened since the backup should not be &quot;merged&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The process to update will require planning in terms of which tables to merge first and which ones to merge last. My general tendency to to do the heavy lifting first (large tables), then work your way onto the smaller tables. Depending on your data sizes, it may not matter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The process to merge would then be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Restore the backup database next to the live database with a modified database name (e.g. &quot;zig_backup&quot;)&#xD;&#xA; 2. For each table in the live database, merge from the backup database&#xD;&#xA; 3. For each table in the backup database, check to see if the table exists in the live database, and if not, add it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The safest method would be to do a full-table join and just insert the rows which don't match:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for each table in the &quot;live&quot; database:&#xD;&#xA;        INSERT INTO zig.$table&#xD;&#xA;        SELECT BACKUP.* FROM zig_backup.$table AS BACKUP&#xD;&#xA;        LEFT OUTER JOIN zig.$table AS LIVE ON LIVE.ID=BACKUP.ID&#xD;&#xA;        WHERE LIVE.ID IS NULL;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This, of course, requires knowledge of the primary keys of each table. A straight &quot;REPLACE&quot; may not work, as rows in the live database may have changed, and their changed data will be overwritten by the&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To merge missing tables, do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    \u zig_backup&#xD;&#xA;    SHOW TABLES&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get a list of all tables, and to determine if the table exists in the live database, you can do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    \u zig&#xD;&#xA;    SHOW TABLES LIKE 'tablename';&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, a table in the backup database which does not exist in the &quot;live&quot; database can be binary copied into the live database directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, handling deletions from the &quot;live&quot; database are difficult at best, especially since by the fact that you're merging that some data is missing for one reason or another." />
  <row Id="38566" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21670" RevisionGUID="ff5c119e-19b5-4e62-b917-238b3975c40c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T04:45:09.483" UserId="1651" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;traffic&gt;&lt;http&gt;&lt;network-monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="38567" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21693" RevisionGUID="370f59fd-0928-4d71-a2e4-d8bfe825a950" CreationDate="2009-06-08T04:50:29.723" UserId="2585" Text="I have a floppy disk or 2 that I'd like to keep for a long time, and frankly I'm amazed that they've lasted this long. I'd like to make a copy on the hard disk that I can use to recreate the floppy if need be. For CDs they have the ISO format, is there anything similar for floppy disks?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I were using Linux I'd probably try to use dd to copy all of the disk blocks, but I'm using Windows. Thanks." />
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  <row Id="38569" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21693" RevisionGUID="370f59fd-0928-4d71-a2e4-d8bfe825a950" CreationDate="2009-06-08T04:50:29.723" UserId="2585" Text="&lt;floppy&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;archive&gt;" />
  <row Id="38570" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21016" RevisionGUID="b2540637-a80d-44c2-905c-6aa8ddda78d3" CreationDate="2009-06-08T04:53:26.300" UserId="919" Comment="add note about RAM usage" Text="From the README:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Bandwidth usage&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ===============&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Mumble will use 10-40 kbit/s outgoing, and the same incoming for each user.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; So if there are 10 other users on the server with you, your incoming&#xD;&#xA;&gt; bandwidth requirement will be 100-400 kbit/s if they all talk at the same time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the [Mumble wiki][1]&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Based on data from out testserver, murmur will use about 40 MB of virtual memory, of which &gt; about 4 MB are resident in physical memory. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mumble.sourceforge.net/Commercial_Hosting#Murmur_technical_requirements" />
  <row Id="38571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21694" RevisionGUID="0b1e2d14-8ad2-4b8b-aa7f-1ed24ada640e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T05:02:44.143" UserId="5922" Text="If you have OS X systems as your client workstations, you can use the Keychain Access program to manage passwords. We use a keychain file in a shared location accessible by system administrators and just link it in to our Keychain Access program." />
  <row Id="38572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21695" RevisionGUID="39c76028-5c3b-4b8e-8734-7d3736e4f2b3" CreationDate="2009-06-08T05:02:47.780" UserId="3174" Text="Get a copy of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.chrysocome.net/rawwrite&quot;&gt;rawrite&lt;/a&gt;.  It creates an image that can be written back to media using dd (or, of course, rawrite)." />
  <row Id="38573" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21696" RevisionGUID="bcd0dcb7-3170-4792-b9ab-87b60ab2bf3e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T05:03:18.120" UserId="1736" Text="If anything ever achieved the status with respect to floppy images that ISO has with respect to CDs, I never heard of it.  It's pretty much down to however particular imaging software works, though naturally a straight `dd`-style image is popular.  I'd recommend using the [`fdimage`][1] utility that FreeBSD uses for its install `.flp` files; at minimum you can be pretty confident you'll always be able to locate it easily for download.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.fdos.org/ripcord/rawrite/" />
  <row Id="38574" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21697" RevisionGUID="951fe8c5-7bfe-40bc-a669-3b742333e389" CreationDate="2009-06-08T05:04:29.117" UserId="1349" Text="[MagicISO][1] does this flawlessly. There's even a [tutorial][2] to show you how easy it is to do. MagicISO is also really handy when it comes to CD/DVD images (as the name implies).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.magiciso.com/index.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-createfloppyimage.htm" />
  <row Id="38575" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1821" RevisionGUID="535db017-1940-4e6e-9924-ec21560d49ef" CreationDate="2009-06-08T05:06:38.100" UserId="1174" Comment="extend and revise answer" Text="Generally a good strategy for this type of network problem is to change-out or remove one component at time till it works.  Or start with everything removed and add components until it fails.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After, as suggested above, rebooting everything, I'd try &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Turning off the two Vista computers&#xD;&#xA;- Other AP's nearby? Try changing the channel&#xD;&#xA;- Baby monitor are apparently notorious - try a directional antenna on the AP and site it to maximise coverage for where your computers are.&#xD;&#xA;- Update the AP firmware &#xD;&#xA;- Make sure the Mini drivers/firmware are up-to-date&#xD;&#xA;- Try another AP&#xD;&#xA;- If all your network g or mixed b/g? If it's all g, set the AP to g only if you can&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you see the ping stalls within your local network, or only to the internet?  That migh give a clue about where the problem lies.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21698" RevisionGUID="85320e06-a8a0-4826-a80e-3f57b0575678" CreationDate="2009-06-08T05:09:07.907" UserId="6450" Text="Trying to get my laptop to drive a 3rd monitor." />
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  <row Id="38578" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21698" RevisionGUID="85320e06-a8a0-4826-a80e-3f57b0575678" CreationDate="2009-06-08T05:09:07.907" UserId="6450" Text="&lt;video&gt;&lt;usb&gt;" />
  <row Id="38579" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21699" RevisionGUID="8e51a667-33bb-4a93-979c-7f6f9201eabd" CreationDate="2009-06-08T05:12:01.490" UserId="5922" Text="We have a small cluster of Xen servers in the office. Each virtual machine system image is on its own block device on our iSCSI SAN. The servers all connect their iSCSI initiator to every VM LUN simultaneously. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To prevent the same VM from being started on multiple hosts we just ensure that each virtual machine is only added to one server through the use of `xm new`. Judicious monitoring of all the servers through `virt-manager` helps as well. However, there really there are no safeguards that would prevent someone from accidentally launching the same VM on multiple hosts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is, what would be a good way to implement a better management system for a setup like this? Are there any existing tools that will manage a Xen setup like this with a shared storage back-end? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're using openSUSE 11.1 as the host OS." />
  <row Id="38580" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21699" RevisionGUID="8e51a667-33bb-4a93-979c-7f6f9201eabd" CreationDate="2009-06-08T05:12:01.490" UserId="5922" Text="How to manage Xen virtual machines on shared SAN storage?" />
  <row Id="38581" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21699" RevisionGUID="8e51a667-33bb-4a93-979c-7f6f9201eabd" CreationDate="2009-06-08T05:12:01.490" UserId="5922" Text="&lt;xen&gt;&lt;san&gt;" />
  <row Id="38582" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21700" RevisionGUID="3edf0fa0-c411-4dc4-a59f-362debf01aee" CreationDate="2009-06-08T05:13:49.380" UserId="7528" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am wondienrg what is a good monitoring software for a cloud hosted ubuntu server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to monitor:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Traffic statistics to my website&#xD;&#xA;2. Scripts/Areas of maximum load&#xD;&#xA;3. Overall server load&#xD;&#xA;4. Uptime and downtime issues etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="38583" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21700" RevisionGUID="3edf0fa0-c411-4dc4-a59f-362debf01aee" CreationDate="2009-06-08T05:13:49.380" UserId="7528" Text="Web server monitoring software for ubuntu" />
  <row Id="38584" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21700" RevisionGUID="3edf0fa0-c411-4dc4-a59f-362debf01aee" CreationDate="2009-06-08T05:13:49.380" UserId="7528" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="38585" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21700" RevisionGUID="5f2c455d-efe7-4ddd-80c4-b080cb6b3311" CreationDate="2009-06-08T05:20:04.063" UserId="2567" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="38586" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21701" RevisionGUID="e3d22b8a-44df-40e5-8154-13e5a1b913a9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T05:22:30.783" UserId="6639" Text="Recently I’ve started reading about ARM processors coming out on low-cost and low power laptops, such as [these][1] unveiled at computex in Taiwan. I’m one of the Tech people at my company, and often I get asked for my opinion when picking out new equipment. In the coming years if these devices become prevalent, what would the advantages and disadvantage of picking one over an x86-based device be?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217700918" />
  <row Id="38587" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21701" RevisionGUID="e3d22b8a-44df-40e5-8154-13e5a1b913a9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T05:22:30.783" UserId="6639" Text="Advantages and disadvantages of ARM  vs x-86 processors in future laptops..." />
  <row Id="38588" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21701" RevisionGUID="e3d22b8a-44df-40e5-8154-13e5a1b913a9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T05:22:30.783" UserId="6639" Text="&lt;x86&gt;&lt;processor&gt;&lt;laptop&gt;" />
  <row Id="38589" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21702" RevisionGUID="a0d4afea-aa49-4aba-a76e-5506f3cdab6e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T05:23:48.987" UserId="8625" Text="Why not PowerShell?" />
  <row Id="38590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21703" RevisionGUID="2115e9dc-4bb5-45ec-befc-88ffca17f430" CreationDate="2009-06-08T05:25:45.267" UserId="8675" Text="ARM chips are RISC processors that were created by Acorn and the design is now owned by ARM Limited. They license the design out to manufactures to add on to their own chips to create “systems on a chip” that contain many feature on one chip, and with the ARM design are able to include the CPU as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ARM is very prevalent in low power embedded applications such as Ipods, Palm Pilots, and network routers. They are designed for low power consumption, meaning a laptop using an ARM processor is going to possibly have much better battery life than an x86 based laptop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The disadvantage to the ARM processor is that it is not binary compatible with x86. This means your not going to be running windows any time soon. There are several Unix operating systems that can run on ARM however, such as Linux and BSD. Ubuntu will run on it, which is a very handy and nice linux distribution. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21705" RevisionGUID="2c4a04d5-380e-4c9f-877a-3396170f3f10" CreationDate="2009-06-08T05:46:17.240" UserId="4757" Text="The big problem, of course, is that there is no Windows. Although many of us (me included) would like to see Netbooks herald a new era of machines where the Linux OS would become as popular as Windows (or at least Mac!), it simply hasn't happened. The popularity of Windows (or the unpopularity of Linux) can only suggest Linux/ARM laptops will be marginalised just as Linux/x86 laptops are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, I am concerned about the amount of time and effort invested in the x86 architecture for Linux, which will simply go to waste after an architecture migration. Compilers like gcc or icc are very advanced x86 compilers, which have been created over many years. This investment simply hasn't been made into ARM, and it can't be done overnight either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While there are advantages such as the significantly lower power consumption ([although is that even still true?][1]) and physical size, I think they are simply dwarfed even by these two issues alone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://fit-pc2.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page" />
  <row Id="38594" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21706" RevisionGUID="63f9aaca-d97b-4913-b8bc-59b2564a7b18" CreationDate="2009-06-08T05:47:20.747" UserId="6609" Text="For 1 and 2, I like either analog or Google Analytics.  For 3 and 4 I like nagios." />
  <row Id="38595" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21707" RevisionGUID="4b2fac1b-9bc3-4cb0-aed1-ff607d31c20f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T05:50:44.640" UserId="1561" Text="  * Software (lack thereof, incompatibility)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More often than not, there is some specific package that has been &quot;grandfathered&quot; into the system in some pseudo-critical role.  I can think of at least 2 Microsoft Access databases that would require a complete re-write in a different language with a different set of conditions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * User comfort&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Never underestimate this.  You would not believe the number of end-users that will throw a fit to actually keep the environment they have, no matter how crufty, old, poorly designed, frustrating, or labor-intensive it is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Support tools (lack thereof or lack of knowledge in supporting Linux)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think this is an issue.  The environment has been around for so long, and so many admins have tried this on their own time, that there is little (if any) lack of qualified applicants for both junior and senior sysadmin positions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Licensing agreement lock in (hands are tied because you've agreed to a multi-year deal with another OS vendor)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is probably a function of the size of an organization and the amount of software that they purchase.  In those cases where there are few users, per-license or small batches of licenses are purchased on an as-needed basis.  In much larger organizations, it's very tempting to sign a &quot;faustian bargain&quot; to get a 3-year contract covering thousands of desktops at a steeply discounted rate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Some combination of all of the above?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many synergies involved (please do not stone me to death for using that overhyped buzzword...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you were to migrate an organization - of any size - to a pure-play Linux/BSD/OS X platform, I think you would have to cover the following aspects to make a successful transition:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. *Exchange.*  Like it or not, this is one of the bigger stumbling blocks.  There are so many organizations that are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.  Getting off of Exchange is roughly akin to getting off of crack cocaine.  I may sound like I say this with levity, but I say it with all sincerity.  If you can at least replace the calendaring/free-busy/shared contacts portion of this, then you'll have fought only 80% of your battle.  If you are using shared folders, custom forms, or other mucky-muck, you're pretty much in deep.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. Microsoft Access.  This little nugget will cause no end of heart-ache.  Excel, Word, PowerPoint, those are down pat, but Access...Access is the flytrap of file-based database containers.  There are a handful of tools to get the data out, but the key value of Access is not so much its use as a (abet crummy) database container, but rather, the forms, code, and reporting that come with it.  You'll need to replace it with something that can provide forms, code, and reporting in a coherent pacakge.  And there aren't many of those packages around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. " />
  <row Id="38596" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21707" RevisionGUID="4b2fac1b-9bc3-4cb0-aed1-ff607d31c20f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T05:50:44.640" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38597" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11167" RevisionGUID="0e9bc177-24ab-41b3-9e85-de62f1c40082" CreationDate="2009-06-08T05:50:59.633" UserId="919" Comment="added 3 characters in body" Text=" - **Version Control**. Be able to generate, read and apply patches. Know how to use a version control system that presents repository wide versions. Know how to write descriptive changelogs. Know how to search a repository's logs for keywords and time frames.&#xD;&#xA; - **Scripting**. Do something once and be on your way. Do it twice or more, write a script. &#xD;&#xA; - **Debugging**. Know how to read a stack trace and how to report relevant errors to your software support contact. Finding the error is nice and helpful, but knowing *how* to fix it can take a lot of investment, reading the code.&#xD;&#xA; - **Testing**. Monitor continuously and log errors. Used in conjunction with version control and testing, you have a strong idea of what may have gone wrong when and what changed around then. Monitor both production and preproduction. &#xD;&#xA; - **Peer Review**. Propose and review changes to production systems. Test on preproduction, determine exactly what needs to be done and record what services may be affected for how long. Don't let Change Management degrade into political battles of beurocratic power.&#xD;&#xA; - **Study Cryptography**. A modern system administrator is in charge of network resources; adding security as a final step is somewhere between impossible and a very expensive proposition. Understanding public key cryptography, password handling practices, and encryption in general will be extremely valuable. " />
  <row Id="38598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21708" RevisionGUID="af8e938b-b2cd-4a6c-bf04-473151db206c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T05:51:15.950" UserId="6454" Text="Our hosted servers are experiencing periods of very slow network access.&#xD;&#xA;During these periods pinging from any of our servers to the default gateway results in ping times of up to 500ms (instead of the normal 2-3ms). There are no packets lost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ISP is claiming their network is OK and the problem must be with the hosting service.&#xD;&#xA;The hosting service guys claim they have nothing at level 3 and everything according to them is OK.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm think our servers are connected to a switch which is connected the default gateway over a shared ATM line. Traceroute doesn't show any routers on the path.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Before changing my service providers, is there anything I could check that might explain what is causing this issue?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="38600" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21708" RevisionGUID="af8e938b-b2cd-4a6c-bf04-473151db206c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T05:51:15.950" UserId="6454" Text="&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="38601" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21707" RevisionGUID="30494a37-5c29-441e-8e61-74923cfaf083" CreationDate="2009-06-08T05:56:21.523" UserId="1561" Comment="added 805 characters in body; added 310 characters in body; added 489 characters in body" Text="First off, this has been done.  Seriously, the City of Largo in Florida has been running on Linux servers for over 6+ years, supporting hundreds of city employees.   [You can read about their challenges (and successes!) at the City of Largo work blog anytime.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Addressing each question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Software (lack thereof, incompatibility)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More often than not, there is some specific package that has been &quot;grandfathered&quot; into the system in some pseudo-critical role.  I can think of at least 2 Microsoft Access databases that would require a complete re-write in a different language with a different set of conditions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * User comfort&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Never underestimate this.  You would not believe the number of end-users that will throw a fit to actually keep the environment they have, no matter how crufty, old, poorly designed, frustrating, or labor-intensive it is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Support tools (lack thereof or lack of knowledge in supporting Linux)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think this is an issue.  The environment has been around for so long, and so many admins have tried this on their own time, that there is little (if any) lack of qualified applicants for both junior and senior sysadmin positions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Licensing agreement lock in (hands are tied because you've agreed to a multi-year deal with another OS vendor)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is probably a function of the size of an organization and the amount of software that they purchase.  In those cases where there are few users, per-license or small batches of licenses are purchased on an as-needed basis.  In much larger organizations, it's very tempting to sign a &quot;faustian bargain&quot; to get a 3-year contract covering thousands of desktops at a steeply discounted rate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Some combination of all of the above?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many synergies involved (please do not stone me to death for using that overhyped buzzword...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you were to migrate an organization - of any size - to a pure-play Linux/BSD/OS X platform, I think you would have to cover the following aspects to make a successful transition:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. *Exchange.*  Like it or not, this is one of the bigger stumbling blocks.  There are so many organizations that are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.  Getting off of Exchange is roughly akin to getting off of crack cocaine.  I may sound like I say this with levity, but I say it with all sincerity.  If you can at least replace the calendaring/free-busy/shared contacts portion of this, then you'll have fought only 80% of your battle.  If you are using shared folders, custom forms, or other mucky-muck, you're pretty much in deep.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. *Microsoft Access.*  This little nugget will cause no end of heart-ache.  Excel, Word, PowerPoint, those are down pat, but Access...Access is the fly trap of file-based database containers.  There are a handful of tools to get the data out, but the key value of Access is not so much its use as a (abet crummy) database container, but rather, the forms, code, and reporting that come with it.  You'll need to replace it with something that can provide forms, code, and reporting in a coherent package.  And there aren't many of those packages around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. External Cultural Inertia.  Management has been signing over thousands of dollars each year to &quot;buy&quot; something that has tangible value.  Convincing them that they are getting the same value with something that comes free is a hard pitch.  There is a definite psychological link between the sense you've purchased something, and that it has some intrinsic value.  This of course has been fully exploited by the industry for decades and as anyone who shops around knows, &quot;buyer beware&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. *Internal Cultural Inertia.*  Your existing Windows sysadmins have been weened on multiple-inheritance access control lists, multiple GUI paths leading to the same result, and a habituation to working with &quot;opaque&quot; software that consists of &quot;black box&quot; lumps of code.  Moving them into a culture where the permissions hierarchy is significantly flattened, there are multiple ways to arrive at a result from a command line, and the software is so transparent that they themselves are tempted to modify it, will be a huge culture shock.  Some old-timers may actually be in disbelief that it is legal to actually copy the same software they are installing on their servers and take it home (yes, it's true, you can really do that, no really, it's ok, the BSA won't care...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://davelargo.blogspot.com/" />
  <row Id="38602" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21709" RevisionGUID="52b0bae0-595b-4a5a-873f-73f07a4c0ef6" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:01:27.957" UserId="3273" Text="I changed an MTA in postfix from sendmail, &#xD;&#xA;but two same email contents arrive when the same address is included in To and Cc.&#xD;&#xA; There did not need to be such email contents,&#xD;&#xA; Please Help me!.&#xD;&#xA; with the avoidance of this movement at the time of sendmail." />
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  <row Id="38604" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21709" RevisionGUID="52b0bae0-595b-4a5a-873f-73f07a4c0ef6" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:01:27.957" UserId="3273" Text="&lt;sendmail&gt;&lt;postfix&gt;" />
  <row Id="38605" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21707" RevisionGUID="b666beff-87eb-4ca4-ab8f-dbde78c58275" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:01:43.153" UserId="1561" Comment="added 22 characters in body; added 2 characters in body" Text="First off, this has been done.  Seriously, the City of Largo in Florida has been running on Linux servers for over 6+ years, supporting hundreds of city employees.   [You can read about their challenges (and successes!) at the City of Largo work blog anytime.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Addressing each question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Software (lack thereof, incompatibility)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More often than not, there is some specific package that has been &quot;grandfathered&quot; into the system in some pseudo-critical role.  I can think of at least 2 Microsoft Access databases that would require a complete re-write in a different language with a different set of conditions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * User comfort&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Never underestimate this.  You would not believe the number of end-users that will throw a fit to actually keep the environment they have, no matter how crufty, old, poorly designed, frustrating, or labor-intensive it is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Support tools (lack thereof or lack of knowledge in supporting Linux)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think this is an issue.  The environment has been around for so long, and so many admins have tried this on their own time, that there is little (if any) lack of qualified applicants for both junior and senior sysadmin positions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Licensing agreement lock in (hands are tied because you've agreed to a multi-year deal with another OS vendor)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is probably a function of the size of an organization and the amount of software that they purchase.  In those cases where there are few users, per-license or small batches of licenses are purchased on an as-needed basis.  In much larger organizations, it's very tempting to sign a &quot;faustian bargain&quot; to get a 3-year contract covering thousands of desktops at a steeply discounted rate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Some combination of all of the above?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many synergies involved (please do not stone me to death for using that overhyped buzzword...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you were to migrate an organization - of any size - to a pure-play Linux/BSD/OS X platform, I think you would have to cover the following aspects to make a successful transition:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. *Exchange.*  Like it or not, this is one of the bigger stumbling blocks.  There are so many organizations that are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.  Getting off of Exchange is roughly akin to getting off of crack cocaine.  I may sound like I say this with levity, but I say it with all sincerity.  If you can at least replace the calendaring/free-busy/shared contacts portion of this, then you'll have fought only 80% of your battle.  If you are using shared folders, custom forms, or other mucky-muck, you're pretty much in deep.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. *Microsoft Access.*  This little nugget will cause no end of heart-ache.  Excel, Word, PowerPoint, those are down pat, but Access...Access is the fly trap of file-based database containers.  There are a handful of tools to get the data out, but the key value of Access is not so much its use as a (abet crummy) database container, but rather, the forms, code, and reporting that come with it.  You'll need to replace it with something that can provide forms, code, and reporting in a coherent package.  And there aren't many of those packages around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. *External Cultural Inertia.*  Management has been signing over thousands of dollars each year to &quot;buy&quot; something that has tangible value.  Convincing them that they are getting the same value with something that comes free is a hard pitch.  There is a definite psychological link between the sense you've purchased something, and that it has some intrinsic value.  This of course has been fully exploited by the industry for decades and as anyone who shops around knows, &quot;buyer beware&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. *Internal Cultural Inertia.*  Your existing Windows sysadmins have been weened on multiple-inheritance access control lists, multiple GUI paths leading to the same result, and a habituation to working with &quot;opaque&quot; software that consists of &quot;black box&quot; lumps of code.  Moving them into a culture where the permissions hierarchy is significantly flattened, there are multiple ways to arrive at a result from a (GASP! the horror!) *command line*, and the software is so transparent that they themselves are tempted to modify it, will be a huge culture shock.  Some old-timers may actually be in disbelief that it is legal to actually copy the same software they are installing on their servers and take it home (yes, it's true, you can really do that, no really, it's ok, the BSA won't care...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://davelargo.blogspot.com/" />
  <row Id="38606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21710" RevisionGUID="840af881-ca0d-44ac-a9ad-5d8d1c5c185f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:05:27.030" UserId="813" Text="Are pings equally slow using hostname and IP address?  This could be an issue of a slow DNS server." />
  <row Id="38607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21711" RevisionGUID="7dff61c1-0a13-469a-a9e7-78548bd89aa6" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:06:17.307" UserId="6793" Text="Very simple:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. [AWFFull][1] - A webalizer fork (and [Google Analytics][2])&#xD;&#xA; 2. Same as 1&#xD;&#xA; 3. [Munin][3] and [Nagios][4]&#xD;&#xA; 4. Same as 3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Munin is great and very easy to add plugins to graph exactly what&#xD;&#xA;you want, it also got good interface to talk to Nagios.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.stedee.id.au/awffull/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.google.com/analytics/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://munin.projects.linpro.no/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.nagios.org/" />
  <row Id="38608" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21707" RevisionGUID="52562154-f144-4557-88e9-65384e56e910" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:07:28.927" UserId="1561" Comment="deleted 2 characters in body; added 231 characters in body; added 368 characters in body" Text="First off, this has been done.  Seriously, the City of Largo in Florida has been running on Linux servers for over 6+ years, supporting hundreds of city employees.   [You can read about their challenges (and successes!) at the City of Largo work blog anytime.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Addressing each question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Software (lack thereof, incompatibility)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More often than not, there is some specific package that has been &quot;grandfathered&quot; into the system in some pseudo-critical role.  I can think of at least 2 Microsoft Access databases that would require a complete re-write in a different language with a different set of conditions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * User comfort&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Never underestimate this.  You would not believe the number of end-users that will throw a fit to actually keep the environment they have, no matter how crufty, old, poorly designed, frustrating, or labor-intensive it is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Support tools (lack thereof or lack of knowledge in supporting Linux)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think this is an issue.  The environment has been around for so long, and so many admins have tried this on their own time, that there is little (if any) lack of qualified applicants for both junior and senior sysadmin positions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Licensing agreement lock in (hands are tied because you've agreed to a multi-year deal with another OS vendor)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is probably a function of the size of an organization and the amount of software that they purchase.  In those cases where there are few users, per-license or small batches of licenses are purchased on an as-needed basis.  In much larger organizations, it's very tempting to sign a &quot;faustian bargain&quot; to get a 3-year contract covering thousands of desktops at a steeply discounted rate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Some combination of all of the above?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many synergies involved (please do not stone me to death for using that overhyped buzzword...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you were to migrate an organization - of any size - to a pure-play Linux/BSD/OS X platform, I think you would have to cover the following aspects to make a successful transition:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. *External Cultural Inertia.*  Management has been signing over thousands of dollars each year to &quot;buy&quot; something that has tangible value.  Convincing them that they are getting the same value with something that comes free is a hard pitch.  There is a definite psychological link between the sense you've purchased something, and that it has some intrinsic value.  This of course has been fully exploited by the industry for decades and as anyone who shops around knows, &quot;buyer beware&quot;.  Then there are the end-users that (for better or worse) are George Jetsons.  What's a George Jetson you ask?  Someone that pushes the same button all day, every day, for eight hours, not knowing or caring.  As long as the red shiny button is there, and it works, that's all they care about.  Getting these folks to engage their brain can be a daunting task at times.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. *Internal Cultural Inertia.*  Your existing Windows sysadmins have been weened on multiple-inheritance access control lists, multiple GUI paths leading to the same result, and a habituation to working with &quot;opaque&quot; software that consists of &quot;black box&quot; lumps of code.  Moving them into a culture where the permissions hierarchy is significantly flattened, there are multiple ways to arrive at a result from a (GASP! the horror!) *command line*, and the software is so transparent that they themselves are tempted to modify it, will be a huge culture shock.  Some old-timers may actually be in disbelief that it is legal to actually copy the same software they are installing on their servers and take it home (yes, it's true, you can really do that, no really, it's ok, the BSA won't care...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. *Exchange.*  Like it or not, this is one of the bigger stumbling blocks.  There are so many organizations that are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.  Getting off of Exchange is roughly akin to getting off of crack cocaine.  I may sound like I say this with levity, but I say it with all sincerity.  If you can at least replace the calendaring/free-busy/shared contacts portion of this, then you'll have fought only 80% of your battle.  If you are using shared folders, custom forms, or other mucky-muck, you're pretty much in deep.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. *Microsoft Access.*  This little nugget will cause no end of heart-ache.  Excel, Word, PowerPoint, those are down pat, but Access...Access is the fly trap of file-based database containers.  There are a handful of tools to get the data out, but the key value of Access is not so much its use as a (abet crummy) database container, but rather, the forms, code, and reporting that come with it.  You'll need to replace it with something that can provide forms, code, and reporting in a coherent package.  And there aren't many of those packages around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. *Proprietary one-off software packages.*  If you have one of these, all bets are off.  You know these when you see them, those packages that no-one else has, that requires so much add-on downloads and tech to get running...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://davelargo.blogspot.com/" />
  <row Id="38609" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21712" RevisionGUID="a2bfaacb-9f6c-443c-bd54-f7817b1d31fa" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:16:12.297" UserId="3273" Text="I look for HTTP to work with a Linux system server monitor tool every protocol. &#xD;&#xA;I know, and will not there be it in whom or a freeware? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When, for example, I dump 80/tcp with a packet monitor to be concrete&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     # tethereal -i ppp0 port 80 -x&#xD;&#xA;    Capturing on ppp0&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    1244206390.030474 219.111.xx.xx -&gt; 74.125.xx.xx HTTP GET /search?output=js&amp;num=0&amp;dt=1244206414703&amp;client=pub-3031568651010206&amp;q=Cagliari%20Flight&amp;ad=n3&amp;ie=utf8&amp;oe=utf8&amp;channel=0091594208&amp;adtest=off HTTP/1.1&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    0000  00 04 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00   ................&#xD;&#xA;    0010  45 00 01 e5 ee 82 40 00 40 06 d2 b5 db 6f 02 5b   E.....@.@....o.[&#xD;&#xA;    0020  4a 7d 4f 93 d4 29 00 50 3e df 4c 63 4b 6b 42 e0   J}O..).P&gt;.LcKkB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Such output is provided, but there is too much unnecessary information such as an SYN packet or a header. &#xD;&#xA;What I want &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. The IP address of the client and&#xD;&#xA;    sending out character string（Get;&#xD;&#xA;    the contents of the POST）  &#xD;&#xA; 2. Among the&#xD;&#xA;    output character string of the&#xD;&#xA;    server only as for the HTML&#xD;&#xA;    (Content-Type:)  I am what is&#xD;&#xA;    chisel) of a thing of text/html.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can set a filter and am the best if only information wanting can accumulate in the log." />
  <row Id="38610" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21712" RevisionGUID="a2bfaacb-9f6c-443c-bd54-f7817b1d31fa" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:16:12.297" UserId="3273" Text="Good HTTP Monitoring tools" />
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  <row Id="38612" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21707" RevisionGUID="a9412cb8-1dbc-4af9-bb71-f09416ef3062" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:16:18.723" UserId="1561" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="First off, this has been done.  Seriously, the City of Largo in Florida has been running on Linux servers for over 6+ years, supporting hundreds of city employees.   [You can read about their challenges (and successes!) at the City of Largo work blog anytime.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Addressing each question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Software (lack thereof, incompatibility)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More often than not, there is some specific package that has been &quot;grandfathered&quot; into the system in some pseudo-critical role.  I can think of at least 2 Microsoft Access databases that would require a complete re-write in a different language with a different set of conditions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * User comfort&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Never underestimate this.  You would not believe the number of end-users that will throw a fit to actually keep the environment they have, no matter how crufty, old, poorly designed, frustrating, or labor-intensive it is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Support tools (lack thereof or lack of knowledge in supporting Linux)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think this is an issue.  The environment has been around for so long, and so many admins have tried this on their own time, that there is little (if any) lack of qualified applicants for both junior and senior sysadmin positions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Licensing agreement lock in (hands are tied because you've agreed to a multi-year deal with another OS vendor)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is probably a function of the size of an organization and the amount of software that they purchase.  In those cases where there are few users, per-license or small batches of licenses are purchased on an as-needed basis.  In much larger organizations, it's very tempting to sign a &quot;faustian bargain&quot; to get a 3-year contract covering thousands of desktops at a steeply discounted rate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Some combination of all of the above?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many synergies involved (please do not stone me to death for using that overhyped buzzword...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you were to migrate an organization - of any size - to a pure-play Linux/BSD/OS X platform, I think you would have to cover the following aspects to make a successful transition:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. *External Cultural Inertia.*  Management has been signing over thousands of dollars each year to &quot;buy&quot; something that has tangible value.  Convincing them that they are getting the same value with something that comes free is a hard pitch.  There is a definite psychological link between the sense you've purchased something, and that it has some intrinsic value.  This of course has been fully exploited by the industry for decades and as anyone who shops around knows, &quot;buyer beware&quot;.  Then there are the end-users that (for better or worse) are George Jetsons.  What's a George Jetson you ask?  Someone that pushes the same button all day, every day, for eight hours, not knowing or caring.  As long as the red shiny button is there, and it works, that's all they care about.  Getting these folks to engage their brain can be a daunting task at times.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. *Internal Cultural Inertia.*  Your existing Windows sysadmins have been weened on multiple-inheritance access control lists, multiple GUI paths leading to the same result, and a habituation to working with &quot;opaque&quot; software that consists of &quot;black box&quot; lumps of code.  Moving them into a culture where the permissions hierarchy is significantly flattened, there are multiple ways to arrive at a result from a (GASP! the horror!) *command line*, and the software is so transparent that they themselves are tempted to modify it, will be a huge culture shock.  Some old-timers may actually be in disbelief that it is legal to actually copy the same software they are installing on their servers and take it home (yes, it's true, you can really do that, no really, it's ok, the BSA won't care...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. *Exchange.*  Like it or not, this is one of the bigger stumbling blocks.  There are so many organizations that are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, *that they will fight to protect it.*  Getting off of Exchange is roughly akin to getting off of crack cocaine.  I may sound like I say this with levity, but I say it with all sincerity.  If you can at least replace the calendaring/free-busy/shared contacts portion of this, then you'll have fought only 80% of your battle.  If you are using shared folders, custom forms, or other mucky-muck, you're pretty much in deep.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. *Microsoft Access.*  This little nugget will cause no end of heart-ache.  Excel, Word, PowerPoint, those are down pat, but Access...Access is the fly trap of file-based database containers.  There are a handful of tools to get the data out, but the key value of Access is not so much its use as a (abet crummy) database container, but rather, the forms, code, and reporting that come with it.  You'll need to replace it with something that can provide forms, code, and reporting in a coherent package.  And there aren't many of those packages around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. *Proprietary one-off software packages.*  If you have one of these, all bets are off.  You know these when you see them, those packages that no-one else has, that requires so much add-on downloads and tech to get running...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://davelargo.blogspot.com/" />
  <row Id="38613" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21707" RevisionGUID="407ae0c4-9cf9-4446-8388-2d4169e69f7d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:21:21.443" UserId="1561" Comment="added 320 characters in body; added 141 characters in body; added 21 characters in body" Text="First off, this has been done.  Seriously, the City of Largo in Florida has been running on Linux servers for over 6+ years, supporting hundreds of city employees.   [You can read about their challenges (and successes!) at the City of Largo work blog anytime.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Addressing each question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Software (lack thereof, incompatibility)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More often than not, there is some specific package that has been &quot;grandfathered&quot; into the system in some pseudo-critical role.  I can think of at least 2 Microsoft Access databases that would require a complete re-write in a different language with a different set of conditions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * User comfort&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Never underestimate this.  You would not believe the number of end-users that will throw a fit to actually keep the environment they have, no matter how crufty, old, poorly designed, frustrating, or labor-intensive it is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Support tools (lack thereof or lack of knowledge in supporting Linux)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think this is an issue.  The environment has been around for so long, and so many admins have tried this on their own time, that there is little (if any) lack of qualified applicants for both junior and senior sysadmin positions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Licensing agreement lock in (hands are tied because you've agreed to a multi-year deal with another OS vendor)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is probably a function of the size of an organization and the amount of software that they purchase.  In those cases where there are few users, per-license or small batches of licenses are purchased on an as-needed basis.  In much larger organizations, it's very tempting to sign a &quot;faustian bargain&quot; to get a 3-year contract covering thousands of desktops at a steeply discounted rate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Some combination of all of the above?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many synergies involved (please do not stone me to death for using that overhyped buzzword...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you were to migrate an organization - of any size - to a pure-play Linux/BSD/OS X platform, I think you would have to cover the following aspects to make a successful transition:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. (a) *External Cultural Inertia (Management).*  Management has been signing over thousands of dollars each year to &quot;buy&quot; something that has tangible value.  Convincing them that they are getting the same value with something that comes free is a hard pitch.  There is a definite psychological link between the sense you've purchased something, and that it has some intrinsic value.  This of course has been fully exploited by the industry for decades and as anyone who shops around knows, &quot;buyer beware&quot;.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. (b) *External Cultural Inertia (End-Users).* Users are a big bundle of mystery waiting to become an explosive backlash of &quot;where's my files&quot;, &quot;I can't click the link&quot;, &quot;this used to work&quot;, and my all-time favorite, &quot;but the button in the toolbar used to be other there, now it's two spots over?&quot;  So many of them have settled into a culture of &quot;don't know, don't care, don't want to go there&quot; that explaining that the summation button in OpenOffice is the same  Excel symbol in a different location is *just not enough*.  They are doing things by muscle-memory and single-step handwritten checklists, and moving something just one pixel too far is asking them to change their world.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. *Internal Cultural Inertia.*  Your existing Windows sysadmins have been weened on multiple-inheritance access control lists, multiple GUI paths leading to the same result, and a habituation to working with &quot;opaque&quot; software that consists of &quot;black box&quot; lumps of code.  Moving them into a culture where the permissions hierarchy is significantly flattened, there are multiple ways to arrive at a result from a (GASP! the horror!) *command line*, and the software is so transparent that they themselves are tempted to modify it, will be a huge culture shock.  Some old-timers may actually be in disbelief that it is legal to actually copy the same software they are installing on their servers and take it home (yes, it's true, you can really do that, no really, it's ok, the BSA won't care...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. *Exchange.*  Like it or not, this is one of the bigger stumbling blocks.  There are so many organizations that are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, *that they will fight to protect it.*  Getting off of Exchange is roughly akin to getting off of crack cocaine.  I may sound like I say this with levity, but I say it with all sincerity.  If you can at least replace the calendaring/free-busy/shared contacts portion of this, then you'll have fought only 80% of your battle.  If you are using shared folders, custom forms, or other mucky-muck, you're pretty much in deep.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. *Microsoft Access.*  This little nugget will cause no end of heart-ache.  Excel, Word, PowerPoint, those are down pat, but Access...Access is the fly trap of file-based database containers.  There are a handful of tools to get the data out, but the key value of Access is not so much its use as a (abet crummy) database container, but rather, the forms, code, and reporting that come with it.  You'll need to replace it with something that can provide forms, code, and reporting in a coherent package.  And there aren't many of those packages around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. *Proprietary one-off software packages.*  If you have one of these, all bets are off.  You know these when you see them, those packages that no-one else has, that requires specific (outdated) versions of additional libraries, is typically poorly written, crashes often, and the end-users are delighted that they can now click a button and it makes magic reports...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://davelargo.blogspot.com/" />
  <row Id="38614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21713" RevisionGUID="76c1891b-ebc7-4120-a422-638c458485f3" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:24:44.183" UserId="6793" Text="&#xD;&#xA; - [Postfix sends duplicate mail][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To work around this we have moved all mbox-to-mbox aliases into&#xD;&#xA;virtual and have set:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        enable_original_recipient = no&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So that all the 1-to-many expansions are done in virtual and aliases&#xD;&#xA;is only used for single delivery to commands or files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.postfix.org/faq.html#duplicate" />
  <row Id="38615" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21707" RevisionGUID="0d72a6b2-8b49-402a-b22c-abe1ed2312ec" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:26:30.810" UserId="1561" Comment="added 8 characters in body; added 2 characters in body; added 77 characters in body" Text="First off, this has been done.  Seriously, the City of Largo in Florida has been running on Linux servers for over 6+ years, supporting hundreds of city employees.   [You can read about their challenges (and successes!) at the City of Largo work blog anytime.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Addressing each question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Software (lack thereof, incompatibility)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More often than not, there is some specific package that has been &quot;grandfathered&quot; into the system in some pseudo-critical role.  I can think of at least 2 Microsoft Access databases that would require a complete re-write in a different language with a different set of conditions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * User comfort&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Never underestimate this.  You would not believe the number of end-users that will throw a fit to actually keep the environment they have, no matter how crufty, old, poorly designed, frustrating, or labor-intensive it is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Support tools (lack thereof or lack of knowledge in supporting Linux)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think this is an issue.  The environment has been around for so long, and so many admins have tried this on their own time, that there is little (if any) lack of qualified applicants for both junior and senior sysadmin positions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Licensing agreement lock in (hands are tied because you've agreed to a multi-year deal with another OS vendor)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is probably a function of the size of an organization and the amount of software that they purchase.  In those cases where there are few users, per-license or small batches of licenses are purchased on an as-needed basis.  In much larger organizations, it's very tempting to sign a &quot;faustian bargain&quot; to get a 3-year contract covering thousands of desktops at a steeply discounted rate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Some combination of all of the above?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many synergies involved (please do not stone me to death for using that overhyped buzzword...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you were to migrate an organization - of any size - to a pure-play Linux/BSD/OS X platform, I think you would have to cover the following aspects to make a successful transition:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. (a) *External Cultural Inertia (Management).*  Management has been signing over thousands of dollars each year to &quot;buy&quot; something that has tangible value.  Convincing them that they are getting the same value with something that comes free is a hard pitch.  There is a definite psychological link between the sense you've purchased something, and that it has some intrinsic value.  This of course has been fully exploited by the industry for decades and as anyone who shops around knows, &quot;buyer beware&quot;.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. (b) *External Cultural Inertia (End-Users).* Users are a big bundle of mystery waiting to become an explosive backlash of &quot;where's my files&quot;, &quot;I can't click the link&quot;, &quot;this used to work&quot;, and my all-time favorite, &quot;but the button in the toolbar used to be other there, now it's two spots over?&quot;  So many of them have settled into a culture of &quot;don't know, don't care, don't want to go there&quot; that explaining that the summation button in OpenOffice is the same  Excel symbol in a different location is *just not enough*.  They are doing things by muscle-memory and single-step handwritten checklists, and moving something just one pixel too far is asking them to change their world.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. *Internal Cultural Inertia.*  Your existing Windows sysadmins have been weened on multiple-inheritance access control lists, multiple GUI paths leading to the same result, and a habituation to working with &quot;opaque&quot; software that consists of &quot;black box&quot; lumps of code.  Moving them into a culture where the permissions hierarchy is significantly flattened, there are multiple ways to arrive at a result from a (GASP! the horror!) *command line*, and the software is so transparent that they themselves are tempted to modify it, will be a huge culture shock.  Some old-timers may actually be in disbelief that *it is legal to actually copy the same software they are installing on their servers and take it home* (yes, it's true, you can really do that, no really, it's ok, the BSA won't care...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. *Exchange.*  Like it or not, this is one of the bigger stumbling blocks.  **There are so many organizations that are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, *that they will fight to protect it.*  Getting off of Exchange is roughly akin to getting off of crack cocaine.**  I may sound like I say this with levity, but **I say it with all sincerity.**  If you can at least replace the calendaring/free-busy/shared contacts portion of this, then you'll have fought only 80% of your battle.  If you are using shared folders, custom forms, or other mucky-muck, you're pretty much in deep.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. *Microsoft Access.*  This little nugget will cause no end of heart-ache.  Excel, Word, PowerPoint, those are down pat, but Access...Access is the fly trap of file-based database containers.  There are a handful of tools to get the data out, but the key value of Access is not so much its use as a (abet crummy) database container, but rather, the forms, code, and reporting that come with it.  You'll need to replace it with something that can provide forms, code, and reporting in a coherent package.  And there aren't many of those packages around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. *Proprietary one-off software packages.*  If you have one of these, all bets are off.  You know these when you see them, those packages that no-one else has, you paid a bundle of money to a niche vendor with no competitors, the software requires specific (outdated) versions of additional libraries, it is typically poorly written, crashes often, and the end-users are delighted that they can now click a button and it makes magic reports...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://davelargo.blogspot.com/" />
  <row Id="38616" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21714" RevisionGUID="db2bb557-5531-40b8-bf82-26335f846987" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:27:16.377" UserId="6793" Text="[tcpflow][1] A TCP Flow Recorder - is really a great tool to debug http&#xD;&#xA;the filter syntax is the same as for tcpdump no need to learn another&#xD;&#xA;syntax :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example curl of google.com:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ tcpflow -c port 80 and host 74.125.43.103&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    010.190.001.182.55535-074.125.043.103.00080: GET / HTTP/1.1&#xD;&#xA;    User-Agent: curl/7.18.2 (i486-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.18.2 OpenSSL/0.9.8g zlib/1.2.3.3 libidn/1.10&#xD;&#xA;    Host: 74.125.43.103&#xD;&#xA;    Accept: */*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    074.125.043.103.00080-010.190.001.182.55535: HTTP/1.1 200 OK&#xD;&#xA;    Cache-Control: private, max-age=0&#xD;&#xA;    Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:28:04 GMT&#xD;&#xA;    Expires: -1&#xD;&#xA;    Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1&#xD;&#xA;    Server: gws&#xD;&#xA;    Transfer-Encoding: chunked&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    [....]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.circlemud.org/~jelson/software/tcpflow/" />
  <row Id="38617" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21707" RevisionGUID="48410678-4ce8-49d2-a775-4c438a311a2b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:31:57.757" UserId="1561" Comment="added 246 characters in body; added 16 characters in body" Text="First off, this has been done.  Seriously, the City of Largo in Florida has been running on Linux servers for over 6+ years, supporting hundreds of city employees.   [You can read about their challenges (and successes!) at the City of Largo work blog anytime.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Addressing each question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Software (lack thereof, incompatibility)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More often than not, there is some specific package that has been &quot;grandfathered&quot; into the system in some pseudo-critical role.  At my own work, I can think of at least 2 Microsoft Access databases that would require a complete re-write in a different language with a different set of conditions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * User comfort&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Never underestimate this.  You would not believe the number of end-users that will throw a fit to actually keep the environment they have, no matter how crufty, old, poorly designed, frustrating, or labor-intensive it is.  Seriously.  In fact, the longer the end-user becomes accustomed to the interface, the more resistance they will have to learning a new one, because there is a substantial existing investment of their own time in the interface they already know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Support tools (lack thereof or lack of knowledge in supporting Linux)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think this is an issue.  The environment has been around for so long, and so many admins have tried this on their own time, that there is little (if any) lack of qualified applicants for both junior and senior sysadmin positions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Licensing agreement lock in (hands are tied because you've agreed to a multi-year deal with another OS vendor)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is probably a function of the size of an organization and the amount of software that they purchase.  In those cases where there are few users, per-license or small batches of licenses are purchased on an as-needed basis.  In much larger organizations, it's very tempting to sign a &quot;faustian bargain&quot; to get a 3-year contract covering thousands of desktops at a steeply discounted rate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Some combination of all of the above?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many synergies involved (please do not stone me to death for using that overhyped buzzword...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you were to migrate an organization - of any size - to a pure-play Linux/BSD/OS X platform, I think you would have to cover the following aspects to make a successful transition:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. (a) *External Cultural Inertia (Management).*  Management has been signing over thousands of dollars each year to &quot;buy&quot; something that has tangible value.  Convincing them that they are getting the same value with something that comes free is a hard pitch.  There is a definite psychological link between the sense you've purchased something, and that it has some intrinsic value.  This of course has been fully exploited by the industry for decades and as anyone who shops around knows, &quot;buyer beware&quot;.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. (b) *External Cultural Inertia (End-Users).* Users are a big bundle of mystery waiting to become an explosive backlash of &quot;where's my files&quot;, &quot;I can't click the link&quot;, &quot;this used to work&quot;, and my all-time favorite, &quot;but the button in the toolbar used to be other there, now it's two spots over?&quot;  So many of them have settled into a culture of &quot;don't know, don't care, don't want to go there&quot; that explaining that the summation button in OpenOffice is the same  Excel symbol in a different location is *just not enough*.  They are doing things by muscle-memory and single-step handwritten checklists, and moving something just one pixel too far is asking them to change their world.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. *Internal Cultural Inertia.*  Your existing Windows sysadmins have been weened on multiple-inheritance access control lists, multiple GUI paths leading to the same result, and a habituation to working with &quot;opaque&quot; software that consists of &quot;black box&quot; lumps of code.  Moving them into a culture where the permissions hierarchy is significantly flattened, there are multiple ways to arrive at a result from a (GASP! the horror!) *command line*, and the software is so transparent that they themselves are tempted to modify it, will be a huge culture shock.  Some old-timers may actually be in disbelief that *it is legal to actually copy the same software they are installing on their servers and take it home* (yes, it's true, you can really do that, no really, it's ok, the BSA won't care...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. *Exchange.*  Like it or not, this is one of the bigger stumbling blocks.  **There are so many organizations that are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, *that they will fight to protect it.*  Getting off of Exchange is roughly akin to getting off of crack cocaine.**  I may sound like I say this with levity, but **I say it with all sincerity.**  If you can at least replace the calendaring/free-busy/shared contacts portion of this, then you'll have fought only 80% of your battle.  If you are using shared folders, custom forms, or other mucky-muck, you're pretty much in deep.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. *Microsoft Access.*  This little nugget will cause no end of heart-ache.  Excel, Word, PowerPoint, those are down pat, but Access...Access is the fly trap of file-based database containers.  There are a handful of tools to get the data out, but the key value of Access is not so much its use as a (abet crummy) database container, but rather, the forms, code, and reporting that come with it.  You'll need to replace it with something that can provide forms, code, and reporting in a coherent package.  And there aren't many of those packages around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. *Proprietary one-off software packages.*  If you have one of these, all bets are off.  You know these when you see them, those packages that no-one else has, you paid a bundle of money to a niche vendor with no competitors, the software requires specific (outdated) versions of additional libraries, it is typically poorly written, crashes often, and the end-users are delighted that they can now click a button and it makes magic reports...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://davelargo.blogspot.com/" />
  <row Id="38618" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21715" RevisionGUID="32ba949a-1ac6-420a-bad2-ee3046060a68" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:33:35.520" UserId="7768" Text="Routers don't prioritize handling ICMP to themselves. Pinging a router and getting high latency means nothing (well, not what you want anyway).  What happens if you ping a unix system one router-hop away? Or since we are dealing with 500ms if that **is** the latency then that will show up clearly if you ping anyone on you continent." />
  <row Id="38619" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21669" RevisionGUID="261ea7b6-97cc-4900-a205-a1742b4d8a9b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:34:27.080" UserId="1682" Comment="deleted 7 characters in body" Text="First of all &quot;it seems to use caching stuff I don't need&quot;... what the heck are you talking about? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Complains about cygwin's size are unjustified myths. The base cygwin installation is very minimal and there is no point to trying to make it smaller for yourself. Cygwin has very small memory footprint. Compared to the 20 gb size of vista, my cygwin is 500 mb, 2.5% the size to emulate a completely different operating system and about 5 cents of hard drive space." />
  <row Id="38620" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21716" RevisionGUID="44332333-a141-44fc-a9f1-3fbafb82fc5d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:34:31.353" UserId="1661" Text="One of the projects I am watching intently is [ReactOS][1], which is an open source clone of Windows that is (almost) 100% binary compatible. That means, you can switch to an OS where you have the source code to your kernel, basic OS and most applications while continuing to use MS office, Adobe stuff, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once its fully stable (its close now), the payback is instant, users are familiar with how it works right away .. and you can keep all of your existing applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even though Ubuntu is really advancing, I (as a programmer and systems integrator) have had a hard time selling it as a desktop option to enterprise customers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The question also hinges on where you are geographically.. you would find a much better reception to more Linux based desktops in Asia and parts of Europe than you would in the US (from my experience, anyway).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.reactos.org/en/index.html" />
  <row Id="38621" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21716" RevisionGUID="44332333-a141-44fc-a9f1-3fbafb82fc5d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:34:31.353" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38622" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21717" RevisionGUID="b9546ff2-d74a-4029-aacc-4895c76a0c55" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:36:14.737" UserId="4718" Text="Umm, the roommate is away, the router etc are in his room. It is a locked door.&#xD;&#xA;You flip the power. It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seriously, this is not &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a. A social engineering problem&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;nor&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;b. A network engineering problem&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is a simple, &quot;I need to get into his room and unplug his laptop&quot; engineering problem. If you want to take the brute force approach simply either pop the hinges on his door (assuming that they are on the outside) or just kick it in/pry it open. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that sounds heavy handed but there are times when it boils down to the simplest choice. If you have access to the router admin then yes, disable his machine in there.&#xD;&#xA;If the poster had the knowledge to be able to poison ARP, then they probably wouldn't have been asking this question. (No offense intended)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There were some useful suggestion re: flipping the power/breaker for the house/his room and letting the battery run down, but as for re-routing the coax cable to somewhere else and bringing up another cable modem/router. Come on people &lt;i&gt;this&lt;/i&gt; problem isn't rocket science. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My opinion is that if your roommate is inconsiderate enough that he leaves his torrent client running unrestricted and unthrottled while he isn't there, then someone has to have words with him about fair usage of a shared resource or split the bill differently (this is a bad road to go down unless everyone agrees to it, I think that heavy users of the network should pay more and people that don't use it should pay a nominal amount (couple of dollars a month, literally $2$3 this means that if they do start to use it there has to be another agreement between everyone as to proportional usage). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, all of my points are based on the assumption that it is a shared internet bill. If he's the guy paying for the bandwidth then he can use it whatever way he wants. If this is the case then suck it up and be glad he doesn't just switch it off when he's not there." />
  <row Id="38623" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21717" RevisionGUID="b9546ff2-d74a-4029-aacc-4895c76a0c55" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:36:14.737" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38624" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21685" RevisionGUID="5b5bc0cc-f6f5-4279-a123-10aced700e7b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:37:17.603" UserId="8675" Comment="added 521 characters in body; added 625 characters in body" Text="Its worth a shot, but I'd assume the reason they charge so much for extra RAM is because they have a corner on the market, and therefore can get away with it. Since you don't have access to the box, and are most likely going to need more ram, they can get away with charging so much for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Much like a crack dealer giving you the first little bit on the cheap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your also asking them to let you introduce an unknown quantity into their systems. How do they know you haven't done some sort of crazy NSA hacking on those ram chips so you can break into their network. (Ok, thats pretty far fetched, but I hope you see what I'm trying to say).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In response to the other answer&#xD;&#xA;&quot;You'd be doing them a favor to let them know a valid concern you have as a customer. You'd be finding out if they value their customers. Go for it.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thats about the same as suggesting I go complain to the oil companies because of the price of gas. Their making tons of profit, raking in the dough by charging the customer for what they can't do themselves (pump and refine oil into gas). OF COURSE they know their screwing you, and their laughing all the way to the bank about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The server hosting company in question is doing something you can't, host a server in a big fat pipe. I'm sure you could go lease an OC3 and host one yourself if you want 5 more gigs of ram in your machine...but 5 more gigs is what, 125$ a month...vs how much is an OC3 lease? Back to my example of the oil companies: You could go buy an oil derrick and a refinery, but are you really going to save any money for just hosting one machine? Nope. ANd thats where this (and every other) hosting company has you over a barrel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its worth a shot, but I'm sure they know what their doing when it comes to their pricing model." />
  <row Id="38625" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21707" RevisionGUID="be1d14a0-36a9-4391-b834-5807b66e2875" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:38:43.250" UserId="1561" Comment="added 384 characters in body; deleted 8 characters in body; added 255 characters in body; deleted 8 characters in body" Text="First off, this has been done.  Seriously, the City of Largo in Florida has been running on Linux servers for over 6+ years, supporting hundreds of city employees.   [You can read about their challenges (and successes!) at the City of Largo work blog anytime.][1]  This is hardly a new topic, either.  [You can even buy a book on this subject and read up on what to expect][2] (keep in mind that the book is several years old, and many references are probably out-of-date).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Addressing each question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Software (lack thereof, incompatibility)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More often than not, there is some specific package that has been &quot;grandfathered&quot; into the system in some pseudo-critical role.  At my own work, I can think of at least 2 Microsoft Access databases that would require a complete re-write in a different language with a different set of conditions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * User comfort&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Never underestimate this.  You would not believe the number of end-users that will throw a fit to actually keep the environment they have, no matter how crufty, old, poorly designed, frustrating, or labor-intensive it is.  Seriously.  In fact, the longer the end-user becomes accustomed to the interface, the more resistance they will have to learning a new one, because there is a substantial existing investment of their own time in the interface they already know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Support tools (lack thereof or lack of knowledge in supporting Linux)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think this is an issue.  The environment has been around for so long, and so many admins have tried this on their own time, that there is little (if any) lack of qualified applicants for both junior and senior sysadmin positions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Licensing agreement lock in (hands are tied because you've agreed to a multi-year deal with another OS vendor)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is probably a function of the size of an organization and the amount of software that they purchase.  In those cases where there are few users, per-license or small batches of licenses are purchased on an as-needed basis.  In much larger organizations, it's very tempting to sign a &quot;faustian bargain&quot; to get a 3-year contract covering thousands of desktops at a steeply discounted rate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Some combination of all of the above?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many synergies involved (please do not stone me to death for using that overhyped buzzword...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you were to migrate an organization - of any size - to a pure-play Linux/BSD/OS X platform, I think you would have to cover the following aspects to make a successful transition:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. *External Cultural Inertia (Management).*  Management has been signing over thousands of dollars each year to &quot;buy&quot; something that has tangible value.  Convincing them that they are getting the same value with something that comes free is a hard pitch.  There is a definite psychological link between the sense you've purchased something, and that it has some intrinsic value.  This of course has been fully exploited by the industry for decades and as anyone who shops around knows, &quot;buyer beware&quot;.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. *External Cultural Inertia (End-Users).* Users are a big bundle of mystery waiting to become an explosive backlash of &quot;where's my files&quot;, &quot;I can't click the link&quot;, &quot;this used to work&quot;, and my all-time favorite, &quot;but the button in the toolbar used to be other there, now it's two spots over?&quot;  So many of them have settled into a culture of &quot;don't know, don't care, don't want to go there&quot; that explaining that the summation button in OpenOffice is the same  Excel symbol in a different location is *just not enough*.  They are doing things by muscle-memory and single-step handwritten checklists, and moving something just one pixel too far is asking them to change their world.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. *Internal Cultural Inertia.*  Your existing Windows sysadmins have been weened on multiple-inheritance access control lists, multiple GUI paths leading to the same result, and a habituation to working with &quot;opaque&quot; software that consists of &quot;black box&quot; lumps of code.  Moving them into a culture where the permissions hierarchy is significantly flattened, there are multiple ways to arrive at a result from a (GASP! the horror!) *command line*, and the software is so transparent that they themselves are tempted to modify it, will be a huge culture shock.  Some old-timers may actually be in disbelief that *it is legal to actually copy the same software they are installing on their servers and take it home* (yes, it's true, you can really do that, no really, it's ok, the BSA won't care...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. *Exchange.*  Like it or not, this is one of the bigger stumbling blocks.  **There are so many organizations that are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, *that they will fight to protect it.*  Getting off of Exchange is roughly akin to getting off of crack cocaine.**  I may sound like I say this with levity, but **I say it with all sincerity.**  If you can at least replace the calendaring/free-busy/shared contacts portion of this, then you'll have fought only 80% of your battle.  If you are using shared folders, custom forms, or other mucky-muck, you're pretty much in deep.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. *Microsoft Access.*  This little nugget will cause no end of heart-ache.  Excel, Word, PowerPoint, those are down pat, but Access...Access is the fly trap of file-based database containers.  There are a handful of tools to get the data out, but the key value of Access is not so much its use as a (abet crummy) database container, but rather, the forms, code, and reporting that come with it.  You'll need to replace it with something that can provide forms, code, and reporting in a coherent package.  And there aren't many of those packages around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 6. *ActiveX.*  This is a ticking time bomb.  Any internally-deployed site within a large organization that uses ActiveX has pretty much fused themselves to a Windows platform, for better or worse.  By the way, ActiveX often implies that you'll also contend with...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 7. *Internet Explorer.*  For anyone who remembers the bad old days (version 6 and prior), enough said.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 8. *Proprietary one-off software packages.*  If you have one of these, all bets are off.  You know these when you see them, those packages that no-one else has, you paid a bundle of money to a niche vendor with no competitors, the software requires specific (outdated) versions of additional libraries, it is typically poorly written, crashes often, and the end-users are delighted that they can now click a button and it makes magic reports...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://davelargo.blogspot.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.winface.com/abtdef.html" />
  <row Id="38626" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21718" RevisionGUID="369d9eba-92ee-4c7f-92ab-58309b1dc3fc" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:38:56.993" UserId="1661" Text="Pings are accurate only as far as ICMP is left to its defaults on their end, even then its really only an indication that something is alive and connected to the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ICMP is (almost) _never_ left to its defaults and is sometimes ignored completely. If you want a better test, set up a simple echoreply service on your server then measure the round trip time for a packet filling {insert frame size here}.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38627" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21719" RevisionGUID="00996961-0ea6-439b-9164-6f8e9a5ecfeb" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:41:22.480" UserId="3346" Text="(Edit: I know you're under Windows, but I wrote this for completeness)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Real men use cat(1) instead of dd(1) ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat /dev/fd0 &gt; floppy.img&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember that under Linux you can always use your floppy image without resorting to fossil media&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mkdir /mnt/floppy; mount -oloop floppy.img /mnt/floppy" />
  <row Id="38628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21720" RevisionGUID="dc998015-bf6b-42c8-b8af-e27d3e9438bd" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:42:55.330" UserId="7936" Text="It's possible that it isn't actually apache that takes so long for the request to serve but that you run into some other limit already defined in the OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have a look at what netstat gives you about the number of accepted connections, it's very well possible that you will find large differences in the number of requests apache sees (and thus is serving within the time frame apache knows about) and the number of requests the OS already could take care about.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netstat -tulpen&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;may be of help here. Also have a look at what sysctl tells you about the limits, or maybe even iptables.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sorry I can't remember any details since it's been quite a while since I ran into such issues." />
  <row Id="38629" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21707" RevisionGUID="1a0e89c3-5d2b-4f6c-a00b-3a28f4f48fae" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:45:12.270" UserId="1561" Comment="deleted 107 characters in body" Text="First off, this has been done.  Seriously, the City of Largo in Florida has been running on Linux servers for over 6+ years, supporting hundreds of city employees.   [You can read about their challenges (and successes!) at the City of Largo work blog anytime.][1]  This is hardly a new topic, either.  [You can even buy a book on this subject and read up on what to expect][2] (keep in mind that the book is several years old, and many references are probably out-of-date).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Addressing each question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Software (lack thereof, incompatibility)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More often than not, there is some specific package that has been &quot;grandfathered&quot; into the system in some pseudo-critical role.  At my own work, I can think of at least 2 Microsoft Access databases that would require a complete re-write in a different language with a different set of conditions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * User comfort&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Never underestimate this.  You would not believe the number of end-users that will throw a fit to actually keep the environment they have, no matter how crufty, old, poorly designed, frustrating, or labor-intensive it is.  Seriously.  In fact, the longer the end-user becomes accustomed to the interface, the more resistance they will have to learning a new one, because there is a substantial existing investment of their own time in the interface they already know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Support tools (lack thereof or lack of knowledge in supporting Linux)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think this is an issue.  The environment has been around for so long, and so many admins have tried this on their own time, that there is little (if any) lack of qualified applicants for both junior and senior sysadmin positions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Licensing agreement lock in (hands are tied because you've agreed to a multi-year deal with another OS vendor)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is probably a function of the size of an organization and the amount of software that they purchase.  In those cases where there are few users, per-license or small batches of licenses are purchased on an as-needed basis.  In much larger organizations, it's very tempting to sign a &quot;faustian bargain&quot; to get a 3-year contract covering thousands of desktops at a steeply discounted rate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Some combination of all of the above?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many synergies involved (please do not stone me to death for using that overhyped buzzword...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you were to migrate an organization - of any size - to a pure-play Linux/BSD/OS X platform, I think you would have to cover the following aspects to make a successful transition:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. *External Cultural Inertia (Management).*  Management has been signing over thousands of dollars each year to &quot;buy&quot; something that has tangible value.  Convincing them that they are getting the same value with something that comes free is a hard pitch.  There is a definite psychological link between the sense you've purchased something, and that it has some intrinsic value.  This of course has been fully exploited by the industry for decades and as anyone who shops around knows, &quot;buyer beware&quot;.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. *External Cultural Inertia (End-Users).* Users are a big bundle of mystery waiting to become an explosive backlash of &quot;where's my files&quot;, &quot;I can't click the link&quot;, &quot;this used to work&quot;, and my all-time favorite, &quot;but the button in the toolbar used to be other there, now it's two spots over?&quot;  So many of them have settled into a culture of &quot;don't know, don't care, don't want to go there&quot; that explaining that the summation button in OpenOffice is the same  Excel symbol in a different location is *just not enough*.  They are doing things by muscle-memory and single-step handwritten checklists, and moving something just one pixel too far is asking them to change their world.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. *Internal Cultural Inertia.*  Your existing Windows sysadmins have been weened on multiple-inheritance access control lists, multiple GUI paths leading to the same result, and a habituation to working with &quot;opaque&quot; software that consists of &quot;black box&quot; lumps of code.  Moving them into a culture where the permissions hierarchy is significantly flattened, there are multiple ways to arrive at a result from a (GASP! the horror!) *command line*, and the software is so transparent that they themselves are tempted to modify it, will be a huge culture shock.  Some old-timers may actually be in disbelief that *it is legal to actually copy the same software they are installing on their servers and take it home* (yes, it's true, you can really do that, no really, it's ok, the BSA won't care...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. *Exchange.* **Getting off of Exchange is roughly akin to getting off of crack cocaine.  There are so many organizations that are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, *that they will fight to protect it.*   I say this with all sincerity.**  If you can at least replace the calendaring/free-busy/shared contacts portion of this, then you'll have fought only half of your battle.  If you are using shared folders, custom forms, or other mucky-muck, you're pretty much in deep.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. *Microsoft Access.*  This little nugget will cause no end of heart-ache.  Excel, Word, PowerPoint, those are down pat, but Access...Access is the fly trap of file-based database containers.  There are a handful of tools to get the data out, but the key value of Access is not so much its use as a (abet crummy) database container, but rather, the forms, code, and reporting that come with it.  You'll need to replace it with something that can provide forms, code, and reporting in a coherent package.  And there aren't many of those packages around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 6. *ActiveX.*  This is a ticking time bomb.  Any internally-deployed site within a large organization that uses ActiveX has pretty much fused themselves to a Windows platform, for better or worse.  By the way, ActiveX often implies that you'll also contend with...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 7. *Internet Explorer.*  For anyone who remembers the bad old days (version 6 and prior), enough said.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 8. *Proprietary one-off software packages.*  If you have one of these, all bets are off.  You know these when you see them, those packages that no-one else has, you paid a bundle of money to a niche vendor with no competitors, the software requires specific (outdated) versions of additional libraries, it is typically poorly written, crashes often, and the end-users are delighted that they can now click a button and it makes magic reports...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://davelargo.blogspot.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.winface.com/abtdef.html" />
  <row Id="38630" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21721" RevisionGUID="638c4abf-f0f3-4382-9ac2-08a928c52773" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:46:01.720" UserId="7936" Text="You might also want to try mtr (mtr-tiny is a nice package I have on every server).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will give you details about all the hops that are between you and the target. Give it a try." />
  <row Id="38631" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21722" RevisionGUID="78c30057-344e-41b5-ba2d-a6b549448f87" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:47:07.147" UserId="4718" Text="Some people appear to be under the assumption that it is easy to swap out the hardware on whatever platform this person is using. It may very well be that 500MB is actually a large amount of space to sacrifice if they are perhaps using a CF adapter and a 4GB card to run windows on a netbook or similar. Or they may be installing it to a virtual image and this extra information means the difference between it fitting on a DVD unzipped or having to span multiple DVDS and dealing with the issues that come with that, especially if it is being sent to a client that isn't particularly technical for example; In-house training material for the application your company develops. Having one defined image that is the same for all trainees works wonders, makes the environments homogenous and makes the trainer's life easier. Virtual images are a simple way to do this in most situations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Solve the problem that the user asked about or ask them a question to get more information.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**POTENTIAL SOLUTION:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When installing Cygwin, on the screen where it asks you where to store your packages, point it at a specific location, say c:\Cygwin\Packages. &#xD;&#xA;Install as normal, run it to check that it operates correctly. Delete the folder the packages are stored in, if required for updates Cygwin will download it again, not the most effective use of bandwidth but depending on your requirements it may be better than keeping the cache locally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option is to install these packages, but the first time you do it, save the packages to another location like a USB drive, then if you have to do " />
  <row Id="38632" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21723" RevisionGUID="b642c0e7-2bfb-476f-af39-4d0ea8213b5b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:48:23.777" UserId="45" Text="Manipulate the `OnBeforeRequest` function using the following syntax:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if (!oSession.HostnameIs(&quot;domainIcareabout.com&quot;) &amp;&amp;&#xD;&#xA;            !oSession.HostnameIs(&quot;anotherDomainIcareabout.com&quot;))&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;        oSession[&quot;ui-hide&quot;] = &quot;Hiding other domains&quot;; // String value not important&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This page][1] on fiddlertool.com contains some script samples. Search for *&quot;Hide requests to domains except those I care about&quot;*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.fiddlertool.com/Fiddler/dev/ScriptSamples.asp" />
  <row Id="38633" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21724" RevisionGUID="93cf1a9a-bef4-4f09-b9cd-43199f0e9c91" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:49:16.973" UserId="1661" Text="I am a programmer and senior admin/integrator. To work where I do, you need to know the following things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How to write shell scripts (POSIX, no Bashisms), a little Perl, a little Python&#xD;&#xA; - Basic C (Single UNIX specification)&#xD;&#xA; - How to install a compiler tool chain&#xD;&#xA; - How to build libraries and other OSS projects from source&#xD;&#xA; - What [Valgrind][1] is and how to use it to spot memory leaks&#xD;&#xA; - How to roll .rpm and .deb packages&#xD;&#xA; - While we don't _require_ it, a little PHP and a little LISP won't hurt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of the junior admins can look at one of our programmers and say (with authority), yes, I installed it correctly, here's where you have a leak which is why the code you just pushed is breaking. Or &quot;No, its _not_ our version of MySQL, look at your query here ...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think we're kind of different, when we hire a gifted administrator .. we half way expect for them to (eventually) find their way to programming, even if its just hacking something we use to work the way they need it to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In summary, being well rounded is _never_ going to hurt you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://valgrind.org" />
  <row Id="38634" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21724" RevisionGUID="93cf1a9a-bef4-4f09-b9cd-43199f0e9c91" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:49:16.973" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38635" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21707" RevisionGUID="a7c2b867-0b8c-4d53-b306-32c726283b5b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T06:51:11.913" UserId="1561" Comment="added 354 characters in body" Text="First off, this has been done.  Seriously, the City of Largo in Florida has been running on Linux servers for over 6+ years, supporting hundreds of city employees.   [You can read about their challenges (and successes!) at the City of Largo work blog anytime.][1]  This is hardly a new topic, either.  [You can even buy a book on this subject and read up on what to expect][2] (keep in mind that the book is several years old, and many references are probably out-of-date).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Addressing each question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Software (lack thereof, incompatibility)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More often than not, there is some specific package that has been &quot;grandfathered&quot; into the system in some pseudo-critical role.  At my own work, I can think of at least 2 Microsoft Access databases that would require a complete re-write in a different language with a different set of conditions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * User comfort&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Never underestimate this.  You would not believe the number of end-users that will throw a fit to actually keep the environment they have, no matter how crufty, old, poorly designed, frustrating, or labor-intensive it is.  Seriously.  In fact, the longer the end-user becomes accustomed to the interface, the more resistance they will have to learning a new one, because there is a substantial existing investment of their own time in the interface they already know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Support tools (lack thereof or lack of knowledge in supporting Linux)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think this is an issue.  The environment has been around for so long, and so many admins have tried this on their own time, that there is little (if any) lack of qualified applicants for both junior and senior sysadmin positions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Licensing agreement lock in (hands are tied because you've agreed to a multi-year deal with another OS vendor)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is probably a function of the size of an organization and the amount of software that they purchase.  In those cases where there are few users, per-license or small batches of licenses are purchased on an as-needed basis.  In much larger organizations, it's very tempting to sign a &quot;faustian bargain&quot; to get a 3-year contract covering thousands of desktops at a steeply discounted rate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Some combination of all of the above?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many synergies involved (please do not stone me to death for using that overhyped buzzword...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you were to migrate an organization - of any size - to a pure-play Linux/BSD/OS X platform, I think you would have to cover the following aspects to make a successful transition:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. *External Cultural Inertia (Management).*  Management has been signing over thousands of dollars each year to &quot;buy&quot; something that has tangible value.  Convincing them that they are getting the same value with something that comes free is a hard pitch.  There is a definite psychological link between the sense you've purchased something, and that it has some intrinsic value.  This of course has been fully exploited by the industry for decades and as anyone who shops around knows, &quot;buyer beware&quot;.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. *External Cultural Inertia (End-Users).* Users are a big bundle of mystery waiting to become an explosive backlash of &quot;where's my files&quot;, &quot;I can't click the link&quot;, &quot;this used to work&quot;, &quot;my printer settings didn't come back&quot; (true OpenOffice story from the 1.x days), and my all-time favorite, &quot;but the button in the toolbar used to be other there, now it's here?  I can never find anything!&quot;  So many of them have settled into a culture of &quot;don't know, don't care, don't want to go there&quot; that explaining that the summation button in OpenOffice is the same  Excel symbol in a different location is *just not enough*.  They are doing things by muscle-memory and single-step handwritten checklists, and moving something just one pixel too far is asking them to change their world.  If your organization is &quot;young&quot;, or you have fluid staffing requirements, you can probably get away from this headache.  If it's established, with employees that have been around for years (or decades!) then you're going to encounter fierce resistance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. *Internal Cultural Inertia.*  Your existing Windows sysadmins have been weened on multiple-inheritance access control lists, multiple GUI paths leading to the same result, and a habituation to working with &quot;opaque&quot; software that consists of &quot;black box&quot; lumps of code.  Moving them into a culture where the permissions hierarchy is significantly flattened, there are multiple ways to arrive at a result from a (GASP! the horror!) *command line*, and the software is so transparent that they themselves are tempted to modify it, will be a huge culture shock.  Some old-timers may actually be in disbelief that *it is legal to actually copy the same software they are installing on their servers and take it home* (yes, it's true, you can really do that, no really, it's ok, the BSA won't care...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. *Exchange.* **Getting off of Exchange is roughly akin to getting off of crack cocaine.  There are so many organizations that are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, *that they will fight to protect it.*   I say this with all sincerity.**  If you can at least replace the calendaring/free-busy/shared contacts portion of this, then you'll have fought only half of your battle.  If you are using shared folders, custom forms, or other mucky-muck, you're pretty much in deep.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. *Microsoft Access.*  This little nugget will cause no end of heart-ache.  Excel, Word, PowerPoint, those are down pat, but Access...Access is the fly trap of file-based database containers.  There are a handful of tools to get the data out, but the key value of Access is not so much its use as a (abet crummy) database container, but rather, the forms, code, and reporting that come with it.  You'll need to replace it with something that can provide forms, code, and reporting in a coherent package.  And there aren't many of those packages around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 6. *ActiveX.*  This is a ticking time bomb.  Any internally-deployed site within a large organization that uses ActiveX has pretty much fused themselves to a Windows platform, for better or worse.  By the way, ActiveX often implies that you'll also contend with...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 7. *Internet Explorer.*  For anyone who remembers the bad old days (version 6 and prior), enough said.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 8. *Proprietary one-off software packages.*  If you have one of these, all bets are off.  You know these when you see them, those packages that no-one else has, you paid a bundle of money to a niche vendor with no competitors, the software requires specific (outdated) versions of additional libraries, it is typically poorly written, crashes often, and the end-users are delighted that they can now click a button and it makes magic reports...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://davelargo.blogspot.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.winface.com/abtdef.html" />
  <row Id="38636" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21725" RevisionGUID="0d19d4c9-1bee-4012-bee5-33acf1e67424" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:00:13.033" UserId="6177" Text="We do four things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Register all domains with one registrar (also get SSL certs from them).&#xD;&#xA;- Pay for multiple years at once.&#xD;&#xA;- Synchronize renewal dates as much as possible.&#xD;&#xA;- Log in and check our account with the registrar every couple of months.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And there's one overarching thing we do to keep domain registrations under control: deal with a registrar who charges a bit more but has real, helpful people working for them and able to help us.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We got connected to the Internet back before the boom when the &quot;registrar&quot; for Canada was one guy who worked at the University of British Columbia.  When registration became a big business, Webnames.ca was set up at the University and took over as the original registrar for Canada.  So we've dealt with them from the beginning and even for a small number of domains were assigned a rep who we could call for any unusual requests or emergencies." />
  <row Id="38637" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21707" RevisionGUID="96db3c79-3480-4d83-86f8-a0917e7d3252" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:00:57.230" UserId="1561" Comment="added 563 characters in body" Text="First off, this has been done.  Seriously, the City of Largo in Florida has been running on Linux servers for over 6+ years, supporting hundreds of city employees.   [You can read about their challenges (and successes!) at the City of Largo work blog anytime.][1]  This is hardly a new topic, either.  [You can even buy a book on this subject and read up on what to expect][2] (keep in mind that the book is several years old, and many references are probably out-of-date).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Addressing each question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Software (lack thereof, incompatibility)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More often than not, there is some specific package that has been &quot;grandfathered&quot; into the system in some pseudo-critical role.  At my own work, I can think of at least 2 Microsoft Access databases that would require a complete re-write in a different language with a different set of conditions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * User comfort&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Never underestimate this.  You would not believe the number of end-users that will throw a fit to actually keep the environment they have, no matter how crufty, old, poorly designed, frustrating, or labor-intensive it is.  Seriously.  In fact, the longer the end-user becomes accustomed to the interface, the more resistance they will have to learning a new one, because there is a substantial existing investment of their own time in the interface they already know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Support tools (lack thereof or lack of knowledge in supporting Linux)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think this is an issue.  The environment has been around for so long, and so many admins have tried this on their own time, that there is little (if any) lack of qualified applicants for both junior and senior sysadmin positions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Licensing agreement lock in (hands are tied because you've agreed to a multi-year deal with another OS vendor)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is probably a function of the size of an organization and the amount of software that they purchase.  In those cases where there are few users, per-license or small batches of licenses are purchased on an as-needed basis.  In much larger organizations, it's very tempting to sign a &quot;faustian bargain&quot; to get a 3-year contract covering thousands of desktops at a steeply discounted rate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Some combination of all of the above?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many synergies involved (please do not stone me to death for using that overhyped buzzword...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you were to migrate an organization - of any size - to a pure-play Linux/BSD/OS X platform, I think you would have to cover the following aspects to make a successful transition:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. *External Cultural Inertia (Management).*  Management has been signing over thousands of dollars each year to &quot;buy&quot; something that has tangible value.  Convincing them that they are getting the same value with something that comes free is a hard pitch.  There is a definite psychological link between the sense you've purchased something, and that it has some intrinsic value.  This of course has been fully exploited by the industry for decades and as anyone who shops around knows, &quot;buyer beware&quot;.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. *External Cultural Inertia (End-Users).* Users are a big bundle of mystery waiting to become an explosive backlash of &quot;where's my files&quot;, &quot;I can't click the link&quot;, &quot;this used to work&quot;, &quot;my printer settings didn't come back&quot; (true OpenOffice story from the 1.x days), and my all-time favorite, &quot;but the button in the toolbar used to be other there, now it's here?  I can never find anything!&quot;  So many of them have settled into a culture of &quot;don't know, don't care, don't want to go there&quot; that explaining that the summation button in OpenOffice is the same  Excel symbol in a different location is *just not enough*.  They are doing things by muscle-memory and single-step handwritten checklists, and moving something just one pixel too far is asking them to change their world.  If your organization is &quot;young&quot;, or you have fluid staffing requirements, you can probably get away from this headache.  If it's established, with employees that have been around for years (or decades!) then you're going to encounter fierce resistance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. *Internal Cultural Inertia.*  Your existing Windows sysadmins have been weened on multiple-inheritance access control lists, multiple GUI paths leading to the same result, and a habituation to working with &quot;opaque&quot; software that consists of &quot;black box&quot; lumps of code.  Moving them into a culture where the permissions hierarchy is significantly flattened, there are multiple ways to arrive at a result from a (GASP! the horror!) *command line*, and the software is so transparent that they themselves are tempted to modify it, will be a huge culture shock.  Some old-timers may actually be in disbelief that *it is legal to actually copy the same software they are installing on their servers and take it home* (yes, it's true, you can really do that, no really, it's ok, the BSA won't care...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. *Exchange.* **Getting off of Exchange is roughly akin to getting off of crack cocaine.  There are so many organizations that are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, *that they will fight to protect it.*   I say this with all sincerity.**  If you can at least replace the calendaring/free-busy/shared contacts portion of this, then you'll have fought only half of your battle.  If you are using shared folders, custom forms, or other mucky-muck, you're pretty much in deep.  Email, no matter how old it gets, still remains one of the silent killer apps of the internet - why else would you interface just about everything else - *including websites* - to such an archaic technology?  Fuse this with irreplaceable contact information, and a TODO list about a mile long that is *critical to keeping your job*, and you suddenly realize that Exchange has your organization tightly held by the (censored-to-avoid-offensive-posting-votes).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. *Microsoft Access.*  This little nugget will cause no end of heart-ache.  Excel, Word, PowerPoint, those are down pat, but Access...Access is the fly trap of file-based database containers.  There are a handful of tools to get the data out, but the key value of Access is not so much its use as a (abet crummy) database container, but rather, the forms, code, and reporting that come with it.  You'll need to replace it with something that can provide forms, code, and reporting in a coherent package.  And there aren't many of those packages around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 6. *ActiveX.*  This is a ticking time bomb.  Any internally-deployed site within a large organization that uses ActiveX has pretty much fused themselves to a Windows platform, for better or worse.  By the way, ActiveX often implies that you'll also contend with...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 7. *Internet Explorer.*  For anyone who remembers the bad old days (version 6 and prior), enough said.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 8. *Proprietary one-off software packages.*  If you have one of these, all bets are off.  You know these when you see them, those packages that no-one else has, you paid a bundle of money to a niche vendor with no competitors, the software requires specific (outdated) versions of additional libraries, it is typically poorly written, crashes often, and the end-users are delighted that they can now click a button and it makes magic reports...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the end, it's not about &quot;superior technology&quot; or &quot;return on investment&quot;.  It's about people.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://davelargo.blogspot.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.winface.com/abtdef.html" />
  <row Id="38638" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21726" RevisionGUID="6db53ec4-cb97-4cf0-9919-a5770d3747c4" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:05:18.453" UserId="326" Text="You might want to look into [Pacemaker][1]. This is a cluster manager on top of [heartbeat][2] or OpenAIS, which can monitor and manage (i.e. start/stop) resources over multiple nodes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://clusterlabs.org/wiki/Main_Page&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.linux-ha.org/" />
  <row Id="38639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21727" RevisionGUID="85b10fb0-b1eb-4dd5-b96f-4d4f93ab575c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:08:12.283" UserId="1134" Text="With the latest javascript vulnerabilities in Adobe reader, I've been thinking of moving the network I'm in charge of to a different product for PDF reading on Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ideal PDF reader should be something that is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Small in size (Adobe reader is more than 200MB these days).&#xD;&#xA; - Secure.&#xD;&#xA; - Nice looking interface.&#xD;&#xA; - Not bloated with features (I just want to read PDFs, that's it).&#xD;&#xA; - Does not install any toolbars/unwanted add ons.&#xD;&#xA; - Does not display any ads while viewing PDFs.&#xD;&#xA; - Preferably Open Source. (this pretty much ensures no ads).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Idealy , something like [evince][1] from gnome, will be the best option, but unfortunately  that's not available on Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Foxit][2] is an option, as it is small, and has a nice interface. But it still has javascript enabled by default which might lead to vulnerabilities - and it installs a toolbar , and displays ads while reading PDFs which is distracting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a site dedicated to Open Source PDF readers, [pdfreaders.org][3],  however, the Windows pdf readers each have their problems, mostly the interface is not as convenient (as evince, adobe or foxit).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What Windows PDF reader would you recommend ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://projects.gnome.org/evince/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://pdfreaders.org/" />
  <row Id="38640" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21727" RevisionGUID="85b10fb0-b1eb-4dd5-b96f-4d4f93ab575c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:08:12.283" UserId="1134" Text="Open Source PDF reader for windows as an alternative to Adobe reader" />
  <row Id="38641" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21727" RevisionGUID="85b10fb0-b1eb-4dd5-b96f-4d4f93ab575c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:08:12.283" UserId="1134" Text="&lt;pdf&gt;&lt;deploy&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;adobe&gt;" />
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  <row Id="38643" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21728" RevisionGUID="08e47a14-a0af-4e3a-bb9c-9b181a2b8fe0" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:08:16.060" UserId="6383" Text="[PingPlotter](http://www.pingplottercom) will give you graphs of traceroute data over time so you can see exactly where and at what time you are getting problems." />
  <row Id="38644" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21729" RevisionGUID="cd040527-cf59-444d-80a0-56cc104f6f7e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:09:05.777" UserId="5038" Text="The total contents of my &quot;alias list&quot; is:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've spent enough time fixing unix machines I don't &quot;normally&quot; work with (one of the downsides of having been in-house unix admin for a software house, you end up on customer sites, A Lot) that the first thing I do is to &quot;unalias -a&quot;, just so that any alias the normal production admin have don't happen to interact with a mis-spelling, after that it's too much hassle to customise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This has carried over into my normal usage, too." />
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  <row Id="38646" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21730" RevisionGUID="25b773fe-3edf-4402-a362-bd1560ef8e2a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:11:39.733" UserId="4718" Text="&lt;body&gt;Hi All, &#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to restore our Active directory infrastructure from System State backups. This normally isn't a problem but I'm trying to do it onto a Hyper-V based server while the backup &quot;source&quot; is a physical machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've managed to get around the HAL problem by copying the HAL file from the source server after performing the active directory restore (when the kernel32.dll would have changed) and bringing up the windows server 2003 recovery console, then replacing the current HAL.dll in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This worked and allowed Windows to boot, BUT when booting into normal startup I get the following error message &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Directory Services could not start because of the following error:&#xD;&#xA;The specified network password is not correct. Error Status:&#xD;&#xA;0xc000006a. Please click OK to shutdown this system and reboot&#xD;&#xA;into Directory Services Restore Mode, check the event log for more &#xD;&#xA;detailed information.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;I am trying to restore from/to WIndows Server 2003 R2 SP1 with all the latest hotfixes.&#xD;&#xA;I am restoring from a P4HT based uniprocessor HAL to the same (specified processor type in System Center Virtual Machine Manager).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It has the same hard drive layout (one physical drive with one partition)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The backup file is only a few days old and therefore does not exceed the tombstone lifetime for the domain that is being restored.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My gut instinct tells me that I'm fairly close to a successful restore but that I am missing something fundamental.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope you guys can help.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/body&gt;" />
  <row Id="38647" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21730" RevisionGUID="25b773fe-3edf-4402-a362-bd1560ef8e2a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:11:39.733" UserId="4718" Text="Active Directory Restore Woes 0xc000006a" />
  <row Id="38648" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21730" RevisionGUID="25b773fe-3edf-4402-a362-bd1560ef8e2a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:11:39.733" UserId="4718" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;msvirtualserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="38649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21731" RevisionGUID="4ebec565-ce7c-4419-8387-23b87b22c839" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:12:16.927" UserId="7709" Text="It might sound odd, but how about an old version of Adobe Reader, back when it was called Acrobat Reader? v6 can open pretty much all PDFs (except the ones with the fanciest features), it's small, and fast..." />
  <row Id="38650" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21731" RevisionGUID="4ebec565-ce7c-4419-8387-23b87b22c839" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:12:16.927" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38651" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21707" RevisionGUID="3faea5c6-1567-4a99-bf5a-b785c00b5c4c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:14:41.477" UserId="1561" Comment="added 348 characters in body" Text="First off, **this has been done.**  Seriously, the City of Largo in Florida has been running on Linux servers for over 6+ years, supporting hundreds of city employees.   [You can read about their challenges (and successes!) at the City of Largo work blog anytime.][1]  This is hardly a new topic, either.  [You can even buy a book on this subject and read up on what to expect][2] (keep in mind that the book is several years old, and many references are probably out-of-date).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Addressing each question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Software (lack thereof, incompatibility)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More often than not, there is some specific package that has been &quot;grandfathered&quot; into the system in some pseudo-critical role.  At my own work, I can think of at least 2 Microsoft Access databases that would require a complete re-write in a different language with a different set of conditions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for &quot;lack thereof&quot;, that's a function of how deep a niche role some software package will play...read my responses below...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * User comfort&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Never underestimate this.  You would not believe the number of end-users that will throw a fit to actually keep the environment they have, no matter how crufty, old, poorly designed, frustrating, or labor-intensive it is.  Seriously.  In fact, the longer the end-user becomes accustomed to the interface, the more resistance they will have to learning a new one, because there is a substantial existing investment of their own time in the interface they already know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Support tools (lack thereof or lack of knowledge in supporting Linux)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think this is an issue. The environment has been around for so long, and so many admins have tried this on their own time, that there is little (if any) lack of qualified applicants for both junior and senior sysadmin positions.  Saying there is a lack of support tools for Linux is roughly akin to saying &quot;I can't Google an answer&quot;.  There were - and still are - [tools from *years* ago][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Licensing agreement lock in (hands are tied because you've agreed to a multi-year deal with another OS vendor)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is probably a function of the size of an organization and the amount of software that they purchase.  In those cases where there are few users, per-license or small batches of licenses are purchased on an as-needed basis.  In much larger organizations, it's very tempting to sign a &quot;faustian bargain&quot; to get a 3-year contract covering thousands of desktops at a steeply discounted rate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Some combination of all of the above?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many synergies involved (please do not stone me to death for using that overhyped buzzword...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you were to migrate an organization - of any size - to a pure-play Linux/BSD/OS X platform, I think you would have to cover the following aspects to make a successful transition:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. *External Cultural Inertia (Management).*  Management has been signing over thousands of dollars each year to &quot;buy&quot; something that has tangible value.  Convincing them that they are getting the same value with something that comes free is a hard pitch.  There is a definite psychological link between the sense you've purchased something, and that it has some intrinsic value.  This of course has been fully exploited by the industry for decades and as anyone who shops around knows, &quot;buyer beware&quot;.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. *External Cultural Inertia (End-Users).* Users are a big bundle of mystery waiting to become an explosive backlash of &quot;where's my files&quot;, &quot;I can't click the link&quot;, &quot;this used to work&quot;, &quot;my printer settings didn't come back&quot; (true OpenOffice story from the 1.x days), and my all-time favorite, &quot;but the button in the toolbar used to be other there, now it's here?  I can never find anything!&quot;  So many of them have settled into a culture of &quot;don't know, don't care, don't want to go there&quot; that explaining that the summation button in OpenOffice is the same  Excel symbol in a different location is *just not enough*.  They are doing things by muscle-memory and single-step handwritten checklists, and moving something just one pixel too far is asking them to change their world.  If your organization is &quot;young&quot;, or you have fluid staffing requirements, you can probably get away from this headache.  If it's established, with employees that have been around for years (or decades!) then you're going to encounter fierce resistance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. *Internal Cultural Inertia.*  Your existing Windows sysadmins have been weened on multiple-inheritance access control lists, multiple GUI paths leading to the same result, and a habituation to working with &quot;opaque&quot; software that consists of &quot;black box&quot; lumps of code.  Moving them into a culture where the permissions hierarchy is significantly flattened, there are multiple ways to arrive at a result from a (GASP! the horror!) *command line*, and the software is so transparent that they themselves are tempted to modify it, will be a huge culture shock.  Some old-timers may actually be in disbelief that *it is legal to actually copy the same software they are installing on their servers and take it home* (yes, it's true, you can really do that, no really, it's ok, the BSA won't care...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. *Exchange.* **Getting off of Exchange is roughly akin to getting off of crack cocaine.  There are so many organizations that are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, *that they will fight to protect it.*   I say this with all sincerity.**  If you can at least replace the calendaring/free-busy/shared contacts portion of this, then you'll have fought only half of your battle.  If you are using shared folders, custom forms, or other mucky-muck, you're pretty much in deep.  Email, no matter how old it gets, still remains one of the silent killer apps of the internet - why else would you interface just about everything else - *including websites* - to such an archaic technology?  Fuse this with irreplaceable contact information, and a TODO list about a mile long that is *critical to keeping your job*, and you suddenly realize that Exchange has your organization tightly held by the (censored-to-avoid-offensive-posting-votes).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. *Microsoft Access.*  This little nugget will cause no end of heart-ache.  Excel, Word, PowerPoint, those are down pat, but Access...Access is the fly trap of file-based database containers.  There are a handful of tools to get the data out, but the key value of Access is not so much its use as a (abet crummy) database container, but rather, the forms, code, and reporting that come with it.  You'll need to replace it with something that can provide forms, code, and reporting in a coherent package.  And there aren't many of those packages around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 6. *ActiveX.*  This is a ticking time bomb.  Any internally-deployed site within a large organization that uses ActiveX has pretty much fused themselves to a Windows platform, for better or worse.  By the way, ActiveX often implies that you'll also contend with...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 7. *Internet Explorer.*  For anyone who remembers the bad old days (version 6 and prior), enough said.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 8. *Proprietary one-off software packages.*  If you have one of these, all bets are off.  You know these when you see them, those packages that no-one else has, you paid a bundle of money to a niche vendor with no competitors, the software requires specific (outdated) versions of additional libraries, it is typically poorly written, crashes often, and the end-users are delighted that they can now click a button and it makes magic reports...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the end, it's not about &quot;superior technology&quot; or &quot;return on investment&quot;.  It's about people.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://davelargo.blogspot.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.winface.com/abtdef.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5918" />
  <row Id="38652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21732" RevisionGUID="1bdf2017-f859-4ab1-87f4-d2c050941ff4" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:15:00.167" UserId="5038" Text="Normally, I'd avoid pinging the default gateway to measure delay. Answering ICMP is about the least-prioritised task that routers do, so all that 500 ms delay means is that the router's busy (may not even be busy routing packets, if lots of people are pinging it, because they think that's a good way of gauging the network). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If at all possible, find a host on the other side of the default gateway and ping that. It gives you a much better idea if there's anything wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the reasons that sort of thing (answering ICMP EHO requests and other non-essential traffic handling) is de-prioritised is to make it harder to cause a denial of service, simply by smurfing the router." />
  <row Id="38653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21733" RevisionGUID="e7b1cc2f-8fda-41a5-851e-5800bccb267c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:18:21.813" UserId="3431" Text="You have quite a few management tools for Xen clusters :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Convirt][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [OpenQRM][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [Enomalism][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Convirt is nice for smaller setups. OpenQRM and Enomalism are for bigger setups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.convirture.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.openqrm.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.enomaly.com/" />
  <row Id="38654" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21734" RevisionGUID="1589fae0-7f10-4ed8-b440-568e1e247c73" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:19:43.337" UserId="5038" Text="This:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  shape average 9000000 36096&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;actually gives your ASA license to burst the the bandwidth you've allocated, if there#s been a suitably quiet period. If you want a guarantee that you never exceed a given bandwidth, using policing is a better option (on the other hand, with policing, any packets that exceed the bandwidth will be dropped instead of delayed)." />
  <row Id="38655" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21735" RevisionGUID="ba0e657a-5bc8-440f-84de-7b0cc28b0a0a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:21:13.773" UserId="7936" Text="nmap with the no ping option?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    nmap -p0 &lt;target&gt; # or was it -P0" />
  <row Id="38656" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21735" RevisionGUID="ba0e657a-5bc8-440f-84de-7b0cc28b0a0a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:21:13.773" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38663" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21727" RevisionGUID="63abb16b-2f49-4852-a9dd-f1ff8a05c30b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:32:27.307" UserId="1134" Comment="detailed the  &quot;Secure&quot; bullet." Text="With the latest javascript vulnerabilities in Adobe reader, I've been thinking of moving the network I'm in charge of to a different product for PDF reading on Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ideal PDF reader should be something that is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Small in size (Adobe reader is more than 200MB these days).&#xD;&#xA; - As secure by default as possible (For example, javascript disabled by default).&#xD;&#xA; - Nice looking and easy to use interface.&#xD;&#xA; - Not bloated with features (I just want to read PDFs, that's it).&#xD;&#xA; - Does not install any toolbars/unwanted add ons/spyware.&#xD;&#xA; - Does not display any ads while viewing PDFs.&#xD;&#xA; - Preferably Open Source. (this pretty much ensures no ads).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Idealy , something like [evince][1] from gnome, will be the best option, but unfortunately  that's not available on Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Foxit][2] is an option, as it is small, and has a nice interface. But it still has javascript enabled by default which might lead to vulnerabilities - and it installs a toolbar , and displays ads while reading PDFs which is distracting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a site dedicated to Open Source PDF readers, [pdfreaders.org][3],  however, the Windows pdf readers each have their problems, mostly the interface is not as convenient (as evince, adobe or foxit).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What Windows PDF reader would you recommend ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://projects.gnome.org/evince/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://pdfreaders.org/" />
  <row Id="38665" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21739" RevisionGUID="d93f30b9-d639-4b89-964a-21edca4b4646" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:33:26.150" UserId="2711" Text="Is the name of the restored server identical to the source server?" />
  <row Id="38666" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21707" RevisionGUID="49aa341f-319f-42a9-b529-14783ef73f62" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:33:46.523" UserId="1561" Comment="added 44 characters in body" Text="First off, **this has been done.**  Seriously, the City of Largo in Florida has been running on Linux servers for over 6+ years, supporting hundreds of city employees.   [You can read about their challenges (and successes!) at the City of Largo work blog anytime.][1]  This is hardly a new topic, either.  [You can even buy a book on this subject and read up on what to expect][2] (keep in mind that the book is several years old, and many references are probably out-of-date).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Addressing each question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Software (lack thereof, incompatibility)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More often than not, there is some specific package that has been &quot;grandfathered&quot; into the system in some pseudo-critical role.  At my own work, I can think of at least 2 Microsoft Access databases that would require a complete re-write in a different language with a different set of conditions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for &quot;lack thereof&quot;, that's a function of how deep a niche role some software package will play...read my responses below...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * User comfort&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Never underestimate this.  You would not believe the number of end-users that will throw a fit to actually keep the environment they have, no matter how crufty, old, poorly designed, frustrating, or labor-intensive it is.  Seriously.  In fact, the longer the end-user becomes accustomed to the interface, the more resistance they will have to learning a new one, because there is a substantial existing investment of their own time in the interface they already know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Support tools (lack thereof or lack of knowledge in supporting Linux)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think this is an issue. The environment has been around for so long, and so many admins have tried this on their own time, that there is little (if any) lack of qualified applicants for both junior and senior sysadmin positions.  Saying there is a lack of support tools for Linux is roughly akin to saying &quot;I can't Google an answer&quot;.  There were - and still are - [tools from *years* ago][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Licensing agreement lock in (hands are tied because you've agreed to a multi-year deal with another OS vendor)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is probably a function of the size of an organization and the amount of software that they purchase.  In those cases where there are few users, per-license or small batches of licenses are purchased on an as-needed basis.  In much larger organizations, it's very tempting to sign a &quot;faustian bargain&quot; to get a 3-year contract covering thousands of desktops at a steeply discounted rate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Some combination of all of the above?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many synergies involved (please do not stone me to death for using that overhyped buzzword...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you were to migrate an organization - of any size - to a pure-play Linux/BSD/OS X platform, I think you would have to cover the following aspects to make a successful transition:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. *External Cultural Inertia (Management).*  Management has been signing over thousands of dollars each year to &quot;buy&quot; something that has tangible value.  Convincing them that they are getting the same value with something that comes free is a hard pitch.  There is a definite psychological link between the sense you've purchased something, and that it has some intrinsic value.  This of course has been fully exploited by the industry for decades and as anyone who shops around knows, &quot;buyer beware&quot;.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. *External Cultural Inertia (End-Users).* Users are a big bundle of mystery waiting to become an explosive backlash of &quot;where's my files&quot;, &quot;I can't click the link&quot;, &quot;this used to work&quot;, &quot;my printer settings didn't come back&quot; (true OpenOffice story from the 1.x days), and my all-time favorite, &quot;but the button in the toolbar used to be other there, now it's here?  I can never find anything!&quot;  So many of them have settled into a culture of &quot;don't know, don't care, don't want to go there&quot; that explaining that the summation button in OpenOffice is the same  Excel symbol in a different location is *just not enough*.  They are doing things by muscle-memory and single-step handwritten checklists, and moving something just one pixel too far is asking them to change their world.  If your organization is &quot;young&quot;, or you have fluid staffing requirements, you can probably get away from this headache.  If it's established, with employees that have been around for years (or decades!) then you're going to encounter fierce resistance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. *Internal Cultural Inertia.*  Your existing Windows sysadmins have been weened on multiple-inheritance access control lists, multiple GUI paths leading to the same result, and a habituation to working with &quot;opaque&quot; software that consists of &quot;black box&quot; lumps of code.  Moving them into a culture where the permissions hierarchy is significantly flattened, there are multiple ways to arrive at a result from a (GASP! the horror!) *command line*, and the software is so transparent that they themselves are tempted to modify it, will be a huge culture shock.  Some old-timers may actually be in disbelief that *it is legal to actually copy the same software they are installing on their servers and take it home* (yes, it's true, you can really do that, no really, it's ok, the BSA won't care...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. *Exchange.* **Getting off of Exchange is roughly akin to getting off of crack cocaine.  There are so many organizations that are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, *that they will fight to protect it.*   I say this with all sincerity.**  If you can at least replace the calendaring/free-busy/shared contacts portion of this, then you'll have fought only half of your battle.  If you are using shared folders, custom forms, or other mucky-muck, you're pretty much in deep.  Email, no matter how old it gets, still remains one of the silent killer apps of the internet - why else would you interface just about everything else - *including websites* - to such an archaic technology?  Fuse this with irreplaceable contact information, and a TODO list about a mile long that is *critical to keeping your job*, and you suddenly realize that Exchange has your organization tightly held by the (censored-to-avoid-offensive-posting-votes).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. *Microsoft Access.*  This little nugget will cause no end of heart-ache.  Excel, Word, PowerPoint, those are down pat, but Access...Access is the fly trap of file-based database containers.  There are a handful of tools to get the data out, but the key value of Access is not so much its use as a (abet crummy) database container, but rather, the forms, code, and reporting that come with it.  You'll need to replace it with something that can provide forms, code, and reporting in a coherent package.  And there aren't many of those packages around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 6. *ActiveX.*  This is a ticking time bomb.  Any internally-deployed site within a large organization that uses ActiveX has pretty much fused themselves to a Windows platform, for better or worse.  By the way, ActiveX often implies that you'll also contend with...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 7. *Internet Explorer.*  For anyone who remembers the bad old days (version 6 and prior), enough said.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 8. *Proprietary one-off software packages.*  If you have one of these, all bets are off.  You know these when you see them, those packages that no-one else has, you paid a bundle of money to a niche vendor with no competitors, the software requires specific (outdated) versions of additional libraries, it is typically poorly written, crashes often, and the end-users are delighted that they can now click a button and it makes magic reports...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the end, it's not about &quot;superior technology&quot; or &quot;return on investment&quot;.  **It's about people and their inability to deal with change.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://davelargo.blogspot.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.winface.com/abtdef.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5918" />
  <row Id="38668" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18898" RevisionGUID="5daa2db3-8d2f-405e-bdb2-c63572cdc1e2" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:33:57.600" UserId="6233" />
  <row Id="38669" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21740" RevisionGUID="11ed7014-7c46-43d7-9bf4-0270b1f2f3ec" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:37:10.370" UserId="7936" Text="So what is everybody using to manage their racks. We are currently using MediaWiki with quite a lot of custom templates for the servers/racks and virtualised instances.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I looked at [racktables.org][1] and [Rackmonkey][2]. Both look quite nice but don't quite do what I want. The feature set I'm looking for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - manages physical Servers&#xD;&#xA;  - manages their components (RAM, CPU, HD, Network)&#xD;&#xA; - locations (Racks)&#xD;&#xA;  - connectivity (contract data like runtime, bandwith, and such)&#xD;&#xA; - manages virtualised servers&#xD;&#xA;  - on which physical server are they&#xD;&#xA;  - which instances do exist&#xD;&#xA; - moving components between it's enclosures (CPU is in a Physical server, phys. server is in a rack) should be easily possible&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://racktables.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://flux.org.uk/projects/rackmonkey/" />
  <row Id="38670" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21740" RevisionGUID="11ed7014-7c46-43d7-9bf4-0270b1f2f3ec" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:37:10.370" UserId="7936" Text="Racktables/Rackmonkey any usefull rack management Software out there?" />
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  <row Id="38672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21741" RevisionGUID="895afefb-c2ab-40d2-827b-512ffb29e5b4" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:37:41.930" UserId="773" Text="I have a computer that has suddenly started to take *a lot* more time to shut down. Even ending with a bluescreen some times (think its some driver issues with Windows 7 or something...). Anyways, it made me wonder: What is windows really doing when you click the shut down button? What are common reasons for it to take longer than usual? Is there a way I can get windows to show me what it is doing while shutting down? " />
  <row Id="38673" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21741" RevisionGUID="895afefb-c2ab-40d2-827b-512ffb29e5b4" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:37:41.930" UserId="773" Text="What is windows doing when it shuts down?" />
  <row Id="38674" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21741" RevisionGUID="895afefb-c2ab-40d2-827b-512ffb29e5b4" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:37:41.930" UserId="773" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-7&gt;" />
  <row Id="38675" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21742" RevisionGUID="3a548763-22a6-47f5-a762-a222f46bbd8c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:38:07.730" UserId="117" Text="As Steve Gibson said in last &quot;security now&quot; podcast, almost all switchs and routers are not working with IPv6 packets for now. Is that really the case ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, do you think manufacturer (like Cisco, Netgears, 3Com and so on) will release firmware update to upgrade them to fix that issue ? &#xD;&#xA;Will they tell us to buy new stuff ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, by the way, as IPv6 are much bigger than IPv4 address, will upgraded network equipment performance be much slower than with IPv4 (because addresses cache will contains less IPv6 address than IPv4 ones, and cos more processing power will surely be necessary to process packet) ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know IPv6 is not really needed inside a LAN today (because NAT is working great) but I would have your opinions on that subject." />
  <row Id="38676" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21742" RevisionGUID="3a548763-22a6-47f5-a762-a222f46bbd8c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:38:07.730" UserId="117" Text="Will my network equipment work with IPv6 ?" />
  <row Id="38677" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21742" RevisionGUID="3a548763-22a6-47f5-a762-a222f46bbd8c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:38:07.730" UserId="117" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;ip&gt;&lt;ipv6&gt;" />
  <row Id="38678" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21743" RevisionGUID="a067dff5-c27d-4126-9701-0f15cf448662" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:38:55.000" UserId="8680" Text="I'm working on a project which requires some auditing of read/write/modifications to various files. Additionally I must log ftp access, user logins, NTP/system time changes etc. Is there a nice tool for UNIX able to do all this and also allow me to export the data to a nice human readable format?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right now I am monitoring file events using the standard UNIX audit tool with ausearch commands etc. This works OK, however it has a lot of guff and I don't particularly want to have to write scripts to parse all these files. I would also really like things to be written in a human readable format rather than have to parse it after the fact. Given our customer wants to be able to export these audit logs and read them with basic tools (web browser/text editors) i need it to be easy on the eye.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help on this one?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers." />
  <row Id="38679" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21743" RevisionGUID="a067dff5-c27d-4126-9701-0f15cf448662" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:38:55.000" UserId="8680" Text="Auditing on UNIX System" />
  <row Id="38680" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21743" RevisionGUID="a067dff5-c27d-4126-9701-0f15cf448662" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:38:55.000" UserId="8680" Text="&lt;audit&gt;&lt;server-security&gt;&lt;log-files&gt;&lt;logging&gt;" />
  <row Id="38681" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21707" RevisionGUID="fa8058ec-179c-4131-ac7c-1cefcb8cbd62" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:40:07.103" UserId="1561" Comment="typo corrected" Text="First off, **this has been done.**  Seriously, the City of Largo in Florida has been running on Linux servers for over 6+ years, supporting hundreds of city employees.   [You can read about their challenges (and successes!) at the City of Largo work blog anytime.][1]  This is hardly a new topic, either.  [You can even buy a book on this subject and read up on what to expect][2] (keep in mind that the book is several years old, and many references are probably out-of-date).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Addressing each question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Software (lack thereof, incompatibility)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More often than not, there is some specific package that has been &quot;grandfathered&quot; into the system in some pseudo-critical role.  At my own work, I can think of at least 2 Microsoft Access databases that would require a complete re-write in a different language with a different set of conditions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for &quot;lack thereof&quot;, that's a function of how deep a niche role some software package will play...read my responses below...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * User comfort&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Never underestimate this.  You would not believe the number of end-users that will throw a fit to actually keep the environment they have, no matter how crufty, old, poorly designed, frustrating, or labor-intensive it is.  Seriously.  In fact, the longer the end-user becomes accustomed to the interface, the more resistance they will have to learning a new one, because there is a substantial existing investment of their own time in the interface they already know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Support tools (lack thereof or lack of knowledge in supporting Linux)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think this is an issue. The environment has been around for so long, and so many admins have tried this on their own time, that there is little (if any) lack of qualified applicants for both junior and senior sysadmin positions.  Saying there is a lack of support tools for Linux is roughly akin to saying &quot;I can't Google an answer&quot;.  There were - and still are - [tools from *years* ago][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Licensing agreement lock in (hands are tied because you've agreed to a multi-year deal with another OS vendor)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is probably a function of the size of an organization and the amount of software that they purchase.  In those cases where there are few users, per-license or small batches of licenses are purchased on an as-needed basis.  In much larger organizations, it's very tempting to sign a &quot;faustian bargain&quot; to get a 3-year contract covering thousands of desktops at a steeply discounted rate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Some combination of all of the above?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many synergies involved (please do not stone me to death for using that overhyped buzzword...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you were to migrate an organization - of any size - to a pure-play Linux/BSD/OS X platform, I think you would have to cover the following aspects to make a successful transition:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. *External Cultural Inertia (Management).*  Management has been signing over thousands of dollars each year to &quot;buy&quot; something that has tangible value.  Convincing them that they are getting the same value with something that comes free is a hard pitch.  There is a definite psychological link between the sense you've purchased something, and that it has some intrinsic value.  This of course has been fully exploited by the industry for decades and as anyone who shops around knows, &quot;buyer beware&quot;.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. *External Cultural Inertia (End-Users).* Users are a big bundle of mystery waiting to become an explosive backlash of &quot;where's my files&quot;, &quot;I can't click the link&quot;, &quot;this used to work&quot;, &quot;my printer settings didn't come back&quot; (true OpenOffice story from the 1.x days), and my all-time favorite, &quot;but the button in the toolbar used to be over there, now it's here?  I can never find anything!&quot;  So many of them have settled into a culture of &quot;don't know, don't care, don't want to go there&quot; that explaining that the summation button in OpenOffice is the same  Excel symbol in a different location is *just not enough*.  They are doing things by muscle-memory and single-step handwritten checklists, and moving something just one pixel too far is asking them to change their world.  If your organization is &quot;young&quot;, or you have fluid staffing requirements, you can probably get away from this headache.  If it's established, with employees that have been around for years (or decades!) then you're going to encounter fierce resistance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. *Internal Cultural Inertia.*  Your existing Windows sysadmins have been weened on multiple-inheritance access control lists, multiple GUI paths leading to the same result, and a habituation to working with &quot;opaque&quot; software that consists of &quot;black box&quot; lumps of code.  Moving them into a culture where the permissions hierarchy is significantly flattened, there are multiple ways to arrive at a result from a (GASP! the horror!) *command line*, and the software is so transparent that they themselves are tempted to modify it, will be a huge culture shock.  Some old-timers may actually be in disbelief that *it is legal to actually copy the same software they are installing on their servers and take it home* (yes, it's true, you can really do that, no really, it's ok, the BSA won't care...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. *Exchange.* **Getting off of Exchange is roughly akin to getting off of crack cocaine.  There are so many organizations that are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, *that they will fight to protect it.*   I say this with all sincerity.**  If you can at least replace the calendaring/free-busy/shared contacts portion of this, then you'll have fought only half of your battle.  If you are using shared folders, custom forms, or other mucky-muck, you're pretty much in deep.  Email, no matter how old it gets, still remains one of the silent killer apps of the internet - why else would you interface just about everything else - *including websites* - to such an archaic technology?  Fuse this with irreplaceable contact information, and a TODO list about a mile long that is *critical to keeping your job*, and you suddenly realize that Exchange has your organization tightly held by the (censored-to-avoid-offensive-posting-votes).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. *Microsoft Access.*  This little nugget will cause no end of heart-ache.  Excel, Word, PowerPoint, those are down pat, but Access...Access is the fly trap of file-based database containers.  There are a handful of tools to get the data out, but the key value of Access is not so much its use as a (abet crummy) database container, but rather, the forms, code, and reporting that come with it.  You'll need to replace it with something that can provide forms, code, and reporting in a coherent package.  And there aren't many of those packages around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 6. *ActiveX.*  This is a ticking time bomb.  Any internally-deployed site within a large organization that uses ActiveX has pretty much fused themselves to a Windows platform, for better or worse.  By the way, ActiveX often implies that you'll also contend with...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 7. *Internet Explorer.*  For anyone who remembers the bad old days (version 6 and prior), enough said.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 8. *Proprietary one-off software packages.*  If you have one of these, all bets are off.  You know these when you see them, those packages that no-one else has, you paid a bundle of money to a niche vendor with no competitors, the software requires specific (outdated) versions of additional libraries, it is typically poorly written, crashes often, and the end-users are delighted that they can now click a button and it makes magic reports...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the end, it's not about &quot;superior technology&quot; or &quot;return on investment&quot;.  **It's about people and their inability to deal with change.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://davelargo.blogspot.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.winface.com/abtdef.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5918" />
  <row Id="38684" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21739" RevisionGUID="59f0aa39-0b1a-4295-a63c-80f3a53abdcb" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:42:39.487" UserId="2711" Comment="More info." Text="Is the name of the restored server identical to the source server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: Here is a potentially helpful KB article:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/258062" />
  <row Id="38685" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21745" RevisionGUID="76745a2d-af4c-4760-aee4-2b2906c4c864" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:43:31.090" UserId="8173" Text="I'm considering investing in a Cisco ASA5505. As Cisco's own VPN client requires a service subscription, which I am trying to do without, are there any free or low-cost ipsec VPN clients that will work with the ASA and run on Windows XP? Is XP's built-in ipsec client compatible? Any links to guides and walkthroughs would be much appreciated." />
  <row Id="38686" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21745" RevisionGUID="76745a2d-af4c-4760-aee4-2b2906c4c864" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:43:31.090" UserId="8173" Text="Alternative Cisco VPN clients for Windows XP" />
  <row Id="38687" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21745" RevisionGUID="76745a2d-af4c-4760-aee4-2b2906c4c864" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:43:31.090" UserId="8173" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;ipsecvpnclient&gt;&lt;ipsec&gt;" />
  <row Id="38688" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21746" RevisionGUID="4ff91c18-68ce-4f5e-ad05-10160d99e7a4" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:44:51.120" UserId="6653" Text="I recently deployed Foxit to replace Adobe Reader at our company.  I pushed out a custom INI that turned off JavaScript and the ads (I was surprised to find that the ads were a simple configuration option, and even more surprised to find that all this was in a @&amp;*($&amp;^! INI in the Program Files\Foxit directory), as well as a few other custom options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I, too, was hoping for an open source solution, but Foxit was the only thing that met our needs, and with the INI preference changes and a permissions change to let normal users read and write to the preferences INI it seems to work like a charm." />
  <row Id="38689" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21746" RevisionGUID="4ff91c18-68ce-4f5e-ad05-10160d99e7a4" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:44:51.120" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21747" RevisionGUID="f4ddfc5e-af5c-4118-8fa1-e4643556f8b2" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:45:21.400" UserDisplayName="xarumanx" Text=" - For 1 and 2: Awstats, Webalizer or Google Analytics&#xD;&#xA; - for 3 and 4: Nagios, [Icinga][1] or Munin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.icinga.org" />
  <row Id="38691" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21748" RevisionGUID="193bf31e-3c34-4910-bcc5-0d5b22d5f11a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:50:12.810" UserId="7936" Text="First question: &quot;almost all switchs and routers are not working with IPv6 packets&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depends on your definition of &quot;working&quot;. Most products are able to do routing/switching with IPv6 you will run into problems if you turn of IPv4 as most management interfaces are IPv4 only. In short: Feature equality is not given for most devices regarding IPv6 vs. IPv4&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second: New Firmware vs. New Investements&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My guess is that for the larger product series there will be firmware upgrades, but the small to mid networking equipment won't get firmware updates so that they will have feature equality in IPv6 and IPv4&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As soon as you start running IPv6 and IPv4 in parallel at least your routing tables will grow on the routers (after all you need to be able to route both protocols), so it will be more demanding to your infrastructure. I don't think the average company will have to investigate, larger infrastructure may have some issues thou" />
  <row Id="38692" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21749" RevisionGUID="d33ea4d1-a635-43a3-94fe-0c19cf9976c4" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:56:51.360" UserId="7467" Text="Hi guys is there any backup software that can take periodic backups of online website folders and store them offline on a local system. Need something robust and would be nice if theres something free that can do the job :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Something that I could just install and let it run on a periodic basis. My local system is running on Windows XP" />
  <row Id="38693" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21749" RevisionGUID="d33ea4d1-a635-43a3-94fe-0c19cf9976c4" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:56:51.360" UserId="7467" Text="Automated website folder backup system needed? Any recommendations?" />
  <row Id="38694" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21749" RevisionGUID="d33ea4d1-a635-43a3-94fe-0c19cf9976c4" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:56:51.360" UserId="7467" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;offline&gt;&lt;website&gt;&lt;administration&gt;" />
  <row Id="38695" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21750" RevisionGUID="44db9728-e2de-47a4-a8b8-12f0be309f57" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:58:23.043" UserId="7467" Text="Hi guys, I need to know how can I backup my MySQL databases on a periodic basis and have the backups downloaded to my local server. I'm using navicat and it has an easy backup interface and tasks schedule facility but it backs up the db and stores the backup on the server itself. I would like to have a way to download the backups once made to my local system rather than have them on the same server as the database." />
  <row Id="38696" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21750" RevisionGUID="44db9728-e2de-47a4-a8b8-12f0be309f57" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:58:23.043" UserId="7467" Text="Taking periodic backups of a MySQL database" />
  <row Id="38697" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21750" RevisionGUID="44db9728-e2de-47a4-a8b8-12f0be309f57" CreationDate="2009-06-08T07:58:23.043" UserId="7467" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="38698" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21751" RevisionGUID="82bab2fc-5799-4764-9969-29f5fc582b34" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:00:29.323" UserDisplayName="xarumanx" Text="I would recommend using [wget.exe][1] to download the complete website to a local folder running as a scheduled task.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/wget.htm" />
  <row Id="38699" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21752" RevisionGUID="1cc70390-c0c6-442b-8c2e-fca134670d10" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:02:42.690" UserId="103" Text="Microsoft has WSUS which is great for the Microsoft products it supports (and it doesn't support all Microsoft products), but in reality companies have many applications from other vendors. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a patch/update management server similar to WSUS, but that works with lots of vendors or developers?" />
  <row Id="38700" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21752" RevisionGUID="1cc70390-c0c6-442b-8c2e-fca134670d10" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:02:42.690" UserId="103" Text="What is a good patch/update management server?" />
  <row Id="38701" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21752" RevisionGUID="1cc70390-c0c6-442b-8c2e-fca134670d10" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:02:42.690" UserId="103" Text="&lt;patch&gt;&lt;updates&gt;&lt;wsus&gt;&lt;software&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="38702" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21753" RevisionGUID="75820e40-bcf5-4e5a-8b07-039d16ef5d19" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:02:45.047" UserId="6365" Text="File changes: AIDE&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And for the logs: Logcheck&#xD;&#xA;You can tweak it so it reports certain entries in logs." />
  <row Id="38703" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21754" RevisionGUID="c2e71795-eba3-452d-887c-7b9f25d71d82" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:04:44.853" UserId="7083" Text="You could try [arping][1] as an alternative to the oft prioritised ICMP echo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://freshmeat.net/projects/arping/" />
  <row Id="38704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21755" RevisionGUID="4ec26429-db2b-4c6d-b173-b05a0bcdb7f8" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:05:55.087" UserId="8599" Text="I can ping the Exchange server here at work, but Outlook doesn't connect to it. I've verified the server is indeed the Exchange server and I've tried using the IP instead of the server name. I am also able to connect to port 135 using telnet (although nothing useful happens). I also tried running a trace using Wireshark but the protocols Outlook uses are proprietary and I couldn't see anything useful in the trace.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd love to hear some other steps I could take to track down the problem." />
  <row Id="38705" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21755" RevisionGUID="4ec26429-db2b-4c6d-b173-b05a0bcdb7f8" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:05:55.087" UserId="8599" Text="Can ping Exchange server, can't connect Outlook to it" />
  <row Id="38706" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21755" RevisionGUID="4ec26429-db2b-4c6d-b173-b05a0bcdb7f8" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:05:55.087" UserId="8599" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="38707" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21227" RevisionGUID="7c211d3a-c995-4021-a818-903c6b9abda6" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:06:11.280" UserId="103" Comment="restructured it to be more readable" Text="I am wondering if there is a way to change the group policy settings for accounts without using the GUI tools (GPMC or the GPO editor MMC snap in). In other words can I can change these settings via a registry change or by using a tool like PowerShell? The idea is to automate this so it can be applied to a number of servers quickly without having to fire up a GUI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The key values I am interested in is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Log on locally&#xD;&#xA; - Log on as a service" />
  <row Id="38708" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21756" RevisionGUID="b6107eff-ccfa-47bb-b767-954052550bb2" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:08:36.983" UserId="6365" Text="You can try [The Windows Version of Bacula][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bacula.org/fr/dev-manual/The_Windows_Version_of.html" />
  <row Id="38709" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21727" RevisionGUID="fd4a0a07-d16e-45ff-8d4c-1181981c4b9e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:09:30.600" UserId="1134" Comment="Added unicode support for the wanted features list." Text="With the latest javascript vulnerabilities in Adobe reader, I've been thinking of moving the network I'm in charge of to a different product for PDF reading on Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ideal PDF reader should be something that is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Small in size (Adobe reader is more than 200MB these days).&#xD;&#xA; - As secure by default as possible (For example, javascript disabled by default).&#xD;&#xA; - Nice looking and easy to use interface.&#xD;&#xA; - Not bloated with features (I just want to read PDFs, that's it).&#xD;&#xA; - Does not install any toolbars/unwanted add ons/spyware.&#xD;&#xA; - Does not display any ads while viewing PDFs.&#xD;&#xA; - Preferably Open Source. (this pretty much ensures no ads).&#xD;&#xA; - Full Unicode support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Idealy , something like [evince][1] from gnome, will be the best option, but unfortunately  that's not available on Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Foxit][2] is an option, as it is small, and has a nice interface. But it still has javascript enabled by default which might lead to vulnerabilities - and it installs a toolbar , and displays ads while reading PDFs which is distracting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a site dedicated to Open Source PDF readers, [pdfreaders.org][3],  however, the Windows pdf readers each have their problems, mostly the interface is not as convenient (as evince, adobe or foxit).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What Windows PDF reader would you recommend ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://projects.gnome.org/evince/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://pdfreaders.org/" />
  <row Id="38710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21757" RevisionGUID="2b2bc954-98cc-4d4c-8722-cfc8292d007a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:19:24.013" UserId="8132" Text="It looks like you are trying to connect with the mapi protocol, maybe you can try to connect with imap or pop in first place to see if it works you can telnet to port 110 to see if pop3 is responding, you can also check on the exchange server if all exchange services are started.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if you're connecting via HTTPS (outlook anywhere), maybe the certification authority is not trusted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe there are there is some Antivirus issue on the client machine, if happened to me with xxx Endpoint.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check that the machine name is correctly resolved by netBios ans DNS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="38711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21758" RevisionGUID="85303a5f-1b70-45eb-97e9-114c8efe95ba" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:23:11.120" UserId="5778" Text="Smart move - if you have a local linux server, ssh/scp, shared keys, and mysqldump are an obvious way to go. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even if your local backup server is a windows box, it shouldn't be too tough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the backups are already made on the server(?) then all you need is to scp them off nightly, unless of couyrse they are enormous and you are looking to do differential backups, which is a bit tougher with SQL.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38712" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21759" RevisionGUID="3e5a0aa0-881d-490d-967e-000564458133" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:23:52.663" UserId="4946" Text="[This][1] might be interesting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Troubleshooting-Windows-Shutdown.html" />
  <row Id="38713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21760" RevisionGUID="dd0f81d0-9975-43a5-84a8-24f8be47944b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:24:03.100" UserId="7936" Text="I'd set up an rsync server on a remote host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's an internal network simple rsync with a password option should be enough&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it goes thru a public link either go thru ssh (with public key authentication) or OpenVPN with the remote rsync server listening only on secure IPs" />
  <row Id="38714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21761" RevisionGUID="04122247-4aa4-4cc5-984f-1edb71b04d9d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:25:00.460" UserId="7783" Text="Use RPCPing - [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/831051][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this just one client that can't connect? Is it all of them? *Does OWA work?* (No point even trying to get outlook to connect if the server itself can't connect to mailboxes).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you sure you've installed all the correct roles on the exchange server? Is there a firewall or Antivirus software in the way somewhere (including on the server itself) blocking traffic?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/831051" />
  <row Id="38715" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21762" RevisionGUID="1de6d546-5909-4f73-9d09-3f9ba67a7a66" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:25:03.830" UserId="8132" Text="For example: You can output your databases backups to a dedicated folder, and then write a simple script to FTP the content to your local server and then move the files transfered to an archive folder on the remote server.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38716" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21759" RevisionGUID="3f377af9-a27c-4c92-92fe-cbcd7a1a525c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:30:32.213" UserId="4946" Comment="added 195 characters in body" Text="[This][1] might be interesting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also check out these links (not clickable due to not enough rep yet ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/how-to-speed-up-windows-shutdown-process&#xD;&#xA;  windowsxp.mvps.org/slowshutdown.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Troubleshooting-Windows-Shutdown.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21763" RevisionGUID="faf40614-20ab-4799-b371-2a6595235195" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:36:02.653" UserId="4946" Text="[dnZoom][1] has been made, just for that ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dnzoom.com/" />
  <row Id="38718" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21764" RevisionGUID="ff56cccf-ece2-46e9-b2a2-4b369ea466cd" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:38:06.393" UserId="3431" Text="Cisco VPN is proprietary and will not work with anything but Cisco VPN :-) It is IPSec but it is not compatible with other IPSec clients." />
  <row Id="38719" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21765" RevisionGUID="ab77d03f-ec54-4b5e-8212-152f47162b66" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:38:40.573" UserId="1268" Text="There are quite a few products out there which support this LanDesk, Altiris and PatchLink to name a few. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To the best of my knowledge all the products out there are walled gardens. " />
  <row Id="38720" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21766" RevisionGUID="6dbaef5b-c88a-4a88-9d1a-648bab4c8d8e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:39:06.830" UserDisplayName="xarumanx" Text="if you also need &quot;invisible&quot; content to backup, then you could use rsync to synchronize your local backup with the online content" />
  <row Id="38721" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21767" RevisionGUID="436ad6cc-4c0f-4077-9302-3056d9dd532c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:45:47.627" UserId="216" Text="Any ethernet switch should be able to _switch_ IPv6 packets without any difficulty, subject to the following caveats:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- device management - likely to be IPv4 only&#xD;&#xA;- SNMP - also IPv4 only&#xD;&#xA;- IGMP - (AFAIK) only works for snooping IPv4 multicast&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Routers, on the other hand, cannot route IPv6 unless they explicitly understand the protocol.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38722" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13599" RevisionGUID="5b74d770-6f79-490a-8fdc-3a54f8909136" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:45:56.923" UserId="2991" Comment="added 7 characters in body" Text="Performance Monitor, which comes as standard with windows, would probably be useful for you.  The terminal server basic monitoring includes three good counters, and when married up with CPU% etc will give you some good stats.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also remotely monitor your terminal servers in real time." />
  <row Id="38723" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21768" RevisionGUID="7166920e-1fb0-4ed1-94b6-db2b4247f7ff" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:46:18.017" UserId="8686" Text="I have two instances of SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition running on two separate dedicated servers (let's call them DB1 and DB2). At the moment DB1 is very busy and DB2 is mostly idle. Is it possible to configure the instance running on DB1 to utilize the processor on DB2?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, I connect to DB1 and execute &quot;sp-heavy-going&quot; and I would like DB1 to process this request using DB2's processor. Whats the best way to go about achieving this?" />
  <row Id="38724" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21768" RevisionGUID="7166920e-1fb0-4ed1-94b6-db2b4247f7ff" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:46:18.017" UserId="8686" Text="SQL Server 2005: Sharing processors accross multiple distributed instances" />
  <row Id="38725" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21768" RevisionGUID="7166920e-1fb0-4ed1-94b6-db2b4247f7ff" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:46:18.017" UserId="8686" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;cpu&gt;&lt;distribution&gt;" />
  <row Id="38726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21769" RevisionGUID="ba90e4d1-2220-47ac-93b0-a8d6d902644f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:47:57.043" UserId="7869" Text="We have a Intranet Farm with two load balanced front end servers and a separate database, Report server is installed on box 1, so enysys data extenstions can access the sharepoint DOM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IIS-BOX 1 + Report Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IIS_BOX 2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQL Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is RS fails if the user is accessing box 2, through the load balancer. If we remove Box 2 from the LB - then RS works. Put it back and it intermittently fails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anybody got any idea if this topology should work and how to resolve the problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38727" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21769" RevisionGUID="ba90e4d1-2220-47ac-93b0-a8d6d902644f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:47:57.043" UserId="7869" Text="Sharepoint Reporting Services on Intranet Farm" />
  <row Id="38728" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21769" RevisionGUID="ba90e4d1-2220-47ac-93b0-a8d6d902644f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:47:57.043" UserId="7869" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;wss&gt;&lt;reporting-services&gt;" />
  <row Id="38730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21770" RevisionGUID="f153beb3-db7b-416a-beb5-94b27a63d656" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:49:08.603" UserId="7453" Text="[Wget][1], [Unison][2], [Rsync][3] or you could even try something with [version control software][4]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use them all, depending on context. &#xD;&#xA;**Wget** is nice to mirror a web site via ftp, **Unison** is nice to spread modifications on the same data in different places (and let you refine the hierarchy between them), **Rsync** synchronises well between two places, and **subversion** is nice to have a total backup solution that let you go back to the beginning and trace every modification of every file per line (not recommended for non-text files, although some won't do much difference - I use it on a complete chaotic company intranet).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No &quot;easy&quot; way though, at least if you want something thrust-worthy and efficient.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wget&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unison&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subversion_(software)" />
  <row Id="38731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21771" RevisionGUID="a7c30f85-b62a-4b2e-8623-ab1daa5241e0" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:50:17.697" UserId="914" Text="Checkout the [User Profile Hive Cleanup service][1] which can sometimes resolve slow logouts (and thus shutdowns).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll also want to enable [extended logout messages][2] so you can see which part is actually hanging.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1B286E6D-8912-4E18-B570-42470E2F3582&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316243" />
  <row Id="38732" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21772" RevisionGUID="9787022c-34e6-4c57-b68e-d8a36bf6f75c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:50:29.550" UserId="2991" Text="BigFix enterprise is also quite a good patch management system, and has a lot of &quot;third party&quot; patches as well as all the normal MS patches.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think conceptually it's better than WSUS as well - you tell the clients when to update, rather than the clients checking back to see if any updates are needed." />
  <row Id="38734" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21773" RevisionGUID="d7b4be69-0efd-4005-9cc7-6e6943a653fa" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:58:33.653" UserDisplayName="Philippe" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a Netware Novell server with an eDirectory and different objects configured. I implemented an OEServer2 SP1 to emulate a DSfW to manage the eDirectory with AD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I join the domain with the Administrator login and I am logged as the Administrator domain. So far, there are no problems.&#xD;&#xA;When I open the MMC window on Windows Server 08 and snap in the &quot;Active Directory Users and Computers&quot; I can see all the OUs and objects presented in the Netware N. server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, when I select some OUs I can have an error, and when I select other I don’t have this error.&#xD;&#xA;Error: “Data from XXXXX is not available from Domain Controller OES2.yyyy.local because: The server is unwilling to process the request. Try again later, or choose another DC by selecting Connect to Domain Controller on the Domain context menu.”&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With XXXX= OU’s name and yyyy.local= domain name and OES2 server name&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If somebody can upload this SP or post a link to download it...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you for your help!" />
  <row Id="38735" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21773" RevisionGUID="d7b4be69-0efd-4005-9cc7-6e6943a653fa" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:58:33.653" UserDisplayName="Philippe" Text="Where can I find a link to download the SP2 of OES2?" />
  <row Id="38736" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21773" RevisionGUID="d7b4be69-0efd-4005-9cc7-6e6943a653fa" CreationDate="2009-06-08T08:58:33.653" UserDisplayName="Philippe" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;edirectory&gt;&lt;novell&gt;&lt;sp2&gt;" />
  <row Id="38737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21774" RevisionGUID="1f10d53f-c11f-4e3b-be44-f2f899bfeea2" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:04:39.243" UserId="3181" Text="A cludge of a solution: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Virtualize your WinXP&#xD;&#xA;    installation  &#xD;&#xA; 2. Install Ubuntu 9.04  &#xD;&#xA; 3. Install Ubuntu package vpnc (vpn cisco)  &#xD;&#xA; 4. Install VMWare  &#xD;&#xA; 5. Run WinXP inside VMWare with NAT interface (not bridging)  &#xD;&#xA; 6. Establish your VPN with vpnc in Ubuntu, and the Virtual Machine will use that VPN connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would consider this a bad solution - too convoluted. You will want to service contract in order to get security updates for your router and to get access to the Cisco Support Site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the Cisco device is just too expensive, consider a lower cost alternative, either from a different vendor or &quot;Roll-Your-Own&quot;. Just remember [RFC 1925][1] truth #3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is&#xD;&#xA;        not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they&#xD;&#xA;        are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them&#xD;&#xA;        as they fly overhead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1925.html" />
  <row Id="38738" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21775" RevisionGUID="6e0afd48-bfea-4cbf-aa9b-e65c04d7b3fc" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:06:37.897" UserId="4011" Text="Install a virtual server inside the remote network and use RRAS for VPN on it. Then expose the relevant ports through the ASA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That way all XP/Vista clients can connect reliably.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mike" />
  <row Id="38739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21776" RevisionGUID="9caa47d5-12b4-4e76-aca9-1f90d555ca79" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:08:34.897" UserId="45" Text="As far as I know there is only one Service Pack (SP1b) for Novell's Open Enterprise Server 2:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 SP1 e-Media Kit][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=n6SkQz52x7s~" />
  <row Id="38740" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21777" RevisionGUID="66e29709-4b01-4e5a-965d-19148e3ba7c9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:08:39.017" UserId="773" Text="Just ran Disk Cleanup on a computer here (Windows Vista), and saw 3 items in the list I haven't seen before:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Per user archived Windows Error Repo... | 402 MB&#xD;&#xA;- System archived WIndows Error Repor... | 18,0 KB&#xD;&#xA;- System queued Windows Error Reporti... | 533 MB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are those? I assume it is safe to delete, but should I do something with it first? Should I for example be kind to Mircosoft and send all that queued stuff? How would I do that?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Note:** Wish I knew what was after those dots. Assume it is &quot;Reporting&quot;, but no idea if there is more after it. Hate dialogs that can not be resized... (or at least lets me know what is behind truncated text in a tooltip)*" />
  <row Id="38741" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21777" RevisionGUID="66e29709-4b01-4e5a-965d-19148e3ba7c9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:08:39.017" UserId="773" Text="Archived and queued Windows Error Reporting" />
  <row Id="38742" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21777" RevisionGUID="66e29709-4b01-4e5a-965d-19148e3ba7c9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:08:39.017" UserId="773" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;cleanup&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="38743" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="21698" RevisionGUID="ca56762c-b3b8-4878-97a7-039a734230ea" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:08:55.660" UserId="1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="38744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21778" RevisionGUID="24b561bf-9c1f-49b9-8f61-883999288304" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:09:11.933" UserId="6793" Text="Looks like you can run [vpnc][1] under Windows via [Cygwin][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://paolo.zarpellon.googlepages.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.cygwin.com/" />
  <row Id="38745" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="5655" RevisionGUID="1f5c3dc3-3afe-4a5b-8c60-8510ae396c7c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:09:51.697" UserId="1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="38746" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="21690" RevisionGUID="8a8ef00f-85bc-4c4f-b8d2-f4c1b3645bc6" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:10:05.720" UserId="1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="38747" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21767" RevisionGUID="0709fc09-8746-4fc2-ac17-0c8d86b5f1d0" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:11:17.497" UserId="216" Comment="added 46 characters in body" Text="Any ethernet switch should be able to _switch_ IPv6 packets without any difficulty, subject to the following caveats:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- device management - likely to be IPv4 only&#xD;&#xA;- SNMP - also IPv4 only&#xD;&#xA;- IGMP - (AFAIK) only works for snooping IPv4 multicast&#xD;&#xA;- Layer 3 filtering - needs protocol support&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Routers, on the other hand, cannot route IPv6 unless they explicitly understand the protocol.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21779" RevisionGUID="ebdfc818-1fef-4a71-b450-ae820dd7bf28" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:12:32.517" UserId="6793" Text="If you can you could install [backupninja][1] it will dump and can send it&#xD;&#xA;to another host via rsync, scp and ftp.. It will also send detailed email reports.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://labs.riseup.net/code/projects/show/backupninja/" />
  <row Id="38750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21780" RevisionGUID="df35f45b-e438-49c6-a9f8-1656e6ab2318" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:15:04.713" UserId="2991" Text="I work for an educational establishment that currently has three geograpically seperate schools, and about to open a fourth.  Each school has 600+ computers and 1000+ users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the moment our Active Directory is set up to split the schools into three domains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;School1.internal&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;school2.school1.internal&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;school3.school1.internal&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each school is mostly independent from each other, with very few users that need to cross over.  There is one Exchange server group but with one server at each school.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The network director has decided that he wants Exchange to be externally managed, as &quot;School1&quot; have messed about so much with theirs that it no longer works correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The company that is doing this outsourcing has suggested that it may be better to have one domain with separate Organisation Units for each site, my thoughts are they want to do this as it's easier for them.&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;The way we've been running has served us quite well, with very little being able to cause any issues with the other schools when one has a problem, I would prefer not to change as this change will no doubt, at least in the beginning, introduce some instability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The three sites are currently connected by 2Mbit links, when the 4th school opens then the schools will be moved over to a 100mbit link (this is a separate project and more to do with a new VLE than as a network issue)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What would be the arguments for and against a multi domain setup or a location OU based setup?" />
  <row Id="38751" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21780" RevisionGUID="df35f45b-e438-49c6-a9f8-1656e6ab2318" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:15:04.713" UserId="2991" Text="Active Directory Design - Domains per site or Orgaisational Units per site" />
  <row Id="38752" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21780" RevisionGUID="df35f45b-e438-49c6-a9f8-1656e6ab2318" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:15:04.713" UserId="2991" Text="&lt;activedirectory&gt;" />
  <row Id="38753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21781" RevisionGUID="581e576a-217e-48a7-9ecc-cd813a30a066" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:20:23.580" UserId="3181" Text="In the USA, many or perhaps most of the Internet Service Providers are not commonly offering IPv6 connectivity. IPv6 access is available for purchase, but to my knowledge, the service carries a premium. In 2006, I was told that IPv6 connectivity was being widely used in some markets - I believe that China was named as an IPv6 market.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most commercial network gear, e.g., not USA consumer products, supports IPv6 routing and dynamic routing protocols. Microsoft OS products all support IPv6, and most Linux and FreeBSD distributions have supported IPv6 for over ten years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect that the most significant performance hit will be to RAM utilization at core infrastructure points - core routers that must track thousand or tens of thousands of routes. Otherwise, I do not think that packet forwarding efficiency will be greatly reduced. Perhaps some commenters can correct me. " />
  <row Id="38754" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21782" RevisionGUID="87b680ab-e60c-42c5-a520-a5fcb9cce6fa" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:25:48.327" UserId="7936" Text="Do you have free coffee/tea?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know this is not exactly technical not having some goodies is a strong hint for a environment where I probably don't want to work no matter how much rocket science they technically have." />
  <row Id="38755" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21782" RevisionGUID="87b680ab-e60c-42c5-a520-a5fcb9cce6fa" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:25:48.327" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38756" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21783" RevisionGUID="5793f7fa-810e-4ef3-9987-f326741a9f84" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:26:51.460" UserId="45" Text="These files contain debug information which Windows gathers and saves when there are problems with the system or with programs. They are part of the &quot;Windows Error Reporting (WER) and Crash Data&quot; which was introduced with Windows XP and captures product crash data. This way it's possible for end-users to report the information to Microsoft or the manufacturer of the program/driver etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you run out of space on your system disk, you can delete the files using the Disk Cleanup tool. I would keep them in order to resolve some problem which could be solved in the future.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The full lines are&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Per user archived Windows Error Reports&#xD;&#xA;- Per user queued Windows Error Reports&#xD;&#xA;- System archived Windows Error Reports&#xD;&#xA;- System queued Windows Error Reports&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The directories are&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive &#xD;&#xA;- %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue &#xD;&#xA;- %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive &#xD;&#xA;- %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a link to Microsoft's [Windows Quality Online Services (Winqual][1]) site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*P.S.: There are some known issues which can lead to very large files (several GBs). Read [this blog post][2] if you experience the same problem.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://winqual.microsoft.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/serious-disk-cleanup-problem-caused-by-broken-registration/" />
  <row Id="38757" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21784" RevisionGUID="96d24cf7-18cb-44d0-880d-a5975d7dd3a9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:28:05.857" UserId="282" Text="Yes it is safe to delete these files, they are files generated by Windows Error Reporting when an application error occurs. The per-user data is saved to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\wer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the system data is saved to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\WER\&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;THose two folders are split into ReportArchive which is historical reports, and ReportQueue which are reports that have not been sent yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This applies to both Windows Vista and Windows 7." />
  <row Id="38758" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21785" RevisionGUID="d69337df-55ba-47b6-8e7a-a60c8d7c3ab4" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:29:30.033" UserId="8692" Text="No matter what I do, my task exits with &quot;Last Run Result&quot; 0x80042000.  It claims to pass successfully, but it's not doing anything -- the process appears for an instant and then disappears.  If I do Start/Run and type in the exact same command, then that works fine.  I've setup the same task in Server2003 and it works fine there.  I'm logged in as Administrator, so I don't think UAC is the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've searched for this code 0x80042000 and it's nowhere to be found.  Anyone know what is means?" />
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  <row Id="38760" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21785" RevisionGUID="d69337df-55ba-47b6-8e7a-a60c8d7c3ab4" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:29:30.033" UserId="8692" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;task-manager&gt;&lt;scheduled-task&gt;" />
  <row Id="38761" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20011" RevisionGUID="477813c9-392c-4bd8-a8d4-dbfe70b70474" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:31:30.140" UserId="8202" Comment="Added Fiddler results." Text="We have a SharePoint (MOSS 2007 on Win2003 R2) with SSRS reports (from SQL 2005) embedded in it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When we connect to the SharePoint portal through our VPN (firewall is Juniper SA4000) and using Internet Explorer (6, 7, and 8) and try to export any SSRS report under Excel, we get an error message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Internet Explorer cannot download .&#xD;&#xA;    Internet Explorer was not able to open the internet site. The requested site is either unavailable or cannot be found. Please try again later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When not using the VPN (LAN from the office), everything (exporting under Excel) works fine.&#xD;&#xA;When using Firefox through the VPN, it works fine. &#xD;&#xA;When exporting to any other format (pdf or text or whatever), everything is fine under both IE and FF.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our firewall people suspect something in SSRS/MOSS/Office. Our MOSS consultants suspect something in the firewall Juniper SA4000. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When using Fiddler and when not connected through VPN, I see the following traffic once i click on the &quot;Export button&quot;: &#xD;&#xA;(Response was a request for client credentials)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    GET /ReportServer/Reserved.ReportViewerWebControl.axd?ExecutionID=j1pqbvbqkb34qf45fhlgnx55&amp;ControlID=733607a7d607476abb1e6b8794202158&amp;Culture=127&amp;UICulture=9&amp;ReportStack=1&amp;OpType=Export&amp;FileName=Product+Application+Report&amp;ContentDisposition=OnlyHtmlInline&amp;Format=EXCEL HTTP/1.1&#xD;&#xA;    Accept: */*&#xD;&#xA;    Accept-Language: en-US,fr-be;q=0.5&#xD;&#xA;    User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; GTB5; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; InfoPath.2; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.5.21022; MS-RTC LM 8; OfficeLiveConnector.1.3; OfficeLivePatch.0.0; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)&#xD;&#xA;    Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate&#xD;&#xA;    Connection: Keep-Alive&#xD;&#xA;    Host: r1frchcurdb01.r1.group.corp&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized&#xD;&#xA;    Content-Length: 1656&#xD;&#xA;    Content-Type: text/html&#xD;&#xA;    Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0&#xD;&#xA;    WWW-Authenticate: Negotiate&#xD;&#xA;    WWW-Authenticate: NTLM&#xD;&#xA;    X-Powered-By: ASP.NET&#xD;&#xA;    Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:25:21 GMT&#xD;&#xA;    Proxy-Support: Session-Based-Authentication&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; then (Generic Response successful):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    GET /ReportServer/Reserved.ReportViewerWebControl.axd?ExecutionID=j1pqbvbqkb34qf45fhlgnx55&amp;ControlID=733607a7d607476abb1e6b8794202158&amp;Culture=127&amp;UICulture=9&amp;ReportStack=1&amp;OpType=Export&amp;FileName=Product+Application+Report&amp;ContentDisposition=OnlyHtmlInline&amp;Format=EXCEL HTTP/1.1&#xD;&#xA;    Accept: */*&#xD;&#xA;    Accept-Language: en-US,fr-be;q=0.5&#xD;&#xA;    User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; GTB5; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; InfoPath.2; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.5.21022; MS-RTC LM 8; OfficeLiveConnector.1.3; OfficeLivePatch.0.0; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)&#xD;&#xA;    Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate&#xD;&#xA;    Connection: Keep-Alive&#xD;&#xA;    Host: r1frchcurdb01.r1.group.corp&#xD;&#xA;    Authorization: Negotiate  &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    HTTP/1.1 200 OK&#xD;&#xA;    Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:25:21 GMT&#xD;&#xA;    Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0&#xD;&#xA;    X-Powered-By: ASP.NET&#xD;&#xA;    WWW-Authenticate: Negotiate oYGgMIGdoAMKAQChCwYJKoZIgvcSAQICooGIBIGFYIGCBgkqhkiG9xIBAgICAG9zMHGgAwIBBaEDAgEPomUwY6ADAgEXolwEWm70xlMp4oj/PyvriNMeNDigow6/MX2DpaYQdBfGkiF0Dcc323tHLRBxBL03QpvwdGBxZGAJI6V1G8sc/lVBzhlCNsZkbJcNfnMNgOgc7UPrz+ZVav/EVm3sDQ==&#xD;&#xA;    X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727&#xD;&#xA;    Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=&quot;Product Application Report.xls&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Cache-Control: private&#xD;&#xA;    Expires: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:24:21 GMT&#xD;&#xA;    Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel&#xD;&#xA;    Content-Length: 23012&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When using the VPN, I see no traffic in Fiddler and the error message is displayed before anything else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any tip welcome. :)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21786" RevisionGUID="0f692259-659c-4f77-a17f-7b19a1608b17" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:31:37.910" UserId="8675" Text="I use Sumatra PDF viewer. It seems to work rather well, it loads almost instantly (compared to 20 or so seconds for adobe) and is very fast with page changes and what not. Also, no ads unlike Foxit." />
  <row Id="38763" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21786" RevisionGUID="0f692259-659c-4f77-a17f-7b19a1608b17" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:31:37.910" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38764" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21780" RevisionGUID="d0336f7a-3dfe-4a6b-943c-e94f49db1902" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:35:16.963" UserId="45" Comment="added 2 characters in body; edited title" Text="I work for an educational establishment that currently has three geograpically seperate schools, and about to open a fourth.  Each school has 600+ computers and 1000+ users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the moment our Active Directory is set up to split the schools into three domains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- school1.internal&#xD;&#xA;- school2.school1.internal&#xD;&#xA;- school3.school1.internal&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each school is mostly independent from each other, with very few users that need to cross over.  There is one Exchange server group but with one server at each school.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The network director has decided that he wants Exchange to be externally managed, as &quot;School1&quot; have messed about so much with theirs that it no longer works correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The company that is doing this outsourcing has suggested that it may be better to have one domain with separate Organisation Units for each site, my thoughts are they want to do this as it's easier for them.&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;The way we've been running has served us quite well, with very little being able to cause any issues with the other schools when one has a problem, I would prefer not to change as this change will no doubt, at least in the beginning, introduce some instability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The three sites are currently connected by 2Mbit links, when the 4th school opens then the schools will be moved over to a 100mbit link (this is a separate project and more to do with a new VLE than as a network issue)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What would be the arguments for and against a multi domain setup or a location OU based setup?" />
  <row Id="38765" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="21780" RevisionGUID="d0336f7a-3dfe-4a6b-943c-e94f49db1902" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:35:16.963" UserId="45" Comment="added 2 characters in body; edited title" Text="Active Directory Design - Domains per site or Organisational Units per site" />
  <row Id="38766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21787" RevisionGUID="c8b91d96-1f86-4077-9509-ada230e91a0c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:38:44.307" UserId="5221" Text="As the other two responders have noted screen is specifically intended for this use, and has a number of other useful features too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have set a number of hosts I connect to to run screen on each login, so I don't forget and only notice when something happens to cause an unexpected disconnect by which point it is too late. See http://tlug.dnho.net/?q=node/239 for one example of setting this up." />
  <row Id="38767" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21788" RevisionGUID="bfdc28aa-f1fa-4c63-b8f0-7e02da8c94ef" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:38:56.193" UserId="8693" Text="I have a windows Vista system that had the underlying disk partitions changed.  The number and logical location of the partitions didn't change as far as I can tell).  When it boots up it says I need to restart immediately and then when I've restarted, the system has got confused as to where the logicacl disks are... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's decided what used to be the D: drive is now the C: (with no Vista on it) and the old C: drive is now the E: drive.  Needless to say, although it boots, it doesn't really work as it's now horribly confused...  :(&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm pretty sure the section of the Registry that deals with Logical drive letter to physical disk partition has got confused.  So I'd like to be able to edit the registry immediately after I've restored from backup, but before I've booted.  I've another bootable system on the machine (from which I'm typing this plea :) ) so I don't need &quot;boot from CD&quot; if there are other options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;REgedit only allows you to connect to a live registry on another machine.  is ther eany software that allows you to edit the hives directly (ie just like RegEdit only directly to the hives on disk)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TIA,&#xD;&#xA;Paolo" />
  <row Id="38768" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21788" RevisionGUID="bfdc28aa-f1fa-4c63-b8f0-7e02da8c94ef" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:38:56.193" UserId="8693" Text="How to edit registry hives without live running" />
  <row Id="38769" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21788" RevisionGUID="bfdc28aa-f1fa-4c63-b8f0-7e02da8c94ef" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:38:56.193" UserId="8693" Text="&lt;registry&gt;" />
  <row Id="38770" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21742" RevisionGUID="a6690339-1d5c-477e-b8b2-890345b350ae" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:41:34.270" UserId="117" Comment="remove switch from question because it's irrelevant" Text="As Steve Gibson said in last &quot;security now&quot; podcast, almost all current network equipment is not working with IPv6 packets for now. Is that really the case ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit from initial post: Hub and switches are working on level 2 and so, not concerned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, do you think manufacturer (like Cisco, Netgears, 3Com and so on) will release firmware update to upgrade them to fix that issue ? &#xD;&#xA;Or will they tell us to buy new stuff ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, by the way, as IPv6 are much bigger than IPv4 address, will upgraded network equipment performance be much slower than with IPv4 (because addresses cache will contains less IPv6 address than IPv4 ones, and cos more processing power will surely be necessary to process packet) ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know IPv6 is not really needed inside a LAN today (because NAT is working great) but I would have your opinions on that subject." />
  <row Id="38771" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21789" RevisionGUID="44b0fc01-32c7-4c64-b6af-de4a347a6909" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:51:40.397" UserId="4718" Text="This error also occurs if you have a backup that exceeds half the Tombstone Lifetime of the forest that you are restoring. This is a default value of 180 days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A restore from a later backup (taken this morning) fixes the issue and allows the restore and restart of Directory Services to complete." />
  <row Id="38772" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21790" RevisionGUID="321165f5-a7d8-4186-9ef1-5c92266d6f8e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:52:42.453" UserId="8695" Text="This MS article provides many alternative solutions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249321/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Methods 3 or 4 may solve your problem, although none of them involves changing the registry hive directly as you were planning to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck." />
  <row Id="38773" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21528" RevisionGUID="61b5d06a-cbb9-4801-8e12-964a6ec60ca2" CreationDate="2009-06-08T09:59:37.540" UserId="2612" Comment="correction" Text="Yes, the **robocopy.exe** resource kit utility I think was made part of the OS with Windows 2003. You can specify all sorts of options as to what gets overwritten or not. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By default, robocopy won't overwrite same files, just newer versions over old - it's a folder syncing tool, mainly. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to avoid **any** sort of overwrite, this might work, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    robocopy C:\FOLDER1 C:\FOLDER2 /e /xc /xn /xo &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **/e** is copy all subfolders, even empty ones.  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; **/xc** is exclude changed files.  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; **/xn** is exclude newer files.  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; **/xo** is exclude older files.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recommend you test first with these additional switches, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    robocopy C:\FOLDER1 C:\FOLDER2 /e /xc /xn /xo /l /log+:robocopy.txt /np /ndl /tee&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where,  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; **/l** is just list, don't actually do anything. Remove this switch when you're happy with what robocopy will do.  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; **/log+:** appends output to a text file, so you can study it, or **/log:**, which overwrites the log each time.  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; **/np** prevents &quot;% done&quot; progress info in the log.  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; **/ndl** is a personal preference for a cleaner log output, but maybe leave this switch out until you're comfortable with how robocopy works.  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; **/tee** shows you output on the screen as well as the log.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21791" RevisionGUID="792bfc81-49b3-4833-817c-6317165927ab" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:04:56.530" UserId="4718" Text="AS there is little crossover requirements I would recommend setting them up as suggested, one domain with appropriate OU's beneath them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If setup with the relevant &quot;sites&quot; with at least one domain controller at each and with at least one Global Catalog at each site (no reason not to have each DC be a GC)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you migrate to the 100MB/s WAN even high volume DFS transfers would pose little issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maintaining it as one domain with multiple sites and appropriate OUs for permissions, installations, group security etc. means that should all domain controllers in one site fail, all machines, with the exception of machines that are told specifically to look at one domain controller for authentication e.g. an application that is querying a domain controller for LDAP services, should still be able to log in and use network resources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Over a 2Mb/s link this would be suboptimal but should be an edge case scenario, i.e. server room burns down but comms room is okay etc. &#xD;&#xA;Over a 100Mb/s link how is that any different to a normal domain config?" />
  <row Id="38775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21792" RevisionGUID="17a37df3-707b-4974-8bc8-b340347a0fa3" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:06:03.720" UserId="7783" Text="In general terms, they are correct that when you design AD you should use as few domains as possible. With a pending upgrade to 100Mb links, there's arguably no *technical* reason not to do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, you're not creating a new forest, as you well know, so the question becomes is there any real reason why you need to collapse a design that you're presumably happy with and which works well, and I say no - I maybe wouldn't have designed it this way to start with but I couldn't justify the upheaval of changing it. It seems like a lot of work and the best you can hope for as a result is that the currently working system will continue to work. (I'm thinking about the perspective of your students and teaching staff here, whether or not the would be a large enough reduction in support costs from doing this is another, seperate consideration).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Exchange can work quite happily with users from several domains in the same forest so I am honestly not sure why the people you're outsourcing Exchange management to are asking about this. Perhaps someone should ask them their justification for asking for a major change to be made to a setup that currently works well. And if they say that Exchange needs it, fire them, they don't know what they're talking about." />
  <row Id="38776" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21753" RevisionGUID="79ee56d0-3897-482b-b4cb-7c41803c451c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:11:09.030" UserId="6365" Comment="improved formatting" Text="File changes: AIDE&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And for the logs: Logcheck&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;You can tweak it so it reports certain entries in logs." />
  <row Id="38777" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21793" RevisionGUID="3e3ce705-6f0f-411c-a847-6e33b01d31a2" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:11:11.603" UserId="1674" Text="I've got a WSUS Server setup and when some servers try and get updates they fail with 80072EE2 &quot;Windows Update encountered an unknown error.&quot;  The Get help link that Microsoft has so generously provided opens the Windows Help and Support which checks the net for &quot;&quot;WindowsUpdate_80072EE2&quot; &quot;WindowsUpdate_dt000&quot;&quot; and comes back with 0 results.  Removing the dt000 error does nothing for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everything I've found on the net says it's a network or firewall problem.  There's no problem accessing the WSUS server from the network (they are all VMs on the same physical servers).  I can browse to the webserver on the WSUS machine and get back the default website.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other servers at the colo patch them selves just fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows Firewall is disabled on the machines in question, as are the third party firewalls.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas what else to check?  The machines with the problem are running Windows 2008, as is the WSUS server." />
  <row Id="38778" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21793" RevisionGUID="3e3ce705-6f0f-411c-a847-6e33b01d31a2" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:11:11.603" UserId="1674" Text="Windows Updates fails with 80072EE2 when downloading from WSUS server" />
  <row Id="38779" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21793" RevisionGUID="3e3ce705-6f0f-411c-a847-6e33b01d31a2" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:11:11.603" UserId="1674" Text="&lt;wsus&gt;&lt;windows-update&gt;" />
  <row Id="38780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21794" RevisionGUID="80f63ad6-e837-4dbe-affe-c7e0f1229e50" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:19:59.823" UserId="388" Text="Lots of *current* service provider/enterprise routers support IPv6. This is somewhat misleading though; while most equipment you buy today will support IPv6, large swathes of the Internet is built on hardware that dates from several years ago, back when IPv6 support (particularly in hardware) was not a priority. Also, IPv6 implementations in consumer routers are still in their infancy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In terms of firmware upgrades for existing kit; lots of equipment is built with hardware designed for the efficient forwarding of IPv4 packets, with 32-bit addresses. It's not really feasible to upgrade these types of devices to be IPv6 compatible. For CPU based platforms, with no specific packet forwarding hardware, a firmware upgrade is possible. However, as you have pointed out, given the size of IPv6 addresses, older devices will most likely lack the memory/cache to perform well in an IPv6 environment. (Although with the reduced NAT requirement in IPv6, a large chunk of memory is freed up for use).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, have a look at [this question][1], regarding how much IPv6 is really in use today.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3305/how-much-is-ip-v6-addressing-being-used" />
  <row Id="38781" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21742" RevisionGUID="395e6812-3898-4925-b74d-8281870de507" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:20:15.953" UserId="388" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;ip&gt;&lt;ipv6&gt;" />
  <row Id="38782" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20350" RevisionGUID="9095adb5-04b5-4d2f-af21-7378ae9f0a1d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:24:21.657" UserId="7408" Comment="slightly more information" Text="Using `/conf/crontab`, as dlawson pointed out, sounds like an excellent idea to me. This allows me to run a script once a minute that ensures everything but http and ssh is&#xD;&#xA;shut down:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/init.d/cdserver stop&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/init.d/fdserver stop&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/init.d/cim_sfcb stop&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/init.d/webgo stop&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That still leaves me with a web server with password-based access control (I can see no way to have it validate client certificates) and who knows what remote vulnerabilities. Turning it off when I'm not using it (which is most of the time) seems like a reasonable solution; adding a crontab entry to shut it down every five or ten minutes would catch those cases where someone forgets to shut it down when he's done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ssh daemon is a version of [dropbear](http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html) that appears to be fairly heavily modified. It reads usernames and plaintext passwords from `/conf/PMConfig.dat` (which is also used by the web server), logs in any valid name and password as the root user, and ignores the `~/.ssh/authorized_keys` file. This last problem is annoying; it forces you to allow password logins and opens the possibility of backdoors depending on from where-all it gets its names and passwords.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So that's the dilemma you face: how much do you really trust this modified ssh daemon installed on a system that was fairly obviously designed by security-na&amp;iuml;ve developers? Not much at all, given the number of broken bits of cruft I've seen in their shell scripts. There are unusual naming conventions (/etc/rc?.d/sshd is a symlink to /etc/init.d/ssh), huge amount of code that appear to be unused, and features in just the ssh startup script, such as the `/conf/portcfg_ssh` file and even the `restart` command are entirely broken. (Don't try using these; sshd won't restart and you'll be screwed unless you have an existing login. We rebooted the BMC and ended up having to reflash it.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best option I can think of, if one's going to use the thing at all, is to start ssh on an alternate port using a cron job, so at least it's less likely to appear in a portscan.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The final component is the IPMI network management ports; I can't see how to turn these off." />
  <row Id="38783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21795" RevisionGUID="61410844-28a6-4c7b-9e08-1b5becc719bd" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:24:42.530" UserId="7768" Text="One thing the other answers don't mention is that I have yet to see a switch that can do the equivalent of DHCP snooping and arp inspection with IPv6.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a showstopper for many uses (FTTH)." />
  <row Id="38784" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21763" RevisionGUID="a2d5d9b6-92e4-48f0-8e17-3413a9253802" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:25:46.583" UserId="4946" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="[dnZoom][1] has been created just for that ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dnzoom.com/" />
  <row Id="38785" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21796" RevisionGUID="0ad38844-906e-45bb-801b-0500966cab68" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:26:51.680" UserId="5234" Text="Windows PE is your friend.  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766093.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use it to make a customised boot CD with regedit on it that will let you access and modify the registry hives on your PC." />
  <row Id="38786" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21797" RevisionGUID="c0bdd441-0846-4e7c-acfa-f7a6af6ac697" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:27:00.730" UserId="3813" Text="there is audit daemon on linux boxes." />
  <row Id="38787" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21798" RevisionGUID="5d6be973-6af1-488a-b518-8bb9596a97c6" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:27:18.623" UserId="1674" Text="The short answer is no.  The long answer is, yes, sort of.  If you spend a ton of time making sure that your database and application are setup to handle this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you were to host the same database on both servers, and use SQL Replication to ensure that the databases are synced between them, then you could put a load balancer in front of the SQL Servers and have clients connect to the load balancer instead of a single SQL Server.  However this creates it's own set of issues that have to be addressed first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A better option might be to look at federating your database so that half the data is stored on each server and data is queried from the server which holds that data.  However this is also an extremely tough thing to get setup correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has the database been properly tuned so that the indexes are all created in the best possible setup? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38788" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21795" RevisionGUID="e3d78db4-28fb-42f6-8fd3-ec8fd86077ec" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:33:04.167" UserId="7768" Comment="added 410 characters in body" Text="One thing the other answers don't mention is that I have yet to see a switch that can do the equivalent of DHCP snooping and arp inspection with IPv6.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a showstopper for many uses (FTTH).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for performance, take Cisco 7600 routers as an example; Half the pps (packets per second) performance on IPv6.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/routers/ps368/product_data_sheet0900aecd8057f3b6.html)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also the issue of IPv6 taking more room in the TCAM, but due to IPv6 being more aggregated (now and in the future, we hope) this won't be an issue during that platforms lifetime." />
  <row Id="38789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21799" RevisionGUID="8248917c-1050-43b1-b6ae-661886e7b32b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:33:12.853" UserDisplayName="Philippe" Text="That's right but a beta version of SP2 for OES2 is enable but we cannot donwload it from Novell's website.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am trying to find a link to download and try it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would be very great if somebody can post a download link because the other solution is to waiting to August to have this SP..  :s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you for your reply. " />
  <row Id="38790" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21800" RevisionGUID="82ebc53b-905e-4f67-b307-85560266a98d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:34:45.817" UserId="7408" Text="Hosts with a BIOS that works over the serial port, USB serial adapters and Paul Vixie's _rtty_ (packaged as _remote-tty_ in Ubuntu and Debian) logging continuously.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The primary advantage of this system is that when a server spews a huge amount of information out to the console and then wedges or reboots, you have a complete log of what happened, as well as what anybody was typing on the console up to that point." />
  <row Id="38791" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21800" RevisionGUID="82ebc53b-905e-4f67-b307-85560266a98d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:34:45.817" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21801" RevisionGUID="0bae53c8-99fe-4b93-b9c6-489736eb3b25" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:37:03.597" UserId="1674" Text="It's worth a shot, but I'm sure they will say no.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sadly $25 isn't bad.  Rackspace was charging us $50 a Gig.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is one of the downsides to using a MSP (Managed Service Provider).  You are locked into them, with no other options and they know it (especially if you are under contract).  SOP for these guys is to reup that contract any time any little change is made so that you can't ever leave.  I know one time we added a new LUN to the SQL Server, and the contract they sent over reup'ed the contract for all the servers.  Now, our bad for not reading the contract, but they shouldn't have tried to sneak that in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Big surprise we are in the middle of moving out." />
  <row Id="38793" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21783" RevisionGUID="31af7511-605d-4d6f-8564-a7c65709063b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:37:29.990" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 88 characters in body" Text="These files contain debug information which Windows gathers and saves when there are problems with the system or with programs. They are part of the &quot;Windows Error Reporting (WER) and Crash Data&quot; which was introduced with Windows XP and captures product crash data. This way it's possible for end-users to report the information to Microsoft or the manufacturer of the program/driver etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you run out of space on your system disk, you can delete the files using the Disk Cleanup tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The full lines are&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Per user archived Windows Error Reports&#xD;&#xA;- Per user queued Windows Error Reports&#xD;&#xA;- System archived Windows Error Reports&#xD;&#xA;- System queued Windows Error Reports&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The directories are&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive &#xD;&#xA;- %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue &#xD;&#xA;- %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive &#xD;&#xA;- %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a link to Microsoft's [Windows Quality Online Services (Winqual][1]) site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*P.S.: There are some known issues which can lead to very large files (several GBs). Read [this blog post][2] if you experience the same problem.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://winqual.microsoft.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/serious-disk-cleanup-problem-caused-by-broken-registration/" />
  <row Id="38794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21802" RevisionGUID="b94c2764-4797-4593-8c70-6e7f3d409b67" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:38:49.130" UserId="5234" Text="A few things that happen during shutdown may cause slowness: data is written from cache to disk, the user profile is unloaded, services are stopped and (optionally) the page file may be cleared.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of these, I don't think the page file being cleared would cause blue screens, and I definitely don't think that data being written from cache to disk could slow things down except in extreme or unlikely situations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes a badly written service will refuse to stop properly, and in the case of the user profile not unloading properly, something somewhere is maintaining locks on it, possibly AV software or some other third party software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Suggested troubleshooting tips, in addition to the above, would include shutting down immediately after a boot (i.e. without logging on) to see if the process is any faster, logging off instead of shutting down to see if there are delays there, and selectively disabling services (but be careful here) to see if anything non-standard is to blame." />
  <row Id="38795" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21375" RevisionGUID="03eed196-ff92-44df-9e59-d68146db177c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:40:00.237" UserId="914" Comment="Fixed URL typo" Text="I would recommend [PasswordVault][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A group in our IT Department use it and really like the features it has to offer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The passwords are always encrypted.  Individual users can choose what passwords to share.  Best of all the software is free. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whatever you decide to use make sure the OS is secure and that the passwords are encrypted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.lavasoftware.com/PasswordVault%20-%20Password%20Manager%20&amp;%20Web%20Form%20Filler%20For%20Windows,%20MacOS%20and%20Linux.html" />
  <row Id="38796" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21795" RevisionGUID="7148ee2b-8a63-4ae6-9009-804a0d3f6073" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:40:08.957" UserId="7768" Comment="added 208 characters in body; added 3 characters in body" Text="One thing the other answers don't mention is that I have yet to see a switch that can do the equivalent of DHCP snooping and arp inspection with IPv6.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a showstopper for many uses (FTTH).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for performance, take Cisco 7600 routers as an example; Half the pps (packets per second) performance on IPv6.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/routers/ps368/product_data_sheet0900aecd8057f3b6.html)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also the issue of IPv6 taking more room in the TCAM, but due to IPv6 being more aggregated (now and in the future, we hope) this won't be an issue during that platforms lifetime.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to add that I disagree with your statement that &quot;NAT is working great&quot;. No. It isn't. Adequately maybe, but there are many real problems. And you may not see them because you're so used to them." />
  <row Id="38797" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21803" RevisionGUID="cba102d7-65ac-4fb4-b090-db2af83e100e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:44:14.300" UserId="8701" Text="I am trying to share (with full permissions) calendars across two different exchange servers in two locations. So here is the setup:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1 x Exchange 2007 (location 1)&#xD;&#xA;1 x Exchange 2003 (location 2)&#xD;&#xA;Different versions of Outlook (ie Outlook 2003/7)&#xD;&#xA;Localised GAL for each server (so they are not shared).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically I want to add/edit/delete events on some other users account in the exchange 2003 server from location 1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I googled and found that there are a few ways this can be done but no definite solution. These include using webDAV (but I think this only work with outlook 2007) and merging the 2 exchange servers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am also a bit new at using Exchange, so I am still trying understand how the 'black box' actually works. " />
  <row Id="38798" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21803" RevisionGUID="cba102d7-65ac-4fb4-b090-db2af83e100e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:44:14.300" UserId="8701" Text="Sharing Calendars across exchange servers" />
  <row Id="38799" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21803" RevisionGUID="cba102d7-65ac-4fb4-b090-db2af83e100e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:44:14.300" UserId="8701" Text="&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;exchange-2003&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;calendar&gt;" />
  <row Id="38800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21804" RevisionGUID="9be76110-7822-47b1-ba83-4c9ec0ac158f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:48:33.777" UserId="1435" Text="I'm going to turn your question around - I've found something that specifically isn't rack-mounted that I find better than its rack-mounted equivalent (for us anyway).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use blades for 98% of our servers and often don't need KVM access...EXCEPT that one time when you just do need it of course!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So rather than install a KVM into each rack we have 'gurneys' instead. They're wheeled trolleys with an LCD glued to the top and a keyboard and mouse/trackball on a shelf below. In the event of having to KVM into a blade we simply wheel the thing along, connect in and off we go." />
  <row Id="38801" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21804" RevisionGUID="9be76110-7822-47b1-ba83-4c9ec0ac158f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:48:33.777" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21805" RevisionGUID="c8d1acb8-dba3-4ab5-97f3-35424a3de086" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:44:30.930" Text="&lt;p&gt;I have inherited a horrible network and I need to start tidying things up. Our broadband is provided via an old NTL cable modem. The modem handles DHCP and has no option to turn this off.&#xA;I also have a edimax BR-6504n router. I want the router to handle DHCP and port forward to machines on the network but I have no idea how to set this up with the cable modem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any suggestions / reading material??&#xA;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38803" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21805" RevisionGUID="c8d1acb8-dba3-4ab5-97f3-35424a3de086" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:44:30.930" Text="Port forwarding woes (virgin cable modem)" />
  <row Id="38804" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21805" RevisionGUID="c8d1acb8-dba3-4ab5-97f3-35424a3de086" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:44:30.930" Text="&lt;modem&gt;&lt;router&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;" />
  <row Id="38805" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21805" RevisionGUID="3b8701b1-a40b-4b1b-a159-159e43463c54" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:57:35.333" UserId="4392" Comment="added 5 characters in body; edited tags; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;I have inherited a horrible network and I need to start tidying things up. Our broadband is provided via an old NTL cable modem. The modem handles DHCP and has no option to turn this off.&#xD;&#xA;I also have a edimax BR-6504n router. I want the router to handle DHCP and port forward to machines on the network but I have no idea how to set this up with the cable modem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any suggestions / reading material??&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38806" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21805" RevisionGUID="3b8701b1-a40b-4b1b-a159-159e43463c54" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:57:35.333" UserId="4392" Comment="added 5 characters in body; edited tags; edited tags" Text="&lt;modem&gt;&lt;router&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;" />
  <row Id="38807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21806" RevisionGUID="323b50ea-14e8-40ca-a271-dcd9cba2b323" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:57:40.153" UserId="162" Text="I want to be able to launch screen sessions on remote servers from a single ssh command on my desktop.  However, screen seems to need a terminal, which is not available when running a command through ssh.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the obvious&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh root@my.machine screen &quot;tail -f /var/log/messages&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(as an example) does not work, and gives&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Must be connected to a terminal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want ssh to launch the command under a screen so I can log in later and attach as I would to a screen session I would have launched manually." />
  <row Id="38808" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21806" RevisionGUID="323b50ea-14e8-40ca-a271-dcd9cba2b323" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:57:40.153" UserId="162" Text="How can I launch a screen session with a command over ssh on a remote server from my desktop ?" />
  <row Id="38809" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21806" RevisionGUID="323b50ea-14e8-40ca-a271-dcd9cba2b323" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:57:40.153" UserId="162" Text="&lt;screen&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;" />
  <row Id="38810" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21803" RevisionGUID="2f3f4b3e-af1e-4b6b-98b0-6fdeb4927154" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:58:48.187" UserId="8701" Comment="added 6 characters in body" Text="I am trying to share (with full permissions) calendars across two different exchange servers in two locations. So here is the setup:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1 x Exchange 2007 (location 1)  &#xD;&#xA;1 x Exchange 2003 (location 2)  &#xD;&#xA;Different versions of Outlook (ie Outlook 2003/7)  &#xD;&#xA;Localised GAL for each server (so they are not shared).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically I want to add/edit/delete events on some other users account in the exchange 2003 server from location 1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I googled and found that there are a few ways this can be done but no definite solution. These include using webDAV (but I think this only work with outlook 2007) and merging the 2 exchange servers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am also a bit new at using Exchange, so I am still trying understand how the 'black box' actually works. " />
  <row Id="38811" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21807" RevisionGUID="f99bc672-959a-43ef-b54e-445a8cff4ef2" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:59:00.120" UserId="5763" Text="You won't need to turn off DHCP on the modem.  Connect the modem ethernet port to the WAN port on the router.  Then configure the router to get its IP address by DHCP.  You should be able to find an instruction manual on the internet for your router if you are not sure how to configure it.  The router will then answer DHCP requests on the LAN.  It won't allow them through to the modem, even if you turn off DHCP on the router." />
  <row Id="38812" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21807" RevisionGUID="f99bc672-959a-43ef-b54e-445a8cff4ef2" CreationDate="2009-06-08T10:59:00.120" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38813" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6254" RevisionGUID="ca0f9c95-2285-4e97-a3fd-9fdd268c749c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:00:28.727" UserId="45" Comment="added 330 characters in body" Text="Run Microsoft's **Malicious Software Removal tool**. It is a stand-alone binary that is useful in the removal of prevalent malicious software, and it can help remove the Win32/Conficker malware family. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can download the MSRT from either of the following Microsoft Web sites:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- http://www.update.microsoft.com&#xD;&#xA;- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890830&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Read this Micosoft support article: [Virus alert about the Win32/Conficker.B worm][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is this web page  which you could open. It should give a warning if there is a sign of conficker on the machine: [http://four.cs.uni-bonn.de/fileadmin/user_upload/werner/cfdetector/][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I almost forgot to mention this very nice &quot;visual&quot; approach: [Conficker Eye Chart][3] (I'm not sure if it will work in the future with modified version of the virus) - I'm not sure if it still works properly (update 06/2009):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If you can see all six images in both&#xD;&#xA;&gt; rows of the top table, you are either&#xD;&#xA;&gt; not infected by Conficker, or you may&#xD;&#xA;&gt; be using a proxy server, in which case&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you will not be able to use this test&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to make an accurate determination,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; since Conficker will be unable to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; block you from viewing the AV/security&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Network Scanner**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;eEye's Free Conficker Worm Network Scanner:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The Conficker worm utilizes a variety&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of attack vectors to transmit and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; receive payloads, including: software&#xD;&#xA;&gt; vulnerabilities (e.g. MS08-067),&#xD;&#xA;&gt; portable media devices (e.g. USB thumb&#xD;&#xA;&gt; drives and hard drives), as well as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; leveraging endpoint weaknesses (e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; weak passwords on network-enabled&#xD;&#xA;&gt; systems). The Conficker worm will also&#xD;&#xA;&gt; spawn remote access backdoors on the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; system and attempt to download&#xD;&#xA;&gt; additional malware to further infect&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Download here: [http://www.eeye.com/html/downloads/other/ConfickerScanner.html][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look also at this resource (&quot;network scanner&quot;): [http://iv.cs.uni-bonn. de/wg/cs/applications/containing-conficker/][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;962007&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://four.cs.uni-bonn.de/fileadmin/user_upload/werner/cfdetector/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/infection_test/cfeyechart.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.eeye.com/html/downloads/other/ConfickerScanner.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://iv.cs.uni-bonn.de/wg/cs/applications/containing-conficker/" />
  <row Id="38814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21808" RevisionGUID="62e6a027-54b7-42d3-bd99-eaa4914dfbb3" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:01:33.017" UserId="4392" Text="If you've got a cable modem that does DHCP on the outside, and you've also got a router that you can configure however you want, why not put the router behind the cable modem? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You don't /have/ to setup the router as a DHCP client unless you want to (or your subnet changes). You could just configure it with a static IP somewhere in the valid  IP range. Set up the LAN side of the router with a different subnet than the &quot;middle&quot; network, make sure that both the router and the cable modem are using NAT correctly, and you should be good to go. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38815" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21808" RevisionGUID="62e6a027-54b7-42d3-bd99-eaa4914dfbb3" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:01:33.017" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21809" RevisionGUID="652f8545-5cc0-4b9e-a50e-56208f226d79" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:04:09.733" UserId="3002" Text="Try using the -t option to ssh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh -t root@my.machine screen &quot;tail -f /var/log/messages&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From man ssh&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     -t      Force pseudo-tty allocation.  This can be used to execute arbi-&#xD;&#xA;&gt;             trary screen-based programs on a remote machine, which can be&#xD;&#xA;&gt;             very useful, e.g., when implementing menu services.  Multiple -t&#xD;&#xA;&gt;             options force tty allocation, even if ssh has no local tty." />
  <row Id="38817" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6254" RevisionGUID="543346c4-0f5a-41a8-8114-885242092128" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:06:52.007" UserId="45" Comment="added 261 characters in body" Text="Run Microsoft's **Malicious Software Removal tool**. It is a stand-alone binary that is useful in the removal of prevalent malicious software, and it can help remove the Win32/Conficker malware family. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can download the MSRT from either of the following Microsoft Web sites:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- http://www.update.microsoft.com&#xD;&#xA;- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890830&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Read this Micosoft support article: [Virus alert about the Win32/Conficker.B worm][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is this web page  which you could open. It should give a warning if there is a sign of conficker on the machine: [http://four.cs.uni-bonn.de/fileadmin/user_upload/werner/cfdetector/][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I almost forgot to mention this very nice &quot;visual&quot; approach: [Conficker Eye Chart][3] (I'm not sure if it will work in the future with modified version of the virus) - I'm not sure if it still works properly (update 06/2009):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If you can see all six images in both&#xD;&#xA;&gt; rows of the top table, you are either&#xD;&#xA;&gt; not infected by Conficker, or you may&#xD;&#xA;&gt; be using a proxy server, in which case&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you will not be able to use this test&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to make an accurate determination,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; since Conficker will be unable to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; block you from viewing the AV/security&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Network Scanner**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;eEye's Free Conficker Worm Network Scanner:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The Conficker worm utilizes a variety&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of attack vectors to transmit and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; receive payloads, including: software&#xD;&#xA;&gt; vulnerabilities (e.g. MS08-067),&#xD;&#xA;&gt; portable media devices (e.g. USB thumb&#xD;&#xA;&gt; drives and hard drives), as well as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; leveraging endpoint weaknesses (e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; weak passwords on network-enabled&#xD;&#xA;&gt; systems). The Conficker worm will also&#xD;&#xA;&gt; spawn remote access backdoors on the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; system and attempt to download&#xD;&#xA;&gt; additional malware to further infect&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Download here: [http://www.eeye.com/html/downloads/other/ConfickerScanner.html][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look also at this resource (&quot;network scanner&quot;): [http://iv.cs.uni-bonn. de/wg/cs/applications/containing-conficker/][5]. Search for &quot;Network Scanner&quot; and, if you're running Windows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Florian Roth has compiled a Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; version which is available for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; download [from his website][6] *[direct link to zip-download]*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;962007&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://four.cs.uni-bonn.de/fileadmin/user_upload/werner/cfdetector/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/infection_test/cfeyechart.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.eeye.com/html/downloads/other/ConfickerScanner.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://iv.cs.uni-bonn.de/wg/cs/applications/containing-conficker/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.bsk-consulting.de/download/scs2-win32.zip" />
  <row Id="38818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21810" RevisionGUID="0f6f3446-b105-469c-80b1-7b0bb92fa043" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:09:02.627" UserId="7073" Text="First question are both exchange servers in the same domain/forect/organization?&#xD;&#xA;- if you open the Exchange system manager on one server, do you see both servers or not?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If yes, then actually it should just work, might need to add some permissions if you want to do more then just view.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they are in different organizations (being exchange organizations that is) then it get complex.  In a nutshell you need to setup a trust between the two domains, and both servers need to be able to resolve names from the other server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have a perm VPN link between the sites?  Are both sites part of the same Windows Domain?  Need more infomation before we can recommend anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38819" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21809" RevisionGUID="bbbce29e-8421-40d4-b7c6-06997ac3661c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:09:50.863" UserId="3002" Comment="Fixed formatting, don't formate quote as code." Text="Try using the -t option to ssh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh -t root@my.machine screen &quot;tail -f /var/log/messages&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From man ssh&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;-t      Force pseudo-tty allocation.  This can be used to execute arbi-&#xD;&#xA;        trary screen-based programs on a remote machine, which can be&#xD;&#xA;        very useful, e.g., when implementing menu services.  Multiple -t&#xD;&#xA;        options force tty allocation, even if ssh has no local tty.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="38820" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21807" RevisionGUID="9e22d972-f5a0-41b0-8b0b-30eb52c6fe8c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:12:52.510" UserId="5763" Comment="added 138 characters in body" Text="You won't need to turn off DHCP on the modem.  Connect the modem ethernet port to the WAN port on the router.  Then configure the router to get its IP address by DHCP.  You should be able to find an instruction manual on the internet for your router if you are not sure how to configure it.  The router will then answer DHCP requests on the LAN.  It won't allow them through to the modem, even if you turn off DHCP on the router.  &#xD;&#xA;EDIT: There is a link to download the manual from this page http://www.edimax.com/en/produce_detail.php?pd_id=222&amp;pl1_id=3&amp;pl2_id=18&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38821" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21476" RevisionGUID="6fd859d1-f295-4947-b9da-1888ab78bf94" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:14:19.993" UserId="2908" Comment="expanded information and added hyperlink" Text="Due to the metric of the connection, a DNS lookup should always pick LAN over WLAN. As long as the routing table is showing a lower metric for the LAN connection than the WLAN, it should be working the way you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to verify your metrics per connection, you should be able to look at the IP address in the interface column to get the corresponding metric. Physical interfaces should have the same metric for all entries. Virtual interfaces (and loopback) will gave different metrics based on the physical connection they are using for the given entry. ([This KB article][1] explains how the Automatic Metrics are assigned.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to ensure a specific order to the DNS servers, you can define a prefered order list at &quot;Connection Properties&gt;Internet Protocol(TCP/IP) Properties&gt;Advanced&gt;DNS&quot;. This list will need to be defined on each connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299540" />
  <row Id="38822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21811" RevisionGUID="a2739363-9a5a-4021-89a3-5648558b9c3f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:16:13.080" UserId="7073" Text="When you setup a profile in outlook you select exchange server for type, when you specify the username/server name does this name resolve properly?  Blank them out first if they have been resolved before and try again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do any other workstations work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hate to say this.....reboot exchange?  &#xD;&#xA;If the the name does not resolve reboot your domain controllers, then the exchange" />
  <row Id="38823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21812" RevisionGUID="c50ff5d0-2773-4d2b-9938-3424ae938c51" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:17:26.993" UserId="4387" Text="iPhone + Handbase (encrypted database app).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need something to keep passwords that moves with me. I need access to the passwords at home, at work and anywhere because I'm oncall 24x7 1 week in 2, and I don't stay at home when I'm oncall. I need to have access to passwords anywhere and any time. It's no good keeping them on a laptop when I'm at a restaurant in another city and the laptop is at home. I use PCs, Macs and Unix systems and move between them all day, so a Windows-only app, or a Mac-only app won't work for my needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used to keep them in a Palm TX in Handbase (still encrypted), but moved to the iPhone recently which wasn't a good move. The iPhone version of Handbase is a bit wordy, and takes much longer to enter data and retrieve it. And I had a One Time Password generator on the Palm, which I needed. I haven't found one for the iPhone yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I keep the database labeled something innocuous like Wine Tastings, so it doesn't look to enticing if I lost the device. The database is backed up. If I lost the iPod, the encrypted password database would probably get erased, and the company would buy another iPhone and I would restore the database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However I remember about 100 of the most commonly used passwords. I only need to look up the less used." />
  <row Id="38824" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21812" RevisionGUID="c50ff5d0-2773-4d2b-9938-3424ae938c51" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:17:26.993" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38825" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21813" RevisionGUID="016f1338-a5f1-428e-9b52-311224e78cfe" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:20:44.960" UserId="1639" Text="Check ( and disable ):  &#xD;&#xA;anti-virus  &#xD;&#xA;anti-spyware&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;also check temp system environment variable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21814" RevisionGUID="be4d139d-6299-4511-b0b0-1c37eb70f04c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:25:13.670" UserId="422" Text="OES2 SP1 is the current release as noted by splattne. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OES2 SP2 is not yet in closed beta, but ought to be soon. Anyone on that closed beta has signed an NDA agreeing not to spread it around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you are asking for is illegal and inappropriate.  If you would like to particpate in the OES2 SP2 beta, you can try and apply an http://beta.novell.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21815" RevisionGUID="f1a53520-5c0d-43bc-b482-5460a04c85ea" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:30:29.977" UserId="422" Text="Now as to the actual problem reported.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What troubleshooting have you tried?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are you seeing in DSTRace, with the NMAS options enabled?  This is the most likely approach as NMAS is the components used to allow passwords from other systems to be used.  Also, the Kerberos method is part of the NMAS stack.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To learn about using DSTrace, read this excellent article:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Reading DStrace][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The focus is on Identity Manager trace reading, but nonetheless, the importance of Dstrace is made clear.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To read about the process of troubleshooting NMAS related issue via Dstrace you can read my articles: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[AFP/CIFS NMAS troubleshooting][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[pam_ldap NMAS issues][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think the pam_ldap one is not yet published as public, but should be within the next day or three.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope these help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are not sure what Dstrace is, you can look at this article:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Many faces of DSTrace][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.novell.com/communities/node/5681/capturing-and-reading-novell-identity-manager-traces&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.novell.com/communities/node/7080/example-troubleshooting-afp-nmas-issues&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.novell.com/communities/node/8438/troubleshooting-pamldap-against-edirectory-issues&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.novell.com/communities/node/4418/the-many-faces-dstrace" />
  <row Id="38828" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21816" RevisionGUID="2a52a9a4-09f8-43a9-a6e4-b69a68a4601e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:33:15.527" UserId="4387" Text="Being audited by the BSA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first time you get audited by the BSA for your Microsoft licenses, and you get raped and reamed for paper filing issues that has nothing to do with willful piracy of Microsoft software, then you will find that switching to Linux or Mac has some major advantages and you will find plenty of ways of justifying why you want to switch, and your employees will switch and find ways of making it work." />
  <row Id="38829" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21816" RevisionGUID="2a52a9a4-09f8-43a9-a6e4-b69a68a4601e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:33:15.527" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38830" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21817" RevisionGUID="95493462-574b-4319-95b1-44418a6b4649" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:41:47.490" UserId="7785" Text="It's a bit of an aside, but.....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're always using the same username for a remote server, you may also find it useful to add a host into your ssh config:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Host remotesystem&#xD;&#xA;        User baruser&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That way you don't need to remember to specify user name when logging in, and you rule that out when having issues with keys in future." />
  <row Id="38831" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19666" RevisionGUID="72d93931-e794-41d2-95b6-cb54023d6aad" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:43:43.337" UserId="4387" Comment="added 1050 characters in body; added 131 characters in body" Text="The real Dickie xterm: [invisible-island.net/xterm/](http://invisible-island.net/xterm/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have to connect to a range of servers - Solaris old and new, SCO, Macs, Linux, BSD - and the real Dickie xterm gives me least problems and maximum compatibility.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why the Dickie xterm? It's old-time standard compliant. Shift-leftclick or right-leftclick on the Dickie xterm and you can control major facets of xterm behaviour that you will need when moving between many different Unix systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use the .Xdefaults configuration file to control your default settings (including handling those silly Solaris function key issues). You can control starting sizes and positions, colour, keystrokes, terminal settings, almost everything. You can even standardise the ancient Delete/Backspace incompatibility problem between Linux and Solaris and SCO and other systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you find a copy of Alan Southerton book The Shell Hacker's Guide To X and Motif, despite the ancient title, you can configure your xterm to do amazing things and have wild menus and functionality and that can seriously enhance your productivity either as a programmer or a sysadmin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Dickie xterm is so standard that all old texts and books and hints work with it, yet it keeps up with modern practices. It just doesn't do fancy modern graphics like see-through backgrounds and other things that impede work but look pretty." />
  <row Id="38832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21818" RevisionGUID="c2eb9e11-ef3f-41aa-8676-d764e5f47bcc" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:43:45.333" UserId="1435" Text="The tireless efforts of the Microsoft 'Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt' division :)" />
  <row Id="38833" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21818" RevisionGUID="c2eb9e11-ef3f-41aa-8676-d764e5f47bcc" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:43:45.333" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38834" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21819" RevisionGUID="de86adcd-da49-4195-8bed-60a496b6b44c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:43:45.817" UserId="8342" Text="Thanks to both [MrTomahawk][1] and [tptech][2] for pointing me in the right direction.  Turns out that there are a couple of tricks to this.  For more information see the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Getting Time Machine to Work The Way I Want][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [MacOSXHints.com: Set up Time Machine on a NAS in three easy steps][4] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, you first create a share on your WHS for your Time Machine backups to go.  I called mine &quot;macbackup&quot; and gave my user full permissions to the folder as well as set it to replicate so that I have a redundant backup of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next, open up a terminal window on the Mac and switch on the magic preference&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, mount the share on your Windows Home Server using Finder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Back in the terminal window, you now have to create a sparse bundle file.  Take a look at the links above for more information, but basically you type a command like the following&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    hdiutil create -nospotlight -library SPUD -size [size_in_gigs]g -fs HFS+J -type SPARSEBUNDLE -volname &quot;Time Machine&quot;  -verbose [hostname]_[mac_addr].sparsebundle&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Replacing [size_in_gigs] for the size you want to constrain time machine to use, [hostname] for the machine name of your mac and [mac_addr] for the mac address of the interface you want to use for the bacup (usually eth0 as doing the backup over wifi will take a while)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used something like the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    hdiutil create -nospotlight -library SPUD -size 250g -fs HFS+J -type SPARSEBUNDLE -volname &quot;Time Machine&quot; -verbose martinmbp_002332c5437e.sparsebundle&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then copy this over to the mounted share using something like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cp -r [hostname]_[mac_addr].sparsebundle /Volumes/mackbackup/.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, go to System Preferences, Time Machine and select Change Disk..  Pick your WHS share that you have copied the .sparsebundle to and then leave for a long time if this is your first backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seems to be working for me. I'll report back and edit this answer if I find any issues with it.  Mileage may vary as Apple obviously left this functionality out for a reason, I'm assuming it is a technical one rather than a ploy to sell more Time Capsules so we'll see what happens.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/20768/using-whs-for-a-mac-time-machine-backup/21497#21497&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/20768/using-whs-for-a-mac-time-machine-backup/20813#20813&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.stocksy.co.uk/articles/Mac/getting_time_machine_to_work_how_i_want/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080420211034137" />
  <row Id="38835" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21803" RevisionGUID="ea3880c1-b059-4fe2-872c-60df461ef729" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:44:26.673" UserId="8701" Comment="added 115 characters in body" Text="I am trying to share (with full permissions) calendars across two different exchange servers in two locations. So here is the setup:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1 x Exchange 2007 (location 1)  &#xD;&#xA;1 x Exchange 2003 (location 2)  &#xD;&#xA;Different versions of Outlook (ie Outlook 2003/7)  &#xD;&#xA;Localised GAL for each server (so they are not shared).&#xD;&#xA;There is no VPN between the two servers but that can be setup.&#xD;&#xA;They are not part of the same domain, forest etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically I want to add/edit/delete events on some other users account in the exchange 2003 server from location 1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I googled and found that there are a few ways this can be done but no definite solution. These include using webDAV (but I think this only work with outlook 2007) and merging the 2 exchange servers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am also a bit new at using Exchange, so I am still trying understand how the 'black box' actually works. " />
  <row Id="38836" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21820" RevisionGUID="30f15edc-6826-4adb-bb34-7e4f6b00828d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:44:33.553" UserId="47936" Text="The problem doesn't occur very often, but still it surely exists and I'm not sure where to start from.&#xD;&#xA;I have grepped for the mongrel PIDs in /var/log/ and the only messages that contained them are these:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  7 07:46:24 staging kernel: 4gb seg fixup, process mongrel_rails (pid 29498), cs:ip 73:00937a5c&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It has something to do with Xen specific version of `libc`, but it's not critical, and the processes are still running with these messages accumulating in `kern.log`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm actually looking not only for specific solution (which probably couldn't be provided from the above description) but for any advice on how to set up monitoring or investigate such cases." />
  <row Id="38837" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21820" RevisionGUID="30f15edc-6826-4adb-bb34-7e4f6b00828d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:44:33.553" UserId="47936" Text="Mongrel cluster stops silently on EC2 instance running Debian 5.0.1" />
  <row Id="38838" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21820" RevisionGUID="30f15edc-6826-4adb-bb34-7e4f6b00828d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:44:33.553" UserId="47936" Text="&lt;mongrel&gt;&lt;amazon-ec2&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;failure&gt;" />
  <row Id="38839" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21821" RevisionGUID="4772bdfd-4b2c-44b1-beec-31bfbe0ee3ad" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:44:55.423" UserId="8693" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows Live Mail has replaced Windows Mail (which, in turn, replaced Outlook Express).  For various reasons, I need to be able to use the Mail Rules capability of Windows Mail - which appears to have &quot;gone West&quot; in Windows Live Mail.  Specifically I need the ability to leave certain messages on the POP3 mail Server (hence I can't use Outlook since that ability seems to be missing in Outlook 2007).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, I found some blog posts on the web that suggested I should be able to just copy the Windows Mail folder (in Program Files) from a Vista System and overwrite the same folder in Windows7.  I've done that but when I try to start Windows Mail (WinMail.exe) I get the message that that Message store can't be initialized.  and that MSOE.DLL can't be initialized.  Just before the MSOE.dll message I get an (0X8007007E, 126) message about the computer being out of memory or disk being full.  This type of message is typically spurious and can usually be traced to a lack of access somewhere along the line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I THINK, I have all the security &quot;ducks in a row&quot; but I'm still unable to run Windows Mail on Windows 7.  I REALLY need to be able to.  Can anyone suggest a foolproof mechanism to achieve this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TIA,&#xD;&#xA;Paolo&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38840" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21821" RevisionGUID="4772bdfd-4b2c-44b1-beec-31bfbe0ee3ad" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:44:55.423" UserId="8693" Text="Running Windows Mail under Windows 7 - MSOE.dll problem" />
  <row Id="38841" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21821" RevisionGUID="4772bdfd-4b2c-44b1-beec-31bfbe0ee3ad" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:44:55.423" UserId="8693" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;" />
  <row Id="38842" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21822" RevisionGUID="160628b8-9f19-4dbf-9645-734060825693" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:45:27.857" UserDisplayName="Philippe" Text="Ok. I didn't know about this &quot;NDA agreeing&quot;. :s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you for informations which can resolve my problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll try it seriously and see if it works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you geoffc for your help I think it will be useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21823" RevisionGUID="726c3610-5dab-4dd0-b8a0-0fae9e478443" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:49:06.357" UserId="8707" Text="There are several possibilities I can think of immediately, but you should have included the exact error message you got when Outlook couldn't connect, which will help everyone here to narrow it down." />
  <row Id="38844" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21824" RevisionGUID="be86236f-8b84-4409-bc83-ed801f4962d9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:54:59.677" UserId="3058" Text="*Copied from StackOverflow*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any overwhelming reasons to pick one over the other?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm in the middle. Our database administrator says that Oracle on Linux is better, but cannot present proof. Our hardware administrators only know Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right now we're proceeding with Linux, but I'd feel better if I could find some proof that it was a better OS for hosting Oracle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The database has 500 GB of data. I know it's not big, but we have some processes that are taxing our Windows 2003 (32 bit) server.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38845" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21824" RevisionGUID="be86236f-8b84-4409-bc83-ed801f4962d9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:54:59.677" UserId="3058" Text="Linux or Windows 2003 (64 bit) for hosting an Oracle database?" />
  <row Id="38846" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21824" RevisionGUID="be86236f-8b84-4409-bc83-ed801f4962d9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:54:59.677" UserId="3058" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;oracle&gt;" />
  <row Id="38847" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21771" RevisionGUID="eebd16bd-c6f0-4b75-8f88-2cf7a7089056" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:56:08.163" UserId="914" Comment="added 1 characters in body; added 187 characters in body" Text="Checkout the [User Profile Hive Cleanup service][1] which can sometimes resolve slow logouts (and thus shutdowns).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll also want to enable [extended logout messages][2] so you can see which part is actually hanging.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This][3] appears to work for Windows 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1B286E6D-8912-4E18-B570-42470E2F3582&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325376/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.askvg.com/how-to-enable-disable-verbose-startup-shutdown-logon-logoff-status-messages-in-windows-xp-vista-server-2003-2008/" />
  <row Id="38848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21825" RevisionGUID="5c5ca0dc-bb6b-45a9-b3d2-80fde4d8b193" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:57:36.480" UserId="8707" Text="I don't think finding an alternative PDF viewer solves the problem you are trying to solve. Adobe is terrible with security, we all know that, but at least they patch things up quickly (well, mostly) so as long as you have a good system managing the updates, it's fine. All software has bugs and security holes, finding an alternative to Adobe Acrobat Reader will simply introduce another set of bugs and holes, instead of eliminating them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I understand you might be talking about more than just security here, but really, if security is your main concern, the solution is to shorten the window of vulnerability to as short as possible." />
  <row Id="38849" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21825" RevisionGUID="5c5ca0dc-bb6b-45a9-b3d2-80fde4d8b193" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:57:36.480" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21826" RevisionGUID="e053ed09-ff7a-4bbc-8a37-6828bb1ba351" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:58:56.853" UserId="8709" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am trying to create a script that will enable our automated tool to add certain groups into the localgroups of our servers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;net localgroup dbusers aceina\A&amp;H Support (Accenture) /add&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem I have is that it doesn't seem to like the &quot;&amp;&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Program Files\IBM\SQLLIB\BIN&gt;net localgroup dbusers 'aceina\A&amp;H Support (Accenture)' /add&#xD;&#xA;    The syntax of this command is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    NET LOCALGROUP [groupname [/COMMENT:&quot;text&quot;]] [/DOMAIN]&#xD;&#xA;              groupname {/ADD [/COMMENT:&quot;text&quot;] | /DELETE}  [/DOMAIN]&#xD;&#xA;              groupname name [...] {/ADD | /DELETE} [/DOMAIN]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    'H' is not recognized as an internal or external command,&#xD;&#xA;    operable program or batch file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried single and double quotes without any success.  Can anyone suggest a way to get around this please?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="38851" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21826" RevisionGUID="e053ed09-ff7a-4bbc-8a37-6828bb1ba351" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:58:56.853" UserId="8709" Text="net localgroup add group with spaces and ambersand" />
  <row Id="38852" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21826" RevisionGUID="e053ed09-ff7a-4bbc-8a37-6828bb1ba351" CreationDate="2009-06-08T11:58:56.853" UserId="8709" Text="&lt;net-localgroup&gt;" />
  <row Id="38853" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21827" RevisionGUID="8f032770-8406-4c9a-9239-6b7c42df6324" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:02:36.350" UserId="4718" Text="I agree with Robert, first verify that you can connect to the exchange server via an alternate protocol, either OWA or POP3/IMAP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would also recommend inspecting the Event Viewer on your exchange server. One of the issues that I come across regularly is that of the user being disconnected from Exchange because they have exceeded the MAPI session limit (defaults to 32). Why this happens I don't know yet, but a restart of the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service (and the associated Auto Accept Agent) does the trick for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think this comes down to &quot;mobile&quot; users moving being wired and wireless connections to our network" />
  <row Id="38854" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21828" RevisionGUID="17d08251-f0cf-42cd-bfb0-6983b48fa866" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:03:29.377" UserId="4703" Text="My recommendation is the tool OSSEC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-It does file integrity checking to detect changes to files (or directories)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-It does log analysis to detect failed logins, time changes, etc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-It is open source, multi-platform and easy to install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been using it for PCI compliance and to audit my Linux systems and routers (yes, it supports Cisco routers too via &quot;agentless&quot;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Link: http://www.ossec.net" />
  <row Id="38855" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21829" RevisionGUID="3ba8dbcd-26c6-4ec4-b2e8-09931f27d3b3" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:03:46.320" UserId="5078" Text="There used to be an overriding reason to go with Linux for 64bit support (and therefore better memory management) - this is now reduced with the more stable support of x64 WIntel platforms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I cannot give you a definitive answer for why, but I looked after the IT support for a smallish development house who wrote applications against Oracle 7i, 8i, 9i and 10i - *all* database hosts were done vs Linux - on RHEL 3, 4 and 5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The primary reason for this was given as it was the most stable supported Host OS that Oracle ratified for use with their database. With the plethora of patches that Microsoft release, it was almost impossible to keep the host OS at a level that Oracle had tested and would support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having used Oracle on Windows 2003 x64 and RHEL 4 x64 - the same database performed a lot better on Linux than on Windows - the back end storage was a 300Gb fibre presented raid 10 partition on an EMC array.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both systems were 'untweaked'" />
  <row Id="38856" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21830" RevisionGUID="250be8bb-8626-47f4-9a85-d49aabf6b9b6" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:04:22.730" UserId="234" Text="I've got an IIS6 server with a boat load of log files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What good tools are there that I can't use to get a decent amount of detail from the logs?" />
  <row Id="38857" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21830" RevisionGUID="250be8bb-8626-47f4-9a85-d49aabf6b9b6" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:04:22.730" UserId="234" Text="Analyse IIS Log Files" />
  <row Id="38858" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21830" RevisionGUID="250be8bb-8626-47f4-9a85-d49aabf6b9b6" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:04:22.730" UserId="234" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;log-files&gt;&lt;analytics&gt;" />
  <row Id="38860" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21832" RevisionGUID="1dcc5801-cc54-4cf3-91a0-00d2e82228e5" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:09:14.710" UserId="8558" Text="I use rdp all the time - both for work and personal stuff.  For my personal stuff I want to be able to rdp into a machine and have the session continue to be accessible from the host machine.  For example:  In my home office I have my laptop (development machine) and my HomeServer which doubles as fileserver and workstation.  I rdp into the homeserver from the laptop, open pandora.com to play some music.  I want the music to play through the speakers of the HomeServer machine.  Basically I want the same behavior you get with LogMeIn or VNC.  Is this possible?" />
  <row Id="38861" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21832" RevisionGUID="1dcc5801-cc54-4cf3-91a0-00d2e82228e5" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:09:14.710" UserId="8558" Text="Remote Desktop Protocol as a remote control?" />
  <row Id="38862" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21832" RevisionGUID="1dcc5801-cc54-4cf3-91a0-00d2e82228e5" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:09:14.710" UserId="8558" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;" />
  <row Id="38863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21833" RevisionGUID="47aaf669-dc38-408b-850f-76223cc43bfe" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:09:33.260" UserId="8710" Text="The problem comes hard as the definition of &quot;currently&quot; varies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If actually you need to know who accessed this server in the last 10 or 1 minutes, you can always take a look at Security event log to check logon events. But that's only a rough estimate." />
  <row Id="38864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21834" RevisionGUID="f0ae651d-ad84-41c5-954e-7fe738b4f33f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:11:58.983" UserId="8710" Text="If you are sure only anonymous access is enabled for this site, you can check KB909887 for more information. Generally speaking, Security event log is the next thing you need to go after.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909887 " />
  <row Id="38865" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21835" RevisionGUID="d6cae107-8154-4f0d-82c2-46ce6ab98985" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:17:22.367" UserId="1435" Text="Do you mean you want the applications you started when you RDP'ed into a box to continue once you leave that session? if so then that does work with Windows Server products - in fact I'm forever leaving code running for days without logging in, I'm not a desktop Windows user sorry but I suspect that this functionality will have been removed/hidden for desktop versions." />
  <row Id="38866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21836" RevisionGUID="343e8a26-dbb2-4876-999f-e63ae85971a6" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:17:46.437" UserId="5787" Text="[This blog entry][1] shows some code:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    def get_cpu_load():&#xD;&#xA;        &quot;&quot;&quot; Returns a list CPU Loads&quot;&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        result = []&#xD;&#xA;        cmd = &quot;WMIC CPU GET LoadPercentage &quot;&#xD;&#xA;        response = os.popen(cmd + ' 2&gt;&amp;1','r').read().strip().split(&quot;\r\n&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;        for load in response[1:]:&#xD;&#xA;           result.append(int(load))&#xD;&#xA;        return result&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    if __name__ == '__main__':&#xD;&#xA;        print get_cpu_load()&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://codepoetry.wordpress.com/2009/06/08/get-windows-cpu-usage-with-python/" />
  <row Id="38867" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21837" RevisionGUID="8f8ba673-7720-4582-abd2-feeb07112cff" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:19:28.513" UserId="7783" Text="you might try the /console switch? (might be /admin on later versions of windows) I know this is the case for server but not sure about workstations. To be honest, you might be better off just installing VNC; RDP is trying to solve a slightly different problem after all and it isn't like VNC is going to cost you anything." />
  <row Id="38868" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21838" RevisionGUID="4ae68bf8-8e67-4131-a12b-5ff0d7b05df3" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:20:24.393" UserId="8710" Text="If  you really need to frequently change that, you can,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Run the web site in a standalone application pool.&#xD;&#xA;2. Before modification, stop the application pool.&#xD;&#xA;3. After modification, start that pool." />
  <row Id="38869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21839" RevisionGUID="5c424335-dd04-4951-b462-1c6f082c898f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:21:23.003" UserDisplayName="Steve-O" Text="Don't mess around 100gb is standard on 2008 server if you want a comfortable life&#xD;&#xA;If you go less than 60 on the new installs I wi not allow you to proceed these days&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So C:\ = 100gb no less&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Trust me. " />
  <row Id="38870" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21840" RevisionGUID="a888c1a4-6bd7-4cdf-8b93-c32a59519f96" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:25:19.350" UserId="2612" Text="It can depend on which format of log file you've chosen and which details are logged (this is of course configurable), **but** I would try,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Webalizer [http://www.webalizer.com/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And for converting between the various log file formats or ther detailed analysis I think you can use, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [Microsoft Log Parser][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This site looks full of information, [Logparser Forums : The Official Microsoft IIS Site][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And this if you're asking on **ServerFault** then this is probably worth a read, [Coding Horror: Microsoft LogParser][4] ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.webalizer.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=890cd06b-abf8-4c25-91b2-f8d975cf8c07&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://forums.iis.net/default.aspx?GroupID=51&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000369.html" />
  <row Id="38871" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21841" RevisionGUID="38e0b25f-d03a-4db3-95a6-d4342949be69" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:26:08.073" UserId="8716" Text="I currently have a colocated server being protected by a hardware firewall, however this firewall is old and I want to replace it.  I was wondering if the built-in Firewall software for Windows 2003 could possibly be good enough for this task.  In the end I really just want to block all ports except SSL, HTTP, FTP, and RDC.  Is this a big mistake/hassle and should I just go with another hardware firewall?" />
  <row Id="38872" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21841" RevisionGUID="38e0b25f-d03a-4db3-95a6-d4342949be69" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:26:08.073" UserId="8716" Text="Is Windows 2003 Firewall appropriate for a web server?" />
  <row Id="38873" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21841" RevisionGUID="38e0b25f-d03a-4db3-95a6-d4342949be69" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:26:08.073" UserId="8716" Text="&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="38874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21842" RevisionGUID="90023783-9776-4ebe-b8c2-af237b771e31" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:27:00.553" UserId="4694" Text="**Options** &gt; **Play on remote computer**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't **log off**, just **disconnect** the session (click on the X that appears when you hover your mouse at the top of the screen).&#xD;&#xA;Disconnecting keeps all the info about your session in memory and is waiting for you the next time you log back in.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![RDP][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/5266/rdp.png" />
  <row Id="38875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21843" RevisionGUID="4055faec-19da-4ff9-8b03-6f99e7dc17db" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:29:08.883" UserId="2566" Text="See this question:  [http://serverfault.com/questions/13676/any-freeware-iis-log-analyzer][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/13676/any-freeware-iis-log-analyzer" />
  <row Id="38876" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21844" RevisionGUID="c4afb4e0-edca-4b0a-a62e-85545a5cebff" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:30:43.920" UserId="2164" Text="I have encountered an issue between Internet Explorer 6 (SP2) and IIS, although it seems that IE6 is the primary cause of the problem. When I attempt to access one of our internal intranet applications that uses IIS Windows Authentication the application thinks that I am a different user instead of my main account. The account that is being provided is actually one that I use to log on to the remote system to access the hard drive, I have been able to verify this by examining the log files. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thus, my question is if there is a way around this, besides using Firefox or not connecting to the hard drive? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that since this is a corporate machine I'm also unable to upgrade Internet Explorer to the latest version." />
  <row Id="38877" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21844" RevisionGUID="c4afb4e0-edca-4b0a-a62e-85545a5cebff" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:30:43.920" UserId="2164" Text="Internet Explorer 6 Providing IIS Wrong Windows Account Name" />
  <row Id="38878" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21844" RevisionGUID="c4afb4e0-edca-4b0a-a62e-85545a5cebff" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:30:43.920" UserId="2164" Text="&lt;ie6&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;" />
  <row Id="38879" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21845" RevisionGUID="fab3da60-b71d-4552-bc7c-7deb4e6b07f6" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:32:05.433" UserId="1403" Text="Yes, that's exactly how RDP works.  It's like VNC, but works smoother (better display updating).  To paraphrase something entirely unrelated, &quot;If you like VNC, you'll love RDP&quot;!  :-)" />
  <row Id="38880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21846" RevisionGUID="98eb8fc7-2a6e-49b1-922d-d27f475eda33" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:32:54.403" UserId="5110" Text="Are you accessing the application from the remote desktop?  If this is the case, you will potentially be authenticated on that instance as a different user." />
  <row Id="38881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21847" RevisionGUID="af014993-996d-4105-a08d-588c06933cd7" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:36:19.610" UserId="8714" Text="Here is a very simple way to get around all of the above. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Go to Start &gt; Run.  &#xD;&#xA; 2. Enter **IISReset** then OK&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will do a start and stop of the service and will free up any lingering processes before you do your code refresh. Just be ready to push your code as soon as the command is done to avoid anyone jumping on to the server and creating a lock. I usually write an xcopy script to run immediately after.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38882" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21848" RevisionGUID="b4c4c25c-0d87-46a7-a06a-72fb99081a2e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:37:06.430" UserId="8132" Text="I think you should go with another hardware firewall, because if if you go with the firewall on the hosting machine, in case someone breaks in, he will have control over the os plus the firewall. IMHO firewalling should be a seperate process, this gives you more security and flexibility." />
  <row Id="38883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21849" RevisionGUID="15c78ff1-57c6-4242-9a18-777dd8aca1f3" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:38:27.863" UserId="5799" Text="In the Windows Command Prompt, use `^` to escape characters:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;net localgroup dbusers &quot;aceina\A^&amp;H Support (Accenture)&quot; /add&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="38884" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21826" RevisionGUID="eab07a2b-0e98-46e3-ac5d-3b199285a1ac" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:38:47.223" UserId="5799" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="38886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21850" RevisionGUID="d7efbab5-c7dd-4583-b535-1e938b0843d9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:44:22.603" UserId="5110" Text="I agree with Maxwell in that havving the firewall on the web host is crazy talk, but have you considered building a virtual machine to handle your firewall needs?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This would be seen as a separate machine in your environment and has a zero cost for hardware, though the OS licence would need to be paid for." />
  <row Id="38887" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21542" RevisionGUID="87f56967-1ae7-4dd4-9301-6a9578f2c89a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:45:33.570" UserId="45" Comment="added 156 characters in body" Text="If you already applied the tip you mentioned (setting &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet&#xD;&#xA;          \Services\WebClient\Parameters\UseBasicAuth (DWORD)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to &quot;1&quot;, reverting the value to pre-SP2., you could debug the problem using [Sysinternals Process Explorer][1] to see what resources the `svchost.exe`, which hosts the service is using. Use the command-line use `&quot;tasklist /svc&quot;` to determing, which svchost.exe process is hosting the WebClient service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-----&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: Is installing Windows XP Service Pack 3 an option? Maybe something went wrong after having installed SP 2 which could be resolved by SP3?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx" />
  <row Id="38888" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21851" RevisionGUID="5a96fcc4-0256-478d-bafd-b3b8061fc766" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:46:37.843" UserId="5234" Text="I'd view the Windows firewall as being OK for casual or home user purposes, as in it will act as a deterrent to the more uninterested hacker and do a reasonable enough job of keeping bots and script kiddies out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a public facing machine that's going to be up 24/7, at times when you're not always physically at the machine itself to be able to view (and respond immediately to) what's happening on it, I'd want something more serious." />
  <row Id="38889" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="21741" RevisionGUID="b4e1a5c8-e95e-4af2-9c0a-5d6c71009206" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:48:23.223" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="38890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21852" RevisionGUID="2297ba02-7ceb-4bc5-ab7f-adbd636e710b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:48:33.333" UserId="1746" Text="I'm accustomed to using [**rxvt**][1], mostly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rxvt.org/" />
  <row Id="38891" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21852" RevisionGUID="2297ba02-7ceb-4bc5-ab7f-adbd636e710b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:48:33.333" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38892" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21853" RevisionGUID="d13515a8-6aae-4ce0-be9b-95a21f38dea8" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:49:39.010" UserId="671" Text="The firewall that ships with Windows Server 2003 is ok, but I would recommend having a firewall outside of Windows in front of the server as well.  The main reason is configurability.  There are many things you can do with a more advanced firewall that Windows just can't do.  As others have also mentioned, it makes it more difficult for attackers since they now have two systems to gain control over instead of one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The downside to having an external firewall is that it provides another single point of failure.  There are firewall applications that will run in clusters so you can have more than one in a failover mode, but now we're talking about additional equipment.  If you've lived with one up to now, then you should be ok with one going forward.  Find a cheap/old PC and slap a Linux or OpenBSD system on it and use that as the firewall.  You don't really need a dedicated &quot;device&quot; unless management demands a support contract from a vendor on it." />
  <row Id="38893" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21854" RevisionGUID="4f3a0dc6-7696-4c77-aa7a-79769db24354" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:50:47.103" UserId="8199" Text="I'm sorry this isn't an exact answer to your question (about Jabber), but you might want to check out ReachAlert. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.tekalign.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This would stop people from corrupting your jabber implementation since they could decide to use it for something else (chatting, sending messages to other users). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also agree about net send. It's going away and is common practice to disable it since it was abused for spamming.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let me know what you think and how it goes ;-)" />
  <row Id="38897" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21856" RevisionGUID="f2121516-4678-4922-a837-a7af692ac2f2" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:54:22.827" UserId="45" Text="On the same computer, do you connect to the same server which hosts IIS using a different account? For example to connect a shared network resource (folder share)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is the case, try to disconnect that account, reboot and try again." />
  <row Id="38898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21857" RevisionGUID="c9bbd322-376c-49da-8cb1-6b5bfc46f700" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:55:03.667" UserId="8354" Text="urxvt. +screen&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thats what i use everywhere. (*nix systems)" />
  <row Id="38899" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21857" RevisionGUID="c9bbd322-376c-49da-8cb1-6b5bfc46f700" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:55:03.667" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21858" RevisionGUID="61fbf8be-288f-4fc2-b524-24f0020e28a9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:57:08.127" UserDisplayName="nickC" Text="for shares not nt permissions you need to export the share reg keys on each server" />
  <row Id="38902" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21859" RevisionGUID="b66bf250-b1e2-4e03-b2c7-daca189cda82" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:59:07.500" UserId="671" Text="I think you're approaching it from the wrong side.  I can see needing to bring down a copy of a database, but why the files?  You should already have a copy of your published content locally in your development environment, preferably in a source control system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your application creates new files, or you just have to work on the live version, then there are a number of FTP programs that will do scheduled runs using a script.  [FTP Voyager][1], for example, will allow you to create a script to download your root FTP folder to a local folder, then schedule it daily.  Granted, it's not free, but it is inexpensive and will get the job done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ftpvoyager.com/" />
  <row Id="38903" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21860" RevisionGUID="ef3688c6-f3a2-4c9d-adb7-127ce4bcf3f9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:59:57.217" UserId="8718" Text="I've been struggling for some time now to be able to use the built-in functions in Visual Studio 2008 to handle `*.mdf` database files with SQL Server 2008 Express. I'm running on an x64-based system, and I've read that there is a [known problem][blog] with this setup, but the [hotfix][hotfix] has not solved my problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[blog]: http://blogs.visoftinc.com/archive/2009/02/06/SQL-Express-2008-x64-Integration-with-Visual-Studio-2008-SP1.aspx#id_ed912867-3573-4bf4-9818-61a405dc3d91&#xD;&#xA;[hotfix]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/957944&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, what happens is that when I try to add a new `*.mdf` file to the `App_Data` folder of a project, I get an error message saying:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;Connections to SQL Server files (*.mdf) require SQL Server Express 2005 to &#xD;&#xA;function properly.  Please verify the installation of the component or download &#xD;&#xA;from the URL:    http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=49251&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My (unsuccessful) steps to solve this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Uninstall all possible associated programs to Visual Studio, SQL Server or .NET Framework (which left .NET 2.0 Compact Framework and .NET 3.5 Compact Framework, and nothing else .NET related, installed).&#xD;&#xA;2. Reboot.&#xD;&#xA;3. Install .NET 3.5 SP1, SQL Server 2008 Express and SQL Server Management Studio 2008 Express via the Web Platform Installer 2.0 (Beta).&#xD;&#xA;4. Reboot.&#xD;&#xA;5. Install Visual Studio 2008 Professional from disc.&#xD;&#xA;6. Reboot.&#xD;&#xA;7. Install Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1.&#xD;&#xA;8. Reboot.&#xD;&#xA;9. Install hotfix.&#xD;&#xA;10. Reboot.&#xD;&#xA;11. Start VS, create new Web site and try to add database. Still get the error message...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I look in the `Help/About` dialog, the hotfix shows up among applied updates. I have also checked and double-checked that the SQL Server instance name is correctly set in Visual Studio (I copy-pasted the instance name from the login screen in SSMS).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why does the hotfix not solve my problems? Am I doing things in the wrong order, or do I have the wrong software versions somewhere?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;According to the [KB article][hotfix], the problem is that Visual Studio doesn't correctly detect &quot;some registry keys&quot; - but nothing is said about *which* keys. Does anyone know how to fix this manually?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and yes - I've seen [this post][duplicate]. I know I could just &quot;downgrade&quot; to the x86 version of SQL Server, but I really want to make this work with the x64 version (if nothing else, just because it's *supposed* to work...), so that solution doesn't really solve my problems. Please don't close this as a duplicate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[duplicate]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/741417/visual-studio-2008-express-not-recognizing-my-sql-server-2008-express" />
  <row Id="38904" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21860" RevisionGUID="ef3688c6-f3a2-4c9d-adb7-127ce4bcf3f9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:59:57.217" UserId="8718" Text="&quot;Unsolvable&quot; bug in Visual Studio - how do I connect to SQL Server 2008 Express?" />
  <row Id="38905" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21860" RevisionGUID="ef3688c6-f3a2-4c9d-adb7-127ce4bcf3f9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T12:59:57.217" UserId="8718" Text="&lt;visual-studio-2008-sp1&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008-express&gt;&lt;x64&gt;" />
  <row Id="38906" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21856" RevisionGUID="67ea0745-407c-4f02-ad43-1a21b76e0dab" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:01:41.567" UserId="45" Comment="added 387 characters in body" Text="On the same computer, do you connect to the same server which hosts IIS using a different account? For example to connect a shared network resource (folder share)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To test, if this is the case, try to disconnect that account, reboot the client machine and try again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Solutions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- access the file share with the normal account, if this is possible. You may have to set the permissions on the share and folders on the server&#xD;&#xA;- use a script (bactch) which connects, copies, disconnects like this one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      net use x: \\SERVER\ShareOnServer password /user:username  &#xD;&#xA;      ....  &#xD;&#xA;      net use x: /delete&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38907" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21861" RevisionGUID="5de0691b-0aa8-4147-89e4-243aad8cc4b0" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:02:51.490" UserId="8132" Text="I think this can achieved trought a monitoring solution like ZAbbix, you can trigger an action upon any remote events by remote scripting, once the action has been triggered Zabbix can do escalations. Actions can be running remote script, sending email or alerts via jabber until the trigger is acknoledged. " />
  <row Id="38908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21862" RevisionGUID="f3f75866-027e-4c78-9503-78869818b4bd" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:05:24.887" UserId="8717" Text="I have used KVM on my laptop (some intel core2duo with 2GB RAM), for packaging and compiling applications&#xD;&#xA;I don't think that counts as resource-heavy, but i can have been running concurrent 4 VMs full time doing different sorts of compile/packaging/apache &#xD;&#xA;i had no stability issues, excpt for when the host CPU was consumed, then some VMs would report errors about clock and get too slow, but a restart of that VM fixes it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;virtio is good if you get passed booting the vms with it.&#xD;&#xA;and generally it is good to separate the VM disks from each other&#xD;&#xA;try to use a drive for each VM or LVM/Raid for the disks &#xD;&#xA;i recommend to avoid the file disks&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38909" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21863" RevisionGUID="600e5ae1-29b0-4e7d-b21c-283b39899775" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:07:40.313" UserId="1402" Text="Shavlik's [NetChk Protect][1] could be a good option for you. The company has a close relationship with Microsoft and its underlying technology powers Microsofts own Baseline Security Analyzer product. Whilst Microsoft's [MBSA][2] only supports patching Microsoft products NetChk Protect support products from many other vendors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.shavlik.com/netchk-protect.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc184924.aspx" />
  <row Id="38910" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21864" RevisionGUID="f753caa5-b276-4ca2-a41c-fa491767941e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:09:52.167" UserId="7783" Text="*The account that is being provided is actually one that I use to log on to the remote system to access the hard drive, I have been able to verify this by examining the log files.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's almost certainly the issue. I didn't think it would apply to website access too, but I know that Windows servers really don't like to see authentication as two different accounts coming from the same system - for example, if you try to mount a share you have permission to as your &quot;normal&quot; account after mapping this c$ share with the account you use for that you'll get told you can't do it." />
  <row Id="38911" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21856" RevisionGUID="165fc73a-083c-40ba-94ba-4b7ee71c0f09" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:10:06.050" UserId="45" Comment="added 339 characters in body; added 93 characters in body" Text="On the same computer, do you connect to the same server which hosts IIS using a different account? For example to connect a shared network resource (folder share)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To test, if this is the case, try to disconnect that account, reboot the client machine and try again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Possible solutions:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- access the file share with the normal account, if this is possible. You may have to set the permissions on the share and folders on the server&#xD;&#xA;- if you have to use the network share just for copying some files, you could use a script (batch) which connects, copies/... and disconnects like this one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      net use x: \\SERVER\ShareOnServer password /user:username  &#xD;&#xA;      ... &#xD;&#xA;      net use x: /delete&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;This link from the  Microsoft support site may be interesting too:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Error message when you use user credentials to connect to a network share from a Windows-based computer: &quot;The network folder specified is currently mapped using a different user name and password&quot;][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;938120" />
  <row Id="38912" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21865" RevisionGUID="afe4929b-df0e-49a8-b012-758ae26f3e56" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:11:45.440" UserId="273" Text="Some thought / options...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Have you changed the user account on the Application Pool &quot;identity tab&quot;?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. Have you changed the website's &quot;anonymous user&quot; from IUSER_&lt;key&gt; to a real user and forgot?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. Have you &quot;saved&quot; an old set of credentials (like after clicking &quot;remember my password&quot;) on a previous session.  You will have to delete the account from within the Control Panel &gt; User Accounts &gt; Advanced tab." />
  <row Id="38913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21866" RevisionGUID="e8490f8d-80e7-4a55-add0-bea52e86eebb" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:18:35.540" UserId="371" Text="Check the Control Panel -&gt; User Accounts -&gt; Advanced tab -&gt; Manage your passwords.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IE and other Windows components use this list to determine whether to login to network resources with alternate credentials, such as web sites enabled for Windows pass-through authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here, you can enter server names or wildcards where you use different credentials than the logged in user.  IE can automatically add entries if you were ever prompted for Windows pass-through authentication to a web site and ticked the &quot;Remember this password&quot; checkbox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38914" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21730" RevisionGUID="026e5639-e0cf-4628-a008-6fa640cdb9ed" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:19:16.867" UserId="4718" Comment="Updated info; added 2 characters in body" Text="&lt;body&gt;Hi All, &#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to restore our Active directory infrastructure from System State backups. This normally isn't a problem but I'm trying to do it onto a Hyper-V based server while the backup &quot;source&quot; is a physical machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've managed to get around the HAL problem by copying the HAL file from the source server after performing the active directory restore (when the kernel32.dll would have changed) and bringing up the windows server 2003 recovery console, then replacing the current HAL.dll in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This worked and allowed Windows to boot, BUT when booting into normal startup I get the following error message &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Directory Services could not start because of the following error:&#xD;&#xA;The specified network password is not correct. Error Status:&#xD;&#xA;0xc000006a. Please click OK to shutdown this system and reboot&#xD;&#xA;into Directory Services Restore Mode, check the event log for more &#xD;&#xA;detailed information.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;I am trying to restore from/to WIndows Server 2003 R2 SP1 with all the latest hotfixes.&#xD;&#xA;I am restoring from a P4HT based uniprocessor HAL to the same (specified processor type in System Center Virtual Machine Manager).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It has the same hard drive layout (one physical drive with one partition)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The backup file is only a few days old&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and therefore does not exceed the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tombstone lifetime for the domain that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is being restored.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;THIS IS WRONG. Backup was very old indeed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My gut instinct tells me that I'm fairly close to a successful restore but that I am missing something fundamental.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope you guys can help.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/body&gt;" />
  <row Id="38915" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21867" RevisionGUID="3441f252-4a3d-40c9-9a29-4195b46bcfbe" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:19:23.463" UserId="8199" Text="You're using IE to access a windows share? What happens if you use Windows Explorer to map a drive (persistent) and then exclusively use IE to access the site?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please let me know,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;-Mathew" />
  <row Id="38916" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21856" RevisionGUID="c01adcd8-af2c-42a0-868c-946cfc59ceaf" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:21:32.433" UserId="45" Comment="added 191 characters in body" Text="On the same computer, do you connect to the same server which hosts IIS using a different account? For example to connect a shared network resource (folder share)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To test, if this is the case, try to disconnect that account, reboot the client machine and try again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Possible solutions:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- start Internet Explorer [using a secondary logon][1] from the command-line:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;   runas /user:DOMAIN\USERNAME iexplore.exe&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- access the file share with the normal account, if this is possible. You may have to set the permissions on the share and folders on the server&#xD;&#xA;- if you have to use the network share just for copying some files, you could use a script (batch) which connects, copies/... and disconnects like this one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;   net use x: \\SERVER\ShareOnServer password /user:username  &#xD;&#xA;   ... &#xD;&#xA;   net use x: /delete&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;This link from the  Microsoft support site may be interesting too:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Error message when you use user credentials to connect to a network share from a Windows-based computer: &quot;The network folder specified is currently mapped using a different user name and password&quot;][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;225035&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;938120" />
  <row Id="38917" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21868" RevisionGUID="72007a36-9fdc-4387-8225-1d364b14991f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:23:27.500" UserId="4271" Text="As the others have noted - you will need to install some software on the MySQL machine to do these backups. Navicat is just a client - it can not run a scheduled backup on the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is much software out there that can do this for you - some of them backup directly from the MySQL DB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The free solution is to 'roll your own' database backup. This largely depends on your operating system. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux - create a shell script to do mysqldump on the db you wish to backup, then send this backup to your home PC via scp, ftp, or e-mail (if you do not have the ssh and ftp infrastructure at home). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows - create a scheduled task to backup the mysql db to a shared directory, or set up a command line script to backup the DB and email, ftp or scp it to your local pc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have PHP installed on the server you can use the following directions for either OS:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.sematopia.com/?p=61&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many ways to skin this cat!" />
  <row Id="38918" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21869" RevisionGUID="f40687a8-9e97-4018-a5dc-981917c35965" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:26:12.567" UserId="3966" Text=" - [iTerm][1] on Mac OS X, for 8-bit&#xD;&#xA;   color support.&#xD;&#xA; - [PuTTY][2] on Windows,&#xD;&#xA;   for lack of ever finding anything&#xD;&#xA;   else.&#xD;&#xA; - On Linux, whatever's there.&#xD;&#xA;   Usually gnome-terminal in Ubuntu, I&#xD;&#xA;   guess.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://iterm.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/" />
  <row Id="38919" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21869" RevisionGUID="f40687a8-9e97-4018-a5dc-981917c35965" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:26:12.567" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38920" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21870" RevisionGUID="ca7b665e-1311-46c0-b1d0-6230aa8b1901" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:27:17.043" UserId="1435" Text="I'm sure it's not the best buy HP System Insight Manager looks after hardware alerts etc and also can manage updates. Like I say it may not be the best but at least you have another option to investigate." />
  <row Id="38921" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21871" RevisionGUID="53389d44-f186-4e3e-8315-b2009721ff21" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:27:36.137" Text="I'm having pretty much the same problem.  We have a mobile user who connects through the vpn using a dial up connection on his pen pc.  He can synchronise his orders but seems to have problem connecting to exchange to view emails in outlook.  When send/ receive getting 0x8004011d error.  Plus he's Irish so I can't understand a word coming from his talky hole over the phone." />
  <row Id="38922" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21826" RevisionGUID="b17f4771-e5cd-4d79-97a1-54c9b78245fb" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:27:37.697" UserId="8709" Comment="added tries" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am trying to create a script that will enable our automated tool to add certain groups into the localgroups of our servers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;net localgroup dbusers aceina\A&amp;H Support (Accenture) /add&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem I have is that it doesn't seem to like the &quot;&amp;&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Program Files\IBM\SQLLIB\BIN&gt;net localgroup dbusers 'aceina\A&amp;H Support (Accenture)' /add&#xD;&#xA;    The syntax of this command is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    NET LOCALGROUP [groupname [/COMMENT:&quot;text&quot;]] [/DOMAIN]&#xD;&#xA;              groupname {/ADD [/COMMENT:&quot;text&quot;] | /DELETE}  [/DOMAIN]&#xD;&#xA;              groupname name [...] {/ADD | /DELETE} [/DOMAIN]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    'H' is not recognized as an internal or external command,&#xD;&#xA;    operable program or batch file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried single and double quotes without any success.  Can anyone suggest a way to get around this please?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tried:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Program Files\IBM\SQLLIB\BIN&gt;net localgroup dbusers &quot;aceina\A^&amp;H Support (Accenture)&quot; /add&#xD;&#xA;    The syntax of this command is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    NET LOCALGROUP [groupname [/COMMENT:&quot;text&quot;]] [/DOMAIN]&#xD;&#xA;              groupname {/ADD [/COMMENT:&quot;text&quot;] | /DELETE}  [/DOMAIN]&#xD;&#xA;              groupname name [...] {/ADD | /DELETE} [/DOMAIN]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Program Files\IBM\SQLLIB\BIN&gt;net localgroup dbusers 'aceina\A^&amp;H Support (Accenture)' /add&#xD;&#xA;    There is no such global user or group: 'aceina\A&amp;H.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    System error 1788 has occurred.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    The trust relationship between the primary domain and the trusted domain failed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="38923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21872" RevisionGUID="88a15158-d06c-4b85-b8fd-ab50085dffaa" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:27:42.800" UserId="4136" Text="We use Lumension's (formerly Patchlink) Patchlink software for updates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.lumension.com/vulnerability-management/patch-management-software.jsp?rpLangCode=1&amp;rpMenuId=150833&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Works well, lots of reporting capabilities via Patchlink Enterprise Reporting Server, which takes advantage of SQL Reporting Services. Worked well for us thus far and with SQL backend lets me roll my own reporting solutions if needed." />
  <row Id="38924" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21856" RevisionGUID="87758730-e200-4039-a17f-34b6c6ec00f8" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:28:04.577" UserId="45" Comment="added 94 characters in body" Text="On the same computer, do you connect to the same server which hosts IIS using a different account? For example to connect a shared network resource (folder share)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To test, if this is the case, try to disconnect that account, reboot the client machine and try again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Possible solutions:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- start Internet Explorer [using a secondary logon][1] from the command-line (you may have to change the path to the IE executable):&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;   runas /user:DOMAIN\USERNAME &quot;C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- access the file share with the normal account, if this is possible. You may have to set the permissions on the share and folders on the server&#xD;&#xA;- if you have to use the network share just for copying some files, you could use a script (batch) which connects, copies/... and disconnects like this one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;   net use x: \\SERVER\ShareOnServer password /user:username  &#xD;&#xA;   ... &#xD;&#xA;   net use x: /delete&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;This link from the  Microsoft support site may be interesting too:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Error message when you use user credentials to connect to a network share from a Windows-based computer: &quot;The network folder specified is currently mapped using a different user name and password&quot;][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;225035&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;938120" />
  <row Id="38925" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21873" RevisionGUID="a6215076-9b22-44aa-9ce0-f636f67c6ddc" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:29:38.210" UserId="3657" Text="This is an issue with saved NTLM credentials.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Location your saved credentials file at&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Documents and Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Credentials\&lt;SID&gt;\Credentials&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Back up this file, then remove it and reboot.  You should find that you are prompted for the correct username/password now." />
  <row Id="38926" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21874" RevisionGUID="3aefd7ae-37db-484f-98af-2a88386fa383" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:30:08.757" UserId="4136" Text="Did you have any pre-prod releases of software (i.e. .NET framework, SQL, Visual Studio) on your system prior to VS? I know that Visual Studio had a bug that couldn't connect because of CTP/beta products on system. Another thing that drives me nuts is installing stuff in proper order in regards to VS products and .NET framework." />
  <row Id="38927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21875" RevisionGUID="02184a7f-7b1f-47f4-8cb1-f1d9f1e33209" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:32:21.500" UserId="4924" Text="The broadcast address is apparently misconfigured on some (old) Linux embedded device that I setup (but that I don't own anymore) because it doesn't match the expected value given the IP address and the netmask (for example, it has a broadcast of 192.168.70.255 instead of 192.168.71.255 for 192.168.70.243/255.255.254.0). It runs a kernel 2.4.31 with busybox 0.60.5. The network configuration is simply done with that shell snippet:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ifconfig eth0 $IPADDR netmask $NETMASK&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -n &quot;$GATEWAY&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;        route add default gw $GATEWAY&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thus the broadcast address is not explicitely configured. The question is: what is responsible of this bad behaviour? Is it busybox's ifconfig that doesn't set the broadcast address correctly or is it the kernel that set it up badly?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: it's possible that none of them are responsible but something else gets in the way in the boot process (and reconfigures it badly) as the device runs user-specific software that I don't know. I will follow up with more info once I have them." />
  <row Id="38928" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21875" RevisionGUID="02184a7f-7b1f-47f4-8cb1-f1d9f1e33209" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:32:21.500" UserId="4924" Text="What is responsible of setting up the default broadcast address ?" />
  <row Id="38929" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21875" RevisionGUID="02184a7f-7b1f-47f4-8cb1-f1d9f1e33209" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:32:21.500" UserId="4924" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;broadcast&gt;&lt;busybox&gt;" />
  <row Id="38930" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21876" RevisionGUID="c7c9abdc-9c35-48a6-b00a-1f5ec1d741ef" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:33:02.403" UserId="8629" Text="We've got a small server room ( approximately 600 square feet in area ), and three partially-filled racks of servers, switches, et cetera.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's the best-practice way of computing the AC capacity needed to hold temperature/humidity conditions constant in a server environment?   Our current AC unit was installed about 10 years and 12 servers ago, and despite regular visits from the helpful physical facilities staff-- it's unable to hold temp/humidity without overheating the compressor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right now, I've got the estimated power-draw of the servers, switches, etc--- but I can't find a good way to take that power usage and determine cooling needs from that.   Any help/directions would be appreciated." />
  <row Id="38931" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21876" RevisionGUID="c7c9abdc-9c35-48a6-b00a-1f5ec1d741ef" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:33:02.403" UserId="8629" Text="How do you compute the AC capacity needed for a server room?" />
  <row Id="38932" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21876" RevisionGUID="c7c9abdc-9c35-48a6-b00a-1f5ec1d741ef" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:33:02.403" UserId="8629" Text="&lt;server-room&gt;&lt;temperature&gt;&lt;environment&gt;" />
  <row Id="38933" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21877" RevisionGUID="2a23358d-f870-480f-8592-5cee960bd270" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:39:48.667" UserId="8670" Text="Basically, is there a concrete way of determining the amount of physical memory installed on a server other than System Properties in Windows Server 2008? I believe that attribute is either bugged or I've been blessed with human error. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Edit:* This is a rented rig so I can't pop open the box and look for myself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Edit2:* I currently have a 32-bit OS so I can't tell by performance metrics" />
  <row Id="38934" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21877" RevisionGUID="2a23358d-f870-480f-8592-5cee960bd270" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:39:48.667" UserId="8670" Text="What is the best way to determine the physical memory in Server 08? I believe my system props is wrong" />
  <row Id="38935" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21877" RevisionGUID="2a23358d-f870-480f-8592-5cee960bd270" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:39:48.667" UserId="8670" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;memory&gt;&lt;system-properties&gt;" />
  <row Id="38937" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12759" RevisionGUID="e03c10f3-75b9-45e8-bbf0-18402b8de31c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:40:27.883" UserId="4002" Comment="corrected spelling" Text="I'm using TekTonic and have only great things to say about their support. At $15 a month they're also the cheapest I've ever found.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as the memory issue is concerned, they allow to dynamically add or remove memory without needing to restart, so you end up paying a couple of cents if you temporarily increase it for compilation etc." />
  <row Id="38938" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21879" RevisionGUID="8007c197-0aed-4428-a49c-3eab780ee343" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:41:09.333" UserId="8199" Text="Check this out for the error codes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308558&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would guess that you're running into an environment issue that you don't have when run as yourself. Can you post the command you're trying to run? There might be a run silently switch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let me know!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers,&#xD;&#xA;-Mathew" />
  <row Id="38939" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21880" RevisionGUID="56d8d319-7121-4ce8-9453-bb9445f66585" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:42:12.203" UserId="4002" Text="From the question that Sam linked you to, [www.vpsland.com][1] seems to be the cheapest Windows VPS host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vpsland.com" />
  <row Id="38940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21881" RevisionGUID="e2a87691-52fd-4a04-a6d5-a14c72684f3d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:44:06.960" UserId="5190" Text="I usually use the System Properties or the Performance tab on Task Manager, where it says Physical Memory (MB) under Total. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How much RAM does it show?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Try [CPUID][1], that will also tell you the specs on the machine, including RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php" />
  <row Id="38941" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21882" RevisionGUID="7cbdbf6e-e5f7-4e00-bcf8-074d60d98632" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:44:27.317" UserId="8199" Text="Check out http://www.avocent.com/products/datacenter_management.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let me know!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;-Mathew" />
  <row Id="38942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21883" RevisionGUID="b7ddc21b-9f8b-4859-ae3f-863f5b2188ea" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:44:42.903" UserId="7783" Text="I assume you mean you want to double-check what Windows is telling you?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the memory checker on the crucial website?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;something like sisoft sandra?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- both of those will look at physical memory installed, which is what you want, I imagine." />
  <row Id="38943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21884" RevisionGUID="75d0c919-d806-4577-831e-9c2f36c1ad03" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:46:24.227" UserId="4694" Text="Can you install a freeware application on the server ? &#xD;&#xA;[CPU-Z][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Memory&#xD;&#xA;Frequency and timings.&#xD;&#xA;Module(s) specification using SPD (Serial Presence Detect) : vendor, serial number, timings table.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/9682/cpuze.png" />
  <row Id="38944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21885" RevisionGUID="db783a9d-55af-414c-b91b-ad3d5e75f4ce" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:46:40.280" UserId="4185" Text="I am currently looking for some new backup software and have noticed that a number of the products out there charge a lot for the SQL server agents i.e. around £500. Could anyone tell me why these addins cost so much when SQL server has built-in backup. Would you advise against using the MS SQL server backup functionality and then backing up the output, if so why?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38945" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21885" RevisionGUID="db783a9d-55af-414c-b91b-ad3d5e75f4ce" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:46:40.280" UserId="4185" Text="Difference between 3rd party backup agent for Microsoft SQL server and the backup functionality provided by MS SQL Server?" />
  <row Id="38946" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21885" RevisionGUID="db783a9d-55af-414c-b91b-ad3d5e75f4ce" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:46:40.280" UserId="4185" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="38947" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21886" RevisionGUID="b805fa6b-8b65-43d8-9ea9-2cc105e65f6d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:48:25.487" UserId="6256" Text="We don't use Linux for several reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. We are already a mixed shop with PC's and Macs.  Adding a third platform would really complicate things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. We have line-of-business machines that will **never** be able to run Linux.  And we need these machines to do our business.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. We have video editing and CG applications for which Linux will not do the job.  The people who use these apps are not computer geeks and are in some cases barely video proficient so it's iMovie/Final Cut for them, full stop.  It is not acceptable to say &quot;that almost works&quot; or &quot;it'll work someday, here's a C++ compiler, go work on it.!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. Many Linux consultancies, and indeed, much of the Linux business itself, are not aimed at small shops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. The last reason is community.  We run Windows SBS.  All of us who run Windows SBS shops essentially know each other;  it feels like a close-knit community, even though SBS has been a popular product for over 10 years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux is undeniably popular amongst geeks;  I have tinkered with it off and on for all the years it's been around.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Community&quot; is much-touted for Linux.  Yet, I've found much of the Linux community to be insular;  by their own words, &quot;they scratch their own itch&quot;.  Too much of the community hears a problem and says, &quot;Oh, here's a compiler, go fix!&quot;, as if coding is the whole thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my town, I sit on a commission for people with disabilities.  It is a high-profile job and everyone knows I'm on it and they know where I work and what my IT shop is like.  I have been grilled at meetings for our choice of IP phones (the phones, by the way, are completely accessible for people with hearing impairments;  I know this first-hand, that's why I picked them.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I criticized ESR for saying, once, that it was better to focus on the needs of the many &quot;regular&quot; people than it was to serve the needs of people with disabilities.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux, of course, has accessibility code in it, but it was donated to the community;  most of the community would have never thought of that.  Imagine telling your accountant who needs large text, &quot;oh, but there are many more people with good vision&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That would get us sued.  ADA compliance is an important part of the workplace.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What the Linux community does, and what sysadmins need and what their companies need, are not at all the same, and so far, the Linux community doesn't have the introspection to realize this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If Exchange goes down, I have resources to call upon, and others in the community who've been there and can help.  Then, failing that, we spend the $250 for Microsoft but they will stay on that one issue and fix it (I have never had to do this in ten years of being an admin.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux?  I can hear the responses, &quot;Oh, get a different distro!  Why don't you write up a patch?  You didn't need that working anyway, do something else!&quot;  And it's not true that it will be &quot;free beer&quot;;  I expect to have to pay for an SBS or an Exchange replacement;  can they give me that same support?  Will we pay for a support contract and be told, &quot;here's the compiler--make your customizations&quot;?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once we have to pay for contracts, justification for Linux becomes a lot murkier.  I'm aware of the difference between the &quot;free beer&quot; and &quot;free speech&quot; tropes, but it seems many Linux advocates, even in this thread, seem to gleefully conflate the two.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's more than just &quot;use xxx to replace yyy&quot;, it's the whole ecosystem and it's just not a good fit for us." />
  <row Id="38948" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21886" RevisionGUID="b805fa6b-8b65-43d8-9ea9-2cc105e65f6d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:48:25.487" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21887" RevisionGUID="700ebd33-0c5a-49b1-a7d5-4b050d859f04" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:50:18.413" UserId="4271" Text="Check the BIOS would be my best answer - but I was thinking it would err in the other direction if you are running certain editions of Server 2008 you are limited to 4GB of memory:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778.aspx#physical_memory_limits_windows_server_2008&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Version / Limit in 32-bit Windows / Limit in 64-bit Windows&#xD;&#xA;Windows Server 2008 Datacenter (full installation) / 64 GB / 2 TB&#xD;&#xA;Windows Server 2008 Datacenter (Server Core installation) / 64 GB / 2 TB&#xD;&#xA;Windows Server 2008 Enterprise / 64 GB / 2 TB&#xD;&#xA;Windows Server 2008 HPC Edition / Not applicable / 128 GB&#xD;&#xA;Windows Server 2008 Standard / 4 GB / 32 GB&#xD;&#xA;Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems / Not applicable / 2 TB&#xD;&#xA;Windows Web Server 2008 / 4 GB / 32 GB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If sounds like it is reporting more than you are expecting. I've never heard of that except in the case of human error, as you said! :)" />
  <row Id="38950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21888" RevisionGUID="8889735e-d03d-44a6-9efb-9f1294a73071" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:52:34.353" UserId="3657" Text="The 3rd party agents will often have &quot;brick level&quot; backups and restores which allow you to restore parts of a database (tables, etc.) rather than only the entire database.  They also do not require you to stage the output (doubling your disk requirement) by backing up the database directly." />
  <row Id="38951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21889" RevisionGUID="0a374995-3544-4321-965f-9fd06489b598" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:52:39.877" UserId="5391" Text="It depends on the backup solution, but generally the benefits are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Integrated with your overall backup system&#xD;&#xA; - Single point of restore, which can be beneficial in a hectic DR scenario&#xD;&#xA; - Direct-to-tape backup on a remote tape library&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21890" RevisionGUID="e8966394-d9ff-48d2-a3af-c1977fe8b771" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:53:03.230" UserId="7342" Text="Having just received an email from a supplier informing us that they would be forcing us to change our password every six months, I'm curious to see what password expiration policies people use and why they use them." />
  <row Id="38953" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21890" RevisionGUID="e8966394-d9ff-48d2-a3af-c1977fe8b771" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:53:03.230" UserId="7342" Text="Password expiration policies" />
  <row Id="38954" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21890" RevisionGUID="e8966394-d9ff-48d2-a3af-c1977fe8b771" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:53:03.230" UserId="7342" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;security-policy&gt;&lt;password&gt;" />
  <row Id="38955" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21891" RevisionGUID="7a40aeed-c8c3-4489-ae14-7cd450c461d4" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:53:10.420" UserId="6246" Text="Similar to [unison][1] but superior imho, how about using [dropbox][2] (Linux, Windows and Mac clients available) and symlinking your web directory (exclusive of logs) to your dropbox folder?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, instead of running a &quot;hot copy&quot; backup, you could periodically compress all the relevant web folders into an archive located in the dropbox directory, which would then automatically back that up for you online (as well as downloading to any other machines you have &quot;dropbox&quot;-ed). Then put a batch file in your XP startup folder that copies or moves all backup archives into another directory on your machine (n.b. if you move the file out of the dropbox folder on one machine, it is then removed from the online &quot;folder&quot;, and finally the other clients synchronise with the online &quot;folder&quot; and remove the file too - there is still undelete functionality online if required).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're not familiar with dropbox here are a few of it's features ([or here's a screencast][3]):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [&quot;Live&quot; sync of data to online storage&#xD;&#xA;   folder][4] &#xD;&#xA; - [When client installed on 2+&#xD;&#xA;   machines the dropbox folder&#xD;&#xA;   synchronises with the online version][5]&#xD;&#xA; - [Version control and undelete function][6]&#xD;&#xA; - [2GB free storage with upgrade to&#xD;&#xA;   100GB @ $199/pa][7]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://www.getdropbox.com/tour#2&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: https://www.getdropbox.com/screencast#screencast&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: https://www.getdropbox.com/tour#3&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: https://www.getdropbox.com/tour#4&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: https://www.getdropbox.com/help/11&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: https://www.getdropbox.com/pricing" />
  <row Id="38956" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21877" RevisionGUID="d6453dc7-ea07-47aa-853d-678f2c4f90db" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:53:15.710" UserId="8670" Comment="added 189 characters in body; added 1 characters in body" Text="Basically, is there a concrete way of determining the amount of physical memory installed on a server other than System Properties in Windows Server 2008? I believe that attribute is either bugged or I've been blessed with human error. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Edit:* This is a rented rig so I can't pop open the box and look for myself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Edit2:* I currently have a 32-bit OS so I can't tell by performance metrics&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT** :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used CPUZ as suggested below which is showing the appropriate amount while the System Properties and the Crucial tool showed 32gb. What could have caused the error there?" />
  <row Id="38957" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21892" RevisionGUID="e38babb0-eb7e-45de-92a7-f69f17bb9ac6" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:55:27.110" UserId="6482" Text="MS SQL Server would be the first choice on Windows systems. On Linux, I'd use Oracle as database. I have worked with Oracle on Windows in the past and it works almost as well as under Linux. (Linux is faster with Oracle.)&#xD;&#xA;But more importantly, will those database administrators of yours be able to administrate the Linux hardware? They will have to do that, if your hardware administrators are unable to do so. If not, then you might decide to just go to Windows 2003 (64-bits) just because your organisation lacks the proper knowledge to keep these systems running properly on Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both Linux and Windows have their strengths and weaknesses. Both can be very good in the hands of experts. Both can be dangerous hazards in the hands of the amateurs." />
  <row Id="38958" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21893" RevisionGUID="4b2bc3ee-6e91-47cd-971c-a58c5c9cd6e0" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:56:26.763" UserId="8723" Text="Hi there,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just convert the estimated draw from Watts to BTUs:&#xD;&#xA;To calculate the BTUs/hour, multiply the watts by 3.413.&#xD;&#xA;1 ton of cooling is equivalent to 12,000 BTU/hour.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of the energy drawn will be converted to waste heat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From what I am reading, a pro would tell you to have someone come in&#xD;&#xA;and do the full calculation.  That would take into effect any odd heat sources&#xD;&#xA;(solar for example) and your humidity concern.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In practice - I have just oversized mine by 25% or so in the past - to allow&#xD;&#xA;for new equipment. (In a small equipment room!)" />
  <row Id="38959" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21894" RevisionGUID="85dbc868-5db5-4791-9d69-f08ed322734e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:56:53.503" UserId="7619" Text="Yours is a good question..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here's a link][1] that might help you, [and another one][2] that could be of some use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To be completely honest, this is something that I've seen a.) tackled by server admins and IT managers with the best of intentions yet yielding the worst results :) and b.) honestly better left up to HVAC/building engineering/facilities professionals who know the right questions to ask and what to think of.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do, of course realize that you may not have that option though. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.openxtra.co.uk/articles/calculating-heat-load&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/19290" />
  <row Id="38960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21895" RevisionGUID="475b9a33-3741-4a4e-a294-bc63750e486b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T13:58:44.980" UserId="4271" Text="I think if you ask 10 different security professionals this question - you would get 10 different answers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This greatly depends on how critical the asset the password is protecting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a highly secure asset, you need to set your password expiration policy short enough so that any outside intruder will not have time to brute force a password. Another variable in this situation is what level of complexity is required on the passwords.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For low to medium security systems I think a 6 month expiration policy is very fair.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For high level security I think a month would be better - and for 'ultra' secure installations even shorter time periods would be expected." />
  <row Id="38961" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19666" RevisionGUID="ef012232-58db-49b9-8017-8feeb8c12633" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:01:40.467" UserId="4387" Comment="added 1 characters in body; added 121 characters in body" Text="The real Dickie xterm: [invisible-island.net/xterm/](http://invisible-island.net/xterm/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have to connect to a range of servers - Solaris old and new, SCO, Macs, Linux, BSD - and the real Dickie xterm gives me least problems and maximum compatibility.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why the Dickie xterm? It's old-time standard compliant. Shift-leftclick or shift-rightclick on the Dickie xterm and you can control major facets of xterm behaviour that you will need when moving between many different Unix systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use the .Xdefaults configuration file to control your default settings (including handling those silly Solaris function key issues). You can control starting sizes and positions, colour, keystrokes, terminal settings, almost everything. You can even standardise the ancient Delete/Backspace incompatibility problem between Linux and Solaris and SCO and other systems. Copy that .Xdefaults file everywhere you go and your xterms function identically no matter what system or OS you are on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you find a copy of Alan Southerton book The Shell Hacker's Guide To X and Motif, despite the ancient title, you can configure your xterm to do amazing things and have wild menus and functionality and that can seriously enhance your productivity either as a programmer or a sysadmin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Dickie xterm is so standard that all old texts and books and hints work with it, yet it keeps up with modern practices. It just doesn't do fancy modern graphics like see-through backgrounds and other things that impede work but look pretty." />
  <row Id="38962" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21896" RevisionGUID="2b074546-9d7f-4f48-8048-b19291366a42" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:01:47.953" UserId="7619" Text="We enforce a 90-day password expiry on everyone here, (including ourselves.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mostly because it's simply best-practices. Chances of someone using a &quot;weak&quot; password, vs. a stronger one is greater and the longer you leave it the same would possibly result in a long-term, undetected security breach." />
  <row Id="38963" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21897" RevisionGUID="6987827e-dbf9-4d5b-b9e6-c08917cf48a2" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:02:47.360" UserId="6689" Text="One major problem with expiring password frequently is that people will struggle to remember them, so you'll either have people using weak or similar passwords, or if your policy doesn't allow this, they will start writing down the passwords to help remember them. You'll also have more password change requests, when people do forget them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, it depends on what the password is used for, but I tend not to keep a password more than 3 months, unless it's a complete throwaway account. For higher risk stuff, every month or so is good, and defiantly change it if someone else who knows it leaves. Because I work in a small computer support business, we have multiple passwords that are shared between lots of people, so we don't want to change them very often, because of the disruption it can cause." />
  <row Id="38964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21898" RevisionGUID="0598a3db-2c35-4a4f-86bd-71250aca6c8a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:05:16.153" UserId="7481" Text="There is a fine line here between never changing it and changing it too often. Having the same passwords for years is often not a good solution, especially if it's publicly available. But forcing a rigid policy of changing it too often also has bad side effects. One place I worked at, forced all users on the internal network to change passwords every 6th week and the passowrd couldn't be the same as the six previous passwords. Three wrong passwords locked the workstation, and the IT staff had to unlock it. Which resulted in everyone writing the password on Post-It notes hanging on the screen or placed in their drawer. Nightmare.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd say changing the password once every 6 months should be sufficient. This will avoid those dreaded Post-It notes." />
  <row Id="38965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21899" RevisionGUID="d0d37ae5-b1f8-484a-bcce-bdf435a56853" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:05:32.003" UserId="7861" Text="I would also STRONGLY recommend you pick up this book:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Enterprise Data Center Design and Methodology = http://www.amazon.com/Enterprise-Methodology-BluePrints-Official-Microsystems/dp/0130473936/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1244469855&amp;sr=8-1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even though it is from 2002, it is still very relevant today.  It is all about A/C, power, rack load, rack placement (cold aisle/hot aisle), good housekeeping, cabling runs, etc. for a datacenter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Excellent reference book." />
  <row Id="38966" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21900" RevisionGUID="de442c42-4a0c-4be8-a618-183c410c7e63" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:05:33.517" UserId="2612" Text="I prefer not to use the special SQL agents and instead rely on the built in function. As **Kevin Kuphal** notes that means we have to find disk space somewhere, but a cheap storage cabinet dedicated to file backup across the network is faster than tape, and easier to expand than the tape library. Just point your maintenance plans at the file share and make sure the SQL agent accounts can write there. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Restoring just a table would in I guess involve restoring a backup to a new database and then scripting the table creation, but I've never need to do it, touch wood.  &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38967" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21901" RevisionGUID="23fca1b1-12a6-4038-b17c-caf4c0bc9c0e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:06:05.153" UserId="5038" Text="If you have a device that needs &quot;high to ultra-high&quot; security guarantees, you are better off using a hardware token that generates one-time passwords instead of relying on having password expirations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main &quot;win&quot; for a password expiry system is that you WILL, eventually, have an account disabled if the account-holder leaves the organisation, as an extra &quot;check and balance&quot; to &quot;the account should be disabled when the account-holder leaves&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Enforcing password expiration leads, at best, to high-quality passwords written down and in the worst case to bad passwords (at a previous workplace, once we were forced to use password expiration, I ended up using (essentially) prefixJan2003, prefixFeb2003 and so on, as my preferred method of generating passwords (48 random bits, Base64-encoded) doesn't scale to &quot;new passwords every month&quot;)." />
  <row Id="38971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21903" RevisionGUID="15dd5494-60ae-4fc0-bd79-79c023952a70" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:08:09.940" UserId="6365" Text="You can use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh root@host screen -m -d &quot;tail -f /var/log/messages&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That starts a detached screen with a command running on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       -m   causes screen  to  ignore  the  $STY  environment  variable.  With&#xD;&#xA;            &quot;screen  -m&quot;  creation  of  a  new session is enforced, regardless&#xD;&#xA;            whether screen is called from within  another  screen  session  or&#xD;&#xA;            not.  This  flag has a special meaning in connection with the `-d'&#xD;&#xA;            option:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       -d -m   Start screen in &quot;detached&quot; mode. This creates a new session but&#xD;&#xA;               doesn't  attach  to  it.  This  is  useful  for  system startup&#xD;&#xA;               scripts." />
  <row Id="38972" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21904" RevisionGUID="2528aad9-773b-4c98-984c-75dad595a940" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:09:14.400" UserId="4392" Text="It isn't the kernel, I would bet. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you've got shell access to the machine, try to recursively grep in /etc for that string: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      grep -R &quot;192.168.70.255&quot; * &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That should tell you where the config is that needs changed. " />
  <row Id="38973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21905" RevisionGUID="b5e97689-1383-4832-8dc0-3cf9a5466a7d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:09:17.673" UserId="2600" Text="&#xD;&#xA;Tera Term &amp; PuTTY&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002416/teraterm.html&#xD;&#xA;    http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/" />
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  <row Id="38975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21906" RevisionGUID="d3b15ee0-a80e-48ae-943d-0774a174e8dc" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:10:41.790" UserId="8723" Text="...But the screen is stolen from the desktop when you RDP in, and then you have&#xD;&#xA;to unlock the screen on the desktop again without logging off.  Which doesn't always work smoothly. Screen mirroring (allowing the screen to display in both locations) is available in terminal server (and Citrix) - but not in RDP.  However if you are running a server O/S there are two TS licences out of the box and you can mirror the screen, with some minor pain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simple answer: either fool around with &quot;disconnect&quot; and unlocking the screen, or try UltraVNC." />
  <row Id="38976" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21907" RevisionGUID="d2b29afe-58e3-411c-825f-5b3bae8c813c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:11:37.140" UserId="1466" Text="I think that having a more **secure** password is much more important than frequently changing it, but both are definitely necessary for a secure system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The argument goes that complex passwords are difficult to remember, and lead to employees writing them down.  My belief on this is that *the vast majority of the attacks come from the outside*, and even writing down a complex password and taping it to your monitor is more secure than having a simple password memorized.  (just don't write both the username and password BOTH down)&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="38977" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21908" RevisionGUID="ea654c9a-a36c-494d-bf6a-e59e3151ee03" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:11:54.800" UserId="8132" Text="netsh firewall set opmode disable &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;turns off the windows firewall." />
  <row Id="38978" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21908" RevisionGUID="ea654c9a-a36c-494d-bf6a-e59e3151ee03" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:11:54.800" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="38979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21909" RevisionGUID="b1becb75-bfe2-4694-91ca-da3264918fc7" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:12:30.413" UserId="8021" Text="We expire passwords yearly and require strong (preferably random) passwords longer than 10 characters. We run dictionary attacks on people's passwords when they change them. We keep past password hashes so that passwords can't be re-used. We also check for potential dates in the password like vatine said. ;) The last was my addition...   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At a former job, we did try expiring more frequently at a new network security administrator's behest -- every two months. Two weeks after the first forced change, I took him around our administrative offices and we looked under people's keyboards and mousepads. Over 50% of them had a password written on a post-it underneath. He was happy to loosen the policy after we sat down and talked to the administrative staff -- their opinion was that they didn't have it long enough to memorize.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of our stuff these days is single sign-on within a few silos. Campus resources (rarely used for most people) are in one silo and that password is managed by our central IT group. Departmental resources (used daily -- machine login, email, website editing, photocopier) is a password managed by our group, also expired yearly. If people gripe about being frustrated, we point out that they really only have one password to remember. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These days, I generate an md5sum on a random file in /var/log and use a subset of that for my passwords. " />
  <row Id="38980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21910" RevisionGUID="3d1a3309-30e2-4bbc-85a5-49c91ac74519" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:14:21.987" UserId="8674" Text="Since it's kind of a time consuming option to increase the size of a Virtual Disk, what's the downside of selecting a huge disk to start with?  (Why not start at the largest size and never worry about running out of virtual space?)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38981" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21910" RevisionGUID="3d1a3309-30e2-4bbc-85a5-49c91ac74519" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:14:21.987" UserId="8674" Text="What's the downside of starting with extra large Virtual Disk?" />
  <row Id="38982" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21910" RevisionGUID="3d1a3309-30e2-4bbc-85a5-49c91ac74519" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:14:21.987" UserId="8674" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;virtual-drive&gt;" />
  <row Id="38983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21911" RevisionGUID="d2122523-d069-4e5d-9fab-f50edb740c12" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:14:33.000" UserId="4310" Text="I need to setup OpenOffice in a linux box that will never have X installed.  Every time I run the setup program of the OpenOffice installer it complains that the system does not have an X Terminal.  I am using OOo_3.1.0_LinuxIntel_install_wJRE_en-US.tar.  I have done this headless install for version 2.4, but we are having some performance issues and we will like to test the 3.1 version.  The rpm -i *rpm does not work, since it is also looking for libgnome inside it.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are trying to install the system in a CenOS 5.1.  Any ideas are welcome?" />
  <row Id="38984" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21911" RevisionGUID="d2122523-d069-4e5d-9fab-f50edb740c12" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:14:33.000" UserId="4310" Text="How to install OpenOffice 3.1 in Headless Mode?" />
  <row Id="38985" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21911" RevisionGUID="d2122523-d069-4e5d-9fab-f50edb740c12" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:14:33.000" UserId="4310" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;centos&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="38986" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18160" RevisionGUID="f9488866-fbbd-4319-9e7e-f15d4af18bcc" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:15:13.153" UserDisplayName="Chris" Comment="Plugin sample" Text="Is there an easy way to get metrics on all processes that start with the letters XYZ? I have about 80 processes that I have to monitor individually that all start with the prefix XYZ.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have created a query using the sigar shell: ps State.Name.sw=XYZ, which will give me a list of the processes that I want. What I need to do is define this list of processes through said query and collect and track statistics from the Process service: http://support.hyperic.com/display/hypcomm/Process+service &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I need is 3 or 4 key statistics for each of the XYZ processes defined by my query to show up as graphs in the web front end.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: Hyperic HQ server is installed on a windows machine and I'm monitoring a Linux box via an agent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Chris&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Here is my try at a plugin that may give me what I want, but it's not being inventoried/detected by the Hyperic web UI. Simply pointing me to one of Hyperic's tutorials won't do. Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;!DOCTYPE plugin [  &#xD;&#xA;      &lt;!ENTITY process-metrics SYSTEM &quot;/pdk/plugins/process-metrics.xml&quot;&gt;]&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;plugin&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;server name=&quot;ABCStats&quot;&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;       &lt;config&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;         &lt;option name=&quot;process.query&quot;  &#xD;&#xA;             description=&quot;Process Query&quot;  &#xD;&#xA;             default=&quot;State.Name.sw=XYZ&quot;/&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;       &lt;/config&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;        &lt;metric name=&quot;Availability&quot;  &#xD;&#xA;               alias=&quot;Availability&quot;  &#xD;&#xA;             template=&quot;sigar:Type=ProcState,Arg=%process.query%:State&quot;  &#xD;&#xA;            category=&quot;AVAILABILITY&quot;  &#xD;&#xA;            indicator=&quot;true&quot;  &#xD;&#xA;            units=&quot;percentage&quot;  &#xD;&#xA;            collectionType=&quot;dynamic&quot;/&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;        &amp;process-metrics;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;plugin type=&quot;autoinventory&quot;/&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;plugin type=&quot;measurement&quot;  &#xD;&#xA;            class=&quot;org.hyperic.hq.product.MeasurementPlugin&quot;/&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;			&#xD;&#xA;     &lt;/server&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/plugin&gt;  " />
  <row Id="38987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21912" RevisionGUID="af907f3b-a082-4540-9243-dfb2d16f1f22" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:16:54.617" UserId="4442" Text="Is it possible to use a scanner connected to the client PC via a USB port via Citrix or Terminal Server? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is can you provide a pointer to some information on how to set it up. We are using TWAIN to talk to the scanner." />
  <row Id="38988" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21912" RevisionGUID="af907f3b-a082-4540-9243-dfb2d16f1f22" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:16:54.617" UserId="4442" Text="Use Client Side USB port from Citrix/Terminal Server" />
  <row Id="38989" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21912" RevisionGUID="af907f3b-a082-4540-9243-dfb2d16f1f22" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:16:54.617" UserId="4442" Text="&lt;citrix&gt;&lt;terminal-server&gt;&lt;scanner&gt;" />
  <row Id="38990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21913" RevisionGUID="6bdcadd1-bc2e-4d03-8a95-8da18d4d0e6e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:17:21.167" UserId="1466" Text="We use **nagios** to monitor our mongrels (along with hundreds of other services).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It just checks to ensure that there are mongrel processes running on each of the required ports.  If not, it re-starts them." />
  <row Id="38991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21914" RevisionGUID="f5fa8688-db54-4520-aee4-1fc9d1582a17" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:17:22.870" UserId="4136" Text="VMDK's can be easily grown but not shrunk. Its best to start off smaller and grow as needed for storage management reasons. With VSphere 4 they have thin provisioning now so you can tell the server its 100 GB but on the backend it only provisions how much its really using.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/mid-size-and-enterprise-business/features.html" />
  <row Id="38992" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21915" RevisionGUID="dee00cd4-5a49-4fdd-b50c-d6d90396370d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:17:55.677" UserId="2104" Text="The issue with starting with the largest size possible is that you are still limited by the Actual Physical Size of the Drive that the image is stored on. As much planning that you do personally, there is always someone else that comes along and says &quot;i need another one&quot; and you have to add it into the existing infrastructure. So you want to make sure that you have the space to accommodate those types of requests." />
  <row Id="38993" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21916" RevisionGUID="3a8aaa91-cc8b-4620-91a4-f9def87d0e9e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:18:06.783" UserId="2711" Text="The downside is you can't use that space for anything else in the meantime.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, if I have 300 servers and give them all a default of 60 GB each instead of 20 GB, that is a potential waste of 40 GB x 300 = 12 TB. That is expensive in a data centre. Better to have that 12 TB up my sleeve and assign it to servers as they require it." />
  <row Id="38994" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21908" RevisionGUID="32b26fc5-444d-4296-b062-24fd20a7e99e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:18:26.470" UserId="8132" Comment="added 86 characters in body" Text="netsh firewall set opmode disable &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;turns off the windows firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;taskkill.exe /f /fi &quot;status eq Not Responding&quot; to kill all not responding programs" />
  <row Id="38995" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21917" RevisionGUID="9702cc04-f290-413b-85b3-6ee06766939a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:21:04.077" UserId="1466" Text="By putting the following in the ~/.bashrc file on my server, it starts a screen session the first time I log on to the server, or if one is already running, re-connects me to that session.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I find this very handy:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -n &quot;$SSH_CONNECTION&quot; ] &amp;&amp; [ -z &quot;$SCREEN_EXIST&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;        export SCREEN_EXIST=1&#xD;&#xA;        screen -DRi&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="38996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21918" RevisionGUID="2652a969-dd71-428b-8fb4-6ddb433d4daa" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:21:37.370" UserDisplayName="Scott" Text="It's possible to add a registry key on the client PC that will result in only the default printer being mapped on login.  This might help isolate the problem to a specific printer driver.  If one driver (installed on the server) is the problem, replacing that driver with a newer one or with HP's Universal driver might help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911913 - hotfix should not be required, skip to &quot;How to modify the registry&quot;" />
  <row Id="38997" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21919" RevisionGUID="fe15382e-aca5-4293-b639-08eb6829109e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:22:39.770" UserId="4185" Text="I am setting up an installation of CA arcserve 12.5 for network backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ran a trial run of the backups over the weekend and noticed that each backup waited for the prior to complete. At the moment I have one File System Device which I was going to use for all of our servers. The FSD is assigned to one media pool. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this incorrect? I set it up this way as I thought it didn't make sense to make a new FSD and media pool for each server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have 5 servers I would like to backup in parralell each weekend, in this situation do I need a different FSD and Media pool for each server?" />
  <row Id="38998" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21919" RevisionGUID="fe15382e-aca5-4293-b639-08eb6829109e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:22:39.770" UserId="4185" Text="CA Arcserve Configuration" />
  <row Id="38999" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21919" RevisionGUID="fe15382e-aca5-4293-b639-08eb6829109e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:22:39.770" UserId="4185" Text="&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="39000" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21920" RevisionGUID="693ac915-bba2-4dd4-b1ea-ee609cafb895" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:24:06.303" UserId="8723" Text="ASUS EEEPC with Windows XP Pro. I am logged in as Administrator, I download and install VLC. Everything looks normal and the install seems to proceed normally. Except the program is never installed.  I notice that NOD32 is complaining about the update password, which I should fix of course. Anyone seen this before?" />
  <row Id="39001" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21920" RevisionGUID="693ac915-bba2-4dd4-b1ea-ee609cafb895" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:24:06.303" UserId="8723" Text="Windows XP Pro - Can't install VLC Player?" />
  <row Id="39002" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21920" RevisionGUID="693ac915-bba2-4dd4-b1ea-ee609cafb895" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:24:06.303" UserId="8723" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;antivirus&gt;" />
  <row Id="39003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21921" RevisionGUID="429b454c-2796-4c9d-a81b-6de83133537a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:24:32.947" UserId="7342" Text="Having actually read the question this time, my gut reaction is that the problem would lie in BusyBox making the wrong assumptions or possibly living in some parallel universe where classful routing didn't disappear. You don't say how old the kernel or the busybox is, but you might be able to test which is at fault if you can get a more recent version of busybox, a copy of ip or strace on the box. ip or newer busybox would allow you to set the ip and netmask with a tool with a known good behaviour. If it's still wrong, it's probably the kernel. If it's right, it's busybox. With strace you could see what syscalls busybox is making. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't get any new binaries on the box then there's not really much more you can do other than set the broadcast to the right value yourself." />
  <row Id="39004" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21922" RevisionGUID="fc92cb36-3d2c-4f4f-ad08-9a5c67505b9c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:26:04.567" UserId="1466" Text="The downside is the danger of actually **running out of physical disk space** and crashing all your VM's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setting up really big &quot;growable&quot; virtual disks is a good way to optimize the use of your diskspace **if you keep on top of the physical space available, and always make sure there is enout**.  However, if you don't it becomes a *single point of failure* that could take all your VM's down at once.  And genrally these days, diskspace is cheap. " />
  <row Id="39005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21923" RevisionGUID="5bee580e-f3e6-4ed3-94ea-aa9b136e1172" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:26:23.037" UserId="4136" Text="I'm not familiar with the NOD32 product (as in I've never used it). Does it offer some sort of registry protector or is it just antivirus scanning? Is the update password for getting updates only or working in general? Is it trial version or paid?" />
  <row Id="39006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21924" RevisionGUID="d8c4ab9a-aac5-4275-8a9d-fedc8945f942" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:26:36.313" UserId="7137" Text="Why not just install an X Terminal (ie, xterm)? A quick look at [a random xterm RPM](http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/12384579/com/xterm-215-8.el5.x86_64.rpm.html#requires) suggests that you can install one without needing to install an X server." />
  <row Id="39007" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21925" RevisionGUID="e3384e1e-382d-4bdb-b55a-713912ccb822" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:27:01.477" UserId="3657" Text="Citrix and TS do not support scanner redirection out of the box. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a number of 3rd party utilities that will do this.  Another option is to use a &quot;network USB&quot; type device to connect the scanner into the Citrix session.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.remote-scan.com/" />
  <row Id="39008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21926" RevisionGUID="9270c039-6ce4-44c9-9d05-d08c5d590256" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:27:24.393" UserId="6233" Text="I am using FreeBSD 6.1 as router.&#xD;&#xA;Now I looking for Network Traffic Monitoring software to see what's happening with internet link.&#xD;&#xA;I have two installed LAN cards in my system, one for lan and other for wan traffic I also have a static IP address on wan side and do not have X system installed (only console).&#xD;&#xA;I sow a lot of thins at [Fresh Ports for FreeBSD][1] but I can decide what is best for me.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Some of my requests are:&#xD;&#xA;-To be easy to install and maintain (I am not pretty well in Linux)&#xD;&#xA;-To I can see what is load of network and who is taking most of bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;-And regarding to my earlier [question][2] to I can see whats happening in my locll network &#xD;&#xA; and what site visiting each one local IP address with minor of statistic for it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance &#xD;&#xA;Admir&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freshports.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/18898/best-practices-to-block-social-sites" />
  <row Id="39009" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21926" RevisionGUID="9270c039-6ce4-44c9-9d05-d08c5d590256" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:27:24.393" UserId="6233" Text="Network monitoring tool for FreeBSD" />
  <row Id="39010" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21926" RevisionGUID="9270c039-6ce4-44c9-9d05-d08c5d590256" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:27:24.393" UserId="6233" Text="&lt;freebsd&gt;&lt;networkmanager&gt;&lt;network-monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="39011" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20951" RevisionGUID="b385d08a-6428-4fbf-bb3f-38d94af909fb" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:28:35.577" UserId="1602" Comment="added 76 characters in body; deleted 5 characters in body" Text="I have a Hyper-V host (Dual QuadCores with 24GB of RAM) with a Gigabit network connection hosting about 5 guest OS's on a bridged virtual network. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For some reason each Guest OS is only able to transfer at about 100K/s on the network despite there being ABSOLUTELY NO network traffic whatsoever. Is this normal? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas as to the cause or things I can do to increase the transfer speeds of the guests? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***UPDATE***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have narrowed the culprit to being the 100Mb HALF DUPLEX network connection on the VM host. This is causing an effect of network transfers only being fast in one direction. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not sure exactly how to fix this. " />
  <row Id="39012" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21842" RevisionGUID="5aca912e-15d9-4ec4-9474-2506f1380931" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:28:50.803" UserId="4694" Comment="added 205 characters in body" Text="**Options** &gt; **Play on remote computer**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't **log off**, just **disconnect** the session (click on the X that appears when you hover your mouse at the top of the screen).&#xD;&#xA;Disconnecting keeps all the info about your session in memory and is waiting for you the next time you log back in.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![RDP][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;try **mstsc /admin**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[the switch /console is ignored in RDC version 6.1][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/5266/rdp.png&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/rds/archive/2007/12/17/changes-to-remote-administration-in-windows-server-2008.aspx" />
  <row Id="39013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21927" RevisionGUID="710091ac-a6fd-4c68-a8c4-de3e067ff6bc" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:29:30.833" UserId="1435" Text="Please consider that many now believe that it's cheaper, quicker and more environmentally-sound to use fans to extract warm air from a data centre and draw in ambient air from the outside (via some form of filtration at least). Most, if not all, IT kit is designed to be ran at ambient temperatures, not the 17-10C we all seem to feed them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an example look at [Switch Communications][1] new enormous data centre - there's no AC at all, it saves them a fortune - and they're in Nevada so it clearly works even in hot and dusty surroundings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.switchnap.com/" />
  <row Id="39014" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21928" RevisionGUID="7b4270d4-6560-48d1-ba62-de17a89f1e39" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:30:10.207" UserId="8021" Text="Xen has a built-in locking mechanism that should be used, especially if using hot or live migration. We have a NFS share mounted on all of our Dom0 hosts, and Xen checks there first to see if someone else is running an instance of a DomU before attempting to start it. " />
  <row Id="39015" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21929" RevisionGUID="8471bb11-2190-45c3-ac7d-9d7146b59513" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:30:46.103" UserId="8729" Text="Usefull for batch/cmd processing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cd %0\..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;changes path including drive to the directory where the batch/cmd files is located, e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;when you have your bat/cmd is in z:\test and you open up a shortcut to the bat/cmd from your desktop, with the command inside your bat/cmd you can change the path to z:\test and go on from there&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Greetz,&#xD;&#xA;GHad" />
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  <row Id="39017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21930" RevisionGUID="6d7bfef6-d48b-4f77-944e-3899850bbee8" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:32:22.090" UserId="5669" Text="Also check for differences in login scripts between your users.  Users who are mapping lots of drives and having multiple group policies being applied to them will take a lot longer to log in." />
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  <row Id="39019" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21931" RevisionGUID="5d7a3e67-17e0-44ac-9593-8d695fc73335" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:33:29.403" UserId="4924" Text="Starting investigations on the topic I discovered with `strace` that changing the broadcast address with `ifconfig` leads to a supplementary `ioctl()` call (`SIOCSIFBRDADDR` - Set InterFace BRoadcast ADDRess) that doesn't appear in the normal trace when you leave out the broadcast parameter. So it looks like that ifconfig doesn't deal with the broadcast address in the default case and leave that up to the kernel." />
  <row Id="39020" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21932" RevisionGUID="d641efb4-a580-4dd9-a1b9-7b7aa15a8a88" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:36:35.827" UserId="5234" Text="It's down to a combination of which platform you'll get the best support from Oracle (or other external support providers) on, and which you're most comfortable with yourselves.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my experience Oracle can be *very* high-maintenance, meaning that the quality of support is utterly crucial.  If you can do it all in-house, more power to you, but it's an utterly *huge* beast these days, requiring a *lot* of dedicated resources to get the best out of, so like as not you're going to be calling on external support a bit.  So which platform can you get the best external support on?  I *think* that would be Linux, but I also *think* you'll get decent support on Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, and from the sound of things, your in-house skills are primarily Windows.  Now, you can't be in a position where you're reliant on external support for basic day-to-day operational stuff.  Also, I'd be suspicious of your DBA advocating Linux; OS platforms should be somewhat outside of a DBAs remit.  Based on that alone I'd definitely be leaning towards Windows." />
  <row Id="39021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21933" RevisionGUID="15113a0b-97e2-4985-8285-de3e17c81ad3" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:36:43.627" UserId="8727" Text="I'd say the main problem with moving to Linux desktops for us would be the need to find more expertise for support.  We've got a decent desktop support staff here, and good windows sysadmins on the server side.  To move to Linux desktops we would have to spend quite a bit on training for all of our support staff, and then more training for our end users.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some problems that Linux users run into are quick fixes, but would stop work cold with someone who has less experience.  You can never tell what a user is going to do.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other problem is software compatability.  We run several systems that need a desktop fat client to administer, and the client only runs on Windows.  VMWare is the biggest culprit right now, but we also have an ancient Windows only help desk app, as well as heavy reliance on Visio.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The real question is not if Linux is ready for the desktop, is if the desktop is ready for Linux.  In most cases, the answer is no.  " />
  <row Id="39022" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21933" RevisionGUID="15113a0b-97e2-4985-8285-de3e17c81ad3" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:36:43.627" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21934" RevisionGUID="9754d2da-2965-455e-8789-9d781e20e9ee" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:37:21.393" UserDisplayName="Jason Knight" Text="Check administrative tools: services.  Is the Citrix MFCOM Service installed and running?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check administrative tools: component services.  Look under component services: computers: my computer: COM+ applications.  Is Citrix IMA COM Interop installed and running?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21935" RevisionGUID="ac340d07-b0d4-4d99-91b4-c1d869d55126" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:38:25.900" UserId="8278" Text="You can also execute backups using the mysqldump command locally, and piping the output to a file. It's not a true binary copy of the data, but it's a copy of all the data in the table." />
  <row Id="39025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21936" RevisionGUID="87ac17c5-193a-449e-a70f-5374adef75df" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:38:33.327" UserId="4946" Text="    diskpart&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disk management from the command line.  &#xD;&#xA;See [here][1] for more info.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300415" />
  <row Id="39026" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21936" RevisionGUID="87ac17c5-193a-449e-a70f-5374adef75df" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:38:33.327" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39027" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21937" RevisionGUID="cb02d906-603d-4ce7-8aef-882648bff509" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:39:57.550" UserId="2629" Text="The tried-and-true way of making Mac disk images has been to set up your software perfectly on the newest Mac hardware you have, delete some unnecessary files, and create a (monolithic) image of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Package-based image creation (notably using [InstaDMG][1], and [also possible][2] with the [Casper Suite][3] and likely other tools) has been possible for a while now, and it purportedly better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone with experience with both answer which way is better, and why?  (Or, less objectively, which do you prefer and why?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=instadmg-beta&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=20090602211035728&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.jamfsoftware.com/" />
  <row Id="39028" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21937" RevisionGUID="cb02d906-603d-4ce7-8aef-882648bff509" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:39:57.550" UserId="2629" Text="Monolithic vs Packaged-based Image Creation" />
  <row Id="39029" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21937" RevisionGUID="cb02d906-603d-4ce7-8aef-882648bff509" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:39:57.550" UserId="2629" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;image&gt;" />
  <row Id="39030" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21938" RevisionGUID="326d2174-8b38-497d-ac19-028ba857c60a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:40:28.267" UserId="3038" Text="We had a lot of discussions about this a couple years ago when we *started* a password expiration policy. We had just finished a l0phcract run with rainbow tables against the AD tree to see just how bad it was, and it was pretty horrific. An eye-bleeding number of users still used their &quot;helpdesk temp&quot; password after calling in/dropping by for a password reset, something horrendous like 30% used &quot;password&quot; or some variant as their password (p@$$w0rd, etc). That convinced management that this *needed* to happen. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Being higher ed, we had summer to contend with when selecting an interval. A lot of our faculty don't teach during the summer, so our helpdesk had to brace for the, &quot;I forgot my password&quot; calls as they all come back in September. I think, and I may be wrong, that our interval is 6 months with a summer-quarter exception. So if your 6mo password expiration has it expiring in mid-august, it would be randomly reprogrammed to reset in late Sept to early Oct.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A better question is how often your utility account and admin passwords get rotated. All too often those seem to get exempted from password change policies. Who wants to go through all those scripts for a utility account password change? And some backup systems make it hard to change used-passwords, which provides a disincentive to change admin passwords." />
  <row Id="39031" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21939" RevisionGUID="dd70d0c6-47eb-4299-b9e3-42148905aa9d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:40:34.757" UserId="4271" Text="I have had great success with the following packages. You do need to know about your network and some linux basics to get everything logged. You will need to log traffic for the ips on your network using the firewall to be able to get graphs for each of them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cacti: http://www.cacti.net/&#xD;&#xA;MRTG: http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/&#xD;&#xA;Zabbix: http://www.zabbix.com/ (probably overkill for what you need)" />
  <row Id="39032" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21425" RevisionGUID="3244d9cc-4056-49f4-b1d0-e02490d7e0bb" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:41:03.257" UserId="1576" Comment="added 71 characters in body" Text="I had fdisk segfault and just wondered if anyone had any other options?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: It was late and that was a dumb question. Good answer though!" />
  <row Id="39033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21940" RevisionGUID="242c0ff3-83a3-4664-bcd6-d846b804adf1" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:44:26.713" UserId="4460" Text="With the push to save money and save AC power in the data center, my company has the need to find Windows (various OS - windows 2000, 2003 mainly) servers that are not being used much.  I have found some great logparser 'forensics' type scripts to enumerate last used registry keys, last saves, last RDP sessions, etc.  What are some other methods that can be used to 'separate the wheat from the chaff' when it comes to enterprise server usage by development groups, users, etc.  The concentration here would be mainly application role servers rather than file servers.  So it is possible that if an IIS site is up, there may be the need to track site usage from logs.  What are some other items to investigate and enumerate.  Any suggstions to automate/script for a large number of servers would be most welcome.  Thanks in advance." />
  <row Id="39034" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21940" RevisionGUID="242c0ff3-83a3-4664-bcd6-d846b804adf1" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:44:26.713" UserId="4460" Text="What are the best methods for enumerating Windows server usage history?" />
  <row Id="39035" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21940" RevisionGUID="242c0ff3-83a3-4664-bcd6-d846b804adf1" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:44:26.713" UserId="4460" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="39036" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21727" RevisionGUID="d172f49e-fcde-46d2-8384-ceecab9916ea" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:45:11.393" UserId="1134" Comment="added 40 characters in body" Text="With the latest javascript vulnerabilities in Adobe reader and bloat it has aquired over the years, I've been thinking of moving the network I'm in charge of to a different product for PDF reading on Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ideal PDF reader should be something that is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Small in size (Adobe reader is more than 200MB these days).&#xD;&#xA; - As secure by default as possible (For example, javascript disabled by default).&#xD;&#xA; - Nice looking and easy to use interface.&#xD;&#xA; - Not bloated with features (I just want to read PDFs, that's it).&#xD;&#xA; - Does not install any toolbars/unwanted add ons/spyware.&#xD;&#xA; - Does not display any ads while viewing PDFs.&#xD;&#xA; - Preferably Open Source. (this pretty much ensures no ads).&#xD;&#xA; - Full Unicode support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Idealy , something like [evince][1] from gnome, will be the best option, but unfortunately  that's not available on Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Foxit][2] is an option, as it is small, and has a nice interface. But it still has javascript enabled by default which might lead to vulnerabilities - and it installs a toolbar , and displays ads while reading PDFs which is distracting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a site dedicated to Open Source PDF readers, [pdfreaders.org][3],  however, the Windows pdf readers each have their problems, mostly the interface is not as convenient (as evince, adobe or foxit).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What Windows PDF reader would you recommend ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://projects.gnome.org/evince/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://pdfreaders.org/" />
  <row Id="39037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21941" RevisionGUID="1eb2a2d5-6ead-41ed-99b9-cb73b3a9fc2e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:45:39.677" UserId="8727" Text="Does anyone have any suggestions for running DB2 in VMWare?  We've been told not to do it, but I see VMWare as a supported environment from IBM.  " />
  <row Id="39038" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21941" RevisionGUID="1eb2a2d5-6ead-41ed-99b9-cb73b3a9fc2e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:45:39.677" UserId="8727" Text="DB2 in VMWare" />
  <row Id="39039" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21941" RevisionGUID="1eb2a2d5-6ead-41ed-99b9-cb73b3a9fc2e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:45:39.677" UserId="8727" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;db2&gt;" />
  <row Id="39040" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21942" RevisionGUID="a0b1f543-66e2-449e-904b-b84cfb78e179" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:46:05.837" UserId="8199" Text="It sounds like an issue with Cygwin. Do you have the same issue when using putty or another client?" />
  <row Id="39041" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21943" RevisionGUID="e0c4ce7f-492d-496c-82c2-69db8e03e158" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:47:58.220" UserId="6793" Text="[Munin][1] is a great tool for graphing system resources including the network, it does&#xD;&#xA;not do all the things that you are asking for but it will get you a pretty good idea &#xD;&#xA;of the system load. Munin is available in FreeBSD ports both the server and client&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://munin.projects.linpro.no/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://munin.projects.linpro.no/attachment/wiki/PercentGraphHowto/donald.hjemme.ruberg.no-fw_conntrack-day.png?format=raw" />
  <row Id="39042" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21926" RevisionGUID="d31f2d7f-aca4-43b7-b2df-02a077e7513a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:48:39.157" UserId="6233" Comment="corrected spelling" Text="I am using FreeBSD 6.1 as router.&#xD;&#xA;Now I looking for Network Traffic Monitoring software to see what's happening with internet link.&#xD;&#xA;I have two installed LAN cards in my system, one for lan and other for wan traffic I also have a static IP address on wan side and do not have X system installed (only console).&#xD;&#xA;I sow a lot of things at [Fresh Ports for FreeBSD][1] but I can't decide what is best for me.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Some of my requests are:&#xD;&#xA;-To be easy to install and maintain (I am not pretty well in Linux)&#xD;&#xA;-To I can see what is load of network and who is taking most of bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;-And regarding to my earlier [question][2] to I can see whats happening in my local network &#xD;&#xA; and what site visiting each one local IP address with minor of statistic for it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance &#xD;&#xA;Admir&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freshports.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/18898/best-practices-to-block-social-sites" />
  <row Id="39043" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21334" RevisionGUID="e83c1e65-1ac2-4e7a-82e1-e6f54ddf238c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:49:34.427" UserId="1770" Comment="Fix a couple of typos." Text="First of all, it sounds like you need to get a handle on your IT purchasing practices.  If you're doing things right, 4 years shouldn't result in more than 2-3 laptop models.  You should be purchasing business class hardware to reduce lineup changes.  For example, Dell guarantees that each model in the Latitude line will be available for a certain amount of time, to give buyers a stable purchase option.  This also gives you better support options geared towards IT departments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to make sure that all IT related purchases get approved by IT, and you need to make sure you have a defined standard platform for employees.  Get those in place, and I expect most of your problems will go away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As to leasing . . . Be very, very, careful with leasing.  It &lt;strong&gt;can&lt;/strong&gt; be a very useful and important purchasing tool, but it can also get you into a huge amount of trouble.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First things first, never lease anything without a (reasonable) buyout option unless you are 100% absolutely guaranteed positive you are not going to keep it.  Also, make absolutely sure that you keep track of your lease agreements and know what is and isn't on lease, and when the leases end.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Especially for smaller companies, I'm a fan of leasing for large purchases ($100k for a new storage system, or $200k for a new Oracle RAC setup, or whatever).  It can help you spread the purchase out over a couple of years, instead of taking a big hit all at once.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm generally not a big fan of leasing on smaller purchases.  Leasing adds additional overhead in order to manage the leases and track the systems.  If you screw up here, you can end up with missing or lost systems that you then have to pay for (possibly at a premium) because you didn't own it, just leased it.  And that's on top of the replacement cost you'll have to cover if you still need the device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Part of the reason I feel so strongly about this is that I worked at a company that started with leasing a few things.  Then some absolute morons in the finance department decided to lease &lt;em&gt;everything&lt;/em&gt;.  Without making that clear to the rest of the company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the time we figured out what was going on, we had devices that we'd paid for 2-3 times over (because we'd been leasing them for 5 years when they were purchased on a lease that covered their value in 18-24 months).  Worse, the leases we'd gotten suckered into (again, complete morons in the finance department) had no buyout option.  We had to rip out and return basically &lt;em&gt;everything&lt;/em&gt; we'd purchased in the past few years unless we wanted to keep paying for it forever.  And remember what I said about keeping track of everything?  Hah!  Right.  It took roughly two full time employees six months to get a reasonable handle on where we were, with a huge effort to fully catalog and organize everything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and also be *very* careful with leasing and software.  You can really screw yourself over if you lease software (if purchased bundled with the hardware or via a third party leasing agent).  You might have planned on upgrading your Exchange servers and keeping the same Exchange licenses, but if you bought them bundled with your Dell servers on a lease, and are returning your servers, those Exchange licenses are probably going to have to go back, too (also illustrating the importance of a buyout option again).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Leasing can be very useful.  Just remember: Buyer beware, and make sure you know what you're doing.  Remember that when you lease, you don't actually own the hardware, so keep track of it.  Make sure you have a buyout.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck. ;-)" />
  <row Id="39044" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21944" RevisionGUID="2475595c-bd03-4541-a52e-521729a104b8" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:49:48.810" UserId="4946" Text="    bootsect.exe {/help | /nt52 | /nt60} {SYS | ALL | &lt;DriveLetter:&gt;} [/force]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;from [here][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Bootsect.exe updates the master boot code for hard disk partitions to switch between BOOTMGR and NTLDR. You can use this tool to restore the boot sector on your computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mind that this tool is only available on the windows installation DVD under the **`BOOT`** folder. (I think only Vista or higher.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749177(WS.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="39045" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21944" RevisionGUID="2475595c-bd03-4541-a52e-521729a104b8" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:49:48.810" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21945" RevisionGUID="422d6b6b-8fd1-4ea1-b2c1-ee464e2ecbf3" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:49:55.643" UserId="48" Text="As mentioned by LEAT, to do this you will need to setup a trust between your two seperate Active Directory Forests. Firstly, you will need a link between the Forests, in your case it looks like your going for a VPN, once thats up you will need to setup your DNS on both domains so that the Exchange servers can resolve each other.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once that is done you need to create the actual trust. There are two possible types of trust you can use here, an external trust, or a Forest trust.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - An external trust is a trust between your Forest and a single external domain&#xD;&#xA; - A Forest trust is a trust between your forest and another whole forest, so you will trust all domains in that forest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To set one of these options up, take a look at one of these articles:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [External Trust][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Forest Trust][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738617(WS.10).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Creating-Trusts-Between-Forests.html" />
  <row Id="39047" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21946" RevisionGUID="e10f241c-4ead-4668-8d75-8df1a47b757e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:50:13.457" UserId="533" Text="Is it possible that the broadcast is dynamically generated from the IP/Mask combo and that you actually entered the netmask wrong?" />
  <row Id="39048" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21947" RevisionGUID="671874d5-50d4-4be6-952c-71ed10acd5b0" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:50:32.957" UserId="3657" Text="Why were you told not to do it?  I've been working with VMware for many years now and can't recall an application or server I've tried to virtualize that had any issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is a supported environment, I would do it.  The hardest part about running any app under VMware is application vendors that stick their head in the sand and refuse to support their app running on VMware because they don't understand it. " />
  <row Id="39049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21948" RevisionGUID="443ab9a6-2538-4c9f-aadb-bab9e3526666" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:51:21.927" UserId="8278" Text="Same as you'd do with any other virtualized Database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep an eye on what you can do to max out I/O performance and cache availability. Have multiple cores available. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VMWare ESXi and ESX are supported hypervisors for DB2, by the way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/im/DB2+Virtualization+Support][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any specific concerns you have?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/im/DB2+Virtualization+Support" />
  <row Id="39050" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21949" RevisionGUID="afbd256e-418e-48cf-9a78-59d7bbb31d44" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:51:53.033" UserId="8736" Text="We recently switched offices, and are having trouble setting up our Server.  It's a Windows 2008 machine using Hyper V.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of our virtual machines uses Team Foundtation Server.  It needs to access the internet to activate and unfortunately we don't know how to give Hyper-V's virtual machines internet access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help would be greatly appreciated!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="39051" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21949" RevisionGUID="afbd256e-418e-48cf-9a78-59d7bbb31d44" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:51:53.033" UserId="8736" Text="How do I setup Hyper-V internet access to my virtual machines" />
  <row Id="39052" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21949" RevisionGUID="afbd256e-418e-48cf-9a78-59d7bbb31d44" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:51:53.033" UserId="8736" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;hyper-v&gt;" />
  <row Id="39053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21950" RevisionGUID="2e16055a-91de-49fc-8a47-a6d4fc4dec10" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:52:04.030" UserId="671" Text="This may not address the core question of tracking use, but you could virtualize the smaller questionable servers into virtual machines running on more powerful servers.  That would allow you to eliminate some of the older, less powerful hardware and save on electricity and cooling costs without having to worry about whether a machine is being actively used or not." />
  <row Id="39054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21951" RevisionGUID="18c32de8-563a-429e-a250-4ff2f969b657" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:52:17.073" UserId="3657" Text="I'd use Performance Monitor to measure CPU usage, memory usage, network usage, etc.  This should give you great data for measuring the resources your systems use.  With that, you should be able to put together a great case for implementing cost savings measures like VMware to consolidate your hardware and reduce your cost." />
  <row Id="39055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21952" RevisionGUID="63fa23a4-158f-4797-a969-8f4d7e8b3345" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:52:53.170" UserId="8443" Text="if your server admins knows only Windows (MS-only shop) - you should use Oracle on Windows... or do you want as a DBA to maintain O/S, install O/S patches, handle O/S security, do O/S backups etc etc?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, in case of mixed shop, I usually recommend Oracle on Linux for various reasons (some might be subjective):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Better stability, drivers and market experience of linux 64 bit vs Windows 64 bit&#xD;&#xA; 2. Linux is more flexible to tweaking and configuration&#xD;&#xA; 3. Linux is the development platform as far as I know - releases / patches usually comes faster&#xD;&#xA; 4. Since linux is open source, Oracle R&amp;D can better investigate issues&#xD;&#xA; 5. You can optionally get support from Oracle for the O/S (and VM) - &quot;single throat to choke&quot;&#xD;&#xA; 6. Linux is considered more secure (but if you consider it flame - ignore it)&#xD;&#xA; 7. I personally don't like all the registry and windows services stuff - need to hunt down NLS registry configuration etc is not nice&#xD;&#xA; 8. Seem to be more customers using linux in higher-end configurations (RAC, data guard etc) than Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But anyway, for your developers, accessing Oracle on windows or linux is the same, totally transparent. They should be checking [Oracle goodies for .NET][1] either way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/dotnet/index.html" />
  <row Id="39056" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21953" RevisionGUID="afbf6d4e-2526-408a-ae35-bbda762e42fc" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:54:03.090" UserId="4136" Text="First off my condolences for using Arcserve (I'm stuck w/ it right now and hate it). We have different media pools for stuff like (2weekstaging, 2wkstag_daily, 2wkstaging_mthly, etc.). Our setup is that staging is a VTL before doing migration jobs to tape. The diff pools are needed for each job, not server." />
  <row Id="39057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21954" RevisionGUID="62c16808-e567-4a60-a15e-480bc2027a22" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:54:41.000" UserId="8042" Text="Have a look in the settings for the vm. A network adapter should be set to the nic that accesses your local network" />
  <row Id="39058" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20202" RevisionGUID="d9f6c124-de75-4361-8ce2-6b5719f4a4e7" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:56:17.407" UserId="1993" Comment="minor grammar and readability edits" Text="**Preface**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Authenticating against Active Directory with Kerberos is pretty simple on systems using PAM, but OpenBSD doesn't and makes it more difficult. From a tcpdump, it looks like the PAM systems are just doing pre-authentication while OpenBSD's bsd_auth system is using the whole Kerberos authentication process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, this took me a while to figure out so hopefully some concise instructions will save you time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few quick notes before we begin:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Users must exist on the OpenBSD system before attempting to login. They are not autocreated.&#xD;&#xA; - If you want users autocreated, look into Samba/Winbind. I've had nothing but trouble (inexplicable crashes, serious log spamming, unreliable authentication) from it, so I only use it when I have to.&#xD;&#xA; - This was tested on OpenBSD 4.5 and Windows Server 2003. I'm pretty sure it'll work with Win2k, but YMMV.&#xD;&#xA; - This version of OpenBSD uses Heimdal 0.7.2. Everything here aside from the paths and login.conf stuff will probably work on other *nixes running the same Heimdal, but again, YMMV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Instructions**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These steps assume you are trying to authenticate myuser@myhost.fqdn against the domain EXAMPLE.COM. The domain controller is pdc.EXAMPLE.COM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Create an Active Directory User account named *myhost* (that's not a typo, these instructions won't work with a Computer account). Disable password expiration and don't let the user change its own password. Set the password to whatever you like - it'll be changed soon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. It's probably a good idea to create the User account under a new OU, remove it from the Domain Users group and add it to a dedicated group. This is all a matter of taste and your security layout.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. On pdc.EXAMPLE.COM, download and install Windows Server Support Tools (specifically, you'll need ktpass.exe)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. On pdc.EXAMPLE.COM, run:  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; ktpass -out c:\temp\myhost.keytab -princ host/myhost.fqdn@EXAMPLE.COM -mapuser myhost -pType KRB5`_`NT_PRINCIPAL +rndpass&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   This updates the myhost user's password to something random (+rndpass), maps&#xD;&#xA;   the Kerberos principal &quot;host/myhost.fqdn@EXAMPLE.COM&quot; to the user &quot;myhost&quot; in&#xD;&#xA;   Active Directory, and then dumps the principal and private key info into the&#xD;&#xA;   -out keytab file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. Securely copy c:\temp\myhost.keytab to myhost and delete the file from pdc.EXAMPLE.COM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 6. On myhost, add the AD keytab to your main keytab:  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; ktutil copy /path/to/myhost.keytab /etc/kerberosV/krb5.keytab&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 7. Configure /etc/krb5.conf. Below is the bare minimum that you need. There's a lot of options available, take a look at the manpage for more details. This just sets the maximum acceptable clock skew to 5 minutes, makes EXAMPLE.COM the default realm, and tells Kerberos how to translate between DNS and Kerberos realms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &gt; [libdefaults]  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; clockskew = 300  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; default_realm = EXAMPLE.COM  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; &#xD;&#xA; &gt; [realms]  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; EXAMPLE.COM = {    &#xD;&#xA; &gt; default_domain = EXAMPLE.COM  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; }  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; &#xD;&#xA; &gt; [domain_realm]  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; .EXAMPLE.COM = EXAMPLE.COM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 8. Verify that you can get a ticket:&#xD;&#xA; &gt; `# kinit Administrator@EXAMPLE.COM`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `Administrator@EXAMPLE.COM's Password:`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `# klist`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `Credentials cache: FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_0`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `      Principal: Administrator@EXAMPLE.COM`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `  Issued           Expires          Principal`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `Jun  4 21:41:05  Jun  5 07:40:28  krbtgt/EXAMPLE.COM@EXAMPLE.COM`  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 9. Modify /etc/login.conf to use Kerberos authentication. Your exact login.conf configuration will vary depending on how you use your system, but to go from a vanilla install to using Kerberos, just edit and comment this line under the default login class:  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `:tc=auth-defaults:\`  &#xD;&#xA;And add above it:  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `:auth=krb-or-pwd:\`  &#xD;&#xA;This checks Kerberos first unless the user is root. If Kerberos fails, it will use local passwords.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 10. Add the users you'd like to authenticate on this host. Leave the passwords blank unless you want them to be able to use both Active Directory and local passwords (not recommended). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  You can blank existing users' passwords &quot;chpass `&lt;user&gt;`&quot; and replacing the &quot;Encrypted password:&quot; value with an asterisk (*)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 11. Test SSH and Sudo. Both should work flawlessly with your Active Directory credentials.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's all there is to it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Links**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A couple useful sites:  &#xD;&#xA;[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb742433.aspx][1]  &#xD;&#xA;[http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v7r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.express.doc/info/exp/ae/tsec_kerb_create_spn.html][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb742433.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v7r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.express.doc/info/exp/ae/tsec_kerb_create_spn.html" />
  <row Id="39059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21955" RevisionGUID="dad5b3ae-48f3-4585-b775-69b94c42adbc" CreationDate="2009-06-08T14:57:47.327" UserId="8042" Text="How much space do you have left on the eee?&#xD;&#xA;Mine sometimes complains about a lack of memory too - perhaps that's the issue. Do you have anything else open aside from NOD?" />
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  <row Id="39062" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21956" RevisionGUID="ae41b2bc-78bf-481f-8e2d-88d1925ab94b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:00:29.677" UserId="8730" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;activation&gt;" />
  <row Id="39063" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20202" RevisionGUID="c8e49097-dbd4-4c88-8d85-7308f2404153" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:01:41.593" UserId="1993" Comment="improved formatting" Text="**Preface**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Authenticating against Active Directory with Kerberos is pretty simple on systems using PAM, but OpenBSD doesn't and makes it more difficult. From a tcpdump, it looks like the PAM systems are just doing pre-authentication while OpenBSD's bsd_auth system is using the whole Kerberos authentication process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, this took me a while to figure out so hopefully some concise instructions will save you time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few quick notes before we begin:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Users must exist on the OpenBSD system before attempting to login. They are not autocreated.&#xD;&#xA; - If you want users autocreated, look into Samba/Winbind. I've had nothing but trouble (inexplicable crashes, serious log spamming, unreliable authentication) from it, so I only use it when I have to.&#xD;&#xA; - This was tested on OpenBSD 4.5 and Windows Server 2003. I'm pretty sure it'll work with Win2k, but YMMV.&#xD;&#xA; - This version of OpenBSD uses Heimdal 0.7.2. Everything here aside from the paths and login.conf stuff will probably work on other *nixes running the same Heimdal, but again, YMMV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Instructions**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These steps assume you are trying to authenticate myuser@myhost.fqdn against the domain EXAMPLE.COM. The domain controller is pdc.EXAMPLE.COM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Create an Active Directory User account named *myhost* (that's not a typo, these instructions won't work with a Computer account). Disable password expiration and don't let the user change its own password. Set the password to whatever you like - it'll be changed soon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. It's probably a good idea to create the User account under a new OU, remove it from the Domain Users group and add it to a dedicated group. This is all a matter of taste and your security layout.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. On pdc.EXAMPLE.COM, download and install Windows Server Support Tools (specifically, you'll need ktpass.exe)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. On pdc.EXAMPLE.COM, run:  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; ktpass -out c:\temp\myhost.keytab -princ host/myhost.fqdn@EXAMPLE.COM -mapuser myhost -pType KRB5`_`NT_PRINCIPAL +rndpass&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   This updates the myhost user's password to something random (+rndpass), maps&#xD;&#xA;   the Kerberos principal &quot;host/myhost.fqdn@EXAMPLE.COM&quot; to the user &quot;myhost&quot; in&#xD;&#xA;   Active Directory, and then dumps the principal and private key info into the&#xD;&#xA;   -out keytab file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. Securely copy c:\temp\myhost.keytab to myhost and delete the file from pdc.EXAMPLE.COM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 6. On myhost, add the AD keytab to your main keytab:  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; ktutil copy /path/to/myhost.keytab /etc/kerberosV/krb5.keytab&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 7. Configure /etc/krb5.conf. Below is the bare minimum that you need. There's a lot of options available, take a look at the manpage for more details. This just sets the maximum acceptable clock skew to 5 minutes, makes EXAMPLE.COM the default realm, and tells Kerberos how to translate between DNS and Kerberos realms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &gt; [libdefaults]  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; clockskew = 300  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; default_realm = EXAMPLE.COM  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; &#xD;&#xA; &gt; [realms]  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; EXAMPLE.COM = {    &#xD;&#xA; &gt; default_domain = EXAMPLE.COM  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; }  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; &#xD;&#xA; &gt; [domain_realm]  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; .EXAMPLE.COM = EXAMPLE.COM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 8. Verify that you can get a ticket:&#xD;&#xA; &gt; `# kinit Administrator@EXAMPLE.COM`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `Administrator@EXAMPLE.COM's Password:`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `# klist`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `Credentials cache: FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_0`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `      Principal: Administrator@EXAMPLE.COM`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `  Issued           Expires          Principal`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `Jun  4 21:41:05  Jun  5 07:40:28  krbtgt/EXAMPLE.COM@EXAMPLE.COM`  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 9. Modify /etc/login.conf to use Kerberos authentication. Your exact login.conf configuration will vary depending on how you use your system, but to go from a vanilla install to using Kerberos, just edit and comment this line under the default login class:  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `:tc=auth-defaults:\`  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; And add above it:  &#xD;&#xA;  &gt; `:auth=krb-or-pwd:\`  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; This checks Kerberos first unless the user is root. If Kerberos fails, it will use local passwords.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 10. Add the users you'd like to authenticate on this host. Leave the passwords blank unless you want them to be able to use both Active Directory and local passwords (not recommended). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  You can blank existing users' passwords &quot;chpass `&lt;user&gt;`&quot; and replacing the &quot;Encrypted password:&quot; value with an asterisk (*)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 11. Test SSH and Sudo. Both should work flawlessly with your Active Directory credentials.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's all there is to it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Links**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A couple useful sites:  &#xD;&#xA;[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb742433.aspx][1]  &#xD;&#xA;[http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v7r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.express.doc/info/exp/ae/tsec_kerb_create_spn.html][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb742433.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v7r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.express.doc/info/exp/ae/tsec_kerb_create_spn.html" />
  <row Id="39064" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21919" RevisionGUID="84d6554b-f5bf-4c54-942c-4c41005e6a27" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:01:47.367" UserId="4136" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;arcserve&gt;" />
  <row Id="39065" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21957" RevisionGUID="d0d373ee-65f0-4c72-b3f5-d77f107daf0f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:02:52.450" UserId="8199" Text="Run regedit,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;File --&gt; &quot;Load Hive...&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The registry files are located in C:\Windows\System32\Config of the partition you are trying to edit." />
  <row Id="39066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21958" RevisionGUID="c829735b-f9cd-47a6-9d2d-3af6bee03004" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:04:28.110" UserId="2116" Text="Those links may help you :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8628956][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.snsforums.com/index.php?showtopic=250][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://forums.applenova.com/showthread.php?s=3bbe55948d64dca96ea3ced8d1905626&amp;t=32027][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But after many search, there still no clear solution to the problem up to right now...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope it may help you but it's seems a very common problem with no known solution...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8628956&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8628956&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8628956" />
  <row Id="39067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21959" RevisionGUID="b4c23e6e-4272-4598-b425-ed1b06283db1" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:07:32.940" UserId="8737" Text="Interesting comments so far.  Of course why is it always the debated that remembering passwords is an technical versus non-technical personnel issue in a company?  What does someone's ability with computer hardware/software have anything to do with their ability to take security serious?  Will a non-technical person give out their Credit Card or Debit Pins #?  Also, people placing passwords on post-it notes on their desk should be grounds for dismissal.  Its amazing how people's memory will improve when they actually realize security is important and must be taken seriously.  I see it no different that the role of dress codes and conduct policies at work.  Follow the rules or goodbye!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39068" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21960" RevisionGUID="2d2efeae-92c8-4953-bf21-2ff0be03710c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:09:41.233" UserId="8374" Text="try the portable version, since it does not have a setup, you will be able to run it" />
  <row Id="39069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21961" RevisionGUID="96656369-6c90-4b49-a333-950bd5d5e648" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:09:57.443" UserId="1435" Text="If you pay Oracle's own consultancy group to come in and design a 'turnkey' system for you that involves a DB there's a 98%+ chance that they'll install it on 'Oracle Enterprise Linux', which is their own rebranded version of RHEL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That speaks volumes to me." />
  <row Id="39070" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21962" RevisionGUID="10a44de2-3220-4a70-bf52-dfddd3af286c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:11:45.007" UserId="2162" Text="You should also have a look at Solaris. Solaris has always been extremely well supported by Oracle. And now that Sun has been bought by Oracle, it's probably going to be even better supported.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can very well use OpenSolaris if price is an issue, or go with standard Solaris if you want great support. The Solaris option is used in the bank where I work, by a lot of our competitors and by the state where I live.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, the major difference in stability / performance / cost / ... will probably come from the platform in which your administrators are the most comfortable ..." />
  <row Id="39071" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21963" RevisionGUID="f0f206a2-6cb2-4f2b-949d-5306facde982" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:14:46.123" UserId="8042" Text="IISTracer is a good tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the site:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;IISTracer is a real-time internet web site monitoring tool for Microsoft IIS (all versions). The software lets you show what is happenning on IIS server right now. You can see or log state of each request, incomming/outgoing bytes, http headers and several request running times. &#xD;&#xA;      IISTracer shows a state of running scripts (.asp, .aspx, asp.net, .cfm, .php, .cgi, ...), applications (.dll, .exe, ..) and a big downloads (.mp3, .zip, ...). &#xD;&#xA;      It lets you also monitor what script or which client (IP) hangs-up your server. &quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://iismonitor.motobit.com/" />
  <row Id="39072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21964" RevisionGUID="6df09712-e085-4dcc-9031-ec0e46e99425" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:17:13.077" UserId="3528" Text="Unless you are using the Linux oracle provides, you should choose windows 2008 for stability performance and manageability.  Oracle provides linux with their install for the simple reason that they own it.  It's got nothing to do with stability or performance." />
  <row Id="39073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21965" RevisionGUID="9fc0ca08-2267-42d2-ae28-f756248244b5" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:17:32.543" UserId="2566" Text="In addition to what was already mentioned...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although SQL 2008 has it built-in, SQL 2005 and below benefit from many third-party backup compression capabilities.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't say that I would advise against using MS SQL backup functionality because it works well and is obviously free (included in SQL Server), but if you're looking for more bells and whistles, or looking for a more integrated recovery solution, then the third-party tools are the way to go." />
  <row Id="39074" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21966" RevisionGUID="6daa1961-6be8-427b-936c-6c6e6b741369" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:19:24.850" UserId="8741" Text="KDE has been ported to Windows recently, so you should be able to use KPDF which is great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://windows.kde.org/&quot;&gt;http://windows.kde.org/&lt;/a&gt;" />
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  <row Id="39076" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21967" RevisionGUID="00d090c9-761e-4bdf-acb9-d89e64c31003" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:19:39.077" UserId="6233" Text="[FTP][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nsftools.com/tips/MSFTP.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/6596/ftp.png" />
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  <row Id="39078" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21968" RevisionGUID="4832b536-c9a9-40df-9922-abe53e6dfbc6" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:20:02.540" UserId="1054" Text="Some third party products, such as [Quest's LiteSpeed][1] and [RedGate's SQLBackup][2], will also provide you additional data level compression and encryption options unavailable through SQL Server's native backup mechanism.  This is much favorable to options at the NTFS level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.quest.com/litespeed-for-sql-server/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.red-gate.com/products/SQL_Backup/index.htm" />
  <row Id="39079" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21900" RevisionGUID="92ba153e-99e1-48a5-849b-da5045c05019" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:22:18.697" UserId="1054" Comment="remove leftover word" Text="I prefer not to use the special SQL agents and instead rely on the built in function. As **Kevin Kuphal** notes that means we have to find disk space somewhere, but a cheap storage cabinet dedicated to file backup across the network is faster than tape, and easier to expand than the tape library. Just point your maintenance plans at the file share and make sure the SQL agent accounts can write there. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Restoring just a table would I guess involve restoring a backup to a new database and then scripting the table creation, but I've never need to do it, touch wood.  &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21969" RevisionGUID="ef843813-0082-49a1-b413-66daed227427" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:22:44.140" UserId="8741" Text="Nothing. We already migrated everything in our company, and also about 70-80% of computers of our customers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All it took was to **convince the top-level management**. Once those who have power in the company decide it's time to switch, none of the *I &quot;need&quot; MS Office* whining helps.&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="39081" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21969" RevisionGUID="ef843813-0082-49a1-b413-66daed227427" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:22:44.140" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21970" RevisionGUID="62c3392b-c292-4bd2-b6fa-17ee582fb145" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:23:49.053" UserId="1715" Text="You can use the [Sessions Active][1] counter in WMI to see how many active users your have logged into your Web Application.  You can track this with perfmon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/a8c5b994-7722-4dc6-a246-7dfe667c6816.mspx?mfr=true" />
  <row Id="39083" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21727" RevisionGUID="e1062c8f-cb99-4ff1-b79a-362e0318f0e8" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:24:28.850" UserId="1134" Comment="Added clarification regarding the size of acrobat reader." Text="With the latest javascript vulnerabilities in Adobe reader and bloat it has aquired over the years, I've been thinking of moving the network I'm in charge of to a different product for PDF reading on Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ideal PDF reader should be something that is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Small in size (Adobe reader is [more than 200MB][1] these days after installation).&#xD;&#xA; - As secure by default as possible (For example, javascript disabled by default).&#xD;&#xA; - Nice looking and easy to use interface.&#xD;&#xA; - Not bloated with features (I just want to read PDFs, that's it).&#xD;&#xA; - Does not install any toolbars/unwanted add ons/spyware.&#xD;&#xA; - Does not display any ads while viewing PDFs.&#xD;&#xA; - Preferably Open Source. (this pretty much ensures no ads).&#xD;&#xA; - Full Unicode support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Idealy , something like [evince][2] from gnome, will be the best option, but unfortunately  that's not available on Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Foxit][3] is an option, as it is small, and has a nice interface. But it still has javascript enabled by default which might lead to vulnerabilities - and it installs a toolbar , and displays ads while reading PDFs which is distracting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a site dedicated to Open Source PDF readers, [pdfreaders.org][4],  however, the Windows pdf readers each have their problems, mostly the interface is not as convenient (as evince, adobe or foxit).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What Windows PDF reader would you recommend ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.brush.co.nz/2008/07/adobe-reader-9/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://projects.gnome.org/evince/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://pdfreaders.org/" />
  <row Id="39084" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21971" RevisionGUID="938acad9-18cc-4283-b54e-970b65fe811f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:26:10.547" UserId="1054" Text="VS 2008 has an option to install SQL Server 2008 Express with it.  I would try blowing away all things SQL/VS 2008 related (yes, again...) and reinstall VS2008 with the option selected to also install SQL 2008 Express." />
  <row Id="39085" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20202" RevisionGUID="0ace2c42-d647-4cdf-9146-af2401ef76df" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:26:20.937" UserId="1993" Comment="fixed typo" Text="**Preface**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Authenticating against Active Directory with Kerberos is pretty simple on systems using PAM, but OpenBSD doesn't and makes it more difficult. From a tcpdump, it looks like the PAM systems are just doing pre-authentication while OpenBSD's bsd_auth system is using the whole Kerberos authentication process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, this took me a while to figure out so hopefully some concise instructions will save you time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few quick notes before we begin:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Users must exist on the OpenBSD system before attempting to login. They are not autocreated.&#xD;&#xA; - If you want users autocreated, look into Samba/Winbind. I've had nothing but trouble (inexplicable crashes, serious log spamming, unreliable authentication) from it, so I only use it when I have to.&#xD;&#xA; - This was tested on OpenBSD 4.5 and Windows Server 2003. I'm pretty sure it'll work with Win2k, but YMMV.&#xD;&#xA; - This version of OpenBSD uses Heimdal 0.7.2. Everything here aside from the paths and login.conf stuff will probably work on other *nixes running the same Heimdal, but again, YMMV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Instructions**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These steps assume you are trying to authenticate myuser@myhost.fqdn against the domain EXAMPLE.COM. The domain controller is pdc.EXAMPLE.COM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Create an Active Directory User account named *myhost* (that's not a typo, these instructions won't work with a Computer account). Disable password expiration and don't let the user change its own password. Set the password to whatever you like - it'll be changed soon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. It's probably a good idea to create the User account under a new OU, remove it from the Domain Users group and add it to a dedicated group. This is all a matter of taste and your security layout.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. On pdc.EXAMPLE.COM, download and install Windows Server Support Tools (specifically, you'll need ktpass.exe)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. On pdc.EXAMPLE.COM, run:  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; ktpass -out c:\temp\myhost.keytab -princ host/myhost.fqdn@EXAMPLE.COM -mapuser myhost -pType KRB5`_`NT_PRINCIPAL +rndpass&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   This updates the myhost user's password to something random (+rndpass), maps&#xD;&#xA;   the Kerberos principal &quot;host/myhost.fqdn@EXAMPLE.COM&quot; to the user &quot;myhost&quot; in&#xD;&#xA;   Active Directory, and then dumps the principal and private key info into the&#xD;&#xA;   -out keytab file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. Securely copy c:\temp\myhost.keytab to myhost and delete the file from pdc.EXAMPLE.COM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 6. On myhost, add the AD keytab to your main keytab:  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; ktutil copy /path/to/myhost.keytab /etc/kerberosV/krb5.keytab&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 7. Configure /etc/krb5.conf. Below is the bare minimum that you need. There's a lot of options available, take a look at the manpage for more details. This just sets the maximum acceptable clock skew to 5 minutes, makes EXAMPLE.COM the default realm, and tells Kerberos how to translate between DNS and Kerberos realms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &gt; [libdefaults]  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; clockskew = 300  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; default_realm = EXAMPLE.COM  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; &#xD;&#xA; &gt; [realms]  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; EXAMPLE.COM = {    &#xD;&#xA; &gt; default_domain = EXAMPLE.COM  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; }  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; &#xD;&#xA; &gt; [domain_realm]  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; .EXAMPLE.COM = EXAMPLE.COM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 8. Verify that you can get a ticket:&#xD;&#xA; &gt; `# kinit Administrator@EXAMPLE.COM`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `Administrator@EXAMPLE.COM's Password:`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `# klist`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `Credentials cache: FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_0`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `      Principal: Administrator@EXAMPLE.COM`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `  Issued           Expires          Principal`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `Jun  4 21:41:05  Jun  5 07:40:28  krbtgt/EXAMPLE.COM@EXAMPLE.COM`  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 9. Modify /etc/login.conf to use Kerberos authentication. Your exact login.conf configuration will vary depending on how you use your system, but to go from a vanilla install to using Kerberos, just edit and comment this line under the default login class:  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `:tc=auth-defaults:\`  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; And add above it:  &#xD;&#xA;  &gt; `:auth=krb5-or-pwd:\`  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; This checks Kerberos first unless the user is root. If Kerberos fails, it will use local passwords.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 10. Add the users you'd like to authenticate on this host. Leave the passwords blank unless you want them to be able to use both Active Directory and local passwords (not recommended). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  You can blank existing users' passwords &quot;chpass `&lt;user&gt;`&quot; and replacing the &quot;Encrypted password:&quot; value with an asterisk (*)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 11. Test SSH and Sudo. Both should work flawlessly with your Active Directory credentials.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's all there is to it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Links**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A couple useful sites:  &#xD;&#xA;[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb742433.aspx][1]  &#xD;&#xA;[http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v7r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.express.doc/info/exp/ae/tsec_kerb_create_spn.html][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb742433.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v7r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.express.doc/info/exp/ae/tsec_kerb_create_spn.html" />
  <row Id="39086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21972" RevisionGUID="974670b6-c2d6-48a4-8d6e-29d216475914" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:26:23.243" UserId="8374" Text="We are evaluating to switch our mailenable mail server to an exchange 2003 one.&#xD;&#xA;The web interface of mailenable is great, and works fine with firefox.&#xD;&#xA;I am wondering if outlook web access (exchange 2003) can be configured to work with firefox in premium mode (as everyone in the company is urged to use firefox)" />
  <row Id="39087" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21972" RevisionGUID="974670b6-c2d6-48a4-8d6e-29d216475914" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:26:23.243" UserId="8374" Text="(Exchange 2003) Outlook Web Access and firefox" />
  <row Id="39088" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21972" RevisionGUID="974670b6-c2d6-48a4-8d6e-29d216475914" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:26:23.243" UserId="8374" Text="&lt;exchange-2003&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;firefox&gt;" />
  <row Id="39089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21973" RevisionGUID="f75e42fa-5206-48b1-b54d-4c05c408b0b4" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:27:23.803" UserId="1803" Text="In Virtual Network Manager on the hyper V box, select the physical NIC that you're using in the properties for each VM's network connection.  The connection type will need to be set to &quot;External&quot; to allow the VMs access to the network as if they were &quot;physically&quot; plugged in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At that point you can treat them as directly attached." />
  <row Id="39090" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21974" RevisionGUID="0aaaf914-4e15-4c80-a87b-39876b6773dd" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:29:32.537" UserId="3657" Text="Not with Exchange 2003.  The Premium client will be accessible via Firefox in the Exchange 14 release.  More details:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/02/12/450639.aspx" />
  <row Id="39091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21975" RevisionGUID="dbe4bacd-7994-46d4-a473-ce12505710e5" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:32:51.127" UserId="8741" Text="If you set up the Modes (in SubSection **Display** of Section **Screen**), the X server will only use those (or quit if none of those can be used).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, just list all the resolutions that would be acceptable. I'd put something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Section &quot;Screen&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;        SubSection &quot;Display&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            Depth           24&#xD;&#xA;            Modes           &quot;1440x900&quot; &quot;1280x1024&quot; &quot;1024x768&quot; &quot;800x600&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        EndSubSection&#xD;&#xA;    EndSection&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can find a list of common screen sizes here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vector_Video_Standards2.svg&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vector_Video_Standards2.svg&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39092" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21976" RevisionGUID="6b0dcc89-dfdb-4ba9-b52b-eb808f98ec86" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:32:59.923" UserId="3528" Text="Turn on file and object access monitoring, that will tell you what's being accessed and by who. Perfmon (mem, cpu,disk,network) will tell you what the requiremnts are for virtualizing.  Aside from the power and cooling savings, there will likely be licensing savings as well" />
  <row Id="39093" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21977" RevisionGUID="2502652a-ec8a-4934-9c92-d4bac5981712" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:33:35.180" UserId="4605" Text="I'm trying to use psftp for a nightly sftp upload but I found out that it hungs. Does anyone have any experience with what may cause such hungs? The psftp can stay in this state for days at end. I tried adding -bc and -be to the start up, it already had -batch. " />
  <row Id="39094" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21977" RevisionGUID="2502652a-ec8a-4934-9c92-d4bac5981712" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:33:35.180" UserId="4605" Text="PuTTY's psftp hangs" />
  <row Id="39095" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21977" RevisionGUID="2502652a-ec8a-4934-9c92-d4bac5981712" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:33:35.180" UserId="4605" Text="&lt;putty&gt;&lt;sftp&gt;" />
  <row Id="39096" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21978" RevisionGUID="16d4e902-5469-4622-8978-67d4c7d654c2" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:35:04.007" UserId="3528" Text="No, but you can have them use IE8 instead, you should also consider going to exchange 2007 for a better OWA experience" />
  <row Id="39097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21979" RevisionGUID="97b777c5-4b3e-43ee-8f2c-b2c628dd4f87" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:37:29.667" UserId="8727" Text="I've got a cron job that dumps the databases with mysqldump into a directory that is backed up by TSM.  If you've already got a good network backup system I'd say to tie into that somehow.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not, I'd go with rsync + mysqldump.  You can set up mysqldump to dump to a directory, and then run rsync to move the dump over to the other server.  " />
  <row Id="39098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21980" RevisionGUID="74137cca-8441-48ab-bbfc-35889090710b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:38:00.943" UserId="1054" Text="Just a thought, but did you install while Win2008 was still in RC?" />
  <row Id="39099" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21981" RevisionGUID="f5e95bdb-c6c1-4b06-b6d6-af471ca9af9a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:40:00.470" UserId="7936" Text="If you don't want to go with the package management of your distro (really think about it, they will provide security updates!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Install the package that contains the xauth binary (ssh X forwarding won't work otherwise)&#xD;&#xA; - ssh -Y $targethost&#xD;&#xA; - Install with your local X Terminal&#xD;&#xA;  - In case you don't have a running linux use cygwins xterm to emulate the behaviour" />
  <row Id="39100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21982" RevisionGUID="f08f9b4c-ad2d-4a2a-8998-17ce0e280f1c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:41:43.183" UserId="1376" Text="What app pool settings are recommended for a public facing web site in IIS?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What matters when making decisions about this (e.g. traffic, type of web application, etc...)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will the default settings be OK?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm mainly interested in hosting SharePoint on IIS6 and IIS7." />
  <row Id="39101" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21982" RevisionGUID="f08f9b4c-ad2d-4a2a-8998-17ce0e280f1c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:41:43.183" UserId="1376" Text="Application pool settings for a public facing web site?" />
  <row Id="39102" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21982" RevisionGUID="f08f9b4c-ad2d-4a2a-8998-17ce0e280f1c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:41:43.183" UserId="1376" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;application-pools&gt;&lt;web-apps&gt;&lt;sharepoint&gt;" />
  <row Id="39103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21983" RevisionGUID="e6426dc5-5086-4538-b617-102e330bd667" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:42:18.347" UserId="8742" Text="I recommend [ntop][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ntop.org" />
  <row Id="39104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21984" RevisionGUID="75bb9a06-5d19-4937-82bd-a83f6ca6d6c9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:47:18.087" UserId="1054" Text="When possible you should always separate your firewall from your application level services.  Some reasons include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - It's more secure.  As mentioned, a breach in the firewall will also mean a breach on your application service as easier access to your data if the firewall and application are colocated.&#xD;&#xA; - Things are easier to configure and troubleshoot.  Configuration problems on your application or firewall will often be easier to identify when the services are separated.&#xD;&#xA; - It's potentially faster.  One server doesn't have to singlehandedly provide firewall proxying/filtering AND application processing.  This will have a variable level of benefit based on your app's usage statistics and processing requirements.&#xD;&#xA; - You can have a organizational separation of responsibilities such that a security team won't have to worry as much about coordinating with an application development team when changes to the server are necessary.  If the services are separated then the security team can worry about the firewall and the app team can worry about the app server.&#xD;&#xA; - Oh yeah, and running a firewall on an AD domain controller is just BAD juju.  Don't know if this is your situation or not (probably/hopefully not)." />
  <row Id="39105" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21985" RevisionGUID="f000d68c-7da2-48d9-b147-e60989942d97" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:47:33.420" UserId="3146" Text="I know of one main reason:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Education&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It manifests itself in many forms.  I've cited a couple below:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You hear/read statements like &quot;Management on a large scale - nothing even close to Group Policy or Active Directory for Linux&quot;.  Obviously this is not the case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TCO statements which imply that training for Linux costs money but somehow everybody is born knowing Microsoft Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What this leads to are things like the following that prevent company's from deploying Linux on some level other than as a sysadmin tool:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. IT departments that are reluctant to use/deploy Linux because of their own ignorance on the subject.  This is not meant to be critical of IT departments but is just meant to point out that they too suffer from the problem of &quot;staying in our comfort zone&quot; just like the rest of society does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Legacy apps.  So much money has been poured into these (either off the shelf products or those developed in-house) that the cost, either real or imaginary, of replacing them seems to be too great by the decision makers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actually I should modify my above statement to read &quot;Education&quot; and &quot;Microsoft Marketing Department&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All this said, a company shouldn't deploy Linux (or any other OS) unless it has a good cost effective reason to do so.  It should, however, be looking at it's costs going forward and seeing what will be the most cost effective solution(s) for the future of the company.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39106" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="21985" RevisionGUID="f000d68c-7da2-48d9-b147-e60989942d97" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:47:33.420" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39107" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21956" RevisionGUID="895bc052-1bde-4ab3-ab57-d13a53393941" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:48:42.513" UserId="8730" Comment="Added error number." Text="I have some Windows 2008 servers I setup for development purposes, that fall under my MSDN subscription.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's been a while, but I thought I properly activated them using the command line and the volume license keys I got through my MSDN account. However, now when I try to login I get an activation error message, but no choices on how to fix it. I click close and it logs me out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I go about fixing this? I can't get a command line, so I can't see how to enter a new activation server or key, or anything. The whole volume license thing is making 2008 server a total pain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I click on &quot;more information&quot; this is what I get. Clicking on the 'you can also contact Microsoft&quot; link just brings up a help screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea what service it's talking about with error 0x80070426? I can remotely connect from computer management to start the service.&#xD;&#xA;:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kevlar.net/activation_error.png" />
  <row Id="39108" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21986" RevisionGUID="c7196564-77e2-4c2e-b3ac-f2b007272a4c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:51:05.287" UserId="7067" Text="I realize this is anecdotal but I'm using firefox on Fedora to access OWA (2k3 Exchange server) and it works flawlessly.  On my XP virtual machine it works fine in firefox as well.  On the other hand, getting a linux mail client to talk to exchange is a nightmare." />
  <row Id="39109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21987" RevisionGUID="5b34c908-008b-4310-bf07-6adc63664df1" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:51:11.930" UserId="1054" Text="It very much depends on how much traffic you're expecting and what kind of services your SharePoint site is offering.  Joel Oleson has a nice [post about SharePoint and app pools][1] on his blog.  It's a couple of years old and mostly related to IIS6, but good stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/joelo/archive/2007/10/29/sharepoint-app-pool-settings.aspx" />
  <row Id="39110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21988" RevisionGUID="b2adc382-c884-4957-b0bc-acebe454d138" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:52:22.833" UserId="6397" Text="It's probably ok, as long as don't put that server in the same domain in your network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, having a separate firewall hardware always works better." />
  <row Id="39111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21989" RevisionGUID="ea82998b-075a-4a7c-ba03-3f7268aa00a4" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:53:06.047" UserId="8743" Text="Munin can be a bit of a CPU drain on the monitoring server. Plus the communication between server and client is not secured, you will have to tunnel the monitoring traffic if you need security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have always prefered snmp-based solution such as aformentioned cacti and mrtg as they support snmpv3, which offers better security." />
  <row Id="39112" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21990" RevisionGUID="2558aa25-aacd-437b-92d1-78423cc77dc5" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:55:14.747" UserId="8042" Text="make sure you check the recycling settings. You don't want your sessions to be trashed when your busy!" />
  <row Id="39113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21991" RevisionGUID="e22342d3-58dd-406d-9538-7fde6a65fb63" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:56:23.637" UserId="3179" Text="The sysinternals tools - especially process explorer and process monitor are extremely helpful. " />
  <row Id="39114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21992" RevisionGUID="7d5f72cf-ae0b-4fb4-9744-9c28c8b9f559" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:57:08.080" UserId="6397" Text="It would be better using IE TAb add-on in Firefox (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419). It basically uses IE engine inside the Firefox. I have been using it for years and found it very useful. It has become one of the must-have add-ins in my Firefox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't have the experience for Exchange 2007, but until 2003, OWA is best used in IE, not other browsers." />
  <row Id="39115" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20356" RevisionGUID="b82b9e4a-f7b4-4470-91bf-3bb7cead1041" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:58:50.667" UserId="6383" Comment="deleted 56 characters in body; edited title" Text="After reading [How valuable do you find professional memberships?](http://serverfault.com/questions/17423/how-valuable-do-you-find-professional-memberships) I thought it would be useful to list the various professional groups and associations available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Discussion of the value (or not) of the groups belongs with the [How valuable do you find professional memberships?](http://serverfault.com/questions/17423/how-valuable-do-you-find-professional-memberships) question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;***System Administration Specific***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Global**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[PASS](http://www.sqlpass.org/), Professional Association for SQL Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Australia**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SAGE-AU](http://www.sage-au.org.au), The System Administrators Guild of Australia&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**USA**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[LOPSA](http://www.lopsa.org), The League of Professional System Administrators&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[NPA](http://www.npanet.org/), Network Professional Association&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SAGE](http://www.sage.org), The [USENIX](http://www.usenix.org/) Special Interest Group for Sysadmins&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;***IT And Computing in General***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Global**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ACM](http://www.acm.org), Association for Computing Machinery&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[IEEE Computer Society](http://www.computer.org/), The IEEE Computer Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Australia**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ACS](http://acs.org.au), Australian Computer Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Canada**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[CIPS](http://www.cips.ca/about), Canadian Information Processing Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UK**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[BCS](http://www.bcs.org.uk), British Computer Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**USA**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[USENIX](http://www.usenix.org/), The Advanced Computing Systems Association&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please add any more that you know of." />
  <row Id="39116" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="20356" RevisionGUID="b82b9e4a-f7b4-4470-91bf-3bb7cead1041" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:58:50.667" UserId="6383" Comment="deleted 56 characters in body; edited title" Text="Professional Groups and Associations" />
  <row Id="39117" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21993" RevisionGUID="dd76fa1e-5f1e-4fe5-9eef-a9be65366742" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:59:06.673" UserId="6953" Text="What is it connecting to?  We have recently had some issues connecting to VMWare servers although other network traffic works fine.  The transfers will stall out after 100-200K of data.  We have also had issues in the past where a transfer would finish, but the server would not end the connection.  Adding a quit statement to the batch scripts fixed that issue." />
  <row Id="39118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21994" RevisionGUID="a04e6f0a-1e75-4308-9047-5dc6bbb3ff1c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T15:59:36.173" UserId="4318" Text="I second the call for ntop. We use it for internal traffic monitoring on our Ubuntu 8.04 LTS server. According to ntop.org, FreeBSD is also supported.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We also set our managed switch to forward all traffic to and from our router to the NIC which ntop tracks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To see the Network Load graph:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Summary --&gt; Network Load&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And to see the per-device usage:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All Protocols --&gt; Throughput&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where you can sort by data per second and packets per second." />
  <row Id="39119" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21995" RevisionGUID="dde97452-8fee-45a0-8c44-c9d5c48bbd35" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:01:27.120" UserId="6827" Text="You can also use a applications like Server Automation from HP, who can patch and install OS/applications, on Windows/Linux/AIX/Solaris/HP-UX and so on..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But that a really expensive product and usefull only starting with at least 1000 servers growing to 15k servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS: I am working for HP." />
  <row Id="39120" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21996" RevisionGUID="3a1c202b-b1cd-49b3-8633-7032b502327c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:02:12.050" UserDisplayName="Robert" Text="So here's the solution.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip6\Parameters\DisabledComponents - Dword value.  I took it from **FFFFFFFF** to **FF** and poof!  Login time is now under 3:23 min.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why does it care about the last 26 bits you ask?  I have not a clue - I'm just trying to accept it.  :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39121" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21997" RevisionGUID="a979a667-1222-44f9-9058-f24d5eddec47" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:03:43.247" UserId="1840" Text="&lt;h1&gt;IPAudit&lt;/h1&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've used this and it's pretty handy. It could give you pretty granular info about outgoing/incoming bandwidth.  There is a [**port for FreeBSD**][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some screenshots: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can access documentation for it here: [**http://ipaudit.sourceforge.net/**][4].  Again though port information is here: [**port for FreeBSD**][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freebsdsoftware.org/net-mgmt/ipaudit.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ipaudit.sourceforge.net/images/ipaudit-web/ipaudit-home.png&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://ipaudit.sourceforge.net/images/ipaudit-web/ipaudit-30min.png&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://ipaudit.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="39122" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21998" RevisionGUID="dacc9a78-9e3a-40c8-aefd-0f14ddb261c7" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:04:51.153" Text="Gotta love [Cacti][1]!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cacti.net/" />
  <row Id="39123" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="21999" RevisionGUID="6c9332d1-4a90-4405-82e5-8f65db4fc8af" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:12:16.973" UserId="8727" Text="I recently attended the VMWare vSphere 4 launch, where the presenter said &quot;We are trying to make the operating system as unimportant as possible.&quot;  I can see his point, with virtual appliances and virtual infrastructures like vSphere, how long will it be before nearly all applications are shipped from the vendor as virtual appliances?  " />
  <row Id="39124" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="21999" RevisionGUID="6c9332d1-4a90-4405-82e5-8f65db4fc8af" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:12:16.973" UserId="8727" Text="Will virtualization make operating systems administration obsolete?" />
  <row Id="39125" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="21999" RevisionGUID="6c9332d1-4a90-4405-82e5-8f65db4fc8af" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:12:16.973" UserId="8727" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="39126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22000" RevisionGUID="b9e49324-14aa-40eb-94a8-0c3b36915d35" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:13:50.683" UserId="846" Text="We have Exchange 2003 server and run webmail, routing through an ISA proxy server for external access.  I would **not** do the ISA proxy again, it has been troublesome.  I would likely do an Exchange gateway instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I disagree with [kentchen][1] about OWA in Firefox; it is a good solution.  It isn't as pretty as OWA in IE, and there isn't drag and drop to folders, but it is **really** fast.  Unless they are using Outlook now, you won't hear complaints. The IETab add-on is a reasonable option, as long as the users are discouraged from using it for other sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/21972/exchange-2003-outlook-web-access-and-firefox/21992#21992" />
  <row Id="39127" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21980" RevisionGUID="eb047954-e364-4a70-a7c1-862711091f5e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:14:06.690" UserId="1054" Comment="added 439 characters in body" Text="Just a thought, but did you install while Win2008 was still in RC?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ok, here's a [post of a similar problem][1] from the MS Forums related to Vista where the error was thrown because the software licensing service had stopped.  It also mentions getting the latest SP from [KB931573][2] (again, Vista related).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/genuinevista/thread/14983d5e-c745-4a33-8ee8-610e5eb70271&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;931573" />
  <row Id="39128" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22001" RevisionGUID="0f0681cd-b803-4a48-89bb-bfc6a894f83e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:14:11.400" UserId="326" Text="While I do have no personal experience with OS X, I am very much in favour of package-based provisioning due to the following OS-independent reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Flexibility: database server, web server, load balancer, developer workstation, designer workstation. Would you have an image for every type or install everything everywhere? What about different releases of software?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Security/Manageability: How often would you update your images? Package-based provisioning allows you to have every new system up-to-date from day zero, by updating the source packages as needed, without having to touch the rest of the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a more in-depth discussion of my point, I refer you to the &quot;[Golden Image or Foil Ball?][1]&quot; article by [Luke Kanies][2] of [puppet][3] fame.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Shameless plug: Did you know that puppet works on OS-X too?]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Disclaimer: I'm a long-time puppet user.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://madstop.com/2009/02/04/golden-image-or-foil-ball/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://madstop.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet" />
  <row Id="39129" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22002" RevisionGUID="cc9f4861-ad02-47ac-beb2-a76f9f505c2f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:14:27.283" UserId="7250" Text="Some license types of Windows Server 2008, Vista (and I am assuming Windows 7) look for an instance of the Key Management Service (KMS) on your network. I think the error you are receiving is Win2k8 saying it cannot find this service. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This quote is from [MS's Volume Licensing page][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Volume Activation (VA) applies to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008&#xD;&#xA;&gt; operating systems. It helps automate&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and manage the activation process&#xD;&#xA;&gt; while addressing the piracy and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; product key management problems&#xD;&#xA;&gt; associated with keys issued for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; You can use either or both VA methods&#xD;&#xA;&gt; in your organization: &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;&gt;Key Management&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&gt;Service (KMS) uses a KMS key to&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&gt;activate a KMS host machine and&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&gt;establish a local activation service&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&gt;in your environment. Windows Vista and&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&gt;Windows Server 2008 systems connect to&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&gt;the KMS host for activation. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&gt;A Multiple Activation Key (MAK) is used&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&gt;to activate Windows Vista and Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&gt;Server 2008 systems directly with&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&gt;Microsoft's hosted activation servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is not what is wrong in your case, then a call to your MSDN rep may be needed as there may be a problem with your key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/existing-customers/product-activation.aspx" />
  <row Id="39130" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21999" RevisionGUID="afd53dcf-dbdf-4427-90b6-ea32a66ac351" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:17:53.873" UserId="1054" Comment="add tags" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="39131" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21870" RevisionGUID="d4b0af10-687a-4662-b84c-e5c065462f4a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:19:23.793" UserId="1435" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="I'm sure it's not the best but HP System Insight Manager looks after hardware alerts etc. and also can manage updates. Like I say it may not be the best but at least you have another option to investigate." />
  <row Id="39132" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22003" RevisionGUID="75d59368-340f-4b8e-9ca2-c7b12543b7dc" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:19:57.833" UserId="3505" Text="To be quite hones, I don't see it happening.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, the notion of cloud-computing itself has some major security concerns by virtue of its design, and is not applicable for an entire host of applications.  For example, most companies would have valuable/sensitive data that they would not like hosted with some &quot;trusted&quot; party.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is all of course my subjective view on things and certainly not a definitive answer :)." />
  <row Id="39133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22004" RevisionGUID="20fbe0ce-da1e-4ed6-8c27-f53811878741" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:23:19.573" UserId="4742" Text="I think the virtual appliances are great for testing software out, but they are not for the long haul.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We require a certain amount of security for our servers / OS that I don't see getting in a cloud computing environment." />
  <row Id="39134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22005" RevisionGUID="f0347601-4fb0-459d-a4b0-2e8f25df2b63" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:23:42.363" UserId="326" Text="And who will install security upgrades, configure the stuff and integrate it all? Either this is done by the customer, then the sysadmin will be needed anyways, or it is done by the appliance provider, which means he'll charge a premium and thus limit his market spread.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next problem is that this will only work when the appliance targets the customer's virtual machine architecture. There are currently many more VM architecture than CPU architectures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't want to get started on the security issues of allowing an external entity into the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the end I believe that'll will go the same way as SaaS: big hype, some very nice niche products and no significant immediate market impact. People will have to explore what will work and what not first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Quite on the opposite spectrum, I see a proliferation of installed OS, since virtualisation makes it very easy to have an OS-instance running per service (web server, database server, load balancer) and have those easily replicated as needed. This added complexity leads to the deployment of automated management tools like [puppet][1] which, like all automation, are a much bigger thread to the &quot;common key-presser and mouse-pusher&quot; through replacing manual labour with higher-value programming tasks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet" />
  <row Id="39135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22006" RevisionGUID="30edd074-4c6a-422c-8b8f-a023ee365eb0" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:23:46.047" UserId="6397" Text="Same here. Don't see it happening, at all. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It may come in opposite as you think. Virtualization makes IT more important while making our life easier the same time." />
  <row Id="39136" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22007" RevisionGUID="aae55925-36ea-4e56-b7fa-36528077977e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:24:29.133" UserId="1435" Text="Hell no!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Managing virtualised platforms makes huge sense but also requires damn good tech skills in all involved, whether that's design, planning, implementation, support, capacity management etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I love VMWare but they're still a company full of salesmen so they will come out with sweeping statement like that, bless 'em :)" />
  <row Id="39137" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22008" RevisionGUID="29a86056-5cb1-4e61-a21c-862e4f6a91a9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:25:32.627" UserId="1997" Text="It's also possible that there's a server configuration or connectivity issue. You can test this by using the `-v` (verbose) flag on the transfer as noted in section [3.8.3.3][1] of the putty manual. Look for any error messages or warnings, and post them in your question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.60/htmldoc/Chapter3.html#using-cmdline" />
  <row Id="39138" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22009" RevisionGUID="74b3cfb3-a276-4a9d-acc2-23d0c5cb8a10" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:28:28.283" UserId="7601" Text="When I have Apache trying to map to tomcat I have the following worker.properties file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    workers.java_home=&quot;C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.6.0_13&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    workers.list=ajp13&#xD;&#xA;    workers.ajp13.port=8509&#xD;&#xA;    workers.ajp13.host=localhost&#xD;&#xA;    workers.ajp13.type=ajp13&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However when it runs apache adds localhost:8009 as a worker as well (see log entry below) - and then when I try and connect to the mapped tomcat instance, it dies.  How can I stop it from adding localhost:8009 (and where is it getting it from?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the mod_jk.log file I get:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_map.c (491): Adding property 'workers.java_home' with value '&quot;C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.6.0_13&quot;' to map.&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_map.c (491): Adding property 'workers.list' with value 'ajp13' to map.&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_map.c (491): Adding property 'workers.ajp13.port' with value '8509' to map.&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_map.c (491): Adding property 'workers.ajp13.host' with value 'localhost' to map.&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_map.c (491): Adding property 'workers.ajp13.type' with value 'ajp13' to map.&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_map.c (589): Dump of map: 'ServerRoot' -&gt; 'C:/T2/Software/Apache'&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_map.c (589): Dump of map: 'workers.java_home' -&gt; '&quot;C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.6.0_13&quot;'&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_map.c (589): Dump of map: 'workers.list' -&gt; 'ajp13'&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_map.c (589): Dump of map: 'workers.ajp13.port' -&gt; '8509'&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_map.c (589): Dump of map: 'workers.ajp13.host' -&gt; 'localhost'&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_map.c (589): Dump of map: 'workers.ajp13.type' -&gt; 'ajp13'&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_worker.c (242): creating worker ajp13&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_worker.c (146): about to create instance ajp13 of ajp13&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_worker.c (159): about to validate and init ajp13&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_ajp_common.c (2512): worker ajp13 contact is 'localhost:8009'&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_ajp_common.c (2699): setting endpoint options:&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_ajp_common.c (2702): keepalive:              0&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_ajp_common.c (2706): socket timeout:         0&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_ajp_common.c (2710): socket connect timeout: 0&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_ajp_common.c (2714): buffer size:            0&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_ajp_common.c (2718): pool timeout:           0&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_ajp_common.c (2722): ping timeout:           10000&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_ajp_common.c (2726): connect timeout:        0&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_ajp_common.c (2730): reply timeout:          0&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_ajp_common.c (2734): prepost timeout:        0&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_ajp_common.c (2738): recovery options:       0&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_ajp_common.c (2742): retries:                2&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_ajp_common.c (2746): max packet size:        8192&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon Jun 08 09:00:39 2009] [5696:4596] [debug] jk_ajp_common.c (2750): retry interval:         100&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I stop it from trying to connect to localhost:8009?&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
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  <row Id="39140" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22009" RevisionGUID="74b3cfb3-a276-4a9d-acc2-23d0c5cb8a10" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:28:28.283" UserId="7601" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;tomcat&gt;" />
  <row Id="39141" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22010" RevisionGUID="afa3735d-1133-4956-8250-b9f3aa47cd14" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:29:11.747" UserId="1054" Text="I'm with everyone else who can type faster than I can on a Monday morning...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The OS is not going away nor is OS administration.  There will always be some common platform that applications are developed on top of, that is the purpose of the OS.  Even if / when cloud computing takes off larger companies are going to demand internal cloud services in some form another due to security implications.  There are too many vulnerabilities at the OS level for larger and/or conservative companies to trust to third party OS admins." />
  <row Id="39142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22011" RevisionGUID="7f5f3015-0b62-4812-b315-db693fac6c97" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:29:37.203" UserId="4460" Text="PAL - Performance Analysis of Logs (www.codeplex.com/PAL) coupled with some good logparser scripts and the Best Practices Analyzer products from Microsoft are good performance improvement/problem finding tools ..." />
  <row Id="39143" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22012" RevisionGUID="999ff7bf-a508-422a-a387-906f790fcf5d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:30:44.940" UserId="8723" Text="Just seconding the answer from Rob Allen... I recently installed a volume licensed version of server 2008 and it required getting a MAK key. In my case, I had to go to the e-open site and check my entitlement, etc.  Then I got a MAK key and a KMS key.  Since I was not setting up a KMS server, I downloaded the Volume Activation Management Tool to use with the MAK key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It gave me, I think, 15 days before I had to get activation sorted out.&#xD;&#xA;If you have a volume license issue here is a link for you:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/existing-customers/product-activation.aspx" />
  <row Id="39144" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20308" RevisionGUID="6d82dea8-982f-4aef-bc29-0fe7e046ae01" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:30:50.243" UserId="8290" Comment="deleted 7 characters in body" Text="Aren't WordPress pages, like those of most CMSes, generated from a database?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, here's the dirty little secret of open-source CMSes, PHP, and shared web hosting: on many shared hosting servers, everyone's PHP scripts run with the same privileges (i.e. with the UID and GID of the Apache daemon).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This means that, if PHP can read *your* scripts, it can read the scripts of every other customer on the server. And vice versa.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, many open-source CMSes store high-privilege database credentials in their PHP scripts. Drupal does this; Joomla does this; I haven't looked at the WordPress source but I'd be surprised if it *didn't* do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short: **It's extremely likely that fully-privileged access to your WordPress database is within trivial reach of every other user who shares the server with you.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I sort of hate to write that in bold but I feel like I've been banging my head against a wall with this issue for a few months now, during which time I've run into two, possibly three apparently-reputable hosting companies that use this setup, and just can't be bothered by the enormous security problem it presents." />
  <row Id="39145" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21727" RevisionGUID="1c3fef5b-1796-403d-9cf4-3661e6559b6d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:32:47.043" UserId="1134" Comment="Added list of PDF software" Text="With the latest javascript vulnerabilities in Adobe reader and bloat it has aquired over the years, I've been thinking of moving the network I'm in charge of to a different product for PDF reading on Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ideal PDF reader should be something that is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Small in size (Adobe reader is [more than 200MB][1] these days after installation).&#xD;&#xA; - As secure by default as possible (For example, javascript disabled by default).&#xD;&#xA; - Nice looking and easy to use interface.&#xD;&#xA; - Not bloated with features (I just want to read PDFs, that's it).&#xD;&#xA; - Does not install any toolbars/unwanted add ons/spyware.&#xD;&#xA; - Does not display any ads while viewing PDFs.&#xD;&#xA; - Preferably Open Source. (this pretty much ensures no ads).&#xD;&#xA; - Full Unicode support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Idealy , something like [evince][2] from gnome, will be the best option, but unfortunately  that's not available on Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Foxit][3] is an option, as it is small, and has a nice interface. But it still has javascript enabled by default which might lead to vulnerabilities - and it installs a toolbar , and displays ads while reading PDFs which is distracting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a site dedicated to Open Source PDF readers, [pdfreaders.org][4],  however, the Windows pdf readers each have their problems, mostly the interface is not as convenient (as evince, adobe or foxit).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here's a list of all PDF software from WikiPedia.][5] There's a &quot;Viewers&quot; section for each OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What Windows PDF reader would you recommend ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.brush.co.nz/2008/07/adobe-reader-9/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://projects.gnome.org/evince/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://pdfreaders.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PDF_software" />
  <row Id="39146" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="21826" RevisionGUID="a147eea9-20c1-4e69-9561-b44bb6b0ea5f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:32:53.873" UserId="1054" Comment="Correct spelling in title" Text="net localgroup add group with spaces and ampersand" />
  <row Id="39147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22013" RevisionGUID="70ad3f09-e444-41db-8820-a9e408ad6e76" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:33:13.517" UserId="5535" Text="Virtualization is definitely a growing trend and not just in OS virtualization but in storage technologies as well as networking.  But none of these technologies will replace a system admin, storage admin, or network admin.  It's just the tools of the trade.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Virtualization will lead to containerization of services as virtual appliances to some extent but I'm not sure how prevalent this will be in an enterprise infrastructure.  These services still have to be configured and maintained as well as the OS that it's running.  Virtualization last time I checked didn't get rid of security patches :).  And it's adding a layer of administration and security with the hypervisor and virtualization layers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think our jobs are safe for the foreseeable future.&#xD;&#xA;  " />
  <row Id="39148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22014" RevisionGUID="178a808a-62ff-4c1c-aca9-5b8a4ab02751" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:33:24.467" UserId="5651" Text="I know it's possible to use secure file transfer protocol to transfer files from remote locations to the local box, but is it possible to use it to transfer files from some local directory to another local directory?" />
  <row Id="39149" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22014" RevisionGUID="178a808a-62ff-4c1c-aca9-5b8a4ab02751" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:33:24.467" UserId="5651" Text="Possible to use SFTP to transfer files from local to local?" />
  <row Id="39150" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22014" RevisionGUID="178a808a-62ff-4c1c-aca9-5b8a4ab02751" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:33:24.467" UserId="5651" Text="&lt;sftp&gt;" />
  <row Id="39151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22015" RevisionGUID="88f9341c-a011-42e5-9a54-ba6ec0533fbf" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:34:00.143" UserId="7342" Text="I think you've used workers where you should have used worker in your config file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;workers.java_home=&quot;C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.6.0_13&quot;&#xD;&#xA;worker.list=ajp13&#xD;&#xA;worker.ajp13.port=8509&#xD;&#xA;worker.ajp13.host=localhost&#xD;&#xA;worker.ajp13.type=ajp13&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;note: java_home *is* workers. Everything else is worker.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a result it's using a default AJP connector called AJP on localhost:8009." />
  <row Id="39152" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21191" RevisionGUID="b19d8d65-d5b5-4b62-9763-310b7633b2d5" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:34:32.327" UserId="1840" Comment="made it a bit more understandable" Text="&lt;h1&gt;Vision!&lt;/h1&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A lot of us 'think' there will be much savings since we won't be paying hefty M$ taxes, and server license/support/update/patch agreements for a bunch of services, but we don't actually have much data to back that up, nor we have the leadership needed for such an 'out of the box' thinking.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We need a visionary who'll able to convey the practical and financial solutions that Open-Source provides.  He/She not only needs to convince administration, but his/her own team.  The way I see it now, in my department, maybe the best solutions is to find an outside consultant who could lead/manage such a project, but that is also not practical since we're really talking about 'customized' solutions which would be pretty expensive by itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're not there yet, but doesn't mean we will never get there.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22016" RevisionGUID="a14dc385-de8e-46c1-a7b1-e307c054db08" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:35:33.993" UserId="1997" Text="You can definitely do this with `scp`, but I haven't tried this with `sftp` before. You'll get the most accurate answer by trying it out yourself though." />
  <row Id="39154" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22017" RevisionGUID="dc4c0f38-f43c-421b-9e59-7c106b19b616" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:36:28.297" UserId="1435" Text="There's nothing in the protocol to stop that happening no, although your actual code might object, depends on the code you're using I guess." />
  <row Id="39155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22018" RevisionGUID="fea1de6f-439e-4419-b7d5-ff8bbc81d68f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:37:59.747" UserId="7129" Text="I received the following error on a weekly full backup job on Symantec Backup Exec:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Final error: 0xe0009413 - An error occurred during the snapshot cleanup, or could not locate a snapped volume from which to back up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am backing up a Windows 2003 Server.  Other backup jobs have run successfully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any tips?" />
  <row Id="39156" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22018" RevisionGUID="fea1de6f-439e-4419-b7d5-ff8bbc81d68f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:37:59.747" UserId="7129" Text="Symantec Backup Exec Error 0xe0009413" />
  <row Id="39157" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22018" RevisionGUID="fea1de6f-439e-4419-b7d5-ff8bbc81d68f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:37:59.747" UserId="7129" Text="&lt;symantec&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="39158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22019" RevisionGUID="0b54f5a4-80f6-4041-9d86-27997a468ca8" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:38:00.120" UserId="3038" Text="&gt; how long will it be before nearly all applications are shipped from the vendor as virtual appliances? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It'll happen, but only when patches and updates are hardwired into the appliances. When you start shipping an entire operating system as part of your application, the security maintenance environment gets a lot more complex. To some extent this can be automated, sure, but it also has to be flexible enough to fit corporate security policies. Some shops need to have security patches posted within 48 hours of release and can't tolerate 14 days of QA on the part of the vendor to make sure it doesn't break the appliance. Other shops are just fine with a 14 day lag between patch-post and application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're still quite some ways away from this. What we WILL see is applications that already are shipped as appliances, start shipping as VM appliances. Additionally, we may see some applications start shipping a VM as a delivery option, along side traditional software sales, to accommodate shops that'd really like to cloud-source their stuff but need either more throughput than their internet connection can handle or have an on-site requirement." />
  <row Id="39159" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22020" RevisionGUID="58ff2073-fd2e-49ae-b11d-3299b80c040c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:39:53.550" UserId="8443" Text="I'll take it to a bit different direction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The top 5 things every Oracle DBA should know and practice regularly:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Backup and Recovery&#xD;&#xA; 2. Basic Performance Diagnostics / Tuning&#xD;&#xA; 3. Backup and Recovery&#xD;&#xA; 4. Basic database security&#xD;&#xA; 5. Backup and Recovery (seriously)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, reading Oracle documentation and trying things out is critical. Be curious. If you work with other DBAs, ask them questions and try to learn from their experience and share your own learning. But don't take everything you read or hear for granted - try to understand to logic and learn to test everything yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be curious about operating systems, storage, networking etc. Learn to establish good relationships with these teams in your organization. Know what's there are working on - it will affect you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, learn to work with developers, understand their pains and educate them about how to properly work with a database. For example, bind variables - good. For example, grant DBA to every developer - bad. Be patient - there are many programmers and a few DBAs, so this is never-ending.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, learn to work well with Oracle Support. It is a skill that needs practicing. While you are at metalink, learn your way around and try some of the new stuff there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hmm... it is enough DBA zen for now :)" />
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  <row Id="39161" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="18067" RevisionGUID="bf993a01-b4fe-4c43-baad-a957e5466113" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:40:19.303" UserId="1843" Comment="Fix title." Text="Several keyboard keys not working in VMWare (Host=Linux, Guest=Windows)" />
  <row Id="39162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22021" RevisionGUID="1c48b01d-e74a-404f-b0a0-7b9bc4019b7b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:41:41.080" UserId="3657" Text="What steps have you troubleshot already?  Have you looked through the Symantec online KB?  Have you examined entries like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/273983.htm&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39163" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22001" RevisionGUID="82702584-faef-4165-afec-02d9537cefe5" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:44:20.013" UserId="1233" Comment="Fix trademark" Text="While I do have no personal experience with OS X, I am very much in favour of package-based provisioning due to the following OS-independent reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Flexibility: database server, web server, load balancer, developer workstation, designer workstation. Would you have an image for every type or install everything everywhere? What about different releases of software?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Security/Manageability: How often would you update your images? Package-based provisioning allows you to have every new system up-to-date from day zero, by updating the source packages as needed, without having to touch the rest of the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a more in-depth discussion of my point, I refer you to the &quot;[Golden Image or Foil Ball?][1]&quot; article by [Luke Kanies][2] of [puppet][3] fame.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Shameless plug: Did you know that puppet works on OS X too?]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Disclaimer: I'm a long-time puppet user.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://madstop.com/2009/02/04/golden-image-or-foil-ball/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://madstop.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet" />
  <row Id="39164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22022" RevisionGUID="61e78dc6-027d-447d-a7a4-0d054f39505e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:44:48.593" UserId="326" Text="If you execute&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    scp /tmp/a /tmp/b&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;scp does a real local copy, since both source and target are local paths.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you try the same with a command line SFTP client, you'll notice that you have to connect to a server before being able to issue commands. Of course it is both possible that you connect to the local server and send a file over the connection without actually leaving the machine and that a given implementation also provides a possibility to effect local copy operations. The former is a bit wasteful, while the latter is definitely implementation dependent." />
  <row Id="39165" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="21920" RevisionGUID="485d41e2-8e50-476c-90e2-733ba947ec3a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:45:17.297" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:48,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Sam Cogan&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:45,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;splattne&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1054,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;squillman&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="39166" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22023" RevisionGUID="42d0c464-ee41-40bd-848c-b6d7a17bde3c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:45:18.017" UserId="1435" Text="Symantec sell two, fairly similar, backup products - we're a NetBackup house but should I be looking at Backup Exec?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Who would win in a fight and why? :)" />
  <row Id="39167" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22023" RevisionGUID="42d0c464-ee41-40bd-848c-b6d7a17bde3c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:45:18.017" UserId="1435" Text="Symantec NetBackup vs. Backup Exec - who wins!" />
  <row Id="39168" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22023" RevisionGUID="42d0c464-ee41-40bd-848c-b6d7a17bde3c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:45:18.017" UserId="1435" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;netbackup&gt;&lt;backupexec&gt;" />
  <row Id="39169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22024" RevisionGUID="8e476f5d-b94b-442c-9eb2-23eddf05a2b5" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:46:46.733" UserId="1233" Text="Having done both I prefer (and recommend if you can) to use the package based creation because of it's reusability and the ability to keep a master up to date without requiring one dedicated machine or the constant overhead of a monolithic image. I find the difference really goes between a manual or partially automated image creation process versus a nearly fully automated creation process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The initial overhead of setting up a package based system is more than a monolitihic system largely because you have some initial large setups and the need to repackage certain installations (eg. Final Cut Studio, anything Adobe, etc.) It's also a little bit more tricky to install/run scripts as it's not the boot partition but the advantage of having a clean image never booted before removes the downsides of cruft and odd machine specific settings have been created when you create the monolithic image.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A monolithic image is easier (more familiar really) and allows the person setting up the image to use GUI tools for everything if necessary and avoid a lot of scripting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I use InstaDMG to make my base image and then use DeployStudio to actually do the imaging installation and add the additional packages, etc." />
  <row Id="39170" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21982" RevisionGUID="caae1e5b-2bf7-4e89-b26e-bc77cc943b56" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:46:53.410" UserId="1376" Comment="Clarified" Text="What app pool settings are recommended for a public facing web site in IIS?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What matters when making decisions about this (e.g. traffic, type of web application, etc...)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will the default settings be OK?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm mostly interested in hosting SharePoint on IIS6 and IIS7 but not exclusively!" />
  <row Id="39171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22025" RevisionGUID="4a08b7cf-c415-4038-b0e7-416e94342e25" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:48:35.420" UserId="8748" Text="I'm looking at picking up a fully loaded drobo pro this year (last quater).&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone actually found any benchmarks on it yet?&#xD;&#xA;I've seen many people saying the speed of the current drobo mk2 is less than steller.  I'd be probably looking to use it via the iSCSI interface though which I've anecdotally seen at +50% over fw800 speed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone actual evidence of the speeds yet?" />
  <row Id="39172" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22025" RevisionGUID="4a08b7cf-c415-4038-b0e7-416e94342e25" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:48:35.420" UserId="8748" Text="drobo pro speed?" />
  <row Id="39173" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22025" RevisionGUID="4a08b7cf-c415-4038-b0e7-416e94342e25" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:48:35.420" UserId="8748" Text="&lt;drobo&gt;&lt;iscsi&gt;" />
  <row Id="39174" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22026" RevisionGUID="fdd555cc-b6ae-4a16-ab4a-2bd71f96a2eb" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:50:59.987" UserId="4479" Text="I'd like to consider the use of DRBD for data replication between a primary and secondary location.  The initial plan is to establish a VPN tunnel between the two; the primary end using a slice of a dual T1 link and the secondary location setting on a cable / dsl line.&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;The secondary will exist for DR only - it will &quot;never&quot; replicate back to the primary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone done/tired/using something like this and what are your experiences with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linbit also has a (Paid) DRBD Proxy product that is supposed to be designed for operating across WAN type links (compression, multiple peers).  Anyone tried this out?" />
  <row Id="39175" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22026" RevisionGUID="fdd555cc-b6ae-4a16-ab4a-2bd71f96a2eb" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:50:59.987" UserId="4479" Text="DRBD Proxy / WAN experiences" />
  <row Id="39176" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22026" RevisionGUID="fdd555cc-b6ae-4a16-ab4a-2bd71f96a2eb" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:50:59.987" UserId="4479" Text="&lt;drbd&gt;" />
  <row Id="39177" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22027" RevisionGUID="49e9e021-1151-4b39-9e4b-e385a50c45f2" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:52:33.850" UserId="8594" Text="Have you thought about network redundancy?  GFS clusters are very vulnerable to missed heartbeats.  We use interface bonding for all our cluster and iSCSI links, connected to separate switches.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22028" RevisionGUID="2638ee0d-92ae-4795-acf2-c16c21aa958f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:52:59.793" UserId="846" Text="I don't think that &quot;make the OS unimportant&quot; is the same as &quot;make the OS go away&quot;.  Clearly, there has to be some software that is telling that hardware what to do and otherwise managing the system.  That (by definition) is the OS, and it can't go away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rather, as I see it their idea is to use the virtualization layer between OS and hardware to allow improvement independent of Windows (or any other OS).  The concept is (I believe) not to eliminate Windows, but to remove Windows as a bottleneck to improving performance, reliability and manageability.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39179" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22029" RevisionGUID="d5812518-b7f3-4939-bbab-dbb984cb061d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:54:46.983" UserId="3038" Text="I haven't used either for a couple of versions, but here is what was true at least of a few years ago (in my subjective opinion, of course).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**NetBackup**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Extensive list of agents covering just about everything&#xD;&#xA; - Very long history on non-Windows servers, which means it covers them very well&#xD;&#xA; - Long history supporting the datacenter, have moved into the 'workgroup'.&#xD;&#xA; - Supports a much wider array of very expensive backup devices. If you really do need eight 1000 slot tape libraries, NetBackup will support it. On Solaris or on Windows.&#xD;&#xA; - More expensive per-device than BackupExec&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**BackupExec**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Long history supporting the workgroup, trying to move into the datacenter. &#xD;&#xA; - Long history supporting Windows, not as robust on non-Windows but support is there.&#xD;&#xA; - Plenty of device support for up to mid-size libraries.&#xD;&#xA; - Cheaper than NetBackup for environments that are mostly Windows, and have only a few backup devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But that's just my opinion." />
  <row Id="39180" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22030" RevisionGUID="5cc6629c-c843-41a4-b8e6-129d87cd33e6" CreationDate="2009-06-08T16:56:43.280" UserId="2255" Text="Imagine the following situation: I want to have a tiny, light server that is able to run some services like basic Web, ftp, printing servers and pluging hard drives via usb.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to use it as a tool for learning about embedded devices and programming for those architectures. I have the intention to test a home-security system with a webcam also...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What would be a good architecture, specific device, brand or any recommendation for a beginner? I have experience with both linux and C programming.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks!" />
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  <row Id="39183" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21053" RevisionGUID="6e897a4a-6c1a-45d5-aaa7-8cde3c6e931a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:03:07.263" UserId="1840" Comment="added some useful switches for mtr" Text="[&lt;h1&gt;iPerf&lt;/h1&gt;][1]&#xD;&#xA;Iperf helps you run tests that measure maximum TCP and UDP bandwidth performance. It allows the tuning of various parameters and UDP characteristics reporting bandwidth, delay jitter, datagram loss: [http://openmaniak.com/iperf.php][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;,And&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[&lt;h1&gt;MTR&lt;/h1&gt;][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MTR (**My Trace Route**) is also a pretty good tool.  It combines the functionality of the 'traceroute' and 'ping' programs in a single network diagnostic tool. Like traceroute except it gives more network quality and network diagnostic info. Leave running to get real time stats. Reports best and worst round trip times in milliseconds... It shows latency, jitter (average/best/worst): [http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;use:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; mtr server.domain.com (or IP)&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&gt; -  Add more fields with **&quot;O&quot;**, type **&quot;LDRS NBAW V JMXI&quot;** and hit **ENTER**&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&gt; -  Type &quot;n&quot; to toggle DNS Off/On&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://openmaniak.com/iperf.php&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://openmaniak.com/iperf.php&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://locobox.googlepages.com/mtr.jpg" />
  <row Id="39184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22031" RevisionGUID="df2a13f4-68ab-4440-9bdd-fc0423668046" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:04:11.050" UserId="7073" Text="This one is kinda of a part two to this [question][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the comments was about small business and the receptions being the only onsite person and how windows will be better for them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I'd like to see how many people have worked or done a linux office, server &amp; workstations in a small business that WAS NOT computer focused.  So this would be a small law firm, accounting, maybe social services (they have no money right so it would be perfect for them)  Small being likely less then 30, as high as 50 maybe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Did it work?  Was it worth it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wanted to include my background, I do small business tech susport to those types of customers.  One of which is social services.  I'll do my details about it after&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/21159/what-is-preventing-you-from-deploying-desktop-linux-in-your-environment/21707#21707" />
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  <row Id="39186" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22031" RevisionGUID="df2a13f4-68ab-4440-9bdd-fc0423668046" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:04:11.050" UserId="7073" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="39187" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22032" RevisionGUID="7c6d8ef4-3b7c-4953-a6cf-8f5376302a57" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:04:26.807" UserId="6177" Text="Netbackup is still the higher-end product with better support for platforms other than Windows and for more expensive tape libraries.  BackupExec can handle a pretty big data center, but it is more Windows-centric and you're on your own for some of the cross-platform agents.  That said, we had no problem using the generic unix agent on a couple of Linux systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only reason I could see for switching from NetBackup &quot;down&quot; to BackupExec would be to save some money." />
  <row Id="39188" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22033" RevisionGUID="a2859316-ed2f-4b96-a76d-395a6329d353" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:05:17.443" UserId="7342" Text="I've used Soekris boxes before. My home router is one, mostly because it comes with 5 network interfaces. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could use one of the home NAS devices that people have managed to install Debian on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.simtec.co.uk/&quot;&gt;Simtec&lt;/a&gt; do some nice Arm based kit. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a whole host of System on a Chip boards that you could use if you really wanted a small environment to play with." />
  <row Id="39189" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22034" RevisionGUID="348042fd-6e31-4f81-9c96-1c10641d8f66" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:05:52.217" UserId="4410" Text="You can try some pc104 devices. But IMHO, just buy the cheapest MOBO you can and start hacking. The hardware can be changed latter on, and if you use Linux there is a good chance that you can even change the CPU type (ARM-&gt;x86/64bit...) without code change." />
  <row Id="39190" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22035" RevisionGUID="41966de2-216b-482b-9f4d-73dc2e0018ad" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:07:37.533" UserId="8696" Text="I've set up a Fedora 10 server and I want to print to an attached printer from three Windows Vista and two XP workstations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After much manual reading I got this situation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* All workstations can print&#xD;&#xA;* One workstation can print from all but one application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The offender is IE7 (and IE8). Everytime a print job is started from this application on that specific workstation I get an &quot;access denied&quot; error in the CUPS logs. Printing from IE7 from other workstations works. (WTF?!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My current workaround is to first print to a PDF file and then print this PDF from Adobe Reader.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A secondary problem is that I don't have much experience with Fedora/Linux, so this might be a noob question. Sorry if that's the case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* What could be the problem?&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;Access denied&quot; to what? The log doesn't give any more information on which resource the access has been denied. What are the usual suspects?&#xD;&#xA;* What's the best way to debug such situations?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39191" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22035" RevisionGUID="41966de2-216b-482b-9f4d-73dc2e0018ad" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:07:37.533" UserId="8696" Text="Why can't I print from Windows on CUPS from a single application?" />
  <row Id="39192" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22035" RevisionGUID="41966de2-216b-482b-9f4d-73dc2e0018ad" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:07:37.533" UserId="8696" Text="&lt;printing&gt;&lt;cups&gt;&lt;fedora&gt;&lt;internet-printing&gt;&lt;lan&gt;" />
  <row Id="39193" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22031" RevisionGUID="2301450f-a216-4b57-844d-341dd4fb612d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:08:34.520" UserId="1803" />
  <row Id="39194" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22036" RevisionGUID="f1a3639e-1d37-4a56-a307-4ac9c31775e0" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:09:39.963" UserId="8629" Text="At a previous job, I used [PC104][1] systems for various tasks-- very tiny, the ones we had were well-supported under Linux, and if you look long enough, you can find one with the appropriate mix of interface/memory/flash storage that you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing to consider when you're first starting in embedded work is to remember you're not on a multicore, multi-gigabytes-of-RAM machine.    If you're really set on making a small fileserver, I'd go with a miniITX formfactor motherboard and a smallish case, and stay away from the 'embedded' form factors.     &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC104" />
  <row Id="39195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22037" RevisionGUID="b2a859ab-ab55-40be-a602-6469076e3821" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:09:45.657" UserId="4428" Text="My current employer is planning on rolling out System Center agents on Linux and Solaris servers.  I'm not here to debate why I'm not a fan of this idea, that battle has already been fought and lost (not really a battle, simply management decree that can't be debated).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I would like to know, however, is if there is anyone out there who has had experience in rolling out the agent to Linux and/or Solaris servers?  Would you mind sharing your experiences with it?  Are there any issues or gotchas to be on the lookout for, etc.?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks much!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39196" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22037" RevisionGUID="b2a859ab-ab55-40be-a602-6469076e3821" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:09:45.657" UserId="4428" Text="Any experience with MS System Center Linux/UNIX agents" />
  <row Id="39197" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22037" RevisionGUID="b2a859ab-ab55-40be-a602-6469076e3821" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:09:45.657" UserId="4428" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;system-center&gt;&lt;mom&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;solaris&gt;" />
  <row Id="39198" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22038" RevisionGUID="8de7245f-51d5-4a29-aec3-556bb98e7c56" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:10:44.907" UserId="3657" Text="It all boils down to software.  Will this small business have or use a software package or website that **requires** the use of Windows?  If so, don't bother looking at Linux.  You will be trying to shove a square peg in a round hole with no real benefit to the business.  The computer is simply a tool for the business.  They should not use a tool that interferes or impedes their business.    " />
  <row Id="39199" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22038" RevisionGUID="8de7245f-51d5-4a29-aec3-556bb98e7c56" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:10:44.907" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39201" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22039" RevisionGUID="4dbf20f8-36ce-4171-8e99-17d1e658ec82" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:12:27.383" UserId="7619" Text="Two suggestions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.) Make sure that ANY local volume shadow copies you're taking, are turned off. We've had QUITE a bit of conflicting information from Symantec regarding running local VSC, but have found that when we talked to the techs, they've all advised we don't run VSC on the same server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.) If you absolutely, positively have to run VSC, (like, there's a group of users who love deleting things and making you restore them via VSC and they're holding your family hostage or something) you could try resetting the entire kit-and-caboodle by using [&quot;vssadmin&quot;][1] to delete all current _present_ volume shadow copies, then delete them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition to the above, have you presented/removed a disk, (such as from a SAN via fiberchannel, etc?) recently? Make sure it's no longer present in your system, and that you haven't inadvertently attempted to take a volume shadow copy snapshot of it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Along the same side of the coin, you may have &quot;stale&quot; volume shadow copy snapshots present for disks that are no longer there. That could be exacerbating your issue. Suggest same above, to delete those, since I believe that vssadmin is the only way you can see some of them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't quote me on this, but I think that you also have to expand the default size of the VSC _from_ 300 _to_ 500, however I'm not entirely sure. I do remember that it took me quite a bit of googling though and in the end, this made Symantec happy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sorry, ordinarily I'd be more clear and try to give some steps but I can't seem to find where I documented this, the last time it worked and the primary backup guy is out for the day, (only other guy who'd have them in his email.) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754968(WS.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="39202" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22040" RevisionGUID="b872787f-6ac6-4e44-adb5-9ec42b0ece6b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:13:12.453" UserId="6177" Text="Virtual appliances will still require maintenance, the way physical appliances do.  We've looked at and used various appliances over the years (firewall, spam/virus filter, NAS storage) and they all require maintenance - checking logs, performing updates, etc.  For example, we looked at Windows Storage Server a few years ago but quickly realized that it wasn't going to be any easier to maintain than setting up a server and configuring it just to be a file server.  If anything, relying on a an appliance (virtual or physical) from a small company makes less sense for mission-critical functions than running another real server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22041" RevisionGUID="8d0330ab-810c-4bd8-bbeb-e29a48659114" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:13:48.240" UserId="8696" Text="[Windows PowerShell][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Until Windows PowerShell I always was envious about the powerful Linux shells.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/powershell/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="39204" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22041" RevisionGUID="8d0330ab-810c-4bd8-bbeb-e29a48659114" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:13:48.240" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22042" RevisionGUID="8ee1ef8f-dd97-401a-915e-977daae8d537" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:16:39.183" UserId="8021" Text="I run a subversion server, rsync my home directory (esp. my documents folder) and my photo library to it as a backup, and host half a dozen small websites and mail for my entire extended family. Well worth the $25/mo that mine costs. " />
  <row Id="39206" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22042" RevisionGUID="8ee1ef8f-dd97-401a-915e-977daae8d537" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:16:39.183" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39207" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22043" RevisionGUID="b11cca88-6876-47cd-aecf-741e299dc4c4" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:17:09.637" UserId="6965" Text="Virtual servers make a lot of things easier, particularly things like backups, testing and swift deployment/redeployment/cloning, but they're still servers, running OSes, and they'll still need admins to admin them.&#xD;&#xA;Most of the usual maintenance tasks still apply, as in Ward's post above, and there are also a bunch of new sysadmin tricks that I've learned specifically for virtual hardware; which bits of hardware need changed when cloning servers for clustering, for a start.  3 servers, all of which have the same MAC addresses?  Not pretty." />
  <row Id="39208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22044" RevisionGUID="afecaa13-ee28-47b1-a333-e91e84b3e0fb" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:18:56.043" UserId="4562" Text="Realize that the cost of the software is a small part of the overall cost of IT infrastructure.  Support is huge and AD / Group Policy make Windows an incredible platform for a business of any size.  That being said, I have played with Linux in a small biz setting and found it to be a reliable platform for users who didn't need anything beyond Internet access, webmail and OpenOffice." />
  <row Id="39209" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22044" RevisionGUID="afecaa13-ee28-47b1-a333-e91e84b3e0fb" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:18:56.043" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22045" RevisionGUID="08d86190-9dbe-464c-a183-7007dec285d5" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:19:33.780" UserId="5078" Text="I have set up a business that ran purely on Open Source. SuSe desktop, Mitel SME for fileserver / eMail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It all ran beautifully until...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. People wanted to exchange files with the outside world (Open Office vs Microsoft Office)&#xD;&#xA;2. They wanted Salesforce integration - MS Office only&#xD;&#xA;3. They wanted screenpop / telephony CTI&#xD;&#xA;4. They wanted some industry specific applications (Windows only)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There was also some fairly major headaches getting single sign-on working with NIS/Kerberos&#xD;&#xA;and all in all, I think we spent more time in support than we saved on licenses from MS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From a purely non-tech point of view, the differences between Open Office files and Microsoft files caused a significant headache. I know that OO saves as MS Office files, but it just did not work in the real world.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To take eMail as an example - People also get comfortable with the Outlook instantaneous update you see with exchange - not so happy with a 5 minute poll on a local IMAP / POP server." />
  <row Id="39211" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22045" RevisionGUID="08d86190-9dbe-464c-a183-7007dec285d5" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:19:33.780" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39212" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22046" RevisionGUID="400b5fcb-7dea-498d-998c-4044c68c69b7" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:20:43.700" UserId="8696" Text="Although all SysInterals tools are great, the tools which helped me the most, were the **monitoring tools**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [Regmon][1] *&#xD;&#xA;* [Filemon][2] *&#xD;&#xA;* [Process Monitor][3]&#xD;&#xA;* [Autoruns][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nothing's better to quickly determine, **why** something is not working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(* Regmon and Filemon are integrated into Process Monitor for newer Windows versions)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/de-de/sysinternals/bb896652.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896642.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx" />
  <row Id="39213" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22046" RevisionGUID="400b5fcb-7dea-498d-998c-4044c68c69b7" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:20:43.700" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39214" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="22031" RevisionGUID="06711c9f-118b-4e70-8594-31ec5c2b50f0" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:20:57.663" UserId="3431" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;small-business&gt;" />
  <row Id="39215" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22047" RevisionGUID="52c4dabe-b5bf-461b-8e31-3aab2a63675e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:23:12.587" UserId="8021" Text="We did an linux thin client rollout to a call center with 20 employees. It worked well, but the employees complained endlessly when things didn't work the way they were used to. We had problems with flash plugins and printing, and with firefox consuming so much memory that the window manager would kill the program when the client ran out of RAM. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're working at a business with a decent install base, Microsoft is more than willing to give you cheap desktop and office licenses in most case. Contact a human sales rep for details. Unfortunately, if your users will work faster with Windows, there's no GOOD reason to force them to Linux if the licensing costs for Windows are minimal. " />
  <row Id="39216" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22047" RevisionGUID="52c4dabe-b5bf-461b-8e31-3aab2a63675e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:23:12.587" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22048" RevisionGUID="e4c2d8d2-6636-440b-998c-484bed9d5617" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:23:34.350" UserId="5989" Text="Virtualization has been around since the [time-sharing mainframe days][1] (~1972). Just because it exists doesn't mean its going to make anything in particular go away. If anything, it increases the value of the sysadmin who understands how it works, how to make it fit business need, and how to automate deployment on virtual platforms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Making the operating system irrelevant doesn't make the sysadmin irrelevant. You still need someone to handle the muck, and no matter how much abstraction is layered on top of the platform, you must have people who understand the various layers. I've seen an increase in the number of virtualization platforms that have an API. This means sysadmins are going to become programmers in their primary duty; they will program infrastructures with these APIs rather than manage individual components with &quot;glue&quot; like hacked together perl and shell scripts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're a system administrator these days and you don't know how to program in any language, you need to [learn][2]. The future of your career depends on your ability to stay current [with][3] [the][4] [programming][5] [interfaces][6] [to][7] [various][8] [virtual][9] [platforms][10] and [systems automation frameworks][11].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Links in no particular order, pick your favorite platform)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VM/CMS&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://pragprog.com/titles/ruby/programming-ruby&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=533&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.slicehost.com/articles/2008/3/26/announcing-the-slicehost-api&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://libvirt.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenApi&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/sdk_pubs.html&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.mosso.com/cloudfiles.jsp&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://wiki.gogrid.com/wiki/index.php/API&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://wiki.opscode.com/" />
  <row Id="39218" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22049" RevisionGUID="328a616c-4217-4f02-9259-a380dd876d4d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:24:15.283" UserId="5535" Text="I work at a small engineering firm that has embraced Linux for all backoffice duties.  However the desktops are primarily Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use Zimbra (commercial edition with ActiveSync) for email/calendaring, File/Print Server runs Samba, Document Management is running Knowledge Tree, webserver is running Linux, and when I started they were using a ClarkConnect box for the internet gateway and VPN.  The VPN and gateway has since been replaced with a hardware solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think running Linux on a bunch of desktops is a more difficult and risky thing to do.  Even if you don't have any software the requires Windows today doesn't mean that won't change in two months.  The cost of changing over will likely out weigh any cost savings now." />
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  <row Id="39220" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22034" RevisionGUID="2bcc7242-5c95-4f67-ac95-ee3d5eefbf2a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:24:32.977" UserId="4410" Comment="added 832 characters in body" Text="You can try some pc104 devices. But IMHO, just buy the cheapest MOBO you can and start hacking. The hardware can be changed latter on, and if you use Linux there is a good chance that you can even change the CPU type (ARM-&gt;x86/64bit...) without code change.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I am writing this instead of commenting bellow, since it's long...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or use a toolchain and build a full system usinc uclibc. In my previous job we developed a small PBX based on BlackFin, which also had it's own DHCP server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once I accidentally connected the wrong port of the PBX to the LAN and the next time someone powered up his PC he could not surf the web. It was weird, since the DHCP server was giving him a correct lease. The problem was that the lease was comming from the embbeded PBX and not the full DHCP server we had (it was an IBM PC running Debian/Lenny).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The moral of the story, is that even when the embedded device is running on a small &quot;cpu&quot; (BlackFin does not really qualify as a CPU), it can sometimes &quot;run&quot; faster then full bloated PCs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Start reading:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.uclibc.org/toolchains.html" />
  <row Id="39221" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22050" RevisionGUID="8673c6d5-59cc-4fb2-953a-c445384456ff" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:25:54.050" UserDisplayName="littlegeek" Text="anyone one got one?  or can point me to the resources?" />
  <row Id="39222" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22050" RevisionGUID="8673c6d5-59cc-4fb2-953a-c445384456ff" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:25:54.050" UserDisplayName="littlegeek" Text="Powershell script to upload to skydrive for offsite backup?" />
  <row Id="39223" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22050" RevisionGUID="8673c6d5-59cc-4fb2-953a-c445384456ff" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:25:54.050" UserDisplayName="littlegeek" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;offsite&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="39224" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22051" RevisionGUID="2533144e-d80a-4fd9-be72-d73ad9b542a0" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:28:15.027" UserId="4271" Text="I am in a similar situation as you. I was hired as the IT manager for a small non-profit association of 7 employees. In the past, the association used Windows SBS for all of its tasks. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A lot of the big linux enthusiasts may disagree with me, but I strongly believe that Windows is the best option for the Front End. Your receptionist will likely know the user interface, be familiar with Office and can start right in (including if you have to hire a new one). Like you had said, any industry specific applications will run on it. And it is not that expensive to purchase with a new PC, if you consider how much it is used in daily office work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, on the backend, I recommend going open source all the way. The plus side is that the licensing can all be free. However, you are going to pay more in the way of people who know how to set up and run the systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here, we have Windows + Office on the frontend. On the backend we still use Exchange for email and calendaring. But then, our website and e-mail filtering is all done on a linux machine. Honestly, for our next version we will probably move to a hosted exchange solution. The big up front costs for the server and software doesn't make sense for a small organization. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any other kind of back end file systems / storage or databases can all be linux based. As long as the non-techies do not have to access it, and a knowledgeable IT person can administer it, it makes sense to have linux on the backend." />
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  <row Id="39226" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21939" RevisionGUID="cdf4386c-2aa8-4d1c-9bbc-f44519944236" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:34:18.213" UserId="4271" Comment="Correct formatting and add ntop" Text="I have had great success with the following packages. You do need to know about your network and some linux basics to get everything logged. You will need to log traffic for the ips on your network using the firewall to be able to get graphs for each of them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Cacti: http://www.cacti.net/ &#xD;&#xA; - MRTG: http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/&#xD;&#xA; - Zabbix: http://www.zabbix.com/ (probably overkill for what you need)&#xD;&#xA; - Ntop: http://www.ntop.org/overview.html" />
  <row Id="39228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22052" RevisionGUID="a316c865-52d8-437c-ab00-452d4f56a49d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:35:00.677" UserId="7200" Text="I got a chance to work with both being used in the same datacenter during a contract last year. I got a chance to do some bare-metal restores with NetBackup (which I've done several times with Backup Exec), and to do some optimization of two different NetBackup environments. Some of the observations I can offer, based on that experience, are as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NetBackup is clearly shows its Unix-based heritage. I am a long-time Backup Exec user (clear back to when it was &quot;Arcadia Backup Exec&quot;), and I was initially shocked at how steep the learning-curve was in NetBackup as compared to Backup Exec. Once I got a handle on the NetBackup &quot;metaphor&quot;, and realized that I was looking at an old-school Unix application, deep down, I started to really enjoy using it. You're pretty much expected to be capable of writing scripts, dealing with text-based configuration files, and being able to diagnose issues yourself with NetBackup. It's very powerful, but not necessarily a &quot;point and click&quot; operation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Backup Exec has a Windows heritage, and you don't often find yourself out of the GUI. It does a good job backing-up Windows hosts and applications. I've used it to backup Netware (ick, ugh) machines with no problems. I've never had occasion to use its Linux support, but I'd expect that it's decent. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both products are a pain to deal with when they don't work properly. Backup Exec has debugging modes that make diagnosis easier. NetBackup is more verbose in its output as a matter of course.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you intend to upgrade versions of hosts or applications or to get new tape drives you should pretty much count on keeping a support contract on both products.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want things like data de-duplication, better SAN support, a wide variety of host operating systems, streaming to multiple tape drives simultaneous (recently added to Backup Exec 12d, I believe, but not as time-tested as NetBackup), and massive scaling, NetBackup is your choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're a strictly Windows shop (or, perhaps, with just a few non-Windows server computers) and the concerns that I've outlined above aren't a big deal, go with Backup Exec.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh-- and NetBackup is *much* more expensive than Backup Exec. " />
  <row Id="39229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22053" RevisionGUID="2ac16126-a5ba-41b1-b3bc-3d284382f6da" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:35:01.317" UserId="601" Text="The problem might be the format of the data that is sent to the printer.  Do you use native printer drivers on the windows workstation?  If so, you might need to enable &quot;raw&quot; printing, that is, sending raw binary print codes from the workstation through to the printer.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might need to edit the cups configuration file and uncomment `application/octet-stream` to enable raw printing.  I'm not sure what the security ramifications of this are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other thing that may or may not work for you is setting your printer up as a postscript printer, using a generic postscript driver on the Windows client.  However, I've rarely gotten this to work properly." />
  <row Id="39231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22054" RevisionGUID="284ea67b-9b0e-491c-866d-6d4231d7ad71" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:38:48.720" UserId="7200" Text="I just did the following using CMD.EXE from a Windows XP Professional SP2-based machine that is a member of the &quot;DOMAIN&quot; W2K3 Active Directory domain, logged-on with a user account that has both local &quot;Administrator&quot; and &quot;Domain Admin&quot; rights:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Documents and Settings\EAnderson&gt;net group &quot;A&amp;B Test&quot; /domain /add&#xD;&#xA;    The request will be processed at a domain controller for domain ad.tippcity.k12.&#xD;&#xA;    oh.us.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    The command completed successfully.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    C:\Documents and Settings\EAnderson&gt;net localgroup &quot;users&quot; &quot;DOMAIN\A&amp;B Tes&#xD;&#xA;    t&quot; /domain /add&#xD;&#xA;    The request will be processed at a domain controller for domain ad.tippcity.k12.&#xD;&#xA;    oh.us.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    The command completed successfully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Double quotes look fine to me.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39232" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22055" RevisionGUID="3d55b4fb-8361-43a6-9f5c-5caf9f8dbfc4" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:38:50.577" UserId="4925" Text="Hi All!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for free opensource DNS server that can keep all the data in DB backend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently I found next solutions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - MyDNS (probably dead project) &#xD;&#xA; - PowerDNS (looks like OK) &#xD;&#xA; - Bind9 with&#xD;&#xA;   database backend (huge, db backend&#xD;&#xA;   with patches)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It need to be fast and get new zones immediately as they appear in database (not every 10 minutes or so).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, can anyone tell me any other options or some glitches with current one?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
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  <row Id="39234" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22055" RevisionGUID="3d55b4fb-8361-43a6-9f5c-5caf9f8dbfc4" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:38:50.577" UserId="4925" Text="&lt;opensource&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;database&gt;" />
  <row Id="39235" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21707" RevisionGUID="ba693d81-081d-4c7c-91f7-73aa77951960" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:39:28.500" UserId="1561" Comment="added 213 characters in body" Text="First off, **this has been done.**  Seriously, the City of Largo in Florida has been running on Linux servers for over 6+ years, supporting hundreds of city employees.   [You can read about their challenges (and successes!) at the City of Largo work blog anytime.][1]  This is hardly a new topic, either.  [You can even buy a book on this subject and read up on what to expect][2] (keep in mind that the book is several years old, and many references are probably out-of-date).  It can also be used in a small business environment, as witnessed by the Ernie Ball Co., which [switched to linux years ago and hasn't looked back since][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Addressing each question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Software (lack thereof, incompatibility)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More often than not, there is some specific package that has been &quot;grandfathered&quot; into the system in some pseudo-critical role.  At my own work, I can think of at least 2 Microsoft Access databases that would require a complete re-write in a different language with a different set of conditions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for &quot;lack thereof&quot;, that's a function of how deep a niche role some software package will play...read my responses below...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * User comfort&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Never underestimate this.  You would not believe the number of end-users that will throw a fit to actually keep the environment they have, no matter how crufty, old, poorly designed, frustrating, or labor-intensive it is.  Seriously.  In fact, the longer the end-user becomes accustomed to the interface, the more resistance they will have to learning a new one, because there is a substantial existing investment of their own time in the interface they already know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Support tools (lack thereof or lack of knowledge in supporting Linux)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think this is an issue. The environment has been around for so long, and so many admins have tried this on their own time, that there is little (if any) lack of qualified applicants for both junior and senior sysadmin positions.  Saying there is a lack of support tools for Linux is roughly akin to saying &quot;I can't Google an answer&quot;.  There were - and still are - [tools from *years* ago][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Licensing agreement lock in (hands are tied because you've agreed to a multi-year deal with another OS vendor)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is probably a function of the size of an organization and the amount of software that they purchase.  In those cases where there are few users, per-license or small batches of licenses are purchased on an as-needed basis.  In much larger organizations, it's very tempting to sign a &quot;faustian bargain&quot; to get a 3-year contract covering thousands of desktops at a steeply discounted rate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * Some combination of all of the above?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many synergies involved (please do not stone me to death for using that overhyped buzzword...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you were to migrate an organization - of any size - to a pure-play Linux/BSD/OS X platform, I think you would have to cover the following aspects to make a successful transition:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. *External Cultural Inertia (Management).*  Management has been signing over thousands of dollars each year to &quot;buy&quot; something that has tangible value.  Convincing them that they are getting the same value with something that comes free is a hard pitch.  There is a definite psychological link between the sense you've purchased something, and that it has some intrinsic value.  This of course has been fully exploited by the industry for decades and as anyone who shops around knows, &quot;buyer beware&quot;.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. *External Cultural Inertia (End-Users).* Users are a big bundle of mystery waiting to become an explosive backlash of &quot;where's my files&quot;, &quot;I can't click the link&quot;, &quot;this used to work&quot;, &quot;my printer settings didn't come back&quot; (true OpenOffice story from the 1.x days), and my all-time favorite, &quot;but the button in the toolbar used to be over there, now it's here?  I can never find anything!&quot;  So many of them have settled into a culture of &quot;don't know, don't care, don't want to go there&quot; that explaining that the summation button in OpenOffice is the same  Excel symbol in a different location is *just not enough*.  They are doing things by muscle-memory and single-step handwritten checklists, and moving something just one pixel too far is asking them to change their world.  If your organization is &quot;young&quot;, or you have fluid staffing requirements, you can probably get away from this headache.  If it's established, with employees that have been around for years (or decades!) then you're going to encounter fierce resistance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. *Internal Cultural Inertia.*  Your existing Windows sysadmins have been weened on multiple-inheritance access control lists, multiple GUI paths leading to the same result, and a habituation to working with &quot;opaque&quot; software that consists of &quot;black box&quot; lumps of code.  Moving them into a culture where the permissions hierarchy is significantly flattened, there are multiple ways to arrive at a result from a (GASP! the horror!) *command line*, and the software is so transparent that they themselves are tempted to modify it, will be a huge culture shock.  Some old-timers may actually be in disbelief that *it is legal to actually copy the same software they are installing on their servers and take it home* (yes, it's true, you can really do that, no really, it's ok, the BSA won't care...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. *Exchange.* **Getting off of Exchange is roughly akin to getting off of crack cocaine.  There are so many organizations that are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, *that they will fight to protect it.*   I say this with all sincerity.**  If you can at least replace the calendaring/free-busy/shared contacts portion of this, then you'll have fought only half of your battle.  If you are using shared folders, custom forms, or other mucky-muck, you're pretty much in deep.  Email, no matter how old it gets, still remains one of the silent killer apps of the internet - why else would you interface just about everything else - *including websites* - to such an archaic technology?  Fuse this with irreplaceable contact information, and a TODO list about a mile long that is *critical to keeping your job*, and you suddenly realize that Exchange has your organization tightly held by the (censored-to-avoid-offensive-posting-votes).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. *Microsoft Access.*  This little nugget will cause no end of heart-ache.  Excel, Word, PowerPoint, those are down pat, but Access...Access is the fly trap of file-based database containers.  There are a handful of tools to get the data out, but the key value of Access is not so much its use as a (abet crummy) database container, but rather, the forms, code, and reporting that come with it.  You'll need to replace it with something that can provide forms, code, and reporting in a coherent package.  And there aren't many of those packages around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 6. *ActiveX.*  This is a ticking time bomb.  Any internally-deployed site within a large organization that uses ActiveX has pretty much fused themselves to a Windows platform, for better or worse.  By the way, ActiveX often implies that you'll also contend with...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 7. *Internet Explorer.*  For anyone who remembers the bad old days (version 6 and prior), enough said.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 8. *Proprietary one-off software packages.*  If you have one of these, all bets are off.  You know these when you see them, those packages that no-one else has, you paid a bundle of money to a niche vendor with no competitors, the software requires specific (outdated) versions of additional libraries, it is typically poorly written, crashes often, and the end-users are delighted that they can now click a button and it makes magic reports...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the end, it's not about &quot;superior technology&quot; or &quot;return on investment&quot;.  **It's about people and their inability to deal with change.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://davelargo.blogspot.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.winface.com/abtdef.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://news.cnet.com/2008-1082_3-5065859.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5918" />
  <row Id="39236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22056" RevisionGUID="425d9f76-e07c-494d-8837-6288d1bf023d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:40:23.037" UserId="622" Text="When considering the placement of an offsite slave database, which is more important in a network connection for maintaining up-to-date replication: low latency or high bandwidth?" />
  <row Id="39237" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22056" RevisionGUID="425d9f76-e07c-494d-8837-6288d1bf023d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:40:23.037" UserId="622" Text="Low Latency or High Bandwidth, which is more important for database replication?" />
  <row Id="39238" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22056" RevisionGUID="425d9f76-e07c-494d-8837-6288d1bf023d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:40:23.037" UserId="622" Text="&lt;database&gt;&lt;replication&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="39239" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22057" RevisionGUID="d56d95d3-03e1-42a4-9e48-65bd5baceef9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:42:31.317" UserId="7324" Text="We have rolled out such a scenario.  Typical rollout was:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  Ubuntu Linux&#xD;&#xA;2.  OpenOffice.org&#xD;&#xA;3.  Skype&#xD;&#xA;4.  JungleDisk (offsite backups, etc)&#xD;&#xA;5.  Set up printers, networking, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In some rare cases there will be some custom software that only runs on Windows and doesn't work properly under WINE, etc.  In those cases we set up a single PC with Windows XP and allowed people to use that PC for the specific task.  Depending on the software and task, this doesn't always work... but you'd be surprised what you CAN'T do if you set your mind on solutions rather than objections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS - Its also worth mentioning the savings involved and less down-time associated with running Ubuntu/Linux vs Windows.  The employees stopped installing garbage on their PCs, the PCs didn't get infected with viruses, etc.  The long terms savings on stuff like this was just a bonus." />
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  <row Id="39241" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22058" RevisionGUID="d4fb5dc1-c848-4209-ae96-eaf3adcb5af1" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:45:22.590" UserId="4271" Text="We currently used PowerDNS to host many zones using a MySQL server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PowerDNS has been great to us. Some pros/cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - List item&#xD;&#xA; - Uses MySQL backend - other DB backends are available&#xD;&#xA; - Updates to DB are published instantaneously&#xD;&#xA; - Very friendly to MySQL Replication. We run two servers with replication and updates published instantaneously to both DBs (and dns queries are instant on both)&#xD;&#xA; - SQL Scheme is very easy to use and manipulate. They provide a front-end which is hard to use for larger zones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Upgrading major versions not very fun&#xD;&#xA; - Lack of quality frontend means that you need to have a frontend to do the work. This is a good/bad thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39242" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22059" RevisionGUID="3a4285c4-769c-410e-80cf-39cafb6390a7" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:45:38.283" UserId="4011" Text="Alex,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A pretty open question but ultimately it comes down to load, resources and application/application types.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The thing to be careful of is that the more pools you make (and you can make as many as you like!) - you will have an (kinda) instance of IIS running for each pool. We had a dedicated IIS (win2k3) server with 2Gb of memory and we wanted to isolate an errant site (we had about 40 running on this server) - so we isolated each one into it's own pool to try and track it down. We ran out of memory - well the box just became unusable due to swapping. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, there are a couple of rules:&#xD;&#xA;- Different .Net versions i.e. 1.0 vs 2.0/3/3.5 will need to run in separate spaces.&#xD;&#xA;- Memory is your friend, the more the merrier. &#xD;&#xA;- As delanda says - watch out for recycling (it's a property tab on the pool) - there's some silly default settings - my favourite being: recycle after 23h (or similar) - change it to as specific time, i.e. when you're not there/time of least activity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a rule we would always use 64-bit Windows because of the larger memory space, but you must test your application - and every component - for compatibility. The upside is you can put as much memory in as you want, as the 3/3.5Gb limit is the one you are most likely to hit with most modern apps running on Windows Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, it's worth checking out MSDN and Technet as most of this stuff is pretty well documented.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mike" />
  <row Id="39243" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22060" RevisionGUID="8e669cea-e33e-4792-9f4d-a25d5a3937de" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:45:59.890" UserId="2359" Text="This might depend on how much activity your database is going to receive, or changes that will be produced on the source db.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there will be a large amount of data changing on the source db then I would opt for higher bandwidth to keep up with the changes. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless the latency is really high I don't think that this would be as large of a concern." />
  <row Id="39244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22061" RevisionGUID="406c26d0-05e6-4815-bd9b-a00cf5926a9b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:46:15.507" UserId="2783" Text="Within the Microsoft platform, most of the enterprise level programs (SharePoint, any of the System Center apps, any of the Dyamics apps, etc) all run on top of SQL Server.  For administrators of these programs, SQL Server is often a black box that is installed as a prerequisite to whatever program is their primary focus.  As a result, there is very little (if any) planning that goes into the SQL side of the installation, leading to problems that surface somewhere further upstream.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Transaction Logs that fill drives&#xD;&#xA; - No maintenance plans (or uninformed ones, such as plans that both reorganize and rebuild the indexes)&#xD;&#xA; - Unmanaged autogrowth&#xD;&#xA; - Databases and logs on the same spindles&#xD;&#xA; - Poorly chosen RAID levels&#xD;&#xA; - No backup (or recovery plan)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So... what types of problems do &quot;accidental DBAs&quot; tend to hit, and what resources would best help an accidental DBA get up to speed on SQL planning, administration and performance tuning basics?" />
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  <row Id="39248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22062" RevisionGUID="ec2ef124-9a54-4465-b227-d4c9b3c499c6" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:47:12.290" UserId="3041" Text="I want to block hotlinking of PDF files on a site.  Previously, I have used this method to block hotlinking for zip files on a different server.  Here's my .htaccess:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine on&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?mysite.com/.*$ [NC]&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule \.(pdf)$ - [F,NC]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is nearly identical code to the other site I use it on, except that I have &quot;zip&quot; in place of &quot;pdf&quot;.  For some reason, on this apache server it's blocking not just pdfs, but everything.  PHP and HTML files accessed through the browser are giving the forbidden error.  Can anyone see something I am missing in this block or have any ideas what might be causing this?" />
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  <row Id="39251" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22063" RevisionGUID="057d9b44-06e4-4950-a44e-a67ba0408591" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:47:25.347" UserId="4271" Text="If the amount of data to be replicated outpaces the available bandwidth, the replication is not going to be very successful at all. Therefore high bandwidth would be important.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, low latency would be important if you are making lots of small updates. So, it depends on whats being written to this DB." />
  <row Id="39252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22064" RevisionGUID="f28e13a0-1927-408e-8210-5b5f86ae0932" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:47:26.207" UserId="6397" Text="I have been doing hard drive backups for a while, which I believe a lot of you guys do as well, but am having trouble figuring out a better way storing them offsite. I am wondering how you guys out there do that. Any policy or tips &amp; tricks when it comes to offsite store your backups, mainly hard drives not tapes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance." />
  <row Id="39253" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22064" RevisionGUID="f28e13a0-1927-408e-8210-5b5f86ae0932" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:47:26.207" UserId="6397" Text="How do you do the offsite hard drive backups?" />
  <row Id="39254" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22064" RevisionGUID="f28e13a0-1927-408e-8210-5b5f86ae0932" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:47:26.207" UserId="6397" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;offsite&gt;" />
  <row Id="39255" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21977" RevisionGUID="39dd452a-1277-4e64-a5c9-82c11ca7d93f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:49:25.640" UserId="1054" Comment="fix spelling" Text="I'm trying to use psftp for a nightly sftp upload but I found out that it hangs. Does anyone have any experience with what may cause such hangs? The psftp can stay in this state for days at end. I tried adding -bc and -be to the start up, it already had -batch. " />
  <row Id="39256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22065" RevisionGUID="5d6ced83-2bb2-423d-aab5-ab47d0627042" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:50:04.360" UserId="5234" Text="A virtual appliance still has to run on something, and even the most basic NAS box has an OS beating at it's heart.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can *potentially* see a future where certain boxes in more specialised roles have everything controlled via hardware chips (I'm thinking PlayStation but on your server here), but there will always be a requirement for general purpose machines too.  At the end of the day, this reminds me of the bright new future that Java and .NET promised: all well and good for line of business apps, but who's gonna write device drivers or a kernel using them?  Same principle in operation here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, the VMWare folks have probably the most - shall we say - &quot;*persuasive*&quot; salesmen in the market - at least outside of the high-capacity-toner-cartridge area - so anything they say like this should be taken with the appropriate amount of salt." />
  <row Id="39257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22066" RevisionGUID="b4fcde17-e457-48ed-a14f-f1c4deba2da7" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:51:10.957" UserId="4011" Text="Open PowerShell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Paste: get-wmiobject win32_computersystem&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39258" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22067" RevisionGUID="f28921e3-988a-47e1-937e-fd94a805c378" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:51:50.657" UserId="4271" Text="I guess this depends on how much data you are storing, but online backup is where its at. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You don't have to worry about cycling through hard drives, it being stolen out of your car, and other hazards of carrying around your data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Online backup is getting cheap - currently I am paying 50 cents a gig. Backups are run one a night, and old versions are kept to a specification that I decide. It is all encrypted before it leaves our site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Switching from tape based (or HD based) backups to online backups was one of the best decisions we ever made! Hopefully you are at an organization that will consider online backups." />
  <row Id="39259" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22055" RevisionGUID="acf445ef-536e-424d-8df0-0d5237c82f6c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:54:11.293" UserId="4925" Comment="added my usage scenario" Text="Hi All!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for free opensource DNS server that can keep all the data in DB backend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently I found next solutions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - MyDNS (probably dead project) &#xD;&#xA; - PowerDNS (looks like OK) &#xD;&#xA; - Bind9 with&#xD;&#xA;   database backend (huge, db backend&#xD;&#xA;   with patches)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It need to be fast and get new zones immediately as they appear in database (not every 10 minutes or so).&#xD;&#xA;In my scenario I create many subdomains to one main domain. The zone layout will be the same for all subdomains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, can anyone tell me any other options or some glitches with current one?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="39260" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21387" RevisionGUID="1f4f3ffa-0e09-437b-ba2f-1b786e0ed9aa" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:54:55.753" UserId="7324" Comment="added 245 characters in body" Text="trac-admin /opt/trac/$setup_name permission remove anonymous '*'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should take away all permissions for anonymous users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE:&#xD;&#xA;Apparently that did not have the desired outcome for Luke.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SUGGESTION 2:&#xD;&#xA;What if you re-add anonymous and then lock it down?  You mentioned that the preference page being public isnt that big of a deal.  Would that work for you?" />
  <row Id="39261" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22068" RevisionGUID="b637aa24-3326-4534-9ec0-9419d5ad6057" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:56:07.483" UserId="1435" Text="Bit of a luxury I'll admit but we live-live our SANs and backup at each site with periodic tapes or disks going to an external company (such as [IronMountain][1]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ironmountain.com/index.asp" />
  <row Id="39262" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22069" RevisionGUID="237fdfa9-ae01-4e64-a60b-708b266594c6" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:56:57.513" UserId="1602" Text="I finally discovered the culprit: The physical network switch (supposed to be 1Gbps) was auto-negotiating to 100Mbps HALF DUPLEX(!!!), which was in turn causing all upstream from the server (including the VM's) to be capped at &lt; 1Mbps. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I mistakingly though the host was unaffected because my test on the host only included a DOWN-transfer and not UP. (doh! sorry!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess this question should now be renamed to: Why is my switch auto-negotiating some ports to 100Mbps HALF DUPLEX when it should be auto-negotiating all ports to 1Gbps FULL DUPLEX! It's an old switch so I'm thinking some ports on it just can't crank it up to FULL DUPLEX anymore. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lesson to be learned: When you are about ready to kill someone (or yourself), chances are it's a hardware problem." />
  <row Id="39263" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22070" RevisionGUID="4edc2bc6-2df5-4c79-97cf-0c52c5648fef" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:57:07.263" UserId="1736" Text="Well, it definitely shouldn't do that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Is that your *entire* `.htaccess`, or just part of it?  I ask because I was just trying to answer a question earlier today where the problem was being caused by `.htaccess` contents that were outside what the poster included in his question.&#xD;&#xA;2. Do the documents deliver normally if you disable the `.htaccess`?" />
  <row Id="39264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22071" RevisionGUID="17914933-c34a-4237-9f10-b1cb481a33f2" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:57:11.990" UserId="7324" Text="Depending on how much you need to back up I would recommend the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  JungleDisk / Amazon S3  -  Works VERY well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.  RSYNC to a remote machine also works very well.  CRON job every XX hours.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39267" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="22031" RevisionGUID="800be78b-0eb1-409b-bf4e-7d113e5fc55a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:57:23.627" UserId="1435" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;small-business&gt;" />
  <row Id="39268" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22073" RevisionGUID="cca95e0d-a243-4520-a70e-dde7809a6882" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:57:36.247" UserId="5535" Text="If you're looking for something a bit more packaged here are two suggestions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FitPC  &#xD;&#xA;  http://fit-pc2.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Netbook  &#xD;&#xA;  There are a number of netbooks that would work for this.  And as a bonus you can use it for other things as well." />
  <row Id="39269" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22064" RevisionGUID="0279d9a4-6041-489b-9145-01d55f7e79bf" CreationDate="2009-06-08T17:58:08.990" UserId="6397" Comment="added 367 characters in body" Text="I have been doing hard drive backups for a while, which I believe a lot of you guys do as well, but am having trouble figuring out a better way storing them offsite. I am wondering how you guys out there do that. Any policy or tips &amp; tricks when it comes to offsite store your backups, mainly hard drives not tapes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[update] Thanks for mentioning the online backup. We are actually in the middle of this process.  And I 100% agree that it's the ultimate way to go. However, considering the cost, sometimes it may not be the option, as it's a quite expensive option if you also consider the application level. I guess online backup can be a very good one in the separate topic. :)" />
  <row Id="39270" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22074" RevisionGUID="5871832c-3afb-4c64-a553-b6355460cb0f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:00:03.700" UserDisplayName="RoswellC" Text="Paolo:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows Mail really does work in Win 7, but it can be a little touchy to get set up initially. I have received all the same error messages you did, but stick with it and you will succeed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try this: Delete all the files you have installed in the Windows Mail folder in Win 7; then copy them in again from Vista. Now click on Winmail.exe, and when it asks for the path to the message store, navigate to this location:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;C:\Users\%Administrator%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Supply whatever your Win 7 knows you as in place of the %Administrator% in the above path.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once WinMail has found its message store files--and they are there--it should run normally. Of course you will have to set up all your connection parameters again, just like you did when you first started using Windows Mail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best,&#xD;&#xA;RoswellC&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39271" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22075" RevisionGUID="575f56b0-a01a-4ccd-9a99-78ca00e63882" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:00:04.590" UserId="5234" Text="    net localgroup &quot;A&amp;H Support (Accenture)&quot; /add&#xD;&#xA;    The command completed successfully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Worked a charm." />
  <row Id="39272" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22076" RevisionGUID="e879a2cc-eed0-45d4-be4d-0663765fa47c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:00:06.740" UserId="3566" Text="I've done a reasonable amount of hobbyist embedded hacking, and I've got two suggestions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. [Linksys WRT600N](http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/WRT600N) (which has usb) or [Linksys WRT54GL](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BTL0OA) with dd-wrt or some other custom firmware.  Get the cross-compiling setup on your desktop and start porting some open-source software that you might want to run on them.  Once you're comfortable with the build environment, you can move to develop your own apps.  If you're really adventuresome you can google around for some of the hardware hacking projects for the WRT54GL.  For example, mine has a [serial port](http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/WRT54GL_MAX232_Serial) sticking out the side.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. [Digium AA50](http://www.voipsupply.com/digium-s800i) or the [Free Telephony IP04](http://www.rowetel.com/ucasterisk/store.html) these are really fun embedded telephony platforms that run on the Blackfin processor.  The blackfin has built-in DSP capabilities which opens up a lot of interesting media-processing possibilities in the telephony side of things.  I know you wanted a file-server, but you'd be surprised how much you'll learn if you build your own embedded PBX." />
  <row Id="39273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22077" RevisionGUID="f221e3cd-0158-4919-922d-fb2cb918fb16" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:00:34.260" UserId="1435" Text="If you're asking because you want the power/lack-of-licence-cost of *nix but ideally have something that's easy to maintain then consider [OS X Server][1]. It's very easy to use, offers lots of different 'services', has great Windows, Mac and Linux integration and has not per-seat costs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It may not fit for you but at least you'll have considered it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/" />
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  <row Id="39275" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20951" RevisionGUID="f14178c0-1dda-4fc2-81fa-49a7aea8fd35" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:01:21.387" UserId="1602" Comment="Discovered solution - changed nature of the question" Text="I have a VM host with a Gigabit network connection hosting about 5 guest OS's on a bridged virtual network. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that the VM Host (including all guest VM's) is only able to transfer at about 100K/s on the network despite there being ABSOLUTELY NO network traffic whatsoever. The odd thing is that this only happens in upstream transfers. Downstream transfers are still normal. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas as to the cause? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***UPDATE***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have narrowed the culprit to being the 100Mb HALF DUPLEX network connection on the VM host. This is causing an effect of network transfers only being fast in one direction. " />
  <row Id="39276" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="20951" RevisionGUID="f14178c0-1dda-4fc2-81fa-49a7aea8fd35" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:01:21.387" UserId="1602" Comment="Discovered solution - changed nature of the question" Text="Slow network transferring in one direction" />
  <row Id="39277" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="20951" RevisionGUID="f14178c0-1dda-4fc2-81fa-49a7aea8fd35" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:01:21.387" UserId="1602" Comment="Discovered solution - changed nature of the question" Text="&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="39278" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22078" RevisionGUID="e9d05b49-de89-4a78-a229-2152998a1fd9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:01:30.670" UserId="6609" Text="I have an older HP NetServer LPr with what is apparently a Symbios SCSI card connecting to a Quantum SuperLoader 3 that is DLT based.  From time to time, we seem to lose the connection to the autoloader.  It's usually due to flaky power, but not totally sure why; sometimes when this happens the Autoloader's LED's are orange and it needs to be power cycled. The annoying workaround currently is to reboot the machine.  As it is our production VPN and DNS server in addition to being our backup server, this is less than optimal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Debian (Sarge) is there not some command one can type to get the card to notice that it has the autoloader connected again?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dcr1:/proc# grep -i symbios /proc/pci&#xD;&#xA;        SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c895 (rev 1).&#xD;&#xA;    dcr1:/proc# uname -a&#xD;&#xA;    Linux dcr1 2.4.27-3-686 #1 Tue Dec 5 21:03:54 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux&#xD;&#xA;    dcr1:/proc# mt status&#xD;&#xA;    mt: /dev/tape: No such device&#xD;&#xA;    dcr1:/proc# ls -l /dev/tape&#xD;&#xA;    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 2007-02-07 16:01 /dev/tape -&gt; /dev/st0&#xD;&#xA;    dcr1:/proc#&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That mt status command will show the actual st0 status when things are working correctly. The No such device message is usually the second clue that we need to reboot - the first clue is usually that the backups didn't run.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39279" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22078" RevisionGUID="e9d05b49-de89-4a78-a229-2152998a1fd9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:01:30.670" UserId="6609" Text="Linux machine can't find its tape drive" />
  <row Id="39280" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22078" RevisionGUID="e9d05b49-de89-4a78-a229-2152998a1fd9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:01:30.670" UserId="6609" Text="&lt;scsi&gt;&lt;autoloader&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;dlt&gt;" />
  <row Id="39281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22079" RevisionGUID="2e1eea99-42fa-423f-809c-bc1609b7b929" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:01:35.303" UserId="846" Text="The primary determiner of a latency requirement is whether the primary application waits for response/confirmation of the data being posted on the slave.  If such confirmation is required, then the low latency is necessary to not bog the application down.  If the application doesn't care then latency likely isn't an issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The primary determiner of a bandwidth requirement is the volume of data being changed and the amount of time you are willing to put up with the slave being behind after a burst of changes.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22080" RevisionGUID="3649c861-f542-41dd-b0af-bfcb6ee52e06" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:02:19.013" UserId="1561" Text="I know that you're out there.  You've heard of this &quot;linux thingy&quot; and thought you might give it a spin on the weekend.  You gave it a whirl, started the machine up, and something didn't quite work as expected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've done admin work in both Windows and Linux.  I've also watched people &quot;struggle&quot; with trying to grasp Linux.  This appears to happen again and again, so the question(s) become:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What were your expectations?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How were those expectations not met?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What was the *basis* of those expectations?  Was it your prior experience?" />
  <row Id="39283" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22080" RevisionGUID="3649c861-f542-41dd-b0af-bfcb6ee52e06" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:02:19.013" UserId="1561" Text="As a Windows administrator, what were the issues you encountered with trying to learn ANY linux distro?" />
  <row Id="39284" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22080" RevisionGUID="3649c861-f542-41dd-b0af-bfcb6ee52e06" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:02:19.013" UserId="1561" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;learning&gt;" />
  <row Id="39285" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22071" RevisionGUID="c6c752c3-0903-49e7-85e3-06d0921cc485" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:02:25.253" UserId="7324" Comment="added 503 characters in body" Text="Depending on how much you need to back up I would recommend the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  JungleDisk / Amazon S3  -  Works VERY well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.  RSYNC to a remote machine also works very well.  CRON job every XX hours.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We back up almost a TB of data to Amazon's S3 cloud and have a &quot;warm standby&quot; at our colo backing up from the master several times a day (via rsync).  The cost for transfer/storage on Amazon S3 is extremely cheap.  (ie. cheaper than burning to a DVD but not cheaper than backing up to HDD.  I know some folks who simply plug in a 1TB UDB &quot;My Book&quot; or something into the server and back it up weekly/monthly.  Depending on your needs one or two of those might be the cheapest solution for you." />
  <row Id="39286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22081" RevisionGUID="920b2681-996f-4c3e-92c0-1fd98a2ec64e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:02:45.690" UserId="2413" Text="i've backups coming from couple of places [ countries in fact ] to one central server. backups are driven by [backupninja][1], i use [rdiff-backup][2], [rsync][3] and custom scripts. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;central server keeps online 14days of history.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;every morning [ after all data arrives ] i rsync whole content of online data to [usb-attached 1TB disk][4]. during the day content of the disk is verifies [ at least part done with rdiff-backup ] so i'm quite sure it can be recovered in the future. usb drives get rotated weekly. and are stored 'away' from server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this works fine for reasonably small amount of data - in my case it's &lt; 200GB of data, ~5GB of diff every 24hours. if there is need to restore - in 90% i can do it from online copy. if data that needs to be recovered is older than 14 days - i can quickly fetch it from offsite location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://riseuplabs.org/backupninja/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/non-gnu/rdiff-backup/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.samba.org/rsync/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/external/freeagent/freeagent_desk/" />
  <row Id="39287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22082" RevisionGUID="6bd2c36d-3b07-4b36-9ce6-cbdbf032a0fc" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:02:56.797" UserId="8262" Text="After MySQL has been running for some time (usually 4-6 hours), some larger and more load-intensive queries permanently (until restart) fail, returning the following error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Can't create/write to file '#sql_75ed_0.MYD' (Errcode: 17)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Googling this error returns many likely causes, but I feel this may be resolvable in two easy methods;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Optimize the queries. (A good solution for the long term.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Tune MySQL configuration in some way. (This is what I want done)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In light of the question, here are our current non-default values in my.cnf:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    query_cache_size = 8M&#xD;&#xA;    query_cache_limit = 8M&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    thread_cache_size = 4&#xD;&#xA;    max_connections = 90&#xD;&#xA;    table_cache = 4096&#xD;&#xA;    innodb_buffer_pool_size = 900M&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    tmp_table_size = 512M&#xD;&#xA;    max_heap_table_size = 256M&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    innodb_file_per_table&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am inclined to believe that we may notice significant performance gains by tuning these variables further, but that is a question pending later question-asking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is an example query that begins to fail:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SELECT DISTINCT u.user_id, u.username, u.username_clean, u.user_colour, MAX(s.session_time) as online_time, MIN(s.session_viewonline) AS viewonline FROM (table_users u, table_zebra z) LEFT JOIN table_sessions s ON (s.session_user_id = z.zebra_id) WHERE z.user_id = 4 AND z.friend = 1 AND u.user_id = z.zebra_id GROUP BY z.zebra_id, u.user_id, u.username_clean, u.user_colour, u.username ORDER BY u.username_clean ASC&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any assistance would be appreciated!" />
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  <row Id="39289" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22082" RevisionGUID="6bd2c36d-3b07-4b36-9ce6-cbdbf032a0fc" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:02:56.797" UserId="8262" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;lamp&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;sql&gt;&lt;sqlserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="39290" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21387" RevisionGUID="af846d36-f154-4f84-b579-5635db6b0c81" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:03:40.713" UserId="7324" Comment="added 12 characters in body" Text="trac-admin /opt/trac/$setup_name permission remove anonymous '*'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should take away all permissions for anonymous users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE:&#xD;&#xA;Apparently that did not have the desired outcome for Luke.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SUGGESTION 2:&#xD;&#xA;What if you re-add anonymous and then lock it down?  #1 comment mentioned that the preference page being public isnt that big of a deal.  Would that work for you Luke?" />
  <row Id="39291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22083" RevisionGUID="a9add378-bebf-4048-b4bf-75d8dc229731" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:04:51.707" UserId="1435" Text="Odd answer in a way as it's not a tech tool directly - but I couldn't live without [EverNote][1]. It's a centralised note taking system, it has Windows, Mac, iPhone clients and lets you clip pits of web pages (with links to the original), has catergories, records images &amp; voice notes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's what I use when my brain breaks :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.evernote.com/" />
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  <row Id="39293" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19485" RevisionGUID="e6fe7e9c-f4a0-4064-ae31-3107fe380092" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:05:07.027" UserId="1561" Comment="added 104 characters in body; edited tags" Text="This question will be submitted as a wiki.  The intent is to gather valuable configurations, deployment ideas, and smb.conf settings to assist with this wonderful service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having used this for over a year in a mission-critical role, I can safely say that there are ups and downs to using this software; but along the way, I also learned a thing or two that separates truth from hype.  What things have you encountered, done, or otherwise thought of to make this service work its best?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is just sad.  Not a single post in a week.  C'mon people, you can do better than that!" />
  <row Id="39294" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="19485" RevisionGUID="e6fe7e9c-f4a0-4064-ae31-3107fe380092" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:05:07.027" UserId="1561" Comment="added 104 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;samba&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="39295" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17995" RevisionGUID="3e487cc1-7278-43a5-bc20-1d84fef00a62" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:05:21.537" UserId="1803" Comment="added 552 characters in body" Text="SCVMM is unable to handle this conversion - just tells me flat out that my Proliant 3000 (yes, go ahead and laugh) isn't a P2V option unless I upgrade it to 2003 server for an online conversion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just wondered if anyone had already skinned this cat before I get started.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[edit] I should mention that the eventual destination is a HyperV server, so I'll be putting the poor VM through a SCVMM conversion to VHD, in case that has any impact on the answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**&#xD;&#xA;The .vmdk from the Converter works phenomenally ... in vmware player.  Converting with either vmdk2vhd or SCVMM results in a machine that freezes during windows load, or a blue screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reading up teaches me that VMWare machines boot to SCSI, and hyper V CANNOT boot from SCSI, which is what the converter is supposed to remedy.  So far I've tried removing scsi devices before the conversion (didn't help) and replacing the %windir%\system32\hal.dll with one from a functioning VM of the same OS/patch (no joy).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any thoughts/ideas?" />
  <row Id="39296" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21964" RevisionGUID="c1eb5b1e-7b89-40ac-aafa-5fccbcdc4d18" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:05:45.247" UserId="3528" Comment="additional info" Text="Unless you are using the Linux oracle provides, you should choose windows 2008 for stability performance and manageability.  Oracle provides linux with their install for the simple reason that they own it.  It's got nothing to do with stability or performance.  As described [here][1] Windows was the equal of or outperformed linux. I don't know of any other independant studies for 2008 but every upgrade I've seen showed improvemnt in performance over 2003&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.perftuning.com/pdf/Comparison_Oracle_Windows_Linux.pdf" />
  <row Id="39297" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="22082" RevisionGUID="a8823c41-ae5c-44d4-8dd2-2e14a37ae65c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:05:51.333" UserId="1736" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;lamp&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="39298" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22084" RevisionGUID="689d203e-cfbb-41f0-9889-1f78e5dab15f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:05:53.360" UserId="2744" Text="Have you tried removing and re-adding the 'st' (scsi tape) module? Might prevent the need for a reboot at least...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;lsmod | grep st&#xD;&#xA;sudo rmmod st&#xD;&#xA;sudo modprobe st&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22085" RevisionGUID="055768d8-bf50-45c9-a0fb-ce084d2e29b1" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:06:01.503" UserId="7200" Text="Basically, that depends.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That depends on the database, the type of replication, and quantity of data being replicated (workload / transactions per unit of time, log updates, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Log shipping usually means that your unit of replication is fairly large (multiple KB), and you're probably going to benefit from more bandwidth moreso than lower latency.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're doing replication of individual transactions (can be done through different means with different database engines), you may be generating traffic that is bursty small packets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your best bet is to mock it up in as close to a real-world implementation as possible and measure. You can talk to people using similiar software and having similar workloads to get a feel for scale. In the end, you're going to probably need to do it to see how it works." />
  <row Id="39300" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22030" RevisionGUID="45dac245-42c1-42ae-b14b-566ba6e595b3" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:06:14.840" UserId="2255" Comment="added 55 characters in body" Text="Imagine the following situation: I want to have a tiny, light server that is able to run some services like basic Web, ftp, printing servers and pluging hard drives via usb.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to use it as a tool for learning about embedded devices and programming for those architectures. I have the intention to test a home-security system with a webcam also...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What would be a good architecture, specific device, brand or any recommendation for a beginner? I have experience with both linux and C programming.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: As a starter I also have a limited budget! ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks!" />
  <row Id="39301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22086" RevisionGUID="fdb9910e-d286-40f5-8d0a-9df32478cf0d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:06:33.233" UserId="2561" Text="One method within the limits you set would be to find a close bank with safety-deposit boxes and put them in there.  How close it is would be a trade-off between convenience / risk.  The closer it is, the higher the chances that a disaster would also effect that location." />
  <row Id="39302" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22087" RevisionGUID="118c88af-b246-4a9b-a0a9-f2b3f968cb0e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:06:34.420" UserId="2487" Text="A possible solution is to use an LDAP.  There are some vBulletin plugins that allow basic LDAP integration.  Apache can also be configured to authenticate via an LDAP" />
  <row Id="39303" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22088" RevisionGUID="e23eca4a-30c4-4256-b986-40e937382a8f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:08:03.557" UserId="4011" Text="It depends on the size/shape of your backup requirement, your technical ability and the frequency of data change...!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simplest option is to hire another server from Rackspace (or another provider), VPN over to it and Robocopy your files. Make a script that does some simple Father, Grandfather, Son stuff and test test test... All of this can be automated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As with all backups it's important to do a DR day periodically because you may have your data, but what if you forgot to have a copy of the application you are running handy...!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's often the simplest things that fail, NOT the most complex or the ones you think...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mike" />
  <row Id="39304" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22081" RevisionGUID="a9041590-7520-4093-8651-ddf84ed8ecff" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:08:05.697" UserId="2413" Comment="added 128 characters in body" Text="i've backups coming from couple of places [ countries in fact ] to one central server. backups are driven by [backupninja][1], i use [rdiff-backup][2], [rsync][3] and custom scripts. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;central server keeps online 14days of history.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;every morning [ after all data arrives ] i rsync whole content of online data to [usb-attached 1TB disk][4]. during the day content of the disk is verifies [ at least part done with rdiff-backup ] so i'm quite sure it can be recovered in the future. usb drives get rotated weekly. and are stored 'away' from server. data on usb drives sits on [encrypted partition][5] so there is no need for safty storage. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this works fine for reasonably small amount of data - in my case it's &lt; 200GB of data, ~5GB of diff every 24hours. if there is need to restore - in 90% i can do it from online copy. if data that needs to be recovered is older than 14 days - i can quickly fetch it from offsite location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://riseuplabs.org/backupninja/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/non-gnu/rdiff-backup/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.samba.org/rsync/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/external/freeagent/freeagent_desk/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.truecrypt.org/" />
  <row Id="39305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22089" RevisionGUID="d2d3e012-dcda-4414-a6b4-e73b5c1b8088" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:08:16.443" UserId="1803" Text="Currently downloading Server, in hopes that I can add a drive before the conversion, per [this method][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverhyperv/thread/ef8c12f7-c45d-442e-9a30-c43cd87df3b3" />
  <row Id="39306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22090" RevisionGUID="3c602fd1-5c6a-4ee1-b2e8-4ed32cb486f9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:09:19.657" UserId="4806" Text="I have a computer that a password appeared for the Hard drive, I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro, Model No. M15-S405. I called customer service and they want me to drive 200 miles so they can flash the BIOS. I know some friends who have jobs in circuitry so I was just going to take it to them. Flashing the BIOS can be pretty risky, so I wanted to try to just take out both the BIOS and hard drive batteries and try to let it reset. I am planning on re-imaging the computer so it's fine if I lose the information on the drive So:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Is there a way I can figure out the password for the hard drive?&#xD;&#xA; - Will pulling out the batteries not work or did Toshiba customer service just not think of it?&#xD;&#xA; - Is flashing the BIOS to risky to attempt or should I just take some precautions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39307" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22090" RevisionGUID="3c602fd1-5c6a-4ee1-b2e8-4ed32cb486f9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:09:19.657" UserId="4806" Text="Is there a way to find out a computer's BIOS password for the Hard drive?" />
  <row Id="39308" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22090" RevisionGUID="3c602fd1-5c6a-4ee1-b2e8-4ed32cb486f9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:09:19.657" UserId="4806" Text="&lt;bios&gt;&lt;battery&gt;&lt;password&gt;" />
  <row Id="39309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22091" RevisionGUID="d2aa4a9c-73eb-4eb0-a453-e189563fcd46" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:09:40.357" UserId="4271" Text="Try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine on&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?domain\.com/.*$ [NC]&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule .*\.pdf$ - [F,L]" />
  <row Id="39310" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22092" RevisionGUID="0c6a4ce3-34b3-4213-aa19-ca126f452adc" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:10:17.907" UserId="1736" Text="It's pretty obscure, but I think you might (just might) have a bunch of dead SQL temporary tables like that one hanging around, and eventually mysqld tries to reuse the same filename and fails because it has internal rules telling it never to overwrite a `.MYD`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I would recommend is looking to see where these `#sql_XXXX_X.MYD` files live, shut down mysqld, clean out the temp files and restart it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is in fact what's going on, optimizing your query will seem to help if you can get it so that it doesn't create temp tables, but unless you clean out the dead files the benefit will be illusory.  Optimizing the query so you're less likely to get dead temp tables in the future is a fine idea, though." />
  <row Id="39312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22094" RevisionGUID="309b3cbb-19a6-44ee-be6d-53e395afbc02" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:12:17.247" UserId="1054" Text="I could see a big expectation let down with Windows admins who think that everything can be solved via some GUI tool.  This shouldn't even be assumed in Windows..." />
  <row Id="39313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22095" RevisionGUID="232ada50-a030-4479-99b8-570f3042ff90" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:12:43.610" UserId="1840" Text="My biggest issue was coming mostly from the GUI world of Windows and OS X... and thinking I could do what I needed from a GUI in Linux.  In this first I try failed miserably.  My second try was setting up everything from CLI, and that was actually WAY better.  Right now, I still don't think I can do everything I want from the GUI.  &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22096" RevisionGUID="eeda2149-9bb9-4f67-972e-fd5fdc457468" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:14:42.500" UserId="1054" Text="Last time I called IBM on that they said that this is C2 level security, so basically no.  The password, I believe, is stored on the drive itself so pulling batteries isn't going to do it for you.  We ended up putting the disk through an electromagnet which sure did a job on the drive heads....  " />
  <row Id="39315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22097" RevisionGUID="c0c4bd99-8002-4f56-a098-3c6e8798767b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:15:47.910" UserId="8199" Text="I think the biggest problem is mapping common tasks using that I use in Windows to Linux. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Windows, I can pretty easily figure out what's starting up when the machine comes up. It took a while to find that equivalent in Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Windows, I can see all the devices and files associated with it's driver. I can easily diagnose problems. In Linux you have to know what you're looking for in /dev or forget it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Same with understanding drives and partitions. In windows, a hard drive is a hard drive, where in linux, is it a scsi device? IDE?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setting display settings. xorg.conf, window decorators and changing settings in cde, kde, gnome were all different from Windows, and confusing since each distro is different. Remote displays, display redirection, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dealing with USB devices&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;User accounts and Security groups. How long before you figured out what the wheel group was?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Kernel modules were a mystery" />
  <row Id="39316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22098" RevisionGUID="0c8b0617-be03-4ac5-b3a7-685c21b96301" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:17:18.360" UserId="4562" Text="I ran Ubuntu Linux for a couple years before recently switching to Windows 7 on my primary laptop.  I found the learning curve to be fairly time consuming but also rewarding as I love to learn new technologies.  I had to run XP in a virtual machine due to my addiction to Outlook 2007 as well as some Win-only gui mgmt tools.  Working between the two OSes was a bit tedious, especially when I had links or attachments in Outlook that I wanted to open on the host machine.  On the other end, it was nice to have both systems running concurrently for testing of anything that came up. In the end I decided to switch back to Windows with a Linux server available for testing." />
  <row Id="39317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22099" RevisionGUID="27fc573e-f486-49cb-93d1-b4bbbd4cd388" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:17:43.757" UserId="846" Text="My take ... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows abstracts away a lot of things, and those abstractions are taken for granted by Windows folks.  This starts with the alphabet soup of *nix flavors and distributions.  There are lots of decisions in *Nix that Windows has made itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1- Working from the command line and config files - many Windows folks struggle with it, because it is so rarely necessary in basic Windows installations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2- file system permissions, chmod, the numbers, etc.  Linux permissions often just don't compute initially to Windows folks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3- The gui systems (there is more than one???) versus the shell.  X, K, gnome, bash, and so on.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22100" RevisionGUID="dd82c6f7-08c5-4117-92bf-99851333a5b2" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:19:56.170" UserId="4733" Text="Depending on what you mean:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you mean a BIOS password then there should be a jumper located on the board.  Remove it and restart the machine.  It may even be labeled in tiny letters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you mean a password for the actual hard drive....I have googled for this info before for Dell Laptops.  It seems there is something that you can run from a floppy that will let you bypass it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sorry this is so vague, but maybe it gives hope.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22101" RevisionGUID="a1368b49-944e-48a2-a66a-af0f759b1600" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:20:04.050" UserId="5351" Text="&gt; Is there a way I can figure out the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; password for the hard drive?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While this *might* be technically possible, I doubt it's something you'd want to spend the money or time on. It's not easy and it requires a lot of technical experience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Will pulling out the batteries not&#xD;&#xA;&gt; work or did Toshiba customer service&#xD;&#xA;&gt; just not think of it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, it's possible this will work. Toshiba customer service is probably not allowed to suggest to the customer something that requires them to open the laptop, so even if the tech thought of this, he might not have been able to say so. If you can easily locate the battery, give it a shot. The longer you leave the battery out, the better (a few hours to be extra safe).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Is flashing the BIOS to risky to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; attempt or should I just take some&#xD;&#xA;&gt; precautions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Flashing the BIOS isn't that risky. As long as you're certain you're using the correct BIOS update and you follow the procedures (make sure you have the power supply plugged in!), it should go as planned. The most common causes for failure are using an incorrect BIOS update (i.e., a BIOS update for a different model laptop) or canceling the update while it's installing (for example if the battery dies, which is why you should **always** use a power supply when doing BIOS updates)." />
  <row Id="39320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22102" RevisionGUID="60254c81-5764-4532-a6c8-b45d45427df1" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:20:19.400" UserId="8199" Text="Check this out:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://igorshare.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/skydrive-powershell-provider-far-beyond-reach/" />
  <row Id="39321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22103" RevisionGUID="a099d4c1-888e-4ccb-a305-65f8b1d49dc8" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:20:29.883" UserId="4535" Text="I'll bite.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. I expected to find drivers for all of my hardware from the manufacturer's website. This being the case for Windows, I figured it was a legitimate idea for Linux. Not so. Most of the drivers you need are either 3rd-party reverse engineered drivers found on SourceForge, or are already in the kernel. Which leads into:&#xD;&#xA;2. I expected that manufacturer's drivers were going to be better than open-source drivers. Not really. Sometimes they have uses (the nvidia and ati proprietary drivers, for example), but the ratio of good-to-awful drivers is about 50/50 for proprietary, and 85/15 for open-source drivers. Having a distribution that includes a lot of software makes it easier to access such drivers.&#xD;&#xA;3. I thought that everything would &quot;just work&quot; off the bat. In many cases, it did, but I realized that Linux isn't like Windows in that regard. **Linux doesn't do anything until you tell it to.** This works very well when you're an expert, but it's hampering when you don't know what to tell it.&#xD;&#xA;4. I thought I'd pick it up quickly. I didn't. It took about 3 years of reading, experimenting, and fixing (and sometimes reformatting) until I really got the hang of it. Make sure you have a test server to experiment on, and do don't anything to production until you're sure it works.&#xD;&#xA;5. Read the [Rute Guide][1]. It's your friend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://rute.2038bug.com/rute.html.gz" />
  <row Id="39322" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22104" RevisionGUID="4393cd15-fbef-4302-bd37-2106534bdddf" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:20:55.483" UserId="999" Text="The  [Samba documentation][1] states quite clearly that is only capable of functioning as an NT4 style Primary Domain Controller and can not function as an Active Directory server.  I manage a group of mixed systems (windows xp workstations and linux servers of various flavors), and looking to centralize authentication of various server applications as well as the client workstations.  I am considering setting up a Samba server, but I can't find a feature break down between what would be offered by a PDC and an ADS to aid me in deciding if a Samba server would satisfy my goals.  Does anyone know where I could find such a feature comparison?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/samba-pdc.html" />
  <row Id="39323" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22104" RevisionGUID="4393cd15-fbef-4302-bd37-2106534bdddf" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:20:55.483" UserId="999" Text="Differences between Active Directory Server and PDC" />
  <row Id="39324" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22104" RevisionGUID="4393cd15-fbef-4302-bd37-2106534bdddf" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:20:55.483" UserId="999" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;samba&gt;&lt;smb&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="39325" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12278" RevisionGUID="deac6bca-d5b9-4710-93cf-cdc33fcdf50e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:20:59.100" UserId="370" Comment="edited tags; added 117 characters in body" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;services&gt;&lt;memory&gt;&lt;svchost&gt;" />
  <row Id="39326" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21911" RevisionGUID="2ce260d4-cbc6-4c35-9b2b-2ee1bdce738a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:22:06.790" UserId="4310" Comment="added a new tag" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;centos&gt;&lt;installation&gt;&lt;openoffice&gt;" />
  <row Id="39327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22105" RevisionGUID="4a06b3ac-b79a-468a-ab3f-24a25da37289" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:22:53.013" UserId="5234" Text="Mostly that they are two very different beasts, and that there is no way you can take what you know of Windows and try to map it to Linux/Unix.  The same applies in the reverse direction of course: I've seen folks who I would rate as very competent Unix admins having genuine difficulty with Windows.  I'd safely enough say that 90% of the problems people have arise from bringing preconceptions from one environment over to the other." />
  <row Id="39328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22106" RevisionGUID="74b1d444-fd03-4d06-a5b9-183bff770e21" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:23:37.257" UserId="1561" Text="PDC-style setups are &quot;flat&quot; arrangements, where security is on a peering level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ADS provides hierarchical controls, in a tree-like structure.  It integrates Kerberos, DNS, and LDAP concepts into a unified, cohesive holistic approach." />
  <row Id="39329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22107" RevisionGUID="cc790f0b-01fb-4799-ac19-a2d6522fba89" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:23:45.743" UserId="7200" Text="SECEDIT is your friend for what you're trying to do. Have a look at the help for the tool. Basically, you're going to want to build a template containing the settings you're looking for. Then, you'll apply that template to computers on which you'd like those settings changed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Open an empty Microsoft Management&#xD;&#xA;   Console. Add a &quot;Security Templates&quot;&#xD;&#xA;   snap-in with File / Add/Remove&#xD;&#xA;   Snap-in.&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA; - Open the &quot;Security Templates&quot; node&#xD;&#xA;   and the next node underneath&#xD;&#xA;   (normally&#xD;&#xA;   &quot;C:\WINDOWS\security\templates&quot;). &#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA; - Right-click the&#xD;&#xA;   &quot;C:\WINDOWS\security\templates&quot; node&#xD;&#xA;   and choose &quot;New Template&quot;. Name the&#xD;&#xA;   new template and set the description&#xD;&#xA;   as you desire.&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA; - Expand the new template. Set the&#xD;&#xA;   various settings as you'd like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The security policy you created is stored in the &quot;C:\WINDOWS\security\templates&quot; directory by default, named with whatever name you chose and a &quot;.INF&quot; extension. Copy this file to a machine where you want to apply the settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the machine where the settings are to be applied, run the following command from the directory where your &quot;.INF&quot; security template file is located:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SECEDIT /configure /db secedit.sdb /cfg &lt;path and filename of INF file&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will apply the security template to the local security database. You can verify the &quot;before and after&quot; by examining the local security policy. (Be sure and close / re-open the local security policy management tool between applications of the INF file, because, AFAIK, these tools don't dynamically refresh themselves.)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39330" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12278" RevisionGUID="deac6bca-d5b9-4710-93cf-cdc33fcdf50e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:20:59.100" UserId="370" Comment="edited tags; added 117 characters in body" Text="Task Manager shows the overall memory usage of svchost.exe. Is there a way to view the memory usage of individual services?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;Note this is similar to http://serverfault.com/questions/2786/finegrain-performance-reporting-on-svchost-exe" />
  <row Id="39331" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22108" RevisionGUID="585a2faf-b758-465a-8b36-b687cd88e2c2" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:26:55.110" UserId="3290" Text="MySQL creates temporary files in certain situations to handle query results.  One common situation where this occurs is when sorting occurs on column data that is of text or blob type.  Others include when the maximum allowed temporary table size is exhausted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The creation of these tables indicate queries that may not be fully optimized, but in some cases they cannot be avoided.  However, you should not receive errors (in some production environments that I work with, dozens of these might get created every minute).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usually the files are created in /tmp .  You can watch that directory and see them being created and destroyed.  If /tmp, or whichever directory is being used, is not writeable by the mysql user, that maybe your problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise, look for more mundane issues, such as out of disk space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here is some addition information from the MySQL docs.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/internal-temporary-tables.html" />
  <row Id="39332" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22109" RevisionGUID="5bf6450a-c13f-4040-b7c8-63bbfa5e0703" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:28:19.227" UserId="8629" Text="Don't stop at just backing up the data--- we make regular Ghost images of our main servers, and keep those offsite as well.   " />
  <row Id="39333" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22110" RevisionGUID="eaa86d8f-34df-452c-a234-794e6bf2e645" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:28:39.210" UserId="658" Text="According to the [Google Issues list for Chromium][1], this issue was reported in Sep 2008. [The NTLM passthrough feature][2] has been given to the Google Summer of Code team. It sounds like it will be worked on in [Summer 2009 at the Google Summer of Code][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/list&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=19#c70&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://code.google.com/soc/" />
  <row Id="39334" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22080" RevisionGUID="e93104d6-4ae9-4b31-9574-15482bee11b9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:29:00.833" UserId="1561" Comment="added 189 characters in body" Text="I know that you're out there.  You've heard of this &quot;linux thingy&quot; and thought you might give it a spin on the weekend.  You gave it a whirl, started the machine up, and something didn't quite work as expected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've done admin work in both Windows and Linux.  I've also watched people &quot;struggle&quot; with trying to grasp Linux.  This appears to happen again and again, so the question(s) become:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What were your expectations?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How were those expectations not met?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What was the *basis* of those expectations?  Was it your prior experience?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The most coherent answer with complete examples will be awarded.  If I can't find an answer that explains the bulk of difficulties encountered, this will be turned into a wiki." />
  <row Id="39335" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22111" RevisionGUID="e230d38c-2288-4c92-aaa1-bfff75ae3289" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:29:53.123" UserId="1054" Text="HIGH LEVEL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An Active Directory domain controller is basically a server that provides access to the distributed system that is Active Directory.  In an Active Directory domain any domain controller can provide full read-write access to the domain.  It was the PDC in NT4 domains that provided the write-access, then synced down to BDC's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One server in an Active Directory domain will hold the role of PDC Emulator for the purposes of backward compatibility with older NT4 domains.  The server that holds this role acts as the middle-man between AD and the older domain's BDC's for the purposes of synchronization and whatnot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're good using Samba if you let it know that the PDC is the AD server in the domain that holds the PDC Emulator role." />
  <row Id="39336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22112" RevisionGUID="5188d0ac-6152-43b0-8a6f-b3c52163209b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:30:44.573" UserId="2629" Text="Let us say I'm using a [packaged-based approach][1] of imaging for the Mac, and have a freshly imaged machine (or better, several different types of machines) ready to test.  How do I perform automated testing?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/21937/monolithic-vs-packaged-based-image-creation" />
  <row Id="39337" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22112" RevisionGUID="5188d0ac-6152-43b0-8a6f-b3c52163209b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:30:44.573" UserId="2629" Text="Automated Image Testing" />
  <row Id="39338" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22112" RevisionGUID="5188d0ac-6152-43b0-8a6f-b3c52163209b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:30:44.573" UserId="2629" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;imaging&gt;&lt;automated-testing&gt;" />
  <row Id="39339" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21937" RevisionGUID="399c410d-5d8f-4f30-ba97-bdb7835edba6" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:31:45.680" UserId="2629" Comment="Using newly available imagine tag." Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;imaging&gt;" />
  <row Id="39340" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22071" RevisionGUID="85b1c12c-c5b0-4e92-89d8-ad1ab471455c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:31:46.757" UserId="7324" Comment="added 421 characters in body" Text="Depending on how much you need to back up I would recommend the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  JungleDisk / Amazon S3  -  Works VERY well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.  RSYNC to a remote machine also works very well.  CRON job every XX hours.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We back up almost a TB of data to Amazon's S3 cloud and have a &quot;warm standby&quot; at our colo backing up from the master several times a day (via rsync).  The cost for transfer/storage on Amazon S3 is extremely cheap.  (ie. cheaper than burning to a DVD but not cheaper than backing up to HDD.  I know some folks who simply plug in a 1TB UDB &quot;My Book&quot; or something into the server and back it up weekly/monthly.  Depending on your needs one or two of those might be the cheapest solution for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now that's just talking about DATA backups.  Several comments below talk about backing up the server itself...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on your needs, Norton Ghost or even Acronis (http://www.acronis.com) might be of help to you.  Things like Norton Ghost tend to rely on your ability to be able to actually turn OFF the computer to make the backup.  Some of us don't have that luxury but if YOU do then Norton Ghost is a VERY good product." />
  <row Id="39341" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22100" RevisionGUID="c4b0a5c0-e2e0-4477-badf-221df0f6dc3e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:33:59.340" UserId="4733" Comment="added 151 characters in body" Text="Depending on what you mean:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you mean a BIOS password then there should be a jumper located on the board.  Remove it and restart the machine.  It may even be labeled in tiny letters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you mean a password for the actual hard drive....I have googled for this info before for Dell Laptops.  It seems there is something that you can run from a floppy that will let you bypass it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sorry this is so vague, but maybe it gives hope.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT - just found this link, it claims to list some 'backdoor' passwords for BIOS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.tech-faq.com/reset-bios-password.shtml&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good Luck&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22113" RevisionGUID="b7c751bc-fb34-4ef3-9fbd-93e0710ef242" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:36:56.760" UserId="8758" Text="We recently migrated from Perlbal to HAProxy due to Perlbal's memory usage. It's been a fairly flawless migration though lately we've run into an issue that I can't seem to figure out (it doesn't help I'm not familiar with HAproxy's umpteen configuration options).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're a media website serving a fair amount of traffic - we use HAProxy to spread the load across our media servers. Upon starting HAProxy everything is snappy and works accordingly - though after about 10-20 minutes things start to slow down and media is served very slowly. I'm fairly certain it's HAProxy since a simple restart of the service rectifies the issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm using a fairly vanilla HAProxy configuration with no bells or whistles:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;defaults&#xD;&#xA;        log     global&#xD;&#xA;        mode    http&#xD;&#xA;        option  httplog&#xD;&#xA;        option  dontlognull&#xD;&#xA;        retries 3&#xD;&#xA;        option redispatch&#xD;&#xA;        maxconn 2000&#xD;&#xA;        contimeout      5000&#xD;&#xA;        clitimeout      50000&#xD;&#xA;        srvtimeout      50000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;listen  media 0.0.0.0:80&#xD;&#xA;        balance roundrobin&#xD;&#xA;        server  media_1 x.x.x.x:8080 weight 1 maxconn 1024 check&#xD;&#xA;       server  media_2 x.x.x.x:8080 weight 1 maxconn 1024 check&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could anyone shed some light onto what the issue may be? " />
  <row Id="39343" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22113" RevisionGUID="b7c751bc-fb34-4ef3-9fbd-93e0710ef242" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:36:56.760" UserId="8758" Text="Issues with Haproxy slowing down after time" />
  <row Id="39344" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22113" RevisionGUID="b7c751bc-fb34-4ef3-9fbd-93e0710ef242" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:36:56.760" UserId="8758" Text="&lt;reverse-proxy&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;high-availability&gt;&lt;traffic&gt;" />
  <row Id="39345" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22114" RevisionGUID="43637050-3b11-4097-ad5c-f1a55220884a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:37:41.237" UserId="7324" Text="Is the password on the HARD DRIVE, BIOS, or BOTH?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some computers/laptops have a jumper you can short out to clear the BIOS password but some (laptops especially) do not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  Hard drive - Not sure what to tell you on this one.  Is the password a BIOS password or something like a TruCrypt password on the HDD?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.  Pulling the CMOS battery rarely works... in fact, I'm trying to think of a time I've done it where it actually has.  Maybe once or twice on a very old PC?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Flashing the BIOS is pretty straight forward.  Just make sure you have the CORRECT BIOS.  You may also wish to back up the existing bios if your flash utility allows it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When in doubt... go ahead and have a friend (with more experience) do it for you and show you how.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WORST case scenario (ie. final option), you make the 200mi drive and have Toshiba do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="39346" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22115" RevisionGUID="e1b851fd-7bf2-4d90-a5d9-1e7a0c86c650" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:39:17.240" UserId="7200" Text="I'm not sure where to find such a point-by-point comparison. I've done a quick search and I'm not coming uo with much. There is some comparison in the official Samba HOWTO at: http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/samba-pdc.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's some of such a comparison based on what I know:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - With a Samba &quot;PDC&quot;, you get a centralized account / group database for your member computers, as you would with an Active Directory domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You can use the NT 4.0 &quot;User Manager for Domains&quot; tool to manage Samba PDC users. Active Directory can be managed with the (IMHO, cleaner and easier to use) &quot;Active Directory Users and Computers&quot; tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You can replicate the Samba PDC's security database in a single-master fashion or multi-master fashion between multiple domain controller computers (depending on the back-end you choose to store the password data in). Active Directory is multi-master.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - A Samba PDC will perform NTLM-based authentication. Active Directory can also peform NTLMV2 and Kerberos-based authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - A Samba PDC cannot provide Group Policy functionality like an Active Directory domain controller computer can.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Functionally, Samba acts as an NT 4.0 &quot;PDC&quot;, so you can use comparison documents between the Windows NT 4.0 domain system and Active directory to give you some additional ideas.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Samba 4.0, which is still under development, is supposed to fufill the Active Directory domain controller function. An experimental branch of the Samba code, called Frankly, also seeks to implement Active Directory domain controller functionality (see http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Franky).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39348" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22070" RevisionGUID="b4ee20f7-5c62-4f97-83ec-b7b6c4192ddb" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:39:40.687" UserId="1736" Comment="added 51 characters in body" Text="Well, that's very odd.  I suggest trying this as a diagnostic measure:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule (.*\.pdf)$ http://example.com/$1 [R=301,NC,L]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and seeing if everything redirects.  What I'm trying to establish by this is whether some additional factor, like your hypothesis of a wacky server setting, is affecting 403 Forbidden returns specifically or is just causing bizarre overapplication of your RewriteRule." />
  <row Id="39349" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22116" RevisionGUID="7d376142-2538-4112-aa29-c5b69a65b6ad" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:40:13.947" UserId="7619" Text="Sean, I understand where you're coming from. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're in a similar boat here, as I would expect are many others. Not withstanding today's economy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Despite repeated complaints to management, (including sr. business management), our situation is this; The self-annointed &quot;DBA&quot; (in a seperate, `development team' on another floor) unfortunately knows less than a junior wielding two O'Reilly books and a KB print-dump. She's got the job, and is great at pouring honey into the ear of the person who also pours honey into the ear of the higest muckety-muck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Surely, it would be ideal to be able to learn the DBA &quot;trade&quot;, but again.. What we want and what we can have are often very different things. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I, personally have run into the following problems, which (to echo squillman's rather blunt, but not altogether incorrect) did require much of the googling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Tranlogs. You're right. What the heck were these things? So we had to restore a database and server, what does `replay the tran logs' mean, exactly? :)&#xD;&#xA;* Wait, what do you mean these databases just get bigger? How do we shrink them? Or at least maintain their growth?&#xD;&#xA;* Standardization of installations across different servers, (this image is for &quot;dev&quot;, this image is for &quot;prod&quot; and this little image cried all the way home, from the market. :)&#xD;&#xA;* Maintenance scripts and how to help manage the db's over a long period of time, (kinda like growing houseplants and making sure they don't turn into kudzu.)&#xD;&#xA;* Always making sure, the proggies go on the C:\, the logging and/or DB's go on the D:\, which kinda formulated our standardization, (C:\ is two mirrored disks, D:\ is usually a RAID5 affair.)&#xD;&#xA;* Having to purchase a separate SQL licence and client for backups.&#xD;&#xA;* Check out managing users that the dev team assigns to the SQL DB itself, managing DBO roles, etc. Ensure you've got a good security model when it comes to user rights within the DB.&#xD;&#xA;* Research of a domain service account that the SQL services can operate as. What rights that service account needs, if any at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(You've hit some pretty good ones, in your post.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since you're operating at a handicap like some others, make sure you spread the SQL knowledge amongst the team, if you can. Share what you know, teach others the same. Be friendly. It's a real pain having to wear the SQL hat, but at least many eyes and thought processes are better than one single one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However above all, try like the devil to get a DBA on-staff. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39350" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22116" RevisionGUID="7d376142-2538-4112-aa29-c5b69a65b6ad" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:40:13.947" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39351" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22117" RevisionGUID="265c20c5-37c1-4e77-9bd0-f22f00330fcb" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:40:24.960" UserId="5390" Text="I`m using MyDNS-ng wich is just the same project froked, its great when you put it together with MyDNSConfig." />
  <row Id="39352" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22054" RevisionGUID="e981ec43-e59d-4ac6-9668-95e0bf6665bf" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:40:41.247" UserId="7200" Comment="deleted 8 characters in body" Text="I just did the following using CMD.EXE from a Windows XP Professional SP2-based machine that is a member of the &quot;DOMAIN&quot; W2K3 Active Directory domain, logged-on with a user account that has both local &quot;Administrator&quot; and &quot;Domain Admin&quot; rights:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Documents and Settings\EAnderson&gt;net group &quot;A&amp;B Test&quot; /domain /add&#xD;&#xA;    The request will be processed at a domain controller for domain ad.tippcity.k12.&#xD;&#xA;    oh.us.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    The command completed successfully.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    C:\Documents and Settings\EAnderson&gt;net localgroup &quot;users&quot; &quot;DOMAIN\A&amp;B Tes&#xD;&#xA;    t&quot; /add&#xD;&#xA;    The request will be processed at a domain controller for domain ad.tippcity.k12.&#xD;&#xA;    oh.us.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    The command completed successfully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Double quotes look fine to me.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39353" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22118" RevisionGUID="96015be4-e3c9-40df-a8b0-c8126dcf17ff" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:42:18.590" UserId="3235" Text="I'm getting ready to migrate a server from old hardware to new hardware.  I'm thinking of doing a P2P migration rather than actually rebuilding, reinstalling and migrating databases. The servers are Dell 2950s with Hardware RAID, running Windows. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Options include: using a software solution like [Platespin][1], or break the mirror on the existing server and mirror the drive onto the new server, then rebuild the mirror again on the new server so both drives in it are new drives. All the hardware will be similar, although the targets will be three years newer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Words of wisdom?  Warnings? Software suggestions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.platespin.com/" />
  <row Id="39354" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22118" RevisionGUID="96015be4-e3c9-40df-a8b0-c8126dcf17ff" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:42:18.590" UserId="3235" Text="How to best migrate a server P2P" />
  <row Id="39355" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22118" RevisionGUID="96015be4-e3c9-40df-a8b0-c8126dcf17ff" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:42:18.590" UserId="3235" Text="&lt;migration&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="39357" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="15014" RevisionGUID="c49a66ea-c5f8-474b-97e0-bc782324e97b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:44:45.263" UserId="5144" Comment="Added tag &quot;DEP&quot; (now that I have enough reputation...)" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windowsvista64&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;dep&gt;" />
  <row Id="39358" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22119" RevisionGUID="5658a7f6-a3a9-4d7e-99d1-12f2c708ae5c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:46:02.717" UserId="3323" Text="Because RPM is just so much better software packaging format.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39359" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="22090" RevisionGUID="b7394cdb-fa1c-40c6-ab61-536a25e435be" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:47:17.300" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="39360" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22120" RevisionGUID="df9a972b-37c7-42f7-9d05-72cfaf133cab" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:47:48.330" UserId="3657" Text="You could look at a tool like Symantec's Backup Exec System Recovery Server Edition.  It should handle the transition between the dissimilar hardware.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.symantec.com/business/backup-exec-system-recovery-server-edition" />
  <row Id="39361" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22111" RevisionGUID="828e6554-6bad-42ed-9fe9-1ce24b5f2567" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:48:29.250" UserId="1054" Comment="add blowup of PDC and BDC" Text="HIGH LEVEL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An Active Directory domain controller is basically a server that provides access to the distributed system that is Active Directory.  In an Active Directory domain any domain controller can provide full read-write access to the domain.  It was the PDC (Primary Domain Controller) in NT4 domains that provided the write-access, then synced down to BDC's (Backup Domain Controllers).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One server in an Active Directory domain will hold the role of PDC Emulator for the purposes of backward compatibility with older NT4 domains.  The server that holds this role acts as the middle-man between AD and the older domain's BDC's for the purposes of synchronization and whatnot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're good using Samba if you let it know that the PDC is the AD server in the domain that holds the PDC Emulator role.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** I'm assuming that you already have AD running in your environment.  Not quite sure if that's a safe assumption or not, but since you already have some Windows machines up I think my brain just went there." />
  <row Id="39362" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22121" RevisionGUID="1252d69e-6cdd-483f-a590-55ca71f38922" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:51:20.290" UserId="3235" Text="Things to consider:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Who's responsiblitiy is it to take&#xD;&#xA;    the backups off site, and who takes&#xD;&#xA;    over if they're out/sick/on&#xD;&#xA;    vacation/etc?&#xD;&#xA; 2. How are you storing your HDDs?&#xD;&#xA;    Padded containers? Climate&#xD;&#xA;    controlled area?&#xD;&#xA; 3. How can get to your stored disks? If&#xD;&#xA;    it is only one person what happens&#xD;&#xA;    if they get hit by a bus? &#xD;&#xA; 4. When was the last time you tested restoring from one of these disks? &#xD;&#xA; 5. When was the last time you rested EACH disk to make sure they were all still good? Media doesn't last forever.&#xD;&#xA; 6. Is your rotation schema and procedure documented so even Sandy from the mail room, or Dan from the reception desk can rotate the media?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Storing disks in someone's home is only a good idea if multpiple people have keys to that home.  There are of course companies which provide offsite media services including pickup/delivery and management of who has access.  This of course costs money, but not necessarily very much as compared to loss of your data.  We use IronMountain and I was shocked to discover how little it actually cost/month to have a container from them.  We actually have 4 containers 3 of which are off site at any given time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22122" RevisionGUID="4c24fc5e-222b-4584-99f6-f4457df19d45" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:53:36.900" UserId="2253" Text="Besides all the already mentioned ways to sniff your data, an old one recently gained much more interest: playing with BGP tables. At Defcon in august 2008,  Anton Kapela &amp; Alex Pilosov demonstrated [a new way][1] to make a &quot;BGP shunt&quot;, to divert all your traffic to a place where it normally dos not go, and (that was the main new thing in their talk) to do it without the sender or the receiver noticing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, even if the potential sniffer is not somewhere in the normal path of your data, they still may capture it. As the others said, encrypt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.defcon.org/images/defcon-16/dc16-presentations/defcon-16-pilosov-kapela.pdf &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22123" RevisionGUID="436c380f-64bb-4aa4-a2ac-88f223224852" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:54:23.263" UserId="6233" Text="I know that this is ugly and sad to say but for region from which I come this is 70% of not using Linux:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;As far as We can use a Microsoft's products and other good product without paying Licenses for it, people will not be a lot of heated for going on Linux, once when it change maybe it is going to be late for many of them But as some one already mentioned they missing vision&quot;" />
  <row Id="39365" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22123" RevisionGUID="436c380f-64bb-4aa4-a2ac-88f223224852" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:54:23.263" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22124" RevisionGUID="14216d16-cf5f-4176-b294-2f479edaa3db" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:55:37.627" UserId="3323" Text="You can do the recording w/ tcpdump and later get the stuff you only need via wireshark&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- http://www.wireshark.org&#xD;&#xA;- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html/#AppToolstcpdump&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22125" RevisionGUID="4a04cf19-447c-404b-9888-77ec9b0224ed" CreationDate="2009-06-08T18:57:51.757" UserId="2561" Text="Maybe you need to delete the scsi device and then force a rescan.  [This IBM article][1] has some ways of doing this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/LinuxP/SCSI+-+Hot+add,+remove,+rescan+of+SCSI+devices" />
  <row Id="39368" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22030" RevisionGUID="90be91c9-b6cd-4c08-a1ae-b3e9b233ff05" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:00:30.503" UserId="2255" Comment="deleted 7 characters in body" Text="Imagine the following situation: I want to have a tiny, light server that is able to run some services like basic Web, ftp, printing servers and pluging hard drives via usb.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to use it as a tool for learning about embedded devices and programming for those architectures. I have the intention to test a home-security system with a webcam also...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What would be a good architecture, specific device, brand or any recommendation for a beginner? I have experience with both linux and C programming.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Limited budget proposals preferred! ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks!" />
  <row Id="39369" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22126" RevisionGUID="517c7b38-6de4-4db2-9521-136f85c5e318" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:01:29.083" UserId="7200" Text="The built-in &lt;em&gt;Performance Logs and Alerts&lt;/em&gt; tool would be a great tool to get you some data about what's going on. You're going to have to use some disk space to generate these logs, but if you stay on top of deleting old log files until the problem occurs you shouldn't have a problem w/ running out of disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd start up a counter log on each server computer, logging the &lt;em&gt;Process&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Processor&lt;/em&gt; objects to disk (I'd probably also grab the &lt;em&gt;Memory&lt;/em&gt; object, too).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Start / Run / PERFMON&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Expand the &lt;em&gt;Performance Logs and Alerts&lt;/em&gt; node and highlight the &lt;em&gt;Counter Logs&lt;/em&gt; node.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Click &lt;em&gt;Action&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;New Log Settings&lt;/em&gt;. Name the log however you'd like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Click the &lt;em&gt;Add Objects...&lt;/em&gt; button in the log properites window and add the objects to log.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Set an interval. I'd probably choose a 60 second or longer interval. High resolution probably isn't necessary since this is a gradual degredation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - On the &lt;em&gt;Log Files&lt;/em&gt; tab, use the &lt;em&gt;Configure&lt;/em&gt; button to choose a location for the log file and a base filename. I'd choose a &lt;em&gt;Maximum log size&lt;/em&gt; of, say, 5MB - 10MB. This is going to generate a lot of small files, but you will be able to monitor the path where you're storing the files and delete older files that are piling up prior to the problem occurring. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can start the log by right-clicking the new log instance in the results pane and choosing &quot;Start&quot;. The log will run, by default, until you stop it or until you reboot the computer. (See this question for information about starting a log on boot: http://serverfault.com/questions/20692/how-to-setup-perfmon-to-automaticaly-start-an-alert-at-system-startup  (The question talks about starting an alert, but you can use the same command to start a log.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can analyze these logs by hand after the issue occurs. You might want to try Microsoft's &lt;em&gt;Performance Analysis of Logs (PAL)&lt;/em&gt; tool (http://www.codeplex.com/PAL). I've been happy with the reports that tool has generated, and it's fairly easy to use.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22127" RevisionGUID="e788d46b-66aa-4346-b30a-8f319c1a8883" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:04:27.250" UserId="1803" Text="After getting my feet wet as a Windows admin, I switched a home box over to linux (I think it was an early RedHat).  I'd gotten fairly used to getting quick &amp; direct answers to windows issues (even back in the mid-90s) with a quick search.  I found that with linux, even when I could locate a solution to my problem online, I still had a huge learning curve before I could comprehend the answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The straw that broke the camel's back was my beloved Logitech 3-button mouse (not like you kids today and your fancy scroll wheels, dadgummit).  I managed to find someone who'd made it work, but tracking down the various parts of the explanation that I didn't understand just broke my urge to &quot;give it a spin&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The resources are likely much better now, but I'll wager the learning curve is still steeper than your typical windows admin is used to." />
  <row Id="39371" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22104" RevisionGUID="6b4d6f66-916c-436a-bbf8-05b938dd5253" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:07:11.053" UserId="999" Comment="Clarification based on question about workstations being on a domain" Text="The  [Samba documentation][1] states quite clearly that is only capable of functioning as an NT4 style Primary Domain Controller and can not function as an Active Directory server.  I manage a group of mixed systems (windows xp workstations and linux servers of various flavors), and looking to centralize authentication of various server applications as well as the client workstations.  I am considering setting up a Samba server, but I can't find a feature break down between what would be offered by a PDC and an ADS to aid me in deciding if a Samba server would satisfy my goals.  Does anyone know where I could find such a feature comparison?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: The workstations are not currently on a domain.  What ever active directory/samba configuration I introduce will be our group's initial foray into centralized authentication.  This means setting up a Windows Server domain controller is a feasible option, but I'd prefer to do it with Samba as I am more Linux savy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/samba-pdc.html" />
  <row Id="39372" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22128" RevisionGUID="c693ec78-fddd-4e12-a4f1-043bc8ab0795" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:07:32.253" UserId="8202" Text="With SharePoint Services (WSS, the free version), we managed to do the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Intranet dedicated sites for small department, mostly to store or share documents (versioning, approval, central repository).&#xD;&#xA; - All sites are integrated with AD (users &amp; group) out of the box.&#xD;&#xA; - A timesheet module where users encode hours per day and per project/task and an Excel sheet to view the consolidated results (with graphs).&#xD;&#xA; - An audit site with audit info being encoded and consolidated results and reports available. Some of these reports are customs based on the WSS dashboard templates.&#xD;&#xA; - Document lists with metadata associated to them (contracts with who is concerned, date of beginning, date of renewal, who signed ...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that Excel Services is only available with MOSS, not with WSS. Excel Services allow you to embad and display Excel pivot tables and graphs directly into Web parts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are various cool webparts or add-ons for SharePoint. I cna only suggest you the [CodePlex SmartTools][1] suite (the **What's New** web part is simply brilliant)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We also use the full MOSS for a BI project and there we have some very good reports showing who sent in some document and who did not. Very useful and appreciated for document collecting processes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codeplex.com/smarttools" />
  <row Id="39373" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22129" RevisionGUID="fbc41580-51bd-4628-b953-a0593ee3cb09" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:07:34.203" UserId="7200" Text="I'm going to be a wet blanket w/ my answer. If you can rebuild the machines, I think that would provide you the most stable &quot;known quantity&quot; environment. Unless the applications are such a huge time sink as to cause a &quot;migration&quot; to be a net win, I'd think that the time spent making the migration solution work well could eclipse the time just to rebuild by hand (and, besides, it's probably not a bad idea to use this as an opportunity to create or refresh the documentation of the configuration of these server computers).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To my mind, migrating a 3 y/o Windows installation means migrating a lot of old hotfix uninstall files, potentially garbage files and registry information, and a general &quot;cruftiness&quot;. Unless you've done a really good job keeping these machines clean, there's probably some of that cruft that will migrate over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OTOH, if you've got a particularly touchy application and this is a &quot;known working&quot; environment that's been highly tweaked you might see a net win in migration. I'd play devil's advocate and say that all that tweaking should be documented and reproducible. &amp;gt;smile&amp;lt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess it comes down to how painful it is to rebuild the applications and transfer the data. The OS and drivers should be easy and a non-issue." />
  <row Id="39374" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22130" RevisionGUID="29a760e7-2f23-46ed-bd94-4193cd98eab7" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:07:48.553" UserId="8761" Text="So i am trying to get a post-commit hook working from on my svn server.&#xD;&#xA;specifically sending email using my google account. as described on this link&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;after setting the permissions for the script and the working copy to the same user and rw access. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then it started causing MERGE errors when users tried commiting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;after some reading i found out that it was because of the post-commit hook not working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and found out that by typing evn - ./post-commit commit  ../ 250 mailer.conf&#xD;&#xA;i get a error saying that the &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://iffee.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/svn-commit-to-google-apps-email-notification/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;annerajb@annerajb-desktop:~/Desktop/TotEM_SVN/hooks$ env - ./post-commit.test commit ../ 250&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/svn/fs.py:27: DeprecationWarning: The popen2 module is deprecated.  Use the subprocess module.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  import sys as _sys, os as _os, popen2 as _popen2, tempfile as _tempfile&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Traceback (most recent call last):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  File &quot;/usr/share/subversion/hook-scripts/mailer/mailer.py&quot;, line 1351, in &lt;module&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    svn.core.run_app(main, cmd, config_fname, repos_dir, sys.argv[3:3+expected_args])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  File &quot;/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/svn/core.py&quot;, line 288, in run_app&#xD;&#xA;    return apply(func, (application_pool,) + args, kw)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  File &quot;/usr/share/subversion/hook-scripts/mailer/mailer.py&quot;, line 80, in main&#xD;&#xA;    revision = int(cmd_args[0])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ''&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;./post-commit.test: 5: ../: Permission denied&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i am not sure why is cmd_args[0] empty if i am passing it a value." />
  <row Id="39375" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22130" RevisionGUID="29a760e7-2f23-46ed-bd94-4193cd98eab7" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:07:48.553" UserId="8761" Text="why is my post-commit svn hook failing" />
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  <row Id="39378" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22131" RevisionGUID="940654b7-98b2-4e92-b3b0-a9e53bd3c24a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:09:01.003" UserDisplayName="Gal Shadeck" Text="How to change user credentials of windows service from command line?" />
  <row Id="39379" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22131" RevisionGUID="940654b7-98b2-4e92-b3b0-a9e53bd3c24a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:09:01.003" UserDisplayName="Gal Shadeck" Text="&lt;windows-service&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="39380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22132" RevisionGUID="e46a85e9-13e5-4962-aa38-5f99da4a0195" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:12:10.683" UserId="7200" Text="You're looking for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sc config &lt;servicename&gt; obj= &lt;accountname&gt; pass= &lt;password&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The &quot;sc&quot; command will work on remote machines, too. Start it with no arguments to get more info. (It's a bit odd in requring spaces after many of the arguments. I can't say I've seen a similiar command-line program.)" />
  <row Id="39381" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22070" RevisionGUID="ab86da34-18f0-44f3-83a0-d587b2b3c976" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:13:36.953" UserId="1736" Comment="added 284 characters in body" Text="Well, that's very odd.  I suggest trying this as a diagnostic measure:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule (.*\.pdf)$ http://example.com/$1 [R=301,NC,L]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and seeing if everything redirects.  What I'm trying to establish by this is whether some additional factor, like your hypothesis of a wacky server setting, is affecting 403 Forbidden returns specifically or is just causing bizarre overapplication of your RewriteRule.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and here's another fun diagnostic: what happens if you put up a `.htaccess` containing only `RewriteEngine on`?  What we're checking for there is whether there are wacky server-defined rules that someone left lying around, relying on `RewriteEngine` being off to disable them." />
  <row Id="39382" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22133" RevisionGUID="cdaa5de3-518a-4f4e-bb82-066d8a6ba40b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:00:03.250" Text="&lt;p&gt;Looking for instructions on how to install XP on a SSD drive so that pretty much only the core stuff (DLLs system exes) are on the SSD drive. Most drivers are loaded once into memory essentially at boot time. I have 4 gig so the kernel is locked in core anyway due to a registry setting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I already have nLite to limit what is installed. (This is experimental system)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even when loading IDEs packages to my normal SATA drives seems to cause MSI cache stuff to be loaded onto the SSD drive reducing its 16gig. I have already moved my “Documents &amp;amp; Setting” to another drive. Windows seems to put dead stuff in&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;\SSD\WINDOWS\Installer or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;\SSD\WINDWS\Downloaded Installations\&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39383" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22133" RevisionGUID="cdaa5de3-518a-4f4e-bb82-066d8a6ba40b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:00:03.250" Text="How to split XP to a SSD and regular spinning storage" />
  <row Id="39384" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22133" RevisionGUID="cdaa5de3-518a-4f4e-bb82-066d8a6ba40b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:00:03.250" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;ssd&gt;" />
  <row Id="39385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22134" RevisionGUID="55aaf88e-2d81-4568-9c84-bf056e46a65a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:10:20.860" UserId="2619" Text="&lt;p&gt;You can edit the &lt;a href=&quot;http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/environment.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;environment variables&lt;/a&gt; so Program Files, Documents And Settings, etc were on spinning media. I'm not sure I'd recommend splitting the Windows directory up though... So I'm not sure how much help that is to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rather than moving everything else to another location, you might do best to edit %WINDIR% and then copy C:\Windows to your SSD (the order is important). No idea how you'd bootstrap that though. You might have to install to SSD and then move things off it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And an edit: just for general information (even though it might have no use to you), doing this with Linux is easier than making toast.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39386" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22135" RevisionGUID="c448f27d-6594-496f-9ab5-8e0ef16001ea" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:17:17.647" UserId="5892" Text="With a single server for authentication only, as seems to be the case in the question, there is probably no difference. Either go with Linux because that's what you know, or with Windows to learn something new.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Samba &quot;PDC&quot; mode is like the Windows NT 4.0 style domains. Active Directory came in with Windows 2000 adds more features on top of that. The more recent a version of Windows Server you have, the more features Active Directory has. (Whether you need them or not is another matter.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An Active Directory domain controller will provide central authentication, and will also allow other AD features such as Group Policy to be used. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apart from Group Policy, many of the other improvements in Active Directory really only come into their own with scale: either more clients on bigger networks over more locations, or with more domain controllers." />
  <row Id="39387" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22136" RevisionGUID="2466ac60-3d85-4db5-8c46-b582543265a6" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:18:14.180" UserId="2888" Text="I use Windows Server 2008 as my development operating system.  I have been able to test that the SMTP Server on the machine can successfully send emails (I receive them in my inbox) but the log file is not being written to.  Any ideas why the log files for the SMTP server is not getting updated?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The &quot;Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)&quot; is running as the Local System account.  And the Local System account has permissions on the log files folder." />
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  <row Id="39390" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22137" RevisionGUID="3a148353-0f5f-4d63-b7c9-b475d7c96b2d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:19:28.593" UserId="2331" Text="The problem turned out to be a missing SelftUpdate virtual directory in IIS. Recreating the virtual directory and pointing it to the appropriate files solved the issue." />
  <row Id="39391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22138" RevisionGUID="2bb13443-dc45-4ab6-a767-840d865246a7" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:20:59.697" UserId="2348" Text="[Paul Randal][1] asked some really nice questions about best practices for SharePoint SQL databases. Today, while helping a customer to maintain SharePoint installation he asked me a question about best SQL recovery model for SharePoint database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is my practice (I am not DB admin :)))) to use Simple recover model. If SharePoint databases are backed up on regular basis and you also have a 3rd party tool backup on item-level basis you really do not need to hold the entire logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Am I missing something here? Is this the right approach?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/users/1992/paul-randal" />
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  <row Id="39394" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22139" RevisionGUID="b9ae24f5-b240-41f6-bd94-1069c38e13df" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:22:56.870" UserId="2417" Text="SFTP is probably the most widely used &quot;ssh subsystem&quot;. [This O'Reilly chapter](http://www.hell.org.ua/Docs/oreilly/tcpip2/ssh/ch05_07.htm) gives some more usage examples; it presents subsytems as &quot;shortcuts&quot; to various commands that can be used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do you use this subsytem feature ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a practical way to limit an ssh key to a subsystem, possibly replacing command restriction option of ssh keys?" />
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  <row Id="39396" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22139" RevisionGUID="b9ae24f5-b240-41f6-bd94-1069c38e13df" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:22:56.870" UserId="2417" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;" />
  <row Id="39397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22140" RevisionGUID="1ba362b5-1b13-4482-a3cd-a87800d10b1b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:23:08.040" UserId="8766" Text="I need a cell phone that will help me keep an eye on my servers and services when I am away from my computer/desk/workplace.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which smart phone would you recommend for sysadmins? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - An SSH client is a must.&#xD;&#xA; - I haven't used an iPhone, but I guess having a keyboard would be better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently I'm looking at this alternatives:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - iPhone would be the &quot;default&quot; smartphone.&#xD;&#xA; - Nokia E71 has got good recommendations, including from Joel Spolky's.&#xD;&#xA; - The Android platform looks good, but I'm not sure the few models (HTC G1 / HTC Magic / HTC Dream) are mature enough.&#xD;&#xA; - I'm not sure about Blackberry.&#xD;&#xA; - WinCE phones?&#xD;&#xA; - Any Nokia phone better than an E71?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which choice did you make?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39398" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22140" RevisionGUID="1ba362b5-1b13-4482-a3cd-a87800d10b1b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:23:08.040" UserId="8766" Text="Best smartphone for sysadmins?" />
  <row Id="39399" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22140" RevisionGUID="1ba362b5-1b13-4482-a3cd-a87800d10b1b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:23:08.040" UserId="8766" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;remote-access&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;mobile&gt;&lt;smartphone&gt;" />
  <row Id="39400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22141" RevisionGUID="30a4d25d-764a-4931-8a75-297583142214" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:25:29.610" UserId="2032" Text="[Top Tips for Effective Database Maintenance][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2008.08.database.aspx" />
  <row Id="39401" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22141" RevisionGUID="30a4d25d-764a-4931-8a75-297583142214" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:25:29.610" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39402" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22142" RevisionGUID="17550401-97a1-444a-b476-73ff30ac7f80" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:27:01.590" UserId="1736" Text="Blackberry is kind of &quot;the usual&quot;.  midpssh is an absolute crap SSH client by any reasonable standard, but it'll do for emergencies.  Where Blackberry usually wins is its Exchange integration." />
  <row Id="39403" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22094" RevisionGUID="f668fce8-05e3-43b6-950d-3ef0d20ecab5" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:27:24.130" UserId="1054" Comment="added 1674 characters in body; added 83 characters in body" Text="I could see a big expectation let down with Windows admins who think that everything can be solved via some GUI tool.  This shouldn't even be assumed in Windows...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some more specifics that I've heard of or run into personally:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Devices as files in the file system&#xD;&#xA; - Different distros put the same binaries in different places&#xD;&#xA; - Keeping track of what happens in which different run level for the purposes of startup and shutdown (although it is nice to have the granularity in my own humble opinion)&#xD;&#xA; - What the he!! distro is good for what.&#xD;&#xA; - Keeping track of what abbreviations mean what in files, device names, shell commands&#xD;&#xA; - Keeping track of what switches do what for all of the shell commands&#xD;&#xA; - Which command line shell is best for what and why&#xD;&#xA; - Keeping the darn thing updated (although this has gotten significantly better in the past few years!)&#xD;&#xA; - Apparent necessity to recompile down to even the kernel in order to get certain features enabled or disabled&#xD;&#xA; - Driver support (even though this is also an ongoing battle every time a new Windows edition emerges :)&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;A computer should be pretty&quot; instead of white command text on a black or dark-blue background.&#xD;&#xA; - Is it free?  Is it not free?  Isn't EVERYTHING in Linux supposed to be free??  What do you mean you write software for Linux and you want me to pay for it??  (seriously, I've seen this one out there...)&#xD;&#xA; - What do you mean &quot;IFCONFIG&quot; &lt;&gt; &quot;ifconfig&quot;??  So what if I've got caps-lock on?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think there are a lot of expectations of &quot;do it for me&quot; coming into an open-source world from a closed-source world.  In the open source world there are a ton of options available to you that you don't see in the closed-source world and frequently it's up to you to wade through them to determine if they're right for your environment.  If you're born into the closed-source world this is a bit of an eye-opener.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22143" RevisionGUID="92c4c720-883a-4787-a7ba-59033e26007a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:27:24.413" UserId="2413" Text="i used to use n9300i - that was good. 80x25 putty session. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;recently i've moved to e71 - it's nice snappy phone, but screen is too small and it lacks proper [keys like tab / ctrl][1]. n9300i had those. you can still use context menu - but that's cumbersome. if you want to have comfortable ssh session - go for e90.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;alternatively - take any 3g phone paired with netbook, or maybe something that runs android with good enough resolution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.marcomini.it/img/prodotti/3122-N9300iINTI.jpg" />
  <row Id="39405" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22144" RevisionGUID="ba037d3f-0d64-44ae-8cf3-5d9b9f1eb36c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:27:58.687" UserId="3290" Text="I'm using an [AT&amp;T Tilt - HTC 8925][1].  Slightly begrudgingly adopted Windows Mobile, but find that there are a lot of applications available.  Nice slide-out keyboard.  Using putty for SSH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/at-t-tilt/4505-6452_7-32638455.html" />
  <row Id="39407" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22140" RevisionGUID="0e61cf12-0a9e-4092-8418-0deb5ea12df1" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:28:52.133" UserId="8766" Comment="added 26 characters in body; added 17 characters in body" Text="I need a cell phone that will help me keep an eye on my servers and services when I am away from my computer/desk/workplace.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which smart phone would you recommend for sysadmins? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - An SSH client is a must.&#xD;&#xA; - I haven't used an iPhone, but I guess having a keyboard would be better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently I'm looking at this alternatives:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - iPhone would be the &quot;default&quot; smartphone.&#xD;&#xA; - Nokia E71 has got good recommendations, including from Joel Spolky's.&#xD;&#xA; - The Android platform looks good, but I'm not sure the few models (HTC G1 / HTC Magic / HTC Dream) are mature enough.&#xD;&#xA; - I'm not sure about Blackberry.&#xD;&#xA; - WinCE / Windows Mobile phones?&#xD;&#xA; - Any Nokia phone better than an E71?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which choice did you make? What would you recommend?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22146" RevisionGUID="61deb3a8-8a06-4651-a2d0-53637b42b0f1" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:31:46.307" UserId="1054" Text="You might have to wait until the process flushes its log buffer and writes to the log file." />
  <row Id="39409" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22147" RevisionGUID="990633ce-73d0-4aff-bce0-291687ed2544" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:32:05.947" UserDisplayName="frank" Text="i'm using an iPhone with TouchTerm. Comes in handy." />
  <row Id="39410" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22148" RevisionGUID="76fde6b3-7050-4aae-9749-dbe0ab53fab6" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:33:02.293" UserId="45" Text="I like my iPhone. There are [some nice sysadmin apps][1]. But I use it for note taking (EverNote), which is also a very important for our job. The web browsing experience is great if you had to resaerch something and last, but not least for my personal education: reading RSS feeds, listening to podcasts, ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/10/03/12-great-iphone-applications-for-sysadmins-and-webmasters/" />
  <row Id="39411" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22111" RevisionGUID="1152679d-6e95-4f9d-8f2b-93e7416f76b6" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:34:54.430" UserId="1054" Comment="added 267 characters in body" Text="HIGH LEVEL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An Active Directory domain controller is basically a server that provides access to the distributed system that is Active Directory.  In an Active Directory domain any domain controller can provide full read-write access to the domain.  It was the PDC (Primary Domain Controller) in NT4 domains that provided the write-access, then synced down to BDC's (Backup Domain Controllers).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One server in an Active Directory domain will hold the role of PDC Emulator for the purposes of backward compatibility with older NT4 domains.  The server that holds this role acts as the middle-man between AD and the older domain's BDC's for the purposes of synchronization and whatnot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're good using Samba if you let it know that the PDC is the AD server in the domain that holds the PDC Emulator role.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** I'm assuming that you already have AD running in your environment.  Not quite sure if that's a safe assumption or not, but since you already have some Windows machines up I think my brain just went there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT2:** Ok, since no domain currently exists I would really recommend setting up Active Directory and integrating things into it.  It's fairly straight-forward to set up a small AD environment and there are a ton of resources out there to help you get started." />
  <row Id="39412" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22149" RevisionGUID="4d9f64fe-03db-4e0e-aa25-0e5dd84e0fa4" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:35:44.270" UserId="3181" Text="The Nokia E series will full keyboards are very nice. There is a solid SSH client for Symbian 3rd edition. Your organization will need to purchase Mail For Exchange from Microsoft in order to sync the phone with your Exchange server. Mail For Exchange is a solid product - solid enough that Nokia dropped its own product in favor of supporting Mail For Exchange." />
  <row Id="39413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22150" RevisionGUID="82a34be6-1ff9-4e4f-ac17-aaa48353b70c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:35:59.590" UserId="1069" Text="I run IT for a school that uses all OpenSUSE Linux except for one laptop that administration keeps for one person who does some financial work and does not interact with the school or any of its systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have had great luck in the pure Linux environment.  Linux desktops and servers.  All the same OS so easier to manage.  Using Linux keeps our costs down both hardware and software even though Windows would be pretty cheap.  Linux is still less expensive to acquire and manage.  The lower cost of security being a big factor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a lot of businesses I think that Linux servers will make sense long before Linux desktops will even though they may be great.  A lot of shops completely depend upon Windows-only applications." />
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  <row Id="39415" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22151" RevisionGUID="40b25c49-21f2-4be5-8145-b086c083409c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:36:21.803" UserId="1435" Text="A friend of mine swears by those MASSIVE Nokia 'Communicator' things as they can be setup with a serial port and a terminal application, basically he can do his Cisco stuff without a PC. Sounds like too much hassle to me but then you know how people can be :)" />
  <row Id="39416" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22152" RevisionGUID="04772cb3-e2cd-43d3-a8e9-87121e6856b5" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:36:27.170" UserId="1174" Text="I like my Nokia N810.  Not really a phone, but the big screen and unix inside of the make it a really useful tool.  There's SSH, RDP client, VNC, network tools like nmap and tcpdump.  Has wifi or you can connect through a bluetooth onto a 3G cellphone.  Good battery life and fits in your pocket&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39417" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22153" RevisionGUID="719454c6-df8a-4300-9661-3fe76872c923" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:38:44.280" UserId="4742" Text="I started out doing Windows admin, and then moving into Linux administration.  There are still somethings I don't know how to do well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Like most of the others, going from an all GUI environment to more or less command line / config editing has been by far the biggest challenge.  Also learning where everything lives has been a pain point for me.  The best thing I have done lately is to try and learn how ONE of the distros does things and stick with it.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Like the others I expected everything to just work and to find the drivers straight away on the manufactures web site, but as previously stated that is often not the case.  I still can't get the wireless in my laptop to operate in any Linux distro.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Storage has also had a steep learning curve to it.  Learning about LVM and disk partitions in Linux has been a struggle for me.  In Windows is by default one big drive, but in Linux there are a few different partitions by default, and if someone is doing NFS shares with symbolic links it can really confuse the new to Linux Windows admin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Users, groups, and file permissions...Users are simple enough, groups by them selves are also simple.  Trying to figure out the best way to do complicated file permissions, not so fun.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Working with NICs and the networking system in general has also taken a while longer than I anticipated.  I can get things setup pretty quickly (while doing the install) but for a while if I had to make a network change it was a struggle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Package management / program installation&#xD;&#xA;I now know that I can use YUM on CentOS and apt-get on Ubuntu, but what if what I want isn't packaged up yet? Or the package on the third party repo is broken, doesn't include the features I want?  I have to WHAT? BUILD IT?  REALLY?  That to me has been the biggest stumbling block for Linux." />
  <row Id="39418" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22154" RevisionGUID="095bb656-0746-4ded-bd71-0531abbb1fa1" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:38:51.237" UserId="584" Text="If you have a Citrix installation, the iPhone just recently became a must-buy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can log in to work's Citrix install from anywhere in the US, and anywhere outside the US if I have wifi there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The keyboard hasn't been an issue for me, I've been using TouchTerm for SSH (over VPN, no less) without issues. I wouldn't want to code for eight hours on it, but it's great for remote restarts etc." />
  <row Id="39419" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22146" RevisionGUID="992884c5-814f-44da-b29a-5bb69923e056" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:39:05.247" UserId="1054" Comment="added 139 characters in body; added 77 characters in body" Text="You might have to wait until the process flushes its log buffer and writes to the log file.  I know for the HTTP service you can manually flush the buffer and force it to write to file using this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netsh http flush logbuffer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking around for something equivalent to that for the SMTP service." />
  <row Id="39420" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22070" RevisionGUID="93432ceb-cd60-4c77-9dfb-91aba467d790" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:39:57.273" UserId="1736" Comment="deleted 59 characters in body" Text="Diagnostic: what happens if you put up a `.htaccess` containing only `RewriteEngine on`?  What we're checking for there is whether there are wacky server-defined rules that someone left lying around, relying on `RewriteEngine` being off to disable them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Comments show this is the case.  Awesome.  The only thing I can think of to tell you to try is solutions that don't use `mod_rewrite`, like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SetEnvIf Referer . hotlink=1&#xD;&#xA;    SetEnvIfNoCase Referer ^http://(www\.)?domain\.com/.*$ !hotlink&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;LocationMatch *.pdf&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;        Deny from env=hotlink&#xD;&#xA;        Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/LocationMatch&gt;" />
  <row Id="39421" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20893" RevisionGUID="b7454af6-0633-42cf-af99-991c2fea7172" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:40:37.227" UserId="7730" Comment="added 102 characters in body" Text="When a user submits a job by means of the task scheduler, the task scheduler logs that user on as a batch user rather than as an interactive user. The Task Scheduler injects this right for the user into the computer's effective policy immediately after the task is scheduled. If there is a contradictory group policy defining the Logon as a batch job user right, the effective policy settings will be overwritten by the group policy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure the Administrators group or the user scheduling the tasks is defined in the &quot;Logon as a batch job&quot; in the group policy. I believe its under Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\User Rights Assignment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also what error appears in the Schedlgu.txt log? You can access this log on Windows Server 2003 by running the command below:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    %SystemRoot%\Tasks\SchedLgU.txt" />
  <row Id="39422" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22155" RevisionGUID="b309bb07-face-450f-ab7b-f70033453601" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:40:48.660" UserId="1069" Text="The general rule is that Oracle is best on Solaris, then on Linux, then on Windows.  Oracle now owns Solaris and repackages their own Linux (a clone of Red Hat / CentOS.)  Those are the platforms that Oracle prefers.  They are also the ways by which Oracle will support your entire stack.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think that Windows sounds like the right choice for your shop, though, since that is where your skills already exist." />
  <row Id="39423" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22148" RevisionGUID="b693dc22-52a1-4b25-97fb-d9ef31609ff2" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:41:02.153" UserId="45" Comment="added 86 characters in body" Text="I like my iPhone. There are [some nice sysadmin apps][1]. But besides the obvious email/calendar/contacts clients with Exchange integration, I primarily use it for note taking (EverNote), which is also very important in our job. The web browsing experience is great if you had to research something and last, but not least for my personal education: reading RSS feeds, listening to podcasts, ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/10/03/12-great-iphone-applications-for-sysadmins-and-webmasters/" />
  <row Id="39424" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22152" RevisionGUID="fcb8b345-a281-48ad-ad34-5e201dc7906c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:42:31.340" UserId="1174" Comment="added to answer" Text="I like my Nokia N810.  Not really a phone, but has &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- big screen (800x480) &#xD;&#xA;- linnux inside &#xD;&#xA;- SSH, RDP client, VNC&#xD;&#xA;- network tools like nmap and tcpdump&#xD;&#xA;- cut-down firefox browser&#xD;&#xA;- comms like skype, gtalk, SIP phone&#xD;&#xA;- wifi or you can connect through a bluetooth onto a 3G cellphone.  &#xD;&#xA;- good battery life - couple of days from a charge&#xD;&#xA;- fits in your pocket&#xD;&#xA;- good sized slide-out keyboard.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22156" RevisionGUID="5304f08f-9f76-43ac-b80d-eab0651b4773" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:45:43.703" UserId="8333" Text="I'm trying to run PHP using FastCGI (mod-fcgid) under apache 2 with the worker MPM. I've used [this blog post][1] as a reference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems I've got everything working except one thing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When apache serves index.php implicitly (using mod_dir, I think), it does not use the configured handler for .php files, and just serves the PHP file as if it's static content. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, when I add the index.php part manually to the URL, it does use the handler correctly and everything seems to work. Other PHP files work fine too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To clarify:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - http://example.com/ serves the PHP source file itself.&#xD;&#xA;  - http://example.com/index.php correctly runs the PHP through the FastCGI handler, and serves the dynamic content.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What could cause this? Any hints are appreciated!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ivan.gudangbaca.com/installing_apache2_and_php5_using_mod_fcgid" />
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  <row Id="39427" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22156" RevisionGUID="5304f08f-9f76-43ac-b80d-eab0651b4773" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:45:43.703" UserId="8333" Text="&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;mpm-worker&gt;&lt;php&gt;&lt;mod-dir&gt;&lt;mod-fcgid&gt;" />
  <row Id="39428" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22154" RevisionGUID="ad378ba1-cdbf-4b03-b70c-386568f30a53" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:45:54.780" UserId="584" Comment="added 98 characters in body" Text="If you have a Citrix installation, the iPhone just recently became a must-buy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can log in to work's Citrix install from anywhere in the US, and anywhere outside the US if I have wifi there. The interface is even surprisingly usable and responsive, with intuitive right-click support etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The keyboard hasn't been an issue for me, I've been using TouchTerm for SSH (over VPN, no less) without issues. I wouldn't want to code for eight hours on it, but it's great for remote restarts etc." />
  <row Id="39431" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22146" RevisionGUID="5d753bd1-190d-43cb-a4a4-38f4a7bdf2b1" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:48:39.377" UserId="1054" Comment="added 1076 characters in body" Text="You might have to wait until the process flushes its log buffer and writes to the log file.  I know for the HTTP service you can manually flush the buffer and force it to write to file using this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netsh http flush logbuffer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking around for something equivalent to that for the SMTP service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, take a look at [this from Steve Schofield's blog][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I was working on installing Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Server 2008 x64 edition.  I discovered&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the SMTP Service wasn't logging.  SMTP&#xD;&#xA;&gt; was working and emails were going out.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; My install is 'custom' and installs&#xD;&#xA;&gt; just the modules we needed.  Turns&#xD;&#xA;&gt; out, there is a small dependency on&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the ODBC logging module so the SMTP&#xD;&#xA;&gt; service logging would work.  More&#xD;&#xA;&gt; importantly iislog.dll.  Here are the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; instructions to fix and reproduce the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; behavior.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; To correct it.  I'm assuming you have&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the SMTP Service already installed and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; it's not logging.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 1) Install ODBC Logging module (role&#xD;&#xA;&gt; service in Server Manager)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2) Stop / Start the SMTP Service&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 3) Verify your SMTP service is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; configured for logging.  It's not on&#xD;&#xA;&gt; by default.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 4) Try a local telnet test (assuming&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the telnet client is installed)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 5) Look at your log folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://weblogs.asp.net/steveschofield/archive/2008/02/29/windows-server-2008-smtp-service-logging-tip.aspx" />
  <row Id="39432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22158" RevisionGUID="91322f2f-fb63-4f9b-9615-31fc8c7477dc" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:53:05.687" UserId="2783" Text="It depends entirely on how much data you are willing to lose versus the amount of administrative effort required.  If you are using the simple recovery model and taking backups once a week on Sundays... if you have a crash at 11:59 on Saturday, then you have lost a week of work.  Increasing the frequency of backups (or taking differentials) will reduce the amount of data loss.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By taking regular full/differential backups but using the full recovery model with transaction logs, you can restore the last backup and then replay transaction logs to a point in time immediately before the crash, and lose little to no data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Speaking of Paul Randal... he just wrote a great article on exactly this topic for TechNet Magazine this month :)  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd822915.aspx" />
  <row Id="39433" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="22156" RevisionGUID="717fe861-c121-4cd4-9091-b09014fbf7df" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:53:35.373" UserId="8333" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;mpm-worker&gt;&lt;php&gt;&lt;mod-dir&gt;&lt;mod-fcgid&gt;" />
  <row Id="39434" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22001" RevisionGUID="60412e96-6bd7-4f84-9d37-5bb3baf50496" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:55:27.490" UserId="326" Comment="deleted 18 characters in body" Text="While I do have no personal experience with OS X, I am very much in favour of package-based provisioning due to the following OS-independent reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Flexibility: database server, web server, load balancer, developer workstation, designer workstation. Would you have an image for every type or install everything everywhere? What about different releases of software?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Security/Manageability: How often would you update your images? Package-based provisioning allows you to have every new system up-to-date from day zero, by updating the source packages as needed, without having to touch the rest of the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a more in-depth discussion of my point, I refer you to the &quot;[Golden Image or Foil Ball?][1]&quot; article by [Luke Kanies][2] of [puppet][3] fame.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Shameless plug: Puppet works on OS X too!]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Disclaimer: I'm a long-time puppet user.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://madstop.com/2009/02/04/golden-image-or-foil-ball/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://madstop.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet" />
  <row Id="39435" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21781" RevisionGUID="9f802b00-c49c-49a8-ae50-9247285c4954" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:55:47.397" UserId="3181" Comment="changed mention of performance impact" Text="In the USA, many or perhaps most of the Internet Service Providers are not commonly offering IPv6 connectivity. IPv6 access is available for purchase, but to my knowledge, the service carries a premium. In 2006, I was told that IPv6 connectivity was being widely used in some markets - I believe that China was named as an IPv6 market.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most commercial network gear, e.g., not USA consumer products, supports IPv6 routing and dynamic routing protocols. Microsoft OS products all support IPv6, and most Linux and FreeBSD distributions have supported IPv6 for over ten years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The IETF working group does have the experience of IPv4 to guide their engineering efforts, so it may be that IPv6 will introduce little, if any, performance degradation. The biggest complaint I have heard about IPv6 is that it, at least in the past, required that all hosts be directly reachable by all other hosts, i.e., have a public Internet address. Some security engineers thought this was a bad idea." />
  <row Id="39436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22159" RevisionGUID="86180e1b-4c1f-4b50-9f19-68f94a606b08" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:58:42.337" UserId="8334" Text="It's not supported so the answer is easy - downgrade back to Vista." />
  <row Id="39437" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22160" RevisionGUID="ad053239-fa66-4a52-a9c9-ddf44ca5613d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:03:00.830" UserId="8396" Text="Can you scale back your protections against Conficker?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The article you linked has a lot of good practice in it that in my humble opinion, you should keep.  Isolating old hosts from the evil internet, having your boxes patched with up to date AV, and even keeping AutoRun disabled are good ideas.  Strong password rules with regular rotations is probably the most controversial if you don't have them already since they require institutional change.  But auto-patching is default behavior in ever Windows install since WinXP SP2 and auto-run defaulting to off will be in Win7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whether it's time to deactivate the group policy is going to be based on whether you feel you still have potetially infected systems in your environment.  If you rebuilt and patched everything, you it might be time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22161" RevisionGUID="f19f1e88-ab8e-4c5b-8618-4f5c1b0a0dbb" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:05:08.113" UserId="8506" Text="1. I don't think there's an &quot;optimal&quot; setup. Just make dead sure you start your iSCSI initiator before GFS. You've already specified bonding as a redundancy/performance measure. You should probably also think of setting up a multi-path connection to your target, if you have 4 NICs, maybe create 2 paths over 2 bonded interfaces for better redundancy.&#xD;&#xA;You should also consider using Jumbo frames if you have a dedicated iSCSI switch which supports that feature.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. GFS as a subsystem isn't very heavy on the system. There are locks held in kernel, some membership information/heartbeat running around between nodes, that's pretty much it. On the other hand, since you plan to make them both GFS nodes and a server being accessed by clients, you should probably invest in your nics/switches and RAM for the servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Jumbo frames. 803.2ad link aggregation if possible, on both sides (iscsi and clients). tcp stack optimizations (/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_rmem|wmem)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. I'll skip this one, I've no idea of the costs of 10ge." />
  <row Id="39439" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22162" RevisionGUID="67a5a0ed-2bef-4622-ba4c-72391aba4326" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:05:55.147" UserId="8770" Text="I'm looking for a solution to be able to authenticate internal and external users to MOSS 2007 using different authentication methods, but the same URL.  Here's the scenario:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Internal Users: Authenticate using RSA SecureID w/ AD #1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;External Users: Authenticate using PKI w/ AD #2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've seen plenty of solutions to accomplish this using two separate URLs, such as this one:&#xD;&#xA;http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2006/08/16/configuring-multiple-authentication-providers-for-sharepoint-2007.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, using ISA 2006, I'd like to get this set up with one URL and have the ISA manage which SharePoint site requests get sent to based on if they're already authenticated and if not, whether they specify themselves as an internal or external user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This seems like it should be possible, but I haven't found a way to do it yet.  Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="39440" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22162" RevisionGUID="67a5a0ed-2bef-4622-ba4c-72391aba4326" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:05:55.147" UserId="8770" Text="Authenticating Internal / External Users w/ MOSS 2007 &amp; ISA 2006" />
  <row Id="39441" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22162" RevisionGUID="67a5a0ed-2bef-4622-ba4c-72391aba4326" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:05:55.147" UserId="8770" Text="&lt;isa&gt;&lt;sharepoint&gt;" />
  <row Id="39442" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="21821" RevisionGUID="6e794dd4-48c7-4eb3-a978-1eb0b56a2f51" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:07:23.863" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="39443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22163" RevisionGUID="6b186b02-0fea-44eb-a9c4-de0f33247dd9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:08:22.910" UserId="3235" Text="Backing up just the database will NOT get all your sharepoint information.  Sure it will get everything in the database, but all the customizations and the look and feel get lost.  This may not matter to you as an admin but I assure you your users will be unhappy.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Options include getting a backup agent that can read the sharepoint database for your backup software, or doing some scripted backups that grab the configuration information and putting that as well as your SQL database backup somewhere safe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288330.aspx][1]  Has some information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TEST your backups.  Restore them.  See what changes, what works what doesn't.  Our first restore was not as good as it could have been.  Fortunately for us it was just part of the process in making a test server that was a duplicate of our production server, rather than trying to recover lost or destroyed data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288330.aspx" />
  <row Id="39444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22164" RevisionGUID="38130278-1099-4e03-bc8d-17b96e8bf44b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:12:32.870" UserId="4271" Text="I use the iPhone. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TouchTerm is a great SSH app. It supports both password and key authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most monitoring programs can be tweaked to display an iPhone friendly web interface. I've also written a couple of web interfaces to our bandwidth graphs. No reason to use an app for it - the web browser is easy to write for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The keyboard is OK for typing - I mean even with a small keyboard on one of the other phones (Like my HTC TyTn) you still can not type fast, but it is good for the instance when you are out and about and there is an emergency with a server." />
  <row Id="39445" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22143" RevisionGUID="93a500a5-c908-4546-bedc-f5fb966b4fcd" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:13:04.010" UserId="2413" Comment="added 185 characters in body" Text="i used to use n9300i - that was good. 80x25 putty session. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;recently i've moved to [e71][1] - it's nice snappy phone, but screen is too small and it lacks proper keys like tab / ctrl. n9300i [had those][2]. on e71 you can still use context menu - but that's cumbersome. if you want to have comfortable ssh session - go for e90.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;alternatively - take any 3g phone paired with netbook, or maybe something that runs android with good enough resolution. or pair it with internet tablet like [nokia n810][3] - it's really good travel companion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://europe.nokia.com/A41146122&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.marcomini.it/img/prodotti/3122-N9300iINTI.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://europe.nokia.com/A4568578" />
  <row Id="39446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22165" RevisionGUID="38213331-52e5-4968-a1d5-0724b71c6c1b" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:20:13.387" UserId="6490" Text="&#xD;&#xA;Since 8.x the PIX/ASA Release can use fully supported ldap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would suggest that you upgrade your PIX to the ASA Image 8.0(4). It's not a big deal.. All you need is at least 64mb Ram  (normaly the pix 515e has 32mb build in, but you can still find cheap ram on ebay..) and the software of course. " />
  <row Id="39447" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22166" RevisionGUID="9a92e126-66bf-4d23-9df9-d4edd0d969f5" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:21:27.643" UserId="7861" Text="I use a AT&amp;T Tilt with a cooked ROM from XDA-Developers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can remote desktop, SSL VPN in, etc.   Wireless tools and other great ICMP commands are out there as well on XDA." />
  <row Id="39448" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22167" RevisionGUID="2917225c-6f74-442e-9869-6ed13535d792" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:22:50.120" UserId="4392" Text="Since it happens over time, it's probably resource depletion of some sort. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you monitoring the various free memory statistics and processor usage? " />
  <row Id="39449" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21970" RevisionGUID="ef169e32-ee24-457a-b0f7-29749d29239d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:23:39.820" UserId="1715" Comment="added 342 characters in body" Text="**For IIS:** You can use the [Sessions Active][1] counter in WMI to see how many active users your have logged into your Web Application.  You can track this with perfmon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**For SQL Server:** You can use the [User Connections][2] counter which will give you some indication of usage, although because of application pooling, the number of connections will be much lower then the number of actual users hitting your application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/a8c5b994-7722-4dc6-a246-7dfe667c6816.mspx?mfr=true&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa905148(SQL.80).aspx" />
  <row Id="39450" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22168" RevisionGUID="dd1eaee0-3736-46fe-bf07-4ce33a04e31a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:23:59.603" UserId="7861" Text="I figured it out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In an Extreme Networks switch the proper command is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; enable sharing &lt;master port&gt; grouping &lt;ports&gt; algorithm address-based L3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will ensure it uses IP based port sharing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then in the Virtual Switch properties, set the Load Balancing setting to &quot;Route based on ip hash&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That took care of it and allows for both inbound and outbound load balancing." />
  <row Id="39451" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22169" RevisionGUID="b4985359-372c-43c7-87d9-d7626b39af8a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:27:53.073" UserId="8197" Text="There are some databases that are set to Simple mode out of the box. The Search database, for example. Search data is stored in two locations: a database and the index file on the server file system. You need both to serve search queries, and both of them backed up concurrently for any restored version to work. Since the odds of that are very, very low, most people would opt to simply recrawl their content and regenerate the search index.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In this case, Simple mode would work just fine." />
  <row Id="39452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22170" RevisionGUID="0e0d14bf-c31e-406c-8a8b-cd7b04b94c0c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:30:29.200" UserId="7645" Text="I would suggest employing a bit of math that takes into account your minimum password complexity, how fast an attacker could guess passwords, the number of unlocked accounts you have, and some informed information about your risks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hopefully you have some sort of rate-limiting for password guessing. Typically that would be via something that temporary locks accounts after some number of bad passwords.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And hopefully you have some sort of password-complexity requirements so that &quot;A&quot; and &quot;password&quot; aren't allowed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's assume that after 30 password failures in 10 minutes you will lock an account for 20 minutes. That effectively limits the password guess rate to 174 per hour, or 4176 per day.  But let's assume it's per user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's assume you require 8+ character passwords containing upper, lower and a number, and that you do some dictionary checks to ensure that those passwords are reasonably random.   Worst case your users all put the one upper, and one number in the same place and your attacker knows it, so you've got 10 * 26 ^ 7 (80G) possible passwords.  Best case is 62^8 (218T).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, an attacker trying every possible password would hit them all within 50,000 years in the worst case, and almost 600 million millenia in the best case.  Or, to put it another way, given one year they'd have between 1 in 50,000 and 1 in 52,000,000,000 of guessing.  If you have a userbase of 50,000 it's almost guaranteed that in the worst case they'd get into one account per year and have roughly a 50% chance of getting one account every 6 months.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if you had no rate limiting and an attacker could guess a billion passwords a day?  A one in 600 chance of getting into an account in a year, or a virtual guarantee of getting about 80 out of your 50,000 users every year.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Work on that math, and figure out where your acceptable risk level is.  And remember that the shorter you set it, the harder it will be for users to remember and the more likely they'll have it written down someplace convenient for an on-site attacker.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an added bonus: if somebody is trying thousands of passwords per user per day against your systems, I really hope you have some sort of monitoring that would pick that up.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39453" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22171" RevisionGUID="082a4dfd-69aa-43a3-bdc5-8e910aa4ade7" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:31:50.833" UserId="4718" Text="You need the Internet Authentication Service (IAS) installed on a domain member server and a shared secret that you enter on the IAS server and PIX.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then execute on your PIX:&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;aaa-server RADIUS protocol radius&#xD;&#xA;aaa-server RADIUS (inside) host IAS_SERVER SharedSecretHere timeout 10&#xD;&#xA;crypto map outside_map 65535 ipsec-isakmp dynamic outside_dyn_map&#xD;&#xA;crypto map outside_map client authentication RADIUS&#xD;&#xA;crypto map outside_map interface outside&#xD;&#xA;crypto dynamic-map outside_dyn_map 20 match address outside_cryptomap_dyn_20&#xD;&#xA;crypto dynamic-map outside_dyn_map 20 set transform-set ESP-3DES-MD5 &#xD;&#xA;vpngroup Remote address-pool pix_inside&#xD;&#xA;vpngroup Remote dns-server DNS_SERVER_1 DNS_SERVER_2&#xD;&#xA;vpngroup Remote wins-server WINS_SERVER&#xD;&#xA;vpngroup Remote default-domain domainToAuthenticate&#xD;&#xA;vpngroup Remote idle-time 1800&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;That should point you in the right direction and get you started." />
  <row Id="39454" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22172" RevisionGUID="1dd338f0-de02-4336-8309-1c85c74146d5" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:31:52.737" UserId="8197" Text="Our SharePoint farm is available globally, and we opt to recycle each app pool just prior to the start of each regional business day. I have to second the recommendation for x64 over 32-bit; you get much more breathing room in the 64-bit world." />
  <row Id="39455" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22173" RevisionGUID="fbbb3ea9-52ee-4d86-98ad-94493b79f2e8" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:31:58.353" UserId="7481" Text="A very cool feature that's based on SFTP is sshfs(1):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sshfs -o workaround=all user@remotehost:/ /path/to/localdir&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will mount the whole disk at *remotehost* at the local directory /path/to/localdir . No installation necessary at remotehost,all you need is the sshfs program." />
  <row Id="39456" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21824" RevisionGUID="152c9dcb-e731-44cb-849d-c88866537565" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:33:52.360" UserId="3058" Comment="Added comment" Text="*Copied from StackOverflow*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any overwhelming reasons to pick one over the other?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm in the middle. Our database administrator says that Oracle on Linux is better, but cannot present proof. Our hardware administrators only know Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right now we're proceeding with Linux, but I'd feel better if I could find some proof that it was a better OS for hosting Oracle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The database has 500 GB of data. I know it's not big, but we have some processes that are taxing our Windows 2003 (32 bit) server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-- Edit --&#xD;&#xA;I've seen several very good arguments for either one.  Nothing that makes the decision easier, but good points none the less.  It looks like there isn't a definite &quot;bad&quot; choice." />
  <row Id="39457" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22174" RevisionGUID="e93ecf50-ae03-46c7-bd3a-e15a09e44429" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:35:41.653" UserId="4718" Text="iPhone get's my vote, especially now that they are legally allowing tethering for most users (sorry AT&amp;T)" />
  <row Id="39458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22175" RevisionGUID="40b62da1-07af-481c-aacc-7a567336cb48" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:35:49.983" UserId="5989" Text="I think more important than having an SSH client, or any other capability of doing remote management through your phone, is to have the ability to tether your phone to a laptop and use the cell internet connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have an iPhone, and I love it. While I'm no longer a sysadmin supporting IT operations, when I did, I hated using SSH on the phone. TouchTerm is a fine program, but the muscle memory I've developed over the years of typing system commands on a real keyboard is too tough to overcome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While the iPhone 3.0 OS will support tethering as announced at WWDC, AT&amp;T isn't on the 'list' of carriers, and hasn't been confirmed as supporting this option. That being the case, I'd say the iPhone is out for a sysadmin smartphone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I still love the iPhone and I couldn't imagine using another phone at this point. You got this far without having to manage systems through your phone, why do you want to make yourself more available to work when it's not convenient?" />
  <row Id="39459" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22176" RevisionGUID="02775a1e-33e2-4cb4-a21c-e8b7fe38ab57" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:37:09.187" UserId="533" Text="I have inherited management of a set of AD servers running AD-backed DNS.  One of them is running DHCP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For IP ranges which are served by this Windows DHCP server, the in-addr.arpa zones are being served authoritatively by the AD DNS servers to allow AD to be happy with itself and allow dynamic DNS to work properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For each of these in-addr.arpa zones, I am also pulling secondary from my unix/linux name servers running BIND9.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have begun frequently seeing errors like this in my logs on the *nix servers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  8 13:40:07 ns1 named[6083]: general: warning: '3.37.19.172.in-addr.arpa/PTR/IN': TTL differs in rdataset, adjusting 900 -&gt; 1200&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I understand from a technical, DNS-perspective what is happening here.  There are &gt;1 records for the 3.37.19.172.in-addr.arpa and they have different TTLs.  BIND is normalizing the TTLs and informing me about it.  I have confirmed that this is the case by grabbing a manual AXFR of the zone:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ns1 0 /home/jj33 &gt;# xfer 37.19.172.in-addr.arpa ad-dns | grep '^3\.'                  &lt;&#xD;&#xA;    3.37.19.172.in-addr.arpa.       900     IN      PTR     0509-l3-tmbxt.example.ad.&#xD;&#xA;    3.37.19.172.in-addr.arpa.       1200    IN      PTR     0402-3p2jf41.example.ad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In looking at the Windows DNS and DHCP tools, it seems very likely based on the lease time that 0402-3p2jf41.example.ad either returned its lease or went away and never came back, allowing the lease to expire.  0509-l3-tmbxt.example.ad came along, picked up the IP, and inserted its name for the 3.37.19.172.in-addr.arpa record.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, with all the explanation done, I have several questions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - In the DDNS process, who actually defines the TTL of the reverse record?  The DNS server, the DHCP server, or the DHCP client?&#xD;&#xA; - Why are the stale in-addr.arpa records not being deleted?  Should the DNS server know to delete existing DDNS names when a new DDNS name is submitted?&#xD;&#xA; - Why would this suddenly start occurring?  This system has been running for years with this only happeneing a coupld of times before, and always with the same IP address.  In the last few days it has happened multiple times with multiple IPs.&#xD;&#xA; - Would scavenging help?  We don't currently have it turned on.  While I'm going to look into it for its own merits, I'm not sure it would help in this situation since the default seems to be 7 days before scavenging.&#xD;&#xA; - Does this situation require action, or if I ignore it will &quot;something&quot; purge the stale records eventually (I really, really hate waiting for divine intervention, but it seems odd that we wouldn't have faced this before).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Aside from the questions, can anyone share any hard-won experience related to this issue?  Thanks." />
  <row Id="39460" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22176" RevisionGUID="02775a1e-33e2-4cb4-a21c-e8b7fe38ab57" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:37:09.187" UserId="533" Text="Need help understanding Windows DNS, DHCP and dynamic PTRs" />
  <row Id="39461" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22176" RevisionGUID="02775a1e-33e2-4cb4-a21c-e8b7fe38ab57" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:37:09.187" UserId="533" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;dhcp&gt;" />
  <row Id="39462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22177" RevisionGUID="151e5b9e-4e16-43ab-8d3f-b93347c6dc4f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:37:25.317" UserId="8199" Text="I suppose that would depend on what you're trying to test. I would assume that you could use an apple script to automate whatever action you were trying to test.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39463" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22170" RevisionGUID="8a71c916-4655-43f1-883b-3f95a38cd30e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:37:35.440" UserId="7645" Comment="added 172 characters in body" Text="I would suggest employing a bit of math that takes into account your minimum password complexity, how fast an attacker could guess passwords, the number of unlocked accounts you have, and some informed information about your risks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hopefully you have some sort of rate-limiting for password guessing. Typically that would be via something that temporary locks accounts after some number of bad passwords.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And hopefully you have some sort of password-complexity requirements so that &quot;A&quot; and &quot;password&quot; aren't allowed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's assume that after 30 password failures in 10 minutes you will lock an account for 20 minutes. That effectively limits the password guess rate to 174 per hour, or 4176 per day.  But let's assume it's per user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's assume you require 8+ character passwords containing upper, lower and a number, and that you do some dictionary checks to ensure that those passwords are reasonably random.   Worst case your users all put the one upper, and one number in the same place and your attacker knows it, so you've got 10 * 26 ^ 7 (80G) possible passwords.  Best case is 62^8 (218T).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, an attacker trying every possible password would hit them all within 50,000 years in the worst case, and almost 600 million millenia in the best case.  Or, to put it another way, given one year they'd have between 1 in 50,000 and 1 in 52,000,000,000 of guessing.  If you have a userbase of 50,000 it's almost guaranteed that in the worst case they'd get into one account per year and have roughly a 50% chance of getting one account every 6 months.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if you had no rate limiting and an attacker could guess a billion passwords a day?  A one in 600 chance of getting into an account in a year, or a virtual guarantee of getting about 80 out of your 50,000 users every year.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Work on that math, and figure out where your acceptable risk level is.  And remember that the shorter you set it, the harder it will be for users to remember and the more likely they'll have it written down someplace convenient for an on-site attacker.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an added bonus: if somebody is trying thousands of passwords per user per day against your systems, I really hope you have some sort of monitoring that would pick that up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**&#xD;&#xA;Forgot to mention: our actual policy is 90 days, but that has everything to do with findings by misguided security auditors and nothing to do with reality.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39464" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22163" RevisionGUID="9c444b7b-a70b-423a-8e65-76e9c002b9a8" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:40:05.670" UserId="3235" Comment="improved relevance" Text="Backing up just the database will NOT get all your sharepoint information.  Sure it will get everything in the database, but all the customizations and the look and feel get lost.  This may not matter to you as an admin but I assure you your users will be unhappy.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Options include getting a backup agent that can read the sharepoint database for your backup software, or doing some scripted backups that grab the configuration information and putting that as well as your SQL database backup somewhere safe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288330.aspx][1]  Has some information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TEST your backups.  Restore them.  See what changes, what works what doesn't.  Our first restore was not as good as it could have been.  Fortunately for us it was just part of the process in making a test server that was a duplicate of our production server, rather than trying to recover lost or destroyed data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Edited for relevance*&#xD;&#xA;Upon reading this again I realized I got distracted and missed the answer point of my answer.  If you do full backups with transaction logging you can roll back to much finer points in time.  This does require more skill as a DBA but it isn't that hard.  If you don't have a ton of updates and losing a whole day's work isn't the end of the world then you are probably fine.  Other options include running the simple backup more often.  Say Midnight, 10AM, 2PM, 6PM, or whatever works for organizations work cycle. This will eat up more disk, but reduce your data loss risks.  As with all backups it is a balance between what the users will tolerate and what the admins can provide.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288330.aspx" />
  <row Id="39465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22178" RevisionGUID="d31b0163-4931-43d7-a1c3-f392d58f5d1f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:41:39.020" UserId="533" Text="As related in [another question][1], I have an issue with a AD server that has multiple PTR records for the same zone with different TTLs.  I can see this when doing a manual axfr of the zone:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ns1 0 /home/jj33 &gt;# xfer 37.19.172.in-addr.arpa ad-dns | grep '^3\.'                  &lt;&#xD;&#xA;    3.37.19.172.in-addr.arpa.       900     IN      PTR     0509-l3-tmbxt.example.ad.&#xD;&#xA;    3.37.19.172.in-addr.arpa.       1200    IN      PTR     0402-3p2jf41.example.ad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, I can't find any button to push in the Windows GUI to see that these records have different TTLs.  Anyone know how to do this, or am I out of luck?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/22176/need-help-understanding-windows-dns-dhcp-and-dynamic-ptrs" />
  <row Id="39466" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22178" RevisionGUID="d31b0163-4931-43d7-a1c3-f392d58f5d1f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:41:39.020" UserId="533" Text="How can I view record-level TTLs in Windows Server 2003 DNS Application?" />
  <row Id="39467" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22178" RevisionGUID="d31b0163-4931-43d7-a1c3-f392d58f5d1f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:41:39.020" UserId="533" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="39468" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22179" RevisionGUID="42381208-f721-44be-8ff8-bf0f90afed1f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:41:39.753" UserId="8199" Text="I agree with JR...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be aware that if you implement something with encryption later, the packets can grow and cause fragmentation which won't work with encryption. Then you'll have packets disappearing into never never land. Find the breaking point and then give yourself a little room." />
  <row Id="39469" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10477" RevisionGUID="f9c80da0-9b1c-4bf2-b3ea-fca020d6724f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:42:46.710" UserId="1172" Comment="Typo Corrections" Text="We are planning to upgrade our application servers to a new version of JRun which is carrying with it an upgrade from Java 1.4 to Java 1.6. As part of that, we have been testing various pieces of our software stack and realized the need to look at our Oracle JDBC drivers as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking at the Oracle site and documentation, the different versions seem to be primarily targeting various versions of the JDBC API, which tend to correspond to the version of the JVM they were introduced in. With Java (generally) being backwards compatible, it seems like sticking with ojdbc14.jar might make the most sense, but I was hoping someone out there could clarify things a bit better. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The docs specifically call out a chart like this, which makes me wonder if ojdbc14.jar is officially supported under Java 6.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    classes12.jar - for Java 1.2 and 1.3&#xD;&#xA;    ojdbc14.jar - for Java 1.4 and 1.5&#xD;&#xA;    ojdbc5.jar - for Java 1.5&#xD;&#xA;    ojdbc6.jar - for Java 1.6&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there something I should be aware of from a systems perspective when mixing and matching drivers and virtual machines?" />
  <row Id="39470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22180" RevisionGUID="9dd86a73-72ee-4c26-8054-559176b6358f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:43:08.520" UserId="4136" Text="Sharepoint needs to be treated like a SQL database because it IS a SQL database so take all your regular SQL setup precautions in setting up shop. As for backups you should not only be backing up your databases regularly you need to back up your 12-hive which holds all of your SP information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out this thread for more info: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointgeneral/thread/102c5c71-38a3-4360-b5cb-9b8b7c07bfea" />
  <row Id="39471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22181" RevisionGUID="59836388-320b-42ee-ac4e-7ee94043b661" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:44:16.473" UserId="2359" Text="We are running a Cisco ASA 5510 with the IPS module.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have an internal server that is preforming a lot of SNMP discovery scans and is being blocked and shutdown by the IPS. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since I'm in control of this server, and this is an expected behaviour I would like to add an exception to the IPS to prevent this server from being blocked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have found the following in the Cisco IPS manager Express tool:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Configuration &gt; sensor_name &gt; Sensor Management &gt; Blocking &gt; Blocking Properties, and click Add to add a host or network to the list of addresses never to be blocked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, even after I add the servers IP address here it's still being blocked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there another area that I should be adding this server too?" />
  <row Id="39472" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22181" RevisionGUID="59836388-320b-42ee-ac4e-7ee94043b661" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:44:16.473" UserId="2359" Text="Adding a host to Cisco IPS Never Block List " />
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  <row Id="39474" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22182" RevisionGUID="7c028ab2-06f7-41c6-8c02-da3cff499a82" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:44:18.267" UserId="2966" Text="Is there a way to view the members of an Active Directory group if you aren't a domain admin and don't have access to a domain controller?" />
  <row Id="39475" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22182" RevisionGUID="7c028ab2-06f7-41c6-8c02-da3cff499a82" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:44:18.267" UserId="2966" Text="Is there a way to view the members of an Active Directory group if you aren't a domain admin and don't have access to a domain controller?" />
  <row Id="39476" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22182" RevisionGUID="7c028ab2-06f7-41c6-8c02-da3cff499a82" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:44:18.267" UserId="2966" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="39477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22183" RevisionGUID="b81da263-47b4-4fdf-a2ef-21a7fe89287d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:44:30.123" UserId="1812" Text="I got the title dba guy about a year into my job. This was about,5 months ago. Since then I have been reading various blogs from the  [500,000ft view][1] to the  (sometimes hitting the hard deck at 500ft) [250,000 view][2], to the  [500ft view][3]. Also,[SQLServerPedia][4] is your friend; they have a lot of good stuff for the accidental DBA. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been thrown into situations that made me feel uneasy. For example, I have been doing backups since I was “given” this job so Fulls, diffs and t-logs were on hand for my first restore of production data, nobody else seemed panic-y, so I figured I couldn’t show how queasy I felt. More times than not, I go overboard when I put on my DBA hat, but I figure it isn't my full time job (network admin) so I should be 'better safe than sorry'  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.brentozar.com&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://blogs.msdn.com/jimmymay/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://sqlserverpedia.com/" />
  <row Id="39478" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22183" RevisionGUID="b81da263-47b4-4fdf-a2ef-21a7fe89287d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:44:30.123" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22184" RevisionGUID="4e81305c-1de9-4926-bb84-b649b5659930" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:45:31.383" UserId="8199" Text="webhostingtalk.com can help if you have other requirements besides cost." />
  <row Id="39480" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22185" RevisionGUID="d49fd1b4-59f1-4f56-97a3-1457374fd89a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:46:26.797" UserId="1233" Text="I've seen [Eggplant](http://www.testplant.com/) suggested many times for a way to automate testing - especially with a GUI application(s).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively a short shell script that runs at first launch and removes itself afterwards to ensure that the configuration settings are set up (eg. bound to an Open Directory, can access servers, read certain preferences using PlistBuddy or defaults, check the MCXCache is correct, etc.)" />
  <row Id="39481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22186" RevisionGUID="2828864d-7097-4227-888d-386c6f918626" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:47:18.137" UserId="4491" Text="Toni is right, and this is not possible. See this kb article for more info. It is talking about task lists, but it applies to other list types as well:&#xD;&#xA;[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920278][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can remap &quot;other columns&quot; as the article suggests. In my testing, I've only been able to get the Categories column to remap, but have seen other people talk about using other columns:&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.grailboy.blogspot.com/2008/07/display-sharepoint-custom-columns-in.html][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920278&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.grailboy.blogspot.com/2008/07/display-sharepoint-custom-columns-in.html" />
  <row Id="39482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22187" RevisionGUID="2b3f52a9-8349-46c7-98e3-a89884e87c15" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:49:53.543" UserId="1054" Text="You should still be able to use Active Directory Users and Computers to see group memberships, assuming your PC is a member of the domain and you are logged in with a domain account.  You just won't be able to modify said group memberships.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not, then the domain admins have set security such that you're restricted from viewing the memberships in which case you won't be able to see memberships.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW - What exactly do you mean by &quot;don't have access to the domain controller&quot;?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** Evan Anderson is right, that you would need to install the admin tools to get AD Users &amp; Computers." />
  <row Id="39483" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22188" RevisionGUID="f581f485-262f-48a0-aeb9-203cecf0c622" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:49:53.823" UserId="7200" Text="Absolutely. From a computer that's a member of the domain, open a command-prompt and run a:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    NET GROUP &quot;group name&quot; /DOMAIN&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless your administrators have changed the stock permissions on the group object you will be able to view the membership that way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You *can* use AD Users and Computers even if you're not an administrator, but this, at least, can be done w/o installing anything." />
  <row Id="39486" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22076" RevisionGUID="134ba4f5-e98c-4cd0-81fe-48ce0b18cd69" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:50:24.260" UserId="3566" Comment="deleted 7 characters in body; added 137 characters in body" Text="I've done a reasonable amount of hobbyist embedded hacking, and I've got two suggestions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. [Linksys WRT600N](http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/WRT600N) (which has usb) or [Linksys WRT54GL](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BTL0OA) with dd-wrt or some other custom firmware.  Get the cross-compiling setup on your desktop and start porting some open-source software that you might want to run on them.  Once you're comfortable with the build environment, you can move to develop your own apps.  If you feel adventurous you can google around for some of the hardware hacking projects for the WRT54GL.  For example, mine has a [serial port](http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/WRT54GL_MAX232_Serial) sticking out the side.  Another project adds an SD card slot to it, which should give you enough storage to perhaps not need a USB hard drive for file serving.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. [Digium AA50](http://www.voipsupply.com/digium-s800i) or the [Free Telephony IP04](http://www.rowetel.com/ucasterisk/store.html) these are really fun embedded telephony platforms that run on the Blackfin processor.  The blackfin has built-in DSP capabilities which opens up a lot of interesting media-processing possibilities in the telephony side of things.  I know you wanted a file-server, but you'd be surprised how much you'll learn if you build your own embedded PBX." />
  <row Id="39487" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22190" RevisionGUID="34808607-27d8-4267-a7a5-1ac922eca999" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:50:41.110" UserId="2967" Text="Well, you certainly don't have to be a Domain Admin to view the members of a group in AD - you can do it from &quot;My Network Places -&gt; Search Active Directory&quot; in XP, or &quot;Network -&gt; Search Active Directory&quot; in Vista/7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, you aren't going to be able to query for this information if you don't have access to a DC. By access here I mean a network connection - you don't need to be able to logon to a DC to get this information - as you just use the directory search tool mentioned above." />
  <row Id="39488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22191" RevisionGUID="fca1b291-2414-4bc9-b55b-181a2cfc33ac" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:50:45.773" UserId="1233" Text="To have Private Browsing always enabled:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitPrivateBrowsingEnabled true`" />
  <row Id="39489" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22192" RevisionGUID="f0d796e9-49ba-4798-b1d4-3e98e832cae0" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:52:09.483" UserId="7200" Text="The TTL is in the &quot;Properties&quot; sheet for each individual record in W2K3 DNS. I'm sure it's in a similar place in W2K8 and W2K DNS. Unfortunately, you'll have to examine this on a record-for-record basis. There's no way to add TTL to the columns listed in the GUI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22193" RevisionGUID="c46bd79c-67e9-4106-bb2a-5ecbf87ab6bd" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:52:19.453" UserId="8782" Text="By &quot;test&quot; do you mean &quot;validate that certain packages and programs exist and that they run as expected&quot;?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, I can't speak to the Mac-specific parts, but my approach would be to include a little XML-RPC program as part of the image. It doesn't have to be XML-RPC, but that is an approach I've found useful before. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The program would expose an API on the box for various tests. By default it would run when the machine boots, listening on (say) port 8080. Your control script would connect and run a sequence of commands, unit-test style. You get to control the level of exposure, from &quot;does this directory exist&quot; to &quot;what happens when you run photoshop&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Like I say, this is not Mac-savvy, but would be a simple and portable solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS&#xD;&#xA;After passing tests, the package could respond to a final command to remove itself from the image :)" />
  <row Id="39491" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22182" RevisionGUID="32423730-2a17-455e-b2a4-092efc577b25" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:52:52.743" UserId="2966" Comment="clarify meaning" Text="Is there a way to view the members of an Active Directory group if you aren't a domain admin and can't log into to a domain controller?" />
  <row Id="39492" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="22182" RevisionGUID="32423730-2a17-455e-b2a4-092efc577b25" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:52:52.743" UserId="2966" Comment="clarify meaning" Text="Is there a way to view the members of an Active Directory group if you aren't a domain admin and can't log into to a domain controller?" />
  <row Id="39493" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22194" RevisionGUID="234d924a-07a6-44f6-b5bf-6c6f78b51739" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:53:57.547" UserId="808" Text="How are you exposing the printer ... via Samba I assume?  As [Mr. Shiny and New][1] said, you probably want to expose the printer as a &quot;raw&quot; printer, allowing the Windows devices to use the normal drivers to talk to the printer.  This is how I've always exposed printers from a Linux server to Windows clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To debug this, you'll want to look at the Samba logs as well as the CUPS logs.  First check the Samba logs to see if you can see access from the Windows machines to the printer.  Also check the CUPS logs.  Look for errors in either set of logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have selinux enabled, then *for testing purposes only* execute the command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    setenforce permissive&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After doing this, restart Samba and CUPS and try access.  If this makes a difference, then you may need to look in the selinux audit logs to change some permissions there.  Assuming you normally have selinux in enforcing mode, when you're done with testing, re-enable it with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    setenforce enforcing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://serverfault.com/users/601/mr-shiny-and-new&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39494" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22195" RevisionGUID="06b5db20-59b5-4da0-83b9-2fe7e459afed" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:56:12.940" UserId="2422" Text="A small startup of approx 10 - 20 employees is looking into using Open Source / Free technology to save money on Operating System license fees, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming an Admin is competent enough to 'keep up' (and possibly gets help from &quot;paid support&quot;, but not required), and assuming that possible incompatibilities with other people using Microsoft Office documents don't matter: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is Ubuntu a suitable distribution for an Admin (or two) to maintain, and keep control of, or should they take a serious look at Red Hat / SuSE / other?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39495" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22195" RevisionGUID="06b5db20-59b5-4da0-83b9-2fe7e459afed" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:56:12.940" UserId="2422" Text="Small Business office of ~ 10 people: Ubuntu (stable) or other OS?" />
  <row Id="39496" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22195" RevisionGUID="06b5db20-59b5-4da0-83b9-2fe7e459afed" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:56:12.940" UserId="2422" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;startup&gt;&lt;planning&gt;" />
  <row Id="39497" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22196" RevisionGUID="9da30264-d71d-48ee-a130-ca0d3fa75a41" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:56:18.803" UserId="8774" Text="I am attempting to migrate data from an MCMS 2002 instance into a new MOSS 2007 installation using the &quot;Manage Microsoft Content Management Server Migration Profiles&quot; tool in the Operations space of MOSS Central Administration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When analyzing the profile, I receive 4 warnings, all of which may be safely ignored, but when I actually execute the migration profile, I get the same warnings and an additional error with a description of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Line 6: Incorrect syntax near ';'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have seen this error numerous times when plotzing about in SQL Server and recognize it as a Transact SQL error message, but can't find the actual SQL statement that is being executed so that I may determine the source of the error." />
  <row Id="39498" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22196" RevisionGUID="9da30264-d71d-48ee-a130-ca0d3fa75a41" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:56:18.803" UserId="8774" Text="Where do I find scripts generated by SharePoint MCMS Migration Profiles" />
  <row Id="39499" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22196" RevisionGUID="9da30264-d71d-48ee-a130-ca0d3fa75a41" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:56:18.803" UserId="8774" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;migration&gt;" />
  <row Id="39500" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22197" RevisionGUID="49c68c8d-d2df-4be3-a856-ea9e44395bdf" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:57:44.183" UserId="8780" Text="how do you approach blocking bad websites such as malicious websites, porn and etc in ISP Level." />
  <row Id="39501" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22197" RevisionGUID="49c68c8d-d2df-4be3-a856-ea9e44395bdf" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:57:44.183" UserId="8780" Text="blocking bad websites in ISP level" />
  <row Id="39502" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22197" RevisionGUID="49c68c8d-d2df-4be3-a856-ea9e44395bdf" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:57:44.183" UserId="8780" Text="&lt;blocking&gt;&lt;isp&gt;" />
  <row Id="39503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22198" RevisionGUID="318c8911-ba6e-4965-a880-a1cbf7a0e6fc" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:57:49.113" UserId="8199" Text="This might be helpful for you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://whitepapers.zdnet.co.uk/0,1000000651,260535897p,00.htm" />
  <row Id="39504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22199" RevisionGUID="4c60747a-ea22-48a3-a445-5451e0a95eca" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:58:13.933" UserId="8779" Text="We've got an internal web based system that emails out reports on a regular basis. The emails are sent as: internalsystem@thecompanyIworkfor.com and the body of the email has a bunch of data and some links to the internal software system. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes the Outlook clients (some 2003, some XP, some 2007) will mark the messages as Junk Email. I can get the individual users who receive these reports to add the sender to the safe sender's list, but that's a royal pain. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way on Exchange Server 2003 to add an email address to some sort of global safe sender's list?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would there be a script that I can write to add it to the client so I can automate the process on each client box instead of stumbling through it over the phone?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="39505" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22199" RevisionGUID="4c60747a-ea22-48a3-a445-5451e0a95eca" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:58:13.933" UserId="8779" Text="Outlook - Junk Email - Add an email to the safe senders for entire company?" />
  <row Id="39506" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22199" RevisionGUID="4c60747a-ea22-48a3-a445-5451e0a95eca" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:58:13.933" UserId="8779" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;spam&gt;&lt;spam-filter&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;exchange-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="39507" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22200" RevisionGUID="5d28e10e-bfb1-4d9a-a749-48002f231b2f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:58:24.493" UserId="2422" Text="Either your existing Admins should choose the technology based on what they are already comfortable working with, or you should hire admins for a specific technology. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39508" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22200" RevisionGUID="5d28e10e-bfb1-4d9a-a749-48002f231b2f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:58:24.493" UserId="2422" />
  <row Id="39509" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22201" RevisionGUID="f02386bc-cabb-4486-85d3-e9298f9df8ec" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:58:52.370" UserId="3235" Text="With LTO1, LTO2 and LTO3 I have stack from the last 7 years on my desk and it's only 7 tapes high.  That's from a pool of say 800 tapes over the past 7 years.  So something right about 1%.  Not including one bad batch we got right before I was hired where we sent them all back and swore off that tape manufacturer ever again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I agree with the drive issue comments though.  If your drive is out of alignment or dirty it could surely cause a ton of issues.  I'd get a new batch of tapes, see if the problems persist and if they do then call the drive/library vendor and get that squared away.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39510" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22181" RevisionGUID="c4832ab3-2d1f-4f07-bd0f-24738ead6ebf" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:59:36.597" UserId="2359" Comment="added 14 characters in body" Text="We are running a Cisco ASA 5510 with the IPS module.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have an internal server that is preforming a lot of SNMP discovery scans and is being blocked and shutdown by the IPS. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since I'm in control of this server, and this is an expected behaviour I would like to add an exception to the IPS to prevent this server from being blocked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have found the following in the Cisco IPS manager Express tool:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Configuration &gt; sensor_name &gt; Sensor&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Management &gt; Blocking &gt; Blocking&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Properties, and click Add to add a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; host or network to the list of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; addresses never to be blocked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, even after I add the servers IP address here it's still being blocked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there another area that I should be adding this server too?" />
  <row Id="39511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22202" RevisionGUID="c0c04150-324e-4aa1-aeeb-2bd7e4364c65" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:00:19.687" UserId="1997" Text="I helped administer a similar system in a company that size, and found it a suitable choice. We did not have a need for significant calendaring support and but network currently has remote home directories and LDAP. I think that a number of the other solutions would be good though, and it's prudent to keep around 1 or 2 Windows machines just in case." />
  <row Id="39512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22203" RevisionGUID="6201fe1c-6798-4e96-b4ed-3460c6d993ce" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:00:47.720" UserId="8781" Text="As Laura said more requirements would help here however I can tell you what I use to handle my personal backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a backup arrangement with a good friend. They host a external USB drive on their workstation and I host one of theirs. We each have limited ssh access to each others machines to push data to our remote drives. Before this I pushed data to a server I had access to with adequate space. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My backups are scheduled with cron and then performed by [duplicity][1]. I chose this tool because it supports many methods of moving your backup data(ssh,sftp, s3, local, ...). More importantly, you can use it to do encrypted backups. This is handy when you're dumping data to another location that you dont' have as much control over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://duplicity.nongnu.org/ &quot;duplicity&quot;" />
  <row Id="39513" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22112" RevisionGUID="b6838fc0-9640-4e4c-a054-f077d2a97d4c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:01:31.337" UserId="2629" Comment="Expanded on what sort of testing I am trying to do" Text="Let us say I'm using a [packaged-based approach][1] of imaging for the Mac, and have a freshly imaged machine (or better, several different types of machines) ready to test.  How do I perform automated testing?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**edit:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am primarily concerned with images for client machines.  The testing I have in mind is along these lines:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Run all the applications that are installed (in /Applicaions), one at a time.  Does anything crash?  Do applications ask for license codes (and is this expected or not)?&#xD;&#xA;- Even better would be to test loading and saving files in different applications.&#xD;&#xA;- Better still would be to do the above, when logged in under a network account.  [A number of programs operate funny for a network user.]&#xD;&#xA;- If possible, it would be nice to know how responsive an application is (but that may be beyond the scope of what could be reasonably tested).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps more fundamentally:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Does the system even boot up?&#xD;&#xA;- Does it connect to our network?&#xD;&#xA;- It would also be nice to check that expected services (ARD, SSH) are up and running.&#xD;&#xA;- Is the required software installed?&#xD;&#xA;- Is the hard drive functional?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/21937/monolithic-vs-packaged-based-image-creation" />
  <row Id="39514" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22204" RevisionGUID="2a59e432-0b47-49e0-85f1-aaf766719456" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:02:17.887" UserId="3235" Text="I'd recommend Symantec's NetBackup if you can afford it.  BackupExec from Symantec is pretty good until you add the Unix clients.  It doesn't do that nearly as well.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NetBackup has an excellent command line interface, as well as a GUI that is good.  I will say it has a few pitfalls in the setup phase, but if you follow the documentation and best practices guides, rather than just jumping in blind it's great. " />
  <row Id="39515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22205" RevisionGUID="08a6541e-312e-44fa-9a9c-a47cec3ae629" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:03:02.940" UserId="7200" Text="Here's an article from Microsoft that describes the dynamic DNS process with their DHCP server: &lt;a href=&quot;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc787034(WS.10).aspx&quot;&gt;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc787034(WS.10).aspx&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The stock behaviour of W2K and up is for the client to request the DHCP server register the PTR record on behalf of the client, and the client registers the A record itself. The DHCP server *can* be made to register the A record and the PTR record (including for pre-Windows 2000 clients that can't make DDNS registrations themselves).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is an optional setting to have the DHCP server delete the A and PTR records when a lease is discarded. If the lease hasn't time-out, though, the records won't be deleted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You absolutely should be aging and scavenging your DDNS zones. If you're aging and scavenging, this will eventually &quot;purge&quot;. If you're not, it won't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This Microsoft support article explains how to set the TTL value for DNS resource records registered by DHCP servers (originally in a hotfix, now just built-in to the OS): http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322989&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To alter the behaviour of client computers in DNS registrations, have a look in Group Policy in the &lt;em&gt;DNS Client&lt;/em&gt; node under the &lt;em&gt;Network&lt;/em&gt; subnode of the &lt;em&gt;Administrative Templates&lt;/em&gt; node of the &lt;em&gt;Computer Configuration&lt;/em&gt;. In there, you'll find that you can force the clients to register their PTR records, rather than having it done by the DHCP server (if you so desire), and you can set the TTL on records registered by clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure why this would suddenly start occurring. Some configuration had to change, but I'm at a loss as to tell you where. Start talking to your co-admins about any changes they might've made in the DHCP server configuration or in the group policy settings for clients' dynamic DNS behaviour. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't say I've seen the behaviour of multiple clients registering the same PTR record. That's odd. I'll have to defer to someone else on that. I will say that all of my reverse-zones are always AD integrated and require secure updates, but I don't know that that would have an effect on this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my experience, just having aging and scavenging turned on makes a world of difference in eliminating stale records. The default 7 day interval has worked well for me." />
  <row Id="39516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22206" RevisionGUID="b1661d20-c824-4907-8276-ea89e1afc34a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:03:27.933" UserId="2359" Text="A simple and free solution would be to point the DNS servers to [OpenDNS][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At OpenDNS, you the admin, can setup an account (free), and then you can go through a very simple process to block websites bases on 20 or so predefined categories that they have setup. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The nice thing is that they update the list of websites every day so it's automatic for you and your users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.opendns.com" />
  <row Id="39519" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="22118" RevisionGUID="e1652055-796e-4baa-a857-1ac5ce02f480" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:06:09.813" UserId="3235" Comment="changed title " Text="How to best migrate a server to new hardware" />
  <row Id="39520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22208" RevisionGUID="e93917cf-82d4-4725-b63c-44ae74fbd04c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:06:16.973" UserId="1997" Text="Do you have a [DirectoryIndex][1] directive set for mod_dir which specifies that index.php should be used as an index file?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, I'm wondering whether your use of mod_index is by-passing the vhost for fastcgi (i.e. separate from the vhost that sets the use of the php handler).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_dir.html" />
  <row Id="39521" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22152" RevisionGUID="b5a68dc9-32e3-4ee8-9604-7f7b8b7c4326" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:07:10.810" UserId="1174" Comment="adde3d response to comment" Text="I like my Nokia N810.  Not really a phone, but has &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- big screen (800x480) &#xD;&#xA;- linnux inside &#xD;&#xA;- SSH, RDP client, VNC&#xD;&#xA;- network tools like nmap and tcpdump&#xD;&#xA;- cut-down firefox browser&#xD;&#xA;- comms like skype, gtalk, SIP phone&#xD;&#xA;- wifi or you can connect through a bluetooth onto a 3G cellphone.  &#xD;&#xA;- good battery life - couple of days from a charge&#xD;&#xA;- fits in your pocket&#xD;&#xA;- good sized slide-out keyboard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The standard keyboard lacks some keys you'd want, like tab, pipe etc.  You can remap the keys anyway you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can get those necessary keys - edit /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/nokia_vndr/rx-44 to get remap the keys, e.g. this remaps Fn modifier for m and ; keys (pound and Euro) and adds to the + and ' keys&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       key &lt;AB07&gt; { [ m,          M,        Escape,  Escape   ]  };&#xD;&#xA;       key &lt;AC10&gt; { [ semicolon,  colon,    bar,     bar      ]  };&#xD;&#xA;       key &lt;AE12&gt; { [ plus,       equal,    Tab,     Tab      ]  };&#xD;&#xA;       key &lt;AC11&gt; { [ apostrophe, question, grave,   grave    ]  };&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39522" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22209" RevisionGUID="ec35ad21-1315-4317-9b46-9510fe80684c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:07:22.777" UserId="8776" Text="I'm using [http://fs-driver.org/][2] for a few years. It does not provide all the features you require, but at least it does understand utf-8 file names, and I've never experienced any data corruption with it (may be I'm lucky?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another known workaround is to use a small coLinux installation on windows, give it full access to your linux partitions and mount them on windows using samba or NFS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [2]:http://fs-driver.org/" />
  <row Id="39523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22210" RevisionGUID="acccc349-bc2c-4a4e-b160-849ddc65a7ca" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:09:10.400" UserId="2503" Text="Sounds tricky:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* How do you define &quot;bad&quot;? If you have some criteria, they would need to be agreed by all your users, otherwise you'd be blocking something they might want.&#xD;&#xA;* How do you maintain the database of what's &quot;good&quot; and &quot;bad&quot; ? New web sites are created every day, and &quot;good&quot; ones change into &quot;bad&quot; ones and vice versa.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Surely you're saying &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;I want to impose an arbitrary policy on my users&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are plenty of products out there which will do that on the basis of categorisation (which is much more fine-grained than &quot;good&quot; or &quot;bad&quot;), heuristics (looking for undersirable content or malware) and signatures (which is useful for anti-malware).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a multi-gazillion dollar industry providing software, appliances and managed services to manage web client policy, which of course you are free to pay for and use. Licensing is normally per-seat, so if you intend to use it for a large user base, it's going to get expensive." />
  <row Id="39524" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22082" RevisionGUID="8010d25a-8c84-462d-b312-fcd42e54966a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:10:15.063" UserId="8262" Comment="Added EXPLAIN results to question." Text="After MySQL has been running for some time (usually 4-6 hours), some larger and more load-intensive queries permanently (until restart) fail, returning the following error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Can't create/write to file '#sql_75ed_0.MYD' (Errcode: 17)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Googling this error returns many likely causes, but I feel this may be resolvable in two easy methods;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Optimize the queries. (A good solution for the long term.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Tune MySQL configuration in some way. (This is what I want done)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In light of the question, here are our current non-default values in my.cnf:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    query_cache_size = 8M&#xD;&#xA;    query_cache_limit = 8M&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    thread_cache_size = 4&#xD;&#xA;    max_connections = 90&#xD;&#xA;    table_cache = 4096&#xD;&#xA;    innodb_buffer_pool_size = 900M&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    tmp_table_size = 512M&#xD;&#xA;    max_heap_table_size = 256M&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    innodb_file_per_table&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am inclined to believe that we may notice significant performance gains by tuning these variables further, but that is a question pending later question-asking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is an example query that begins to fail:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SELECT DISTINCT u.user_id, u.username, u.username_clean, u.user_colour, MAX(s.session_time) as online_time, MIN(s.session_viewonline) AS viewonline FROM (table_users u, table_zebra z) LEFT JOIN table_sessions s ON (s.session_user_id = z.zebra_id) WHERE z.user_id = 4 AND z.friend = 1 AND u.user_id = z.zebra_id GROUP BY z.zebra_id, u.user_id, u.username_clean, u.user_colour, u.username ORDER BY u.username_clean ASC&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The EXPLAIN result of the above query returns the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1, 'SIMPLE', 'z', 'ref', 'PRIMARY,zebra_id_friend', 'PRIMARY', '3', 'const', 18, 'Using where; Using temporary; Using filesort'&#xD;&#xA;    1, 'SIMPLE', 's', 'ref', 'session_user_id', 'session_user_id', '3', 'database_name.z.zebra_id', 402, ''&#xD;&#xA;    1, 'SIMPLE', 'u', 'eq_ref', 'PRIMARY', 'PRIMARY', '3', 'database_name.z.zebra_id', 1, ''&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any assistance would be appreciated!" />
  <row Id="39525" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22211" RevisionGUID="07222962-c489-497b-b27e-cb8d84fdfee4" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:11:02.817" UserId="7200" Text="There's nothing that you can't do w/ Ubuntu that you can do w/ any other Linux distro. It has an advantage in looking pretty nice, too. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This certainly all seems feasible to me (and actually sounds like fun and a nice break from the monotony of the nearly Windows-only world I work in... &amp;gt;smile&amp;lt;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are number of open source &quot;groupware&quot; applications (Zimbra comes to mind, initially) that could fill some of the PIM void in OpenOffice, as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd consider employing a contractor / consultant early on to help in defining the initial requirements and getting the ball rolling. Once you've got network-wide authentication, email, file sharing / storage, backups, shared printing, and any line-of-business applications planned out and rolling, you should be able to make adding / replacing PCs into a procedure that you can reproduce w/o expensive contractor labor. Getting an expert on-board for the initial deployment might save some time." />
  <row Id="39526" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22212" RevisionGUID="ec2f87d1-eeda-425c-b456-88ce51a09013" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:12:00.880" UserId="2503" Text="In practice you're unlikely to want to run a server which ONLY hosts an Oracle instance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even if you don't plan to run any other actual *applications* on there, you'll want monitoring, backup / restore, server management software and hardware support software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Choose the OS on the basis of what OS those components run on (or you are most familiar with running on). It is likely you'll want to make some custom monitoring scripts / components; your developers will probably be more comfortable with one or the other, so allow them to make the decision on that basis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some organisations have a &quot;never break&quot; rule of insisting that absolutely every Windows box runs on-access AV software; this is likely to make the Windows box perform absolutely terribly. This is however, not a good reason to use Linux :)" />
  <row Id="39527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22213" RevisionGUID="e9add9d0-9cc7-4d96-91c9-216d77bce648" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:12:03.873" UserId="7481" Text="Indeed. In fact, by my experience, the admins will get *less* work to do by keeping the systems healthy. (Which results in more Tetris time, and which admin will protest that? :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seriously:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - No virus problems (to speak of), no expenses on antivirus software.&#xD;&#xA; - In my experience, way more stable, which results in less downtime and less wasted work hours due to computers that doesn't work.&#xD;&#xA; - No software licensing to MS.&#xD;&#xA; - Works on current or older hardware, no need to upgrade to satify Vista.&#xD;&#xA; - Compatible with all(?) MS Office documents.&#xD;&#xA; - No vendor lock-in, *you* own your precious data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some people are skeptical in the beginning of learning a new system, but in most cases they get used to it pretty fast. I've installed Ubuntu at workplaces and many of my friends with good results. One of them is in the sixties and very satisfied with the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The biggest obstacle I can think of, is if there's some special MS Windows software, but in many cases it's possible to run it with the WINE windows emulator." />
  <row Id="39528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22214" RevisionGUID="fb37e86d-3615-4ec4-804e-13f855abf14f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:14:26.583" UserId="3235" Text="Certainly.  As long as you're just getting started there is no reason not to go with linux for your desktops.  Unbuntu is a fine and stable distribution.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your admin/support to user ratio is usually determined by the sort of users involved.  Word processing users frequently fewer support people than do programmers, or engineers or technical users.  There will undeniably be some ramp up time if your users have only ever used Windows based machines but I can't see any reason why it wouldn't be a fine solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I agree with Dana the Sane about having a Windows box handy somewhere, just in case somebody brings in something you can't get to work on linux quickly. " />
  <row Id="39529" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22192" RevisionGUID="e14ce376-cd26-4240-805b-68b760e0c996" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:16:49.590" UserId="7200" Comment="added 127 characters in body; added 56 characters in body" Text="The TTL is in the &quot;Properties&quot; sheet for each individual record in W2K3 DNS. I'm sure it's in a similar place in W2K8 and W2K DNS. Unfortunately, you'll have to examine this on a record-for-record basis. There's no way to add TTL to the columns listed in the GUI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Here's the screenshot of the properties on an RR on W2K3 DNSMGMT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;http://mx02.wellbury.com/misc/RR_TTL.png&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You *do* need View / Advanced turned on to see this." />
  <row Id="39530" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22215" RevisionGUID="e7d6a640-d6e5-4c81-988d-7da5d5265baa" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:19:16.963" UserId="4310" Text="MarkR is right. This is a tricky topic.  Once you agree or impose what you consider bad or good, you can give a try to Astaro Software.  Astaro is a Firewall system, they have a free version, a personal version and a small business version.  The system is pretty impressive, one of the really nice things is the content blocking system, is based of categories like Richard pointed out, and is kept uptodate by a third party.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not sales rep or gaining anything from this Astaro company, just giving the input because I have used it.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope you find your solution!" />
  <row Id="39531" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22213" RevisionGUID="41b4a96c-23d1-489f-b0b5-b1323f0f0dda" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:20:16.447" UserId="7481" Comment="Typos, etc." Text="Indeed. In fact, in my experience, the admins will get *less* work keeping the systems healthy. Which results in more Tetris time, and no admins will think that's a Bad Thing. :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seriously:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - No virus problems (to speak of), no expenses on antivirus software.&#xD;&#xA; - In my experience, way more stable, which results in less downtime and less wasted work hours due to computers that doesn't work.&#xD;&#xA; - No software licensing to MS.&#xD;&#xA; - Works on current or older hardware, no need to upgrade to satisfy Vista.&#xD;&#xA; - Compatible with all(?) MS Office documents.&#xD;&#xA; - No vendor lock-in, *you* own your precious data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some people are skeptical in the beginning of learning a new system, but in most cases they get used to it pretty fast. I've installed Ubuntu at workplaces and many of my friends with good results. One of them is in the sixties and very satisfied with the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The biggest obstacle I can think of, is if there's some special MS Windows software, but in many cases it's possible to run it with the WINE windows emulator." />
  <row Id="39532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22216" RevisionGUID="6bb58716-390c-41ae-83ea-9c175dde2b3c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:21:08.707" UserId="4559" Text="Recreating your filesystem with the additional options &quot;`-O extent,uninit_bg`&quot; will improve your ext4 fsck time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;extent&quot; will reduce the metadata overhead of large files&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;uninit_bg&quot; will create a fs without initializing all of the block groups. This will improve mkfs and fsck because there's less metadata to check (at least as long as your fs is not full).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39533" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22208" RevisionGUID="44738f25-7bb6-4be5-8bb4-d1d5857633ea" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:22:13.480" UserId="1997" Comment="Correction" Text="I'm wondering whether your use of mod_index is by-passing the vhost for fastcgi (i.e. separate from the vhost that sets the use of the php handler).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_dir.html" />
  <row Id="39534" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22217" RevisionGUID="500a442c-3b02-46bc-bdf4-00c029730221" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:22:16.363" UserId="5922" Text="I've got a Linux server that's running our bacula backup system. The machine is grinding like mad because it's going heavy in to swap. The problem is, it's only using 60% of its physical memory!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the output from `free -m`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    free -m&#xD;&#xA;                 total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached&#xD;&#xA;    Mem:          3949       2356       1593          0          0          1&#xD;&#xA;    -/+ buffers/cache:       2354       1595&#xD;&#xA;    Swap:         7629       1804       5824&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and some sample output from `vmstat 1`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- -----cpu------&#xD;&#xA;     r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa st&#xD;&#xA;     0  2 1843536 1634512      0   4188   54   13  2524   666    2    1  1  1 89  9  0&#xD;&#xA;     1 11 1845916 1640724      0    388 2700 4816 221880  4879 14409 170721  4  3 63 30  0&#xD;&#xA;     0  9 1846096 1643952      0      0 4956  756 174832   804 12357 159306  3  4 63 30  0&#xD;&#xA;     0 11 1846104 1643532      0      0 4916  540 174320   580 10609 139960  3  4 64 29  0&#xD;&#xA;     0  4 1846084 1640272      0   2336 4080  524 140408   548 9331 118287  3  4 63 30  0&#xD;&#xA;     0  8 1846104 1642096      0   1488 2940  432 102516   457 7023 82230  2  4 65 29  0&#xD;&#xA;     0  5 1846104 1642268      0   1276 3704  452 126520   452 9494 119612  3  5 65 27  0&#xD;&#xA;     3 12 1846104 1641528      0    328 6092  608 187776   636 8269 113059  4  3 64 29  0&#xD;&#xA;     2  2 1846084 1640960      0    724 5948    0 111480     0 7751 116370  4  4 63 29  0&#xD;&#xA;     0  4 1846100 1641484      0    404 4144 1476 125760  1500 10668 105358  2  3 71 25  0&#xD;&#xA;     0 13 1846104 1641932      0      0 5872  828 153808   840 10518 128447  3  4 70 22  0&#xD;&#xA;     0  8 1846096 1639172      0   3164 3556  556 74884   580 5082 65362  2  2 73 23  0&#xD;&#xA;     1  4 1846080 1638676      0    396 4512   28 50928    44 2672 38277  2  2 80 16  0&#xD;&#xA;     0  3 1846080 1628808      0   7132 2636    0 28004     8 1358 14090  0  1 78 20  0&#xD;&#xA;     0  2 1844728 1618552      0  11140 7680    0 12740     8  763 2245  0  0 82 18  0&#xD;&#xA;     0  2 1837764 1532056      0 101504 2952    0 95644    24  802 3817  0  1 87 12  0&#xD;&#xA;     0 11 1842092 1633324      0   4416 1748 10900 143144 11024 6279 134442  3  3 70 24  0&#xD;&#xA;     2  6 1846104 1642756      0      0 4768  468 78752   468 4672 60141  2  2 76 20  0&#xD;&#xA;     1 12 1846104 1640792      0    236 4752  440 140712   464 7614 99593  3  5 58 34  0&#xD;&#xA;     0  3 1846084 1630368      0   6316 5104    0 20336     0 1703 22424  1  1 72 26  0&#xD;&#xA;     2 17 1846104 1638332      0   3168 4080 1720 211960  1744 11977 155886  3  4 65 28  0&#xD;&#xA;     1 10 1846104 1640800      0    132 4488  556 126016   584 8016 106368  3  4 63 29  0&#xD;&#xA;     0 14 1846104 1639740      0   2248 3436  428 114188   452 7030 92418  3  3 59 35  0&#xD;&#xA;     1  6 1846096 1639504      0   1932 5500  436 141412   460 8261 112210  4  4 63 29  0&#xD;&#xA;     0 10 1846104 1640164      0   3052 4028  448 147684   472 7366 109554  4  4 61 30  0&#xD;&#xA;     0 10 1846100 1641040      0   2332 4952  632 147452   664 8767 118384  3  4 63 30  0&#xD;&#xA;     4  8 1846084 1641092      0    664 4948  276 152264   292 6448 98813  5  5 62 28  0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried tuning the `swapiness` kernel parameter to both high and low values, but nothing appears to change the behavior here. I'm at a loss to figure out what's going on. How can I find out what's causing this?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39535" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22217" RevisionGUID="500a442c-3b02-46bc-bdf4-00c029730221" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:22:16.363" UserId="5922" Text="Linux server is only using 60% of memory, then swapping." />
  <row Id="39536" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22217" RevisionGUID="500a442c-3b02-46bc-bdf4-00c029730221" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:22:16.363" UserId="5922" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;swap&gt;&lt;memory&gt;" />
  <row Id="39537" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22218" RevisionGUID="4189beb4-fd22-410b-bfec-6486daa32ba4" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:22:23.620" UserId="7861" Text="I don't recall fully now that we are on 07, but I don't recall Exchange 2003's IMF features to have a global whitelist built in." />
  <row Id="39538" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22219" RevisionGUID="45d4be7e-e27f-41f2-85d7-fcd712dd17f1" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:22:55.210" UserId="4924" Text="The network configuration in my Xen setup is the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - the dom0 has 3 network cards (eth0, eth1, eth2), 3 brigdes (xenbrE,&#xD;&#xA;  xenbrI, xenbrD) and each brigde integrates the corresponding network&#xD;&#xA;  card. Only xenbrD has an IP address configured (192.168.78.2, a private&#xD;&#xA;  LAN) so that it can discuss with all domU.&#xD;&#xA; - there's a domU that is a firewall/router and it also contains 3 virtual&#xD;&#xA;  cards (eth0, eth1, eth2). It does masquerading for traffic going out on&#xD;&#xA;  eth0 (the external interface which is part of xenbrE).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My problem is that when I download a big file from the internet by HTTP in&#xD;&#xA;the dom0, the download rate is not stable. It goes up progressively and then&#xD;&#xA;stalls for a few seconds, and restart again going up progressively (and&#xD;&#xA;all this in loop until the download is complete). During the stalls, it looks &#xD;&#xA;all networking is blocked on the machine (noticed on interactive SSH sessions).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dom0                             │domU&#xD;&#xA;         wget                        │&#xD;&#xA;           ↕                         │&#xD;&#xA;    eth2↔xenbrD(192.168.78.2)↔vif2.2←┼→eth2(192.168.78.1/24)&#xD;&#xA;                                     │   ↕ masquerading&#xD;&#xA;    eth0↔xenbrE↔vif2.0←——————————————┼→eth0(192.168.1.20/24)&#xD;&#xA;     ↕&#xD;&#xA;    internet&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I do the same download but uses a (non-caching) HTTP proxy that runs in&#xD;&#xA;the firewall domU, the download rate is stable at its maximum value.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I avoid this problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect it's a bug in the networking stack but I would like assistance&#xD;&#xA;to diagnose it more precisely (and maybe find a work-around).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a Debian Etch system with Xen 3.2 and the 2.6.26-xen-686 kernel of&#xD;&#xA;Debian Lenny (backports). The bridges are created with&#xD;&#xA;/etc/network/interfaces:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    auto lo&#xD;&#xA;    iface lo inet loopback&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    auto xenbrE&#xD;&#xA;    iface xenbrE inet manual&#xD;&#xA;            bridge_ports eth0&#xD;&#xA;            bridge_maxwait 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    auto xenbrI&#xD;&#xA;    iface xenbrI inet manual&#xD;&#xA;            bridge_ports eth1&#xD;&#xA;            bridge_maxwait 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    auto xenbrD&#xD;&#xA;    iface xenbrD inet static&#xD;&#xA;            address 192.168.78.2&#xD;&#xA;            netmask 255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;            gateway 192.168.78.1&#xD;&#xA;            bridge_ports eth2&#xD;&#xA;            bridge_maxwait 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The xend configuration is not complicated:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # grep '^(' /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp&#xD;&#xA;    (network-script network-dummy)&#xD;&#xA;    (vif-script vif-bridge)&#xD;&#xA;    (dom0-min-mem 150)&#xD;&#xA;    (dom0-cpus 0)&#xD;&#xA;    (vncpasswd '')&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Xen network setup of the domU is done with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # grep vif /etc/xen/xm.slis&#xD;&#xA;    vif = [ 'mac=00:16:3e:14:85:11, bridge=xenbrE', 'mac=00:16:3e:14:85:12, bridge=xenbrI', 'mac=00:16:3e:14:85:13, bridge=xenbrD' ]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And the only routing in dom0 redirects to the domU via xenbrD:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # route -n&#xD;&#xA;    Kernel IP routing table&#xD;&#xA;    Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.78.0    0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 xenbrD&#xD;&#xA;    0.0.0.0         192.168.78.1    0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 xenbrD&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the domU, the only iptables configuration done is `iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.78.0/24 -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE`." />
  <row Id="39539" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22219" RevisionGUID="45d4be7e-e27f-41f2-85d7-fcd712dd17f1" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:22:55.210" UserId="4924" Text="Constantly varying download rate with a complex xen networking setup, why?" />
  <row Id="39540" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22219" RevisionGUID="45d4be7e-e27f-41f2-85d7-fcd712dd17f1" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:22:55.210" UserId="4924" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;xen&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;bridge&gt;" />
  <row Id="39541" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22220" RevisionGUID="aaef5b1b-c2ff-4d47-b22d-e1e40ac5345a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:23:12.790" UserId="8779" Text="If you root your Android phone you can get terminal on it with SSH. I think it will be the best platform for remote administration within a couple of years, but probably isn't quite there yet. I'm loving my G1, but don't do as much administration from it as some people might need." />
  <row Id="39542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22221" RevisionGUID="a4adc7ff-6a93-42f0-a11b-7026e6e4d327" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:24:54.830" UserId="3657" Text="Yes.  You can configure the Junk Email settings of Outlook using a Group Policy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179183.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The options available will vary for each client and have it's own configuration.  You will need to download the Administrative Template (ADM) for Office XP, 2003, and 2007 in order to configure each." />
  <row Id="39543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22222" RevisionGUID="7181058e-9940-418e-9765-e9d9d4917581" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:24:57.530" UserId="8784" Text="My general rule of thumb for this is that you want a lower latency connection for an OLTP-type system [online transaction processing] with active mirroring (lots of small transactions) or an actively mirrored ODS [operational datastore], but you will want a higher bandwidth connection for a data-warehouse (or any other kind of setup) where you are mirroring in batches." />
  <row Id="39544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22223" RevisionGUID="9f244a71-1544-4a73-8534-59c4ddb160c5" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:27:56.697" UserId="5582" Text="When it really matters, I sit down a week before, and write the entire thing down in a Wiki page.  The intent is to cut and paste the entire action without a single live edit.  Basically, write a script, but with a human able to abort and restart any action.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The next day, I read it and fix it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The next day, I read it again and fix it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The next day, I read it again and fix it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2-3 days before the real execution, I run it once on a machine that I can mess up.  Scratch that, a machine that I *will* mess up. Then I fix it the wiki page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The next day, I read it again and fix it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the actually execution date, I run it on the first production system.  Then I fix the wiki page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The 2nd production system usually works without a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example use: Migrating from an old SAN to a new SAN, with no downtime.  Including &quot;hot&quot; Fiber Channel cable migrations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It sucked.  But what a rush when I pulled it off!" />
  <row Id="39545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22224" RevisionGUID="d4b6c74d-e4a9-4b97-b21c-e173ff97565f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:28:34.263" UserId="5749" Text="I agree with jtimberman about tethering.  I carry an AT&amp;T 8525, and it is OK for small things, but the nice thing is I can plug it into USB on my laptop, and have all the utilities I use day-to-day, with all the configurations that I normally use." />
  <row Id="39546" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22225" RevisionGUID="b83e48ef-ac06-4cd7-bb0b-b3700322747a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:28:56.320" UserId="1210" Text="What are the syslogs from the 5510 telling you.  The only time that the ASA will actually block any ips is if the IPS module issues a shun on the ASA for that particular IP address.  Are you getting shuns?  Do the IPs match up between the &quot;Never Block Addresses&quot; and the IP of the server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise you're in the right location in the IME." />
  <row Id="39547" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22226" RevisionGUID="51bbccef-c64e-4bf4-8aa2-b5e544b924c6" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:30:43.557" UserId="5749" Text="HP Dataprotector scales well in a multi-OS environment.  Just check the flavor of Linux you use,  they certify some flavors but not all.  We use it for HP-UX, and Windows." />
  <row Id="39549" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22191" RevisionGUID="6034a7b7-ee55-41b7-92c9-b7587830d3d1" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:34:38.523" UserId="1233" Comment="added 120 characters in body" Text="To have Private Browsing always enabled:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitPrivateBrowsingEnabled true`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's supposed to work - but seems in testing to be rather sporadic as to when it actually works and when it doesn't." />
  <row Id="39550" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22138" RevisionGUID="dff2f882-c611-431a-94b3-0b3ba2ad5135" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:36:28.427" UserId="2348" Comment="added 60 characters in body" Text="[Paul Randal][1] asked some really nice questions about best practices for SharePoint SQL databases. Today, while helping a customer to maintain SharePoint installation he asked me a question about best SQL recovery model for SharePoint database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is my practice (I am not DB admin :)))) to use Simple recover model. If SharePoint databases are backed up on regular basis and you also have a 3rd party tool backup on item-level basis you really do not need to hold the entire logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Am I missing something here? Is this the right approach?&#xD;&#xA;Have you ever used SharePoint DB log to recover your data?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/users/1992/paul-randal" />
  <row Id="39551" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22228" RevisionGUID="06c06d91-0837-4450-a0db-0f9355268c12" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:36:31.750" UserDisplayName="Bob the Builder" Text="I've noticed slow 32bit IE8 performance on startup and slow opening of new tabs. With the x64 version it's lightning fast. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still trying to figure out why - applied all the so called fixes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bob the Builder" />
  <row Id="39552" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22229" RevisionGUID="3c963ae3-74ab-4a43-92ad-39673c60bbef" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:37:07.287" UserId="4268" Text="The Exchange 2003 IMF doesn't have a global server-side list like Exchange 2007 does. However, you can write a script that will add safe sender entries for each user. Check out [this example][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://gsexdev.blogspot.com/2004/06/importing-entries-into-safe-senders.html" />
  <row Id="39553" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22230" RevisionGUID="de09ea0a-744b-4e7c-8d85-bbda31c6d663" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:45:46.427" UserId="3657" Text="Do you have autodetect proxy turned on?" />
  <row Id="39554" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22231" RevisionGUID="ad1b8f26-4d21-49fd-af2c-20b8dd86c179" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:47:46.470" UserId="671" Text="If you're the ISP, you can blackhole the IP addresses of the offending sites at your router(s) which will cause your customer traffic to get dropped before it leaves your network.  An alternative may be to redirect that traffic to an internal server which responds to web requests with a &quot;we're sorry, this is blocked&quot; type of message with a link to your blocking policies.  This approach, of course, would require you to identify and block those IP addresses individually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want something more robust, there are a number of companies that produce and license filtering devices that you can put inline within your network that will monitor the traffic and block based on content type.  One such device is [Webliant][1] (never used it personally), though there are others if you look for them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ispltd.com/services/familyfilter.php" />
  <row Id="39556" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22232" RevisionGUID="dc8e663f-b103-44d9-8e39-e78c7ee72d70" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:48:22.537" UserId="5669" Text="We ended up using a product called [Neverfail][1] to add HA our MOSS implementation.  It provides a continuous replication of both the SQL server and the MOSS server.  Far more reliable with the both the fail over and the fail back scenarios.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.neverfailgroup.com/ &quot;Neverfail&quot;" />
  <row Id="39557" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22156" RevisionGUID="55fd7a79-88ab-465b-890b-ec1a8f4265e0" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:54:28.953" UserId="8333" Comment="some more details; added 2 characters in body" Text="I'm trying to run PHP using FastCGI (mod-fcgid) under apache 2 with the worker MPM. I've used [this blog post][1] as a reference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems I've got everything working except one thing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When apache serves index.php implicitly (using mod_dir, I think), it does not use the configured handler for .php files, and just serves the PHP file as if it's static content. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, when I add the index.php part manually to the URL, it does use the handler correctly and everything seems to work. Other PHP files work fine too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To clarify:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - http://example.com/ serves the PHP source file itself.&#xD;&#xA;  - http://example.com/index.php correctly runs the PHP through the FastCGI handler, and serves the dynamic content.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What could cause this? Any hints are appreciated!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Some more details: this is on an Ubuntu intrepid system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I got .php working in FastCGI by adding the two PHP lines to mods-enabled/fcgid.conf, so it now looks like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;IfModule mod_fcgid.c&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      AddHandler    fcgid-script .fcgi&#xD;&#xA;      IPCConnectTimeout 20&#xD;&#xA;      AddHandler fcgid-script .php&#xD;&#xA;      FCGIWrapper /usr/lib/cgi-bin/php5 .php&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/IfModule&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Directory indices are configured in mods-enabled/dir.conf:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;IfModule mod_dir.c&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      DirectoryIndex index.html index.cgi index.pl index.php index.xhtml index.htm&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/IfModule&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I didn't need to put Options +ExecCGI anywhere. Actually, I just tried commenting out the &lt;Directory &quot;/usr/lib/cgi-bin&quot;&gt;&lt;/Directory&gt; block in sites-enabled/000-default, and FastCGI PHP still works fine, except for implicit index.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ivan.gudangbaca.com/installing_apache2_and_php5_using_mod_fcgid" />
  <row Id="39558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22233" RevisionGUID="002e19e9-bf2e-4171-bbd2-29acc4968230" CreationDate="2009-06-08T21:58:14.513" UserId="1069" Text="See if this link answers some of your questions.  I regularly see Linux paging (not swapping) out memory long before 60% utilization.  This is an expected piece of its memory tuning:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/?p=2252&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But your lack of buffers/cache worries me.  That looks very unusual.  So I am thinking that something more is amiss." />
  <row Id="39559" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22234" RevisionGUID="d949ef9d-5e30-4658-b02c-6157167d3d33" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:04:55.983" UserId="8389" Text="Another thing you may want to look at is your kernel run queue and uninteruptable processes (the 'r' and 'b' columns in vmstat) are an indicator that the system is saturated at times.  On a side note, don't confuse saturation with utilization... the *real* problem may be a starved process stack against the saturated kernel :-(&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also run 'pmap -x [PID]' to get additional memory details from some of the more consuming processes.  I wish you luck!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Matt" />
  <row Id="39560" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21984" RevisionGUID="435af0dd-55ef-44a4-98f9-5457e4391202" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:08:54.070" UserId="1054" Comment="added 1 characters in body; deleted 1 characters in body" Text="When possible you should always separate your firewall from your application level services.  Some reasons include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - It's more secure.  As mentioned, a breach in the firewall will also mean a breach on your application server and easier access to your data if the firewall and application are colocated.&#xD;&#xA; - Things are easier to configure and troubleshoot.  Configuration problems on your application or firewall will often be easier to identify when the services are separated.&#xD;&#xA; - It's potentially faster.  One server doesn't have to singlehandedly provide firewall proxying/filtering AND application processing.  This will have a variable level of benefit based on your app's usage statistics and processing requirements.&#xD;&#xA; - You can have a organizational separation of responsibilities such that a security team won't have to worry as much about coordinating with an application development team when changes to the server are necessary.  If the services are separated then the security team can worry about the firewall and the app team can worry about the app server.&#xD;&#xA; - Oh yeah, and running a firewall on an AD domain controller is just BAD juju.  Don't know if this is your situation or not (probably/hopefully not)." />
  <row Id="39561" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22235" RevisionGUID="7059522d-a218-4ef0-9e9e-ba34792b3964" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:10:13.070" UserId="1565" Text="The Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series Switches support hardware based routing of IPv6, but Cisco currently charges for this feature to be enabled.  I think I remember hearing a rumor that a later IOS release will enable it for no additional cost because a lot of people complained about it costing extra.  These switches have been available for at least 6 years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If Cisco's reputation is to be believed, they will probably focus mainly on making people buy newer stuff.  They will add the option to older equipment for a price, and if enough paying customers complain, they might consider adding the feature for no additional cost if you have a service contract." />
  <row Id="39562" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22236" RevisionGUID="b52563c8-3129-4cdb-a9db-1e60973d09c0" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:10:56.610" UserId="1770" Text="If you look at the blocks read in per second (bi) under IO, it dwarfs the swap activity by multiple orders of magnitude.  I don't think the swap usage is what's causing your disk thrashing, I think you have something running on the box that is simply causing a lot of disk activity (reads).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd investigate the applications running, and see if you can find the culprit." />
  <row Id="39566" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22238" RevisionGUID="481130a2-2195-4c4f-bb0b-5b6099893970" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:12:21.863" UserId="7869" Text="You can usually take 1-2 seconds of start up if you disable 'Java 2 SSV helper' - i've never found a satisfactory description of what it does - the only thing i can see it do is slow down the opening of IE windows." />
  <row Id="39567" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22239" RevisionGUID="90f96d79-19f5-41aa-af87-673f46a28e97" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:14:06.790" UserId="7342" Text="This is possibly silly, but try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;IfModule mod_fcgid.c&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       AddHandler    fcgid-script .fcgi&#xD;&#xA;       IPCConnectTimeout 20&#xD;&#xA;       AddHandler fcgid-script .php&#xD;&#xA;       FCGIWrapper /usr/lib/cgi-bin/php5 .php&#xD;&#xA;       DirectoryIndex index.php&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/IfModule&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've discovered a number of weirdness when Apache modules interact in odd ways. Certainly at times order in the config file is very important." />
  <row Id="39568" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22240" RevisionGUID="fd206c10-7209-4e01-87f1-2978e5ac7476" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:15:38.440" UserId="43589" Text="I have a Linksys router WRT54GS V1 Firmware version 4.71.4. I am having issues getting the router to allow me to use wake on lan over the internet. If I send a magic packet to the local subnet it works fine but if I attempt to do it from the internet I get nothing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I set the subnet mask of my router to 255.255.255.128. I have enabled port forwarding to UDP port 9 and ip address 192.168.1.127. It sill does not work. Any suggestions?" />
  <row Id="39569" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22240" RevisionGUID="fd206c10-7209-4e01-87f1-2978e5ac7476" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:15:38.440" UserId="43589" Text="Wake on Lan for Linksys WRT54GS" />
  <row Id="39570" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22240" RevisionGUID="fd206c10-7209-4e01-87f1-2978e5ac7476" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:15:38.440" UserId="43589" Text="&lt;wake-on-lan&gt;&lt;router&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="39571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22241" RevisionGUID="f2255198-3b45-42a5-9ec3-4ff8ec4d77c9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:16:06.770" UserId="1770" Text="This sounds like an excellent time to test out your backup and restore procedures and practices. ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless this box requires 100% perfect uptime, I'd do a restore on the new box using the most recent full backup (you are doing regular backups, right?) of your existing box.  I'd probably do one test run, possibly using a slightly out of date backup, then once I was sure everything was good to go, I'd get a current (right now) backup, and restore that to the new box." />
  <row Id="39572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22242" RevisionGUID="a331bc2d-a487-4b38-b5c5-c10d34a1f2bc" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:17:19.047" UserId="8787" Text="What techniques do you recommend for securing a online backups (to a third party service like Mozy) a backup that has the advantages of online backup but cannot be tampered with just by compromising the main system? The potential advantage of tapes is that there is at least a recent version that is not reachable by the production system at the time of the attack." />
  <row Id="39573" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22242" RevisionGUID="a331bc2d-a487-4b38-b5c5-c10d34a1f2bc" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:17:19.047" UserId="8787" Text="How to prevent a security breach from taking your online backups with it?" />
  <row Id="39574" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22242" RevisionGUID="a331bc2d-a487-4b38-b5c5-c10d34a1f2bc" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:17:19.047" UserId="8787" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;online&gt;" />
  <row Id="39575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22243" RevisionGUID="1bfec532-8371-426a-8cef-65f5e27000b4" CreationDate="2009-06-08T19:28:40.417" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi!&#xA;I get a bunch of mail on about 20 different servers that I'd like to get to one.&#xA;The boxes are running linux and right now my solution is to create a tcp relay...&#xA;I want anytime traffic coming in on port 25 for it to be relayed over to a box somewhere else not on the same lan. I have a perl script which does roughly this but it's inefficent and can crash. I'd rather find a way using iptables/ipchains if there is such a way. I think there is but I don't have the tech skill to understand it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="39578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22244" RevisionGUID="c3cf7214-4093-47c1-8787-2f0ca046133a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:20:51.067" UserId="8653" Text="I need to track Jitter and Packet Loss over a MPLS line.  What's the most accurate way to capture this information without interfering with the data being sent back and forth?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is SmokePing the best tool for the job or is there something better?" />
  <row Id="39579" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22244" RevisionGUID="c3cf7214-4093-47c1-8787-2f0ca046133a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:20:51.067" UserId="8653" Text="What's the best way to track Jitter and Packetloss" />
  <row Id="39580" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22244" RevisionGUID="c3cf7214-4093-47c1-8787-2f0ca046133a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:20:51.067" UserId="8653" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;jitter&gt;&lt;packet-analyzer&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;diagnose&gt;" />
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  <row Id="39582" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22245" RevisionGUID="e258d221-09b6-4437-9fa6-c6fba2176a1c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:23:48.003" UserId="5234" Text="A quick and dirty way of cleaning this up - while you're in the process of doing it right by implementing scavenging - is to just delete all the records in your Windows reverse zone(s).  The DNS server will automatically recreate them correctly for you as each client contacts it next time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not a recommended thing to do as a general practice, and if you're doing this kinda thing regularly you'll need to revise how you manage your DNS, but it is good for cleaning up a messy reverse zone (worked for me).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're wary about this approach (and I'd advise that you should be) try deleting one or two and see how things behave." />
  <row Id="39583" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22246" RevisionGUID="99ebf659-d38e-47c5-97d5-dce8b4fcea3c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:24:40.373" UserId="7261" Text="We are contemplating a push for employing virutalization for our test and documentation group to help manage consistent test and documentation environments. We were looking at choosing either a couple really big central boxes that consolidated several VM instances or just making sure everyone had a lot of disk space and ran something like virtual box on every machine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am sure there must be folks who tried one or both of these configurations and can tell me what the pros and cons are of either approach?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39584" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22246" RevisionGUID="99ebf659-d38e-47c5-97d5-dce8b4fcea3c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:24:40.373" UserId="7261" Text="Virtualization that is distributed on workstations or on a big central server for testing and documentation?" />
  <row Id="39585" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22246" RevisionGUID="99ebf659-d38e-47c5-97d5-dce8b4fcea3c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:24:40.373" UserId="7261" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;virtualbox&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;testing&gt;" />
  <row Id="39586" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21646" RevisionGUID="e97f372d-db02-46f6-bb17-6ea27e678076" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:25:07.330" UserId="1737" Comment="added 12 characters in body" Text="I need to install a few third-party binary packages that are only available in the i386 architecture on 64-bit (amd64) Ubuntu. How do I add the new 32-bit repository so ia32-apt-get will automatically install and convert the i386-only binary packages and their dependencies?" />
  <row Id="39587" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22247" RevisionGUID="e2843584-0350-447d-b208-165f7ad37415" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:28:30.507" UserId="1736" Text="The obvious answer for what I'd *like* to do is arrange it so that once backups are pushed to the third party service, they're read-only for the account that the main host uses to access the backup server.  Whether Mozy and relatives facilitate this, I don't know, but if they're going to blazon &quot;SECURE&quot; all over their home page, you'd think they'd at least be open to a conversation about it." />
  <row Id="39588" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22248" RevisionGUID="b6f268df-dbe8-4143-a588-0ae7fa10338f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:29:15.963" UserId="8333" Text="Oh man, I've been very stupid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apparently I just had it misconfigured at one point in time, and my browser had cached the incorrect response.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://example.com/index.php then worked, probably because I only started trying that *after* I had gotten FastCGI PHP working, so no incorrect response was in cache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In other words, the information in my original question is a working configuration for mpm-worker + PHP in mod-fcgid!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for the effort anyway :-)" />
  <row Id="39590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22250" RevisionGUID="301f6287-d76c-4264-a5ed-1c745ff3ebd5" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:34:06.250" UserId="1997" Text="I suggest calculating a hash checksum for the file(s) (sha1 for instance) and then encrypting them. You can store the checksum elsewhere and use that to verify backup integrity periodically and before a restore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The big caveat to this is that if backups aren't read-only as chaos suggests, or the backup gets deleted (flaky service provider), then you've got a serious problem. I'm not sure that there's a way around this if you're using online backups, but even with securely stored offsite tapes, there's still a chance that they will be lost or damaged." />
  <row Id="39591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22251" RevisionGUID="fcea0fd3-09ed-486c-845b-64890059d56e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:41:52.570" UserId="8668" Text="Are you in a hurry?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Google says at least 18 Android phones will be on the market by the end of the year, and most US carriers have announced they will carry one or more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a good market for apps, the current one (T-Mobile G1) has a nice keyboard, my wife is fairly happy with it, but I don't know how well it fits into what you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would be inclined to sit tight for a few months." />
  <row Id="39592" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22252" RevisionGUID="5cb9700d-3c3d-4d88-99c3-75849a0c64b3" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:42:43.770" UserId="8021" Text="We've done something similar, but ended up falling back to desktop-based virtualization solutions. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The pros are that you can control the detail level of your configurations and make sure they're standardized and upgraded in lockstep with our production machines. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The downside is that a late night Selenium run (as part of continuous integration on webapps) can take down an instance that other people might need, so you either need to give root access on the Dom0 to everyone and hope that your developers can fix things when they break, or an admin has to spend a nontrivial amount of time keeping the central box running. We did also try splitting instances out (one instance of each type per developer) but found that it was just as complicated to administer because each developer broke things in their own unique fashion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our current policy is to have developers working on Apple hardware because it can run both linux and windows DomU's under various products, and we haven't bothered to figure out how to run an OSX DomU if it's even possible on Wintel hardware. " />
  <row Id="39593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22253" RevisionGUID="d8a68d9b-00c4-418c-903c-d93d70902c91" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:45:04.513" UserId="6742" Text="We've got AT&amp;T U-Verse internet service, which has an extremely boneheaded DSL gateway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have 5 IPs (netmask 248), but the gateway is incapable of doing anything other than a single IP -&gt; single MAC address mapping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a single firewall machine, and we redirect different IP/port combos to different places inside a DMZ.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our solution so far is to have a VMWare virtual machine on the firewall with 4 additional NICs in it, to get the other 4 IP addresses...  however we have a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The gateway is basically doing an ARP ping to see if the IP is responding on the expected MAC.  With 4 NICs all on the same LAN, linux is responding to ARP requests for ALL IPs using a single interface.  That's not what the gateway is expecting, and it's messing up the 3 other NICs.  The gateway refuses to route incoming traffic for IPs where the ARP ping results aren't the expected MAC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can we get the ARP replies for eth0's IP to go out eth0, eth1's IP to go out eth1, etc?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39594" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22253" RevisionGUID="d8a68d9b-00c4-418c-903c-d93d70902c91" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:45:04.513" UserId="6742" Text="Ubuntu Linux - multiple NICs, same LAN...  ARP responses always go out a single NIC" />
  <row Id="39595" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22253" RevisionGUID="d8a68d9b-00c4-418c-903c-d93d70902c91" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:45:04.513" UserId="6742" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;arp&gt;" />
  <row Id="39596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22254" RevisionGUID="d5eddb05-7633-4409-8fa0-20b8ad120e3a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:45:06.963" UserId="1803" Text="I can give you my reasons for preferring a centralized/server approach.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Quotas: allowing me/managers to group up VM users and allot them resources that they can distribute among projects/VMs as needed&#xD;&#xA; - Centralized view: lets me spot trends in how quickly we're going to need to buy more ram/servers&#xD;&#xA; - Backup: much easier for me to manage server backups than workstations&#xD;&#xA; - Shared pool: the money spent on server hardware will see higher utilization, I believe, than workstations (particularly in flex time orgs).  Those will sit idle when people are on vacation.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also feel that you get more bang for your buck out of higher end servers vs. workstations, but that may just be a gut feeling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We do have a couple of hearty VM-churning laptops, primarily used by:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Professional Services: it's a godsend to to haul a test environment to the customer's site &#xD;&#xA; - Sales Demos" />
  <row Id="39598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22255" RevisionGUID="12087c74-840b-49ec-8800-d0798b40794a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:50:57.450" UserId="8788" Text="I recommend approaching this problem at a higher layer in the network stack.  Rather than forwarding ports, you should simply run a simple SMTP server on each host that funnels everything to your central server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on your needs, you could use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - postfix&#xD;&#xA; - ssmpt&#xD;&#xA; - qmail&#xD;&#xA; - ..." />
  <row Id="39599" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22255" RevisionGUID="12087c74-840b-49ec-8800-d0798b40794a" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:50:57.450" UserId="-1" />
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  <row Id="39601" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22130" RevisionGUID="2a2ca806-34b1-4437-86f1-01338a024837" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:59:34.920" UserId="8761" Comment="added 200 characters in body" Text="So i am trying to get a post-commit hook working from on my svn server.&#xD;&#xA;specifically sending email using my google account. as described on this link&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;after setting the permissions for the script and the working copy to the same user and rw access. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then it started causing MERGE errors when users tried commiting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;after some reading i found out that it was because of the post-commit hook not working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and found out that by typing evn - ./post-commit commit  ../ 250 mailer.conf&#xD;&#xA;i get a error saying that the &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://iffee.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/svn-commit-to-google-apps-email-notification/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;annerajb@annerajb-desktop:~/Desktop/TotEM_SVN/hooks$ env - ./post-commit.test commit ../ 250&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/svn/fs.py:27: DeprecationWarning: The popen2 module is deprecated.  Use the subprocess module.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  import sys as _sys, os as _os, popen2 as _popen2, tempfile as _tempfile&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Traceback (most recent call last):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  File &quot;/usr/share/subversion/hook-scripts/mailer/mailer.py&quot;, line 1351, in &lt;module&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    svn.core.run_app(main, cmd, config_fname, repos_dir, sys.argv[3:3+expected_args])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  File &quot;/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/svn/core.py&quot;, line 288, in run_app&#xD;&#xA;    return apply(func, (application_pool,) + args, kw)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  File &quot;/usr/share/subversion/hook-scripts/mailer/mailer.py&quot;, line 80, in main&#xD;&#xA;    revision = int(cmd_args[0])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ''&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;./post-commit.test: 5: ../: Permission denied&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i am not sure why is cmd_args[0] empty if i am passing it a value.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    REPOS=&quot;$1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    REV=&quot;$2&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/share/subversion/hook-scripts/mailer/mailer.py commit &quot;$REPOS&quot; \&#xD;&#xA;            &quot;$REV&quot; /usr/share/subversion/hook-scripts/mailer/mailer.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39602" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22256" RevisionGUID="0214b61f-beb1-4068-9185-a54f6c166bef" CreationDate="2009-06-08T22:59:59.443" UserId="7783" Text="*As a Windows administrator, what were the issues you encountered with trying to learn ANY linux distro?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Condescending people, some of whom were not even born when I first got exposed to *nix, patronising me with talk of &quot;this linux thingy&quot; is one of the biggest problems I've found. Kinda puts me off the whole thing really. Well that and the whole &quot;read the source code and figure it out, wintard&quot; attitude I've encountered in the past. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux isn't exactly difficult to use in and of itself." />
  <row Id="39603" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22257" RevisionGUID="468e9250-b2c8-470b-9c3a-6c74626cfa67" CreationDate="2009-06-08T23:07:01.927" UserId="1770" Text="This has to do with the way Linux handles IPs and NICs.  Basically, it treats an IP address as if it belongs to the box, and not just the specific NIC.  The result is that you can get ARP responses from IP addresses on interfaces you wouldn't expect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The solution is a sysctl option.  As I recall, what you're looking for is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net.ipv4.conf.default.arp_filter=1&#xD;&#xA;    net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_filter=1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That will fix the problem for you.  Just add those to /etc/sysctl.conf and run '`sysctl -p`' (or run each line as the argument to '`sysctl -w`'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will cause Linux to only respond to ARP requests on the interface that an IP address is actually assigned to." />
  <row Id="39604" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22258" RevisionGUID="671beca0-bbda-47c5-a4b4-0f4ce91f8101" CreationDate="2009-06-08T23:07:44.513" UserId="1840" Text="Hmmm... hadn't heard of Smokeping.  I use something pretty similar to it (almost identical), though looks like [**MTR**][1] has more field categories for **Packet delivery**  and **Jitter** statistics.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://locobox.googlepages.com/mtrsavedw.jpg" />
  <row Id="39605" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22259" RevisionGUID="b378f352-d04e-4858-914d-b081e690b68f" CreationDate="2009-06-08T23:11:32.213" UserId="7066" Text="If your machines are already running a SMTP server why not set up an alias on each to point to your central mail server?" />
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  <row Id="39607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22260" RevisionGUID="43f2c885-a9d8-4d70-b8c2-9a23a48f0c48" CreationDate="2009-06-08T23:16:03.530" UserId="8374" Text="i use serverdedicati.aruba.it&#xD;&#xA;vps are cheap, from 10€/month (+vat)&#xD;&#xA;for example, a windows server 2003 vps is just 10€/month (+vat)&#xD;&#xA;the biggest vps that they have, is 30€/month, windows server 2003, 2gb ram, 15gb hdd, 5mbps internet&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the os is all in english and is x64 on a 8-core xeon (they say they host maximum 15 vps on a server... i don't think so, for this price)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;so cheap&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but... website is italian-only, and registration is EXTREMELY CUMBERSOME&#xD;&#xA;you have to send by FAX a copy of your documents, id card, the order form (3 pages in hard legalese), a declaration that you won't use the server for illicit uses, and they will call you (in italian), for confirm the order&#xD;&#xA;it is almost impossible to rent one if you are not an italian citizen" />
  <row Id="39608" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22261" RevisionGUID="edab86cf-1cdc-4eda-a0ab-213577f8c8d4" CreationDate="2009-06-08T23:18:25.507" UserId="8653" Text="+1 for Slicehost.  When I was evaluating their service, I was able to jump onto their [campfire chat][1] and they answered all my questions in real time.  I haven't had an outage so I haven't tested them under fire.  So far, so good.  &lt;knocks on wood&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://slicehost.campfirenow.com/e3b5a" />
  <row Id="39609" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22262" RevisionGUID="aa29897a-5016-4562-a9db-c4d134404127" CreationDate="2009-06-08T23:47:19.510" UserId="3053" Text="I note that that my current install is under 250MB, It would have to be four times that size before I started to care about it on my laptop. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, if you have needs to get it smaller...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Download the [installer][1]. Save it to to c:\cygwin\setup.exe.&#xD;&#xA;Run the installer. Unselecting as many of the packages as you can. Noting, that if you select a package that has requirements, it will auto-select the needed packages.&#xD;&#xA;Remove the installer cache (which should have defaulted to c:\cygwin\(http|ftp)somethingoranother.&#xD;&#xA;Rerun the installer from c:\setup.exe attempting to uninstall more packages. &#xD;&#xA;Repeat until the installer is as small as you wish.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note, there will be a bunch of basic library packages that will be required in even the most minimal install. I have in the past (about a year ago), gotten it down to under 100 megs while still having everything I ever threw at it in terms of bash scripting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://cygwin.com/setup.exe" />
  <row Id="39610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22263" RevisionGUID="23055b91-d159-4c67-afe0-61eb80628b04" CreationDate="2009-06-08T23:49:38.043" UserId="8282" Text="Instead of mapping to the network drive &quot;H:\&quot;, use the full UNC path:&#xD;&#xA;i.e. &quot;\\\server\user\docs&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This worked for me when I ran into the same issue~" />
  <row Id="39611" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22152" RevisionGUID="d735e29c-c48b-4561-a536-8cd6e11aaa9e" CreationDate="2009-06-08T23:50:23.330" UserId="1174" Comment="another typo" Text="I like my Nokia N810.  Not really a phone, but has &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- big screen (800x480) &#xD;&#xA;- linux inside &#xD;&#xA;- SSH, RDP client, VNC&#xD;&#xA;- network tools like nmap and tcpdump&#xD;&#xA;- cut-down firefox browser&#xD;&#xA;- comms like skype, gtalk, SIP phone&#xD;&#xA;- wifi or you can connect through a bluetooth onto a 3G cellphone.  &#xD;&#xA;- good battery life - couple of days from a charge&#xD;&#xA;- fits in your pocket&#xD;&#xA;- good sized slide-out keyboard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The standard keyboard lacks some keys you'd want, like tab, pipe etc.  You can remap the keys anyway you want. Edit /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/nokia_vndr/rx-44 to remap the keys, e.g. this remaps Fn modifier for m and ; keys (pound and Euro) and adds to the + and ' keys&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       key &lt;AB07&gt; { [ m,          M,        Escape,  Escape   ]  };&#xD;&#xA;       key &lt;AC10&gt; { [ semicolon,  colon,    bar,     bar      ]  };&#xD;&#xA;       key &lt;AE12&gt; { [ plus,       equal,    Tab,     Tab      ]  };&#xD;&#xA;       key &lt;AC11&gt; { [ apostrophe, question, grave,   grave    ]  };&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39612" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22264" RevisionGUID="7ce9f40b-4e77-4082-960f-09ea357778e6" CreationDate="2009-06-08T23:51:50.867" UserId="1992" Text="Checkout the series of articles and Q&amp;A columns I write for TechNet Magazine - they're mostly written with the Accidental (we call it 'involuntary') DBA in mind.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Top Tips for Effective Database Maintenance][1] was written specifically as a primer for involuntary DBAs to understand DB maintenance issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Understanding Logging and Recovery in SQL Server][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Common SQL Server Security Issues and Solutions][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Understanding SQL Server Backups][4] - part 1 of a 3-part series. Part 2 will be on using restore (in the Sept 09 issue) and part 3 will be on recovering without backups (in the Nov 09 issue)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also checkout [my blog][5] and [my wife's blog][6] (not advertizing or anything just info) - we both blog a huge amount on a variety of technical levels.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One good series of posts to look through are the [editorials for the results of my weekly surveys][7]. They are usually around a broad topic that would help involuntary DBAs. The editorial posts start with 'Importance of' or 'Important'. In fact this week's survey is on being an involuntary DBA - very timely!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We understand the involuntary DBA thing really well - in fact Kimberly and I teach a couple of days of the SharePoint Microsoft Certified Masters class so the SharePoint admins know what to do with their SQL Servers (we also teach a full week of the SQL one).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this is useful to you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/TechNet-Magazine-Effective-Database-Maintenance-article-and-August-SQL-QA-column.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/TechNet-Magazine-feature-article-on-understanding-logging-and-recovery.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/TechNet-Magazine-Feature-article-on-backups-and-backup-strategy.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/kimberly/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/category/Surveys.aspx" />
  <row Id="39613" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22264" RevisionGUID="7ce9f40b-4e77-4082-960f-09ea357778e6" CreationDate="2009-06-08T23:51:50.867" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22265" RevisionGUID="4daf33a1-5f6f-49d4-957a-566307b590a9" CreationDate="2009-06-08T23:53:47.730" UserId="8282" Text="You can find a list of all the registry keys used by Group Policy here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/details.aspx?familyid=7821C32F-DA15-438D-8E48-45915CD2BC14&amp;displaylang=en][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/details.aspx?familyid=7821C32F-DA15-438D-8E48-45915CD2BC14&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be aware that some GPOs do not use registry keys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you have servers that you need to set policies on - why not use GPOs???  Much easier to manage - you can change policies and push from one computer with one GUI." />
  <row Id="39615" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22266" RevisionGUID="b0b56f40-5e79-4f8b-b91a-95ccfcd8964d" CreationDate="2009-06-08T23:54:13.253" UserId="3053" Text="Instead of Cygwin, you could also go with more packages that are not intending to solve all the problems Cygwin aims to be able to solve.  There are packages of unix utilities with just the a limited selection of the most commonly used programs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Unix Utilties for Windows][1] is the one I used back in the day, but it appears to be a dead project.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[GnuWin32][2] appears to still be alive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="39616" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22080" RevisionGUID="89f18241-ae17-4b17-9cd4-11dba415ab61" CreationDate="2009-06-08T23:54:38.680" UserId="1561" Comment="added 65 characters in body; edited title" Text="I know that you're out there.  You've heard of this &quot;linux thingy&quot; and thought you might give it a spin on the weekend.  You gave it a whirl, started the machine up, and something didn't quite work as expected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've done admin work in both Windows and Linux.  I've also watched people &quot;struggle&quot; with trying to grasp Linux.  This appears to happen again and again, so the question(s) become:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What were your expectations?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How were those expectations not met?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What was the *basis* of those expectations?  Was it your prior experience?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The most coherent answer with complete examples will be awarded.  If I can't find an answer that explains the bulk of difficulties encountered, this will be turned into a wiki.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CLOSE:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Re-edited the title to make it 'less inflammatory'." />
  <row Id="39617" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="22080" RevisionGUID="89f18241-ae17-4b17-9cd4-11dba415ab61" CreationDate="2009-06-08T23:54:38.680" UserId="1561" Comment="added 65 characters in body; edited title" Text="As a Windows administrator, what were the issues you encountered with trying to learn a linux distro?" />
  <row Id="39618" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22267" RevisionGUID="cce4c4c5-f068-49d7-a022-199d757495a5" CreationDate="2009-06-08T23:57:28.743" UserId="6543" Text="Check [this][1] out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise, possible causes:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The network you are starting out from is probably not letting it get out. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The firewall on your wrt54gs is blocking it (try temporarily disabling &quot;Block Anonymous WAN Requests&quot; or other features). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In all cases, look in the logs to see if anything came through.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is better to (if possible):  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - set up a simple web server/CGI script    &#xD;&#xA; - set up a simple script that is called from inetd&#xD;&#xA; - send the WOL packet to a different port (port number does not matter) to try to get around intervening firewalls.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might try leaving the target up so that you could sniff the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dslreports.com/faq/6790" />
  <row Id="39619" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22268" RevisionGUID="f4e40cd1-896c-4254-b587-2ab80ce6ed32" CreationDate="2009-06-08T23:57:39.057" UserId="7934" Text="-1 for iPhone, we had a rotating on call iPhone to replace a Blackberry (both about the same montly cost). The deal breaker for iPhone was that there is no way to setup a loud audible sounds for new emails on the iPhone like the Blackberry. Seems like a small thing, but the email alerts are things like system down issues and not being able to hear them is big deal. The iPhone did have VPN capability which was cool, however we ended up returning the iPhone for another Blackberry." />
  <row Id="39620" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22269" RevisionGUID="94933e87-d67a-4849-a47e-9532696b3ad3" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:03:25.280" UserId="3156" Text="I'm running Ganglia 3.1.2 on a network where there is no multicast (nor can I turn it on).  Does anyone have an elegant solution for getting ganglia to work correctly?  I found this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://code.google.com/p/ganglia-multicast-hack/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but it does not scale very well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right now, I have separate data_source lines for each host on my network in my gmetad.conf file, but that too does not scale well, and I can't get accurate summary statistics, because it keeps overwriting the rrds (although the host statistics work just fine).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any pointers would be greatly appreciated (or confirmation that I have found the best solution already).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="39621" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22269" RevisionGUID="94933e87-d67a-4849-a47e-9532696b3ad3" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:03:25.280" UserId="3156" Text="Ganglia without multicast" />
  <row Id="39622" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22269" RevisionGUID="94933e87-d67a-4849-a47e-9532696b3ad3" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:03:25.280" UserId="3156" Text="&lt;ganglia&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;unix&gt;" />
  <row Id="39623" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22270" RevisionGUID="5270dae4-2339-4760-bb69-346409b5b6b5" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:04:33.330" UserId="3261" Text="We've been using phpBB3 as the forums for our business, and we've been plagued with spam bots left and right. In the end, I had to scrap the forums entirely because of all the junk. Our business needs a forum to operate, so I can't take the time to build one from scratch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which forums systems have you used in the past, and what's your experience with avoiding spam in general? Is there a commercial solution that's best for this sort of thing?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="39624" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22270" RevisionGUID="5270dae4-2339-4760-bb69-346409b5b6b5" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:04:33.330" UserId="3261" Text="Which forums systems are known for being good at avoiding spam?" />
  <row Id="39625" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22270" RevisionGUID="5270dae4-2339-4760-bb69-346409b5b6b5" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:04:33.330" UserId="3261" Text="&lt;forum&gt;&lt;anti-spam&gt;" />
  <row Id="39626" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22271" RevisionGUID="b2f7d484-0822-4934-aa89-4e6bbeb3a904" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:08:56.153" UserId="1375" Text="We do test/devel VMs on workstations, rather than centralised VM servers.  The main benefits are better developer control (reboots, fiddling, etc), better isolation (if a dev does something really stupid, the worst that can happen is that they melt their own workstation's CPU into glass), and the fact that there's otherwise all that hardware just sitting there under people's desks doing nothing (green computing, and all that)..." />
  <row Id="39627" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22272" RevisionGUID="ed7d3d3d-2793-4499-9b2f-34a7715b5222" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:09:06.620" UserId="1349" Text="This [site][1] is full of goodies that may help in your diagnosis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I was in the same position as you with that router. Never was able to figure it out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.depicus.com/wake-on-lan/wake-on-lan-monitor.aspx" />
  <row Id="39628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22273" RevisionGUID="43b7763b-3496-4fa8-83e9-4a517ce5076d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:12:00.427" UserId="7591" Text="For security reasons, normal operators are restricted from using the internet on work computers.  However, there are many situations where the manager or systems administrator require internet access.  Currently, this is accomplished on a per-computer basis by a hardware firewall, and users are just not permitted to use 'internet' computers without authorization.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Windows XP, is there any way to allow or restrict internet access on a per-user basis, such that an administrator can use the internet on a computer but a normal user logged into the same computer cannot?  Please note that all operators will still need full access to the local network." />
  <row Id="39629" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22273" RevisionGUID="43b7763b-3496-4fa8-83e9-4a517ce5076d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:12:00.427" UserId="7591" Text="Limiting network access to users in XP" />
  <row Id="39630" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22273" RevisionGUID="43b7763b-3496-4fa8-83e9-4a517ce5076d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:12:00.427" UserId="7591" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="39631" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22274" RevisionGUID="1af0b4d8-b662-4d6a-97e1-d751e9d288e7" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:14:25.043" UserId="4307" Text="Perhaps you can do it with an authenticating proxy server and ACLS. Check out http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2001/08/09/authen_squid.html" />
  <row Id="39632" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22275" RevisionGUID="5557f261-4bd1-4c03-a826-e5213022c016" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:17:09.333" UserId="4307" Text="Have you run `ia32-apt-get update`? `ia32-apt-get` temporarily sets the apt-get packages listing directory to `/etc/apt/foreign/` instead of its default, `/etc/apt`. Upon install, your default `/etc/apt/sources.list` is copied into `/etc/apt/foreign`. So to get a list of packages to install, you'll need to run the update at least once. And if you want to extend the sources.list repo beyond what is available by default in your native sources.list, you'll need to edit that foreign sources.list." />
  <row Id="39633" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22276" RevisionGUID="89653d73-6525-43d7-89f0-7ab5e18d8fb0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:19:11.567" UserId="8282" Text="I had the same problem using a Discovery WinPE CD with WDS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's how I fixed it (same solution should work for you):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Use ImageX to mount the image: *(imagex /mountrw {path}\boot.wim 1 {mountedDir})*&#xD;&#xA; 2. Open winpeshl.ini with notepad (from {mountedDir}\windows\system32)&#xD;&#xA; 3. Edit winpeshl.ini to look like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [LaunchApps]&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;x:\windows\system32\wpeinit.exe&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;x:\windows\system32\ping.exe,&quot;localhost -n 25&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;**x:\sources\setup.exe,&quot;/wds /wdsdiscover&quot;** &#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;***(Change this line to whatever starts your LTI installation!!!)***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Save, close, unmount and commit the image: *(imagex /unmount /commit {mounterDir})*&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22277" RevisionGUID="c8a2463e-7c42-469b-83a8-a2cefc0d8b82" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:19:29.460" UserId="2224" Text="Start with the tactical efforts. If your database is crashing or not working well, focus on resolving those problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next start with more strategic items: backup and restores. Know how to restore your databases inside and out, and create detailed procedures to prevent costly mistakes during a production outage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't have hardware to test major changes and things like backup/restore -- figure out how to get it." />
  <row Id="39635" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22277" RevisionGUID="c8a2463e-7c42-469b-83a8-a2cefc0d8b82" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:19:29.460" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39636" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18662" RevisionGUID="3b94ff56-71c4-4f52-a0ea-89ef72000d77" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:20:56.760" UserId="6751" Comment="added 52 characters in body" Text="While demand for IPv6 IPAM tools is increasing, almost none of the current Open Source products have added IPv6 capabilities. The commercial vendors (Alcatel-Lucent, Bluecat, Infoblox, and INS) are really the only ones with the credible solutions at this point. " />
  <row Id="39637" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22278" RevisionGUID="5489aeac-0b80-4382-867c-9dbf4e1f864c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:25:08.820" UserId="3112" Text="Maybe there is no need to have 20 servers for mail? You can just set the MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) on the central server to accept mail for the domain(s) you're interested in, and set the DNS for each domain so that MX record points to the central server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that's not possible, make your servers act as mail gateways and relay the mail to the central server. That would take care of the efficiency &amp; reliability problems. How you do that depends on the MTA you've chosen. Of course, you still have to configure the central server to accept mail for all of the domains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if you absolutely want to try out your luck with iptables (not recomended) then you could do something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -i eth1 -p tcp --dport 25 -j DNAT --to 192.168.1.50:25&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW --dport 25 -i eth1 -j ACCEPT" />
  <row Id="39638" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22278" RevisionGUID="5489aeac-0b80-4382-867c-9dbf4e1f864c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:25:08.820" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22279" RevisionGUID="3864c49c-75e9-48ba-9dad-12d499c4f556" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:28:35.917" UserId="4694" Text="**Unknown error 0x8004011B** appears after Outlook do Send and Receive operation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Exchange Server 2007, clients Outlook 2003&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![error_image][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I looked at these with no luck so far. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555049][2]&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922255][3] (editing registry, dismount and mount didn't help.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/9918/erroru.png&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555049 &#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922255&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It has something to do with the Offline Address List, the Global Address List doesn't update." />
  <row Id="39640" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22279" RevisionGUID="3864c49c-75e9-48ba-9dad-12d499c4f556" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:28:35.917" UserId="4694" Text=" 'Microsoft Exchange Server' reported error (0x8004011B)" />
  <row Id="39641" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22279" RevisionGUID="3864c49c-75e9-48ba-9dad-12d499c4f556" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:28:35.917" UserId="4694" Text="&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;outlook-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="39642" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22280" RevisionGUID="02a0dc0f-2d6a-4cd7-a517-bcc1736c5eda" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:28:49.817" UserId="8804" Text="We have a handfull of ASMX web service hosted on two identical Windows Server 2003 boxes. The virtual directory for the web services is loaded in a DFS share, both servers point ot the same share. We have a load balancer between the internet and the two web servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At a seemingly random interval (right now about twice per week) when a user tries to access a method on the web service, IIS returns the error: &quot;Could not load file or assembly&quot; for one of the assemblies used in the method call, and will continue reporting it each time the method is called until the app pool is recycled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We haven't found any distinguishable pattern to the problem. This is what I know:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - the missing assembly varies (but it's always a home-brew assembly)&#xD;&#xA; - the Web Service method that fails varies&#xD;&#xA; - there is no noticeable pattern to the times or intervals where the problem appears&#xD;&#xA; - there are nou admin users accesing the servers when the problem appears&#xD;&#xA; - the failing method will work correctly one one server and fail on the other, even though both point to the same bin folder&#xD;&#xA; - the problem can always be corrected by recycling the app pool and making no other changes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have enabled the Assembly Binder Log, and know that the binder is looking in the correct location for the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our assemblies are compiled for .Net 3.5." />
  <row Id="39643" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22280" RevisionGUID="02a0dc0f-2d6a-4cd7-a517-bcc1736c5eda" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:28:49.817" UserId="8804" Text="Occasional &quot;Could not load file or assembly&quot; in asmx WebService on IIS and DFS" />
  <row Id="39644" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22280" RevisionGUID="02a0dc0f-2d6a-4cd7-a517-bcc1736c5eda" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:28:49.817" UserId="8804" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;dfs&gt;&lt;asmx&gt;&lt;asp.net&gt;" />
  <row Id="39645" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22281" RevisionGUID="a899851e-3b48-491b-96b6-d43df75b8863" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:30:38.537" UserId="8282" Text="You could try this:&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx][1]&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Otherwise, I imagine you could just set the file permissions on the IE folder so that normal users do not have read/execute permissions.  Admins should still be able to browse.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It depends on if you are trying to block all &quot;internet&quot; activity or if you just want to stop web browsing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="39646" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22282" RevisionGUID="24d1b56d-3edf-4704-bc53-e4ea9c3dd8a9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:32:38.663" UserId="4733" Text="Microsofts SteadyState will easily do this...and its free.  Install it under the Admin account and then disable internet access for all other users.  Its has a small footprint when minimal restrictions are selected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39647" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="20738" RevisionGUID="aa8ff575-2047-4739-b8d6-94feeed851dd" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:34:21.393" UserId="5989" />
  <row Id="39648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22283" RevisionGUID="1e7962df-7c3f-4e4d-996b-df5c0698b9ee" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:35:37.443" UserId="5582" Text="Since I'm too noob to comment on [http://serverfault.com/questions/20738/what-do-you-do-to-prevent-stupid-mistakes/20849#20849][1], I have to post another answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is how I have colored various command prompts:&#xD;&#xA;$ cat ~/.bashrc &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    export FGGRAY=37&#xD;&#xA;    export BGRED=41&#xD;&#xA;    export BGYELLOW=43&#xD;&#xA;    export BGGREEN=42&#xD;&#xA;    export HIGHLIGHT=01&#xD;&#xA;    export NORMAL=00&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    export PS1=&quot;[\u@\[\e[${FGGRAY};${BGRED};${HIGHLIGHT}m\]\h\[\e[${NORMAL}m\] \W]\\$ &quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;$ cat ~/.cshrc &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    setenv FGGRAY 37&#xD;&#xA;    setenv BGRED 41&#xD;&#xA;    setenv BGYELLOW 43&#xD;&#xA;    setenv BGGREEN 42&#xD;&#xA;    setenv HIGHLIGHT 01&#xD;&#xA;    setenv NORMAL 00&#xD;&#xA;    setenv ESC &quot;^[&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    set prompt = &quot;[%n@%{${ESC}[${FGGRAY};${BGRED};${HIGHLIGHT}m%}%m%{${ESC}[${NORMAL}m%} %~]%# &quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It took me surprisingly long to get those prompts working and somewhat readable.  Naming the colors made it easy to change a system from production to staging and back (because our staging machine became &quot;production&quot; during beta testing cycles, which was part of the problem).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The astute reader will note that I'm using ANSI escape sequences which don't work everywhere.  They worked fine on RedHat, but I haven't tested other OSes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: Trey's answer about colored prompts above&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39649" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22283" RevisionGUID="1e7962df-7c3f-4e4d-996b-df5c0698b9ee" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:35:37.443" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39650" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22284" RevisionGUID="c99bcdbd-d8c5-4ea8-81de-2158bdcde23c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:42:18.800" UserId="7949" Text="Don't work on sensitive things when you feel tired!" />
  <row Id="39651" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22284" RevisionGUID="c99bcdbd-d8c5-4ea8-81de-2158bdcde23c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:42:18.800" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22285" RevisionGUID="6b5d1562-b9b1-44cb-84d1-aef7b81d4bf4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:45:31.297" UserId="4733" Text="THis may be simple and maybe I am not understanding the issue, but can any inbound traffic travel through the router (non web traffic such as RDC)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What if you put a specific machine in the DMZ?" />
  <row Id="39654" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22273" RevisionGUID="7af88f04-8015-4c91-95a0-22571e18d416" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:45:57.163" UserId="7591" Comment="clarification" Text="For security reasons, normal operators are restricted from using the internet on work computers.  However, there are many situations where the manager or systems administrator require internet access.  Currently, this is accomplished on a per-computer basis by a hardware firewall, and users are just not permitted to use 'internet' computers without authorization.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Windows XP, is there any way to allow or restrict internet access on a per-user basis, such that an administrator can use the internet on a computer but a normal user logged into the same computer cannot?  Please note that all operators will still need full access to the local network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** Just to clarify, by 'internet' I refer to all internet access, not just web browsing." />
  <row Id="39655" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22286" RevisionGUID="a4f30e90-8535-4c43-96e3-86be602785b3" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:49:14.473" UserId="6004" Text="I would think any public forum that uses [reCaptcha][1] should be sufficient. I'm not sure about phpBB3 but I saw some plugins for phpBB2 and reports of people rolling their own for 3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://recaptcha.net/" />
  <row Id="39656" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="21805" RevisionGUID="f81b0e80-468e-4cbc-a8f2-3bfb5c0c5f9e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:49:18.793" UserId="1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="39657" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22287" RevisionGUID="b01a623f-f544-40a1-b98e-6f913bf4619e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:49:46.360" UserId="3539" Text="The issue actually turned out to be some conflicting screen-profiles that were installed on my machine. Although they sourced my local .screenrc, they prevented me from setting the term. Disabling the use of profiles (I renamed the symlink ~/.screen-profiles to something else) caused screen to read the term as set in my .screenrc file." />
  <row Id="39658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22288" RevisionGUID="7d174403-b05e-47ba-9845-511d364d942a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:54:26.307" UserId="1565" Text="The way we did this was by manually assigning the DNS server to 127.0.0.1 and adding addresses to the host file.  Admins were the only ones that could change the setting." />
  <row Id="39659" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22289" RevisionGUID="231957b9-8440-47ec-839c-ea81de0dfd32" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:54:59.503" UserId="8807" Text="I do this often using StorageCraft ShadowProtect IT Edition. You can load in all the drivers for the new system before booting it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes I've had luck with installing the storage drivers before migrating, and then going from there." />
  <row Id="39660" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22282" RevisionGUID="5cb097a3-889e-4b60-81b1-72fedc652e4c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T00:56:05.163" UserId="4733" Comment="added 294 characters in body" Text="Microsofts SteadyState will easily do this...and its free.  Install it under the Admin account and then disable internet access for all other users.  Its has a small footprint when minimal restrictions are selected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT - something else I have done 'back in the day' and I mean WAY BACK was enable ratings in IE - under the security tab I think.  Then I would block all sites and set a password.  IE would work, but would ask for a password for every site.  I vaguely recall that, but I think its correct.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39661" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22290" RevisionGUID="5f5a6b1b-d2b8-49f9-905e-c3c12e98de85" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:00:24.907" UserDisplayName="unknown" Text="I'm having this strange error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On AIX, if I can reach my server from the command line ( using ping / telnet ) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But If I try using java I've got UnkownHostException&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is due to Java cannot somehow &quot;use&quot; the DNS but I don't know why. If I use the IP address it works fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is my test program.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        import java.net.*;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        public class Test {&#xD;&#xA;                public static void main( String [] args ) throws Exception  {&#xD;&#xA;                        String host = args[0];&#xD;&#xA;                        int port = Integer.parseInt( args[1] );&#xD;&#xA;                        System.out.println(&quot;Connecting to: &quot; + host + &quot; at port: &quot; + port );&#xD;&#xA;                        Socket socket = new Socket( host, port );&#xD;&#xA;                        System.out.println(&quot;Connected!&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;                        socket.close();&#xD;&#xA;                        System.out.println(&quot;Closed!&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;                }&#xD;&#xA;         }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is anyone aware of some kind of configuration under AIX that forbids programs ( like java ) to access DNS information? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I  ( well the sysadm ) have added my address in /etc/hosts but it doesn't work either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Java version:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build pap32dev-20080315 (SR7))&#xD;&#xA;    IBM J9 VM (build 2.3, J2RE 1.5.0 IBM J9 2.3 AIX ppc-32 j9vmap3223-20080315 (JIT enabled)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39662" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22290" RevisionGUID="5f5a6b1b-d2b8-49f9-905e-c3c12e98de85" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:00:24.907" UserDisplayName="unknown" Text="Java cannot resolve DNS address from AIX: UnknownHostException. " />
  <row Id="39663" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22290" RevisionGUID="5f5a6b1b-d2b8-49f9-905e-c3c12e98de85" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:00:24.907" UserDisplayName="unknown" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;aix&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;" />
  <row Id="39664" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22291" RevisionGUID="729d35f8-1203-4373-8855-9009265a1e81" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:01:06.403" UserId="1276" Text="In addition to many things listed, I use [Zsh][1] as my shell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;/var/lib/mysql% rm ib_ *&#xD;&#xA;zsh: sure you want to delete all the files in /var/lib/mysql [yn]? n&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.zsh.org/" />
  <row Id="39665" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22291" RevisionGUID="729d35f8-1203-4373-8855-9009265a1e81" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:01:06.403" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22292" RevisionGUID="cf04f48c-c09d-454a-b6b8-1b7af8b01f0a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:02:09.553" UserId="2224" Text="I think that you'll see a big upswing in IPv6 utilization when Windows 7 ships. The Direct Access feature solves alot of mobility problems in the enterprise." />
  <row Id="39667" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22293" RevisionGUID="a91bc532-05ba-4cba-bb53-a1f861878754" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:04:46.227" UserId="8093" Text="In my experience the only time I would image/backup a server and put the image back down was on same hardware. I reconfigured the RAID on the box (Dell 2850) when I added new Hard drives. The solution I used was Acronis True Image with the Universal Restore feature just in case I had to restore the box to dissimilar hardware. Acronis is a good product and gave me the flexibility to partition/format the disks as I want and then put the image in the size I just made. With that said I would recommend building the server from scratch for the following reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Known good OS install.&#xD;&#xA; - if a Win OS install you get a clean Registry Hive&#xD;&#xA; - Current BIOS and Device Drivers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the other issues that I foresee when moving from old hardware is, if you are moving a Windows OS, Device Drivers will be different, Chipsets, RAID controllers, Processors, NICs, etc. Doing a clean build will eliminate the hassle and garbage left behind if you ported the old system to the new hardware " />
  <row Id="39668" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22280" RevisionGUID="efc00bcc-39e9-4df7-bc3a-20d78db9db14" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:05:16.303" UserId="1054" Comment="fix some typos" Text="We have a handfull of ASMX web service hosted on two identical Windows Server 2003 boxes. The virtual directory for the web services is loaded in a DFS share, both servers point to the same share. We have a load balancer between the internet and the two web servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At a seemingly random interval (right now about twice per week) when a user tries to access a method on the web service, IIS returns the error: &quot;Could not load file or assembly&quot; for one of the assemblies used in the method call, and will continue reporting it each time the method is called until the app pool is recycled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We haven't found any distinguishable pattern to the problem. This is what I know:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - the missing assembly varies (but it's always a home-brew assembly)&#xD;&#xA; - the Web Service method that fails varies&#xD;&#xA; - there is no noticeable pattern to the times or intervals where the problem appears&#xD;&#xA; - there are no admin users accessing the servers when the problem appears&#xD;&#xA; - the failing method will work correctly on one server and fail on the other, even though both point to the same bin folder&#xD;&#xA; - the problem can always be corrected by recycling the app pool and making no other changes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have enabled the Assembly Binder Log, and know that the binder is looking in the correct location for the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our assemblies are compiled for .Net 3.5." />
  <row Id="39669" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22294" RevisionGUID="1888050a-264b-4e1a-81c8-33fcf7fb3059" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:09:36.687" UserId="7949" Text="You can manualy set the [swappinness][1] of the kernel, wich you can see at `/proc/sys/vm/swappiness` or issuing the command `sysctl vm.swappiness`.&#xD;&#xA;The swappiness is a kernel setting that determines how much the swap is used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By setting `sudo sysctl vm.swappiness=0` you are effectively deactivating the swap partition. To make this change permanent you can add/modify `vm.swappiness=0` in `/etc/sysctl.conf`. You should see what is a good value for you. I personally have it configured to `vm.swappiness=10`, being 60 the default value.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linuxvox.com/linux-articles/kernel-tuning/1-what-is-the-linux-kernel-parameter-vm-swappiness" />
  <row Id="39670" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22295" RevisionGUID="a097f4cd-fef4-49f7-9205-bda506513d14" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:10:08.463" UserId="4733" Text="Is This Feasible - Running MailWash on a dedicated machine to pre-check 80-100 email accounts before end-users check with Outlook?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have some major SPAM issues at my company with some users receiving over 1000 SPAM messages per day.  Out mail is web-based and managed by a local ISP that does not offer any SPAM filtering at all.  All user are required to check their mail with Outlook 2003/2007.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are some of the issues that I might face if I run MailWAsh on a dedicated machine to precheck everyones mail numerous times per day.  If you arent familiar with MailWash, thats exactly what it does, although it is meant to run locally on each machine.  It prechecks mail, weeds out SPAM, and leaves legimate mail.  When the user send/receives in Outlook, they hopefully receive only the legit mail left on the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39671" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22295" RevisionGUID="a097f4cd-fef4-49f7-9205-bda506513d14" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:10:08.463" UserId="4733" Text="Is This Feasible - Running MailWash on a dedicated machine to pre-check " />
  <row Id="39672" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22295" RevisionGUID="a097f4cd-fef4-49f7-9205-bda506513d14" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:10:08.463" UserId="4733" Text="&lt;spam&gt;&lt;spam-filter&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;outlook&gt;" />
  <row Id="39673" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22296" RevisionGUID="20717f70-e622-4b2d-ae00-f4337af0a8f8" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:11:59.523" UserId="2948" Text="We had a similar issue.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We never officially figured out what was happening but we narrowed the problem down to impersonation level in the web.config and user access to the folder hosting the assembly file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We discovered that sometimes the IIS worker process would try and load the assembly as the person accessing the web request.  We could see that the thread that was trying to load the assembly was currently impersonating a user making a request to one of the asp.net pages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway we worked around the issue by granting access to authenticated users in the domain.  Hopefully you can find a better solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39674" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22297" RevisionGUID="438601d9-d802-48b3-ae99-ced15952270f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:12:53.000" UserId="1276" Text="Some sensible and dangerous tasks are performed in pairs, not alone. [**GNU screen**][1] is used when possible, so the same terminal is shared by two admins working together.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, once I had a RAID disk failing when I was 300+ Km away from the server, and the on-site admin wasn't too secure of the procedure. He correctly identified and replaced the failing disk, but was afraid of dealing with the beast that is the RAID command-line management interface (called afacli). It was a tight situation for him: the array was degraded meaning that if another disk failed serious data loss would ensue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, we joined a shared screen session, and I watched him issuing the commands for setting the new disk as a fallback, then watching the RAID to rebuild itself in the new disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/" />
  <row Id="39675" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22297" RevisionGUID="438601d9-d802-48b3-ae99-ced15952270f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:12:53.000" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39676" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22279" RevisionGUID="ac8d6830-5967-48d6-bcdf-17068171be76" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:13:01.783" UserId="1054" Comment="edited body" Text="**Unknown error 0x8004011B** appears after an Outlook Send and Receive operation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Exchange Server 2007, clients Outlook 2003&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![error_image][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I looked at these with no luck so far. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555049][2]&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922255][3] (editing registry, dismount and mount didn't help.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/9918/erroru.png&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555049 &#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922255&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It has something to do with the Offline Address List, the Global Address List doesn't update." />
  <row Id="39677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22298" RevisionGUID="f3e4010d-c6fd-482c-8301-26312c70b33c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:13:21.033" UserId="2948" Text="ULS logs will have the data you are looking for.  Turn your SharePoint logging to Verbose and then start digging.  " />
  <row Id="39678" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22299" RevisionGUID="65520f20-b46c-45e9-a0b3-b0d8cef51f6e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:14:21.373" UserId="6004" Text="RTFM, measure twice, think twice, test twice, cross fingers, take a walk, hit enter." />
  <row Id="39679" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22299" RevisionGUID="65520f20-b46c-45e9-a0b3-b0d8cef51f6e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:14:21.373" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39680" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22300" RevisionGUID="ab50154c-8b23-4069-a0c7-c5b1776ec638" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:17:31.853" UserId="4703" Text="There are a few suggestions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1-You don't push the the backups to the backup system, but you pull from there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2-Once the backup is completed, a cron job being ran by another user should move the backup&#xD;&#xA;to a safe location that the initial user has no access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3-Never reuse password between server/backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should be able to do this with most backup provides that give you shell/ssh access. If your backup is via ftp/pushing only, I would switch providers...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22301" RevisionGUID="e0755003-a8ac-4f9a-9571-cd3121148d58" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:25:53.663" UserId="1993" Text="Is this happening to all your clients, just one, or a select few? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What antivirus/firewall software are you running on the server? The clients? Have you disabled it on both and tested again?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Following the instructions in your second link (MS KB 922255) to enable diagnostic logging, what events are posted in the server's event log when this failed?" />
  <row Id="39683" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22302" RevisionGUID="89b41034-56b4-4625-9c62-b706f925d8ff" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:29:54.143" UserId="4881" Text="route-server.he.net says: 527801 IPv4 RIB entries, but 3653 IPv6 RIB entries.  If I'm parsing quagga's output right, they're seeing 1894 IPv6 prefixes advertised versus ~ 283k IPv4 prefixes, so quite a difference.  (No idea how many AS numbers on each this equates to -- the number of IPv6 prefixes an AS has will likely be somewhat smaller than the number of IPv4 ones.)" />
  <row Id="39684" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22303" RevisionGUID="a19ab923-8915-4167-8c39-2d3db586c797" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:33:21.670" UserId="4165" Text="I implemented something similar for my church's kiosk systems by manually assigning IP addresses and not putting a default gateway or DNS entries for the network card.  The kiosk user account had no access to change network settings so they were never able to go outside of the local network.  This solution is workable as is if you have a single subnet.  Multiple subnets behind a firewall would require persistent routes on each of the affected PCs.  If an admin user logged onto the system and needed Internet access, they can quickly add the proper default gateway and DNS entries but would have to remember to remove them.  It's free and doable but it is rather time-consuming and relies on the admin remembering to remove the settings before logging off." />
  <row Id="39685" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22304" RevisionGUID="b65c4f70-aa25-4956-9d25-c5ea082ce13f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:34:13.153" UserId="6543" Text="It is unclear if you mean by &quot;partition&quot; a logical volume. Also, when you say that you wish to use the smaller disk do you mean to get rid of the larger one? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming that you want to stop using the larger disk and remove from the volume group you would have to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - add the smaller disk/partition to the volume group &#xD;&#xA; - move (!) the physical extents away from larger disk/partition. See [this][1]&#xD;&#xA; - remove the larger disk/partition&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The pvmove command also allows you to move only extents that belong to a particular logical volume.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and get a good backup first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/removeadisk.html" />
  <row Id="39686" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4224" RevisionGUID="254cd26a-fc69-4128-91e1-7e5b408ba6e7" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:39:30.710" UserId="1561" Comment="added 155 characters in body; added 156 characters in body" Text="Use LVM Mirror copy.  This will copy the data live to the new location (including any updates), for as long as the mirror runs.  See [4.4.1.3. Creating Mirrored Volumes][1] at CentOS.  Once you have the data cloned, you can &quot;break the mirror&quot;, and specify that you want LVM to look at the &quot;new&quot; drive vs. the &quot;old&quot; drive when that happens.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;As Brent Nesbitt pointed out, you'll want to shrink your volume first.  Gparted will do the job for you, provided that the filesystem supports shrinking.  EXT3 will shrink.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2nd EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;Here is a [similar question][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Cluster_Logical_Volume_Manager/LV_create.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4098/is-it-possible-to-convert-a-linux-box-to-lvm-after-the-fact" />
  <row Id="39687" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22305" RevisionGUID="bf44e464-e4c0-4700-ae73-6a94cc19e88e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:40:03.143" UserId="4268" Text="ahhh, offline address book troubleshooting! What fun. Try the troubleshooting steps [here][1] and post the results.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/dgoldman/archive/2006/10/23/outlook-client-fails-to-download-the-oab-with-error-0x8004011b.aspx" />
  <row Id="39688" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22306" RevisionGUID="26b17bd6-a605-4909-a084-a9459ddf227a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:40:16.433" UserId="1909" Text="I often have more than 10 windows running and wanted a way to select them. I found out how to configure C-a Shift+0 through 9 to select windows 10 through 19.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    bind  ! select 11&#xD;&#xA;    bind  @ select 12&#xD;&#xA;    bind \# select 13&#xD;&#xA;    bind  $ select 14&#xD;&#xA;    bind  % select 15&#xD;&#xA;    bind \^ select 16&#xD;&#xA;    bind  &amp; select 17&#xD;&#xA;    bind  * select 18&#xD;&#xA;    bind  ( select 19&#xD;&#xA;    bind  ) select 10&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note the escapes on # and ^. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39689" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22304" RevisionGUID="c55a1e04-d96a-4f11-a242-95b29f4b9f58" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:40:56.527" UserId="6543" Comment="clean up, added commands" Text="LVM has *built-in support for removing disks from volume groups*!. No need for weird uses of copy commands or shrinking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is unclear if you mean by &quot;partition&quot; a logical volume. Also, when you say that you wish to use the smaller disk do you mean to get rid of the larger one? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming that you want to stop using the larger disk/partition and remove from the volume group you would have to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - add (pvcreate) the smaller disk/partition to the volume group &#xD;&#xA; - move (pvmove) the physical extents away from larger disk/partition. See [this][1]&#xD;&#xA; - remove (pvremove) the larger disk/partition from the volume group  and do what you will with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and get a good backup first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/removeadisk.html" />
  <row Id="39690" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22253" RevisionGUID="8a25c23b-cf13-40f6-8e75-0f635cb5d2ce" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:43:17.210" UserId="6742" Comment="added 412 characters in body; added 12 characters in body" Text="We've got AT&amp;T U-Verse internet service, which has an extremely boneheaded DSL gateway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have 5 IPs (netmask 248), but the gateway is incapable of doing anything other than a single IP -&gt; single MAC address mapping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a single firewall machine, and we redirect different IP/port combos to different places inside a DMZ.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our solution so far is to have a VMWare virtual machine on the firewall with 4 additional NICs in it, to get the other 4 IP addresses...  however we have a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The gateway is basically doing an ARP ping to see if the IP is responding on the expected MAC.  With 4 NICs all on the same LAN, linux is responding to ARP requests for ALL IPs using a single interface.  That's not what the gateway is expecting, and it's messing up the 3 other NICs.  The gateway refuses to route incoming traffic for IPs where the ARP ping results aren't the expected MAC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can we get the ARP replies for eth0's IP to go out eth0, eth1's IP to go out eth1, etc?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Christopher Cashell's response does not work in this situation.  I had great hopes reading it, but...  nope.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been playing with the arp cache, now...  specifically the &quot;pub&quot; flag:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`arp -s 10.10.10.10 00:01:02:03:04:05 pub`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`arp -s 10.10.10.11 00:01:02:03:04:06 pub`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`also arp -i eth0 -Ds ... variants`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;one of which I thought would work, but none seem to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've left arp_filter on." />
  <row Id="39691" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22307" RevisionGUID="b77a194c-ee9c-4a8e-a8d3-ef7a98d18f8d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:45:36.753" UserId="1993" Text="Active Directory is one of the best features of Windows Server, but it's also a big shiny target. If compromised it gives the attacker your Windows network. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In an environment with externally facing Windows servers (web servers in my case), what steps are necessary to protect Active Directory from attack? How do you reduce the damage potential if a domain member is compromised? Finally, is there any way to reduce the damage potential if a domain controller is compromised?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for info that relates specifically to Active Directory (2003 and 2008). Universal best practices (read your logs, secure Administrator passwords, etc) should be a given." />
  <row Id="39692" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22307" RevisionGUID="b77a194c-ee9c-4a8e-a8d3-ef7a98d18f8d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:45:36.753" UserId="1993" Text="Securing Active Directory domains on a potentially hostile network" />
  <row Id="39693" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22307" RevisionGUID="b77a194c-ee9c-4a8e-a8d3-ef7a98d18f8d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:45:36.753" UserId="1993" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="39694" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22295" RevisionGUID="f165b1d9-b151-47f6-a517-43d4c4b66bfa" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:47:39.387" UserId="4733" Comment="edited body" Text="Is This Feasible - Running MailWash on a dedicated machine to pre-check 80-100 email accounts before end-users check with Outlook?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have some major SPAM issues at my company with some users receiving over 1000 SPAM messages per day.  Our mail is web-based and managed by a local ISP that does not offer any SPAM filtering at all.  All user are required to check their mail with Outlook 2003/2007.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are some of the issues that I might face if I run MailWAsh on a dedicated machine to precheck everyones mail numerous times per day.  If you arent familiar with MailWash, thats exactly what it does, although it is meant to run locally on each machine.  It prechecks mail, weeds out SPAM, and leaves legimate mail.  When the user send/receives in Outlook, they hopefully receive only the legit mail left on the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39695" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22308" RevisionGUID="cf1e2409-b653-484c-b710-e89363e0b567" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:49:45.047" UserId="584" Text="I've had amazing results with [Akismet][1]. There are plugins for most major forum software - [here's an implementation][2] for phpbb3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://akismet.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=70&amp;t=1340275" />
  <row Id="39696" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22279" RevisionGUID="0b9ed6c5-f7a8-47f3-8b2c-e4af9b1bd7fb" CreationDate="2009-06-09T01:58:54.110" UserId="4694" Comment="added 235 characters in body" Text="**Unknown error 0x8004011B** appears after an Outlook Send and Receive operation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Exchange Server 2007, clients Outlook 2003&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![error_image][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I looked at these with no luck so far. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555049][2]&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922255][3] (editing registry, dismount and mount didn't help.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/9918/erroru.png&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555049 &#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922255&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It has something to do with the Offline Address List, the Global Address List doesn't update. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Outlook Synchronization Log:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;11:51:04 Microsoft Exchange offline address book&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;11:51:04 An error occurred while decompressing the Microsoft Exchange offline address book files. &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;11:51:04 	0X8004011B" />
  <row Id="39697" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22309" RevisionGUID="6790bc72-d109-4f23-b63e-7056b6a64e3c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T02:03:41.950" UserId="2711" Text="* Don't log into any machine on your network with a Domain Admin or similarly privileged account, except for your DCs. That way a compromised system can't steal your credentials.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Have a separate privileged account for managing your web facing machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Have a tight network level firewall on your web facing machines if possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Have your web facing machines in a DMZ if possible - which is basically just a subnet with limited connectivity to the rest of your internal network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* If a Domain Controller is compromised ... strictly speaking your Domain is gone and needs to be rebuilt. More practically it depends on the type of compromise and is something you would have to assess on a case by case basis. I've inherited two domains that were strictly speaking &quot;compromised&quot;, I rebuilt one and repaired the second. There are a lot of factors to consider." />
  <row Id="39698" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19819" RevisionGUID="a3a24263-a173-40f0-b15b-c8f167221bda" CreationDate="2009-06-09T02:08:26.043" UserId="1054" Comment="fix spelling" Text="JFV sort of hit on this, but you may want to consider not installing SP3. Try having them with all of the patches at the SP2 level and see if they run for a while or not. I have heard (all-be-it anecdotal) SP3 has caused problems with some people's XP installations, such as weird explorer problems happening. Personally I have not experience these issues, but I would be willing to run it as an SP2 machine and see what happens." />
  <row Id="39699" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22310" RevisionGUID="350601b6-1e53-442a-a619-565d92a1912f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T02:10:31.517" UserId="2604" Text="A Microsoft best-practices document I read once suggested that your Internet-facing servers (web, e-mail, etc.) should either be stand-alone machines or be in a separate Active Directory forest from your corporate forest.  This separate forest should exist entirely in a DMZ, while your corporate AD forest should exist entirely within your corporate firewall's strictest boundaries.  Far fewer users need access to Internet-facing servers than to regular corporate computing resources, so setting up a system in this way should not impose significant extra administrative overhead in terms of user support.  You just have to remember your separate usernames and passwords for each domain." />
  <row Id="39700" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22311" RevisionGUID="40e2757f-c82d-4966-b314-089aa1084552" CreationDate="2009-06-09T02:10:33.373" UserId="1993" Text="Here are the general methods I use. Hopefully I can add a lot to these:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Domain Controllers are on their own network segment. All traffic to or from the Domain Controllers must pass through the network firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Domain Controllers run no externally accessible services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - RPC port ranges are restricted on all domain controllers/members to a known group of ports:&#xD;&#xA;  1. Administrative tools -&gt; Component Services -&gt; Component Services -&gt; Computers&#xD;&#xA;  2. My Computer -&gt; Properties -&gt; Default Protocols -&gt; Connection-Oriented TCP/IP -&gt; Properties&#xD;&#xA;  3. Add&#xD;&#xA;  4. Set port range (something like 6051-6071). The larger your network and the more you use RPC, the wider range you'll need. For a network of 25-30 Windows machines, I've found 20 ports to be more than enough.&#xD;&#xA;  5. Set both Port range assignment and Default dynamic port allocation to &quot;Internet Range&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  6. OK&#xD;&#xA;  7. Reboot&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Allow the domain members only the following access to the Domain Controller (both in network firewall, the Domain Controller's host firewall, and the Domain Member's host firewall - use Group Policy to enforce this): &#xD;&#xA;  - TCP/UDP port 53 (DNS)&#xD;&#xA;  - TCP/UDP port 88 (Kerberos)&#xD;&#xA;  - UDP port 123 (NTP)&#xD;&#xA;  - TCP/UDP port 135 (RPC Endpoint Mapper)&#xD;&#xA;  - TCP/UDP port 137 (NetBIOS)&#xD;&#xA;  - UDP port 138 (NetBIOS)&#xD;&#xA;  - TCP port 139 (NetBIOS)&#xD;&#xA;  - TCP/UDP port 389 (LDAP)&#xD;&#xA;  - TCP/UDP port 445 (SMB-over-IP)&#xD;&#xA;  - TCP port 3268 (LDAP Global Catalog)&#xD;&#xA;  - TCP/UDP port 6051-6071 (RPC - replace with whatever range you chose above)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Set IPSec Policy so all Domain Controller to Domain Controller traffic is encrypted over the wire&#xD;&#xA; - Use Group Policy to reinforce network firewall rules at the host's firewall. Specifically:&#xD;&#xA;  - Restrict Remote Desktop to your admin workstations/network&#xD;&#xA;  - Restrict SNMP to your admin and monitoring workstations/network&#xD;&#xA;  - Restrict outbound syslog (I use event-to-syslog) to your logging server&#xD;&#xA;  - Restrict outbound SMTP to your mail server&#xD;&#xA;  - The standard &quot;restrict all in/out to only what the server requires&quot; tactic&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Configure all network services to run as Active Directory users (IIS apps run under users named &quot;svc-servicename&quot;). These users are assigned to a single group with nerfed privileges and removed from the Domain Users group.&#xD;&#xA; - Rename the Administrator account to something else, add &quot;Administrator&quot; as a disabled guest account (trivial to overcome, but it can block some dumb scripts).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Externally facing servers are in a separate domain than the HQ/Office machines. I have a one-way trust (DMZ trusts HQ) to simplify some logins, but am looking at phasing this out." />
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  <row Id="39707" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22312" RevisionGUID="b31bc58b-b196-4438-84bc-c2813349a5aa" CreationDate="2009-06-09T02:21:23.513" UserId="6543" Comment="added las sentence and comma" Text="Is the argument 'host' an IP address? If so, you have to turn into an [InetAddress][1]. Otherwise, you have to get a *name* that resolves properly to an IP address. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to work like the command line programs ping, et al, you need to take care of the case when the argument supplied is a dotted quad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/net/InetAddress.html" />
  <row Id="39708" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22315" RevisionGUID="d556c42e-1305-4914-86b9-c59b647049df" CreationDate="2009-06-09T02:22:04.853" UserId="1565" Text="Check out MAKEMSI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://dennisbareis.com/makemsi.htm" />
  <row Id="39709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22316" RevisionGUID="0fe43518-bce0-44d9-aece-6c57070b3a10" CreationDate="2009-06-09T02:22:12.013" UserId="3038" Text="This is a somewhat contrary view. I work at a higher ed with a wireless LAN segment that students (and somewhere between one to three devices in their bags) can connect to. This is inside our internet border firewall, but is still firewalled to some extent from the juicy goodness of the greater network. However, there are some constraints.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to allow student printing from their laptops, we have to allow domain logins which in turn requires visiblity to the DC's. The same holds true for the network shares. What's more, student laptops are not domained, and we do not have any kind of controls for what is on them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I first got here I was surprised that a Windows network this open could *survive at all*. But it did. Yes, Slammer was a royal pain to root out. Yes, we did have the occasional hacked server (from the Internet side, not WLAN side). All in all, the amount of evil-ware we've seen on the WLAN is more interested in sending large amounts of email than it is in scanning everything local to the machine to worm its way around. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We do have an auth barrier between the WLAN and anything interesting, which helps. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, we're forever going to the WLAN login logs to see who was on what IP when the RIAA sends us an offender notice for a torrenter. " />
  <row Id="39710" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="22315" RevisionGUID="af1496cd-7558-4d36-b758-a4a30a631707" CreationDate="2009-06-09T02:23:16.707" UserId="1565" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1565,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Joseph&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="39711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22317" RevisionGUID="60031299-bd57-4d68-98aa-24c6f4319670" CreationDate="2009-06-09T02:24:42.353" UserId="413" Text="Can you try disabling swap entirely? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    swapoff /dev/hdb2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or some such- at least that will validate that it's swapping that's your issue, and not something else." />
  <row Id="39712" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22318" RevisionGUID="c103c43c-5b67-47d2-a3d9-ae7c7ff82ac8" CreationDate="2009-06-09T02:28:48.303" UserId="3156" Text="After further research, I found the answer.  On my clients, I added the following to gmond.conf:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    udp_send_channel {&#xD;&#xA;      host = monitoring-host&#xD;&#xA;      port = 8666&#xD;&#xA;      ttl = 1&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    udp_send_channel {&#xD;&#xA;      host = monitoring-host-backup&#xD;&#xA;      port = 8666&#xD;&#xA;      ttl = 1&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This sends the data via unicast UDP to the monitoring host and the backup every 1 second.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then on the monitoring host, I added this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    udp_recv_channel {&#xD;&#xA;      port = 8666&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The key is to get rid of the multicast entry, which is there by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39713" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18295" RevisionGUID="f9792bd5-69b8-4f1c-871e-4d9d3d8c7305" CreationDate="2009-06-09T02:31:22.480" UserId="2621" Comment="Added update 2" Text="Can you try the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Have you logged in as the administrator to confirm this does not happen on that acccount?&#xD;&#xA; 2. Can you create a new account and verify the same problem occurs?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will at least attempt to resolve if just a profile issue. I have run wk8 since the beta and am now using 2k8 R2 RC and have not experienced this problem at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some more questions incase just an IO/Memory Issue:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Are you running the HyperV role? &#xD;&#xA; 2. If you have HyperV how many VM's running and what is the memory allocation on host system? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;You could also try a search in the MSDN/Technet forums and see if anyone else experiences your issues. But the first 2 steps should help us narrow the problem down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Updated: So you are running under VMWare. Is this workstation or ESX? Have you tried copying to another server and merging your snapshots to eliminate the Virtual disk subsystem as the issue? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update 2: Have you tried doing a defrag/shrink of the virtual HD file? On the copy you created for VMPlayer testing, can you start up in safe mode, create a user with admin priviledges, login with this user then rename the %WINDIR%\Users\Administrator folder to %WINDIR%\Users\Administrator.old. Then try to login again as an administrator. This should fix a corrupt profile issue. If it works on the VMPlayer copy then you can look at doing the same on your 'production' copy" />
  <row Id="39714" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="22312" RevisionGUID="d2b71e71-6910-4dce-b70b-f78f8c3fe2a9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T02:31:52.667" UserId="6543" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:6543,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Allen&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="39715" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22315" RevisionGUID="955b58b6-3e15-4489-a51e-3b83f3632ae9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T02:34:03.273" UserId="1565" Comment="added 258 characters in body" Text="Check out WinINSTALL LE:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.softpile.com/Utilities/Miscellaneous/Review_16745_index.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You have to install the program, and it will watch what happens and create an MSI installer.  I usually make my installs on a clean VM so that it doesn't catch background activities of programs I usually use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39716" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="22315" RevisionGUID="d0609148-8976-4f87-8b9f-e196213e1291" CreationDate="2009-06-09T02:34:11.197" UserId="1565" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1565,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Joseph&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="39717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22319" RevisionGUID="415d665c-1309-4fa4-8e28-5e373663e83b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T02:36:00.307" UserDisplayName="Honestpuck" Text="Apart from the usual Unix suspects I find the following useful :-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dsconfigad - Edits the Active Directory settings and binds a computer&#xD;&#xA;defaults - Edit preferences&#xD;&#xA;plutil - Converts plist to and from text&#xD;&#xA;softwareupdate - run Software Update from the command line&#xD;&#xA;installer - install packages from the command line&#xD;&#xA;networksetup - set and get various things such as the computer name&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you master those and the usual Unix stuff you have all you need for Mac administration from the command line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;// Tony" />
  <row Id="39718" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22319" RevisionGUID="415d665c-1309-4fa4-8e28-5e373663e83b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T02:36:00.307" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39719" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22130" RevisionGUID="0ce34607-1183-49e9-9bb0-0adcaeefbf1a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T02:36:26.203" UserId="1054" Comment="added 68 characters in body; added 2 characters in body" Text="So i am trying to get a post-commit hook working from on svn server, specifically I'm trying to send email using my google account. as described on this link&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After setting the permissions for the script and the working copy to the same user and rw access it started causing MERGE errors when users tried to commit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;after some reading i found out that it was because of the post-commit hook not working and found out that by typing `svn - ./post-commit commit  ../ 250 mailer.conf`&#xD;&#xA;i get a error saying:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    http://iffee.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/svn-commit-to-google-apps-email-notification/&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    annerajb@annerajb-desktop:~/Desktop/TotEM_SVN/hooks$ env - ./post-commit.test commit ../ 250&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    /var/lib/python-support/python2.6/svn/fs.py:27: DeprecationWarning: The popen2 module is deprecated.  Use the subprocess module.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      import sys as _sys, os as _os, popen2 as _popen2, tempfile as _tempfile&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Traceback (most recent call last):&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      File &quot;/usr/share/subversion/hook-scripts/mailer/mailer.py&quot;, line 1351, in &lt;module&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        svn.core.run_app(main, cmd, config_fname, repos_dir, sys.argv[3:3+expected_args])&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      File &quot;/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/svn/core.py&quot;, line 288, in run_app&#xD;&#xA;        return apply(func, (application_pool,) + args, kw)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      File &quot;/usr/share/subversion/hook-scripts/mailer/mailer.py&quot;, line 80, in main&#xD;&#xA;        revision = int(cmd_args[0])&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ''&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ./post-commit.test: 5: ../: Permission denied&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i am not sure why is cmd_args[0] empty if i am passing it a value.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    REPOS=&quot;$1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    REV=&quot;$2&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/share/subversion/hook-scripts/mailer/mailer.py commit &quot;$REPOS&quot; \&#xD;&#xA;            &quot;$REV&quot; /usr/share/subversion/hook-scripts/mailer/mailer.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39720" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22320" RevisionGUID="47b9f223-8125-415f-b618-3d7299e3ad9a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T02:37:40.210" UserId="6071" Text="Heh, I'll try and answer my own question..&#xD;&#xA;I'm also going to look at The [AppDeploy Repackager][1]. It looks like it will do pretty much the same thing as Joseph mentioned.  I'll see which one does the job with less stress on my part :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.appdeploy.com/tools/repackager/" />
  <row Id="39721" PostHistoryTypeId="8" PostId="22130" RevisionGUID="45930c61-c4e5-44e6-b356-edb0efc7f067" CreationDate="2009-06-09T02:38:45.263" UserId="1054" Comment="Rollback to [2a2ca806-34b1-4437-86f1-01338a024837]" Text="So i am trying to get a post-commit hook working from on my svn server.&#xD;&#xA;specifically sending email using my google account. as described on this link&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;after setting the permissions for the script and the working copy to the same user and rw access. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then it started causing MERGE errors when users tried commiting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;after some reading i found out that it was because of the post-commit hook not working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and found out that by typing evn - ./post-commit commit  ../ 250 mailer.conf&#xD;&#xA;i get a error saying that the &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://iffee.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/svn-commit-to-google-apps-email-notification/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;annerajb@annerajb-desktop:~/Desktop/TotEM_SVN/hooks$ env - ./post-commit.test commit ../ 250&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/svn/fs.py:27: DeprecationWarning: The popen2 module is deprecated.  Use the subprocess module.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  import sys as _sys, os as _os, popen2 as _popen2, tempfile as _tempfile&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Traceback (most recent call last):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  File &quot;/usr/share/subversion/hook-scripts/mailer/mailer.py&quot;, line 1351, in &lt;module&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    svn.core.run_app(main, cmd, config_fname, repos_dir, sys.argv[3:3+expected_args])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  File &quot;/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/svn/core.py&quot;, line 288, in run_app&#xD;&#xA;    return apply(func, (application_pool,) + args, kw)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  File &quot;/usr/share/subversion/hook-scripts/mailer/mailer.py&quot;, line 80, in main&#xD;&#xA;    revision = int(cmd_args[0])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ''&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;./post-commit.test: 5: ../: Permission denied&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i am not sure why is cmd_args[0] empty if i am passing it a value.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    REPOS=&quot;$1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    REV=&quot;$2&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/share/subversion/hook-scripts/mailer/mailer.py commit &quot;$REPOS&quot; \&#xD;&#xA;            &quot;$REV&quot; /usr/share/subversion/hook-scripts/mailer/mailer.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22321" RevisionGUID="776f9c97-de71-4255-a2ac-e080cd616975" CreationDate="2009-06-09T02:38:51.580" UserId="86" Text="The type of tool you're looking for is called an Application Repackaging tool.  The process would include capturing an installation (take a machine snapshot, run your installation and make customisations, then run a second snapshot to calculate the differences) then compiling the captured data into MSI format.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The following are some free tools to perform these tasks, in order:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. [AppDeploy Repackager][1]: Use this to capture your installation and create an MSI from the captured data.  If your app is reasonably simple then this may be all you need.&#xD;&#xA;2. [Microsoft Orca][2]: Use this to edit the MSI that has been created with AppDeploy Repackager.  You will need to know how MSI's work to really make the most of Orca.  Microsoft's [Installer Database Reference][3] is the definitive source for information on MSI contents.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for your second question: You will find that sometimes vendors will supply an MSI wrapped in an executable, so if you run the .exe you might be able to dig out the MSI from a temp directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.appdeploy.com/tools/repackager/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255905&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369398(VS.85).aspx" />
  <row Id="39723" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="22313" RevisionGUID="4fc4b7c0-5bd6-4596-8bf1-0367108d67d4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T02:39:53.093" UserId="86" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;wmi&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;msi&gt;&lt;application-packaging&gt;" />
  <row Id="39724" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22322" RevisionGUID="55f679fc-3cea-4dd0-a04d-94ff54085034" CreationDate="2009-06-09T02:41:55.630" UserId="3459" Text="You can deploy Windows XP firewall settings through Group Policies.  You could modify the group policy for the administrators with settings that allow external access and for non-administrative users, lock down the firewall settings to disallow external access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here's info on deploying Windows firewall settings via GPO.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490626.aspx" />
  <row Id="39725" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22130" RevisionGUID="99a15970-2c0f-46b7-8261-d516da75f5f4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T02:43:04.227" UserId="1054" Comment="Attempt to fix the wording and formatting.  Will leave a comment asking to rollback if I did a bad job..." Text="So i am trying to get a post-commit hook working on my svn server, specifically I'm trying to send email to my Google account as described on [this link][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After setting the permissions for the script and the working copy to the same user and rw access it started causing MERGE errors when users tried to commit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After some reading i found out that it was because of the post-commit hook not working and found out that by typing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    svn - ./post-commit commit  ../ 250 mailer.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I get this error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; annerajb@annerajb-desktop:~/Desktop/TotEM_SVN/hooks$ env - ./post-commit.test commit ../ 250&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    /var/lib/python-support/python2.6/svn/fs.py:27: DeprecationWarning: The popen2 module is deprecated.  Use the subprocess module.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      import sys as _sys, os as _os, popen2 as _popen2, tempfile as _tempfile&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Traceback (most recent call last):&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      File &quot;/usr/share/subversion/hook-scripts/mailer/mailer.py&quot;, line 1351, in &lt;module&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        svn.core.run_app(main, cmd, config_fname, repos_dir, sys.argv[3:3+expected_args])&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      File &quot;/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/svn/core.py&quot;, line 288, in run_app&#xD;&#xA;        return apply(func, (application_pool,) + args, kw)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      File &quot;/usr/share/subversion/hook-scripts/mailer/mailer.py&quot;, line 80, in main&#xD;&#xA;        revision = int(cmd_args[0])&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ''&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ./post-commit.test: 5: ../: Permission denied&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i am not sure why cmd_args[0] is empty if i am passing it a value.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    REPOS=&quot;$1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    REV=&quot;$2&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/share/subversion/hook-scripts/mailer/mailer.py commit &quot;$REPOS&quot; \&#xD;&#xA;            &quot;$REV&quot; /usr/share/subversion/hook-scripts/mailer/mailer.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:  http://iffee.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/svn-commit-to-google-apps-email-notification/" />
  <row Id="39726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22323" RevisionGUID="fff2b269-d037-4ae9-8e98-067664e117ed" CreationDate="2009-06-09T02:57:06.633" UserId="2224" Text="I'd recommend reading [Best Practice Guide for Securing Active Directory Installations][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things that I think are important on an untrusted network:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - IPSec for auth traffic&#xD;&#xA; - Use two-factor authentication (smartcard or challenge-response is cheap)&#xD;&#xA; - Disable NTLM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first two suggestions require that you setup a PKI service. Implementing PKI can be a real pain in the neck, but it can give you alot of really interesting capability and allows you to effectively and securely operate in an untrusted environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773365(WS.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="39727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22324" RevisionGUID="ad23251a-5d37-4137-bc3b-81f4d66c88a7" CreationDate="2009-06-09T02:48:48.657" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have installed a new Linux Debian Lenny server that will be a LAMP and a Subversion server.&#xA;Should I have to enable automatic updates ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I enable it, I am sure that I have the latest security patches. It also should not break my system since Debian stable provides only security patches.&#xA;If I install them manually, I may be on high security risk during multiple days &amp;amp; week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please keep in mind that I am not an full time system administrator, so I do not h ave the time to look at security bulletins.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are you usually doing with your servers? What is your advice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39728" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22324" RevisionGUID="ad23251a-5d37-4137-bc3b-81f4d66c88a7" CreationDate="2009-06-09T02:48:48.657" Text="Should I have to enable automatic update on debian lenny stable ?" />
  <row Id="39729" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22324" RevisionGUID="ad23251a-5d37-4137-bc3b-81f4d66c88a7" CreationDate="2009-06-09T02:48:48.657" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;updates&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="39730" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22312" RevisionGUID="49632b04-2169-4f6f-9d17-8a1a352cae8a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T03:00:56.827" UserId="6543" Comment="more correct answer, maybe" Text="Is IPv6 support at fault? Try setting the system property java.net.preferIPv4Stack=true.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See what InetAddress.getAllByName(), InetAddress.getAllByAddress() return.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39731" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22290" RevisionGUID="5c10702f-c34b-4369-83ac-6e908c43e34a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T03:01:01.973" UserId="1054" Comment="deleted 2 characters in body" Text="I'm having this strange error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On AIX, I can reach my server from the command line ( using ping / telnet ) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But If I try using java I've got UnkownHostException&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is because Java cannot somehow &quot;use&quot; the DNS but I don't know why. If I use the IP address it works fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is my test program.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        import java.net.*;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        public class Test {&#xD;&#xA;                public static void main( String [] args ) throws Exception  {&#xD;&#xA;                        String host = args[0];&#xD;&#xA;                        int port = Integer.parseInt( args[1] );&#xD;&#xA;                        System.out.println(&quot;Connecting to: &quot; + host + &quot; at port: &quot; + port );&#xD;&#xA;                        Socket socket = new Socket( host, port );&#xD;&#xA;                        System.out.println(&quot;Connected!&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;                        socket.close();&#xD;&#xA;                        System.out.println(&quot;Closed!&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;                }&#xD;&#xA;         }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is anyone aware of some kind of configuration under AIX that forbids programs ( like java ) to access DNS information? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I  ( well the sysadm ) have added my address in /etc/hosts but it doesn't work either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Java version:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build pap32dev-20080315 (SR7))&#xD;&#xA;    IBM J9 VM (build 2.3, J2RE 1.5.0 IBM J9 2.3 AIX ppc-32 j9vmap3223-20080315 (JIT enabled)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39732" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="22312" RevisionGUID="542063a6-9626-46ea-bd78-02a34d22a662" CreationDate="2009-06-09T03:01:02.223" UserId="6543" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:6543,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Allen&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="39733" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22325" RevisionGUID="8649695c-9982-4a36-833a-0043e14b52d7" CreationDate="2009-06-09T03:03:03.593" UserId="2224" Text="It isn't clear what you are trying to do. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're trying to send a WoL packet through the internet, it ain't gonna happen. Network admins routinely filter these packets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're trying to send the WoL packet from the router firmware, that's a different story." />
  <row Id="39734" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22326" RevisionGUID="4828547c-aa85-4d2d-bd22-069e71557dde" CreationDate="2009-06-09T03:06:54.630" UserId="5473" Text="I never use automatic updates. I like upgrades to be done when I'm around have time to clean things up if it goes wrong. If you don't want to deal with security bulletins decide how long you are comfortable between checking for updates and just decide to do updates every week.&#xD;&#xA;It's as simple as:&#xD;&#xA;&quot;aptitude update; aptitude dist-upgrade (or aptitude safe-upgrade)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I prefer dedicating a little bit of time to this than to have my mail server go away suddenly and not come back up automatically.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39735" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22326" RevisionGUID="4828547c-aa85-4d2d-bd22-069e71557dde" CreationDate="2009-06-09T03:06:54.630" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22327" RevisionGUID="4f566b1a-c21d-48b3-8aed-8e66ab4c62d1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T03:14:30.763" UserId="1322" Text="I don't have a favicon.ico. I noticed that many visitors repeatedly request it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should I just put a blank gif or ico file?" />
  <row Id="39738" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22327" RevisionGUID="4f566b1a-c21d-48b3-8aed-8e66ab4c62d1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T03:14:30.763" UserId="1322" Text="Favicon.ico" />
  <row Id="39739" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22327" RevisionGUID="4f566b1a-c21d-48b3-8aed-8e66ab4c62d1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T03:14:30.763" UserId="1322" Text="&lt;favicon&gt;&lt;gif&gt;&lt;website&gt;" />
  <row Id="39740" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22327" RevisionGUID="1a24562e-8176-4296-85c4-dfdd7cdcee09" CreationDate="2009-06-09T03:16:09.153" UserId="808" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="I don't have a `favicon.ico`. I noticed that many visitors repeatedly request it. Should I just put a blank GIF or ICO file?" />
  <row Id="39741" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="22327" RevisionGUID="1a24562e-8176-4296-85c4-dfdd7cdcee09" CreationDate="2009-06-09T03:16:09.153" UserId="808" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="Should I provide Favicon.ico for my website?" />
  <row Id="39742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22328" RevisionGUID="4d844465-ce9c-40ba-9baa-6b15b2ec6ea1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T03:16:58.370" UserId="808" Text="Why don't you just create a small icon that suits your web site and use that?  It's trivial to do.  Most modern browsers look for this file.  I haven't tried it myself, but Googling, I found the website [favicon.ico Generator][1] that presents a simple image editor interface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You don't, of course, need to do this.  It just gives a web site a little bit more personality and recognizability.  I suppose you could do as you suggest and put up a blank icon file, but if you'll go to that much trouble, you should just put up a real one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://www.favicon.cc/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22329" RevisionGUID="82ed1ecd-ad90-4eaf-ab36-24935b2ee38d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T03:17:44.530" UserId="2339" Text="I don't think you absolutely need one. All browsers will request one and display it if you have it." />
  <row Id="39744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22330" RevisionGUID="ddd1a34d-5388-4081-a616-9faf46424205" CreationDate="2009-06-09T03:22:10.123" UserId="7709" Text="Sometimes they're more trouble than they're worth. IE is well known for corrupting its icon cache and displaying the wrong favicon for the wrong websites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, given that most browsers will request a favicon it gets rid of all those 404's from the logs." />
  <row Id="39745" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22279" RevisionGUID="c02e6e22-019a-43db-a4a0-2c97a751b66c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T03:30:16.457" UserId="4694" Comment="added 390 characters in body" Text="**Unknown error 0x8004011B** appears after an Outlook Send and Receive operation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Exchange Server 2007, clients Outlook 2003&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![error_image][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I looked at these with no luck so far. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555049][2]&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922255][3] (editing registry, dismount and mount didn't help.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/9918/erroru.png&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555049 &#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922255&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It has something to do with the Offline Address List, the Global Address List doesn't update. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**oabinteg.exe /s:mailserver /t:storealtest /v:2 /l**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Failure: ADsOpenObject&#xD;&#xA;ADSI Error: hr = 0x8007203a - LDAP_SERVER_DOWN - ERROR_DS_SERVER_DOWN: Cannot co&#xD;&#xA;ntact the LDAP server.&#xD;&#xA;Function: HrGetRootDSEData&#xD;&#xA;Line number: 177&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**oabinteg.exe /s:mailserver /t:oabfldcheck /v:2 /l**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Opening the Exchange Public Folder Store.&#xD;&#xA;Retrieving the message store table.&#xD;&#xA;Obtaining store table properties.&#xD;&#xA;WARNING: Unable to read properties from the store table.&#xD;&#xA;Property not set or not found for Property Tag = 0x6633000A, PR_HIERARCHY_SERVER&#xD;&#xA;Store Offline: 1 (1 = True | 0 = False)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39746" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22331" RevisionGUID="4b5bebeb-c063-4ee4-8c42-64037aa53f5f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T03:32:31.380" UserId="5223" Text="smashing magazine (online) has several articles on favicons:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.smashingmagazine.com/tag/favicons/](http://www.smashingmagazine.com/tag/favicons/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While not required, favicons will often be requested by modern browsers&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;to add some eye-candy to the location bar, table labels, and bookmarks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you are inspired by the examples from the link above,&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;you can try using an online generator to build your own:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2006/11/09/online-generators/](http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2006/11/09/online-generators/)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;(look down the page for favicon generators).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found the following one pretty nice:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.degraeve.com/favicon/](http://www.degraeve.com/favicon/)" />
  <row Id="39747" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21922" RevisionGUID="d140217e-7c7b-4c9e-8011-d4f90e9007c1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T03:36:48.503" UserId="1466" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="The downside is the danger of actually **running out of physical disk space** and crashing all your VM's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setting up really big &quot;growable&quot; virtual disks is a good way to optimize the use of your diskspace **if you keep on top of the physical space available, and always make sure there is enough**.  However, if you don't it becomes a *single point of failure* that could take all your VM's down at once.  And generally these days, diskspace is cheap. " />
  <row Id="39748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22332" RevisionGUID="0b82b5bb-ad5b-4566-a16b-16fb831e8de2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T03:40:47.417" UserId="8805" Text="Little while ago I made a neat table on VPS providers under $10/month, check it out here: http://geekness.eu/vps-plans-under-10-dollars-a-month&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the moment, I host with HostGD, and having the ability to upgrade my plan at anytime is wonderful.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22333" RevisionGUID="374d3945-460c-47df-a751-50b9a4b0a02b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T03:42:15.650" UserId="4387" Text="I had this clogging up the Apache logs and wanted to clear it out. For one of my websites, I created a valid favicon.ico. For the rest of my virtual hosts, I simply &quot;touch favicon.ico&quot; and created an empty one [Note: Apache running on Linux]. No more errors in the error logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I thought about the waste of resources, but only for a short time. If I provided a real favicon.ico, then I would be transferring a lot of bytes very frequently. If I provided nothing, I would be sending back a 404 response. Sending back a zero length file appears to me to be the least waste of resources and bandwidth. And my error logs are clear of a spurious problem, so I can focus on real problems with my webserver." />
  <row Id="39750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22334" RevisionGUID="df9415cc-d5d8-4a5f-8f0a-da1400d3cfa0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T03:45:32.883" UserId="8805" Text="All forums get spam now and then, but I find that forums that use reCaptcha (as stated before) receive less spam than those with other verification services. Depending on your forum software, there will most likely be plugins for spam prevention.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another combatant against forum spam are moderators. Nothing like human interaction." />
  <row Id="39751" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22335" RevisionGUID="c24d13ac-21c4-469f-9abb-78736081225a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T03:47:59.133" UserId="1466" Text="I would recommend that you configure apt to check for updates daily, but to only notify you that they are available, and not perform them until you are around.  There's always a chance that an *apt-get upgrade* will break something, or require some user input.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  **apticron** is a good package to do this for you, or you could just make a cron job that executes something like: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    apt-get update -qq; apt-get upgrade -duyq&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would recommend upgrading anytime you see something **high priority** or greater - but I also don't like to wait until there are 30 or 40 upgrades to perform - because then if something breaks it's harder to narrow-down exactly which package broke your system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, depending on what packages you are running on your LAMP server, you may want to add the **debian volitile** and/or **dotdeb** repositories to your repository list, since they keep much more on top of patches and virus pattern updates than debian's standard repos do." />
  <row Id="39752" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22335" RevisionGUID="c24d13ac-21c4-469f-9abb-78736081225a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T03:47:59.133" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39753" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22117" RevisionGUID="b8ab9242-849d-40ee-9438-6dbfa21f3c6f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T03:52:45.117" UserId="5390" Comment="edited body" Text="I`m using MyDNS-ng wich is just the same project forked, its great when you put it together with MyDNSConfig." />
  <row Id="39754" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21907" RevisionGUID="f513185d-e3b7-42b7-afb4-04715717a96c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T03:53:39.263" UserId="1466" Comment="deleted 62 characters in body" Text="I think that having a more **secure** password is much more important than frequently changing it, but both are definitely necessary for a secure system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The argument goes that complex passwords are difficult to remember, and lead to employees writing them down.  My belief on this is that *the vast majority of the attacks come from the outside*, and even writing down a complex password and taping it to your monitor is more secure than having a simple password memorized.  " />
  <row Id="39755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22336" RevisionGUID="eaef978a-2e38-407a-9077-e365e2e8748a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T03:54:25.563" UserId="8674" Text="In the 'good ole days' of NT, the rule of thumb was simple... if you had installed a service pack on a server and subsequently installed a piece of software that prompted you to insert the OS disc which then installed un-patched components, then you simply re-installed the latest service pack immediately afterwards to ensure that the new components got patched.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In today's auto-update world...when you have a fully patched server and you install a windows component that requires the OS disc to install additional items... is the auto-updates smart enough to always ensure every component is updated properly?  Seems to be a pretty bold assumption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To clarify further, let's pick an example...say you have IIS installed but not SMTP component on a 2003 server box.  Years have gone by, along with many, many updates on the system.  Someone then installs something that requires the SMTP component pieces and it now gets installed.  If there are any new DLL's unique to this component, which were previously not on the system, then they are installed in their unpatched state from the OS disc.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Updates would have to know that IIS was fully patched prior to SMTP component, but now individual pieces need to be updated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general, do you rely on windows updates to properly handle this situation? " />
  <row Id="39756" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22336" RevisionGUID="eaef978a-2e38-407a-9077-e365e2e8748a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T03:54:25.563" UserId="8674" Text="After patches, installing item that reads from OS CD.. Service Packs re-apply?" />
  <row Id="39757" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22336" RevisionGUID="eaef978a-2e38-407a-9077-e365e2e8748a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T03:54:25.563" UserId="8674" Text="&lt;windows-update&gt;&lt;servicepacks&gt;" />
  <row Id="39758" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22337" RevisionGUID="e9d3a91e-19c7-4cb8-be3f-ff813cb55772" CreationDate="2009-06-09T03:57:01.223" UserId="8805" Text="I found that my iPod Touch works quite well too. Can connect to a VPN, and there's quite an array of SSH and VNC apps." />
  <row Id="39759" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22338" RevisionGUID="35fc5838-cd90-41ea-b30d-d7e3fa49142a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T04:02:15.410" UserId="1054" Text="Windows Update scans your system config every time it runs to see what it needs to offer you, so yes.  Similar to your example I have installed IIS, gone a bit of time while getting updates from Windows Update, then installed ASP at a later time.  Windows Update detected that ASP was there and began offering patches for it." />
  <row Id="39760" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21699" RevisionGUID="51fefb95-e718-484a-81ed-902dbb338cb2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T04:04:20.880" UserId="8021" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;xen&gt;&lt;san&gt;&lt;iscsi&gt;" />
  <row Id="39761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22339" RevisionGUID="3dcad4f0-56e5-462f-961c-f370970f1cb2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T04:08:59.373" UserId="8805" Text="Most sites have a favicon to leave an impression on visitors. It's not needed, but helps distinguish from other sites (say in your bookmarks or something similar).&#xD;&#xA;Here's another site for favicon generation: http://www.favicongenerator.com/" />
  <row Id="39762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22340" RevisionGUID="93a558ae-0ecd-46c0-96ca-21d0d8cc0860" CreationDate="2009-06-09T04:12:21.333" UserId="8021" Text="Yes. It's pretty much the same way that I have my family's postfix/linux mail server set; due to some bad filtering when I first started, mailscanner/clamav simply flags the message as spam and gives it a meta heading with a spam score. When the user's client accesses it, a rule in the client filters the spam into the trash bin automatically where the user can retrieve it if they think it was a false positive. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, a better solution would be to switch to a host that at least scans your incoming mail, or if you have control over your DNS zone, then you could always just route your mail through a server that you have set up with mailscanner or similar, strip/quarantine the mail, and THEN roue to the Exchange server. " />
  <row Id="39763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22341" RevisionGUID="89decd8c-a3b9-4002-9db2-88f2718a03e5" CreationDate="2009-06-09T04:13:35.790" UserId="3510" Text="I've used&#xD;&#xA;[Advanced Installer][1] and AppDeploy Repackager and have gotten good results.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.advancedinstaller.com/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39764" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22342" RevisionGUID="dafac2ad-daa8-4da2-9fc5-e41a5bdc49ae" CreationDate="2009-06-09T04:14:19.270" UserId="6469" Text="I'm implementing one-time pad and time-token based authentication, so, in theory, every time the user logs in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Though this is arguably off-topic, a one-time pad seems to be a superior solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Similarly, and more basically, ensuring that the user creates a strong password, and understands the ethic behind your security policy (don't write it down, don't make it your birthday, don't give it to anyone) will go much farther than simply forcing them to change it every nth time-based interval." />
  <row Id="39765" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22343" RevisionGUID="5c86d264-a6a3-4394-8ed5-5bb6ade9e03b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T04:15:28.550" UserId="8819" Text="While not required, having a favicon.ico will improve the user's experience on your webpage.  Most modern browers request one, and not having one requires your server to generate a 404 error and send this back to the browser.  404 errors can degrade the user performance because of how slow they are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html" />
  <row Id="39766" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21311" RevisionGUID="105ff94d-dca6-4be9-b0bc-e8ba1f85b5a3" CreationDate="2009-06-09T04:25:44.283" UserId="1006" Comment="added 652 characters in body; added 363 characters in body" Text="The two answers about it being marked failed and rebuilding are correct, and hopefully this is what will happen. That's the best-case scenario.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other possibility is that the software does not notice, and then it'll still think the drives are in sync. (For example, this could happen if you did this stunt with the power off) The end result will most likely be corruption, and the only fix will be to format and restore from backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember, RAID works at the disk level, it doesn't know anything about the filesystem on top. Just a bunch of sectors. When the filesystem requests block 10, the RAID layer knows that block 10 is stored on block 10 of both disk1 and disk2. Somehow, it picks one disk or the other and reads block 10. Except because of your modifying the disks behind its back, block 10 on disk1 and disk2 is different. Oops. You can expect a mix of disk1 and disk2 on a per-block basis, including blocks used to store filesystem metadata.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fixing the mess&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suggest your best bet to recover from this, given that format and restore from backup is not an option:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(a) Immediately image both drives. Backups are important. Optionally, you may want to only work on the copies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(b) If the array has not been in read/write mode after this mistake, just pull the modified drive. Rebuild with a new, blank drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(c) If the array has been in read/write mode, pick a drive and drop it out the array. Rebuild onto a new drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(d) If you completely don't care which drive, just (replacing X with your array number, of course): This forces a resync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo repair &gt; /sys/block/mdX/md/sync_action &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(e) Force a fsck on the now rebuilt array.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(f) Do whatever you can to verify your data. For example, run debsums to check OS integrity, supplying all needed package files for things that don't have MD5 sums.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that the drive needs to be blank, or at least all RAID info wiped from it, otherwise the rebuild won't work right." />
  <row Id="39767" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22344" RevisionGUID="c5e7c153-0eb2-473d-b9c3-d35bce778e48" CreationDate="2009-06-09T04:27:39.537" UserId="8021" Text="I've interviewed people both as an employee of a large company and as the owner of a small company. The number one quality that I look for is a balanced personality between 'visionary' and 'tinkerer'. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have too much visionary, you get a system built like Twitter. (If you haven't read any of it, half of their early descriptions of their engineering instruction will lead most admin types to do a *facepalm* and head for the bar.) If you have too much tinkerer, you have 200 awesome systems in various states of disrepair all over the place, and all your web sites are running on one ten year old box running BSD 4.2 under the sysadmin's desk. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Flat-out, the best person that I ever hired was a guy with a dual Bachelor's degree in Religion and Philosophy from a small private college in Connecticut. He was creative, dedicated, intelligent, and persevered in the face of adversity. He was checking in code via tethered cell phone up until an hour before his first daughter was born. He's gone on to do amazing things and is now the community leader of a major PHP framework. Great guy. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The worst person I've ever worked with was a guy who was very steeped in the organization we both worked for. His dad worked there and he'd worked there since high school. There were at least a dozen times where I almost told him that if he didn't like his job, he should just quit and save the rest of us the headache. He was a tinkerer. And co-incidentally, a huge BSD and Gentoo fan. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other than that, any sysadmin in a *nix role should be able to &lt;a href=&quot;http://xkcd.com/149/&quot;&gt;describe why this is funny&lt;/a&gt;. " />
  <row Id="39768" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22253" RevisionGUID="acbecedc-792a-415c-a783-6f89327362a0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T04:35:02.067" UserId="6742" Comment="solved!" Text="We've got AT&amp;T U-Verse internet service, which has an extremely boneheaded DSL gateway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have 5 IPs (netmask 248), but the gateway is incapable of doing anything other than a single IP -&gt; single MAC address mapping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a single firewall machine, and we redirect different IP/port combos to different places inside a DMZ.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our solution so far is to have a VMWare virtual machine on the firewall with 4 additional NICs in it, to get the other 4 IP addresses...  however we have a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The gateway is basically doing an ARP ping to see if the IP is responding on the expected MAC.  With 4 NICs all on the same LAN, linux is responding to ARP requests for ALL IPs using a single interface.  That's not what the gateway is expecting, and it's messing up the 3 other NICs.  The gateway refuses to route incoming traffic for IPs where the ARP ping results aren't the expected MAC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can we get the ARP replies for eth0's IP to go out eth0, eth1's IP to go out eth1, etc?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Christopher Cashell's response does not work in this situation.  I had great hopes reading it, but...  nope.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT 2**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Solved!  See my answer below." />
  <row Id="39769" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22345" RevisionGUID="6df585e9-8736-4cc4-929e-a1a31118790a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T04:45:57.457" UserId="8032" Text="I have a bunch of filesystem entries that have badly-encoded names (they were written with the wrong character encoding).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I automatically list all entries with names that are invalid for the current character encoding?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having found all those entries, how can I automatically rename them all from one encoding to another?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39770" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22345" RevisionGUID="6df585e9-8736-4cc4-929e-a1a31118790a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T04:45:57.457" UserId="8032" Text="Finding and renaming filesystem entries with badly encoded names" />
  <row Id="39771" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22345" RevisionGUID="6df585e9-8736-4cc4-929e-a1a31118790a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T04:45:57.457" UserId="8032" Text="&lt;filesystems&gt;" />
  <row Id="39772" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22346" RevisionGUID="d5f96a45-fc7b-4073-a87b-11ef74aef486" CreationDate="2009-06-09T04:47:08.733" UserId="6132" Text="I always ask the candidate to rate themselves from 1-10 on certain aspects of the position. Then, based upon that answer, I ask questions which match the level that they placed themselves. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the position requires use of scripting I will always ask for examples and then in  a second interview give them a scenario and ask them to automate their response. I just need to be sure that their approach isn't cookie cutter." />
  <row Id="39773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22347" RevisionGUID="ca0aebe9-9202-46f0-af39-f3fdd8d53c51" CreationDate="2009-06-09T04:50:51.427" UserId="6132" Text="90 days seems to be sufficient for most scenarios. My biggest concern is password complexity. More than the time frame issue in generating post-it notes is the forced complexity. It's one thing to avoid dictionary words and another to have special characters, but when you start saying that no characters can repeat or be in ascending/descending order, you have made your users lives difficult. Add that to a short password life and you've just welcomed in more issues." />
  <row Id="39774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22348" RevisionGUID="3ee6cfee-1a3f-4366-a81f-e04a2d631a8a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T04:51:44.187" UserId="6890" Text="You can drop a backup from one server onto new tin, but as has been said, hardware drivers will fail and cause problems. The way to do it is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - do a system state backup using the built in software, to disk&#xD;&#xA; - backup the whole server to tape&#xD;&#xA; - do a clean install of windows on the new hardware giving the server the same name&#xD;&#xA; - install backup software (probably to a different location than normal so restore doesn't overwrite it)&#xD;&#xA; - restore the server, don't reboot&#xD;&#xA; - restore the system state backup from the disk copy &#xD;&#xA; - put in windows cd/dvd and reboot. when it comes up, boot from cd&#xD;&#xA; - (hit F6 to add raid drivers if required)&#xD;&#xA; - go into Repair mode and do a Repair install. This blows away hardware settings and reinstalls drivers for the hardware&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might need to redo the system state restore after this. You use the same name because some backup programs (I'm looking at you, Arcserve) won't restore the backup to a different name (instead it tries to go over the network).&#xD;&#xA;You use the built-in backup because patches can make a third-party's backup program not able to properly restore the system state. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can still have difficulties after this, like weird driver issues. And database servers are horrible if the logs didn't commit fully before backup. So you may need to test it out a few times. This works for Windows 2000 and 2003, and the order you do the system state and repair mode install can differ between 2000 and 2003 and depends on service pack level as well." />
  <row Id="39775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22349" RevisionGUID="f4492ed4-43c5-44fe-8cc8-ffeaa55f021e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T04:57:46.780" UserId="8820" Text="Here's the procedure I use to install Openoffice&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tar -xzf .../OOo_3.1.X....&#xD;&#xA;    cd OOO[...]&#xD;&#xA;    mv *integration*.rpm desktop-integration&#xD;&#xA;    rpm -i *.rpm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The rpm ooobasis3.1-gnome-integration*.rpm has a dependency on libgnomevfs&#xD;&#xA;and you don't need this package to run/install OpenOffice.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39776" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22350" RevisionGUID="b9f94446-dfd7-406c-aa04-99cd79a53ded" CreationDate="2009-06-09T04:58:19.867" UserId="2621" Text="You could also ensure you slipstream SP2 into the 2k3 disks so that when prompted you install SP2 components. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That way Windows Update will only download post-SP2 updates/fixes for that particular component." />
  <row Id="39777" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22351" RevisionGUID="ef56705f-9a2a-4369-9b00-edcf93cda383" CreationDate="2009-06-09T05:12:31.943" UserId="1008" Text="I would add favicon. At least it will get rid of 404 errors in access logs, because most of the browsers request it." />
  <row Id="39781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22353" RevisionGUID="f7b44870-37cf-4ce9-b615-b095d38b06c8" CreationDate="2009-06-09T05:22:49.223" UserId="8820" Text="On Linux 2.4 you can force a scsi bus rescan by sending 'echo 1' to one of the /proc entries.  I always looked it up in the SCSI_HOWTO document.  I can look it up if needed.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It sounds like the drive is going offline.  Have you tried the scsitur (test unit ready)&#xD;&#xA;or the scsinq command ?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22355" RevisionGUID="cdd5bb51-35e5-4e59-8dfc-3d584b835be0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T05:33:53.273" UserId="1344" Text="I suggest yes, make a favicon using your logo - it dresses up the URL in the address bar and for bookmarks and gives visitors another visual reminder of your site&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this is a marketing answer, not a programming answer ;-)" />
  <row Id="39784" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22356" RevisionGUID="36447ae8-a4e0-4661-b51d-2168a69948fd" CreationDate="2009-06-09T05:36:05.670" UserId="6742" Text="Okay, here's the solution.  First, a recap:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's my basic network plan:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     eth0 10.10.10.2 netmask 255.255.255.248&#xD;&#xA;     eth1 10.10.10.3 netmask 255.255.255.248&#xD;&#xA;     eth2 10.10.10.4 netmask 255.255.255.248&#xD;&#xA;     eth3 10.10.10.5 netmask 255.255.255.248&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the interfaces overlap.  This is technically wrong, and the source of all my woes...  but I have to do it because of this dumb residential gateway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, broadcast ARP requests go to all of these.  Since all 4 IPs are valid local addresses, all 4 interfaces are going to try to respond.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) install **arptables**.   Add this someplace during boot (*/etc/rc.local* here):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    arptables -F INPUT&#xD;&#xA;    arptables -A INPUT -i eth0 --destination-ip ! 10.10.10.2 -j DROP&#xD;&#xA;    arptables -A INPUT -i eth1 --destination-ip ! 10.10.10.3 -j DROP&#xD;&#xA;    arptables -A INPUT -i eth2 --destination-ip ! 10.10.10.4 -j DROP&#xD;&#xA;    arptables -A INPUT -i eth3 --destination-ip ! 10.10.10.5 -j DROP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will prevent broadcasts from going into the wrong interface.  So, the correct interface will now be the only responder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That by itself is not enough.  The next bit is an ARP table problem.  The requesting PC probably already has an ARP table entry, and so Linux it's going to use the interface associated with that.  Until that ARP table entry expires, it's going to be trying to send ARP responses using that entry's interface, not the one associated with the ARP request.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The sysctl option *rp_filter* appears to be rejecting outgoing ARP response packets if they're on the wrong interface.  So...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Disable *rp_filter*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Debian/Ubuntu, this means commenting out the two *rp_filter* lines in **/etc/sysctl.d/10-network-security.conf**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This option was enabled for a reason... namely to help prevent cross-interface spoofing attacks.  I read it verifies that the packet is legal for the interface it is coming in or going out on (by swapping MACs and IPs and seeing if it still routes over the same interface).  So, normally it would be a bad idea to turn it off.  In my case, all interfaces are on the same network...  so that check doesn't matter really at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I do add another interface and need the spoofing protection, perhaps can craft some **arptables**/**iptables** entries to do the same thing.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39785" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22357" RevisionGUID="8bce58d3-cd93-47c6-b48b-abc300918ea9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T05:47:02.357" UserId="7999" Text="I have some clients with multiple html files in folders that are occasionally updated &amp; printed. They would like to be able to print them all at once without having to open each one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I typically do this with a quick command for myself, but I'm unaware of any **freeware** to do this. After a google search, I'm not finding one, so I'm hoping someone can help. I'd rather not use a script to do this for various security/ease of use/familiarity reasons, I'd rather be able to just point to a simple program they can download and use on their windows desktops. Anyone know of one or some other easy solution to do this? Maybe I'm overlooking the obvious.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If anyone's curious, this is what I do for myself (not for my clients):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for %h in (*.html) do type &quot;%h&quot; &gt;&gt; all.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then open all.htm &amp; print.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I need a page break on each doc, I just search and replace in all.htm `&lt;/body&gt;` with `&lt;p style=&quot;page-break-after:always&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's quick &amp; simple, but too unfamiliar for them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39786" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22357" RevisionGUID="8bce58d3-cd93-47c6-b48b-abc300918ea9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T05:47:02.357" UserId="7999" Text="Anyone recommend a program to print multiple HTML files at once for end users?" />
  <row Id="39787" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22357" RevisionGUID="8bce58d3-cd93-47c6-b48b-abc300918ea9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T05:47:02.357" UserId="7999" Text="&lt;printing&gt;&lt;html&gt;&lt;document-management&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;freeware&gt;" />
  <row Id="39788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22358" RevisionGUID="b2f13ca1-d3ab-4a56-bb5b-cdab7167b158" CreationDate="2009-06-09T05:49:02.760" UserId="2117" Text="Not necessarily hidden, but not obvious to Linux people are the process observation utilities: pstack, pmap, pflags, pfiles, pcred, psig, and pldd. Also prstat, which is more or less equivalent to top, but can also aggregate resource usage by user, zone, project, and display microstate accounting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look at projects and tasks for managing lots of applications in one OS instance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know of an equivalent to coreadm in Linux, though it's probably scattered around /proc somewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Logadm is a bit obtuse but a good replacement for logrotate, and generally more powerful/flexible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The arrangement of multi-level security (roles, authorizations, profiles) is different from Linux (SELinux contexts, AppArmor).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;THe Image Packaging System (IPS) in OpenSolaris is pretty neat, but still under heavy development.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, +1 for LiveUpgrade. It's great, especially with ZFS snapshots.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of the GNU userland stuff you're used to is available, and probably installed by default on a sufficiently new Solaris." />
  <row Id="39789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22359" RevisionGUID="51a8faa5-2a8f-40ed-8c1d-fdf406f22545" CreationDate="2009-06-09T05:52:37.137" UserDisplayName="Shiryu" Text="Like many I agree to include a favicon file; if not necessarily for the presentation do it so it doesn't fill up the web logs with that favicon missing nonsense&#xD;&#xA;-V" />
  <row Id="39790" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22360" RevisionGUID="816b4ff5-2396-4602-9c0a-7c2a7f921839" CreationDate="2009-06-09T05:59:31.083" UserId="8824" Text="I need to set up a MySQL database instance in a DMZ that is a read-only copy of the live master inside a secure network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MySQL replication seems ideal for this, except that it works by the slave &quot;pulling&quot; changes from the master. This implies that the slave, in the DMZ, has to be able to open a connection to the master, which the security folk won't allow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have played with setting up ssh tunnels from the master, but the slave seems to hold the connection open (even after calling &quot;SLAVE STOP&quot;), meaning the tunnel is always open (somewhat defeating the security restriction).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there some way of forcing mysql to drop the connection, short of stopping mysqld?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there another way of achieving the same goal I haven't thought of?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Updates from master to slave need to be near-real time (i.e. a couple of minutes latency is acceptable, but not more)." />
  <row Id="39791" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22360" RevisionGUID="816b4ff5-2396-4602-9c0a-7c2a7f921839" CreationDate="2009-06-09T05:59:31.083" UserId="8824" Text="Using MySQL replication to enable a read-only copy of a database in a DMZ" />
  <row Id="39792" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22360" RevisionGUID="816b4ff5-2396-4602-9c0a-7c2a7f921839" CreationDate="2009-06-09T05:59:31.083" UserId="8824" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;replication&gt;&lt;mysql-replication&gt;&lt;database&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="39793" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22329" RevisionGUID="4d0ba3bf-8a72-4a62-98a9-f978d95f8c6d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:06:21.773" UserId="2339" Comment="Change &quot;All browsers&quot; to &quot;Most modern browsers&quot;." Text="I don't think you absolutely need one. Most modern browsers will request one and display it if you have it." />
  <row Id="39794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22361" RevisionGUID="188ae3a5-e692-4334-b6c5-863e4f103ddd" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:08:59.880" UserId="8825" Text="For the past two years, at random for different users, the connection to our SBS server breaks - the user sees an icon in the system tray saying that the server is unavailable. But it is fine for everyone else at that time and all other network connections are fine. If he immediately pings the server, it responds - so the network connection is fine.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;To get the connection back, he needs to &quot;Synchronise&quot; with the server, and it always succeeds.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;All PCs are set to synchronise files on logout - not on a timed basis.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;I replaced the switches (now they are 3COM mostly Gb) and set up VLANs to try and segment the traffic, but it had no effect.&#xD;&#xA;During the two years, I also changed the firewall (Sonicwall -&gt; Watchguard), the antivirus (McAfee -&gt; Sonicwall) and the wireless LAN (US Robotics -&gt; ZyXel).&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;It happens to about 10% of my users (5), 2 have laptops, 3 have desktops.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="39795" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22361" RevisionGUID="188ae3a5-e692-4334-b6c5-863e4f103ddd" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:08:59.880" UserId="8825" Text="SBS 2003 disconnecting" />
  <row Id="39796" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22361" RevisionGUID="188ae3a5-e692-4334-b6c5-863e4f103ddd" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:08:59.880" UserId="8825" Text="&lt;sbs2003&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;connectivity&gt;" />
  <row Id="39797" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22362" RevisionGUID="b3e07a47-533a-4be1-b895-df23a866ac56" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:09:03.890" UserId="2302" Text="We use cron-apt to automate downloads, and based on advice I saw [here on SF][1] we now include a source list with just security repositories in the cron-apt config file, so only security fixes are automatically installed without any further action.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4267/how-do-you-handle-updates-on-a-server/6868#6868" />
  <row Id="39798" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22362" RevisionGUID="b3e07a47-533a-4be1-b895-df23a866ac56" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:09:03.890" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39799" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22324" RevisionGUID="1f6ea218-b755-4090-ae30-dd6fe7743440" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:20:35.130" UserId="22" Comment="added 13 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have installed a new Linux Debian Lenny server that will be a LAMP and a Subversion server.&#xD;&#xA;Should I have to enable automatic updates ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I enable it, I am sure that I have the latest security patches. It also should not break my system since Debian stable provides only security patches.&#xD;&#xA;If I install them manually, I may be on high security risk during multiple days &amp;amp; week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please keep in mind that I am not an full time system administrator, so I do not h ave the time to look at security bulletins.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are you usually doing with your servers? What is your advice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39800" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="22324" RevisionGUID="1f6ea218-b755-4090-ae30-dd6fe7743440" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:20:35.130" UserId="22" Comment="added 13 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;updates&gt;" />
  <row Id="39801" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22363" RevisionGUID="38a981c0-5a5f-459b-8506-a1a50aedfcee" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:22:10.463" UserId="2503" Text="The slave keeps a permanent connection open to the master, but does close it when you issue a &quot;STOP SLAVE&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your data are very small and you can tolerate a few minutes' latency, you could potentially script something using the mk-table-sync tool from Maatkit which does the job. It will checksum your tables and figure out what's changed to apply them. You could run this from the master and connect, periodically, to the slave in the DMZ, which would be much safer from a security standpoint - even if an attacker compromised the DMZ machine and replaced it entirely with their own software, they'd still get no more access than a snapshot of the db." />
  <row Id="39802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22364" RevisionGUID="d90ba047-be57-4ac6-ae04-0c02e944a137" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:25:45.370" UserId="2503" Text="Password expiration is annoying and reduces security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Password expiration defends against the situation where an attacker has compromised a user's password once already, but does not have a mechanism of finding out what it is on an ongoing basis (e.g. keylogger)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, it also makes it harder to remember passwords, making it more likely that users will write them down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As defending against an already-compromised password is not really necessary (you hope), I consider password expiration useless.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Get users to choose a strong password to begin with; encourage them to remember it, then don't require them to change it, ever, or they will end up writing them down everywhere." />
  <row Id="39803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22365" RevisionGUID="d6b8ee8b-73db-44bb-ba8f-bcc6bf302368" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:26:04.433" UserId="8313" Text="To select a forum engine, have a look at forummatrix.org&#xD;&#xA;It lists many engines, and lists the features, helping you to select one that suits your needs. Captcha is a must. Manual intervention, Flood Control and Blacklisting are also useful. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is the forum for business members only, or for customers also? &#xD;&#xA;If the former is the case, you can auth the forum against LDAP / AD. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. There is also wikimatrix.org" />
  <row Id="39804" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22366" RevisionGUID="f85da4c4-cd19-45da-922e-2b18a693a65f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:27:39.313" UserId="2503" Text="Maybe you have short-lived processes which use a lot of memory, then exit before you get a chance to notice them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This would be consistent with what you're seeing anyway." />
  <row Id="39805" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22035" RevisionGUID="fe0f0181-99ce-4aa5-9f31-e8eaf0cff28e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:28:41.633" UserId="8696" Comment="added 184 characters in body" Text="I've set up a Fedora 10 server and I want to print to an attached printer from three Windows Vista and two XP workstations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After much manual reading I got this situation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* All workstations can print&#xD;&#xA;* One workstation can print from all but one application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The offender is IE7 (and IE8). Everytime a print job is started from this application on that specific workstation I get an &quot;access denied&quot; error in the CUPS logs. Printing from IE7 from other workstations works. (WTF?!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My current workaround is to first print to a PDF file and then print this PDF from Adobe Reader.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A secondary problem is that I don't have much experience with Fedora/Linux, so this might be a noob question. Sorry if that's the case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* What could be the problem?&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;Access denied&quot; to what? The log doesn't give any more information on which resource the access has been denied. What are the usual suspects?&#xD;&#xA;* What's the best way to debug such situations?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** I'm not using Samba for printing, I just could not get it working. I've added the printers as &quot;internet printer&quot;, providing this URL `https://myserver:631/printers/myprinter`&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39806" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22367" RevisionGUID="aac0bb12-01f1-4b16-aa25-b13835a15b5f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:31:07.340" UserId="45" Text="By &quot;disconnect&quot; do you mean the Firewall client (ISA Server)? Did you check the eventlogs on both client and server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This Microsoft Support article could help, but it's [just a guess][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[How to disable the IP Spoof Detection feature in ISA Server 2004, ISA Server 2006, Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway Medium Business Edition or Windows Essential Business Server 2008][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.techarena.in/small-business-server/937951.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;838114" />
  <row Id="39807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22368" RevisionGUID="bb72a2c1-ec39-420b-83b7-48401180f314" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:38:12.833" UserId="2413" Text="it is ugly but still - if there is not much happening at the master you can run at master periodically [ even once per minute ]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - FLUSH LOGS; [ i assume you have bin-logging on master. if so - this will close old log file and force master to create new log file ]&#xD;&#xA; - using ssh tunnel or just mysql and binlog command 'reply' log file on slave in dmz&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;so you'll not need to rely on mysql replication mechanism.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you need to take into account fact that there might be more than one log file created by server in a minute. " />
  <row Id="39808" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22369" RevisionGUID="e73bbe7b-e47f-44b6-bd3d-c0c9a1939bff" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:43:10.623" UserId="8827" Text="I'm deploying a django app, but I can't seem get the settings correct in the Apache configuration.  I've put my django app in /path/to/mysite.com/teabag/current/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      DirectoryIndex index.html&#xD;&#xA;      DocumentRoot /path/to/mysite.com/teabag/current/&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      &lt;Location &quot;/&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        SetHandler python-program&#xD;&#xA;        PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython&#xD;&#xA;        SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE settings_production&#xD;&#xA;        PythonPath &quot;['/path/to/mysite.com/teabag/current'] + sys.path&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        PythonDebug On&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      &lt;Location &quot;/media/&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        SetHandler None&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      &lt;LocationMatch &quot;\.(jpg|gif|png)$&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        SetHandler None&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/LocationMatch&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But it's giving me this error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ImportError: Could not import settings 'settings_production' (Is it on sys.path? Does it have syntax errors?): No module named settings_production&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had a suspicion that my python path is incorrect.  Should it be one level above at /path/to/mysite.com/teabag?, and thus the setting should be &quot;current.settings_production&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm a little stuck, and any help would be appreciated, thanks." />
  <row Id="39809" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22369" RevisionGUID="e73bbe7b-e47f-44b6-bd3d-c0c9a1939bff" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:43:10.623" UserId="8827" Text="What should the DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE be set to in Apache when deploying a django app?" />
  <row Id="39810" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22369" RevisionGUID="e73bbe7b-e47f-44b6-bd3d-c0c9a1939bff" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:43:10.623" UserId="8827" Text="&lt;python&gt;&lt;django&gt;" />
  <row Id="39811" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22370" RevisionGUID="d521633b-35cd-4d1c-b9e4-892c45eaa98c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:44:41.180" UserId="5080" Text="Just install apticron and change the EMAIL= setting in /etc/apticron/apticron.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apticron will check for the latest updates and download them.&#xD;&#xA;It will NOT install them. It will send you a mail with the updates that is pending.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39812" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22370" RevisionGUID="d521633b-35cd-4d1c-b9e4-892c45eaa98c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:44:41.180" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22371" RevisionGUID="641b6c35-535c-43fd-b2e2-162aa6f86781" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:44:44.410" UserId="1322" Text="When you have corrupted data: through packets, or hard drives, what kind of errors do you usually find?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it a bit tranposition (switched bits)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it random noise? (flipped bits)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And when you do get an error, how much corruption do you usually see? (just 1 or 2 bits or a whole block).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or do you see any other patterns." />
  <row Id="39814" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22371" RevisionGUID="641b6c35-535c-43fd-b2e2-162aa6f86781" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:44:44.410" UserId="1322" Text="Data Corruption (what does it usually look like?)" />
  <row Id="39815" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22371" RevisionGUID="641b6c35-535c-43fd-b2e2-162aa6f86781" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:44:44.410" UserId="1322" Text="&lt;data&gt;&lt;error&gt;&lt;corruption&gt;" />
  <row Id="39816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22372" RevisionGUID="e6ec65b9-e2f1-499e-b181-48f6140316e7" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:44:59.370" UserId="7768" Text="How about you pay a developer to add it to an opensource solution? May cost a few hundred dollars, but it'll give you &quot;free&quot; PR." />
  <row Id="39817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22373" RevisionGUID="df9b0913-cc69-41a1-9f7b-baa01deff270" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:53:50.070" UserId="6793" Text="The value you use for PythonPath should include the parent directories of all the modules you are going to import in your application. It should also include the parent directory of the &#xD;&#xA;DJANGO\_SETTINGS\_MODULE location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I good guess would be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE current.settings_production&#xD;&#xA;    PythonPath &quot;['/path/to/mysite.com/teabag/'] + sys.path&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22374" RevisionGUID="ecb97439-f71a-4ded-af93-bea94991d9f4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:54:41.613" UserId="5686" Text="I just took responsibility for a network at my work, I'm not trained to do anything around a &quot;professional&quot; network like this one but the guy that was actually &quot;liable&quot; for it has not been able to get the job done and things are getting pretty crappy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are a 40 people organization that depends on having internet and VOIP services up and running 24/7. I would say the network is pretty simple but still, we are experiencing some weird problems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What we are talking are 2 T1s and 2 DSLs running with 4 wired routers(or switches I dont know) and 4 wi-fi hotspots. I understand that one of the T1s is connected to a VOIP server while the other one should give us a constant and secure Internet. The 2 DSLs are running on diferent hotspots for people who have trouble with the &quot;main&quot; network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the network there's 4 network printers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problems we are experiencing are:&#xD;&#xA;-Some people plug in to the wired network and get no IP.&#xD;&#xA;-Most people have troubles getting any of the printers to work, some people find a couple of them while some people cant even find one.&#xD;&#xA;-Wi-fi is extremely slow compared with the wired alternative.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The things i would like to fix:&#xD;&#xA;-I don't know if there is any way of cascading or balancing the T1 and the 2 DSLs so they work in one transparent network and we get the most of them.&#xD;&#xA;-I would like to fix the problems with the printers and the connections for everyone&#xD;&#xA;-I would like to be able to monitor and understand what is happening in the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course (as everyone) we are limited due to economic reasons to try to spend the less we can. So, I would rather do it myself(even if i have to read books or learn new tools at night) than paying an expert or getting new software or hardware(open source alternatives of course are more than welcome) but most of all, i want to know my options and their prices. What do you people recommend? Do you need more info of the hardware(like exact models of the routers, and T1s/DSL?)? What can I do to have a good network experience?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you very much, i know its a pretty &quot;noob&quot; question or situation and I hope you can understand my position.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39819" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22374" RevisionGUID="ecb97439-f71a-4ded-af93-bea94991d9f4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:54:41.613" UserId="5686" Text="Basic business network problem, what should i do?" />
  <row Id="39820" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22374" RevisionGUID="ecb97439-f71a-4ded-af93-bea94991d9f4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:54:41.613" UserId="5686" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;router&gt;&lt;switch&gt;" />
  <row Id="39821" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22375" RevisionGUID="9b219258-b397-427d-a026-6578ea628106" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:55:24.140" UserId="5049" Text="Warnings WRT automatic upgrades have already be voiced by previous posters. Given the track record of the Debian Security team in the last few years, I consider the risks of broken upgrades far less than the benefit of having automatic updates on seldom-visited systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Debian Lenny comes with [unattended-upgrades][1], which originated from Ubuntu and is considered to be the defacto solution for unattended upgrades for Debian starting from Lenny/5.0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get it up and running on a Debian system you need to install the &lt;code&gt;unattended-upgrades&lt;/code&gt; package.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then add these lines to &lt;code&gt;/etc/apt/apt.conf&lt;/code&gt;:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists &quot;1&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade &quot;1&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A cron job is then run nightly and checks if there are security updates which need to be installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actions by unattended-upgrades can be monitored in &lt;code&gt;/var/log/unattended-upgrades/&lt;/code&gt;. Be wary, that for kernel security fixes to become active, you need to reboot the server manually. This can also be done automatically in course of a planned (e.g. monthly) maintenance window. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AutomaticUpdates" />
  <row Id="39822" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22375" RevisionGUID="9b219258-b397-427d-a026-6578ea628106" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:55:24.140" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22376" RevisionGUID="3fc9de5a-bef6-4459-b701-ad822e9c3176" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:56:04.917" UserId="2491" Text="I don't think this question has a real answer, unless someone's done statistical analysis on which type of error is likely to occur. It could be anything." />
  <row Id="39824" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22377" RevisionGUID="5fd8449b-eb1a-42eb-a37b-99ba76a4d964" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:58:00.063" Text="Hi. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am running a Win XP virtual machine in Win 7 RC 64 bit on my laptop. My laptop's native resolution is 1680 by 1050. When I run the virtual pc in full screen mode my resolution gets set to 1680 by 1048 and I cannot change it. I've tried editing the vmc file but my changes get overwritten when I start the VPC again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This may sound like a small thing but when I use Consolas font for coding in this resolution it looks terrible. I've searched and found nothing with this exact issue. Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dave" />
  <row Id="39825" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22377" RevisionGUID="5fd8449b-eb1a-42eb-a37b-99ba76a4d964" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:58:00.063" Text="Virtual PC resolution 1680 by 1048 in Win 7" />
  <row Id="39826" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22377" RevisionGUID="5fd8449b-eb1a-42eb-a37b-99ba76a4d964" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:58:00.063" Text="&lt;virtualpc&gt;&lt;windows-7&gt;" />
  <row Id="39827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22378" RevisionGUID="87e43980-6f58-49a0-9b9c-ce5c7169972e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T06:58:09.547" UserId="6856" Text="After careful sorting the resume, I still had 20 candidates. 20 person from ~150 have passed the first selection that has allowed me to spend three-four hours for interviewing each of them. The main criteria of selection for me were:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Ability to training on a place&#xD;&#xA; - Skill to choose the optimum approach&#xD;&#xA; - Skill to gather and solve a problem in a non-standard situation&#xD;&#xA; - The good knowledge base. Is means, the candidate should know history of computer technics, possess the theory at a high level, knowing not only &quot; what to do &quot;, but also to know &quot;why&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To know about their skill to gather and solve a problem in a non-standard situation, I was asked them, for example: &quot;how to spoil the windows-system, if you have physical access to the computer, but don't have any accaunt passwords?&quot; and, after that, I asked them about &quot;how to patch spoiled system?&quot;. I gave some virus-action examples and asked, what they would do to prevent damage and return funcionality and the lost data with as little instrumets, as possible, and more questions on non-standard instruments usage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To know, how good they are in finding optimal approach, I gave them a little practice in configuring web, or mail server, or network gateway for particular parameters (&quot;I need it to be very fast web-server for small number of clients connected to it, and yes, I want some server-side scripting language on it, to show me some statistics, what should I choose and why do you thing that &lt;servername&gt; is better? Could you show me on our test-server, if you've got 20 minutes left?&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ability to training on a place - not really easy to check, but I asked some of candidates to make sample configuration file, or a script, and then, gave them a little hint to see if they could do it better after that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The knowlege base - one of my favorite parts: &#xD;&#xA;What is OSI? Why TCP/IP called &quot;protocol **stack**&quot;? What computer science heroes do you know? What is Windows-registery? And what about Unix-like systems?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And very important thing - they MUST love their job! &quot;Did you read some of the classic authors, such as K&amp;R?&quot;, &quot;How long you take a great interest in computer technics?&quot;, &quot;With what you began to study computers?&quot;, &quot;do you have test computers/little network at home?&quot; (if it's true, that's a very good sign!) ." />
  <row Id="39828" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22379" RevisionGUID="32dbf5a7-1b08-4052-9389-cbe3285a8221" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:03:21.377" UserId="7760" Text="What do you think about RTFM ?" />
  <row Id="39832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22381" RevisionGUID="3a676754-d1b3-49e3-a2b9-9896bd2af8bf" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:04:44.807" UserId="5686" Text="I'm amazed there's not mention to [wiredtree][1]. I REALLY recommend them. Their support is so fast (and good) that I cant imagine myself testing in any other VPS. And for what? 40-60-100 bucks a month? It's my best choise!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiredtree.com" />
  <row Id="39833" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22382" RevisionGUID="081d94e0-82eb-4e48-ae2d-26bf52cff712" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:06:10.107" UserId="7783" Text="I've seen all your examples, sometimes several at once. But I wouldn't use the term 'patterns', corruption really can occur anywhere in a file and look like anything you can imagine." />
  <row Id="39834" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22383" RevisionGUID="a4b53638-df1e-4bcf-8c4c-0cc0a64a1fa2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:08:15.750" UserId="1248" Text="On [one hardware project][1] I worked on we were using a milled PCB instead of a properly grounded one. When we started to see corruption at higher signal rates caused by cross-talk on the data lines. It typically showed up as one or more bits set high next to other legitimately set bits.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would also guess that other systems (e.g. hard drives) have thier own properties that effect how data my be corrupted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/319371/what-interesting-programming-bugs-have-you-seen/319863#319863" />
  <row Id="39835" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22384" RevisionGUID="76dad211-4a5c-40c7-a43a-18bf90055623" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:10:39.663" UserId="5778" Text="We're boring here... salesdell1, for example :(&#xD;&#xA;Still - avoid giving names that are person or location specific. Job specific ones like my example are bad enough - becomes confusing when you move them. Something vaguely descriptive is handy so you can match the physical to the logical with a mnemonic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said that, my home network is &quot;things you might find on a beach&quot; - firewall is sandcastle, and then I have breakwater, bucket and spade.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Used to be named after &quot;cheeses unsuitable for grilling&quot; - eg. &quot;gouda&quot;, &quot;mascarpone&quot; :)" />
  <row Id="39836" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22385" RevisionGUID="9939b0ff-5f18-4146-bb77-c5660da6e459" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:11:09.833" UserId="5686" Text="There is a tradition in my family where each son must me named with the first letter being the next letter in the alphabet from the previous baby to be born anywhere in the tree. EX( if Albert was born last month, and i have a child it would need to be named with something starting with B, like Bob) and there can't be a repetition(if theres a bob alive, i would not be able to name my child Bob). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, 3 summers ago my aunt was about to have a child and her only options(that she liked) where Sergio and &quot;Saturnino&quot; (yea, saturnino). So... I of course give tech support for all the extended family like most of us and decided to start naming all computers &quot;Saturnino&quot; and some variant, like if it was a fujitsu &quot;Saturnino Ninja&quot; or a mac &quot;SaturninoBook&quot;. After a couple of months i heard that my aunt decided to name my cousin &quot;Sergio&quot; because saturnino was being used all over the family as a synonym of computer. Still every computer in my family is a variant of Saturnino" />
  <row Id="39837" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22378" RevisionGUID="3ca9cbed-bc4d-402d-a608-95d4e17bc714" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:12:13.763" UserId="6856" Comment="added one funny story" Text="After careful sorting the resume, I still had 20 candidates. 20 person from ~150 have passed the first selection that has allowed me to spend three-four hours for interviewing each of them. The main criteria of selection for me were:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Ability to training on a place&#xD;&#xA; - Skill to choose the optimum approach&#xD;&#xA; - Skill to gather and solve a problem in a non-standard situation&#xD;&#xA; - The good knowledge base. Is means, the candidate should know history of computer technics, possess the theory at a high level, knowing not only &quot; what to do &quot;, but also to know &quot;why&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To know about their skill to gather and solve a problem in a non-standard situation, I was asked them, for example: &quot;how to spoil the windows-system, if you have physical access to the computer, but don't have any accaunt passwords?&quot; and, after that, I asked them about &quot;how to patch spoiled system?&quot;. I gave some virus-action examples and asked, what they would do to prevent damage and return funcionality and the lost data with as little instrumets, as possible, and more questions on non-standard instruments usage. Once, I've asked a candidate: ***&quot;Which question would you ask, if you were interviewing me, to know, how good I'm with non-standard situations?&quot;*** :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To know, how good they are in finding optimal approach, I gave them a little practice in configuring web, or mail server, or network gateway for particular parameters (&quot;I need it to be very fast web-server for small number of clients connected to it, and yes, I want some server-side scripting language on it, to show me some statistics, what should I choose and why do you thing that &lt;servername&gt; is better? Could you show me on our test-server, if you've got 20 minutes left?&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ability to training on a place - not really easy to check, but I asked some of candidates to make sample configuration file, or a script, and then, gave them a little hint to see if they could do it better after that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The knowlege base - one of my favorite parts: &#xD;&#xA;What is OSI? Why TCP/IP called &quot;protocol **stack**&quot;? What computer science heroes do you know? What is Windows-registery? And what about Unix-like systems?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And very important thing - they MUST love their job! &quot;Did you read some of the classic authors, such as K&amp;R?&quot;, &quot;How long you take a great interest in computer technics?&quot;, &quot;With what you began to study computers?&quot;, &quot;do you have test computers/little network at home?&quot; (if it's true, that's a very good sign!) ." />
  <row Id="39838" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22386" RevisionGUID="e5f367e6-a5b9-407d-bb9a-446d93c94c2e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:12:49.563" UserId="3527" Text="Majority of our host names were taken from Greek Mythology.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Minotaur&#xD;&#xA;- Zeus&#xD;&#xA;- Athena&#xD;&#xA;- Calypso&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and more." />
  <row Id="39839" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22387" RevisionGUID="4113ffa8-ee49-4ac0-ad67-541e2754ac77" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:13:12.387" UserId="1962" Text="I recommend the following book as a good introduction to the subject:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Upgrading and Repairing Networks book cover][1]&#xD;&#xA;**Upgrading and Repairing Networks, Fifth Edition**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By: Terry W Ogletree; Mark Edward Soper &#xD;&#xA;Publisher: **Que** &#xD;&#xA;Pub. Date: 2006/05/11 &#xD;&#xA;Print ISBN-10: **0-7897-3530-X** &#xD;&#xA;Print ISBN-13: **978-0-7897-3530-0**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also recommend signing up to the [Safari Books Online library][2] - at $50 per month you have access to all their IT books, much more cost effective and easier to access and search than the treeware editions. Most books also let you download chapters or entire books as PDF .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; -Some people plug in to the wired network and get no IP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sounds like a probable DHCP issue to me&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I would like to be able to monitor and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; understand what is happening in the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out a free utility from Microtik (Router manufacturer) called &quot;[The Dude][3]&quot;. Yes, it's a strange name, but it will autodiscover all devices on your network and monitor them in real time. It can also monitor services (Web server, e-mail) and notify you if these go down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://my.safaribooksonline.com/images/078973530X/078973530X_xs.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://safaribooksonline.com&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.mikrotik.com/thedude.php" />
  <row Id="39840" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22388" RevisionGUID="5297efe3-3833-4ff2-97f8-b8156645673c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:15:23.710" UserId="5686" Text="I use Invision power Board (i have a lifelong license they don't sell anymore, it might be a little bit pricy now that they dont have that option) and its really good. I find it has a great community and i would not change it. I've never got spam if i have the nice reCaptcha and email validation. I'm sure they sell support and other tools around that. I would email them with your concerns and wait for a reply.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also check vbulletin, I've heard they are great. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22389" RevisionGUID="00a1e041-eb6e-4b84-9d8e-f1b5cafb6818" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:17:03.987" UserId="2299" Text="Find a friendly support company and get a years support contract. Ask them to talk you through all the stuff they do so you can see what was done and how. After a year you'll have a pretty good idea how it all works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have done this (as the friendly support guy) and as long as both sides are interested and enthusiastic it works very well. The chaps I've helped still retain me, but now only to help them with big scary issues. So it's a win-win situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22391" RevisionGUID="2da73566-70d0-4ffd-aad0-5fe67ebd8862" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:21:24.570" UserId="6177" Text="I came up with the following system when we had a mix of manufacturers of our PCs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;e.g. Dell-0906-01  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Dell is the manufacturer&#xD;&#xA; - 0906 is 2009-06 which is the month the PC was bought or set up&#xD;&#xA; - 01 is a serial number for all PCs set up that month.  So we might have Dell-0906-01 and then HP-0906-02, then IBM-0906-03&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Compaq was the longest manufacturer's name, so this fit within the 15 character netbios limit.  This convention wouldn't work if you had more than 99 PCs in a given month, but that wasn't a concern for us.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For us, manufacturer and date would tell us a lot about the hardware, and in general the date would tell us quickly how old a system was.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We never liked naming PCs based on who used because of the need to rename them.  This convention avoided that hassle.  In practice, we grouped our PC purchases and did things like &quot;all the secretaries are getting PCs in this batch&quot; or &quot;all the managers are getting new laptops&quot; so it was also easy to associate a name with a &quot;type&quot; of PC user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Later, we dropped the manufacturer and used an abbreviation for which division and what location the PC was in, but that required too much abbreviation to be as meaningful, we had things like:  wpvaws-0906-01,  frvaws-  ppvaws-  wpqcws-  wpotws-  (ws for WorkStation) It still worked, but wasn't as readable." />
  <row Id="39844" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22392" RevisionGUID="7304eb00-97c5-4f4a-bc3b-b39d79b41c80" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:23:10.527" UserDisplayName="rpSetzer" Text="Somehow, some of the emails I send are marked as &quot;phishing&quot; by Outlook in Windows Vista. Can you point me to resources that describe how this works? I'm not phishing and I do not understand what triggers this behavior." />
  <row Id="39845" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22392" RevisionGUID="7304eb00-97c5-4f4a-bc3b-b39d79b41c80" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:23:10.527" UserDisplayName="rpSetzer" Text="Phising in Outlook for Windows Vista" />
  <row Id="39846" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22392" RevisionGUID="7304eb00-97c5-4f4a-bc3b-b39d79b41c80" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:23:10.527" UserDisplayName="rpSetzer" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;phishing&gt;" />
  <row Id="39847" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22393" RevisionGUID="1fc5a439-15ca-4720-b09d-696efb60260c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:23:52.070" UserId="2299" Text="See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/274215/EN-US/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is Windows 2000 but it also applies to W2k3. The upshot is that you do not need to reapply service packs after using Add/Remove Windows Components.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22394" RevisionGUID="2f2acca8-22a2-430d-a9ef-46a93d02911b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:25:02.410" UserId="5234" Text="We're boring by comparison: primary location, secondary location and asset tag number.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still at least we don't have to ask users to try find their PC name if we ever need to remotely control them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At home I use hillbilly names (it amuses me): Billy-Bob, John-Boy, Jethro, and so on." />
  <row Id="39849" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22395" RevisionGUID="0ff0bc81-6524-487a-8c96-6fc3f649d174" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:26:11.177" UserId="6793" Text="Simpson's names,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Macro : ldap&#xD;&#xA; - Pinchy : IDS&#xD;&#xA; - Zutroy : dev server&#xD;&#xA; - Wiggum : firewall&#xD;&#xA; - Grabowski : firewall2&#xD;&#xA; - Apu : DHCP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and so on :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can find the cast list [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But for &quot;clusters&quot; we use names like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - web01, web02, web03&#xD;&#xA; - mx1, mx2, mx3&#xD;&#xA; - compute-0-0, compute-1-1, compute-2-30 (the first number is the rack)&#xD;&#xA;   - Shortened c-0-0, c-1-1, c-2-30&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.snpp.com/guides/castlist.html" />
  <row Id="39850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22396" RevisionGUID="0b9d3ce0-a7cb-4cab-b518-563c0fc9c6cb" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:28:00.860" UserId="2253" Text="There are several command-line whois clients in use on Unix (for instance, Debian and FreeBSD, by default, have two very distinct tools). So, without knowing the one you use, it may be difficult to help you. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The text you quote is appârently the one sent by whois.internic.net and it seems wrong to me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, a fix, the microsoft.com.pranks are server names, &quot;subdomains&quot; is technically true but misleading. " />
  <row Id="39851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22397" RevisionGUID="42327eb9-8c17-421e-a385-f5cf669be0d3" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:29:10.263" UserId="6177" Text="How complicated a forum do you want?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fruitshow is a very simple forum that's based on the look and feel of the old Joel On Software forum.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://sourceforge.net/projects/fruitshow][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The primary example of Fruitshow is Crazy on Tap, which is a distant descendant of Joel's OffTopic forum.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.crazyontap.com/][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fruitshow doesn't currently have Captchas, but they can be added.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/fruitshow&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.crazyontap.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39852" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22398" RevisionGUID="22a75bcf-bc25-4599-80d9-034a839dd928" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:29:39.983" UserId="8548" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm running CentOS 5 on a Dell PowerEdge R200. I have installed OpenManage Server Administrator specifically to monitor the HDDs (x2 250GB RAID1) in the machine and alert of any issues or failures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have also installed the SAS 5/iR / 6/iR Device driver as the machine has SATA2 HDDs, being an R200.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I can't get the storage devices to display in the OMSA web interface. I can't find the answer anywhere else so I am wondering if any of you guys have experienced the same issue before.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you in advance,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Flick." />
  <row Id="39853" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22398" RevisionGUID="22a75bcf-bc25-4599-80d9-034a839dd928" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:29:39.983" UserId="8548" Text="Dell OpenManage Server Administrator - doesn't display storage devices" />
  <row Id="39854" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22398" RevisionGUID="22a75bcf-bc25-4599-80d9-034a839dd928" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:29:39.983" UserId="8548" Text="&lt;centos&gt;&lt;dell&gt;&lt;poweredge&gt;&lt;raid&gt;" />
  <row Id="39855" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22399" RevisionGUID="b88df949-0a05-4a5e-a50b-50766f4c0102" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:31:09.357" UserId="5234" Text="It's not free but if you have any Visual Studio licenses, that has a great MSI packager available in it." />
  <row Id="39857" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22401" RevisionGUID="c7271c22-6344-4299-9135-845a7fe7e401" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:36:22.573" UserId="8090" Text="hi, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;it would help if you pasted your message here.. It is difficult to say, but maybe you have some hidden links for example that might trigger such behaviour. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;m" />
  <row Id="39858" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22174" RevisionGUID="ca072710-8e7c-4a0e-a738-d796e03a0f74" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:36:46.287" UserId="4718" Comment="changed stance" Text="&gt; iPhone get's my vote, especially now&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that they are legally allowing&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tethering for most users (sorry AT&amp;T)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not anymore, please see http://danmacs.blogspot.com/2009/06/o2-iphone-3gs-wtf.html for reasons why.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It basically boils down to not allowing upgrades, charging an extortionate amount for &quot;legitimate&quot; tethering (with restrictions on this) even though they already charge you for data in your monthly bill.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;O2 dropped the ball big time, [http://search.twitter.com/search?q=o2fail][1] will give you an idea of how badly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=o2fail" />
  <row Id="39859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22402" RevisionGUID="c943fb52-436a-45a0-a164-dcaa21500fe9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:36:52.260" UserId="5686" Text="I have a VPS for a couple of side projects and testing and I would really like to monitor what's going on with it. Right now im using [chartbeat][1] to know how many users are at each website and my provider(wiredtree) have a dashboard where i can check out some of the resources almost in real time. But those 2 tools don't allow me(as a developer) to get information from them to create tools or widgets (or even hardware) that use that information to display something.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I started working on a weekend project to have some leds illuminate in different colors depending on the amount of visitors one of my website is getting, so i mad a simple javascript snippet that is pinging a web service that records that information and then I have a script to another web service that tells me the amount of user that are currently in my site. So after reading some of the questions here i decided to ask; Am i doing something unnecessary? is there any simple tool that would allow me to know those(and more) information?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.chartbeat.com" />
  <row Id="39860" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22402" RevisionGUID="c943fb52-436a-45a0-a164-dcaa21500fe9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:36:52.260" UserId="5686" Text="Monitor usage of a VPS" />
  <row Id="39861" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22402" RevisionGUID="c943fb52-436a-45a0-a164-dcaa21500fe9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:36:52.260" UserId="5686" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="39863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22403" RevisionGUID="cb2dacef-51bd-486c-83ae-333bb0118538" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:37:42.010" UserId="5234" Text="A general rule is that the only thing that goes on a DC is Active Directory itself.  It's not always achievable, of course, but it's all about reducing the number of services that are potentially exposed." />
  <row Id="39864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22404" RevisionGUID="4ff8a68b-bc4e-42a4-85fe-3686fed20a5f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:38:56.283" UserId="4134" Text="Ours uses a variation of the Reverse Polish Notation coupled with a number. For example, ws000020 is the twentieth windows server, wv stands for a windows virtual machine, wl is a windows laptop and so on. Unfortunately, it's quite hard to remember what wv009472 was for unless you work with it daily.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On customer networks, the servers are prefixed by role. For example, there's www1 and www2 as well as sql1 and sql2. The servers for a specific application are kept on a separate domain (for example, intra.initech.example), so the fully qualified domain name tells exactly what the server is for. Of course, all of this is abstracted away from end-users with load balancers, so that they only see intra.initech.example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At home, I use theme naming. For example, I have zathras, lyta, garibaldi, lennier and natoth. :-)" />
  <row Id="39865" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22404" RevisionGUID="4ff8a68b-bc4e-42a4-85fe-3686fed20a5f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:38:56.283" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22406" RevisionGUID="7e834c25-06b1-4134-a1ce-c378c6b85145" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:42:45.680" UserId="2117" Text="Programmable Bash completion functions. Make life less error-prone. They're not that hard to write.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of the less obvious options to GNU grep, especially --color, -P, and -o.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My standard quick reporting one-liner:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    grep something /some/logfile | sort | uniq -c | sort -n&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simple frequency analysis from a logfile:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    grep something /some/log | grep -o '^... .. ..:..' | uniq -c&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(adjust the second bit for how granular you want the frequency breakdown to be)." />
  <row Id="39870" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22406" RevisionGUID="7e834c25-06b1-4134-a1ce-c378c6b85145" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:42:45.680" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39871" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22407" RevisionGUID="ebc92fe1-c665-4926-bd9a-07173e33e5a8" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:44:28.657" UserId="7752" Text="Corruption implies random damage to your data.  Corruption doesn't usually look like anything -- not in the way that you're implying by your question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As Artem has already answered, there really isn't a definitive answer.  It all depends on what your system is doing and what it's meant to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, you need to learn what is &lt;em&gt;normal&lt;/em&gt; for your system.  When your system starts exhibiting behaviour outside of &lt;em&gt;normal&lt;/em&gt;, you need to look for the root cause of the problem.  One of the causes you should consider is data corruption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've seen data corruption manifest in a number of ways, including:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Significant increase in input validation errors for batch processes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Reports with unexpected results.  ie the values are out of the expected range.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Dial-up sessions consuming gigabytes of data in a matter of minutes.  ie the data throughput was physically impossible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Customers being billed stupidly large amounts of money.  The reverse is true too -- stupidly large credits!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Programme crashes because the number does not fit into a two byte integer." />
  <row Id="39872" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22408" RevisionGUID="537a2ef6-6870-4000-b771-7417c2638380" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:49:17.180" UserId="5686" Text="I'm going to go with a hacker tool, that might as well be useful to diagnose troubles: [Cain][1]. It can sniff a network and do a lot of attacks(arp poisoning, man in the middle,etc) on a network as well as breaking(or recovering) passwords.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What better way to know your network is secure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.oxid.it/cain.html" />
  <row Id="39873" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22408" RevisionGUID="537a2ef6-6870-4000-b771-7417c2638380" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:49:17.180" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22409" RevisionGUID="6a5b87a7-22e5-44f6-a7c5-7a8fbb61653d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:50:02.610" UserId="7342" Text="Monitoring is usually a two part solution. First you want a monitoring and alerting product. In the Linux world, Nagios is king. It's a little complicated to setup, mostly because its config file is very verbose. This will tell you if there is a problem with any part of your system by running checks every minute or so and sending you an alert via SMS or email if something breaks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The second part is a graphing product. Options include cacti, cricket, ganglia or munin. This allows you to see the trends over time of your system. My choice is Munin, which is incredibly easy to set up and write plugins for. Munin would also give you a nice easy way to get a lot of the kinds of information you would want. You could easily connect to the node over the network and fetch the current value for a plugin, say the current number of apache hits/s and use this for your LED project. Any information that isn't there can be added via a very simple script." />
  <row Id="39875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22410" RevisionGUID="f04e54b1-64bd-4cba-97bc-91cf66e88a7a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:50:08.490" UserId="5778" Text="The more pertinent question is &quot;why not&quot;? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In these days of tabbed browsing, the favicon is more important to me than ever - I wouldn't consider running a site without one." />
  <row Id="39876" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22411" RevisionGUID="da14e75a-9bba-4aeb-92dc-609f8ea7439e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:51:07.177" UserId="6621" Text="AppleScript seems like the obvious choice.  Here's a quick start at it (with some notes on the applications that didn't play along in the minimal testing I did) (note: replace reportEvent with something more relevant...):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    my TestApp(&quot;Address Book&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    #my testApp(&quot;Aperture&quot;) # Aperture doesn't seem to understand activate -- WTF?&#xD;&#xA;    #my testApp(&quot;Automator&quot;) # Automator brings up a sheet when launched -- not sure how to dismiss&#xD;&#xA;    my TestApp(&quot;Calculator&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    my TestApp(&quot;Chess&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    my TestApp(&quot;Dictionary&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    # etc...&#xD;&#xA;    my reportEvent(&quot;OS&quot;, &quot;FinishedTest&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    on TestApp(appName)&#xD;&#xA;        tell application appName to activate&#xD;&#xA;        delay 1&#xD;&#xA;        tell application &quot;System Events&quot; to count (application processes whose name is appName)&#xD;&#xA;        if result is 0 then&#xD;&#xA;            my reportEvent(appName, &quot;QuitUnexpectedly&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;        end if&#xD;&#xA;        tell application appName to quit&#xD;&#xA;        delay 1&#xD;&#xA;        tell application &quot;System Events&quot; to count (application processes whose name is appName)&#xD;&#xA;        if result is not 0 then&#xD;&#xA;            my reportEvent(appName, &quot;FailedToQuit&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;        end if&#xD;&#xA;    end TestApp&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    on reportEvent(appName, eventDesc)&#xD;&#xA;        do shell script &quot;curl 'http://server/eventtracker.php?app=&quot; &amp; sanitizeSpaces(appName) &amp; &quot;&amp;event=&quot; &amp; sanitizeSpaces(eventDesc) &amp; &quot;'&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    end reportEvent&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    on sanitizeSpaces(dangerousString)&#xD;&#xA;        set AppleScript's text item delimiters to &quot; &quot;&#xD;&#xA;        set safeString to text items of dangerousString&#xD;&#xA;        set AppleScript's text item delimiters to &quot;_&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        return safeString as Unicode text&#xD;&#xA;    end sanitizeSpaces&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...save that as an Application out of AppleScript Editor (so it'll run when opened), then add it to a test account's Login Items list (System Preferences -&gt; Accounts pane -&gt; Login Items tab).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll defer the problem of getting a network account to autologin at boot.  I suspect there's a not-too-hard way to do it (maybe via managed preferences, or just dropping in the relevant settings files by &quot;hand&quot; -- i.e. post-restore script), but I don't have a useful test setup handy at the moment." />
  <row Id="39878" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22413" RevisionGUID="b10bd017-886e-4f97-8f88-72265397f00f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:52:49.623" UserId="2953" Text="We have some Web Apps running in IIS 6.&#xD;&#xA;They are running in the Default AppPool which identitiy is Network Service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Apps connect to a local SQL Server 2005 Express Instance (SP2) and use a trusted connection. SQL Server runs also with Network Service identity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Without granting explicit permissions, our webapps are able to query the DB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can this happen and which permissions does our app effectively have?" />
  <row Id="39879" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22413" RevisionGUID="b10bd017-886e-4f97-8f88-72265397f00f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:52:49.623" UserId="2953" Text="Why can the Network Service account select rows in a Sql Server 2005 DB without granting permissions" />
  <row Id="39880" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22413" RevisionGUID="b10bd017-886e-4f97-8f88-72265397f00f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:52:49.623" UserId="2953" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="39881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22414" RevisionGUID="25ecf010-b731-4f49-b0dc-3d1c5d8e1b98" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:53:20.870" UserId="1576" Text="Say you're running a server and you don't want to upgrade to Testing (Squeeze) from Stable (Lenny).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's the best way of installing only certain packages from Testing?" />
  <row Id="39882" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22414" RevisionGUID="25ecf010-b731-4f49-b0dc-3d1c5d8e1b98" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:53:20.870" UserId="1576" Text="How can I run Debian stable but install some packages from testing?" />
  <row Id="39883" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22414" RevisionGUID="25ecf010-b731-4f49-b0dc-3d1c5d8e1b98" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:53:20.870" UserId="1576" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;aptitude&gt;&lt;package-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="39885" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22416" RevisionGUID="b23e5671-3029-4072-8433-85fb547700f4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:54:01.010" UserId="8090" Text="hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;permissions should not be set for working copy, but for repository access. Also execution right for the script should be set by user running svn server (or httpd server - depending on your solution). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the error above looks like user running the script doesn't have direct repository access and cannot get revision number..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;m" />
  <row Id="39886" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22416" RevisionGUID="b23e5671-3029-4072-8433-85fb547700f4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:54:01.010" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22417" RevisionGUID="b933a49c-7320-479d-92c9-429eef47ba95" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:56:35.607" UserId="282" Text="**Fixed Workstations**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have always named workstations based upon their location, we have five buildings each with their own code (C - Cashman, N - Newman, M - St. Marys, L - Lutwyche and SC - Sacre Coeur) each building has multiple floors (B - Basement, G - Ground, F - First, S - Second, A - Attic) and each room has a number. So rooms are named NF7, MG6, CS1. Our naming scheme simply adds a dash (&quot;-&quot;) followed by a sequential number for that room - NF7-01, MG6-01, etc. Some computers are connected to SMARTboards so these get called -SMART instead of the sequential number as they have special policies applied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The advantage of this system means we can identify the probable name of a computer with very little information (i.e. it was reported by Mrs Jones at 12:45 - at this point Mrs Jones was timetabled in CS1, so it is probably CS1-SMART. A student had a problem in NF7 at 10:17 which means they will be using one of the computers in NF7-01 through NF7-17). It is easy for new staff to follow the naming scheme as they can just look at the site maps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Laptops**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have had a couple of systems for laptops, although the one that has worked best is naming them by generation, so the first batch of Acer laptops that were bought were LTA1, the second batch of Acers were LTA2 and the first batch of Fijitsu-Siemens were LTF1. Again an sequential number is appended to the name to give us LTA1-01, LTA1-02, LTF1-01, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We can easily identify which laptops are of which generation simply from their DNS name, because we use [BGInfo][1] to display the computer name on the background we can ask anyone with a laptop named LTA1 to return it to be replaced (I have toyed with doing this programaticly to display a message on the login screens).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897557.aspx" />
  <row Id="39888" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22417" RevisionGUID="b933a49c-7320-479d-92c9-429eef47ba95" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:56:35.607" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22418" RevisionGUID="e62900a4-452e-4e27-b12e-44e2bbe22343" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:57:22.220" UserId="2413" Text="in /etc/apt/apt.conf add&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    APT::Default-Release &quot;stable&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in /etc/apt/sources.list  - add urls for testing / unstable sources&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;run&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    apt-get update&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and then install what you need with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    apt-get -t testing install something&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;be very very carefull if you install stuff that has plenty of dependencies.. preferebly dont do this on production.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you can as well try your luck at [backports][1] or similar repository&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php" />
  <row Id="39890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22419" RevisionGUID="82800445-a733-4d80-b530-a8f8f81a053e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T07:59:57.067" UserId="3698" Text="I have installed, configured DNS server which resolves to localhost as I want, all OK. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I go offline, it stops working, because OS X empty content of resolv.conf and ignore attempt to reflect changes in this file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea, how to configure DNS even when offline?" />
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  <row Id="39894" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22420" RevisionGUID="c64a855a-14aa-46ba-a4c4-4463fe449d68" CreationDate="2009-06-09T08:00:54.037" UserId="3928" Text="How do I modify the value of an attribute with OpenLDAP?" />
  <row Id="39895" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22420" RevisionGUID="c64a855a-14aa-46ba-a4c4-4463fe449d68" CreationDate="2009-06-09T08:00:54.037" UserId="3928" Text="&lt;ldap&gt;&lt;openldap&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="39897" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21813" RevisionGUID="01f2bf27-3f72-471f-8a16-a7a24ca98969" CreationDate="2009-06-09T08:03:51.693" UserId="1639" Comment="added 211 characters in body" Text="**Update:** I would have tried to use process monitor. And see if file/registry access fails around the time of the error. And if possible, compare the output to a server that doesn't fail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Before update:**Check ( and disable ):  &#xD;&#xA;anti-virus  &#xD;&#xA;anti-spyware&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;also check temp system environment variable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22421" RevisionGUID="742f2c9b-3e31-43e0-a657-542c2767ebbc" CreationDate="2009-06-09T08:04:43.313" UserId="1576" Text="**apt_preferences**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Define the default level that the system should 'safe-upgrade' to in the /etc/apt/preferences file:  &#xD;&#xA; [man apt_preferences][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.die.net/man/5/apt_preferences&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a lot you can do with apt_preferences but for the sake of simplicity...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I needed to install a single package (autoMysqlBackup) that was only available in Testing. The solution was to add the following to /etc/apt/preferences:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Explanation: Uninstall or do not install any Debian-originated&#xD;&#xA;    Explanation: package versions other than those in the stable distro&#xD;&#xA;    Package: *&#xD;&#xA;    Pin: release a=stable&#xD;&#xA;    Pin-Priority: 900&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Package: *&#xD;&#xA;    Pin: release o=Debian&#xD;&#xA;    Pin-Priority: -10&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With multiple repositories added to /etc/apt/sources.list aptitude will now only upgrade to your specified release even though the later release repos are listed (in this case 'stable').&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    deb http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/ lenny main&#xD;&#xA;    deb-src http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/ lenny main&#xD;&#xA;    deb http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/ squeeze main&#xD;&#xA;    deb-src http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/ squeeze main&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So to install that package, all you have to do is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ aptitude install -t testing packageName &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39899" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22414" RevisionGUID="c806cc0e-6994-4661-9c40-32ab3e627811" CreationDate="2009-06-09T08:07:11.687" UserId="1576" Comment="added 42 characters in body" Text="Say you're running a server and you don't want to upgrade to Testing (Squeeze) from Stable (Lenny) to just install a required package or two.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's the best way of installing only certain packages from Testing?" />
  <row Id="39900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22422" RevisionGUID="d2c36723-6f42-4393-8b9e-eba6655c9b71" CreationDate="2009-06-09T08:07:17.800" UserId="7342" Text="The easiest way I've discovered to do this is to use &lt;a href=&quot;http://sourceforge.net/projects/gqclient&quot;&gt;gq&lt;/a&gt;. It's not the prettiest of applications, but does work reasonably well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you find yourself doing the same tasks over and over again, it might be worth writing a script in your favourite scripting language. In Perl you can use &lt;a href=&quot;http://search.cpan.org/~gbarr/perl-ldap-0.33/lib/Net/LDAP.pod&quot;&gt;Net::LDAP&lt;/a&gt;." />
  <row Id="39901" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22423" RevisionGUID="aef9f517-8fa2-4f72-8d57-8645cb6babc8" CreationDate="2009-06-09T08:11:25.750" UserId="8090" Text="hello, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First you should draw network diagram - what connected to what and when and in general make an audit of network. Information for wired routers would be appreciated :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next - break problem into smaller problems: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Wired routers IP problem - maybe dhcp server is failling sometimes, the question is - if this service is provided by routers or there is specific dhcp server in the network. Maybe this problem could be solved (at least temporary) by using static ip addresses. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. How printers are connected in the network? What protocol is being used to access them (windows printer sharing, other?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Wi-fi is slower, but it depens how much it is slower for you. Could you give us models of wi-fi gear?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. To balance network wit T1 and 2DSLs is not very easy task. Some high availability network solutions require provider support. It's possible to setup rules such that some connections would take dsl, some - T1 routes if some uplink fails. (start here - http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Adv-Routing-HOWTO/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5. Monitoring - depending on the devices you have they should support snmp and you could use cacti, zabbix or similar software for monitoring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again - first step would be to have clear network information. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;good luck, &#xD;&#xA;m &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39902" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22424" RevisionGUID="1ee2ab38-ef60-4178-a757-08f75e1acfa8" CreationDate="2009-06-09T08:24:08.360" UserId="8743" Text="The debian documentation is extensive in the subject and I strongly advise to dig in as it will truely unveil the beauty of the debian system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have a look at [How to keep a mixed system][1], it will explain all you need tio know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html#s-default-version" />
  <row Id="39903" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22425" RevisionGUID="a50cb469-2616-41ec-8849-d2d4be598aa4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T08:26:10.570" UserDisplayName="Brian Addicks" Text="Check your IIS settings to make sure it's not limiting the bandwidth available" />
  <row Id="39904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22426" RevisionGUID="7de3d879-ac39-43af-bcad-3cb48f3eacdf" CreationDate="2009-06-09T08:27:06.887" UserId="6793" Text="ldapmodify is your friend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Create a &quot;modify&quot; ldif file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ex:&#xD;&#xA;      &#xD;&#xA;    dn: cn=Elmer Fudd,o=company.com&#xD;&#xA;    changetype: modify&#xD;&#xA;    add: isAdmin&#xD;&#xA;    isAdmin: 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Save file and use it with ldapmodify:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ldapmodify -v -D &quot;cn=manager,o=company.com&quot; -h &lt;host&gt; -W -f changes.ldif  " />
  <row Id="39905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22427" RevisionGUID="4d5c7cef-9860-41af-96f2-a87bccf1dd6a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T08:29:53.073" UserId="45" Text="Maybe the permissions were granted to the `IIS_WPG` group on SQL Server? By default, the Network Service account (NTAUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE) is a member of this group." />
  <row Id="39906" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22428" RevisionGUID="88b9354b-7fa4-42a0-a3f9-601b660c8f66" CreationDate="2009-06-09T08:30:44.320" UserId="8090" Text="hi, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;here are some zabbix templates to get started - http://www.zabbix.com/wiki/doku.php?id=contrib:templates&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;also it is not very difficult to write your own script and include results into zabbix - give it a try!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;m" />
  <row Id="39907" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22429" RevisionGUID="9eacd525-b49f-4433-ab78-acc7f4d62d8e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T08:37:37.193" UserId="5234" Text="Like I suppose a lot of people, we have a Windows/Active Directory environment and a lot of internal line of business apps that require Java.  Our experience is that Java does not play nice in such a corporate network environment.  Initial installation is fine (at least there's an MSI these days), but keeping things ticking over can be quite a challenge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specific issues we encounter include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Java has it's own updater, and so it does not tie into our internal patch management systems.&#xD;&#xA;* The lack of any tools for management of Java settings via GPOs.&#xD;&#xA;* The requirement for users to manually configure certain settings.&#xD;&#xA;* Multiple Java runtimes on each machine (Oracle Jinitiator is a particular culprit here).&#xD;&#xA;* Critical settings files stored under the Program Files folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;with us it's mostly a batch of logon scripts and hacky workarounds, but I'm interested in hearing how other people handle these items, and if there are any other things one needs to watch out for here." />
  <row Id="39908" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22429" RevisionGUID="9eacd525-b49f-4433-ab78-acc7f4d62d8e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T08:37:37.193" UserId="5234" Text="How do you manage Java in your Windows/Active Directory environment?" />
  <row Id="39909" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22429" RevisionGUID="9eacd525-b49f-4433-ab78-acc7f4d62d8e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T08:37:37.193" UserId="5234" Text="&lt;java&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;" />
  <row Id="39910" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22429" RevisionGUID="9eacd525-b49f-4433-ab78-acc7f4d62d8e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T08:37:37.193" UserId="5234" />
  <row Id="39911" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22430" RevisionGUID="9cafa877-3214-417e-a700-23602a332261" CreationDate="2009-06-09T08:39:26.987" UserId="6482" Text="At work, systems are named after the user who uses it, prefixed with &quot;D-&quot; for desktop systems and &quot;L-&quot; for laptops. Testsystems are prefixed with &quot;T-&quot; plus the name of the project that they mostly used for. The servers have more boring names, though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At home, I give my computers a woman's name. I started with the letter A for my first computer and am now up to Petra with my latest netbook. I have a small problem when I want to buy a new computer, since I don't like most names that start with a Q. :-)" />
  <row Id="39915" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22432" RevisionGUID="6f0f210a-baa8-4329-b3c2-4aa07cf14ff4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T08:49:44.220" UserId="8675" Text="As per your uncertainty about the iPhone keyboard.&#xD;&#xA;I have an iPod Touch (same screen, OS, etc)&#xD;&#xA;I HATE typing on the dang thing, but I've noticed I'm getting better at it. Its odd typing with no tactile feedback. I'm a touch typist, but I on it I have to watch my fingers, because I always press down on the wrong keys and have to slide over to the correct one before letting up  (it registers which key you let up on, not press down on)." />
  <row Id="39916" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20347" RevisionGUID="11b17c6d-3e3a-48cd-99e6-e2538184451a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T08:55:32.290" UserId="47290" Comment="added 524 characters in body" Text="We have recently moved our Team System installation from a VM onto a physical server.  Most aspects seem to work okay (work items, source control etc), but am seeing the following error in the event logs every hour (presumably when the warehouse is updating)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Event Type:    Error  &#xD;&#xA;Event Source:    TFS Warehouse  &#xD;&#xA;Event Category:    None  &#xD;&#xA;Event ID:    3000  &#xD;&#xA;Date:        03/06/2009  &#xD;&#xA;Time:        12:26:32  &#xD;&#xA;User:        N/A  &#xD;&#xA;Computer:    TFS1  &#xD;&#xA;Description:  &#xD;&#xA;TF53010: The following error has occurred in a Team Foundation component or extension:  &#xD;&#xA;Date (UTC): 03/06/2009 11:26:32  &#xD;&#xA;Machine: TFS1  &#xD;&#xA;Application Domain: /LM/W3SVC/1724018147/Root/Warehouse-3-128884367959382827  &#xD;&#xA;Assembly: Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Warehouse, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a; v2.0.50727  &#xD;&#xA;Process Details:  &#xD;&#xA;  Process Name: w3wp  &#xD;&#xA;  Process Id: 5080  &#xD;&#xA;  Thread Id: 6016  &#xD;&#xA;  Account name: NTSERVERS\sqlservice  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Detailed Message: TF51209: A run-time error  System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException: The given key was not present in the dictionary.  &#xD;&#xA;   at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowKeyNotFoundException()  &#xD;&#xA;   at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.get_Item(TKey key)  &#xD;&#xA;   at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Adapter.Adapter.FindTreeNodeUriFromId(Object id, Int32 treeStructureType)  &#xD;&#xA;   at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Adapter.Adapter.ProcessKeywordValue(FactEntry fact, PayloadRow fieldRow, PayloadRow dr)&#xD;&#xA;   at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Adapter.Adapter.AddWorkItemFactEntry(PayloadRow dr, String projectUri, String previousState, DateTime dtChangedDate)  &#xD;&#xA;   at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Adapter.Adapter.PopulateFacts(PayloadRow dr)  &#xD;&#xA;   at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Adapter.Adapter.MakeDataChanges()  &#xD;&#xA;   at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Warehouse.AdapterWrapper.RunTimerAdapter() occurred on adapter Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Adapter.Adapter.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We reapplied TFS 2008 SP1 overnight to correct a different issue (iterations added not appearing in the work item iteration list).  We noticed that a couple of iterations on two different projects had disappeared, although we were able to track the work items down (their iteration entries were blank).  I think we may have an issue with the warehouse iterations being corrupt in some way?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Help appreciated...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit 09/06/2009 : some more information in case it helps.  Our systems team lost three weeks worth of TFS data when doing some maintenance work on the TFS server.  The database backups they took before doing the work were &quot;lost&quot; and we had to revert to some that were 3 weeks old.  This appears to be where the error has stemmed from as after the warehouse rebuild I can see metrics to just before this incident and none after.  And yes, our TFS server now has Gold status, and all the necessary backups are in place :) " />
  <row Id="39917" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22433" RevisionGUID="54c1f6ea-8595-4677-b146-5912171aa777" CreationDate="2009-06-09T08:59:42.953" UserId="8090" Text="hello, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;try http://www.glpi-project.org/?lang=en with OCS Inventory &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;cheers, &#xD;&#xA;m" />
  <row Id="39918" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20620" RevisionGUID="3422dd0a-4c4c-49e1-bf76-46c37804df18" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:01:48.113" UserId="45" Comment="added 16 characters in body" Text="Did you check the Windows firewall settings on the server? You'll have allow TCP port 1433 (incoming)." />
  <row Id="39919" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22434" RevisionGUID="5f06ba2c-30f5-4bcc-aa58-f21293e86c6f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:06:56.247" UserId="7774" Text="I received the following answer from IBM today:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; None of the clearcase accounts requires admin privileges. There are some ClearCase commands that need admin privileges but they can be executed by any user that has both ClearCase admin privileges and OS admin privileges.                                     &#xD;&#xA;&gt;                                                                        &#xD;&#xA;&gt;However there are cases where machines are setup in a way that it is much easier to give certain accounts admin privileges than making sure all directories they need to access have the correct ACLS.         &#xD;&#xA;&gt;                                                                        &#xD;&#xA;&gt; So if your auditers don't like the fact that the ccadmin has OS admin privileges and is known to multiple people then you can make the individual accounts of those people OS administrator and ClearCase privileged user. Of course if these users are using ClearCase on a daily basis and not just for administrative tasks then I am not sure that solution is better from a security point of view compared to having a shared admin account. Any mistake they would make during their daily work would never be stopped based on permissions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I will separate the two, then." />
  <row Id="39920" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22435" RevisionGUID="127c4d07-b499-4fa1-943a-e30c7c7ca826" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:10:16.830" UserId="8334" Text="Manufacturer - Serial Number. Uniquely connectable to hardware and never needs to be changed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;LENOVO-1234ABC for example. Hardware servers follow the same path - FS-12345ABCDE or IBM-1234ABC. Virtual ones are different.&#xD;&#xA;VM - Purpose - Number in farm.&#xD;&#xA;VM-MSSQL-6 or VM-ADDC-3." />
  <row Id="39921" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22436" RevisionGUID="bd21dee7-71bf-4f96-ba4c-2c215761b0ef" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:12:21.443" UserId="6767" Text="Yeah, sometimes the OMSA doesn't start properly.  I could never figure out why.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My method is to have this script available to the root user, if you run it then (usually) the OMSA pieces run and you can get the information you want:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    for i in dsm_om_shrsvc instsvcdrv dataeng dsm_om_connsvc ; do service $i stop  ; done&#xD;&#xA;    sleep 5&#xD;&#xA;    for i in dsm_om_shrsvc instsvcdrv dataeng dsm_om_connsvc ; do service $i start ; done&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39922" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22437" RevisionGUID="7e95f7e1-948e-4d80-a3be-4c7c1eb819a0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:16:13.310" UserId="2253" Text="I did such a detailed report but it is [only in French][1]. If you read french or are happy with automatic translation tools... You can reuse the methodology and run it for yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Executive summary: I used pgbench. The Linux I/O scheduler has very little importance for performances and the filesystem only a little. So, if you are in a hurry, just choose the default. I choosed JFS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.bortzmeyer.org/tests-disques-postgresql.html" />
  <row Id="39923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22438" RevisionGUID="31ac7593-05b2-4d74-83aa-135f8fc86323" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:20:17.420" UserId="6767" Text="The answer, of course, is &quot;it depends&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are running something like VMWare Workstation or using VMWare Player at the workstation because each user needs their own instance, then each running instance of the VM has to be a unique copy.  Since local disk is always faster than network disk, you might as well copy the VMs to the individual workstations.  This means the end user has more control over the VMs and can stop/kill them if they get hosed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are running them on a central server because you need to strictly control the contents of the VM, AND you have some kind of extra-reliable fileserver like a NetApp or something, then I like to put them on the file server (either over iSCSI or NFS) and run them like that.  This way if the VM server dies, your VMs are not stranded on the local disk of a server that is broken.  (I presume that your extra-reliable fileserver has some form of 7x24, &quot;it-is-broken-make-it-go&quot; level of support contract.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've done it both ways depending on what the goal was." />
  <row Id="39924" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22439" RevisionGUID="066bd733-e14f-4d1c-8595-e1a412a13da0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:21:43.500" UserId="7709" Text="To view the amount of memory in use by a VM, you need to ensure that you have the Working Set column visible in your Task Manager. Often only the Private Set is visible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To enable this column:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Start Task Manager&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Go to Processes tab&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) View &gt; Select Columns&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) Ensure that &quot;Memory - Working Set&quot; is ticked&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, the Private Set of the VM I have running at the moment is 43mb, whereas the Working Set is 2.3Gb" />
  <row Id="39925" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22440" RevisionGUID="7e408322-6af8-4416-ab69-78ad2e1dd2e1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:22:00.847" UserId="8696" Text="I mostly use names from a **set of names**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Examples:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Characters from animated series (Simpsons, American Dad, Family Guy)&#xD;&#xA;* Names of [real stars][1] (Sol, Arktur, Maia, Bellatrix, Deneb, ...)&#xD;&#xA;* Names of (semi-)fictious Star Trek planets (Chronos, Vulcan, Risa, Bajor, ...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes when I can't think of a good set I use [Google Sets][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_traditional_star_names&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://labs.google.com/sets" />
  <row Id="39926" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22441" RevisionGUID="f0683a23-ac7e-4249-b5f3-4170ba8e17fc" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:23:08.520" UserId="8696" Text="I mostly use names from a **set of names**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Examples:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Characters from animated series (Simpsons, American Dad, Family Guy)&#xD;&#xA;* Names of [real stars][1] (Sol, Arktur, Maia, Bellatrix, Deneb, ...)&#xD;&#xA;* Names of (semi-)fictious Star Trek planets (Chronos, Vulcan, Risa, Bajor, ...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes when I can't think of a good set I use [Google Sets][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_traditional_star_names&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://labs.google.com/sets" />
  <row Id="39927" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22441" RevisionGUID="f0683a23-ac7e-4249-b5f3-4170ba8e17fc" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:23:08.520" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39928" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="22413" RevisionGUID="e7816865-ed69-4ac7-92ff-cfb45bb0cfc6" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:31:17.523" UserId="45" Comment="edited tags; deleted 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="39929" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22413" RevisionGUID="e7816865-ed69-4ac7-92ff-cfb45bb0cfc6" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:31:17.523" UserId="45" Comment="edited tags; deleted 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="We have some Web Apps running in IIS 6. They are running in the Default AppPool which identitiy is Network Service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Apps connect to a local SQL Server 2005 Express Instance (SP2) and use a trusted connection. SQL Server runs also with Network Service identity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Without granting explicit permissions, our webapps are able to query the DB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can this happen and which permissions does our app effectively have?" />
  <row Id="39930" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="22413" RevisionGUID="e7816865-ed69-4ac7-92ff-cfb45bb0cfc6" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:31:17.523" UserId="45" Comment="edited tags; deleted 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="Why can the Network Service account select rows in a SQL Server 2005 DB without granting permissions" />
  <row Id="39931" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22442" RevisionGUID="64f0ded9-7121-4adf-8008-23dd454d2dab" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:33:00.280" UserId="6965" Text="For PCs, we use our company name, followed by the number from the asset tag.  Simple, predictable, and makes it much easier for any remote user to tell you which machine they're on." />
  <row Id="39932" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22442" RevisionGUID="64f0ded9-7121-4adf-8008-23dd454d2dab" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:33:00.280" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39933" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22443" RevisionGUID="dfa1a5a6-390c-4a56-b028-ec274d52ddbc" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:35:34.767" UserId="7027" Text="In a batch file, do I have to do (e.g.) the following?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    @echo off&#xD;&#xA;    call other.bat %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39934" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22443" RevisionGUID="dfa1a5a6-390c-4a56-b028-ec274d52ddbc" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:35:34.767" UserId="7027" Text="Do Windows batch files have a %* construction?" />
  <row Id="39935" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22443" RevisionGUID="dfa1a5a6-390c-4a56-b028-ec274d52ddbc" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:35:34.767" UserId="7027" Text="&lt;batch-file&gt;" />
  <row Id="39936" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22444" RevisionGUID="07146a75-4b22-49e4-9bab-824ba3b77321" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:37:07.603" UserId="7027" Text="Windows batch files (since Windows XP, but possibly earlier) support the `%*` construct, which evaluates to all the parameters from %1 onwards.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, this doesn't honour the `SHIFT` command, so the following won't work:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    @echo off&#xD;&#xA;    set EATEN=%1&#xD;&#xA;    shift&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    call other.bat %*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It'll still pass the first parameter on to the second batch file.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39937" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22445" RevisionGUID="f7bef16f-2c18-4604-b3d5-c87dd27d71b3" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:38:52.937" UserId="8837" Text="Virtualbox is a nice piece of virtualization software." />
  <row Id="39938" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19398" RevisionGUID="3e9370ee-ab9a-4c9a-9068-ef398d25c3e3" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:39:38.567" UserId="7709" Comment="added 3 characters in body" Text="&quot;Good&quot; and &quot;Not Expensive&quot; don't usually belong in the same sentence together...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, here's some general pointers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) If you're on the cheap, go for an Intel Core 2 processor. Dual or Quad Core, whichever, depending on how many VMs you want to run. Choose the ones with the biggest cache you can afford.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) The other advantage of running a Core 2 is that RAM (DDR2) is exceptionally cheap. You need lots of it. Lots and lots. 8Gb would be a good number to start at. Note that because this is on the cheap, there will be no error checking (ECC), so it's not really that ideal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) Disk I/O is never going to be as good as it would be in a native solution, but it all comes down to what you want. Highly Redundant and Super Fast? RAID10. Massive storage with low cost? RAID5. By spending $200 on a motherboard you should get one with on-board RAID, but don't be suprised if it doesn't do RAID5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) Steer clear of massive disks. My most recent app server has 5x 1TB drives, and I had a disk fail the other week. 1TB is a lot of storage to risk. Again, go for big cache over capacity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5) Most good motherboards will have dual NICs, however if they don't, any half-decent PCI nic should do. If budget permits, get a dual nic card and use redundancy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the record, the app server I recently deployed using desktop components is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Core 2 Quad 2.8Ghz&#xD;&#xA;    8Gb DDR2 RAM&#xD;&#xA;    5x 1TB RAID-5 (SATA-150)&#xD;&#xA;    Adaptec RAID card&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And it runs quite nicely. On the flip site, the last app server I deployed with server components is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Dual Quad-Core Xeon 2.4Ghz&#xD;&#xA;    24Gb FB-DIMM ECC REG'd RAM&#xD;&#xA;    3x 74Gb SAS Disks&#xD;&#xA;    iSCSI remote disks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Budget permitting, I would choose the 2nd server any day." />
  <row Id="39939" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22446" RevisionGUID="a0cdbaa8-ceb4-404b-984c-04e854ffee20" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:43:20.913" UserId="4946" Text="[Yes they do.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntcmds.mspx?mfr=true" />
  <row Id="39940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22447" RevisionGUID="8e2503ce-4d03-496d-95f1-d328b778a07e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:43:40.383" UserId="4924" Text="I had these messages when libc6-xen was not installed in the xen domU. So verify you have that package installed...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    apt-get install libc6-xen&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When another variant of the libc is used, it will still work but it will be slower as the kernel has to catch the bad operation and do the right thing instead. The message quoted is generated by the kernel precisely in that situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So you guessed it right, that doesn't explain why mongrel stops. Check mongrel's documentation to enable debugging logs if it has any. Otherwise you can always try to strace the process until it fails... the end of the log will give you hints on how it fails, and maybe you'll find why." />
  <row Id="39941" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22448" RevisionGUID="620cbc78-9de4-4bcb-b8f8-1c2c0d3a4ac9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:44:10.443" UserId="7709" Text="I recently deployed a server with 5x 1TB drives (I won't mention their brand, but it was one of the big two). I was initially warned against getting large capacity drives, as a friend advised me that they have a very low MTBF, and I would be better getting more, smaller capacity drives as they are not 'being pushed to the limit' in terms of what the technology can handle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since then, three of the five disks have failed. Thankfully I was able to replace and rebuild the array before the next disk failed, but it's got me very very worried.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are your thoughts? Did I just get them in a bad batch? Or are newer/higher capacity disks more likely to fail than tried and tested disks?" />
  <row Id="39942" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22448" RevisionGUID="620cbc78-9de4-4bcb-b8f8-1c2c0d3a4ac9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:44:10.443" UserId="7709" Text="High Failure Rate of Large Drives?" />
  <row Id="39943" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22448" RevisionGUID="620cbc78-9de4-4bcb-b8f8-1c2c0d3a4ac9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:44:10.443" UserId="7709" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;failure&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="39944" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18833" RevisionGUID="75bf4243-91a3-42cd-aaeb-b02475da9d13" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:44:52.707" UserId="621" Comment="some more info" Text="I recently upgraded one servers (running RHEL AS 5) from OpenSSH 4 server to OpenSSH 5.2 server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since the upgrade a customer is unable to scp files from the machine anymore. They use an ssh client from http://ssh.com/. &#xD;&#xA;I can scp files from and to the machine using openssh without problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use &quot;Public key authentication&quot; and they are still able to ssh to the machine but not scp files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any known -obvious- cause for such incompatibilities? If not how can I dig deeper into this issue?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a log from the client side:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	user@srv/home/user&gt; /usr/local/bin/scp -v cdr@xxx.xxx.xxx.51:/home/cdr/test .&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshAppCommon/sshappcommon.c:133: Allocating global SshRegex context.&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:499: Received error &quot;SSH_FC_OK&quot;., msg: Globbing successful.&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:564: Starting transfer...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:/home/cdr/test&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:3018: File list has 2 files.&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:2567: Not yet connected, or connection down, waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFileCopy/sshfilecopy.c:940: Connecting to remote host. (host = xxx.xxx.xxx.51, user = cdr, port = NULL)&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[0] = /usr/local/bin/ssh2&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[1] = -l&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[2] = cdr&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[3] = -v&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[4] = -x&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[5] = -a&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[6] = -o&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[7] = clearallforwardings yes&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[8] = -o&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[9] = passwordprompt %U@%H's password: &#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[10] = -o&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[11] = nodelay yes&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[12] = -o&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[13] = authenticationnotify yes&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[14] = xxx.xxx.xxx.51&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[15] = -s&#xD;&#xA;	scp:Scp2/scp2.c:1679: argv[16] = sftp&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Connecting to xxx.xxx.xxx.51, port 22... (SOCKS not used)&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2/ssh2.c:2121: Entering event loop.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Client/sshclient.c:1403: Creating transport protocol.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshAuthMethodClient/sshauthmethodc.c:83: Added &quot;publickey&quot; to usable methods.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshAuthMethodClient/sshauthmethodc.c:83: Added &quot;password&quot; to usable methods.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Client/sshclient.c:1444: Creating userauth protocol.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: client supports 2 auth methods: 'publickey,password'&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:559: local ip = xxx.xxx.xxx.35, local port = 56985&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:561: remote ip = xxx.xxx.xxx.51, remote port = 22&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshConnection/sshconn.c:1930: Wrapping...&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2/ssh2.c:899: Opening /dev/tty for queries.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Remote version: SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.2&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Transport/trcommon.c:1306: Remote version has rekey incompatibility bug.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Transport/trcommon.c:1308: Remote version is OpenSSH, KEX guesses disabled.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Transport/trcommon.c:1647: lang s to c: `', lang c to s: `'&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Transport/trcommon.c:1712: c_to_s: cipher aes128-cbc, mac hmac-sha1, compression none&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Transport/trcommon.c:1715: s_to_c: cipher aes128-cbc, mac hmac-sha1, compression none&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Remote host key found from database.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:317: Received SSH_CROSS_STARTUP packet from connection protocol.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:367: Received SSH_CROSS_ALGORITHMS packet from connection protocol.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: server offers auth methods 'publickey,password,keyboard-interactive'.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2AuthPubKeyClient/authc-pubkey.c:1535: adding keyfile &quot;/devapp_users/nsdtest/.ssh2/nsdau187&quot; to candidates&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2AuthPubKeyClient/authc-pubkey.c:1535: adding keyfile &quot;/devapp_users/nsdtest/.ssh2/id_dsa_1024_a&quot; to candidates&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2AuthPubKeyClient/authc-pubkey.c:1535: adding keyfile &quot;/devapp_users/nsdtest/.ssh2/id_dsa_1024_b&quot; to candidates&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Constructing and sending signature in publickey authentication.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2AuthPubKeyClient/authc-pubkey.c:772: ssh_client_auth_pubkey_send_signature: reading /devapp_users/nsdtest/.ssh2/nsdau187&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2AuthPubKeyClient/authc-pubkey.c:1751: Public key authentication was successful.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:285: Received SSH_CROSS_AUTHENTICATED packet from connection protocol.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2/ssh2.c:650: Returning user input stream to original values.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:829: num_channels now 1&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:130: Source file is &quot;raw&quot;, and it needs to be parsed.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshTtyFlags/sshttyflags.c:354: Not a tty. (fd = 0)&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFileXferClient/sshfilexferc.c:981: ssh_file_client_receive_proc: bad VERSION&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	scp:SshFCTransfer/sshfc_transfer.c:1319: No connection yet. Waiting...&#xD;&#xA;	[...] same until the user presses Ctrl+C&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	user@srv/home/user&gt; debug: SshConnection/sshconn.c:405: EOF from channel stream&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2ChannelSession/sshchsession.c:1721: received exit status : 0&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Common/sshcommon.c:803: num_channels now 0&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Got session close with exit_status=0&#xD;&#xA;	debug: destroying client struct...&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Client/sshclient.c:1478: Destroying client.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshConfig/sshconfig.c:555: Freeing pki. (host_pki != NULL, user_pki = NULL)&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshConnection/sshconn.c:1982: Destroying SshConn object.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: Ssh2Client/sshclient.c:1540: Destroying client completed.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshAuthMethodClient/sshauthmethodc.c:88: Destroying authentication method array.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshAppCommon/sshappcommon.c:146: Freeing global SshRegex context.&#xD;&#xA;	debug: SshConfig/sshconfig.c:555: Freeing pki. (host_pki = NULL, user_pki = NULL)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And here are the entries form the server log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	Jun 3 07:22:36 localhost sshd[19898]: Accepted publickey for cdr from xxx.xxx.xx.x port 53119 ssh2&#xD;&#xA;	Jun 3 07:22:36 localhost sshd[19900]: subsystem request for sftp&#xD;&#xA;	Jun 3 07:22:58 localhost snmpd[8500]: netsnmp_assert index == tmp failed if-mib/data_access/interface.c:467 _access_interface_entry_save_name()&#xD;&#xA;	Jun 3 07:23:58 localhost last message repeated 4 times&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: &quot;Subsystem sftp internal-sftp&quot; is already enabled in the conf file, and I can sftp files form the server without problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Trying without the keys by specifying a username/password does not work either.&#xD;&#xA;Reverting back to the older version works, so that's what we are doing for now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Btw we suspected this line&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    debug: SshTtyFlags/sshttyflags.c:354: Not a tty. (fd = 0)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;might mean the shell is sending something which is showing on the ssh console but messing up the scp, but nothing seems to be sent on ssh (and .bashrc seems clean) and I cannot view the decrypted scp traffic to see if something is being sent wrongly." />
  <row Id="39945" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22449" RevisionGUID="19621d4c-6621-48fc-ae25-5a8b77afdb4f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:46:06.820" UserId="3994" Text="I'd call 'm HAL or DeepThought" />
  <row Id="39946" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22446" RevisionGUID="3b59b581-f91d-43df-bb31-f10aa3512126" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:49:00.433" UserId="4946" Comment="added 207 characters in body" Text="[Yes they do.][1] (&lt;-- this is a link!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And shift should also be supported... See [this][2]. (&lt;-- another one ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntcmds.mspx?mfr=true&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntcmds.mspx?mfr=true" />
  <row Id="39947" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22450" RevisionGUID="c8a3535e-176d-4af0-be20-cc2915138345" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:50:18.717" UserId="4955" Text="In a very small shop years ago (free standing servers)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The domain controller is always right. So it was called &quot;Right&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's sister (web and SQL) was therefore &quot;Left&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The later 3rd server (running custom emulator software) was under a different desk and was called &quot;Middle&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sad, pointless, amusing." />
  <row Id="39948" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22450" RevisionGUID="c8a3535e-176d-4af0-be20-cc2915138345" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:50:18.717" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22451" RevisionGUID="be353b17-8235-4777-bbe7-f64571486dc6" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:55:43.447" UserId="6365" Text="Always use smaller capacity hard drives for production use. Never checked the physics behind it but smaller disks just tend to brake down less often. That's what everybody always told me." />
  <row Id="39950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22452" RevisionGUID="14759069-26a5-4311-be15-ebc8f875c54c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:56:20.203" UserId="1435" Text="Our servers are named by physical location first (we have thousands of servers and loads of datacentres) then an underscore and their function, as that often changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For instance 44lntmc09a07_wlo11 (uk,london,datacentre,rack,blade enclose,slot_weblogic on OEL server 11).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This way we always know where our servers are but have a 'temporary' short name for it's function." />
  <row Id="39951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22453" RevisionGUID="9c0e851f-b75c-4d65-aa87-c058ac874451" CreationDate="2009-06-09T09:58:39.823" UserId="2489" Text="This is a hard question to answer unless you have the resources of a large organization.  See [Google's research into hard disk failures][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When doing a significant purchase of disks, I will determine the rough disk size with the lowest cost per byte, which is generally one generation older than the latest.  This makes sense that they will improved that generation's reliability. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://labs.google.com/papers/disk_failures.html" />
  <row Id="39952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22454" RevisionGUID="9163abac-7daf-4d99-9559-a4d55b6a418a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:00:03.643" UserId="8675" Text="I believe a higher than normal failure rate is indicative of any new technology.&#xD;&#xA;I've always been told never to buy the first model year of a car, wait until they work the bugs out. I'd say the same thing probably holds true for many other things, including hard drives." />
  <row Id="39953" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22455" RevisionGUID="e1f3633d-8798-4f4f-8694-7fc5c12e4bf3" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:00:29.320" UserId="3994" Text="Did you create an array with disks all from the same batch and all shipped from the same supplier?&#xD;&#xA;I was told that is a bad thing to do..." />
  <row Id="39954" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22055" RevisionGUID="05e7689c-5063-4ef9-a3f5-9abc8d55fa30" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:01:10.440" UserId="4925" Comment="improve descriptions; deleted 2 characters in body" Text="Hi All!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for free opensource DNS server that can keep all the data in DB backend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently I found next solutions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - MyDNS-ng (looks OK - fork from MyDNS) &#xD;&#xA; - PowerDNS (looks like OK) &#xD;&#xA; - Bind9 with DLZ (Native support, can be tricky to configure)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It need to be fast and get new zones nearly immediately as they appear in database (not every 10 minutes or so).&#xD;&#xA;In my scenario I create many subdomains to one main domain. The zone layout will be the same for all subdomains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, can anyone tell me any other options or some glitches with current one?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---- &#xD;&#xA;Ok, I decided to use MyDNS or PowerDNS as hidden zone master (will try both).&#xD;&#xA;Slave servers (probalby BIND9) will see updates immediately by using RFC1996 (DNS NOTIFY).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any additional updates?" />
  <row Id="39955" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22446" RevisionGUID="3758dd12-43c5-4357-99e8-b7569107ab7a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:04:18.797" UserId="4946" Comment="deleted 10 characters in body; deleted 8 characters in body" Text="[Yes they do.][1] (&lt;-- this is a link!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And shift should also be supported... See [this][2]. (&lt;-- another one ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/percent.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/shift.mspx" />
  <row Id="39956" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22456" RevisionGUID="be8f6fc4-4f2b-44ae-9e85-6d29ea6617b2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:06:28.730" UserId="1435" Text="Just buy a HP DL380 G6, they're the BMW 3-series of servers, well engineered slighty overpriced but hugely capable for 90% of usage cases, and can be ran into the ground over a decade or so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's why they're something like 40% of all servers sold worldwide, they're a no-brained unless you're on a very tight budget." />
  <row Id="39957" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22457" RevisionGUID="7928a902-96dd-4799-ab9e-14ceec259d22" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:07:20.617" UserId="137" Text="If I get an IP KVM, what type of Power Distribution Unit (PDU) would I need in order to perform cold boots of a server? Would I need a switched type of PDU or will any PDU be okay?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am looking for a cheap solution so that I can reboot a single server at a remote location." />
  <row Id="39958" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22457" RevisionGUID="7928a902-96dd-4799-ab9e-14ceec259d22" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:07:20.617" UserId="137" Text="Cold Booting a Server over IP KVM - Which Type of PDU is Required?" />
  <row Id="39959" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22457" RevisionGUID="7928a902-96dd-4799-ab9e-14ceec259d22" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:07:20.617" UserId="137" Text="&lt;ipkvm&gt;&lt;pdu&gt;" />
  <row Id="39960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22458" RevisionGUID="93c7f58c-d91d-451a-be7e-b0d71d8cd55b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:08:16.713" UserDisplayName="Damage" Text="I have set up a Windows SBS 2003 domain (LAN) and a stand-alone Windows 2008 Server (web server) at another location (workgroup). I established PPTP VPN connection (SBS dials web server) over which users from LAN should be able to access web server. There's the problem - I can not enable web server file shares to be visible to LAN users. It seems it is not RRAS problem (I've had a remote session with Microsoft RRAS team). It is more likely a firewall problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The final step I've made (with MS Support) is - I have assigned local (!) number (192.x.x.x) to internet adapter which solved temporary solved problem. After a while for no reason adapter lost all IP assignments and was assignnet 169.x.x.x address and stopped responding over net.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I switched to another network card and reconfigured it from a scratch. Now it responds to external IPs and also has has internal 192.x.x.x number assigned but file sharing does not work. Telnet on port 445 works but I can not enable telnet on 139. How can I enable listener on 139 or has anyone experience with such case? How can I put VPN connection to Private profile and to make it work - right now it does not (i have opened firewall ports on private profile)?" />
  <row Id="39961" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22458" RevisionGUID="93c7f58c-d91d-451a-be7e-b0d71d8cd55b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:08:16.713" UserDisplayName="Damage" Text="How to enable file sharing over PPTP on WIndows 2008 Server" />
  <row Id="39962" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22458" RevisionGUID="93c7f58c-d91d-451a-be7e-b0d71d8cd55b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:08:16.713" UserDisplayName="Damage" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;site-to-site-vpn&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;file-sharing&gt;" />
  <row Id="39963" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22459" RevisionGUID="60fa8498-7978-4a8b-936e-978cf6d24a73" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:08:50.253" UserId="6767" Text="You probably got a bad batch.  I am nervous about deploying arrays built from disks from the same batch for that reason -- they are likely to have a similar life-span, which makes getting replacements potentially very exciting when one fails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It isn't impossible that there is some design defect with the drives, that's definitely happened before; however usually the Internet is full of complaints about the drive if there is really something wrong with it, as opposed to the usual background noise that you'll find about anything." />
  <row Id="39964" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22446" RevisionGUID="440ac391-cfe4-4f76-86e7-1d2fe9241b8e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:10:06.837" UserId="4946" Comment="added 158 characters in body; added 12 characters in body" Text="[Yes they do.][1] (&lt;-- this is a link!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And shift should also be supported... See [this][2]. (&lt;-- another one ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But indeed, that last link confirms that shift doesn't work with %*: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;• Using %* with **shift**  &#xD;&#xA;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;**Shift** has no affect on the %* batch parameter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/percent.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/shift.mspx" />
  <row Id="39965" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22055" RevisionGUID="ee0eb8a4-d6d0-4fdb-9417-6b5468b82429" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:10:22.980" UserId="4925" Comment="bind dlz dead" Text="Hi All!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for free opensource DNS server that can keep all the data in DB backend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently I found next solutions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - MyDNS-ng (looks OK - fork from MyDNS) &#xD;&#xA; - PowerDNS (looks like OK) &#xD;&#xA; - Bind9 with DLZ (additional patches, can be tricky to configure, last update in 2004)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It need to be fast and get new zones nearly immediately as they appear in database (not every 10 minutes or so).&#xD;&#xA;In my scenario I create many subdomains to one main domain. The zone layout will be the same for all subdomains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, can anyone tell me any other options or some glitches with current one?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---- &#xD;&#xA;Ok, I decided to use MyDNS or PowerDNS as hidden zone master (will try both).&#xD;&#xA;Slave servers (probalby BIND9) will see updates immediately by using RFC1996 (DNS NOTIFY).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any additional updates?" />
  <row Id="39967" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22461" RevisionGUID="60a1f527-62bc-494d-9d66-b6e7558e82a8" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:13:28.060" UserDisplayName="ZeD" Text="Anime ships/mecha (yamato, swordfishII, eva, RX-75 Guntank, etc..)" />
  <row Id="39968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22462" RevisionGUID="c10990fc-a8b8-48e6-adf3-8bb14f09e84c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:22:13.507" Text="&lt;p&gt;I know this sounds terrible, but I have a web app that has no users in the Philippines, but is constantly bombarded by spammers, carders testing cards, and other BS from there. I can see in the logs that they have ips in the Philippines and are initially finding my site via google.ph or other .ph sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have pretty good filters and security checks in place, so they don't really cause much damage, but nonetheless, I'm really getting tired of it.  They use up bandwidth, fill up my database, abuse logs, and security logs with crap, waste my time terming accounts, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know 99.999999999999999999999999999999% of Philippine citizens aren't spammers, and I can't just block every country that annoys me, but at this point, I think it's time to just kiss the Philippines good-by.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know they can then spoof, but at least I can make them work for it a bit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I know there are a few geoip services out there.  Anyone know of any free or inexpensive services?  Or any other way to filter out traffic from a specific country?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm running PHP on Apache 2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding some of the answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like I said, I have very good automatic security in place, I know people can come from other places, and I know that people in PH can spoof (though the ones that I am having problems with, may not be that technically able - they use desktop auto-browsing software and/or cheap data entry labor, as far as I can tell).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm also aware of the fact that I can't just block every country that annoys me.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, PH gives me no benefit whatsoever.  I have never made a dollar from there, but they have originated 85% of my problems over the last three years, and are nothing but a huge wasting time-suck for me.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know blocking countries is not a great practice, and has many problems, but for this country, I will make an exception.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you feel like telling me what a bad idea this is, please feel free to do so, but also consider that things change, I can always un-block later, and just because I block the one country as part of my overall security scheme, doesn't mean I have to block other countries later.  Be a little flexible in your thinking...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39969" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22462" RevisionGUID="c10990fc-a8b8-48e6-adf3-8bb14f09e84c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:22:13.507" Text="Relatively easy way to block all traffic from a specific country?" />
  <row Id="39970" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22462" RevisionGUID="c10990fc-a8b8-48e6-adf3-8bb14f09e84c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:22:13.507" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;country&gt;&lt;spam&gt;&lt;abuse&gt;" />
  <row Id="39971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22463" RevisionGUID="676c0768-c452-42ff-bc49-30525d9290ef" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:26:49.253" UserId="483" Text="&lt;p&gt;So what will you do when the spammers start coming from other countries (or better yet start routing their traffic through the US?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39972" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22464" RevisionGUID="3665f561-e1e8-4119-885c-89f59382024c" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:32:25.170" Text="&lt;p&gt;You could do this based on IP address using a free IP Locatin API like IPInfoDB &lt;a href=&quot;http://ipinfodb.com/index.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://ipinfodb.com/index.php&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22465" RevisionGUID="fe5fc2e1-8a0e-4b9a-9b06-9d317c541c48" CreationDate="2009-06-08T20:32:35.357" Text="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.analysespider.com/ip2country/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This site&lt;/a&gt; seems to offer a ip to country database for $50.  Not quite free, but pretty cheap.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39974" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22446" RevisionGUID="be881d4f-b159-49c5-9931-1ca38ed36360" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:17:10.223" UserId="4946" Comment="deleted 28 characters in body" Text="[Yes they do.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And shift should also be supported... See [this][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But indeed, that last link confirms that shift doesn't work in combination with %*: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;• Using %* with **shift**  &#xD;&#xA;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;**Shift** has no affect on the %* batch parameter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/percent.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/shift.mspx" />
  <row Id="39975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22466" RevisionGUID="471297ee-86ac-4cf4-bfb6-47304851ddd5" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:19:02.653" UserId="7453" Text="I usually call them George. Get's rough after a while, but keeps the mind focused." />
  <row Id="39976" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22467" RevisionGUID="170273aa-2b6d-4fae-ac05-aa4279804e65" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:19:46.363" UserId="6609" Text="The www.cygwin.com mailing list seems to suggest the new &quot;native rxvt&quot; instead of bash in a cmd.exe Window. I have just installed it, and I must say its quite nice. Solved the top problem and it does feel much more like a proper UNIX terminal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For reference: http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-10/msg00470.html" />
  <row Id="39977" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22468" RevisionGUID="bfe9eb46-c573-45e5-a2f7-e56fe563aec1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:19:56.223" UserId="2623" Text="There is actually an [RFC (1178)][1] regarding best practice in naming computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The following is discouraged by this RFC:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Don't overload other terms already in common use.&#xD;&#xA; - Don't choose a name after a project unique to that machine.&#xD;&#xA; - Don't use your own name.&#xD;&#xA; - Don't use long names.&#xD;&#xA; - Avoid alternate spellings.&#xD;&#xA; - Avoid domain names&#xD;&#xA; - Don't use antagonistic or otherwise embarrassing names&#xD;&#xA; - Don't use digits at the beginning of the name.&#xD;&#xA; - Don't use non-alphanumeric characters in a name&#xD;&#xA; - Don't expect case to be preserved&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Guidence for naming given by this RFC is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Use words/names that are rarely used&#xD;&#xA; - Use theme names&#xD;&#xA; - Use real words&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And as always *&quot;There is always room for an exception&quot;*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1178.html" />
  <row Id="39978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22469" RevisionGUID="e796a197-7fa7-4575-bef4-1f920dfaf069" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:21:26.297" UserId="8844" Text="Depending how much detail you want a frequently measured MOS score may well fulfill your requirement&#xD;&#xA;[MOS][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://voip.about.com/od/voipbasics/a/MOS.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The link given above will suggest some tools but if you have any devices that manage VoIP (intelligent switches, routers or a VoIP PBX) then that could also measure the MOS score for you" />
  <row Id="39979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22470" RevisionGUID="997ed18a-4ef0-42a1-a946-fe397885e568" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:22:21.133" UserDisplayName="Charlie Barrett" Text="Hi&#xD;&#xA;Looking to replace Win XP Pro 'file server' we have for a Visual FoxPro invoicing app running upto 15 users with around 10 DBF's. Basically we've hit XP's incoming connection limit...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions on a NAS for this usage (make/model)? I realise I could use FreeNAS, or Linux+SAMBA, but thought a dedicated NAS would make life easier!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance!" />
  <row Id="39980" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22470" RevisionGUID="997ed18a-4ef0-42a1-a946-fe397885e568" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:22:21.133" UserDisplayName="Charlie Barrett" Text="NAS as VFP file Server?" />
  <row Id="39981" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22470" RevisionGUID="997ed18a-4ef0-42a1-a946-fe397885e568" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:22:21.133" UserDisplayName="Charlie Barrett" Text="&lt;nas&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="39982" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22471" RevisionGUID="e277695e-8709-49d9-8951-65111c15f50e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:24:39.677" UserId="8839" Text="It seems that most mmorpg games have some regular server maintenance, some every day, some once a week. What is it that they actually have to do, and why is it necessary ? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you start with such a project what can you do to avoid this ?" />
  <row Id="39983" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22471" RevisionGUID="e277695e-8709-49d9-8951-65111c15f50e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:24:39.677" UserId="8839" Text="MMORPG server maintenance" />
  <row Id="39984" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22471" RevisionGUID="e277695e-8709-49d9-8951-65111c15f50e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:24:39.677" UserId="8839" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;maintenance&gt;" />
  <row Id="39985" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22472" RevisionGUID="eec81728-58b1-49d8-82e3-60fd66a86576" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:25:20.127" UserId="7649" Text="Turns out it was a passenger + sqlite + nginx + unix permissions problem.  &#xD;&#xA;I &quot;solved&quot; it by migrating to MySQL" />
  <row Id="39986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22473" RevisionGUID="95688d10-4758-4dcf-bae0-701709fdabaa" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:25:50.407" UserId="5110" Text="We used to name computers after lochs, but I ran out of names of lochs.  I then started naming them after the service tags (we use exclusively Dell machines) but that got silly quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We now name them with the company initials and abrief description of the machine, such as &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **csphyshost01** as a virtualserver host&#xD;&#xA; - **csvm01** as a virtual server instnace&#xD;&#xA; - **csdev01** as a development machine&#xD;&#xA; - **csman01** as a management machine &#xD;&#xA; - **cssales01** as a sales machine&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only thing is that it's not very friendly!" />
  <row Id="39987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22474" RevisionGUID="c6c7301d-b705-4af5-bfa1-26ea8febe5c2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:28:14.647" UserId="8843" Text="I would like to make a backup solution to be a computer with a **single external USB hard drive** from which the **(1) system boots** and **(2) stores backups**. So in case of any problems with the box, we just move the external hard drive to another box and we have full access to data and backup works again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem I am running to, is that the box is capable of booting from USB, I've verified this on a small 80G USB hard drive. But when I plug in the 1,5TB hard drive it ignores it, and does not see. Sometimes it even freezes on BIOS screen (where RAM and CPU info are displayed)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More info:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. If I boot from internal HD (I don't want it in final configuration), the USB disk works ok.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. I have installed Linux on the first partition (which is 3GB big) of the USB HD, so there &#xD;&#xA;shouldn't be problems with to big partitions for BIOS or?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Newer BIOS updates (dated 2005) don't seem to remove any USB related issues, so I haven't yet performed any BIOS updates. Motherboard is **Intel D865PCD**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where else could I dig into?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="39988" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22474" RevisionGUID="c6c7301d-b705-4af5-bfa1-26ea8febe5c2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:28:14.647" UserId="8843" Text="Boot Linux from big (1.5TB) USB external hard drive" />
  <row Id="39989" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22474" RevisionGUID="c6c7301d-b705-4af5-bfa1-26ea8febe5c2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:28:14.647" UserId="8843" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;usb&gt;&lt;boot&gt;" />
  <row Id="39990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22475" RevisionGUID="ed35340d-844f-4a63-a91e-ca1769c570c1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:30:44.627" UserId="333" Text="How do you fix a bug in code?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Like so?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bug:&#xD;&#xA;Add(2,2) returns 0, should return 4.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fixed code:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    int Add(int x, int y)&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;       if (x == 2 &amp;&amp; y == 2)&#xD;&#xA;          { return 4; }&#xD;&#xA;       return 0;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously not. You don't just create a teetering monstrosity of special cases, that's enormously fragile and a recipe for disaster. You also don't just patch TODAY'S symptom of the underlying problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instead, figure out the root cause, and fix that. This is far more robust than any hacky special-case patch you could implement.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why is your web app vulnerable to spam? What characteristics make it vulnerable? What characteristics make it a valuable target? Are there ways you can change those characteristics to make your app more robust against spam and less of a tempting target? Almost certainly the answer to these questions is yes. Add validation chains to your forms, use a captcha intelligently, randomize urls and/or parameter names to make them unfriendly to bots. There are millions of ways to approach this problem, I'm sorry to say you have chosen one of the least valuable, least useful, and most fragile solutions out there." />
  <row Id="39991" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22475" RevisionGUID="ed35340d-844f-4a63-a91e-ca1769c570c1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:30:44.627" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="39992" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22476" RevisionGUID="23cf41bd-2774-4475-ade5-69a836733d17" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:34:23.120" UserId="5308" Text="The vast majority of hardware installed in Service Provider cores can forward IPv6 packets.  There may be issues with the rate of forwarding or memory requirements but they will do it as long as they are configured for it and that relevant licenses / software versions are installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The place where the majority of equipment *cannot* support v6 is at the customer edge.  I am not aware of any off the shelf commodity CPE (i.e. sub $100) capable of IPv6.  No one is going to be able to roll IPv6 out on consumer grade broadband while they have to pay hundreds of dollars for Cisco hardware to do the job." />
  <row Id="39993" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22446" RevisionGUID="9f38d5aa-3145-4827-8409-3208db4cdd90" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:36:57.653" UserId="4946" Comment="added 83 characters in body" Text="[Yes they do.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can write your example as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    @echo off&#xD;&#xA;    call other.bat %*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also: shift is supported on windows... See [this][2].  &#xD;&#xA;But indeed, that last link confirms that shift doesn't work in combination with %*: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;• Using %* with **shift**  &#xD;&#xA;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;**Shift** has no affect on the %* batch parameter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/percent.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/shift.mspx" />
  <row Id="39994" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22477" RevisionGUID="0d7528ca-4618-4e59-8fc4-cecae113e687" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:37:59.197" UserId="2561" Text="Are they all on the same computer or disk controller?  You did say you had to rebuild the array.  If this is the case, then maybe something is faulty with the controller, power supply, or memory? If not I would also guess a faulty batch of drives.  Also, there might be a compatibility issue with whatever particular drives you are using with that particular controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, I wonder when people say that larger disks have a higher MTBF how that is calculated.  Lets say you have 2x250 GB and 1x500 GB disks.  Maybe this is naive, but wouldn't the drive that holds twice as have more data it could fail with? I guess I don't know if MTBF includes any misread or miswrite, or if it means the disk becomes mechanically broken.  Does anyone know if there is a strict industry standard and definition of MTBF for hard disks?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="39995" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22458" RevisionGUID="3bf47211-95ce-4300-a2e3-811edeb446fb" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:40:22.080" UserDisplayName="Damage" Comment="added 71 characters in body" Text="I have set up a Windows SBS 2003 domain (LAN) and a stand-alone Windows 2008 Server (web server) at another location (workgroup). I established PPTP VPN connection (SBS dials web server) over which users from LAN should be able to access web server. There's the problem - I can not enable web server file shares to be visible to LAN users. It seems it is not RRAS problem (I've had a remote session with Microsoft RRAS team). It is more likely a firewall problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The final step I've made (with MS Support) is - I have assigned local (!) number (192.x.x.x) to internet adapter which solved temporary solved problem. After a while for no reason adapter lost all IP assignments and was assignnet 169.x.x.x address and stopped responding over net.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I switched to another network card and reconfigured it from a scratch. Now it responds to external IPs and also has has internal 192.x.x.x number assigned but file sharing does not work. Telnet on port 445 works but I can not enable telnet on 139. How can I enable listener on 139 on specific IP or has anyone experience with such case - I do not want wo expose NetBios on internet interface? How can I put VPN connection to Private profile and to make it work - right now it does not (i have opened firewall ports on private profile)?" />
  <row Id="39996" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22398" RevisionGUID="f6eac080-5da8-41ed-9d90-d550b8f27925" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:41:20.330" UserId="8548" Comment="advised on the outcome of David's answer; edited body" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm running CentOS 5 on a Dell PowerEdge R200. I have installed OpenManage Server Administrator specifically to monitor the HDDs (x2 250GB RAID1) in the machine and alert of any issues or failures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have also installed the SAS 5/iR / 6/iR Device driver as the machine has SATA2 HDDs, being an R200.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I can't get the storage devices to display in the OMSA web interface. I can't find the answer anywhere else so I am wondering if any of you guys have experienced the same issue before.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you in advance,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Flick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;::UPDATE::&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;upon restarting all the services as suggested below by David, the following occurs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@xx ~]# for i in dsm_om_shrsvc instsvcdrv dataeng dsm_om_connsvc ; do service $i stop  ; done&#xD;&#xA;    Shutting down DSM SA Shared Services:                      [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Stopping Systems Management Data Engine:&#xD;&#xA;    Stopping dsm_sa_snmp32d:                                   [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;    Stopping dsm_sa_eventmgr32d:                               [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;    Stopping dsm_sa_datamgr32d:                                [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;    Stopping Systems Management Device Drivers:&#xD;&#xA;    Stopping dell_rbu:                                         [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;    Stopping Systems Management Data Engine:&#xD;&#xA;    Stopping dsm_sa_snmp32d: Not started                       [FAILED]&#xD;&#xA;    Stopping dsm_sa_eventmgr32d: Not started                   [FAILED]&#xD;&#xA;    Stopping dsm_sa_datamgr32d: Not started                    [FAILED]&#xD;&#xA;    Shutting down DSM SA Connection Service:                   [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    [root@xx ~]# for i in dsm_om_shrsvc instsvcdrv dataeng dsm_om_connsvc ; do service $i start ; done&#xD;&#xA;    Starting DSM SA Shared Services:                           [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;    Starting Systems Management Device Drivers:&#xD;&#xA;    Starting dell_rbu:                                         [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;    Starting ipmi driver: Already started                      [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;    Starting Systems Management Data Engine:&#xD;&#xA;    Starting dsm_sa_datamgr32d:                                [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;    Starting dsm_sa_eventmgr32d:                               [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;    Starting dsm_sa_snmp32d:                                   [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;    Starting DSM SA Connection Service:                        [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;as you can see, dsm_sa_snmp32d, dsm_sa_eventmgr32d, dsm_sa_datamgr32d were not started in the first place and when I start all services they do start. However when I run the stop loop again, they are already stopped." />
  <row Id="39997" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22478" RevisionGUID="43b04c50-55e6-46da-a774-275fe1c5b508" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:44:50.743" UserId="8743" Text="Apt now comes with its own cron job /etc/cron.daily/apt and documentaion is found in the file itself:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #set -e&#xD;&#xA;    #    &#xD;&#xA;    # This file understands the following apt configuration variables:&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    #  &quot;APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists=1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    #  - Do &quot;apt-get update&quot; automatically every n-days (0=disable)&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    #  &quot;APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages=0&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;    #  - Do &quot;apt-get upgrade --download-only&quot; every n-days (0=disable)&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    #  &quot;APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    #  - Do &quot;apt-get autoclean&quot; every n-days (0=disable)&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    #  &quot;APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    #  - Run the &quot;unattended-upgrade&quot; security upgrade script&#xD;&#xA;    #    every n-days (0=disabled)&#xD;&#xA;    #    Requires the package &quot;unattended-upgrades&quot; and will write&#xD;&#xA;    #    a log in /var/log/unattended-upgrades&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    #  &quot;APT::Archives::MaxAge&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;    #  - Set maximum allowed age of a cache package file. If a cache&#xD;&#xA;    #    package file is older it is deleted (0=disable)&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    #  &quot;APT::Archives::MaxSize&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;    #  - Set maximum size of the cache in MB (0=disable). If the cache&#xD;&#xA;    #    is bigger, cached package files are deleted until the size&#xD;&#xA;    #    requirement is met (the biggest packages will be deleted&#xD;&#xA;    #    first).&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    #  &quot;APT::Archives::MinAge&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    #  - Set minimum age of a package file. If a file is younger it&#xD;&#xA;    #    will not be deleted (0=disable). Usefull to prevent races&#xD;&#xA;    #    and to keep backups of the packages for emergency.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="39999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22479" RevisionGUID="2d564fa2-842d-4bf7-ad17-0f677c6d7b85" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:44:59.870" UserId="3966" Text="I am currently running Varnish as a reverse proxy in front of our development website, testing before deployment into production. One of the things I've had to come to grips with is logging: in a direct access world, Apache logs the client IP address to `access_log` and `error_log`. This is slightly less useful when every client connection is from our Varnish box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've done some customization with `SetEnvIf` and `LogFormat`, and now our `access_log` intelligently logs the appropriate IP from `REMOTE_HOST` or `X-Forwarded-For`, depending on the source of the incoming connection. This doesn't do anything for `error_log` though. As far as I can tell, I can't override the client IP in this log.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, what are your solutions for logging in a reverse proxy world? Should I pretty much write off the standard Apache logging and focus my efforts somewhere else, ie. in code? I am interested in both usage statistics and security auditing here." />
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  <row Id="40003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22481" RevisionGUID="44762f4f-b3c0-4af3-a537-da97e8c69567" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:55:12.283" UserId="4479" Text="You have 3 options to cold boot a server remotely:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. A IP, managed(Switched) PDU that can turn the power outlets on / off &#xD;&#xA; 2. A Remote Management Card in the server(DRAC, Lights Out, etc)&#xD;&#xA; 3. A local set of hands&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The remote management card will provide both your power control, and remote KVM functionality.  If you have equipment that does not offer remote management, a switched/managed PDU is the way to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40004" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22482" RevisionGUID="4a511faa-cabc-49ce-bac3-b8141a9780c1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:55:21.707" UserId="1375" Text="I log everything in Varnish (`varnishlog` to a file, rotated hourly for a couple of days).  Lets me correlate exactly what's going on in Varnish with what's going on behind the scenes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your usage statistics, as you say, are mostly covered by judicious logging of `X-Forwarded-For`, although you can also use `varnishncsa` to do more complete access logging (so you know every hit on your site).  &quot;Security auditing&quot; is too broad to be able to make concrete recommendations." />
  <row Id="40005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22483" RevisionGUID="f6b9d6f6-9961-42f4-90f8-d0f7f0920cda" CreationDate="2009-06-09T10:57:13.340" UserId="8374" Text="we use the name of the room + cpu identifier + number that identifies the cpu&#xD;&#xA;(p if is pentium-intel; k if is k7-amd)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;so&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for example&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;accounting-p1&#xD;&#xA;accounting-p3&#xD;&#xA;accounting-p4&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in this case i skipped p2 because accounting-p1 is a pentium 133mhz; while accounting-p3 is a pentium3 733mhz; accounting-p4 is a pentium4 3.06 ghz&#xD;&#xA;naming computers is funny" />
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  <row Id="40008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22485" RevisionGUID="fb6f7c1b-facf-49a6-976d-937aedb3f1d4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:02:46.307" UserId="2361" Text="One word game names, e.g. unreal, doom, arkanoid, etc." />
  <row Id="40009" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22398" RevisionGUID="8190b6bc-1238-450d-b360-0b57d230da99" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:04:08.193" UserId="8548" Comment="added information" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm running CentOS 5 on a Dell PowerEdge R200. I have installed OpenManage Server Administrator specifically to monitor the HDDs (x2 250GB RAID1) in the machine and alert of any issues or failures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have also installed the SAS 5/iR / 6/iR Device driver as the machine has SATA2 HDDs, being an R200.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I can't get the storage devices to display in the OMSA web interface. I can't find the answer anywhere else so I am wondering if any of you guys have experienced the same issue before.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you in advance,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Flick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;::UPDATE::&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;upon restarting all the services as suggested below by David, the following occurs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@xx ~]# for i in dsm_om_shrsvc instsvcdrv dataeng dsm_om_connsvc ; do service $i stop  ; done&#xD;&#xA;    Shutting down DSM SA Shared Services:                      [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Stopping Systems Management Data Engine:&#xD;&#xA;    Stopping dsm_sa_snmp32d:                                   [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;    Stopping dsm_sa_eventmgr32d:                               [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;    Stopping dsm_sa_datamgr32d:                                [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;    Stopping Systems Management Device Drivers:&#xD;&#xA;    Stopping dell_rbu:                                         [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;    Stopping Systems Management Data Engine:&#xD;&#xA;    Stopping dsm_sa_snmp32d: Not started                       [FAILED]&#xD;&#xA;    Stopping dsm_sa_eventmgr32d: Not started                   [FAILED]&#xD;&#xA;    Stopping dsm_sa_datamgr32d: Not started                    [FAILED]&#xD;&#xA;    Shutting down DSM SA Connection Service:                   [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    [root@xx ~]# for i in dsm_om_shrsvc instsvcdrv dataeng dsm_om_connsvc ; do service $i start ; done&#xD;&#xA;    Starting DSM SA Shared Services:                           [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;    Starting Systems Management Device Drivers:&#xD;&#xA;    Starting dell_rbu:                                         [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;    Starting ipmi driver: Already started                      [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;    Starting Systems Management Data Engine:&#xD;&#xA;    Starting dsm_sa_datamgr32d:                                [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;    Starting dsm_sa_eventmgr32d:                               [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;    Starting dsm_sa_snmp32d:                                   [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;    Starting DSM SA Connection Service:                        [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;as you can see, dsm_sa_snmp32d, dsm_sa_eventmgr32d, dsm_sa_datamgr32d were not started in the first place and when I start all services they do start. However when I run the stop loop again, they are already stopped.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;::UPDATE 2::&#xD;&#xA;actually, according to the service status of each apparently stopped service, they are in fact running so the above may not be relevant." />
  <row Id="40010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22486" RevisionGUID="20aa6351-a87a-4735-8426-1a4deb4ffb1a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:04:30.127" UserId="4479" Text="I've seen the Visual Fox Pro / DBF situation before and my best answer is to stay away from the small, all-in-on little &quot;Home&quot; NAS devices.  These typically don't pack enough CPU power to get the throughput you'll need to read through those DBF files.  Either pickup a more business oriented boxed NAS solution or go the route of FreeNas / Openfiler on a low end PC with dual drives and use software drive mirroring to help protect from hardware failure." />
  <row Id="40011" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22487" RevisionGUID="b200f762-4710-4e0a-8f02-ca7d9ec205cd" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:04:59.550" UserId="7936" Text="Are you sure that you aren't using a GUID Partition table on the USB drive?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I noticed when I had a large volume (&gt;3TB where only GUID partitions are possible) that most BIOS implementations aren't able to boot that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Double check that you do have a &quot;normal&quot; partition table." />
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  <row Id="40013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22489" RevisionGUID="18eca35f-dc63-4947-8a52-e51deaa73df3" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:08:55.483" UserId="8100" Text="How can I monitor the Windows Event Log remotely such that I will be informed automatically when certain events occur?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are plenty of active monitoring solutions, but they require human attention or constant polling.  I need a passive solution that will simply generate a notification when a particular event occurs." />
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  <row Id="40015" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22489" RevisionGUID="18eca35f-dc63-4947-8a52-e51deaa73df3" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:08:55.483" UserId="8100" Text="&lt;snmp&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;event-log&gt;" />
  <row Id="40016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22490" RevisionGUID="79667edb-164a-4634-8a75-96ba45b5ade9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:10:26.230" UserId="3002" Text="In a recent topic [How often should I reboot linux servers][1] another good point were mentioned, verifying that everything starts up properly on a reboot or after any (major) configuration change.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/15782/how-often-should-i-reboot-linux-servers" />
  <row Id="40017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22491" RevisionGUID="1a4b2be6-2648-49fd-a136-8839c91ed7f3" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:11:33.297" UserId="8849" Text="I have an ISA Server 2006 Server acting as a VPN server and it is working fine for all users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, there is one particular user who gets an error “916, the interface is in a disabled state.” &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A similar error is also logged in the event log of the ISA Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Active directory, the user is a member of the &quot;Domain Guest&quot; groups.  Other members of this group are able to VPN in fine so I don't think it is a permissions thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas anyone?" />
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  <row Id="40023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22493" RevisionGUID="5ad32526-8c28-4373-b7f7-ecfca9753080" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:12:42.950" UserId="7480" Text="Two suggestions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(1)  The three most important network issues are DNS, DNS, and DNS.  You don't mention whether you're running a local DNS server, but my experience has been that 75% of all network weirdnesses and problems can be directly traced to DNS problems.  Make sure your DNS is rock-solid before you go any further; call in outside expertise to take a look if necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(2)  With only 40 users on the network, why not use static IP?  That would eliminate DHCP completely as a source of woe, and you're really not getting much benefit from DHCP with a small-ish LAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22494" RevisionGUID="e1098301-4686-46eb-b09d-25010408dc89" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:15:47.030" UserId="7200" Text="To speak to each of your concerns:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been deploying Java runtime environment releases for a few years now as software installation assignments from Group Policy. I disable updater functionality as a transform to the MSI and deploy updates, as necessary, through mandatory upgrades. If machines need to keep an older JRE (because some application requires it), I use security groups to keep machines from receiving newer upgrades. (Fortunately, I have not had to do this frequently.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I build transforms to Sun's MSI using Microsoft's Orca tool. It might be nice to have a tool like Adobe's &quot;Customization Wizard&quot;, but I can do everything I need with Orca.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't had occasion for users to &quot;manually configure certain settings&quot;, but I'd handle it one of two ways. If it's a matter of some users needing some settings that are different that the &quot;norm&quot;, I'd either deploy a Group Policy &quot;preference&quot; to set that setting (assuming it's in the user portion of the registry), or an Administrative Template to change the setting (assuming it's in the computer portion of the registry). If it's required that hte user be allowed to change the setting on-demand, I'd grudgingly alter the permissions on the registry to allow the user (really, a security group containing the user) to do so. Grudgingly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If an app requires its own JRE I'd be apt to tie the installation of that JRE in with the script / GPO that deploys the application and treat the two as a unit. That's the simplest way I can think of to deal with it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm having a hard time recalling what settings live under &quot;Program Files&quot;, but I'd grudgingly grant permission to a security group containing user accounts that need to modify these settings, if that was required. I'd probably also hold my head in my hands and curse Sun.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Until Sun gets their act together re: enterprise deployment and management of the JRE, I think it's likely that all of us are going to have hacky workarounds to deal with it. It's frustrating, but sadly typical. It seems like the vast majority developers have no concept of what it's like to do sysadmin work.  &amp;lt;sigh&amp;gt;" />
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  <row Id="40026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22495" RevisionGUID="7c9757e9-63b8-408d-9e96-6043ab34a864" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:16:40.680" UserId="2991" Text="We're finding a problem with long filenames, usually on &quot;My Documents&quot; or on shared drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, it seems that a document could be written that has a very long filename, and saved say in &quot;My Documents&quot;.  Which is fine on that computer, the document is &quot;My Documents\verlylongfilename&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem arises when you got to the server the files are stored on, and the path changes to &quot;e:\All Users\Staff Folders\JSmith\verylongfilename&quot;, which pushes the character count over what exploerer can do anything with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only way I've found to &quot;remove&quot; or rename these files is to map through to a the folder, but thats completely pointless if you want to move a group of folders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this just a restriction we have o live with and fix as we find, or is there another way to access these files, or even to stop the orginal users from saving filenames over say 30 characters? A GPO setting maybe?" />
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  <row Id="40028" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22495" RevisionGUID="7c9757e9-63b8-408d-9e96-6043ab34a864" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:16:40.680" UserId="2991" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;files&gt;" />
  <row Id="40029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22496" RevisionGUID="d0ec6184-45b4-4384-adb9-b91693a7f335" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:17:30.333" UserId="6793" Text="Tip:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;mod_rpaf - rpaf is short for reverse proxy add forward.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It changes the remote address of the client visible to other Apache modules when two conditions are satisfied. First condition is that the remote client is actually a proxy that is defined in httpd.conf. Secondly if there is an incoming X-Forwarded-For header and the proxy is in its list of known proxies it takes the last IP from the incoming X-Forwarded-For header and changes the remote address of the client in the request structure. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://stderr.net/apache/rpaf/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:  http://stderr.net/apache/rpaf/" />
  <row Id="40030" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22497" RevisionGUID="7f4810a7-db2b-4845-a6df-07b27c2e048f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:18:06.620" UserId="6689" Text="Any prebuilt software that is used on multiple forums will be cracked, once it becomes worthwhile to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I've done in the past is a simple question/answer. Something like 'What is the opposite of North?'. Humans can do it easily, a bot will have to be specially modifed to be able to answer it, and unless your forum is very large, it won't be worth the effort. Most of the spambots are just set running with Google, there usually isn't anyone actually maintaining them most of the time. You can also rototate questions to make it a little harder to do, and frequently change the question." />
  <row Id="40031" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22498" RevisionGUID="24b6668c-fccf-49e9-9264-c1e9eaa7a83d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:21:08.160" UserId="4955" Text="Some thought:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Does the SQL Server Express instance service run under Network Service, so has sysadmin rights?&#xD;&#xA;- Is the Network Service in the local admin group, so has sysadmin rights?&#xD;&#xA;- Is the Network Service account added to SQL Server as a login?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40032" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22499" RevisionGUID="99cbf0c8-29ac-4231-b7ed-fdd546e1ef81" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:22:36.517" UserId="45" Text="You could use [**Event Sentry**][1] which has notifications:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Real-time Event Log monitoring is the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; core feature of EventSentry and allows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you to monitor all standard&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (Application, Security, System, DNS&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Server, File Replication Service,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Directory Service) and custom event&#xD;&#xA;&gt; logs. Event Log entries can be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; forwarded to a variety of immediate&#xD;&#xA;&gt; notifications (e.g. email, pager, SNMP&#xD;&#xA;&gt; etc.) or notifications designed for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; consolidation (e.g. database, files,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; etc.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.eventsentry.com/features/REALTIME" />
  <row Id="40033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22500" RevisionGUID="ff808e8f-fda8-433a-b0bd-dd901ffac147" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:23:43.800" UserId="4479" Text="I'm not sure it is fair to say 'large' disks have a higher MTBF or not.  I have a big name system with a handful of 750GB drives and in the past 2+ years none have failed (750 was &quot;big&quot; 2 years ago).  But I also know a big name system that was build when 250GB was big and that array has fell over a few times.  The MTBF debate is something of a holy war.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The primary concern with 'big' drives is the rebuild time when a failure occurs. The larger the drive, the longer the rebuild, the larger the window for additional drive failure and potential loss of the array.  With &quot;big&quot; drives the business value of availability should determine a level of acceptable risk(array loss) which will drive your RAID level selection and drive count(More drives = more chances of drive failure).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Business SATA / RAID has come along way in the past handful of years.  I don't think the big names would offer it if they knew it would be a major support issue or a source of customer let down.  I'd be curious to know your reliability going forward now that you've replaced some of the original batch." />
  <row Id="40034" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22499" RevisionGUID="ab976a2d-5a69-461b-bd3a-563be5705c06" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:27:59.393" UserId="45" Comment="added 709 characters in body" Text="You could use [**Event Sentry**][1] which has notifications:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Real-time Event Log monitoring is the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; core feature of EventSentry and allows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you to monitor all standard&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (Application, Security, System, DNS&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Server, File Replication Service,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Directory Service) and custom event&#xD;&#xA;&gt; logs. Event Log entries can be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; forwarded to a variety of immediate&#xD;&#xA;&gt; notifications (e.g. email, pager, SNMP&#xD;&#xA;&gt; etc.) or notifications designed for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; consolidation (e.g. database, files,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; etc.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-------&#xD;&#xA;If you have time and are familiar with scripting, you could build a DIY solution, using existing code and tools like SysInternal's [PsLogList][2], a [script to monitor the event log][3] from Microsoft's ScriptCenter, [LogParser][4] and a free SMTP commandline tool like [Blat][5] or [bmail][6].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.blat.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.eventsentry.com/features/REALTIME&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/psloglist.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/aug05/hey0816.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=890cd06b-abf8-4c25-91b2-f8d975cf8c07&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.blat.net/194/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.beyondlogic.org/solutions/cmdlinemail/cmdlinemail.htm" />
  <row Id="40035" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22501" RevisionGUID="c08c48f8-6e90-4184-a507-e85771598244" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:29:57.690" UserId="2561" Text="A VPS shouldn't be any different from monitoring a real server, other than your resources might be a little bit more constrained.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you are doing sounds fine to me for a one off sort of thing.  If you really don't think you are not going to be doing a lot of monitoring in the future, Nagios is probably overkill.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you think you will be doing a lot of monitoring, Nagios is nice because it is easy to write your own scripts and use them with Nagios.  So if you want to monitor specific things unique to your application, you can extended Nagios to do this quickly." />
  <row Id="40036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22502" RevisionGUID="2996b041-ed42-4de6-a04e-243c23997c81" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:30:31.917" UserId="6668" Text="Tim, I had faced the same issue where I needed to restart the identity to the next value. I was using db2v9.1. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, there is no way to specify the next value automatically. As per DB2 documentation the value should be a 'numeric constant'. Hence I had to do a select max(id), get the value and replace it in the alter..restart stmt manually. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't remember if I tried this - but you can write an sp where max(id) is set in a variable and assign the variable in the alter...restart stmt. (I am unable to try as I dont hav access to any db2 database anymore). I doubt it'll work though. (If it works do let me know :))&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**DB2 reference:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***RESTART or RESTART WITH numeric-constant*** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Resets the state of the sequence associated with the identity column. If WITH numeric-constant is not specified, the sequence for the identity column is restarted at the value that was specified, either implicitly or explicitly, as the starting value when the identity column was originally created. &#xD;&#xA;The column must exist in the specified table (SQLSTATE 42703), and must already be defined with the IDENTITY attribute (SQLSTATE 42837). RESTART does not change the original START WITH value. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The numeric-constant is an exact numeric constant that can be any positive or negative value that could be assigned to this column (SQLSTATE 42815), without non-zero digits existing to the right of the decimal point (SQLSTATE 428FA). The numeric-constant will be used as the next value for the column. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22503" RevisionGUID="658b93b2-9ba0-4886-b239-d61cd427316a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:35:26.383" UserId="8851" Text="I have setup my development machine like this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(hosts file)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    127.0.0.1 localhost&#xD;&#xA;    127.0.0.2 project1.localhost&#xD;&#xA;    127.0.0.3 project2.localhost&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then proceed to use name based virtual host config in the webserver of your choise." />
  <row Id="40038" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22504" RevisionGUID="385ddf1d-c811-4b4b-b8e0-a0b955132c2a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:37:56.377" UserId="8100" Text="Windows Server has a built in SNMP trap generator for the Windows Event Log/Viewer, which can send traps on the occurrence of arbitrary events.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## Trap Form (OID) ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These traps will conform to the Microsoft private enterprise MIB branch in the following form:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1.3.6.1.4.1.311.1.13.X.n.n.n.n.n.n.n.n.n... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each &quot;n&quot; is a decimal encoding of an ASCII character octet from the Event Log source name, and the X designates the number of characters to follow.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, for example, a trap generated by source &quot;Prefect&quot; (as seen in Event Viewer) would appear as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1.3.6.1.4.1.311.1.13.7.80.114.101.102.101.99.116 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows 2000 Server does not support this fully, and will generate traps of a slightly different format, but the procedure is otherwise identical.  All newer versions of Windows server support this properly&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## Configuring Trap Sending ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are two built-in tools that you will use to set up trap generation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**evntwin**: Create mapping of Event Log messages to SNMP traps &#xD;&#xA;**evntcmd**: Load mapping created by evntwin so that traps are generated&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Run evntwin from a command prompt: this will spawn a GUI.  Select &quot;Custom&quot; under Configuration type, and then &quot;Edit.&quot;  You will now see a list of all possible event sources.  Under the source in which you are interested, select the particular event ID on which you wish to generate traps.  Then, click &quot;Add.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, you will see the actual OID of the trap, the specific ID, and an option to set a time-based threshold of event occurrences before the trap would be sent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Repeat until you have created a mapping for each particular trap/event combination you care about.  Then, click &quot;Apply,&quot; highlight all of the mappings, and then &quot;Export...&quot;  Save the file, and exit the application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, again from the command line, run evntcmd, specifying the name of the file you just created:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    evntcmd myeventfile.cnf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From this point forward, the events you specified will generate SNMP traps, which will be sent to all trap receiver destinations you have configured in your SNMP service settings.  Process them as you would any normal SNMP trap." />
  <row Id="40039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22505" RevisionGUID="89001f93-7867-4489-b5f3-2b25dfb75a87" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:43:25.133" UserId="45" Text="The NTFS file system supports paths up to about 32767 Unicode characters with each path component (directory or filename) up to 255 characters long. But Windows Explorer and the most other Win32 applications only support 255 characters in the path.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could use robocopy, a free tool from Microsoft that fully supports long path names (longer than 256 characters). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the MSDN documentation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; In the Windows API (with some&#xD;&#xA;&gt; exceptions discussed in the following&#xD;&#xA;&gt; paragraphs), the maximum length for a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; path is MAX_PATH, which is defined as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 260 characters. A local path is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; structured in the following order:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; drive letter, colon, backslash,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; components separated by backslashes,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and a terminating null character. For&#xD;&#xA;&gt; example, the maximum path on drive D&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is &#xD;&#xA;&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     D:\some 256 character path string&amp;lt;NUL&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; where &quot;&lt;NUL&gt;&quot; represents&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the invisible terminating null&#xD;&#xA;&gt; character for the current system&#xD;&#xA;&gt; codepage. (The characters &lt; &gt; are used&#xD;&#xA;&gt; here for visual clarity and cannot be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; part of a valid path string.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40040" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22506" RevisionGUID="2add2765-e31e-4f21-bd13-782f48d940c6" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:43:50.860" UserId="8100" Text="How would I go about getting [TWiki][1] to transparently authenticate against Windows Active Directory with Single Sign-on?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://twiki.org/" />
  <row Id="40041" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22506" RevisionGUID="2add2765-e31e-4f21-bd13-782f48d940c6" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:43:50.860" UserId="8100" Text="How to authenticate TWiki against Windows Active Directory" />
  <row Id="40042" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22506" RevisionGUID="2add2765-e31e-4f21-bd13-782f48d940c6" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:43:50.860" UserId="8100" Text="&lt;wiki&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="40043" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22507" RevisionGUID="1a7329bb-f62a-4cc3-baa9-0200afd84841" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:44:14.710" UserId="2561" Text="Already look at this? [http://serverfault.com/questions/17067/block-spam-by-using-geoip-filter][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/17067/block-spam-by-using-geoip-filter" />
  <row Id="40044" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22507" RevisionGUID="1a7329bb-f62a-4cc3-baa9-0200afd84841" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:44:14.710" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22508" RevisionGUID="58d7c82f-9ec4-4026-b14b-630baaab0b06" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:46:04.960" UserId="7200" Text="If you enjoy scripting, you can write a WMI event sink that can receive notifications when new events are appended to the event log. I've run a VBScript version of such a script as a service, and upon receiving events it considers &quot;interesting&quot; (by way of a regexp match from a configuration file), it generates SMTP email. It's a fairly trivial script, but I can't post it since it &quot;belongs&quot; to the Customer I wrote it for." />
  <row Id="40046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22509" RevisionGUID="c3c44ae4-086a-452a-8d8c-32752a4a99a1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:48:47.530" UserId="4392" Text="Do you mean single sign-on or merely authentication?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Authentication is probably pretty easy. Just point twiki to the OU that you keep your users in, if it's like every other LDAP authentication scheme out there. Single sign-on is much more complex, and I have no idea. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a HOWTO that might help: http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Support/LdapAuthenticationHowTo" />
  <row Id="40048" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22511" RevisionGUID="d8d86fd1-70dd-458e-a5fe-8c952fa6ac51" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:55:32.707" UserId="422" Text="There was a Java based LDAP browser/Editor that was quite nice and easy to use.  It had not been updated in two or three years, and the link to it seems to have gone away.  Gowars was the author, and once you authenticated to a tree, it would allow you to edit entries in a UI which was nice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alas, it did not understand schema types, and thus all attribute values were entered freeform, with the expectation that you knew the correct syntax for each attribute.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have the install binaries (Well Java based, so whatever you want to call them) but all links to the original site seems to be gone.  Which is a shame." />
  <row Id="40050" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22512" RevisionGUID="2dd79b8b-73e3-41d6-b6c3-8bb132e73ce7" CreationDate="2009-06-09T11:57:31.473" UserId="3994" Text="Be carefull with Samba based file servers (NAS devices often are running some Linux with Samba), since the file-locking options may be different from the default Windows XP file sharing settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So test that before putting it into production!" />
  <row Id="40051" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22513" RevisionGUID="69e7472b-52c1-4c8d-9826-e2e1eb0f395b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:03:49.333" UserId="151" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a Sharepoint 2007 installation and several Active Directory Domains. Now, since I can't have a user from Domain A be in a Security Group in Domain B, I need to create groups within Sharepoint to include the neccessary users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I could possibly just put the AD Security Groups in the Sharepoint groups, but we had problems with that approach when mixing it with audiencing, which is why I want to have the Sharepoint Groups contain individual user instead of AD Security groups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But something &quot;feels&quot; wrong about this. Some groups contain a thousand users or more, and I feel like I would be unneccessary complicate things and add another maintenance burden.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How is this done in other companies? How do your manage your Sharepoint Groups in a Multi-Domain Environment?" />
  <row Id="40052" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22513" RevisionGUID="69e7472b-52c1-4c8d-9826-e2e1eb0f395b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:03:49.333" UserId="151" Text="Sharepoint 2007: Active Directory and Sharepoint Groups" />
  <row Id="40053" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22513" RevisionGUID="69e7472b-52c1-4c8d-9826-e2e1eb0f395b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:03:49.333" UserId="151" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;" />
  <row Id="40054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22514" RevisionGUID="13fa3847-f3e5-4048-8826-4bbd6c237558" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:07:41.173" UserId="8202" Text="A simple upgrade of hardware (or hardware replacement) is also presented as &quot;server maintenance&quot; by MMORPG games. So trivial we often forget about it." />
  <row Id="40055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22515" RevisionGUID="44da3847-03af-4771-a7fb-3dcde2962013" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:10:19.627" UserId="7342" Text="A possible solution would be to keep the OS on a USB memory stick, which mounts the USB drive during boot up. " />
  <row Id="40056" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22516" RevisionGUID="9452ba28-476f-422c-aaec-2bd17cff3cbb" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:10:24.930" UserId="7137" Text="I suspect that they're deploying the latest version of their code, which requires that they restart the application (and hopefully running some tests before re-enabling access). From that point of view, it's more of a StackOverflow problem and less of a ServerFault one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think it's possible to create a hot-patching system, but it would necessarily be incredibly complicated. From what I understand, an MMO server &quot;application&quot; consists of several different components --&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * **Login server** -- Handles authentication and acts as a &quot;hub&quot; between gameplay servers. Once a client is in-game they no longer interact with the login server. In such a system you could apply patches and restart the login server without interfering with gameplay (though you'll have a period of time where people won't be able to log in).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * **Gameplay servers** -- Clusters of machines grouped into logical independent units (&quot;worlds&quot;, etc). It's assumed that the each gameplay cluster uses some kind of internal communication protocol to correspond state to one another; you're probably going to have to patch each cluster all at once. One possible way to do this is to patch a warm-failover. You'd then need to be able to both &#xD;&#xA;  1. Signal the client to connect to the warm failover and disconnect from the old cluster.&#xD;&#xA;  2. Keep the state synched between the failover and the out-of-date application server while all of the clients transfer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * **Database servers** -- Some kind of persistent datastore, like an RDBMS. Hopefully you're not making changes to the datastore that often. Presumably each gameplay server/cluster has an independent datastore. You might be able to use the same trick with a warm failover (and tell the gameplay servers to disconnect, wait for the old and failover databases to sync, then reconnect to the failover) but that seems pretty risky to me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of the above cases add an incredible amount of complexity to an already complex system and introduce a bunch of places where a code failure can cause data loss or corruption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another solution is to use a language which is designed for 100% uptime and has built-in capabilties for hotpatching running code. [Erlang](http://erlang.org/index.html) is a good choice ([hotpatching example](http://erlangraymondtay.blogspot.com/2007/10/erlang-hot-code-swapping.html)), and [Java has similar functionality](http://www.fasterj.com/articles/hotpatch1.shtml).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22517" RevisionGUID="d4fd812c-a2ab-4149-973e-b9bdb913945a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:12:20.750" UserId="4134" Text="Aside from performance-degrading database maintenance tasks and hardware maintenance, the answer to this question really relies on the specific application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, in Eve Online, a server handling a specific star system cannot be hotswapped without disrupting game play, so downtime is used to reassign more powerful servers into potential hotspots. In addition, the ownership calculations (sovereignty) of star systems are calculated. This depends on the tens of different variables, all of which can change depending on player actions. Needless to say, doing that live can cause excessive locking and/or other concurrency issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40058" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22518" RevisionGUID="a3bde2ba-3353-48de-84e9-f138a6a6e48c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:14:34.990" UserId="8047" Text="I suspect that the total time that Blizzard (I'm inferring that given that it's a Tuesday morning that you're posting your question) quotes for maintenance is for the entire cluster; not every server takes that long to perform work on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While it might be possible to bring individual servers back up more quickly, that would illicit cries of favouritism towards players whose realms happened to fall earlier in the schedule.  As such, they keep everything down until all the work is done; with hundreds of realms to work on, they probably do much of the work in parallel, but still serialize a final check before bringing things back online.  If you're doing a hardware upgrade, this is probably serialized across as many data centres as they have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As to why they perform the maintenance, some of it might just be a performance reboot.  While it would be great if such reboots weren't required, the cost of doing so vs the impact of not doing so may be directing their choice here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you look at why they can't cluster the processes and perform rolling maintenance, what little people know of the WoW infrastructure suggests that multiple machines provide service for each realm (i.e. one for the world, one for instances and raids, one for battlegrounds, etc.) they don't use a state-shared active-active process setup.  There isn't sharing of live state, only of persistent data via a database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the end, the mechanics of providing a stateful online service to that large a subscriber base challenges some of the best practices that we might espouse when talking about a website or other traditional internet-based service.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22519" RevisionGUID="f2d03ffa-1f3c-4fde-ab8f-5506dc838243" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:15:29.267" UserId="8202" Text="In our decentralized environment full of many servers, we use the following rule for servers: DDCCLo1Lo2Apxx &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - DD is the domain (we use 2 or 3 digits domain names, like B1)&#xD;&#xA; - CC: 2 characters ISO Country code (BE for Belgium, US for USA ...)&#xD;&#xA; - Lo1: 3 letters for city location (par for Paris)&#xD;&#xA; - Lo2: 3 letters for a street or area names (when we have several sites in the same city)&#xD;&#xA; - Ap: 2 letters describing the main purpose of the server (SP for SharePoint, FS for FileSystem, DC for Domain Controller) &#xD;&#xA; - xx: 2 digits from 01 to 99, incrementing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That system allows us to know where the servers are located from their name." />
  <row Id="40060" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22520" RevisionGUID="b751a37d-d1f2-45ff-b578-417711a43a45" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:17:16.737" UserId="5930" Text="Maybe you are looking at this the wrong way. Setup your apache to use the host names instead of the IPs to distingish which files to serve. Then, you can simply use the name to redirect to your computer, or locally as the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    127.0.0.1    localhost&#xD;&#xA;    127.0.0.1    name1&#xD;&#xA;    127.0.0.1    name2" />
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  <row Id="40062" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="22520" RevisionGUID="bfd7e32b-b04a-4bb6-867b-fdc1746e99ed" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:19:03.740" UserId="5930" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:5930,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Andrew Moore&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="40063" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22505" RevisionGUID="bce473b7-f0ee-49bd-a7c0-7374728e2113" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:19:29.700" UserId="45" Comment="added 343 characters in body" Text="The NTFS file system supports paths up to about 32767 Unicode characters with each path component (directory or filename) up to 255 characters long. But Windows Explorer and the most other Win32 applications only support 255 characters in the path.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could use [robocopy][1], a free tool from Microsoft that fully supports long path names (longer than 256 characters). [Here is documented][2] how to use robocopy listing all switches and options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;------&#xD;&#xA;Here's an excerpt from article on MSDN that explains why many programs limit paths to 255 characters:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; In the Windows API (with some&#xD;&#xA;&gt; exceptions discussed in the following&#xD;&#xA;&gt; paragraphs), the maximum length for a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; path is MAX_PATH, which is defined as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 260 characters. A local path is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; structured in the following order:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; drive letter, colon, backslash,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; components separated by backslashes,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and a terminating null character. For&#xD;&#xA;&gt; example, the maximum path on drive D&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is &#xD;&#xA;&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     D:\some 256 character path string&amp;lt;NUL&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; where &quot;&lt;NUL&gt;&quot; represents&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the invisible terminating null&#xD;&#xA;&gt; character for the current system&#xD;&#xA;&gt; codepage. (The characters &lt; &gt; are used&#xD;&#xA;&gt; here for visual clarity and cannot be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; part of a valid path string.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc733145.aspx" />
  <row Id="40065" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22522" RevisionGUID="471c479c-3e5f-440e-888a-3564ac48f232" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:22:49.777" UserId="8256" Text="using server 2008 32bit std edition to do a backup of a drive to another computer on the domain using the unc path.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;backup starts then fails with error about &quot;can't create one of the files&quot;&#xD;&#xA;really disappointed in the backup strat that is in server 08, should of just stuck with server 2003 r2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;thanks.&#xD;&#xA;gd" />
  <row Id="40066" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22522" RevisionGUID="471c479c-3e5f-440e-888a-3564ac48f232" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:22:49.777" UserId="8256" Text="server 2008 volume backup over unc patch error &quot;could not create one of the files&quot; fails." />
  <row Id="40067" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22522" RevisionGUID="471c479c-3e5f-440e-888a-3564ac48f232" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:22:49.777" UserId="8256" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="40069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22523" RevisionGUID="a19b30e2-6a05-49f1-93fc-6ef22ffed066" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:23:37.577" UserId="8855" Text="Windows Server 2003.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need my host to change a password policy (required password length) on a machine that is part of their domain. I only need the change to apply to machine accounts. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They claim it is not possible without affecting the entire domain. I know it is possible because I have had it done at other hosts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the steps to do this?" />
  <row Id="40070" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22523" RevisionGUID="a19b30e2-6a05-49f1-93fc-6ef22ffed066" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:23:37.577" UserId="8855" Text="Setting Password Policy on Machine that is Part of a Domain." />
  <row Id="40071" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22523" RevisionGUID="a19b30e2-6a05-49f1-93fc-6ef22ffed066" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:23:37.577" UserId="8855" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows-domain&gt;" />
  <row Id="40072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22524" RevisionGUID="0767ec34-5115-42dd-b13f-a59642aedcc4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:23:55.643" UserId="8856" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; I can compress files or folders in Windows from GUI by right clicking and selecting &quot;Send to .. Compressed (zip) file..&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; Is it possible to do same in batch file?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40073" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22524" RevisionGUID="0767ec34-5115-42dd-b13f-a59642aedcc4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:23:55.643" UserId="8856" Text="How to compress files in Windows in batch file?" />
  <row Id="40074" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22524" RevisionGUID="0767ec34-5115-42dd-b13f-a59642aedcc4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:23:55.643" UserId="8856" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;batch-file&gt;&lt;zip&gt;" />
  <row Id="40075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22525" RevisionGUID="4e1001d3-a2c7-459f-8862-8b6b87214564" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:24:22.100" UserId="6365" Text="Servers: Drug names (cocaine, lsd, thc etc.) - just for fun&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Terminals: Wild animals&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Admin terminals: As every admin pleases." />
  <row Id="40076" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22526" RevisionGUID="2302f20a-7b27-4aee-a1a5-f9aac285c85d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:29:02.503" UserId="526" Text="I know I can ping a server name and determine the IP address.  But are there commands I can use to determine the subnet?  I'm using Windows XP." />
  <row Id="40077" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22526" RevisionGUID="2302f20a-7b27-4aee-a1a5-f9aac285c85d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:29:02.503" UserId="526" Text="Can I determine a computer's subnet using ping-type tools?" />
  <row Id="40078" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22526" RevisionGUID="2302f20a-7b27-4aee-a1a5-f9aac285c85d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:29:02.503" UserId="526" Text="&lt;subnet&gt;" />
  <row Id="40079" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22527" RevisionGUID="ea6a8337-ab7a-4ed4-b090-0c489e311bcf" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:36:06.510" UserDisplayName="Llorllale" Text="Perhaps eventtriggers can help you (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773308(WS.10).aspx). Look for eventquery.vbs as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22528" RevisionGUID="05bbbe93-4323-4046-a883-d3e3b5e6242e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:36:10.723" UserId="5500" Text="No. Subnetting is generally hard/impossible to determine from afar - why do you need it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Strictly speaking, you don't determine the IP address of the server using ping either - ping just uses the normal resolver to determine the IP address and prints it out before going on to do its main task, testing whether a host is up by sending an ICMP echo request message and awaiting ICMP echo reply messages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A tool that's actually built to find name mappings from DNS is host, or, more recent, dig, from the BIND DNS server client tools. Dig is a fantastically useful tool and every sysadmin should be able to use it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bonus information: You can find out who owns the IP block to which the address belongs and how big it is using whois on an IP address, just like you would on a domain." />
  <row Id="40081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22529" RevisionGUID="353ccb7f-1902-4c5e-a60a-e217383033f2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:36:36.917" UserId="8311" Text="I've had a similar problem while automating some parameterised purging on group and home drives.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wrote a custom C# application to do it but to handle the long file names it was necessary to use the Unicode version of the Win32 api and not the usual Ascii version which has the limitations mentioned above.  That also means prefixing the path string with \\?\ if it's mapped or \\?\UNC\ if it's through UNC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can give you some code samples or further info if you want." />
  <row Id="40082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22530" RevisionGUID="d4fde32e-af01-47cd-928c-56d3254a03f6" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:37:07.337" UserId="7654" Text="Over the last years, I tried many different solutions for doing my admin on-call &quot;duty&quot;:  &#xD;&#xA;- Staying at home in front of my desktop  &#xD;&#xA;- Ipaq (this one was reaaaallly bad)  &#xD;&#xA;- eeepc + 3g modem  &#xD;&#xA;- laptop + SE 3g phone  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The last one is really the best: my workstation is the same machine I use when I'm off, so there is no possible surprise. All networking tools are available, vpn, ssh with keys, access to codebase/SCM and so on... And with a decent keyboard and screen.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your goal is to &quot;keep an eye&quot; on your servers, you probably want to be able to do more, and there is no &quot;in between&quot; solution. Even if the question stands that &quot;you are away of your computer&quot;, my advise is: find a laptop which you'll be able to bring with you without being a pain to carry." />
  <row Id="40083" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22361" RevisionGUID="4b7ee82c-7321-4c88-b592-397fd8d71934" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:37:33.937" UserId="8825" Comment="Reply to answer from splattne" Text="For the past two years, at random for different users, the connection to our SBS server breaks - the user sees an icon in the system tray saying that the server is unavailable. But it is fine for everyone else at that time and all other network connections are fine. If he immediately pings the server, it responds - so the network connection is fine.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;To get the connection back, he needs to &quot;Synchronise&quot; with the server, and it always succeeds.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;All PCs are set to synchronise files on logout - not on a timed basis.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;I replaced the switches (now they are 3COM mostly Gb) and set up VLANs to try and segment the traffic, but it had no effect.&#xD;&#xA;During the two years, I also changed the firewall (Sonicwall -&gt; Watchguard), the antivirus (McAfee -&gt; Sonicwall) and the wireless LAN (US Robotics -&gt; ZyXel).&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;It happens to about 10% of my users (5), 2 have laptops, 3 have desktops.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By &quot;disconnect&quot; I mean that in Windows Explorer you can no longer see the network drives (because the previous system was Netware 5, the users see shares on the network as drive letters)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We don't use ISA server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nothing appears in the server logs, I never thought of checking the client logs, I'll do that next time the problem occurs.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40084" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22531" RevisionGUID="18bf13b9-50aa-47d6-bc03-fe01d799cb2f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:38:22.407" UserId="2467" Text="Write a script to psexec ipconfig on the remote server and parse the output for the subnet mask." />
  <row Id="40085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22532" RevisionGUID="45761ca4-521b-4d1a-9a26-7f01b96aada9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:38:33.857" UserId="8673" Text="With some trial and error, you can use &quot;tracert&quot; from the command line to ping neighboring IP addresses to see where the route ends up. That is, assuming there's no firewall blocking ICMP requests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tracert 10.0.0.1&#xD;&#xA;    tracert 10.0.0.2&#xD;&#xA;    tracert 10.0.0.4&#xD;&#xA;    tracert 10.0.0.8&#xD;&#xA;    etc.&#xD;&#xA;    tracert 10.0.1.1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the second-to-last IP stays the same, you're in the subnet. Of course, with NAT and the fact that many hosts block these requests, you're probably out of luck." />
  <row Id="40086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22533" RevisionGUID="427a4107-fbd0-450b-b472-da3fc1518ecc" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:40:52.063" UserId="5500" Text="As far as I understand it, you will need a web browser that supports Kerberos for SSO. IE will probably have the functionality built in for communication with, at least, AD servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There also used to be Kerberos support in Firefox, but I just checked and e.g. the one from Debian Stable doesn't seem to have it linked in." />
  <row Id="40087" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22534" RevisionGUID="bc018dac-dc86-4a5d-839a-96a57d458b14" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:41:23.060" UserId="8820" Text="A hit in the cache means that when the lookup was performed, it was found in the cache.  &#xD;&#xA;The statistic only shows how much you saved without having to make a round-trip query to the server. " />
  <row Id="40088" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22535" RevisionGUID="69348697-806d-4cd5-8b07-d72e00e2c00b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:42:00.297" UserId="2513" Text="You can use compress.exe which is built into windows, but [WinRar][1] is free and has command line based tools which I would recommend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://rarlabs.com/" />
  <row Id="40089" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21788" RevisionGUID="33f94bbc-de16-4e0a-b57d-52da0676cc83" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:44:57.583" UserId="8693" Comment="added 8 characters in body" Text="I have a windows Vista system that had the underlying disk partitions changed.  The number and logical location of the partitions didn't change as far as I can tell).  When it boots up it says I need to restart immediately and then when I've restarted, the system has got confused as to where the logicacl disks are... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's decided what used to be the D: drive is now the C: (with no Vista on it) and the old C: drive is now the E: drive.  Needless to say, although it boots, it doesn't really work as it's now horribly confused...  :(&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm pretty sure the section of the Registry that deals with Logical drive letter to physical disk partition has got confused.  So I'd like to be able to edit the registry immediately after I've restored from backup, but before I've booted.  I've another bootable system on the machine (from which I'm typing this plea :) ) so I don't need &quot;boot from CD&quot; if there are other options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RegEdit only seems to allow you to connect to a live registry on another machine.  Is there any software that allows you to edit the hives directly (ie just like RegEdit only directly to the hives on disk)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TIA,&#xD;&#xA;Paolo" />
  <row Id="40090" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22536" RevisionGUID="70ee9888-bb4b-41c2-98f3-501449b77dc7" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:45:49.127" UserId="5234" Text="A *user* password policy cannot be set without affecting the entire Domain, but certain *computer* password policy settings are also available under Computer Config | Windows Settings | Security Settings | Local Policies | Security Options.  I've never really needed to change these, so I can't confirm or deny that they can be changed at OU (or even local) level, but i'm guessing that your host may be confusing the two." />
  <row Id="40091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22537" RevisionGUID="9183d1d6-d8d1-4d6e-bc37-68ca533b83b0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:45:49.687" UserId="4042" Text="At work, we have 3 parts convention... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - location or building (adm, asi)&#xD;&#xA; - area abbreviation (urg, sis, con, gin)&#xD;&#xA; - Sequence for the area &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the names are like this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - adm-sis-001&#xD;&#xA; - adm-con-006&#xD;&#xA; - asi-gin-007&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are currently trying to get the type of machine into the name (like, virtual PC, virtual Host, DHCP server, etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At home, I was used to use mythological greek names also (Zeus, Pegaso, Poseidon)&#xD;&#xA;But now i'm trying to use names from movie characters starting with some letter&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - S= Server, (Seth, Saturn, ...)&#xD;&#xA; - P= Portable PC[Laptop] (Perseo, Poseidon, Pegaso, ...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40092" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22495" RevisionGUID="28c71964-94a7-4052-bbad-9e56c6f2fd68" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:48:59.137" UserId="45" Comment="typo and dot in title" Text="We're finding a problem with long filenames, usually on &quot;My Documents&quot; or on shared drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, it seems that a document could be written that has a very long filename, and saved say in &quot;My Documents&quot;.  Which is fine on that computer, the document is &quot;My Documents\verlylongfilename&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem arises when you got to the server the files are stored on, and the path changes to &quot;e:\All Users\Staff Folders\JSmith\verylongfilename&quot;, which pushes the character count over what exploerer can do anything with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only way I've found to &quot;remove&quot; or rename these files is to map through to a the folder, but that's completely pointless if you want to move a group of folders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this just a restriction we have o live with and fix as we find, or is there another way to access these files, or even to stop the orginal users from saving filenames over say 30 characters? A GPO setting maybe?" />
  <row Id="40093" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="22495" RevisionGUID="28c71964-94a7-4052-bbad-9e56c6f2fd68" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:48:59.137" UserId="45" Comment="typo and dot in title" Text="Stopping too long filenames in Windows Server 2003" />
  <row Id="40094" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22538" RevisionGUID="bd5375ff-b36e-4829-b26b-78f96e662ca2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:49:16.157" UserId="4487" Text="It is possible, but probably not practical from their point of view. Or perhaps they are just clueless.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I assume that their domain-wide policy has been applied in the Default Domain Policy GPO, or another GPO linked to the domain. The problem, at least from their point of view, is that this will override any local policies which you or they define on your machine's local policies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Group Policy objects are processed in the following order:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Local policies&#xD;&#xA; - Domain GPOs linked to the AD site which the machine is in&#xD;&#xA; - Domain GPOs linked to the domain which the machine is a member of&#xD;&#xA; - Domain GPOs linked to OU the machine is in&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each successive policy setting overwrites the previously applied setting/s which conflict, i.e. local policies on password length, etc. will always be irrelevant because the domain policy is applied after local policy and hence overwrites it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only way you can have what you want is if they were willing to put your machine into its own OU and then create a new GPO containing the password policies you want. This GPO would be linked to the OU containing your machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [this][1] TechNet article for more detail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc785665(WS.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="40095" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22477" RevisionGUID="7487250c-003b-4abb-9a12-7e0581468019" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:50:47.967" UserId="2561" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="Are they all on the same computer or disk controller?  You did say you had to rebuild the array.  If this is the case, then **maybe something is faulty with the controller, power supply, or memory**. If not I would also guess a faulty batch of drives.  Also, there might be a compatibility issue with whatever particular drives you are using with that particular controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, I wonder when people say that larger disks have a higher MTBF how that is calculated.  Lets say you have 2x250 GB and 1x500 GB disks.  Maybe this is naive, but wouldn't the drive that holds twice as have more data it could fail with? I guess I don't know if MTBF includes any misread or miswrite, or if it means the disk becomes mechanically broken.  Does anyone know if there is a strict industry standard and definition of MTBF for hard disks?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40096" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22458" RevisionGUID="00db8817-c4ae-493a-a9ae-6b47ba60eae8" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:51:02.630" UserDisplayName="Damage" Comment="added 47 characters in body; edited title; added 13 characters in body" Text="I have set up a Windows SBS 2003 domain (LAN) and a stand-alone Windows 2008 Server (web server) at another location (workgroup). I established PPTP VPN connection (SBS dials web server) over which users from LAN should be able to access web server. On web server I enabled TCP/IPv4 and File and Printer sharing protocol. It has a few external addresses (one of them is default) AND one local address (192.x.x.x) assigned to network adapter. Firewall allows port 445 for file sharing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's the problem - I can not enable web server file shares to be visible to LAN users and ONLY to LAN users:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. From SBS I can access webserver but I cannot access webserver from LAN workstations (XP, Vista). I have had same configuration - I have just replaced old (web server) Windows 2003 server with 2008 so SBS settings are the same (static route, DNS etc.). How can I enable file sharing on web server for LAN workstations?&#xD;&#xA;2. Now I have opened File and printer sharing to the internet which is of course totaly unsecure. I tried to secure the tunnel so I moved RAS (VPN) connection (Network Center) on web server to &quot;Private&quot; profile and moved firewall port 445 to &quot;Private&quot; profile but suddenly file sharing does not work and I cannot telnet webserver on port 445. How can I secure file sharing so I do not have to open it to the internet?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40097" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="22458" RevisionGUID="00db8817-c4ae-493a-a9ae-6b47ba60eae8" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:51:02.630" UserDisplayName="Damage" Comment="added 47 characters in body; edited title; added 13 characters in body" Text="How to securely enable file sharing over PPTP on Windows 2008 Server" />
  <row Id="40098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22539" RevisionGUID="91e5f4d2-bf6c-43f2-be7a-3e58942bbe4f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:55:04.043" UserId="2257" Text="In short: How do I increase the DPI of some (not all) of our customers connected to our RDP server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are running a W2K3 Terminal Server that our clients connect to to run our application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of our clients complains that all fonts / icons etc are too small. This user has a high DPI monitor. The DPI of the client OS (XP in this case) is not transferred to the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To make things worse (or more interesting) the Display properties dialog disables the Advanced button that you can use to change the DPI on normal clients.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40099" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22539" RevisionGUID="91e5f4d2-bf6c-43f2-be7a-3e58942bbe4f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:55:04.043" UserId="2257" Text="Change DPI of one user using W2K3 Remote Desktop / Terminal Server" />
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  <row Id="40101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22540" RevisionGUID="65d3dd55-3194-473b-8baa-c25e79e24b18" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:55:16.307" Text="Surprised no-one's mentioned what I reckon is the no.1 reason - *time*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We don't have the time to migrate or plan a future migration. Buying licenses is cheaper than paying more IT people to move us all to Linux." />
  <row Id="40102" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22540" RevisionGUID="65d3dd55-3194-473b-8baa-c25e79e24b18" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:55:16.307" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22541" RevisionGUID="df2c40a2-96ee-4f98-8818-7369427d9f8f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T12:56:39.097" UserId="355" Text="You can gather all the args together using something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    set args=%1&#xD;&#xA;    shift&#xD;&#xA;    :start&#xD;&#xA;    if [%1] == [] goto done&#xD;&#xA;    set args=%args% %1&#xD;&#xA;    shift&#xD;&#xA;    goto start&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    :done&#xD;&#xA;    (use %args% here)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This works regardless of how many arguments there are." />
  <row Id="40105" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22542" RevisionGUID="673c1b71-e14f-4d40-b443-30115289911c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:02:36.687" UserId="2489" Text="I have very good experience using [7-Zip][1].  It's open source and does an outstanding job of compression.  Lots of formats and strong encryption if you need it.  It has both GUI and command line versions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.7-zip.org/" />
  <row Id="40106" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22543" RevisionGUID="5897af10-d749-4af4-ac97-861f36efc8c0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:02:39.837" UserId="2600" Text="In theory a type '17' ICMP (ping) request should work for you, but I don't know how widely supported this is anymore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    http://www.rhyshaden.com/icmp.htm&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc792.txt&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ICMP Address Mask Ping (-PM)&#xD;&#xA;    http://www.networkuptime.com/nmap/page4-8.shtml" />
  <row Id="40107" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22031" RevisionGUID="7836a170-dc8b-4e31-861f-bf871d2ea6b2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:03:13.737" UserId="7073" Comment="Added my points about it" Text="This one is kinda of a part two to this [question][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the comments was about small business and the receptions being the only onsite person and how windows will be better for them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I'd like to see how many people have worked or done a linux office, server &amp; workstations in a small business that WAS NOT computer focused.  So this would be a small law firm, accounting, maybe social services (they have no money right so it would be perfect for them)  Small being likely less then 30, as high as 50 maybe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Did it work?  Was it worth it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wanted to include my background, I do small business tech susport to those types of customers.  One of which is social services.  I'll do my details about it after&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&#xD;&#xA;Why I asked this is because of the constant back and forth between Linux and Windows.  I don't think Linux is a bad os, but I don't think it suitable for &quot;most&quot; desktops, there are always the exceptions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its interesting to see here how many small businesses tried it and the issues they had.  Most with the users or some application that just didn't work and a big part of that being the TCO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For me, I try to train any customer to do any of their own level 1 help desk.  Why are they calling me to reset a password, create a user, security group, file share, or heck in somecases in installing new printers.  By enabling the customers to do this, I get less calls about it and the calls I do get are &quot;real&quot; issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One network I have the computers are all locked down, no extra software that isnt need is installed, over 100 users share about 30 computers and we never have issues with windows be unstable.  One guy wanted WinAmp installed, that was denied because the computers include Mediaplayer (preferences aside its about what you need) another user wanted the Flash plugin, this was denied as well since there was no business need.  About 2 years later an educational website that needed flash for the courses was needed, so now flash got installed, via a GPO push out in about an hour.  Took me longer to find the network package and register on adobe then it did to setup the GPO.  A user could be on any computer and are not savy enough to find a file share on the server.  So with GPO the My Documents is mapped to their user share and now even if they just hit save it ends up on the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other side, the servers, I am not a Linux admin, so if a customer wants to use Linux for servers I'll bow out since I cannot support them properly.  So that brings up a good point, its way easier to find Windows support if the regular guys isn't around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd love to role out linux and save the licnese costs, but the flexability of a windows server with a windows desktop just cannot be matched.  Especially when you add in a lot of customization drawing on some windows functions that may work in linux, but will be difficult to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/21159/what-is-preventing-you-from-deploying-desktop-linux-in-your-environment/21707#21707" />
  <row Id="40108" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22544" RevisionGUID="e4d3cee3-6b3b-4844-93e5-6761ff158276" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:03:38.667" UserId="438" Text="I need to be able to monitor the temperature of a couple of servers remotely.  Does anyone know of any free/cheap software that will monitor the server temp and email it or at least output it so that I can pick it up via blat?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="40109" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22544" RevisionGUID="e4d3cee3-6b3b-4844-93e5-6761ff158276" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:03:38.667" UserId="438" Text="What is the Best Way to Monitor Server Temperature?" />
  <row Id="40110" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22544" RevisionGUID="e4d3cee3-6b3b-4844-93e5-6761ff158276" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:03:38.667" UserId="438" Text="&lt;temperature&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="40111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22545" RevisionGUID="ff274125-0b35-46d2-b21f-590d9aac273f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:05:39.290" UserId="2639" Text="My company is looking for a good forum to use with Sharepoint? Are there any good free forums?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;Dwight" />
  <row Id="40112" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22545" RevisionGUID="ff274125-0b35-46d2-b21f-590d9aac273f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:05:39.290" UserId="2639" Text="Sharepoint forum" />
  <row Id="40113" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22545" RevisionGUID="ff274125-0b35-46d2-b21f-590d9aac273f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:05:39.290" UserId="2639" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;forum&gt;" />
  <row Id="40114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22546" RevisionGUID="4f9196ae-6321-499b-882f-a5fcec58b25f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:06:23.047" UserId="6365" Text="For CPU and board:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;lm_sensors + NetMRG or Nagios&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;For disks:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;hddtemp or smartctl (smartmontools) + NetMRG or Nagios&lt;br&gt;" />
  <row Id="40115" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22547" RevisionGUID="771f9695-3ac7-497b-8622-326e1e4d2961" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:06:29.117" UserId="1402" Text="Your best option would be to head over to [7Zip.org][1], go to the download section and get the '7-Zip Command Line Version'. It supports most compression formats, is easy to use and free!&#xD;&#xA;A command line example to compress a bunch of files with the bak extension to ZIP format would be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    7za a -tzip tinybak.zip *.bak&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://7zip.org" />
  <row Id="40116" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22548" RevisionGUID="4ea0c61c-dcfb-41c0-ba91-2b69918eac6f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:06:54.653" UserId="8021" Text="Usually, server hardware will have temperature sensors pollable via IPMI. This is true back to all the servers I have, even generic brands, to about 2002... and is also true for my home PC. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming you're using linux, you can access this information using the `ipmitool`. Some servers also expose it to `snmp` if you have the appropriate MIB for your vendor. Servers without an ipmi interface may expose the data through `lm_sensors`. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Without knowing hardware or OS, it's hard to answer further. You might want to update your question. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From there, we usually collect the data via nagios and then save it to a RRD for display in cacti." />
  <row Id="40117" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22549" RevisionGUID="8ff83dd7-3650-427e-80ce-6ae0aab4f837" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:06:57.120" UserId="3290" Text="Another idea, a slight variation on what you have described:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Setup tunnel from master&#xD;&#xA; - Start slave from master (note binlog position of master)&#xD;&#xA; - Run slave until binlog position of master is met or exceeded&#xD;&#xA; - Stop slave&#xD;&#xA; - Close tunnel&#xD;&#xA; - Repeat every x minutes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The key here is that the tunnel is created and destroyed by the master, updates are run periodically." />
  <row Id="40118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22550" RevisionGUID="17961cd7-e5ea-4b1d-8eb7-2e2500bb928e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:06:59.053" UserId="5745" Text="Nagios and Zenoss are both extensible enough that you should be able to implement temperature monitoring easily, and they're both free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to be really simple just write a script that uses the lm_sensors tools and emails the answer, then schedule it with cron. Really, that's only a good course of action if you have just a couple of servers, but it is quick and easy to manage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on your servers there may be tools with them, or you can use SNMP too. I know the Dell PowerEdge's come with the web based servertools to alert on this sort of thing." />
  <row Id="40119" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21928" RevisionGUID="6e6a426c-3bf9-4ffe-903b-2100fec3b0e1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:07:34.340" UserId="8021" Comment="added 566 characters in body" Text="Xen has a built-in locking mechanism that should be used, especially if using hot or live migration. We have a NFS share mounted on all of our Dom0 hosts, and Xen checks there first to see if someone else is running an instance of a DomU before attempting to start it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look in your xend-config.sxp file -- the config settings your looking for start at about line 261 on my system, and are called `xend-domain-lock`, `xend-domain-lock-path`, and if you want to set up an external utility to manage it in another way, you can specify an external command to run with `xend-domain-lock-utility`. I'm using Xen 3.3.1 on SLES11; your mileage may vary. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We manage xend, xendomains, and nfs with pacemaker/openais, and store the lock files on an NFS mount that is made highly available by means of pacemaker and a partition on the san. " />
  <row Id="40120" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22551" RevisionGUID="8bcd67ef-9371-448c-9aad-5a913b9a6c4f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:07:52.233" UserId="8386" Text="I've used everything from Greek &amp; Roman Mythology, Planets, Superheroes, and recently the Battlestar Galactica Phonetic Alphabet. I figure I'm mostly the one who is going to be looking at these, so I might as well have a little fun with it. Also, I don't like to name the hardware based on a specific employee because we move hardware around sometimes and/or employee turnover.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some examples: *Athena, Hercules, Jove, Jupiter, Mystique, Neptune, Poseidon, Punisher, Rogue, Sedna, Zulu*" />
  <row Id="40124" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22553" RevisionGUID="30475451-8b39-40a1-9f2b-f6fe1ce3c139" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:08:22.250" UserId="3318" Text="I agree with rkthkr on the answer to your question but I noticed this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    DocumentRoot /path/to/mysite.com/teabag/current/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wouldn't that cause a security problem? That would give someone access to your application code. There should be no need to point your DocumentRoot to your application directory. All your static media should be served out of a separate directory. If you are on a Linux system you could symlink your media from your application directory to your DocumentRoot directory." />
  <row Id="40125" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22554" RevisionGUID="c1b8dd18-6422-43c7-83e1-eaa520ad7e07" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:09:26.430" UserId="8555" Text="For what it's worth, the general advice I've always seen is &quot;Don't mix stable with anything.&quot; Most of the mixed systems tutorials are for mixing testing and unstable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reasoning seems to be that if you mix stable with testing, very basic packages (like libc6) will require updates (in order to install software from testing), and once these basic packages move to testing, the whole system can drift that way. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are two alternatives:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Use [Backports][1].&#xD;&#xA; 2. Install a source line from testing, and try to [build the later version you want from source][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-sourcehandling.en.html" />
  <row Id="40126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22555" RevisionGUID="c6ad527a-3976-43dc-b5bb-ff6b9117fb33" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:10:25.100" UserId="1276" Text="With [GNU shred][1] and a **very heavy hammer**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/shred-invocation.html" />
  <row Id="40127" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22556" RevisionGUID="78c90a1f-019b-4bed-93e7-c1744c75c312" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:10:38.190" UserId="6101" Text="My wife and I are birdwatchers, so I name our computers after birds. I usually dig through my pictures directory, and pick one I can use as my screen background. For example, I recently took a great picture of a bald eagle, so my new Mac is &quot;EAGLE&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and our router is named &quot;AVIARY&quot; of course." />
  <row Id="40128" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22556" RevisionGUID="78c90a1f-019b-4bed-93e7-c1744c75c312" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:10:38.190" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40129" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22557" RevisionGUID="bcab3b46-fb24-429e-bcdf-2b84f2e1ba5c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:10:53.307" UserId="8781" Text="Here are a few things I would check:&#xD;&#xA;1) Are the serial numbers on the drives pretty close? If so you might have a faulty batch&#xD;&#xA;2) How is the environment that your server lives in? Have you had issues with other hardware failing recently? &#xD;&#xA;3) Does the drives happen to be Seagate Barracuda drives? There are issues with those drives. See this [computerworld article][1] on it.&#xD;&#xA;4) Did these drives come as part of a system? or did you buy them yourself? If you bought OEM drives there is no way to ensure that the drives were handled with care before you purchased them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've personally had incredible luck with hard drives. I've only had two drives fail on me. Only one of those failures was on a drive I was actually using. However, all around me I've seen lots of people lose data on hard drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&amp;articleId=9126360" />
  <row Id="40130" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22558" RevisionGUID="eea61f3f-1121-4f8f-a70d-e99022d6ff3a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:11:39.360" UserId="6793" Text="I often open a file in vim, make some changes and when it's time to save the file is read-only.. (owned by another user). I'm looking for tips on how I could re-open the file &#xD;&#xA;as root and keep my changes without first saving it to a temporary file for copy or re-edit&#xD;&#xA;as root." />
  <row Id="40131" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22558" RevisionGUID="eea61f3f-1121-4f8f-a70d-e99022d6ff3a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:11:39.360" UserId="6793" Text="vim re-edit as root" />
  <row Id="40132" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22558" RevisionGUID="eea61f3f-1121-4f8f-a70d-e99022d6ff3a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:11:39.360" UserId="6793" Text="&lt;sudo&gt;&lt;vim&gt;&lt;vimrc&gt;&lt;editor&gt;&lt;root&gt;" />
  <row Id="40133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22559" RevisionGUID="36e163e3-47d1-4d19-9bc3-c2b97c9508d5" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:11:47.220" UserId="2257" Text="To control my servers from anywhere for me my demands are: any 3G phone with a RDP client, touch screen (for the mouse) and full keyboard. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Two years ago I have chosen a HTC TYTN with Windows Mobile. And this works very good. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can now control my servers while mountainbiking, skying, etc.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22560" RevisionGUID="70d15a7b-2bfa-45bb-9ab6-2251d3e9d57f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:12:14.007" UserId="4392" Text="For the drives that spin up and can be addressed, use the following command to &quot;zero&quot; out the drive: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/harddrive bs=1M&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're really paranoid, do it 8 times, but to my knowledge, no one has ever recovered from one without pulling the platters and examining them microscopically. There's actually been an ongoing challenge since 2008: http://16systems.com/zero.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the drives DON'T spin up, 5 or 6 good wacks with a hammer will take care of the platters. " />
  <row Id="40135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22561" RevisionGUID="af7d3c52-2e37-4b82-b182-d7ca28e60844" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:13:20.963" UserId="8866" Text="What remote support software do you use?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How much of your support is done remotely versus on-site?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any metrics your company is using to quantify the savings/profit remote support has contributed to your company?" />
  <row Id="40136" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22561" RevisionGUID="af7d3c52-2e37-4b82-b182-d7ca28e60844" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:13:20.963" UserId="8866" Text="Remote Support Software Recommendations" />
  <row Id="40137" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22561" RevisionGUID="af7d3c52-2e37-4b82-b182-d7ca28e60844" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:13:20.963" UserId="8866" Text="&lt;remote&gt;&lt;remote-support&gt;&lt;software&gt;" />
  <row Id="40138" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22562" RevisionGUID="92b8f616-94f1-4862-a2ac-00eafd689c98" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:13:23.007" UserId="2612" Text="&#xD;&#xA;Here's a script I call at the end of **startnet.cmd**. The goal here is to connect to &amp;#92;&amp;#92;MYSERVER&amp;#92;MYSHARE and run a menu script stored there. If the script can't be found I release and renew my IP address and try again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo OFF&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    set INSTALL_SERVER=MYSERVER&#xD;&#xA;    set INSTALL_SHARE=MYSHARE&#xD;&#xA;    set INSTALL_ACCOUNT=INSTALLUSERNAME&#xD;&#xA;    set INSTALL_PASSWORD=12345678&#xD;&#xA;    set INSTALL_ACCOUNT_DOMAIN=MYSERVER&#xD;&#xA;    set START_SCRIPT=menu.cmd&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    :NETWORK_LOGON&#xD;&#xA;    echo Logging on to %INSTALL_SHARE% on %INSTALL_SERVER% &#xD;&#xA;    echo as %INSTALL_ACCOUNT_DOMAIN%\%INSTALL_ACCOUNT%...&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;Here's a **ping** to provoke name resolution, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ping 0.0.0.1 -n 3 -w 1000 &gt; NUL&#xD;&#xA;    ping %INSTALL_SERVER% &gt; NUL&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;Here's the logon attempt from WinPE to the server, &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    net use \\%INSTALL_SERVER%\%INSTALL_SHARE% /user:%INSTALL_ACCOUNT_DOMAIN%\%INSTALL_ACCOUNT% %INSTALL_PASSWORD%&#xD;&#xA;    pushd \\%INSTALL_SERVER%\%INSTALL_SHARE%&#xD;&#xA;    if exist %START_SCRIPT% call %START_SCRIPT%&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;If I can't see the menu script, then I release and renew and try again, &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    if not exist %START_SCRIPT% (&#xD;&#xA;        ipconfig /release&#xD;&#xA;        ipconfig /renew&#xD;&#xA;        echo.&#xD;&#xA;        echo.&#xD;&#xA;        goto :NETWORK_LOGON&#xD;&#xA;    )&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40139" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22563" RevisionGUID="f7c5b6f2-94f8-40a9-8c03-4f247cd1ab98" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:13:48.593" UserId="8548" Text="I have resolved it, I think. When installing OMSA, be sure to install ALL components, ie. the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [x] Server Administrator CLI&#xD;&#xA;    [x] Server Administrator Web Server&#xD;&#xA;    [x] Storage Management&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you neglect to install storage management, chances are you wont be able to manage storage devices :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I just need to find out if I can get it to email alerts to me. Thanks all!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Flick" />
  <row Id="40140" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22564" RevisionGUID="923b97fc-8eab-4a56-acd2-531fe19eec96" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:13:54.583" UserId="6365" Text="Drill 3 holes in the hard drive. Proved to make the drive irrecoverable." />
  <row Id="40141" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22565" RevisionGUID="26a3e0d6-7292-4eb6-b39b-1146ac9379e6" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:13:55.410" UserId="6427" Text="What is your favourite filesystem on ssd disks, and why?&#xD;&#xA;I'm asking because on my Acer Aspire One with 8GB ssd with ReiserFS it takes ages to boot after an unclean shutdown, so I'm probably missing something. I thought ReiserFS woud be a good choice, but it probably isn't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And also:&#xD;&#xA;Once a filesystem has been chosen, What options are suited for this kind of disks? I heard something about aligning filesystem blocks with ssd cells (I hope those terms are appropriate), but how do I actually find the right block size?" />
  <row Id="40142" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22565" RevisionGUID="26a3e0d6-7292-4eb6-b39b-1146ac9379e6" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:13:55.410" UserId="6427" Text="Advices for filesystem choice and tuning on ssd?" />
  <row Id="40143" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22565" RevisionGUID="26a3e0d6-7292-4eb6-b39b-1146ac9379e6" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:13:55.410" UserId="6427" Text="&lt;ssd&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="40144" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22565" RevisionGUID="26a3e0d6-7292-4eb6-b39b-1146ac9379e6" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:13:55.410" UserId="6427" />
  <row Id="40145" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22566" RevisionGUID="f8f36251-50c7-4f83-acf2-fe20f3c70a03" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:14:04.880" UserId="8374" Text="the [ultimate boot cd][1] (UBCD) has many wiping tools that are good and easy/fast to use :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/" />
  <row Id="40146" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="20355" RevisionGUID="50436703-e302-41fa-9ba9-a241251aeb15" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:15:42.803" UserId="2612" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;deployment&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;dhcp&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;winpe&gt;" />
  <row Id="40147" PostHistoryTypeId="18" PostId="3854" RevisionGUID="adc247ce-1dfd-4990-b65a-7b3934fa6c64" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:15:44.517" UserId="1803" Comment="Merged question 'How to dispose of old hard drives?' by sh-beta" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="40148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22567" RevisionGUID="af009a10-b325-4db1-8a6e-d228bca68f1e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:21:54.463" UserId="3318" Text="You may want to add a filter rule for your scanning server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/ips/6.1/configuration/guide/idm/idm_event_action_rules.html#wp2034816][1]&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/ips/6.1/configuration/guide/idm/idm_event_action_rules.html#wp2034816" />
  <row Id="40149" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22566" RevisionGUID="1cc4f9e1-0d8b-4a17-8439-cccb5f7f047b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:21:59.893" UserId="8374" Comment="added 76 characters in body" Text="the [ultimate boot cd][1] (UBCD) has many wiping tools that are good and easy/fast to use :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;otherwise you can open the drive and clean the platters with windex haha&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/" />
  <row Id="40150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22568" RevisionGUID="33f98ed3-b9dc-4c17-ac51-eafc544aabae" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:22:12.217" UserId="8711" Text="I am creating an authoritative bind server. I have not worked on DNS in a while.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My reverse lookups are failing on the internet, but when I connect directly to the server on  nslookup I am able to do a reverse lookup sucessfully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Forward lookups work fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas on what this could be?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40151" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22568" RevisionGUID="33f98ed3-b9dc-4c17-ac51-eafc544aabae" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:22:12.217" UserId="8711" Text="DNS Reverse lookup not working" />
  <row Id="40152" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22568" RevisionGUID="33f98ed3-b9dc-4c17-ac51-eafc544aabae" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:22:12.217" UserId="8711" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;bind&gt;" />
  <row Id="40153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22569" RevisionGUID="0eb59ab3-7dba-4e30-bd09-8419d4731d8b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:22:16.257" UserId="7073" Text="Try this [UPS][1], it's a small one with one of the plugs on it is a switchable load one.&#xD;&#xA;Which means you can remotely power cycle it.  They have other models of UPS with more if you needed that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've never found a PDU for a small setup cheaper.  I've used one of this series for years, no issues&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tripplite.com/en/products/model.cfm?txtSeriesID=650&amp;EID=13863&amp;txtModelID=2853" />
  <row Id="40154" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22570" RevisionGUID="4dc80653-23d5-4554-92a3-70264654a60f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:24:25.943" UserId="7936" Text="I usually save it to a temporary file in $HOME/tmp/apache.conf (for example) then&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo vimdiff $HOME/tmp/apache.conf /etc/apache2/apache.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this is some extra work to merge the changes but it paid off. I find it to be a nice way between convenience and measurements against unwanted changes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Before that I was thinking of ACLs or assigning corresponding groups to the files but it didn't work out all to often I either forgot to change the ownerships or was changing files where I didn't mean to do so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That goes only for files which aren't managed until now. The overall solution we use is puppet with a git repo where people locally edit files and test the changes on appropriate servers, if the configuration works as desired the changes are pushed back to the central repository where our configuration engine pulls changes at regular intervalls." />
  <row Id="40155" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22440" RevisionGUID="da828ff3-2f0d-4cb1-b3f5-8adf516d9ad3" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:24:32.370" UserId="8696" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="I mostly use names from a **set of names**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Examples:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Characters from animated series (Simpsons, American Dad, Family Guy)&#xD;&#xA;* Names of [real stars][1] (Sol, Arktur, Maia, Bellatrix, Deneb, ...)&#xD;&#xA;* Names of (semi-)fictious Star Trek planets (Chronos, Vulcan, Risa, Bajor, ...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes when I can't think of a good set I use **[Google Sets][2]**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_traditional_star_names&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://labs.google.com/sets" />
  <row Id="40156" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22571" RevisionGUID="1301e15b-8594-4211-9b50-628075363c16" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:26:07.297" UserId="274" Text="What are anti-spam measure i should consider before launching my user content website?&#xD;&#xA;Somethings i have considered&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Silent JavaScript based captcha on the register page (i do not have an implementation)&#xD;&#xA;  - Validate emails by forcing a confirmation link/number&#xD;&#xA;  - Allow X amount of comments per 10mins and Y per 2hours (i am considering excited first time users who want to experience the site)&#xD;&#xA;  - Disallow link until user is trusted (i am not sure how a user will become trusted)&#xD;&#xA;  - Run all comments, messages, etc through a spam filter.&#xD;&#xA;  - Check to see if messages are duplicate or similar (i may not bother with this. I'd like the system to be strong without this)&#xD;&#xA;  - I also timestamp everything which i then can retrieve as a long on my admin page.&#xD;&#xA;What other measures can i take or consider?" />
  <row Id="40157" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22571" RevisionGUID="1301e15b-8594-4211-9b50-628075363c16" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:26:07.297" UserId="274" Text="AntiSpam measures for websites" />
  <row Id="40158" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22571" RevisionGUID="1301e15b-8594-4211-9b50-628075363c16" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:26:07.297" UserId="274" Text="&lt;anti-spam&gt;" />
  <row Id="40159" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22572" RevisionGUID="124bb5ae-d0ed-46e9-9318-4b4da5244adf" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:26:10.650" UserId="7073" Text="LogMeIn is the primary way&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondary way, All computers have remote desktop turned on as the secondary and the network forwards the remote desktop port to one computer.  So I can login via remote desktop to one computer and then remote to any other.  I'll filter the IP for forwarding of that port so it only comes from my IP's&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also since LogMeIn is outbound connections there is nothing to open on the firewall&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do everything remotely unless its actually setting up a new computer or moving hardware or fixing hardware." />
  <row Id="40161" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22574" RevisionGUID="914efe98-0740-4932-a7c7-a0bc9621ff3e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:28:26.123" UserId="4535" Text="If you're willing to wait for 2.6.30 and you're okay with trying a newcomer, NILFS is set for inclusion into the 2.6.30 mainline tree.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7345/1.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The benchmarks look great and it apparently addresses the exact issue you've been seeing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7345/1.html" />
  <row Id="40162" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22574" RevisionGUID="914efe98-0740-4932-a7c7-a0bc9621ff3e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:28:26.123" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40163" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22575" RevisionGUID="4d22564f-2985-4adc-824d-78e80307e792" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:30:23.720" UserId="3763" Text="The servers for the local church I named:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Lucifer&#xD;&#xA;* Alfheim&#xD;&#xA;* Valkyrie&#xD;&#xA;* Hel&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My personal computers are: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Loki&#xD;&#xA;* Walfdar&#xD;&#xA;* Freya" />
  <row Id="40164" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22545" RevisionGUID="07c8a64c-59b4-49aa-a237-155c0c8c0904" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:31:56.823" UserId="2639" Comment="added 76 characters in body" Text="My company is looking for a good forum to use with Sharepoint? Are there any good free forums?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sharepoint version is MOSS 2007. Discussion lists are not acceptable. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;Dwight" />
  <row Id="40165" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22576" RevisionGUID="bb81d1c1-4020-43f2-ad7e-5f7859be3c8a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:31:58.507" UserId="1070" Text="From this [stackoverflow answer](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/726894/vim-tricks-your-mom-never-told-you-about-dark-corners/726920#726920), by [skinp](http://stackoverflow.com/users/2907/skinp)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     :w !sudo tee %&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I often forget to sudo before editing a file I don't have write permissions on. When I come to save that file and get a permission error, I just issue that vim command in order to save the file without the need to save it to a temp file and then copy it back again.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40166" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22577" RevisionGUID="75231d3e-d116-4712-9455-cb5b887bccb2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:33:57.600" UserId="8331" Text="Hello guys, I need to do an operation a bit strange.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, i run on Debian, apache2 (which 'runs' as user www-data)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I have simple text file with .txt ot .ini, or whatever extension, doesnt matter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These files are located in subfolders with a structure like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.example.com/folder1/car/foobar.txt&#xD;&#xA;www.example.com/folder1/cycle/foobar.txt&#xD;&#xA;www.example.com/folder1/fish/foobar.txt&#xD;&#xA;www.example.com/folder1/fruit/foobar.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;therefore, the file name always the same, ditto for the 'hierarchy', just change the name of the folder: /folder-name-static/folder-name-dinamyc/file-name-static.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I should do is (I think) relatively simple: I must be able to read that file by programs on the server (python, php for example), but if I try to retrieve the file contents by broswer (digiting the url www.example.com/folder1/car/foobar.txt, or via cUrl, etc..) I must get a forbidden error, or whatever, but **not access the file**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would also be nice that even accessing those files via FTP are 'hidden', or anyway couldnt be downloaded (at least that I use with the ftp root and user data)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I do?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found this online, be put in the file .htaccess:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Files File.txt&gt;&#xD;&#xA;     Order allow, deny&#xD;&#xA;     Deny from all&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/ Files&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems to work, but only if the file is in the web root (www.example.com / myfile.txt), and not in subfolders.&#xD;&#xA;Moreover, the folders in the second level (www.example.com/folder1/**fruit**/foobar.txt) will be dinamycally created.. I would like to avoid having to change .htaccess file from time to time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is possible to create a rule, something like that, that goes for all files with given name, which is on *www.example.com/folder-name-static/***folder-name-dinamyc/***file-name-static.txt*, where *those parts are allways the same*, just **that one change** ?" />
  <row Id="40167" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22577" RevisionGUID="75231d3e-d116-4712-9455-cb5b887bccb2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:33:57.600" UserId="8331" Text="How to deny the web access to some files?" />
  <row Id="40168" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22577" RevisionGUID="75231d3e-d116-4712-9455-cb5b887bccb2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:33:57.600" UserId="8331" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;hidden-files&gt;" />
  <row Id="40169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22578" RevisionGUID="d3c29571-bea5-4660-905f-28467c807a94" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:35:02.730" UserId="8386" Text="We use UltraVNC. Getting through the firewall was a challenge to do, but mostly because I wasn't very familiar with port forwarding. When it works, it works great. But there are issues with Vista, anytime Vista asks for User Account Control, UltraVNC drops the connection. At other times it just seems that UltraVNC won't work at all, for some reason unknown to me. In these cases I've bought day-passes at copilot.com, or used a trial version of some other software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;90 -95% of support is done remotely. An on-site visit for me is very rare. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, I don't have any metrics on savings/profit of remote support. If I base it on about 10 on-site support issues a year (1 day apiece), considering my salary, travel expenses, time away from other issues, etc. we are probably saving around $4000 to $5000 per year.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also use LogMeIn.com for my personal computers at home." />
  <row Id="40170" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22579" RevisionGUID="7f558519-a3dd-4078-9017-cbcee954d9c6" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:35:23.790" UserId="4733" Text="For servers we use RDC, but for workstations, because we may want the user to see what we are doing, we use IntelliAdmin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have mentioned IntelliAdmin on her many times.  It lets you directly connect to any machine on your network very easily and quickly...even stealthy if you want.  You can control the users keyboard and mouse and even lock the user out if you want.  Its as if you were physically in front of the remote machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It requires no installation of 3rd-party software for the LAN edition.  There is an internet edition that requires 3rd part software on the remote machine." />
  <row Id="40171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22580" RevisionGUID="48aa4560-a188-4b10-a025-54f8a6f5ec9d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:36:28.423" UserId="8152" Text="We use exercise terminology.  Keeps hackers (most of whom are allergic to exercise) from poking around." />
  <row Id="40172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22581" RevisionGUID="c2b75527-a068-417e-8cf1-538c3fb93de1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:36:33.993" UserId="1054" Text="As Dan C hints at in the comment to your question the Internet nameservers won't necessarily know that your server exists.  There will need to be a nameserver (NS) record for your server in the reverse lookup zone for your BIND server to actually be considered authoritative.  Without this no resolvers will be able to find your server.  You will probably need to work with your ISP to either have PTR records created for you or to have your server established as authoritative.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another possibility, if all of that has been done, is that there just has not be sufficient time for the records to propogate." />
  <row Id="40173" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22582" RevisionGUID="9a305f56-ab9d-4c56-aaa0-874440328fa5" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:36:42.073" UserId="8781" Text="Why not use standard unix file permissions to deny access to the file?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a decent explanation on wikipedia about [unix file permissions][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_system_permissions" />
  <row Id="40174" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22583" RevisionGUID="0eb6195f-8f44-4816-92cf-d4981f40c9c5" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:36:46.410" UserId="7200" Text="To &quot;ride along&quot; with the user, we've used RealVNC for years on Windows XP. (We deploy it with an MSI package and an MST to set a per-Customer password.) This is problematic with Windows Vista, but since our Customers have largely skipped Windows Vista (where we have been, grudgingly, using LogMeIn) we have punted on that issue for now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've been using LogMeIn on Windows Vista machines, grudgingly, with success. Unless you pay them, however, you don't get an MSI-based installer. (You can do some rather creative hacks with the &quot;free&quot; edition to get an MSI, but it's not worth the trouble.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remote Desktop is enabled via Group Policy on every computer (server, client computer, etc). For support issues that don't require seeing what the user sees, we use that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had an interest level in solicited Remote Assistance functionality, but I never did the work to get that going. I'd be interested to hear from people who have, because the more I can use built-in Windows functionality the happier I am.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't give you a &quot;hard dollar number&quot;, but we'd be hard pressed to service the number of Customers (and raw counts of individual PCs) that we do w/o VPNs and remote control tools." />
  <row Id="40175" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22584" RevisionGUID="4d5cc0a6-3f99-46f3-ab98-2d94d3580fd0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:37:17.517" UserId="4392" Text="Put the .htaccess file in the subdirectory and in the &lt;Directory &quot;whatever&quot;&gt; statement, set AllowOverride All &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22585" RevisionGUID="16242ee9-1341-4f9c-9ea1-bfe76ec99041" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:37:31.963" UserId="7783" Text="Workstations? alpha code for operating system followed by asset tag&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So &#xD;&#xA;OSX4901 is the apple laptop on my desk with the asset tag number &quot;4901&quot; in our database&#xD;&#xA;XP4973 and WS4973 refer to one desktop machine (also on my desk as it happens), running a different operating system (XP and Windows 7).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having this appear as the machine name in any event logs, as well as being physically tagged on the machine makes it easy for the helpdesk to know what asset someone is talking about when booking a call and for us to track things down in the systems admin/engineering department when we're reviewing a long and sorry traffic log of some random workstation banging out nonsense on its local subnet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Asset tag is linked to physical location and/or &quot;owner&quot; in the helpdesk DB too. The moment we get a machine name we then can easily get a &quot;full service history&quot; of the computer from both a network/software point of view and a hardware / repair history point of view. Anything that makes it easier to put that information into the hands of anyone on the IT team who needs it has to be a good thing right?" />
  <row Id="40177" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22586" RevisionGUID="b7472a35-8a4b-4e21-aa05-b11325348794" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:37:39.297" UserId="7083" Text="Just a note about your first requested feature.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Ideally to be able to boot a real partition rather than a file representing a virtual hard disk (so it's readable and writable by the host OS);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This shouldn't be a concern. You can generally mount any kind of file-based VM image using Linux's loopback device should you need to do so. This is true for raw, VHD, VMDK, qcow, etc." />
  <row Id="40179" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22587" RevisionGUID="3d6791db-2ce0-4248-9d5c-8c3b3851b300" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:39:27.657" UserId="8021" Text="Almost 100% of support is done remotely. We use Novell's integrated remote desktop support ... or if that's not working for whatever reason, we use &lt;a href=&quot;www.copilot.com&quot;&gt;CoPilot&lt;/a&gt;." />
  <row Id="40180" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22588" RevisionGUID="edc5c962-52ee-4a33-824b-2341cb6e284d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:39:40.633" UserId="8152" Text="I've used DBAN extensively.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Darik's Boot And Nuke creates a bootable CD/floppy.  You boot to it, and, after it picks up your hard drives, you can select as many drives as you want and then the method of destruction (we usually 9 or more passes of random 1s and 0s).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simply overwriting 0 0 0 0 over and over can still leave data recognizable.  " />
  <row Id="40181" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22589" RevisionGUID="42bd0e15-d9f5-4878-9df1-0dd6ee50f0f7" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:40:53.503" UserId="4271" Text="Yes, this is all possible. However if you have programs on the server that need to access text files, they should reside out of the web root. For example, if your web files are in ~/public_html/, you should store them in ~/data. There is no reason to place them in the public html folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition to removing them from the web folder, make sure unix permissions are set correctly on them. The user of the scripts would need to have read (write?) access but anyone else does not have to have this access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you DO need to have these files in a web accessible folder, there are ways to do what you are asking via mod_rewrite. See the follow site for many examples, one of which should fit the bill.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://perishablepress.com/press/2006/01/10/stupid-htaccess-tricks/" />
  <row Id="40182" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22590" RevisionGUID="78971499-c3c9-4456-9a81-bcc48d4a4c33" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:41:09.010" UserId="1736" Text="I'm surprised to see you're not already considering using [reCAPTCHA][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://recaptcha.net/" />
  <row Id="40183" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22591" RevisionGUID="fab10ada-6624-4cc4-8b3b-9a38acd34cca" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:41:26.077" UserId="6793" Text="You could use [Files][1]/[FilesMatch][2] and a regular expression:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Files ~ &quot;^\.txt&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;        Deny from all&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Files&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is how .htpasswd is protected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#files&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#filesmatch" />
  <row Id="40184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22592" RevisionGUID="811b3a9c-f85c-490d-9115-5f6bf868904a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:41:32.240" UserId="4541" Text="I am looking to pitch a comprehensive monitoring system to my manager, and have been considering OpenNMS. However, I have seen glowing praise of Nagios on here and I was hoping someone with experience could help illustrate the key differences for me. Do their focuses differ, or are they just competitors?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If some background helps, we run 6 on-site servers (File server, PBX, proxy, application, etc.) and two off-site servers (Website / development) along with a couple of switches and a router. The monitoring service we install will be running on a separate converted desktop running freeBSD. All of our stuff runs either Linux or a BSD derivative. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are looking to spend no money to implement this (sigh).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for any help.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40185" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22592" RevisionGUID="811b3a9c-f85c-490d-9115-5f6bf868904a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:41:32.240" UserId="4541" Text="Key differences between Nagios and Open NMS?" />
  <row Id="40186" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22592" RevisionGUID="811b3a9c-f85c-490d-9115-5f6bf868904a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:41:32.240" UserId="4541" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;network-monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="40187" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22593" RevisionGUID="53cf5f53-eae2-4f85-a000-35ffac2c5904" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:42:25.700" UserId="1070" Text="- Captchas, StackOverflow/ServerFault combine these with rate-limiting well - basically if you take too long to post a question, or edit to often, you have to enter a [ReCaptcha](http://recaptcha.net/) code&#xD;&#xA;- [Askimet](http://akismet.com) - basically a &quot;global&quot; bayesian spam filter, you submit content (comments, usually) via their API, and it says if it considers the content spam or not.&#xD;&#xA;- Regarding disabling linking until you &quot;trust&quot; a user - it depends on the type of site, but perhaps enable linking after 24 hours, or until their content gets an upvote or a reply - that should limit a many of the automated register-then-spam bots" />
  <row Id="40188" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22594" RevisionGUID="05429f3f-2143-4f22-bb45-7ba04a408bc0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:42:41.083" UserId="7200" Text="While it's possible to do what you're trying to do strictly with RRAS and the Windows Firewall, it's going to be a fairly complex configuration, and will not be secure if not properly configured. You may find that operating system patches impact the functionality, as well. I don't know that I'd be very trusting that this, once setup, would continue to work properly in the face of patches.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To my mind, you would spend a lot less time on this if you invested in a hardware firewall / VPN appliance to sit in front of the remote web server computer to terminate a VPN there. If you're able to do that, you'll end up with a solution that I would expect to be a lot more robust." />
  <row Id="40189" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22595" RevisionGUID="a2d76531-ce1b-4c66-badc-3acd34ef1e27" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:42:57.930" UserId="2783" Text="I've been using Telligent's Community Server Evolution, which integrates with SharePoint and does discussion forums/blogs/wikis very well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://communityserver.com/news/team-blog/community-server-evolution/&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;http://communityserver.com/products/evolution/" />
  <row Id="40190" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22596" RevisionGUID="d944a50a-80b2-42c8-bd0f-deac734a7775" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:44:10.287" UserId="7783" Text="Sorry, do you mean you're looking for a place to ask questions or a plug in to improve the forums aspect of MOSS 2007?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the latter, the community server people [talk a good game][1] about sharepoint integration for their forum/CMS product, and it isn't a bad blog &amp; forum platform to be honest, though I haven't personally tried integrating it with anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can turn off the bits you don't want so you can switch off all but the forum functionality, or you can add to it with plugins if you want to add something new or tweak whatever is there already.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It isn't free, but IIRC you do get access to the source code and they are quite helpful when you have problems, so I'd regard it as a reasonable investment. Microsoft themselves use Community Server quite a lot, if you know what to look for you'll see it crop up quite a lot where they need forum OR blogging tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://communityserver.com/products/evolution/" />
  <row Id="40191" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22597" RevisionGUID="31ed370b-523d-43c2-8f9e-2c5733949215" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:44:45.823" UserDisplayName="Sunny Chan" Text="Lots of RAM and purchase through vendors like IBM.  If you need assistance, feel free to contact me." />
  <row Id="40192" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22597" RevisionGUID="31ed370b-523d-43c2-8f9e-2c5733949215" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:44:45.823" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40193" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22579" RevisionGUID="20d914eb-00f0-443f-a8f8-9018f57eeac2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:44:51.207" UserId="4733" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="For servers we use RDC, but for workstations, because we may want the user to see what we are doing, we use IntelliAdmin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have mentioned IntelliAdmin on here many times.  It lets you directly connect to any machine on your network very easily and quickly...even stealthy if you want.  You can control the users keyboard and mouse and even lock the user out if you want.  Its as if you were physically in front of the remote machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It requires no installation of 3rd-party software for the LAN edition.  There is an internet edition that requires 3rd part software on the remote machine." />
  <row Id="40194" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22598" RevisionGUID="cd13d085-574d-4b44-ad4f-5a247fbd1870" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:45:15.387" UserId="4271" Text="Check ARIN whois for who handles the name servers for reverse lookup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://ws.arin.net/whois/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whoever has the lowest nameserver will handle the PTR entries - unless your upstream has some sort of delegation going on." />
  <row Id="40195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22599" RevisionGUID="038e2e6c-d4a9-4ccf-bb3a-f85ba6023a96" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:47:44.180" UserId="8100" Text="Use [DBAN][1].  It's extremely powerful, conforms to several standards for data removal (including Department of Defense requirements), and runs from a boot media.  It's also freely available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Furthermore, if you require certification regarding these standards, they offer an enterprise (non free) version which includes this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I implemented this as SOP at both IBM and Emerging Health Information Technology, not to mention in the financial sector.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dban.org/" />
  <row Id="40196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22600" RevisionGUID="6f6855fd-d9f2-479f-8cab-c9b71b3cc252" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:47:50.467" UserId="7083" Text="When decommissioning clusters of machines in the past we have used a gas powered nailgun through the drives, making sure to catch the platters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps not the most environmentally friendly option. But it is satisfying and you can get through quite a few at a time." />
  <row Id="40197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22601" RevisionGUID="83ca9d7f-db30-47e3-b213-638800d29aa5" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:48:12.917" UserId="671" Text="That list is a good start, but here are some additional suggestions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  1. Listen to the Stack Overflow podcast.  Joel and Jeff had extensive discussions about how they approached this problem and you will learn a lot from their experience on this matter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  2. Consider making your CAPTCHA appear only when the application detects something odd going on.  Having it display by default will annoy the legitimate users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  3. Having a CAPTCHA powered by JavaScript is one of the lease secure ways of doing it.  I would recommend something generated on the server instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  4. Depending on the nature of the content, allow the community to flag offensive of spammy content.  If it reaches a certain level of reports, it can be disabled automatically.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40198" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22602" RevisionGUID="f795f79f-2779-4762-bda8-62a5d2ad7ba9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:48:33.273" UserId="2489" Text="We use RDP for just about everything but occasionally use www.GoToMeeting.com if the user needs to see we're doing or vice versa.  GoToMeeting is probably not the best solution for lots of support, but we're very happy with it for meetings so it's Convenient for support as well." />
  <row Id="40199" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21228" RevisionGUID="7221d84d-b124-4c48-9bee-2bda0f5faf6d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:48:59.513" UserId="6246" Comment="adding good info from another comment" Text="To crib the best comments from [Percona's take on this][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[Comment 4: Robert Wultsch][2]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I prefer the following as it will kill them in a multi threaded manner… (sometimes killing a single query can take a while)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for i in $(mysql -uroot -pPASS -e&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ’show processlist’ | grep&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ’search_term’ | awk ‘{print $1}’); do&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; mysql -uroot -pPASS -e “kill $i” &amp;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[Comment 8: Shlomi Noach][3]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An [INFORMATION_SCHEMA.PROCESSLIST stored procedure][4] which is a bit verbose to copy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[Comment 16: Bryan][5]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If information_schema.processlist doesn’t exist on your version of MySQL, this works in a linux script:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;pre&gt;#!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; for each in `mysqladmin -u root -prootpwd processlist | awk &#xD;&#xA;&gt; ‘{print $2, $4, $8}’ | grep $dbname | grep $dbuser | awk ‘{print $1}’`;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; do mysqladmin -u root -prootpwd kill $each;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; done&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[Comment 21: Andrew Watson][6]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; mysqladmin proc | grep Sleep | sort -r&#xD;&#xA;&gt; -n -k6 | awk {’print $1; ‘} | xargs mysqladmin kill&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or something to that effect…&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As [Dan C mentions in his answer to this question][7], pruning SELECTS is significantly safer than killing write commands mid-flow, as you may lose data integrity and/or foreign keys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2009/05/21/mass-killing-of-mysql-connections/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2009/05/21/mass-killing-of-mysql-connections/#comment-564930&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2009/05/21/mass-killing-of-mysql-connections/#comment-564998&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2009/05/21/mass-killing-of-mysql-connections/#comment-564998&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2009/05/21/mass-killing-of-mysql-connections/#comment-567874&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2009/05/21/mass-killing-of-mysql-connections/#comment-569160&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://serverfault.com/questions/11357/bulk-or-mass-killing-misbehaving-mysql-queries/21239#21239" />
  <row Id="40200" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22603" RevisionGUID="0d5e6600-bede-4824-bcdc-a311b139f199" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:51:04.860" UserId="355" Text="The higher failure rate of large drives could just be a function of the size of the drives. A drive with fifty million sectors has ten times the chance of having a bad sector than a drive with five million sectors. I'm assuming the failure rate among large drives and small drives is the same here, which is probably not a good assumption -- as someone else said, the fact that terabyte drives are still relatively new, they probably have a a higher failure rate to begin with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In your case, it just sounds like a bad batch of drives." />
  <row Id="40201" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22604" RevisionGUID="f3e43808-51bb-430d-a1e4-28175071f529" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:52:18.853" UserId="8866" Text="I have heard of WSUS, but is that the best solution?  I have techs interrupting our clients to do Windows Updates during business hours.  I need a solution that will reduce customer interruptions and is reliable.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any products that do more than just Windows Updates?" />
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  <row Id="40203" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22604" RevisionGUID="f3e43808-51bb-430d-a1e4-28175071f529" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:52:18.853" UserId="8866" Text="&lt;windows-update&gt;&lt;software&gt;&lt;wsus&gt;" />
  <row Id="40204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22605" RevisionGUID="f6fc6c51-e6bc-4223-8d98-d8fb8fc3b34c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:52:25.360" UserId="7783" Text="I suspect that excited users who want to explore the site are going to have a different pattern of use from a spam bot that tries to register an account and post a spammy link or two on every forum or blog comment box it can find before jetting off. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As such, you can consider applying rate limiting more aggressively to things that meet that pattern - people experiencing a new site might post a lot but its probably going to be centred around things that interest them. Considering a Linux expert joining serverfault.com if you like... they might post very aggressively in threads related to Linux and products that commonly run on top of it, what they won't do is post one or two comments to every darn thread they can regardless of interest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh yeah, and +1 for the suggestion to look at the stack overflow podcasts where this has been discussed. I might add taking a look at what other sites you consider successful in this regard are doing can be invaluable. You don't have to copy google or amazon or stack overflow in order to learn from their mistakes and successes." />
  <row Id="40205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22606" RevisionGUID="f8cda328-7c58-4449-b7bd-0a15a292fc86" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:52:30.193" UserId="7200" Text="I believe you're saying that the client computer's &quot;Offline Files&quot; feature reports that the server computer is &quot;Offline&quot; randomly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What operating system are the client computers running? Are you current on updates there? Are you current on updates on the server computer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The affected users are using wired or wireless Ethernet? (Or have you seen the problem with both?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I doubt you're going to see anything in the client computer event logs, if it's just &quot;Offline Files&quot; deciding that the server computer is &quot;offline&quot;. Still, it's worth a shot. I'd be looking for NIC related messages (cable &quot;disconnects&quot;, etc) and possible browser election related messages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How clean is the event log on the server computer? Can you account for everything that you're seeing on a day-to-day basis?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming you're seeing the problem on wired connections, is the cable plant known-good (i.e. certified)? Do the switches report any per-port errors (FCS errors, etc)?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22607" RevisionGUID="09addf27-c050-42e8-995d-028eef59b854" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:52:33.423" UserId="2783" Text="You're right... out of the box, having SharePoint groups with thousands (or even hundreds) of individual users will be an administration nightmare.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately SharePoint doesn't sync AD users with with AD (profiles, yes.  users, no.), so once you have manually add a user to a SharePoint group or manually grant permissions to an individual user, they will remain in Sharepoint for all time (until you manually remove them), even if you remove that user from AD.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you assign permissions to SharePoint groups holding AD groups, you gain the benefit that once a user is removed from AD, they no longer have permissions on SharePoint. It is so much easier to manage group membership in a single location (with good tools) than it is to manage group membership twice. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Long story short, I would suggest trying to figure out the problem you are hitting with audiencing before I would suggest putting a thousand users in SharePoint groups.  If you absolutely must do so, don't do it with out of the box tools... invest in Quests's Site Administrator for SharePoint (http://www.quest.com/site-administrator-for-sharepoint/)" />
  <row Id="40207" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22608" RevisionGUID="24e7ac1b-430a-4c92-997d-5d709085f92c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:54:24.560" UserId="1070" Text="An alternative option - you can patch away the 10-inbound-connection limit, something commonly done by people using Bittorrent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://akiraxky.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/windows-xp-sp2-tcpip-sys-connection-limit-patch/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; To remove the tcpip.sys socket creation limit:&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; - Backup your original tcpip.sys file before editing please, this is somewhat important !&#xD;&#xA;&gt; - In your hex editor, go to offset 4F322 hex (or 324386 decimal).&#xD;&#xA;&gt; - Change 0a 00 00 00 to 00 00 0a 00&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's various automated patchers around too, &lt;http://www.lvllord.de/&gt; for example" />
  <row Id="40208" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22577" RevisionGUID="70d543da-8371-4481-9da4-1e46b471cb83" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:54:51.313" UserId="8331" Comment="added 694 characters in body" Text="Hello guys, I need to do an operation a bit strange.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, i run on Debian, apache2 (which 'runs' as user www-data)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I have simple text file with .txt ot .ini, or whatever extension, doesnt matter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These files are located in subfolders with a structure like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.example.com/folder1/car/foobar.txt&#xD;&#xA;www.example.com/folder1/cycle/foobar.txt&#xD;&#xA;www.example.com/folder1/fish/foobar.txt&#xD;&#xA;www.example.com/folder1/fruit/foobar.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;therefore, the file name always the same, ditto for the 'hierarchy', just change the name of the folder: /folder-name-static/folder-name-dinamyc/file-name-static.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I should do is (I think) relatively simple: I must be able to read that file by programs on the server (python, php for example), but if I try to retrieve the file contents by broswer (digiting the url www.example.com/folder1/car/foobar.txt, or via cUrl, etc..) I must get a forbidden error, or whatever, but **not access the file**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would also be nice that even accessing those files via FTP are 'hidden', or anyway couldnt be downloaded (at least that I use with the ftp root and user data)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I do?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found this online, be put in the file .htaccess:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Files File.txt&gt;&#xD;&#xA;     Order allow, deny&#xD;&#xA;     Deny from all&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/ Files&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems to work, but only if the file is in the web root (www.example.com / myfile.txt), and not in subfolders.&#xD;&#xA;Moreover, the folders in the second level (www.example.com/folder1/**fruit**/foobar.txt) will be dinamycally created.. I would like to avoid having to change .htaccess file from time to time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is possible to create a rule, something like that, that goes for all files with given name, which is on *www.example.com/folder-name-static/***folder-name-dinamyc/***file-name-static.txt*, where *those parts are allways the same*, just **that one change** ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As Dave Drager said, i could semplify this keeping those file outside the web accessible directory.&#xD;&#xA;But those directory's will contain others files too, images, and stuff used by my users, so i'm simply try to not have a duplicate folders system, like:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/folder1/car/[other folders and files here]&#xD;&#xA;    /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/folder1/cycle/[other folders and files here]&#xD;&#xA;    /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/folder1/fish/[other folders and files here]&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    //and, then for the 'secrets' files:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    /folder1/data/car/foobar.txt&#xD;&#xA;    /folder1/data/cycle/foobar.txt&#xD;&#xA;    /folder1/data/fish/foobar.txt&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40209" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22609" RevisionGUID="9af0f8c3-cbe7-497d-9f7d-b64b6b684e52" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:56:47.363" UserId="7783" Text="There are no end out there, such as the shavlik solution, and quite a few others than include support for more than just the MS products. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the end of the day though, if you're interrupting people during their business day to patch, that's a behavioural problem not a technological one. Whatever product you use it should be possible to schedule patches to happen outside the core working day and if you don't fix the reasons that isn't already happening (it's quite possible with WSUS, we don't interrupt our users with patches) then you'll be spending a lot of money solving the wrong problem." />
  <row Id="40210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22610" RevisionGUID="1f11c9e6-0049-4406-bd30-877fa36a917c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:58:28.593" UserId="7200" Text="The Windows Update client can be configured to perform installations at odd hours. Combined with a solution to do Wake-on-LAN you can get update deployment to occur outside of normal hours fairly easily. (We use some scripts to do this, but there are probably off-the-shelf solutions, too.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WSUS has been exceedingly reliable for me. I'm particularly fond of the reporting functionality in locating computers that are not receiving updates properly. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Windows Update client is easily manageable with group policy, so that makes us very happy, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are third-party and Micrsoft products (SCCM, comes to mind) that do more than just operting system patch management. I don't have any experience to relate about these. These products look to be priced out of the ballpark for the size of Customers I'm working with. (We've usually handled patching applications via startup scripts or re-deployment of patched software assignments thru GPOs...)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22611" RevisionGUID="986d952f-7115-448e-baef-ff625f738576" CreationDate="2009-06-09T13:59:30.713" UserId="5401" Text=" - Besides links also prevent inline content such as images from being posted until &quot;trusted&quot; (or never allow it). Allowing inline images leaves you open to having to worry about CP.&#xD;&#xA; - Depending on your audience, text filters for swear words/offensive content&#xD;&#xA; - Filter on IP to prevent duplicate account sign ups, and/or rate limit account sign ups" />
  <row Id="40212" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22612" RevisionGUID="e5b0dde5-b7c9-42b7-841e-56f68d425cc5" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:00:16.203" UserId="1070" Text="First, I would strongly suggest not doing this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As others have far more eloquently put, blocking a specific country doesn't fix the problem , it just defers it slightly. Also, when users from that country see you've blocked *them* specifically, it will only motivate them to cause you *more* problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, if you *really* want to do this, [IPinfoDB](http://ipinfodb.com/ip_database.php) provide a free IP geolocation database,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; First, would be to locate a IP simply by country.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; You would search this way :&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     SELECT * FROM `ip_group_country` where `ip_start` &lt;= INET_ATON('74.125.45.100') order by ip_start desc limit 1;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Or&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     SELECT * FROM `ip_group_country` where `ip_start` &lt;= 1249717504 order by ip_start desc limit 1;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Second, you might want to get the IP of a specific country to generate a blocklist with iptable, htaccess file or whatever you use. It would be done like this :&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     SELECT `ip_cidr` FROM `ip_group_country` WHERE `country_code` = 'AF' order by ip_start;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; which would give you :&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     63.243.149.0/24&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     67.212.160.0/24" />
  <row Id="40213" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22612" RevisionGUID="e5b0dde5-b7c9-42b7-841e-56f68d425cc5" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:00:16.203" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40214" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22613" RevisionGUID="1f98a320-34a8-4f6c-b7e7-8319b912b346" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:00:34.753" UserId="8042" Text="You can use WSUS in conjunction with group policy to set when the users will be prompted to install the updates.&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure if you can specify a time or not, but it's less intrusive than having a techie physically get in the way :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc720539.aspx" />
  <row Id="40215" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22614" RevisionGUID="f041eaca-e302-4510-853d-2187a3da5239" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:00:41.663" UserId="7619" Text="Symantec's [&quot;Altiris&quot;][1] will patch as well, and is a general all-round good management/inventory/ticket tracking system. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, we migrated _from_ using Altiris to patch, to WSUS. WSUS can be configurable to impact your users in the least-disturbing method using it in conjunction with GPOs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.symantec.com/business/theme.jsp?themeid=altiris" />
  <row Id="40216" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22615" RevisionGUID="02f6b990-b285-4cc2-a2ab-2f266ee0e915" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:01:11.927" UserId="5930" Text="I personally love my BlackBerry Storm. It has a big screen, the browser is fast, it is good for tethering and thank god for the tactile feedback of the touch screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have the following capabilities:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - SSH&#xD;&#xA; - RDP (With file access)&#xD;&#xA; - VNC&#xD;&#xA; - FTP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Plus it quickly allows you to setup custom alerts with nice loud sounds when I receive a mail about a server failure and/or application crash. I even have a 3rd party application that allows me to set custom LED colors for those alerts." />
  <row Id="40217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22616" RevisionGUID="6bc18a0f-c640-44d3-b652-78d7a358b94b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:01:48.603" UserId="8199" Text="Shavlik as mentioned by someone else. It's got some interesting features that make it stand out. Checks for actual files on the system, not just a reg value for installed updates. Takes care of precedence of updates. Scans pretty quick and you don't need to install an agent on the system. " />
  <row Id="40218" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22617" RevisionGUID="577eec01-10d8-4ada-83e5-7012d7b3a4c9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:01:52.240" UserId="5221" Text="If you bought all the drives at the same time from the same place it is possible that they all come from a single iffy batch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When putting together a RAID array I generally recommend mixing drives a little, i.e. a mix of manufacturers or at least drives from different suppliers (to reduce the risk of all the drives being from one bad batch).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another recommendation I would make is to use smaller drives if possible (i.e. you have physical space for the drives and controller ports to hang them off), so instead of a RAID 1 volume or two 1Tb drives have a RAID 10 of four 500Gb units. This way when a drive goes bad you are only rebuilding a smaller array which is part of a larger array instead of rebuilding the whole array (reducing the length of time during which the array is not complete), and it also offers a little more redundancy (in four of the six of the &quot;two drives fail at once&quot; scenarios a 4 drive RAID10 array will live). You can do the same with combing smaller R5 arrays into an R50 array too if supported by your RAID controller/software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe I'm overly paranoid, but I would be wary of trusting 1Tb of data to one single drive, even if that drive is part of a redundant array.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously there are physical constraints at play which may make the technique impractical to you, power draw constrains too, so YMMV. As a &quot;for instance&quot; when an array or arrays *isn't* practical: I'd rather have four drives as R10 in one of our servers here in place of the larger drives in an R1 array, but it doesn't physically have room, buying/building an external array was out of budget, and we could not use space on an existing array as the data had to be kept physically separate from all other data due to data protection requirements." />
  <row Id="40219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22618" RevisionGUID="004eaa3c-16a3-48c2-a897-c13d9579d6b9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:02:56.777" UserId="8743" Text="Wikipedia has a [comparative table][1] which helps a lot&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think the key differences are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- language: Nagios is written in C and OpenNMS in Java. It makes nagios a lot faster on older hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Data collection: Nagios performs very little data collection. Other software (like cacti for example) will be required for a more extensive data collection system. OpenNMS includes it out of the box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- host and service discovery: Nagios has to be told what to monitor whereas OpenNMS has discovery features. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_network_monitoring_systems" />
  <row Id="40220" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22619" RevisionGUID="6c479f3a-2710-49e1-bdc8-98d166098362" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:03:42.657" UserId="3657" Text="You should use products like fail2ban to key off errors you throw in your web application indicating a spamming attempt is underway.  This will block the IP for a period of time, making your site resistant, but not blanket blocking entire IP blocks." />
  <row Id="40221" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22619" RevisionGUID="6c479f3a-2710-49e1-bdc8-98d166098362" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:03:42.657" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22620" RevisionGUID="842e3403-10de-4518-ae01-16620c98fe1d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:04:22.500" UserId="2783" Text="You didn't mention how many servers/clients you are talking about, but If you are wanting to control patching (just of Windows patches), then WSUS is definitely the way to go (and the price is right).  You can control when the patches are loaded, approve or reject certain patches, etc.  More information is available at the WSUS resource center on TechNet (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/wsus/default.aspx)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The next step up would be System Center Essentials, which adds server/client monitoring for up to 30 servers and 500 clients, and will allow you to distribute software (not just patches) automatically.  It actually works quite well. More information here: http://www.microsoft.com/Systemcenter/essentials/en/us/default.aspx (there is also a VHD that you can download to try it out." />
  <row Id="40223" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22621" RevisionGUID="a268482b-d38a-49e3-8090-686bd8da8110" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:04:36.167" UserId="8042" Text="We started off with MailWasher on each individual machine and then using OE to get the washed mail. I don't think it supports multiple accounts though.&#xD;&#xA;Your best bet would be getting a dedicated mail server and stick a gateway washer on there. I recommend [ORF][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vamsoft.com/default.asp" />
  <row Id="40224" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22622" RevisionGUID="104ae053-cfda-4114-b755-7a9df0d505d4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:05:17.117" UserId="8199" Text="A little late to this question, but I've used a Sidekick. Great size keyboard that you can actually touch type on and has the options that you want." />
  <row Id="40225" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22623" RevisionGUID="bf9a25ce-daa0-48b8-950c-5d35a6cf9b1e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:05:46.337" UserId="3657" Text="We use ScriptLogic's Desktop Authority.  Remote control as well as login script management, etc. for AD domains." />
  <row Id="40226" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22624" RevisionGUID="b4fd8dec-a4fe-4dad-8aff-226e1e4a1353" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:08:26.173" UserId="6365" Text="You can use [Linux ACLs][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.suse.de/~agruen/acl/chapter/fs_acl-en.pdf" />
  <row Id="40227" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22495" RevisionGUID="e927472b-18a3-4ff2-89ce-e388703f6aa6" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:16:27.083" UserId="1054" Comment="fix some typos" Text="We're finding a problem with long filenames, usually on &quot;My Documents&quot; or on shared drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, it seems that a document could be written that has a very long filename, and saved say in &quot;My Documents&quot;.  Which is fine on that computer, the document is &quot;My Documents\verlylongfilename&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem arises when you got to the server the files are stored on, and the path changes to &quot;e:\All Users\Staff Folders\JSmith\verylongfilename&quot;, which pushes the character count over what explorer can do anything with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only way I've found to &quot;remove&quot; or rename these files is to map through to the folder, but that's completely pointless if you want to move a group of folders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this just a restriction we have to live with and fix as we find, or is there another way to access these files, or even to stop the original users from saving filenames over say 30 characters? A GPO setting maybe?" />
  <row Id="40228" PostHistoryTypeId="18" PostId="18240" RevisionGUID="f5382ab0-ba0a-4852-971d-8565ad5b00ea" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:19:49.573" UserId="1803" Comment="Merged question 'How Do You Name Your PCs?' by BigBoy" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="40229" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22505" RevisionGUID="8bda60d5-556f-4b0b-ae27-c6c2b6ca6f19" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:19:56.157" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 4 characters in body" Text="The NTFS file system supports paths up to about 32767 Unicode characters with each path component (directory or filename) up to 255 characters long. But Windows Explorer and most other Win32 applications only support 255 characters in the path.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could use [robocopy][1], a free tool from Microsoft that fully supports long path names (longer than 256 characters). [Here is documented][2] how to use robocopy listing all switches and options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;------&#xD;&#xA;Here's an excerpt from article on MSDN that explains why many programs limit paths to 255 characters:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; In the Windows API (with some&#xD;&#xA;&gt; exceptions discussed in the following&#xD;&#xA;&gt; paragraphs), the maximum length for a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; path is MAX_PATH, which is defined as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 260 characters. A local path is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; structured in the following order:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; drive letter, colon, backslash,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; components separated by backslashes,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and a terminating null character. For&#xD;&#xA;&gt; example, the maximum path on drive D&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is &#xD;&#xA;&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     D:\some 256 character path string&amp;lt;NUL&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; where &quot;&lt;NUL&gt;&quot; represents&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the invisible terminating null&#xD;&#xA;&gt; character for the current system&#xD;&#xA;&gt; codepage. (The characters &lt; &gt; are used&#xD;&#xA;&gt; here for visual clarity and cannot be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; part of a valid path string.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc733145.aspx" />
  <row Id="40230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22625" RevisionGUID="0eeee5f4-5aa1-42a7-8b0e-b55f424205c1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:23:35.417" UserId="7083" Text="Okay you've said that direct queries against the NS are working and that it's your own ARIN assignment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming you haven't done so already, you will need to submit a request to ARIN to change the information that they hold for the assignment. Within this block of information are the nameservers delegated to handling reverse DNS for the netblock.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have done this then hosts querying the root servers for ~xxx.in-addr.arpa will know to go to the RIR and then your own nameservers for the correct PTR information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't give you the specific information about the ARIN change request. I'm trained on the other side of the pond and we do things slightly differently here ;)" />
  <row Id="40231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22626" RevisionGUID="6e0578aa-c68f-4e28-89c7-d4b8b44d86e9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:26:31.590" UserId="88" Text="Vista allows files with empty &quot;first name&quot; (for example,  &quot;.svn&quot;).&#xD;&#xA;However, when I try to remove the filename of an existing file, leaving the prefix, in Explorer or using cmd's 'rename', I fail. How can I easily rename files to include the suffix only?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I use Vista, if that matters)." />
  <row Id="40232" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22626" RevisionGUID="6e0578aa-c68f-4e28-89c7-d4b8b44d86e9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:26:31.590" UserId="88" Text="Rename files to empty filename in Windows (Vista)" />
  <row Id="40233" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22626" RevisionGUID="6e0578aa-c68f-4e28-89c7-d4b8b44d86e9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:26:31.590" UserId="88" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;filename&gt;&lt;extension&gt;&lt;rename&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="40234" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3860" RevisionGUID="f04ed6c7-12fd-41fa-8d06-e1154520691c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:27:16.503" UserId="45" Comment="download link" Text="If you are looking for standard procedures and reliable methods, you could read the [Guidelines for Media Sanitization][1] (PDF) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For any given medium there a three basic methods: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Clear&#xD;&#xA;* Purge&#xD;&#xA;* Physical Destruction&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For hard drives they recommend:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Clear**: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Overwrite media by using agency-approved and validated overwriting technologies/methods/tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Physical Destruction**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Disintegrate&#xD;&#xA; * Shred&#xD;&#xA; * Pulverize&#xD;&#xA; * Incinerate: incinerate hard disk drives by burning the hard disk drives in a licensed incinerator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Purge**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Purge using Secure Erase. The Secure&#xD;&#xA;    Erase software can be [download][2] from&#xD;&#xA;    the University of California, San&#xD;&#xA;    Diego (UCSD) CMRR site. Purge hard&#xD;&#xA;    disk drives by either purging the&#xD;&#xA;    hard disk drive in an&#xD;&#xA; 2. NSA/CSS-approved automatic degausser&#xD;&#xA;    or by disassembling the hard disk&#xD;&#xA;    drive and purging the enclosed&#xD;&#xA;    platters with an NSA/CSS-approved&#xD;&#xA;    degaussing wand. &#xD;&#xA; 3. Purge media by&#xD;&#xA;    using agency-approved and validated&#xD;&#xA;    purge technologies/tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Degaussing any current generation hard disk will render the drive permanently unusable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-88/NISTSP800-88_rev1.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://cmrr.ucsd.edu/people/Hughes/SecureErase.shtml" />
  <row Id="40235" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="22592" RevisionGUID="a1114c54-0ca0-42a9-8406-4b5f904d0481" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:27:38.750" UserId="8021" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;network-monitoring&gt;&lt;nagios&gt;&lt;opennms&gt;" />
  <row Id="40236" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22620" RevisionGUID="cdd8e20f-26fd-4378-8cbf-6b94abcd8eeb" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:29:52.893" UserId="2783" Comment="Added a missing right parentheses" Text="You didn't mention how many servers/clients you are talking about, but If you are wanting to control patching (just of Windows patches), then WSUS is definitely the way to go (and the price is right).  You can control when the patches are loaded, approve or reject certain patches, etc.  More information is available at the WSUS resource center on TechNet (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/wsus/default.aspx)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The next step up would be System Center Essentials, which adds server/client monitoring for up to 30 servers and 500 clients, and will allow you to distribute software (not just patches) automatically.  It actually works quite well. More information here: http://www.microsoft.com/Systemcenter/essentials/en/us/default.aspx (there is also a VHD that you can download to try it out)." />
  <row Id="40237" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22627" RevisionGUID="aa5f1727-396f-44c8-861e-85a670158a3a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:31:04.063" UserId="3657" Text="rename filename.txt &quot;.txt&quot;" />
  <row Id="40238" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22548" RevisionGUID="0b599aac-c381-4e6f-ab9e-bf2b962dfc29" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:31:46.153" UserId="8021" Comment="Add windows-specific hints" Text="Usually, server hardware will have temperature sensors pollable via IPMI. This is true back to all the servers I have, even generic brands, to about 2002... and is also true for my home PC. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On linux, you can access this information using the `ipmitool`. Some servers also expose it to `snmp` if you have the appropriate MIB for your vendor. Servers without an ipmi interface may expose the data through `lm_sensors`. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On windows, you can use the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ipmiutil.sourceforge.net/home.htm&quot;&gt;ipmiutil&lt;/a&gt; project to access ipmi information... there are a variety of other ways to do it, and I'm not a windows admin so I can't tell you for sure what the best way is, but you might consider running the windows version of NRPE to provide secure access to the data for nagios. " />
  <row Id="40239" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22628" RevisionGUID="906af3d6-8007-408d-99f0-42402cd944ac" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:32:26.963" UserId="729" Text="You can also do a file name that starts with a period, and has no extension.  Try naming it &quot;.whatever.&quot;  This works in both Explorer and from the command line." />
  <row Id="40240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22629" RevisionGUID="ec759308-64a7-4457-8d56-a21757f79d0b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:33:36.337" UserId="1054" Text="If you're looking at something called &quot;.svn&quot; more than likely you're really looking at a folder in which case &quot;del&quot; won't cut it.  &quot;.svn&quot; is what TortoiseSVN (and maybe other SVN clients as well) calls its internal folders.  There is an option to use an underscore character instead of a period.  The &quot;rename&quot; command should still work fine on folders, though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other than that, standard cmd.exe commands should work just fine on &quot;extension only&quot; files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    del .abc&#xD;&#xA;    ren file.abc .abc&#xD;&#xA;    copy file.abc .abc" />
  <row Id="40241" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22591" RevisionGUID="9d14d024-5c3d-4f3f-a165-392693f100f4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:33:56.367" UserId="6793" Comment="fixed regexp again" Text="You could use [Files][1]/[FilesMatch][2] and a regular expression:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Files ~ &quot;\.txt$&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;        Deny from all&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Files&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is how .htpasswd is protected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or redirect any access of .txt to a 404:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RedirectMatch 404 \.txt$&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#files&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#filesmatch" />
  <row Id="40243" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22631" RevisionGUID="2d154d10-0f40-40f2-b991-bc0a5f1fae3b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:41:41.627" UserId="4113" Text="I'm developing a plan/strategy to manage patch deployment on Windows Clients using Windows Server Update Services. What are the some important things to consider in developing this plan? For example, *auto-rebooting after an update* although may seem trivial, may have considerable impact on some machines. So one solution is, to create a separate patch group in WSUS for machines that shouldn't auto-reboot. Tell me some things to keep in mind when developing a patch management plan and how to solve them. Thanks in advance" />
  <row Id="40244" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22631" RevisionGUID="2d154d10-0f40-40f2-b991-bc0a5f1fae3b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:41:41.627" UserId="4113" Text="Patch Managment Operations plan" />
  <row Id="40245" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22631" RevisionGUID="2d154d10-0f40-40f2-b991-bc0a5f1fae3b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:41:41.627" UserId="4113" Text="&lt;patch&gt;&lt;patch-management&gt;&lt;wsus&gt;&lt;windows-update&gt;" />
  <row Id="40246" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22632" RevisionGUID="a9e37097-1f89-465b-be68-fc0fc922342c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:43:49.813" UserId="2375" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;after messing around a while I decided to ask here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a vhost and want to use 2 domains on this server. My apache configuration file looks something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    NameVirtualHost *&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	ServerName www.domain1.de	&#xD;&#xA;    	DocumentRoot /var/www/folder1/&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    	ServerName www.domain2.de&#xD;&#xA;    	DocumentRoot /var/www/folder2/&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the configuration page for the domains of my vhost both domains assigned to the server ip.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem now is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - www.domain1.de works&#xD;&#xA; - domain1.de works&#xD;&#xA; - www.domain2.de works&#xD;&#xA; - domain2.de does **not** work&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has any one any idee why the second domain only works with the added &quot;www&quot;?" />
  <row Id="40247" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22632" RevisionGUID="a9e37097-1f89-465b-be68-fc0fc922342c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:43:49.813" UserId="2375" Text="Multiple domains (including www-&quot;subdomain&quot;) on apache?" />
  <row Id="40248" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22632" RevisionGUID="a9e37097-1f89-465b-be68-fc0fc922342c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:43:49.813" UserId="2375" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;domain&gt;" />
  <row Id="40249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22633" RevisionGUID="468cad8d-81eb-4baa-af06-504994d72a10" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:44:07.270" UserId="4871" Text="There's a FreeBSD port (see https://www.geeklan.co.uk/?p=132) that works with the Diablo JVM." />
  <row Id="40250" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22634" RevisionGUID="f5e65e6d-2d5f-4c1d-a9de-dbadae3aa16f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:44:41.857" UserId="2561" Text="Having read [this server fault question][1] , people said that Backup Exec's Linux support is not as good as Netbackup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone had a good amount of experience with using backup exec with Linux, if so, how was it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, for both Netbackup and Backup exec, does anyone know if the archive format is proprietary, or can something like GNU tar read it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/22023/symantec-netbackup-vs-backup-exec-who-wins" />
  <row Id="40251" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22634" RevisionGUID="f5e65e6d-2d5f-4c1d-a9de-dbadae3aa16f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:44:41.857" UserId="2561" Text="How well does backupexec work with Linux and archive format?" />
  <row Id="40252" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22634" RevisionGUID="f5e65e6d-2d5f-4c1d-a9de-dbadae3aa16f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:44:41.857" UserId="2561" Text="&lt;netbackup&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;backupexec&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="40254" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22636" RevisionGUID="c33ed793-ab0e-43e2-9580-6cc683f4e845" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:46:32.617" UserDisplayName="jpromvi" Text="I'm running linux on a Compaq ProLiant DL360 G2 with two 72 Gb hard disks in RAID-1 configuration. When I shut down the system, after linux is completely halted, both hard disks show intense activity indefinitely (for more than 24 hours). I have to switch off and on the server if I want to start it up again. The server and the hard disks seem to work fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why do the hard drives show this behaviour? Is there any failure in my disks? How can I diagnose it? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you very much in advance for your help." />
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  <row Id="40257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22637" RevisionGUID="48080d36-9529-4b28-ad50-f25aab7fb3d2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:48:06.233" UserId="2561" Text="Have a solid plan to revert back.  I would say just uninstalling the patch is not a good enough plan.  So really this needs to be integrated into your backup plan.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you think your security can afford it, you might considering being a couple weeks behind.  This will give you a chance to read about the patch before applying it, to see if caused issues with any of your applications." />
  <row Id="40258" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22638" RevisionGUID="dd77f97e-df21-4b53-a154-276cce725446" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:48:48.743" UserId="816" Text="We use [Single Click][1] version of [UltraVNC][2].  Our customers download a small executable from our website and initiate the connection to us.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We install the full version of [UltraVNC][3] on any terminals we supply, so we can remote provide support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.uvnc.com/addons/singleclick.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.uvnc.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.uvnc.com/" />
  <row Id="40259" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22639" RevisionGUID="793d17b0-9ed6-474c-9a65-5f1203451dcf" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:50:37.103" UserId="7200" Text="Both NetBackup and Backup Exec use proprietary tape formats. I know that current versions of NetBackup can read the Backup Exec tape format, but AFAIK the converse (Backup Exec reading the NetBackup tape format) doesn't work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've only had a bit of experience with Backup Exec on Linux, so I'll leave my comments at: It backed-up the files we needed reliably. We never did a disaster recovery of any of the Linux machines that were covered strictly from tape. We opted, instead, to reinstall their OS and then restore data files from backup where necessary." />
  <row Id="40260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22640" RevisionGUID="96a87a31-e79c-4a91-b1e5-862d4a893cb0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:51:32.047" UserId="4762" Text="`domain1.de` works because `www.domain1.de` is the first `VirtualHost` and is served as default. You need to add `ServerAlias domain2.de` to `www.domain2.de` for the shorter version to work as well (you should add `ServerAlias` for `www.domain1.de` too).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't want `www.domain1.de` to be served as default add another `VirtualHost` at the begining serving some simple HTML file." />
  <row Id="40261" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22641" RevisionGUID="83a0e316-2e26-4212-9ea6-ef43063a6a15" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:53:00.547" UserId="3657" Text="My understanding is that BackupExec cannot read TAR tapes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, I have not hand any issues using the Linux/UNIX agent for BackupExec backing up Linux servers using BackupExec.  BackupExec uses it's own tape format." />
  <row Id="40262" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22642" RevisionGUID="994bd6bf-196a-4231-8dda-040815d02e86" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:53:19.843" UserId="4392" Text="It would be normal to show activity for a while after a server was shut down, due to decaching of data. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your array does it indefinitely, it may be trying to auto-arrange data or defragment the array. The documentation probably mentions something like that, and if not, you may want to contact server support for more answers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[EDIT]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You've halted the OS. Is there something unusual with having to power off and on the machine? (If the answer is 'the server should power down by itself', then have you turned acpi=off on the kernelline?)" />
  <row Id="40264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22643" RevisionGUID="8c81dba4-0e8b-48f9-8e41-3f2049fda0dd" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:54:21.993" UserId="584" Text="www.domain.com and domain.com can theoretically be entirely different websites. You must specify both. You could use a ServerAlias in your existing VirtualHost blocks, or, you could do this to do a 301 Redirect for SEO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    NameVirtualHost *&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        ServerName domain1.de  &#xD;&#xA;        DocumentRoot /var/www/folder1/&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        ServerName www.domain1.de  &#xD;&#xA;        Redirect permanent / http://domain1.de/ &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        ServerName domain2.de  &#xD;&#xA;        DocumentRoot /var/www/folder2/&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        ServerName www.domain2.de  &#xD;&#xA;        Redirect permanent / http://domain2.de/ &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;" />
  <row Id="40265" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22644" RevisionGUID="f9cf5a34-3d09-4828-91f1-c46327e1be31" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:54:55.847" UserId="966" Text="My company is working with another company and as part of the contract they are requesting a copy of my companies written IT Security Policy. I don't have a written IT security policy, and I'm not exactly sure what I want to give to them. We're a Microsoft shop. We have update schedules, limited accesses accounts to manage servers, firewalls, ssl certificates and we run the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer from time to time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We configure services and user accounts as we feel is mostly safe and secure (its tough when you don't have full control over what what software you run), but I can't go into every detail, each service and server is different. I'm getting more information about what they want but I feel as if they're on fishing expedition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My questions are,&#xD;&#xA;Is this a standard practice to ask for this information? (I'm not against it honestly, but it's never happened before.)&#xD;&#xA;And if this is standard, is there a standard format and expected level of detail I should present?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="40266" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22644" RevisionGUID="f9cf5a34-3d09-4828-91f1-c46327e1be31" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:54:55.847" UserId="966" Text="A partner wants a copy of our written IT security policy and I'm not sure what to do." />
  <row Id="40267" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22644" RevisionGUID="f9cf5a34-3d09-4828-91f1-c46327e1be31" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:54:55.847" UserId="966" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;policy&gt;&lt;business&gt;" />
  <row Id="40268" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22645" RevisionGUID="ff0f4c03-2d96-45e6-8eae-14b3ace2e0df" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:55:41.023" UserId="8881" Text="**Non Software:**&#xD;&#xA;I At a previous place of work that we use to work at, we used OTRS (http://otrs.org/)  It is for a non-development environment (doesn't have fixed in build, found in build etc..).  We set it up to authenticate against our windows AD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I like about OTRS is that it can integrate into Email AND Web.  So users can email in a problem, it will open a ticket, and then you can log into a web interface and answer them back to their email.  If the user wants to use a web interface 1/2 way through, they can... and everything that they emailed back and forth is stored as notes.  Its all seamless to you and the user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also have 'canned-responses' so you can email a user or put a note in a ticket without typing everything again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OTRS also has a FAQ section, where you can put a 'how-to' section.  It also can reg-ex certain words and put them automatically into different queues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Software:**&#xD;&#xA;for Software bug tracking, (the place that I am now) we use Mantis BT.  I would say its very easy to use and setup, we authenticate against an openldap server.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40269" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22646" RevisionGUID="31bcd31e-3511-4b22-a1d3-ee26fe1d8379" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:59:28.940" UserId="8629" Text="We push TightVNC out via group policy to oncampus workstations, and will work with users that way on occasion.     There's only 2 of us to support about 110 users." />
  <row Id="40270" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22642" RevisionGUID="a738e816-ddfe-4e24-ba39-476aeb47b317" CreationDate="2009-06-09T14:59:32.637" UserId="4392" Comment="added 45 characters in body" Text="It would be normal to show activity for a while after a server was shut down, due to decaching of data. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your array does it indefinitely, it may be trying to auto-arrange data or defragment the array. The documentation probably mentions something like that, and if not, you may want to contact server support for more answers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[EDIT]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You've halted the OS. Is there something unusual with having to power off and on the machine? (If the answer is 'the server should power down by itself', then have you turned acpi=off on the kernelline? If that doesn't work, try 'shutdown -hP now')" />
  <row Id="40271" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22638" RevisionGUID="9cdcce71-498d-4662-a0cb-7a4253e0e131" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:00:35.133" UserId="816" Comment="added 100 characters in body" Text="We use [Single Click][1] version of [UltraVNC][2].  Our customers download a small executable from our website and initiate the connection to us.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Single Click can be used on Vista, but it is slow unless you change the theme to Windows Classic&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We install the full version of [UltraVNC][3] on any terminals we supply, so we can remote provide support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.uvnc.com/addons/singleclick.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.uvnc.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.uvnc.com/" />
  <row Id="40272" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22647" RevisionGUID="c1361ca4-ab82-4224-a1d0-c773de4269b0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:00:54.540" UserId="7200" Text="I've only ever been asked for this information when working with regulated industries (banking) or government. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not aware of a &quot;standard format&quot;, per se, but then I've always been given some template that my Customer was given by an auditor as a &quot;starting place&quot; when I've had to make these.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd probably start with some Google searches and see what I could find in the way of sample policy documents. SANS (http://www.sans.org) is also another good place to start looking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as the level of detail goes, I'd say that it probably needs to be tailored to the audience and the purpose. I'd keep the detail high-level unless I was specifically asked to provide low-level details." />
  <row Id="40273" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22644" RevisionGUID="ca82b778-ee50-4f04-93c3-b41fa96464e5" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:01:10.903" UserId="1054" Comment="fix a couple of grammar things" Text="My company is working with another company and as part of the contract they are requesting a copy of my company's written IT Security Policy. I don't have a written IT security policy, and I'm not exactly sure what I want to give to them. We're a Microsoft shop. We have update schedules, limited accesses accounts to manage servers, firewalls, ssl certificates and we run the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer from time to time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We configure services and user accounts as we feel is mostly safe and secure (it's tough when you don't have full control over what what software you run), but I can't go into every detail, each service and server is different. I'm getting more information about what they want but I feel as if they're on a fishing expedition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My questions are,&#xD;&#xA;Is this a standard practice to ask for this information? (I'm not against it honestly, but it's never happened before.)&#xD;&#xA;And if this is standard, is there a standard format and expected level of detail I should present?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="40274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22648" RevisionGUID="a231b267-0f97-4377-999a-9f08a8b0175d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:02:41.820" UserId="8879" Text="I've been trying to get our Cisco ISR 2811 to authenticate the VPN clients towards an Active Directory server (so that the Cisco VPN client asks the user for username/password).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Googling around has only given me instructions on how to do it with a PIX/ASA, I would like to do the same on the router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;Mattias" />
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  <row Id="40277" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22649" RevisionGUID="989057a0-cd5a-42af-91e0-624114efedd5" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:02:48.543" UserDisplayName="Samantha Wynne" Text="With BackUPMAX, all information to be backed up is encrypted on the local computer before being transmitted, using a key that is stored locally. Data is stored in the BackUPMAX Data Centers in its encrypted form. Data can only be recovered by transmitting it back to the local client, which decrypts it, again using the locally-stored key (or in the event of a disaster affecting the local computer, the same key entered by hand into the BackUPMAX Software).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The most important feature of this arrangement is that while the data is stored in the BackUPMAX Data Centers, it is encrypted and not in a readable format. The BackUPMAX Servers do not have access to the key, and without the key, the data cannot be converted to a readable format. Neither do BackUPMAX employees have access to the key. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BackUPMAX stores your data fully encrypted and protected in two mirrored data centers. Only you can access your data using your own encryption key. " />
  <row Id="40278" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22178" RevisionGUID="04597e42-9700-430d-bd8f-3dea9a0a43e8" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:03:54.173" UserId="533" Comment="added 101 characters in body" Text="As related in [another question][1], I have an issue with a AD server that has multiple PTR records for the same zone with different TTLs.  I can see this when doing a manual axfr of the zone:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ns1 0 /home/jj33 &gt;# xfer 37.19.172.in-addr.arpa ad-dns | grep '^3\.'                  &lt;&#xD;&#xA;    3.37.19.172.in-addr.arpa.       900     IN      PTR     0509-l3-tmbxt.example.ad.&#xD;&#xA;    3.37.19.172.in-addr.arpa.       1200    IN      PTR     0402-3p2jf41.example.ad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, I can't find any button to push in the Windows GUI to see that these records have different TTLs.  Anyone know how to do this, or am I out of luck?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: The answer is Evan's response below but to summarize here: &quot;Turn on View / Advanced&quot;.  Doh.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/22176/need-help-understanding-windows-dns-dhcp-and-dynamic-ptrs" />
  <row Id="40279" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22650" RevisionGUID="3642ff2a-78bc-4911-9433-9903bca67790" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:04:04.097" UserId="5144" Text="&#xD;&#xA;What is SMS Agent Host service (CcmExec) ? I have failed to&#xD;&#xA;find this information (e.g. there is no Wikipedia entry) -&#xD;&#xA;besides for information in some error cases on how to&#xD;&#xA;restart this service for dependent software. (The best I &#xD;&#xA;could find was: &quot;ccmexec.exe is a part of the Microsoft SMS &#xD;&#xA;operating system service. This service calls upon another &#xD;&#xA;service, the SMS Agent Host. This program is important for &#xD;&#xA;the stable and secure running of your computer and should &#xD;&#xA;not be terminated.&quot; and SMS = Systems Management Server)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What purpose does it serve and why would it hold on to&#xD;&#xA;directory handles ? E.g. may it scan the entire disk on&#xD;&#xA;behalf of some other service?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is SMS Agent Host service specific to Windows Server&#xD;&#xA;2003/Windows XP x64 ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40280" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22650" RevisionGUID="3642ff2a-78bc-4911-9433-9903bca67790" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:04:04.097" UserId="5144" Text="What is SMS Agent Host?" />
  <row Id="40281" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22650" RevisionGUID="3642ff2a-78bc-4911-9433-9903bca67790" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:04:04.097" UserId="5144" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows-service&gt;" />
  <row Id="40282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22651" RevisionGUID="57b3e1ff-f280-4d54-9514-beebc3a411c2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:04:51.147" UserId="3497" Text="I have an ailing Exchange 2003 server on my domain that I am replacing with Exchange 2007 running on a brand new Server 2008 box.  I've read the TechNet articles about the difference between an Exchange Transition and Migration.  I've also read [this][1] 3 part walkthrough from MSExchange.org in detail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need clarification on the following points from anyone who has experience with this procedure:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. My understanding is that when I install Exchange 2007 on my domain, the existing Active Directory structure will be updated to make the E2K7 box my &quot;primary&quot; mail server for lack of a better word.  Will the Exchange 2003 server continue to send and receive email for the mailboxes it hosts without any intervention on my part?  Assume I have not yet made any NAT changes on my firewall.  Also assume I have not migrated any mailboxes to the new server yet.&#xD;&#xA; 2. When I do begin to migrate mailboxes from 2003 to 2007, I believe I should change my NAT rules to direct inbound mail flow and OWA traffic to the new Exchange 2007 server.  Am I correct in thinking that the 2007 server will redirect traffic to the 2003 server for mailboxes it does not yet host?&#xD;&#xA; 3. I currently implement Outlook Anywhere (RPC-HTTP) on my Exchange 2003 server using an SSL certificate from Network Solutions.  I assume I will need to get a new certificate for the new 2007 server, correct?  Can anybody recommend a best practice for making this switch?  Will my Outlook Anywhere implementation break when I bring Exchange 2007 online?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any additional advice or best practice suggestions are welcome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Transitioning-Exchange-2000-2003-Exchange-Server-2007-Part1.html" />
  <row Id="40283" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22651" RevisionGUID="57b3e1ff-f280-4d54-9514-beebc3a411c2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:04:51.147" UserId="3497" Text="Transitioning from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007.  How will my servers coexist?" />
  <row Id="40284" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22651" RevisionGUID="57b3e1ff-f280-4d54-9514-beebc3a411c2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:04:51.147" UserId="3497" Text="&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;exchange-transition&gt;&lt;multiple-exchange-servers&gt;&lt;outlook-anywhere&gt;" />
  <row Id="40286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22653" RevisionGUID="8d727ee8-9e80-49fd-92bb-43e46c8fddda" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:10:55.157" UserId="4392" Text="You're not running your ethernet cable through or near the power conduit are you? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How's your ICMP loss in a % / thousand packets? " />
  <row Id="40287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22654" RevisionGUID="d9f31f67-c75e-4580-9aa8-cd1baafa3a92" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:11:09.980" UserId="1997" Text="I had to write one of these recently and it didn't end up being too difficult. Granted, Even's point about tailoring is important though, as some details are going to take more work to describe than others.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's some general categories to cover in high level terms though:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Data Retention Policy&#xD;&#xA; - Backup Procedures/Access to backups&#xD;&#xA; - In-house access restrictions(physical and virtual)&#xD;&#xA;  - Network (wireless, wired)&#xD;&#xA;  - Hardware (servers, workstations, office premises perhaps)&#xD;&#xA;  - Hosting/Data Center (important if you're storing the partners data)&#xD;&#xA;  - Operating System&#xD;&#xA; - Personnel Screening&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This list can be expanded or reduced based on now much information is necessary. Also, no need to fret if you don't yet have quite have all of this in place. My advice is to stick to describing your 'intended' policies, but be prepared to immediately expand them for anything lacking. Also be prepared to be called on what you're claiming, no matter how unlikely this is (the lawyers won't care later on).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22655" RevisionGUID="0f8de9be-db70-4996-9d99-74cabb8a6d0a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:14:03.640" UserId="4479" Text="I've had good success backing up / restoring files on linux with Backup Exec (v11+).  I can't speak to the other points of the questions." />
  <row Id="40289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22656" RevisionGUID="52df3bce-78d0-4cd7-9677-a3a645b3d1d8" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:14:31.703" UserId="7861" Text="1.  Yes you can continue to use your 03 box as a mail server.  You can also have it as your &quot;SMTP Gateway/Transport&quot; still if it is where all your email comes into from the internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.  OWA will be tricky since you can only have it pointing to a single server.  So existing mailboxes on the 2003 box won't be able to use OWA until they are migrated (unless you go through a big ordeal that I don't want to describe here).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3.  You don't need a certificate at all for Outlook Anywhere.  Not sure why you have one.  Regardless, you'll need to setup autodiscover.domain.com DNS records externally for Outlook Anywhere to work properly automagically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things to note from our migration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Blackberry stuff can be tricky, move the BESAdmin account first.&#xD;&#xA;-Activesync relies on the Client Access stuff, so either move them all first, or all last.  This will affect OWA though since the same rules apply.&#xD;&#xA;-if you have a small enough company (under 500 people) I would strongly recommend moving around 25-50 on a weekend, let them test throughout the next 2 weeks, then move EVERYONE else in a single weekend.&#xD;&#xA;-you shouldn't have to mess with their outlook profiles&#xD;&#xA;-Migrate resource mailboxes over and then convert them to true &quot;resource mailboxes&quot; using Powershell and OWA&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The things that I remember vividly is that OWA/Activesync definitely broke if you moved it over to the 07 box first.  So we ended up moving all of the OWA/Activesync users at the same time and then moving the firewall rules to redirect to the 07 box." />
  <row Id="40290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22657" RevisionGUID="3e9a1617-5908-414c-9a9a-87529cf9d83b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:14:42.343" UserId="4392" Text="Argh! How can people answer this question without more information??? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**1)** Rough estimate of server load would be a great start&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**2)** Uptime requirements. Maybe you don't want one server. Maybe you want two behind a load balancer (or cluster of load balancers) (or maybe co-located?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**3)** Do you have any existing contracts with manufacturers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update the question with these answers, and you'll get much better responses. " />
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  <row Id="40292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22658" RevisionGUID="b6dc4d92-8a47-4b59-9a87-5688fdfa3ca0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:03:23.100" UserId="8740" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi all,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a user here, our CEO, that can't keep his incoming email more than 3-4 minutes in his inbox. He is able to get the email, we see the popup confirming the email has been received but suddently, without warning, the emails go away!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can find back the emails in &quot;Tools - Recover Deleted Items&quot; but they don't show in the Deleted items folder. But again, as soon I recover the emails, they disapear after few minutes again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm running Echange 2007 SP1 on Windows Small Business Server 2008&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I've done to troubleshoot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No Rules were/are setup in Outlook&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reinstall Office 2003&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reinstall Office 2007&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Deleted/recreated the local profile&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Deleted/recreated the AD profile&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Deleted/recreated the Exchange 2007 account.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even with a brand new Exchange mailbox, the email are still deleted in a few seconds after coming in the Inbox. He is the only one with that problem. The problem is also the same in OWA. So I'm pretty sure that issue is coming from Exchange or around that...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if a corrupted message could do this but I can't afford to neglect such details. Is anybody already fixed a problem like this one? Any help will be appreciated!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. Sorry for my english and thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40293" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22658" RevisionGUID="b6dc4d92-8a47-4b59-9a87-5688fdfa3ca0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:03:23.100" UserId="8740" Text="Email automatically deleted after few minutes in Outlook " />
  <row Id="40294" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22658" RevisionGUID="b6dc4d92-8a47-4b59-9a87-5688fdfa3ca0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:03:23.100" UserId="8740" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;exchange2007&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;not-programming-related&gt;" />
  <row Id="40295" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22659" RevisionGUID="2b24b072-df97-4b51-beab-f8990f64d905" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:06:07.713" Text="&lt;p&gt;Any chance his Auto-Archive settings are completely screwed up and running every few minutes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40296" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20202" RevisionGUID="2e19f4d4-9946-415a-82a2-0d96c41db817" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:16:31.403" UserId="1993" Comment="reformatting as Q&amp;A" Text="**Edit:** Reformatted this as Q&amp;A. If anyone can change this from Community Wiki to a typical question, that's probably more appropriate as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I authenticate OpenBSD against Active Directory?" />
  <row Id="40297" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="20202" RevisionGUID="2e19f4d4-9946-415a-82a2-0d96c41db817" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:16:31.403" UserId="1993" Comment="reformatting as Q&amp;A" Text="Authenticating OpenBSD against Active Directory" />
  <row Id="40298" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22660" RevisionGUID="147249ab-5075-416f-bdf9-846ba2e9dcdf" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:16:36.440" UserId="8888" Text="By default swappiness is set as 60.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness&#xD;&#xA;60**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Swappiness is a kernel  used to tweak how much the kernel favors swap over RAM; high swappiness means the kernel will swap out a lot, and low swappiness means the kernel will try not to use swap space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We can change this editing the value of **vm.swappiness** in **/etc/sysctl.conf**." />
  <row Id="40299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22661" RevisionGUID="c7dc123d-8a90-4e09-a437-2690bf7092a5" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:16:47.767" UserId="1993" Text="**Preface**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Authenticating against Active Directory with Kerberos is pretty simple on systems using PAM, but OpenBSD doesn't and makes it more difficult. From a tcpdump, it looks like the PAM systems are just doing pre-authentication while OpenBSD's bsd_auth system is using the whole Kerberos authentication process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, this took me a while to figure out so hopefully some concise instructions will save you time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few quick notes before we begin:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Users must exist on the OpenBSD system before attempting to login. They are not autocreated.&#xD;&#xA; - If you want users autocreated, look into Samba/Winbind. I've had nothing but trouble (inexplicable crashes, serious log spamming, unreliable authentication) from it, so I only use it when I have to.&#xD;&#xA; - This was tested on OpenBSD 4.5 and Windows Server 2003. I'm pretty sure it'll work with Win2k, but YMMV.&#xD;&#xA; - This version of OpenBSD uses Heimdal 0.7.2. Everything here aside from the paths and login.conf stuff will probably work on other *nixes running the same Heimdal, but again, YMMV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Instructions**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These steps assume you are trying to authenticate myuser@myhost.fqdn against the domain EXAMPLE.COM. The domain controller is pdc.EXAMPLE.COM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Create an Active Directory User account named *myhost* (that's not a typo, these instructions won't work with a Computer account). Disable password expiration and don't let the user change its own password. Set the password to whatever you like - it'll be changed soon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. It's probably a good idea to create the User account under a new OU, remove it from the Domain Users group and add it to a dedicated group. This is all a matter of taste and your security layout.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. On pdc.EXAMPLE.COM, download and install Windows Server Support Tools (specifically, you'll need ktpass.exe)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. On pdc.EXAMPLE.COM, run:  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; ktpass -out c:\temp\myhost.keytab -princ host/myhost.fqdn@EXAMPLE.COM -mapuser myhost -pType KRB5`_`NT_PRINCIPAL +rndpass&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   This updates the myhost user's password to something random (+rndpass), maps&#xD;&#xA;   the Kerberos principal &quot;host/myhost.fqdn@EXAMPLE.COM&quot; to the user &quot;myhost&quot; in&#xD;&#xA;   Active Directory, and then dumps the principal and private key info into the&#xD;&#xA;   -out keytab file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. Securely copy c:\temp\myhost.keytab to myhost and delete the file from pdc.EXAMPLE.COM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 6. On myhost, add the AD keytab to your main keytab:  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; ktutil copy /path/to/myhost.keytab /etc/kerberosV/krb5.keytab&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 7. Configure /etc/krb5.conf. Below is the bare minimum that you need. There's a lot of options available, take a look at the manpage for more details. This just sets the maximum acceptable clock skew to 5 minutes, makes EXAMPLE.COM the default realm, and tells Kerberos how to translate between DNS and Kerberos realms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &gt; [libdefaults]  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; clockskew = 300  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; default_realm = EXAMPLE.COM  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; &#xD;&#xA; &gt; [realms]  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; EXAMPLE.COM = {    &#xD;&#xA; &gt; default_domain = EXAMPLE.COM  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; }  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; &#xD;&#xA; &gt; [domain_realm]  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; .EXAMPLE.COM = EXAMPLE.COM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 8. Verify that you can get a ticket:&#xD;&#xA; &gt; `# kinit Administrator@EXAMPLE.COM`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `Administrator@EXAMPLE.COM's Password:`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `# klist`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `Credentials cache: FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_0`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `      Principal: Administrator@EXAMPLE.COM`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `  Issued           Expires          Principal`  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `Jun  4 21:41:05  Jun  5 07:40:28  krbtgt/EXAMPLE.COM@EXAMPLE.COM`  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 9. Modify /etc/login.conf to use Kerberos authentication. Your exact login.conf configuration will vary depending on how you use your system, but to go from a vanilla install to using Kerberos, just edit and comment this line under the default login class:  &#xD;&#xA; &gt; `:tc=auth-defaults:\`  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; And add above it:  &#xD;&#xA;  &gt; `:auth=krb5-or-pwd:\`  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; This checks Kerberos first unless the user is root. If Kerberos fails, it will use local passwords.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 10. Add the users you'd like to authenticate on this host. Leave the passwords blank unless you want them to be able to use both Active Directory and local passwords (not recommended). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  You can blank existing users' passwords &quot;chpass `&lt;user&gt;`&quot; and replacing the &quot;Encrypted password:&quot; value with an asterisk (*)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 11. Test SSH and Sudo. Both should work flawlessly with your Active Directory credentials.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's all there is to it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Links**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A couple useful sites:  &#xD;&#xA;[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb742433.aspx][1]  &#xD;&#xA;[http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v7r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.express.doc/info/exp/ae/tsec_kerb_create_spn.html][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb742433.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v7r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.express.doc/info/exp/ae/tsec_kerb_create_spn.html" />
  <row Id="40300" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22661" RevisionGUID="c7dc123d-8a90-4e09-a437-2690bf7092a5" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:16:47.767" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22662" RevisionGUID="5270d8f5-dd87-4b86-802b-693c3752a8e2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:17:52.570" UserId="2489" Text="Naturally it'd be the CEO.  Could he have a cell phone that's set up wrong?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40302" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22662" RevisionGUID="5270d8f5-dd87-4b86-802b-693c3752a8e2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:17:52.570" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40303" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22663" RevisionGUID="7b132090-8ec5-48c8-a008-a4bc836d4a69" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:17:55.910" UserId="2629" Text="Well, we had &quot;[What tool do you use to monitor your servers?][1]&quot;, and I wondered, do you (and should you) monitor your clients (desktops and laptops)?  What tools are useful for this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems to me that one should monitor the clients -- to guage how well they are performing, perhaps to keep an eye on battery life and power usage, perhaps watching hard drive, network, CPU and maybe even GPU usage, and, indeed, to see if lab users avoid a certain machine or if it never shows up on the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please state which platform(s) a given tool works with, and the licence or cost, if it is easily determined.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/44/what-tool-do-you-use-to-monitor-your-servers" />
  <row Id="40304" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22663" RevisionGUID="7b132090-8ec5-48c8-a008-a4bc836d4a69" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:17:55.910" UserId="2629" Text="What tool do you use to monitor your clients?" />
  <row Id="40305" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22663" RevisionGUID="7b132090-8ec5-48c8-a008-a4bc836d4a69" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:17:55.910" UserId="2629" Text="&lt;desktop&gt;&lt;laptop&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="40306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22664" RevisionGUID="384f58d6-049a-4920-83af-49dd72a44aaf" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:18:53.643" UserId="8882" Text="How does one ensure that linux hosts, running on vmware infrastruction 3 or vmware 3 esxi remain in sync with the ntp server.  I have found that a linux guest running under esx or esxi has a tendency to have the clock drift in the future.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How does one ensure that the time remains in sync with the time server?  Do i have to deploy vmware tools on the linux host? and then sync the host to the ntp server, the guest with the host and with the ntp server?" />
  <row Id="40307" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22664" RevisionGUID="384f58d6-049a-4920-83af-49dd72a44aaf" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:18:53.643" UserId="8882" Text="Vmware host time drift" />
  <row Id="40308" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22664" RevisionGUID="384f58d6-049a-4920-83af-49dd72a44aaf" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:18:53.643" UserId="8882" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;vmware-esx&gt;&lt;ntp&gt;" />
  <row Id="40309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22665" RevisionGUID="eed5e111-b68f-462e-b2e5-e81d96fbd68b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:18:59.493" UserId="1565" Text="This article might be a good starting point:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk583/tk372/technologies_configuration_example09186a00800946b7.shtml" />
  <row Id="40310" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22666" RevisionGUID="84e1ee1f-c950-406a-82d1-ffb79ab8cd1b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:19:00.120" UserId="1962" Text="Have you checked that he doesn't have a POP3 client set up somewhere that is connecting to the server, retrieving the e-mails, and deleting them?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps he has a mail client set up at home so he can get messages there too, and doesn't realize this will delete the messages off the server." />
  <row Id="40311" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22666" RevisionGUID="84e1ee1f-c950-406a-82d1-ffb79ab8cd1b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:19:00.120" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22667" RevisionGUID="24441548-c778-4317-a4fa-f3e4d2db7e52" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:20:02.910" UserId="4479" Text="The interval sounds like a external IMAP / POP client is checking in, getting the messages and then deleting them from the server.  Is he using a smartphone, blackberry, email client at home that may be doing this?" />
  <row Id="40313" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22667" RevisionGUID="24441548-c778-4317-a4fa-f3e4d2db7e52" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:20:02.910" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22668" RevisionGUID="7de5a24f-934f-497c-9285-9317d47221aa" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:20:59.380" UserId="4307" Text="If you install the [NTP daemon][1] on your Linux guest as a client, it will periodically check and make sure your clocks do not drift in the long run. You needn't do any fancy host-guest syncing, because the server is just .. on the net. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ece.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/ntpd.html" />
  <row Id="40315" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22654" RevisionGUID="c1acd97a-21f4-471c-a2a0-dac3c1a2e269" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:21:18.680" UserId="1997" Comment="Futher minor additions." Text="I had to write one of these recently and it didn't end up being too difficult. Granted, Even's point about tailoring is important though, as some details are going to take more work to describe than others. [NIST][1] also has a large library of free, online publications describing security measures for various purposes, you can use these for ideas where you're not sure what type/extent of security is called for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's some general categories to cover in high level terms though:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Data Retention Policy&#xD;&#xA; - Backup Procedures/Access to backups&#xD;&#xA; - In-house access restrictions(physical and virtual)&#xD;&#xA;  - Network (wireless, wired)&#xD;&#xA;  - Hardware (servers, workstations, office premises, off-site/telework)&#xD;&#xA;  - Hosting/Data Center (important if you're storing the partners data)&#xD;&#xA;  - Operating System&#xD;&#xA; - Personnel Screening&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This list can be expanded or reduced based on now much information is necessary. Also, no need to fret if you don't yet have quite have all of this in place. My advice is to stick to describing your 'intended' policies, but be prepared to immediately expand them for anything lacking. Also be prepared to be called on what you're claiming, no matter how unlikely this is (the lawyers won't care later on).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/PubsSPs.html" />
  <row Id="40316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22669" RevisionGUID="14cf6f3e-d3f0-461b-8246-69805c34c9e1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:21:22.517" UserId="4733" Text="My company has several Gateway E2300's, the slim desktops.  One of the machines in particular may be having a thermal issue.  THe symptoms are:  at seemingly random times throughout the day the fan speed will increase for anywhere from 5-15 minutes making it impossible to work because of the &quot;Darth Vader-like&quot; noise (thats how the end user described it).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have completely dusted the inside of the machine, the heat fins, and the fan.  I have also reseated the processor after cleaning it and reapplying more thermal paste.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This specific machine isnt running any unique software that would make it get hot and it isnt sitting in direct sunlight.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any info would be appreciated.  Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40317" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22669" RevisionGUID="14cf6f3e-d3f0-461b-8246-69805c34c9e1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:21:22.517" UserId="4733" Text="Possible Thermal Issue" />
  <row Id="40318" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22669" RevisionGUID="14cf6f3e-d3f0-461b-8246-69805c34c9e1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:21:22.517" UserId="4733" Text="&lt;thermal-dissipation&gt;&lt;gateway&gt;&lt;heat&gt;" />
  <row Id="40319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22670" RevisionGUID="4ba49302-c2d0-4903-a188-f01b4e400d3f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:25:02.760" UserId="8743" Text="That's a problem I encountered and sometimes the drifts are so large that the ntp service refused to sync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found that if you install the vmware tools on the guest, it will automatically sync its time against the host's time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22671" RevisionGUID="220fb754-4b0a-4d7a-8537-b814e6ce3097" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:25:11.293" UserId="2304" Text="It may just be increased load during normal usage... You might try installing something like [SpeedFan][1] to either confirm or rule out the thermal issue.  It could also provide some additional insight as to what else might be causing it, if it's not a thermal issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php" />
  <row Id="40321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22672" RevisionGUID="2352669f-3870-44d4-858e-3ba491a3e799" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:25:22.150" UserId="3179" Text="As you mentioned, this is the agent for Microsoft SMS. SMS can be used to collect inventory, apply patches, deploy software, etc. This is not something that is specific to Server 2003/Windows XP x64. This shouldn't be on a machine unless you have SMS deployed. You can stop the service if it's killing a machine, it just won't report back.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The newer versions of SMS are called System Center Configuration Manager." />
  <row Id="40322" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22673" RevisionGUID="0838505e-f863-4063-b979-0ef980d5d740" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:25:42.757" UserDisplayName="Kwan Cheng" Text="I have a hard time talking to our techs when I want what I call the &quot;tower&quot; serviced (even though the stickers would indicate the box's orientation was supposed to be horizontal, but instead to save space the box is oriented vertical.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So depending on the tech, I would get terms like &quot;base&quot;, &quot;cpu&quot;, &quot;desktop&quot;, &quot;beige box (even though most HP are gray)&quot;, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So what is the industry term for the box that contains all the hardware?" />
  <row Id="40323" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22673" RevisionGUID="0838505e-f863-4063-b979-0ef980d5d740" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:25:42.757" UserDisplayName="Kwan Cheng" Text="What to call the box containing the CPU, Graphics Card, etc" />
  <row Id="40324" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22673" RevisionGUID="0838505e-f863-4063-b979-0ef980d5d740" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:25:42.757" UserDisplayName="Kwan Cheng" Text="&lt;terms&gt;&lt;terminology&gt;" />
  <row Id="40325" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22674" RevisionGUID="f6f75846-7597-4fd1-8fb7-d43f6ef9df22" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:25:51.227" UserId="4307" Text="I would check with a thermometer whether it is actually hot in there. The temperature sensor could have gone bad and it could be reporting highly inflated temperatures which cause it to ramp up the fan. If you're certain it's not too hot in there for system operation, I would replace the fan with a PWM-less fan whose speed cannot be controlled by the motherboard (and make a note of it in case it starts crashing mysteriously - in that case you would know what is going on.)" />
  <row Id="40326" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22675" RevisionGUID="10fb9a74-fb82-4c44-b808-71b0b453f3b7" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:27:17.450" UserId="6767" Text="Yes, you have to install vmware-tools on the VM client.  Then you can set the box &quot;synchronize guest time with host&quot; button on the VM's Options screen." />
  <row Id="40327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22676" RevisionGUID="1f791a62-09c6-4a52-ba79-0f48b37a104a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:28:04.670" UserId="1840" Text="You might want to look at an **'Asset Management Tool'** that usually delivers the services of monitoring client's software/hardware.  There are a few posts about these kinds of solutions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [**What is a good cost effective IT asset-management solution**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [**Can anyone recommend a light weight asset management tool for a small organization?**][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/13402/what-is-a-good-cost-effective-it-asset-management-solution&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10055/can-anyone-recommend-a-light-weight-asset-management-tool-for-a-small-organizatio" />
  <row Id="40328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22677" RevisionGUID="ae901978-eaa9-4433-a06b-4e9111af15d7" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:29:11.423" UserId="6772" Text="&quot;computer&quot; is sufficient." />
  <row Id="40329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22678" RevisionGUID="ac7fe37f-5777-41bd-a7ef-2ea79e8c862c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:29:15.777" UserId="4369" Text="Does the vitoolkit require vmserver 2.0? or can it be used on the 1. versions" />
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  <row Id="40331" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22678" RevisionGUID="ac7fe37f-5777-41bd-a7ef-2ea79e8c862c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:29:15.777" UserId="4369" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="40332" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22679" RevisionGUID="adfa3237-4fef-4096-a82d-d278790dd7ce" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:30:08.037" UserId="8743" Text="I tend to call it the **central unit**, but it is a literal translation of the french term (fench being my mother tongue)." />
  <row Id="40333" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22680" RevisionGUID="58313781-c5a1-42d4-9b20-e083eca43aca" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:30:42.590" UserId="1840" Text="It varies per person.  There is already a post about this here: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [**What do you call the main component of a computer system**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8524/what-do-you-call-the-main-component-of-a-computer-system/8535#8535" />
  <row Id="40334" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22651" RevisionGUID="e2caef82-b101-4b1b-87e8-ac66bf42b1ed" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:31:32.323" UserId="3497" Comment="corrected spelling" Text="I have an ailing Exchange 2003 server on my domain that I am replacing with Exchange 2007 running on a brand new Server 2008 box.  I've read the TechNet articles about the difference between an Exchange Transition and Migration.  I've also read [this][1] 3 part walkthrough from MSExchange.org in detail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need clarification on the following points from anyone who has experience with this procedure:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. My understanding is that when I install Exchange 2007 on my domain, the existing Active Directory structure will be updated to make the E2K7 box my &quot;primary&quot; mail server for lack of a better word.  Will the Exchange 2003 server continue to send and receive email for the mailboxes it hosts without any intervention on my part?  Assume I have not yet made any NAT changes on my firewall.  Also assume I have not migrated any mailboxes to the new server yet.&#xD;&#xA; 2. When I do begin to migrate mailboxes from 2003 to 2007, I believe I should change my NAT rules to direct inbound mail flow and OWA traffic to the new Exchange 2007 server.  Am I correct in thinking that the 2007 server will redirect traffic to the 2003 server for mailboxes it does not yet host?&#xD;&#xA; 3. I currently implement Outlook Anywhere (RPC-HTTPS) on my Exchange 2003 server using an SSL certificate from Network Solutions.  I assume I will need to get a new certificate for the new 2007 server, correct?  Can anybody recommend a best practice for making this switch?  Will my Outlook Anywhere implementation break when I bring Exchange 2007 online?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any additional advice or best practice suggestions are welcome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Transitioning-Exchange-2000-2003-Exchange-Server-2007-Part1.html" />
  <row Id="40335" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22176" RevisionGUID="738b2b0e-2cb4-42c5-b9e8-1bfdc9a467c6" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:31:35.333" UserId="533" Comment="added updates" Text="I have inherited management of a set of AD servers running AD-backed DNS.  One of them is running DHCP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For IP ranges which are served by this Windows DHCP server, the in-addr.arpa zones are being served authoritatively by the AD DNS servers to allow AD to be happy with itself and allow dynamic DNS to work properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For each of these in-addr.arpa zones, I am also pulling secondary from my unix/linux name servers running BIND9.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have begun frequently seeing errors like this in my logs on the *nix servers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  8 13:40:07 ns1 named[6083]: general: warning: '3.37.19.172.in-addr.arpa/PTR/IN': TTL differs in rdataset, adjusting 900 -&gt; 1200&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I understand from a technical, DNS-perspective what is happening here.  There are &gt;1 records for the 3.37.19.172.in-addr.arpa and they have different TTLs.  BIND is normalizing the TTLs and informing me about it.  I have confirmed that this is the case by grabbing a manual AXFR of the zone:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ns1 0 /home/jj33 &gt;# xfer 37.19.172.in-addr.arpa ad-dns | grep '^3\.'                  &lt;&#xD;&#xA;    3.37.19.172.in-addr.arpa.       900     IN      PTR     0509-l3-tmbxt.example.ad.&#xD;&#xA;    3.37.19.172.in-addr.arpa.       1200    IN      PTR     0402-3p2jf41.example.ad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In looking at the Windows DNS and DHCP tools, it seems very likely based on the lease time that 0402-3p2jf41.example.ad either returned its lease or went away and never came back, allowing the lease to expire.  0509-l3-tmbxt.example.ad came along, picked up the IP, and inserted its name for the 3.37.19.172.in-addr.arpa record.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, with all the explanation done, I have several questions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - In the DDNS process, who actually defines the TTL of the reverse record?  The DNS server, the DHCP server, or the DHCP client?&#xD;&#xA; - Why are the stale in-addr.arpa records not being deleted?  Should the DNS server know to delete existing DDNS names when a new DDNS name is submitted?&#xD;&#xA; - Why would this suddenly start occurring?  This system has been running for years with this only happeneing a coupld of times before, and always with the same IP address.  In the last few days it has happened multiple times with multiple IPs.&#xD;&#xA; - Would scavenging help?  We don't currently have it turned on.  While I'm going to look into it for its own merits, I'm not sure it would help in this situation since the default seems to be 7 days before scavenging.&#xD;&#xA; - Does this situation require action, or if I ignore it will &quot;something&quot; purge the stale records eventually (I really, really hate waiting for divine intervention, but it seems odd that we wouldn't have faced this before).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Aside from the questions, can anyone share any hard-won experience related to this issue?  Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE 1: It appears that, on a per-RR level, scavenging is actually turned on.  It is turned on at the DNS server level, it is turned off at the zone level, and now that I have the advanced view turned on I can see that it's turned on for dynamically-inserted records as well.  So, it's not an issue of scavenging not working, it's an issue of the 7 day lag plus the (apparently new?) TTL differences.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE 2: The DHCP scope also has &quot;Discard A and PTR records when lease is deleted&quot; checked.  This feels like a failure on the part of the DHCP server since the lease for the original PTR is gone from the DHCP server...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for your answers so far.  I'm digesting them and gathering information to see if the noise I'm seeing is a lot of records generating a few logs each or a few records generating a lot of logs each.  Also, auditing my PTRs to see if this double-record thing is common but I'm only noticing it because the TTLs have started to mismatch.  I'm leaning toward this being a non-issue that scavenging will address but I'd still like to understand where the differing TTLs come from" />
  <row Id="40336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22681" RevisionGUID="0dd95dc8-651d-4a3b-be66-9f76960fe11d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:33:22.023" UserId="2629" Text="It is possible to create a Boot CD/DVD for Mac OS X?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I would like would be a disc I can put in and boot up into something with a few utilities.  We often, for example, have NetRestore NetInstall sets that you can boot up into over the network, and then you have a hugely stripped down system; it has Terminal and some CLI utilities, it has Disk Utility, and it has NetRestore (which is wonderful for imaging, even if it has been discontinued).  Could I make a CD that does that?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some notes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- This would be useful for occassions on which I don't have a netboot server running, and don't have a properly formatted external hard drive to boot off of.&#xD;&#xA;- The OS X install DVDs do most of what I want, but it would be nice to run NetRestore.  (Disk Utility works in a pinch).&#xD;&#xA;- There is a utility called &quot;[Boot CD][1]&quot; (scroll to the bottom of the page) but it doesn't work with Tiger or Leopard.&#xD;&#xA;- It would be nice to be able to customize the software on the disc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://charlessoft.com/" />
  <row Id="40337" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22681" RevisionGUID="0dd95dc8-651d-4a3b-be66-9f76960fe11d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:33:22.023" UserId="2629" Text="OS X Boot DVD (for imaging and recovery)" />
  <row Id="40338" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22681" RevisionGUID="0dd95dc8-651d-4a3b-be66-9f76960fe11d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:33:22.023" UserId="2629" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;boot&gt;&lt;disk&gt;&lt;recovery&gt;&lt;utilities&gt;" />
  <row Id="40339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22682" RevisionGUID="82c13969-78fd-4280-8e07-ccd48b560f67" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:33:56.000" UserId="1565" Text="I would get with your company's legal counsel on this to start with especially since it is part of a contract." />
  <row Id="40340" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22683" RevisionGUID="b496076b-de3c-455a-bb14-e062e670dc0b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:34:30.540" UserId="6397" Text="The other people have raised a very good point that emails may be fetched and deleted from the email client that uses POP3. I would say just easily turn off the pop3 feature on this user's account to see if the problem still occurs. Disabling POP3 won't effect his use of Outlook." />
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  <row Id="40342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22684" RevisionGUID="20a13020-304d-4e43-9faf-617d5d8457a7" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:35:18.387" UserId="887" Text="I have an external commercial site my users need to get to, http://www.foo.com, that unfortunately causes problems with our proxy server, users get broken links, style sheets fail to load, etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Through experimentation, we found using https://www.foo.com works perfectly, but some of their links are absolute, and point back to http://www.foo.com, which then causes the proxy problem when they click on them. Obviously it would be nice if the site would take care of that, but it's not likely anytime soon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way, with the clients using IE6, to force a redirect to https://www.foo.com/whatever when a users clicks a link to http://www.foo.com/whatever? I have seen where it can be done with Firefox+Noscript.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="40346" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22685" RevisionGUID="e73b2eb8-93c5-4621-a008-df3de9e50a46" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:37:01.300" UserId="8888" Text="DDoS attacks" />
  <row Id="40347" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22685" RevisionGUID="e73b2eb8-93c5-4621-a008-df3de9e50a46" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:37:01.300" UserId="8888" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="40348" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22686" RevisionGUID="d084d701-e653-4018-993a-e296ed258de6" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:37:48.363" UserId="6793" Text="[This][1] could be useful..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Guest kernel boot parameter:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;     clock=pit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3858673&amp;sliceId=1" />
  <row Id="40349" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22687" RevisionGUID="955fdac2-7fe2-4c05-8cb5-0cd4705eb83b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:38:51.467" UserId="8743" Text="The [release notes for vi toolkit 1.5][1] will tell you which VMware environments is supported:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-  VMware ESX 3.5&#xD;&#xA;- VMware ESX 3i&#xD;&#xA;- VMware VirtualCenter 2.5&#xD;&#xA;- VMware ESX 3.0/VirtualCenter 2.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/windowstoolkit/wintk15/windowstoolkit15-200901-releasenotes.html" />
  <row Id="40350" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22688" RevisionGUID="b863e6ab-09aa-4b25-905e-c6d8249c9b26" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:38:59.173" UserId="8093" Text="To address the need you have to send a copy of your security policy doc would be a little against security. I have written our security policy and have pulled the majority of the Docs from the SAN's Templates. The others you can fill in with specific policy searches on Google. The way we handle an outside party wanting to see the policy is letting them sit down in our Director of Operation's office and allowing them to read it. Our policy is that the policy never leaves the building and more specifically our sight. We do have agreements that any 3rd party has to agree to when working in specific capacities that would require access to our information. And they are on a case by case basis. This policy may not fit your environment nor will all the policies that are on SAN's website pertain to you or your business but I would recommend beginning the process of building your security policy and once approved by Upper management begin to enforce it. " />
  <row Id="40351" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22689" RevisionGUID="e3d07cbb-b2a9-4d63-bed4-65a3f0c85441" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:39:14.617" UserId="5234" Text="We stay a month behind (it's a nice round number) and also keep a separate group for machines that shouldn't auto-reboot.  We also make a specific effort to *exclude* service packs, new versions of IE, and other major upgrades from the patch management system, taking the view that as these constitute a major upgrade you want to be physically there to see it happening, and respond to anything that needs responding to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should certainly consider having a test group of PCs that are a good representation of what's out there that *don't* stay a month behind (i.e. get their patches immediately).  That way, if a patch is going to cause trouble at the PC level, you will find out about it quickly enough and can make a call on how to deal with it without every PC being affected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, in WSUS &quot;update rollups&quot; is a category separate to &quot;critical and security updates&quot;, but yet some vital recent patches (Conficker, anyone?) were classified under that heading, so ensure that you don't miss it!" />
  <row Id="40352" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22690" RevisionGUID="105580e6-4bc0-4a3a-ba8e-43be5efde1ab" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:39:35.990" UserId="1803" Text="They don't need a copy of your entire internal IT policy but I think they may be after something similar to this - someone definitely needs to get you enough information about the contract to determine how much detail you need to provide, and about what.  Tho I agree with Joseph - if they need the information for legal/compliance reasons, there needs to be legal input.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Background Information&#xD;&#xA;----------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Are any of your employees located outside of the US? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Does your company have formalized and documented information security policies in place? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;3) Is the handling and classification of information and data covered by your information security policies? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;4) Are there any outstanding regulatory issues that you are currently addressing in the state(s) you operate in? &#xD;&#xA;If yes, please explain. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;General Security&#xD;&#xA;----------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Do you have an information security awareness training program for employees and contractors? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;2) Which of the following methods for authenticating and authorizing access to your systems and applications do you currently use: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Performed by operating system &#xD;&#xA;- Performed by commercial product &#xD;&#xA;- Single sign-on &#xD;&#xA;- Client-side digital certificates &#xD;&#xA;- Other two-factor authentication &#xD;&#xA;- Home grown &#xD;&#xA;- No authentication mechanism in place &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;3) Who authorizes access for employees, contractors, temps, vendors, and business partners? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;4) Do you allow your employees (including contractors, temps, vendors, etc.) to have &#xD;&#xA;remote access to your networks? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;5) Do you have an information security incident response plan? &#xD;&#xA;If no, how are information security incidents handled? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;6) Do you have a policy that addresses the handling of internal or confidential information in e-mail messages to outside your company? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;7) Do you review your information security policies and standards at least annually? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;8) What methods and physical controls are in place to prevent unauthorized access to your company's secure areas? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Network servers in locked rooms &#xD;&#xA;- Physical access to servers limited by security identification (access cards, biometrics, etc.) &#xD;&#xA;- Video monitoring &#xD;&#xA;- Sign-in logs and procedures &#xD;&#xA;- Security badges or ID cards visible at all times in secure areas &#xD;&#xA;- Security guards  &#xD;&#xA;- None &#xD;&#xA;- Other, Please provide additional details &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;9) Please describe your password policy for all environments? I.e.. Length, strength and aging &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;10) Do you have a disaster recovery (DR) plan? &#xD;&#xA;If yes, how often do you test it? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;11) Do you have a Business Continuity (BC) plan? &#xD;&#xA;If yes, how often do you test it? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;12) Will you provide us a copy of your tests results (BC and DR) if requested? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Architecture and system review&#xD;&#xA;------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  1) Will [The Company]’s data and/or applications be stored and/or processed on a dedicated or shared server?   &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;2) If on a shared server, how will [The Company]’s data be segmented from other companies’ data? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;3) What type(s) of company-to-company connectivity will be provided? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Internet &#xD;&#xA;- Private/Leased line (e.g., T1) &#xD;&#xA;- Dial-up &#xD;&#xA;- VPN (Virtual Private Network) &#xD;&#xA;- Terminal Service &#xD;&#xA;- None &#xD;&#xA;- Other, Please provide additional details &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;4) Will this network connectivity be encrypted? &#xD;&#xA;If yes, what method(s) of encryption will be used?  &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;5) Is there any client-side code (including ActiveX or Java code) required in order to utilize the solution? &#xD;&#xA;If yes, please describe. &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;6) Do you have a firewall(s) to control external network access to your web server(s). &#xD;&#xA;If no, where is this server(s) located? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;7) Does your network include a DMZ for Internet access to applications? &#xD;&#xA;If no, where are these applications located? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;8) Does your organization take steps to ensure against Denial-of-Service outages? &#xD;&#xA;               Please describe these steps &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;9) Do you perform any of the following information security reviews/tests &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Internal system/network scans &#xD;&#xA;- Internally managed self assessments and/or due diligence reviews &#xD;&#xA;- Internal code reviews/peer reviews &#xD;&#xA;- External 3rd party penetration tests/studies &#xD;&#xA;- Other, Please provide details &#xD;&#xA;How frequently are these tests performed? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;10) Which of the following information security practices are being actively used within your organization &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Access control lists &#xD;&#xA;- Digital certificates - Server Side &#xD;&#xA;- Digital certificates - Client Side &#xD;&#xA;- Digital signatures &#xD;&#xA;- Network based intrusion detection/prevention  &#xD;&#xA;- Host Based intrusion detection/prevention  &#xD;&#xA;- Scheduled updates to intrusion detection/prevention signature files  &#xD;&#xA;- Intrusion monitoring 24x7 &#xD;&#xA;- Continuous virus scanning  &#xD;&#xA;- Scheduled updates to virus signature files  &#xD;&#xA;- Penetration studies and/or tests &#xD;&#xA;- None &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;11) Do you have standards for hardening or securing your operating systems? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;12) Do you have a schedule for applying updates and hot fixes to your operating systems? &#xD;&#xA;If no, please tell us how you determine what and when to apply patches and critical updates &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;13) To provide protection from a power or network failure, do you maintain fully redundant systems for your key transactional systems? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Web Server (if applicable)&#xD;&#xA;--------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) What is the URL that will be used to access the application/data? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;2) What operating system(s) is the web server (s)? (Please provide OS name, version and service pack or patch level.) &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;3) What is the web server software? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Application Server (if applicable)&#xD;&#xA;----------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) What operating system(s) is the application server (s)? (Please provide OS name, version and service pack or patch level.) &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;2) What is the application server software?  &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;3) Are you using role based access control? &#xD;&#xA;               If yes, how are the access levels assigned to roles? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;4) How do you ensure that appropriate authorization and segregation&#xD;&#xA; of duties are in place? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;5) Does your application employ multi-level user access / security? &#xD;&#xA;If yes, please provide details. &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;6) Are activities in your application monitored by a third party system or service? &#xD;&#xA;If yes please provide us with the company and service name and what information is being monitored &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Database Server (if applicable)&#xD;&#xA;-------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) What operating system(s) is the database server (s)? (Please provide OS name, version and service pack or patch level.) &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;2) Which databases server software is being utilized? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;3) Is the DB replicated? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;4) Is the DB server part of a cluster? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;5) What is done (if anything) to isolate [The Company]’s data from other companies? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;6) Will [The Company]’s data, when stored on disk, be encrypted? &#xD;&#xA;                If yes, please describe encryption method &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;7) How is source data captured? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;8) How are data integrity errors handled? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Auditing and Logging&#xD;&#xA;--------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Do you log customer access on: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- The web server? &#xD;&#xA;- The application server? &#xD;&#xA;- The database server? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;2) Are the logs reviewed? &#xD;&#xA;If yes, please explain the process and how often are they reviewed? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;3) Do you provide systems and resources to maintain and monitor audit logs and transaction logs? &#xD;&#xA;If yes, what logs do you retain and how long do you store them?   &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;4) Will you allow [The Company] to review your system logs as they pertain to our company? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Privacy&#xD;&#xA;-------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) What are the processes and procedures used to declassify/delete/discard [The Company]’s data when no longer needed? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;2) Have you at any time erroneously or accidentally disclosed customer information?   &#xD;&#xA;If yes, what corrective measures have you implemented since?  &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;3) Do contractors (non-employees) have access to sensitive or confidential information? &#xD;&#xA;If yes, have they signed a non-disclosure agreement? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;4) Do you have vendors that are authorized to access and maintain your networks, systems, or applications? &#xD;&#xA;If yes, are these vendors under written contracts providing for confidentiality, background checks, and insurance/indemnification against loss? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;5) How is your data classified and secured? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Operations&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) What is the frequency and level of your back-ups? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;2) What is the onsite retention period of back-ups? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;3) What format are your backups stored in? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;4) Do you store backups at an off-site location? &#xD;&#xA;If yes, what is the retention period?      &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;5) Do you encrypt your data backups? &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;6) How do you ensure that only valid production programs are executed? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40353" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22691" RevisionGUID="0b49a0ed-c6aa-4b31-b09e-c0b2e87442c5" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:40:20.077" UserId="2304" Text="There are some fairly good answers in this [question][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:  http://serverfault.com/questions/3476/what-are-the-best-techniques-for-preventing-denial-of-service-attacks" />
  <row Id="40354" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22692" RevisionGUID="364462c0-c637-4b04-b4ee-986cf3575489" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:40:26.223" UserId="8743" Text="I tend to install a firewall in front of it with a limit on the number of SYN packets per second." />
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  <row Id="40356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22694" RevisionGUID="72ecd0b5-f69c-4ad2-be0a-be3a2a3d864b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:42:55.937" UserId="4721" Text="A DDoS is typically a difficult problem. You tend to finally limit the service in some way while protecting the server and end up with a denial of service any way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there was a distributed DoS that hit your server at (say) 100 requests per second (and that is a very conservative figure) and your server typically saw about 10 valid requests per second. If you now were to limit the requests in some way, it is likely that the valid requests would be blocked in the process, making you part of the distributed DoS operation." />
  <row Id="40357" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22695" RevisionGUID="9384f7e3-2f77-4e69-ba8e-fc847e4ef4be" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:43:07.277" UserId="6397" Text="There are 2 things I learned from Microsoft seminar early this year re migrating Exchange 2003 to 2007, and it seems to worth sharing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Once the last 2003 box is removed from the domain, it cannot be brought back anymore. It's permanently gone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. If you have even one Outlook 2003 in your network, you will have to keep at least one Exchange 2003 box in the same network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't had chance get my hands on 2007 box yet. But from my understanding, RPC-HTTP does need digital certificate to encrypt the data sent between the server and the client. It doesn't matter how you issue it but you will have to need it to secure the traffic. If the address still remain the same you don't need to re-issue a new one." />
  <row Id="40358" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="22685" RevisionGUID="ee93f861-d39c-4a3f-a5fc-ea5364668630" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:43:09.353" UserId="710" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;denial-of-service&gt;" />
  <row Id="40359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22696" RevisionGUID="b99899e1-3667-4d13-8019-aab237022a2d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:44:51.923" UserId="8199" Text="Well said rorr,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Give this a look. It explains more about SMS/SCCM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Center_Configuration_Manager&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40360" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22697" RevisionGUID="0dbd5d51-9a01-4ad8-8a4d-541cdcd85873" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:46:53.557" UserId="8199" Text="You'll need an NDA before you show them anything. Then I would let them come and review the security policy, but never have a copy of it." />
  <row Id="40361" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22698" RevisionGUID="11465378-1cdf-42cb-8be0-a4c8cd1b64d4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:47:18.767" UserId="1812" Text="For our WSUS server, I created OUs for the workstations, then below that I split it up into regions in the office. We also have one for laptops and member servers and domain controllers. I then created different views of the updates to suite my needs for example, I have a SQL Server update category, and Office category and a 2003 category and a... Sure it gets to the point where I might have too many, but it keeps it easy to read. So if there is a bad patch out there, I don't click approve on accident because I was shift-clicking. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Plus in the long run, I think it'll be easier to keep track of all the patching that is done. " />
  <row Id="40362" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22699" RevisionGUID="38ae77c8-7e5b-4f32-86e6-df46762ea7f9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:47:25.693" UserId="1041" Text="Cup holder...no wait, that's just the DVD drive...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I usually refer to them as desktop unit (for horizontal footprints) or tower unit (or just towers (for vertical footprints)." />
  <row Id="40363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22700" RevisionGUID="a312d40e-c3ae-4cb6-a55f-4f50055770af" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:48:00.030" UserId="7480" Text="See if your company already employs a bonded security firm for shredding documents.  I use ours for shredding reports, digital media, old backup tapes, and hard disks.  IIRC, it costs two bucks per hard disk, and they grind 'em to powder.  No fuss, no bother, no eco-issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22701" RevisionGUID="01b05970-cee7-4aca-8463-7985119510e3" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:48:05.787" UserId="257" Text="Without knowing what proxy server you're using, can you not just do the redirect in that? If you are using squid, [squirm][1] (among others) looks like it'd do the trick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://squirm.foote.com.au/" />
  <row Id="40365" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22702" RevisionGUID="1fcfa2fa-8dde-4b8a-ac23-14bb6d645911" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:48:28.453" UserId="5966" Text="I have a folder on my server like this one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;C:\inetpub\wwwroot\blah&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In IIS, I also have a &quot;/blah&quot; virtual folder set up, pointing to C:\BLAH&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Naturally, when site visitors type in http://www.myserver.com/blah/test.html, IIS looks for C:\BLAH\test.html, not C:\inetpub\wwwroot\blah\test.html. For the most part, this is the behavior I want, because most of the files are in C:\BLAH. However, when the file DOES exist in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\blah, I'd like the server to look for it there first, and then look in C:\BLAH if it doesn't find it. Basically I'd like the files in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\blah to be an &quot;exception&quot; to the virtual directory. Have the server return the files from that folder, if they exist, but if they don't pull them from C:\BLAH instead of returning a 404.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this possible? Thanks." />
  <row Id="40366" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22702" RevisionGUID="1fcfa2fa-8dde-4b8a-ac23-14bb6d645911" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:48:28.453" UserId="5966" Text="Can I create an &quot;exception&quot; to an IIS Virtual Directory?" />
  <row Id="40367" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22702" RevisionGUID="1fcfa2fa-8dde-4b8a-ac23-14bb6d645911" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:48:28.453" UserId="5966" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;virtualdirectories&gt;" />
  <row Id="40368" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22694" RevisionGUID="83e50b06-b2d5-42c0-9dfe-5e540f21eca4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:49:29.870" UserId="4721" Comment="added 332 characters in body" Text="I understand what i write here is not a solution for you. But, i would suggest that you look at these points while selecting a Distributed DoS protection solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A DDoS is typically a difficult problem. You tend to finally limit the service in some way while protecting the server and end up with a denial of service any way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there was a distributed DoS that hit your server at (say) 100 requests per second (a very conservative figure) and your server typically saw about 10 valid requests per second. If you were to limit the requests in some way, it is likely that the valid requests would be blocked in the process, making you part of the distributed DoS operation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A better solution would be to setup a track of number of requests per source or better, a source subnet, and started blocking or limiting the sources that cross some thresholds." />
  <row Id="40369" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22703" RevisionGUID="16459898-f2c2-4380-9ed2-609a7d41ab5c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:50:00.727" UserId="2304" Text="About the only way I can think of to accomplish that with IE 6 would be to create a host file entry on each client pointing to a redirect page... it's a bit of a hack though.  Seems like the best solution would be to fix the proxy like everyone's mentioned so far." />
  <row Id="40370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22704" RevisionGUID="9d70bdd5-7f9b-4f98-8647-6eae34938dc2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:52:34.950" UserId="5700" Text="What has worked for me is adding the kernel boot parameter:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    clock=pit notsc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This sets the clocksource to something vmware keeps updated, and disables the time sync counter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps unrelated, but on recent enough kernels I always also append:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    divider=10&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which significantly reduces guest cpu utilization." />
  <row Id="40371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22705" RevisionGUID="e3852997-464a-46c6-9eb8-7240e2b498c5" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:53:11.237" UserId="2408" Text="If your using apache as the webserver you can use a mod_rewrite directive to rewrite all incoming http requests to https. I'll throw one out real quick in a second here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            RewriteEngine On&#xD;&#xA;            RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} .*MSIE.* [AND]&#xD;&#xA;            RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off&#xD;&#xA;            RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}" />
  <row Id="40372" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22706" RevisionGUID="4433441d-7588-40fa-bf26-ddf71125b1d4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:54:20.750" UserId="4185" Text="I have a .SAV and .VHD file from a backup. Since these files were created the revert to snapshot feature was used, by design this deleted everything since the snapshot was created. However I now need to access the data that was in the snapshot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way of using the .sav and associated vhd file to restore the virtual machine?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40373" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22706" RevisionGUID="4433441d-7588-40fa-bf26-ddf71125b1d4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:54:20.750" UserId="4185" Text="Restore Virtualbox snapshot from backup" />
  <row Id="40374" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22706" RevisionGUID="4433441d-7588-40fa-bf26-ddf71125b1d4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:54:20.750" UserId="4185" Text="&lt;virtualbox&gt;&lt;backup-restoration&gt;" />
  <row Id="40375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22707" RevisionGUID="30e84c07-1329-4023-aa33-34a79a1a1925" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:54:22.950" UserId="5222" Text="I have a user that as a crazy amount of network connections populating his systray and he only has one network card and a wireless card.    After a while he can hover over them and they will disappear. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas if this is OS or driver related?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tekconxus.com/screenshot.png" />
  <row Id="40376" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22707" RevisionGUID="30e84c07-1329-4023-aa33-34a79a1a1925" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:54:22.950" UserId="5222" Text="Windows Network Connection has filled systray with many icons" />
  <row Id="40377" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22707" RevisionGUID="30e84c07-1329-4023-aa33-34a79a1a1925" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:54:22.950" UserId="5222" Text="&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="40378" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22708" RevisionGUID="3940fc86-501b-4e17-add1-cd7cbf8096cd" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:55:59.700" UserId="671" Text="You could probably do this through a custom written ISAPI filter, but I am not aware of any way within IIS or an existing product that would do exactly what you're looking for." />
  <row Id="40379" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="22707" RevisionGUID="5412e351-e07e-4eaa-9b3e-faa205dc460a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:56:11.697" UserId="3657" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;troubleshooting&gt;&lt;tray-icon&gt;&lt;system-tray&gt;" />
  <row Id="40380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22709" RevisionGUID="642bac40-d6a8-42d5-960e-f0f949cbe5cf" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:57:53.970" UserId="2600" Text="Look in the properties of 'My Network Places' and disable any invalid or unneeded network interfaces.  Assuming nothing breaks as a result, these should be safe to delete." />
  <row Id="40381" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22704" RevisionGUID="31680fdb-103c-4177-b1ed-3c6552a6b77e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:58:15.547" UserId="5700" Comment="added 327 characters in body" Text="Yes, installing vmware-tools for the clock sync tool is important, but might not be enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What has worked for me is adding the kernel boot parameter:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    clock=pit notsc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This sets the clocksource to something vmware keeps updated, and disables the time sync counter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps unrelated, but on recent enough kernels I always also append:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    divider=10&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which significantly reduces guest cpu utilization.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both of these are also helpful with or without vmware tools are installed, and help keep the clocks more closely in sync (rather than a constant struggle between a quickly drifting clock and the vmware tools clock sync service)." />
  <row Id="40382" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22710" RevisionGUID="df7bf813-37cb-4e3f-95d9-eab288a3d9d4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:59:52.657" UserId="671" Text="I would check the physical cable on any wired connections to ensure they are making good contact with both the NIC and the remote end (wall, switch, etc.).  For the wireless connection, if it's an external device, check the USB connection and ensure it is working properly as well, perhaps switch it to a different port.  If that doesn't help, reinstall the drivers for the network devices.  Also be sure there are no IP address conflicts on the network that could be mucking it up." />
  <row Id="40383" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="22673" RevisionGUID="2ae170b6-1e18-4c34-bdec-b8ccb4d4ff61" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:00:05.777" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1054,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;squillman&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="40384" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22673" RevisionGUID="5a09c54e-078f-4303-a1bc-cf3d0a7b0830" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:00:05.887" UserId="-1" Comment="insert duplicate link" Text="&gt; **Possible Duplicate:**  &#xA;&gt; [What do you call the main component of a computer system?](http://serverfault.com/questions/8524/what-do-you-call-the-main-component-of-a-computer-system)  &#xA;&#xA;&#xA;I have a hard time talking to our techs when I want what I call the &quot;tower&quot; serviced (even though the stickers would indicate the box's orientation was supposed to be horizontal, but instead to save space the box is oriented vertical.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So depending on the tech, I would get terms like &quot;base&quot;, &quot;cpu&quot;, &quot;desktop&quot;, &quot;beige box (even though most HP are gray)&quot;, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So what is the industry term for the box that contains all the hardware?" />
  <row Id="40385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22711" RevisionGUID="ddcaaf41-6340-4a78-a6a6-29f74ccd95dd" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:01:50.563" UserId="2561" Text="The change really should be made on the proxy server by adding an exception for this site.  Since you don't have access to the remote site, and you are using https, I think the redirection would have to be at your users browser level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; I would guess that you can't proxy https because that is encrypted on the client before it gets to proxy server, and encrypted by the remote host before it gets to your proxy server.  Because of this, the proxy server wouldn't be able to look at the http data and cache any of it.  So, I think using https basically cause you to bypass the proxy server.  Can anyone with more proxy experience confirm this?" />
  <row Id="40386" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22217" RevisionGUID="e26731a1-1e47-40d1-9e56-ee2c3fa76253" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:02:32.760" UserId="5922" Comment="Fixed my spelling of 'swappiness' :)" Text="I've got a Linux server that's running our bacula backup system. The machine is grinding like mad because it's going heavy in to swap. The problem is, it's only using 60% of its physical memory!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the output from `free -m`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    free -m&#xD;&#xA;                 total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached&#xD;&#xA;    Mem:          3949       2356       1593          0          0          1&#xD;&#xA;    -/+ buffers/cache:       2354       1595&#xD;&#xA;    Swap:         7629       1804       5824&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and some sample output from `vmstat 1`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- -----cpu------&#xD;&#xA;     r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa st&#xD;&#xA;     0  2 1843536 1634512      0   4188   54   13  2524   666    2    1  1  1 89  9  0&#xD;&#xA;     1 11 1845916 1640724      0    388 2700 4816 221880  4879 14409 170721  4  3 63 30  0&#xD;&#xA;     0  9 1846096 1643952      0      0 4956  756 174832   804 12357 159306  3  4 63 30  0&#xD;&#xA;     0 11 1846104 1643532      0      0 4916  540 174320   580 10609 139960  3  4 64 29  0&#xD;&#xA;     0  4 1846084 1640272      0   2336 4080  524 140408   548 9331 118287  3  4 63 30  0&#xD;&#xA;     0  8 1846104 1642096      0   1488 2940  432 102516   457 7023 82230  2  4 65 29  0&#xD;&#xA;     0  5 1846104 1642268      0   1276 3704  452 126520   452 9494 119612  3  5 65 27  0&#xD;&#xA;     3 12 1846104 1641528      0    328 6092  608 187776   636 8269 113059  4  3 64 29  0&#xD;&#xA;     2  2 1846084 1640960      0    724 5948    0 111480     0 7751 116370  4  4 63 29  0&#xD;&#xA;     0  4 1846100 1641484      0    404 4144 1476 125760  1500 10668 105358  2  3 71 25  0&#xD;&#xA;     0 13 1846104 1641932      0      0 5872  828 153808   840 10518 128447  3  4 70 22  0&#xD;&#xA;     0  8 1846096 1639172      0   3164 3556  556 74884   580 5082 65362  2  2 73 23  0&#xD;&#xA;     1  4 1846080 1638676      0    396 4512   28 50928    44 2672 38277  2  2 80 16  0&#xD;&#xA;     0  3 1846080 1628808      0   7132 2636    0 28004     8 1358 14090  0  1 78 20  0&#xD;&#xA;     0  2 1844728 1618552      0  11140 7680    0 12740     8  763 2245  0  0 82 18  0&#xD;&#xA;     0  2 1837764 1532056      0 101504 2952    0 95644    24  802 3817  0  1 87 12  0&#xD;&#xA;     0 11 1842092 1633324      0   4416 1748 10900 143144 11024 6279 134442  3  3 70 24  0&#xD;&#xA;     2  6 1846104 1642756      0      0 4768  468 78752   468 4672 60141  2  2 76 20  0&#xD;&#xA;     1 12 1846104 1640792      0    236 4752  440 140712   464 7614 99593  3  5 58 34  0&#xD;&#xA;     0  3 1846084 1630368      0   6316 5104    0 20336     0 1703 22424  1  1 72 26  0&#xD;&#xA;     2 17 1846104 1638332      0   3168 4080 1720 211960  1744 11977 155886  3  4 65 28  0&#xD;&#xA;     1 10 1846104 1640800      0    132 4488  556 126016   584 8016 106368  3  4 63 29  0&#xD;&#xA;     0 14 1846104 1639740      0   2248 3436  428 114188   452 7030 92418  3  3 59 35  0&#xD;&#xA;     1  6 1846096 1639504      0   1932 5500  436 141412   460 8261 112210  4  4 63 29  0&#xD;&#xA;     0 10 1846104 1640164      0   3052 4028  448 147684   472 7366 109554  4  4 61 30  0&#xD;&#xA;     0 10 1846100 1641040      0   2332 4952  632 147452   664 8767 118384  3  4 63 30  0&#xD;&#xA;     4  8 1846084 1641092      0    664 4948  276 152264   292 6448 98813  5  5 62 28  0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried tuning the `swappiness` kernel parameter to both high and low values, but nothing appears to change the behavior here. I'm at a loss to figure out what's going on. How can I find out what's causing this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:** The system is a fully 64-bit system, so there should be no question of memory limitations due to 32-bit issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update2:** As I mentioned in the original question, I've already tried tuning swappiness to all sorts of values, including 0. The result is always the same, with approximately 1.6 GB of memory remaining unused." />
  <row Id="40387" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22712" RevisionGUID="df1589fc-66c9-4a7b-8e14-75889925b00c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:04:25.690" UserId="4392" Text="I want to start scheduling remote mysqldump crons, and I'd prefer to use a special account for that purposes. I want to grant that user the minimum permissions for getting a full dump, but I'm not sure the best way to go about that. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it as simple as &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    grant SELECT on *.* to '$username'@'backuphost' identified by 'password'; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or am I missing a better way? " />
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  <row Id="40394" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22707" RevisionGUID="ab3edf01-66ed-4836-aceb-3d87613b274a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:07:08.353" UserId="1054" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="I have a user that has a crazy amount of network connections populating his systray and he only has one network card and a wireless card.    After a while he can hover over them and they will disappear. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas if this is OS or driver related?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tekconxus.com/screenshot.png" />
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The problem is, it's only using 60% of its physical memory!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the output from `free -m`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    free -m&#xD;&#xA;                 total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached&#xD;&#xA;    Mem:          3949       2356       1593          0          0          1&#xD;&#xA;    -/+ buffers/cache:       2354       1595&#xD;&#xA;    Swap:         7629       1804       5824&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and some sample output from `vmstat 1`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- -----cpu------&#xD;&#xA;     r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa st&#xD;&#xA;     0  2 1843536 1634512      0   4188   54   13  2524   666    2    1  1  1 89  9  0&#xD;&#xA;     1 11 1845916 1640724      0    388 2700 4816 221880  4879 14409 170721  4  3 63 30  0&#xD;&#xA;     0  9 1846096 1643952      0      0 4956  756 174832   804 12357 159306  3  4 63 30  0&#xD;&#xA;     0 11 1846104 1643532      0      0 4916  540 174320   580 10609 139960  3  4 64 29  0&#xD;&#xA; 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    4  8 1846084 1641092      0    664 4948  276 152264   292 6448 98813  5  5 62 28  0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Furthermore, the output of top sorted by CPU time seems to support the theory that swap is what's bogging down the system:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    top - 09:05:32 up 37 days, 23:24,  1 user,  load average: 9.75, 8.24, 7.12&#xD;&#xA;    Tasks: 173 total,   1 running, 172 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie&#xD;&#xA;    Cpu(s):  1.6%us,  1.4%sy,  0.0%ni, 76.1%id, 20.6%wa,  0.1%hi,  0.2%si,  0.0%st&#xD;&#xA;    Mem:   4044632k total,  2405628k used,  1639004k free,        0k buffers&#xD;&#xA;    Swap:  7812492k total,  1851852k used,  5960640k free,      436k cached&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+    TIME COMMAND                                                                                                                             &#xD;&#xA;     4174 root      17   0 63156  176   56 S    8  0.0   2138:52  35,38 bacula-fd                                                                                                                            &#xD;&#xA;     4185 root      17   0 63352  284  104 S    6  0.0   1709:25  28,29 bacula-sd                                                                                                                            &#xD;&#xA;      240 root      15   0     0    0    0 D    3  0.0 831:55.19 831:55 kswapd0                                                                                                                              &#xD;&#xA;     2852 root      10  -5     0    0    0 S    1  0.0 126:35.59 126:35 xfsbufd                                                                                                                              &#xD;&#xA;     2849 root      10  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0 119:50.94 119:50 xfsbufd                                                                                                                              &#xD;&#xA;     1364 root      10  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0 117:05.39 117:05 xfsbufd                                                                                                                              &#xD;&#xA;       21 root      10  -5     0    0    0 S    1  0.0  48:03.44  48:03 events/3                                                                                                                             &#xD;&#xA;     6940 postgres  16   0 43596    8    8 S    0  0.0  46:50.35  46:50 postmaster                                                                                                                           &#xD;&#xA;     1342 root      10  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0  23:14.34  23:14 xfsdatad/4                                                                                                                           &#xD;&#xA;     5415 root      17   0 1770m  108   48 S    0  0.0  15:03.74  15:03 bacula-dir                                                                                                                           &#xD;&#xA;       23 root      10  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0  13:09.71  13:09 events/5                                                                                                                             &#xD;&#xA;     5604 root      17   0 1216m  500  200 S    0  0.0  12:38.20  12:38 java                                                                                                                                 &#xD;&#xA;     5552 root      16   0 1194m  580  248 S    0  0.0  11:58.00  11:58 java&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the same sorted by virtual memory image size:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    top - 09:08:32 up 37 days, 23:27,  1 user,  load average: 8.43, 8.26, 7.32&#xD;&#xA;    Tasks: 173 total,   1 running, 172 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie&#xD;&#xA;    Cpu(s):  3.6%us,  3.4%sy,  0.0%ni, 62.2%id, 30.2%wa,  0.2%hi,  0.3%si,  0.0%st&#xD;&#xA;    Mem:   4044632k total,  2404212k used,  1640420k free,        0k buffers&#xD;&#xA;    Swap:  7812492k total,  1852548k used,  5959944k free,      100k cached&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+    TIME COMMAND                                                                                                                             &#xD;&#xA;     5415 root      17   0 1770m   56   44 S    0  0.0  15:03.78  15:03 bacula-dir                                                                                                                           &#xD;&#xA;     5604 root      17   0 1216m  492  200 S    0  0.0  12:38.30  12:38 java                                                                                                                                 &#xD;&#xA;     5552 root      16   0 1194m  476  200 S    0  0.0  11:58.20  11:58 java                                                                                                                                 &#xD;&#xA;     4598 root      16   0  117m   44   44 S    0  0.0   0:13.37   0:13 eventmond                                                                                                                            &#xD;&#xA;     9614 gdm       16   0 93188    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.30   0:00 gdmgreeter                                                                                                                           &#xD;&#xA;     5527 root      17   0 78716    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.30   0:00 gdm                                                                                                                                  &#xD;&#xA;     4185 root      17   0 63352  284  104 S   20  0.0   1709:52  28,29 bacula-sd                                                                                                                            &#xD;&#xA;     4174 root      17   0 63156  208   88 S   24  0.0   2139:25  35,39 bacula-fd                                                                                                                            &#xD;&#xA;    10849 postgres  18   0 54740  216  108 D    0  0.0   0:31.40   0:31 postmaster                                                                                                                           &#xD;&#xA;     6661 postgres  17   0 49432    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:03.50   0:03 postmaster                                                                                                                           &#xD;&#xA;     5507 root      15   0 47980    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00   0:00 gdm                                                                                                                                  &#xD;&#xA;     6940 postgres  16   0 43596   16   16 S    0  0.0  46:51.39  46:51 postmaster                                                                                                                           &#xD;&#xA;     5304 postgres  16   0 40580  132   88 S    0  0.0   6:21.79   6:21 postmaster                                                                                                                           &#xD;&#xA;     5301 postgres  17   0 40448   24   24 S    0  0.0   0:32.17   0:32 postmaster                                                                                                                           &#xD;&#xA;    11280 root      16   0 40288   28   28 S    0  0.0   0:00.11   0:00 sshd                                                                                                                                 &#xD;&#xA;     5534 root      17   0 37580    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:56.18   0:56 X                                                                                                                                    &#xD;&#xA;    30870 root      30  15 31668   28   28 S    0  0.0   1:13.38   1:13 snmpd                                                                                                                                &#xD;&#xA;     5305 postgres  17   0 30628   16   16 S    0  0.0   0:11.60   0:11 postmaster                                                                                                                           &#xD;&#xA;    27403 postfix   17   0 30248    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:02.76   0:02 qmgr                                                                                                                                 &#xD;&#xA;    10815 postfix   15   0 30208   16   16 S    0  0.0   0:00.02   0:00 pickup                                                                                                                               &#xD;&#xA;     5306 postgres  16   0 29760   20   20 S    0  0.0   0:52.89   0:52 postmaster                                                                                                                           &#xD;&#xA;     5302 postgres  17   0 29628   64   32 S    0  0.0   1:00.64   1:00 postmaster&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried tuning the `swappiness` kernel parameter to both high and low values, but nothing appears to change the behavior here. I'm at a loss to figure out what's going on. How can I find out what's causing this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:** The system is a fully 64-bit system, so there should be no question of memory limitations due to 32-bit issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update2:** As I mentioned in the original question, I've already tried tuning swappiness to all sorts of values, including 0. The result is always the same, with approximately 1.6 GB of memory remaining unused.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update3:** Added top output to the above info." />
  <row Id="40396" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22714" RevisionGUID="d41cc5cc-18c6-4012-b0e1-bec509970446" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:09:58.550" UserId="8047" Text="If this a full hardware RAID?  If so, it might be a raid scrub going on in the background.  I'd check the RAID BIOS and see if it has background scrubbing turned on - it may be continually performing the scrub, but at a lower priority when the system is actively accessing the array.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When the OS is halted but the adapter still has power, the number of I/O ops from the host drops to zero, which allows the raid to give more priority to the scrub.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is the case, I'd expect to find an option to disable the background scrub in the BIOS, but that may turn it off all the time, not just when the OS is halted.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22715" RevisionGUID="48bd1251-3a36-4d5f-9905-3bbdf2a0da0c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:10:17.287" UserId="4392" Text="There's an answer which is already selected (and it is the best answer, since vmware tools gives you so many other advantages), but another option is also to run regular ntpdate commands in the cron. This corrects your clock, however doesn't manage clock drift, but works in a pinch. " />
  <row Id="40398" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22716" RevisionGUID="400dd653-dfae-4ceb-84e1-f8c383a0e711" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:11:42.337" UserId="8740" Text="Hi everyone and thank you for your help. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Jeff was right, he was using Thunderbord and this client was setup to pick up mail at startup and at every 5 minutes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The issue is now fixed and I just can't believe that I've been thru all of this process just for a simple mail client configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks again and again for all everyone!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;David." />
  <row Id="40399" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22716" RevisionGUID="400dd653-dfae-4ceb-84e1-f8c383a0e711" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:11:42.337" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22717" RevisionGUID="b630406e-2448-4745-9b30-94ad53591f40" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:12:04.130" UserId="3497" Text="Thanks to everyone who provided troubleshooting.  Here was the solution to my problem:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The remote office firewall was configured with conflicting settings.  On the one hand, it was supposed to acquire and distribute IP addresses from my corporate DHCP server through the firewall.  On the other hand, it was configured to supply local IP addresses in the event the tunnel failed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After more investigation, I concluded that the remote clients lost their IP addresses precisely 8 hours after the last time I rebooted their firewall.  8 hours is 28,800 seconds, or the default lifetime of an IPSec tunnel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, every 8 hours, the two firewalls would renegotiate their encryption.  This renegotiation would take more than 2 seconds, and the remote firewall would think the tunnel was broken and try to hand out a local IP address to its clients.  The tunnel negotiation would succeed a few seconds later, the tunnel would be strong on both ends, but the remote clients would have invalid IP addresses." />
  <row Id="40401" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22718" RevisionGUID="ef5c6fb1-93bc-4575-8299-f82eecc3b496" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:12:11.993" UserId="7243" Text="I believe the user just needs select permissions on the tables to be backed up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: [This guy][1] says to assign the &quot;lock tables&quot; permission too, which makes sense.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.drlock.com/blog/2006/12/22/mysqldump-permissions/" />
  <row Id="40406" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22721" RevisionGUID="6d673c3c-8d8f-4b91-992b-0beca220b83d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:15:20.007" UserId="5700" Text="I still think a stripped down install on a external hard drive (I use a nice one that uses firewire or USB, and has no extra power cord...) or USB key would be superior, but it is possible to have a custom boot DVD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Start with the install DVDs - these boot a version of the OS that doesn't assume a writable filesystem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make a new, writable disk image (CD/DVD Master) from the DVD using Disk Utility.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mount the image and prune it down as much as possible to make room for your custom apps. &#xD;&#xA;Remove the XCode installer and other extras from /System/Installation/Packages. Keep at least the file MacOSinstall.pkg.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Drop the .app for any custom programs you need in the root folder, or in an Applications folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Umount the image, and burn to a new DVD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40407" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22722" RevisionGUID="640963ad-0e3f-4c72-84fd-c624f74d4c09" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:16:18.787" UserId="5922" Text="Not much to it to be honest. Since there aren't really any userland tools in the DomU, it's mostly just a matter of rebooting the DomU with the updated kernel. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recently built a new cluster of Xen servers based on openSUSE 11.1, and moving the Gentoo DomUs there was pretty much seamless." />
  <row Id="40408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22723" RevisionGUID="9d5e981d-d539-4cd6-85e0-756345b3f70e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:16:32.763" UserId="4733" Text="What processes are running when this happens?  When you restart the machines do the icons go away?  I have had this happen a time or two, but a restart aways resolved it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;THis is from: http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic96802.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this behaviour of try icons usually happens when their 'source' got updated or renewed. for example mcafee vscan updates itself from time to time depending on the settings. the old tray icon stays striked through and a new one appears. when you try to hover the old one it will disappear.&#xD;&#xA;in your case with network connections its weird indeed. the only conclusive explanation would be that the network connection got lost and was renewed a couple of times. maybe the screensaver was active? so that the desktop, taskbar and tray were not refreshed. you could check the event log for network errors and try to find updated drivers for the network card.&#xD;&#xA;I don't think you have troubles with viruses or any malicious software but do a full scan with a good and uptodate scanner. maybe try mcafee stinger or rootkit detective." />
  <row Id="40409" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22724" RevisionGUID="38fcb2c9-56d9-41c8-b3c6-0e60d70f72d1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:16:41.907" UserId="6365" Text="Is there a way to setup mod_cband to display cband-status for a specific vhost and for a specific user?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I want to achieve is a status page for a client that if he opens for example: http://www.example.com/cband-status, then he will get a status page for HIS vhost only and not showing any other configurations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also how do I make Basic authentication for a certain user per vhost? (different users have access on different vhosts)" />
  <row Id="40410" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22724" RevisionGUID="38fcb2c9-56d9-41c8-b3c6-0e60d70f72d1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:16:41.907" UserId="6365" Text="Apache + mod_cband, limit cband-status to certain vhosts and users" />
  <row Id="40411" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22724" RevisionGUID="38fcb2c9-56d9-41c8-b3c6-0e60d70f72d1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:16:41.907" UserId="6365" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;mod-cband&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;&lt;status&gt;" />
  <row Id="40412" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22725" RevisionGUID="494e2c71-7722-4aa8-bfb3-aab38c03e77d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:17:44.743" UserId="5426" Text="First of I really did not do much work here, I just found the following post and tested it. Everything works great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://blogs.sun.com/ThinkThin/entry/setting_terminal_server_font_sizes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will find that through trial and error this guy made 3 .reg files that can be installed during a users session. One will give 96dpi, one gives 120dpi, and one gives 144dpi. As I said I ran it with admins and limited users and both worked just fine. The users will have to log off for the changes to take affect, but they will not effect anyone else, just that user. The zip file that contains the 3 .reg files is found at this link.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://blogs.sun.com/ThinkThin/resource/TS-DPI.zip&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Matt&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22726" RevisionGUID="74a97076-2a19-42c4-8e1b-066a25cf8a0d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:18:38.720" UserId="7936" Text="&quot;Build&quot; it yourself. You may start out with a junior or seasoned sysadmin. But given the right working set people start to shine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From a commercial point of view a guru that started out as a seasoned admin in your company will nearly always be cheaper (in terms of salary), on the other hand you need to have a close look at him/her not to *cause expense*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From a motivational point of view my own experience is that I was really motivated when I had my first job as a sysadmin, it started out with 1 server and I didn't even have a workstation. After about 10 months we had services running on 3 physical servers with about 20 virtualised instances (OpenVZ very lightweight) that were being used as service separation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wouldn't consider myself a guru (and everyone who considers him/herself a guru is to be taken with a grain of salt), but I'm pretty confident that I learned a lot more when I was on my own in that company in any given timeframe than when I am working in a team. Not because I don't like to work together but you somehow start to specialise on things because someone else is better at *$topic*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I'm leading a team of 5 administrators (including me) and 1 developer. I consider getting a developer assigned to our team the largest success, providing the services isn't that much of an effort but having someone who enjoys developing more than administration is a major win as you can really start building larger toolchains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So building a guru yourself may pay off. Not within a few months but in the mid to long-term. Everyone I know and consider a guru has started in harsh environments (either because working on their own, or by being assigned to tasks initially out of scope regarding their knowledge but was stilling fighting all the way thru)." />
  <row Id="40415" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22727" RevisionGUID="8a84ca48-55ea-4809-81d6-b086e7001470" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:19:14.817" UserId="6132" Text="Is it standard practice: my experience is yes for certain industries that are regulated, such as banking, food, energy, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a standard format: there are a number of standards, but if your contract doesn't specify a standard (ISO, for example) then you should contractually OK to provide whatever format you choose.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It shouldn't be difficult. You already have a patching and password standard, so the document should specify what that standard is and how your ensure that it is followed. Don't fall into the trap of spending too much time making it pretty. Just a simple document will suffice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your contract specifies using a specific standard then you should seek professional help to ensure that you are contractually compliant." />
  <row Id="40416" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22728" RevisionGUID="a5227001-fb30-4cfb-9080-ad896a45e2ba" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:19:28.547" UserId="4562" Text="I saw this problem and found that it was a result of a virus.  Do a full system anti-virus and spyware scan and see if it catches anything.  We had a tough time clearing it out and decided to just re-image the machine and all was well again." />
  <row Id="40419" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22730" RevisionGUID="06c2990f-befe-4ba7-824b-335b51a7d47f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:22:04.297" UserId="8895" Text="We are a sort of service provider network for schools, and use a Cisco ACS and its internal user database to authenticate users onto the remote access VPN which we provide.  Every school we support has a separate Windows domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We would like to be able to use the ACS to connect to the different school ADs to be able to allow them to authenticate using their local network credentials.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can this be done, and if so is there a specific software version of the Cisco ACS that is required?  We are currently running 3.3 and I don't seem to be able to find a way of making this work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;Tom" />
  <row Id="40420" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22730" RevisionGUID="06c2990f-befe-4ba7-824b-335b51a7d47f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:22:04.297" UserId="8895" Text="Using Cisco ACS to authenticate users on multiple domains" />
  <row Id="40421" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22730" RevisionGUID="06c2990f-befe-4ba7-824b-335b51a7d47f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:22:04.297" UserId="8895" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="40425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22732" RevisionGUID="e51bc712-cbc6-41c0-ae52-fa72340278bb" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:22:29.897" UserDisplayName="rich" Text="Well, I couldn't figure it out.  We went ahead and recompiled Apache with mod_ssl enabled and all is well now." />
  <row Id="40426" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22733" RevisionGUID="69e3d499-b2cc-4a83-88f9-cca89cb57f71" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:22:57.650" UserId="4742" Text="I have been using [Spiceworks][1] for a few years now and I absolutely love it.  Doesn't require an agent, as it uses WMI, so only a firewall rule and Admin privileges on the box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://spiceworks.com/" />
  <row Id="40427" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22734" RevisionGUID="970f4648-c807-419f-93f1-7610fc2909a1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:23:11.003" UserDisplayName="Daniel" Text="I have a web application installed (ClockingIT) that acts based on the used subdomain. As we want to use SSL and do not have a wildcard certificate, this is not very convenient for us :-) So I thought about using Apache's mod_proxy and mod_rewrite functionality.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To be more precise, I want the URL Xttps://example.com/cit/ (external) to show the contents of Xttp://test.example.com:3000/ (internal).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's my setup:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;VirtualHost *:443&gt;&#xD;&#xA;         ServerName example.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;         (SSL setup, etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;         SSLProxyEngine On&#xD;&#xA;         UseCanonicalName Off&#xD;&#xA;         ProxyRequests Off   &#xD;&#xA;         ProxyPreserveHost On # or Off, makes no difference&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;         RewriteEngine On&#xD;&#xA;         RewriteRule      ^/cit$         Xttp://test.example.com:3000/ [P,NC]&#xD;&#xA;         RewriteRule      ^/cit/(.*)$    Xttp://test.example.com:3000/$1 [P,NC]&#xD;&#xA;         ProxyPassReverse /cit/          Xttp://test.example.com:3000/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;test.example.com is not defined on the DNS server, but it is set in /etc/hosts to map to 127.0.0.1. If I do &quot;w3m Xttp://test.example.com:3000/&quot; on the server, I get the correct web page. However, if I access https://example.com/cit/ on my desktop's browser, I do not get the correct web page. The web app receives the request, however it seems to think the request was for the example.com domain and serves a default page instead of the intended subdomain &quot;test&quot; contents. It seems somehow the proxy does not pass on the test.example.com domain, though according to documentation it should. Instead of RewriteRule I also tried ProxyPass directive, but with the same result.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anything I am missing?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(If relevant, ClockingIT is a Ruby on Rails application served via Mongrel)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S.: s/Xttp/http/g - ServerFault did not like me using http colon slash slash more than once in my question ;-)" />
  <row Id="40428" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22734" RevisionGUID="970f4648-c807-419f-93f1-7610fc2909a1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:23:11.003" UserDisplayName="Daniel" Text="Apache RewriteRule for proxying" />
  <row Id="40429" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22734" RevisionGUID="970f4648-c807-419f-93f1-7610fc2909a1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:23:11.003" UserDisplayName="Daniel" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;rewrite&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;" />
  <row Id="40430" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22735" RevisionGUID="3eee5d70-d2fb-4e0c-92ff-f20fd1261a1a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:26:59.950" UserId="8897" Text="Be careful with ntpdate or rdate, it's usually not a wise idea to move the time the hard way, as many server applications depend on a continuous time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dovecot for instance, will just quit if it detects a large shift of time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40431" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22736" RevisionGUID="276a61f1-c8f4-42cb-997a-edd68197e935" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:28:03.943" UserId="6962" Text="We have a customer who is running an office CCTV system which he accesses from home. The system runs on an embedded Linux box behind a NAT firewall forwarding to ports 8080 for web browser access and 37777 for proprietary software access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All this has suddenly stopped working and a little investigation shows that TCP SYN packets sent to his IP address (on either port) are getting immediately terminated with RST packets containing the message &quot;Go away, we're not home&quot;. Googling this message gets a lot of stuff about the Storm Botnet which apparently does exactly this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the question is, how on earth can the Storm Botnet hijack an embedded Linux box. Or am I missing something else entirely?" />
  <row Id="40432" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22736" RevisionGUID="276a61f1-c8f4-42cb-997a-edd68197e935" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:28:03.943" UserId="6962" Text="Storm Botnet on Linux?" />
  <row Id="40433" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22736" RevisionGUID="276a61f1-c8f4-42cb-997a-edd68197e935" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:28:03.943" UserId="6962" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="40434" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22737" RevisionGUID="9106d092-f2cc-48bd-9290-bbe4ea319c8e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:29:58.743" UserId="8895" Text="It is possible that your DNS server settings that your VPN concentrator is giving out are not covered in the split tunnel networks that GregD mentions.  If your VPN DHCP scope gives out DNS servers and these are NOT covered by the split tunnel networks the client will try to reach the DNS servers over its default gateway, which will be the local router they are connected to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have to disagree with the statement that the ful VPN is more secure - you don't really want your web browsing traffic being routed across the corporate WAN over the VPN, particularly if the client is not managed by the company and you have no control over AV, patching etc - you could be transmitting all sorts of bad stuff onto your corporate network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22738" RevisionGUID="7406c846-e800-4036-8f20-6c3f46bbf432" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:32:01.873" UserId="3459" Text="There are several different reasons a company may want to see your security policy.  One example is that the Payment Card Industry (Visa, MasterCard, AmEx, etc...) requires the companies that process credit cards must adhere to Payment Card Industry - Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS).  A section of the PCI-DSS requires that the partners of the company must also adhere to PCI-DSS (which of course requires written policies).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Frankly if I am granting you access to your network via a VPN or direct connection, then I want to know that you have a certain level of security, otherwise I am opening myself to all sorts of potential issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's why being PCI or ISO 27001 certified can be a boon in this regards because you can let the external organization know that you have things handled up to a certain level.  If your policies are very general which policies should be, then it might not be an issue to provide a copy to your partner.  However if they want to see specific procedures or security information then I wouldn't let that leave my site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Kara has some excellent guidance on what you want to cover in your policies.  Here's an example of a policy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**IT-001   System Backup/Recovery Policy**&#xD;&#xA;------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**I.     Introduction**&#xD;&#xA; This section talks about how backups are important, how you plan to test and keep copies offsite.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**II.    Purpose**&#xD;&#xA;       A. This policy will cover frequency, storage, and recovery&#xD;&#xA;       B. This policy covers data, operating systems, and app software&#xD;&#xA;       C. All backup/recovery procedures must be documented and kept in a safe place&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**III.   Scope**&#xD;&#xA; This section notes that the policy covers all of the servers and data assets in your company (and any other specific areas like satellite offices).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**IV.    Roles and Responsibilities**&#xD;&#xA;       A. Manager - decides what gets backed up, determines frequency, medium, and procedures, also checks that backups happen&#xD;&#xA;       B. System Admin - Runs the backups, checks the backups, tests the backups, transports backups, tests restoration, maintains the backup rotation grandfather/father/son&#xD;&#xA;       C. Users - Has input on what gets backed up, must place data in location designated to be backed up&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**V.     Policy Description**&#xD;&#xA; Backup - all the stuff you want to say about backups in a general sense&#xD;&#xA; Recovery - all the stuff you want to say about recovery in a general sense&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specific step by step instructions should be in a separate procedures/work instruction document.  However if you have a very small organization, you might not separate policies from procedures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope this helps and gives you some useful information." />
  <row Id="40436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22739" RevisionGUID="3a74ea47-2099-4b5b-a700-0e6df45a84fd" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:33:00.250" UserId="8895" Text="I think the only answer you're going to get is no.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is no way an ACL or a NAT statement can account for a changing IP address, it just can't happen." />
  <row Id="40438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22741" RevisionGUID="a4f3d2d9-6ed4-4d81-89b6-281b9933e311" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:35:53.880" UserId="1736" Text="This NAT firewall -- what hardware and software is it?  It's not necessarily the Linux box that would've been hijacked." />
  <row Id="40439" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22742" RevisionGUID="bbb41a95-0e55-48f5-8c10-a266395c50c1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:38:28.023" UserId="7200" Text="The install guide for ACS 3.3 (see http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/cisco_secure_access_control_server_for_windows/3.3/installation/guide/windows/install.html#wp981552) briefly mentions trusted domains, as does the end-user documentation (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/cisco_secure_access_control_server_for_windows/3.3/user/guide/d.html#wp353805). I suppose you could create one-way trust relationships with each of the schools Active Directory infrastructures to facilitate doing this via AD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The negative thing about doing this with an AD trust relationship is that you're going to need name resolution for the schools' domain controller computers. You might be able to use the &quot;Generic LDAP&quot; user database functionality and get by with using IP addresses of their Active Directory domain controllers in lieu of using the underlying plumbing in Windows to handle doing the authentication against their AD databases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, it looks like an ACS 3.3 install can use another RADIUS server for token-based authentication. I'd try that with a standard RADIUS server (w/o actually using tokens) and see if you can get ACS to authenticate to another RADIUS server. If you can, you could ask the schools to run a RADIUS server (like Microsoft IAS) and expose only that to you. That would make both of you as de-coupled as possible while still accomplishing what you want. It's a long shot, but it might work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd probably pursue the generic LDAP route first (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/cisco_secure_access_control_server_for_windows/3.3/user/guide/d.html#wp354503).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40440" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22743" RevisionGUID="555c586d-1884-46d4-b8a9-16569f96797c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:39:02.110" UserId="984" Text="Reverse DNS is seems to be strongly tied to class boundaries, what methods exist now CIDR that is the standard to delegate authority for a subnet?  If multiple methods exist which one is best?  Do you need to handle delegation differently depending on the DNS server (Bind, djbdns, Microsoft DNS, other)?   Lets say I have control of a network that is a Class B 168.192.in-addr.arpa please provide examples for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How to delegate authority for a /22?&#xD;&#xA; - How to delegate authority for a /25?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40441" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22743" RevisionGUID="555c586d-1884-46d4-b8a9-16569f96797c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:39:02.110" UserId="984" Text="Reverse DNS in a CIDR world" />
  <row Id="40442" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22743" RevisionGUID="555c586d-1884-46d4-b8a9-16569f96797c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:39:02.110" UserId="984" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;reverse-dns&gt;&lt;cidr&gt;" />
  <row Id="40443" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22286" RevisionGUID="e66276c6-439d-4468-91c6-777647684a1e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:40:45.740" UserId="6004" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="I would think any public forum that uses [reCaptcha][1] would be a good start. I'm not sure about phpBB3 but I saw some plugins for phpBB2 and reports of people rolling their own for 3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://recaptcha.net/" />
  <row Id="40444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22744" RevisionGUID="4b888d5f-b54d-4290-b18d-8c86f0a2bb0a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:42:00.217" Text="Are you sure that the ProxyPreseveHost directive doesn't make a difference?  If it's turned on, the host header from the initial request will be preserved in the request made to the backend server, which is what you are describing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_proxy.html#proxypreservehost&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40445" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22743" RevisionGUID="4af28ee6-eee8-4f5a-a63d-362dd6b32e69" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:50:16.393" UserId="1840" Comment="Fixed grammar" Text="Reverse DNS seems to be strongly tied to class boundaries, what methods exist now that CIDR is the standard to delegate authority for a subnet?  If multiple methods exist which one is best?  Do you need to handle delegation differently depending on the DNS server (Bind, djbdns, Microsoft DNS, other)?   Lets say I have control of a network that is a Class B 168.192.in-addr.arpa please provide examples for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How to delegate authority for a /22?&#xD;&#xA; - How to delegate authority for a /25?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22745" RevisionGUID="c600b80d-07b6-4e43-b9e6-34d8ac5fced9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:52:18.590" UserId="8900" Text="I'm a programmer -- I know python, and I can work my way around a linux box, but since our company doesn't have anyone in ops, I find myself rapidly over my head when crises happen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there an appropriate venue on IRC for things like this? #ubuntu is _way_ too noisy an unhelpful when it comes to technical problem solving." />
  <row Id="40447" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22745" RevisionGUID="c600b80d-07b6-4e43-b9e6-34d8ac5fced9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:52:18.590" UserId="8900" Text="Are there any friendly IRC venues for me to ask ops questions?" />
  <row Id="40448" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22745" RevisionGUID="c600b80d-07b6-4e43-b9e6-34d8ac5fced9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:52:18.590" UserId="8900" Text="&lt;irc&gt;" />
  <row Id="40449" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6159" RevisionGUID="a52ab243-f264-4ad0-8de4-b761ee1b79b4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:52:26.983" UserId="2101" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;intrusion-cleanup&gt;&lt;hacking&gt;&lt;system-recovery&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="40450" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22746" RevisionGUID="7a1a4bce-0d3e-4e47-bcdc-355df56ec56e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:52:29.540" UserId="7342" Text="http://www.aaisp.net.uk/kb-broadband-domain.html (about half way down) explains how my ISP does their reverse DNS. I suspect any way you do it is going to be ugly as hell." />
  <row Id="40451" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22747" RevisionGUID="28d7454d-6fd6-4b12-acda-2590c133b201" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:53:00.880" UserId="4664" Text="Throw it in a volcano. You have those in your neighbourhood, right ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or an oven ... just like grandma's cookies ... let it burn at maximum for half an hour (should melt everything but metal)." />
  <row Id="40452" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7708" RevisionGUID="7be64728-5760-4ee5-9cc2-2070e17098ca" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:53:33.640" UserId="2101" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;hacking&gt;&lt;forensic-analysis&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="40453" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22748" RevisionGUID="d2f6ca5b-f463-49a9-b324-59bdf7845e59" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:54:12.580" UserId="2925" Text="I work for a tech shop and we inherit computers from various places.  I am looking for a small program/script I can run to tell me if the processor has any virtual machine extensions built into it.  I am looking for something along the lines of [SecurAble][1] where it is a small simple dedicated program.  A Linux or Windows program would work fine.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.grc.com/securable.htm" />
  <row Id="40454" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22748" RevisionGUID="d2f6ca5b-f463-49a9-b324-59bdf7845e59" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:54:12.580" UserId="2925" Text="Quick way to check if your processor has virtual machine extensions?" />
  <row Id="40455" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22748" RevisionGUID="d2f6ca5b-f463-49a9-b324-59bdf7845e59" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:54:12.580" UserId="2925" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;multi-platform&gt;" />
  <row Id="40456" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22374" RevisionGUID="6e4b5a75-8834-4fd6-994f-5d064fedfec2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:54:24.107" UserId="5686" Comment="added more info" Text="I just took responsibility for a network at my work, I'm not trained to do anything around a &quot;professional&quot; network like this one but the guy that was actually &quot;liable&quot; for it has not been able to get the job done and things are getting pretty crappy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are a 40 people organization that depends on having internet and VOIP services up and running 24/7. I would say the network is pretty simple but still, we are experiencing some weird problems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What we are talking are 2 T1s and 2 DSLs running with 4 wired routers(or switches I dont know) and 4 wi-fi hotspots. I understand that one of the T1s is connected to a VOIP server while the other one should give us a constant and secure Internet. The 2 DSLs are running on diferent hotspots for people who have trouble with the &quot;main&quot; network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the network there's 4 network printers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problems we are experiencing are:&#xD;&#xA;-Some people plug in to the wired network and get no IP.&#xD;&#xA;-Most people have troubles getting any of the printers to work, some people find a couple of them while some people cant even find one.&#xD;&#xA;-Wi-fi is extremely slow compared with the wired alternative.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The things i would like to fix:&#xD;&#xA;-I don't know if there is any way of cascading or balancing the T1 and the 2 DSLs so they work in one transparent network and we get the most of them.&#xD;&#xA;-I would like to fix the problems with the printers and the connections for everyone&#xD;&#xA;-I would like to be able to monitor and understand what is happening in the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course (as everyone) we are limited due to economic reasons to try to spend the less we can. So, I would rather do it myself(even if i have to read books or learn new tools at night) than paying an expert or getting new software or hardware(open source alternatives of course are more than welcome) but most of all, i want to know my options and their prices. What do you people recommend? Do you need more info of the hardware(like exact models of the routers, and T1s/DSL?)? What can I do to have a good network experience?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you very much, i know its a pretty &quot;noob&quot; question or situation and I hope you can understand my position.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:**&#xD;&#xA;Apparently here's how it works:&#xD;&#xA;There are 3 separate networks, the wired network, the dsl network and the wireless network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The wired network has the following elements:&#xD;&#xA;T1(Cisco 1841) connected to a crappy wireless-n router(wrt160n v2) that nobody has the password to connect and then to two switches/hubs that are wired to all the office, the main one is a D-Link Gigabit Switch(DGS-1016D) and a secondary(cascade) of a Linksys fast ethernet auto sensing 10/100 EFAH16N. &#xD;&#xA;The biggest concert here is that they connected the crappy wireless-n router to work as the DHCP because they didn't know how else to get it working, i find that adding a crappy equipment (its funny how the other 3 equipments in that network look like they are professional and this one looks like a 20 bucks crappy router). What is the best solution here? who should be doing the DHCP? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The DSL wireless network is the modem and the router and works fine.&#xD;&#xA;The wireless network is again, a little weird and i need some explanation here too; Its a T1(Cisco 1841) going to a 3Com Supertack II(wired switch) and then 1 cable go to each wireless hotspot directly (being WRT300 wireless-N same model all of them). Now, i dont understand if they have static ips, or who is doing the DHCP. &#xD;&#xA;Almost all the problems are related to this network(since everyone wants to use wireless) and asking the sysadmin(who is clearly; again; not doing hes job) got me the next answer &quot;The problem is that all wi-fi routers have the same name and the same frequency and i have advised that we change them to have different names but the guys in management told me they need to have the same name&quot;  &#xD;&#xA;I have never configured more than 1 wi-fi router to work with others and don't know how that works, any insight here?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Well apparently (without considering the printers) my efforts are in undertanding how some hot-spots should be configured and a DHCP server, it doesnt seem that hard =) &#xD;&#xA;Thanks everyone for your useful answer&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22750" RevisionGUID="b5b36792-2f81-4bff-bc9b-f0862e4b5a0f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:57:58.717" UserId="7342" Text="You might find a local ubuntu IRC channel, like there's a #ubuntu-uk for people in the UK. They will probably be smaller. You might find a number of IRC channels dedicated to a particular piece of software, like #exim or #puppet etc." />
  <row Id="40462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22752" RevisionGUID="1ef1f842-e909-408d-83c5-fe5c60482a54" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:59:14.020" UserId="2304" Text="For Linux, just cat /proc/cpuinfo and look at the &quot;flags&quot; section of the output.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Windows, SecurAble seems to be the best option as far as I can tell, although someone else may have a better suggestion." />
  <row Id="40463" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22753" RevisionGUID="92a67825-a039-4a8b-863e-fe331383fa9c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:00:58.773" UserId="4733" Text="I havent read the other responses, but I would make a ghost image of it to preserve the evidence and only examine the image....maybe...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40464" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22754" RevisionGUID="ec362221-a617-4291-a5d0-9d2dc92cfc4e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:01:01.613" UserId="7342" Text="Run this on a Linux box:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;# egrep --color -i &quot;svm|vmx&quot; /proc/cpuinfo&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VMX is the Intel processor flag and SVM is the AMD flag. If you get a match then you have support." />
  <row Id="40465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22755" RevisionGUID="40330099-c6f4-4349-81e8-c6ef2c6d2bff" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:01:50.753" UserId="984" Text="I don't think IRC is the appropriate venue for a crisis.  In most channels you find, there will be lots of AFK people who won't be able to help in a crisis, and lots of people asking really easy question that they could have handled with a quick google search.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may want to find a local expert who will answer the phone when you need help.  If what your having is truly a **crisis**, I don't think you should depend on IRC.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40466" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22756" RevisionGUID="933f8780-efa5-482d-b897-89c824a6aa07" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:03:42.950" UserId="3328" Text="Your bandwidth/throughput should go up with raid 5, but you will take a bit of hit in latency after you over run the cache, since you need to calculate the parity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anybody done a latency test using 1 HD vs 3 HD in raid 5?  I am very interested to see if SSD makes any difference.  (My prediction is SSD would expose this latency, since it would now be in the same order of magnitude)" />
  <row Id="40467" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22756" RevisionGUID="933f8780-efa5-482d-b897-89c824a6aa07" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:03:42.950" UserId="3328" Text="How much latency does raid 5 add to transfers?" />
  <row Id="40468" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22756" RevisionGUID="933f8780-efa5-482d-b897-89c824a6aa07" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:03:42.950" UserId="3328" Text="&lt;ssd&gt;&lt;raid&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;latency&gt;" />
  <row Id="40470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22757" RevisionGUID="3a8b556a-f7f2-48c8-a6f6-08ec13c7c998" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:04:15.367" UserId="533" Text="Delegating a /22 is easy, it's delegations the 4 of /24s.  A /14 is delegation of the 4 /16s, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's an RFC for this somewhere but I can't find it offhand.  Basically there's no super-clean way to do delegation of in-addr.arpa zones on anything but octet boundaries, but you can work around this.  Let's say I want to delegate 172.16.23.16/29, which would be the IP addresses 172.16.23.16 -&gt; 172.16.23.23.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As the owner of the 23.16.172.in-addr.arpa zone, I might would put this in my 23.16.172.rev zone file to delegate this range to my customer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    16-29              IN NS  ns1.customer.com&#xD;&#xA;    16-29              IN NS  ns2.customer.com&#xD;&#xA;    16                 IN CNAME    16.16-29.23.16.172.in-addr.arpa.&#xD;&#xA;    17                 IN CNAME    17.16-29.23.16.172.in-addr.arpa.&#xD;&#xA;    18                 IN CNAME    18.16-29.23.16.172.in-addr.arpa.&#xD;&#xA;    19                 IN CNAME    19.16-29.23.16.172.in-addr.arpa.&#xD;&#xA;    20                 IN CNAME    20.16-29.23.16.172.in-addr.arpa.&#xD;&#xA;    21                 IN CNAME    21.16-29.23.16.172.in-addr.arpa.&#xD;&#xA;    22                 IN CNAME    22.16-29.23.16.172.in-addr.arpa.&#xD;&#xA;    23                 IN CNAME    23.16-29.23.16.172.in-addr.arpa.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, you can see that I'm defining a new zone (16-29.23.16.172.in-addr.arpa.) and delegating it to my customer's name servers.  Then I'm creating CNAMEs from the IPs to be delegated to the corresponding number under the newly delegated zone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As the customer to whom these have been delegated, I would do something like the following in named.conf:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    zone &quot;16-29.23.16.172.in-addr.arpa&quot; { &#xD;&#xA;        type master;&#xD;&#xA;        file &quot;masters/16-29.23.16.172.rev&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    };&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then in the .rev file, I would just make PTRs like any normal in-addr.arpa zone:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    17                 IN PTR office.customer.com.&#xD;&#xA;    18                 IN PTR www.customer.com.&#xD;&#xA;    (etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's sort of the clean way to do it and it makes savvy customer happy because they have an in-addr.arpa zone to put the PTRs in, etc.  A shorter way to do it for customer who want to control reverse DNS but don't want to set up a whole zone is to just CNAME individual record to similar names in their main zone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In this case, we, as the delegators, would have something like this in our 23.16.172.rev file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    16                 IN CNAME    16.customer.com.&#xD;&#xA;    17                 IN CNAME    17.customer.com.&#xD;&#xA;    18                 IN CNAME    18.customer.com.&#xD;&#xA;    19                 IN CNAME    19.customer.com.&#xD;&#xA;    20                 IN CNAME    20.customer.com.&#xD;&#xA;    21                 IN CNAME    21.customer.com.&#xD;&#xA;    22                 IN CNAME    22.customer.com.&#xD;&#xA;    23                 IN CNAME    23.customer.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So it's similar in concept to the other idea, but instead of creating a new zone and delegating it to the customer, you're CNAMEing the records to names in the customer's already-existing main zone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The customer would have something like this in their customer.com zone file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    office             IN A   172.16.23.17&#xD;&#xA;    17                 IN PTR office.customer.com.&#xD;&#xA;    www                IN A   172.16.23.18&#xD;&#xA;    18                 IN PTR www.customer.com.&#xD;&#xA;    (etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It just depends on the type of customer.  Like I said, it just depends on the customer type.  A savvy customer will prefer to set up their own in-addr.arpa zone and will think it very odd to have PTRs in a domain-name zone.  A non-savvy customer will want it to &quot;just work&quot; without having to do a ton of extra configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are likely other methods, just detailing the two I'm familiar with." />
  <row Id="40471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22758" RevisionGUID="3417c565-0ab2-4ba7-abc3-289da047824c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:04:50.687" UserId="8148" Text="BIND has the proprietary $GENERATE macro for creating sequences of PTR records, but it also assumes a classful world and won't be very useful to you. I don't know of any other servers that have special support for CIDR reverse zones, although I suspect that there is demand for it!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PowerDNS has a nice backend interface that would let you write your own if the problem is big enough to make it worth the effort. You can also prototype using the &quot;PipeBackend&quot;. You could even do some magic SQL stuff via the MySQL/PostgreSQL interfaces - especially since Postgres has a &quot;cidr&quot; data type.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22759" RevisionGUID="d0875a6e-ab84-42a4-98d5-960632521d1c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:08:15.373" UserId="7342" Text="You may find it easier to use ProxyPass instead of mod_rewrite to do what you're trying to do. It may not solve your problem, but it would certainly make your config file a bit cleaner:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;ProxyPass        /cit/          http://test.example.com:3000/&#xD;&#xA;ProxyPassReverse /cit/          http://test.example.com:3000/&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might like to try using something like tcpflow or wireshark to see exactly what headers apache is using to proxy the request." />
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  <row Id="40475" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22761" RevisionGUID="377af098-1b5c-4c19-9c65-1a98fe80a5c6" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:09:05.700" UserId="8901" Text="While gentoo is doing emerge update world, can I safely work in another terminal window (ALT-F3 for example)?" />
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  <row Id="40477" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="22374" RevisionGUID="f4895085-e1c4-4313-af4d-1061ab92c6e5" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:10:16.040" UserId="5686" Comment="changed title" Text="[updated]Basic business network problem, what should i do?" />
  <row Id="40478" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22757" RevisionGUID="7de75c0a-3571-4ee1-9d7a-0c94bdf45434" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:11:06.383" UserId="533" Comment="typos" Text="Delegating a /22 is easy, it's delegation of the 4 /24s.  A /14 is delegation of the 4 /16s, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's an RFC for this somewhere but I can't find it offhand.  Basically there's no super-clean way to do delegation of in-addr.arpa zones on anything but octet boundaries, but you can work around this.  Let's say I want to delegate 172.16.23.16/29, which would be the IP addresses 172.16.23.16 -&gt; 172.16.23.23.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As the owner of the 23.16.172.in-addr.arpa zone, I might would put this in my 23.16.172.rev zone file to delegate this range to my customer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    16-29              IN NS  ns1.customer.com&#xD;&#xA;    16-29              IN NS  ns2.customer.com&#xD;&#xA;    16                 IN CNAME    16.16-29.23.16.172.in-addr.arpa.&#xD;&#xA;    17                 IN CNAME    17.16-29.23.16.172.in-addr.arpa.&#xD;&#xA;    18                 IN CNAME    18.16-29.23.16.172.in-addr.arpa.&#xD;&#xA;    19                 IN CNAME    19.16-29.23.16.172.in-addr.arpa.&#xD;&#xA;    20                 IN CNAME    20.16-29.23.16.172.in-addr.arpa.&#xD;&#xA;    21                 IN CNAME    21.16-29.23.16.172.in-addr.arpa.&#xD;&#xA;    22                 IN CNAME    22.16-29.23.16.172.in-addr.arpa.&#xD;&#xA;    23                 IN CNAME    23.16-29.23.16.172.in-addr.arpa.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, you can see that I'm defining a new zone (16-29.23.16.172.in-addr.arpa.) and delegating it to my customer's name servers.  Then I'm creating CNAMEs from the IPs to be delegated to the corresponding number under the newly delegated zone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As the customer to whom these have been delegated, I would do something like the following in named.conf:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    zone &quot;16-29.23.16.172.in-addr.arpa&quot; { &#xD;&#xA;        type master;&#xD;&#xA;        file &quot;masters/16-29.23.16.172.rev&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    };&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then in the .rev file, I would just make PTRs like any normal in-addr.arpa zone:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    17                 IN PTR office.customer.com.&#xD;&#xA;    18                 IN PTR www.customer.com.&#xD;&#xA;    (etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's sort of the clean way to do it and it makes savvy customer happy because they have an in-addr.arpa zone to put the PTRs in, etc.  A shorter way to do it for customer who want to control reverse DNS but don't want to set up a whole zone is to just CNAME individual record to similar names in their main zone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In this case, we, as the delegators, would have something like this in our 23.16.172.rev file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    16                 IN CNAME    16.customer.com.&#xD;&#xA;    17                 IN CNAME    17.customer.com.&#xD;&#xA;    18                 IN CNAME    18.customer.com.&#xD;&#xA;    19                 IN CNAME    19.customer.com.&#xD;&#xA;    20                 IN CNAME    20.customer.com.&#xD;&#xA;    21                 IN CNAME    21.customer.com.&#xD;&#xA;    22                 IN CNAME    22.customer.com.&#xD;&#xA;    23                 IN CNAME    23.customer.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So it's similar in concept to the other idea, but instead of creating a new zone and delegating it to the customer, you're CNAMEing the records to names in the customer's already-existing main zone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The customer would have something like this in their customer.com zone file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    office             IN A   172.16.23.17&#xD;&#xA;    17                 IN PTR office.customer.com.&#xD;&#xA;    www                IN A   172.16.23.18&#xD;&#xA;    18                 IN PTR www.customer.com.&#xD;&#xA;    (etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It just depends on the type of customer.  Like I said, it just depends on the customer type.  A savvy customer will prefer to set up their own in-addr.arpa zone and will think it very odd to have PTRs in a domain-name zone.  A non-savvy customer will want it to &quot;just work&quot; without having to do a ton of extra configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are likely other methods, just detailing the two I'm familiar with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was just thinking about my statement about how /22 and /14 are easy and thinking about why that's true but anything between 25 and 32 is hard.  I haven't tested this, but I wander if you could delegate the entire /32 to the customer like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    16                 IN NS ns1.customer.com.&#xD;&#xA;    17                 IN NS ns1.customer.com.&#xD;&#xA;    (etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, on the customer side, you catch the entire /32:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    zone &quot;16.23.16.172.in-addr.arpa&quot; { type master; file &quot;masters/16.23.16.172.rev&quot;; };&#xD;&#xA;    zone &quot;17.23.16.172.in-addr.arpa&quot; { type master; file &quot;masters/17.23.16.172.rev&quot;; };&#xD;&#xA;    (etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then in the individual file you would have something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    @            IN PTR office.customer.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The obvious downside is that one file per /32 is kind of gross.  But I bet it would work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the stuff I mentioned is pure DNS, if any DNS server didn't let you do it it's because it's restricting the full functionality of DNS.  My examples are obviously using BIND, but we've done the customer side of this using Windows DNS and BIND.  I don't see a reason it wouldn't work with any server." />
  <row Id="40479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22762" RevisionGUID="e660ad93-3c17-4354-b2cc-5d5eec22e265" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:11:15.900" UserId="7342" Text="Yes, you shouldn't have any problems. I'd avoid making too many changes to the system filesystem. Things will go quicker if it's not competing with you for CPU, memory or IO, so avoid doing anything resource intensive if you want it to finish sooner. I'd also avoid rebooting. :)" />
  <row Id="40480" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22734" RevisionGUID="402979d0-1bcf-479e-a56f-b4c434473457" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:11:48.440" UserDisplayName="Daniel" Comment="edited body" Text="I have a web application installed (ClockingIT) that acts based on the used subdomain. As we want to use SSL and do not have a wildcard certificate, this is not very convenient for us :-) So I thought about using Apache's mod_proxy and mod_rewrite functionality.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To be more precise, I want the URL Xttps://example.com/cit/ (external) to show the contents of Xttp://test.example.com:3000/ (internal).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's my setup:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;VirtualHost *:443&gt;&#xD;&#xA;         ServerName example.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;         (SSL setup, etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;         SSLProxyEngine On&#xD;&#xA;         UseCanonicalName Off&#xD;&#xA;         ProxyRequests Off   &#xD;&#xA;         ProxyPreserveHost Off # or On, makes no difference&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;         RewriteEngine On&#xD;&#xA;         RewriteRule      ^/cit$         Xttp://test.example.com:3000/ [P,NC]&#xD;&#xA;         RewriteRule      ^/cit/(.*)$    Xttp://test.example.com:3000/$1 [P,NC]&#xD;&#xA;         ProxyPassReverse /cit/          Xttp://test.example.com:3000/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;test.example.com is not defined on the DNS server, but it is set in /etc/hosts to map to 127.0.0.1. If I do &quot;w3m Xttp://test.example.com:3000/&quot; on the server, I get the correct web page. However, if I access https://example.com/cit/ on my desktop's browser, I do not get the correct web page. The web app receives the request, however it seems to think the request was for the example.com domain and serves a default page instead of the intended subdomain &quot;test&quot; contents. It seems somehow the proxy does not pass on the test.example.com domain, though according to documentation it should. Instead of RewriteRule I also tried ProxyPass directive, but with the same result.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anything I am missing?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(If relevant, ClockingIT is a Ruby on Rails application served via Mongrel)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S.: s/Xttp/http/g - ServerFault did not like me using http colon slash slash more than once in my question ;-)" />
  <row Id="40482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22763" RevisionGUID="2be40128-748d-464a-9b26-d7aa5b9acd77" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:13:31.637" UserId="6491" Text="[Matt Simmons' answer][1] is a good starting point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I add some details as I use TWiki with LDAP (pure LDAP not AD).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In you apache conf where you normally have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    AuthUserFile /var/www/twiki42/data/.htpasswd&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;replace it with this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    AuthType Basic&#xD;&#xA;    AuthBasicProvider ldap&#xD;&#xA;    AuthzLDAPAuthoritative off&#xD;&#xA;    AuthName &quot;login with your AD/domain credentials ...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    AuthLDAPURL ldap://your.ad.example.org/ou=people,dc=example,dc=org&#xD;&#xA;    require valid-user&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(You have to set the proper values in AuthLDAPURL of course.)&#xD;&#xA;You have to enable the proper auth module for ldap. On debian based systems use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    a2enmod authnz_ldap&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ensure you have&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $TWiki::cfg{PasswordManager} = 'TWiki::Users::HtPasswdUser';&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in your LocalSite.cfg The other way is to use the admin interface to set this up.&#xD;&#xA;Maybe you also want to disable registration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $TWiki::cfg{Register}{EnableNewUserRegistration} = 0;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just ask if you have any questions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is one way to do it (maybe the easiest). The other way is to use the ldap plugin and force your users to registrate a new user based on the ldap data (this was not what I wanted).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/22506/how-to-authenticate-twiki-against-windows-active-directory/22509#22509" />
  <row Id="40483" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22764" RevisionGUID="3566e3da-64f6-4578-bff7-7dcf7fd4d5ce" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:13:40.200" UserId="2541" Text="What are some of the popular commercial access points which I can plug righ into my network? I am running all sonicwall devices. I am aware that sonicwall has a AP, however, I am trying to avoid their licensing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
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  <row Id="40485" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22764" RevisionGUID="3566e3da-64f6-4578-bff7-7dcf7fd4d5ce" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:13:40.200" UserId="2541" Text="&lt;access-point&gt;" />
  <row Id="40486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22765" RevisionGUID="d24bf03c-6040-4ed0-9b51-b081e2f4f430" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:15:28.603" UserId="7342" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://munin.projects.linpro.no/&quot;&gt;Munin&lt;/a&gt;. If it's good enough for the servers, it's good enough for the workstations. :) As far as I'm aware it's Linux only, but I can't see why you couldn't write a Windows version. It's free, which is nice. " />
  <row Id="40487" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22766" RevisionGUID="1ac18270-4f88-449f-ad49-1dae4003f845" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:17:05.620" UserId="3657" Text="We use Cisco Aironet for use where a &quot;consumer&quot; grade unit isn't acceptable." />
  <row Id="40488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22767" RevisionGUID="8a39d56b-4509-4ff8-a3a8-6b420858a803" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:20:27.737" UserId="6384" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A friend of mine and I are thinking about starting our own business involving code and some fairly advanced IP (at least, we like to think that the IP is advanced).  I want to set up a code repository (probably subversion) and a bug tracking server (probably fogbugz) on a home server system that both of us would be able to VPN into from remote locations via laptops.  I'd also like this server to be a remote build system running some kind of hudson scripts, maybe via ant, to do automatic testing and build verification.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is: what's the most secure way to go about setting this system up?  I have a budget of $1k for hardware and software.  I have an existing home wireless network using an Apple Wireless base station, a macbook pro running both 10.5 and windows 7, and a home machine running windows 7 that I really just use for games and messing around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specificially:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Should I be using Linux?  Which distro?  How do I lock it down?  I realize that this question can start myriad flame wars, but I just want some pointers on how to set up a secure server with those services running (and nothing else, under the assumption that more services = more security holes).&#xD;&#xA; - Where can I get good information on setting up a VPN through that router?  Should I be going through that apple router, or is there some 'gold standard secure' router I should be looking at?&#xD;&#xA; - Static IP (which means changing my ISP) or a dynamic IP?  Is it possible to do these sorts of things with a dynamic IP, and if it is, how do I go about setting up the server to be securely, remotely accessible via a dynamic IP? &#xD;&#xA; - What kind of hardware should I be looking at?  I was thinking about something along the lines of just a core2 duo processor (maybe i7?), regular hard drive, 4 gb RAM, and that's about it, connected to some other backup drive, like a USB-attached hard drive attached to the system with cron jobs to do nightly backups to the second drive.  Is that reasonable?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I realize that this is a huge question, and not necessarily straightforward.  When I do searches on answers to these questions, I get a lot of information, but none of it is entirely straightforward.  So, if anyone knows of a guide or a couple of blog posts that I've missed, I'd really appreciate it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="40491" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22768" RevisionGUID="c791c106-8c80-4bec-a0a8-dd2abc027109" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:21:27.127" UserId="1936" Text="I like lots of options...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For my servers, I go RDP or VNC -- or even iLO2 if nothing else works. I love the [mRemote][1] app to keep everything in one tabbed window. Worth a look if you spend a lot of time on a lot of systems remotely. Even does SSH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use the free LogMeIn app with many remote clients. For interactive sharing/trouble-shooting I'll use CrossLoop instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Around the office I'll use [ChrisControl][2] ([download][3]) to &quot;push&quot; a VNC server and then connect when we need to do screen sharing. Otherwise I'll go RDP there as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mremote.org/wiki/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.chall.plus.com/winpe/chriscontrol/chriscontrol.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.chall.plus.com/winpe/" />
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  <row Id="40493" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22769" RevisionGUID="c473ca8a-98c7-43c0-a3d3-68aab0b948ff" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:22:48.527" UserDisplayName="Gilberto Ibarra" Text="SQL Server 2008 faster in Windows XP than in Windows 2003 Server R2" />
  <row Id="40494" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22769" RevisionGUID="c473ca8a-98c7-43c0-a3d3-68aab0b948ff" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:22:48.527" UserDisplayName="Gilberto Ibarra" Text="&lt;performance&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="40495" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22770" RevisionGUID="a2c87d86-19bb-44a6-90a8-8702b7880651" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:23:39.790" UserId="2299" Text="Well, no, but I can say that with a good battery backed RAID controller like the Dell Perc6/i the RAID5 performance is very good. My somewhat vague recollection of the last time I tested this is that with the Perc a 4 disk RAID5 wasn't far behind a 3 disk RAID0. The controller is so efficient at doing the parity calculations that it adds negligable overhead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On my Poweredge 2950 Hyper-V servers I use a 6 disk RAID5 and it's the fastest array I've ever seen outside of specialist SAN kit. Ten years ago I would have said use RAID10, but these days I have no hesitation about recommending RAID5, or better still RAID6 if you have room for the extra disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22771" RevisionGUID="36da4a1b-7510-4c13-b859-ff70f70beb95" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:25:31.750" UserId="4829" Text="I have a colleague that has a Windows Peer-To-Peer Network.  He has an application such that he has shared network folders where he wants an employee to be able access the shared folder by typing in a password, then some time later, if another employee at the same work center wants to access the same shared network folder, he wants the employee to have to retype the password to gain access to the share.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently, Windows is caching the password so the 2nd employee has automatic access to the share.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you recommend?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The way I see it, he could:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. log out and log back in for the 2nd employee.  I think that will clear the password cache&#xD;&#xA; 2. Find a way to clear the cached password (I don't know how to do that), perhaps through Windows Scripting Host&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would imagine that since he doesn't have a Server, installing a Windows Server on the network is not really an option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40497" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22771" RevisionGUID="36da4a1b-7510-4c13-b859-ff70f70beb95" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:25:31.750" UserId="4829" Text="How to Expire Cached Passwords in Windows Peer-To-Peer Network" />
  <row Id="40498" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22771" RevisionGUID="36da4a1b-7510-4c13-b859-ff70f70beb95" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:25:31.750" UserId="4829" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;network-share&gt;&lt;sharedfolders&gt;" />
  <row Id="40499" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="22764" RevisionGUID="2cdc9c52-ebb0-480d-92df-96e80e2f2418" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:27:08.817" UserId="1803" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;access-point&gt;&lt;wireless-network&gt;" />
  <row Id="40500" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22772" RevisionGUID="94a2ad27-d387-4ff9-90bc-79f146d5de7d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:27:12.340" UserId="8902" Text="I am interested in finding solution for visualizing the performance of our web servers and database servers in real-time (or as real time as possible).  I have seen some stuff for the MS Stack but I am actually interested in finding a nice solution for the standard LAMP stack." />
  <row Id="40501" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22772" RevisionGUID="94a2ad27-d387-4ff9-90bc-79f146d5de7d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:27:12.340" UserId="8902" Text="Visualization Tools for Web App and Database Servers Performance Monitoring" />
  <row Id="40502" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22772" RevisionGUID="94a2ad27-d387-4ff9-90bc-79f146d5de7d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:27:12.340" UserId="8902" Text="&lt;lamp&gt;&lt;visualization&gt;&lt;performance-monitoring&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;" />
  <row Id="40503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22773" RevisionGUID="30155d35-37f0-4e40-b12d-c4bc7b9b737f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:28:15.193" UserDisplayName="argtag" Text="14gb of RAM on the 2003 server? are you running windows X64? is the SQL server x64 as well? Also, 14GB doesn't sound like an ideal config of RAM sticks. when you boot, does the server give you a warning about ideal RAM configuration?" />
  <row Id="40504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22774" RevisionGUID="bffe9072-e1bc-438a-a19b-efb6a87f4238" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:30:43.957" UserId="5221" Text="It depends on the type of transfer. I don't have any exact figures (I have planned for a while to do a mini study for my own reference, since discovering Linux's read performance on RAID1 arrays (with Debian/Etch's stock kernel at the time - I gather an improvement has been made recently) wasn't quite what I was expecting, but haven't got around to finding the time...), but for read performance (both random and sequential) you should expect a healthy 3-drive RAID5 array to respond like a 2-drive RAID0 array.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For writes you will hit the well known problem where-by a write becomes a read and two writes (read the other block of the block+block+parity set, recalculate parity, then write the new block and new parity block). Exactly how much this affects your system depends on the write load and pattern. If you are running a database that sees many transactions you want RAID10 not RAID5 (to avoid the write performance hit) but for a volume that sees few writes but relatively many reads RAID5 will improve performance over a single drive, not degrade it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As the drives are distinct I would not expect the intelligence of the SSD to m,ake much difference (they are different drives so write combining will not help) but I would not expect to see a massive difference in relative performance for sequential writes. If your spinning disk based array takes 2.0 times as long as a single spinning disk to run a sequential write then an SSD based array will take 2.0 times as long as a single SSD. For random writes I would expect to see the SSDs perform much better relative to a single SSD then an array if disks does relative to a single disk because of lower latencies due to not needing to move heads and wait for disks to be in the right spot in their spin cycles." />
  <row Id="40505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22775" RevisionGUID="b54c711b-0435-42c0-bbd1-4f2dcb0ee183" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:31:43.500" UserId="6491" Text="Your router is supported by [OpenWRT][1]. You can install it on that box and then use ssh to access your router from anywhere in the world. Then you can run the wakeonlan utility on the box itself to wake up the machine in question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wake on lan packets only work on a local networks (it is not routable L2 traffic).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.openwrt.org" />
  <row Id="40506" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22776" RevisionGUID="0f759ecb-c829-4c49-b15e-7ff1df5550f0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:33:22.530" UserId="3657" Text="What do you have your max degrees of parallelism set to on the server?  Have you tried tweaking that for the query in question?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/329204&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you run the query on the quad-core box, do you see all the cores light up busy?" />
  <row Id="40507" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="22240" RevisionGUID="39709923-7fac-4514-8ff5-1857f534c35f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:33:57.523" UserId="1041" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;wake-on-lan&gt;&lt;router&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;linksys&gt;" />
  <row Id="40508" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22777" RevisionGUID="1dd1bb0c-64b5-4448-a5d1-cf1f6bdf34e6" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:34:02.077" UserId="4479" Text="I think you're looking for &quot;net use RESOURCE /delete /Y&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're mapping drive letters, substitute it in for RESOURCE .  If it is a network folder that isn't mapped, substitute the UNC of the folder for RESOURCE  ie &quot;\\computer\folder&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Run &quot;net use&quot; to show all your 'connected' resources." />
  <row Id="40509" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22778" RevisionGUID="ac434a4e-5cce-4ead-a5fb-3ef90906b6b4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:34:14.400" UserId="7200" Text="The &quot;poor man's trust relationship&quot; and peer-to-peer file sharing scenario:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Create two user accounts on the &quot;client&quot; computer-- one for each employee. Set passwords on these accounts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Create the same two user accounts on the &quot;server&quot; computer-- again, one for each employee, with exactly the same spelling of usernames and exactly the same password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Open the local group policy on the &quot;server&quot; computer (Start / Run / GPEDIT.MSC) and modify the &quot;Network access: Sharing and security model for local accounts&quot; to the &quot;Classic&quot; setting (located under the &quot;Security Options&quot; node of the &quot;Local Policies&quot; node of the &quot;Security Settings&quot; node of the &quot;Windows Settings&quot; node of the &quot;Computer Configuration&quot; node).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the user changes their password on the &quot;client&quot; computer they'll need to have it changed on the &quot;server&quot; computer, too. (Here's where a Domain is your friend.) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use NTFS permissions on the &quot;server&quot; computer to protect files and folders." />
  <row Id="40510" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22779" RevisionGUID="f88d31b2-9f86-469f-bdd1-bf6e11d4a87d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:34:28.597" UserId="2299" Text="I'm with Evan on this one. Use routers that can act as VPN endpoints. I like Drayteks, though these days all but entry level routers will do VPNs. Using a hardware VPN makes the routing very straightforward.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22780" RevisionGUID="91ad1058-30e7-4b5b-9f5f-d6e7368a2997" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:36:29.437" UserId="2258" Text="Given a resource limited setup consisting of 2 host machines (HyperV-01 and HyperV-02), is it OK to put the domain controllers in parent partition, instead of their own VM? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main reason is that if the DCs go into a child partition, starting from cold on both machines could lead to a bit of an issue, as there'd be no DCs around until well after both parents have booted. I'm guessing this might cause undesirable effects. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Am I correct to be worried about joining the host systems to a domain that's only on VMs?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The biggest drawback I've heard so far is that if AD gets heavily used, its resources could cut into HyperV's. I'm not concerned about that for this deployment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any other suggestions? (Besides finding a 3rd machine and running AD on it.)" />
  <row Id="40512" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22780" RevisionGUID="91ad1058-30e7-4b5b-9f5f-d6e7368a2997" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:36:29.437" UserId="2258" Text="Installing Domain Controller on Hyper-V Host" />
  <row Id="40513" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22780" RevisionGUID="91ad1058-30e7-4b5b-9f5f-d6e7368a2997" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:36:29.437" UserId="2258" Text="&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="40514" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22781" RevisionGUID="e604edbb-d3aa-4ccb-ad6d-a1507d8c88de" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:37:41.557" UserId="4721" Text=" - You could go with dynamic IPs and something like [DynDNS][1] or maybe [EasyDNS][2].&#xD;&#xA; - Linux is good. And, if you are not into getting too deep, you could consider [Ubuntu server edition][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dyndns.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.easydns.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition" />
  <row Id="40515" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22160" RevisionGUID="a494509c-51a2-450f-b62e-3a65ba037df2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:37:57.483" UserId="8396" Comment="Fixed several grevious insults to the English language." Text="Can you scale back your protections against Conficker?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The article you linked has a lot of good practice, that in my humble opinion, you should keep.  Isolating old hosts from the evil internet, having your boxes patched with up to date AV, and keeping AutoRun disabled are good ideas.  Strong password rules with regular rotations is probably the most controversial change if you're not doing it already since it will require institutional changes.  But auto-patching has been default behavior in Windows since WinXP SP2 and auto-run defaulting to off will be in Win7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whether it's time to deactivate the group policy is going to be based on whether you feel you still have potetially infected systems in your environment.  If you rebuilt and patched everything, it might be time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22782" RevisionGUID="624f08a7-c63e-4029-a9ef-ce488eb40184" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:38:54.843" UserId="5223" Text="I have used keynote and gomez networks in the past, but first I must ask, how do you know it's not really a problem with your site?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a prior job we once had complaints that our service was not available, and found that only thru packet tracing that the user was connecting and getting zero bytes returned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nothing shows up in the access logs and no other trace of what went wrong was left on our systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It turned out to be some kind of bug in the apache module that caused it to panic instead of emit an error of any kind.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40517" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22783" RevisionGUID="ea5f8457-d358-4010-a5b5-e334bbdbe817" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:39:37.963" UserId="3657" Text="While not a Hyper-V shop, our VMware environment has both DCs virtualized.  We have cold-start issues even in this environment because DNS lives on the DCs and as such, management features like VirtualCenter have issues when DNS dies.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would strongly recommend keeping a single hardware based DC outside of your virtual environment.  As you mentioned, there can be a variety of issues that while workable, cause unnecessary headaches when you least need them (cold start, disaster recovery, etc)." />
  <row Id="40518" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22784" RevisionGUID="e4f9559d-1311-42c0-8709-eb84098f5190" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:39:54.453" UserId="4955" Text="Statistics? Index fragmentation? Disk configuration? Query plan?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd guess that you are simply not comparing like for like." />
  <row Id="40519" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22785" RevisionGUID="76b2330b-9719-4d32-93aa-2da932804ad6" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:41:19.240" UserId="8166" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  I have a hosted environment that is migrating to some new hardware.  I need to stress this new implementation remotely.  Is there a quick and clean way to do this?  I don't need anything fancy, just page hits and it doesn't need to have massive volume.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="40520" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22785" RevisionGUID="76b2330b-9719-4d32-93aa-2da932804ad6" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:41:19.240" UserId="8166" Text="Stress testing a hosted IIS server" />
  <row Id="40521" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22785" RevisionGUID="76b2330b-9719-4d32-93aa-2da932804ad6" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:41:19.240" UserId="8166" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;load-testing&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="40522" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22786" RevisionGUID="c558d3d3-c6f4-4fb1-96a9-98f8a2cd94c2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:42:17.350" UserId="2299" Text="Run Performance Monitor on both computers and start by measuring the CPU, average disk queue length and disk bytes by second. Comparing the two should quickly identify the bottleneck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22787" RevisionGUID="c30b2e71-a8ef-4b2e-8a17-4ae9ee010ca5" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:42:19.127" UserId="1803" Text="It's recommended that you have at least one DC on a physical box, and one that's not also hosting the only other DC.  We've got one physical DC (on extremely minimal hardware) and one hosted in Hyper V with no issues whatsoever.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think that, given your constraints, what you've outlined is the optimal setup." />
  <row Id="40524" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22781" RevisionGUID="748810f3-5706-417e-a8a2-5a32dc8c7c0d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:43:29.657" UserId="4721" Comment="added 161 characters in body; deleted 4 characters in body; added 153 characters in body" Text=" - You could go with dynamic IPs and something like [DynDNS][1] or maybe [EasyDNS][2].&#xD;&#xA; - Linux is good. And, if you are not into getting too deep, you could consider [Ubuntu server edition][3]; Book reference: [Beginning Ubuntu Server Administration][4]&#xD;&#xA; - For the hardware, if you are setting up at home, consider a UPS unless you are located in some place that will never have power outages of any sort.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dyndns.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.easydns.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Ubuntu-Server-Administration-Professional/dp/1590599233" />
  <row Id="40525" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22788" RevisionGUID="dda9acdf-3ca5-4439-bdc6-08b8efdda412" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:45:08.450" UserId="5221" Text="Depending on what information you are looking to collect and how you'd like to report on it, collectd (http://collectd.org/) and a decent rrdgraph wrapper (I use my own slightly modified version of http://haroon.sis.utoronto.ca/rrd/scripts/) may provide what you are looking for. The rrd.cgi pages contain decent examples of the output.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The setup is very manual, but once configured I've found it to be solidly stable." />
  <row Id="40526" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22789" RevisionGUID="bc66e0f1-2409-4ca0-85f8-64abee8ae09e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:45:20.353" UserId="3657" Text="Do yourself a favor and get a hardware router with good VPN support.  Even something as inexpensive as the Netgear ProSafe line can be had for $70 or so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.netgear.com/Products/VPNandSSL/WiredVPNFirewallRouters/FVS114.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These types of units will be very easy to set up and configure.  If you end up needing dynamic IP services (which you can just as easily do), use DynDNS as suggested." />
  <row Id="40527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22790" RevisionGUID="a2fb3d8d-2328-4d10-a2e1-c5b1ca566c29" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:45:37.233" UserId="8901" Text="The Gentoo live-cd shows my drives as &quot;hda&quot;, so I followed the Gentoo handbook and configured my partitions as &quot;hda&quot;. However, the boot failed because, when booting into my kernel, it wanted to refer to the partitions as &quot;sda&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I edited my fstab and grub's menu config file to refer to partitions as sda, and everything booted successfully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Was this the right thing to do? Any other steps you would recommend regarding this? Is it surprising to you that a new minimal Gentoo livecd would refer to things as &quot;hda&quot; in the first place? And if so, do you suspect there may be some issues I need to resolve?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="40528" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22790" RevisionGUID="a2fb3d8d-2328-4d10-a2e1-c5b1ca566c29" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:45:37.233" UserId="8901" Text="The Gentoo live-cd shows my drives as &quot;hda&quot;, but booting into my own kernel shows &quot;sda&quot; (therefore, boot fails). What should I do?" />
  <row Id="40529" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22790" RevisionGUID="a2fb3d8d-2328-4d10-a2e1-c5b1ca566c29" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:45:37.233" UserId="8901" Text="&lt;gentoo&gt;&lt;grub&gt;&lt;kernel&gt;" />
  <row Id="40530" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22791" RevisionGUID="5e26a421-9974-403b-8502-e2c5d998eb5d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:46:20.133" UserId="2299" Text="See http://www.ratsauce.co.uk/notablog/LongFileNames.asp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;it's one of the sillier design decisions in the Windows NT family. As far as I know there is no way to prevent users creating the long file names.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22792" RevisionGUID="1d788a9e-1c1c-40ce-9cda-95dbfac51661" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:46:21.477" UserId="1770" Text="I hate to say it, but I don't know of an &lt;em&gt;easy&lt;/em&gt; way to do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's quite probable you could make something work by creating an image file with dd, then partitioning it with fdisk, then creating a second image file with dd, and formatting it directly (or using something like genext2fs), then dd'ing the second filesystem image into the first partitioned image file at the correct offset. . . however, that's going to be difficult and complicated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm afraid I don't know of any good way to accomplish this without root access, though." />
  <row Id="40532" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22792" RevisionGUID="1d788a9e-1c1c-40ce-9cda-95dbfac51661" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:46:21.477" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40533" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22793" RevisionGUID="83ce4cdc-8d63-40c8-848d-7665056e3a54" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:47:29.507" UserId="7200" Text="Linux doesn't have magic security pixie dust. Linux installs can be poorly configured, too. Whatever server operating system you use, you need to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Turn off unnecessary services / daemons.&#xD;&#xA; - Check to make sure you really turned off unnecessary services / daemons.&#xD;&#xA; - Change any default passwords or disable default accounts.&#xD;&#xA; - Understand how to manipulate permissions for files and directories.&#xD;&#xA; - Create and use user accounts that have least privilege.&#xD;&#xA; - Keep up with security patches for the OS and applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have a look on the Linux Documentation Project site (http://www.tldp.org)-- there are some decent security guides there. You should also look for security docs for each application you're going to be hosting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your wireless Ethernet should be treated as an untrusted network, and you should either use a VPN over it, or encrypt everything running on it. Don't use broken encryption algorithms (WEP, WPA) either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should use a VPN, as you've stated, to move all traffic over the Internet. There are cheap hardware boxes you can use, though some of them have stability issues. You can run OpenVPN on a host and expose that to the Internet as an &quot;on the cheap&quot; way of doing things with software. You can use SSH tunnels to accomplish this as well. You can go with a standards-based IPec VPN, too. It's a matter of the time / energy you want to spend configuring. You absolutely can use either with dynamic IP addresses. As &lt;em&gt;nik&lt;/em&gt; says, dynamic DNS is your friend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's good to see you're thinking about backup. I'm dubious of the &quot;backups to the 2nd drive&quot; as a very physical disaster-tolerant scenario, but perhaps that's because I've had a good friend go thru a house fire. I'd definitely recommend using some type of encrypted off-site data replication, or rotating multiple external hard drives (hopefully encrypted) off-site manually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't particularly see the processor in a server computer as having much to do w/ security. The particular processor your need should be based on the workload.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't mean to sound like I'm correcting you, but it's worth mentioning that you don't really want the &quot;most secure way&quot;. You've already mentioned a budget, for example. What you really want is configuration that provides a degree of security you're comfortable with, minimizes as many risks as possible, fits within your budget, and is not too cumbersome to use." />
  <row Id="40534" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22781" RevisionGUID="238b394a-96aa-4fae-ba96-0961b1966b80" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:48:47.633" UserId="4721" Comment="added 72 characters in body" Text=" - You could go with dynamic IPs and something like [DynDNS][1] or maybe [EasyDNS][2].&#xD;&#xA; - Linux is good. And, if you are not into getting too deep, you could consider [Ubuntu server edition][3]; Book reference: [Beginning Ubuntu Server Administration][4]&#xD;&#xA; - For the hardware, if you are setting up at home, consider a UPS unless you are located in some place that will never have power outages of any sort.&#xD;&#xA; - You might want to consider a RAID configured redundant disk system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dyndns.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.easydns.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Ubuntu-Server-Administration-Professional/dp/1590599233" />
  <row Id="40535" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22794" RevisionGUID="7815a3e8-4418-4d81-b95a-61668329f965" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:49:57.193" UserId="846" Text="Why does it have to be IRC?  **Use serverfault for the learning and knowledge development.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SF isn't a venue for urgent support, but for the other things you mention it is excellent.  Questions do not have to be specific in order to get good answers.  And you can edit the question or ask follow ups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ask a question, update it, comment to answers, etc.  You'll learn quickly!" />
  <row Id="40536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22795" RevisionGUID="437eece6-d968-40b3-b73e-e07a60935bf2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:51:28.033" UserId="5922" Text="We have a number of filesystems for our computational cluster, with a lot of users that store a lot of really large files. We'd like to monitor the filesystem and help optimize their usage of it, as well as plan for expansion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to this, we need some way to monitor how these filesystems are used. Essentially I'd like to know all sorts of statistics about the files:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Age&#xD;&#xA; - Frequency of access&#xD;&#xA; - Last accessed times&#xD;&#xA; - Types&#xD;&#xA; - Sizes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally this information would be available in aggregate form for any directory so that we could monitor it based on project or user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Short of writing something up myself in Python, I haven't been able to find any tools capable of performing these duties. Any recommendations?" />
  <row Id="40537" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22795" RevisionGUID="437eece6-d968-40b3-b73e-e07a60935bf2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:51:28.033" UserId="5922" Text="What's a good tool for collecting statistics on filesystem usage?" />
  <row Id="40538" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22795" RevisionGUID="437eece6-d968-40b3-b73e-e07a60935bf2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:51:28.033" UserId="5922" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;filesystem&gt;" />
  <row Id="40539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22796" RevisionGUID="b1d14ad4-d17e-440b-88a7-46e86ad3ceb1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:51:28.877" UserId="4535" Text="That was the correct thing to do. The Gentoo LiveCD may have been using the IDE driver instead of the SCSI driver for your (I'm assuming) SATA hard drives. Slower, but guaranteed to be reliable. You shouldn't need to do anything else; your system is stable." />
  <row Id="40540" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22797" RevisionGUID="0474090f-0ca3-44b1-8541-8c838a0a614f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:51:32.323" UserId="7200" Text="Multiple parallel &quot;wget --mirror&quot; instances?  &amp;gt;smile&amp;lt;  Can't get much simpler than that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;W/o knowing more about the site's use of server-side resources (database queries, etc), it's difficult to give you a &quot;generic&quot; test idea that's very concrete. There are lots of HTTP load testing tools out there, commercial and open source. If you know what particular pages generate the most server-side load, you could focus on those pages with one of those tools." />
  <row Id="40541" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22798" RevisionGUID="2d4e8561-1252-462b-8513-5af2d5b062ac" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:51:48.283" UserId="5221" Text="If you are using a &quot;tickless&quot; kernel (2.6.22+ is by default IIRC) in the guests then clock drift is easier to manage. I have found that using NTP is more accurate than VMWare's own tool this I've not scientifically tested this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To stop NTP simply giving up if heavy load or some other issue makes the clock drift too far (this much more rare with the newer kernels but can still happen) make sure you have the line &quot;tinker panic 0&quot; line at/near the top of your ntp.conf.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To be considerate, sync your host machines clock with public clocks and the VMs with the host - don't have all your VMs separately contacting public time servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also: do not use VMWares own clock guest sync at the same time as NTPD. The two will trip over each other leaving your VM's clock in an undefined and unreliable state." />
  <row Id="40542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22799" RevisionGUID="cb9a7b07-b871-40a7-8baf-86b23a825a0a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:53:16.110" UserId="7619" Text="We implemented [Aerohive][1]. Specifically because it met each of our requirements, a.) ultimately manageable by the helpdesk, b.) reliable security, and c.) good support. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Personally however, I would have opted for a Cisco wireless AP solution, but that's just me. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.aerohive.com/" />
  <row Id="40543" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="22767" RevisionGUID="2fdd1a69-af81-4f53-b5b3-ce077874f240" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:54:17.433" UserId="1803" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;home&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="40544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22800" RevisionGUID="2194799f-551d-42de-b0ae-2dc5577e6f68" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:55:02.863" UserId="8199" Text="You could make a bat file that would connect, prompting for credentials, then run windows explorer. Once explorer is closed, the script would disconnect the drive and exit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ghetto I know." />
  <row Id="40545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22801" RevisionGUID="4073801d-a833-4455-92db-7665cbbd2b65" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:56:03.373" UserId="5223" Text="You say 'realtime', so maybe you can review the options listed in other questions on serverfault like this one:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[http://serverfault.com/questions/44/what-tool-do-you-use-to-monitor-your-servers](http://serverfault.com/questions/44/what-tool-do-you-use-to-monitor-your-servers)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But when you add 'visualization', the question changes somewhat.&#xD;&#xA;I've used cricket and rrdtool together for a lot of my home-grown monitoring needs:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [http://cricket.sourceforge.net/](http://cricket.sourceforge.net/)&#xD;&#xA;- [http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/](http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But others, like munin, seem very similar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While I have no advice on the database side, there are cricket scripts to pick information directly from 'mod_info' apache module.  For databases, there are a large number of metrics of interest, and likely depend heavily on vendor (oracle vs mysql etc).  On the OS side, cricket has plenty of scripts to support basic CPU, Memory, etc too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While cricket seems to have a large installed base, there doesn't seem to have been any major core development in a while, so try comparing it to other solutions before you commit to a solution.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40546" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22798" RevisionGUID="fc242b25-9b7f-4018-b63b-6db5e940380a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:57:22.420" UserId="5221" Comment="I really must learn to type..." Text="If you are using a &quot;tickless&quot; kernel (2.6.22+ is by default IIRC) in the guests then clock drift is easier to manage. I have found that using NTP is more accurate than VMWare's own tool but I've not scientifically tested this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To stop NTP simply giving up if heavy load or some other issue makes the clock drift too far (this much more rare with the newer kernels but can still happen) make sure you have the line &quot;tinker panic 0&quot; line at/near the top of your ntp.conf.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To be considerate, sync your host machines clock with public clocks and the VMs with the host - don't have all your VMs separately contacting public time servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also: do not use VMWare's own clock guest sync at the same time as NTPD. The two will trip over each other leaving your VM's clock in an undefined and unreliable state." />
  <row Id="40547" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21053" RevisionGUID="2bd58976-c4cc-45c1-bdcb-a450d95fff21" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:58:17.160" UserId="1840" Comment="fixed image link" Text="[&lt;h1&gt;iPerf&lt;/h1&gt;][1]&#xD;&#xA;Iperf helps you run tests that measure maximum TCP and UDP bandwidth performance. It allows the tuning of various parameters and UDP characteristics reporting bandwidth, delay jitter, datagram loss: [http://openmaniak.com/iperf.php][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;,And&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[&lt;h1&gt;MTR&lt;/h1&gt;][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MTR (**My Trace Route**) is also a pretty good tool.  It combines the functionality of the 'traceroute' and 'ping' programs in a single network diagnostic tool. Like traceroute except it gives more network quality and network diagnostic info. Leave running to get real time stats. Reports best and worst round trip times in milliseconds... It shows latency, jitter (average/best/worst): [http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;use:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; mtr server.domain.com (or IP)&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&gt; -  Add more fields with **&quot;O&quot;**, type **&quot;LDRS NBAW V JMXI&quot;** and hit **ENTER**&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&gt; -  Type &quot;n&quot; to toggle DNS Off/On&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://openmaniak.com/iperf.php&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://openmaniak.com/iperf.php&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://locobox.googlepages.com/mtrsavedw.jpg" />
  <row Id="40548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22802" RevisionGUID="b806f73e-bf01-4757-9044-1e9ca200d33d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:59:40.887" UserId="4271" Text="If you want live 'chat' help on an ubuntu server system, try #ubuntu-server on irc.freenode.net; I have found them most helpful for the occasional question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found the same thing you did, #ubuntu was full of noise and not helpful at all." />
  <row Id="40549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22803" RevisionGUID="ffbfc125-4731-4b37-a768-504407c3cca0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:00:28.170" UserId="8199" Text="Here ya go. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/231282" />
  <row Id="40550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22804" RevisionGUID="bce6f6e1-a9fc-4ec1-8d29-a7c1479198cb" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:00:47.297" UserId="8897" Text="Depending on why you want to avoid root access, sudo might be a solution. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Write a script that does all the stuff you need to do for the task, making sure users can't misuse it with &quot;creative&quot; input, and then give the user in question sudo rights for exactly that script and nothing else. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40551" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22804" RevisionGUID="bce6f6e1-a9fc-4ec1-8d29-a7c1479198cb" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:00:47.297" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40552" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22805" RevisionGUID="872e56af-fd2c-45c6-a121-112b835f66ed" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:01:35.720" UserId="2869" Text="Also: is there any other load on the server vs the desktop?" />
  <row Id="40553" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22806" RevisionGUID="efa57fae-d2b0-4ffd-8fdd-5556bf6c1728" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:01:56.000" UserId="3528" Text="You can use the stress tools Microsoft provides:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;either Web Capacity Analysis Tool (from the [reskit][1]) or the [Web Application Stress Tool][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=56fc92ee-a71a-4c73-b628-ade629c89499&amp;DisplayLang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e2c0585a-062a-439e-a67d-75a89aa36495&amp;DisplayLang=en" />
  <row Id="40554" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22304" RevisionGUID="4bc8b89f-b2bd-4b91-90a6-6e691917858e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:01:59.337" UserId="6543" Comment="missing 'it'" Text="LVM has *built-in support for removing disks from volume groups*!. No need for weird uses of copy commands or shrinking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is unclear if you mean by &quot;partition&quot; a logical volume. Also, when you say that you wish to use the smaller disk do you mean to get rid of the larger one? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming that you want to stop using the larger disk/partition and remove it from the volume group you would have to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - add (pvcreate) the smaller disk/partition to the volume group &#xD;&#xA; - move (pvmove) the physical extents away from larger disk/partition. See [this][1]&#xD;&#xA; - remove (pvremove) the larger disk/partition from the volume group  and do what you will with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and get a good backup first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/removeadisk.html" />
  <row Id="40555" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22807" RevisionGUID="52a42d98-e920-49dd-8a0e-b9697bdf29b0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:02:49.663" UserId="6469" Text="This is exactly how I got my start, and I still run a home server sandbox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Use a wired connection for your server, not airport.&#xD;&#xA;- After using Slackware, Fedora, SuSE, CentOS and Ubuntu, I would suggest Ubuntu Server http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition as it makes management and improving security somewhat easier out-of-the-box, but really, distribution is mostly dependant on personal preference. All the above distributions have big communities behind them (though Slackware's is pretty small in comparison).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for hardware: my home sandbox runs on a 64-bit server-quality tower with two SATA RAID arrays (system, services) and 2 gigs of RAM, which is plenty for this application. The specs you suggest are possibly overkill, but if you can afford it, definitely go for it. In the long run, you'll only need more, right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for backing up, you can save some cash by forgoing the USB hard drive and just putting in a second hard drive that copies in the same cron-based manner. Note, though, that I'm not suggesting a RAID mirroring array, since this is not a backup, but just a second hard disk. You'll save money on the enclosure, and transfer speeds will be somewhat higher than with an external. A superior backup method would be off-site, or to a NAS device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And security: learn how to tunnel everything. You'll likely only need to open 80 (and maybe 443) and 22 to the outside world. Tunnel the rest over ssh for remote administration. You may even be able to tunnel all the services you need, saving the cost of a VPN router." />
  <row Id="40556" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22808" RevisionGUID="19436228-9b33-43ba-a363-3b592bc7c309" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:06:07.050" UserId="8908" Text="I have a python framework that I've created to run performance tests in a mixed server environment of Windows, Linux and Solaris. I'm looking for a way to remotely gather performance data for the CPU, Memory, Disk and Network I/O.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't use perfmon because the python scripts are usually run from a *nix machine. Is there something similar to perfmon that can be used on multiple OS's to gather information remotely. If it comes down to it, multiple single OS monitoring programs would be acceptable." />
  <row Id="40557" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22808" RevisionGUID="19436228-9b33-43ba-a363-3b592bc7c309" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:06:07.050" UserId="8908" Text="Remote performance monitoring for Solaris and Windows" />
  <row Id="40558" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22808" RevisionGUID="19436228-9b33-43ba-a363-3b592bc7c309" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:06:07.050" UserId="8908" Text="&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;remote-access&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;&lt;python&gt;" />
  <row Id="40559" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22702" RevisionGUID="6641ed56-6dc7-4ef2-aba1-d6cbe1865897" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:06:27.333" UserId="5966" Comment="Added IIS version info" Text="I have a folder on my server like this one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;C:\inetpub\wwwroot\blah&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In IIS, I also have a &quot;/blah&quot; virtual folder set up, pointing to C:\BLAH&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Naturally, when site visitors type in http://www.myserver.com/blah/test.html, IIS looks for C:\BLAH\test.html, not C:\inetpub\wwwroot\blah\test.html. For the most part, this is the behavior I want, because most of the files are in C:\BLAH. However, when the file DOES exist in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\blah, I'd like the server to look for it there first, and then look in C:\BLAH if it doesn't find it. Basically I'd like the files in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\blah to be an &quot;exception&quot; to the virtual directory. Have the server return the files from that folder, if they exist, but if they don't pull them from C:\BLAH instead of returning a 404.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am running IIS 5.0 on Windows Server 2000.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this possible? Thanks." />
  <row Id="40560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22809" RevisionGUID="bb353172-c666-4af9-aefe-516611fa2ae4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:06:42.323" UserId="4562" Text="Is the SonicWall licensing required just for updates?  Going with Cisco would require a SmartNet agreement for software and support.  You might want to consider moving to HP gear.  Their support is incredible and the price is reasonable." />
  <row Id="40561" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22734" RevisionGUID="4b9e34b6-caca-48d8-b991-06f64865506c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:07:11.323" UserDisplayName="Daniel" Comment="added 902 characters in body" Text="I have a web application installed (ClockingIT) that acts based on the used subdomain. As we want to use SSL and do not have a wildcard certificate, this is not very convenient for us :-) So I thought about using Apache's mod_proxy and mod_rewrite functionality.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To be more precise, I want the URL Xttps://example.com/cit/ (external) to show the contents of Xttp://test.example.com:3000/ (internal).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's my setup:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;VirtualHost *:443&gt;&#xD;&#xA;         ServerName example.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;         (SSL setup, etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;         SSLProxyEngine On&#xD;&#xA;         UseCanonicalName Off&#xD;&#xA;         ProxyRequests Off   &#xD;&#xA;         ProxyPreserveHost Off # or On, makes no difference&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;         RewriteEngine On&#xD;&#xA;         RewriteRule      ^/cit$         Xttp://test.example.com:3000/ [P,NC]&#xD;&#xA;         RewriteRule      ^/cit/(.*)$    Xttp://test.example.com:3000/$1 [P,NC]&#xD;&#xA;         ProxyPassReverse /cit/          Xttp://test.example.com:3000/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;test.example.com is not defined on the DNS server, but it is set in /etc/hosts to map to 127.0.0.1. If I do &quot;w3m Xttp://test.example.com:3000/&quot; on the server, I get the correct web page. However, if I access https://example.com/cit/ on my desktop's browser, I do not get the correct web page. The web app receives the request, however it seems to think the request was for the example.com domain and serves a default page instead of the intended subdomain &quot;test&quot; contents. It seems somehow the proxy does not pass on the test.example.com domain, though according to documentation it should. Instead of RewriteRule I also tried ProxyPass directive, but with the same result.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anything I am missing?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(If relevant, ClockingIT is a Ruby on Rails application served via Mongrel)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S.: s/Xttp/http/g - ServerFault did not like me using http colon slash slash more than once in my question ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After looking at the traffic data using tcpflow, the issue seems to be that Apache sends the following to port 3000:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    GET / HTTP/1.1&#xD;&#xA;    Host: test.example.com:3000&#xD;&#xA;    Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8&#xD;&#xA;    Accept-Language: de-de,de;q=0.8,en-us;q=0.5,en;q=0.3&#xD;&#xA;    Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate&#xD;&#xA;    Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-15,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7&#xD;&#xA;    Cookie: _session_id=99f5f70d684c2186e64c5ebb8f69d574&#xD;&#xA;    Via: 1.1 example.com&#xD;&#xA;    X-Forwarded-For: 1.2.3.4&#xD;&#xA;    X-Forwarded-Host: example.com&#xD;&#xA;    X-Forwarded-Server: example.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using &quot;telnet localhost 3000&quot; and pasting the above, I get a redirect. If I repeat this and omit the X-Forwarded-Host: line, I get the intended page. So my setup is actually working, but ClockingIT seems to base its decision on the X-Forwarded-Host value. Any way I can prevent this from being included?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40562" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22810" RevisionGUID="1ae63e51-bff6-4ceb-892d-ab90aba76e29" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:09:35.017" UserId="6095" Text="Short Answer: proper kernel parameters and ntpd config&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Long Answer: VMware has a best practices doc that is pretty good on this, &#xD;&#xA;http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;externalId=1006427&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that it is somewhat contrary to some of the information in this thread.  For instance, it is specifically recommended *not* to use the vmware-tools timesync feature anymore." />
  <row Id="40563" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22781" RevisionGUID="c8ff4ba9-3098-4b58-94a7-2e6031f0d485" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:11:29.677" UserId="4721" Comment="added 202 characters in body" Text=" - You could go with dynamic IPs and something like [DynDNS][1] or maybe [EasyDNS][2].&#xD;&#xA; - Linux is good. And, if you are not into getting too deep, you could consider [Ubuntu server edition][3]; Book reference: [Beginning Ubuntu Server Administration][4]&#xD;&#xA; - For the hardware, if you are setting up at home, consider a UPS unless you are located in some place that will never have power outages of any sort.&#xD;&#xA; - You might want to consider a RAID configured redundant disk system.&#xD;&#xA; - Once you have some stability, consider a kernel hardening patch like [grsecurity][5]. There are other hardening patches you can lookup too (no flame wars please).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dyndns.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.easydns.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Ubuntu-Server-Administration-Professional/dp/1590599233&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.grsecurity.net/" />
  <row Id="40564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22811" RevisionGUID="1015ab2d-2dbe-40c7-a077-ea8c85b47499" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:12:34.900" UserId="4156" Text="there's no problem in using another terminal window, you can even run emerge again. but be aware that your processor is limited, and the performance will decrease. and if you run emerge in the other terminal, watch out for the dependencies, or you may compile them twice." />
  <row Id="40565" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22812" RevisionGUID="efd58975-2310-489a-9930-f2af8108b883" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:12:35.883" UserId="5778" Text="Play with the SATA options in the BIOS - AFAIK &quot;Combined&quot; mode lets you access IDE or SATA (so different kernels can do different things... think it changed ~2.6.18) - try enhanced mode, and I think you'll get SDA all round, assuming the older kernel manages it ok, which it probably will.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: FWIW, SmoothWall (where I work) found this on the UTM hardware we use - and there was a BIG difference in performance (hda was much slower)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit2: yes, I agree with previous poster - you did right. Check you are getting decent disk performance with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    hdparm -Tt /dev/sda&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and if it is ok.. leave well alone :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTH,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tom" />
  <row Id="40566" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22813" RevisionGUID="caf66197-5c7e-45b6-93c9-37527fc4505d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:12:46.303" UserId="4742" Text="Have you thought about Nagios?  It can do remote monitoring of performance related metrics as you are asking for." />
  <row Id="40567" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22814" RevisionGUID="c49267c3-1b26-46fc-a559-5c5883a81fe7" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:13:07.473" UserId="3328" Text="Let's say a MLC SSD last a very long time and the first cell has hits its last erase cycle and refuses to erase.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What happens after that?  Does the controller detect that as a bad block and moves to the next one and tries to erase that instead?  Would the total capacity of the drive just slowly decrease over time?" />
  <row Id="40568" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22814" RevisionGUID="c49267c3-1b26-46fc-a559-5c5883a81fe7" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:13:07.473" UserId="3328" Text="How do SSD fail near end of life?" />
  <row Id="40569" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22814" RevisionGUID="c49267c3-1b26-46fc-a559-5c5883a81fe7" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:13:07.473" UserId="3328" Text="&lt;ssd&gt;&lt;failure&gt;&lt;lifecycle&gt;&lt;bad-blocks&gt;" />
  <row Id="40570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22815" RevisionGUID="6cf42991-ec74-4289-a1d8-eb34383499ca" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:15:37.110" UserId="5922" Text="As others have mention, there typically should be no problems. However, if you're using an application that's in the process of being emerged and some of its resources (say from `/usr/share` or otherwise) get replaced by the emerge, you may experience some strange effects. Also, if major system libraries are reinstalled you also experience problems. " />
  <row Id="40571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22816" RevisionGUID="5ffe70a0-31f6-4dfd-8a30-08ee2822349e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:12:48.217" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hello,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could you let me know which Linux distribution supports IPv6 stack (like Windows Vista supports IPv6)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40572" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22816" RevisionGUID="5ffe70a0-31f6-4dfd-8a30-08ee2822349e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:12:48.217" Text="Which Linux version supports IPv6" />
  <row Id="40573" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22816" RevisionGUID="5ffe70a0-31f6-4dfd-8a30-08ee2822349e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:12:48.217" Text="&lt;ipv6&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="40574" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22817" RevisionGUID="45345553-c22a-442b-8748-51af1a33af22" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:18:27.057" UserId="1022" Text="&lt;p&gt;All 2.4 and 2.6 kernels, AFAIK, have IPv6 support. These kernels are in any standard Linux distro (even Slackware!) since about 2004, maybe even before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22818" RevisionGUID="f965aa20-4c84-4cb3-81a4-148623525783" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:18:48.630" Text="&lt;p&gt;Linux (the kernel) has had IPv6 support for a long time. Any current distribution should support IPv6.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22819" RevisionGUID="7fd18c29-7a81-4ee6-ad87-d2589cb41473" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:19:33.950" Text="&lt;p&gt;The IPv6 Support has been in since linux kernel 2.2, all modern distributions should have support for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40577" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22820" RevisionGUID="31dc1092-c437-49aa-8dcc-5128b0941260" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:22:13.837" Text="&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu definitely supports IPv6 natively, and I'm fairly certain most other distros do as well. It might be more difficult finding ones that do not...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22821" RevisionGUID="aa54c429-132d-4249-8f0d-4637df3cb37c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:17:10.773" UserId="1404" Text="Since you are unsure about setting some of the pieces up, why not let someone else do it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Consider a hosted environment like [Assembla][1], [Unfuddle][2], [Origo][3], [XP-Dev][4], [ProjectLocker][5], [CodeSpaces][6], [bitbucket][7], or [github][8]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keeps you out of the setup and maintenance of the server and repositories, and most of the hosting sites are inexpensive enough that your $1k will go far.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The downside is that you might have to find a separate continuous integration solution. From the list above, only ProjectLocker mentioned continuous integration tools as a feature.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.assembla.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://unfuddle.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.origo.ethz.ch/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.xp-dev.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.projectlocker.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.codespaces.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://bitbucket.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://github.com/" />
  <row Id="40579" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22822" RevisionGUID="836f054f-5527-4a99-a945-bc44054807f2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:19:09.850" UserId="6522" Text="The NATO guidelines on the destruction of magnetic data-holders is that the medium should be dismantled as far as possible and the magnetic layer should be either shredded with snippets of less then 0.25 by 0.25 millimeter, pulverized, melted or dissolved.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In practice we took the lint out of backup tapes and put that into a shredder (work the same with floppy disks) and the snippets was treated to an acid bath by a specialised company. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hard disk was another matter, we took the platters out and sanded it down till we had bare metal. We used a belt sander for that, that does the job very quickly.&#xD;&#xA;The platters (and the read/write head - talk about paranoid) where then escorted to a specialized recycle company and melted down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although degaussers are also certified by our local friendly security agency, they still use the above method internally (well it is a while back so they may have changed there methods).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW, the dust of the harddisks make a rather decent thermite :-)  " />
  <row Id="40580" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22793" RevisionGUID="9ebbaec9-9f19-4d1b-8b5d-3fc941949796" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:19:28.507" UserId="7200" Comment="added 933 characters in body" Text="Linux doesn't have magic security pixie dust. Linux installs can be poorly configured, too. Whatever server operating system you use, you need to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Turn off unnecessary services / daemons.&#xD;&#xA; - Check to make sure you really turned off unnecessary services / daemons.&#xD;&#xA; - Change any default passwords or disable default accounts.&#xD;&#xA; - Understand how to manipulate permissions for files and directories.&#xD;&#xA; - Create and use user accounts that have least privilege.&#xD;&#xA; - Keep up with security patches for the OS and applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have a look on the Linux Documentation Project site (http://www.tldp.org)-- there are some decent security guides there. You should also look for security docs for each application you're going to be hosting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your wireless Ethernet should be treated as an untrusted network, and you should either use a VPN over it, or encrypt everything running on it. Don't use broken encryption algorithms (WEP, WPA) either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should use a VPN, as you've stated, to move all traffic over the Internet. There are cheap hardware boxes you can use, though some of them have stability issues. You can run OpenVPN on a host and expose that to the Internet as an &quot;on the cheap&quot; way of doing things with software. You can use SSH tunnels to accomplish this as well. You can go with a standards-based IPec VPN, too. It's a matter of the time / energy you want to spend configuring. You absolutely can use either with dynamic IP addresses. As &lt;em&gt;nik&lt;/em&gt; says, dynamic DNS is your friend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's good to see you're thinking about backup. I'm dubious of the &quot;backups to the 2nd drive&quot; as a very physical disaster-tolerant scenario, but perhaps that's because I've had a good friend go thru a house fire. I'd definitely recommend using some type of encrypted off-site data replication, or rotating multiple external hard drives (hopefully encrypted) off-site manually. If the data will fit, you might consider using a group of solid state storage devices for off-site rotation, in lieu of hard disk drives (thumb drives, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAID was mentioned in some comments, so I'll mention it in my edit. I would seriously consider software RAID-1 for this application. You get a lot of benefit without a lot of complexity or potential for issues caused by the RAID system itself. RAID isn't backup, though, so don't consider it as such.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPS was also mentioned, and is a good idea. You don't have to spend serious amounts of money on it, but I would recommend getting one that has a data connection to allow for graceful shutdown of the server computer in the event of power failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't particularly see the processor in a server computer as having much to do w/ security. The particular processor your need should be based on the workload.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't mean to sound like I'm correcting you, but it's worth mentioning that you don't really want the &quot;most secure way&quot;. You've already mentioned a budget, for example. What you really want is configuration that provides a degree of security you're comfortable with, minimizes as many risks as possible, fits within your budget, and is not too cumbersome to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even if you don't use SSH tunnels in this application, since it was mentioned in comments I will throw my support behind it. You should know how to use SSH tunnels because they're just too handy not to know how to use." />
  <row Id="40581" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22814" RevisionGUID="55fcea3b-e124-4798-83b2-d001c31e3d31" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:19:58.787" UserId="1054" Comment="added 5 characters in body" Text="Let's say a MLC SSD has lasted a very long time and the first cell has hit its last erase cycle and refuses to erase.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What happens after that?  Does the controller detect that as a bad block and moves to the next one and tries to erase that instead?  Would the total capacity of the drive just slowly decrease over time?" />
  <row Id="40582" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22823" RevisionGUID="17136890-31fe-4018-95f2-c00740214f71" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:21:18.520" UserId="4172" Text="[Lightening Forums][1] are not free and not nearly as feature rich as Community Server, but are another option&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.lightningtools.com/lightning-storm-forums-for-sharepoint/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="40583" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22327" RevisionGUID="a23db508-ae5a-42fe-a01f-7e5b969bb290" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:21:59.843" UserId="1322" Comment="added 105 characters in body" Text="I don't have a `favicon.ico`. I noticed that many visitors repeatedly request it. Should I just put a blank GIF or ICO file?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for the input. But I have one question that no one answered: should I use an animated favicon?" />
  <row Id="40584" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22824" RevisionGUID="796652bc-3367-4de7-b1b2-af6053a6b577" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:23:09.373" UserId="8396" Text="For client systems a software firewall configured correctly *should* make your ports &quot;stealth&quot;  I just ran my personal box that is exposed to the internet against Sheilds Up and all my ports are listed as stealth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I configure a firewall I don't like to have closed ports passing information back through firewalls that an attacker could use to learn about my environment, but having *Open* ports that an attacker could exploit is much much worse." />
  <row Id="40585" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22825" RevisionGUID="f3ee9add-782d-436b-ba07-7e1640088fe9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:25:07.293" UserId="8576" Text="Here's a good compilation of vmware timekeeping articles that have helped me in the past: &#xD;&#xA;[http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/2009/02/new-timekeeping-articles.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/2009/02/new-timekeeping-articles.html" />
  <row Id="40586" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22826" RevisionGUID="6a22e1cd-f5e9-42f4-8ada-bc14794bff76" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:25:36.607" UserId="8897" Text="SSDs use something called &quot;wear leveling&quot;, where the drive keeps a statistic about sector usage and at some point or when it  detects problems it will move the sector to a reserve one, just like it happens with regular hard drives. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40587" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22827" RevisionGUID="fa0a5de8-ff47-40e6-b439-0b480ef0b647" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:30:05.817" UserId="8741" Text="Just like with hard disks, it's up to the implementation in the operating system. The controller would simply report that write (erase is actually a write operation) failed and it's up to the devide driver in operating system kernel to decide what to do. From what I've seen so far, Microsoft and Linux implementations simply return the error code to the calling application - so it produces I/O error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short: You simply get a &quot;broken&quot; device at some point.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40588" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22814" RevisionGUID="d4961fcc-935a-4dad-a9c8-fa6998466af3" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:30:22.167" UserId="3328" Comment="added 184 characters in body" Text="Let's say a MLC SSD has lasted a very long time and the first cell has hit its last erase cycle and refuses to erase.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What happens after that?  Does the controller detect that as a bad block and moves to the next one and tries to erase that instead?  Would the total capacity of the drive just slowly decrease over time?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And of course we can forget about wear leveling.  Yes it extends the life of a drive, but I am not talking about that.  Eventually a cell will hit its last erase cycle." />
  <row Id="40589" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22828" RevisionGUID="939d52a6-8e4c-4e26-bd40-c9a530df9d49" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:30:23.837" UserId="8901" Text="Can I stop a Gentoo &quot;emerge world&quot; to add a feature or use flag I forgot? If so, how much pain am I in for, and what steps would you recommend for safely getting the system back on its feet?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40590" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22828" RevisionGUID="939d52a6-8e4c-4e26-bd40-c9a530df9d49" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:30:23.837" UserId="8901" Text="Can I stop a Gentoo &quot;emerge world&quot; to add a feature or use flag I forgot?" />
  <row Id="40591" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22828" RevisionGUID="939d52a6-8e4c-4e26-bd40-c9a530df9d49" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:30:23.837" UserId="8901" Text="&lt;gentoo&gt;&lt;portage&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="40592" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22829" RevisionGUID="83787569-46fe-4b10-92d9-bd20b268b7e7" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:30:37.830" UserId="7936" Text="First of since your are talking about a home server and have strong budget constraints (nearly) forget about physical security. Place the box somewhere where your spouse/kid/pets can't reach it to not run into trouble when someone unplugs this thing just to get a place to plug the vacuum cleaner in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Label that plug so that it is absolutely clear!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Should I be using Linux? Which distro? How do I lock it down? I realize that this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; question can start myriad flame wars, but I just want some pointers on how to set&#xD;&#xA;&gt; up a secure server with those services running (and nothing else, under the assumption&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that more services = more security holes).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use the OS that you know how to secure. It's no good going with OpenBSD (which has a good security reputation) if you **don't know how to keep it secure**. The OS I'm most confident with is Debian so I'd use that, your knowledge may be with Windows, Plan9, Solaris. Use the OS you know best!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Define your requirements (you seem to have done so already - that's excellent), and think about wether you absolutely positively need that *uber-cool server hardware*. I don't think you actually do, rather spend the money on a **backup device for offline backups** or marketing (or porn).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Where can I get good information on setting up a VPN through that router? Should I be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; going through that apple router, or is there some 'gold standard secure' router I&#xD;&#xA;&gt; should be looking at?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd go with OpenVPN it is relatively easy to set up and forward that (and only that) port from your router to the box you use. Possibly add in some port knocking (I only know of linux solutions) - the screamers will now come and say security by obscurity and they are right, but given you have a budget I'd consider any cheap layer of security is worth it - hower with that route you'd need additional ports forwarded to the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make the needed services listen only on IPs/interfaces that are **not reachable without being connected by a VPN**. I'd guess the only services you need will be HTTPS (subversion and a bugtracker).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Configure OpenVPN to use **certificates secured with password and passwords for the users** (Yes that's possible). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Static IP (which means changing my ISP) or a dynamic IP? Is it possible to do these&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sorts of things with a dynamic IP, and if it is, how do I go about setting up the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server to be securely, remotely accessible via a dynamic IP?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No, don't throw out your money, use free services like dyndns (or whatever that's the only one coming to my mind). As you said you are a startup and paying monthly extra for a static IP won't do any good if you don't really need it - that is unless you want to run Email-Services on your server, then you'll not only need a static IP but make sure you do have control over your reverse DNS also. And also if changin to another ISP that provides static IP cheaper than your current: Go for it!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You *may* have short outages while the IP service is transitioning to the new IP but that should be doable, if it is too much you can later still switch to a static IP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; What kind of hardware should I be looking at? I was thinking about something along the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; lines of just a core2 duo processor (maybe i7?), regular hard drive, 4 gb RAM, and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that's about it, connected to some other backup drive, like a USB-attached hard drive&#xD;&#xA;&gt; attached to the system with cron jobs to do nightly backups to the second drive. Is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that reasonable?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd go with relatively cheap hardware one of Dells Tower Servers (the cheapest one you can find to be exact), the money you saved should be spent on a good support contract in case of a hardware failure and a dedicated backup system and probably a UPS that will at least have enough power to let you server shut down in a sane way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given you want to run a source code repo and a bug tracker I conclude you're developing locally and do checkins. Communicate in a formal way over the bugtracker so you and your business partner have something to blame against each other :). 99% percent of the time your server won't do anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to get some automated testing add in some RAM, you don't actually care if the build takes 5 minutes or 15 minutes with 2 developers, but you'll be driving nuts if the OpenVPN daemon/service get's killed because of RAM outages everytime your build is runnning.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22830" RevisionGUID="844bff47-4831-4daf-aeef-78af0a98932d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:37:40.700" UserId="4410" Text="I assume you have a Linux machine around. If you don't install one. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will time how much time does it take to pull 1000 pages from the server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    time for i in `seq 1000`; do wget http://127.0.0.1/~elcuco/test.php; done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, how about concurrent loads? There is a utility called &quot;apache benchmark&quot;, lets have a test:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ab -c 20 -n 100  http://127.0.0.1/~elcuco/test.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This pulls 100 pages, while keeping 20 concurrent downloads. Here is a real life demo, it's self explaining.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [elcuco@pinky ~]$ /usr/sbin/ab -c 20 -n 100 http://serverfault.com/questions/22785/stress-testing-a-hosted-iis-server&#xD;&#xA;    This is ApacheBench, Version 2.0.40-dev &lt;$Revision: 1.146 $&gt; apache-2.0&#xD;&#xA;    Copyright 1996 Adam Twiss, Zeus Technology Ltd, http://www.zeustech.net/&#xD;&#xA;    Copyright 2006 The Apache Software Foundation, http://www.apache.org/&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Benchmarking serverfault.com (be patient).....done&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Server Software:        Microsoft-IIS/7.0&#xD;&#xA;    Server Hostname:        serverfault.com&#xD;&#xA;    Server Port:            80&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Document Path:          /questions/22785/stress-testing-a-hosted-iis-server&#xD;&#xA;    Document Length:        30691 bytes&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Concurrency Level:      20&#xD;&#xA;    Time taken for tests:   19.642924 seconds&#xD;&#xA;    Complete requests:      100&#xD;&#xA;    Failed requests:        0&#xD;&#xA;    Write errors:           0&#xD;&#xA;    Total transferred:      3151576 bytes&#xD;&#xA;    HTML transferred:       3129271 bytes&#xD;&#xA;    Requests per second:    5.09 [#/sec] (mean)&#xD;&#xA;    Time per request:       3928.585 [ms] (mean)&#xD;&#xA;    Time per request:       196.429 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests)&#xD;&#xA;    Transfer rate:          156.65 [Kbytes/sec] received&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Connection Times (ms)&#xD;&#xA;                  min  mean[+/-sd] median   max&#xD;&#xA;    Connect:      266  480 506.2    397    3328&#xD;&#xA;    Processing:  1227 3236 1559.4   2963    9943&#xD;&#xA;    Waiting:      287  495 277.6    443    1836&#xD;&#xA;    Total:       1499 3716 1613.2   3433   10285&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Percentage of the requests served within a certain time (ms)&#xD;&#xA;      50%   3433&#xD;&#xA;      66%   4040&#xD;&#xA;      75%   4321&#xD;&#xA;      80%   4953&#xD;&#xA;      90%   6056&#xD;&#xA;      95%   6795&#xD;&#xA;      98%   9139&#xD;&#xA;      99%  10285&#xD;&#xA;     100%  10285 (longest request)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40594" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22831" RevisionGUID="f26367bd-fe57-48e7-bcef-13212c7118bd" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:39:01.853" UserId="7769" Text="BigBrother does the basics you seem to need if you're after test syste-based scripted solution. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This being said, what you describe is well withing default capabilities of SNMP agent, so maybe that's the direction you should consider. SNMP is very easy to use and the beauty is once you get SNMP agents sorted on the observed systems, it will be really easy to gather stats from as many systems as you like with literally one-liner commands. " />
  <row Id="40595" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22832" RevisionGUID="7002092b-52cd-4ac4-8702-04a00440882e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:39:05.300" UserId="6365" Text="Show drivers/modules in use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    lspci -v" />
  <row Id="40596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22833" RevisionGUID="a255a87a-1e79-49e9-87d6-2295fe1e2bc6" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:39:31.197" UserId="8242" Text="I am writing a shell script which makes calls to psql using 2 forms... one is by command (-c), the other is by file (-f).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;e.g. &#xD;&#xA;psql -c &quot;create table foo (bar integer)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;psql -f foobar.sql&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One difference between these forms is that a call by command (-c) returns a non-zero exit code if an error is encountered, while a call by file (-f) always seems to return zero.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm wondering if there is a workaround for this behaviour? (i.e. return non-zero if an error occurs while executing a file).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="40597" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22833" RevisionGUID="a255a87a-1e79-49e9-87d6-2295fe1e2bc6" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:39:31.197" UserId="8242" Text="Postgres: Non zero exit code when executing a sql file?" />
  <row Id="40598" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22833" RevisionGUID="a255a87a-1e79-49e9-87d6-2295fe1e2bc6" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:39:31.197" UserId="8242" Text="&lt;postgresql&gt;&lt;database&gt;&lt;psql&gt;&lt;sql&gt;" />
  <row Id="40599" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22834" RevisionGUID="445ff280-5d8f-41c2-802e-f7b175fadabb" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:40:16.000" UserId="6772" Text="It is perfectly safe...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but, when you change global USE flags. You may as well run a **`emerge -auDN world`**. That'll re-emerge anything that was built with different flags than what you have now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When that is finished, it is also often a good idea to do a **`revdep-rebuild`** (from `gentoolkit` to ensure that libraries are in good shape.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, when all this is done, you can optionally do a **`emerge -pv --depclean`** to remove any packages which are no longer required." />
  <row Id="40600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22835" RevisionGUID="f14f2a9d-9428-4dff-97d2-30b4175ca378" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:42:50.190" UserId="4840" Text="First you perform one of the options listed in [splattne's][1] answer and then you turn the drive into an approved electronic waste facility.  Don't throw it in the trash, bury it in the yard, deep six it, or anything else.  I have a bucket of them in the garage that have been sanitized and are awaiting drop off at the next free e-waste recycling event, along with some CRT monitors.  If they only accept &quot;whole&quot; computer cases, then open one up and fill it with the sanitized drives, they never look inside.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course I have heard that some of this stuff winds up in shipping containers destined for a poor African country where kids throw it into piles of burning tires and collect the slag metal after all the plastic has burned away, and then they sell it for ten cents a pound.  Hopefully this other end of the &quot;recycling&quot; process will improve someday.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/users/45/splattne" />
  <row Id="40601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22836" RevisionGUID="e1d7354c-1b38-4ea0-9b20-eb98494317d0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:45:57.253" UserId="2669" Text="The NAND flash chips have some built-in mechanisms to detect failures on write and erase operations, and will alert the controller if one fails.  In this case, the controller can either try again, or treat that block as bad and map it out of its wear-leveling algorithm.  Each page in the NAND device also has a *spare area* alongside the main data area, which is intended for metadata such as ECC and other forms of fault detection and tolerance.  The controller can decide on its own fault tolerance scheme using the spare area.  [Hamming Codes][1] are one common scheme, though there are several, including simple [parity bits][2] and [Reed-Solomon codes][3].  If things don't match up on a read operation, again, the controller is free to do as it pleases.  Ideally, it would also map these blocks out of the wear leveling algorithm, and you would just lose capacity little by little until &quot;too many&quot; blocks fail, where &quot;too many&quot; depends on the algorithms and hardware structure sizes within the controller.  Many first-cut controller designs simply declare an error to the operating system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that this is not an MLC-specific issue; though MLC cells may be more prone to a read error, since there is necessarily a smaller margin for error, SLC cells fail with mostly the same mechanisms, and can be dealt with by the controller in the same way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamming_code&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parity_bit&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed-Solomon" />
  <row Id="40602" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22837" RevisionGUID="9a5c4a88-a906-45e7-b16b-7e097c4c9257" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:47:00.307" UserId="2561" Text="You probably want something that will log file system events with [inotify][1].  Maybe something like [logsend][2].  Also see [inotify-tools][3]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-inotify.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://logsend.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://inotify-tools.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="40603" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22838" RevisionGUID="7213bc3c-26b9-4b84-8b18-4e4a56d6cef7" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:51:06.400" UserId="8242" Text="I found out how to resolve this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to enable `ON_ERROR_STOP` at the top of the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    \set ON_ERROR_STOP true" />
  <row Id="40605" PostHistoryTypeId="18" PostId="3970" RevisionGUID="8ed1fd71-cf89-4167-8e93-78a43e9b2381" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:54:49.543" UserId="1803" Comment="Merged question 'What tools are you using to do the documentation?' by kentchen" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="40606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22839" RevisionGUID="cbc114e2-e4a0-4d1c-87ba-fbe9aad10ffb" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:57:26.543" UserId="5749" Text="I once worked at a Medical Device Manufacturer who sold PCMCIA Hard-drives for storage of ECG data.  Occassionally a defective drive would come back with patient data.  We found that if you slapped the drive down hard enough on a work bench,  the glass platters would shatter with a satisfying crash, and if you opened the case, the platter came out as a powder. Our compliance department decided that this would meet HIPAA requirements." />
  <row Id="40607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22840" RevisionGUID="de209430-ae6e-41f0-9713-70643046a9e9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:58:01.517" UserDisplayName="Bryce Wagner" Text="We want to install SQL Server on a legacy machine which is running Oracle.  Is there any reason why they cannot coexist on the same machine?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40608" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22840" RevisionGUID="de209430-ae6e-41f0-9713-70643046a9e9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:58:01.517" UserDisplayName="Bryce Wagner" Text="Can Oracle and SQL Server exist on the same server?" />
  <row Id="40609" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22840" RevisionGUID="de209430-ae6e-41f0-9713-70643046a9e9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:58:01.517" UserDisplayName="Bryce Wagner" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="40610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22841" RevisionGUID="6c24b239-6a1b-437e-97c9-d373963549ef" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:48:26.427" Text="&lt;p&gt;What is the best way to backup data on content servers? For example, i have 15 servers that just have content, no apps running on it. Each server have 250 GB hard drive. So, its pretty big amount of data. All the data have external access (via http). &#xA;So, the question is: what methodology is best in my case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most useful method i know is cross-backup: when each server contains its own data and backup of one other server. But, there is significant reduction in total capacity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;RAID ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40611" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22841" RevisionGUID="6c24b239-6a1b-437e-97c9-d373963549ef" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:48:26.427" Text="Content server backups" />
  <row Id="40612" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22841" RevisionGUID="6c24b239-6a1b-437e-97c9-d373963549ef" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:48:26.427" Text="&lt;system-administration&gt;&lt;backups&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="40613" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22842" RevisionGUID="2dc3b152-77fc-48ee-83d6-2f7e5cec4900" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:59:29.923" UserId="658" Text="[Travel back to 1999 versions][1], and it seems they can co-exist.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[The same question and answer came up in 2001][2]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The same might be true with the modern versions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would say: go for it! Perhaps **spin up a new virtual machine**, install both applications with the versions that you are interested in, and see how well they play together. Good luck!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.databasejournal.com/showthread.php?t=8276&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/14062/can-i-run-sql-server-on-the-same-machine-as-oracle-exchange-etc.html" />
  <row Id="40614" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10557" RevisionGUID="10c0fb82-9316-413c-ae2f-e6fa5e2a46bc" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:00:40.093" UserId="1936" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sqlservermanagementstudio&gt;&lt;agent&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;ssis&gt;" />
  <row Id="40615" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22843" RevisionGUID="81157431-68af-4984-948b-55a301406363" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:01:37.737" UserId="7324" Text="The &quot;quick&quot; answer is yes as long as there are sufficient resources for all services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are no known compatibility problems with running SQL alongside any other Microsoft or 3rd party products... database or otherwise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I don't really recommend it but I am assuming you have a good reason to do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said... yes you can. :-)" />
  <row Id="40616" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22844" RevisionGUID="934a8967-2133-4641-9217-6d7a9daf032d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:02:10.650" UserId="1054" Text="Yes, they can.  The only issues I've ever seen with Oracle and SQL server not playing nicely with each other was when trying to set up linked servers to Oracle in 64-bit SQL." />
  <row Id="40617" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22845" RevisionGUID="c66648ef-b9c0-4c59-8ff8-2905be7f9e4d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:02:13.320" UserId="1996" Text="Raid will only provide you with backups in case of hardware failure. What you need is backup software to make a duplicate copy of all content on another server, preferably in a different geographic location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd buy a backup server with a few 1TB drives and backup everything to the backup server." />
  <row Id="40618" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22845" RevisionGUID="c66648ef-b9c0-4c59-8ff8-2905be7f9e4d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:02:13.320" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40619" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22846" RevisionGUID="bb7eb3bd-72dd-435b-95ea-43025872bb1d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:02:46.080" UserId="8199" Text="I would hardware RAID mirror the drives. This would save you some performance from backing up from server to server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What kind of data? Database? regular files? Do you need it to be a live sync?" />
  <row Id="40620" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22846" RevisionGUID="bb7eb3bd-72dd-435b-95ea-43025872bb1d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:02:46.080" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22847" RevisionGUID="6bc0eae8-a9ce-4a69-85c4-d35c52b57e57" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:03:31.740" UserId="5391" Text="We use SharePoint (MOSS 2007) for storing all of our internal documents, and it works great as a document management system.  One of the problems we have though is using the Wiki feature of SharePoint.  For the most part, it is lacking the general features that make using a Wiki worthwhile.  As a result, we have had several departments just setup ad-hoc MediaWiki servers instead of using SharePoint's built-in functionality.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any third-party add-ons to SharePoint to replace or improve the Wiki?  What will SharePoint 2010 bring form improvements in this area?" />
  <row Id="40622" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22847" RevisionGUID="6bc0eae8-a9ce-4a69-85c4-d35c52b57e57" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:03:31.740" UserId="5391" Text="Improved SharePoint Wiki" />
  <row Id="40623" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22847" RevisionGUID="6bc0eae8-a9ce-4a69-85c4-d35c52b57e57" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:03:31.740" UserId="5391" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;wiki&gt;" />
  <row Id="40624" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22848" RevisionGUID="d6b38ba1-52c1-4a50-bfba-d5e2a9b51550" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:03:39.790" UserId="8916" Text="For 2008, Vista, XP and 2003 you could use the Windows remote event log subscription service. This is a native function of Vista and 2008. For 2003 and XPs you need specific service packs. Windows use RMI to collect event logs from remote systems much similar to syslogs but in a more secure fashion. You could also use group policy to make all servers forward events to a single 2K8,Vista or 2003 server. You can also setup notifications/alerts within event viewer." />
  <row Id="40625" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22196" RevisionGUID="58cf0fc6-1e75-4aeb-a5d2-c7f6c3a5b098" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:03:43.613" UserId="8774" Comment="added 10369 characters in body" Text="I am attempting to migrate data from an &lt;i&gt;Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) 2002&lt;/i&gt; instance into a new &lt;i&gt;Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server (MOSS) 2007&lt;/i&gt; installation using the &lt;b&gt;Manage Microsoft Content Management Server Migration Profiles&lt;/b&gt; tool in the &lt;b&gt;Operations&lt;/b&gt; space of &lt;b&gt;MOSS Central Administration&lt;/b&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When analyzing the profile, I receive 4 warnings, all of which may be safely ignored, but when I actually execute the migration profile, I get the same warnings and an additional error with a description of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Line 6: Incorrect syntax near ';'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have seen this error numerous times when mucking about in SQL Server and recognize it as a Transact SQL error message, but can't find the actual SQL statement that is being executed so that I may determine the source of the error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;EDIT:&lt;/b&gt; After enabling verbose logging on the &lt;i&gt;MCMS 2002 Migration&lt;/i&gt; category, and poring through the &lt;i&gt;Unified Logging Service (ULS)&lt;/i&gt; logs, I received a more complete stack trace at the point of the error, and a couple more anomalies listed below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;Anomalies:&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;The following is an abbreviated listing from the ULS logs around the time of the pre-migration analysis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    01 MCMS 2002 Migration   Verbose  Start ConnectionCheck&#xD;&#xA;    02 MCMS 2002 Migration   Verbose  End ConnectionCheck&#xD;&#xA;    03 MCMS 2002 Migration   Verbose  Start DatabaseCheck&#xD;&#xA;    04 MCMS 2002 Migration   High     Extra table SiteDeployLock will not be migrated&#xD;&#xA;    05 MCMS 2002 Migration   High     Analysis: Extra index PK__SiteDeployLock__05D8E0BE&#xD;&#xA;    06 MCMS 2002 Migration   Verbose  End DatabaseCheck&#xD;&#xA;    07 MCMS 2002 Migration   Medium   Pre-migration analysis: RootCheckTask is skipped because database check is blocked.&#xD;&#xA;    08 MCMS 2002 Migration   Medium   Pre-migration analysis: RightsGroupNameCheckTask is skipped because database check is blocked.&#xD;&#xA;    09 MCMS 2002 Migration   Medium   Pre-migration analysis: InvalidNameCheckTask is skipped because database check is blocked.&#xD;&#xA;    10 MCMS 2002 Migration   Medium   Pre-migration analysis: LeafNameCheckTask is skipped because database check is blocked.&#xD;&#xA;    11 MCMS 2002 Migration   Medium   Pre-migration analysis: LeafLengthCheckTask is skipped because database check is blocked.&#xD;&#xA;    12 MCMS 2002 Migration   Medium   Pre-migration analysis: TemplateNameCheckTask is skipped because database check is blocked.&#xD;&#xA;    13 MCMS 2002 Migration   Medium   Pre-migration analysis: TemplateCollisionCheckTask is skipped because database check is blocked.&#xD;&#xA;    14 MCMS 2002 Migration   Medium   Pre-migration analysis: PlaceholderCheckTask is skipped because database check is blocked.&#xD;&#xA;    15 MCMS 2002 Migration   Medium   Pre-migration analysis: CheckedOutItemsCheckTask is skipped because database check is blocked.&#xD;&#xA;    16 MCMS 2002 Migration   Medium   Pre-migration analysis: SubmittedItemsCheckTask is skipped because database check is blocked.&#xD;&#xA;    17 MCMS 2002 Migration   Medium   Pre-migration analysis: DeletedItemsCheckTask is skipped because database check is blocked.&#xD;&#xA;    18 MCMS 2002 Migration   Medium   Pre-migration analysis: UserCheckTask is skipped because database check is blocked.&#xD;&#xA;    19 MCMS 2002 Migration   Medium   Pre-migration analysis: FileSizeCheckTask is skipped because database check is blocked.&#xD;&#xA;    20 MCMS 2002 Migration   Medium   Pre-migration analysis: HostHeaderMapCheckTask is skipped because database check is blocked.&#xD;&#xA;    21 MCMS 2002 Migration   Verbose  Start Server check&#xD;&#xA;    22 MCMS 2002 Migration   Verbose  End Server check&#xD;&#xA;    23 MCMS 2002 Migration   Verbose  Start Server emptyness check&#xD;&#xA;    24 MCMS 2002 Migration   Verbose  End Server emptyness check&#xD;&#xA;    25 MCMS 2002 Migration   Medium   PreMigrationAnalyzer: Dry run starts&#xD;&#xA;    26 MCMS 2002 Migration   Verbose  CleanLockProcedure: start.&#xD;&#xA;    27 MCMS 2002 Migration   High     CleanLockProcedure: connection system lock is null&#xD;&#xA;    28 MCMS 2002 Migration   Verbose  Finished all tasks&#xD;&#xA;    29 MCMS 2002 Migration   High     PreMigrationAnalyzer ends with True&#xD;&#xA;    30 MCMS 2002 Migration   Verbose  Migration profile status is changed to AnalysisPassed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically, the two &lt;i&gt;High&lt;/i&gt; level alerts on lines 4 and 5 are reflected in the migration report as warnings when running Pre-migration Analysis or running the migration profile.  In addition, two other warnings appear in the migration report indicating two tables containing data (`LayoutProperty` and `NodeLayout`) that should be empty.  According to the documentation, warnings are not sufficient cause to stop migration from occurring.  Other anomalies are on lines 7-20 indicating a series of tests that are `skipped because database check is blocked.`  The ULS doesn't give any additional warnings to indicate that the database check was blocked or exited in exceptional circumstances.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After switching the profile from &lt;i&gt;pre-migration analysis&lt;/i&gt; to &lt;i&gt;exporting&lt;/i&gt;, there is one medium level warning that `LastChangeTime is not set or incorrect. (null)`.  As with all the skipped test names and SQL table names from the warnings, the major search engines are unable (with the exception of `LayoutProperty`) to find any reference to these objects or tests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, the section of the log indicating the actual live migration attempt is appended below:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    01 MCMS 2002 Migration  Medium   LastChangeTime is not set or incorrect. (null)&#xD;&#xA;    02 MCMS 2002 Migration  Verbose  Set export lock&#xD;&#xA;    03 MCMS 2002 Migration  Verbose  CleanLockProcedure: start.&#xD;&#xA;    04 MCMS 2002 Migration  Verbose  CleanLockProcedure: end.&#xD;&#xA;    05 MCMS 2002 Migration  Verbose  Prepare for export&#xD;&#xA;    06 MCMS 2002 Migration  Verbose  Open connection...&#xD;&#xA;    07 MCMS 2002 Migration  Verbose  Create temporary stored procedures&#xD;&#xA;    08 MCMS 2002 Migration  Verbose  Create temporary tables...&#xD;&#xA;    09 MCMS 2002 Migration  Verbose  Initialize temporary tables...&#xD;&#xA;    10 MCMS 2002 Migration  Verbose  InitializeTemporaryTables: start&#xD;&#xA;    11 MCMS 2002 Migration  Verbose  Initialize export table...&#xD;&#xA;    12 MCMS 2002 Migration  Verbose  InitializeExportTable: start&#xD;&#xA;    13 MCMS 2002 Migration  Verbose  CleanLockProcedure: start.&#xD;&#xA;    14 MCMS 2002 Migration  Verbose  CleanLockProcedure: end.&#xD;&#xA;    15 MCMS 2002 Migration  High     Migration throws exception: Line 6: Incorrect syntax near ';'.. Stacktrace:    at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection)     at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning(TdsParserStateObject stateObj)     at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Run(RunBehavior runBehavior, SqlCommand cmdHandler, SqlDataReader dataStream, BulkCopySimpleResultSet bulkCopyHandler, TdsParserStateObject stateObj)     at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteNonQueryTds(String methodName, Boolean async)     at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.InternalExecuteNonQuery(DbAsyncResult result, String methodName, Boolean sendToPipe)     at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Internal.Administration...&#xD;&#xA;    16 MCMS 2002 Migration  High     ....MigrationBatchCommand.ExecuteImmediate(String command)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Internal.Administration.MigrationBatchCommand.ExecuteWaitingCommands()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Internal.Administration.MigrationDBSerializer.SerializeSelectedExportObject(StringCollection objectAttribs)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Internal.Administration.MigrationDataAccess.InitializeExportTable(ScopeType scopeType)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Internal.Administration.MigrationDataAccess.InitializeTemporaryTables(DateTime lastChangeTime)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Internal.Administration.MigrationDataAccess.InitializeDatabase(DateTime lastChangeTime, Boolean isAnalysis, SqlConnection connection)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Internal.Admin...&#xD;&#xA;    17 MCMS 2002 Migration  High     ...stration.MigrationDataAccess.InitializeDatabase(DateTime lastChangeTime, Boolean isAnalysis)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Administration.ContentMigration.Export(MigrationDataAccess dataAccess)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Administration.ContentMigration.MigrateInternal().&#xD;&#xA;    18 MCMS 2002 Migration  Verbose  MigrationProfile: GetInstance. Start.&#xD;&#xA;    19 MCMS 2002 Migration  Verbose  MigrationProfile: GetInstance. End.&#xD;&#xA;    20 MCMS 2002 Migration  Verbose  Migration profile status is changed to Failed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The stack trace of the failed parsing of the SQL command appear on lines 15-17.  A cleaner version of the stack trace is appended below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;Full Stack Trace:&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;Migration throws exception: Line 6: Incorrect syntax near ';'..&#xD;&#xA;  at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception,&#xD;&#xA;     Boolean breakConnection)&#xD;&#xA;  at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning(&#xD;&#xA;     TdsParserStateObject stateObj)&#xD;&#xA;  at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Run(RunBehavior runBehavior,&#xD;&#xA;     SqlCommand cmdHandler, SqlDataReader dataStream, BulkCopySimpleResultSet&#xD;&#xA;     bulkCopyHandler, TdsParserStateObject stateObj)&#xD;&#xA;  at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteNonQueryTds(String methodName,&#xD;&#xA;     Boolean async)&#xD;&#xA;  at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.InternalExecuteNonQuery(DbAsyncResult result,&#xD;&#xA;     String methodName, Boolean sendToPipe)&#xD;&#xA;  at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()&#xD;&#xA;  at Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Internal.Administration.MigrationBatchCommand&#xD;&#xA;     .ExecuteImmediate(String command)&#xD;&#xA;  at Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Internal.Administration.MigrationBatchCommand&#xD;&#xA;     .ExecuteWaitingCommands()&#xD;&#xA;  at Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Internal.Administration.MigrationDBSerializer&#xD;&#xA;     .SerializeSelectedExportObject(StringCollection objectAttribs)&#xD;&#xA;  at Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Internal.Administration.MigrationDataAccess&#xD;&#xA;     .InitializeExportTable(ScopeType scopeType)&#xD;&#xA;  at Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Internal.Administration.MigrationDataAccess&#xD;&#xA;     .InitializeTemporaryTables(DateTime lastChangeTime)&#xD;&#xA;  at Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Internal.Administration.MigrationDataAccess&#xD;&#xA;     .InitializeDatabase(DateTime lastChangeTime, Boolean isAnalysis,&#xD;&#xA;     SqlConnection connection)&#xD;&#xA;  at Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Internal.Administration.MigrationDataAccess&#xD;&#xA;     .InitializeDatabase(DateTime lastChangeTime, Boolean isAnalysis)&#xD;&#xA;  at Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Administration.ContentMigration.Export&#xD;&#xA;     (MigrationDataAccess dataAccess)&#xD;&#xA;  at Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Administration.ContentMigration&#xD;&#xA;     .MigrateInternal().&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;None of this log information indicates the SQL command that is failing a parser check.  I've checked the SQL servers hosting the source and destination databases for a trace of the query, but neither seems to have triggered the parse failure condition.  That appears to have happened on the SharePoint server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any other locations I should investigate that might tell me where to find the source of the error?" />
  <row Id="40626" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22849" RevisionGUID="bc2e0a77-83ec-421b-82cc-d2e30bddf33e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:03:58.667" UserId="7200" Text="RAID isn't a backup. Say it with me, and repeat it to yourself again and again. RAID protects you from equipment failure, but not disaster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whatever you do, having a backup kept offline is essential. If someone can maliciously or accidentally trash all your backups, because they're all online and accessible via the network, your backups weren't really backups. (Read up on what happend to &quot;avsim.com&quot; when they got hacked if you want to see what I'm talking about.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40627" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22849" RevisionGUID="bc2e0a77-83ec-421b-82cc-d2e30bddf33e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:03:58.667" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22850" RevisionGUID="3e7608d9-9edd-424d-9842-23f939c3d1ec" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:04:23.113" UserId="822" Text="Back in 1999 we had SQL Server 7 and Oracle (10?) happily co-habiting on a development box. Can't imagine life has changed much since then." />
  <row Id="40629" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22851" RevisionGUID="87ae8284-0852-4929-b758-a2060fe43e1d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:05:00.223" UserId="7324" Text="Took this answer from a previous question about backups as I believe it still applies here (FYI it was my answer, not someone elses):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on how much you need to back up I would recommend the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.JungleDisk / Amazon S3 - Works VERY well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.RSYNC to a remote machine also works very well. CRON job every XX hours.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We back up almost a TB of data to Amazon's S3 cloud and have a &quot;warm standby&quot; at our colo backing up from the master several times a day (via rsync). The cost for transfer/storage on Amazon S3 is extremely cheap. (ie. cheaper than burning to a DVD but not cheaper than backing up to HDD. I know some folks who simply plug in a 1TB UDB &quot;My Book&quot; or something into the server and back it up weekly/monthly. Depending on your needs one or two of those might be the cheapest solution for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now that's just talking about DATA backups... not backing up the server itself...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on your needs, Norton Ghost or even Acronis (http://www.acronis.com) might be of help to you. Things like Norton Ghost tend to rely on your ability to be able to actually turn OFF the computer to make the backup. Some of us don't have that luxury but if YOU do then Norton Ghost is a VERY good product.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40630" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22851" RevisionGUID="87ae8284-0852-4929-b758-a2060fe43e1d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:05:00.223" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40631" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22841" RevisionGUID="4178553e-8d57-486a-8cec-c10b7bab6103" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:06:05.387" UserId="1803" Comment="added 6 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;What is the best way to backup data on content servers? For example, i have 15 servers that just have content, no apps running on it. Each server have 250 GB hard drive. So, its pretty big amount of data. All the data have external access (via http). &#xD;&#xA;So, the question is: what methodology is best in my case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most useful method i know is cross-backup: when each server contains its own data and backup of one other server. But, there is significant reduction in total capacity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;RAID ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40632" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="22841" RevisionGUID="4178553e-8d57-486a-8cec-c10b7bab6103" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:06:05.387" UserId="1803" Comment="added 6 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;system-administration&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="40633" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="13099" RevisionGUID="126da25f-6100-4440-9c39-6b3f9c10fd90" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:06:34.620" UserId="1803" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;dba&gt;&lt;transaction-log&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="40634" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22842" RevisionGUID="9212aac8-79f5-49e4-9925-14948d93b85d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:06:43.950" UserId="658" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="[Travel back to 1999 versions][1], and it seems they can co-exist.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[The same question and answer came up in 2001][2]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The same might be true with the modern versions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would say: go for it! Perhaps **create a new virtual machine**, install both applications with the versions that you are interested in, and see how well they play together. Good luck!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.databasejournal.com/showthread.php?t=8276&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/14062/can-i-run-sql-server-on-the-same-machine-as-oracle-exchange-etc.html" />
  <row Id="40635" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22852" RevisionGUID="7d290391-d6e1-4119-8ef3-beb485bdaffe" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:06:55.917" UserId="3510" Text="RAID should not be used as a backup solution. I'd get external drives or setup a backup server with something like BackupPC and then rotate the disks and store at least one copy off-site. " />
  <row Id="40636" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22852" RevisionGUID="7d290391-d6e1-4119-8ef3-beb485bdaffe" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:06:55.917" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40637" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9347" RevisionGUID="91e8277b-43dd-449a-bcf3-935a1d00a45d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:07:03.810" UserId="1803" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;offsite&gt;" />
  <row Id="40642" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22846" RevisionGUID="13c37772-c0b7-4c80-9273-0b15d31ab221" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:07:49.720" UserId="8199" Comment="added 443 characters in body" Text="I would hardware RAID mirror the drives. This would save you some performance from backing up from server to server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What kind of data? Database? regular files? Do you need it to be a live sync?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some backup solutions will allow restores to any point in the case of a database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're also getting into the triangle of cost, quality, speed. Sacrifice one to get the other two.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cost in this case is money.&#xD;&#xA;Quality is the detail of the backup. (more points to restore, off site value)&#xD;&#xA;and Speed is the performance you gain or lose with different solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Figuring out what is more important can help you decide on a solution." />
  <row Id="40644" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22854" RevisionGUID="cb35d989-3e6d-45ec-8b28-c3c2dbddc602" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:09:23.337" UserId="4535" Text="I highly recommend reading &quot;[Dead Linux Machines Do Tell Tales][1]&quot;, an article by The SANS Institute. It's from 2003, but the information is still valuable today.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.gnist.org/download/crack/SANS-DeadLinuxMachinesDoTellTales.pdf" />
  <row Id="40645" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="9390" RevisionGUID="3bb94cd6-fbd0-4f89-a37b-e0f0a5285be0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:10:27.983" UserId="1803" Comment="Clean out the home bits" Text="Should I build my own or buy a cheap NAS?" />
  <row Id="40646" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="9390" RevisionGUID="3bb94cd6-fbd0-4f89-a37b-e0f0a5285be0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:10:27.983" UserId="1803" Comment="Clean out the home bits" Text="&lt;nas&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;bsd&gt;&lt;cheap&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="40647" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22855" RevisionGUID="95e519eb-cf9f-4eb6-b44b-b40011c6c5c2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:11:00.463" UserId="822" Text="If you're willing to part with hard cash, we use [R1Soft CDP][1] across our platform. It's pretty good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.r1soft.com/" />
  <row Id="40648" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22855" RevisionGUID="95e519eb-cf9f-4eb6-b44b-b40011c6c5c2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:11:00.463" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22856" RevisionGUID="32a7a3c9-9713-474b-b4ba-0f8f3e01b16a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:11:13.410" UserId="4392" Text="RAID is not backup&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now that that's out of the way, if you have 15 servers which only hold content, and each one is 250GB, it's time to ask yourself some questions&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**0)** Should the data be centralized&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you just happen to like managing the storage on 15 machines, you should probably shoot for pooled, managed storage. This does come with a cost, though, Storage is cheap. &lt;i&gt;Managed&lt;/i&gt; storage is expensive. If you don't want to (or can't) manage it centrally, then you need a tape solution. The cheapest solution would be one server with a large amount of disks (in a RAID configuration) attached to a pretty large tape changer (ideally, since you don't want to manually change tapes every day, I assume). You could also get 15 tape drives and attach each one to a server, but that's dumb. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**1)** What is your data retention policy? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In other words, are you going to keep the data forever, or for a limited period of time&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**2)** What is your size delta? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How much does your data change per day? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**3)** Where are you going to put it? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;15*250=a lot of data, as you mentioned. You've got to figure out where you're going to put it. If you want it to be &quot;live&quot;, you've got to get a storage array of some sort. If you want to back it up to tape, you're going to need a tape changer attached to a server with some big storage. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**4)** How much of the data is a copy of the other servers? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you centralized the storage, you have the opportunity to invest in a storage array that has &quot;data deduplication&quot;, which saves tons and tons (and tons) of space. Essentially, if a file over here has the same data as a file over there, the data is only stored once, and a token is stored instead in each place which is smaller than the original data. Solutions that provide this are expensive, though. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please tell us more about the current network topology, data characteristics, server specifics, and whatever else you can. " />
  <row Id="40650" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22856" RevisionGUID="32a7a3c9-9713-474b-b4ba-0f8f3e01b16a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:11:13.410" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22857" RevisionGUID="3b76e5ec-2635-4d93-8808-c6ad6f312445" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:11:46.000" UserId="7261" Text=" - Application Center Test (ACT) if you have Visual Studio&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Web Stress tool and if you want something non-microsoft, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [ANTS][1] from Red-gate has done well for us in the past. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [NUnitASP][2] if you want something free&#xD;&#xA; which will fire HTTP requests at a website.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  All of these allow you to built scripts that will fire requests at a web server to see the response time. I like ACT because its runner shows an instananeous readout of requests/second as the script runs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.red-gate.com/products/ants_performance_profiler/reviews/performance_support.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://nunitasp.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="40652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22858" RevisionGUID="556bee00-ff71-4ff3-a270-f04641cb8bbe" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:12:35.310" UserId="8199" Text="I don't see anything in the press or on MS's site for improved wiki in the upcoming version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Google result showed several add-ons. Here is one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.kwizcom.com/ProductPage.asp?ProductID=524&amp;ProductSubNodeID=525&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40653" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22847" RevisionGUID="5a523400-9475-4b2a-b568-2e9036aced7b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:13:29.770" UserId="5391" Comment="typo" Text="We use SharePoint (MOSS 2007) for storing all of our internal documents, and it works great as a document management system.  One of the problems we have though is using the Wiki feature of SharePoint.  For the most part, it is lacking the general features that make using a Wiki worthwhile.  As a result, we have had several departments just setup ad-hoc MediaWiki servers instead of using SharePoint's built-in functionality.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any third-party add-ons to SharePoint to replace or improve the Wiki?  What will SharePoint 2010 bring for improvements in this area?" />
  <row Id="40654" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22859" RevisionGUID="a4872070-b880-4f79-8e40-fa2b4818d07f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:14:26.117" UserId="8137" Text="I third the opinion of thrid party Spam filtering. We Really like: http://www.mxlogic.com/ It remove Spam way better than GFI, doesn't use andy server resources, makes your email servers more secure(follow Leroyclark's suggestion), and you won't have issue with licensing issues crashing your exchange server." />
  <row Id="40655" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22860" RevisionGUID="3a901b0f-6749-4de4-818c-d581fc475857" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:21:23.453" UserId="7936" Text="Zabbix provides very few scripts out of the box, check out the documentation on &quot;[16.2.2.MySQL][1]&quot; for a few examples.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for apache I'm afraid you'll have to come up with your own scripts to get it right. Personally I'd reconsider Zabbix (we are dropping it right now after some evaluation) and use a combination of munin (or cacti) and [icinga][2] (well [Nagios][3] since icinga isn't quite ready yet) with IDOUtils (NDOUtils in Nagios)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.zabbix.com/downloads/ZABBIX%20Manual%20v1.4.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.icinga.org&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.nagios.org" />
  <row Id="40657" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22856" RevisionGUID="48feaf08-6f3e-4d63-9035-44b518e25902" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:26:54.597" UserId="4392" Comment="added accounting reference" Text="RAID is not backup&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now that that's out of the way, if you have 15 servers which only hold content, and each one is 250GB, it's time to ask yourself some questions&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**0)** Should the data be centralized&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you just happen to like managing the storage on 15 machines, you should probably shoot for pooled, managed storage. This does come with a cost, though, Storage is cheap. &lt;i&gt;Managed&lt;/i&gt; storage is expensive. If you don't want to (or can't) manage it centrally, then you need a tape solution. The cheapest solution would be one server with a large amount of disks (in a RAID configuration) attached to a pretty large tape changer (ideally, since you don't want to manually change tapes every day, I assume). You could also get 15 tape drives and attach each one to a server, but that's dumb. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**1)** What is your data retention policy? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In other words, are you going to keep the data forever, or for a limited period of time&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**2)** What is your size delta? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How much does your data change per day? That needs to be factored into your future storage plans. Equipment purchases are not just IT related. Accounting needs to be factored in. If you depreciate your purchases over 3 years, you need to purchase storage that will last you 3 years. Do the math or pay the price later. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**3)** Where are you going to put it? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;15*250=a lot of data, as you mentioned. You've got to figure out where you're going to put it. If you want it to be &quot;live&quot;, you've got to get a storage array of some sort. If you want to back it up to tape, you're going to need a tape changer attached to a server with some big storage. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**4)** How much of the data is a copy of the other servers? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you centralized the storage, you have the opportunity to invest in a storage array that has &quot;data deduplication&quot;, which saves tons and tons (and tons) of space. Essentially, if a file over here has the same data as a file over there, the data is only stored once, and a token is stored instead in each place which is smaller than the original data. Solutions that provide this are expensive, though. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please tell us more about the current network topology, data characteristics, server specifics, and whatever else you can. " />
  <row Id="40658" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22846" RevisionGUID="ea140cab-b7fd-4fcc-95a6-ad6690c819f1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:30:44.417" UserId="8199" Comment="edit to remove unpopular suggestion" Text="What kind of data? Database? regular files? Do you need it to be a live sync?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some backup solutions will allow restores to any point in the case of a database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're also getting into the triangle of cost, quality, speed. Sacrifice one to get the other two.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cost in this case is money.&#xD;&#xA;Quality is the detail of the backup. (more points to restore, off site value)&#xD;&#xA;and Speed is the performance you gain or lose with different solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Figuring out what is more important can help you decide on a solution." />
  <row Id="40660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22862" RevisionGUID="75a5f7f8-e6b0-464a-819f-5e8fd5d25580" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:31:57.283" UserId="5989" Text="I've recently begun using KVM for my development/test environment on a Linux host system with 8G memory. Prior, I was using VMware Fusion for my virtual environment, but my Macbook only has 2G memory. I tried VMware Server and ESX on the host instead of KVM, but the webUI doesn't run on Mac OSX's Firefox, and we're going to be doing more with KVM anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main feature of VMware I miss is robust snapshot/rollback, but I'm missing this in KVM. I understand the snapshot command, but it shuts down the guest OS when complete, and then copying the disk image to preserve its state is cumbersome. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this really the best way to manage snapshots on KVM? " />
  <row Id="40661" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22862" RevisionGUID="75a5f7f8-e6b0-464a-819f-5e8fd5d25580" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:31:57.283" UserId="5989" Text="Snapshot/rollback for libvirt+KVM?" />
  <row Id="40662" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22862" RevisionGUID="75a5f7f8-e6b0-464a-819f-5e8fd5d25580" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:31:57.283" UserId="5989" Text="&lt;kvm&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;snapshot&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="40663" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22863" RevisionGUID="90944244-4bdf-47fc-8455-5d6c09e467a7" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:32:28.860" UserId="1674" Text="I have Exchange SCR all setup and working.  Until my cluster failed over to the backup node.  Now the replication won't run and when I try and query for the replication status using either the UI or the CLI I get the following.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Get-StorageGroupCopyStatus : Microsoft Exchange Replication service RPC failed&#xD;&#xA;    : Microsoft.Exchange.Rpc.RpcException: Error e0434f4d from cli_GetCopyStatusEx&#xD;&#xA;       at Microsoft.Exchange.Rpc.Cluster.ReplayRpcClient.GetCopyStatusEx(Guid[] sgG&#xD;&#xA;    uids, RpcStorageGroupCopyStatus[]&amp; sgStatuses)&#xD;&#xA;       at Microsoft.Exchange.Cluster.Replay.ReplayRpcClientWrapper.InternalGetCopyS&#xD;&#xA;    tatus(String serverName, Guid[] sgGuids, RpcStorageGroupCopyStatus[]&amp; sgStatuse&#xD;&#xA;    s, Int32 serverVersion)&#xD;&#xA;    At line:1 char:26&#xD;&#xA;    + get-storagegroupcopystatus &lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now if I add in the -StandByMachine switch it returns a recordset.  I can reseed the replication to the node which was active, but the replication doesn't ever do anything besides that and I can't query for the status.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So far I've done the following.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Changed the rights on the guid network shares on both nodes of the cluster by adding in Exchange Servers with Full Control.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Changed the rights on the folders which are the base of those network shares giving the Exchange Servers full control.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Checked that the RPC Services are up and running on both nodes&#xD;&#xA; 4. Checked that the remote registry services are up and running on both nodes.&#xD;&#xA; 5. Checked the Exchange Servers domain group contains all Exchange Servers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've looked in the event logs for the two servers which make up the cluster. I'm seeing errors about the network shares which let me to change the rights.  About every 15 minutes in the logs for the machine that is currently passive I'm seeing 5 errors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The directory '\\ascoex101b\be321a6a-7b2b-427a-9130-9f0ac04438b2$' required by the Microsoft Exchange Replication Service for ASCOEX101V1\Mailbox Group 1 could not be accessed. Check the network connectivity and name resolution. Error: 53.&#xD;&#xA;The directory \\ascoex101b\be321a6a-7b2b-427a-9130-9f0ac04438b2$ required by the Microsoft Exchange Replication Service for ASCOEX101V1\Mailbox Group 1 does not exist. Check the file system and its permissions.&#xD;&#xA;There was a problem with 'ascoex101b', which is an alternate name for 'ASCOEX101B'. The list of aliases is now 'ascoex101b', and the alias 'was' removed from the list. The specific problem is ''.&#xD;&#xA;The directory '\\ascoex101b\2e491d6f-3691-49e7-b1b8-3e563b495c6b$' required by the Microsoft Exchange Replication Service for ASCOEX101V1\Public Folder Group could not be accessed. Check the network connectivity and name resolution. Error: 53.&#xD;&#xA;The directory \\ascoex101b\2e491d6f-3691-49e7-b1b8-3e563b495c6b$ required by the Microsoft Exchange Replication Service for ASCOEX101V1\Public Folder Group does not exist. Check the file system and its permissions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the server that is active I'm seeing this error at about the same time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Error updating public folder with free/busy information on virtual machine ASCOEX101V1. The error number is 0x8004010f.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The machine which is currently active is ascoex101b, the machine which is currently passive is ascoex101a, and the virtual name is ascoex101v1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm assuming that the problem is related to something with the network shares but according to the share rights and folder rights everything should be working correctly.  Any idea what I should check next?" />
  <row Id="40664" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22863" RevisionGUID="90944244-4bdf-47fc-8455-5d6c09e467a7" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:32:28.860" UserId="1674" Text="Exchange SCR Replication Failing and getting RPC error when using Get-StorageGroupCopyStatus" />
  <row Id="40665" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22863" RevisionGUID="90944244-4bdf-47fc-8455-5d6c09e467a7" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:32:28.860" UserId="1674" Text="&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;cluster&gt;" />
  <row Id="40666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22864" RevisionGUID="9fcb696d-68b0-4f3a-a5cd-7849a76d9b29" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:32:49.873" UserId="8924" Text="I'm trying to configure a website, which has to show some content from the local drive (that's the main site: http:/ /mysite/) but also it has to show some info stored on another server (on the same domain), which is on a UNC shared folder(\\otherserver\cache). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I configure my Virtual Directory to take its content from the UNC folder under the mian site (http:/ /mysite/remote_cache/) it doesn't show its content. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I gave everyone full control on the shared folder, and read / list directory to the virtual directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any clue on how to configure this properly??" />
  <row Id="40667" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22864" RevisionGUID="9fcb696d-68b0-4f3a-a5cd-7849a76d9b29" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:32:49.873" UserId="8924" Text="IIS showing Information from UNC drive" />
  <row Id="40668" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22864" RevisionGUID="9fcb696d-68b0-4f3a-a5cd-7849a76d9b29" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:32:49.873" UserId="8924" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;sharedfolders&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="40669" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22865" RevisionGUID="010c0df6-71b3-49b3-a776-85f85b3665bc" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:33:02.710" UserId="282" Text="If money isn't an object I can highly recommend using [Confluence Wiki][1] with [Sharepoint Connector (for Confluence)][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.atlassian.com/sharepoint/" />
  <row Id="40670" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22821" RevisionGUID="aab622c4-3a09-46f5-b11c-1835796c08ef" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:35:38.073" UserId="1404" Comment="edited body" Text="Since you are unsure about setting some of the pieces up, why not let someone else do it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Consider a hosted environment like [Assembla][1], [Unfuddle][2], [Origo][3], [XP-Dev][4], [ProjectLocker][5], [CodeSpaces][6], [bitbucket][7], or [github][8].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keeps you out of the setup and maintenance of the server and repositories, and most of the hosting sites are inexpensive enough that your $1k will go far.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The downside is that you might have to find a separate continuous integration solution. From the list above, only ProjectLocker mentioned continuous integration tools as a feature.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.assembla.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://unfuddle.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.origo.ethz.ch/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.xp-dev.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.projectlocker.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.codespaces.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://bitbucket.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://github.com/" />
  <row Id="40671" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22866" RevisionGUID="f4340e22-3a94-4e1f-a57a-0a51cc5cf244" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:40:09.123" UserId="1047" Text="Is there any way (short of getting an active directory browser) to view my OU while logged in to the domain?" />
  <row Id="40672" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22866" RevisionGUID="f4340e22-3a94-4e1f-a57a-0a51cc5cf244" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:40:09.123" UserId="1047" Text="How can I determine my user account's OU in a Windows domain?" />
  <row Id="40673" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22866" RevisionGUID="f4340e22-3a94-4e1f-a57a-0a51cc5cf244" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:40:09.123" UserId="1047" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="40674" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22867" RevisionGUID="403ecfd2-b4ce-4fe0-9f9b-443b8257ccb1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:40:31.417" UserId="3235" Text="If you are serious about backing up nearly 4TB of data which is what you're talking about with 15 servers each with 250GB you have a bunch of questions to answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; **1. How much of the data is already duplicated intentionally or not across your environment?**  &#xD;&#xA;If you have a ton of duplicated data you can greatly reduce your consumed space, and the quantity of data you have to back up.  &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; **2. Can you centralize the data to a smaller number of servers?**  &#xD;&#xA;Patching, licensing and maintaining 15 servers is a time consuming process when they could be consolidated to one NAS or SAN. Combining them wouldn't pose any &quot;security risk&quot; if permissions were managed correctly (this was the biggest complaint from my users when we consolidated storage they felt if they didn't have their OWN servers people could see their data.  Education resolved it.) If they can't all be condensed for reasons of geography that's understandable. That will also change your backup strategy, as nobody wants to drag tons of data across a WAN for backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; **3. Why are you backing up your data?**  Disatser Recovery? Protection from Accidental Deletion? Potential Hardware Failure? all of the above?  These answers drive your retention window, and your methodology.  As others have said RAID is only good against hardware failure, if you delete a file on a RAID set it is as good as gone.   If you need to get back things users have deleted then you have to know how often the data is used.  A month of backups on a file that is only used quarterly, means that you won't have the file when they notice it is gone.  I'm not advocating keeping 3 months of incremental data here, but retaining month ends, kept for a year might be a good idea.  If disaster recovery is a consideration then you need to think about getting your data off site, as well as off the servers.  Also knowing why you're backing up will tell you how often you should back up.  Weekly full backups with nightly incremental or differential backups is a traditional method, and a good sort of default, but if your data changes very fast or very slowly this could be nowhere near often enough or way too often.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; **4. How much budget do you have for backups?** This will be a big determining factor in what you end up choosing. For 4TB of data all in one location I'd go for a small tape changer of some sort and backup software to automate the backups.  Or possibly for a disk based backup unit with deduplication. Cross backup is sort of cheap at the outset, but doesn't provide any disaster recovery value, and gets more costly as your data set grows larger. There are also services out there that can back up your data across the internet even at this scale, in an automated form with encryption and deduplication, which might work better if your data is on many sites. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40675" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22867" RevisionGUID="403ecfd2-b4ce-4fe0-9f9b-443b8257ccb1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:40:31.417" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40676" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22868" RevisionGUID="5b98190f-8385-41f9-97b5-7dd8316abbed" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:42:04.550" UserId="7882" Text="Don't overlook good old SNMP.  If you add SNMP Informant (an SNMP subagent) to the standard Win32 SNMP Agent, you can get bazillions of performance stats.   Over on *nix, use NET-SNMP and hit the Host MIB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having done that, you can pick any of the open source monitoring tools.  MRTG is a pretty easy to throw up quickly, but Big Brother, Cacti, and a bunch of others are out there.  I'd avoid Nagios if you're in a hurry.   OpenNMS is a nice long term solution, which I prefer over Nagios, but also not a quick install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;//Scott" />
  <row Id="40677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22869" RevisionGUID="a0d865b7-c442-459d-8eb6-3d11d0673025" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:34:51.420" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi Apache Gurus&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have just purchased an SSL cert from go daddy. I setup the cert to be&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;www.mydomainname.com (i changed the domain as you can tell)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I setup apache and it is working. So when i type &lt;code&gt;https://www.mydomainname.com&lt;/code&gt; it all works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;HOWEVER:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When i type &lt;code&gt;http://www.mydomainname.com&lt;/code&gt; i get this error from apache&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Bad Request&#xA;&#xA;Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.&#xA;Reason: You're speaking plain HTTP to an SSL-enabled server port.&#xA;Instead use the HTTPS scheme to access this URL, please.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was hoping i could type&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://www.mydomainname.com&lt;/code&gt; for HTTP requests&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;https://www.mydomainname.com&lt;/code&gt; when I want secure requests&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What have i done wrong ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;here is my apache conf:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under sites-enabled (i am using ubuntu's apache setup) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;i have file called ssl&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;IfModule mod_ssl.c&amp;gt;&#xA;&#xA;SSLEngine On&#xA;SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/www.mydomainname.com.crt&#xA;SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/www.mydomainname.com.key&#xA;&#xA;&amp;lt;/IfModule&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and another called webapp&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;IfModule mod_proxy_ajp.c&amp;gt;&#xA;&#xA;ProxyRequests On&#xA;ProxyVia On&#xA;&#xA;&amp;lt;Location /&amp;gt;&#xA;Order allow,deny&#xA;Allow from all&#xA;AuthType Basic&#xA;AuthName &quot;Restricted area&quot;&#xA;AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/passwd/access&#xA;Require valid-user&#xA;ProxyPass ajp://localhost:9999/&#xA;ProxyPassReverse ajp://localhost:9999/&#xA;&amp;lt;/Location&amp;gt;&#xA;&#xA;&amp;lt;Location /uploader&amp;gt;&#xA;Order allow,deny&#xA;Satisfy Any&#xA;Allow from all&#xA;ProxyPass ajp://localhost:9999/uploader&#xA;ProxyPassReverse ajp://localhost:9999/uploader&#xA;&#xA;&amp;lt;/Location&amp;gt;&#xA;&#xA;&amp;lt;/IfModule&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40678" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22869" RevisionGUID="a0d865b7-c442-459d-8eb6-3d11d0673025" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:34:51.420" Text="Have i messed up buying the wrong SSL cert for my domain" />
  <row Id="40679" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22869" RevisionGUID="a0d865b7-c442-459d-8eb6-3d11d0673025" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:34:51.420" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;ssl&gt;&lt;certificate&gt;" />
  <row Id="40681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22871" RevisionGUID="398d64fd-c9a5-4373-ada9-3abadb84220e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:42:57.590" UserId="3302" Text="I need to allow untrusted providers in IIS7. I think that this is accomplished by editing the trustedProviders section of Administrator.config, but I don't know exactly how to do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to do this so that I can manage users directly from IIS7's gui.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it a text file? Where is it? If I can't edit it directly, how do I do it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40682" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22871" RevisionGUID="398d64fd-c9a5-4373-ada9-3abadb84220e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:42:57.590" UserId="3302" Text="How to allow untrusted providers in IIS7?" />
  <row Id="40683" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22871" RevisionGUID="398d64fd-c9a5-4373-ada9-3abadb84220e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:42:57.590" UserId="3302" Text="&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;" />
  <row Id="40684" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22872" RevisionGUID="4fb36e26-5f97-4ed4-8ba1-fff0123a2e59" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:43:40.333" UserId="7936" Text="I'd simply do a&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    convmv -r -f ASCII -t UTF-8 $targetdir&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;unless you add the *--notest* it won't actually do anything to your files. Defaults assume the from encoding is ASCII and to encoding is UTF-8. Pipe that thru *awk '{print $2}'* to only get the filenames that would be converted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: I'm assuming you are using Linux. Most POSIX filesystems don't care about the encoding of filenames, however the [manpage of convmv][1] has a couple of details (also how to decode double UTF-8 encoded filenames)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://manpages.debian.net/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=convmv&amp;apropos=0&amp;sektion=0&amp;manpath=Debian+5.0+lenny&amp;format=html&amp;locale=en" />
  <row Id="40685" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22873" RevisionGUID="1636e870-432d-414b-9e4c-c35e3510fc53" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:44:54.513" UserId="8199" Text="gpresult /r &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will do it." />
  <row Id="40687" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22875" RevisionGUID="9a8b090a-3ea7-4074-897c-c1f6e455e946" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:46:15.117" UserId="1054" Text="Here's a quick VBS script you can use to display your account's DistinguishedName attribute which contains the OU that your account is in:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    set objSysInfo = CreateObject(&quot;ADSystemInfo&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    set objUser = GetObject(&quot;LDAP://&quot; &amp; objSysInfo.UserName)&#xD;&#xA;    wscript.echo &quot;DN: &quot; &amp; objUser.distinguishedName&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** I should say that it will display the DN of the account in which context the script is run..." />
  <row Id="40689" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22876" RevisionGUID="e053c7bb-a81d-426d-9d0b-33a06a38da7d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:46:39.377" UserId="4460" Text="The free HP solution for SNMP, HP Insight Manager programs, etc. may be useful for you - HP Systems Insight Manager - [HP SYSTEMS INSIGHT MANAGER][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/index.html" />
  <row Id="40690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22877" RevisionGUID="6285fb42-40f4-4861-a891-2aeebad0e1df" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:47:12.760" UserId="8915" Text="I've using exchange@PAM from [H&amp;S][1] and it's been working great for us. It's less expensive and may not have all the extra features of Symantec's offering, but it's been working great for us. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hs-soft.com/products/email-archiving/en/email-archiving.aspx" />
  <row Id="40691" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22878" RevisionGUID="5212b243-2de6-4a3f-97e0-4ec17dc26f85" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:47:53.367" UserId="8926" Text="I would check out Community Kit for SharePoint Enhanced Wiki Edition&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://cks.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Enhanced%20Wiki%20Edition&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Community Kit for SharePoint is a set of free features worked on by mostly SharePoint MVP's so you know the free code your getting is solid.  The aim of the project is to fix the shortcomings of a few areas of SharePoint, such as Wikis and Blogs.  I have personally used the Blog edition and have nothing but great things to say about it." />
  <row Id="40694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22879" RevisionGUID="9d514cbe-d039-4804-87b5-2fcb13ca18a3" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:48:58.780" UserId="2629" Text="It is a freeware third-party tool, but &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    edit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;is really handy.  It is a command-line tool that you can optionally install the first time you run [TextWrangler][1].  [Other text editors (BBEdit, TextMate) likely provide something analogous.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    edit path/to/somefile&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Opens up the file in TextWrangler, and will let you authenticate if you don't normally have permission to edit it.  (You can even do it from an ssh session, and it'll open it for the logged-in graphical user).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Better still is that you can pipe things to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    lsof -i | edit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for example, will show you your open network connections and open them up in TextWrangler, where you can search (and scroll) through them easily.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.barebones.com/products/TextWrangler/" />
  <row Id="40695" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22879" RevisionGUID="9d514cbe-d039-4804-87b5-2fcb13ca18a3" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:48:58.780" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40696" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22880" RevisionGUID="4664a2c2-b630-4e29-b54d-666437d5eed5" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:49:11.463" UserId="7936" Text="You actually need to configuer 2 VHosts, the SSL VHost and the non-SSL VHost differ only by the SSL part you actually place in the VHost since you could have a multitude of SSL VHosts (listening on different ports) it doesn't actually make sense to provide this in a server wide context which I think is what you are doing." />
  <row Id="40697" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22880" RevisionGUID="4664a2c2-b630-4e29-b54d-666437d5eed5" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:49:11.463" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40698" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="22506" RevisionGUID="5c5d99c5-a24a-4d3f-87aa-6db1c20477d8" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:49:13.707" UserId="8100" Comment="Added a new tag: twiki" Text="&lt;wiki&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;twiki&gt;" />
  <row Id="40700" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22881" RevisionGUID="67176146-f6d0-48a1-b28c-22beff60e8d9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:50:14.113" UserId="4392" Text="Check your apache configuration to make sure you're listening on port 80 for http and port 443 for https. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In your /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf, you should have &quot;Listen 80&quot;. You should also have an /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf file (probably) with &quot;Listen 443&quot; specified in it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need virtual hosts configured, one for *:80 and one for *:443. The *:443 needs to have the SSL specification in it, the *:80 should not have the SSL stuff in it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You did not buy the wrong SSL cert. " />
  <row Id="40701" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22881" RevisionGUID="67176146-f6d0-48a1-b28c-22beff60e8d9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:50:14.113" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40702" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22882" RevisionGUID="99d522e1-05a2-4280-9565-b4441db17387" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:50:30.303" UserId="7882" Text="We get this question a lot because we are a hosting facility. Bottom line is that we don't give it out unless we know *exactly* what they're looking for in advance. If they're looking for something in our security policy that we don't have, it's typically because the nature of our business doesn't require it, and we tell them so.  That can be subjective, but it doesn't matter - we have yet to lose any business because of it.  More often than not, they are asking because they have to tell someone else that they did.  A 'NO' answer is not necessarily a bad thing or a deal breaker.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We just went through SAS70 II certification, so now we just give the auditor's opinion letter and let that speak for our written policies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40703" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22883" RevisionGUID="b607da81-fd8e-47be-967f-704e6df3ff4c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:51:22.923" UserId="2600" Text="Take a look at the Data Robotics (Drobo) products which have some very nice features at a reasonable price point (IMHO).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    http://www.drobo.com/products/index.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22884" RevisionGUID="af0447f3-d56d-4a06-bddc-e93f4ed918bb" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:52:20.770" UserId="5221" Text="What you describe as your current arrangement is not an off-site backup, it is an off-server backup. By my reading your backup server is in the same facility, probably the same rack, as the servers it is holding backups for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should certainly have some form of physically separated backup, i.e. tapes or a really-off-site backup (i.e. a server in another facility), in case a one-in-a-million accident or hack happens to affect all the servers in your rack at the same time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.5Tb of data flowing every night, if you go for a really-off-site-server backup option, is not going to be cheap (you'll need that much bandwidth at both sites) so tapes might be the better option for you. I suggest you do at least a cursory cost/benefit analysis to be sure though. Tapes also have the advantage of being an offline backup - if someone manages to hack in and wipe both a server and its online backup (as happened over at webhostingtalk.com recently) they won't be able to touch the offline backup (the tapes).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In either case keep the local backup server instead or replacing it with tapes and/or a server elsewhere - it will be quicker to restore from if you ever need to, and you can use it to co-ordinate the backups instead of each server talking to the other resource separately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Summary of terminology:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - off-site : actually *physically* at a&#xD;&#xA;   *completely different* site&#xD;&#xA; - on-site : obvious...&#xD;&#xA; - on-line : connected to the network,&#xD;&#xA;   locally or otherwise, and always&#xD;&#xA;   available&#xD;&#xA; - off-line : not connected (i.e. tapes or disconnected external drives)&#xD;&#xA; - off-server : on another machine or media (could be off- or on-site, off- or on-line)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both off-site and on-site solutions can be on-line or off-line, with offsite+offline offering greatest protection and onsite+online giving the most efficient backup+restore processes." />
  <row Id="40705" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22885" RevisionGUID="2a8904ec-7b48-4cbb-bbea-08b63b2cc82c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:56:18.717" UserId="7783" Text="Slightly different approach but we have our archiving handled by [Mimecast][1], in addition to AV and Spam filtering. I'm very happy with it - but it's a little different from a lot of the usual suspects because it's all handled offsite.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mimecast.com" />
  <row Id="40706" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22886" RevisionGUID="2b8a4dfd-d5fe-42c1-ba25-f39c6b3cbf87" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:58:12.317" UserDisplayName="Willy Tarreau" Text="Your config is very simple indeed. I see that you don't have &quot;option httpclose&quot; and you have a very low &quot;maxconn&quot;, maybe you're simply running out of connections under high load ? You should definitely enable this option. You should also enable the stats page, by adding &quot;stats uri /haproxy-stats&quot; in the &quot;listen&quot; section. Then you connect your browser to that URL on your site and you'll see all the stats with concurrent connections, connections per second, errors, ... That will help you a lot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, what version is this ? 1.3.16 has a nasty bug which makes it eat a lot of CPU on some traffic patterns. You should be using either 1.3.18 or 1.3.15.X.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Willy&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40707" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22887" RevisionGUID="bc2b6168-8807-41b7-abe7-77698d3a45ce" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:58:22.910" UserId="7324" Text="If you TRULY bought the wrong cert and its not just a configuration issue then the best plan is usually to cancel/revoke your certificate and have it reissued.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most CA's have a policy that they will do this for free for a certain period of time (ie 1 week).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="40708" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22887" RevisionGUID="bc2b6168-8807-41b7-abe7-77698d3a45ce" CreationDate="2009-06-09T19:58:22.910" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22888" RevisionGUID="53d91709-75ff-49c5-882b-cb9733bfeec3" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:01:16.820" UserId="1054" Text="You need to make sure that the web site / app pool / IIS is running under the context of a user who has access to network services, which is not the case by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also turn anonymous access off for the virtual directory and use delegation to access the shared folder, however that also requires setting up delegation trusts for the server." />
  <row Id="40710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22889" RevisionGUID="e7f2132e-d41e-4a7c-8450-a369ff309d2a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:01:34.633" UserDisplayName="Peter Delahunty" Text="Ok i fixed it. I got mixed up with not having Virtualhost earlier This is the end conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ssl conf is &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:443&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    DocumentRoot /var/www/&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;IfModule mod_proxy_ajp.c&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ProxyRequests On&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyVia On&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;    Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;    AuthType Basic&#xD;&#xA;    AuthName &quot;Restricted area&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/passwd/site-access&#xD;&#xA;    Require valid-user&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPass ajp://localhost:9999/&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPassReverse ajp://localhost:9999/&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /uploader&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;    Satisfy Any&#xD;&#xA;    Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPass ajp://localhost:9999/uploader&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPassReverse ajp://localhost:9999/uploader&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/IfModule&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;IfModule mod_ssl.c&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    SSLEngine On&#xD;&#xA;    SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/www.mydomain.com.crt&#xD;&#xA;    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/www.mydomain.com.key&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/IfModule&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;webapp conf is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    DocumentRoot /var/www/&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;IfModule mod_proxy_ajp.c&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ProxyRequests On&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyVia On&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;    Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;    AuthType Basic&#xD;&#xA;    AuthName &quot;Restricted area&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/passwd/site-access&#xD;&#xA;    Require valid-user&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPass ajp://localhost:9999/&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPassReverse ajp://localhost:9999/&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /uploader&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;    Satisfy Any&#xD;&#xA;    Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPass ajp://localhost:9999/uploader&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPassReverse ajp://localhost:9999/uploader&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/IfModule&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;" />
  <row Id="40711" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22889" RevisionGUID="e7f2132e-d41e-4a7c-8450-a369ff309d2a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:01:34.633" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40712" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22890" RevisionGUID="2bac287f-8015-4d00-a1fe-1698e6c08d72" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:04:05.363" UserId="7174" Text="A few words about backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't make sure you can read them, you haven't backed up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't have off-site backups (your friend's house will do), you don't have good backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your backups are on-line (RAID or hot server), they aren't backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Figure what sorts of events could wipe both your system and your backups, and make sure you'll accept the risk.  If you have good backups at your friend's house, and the server at yours, then a single event would have to be pretty darn large (and rare) to take out both of them.  If the city where I live is nuked, for example, I probably won't worry too much about the business.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;None of the lower-cost media for backups are all that durable, so don't just have one backup that you might lose for assorted reasons.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And, if you decide to go with a hosting service, keep your own backups anyway.  If your hosting company loses your data, they've hurt a customer, which isn't good, but your business is dead, and that's worse.  If your service goes out of business, you may never see your data again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The person most concerned with your backups is you, and this is something you can normally do for yourself.  Do so." />
  <row Id="40713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22891" RevisionGUID="77fcee47-23a8-415e-bff0-cf33fb31acce" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:04:20.120" UserId="6482" Text="Been there, done that, although I had both Oracle and SQL Server running on a development system running Windows XP. The system was an 1.2 GHz Pentium system with 1 GB RAM and about 50 GB disk space. &#xD;&#xA;Do keep in mind that they will both eat plenty of resources, especially under heavy usage. I just needed them because I was developing some product that had to be able to run on either Oracle or SQL Server. Piece of cake, actually, when you only have three or four users access the system at the same time." />
  <row Id="40714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22892" RevisionGUID="3bc842c6-b787-43c7-b6be-4634faf63fd0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:05:46.810" UserId="1454" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have the MySQL administrator tool running on the same Windows machine as the MySQL server itself. When I try to logon to the server, I get the message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![error msg][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The administrator tool starts, but some pages are blank except for the message &quot;This section is only available when connected to localhost&quot;. However, in my case I am connected to localhost, i.e. the admin tool and the MySQL server are on the same machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![disabled page][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea how I can get this tool to work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;Don&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/6634/errorlyd.png&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/2513/error2.png" />
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  <row Id="40716" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22892" RevisionGUID="3bc842c6-b787-43c7-b6be-4634faf63fd0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:05:46.810" UserId="1454" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;" />
  <row Id="40717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22893" RevisionGUID="b81f7e1b-ba5a-4bea-b54e-b8553623bd44" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:06:35.967" UserId="8217" Text="To make a long story short, I am responsible for a media server that has two RAID array's (/dev/md0 and /dev/md2).  I still have a ton to learn about software RAID and LVM, etc.  We had a drive fail in /dev/md0, okay not a big deal I replaced the bad drive, reassembled the RAID array (which took most of last night to complete) and this morning I came in and was able to mount /dev/md0 with no data loss.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Little did I know, something became corrupt with /dev/md2.  Now /dev/md0 was set-up by my co-worker two years ago, I set-up /dev/md2 about six months ago.  Always having done RAID using the hardware controllers built into servers from Dell and HP, this is the first time I have had to deal with software RAID.  I followed the instructions on [url]http://www.gagme.com/greg/linux/raid-lvm.php[/url] which I felt was the best idea as LVM would give me the ability to grow the RAID array in the future (I just now learned that mdadm can do the same).  There was no issues with this until today.  After rebooting the machine after it repaired /dev/md0 it was unable to mount /dev/lmv-raid/lvm0 (said the file or directory couldn't be found).  It almost looks like the logical volume is gone.  I do not understand what would have caused this.  No drives in the second array were bad, I didn't touch the second array.  Nothing should have gone bad with the array.  But it looks like something isn't right. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now /dev/md2 is running and is in a clean state, but I cannot mount it.  I am afraid that data is gone.  The really terrible thing is that there is no explanation in my mind as to what happened.  I am assuming that I can't mount /dev/md2 because the RAID array is expecting to be controlled by LVM.  Maybe I do not understand the system well enough, but if I have a clean array shouldn't the data still be in the array?  Any idea how I can go about recovering the data?  The last thing I want to do is have to go back to my boss and tell him that in the process of fixing one array another array magically broke and all your data is gone.  I have looked at multiple sites, but since I don't know what actually broke with it all I don't know if I have really lost data or if there is something else that I am missing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any advice would be greatly appreciated, I have been struggling with this all morning long and am at a total loss. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is some more information: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     [root@viamao ~]# mdadm --detail /dev/md2&#xD;&#xA;     /dev/md2:&#xD;&#xA;     Version : 00.90.01&#xD;&#xA;     Creation Time : Tue Jun  9 11:32:06 2009&#xD;&#xA;     Raid Level : raid5&#xD;&#xA;     Array Size : 4395415488 (4191.79 GiB 4500.91 GB)&#xD;&#xA;     Device Size : 1465138496 (1397.26 GiB 1500.30 GB)&#xD;&#xA;     Raid Devices : 4&#xD;&#xA;     Total Devices : 4&#xD;&#xA;     Preferred Minor : 2&#xD;&#xA;     Persistence : Superblock is persistent&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Update Time : Tue Jun  9 15:54:39 2009&#xD;&#xA;          State : clean&#xD;&#xA;    Active Devices : 4&#xD;&#xA;    Working Devices : 4&#xD;&#xA;    Failed Devices : 0&#xD;&#xA;    Spare Devices : 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;         Layout : left-symmetric&#xD;&#xA;     Chunk Size : 64K&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State&#xD;&#xA;       0       8      128        0      active sync   /dev/sdi&#xD;&#xA;       1       8      144        1      active sync   /dev/sdj&#xD;&#xA;       2       8      160        2      active sync   /dev/sdk&#xD;&#xA;       3       8      176        3      active sync   /dev/sdl&#xD;&#xA;           UUID : 88bbe155:b6d852b1:3ad8a77d:5eba3ee2&#xD;&#xA;         Events : 0.36&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      [root@viamao archive2]# mount -t ext3 /dev/md2 /share/archive2&#xD;&#xA;      mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/md2,&#xD;&#xA;      or too many mounted file systems&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     [root@viamao archive2]# mount&#xD;&#xA;     /dev/hda3 on / type ext3 (rw)&#xD;&#xA;     none on /proc type proc (rw)&#xD;&#xA;     none on /sys type sysfs (rw)&#xD;&#xA;     none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)&#xD;&#xA;     usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)&#xD;&#xA;     /dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)&#xD;&#xA;     none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)&#xD;&#xA;     none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)&#xD;&#xA;     sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)&#xD;&#xA;     /dev/md0 on /share/archive1 type ext3 (rw)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      [root@viamao share]# cat /proc/mdstat&#xD;&#xA;      Personalities : [raid5] &#xD;&#xA;      md2 : active raid5 sdl[3] sdk[2] sdj[1] sdi[0]&#xD;&#xA;      4395415488 blocks level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [4/4] [UUUU]&#xD;&#xA;      &#xD;&#xA;      md0 : active raid5 sda[0] sdh[7] sdg[6] sdf[5] sde[4] sdd[3] sdc[2] sdb[1]&#xD;&#xA;      5128021248 blocks level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [8/8] [UUUUUUUU]&#xD;&#xA;      &#xD;&#xA;      unused devices: &lt;none&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anything else I can show you that might be able to help?  I have a active RAID array that I can't mount, thinking this has something to do with the fact that this used to be on lvm, but now when I try to mount /dev/lvm-raid/lvm0 it tells me the special device cannot be found.  lvdisplay doesn't give me anything pvdisplay only shows me the drive that my OS is on.  vgdisplay also yields nothing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thoughts?  I am seriously at a loss here." />
  <row Id="40718" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22893" RevisionGUID="b81f7e1b-ba5a-4bea-b54e-b8553623bd44" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:06:35.967" UserId="8217" Text="Need help with recoving RAID array" />
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  <row Id="40721" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22894" RevisionGUID="a865cb29-82ee-445c-98bf-3492a0301124" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:07:13.937" UserId="4781" Text="Can't ping gateway" />
  <row Id="40722" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22894" RevisionGUID="a865cb29-82ee-445c-98bf-3492a0301124" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:07:13.937" UserId="4781" Text="&lt;router&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="40723" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22895" RevisionGUID="3d5247cd-bdf3-4153-968a-3a664d1ff24c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:07:30.503" UserId="4491" Text="This is kind of ghetto, but it might be a simple way to solve your problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Create a second virtual directory that points to c:\blah. &#xD;&#xA;- In the &quot;blah&quot; virtual directory (which points to C:\inetpub\wwwroot\blah), setup a custom error handler for 404 errors that is an ASP or ASP.Net page in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\blah\&#xD;&#xA;- In the 404 handler ASP.Net page, &#xD;&#xA;    - pull the requested URL (it should be the only thing in Request.QueryString) &#xD;&#xA;    - chop off everything but the filename requested&#xD;&#xA;    - redirect to &quot;/cblah/&lt;filename&gt;&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a little snippet of ASP.Net code that could act as the 404 handler:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    string qs = Page.Request.QueryString.ToString();&#xD;&#xA;    qs = Server.UrlDecode(qs);&#xD;&#xA;    int c = qs.LastIndexOf(&quot;/&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    string filepath = qs.Substring(c+1);&#xD;&#xA;    Response.Redirect(&quot;/cblah/&quot;+filepath);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40724" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22896" RevisionGUID="2d265ba6-8deb-406c-aead-681b13289833" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:07:36.947" UserId="3038" Text="Wow. Novell has something a lot like this for their Open Enterprise Server on NSS volumes that gives most of that. Not frequency of access, that's proxied by last-access-date, but definitely the rest of it. It's a Java processes that crawls the volume tree to build what they call an Inventory. I'm pretty sure it isn't open sourced, but that report is rather nice to have." />
  <row Id="40725" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22897" RevisionGUID="2e56d0d3-ee0a-406c-b66e-c6473ab68e38" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:09:13.887" UserId="7174" Text="And remember:  if you can't restore from a backup, you didn't back up.  Check your tape backups frequently.  Ideally, do a restore to a clean test system every now and then, to make sure you're getting everything you need.  There's plenty of horror stories out there about backups that weren't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing an automated tape system can't do for you is send tapes off-site.  Make sure you keep backups sufficiently separated that you can't lose too much in one incident too small to kill the company." />
  <row Id="40726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22898" RevisionGUID="23d23879-5c0a-42e8-8295-4475171d0bff" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:11:30.917" UserId="1736" Text="You might be connected *to* localhost, but for purposes of that error message you probably also need to be connected *via* localhost, i.e. it sounds like you're talking to your mysql server via the local machine's IP number or DNS name, and it wants you to talk to it via the name localhost or 127.0.0.1." />
  <row Id="40727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22899" RevisionGUID="30ca4e9f-4dcc-47a1-8c7a-801911402344" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:11:39.793" UserId="2273" Text="Is it possible to allow a user (or group of users) permission to view and edit websites settings using the IIS Manager snap-in without giving them administrative privileges on the Windows 2003 server?  Ideally it would be nice to give that user/group permission to only selected websites and/or application pools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40728" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22899" RevisionGUID="30ca4e9f-4dcc-47a1-8c7a-801911402344" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:11:39.793" UserId="2273" Text="Customized permission for IIS6 websites" />
  <row Id="40729" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22899" RevisionGUID="30ca4e9f-4dcc-47a1-8c7a-801911402344" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:11:39.793" UserId="2273" Text="&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;windows2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="40730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22900" RevisionGUID="8e49e693-e4f5-4add-90ea-4668fa0ae8a3" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:11:41.870" UserId="6125" Text="usually LVM is done 'on top of' MD.   maybe you setup LVM using command line and not your distro's tools?  if so, maybe the startup scripts don't know about the LVM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;first do a 'vgscan' and see if it comes up.  if so, it's just an issue of untangling the scripts." />
  <row Id="40731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22901" RevisionGUID="3909abad-3247-4206-86af-0ba3273795be" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:12:14.677" UserId="1454" Text="I found a fix [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mgwalk.com/Temp_Topic_View.php?ID=97" />
  <row Id="40732" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22895" RevisionGUID="6fb83b87-dcbc-4a68-84b6-4a1cda91877f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:12:35.987" UserId="4491" Comment="corrected last bullet point" Text="This is kind of ghetto, but it might be a simple way to solve your problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Create a second virtual directory that points to c:\blah. &#xD;&#xA;- In the &quot;blah&quot; virtual directory (which points to C:\inetpub\wwwroot\blah), setup a custom error handler for 404 errors that is an ASP or ASP.Net page in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\blah\&#xD;&#xA;- In the 404 handler ASP.Net page, &#xD;&#xA;    - pull the requested URL (it should be the only thing in Request.QueryString) &#xD;&#xA;    - chop off everything but the filename requested&#xD;&#xA;    - redirect to &quot;/cblah/FILENAME&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a little snippet of ASP.Net code that could act as the 404 handler:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    string qs = Page.Request.QueryString.ToString();&#xD;&#xA;    qs = Server.UrlDecode(qs);&#xD;&#xA;    int c = qs.LastIndexOf(&quot;/&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    string filepath = qs.Substring(c+1);&#xD;&#xA;    Response.Redirect(&quot;/cblah/&quot;+filepath);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40733" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22656" RevisionGUID="02ff227d-d03d-4242-b8d0-bb62d29347ec" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:14:12.393" UserId="7861" Comment="added 225 characters in body" Text="1.  Yes you can continue to use your 03 box as a mail server.  You can also have it as your &quot;SMTP Gateway/Transport&quot; still if it is where all your email comes into from the internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.  OWA will be tricky since you can only have it pointing to a single server.  So existing mailboxes on the 2003 box won't be able to use OWA until they are migrated (unless you go through a big ordeal that I don't want to describe here).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3.  You don't need a certificate at all for Outlook Anywhere.  Not sure why you have one.  Regardless, you'll need to setup autodiscover.domain.com DNS records externally for Outlook Anywhere to work properly automagically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things to note from our migration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Blackberry stuff can be tricky, move the BESAdmin account first.&#xD;&#xA;-Activesync relies on the Client Access stuff, so either move them all first, or all last.  This will affect OWA though since the same rules apply.&#xD;&#xA;-if you have a small enough company (under 500 people) I would strongly recommend moving around 25-50 on a weekend, let them test throughout the next 2 weeks, then move EVERYONE else in a single weekend.&#xD;&#xA;-you shouldn't have to mess with their outlook profiles&#xD;&#xA;-Migrate resource mailboxes over and then convert them to true &quot;resource mailboxes&quot; using Powershell and OWA&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The things that I remember vividly is that OWA/Activesync definitely broke if you moved it over to the 07 box first.  So we ended up moving all of the OWA/Activesync users at the same time and then moving the firewall rules to redirect to the 07 box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:  I'm referring to what happens to OWA if you only have a single Exchange 07 server and don't bother to setup 2 different URLs and redirects for OWA clients.  See the technet article I refer to in the comments below." />
  <row Id="40734" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22807" RevisionGUID="3a1b2000-6289-4dce-a32c-72813295fce1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:14:36.310" UserId="6469" Comment="Added tunnelling code.; added 193 characters in body" Text="This is exactly how I got my start, and I still run a home server sandbox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Use a wired connection for your server, not airport.&#xD;&#xA;- After using Slackware, Fedora, SuSE, CentOS and Ubuntu, I would suggest Ubuntu Server http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition as it makes management and improving security somewhat easier out-of-the-box, but really, distribution is mostly dependant on personal preference. All the above distributions have big communities behind them (though Slackware's is pretty small in comparison).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for hardware: my home sandbox runs on a 64-bit server-quality tower with two SATA RAID arrays (system, services) and 2 gigs of RAM, which is plenty for this application. The specs you suggest are possibly overkill, but if you can afford it, definitely go for it. In the long run, you'll only need more, right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for backing up, you can save some cash by forgoing the USB hard drive and just putting in a second hard drive that copies in the same cron-based manner. Note, though, that I'm not suggesting a RAID mirroring array, since this is not a backup, but just a second hard disk. You'll save money on the enclosure, and transfer speeds will be somewhat higher than with an external. A superior backup method would be off-site, or to a NAS device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And security: learn how to tunnel everything. You'll likely only need to open 80 (and maybe 443) and 22 to the outside world. Tunnel the rest over ssh for remote administration. You may even be able to tunnel all the services you need, saving the cost of a VPN router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT** To create an ssh tunnel:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh remote.host.com -L local_port:remote_network_address:remote_port&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, from outside my network, if I want access to my router's web interface from my laptop which is outside my LAN, I use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh my-home.com -L 8081:192.168.0.1:80&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and then open up a browser and hit http://localhost:8081 and voilà--encrypted tunnel from localhost:8081 to 192.168.0.1:80 on the remote host's LAN. If you need to do this from Windows, PuTTY (IMHO, the *de facto* Windows ssh client) will allow you to configure them before you connect. The above code works on any *nix (including Mac OS X)." />
  <row Id="40735" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22902" RevisionGUID="b1841172-83ec-4169-892a-72bb7c773ada" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:16:18.567" UserId="3000" Text="The problem is probably the Verizon and Linksys bits are both using the same subnet. With that happening, when you try to go to 192.168.1.1, it doesn't know where to go and is confused, so it errors out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've had this sort of problem before, years ago, when I had a wired router, then added a wireless onto it as a wireless access point. Basically, you have to make sure DHCP is turned off on one or both routers and set the linksys to something other than 192.168.1.x, such as 192.168.2.x" />
  <row Id="40736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22903" RevisionGUID="d48f4c28-ae57-4662-9e9a-2d00ee687e81" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:11:05.840" Text="&lt;p&gt;I have a laptop that came with Windows Vista (64-bit) installed. I created a new partition and installed XP (also 64-bit) alongside it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last night I shrunk my XP partition and created another new partition and installed Linux (CentOS 64-bit) on it. I made an error in judgment and didn't allocate enough space, so I need about 10 more gigs for the Linux partition. It boots up and runs, but I need about 10 more gigs of storage for the files I want to keep on the partition (and yes, they have to be on the partition, I definitely need to know how to do this, not a workaround)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I went into Vista and shrunk the XP partition by 10 gigs, so now I have 10 gigs of free, non-partitioned space.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As it stands, when I start up the computer I get the GRUB boot loader. I can boot my Linux install or choose &quot;Other&quot; and be taken to the Vista boot loader. From there I can choose XP or Vista to boot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, my question is... what is the best way to append the 10 gigs of free space to the Linux partition? Is this something I should do inside of Linux? I have the option to do it in Vista, but the partition shows up as &quot;healthy&quot; but without a file system type.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just don't want to screw up the boot loader, partitions or anything else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't my area of expertise, so if anyone could give me a good suggestion or solid answer, that would be great! Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's CentOS 5.3&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40737" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22903" RevisionGUID="d48f4c28-ae57-4662-9e9a-2d00ee687e81" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:11:05.840" Text="Resizing a Linux partition from within Vista, or vice-versa?" />
  <row Id="40738" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22903" RevisionGUID="d48f4c28-ae57-4662-9e9a-2d00ee687e81" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:11:05.840" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;boot&gt;&lt;partition&gt;&lt;resize&gt;" />
  <row Id="40739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22904" RevisionGUID="bd558ade-82d1-4d96-954d-671d9bd94421" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:16:59.610" UserId="8931" Text="Hello&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've set up a number of snapshots in VMWare Workstation, and in order to deliver a Workshop-style training course, I want to distribute VM Player on the client machines and get them to select from the generated snapshot tree.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm positive this could be done in older version of VMWare Player - or am I just imagining it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any changes I could make to the VMX file as a workaround?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help would be appreciated, &#xD;&#xA;Duncan&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40740" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22904" RevisionGUID="bd558ade-82d1-4d96-954d-671d9bd94421" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:16:59.610" UserId="8931" Text="VMWare Player - select snapshot?" />
  <row Id="40741" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22904" RevisionGUID="bd558ade-82d1-4d96-954d-671d9bd94421" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:16:59.610" UserId="8931" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="40742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22905" RevisionGUID="316e230f-fc1e-4296-9284-40bbf5d44a16" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:17:29.080" UserId="6125" Text="KVM has a much better snapshot capability than what's managed by libvirt; but it depends on qcow2 images.  if you use them, just do a `savevm &lt;name&gt;` on the command console (blocked by libvirt) it won't create a new file, it's a snapshot inside the qcow2 file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;test it first, because some KVM versions have it broken." />
  <row Id="40743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22906" RevisionGUID="0a39d8bc-dfcb-4951-927f-421a682251f3" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:21:53.643" UserId="8199" Text="not exactly what you've asked for, but if it were me, I would boot into my live/install ubuntu cd and run Gparted. It will allow moving and resizing like you want." />
  <row Id="40744" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22906" RevisionGUID="0a39d8bc-dfcb-4951-927f-421a682251f3" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:21:53.643" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40745" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="22903" RevisionGUID="8e50949f-64ed-4bfc-a4f8-54593c51af23" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:21:56.153" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="40746" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22907" RevisionGUID="1b07a034-2169-4f90-89ca-8b4fafe2f114" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:22:23.360" UserId="6125" Text="I'd go the python way.  `os.walk()` is easy to use, and all the info you need for each file is in the `stat()`." />
  <row Id="40747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22908" RevisionGUID="0fb6922f-c799-4410-b464-513a40c6c924" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:24:42.920" UserId="5190" Text="When you start the player there's a Open folder:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is that what you meant? You just browse where you have your image and you can open it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.madirish.net/images/virt/vmware_player.gif" />
  <row Id="40749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22910" RevisionGUID="1df870fe-7cef-474e-9c7e-2b8a51b305cf" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:27:57.437" UserId="8933" Text="Well, the architecture is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;15 servers with http server, all files are regular (no databases, no apps) and available for downloads (file sharing project). they`re running under MogileFS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;couple app servers, which i dont count in case that they`re living their own life. &#xD;&#xA;the point for backups is: if something happened i`ll roll-out data from backup as fast as it possible. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;so, i said about RAID as an option, of course its not a backup solution, but it will help to reduce total failures. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;as real option i see AmazonS3 with its simple api, on which i already have an account for daily database backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and my interest is simple, i just want to know how people deal with such tasks. " />
  <row Id="40750" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22910" RevisionGUID="1df870fe-7cef-474e-9c7e-2b8a51b305cf" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:27:57.437" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22912" RevisionGUID="97ffc288-f5fb-4ad8-b21f-eef001321e10" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:29:18.400" UserId="8537" Text="I have been using rsnapshot for backing up a few servers quite successfully and have been relatively pleased with it save for one major issue: monitoring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For those of you who use rsnapshot, how do you monitor it? I would like some way to verify that rsnapshot is running, that it is pulling down files and that in general, it is working the way it should be. And if it's not, I should be emailed right away so I can fix the failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously, this is no replacement for regular tests of restoring files, which is how I've caught problems in the past. I just would like something a little more automated to *add* to my testing regimen so some of those errors can be caught and corrected more quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you use to monitor rsnapshot? Or, what is your backup monitoring strategy in general?" />
  <row Id="40756" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22912" RevisionGUID="97ffc288-f5fb-4ad8-b21f-eef001321e10" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:29:18.400" UserId="8537" Text="Monitoring Rsnapshot" />
  <row Id="40757" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22912" RevisionGUID="97ffc288-f5fb-4ad8-b21f-eef001321e10" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:29:18.400" UserId="8537" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;rsync&gt;" />
  <row Id="40758" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22913" RevisionGUID="a973b003-2091-4bc7-a1b2-eefef8b68ee7" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:31:07.383" UserId="8934" Text="It wouldn't be the 64 bit fault, because my Officejet 6310 works on my Vista 64.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But i had some troubles until they released an updated:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[link text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com/2007/05/hp-officejet-all-in-one-6310-and-vista.html" />
  <row Id="40759" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22914" RevisionGUID="33befdc8-b50b-4534-ba59-d9566f42c88d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:32:27.723" UserId="4491" Text="This feature doesn't exist in Windows 2003/IIS6. There is an option that is not supported by Microsoft though:&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.winserverkb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/iis-security/2147/HowTo-manage-IIS-via-MMC-SnapIn-without-admin-rights][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://msmvps.com/blogs/bernard/archive/2005/05/08/46074.aspx][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows 2008/IIS7 supports admin delegation out of the box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.winserverkb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/iis-security/2147/HowTo-manage-IIS-via-MMC-SnapIn-without-admin-rights&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msmvps.com/blogs/bernard/archive/2005/05/08/46074.aspx" />
  <row Id="40760" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22888" RevisionGUID="9178f037-01e5-439e-8c9c-50adf7b992c0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:34:42.853" UserId="1054" Comment="Give more detail" Text="You need to make sure that the web site / app pool / IIS is running under the security context of a user who has access to network services, which is not the case by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also turn anonymous access off for the virtual directory and use delegation to access the shared folder, however that also requires setting up delegation trusts for the server.  You need to determine SPN's for your web service and add them to the machine account in Active Directory so that two-hop authentication can happen.  Basically, this allows IIS to impersonate the client that is connecting to it and &quot;borrow&quot; that user's credentials to connect to the remote share.  [Here is an Technet article][1] that talks about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/523ae943-5e6a-4200-9103-9808baa00157.mspx?mfr=true" />
  <row Id="40761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22915" RevisionGUID="b65f207c-32f2-40ce-bd55-682b054440bd" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:34:57.827" UserDisplayName="johndoe77" Text="I would recommend [Ganglia][1].  We've been using to monitor performance on our HPC and it works great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ganglia.info/" />
  <row Id="40762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22916" RevisionGUID="823b8488-1f50-4a52-b9e8-7379318a1ff2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:35:52.600" UserId="8934" Text="You need to send the packet to the broadcast address of the network. You can't send it to 192.168.1.127, because the PC is powered off and so this IP is not owned/bounded by him.&#xD;&#xA;Set it to 192.168.1.255" />
  <row Id="40763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22917" RevisionGUID="6c0c045b-41dd-45d7-a1b3-8fb68f868766" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:36:15.500" UserId="1382" Text="I've got what I suspect is pretty close to the &quot;standard&quot; nerd home setup these days - I've got a Windows PC or two, a media PC hooked up to my TV, and a pair of iPhones, all sitting behind a wireless router/NAT/DSL Modem.  No server and no Domain, just classic windows peer-to-peer networking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since this is a home network there isn't anything much more valuable than Doctor Who episodes and word processor documents on the systems.  In a best case scenario, we wouldn't have any security at all so my wife and I could move files and such around without hassle, but we'd really just as well not have any black hats decide to p0wn the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently, we've got the full security turned on with the wireless - and that's about it.  The default accounts on the windows boxen are Administrator level accounts without passwords.  Shared folders on the network are fully shared without needing any credentials.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, the question is, how much do I really need at home?  Can I turn off the Windows Firewall?  Can I turn on remote desktop given that the accounts all have a password of `&lt;enter&gt;`?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To put it succinctly, for home use, do I really need anything stronger than just a WPA2 wireless router password and a hardware NAT?" />
  <row Id="40764" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22917" RevisionGUID="6c0c045b-41dd-45d7-a1b3-8fb68f868766" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:36:15.500" UserId="1382" Text="How secure does my home windows network really need to be?" />
  <row Id="40765" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22917" RevisionGUID="6c0c045b-41dd-45d7-a1b3-8fb68f868766" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:36:15.500" UserId="1382" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;home-network&gt;" />
  <row Id="40767" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22919" RevisionGUID="6239cd4a-9f84-4666-908c-73d42d7390f8" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:36:52.787" UserId="7953" Text="I have an instance of an application running in the cloud on Amazon EC2 instance of SuSE Linux, and I need it to connect to web services on my local intranet (generally port 80, but also some others) which are behind a firewall. I'm looking for a good strategy to accomplish this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm thinking some sort of proxy on my Windows 2000 server inside the firewall, which would connects to the EC2 instance via an ssh tunnel. But I've never put together an ssh tunnel before. Is that the best option here? What are some recommended tools I can use to put it together?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is for a development setup, so it doesn't have to be production-level robust. But it does need to work. Any thoughts?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40768" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22919" RevisionGUID="6239cd4a-9f84-4666-908c-73d42d7390f8" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:36:52.787" UserId="7953" Text="Connect between Amazon ec2 and local intranet web services" />
  <row Id="40769" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22919" RevisionGUID="6239cd4a-9f84-4666-908c-73d42d7390f8" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:36:52.787" UserId="7953" Text="&lt;amazon-ec2&gt;&lt;cloud-computing&gt;&lt;ssh-tunnel&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;" />
  <row Id="40771" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22920" RevisionGUID="7251fa8d-84fd-4526-813f-d2e9edd089a8" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:39:48.037" UserId="8934" Text="Looks like your mysql server is missing its configuration file. Restart Mysql server and check in the Application event log for Mysql complains. " />
  <row Id="40772" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22921" RevisionGUID="c61a9391-e69c-406a-8989-0bfa12e16fc2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:39:52.747" UserId="181" Text="Adding it into a tool like [logcheck][1], to summarise any problems it throws up would be a good start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://logcheck.org/" />
  <row Id="40773" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="22398" RevisionGUID="e959e4d9-41fb-44ed-9f63-7ea3ba95603b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:40:52.700" UserId="6767" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;centos&gt;&lt;dell&gt;&lt;poweredge&gt;&lt;raid&gt;&lt;omsa&gt;" />
  <row Id="40774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22922" RevisionGUID="cf9769f5-3aad-4a5f-9dec-7af1b81a9668" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:45:42.597" UserId="7200" Text="It's a &quot;superuser.com&quot; question, but the same principles apply to a home network w/ respect to least-privilege, keeping backups, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember that all the programs you run (either on purpose, or when a bug causes arbitrary code to be executed on your computer) gets whatever rights you have. That might make you think about using non-privileged user accounts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you care about keeping your data when you accidently run a worm, trojan horse, etc, you might also consider keeping offline backups. The trojan can smash all the files your least-privileged user account has access to, but it can't touch files on a disconnected hard disk drive sitting on a shelf (or better, in some other building that won't burn / blow away / flood when your house does).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps you don't have any data you care about being made public, but give a thought to what the thieves are going to get when they steal your computers. You might re-think using encryption with strong passphrases for at least some of your files.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22923" RevisionGUID="85f0afa4-1a5f-4e1c-8949-ed583b7d5a12" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:49:04.413" UserId="8199" Text="I would leave on the windows firewalls and add exceptions as necessary. Have multiple layers of security. Do you upgrade your modem/router firmware regularly?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;remote desktop is okay to open, but for sure use authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers,&#xD;&#xA;-Mathew" />
  <row Id="40776" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22919" RevisionGUID="83d8e16a-f280-4eaa-8b88-fad55de922a0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:50:34.833" UserId="1054" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="I have an instance of an application running in the cloud on Amazon EC2 instance of SuSE Linux, and I need it to connect to web services on my local intranet (generally port 80, but also some others) which are behind a firewall. I'm looking for a good strategy to accomplish this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm thinking some sort of proxy on my Windows 2000 server inside the firewall, which would connect to the EC2 instance via an ssh tunnel. But I've never put together an ssh tunnel before. Is that the best option here? What are some recommended tools I can use to put it together?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is for a development setup, so it doesn't have to be production-level robust. But it does need to work. Any thoughts?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40777" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22924" RevisionGUID="56c307ca-ccf9-4f56-9f49-25d6c12d94e3" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:51:35.347" UserId="8934" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;how many cpu/core per machine ? hitting 100% on many core would mean a multithread application eating all ressources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have a pattern (peak every X hours or everyday around 2'o clock) ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anything in eventlog (like huge printing) ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have SCOM ?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22925" RevisionGUID="7ed1a2db-eed2-4ec7-9ecb-0e93a673ffaa" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:52:09.773" UserId="4479" Text="You may be challenged to get a &quot;do this to fix it answer&quot; on this largely because any good sysadmin is uber paranoid about data loss, including guiding someone else in a situation that may lead to data loss.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From what you've provided I'll summarize what I see an maybe where you can start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- /dev/md2 is a RAID 5 device with (4) 1.5TB drives&#xD;&#xA;- The entire underlying drive is being used by the raid module - no partitions on the drive&#xD;&#xA;- Your /dev/md2 device is now reporting a normal / happy status&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Start by posting the results of:&#xD;&#xA;`pvdisplay` and `vgscan`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have a &quot;lvm-raid&quot; file located in /etc/lvm/backup/ ?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40779" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22926" RevisionGUID="64524095-c79e-4d26-aed9-f9417bfc0815" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:52:24.783" UserDisplayName="Brad" Text="Your setup is very similar to mine.  Only differences is I leave firewalls on (with exceptions added) and I add MAC address filtering to the WPA2 wireless security." />
  <row Id="40780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22927" RevisionGUID="5cbe9b1a-6fa3-476c-b7f4-476a880378bf" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:52:25.407" UserId="7342" Text="I don't run a firewall on any of my home computers, even though they have fully routable IP addresses, mostly because I have a firewall in front of them, which only lets in the smallest amount of traffic necessary. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't encrypt my wireless either, because it's on a separate subnet to my main network and is mac-address locked to access the Internet. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a matter of how happy you are with your protection and how much damage anyone could cause. How important is your data? Is it backed up? How much work would it be to recover it?" />
  <row Id="40781" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22893" RevisionGUID="35852356-529a-4a80-87d4-0009011d9d59" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:54:05.620" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix a couple of typos" Text="To make a long story short, I am responsible for a media server that has two RAID arrays (/dev/md0 and /dev/md2).  I still have a ton to learn about software RAID and LVM, etc.  We had a drive fail in /dev/md0, okay not a big deal I replaced the bad drive, reassembled the RAID array (which took most of last night to complete) and this morning I came in and was able to mount /dev/md0 with no data loss.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Little did I know, something became corrupt with /dev/md2.  Now /dev/md0 was set-up by my co-worker two years ago, I set-up /dev/md2 about six months ago.  Always having done RAID using the hardware controllers built into servers from Dell and HP, this is the first time I have had to deal with software RAID.  I followed the instructions on [url]http://www.gagme.com/greg/linux/raid-lvm.php[/url] which I felt was the best idea as LVM would give me the ability to grow the RAID array in the future (I just now learned that mdadm can do the same).  There was no issues with this until today.  After rebooting the machine after it repaired /dev/md0 it was unable to mount /dev/lmv-raid/lvm0 (said the file or directory couldn't be found).  It almost looks like the logical volume is gone.  I do not understand what would have caused this.  No drives in the second array were bad, I didn't touch the second array.  Nothing should have gone bad with the array.  But it looks like something isn't right. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now /dev/md2 is running and is in a clean state, but I cannot mount it.  I am afraid that data is gone.  The really terrible thing is that there is no explanation in my mind as to what happened.  I am assuming that I can't mount /dev/md2 because the RAID array is expecting to be controlled by LVM.  Maybe I do not understand the system well enough, but if I have a clean array shouldn't the data still be in the array?  Any idea how I can go about recovering the data?  The last thing I want to do is have to go back to my boss and tell him that in the process of fixing one array another array magically broke and all your data is gone.  I have looked at multiple sites, but since I don't know what actually broke with it all I don't know if I have really lost data or if there is something else that I am missing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any advice would be greatly appreciated, I have been struggling with this all morning long and am at a total loss. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is some more information: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     [root@viamao ~]# mdadm --detail /dev/md2&#xD;&#xA;     /dev/md2:&#xD;&#xA;     Version : 00.90.01&#xD;&#xA;     Creation Time : Tue Jun  9 11:32:06 2009&#xD;&#xA;     Raid Level : raid5&#xD;&#xA;     Array Size : 4395415488 (4191.79 GiB 4500.91 GB)&#xD;&#xA;     Device Size : 1465138496 (1397.26 GiB 1500.30 GB)&#xD;&#xA;     Raid Devices : 4&#xD;&#xA;     Total Devices : 4&#xD;&#xA;     Preferred Minor : 2&#xD;&#xA;     Persistence : Superblock is persistent&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Update Time : Tue Jun  9 15:54:39 2009&#xD;&#xA;          State : clean&#xD;&#xA;    Active Devices : 4&#xD;&#xA;    Working Devices : 4&#xD;&#xA;    Failed Devices : 0&#xD;&#xA;    Spare Devices : 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;         Layout : left-symmetric&#xD;&#xA;     Chunk Size : 64K&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State&#xD;&#xA;       0       8      128        0      active sync   /dev/sdi&#xD;&#xA;       1       8      144        1      active sync   /dev/sdj&#xD;&#xA;       2       8      160        2      active sync   /dev/sdk&#xD;&#xA;       3       8      176        3      active sync   /dev/sdl&#xD;&#xA;           UUID : 88bbe155:b6d852b1:3ad8a77d:5eba3ee2&#xD;&#xA;         Events : 0.36&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      [root@viamao archive2]# mount -t ext3 /dev/md2 /share/archive2&#xD;&#xA;      mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/md2,&#xD;&#xA;      or too many mounted file systems&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     [root@viamao archive2]# mount&#xD;&#xA;     /dev/hda3 on / type ext3 (rw)&#xD;&#xA;     none on /proc type proc (rw)&#xD;&#xA;     none on /sys type sysfs (rw)&#xD;&#xA;     none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)&#xD;&#xA;     usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)&#xD;&#xA;     /dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)&#xD;&#xA;     none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)&#xD;&#xA;     none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)&#xD;&#xA;     sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)&#xD;&#xA;     /dev/md0 on /share/archive1 type ext3 (rw)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      [root@viamao share]# cat /proc/mdstat&#xD;&#xA;      Personalities : [raid5] &#xD;&#xA;      md2 : active raid5 sdl[3] sdk[2] sdj[1] sdi[0]&#xD;&#xA;      4395415488 blocks level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [4/4] [UUUU]&#xD;&#xA;      &#xD;&#xA;      md0 : active raid5 sda[0] sdh[7] sdg[6] sdf[5] sde[4] sdd[3] sdc[2] sdb[1]&#xD;&#xA;      5128021248 blocks level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [8/8] [UUUUUUUU]&#xD;&#xA;      &#xD;&#xA;      unused devices: &lt;none&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anything else I can show you that might be able to help?  I have a active RAID array that I can't mount, thinking this has something to do with the fact that this used to be on lvm, but now when I try to mount /dev/lvm-raid/lvm0 it tells me the special device cannot be found.  lvdisplay doesn't give me anything pvdisplay only shows me the drive that my OS is on.  vgdisplay also yields nothing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thoughts?  I am seriously at a loss here." />
  <row Id="40782" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="22893" RevisionGUID="35852356-529a-4a80-87d4-0009011d9d59" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:54:05.620" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix a couple of typos" Text="Need help with recovering RAID array" />
  <row Id="40783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22928" RevisionGUID="9571d5c7-0bd5-4a29-8e20-2190db46c17e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:56:55.193" UserId="8938" Text="We've got a SharePoint farm set up and can access it via WebDav in Explorer like so: \\ourlocalSharepoint.  None of the servers are able to access the files in this manner, only client machines.  But all can get to the web url, http://ourlocalSharepoint.  I think the win2k3 image we are using to install has had some bits removed/turned off, but since I wasn't the one who did it, I don't know what was done to the win2k3 installer.  What bits/services need to be turned on so a windows box can access webdav folders?" />
  <row Id="40784" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22928" RevisionGUID="9571d5c7-0bd5-4a29-8e20-2190db46c17e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:56:55.193" UserId="8938" Text="WebDav folders not accessabile on servers" />
  <row Id="40785" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22928" RevisionGUID="9571d5c7-0bd5-4a29-8e20-2190db46c17e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:56:55.193" UserId="8938" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;webdav&gt;&lt;windows2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="40786" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22929" RevisionGUID="31abd492-6c59-463f-af81-0979ac348f20" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:56:55.850" UserId="3657" Text="CohesiveFT has a free and commercial product for doing network &quot;overlays&quot; in EC2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.cohesiveft.com/Cube/VPN/VPN-Cubed_for_EC2/" />
  <row Id="40787" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22930" RevisionGUID="409dcb99-400c-4363-b9ce-a2b6e6232a6e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:57:18.860" UserId="8934" Text="The simple dumb way:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ask your linux to be much more aggressive on dns servers in resolv.conf:&#xD;&#xA;options timeout:0.1 rotate &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So timeout is quick and rotate make him use both to round robin the load, without any VIP/VRRP/staff to manage, just 2 dns servers doing their job...&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22931" RevisionGUID="c94643c6-e861-4cf7-a883-c1de4dbddf3a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T20:58:15.113" UserId="3000" Text="I know, with the same problem, I had to reinstall the VPN client. The problem was a corrupt file. That may not fix it, though." />
  <row Id="40789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22932" RevisionGUID="251c061b-ddb7-400c-b2ea-c07081b9d289" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:01:44.793" UserId="6132" Text="For multi-platform monitoring a good choice is IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2, however this is a costly investment. IBM products are very scalable but that comes with a pretty hefty price tag." />
  <row Id="40790" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22933" RevisionGUID="7547ba67-e918-440b-a3d7-090a8fd5eb38" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:02:12.907" UserId="8629" Text="Once upon a time, I was walking by my poor little Linksys router on a Sunday afternoon, and noticed that the activity lights were blinking like mad.  Since no one in the house was actively using a PC at the time, I thought it merited some investigation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Network setup at that time:&#xD;&#xA;DSL Modem -&gt; Linksys wireless router with WEP key and Mac filtering -&gt; 2 Windows XP boxes without remote desktop enabled, and a poor, long-suffering PII-333 running FreeBSD sitting in the DMZ.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Further review of the logs on the FreeBSD system indicated that I was being portscanned rather enthusiastically from about 12 different IPs from two different country codes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bonus headache points:   the *one* friend I gave a shell account to, so that he could SSH in from his workplace?   Yeah, he used a bad password.   Silly me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Steps I took at the time:&#xD;&#xA;- Stopped broadcasting the SSID for the wireless&#xD;&#xA;- Implemented MAC filtering at the wireless router&#xD;&#xA;I use the wireless so infrequently, and from only one device that this made sense for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Turned wireless off by default&#xD;&#xA;... it's not that much more effort to kick one of the kids off a WinXP desktop and enable the wireless on the AP via the admin interface before I retreat to the couch with the laptop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Told myself repeatedly that stuff doesn't need to live in the DMZ without a Good Reason&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Who knew it was that easy to open ports on my Linksys so that I could properly enjoy a game of Team Fortress?   READ YOUR ROUTER'S DOCUMENTATION.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Moved SSH to a non-default port on my UNIX box&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm still seeing at least two portscans per day on my home DSL connection, and friends in the neighborhood who have same provider have also indicated they're seeing portscans on a regular basis.    Thanks to laziness, they're only scanning commonly used ports.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Moved to using SSH keys instead of passwords on the UNIX box.&#xD;&#xA;If they find my SSH port, they need my SSH key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Steps I'm planning to do when I get time:&#xD;&#xA;- Set up a pfsense-based firewall/router again.   Previous one had a HD failure, and I put the linksys back into service as the router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22935" RevisionGUID="a5c67753-4518-451b-86f9-a04741fcab4f" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:03:25.290" UserId="8934" Text="Monitor disk queue length on servers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - perfmon/scom on Windows&#xD;&#xA; - sar on unix&#xD;&#xA; - Virtual Center/ esxtop on VMware&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40793" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22592" RevisionGUID="9ef99240-46c9-467c-abc6-9b05b7d51245" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:04:57.877" UserId="4541" Comment="Status update on my research and desicion" Text="I am looking to pitch a comprehensive monitoring system to my manager, and have been considering OpenNMS. However, I have seen glowing praise of Nagios on here and I was hoping someone with experience could help illustrate the key differences for me. Do their focuses differ, or are they just competitors?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If some background helps, we run 6 on-site servers (File server, PBX, proxy, application, etc.) and two off-site servers (Website / development) along with a couple of switches and a router. The monitoring service we install will be running on a separate converted desktop running freeBSD. All of our stuff runs either Linux or a BSD derivative. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are looking to spend no money to implement this (sigh).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for any help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&#xD;&#xA;It looks like openNMS offers a more comprehensive solution closer to what I want. However, because it is written in Java and the port is not in the official ports tree yet,  it has been vetoed. Now begins my Nagios would be better than just MRTG campaign. Thanks for the fast responses.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;-Chance" />
  <row Id="40794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22936" RevisionGUID="b8838069-edfb-4f0a-b54e-313f0bf4d1a9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:06:00.357" UserId="1820" Text="For Windows CPUZ is a very quick way. It will list under the &quot;Instructions&quot; section on the first page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40795" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22937" RevisionGUID="ca44278c-c857-4d06-9339-906bada9a6be" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:06:01.337" UserId="5426" Text="This is only my enviroment and probably does not apply to many other people, but we run in a Terminal Services enviroment. My main reason for not deploying Firefox is because of memory usage. Even in Firefox 3 we still see massive (2GB plus) Firefox browsers running. Where as IE runs in much less RAM (500-800 MB) for the same people." />
  <row Id="40799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22938" RevisionGUID="c43cbf3c-e428-4d87-835b-17897ac67728" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:07:49.667" UserId="3000" Text="usually it happens if your links do not appear to be the same as the text they are made with. Such as a Bank One text being linked to an IP address. If there are a lot of links, and especially IP addresses, this can happen. Also, any hidden tags or any extra HTML that doesn't appear to be doing anything can do this. Another idea is if there are lots of images.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, like Martynas said, posting the emails that are marked as phishing would help us better diagnose it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also note, some email newsletters and such sent my Microsoft from Microsoft.com are marked as phishing, too. So it's not just you." />
  <row Id="40800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22939" RevisionGUID="e22f7e46-d562-4ff8-91cb-8c52aa6a5be0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:09:22.690" UserId="8897" Text="The first thing I would  do in this kind of situation, if at all possible: Make an exact copy of both disks forming /dev/md2 (with dd or something like that). This may takes ages, but if you frack up things even more while attempting to repair this, you can go back to where you started. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40801" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22940" RevisionGUID="54a2fbaf-c3aa-4376-990a-30f6b974e3b2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:09:29.130" UserId="8940" Text="Actually it's easier to just goto the host machine in VIC under summary tab and browse the datastore.  Then create a folder for the new vm, copy the vmdk file from your source vm by copy and paste within the datastore browser and then create a custom VM for the new vmdk file.  Make sure your VM and folder names match and it takes 1/10th of the time to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example for me was:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;7gig VM:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Converter: 13mins&#xD;&#xA;Direct: 3mins&#xD;&#xA;Copy via Datastore browser: 1min&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I made copies of 17 VM's in Under 20 mins which saved a ton of time from converter." />
  <row Id="40802" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22419" RevisionGUID="5d4fe822-26d0-4759-bbf7-537b15f357dc" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:09:49.990" UserId="3698" Comment="Beter title" Text="I have installed, configured DNS server(local instance of Dnsmasq) which resolves to localhost as I want, all OK. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I go offline, it stops working, because OS X empty content of resolv.conf and ignore attempt to reflect changes in this file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea, how to configure DNS even when offline?" />
  <row Id="40803" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="22419" RevisionGUID="5d4fe822-26d0-4759-bbf7-537b15f357dc" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:09:49.990" UserId="3698" Comment="Beter title" Text="Set DNS server on OS X even when without internet connection" />
  <row Id="40804" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22941" RevisionGUID="f14dbf25-15b8-4c5f-8809-b3a73aa47847" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:10:49.083" UserId="3657" Text="We are looking at enhancing our conference/training room.  We currently use a set of 10 laptops that are set up when training is in session.  A portable projector is brought in and connected to a presenter laptop or a laptop that a trainer might bring with them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are considering mounting a projector in the back of the room and providing a system for presentations or training.  This could be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - A desktop attached to projector with wireless keyboard/mouse&#xD;&#xA; - A laptop wirelessly connected to projector&#xD;&#xA; - Some combination of the two or something else entirely&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What have you set up for your conferencing/training needs?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our room only holds roughly ten people so an extensive configuration is not needed.  I am looking for something flexible enough for training with outside people bringing their own equipment that is also easy to use for normal presentations where someone might just have a presentation on a thumb drive." />
  <row Id="40805" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22941" RevisionGUID="f14dbf25-15b8-4c5f-8809-b3a73aa47847" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:10:49.083" UserId="3657" Text="What is your optimal configuration for a conference room/training room?" />
  <row Id="40806" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22941" RevisionGUID="f14dbf25-15b8-4c5f-8809-b3a73aa47847" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:10:49.083" UserId="3657" Text="&lt;projector&gt;&lt;conference&gt;&lt;training&gt;&lt;multimedia&gt;" />
  <row Id="40807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22942" RevisionGUID="b9d5b6ad-3938-4233-8c5e-d4b8f9fd7b89" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:11:00.720" UserId="8934" Text="You will need to install IAS windows component on windows server (your dc is ok).&#xD;&#xA;Then declare it as radius server on your cisco&#xD;&#xA;Declare your cisco as radius client&#xD;&#xA;allow your users to do remote call (user properties in dsa.msc)" />
  <row Id="40808" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22943" RevisionGUID="cf5b50c9-949d-480e-b7a1-303a3738842a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:12:29.577" UserId="4541" Text="If you really want to drill down what is happening on you network, you could take a look at the many different Netflow based applications. They consist of a probe that collects data about each connection the machine makes (a flow) and and forwards ports, IPs, time, duration and all kinds of good data to a collector that can assimilate the data from many probes. Then you can analyze that data at your leisure. Since your are running freeBSD your can use pflowd as a probe, it just translates information PF naively generates. I have it setup at home and it has a very minimal footprint.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22944" RevisionGUID="0b4b8cfd-bb7a-4cce-a97b-e8741966fdc0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:14:18.700" UserId="8934" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;why not outsourcing your web stats ? With solution like sitemeter, you just put an extra javascript, and they will give you stats on your site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Web stats may be a pain for admin, doesn't always worth it to implement in house solution " />
  <row Id="40810" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22945" RevisionGUID="2b269bee-bc72-4ec7-84ae-f59786f7112d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:15:41.520" UserId="4491" Text="First thing you need to do is make sure the assembly for your provider is signed, strongly-named and stored in the GAC. Get the Culture, Version and Public Key Token values for your assembly out of the GAC&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit the file:&#xD;&#xA;c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\config\administration.config&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Find the trustedProviders section, and add a new line for your provider as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    add type=&quot;MyCompany.CustomProvider, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c14f5f7f11d61b3a&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(where the type name, version, culture and publickeytoken are what you pulled out of the GAC)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Save the file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;iisreset&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the web.config file for your site, make sure that the provider is referenced using the fully qualified assembly type name, and you should be good to go.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40811" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22946" RevisionGUID="cd958b1f-580d-4b2b-8f1e-63aa042e33bb" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:20:36.800" UserId="3657" Text="Does OSX have the /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf configuration file that normal Linux/UNIX DHCP client configurations have?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, it should have a line you can uncomment for &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    prepend domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to have the DHCP client always add that line to your resolv.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22947" RevisionGUID="f9e37b3b-1d02-4f30-8572-3a0a75d366a3" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:20:59.123" UserId="8897" Text="It might help to just put &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    127.0.0.1       localhost&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;into /etc/hosts, so it doesn't need to resolver to find localhost. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22948" RevisionGUID="5fcacc9c-7022-469b-92a1-e2c014070b0d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:22:05.707" UserId="8943" Text="You might try the following&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;pvdisplay /dev/md2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and provide the results.  This will explicitly tell pvdisplay to attempt to read the md2 device for LVM info.  " />
  <row Id="40814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22949" RevisionGUID="2c2cb361-87d1-45b7-8b69-25c22c29a454" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:23:33.563" UserId="3657" Text="Install the WebDav client on your server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=17C36612-632E-4C04-9382-987622ED1D64&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22950" RevisionGUID="9a88f77b-ad99-43b6-8d6e-faa698913a1d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:24:27.993" UserId="846" Text="My thoughts ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1- DSL Router: standard NAT, turn off external access to web admin, turn off Universal Plug-n-Play, use [ShieldsUp][1] to make sure that you are locked down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2- Wireless: If you use wireless then encrypt with WPA2.  Don't bother hiding the SSID; that is useless comfort.  Use MAC-address locking if you won't add devices often.  I have friends and the kids friends over a lot, so I don't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3- External Access: I would use a VPN rather than just boring firewall holes for SSH or other remote access.  Some consumer routers have them (or see my note about the Astaro below).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4- Passwords:  I would put relatively strong passwords on the systems, even if they are all the same thing or all known by the family.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5- Admin-level: Come on now .. surely you know better!  I would **avoid** running at Admin-level for regular use, even if everyone knows the password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6- Backups: What are you securing?  You indicated that all you have to lose is some media.  I would challenge that.  Do you do your finances?  Do you have family pictures?  You need to have backup handled .. see [this question][2] for a discussion on home backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to have some fun and get even more secure and granular, get the (free for home use) [Astaro Security Gateway][3] software and put it on an old PC with two NICs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1282/your-home-backup-strategy&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.astaro.com/our_products/product_overview/landing_pages/free_home_edition" />
  <row Id="40816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22951" RevisionGUID="b65c4a12-4bd0-4857-bafb-ec29221a9525" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:27:16.223" UserId="7136" Text="Check what processes are running on the machine.  It sounds like a background process is eating CPU time and heating up the box at some interval." />
  <row Id="40817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22952" RevisionGUID="30cc76b2-996c-488c-aa38-b37839f22f0e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:28:28.517" UserId="4694" Text="We use **[ZABBIX][1]** to monitor 10 servers and 100 clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;ZABBIX is an enterprise-class open source distributed monitoring solution.&lt;br&gt; ZABBIX is software for monitoring of your applications, network and servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can monitor things like bandwidth, cpu usage, total memory, free memory, number of processes, free space on the hdd, uptime, etc. It has some very good templates for monitoring Exchange, SQL, Linux. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.zabbix.com/" />
  <row Id="40818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22953" RevisionGUID="dded6f1d-9d48-47cd-8722-dbbf7e38918e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:29:40.620" UserId="7962" Text="Looking for some (*nix) software which will build an index of &quot;interesting&quot; files on a server and notify when certain of those files contents are modified, or new files appear.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Similar to rkhunter et al, but less focussed on system binaries and more on executables served via web.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any recommendations?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40819" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22953" RevisionGUID="dded6f1d-9d48-47cd-8722-dbbf7e38918e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:29:40.620" UserId="7962" Text="Identifying changed files on *nix webserver" />
  <row Id="40820" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22953" RevisionGUID="dded6f1d-9d48-47cd-8722-dbbf7e38918e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:29:40.620" UserId="7962" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;exploit&gt;&lt;rootkit&gt;" />
  <row Id="40821" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22954" RevisionGUID="e35a6bcd-6697-48a3-8fbb-29abdff8fbf0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:29:55.003" UserId="8943" Text="While your system is 64bit the system might not be able to actually address all of the available memory.  This is a chipset limitation.  For example, the previous generation Mac mini &quot;supports&quot; 4GB of ram but only 3.3GB was actually addressable.  " />
  <row Id="40822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22955" RevisionGUID="eca0c4aa-cd1a-4ee0-9811-a1c100611599" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:30:56.967" UserId="3657" Text="Install a Zalman Fanmate 2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118217&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cabled between the fan and the motherboard and provides an external knob you can dial up and down the fan speed with.  Probably will circumvent the natural fan control from the motherboard/OS and give you control over the fan speed." />
  <row Id="40823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22956" RevisionGUID="32fe8b9c-78d9-4b71-856c-b0bdbff18429" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:36:17.220" UserId="3657" Text="Take a look at systraq&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://directory.fsf.org/project/systraq/" />
  <row Id="40824" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22957" RevisionGUID="1d5f91a8-8413-4c25-b384-93cf98335577" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:36:46.330" UserId="7936" Text="You might try the [inotify][1] framework. You could use it to get a list of files that are reported to you by a write_close event. You might want to investigate *incron* or the *inotify-tools* (both linked from the wikipedia page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand it sounds like [tripwire][2] is exactly what you are searching for, to my knowledge you can simply define which files to look at. I don't see a reason why tripwire (which granted is actually for system binaries in it's basic use case) isn't suited for your use case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inotify&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/tripwire/" />
  <row Id="40825" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22958" RevisionGUID="e8ff6919-1482-4055-ace7-4aa315012af3" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:37:12.507" UserId="5221" Text="As well as log scanning, it is possible to perform slightly more automated checks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For instance, I have a script that performs an &quot;rsync -a --dry-run&quot; between several file areas and their respective backups and emails me the results. It runs weekly via cron, or I sometimes run it manually. There are expected to be small differences as there will often have been changes since the last daily backup but significant differences will show up certain problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also for my mail server (a VM that runs the F/OSS edition of Zimbra) I have a copy of the VM that occasionally deletes its mailstore and restores the main server's latest backup. One of my weekly manual checks is to login to the &quot;backup test&quot; VM and make sure that it is running properly and has all the recent changes it should have. I can kick off the test process manually for this too." />
  <row Id="40826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22959" RevisionGUID="6bd75cb6-b33c-4617-9e28-90dc13d663c4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:37:50.540" UserId="8166" Text="In the past we used a ceiling mounted projector with connectors in the front of the room.  AN instructor could connect a laptop to it and get going fast.  I would also dedicate a laptop to the room just to make sure you have something that an instructor can use if needed." />
  <row Id="40827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22960" RevisionGUID="a1b49ad3-67c9-4869-b8ea-eacc45b8e361" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:38:15.220" UserId="984" Text="You may want to look at [Tripwire][1] or [AIDE][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both will track config file changes on your machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See also:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://serverfault.com/questions/3852/what-tool-do-you-recommend-to-track-changes-on-a-linux-unix-server&#xD;&#xA; - http://serverfault.com/questions/11582/how-to-record-server-changes&#xD;&#xA; - http://serverfault.com/questions/5410/using-revision-control-for-server-configuration-files&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tripwire.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://freshmeat.net/projects/aide" />
  <row Id="40828" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22961" RevisionGUID="b9ff42b6-0854-4429-badc-9a3c180a9065" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:38:25.063" UserId="8614" Text="I have a core 2 laptop with 4gb of ram. I use the machine for browsing, network stuff and simple programming. Would there be any benefit to having a swap partition? My understanding is that with that much memory, there would be no need to have a swap for my mediocre usage. In fact, the kernel will be forced to use my ram, which will be faster. ?" />
  <row Id="40829" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22961" RevisionGUID="b9ff42b6-0854-4429-badc-9a3c180a9065" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:38:25.063" UserId="8614" Text="Do I even need a swap partition with Linux?" />
  <row Id="40830" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22961" RevisionGUID="b9ff42b6-0854-4429-badc-9a3c180a9065" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:38:25.063" UserId="8614" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;memory&gt;&lt;swap&gt;" />
  <row Id="40831" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22962" RevisionGUID="8c880bf5-4a21-4315-9ce6-c270028e2362" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:39:36.497" UserId="8943" Text="No.  If for some reason you later decide you have to have swap you can create a file and tell the OS to use that file on your file system for swap space." />
  <row Id="40832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22963" RevisionGUID="a0884551-f305-4bb9-b76a-7ea329db9d1b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:40:54.293" UserId="1840" Text="This is one of our room configurations, it could help you as an idea.  We didn't do the install, but these were our specifications:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Projector in ceiling &lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;(ability to handle multiple connections: VCR-DVD/Desktop/Laptop/Document-Camera.  We've had good luck with Hitachi)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Presenter station&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;This is pretty close to what we have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Inside presenter station:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- 8-Port switch (one cable connects to desktop, another is ready for a laptop)&#xD;&#xA;- Desktop computer with dual-monitor capable video card (one will go to monitor, the other to projector)&#xD;&#xA;- DVD/VCR&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;On top of the presenter station:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 17&quot; LCD Monitor&#xD;&#xA; - Document Camera (with VGA in for a possible Laptop connection)&#xD;&#xA; - Audio/Video Switcher (this was installed by the AV company we hired)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The A/V company that did the install took care of pulling all the video/audio cables to the projector.  If you have the time and expertise with multimedia equipment you could do this yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;i&gt;... Now, if you had asked me about our videoconferencing room, I would need WAY more time to share how we did that monster.&lt;/i&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.exactfurniture.com/imgs/mm1200pic.jpg" />
  <row Id="40833" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22964" RevisionGUID="e1b0f53e-8b65-4059-97fd-2febf26b41e8" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:41:04.543" UserId="7936" Text="&gt; Do I need a swap partition?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need a **swap partition** (not a swap file) to send your workstation to sleep.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; How can I force the kernel not to use swap?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sysctl vm.swappiness=0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On another note: How is that related to server administration?" />
  <row Id="40834" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22965" RevisionGUID="2c630918-bbae-435c-8e85-9686b0586ddf" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:42:26.710" UserId="3657" Text="There is benefit.  Whether you need it is up for debate.  At a minimum, swap gives you a safety net in case something happens that is unexpected.  Your system will swap instead of starting to have programs crash or killed from OOM." />
  <row Id="40835" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22966" RevisionGUID="6b760c51-da24-4db0-8af2-e89af5516625" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:43:18.563" UserId="5880" Text="here are the commands i use on my cisco routers they are running IOS 12.2-K9 Image:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    aaa authentication login default group radius local&#xD;&#xA;    radius-server host &lt;server&gt; auth-port 1812 acct-port 1813 key &lt;your_key&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to be in aaa new-model mode to do this. the first command tells it to set the default login authentication to be readius- if that fails fall back to local. and trust me you want that local fall back &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1812 and 1813 are MS's default RADIUS ports.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is after you have setup IAS on the Windows server side" />
  <row Id="40836" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22967" RevisionGUID="8a1d787a-aae0-4033-9413-5517295661b6" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:45:33.520" UserId="2783" Text="Go into services.msc and enable the WebClient service." />
  <row Id="40837" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22961" RevisionGUID="207a9c52-de2c-4904-a074-553a4fec3520" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:46:24.563" UserId="8614" Comment="added 77 characters in body; edited title" Text="I have a core 2 laptop with 4gb of ram. I use the machine for browsing, network stuff and simple programming. Would there be any benefit to having a swap partition? My understanding is that with that much memory, there would be no need to have a swap for my mediocre usage. In fact, the kernel will be forced to use my ram, which will be faster. ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use this machine to host a small ftp and web server semi-occasionaly." />
  <row Id="40838" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="22961" RevisionGUID="207a9c52-de2c-4904-a074-553a4fec3520" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:46:24.563" UserId="8614" Comment="added 77 characters in body; edited title" Text="Do I even need a swap partition with Linux?I" />
  <row Id="40839" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22286" RevisionGUID="690ee8b7-a2de-44b4-b533-cd3921342ea0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:46:28.777" UserId="6004" Comment="added 151 characters in body" Text="I would think any public forum that uses [reCaptcha][1] would be a good start. I'm not sure about phpBB3 but I saw some plugins for phpBB2 and reports of people rolling their own for 3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also see this SO post...&#xD;&#xA;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/450835/how-do-you-stop-scripters-from-slamming-your-website-hundreds-of-times-a-second&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://recaptcha.net/" />
  <row Id="40840" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22968" RevisionGUID="b053d7b4-3b7a-49e9-81d6-f5914042028e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:46:33.223" UserId="7723" Text="I use Zenoss Core to monitor network equipment and Windows/Linux VMs via SNMP&#xD;&#xA;www.zenoss.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open source, the enterprise level is probably pretty costly.  Anything that your SNMP agent will send it will pick up." />
  <row Id="40841" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22963" RevisionGUID="2aa2266f-e2a2-42f7-816b-e8db7e1a2319" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:46:35.063" UserId="1840" Comment="added 64 characters in body; added 94 characters in body" Text="This is one of our room configurations, it could help you as an idea.  We didn't do the install, but these were our specifications:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Projector in ceiling &lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;(ability to handle multiple connections: VCR-DVD/Desktop/Laptop/Document-Camera.  We've had good luck with Hitachi)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Presenter station&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;This is pretty close to what we have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Inside presenter station:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- 8-Port switch (one cable connects to desktop, another is just there in case someone brings their laptop and either can't connect to wireless or prefer a wired connection)&#xD;&#xA;- Desktop computer with dual-monitor capable video card (one will go to monitor, the other to projector)&#xD;&#xA;- DVD/VCR&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;On top of the presenter station:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 17&quot; LCD Monitor&#xD;&#xA; - Document Camera (with VGA in for a possible Laptop connection).  &lt;i&gt;You would be suprised how many people still use those!&lt;/i&gt;&#xD;&#xA; - Audio/Video Switcher (this was installed by the AV company we hired)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The A/V company that did the install took care of pulling all the video/audio cables to the projector.  If you have the time and expertise with multimedia equipment you could do this yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;i&gt;... Now, if you had asked me about our videoconferencing room, I would need WAY more time to share how we did that monster.&lt;/i&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.exactfurniture.com/imgs/mm1200pic.jpg" />
  <row Id="40842" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22969" RevisionGUID="b5f74088-b4ef-43fe-b8b0-9bb630ba17de" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:47:47.137" UserId="7861" Text="If you want outside people bringing in their own equipment my best advice is to make sure the room is on its own &quot;dirty&quot; VLAN that only routes out to the internet.  If required to access local LAN resources lock down VLAN ACLs to only allow access to the servers they need access to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22970" RevisionGUID="712f2111-d85c-4ac3-8d15-1ad70a930607" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:52:37.220" UserId="2503" Text="Suspend-to-disc also requires enough swap to save the contents of memory into (it might use compression depending on settings and version).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As it's a laptop, you may want to use suspend-to-disc." />
  <row Id="40844" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22971" RevisionGUID="369c33d6-b1e1-43a6-be3b-15c70800c525" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:53:39.137" UserId="7645" Text="In addition to AIDE and Tripwire (already mentioned), you might want to check out [Samhain][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While all three probably default to monitoring /etc and various binary directories, they can be configured to monitor pretty much anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://la-samhna.de/samhain/" />
  <row Id="40845" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22972" RevisionGUID="aefa8655-ae4d-4f42-9ac8-c34cd0ddc6e2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:53:42.023" UserId="8944" Text="Try using Munin with this [plugin][1]. Works great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://muninexchange.projects.linpro.no/?search=&amp;cid=0&amp;os[5]=on&amp;os[6]=on&amp;pid=323" />
  <row Id="40846" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22419" RevisionGUID="2d60c822-fcae-4baa-b959-153c5477b621" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:53:54.457" UserId="3698" Comment="Added link to similar issue" Text="I have installed, configured DNS server(local instance of Dnsmasq) which resolves to localhost as I want, all OK. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I go offline, it stops working, because OS X empty content of resolv.conf and ignore attempt to reflect changes in this file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea, how to configure DNS even when offline?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Similar issue(unresolved): http://blog.steamshift.com/geek/leopard-lookupd-and-local-web-development-sites" />
  <row Id="40847" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22973" RevisionGUID="1e18e637-eb66-4cab-b362-c780d6318d10" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:56:36.197" UserId="7936" Text="Have you investigated issues with inode cache? `slabtop` should at least give you a starting point if you are running into something like this." />
  <row Id="40848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22974" RevisionGUID="2b5ea7cd-2c70-4276-a9e7-341aad68cf24" CreationDate="2009-06-09T21:59:36.177" UserId="843" Text="I don't have a solution for you. But it looks like you are not alone.&#xD;&#xA;[Here][1] and [Here][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe you can submit a bug to Microsoft&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sevenforums.com/virtualization/8743-nvidia-could-not-locate-drivers-compatible.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprovirt/thread/089b0b2b-b600-40c0-bfb2-45224a20372e" />
  <row Id="40849" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22975" RevisionGUID="5b093124-23a1-4c59-91e8-9906fb20c3b2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:03:36.917" UserId="7136" Text="Ever conference room needs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **whiteboard** with good markers, eraser and cleaning tools (you would not believe how may rooms are missing a simple washcloth)&#xD;&#xA; - **good lighting** and good blinds&#xD;&#xA; - **projector**&#xD;&#xA; - **screen** that can cover the whiteboard or roll up (optional)&#xD;&#xA; - **computer** with wireless keyboard and mouse&#xD;&#xA; - **phone** with conference ability&#xD;&#xA; - **webcam** (for virtual meetings)&#xD;&#xA; - **network outlets** on the table with&#xD;&#xA;  - **Internet access**&#xD;&#xA;  - **enough ports** for everyone at the table to connect a laptop&#xD;&#xA;  - **restricted LAN access** available&#xD;&#xA; - **power outlets** on the table&#xD;&#xA; - **AV switch** between the projector and PC to allow laptop hookup without unplugging the PC&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the room is beg enough add:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **podium** with its own lcd screen keybaord and mouse connected to the PC&#xD;&#xA; - **microphone and amp**" />
  <row Id="40850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22976" RevisionGUID="6b74b98f-1b67-4857-81d5-77a07be88014" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:05:40.733" UserId="1176" Text="I currently have Oracle 9i &amp; SQL Server 2005 in my dev machine (Note: &quot;dev machine&quot;). To answer your question, based on my experience, yes they can co-exist in one server. But it all comes down to performance and resources issues." />
  <row Id="40851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22977" RevisionGUID="e2ea494f-0324-4347-a076-1fc8484037dc" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:06:02.013" UserId="5401" Text="The different major ESP's use a lot of techniques to determine who to block and rate limit, but as others have mentioned it's usually independent of the geolocation of the IP. The most important thing for mail deliverability is reputation. Things that can impact reputation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- how often your mails get marked as junk&#xD;&#xA;- what you do with opt out requests&#xD;&#xA;- do you have a constant stream of mail, or it sent in large chunks&#xD;&#xA;- are you included on any publically available blacklists (spamhaus, spamcap, etc)&#xD;&#xA;- do you have Domainkeys/SPF setup for your IP's&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are 3rd party tools like [http://senderbase.org][1] that you can use to help determine what kind of reputation your IP's have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also the major ESP's all provide support to help you with their deliverability to their customers (Hotmail's is located at [http://postmaster.live.com][2] for example.) Those teams can usually setup feedback loops with you so if a customer marks your mail as junk, they'll let you know so you can remove it from your lists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://senderbase.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://postmaster.live.com" />
  <row Id="40852" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22963" RevisionGUID="629cce65-48cd-4216-b039-86a28093ccf7" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:08:55.360" UserId="1840" Comment="added 410 characters in body" Text="This is one of our room configurations, it could help you as an idea.  We didn't do the install, but these were our specifications:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Projector in ceiling &lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;(ability to handle multiple connections: VCR-DVD/Desktop/Laptop/Document-Camera.  We've had good luck with Hitachi)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Presenter station&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;This is pretty close to what we have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Inside presenter station:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- 8-Port switch (one cable connects to desktop, another is just there in case someone brings their laptop and either can't connect to wireless or prefer a wired connection)&#xD;&#xA;- Desktop computer with dual-monitor capable video card (one will go to monitor, the other to projector)&#xD;&#xA;- DVD/VCR&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;On top of the presenter station:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 17&quot; LCD Monitor&#xD;&#xA; - Document Camera (with VGA in for a possible Laptop connection).  &lt;i&gt;You would be suprised how many people still use those!&lt;/i&gt;&#xD;&#xA; - Audio/Video Switcher (this was installed by the AV company we hired**)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ***desktop computer** is setup to auto-login.  It is not part of our domain, nor is able to touch any of our agency networks due to being in it's own VLAN.  It is also 'frozen' with [**DeepFreeze**][2], so any changes (good or bad) will be gone whenever the computer reboots.  We have most applications and browser plugins presenters will need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The A/V company that did the install took care of pulling all the video/audio cables to the projector.  If you have the time and expertise with multimedia equipment you could do this yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;i&gt;... Now, if you had asked me about our videoconferencing room, I would need WAY more time to share how we did that monster.&lt;/i&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.exactfurniture.com/imgs/mm1200pic.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.faronics.com/html/deepfreeze.asp" />
  <row Id="40853" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22978" RevisionGUID="a792665b-962a-48c6-b42e-ecddd5f98283" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:12:14.090" UserId="8788" Text="Also look at **radmind**.  It can do filesystem-wide diffs and then unapply or reapply them.  You can use the client utilities by themselves, or use the server to create a repository for all of your diffs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/radmind/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/radmind/" />
  <row Id="40854" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22979" RevisionGUID="5856c31d-de44-4bff-bf63-9dc2db5eebf7" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:13:52.387" UserId="8945" Text="I am using CA ArcServe R12 to backup an Exchange 2007 SP1 mailbox server running on Windows Server 2003 R2. Email, folder, and mailbox level restore is possible. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ArcServe Exchange client is installed in the Exchange server and data is backed up to tape. So far so good, and I am happy with it. " />
  <row Id="40855" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22980" RevisionGUID="700a0649-8176-43a9-ab9f-f1d7a731fbd5" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:13:59.627" UserId="7936" Text="There's another point to consider:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - IANA puts out (formerly) reserved IP ranges to RIR (Regional Internet Registrars, ICANN, RIPE, ARIN, ... - hope I didn't mix up the names).&#xD;&#xA; - Good Sysadmins take care that unrouteable IPs can never ever reach their network, those (formerly) reserved IP addresses are such cases. Those IPs are blackholed on the firewall/router&#xD;&#xA; - Lazy Sysadmins do that once in a lifetime and never ever update the list again&#xD;&#xA; - Dutieful Sysadmins check the list regularly&#xD;&#xA; - Really Lazy Sysadmins automate alerts that the blacklist needs to be changed thru some monitoring tool&#xD;&#xA; - Brave Sysadmin take the automation a step further and generate their blacklist from a script so that no interaction is needed (I consider that brave because such things IMHO should be reviewed by a human)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Happened to us, we couldn't reach some US sites from european IPs becaus IANA put to /8 (IIRC) networks out in the wild which had been reserved up to that point in time. The people that ran the site didn't care about the blacklisted IPs and there was no way for us (and a couple of other people) to get to their site...&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40856" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21238" RevisionGUID="dd83f751-f69c-47b4-9d6f-42001d1c94d9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:16:57.000" UserId="7783" Comment="added 360 characters in body; added 149 characters in body" Text="If it came in MSI format for easy allocation to Windows workstations, and could be managed by GPO and Apple Open Directory then it would be perfect. It would also need to work well with things like Sharepoint, but I suspect that's an issue for the people designing sites in Sharepoint rather than mozilla.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know there's currently a fork of firefox that is designed to work with GPOs, but I'm talking about having it work with the &quot;standard&quot; product out of the box, and being able to control *and lock down* and any all preferences.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As neobyte says, patch management is also an issue. Firefox's current method doesn't scale for business imho.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;Extension management - this needs to be controllable by the enterprise too, there needs to be a way to roll out and &quot;lock&quot; into place a standard set of extensions, regardless of whether or not you want users to be able to add their own, possibly to nominate a trusted location of your own where you publish &quot;approved&quot; extensions, that kind of thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NTLM auth - looks like there's a hack to add this to the browser anyway if you look around the web but this needs to be obviously better exposed." />
  <row Id="40857" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15488" RevisionGUID="36b574be-1eec-486d-ae51-8ec74355770d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:25:35.873" UserId="3698" Comment="Reflect idea from comments" Text="    if [ &quot;$(uname)&quot;=&quot;darwin&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;      EDITOR=mate&#xD;&#xA;      PATH=$PATH:~/.bin&#xD;&#xA;      alias sleep_hdd='sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 1'&#xD;&#xA;      alias sleep_ram='sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0'&#xD;&#xA;      alias sleep_combined='sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 3'&#xD;&#xA;      alias cdproj='cd ~/Projects/Web'&#xD;&#xA;      alias e='mate'&#xD;&#xA;      alias vboxheadless='VBoxHeadless -startvm '&#xD;&#xA;      alias subash='sudo bash'&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    if [ &quot;$(uname)&quot; = &quot;SunOS&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;      alias ls='ls -F'&#xD;&#xA;      alias e='vim'&#xD;&#xA;      alias subash='pfexec bash'&#xD;&#xA;    fi" />
  <row Id="40858" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22981" RevisionGUID="b964976c-c47c-4a6d-b63d-f5fe3a584154" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:27:31.657" UserId="3327" Text="This looks interesting, for benchmarks at least:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.anandtech.com/bench/default.aspx?b=2" />
  <row Id="40859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22982" RevisionGUID="233ef25f-9cc9-4475-aa4f-385dcc19a2d9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:29:11.967" UserId="1873" Text="I was thinking of building a home backup system using FreeBSD 7.2 and the ZFS file system. Has anyone had any experience with that file system?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - Is it possible to boot from ZFS? (Would I want to?)&#xD;&#xA; - How easy is it to add a drive?&#xD;&#xA; - How well does it handles drives of different sizes?&#xD;&#xA; - Can you add new drives on the fly (or at least with just a reboot)?&#xD;&#xA; - Would I be better served by something off the shelf?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any other thoughts and suggestions would be welcome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just to be clear I have read the [FreeBSD page on ZFS][1]. I am looking for suggestions from people with practical experience with a similar setup to what I want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/filesystems-zfs.html" />
  <row Id="40860" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22982" RevisionGUID="233ef25f-9cc9-4475-aa4f-385dcc19a2d9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:29:11.967" UserId="1873" Text="Recommendations on ZFS on FreeBSD as a NAS box?" />
  <row Id="40861" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22982" RevisionGUID="233ef25f-9cc9-4475-aa4f-385dcc19a2d9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:29:11.967" UserId="1873" Text="&lt;freebsd&gt;&lt;zfs&gt;&lt;nas&gt;" />
  <row Id="40862" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22983" RevisionGUID="88464a08-0e9f-42ae-9154-42dc6d167664" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:29:34.960" UserId="7382" Text="Have a look at the [Community Kit for SharePoint][1], it is open source and may give you what you require.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://cks.codeplex.com/" />
  <row Id="40863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22984" RevisionGUID="afe770af-5d84-4546-a032-0723cd4b2e8c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:30:16.177" UserId="3312" Text="For a project at work, I need to be able to test various Ethernet NICs by connecting them to a &quot;loopback adapter plug&quot;, like [this one][1] on various Linux boxen.  I'd like to be able to setup two different IP addresses (AddressA and AddressB) on one Ethernet interface, and then run a ping from one to another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Ex:  ping -I AddressA AddressB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this even possible?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, is there a test available that would test the Ethernet interface solely on a L2 / MAC address level using the loopback plug?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/software/nog/nog-interfaces/html/fe-ge-loopback25.html" />
  <row Id="40864" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22984" RevisionGUID="afe770af-5d84-4546-a032-0723cd4b2e8c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:30:16.177" UserId="3312" Text="Ethernet Loopback plug - running a ping" />
  <row Id="40865" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22984" RevisionGUID="afe770af-5d84-4546-a032-0723cd4b2e8c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:30:16.177" UserId="3312" Text="&lt;ethernet&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;testing&gt;&lt;ping&gt;&lt;tcpip&gt;" />
  <row Id="40866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22985" RevisionGUID="67184549-b5e2-4b84-b8e4-0c06265fd875" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:32:01.790" UserId="7783" Text="Yes... however, just because you can doesn't mean you should. I'd want to keep them separate with virtual machines if I had to put them on the same physical box, at least on a production box. You're just doing so much to complicate any performance issues, bug hunting, you name it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not to mention an upgrade, or problem, with one of the two that effects the system stability (and we all know it *can* happen) will take down the service for users of databases on both platforms. That's got to be a bad thing." />
  <row Id="40867" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22986" RevisionGUID="6a322239-f9e9-475e-a1c2-6e31a7ff6444" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:35:41.873" UserId="7936" Text="For sure :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # ip a ls dev eth0&#xD;&#xA;    2: eth0: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000&#xD;&#xA;        link/ether 00:1e:4f:9b:4a:ab brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff&#xD;&#xA;        inet 10.10.141.83/24 brd 10.10.141.255 scope global eth0&#xD;&#xA;        inet6 fe80::21e:4fff:fe9b:4aab/64 scope link &#xD;&#xA;           valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever&#xD;&#xA;    # ip a add 10.10.141.253/24 dev eth0&#xD;&#xA;    # ip a ls dev eth0&#xD;&#xA;    2: eth0: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000&#xD;&#xA;        link/ether 00:1e:4f:9b:4a:ab brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff&#xD;&#xA;        inet 10.10.141.83/24 brd 10.10.141.255 scope global eth0&#xD;&#xA;        inet 10.10.141.253/24 scope global eth0&#xD;&#xA;        inet6 fe80::21e:4fff:fe9b:4aab/64 scope link &#xD;&#xA;           valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever&#xD;&#xA;    # ping -I 10.10.141.83 10.10.141.253&#xD;&#xA;    PING 10.10.141.253 (10.10.141.253) from 10.10.141.83 : 56(84) bytes of data.&#xD;&#xA;    64 bytes from 10.10.141.253: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.050 ms&#xD;&#xA;    64 bytes from 10.10.141.253: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.034 ms&#xD;&#xA;    64 bytes from 10.10.141.253: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.038 ms&#xD;&#xA;    ^C&#xD;&#xA;    --- 10.10.141.253 ping statistics ---&#xD;&#xA;    3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 1999ms&#xD;&#xA;    rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.034/0.040/0.050/0.010 ms&#xD;&#xA;    # ip a del 10.10.141.253/24 dev eth0&#xD;&#xA;    # ping -I 10.10.141.83 10.10.141.253&#xD;&#xA;    PING 10.10.141.253 (10.10.141.253) from 10.10.141.83 : 56(84) bytes of data.&#xD;&#xA;    From 10.10.141.83 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable&#xD;&#xA;    From 10.10.141.83 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable&#xD;&#xA;    From 10.10.141.83 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable&#xD;&#xA;    ^C&#xD;&#xA;    --- 10.10.141.253 ping statistics ---&#xD;&#xA;    4 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, time 3016ms&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actually dead simple. :) (Just kidding, it's always simple if you already know it)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure L2 would really work but with `ip neigh` you can should be able to modify the arp cache also (so much for dead simple)" />
  <row Id="40868" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22984" RevisionGUID="1b2c1fad-6a49-46f5-9985-c910f8f5f205" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:36:14.743" UserId="3312" Comment="added 6 characters in body" Text="For a project at work, I need to be able to test various Ethernet NICs by connecting them to a &quot;loopback adapter plug&quot;, like [this one][1] on various Linux boxen.  I'd like to be able to setup two different IP addresses (AddressA and AddressB) on one Ethernet interface, and then run a ping from AddressA to AddressB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Ex:  ping -I AddressA AddressB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this even possible?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, is there a test available that would test the Ethernet interface solely on a L2 / MAC address level using the loopback plug?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/software/nog/nog-interfaces/html/fe-ge-loopback25.html" />
  <row Id="40869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22987" RevisionGUID="1a77a3c8-f2ad-44e2-b501-ec51d9b4428d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:39:02.897" UserId="2234" Text="I'd like to get some feedback about a migration From Apache to [nginx][1]. My goal is to reduce the memory footprint of the web server. Currently, I use the following modules.features on Apache:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - multiple virtual hosts&#xD;&#xA; - Server Side Include&#xD;&#xA; - Fast CGI&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please share your experience: problems during migration, benefits after migration (was it worth it?), useful modules for nginx, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nginx.net/" />
  <row Id="40870" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22987" RevisionGUID="1a77a3c8-f2ad-44e2-b501-ec51d9b4428d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:39:02.897" UserId="2234" Text="Experience in migrating from Apache to nginx?" />
  <row Id="40871" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22987" RevisionGUID="1a77a3c8-f2ad-44e2-b501-ec51d9b4428d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:39:02.897" UserId="2234" Text="&lt;nginx&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;migration&gt;" />
  <row Id="40872" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22988" RevisionGUID="05821bda-9a51-494b-a94b-1a5aefc4b02e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:41:01.850" UserId="5989" Text="Firefox can be widely deployed and managed in the enterprise, given enough resources - IBM deployed and managed baseline configuration defaults through their internal workstation management tool. I know people at &quot;enterprisey&quot; organizations that do this with Firefox as well because the benefits over IE outweigh the negatives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, the biggest barrier I've heard/seen with Firefox is that many internal web applications are simply IE only. ActiveX aside, the cost of updating the web app's content (or getting the vendor to) is too high. I'm talking about HTML/CSS/JavaScript presentation stuff that can be browser dependent, and of course the ActiveX, MS-specific development tools, whatever else makes sites 'IE only'. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also mentioned was user education. People get used to a specific software application, be it IE, MS Word or Windows itself, and they dont want to change. Or training them to use something else is too costly. It doesn't matter if we technical people can switch between applications on a whim. It doesn't even matter if the new application is pixel-for-pixel the same program, some users see a different icon and their entire world explodes." />
  <row Id="40873" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22989" RevisionGUID="b192697d-5ed1-47f0-8294-c17f9b573e70" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:43:52.483" UserId="2234" Text="If the DDos hits your server, it is too late. You have to put a protection in front of your server. As mentioned, a lot of firewalls have built-in protections against DDos. For a cheaper solution, you could put a Linux or BSD box in front of your computer with a specialized distribution. Check out [this page][1] for some of these distributions&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=firewalls" />
  <row Id="40874" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="22862" RevisionGUID="0d0fbf56-6b05-4060-a16a-db0aeed694ad" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:44:19.550" UserId="5989" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;kvm&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;snapshot&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;linux-kvm&gt;" />
  <row Id="40875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22990" RevisionGUID="db563267-b62e-405b-957b-ce31f9beda92" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:44:22.887" UserId="481" Text="Is there a way to get wireshark to capture packets sent from/to localhost?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I monitor traffic going from my computer to another, or from another computer to my computer, then it works.  But from localhost to localhost does not register anything." />
  <row Id="40876" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22990" RevisionGUID="db563267-b62e-405b-957b-ce31f9beda92" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:44:22.887" UserId="481" Text="Is there a way to get wireshark to capture packets sent from/to localhost?  " />
  <row Id="40877" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22990" RevisionGUID="db563267-b62e-405b-957b-ce31f9beda92" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:44:22.887" UserId="481" Text="&lt;wireshark&gt;&lt;localhost&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;network-monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="40878" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="22377" RevisionGUID="6dccbab9-608a-446b-89ae-d35cf3c46039" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:45:07.113" UserId="1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="40879" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22991" RevisionGUID="01baccae-8c7c-4474-9767-7c845c311657" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:45:43.837" UserId="7936" Text="Is the [WIKI Entry][1] not working for you?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be sure to read the note about Windows Systems (it's not working)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureSetup/Loopback" />
  <row Id="40880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22992" RevisionGUID="700814b5-5484-4704-b859-5589520f0efd" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:46:02.837" UserId="8614" Text="I used to have a Dlink DSL modem, which has stopped line syncing. Is there any way to do a test to check if the modem is capable of line syncing?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then switched to an Alcatel Speedtouch modem, but now no traffic is being forwarded. Everything worked fine with the Dlink modem, and I do not see why changing to a different modem would break the rules. The routes and network/ip addresses are all configured correctly, and there is no firewall. What would have changed to prevent forwading just from changing modems?" />
  <row Id="40881" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22992" RevisionGUID="700814b5-5484-4704-b859-5589520f0efd" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:46:02.837" UserId="8614" Text="Linux gateway forwarding issue" />
  <row Id="40882" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22992" RevisionGUID="700814b5-5484-4704-b859-5589520f0efd" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:46:02.837" UserId="8614" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;adsl&gt;" />
  <row Id="40884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22993" RevisionGUID="b140f399-cbcb-4d76-926f-e8ac8b619d72" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:48:29.913" UserId="7342" Text="I'm afraid I don't have experience of nginx, only apache and lighttpd. We replaced 110 copies of apache running as different users for customer PHP applications with a single instance of lighttpd and 110 PHP processes connected via FastCGI. The configuration was considerably less, memory usage lower and probably faster. In this particular instance, the PHP applications weren't directly accessible via the internet. I'm uncertain as to whether we would do that. We know what we're doing with Apache; we've had a lot of experience with it. I My impressions are that Apache is very flexible, but you pay for that with a larger slower process. I'd use lighttpd and nginx where we didn't need that flexibility.  I appreciate this probably hasn't really answered your question." />
  <row Id="40885" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22994" RevisionGUID="afff3d75-79c9-4e1b-a181-2bfad7f6ddd2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:52:32.513" UserId="7342" Text="I'm assuming this is an DSL router presented as an ethernet device. Are you able to ping the internal interface of the router? If not, there's a configuration problem on the lan side of the device. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does the router have diagnostic tools built in? Can you ping out from the router? Can you ping an internal device? If you can, then the problem lies in the forwarding between the two interfaces. It could be a firewall or a possible NAT problem. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't ping out, then there is a problem with the DSL connection. If you can't ping in, then there's a problem with the LAN interface." />
  <row Id="40886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22995" RevisionGUID="9e6bcbaa-5932-4454-8e05-c6f2a8e798dc" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:53:00.670" UserId="2234" Text="A couple of solutions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - exclude some IPs in Apache configuration with [mod_access][1]&#xD;&#xA; - use GeoIp directly from Apache: http://www.maxmind.com/app/mod_geoip&#xD;&#xA; - Exclude some IPs from Linux [iptables][2] directly. This is more risky if you have remote access only, you could lock yourself ou of the machine&#xD;&#xA; - [geoip + iptables][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These solutions are pretty easy and quick to put in place, and free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A longer term solution would be to detect the spam from your web application, log the IP and feed your iptables to block them automatically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod_access.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iptables&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/518" />
  <row Id="40887" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="22995" RevisionGUID="9e6bcbaa-5932-4454-8e05-c6f2a8e798dc" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:53:00.670" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40888" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22996" RevisionGUID="15468d46-982c-408e-83c5-ead767282120" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:54:03.833" UserId="7342" Text="You want to run wireshark on the &quot;lo&quot; interface or on &quot;any&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With tshark or tcpdump you can use the -i option:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;# tcpdump -i any port http&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(This is mostly applicable to Linux)" />
  <row Id="40889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22997" RevisionGUID="7e1bc4a0-0765-42c0-9bc0-1837293363fc" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:54:28.233" UserId="8948" Text="I am trying to the same Apache as server for Subversion and Redmine (a RubyOnRails app).&#xD;&#xA;The current setup is Apache hosting Subversion using the standard mod_dav &amp; mod_svn_dav and Redmine is running on mongrel in the same server on port 3000 with Apache mod_proxy_http forwarding to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm totally newbie in Apache, so the setup that I have is standard setup based on Subversion and Mongrel documentation. The problem is the standard mongrel configuration is as follow:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;ProxyRequests off&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    ServerName	xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx&#xD;&#xA;    ServerAlias serverName&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;    ErrorLog      logs/error.log&#xD;&#xA;    CustomLog     logs/access.log common&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPass /   http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:3000/&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPassReverse / http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:3000&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPreserveHost on&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPass /images !&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPass /stylesheets !&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;    Alias /images &quot;C:\redmine-0.8.4\public\images&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Alias /stylesheets &quot;C:\redmine-0.8.4\public\stylesheets&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And the Subversion config is as follow:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;Location /svn&gt;&#xD;&#xA;   DAV svn&#xD;&#xA;   SVNParentPath &quot;C:\svn_repository&quot;&#xD;&#xA;   AuthType Basic&#xD;&#xA;   AuthName &quot;Subversion Repository&quot;&#xD;&#xA;   AuthUserFile &quot;C:\svn_repository\fat\http-auth-file&quot;&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;   &lt;LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT&gt;&#xD;&#xA;     Require valid-user&#xD;&#xA;   &lt;/LimitExcept&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As showned above the mapping is '/' for Redmine and '/svn' for subversion, which is not working for me because the subversion access is being forwarded to mongrel server. From the documentation I have the impression that &amp;lt;Location&amp;gt; has higher priority than &amp;lt;VirtualHost&amp;gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, the above setting doesn't work. If anybody can help me figure out the proper setting, I really appreciate it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also tried to change the VirtualHost setting to have the ProxyPass and ProxyPassReverse to map to '/redmine'. Which only works to forward the main page to mongrel, but the rest of the URL in Redmine application is not translated to have the extra '/redmine' in the URL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, my preference is the first setting with '/' forwarded to Redmine on Mongrel and '/svn' to for subversion. But if that is not possible, I'm open for the second option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance." />
  <row Id="40890" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22997" RevisionGUID="7e1bc4a0-0765-42c0-9bc0-1837293363fc" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:54:28.233" UserId="8948" Text="How to setup combination of proxy hosting and local host with Apache?" />
  <row Id="40891" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22997" RevisionGUID="7e1bc4a0-0765-42c0-9bc0-1837293363fc" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:54:28.233" UserId="8948" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;svn&gt;&lt;mongrel&gt;" />
  <row Id="40892" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22998" RevisionGUID="5198bb84-d12e-4c6f-9509-4de70373797d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:54:30.060" UserId="8878" Text="We just finished a we-know-just-enough-to-be-dangerous migration from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008, and things seem to have gone relatively smoothly. After running the SBS 2008 Best Practices Analyzer on the destination server, we've got three warning messages, and I can't tell if they're important or not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, the easy one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* `SMTP Port (TCP 25 Status): The Edgetransport.exe process should listen on SMTP port 25, but that port is owned by the  process.` I don't think that this one is a big deal--e-mail is flowing through the SMTP connector. Since there are two spaces between &quot;the&quot; and &quot;process,&quot; I'm assuming that for some reason BPA just couldn't figure out the owning process name and this is just some sloppy programming when displaying the message. (Indeed, on subsequent runs of the BPA this message goes away, and other times it comes back.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, two more scary sounding ones:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* `No DNS name server records: There are no DNS name server (NS) resource records in the _msdcs sub-domain in the forward lookup zone for Windows SBS 2008.`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and, similarly,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* `No DNS name server records: There are no DNS name server (NS) resource records in the _msdcs zone for Windows SBS 2008.`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now for these two, everything *appears* to be functioning correctly--but I'm assuming this is a weird state as a result of the SBS 2003 to 2008 migration. Can anyone provide any pointers on how to fix it, or whether or not it can be safely ignored? Thanks!" />
  <row Id="40893" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="22998" RevisionGUID="5198bb84-d12e-4c6f-9509-4de70373797d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:54:30.060" UserId="8878" Text="SBS 2008 BPA Warnings After Migration From SBS 2003" />
  <row Id="40894" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="22998" RevisionGUID="5198bb84-d12e-4c6f-9509-4de70373797d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:54:30.060" UserId="8878" Text="&lt;sbs-2008&gt;&lt;sbs-bpa&gt;&lt;migration&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="40895" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="22999" RevisionGUID="0df8bb41-501d-4ed0-befe-0267aecc876b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:55:18.653" UserId="1840" Text="In Wireshark you need to choose the **lo0** interface... not En0 or En1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Go to: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Show the capture options&#xD;&#xA; - Under &quot;Interface&quot; choose: lo0&#xD;&#xA; - Capture and you'll see a bunch of *127.0.0.1* communication" />
  <row Id="40896" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23000" RevisionGUID="0f5dde86-67db-408a-92b2-215cce6e6e6a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:55:35.487" UserId="8707" Text="It's annoying that I'm registered by can't comment until I reach a reputation of 50. Why do i need that to comment?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyways, to p858snake: Firefox ADM is not real GPO management, it's cheating. It's cheating by:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Inject some reg keys into registry&#xD;&#xA;2. Use a .vbs as logon script to read these registries, then modify prefs.js file accordingly&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a result, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. You are adding one more logon script. Logon scripts are bad and need to be kept to minumum.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. There is no enforcing effect on what the vbs does. User can change the settings manually by going to about:config." />
  <row Id="40897" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="22990" RevisionGUID="4d4028a6-bb45-42c6-b79d-d711d4786c1c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:55:38.620" UserId="481" Comment=" " Text="Is there a way to get wireshark to capture packets sent from/to localhost on Windows?  " />
  <row Id="40898" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22991" RevisionGUID="1ed5f294-2a88-43d7-9e44-05aac34f264c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:57:32.767" UserId="7936" Comment="nicer wording :)" Text="There's a [WIKI Entry][1] about exactly this issue on the wireshark homepage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They also mention specifics about the loopback interface regarding Windows - you could be running just into that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureSetup/Loopback" />
  <row Id="40899" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23001" RevisionGUID="1424803e-28e4-4c49-bd79-f8d7cf01d87d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T22:59:31.280" UserId="8199" Text="Apparently there is no equivalent of nsswitch.conf in OSX.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;as Brent mentioned, in Ubuntu you would install winbind and add &quot;wins&quot; to that conf file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did a lot of digging and here is the dead end:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8300945231/m/972003839731/inc/1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;+1 for Brent" />
  <row Id="40900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23002" RevisionGUID="2b36b7ca-e4ee-4e7e-8c64-b70870113bed" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:00:20.687" UserId="2234" Text="My advice: yes, get the security updates automatically. I had a dedicated Debian server about 4 years ago, without automated updates. I went on vacation around Christmas when a worm was released that exploited a known vulnerability in the distribution (don't remember which one). When I returned from vacation, my server was hacked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For me, the risk to break the application is very low, much lower than being hacked by running versions with well known vulnerabilities." />
  <row Id="40901" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23002" RevisionGUID="2b36b7ca-e4ee-4e7e-8c64-b70870113bed" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:00:20.687" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40902" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23003" RevisionGUID="297883fd-f225-4f9b-941d-b71d636bb862" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:02:27.670" UserId="7936" Text="It looks like you missed this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPass /images !&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPass /stylesheets !&#xD;&#xA;    ### MISSING ###&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPass /svn !&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPassReverse /svn !&#xD;&#xA;    ### MISSING ###&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can't tell exactly since the &amp;lt; and &amp;gt; signs were eaten by the site &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40903" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23004" RevisionGUID="c3442272-8e2c-46dd-ad98-0dbad6e7af0e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:04:00.680" UserId="6071" Text="GeoIPing is the worst idea ever thunked up. GeoIP is the reason I can't watch my Hulu TV shows, get my federally guaranteed annual credit report, or a host of other things... because I'm serving overseas.. blocking traffic from an entire country should be considered extremism&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said a I would opt for a Snort + OSSEC solution that could maintain something like this dynamically.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40904" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23004" RevisionGUID="c3442272-8e2c-46dd-ad98-0dbad6e7af0e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:04:00.680" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23005" RevisionGUID="3a9057d1-b1af-4f09-a439-947b7375a59d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:04:22.270" UserId="7783" Text="Why not install Bonjour onto the Windows machines?" />
  <row Id="40906" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23006" RevisionGUID="664332da-1d0c-4cae-a807-3348671a280c" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:09:44.147" UserId="7342" Text="You might find that &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arping&quot;&gt;arping&lt;/a&gt; is more likely to hit the wire, as this uses arp, and therefore avoids the IP stack completely." />
  <row Id="40907" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23007" RevisionGUID="74d47fcb-83bb-4d24-95cd-804d02133241" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:13:34.980" UserId="7936" Text="[FreeIPA][1] seems to undertake great efforts to provide exactly that. Haven't tried it until now but I've been following it's development and it seems to have a good understanding of what people need in &quot;not so large&quot; environments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also it's backed by RedHat so one could make an educated guess that there's some support in terms of developer resources there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Btw:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hi robe!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freeipa.org/page/Main_Page" />
  <row Id="40908" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22997" RevisionGUID="924ad6cd-069f-471c-b871-7d3628d3075d" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:15:22.870" UserId="8948" Comment="improved formatting" Text="I am trying to the same Apache as server for Subversion and Redmine (a RubyOnRails app).&#xD;&#xA;The current setup is Apache hosting Subversion using the standard mod_dav &amp; mod_svn_dav and Redmine is running on mongrel in the same server on port 3000 with Apache mod_proxy_http forwarding to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm totally newbie in Apache, so the setup that I have is standard setup based on Subversion and Mongrel documentation. The problem is the standard mongrel configuration is as follow:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;ProxyRequests off&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;VirtualHost *:80&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;    ServerName	xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx&#xD;&#xA;    ServerAlias serverName&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;    ErrorLog      logs/error.log&#xD;&#xA;    CustomLog     logs/access.log common&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPass /   http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:3000/&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPassReverse / http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:3000&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPreserveHost on&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPass /images !&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPass /stylesheets !&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;    Alias /images &quot;C:\redmine-0.8.4\public\images&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Alias /stylesheets &quot;C:\redmine-0.8.4\public\stylesheets&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;/VirtualHost&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And the Subversion config is as follow:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;Location /svn&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;   DAV svn&#xD;&#xA;   SVNParentPath &quot;C:\svn_repository&quot;&#xD;&#xA;   AuthType Basic&#xD;&#xA;   AuthName &quot;Subversion Repository&quot;&#xD;&#xA;   AuthUserFile &quot;C:\svn_repository\fat\http-auth-file&quot;&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;   &amp;lt;LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;     Require valid-user&#xD;&#xA;   &amp;lt;/LimitExcept&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;/Location&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As showned above the mapping is '/' for Redmine and '/svn' for subversion, which is not working for me because the subversion access is being forwarded to mongrel server. From the documentation I have the impression that &amp;lt;Location&amp;gt; has higher priority than &amp;lt;VirtualHost&amp;gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, the above setting doesn't work. If anybody can help me figure out the proper setting, I really appreciate it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also tried to change the VirtualHost setting to have the ProxyPass and ProxyPassReverse to map to '/redmine'. Which only works to forward the main page to mongrel, but the rest of the URL in Redmine application is not translated to have the extra '/redmine' in the URL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, my preference is the first setting with '/' forwarded to Redmine on Mongrel and '/svn' to for subversion. But if that is not possible, I'm open for the second option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance." />
  <row Id="40909" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22986" RevisionGUID="9d0146e4-d432-4b5f-ac3f-eff9db2ed075" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:16:27.237" UserId="7936" Comment="using long options in the IP command" Text="For sure :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # ip address list dev eth0&#xD;&#xA;    2: eth0: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000&#xD;&#xA;        link/ether 00:1e:4f:9b:4a:ab brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff&#xD;&#xA;        inet 10.10.141.83/24 brd 10.10.141.255 scope global eth0&#xD;&#xA;        inet6 fe80::21e:4fff:fe9b:4aab/64 scope link &#xD;&#xA;           valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever&#xD;&#xA;    # ip address add 10.10.141.253/24 dev eth0&#xD;&#xA;    # ip address list dev eth0&#xD;&#xA;    2: eth0: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000&#xD;&#xA;        link/ether 00:1e:4f:9b:4a:ab brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff&#xD;&#xA;        inet 10.10.141.83/24 brd 10.10.141.255 scope global eth0&#xD;&#xA;        inet 10.10.141.253/24 scope global eth0&#xD;&#xA;        inet6 fe80::21e:4fff:fe9b:4aab/64 scope link &#xD;&#xA;           valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever&#xD;&#xA;    # ping -I 10.10.141.83 10.10.141.253&#xD;&#xA;    PING 10.10.141.253 (10.10.141.253) from 10.10.141.83 : 56(84) bytes of data.&#xD;&#xA;    64 bytes from 10.10.141.253: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.050 ms&#xD;&#xA;    64 bytes from 10.10.141.253: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.034 ms&#xD;&#xA;    64 bytes from 10.10.141.253: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.038 ms&#xD;&#xA;    ^C&#xD;&#xA;    --- 10.10.141.253 ping statistics ---&#xD;&#xA;    3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 1999ms&#xD;&#xA;    rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.034/0.040/0.050/0.010 ms&#xD;&#xA;    # ip address delete 10.10.141.253/24 dev eth0&#xD;&#xA;    # ping -I 10.10.141.83 10.10.141.253&#xD;&#xA;    PING 10.10.141.253 (10.10.141.253) from 10.10.141.83 : 56(84) bytes of data.&#xD;&#xA;    From 10.10.141.83 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable&#xD;&#xA;    From 10.10.141.83 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable&#xD;&#xA;    From 10.10.141.83 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable&#xD;&#xA;    ^C&#xD;&#xA;    --- 10.10.141.253 ping statistics ---&#xD;&#xA;    4 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, time 3016ms&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actually dead simple. :) (Just kidding, it's always simple if you already know it)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure L2 would really work but with `ip neigh` you can should be able to modify the arp cache also (so much for dead simple)" />
  <row Id="40910" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23008" RevisionGUID="09668b68-4d6b-4e8a-80f4-3ed1470aa77e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:18:25.360" UserId="8396" Text="I'm looking for ways to encrypt Microsoft SMB data traffic between a client and Windows server or filer appliance.  This is not about encrypting the authentication but the actual data transfer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is IPSec from the client to a Windows Server my only option?" />
  <row Id="40911" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23008" RevisionGUID="09668b68-4d6b-4e8a-80f4-3ed1470aa77e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:18:25.360" UserId="8396" Text="Is IPSec the only way to encrypt Microsoft SMB (CIFS) traffic?" />
  <row Id="40912" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23008" RevisionGUID="09668b68-4d6b-4e8a-80f4-3ed1470aa77e" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:18:25.360" UserId="8396" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;encryption&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;smb&gt;" />
  <row Id="40913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23009" RevisionGUID="75b563a1-3d0a-487a-a292-a7183ad5b6f2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:19:50.117" UserId="4573" Text="I am using a wyse terminal (thin client) with xpe.  I have disabled explorer in registry and replaced the shell with the vm client so at startup it looks like a windows logon but its VM view client instead.  This all works well however when I log off it just goes to a blank desktop (because there is no explorer).  Is there a way to get the vm view client to load straignt into the logon screen once the previous session logs off?" />
  <row Id="40914" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23009" RevisionGUID="75b563a1-3d0a-487a-a292-a7183ad5b6f2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:19:50.117" UserId="4573" Text="VM client restart" />
  <row Id="40915" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23009" RevisionGUID="75b563a1-3d0a-487a-a292-a7183ad5b6f2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:19:50.117" UserId="4573" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;thin-client&gt;&lt;processes&gt;" />
  <row Id="40916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23010" RevisionGUID="d212a2f2-c606-4699-a0f6-d91c85ab6255" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:20:45.327" UserId="6244" Text="I have servers with FreeBSD+ZFS(on 7.2-STABLE and 8.0-CURRENT), not in production thou.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Booting from ZFS is described here&#xD;&#xA;[http://lulf.geeknest.org/blog/freebsd/Setting_up_a_zfs-only_system/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Adding drives on the fly is as easy as typing &quot;zpool add mypool da7&quot;, new drive is usable right after this; you also can add whole bunch of drives in stripe, mirror, raidz(improved raid-5) or raidz2(improved raid-6)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Drives of different sizes can be placed in pool but can't be used in mirror/stripe/raid(if i recall correctly, only smallest hdd space will be usable then)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Open)Solaris have support of ZFS right out of the box&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lulf.geeknest.org/blog/freebsd/Setting_up_a_zfs-only_system/" />
  <row Id="40917" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23010" RevisionGUID="d212a2f2-c606-4699-a0f6-d91c85ab6255" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:20:45.327" UserId="6244" />
  <row Id="40918" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23003" RevisionGUID="ea5e35d3-5dcb-4cb2-b601-dfe145ea04fb" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:22:25.400" UserId="7936" Comment="improved formatting" Text="It looks like you missed this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyRequests off&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        ServerName  xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx&#xD;&#xA;        ServerAlias serverName&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;        ErrorLog      logs/error.log&#xD;&#xA;        CustomLog     logs/access.log common&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;        ProxyPass /   http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:3000/&#xD;&#xA;        ProxyPassReverse / http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:3000&#xD;&#xA;        ProxyPreserveHost on&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;        ProxyPass /images !&#xD;&#xA;        ProxyPass /stylesheets !&#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;        ### note the line below ###&#xD;&#xA;        ProxyPass /svn !&#xD;&#xA;        ### note the line above ###&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;        Alias /images &quot;C:\redmine-0.8.4\public\images&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        Alias /stylesheets &quot;C:\redmine-0.8.4\public\stylesheets&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm pretty confident you just missed out on not doing ProxyPass for the /svn path&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40919" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23011" RevisionGUID="8297882a-02e3-4d7e-9d13-dba89b2a18e6" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:23:42.933" UserId="5989" Text="OpenLDAP isn't really that difficult to learn. You don't need to become a supreme ninja expert at it. I'm not, and I've managed directories for small businesses (startups with 2-20 employees, multiple groups and across multiple server environments, as well as internal corpoate usage). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know the cost of AD, access licenses or any of that, but I imagine learning OpenLDAP sufficiently to manage your environment would cost less. Worst case it costs the same or maybe a bit more (in time, mainly), and you come out ahead by knowing a new-to-you technology :-)." />
  <row Id="40920" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23012" RevisionGUID="0437e85d-c4ce-4dd1-b935-f28576a4f034" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:26:17.060" UserId="7342" Text="There's vague references to CIFS/SMB the TLS or SSL on the internet, but nothing obvious and not from Microsoft, so I'd assume it's not all that possible, common, easy or all three. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In that case, if you can't encrypt the protocol, you'll have to do encryption at a lower level, which means a VPN of some form. IPSec is just one way. You could use an encrypted pptp tunnel or something similar." />
  <row Id="40921" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23013" RevisionGUID="3ad69591-7560-496b-9878-58a0f35e36b9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:26:51.227" UserId="2608" Text="Of course Paul is right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See all dbs and their autoshrink setting.  If you have alot of databases, one will sneak in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;sp_msforeachdb  @command1 = 'Select ''[?]'',DATABASEPROPERTYEX(''?'',''IsAutoShrink'')'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this in the dmv's somewhere....I wonder." />
  <row Id="40922" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23013" RevisionGUID="3ad69591-7560-496b-9878-58a0f35e36b9" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:26:51.227" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23014" RevisionGUID="d0c6bb4d-414c-4576-b7e6-08227d675ab0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:27:14.563" UserId="6244" Text="Just a suggestion for 1. - use gpt table, it supports up to 26 partitions&#xD;&#xA;For 3. - you can gjournal whole disk at once [(data from here)][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS. And anyway you should try this all from some VM like VirtualBox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PPS. May be you should try ZFS?&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/geom-gjournal.html" />
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  <row Id="40925" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23015" RevisionGUID="d8588426-d195-482c-9728-b6120bbe24e7" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:27:55.827" UserId="7654" Text="Did you consider finding who is operating the networks you are being attacked from ? Find the &quot;abuse&quot; contact using whois and report to them. Of course it may come from several networks, but it also may worth it if you see some recurring addresses / network blocks." />
  <row Id="40926" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23015" RevisionGUID="d8588426-d195-482c-9728-b6120bbe24e7" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:27:55.827" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23016" RevisionGUID="621c3d54-ce01-4d26-a613-ebbe62d83e11" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:29:49.613" UserId="2541" Text="Can I run small business server as a RODC? My site design is hub and spoke. I want to place a domain controller at the small offices. I am tight on budget so my offices will have one server which should function as domain controller and file server. Can I accomplish this with small business server?" />
  <row Id="40928" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23016" RevisionGUID="621c3d54-ce01-4d26-a613-ebbe62d83e11" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:29:49.613" UserId="2541" Text="Small Business Server as ReadOnly Domain Controller" />
  <row Id="40929" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23016" RevisionGUID="621c3d54-ce01-4d26-a613-ebbe62d83e11" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:29:49.613" UserId="2541" Text="&lt;domain-controller&gt;&lt;read-only-domain-controll&gt;&lt;small-business&gt;" />
  <row Id="40930" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23017" RevisionGUID="2354407e-003f-4b49-9313-c8b1062b53df" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:30:36.413" UserId="8948" Text="Thanks [Server Horror][1], that point me to the right direction.&#xD;&#xA;In the beginning I tried as you suggested and it still failed. So I move the &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPass /svn !&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to the top as the first ProxyPass rule and it worked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/users/7936/server-horror" />
  <row Id="40931" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23018" RevisionGUID="8299dfd6-6724-447c-9fe7-ca9cb187b74b" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:33:37.873" UserId="7200" Text="You can put read-only domain controllers into branch offices as addt'l DC's in a domain with an SBS server, but the SBS server computer itself cannot run as an RDOC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(You do realize that you can have one SBS server computer in an Active Directory forest-- right? You're not thinking of running each branch office as a separate Active Directory forest, are you? Ugh... That would be painful to administer.)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40932" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23019" RevisionGUID="c082ff9b-b671-46e8-9c6e-6c9822fb71a2" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:38:22.730" UserId="7200" Text="If you're not talking about adding other computers or software to the mix then, yes, IPsec or the built-in VPN functioinality in Windows is the only built-in way to encrypt CIFS/SMB traffic between a Windows Server computer and a client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could, obviously, stick hardware-based encryption devices between the client and the server (VPN gateways, routers doing IPsec tunnels, etc). You could install third-party VPN software onto the client and/or server, as well. You can do anything you want to encapsulate, encrypt, or otherwise slice-and-dice the packets once they're on the wire, as long as by the time they make it to the server computer they're decapsulated, decrypted, and glued back together." />
  <row Id="40933" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23020" RevisionGUID="c12de7f5-014c-4d04-a8d2-6d3e3bcbec21" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:39:03.433" UserId="8396" Text="You need to buy SBS Premium for your RODC's but you can do it.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At least according to this MS FAQ (Search the page for Domain Controller):&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sbs/cc817589.aspx" />
  <row Id="40934" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23021" RevisionGUID="9f4bad7f-8d47-4b10-9888-8f949e1d9f2a" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:44:20.503" UserId="3038" Text="CIFS/SMB doesn't have any protocol-level encryption options, so you're stuck encapsulating the traffic in an encrypted envelope. Which in all practicality means a VPN of some kind. Be it IPSEC, SSL, PPTP. " />
  <row Id="40935" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23022" RevisionGUID="5761158f-8255-47bf-aff4-420fcc6315f4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:46:28.537" UserId="8282" Text="Use a batch file as the shell:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;vm.bat&#xD;&#xA;--------------&#xD;&#xA;&gt; :START&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; {vmclient.exe} (use whatever the real filename is)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; goto START&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That way it keeps restarting after it is terminated." />
  <row Id="40936" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="19257" RevisionGUID="680ac08d-a343-461a-a877-a3a3983ab5d4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:48:36.880" UserId="7936" />
  <row Id="40937" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23023" RevisionGUID="3f27012d-f5b4-4182-93e5-b7c8ffedddd0" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:48:54.057" UserId="8950" Text="Cacti ( http://www.cacti.net/ ) is a good FLOSS graphining monitoring tool" />
  <row Id="40938" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23024" RevisionGUID="2b337cbb-3a1f-4bf2-bb13-24d5ae06a506" CreationDate="2009-06-09T23:54:33.057" UserId="2234" Text="Use ServerAlias to associate more than 1 domain to a virtual host&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    NameVirtualHost *&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        ServerName www.domain1.de &#xD;&#xA;        ServerAlias domain1.de *.domain1.de  &#xD;&#xA;        DocumentRoot /var/www/folder1/&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        ServerName www.domain2.de&#xD;&#xA;        ServerAlias domain2.de *.domain2.de  &#xD;&#xA;        DocumentRoot /var/www/folder2/&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;" />
  <row Id="40939" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23025" RevisionGUID="31c073a8-1eff-44c2-b6a8-62c58f357630" CreationDate="2009-06-10T00:00:26.907" UserId="7903" Text="It turns out the samba password file was not setup. Additionally, this was solved for XP by mapping the dir as a network drive. For Vista the credentials had to be added with: rundll32.exe keymgr.dll, KRShowKeyMgr" />
  <row Id="40940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23026" RevisionGUID="fd46146f-e7c2-433b-a048-3e766677ed4b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T00:08:11.707" UserId="55468" Text="Let's say a laptop and desktop (Mac mini). I want to keep both in sync when on the same network. What's the very best way to automatically sync specific folders?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="40941" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23026" RevisionGUID="fd46146f-e7c2-433b-a048-3e766677ed4b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T00:08:11.707" UserId="55468" Text="What's the very best way to sync two Macintoshes?" />
  <row Id="40942" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23026" RevisionGUID="fd46146f-e7c2-433b-a048-3e766677ed4b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T00:08:11.707" UserId="55468" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;synchronization&gt;" />
  <row Id="40943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23027" RevisionGUID="830a6cc1-bb0d-47e9-acd7-872eb66f67cd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T00:09:25.653" UserId="8805" Text="[Google Analytics][1] anyone? Free, Javascript based, so no need for server side languages. In depth coverage of hits, bots too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/analytics/" />
  <row Id="40944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23028" RevisionGUID="91e022c2-1561-49d7-a624-e5bdb984ec46" CreationDate="2009-06-10T00:11:35.513" UserId="2234" Text="A simple solution is to create a transparent SSL tunnel with [stunnel][1] by installing the client on all end points&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.stunnel.org/" />
  <row Id="40945" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23029" RevisionGUID="94c3615d-4e1b-4ef0-bdc1-3dfb534d6d78" CreationDate="2009-06-10T00:11:36.263" UserId="8555" Text=" - Old school: rsync (should be installed already)&#xD;&#xA; - New school: [Dropbox][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.getdropbox.com/" />
  <row Id="40946" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23030" RevisionGUID="7194f1dd-5e93-43cc-a666-9ddc9788f7d7" CreationDate="2009-06-10T00:11:59.820" UserId="3511" Text="Mobile Me is what apple would like you to use but you can also check Busysync, it works OK to sync ical. and Chronosync to sync files.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40947" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23000" RevisionGUID="cc2bb58b-672d-4881-bff1-1de8a2338f15" CreationDate="2009-06-10T00:13:45.183" UserId="8707" Comment="added 122 characters in body" Text="It's annoying that I'm registered by can't comment until I reach a reputation of 50. Why do i need that to comment?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyways, to p858snake: Firefox ADM is not real GPO management, it's cheating. It's cheating by:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Inject some reg keys into registry&#xD;&#xA;2. Use a .vbs as logon script to read these registries, then modify prefs.js file accordingly&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a result, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. You are adding one more logon script. Logon scripts are bad and need to be kept to minumum.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. There is no enforcing effect on what the vbs does. User can change the settings manually by going to about:config.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;About how to help Firefox make it into enterprise:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- GPO GPO GPO&#xD;&#xA;- Centralized update infrastructure&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's it!" />
  <row Id="40948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23031" RevisionGUID="b30dea22-b07c-4604-8241-7187606e187c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T00:16:16.087" UserId="7137" Text="**All of the features you list are supported by Nginx out of the box** --&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * [Multiple Virtual Hosts](http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxVirtualHostExample)&#xD;&#xA;  * [Server-Side Includes](http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxHttpSsiModule)&#xD;&#xA;  * [FastCGI](http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxHttpFcgiModule)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use a gross combination of Lighttpd, Apache and Nginx at work. We can't get rid of Apache entirely because we're running a couple custom modules for it (a hacked mod_pubcookie, among others) and it'd be a pain to port them over to Lighttpd/Nginx.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used to use Lighttpd as our de-factor lightweight content server, but have hit numerous snags with it's FreeBSD implementation (it seems to break when using FreeBSD's sendfile/kqueue syscalls -- and when it breaks it takes the whole server down with it). I've never had any issues with Nginx, and have been slowly replacing all our Lighttpd installs with it. Nginx has been rock solid in our deployment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The one issue that I *have* had with Nginx is that **[it's documentation](http://wiki.nginx.org/) isn't well-indexed by Google**, so you have to go directly to their site to look up stuff. Despite that, all the documentation is organized in a manner which makes sense to me, so it's not too hard to find what I need." />
  <row Id="40952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23033" RevisionGUID="261793bf-ef65-4f04-92a7-e2a0405c55b5" CreationDate="2009-06-10T00:21:47.363" UserId="8629" Text="Since I've actually run UNIX for personal use outside of work, that apparently makes me the newly anointed Macintosh expert at my workplace...  I've got an open-access computer lab (12 iMacs )that will be used for limited video, photo, and audio editing.   There is no central fileserver, and they are not joined to any directory service-- it's all got to be local user login.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I student-proof these workstations and minimize my headaches going forward?&#xD;&#xA;The students are going to be required to use their own external HDs for file storage, per the professors in question.   &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40953" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23033" RevisionGUID="261793bf-ef65-4f04-92a7-e2a0405c55b5" CreationDate="2009-06-10T00:21:47.363" UserId="8629" Text="How do you secure Macintosh clients in an open-access computer lab?" />
  <row Id="40954" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23033" RevisionGUID="261793bf-ef65-4f04-92a7-e2a0405c55b5" CreationDate="2009-06-10T00:21:47.363" UserId="8629" Text="&lt;macintosh&gt;&lt;computer-lab&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="40955" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23034" RevisionGUID="267e50dc-08d5-4eeb-a1ef-02f0f941bcab" CreationDate="2009-06-10T00:24:54.023" UserId="984" Text="A relatively simple, but non-free, solution would be to use something like Deep Freeze ([link][1]).  Basically it will let the user do almost anything they want, but next time the system is rebooted, everything will be restored to the previous state.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The home-use price is $45.00, there are savings for educational use and lots of licenses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.faronics.com/html/DFMacFeatures.asp" />
  <row Id="40956" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23035" RevisionGUID="07f9456a-69a9-4fb6-97ae-2e819fb9c265" CreationDate="2009-06-10T00:27:02.480" UserId="8374" Text="Microsoft Windows Live Sync&#xD;&#xA;Is for mac, is free and is GREAT!&#xD;&#xA;[sync.live.com][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sync.live.com" />
  <row Id="40957" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23036" RevisionGUID="77f7ac0c-1cbc-4fe5-bbb7-1f7c3e6827f5" CreationDate="2009-06-10T00:30:37.500" UserId="7066" Text="Have you looked at Parental Controls?  It's been a version or two ago of OS X since I've used and I have heard it is much better now." />
  <row Id="40958" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23037" RevisionGUID="171b3883-e813-4723-8226-70a4ec7c6cab" CreationDate="2009-06-10T00:32:30.323" UserId="4694" Text="Manageable by **group policy**, especially **proxy settings**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No **ActiveX** support, some our applications we use require this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**OWA Premium** (Although this should change with next version of OWA).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A way to centrally manage **Firefox Add-ons** and **Updates**. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;People here complained after upgrading from IE6 to IE7. &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;It's hard to force everyone to use something else." />
  <row Id="40959" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23038" RevisionGUID="96dc1647-9282-4b14-94e9-31899a1ca700" CreationDate="2009-06-10T00:42:24.267" UserId="7936" Text="There's related [thread on how to handle archiving][1].  I'm asking on how to find the requirements in a company on the way archiving should be done, and also the requirements that need to be fullfilled so that archiving is actually done instead of just backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How long should data be kept&#xD;&#xA;  - at least?&#xD;&#xA;  - at most?&#xD;&#xA; - What about legal implications (I know depending on your region)?&#xD;&#xA; - How do you ensure archiving from a policy/requirement point of view?&#xD;&#xA; - How do you ensure archives can be restored from a policy/requirement point of view?&#xD;&#xA; - Which data should be archived?&#xD;&#xA; - ...&#xD;&#xA; - ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for good reasoning on archiving and a framework of policies that can be adapted, not actually answers but a set of questions that may lead a path to something that will be valid in `n`-months/years/decades (which of those apply already is a question actually)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10625/how-do-you-handle-data-archiving" />
  <row Id="40960" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23038" RevisionGUID="96dc1647-9282-4b14-94e9-31899a1ca700" CreationDate="2009-06-10T00:42:24.267" UserId="7936" Text="Backup is not Archiving - But what requirements does archiving have?" />
  <row Id="40961" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23038" RevisionGUID="96dc1647-9282-4b14-94e9-31899a1ca700" CreationDate="2009-06-10T00:42:24.267" UserId="7936" Text="&lt;archive&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;compliance&gt;&lt;policy&gt;" />
  <row Id="40962" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22992" RevisionGUID="90b3a0a1-7e43-4543-bce5-0d0d4abfa345" CreationDate="2009-06-10T00:46:41.033" UserId="8614" Comment="deleted 425 characters in body" Text="how do I enable packet forwarding for an ethernet dsl modem? Must this be done with iptables?" />
  <row Id="40964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23040" RevisionGUID="36ba4a83-a3a7-4700-9a8d-4bd2b06051c4" CreationDate="2009-06-10T00:49:07.363" UserId="6617" Text="What would be, software wise, a good Stack to use for a media server, considering the Ubuntu OS (8.10 up)? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is supposed to serve large QuickTime video files (.mov) with &gt; 100Mb in average. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We expect the traffic to be high. And, even though total traffic (as in Gb served per month) is not a problem, bandwidth may be (as in Mbits/s). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are good tips to assemble such a stack? I considered using CDN but since I am doing this for a hosting company, it may be overkill.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let me know if I need to provide more information." />
  <row Id="40965" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23040" RevisionGUID="36ba4a83-a3a7-4700-9a8d-4bd2b06051c4" CreationDate="2009-06-10T00:49:07.363" UserId="6617" Text="Media Server Stack" />
  <row Id="40966" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23040" RevisionGUID="36ba4a83-a3a7-4700-9a8d-4bd2b06051c4" CreationDate="2009-06-10T00:49:07.363" UserId="6617" Text="&lt;media&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;cdn&gt;&lt;static-content&gt;" />
  <row Id="40967" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23040" RevisionGUID="36ba4a83-a3a7-4700-9a8d-4bd2b06051c4" CreationDate="2009-06-10T00:49:07.363" UserId="6617" />
  <row Id="40968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23041" RevisionGUID="f452f152-2114-4604-9fb6-c3a9bb6062dd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T00:51:03.023" UserId="7732" Text="Hi all, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My local ubuntu 7.10 dev server was unresponsive the other day so I rebooted it and now I can't boot into it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can boot into the Live CD and mount my hdd so I can have a look at the logs and what not. &#xD;&#xA;/var/log/messages has a lot of entries like this;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; jun 9 09:32:55 mccoy -- MARK --&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then it has a few like this;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; jun 9 09:15:30 mccoy kernel [92923832.32322332] res 09 90 989 78 67 56 Emask 0x2 (HSM Violation) [Not exact numbers]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I boot, I get to a busybox shell after a message saying /dev/md2 doesn't exist.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would be really appreciative for any help, this box runs a few things for the office and they're all down atm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance!" />
  <row Id="40969" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23041" RevisionGUID="f452f152-2114-4604-9fb6-c3a9bb6062dd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T00:51:03.023" UserId="7732" Text="Broken ubuntu installation. Not booting, please help" />
  <row Id="40970" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23041" RevisionGUID="f452f152-2114-4604-9fb6-c3a9bb6062dd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T00:51:03.023" UserId="7732" Text="&lt;ubuntu-server&gt;&lt;boot&gt;" />
  <row Id="40973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23043" RevisionGUID="507013db-e6bf-4ce5-a2de-a70c6c2a0681" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:02:03.837" UserId="3437" Text="I'm not positive about SBS 2008, but SBS 2003 will [shut down every 2 hours][1] if it is not the domain controller holding all FSMO roles for the domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simply put, it's not designed to scale past the builtin limits. You get what you pay for!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555087" />
  <row Id="40974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23044" RevisionGUID="d2845872-9e41-4224-a635-a7e2e5379c00" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:02:16.333" UserId="7936" Text="If you are talking about a webserver with static content only I'd definitely go for [lighttpd][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To distribute the load (if indeed necessary) in the first place I'd choose a simple DNS round robin solution, [keepalived][2] and/or [LVS][3] can come into play later if that is really necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might also want to look into the several options that [tune your IP stack with sysctl][4] before throwing more hardware at it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to have more than one box I'd use [rsync][5] in combination with [inotify][6], so that when you update your &quot;master box&quot; rsync will immediately push out the changes. I'd definitely try to avoid NFS since it would introduce a single point of failure (if not made highly available with some HA technique) and adds yet another layer of network interaction and latency.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The rsync and inotify approach would of probably require a fair amount of scripting but it would keep race conditions where customers want to download a file that is not yet synced to the web server in question to a minimum.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.lighttpd.net&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.keepalived.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.linux-vs.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.samba.org/rsync/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inotify" />
  <row Id="40975" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23044" RevisionGUID="d2845872-9e41-4224-a635-a7e2e5379c00" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:02:16.333" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40976" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23045" RevisionGUID="973cdd44-d4ba-4610-9de0-c35ef03bae8f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:07:38.013" UserId="8668" Text="Bad things happen, your code will be around longer than you think it will. Fail gracefully, with useful error messages. You will run out of disk, ram, cpu, time, etc, deal with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't be so optimistic, that weird once in a million issue will happen far too often in production." />
  <row Id="40977" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23045" RevisionGUID="973cdd44-d4ba-4610-9de0-c35ef03bae8f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:07:38.013" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="40978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23046" RevisionGUID="54eb8dd9-c5c7-49b5-90fe-faa5067ec273" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:10:00.677" UserId="7936" Text="I'd try [rsync.net (FAQ Page)][1]. They offer quite a bunch of nice features including geo redundant storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not quite as cheap as Amazon S3 but personally I do like their feature set a lot more. One reason is that you do have a basic SSH account available, another is rsync and a third is there is no file size limit with rsync.net as opposed to Amazon S3 which limits to a maximum file size of 5GB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rsync.net/resources/faq.html" />
  <row Id="40979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23047" RevisionGUID="f71ab97a-72fb-4b52-9ed7-ed9278ea3f2e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:10:46.400" UserId="4694" Text="Can anyone recommend me a good tool for analyzing squid logs ? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm currently using **[SARG][1]**. Is there something better? &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I need to easily see what sites were visited/denied, when and by whom.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a list of squid analyzers. Some of them seem to be out of date.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**[Squid: Logfile Analysis][2]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sarg.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.squid-cache.org/Scripts/" />
  <row Id="40980" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23047" RevisionGUID="f71ab97a-72fb-4b52-9ed7-ed9278ea3f2e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:10:46.400" UserId="4694" Text="What is a good SQUID Logs Analyzer?" />
  <row Id="40981" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23047" RevisionGUID="f71ab97a-72fb-4b52-9ed7-ed9278ea3f2e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:10:46.400" UserId="4694" Text="&lt;squid&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;" />
  <row Id="40982" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23048" RevisionGUID="4967d0b4-bf25-4be3-a46c-8c5adf7124e6" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:10:55.917" UserId="2787" Text="If you want to canonicalize your domains (e.g. redirect all domain.de to www.domain.de) you can use something like mod_rewrite:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      ServerName www.domain.de&#xD;&#xA;      ServerAlias domain.de&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      RewriteEngine On&#xD;&#xA;      RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www&#xD;&#xA;      RewriteRule /(.*) http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The three Rewrite lines will basically:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Check to see if the URL starts with 'www'&#xD;&#xA;2. If not, redirect to http://www.domain.de/[whatever]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you go to 'domain.de' it will see that it doesn't start with 'www' and redirect to 'www.domain.de'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to apply this to every site you host, you can do like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      RewriteEngine On&#xD;&#xA;      RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www&#xD;&#xA;      RewriteRule /(.*) http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      ServerName www.domain1.de&#xD;&#xA;      DocumentRoot /wherever/1&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      ServerName www.domain2.de&#xD;&#xA;      DocumentRoot /wherever/2&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then when someone tries to go to 'domain1.de' it will hit the first virtualhost, which will redirect them automatically to 'www.[whatever domain they typed in]'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This way, if you go to 'domain1.de' it will see that it doesn't start with 'www' and redirect to 'www.domain1.de'. For 'domain2.de', it will redirect to 'www.domain2.de'. Every time you add a new site, you will automatically get this feature, which can be really handy if you're adding/maintaining a lot of websites." />
  <row Id="40983" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="23026" RevisionGUID="d9983b7e-de3e-4112-aad8-605cc0585f36" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:12:24.247" UserId="1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="40984" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="23016" RevisionGUID="7cd67f16-8cdc-4642-9243-eb7a535d7c5e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:13:34.807" UserId="1" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;domain-controller&gt;&lt;small-business&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="40985" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23049" RevisionGUID="33840b87-5d9a-40b1-a873-cce25e8aab9f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:16:27.847" UserId="4156" Text="yes, you can stop an emerge with Ctrl+C at anytime. if emerge is on the compile phase, there's no problem, &quot;make&quot; and &quot;make install&quot; run in a separate directory. but if emerge is on the final &quot;installing...&quot; phase, when it copies the installed files to the system, some of the files may have been already merged, and that may cause an inconsistency; but if you're going to change the USE flags and reemerge the package, that's fine too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;so, in summary, you _can_ stop an &quot;emerge world&quot; anytime, it won't mess up with your system." />
  <row Id="40986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23050" RevisionGUID="5866fc11-6820-42fb-b6be-5a660c328f7c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:23:12.737" UserId="7385" Text="There's also the issue that it might not just be RAM you're paying for,&#xD;&#xA;often companies will roll other &quot;related things&quot; into components like that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;eg. If their systems are limited to, say, 32GB per machine, that's only 8 customers&#xD;&#xA;at 4GB each. If one customer wants 5GB, they'll have to add an entire new machine." />
  <row Id="40987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23051" RevisionGUID="e9604b7e-7e37-4001-8bd0-68423aed69a1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:23:40.753" UserDisplayName="visitor" Text="any recommendations for a nice ebook reader for tech books?  &#xD;&#xA;something 8.5x11 or so, in color...&#xD;&#xA;I guess a TabletPC is it for now?" />
  <row Id="40988" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23051" RevisionGUID="e9604b7e-7e37-4001-8bd0-68423aed69a1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:23:40.753" UserDisplayName="visitor" Text="good hardware for technical ebooks" />
  <row Id="40989" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23051" RevisionGUID="e9604b7e-7e37-4001-8bd0-68423aed69a1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:23:40.753" UserDisplayName="visitor" Text="&lt;ebook&gt;" />
  <row Id="40990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23052" RevisionGUID="604d99dd-3016-43c8-94b1-0e7d365c68cd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:27:29.033" UserId="7936" Text="&gt;    * Is it possible to boot from ZFS? (Would I want to?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I see no reason why you'd want to, I'd think the Snapshot support is only mature enough in OpenSolaris so that you can switch back to an older version and boot that (buth that's actually just wild guessing).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    * How easy is it to add a drive?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add as in expand a striped pool? Just add a drive to the pool, that's about it. Consider the implications of your next question thou.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    * How well does it handles drives of different sizes?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could use it as a stripe and tell ZFS to keep n copies of a file. So you could use the full storage availability you have and still get decent redundancy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    * Can you add new drives on the fly (or at least with just a reboot)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Replacing Devices in a Storage Pool][1] I guess this is the recommended solution, the easiest way to find out how well this works on FreeBSD is probably to give it a try.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;    * Would I be better served by something off the shelf?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you considered [FreeNAS (Roadmap)][2] 0.70 seems about to be released and will support ZFS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will save yourself the hassle of all the framework and get a relatively nice to use GUI for free with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-5461/gazgd?a=view&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.freenas.org/index.php?option=com_openwiki&amp;Itemid=30&amp;id=roadmap:en" />
  <row Id="40991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23053" RevisionGUID="5b595cac-8b98-40b2-804a-82f2b33f9929" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:28:32.777" UserId="8897" Text="If you don't want to store any user preferences etc. and if there are no personalized accounts at all for the students, I would do the following: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Create a user, maybe without a&#xD;&#xA;   password &#xD;&#xA; - Activate parental controls and disallow password changes, and maybe other settings. &#xD;&#xA; - Don't let the user auto-login, instead display the login window with user pictures.&#xD;&#xA; - Configure every application with the defaults you want for that user&#xD;&#xA; - Make a copy of this known good state of the user's homedir. &#xD;&#xA; - Create a login script which will replace the user homedir with the known good copy you just created. For details, see [Mike Bombich's page][1], who already did the work. &#xD;&#xA; - Tell the students they have to logout if they are finished. The next one who log in will trigger the restore script. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Normally, non-admin users should be unable to modify stuff outside their account (like the Applications folder), but to be sure, you could regularly use something like [Carbon Copy Cloner][2] (Bombich again) or even Apple's Image server, which comes together with the server version of MacOS X and restore the whole system into a known good state. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, you could think about if OS X server wouldn't be a good investment, as it allows much more detailed restrictions on the configuration of both computers and users. A 10 user version would be enough if you don't require file sharing, and as an education version, it's not too expensive. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bombich.com/mactips/scripts.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html" />
  <row Id="40992" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23054" RevisionGUID="cd212f75-2ec0-4a8b-ba05-dbd05ff39333" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:29:24.473" UserId="3246" Text="Not 8.5x11, but the Kindle is nice." />
  <row Id="40993" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22975" RevisionGUID="a14e71d8-4cb8-448d-bb19-6218031d9614" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:29:27.267" UserId="7136" Comment="yet another typo" Text="Every conference room needs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **whiteboard** with good markers, eraser and cleaning tools (you would not believe how may rooms are missing a simple washcloth)&#xD;&#xA; - **good lighting** and good blinds&#xD;&#xA; - **projector**&#xD;&#xA; - **screen** that can cover the whiteboard or roll up (optional)&#xD;&#xA; - **computer** with wireless keyboard and mouse&#xD;&#xA; - **phone** with conference ability&#xD;&#xA; - **webcam** (for virtual meetings)&#xD;&#xA; - **network outlets** on the table with&#xD;&#xA;  - **Internet access**&#xD;&#xA;  - **enough ports** for everyone at the table to connect a laptop&#xD;&#xA;  - **restricted LAN access** available&#xD;&#xA; - **power outlets** on the table&#xD;&#xA; - **AV switch** between the projector and PC to allow laptop hookup without unplugging the PC&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the room is beg enough add:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **podium** with its own lcd screen keybaord and mouse connected to the PC&#xD;&#xA; - **microphone and amp**" />
  <row Id="40994" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23055" RevisionGUID="59410b27-8d37-4f3a-9c8d-4e6732fb40e1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:30:07.953" UserId="3510" Text="8.5x11 seems pretty big for an ebook reader. A Tablet PC or a tablet netbook might be what you're looking for. I personally use a Sony PRS-505 reader.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I remember reading about the [crunchgear tablet][1] but it's not out yet and probably won't be out for a while.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/04/09/crunchtablet-hits-the-net-a-little-early/" />
  <row Id="40995" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23056" RevisionGUID="34541a1f-1d69-4a8a-9dc7-f07118fc6515" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:30:33.210" UserId="7936" Text="If you are in the US I'd go for a [Kindle DX][1]. To me it is the best option, unfortunately I'm not located in the US so I can't get one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - large screen&#xD;&#xA; - amazon probably has the most content available&#xD;&#xA; - 3rd generation, it should have quite some odds ironed out&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-DX-Amazons-Wireless-Generation/dp/B0015TCML0" />
  <row Id="40996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23057" RevisionGUID="eefaf78d-4b6c-4c29-9e26-049e74733e92" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:30:52.647" UserId="3437" Text="There's a nice [thread][1] on building a home ZFS NAS over at ArsTechnica.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/24609792/m/567005626831" />
  <row Id="40997" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22345" RevisionGUID="4b7092f8-b8f0-44c3-ba95-1b65ed9c2a3a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:31:36.250" UserId="8032" Comment="added 24 characters in body" Text="On various filesystems, I have a bunch of filesystem entries that have badly-encoded names (they were written with the wrong character encoding).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I automatically list all entries with names that are invalid for the current character encoding?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having found all those entries, how can I automatically rename them all from one encoding to another?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="40998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23058" RevisionGUID="8ae414df-97b7-4a31-ab0c-0fef3208e2a6" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:31:50.773" UserId="2258" Text="With Windows, we can setup load balancing for arbitrary IP services just by installing NLB and selecting which nodes we want in the cluster. It does some MAC address changing, then has algorithms to decide which node handles an incoming request.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a production grade equivalent for Linux? I don't want something that requires a front server to sit physically (network-wise) in front of the machines (like certain hardware LBs do, and Linux Virtual Server does, AFAIK). I want something that'll act similar to Microsoft's NLB -- pick N nodes, they all listen on the same IP, and divvy up the incoming requests." />
  <row Id="40999" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23058" RevisionGUID="8ae414df-97b7-4a31-ab0c-0fef3208e2a6" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:31:50.773" UserId="2258" Text="Linux equivalent of Windows NLB" />
  <row Id="41000" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23058" RevisionGUID="8ae414df-97b7-4a31-ab0c-0fef3208e2a6" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:31:50.773" UserId="2258" Text="&lt;nlb&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;load-balancing&gt;" />
  <row Id="41001" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23059" RevisionGUID="a0c6db92-1b68-43d6-9f1e-effc58ae90fb" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:32:30.103" UserId="3580" Text="I've got an Acer C110 10-inch tablet which works very well (in slate mode) as an eBook reader: it's got face buttons that are conveniently placed for flipping pages. It's a little heavy to hold like a book, though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I reckon that an [Eee and the EeeRotate utility][1] would be a little easier on the arms (but slightly less convenient, with the keyboard sticking out).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/05/eeerotate-orients-your-laptop-screen-for-easy-reading/" />
  <row Id="41002" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23060" RevisionGUID="5f01986b-aeab-4ddd-806b-ef995c38495f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:34:59.117" UserId="2787" Text="Unlike most of the other posters here, I'm not going to tell you this is a bad idea, that you shouldn't do it, that it won't solve your problem, or that you should do something else. Here's what happened to us:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Individuals from China and Korea (or using proxies in China and Korea, anyway) kept annoying us. Portscanning, crawling our websites looking for vulnerabilities, making login attempts, etc. I tried to ignore them (fail2ban takes care of them usually) but at some points they were hitting us so hard that it effectively turned into a DoS attack. When you have hundreds of connections at once from people trying to use your webserver as a proxy, trying to SSH into your machine, trying random usernames and passwords, it tends to weigh on the site. I eventually got fed up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We don't get any legitimate traffic from China or Korea; our company doesn't sell there (we're e-commerce) so there was no risk of losing legitimate traffic, so I figured it was easier to block them ahead of time instead of waiting for them to be dicks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Visited [http://ip.ludost.net/][1] and downloaded their IP&lt;-&gt;country database.&#xD;&#xA;2. Extracted all Chinese and Korean IP address ranges.&#xD;&#xA;3. Installed the [ipset module for netfilter][2]&#xD;&#xA;4. Built ipset dumps for China and Korea (see below)&#xD;&#xA;5. Added rules to iptables to silently drop any traffic from those sets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And that's it. Our problem users went away, load on the network and the server was decreased, and we weathered the Christmas season without difficulty.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Note 1**: you can do this with regular iptables (i.e. without ipset) but it's more computationally expensive than using ipset.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Note 2**: This is how the dumps look (ipset will generate these for you if you want):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Generated by ipset 2.3.3 on Sat Oct  4 18:02:57 2008&#xD;&#xA;    -N china nethash --hashsize 5184 --probes 4 --resize 50&#xD;&#xA;    -A china 203.207.128.0/17&#xD;&#xA;    -A china 221.176.0.0/13&#xD;&#xA;    -A china 58.154.0.0/15&#xD;&#xA;    -A china 114.54.0.0/15&#xD;&#xA;    ...etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Note 3**: We use a nethash because all of our ranges are stored as CIDR blocks. If you don't want to convert them to CIDR, you can use an iptreemap instead, but I imagine that might be less efficient if you're getting a lot of traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ip.ludost.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ipset.netfilter.org/" />
  <row Id="41003" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23060" RevisionGUID="5f01986b-aeab-4ddd-806b-ef995c38495f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:34:59.117" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41004" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23061" RevisionGUID="ac916ef1-76df-44ed-a7e9-7ac615d38d43" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:37:27.320" UserId="8897" Text="Round robin DNS would be the simplest solution, but maybe it's too simple for your requirements. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23062" RevisionGUID="b76b6e20-b64f-42b0-8ce1-5c6c083cadce" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:40:39.640" UserId="2258" Text="The problem with using an external monitor is that you don't know which cluster node you'll reach by hitting the cluster IP. And accessing the individual host's IP is not always the same as going through the cluster. For instance, if you're running 5 websites, that's 5 cluster IPs, and only 1 host IP. Not to mention binding to multiple IPs can sometimes lead to issues on certain applications, and if you use host-headers too, good luck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm in the exact same place. We're going to end up writing a script on each node that performs its own health check (traffic from a cluster node to the cluster is always handled by the local host, as far as I can tell). This would be a scheduled task, and if the check fails, it can call the NLB command line tools to remove that node from the cluster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This script would also be checkable by Nagos via the normal host management IP (using nrpe/NSClient++) to tell us which nodes are down, while still seeing the cluster as up. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is pretty basic stuff, and I'm confused why Microsoft doesn't include it in their offering. Compare that to Failover Clustering which enables all sorts of resources to be checked. Oh well..." />
  <row Id="41007" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23056" RevisionGUID="822f60ab-d3ae-4b0d-a3de-5a6ee507a3fe" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:51:27.703" UserId="7936" />
  <row Id="41008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23063" RevisionGUID="6eecb8a9-f545-4296-986b-236192e528d3" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:53:35.657" UserId="3256" Text="If you have offices, you will need at least Windows Server Standard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SBS is a standalone server (the new premium version does give you a second server) it can not be joined to domain, it has to be the root and only domain in the forest." />
  <row Id="41009" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23044" RevisionGUID="0bcfb457-cdb5-4919-9443-7ca708642f43" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:57:47.957" UserId="7936" Comment="added 207 characters in body" Text="If you are talking about a webserver with static content only I'd definitely go for [lighttpd][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To distribute the load (if indeed necessary) in the first place I'd choose a simple DNS round robin solution, [keepalived][2] and/or [LVS][3] can come into play later if that is really necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might also want to look into the several options that [tune your IP stack with sysctl][4] before throwing more hardware at it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to have more than one box I'd use [rsync][5] in combination with [inotify][6], so that when you update your &quot;master box&quot; rsync will immediately push out the changes. I'd definitely try to avoid NFS since it would introduce a single point of failure (if not made highly available with some HA technique) and adds yet another layer of network interaction and latency.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The rsync and inotify approach would of probably require a fair amount of scripting but it would keep race conditions where customers want to download a file that is not yet synced to the web server in question to a minimum.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The part saying&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I am doing this for a hosting company, it may be overkill&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;got me thinking. Why not run a BitTorrent tracker and let the CDN build up itself? Or is using HTTP are hard requirement?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.lighttpd.net&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.keepalived.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.linux-vs.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.samba.org/rsync/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inotify" />
  <row Id="41010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23064" RevisionGUID="6f94145e-6561-449c-ab53-c774d92ce9c2" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:58:20.247" UserId="8956" Text="In one of my boxen, both my power supply and network card died while in overnight hibernation  - why?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And: What must I do to appease the electricity Gods so that I don't lose more hardware?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my home I've got... five computers in various states of use (monthly through to continuous), and I've lost power supplies for all of them, &lt;i&gt;including the laptop&lt;/i&gt;, generally in lumps (several components around the same time).  These losses have also included other bits and bobs, including a hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do I need some kind of [power conditioner][1]?  Those [power-boards with surge protection][2], that's just a marketing lie, right?  And a cheap UPS isn't going to &lt;i&gt;filter&lt;/i&gt; the electricity any, is it?  So what do I do, spend up big?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dansdata.com/sbs9.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.dansdata.com/gz039.htm" />
  <row Id="41011" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23064" RevisionGUID="6f94145e-6561-449c-ab53-c774d92ce9c2" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:58:20.247" UserId="8956" Text="Do I need some kind of power conditioner or UPS?" />
  <row Id="41012" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23064" RevisionGUID="6f94145e-6561-449c-ab53-c774d92ce9c2" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:58:20.247" UserId="8956" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;power-supply&gt;&lt;electricity&gt;" />
  <row Id="41013" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22847" RevisionGUID="4aaa1ce3-5efe-4aef-b1ea-71013208dbbc" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:59:16.503" UserId="5391" Comment="added features list" Text="We use SharePoint (MOSS 2007) for storing all of our internal documents, and it works great as a document management system.  One of the problems we have though is using the Wiki feature of SharePoint.  For the most part, it is lacking the general features that make using a Wiki worthwhile.  As a result, we have had several departments just setup ad-hoc MediaWiki servers instead of using SharePoint's built-in functionality.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any third-party add-ons to SharePoint to replace or improve the Wiki?  What will SharePoint 2010 bring for improvements in this area?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of the features we are looking for are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The ability to easily insert images while editing a document&#xD;&#xA; - Attach files to a page or inline&#xD;&#xA; - Improved markup (similar to MediaWiki)&#xD;&#xA; - Navigation and/or table of contents&#xD;&#xA; - Orphaned/Requested page lists" />
  <row Id="41014" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23065" RevisionGUID="fabdd1bb-5811-4c2f-8590-553a9943a9a5" CreationDate="2009-06-10T01:59:37.467" UserId="3256" Text="You should get OSX Server - it doesn't have to run on an Xserve - a mac Mini or old MacBook will do.  Education copies are very cheap and it will give you huge flexiability in how you manage the macs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can then use NetBoot to boot the iMacs from a disc image.  Every new logon get a fresh operating system.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could lock them down - but lets face it you will be reinstalling OSX every few months if you go down this route." />
  <row Id="41015" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23066" RevisionGUID="f91fb435-922e-430c-a689-5aa112d134b9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T02:00:25.297" UserId="1171" Text="Where can I get the touch utility for Windows?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried [this][1] one at CodeProject but it did not change directorys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/applications/touch_win.aspx" />
  <row Id="41016" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23066" RevisionGUID="f91fb435-922e-430c-a689-5aa112d134b9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T02:00:25.297" UserId="1171" Text="Change file/dir time stamps in Windows" />
  <row Id="41017" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23066" RevisionGUID="f91fb435-922e-430c-a689-5aa112d134b9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T02:00:25.297" UserId="1171" Text="&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;utilities&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="41018" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23067" RevisionGUID="0551dfe6-ef30-434e-baf4-08a3479a6517" CreationDate="2009-06-10T02:01:41.457" UserId="2787" Text="Another thing you might want to consider, depending on what exactly you're doing, is [Github][1]. It works really well and is cheap, it's easy to maintain, and has some niceties like gists, built-in issue tracking, and so on. I quite like it for personal projects, and separate private repos don't cost much to add.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes it's worth not having to do it yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://github.com/" />
  <row Id="41020" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23068" RevisionGUID="80aa0e46-e462-40e7-a46f-b4841cdc3310" CreationDate="2009-06-10T02:03:56.883" UserId="3510" Text="I don't know if it is a marketing lie or not. I've used them and haven't had problems but that doesn't mean anything. I use APC surge protectors and battery backups. Maybe you should give your power company a call so they can check why you're getting power surges that are frying your equipment. " />
  <row Id="41021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23069" RevisionGUID="b50f1138-cdb7-4e53-a496-de07146d408e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T02:06:55.287" UserId="4721" Text="There are several solutions at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/51435/windows-version-of-the-unix-touch-command&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While most of them suggest getting Cygwin (my bias too) or some other unix utilities,&#xD;&#xA;there is one answer describing a windows method.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    copy /b filename.ext +,," />
  <row Id="41023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23070" RevisionGUID="51c558f2-bf7c-4013-97c5-7ecd9e329d87" CreationDate="2009-06-10T02:12:24.103" UserId="5391" Text="On your Phase 2 setting for the VPN (**AutoKey IKE**), click on the **Advanced** button, and then turn on (check) **VPN Monitor** and **Rekey**.  This will open up the tunnel if the keys expire or if the connection drops for some reason.  We use this for our remote users who often turn off all of the connected equipment. This way we still have the ability to reach the remote Netscreen even if there is no traffic on the VPN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://i42.tinypic.com/s2g0i8.jpg &quot;Juniper Netscreen VPN Settings&quot;" />
  <row Id="41024" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23069" RevisionGUID="192b380c-dd40-4ada-b19a-ce4efbfffea1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T02:13:13.417" UserId="4721" Comment="added 167 characters in body" Text="There are several solutions at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/51435/windows-version-of-the-unix-touch-command&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While most of them suggest getting [Cygwin][1] (my bias too) or some other unix utilities,&#xD;&#xA;there is one answer describing a windows method.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    copy /b filename.ext +,,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another simple solution from the same answer is to get the Cygwin.dll and touch.exe copied  locally in your windows system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cygwin.com/" />
  <row Id="41025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23071" RevisionGUID="fb83e90e-0fae-41fc-b46c-052c5ffd38e6" CreationDate="2009-06-10T02:17:22.660" UserId="808" Text="If I understand your question correctly, `iptables` won't help you.  It sounds like you can ping your ethernet router, but nothing beyond it.  To figure this out, you need to tell us what router model you have and whether you have static or dynamic IP addresses.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23072" RevisionGUID="ce618d9f-aa0d-408d-b820-3395b0698834" CreationDate="2009-06-10T02:20:09.563" UserId="7936" Text="Under normal circumstances a UPS should protect you from spikes in the power net.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally a UPS has a power supply that is disconnected from the power it gives to you PC that way it irons out most of the stuff. I vaguely remember some cases where a UPS won't help either but I'm pretty sure someone else can give a technically more correct answer, hence this is just a community wiki." />
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  <row Id="41028" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23073" RevisionGUID="d11bb980-faf1-434d-bbe6-f44b9b332e44" CreationDate="2009-06-10T02:22:02.760" UserId="4387" Text="I'm in an area with variable power and daily brownouts, and lost a lot of gear like you. I added a 2u APC rackmount UPS, big thing, and put nearly everything on it. It was wildly successful. The UPS would go on and off all day long, even when I could see no other evidence of power fluctuation. No more hardware losses. So I went and bought more of these big UPSs and put all my stereo gear on one, and other electronic clusters on another. The damage to my gear stopped.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I didn't buy brand new APC UPSs, I waited till they had sales and I bought reconditioned units. That kept the cost down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bottom line - I think you need something to smooth your electricity. I don't think it is a marketing lie, but I think you need more than the consumer versions of UPSs available." />
  <row Id="41029" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23069" RevisionGUID="481fecca-0376-49e6-89bd-9593c7ec2cf0" CreationDate="2009-06-10T02:23:25.003" UserId="4721" Comment="added 68 characters in body" Text="There are several solutions at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/51435/windows-version-of-the-unix-touch-command&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While most of them suggest getting [Cygwin][1] (my bias too) or some other unix utilities,&#xD;&#xA;there is one answer describing a windows method.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    copy /b filename.ext +,,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another simple solution from the same answer is to get the Cygwin.dll and touch.exe copied  locally in your windows system. It will work better if you want to process directories recursively.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cygwin.com/" />
  <row Id="41030" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23074" RevisionGUID="4c92aa06-8433-413e-912f-f9a60f951827" CreationDate="2009-06-10T02:25:30.723" UserId="613" Text="Sounds like you've got a md-raid that's failing to reassemble itself for root.  get to that busybox shell and look in /proc/md* and look up how to use the mdadm command to try and reconstitute your array." />
  <row Id="41031" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20314" RevisionGUID="4305d295-d794-406a-bd0d-6dddbf160143" CreationDate="2009-06-10T02:25:56.557" UserId="7065" Comment="." Text="My company is developing a network software and its network stability is very important. So my supervisor want me to set up the testing environment for our QA team.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can take care of almost everything to set it up except the network latency test. I need to find a tool that can control the network latency but I couldn't able to find one. My supervisor have mentioned that there is a tool which create a virtual NIC to control network latency or something.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please let me know if you've seen any of network latency control tool or something helpful information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you.." />
  <row Id="41032" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23075" RevisionGUID="c19c41b1-69af-4e9c-8418-ddc8c6fe208a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T02:27:12.233" UserId="613" Text="A good resource for this might be to check the sites of vendors like Iron Mountain - they're in the archiving and backup business so they've got to have some info and guidelines that should be helpful.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23076" RevisionGUID="e1fe2db9-0008-4bfe-8314-145c137ede02" CreationDate="2009-06-10T02:36:01.013" UserId="808" Text="Yes.  Power fluctuations, sags, and the like are not kind to computer equipment.  It's not just marketing hype, although it depends a lot on the quality of power you get from your power company.  It also depends on what other kinds of equipment share the circuit with your computers, and on what kinds of electrical noise they create.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So far, I have not lost any component of a computer connected to a UPS due to power-related reasons.  (I did lose much of one computer that was connected to a UPS, but the power supply fan stopped spinning and it overheaded very badly.  This wasn't due to electricity!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've lost several power supplies over the years -- so far nothing more critical -- on computers not connected to a UPS, and not after any obvious cause such as a thunderstorm.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41034" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23077" RevisionGUID="f9c0f117-b125-4b6c-b6b8-f9ea6018e991" CreationDate="2009-06-10T02:38:21.493" UserId="613" Text="Isn't windows the land of drag and drop? what if they drag and drop the folder onto the printer?" />
  <row Id="41035" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22816" RevisionGUID="68bd2ed3-a2ff-4205-986c-7406366077fc" CreationDate="2009-06-10T02:39:08.217" UserId="808" Comment="Make title more specific" Text="Could you let me know which Linux distributions support the IPv6 stack (like Windows Vista supports IPv6)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41036" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="22816" RevisionGUID="68bd2ed3-a2ff-4205-986c-7406366077fc" CreationDate="2009-06-10T02:39:08.217" UserId="808" Comment="Make title more specific" Text="Which Linux distributions support IPv6?" />
  <row Id="41037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23078" RevisionGUID="8f4d31a6-1284-42c9-bff9-d1bff1be6a27" CreationDate="2009-06-10T02:40:28.820" UserId="6856" Text="I used LightSquid: http://lightsquid.sourceforge.net/ &#xD;&#xA;It was good enough for me for several reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - It is fast, takes very little diskspace (In comparison with SARG, only ~45Kb of Perl scripts)&#xD;&#xA; - There is nothing superfluous&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can try it, using online-demo:&#xD;&#xA;http://lightsquid.sourceforge.net/demo17/index.cgi?year=2005&amp;month=04&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Official&quot; feauture-list:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - fast and simple install fast log&#xD;&#xA; - parser generatesmall per user data&#xD;&#xA; - file perl based cgi script for&#xD;&#xA; - dynamic generated report pages html&#xD;&#xA; - template for design no database&#xD;&#xA; - required no additional perl module&#xD;&#xA; - various reports user groups support&#xD;&#xA; - graphics report (v 1.6+) real name &#xD;&#xA; - (v 1.6+) multilangual interface" />
  <row Id="41038" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23079" RevisionGUID="24329cef-cb93-4f7d-b8d9-74f7fea7fad7" CreationDate="2009-06-10T02:45:13.320" UserId="4392" Text="**1)** Data should be kept as long as necessary according to the legal limits imposed by your industry&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Meaning that if you are in the financial industry, you have different requirements than if you are in the private industry, or ISP industry, or what have you&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**2)** legal implications are a function of #1 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**3)** The easiest ways are to use known 3rd parties for archiving. I use Global Relay for communications archiving, because they have many, many services available in the event of an audit and so forth&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**4-...** First you need to decide which industry you belong in, then which requirements and legal actions you fall under the jurisdiction o, then we may be able to help, but your corporate attorney would be a better person for advice. Once he gives you advice, ask a question related to what he tells you you have to archive. We can't decide that for you. " />
  <row Id="41039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23080" RevisionGUID="2c07b6aa-cd48-4b08-81c3-26e6f9c1fbbe" CreationDate="2009-06-10T02:46:22.617" UserDisplayName="MrRight" Text="NokiaN97 and the Set of software from telexy.com will beat any other offers." />
  <row Id="41040" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23081" RevisionGUID="4534162e-81df-4888-8c04-f3b374fd688a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T02:50:32.827" UserId="4392" Text="I don't know why  your equipment died, but I can tell you that UPS's have saved my business continuity multiple times. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know how many servers (or how big they are) but a general purpose APC 1500 tower is probably sufficient for your needs, unless you run a rack of equipment. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It also has voltage sensitivity settings. This was useful for me as it was hooked to a generator, and without lowering sensitivity, the generator was not able to output a normal enough signal for the UPSes to cope. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You want battery backup if you want your equipment to be up (or at least, to power down gracefully)" />
  <row Id="41041" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23082" RevisionGUID="437df681-ad03-4711-b622-00e4e876e63e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T02:52:31.323" UserId="6244" Text=" - If you are interested in BSD&#xD;&#xA;   solutions - see CARP&#xD;&#xA; - About DNS-level load-balancing see&#xD;&#xA;   CDN rfc3568, but beware - DNS-lb is&#xD;&#xA;   kinda inert&#xD;&#xA; - LVS is still pretty good so - [check&#xD;&#xA;   it out][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/how.html" />
  <row Id="41042" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23082" RevisionGUID="437df681-ad03-4711-b622-00e4e876e63e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T02:52:31.323" UserId="6244" />
  <row Id="41043" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23082" RevisionGUID="6e2d9525-4dd2-4e0a-b86e-735866e8bbab" CreationDate="2009-06-10T02:59:36.427" UserId="6244" Comment="added ucarp" Text=" - If you are interested in BSD&#xD;&#xA;   solutions - see CARP, linux as i just found out has port of it called UCARP&#xD;&#xA; - About DNS-level load-balancing see&#xD;&#xA;   CDN rfc3568, but beware - DNS-lb is&#xD;&#xA;   kinda inert&#xD;&#xA; - LVS is still pretty good so - [check&#xD;&#xA;   it out][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/how.html" />
  <row Id="41044" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23083" RevisionGUID="ebfa4bd6-53ee-4cd8-8313-6949a44aed78" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:04:04.203" UserId="6522" Text="You have _every_ right to block IP addresses from whatever reason you can justify for yourself. It is you that provides a service and it is you who decides who can have it or not.&#xD;&#xA;It is perhaps questionable if this is moral but that is something you can only decide for yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However blocking an IP segment because it has some geographic aspects to it sounds to me a more or less like a panic approach.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I have done in the past is having a crawler going through my most recent logs and based on that ban individual IP's that are annoying for a period of 24 hours. If that specific IP is misbehaving again it is banned for 2 days, then 3 days, etc. etc. you get the drift.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IP's that are banned for more then a week will be mailed to me and I send an abuse mail to that service provider (who know it might even help)." />
  <row Id="41045" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23083" RevisionGUID="ebfa4bd6-53ee-4cd8-8313-6949a44aed78" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:04:04.203" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23084" RevisionGUID="990a4572-1d8b-4360-ad6f-04fb38bffd20" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:05:21.953" UserId="6767" Text="My experience:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Cheap &quot;surge suppresser&quot; powerbars: useless.&#xD;&#xA; - Expensive &quot;surge suppressor&quot; powerbars: not quite useless.  They will protect from momentary low spikes, but can't do anything about dips, brownouts, or blackouts.&#xD;&#xA; - Cheap UPS (ie APC Back-UPS): reasonable assuming you are not putting too much load on them and the environment they run in is reasonably (electrically) clean.  I use them for my workstations at home, and they get fresh batteries every two years whether they need them or not, which they always do.  I would not put server or mission-critical gear on such a UPS.&#xD;&#xA; - Mid-range UPS (ie APC Smart-UPS): adequate entry-level server protection.  The problem is that you either over-buy UPS (ie a Smart-UPS 3000 powering one web server) or you end up gradually acquiring way more computer than the Smart-UPS can reasonably drive (ie: the same Smart-UPS 3000 powering a NetApp 760 with eight fully populated DS-7 shelves).  Management (snmp, plus some form of software to deal with the load) is mandatory.  Battery lifespan management is mandatory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After that, the sky's the limit but you will end up having to install special electrical circuits to power them.  The software to deal with them is also astronomically priced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I always complain to customers that they are under-protected because they almost always are.  And when they balk at the cost, I ask them what the cost to the business will be if &quot;whatever is currently inadequately protected&quot; fails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For home, I currently only have one workstation -- only need one, thanks to VMware -- and it has its own BackUPS-750.  The rest of the &quot;networking gear&quot; (one Linksys wireless router and one cable modem) runs off of a old Belkin 500Va UPS that currently needs a battery refresh.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, bottom line: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Yes, get a UPS.  Even an entry level one is better than the nothing you currently have.&#xD;&#xA; - If you are not running a particular computer, physically disconnect it from the mains unless you require some form of wake-on-LAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41047" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23014" RevisionGUID="823b349d-f57d-44c7-ac8d-7c6e8d72eaeb" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:06:42.933" UserId="6244" Comment="style" Text="Just a suggestion for 1. - use gpt table, it supports up to 26 partitions&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For 3. - you can gjournal whole disk at once [(data from here)][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS. And anyway you should try this all from some VM like VirtualBox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PPS. May be you should try ZFS?&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/geom-gjournal.html" />
  <row Id="41048" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23085" RevisionGUID="27944975-5152-4067-bdd8-4d4fffb88afb" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:07:58.220" UserId="3567" Text="I have a rails app on an Ubuntu server.  In my Apache config I have set the user and group to www-data.  I want my rails app to write to a file.  I have set the file permissions as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -rw-rw-r--  1 www-data www-data    0 Jun  5 22:35 notify_list.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seems like rails should be able to write because the permissions are correct.  But I keep getting permission denied.  What are possible causes of this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="41049" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23085" RevisionGUID="27944975-5152-4067-bdd8-4d4fffb88afb" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:07:58.220" UserId="3567" Text="Web app cannot write to a file on my server that seems to have the right permissions." />
  <row Id="41050" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23085" RevisionGUID="27944975-5152-4067-bdd8-4d4fffb88afb" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:07:58.220" UserId="3567" Text="&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;rails&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="41051" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23086" RevisionGUID="d7e96209-341e-41f0-bc3d-a30e1124d533" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:09:17.640" UserId="7730" Text="If your network software is TCP based [TMnetSim Network Simulator](http://tmurgent.com/Tools.aspx) from TMurgent Technologies is a great tool to do exactly what you are looking for and best of all it's free. We use it a great deal in development and testing, mainly to introduce delay. Of course it can also simulate packet loss and/or out-of-order delivery of packets. The new version also has packet capturing built in, which can be handy.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41052" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23087" RevisionGUID="2b8b7ea1-5c38-4f1c-ae47-628ba76c035a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:11:20.863" UserId="6472" Text="**Rule #1: Ignore (politely) anyone that isn't paying for the archive.** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of the above answers are excellent but they leave out one thing: The important thing is **&quot;who pays for this?&quot;**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The department that pays for it has requirements: how fast data can be restored, length of time to hold the data, security requirements, etc.  Other people might have &quot;helpful advice&quot; but if they aren't paying for it, it's just a suggestion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nobody *wants* archives.  They have some external reason for needing them.  Usually it is &quot;customers&quot; or &quot;compliance&quot; or a mix of both.  If the answer is &quot;customers&quot; then some product manager should have an idea of what they need.  If the answer is &quot;compliance&quot; then some manager should be able to explain what is required, and auditors can validate the requirements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There should be give-and-take.  After receiving the requirements, you should return with a proposal with a cost.  The people needing the archives may need something less expensive and then you should be willing to negotiate (remove) features.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes the &quot;who pay's&quot; question is reversed.  Once I was at a company where the legal department required certain docs to be archived but we had to pay for the archiving. Therefore, we put together the proposal and asked them to sign off on it.  We were paying for it, but only doing the minimum to &quot;cover our butts&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another time I was required to archive certain data as part of a law suit.  The legal department needed to track all costs associated with the law suit (I think that if we won, we could get the plaintiff to pay our costs).  They gave us a special cost center code to use to buy tapes, pay for shipping, boxes, new tape drives, labor, and so on.  If they hadn't been willing to pay for our costs, we would never had done such a good job." />
  <row Id="41053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23088" RevisionGUID="cf85a075-84d5-4714-8011-2ba233f56bc0" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:13:10.300" UserId="8897" Text="First idea: Do you have write permissions for the directory?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, depending on the apache config, you might not have access to files outside the document tree, so if you app lives in /var/www/htdocs, you won't have access to files outside  this directory. " />
  <row Id="41054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23089" RevisionGUID="06b5b53a-c752-4878-abb2-e3e7f546ec62" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:14:12.560" UserId="8859" Text="smbldap-tools and [SMBLDAP-TOOLS Addons][1] are perl scripts to manage user and group &#xD;&#xA;accounts stored in an LDAP directory. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For examples: smbldap-attribute is a simple and powerful script. This script can add/modify/delete any attribute.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;add attribute and value (support multiple values):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    smbldap-attribute &quot;uid=user1,dc=example,dc=com&quot; &quot;attribute:value&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    smbldap-attribute &quot;uid=user1&quot; &quot;attribute:value&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    smbldap-attribute user1 &quot;attribute:value&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    smbldap-attribute -s &quot;_&quot; &quot;uid=user1,dc=example,dc=com&quot; &quot;attribute_value&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;modify value:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    smbldap-attribute &quot;uid=user1,dc=example,dc=com&quot; &quot;attribute:current:new&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    smbldap-attribute &quot;uid=user1&quot; &quot;attribute:current:new&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    smbldap-attribute user1 &quot;attribute:current:new&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    smbldap-attribute -s &quot;/&quot; user1 &quot;attribute/current/new&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;delete value:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    smbldap-attribute -d &quot;uid=user1,dc=example,dc=com&quot; &quot;attribute:value&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    smbldap-attribute -d &quot;uid=user1&quot; &quot;attribute&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    smbldap-attribute -d user1 &quot;attribute&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://smbldap-addons.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23090" RevisionGUID="5cba37aa-d369-4795-8179-9d654569da2b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:16:43.227" UserId="8256" Text="get into your command line when it boots&#xD;&#xA;run&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;mdadm --assemble --scan&#xD;&#xA;this should scan for parts of raid drives and allow the md device to mount&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then check by doing &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;mdadm --detail /dev/md2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you can then check &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;cat /proc/mdstat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;reboot&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;YOU SHOULD post what type of md you have and level, how many disks too?" />
  <row Id="41056" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23091" RevisionGUID="a8a67478-2b06-40c3-a27b-dd6d10c2daf1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:17:20.260" UserId="4838" Text="The question is slightly broad at the moment. I've read mixed cases all over the place regarding the life of a typical hard drive, and if reformatting degrades the disk. If so, could you measure the life of the disk in a practical manner?" />
  <row Id="41057" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23091" RevisionGUID="a8a67478-2b06-40c3-a27b-dd6d10c2daf1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:17:20.260" UserId="4838" Text="How many times can you format a hard-drive?" />
  <row Id="41058" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23091" RevisionGUID="a8a67478-2b06-40c3-a27b-dd6d10c2daf1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:17:20.260" UserId="4838" Text="&lt;hard-drive&gt;" />
  <row Id="41059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23092" RevisionGUID="8c2437a3-5adc-4d19-893a-dddabe3b0dd5" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:23:34.490" UserId="5880" Text="you can use powershell to do this as well. I have the following function in my $profile&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    function touch([string] $filename)&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;	$curTime = Get-Date&#xD;&#xA;	$touchFile = get-item $filename&#xD;&#xA;	$touchFile.CreationTime = $curTime&#xD;&#xA;	$touchFile.LastAccessTime = $curTime&#xD;&#xA;	$touchFile.lastWriteTime = $curTime&#xD;&#xA;    }" />
  <row Id="41060" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23093" RevisionGUID="d7f98c32-07e1-4b44-8bed-66a42abdba88" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:24:27.250" UserId="1737" Text="Reformatting a magnetic hard disk should not degrade the disk any more than any other use of the drive. The drive may even notice and relocate bad sectors as the head has an opportunity to revisit rarely used portions of the platter, but if I wouldn't count on reformatting providing any benefit other than an empty filesystem." />
  <row Id="41061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23094" RevisionGUID="fd018f11-6c1b-4682-84d6-d24ed9b7fde8" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:24:52.727" UserId="695" Text="If it is not a SSD drive, on which there is a limit (far higher than it used to be, though), regular (a.k.a quick) formats to the drive usually don't erase data, altering only the sector dedicated to the FAT, causing &quot;uneven&quot; wear, if you like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Practically, I have yet to encounter a single case of even a mention to this issue. " />
  <row Id="41062" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23095" RevisionGUID="82b49c14-ee19-4454-bdf3-6e8e23b60825" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:28:06.057" UserId="7730" Text="Here are a few that people find quite good in the Linux community (minus LVS at your request). I personally have only used HAProxy so your mileage may vary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HAProxy](http://haproxy.1wt.eu/)  &#xD;&#xA;[Pound](http://www.apsis.ch/pound/index_html)  &#xD;&#xA;[Balance](http://www.inlab.de/balance.html)" />
  <row Id="41063" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23096" RevisionGUID="a72a039d-996b-4c08-9e64-54c5e0fcb507" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:28:06.493" UserId="12524" Text="Even though it's extremly old, the .ar archive format is still in use in multiple places, like Debian .deb packages. But I have not been able to find any graphical unarchiving tools. Does anyone know of a good GUI .ar archive unarchiving tool?" />
  <row Id="41064" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23096" RevisionGUID="a72a039d-996b-4c08-9e64-54c5e0fcb507" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:28:06.493" UserId="12524" Text="GUI .ar unarchiver?" />
  <row Id="41065" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23096" RevisionGUID="a72a039d-996b-4c08-9e64-54c5e0fcb507" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:28:06.493" UserId="12524" Text="&lt;archive&gt;&lt;archiving&gt;&lt;gui&gt;&lt;graphical-interface&gt;" />
  <row Id="41066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23097" RevisionGUID="d3be016c-e2c3-4b30-9ea8-ae2ff9c57818" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:31:18.563" UserId="808" Text="Reformatting any modern hard disk is no different from normal use of the same amount.  You cannot actually lay down any track information.  Modern hard drives are formatted at the factory using special connectors or special equipment.  When you format a modern hard drive, at most you fill the drive with all zeros and maybe map out some sectors that were discovered to be bad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will not wear a hard disk out by reformatting any more than normal use will wear it out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are talking about something extreme like continuously formatting a drive, this should be about the same as any continuous read/write access to the drive.  You cannot degrade the magnetic medium in any way by doing this, as long as the drive is adequately cooled.  A drive that runs at an extreme temperature will definitely have a degraded lifetime.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SSD drives are a different animal where each write gets you closer to eventual failure.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23098" RevisionGUID="792c248a-a2e3-4c67-abd3-c7ee4227fcbd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:36:10.050" UserId="7385" Text="&#xD;&#xA;See if you can get it to create a new file (say in /tmp) and see &#xD;&#xA;what user/group it creates it with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41068" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="23098" RevisionGUID="29d233aa-65ce-41e5-8c3d-c3408c75caeb" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:36:30.080" UserId="7385" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:7385,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;colin.coghill&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="41069" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="23098" RevisionGUID="dc0888e1-388c-4201-8224-20cfe1ca7fb8" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:37:38.877" UserId="7385" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:7385,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;colin.coghill&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="41070" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23095" RevisionGUID="2c40690e-c0ab-4668-9d32-842853da43cb" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:38:22.073" UserId="7730" Comment="added 129 characters in body" Text="Here are a few that people find quite good in the Linux community (minus LVS at your request). I personally have only used HAProxy so your mileage may vary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HAProxy](http://haproxy.1wt.eu/)    &#xD;&#xA;[Balance](http://www.inlab.de/balance.html)  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Only supports load balancing for http/https requests:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Pound](http://www.apsis.ch/pound/index_html)  &#xD;&#xA;[PLB - Pure Load Balancer](http://plb.sunsite.dk/index.html)  &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41071" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23099" RevisionGUID="4f283cd1-bde9-4b71-bc0b-d4b22c0a390d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:39:33.913" UserId="8494" Text="I've been using close to the same steps you do, except for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - `eix-sync` instead of `emerge --sync` because I like seeing the changes to the portage tree.  This is especially nice for noticing packages I might want to install that are new to the tree.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - `layman -S` (occasionally) before the main emerge to sync any changes in overlays.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - `eclean-dist -d` after the `revdep-rebuild` to clean obsoleted tarballs.  I do this after every emerge, because package downgrads aren't that common.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - `eix-test-obsolete` as the last step to help keep my /etc/portage files tidy and up-to-date.  This also lets me know when I have installed packages that have been completely removed from portage so I need to go get the ebuild from the repository.  A recent example, I have to mask all versions of iproute2 &gt; 2.6.22.20070710 due to the older kernel running on my Xen VPS but it was recently removed from portage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`eix-sync` and `eix-test-obsolete` are in app-portage/eix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`eclean-dist` is in app-portage/gentoolkit.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23100" RevisionGUID="a91204b6-4cc1-4e76-85a8-2a170a2aef38" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:40:49.010" UserId="8675" Text="Its also worth noting that its a good idea to purchase higher end power supplies for your computers. While its tempting to buy low end &quot;500 WATT SUPER MAX AWESOME SUPPLY&quot; for $20 off newegg, buying something a bit more expensive will net you better capacitors and diodes and help prevent problems like this as well. They won't save you from having your computers turn off during a blackout like a UPS, but they will be more likely to take the hit than pass it on to a motherboard or harddrive." />
  <row Id="41073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23101" RevisionGUID="4ea48ec0-b8e0-49f3-a474-8924e2173942" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:43:53.013" UserId="5880" Text="As others have said, the first part is to establish a trust relationship between the two domains. Now the hard part comes in since you are in different forrests this gets to be quite the PITA. Although the one readeaming thing is one of the servers is Excahange 2007. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This][1] blog post from the exchange team will help you out greatly: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can read up on the IORepl pain that was exchange 2003 via the link in the post.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2006/10/23/429296.aspx" />
  <row Id="41074" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23102" RevisionGUID="0b4f99c7-a243-478f-ab70-c557a28c8cf6" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:44:07.243" UserDisplayName="Rizwan" Text="I have Seven Sites. Each Site contain about 15 to 20 users and are connect via a ADSL and lease line . my question is how to design a network design. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41075" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23102" RevisionGUID="0b4f99c7-a243-478f-ab70-c557a28c8cf6" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:44:07.243" UserDisplayName="Rizwan" Text="Network Designing" />
  <row Id="41076" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23102" RevisionGUID="0b4f99c7-a243-478f-ab70-c557a28c8cf6" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:44:07.243" UserDisplayName="Rizwan" Text="&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="41077" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23103" RevisionGUID="bc68234b-303f-4fe3-89a7-4568f52201d6" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:47:00.467" UserId="3420" Text="Yes, yes, yes. But I don't know what to recommend you buy, because power is complicated stuff, vendors of low-end equipment just lie, vendors of high-end equipment don't give adequate explanations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You want to filter out voltage spikes caused by lightning strikes and by normal fluctuations on the power grid. Perhaps these are two different problems to solve. Whatever the solution, some areas of the world have frequent lightning strikes. It may not be enough to have insurance against this, you may need real protection if you want to stay in business. I don't know how to protect against a nearby lightning strike, but I know they are common in certain parts of the world and can not be ignored. In the Tampa Bay area, it is common for businesses to be destroyed by a nearby lightning strike.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You want to clean up the waveform provided by the power company. I don't know how important this is, but it's not something you can totally ignore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to handle very short power spikes and power dropouts. Ones less catastrophic than blackouts and lightning strikes, but ones that may be very common. There's a continuum between cleaning up the waveform and protecting against surges and blackoutes. I suspect power supplies will last onger if they are given cleaner power, and that random crashes will be less frequent. I suspect that most UPSes don't protect against an ugly waveform. This is speculation and guessing. But if a scope can make me nauseous, it might damage your power supply.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to handle a brief (less than 10 minute) power loss. It happens. It's common. This is handled with what people normally call UPSes. I can't state whether UPSes provide the other features I speak of as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to handle a multi-day power outage. Diesel generators and fuel contracts that provide guarantees even in a widespread emergency.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to consider whether your business needs require automatic transfer from the UPS to the generator. It's surprisingly cheap. For many businesses, a single event can cover the cost.,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember that UPSes always create a risk of fire. It's a large amount of stored energy." />
  <row Id="41078" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23104" RevisionGUID="dd117ceb-ab38-4a41-a517-16cd2df349ce" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:48:29.247" UserId="3488" Text="Cisco has created a CD-ROM based on NIST NET that, when booted on a pc with two network interfaces, can emulate a WAN connection.  I have used this in the past with both physical and VMware virtual machines to simulate long distance links adding latency and limiting speed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; NIST Net by default is used to add latency, bandwidth limitations, packet loss or duplication, and other WAN characteristics on all IP traffic moving between the Ethernet ports of the system, while exclusions to this directive can be added on a per system basis. -- [NIST Net WAN Emulation Software Installation and Configuration Note][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The NIST Net home page is www-x.antd.nist.gov/nistnet/ and the ISO file for the CD-ROM can be found on cisco.com (wan-bridge_v1.07.iso).  An account may be required to download it from cisco.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/app_ntwk_services/waas/wafs/v30/nistnet/NIST.html &quot;NIST Net WAN Emulation Software Installation and Configuration Note&quot;" />
  <row Id="41079" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23105" RevisionGUID="116aba6f-2805-4c91-92f8-10398e60177c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:48:29.793" UserId="7353" Text="I'd call it PC/Laptop/Server ... depends on what they are shape-wise&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Box is a good term to speak with people that is very not used to using computer... a lot easier for them to accept when you told them to &quot;Find the metal box around your desk, a big box with lots of cables coming out of it&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I'm dealing with other techies, I'd call them the actual machine name &quot;Whats wrong with Titanic? Someone plug it with too many fork?&quot; -- This is when I was working in Uni, and Titanic is one of the Student server, and its fun time when the student get assignment that requires them to use fork().&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I call my laptop Chobits :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41080" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23105" RevisionGUID="116aba6f-2805-4c91-92f8-10398e60177c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:48:29.793" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41081" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23100" RevisionGUID="35e1aff8-8499-439f-97d9-417dd1740e04" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:54:50.090" UserId="8675" Comment="added 671 characters in body; added 266 characters in body" Text="Its also worth noting that its a good idea to purchase higher end power supplies for your computers. While its tempting to buy low end &quot;500 WATT SUPER MAX AWESOME SUPPLY&quot; for $20 off newegg, buying something a bit more expensive will net you better capacitors and diodes and help prevent problems like this as well. They won't save you from having your computers turn off during a blackout like a UPS, but they will be more likely to take the hit than pass it on to a motherboard or harddrive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I remember when I bought a new motherboard with PCI-express built in for the first time, and I didn't have one of those crazy 24 pin ATX supplies. I went out and bought a cheap one, only to hook up one of the 12v +/- connectors going to a powersupply while the machine was running, to see that it was actually 10.5 volts. Took it back. The computer shop refused to take it back because it &quot;wasn't broken&quot;. If it was running at 10.5 volts under low load, what happens if my DVD-rom is spun up, harddrive is spinning, video card is sucking down 100 watts, and I get hit with a slight brown out? Or, if I take a surge and the cheap caps in it can't take a small hit?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IF your feeling especially cheap, you can get used UPS's with bad batteries for very cheap (I think I got one for 5$ once at a flea market). Go to walmart and get a motorcycle battery. Tada, now you have a UPS with a brand new battery for less than 1/4 of the price." />
  <row Id="41082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23106" RevisionGUID="26fc5b64-fba4-413c-a1a7-631dd8cdc2e7" CreationDate="2009-06-10T03:56:52.100" UserId="2224" Text="Backups are there to restore things to the way they were at a previous point in time. We do backups to restore service, and usually don't think much about the underlying data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Archives are very data focused, so you really need to think about things like classification and the information life-cycle. Much like software development, deep understanding of the business problem and development of good specs is key to a successful (and affordable implementation). EMail is pretty easy. Forms are very easy. (Retention is usually easily discernable 1040 form for 10 years, MV-22 for 2 years, etc) If your contract/procurement people are well organized, classifying that data is usually pretty easy. Random files are hard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I work for a government agency, so our archives actually have five objectives -- objectives that often conflict and are largely out of our control. They are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Classify and preserve data for the purposes of historical record.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Preserve business records to comply with applicable law and regulation. In our case we have all sorts records which must be preserved for a period ranging from 3 years to 28 years. We also have records which must be kept *forever*.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Respond to discovery requests related to litigation. (In our case requiring legal holds that have been around for as long as a decade)&#xD;&#xA; 4. Respond to discovery requests related to internal audit, internal investigations or other investigations. (Lawful intercept, etc)&#xD;&#xA; 5. Reduce the operating costs of the underlying IT service. If you archive all email after 90 days, you've managed to substantially reduce the footprint of your email systems, especially in large environments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's talk about litigation and audit, since they are probably the most common reason to archive if you're getting started now. Now you need to think about other stuff:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Scope. EMail? IM? Phones? File Servers? Sharepoint? Wiki? Desktops? Laptops? PDAs? If you need more than Email &amp; IM, you've just eliminated a whole ton of options.&#xD;&#xA; - Default retention time. If you get sued often, you'll want to purge as quickly as you are legally able. Otherwise, you'll want to strike a balance between due diligence and productivity of your workers.&#xD;&#xA; - IT Policy. Once you're archiving, PSTs must be banished. If anyone finds out that you're possess information relative to litigation on your PCs, that will reflect badly upon you.&#xD;&#xA; - Chargeback. You must present the legal folks with costs so they can weigh the value of the suit vs. the cost of compliance. Otherwise, you'll be keeping everything forever.&#xD;&#xA; - Cost avoidance. Some archive solutions facilitate disaster recovery and eliminate the need for backups. Hosted archives sometimes provide an emergency mail access point.&#xD;&#xA; - Special Requirements. If you have a presence in Europe, my understanding is that you need to use solutions like EMC Centera for WORM storage for some compliance purposes. That usually isn't needed in the US, but your industry may have a need for more exotic measures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep asking questions, you're on the right path -- there is no one answer to the archiving problem." />
  <row Id="41083" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23107" RevisionGUID="ec5f45ad-9b59-4165-b4a7-7a25c1e6849f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T04:02:22.370" UserId="7591" Text="In general, I'll refer to it as a box or a tower (assuming it is, in fact, a tower).  However, when trying to talk through with someone less than computer literate, I usually end up with something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Me: &quot;Okay, now look at the front panel of the computer itself and tell me what's lit up.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    They: &quot;Do you mean the hard drive?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Me: &quot;...is that the thing with a front panel?  And a bunch of lights?  That the keyboard plugs into?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    They: &quot;Yeah, the hard drive.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Me: &quot;...sure, why not.  Now look at the front panel of the hard drive and tell me what's lit up.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41084" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23107" RevisionGUID="ec5f45ad-9b59-4165-b4a7-7a25c1e6849f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T04:02:22.370" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23108" RevisionGUID="fcfd191f-068e-4694-b53a-d7364e90bf9e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T04:06:56.383" UserId="7752" Text="You enable packet forwarding on a Linux (2.6.x kernel) router by executing the following command as root ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;# echo &quot;1&quot; &gt;/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will need to execute this command every time you start/reboot your machine.  Add the command to your equivalent of /etc/rc.local so that it is automatically executed for you." />
  <row Id="41086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23109" RevisionGUID="5016cb71-b62c-4782-a6e7-306108d37bfd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T04:17:57.597" UserId="3420" Text="I want to trap the below operations on a Linux system. Is it possible to do so efficiently? My end goal is to provide auditing and an additional set of filesystem metadata that is indexed differently. If the answer is &quot;no&quot;, I appreciate pointers in a useful direction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;1) open(), and its parameters (where flags is O_CREAT)&#xD;&#xA;2) write(), along with its parameters, *buf, and the struct file for fd, including f_pos&#xD;&#xA;3) the corresponding information in 2 for a memory-mapped write to a file. I realize I'm asking something very difficult here as it requires an incestuous knowledge between the layers. Setting a flag that memory-mapped IO to a given open file has occurred is good enough, similar to how O_DIRECT writes might be handled. (triggering a later re-scan).&#xD;&#xA;4) rename(), unlink()&#xD;&#xA;5) mkdir(), rmdir()&#xD;&#xA;6) truncate(), ftruncate()&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there are competing technologies to trap these kinds of operations, I am most interested in those that will last the longest (the most stability and community support), and those that are least filesystem-specific (the reiser4 plugins were exciting but don't seem politically viable).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although my list 1-6 are simply examples, ideas as to what I've forgotten are helpful. But I'm not trying to be comprehensive, just communicate my design goal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, passing this data to userspace would allow keeping a live locate/updatedb index. It would allow a database to track a per-block and per-file MD5. The availability of this data could facilitate snapshotting." />
  <row Id="41087" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23109" RevisionGUID="5016cb71-b62c-4782-a6e7-306108d37bfd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T04:17:57.597" UserId="3420" Text="Monitor, extend, and Index Linux filesystems" />
  <row Id="41088" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23109" RevisionGUID="5016cb71-b62c-4782-a6e7-306108d37bfd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T04:17:57.597" UserId="3420" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;" />
  <row Id="41089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23110" RevisionGUID="93640298-5d6b-4d7b-ab6e-92adf4b63acb" CreationDate="2009-06-10T04:19:36.327" UserId="2629" Text="If each student has a hard drive, they can use [external accounts][1].  [I believe that if you create a user in System Preferences -&gt; Accounts and then Ctrl-click on their name, and choose &quot;Advanced Options...&quot; you can specify that their home folder should live on their hard drive.  Then, they merely need to plug in their hard drive at the login screen and it will show external accounts that can be logged into.  See this tip [if you have to move an account.][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be sure to make an image of your computer setup.  [[NetRestore][3] used to be the tool to use, but it is no longer readily available.  [Deploy Studio][4] and [InstaDMG][5] are tools to look into, and Apple's [Server Admin Tools][6] include an image creation tool that you ought to be able to use without having a server.]  With an image, you can set up the machines to be identical, and if one is hooped, you can re-install the image.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you opt not to use the external accounts, it ought to be possible to put the /Users folder on a separate partition, and then, again, if the software becomes broken, you can re-image it to a pristine state.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding the netbooting idea, it is possible to use a [Mac client][7] or a Linux box as a netbooting server, it is just a lot easier using OS X Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=20090415155232756&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071025220746340&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.bombich.com/software/netrestore.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.deploystudio.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=instadmg-beta&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://support.apple.com/downloads/Server_Admin_Tools_10_5_7&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.macgeekery.com/hacks/hardware/make_any_mac_a_netboot_server" />
  <row Id="41090" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23111" RevisionGUID="401a4fbf-3689-41ed-86a6-52f82a64bb44" CreationDate="2009-06-10T04:25:37.720" UserId="2629" Text="Another option to consider is using [guest accounts.][1]  The user logs in as a guest, they do their work, save it onto their hard drive, and log out.  The guest account is deleted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only problem is that iMovie, iPhoto, etc, expect to find a user's files in a specific location (although I believe they can hold down the option key while starting these programs to tell it where to find the media -- it just isn't a friendly option!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.peachpit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=mac&amp;seqNum=231" />
  <row Id="41091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23112" RevisionGUID="3a59cbe6-f923-4d15-941d-880c26857590" CreationDate="2009-06-10T04:26:57.530" UserId="6751" Text="If you have one site that is more of a central or &quot;HQ&quot; site, you could build a hub-and-spoke network.  You could have some &quot;centralized&quot; servers reside in the HQ site, and use encrypted VPN connections from your satellite sites to connect back.  A company by the name of Vyatta makes some very slick gear that offers a ton of IP services capability at a low cost.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They offer routing, firewall, nat, ntp (time), DNS, DHCP, and secure encrypted VPN tunnelling solutions to name a few. If i was putting something like this together, i would definitely look at their solutions. " />
  <row Id="41092" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23113" RevisionGUID="fb06e89d-3845-49ab-981b-24d0c3d034ca" CreationDate="2009-06-10T04:27:31.273" UserId="7936" Text="Here are some related posts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Identifying changed files on *nix webserver][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [What’s a good tool for collecting statistics on filesystem usage?][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd consider the first to be a nice snapshotting solution if [LVM][3] or the upcoming [NILFS2][4] aren't what you are looking for. Of course NILFS2 isn't tested extensively you'll have to decide for yourself if you take the risk and put that on a production server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The second reference is more like security auditing but point roughly in the same direction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/22953/identifying-changed-files-on-nix-webserver/22978#22978&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/22795/whats-a-good-tool-for-collecting-statistics-on-filesystem-usage&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_Volume_Manager_(Linux)&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NILFS" />
  <row Id="41093" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23114" RevisionGUID="50854dbe-fcba-4221-9fa7-72330856ce5c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T04:29:58.337" UserId="3459" Text="More information is going to be needed before a design can be suggested.  In general you can use a hub and spoke model or a mesh model depending on the goals of the network.  If you have a main location where your applications are centralized then the hub and spoke model can work well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IF you need a more redundant structure and each site needs equal access to the other sites then you'll need a mesh like design." />
  <row Id="41094" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23115" RevisionGUID="66938deb-5c5a-4e93-922e-811611ae387d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T04:30:17.133" UserId="8961" Text="I've been asked to set up a HA LDAP architecture using Fedora Directory Server - the company currebnly uses Sun DS but wants to move away from Sun. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to use a network hardware loadbalancer (Cisco) so that clients can just use 'ldap.business.com' as the LDAP server name, with the real IPs of the 4 servers behind it hidden.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For plain LDAP this works well, but now I want to add LDAPS using TLS. The certificate setup process seems well documented on the Fedora site but I'm unsure how to setup LDAPS to be highly available as star certificate is not allowed I think.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Round-robin DNS won't be robust enough as it is reliant on TTL - it is still possible to have an LDAP outage." />
  <row Id="41095" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23115" RevisionGUID="66938deb-5c5a-4e93-922e-811611ae387d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T04:30:17.133" UserId="8961" Text="High availability LDAPS with Fedora Directory Server" />
  <row Id="41096" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23115" RevisionGUID="66938deb-5c5a-4e93-922e-811611ae387d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T04:30:17.133" UserId="8961" Text="&lt;ldap&gt;&lt;high-availability&gt;&lt;fedora&gt;" />
  <row Id="41097" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23044" RevisionGUID="91c0c980-f631-486f-8763-07cc60f7889e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T04:36:11.257" UserId="7936" Comment="corrected spelling" Text="If you are talking about a webserver with static content only I'd definitely go for [lighttpd][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To distribute the load (if indeed necessary) in the first place I'd choose a simple DNS round robin solution, [keepalived][2] and/or [LVS][3] can come into play later if that is really necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might also want to look into the several options that [tune your IP stack with sysctl][4] before throwing more hardware at it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to have more than one box I'd use [rsync][5] in combination with [inotify][6], so that when you update your &quot;master box&quot; rsync will immediately push out the changes. I'd definitely try to avoid NFS since it would introduce a single point of failure (if not made highly available with some HA technique) and adds yet another layer of network interaction and latency.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The rsync and inotify approach would of probably require a fair amount of scripting but it would keep race conditions where customers want to download a file that is not yet synced to the web server in question to a minimum.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The part saying&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I am doing this for a hosting company, it may be overkill&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;got me thinking. Why not run a BitTorrent tracker and let the CDN build up itself? Or is using HTTP a hard requirement?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.lighttpd.net&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.keepalived.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.linux-vs.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.samba.org/rsync/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inotify" />
  <row Id="41098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23116" RevisionGUID="96437edc-3624-4291-83bc-93c70a37c362" CreationDate="2009-06-10T04:41:19.607" UserId="6095" Text="Any chance you have loadbalancers at both sites?  If not you could homegrow with LVS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have a dns service address at each site that is a VIP on the loadbalancer.  Then active/passive loadbalance each VIP across the two dns servers, favoring the local one." />
  <row Id="41101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23118" RevisionGUID="4985d051-60dd-43dd-96e6-33a7b969aa5d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T04:52:48.493" UserDisplayName="A Salim" Text="I have an external 1.5TB HDD which I would like to use as a backup for both my Mac (OSX 10.5.7) and PC (Windows Server 2003).  If possible, I would like to utilize Apple's built in Time Machine for the Mac backups and then use another tool (any recommendations?) on the PC to do incremental backups every so often.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, I've setup the HDD on the Mac with Time Machine and ran it.  I then plugged the drive into the PC and using MacDrive (demo license), manually copied some files to backup just to test out.  I plugged this HDD back into the Mac to see if it would be working and I got a disk not initialized error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any tips or ideas on how I can get around this or set it up some other way." />
  <row Id="41102" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23118" RevisionGUID="4985d051-60dd-43dd-96e6-33a7b969aa5d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T04:52:48.493" UserDisplayName="A Salim" Text="Share Single Backup Drive with Mac and PC" />
  <row Id="41103" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23118" RevisionGUID="4985d051-60dd-43dd-96e6-33a7b969aa5d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T04:52:48.493" UserDisplayName="A Salim" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;pc&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;leopard&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="41104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23119" RevisionGUID="2df6b366-a46d-4d41-9870-bc8d18c31428" CreationDate="2009-06-10T04:53:53.327" UserId="3038" Text="We handle HA LDAPS on Novell eDirectory, but the problem is similar. We've managed to solve the problem with subject-alternate-names on the certificates. Most modern LDAP client are smart enough to treat SAN's correctly. Also, we manage the certificate authority that minted the certificates so getting a SAN is simple for us. It isn't so simple if you're going to end up paying for a certificate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use a hardware load-balancer (F5 BiP) and three LDAPS servers. When we first set it up we created certificates with just the network name of the load-balancer IP/DNS. Clients connecting directly to the LDAP servers got certificate errors, which proved to be an incentive to get people to use the load-balancer IP address like they should have been doing all along. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've since moved to using the subject-alternate-names as it was having some negative side effects with the Novell software running on those servers. But we did get it running without SAN's for a while.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's what we do, and it works for us." />
  <row Id="41106" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23120" RevisionGUID="2241a7b4-2c34-4bcb-a7e9-f01e528165b3" CreationDate="2009-06-10T04:56:09.903" UserId="8278" Text="Are they on the same network? You could share the drive on the Mac and have the PC backup over a local network connection (I have my Mac and PC directly connected together for such a purpose.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also possibly partition the drive into an NTFS partition (for your PC) and a HFS partition (for your Mac Time Machine.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as backup software for the PC, it depends if you want the software to do a full backup including the OS, or if you want to to just backup your documents and the like. (The latter would work great with Unison or rsync.)" />
  <row Id="41107" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23121" RevisionGUID="a2439ff1-6a8c-4507-8fbf-0e6c9ca92ecd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T04:59:40.850" UserId="4840" Text="Samsung Omnia i910 for me, partly because the company is on Verizon, we're mostly a Windows shop, and that was the best phone available when I got it in Dec 2008.  Comes with WM 6.1, Office Mobile, 240x400 touch screen, 8 GB built in plus 8 GB card, 5 MP camera w/ OCR, music/video player, FM radio, IE Mobile, Opera, WiFi, IM clients, DLNA (if your TV has it), etc.  I have used it for remote desktop connections, but not SSH.  I was looking into [PocketPuTTY][1] (free) but haven't tried it yet.  Most of the notifications from server monitoring arrive via text or email, which any phone can do.  If you don't have DLNA there is an optional $20 tv output cable, so you could use it on a larger screen if you need to, something I have not tried yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Full Spec (PDF)][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only dorky thing is that the mascera-looking stylus hangs off the side, so I removed it and don't use it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pocketputty.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.samsung.com/us/system/consumer/product/2008/11/27/sch_i910zkavzw/SCH-i910_Omnia_IG_v3.pdf" />
  <row Id="41108" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23122" RevisionGUID="2f1a7712-fc7c-4577-8299-05830c30fb2c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T05:06:55.047" UserId="1375" Text="LVS is still the way to go -- you don't have to install it on separate hardware to get it to load balance incoming requests." />
  <row Id="41109" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23119" RevisionGUID="a071310a-2e96-4f95-9c7d-91a8c8afe38a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T05:10:04.620" UserId="3038" Comment="Expanded answer with more sensible detail." Text="We handle HA LDAPS on Novell eDirectory, but the problem is similar. We've managed to solve the problem with subject-alternate-names on the certificates. Subject-alternate-names are, simply, alternate Subjects you can put on a certificate in order to give it more than one name. That's how you can (in theory) have a single certificate that is valid for pop3.organisation.org, imap.organisation.org, and webmail.organisation.org. They're fairly new, but not as new as Extended Validation certificates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most modern LDAP clients are smart enough to treat SAN's correctly. Also, we manage the certificate authority that minted the certificates so getting a SAN is simple for us. It isn't so simple if you're going to end up paying for a certificate, the CA's would rather you purchase multiple certificates. Unfortunately for a lot of people, some software packages can only load one certificate. This is where SAN's come in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use a hardware load-balancer (F5 BiP) and three LDAPS servers. When we first set it up we created certificates with just the network name of the load-balancer IP/DNS. Clients connecting directly to the LDAP servers got certificate errors, which proved to be an incentive to get people to use the load-balancer IP address like they should have been doing all along. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've since moved to using the subject-alternate-names as it was having some negative side effects with the Novell software running on those servers. But we did get it running without SAN's for a while. Each certificate has three names on it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - IP Address of the load-balancer IP&#xD;&#xA; - DNS name of the load-balancer IP&#xD;&#xA; - DNS name of the direct host&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This does expose the back-end hostname to those who snoop, but we don't consider this a vulnerability. Others might.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's what we do, and it works for us." />
  <row Id="41110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23123" RevisionGUID="1bb359ff-89dc-4fb7-957a-6549e5bd5e32" CreationDate="2009-06-10T05:15:07.760" UserId="7936" Text="The only filesystems that are readable on the major OSs and their variants are ISO9660 and FAT to my knowledge. With a 1,5TB harddisk you will have a problem I think. I remember some border on the FAT partition size and that was definitely below 1500GB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd rather use some network attached storage to accomplish what you want. Cheap disks with network functionality are available at your local retailer." />
  <row Id="41111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23124" RevisionGUID="d240053c-7f32-4888-b0f0-676796a492f1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T05:22:58.277" UserId="6132" Text="- Screen (recommend NOT using a whiteboard for this)&#xD;&#xA;- Ceiling projector (why have it on the table where it is in the way and can be bumped)&#xD;&#xA;- Multiple lighting configuration - dim, full, off, and everywhere in between&#xD;&#xA;- Conference call ability where all ten people in the room can both hear and be heard (i.e. additional microphones)&#xD;&#xA;- Enough power for everyone to have their laptops and phone chargers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If/when used for training, a direct link to the Internet is a must. Be sure to protect your own network as suggested by TheCleaner.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41112" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23125" RevisionGUID="8cc1e192-d52b-4103-b232-181f46971cd5" CreationDate="2009-06-10T05:23:15.047" UserId="1205" Text="I've been setting a web server on Amazon EC2 over the past couple of weeks (Ubuntu 8.04). Because I want to my site to be load balanced over multiple web-servers at some point I've placed all my data on an EBS volume. In time I can attach this volume to a file server and share it between all web servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyhow, currently my EBS volume is EXT3. I simply choose this file system because I'm most familiar with it and haven't had any problems with it in the past. I was wondering if there is another file system that anyone could recommend that would perform well on a server type set up?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Data integrity is of course of vital importance and I'm willing to exchange performance for this.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="41115" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23126" RevisionGUID="fa7cd822-5dc9-4946-8fce-1b564240b02c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T05:28:16.860" UserId="7936" Text=" - Rechner (computer)&#xD;&#xA; - Kiste (box)&#xD;&#xA; - Pizzaschachtel (pizza box)&#xD;&#xA; - Brett (plank, board)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to throw in some foreign language terms. All of them are slang and except (maybe for) &quot;Rechner&quot; I'd not consider them to have a positive attitude" />
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  <row Id="41117" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23127" RevisionGUID="4a9614b4-3e8a-4336-807e-c05c2b4f2ae1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T05:39:51.407" UserId="8964" Text="I have a server with Dual Nehalem Quad Core Xeon 5520 and 12GB DDR3 RAM. The server's average memory usage is only around 10-15%, yet the Swap used shows 10%+. Is this normal, or could something be wrong that is causing this. I was under the impression that Swap was only used if there wasn't enough memory available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am running Apache/2.0.63 on CentOS 5.3." />
  <row Id="41118" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23127" RevisionGUID="4a9614b4-3e8a-4336-807e-c05c2b4f2ae1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T05:39:51.407" UserId="8964" Text="Should Swap be used like this?" />
  <row Id="41119" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23127" RevisionGUID="4a9614b4-3e8a-4336-807e-c05c2b4f2ae1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T05:39:51.407" UserId="8964" Text="&lt;swap&gt;&lt;memory&gt;&lt;ram&gt;&lt;centos&gt;&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="41120" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23128" RevisionGUID="6ab3bb50-4b6d-41f2-81cb-b7bcbe69b822" CreationDate="2009-06-10T05:43:25.083" UserId="1561" Text="There's nothing wrong with this.  The kernel will page into virutal memory gradually over time.  This can also occur if your server has &quot;spikes&quot; and the memory you have currently free quickly fills up.  The pressure on the memory system causes page-outs to occur until the pressure is reduced to a set point (which you can examine in /proc/sys/vm).  Even on a fairly idle system, I have seen gradual page-outs over time.  So, unless the swap is fairly active (lots of page faults resulting in paging activity) I wouldn't worry about this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're really that concerned, you can always turn swapping off, then on.  This will force those swapped pages back into memory.  I don't recommend doing this, but you can if you want." />
  <row Id="41121" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23129" RevisionGUID="920305b2-1838-4afd-8b9d-ca8629d1afb5" CreationDate="2009-06-10T05:48:37.910" UserId="1909" Text="Ext3 is a very good, all-purpose filesystem suitable for the vast majority of things you could use a Linux server for. It has only a few known performance quirks, the main one is deleting tens of thousands of files in a hurry. It is also not recommended for storing lots of very large files, such as motion video as used in a DVR system, or lots of very small files (tens of thousands) in a single directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatives which cope with those extremes better are XFS and JFS, but if you're not likely to need any of those three scenarios, then ext3 will be fine. (ReiserFS also handles the lots of small files problem and deleting many many files at once problem quite well, but doesn't handle lots of huge files all that robustly.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if you're doing disk-heavy activities where speed of the filesystem is going to matter, then EC2 is going to be a bigger problem than the filesystem.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41122" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23130" RevisionGUID="70d6d475-ce08-4de9-95f3-12650c064832" CreationDate="2009-06-10T05:48:40.423" UserId="8965" Text="Hello. I have a problem where Windows Server 2003 takes lots of DHCP addresses althought there is only 1 NIC in that server and with DHCP disabled (see information below).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, as you can see, MAC address in DHCP client table on router does not match the one server NIC has.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a D-Link DWL-2000AP+ cheap wireless router with DHCP enabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DHCP Client Table  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    navserver 192.168.0.248 52-41-53-20-00-13 Jan/03/1970 09:12:55  &#xD;&#xA;    navserver 192.168.0.242 52-41-53-20-00-13 Jan/03/1970 09:12:55  &#xD;&#xA;    navserver 192.168.0.247 52-41-53-20-00-13 Jan/03/1970 09:12:55  &#xD;&#xA;    navserver 192.168.0.246 52-41-53-20-00-13 Jan/03/1970 09:12:55  &#xD;&#xA;    navserver 192.168.0.243 52-41-53-20-00-13 Jan/03/1970 09:12:55  &#xD;&#xA;    navserver 192.168.0.240 52-41-53-20-00-13 Jan/03/1970 09:12:55  &#xD;&#xA;    navserver 192.168.0.239 52-41-53-20-00-13 Jan/03/1970 09:12:55  &#xD;&#xA;    navserver 192.168.0.244 52-41-53-20-00-13 Jan/03/1970 09:12:55  &#xD;&#xA;    navserver 192.168.0.245 52-41-53-20-00-13 Jan/03/1970 09:12:55  &#xD;&#xA;    navserver 192.168.0.241 52-41-53-20-00-13 Jan/03/1970 09:12:55&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator&gt;ipconfig /all&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Windows IP Configuration&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : navserver&#xD;&#xA;       Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :&#xD;&#xA;       Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast&#xD;&#xA;       IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes&#xD;&#xA;       WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :&#xD;&#xA;       Description . . . . . . . . . . . : HP NC7761 Gigabit Server Adapter&#xD;&#xA;       Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-21-1C-EB-50&#xD;&#xA;       DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No&#xD;&#xA;       IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.90&#xD;&#xA;       Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;       Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.100&#xD;&#xA;       DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 195.122.1.59&#xD;&#xA;                                           195.2.96.2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have no idea how to solve this issue. Could you help me please?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you." />
  <row Id="41123" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23130" RevisionGUID="70d6d475-ce08-4de9-95f3-12650c064832" CreationDate="2009-06-10T05:48:40.423" UserId="8965" Text="Server 2003 takes alot of DHCP addresses, althought DHCP is disabled" />
  <row Id="41124" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23130" RevisionGUID="70d6d475-ce08-4de9-95f3-12650c064832" CreationDate="2009-06-10T05:48:40.423" UserId="8965" Text="&lt;dhcp&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="41125" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23131" RevisionGUID="ff75e5a8-3d1d-49e6-ac3a-bdc4ecb22b3a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T05:48:51.170" UserId="3437" Text="![Tootsie Owl][1] How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://f.imagehost.org/0744/tootsie_owl.jpg" />
  <row Id="41126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23132" RevisionGUID="00e194ec-dcfc-4ae3-a966-6a916dba0ec8" CreationDate="2009-06-10T05:50:46.987" UserId="1561" Text="EXT3 is hard to beat.  There are other nice journaling filesystems, but from a stability standpoint, best to go with tried-and-true.  There are known performance issues with storing lots of files in a directory (say, more than 10,000) but some of those issues have been addressed in the latest kernels and will not normally be an issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;XFS is fast and handles large files quite well, but it does have a tendency to zero out sectors upon a journal recovery.  While this may be perfectly acceptable in video and audio stream editing, it might cause grief in other environments.  (Don't get me wrong, I like XFS alot, I just think people need to understand the implications of the filesystem they are using).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reiser3 (and 4) are both really good with small files.  The downside to Reiser is that if you have multiple Reiser filesystems on the same volume, and you somehow loose your partition table info, for the love of all things don't try to repair your R3 filesystem - the fsck for Reiser basically scans the disk looking for what appears to be the start of the filesystem, and then rebuilds it from there.  If it happens to find a *different* filesystem than you intended, oh well, it just stitches them together anyways.  In other words, it can easily be confused." />
  <row Id="41127" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23133" RevisionGUID="31fb643c-5cac-443d-b841-1641e2b1417d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T05:51:18.577" UserId="1619" Text="Sorry for asking the obvious, but... are you running rails in Apache? Because if you are running rails in Mongrel or similar you need to make Mongrel run as www-data." />
  <row Id="41129" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23134" RevisionGUID="3d8fcc50-4718-4924-881c-cee5c5017049" CreationDate="2009-06-10T05:56:24.293" UserId="1561" Text="[Calamaris][1] might provide what you're looking for.  Handles many different types of logs, including squid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://cord.de/tools/squid/calamaris/" />
  <row Id="41130" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23135" RevisionGUID="453a7837-ef69-48a0-9fbe-21e11c842599" CreationDate="2009-06-10T05:56:46.990" UserId="6071" Text="Just because the hostname in your DHCP client table matches the hostname of your server does not mean its the same machine. The first thing I would do is block the MAC address taking all those IPs on your DHCP server to figure out what machine is requesting them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It could be a misconfigured machine on your network or a rogue machine trying to spoof your server.  In any case it needs to be fixed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also fix the date on your DHCP server." />
  <row Id="41131" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23128" RevisionGUID="a32a110c-d4b0-404b-945f-e1d83dfcfb92" CreationDate="2009-06-10T05:56:50.047" UserId="1561" Comment="added 9 characters in body; added 71 characters in body" Text="There's nothing wrong with this.  The kernel will page into virutal memory gradually over time.  This can also occur if your server has activity &quot;spikes&quot; and the memory you have currently free quickly fills up.  The pressure on the memory system causes page-outs to occur until the pressure is reduced to a set point (which you can examine in /proc/sys/vm).  Even on a fairly idle system, I have seen gradual page-outs over time.  So, unless the swap is fairly active (lots of page faults resulting in paging activity) I wouldn't worry about this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're really that concerned, you can always turn swapping off, then on.  This will force those swapped pages back into memory.  I don't recommend doing this, but you can if you want.  Just be sure that you have sufficient free memory before you do this." />
  <row Id="41132" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23136" RevisionGUID="8e31aa4e-a437-45ad-b6a5-55101467f26d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T05:58:52.417" UserId="8966" Text="If you want a loadbalancing like NLB you should have a look at clusterip in iptables.&#xD;&#xA;-&gt; http://security.maruhn.com/iptables-tutorial/x8906.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It does exactly the same, only the failover part is missing, but maybe there exists some tools for this." />
  <row Id="41133" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23132" RevisionGUID="5146f6b3-38aa-4689-8e7e-506ba7fc1737" CreationDate="2009-06-10T05:59:25.487" UserId="1561" Comment="added 176 characters in body" Text="EXT3 is hard to beat.  There are other nice journaling filesystems, but from a stability standpoint, best to go with tried-and-true.  There are known performance issues with storing lots of files in a directory (say, more than 10,000) but some of those issues have been addressed in the latest kernels and will not normally be an issue.  And while you're waiting for Ext4, keep in mind that there are many, many tools out there that are Ext2-aware, which means they can pick up a Ext3 filesystem and run with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;XFS is fast and handles large files quite well, but it does have a tendency to zero out sectors upon a journal recovery.  While this may be perfectly acceptable in video and audio stream editing, it might cause grief in other environments.  (Don't get me wrong, I like XFS alot, I just think people need to understand the implications of the filesystem they are using).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reiser3 (and 4) are both really good with small files.  The downside to Reiser is that if you have multiple Reiser filesystems on the same volume, and you somehow loose your partition table info, for the love of all things don't try to repair your R3 filesystem - the fsck for Reiser basically scans the disk looking for what appears to be the start of the filesystem, and then rebuilds it from there.  If it happens to find a *different* filesystem than you intended, oh well, it just stitches them together anyways.  In other words, it can easily be confused." />
  <row Id="41137" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23138" RevisionGUID="54fe8b57-6bb4-42b6-9821-248796f4484d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T06:06:47.283" UserId="6543" Text="How about [SystemTap][1]? It is like Dtrace on Solaris. At least for system calls it seems to be a nice solution. It seems well supported on Fedora.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceware.org/systemtap/index.html" />
  <row Id="41138" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23139" RevisionGUID="0e886994-fc81-4f40-91ef-848e22227243" CreationDate="2009-06-10T06:08:05.173" UserId="1561" Text="Log in as root.&#xD;&#xA;Type the following exactly as it appears&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo 1 &gt; /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then type this exactly as it appears&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/sysctl.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first line sets packet forwarding in the kernel; the second line ensures that it survives a reboot." />
  <row Id="41139" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23140" RevisionGUID="b56b3f11-1d62-4587-ab2b-fa42925c42b4" CreationDate="2009-06-10T06:08:49.273" UserId="6177" Text="The thing is, managers have some experience with accounting (budgeting, tracking expenses, costing projects, etc.), they have experience with HR (interviewing, performance reviews, etc.) and they generally have some experience with other &quot;support functions&quot; (even if it's just that they know about home maintenance and figure that building maintenance is similar).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Accounting is the best example - managers at all levels work with financial information.  So even though the accounting department knows more about where the money comes from and goes, managers have a decent understanding of what the accountants do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But very few managers in a company that isn't in a high-tech industry have experience with what IT people do.  For PC support, the things IT does to maintain a fleet of PCs are very different than what one person does to maintain their own PC.  Home networking is vastly different from enterprise - switches, routers, firewalls are a couple of orders of magnitude more complex.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I've found that managers just don't have the same appreciation (in both senses of the word) for what IT does as they do for other functions.  They typically understand that IT is important, but they don't understand exactly what it does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is where a good IT Director or CIO fits in - being able to talk to (yes, and schmooze with) the bigwigs as well as being able to understand what the techies are doing/saying.  " />
  <row Id="41140" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23141" RevisionGUID="b8b4237e-937d-4414-900c-a2e927179b03" CreationDate="2009-06-10T06:10:36.823" UserId="3420" Text="No zip ties. Velcro.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Consistent color coding.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Label both ends of cables, always. Even if you have serial numbers. It's cheaper to pay a cabling guy for a whole year than to have one cable-related mistake.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Never allow temporary setups unless it is an *emergency*. They never are temporary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using the exact correct length is pretty but is terrible to maintain. But extra length is its own pain. Tough decision to make.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't leave unused cables laying around! I saw a 30 year old data center with unused cables just cut and dropped under the raised floor. Really." />
  <row Id="41141" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23142" RevisionGUID="36dbe3cb-5117-4f68-a8ee-e8f5856a981d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T06:16:28.387" UserId="6177" Text="The first thing to do would be to find out what device has that MAC address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have 50 devices and &quot;most&quot; already have static addresses, could you do away with DHCP altogether and use only static addresses?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not very familiar with DLink routers, but if I had a Win2003 server around, I'd use that as a DHCP server instead of the router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23143" RevisionGUID="52445642-f07d-4e88-9b94-72ecabc3b154" CreationDate="2009-06-10T06:17:19.990" UserId="7936" Text="That is fine, as already pointed out usage spikes may cause this or the kernel may decide that some items are put into swap because it's smarter to use the RAM for something else (page cache).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As [answers to other questions][1] pointed out `sysctl vm.swappiness` may be of interest to you do avoid this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/22217/linux-server-is-only-using-60-of-memory-then-swapping" />
  <row Id="41143" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23144" RevisionGUID="d0269944-a58f-421c-a5ab-29f39a3f39f4" CreationDate="2009-06-10T06:17:29.553" UserId="8967" Text="[WikiAnswers][1] is another popular general Q&amp;A site (and my workplace...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.answers.com/" />
  <row Id="41144" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23144" RevisionGUID="d0269944-a58f-421c-a5ab-29f39a3f39f4" CreationDate="2009-06-10T06:17:29.553" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41145" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23145" RevisionGUID="32f5a36c-b2ed-4acd-a32a-4e8da0062993" CreationDate="2009-06-10T06:23:41.210" UserId="8757" Text="Can happen that the file has the immutable attr set." />
  <row Id="41146" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23142" RevisionGUID="d799f9ae-6b05-4414-b2be-ba3150cbccbe" CreationDate="2009-06-10T06:27:40.517" UserId="6177" Comment="added links on setting up dhcp on win2003" Text="The first thing to do would be to find out what device has that MAC address.  It's not the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have 50 devices and &quot;most&quot; already have static addresses, could you do away with DHCP altogether and use only static addresses?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not very familiar with DLink routers, but if I had a Win2003 server around, I'd use that as a DHCP server instead of the router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In case you need it, here are a couple links on setting up a DHCP Server on Windows 2003:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Microsoft Tecnhet: Configuring a DHCP Server][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[WindowsNetworking.com step by step overview of setting up a DHCP server][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc756865.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/DHCP_Server_Windows_2003.html" />
  <row Id="41147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23146" RevisionGUID="fb0d1fef-9998-49c8-a127-420804b07d8c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T06:35:02.873" UserId="1561" Text="Filesystem layers in Linux (starting in reverse order, from the physical drive to the filesystem):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. physical device &#xD;&#xA;  - /dev/sdi&#xD;&#xA;  - /dev/sdj&#xD;&#xA;  - /dev/sdk&#xD;&#xA;  - /dev/sdl&#xD;&#xA; 2. special md partition type on each drive (when used)&#xD;&#xA;  - this may or may not be present.  While it is recommended that you simply make single partitions on each drive that spans the entire size of the drive it is on, it is possible to specify the entire drive by using the device name directly.  Note that this can cause some partition tools to become confused about what they are dealing with (because the partition table simply &quot;goes away&quot;), so I don't recommend it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; *In your case, the entire drives are specified, so you won't have to worry about this.*&#xD;&#xA; 3. md driver (when used)&#xD;&#xA;  - /dev/md2&#xD;&#xA;Your output from both the detail and `/proc` report that the array is up on all drives and no drives are in a failed state.  This means the array is healthy!&#xD;&#xA; 4. LVM (when used)&#xD;&#xA;  - Type the following into a shell while logged in as root:&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    `pvscan &amp;&amp; vgscan &amp;&amp; lvscan`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  If there are any volumes to be found, they should be here.  Note that the volume scan process is controlled by a file that can choose certain devices to ignore when it performs the scan.  You'll want to make sure that you scan /dev/md2 explicitly.&#xD;&#xA;Each LVM volume has a GUID imprinted into it; if this is lost or corrupted, it can cause some of the issues you are seeing.  The goal here is to get your LVM volumes recognized.  Once they are healthy, you'll be in good shape.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. filesystem&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  I think you know the drill here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From here you should be able to recover your filesystem(s)." />
  <row Id="41148" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23135" RevisionGUID="ca04db91-d2ea-4eab-87c9-0c9aaca69807" CreationDate="2009-06-10T06:38:45.987" UserId="6071" Comment="Added some more stuff; added 127 characters in body" Text="Just because the hostname in your DHCP client table matches the hostname of your server does not mean its the same machine. The first thing I would do is block the MAC address taking all those IPs on your DHCP server to figure out what machine is requesting them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It could be a misconfigured machine on your network or a rogue machine trying to spoof your server.  In any case it needs to be fixed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also fix the date on your DHCP server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additional things to think about&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* According to the IEEE the [MAC Address][1] (assuming you have not modified it) listed in your DHCP server logs is most likely spoofed as it has no real manufacture associated with it. Your [MAC Address][2] on your server however is associated to HP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Replacing your DHCP server will not fix the issue.  You need to find the device that is requesting the address.  Based on the fact this is a wireless router I would assume its your next door neighbor or the guy with the big antenna on the back of his car parked outside your house.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://standards.ieee.org/cgi-bin/ouisearch?52-41-53&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://standards.ieee.org/cgi-bin/ouisearch?00-13-21" />
  <row Id="41149" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23147" RevisionGUID="bc63c7c5-d2fa-44e9-8054-198dddb8a83e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T06:46:01.273" UserId="1561" Text="Wow.  Just...wow.  You're moving about 100Mbyte/sec out your I/O, you're deep past 50% CPU time in I/O wait, and you have 4Gb of RAM.  The backpressure on this server's VM must be enormous.  As the system begins to buffer/cache, any free RAM you had is going to be eaten alive in 4096/100 = about 40 seconds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those `postmaster` processes also indicate you're running PostgreSQL in the background.  Is this normal for your setup?  PostgreSQL in a default config will use very little RAM, but once it's re-tuned, it can chew up 25%-40% of your available RAM quickly.  So I can only guess, given the number of them in the output, you're running some kind of production database while you are running backups.  **This doesn't bode well.**  Can you give some more info?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. you want to set swappiness to the lower values, not the higher values, to prevent swap-out.  Highest value = 100 = swap like crazy when it feels right, lowest value = 0 = try not to swap at all." />
  <row Id="41150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23148" RevisionGUID="4b540771-4120-432f-9eb0-5c474c401425" CreationDate="2009-06-10T06:46:21.757" UserId="7083" Text="Looks fine, although I wouldn't be so quick to run depclean.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you have a requirement like low HDD space then you can come back and depclean at less regular intevals. There's no harm having them around for a short period. If you were unlucky enough to notice some broken packages after the update then you would be sure that they aren't a result of removing any loose dependencies." />
  <row Id="41151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23149" RevisionGUID="4e2bcc40-e0ed-42f7-8fe9-8aa32681cf78" CreationDate="2009-06-10T06:47:09.883" UserId="6397" Text="Just a random thought. maybe you have RRAS (Routing and Remote Access Service) running on this 2003 box which while take addresses from DHCP server. Worth checking though." />
  <row Id="41152" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23150" RevisionGUID="480a5653-9eb2-4f11-add6-974c8a287311" CreationDate="2009-06-10T06:47:11.710" UserId="7783" Text="Silly question - someone hasn't been playing with VPNs somewhere on the network have they? A VPN server will grab a block of DHCP addresses just like that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might try the arp ping tool to see what responds when you try searching for the allocated IP addresses." />
  <row Id="41153" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23125" RevisionGUID="a07f73ec-7d0b-49e9-ad61-3f2ff22f8120" CreationDate="2009-06-10T06:49:38.570" UserId="1205" Comment="rephrase" Text="I've been setting a web server on Amazon EC2 over the past couple of weeks (Ubuntu 8.04). Because I want to my site to be load balanced over multiple web-servers at some point I've placed all my data on an EBS volume. In time I can attach this volume to a file server and share it between all web servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyhow, currently my EBS volume is EXT3. I simply choose this file system because I'm most familiar with it and haven't had any problems with it in the past. I was wondering if there is another file system that anyone could recommend that would perform well on a server type set up?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Data integrity is of course of vital importance and I'm willing to hand in performance in exchange for this.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41154" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23151" RevisionGUID="ced3632a-24bc-44f9-a941-3dd33216f422" CreationDate="2009-06-10T06:51:56.770" UserId="8013" Text="In the IMAP protocol, the subscription bit is saved on the server side.  I wonder if your IMAP server is saving that bit on the folder itself.  If that is the case, then all of your users will be &quot;subscribed&quot; to the same folder.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do you have your shared folders set up?  If you just create symlinks from the shared folders into the user's maildir, you'll likely experience this problem." />
  <row Id="41155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23152" RevisionGUID="41c0f9d6-ee38-4e2a-a047-64cbdfddb81c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T06:52:36.877" UserDisplayName="NetKid" Text="Chevereto looks and its verry awesome i love it, so easy to use and looks great, plus its open source what else can you ask for except that i wish it was a file hosting service too :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://chevereto.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41156" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23147" RevisionGUID="e535823e-7800-4d61-939c-2783728e8a4d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T06:52:58.373" UserId="1561" Comment="added 339 characters in body; added 85 characters in body; added 30 characters in body; added 43 characters in body" Text="Wow.  Just...wow.  You're moving about 100Mbyte/sec out your I/O, you're deep past 50% CPU time in I/O wait, and you have 4Gb of RAM.  The backpressure on this server's VM must be enormous.  As the system begins to buffer/cache, any free RAM you had is going to be eaten alive in 4096/100 = about 40 seconds.  Your system is a little life raft in a stormy sea of buffer/cache/VM paging swells that are 100 feet tall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those `postmaster` processes also indicate you're running PostgreSQL in the background.  Is this normal for your setup?  PostgreSQL in a default config will use very little RAM, but once it's re-tuned for speed, it can chew up 25%-40% of your available RAM quickly.  So I can only guess, given the number of them in the output, you're running some kind of production database while you are running backups.  **This doesn't bode well.**  Can you give some more info on why it is running?  Would it be possible to shut the service down, or temporarily reconfigure the database to use fewer connects/buffers while the backups are running?  This will help to take some of the pressure off the already strained I/O and free RAM.  Keep in mind that each  `postmaster` process consumes RAM above and beyond what the database uses for internal caching.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. you want to set swappiness to the lower values, not the higher values, to prevent swap-out.  Highest value = 100 = swap like crazy when it feels right, lowest value = 0 = try not to swap at all." />
  <row Id="41157" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23153" RevisionGUID="0da00240-b915-4c43-94ed-5756f5ae8987" CreationDate="2009-06-10T06:54:24.423" UserId="45" Text="Are you running RRAS (Routing and Remote Access Services) on the server? Maybe this forums thread can help: [Windows 2003 DHCP issuing RAS addresses][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And read [this article about the DHCP relay agent][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=13002&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.systemdisc.com/what-dhcp-relay-agent" />
  <row Id="41158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23154" RevisionGUID="296e3c71-286d-49d7-b07d-7ef85a2f010a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T06:57:59.503" UserId="8934" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you need to maintain these servers names (i guess there are linked documents through shares, so names are important) after the migration ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We also have an MSCS files cluster, we created a dns alias for the previous file server to the cluster's name and set the key to allow netbios access through different names.&#xD;&#xA;This is documented by MS through a KB (reg key DisableStrictNameChecking):&#xD;&#xA;[link text][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will reduce a lot cluster resources number and dependencies. Do you also use auto share subdirectories to reduce shares ressources ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you keeping basic standard volumes, and so 2TB limited ? Or are you ok going GPT ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would do the most possible housecleaning before trying to move it. Cluster implementation is much more robust in 2008, and the most important, it is admin safe (no more dumb admin that remove a share through explorer instead of cluster admin)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/281308/en-us" />
  <row Id="41159" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23147" RevisionGUID="7d9d5a90-d93e-4af1-a882-8c5736f6fe7b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T06:58:17.647" UserId="1561" Comment="added 198 characters in body; added 398 characters in body; added 81 characters in body; added 142 characters in body" Text="Wow.  Just...wow.  You're moving about 100Mbyte/sec out your I/O, you're deep past 50% CPU time in I/O wait, and you have 4Gb of RAM.  The backpressure on this server's VM must be enormous.  As the system begins to buffer/cache, any free RAM you had is going to be eaten alive in 4096/100 = about 40 seconds.  Your system is a little life raft in a stormy sea of buffer/cache/VM paging swells that are 100 feet tall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would it be possible to post the settings from `/proc/sys/vm`?  This would provide some insight as to what your kernel thinks is &quot;normal&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those `postmaster` processes also indicate you're running PostgreSQL in the background.  Is this normal for your setup?  PostgreSQL in a default config will use very little RAM, but once it's re-tuned for speed, it can chew up 25%-40% of your available RAM quickly.  So I can only guess, given the number of them in the output, you're running some kind of production database while you are running backups.  **This doesn't bode well.**  Can you give some more info on why it is running?  What is the size of the shared memory parameter for all `postmaster` processes?  Would it be possible to shut the service down, or temporarily reconfigure the database to use fewer connects/buffers while the backups are running?  This will help to take some of the pressure off the already strained I/O and free RAM.  Keep in mind that each  `postmaster` process consumes RAM above and beyond what the database uses for internal caching.  If you're using PostgreSQL as part of your backup process, try to re-tune it to accept just the minimum number of connections, and be sure to shrink your per-process parameters down to something reasonable (only a few megs each).  The downside to this is that PostgreSQL will spill to disk if it can't work with the dataset in RAM like it wants to, so that will actually *increase* your disk I/O.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;X11 in and of itself doesn't take much memory, but a full desktop session can consume several megs.  Log out any active sessions you have and run your connection from the console or through SSH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. you want to set swappiness to the lower values, not the higher values, to prevent swap-out.  Highest value = 100 = swap like crazy when it feels right, lowest value = 0 = try not to swap at all." />
  <row Id="41160" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23102" RevisionGUID="6cf4ae19-244f-4b46-9b75-0aac363df755" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:00:00.293" UserId="45" Comment="style" Text="I have seven Sites. Each Site contains about 15 to 20 users who are connect via ADSL and lease line. My question is how to design a network infrastructure. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41161" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23147" RevisionGUID="e1488eee-db28-45d9-b2fd-f41496b7bc61" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:03:54.093" UserId="1561" Comment="deleted 7 characters in body; added 39 characters in body; added 202 characters in body" Text="Wow.  Just...wow.  You're moving about 100Mbyte/sec out your I/O, you're deep past 50% CPU time in I/O wait, and you have 4Gb of RAM.  The backpressure on this server's VM must be enormous.  As the system begins to buffer/cache, any free RAM you had is going to be eaten alive in less than 40 seconds.  Your system is a little life raft in a stormy sea of buffer/cache/VM paging swells that are 100 feet tall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Translation: **You are I/O-bound.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would it be possible to post the settings from `/proc/sys/vm`?  This would provide some insight as to what your kernel thinks is &quot;normal&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How many flush threads are you configured for?  The default value, or have you bumped it?  If you've bumped it, have you considered decreasing the number to reduce the amount of pressure on I/O ops?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those `postmaster` processes also indicate you're running PostgreSQL in the background.  Is this normal for your setup?  PostgreSQL in a default config will use very little RAM, but once it's re-tuned for speed, it can chew up 25%-40% of your available RAM quickly.  So I can only guess, given the number of them in the output, you're running some kind of production database while you are running backups.  **This doesn't bode well.**  Can you give some more info on why it is running?  What is the size of the shared memory parameter for all `postmaster` processes?  Would it be possible to shut the service down, or temporarily reconfigure the database to use fewer connects/buffers while the backups are running?  This will help to take some of the pressure off the already strained I/O and free RAM.  Keep in mind that each  `postmaster` process consumes RAM above and beyond what the database uses for internal caching.  If you're using PostgreSQL as part of your backup process, try to re-tune it to accept just the minimum number of connections, and be sure to shrink your per-process parameters down to something reasonable (only a few megs each).  The downside to this is that PostgreSQL will spill to disk if it can't work with the dataset in RAM like it wants to, so that will actually *increase* your disk I/O.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;X11 in and of itself doesn't take much memory, but a full desktop session can consume several megs.  Log out any active sessions you have and run your connection from the console or through SSH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. you want to set swappiness to the lower values, not the higher values, to prevent swap-out.  Highest value = 100 = swap like crazy when it feels right, lowest value = 0 = try not to swap at all." />
  <row Id="41162" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23147" RevisionGUID="419b8857-0d9f-4495-99bf-db5399f4050e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:10:23.987" UserId="1561" Comment="added 323 characters in body; added 2 characters in body; added 4 characters in body; added 49 characters in body; added 8 characters in body" Text="**You are I/O-bound.**  Your system is a little life raft in a stormy sea of buffer/cache/VM paging swells that are 100 feet tall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wow.  Just...wow.  You're moving about 100Mbyte/sec out your I/O, you're deep past 50% CPU time in I/O wait, and you have 4Gb of RAM.  The backpressure on this server's VM must be enormous.  As the system begins to buffer/cache, any free RAM you had is going to be eaten alive in less than 40 seconds.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would it be possible to post the settings from `/proc/sys/vm`?  This would provide some insight as to what your kernel thinks is &quot;normal&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those `postmaster` processes also indicate you're running PostgreSQL in the background.  Is this normal for your setup?  PostgreSQL in a default config will use very little RAM, but once it's re-tuned for speed, it can chew up 25%-40% of your available RAM quickly.  So I can only guess, given the number of them in the output, you're running some kind of production database while you are running backups.  **This doesn't bode well.**  Can you give some more info on why it is running?  What is the size of the shared memory parameter for all `postmaster` processes?  Would it be possible to shut the service down, or temporarily reconfigure the database to use fewer connects/buffers while the backups are running?  This will help to take some of the pressure off the already strained I/O and free RAM.  Keep in mind that each  `postmaster` process consumes RAM above and beyond what the database uses for internal caching.  If you're using PostgreSQL as part of your backup process, try to re-tune it to accept just the minimum number of connections, and be sure to shrink your per-process parameters down to something reasonable (only a few megs each).  The downside to this is that PostgreSQL will spill to disk if it can't work with the dataset in RAM like it wants to, so that will actually *increase* your disk I/O.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;X11 in and of itself doesn't take much memory, but a full desktop session can consume several megs.  Log out any active sessions you have and run your connection from the console or through SSH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still, **I don't think it's entirely a memory issue.**  **If you are better than 50% I/O wait for extended periods of time** (and you're posting figures that touch the 70's), **the resulting bottleneck will eventually crush the rest of the system.**  How many flush threads are you configured for?  The default value, or have you bumped it?  If you've bumped it, have you considered decreasing the number to reduce the amount of pressure on I/O ops?  Or do you have a huge number of spindles and channels to work with, in which case, have you considered *increasing* the number of flush threads?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. you want to set swappiness to the lower values, not the higher values, to prevent swap-out.  Highest value = 100 = swap like crazy when it feels right, lowest value = 0 = try not to swap at all." />
  <row Id="41163" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23155" RevisionGUID="b5e37db3-2fb0-469f-9fd2-040370ef19a7" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:12:09.973" UserId="3505" Text="You shouldn't worry about this - swap *will* be used if the kernel deems that the data is not going to be accessed enough to warrant having it in the physical memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you'd like to monitor &quot;bad&quot; swap usage, you're better off monitoring the **rate** at which swap reads and writes are occurring, not simply if it's being used at all or not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # vmstat 3&#xD;&#xA;    procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----&#xD;&#xA;     r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa&#xD;&#xA;     1  0  19528  45324  19348 240132   50   17    93    26   30   30  0  1 98  1&#xD;&#xA;     0  0  19528  45324  19348 240156    0    0     0     3    9   23  0  0 100  0&#xD;&#xA;     0  0  19528  45324  19352 240156    0    0     0     9    9   25  0  0 100  0&#xD;&#xA;     0  0  19528  45324  19352 240156    0    0     0     0    5   17  0  0 100  0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first report tells you what the states (average) are since the machine was first brought up, the rest should you (in the case above) 3-second averages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Notice the `si` and `so` fields are mostly zero - that's what you're interested in.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23156" RevisionGUID="ffa8e459-927e-460d-a7ec-3a6125f1af92" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:13:09.440" UserId="8085" Text="Take a look at auditd. It should provide you with what you need." />
  <row Id="41165" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23147" RevisionGUID="628b9167-550e-486f-b9eb-f5fe20b3dd55" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:16:07.797" UserId="1561" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="**You are I/O-bound.**  Your system is a little life raft in a stormy sea of buffer/cache/VM paging swells that are 100 feet tall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wow.  Just...wow.  You're moving about 100Mbyte/sec out your I/O, you're deep past 50% CPU time in I/O wait, and you have 4Gb of RAM.  The backpressure on this server's VM must be enormous.  As the system begins to buffer/cache, any free RAM you had is going to be eaten alive in less than 40 seconds.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would it be possible to post the settings from `/proc/sys/vm`?  This would provide some insight as to what your kernel thinks is &quot;normal&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those `postmaster` processes also indicate you're running PostgreSQL in the background.  Is this normal for your setup?  PostgreSQL in a default config will use very little RAM, but once it's re-tuned for speed, it can chew up 25%-40% of your available RAM quickly.  So I can only guess, given the number of them in the output, you're running some kind of production database while you are running backups.  **This doesn't bode well.**  Can you give some more info on why it is running?  What is the size of the shared memory parameter for all `postmaster` processes?  Would it be possible to shut the service down, or temporarily reconfigure the database to use fewer connects/buffers while the backups are running?  This will help to take some of the pressure off the already strained I/O and free RAM.  Keep in mind that each  `postmaster` process consumes RAM above and beyond what the database uses for internal caching.  If you're using PostgreSQL as part of your backup process, try to re-tune it to accept just the minimum number of connections, and be sure to shrink your per-process parameters down to something reasonable (only a few megs each).  The downside to this is that **PostgreSQL will spill to disk if it can't work with the dataset in RAM like it wants to, so that will actually *increase* your disk I/O.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;X11 in and of itself doesn't take much memory, but a full desktop session can consume several megs.  Log out any active sessions you have and run your connection from the console or through SSH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still, **I don't think it's entirely a memory issue.**  **If you are better than 50% I/O wait for extended periods of time** (and you're posting figures that touch the 70's), **the resulting bottleneck will eventually crush the rest of the system.**  How many flush threads are you configured for?  The default value, or have you bumped it?  If you've bumped it, have you considered decreasing the number to reduce the amount of pressure on I/O ops?  Or do you have a huge number of spindles and channels to work with, in which case, have you considered *increasing* the number of flush threads?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. you want to set swappiness to the lower values, not the higher values, to prevent swap-out.  Highest value = 100 = swap like crazy when it feels right, lowest value = 0 = try not to swap at all." />
  <row Id="41166" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23153" RevisionGUID="b4b3c448-f20e-4aaf-bd5c-d4d7edfda20b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:18:43.207" UserId="45" Comment="added 103 characters in body" Text="Are you running RRAS (Routing and Remote Access Services) on the server? Maybe this forums thread can help: [Windows 2003 DHCP issuing RAS addresses][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And read [this article about the DHCP relay agent][2] and this [Microsoft Support article][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=13002&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.systemdisc.com/what-dhcp-relay-agent&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B160699" />
  <row Id="41167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23157" RevisionGUID="b4598b97-9d8d-4b61-907d-caa518234d24" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:19:43.610" UserId="51157" Text="I'm using nginx to server my static content, is there a way that I can set the expires headers for every file that meets a specific rule?  For example can I set the expires header for all files that have an extension of '.css'?" />
  <row Id="41168" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23157" RevisionGUID="b4598b97-9d8d-4b61-907d-caa518234d24" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:19:43.610" UserId="51157" Text="Setting expires headers for static content" />
  <row Id="41169" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23157" RevisionGUID="b4598b97-9d8d-4b61-907d-caa518234d24" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:19:43.610" UserId="51157" Text="&lt;nginx&gt;&lt;caching&gt;&lt;expires&gt;" />
  <row Id="41170" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23158" RevisionGUID="5c3469ab-182a-4eb7-8f23-7b7149f9e706" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:23:05.943" UserId="8972" Text="[Lire][1] proved **very** handy when I needed to analyse logs for mail, http, ftp etc. I see that it comes with Squid converters in the Ubuntu package so it might be worth a try.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.logreport.org/" />
  <row Id="41171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23159" RevisionGUID="1ea69c1e-f9d5-4257-9f8c-0d26c3032f4c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:23:53.117" UserId="301" Text="    server {&#xD;&#xA;        ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        location ~* \.css$ {&#xD;&#xA;           expires 30d;&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;        ...&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The [`location`][1] directive&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The [`expires`][2] directive&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxHttpCoreModule#location&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxHttpHeadersModule#expires&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23160" RevisionGUID="872f855f-ef5c-4258-b350-96ab075bd0c7" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:28:00.877" UserId="7768" Text="Ext3 is really really slow with large files and many files in the same directory. I don't know how this shows up in EC2, but the seek times really kill me when I have large files on a *physical* disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is due to it not having extents. A seek to the end of a 100GB file will require a whole bunch of seek-read-seek-read which kill you on a physical disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I almost always run XFS. JFS is fast too, but I've found it buggy. It's been a few years since I ran it though so it may be fine now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;XFS has online defrag too. That doesn't mean it's more susceptible to fragmentation than ext3. But when you get your fs fragmented the best way on ext3 is a backup-restore to &quot;defrag&quot;. There is a ext2/ext3 defrag, but nobody uses it so I wouldn't count on it. You can count on XFS defrag. Again, I don't know if this matters for EBS since both may end up as fragmented files on a SAN somewhere anyway, and a defrag would cost you in data operations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But that's all performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've never lost data with XFS. And I've run it a lot. I've lost data with (and due to) UFS (OpenBSD.. agh), JFS, ReiserFS and ext2 (the last being non-journaled). And I've run XFS more and heavier than any of the others.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I really long for ZFS or similar on Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Final word: ext3 is fine stability wise. If it's good for you performance- and feature-wise, then stay with it." />
  <row Id="41174" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23161" RevisionGUID="efc7ef85-4c6e-48c5-8810-8968ac28fb12" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:35:54.590" UserId="5989" Text="I have several computers in my house, which I refer to by various names.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Server - an old gaming PC in the basement.&#xD;&#xA;* Macbook - my work laptop.&#xD;&#xA;* Laptop - my wife's Dell laptop.&#xD;&#xA;* HTPC - the media / game system attached to the TV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But generally speaking, any computer used for work purposes is a &quot;**workstation**&quot; even if it is a laptop. Any other is usually a &quot;**Windows Box**&quot;. Servers are either instances (EC2), or servers (just about anything else)." />
  <row Id="41175" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23161" RevisionGUID="efc7ef85-4c6e-48c5-8810-8968ac28fb12" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:35:54.590" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23162" RevisionGUID="d20e2857-543b-497b-b444-940321cfd329" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:38:13.400" UserId="6471" Text="run 'ps aux' in a terminal window to see what user your rails app is running as." />
  <row Id="41178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23164" RevisionGUID="a5b8466a-2054-4908-a8a4-00cf99f7b3d5" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:39:20.263" UserId="4946" Text="Measuring the life of a hard drive is like measuring the life of a light bulb. Once you know how long it lives, it doesn't anymore ;-)" />
  <row Id="41180" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23165" RevisionGUID="ff26ae4e-393d-451b-8d95-fe660ca89dbd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:41:13.020" UserId="4947" Text="Try it manually : become that user ( `sudo su - www-data` ) and try to create the file in the shell." />
  <row Id="41181" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23147" RevisionGUID="65d70d10-0431-4c6e-b991-f4e8c764c37f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:44:09.707" UserId="1561" Comment="added 177 characters in body; added 3 characters in body" Text="**You are I/O-bound.**  Your system is a little life raft in a stormy sea of buffer/cache/VM paging swells that are 100 feet tall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wow.  Just...wow.  You're moving about 100Mbyte/sec out your I/O, you're deep past 50% CPU time in I/O wait, and you have 4Gb of RAM.  The backpressure on this server's VM must be enormous.  As the system begins to buffer/cache, any free RAM you had is going to be eaten alive in less than 40 seconds.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would it be possible to post the settings from `/proc/sys/vm`?  This would provide some insight as to what your kernel thinks is &quot;normal&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those `postmaster` processes also indicate you're running PostgreSQL in the background.  Is this normal for your setup?  PostgreSQL in a default config will use very little RAM, but once it's re-tuned for speed, it can chew up 25%-40% of your available RAM quickly.  So I can only guess, given the number of them in the output, you're running some kind of production database while you are running backups.  **This doesn't bode well.**  Can you give some more info on why it is running?  What is the size of the shared memory parameter for all `postmaster` processes?  Would it be possible to shut the service down, or temporarily reconfigure the database to use fewer connects/buffers while the backups are running?  This will help to take some of the pressure off the already strained I/O and free RAM.  Keep in mind that each  `postmaster` process consumes RAM above and beyond what the database uses for internal caching.  If you're using PostgreSQL as part of your backup process, try to re-tune it to accept just the minimum number of connections, and be sure to shrink your per-process parameters down to something reasonable (only a few megs each).  The downside to this is that **PostgreSQL will spill to disk if it can't work with the dataset in RAM like it wants to, so that will actually *increase* your disk I/O.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;X11 in and of itself doesn't take much memory, but a full desktop session can consume several megs.  Log out any active sessions you have and run your connection from the console or through SSH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still, **I don't think it's entirely a memory issue.**  **If you are better than 50% I/O wait for extended periods of time** (and you're posting figures that touch the 70's), **the resulting bottleneck will eventually crush the rest of the system.  Much like Darth Vader crushes necks.**&#xD;&#xA;![Someone on the business end of Darth Vader's death grip][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How many flush threads are you configured for?  The default value, or have you bumped it?  If you've bumped it, have you considered decreasing the number to reduce the amount of pressure on I/O ops?  Or do you have a huge number of spindles and channels to work with, in which case, have you considered *increasing* the number of flush threads?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. you want to set swappiness to the lower values, not the higher values, to prevent swap-out.  Highest value = 100 = swap like crazy when it feels right, lowest value = 0 = try not to swap at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/4928/VADERCHOKE.JPG" />
  <row Id="41182" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23037" RevisionGUID="f826ea8d-0e77-4593-a585-968fa746cf2a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:46:23.383" UserId="4694" Comment="added 31 characters in body" Text="These features are missing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Manageable by **group policy**, especially **proxy settings**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No **ActiveX** support, some our applications we use require this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**OWA Premium** (Although this should change with next version of OWA).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A way to centrally manage **Firefox Add-ons** and **Updates**. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;People here complained after upgrading from IE6 to IE7. &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;It's hard to force everyone to use something else." />
  <row Id="41183" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23166" RevisionGUID="8b6bf156-c969-4666-88ab-bb322c66929b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:47:26.330" UserId="8975" Text="I want it to balance traffic for the network, but one computer needs to walk on the Inernet from one ip (now it appears sometimes as ip1 and sometimes as ip2). Still it needs to switch to another channel, if default is broken. How can I achieve this?" />
  <row Id="41184" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23166" RevisionGUID="8b6bf156-c969-4666-88ab-bb322c66929b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:47:26.330" UserId="8975" Text="One ip on two-WAN router with load balancing (Asus RX3042H)" />
  <row Id="41185" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23166" RevisionGUID="8b6bf156-c969-4666-88ab-bb322c66929b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:47:26.330" UserId="8975" Text="&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="41186" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23167" RevisionGUID="35829aa6-be9f-450a-9e6c-f0d80024c6a3" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:48:55.703" UserId="7783" Text="I can't think of any solution that supports both properly without some kind of bodge, and the idea of &quot;some kind of bodge&quot; being near &quot;backups&quot; makes me sad :-(&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best ideas are either backup to the Mac across the network for the Windows machine as Rizwan suggests, or failing that just buy a second drive - not what you wanted to hear but it isn't *that* expensive in the great scheme of things and certainly &quot;cheaper&quot; in terms of your sanity than a backup solution you can't quite trust." />
  <row Id="41187" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23147" RevisionGUID="91cb0fd7-28fe-4a91-9ef3-22b121af4f57" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:49:11.193" UserId="1561" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="**You are I/O-bound.**  Your system is a little life raft in a stormy sea of buffer/cache/VM paging swells that are 100 feet tall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wow.  Just...wow.  You're moving about 100Mbyte/sec out your I/O, you're deep past 50% CPU time in I/O wait, and you have 4Gb of RAM.  The backpressure on this server's VM must be enormous.  As the system begins to buffer/cache, any free RAM you had is going to be eaten alive in less than 40 seconds.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would it be possible to post the settings from `/proc/sys/vm`?  This would provide some insight as to what your kernel thinks is &quot;normal&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those `postmaster` processes also indicate you're running PostgreSQL in the background.  Is this normal for your setup?  PostgreSQL in a default config will use very little RAM, but once it's re-tuned for speed, it can chew up 25%-40% of your available RAM quickly.  So I can only guess, given the number of them in the output, you're running some kind of production database while you are running backups.  **This doesn't bode well.**  Can you give some more info on why it is running?  What is the size of the shared memory parameter for all `postmaster` processes?  Would it be possible to shut the service down, or temporarily reconfigure the database to use fewer connects/buffers while the backups are running?  This will help to take some of the pressure off the already strained I/O and free RAM.  Keep in mind that each  `postmaster` process consumes RAM above and beyond what the database uses for internal caching.  If you're using PostgreSQL as part of your backup process, try to re-tune it to accept just the minimum number of connections, and be sure to shrink your per-process parameters down to something reasonable (only a few megs each).  The downside to this is that **PostgreSQL will spill to disk if it can't work with the dataset in RAM like it wants to, so that will actually *increase* your disk I/O.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;X11 in and of itself doesn't take much memory, but a full desktop session can consume several megs.  Log out any active sessions you have and run your connection from the console or through SSH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still, **I don't think it's entirely a memory issue.**  **If you are better than 50% I/O wait for extended periods of time** (and you're posting figures that touch the 70's), **the resulting bottleneck will eventually crush the rest of the system.  Much like Darth Vader crushes necks.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Someone on the business end of Darth Vader's death grip][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How many flush threads are you configured for?  The default value, or have you bumped it?  If you've bumped it, have you considered decreasing the number to reduce the amount of pressure on I/O ops?  Or do you have a huge number of spindles and channels to work with, in which case, have you considered *increasing* the number of flush threads?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. you want to set swappiness to the lower values, not the higher values, to prevent swap-out.  Highest value = 100 = swap like crazy when it feels right, lowest value = 0 = try not to swap at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/4928/VADERCHOKE.JPG" />
  <row Id="41188" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="23091" RevisionGUID="ceaa30d1-61cf-4aea-a2bb-983cc5f113d0" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:49:43.127" UserId="588" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;format&gt;" />
  <row Id="41189" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23130" RevisionGUID="05be1bb7-0809-4b03-9690-9fb94d45eb1e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:50:41.270" UserId="8965" Comment="spelling" Text="Hello. I have a problem where Windows Server 2003 takes lots of DHCP addresses althought there is only 1 NIC in that server and with DHCP disabled (see information below).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, as you can see, MAC address in DHCP client table on router does not match the one server NIC has.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a D-Link DWL-2000AP+ cheap wireless router with DHCP enabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DHCP Client Table  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    navserver 192.168.0.248 52-41-53-20-00-13 Jan/03/1970 09:12:55  &#xD;&#xA;    navserver 192.168.0.242 52-41-53-20-00-13 Jan/03/1970 09:12:55  &#xD;&#xA;    navserver 192.168.0.247 52-41-53-20-00-13 Jan/03/1970 09:12:55  &#xD;&#xA;    navserver 192.168.0.246 52-41-53-20-00-13 Jan/03/1970 09:12:55  &#xD;&#xA;    navserver 192.168.0.243 52-41-53-20-00-13 Jan/03/1970 09:12:55  &#xD;&#xA;    navserver 192.168.0.240 52-41-53-20-00-13 Jan/03/1970 09:12:55  &#xD;&#xA;    navserver 192.168.0.239 52-41-53-20-00-13 Jan/03/1970 09:12:55  &#xD;&#xA;    navserver 192.168.0.244 52-41-53-20-00-13 Jan/03/1970 09:12:55  &#xD;&#xA;    navserver 192.168.0.245 52-41-53-20-00-13 Jan/03/1970 09:12:55  &#xD;&#xA;    navserver 192.168.0.241 52-41-53-20-00-13 Jan/03/1970 09:12:55&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator&gt;ipconfig /all&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Windows IP Configuration&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : navserver&#xD;&#xA;       Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :&#xD;&#xA;       Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast&#xD;&#xA;       IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes&#xD;&#xA;       WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :&#xD;&#xA;       Description . . . . . . . . . . . : HP NC7761 Gigabit Server Adapter&#xD;&#xA;       Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-21-1C-EB-50&#xD;&#xA;       DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No&#xD;&#xA;       IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.90&#xD;&#xA;       Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;       Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.100&#xD;&#xA;       DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 195.122.1.59&#xD;&#xA;                                           195.2.96.2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have no idea how to solve this issue. Could you help me please?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As it appears, RRAS service is enabled. However i`m afraid to disable it. Could it be that fax/modem is using it? I don't administer the server but not long ago someone set up fax/modem to that server. Not sure if it works, but they want it to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I see many warnings like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    The user navserver connected from 192.168.0.90 but failed an authentication attempt due to the following reason: Authentication was not successful because an unknown user name or incorrect password was used. &#xD;&#xA;And errors:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    A Demand Dial connection to the remote interface Remote Router on port VPN4-4 was successfully initiated but failed to complete successfully because of the  following error: Access was denied because the username and/or password was invalid on the domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;associated to remote access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could these issues somehow be linked?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or maybe i just block that mac address from dhcp server and live happily ever after?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you." />
  <row Id="41190" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23168" RevisionGUID="8989e54f-082f-4c95-92b5-20572508bde7" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:53:15.290" UserId="2257" Text="[http://www.wolframalpha.com/][1] - (Hardcore) scientific &amp; statistical information&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wolframalpha.com/" />
  <row Id="41191" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23168" RevisionGUID="8989e54f-082f-4c95-92b5-20572508bde7" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:53:15.290" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41192" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23169" RevisionGUID="916dd07e-59ad-40a9-a1b0-2ecb00adb909" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:54:54.553" UserId="8882" Text="I manage a small-ish network that consists of less than 70 nodes.  The previous system administrators opted to have a dhcp server and manually set dhcp addess.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have opted to rather use dhcp address assignment instead of static address assignment except for my domain controllers and EXS hosts.  I have been critised for following this scheme, but its way easy for me to manage the address scope with out having to scan the network for available ip addresses.  Am i on the right track or have i lost the plot?" />
  <row Id="41193" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23169" RevisionGUID="916dd07e-59ad-40a9-a1b0-2ecb00adb909" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:54:54.553" UserId="8882" Text="Static IP Address assignment vs DHCP address assignment" />
  <row Id="41194" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23169" RevisionGUID="916dd07e-59ad-40a9-a1b0-2ecb00adb909" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:54:54.553" UserId="8882" Text="&lt;dhcp&gt;&lt;ip&gt;&lt;ip-address&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;management&gt;" />
  <row Id="41195" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23147" RevisionGUID="b5ef7f13-a9ca-49d4-b219-0f999985803b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:55:47.827" UserId="1561" />
  <row Id="41196" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23147" RevisionGUID="b5ef7f13-a9ca-49d4-b219-0f999985803b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:55:47.827" UserId="1561" Comment="added 99 characters in body" Text="**You are I/O-bound.**  Your system is a little life raft, battered in a stormy sea of buffer/cache/VM paging swells that are 100 feet tall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wow.  Just...wow.  You're moving about 100Mbyte/sec out your I/O, you're deep past 50% CPU time in I/O wait, and you have 4Gb of RAM.  The backpressure on this server's VM must be enormous.  As the system begins to buffer/cache, any free RAM you had is going to be eaten alive in less than 40 seconds.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would it be possible to post the settings from `/proc/sys/vm`?  This would provide some insight as to what your kernel thinks is &quot;normal&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those `postmaster` processes also indicate you're running PostgreSQL in the background.  Is this normal for your setup?  PostgreSQL in a default config will use very little RAM, but once it's re-tuned for speed, it can chew up 25%-40% of your available RAM quickly.  So I can only guess, given the number of them in the output, you're running some kind of production database while you are running backups.  **This doesn't bode well.**  Can you give some more info on why it is running?  What is the size of the shared memory parameter for all `postmaster` processes?  Would it be possible to shut the service down, or temporarily reconfigure the database to use fewer connects/buffers while the backups are running?  This will help to take some of the pressure off the already strained I/O and free RAM.  Keep in mind that each  `postmaster` process consumes RAM above and beyond what the database uses for internal caching.  If you're using PostgreSQL as part of your backup process, try to re-tune it to accept just the minimum number of connections, and be sure to shrink your per-process parameters down to something reasonable (only a few megs each).  The downside to this is that **PostgreSQL will spill to disk if it can't work with the dataset in RAM like it wants to, so that will actually *increase* your disk I/O.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;X11 in and of itself doesn't take much memory, but a full desktop session can consume several megs.  Log out any active sessions you have and run your connection from the console or through SSH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still, **I don't think it's entirely a memory issue.**  **If you are better than 50% I/O wait for extended periods of time** (and you're posting figures that touch the 70's), **the resulting bottleneck will eventually crush the rest of the system.  Much like Darth Vader crushes necks.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Someone on the business end of Darth Vader's death grip][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How many flush threads are you configured for?  The default value, or have you bumped it?  If you've bumped it, have you considered decreasing the number to reduce the amount of pressure on I/O ops?  Or do you have a huge number of spindles and channels to work with, in which case, have you considered *increasing* the number of flush threads?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. you want to set swappiness to the lower values, not the higher values, to prevent swap-out.  Highest value = 100 = swap like crazy when it feels right, lowest value = 0 = try not to swap at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.diariodenavarra.es/actualidad/20060217/fotos/2006021720443339_300.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/4928/VADERCHOKE.JPG" />
  <row Id="41197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23170" RevisionGUID="dc120aab-ba6e-473f-b9bb-0d35ebcb10c3" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:56:56.403" UserId="7783" Text="Define &quot;Student-proof&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All we do at the college I work at is set the template account up &#xD;&#xA;( /system/library/User Template ) how we want student accounts to look and then give the users normal user rights on the workstations. We see very little to no trouble with this approach.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would that do? If not why not? (just to get an idea of what your needs are).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have actually added our Macs to Active Directory. This doesn't really place a burden on AD, simply allows the workstations to get user authentication and details from a source that already exists. " />
  <row Id="41198" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23171" RevisionGUID="99b32ffa-90c8-41d3-95fc-475c70791e9f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T07:58:55.277" UserId="6108" Text="You have to identify:&#xD;&#xA;- traffic pattern (do you have any central application? on which relations are main data transfers? ...)&#xD;&#xA;- what kind of control and security do you want to have? (centralised is normally easier to protect; you can quickly cutoff any branch office, ...)&#xD;&#xA;- what resilience do you want? (mesh/ring topologies are more resilient, but more complicated to setup)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Site/organisational hierarchy helps a great deal (any higher-level/central/lower-level offices?), as it usually defines all of above: traffic seldom flows between same-level offices, higher-level offices should be in control, ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With this in hand, you can star searching, otherwise the answer is only a general: you'll need some switches and routers :)" />
  <row Id="41199" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23172" RevisionGUID="1190c801-ec08-43f0-9413-4ef30aada375" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:01:03.573" UserId="7783" Text="Why were you criticised for doing it that way? I mean I think it's crazy not to use DHCP for workstations at least, but maybe there is something specific to the environment that changes that equation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only issue I can see with DHCP is ensuring that your scope is properly created and doesn't cross over with the pool of static addresses you use (even that can be got around with reservations but its more work than needed).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That aside, users should never ever need to know whether or not you use DHCP because their workstation should 'just work', except for when the DHCP server is not available (and if that's an issue, you just have more than one DHCP server online)." />
  <row Id="41200" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23147" RevisionGUID="d75a171c-f8eb-4270-9c46-d4fac5edc730" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:02:08.640" UserId="1561" Comment="added 32 characters in body" Text="**You are I/O-bound.**  Your system is a little life raft, battered in a stormy sea of buffer/cache/VM paging swells that are 100 feet tall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wow.  Just...wow.  You're moving about 100Mbyte/sec out your I/O, you're deep past 50% CPU time in I/O wait, and you have 4Gb of RAM.  The backpressure on this server's VM must be enormous.  Under &quot;normal&quot; circumstances, as the system begins to buffer/cache, any free RAM you had is going to be *eaten alive in less than 40 seconds*.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would it be possible to post the settings from `/proc/sys/vm`?  This would provide some insight as to what your kernel thinks is &quot;normal&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those `postmaster` processes also indicate you're running PostgreSQL in the background.  Is this normal for your setup?  PostgreSQL in a default config will use very little RAM, but once it's re-tuned for speed, it can chew up 25%-40% of your available RAM quickly.  So I can only guess, given the number of them in the output, you're running some kind of production database while you are running backups.  **This doesn't bode well.**  Can you give some more info on why it is running?  What is the size of the shared memory parameter for all `postmaster` processes?  Would it be possible to shut the service down, or temporarily reconfigure the database to use fewer connects/buffers while the backups are running?  This will help to take some of the pressure off the already strained I/O and free RAM.  Keep in mind that each  `postmaster` process consumes RAM above and beyond what the database uses for internal caching.  If you're using PostgreSQL as part of your backup process, try to re-tune it to accept just the minimum number of connections, and be sure to shrink your per-process parameters down to something reasonable (only a few megs each).  The downside to this is that **PostgreSQL will spill to disk if it can't work with the dataset in RAM like it wants to, so that will actually *increase* your disk I/O.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;X11 in and of itself doesn't take much memory, but a full desktop session can consume several megs.  Log out any active sessions you have and run your connection from the console or through SSH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still, **I don't think it's entirely a memory issue.**  **If you are better than 50% I/O wait for extended periods of time** (and you're posting figures that touch the 70's), **the resulting bottleneck will eventually crush the rest of the system.  Much like Darth Vader crushes necks.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Someone on the business end of Darth Vader's death grip][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How many flush threads are you configured for?  The default value, or have you bumped it?  If you've bumped it, have you considered decreasing the number to reduce the amount of pressure on I/O ops?  Or do you have a huge number of spindles and channels to work with, in which case, have you considered *increasing* the number of flush threads?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. you want to set swappiness to the lower values, not the higher values, to prevent swap-out.  Highest value = 100 = swap like crazy when it feels right, lowest value = 0 = try not to swap at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.diariodenavarra.es/actualidad/20060217/fotos/2006021720443339_300.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/4928/VADERCHOKE.JPG" />
  <row Id="41201" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23173" RevisionGUID="2f68622b-3402-4adf-a46a-99ed55003ecf" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:06:55.840" UserId="7083" Text="When you say the previous administrators &quot;manually set DHCP address&quot; do you mean static assignments?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, this is generally the easier way to manage pools of workstations on a LAN. Statically tie each machine's MAC address to a specific IP and deliver them by DHCP. You get the trade off of knowing exactly where each machine is and being able to change the assignments without visiting each discrete machine." />
  <row Id="41202" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23174" RevisionGUID="b65572e5-d9c0-40bb-aad6-0b843b0b25a9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:07:32.560" UserId="4694" Text="**DHCP** is by far the best choice as soon as you have more than a few stations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Static entries should be for server and communication devices.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;DHCP for workstation is best.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use IP range:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Static **.1 - .50** for servers, printers, routers, etc. &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;DHCP **.51 - .150** for workstations" />
  <row Id="41203" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23153" RevisionGUID="98c0bed9-a602-4ec9-9555-1d6ce50167c7" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:07:59.080" UserId="45" Comment="added 222 characters in body; added 352 characters in body" Text="Are you running RRAS (Routing and Remote Access Services) on the server? Maybe this forums thread can help: [Windows 2003 DHCP issuing RAS addresses][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And read [this article about the DHCP relay agent][2] and this [Microsoft Support article][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the modem is **only** used for sending and receiving fax, RRAS is not needed. But you should check/ask, if this server is also used as a network router and/or for accounts which connect from remote.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you wish to disable RRAS without un-installing, you could go to the Windows Services panel and change the &quot;Routing and Remote Access Service&quot; to disabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are sure you won't use RRAS, open the RRAS console, right click on the server name and choose &quot;Disable RRAS&quot;. If you later want to enable it again, you'll have to reconfigure RRAS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=13002&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.systemdisc.com/what-dhcp-relay-agent&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B160699" />
  <row Id="41204" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23147" RevisionGUID="ce4d5438-7725-4c57-9320-1d47001d12a4" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:08:51.530" UserId="1561" Comment="added 115 characters in body" Text="**You are I/O-bound.**  Your system is a little life raft, battered in a stormy sea of buffer/cache/VM paging swells that are 100 feet tall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wow.  Just...wow.  You're moving about 100Mbyte/sec out your I/O, you're deep past 50% CPU time in I/O wait, and you have 4Gb of RAM.  The backpressure on this server's VM must be enormous.  Under &quot;normal&quot; circumstances, as the system begins to buffer/cache, any free RAM you had is going to be *eaten alive in less than 40 seconds*.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would it be possible to post the settings from `/proc/sys/vm`?  This would provide some insight as to what your kernel thinks is &quot;normal&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those `postmaster` processes also indicate you're running PostgreSQL in the background.  Is this normal for your setup?  PostgreSQL in a default config will use very little RAM, but once it's re-tuned for speed, it can chew up 25%-40% of your available RAM quickly.  So I can only guess, given the number of them in the output, you're running some kind of production database while you are running backups.  **This doesn't bode well.**  Can you give some more info on why it is running?  What is the size of the shared memory parameter for all `postmaster` processes?  Would it be possible to shut the service down, or temporarily reconfigure the database to use fewer connects/buffers while the backups are running?  This will help to take some of the pressure off the already strained I/O and free RAM.  Keep in mind that each  `postmaster` process consumes RAM above and beyond what the database uses for internal caching.  So when you make adjustments to memory settings, be careful about which are &quot;shared&quot; and which are &quot;per-process&quot;.  If you're using PostgreSQL as part of your backup process, try to re-tune it to accept just the minimum number of connections, and be sure to shrink your per-process parameters down to something reasonable (only a few megs each).  The downside to this is that **PostgreSQL will spill to disk if it can't work with the dataset in RAM like it wants to, so that will actually *increase* your disk I/O.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;X11 in and of itself doesn't take much memory, but a full desktop session can consume several megs.  Log out any active sessions you have and run your connection from the console or through SSH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still, **I don't think it's entirely a memory issue.**  **If you are better than 50% I/O wait for extended periods of time** (and you're posting figures that touch the 70's), **the resulting bottleneck will eventually crush the rest of the system.  Much like Darth Vader crushes necks.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Someone on the business end of Darth Vader's death grip][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How many flush threads are you configured for?  The default value, or have you bumped it?  If you've bumped it, have you considered decreasing the number to reduce the amount of pressure on I/O ops?  Or do you have a huge number of spindles and channels to work with, in which case, have you considered *increasing* the number of flush threads?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. you want to set swappiness to the lower values, not the higher values, to prevent swap-out.  Highest value = 100 = swap like crazy when it feels right, lowest value = 0 = try not to swap at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.diariodenavarra.es/actualidad/20060217/fotos/2006021720443339_300.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/4928/VADERCHOKE.JPG" />
  <row Id="41205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23175" RevisionGUID="d71dab8d-0176-44ea-8a96-16ae2175416c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:11:22.460" UserId="5234" Text="Adding my vote to DHCP all the way.  I can't understand why someone would criticise you for suggesting this, the whole point is to make it easier to manage the address scope, and as soon as you have more than 5 or so workstations, it makes sense." />
  <row Id="41206" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23174" RevisionGUID="05c4c7cc-c8ef-4172-8e61-2a388a8e27eb" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:12:40.163" UserId="4694" Comment="deleted 31 characters in body; added 1 characters in body" Text="**DHCP** is by far the best choice as soon as you have more than a few stations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Static entries should be for servers and communication devices.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use IP range:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Static **.1 - .50** for servers, printers, routers, etc. &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;DHCP **.51 - .150** for workstations" />
  <row Id="41207" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23176" RevisionGUID="4a60360a-5028-49da-8488-40e6f05e1343" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:15:32.827" UserId="5234" Text="I'll add to that: if you're in a position where you need a RODC, you've outgrown the position where you need SBS." />
  <row Id="41208" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23153" RevisionGUID="d9a87ea0-9c40-4560-af2c-6448978de64f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:16:43.447" UserId="45" Comment="added 185 characters in body" Text="Are you running RRAS (Routing and Remote Access Services) on the server? Maybe this forums thread can help: [Windows 2003 DHCP issuing RAS addresses][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The fact that you see 10 IP addresses is cuased by the fact, that RAS obtains, by default, 10 IP addresses to lease to clients. If all 10 IP addresses are used, RAS obtains 10 more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And read [this article about the DHCP relay agent][2] and this [Microsoft Support article][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the modem is **only** used for sending and receiving fax, RRAS is not needed. But you should check/ask, if this server is also used as a network router and/or for accounts which connect from remote.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you wish to disable RRAS without un-installing, you could go to the Windows Services panel and change the &quot;Routing and Remote Access Service&quot; to disabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are sure you won't use RRAS, open the RRAS console, right click on the server name and choose &quot;Disable RRAS&quot;. If you later want to enable it again, you'll have to reconfigure RRAS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=13002&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.systemdisc.com/what-dhcp-relay-agent&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B160699" />
  <row Id="41209" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9315" RevisionGUID="1f589e0c-de3f-4997-b2a3-b24e9f979248" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:19:01.790" UserId="1561" Comment="added 17 characters in body" Text="**First Order: Is it responsive?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't log in, there's bigger problems afoot.  This generally comes in two flavors: hardware failure, and software failure.  Both are potentially catastrophic.  To prevent DFA errors, check the general hardware health first - a simple glance-over usually will suffice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Second Order: Are the system's underlying structures in good health and order?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check the &quot;Golden Triad&quot; of systems:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Enough CPU time is free for processing&#xD;&#xA; - Enough disk space is free for storage&#xD;&#xA; - Enough memory is free for workloads&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the last few decades, the triad has expanded into a &quot;quad&quot; which includes communications (networking):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Connectivity is functional, responsive, and has capacity&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Third Order: What is the severity of the issue?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What programs or services are affected?  In decreasing order of severity, is it systemic (system-wide), clustered (a group of programs), or isolated (a specific program)?  Clusters of programs typically are tripping up because a specific underlying service has failed or gone unresponsive.  Systemic issues are sometimes related to this (think DNS or IP conflicts) but knowing where to look is usually the key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Fourth Order: Are diagnostic tools providing useful data relevant to the issue?**&#xD;&#xA;Now that you have info about the health of the system (second order) and what parts of it are experiencing issues (third order) this should make it easy to narrow down where the problem is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Error messages or log files should be a common waypoint on this journey.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CPU issues:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - loadav&#xD;&#xA; - top&#xD;&#xA; - strace&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disk space / I-O issues:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - df&#xD;&#xA; - du&#xD;&#xA; - lsof&#xD;&#xA; - iostat&#xD;&#xA; - vmstat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Memory issues:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - free&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Connectivity issues:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - ping&#xD;&#xA; - route (and arp and rarp and friends)&#xD;&#xA; - iptables, ipchains, ipfw (for those BSD folks out there)&#xD;&#xA; - traceroute or mtr&#xD;&#xA; - hosts, nslookup, or dig&#xD;&#xA; - netstat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Most common complaint** (that I hear):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Email is not delivering fast enough (more than a minute from send to receipt by recipient) or, email is rejecting my attempt to send.  This usually comes down to the rate limiter in Postfix kicking in during a spam-storm, which impacts the ability to accept internal delivery.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**A real-life example:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, this is not always the case.  One time, the issue persisted regardless of service restarts; so after 3 minutes it was time to start looking around.  CPU was busy but under 100%, yet the load had soared to 15 on a box of just 2 cores, and was threatening to go higher.  The top command revealed that the mail system was in overdrive, along with the mail scanner, but there were no amavis child processes to be seen.  That was the clue - the mail queue command (mailq) showed some 150+ undelivered messages, *over 80% of which were spam*, in the last 20 minutes.  A quick adjustment to lower the rate limiter (which reduced the intake rate of the spam storm) while increasing the number of child email scanner processes (to help process the backlog), followed by a service restart, resolved the issue and the system was able to complete deliveries in a short time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The cause of the problem was that the amavis parent process had keeled over dead, and the child processes had eventually all run their course (they self-terminate after so many scans to prevent memory leaks).  So there were SMTP processes in postfix attempting to contact...thin air...to do the spam/virus scanning that was needed.  The distro I was using had out-of-date packages that would never be updated; as the installation was due to be replaced in a year or so, I manually &quot;overrode&quot; the install to the latest version, which included several bug fixes.  I haven't had the same problem since." />
  <row Id="41210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23177" RevisionGUID="2c5acc08-7d47-4792-b36e-798a9de4cd1d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:19:19.403" UserId="7752" Text="Yes, I think you're on the right track.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect that you're being criticised because ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* of the lack of documentation about your network, rather than your choice of technology to assign an IP address;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* you're doing IP address assignment differently to the way &lt;em&gt;it's always been done&lt;/em&gt;.  You're challenging the status quo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ask more questions to find out the real reason for the criticism.  You may have to teach your detractors about DHCP and its benefits to your network administration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;People will come around to your way of configuring the network once they see how much easier it is to add another workstation to the network when the IP address is allocated by DHCP.  DHCP should mean the end of those pesky duplicate IP address allocation errors that have plagued your network in the past." />
  <row Id="41211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23178" RevisionGUID="5fa44fbc-8d81-4cf3-a204-295d8e1c9003" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:20:47.497" UserId="1814" Text="I am looking for a HTTP load balancing solution that will provide the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Accept HTTP connections on port X and forward them to one of multiple other hosts (and/or ports), either randomly or in a round-robin manner.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) If the server reply contains a certain HTTP header with a certain value (i.e. 'Magic-Number: 12345'), remember it and forward all following requests containing the same header to this server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) At certain intervals, perform a keep-alive test by sending a specified HTTP request to all destination servers. If either server does not reply, stop forwarding to it until it comes online again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) (Not crucial, but nice to have) Accept HTTPS connections from clients and translate them to HTTP connections to the servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The solution must consist of free and/or open source software and run under Windows 200x Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: I suspect Apache httpd might be able to do this using the right combination of modules and configuration settings, so if that's a viable option, feel free to tell me how. :)" />
  <row Id="41212" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23178" RevisionGUID="5fa44fbc-8d81-4cf3-a204-295d8e1c9003" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:20:47.497" UserId="1814" Text="HTTP load balancer with header-based routing?" />
  <row Id="41213" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23178" RevisionGUID="5fa44fbc-8d81-4cf3-a204-295d8e1c9003" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:20:47.497" UserId="1814" Text="&lt;http&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;load-balancing&gt;&lt;http-headers&gt;" />
  <row Id="41214" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8860" RevisionGUID="caf59781-c2fb-4911-b9a6-e302e8e1e417" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:26:51.913" UserId="1576" Comment="Add extra information &amp; create a bounty.; added 17 characters in body" Text="I know how to export/import the databases using mysqldump &amp; that's fine but how do I get the privileges into the new server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For extra points, there are a couple of existing databases on the new one already, how do I import the old servers privileges without nuking the couple existing of ones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Old server: 5.0.67-community&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;New server: 5.0.51a-24+lenny1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: I've got a dump of the db 'mysql' from the Old Server &amp; now want to know the proper way to merge with the 'mysql' db on the New Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried a straight 'Import' using phpMyAdmin and ended up with an error regarding a duplicate (one that I've already migrated manually).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone got an elegant way of merging the two 'mysql' databases?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41215" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8860" RevisionGUID="caf59781-c2fb-4911-b9a6-e302e8e1e417" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:26:51.913" UserId="1576" Comment="Add extra information &amp; create a bounty.; added 17 characters in body" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;mysql-replication&gt;" />
  <row Id="41216" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5141" RevisionGUID="4a9bf7d3-314c-4830-af83-64ae5f2d7d83" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:36:48.803" UserId="1576" Comment="bounty edit" Text="**Bounty Edit: I've left the original question but would like a good answer on the whole permissions debacle that Postgres seems to bath in.  &#xD;&#xA;'*Importing &amp; exporting clients db's: A field guide'***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just got this job today where we need to use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.postgresql.org/&quot;&gt;PostgreSQL&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The client has two hosts and they only use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phppgadmin.org/&quot;&gt;phpPgAdmin&lt;/a&gt; to access the database. There's no SSH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We need to the export the data and then import it to a local dev machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Being wise in the way of &lt;a href=&quot;http://mysql.com/&quot;&gt;MySQL&lt;/a&gt; I'm a little lost as to the correct process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's PostgreSQL &gt;&gt; database &gt;&gt; export  &#xD;&#xA;and from there one gets:  &#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been hitting up the documentation but to tell you the truth, I can't find a simple explanation and don't really care about the db or Postgres at the moment. All we need to do is tackle the sites PHP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Hit me up with a synopsis/cheatsheet/guide my sysadminy syblings.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edits:**  &#xD;&#xA;Changed the question to be include the PostgreSQL permissions on importing a db.  &#xD;&#xA;There really does seem to be more to setting up a new PostgreSQL server as far as permissions go. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ask specifically about phpPgAdmin because my server is not localhost &amp; has no GUI.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*I get a feeling that it's a permissions thing &lt;http://pgedit.com/public/sql/acl_admin/index.html&gt;*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Clarified no SSH on clients box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still can't find concise documentation on this whole process. Am really avoiding task till I've a clearer idea. Might look to convert into MySQL db for ease.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/7064/phppgadmin.png" />
  <row Id="41217" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5141" RevisionGUID="4a9bf7d3-314c-4830-af83-64ae5f2d7d83" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:36:48.803" UserId="1576" Comment="bounty edit" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;postgresql&gt;&lt;database&gt;&lt;database-adminstration&gt;" />
  <row Id="41218" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8860" RevisionGUID="ae9a64f0-48a1-434e-8db5-5500b826ff80" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:38:38.270" UserId="1576" Comment="Added tag" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;mysql-replication&gt;&lt;database-adminstration&gt;" />
  <row Id="41219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23179" RevisionGUID="6b2cdda8-92ea-4bf8-967a-7511ed514e95" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:41:22.523" Text="Any phone that has apps for VNC, SSH, WWW will do." />
  <row Id="41220" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23180" RevisionGUID="dd438cba-fd2f-4945-80e4-328da36ef612" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:41:46.690" UserId="97" Text="You can also set the expires to maximum. Here is the directive I use for css and js.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Set css and js to expire in a very long time&#xD;&#xA;    location ~* ^.+\.(css|js)$ {&#xD;&#xA;        root /var/www;&#xD;&#xA;        access_log off;&#xD;&#xA;        expires max;&#xD;&#xA;        break;&#xD;&#xA;    }" />
  <row Id="41221" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23181" RevisionGUID="940289bf-d511-4d06-92c6-7b49dfb6eb75" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:42:31.540" UserId="5989" Text="Are you running your Rails application under Apache via mod_rails/[passenger][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may need to set the user that passenger runs the Rails application with &quot;PassengerDefaultUser&quot;. Since you mention www-data, I'm assuming an ubuntu or debian server, so this would probably be a separate vhost file in /etc/apache2/sites-available. Add the line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PassengerDefaultUser www-data&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To the correct vhost file. If you don't know which file, run &quot;`sudo apache2 -S`&quot; to show the available vhosts in the configuration and pick the file that matches the hostname you access the Rails app.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.modrails.com/documentation/Users%20guide.html" />
  <row Id="41222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23182" RevisionGUID="811b40e9-5380-4813-bee0-059427d8f441" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:42:34.707" UserId="8240" Text="Is there a way to configure the new windows 7 feature &quot;aero snap&quot; ? &#xD;&#xA;I'm used to &quot;[Grid Move][1]&quot; which is great with a lot of possible configuration, and I would like to use aero snap the same way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://jgpaiva.dcmembers.com/gridmove.html" />
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  <row Id="41224" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23182" RevisionGUID="811b40e9-5380-4813-bee0-059427d8f441" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:42:34.707" UserId="8240" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;aero&gt;" />
  <row Id="41226" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23184" RevisionGUID="1465c62e-df8e-4044-8d07-e939497ce9f8" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:46:19.707" UserId="97" Text="In my experience, it is well worth it. Take for example, a Magento store (which is well known for being slow in general). I was able to get an over 100% improvement in response time by switching to nginx + php-fcgi/php-fpm + apc. At this point, unless there is a must have feature in Apache that is not available elsewhere (I doubt this will really happen in practice), I would always go with an nginx based config.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's my writeup for Magento. HTH.&#xD;&#xA;[http://tumblelog.jauderho.com/post/85252024/improving-magento-performance][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tumblelog.jauderho.com/post/85252024/improving-magento-performance" />
  <row Id="41228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23185" RevisionGUID="74296b3d-3a49-448d-8cfb-47360bbb9742" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:50:21.960" UserId="5989" Text="Rubyforge is down right now, but you might look at [god][1] for monitoring and managing your mongrels. It's quite flexible and you can use it to restart based on certain thresholds such as amount of memory, CPU usage, flapping and more. You might also consider [monit][2], which I know of people using to replace god.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://god.rubyforge.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://mmonit.com/monit/" />
  <row Id="41229" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23172" RevisionGUID="a8a3958a-a30f-444e-bb63-9ea64a0b8412" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:52:17.993" UserId="7783" Comment="added 418 characters in body" Text="Why were you criticised for doing it that way? I mean I think it's crazy not to use DHCP for workstations at least, but maybe there is something specific to the environment that changes that equation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only issue I can see with DHCP is ensuring that your scope is properly created and doesn't cross over with the pool of static addresses you use (even that can be got around with reservations but its more work than needed).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That aside, users should never ever need to know whether or not you use DHCP because their workstation should 'just work', except for when the DHCP server is not available (and if that's an issue, you just have more than one DHCP server online).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;Convict makes a good point about documentation, make sure you do have the IP address ranges documented, explaining what you've done, why and how to find it. I don't think people are comfortable with the idea that some tools are &quot;self documenting&quot; (and to an extent they might have a point, how would you easily re-create your DHCP database with all your reservations, if you couldn't restore from backup?). " />
  <row Id="41230" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="23178" RevisionGUID="11c26a20-0589-460d-8c6b-b72130967c8d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:52:35.777" UserId="1814" Comment="Removed note about Apache, added note about cygwin and portable ubuntu/colinux; edited body" Text="&lt;http&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;load-balancing&gt;&lt;http-headers&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="41231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23186" RevisionGUID="637d8547-7b44-4a31-aa65-f9d290bcf84c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:54:15.680" UserId="8834" Text="Webmin 1.470 Platform is Cross Linux Compatible, but there are some issues regarding bug.&#xD;&#xA;The question is : What Ver. of Ubuntu Server Distor is Webmin 1.470 fits for?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="41232" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23186" RevisionGUID="637d8547-7b44-4a31-aa65-f9d290bcf84c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:54:15.680" UserId="8834" Text="What Ver. of Ubuntu Server Distor is Webmin 1.470 fits for?" />
  <row Id="41233" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23186" RevisionGUID="637d8547-7b44-4a31-aa65-f9d290bcf84c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:54:15.680" UserId="8834" Text="&lt;ubuntu-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="41234" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23187" RevisionGUID="2c6e92fa-227c-41b6-85e5-811bd40d4122" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:56:19.483" UserId="3437" Text="It's really just a process of listing what you have, then listing what you need. Then using the first list (your assets) to build out a network that does what you need. You may have to buy things you don't have, to create the network which meets your needs. Like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - First you make a list of the sites.&#xD;&#xA;  - For each site, you make a list of what's there.&#xD;&#xA;  - If possible, you list out what **will** be at each site in the future. This will help you plan a network that meets the future needs as well as current ones.&#xD;&#xA;  - If you already have connections between sites, list these and their bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Quick example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **HQ:** 50 desktop computers, 8 servers, 3 networked printers. 1 VPN concentrator, 10 mb/s internet connection.&#xD;&#xA; - **Site1**: 15 desktop computers, 1 networked printer. 1.5mb/s ADSL internet; VPN to HQ.&#xD;&#xA; - **Site2:** 23 desktop computers, 2 networked printers, 5 POS stations. 6mb/s business cable to internet; VPN to HQ.&#xD;&#xA; - **Site3:** 17 desktop computers, 2 POS stations 1 networked printer. 1mb/s business cable to internet; VPN to HQ.&#xD;&#xA; - **Site4:** 10 desktop computers, 1 networked printers. 768kb/s business cable to internet; VPN to HQ.&#xD;&#xA; - **Site5:** 37 desktop computers, 2 networked printers, 2 servers. 6mb/s business cable to internet; VPN to HQ.&#xD;&#xA; - **Laptop Users, mobile:** 12 mobile users, each with home broadband or working from Starbucks. VPN to HQ.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You probably want to draw this as a map (lots of [examples here][1]). Print a couple of copies and then play on it with a pencil. Think about the connections which need to be made from site to site, and how much bandwidth they will use. Example: each desktop user might have a 50mb/s connection to the mailserver every 5 minutes. The servers at Site5 keep a continuous 1mb/s stream of replication traffic going with the servers at HQ. And so on. You'll get these estimates wrong, but they are a starting point that helps you see if you have enough bandwidth between sites. Later you'll put a little monitoring in place to get real numbers. But now I'm getting ahead of myself!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next up you need to think about your IP addressing and subnetting plan. Will you be using public or private IP addresses? What the maximum number of IP's each site will need? Get out your [subnet calculator][2] and figure up how large each site's subnet will be. Decide which specific IP range will be used at each site. From here you'll decide what each site's internal gateway address should be (the external IP's in this example will be decided by the  broadband provider, of course).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now you decide whether you'll use DHCP to handle all those addresses (you very likely will). It will need to be configured - and you'll have to decide where to run it. At HQ, with ip-helper addresses at each site's router? Locally at each site from the routers there? Draw this into your diagram. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's time to figure out your name services. DNS most likely - where will you put it? You could put all DNS servers at HQ or you could distribute them to each site. Once you've figured that out, add it to your DHCP config.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And so on, and on, and on. Basically you start with what you know, put it on the map, then start trial-fitting what you *want* on the map, until you have something that works. You commit your pencil annotations to ink. Then you build it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you run it for awhile, and make changes as needed. Which you (or someone anyway) will keep doing until the company dies. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ratemynetworkdiagram.com/index2.php&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://jodies.de/ipcalc" />
  <row Id="41235" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23178" RevisionGUID="11c26a20-0589-460d-8c6b-b72130967c8d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:52:35.777" UserId="1814" Comment="Removed note about Apache, added note about cygwin and portable ubuntu/colinux; edited body" Text="I am looking for a HTTP load balancing solution that will provide the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Accept HTTP connections on port X and forward them to one of multiple other hosts (and/or ports), either randomly or in a round-robin manner.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) If the server reply contains a certain HTTP header with a certain value (i.e. 'Magic-Number: 12345'), remember it and forward all following requests containing the same header to this server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) At certain intervals, perform a keep-alive test by sending a specified HTTP request to all destination servers. If either server does not reply, stop forwarding to it until it comes online again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) (Not crucial, but nice to have) Accept HTTPS connections from clients and translate them to HTTP connections to the servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The solution must consist of free and/or open source software and run under Windows 200x Server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; Cygwin or Portable Ubuntu (or other Colinux distribution) are also viable options, if they are able to run the appropriate *nix solutions." />
  <row Id="41236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23188" RevisionGUID="d08dac5d-04e5-4130-b147-75604671134b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:56:32.620" Text="Trust me, you will never format it so many times that this will have a significant impact on the drive." />
  <row Id="41237" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23043" RevisionGUID="6223408d-7cf2-48fb-a617-b77b693c4da5" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:59:54.810" UserId="3437" Comment="deleted 3 characters in body; added 68 characters in body" Text="The short answer is: **no**. SBS isn't what you want for this role. I'm not positive about SBS 2008, but SBS 2003 will [shut down every hour][1] if it is not the domain controller holding all FSMO roles for the domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simply put, it's not designed to scale past the builtin limits. You get what you pay for!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555087" />
  <row Id="41238" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23189" RevisionGUID="e63c1466-0447-45a3-aab2-7d78409fe45b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:03:31.700" UserDisplayName="chetan" Text="Hello All ,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have developed squid based proxy content filter along with iptable-linux as router has nice webuser interface , we searching for type of small machine that suits to our product.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are the details:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Software Dependency** :apache2 compiled ,sqlite ,PHP , squid-proxy ,squidguard,centos5.3 OS.&#xD;&#xA;**Hardware Dependency** : two lan interface least 20 GB storage min-256 max 2GB RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;regards&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;chetanM" />
  <row Id="41239" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23189" RevisionGUID="e63c1466-0447-45a3-aab2-7d78409fe45b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:03:31.700" UserDisplayName="chetan" Text="Seaching for dam small hardware-pc-box /hardware vendors  to embed for  firewall product " />
  <row Id="41240" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23189" RevisionGUID="e63c1466-0447-45a3-aab2-7d78409fe45b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:03:31.700" UserDisplayName="chetan" Text="&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="41241" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23190" RevisionGUID="9f650389-5668-4373-9833-4179e71bde17" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:07:45.857" UserId="3489" Text="If you want the same IP even when failing over to another ISP you have to use BGP and get IP space assigned to you (ARIN in north America, RIPE for Europe, APNIC asia-pac...), this is *not* cheap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then there's ~10k worth of routers, and fixed ethernet/fibre links (as very few carriers will do BGP over *DSL, and none over cable)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of the simple &quot;fail-over&quot; routers can be set to a fail-over mode instead of load-balancing, the better ones even have rules so some sorts of traffic always prefer one interface over another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your router can be set to this mode, see section 5.6.1 of the manual:&#xD;&#xA;http://files.wl500g.info/asus/rx3042h/manual/RX%203042H%20manual_EN.pdf" />
  <row Id="41242" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23191" RevisionGUID="d91a3a20-e602-4b6f-9dd6-eca754b9f597" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:10:09.253" UserId="7936" Text="Disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with any of these companies but have bought 2 fine pieces from pcengines.ch - I can't speak for the quality of the others but I keep hearing mostly good stuff about them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have a look at:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://soekris.com&#xD;&#xA; - http://pcengines.ch&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The latter is a bit cheaper but not that strong on the hardware side. You might need to get in touch with them directly as standard options only hit your minimum RAM requirements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also have a look at EPIA VIAs segmented boards:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/embedded/boards/index.jsp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm interpreting the Software Requirements as: &quot;Must be able to run...&quot; as you seem to have quite a customized setup already in place and just need the corresponding piece of hardware" />
  <row Id="41243" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23192" RevisionGUID="ad809230-43db-42d6-a5ef-71d569c9ace0" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:11:09.640" UserId="3489" Text="SeLinux combined with auditd is a way to get that data using methods that are already in the kernel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option could be to use LD_PRELOAD tricks if you only want it for one application." />
  <row Id="41244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23193" RevisionGUID="d834fe43-bd71-4ea6-acc9-45b5ba7d1e07" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:12:20.713" UserId="8982" Text="You can also get the version by &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**cat /proc/version**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;o/p:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux version 2.6.17-13mdv (rtp@octopus.mandriva.com) (gcc version 4.1.2 20070302 (prerelease) (4.1.2-1mdv2007.1)) #1 SMP Fri Mar 23 19:03:31 UTC 2007" />
  <row Id="41245" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23194" RevisionGUID="535328d6-8bd0-45af-80d0-1eace10257f1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:12:25.863" UserId="4762" Text="I'm writting this out of my head/memory as I don't have anything at hand to verify whether it works correctly or not, but I hope this might be some hint for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, my answer is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course you can do this with Apache's [`mod_proxy_balancer`][1]. You should be able to acomplish this with something like that:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPassReverse / http://host1:80/&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPassReverse / http://host2:80/&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Proxy balancer://cluster&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      BalancerMember http://host1:80 route=LB1&#xD;&#xA;      BalancerMember http://host2:80 route=LB2&#xD;&#xA;      ProxySet stickysession=MYSESSIONID&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Proxy&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, regarding point 1, read `mod_proxy_balancer`'s &quot;Request Counting Algorithm&quot; section.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding point 2: I really don't know about HTTP header parsing. Above example uses additional URL parameter `MYSESSIONID` to proxy traffic being part of the same connection to the same host. I guess you can also use cookies. Eitherway this should be handled by application identied as LB1 or LB2 (these are added as part of session id or cookie).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Re 3: load balancer monitors all it's members and disables them when they're unresponsive. You can also enable/disable nodes through web interface (`mod_status`, see &quot;Enabling Balancer Manager Support&quot;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the point 4, you can setup SSL enabled VirtualHost listening on port 443 that proxies all the trafic to balancer members port 80.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_proxy_balancer.html" />
  <row Id="41246" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23195" RevisionGUID="17120c06-01cd-429d-9675-edaa82c36f5c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:16:53.013" UserDisplayName="bugs" Text="We've got a terminal server that locks up frequently (well, explorer hangs, not a complete freeze; we can 'fix' it by restarting the print spooler service) due to a bad printer driver.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The event log doesn't seem to contain any useful information. Is there any easy way to identify the problem driver without uninstalling the lot and re-adding them one by one (there are a lot of drivers installed and as the problem is intermittent this would take forever)." />
  <row Id="41247" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23195" RevisionGUID="17120c06-01cd-429d-9675-edaa82c36f5c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:16:53.013" UserDisplayName="bugs" Text="Printer driver crashing terminal server" />
  <row Id="41248" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23195" RevisionGUID="17120c06-01cd-429d-9675-edaa82c36f5c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:16:53.013" UserDisplayName="bugs" Text="&lt;terminal-server&gt;&lt;printers&gt;" />
  <row Id="41249" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19228" RevisionGUID="e6e54826-48a6-4a30-96ce-53005ca6295d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:20:03.290" UserId="4935" Comment="fixed links" Text="&lt;p&gt;Have you considered [Google App Engine][1]? &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's free for sites with low bandwidth usage&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Minimal setup required, so it's easy to get started&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As you advance, you can move to using some of the [Django framework][2]'s functionality. Django is a popular platform for developing Python web apps &lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only caveat I can think of is that [some][3] of the lower level Python libraries are not supported, for security reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, [Eucalyptus][4] appears to be a portable solution to App Engine so you aren't tied in to Google's service should you want to migrate later. ([ref][5])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.google.com/appengine/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.djangoproject.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://code.google.com/appengine/kb/general.html#libraries&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://eucalyptus.cs.ucsb.edu/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://cloud.drawcode.com/tag/eucalyptus/" />
  <row Id="41250" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23196" RevisionGUID="780c839f-d1ee-4866-a621-fbd5036d4ff1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:23:55.560" UserDisplayName="chetan" Text="Working on  :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Squid +Squidgaurd +iptables and nice php based web user interface with sqlite+apache2 custom compiled.&#xD;&#xA;[As per test result on net_usagse_crowdy lab ]Hope its the very cheap solution for small N/W of 150 users , auth type transparent &amp; PAM .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yet to release screenshots , mail me at chetan.muneshwwar@gmail.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;regards&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;chetanM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="41251" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23197" RevisionGUID="b50248a2-01d0-407c-a211-82e7502d8c8d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:24:21.970" UserId="7936" Text="Our setup uses a homegrown script and [puppet][1] to roll out nearly 100% automated deployments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - netboot [grml][2]&#xD;&#xA; - if no interaction is taken a script will automatically run that installs debian (but ubuntu has the same toolset) thru debootstrap&#xD;&#xA; - Host will automatically reboot&#xD;&#xA; - Human interaction is needed on the puppetmaster (on purpose) to verify the SSL certificate for further configurations is fine&#xD;&#xA; - at most 15 minutes later a &quot;puppetrun&quot; is started since we have a cronjob checking that puppet is indeed running and starts configuring the node&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We considered FAI and preseeding but found that our existing scripts need just very little glue to do what we want so we used that, FAI might be an option in the future thou...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://grml.org" />
  <row Id="41252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23198" RevisionGUID="3c948e8f-6208-4191-87b3-29ffa519466f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:28:08.500" UserId="7461" Text="About the critics: there are still people around, that don't know DHCP with StaticIP via the&#xD;&#xA;MAC-Adress. They think, that DHCP = CHAOS, so you better tell em whats really in the bag.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also can recommend different IP-ranges, something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1-9 important Servers (static)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;10-99 misc. Servers (static)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;100-150 Sales &amp; Marketing (DHCP with MAC)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;151-200 Developers (DHCP with MAC)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;200-253 Tech.Stuff (DHCP with MAC)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another vote for DHCP is, that you can handle all IPs from one, central instance." />
  <row Id="41256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23200" RevisionGUID="658ae22a-02a1-488f-b498-a329dc6a839e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:29:35.873" UserId="45" Text="It sounds like the Windows printer spooler service uses 100% of the CPU. Verify this, searching for a `svchost.exe` process which utilizes a high percentage of CPU time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using the commandline tool &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     tasklist /svc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you should see in the last column which service uses this process ID.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can confirm that is one of the printer drivers creating the problem, I would try to update every printer driver to the last version." />
  <row Id="41259" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22419" RevisionGUID="6560da28-0dba-422e-a479-01502ad17fae" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:39:14.153" UserId="3698" Comment="added info about scutil" Text="I have installed, configured DNS server(local instance of Dnsmasq) which resolves to localhost as I want, all OK. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I go offline, it stops working, because OS X empty content of resolv.conf and ignore attempt to reflect changes in this file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea, how to configure DNS even when offline?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Similar issue(unresolved): http://blog.steamshift.com/geek/leopard-lookupd-and-local-web-development-sites&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: tried scutil command, but it seems you can change DNS if offline" />
  <row Id="41260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23202" RevisionGUID="0d01f1df-052b-46d1-a513-c0206fb32baa" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:40:45.680" UserId="8535" Text="We have just ordered a new webserver with 120 Gb solid state disk and a SATA disk. I am trying to plan ahead what sort of filesystem to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This system will be running Linux, Apache/Tomcat to host java services. The main service is a system where people can upload reasonably large files (in the order of 100 Mb, images, image stacks and video), which people will be able to annotate and which will be sent to a database server when annotation is complete.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thus far, I plan to put most of the utility programs of the operating system om the SSD and put the large media files there. The SATA disks will hold the less volitile data like apache, tomcat and the servlets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For filesystems I have considered going for the stable EXT3 because I hear that it is best supported. The downside seems to be that it not the ideal choice for large files. That is why I am leaning towards using XFS for the SSD and EXT3 for the SATA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My questions are:&#xD;&#xA;1) Does this sound like a reasonable setup?&#xD;&#xA;2) What filesystems would you recommend for the SSD and for the SATA?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41261" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23202" RevisionGUID="0d01f1df-052b-46d1-a513-c0206fb32baa" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:40:45.680" UserId="8535" Text="Filesystems for webserver with SATA and Solid State disk, " />
  <row Id="41262" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23202" RevisionGUID="0d01f1df-052b-46d1-a513-c0206fb32baa" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:40:45.680" UserId="8535" Text="&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;ssd&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;tomcat&gt;" />
  <row Id="41263" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23203" RevisionGUID="dfb3a494-1e0f-4edb-ae8c-1d8dfa18d54f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:41:11.390" UserId="7200" Text="Unfortunately, there isn't an easy way to tell which driver it is that's causing your spooler go nuts. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;splattne&lt;/em&gt; mentions looking for an errant &lt;em&gt;svchost.exe&lt;/em&gt;. The print spooler is &lt;em&gt;spoolsv.exe&lt;/em&gt;, though. If you see &lt;em&gt;spoolsv.exe&lt;/em&gt; sitting around consuming 100% CPU, then you probably have a printer driver going nuts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might get lucky, using Process Explorer and the &quot;Threads&quot; tab, catching it &quot;in the act&quot; and seeing what DLL the threads consuming the majority of CPU are running in. That's worth giving a shot, assuming you can &quot;catch it in the act&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To minimize the effort, though, instead of testing them &quot;one by one&quot;, you might do a binary search-- remove half of them and see if the problem goes away. If it doesn't, remove half of the remaining half, and so on, until you find the offending driver. " />
  <row Id="41264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23204" RevisionGUID="a6f97335-9cf4-42a8-8662-5f296d5abdda" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:43:48.030" UserDisplayName="Isaac" Text="If you have input on the next version of SharePoint's Wiki you should let Kevin Davis know, http://twitter.com/spwiki He has been seeking input for a while now, and if you're a heavy user, I'm sure you could provide some valuable insight. " />
  <row Id="41265" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23205" RevisionGUID="04028a6c-4d9d-4462-9daa-f05fdbe2aced" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:46:05.763" UserDisplayName="Adam" Text="Every day, I run 5 backups using 6 tapes. Each day, when I run the inventory, I get a tape alert Error. This occurs every day, on the same job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The error is:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Job 'Inventory Daily ************' has&#xD;&#xA;&gt; reported Multiple Tape Alerts on&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server '**********' Please refer to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; job log *********.xml for more&#xD;&#xA;&gt; information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When i look at the Job log, the Utility Job Information says:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The device has reported the following&#xD;&#xA;&gt; TapeAlert diagnostic information&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Information- The library has been&#xD;&#xA;&gt; manually turned offline and is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; unavailable for use. Robotic library&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for device: PV132T 500&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Warning - Library security has been&#xD;&#xA;&gt; compromised. Robotic Library for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; device: PV132T 500.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Critical - The library has detected a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; inconsistency in its inventory.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 1.Redo the library inventory to correct the inconsistency.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2. Restart the operation. Check the applications users manual or hardware&#xD;&#xA;&gt; users manual for specific instructions&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on redoing the library inventory.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Roboric Library for Device PV132T 500.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I run the same inventory for a second time, the job completes successfully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am using Symantec Backup Exec 12 running on Windows Server 2008. I am using a Dell Powervault 132T 500 tape drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If anyone can help me on how to resolve this problem, it would be very much appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41266" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23205" RevisionGUID="04028a6c-4d9d-4462-9daa-f05fdbe2aced" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:46:05.763" UserDisplayName="Adam" Text="Symantec Backup Exec 12 Tape Alert." />
  <row Id="41267" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23205" RevisionGUID="04028a6c-4d9d-4462-9daa-f05fdbe2aced" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:46:05.763" UserDisplayName="Adam" Text="&lt;symantec&gt;&lt;backupexec&gt;&lt;tape&gt;" />
  <row Id="41268" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23206" RevisionGUID="1d561287-e8e0-4415-a1ba-c037276a9e07" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:46:50.660" UserId="5778" Text="We use a domain desktop in a specially built cupboard (it was cheaper than the fancy tackle l0c0b0x has!!) from our local desk place. Domain PC means folk can just log in and run their ppt off their own desktop. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is attached via a wallplate to the ceiling mount projector. Have someone else install this. It is a pain in the backside, and not over expensive to outsource to the experts. Wallplate lets us switch out for external users' laptops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Network is via floorboxes, which all hit the same PoE switch. This can be patched to internal or &quot;training&quot; net depending on the room's use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Final touches - a clock at the back (essential!) and cheap whiteboards on 2 walls (for smaller presentations looking &quot;sideways&quot;)." />
  <row Id="41269" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16196" RevisionGUID="3aaa094d-0a97-4659-a3d5-5f543cd62125" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:47:04.060" UserId="45" Comment="added 656 characters in body" Text="You could try [**bmail**][1], a free, lean command line SMTP mail sender for Win32 platforms. With the also free available utility *mpack* you can use bmail to send mime attachments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usage and options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Usage: bmail [options]&#xD;&#xA;       -s    SMTP Server Name&#xD;&#xA;       -p    SMTP Port Number (optional, defaults to 25)&#xD;&#xA;       -t    To: Address&#xD;&#xA;       -f    From: Address&#xD;&#xA;       -b    Text Body of Message (optional)&#xD;&#xA;       -h    Generate Headers&#xD;&#xA;       -a    Subject (optional)&#xD;&#xA;       -m    Filename (optional) Use file as Body of Message&#xD;&#xA;       -c    Prefix above file with CR/LF to separate body from header&#xD;&#xA;       -d    Debug (Show all mail server communications)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another alternative is **cmdsendmail**, one of the &quot;[CommandLine Tools][2]&quot; (open source, [hosted on CodePlex.com][3]):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; cmdsendmail is a tool that allows to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; send e-Mail from your Command Line. It&#xD;&#xA;&gt; reads it’s settings from an Xml file,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; which means you can easily use it in a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Batch File. For example, include it in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; your Backup scripts (or any other&#xD;&#xA;&gt; scheduled task) and have the script&#xD;&#xA;&gt; send an e-Mail to you whenever the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; backup task is finished, with the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; neccessary Logfiles attached.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.beyondlogic.org/solutions/cmdlinemail/cmdlinemail.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.stum.de/cmdtools/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://cmdtools.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=27185" />
  <row Id="41270" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23207" RevisionGUID="98b9a79e-4c9a-4e1a-ba9c-1da8cdb2741b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:50:04.837" UserId="8331" Text="After reading you all, i noticed that the .htaccess file can be the way for me: only affect the files in the folder where it is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But my folders are dinamycally generated, i dont think that copy the .htaccess file or recreate it every time i create a new folder is a reliable way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As Dave said, the logical way should be storing the config text files outside the web-accessible folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But in every folder i have to store other files, images for examples, that must be web-accessible... and i still dont think that replicate the folders structure, in and out the web-root direvtory, is a reliable way as well. Therefore, i'll need to change even the apache configuration to include the config folder in the php allowed path.. this shouldnt be a problem, anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, if i dont have the *better*, i have to chose the *less worse* one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll use the multiple .htaccess files solution, for now, hoping to not regrets in future.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Every other solution is appreciate." />
  <row Id="41271" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23208" RevisionGUID="9b8d0775-af4e-473f-a5be-e1c495bb5a2c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:54:38.447" UserId="3431" Text="I know this is not for Windows, but I am going to answer anyways because I think that it would be really interesting in your setup to look at this aternative.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HAProxy][1] is an HTTP Proxy (and can proxy anything else but that will be on layer 4 and below). It doesn just about everything you want it to do. The documentation is not very pretty but if you actually take the time to read it, you will find it has all the info you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This runs on pretty much anything so you don't need to buy a big and expensive machine (unless you're doing a lot of SSL obviously).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://haproxy.1wt.eu/" />
  <row Id="41272" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23209" RevisionGUID="b708d163-8ea2-4020-b7c7-5aabf639630b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:55:46.510" UserId="3431" Text="You can also check the Grub menu, usually gives you a bunch of distro/version info :-)" />
  <row Id="41275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23211" RevisionGUID="b534424f-c9a2-4d48-bf7c-c792899acafb" CreationDate="2009-06-10T09:58:30.013" UserId="7760" Text="On Solaris, ZFS has a feature that enable it to use SSD as cache devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But on Linux, i think you should use at least ext4 because it has some nice allocate-on-flush feature. Then, i would put all the large media on the SATA drive which has faster throughput than SSD (which is good for accessing lots of smalls files / random IO).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, where's your RAID mirror ?" />
  <row Id="41276" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23212" RevisionGUID="f76d6374-2d0c-432a-83a5-0fd35df04add" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:01:15.360" UserId="7760" Text="NetApp provides block-level deduplication (ASIS). Do you know any filesystem (even FUSE-based) on Linux (or OpenSolaris, *BSD) that provides the same functionnality ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I'm not interested in false deduplication like hardlinks)." />
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  <row Id="41281" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23213" RevisionGUID="57901f9f-9cd3-4f13-a02e-f2eecdba3c49" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:02:15.013" UserId="3320" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="41282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23214" RevisionGUID="866fbd10-97c4-4fae-8052-93274c56c79f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:02:28.897" UserId="3431" Text="[DRBD][1] does just that and does it really well to ! Can do Master/Slave or Master/Master :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.drbd.org/" />
  <row Id="41283" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23215" RevisionGUID="2b68bb20-6ced-4ba8-99fb-b599144d64c0" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:02:30.567" UserId="2612" Text="Apparently this is really hard. The printer was bought to replace a twinax-connected printer, but the installer was struggling with two issues:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. How do you set the IP address, netmask and gateway for the IBM 4247-003 printer? Or how do you set it to DHCP?&#xD;&#xA; 2. How do you print out the network configuration on a test page?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this straight forward, assuming you know what you are doing, or are there some gotchas? Is there any way to test if the networking components are faulty?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;C'mon greybeard AS400 printer gurus, I'm grateful for any tips to pass on. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41284" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23215" RevisionGUID="2b68bb20-6ced-4ba8-99fb-b599144d64c0" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:02:30.567" UserId="2612" Text="How do I configure the IP address of an IBM 4247-003 printer?" />
  <row Id="41285" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23215" RevisionGUID="2b68bb20-6ced-4ba8-99fb-b599144d64c0" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:02:30.567" UserId="2612" Text="&lt;as400&gt;&lt;ibm&gt;&lt;printer&gt;" />
  <row Id="41286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23216" RevisionGUID="539918a6-fbc1-4c8f-8db8-0772cf30dd7b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:03:48.880" UserId="333" Text="From a drive's perspective there's no difference between writing data to a drive and formatting it. In general, many of the same physical sectors written to during a format will also be written often if you are using the filesystem heavily (&quot;FAT&quot; table, or equivalent, directory structures, etc.) For magnetic disks, I wouldn't worry about formatting as a possible contributory factor to drive failure. I've had experience with dozens of machines that have their main OS drives reformatted several times a day on overage over the course of 2+ years and show no signs of excess drive failure." />
  <row Id="41287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23217" RevisionGUID="081263b3-3261-446d-967b-4f0099e29931" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:07:17.703" UserId="5021" Text="Is it possible to run triggers on a MySQL read-only slave?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Meaning, the Master receives all the insert/update statements. Then passes them to the slave  via binary log. On the slave, is it possible to have triggers installed that will react to the binary logs, so that I could enable some reporting/BI capabilities?&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="41289" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23217" RevisionGUID="081263b3-3261-446d-967b-4f0099e29931" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:07:17.703" UserId="5021" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;" />
  <row Id="41290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23218" RevisionGUID="f5952165-8baa-4e4a-a7dd-d7f728c4a8b7" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:09:30.007" UserId="4925" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to stream live video from Windows machine (captured by TV tuner).&#xD;&#xA;Because bandwidth is limited on this machine it should be forwarded to FreeBSD machine in datacenter. I expect near 100-200 viewers watching simultaneously.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, the question is, what software recommended on windows site, and on FreeBSD machine?&#xD;&#xA;What pros and cons of different software?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="41291" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23218" RevisionGUID="f5952165-8baa-4e4a-a7dd-d7f728c4a8b7" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:09:30.007" UserId="4925" Text="Unicast video streaming on FreeBSD" />
  <row Id="41292" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23218" RevisionGUID="f5952165-8baa-4e4a-a7dd-d7f728c4a8b7" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:09:30.007" UserId="4925" Text="&lt;video&gt;&lt;broadcast&gt;" />
  <row Id="41293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23219" RevisionGUID="0c4216a1-4b6d-4c79-b04f-9237925ded7d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:10:18.243" UserId="4694" Text="they're all in **/usr/share/icons/**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The default theme for Gnome is Human. &#xD;&#xA;**/usr/share/icons/Human**" />
  <row Id="41294" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23200" RevisionGUID="610c35f7-15cd-417a-bb39-13d036c24c98" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:11:18.270" UserId="45" Comment="edited body" Text="It sounds like the Windows printer spooler service uses 100% of the CPU. Verify this, searching for a `spoolsv.exe` process which utilizes a high percentage of CPU time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using the commandline tool &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     tasklist /svc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you should see in the last column which service uses this process ID.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can confirm that is one of the printer drivers creating the problem, I would try to update every printer driver to the last version." />
  <row Id="41295" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23220" RevisionGUID="cf0e0218-a860-4ebf-85ca-0db946d8b846" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:16:30.197" UserId="8992" Text="I am trying to do a full backup of a drive on a Mac I have. The drive has 96GB of 100GB filled up. I have an external USB drive I want to backup to. On the external drive, no one file can be any larger than ~4GB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I create or find an already segmented and empty dmg that I can put on the external USB?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that I should be able to create a dmg and then segment, but with the available resources, it will have to be in one step. Curious how I might get to this point. I figured there must be some zipped up, large, segmented dmg parts somewhere that someone has already created... kind of like those large empty floppy images from back in the day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;Chenz" />
  <row Id="41296" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23220" RevisionGUID="cf0e0218-a860-4ebf-85ca-0db946d8b846" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:16:30.197" UserId="8992" Text="Mac OS X Leapord Segemented Backup" />
  <row Id="41297" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23220" RevisionGUID="cf0e0218-a860-4ebf-85ca-0db946d8b846" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:16:30.197" UserId="8992" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;image&gt;" />
  <row Id="41298" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23221" RevisionGUID="0f6bdaba-f350-49ca-8cd0-8113284ae3ad" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:17:42.643" UserId="4392" Text="For people who may be unfamiliar with data deduplication, it is a technique whereby data is analyzed at the file (or block, I suppose) level, and where identical files/blocks throughout the file system are replaced with a smaller token. This has the effect of greatly shrinking the effective size on disk. It could be considered a form of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy-on-write&quot;&gt;copy-on-write&lt;/a&gt;. Read the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_deduplication&quot;&gt;wiki page&lt;/a&gt; on it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is no filesystem that I have heard of in Linux to do dedup, file or block level. Such a beast would be handy, although pretty processor intensive. " />
  <row Id="41299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23222" RevisionGUID="51d4be1d-6394-4351-ab2b-8e30da28c4f9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:18:21.953" UserId="8991" Text="The problem is as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have 2 windows2003 server instances running on the cloud.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) How can I create a **local area networ**k from these 2 instances?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Assuming that I want to create a **VPN network** from these 2 instances, how do I do that?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I'm not very good in networking, therefor the above problem description might be incomplete or not very clear.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A detailed answer or clarification would be praised and appreciated!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I tried:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**1)** Setting up OpenVPN, but I got lost in the process. &lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**2)** Creating a VPN from windows2003 server in the following manner:&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;on instance **a):** &lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;set up a dhcp server;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;set up an &quot;accept income vpn&quot; connection; with the followin tcp ip settings: obtain an ip from the dhcp server;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;on instance **b):** &lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;created a new vpn connection, tried to connect to intance A, using the instance A static IP&#xD;&#xA;but error 806 was thrown, something relate to a **GRE** protocol.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41300" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23222" RevisionGUID="51d4be1d-6394-4351-ab2b-8e30da28c4f9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:18:21.953" UserId="8991" Text="VPN, LAN, Amazon EC2 instances , how to?" />
  <row Id="41301" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23222" RevisionGUID="51d4be1d-6394-4351-ab2b-8e30da28c4f9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:18:21.953" UserId="8991" Text="&lt;amazon&gt;&lt;amazon-ec2&gt;&lt;lan&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;openvpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="41302" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23200" RevisionGUID="79ce97c3-dad2-4a8d-a3e7-5ebe2b2960a7" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:20:08.580" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 126 characters in body; added 17 characters in body" Text="It sounds like the Windows printer spooler service uses 100% of the CPU. Verify this, searching for a `spoolsv.exe` process and see if the process utilizes a high percentage of CPU time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can confirm that is one of the printer drivers creating the problem, I would try to update every printer driver to the last version." />
  <row Id="41303" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23164" RevisionGUID="44124b27-c63a-4589-b29c-91f861770eee" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:20:16.240" UserId="4946" Comment="added 3 characters in body" Text="Measuring the life of a hard drive is like measuring the life of a light bulb.  &#xD;&#xA;Once you know how long it lives, it doesn't anymore ;-)" />
  <row Id="41304" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23223" RevisionGUID="a3044eda-c0fe-4958-aa13-2827656defec" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:21:13.960" UserId="8993" Text="The 'Rolls Royce' answer would be install the SQL Server 2005 Performance Dashboard, it's pretty comprehensive and works a treat:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Making the Most Out of the SQL Server 2005 Performance Dashboard][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sql-server-performance.com/articles/per/bm_performance_dashboard_2005_p1.aspx" />
  <row Id="41305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23224" RevisionGUID="2de8bf11-03f4-41a9-b2b3-661de4328ec8" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:21:42.027" UserId="7936" Text="First off how will forwarding to another host save bandwith, you will need to get all the traffic to the box in the datacenter anyway?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since it's a TV tuner I assume you want to stream a single source to multiple clients. VLC should be able to do that." />
  <row Id="41307" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="23220" RevisionGUID="406e7cec-0918-4d7c-b607-ad41eab68e9e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:26:11.830" UserId="45" Comment="edited tags; edited title; edited title" Text="Mac OS X Leopard Segmented Backup" />
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  <row Id="41309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23225" RevisionGUID="85b678cb-cd9e-4c52-9edc-fdb526591180" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:27:36.180" UserId="7073" Text="Try this company [SmallPC][1]&#xD;&#xA;Full power computers, very small packages.  Very well built as well, suitable for industrial use if needed.  Not all have the dual NICs but you can also do options for some of them. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.smallpc.com/" />
  <row Id="41310" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23226" RevisionGUID="f7a1fc15-3613-4f62-a2d6-87392fa4c87e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:28:28.580" UserId="1375" Text="For 1, you've already got a LAN between EC2 instances in the same &quot;availability zone&quot;, just use the IP address that starts with 10 to talk to one another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you *really* want to have a VPN between the two, then yeah, OpenVPN is the way to go IMO.  But then, I've never really played around with the built-in Windows VPN stuff, and I'm deeply familiar with OpenVPN." />
  <row Id="41311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23227" RevisionGUID="488c2d21-f56d-4542-add5-8611b8d7a164" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:28:45.537" UserId="1085" Text="There are tools you can use when starting a process which give you a summary of the memory usage once the process finishes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [memtime][1]&#xD;&#xA;- [tstime][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://freshmeat.net/projects/memtime/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://themes.freshmeat.net/projects/tstime" />
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  <row Id="41313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23229" RevisionGUID="1b5c10fd-683d-411c-8bbd-321b4437221c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T08:48:12.593" Text="&lt;p&gt;I get this error after finishing the Zend Installation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Server error!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The server encountered an internal&#xA;  error and was unable to complete your&#xA;  request. Either the server is&#xA;  overloaded or there was an error in a&#xA;  CGI script.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you think this is a server error,&#xA;  please contact the webmaster.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="41316" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23218" RevisionGUID="00dd0156-1291-4ef7-94ee-0af309d4f291" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:40:14.780" UserId="4925" Comment="clarification" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to broadcast one live video stream from Windows machine (captured by TV tuner) to many viewers in the Internet.&#xD;&#xA;Because bandwidth is limited on this machine it should be forwarded to FreeBSD machine in datacenter and than forwarded to final viewers. I expect near 100-200 viewers watching simultaneously.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, the question is, what software recommended on windows site, and on FreeBSD machine?&#xD;&#xA;What pros and cons of different software?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="41317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23230" RevisionGUID="2970991d-5132-4748-a369-297f87028e84" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:42:04.793" UserId="2792" Text="I apologize for the title of this question. I did not know how to summarize my question into the title.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway ......&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have here a old program that we call &quot;Who is where&quot; (its a translation from my language).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a program we use to show what employees are doing. It does not monitor them what they are doing at the moment. It just shows that they are at work, or in a meeting, or on vacation. &#xD;&#xA;Managing this program is difficult. We have to manually input the employee info. Like full name, phone and email. Same thing when an employee quits. Have to manually remove them. Then we have to rely on the employee to make changes when they go on vacation or what ever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my question is this.....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cant I have this on Outlook 2007 ? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I mean have like a public folder, or something, that all the users can see. And it automatically signs them in when they start up Outlook 2007. Sets them to Out of Office when they go on vacation or meetings. And maybe link it to Active Directory so that when I make a new users, and input all the information like phone and email, it will automatically show in that folder. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Someone told me I could do this with Tasks in Outlook 2007. But I have no idea on how to do that.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So any help would be very much appreciated." />
  <row Id="41318" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23230" RevisionGUID="2970991d-5132-4748-a369-297f87028e84" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:42:04.793" UserId="2792" Text="Best way to show employee info in Outlook 2007" />
  <row Id="41319" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23230" RevisionGUID="2970991d-5132-4748-a369-297f87028e84" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:42:04.793" UserId="2792" Text="&lt;outlook-2007&gt;&lt;task&gt;" />
  <row Id="41320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23231" RevisionGUID="0df76d78-54cf-44a1-947b-465c048395d3" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:45:53.177" UserDisplayName="chetan" Text="squid + black list  with linux as router with iptables is tha best solution &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Soon we bundling same with nice webuser interface .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23232" RevisionGUID="7c70ad5d-0ddd-42a4-85e8-c949ee1fa97e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:53:48.780" UserId="5091" Text="You have two possible ways of share a disc between a Windows machine and a Mac and use it to backup both machines:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Connect the disc to your Mac,&#xD;&#xA;    configure Time Machine. Then share&#xD;&#xA;    the disc through SAMBA so the&#xD;&#xA;    Windows machine can see it.&#xD;&#xA;    Practically every backup utility in&#xD;&#xA;    Windows can do backups using network&#xD;&#xA;    shares.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Connect the disc to your windows&#xD;&#xA;    machine and share the disc. From&#xD;&#xA;    your Mac you can mount the shared&#xD;&#xA;    disc and configure Time Machine to&#xD;&#xA;    use the network shared disc to do&#xD;&#xA;    the backups. You can find a simple&#xD;&#xA;    tutorial about this on the following&#xD;&#xA;    web:[http://hupio.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/osx-timemachine-and-sambawindows-share/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In both cases you need you two machines to be network connected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://hupio.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/osx-timemachine-and-sambawindows-share/" />
  <row Id="41322" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23233" RevisionGUID="057b1379-21c7-4a62-a437-fe13ef96033d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:54:35.283" UserId="5221" Text="(posted as an answer, as it got far too long to add as an additional comment to Avery Payne's answer)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if swap has been used during a peak period which has since passed you may find that most of the data in swap is also currently in RAM. If Linux reads pages back from swap in to RAM it doesn't immediately deallocate the swap space unless it needs it for more data, that way if it needs to swap the pages back out (and it knows that the data in them has not changed) it doesn't actually need to write the pages to disk as they are already there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See /proc/meminfo for details. On a little server of mine currently:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    olm:/proc# free -m&#xD;&#xA;                 total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached&#xD;&#xA;    Mem:          1487       1457         30          0         15       1094&#xD;&#xA;    -/+ buffers/cache:        347       1139&#xD;&#xA;    Swap:          980        112        868&#xD;&#xA;    olm:/proc# cat meminfo&#xD;&#xA;    MemTotal:      1523572 kB&#xD;&#xA;    MemFree:         30688 kB&#xD;&#xA;    Buffers:         15724 kB&#xD;&#xA;    Cached:        1120884 kB&#xD;&#xA;    SwapCached:      67868 kB&#xD;&#xA;    SwapTotal:     1004052 kB&#xD;&#xA;    SwapFree:       888928 kB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So here ~66Mb of the 112Mb of swap space allocated is also currently present in RAM. There is no point it removing that 66Mb from swap as there is no demand for the space for other uses (there is plenty of completely free swap space). If swap gets full those pages will be reallocated, if the pages change in RAM they will be marked as dirty and free to be reallocated, but if they need to be swapped back out the kernel can save itself a bunch of disk writes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I force the disk caches and buffers to be cleared with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sync; echo 3 &gt; /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the result stays the same:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    olm:/proc# free -m&#xD;&#xA;                 total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached&#xD;&#xA;    Mem:          1487       1278        209          0          0        979&#xD;&#xA;    -/+ buffers/cache:        298       1189&#xD;&#xA;    Swap:          980        112        868&#xD;&#xA;    olm:/proc# cat meminfo&#xD;&#xA;    MemTotal:      1523572 kB&#xD;&#xA;    MemFree:        212320 kB&#xD;&#xA;    Buffers:           652 kB&#xD;&#xA;    Cached:        1005732 kB&#xD;&#xA;    SwapCached:      67868 kB&#xD;&#xA;    SwapTotal:     1004052 kB&#xD;&#xA;    SwapFree:       888928 kB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The &quot;cached&quot; reading stayed high after asking for the disk caches to be cleared as this is counts memory allocated to VMWare VMs too because of the way that is allocated. The SwapCached reading didn't alter as there is no point copying the pages back into RAM just because the RAM is now free - they might never be needed before the RAM gets allocated for something else again so those reads would be wasted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The situation above is slightly different to yours in that this machine pretty much always has all its RAM allocated to something (VMs, other processes, I/O cache+buffers) but depending on your machine's load history since last boot it is not unlikely that a chunk of the pages in allocated space in your swap area are similarly also in RAM." />
  <row Id="41323" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16883" RevisionGUID="5a439120-550a-4894-8d8e-3b6fe19cb456" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:54:58.497" UserId="6246" Comment="typo" Text="When messing with MySQL's filesystem you have to stop the MySQL server. To avoid downtime on your live machine, use a backup/virtualised machine with the SAME VERSION of MySQL server. While the **BACKUP** MySQL server is stopped, copy the tables (I assume .FRM, .MYI etc?) into the filesystem in /var/lib/mysql/BACKUP\_DB (the BACKUP\_DB's corresponding directory). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Start the **BACKUP** MySQL server and ensure the data has loaded correctly using scripts or CLI. When verified, mysqldump the BACKUP\_DB database so it can be loaded into the live server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysqldump --extended-insert BACKUP_DB &gt; /root/sql/BACKUP_DB.sql&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You have now converted your raw backup data into SQL statements which can be loaded into MySQL without downtime (unlike the raw data). Move `BACKUP_DB.sql` to the live machine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Import `BACKUP_DB.sql` into your **LIVE** MySQL instance as a different database:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysql BACKUP_DB &lt; /root/sql/BACKUP_DB.sql&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should now have the backup database loaded into MySQL as BACKUP_DB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, dependent on INSERT IGNORE, or REPLACE INTO statements (are you overwriting old data or &quot;filling the blanks&quot; in your indexes?):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysqldump --no-create-db&#xD;&#xA;    --no-create-info --extended-insert --insert-ignore MERGE_SOURCE | mysql BACKUP_DB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, for REPLACE INTO action:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysqldump --no-create-db --no-create-info --extended-insert MERGE_SOURCE | sed 's/INSERT INTO/REPLACE INTO/g' | mysql BACKUP_DB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, instead of piping output back into MySQL, send to a file and review the SQL statements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysqldump --no-create-db --no-create-info --extended-insert --insert-ignore MERGE_SOURCE &gt; /root/sql/merge.sql&#xD;&#xA;    mysqldump --no-create-db --no-create-info --extended-insert MERGE_SOURCE | sed 's/INSERT INTO/REPLACE INTO/g' &gt; /root/sql/merge.sql&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, to avoid downtime, dump the first database over the second:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysqldump BACKUP_DB | mysql CURRENT_DB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could always lock the database first to prevent data being written to (for example) the z table with a foreign key in the a table (which has already been written over):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK;&#xD;&#xA;(perform dump as previous step)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    UNLOCK TABLES;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add the FLUSH command to the start of your dump .sql file and UNLOCK to the end.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be sure to quadruple check your DB names in this scenario! Ask any follow up question you're unsure of, as this is high risk data mashing stuff. Perform (and note in detail) the exact steps required on a dev server if possible, or virtualize your test, or create a small scale test. Just test. And, of course, take enough backups to cover every data loss eventuality. " />
  <row Id="41324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23234" RevisionGUID="679cb78c-c1ec-4042-b795-0ba495d732f5" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:56:00.943" UserId="8995" Text="Look at **OSSEC**, I use it to do file integrity checks on our servers, it's very complete and easy to configure. It can send mail notification, you can check alerts via command line or a web interface ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.ossec.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;taken from the website :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;OSSEC is an Open Source Host-based Intrusion Detection System. It performs log analysis, **file integrity checking**, policy monitoring, rootkit detection, real-time alerting and active response.&quot;" />
  <row Id="41325" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23235" RevisionGUID="67c763a1-4eef-4639-8107-3bae2e0ed1c9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:58:27.897" UserId="7774" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;it may seems silly, but I just realised... I am doing a check-up of all my ClearCase server logs on a weekly basis, using the ClearCase Log Browser.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I generally only look for errors, so I don't pay much attention to empty logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But maybe, the fact that the ClearCase Registry Backup log has been empty for the past 3 years is not a good sign ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is this log supposed to contain and what is a ClearCase registry backup in the first place ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   Thomas" />
  <row Id="41326" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23235" RevisionGUID="67c763a1-4eef-4639-8107-3bae2e0ed1c9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:58:27.897" UserId="7774" Text="My ClearCase Registry Backup log is empty, should I be worried ?" />
  <row Id="41327" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23235" RevisionGUID="67c763a1-4eef-4639-8107-3bae2e0ed1c9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:58:27.897" UserId="7774" Text="&lt;log-files&gt;&lt;application-server&gt;&lt;version-control&gt;&lt;administration&gt;&lt;ibm&gt;" />
  <row Id="41328" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="18583" RevisionGUID="b5aa3fe4-6622-4aa6-8e6d-32b049a54165" CreationDate="2009-06-10T10:59:35.523" UserId="7774" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;administration&gt;&lt;application-server&gt;&lt;ibm&gt;&lt;privileges&gt;&lt;version-control&gt;" />
  <row Id="41329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23236" RevisionGUID="e158d3eb-7621-4708-8e64-c412ba2b0305" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:00:16.317" UserId="3320" Text="How do I launch a process so that it would have a specific identifier in `ps` command?" />
  <row Id="41330" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23236" RevisionGUID="e158d3eb-7621-4708-8e64-c412ba2b0305" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:00:16.317" UserId="3320" Text="Giving a process a specific name in GNU/Linux?" />
  <row Id="41331" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23236" RevisionGUID="e158d3eb-7621-4708-8e64-c412ba2b0305" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:00:16.317" UserId="3320" Text="&lt;processes&gt;&lt;process&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="41332" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23237" RevisionGUID="460ec5bd-a52f-42d6-a6a6-4273114da3c0" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:03:14.720" UserId="6071" Text="What about using SMS or the new [System Center Configuration Manager][1]?  I can't afford to play with SCCM but from what I understand it is much easier to deploy / update software than SMS was.  It might be worth looking into anyways.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ultimately I think the best solution is to toss out the idea of 'patching' update and do a remove/re-install with each new update/version.  If you want to take the time to wrap the adobe installer as a MSI installer then you could deploy it using GPSI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/configurationmanager/en/us/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="41333" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23238" RevisionGUID="9280cdd8-3cbc-4e12-85a1-d491a04544ec" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:04:27.447" UserId="7033" Text="Let's say you have a web server where the htdocs and everything in it is owned by the apache daemon, wwwrun and it's group, www.  What's the best way to set up an external web editor such as Bluefish or Coda that logs in via ssh(sftp), and edit files while still keeping permissions intact?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best I've been able to figure out is logging into the box itself as myself and using sudo:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo -u wwwrun vi index.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously, I can't do that with Coda.  Maybe I'm going about it the wrong way?" />
  <row Id="41334" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23238" RevisionGUID="9280cdd8-3cbc-4e12-85a1-d491a04544ec" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:04:27.447" UserId="7033" Text="Editing as wwwrun" />
  <row Id="41335" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23238" RevisionGUID="9280cdd8-3cbc-4e12-85a1-d491a04544ec" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:04:27.447" UserId="7033" Text="&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="41336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23239" RevisionGUID="76d0f655-64c1-4372-bb8b-d0bce1bb0f0f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:04:58.523" UserId="48" Text="I take it from the fact you mention public folders, that you are using Exchange?&#xD;&#xA;If so you can use the free/busy features of Exchange to do this. It does have some problems, in that it will only show that a user is free or busy, not what they are busy doing. You can read more about it [here][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/FreeBusy-Folders-Exchange-Server-2003-Depth.html" />
  <row Id="41337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23240" RevisionGUID="3b9acbb0-c5d4-430e-b7da-308a831627e5" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:06:38.783" UserId="8995" Text="It's not strictly monitoring but you can use mysqlreport to have a good overview of how well your mysql server is performing and if it is properly configured.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://hackmysql.com/mysqlreport" />
  <row Id="41338" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23241" RevisionGUID="4ad2bb9a-203c-4e6b-b9b4-125d228a2f80" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:08:47.873" UserId="7342" Text="You could rename the binary you're going to run. You might get away just using a symlink to the binary. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you really want to change the name, the best way is to use a simple wrapper that sets argv and then execs the process you want to run. Don't have time to give you some example code now, but shout loudly in about 10 hours and I'll see what I can do." />
  <row Id="41341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23243" RevisionGUID="2514bec0-7325-455c-8fd0-172252155ea9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:11:15.373" UserId="7083" Text="This doesn't really belong on SO because it's generic, not a language specific question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The short answer is not easily. That is, it can't be done from within the functionality of your shell or procfs/sysfs. You will need to use an external utility to achieve it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a long description on how and why [here][1]. Beware it's pretty C-centric.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stupefydeveloper.blogspot.com/2008/10/linux-change-process-name.html" />
  <row Id="41342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23244" RevisionGUID="5924559f-6c64-4e1b-831f-27459344fe17" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:13:51.810" UserId="6071" Text="Creating a symlink should do the trick, however, it would be more helpful if we knew the disease and not the symptom.  What exactly are you trying to do? Because there may be a better way&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    gnuix@defiant)-(08:11pm-:-06/10)--&#xD;&#xA;    (~)./0012&#xD;&#xA;    my weird program name&#xD;&#xA;      PID TTY          TIME CMD&#xD;&#xA;     7805 pts/1    00:00:00 zsh&#xD;&#xA;    14020 pts/1    00:00:00 0012&#xD;&#xA;    14021 pts/1    00:00:00 ps&#xD;&#xA;    (gnuix@defiant)-(08:11pm-:-06/10)--&#xD;&#xA;    (~)ln -s 0012 weird&#xD;&#xA;    (gnuix@defiant)-(08:12pm-:-06/10)--&#xD;&#xA;    (~)./weird &#xD;&#xA;    my weird program name&#xD;&#xA;      PID TTY          TIME CMD&#xD;&#xA;     7805 pts/1    00:00:00 zsh&#xD;&#xA;    14046 pts/1    00:00:00 weird&#xD;&#xA;    14047 pts/1    00:00:00 ps&#xD;&#xA;    (gnuix@defiant)-(08:12pm-:-06/10)--&#xD;&#xA;    (~)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41343" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23245" RevisionGUID="1389c391-dd7c-46c1-8658-975b886241c3" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:14:39.860" UserId="7936" Text="Actually it depends on the database(s) that is running on the sever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I usually check for the&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - number of queries&#xD;&#xA;  - depending on database&#xD;&#xA; - indexes&#xD;&#xA; - slow query log&#xD;&#xA; - mysqlping&#xD;&#xA; - mysql connection from a remote host to a certain database&#xD;&#xA;  - check that it works from the right hosts&#xD;&#xA;  - check that it fails from the right hosts&#xD;&#xA; - select the current time to be sure it's correct&#xD;&#xA; - select for collations/encodings&#xD;&#xA; - connected users&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;on the framework side I'm using munin for everything that could give me metrics and nagios (soon to be [icinga][1]) for everything that gives me status information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.icinga.org" />
  <row Id="41344" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23246" RevisionGUID="163a15a4-4f7e-49dc-bc8a-2f136ca4f97f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:16:49.497" UserId="8849" Text="After raising a support incident with Microsoft, the problem is solved in a rather bizarre way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The user login in Active directory matched the name of an IPSEC Demand Dial interface I had set up which was disabled.  Enabling the demand dial interface resolved the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Probably a bug in the RRAS software but at least I have a work around for now" />
  <row Id="41345" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23247" RevisionGUID="f6b7e7b6-0470-4517-abb1-493e4c8234b2" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:17:34.223" UserId="8995" Text="You can use Xymon (hobbitmon)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Client runs on Unix &amp; Windows, it monitors a lot of metrics out-of-the-box and you can add custom checks &amp; metrics. It's easy to configure. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Homepage &amp; demo : http://www.xymon.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server/client rpms for RHEL5 : h**p://staff.telkomsa.net/packages/rhel5/xymon/i386/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows client : h**p://sourceforge.net/projects/bbwin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Sorry for bad links but I can post only one as I'm a new user ^^)" />
  <row Id="41346" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23248" RevisionGUID="99bf1a81-42d3-4397-9960-cdfeaba2cbd9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:18:43.377" UserId="8729" Text="A manual/homegrown approach may work:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Whenever a new update is available, throw it in a shared folder (can be scripted via FTP-Lookup to Adobe-Server I think)&#xD;&#xA;- At a user logon script, check that folder and drive the update, if a new file is there&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Greetz, GHad" />
  <row Id="41347" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23249" RevisionGUID="0f5d7ffa-e056-425f-8915-f9ab5f7c1318" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:22:22.027" UserId="8866" Text="What PC Cleanup Tools are you using?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any tools that have given you negative results (i.e. made the system worse)?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41348" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23249" RevisionGUID="0f5d7ffa-e056-425f-8915-f9ab5f7c1318" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:22:22.027" UserId="8866" Text="What PC Cleanup Tools do you use?" />
  <row Id="41349" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23249" RevisionGUID="0f5d7ffa-e056-425f-8915-f9ab5f7c1318" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:22:22.027" UserId="8866" Text="&lt;antivirus&gt;&lt;malware&gt;&lt;software&gt;&lt;spyware&gt;&lt;cleanup&gt;" />
  <row Id="41350" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23250" RevisionGUID="88e8e79f-07a6-4023-834e-d704c50784c1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:24:40.090" UserId="6071" Text="I would recommend [Server Axis][1] for a VPS.  Of course if your learning then simply setup something on your box at home.  If you are running [GNU/Linux][2] you can download a framework like [Django][3] that has a bult-in testing server you can play with or you can setup any http server ([Apache][4], [Cherokee][5], [Nginx][6] (Engine-X), etc) as long as it supports either wsgi interface (preferable IMHO) or mod_python.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.serveraxis.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gnu.org&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.djangoproject.com&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.apache.org&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.cherokee-project.com/media.html&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://nginx.net/" />
  <row Id="41351" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23250" RevisionGUID="88e8e79f-07a6-4023-834e-d704c50784c1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:24:40.090" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41352" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23251" RevisionGUID="85403b73-2372-4420-9fee-d806643009cf" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:25:29.760" UserId="8866" Text="What timeframe do you communicate to your customer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How long (total time) does it take to fully clean an infected PC?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How much time do you actually spend touching the machine?" />
  <row Id="41353" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23251" RevisionGUID="85403b73-2372-4420-9fee-d806643009cf" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:25:29.760" UserId="8866" Text="What is your average PC Cleanup timeframe?" />
  <row Id="41354" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23251" RevisionGUID="85403b73-2372-4420-9fee-d806643009cf" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:25:29.760" UserId="8866" Text="&lt;cleanup&gt;&lt;estimation&gt;&lt;resource-management&gt;&lt;customer-expectation&gt;" />
  <row Id="41355" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23252" RevisionGUID="c89ab771-33c9-43fc-ab3e-63de3ccca4c0" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:27:03.237" UserId="5086" Text="It looks like you need the IBM [InfoPrint Remote Printer Management Utility](http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psd1P4000641).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;The following features are available in this release:&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;- Device Discovery&#xD;&#xA;- Printer Organization&#xD;&#xA;- Printer Status Report&#xD;&#xA;- Printer Configuration&#xD;&#xA;- Firmware Updating&#xD;&#xA;- Remote Operator Panel Management  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23253" RevisionGUID="e54859c9-1c31-424e-bb00-f52b6b316b39" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:28:03.827" UserDisplayName="Miguel Coquet" Text=" - Adium (the beta 1.4.x supports IRC, so I ditched coloquy)&#xD;&#xA; - Transmit&#xD;&#xA; - VMWare Fusion &#xD;&#xA;  - ubuntu vm to mimic server setups for webdev&#xD;&#xA;  - windows xp vm (memory HOG!)&#xD;&#xA; - TextMate (only editor I can really work with. Use it for all my dev tasks)&#xD;&#xA; - macports&#xD;&#xA; - git&#xD;&#xA;  - gitX (Native UI for git) &#xD;&#xA; - svn&#xD;&#xA;  - Versions (Native UI for svn. Just won an Apple Design Award this WWDC)&#xD;&#xA; - Nambu (twitter osx native client. I hate AIR apps)&#xD;&#xA; - Firefox &#xD;&#xA; - Xcode&#xD;&#xA; - Perian (codec package)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41357" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23253" RevisionGUID="e54859c9-1c31-424e-bb00-f52b6b316b39" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:28:03.827" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41358" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23254" RevisionGUID="7fe82d8b-bbe1-4348-b87b-423dc630f287" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:29:03.340" UserId="4479" Text="Have you checked with Dell Support yet?  First thing may be to try and update the firmware of the drive and autoloader.  Secondly, is Windows using the Backup Exec Driver for the library and drive or Dell provided drivers?  You may try switching between those to see if that improves things." />
  <row Id="41359" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23236" RevisionGUID="b9a51440-2592-4fdd-82e8-23261b589f4c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:30:04.727" UserId="3320" Comment="added 309 characters in body" Text="How do I launch a process so that it would have a specific identifier in `ps` command?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPD**: I have a couple of servers running on one box. Most of them are in deployment mode. However one is in development. All servers are Pythonic and the disease is that all the servers are listed as `python` in `ps`, which makes it impossible to `killall` the one in development leaving others intact." />
  <row Id="41360" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23255" RevisionGUID="4b272045-73b5-4905-8663-965e3be52794" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:32:17.233" UserId="2231" Text="I'm assuming you're talking about Windows here, since you tagged this with antivirus, malware, spyware, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I use AVG Free, Avira Antivirus, ESET NOD32, Superantispyware, Malwarebytes AntiMalware, Spybot S&amp;D, and Lavasoft AdAwawre.  No negative effects with any of them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition, on new computers, I run PC Decrapifier, just to get rid of the bs that comes on new computers these days.  If this is at work, though, I will just reimage the computer completely." />
  <row Id="41361" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23256" RevisionGUID="706c5c84-17ec-4287-a5cb-4743177807c6" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:34:47.480" UserDisplayName="bugs" Text="msconfig is always a good start" />
  <row Id="41362" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23252" RevisionGUID="0c58e3ef-3604-48ba-8d4d-0093c956f826" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:34:53.983" UserId="5086" Comment="Windows only?" Text="It looks like you need the IBM [InfoPrint Remote Printer Management Utility](http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psd1P4000641).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;The following features are available in this release:&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;- Device Discovery&#xD;&#xA;- Printer Organization&#xD;&#xA;- Printer Status Report&#xD;&#xA;- Printer Configuration&#xD;&#xA;- Firmware Updating&#xD;&#xA;- Remote Operator Panel Management  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Just noticed th AS400 tag.  RPMU is for Windows, so this may not help." />
  <row Id="41363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23257" RevisionGUID="95f06245-44a4-4bf1-9dff-6b27c8ac07ce" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:35:21.830" UserId="4762" Text="If `www` group has write permissions add the user you're logging as to this group." />
  <row Id="41364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23258" RevisionGUID="b973d055-6095-4d73-9a66-db83193e9deb" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:36:09.800" UserId="8866" Text="Customer called saying their e-mail was bouncing from particular vendors.  Investigated it and identified they were listed on more than one RBL/CBL.  Restricted firewall to only allow traffic on port 25 from mail server.  Then requested removals from RBLs/CBLs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is two-fold:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) I cannot determine the original culprit for tripping the blacklisting.  I am looking for tool recommendations or process recommendations to identify root issue for resolution&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) What steps do you use to prevent black listing?" />
  <row Id="41365" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23258" RevisionGUID="b973d055-6095-4d73-9a66-db83193e9deb" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:36:09.800" UserId="8866" Text="Customer's IP Listed on RBL - What steps do you use to prevent black listing?" />
  <row Id="41366" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23258" RevisionGUID="b973d055-6095-4d73-9a66-db83193e9deb" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:36:09.800" UserId="8866" Text="&lt;rbl&gt;&lt;blacklist-prevention&gt;&lt;blacklist&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="41367" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23244" RevisionGUID="62e80907-ae75-490d-94bb-b8bca493d797" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:42:36.153" UserId="6071" Comment="added 691 characters in body" Text="Creating a symlink should do the trick, however, it would be more helpful if we knew the disease and not the symptom.  What exactly are you trying to do? Because there may be a better way&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    gnuix@defiant)-(08:11pm-:-06/10)--&#xD;&#xA;    (~)./0012&#xD;&#xA;    my weird program name&#xD;&#xA;      PID TTY          TIME CMD&#xD;&#xA;     7805 pts/1    00:00:00 zsh&#xD;&#xA;    14020 pts/1    00:00:00 0012&#xD;&#xA;    14021 pts/1    00:00:00 ps&#xD;&#xA;    (gnuix@defiant)-(08:11pm-:-06/10)--&#xD;&#xA;    (~)ln -s 0012 weird&#xD;&#xA;    (gnuix@defiant)-(08:12pm-:-06/10)--&#xD;&#xA;    (~)./weird &#xD;&#xA;    my weird program name&#xD;&#xA;      PID TTY          TIME CMD&#xD;&#xA;     7805 pts/1    00:00:00 zsh&#xD;&#xA;    14046 pts/1    00:00:00 weird&#xD;&#xA;    14047 pts/1    00:00:00 ps&#xD;&#xA;    (gnuix@defiant)-(08:12pm-:-06/10)--&#xD;&#xA;    (~)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:**&#xD;&#xA;Based on the extra information you could (I'm sure there is an easier way but its not comming to me at the moment) have your servers write out their PID to a file upon startup, then you could kill -9 | cat /var/run/devserver.pid&#xD;&#xA;but then that would be a programming question :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update again:**&#xD;&#xA;You could also do some shell trickery to get the PID of the servers when you launch them, off the top of my head you could create a shell function called startmyserver for example that would wrap the command you use to start your servers but also capture $! to a file based upon startup name -- then we are talking about shell scripting which is 'inbounds' @ ServerFault. :-)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23259" RevisionGUID="0e76abe5-4af8-4711-bfb4-6b205179ef18" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:44:29.613" UserId="7200" Text="To prevent being blacklisted in the future, allow only authorized SMTP servers on the Customer's network to send email (which, I believe, you've already done with the &quot;Restricted firewall...&quot; bit), be sure you're not an open relay, and encourage the Customer not to send unsolicited commercial emails that could be considered spam.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm guessing that the Customer got malicious software on a computer that was sending email, and since their computers all could source SMTP to the Internet the malware was able to deliver the emails it was generating.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd sniff traffic behind the firewall, bound for the firewall, looking for outbound SYN requests to the Internet on TCP port 25. That might find your culprit machine(s), assuming the malware hasn't figured out what you've done and &quot;gone silent&quot;. Wireshark or other sniffer software will do what you need there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This isn't really an email blacklisting problem, I'm guessing. It's a &quot;users are running as 'Administrator' and allowing malicious third parties to use their computers&quot; problem, I would guess, at the root." />
  <row Id="41369" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23260" RevisionGUID="eadbef74-81d7-4fab-ba4a-e77400a7fa2f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:48:39.860" UserId="7936" Text="&gt; I am looking for tool recommendations or process recommendations to identify root issue for resolution&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [https://amd.co.at/rbl][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A nasty, horrible, ugly interface but it works quite OK. It was written by [Michael Renner (former co-worker)][2] and another friend of mine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the finding ultimate reason: I couldn't come up with anything better than to check the logs. A central logserver is very helpful since you at least have a central place to check what happened&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; What steps do you use to prevent black listing?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be sure to have a **working double-opt-in/out** readily available. Also lot's of providers have spamtraps where some people will use this address to subscribe to your site and if your application doesn't have proper double-opt-in and you start sending them more than 1 or 2 emails you will be blacklisted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Standard stuff like only allowing senders thru **SMTP+TLS with username and password**, proper DNS (reverse DNS) and such should of course be configured.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also there are a couple of &quot;Whitelist Providers&quot; which will randomly audit you. Of course I forgot the links, we don't really use them since we decided the cost is too high for the service they provide&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://amd.co.at/rbl&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/users/5049/michael-renner" />
  <row Id="41370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23261" RevisionGUID="5b8d2fce-04ef-4822-af0a-29cb76ce0320" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:48:47.800" UserId="7200" Text="You don't clean up &quot;infected&quot; machines-- you level them and start over. Anything less is asking for the malicious software to come back, and a disservice to your Customer. It sounds fairly blunt, but malicious software is becoming quite advanced, and much has moved beyond the skill of the average PC technician to remove. Automated removal tools are in an &quot;arms race&quot; with the malicious software authors, and since the Internet lets malware authors &quot;release early and often&quot;, I tend to feel like they've got a leg-up in that arms race. (They don't need to go thru the same &quot;QA&quot; hoops, etc, that an anti-malware signature update goes thru. They can twiddle some bits to defeat signature analysis, recompile, and release.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't have problems with malicious software at my Customer sites. I don't allow users to run as 'Administrator' on their computers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When PCs do get damaged (typically because of hard disk drive failures), I restore the disk-images of the factory loads of my Customer's machines that I keep. I have software configured to install automatically when PCs join the Customer's domain. I don't allow users to store data on their local hard disk drives. PCs are interchangable parts and should be stateless." />
  <row Id="41371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23262" RevisionGUID="b2bdc2d3-4e85-4353-9620-90c39c26a28f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:50:06.023" UserId="7200" Text="When I have the unfortunate task of working on a malware-infested system that some user, usually running as 'Administrator', has allowed to get screwed up, I generally use a BartPE CD or thumbdrive to get whatever data I need off the system, and then I level the machine and start over." />
  <row Id="41372" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23263" RevisionGUID="872192a9-a3b0-43ec-953c-f651e1424b5a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:51:56.787" UserId="4011" Text="Hi, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to query lots of HP servers to determine their overall health. I don't want to use any packages, or even SNMP - I want to query the server health from WMI and understand if a box is Green/Amber/Red - just like the HP Management Home Page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This MUST be possible - but I can't find any documentation...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh yes, and the servers are running Windows Server 2003/8.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Help!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mike" />
  <row Id="41373" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23263" RevisionGUID="872192a9-a3b0-43ec-953c-f651e1424b5a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:51:56.787" UserId="4011" Text="HP Proliant Servers - WMI query for system health" />
  <row Id="41374" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23263" RevisionGUID="872192a9-a3b0-43ec-953c-f651e1424b5a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:51:56.787" UserId="4011" Text="&lt;hp&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;health&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="41375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23264" RevisionGUID="7f876d87-c515-4acf-a49c-da0561bb4c7a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:54:01.763" UserId="7200" Text="Without writing custom code, I don't think you're going to get the kind of &quot;presence&quot; information you're looking for with a stock Outlook 2007 installation. Microsoft's answer to &quot;presence&quot; is the &quot;Office Communications Server&quot; product, and though I can't tell you a lot about the feature set (because I haven't gotten interested enough in the product to play with it), I can only assume that Microsoft would be focusing their efforts toward doing the kind of things you're describing toward that platform.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An IM client with some integration into Outlook to do the kind of things you're talking about would be pretty neat. Outlook exposes a reasonably complete object model. It wouldn't be outside the realm of feasibility to have a coder take an open source IM client and tweak it up to use information provided by Outlook to augment the presence information the IM client provides natively." />
  <row Id="41376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23265" RevisionGUID="2eb4de9b-5178-46c4-8e6c-12683c8f95fa" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:54:17.677" UserId="1435" Text="Why not just get HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM), I know you don't want to use an packages but it's a seriously powerful, if overcomplex, system." />
  <row Id="41377" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23243" RevisionGUID="cc23fd1a-9c13-426c-9db4-0cb9c48ae038" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:55:50.577" UserId="7083" Comment="Update based on new information in question." Text="This doesn't really belong on SO because it's generic, not a language specific question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The short answer is not easily. That is, it can't be done from within the functionality of your shell or procfs/sysfs. You will need to use an external utility to achieve it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a long description on how and why [here][1]. Beware it's pretty C-centric.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They're python which changes the game. Without now being too SO, it would probably be easier to modify them to make use of [this][2] module or a similar approach.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stupefydeveloper.blogspot.com/2008/10/linux-change-process-name.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://code.google.com/p/procname/" />
  <row Id="41378" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23266" RevisionGUID="658b8de6-a727-4657-9632-8156000ffa9e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:57:01.793" UserId="9002" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On our Exchange 2003 server there is an account that is used as the sender address for thousands of automated emails. We can call it mail@company.com. Occasionally it sends an email to an invalid recipient. In some of the cases, the mail server on the recipient side will send a normal email back to mail@company.com saying that the address was invalid and that it was not delivered. We forward these mails to a third account, let's call that undelivered@company.com, from which we gather data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, in some cases, the mails sent to mail@company.com are Undeliverable Reports sent from postmaster. I presume this is when the server on the recipient side simply tells our exchange server that the mail was undeliverable, but didn't generate an email to send back to mail@company.com. When I open these undeliverable reports in Outlook, they don't seem to act as normal mails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We would like to autoforward these undeliverable reports to undelivered@company.com. Setting up an autoforward rule does not seem to work. Is it possible to set up autoforwarding of undeliverable reports from mail@company.com to undelivered@company.com?&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="41380" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23266" RevisionGUID="658b8de6-a727-4657-9632-8156000ffa9e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:57:01.793" UserId="9002" Text="&lt;exchange-2003&gt;&lt;autoforwarding&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="41381" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21929" RevisionGUID="fb5bfba0-761b-40a7-ae6b-6fea089166b4" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:57:03.027" UserId="8729" Comment="added 191 characters in body" Text="Usefull for batch/cmd processing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cd %0\..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;changes path including drive to the directory where the batch/cmd files is located, e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;when you have your bat/cmd is in z:\test and you open up a shortcut to the bat/cmd from your desktop, with the command inside your bat/cmd you can change the path to z:\test and go on from there&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Greetz,&#xD;&#xA;GHad&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: the command above only changes the path, not the drive! My fault... I tested it only on the same drive. The correct command for also changing the drive would be&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cd /d %0\..&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41382" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23267" RevisionGUID="b395af07-2aea-426a-9337-02f995441938" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:57:03.073" UserId="7936" Text="[Access Control Lists][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not quite as common in the *nix land but very useful. Takes away a lot of the &quot;smart group management&quot; problems and allows to define default. [getfacl][2] and [setfacl][3] are your friends. However take notive that with ext* you need to mount the the `acl` option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get access with any editor use sshfs (fuse filesystem) on the client side, it may be a bit sluggish depending on your connection but you will mostly deal with normal filesystem semantics.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_control_list&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://manpages.debian.net/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=getfacl&amp;apropos=0&amp;sektion=0&amp;manpath=Debian+5.0+lenny&amp;format=html&amp;locale=en&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://manpages.debian.net/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=setfacl&amp;apropos=0&amp;sektion=0&amp;manpath=Debian+5.0+lenny&amp;format=html&amp;locale=en" />
  <row Id="41383" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23268" RevisionGUID="6c190a71-6e72-4250-b17c-5933ad3878af" CreationDate="2009-06-10T11:59:00.950" UserId="4573" Text="Colubris AP by HP. You can also get A controller which once you plug in the AP's they get a default config.  The APs are dual radio and draft N as well as ABG. HP do lifetime* warranty too. By * I am not sure what the exact definition of lifetime warranty." />
  <row Id="41384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23269" RevisionGUID="13d3695f-00d8-4fbf-82de-538e7b9f7fc4" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:02:58.207" UserId="8888" Text="**CCleaner** is a good and simple  tool for PC cleanup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.ccleaner.com/" />
  <row Id="41385" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23091" RevisionGUID="f2c5d025-b048-4cc0-8a4e-e12159216051" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:03:50.357" UserId="4838" Comment="deleted 13 characters in body" Text="I've read mixed cases all over the place regarding the life of a typical hard drive, and if reformatting degrades the disk. If so, could you measure the life of the disk in a practical manner or explain how it can be damaged?" />
  <row Id="41386" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23270" RevisionGUID="081ec8db-e25f-4ab2-bfc4-53831f1a635c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:03:51.230" UserId="7783" Text="I have to agree with Evan. We don't let users save data on their local machines, we take note of any customisations for individual departments or even machines, and the time to &quot;clean up&quot; an infected machine is exactly the same as the time to build a new new machine for that department *and we know how long that a rebuild/new build takes*. In the event of *any* problem that can't be fixed simply and guaranteed fixed quicker than the rebuild time for that workstation then we just rebuild.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To be honest, virus infections are virtually unheard of on our LAN. I'm honestly struggling to remember any incident in the past 5 or 6 years that wasn't someone bringing in a virus from home on their memory stick that got blocked by their machine's virus scanner and got fixed by scanning their memory stick for them and telling them how to get free AV installed on their home computer. If you're constantly fighting infections that have got embedded into workstations then something is very wrong." />
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  <row Id="41389" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23272" RevisionGUID="9d8dd124-3aaf-494d-8888-3c83f77a9955" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:05:37.130" UserDisplayName="bugs" Text="dsa.msc - opens active directory users and computers" />
  <row Id="41390" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23272" RevisionGUID="9d8dd124-3aaf-494d-8888-3c83f77a9955" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:05:37.130" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23273" RevisionGUID="aef0ff21-4895-4330-aef7-0148877631fc" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:09:02.213" UserId="7017" Text="We are using shibboleth for authentication. Our shibboleth Service provider is running on a host that is running apache with reverse proxy configuration (mod_proxy). The applications using shibboleth are running in the backend, no SP is installed on these servers. We are getting all shibboleth headers on the backend servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I need the REMOTE_USER variable that is filled by shibboleth authentication on the proxy server to be available on the backend server. I&quot;ve managed to get the value into HTTP_REMOTE_USER and pass it on the the backend servers but i'm struggling to put this value into REMOTE_USER on the backend server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to know what the difference is between HTTP_REMOTE_USER and REMOTE_USER and how to manipulate REMOTE_USER from the apache config without doing actual authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41392" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23273" RevisionGUID="aef0ff21-4895-4330-aef7-0148877631fc" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:09:02.213" UserId="7017" Text="Apache proxy: passing on REMOTE_USER to backend server" />
  <row Id="41393" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23273" RevisionGUID="aef0ff21-4895-4330-aef7-0148877631fc" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:09:02.213" UserId="7017" Text="&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;reverse-proxy&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;environment-variables&gt;" />
  <row Id="41394" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23274" RevisionGUID="4453b355-520c-4ec3-89db-3eab42fb756b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:09:13.820" UserId="7461" Text="1. Offline Virusscan with WindowsPE or Knoppix&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Systemstart cleanup with [Autoruns][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sysinternals.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. or finally a fresh install&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41395" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23275" RevisionGUID="8112627d-674c-430b-a2a1-23989b10d6d8" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:10:33.383" UserId="7783" Text="Virus scanners? As discussed in the answer to your [similar][1] question, I don't worry about &quot;cleanup&quot; as such. Life's too short and both myself and our users are too busy. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Doesn't matter how good your local hospital emergency room is, it's always better not to need it in the first place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the virus scanners we use to *prevent* infection...&#xD;&#xA;We used to use F-Secure Antivirus and we've recently switched to Kaspersky AntiVirus for file scanning and the like on our LAN. These both can be centrally managed, updated, configured, etc. and that is just what we want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/23251/what-is-your-average-pc-cleanup-timeframe" />
  <row Id="41396" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23276" RevisionGUID="9d312b7e-b4ca-4c5a-9581-d89e5f7df612" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:10:40.293" UserId="2561" Text="Does anyone know how to get the write time of a Netbackup job from the command line or a log?  In the GUI, when I go to job details, it does tell me the write time.  However, with `bpdbjobs -all_columns` the 'elapsed' column shows how long the job took, but not the actual write time." />
  <row Id="41397" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23276" RevisionGUID="9d312b7e-b4ca-4c5a-9581-d89e5f7df612" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:10:40.293" UserId="2561" Text="How to get write time of a job with netbackup" />
  <row Id="41398" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23276" RevisionGUID="9d312b7e-b4ca-4c5a-9581-d89e5f7df612" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:10:40.293" UserId="2561" Text="&lt;netbackup&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="41399" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23277" RevisionGUID="71d77f47-5449-43bd-a3cf-9d8af0ad5cfb" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:11:15.863" UserId="7200" Text="Why assign a mailbox to the &quot;mail@company.com&quot; address at all? It sounds like you don't need it. You can assign that email address to a group (granting &quot;Send As&quot; permission on that group to the appropriate parties who should be sending email if need be) and put the &quot;undelivered@company.com&quot; recipient into the &quot;mail@compamy.com&quot; group. Then, emails delivered to &quot;mail@company.com&quot; will end up going to the &quot;undelivered@company.com&quot; recipient.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41400" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23248" RevisionGUID="9a639f19-7f7b-4417-9928-a6e308a80931" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:11:37.267" UserId="8729" Comment="added 218 characters in body" Text="A manual/homegrown approach may work:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Whenever a new update is available, throw it in a shared folder (can be scripted via FTP-Lookup to Adobe-Server I think)&#xD;&#xA;- At a user logon script, check that folder and drive the update, if a new file is there&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Greetz, GHad&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: I friend of mine recommended the site [http://wpkg.org/Adobe_Reader_9][1] for more information. I didn't read details though (no time), but wanted to share this link&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wpkg.org/Adobe_Reader_9" />
  <row Id="41401" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23112" RevisionGUID="7046d848-dc6b-4126-bb98-38597aab27db" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:13:50.200" UserId="6751" Comment="added 118 characters in body" Text="If you have one site that is more of a central or &quot;HQ&quot; site, you could build a hub-and-spoke network.  You could have some &quot;centralized&quot; servers reside in the HQ site, and use encrypted VPN connections from your satellite sites to connect back.  A company by the name of Vyatta makes some very slick gear that offers a ton of IP services capability at a low cost.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They offer routing, firewall, nat, ntp (time), DNS, DHCP, and secure encrypted VPN tunnelling solutions to name a few. If i was putting something like this together, i would definitely look at their solutions. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_topologies for a high-level explanation of network topologies." />
  <row Id="41402" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23236" RevisionGUID="2a1cbdd7-7abb-4c0a-88be-aa781aacaf1f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:16:46.333" UserId="3320" Comment="added 124 characters in body" Text="How do I launch a process so that it would have a specific identifier in `ps` command?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPD**: I have a couple of servers running on one box. Most of them are in deployment mode. However one is in development. All servers are Pythonic and the disease is that all the servers are listed as `python` in `ps`, which makes it impossible to `killall` the one in development leaving others intact.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPD**: As David and GNUix suggested I created symlinks to Python interpreter and bash scripts for each server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    " />
  <row Id="41403" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23278" RevisionGUID="bfd82c0d-50b9-4cea-b098-034d2ce64d99" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:21:58.203" UserId="7073" Text="Don't know what your budget is but you could look at the Microsoft Communications server, can't remember what they call it these days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway basicly everyone gets the IM client and that ties into exchange and you then use the status to show what people are doing, it ties into their Outlook calendar so if they are in a meeting it will show in a meeting and so on, away when idle for 5 minutes, stuff like that.  Much like MSN, but much more regulated and internal only.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41407" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23280" RevisionGUID="eb79ff0a-9850-4553-9c08-9aabdcc51fda" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:22:47.453" UserId="8995" Text="You can take a look at OSSEC, a complete open-source HIDS, it does log analysis &amp; can trigger actions or send mail on alerts. Alerts are trigered by a set of simple XML based rules, a lot of pre-defined ones for various log formats are included and you can add your own rules&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.ossec.net/" />
  <row Id="41408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23281" RevisionGUID="cad0ce4c-28d8-4904-aa7d-83399c26928f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:22:57.033" UserId="7453" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have to set up some shares on a windows server (2003), but I really don't like those default shares (C$, ADMIN$, IPC$). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I seem to remember that you shouldn't remove those shares,but when the sharing service is disabled they don't work anyway, so why should I leave them when the service is enabled ? Can I remove them without risking a reboot ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I always thought of them as a liability, so please correct me if I'm wrong." />
  <row Id="41409" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23281" RevisionGUID="cad0ce4c-28d8-4904-aa7d-83399c26928f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:22:57.033" UserId="7453" Text="Importance of default windows shares." />
  <row Id="41410" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23281" RevisionGUID="cad0ce4c-28d8-4904-aa7d-83399c26928f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:22:57.033" UserId="7453" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;sharedfolders&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;defaults&gt;" />
  <row Id="41411" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23282" RevisionGUID="b05d3b12-7f0f-4abe-9095-c7baf771bd27" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:24:21.293" UserId="4392" Text="It might also be worth your time to investigate an MPLS network. Most large providers can provide you with this service at a nominal fee above the normal price of the bandwidth. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Essentially, MPLS is point-to-cloud (diagram cloud, not magic-server-hosting-cloud), but you get your own private cloud. So suppose you have three offices, A, B, and C. Each of them have a, say, T1 to the MPLS cloud, and the provider itself routes traffic through the cloud to the destination, without ever touching the internet or anyone else's traffic. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The benefit of this is that you don't need to use VPNs on your MPLS links. They're inherently secure, since it's a private network already. Lots of people do run encryption on their links because they don't trust their provider, but that's something you have to judge and weigh the price versus how important your data is. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41412" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23283" RevisionGUID="515b0de3-709c-49e2-99c0-304afdf4ee0e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:24:38.500" UserId="1642" Text="CakePHP has a convention of putting files called &quot;empty&quot; in empty directories. I'm sure they have a reason, but it really bugs me. (Yeah, OCD, I know...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want a one-line linux shell command that will delete every file with the name &quot;empty&quot; in every descendent directory. (I suppose it would be useful to be able to specify wildcards for more general use too.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="41413" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23283" RevisionGUID="515b0de3-709c-49e2-99c0-304afdf4ee0e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:24:38.500" UserId="1642" Text="Remove all files by filename (Linux one-liner)" />
  <row Id="41414" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23283" RevisionGUID="515b0de3-709c-49e2-99c0-304afdf4ee0e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:24:38.500" UserId="1642" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;one-liner&gt;&lt;delete&gt;&lt;cakephp&gt;" />
  <row Id="41415" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23284" RevisionGUID="c098e9e0-36ac-46ab-b464-ffa66f8a0b1e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:25:02.010" UserId="9004" Text="Have you used, and would recommend, an alternative to RSA SecurID for two-factor authentication?" />
  <row Id="41416" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23284" RevisionGUID="c098e9e0-36ac-46ab-b464-ffa66f8a0b1e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:25:02.010" UserId="9004" Text="Alternatives to RSA SecurID ?" />
  <row Id="41417" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23284" RevisionGUID="c098e9e0-36ac-46ab-b464-ffa66f8a0b1e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:25:02.010" UserId="9004" Text="&lt;securid&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;" />
  <row Id="41418" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23285" RevisionGUID="31d720ed-070e-4b20-b8ce-4570faf02820" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:27:12.103" UserId="7453" Text="This might do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rm -f $(find /var/www -name empty -print)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Find recurses by default." />
  <row Id="41419" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23286" RevisionGUID="9e4c739d-8484-4e47-8a52-f91443ebacbd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:27:42.353" UserId="8558" Text="I'm trying to do a really simple task - setup a virtual directory in Windows Server 2008.  This is what I am doing but it's not working for some reason:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Open IIS 7&#xD;&#xA;* Create a new virtual directory in Default Web Site and point it to a folder on d:\ drive&#xD;&#xA;* Browse to folder on d:\ drive and create an .htm file with some test text in it&#xD;&#xA;* Open a browser and navigate to http://localhost/TestSite/index.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I get a 404 - what gives?" />
  <row Id="41420" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23286" RevisionGUID="9e4c739d-8484-4e47-8a52-f91443ebacbd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:27:42.353" UserId="8558" Text="Windows Server 2008 IIS" />
  <row Id="41421" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23286" RevisionGUID="9e4c739d-8484-4e47-8a52-f91443ebacbd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:27:42.353" UserId="8558" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;2008&gt;&lt;iis&gt;" />
  <row Id="41422" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23287" RevisionGUID="9218488a-713c-4656-afd1-e992644b6db2" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:27:51.573" UserId="1812" Text="At my office we use [Ruckus][1] gear. The thing I really like about the ruckus is the management box. It makes administrating/updating all of our APs all too easy.&#xD;&#xA;Colleague of mine does town/city wide wireless networks and uses [Aruba][2] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ruckuswireless.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.arubanetworks.com/index.en.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;::Edit:: I just re-read your question, you wanted something that is &quot;plug-n-play&quot; into your existing network. The Aruba is way over what you need, but the ruckus might work. " />
  <row Id="41423" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23288" RevisionGUID="bd12fdd4-897b-4cc9-b807-4cc3c32ded3a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:28:13.180" UserId="4392" Text="I think it would have to be variable, depending on the level of infection. You've got to be up front with the customer, and let them know that in some cases, all you can really do is copy off their important data and wipe the machine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In real world terms, it depends on how busy you are, too. Assuming you've only got one machine to focus on, it'll go faster than if you've got a gamut of machines. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the end, though, the real answer will be &quot;I don't know, how long does it take you?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW, in a corporate environment, Evan's answer was exactly right. Home users make things complicated. Stupid personal data ;-)" />
  <row Id="41424" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23289" RevisionGUID="4bbb3ecd-375d-4877-bd2d-88bba2328e03" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:28:37.640" UserId="8193" Text="Simplest is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;find . -name empty -type f -exec rm -f {} \;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;.&quot; starts at current directory, replace with a directory path if you want to execute it in another location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;-type f&quot; just makes sure it's a file." />
  <row Id="41425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23290" RevisionGUID="c2dc5163-13ec-47c3-9346-10c88c05d627" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:28:55.410" UserId="7453" Text="Did you set up correct permissions on the folder ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IUSR and/or IIS_IUSRS should have at least read permissions." />
  <row Id="41426" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="23213" RevisionGUID="7367a058-4b07-46ed-9a09-214da0d41cdd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:29:39.810" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="41428" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23291" RevisionGUID="319182f0-3dc5-461d-96b0-fdd89a935000" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:30:44.240" UserId="3256" Text="Stuffit [Link][1] apparently will span multiple drives - so I presume it will split the the archive into 4GB chunks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an aside is it not possible to create a partition on the external drive not using FAT32, to remove the 4GB limit?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://my.smithmicro.com/mac/stuffit/index.html" />
  <row Id="41433" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23293" RevisionGUID="d55ef823-66b2-4e8e-ad5c-3dbcb112deef" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:32:05.207" UserId="8199" Text="I agree that a system should be reloaded.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But to answer your question, I spend anywhere from 1-3 hours on a machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I install all the normal tools, spybot search and destroy, avg free, sysinternals autoruns, etc. Then I just plow through it till it's done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My recommendation is always to backup the data and reload." />
  <row Id="41434" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23294" RevisionGUID="3c369750-bbdf-4e2b-8509-347e25c70f43" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:32:31.323" UserId="5221" Text="A completely empty log suggetss that nothing has been happening, or that something has stopped the logging function from functioning (lack of disk space perhaps, but that would affect your other logs too).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As is has been seemingly not doing anything for some time, without apparent error I would suspect a configuration error - i.e. it has not ever been asked to perform that step. It could also mean that the function is no longer used in the version of the system that you have and the feature is now provided as part of another function.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have any sort of support agreement with the supplier of the software I suggest you contact them ASAP to check the issue. If part of your backup process is not functioning as expected then you should look into it with some urgency and they are more likely to have useful information/tests to hand than a public website." />
  <row Id="41435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23295" RevisionGUID="77f0f08d-5099-40bf-af78-20327cf77692" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:32:37.640" UserId="8729" Text="You're file index.htm may be index.htm.txt if extension hiding is enabled at your system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Greetz,&#xD;&#xA;GHad" />
  <row Id="41436" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="23102" RevisionGUID="d7acbe4e-2e33-463e-9bb1-fbc75fdec36a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:32:41.633" UserId="2600" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;architecture&gt;&lt;network-design&gt;" />
  <row Id="41437" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23296" RevisionGUID="8d06587b-defc-4741-be7e-8cf57f008611" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:33:50.993" UserId="3489" Text="I hate to say it, but using the HP SNMP tools is probably the best way to do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do believe that with the HP &quot;Systems Management Homepage&quot; is installed that the full health details should be available via WBEM, not sure about anything else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our HP kit all runs either Debian Linux or VMWare ESXi, SNMP for the former WBEM for the latter." />
  <row Id="41438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23297" RevisionGUID="a431ec8e-3854-4e4f-8259-1f3f2aa51ebe" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:34:24.147" UserId="2372" Text="To identify the root issue, check the customer's network IP block and be sure that there is an easily discovered abuse handle, registered by ARIN or regional network IP manager.   If you are the ISP, be certain that their network block leads to your abuse desk as the abuse contact and that the abuse mailbox is monitored for rapid response.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  The end result is that a spam infestation will eventually send spam to a spam-trap or someone such as SpamCop who reports to the abuse contact.  Based on this report, you have an IP address to be able to locate the infected machine.    This will be a 2-step process if the machine is behind a firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   A second common case is where the machine sending spam is a legitimate email server.  An email account is compromised by guessing a poor password (such as 'test', 'password', etc), or a keylogger on a computer used to retrieve the email.   For this case the spam may be stopped by changing the email account password.   It may be necessary for the end user to clean up all machines to prevent the new email password from being leaked by a keylogger.  For that case, the owner of the legitimate email server may need to inspect logs for more clues and to make sure that there are not more problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   Having an active abuse contact address will usually prevent blacklisting since you know about the problem when it starts.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41440" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23298" RevisionGUID="171e5c2b-d5db-4c55-b34b-8c40d2cb9067" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:38:11.523" UserId="8052" Text="A possible reason why cakePHP might do this is because some version control systems (e.g. Mercurial and Git) cannot track an empty directories.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41441" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23299" RevisionGUID="7a2fe043-8774-479e-ab1f-2c29b8358d00" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:38:25.207" UserId="8629" Text="With very few exceptions, I just reimage any affected PCs here at my workplace.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Frequent-flier&quot; users that have laptops and demand local admin rights on the laptop wind up with a slightly smaller HD partition that they expect-- because I put a ghost image of the known-good base system in the space they think they're missing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the few cases where I can't reimage the PC due to rather annoying proprietary software that doesn't play well with reimaging or multiple reinstalls, I'll spend up to four hours with regedit, spybot, and other various tools.   ( Beyond four hours, it's more cost effective to tell them to go buy another activation of the software for after I reimage the PC. )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This reimage-everything policy has had an unintended side effect here:   users think that I can fix Any Virus Problem Within Two Hours, and bring me their personal desktops/laptops from home.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41442" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23300" RevisionGUID="0719492a-82c7-4c22-a175-1de59b63b2e0" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:41:41.977" UserId="6071" Text="I know how to find what Domain Controller's have roles using the GUI tools in windows, now I'm trying to make sure I can do it from the command line.  Below is what I'm trying but its not working -- I believe I'm missing a port number.. but what is the default port number?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PS C:\Users\Administrator&gt; ntdsutil&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Windows\system32\ntdsutil.exe: roles&#xD;&#xA;    fsmo maintenance: connections&#xD;&#xA;    server connections: mydc.fqdn.dom&#xD;&#xA;    Error parsing Input - Invalid Syntax.&#xD;&#xA;    server connections:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm pretty sure the syntax is supposed to be&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PS C:\Users\Administrator&gt; ntdsutil&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Windows\system32\ntdsutil.exe: roles&#xD;&#xA;    fsmo maintenance: connections&#xD;&#xA;    server connections: mydc.fqdn.dom:port&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41443" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23300" RevisionGUID="0719492a-82c7-4c22-a175-1de59b63b2e0" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:41:41.977" UserId="6071" Text="NTDSUTIL and Operation Master roles questions (or what port is DC stuff replicated over)" />
  <row Id="41444" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23300" RevisionGUID="0719492a-82c7-4c22-a175-1de59b63b2e0" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:41:41.977" UserId="6071" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="41446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23301" RevisionGUID="0abb15e5-1182-4a1e-906f-cad29d99e327" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:43:32.803" UserId="4694" Text="Look at this microsoft article:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**[How to create and delete hidden or administrative shares on client computers][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314984&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;To delete a hidden share, follow these steps:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;In Control Panel, double-click **Administrative Tools**, and then double-click Computer Management.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Expand **Shared Folders**, and then click **Shares**.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;In the **Shared Folder** column, right-click the share that you want to delete, &lt;br&gt;click **Stop sharing**, and then click **OK**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;**Troubleshooting**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Test the functionality of your programs and services after you disable the default administrative shares. Some Windows services depend on the existence of these shares. " />
  <row Id="41447" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23302" RevisionGUID="d228b7cd-6ae8-460a-80e8-b1152f587d4d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:45:14.240" UserId="1803" Text="The only things I'm aware of it breaking are MS management software, like SMS and MOM.  Even the howto KB above only gives a &quot;microsoft recommends against&quot;, not terribly dire." />
  <row Id="41448" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23303" RevisionGUID="d9a59a8c-70d2-4056-8372-0c07a72d98b3" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:46:41.663" UserId="5392" Text="Did you get the address space allocated by ARIN or assigned by an upstream ISP?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the address space was allocated by ARIN, you should have given them two&#xD;&#xA;hostnames that will be handling reverse dns, although this is optional. ARIN&#xD;&#xA;will then delegate the .in-addr.arpa space to these nameservers. Possibly the&#xD;&#xA;nameservers you've given them were incorrect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can change them with the netmod form.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;https://www.arin.net/resources/templates/netmod.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you get the assignment from upstream you need to get them to delegate the&#xD;&#xA;.in-addr.arpa space to your nameservers.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23304" RevisionGUID="a465106c-fc76-4440-9866-668c7f3f8668" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:46:57.577" UserId="4700" Text="I use CCleaner." />
  <row Id="41450" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23305" RevisionGUID="32451d61-e82b-412a-b545-060fc9ad3076" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:47:03.613" UserId="8199" Text="Check out smart cards.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Users authenticate to the Windows AD. In use by the DOD&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a Microsoft planning guide.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=41314" />
  <row Id="41451" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23301" RevisionGUID="9ea8747b-1411-40b1-adf9-209f91f7f9b0" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:48:57.790" UserId="4694" Comment="deleted 4 characters in body" Text="Look at this microsoft article:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**[How to create and delete hidden or administrative shares on client computers][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314984&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;To delete a hidden share, follow these steps:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;In Control Panel, double-click **Administrative Tools**, and then double-click Computer Management.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Expand **Shared Folders**, and then click **Shares**.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;In the **Shared Folder** column, right-click the share that you want to delete, &lt;br&gt;click **Stop sharing**, and then click **OK**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;**Troubleshooting**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Test the functionality of your programs and services after you disable the default administrative shares. Some Windows services depend on the existence of these shares. " />
  <row Id="41452" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23281" RevisionGUID="90894e0c-b738-48b0-ba0b-a09898b7de3e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:50:15.450" UserId="808" Comment="Edit for formatting" Text="I have to set up some shares on a windows server (2003), but I really don't like those default shares (`C$`, `ADMIN$`, `IPC$`). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I seem to remember that you shouldn't remove those shares, but when the sharing service is disabled they don't work anyway, so why should I leave them when the service is enabled? Can I remove them without risking a reboot?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I always thought of them as a liability, so please correct me if I'm wrong.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41453" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22423" RevisionGUID="983bbc8d-d03b-4695-aa0b-077d14bf2962" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:50:56.323" UserId="8090" Comment="More information provided " Text="hello, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First you should draw network diagram - what connected to what and when and in general make an audit of network. Information for wired routers would be appreciated :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next - break problem into smaller problems: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Wired routers IP problem - maybe dhcp server is failling sometimes, the question is - if this service is provided by routers or there is specific dhcp server in the network. Maybe this problem could be solved (at least temporary) by using static ip addresses. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. How printers are connected in the network? What protocol is being used to access them (windows printer sharing, other?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Wi-fi is slower, but it depens how much it is slower for you. Could you give us models of wi-fi gear?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. To balance network wit T1 and 2DSLs is not very easy task. Some high availability network solutions require provider support. It's possible to setup rules such that some connections would take dsl, some - T1 routes if some uplink fails. (start here - http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Adv-Routing-HOWTO/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5. Monitoring - depending on the devices you have they should support snmp and you could use cacti, zabbix or similar software for monitoring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again - first step would be to have clear network information. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**some updates** from me also :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;looks like first you should connect DGS-1016D to T1(Cisco 1841) instead of wrt160n v2. Afaik Cisco 1841 can be setup to be dhcp server for your static network, so this would be the first thing to do. If you run wrt160n in bridged mode - then dhcp addresses will be setup for wireless clients also. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;wrt160n probably should be connected to Linksys (and do not forget to disable dhcp servers on it). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For wi-fi - network name should be the same, AP name - of course, different they could/should be working on different channels.The same situation as above - if it is bridged mode - dhcp addresses should be provided by Cisco, if not - by wi-fi routers, but please make sure that each of them are assigning addresses from different range. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;enjoy networking ;)&#xD;&#xA;m&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41454" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23306" RevisionGUID="eedabf9c-d1af-4d23-bb5e-f00b2344988d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:51:26.570" UserId="1525" Text="We had a similar problem with our Internet monitoring software, and it turned out that the XTE (session reliability) process had corrupted the WinSock library and/or the TCP/IP stack.  To repair the TCP/IP stack, run the command &quot;netsh winsock reset&quot; on the Citrix server and reboot." />
  <row Id="41455" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23307" RevisionGUID="0536d8a0-06b3-4afb-ad87-a9b8e89ddebb" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:51:31.580" UserId="4479" Text="[Great article][1] that lists several methods to get your FSMO details&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.petri.co.il/determining_fsmo_role_holders.htm" />
  <row Id="41456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23308" RevisionGUID="5a64f4bb-8310-41e5-b600-709bca31dc2f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:51:34.357" UserId="1962" Text="Try just **http://localhost/index.htm**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's say I created a folder: &lt;pre&gt;d:\Webs\TestSite&lt;/pre&gt; and put index.htm in that folder. Then I point the default web at that folder. I don't need to include &quot;\TestSite&quot; in the URL because that is the root folder of my web site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect this is the problem in your case." />
  <row Id="41457" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="23251" RevisionGUID="a4a80410-5da7-4088-b1f5-172acbab772e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:52:58.143" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="41458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23309" RevisionGUID="5deeb700-4a94-497f-b3c3-d0f7a94b0461" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:53:59.593" UserId="6071" Text="I have to manage a network where smartcards are in place.  They are an OK alternative -- Keep in mind however that you are now placing pieces of hardware that will fail and have driver issues at every single workstation in your organization.  You will also have to license software that will read the smartcard and a machine to create, update, and fix the smartcards. Its a real PITA.  I *really, really* wish the organization I worked for opted for SecureID instead. Users can lose a smartcard just as easy as a key-chain sized number generator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short -- I wouldn't recommend anything else for two-factor authentication.  SecureID is Solid and it works." />
  <row Id="41459" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23310" RevisionGUID="732a0b43-9d96-412a-a82b-73f683a156fe" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:54:31.903" UserId="5045" Text="Untangle seems to be the best to solve my problem. &#xD;&#xA;There are hardware requirements on the web site, but I wonder if there are some special hardware that will be better in a router mod ? Special NIC or MotherBoard ?" />
  <row Id="41460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23311" RevisionGUID="6330c910-0827-4df8-85fd-76f6bb3c3dae" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:57:45.830" UserId="8199" Text="I suppose if you're hardcore they are a liability. I find them useful and use C$/D$ every day. Since you'd need to be an administrator to connect to them, I don't see a reason for removing them. Roy has already linked the MS article to get rid of them. I believe it requires a reboot. If you needed to stop people from connecting to all shares while you waited to reboot you could stop the &quot;server&quot; service." />
  <row Id="41461" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23312" RevisionGUID="a573423a-6fb3-4713-ab49-5c4deab78a05" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:58:31.600" UserId="3762" Text="We had this a while ago with a number of clients, unfortunatly we did not find an easy way of determining the problem printer. So it was on a one printer at a time basis that we found the fix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What models of printer are you working with? mostly the same or a mixture? my first recommendation would be to check the inkjet or multifunction type printers first as their drivers tend to be bloated and often causes problems on terminal servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTH" />
  <row Id="41462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23313" RevisionGUID="75656c35-0cdc-469a-895c-81228cba25a7" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:59:55.047" UserId="9005" Text="We recently added a new server to our system with a 6 TB RAID array for file storage of completed audio and video projects.  We have traditionally been a Microsoft house, so I used Windows Server 2008 for the new machine.  When I went to make my first backup, I attached a little 4TB GTech box to use for the backup as we were only using about 2.5 TB on the server array at this point in time.  I was then going to take that offsite when the backup was complete.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this point I discovered that the Microsoft backup had changed drastically in Server 2008.  No longer can you select what files to backup, but instead you have to backup a full volume.  When I read up on it, I decided this was OK as it is supposed to be faster and makes a mountable virtual drive file as the result.  But then I discovered that because of limitations in Shadow copy, the new Microsoft software can only backup volumes of less than 2 TB !!!  I even used an MSDN incident to confirm this with them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried to shy away from third party backup apps as I have always believed that basic backup functionality should be built into the OS, and Microsoft has been been traditionally good about providing backwards compatibility to restore backups made from years ago on a newer system.  With third party tools you are always having to deal with renewal charges and version changes, and then if you decide to switch companies or the company folds, you have to worry about transitioning old backups, etc.  And tools such as RSync can take days to complete a full backup or restore when you are talking about terrabytes of files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I wanted to know the commuinty's thoughts on a few options I am considering understanding that budget is definitely a concern:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A) Trying to move the data off the system and repartition.  This is not ideal for the structure our data takes.  In the world of audio and video, 2TB is a starting place.  But it could be possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;B) Switch the server to a Debian Server box, but I am unsure which tools should be used for backup in that environment, and whether I might run into similar problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;C) Using a third party tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;D) Other thoughts?" />
  <row Id="41463" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23313" RevisionGUID="75656c35-0cdc-469a-895c-81228cba25a7" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:59:55.047" UserId="9005" Text="Large Microsoft Backup" />
  <row Id="41464" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23313" RevisionGUID="75656c35-0cdc-469a-895c-81228cba25a7" CreationDate="2009-06-10T12:59:55.047" UserId="9005" Text="&lt;microsoft&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;partition&gt;" />
  <row Id="41465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23314" RevisionGUID="a6f65609-0775-438e-909b-b310197b6e52" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:00:15.967" UserId="8934" Text="One SecurID challenger: Vasco / Digipass:&#xD;&#xA;[link text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vasco.com/" />
  <row Id="41466" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23315" RevisionGUID="da8ce5da-5ea4-4e22-a0a0-68132aea95bf" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:01:15.530" UserId="5234" Text="By default these shares can't be accessed anonymously, so a user needs to be already authenticated before they can potentially misuse them.  And if the bad guy is already in your network, I think you've bigger things to be worrying about than the default admin shares.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, aside from even windows services that may depend on them, as an administrator they can be *incredibly* useful. e.g. if you need to access to the C drive of a machine without having to remote into it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My instinct is to not mess with built-in functionality, as it may have ramifications far beyond what seems the obvious." />
  <row Id="41467" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23316" RevisionGUID="740461bd-3fc5-4c80-9d9e-f658e814fc23" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:04:28.160" UserId="5234" Text="Have you the Windows Removable Storage service enabled?  The recommendation is to stop and disable this when using Backup Exec." />
  <row Id="41468" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23317" RevisionGUID="80ec2bc9-8007-40df-ae4c-00988eb64592" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:04:51.110" UserId="8256" Text="i found out the hard way the exact same thing.&#xD;&#xA;for now to make the backup i am using another server on the domain with ntbackup to mount and backup the data for offsite redundancy. problem is that open files will get skipped and why shadow snapshot was a good idea.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;we are currently going to explore symantec backup (i think they bought veritas?) anyways, i loved veritas back in 2005 so i would like to keep something that is similar. plus didn't veritas write ntbackup in conjunction with ms?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;switching to linux flavour is not a bad idea but do you have the know how to admin it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;good luck.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23318" RevisionGUID="bbc1c591-95c4-48a8-bfda-b04b4943f1d8" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:05:28.037" UserId="1962" Text="Per [this article][1] from the Microsoft Knowledge Base:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **DriveLetter$**: This is a shared root partition or volume. Shared root partitions and volumes are displayed as the drive letter name appended with the dollar sign ($). For example, when drive letters C and D are shared, they are displayed as C$ and D$.&#xD;&#xA; - **ADMIN$**: This is a resource that is used during remote administration of a computer.&#xD;&#xA; - **IPC$**: This is a resource that shares the named pipes that you must have for communication between programs. This resource cannot be deleted.&#xD;&#xA; - **NETLOGON**: This is a resource that is used on domain controllers.&#xD;&#xA; - **SYSVOL**: This is a resource that is used on domain controllers.&#xD;&#xA; - **PRINT$**: This is a resource that is used during the remote administration of printers.&#xD;&#xA; - **FAX$**: This is a shared folder on a server that is used by fax clients during fax transmission.&#xD;&#xA;Note NETLOGON and SYSVOL are not hidden shares. Instead, these are special administrative shares&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can remove these shares live as per Roy's answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: Windows will automatically create the admin shares after a reboot. To prevent this behavior, use regedit to find the following key:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Create the following 2 DWORD registry values:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;AutoShareServer 0&#xD;&#xA;AutoShareWks 0&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954422" />
  <row Id="41470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23319" RevisionGUID="fe8c04fd-8814-4af9-ab53-7bfb12430724" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:06:42.107" UserId="8934" Text="I would separate system and data. Backup system with Windows Backup solution, and copy data through a robocopy. You won't be able to store more than one backup shortly, and in some time you will have to buy a new externall storage to store one full backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remind that this external storage should only be connected during the backup process and then been put as far as possible from the production data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From a Linux, using built-in tools, i would do a cp / or tar gzipped / or a dd if equal places. It won't help on what you are looking for (not using third party software)" />
  <row Id="41471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23320" RevisionGUID="d0fea136-9c4e-4592-9f7c-b6d62715fd31" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:08:24.757" UserDisplayName="Anmldrummer4god" Text="Spysweeper is by far the best malware cleanup tool I have come across.  I have been using it for years and I recommend it to all my personal clients.  I do a lot of sidework fixing machines for home users, and I've seen spysweeper do amazing things.  In addition to sweeps, spysweeper has active shields watching your system so if bad things try to get on there, spysweeper has a good shot at catching some things before they even get on the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Spysweeper by webroot does not come in a huge bulky suite of apps like the Norton's and Mcafee's that tend to take up a lot of system resources or annoy you with all kinds of popups asking you if you want to allow stuff.  Spysweeper is less heavy, and just does it's thing in the background unless it wants to tell you something bad is trying to happen.  It has only gotten better as time has gone on.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Blowing away a system and starting over is sometimes a good idea, however going forward you need a good tool to keep your system clean so that you don't end up blowing it away in a few months for the same reason.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have also come across Smart Defrag recently, it is an excellent free defrag tool that's more rebust than the built in windows defrag tool.  You can schedule defrags, and autodefrag can run in the background and defrag your system whenever it is idle.  I've actually started using it at work on my windows servers, do check it out it's a great tool" />
  <row Id="41472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23321" RevisionGUID="51e3b6a5-d553-4f47-9a98-803bebc3a4f1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:09:53.973" UserId="7936" Text="&gt; B) Switch the server to a Debian&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Server box, but I am unsure which&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tools should be used for backup in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that environment, and whether I might&#xD;&#xA;&gt; run into similar problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recommend against it. If you are proficient in Windows doing a &quot;quick hack&quot; to switch over isn't a solution that will make your customers or you happy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A debian backup solution would be to&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - create squashfs images (not too well tested)&#xD;&#xA; - use bacula (I consider it the best open source backup tool)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Baculas feature set is impressive, they have a native windows client support options if you need them for compliance and a couple of plugins to backup exchange/mysql(/oracle - not sure about that).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't mind setting up a new backup infrastructure give bacula a try, I think it's worth the effort if done with the right mindset (yes it will cause work, it's not a fire &amp; forget installation)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; C) Using a third party tool.&#xD;&#xA;D) Other thoughts?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't do windows normally but I remember that I read something about the changed backup utils that microsoft provides and that there is a windows 2000 style backup tool somewhere available from microsoft. Maybe that is enough of a pointer to find the right thing" />
  <row Id="41473" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23301" RevisionGUID="35edce4c-5dda-4038-bb37-ddc46573e05f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:13:40.443" UserId="4694" Comment="added 217 characters in body" Text="Look at this microsoft article:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**[How to create and delete hidden or administrative shares on client computers][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;To delete a hidden share, follow these steps:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;In Control Panel, double-click **Administrative Tools**, and then double-click Computer Management.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Expand **Shared Folders**, and then click **Shares**.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;In the **Shared Folder** column, right-click the share that you want to delete, &lt;br&gt;click **Stop sharing**, and then click **OK**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;**Troubleshooting**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Test the functionality of your programs and services after you disable the default administrative shares. Some Windows services depend on the existence of these shares. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: (Thanks Bork Blatt) &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;You need to edit registry to prevent shared drives from being re-created after you restart the computer.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[wiki][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314984&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_share" />
  <row Id="41474" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22943" RevisionGUID="7ebf116f-de6c-4cc5-976c-a163dcb1b68f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:14:25.560" UserId="4541" Comment="Clarification " Text="If you really want to drill down what is happening on you network, you could take a look at the many different Netflow based applications. They consist of a probe that collects data about each connection the machine makes (a flow) and and forwards ports, IPs, time, duration and all kinds of good data to a collector that can assimilate the data from many probes. Then you can analyze that data at your leisure. Since your are running freeBSD your can use pflowd as a probe, it just translates information PF naively generates. I have it setup at home and it has a very minimal footprint.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**&#xD;&#xA;Its worth noting that this is a fairly complicated solution to setup, and in retrospect I think it may be too detailed from what you need." />
  <row Id="41475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23322" RevisionGUID="d7be0c09-7aa7-4c0f-b85e-e567ea908e53" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:15:58.133" UserId="7723" Text="I had this issue a while back with a terminal server.  We found the cause to be a Nortel scanning/printing driver that had been installed on the server with VoIP software.  The easiest way is to go and find all the installed drivers on the server.  Go to Printers and Faxes, right click, server properties.  Go to drivers tab, and verify each one is compatible with your OS version.  Remember PCL5e over 6, and keep user drivers off of the server!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also give this a shot...Print Stress test from Citrix&#xD;&#xA;http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX109374&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23324" RevisionGUID="e5313871-56c1-421b-a023-0021ef71078e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:20:23.977" UserId="640" Text="Yesterday on of my users reported that when he logged in he got an error stating &quot;Windows cannot load the locally stored profile.&quot; He was able to log in to a blank profile, which we then configured for him to use. Today the exact same thing happened again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How to I permanently fix this problem? This is a local profile on Windows XP. Our domain controller is Windows Server 2003." />
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  <row Id="41483" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23328" RevisionGUID="c291e36a-818e-4aaa-b772-16b72ee10168" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:26:42.487" UserId="45" Text="Is the **name of the virtual directory** really &quot;TestSite&quot; or is only the name of the filesystem folder on d: &quot;TestSite&quot; and you gave the virtual directory a different name?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's very unlikely, but you could check this: is the file extension/mime type .htm allowed? Maybe somebody very restrictive removed it from the allowed extension from the default web? Try to put a .txt or a .html file in that directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="41485" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23329" RevisionGUID="3d2bc1c3-dc13-450e-948f-e7f472d70f10" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:26:53.983" UserId="7342" Text="There's very little reason not to use ext3. It works very well in pretty much every situation. You may want to turn on dirindex if you have a lot of files in the same directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a number of special filesystems that take advantage of the way SSD drives work, but these aren't really stable yet. Maybe in another year, but that doesn't really help you now." />
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  <row Id="41490" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23331" RevisionGUID="ef733e76-9fd7-4db5-8a5e-9889c555f288" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:30:57.987" UserId="3290" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;uac&gt;" />
  <row Id="41491" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23332" RevisionGUID="fc1e9753-8e90-4423-9501-e38a13f4808f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:33:35.253" UserId="1928" Text="Does anything show up in the Windows Event log for when the user logged out yesterday (after you restored his profile), or today (when he got the new profile)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does the machine have [UPHClean.exe][1] installed? UPHClean will help processes unhook from the registry on logoff, and add useful entries to the event log. These entries may help you troubleshoot what is causing the profile corruption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also try running chkdsk, it's possible data corruption is caused by a problem with the hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1B286E6D-8912-4E18-B570-42470E2F3582&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="41492" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23327" RevisionGUID="176500b2-66c8-4d9c-b800-1abccd886490" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:34:24.303" UserId="7936" Comment="added 130 characters in body" Text="Short Summary:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are multiple options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find . -name empty -type f -exec rm -f {} \;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will call `rm` once for every file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find . -name empty -type f -exec rm -f {} +&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will call `rm` only as often as necessary by constructing a command line that uses the maximum length possible&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find . -name empty -type f | xargs rm -f&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;same as above, you may (or rather will, as above - which was my approach) run into problems with filenames that contain characters that need quoting&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find -name empty -type f -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;is probably the best solution **Please Upvote Dan C's comment it's his solution**. It will as the earlier snippet call `rm` only as often as need by constructing a command line that uses the maximum lenght possible, the `-0` switch means that arguments to the `rm` command will be separated by `\0` so that escaping is done right in the shell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a side note about the comment to restrict by using `-type f` you can also restrict with `-size 0` (exactly 0 bytes) I can't verify if CakePHP really adheres to that convention but just about every project I know that uses placeholder files to check empty directories into the source repositories does that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also as Matt Simons points out adding a `-v` flag might be a nice option to see some progress, however do notice that this will definitely slow down the whole process. A better approach might be to follow the process by using `strace -p $pid_of_xargs` (add addtional options if you want to follow child processes, afaik that is possible)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another note i just found in the manpage:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find -name empty -type f -delete&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;after all find has all of that builtin :)" />
  <row Id="41494" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23334" RevisionGUID="eee2eb32-ebfc-4848-aaca-08ddb9b947bd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:36:17.887" UserId="385" Text="I look at it this way... I'm a former security architect and incident response team lead. I've been a developer and a directory services administrator and infrastructure architect. Maybe I'm paranoid, but I run with UAC. There are too many zero days, too many legitimate sites getting hit, and too many new vectors out there for me to feel that I'm safe. It's also why I run with AdBlock Plus and NoScript on Firefox. Yes, it's an extra pain, but not as much as getting a system compromised and having to spend the time rebuilding it and reloading the apps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know that UAC changes any programs, per se, but it will impact how someone uses it and remembers what they have to do. A better solution is to go ahead and toggle those apps which need the rights (such as Visual Studio 2005) to run as Administrator from the start. Yes, you'll get the prompt, but then you have UAC on and still have the rights you need.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23335" RevisionGUID="0c75cd55-b951-4d82-b618-2a08b02d045c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:36:44.767" UserId="4491" Text="Sorry about that - to allow untrusted providers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- edit c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\config\administration.config&#xD;&#xA;- edit the trustedProviders node to have the new key/value: allowUntrustedProviders=&quot;true&quot;. It should look like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   trustedProviders allowUntrustedProviders=&quot;true&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- save the file&#xD;&#xA;- iisreset&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe you will get warning messages in IIS Manager when you try to edit roles/users, but it should work. Also, Microsoft recommends against using untrusted providers due to security concerns. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41497" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23336" RevisionGUID="b11e8991-25e1-4a89-a59d-56d3ce77a618" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:38:45.140" UserId="7723" Text="I cannot comment yet but I wanted to expand Bork's post in regards to NETLOGON and SYSVOL shares.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Netlogon will be the default location AD pulls your login scripts from.&#xD;&#xA;Sysvol will hold group policies and your catalogs depending on the server role.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;@MatthewC&#xD;&#xA;If you compromise a machine, add another account, give it Admin access.  You can get full access to those network shares.  I used to do it to my roommates comp...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is SO easy to compromise a single machine its not funny." />
  <row Id="41498" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23337" RevisionGUID="abb2f680-d8a9-4e4e-a141-635b7f932d9d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:39:12.737" UserId="7783" Text="*How important is UAC for experienced users, particularly developers, who are not likely to do not-so-smart things like open executables in email attachments?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have to take issue with the idea that experienced users won't do /  are less likely to do dumb things. Plenty of admins and developers got tricked by the weekly outlook worm du jour a few years ago.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember, you can only be &quot;betrayed&quot; by someone you trust. I trust myself and I don't run with rights I don't need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure if disabling UAC after a while will impact programs compared to turning it off straight away, but there are issues with programs behaving in unpredictable ways with UAC turned off." />
  <row Id="41499" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23338" RevisionGUID="8a5a2f1b-f1ee-4a31-a2e3-819b30cea131" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:39:43.967" UserId="385" Text="It used to be recommended for these to be disabled, but too many products which we use to manage environments like SMS/SCCM use them. For instance, some patch-management products deploy using the admin shares. So we leave them on. The key is to ensure that only the valid people who should have administrative rights to the system have it. Because otherwise, someone could come in and re-activate them (yes, I'm aware that you can force the settings back down via GPO, but there are ways of preventing GPO from working or affecting those settings).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41500" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23339" RevisionGUID="48ea1635-0f3c-4eff-bb59-0e0e7fd258f4" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:40:49.130" UserId="385" Text="We're looking at smart cards as well. RSA SecurID is not currently supported with Windows 2008 Active Directory. It's on their list of things to do, but... yeah.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23340" RevisionGUID="45a2cfe8-cf0d-4a2f-8380-642d15c17c88" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:41:24.480" UserId="5563" Text="We are a web development organization and have recently moved to using subversion for our version control system. Since executing an update is so much faster than doing an export and copying over the files, the developers want to be able to have the production server be a working copy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only concern I have with this is all of the .svn files littered across the system, and the fact that some enterprisey individual could, potentially, read the contents of the files in there, possibly giving them information we would rather they did not have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the best/easiest way to prevent IIS from serving up any content from within those .svn directories?" />
  <row Id="41502" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23340" RevisionGUID="45a2cfe8-cf0d-4a2f-8380-642d15c17c88" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:41:24.480" UserId="5563" Text="Ignoring .svn directories under IIS" />
  <row Id="41503" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23340" RevisionGUID="45a2cfe8-cf0d-4a2f-8380-642d15c17c88" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:41:24.480" UserId="5563" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;svn&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="41504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23341" RevisionGUID="1c11d27c-78d5-4345-88fa-7b7b844119f0" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:44:30.407" UserId="8729" Text="Best practice would be an automatic deployment system that exports and publishes after a SVN update is made. Consider Hudson for example. There are few more, but as we do not need one, I'm not very well informed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Greetz,&#xD;&#xA;GHad" />
  <row Id="41505" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23249" RevisionGUID="48e8a5da-07f3-4f68-898a-ae5cde02786a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:44:31.653" UserId="1803" Comment="differentiated from existing question" Text="As there's already a wiki regarding cleanup tools, are there any tools that have given you negative results (i.e. made the system worse)?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41506" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="23249" RevisionGUID="48e8a5da-07f3-4f68-898a-ae5cde02786a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:44:31.653" UserId="1803" Comment="differentiated from existing question" Text="Bad results from malware cleanup tools?" />
  <row Id="41507" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23342" RevisionGUID="6c1a933b-dd70-4ea7-8511-55bf1bd663f4" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:45:42.587" UserId="9009" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I created an entry in crontab to execute a job at midnight as e.g user A.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the morning, I find there were no result of the script, checking the /var/cron/log, I find that during that hour (same time) only a script user root was executed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Questions: a) Can we set multiple jobs in cron to execute the same time. b) If no? Does this mean user root cron has precedence over any other user to execute the cron job?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;here is what they look like. &#xD;&#xA;root$ crontab -l 05 00 10 * * /opt/sdf/sbin/somescriptA.sh&gt; /dev/null 2&gt;&amp;1 #Test &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;userA$crontab -l 05 00 10 * * /opt/sdf/sbin/somescriptB.sh&gt; /dev/null 2&gt;&amp;1 #Test" />
  <row Id="41508" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23342" RevisionGUID="6c1a933b-dd70-4ea7-8511-55bf1bd663f4" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:45:42.587" UserId="9009" Text="Unix Cron : Can we set cron jobs to run at the same time" />
  <row Id="41509" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23342" RevisionGUID="6c1a933b-dd70-4ea7-8511-55bf1bd663f4" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:45:42.587" UserId="9009" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;bash&gt;&lt;crontab&gt;" />
  <row Id="41510" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23343" RevisionGUID="ec66e10d-fe22-4776-8a3f-78823703e666" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:47:21.070" UserId="9008" Text="Scenario:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Two or more Bugzilla instances&#xD;&#xA; * Want to migrate to one big central instance&#xD;&#xA; * Bug numbers clash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's the best practice for migrating all the bug records into the new instance? Is it a sufficiently common thing to want to do, that someone's made it easy?" />
  <row Id="41511" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23343" RevisionGUID="ec66e10d-fe22-4776-8a3f-78823703e666" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:47:21.070" UserId="9008" Text="Consolidating Bugzilla instances" />
  <row Id="41512" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23343" RevisionGUID="ec66e10d-fe22-4776-8a3f-78823703e666" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:47:21.070" UserId="9008" Text="&lt;bugzilla&gt;&lt;consolidation&gt;" />
  <row Id="41513" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23344" RevisionGUID="61c57297-56c9-4573-92a7-c51184e8014f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:49:31.003" UserId="7622" Text="Users should be able to run cron jobs simultaneously with no problem.  Have you confirmed that user A is permitted to use cron (try checking /etc/cron.allow and /etc/cron.deny).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41514" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23345" RevisionGUID="866a0a37-1212-4f92-84a0-f257bbee1f68" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:53:33.943" UserId="9008" Text="A typical &quot;quick&quot; format on a typical filesystem isn't a big deal - it only writes a few blocks." />
  <row Id="41515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23346" RevisionGUID="cda517cd-3cd3-41a5-b945-fd52936bad76" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:53:40.637" UserId="8199" Text="As a developer, if you code for UAC to be in place then your code will work on everything. I'm in an environment where security is of great concern and we can't buy a product that doesn't play nice with UAC." />
  <row Id="41516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23347" RevisionGUID="dbe9ea46-3818-41f3-9f0c-2a3b39170fb9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:55:19.963" UserId="1041" Text="I would take the /dev/null redirect off of the job and have cron email you the output of the file.  It could be the script has a problem (maybe assuming an environment variable that doesn't exist when running through cron)." />
  <row Id="41517" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23348" RevisionGUID="1a2e0b7e-30cb-4a78-b7df-e86bfe6f2832" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:55:23.083" UserId="9005" Text="Has anybody tried or used Eeye's Blink?  How do you feel about it compared to something like Symantec Endpoint?" />
  <row Id="41518" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23348" RevisionGUID="1a2e0b7e-30cb-4a78-b7df-e86bfe6f2832" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:55:23.083" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41519" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23349" RevisionGUID="13c4ccc8-6abe-4cc7-bf9f-4cc46faaa7bd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:55:23.660" UserId="8743" Text="I try to follow religeously [planet sysadmin][1] as well as [IBM developerworks][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which ones do you read and advise to other sysadmins ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://planetsysadmin.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/" />
  <row Id="41520" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23349" RevisionGUID="13c4ccc8-6abe-4cc7-bf9f-4cc46faaa7bd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:55:23.660" UserId="8743" Text="Which websites should a sys admin read ?" />
  <row Id="41521" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23349" RevisionGUID="13c4ccc8-6abe-4cc7-bf9f-4cc46faaa7bd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:55:23.660" UserId="8743" Text="&lt;subjective&gt;&lt;web&gt;" />
  <row Id="41522" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23350" RevisionGUID="c5eb385c-5cf6-440e-8852-0b01c10f7f58" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:56:09.773" UserId="1463" Text="Run as a normal user, as always - and use parts of UAC to easily change to a higher-privileged user when needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This shouldn't be any different than in NT4-XP running as a normal user and using runas to change to an admin when needed - only that UAC makes this a lot easier and trouble-free...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't see why you'd run any corporate desktop as an admin by default and using UAC to try and push down the privileges, prompting for elevation - this part of UAC seems like a consumer flirt trying to do something about those consumers always running as an admin without a clue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But sure, if your corporate policy demands that they run as administrators for some reason - having UAC on won't hurt, in fact it will help in the same way as with consumers... so it would be best left on in any case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Testing applications as normal users is something I just figured is always done regardless since NT4..." />
  <row Id="41523" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22984" RevisionGUID="a0011b4d-fb03-4585-8d51-fd577ddeced4" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:57:12.657" UserId="3312" Comment="added 620 characters in body; added 138 characters in body; added 33 characters in body" Text="For a project at work, I need to be able to test various Ethernet NICs by connecting them to a &quot;loopback adapter plug&quot;, like [this one][1] on various embedded Linux boxen that come off a production assembly line.  I'd like to be able to setup two different IP addresses (AddressA and AddressB) on one Ethernet interface, and then run a ping from AddressA to AddressB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Ex:  ping -I AddressA AddressB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this even possible?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, is there a test available that would test the Ethernet interface solely on a L2 / MAC address level using the loopback plug?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/software/nog/nog-interfaces/html/fe-ge-loopback25.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE:**  Added comments about why I'm testing the boxes in the above comments.  I'll have to try out some of these ideas this weekend to see what happens.  Maybe make my own &quot;loopback adapter plug&quot; using a keystone jack + some wires from a hardware store, and try to see if I can peek at the signals using an oscilloscope or logic analyser to ensure that signals are actually hitting the wire.  Since this seems to be harder than expected, our team at work made the decision to test the Linux boxen ethernet ports by picking up a small home NAT router and then pinging the router, and putting that in the hardware test fixtures.  Still, I'm intrigued by the technical aspects of this and want to experiment on this subject on my own." />
  <row Id="41524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23351" RevisionGUID="fc5652e9-f0b2-4fcd-9e67-90a467901d99" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:57:46.930" UserId="640" Text="The event log showed that Windows was unable to open the registry for that user. I tried using the &quot;Copy To&quot; function from the profile list, and it failed (CRC error). I simply renamed the profile's folder and started from scratch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The real trick is that when this happens, Windows logs you in to a temporary profile, and then tries to load your broken profile next time. When that fails, it creates a new temp profile. Lovely. Best of all, the error messages appear on the screen for just a few seconds, so you don't get much of a chance to read any of this." />
  <row Id="41525" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23352" RevisionGUID="f2300751-5951-4ea3-a30a-c52d4b0d2192" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:58:49.487" UserId="385" Text="If we're talking a corporate system, time is money. I have generally found that running clean-up tools takes longer than it would to re-image the system. Also, you can never quite be sure if you got rid of everything, which is not good in a corporate environment. From a security perspective, blowing the system away and re-installing it is really the only good option. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With that said, and to your question, I have seen the Symantec tools have an issue with Spybot (this has been well reported) and I consider that obviously an issue. I have seen folks running the scans not understanding the results and doing things detrimental to the system (like making the changes to the registry that shouldn't be made) but generally the more commonly recommended tools have been rock-solid for me (Spybot S&amp;D, LavaSoft AdAware, etc.). I steer clear from the others without a proven reputation because there are plenty of horror stories out there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23354" RevisionGUID="7c23eb7b-2e1b-41d9-bf4e-2a4464316777" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:59:59.923" UserId="5535" Text="This is a relatively new startup company but I think their product is one of the most interesting out there for 2 factor authorization.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.yubico.com/products/yubikey/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- It's smaller than the SecurID key fob.&#xD;&#xA;- Has no batteries.&#xD;&#xA;- Doesn't rely on a user to read and retype a number.&#xD;&#xA;- Doesn't require any drivers on the computers." />
  <row Id="41529" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23355" RevisionGUID="f3d5a384-200a-4f5c-99a1-05d0e2fb45c3" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:01:41.337" UserId="7723" Text="In a corporate environment, setup an automated package installer, like WPKG, in combination with a cloning system, Clonezilla, or unattended installer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Backup data, format, reinstall, setup user profile with backed up data.&#xD;&#xA;Much much much faster than figuring out what every little virus is(i always seemed to get unremovable items, there are some nasty new viruses that our people always seem to get, damn porn sites/stupid users wont stick to redtube!)" />
  <row Id="41530" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23356" RevisionGUID="faf76cf8-c5eb-41b6-9a25-f710985f181a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:01:44.537" UserId="3550" Text="Under XP, 2003, etc if you happened to click on the Shutdown command it would ask for confirmation.  Vista doesn't do this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Considering the stupid number of ways to shutdown the computer on the menu, I've found that every so often I accidentally click on the wrong one.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anyway to turn on a confirmation box?" />
  <row Id="41531" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23356" RevisionGUID="faf76cf8-c5eb-41b6-9a25-f710985f181a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:01:44.537" UserId="3550" Text="How can I enable a confirmation box for vista shutdown?" />
  <row Id="41532" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23356" RevisionGUID="faf76cf8-c5eb-41b6-9a25-f710985f181a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:01:44.537" UserId="3550" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;shutdown&gt;" />
  <row Id="41533" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23357" RevisionGUID="71cdc238-d384-41f1-a438-5dba2bad5049" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:02:38.950" UserId="5045" Text="Of course [this site][1] !!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ok ! I'm leaving =====&gt;[]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/" />
  <row Id="41534" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23358" RevisionGUID="038ebb27-179c-46e8-b51a-6d78a2e87bde" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:03:49.993" UserId="1293" Text="I would suspect that there is some interaction between the two scripts like a lock file or an open file." />
  <row Id="41535" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23359" RevisionGUID="88394da1-fa0a-4415-a350-ca1d8e3bb152" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:04:41.643" UserId="8905" Text="The &quot;Serious Hardware/Software Crap&quot; and related forums at [Something Awful][1] I've found to be a source of solid advice, both for sysadmin and coding questions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.somethingawful.com" />
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  <row Id="41538" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="23195" RevisionGUID="de93d678-6490-43c4-8323-7b72aa6ee199" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:07:01.827" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;terminal-server&gt;&lt;printers&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="41539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23360" RevisionGUID="9e85723f-63e7-4553-ba9b-ff73f2c8e6da" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:07:58.050" UserId="5611" Text="Why [slashdot.org][1] of course!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://slashdot.org" />
  <row Id="41540" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23360" RevisionGUID="9e85723f-63e7-4553-ba9b-ff73f2c8e6da" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:07:58.050" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41541" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23361" RevisionGUID="f49d9d3a-4b4d-405f-baff-94bb9fc26f99" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:10:54.377" UserId="5391" Text="On a regular basis?  **None.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the end, most sites just end up being a time suck (like Server Fault?)" />
  <row Id="41542" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23361" RevisionGUID="f49d9d3a-4b4d-405f-baff-94bb9fc26f99" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:10:54.377" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23362" RevisionGUID="8ce9451d-16bb-4fc4-9534-9f40fe161596" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:12:32.907" UserId="6132" Text="1. Running as admin is dangerous when you don't need the privs, even for experienced users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Too my knowledge keeping UAC disabled will not have a negative impact on applications. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think that your use of the word &lt;b&gt;developers&lt;/b&gt; struck a chord. UAC was designed as much for developers as it was for normal users. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mark Russinovich wrote a pretty &lt;a href=&quot;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.07.uac.aspx&quot;&gt;good article&lt;/a&gt; about this very subject stating that by implementing UAC, Microsoft was hoping that developers would stop writing lazy code that required or assumed  elevated privileges unless the application had a specific need. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows 7 will bring some enhancements to UAC, which is good." />
  <row Id="41544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23363" RevisionGUID="31610c3e-31cb-40b6-adce-7843803c200c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:13:46.167" UserId="5535" Text="Deduplication is coming to ZFS on OpenSolaris but that functionality is not currently available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It was prototyped by Jeff Bonwick and Bill Moore this past winter and they are working on integrating it this summer.  So it should be available in the next release of OpenSolaris or sooner if you want to play around with the development branch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="41545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23364" RevisionGUID="e4229bd2-b2c3-4a87-8f1e-285d66f4bf3b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:14:43.200" UserId="4381" Text="I'm subscribed to the following in my feed reader:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * [The Blog of Ben Rockwood](http://www.cuddletech.com/blog/) - excellent Solaris blog&#xD;&#xA; * [Commandlinefu](http://www.commandlinefu.com) - subscribe to one of the 3 or 10 vote feeds for useful command line tips.&#xD;&#xA; * [Unix admin corner](http://uadmin.blogspot.com/)&#xD;&#xA; * [Sun Bigadmin updated feed](http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/content/rss/recently_updated.xml) - occasionally has some useful links, but there is a lot of noise&#xD;&#xA; * [Daily Vim](http://dailyvim.blogspot.com/) - Learn your editor and learn it well&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a few others I have in my sysadmin category, but they may not be generally applicable. I'd also suggest reading a lot of sites that would be considered 'sites programmers should read' - hacker news, programming.reddit etc., but then I tend to have an interest in both programming and systems administration." />
  <row Id="41546" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23364" RevisionGUID="e4229bd2-b2c3-4a87-8f1e-285d66f4bf3b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:14:43.200" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41547" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23365" RevisionGUID="da5bae24-04cc-485d-866e-05b1a7b3f9a9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:15:41.590" UserId="5778" Text="If you are linux-y: http://freshmeat.net (turn up the odd free software gem)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you work in a school: http://edugeek.net&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to be secure: http://isc.sans.org" />
  <row Id="41548" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23365" RevisionGUID="da5bae24-04cc-485d-866e-05b1a7b3f9a9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:15:41.590" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23366" RevisionGUID="cf27b4ae-6f9b-47c9-8278-afe899bcd263" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:15:55.537" UserId="7591" Text="I have never had a problem with multiple cron jobs running at the same time.  Just tested on my Slackware system, works fine, but it may vary according to distro.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, it's usually a good idea to stagger the minutes of your crontab entries anyway so they're not all running at the same time (just to prevent unnecessary load on the system and potential interaction problems).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I double Milner's suggestion of checking the output of the cron jobs rather than redirect it to null.  At least until you debug why the jobs themselves aren't working." />
  <row Id="41550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23367" RevisionGUID="dc6d3a0c-9254-40fc-9326-7f90fc6ddc10" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:16:38.577" UserId="2600" Text="In this scenario its doubtful the signal will ever actually 'hit the wire'.  Since the device will see that it has both IP address assigned to one interface, all of the  MAC look-up / routing (if the two interfaces are in different subnets) will happen in the system itself and never hit the physical interface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The loopback connector can be used to trick the box into seeing the interface as 'up' so you can do this testing, but just using a normal cable and a spare switchport would accomplish the same thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If instead you mean you will be connecting eth0 to eth1 in the same box, then you can just use a cross-over cable, but the same thing may happen as above." />
  <row Id="41551" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22240" RevisionGUID="74b2dd09-c6eb-44e3-9f29-b92a84c88dfe" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:17:06.113" UserId="43589" Comment="added 105 characters in body" Text="I have a Linksys router WRT54GS V1 Firmware version 4.71.4. I am having issues getting the router to allow me to use wake on lan over the internet. If I send a magic packet to the local subnet it works fine but if I attempt to do it from the internet I get nothing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I set the subnet mask of my router to 255.255.255.128. I have enabled port forwarding to UDP port 9 and ip address 192.168.1.127. It sill does not work. Any suggestions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE: I have not had a chance to try all the suggestions yet. I will hopefully try it this evening." />
  <row Id="41552" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23368" RevisionGUID="a2bb953b-f46d-4fff-9d0e-65701781ecb7" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:17:29.527" UserId="2112" Text="For some light reading you can't beat [BOFH][1] ;-&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.theregister.co.uk/odds/bofh/" />
  <row Id="41553" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23368" RevisionGUID="a2bb953b-f46d-4fff-9d0e-65701781ecb7" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:17:29.527" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41554" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23369" RevisionGUID="746920bc-9265-45b3-91ea-1a886d76f344" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:18:01.400" UserId="1715" Text="The [BOFH][1]!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://members.iinet.net.au/~bofh/" />
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  <row Id="41556" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23370" RevisionGUID="cd0dface-f37b-431e-a886-f17a658a610e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:18:01.977" UserId="9014" Text="I need to find antivirus for Windows 2003 server. I only have one server. Does anyone know how I can buy the software for just one server (no workstations) for around $50 is possible." />
  <row Id="41557" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23370" RevisionGUID="cd0dface-f37b-431e-a886-f17a658a610e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:18:01.977" UserId="9014" Text="Antivirus for Windows 2003?" />
  <row Id="41558" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23370" RevisionGUID="cd0dface-f37b-431e-a886-f17a658a610e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:18:01.977" UserId="9014" Text="&lt;antivirus&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="41559" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23371" RevisionGUID="db1de6e7-27c2-4f1f-bf0d-dc5bd1d8e707" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:19:48.040" UserId="301" Text="I think that your outlying request is sitting in the accept backlog due to insufficient workers either in apache, or in the mod_jk handoff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To properly proxy between apache and tomcat you need to set the tomcat connector to handle as many connections as apache will fork children. If you don't apache will have to block waiting for tomcat to free up a connection. This can lead to additional blocking as those workers waiting on tomcat will not be available to handle incoming connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/config/ajp.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ps. Don't take `%D` as gospel. It only measures the time between the apache child starting work (so doesn't count the accept/fork/handoff duration) and the time the last byte is sent via `send()` (so is highly variable due to OS buffering).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;pps. tuning AJP is a black art, IMHO the benefits of AJP (slightly easier to parse request, persistent connections) are no longer enough of a reason to eschew straight HTTP proxying." />
  <row Id="41560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23372" RevisionGUID="70626be1-8872-4b8b-90e1-a875a7625936" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:20:01.020" UserId="7083" Text="I have gazillions of technology and vendor specific feeds in my RSS reader. Too many, perhaps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those that haven't yet been mentioned and are relatively generic:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Datacenter Knowledge][1] and [Royal Pingdom][2] often prove an interesting outlook about what's going on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not strictly websites, the [NANOG][3] and [Outages][4] lists can be helpful weather reports.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://royal.pingdom.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://rss.gmane.org/topics/complete/gmane.org.operators.nanog&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://rss.gmane.org/topics/complete/gmane.org.operators.isotf.outages" />
  <row Id="41561" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23372" RevisionGUID="70626be1-8872-4b8b-90e1-a875a7625936" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:20:01.020" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41562" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23373" RevisionGUID="29a137f1-b38d-44de-b2ce-79fb7085de84" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:22:26.040" UserId="6793" Text="Try setting your Start Menu Configuration to Classic-Style.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Taskbar Properties -&gt; Tab &quot;Start Menu&quot; -&gt; Classic menu style&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not the &quot;right&quot; way to do it but it works :)" />
  <row Id="41563" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23367" RevisionGUID="12463614-3e7d-4068-bf5b-742b008e21e5" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:22:28.677" UserId="2600" Comment="added 75 characters in body" Text="In this scenario its doubtful the signal will ever actually 'hit the wire'.  Since the device will see that it has both IP address assigned to one interface, all of the  MAC look-up / routing (if the two interfaces are in different subnets) will happen in the system itself and never hit the physical interface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The loopback connector can be used to trick the box into seeing the interface as 'up' so you can do this testing, but just using a normal cable and a spare switchport would accomplish the same thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If instead you mean you will be connecting eth0 to eth1 in the same box, then you can just use a cross-over cable, but the same thing may happen as above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ethernet loopback plug:  http://www.tikkiweb.net/loopback&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23374" RevisionGUID="ac300607-fb30-4394-8a2a-77fd60b3bced" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:22:49.097" UserId="4838" Text="I schedule a script on my production servers that searches for .svn and simply deletes the files. I don't think this will work in your case.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for /r YOURPATH %f in (.svn) do rd /s /q &quot;%f&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If removing the files isn't an option, you could put basic security on the directories through IIS (password, or IP restrictions). This would stop IIS from serving content to unauthorized users. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck!" />
  <row Id="41565" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23375" RevisionGUID="99cf9b09-ba86-48af-bba5-f8fc4305a335" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:24:06.143" UserId="8984" Text="I have an IMAP account with over 10 years' worth of emails in it, and I'd like to be able to search it quickly from my Windows machine.  I'm looking for something that will give me an **indexed** search of my email (ideally without changing anything on the IMAP server, but that's not vital).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't mind if it keeps a mirror on my Windows PC and indexes and searches that locally, as long it keeps itself up to date automatically.  I use Thunderbird as a client, but I don't mind using a separate application to search." />
  <row Id="41566" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23375" RevisionGUID="99cf9b09-ba86-48af-bba5-f8fc4305a335" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:24:06.143" UserId="8984" Text="Fast search for IMAP?" />
  <row Id="41567" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23375" RevisionGUID="99cf9b09-ba86-48af-bba5-f8fc4305a335" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:24:06.143" UserId="8984" Text="&lt;thunderbird&gt;&lt;imap&gt;&lt;offlineimap&gt;&lt;search&gt;" />
  <row Id="41568" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23376" RevisionGUID="183842d7-caa4-4c6a-a23f-b1959c7ce206" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:26:54.080" UserId="301" Text="Atlassian offer hosting for open source, and non profit organizations on case by case basis. I suggest following this link and submitting an application. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.atlassian.com/software/views/opensource-license-request.jsp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_disclaimer: I am currently an Atlassian employee, although have no influence over the vetting process for not for profit hosting applications_" />
  <row Id="41569" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23377" RevisionGUID="859ef017-1fcf-4288-b9e6-bc7be3c74850" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:29:12.873" UserId="2744" Text="My regularly read sysadmin related RSS feeds, excluding those listed above:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://lwn.net/headlines/newrss&quot;&gt;Linux Weekly News&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.out-law.com/feeds/out-law_roundup.aspx&quot;&gt;Out-Law UK IT Law news&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-rss.xml&quot;&gt;Bruce Schneier's Cryptogram&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41570" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23377" RevisionGUID="859ef017-1fcf-4288-b9e6-bc7be3c74850" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:29:12.873" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23378" RevisionGUID="c605fde4-4b71-4191-9c2c-d644fd05c351" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:29:33.060" UserId="4946" Text="I can't give you advice on which antivirus to use, but I can tell you which ones NOT to use:&#xD;&#xA;Stay away from McAfee and Norton as they are the most bloat and processor intensive packages I've seen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't have an active monitor running, but I do run a manual virusscan from time to time. I can recommend [Kasperksy][1] for this (they're free for scanning).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner" />
  <row Id="41573" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23380" RevisionGUID="46da8e13-becc-4f16-8b10-13c260187bfd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:30:14.090" UserId="2358" Text="I am using VPN to connect to work.  I am used to listening to streaming music when I am in the office, but when i do that over the VPN, the connect drops.  So, no big deal, I just won't use the streaming music when I'm on the VPN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I just had a Skype meeting with the office, and lost the VPN.  So now this is getting in my way and I want to fix it.  Any ideas where I should look?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm running Server 2008 on a laptop, using a wireless connection in my house to a decent, relaiable DSL connection.  I'm using the built in Windows VPN client.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41574" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23380" RevisionGUID="46da8e13-becc-4f16-8b10-13c260187bfd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:30:14.090" UserId="2358" Text="VPN drops when network traffic increases" />
  <row Id="41575" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23380" RevisionGUID="46da8e13-becc-4f16-8b10-13c260187bfd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:30:14.090" UserId="2358" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="41576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23381" RevisionGUID="34ce764b-82c4-4013-98b3-e58dba600f02" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:31:07.240" UserId="301" Text="Good luck! I've tried most of them and without fail they are all have one or more of these traits&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* slow and unscalable&#xD;&#xA;* have a UI that makes your eyes bleed&#xD;&#xA;* impossible to configure, doubly so to implement custom counters&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said that, I suggest (but can't really recommend)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [OpenNMS][1]&#xD;&#xA;* [Hyperic][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.opennms.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.hyperic.com/" />
  <row Id="41577" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23382" RevisionGUID="818c5ba2-2562-4fef-af5b-63a4eef4be2e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:32:50.307" UserId="6793" Text="You could use something like [fetchmail][1] or [getmail][2] to download your messages, and then&#xD;&#xA;use [mairix][3] to search them, lightning fast and got a lot of options to refine your searches. [mairix][4]. [Cygwin][5] got a [mairix][4] package for easy installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://fetchmail.berlios.de/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.rpcurnow.force9.co.uk/mairix/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.rpcurnow.force9.co.uk/mairix/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.cygwin.com/" />
  <row Id="41578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23383" RevisionGUID="272e48c1-8e6a-4793-82b7-6a6ec94b9399" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:33:23.100" UserId="1224" Text="Even after reading on [Data Scrubbing][1] on Wikipedia, I am still not clear on what Data Scrubbing really is when the term is used for database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it a *formal engineering principal* that there is a pre-defined way to perform data scrubbing? &lt;br /&gt; - If so, what is the keyword I should research for?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-- or --&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it a *general* or a loose term for simply cleaning inconsistent data in database?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What IS Data Scrubbing?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_scrubbing" />
  <row Id="41579" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23383" RevisionGUID="272e48c1-8e6a-4793-82b7-6a6ec94b9399" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:33:23.100" UserId="1224" Text="What is Data Scrubbing in the context of database?" />
  <row Id="41580" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23383" RevisionGUID="272e48c1-8e6a-4793-82b7-6a6ec94b9399" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:33:23.100" UserId="1224" Text="&lt;database&gt;&lt;rdbms&gt;&lt;terminology&gt;&lt;definition&gt;" />
  <row Id="41581" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19947" RevisionGUID="e885fbc1-594b-44b5-bcc6-6c8669494b59" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:33:50.820" UserId="8177" Comment="added 480 characters in body; deleted 480 characters in body" Text="**Setup:**  &#xD;&#xA;Fedora 8  &#xD;&#xA;Apache 2.2.8  &#xD;&#xA;Tomcat 5.5.8  &#xD;&#xA;Apache is forwarding requests using AJP.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Problem:**  &#xD;&#xA;After a certain period of time (no constant at all, can be between an hour or two, or one or more days) Tomcat will go down. Either it stops responding, or it puts up the generic 'Service Temporarily Unavailable'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Diagnosis:**  &#xD;&#xA;There are two servers with the same setup. One houses a higher traffic website (several requests per second), the other a low traffic one (a handful of requests every few minutes). Both websites are completely different codebases, but they exhibit similar issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the first server, when the problem occurs all threads slowly start getting taken up until it reaches the limit (MaxThreads 200). At that point the server is no longer responding (and comes up with the service unavailable page after a long period of time).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the second server, when the problem occurs requests take a long time and when they are done all you see is the service unavailable page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other than the mention of the MaxThreads problem, the Tomcat logs do not indicate any specific issues that could be causing this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, in the Apache logs we're seeing random messages referring to AJP. Here's a sample of random message that we see (in no specific order):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [error] (70007)The timeout specified has expired: ajp_ilink_receive() can't receive header&#xD;&#xA;    [error] (104)Connection reset by peer: ajp_ilink_receive() can't receive header&#xD;&#xA;    [error] proxy: AJP: disabled connection for (localhost)&#xD;&#xA;    [error] ajp_read_header: ajp_ilink_receive failed&#xD;&#xA;    [error] (120006)APR does not understand this error code: proxy: read response failed from 127.0.0.1:8009 (localhost)&#xD;&#xA;    [error] ap_proxy_connect_backend disabling worker for (localhost)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other odd thing that we've noticed on the higher traffic server is that right before the problem starts happening, database queries are taking much longer than before (2000-5000 ms versus normally 5-50ms). This only lasts for 2-4 seconds before the MaxThreads message comes up. I'm assuming this is a result of the server suddenly dealing with too much data/traffic/threads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Background Information:**   &#xD;&#xA;These two servers had been running without a problem for quite some time. The systems were actually setup each using two NICs during that time. They separated internal and external traffic. After a network upgrade, we moved these servers to single NICs (this was recommended to us for security/simplicity reasons). After that change, the servers started having these problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Resolution:**  &#xD;&#xA;The obvious solution would be to move back to a setup of two NICs. The problems with that are that it would cause some complications with the network setup, and it seems like ignoring the problem. We'd prefer to try and get it running on a single NIC setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Googling the various error messages didn't provide anything useful (either old solutions or unrelated to our problem).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've tried adjusting the various timeouts but that just made the server run slightly longer before dying.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're not sure where to look to diagnose the problem further. We're still grasping at straws at what the problem could be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) The setup with AJP and Tomcat is incorrect, or outdated (i.e. known bugs?)  &#xD;&#xA;2) The network setup (two NICs versus one NIC) is causing confusion or throughput problems.  &#xD;&#xA;3) The websites themselves (there's no common code, no platforms being used, just basic Java code with servlets and JSP)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update 1:**  &#xD;&#xA;Following David Pashley's helpful advice, I did a stack trace/thread dump during the issue. What I found was that all 200 threads were in one of the following states:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;TP-Processor200&quot; daemon prio=1 tid=0x73a4dbf0 nid=0x70dd waiting for monitor entry [0x6d3ef000..0x6d3efeb0]&#xD;&#xA;	at  oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleConnectionCacheImpl.getActiveSize(OracleConnectionCacheImpl.java:988)&#xD;&#xA;	- waiting to lock &lt;0x7e3455a0&gt; (a oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleConnectionCacheImpl)&#xD;&#xA;    [further stack trace removed for brevity]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;TP-Processor3&quot; daemon prio=1 tid=0x08f142a8 nid=0x652a waiting for monitor entry [0x75c7d000..0x75c7ddb0]&#xD;&#xA;	at oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleConnectionCacheImpl.getConnection(OracleConnectionCacheImpl.java:268)&#xD;&#xA;	- waiting to lock &lt;0x7e3455a0&gt; (a oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleConnectionCacheImpl)&#xD;&#xA;    [further stack trace removed for brevity]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Curiously, only one thread out of all the 200 threads was in this state:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;TP-Processor2&quot; daemon prio=1 tid=0x08f135a8 nid=0x6529 runnable [0x75cfe000..0x75cfef30]&#xD;&#xA;	at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method)&#xD;&#xA;	at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:129)&#xD;&#xA;	at oracle.net.ns.Packet.receive(Unknown Source)&#xD;&#xA;	at oracle.net.ns.DataPacket.receive(Unknown Source)&#xD;&#xA;	at oracle.net.ns.NetInputStream.getNextPacket(Unknown Source)&#xD;&#xA;	at oracle.net.ns.NetInputStream.read(Unknown Source)&#xD;&#xA;	at oracle.net.ns.NetInputStream.read(Unknown Source)&#xD;&#xA;	at oracle.net.ns.NetInputStream.read(Unknown Source)&#xD;&#xA;    [further stack trace removed for brevity]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It might be that the Oracle driver in this thread is forcing all other threads to wait for it to complete. For some reason it is must be stuck in this reading state (the server never recovers on its own, it requires a restart).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This suggests that it must be related to either the network between the server and the database, or the database itself. We're continuing diagnosis efforts, but any tips would be helpful." />
  <row Id="41582" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23384" RevisionGUID="0a9ec4bf-04f5-44b5-af32-f52466f8f821" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:34:49.150" UserId="2561" Text="Actually, there is a field from `bpdbjobs -all_columns` that looks like '06/09/09 19:41:27 - end writing; write time: 000:06:56'.  It might appear multiple times for one job, and isn't always at the same index.  But my iterating over all the fields it is easy enough to parse them out and convert it to seconds and add it all up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sub stripLeadZeros {&#xD;&#xA;        my $number = shift;&#xD;&#xA;        $number =~ s/^0+//;&#xD;&#xA;        return $number;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    sub parseWriteTime {&#xD;&#xA;        my $writeString = shift;&#xD;&#xA;        if ( $writeString =~ /([0-9]{3}):([0-9]{2}):([0-9]{2})/ ) {&#xD;&#xA;            my $hours = stripLeadZeros($1) || 0;&#xD;&#xA;            my $minutes = stripLeadZeros($2) || 0;&#xD;&#xA;            my $seconds = stripLeadZeros($3) || 0;&#xD;&#xA;            my $totalSec = (($hours * 60) * 60) + ($minutes * 60) + $seconds;&#xD;&#xA;            return $totalSec;&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;        return 0;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41583" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23385" RevisionGUID="868dc5e1-0135-48d5-84ed-295bbbe9aa50" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:35:35.123" UserId="1353" Text="Okay, this is creeping me out - I see about 1500-2500 of these:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    root@wherever:# netstat&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State      &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60930         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60934         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60941         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60947         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60962         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60969         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60998         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60802         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60823         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60876         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60886         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60898         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60897         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60905         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60918         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60921         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60673         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60680         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    [etc...]&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    root@wherever:# netstat | grep 'TIME_WAIT' |wc -l&#xD;&#xA;    1942&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That number is changing rapidly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do have a pretty tight iptables config so I have no idea what can cause this. any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;Tamas&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41584" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23385" RevisionGUID="868dc5e1-0135-48d5-84ed-295bbbe9aa50" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:35:35.123" UserId="1353" Text="Huge amount of TIME_WAIT connections says netstat" />
  <row Id="41585" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23385" RevisionGUID="868dc5e1-0135-48d5-84ed-295bbbe9aa50" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:35:35.123" UserId="1353" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;tcpip&gt;&lt;netstat&gt;" />
  <row Id="41586" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23386" RevisionGUID="d07abfe6-3f42-47b0-ab17-473af933b648" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:36:04.513" UserId="1466" Text="**Cron can run many scripts at the same time**.  In fact, in Debian there are entire directories of cron scripts (ie. /etc/cron.daily /etc/cron.hourly) that execute at the same time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the script  executes properly at a different time, **why don't you try changing the time of the root cron job** to determine whether the problem is with the actual timing, or a conflict between the scripts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also agree with **turning off the redirect to /dev/null** until you have everything working correctly." />
  <row Id="41587" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23106" RevisionGUID="d448c536-8e91-4996-a5a0-f0f170ed2b60" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:36:08.180" UserId="2224" Comment="added legal production" Text="Backups are there to restore things to the way they were at a previous point in time. We do backups to restore service, and usually don't think much about the underlying data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Archives are very data focused, so you really need to think about things like classification and the information life-cycle. Much like software development, deep understanding of the business problem and development of good specs is key to a successful (and affordable implementation). EMail is pretty easy. Forms are very easy. (Retention is usually easily discernable 1040 form for 10 years, MV-22 for 2 years, etc) If your contract/procurement people are well organized, classifying that data is usually pretty easy. Random files are hard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I work for a government agency, so our archives actually have five objectives -- objectives that often conflict and are largely out of our control. They are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Classify and preserve data for the purposes of historical record.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Preserve business records to comply with applicable law and regulation. In our case we have all sorts records which must be preserved for a period ranging from 3 years to 28 years. We also have records which must be kept *forever*.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Respond to discovery requests related to litigation. (In our case requiring legal holds that have been around for as long as a decade)&#xD;&#xA; 4. Respond to discovery requests related to internal audit, internal investigations or other investigations. (Lawful intercept, etc)&#xD;&#xA; 5. Reduce the operating costs of the underlying IT service. If you archive all email after 90 days, you've managed to substantially reduce the footprint of your email systems, especially in large environments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's talk about litigation and audit, since they are probably the most common reason to archive if you're getting started now. Now you need to think about other stuff:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Scope. EMail? IM? Phones? File Servers? Sharepoint? Wiki? Desktops? Laptops? PDAs? If you need more than Email &amp; IM, you've just eliminated a whole ton of options.&#xD;&#xA; - Default retention time. If you get sued often, you'll want to purge as quickly as you are legally able. Otherwise, you'll want to strike a balance between due diligence and productivity of your workers.&#xD;&#xA; - IT Policy. Once you're archiving, PSTs must be banished. If anyone finds out that you're possess information relative to litigation on your PCs, that will reflect badly upon you.&#xD;&#xA; - Chargeback. You must present the legal folks with costs so they can weigh the value of the suit vs. the cost of compliance. Otherwise, you'll be keeping everything forever.&#xD;&#xA; - Cost avoidance. Some archive solutions facilitate disaster recovery and eliminate the need for backups. Hosted archives sometimes provide an emergency mail access point.&#xD;&#xA; - Special Requirements. If you have a presence in Europe, my understanding is that you need to use solutions like EMC Centera for WORM storage for some compliance purposes. That usually isn't needed in the US, but your industry may have a need for more exotic measures.&#xD;&#xA; - Production. If you get sued alot, your legal team probably already has specialized tools like Concordance that they use to organize and present evidence. If you don't, you may want to use your archiving tools to provide some workflow capability for your attorneys or outside counsel. This is another area where exploring early will help reduce costs and get you a successful implementation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep asking questions, you're on the right path -- there is no one answer to the archiving problem." />
  <row Id="41588" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23387" RevisionGUID="8c8909ec-caad-41ba-adeb-51dacc31273a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:36:42.673" UserId="8177" Text="It turns out that this version (classes12 - quite old) of the Oracle driver had various bugs in it that caused a deadlock (as seen in the TP-Processor2 state quoted above). It didn't become active until we switched to the new environment. Upgrading to the latest version (ojdbc14) has resolved the issue on the primary server." />
  <row Id="41589" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23388" RevisionGUID="55c2352a-cb8a-4902-86ae-4e67c307e68c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:38:20.173" UserId="5391" Text="We are currently evaluating wheter 2 factor authentication over SMS will be an acceptable alternative to SecurID or other access card related solutions.  Obviously this is no good if you are using mobile applications (application is running on the same device the SMS message is received).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my case, this is only for remote access/VPN and are looking at the [Barracuda SSL VPN][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/products/sslvpn_overview.php" />
  <row Id="41590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23389" RevisionGUID="e1bea9ab-476c-4d8a-84de-d004436fdf25" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:39:22.293" UserId="6233" Text="I used about a year [BitDefender][1]&#xD;&#xA;After that We stooped using NetBios and folder sharing So I now run without any antivirus system.&#xD;&#xA;I can said that is most of my requirements was above the expected for this product.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**But I still wondering**&#xD;&#xA;Do We need antivirus system for servers. &#xD;&#xA;If it only run on services such as SQL, IIS and others&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-33-en--BitDefender-v1.9-for-File-Servers.html" />
  <row Id="41591" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23380" RevisionGUID="eea41f10-b0ac-4a7e-b692-2ae635f8c66c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:39:49.653" UserId="2358" Comment="added 103 characters in body" Text="I am using VPN to connect to work.  I am used to listening to streaming music when I am in the office, but when i do that over the VPN, the connect drops.  So, no big deal, I just won't use the streaming music when I'm on the VPN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I just had a Skype meeting with the office, and lost the VPN.  So now this is getting in my way and I want to fix it.  Any ideas where I should look?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm running Server 2008 on a laptop, using a wireless connection in my house to a decent, relaiable DSL connection.  I'm using the built in Windows VPN client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;update:  On the office side, the VPN is on a DLink firewall - it's PPTP with 128 bit MPPE encryption." />
  <row Id="41592" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23390" RevisionGUID="8781cb3e-039f-4548-921f-bf66efdfba79" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:40:43.507" UserId="1736" Text="It isn't important.  All that signifies is that you're opening and closing a lot of Sun RCP TCP connections (1500-2500 of them every 2-4 minutes).  The `TIME_WAIT` state is what a socket goes into when it closes, to prevent messages from arriving for the wrong applications like they might if the socket were reused too quickly, and for a couple of other useful purposes.  Don't worry about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Unless, of course, you aren't actually running anything that should be processing that many RCP operations.  Then, worry.)" />
  <row Id="41593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23391" RevisionGUID="a1d270b1-1df7-41c1-a180-a55b23ff23c9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:42:00.087" UserId="386" Text="Something on your system is doing a lot of RPC (Remote Procedure Calls) within your system (notice both source and destination is localhost).  That's often seen for lockd for NFS mounts, but you might also see it for other RPC calls like rpc.statd or rpc.spray.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could try using &quot;lsof -i&quot; to see who has those sockets open and see what's doing it.  It's probably harmless." />
  <row Id="41594" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23392" RevisionGUID="863ebef0-7efe-47ff-890a-160ffa451b8d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:42:15.343" UserId="301" Text="The `error_log` is report errors between Varnish and Apache, any errors that are occurring between the client and Varnish will be logged at Varnishs end, not Apaches. Your `error_log` should be empty, as you have control over both endpoints. Anything which does show up in that log should be considered serious." />
  <row Id="41595" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23393" RevisionGUID="9083f469-5277-41d1-a664-e1d65a77f324" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:43:11.457" UserId="6621" Text="How about using a [sparse bundle disk image](http://db.tidbits.com/article/9673)?  They store their contents as a series of &quot;band&quot; files (default size 8MB, but you can change this if you create them at the command line with hdiutil with -imagekey sparse-band-size=size), giving the effect of an image that segments itself as it's created." />
  <row Id="41596" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="23390" RevisionGUID="1f3e70e3-4f4a-40d9-99eb-dc828411c5c3" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:43:37.370" UserId="1736" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1736,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;chaos&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="41597" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23394" RevisionGUID="4435e2c2-6b01-4b24-8d3c-bfc095855539" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:46:18.613" UserId="301" Text="Because of the way AJP works, the persistent connections between apache (using either mod_proxy_ajp or mod_jk) can only be safely closed *by the client*. In this case, the client is the apache worker that opens, and then holds a connection to tomcat for the *life for the worker process*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because of this behavior you cannot have more apache workers than tomcat worker threads. Doing so will cause additional http workers to fail to connect to tomcat (as the accept queue is full) and will mark your backend as DOWN!" />
  <row Id="41598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23395" RevisionGUID="0e618ace-c715-4806-90ef-113b0c6c51a9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:47:08.033" UserId="7342" Text="TIME\_WAIT is normal. It's a state after a socket has closed, used by the kernel to keep track of packets which may have got lost and turned up late to the party. A high number of TIME\_WAIT connections is a symptom of getting lots of short lived connections, not nothing to worry about." />
  <row Id="41599" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23396" RevisionGUID="46465777-6990-4d66-b563-682f6b8c90d4" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:48:08.110" UserId="1736" Text="In a database context, it's correction of data which is consistent with the schema but erroneous on a higher level, i.e. invalid credit card numbers and SSNs, duplicate records, format mismatches, and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is a general, loose term that only acquires specific meaning in a particular case context." />
  <row Id="41600" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="23390" RevisionGUID="68cba524-8b10-4482-83b2-edd6634a605f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:49:01.213" UserId="1736" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1736,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;chaos&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="41601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23397" RevisionGUID="636106e7-171a-476a-9d1e-5e5c648a7f5c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:49:26.420" UserId="2204" Text="I'm setting up a domain on my home network for learning purposes, using BIND on CentOS to act as the name server.  I've got the name server up and running as type master for my internal domain (plumbnicoll.family), and can do forward and reverse lookups from other computers in my LAN.  For example, **host office2.plumbnicoll.family** correctly returns **office2.plumbnicoll.family has address 192.168.1.3**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'd like is to be able to resolve just **office2** to its address, without needing to put .plumbnicoll.family at the end.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this possible, or even desirable to do?  I'm running a mixed environment at home with both Linux and Windows computers." />
  <row Id="41602" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23397" RevisionGUID="636106e7-171a-476a-9d1e-5e5c648a7f5c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:49:26.420" UserId="2204" Text="Resolving host names to their domain name in an internal BIND domain" />
  <row Id="41603" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23397" RevisionGUID="636106e7-171a-476a-9d1e-5e5c648a7f5c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:49:26.420" UserId="2204" Text="&lt;bind&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;internal-dns&gt;&lt;hostname&gt;" />
  <row Id="41604" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23398" RevisionGUID="4bd0cb28-60c9-46b0-ac5d-168dabdbc768" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:49:34.517" UserId="301" Text="[The Joyeur blog, by Joyent.][1] Sadly they don't seem to be posting much content these days. Are they even doing the podcast anymore ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.joyeur.com/" />
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  <row Id="41606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23399" RevisionGUID="e80ccb52-e920-4e83-a134-a2cc1041f804" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:51:14.500" UserId="1466" Text="I understand that **clamav** is available for windows.  Not sure about server 2003, but worth a look. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use it on Linux machines all the time, and it's free. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23400" RevisionGUID="3f38e5cd-20fd-4210-9c2c-44db2556ece3" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:51:58.273" UserId="48" Text="The best way to do this is with an Outlook Server-Side rule. You need to ensure that when you create the rule in Outlook, that you do not use any client only rules, you want the rule to run on the server, rather than when you open Outlook. Client only rules will have &quot;client-only&quot; at the end of them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This article][1] shows the difference between Server Side and client rules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.slipstick.com/rules/serverbased.htm" />
  <row Id="41608" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23401" RevisionGUID="0595e8e3-a10b-4167-b6fd-babecff3da87" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:53:20.063" UserId="1736" Text="It is possible and perfectly desirable.  Add `search plumnicoll.family` to your /etc/resolv.conf." />
  <row Id="41609" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23402" RevisionGUID="c1952478-4373-45fc-836b-ea19bb274f28" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:54:26.973" UserId="1466" Text="This has to do with your default **search domain**.  This is often pushed out by your DHCP server, or it can be set manually." />
  <row Id="41610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23403" RevisionGUID="b0af0221-6f3e-4c63-9945-4f68d3f6cdb9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:55:10.997" UserId="2513" Text="Try putting your domain name as a search domain in /etc/resolv.conf, for example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/resolv.conf&#xD;&#xA;    search plumbnicoll.family&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That should allow you to use hostnames." />
  <row Id="41611" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23404" RevisionGUID="41225fa0-5012-4456-8be8-3994659315a3" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:55:38.797" UserId="1581" Text="I have created &quot;Data Scrubbing&quot; routines to periodically check and fix database problems that may not be practical to check in real-time (i.e. check for errors, inconsistencies, or duplicates as the data is entered). A scrubbing routine can fix specific types of errors such as checking that zip code entry matches the city/state or maybe look for variations of a customers name (duplicate customer), given the address. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes when a database is de-normalized (for performance reasons), a scrubbing routine can check the database during &quot;off-peak&quot; times to make sure the data remains consistent." />
  <row Id="41612" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23405" RevisionGUID="eecd048a-4cdc-4d22-81ee-b03ca4d9c1eb" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:55:46.610" UserId="533" Text="This is a client config issue, not a server config issue.  The recommendation to put the domain in the search path in resolv.conf is a client change.  You would do the same thing (albeit with a GUI) on Windows or Mac OS X, or in the DHCP scope options of your DHCP server if you're using one." />
  <row Id="41613" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23406" RevisionGUID="ec5cb950-a36e-493f-a3b3-5768626f0a14" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:56:41.167" UserId="7083" Text="If the domain exists on the same network then place the following in your `/etc/resolv.conf`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; domain plumbnicoll.family&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You probably want to use `domain` in favour of `search` in this instance." />
  <row Id="41614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23407" RevisionGUID="747094e1-43ac-4853-a1bf-3d13370215b2" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:58:38.370" UserId="9020" Text="A typical month would follow these steps: Microsoft releases patches on the second Tuesday, the client approves the patch deployment within a couple of days, approve and roll the patches a few days later (pilot workstations only), approve and roll the patches a few days after that (remaining workstations), approve and install patches over the following weekend for servers.  Set the mandatory install date for something prior to the next &quot;Patch Tuesday&quot;.  All of this changes depending on the critical nature of the patches being released and how loud the client is screeching. :)" />
  <row Id="41615" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23401" RevisionGUID="50281047-d3c2-433c-b6f0-b93212defbfd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T14:59:25.077" UserId="1736" Comment="added 376 characters in body; added 133 characters in body" Text="It is possible and perfectly desirable.  On the Linux machines:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Add `search plumnicoll.family` to your /etc/resolv.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the Windows machines, instructions for Windows XP, other versions will require adaptation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. go to Start &gt; Settings &gt; Network Connections&#xD;&#xA;2. right-click local network connection &gt; Properties&#xD;&#xA;3. left-click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)&#xD;&#xA;4. left-click Properties&#xD;&#xA;5. left-click Advanced&#xD;&#xA;6. left-click DNS tab&#xD;&#xA;7. left-click Append these DNS suffixes&#xD;&#xA;8. left-click Add&#xD;&#xA;9. type plumnicoll.family&#xD;&#xA;10. left-click Add&#xD;&#xA;11. left-click OK&#xD;&#xA;12. left-click OK&#xD;&#xA;13. left-click OK" />
  <row Id="41617" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23402" RevisionGUID="d604fd03-a4ca-4c8e-b4b7-4633451e2e83" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:00:58.817" UserId="1466" Comment="added 83 characters in body" Text="This has to do with your default **search domain**.  This is often pushed out by your DHCP server, or it can be set manually &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(My computer | Propterties | Compuer Name | Change | **primary domain suffix**)" />
  <row Id="41618" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23409" RevisionGUID="188a9572-6c49-456b-aeb4-df2eec4af047" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:01:04.883" UserId="8995" Text="You can have a look at Xymon (hobbitmon)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's an opensource rewrite of Bigbrother, I use it to monitor our server farm (linux) and i'm very satisfied with it. In my previous job I replaced Nagios with it to monitor linux, VMS, hpux, tru64 &amp; Windows NT/2000 servers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server runs on (almost) any Unix, there is a simple &amp; nice web interface integrated.&#xD;&#xA;Clients runs on Unix, Windows &amp; VMS ( ;) ), it monitors &amp; graphs a lot of metrics out-of-the-box (ie.: CPU, Memory, Disk and Network I/O) . You can add custom checks &amp; metrics. It's easy to configure (and very fast). I will not describe here all features of this tool but I highly recommend it !&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Homepage &amp; demo : http://www.xymon.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows client : h**p://sourceforge.net/projects/bbwin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Sorry for bad link but I can post only one as I'm a new user ^^)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41619" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23410" RevisionGUID="635208c6-1554-4a9d-bfe6-254f9cee3118" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:02:10.873" UserId="4562" Text="We use Symantec Corporate Edition antivirus and it isn't terribly riddled with bloat like the consumer Norton packages.  Eset has a pretty solid antivirus package but you can get it for Windows Server at that price.  I would go with AVG Internet Security (currently $55 per year) and call it done.  I've used this successfully on Workstations and it had kept my machines clean and running smoothly." />
  <row Id="41620" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23411" RevisionGUID="0e96dffb-cfff-4f42-a2f3-79cb4fcf2780" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:02:54.913" UserId="1233" Text="What kind of access are you wanting to lock down specifically?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As said by others and as a stopgap, I would recommend by starting with a standard image across all of them - that way if you have an issue with a computer you can just reset it to back to the image in the event of issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To use programs such as Final Cut, Adobe CS, etc. you don't need to be an administrator (with the exception of Acrobat). Removing Administrator rights removes the ability to install/manipulate the system. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lastly if you want to avoid them from being able to start up on different hard drives you can enable an Open Firmware password (very much like a BIOS password but only prompts when you try to access Open Firmware or start up off another drive)." />
  <row Id="41621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23412" RevisionGUID="80d8c632-744f-4d67-ad43-b65718ca395d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:03:02.400" UserId="9020" Text="What you use and if you need it depends on the use and exposure of the server.  If you have a lot of client machines hitting it you probably should have something installed. Take your pick, they all have good and bad." />
  <row Id="41622" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23413" RevisionGUID="eb374762-c6fe-45d6-9e47-d30eb8c03f7a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:03:10.293" UserId="8993" Text="You might also consider hosted RSA SecurID from a company like [Signify][1], good for if you're only wanting a few devices for people.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.signify.net/" />
  <row Id="41623" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23414" RevisionGUID="f3dc74c8-444f-4d94-8ffc-892258e4e488" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:03:22.290" UserId="3302" Text="I have used the Web Platform Installer 2.0 beta to install php on IIS6.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried this first on a test server with success.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I did this on the production server and browse to a test php file, I see:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The page cannot be found&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anything I need to configure in IIS 6 to get this working?" />
  <row Id="41624" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23414" RevisionGUID="f3dc74c8-444f-4d94-8ffc-892258e4e488" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:03:22.290" UserId="3302" Text="Problem running PHP on IIS6" />
  <row Id="41625" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23414" RevisionGUID="f3dc74c8-444f-4d94-8ffc-892258e4e488" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:03:22.290" UserId="3302" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;php&gt;&lt;fastcgi&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="41626" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23401" RevisionGUID="1d46322e-e8ca-471d-9845-833ef25a78bd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:05:59.617" UserId="1736" Comment="added 23 characters in body" Text="It is possible and perfectly desirable.  On the Linux machines:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Add `search plumnicoll.family` to your /etc/resolv.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the Windows machines (instructions for Windows XP, other versions will require adaptation but should be similar):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. go to Start &gt; Settings &gt; Network Connections&#xD;&#xA;2. right-click local network connection &gt; Properties&#xD;&#xA;3. left-click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)&#xD;&#xA;4. left-click Properties&#xD;&#xA;5. left-click Advanced&#xD;&#xA;6. left-click DNS tab&#xD;&#xA;7. left-click Append these DNS suffixes&#xD;&#xA;8. left-click Add&#xD;&#xA;9. type plumnicoll.family&#xD;&#xA;10. left-click Add&#xD;&#xA;11. left-click OK&#xD;&#xA;12. left-click OK&#xD;&#xA;13. left-click OK" />
  <row Id="41627" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23388" RevisionGUID="e2c49d8a-7854-46be-8b72-91bab38cafcb" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:08:46.710" UserId="5391" Comment="typo" Text="We are currently evaluating whether 2 factor authentication over SMS will be an acceptable alternative to SecurID or other access card related solutions.  Obviously this is no good if you are using mobile applications (application is running on the same device the SMS message is received).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my case, this is only for remote access/VPN and are looking at the [Barracuda SSL VPN][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/products/sslvpn_overview.php" />
  <row Id="41628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23415" RevisionGUID="339f793b-d795-4ccf-a09b-a235d3e41613" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:10:03.167" UserId="5221" Text="How fast is your connection (usual expected rates, not headline &quot;up to&quot; rates) and at what rate is the audio streaming?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It could be that the extra traffic is delaying VPN packets and responses which the VNOP client sees as a connection drop. On a modern setup (i.e. not dialup) I would not expect to see a single incoming audio stream to be enough to fill your downstream to the point where other traffic is affected, but if you have a connection with a very small upstream rate the outgoing skype data might be enough in induce measurable delays.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the problem is due to latency issues caused by other traffic then there are two things you can try: see if there are any timeout settings in the VPN client that you can change and that are currently very low, and/or try traffic shaping at your end (though this will only help if the upstream bandwidth is saturated, not the downstream as you can't directly control the downstream flow)." />
  <row Id="41629" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23416" RevisionGUID="411d8445-15e8-467b-afd7-e54c103bf7d6" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:10:44.757" UserId="4365" Text="[Nagios][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here][2]'s a page I created detailing my setup of nagios on freebsd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nagios.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.roqet.org/nagios.html" />
  <row Id="41630" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23417" RevisionGUID="fa1a6934-b9d3-4984-9b43-2f53001afe32" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:11:54.003" UserId="7083" Text="If you're not adverse to running your own PKI infrastructure then we've had a good long-running success with [Aladdin's eTokens][1], which are USB two-factor auth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've implemented them in a huge range of scenarios - web applications, VPN auth, SSH auth, AD logins, shared password lists and web SSO password stores.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.aladdin.com/etoken/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="41631" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23418" RevisionGUID="08258054-fd2a-445b-b646-df3a4d88f938" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:16:03.590" UserId="8995" Text="Use **dish**, simple and very powerful ! This script changed my life :) One script to rule them all ! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://nic-nac-project.org/~drimiks/gnu/dish.shtml&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The diligence shell 'dish' executes commands via ssh/rsh/telnet/mysql simultaneously on several systems. Changing password, updating configuration, copying files, checking status, etc. on hundreds of nodes is made then simple. Dish is similar to the IBM's 'dsh' (distributed shell) but furthermore allows remote execution of commands requiring authentication. Compared to other open source packages which include a distributed shell (or similar tools) like ClusterIt, dancer's shell, parallel distributed shell, or C3, dish is a slim and easy to use remote-shell wrapper for cases where a flexible solution is needed. You can browse the dish's manual page  on-line here. " />
  <row Id="41632" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23419" RevisionGUID="a56e4ea2-4b3f-493a-8674-43b783a2288c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:19:36.673" UserId="4226" Text="[Avast][1] should cover your needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.avast.com/" />
  <row Id="41633" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23420" RevisionGUID="83f9fc28-66d9-4d96-b44b-7e65e64a704b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:23:00.987" UserId="48" Text="There are a number of things you need to check:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Have you setup the .php extension in IIS?&#xD;&#xA; - Is the PHP extension mapped to the PHP DLL?&#xD;&#xA; - Is the PHP web service extension setup?&#xD;&#xA; - Is the PHP web service extension allowed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This article][1] shows the steps for setting up PHP manually, it may be worth following it through to check you have all steps completed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.visualwin.com/PHP-ISAPI/" />
  <row Id="41634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23421" RevisionGUID="72d8a13c-1ef1-4696-a5e9-a5eed0461186" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:23:48.443" UserId="5070" Text="So, Tom Ehlert, author of DriveSnapShot, figured out a solution: the BIOS on this PC has multiple SATA disk access settings, the default being RAID. By changing it to IDE (legacy mode), I can use a boot disk and see the hard disk. Then, I can run snapshot.exe from the boot disk, or even from the external drive." />
  <row Id="41635" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23422" RevisionGUID="38c1ad37-f0de-427f-b728-da5b85f2afe4" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:26:51.790" UserId="6397" Text="We recently switched long-time-use Symantec AntiVirus to TrendMicro, and I am glad I did it. It has various options you can choose to secure your system and the price is cheap. We choose Worry-Free Enterprise, which costs around $23 per node.  Definitely worth checking out." />
  <row Id="41637" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23423" RevisionGUID="cd78f3ac-7543-448e-9302-fc00b92a2640" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:29:56.713" UserId="8743" Text="What you might want to consider is packet size. Streaming and skype will surely generate some large packets and vpn sometimes don't play well with large packets as they will add their headers and sometimes go over the MTU.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A quick hack would be to drop your MTU to a low value (~1000B) on your client. That will quickly help you determine if the packet size is indeed the issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If i remember rightly, the MTU is set in the registry under windows ..." />
  <row Id="41639" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22775" RevisionGUID="fdd7aec3-5bd1-47a7-b646-257a358461bd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:30:19.460" UserId="6491" Comment="link to wol, small fixes" Text="Your router is supported by [OpenWRT][1]. You can install it on that box and then use ssh (on windows putty) to access your router from anywhere in the world. Then you can run the wakeonlan utility on the box itself to wake up the machine in question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wake on lan packets only work on a local networks (it is not routable as it is Layer2 traffic).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is an [article regarding wake on lan][2] in the OpenWRT wiki.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.openwrt.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://oldwiki.openwrt.org/Wake(2d)On(2d)LAN.html" />
  <row Id="41640" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23424" RevisionGUID="e531a272-c563-49c3-a1a6-e531681bf0a1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:31:57.163" UserId="6490" Text="I wondering why the clients behind the inside interface have to enter the Public IP, wouldn't it be easier for them to use the private IP of the DMZ host. Then you could make a normal nat eg. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;static (dmz,inside) tcp 192.168.1.5 www (Inside IP Range) www netmask 255.255.255.255&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I get it the problem in your case is, that when a client makes a DNS request, the DNS server from the internet gives him the current outside IP Address of the ASA back. After that the Client tryes to Connect to that IP, so a packet is sent to the Outside interface and has to return to the DMZ interface.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cisco Firewalls have one problem, per default they never give a package out of the same interface they get it in. Cisco solved that since 7.2 release with the follow cli command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ASA(config)# **same-security-traffic permit intra-interface** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I see you bypassed that behavior by adding the second static NAT. In my opinion if you remove the second NAT entry and active the same-security-traffic option, it should work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I would strongly suggest that you buy a public IP :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41641" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23425" RevisionGUID="b29df9ac-c5b7-4c04-ad5f-af2f018b2262" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:32:39.640" UserId="6397" Text="It's probably better using the same tools on both sides. For example, you mentioned you run the VPN server on DLink, I would say try the VPN client provided by Dlink to see if it gets any better. Or enable RRAS on your Server 2008 box and link to it using Windows VPN connection, and see if it makes any difference." />
  <row Id="41642" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23146" RevisionGUID="259602c3-cb22-4989-b955-8d996ae9dc68" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:37:35.607" UserId="1561" Comment="added 33 characters in body; added 4 characters in body" Text="Filesystem layers in Linux (starting in reverse order, from the physical drive to the filesystem):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. physical device &#xD;&#xA;  - /dev/sdi&#xD;&#xA;  - /dev/sdj&#xD;&#xA;  - /dev/sdk&#xD;&#xA;  - /dev/sdl&#xD;&#xA; 2. special md partition type on each drive (when used)&#xD;&#xA;  - this may or may not be present.  While it is recommended that you simply make single partitions on each drive that spans the entire size of the drive it is on, it is possible to specify the entire drive by using the device name directly.  Note that this can cause some partition tools to become confused about what they are dealing with (because the partition table simply &quot;goes away&quot;), so I don't recommend it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; *In your case, the entire drives are specified, so there are no partitions to see.  You won't have to worry about this.*&#xD;&#xA; 3. md driver (when used)&#xD;&#xA;  - /dev/md2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  Your output from both the detail and `/proc` report that the array is up on all drives and no drives are in a failed state.  This means the array is healthy!&#xD;&#xA; 4. LVM (when used)&#xD;&#xA;  - Type the following into a shell while logged in as root:&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    `pvscan &amp;&amp; vgscan &amp;&amp; lvscan`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  If there are any volumes to be found, they should be here.  Note that the volume scan process is controlled by a file that can choose certain devices to ignore when it performs the scan.  You'll want to make sure that you scan /dev/md2 explicitly.&#xD;&#xA;Each LVM volume has a GUID imprinted into it; if this is lost or corrupted, it can cause some of the issues you are seeing.  The goal here is to get your LVM volumes recognized.  Once they are healthy, you'll be in good shape.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. filesystem&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  I think you know the drill here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From here you should be able to recover your filesystem(s)." />
  <row Id="41643" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23426" RevisionGUID="aa689e19-84d0-465e-8552-ac7039777b4e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:38:01.940" UserId="1770" Text="Unix System Management Primer Plus, by Jeff Horwitz.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Unix System Management Primer Plus][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best choice: Unix System Management Primer Plus, by Jeff Horwitz.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This book is almost criminally unknown, if you ask me.  There's a ton of excellent technical books out there that will tell you specific details of operation of a particular piece of hardware, or a piece of software.  There's lots of good ones on scripting, automation, and programming.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This isn't the book to teach you every aspect of administering your server or application, but this is the one that teaches you how to &lt;strong&gt;be&lt;/strong&gt; a System Administrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It covers things that you just don't find in other books, including chapters on infrastructure and data center design and build out, server deployment, patching and upgrades, monitoring, user support, outages, high availability, capacity planning, automation, security, and more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to run one Unix/Linux box in your basement as a home server, this isn't the book for you.  If you want to work as a System Administrator, particularly with Unix/Linux, you absolutely should read this book.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.informit.com/ShowCover.aspx?isbn=0672323729" />
  <row Id="41644" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23328" RevisionGUID="264962b2-69fc-4b42-8f67-50f698c8c21a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:40:18.660" UserId="45" Comment="added 152 characters in body; added 24 characters in body; added 63 characters in body" Text="Is the **name of the virtual directory** really &quot;TestSite&quot; or is only the name of the filesystem folder on d: &quot;TestSite&quot; and you gave the virtual directory a different name?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's very unlikely, but you could check this: is the file extension/mime type .htm allowed? Maybe somebody very restrictive removed it from the allowed extension from the default web? Try to put a .txt or a .html file in that directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another possible reason which same to my mind: the default web hasn't the &quot;blank&quot; host header or is restricted to a single IP address which is not 127.0.0.1. Or the default http port (80) was changed to some other value.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41645" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23427" RevisionGUID="4370cfe3-0289-42a0-97aa-790ecb6fdc8b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:40:55.133" UserId="7250" Text="If you are attempting to go to index.php by addressing the root of a folder (i.e. `http://localhost/`) and you are getting a 404, then you may need to add `index.php` to the list of default documents.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are getting a 404 error trying to access a specific page (i.e. `http://localhost/index.php`), then there may be an issue with how you are attempting to access the page - not necessarily a problem with the php config in IIS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I remember correctly, when php is not configured correctly, you would get a mime-type error which may attempt to save a copy of the page, but not a `file not found` error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, in IIS6, FastCGI needs to be installed (download it [here][1]) and enabled through the &quot;add Windows components&quot; tool. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.iis.net/extensions/FastCGI" />
  <row Id="41646" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23428" RevisionGUID="c1b7837d-9171-4705-979e-e2742093cdd5" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:41:34.337" UserId="4131" Text="***GPG encrypted bashrc***&#xD;&#xA;------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sure we all have things we'd like to put in our bashrc that we don't want easily readable by sudoers. My solution to this is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -f ~/.bash_private.gpg ]; then&#xD;&#xA;       eval &quot;$(gpg --decrypt ~/.bash_private.gpg 2&gt;/dev/null)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a GPG agent that makes it so I only have to enter my private key's password once every few hours. You still have to have some trust in the users of the system because your variable, functions, and aliases that you define could be extracted from RAM. However, I use this mainly for my laptop. If it get stolen, I don't want someone easily seeing things like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias MYsql='mysql -uadmin -psecret'&#xD;&#xA;    wglatest(){ wget -O https://admin:secret@server.com/latest; }" />
  <row Id="41647" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23428" RevisionGUID="c1b7837d-9171-4705-979e-e2742093cdd5" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:41:34.337" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23429" RevisionGUID="c7a5f7dd-161d-4296-b15d-cdbbe47a90a5" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:42:13.693" UserId="3476" Text="We are developing a web system and considering using the Open Id feature. Do you think it is any better than the usual way of loggin users in? If we use the Open Id feature that means the users will be redirected to the site of their choice of Open Id providers which would take more actions. Then they have to login there and get redirected back to our site. Would users be comfortable with this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: It's more of a social networking site but not anything bulky." />
  <row Id="41649" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23429" RevisionGUID="c7a5f7dd-161d-4296-b15d-cdbbe47a90a5" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:42:13.693" UserId="3476" Text="Is Open ID better than ususal LogIn system?" />
  <row Id="41650" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23429" RevisionGUID="c7a5f7dd-161d-4296-b15d-cdbbe47a90a5" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:42:13.693" UserId="3476" Text="&lt;openid&gt;&lt;website&gt;&lt;login&gt;" />
  <row Id="41651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23430" RevisionGUID="ba2fadf5-1cea-4ea8-bc65-901d14be28b1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:43:52.163" UserId="6397" Text="try http://yourcomputername/testsite/index.htm" />
  <row Id="41652" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23424" RevisionGUID="326e8aa8-fc20-406b-bbb3-ecd77602e661" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:44:23.783" UserId="6490" Comment="edited body" Text="I wondering why the clients behind the inside interface have to enter the Public IP, wouldn't it be easier for them to use the private IP of the DMZ host. Then you could make a normal nat eg. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;static (dmz,inside) tcp (Inside IP Range) www 192.168.1.5 www netmask 255.255.255.255&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I get it the problem in your case is, that when a client makes a DNS request, the DNS server from the internet gives him the current outside IP Address of the ASA back. After that the Client tryes to Connect to that IP, so a packet is sent to the Outside interface and has to return to the DMZ interface.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cisco Firewalls have one problem, per default they never give a package out of the same interface they get it in. Cisco solved that since 7.2 release with the follow cli command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ASA(config)# **same-security-traffic permit intra-interface** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I see you bypassed that behavior by adding the second static NAT. In my opinion if you remove the second NAT entry and active the same-security-traffic option, it should work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I would strongly suggest that you buy a public IP :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23431" RevisionGUID="37ab825e-78d4-4052-8f8b-e2403340a8a0" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:44:25.077" UserId="9009" Text="Hi, were facing 5 Cisco CAT 3550 crashes now, we send out configuration to 3rd party company CISCO Gold partner and did environment power checking with the server site, no clue as yet what would be the cause of these crashes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;The password-recovery mechanism is enabled.&#xD;&#xA;384K bytes of flash-simulated NVRAM.&#xD;&#xA;Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:23:04:D1:6B:00&#xD;&#xA;Motherboard assembly number: 73-5700-12&#xD;&#xA;Power supply part number: 34-1705-01&#xD;&#xA;Motherboard serial number: FDOXXXXXXXXX (remove)&#xD;&#xA;Power supply serial number: DTH1217603G&#xD;&#xA;Model revision number: R0&#xD;&#xA;Motherboard revision number: A0&#xD;&#xA;Model number: WS-C3550-24-DC-SMI&#xD;&#xA;System serial number: FDOXXXXXXX (remove)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;!!! WARNING: The switch is not usable !!!&#xD;&#xA;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Question&#xD;&#xA;a) Does anyone face the same problem with CAT 3550 24-DC? " />
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  <row Id="41656" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23385" RevisionGUID="db792c73-fdf4-4a8c-870b-5b51f745bbcc" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:45:11.613" UserId="1353" Comment="added 2187 characters in body" Text="Okay, this is creeping me out - I see about 1500-2500 of these:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    root@wherever:# netstat&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State      &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60930         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60934         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60941         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60947         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60962         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60969         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60998         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60802         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60823         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60876         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60886         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60898         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60897         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60905         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60918         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60921         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60673         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60680         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    [etc...]&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    root@wherever:# netstat | grep 'TIME_WAIT' |wc -l&#xD;&#xA;    1942&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That number is changing rapidly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do have a pretty tight iptables config so I have no idea what can cause this. any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;Tamas&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Output of 'netstat -anp':&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       PID/Program name&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60968         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60972         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60976         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60981         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60980         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60983         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60999         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60809         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60834         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60872         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60896         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60919         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60710         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60745         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60765         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60772         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60558         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60564         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60600         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60624         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41657" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23432" RevisionGUID="243255e8-7578-402a-ae45-5eb994314f53" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:46:04.357" UserId="7200" Text="I love OpenID, and it's absolutely better than the &quot;traditional&quot; per-site credentials metaphor. I don't want more credentials to manage, and I don't want to trust J. Random site to store credentials I provide securely. I think that users will become more comfortable with it as it becomes more commonplace. Hopefully it becomes more commonplace.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23433" RevisionGUID="5cc0acdb-ac49-49dd-bba9-9932e05d0719" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:46:09.240" UserId="1561" Text="This is an old question that I've seen from time to time.  My understanding of it is rather limited (having read about the differences a long time ago, but the factoid(s) involved never really stuck).  Can I get a clear explanation for posterity? " />
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  <row Id="41663" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23434" RevisionGUID="3041fb2a-201b-4076-bb1c-e8e3ec5c1e66" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:47:27.443" UserId="5947" Text="&lt;scp&gt;&lt;directory&gt;&lt;copy&gt;" />
  <row Id="41664" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23435" RevisionGUID="a5ef8987-890b-41bc-9934-ee4b3fadac04" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:47:46.070" UserId="5799" Text="If you login with an OpenID, you only need to login to your provider **once** - the second time, user won't even see the provider's page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, maybe [RPXnow](https://rpxnow.com/) will be interesting." />
  <row Id="41665" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22984" RevisionGUID="83de07cc-be12-4262-acce-8d290489f48e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:48:02.123" UserId="3312" Comment="added 186 characters in body" Text="For a project at work, I need to be able to test various Ethernet NICs by connecting them to a &quot;loopback adapter plug&quot;, like [this one][1] on various embedded Linux boxen that come off a production assembly line.  I'd like to be able to setup two different IP addresses (AddressA and AddressB) on one Ethernet interface, and then run a ping from AddressA to AddressB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Ex:  ping -I AddressA AddressB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this even possible?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, is there a test available that would test the Ethernet interface solely on a L2 / MAC address level using the loopback plug?  If I recall, RealTek had a diagnostics tool for their 8139 ethernet adapters that did a L2-only loopback test of sorts, and I was wondering if there was a linux tool that did the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/software/nog/nog-interfaces/html/fe-ge-loopback25.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE:**  Added comments about why I'm testing the boxes in the above comments.  I'll have to try out some of these ideas this weekend to see what happens.  Maybe make my own &quot;loopback adapter plug&quot; using a keystone jack + some wires from a hardware store, and try to see if I can peek at the signals using an oscilloscope or logic analyser to ensure that signals are actually hitting the wire.  Since this seems to be harder than expected, our team at work made the decision to test the Linux boxen ethernet ports by picking up a small home NAT router and then pinging the router, and putting that in the hardware test fixtures.  Still, I'm intrigued by the technical aspects of this and want to experiment on this subject on my own." />
  <row Id="41666" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23433" RevisionGUID="eef83f35-1fe7-4a88-8467-96a7a3d5d982" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:51:13.147" UserId="1561" Comment="added presumptions about what buffer/cache represents" Text="This is an old question that I've seen from time to time.  My understanding of it is rather limited (having read about the differences a long time ago, but the factoid(s) involved never really stuck).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I understand it,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Buffers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   Are used by programs with active I/O operations, i.e. data waiting to be written to disk&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Cache&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   Is the result of completed I/O operations, i.e. buffers that have been flushed or data read from disk to satisfy a request.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can I get a clear explanation for posterity?" />
  <row Id="41667" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23385" RevisionGUID="fdf11b80-c0f8-43df-ad4e-33b719460e49" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:51:39.727" UserId="1353" Comment="deleted 3 characters in body" Text="Okay, this is creeping me out - I see about 1500-2500 of these:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    root@wherever:# netstat&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State      &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60930         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60934         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60941         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60947         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60962         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60969         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60998         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60802         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60823         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60876         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60886         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60898         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60897         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60905         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60918         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60921         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60673         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 localhost:60680         localhost:sunrpc        TIME_WAIT  &#xD;&#xA;    [etc...]&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    root@wherever:# netstat | grep 'TIME_WAIT' |wc -l&#xD;&#xA;    1942&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That number is changing rapidly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do have a pretty tight iptables config so I have no idea what can cause this. any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tamas&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Output of 'netstat -anp':&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       PID/Program name&#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60968         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60972         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60976         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60981         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60980         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60983         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60999         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60809         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60834         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60872         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60896         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60919         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60710         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60745         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60765         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60772         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60558         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60564         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60600         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:60624         127.0.0.1:111           TIME_WAIT   -               &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41668" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23436" RevisionGUID="9ea6a0cd-9bf3-40d0-b879-4016aa5ebb44" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:52:05.127" UserId="5051" Text="windows key + r&#xD;&#xA;cmd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this opens the command line window without the mouse. quickest way i've found to get it up. combine with the cmd \k *command* mentioned above." />
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  <row Id="41670" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23437" RevisionGUID="6ee34bfa-2f7d-4cae-80f7-98603519e959" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:53:01.957" UserId="3312" Text="I did a bit of research and found this page on converting the ethernet signals to light, and testing that in a loopback configuration:  http://ronja.twibright.com/testing/ploss_tetrapolis_ping.php. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, this isn't a true ping, as you simply only see the same ICMP packet twice in Wireshark/tcpdump.  It does guarantee that the signal hits the wire though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41671" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23438" RevisionGUID="70f93bae-2651-43f6-a2dd-d13427861b9d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:53:58.850" UserId="4479" Text="Check [this page][1] out&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linfo.org/free.html" />
  <row Id="41672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23439" RevisionGUID="c88225df-5180-47e1-87d1-71dc49b03115" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:54:02.080" UserId="3038" Text="OpenID provides a number of advantages, chief among them allowing you to get lazy with authentication. Authorization is still your problem, but at least you don't have to be as concerned about securely storing credentials. This is a good thing in my opinion. The 'net need more 'relying parties' like serverfault." />
  <row Id="41673" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23440" RevisionGUID="4605ec6c-4999-43a7-97e5-9e04ab78a729" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:54:11.673" UserId="5391" Text="**The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage**  by Cliff Stoll&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This isn't a technical book, but a true story about how a real persons stumbles upon a hacker.  He watches the hacker operate and notifies various three letter agencies with little or no response.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![The Cuckoo's Egg][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cuckoo's_Egg_(book)][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://assets0.snsassets.ca/images/books/9780743411462.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cuckoo's_Egg_(book)" />
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  <row Id="41676" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23442" RevisionGUID="dcb13b20-03b1-4b52-be65-2ba9f5c75f8e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:56:10.500" UserId="3476" Text="Please point out if we are wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Negative Views&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- We think for general users it might NOT be the preferable way.&#xD;&#xA;- Users who have less tech knowledge would think twice or get confused.&#xD;&#xA;- They are NOT used to it.&#xD;&#xA;- They have to avail an open id from a certain provider which might be annoying to them.&#xD;&#xA;- They might hate it because they will be redirected to another site.&#xD;&#xA;- They might get it wrong!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Positive views&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- It's trustworthy because we are not asking for their credentials.&#xD;&#xA;- It's faster once logged in." />
  <row Id="41677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23443" RevisionGUID="adc6da93-2ac3-434b-bef7-dd880564d2f9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:56:10.687" UserId="3038" Text="We had a problem like this a while back with one of the VPN products we used. It was not tolerant of out-of-order arrival of packets, and would terminate the VPN session when it happened. At the time, work was using a bonded pair of T1's and that lead to some out-of-order problems for a number of protocols. TCP is supposedly tolerant of that, but not all protocols using TCP are." />
  <row Id="41679" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="23429" RevisionGUID="fa1dc1d1-01e5-450f-9bd2-dff5e3e35806" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:59:46.000" UserId="1054" Comment="Add tag" Text="&lt;openid&gt;&lt;website&gt;&lt;login&gt;" />
  <row Id="41680" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23445" RevisionGUID="29e4eb92-35fb-4950-b4bf-f13b5db367f5" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:01:08.540" UserId="45" Text="My guess: it's a hardware problem. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I presume it's not under guarantee. Do you have some kind of service agreement or do you know somebody who could physically check that switch?" />
  <row Id="41681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23446" RevisionGUID="a569a2ed-d021-452a-ac62-be645c6c14ee" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:01:19.897" UserId="1464" Text="my understanding of the ghost cleanup process is that every five seconds it will look to removed ghosted records in an index. and so it will not overload the system, it will only &quot;clean&quot; roughly ten pages at a time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;so, that means it only cleans roughly 80k worth of records every five seconds? seems like my indexes would always be filled with ghosted records and the cleanup would never finish.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;so, let's say i run a delete, perhaps a million rows, and the index records for those millions rows are roughly 8Gb in size. so roughly 100,000 times the difference of 80k. does that mean the ghost cleanup process will take 500,000s, or almost six days to complete?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;clearly i am missing something here, because it does not make sense that it would take that long to clear out the ghosted records. and what about the other activity that hits that same index? does the ghost cleanup process cause waits, or have to wait for other processes?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[this question brought about by performance issues we have been seeing in the OpsMgrDW and we wanted to know more about this process]" />
  <row Id="41682" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23446" RevisionGUID="a569a2ed-d021-452a-ac62-be645c6c14ee" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:01:19.897" UserId="1464" Text="Ghost Cleanup" />
  <row Id="41683" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23446" RevisionGUID="a569a2ed-d021-452a-ac62-be645c6c14ee" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:01:19.897" UserId="1464" Text="&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="41684" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23447" RevisionGUID="21679c5d-2015-4e98-b135-e7928544b090" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:02:12.047" UserId="5221" Text="You could make sure that any user accounts used by IIS do not have rights to access the .svn directories.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can either do this manually (not recommended) or use something like MrJangles delete script either triggered to run after you do the SVN update or run regularly as a scheduled task:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for /r YOURPATH %f in (.svn) do icacls /deny &lt;name_of_iis_user&gt;:F &quot;%f&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(note: I've not tested the above, you'll need to check it does what it is trying to before relying on it in production, see the output of &quot;icacls /help&quot; for more info)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(another note: &quot;icacls&quot; is a Vista/2008 command, on earlier Windows variants the command is &quot;cacls&quot; instead)" />
  <row Id="41685" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23448" RevisionGUID="5de620b7-1228-475d-a28a-cf9a29e07c93" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:04:29.827" UserId="4226" Text="Are you able to browse to http://localhost/ succesfully?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you turn on directory browsing for TestSite, can you browse to http://localhost/TestSite/ successfully?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A 404 error is very clear cut.  It's file can not be found, so it's something in the configuration.   I'd suggest blowing it away and giving it a 2nd shot." />
  <row Id="41686" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23449" RevisionGUID="7ef509c9-4584-43e2-a154-de5a48472594" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:05:36.487" UserId="8882" Text="Over last year we have tried to deploy antivirus software on production linux servers.  In most cases after a few weeks under month end loads applications start running slow, or do not work as it should.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have always questioned to reason for having antivirus on linux, but it just seems a be must have item on auditors list.  It is my understanding that the amount of linux malware is little in comparison to windows, which brings me to my question why linux servers are required to have anti virus in terms of SOX?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have tried 2 different anti virus products and both deployments where rolled back on critical servers.  Should we just put a compensating factor in place and forget about anti virus on linux altogether" />
  <row Id="41687" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23449" RevisionGUID="7ef509c9-4584-43e2-a154-de5a48472594" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:05:36.487" UserId="8882" Text="Anti virus For Linux" />
  <row Id="41688" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23449" RevisionGUID="7ef509c9-4584-43e2-a154-de5a48472594" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:05:36.487" UserId="8882" Text="&lt;management&gt;&lt;antivirus&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="41689" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23450" RevisionGUID="f397ed41-e31a-4a7a-a491-37f751d89a1c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:05:38.063" UserId="1054" Text="I personally have crossed the line over to loving OpenID.  I used to be resistant to it from general paranoia.  I do agree that non-tech users might struggle at first, but I think the more wide-spread it becomes the more comfortable people will get.  Some sites offer both a traditional (local) authentication system and also the option of using OpenID.  I think that education is going to help a lot here, so if you clearly explain what OpenID is and its benefits then that will go a long way towards acceptance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a Single Sign On (SSO) technology it is open to the general risks of any SSO.  From that perspective I'm not yet ready to integrate my bank or medical sites into it :)  Not that it's offered by them anyway..." />
  <row Id="41690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23451" RevisionGUID="9f9d8902-9bff-45d9-a8c8-73280ca45d73" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:05:43.850" UserId="8042" Text="In basic settings, click the &quot;test settings&quot; button and see what that says.&#xD;&#xA;I think I've had a similar problem and it was permissions related.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try checking the &quot;connect as&quot; or check the identity of the app pool" />
  <row Id="41691" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23452" RevisionGUID="ea91d196-b3c6-4693-bbf4-70cf4422c9ce" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:07:13.190" UserId="5947" Text="OpenID is more complicated, and makes you dependent on the other providers not going down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the problems StackOverflow has with it, is that if you sign in with a different OpenId than the usual one you use, you lose your ratings and badges (maybe they've fixed that by now, haven't heard).  There was one time I couldn't sign in for an hour because my provider was down." />
  <row Id="41692" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23453" RevisionGUID="e22372ca-c7a6-48b9-aa12-5adc549c99ad" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:08:30.567" UserId="8934" Text="You will need to set up different tests:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Normal test, simulate users like they will behave. You will implement think time (no http fury 1s between pages). One way is to record a web session, so you will have realistic time to complete/read each page. Load will come step by step until you reach the average current load in production&#xD;&#xA; - Rupture test: Same as before, but add load until you get the first http 500 error. The goal is to know how much load you can manage until it will break&#xD;&#xA; - Long running test. You keep the first scenario running for 12 hours, to be sure you don't have memory leak, or performance degradation over time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After/before each test, you must put back the platform as before: restore database, reboot to clean memory and cache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will also implement a warm-up: Launch scenarios once before the real test, so web pages are compiled, connection to database made. Else, the first call will always be bad in your stats.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can add complexity, like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - use different scenarios (visitors/guest, members), that will performs differently.&#xD;&#xA; - Simulate differents bandwidth access&#xD;&#xA; - Randomize searched word and think time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One last important thing: You MUST save all completed scenario to be able to make them again exactly the same way, so you can compare performance with previous tests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41693" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23454" RevisionGUID="8e6c8006-6d5d-4d0a-9589-f1878e42f51a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:10:40.063" UserId="7936" Text="I'll throw in that with OpenID you usually want [OAuth][1] which gets criminally low press.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Others have elaborated enough about OpenID, OAuth adds to the set that another site not only knows who you are thru your OpenID provider but you can also tell what the site in question is allowed to know about you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - needs email for user details&#xD;&#xA; - needs first-/lastname for user details&#xD;&#xA; - needs country&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;may be all fine. How about those:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - social security number&#xD;&#xA; - credit card number&#xD;&#xA; - telephone number&#xD;&#xA; - postal address&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So **OpenID + OAuth** is a great combination, by using both you not only have a single place to keep a username and password but also where you keep details about yourself and don't loose overview about which site has access to what details about you&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://oauth.net/" />
  <row Id="41694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23455" RevisionGUID="55ac0117-daec-4644-ac1b-1b8810594160" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:13:19.903" UserId="7342" Text="Anti-virus products do have uses on Linux. While there isn't many viruses that target Linux, they are possible, and if it grows in popularity, then there's a chance that more viruses will be written for it. Having used Linux for 12 years I've never known anyone who's had a virus. There are worms and hacks, but a rootkit detector may be more useful, along with regular security updates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where you do what to run anti-virus checking is on mail servers and on file servers that server Windows clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use clamav, which is an open source product, but you can buy Sophos and F-Secure products. I'm sure there are more. " />
  <row Id="41695" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23456" RevisionGUID="98e98322-aeaf-4eac-af9d-fa0ce9b1fe5b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:14:26.813" UserId="1466" Text="The main reason to have antivirus running on linux servers is usually not to protect the server itself - but **to protect the end users** who use the services / files on the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to protect the server itself you should be looking at proper **firewalling** and **server hardening** procedures, and packages like **aide** / **tripwire** and **chkrootkit** / **rkhunter** to detect compromises if they happen" />
  <row Id="41696" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23457" RevisionGUID="9563aa49-b175-477b-aa99-78d296cdbe2c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:16:17.743" UserId="3459" Text="If you want to keep an eye on security issues you can check out:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SANS Dshield][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Darkreading][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Websense Security Labs][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[McAfee's TrustedSource][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[US Computer Emergency Readiness Team Vulnerabilities Listing][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dshield.org/indexd.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.darkreading.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://securitylabs.websense.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.trustedsource.org/en/home&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls" />
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  <row Id="41698" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23458" RevisionGUID="f9115081-3d18-40f9-8a47-ed2a576641de" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:16:29.740" UserId="7936" Text="I'm pretty sure the problem is that those are backslasches and need to be escaped properly (I don't do Windows but I'd try using 2 backslashes instead of one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you sill can't figure out the right syntax how to escape it use WinSCP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might also want to look into rsync which provides not only the security ssh has (by tunneling thru it) but also adds the benefit of incremental copies. You only copy what you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Among other features it has a very powerfull inclusion/exclusion syntax as well as a really usefull server mode" />
  <row Id="41699" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23459" RevisionGUID="aa250e09-f83e-4396-b1f4-a58500f9872a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:18:18.207" UserId="1054" Text="For when you just need to know that you're not the only one...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.thedailywtf.com][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.thedailywtf.com" />
  <row Id="41700" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23459" RevisionGUID="aa250e09-f83e-4396-b1f4-a58500f9872a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:18:18.207" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23460" RevisionGUID="e7446ef2-7a45-43cd-abd4-dc2cc4e07b01" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:18:26.833" UserId="2299" Text="Try running gpedit.msc and navigate to Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, System and look for a setting called Display Shutdown Event Tracker. If you set this to Enabled then it will ask you for a reason before allowing a shutdown or restart. Not quite the same as XP used to do, but at least it offers some protection from those accidental shutdowns. We've all done it!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41702" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23461" RevisionGUID="722031b5-d651-4a9d-99bd-135512508ac8" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:18:29.563" UserId="1770" Text="Since every modern System Administrator should be using a feed reader, here's my selections from Google Reader [NOTE: These are RSS feeds, not the standard viewable sites themselves!]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;System Administration and Storage:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Boiling Linux and Windows -**&#xD;&#xA;[http://feeds.feedburner.com/BoilingLinuxAndWindows][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Everything Sysadmin -**&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.everythingsysadmin.com/atom.xml][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**High Scalability - Building bigger, faster, more reliable websites. -**&#xD;&#xA;[http://highscalability.com/rss.xml][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Kevin Closson's Oracle Blog: Platform, Storage &amp;amp; Clustering Topics -**&#xD;&#xA;[http://kevinclosson.wordpress.com/feed/][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Last In - First Out -**&#xD;&#xA;[http://lastinfirstout.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Observations from a Tech Architect: Enterprise Implementation Issues -**&#xD;&#xA;[http://rss.ittoolbox.com/rss/eai-implementation.xml][6]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Services for UNIX - Interoperability -**&#xD;&#xA;[http://blogs.msdn.com/sfu/atom.xml][7]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Standalone Sysadmin -**&#xD;&#xA;[http://standalone-sysadmin.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default][8]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**StorageMojo -**&#xD;&#xA;[http://storagemojo.com/?feed=rss][9]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The Lone Sysadmin -**&#xD;&#xA;[http://feeds.feedburner.com/lonesysadmin/mkpe][10]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Planet CentOS -**&#xD;&#xA;[http://planet.centos.org/atom.xml][11]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Security:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Red Hat Errata -**&#xD;&#xA;[https://rhn.redhat.com/rpc/recent-errata.pxt][12]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Debian Security -**&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.debian.org/security/dsa-long][13]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Schneier on Security -**&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.schneier.com/blog/index.rdf][14]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tech/IT News:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Techdirt -**&#xD;&#xA;[http://feeds.techdirt.com/techdirt/feed][15]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**LWN.net -**&#xD;&#xA;[http://lwn.net/headlines/newrss][16]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Slashdot Firehose Stories -**&#xD;&#xA;[http://slashdot.org/firehose_stories.rss][17]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**TechCrunch -**&#xD;&#xA;[http://feedproxy.google.com/TechCrunch][18]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Others that are important and popular among sysadmins:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Cool Tools -**&#xD;&#xA;[http://feeds.feedburner.com/CoolTools][19]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**xkcd.com -**&#xD;&#xA;[http://xkcd.com/rss.xml][20]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**ThinkGeek :: What's New -**&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.thinkgeek.com/thinkgeek.rss][21]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The Daily WTF -**&#xD;&#xA;[http://syndication.thedailywtf.com/TheDailyWtf][22]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Official Gmail Blog -**&#xD;&#xA;[http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/atom.xml][23]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The official update feed from the Google Apps team -**&#xD;&#xA;[http://feeds.feedburner.com/GoogleAppsUpdates][24]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What Would Tyler Durden Do -**&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.wwtdd.com/feed/atom/][25]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/BoilingLinuxAndWindows&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.everythingsysadmin.com/atom.xml&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://highscalability.com/rss.xml&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://kevinclosson.wordpress.com/feed/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://lastinfirstout.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://rss.ittoolbox.com/rss/eai-implementation.xml&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://blogs.msdn.com/sfu/atom.xml&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://standalone-sysadmin.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://storagemojo.com/?feed=rss&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/lonesysadmin/mkpe&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://planet.centos.org/atom.xml&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: https://rhn.redhat.com/rpc/recent-errata.pxt&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://www.debian.org/security/dsa-long&#xD;&#xA;  [14]: http://www.schneier.com/blog/index.rdf&#xD;&#xA;  [15]: http://feeds.techdirt.com/techdirt/feed&#xD;&#xA;  [16]: http://lwn.net/headlines/newrss&#xD;&#xA;  [17]: http://slashdot.org/firehose_stories.rss&#xD;&#xA;  [18]: http://feedproxy.google.com/TechCrunch&#xD;&#xA;  [19]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/CoolTools&#xD;&#xA;  [20]: http://xkcd.com/rss.xml&#xD;&#xA;  [21]: http://www.thinkgeek.com/thinkgeek.rss&#xD;&#xA;  [22]: http://syndication.thedailywtf.com/TheDailyWtf&#xD;&#xA;  [23]: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/atom.xml&#xD;&#xA;  [24]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/GoogleAppsUpdates&#xD;&#xA;  [25]: http://www.wwtdd.com/feed/atom/" />
  <row Id="41703" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23461" RevisionGUID="722031b5-d651-4a9d-99bd-135512508ac8" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:18:29.563" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23462" RevisionGUID="55149479-75cc-4c0b-afd0-02dad82d7f9f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:20:43.007" UserId="8199" Text="When you say &quot;unless I use the shortcut version from &quot;All Programs&quot; which appears to work&quot; do you mean that you run as administrator there?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps GPO or someone has turned off or otherwise played with UAC settings. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try Start --&gt; msconfig --&gt; tools --&gt; enable UAC --&gt; launch&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this will reset it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another stupid question, but sometimes the &quot;I want to complete this action&quot; hides under another window. That got me at least a few times (including just now testing msconfig)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;take care,&#xD;&#xA;-Mathew" />
  <row Id="41705" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23456" RevisionGUID="a49bd35f-dac7-42ad-a26a-339d4ea1ff09" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:22:14.767" UserId="1466" Comment="added 359 characters in body" Text="The main reason to have anti-virus running on linux servers is usually not to protect the server itself - but **to protect the end users** who use the services / files on the server.  Think of the server as a potential *virus carrier*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to protect the server itself you should be looking at proper **firewalling** and **server hardening** procedures, and packages like **aide** / **tripwire** and **chkrootkit** / **rkhunter** to detect compromises if they happen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use **clamav** on our fileservers, mailservers, and webservers.  On the fileservers (by far the largest) we configured it to scan the modified files hourly, and do a full scan over the weekend on a monthly basis.  Otherwise the default configuration has not caused a noticeable performance impact." />
  <row Id="41706" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23463" RevisionGUID="78b03140-77e4-44a6-8c21-c94f0326a322" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:22:49.727" UserId="2299" Text="WMI is very powerful and relatively easy to use once you've ascended the learning slopes. You're going to have to write scripts though.I use VBScript but you can do most of what you need in Powershell these days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Start at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms974579.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41707" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23464" RevisionGUID="447521b1-2289-4afd-a653-87fa2a232aed" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:25:18.023" UserId="8199" Text="Perhaps it was not in your path...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;runas /user:domain\user %systemroot%\system32\fsmgmt.msc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41708" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23465" RevisionGUID="1be6d3fd-ab22-4f0e-9182-619e1214047e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:25:57.117" UserId="1464" Text="other than staring at a clock on the wall, is there any good technique for measuring the effects of various soft-NUMA configurations for SQL?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What we are hoping to show is the performance edge gained (if any), but I was hoping to show more details than just &quot;it used to take an hour, now it takes 48 minutes&quot;, because that is not enough proof (in my opinion) that our NUMA changes were the reason for the gain. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there is a way to measure and decipher some output I would be most interested in hearing about them, thanks." />
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  <row Id="41710" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23465" RevisionGUID="1be6d3fd-ab22-4f0e-9182-619e1214047e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:25:57.117" UserId="1464" Text="&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="41711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23466" RevisionGUID="b641fe30-fdab-4a6a-aef5-b65ded4611fa" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:26:07.693" UserId="5221" Text="The &quot;cached&quot; total will also include some other memory allocations, such as any tmpfs filesytems. To see this in effect try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mount -ttmpfs none t&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=dev/zero of=t/zero.file bs=10240 count=10240&#xD;&#xA;    sync; echo 3 &gt; /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches; free -m&#xD;&#xA;    umount t&#xD;&#xA;    sync; echo 3 &gt; /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches; free -m&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and you will see the &quot;cache&quot; value drop by the 100Mb that you copied to the ram-based filesystem (assuming there was enough free RAM, you might find some of it ended up in swap if the machine is already over-committed in terms of memory use). The &quot;sync; echo 3 &gt; /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches&quot; before each call to free should write anything pending in all write buffers (the sync) and clear all cached/buffered disk blocks from memory so free will only be reading other allocations in the &quot;cached&quot; value.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The RAM used by virtual machines (such as those running under VMWare) will also be counted in free's &quot;cached&quot; value, as will RAM used by currently open memory-mapped files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So it isn't as simple as &quot;buffers counts pending file/network writes and cached counts recently read/written blocks held in RAM to save future physical reads&quot;, though for most purposes this simpler description will do." />
  <row Id="41716" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23468" RevisionGUID="7682c4ed-153e-4c88-88db-bdb5b6db5ce6" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:28:57.623" UserId="3489" Text="Just to add to #3&amp;4&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Jumbo's can make a *huge* beneficial difference in performance especially for &quot;storage&quot; networks where 99.99% of packets will be large. Just make sure to do an audit first to ensure all hosts on the net support them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second, it's worth verifying that all those extra GigE interfaces are giving you more speed, most switches (by default) actually use MAC or IP based hashes so you may not actually see more then 1Gb between a single host pair.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the time you're putting in 10Gbe you should just bite the bullet and use FC which is much faster for the same link rate, or, wait until early next year where the converged ethernet stuff should finally be shipping at below &quot;early adopter&quot; pricing." />
  <row Id="41717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23469" RevisionGUID="49c9631b-3ad7-4d9c-9a01-d837a89c432e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:29:00.793" UserId="4810" Text="I use Polymon and love it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.codeplex.org/polymon&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's fantastic for monitoring anything that can be communicated by TCP Port, SNMP, Powershell, WMI, SQL, HTTP, Perfmon, or Ping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't monitor anything *nix, so I can't speak to that.  But for the Windows world it's very simple to set up, extremely intuitive, and extremely flexible, It has very nice built-in dashboard display, sms or email notification, etc." />
  <row Id="41718" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23469" RevisionGUID="49c9631b-3ad7-4d9c-9a01-d837a89c432e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:29:00.793" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41719" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23470" RevisionGUID="b8b76b54-6d93-4df9-ac97-e2e6771e3f62" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:30:09.323" UserId="702" Text="My rewrite rule is working and redirecting requests like /versioned/1234/images/foo.gif to /images/foo.gif but it doesn't seem to be setting the set_expires_header environment variable because the headers are not being appended. If I uncomment the line that explicitly sets the environment variable then the headers are set. What am I doing wrong? Is there a better way to do this? I want to be able to access the files with both URLs but only have the headers added when accessing it through the versioned URL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       ServerName dev.example.com&#xD;&#xA;       DocumentRoot /var/www/html/dev&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       &lt;Directory &quot;/var/www/html/dev&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          Options FollowSymLinks ExecCGI&#xD;&#xA;          AllowOverride All&#xD;&#xA;          Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;          Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;          SetEnvIf Request_URI versioned set_expires_header&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;          RewriteEngine on&#xD;&#xA;          RewriteRule ^versioned/[^/\.]+/(.*)$ /$1 [E=set_expires_header:true,L]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;          #SetEnv set_expires_header true&#xD;&#xA;          Header append Expires &quot;access plus 1 year&quot; env=set_expires_header&#xD;&#xA;          Header append Cache-Control &quot;public&quot; env=set_expires_header&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;" />
  <row Id="41720" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23470" RevisionGUID="b8b76b54-6d93-4df9-ac97-e2e6771e3f62" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:30:09.323" UserId="702" Text="Setting Apache environment variable on mod_rewrite rewrite condition" />
  <row Id="41721" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23470" RevisionGUID="b8b76b54-6d93-4df9-ac97-e2e6771e3f62" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:30:09.323" UserId="702" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;mod-rewrite&gt;&lt;rewriterules&gt;" />
  <row Id="41722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23471" RevisionGUID="fc7b60f0-a95b-451c-affa-b14019631c04" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:30:14.377" UserId="8199" Text="I've used Microsoft's Windows State Migration Utility with success.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can get it here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=799AB28C-691B-4B36-B7AD-6C604BE4C595&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have lots of users you can customize your xml files and then make every machine after the first one a piece of cake." />
  <row Id="41723" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21230" RevisionGUID="3b91d786-5971-422f-bd08-480edd7ec33a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:30:31.740" UserId="1054" Comment="fix typo" Text="Firefox adoption in the home/personal user base seems to be growing fine, but adoption in the enterprise is not going anywhere quickly. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My view on this is because SysAdmins are not promoting it within the organisations because Internet Explorer has features which make it more acceptable to an enterprise, such as&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Managing settings via GPO&#xD;&#xA; - Integration into the rest of the update stack&#xD;&#xA; - Support of common business applications&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So what would you add to Firefox to get it more promotion by SysAdmins in the enterprise?" />
  <row Id="41724" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23472" RevisionGUID="f264d7c6-b2fb-4a13-bf1f-3ab5d9fb2284" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:31:32.503" UserId="4381" Text="Don't forget that it doesn't have to be an either/or option. You can (and probably should) add OpenID support in addition to traditional login methods. This won't scare away 'general' users - they just use the existing method, while making life much more pleasant for those who use OpenID." />
  <row Id="41725" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23473" RevisionGUID="c410551d-20d1-4a58-a972-2d2446d4887e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:31:47.557" UserId="8834" Text="A lots of Linux Distro are result to lots of options. By the way, I'm using Ubuntu 8.04LTS - Server for our File Server, and Sadly Stop today. I'd used eBox Platform for managing the Linux system. Happily enjoying &quot;create/copy/paste&quot; of files unto the server with its own samba profile lasting for a week. Then the nasty bugs accord. Resulting to Linux kernel Panic, due to some of buggy eBox Modules Written in Perl. The Question is: What is the best Linux Web-Base Management Tool or Platform?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Options&#xD;&#xA;1. eBox Platform (which i marked it negative)&#xD;&#xA;2. Webmin&#xD;&#xA;3. ISConfig&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which one you like, or maybe the best for you.&#xD;&#xA;Note: Ubuntu 8.04LTS - Server is my Linux Distro&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="41726" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23473" RevisionGUID="c410551d-20d1-4a58-a972-2d2446d4887e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:31:47.557" UserId="8834" Text="Linux Web-Base Management Tool or Platform, What is/are the best(s)" />
  <row Id="41727" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23473" RevisionGUID="c410551d-20d1-4a58-a972-2d2446d4887e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:31:47.557" UserId="8834" Text="&lt;ubuntu-server&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;samba&gt;" />
  <row Id="41728" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23474" RevisionGUID="e32fb0c2-2675-42d7-b41c-5de83c13775e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:32:51.657" UserId="2579" Text="You might want to look into a router that has QoS on it so that the VPN connection gets priority over the other packets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other thing that might be the cause (as mentioned by others) is check your upstream bandwidth.  Usually downstream bandwidth is pretty high, but the upstream is capped (256k or 356k).  You might want to look at changing your broadband plan if the upstream is really low.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV" />
  <row Id="41729" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23475" RevisionGUID="bfc4ba0f-4f36-411b-a806-6de6d637c726" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:33:48.160" UserId="3251" Text="From a pure security standpoint, I'd re-educate your developers.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ease of deployment is not necessarily a good idea if you sacrifice security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're planning a configuration to block access to sensitive information.  What happens if the configuration accidentally changes.  What happens if an IIS hotFix comes down and changes how your config works.  What happens if the 3rd party library you use faults out and stops working.  I can think of several extremely likely events that would break your config and allow access to these files, which would be **TOTALLY MITIGATED** by not having the files on the server in the first place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should create a deployment script that copies the appropriate files from a staging server.  You could even stage via SVN to a different directory on Prod. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To deploy, you can use RoboCopy and the /XD command to exclude .svn directories.  You can use the Microsoft web deployment tool and limit the directories with that.  You can deploy and run the above `for /r YOURPATH %f in (.svn) do rd /s /q &quot;%f&quot;` if you need too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just don't deploy these directories to production web site." />
  <row Id="41730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23476" RevisionGUID="b79a259b-20a3-491c-a340-43c316c63976" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:34:20.687" UserId="8535" Text="According to [this post][1], exporting the instances to XML was the way to go in 2004. I hope there is a better solution out there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://groups.google.com/group/netscape.public.mozilla.webtools/browse_thread/thread/cacbf99f7d326c01/e1bd04cb84e61d59?lnk=gst&amp;q=merge#e1bd04cb84e61d59" />
  <row Id="41731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23477" RevisionGUID="0f6f9565-86b0-43a1-a6c2-3a5a1cb17da3" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:34:56.100" UserId="8549" Text="I've been watching the videos at splunk.com and really it's hard to believe that one can get all those features for free, there's still that &quot;where's the catch?&quot; in the back of my head.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So it'd be great if anybody that is actually using it Splunk on production would like to share their experiences, perhaps highlighting its benefits over, say, Nagios?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks much in advance." />
  <row Id="41732" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23477" RevisionGUID="0f6f9565-86b0-43a1-a6c2-3a5a1cb17da3" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:34:56.100" UserId="8549" Text="Is anybody using Splunk in a large-scale production environment?" />
  <row Id="41733" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23477" RevisionGUID="0f6f9565-86b0-43a1-a6c2-3a5a1cb17da3" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:34:56.100" UserId="8549" Text="&lt;plunk&gt;&lt;itil&gt;&lt;itsm&gt;&lt;log-files&gt;&lt;infrastructure&gt;" />
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  <row Id="41735" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="23477" RevisionGUID="027f37eb-b7b6-4ca7-898d-39ec57ef1037" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:37:37.000" UserId="5391" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;splunk&gt;&lt;itil&gt;&lt;itsm&gt;&lt;log-files&gt;&lt;infrastructure&gt;" />
  <row Id="41736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23478" RevisionGUID="5e9da249-1870-4817-82dd-b8f82df4fbbe" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:38:59.600" UserId="4955" Text="I've always thought that index rebuilds would &quot;fix&quot; any remaining issues when the structures are shifted around." />
  <row Id="41737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23479" RevisionGUID="99c863c8-d715-4934-937c-1a3f5373ef4c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:43:15.117" UserId="7342" Text="Enterprise edition is very very costly, which is the version you'd be using in a large scale environment. This is the reason we've not used it." />
  <row Id="41738" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23479" RevisionGUID="99c863c8-d715-4934-937c-1a3f5373ef4c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:43:15.117" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41740" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23480" RevisionGUID="cbd86ce9-2459-4a92-980f-b602a7571814" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:46:02.740" UserId="6779" Text="It's only free up to 500MB/day of log processing. I tested it and even if you stay under 500MB/day, I found that many of the more &quot;advanced&quot; features require a real license. It also requires a lot of hardware resources to work adequately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know of a company using it on a very large scale, but it cost a very large amount of money too (the low end licenses are many thousands of dollars).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It does different things than Nagios as well. Splunk seems better for tracking trends or looking for peculiarities in long term data and Nagios is better for being able to react immediately." />
  <row Id="41741" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23480" RevisionGUID="cbd86ce9-2459-4a92-980f-b602a7571814" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:46:02.740" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23481" RevisionGUID="fb3ccca9-94be-415b-90c1-f139928bab34" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:46:52.223" UserDisplayName="TJL" Text="Someone should mention Netgong for a simple on/off monitoring tool via ping intervals." />
  <row Id="41743" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23481" RevisionGUID="fb3ccca9-94be-415b-90c1-f139928bab34" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:46:52.223" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23482" RevisionGUID="d6e8018e-fd54-40f2-8941-edc2092c7895" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:47:31.283" UserId="564" Text="The problem I am having is I have a point to point tunnel from site A to site B.  Remote users connect to site A via VPN.  I would like them to be able to send traffic over the tunnel to site B.  Is this possible to do?  The Tunnel sets up fine and I can connect to the VPN just fine ... I think I have added all of the rules to allow traffic to pass.  A google search seemed to indicate that there may be problems because this is the same interface.  Let me know if segments from the router configuration would be useful. Thanks in advance for the help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41745" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23482" RevisionGUID="d6e8018e-fd54-40f2-8941-edc2092c7895" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:47:31.283" UserId="564" Text="on a cisco router can you run a tunnel and a vpn on the same interface and have vpn traffic pass over the tunnel" />
  <row Id="41746" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23482" RevisionGUID="d6e8018e-fd54-40f2-8941-edc2092c7895" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:47:31.283" UserId="564" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;tunneling&gt;&lt;routing&gt;" />
  <row Id="41747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23483" RevisionGUID="dff2506c-af97-492e-8e76-f00b954a5f00" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:48:14.730" UserId="7200" Text="I install Adobe Reader via Group Policy and software assignment. I've been applying MSP-based patches to my Adobe Reader installation points and then instructing client computers to reinstall via the &quot;Redeploy...&quot; functionality in Group Policy. I don't particularly like doing things this way, but it's the least labor-intensive method I can see.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This recent Adobe Reader patch (9.1.2) is MSP-based, so I'm able to deploy it in my usual manner. If Adobe decides to start distributing EXE-based patches, then I've got a problem and have to begin writing scripts. (Hopefully they'll stick to a Windows Installer based patching regime from here on out. We'll see...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they do go to EXE-based updates, I'll write scripts to deploy them silently via computer startup scripts. (If you've got the money to pony-up for Microsoft's System Center Configuration Manager, you can use the built-in System Center Update Publisher to deploy these types of updates.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having the client computers download patches themselves via the built-in updater functionality in Adobe Reader is useless to me. I need to be able to centrally control the deployment of updates such that I can test the update prior to deployment. Users don't have &quot;Administrator&quot; rights on their computers and can't install any updates themselves anyway. I disable the updater as a transform to the MSI for Adobe Reader.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've never used a third-party patch management tool, so I can't comment. Patch management tools that claim to automate the patching process have always given me a bit of pause. Tools that do &quot;snapshotting&quot; aren't actually capturing the logic in an installer, and could do the wrong thing under circumstances different than when the snapshot was taken. Tools that &quot;silently install&quot; patches often require the same amount of work that I'd put into writing a script to install the patch anyway. As such, I'm dubious of the effectiveness and reliablity of &quot;patch management&quot; tools over using software assignment, &quot;Redeploy...&quot;, and hand-written scripts to deploy patches." />
  <row Id="41748" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20433" RevisionGUID="a485aad7-ec9a-4cd5-8c56-d34a69198056" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:50:16.070" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix a typo" Text="This article was very useful to me in deploying Adobe Acrobat Reader:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Deploying Adobe Reader 9 for Windows][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are two sections which could be interesting for you. This one: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **What To Do About Adobe Updater**&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Reader 9 continues to include the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Adobe Updater application which has&#xD;&#xA;&gt; been updated to version 6. While I&#xD;&#xA;&gt; haven’t seen it misbehave for some&#xD;&#xA;&gt; time and it no longer drops an Updater&#xD;&#xA;&gt; folder in your Documents folder, you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; might still want to disable it.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; There are a few ways to do this. You&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can disable Updater by running it&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (click Help / Check for Updates) then&#xD;&#xA;&gt; click the Preferences link. You will&#xD;&#xA;&gt; then see the Preferences dialog,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; where you can choose to disable&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Updater.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and the following section&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **Updating Reader**&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Updating Adobe Reader can be a bit of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a challenge, especially for smaller&#xD;&#xA;&gt; environments using only Group Policy&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Software Installation. For Reader 8,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Adobe released updates as a complete&#xD;&#xA;&gt; download of the installer rather than&#xD;&#xA;&gt; patches. I recommend updating using&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the full installer as updates for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; version 9 are released.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; If you would really prefer to use the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Updater to keep Reader current, you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; could use the following command in a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; task using Windows Task Scheduler:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     &quot;%CommonProgramFiles%\Adobe\Updater6\Adobe_Updater.exe&quot; -AU_LAUNCH_MODE=1&#xD;&#xA;     -AU_DISPLAY_LANG=en_US -AU_LAUNCH_APPID=reader9rdr-en_US&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/deployment/deploying-adobe-reader-9-for-windows" />
  <row Id="41749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23484" RevisionGUID="980de8b9-0e51-41ee-bea3-3aa288d90d3d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:53:11.680" UserId="8093" Text="My company operates a SaaS product. My charge is our corporate environment, i.e. users, computers and the Data Center at the Corp office. I am planning to upgrade our current Active Directory structure. I have roughly 65 users where 60 work from our Corp office and the other five from their respective Home Offices. I have five data centers geographically dispersed with their own AD Forest. I would like to pull everything under a single forest. What is best practice here? Should they be their own independent Forest or should they be Domains under a parent forest. Keep in mind all access to the other data centers are accessed from the Corp office.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also would it be better for me to Upgrade my Current Active Directory environment by promoting up or start from scratch? What are the pros and Cons of both?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41750" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23484" RevisionGUID="980de8b9-0e51-41ee-bea3-3aa288d90d3d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:53:11.680" UserId="8093" Text="Upgrading Active Directory" />
  <row Id="41751" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23484" RevisionGUID="980de8b9-0e51-41ee-bea3-3aa288d90d3d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:53:11.680" UserId="8093" Text="&lt;activedirectory&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;windows-domain&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;microsoft&gt;" />
  <row Id="41752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23485" RevisionGUID="3a5f9cf1-d1de-4ab8-aff0-44f00e9114ed" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:53:39.680" UserId="9033" Text="We host our ASP.NET web sites internally (within our DMZ). When we are doing network maintenance, etc we would like to have our sites display a maintenance page, but our network is down so our hosting servers are off. We don't host our DNS entries (it is handled externally) so we could have a maintenance page hosted externally, but pushing a DNS change for maintenance would take too long. What kinds of solutions could we employ to handle network outages here while still giving our external users some indication that we still exist? What has worked for you and what have you tried?" />
  <row Id="41753" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23485" RevisionGUID="3a5f9cf1-d1de-4ab8-aff0-44f00e9114ed" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:53:39.680" UserId="9033" Text="How to show a maintenance page for website when our network is down" />
  <row Id="41754" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23485" RevisionGUID="3a5f9cf1-d1de-4ab8-aff0-44f00e9114ed" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:53:39.680" UserId="9033" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;asp.net&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;web-hosting&gt;&lt;maintenance&gt;" />
  <row Id="41755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23486" RevisionGUID="8f85e635-ba11-410e-a41d-1e732c53a644" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:53:59.383" UserId="8388" Text="Adobe supply a tool to customise the MSI installation of Acrobat, the &quot;Adobe Customization Wizard&quot;. What we do is to deploy Acrobat/Reader through Group Policy, having first used this tool to customise the MSI to *disable* all updating, update prompts, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having done this, we can roll out updated to Acrobat via GP as they're released.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sadly no, I don't know of any centralised tool that will do this. The above approach will at least let *you* manage the updates, and stop users complaining about the Adobe Updated popups!" />
  <row Id="41756" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="23473" RevisionGUID="c293bd7e-8cd7-412f-989d-daac01d377a6" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:54:21.147" UserId="6365" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ubuntu-server&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;web-apps&gt;&lt;administration&gt;" />
  <row Id="41757" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23487" RevisionGUID="bccfe676-eedf-4aa1-88a7-d5110eb6dd6e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:56:17.787" UserDisplayName="bwb" Text="I highly recommend Ars Technica in general, but a daily digest of the Server Room forum on their site is just awesome: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/frm/f/833003030931&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just tons of great info, especially on VMWare etc." />
  <row Id="41758" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23487" RevisionGUID="bccfe676-eedf-4aa1-88a7-d5110eb6dd6e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:56:17.787" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41759" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23488" RevisionGUID="589d734c-8474-408c-b08b-dedaa93ec67a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:57:14.900" UserId="8743" Text="An offsite reverse proxy that points to your live site could display a default page when the backend site is not available." />
  <row Id="41760" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23489" RevisionGUID="41c7d4c2-e630-4f67-8987-c5e7acb52e1b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:57:41.840" UserId="9036" Text="We've been having trouble caused by what we believe is contention within tempDB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whenever we are having problems, our system is always waiting on one particular resource: 2:1:103, which when we look it up (using DBCC PAGE(2,1,103)) tracks back to object_id 75, which is the system table sysmultiobjrefs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To solve this problem, we can sometimes get away with killing hanging spids waiting on that resource... in the worse cases, we have to actually stop SQL and start it back up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas on how to alleviate this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're running SQL 2005 SP3 x64 on a quad/quad server with 128GB of RAM. Disks are also on a SAN with log/tempdb/data each on its own RAID 1/0 drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TempDB has 16 data files (one for each core) and one log file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance." />
  <row Id="41761" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23489" RevisionGUID="41c7d4c2-e630-4f67-8987-c5e7acb52e1b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:57:41.840" UserId="9036" Text="TempDB contention on sysmultiobjrefs SQL 2005" />
  <row Id="41762" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23489" RevisionGUID="41c7d4c2-e630-4f67-8987-c5e7acb52e1b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:57:41.840" UserId="9036" Text="&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="41763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23490" RevisionGUID="9086785d-d4c0-4083-9ed3-4f1f28735645" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:59:06.957" UserId="4806" Text="I work on a small network that runs on windows server 2003, and with machines running xp. Is there a group policy that could push a new user name and password to replace our old local administrator user accounts?" />
  <row Id="41764" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23490" RevisionGUID="9086785d-d4c0-4083-9ed3-4f1f28735645" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:59:06.957" UserId="4806" Text="Is there a group policy that would push a new user name and password to all local machines on a network?" />
  <row Id="41765" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23490" RevisionGUID="9086785d-d4c0-4083-9ed3-4f1f28735645" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:59:06.957" UserId="4806" Text="&lt;password&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="41766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23491" RevisionGUID="7a7a1692-4611-4963-90fc-ce6a625c0398" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:59:07.563" UserId="7645" Text="We're using it for 7+GB of data per day, but we pay for that.  A lot.  I think we get a bit of an academic discount, but mostly we managed to justify spending the money because it satisfied auditors about having somebody/something looking over our logs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We *also* use nagios.  We've configured nagios with some saved searches that call scripts that either generate nagios alerts or create [RT][1] tickets.  So, for instance, over X login failures in a 5 minute time window (across all servers) will generate an alert.  That's the kind of thing nagios can't really do on its own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Previously we were using [SEC][2] to generate those kinds of alerts, but it didn't work as well and somebody still had to try to use grep on a 20GB file now and then.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure we have any nagios alerts generated anymore; we've switched most, if not all, of that to generating RT tickets. The nagios alert model doesn't really work well for stuff based on log analysis, it's better at things with a state that can be good or bad, not a discrete event that may need investigating.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://bestpractical.com/rt/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://kodu.neti.ee/~risto/sec/" />
  <row Id="41767" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23491" RevisionGUID="7a7a1692-4611-4963-90fc-ce6a625c0398" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:59:07.563" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41768" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23492" RevisionGUID="70d7ca02-8771-448e-be50-d75196d4eccf" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:59:45.223" UserId="8199" Text="This is occurring because the msi is using your home directory as temporary file storage. I would check to see if the permissions on your H drive are the same." />
  <row Id="41769" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23493" RevisionGUID="1b77188a-cb35-44c8-9a8f-c01b80094aed" CreationDate="2009-06-10T16:59:54.940" UserId="45" Text="Well, I don't know if this the optimal solution, because it is adding complexity to your solution: you could place some reverse proxies (squid, MS ISA, ...) in front of your web servers (outside your network) and run the requests through these servers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, when you're planning for down-time, you simply have to change some rules to show the static *&quot;sorry, we're offline&quot;* message." />
  <row Id="41770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23494" RevisionGUID="1f7efc89-5ed8-4487-9c6b-635b7c804065" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:00:14.583" UserId="1466" Text="You could set up a DNS failover solution (DNS Made Easy provides this option), but depending on your TTL settings, people won't likely get the updates except for longer outages.  Of course, you would also need an external server to host the maintenance page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your best bet for instantaneous failover is to purchase a small hosted server somewhere, with a static web page on it, and then use a tool (like **heartbeat** in linux) to monitor when the main server is unavailable, and have the secondary server take over its IP address.  " />
  <row Id="41772" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23496" RevisionGUID="831f0422-c729-40c3-93c9-4a7cbe2fc8e1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:00:49.277" UserId="9005" Text="In our operation, we have found it somewhat important to consider the purpose of the storage and pick the appropriate media depending on that purpose.  As a recording and video production facility, we have terrabytes of data which we have to move in and out of operation.  We use an online, nearline, and offline thought process.  The online stuff is of course on the local server.  In our case I use NearLine to refer to storage used for quick restores in the case of a server failure.  This is usually sets of terrabyte external hard drives stored both onsite and offsite.  They can be plugged in quickly in order to rebuild a file server.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where it gets interesting is offline storage.  In our case this may be a video project which we know we may need to come back to in a year, but does not need to be immediately online.  We need an archival media for large amounts of data.  This is becoming more and more important in my industry as many of the hi-definition cameras are shooting directly to banks of 16 or 32 GB P2 cards so there is no tape or film media to go back to.  The initial product is digital files.  I know many production companies that are using firewire drives for this offline storage purpose.  They copy the project to an external firewire drive and set it on a shelf.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, we have had an abysmal failure rate on these drives.  We had close to 20 of these drives at one point and have sent over a third of them back for repair at one point or another.  After losing both our primary and secondary external drive backup for a project in the same week, we finally abandoned that concept and have returned to tape for long term storage.  In our case LTO4.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To summarize, IMHO the media to use depends on the application and the longevity.  We have tapes from over a decade ago that restore just fine.  I am not convinced that a hard drive sitting on a shelf for ten years will neccessarily come back though.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23497" RevisionGUID="73ff0574-4d5d-4b6a-a5a8-f8cb1f542aca" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:05:43.197" UserId="8199" Text="I use pspasswd from sysinternals.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Utilities/PsPasswd.mspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a user automating it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://forum.sysinternals.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=9469" />
  <row Id="41774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23498" RevisionGUID="d5b357e7-847d-4159-a99a-20e28f4a1046" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:06:59.717" UserId="1466" Text="I think for a general purpose web console, **webmin** is the standard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The thing I really like about webmin is that **it works with your standard config files**, so you can edit them either by hand, or using webmin - or stop using webmin altogether, and your config files are still consistent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23499" RevisionGUID="245178d4-ea28-4303-99f8-c5c4813aa664" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:07:17.220" UserId="919" Text="We use [OpsView][1], which runs on top of Nagios. The webUI helps us deploy new host monitor definitions without having to allow SSH access, provides public views, and records historical values. This is handy for provisioning and determining suitable baselines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.opsview.org/" />
  <row Id="41776" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23499" RevisionGUID="245178d4-ea28-4303-99f8-c5c4813aa664" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:07:17.220" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41777" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23500" RevisionGUID="582c9c3a-e42f-4190-a8e6-07dc08b087ed" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:07:55.753" UserId="4113" Text="Let's say I'm installing a software on Windows and I want to see all the changes it has made during its installation, what is the easiest way to keep track of system changes. The change could happen in program/system files or registry etc., Is there a tool that tracks that changes? This could be useful in, for example, a patch installation where an administrator may want to keep track of all the changes it has made." />
  <row Id="41778" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23500" RevisionGUID="582c9c3a-e42f-4190-a8e6-07dc08b087ed" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:07:55.753" UserId="4113" Text="Keeping track of changes to a System during Software/Patch Installation" />
  <row Id="41779" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23500" RevisionGUID="582c9c3a-e42f-4190-a8e6-07dc08b087ed" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:07:55.753" UserId="4113" Text="&lt;change-management&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;tools&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;patch-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="41780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23501" RevisionGUID="32d0a204-5bea-4487-9332-39cfc283307b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:08:40.307" UserId="1466" Text="For single-application servers, there are many options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For managing Database servers, try **phpmyadmin**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For managing webservers/web-hosting situations, **virtualmin** is very nice, or **cpanel** is another option&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23502" RevisionGUID="dd24dc3e-6d20-4f67-9407-47b994ba9554" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:10:21.597" UserId="8388" Text="Password, no; you can, however, set the Administrator username using GP. It's under:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Computer Settings&#xD;&#xA; * Windows Settings&#xD;&#xA; * Security Settings&#xD;&#xA; * Local Policies&#xD;&#xA; * Security Options&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Find the one called &quot;Rename administrator account&quot;, and change it to whatever you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For re-setting the password, we've simply set them all on installation to ridiculously long strings, then created a &quot;Workstation Admin&quot; group in Active Directory; then, using Group Policy, go to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Computer -&gt; Windows -&gt; Security -&gt; Restricted Groups&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add the new group, and make them a member of &quot;Administrators&quot;. So long as your PCs are joined to the domain, and you give your techies membership of this group, they can log on using their personal Active Directory accounts, rather than sharing a local administrator account (which gives you much more accountability!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your mileage may vary when using this technique on laptops or machines that are often disconnected from AD, of course.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps!" />
  <row Id="41782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23503" RevisionGUID="69d1b845-879a-4c4a-a4ed-59f89aad097f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:10:43.483" UserId="385" Text="Typically once you get to AD, you want to promote up, not migrate. That way you don't have to do the computer account migrations, etc. The question of whether or not to be separate forests (or even domains) is more dependent on how you function, than anything else. Some things to think about:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Domains are not a security boundary. Forests are. If you require security boundaries that cannot be handled via delegated rights, then you should use multiple forests. Otherwise, one forest will do.&#xD;&#xA; - Do you need multiple domains? Or can you better served by using OUs and delegating rights at the OU level?&#xD;&#xA; - If you're worried about authentication traffic over the WAN and things like that, you should already have physical sites set up within AD. This will ensure that folks initially use the closest domain controller. &#xD;&#xA; - With 5 users geographically dispersed across multiple sites, do you need to deploy a DC to them (how's network connectivity, outages, etc.)? If not, then that gives more reason to pull back to a single forest, single domain configuration. Even if they do have issues with network connectivity, you can still deploy a single DC to the site. If you're going to 2008, this can even be a read only DC.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23504" RevisionGUID="3b4563dd-6632-4ddc-a1ee-ef2b67fb875a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:11:33.700" UserId="3038" Text="My understanding is a bit dated, but newer versions of AD handle this case a bit better. I think this is a case where an empty root is a good idea. You have a domain at the top of your forest (say... dir.organisation.org) that is only there for DNS and global catalog. You then create sub-domains (tx.dir.organisation.org, ca.dir.organisation.org, etc) as child domains of the empty root. Then configure Sites for each of the geographically dispersed data-centers. Global catalog data will still have to be replicated across your WAN links, and so will DNS updates to some extent. Whether or not this is reasonable for your environment, you'll have to decide for yourself. But if you have the infrastructure for this, it is what I recommend. This will provide the built in trusts and unified account database that are one of AD's primary advantages. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for upgrading, we're a fan of promoting the functional level of the domain, then using dcpromo to demote a DC to a member server, reformatting it with the new OS version, then using dcpromo to make it a DC again. Wash, rinse, repeat for each DC until all are upgraded. Then once you're comfortable that your compatibility problems are solved, raise the functional level to that of the new OS. " />
  <row Id="41784" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23505" RevisionGUID="81eb5fe1-1946-45b1-8968-6279c42c8454" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:13:27.410" UserId="2600" Text="You may have a corrupt software image.  Assuming you have a CCO account, get the latest version of software for that switch (or copy it from another switch if you do not) and copy it down.  You may need to use xmodem to do this, which is going to take a long time but increase the bps to 19200 on the console port first to speed this up a bit." />
  <row Id="41785" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23506" RevisionGUID="5001e2fe-2d52-4b9b-925b-1d2527e02c3b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:14:34.803" UserId="385" Text="You can attach a startup script for the computer account. This can check the existence of a user and if it's not there, create it. The catch is ensuring the password is encrypted in some manner. However, it sounds like you just want to rename the administrator account. If so, see Keith's response. You can rename via GPO and that's the way to go. Setting the password is more difficult and can't be done directly via GPO except through a startup script.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41786" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23507" RevisionGUID="ecf9df23-96ac-475a-bc02-b9367f49593c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:16:49.043" UserId="9038" Text="In your answers, please keep in mind that it is all about a home network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the best way of protecting a network attached storage from the outside world?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently i have a NAS connected behind my internet gateway. On the first day of use i found &quot;copy.exe&quot; within one of the disks attached to the NAS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What should i do in order making it as secure as possible?" />
  <row Id="41787" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23507" RevisionGUID="ecf9df23-96ac-475a-bc02-b9367f49593c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:16:49.043" UserId="9038" Text="Protecting Network attached storage " />
  <row Id="41788" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23507" RevisionGUID="ecf9df23-96ac-475a-bc02-b9367f49593c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:16:49.043" UserId="9038" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;storage&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="41789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23508" RevisionGUID="7d45e50d-6979-4b12-b009-39ae410c28a5" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:19:15.993" UserId="1840" Text="Hmm... I wonder if Sysinternal's Process monitor might come in handy here.  Launch it and scan, then start your install and stop once it's done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Process Monitor&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There might be other solutions that are specific for the launched binary install, but I'm not aware of them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx" />
  <row Id="41790" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23509" RevisionGUID="44ac2998-bed1-4a4f-a7cc-e83ecc460081" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:19:38.613" UserId="7200" Text="I use a computer startup script to do this for local &quot;Administrator&quot; passwords, combined with a &quot;trap door&quot; group membership so that the script only runs once.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Create a group in the AD - &quot;Local Administrator Password Set&quot;. Modify the permissions on the group to allow &quot;Domain Computers&quot; to &quot;Add/Remove Self as Member&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Create a new GPO, &quot;Set Local Administrator Password&quot; and link it wherever you want in the directory. Modify the permission on the GPO to DENY &quot;Apply Group Policy&quot; to members of the &quot;Local Administrator Password Set&quot; group. Remove the &quot;Authenticated Users&quot; from the stock permission and add &quot;Domain Computers&quot; with &quot;Read&quot; and &quot;Apply Group Policy&quot; permission.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Add a startup script to the GPO with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    NET USER Administrator new_password_here&#xD;&#xA;    NET GROUP &quot;Local Administrator Password Set&quot; %COMPUTERNAME%$ /ADD /DOMAIN&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Link the GPO wherever I want it to apply.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I really enjoy doing &quot;trapdoor&quot; scripts like this. I use them to run SYSOCMGR the first time a new PC is joined to the domain, etc.)" />
  <row Id="41791" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23510" RevisionGUID="f0ab650d-5cc4-43d7-a3f5-10af8a85fee2" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:21:13.977" UserId="1770" Text="Most NAS provides some sort of built in security restrictions allowing you to limit what hosts can talk to it.  Some even allow you to configure users/passwords.  Anything that the vendor provides for locking it down, do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, make sure it is located on your network in such a way that it cannot be seen or accessed from the outside world.  If you're not using some sort of router/firewall/etc that prevents inbound access, you should be.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want absolute best security for it you can get, pick up a cheap second switch and an extra network card.  Run the NAS on a separate &quot;storage only&quot; network that isn't even directly connected to the internet-accessible network." />
  <row Id="41792" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="23507" RevisionGUID="d4ea317d-431d-406f-bf4f-ecc87d67fc17" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:22:48.327" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="41793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23511" RevisionGUID="0d5a23e9-23c6-46f1-b8f2-b509cd1af619" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:23:26.033" UserId="5959" Text="I have worked with an HP laptop running Ubuntu where the wireless would not work because of a conflict with the bluetooth drivers. I had to write a script that would first disable bluetooth and then setup the wireless card. I do not have access to this machine to look at what I did, so I can't give any more specifics than that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would be helpful if we could see the output (in regard to the card in question) of &quot;`lspci -v`&quot;." />
  <row Id="41794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23512" RevisionGUID="63edf304-9e26-418a-8c7f-73630485a4ef" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:27:14.950" UserId="1995" Text="The larger the datacenter, the more likelihood that per-system or per-rack power savings are not a measurable quantity, and also that there isn't a managing entity that cares.  My efforts to use lower-power configs and virtualization haven't been funded by any green initiatives nor have they been mandated by upper management." />
  <row Id="41795" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23513" RevisionGUID="9916b12c-4575-4c57-b7f2-6419844bdb4d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:28:06.680" UserId="7200" Text="You want to do the &quot;poor man's snapshot&quot;. I do this fairly frequently when building my own MSIs for third-party software w/ WIX.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Process Monitor is probably a bit too verbose for what you're trying to do. You might try making a &quot;snapshot&quot; of the registry using something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    REGEDIT /E BEFORE.REG&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then again afterward so you can compare.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With the filesystem, I've used the freeware utility &quot;FileList&quot; (see http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml) to generate a &quot;before&quot; and &quot;after&quot; snapshot of the filesystem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Modifications inside existing files are problematic. You might have to take an initial snapshot, locate files that have been modified, then roll-back (I normally use a VM and the built-in disk snapshot functionality for roll-back) and take a &quot;before&quot; snapshot of each file that you know is going to be modified to compare to the &quot;after&quot; version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember that capturing what changes isn't the same thing as capturing the logic of the setup program. Where possible, reverse-engineering the setup program is preferred to just trying to capture what changes. You may miss nuances that you aren't seeing because of circumstances of your snapshot computer's configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The old WinInstall 2003 LE that came w/ Windows 2000 Server does a fairly decent job generating these kinds of snapshots for reference purposes, but the MSIs it generates are abyssmal. (I gave up using it and have started just doing snapshots myself &quot;by hand&quot; as I've described above.)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23514" RevisionGUID="ed0ac4dd-2dfa-4441-a32f-7cb709d5b909" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:29:53.103" UserId="8549" Text="Surprisingly enough nobody came up with this one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Networking All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Networking All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://media.wiley.com/product_data/coverImage300/55/04701791/0470179155.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470179155.html" />
  <row Id="41797" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23515" RevisionGUID="7b6086c9-01cb-45db-86e2-552883511c7c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:30:14.990" UserId="7200" Text="The crux of your question sounds like: Do I want a multi-forest infrastructure or a single forest infrastructure?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You want multi-forest when you need security boundaries between the organizations. Domains are *not* security boundaries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Answer that question, and then the rest should be easy. You want as few forests as possible to satisfy your security boundary requirements. You want as few domains as possible to satisfy your replication boundary requirements." />
  <row Id="41798" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23516" RevisionGUID="c3c652cc-2261-457c-b535-e0b8832039c7" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:31:15.003" UserDisplayName="Philippe" Text="I succeed to resolve my problem. I just added the different updates availabled from Yast / Reboot and i can read replicated containers without errors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, I have one different now. I have this error when I am trying to create a new object on AD:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot; The requested operation did not satisfy one or more constraints&#xD;&#xA;associated with the class of the object.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Probably the eDirectory of Netware server version.. or bad ldpad configurations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I find a lot of solution on internet. I'll see what I can do for this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers.  " />
  <row Id="41799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23517" RevisionGUID="75b40386-7306-4367-9cca-83ffa0a44848" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:36:40.937" UserId="7200" Text="An IOS router ought to handle that fine. A PIX w/ OS version prior to 7 isn't. A PIX w/ OS 7 or an ASA should able to handle it, but you'll need to put in a &quot;same-security-traffic permit intra-interface&quot; in the config (at least on an ASA) to handle it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23518" RevisionGUID="1e0b7387-1358-47ed-b28c-8284ffed7246" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:37:50.590" UserId="3552" Text="What are some pitfalls or lessons learned after converting existing hardware to a virtualized environment? Is there anything you tried to virtualize but will never do again?" />
  <row Id="41801" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23518" RevisionGUID="1e0b7387-1358-47ed-b28c-8284ffed7246" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:37:50.590" UserId="3552" Text="Virtualization Pitfalls/Lessons Learned" />
  <row Id="41802" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23518" RevisionGUID="1e0b7387-1358-47ed-b28c-8284ffed7246" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:37:50.590" UserId="3552" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;" />
  <row Id="41803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23519" RevisionGUID="8cfe28d1-8571-405d-b790-e250feae2b9c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:35:23.343" Text="&lt;p&gt;I have got a Epson printer, which i have installed driver for it before and it worked.Until quite recently, i found that the printer can;t be detected.I ve tried to install the driver again, but some how the port is not detected. This is not the first time, as to why i am here to ask for help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last time i have just reinstalled the window to fix the problem, however i donot think this is the problem of the window but more of the printer it self. Is there any solution to this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&#xA;Tac&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41804" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23519" RevisionGUID="8cfe28d1-8571-405d-b790-e250feae2b9c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:35:23.343" Text="Printer problem." />
  <row Id="41805" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23519" RevisionGUID="8cfe28d1-8571-405d-b790-e250feae2b9c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:35:23.343" Text="&lt;printer&gt;" />
  <row Id="41806" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23520" RevisionGUID="33d48dee-db4c-4bb1-a1ff-3db46d4eb4e3" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:41:38.430" UserId="1995" Text="Use the higher ~208V range for efficiency.  Volts * Amps equals Power; if you can increase the voltage for a particular power requirement, you're lowering the amperage.  Most modern equipment with C14 connectors will run at the higher volt range.  Equipment with C19 connectors (like large servers and blade server enclosures) usually require the higher volt range.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use PDUs with IEC connectors for the best density and more componentized and flexible power routing.  As you increase in scale, you'll probably want to scale battery backup and power conditioning beyond single systems and racks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding the relative &quot;looseness&quot; of the IEC connectors: if you have dual-sourced equipment and limit access to racks, I've found that isn't a problem." />
  <row Id="41807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23521" RevisionGUID="bfcdd04d-a503-4517-ab6f-be207d9dab47" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:42:07.947" UserId="9029" Text="I am using a Dell Powerconnect 6248 (layer 3 48 port gigabit Switch) and a Fortigate 310.  I am attempting to use the switch in layer two mode and assign a vlan to each port where a server is attached and a &quot;Trunk&quot; line directly connected to the fortinet. on the Fortinet,  I have virtual interfaces designed to match the vlan's for each port. The Goal here is to require any communications from server to serverto be evaluated by policiesdefined for the virual interfaces that corresponds to the vlans for the servers attempting to communicate. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So essentially,  server A wants to talk to server B.  Server A is in port 2 (defined as vlan 2) and Server B is in port 3 (defined as vlan 3).  The firewall is attached to the switch port 1,  and has virtual interface A (defined as vlan2) and virtual interface B (defined as vlan3).  I have a policy that allows virtual interface A to communicate with virtual interface B.  All of the server Apackets should flow up to the firewall and be passed back to the switch with a new vlan tag to go to the server B.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is, should port 1 on the switch be defined as a &quot;TRUNK&quot; and if so what is the method for doing so (docs are weak)?  is there anything else I need to consider here?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;THANKS!" />
  <row Id="41808" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23521" RevisionGUID="bfcdd04d-a503-4517-ab6f-be207d9dab47" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:42:07.947" UserId="9029" Text="Dell PowerConnect VLAN Trunking with a Fortigate" />
  <row Id="41809" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23521" RevisionGUID="bfcdd04d-a503-4517-ab6f-be207d9dab47" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:42:07.947" UserId="9029" Text="&lt;vlan&gt;&lt;switch&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="41810" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23522" RevisionGUID="f0f9b900-7073-4249-be5c-000d7f7a1962" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:45:40.327" UserId="533" Text="One of the great things about Cisco is that they'll let you buy smartnet coverage after the failure occurred.  That means on devices that aren't super-duper critical you can pay them their money for the support contract after the failure occurs and they'll fix it for you.  We had to do this recently and the cost was pretty good (a lot better than buying new hardware, and the fix ended up being a hardware replacement, so it was worth the money)." />
  <row Id="41811" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23497" RevisionGUID="65b3d7e5-7945-4b56-9d40-43d495dd4ce4" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:46:02.273" UserId="8199" Comment="added 178 characters in body" Text="I use pspasswd from sysinternals.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Utilities/PsPasswd.mspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a user automating it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://forum.sysinternals.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=9469&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also just found this which is exactly what you are asking for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.gilham.org/Blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=aab85845-88d2-4091-8088-a6bbce0a4304&amp;ID=505" />
  <row Id="41812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23523" RevisionGUID="cb29f11b-f448-44e9-b747-9b601a9cb791" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:46:10.543" UserId="564" Text="I think I have found the [config][1] that I needed to do that here. I'll Try to remember to post after I get it debugged and let people know if it worked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk583/tk372/technologies_configuration_example09186a0080094685.shtml" />
  <row Id="41813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23524" RevisionGUID="df62f43c-0e54-452d-9595-d00c063f609c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:48:26.810" UserId="8199" Text="As a note, Windows 7's bitlocker will allow for thumb drive encryption, and you can force it to do so." />
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  <row Id="41815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23525" RevisionGUID="55b74140-93df-4823-b7e8-954ea7a7943e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:49:08.180" UserId="767" Text="I'm not so sure if this is the appropriate place for this, however I accidentally clicked this link which opened a video and infected my windows 2003 std server with this virus which not only creates popup ads but also redirects whatever link I click on within google's search results.  IT seems to always go to &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    http://ix-find.com/?q=&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried ClamWin, adware, spybot, superantispyware, atf-cleaner and fixwareout and noneof those seem to work.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this isn't the appropriate place for this, could you please directme who is the best place for help with this problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks in advance.  " />
  <row Id="41816" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23525" RevisionGUID="55b74140-93df-4823-b7e8-954ea7a7943e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:49:08.180" UserId="767" Text="google result redirect virus" />
  <row Id="41817" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23525" RevisionGUID="55b74140-93df-4823-b7e8-954ea7a7943e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:49:08.180" UserId="767" Text="&lt;virus&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="41818" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23491" RevisionGUID="9741546e-83c8-4e06-9a5c-33c73b6117e9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:49:12.800" UserId="7645" Comment="added details about how it's worked and whetheror not it's magical" Text="We're using it for 7+GB of data per day, but we pay for that.  A lot.  I think we get a bit of an academic discount, but mostly we managed to justify spending the money because it satisfied auditors about having somebody/something looking over our logs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We *also* use nagios.  We've configured nagios with some saved searches that call scripts that either generate nagios alerts or create [RT][1] tickets.  So, for instance, over X login failures in a 5 minute time window (across all servers) will generate an alert.  That's the kind of thing nagios can't really do on its own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Previously we were using [SEC][2] to generate those kinds of alerts, but it didn't work as well and somebody still had to try to use grep on a 20GB file now and then.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure we have any nagios alerts generated anymore; we've switched most, if not all, of that to generating RT tickets. The nagios alert model doesn't really work well for stuff based on log analysis, it's better at things with a state that can be good or bad, not a discrete event that may need investigating.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, it really does make life a lot easier for us.  It's substantially better than trying to grep through logs.  We've got Windows, Linux and Solaris boxes sending it logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does it magically find exactly what you want like some of the videos imply?  No, it's got some limitations and you may have to do a bit of configuration to get it handling specific types of logs well.  And overly &quot;interesting&quot; searches can require reading through the docs and then waiting a few minutes while the splunk server churns.  But, seriously, it rocks.  From what I've seen, there's really nothing else in its league.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://bestpractical.com/rt/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://kodu.neti.ee/~risto/sec/" />
  <row Id="41819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23526" RevisionGUID="5d49b191-2f00-4af4-877c-fc1b51574ef1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:50:29.300" UserId="9029" Text="I have tested Splunk and found it to be very useful for ADHOC searches.  However,  I have used LogLogic now for several years as an MSSP because it is an appliance solution that is tuned to handle as many as 75,000 MPS, it supports a distributed architecture,  provides built in MD5 Checksum File Integrity (for forensics) and has many index reports, regex and boolean search filters prebuilt for most log sources." />
  <row Id="41820" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23526" RevisionGUID="5d49b191-2f00-4af4-877c-fc1b51574ef1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:50:29.300" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41821" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23527" RevisionGUID="6a004701-e08c-4f7d-87cd-f97ddc6b9a04" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:51:10.080" UserId="6397" Text="Well, so far I haven't got any horror stories about myself doing the virtualization.  However, a few notes though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Planing carefully in details ahead. Especially do some homework what can't be virtualized. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. If vendor of the application running on your server doesn't support virtual environment, wait until they support. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Implement w/ a SAN as the storage storing all VM images.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. Run ESX or ESX(i), or Hyper-V, to gain most performance. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe more but that's all for now. :)&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="41822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23528" RevisionGUID="0d8d9ce1-d5e1-4012-9f85-0b68cf29caad" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:51:21.593" UserId="9044" Text="Hi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I currently connect to my work email (Exchange) using Outlook Web Access (OWA). I'd love to use Outlook to connect, preferably with IMAP but POP would be fine too. Does something need to be done at the Exchange server end to get this working?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Brian&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41823" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23528" RevisionGUID="0d8d9ce1-d5e1-4012-9f85-0b68cf29caad" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:51:21.593" UserId="9044" Text="Outlook imap connection to Exchange" />
  <row Id="41824" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23528" RevisionGUID="0d8d9ce1-d5e1-4012-9f85-0b68cf29caad" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:51:21.593" UserId="9044" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;" />
  <row Id="41825" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23529" RevisionGUID="624edd81-db4f-4792-9148-56728eb66305" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:51:30.080" UserId="9045" Text="As mentioned by others, having some connections in TIME_WAIT is a normal part of the TCP connection.  You can see the interval by examining /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_fin_timeout:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@host ~]# cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_fin_timeout&#xD;&#xA;    60&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And change it by modifying that value:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@dev admin]# echo 30 &gt; /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_fin_timeout&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or permanently by adding it to /etc/sysctl.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net.ipv4.tcp_fin_timeout=30&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you don't use the RPC service or NFS, you can just turn it off:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/init.d/nfsd stop&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And turn it off completely&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chkconfig nfsd off&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23530" RevisionGUID="f474f5e6-ea09-4783-a8d7-fcf205a60e3a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:51:46.460" UserId="2103" Text="I connect to a client's network via the Cisco VPN client. Once I connect, my local network access (including internet access) is disabled. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to get around this, besides for them to change something on their end (because that will not happen)? " />
  <row Id="41827" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23530" RevisionGUID="f474f5e6-ea09-4783-a8d7-fcf205a60e3a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:51:46.460" UserId="2103" Text="Work-around for VPN network access restrictions" />
  <row Id="41828" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23530" RevisionGUID="f474f5e6-ea09-4783-a8d7-fcf205a60e3a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:51:46.460" UserId="2103" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;cisco-vpn&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;internet-access&gt;" />
  <row Id="41829" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23531" RevisionGUID="46d23ed3-e950-47f2-8b1b-7e77e6e66478" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:52:55.367" UserId="6767" Text="I have a couple of 6224 switches, which should be similar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I presume by &quot;virtual interface&quot;, the firewall is tagging VLANs with 802.1q, with no untagged virtual interfaces, right?  I also assume that you are using the firewall as the router between VLANs?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I couldn't get &quot;Trunk&quot; mode to work on these switches.  I had to put the switch port into &quot;General&quot; mode.  This lets you attach any VLAN, tagged or untagged, to a port.  Which means you have to be careful about how VLANs are attached to the port.  It will let you cross-connect VLANs in this configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also be careful about the &quot;default&quot; VLAN on tagged/general ports.  Ideally it should be a VLAN which is never used anywhere else.  I usually prefer to use VLAN1 for that, as I have hit gear in the past which depended on it in weird ways." />
  <row Id="41830" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23532" RevisionGUID="0dbbacf2-1194-4be6-b1cb-14373575ba5a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:53:11.777" UserId="7231" Text="In my experience ITIL has also been a framework that allows support staff and IT staff to hold their ground against unreasonable demands from the business and implement real solutions to technology problems as opposed to &quot;quick fixes&quot; and &quot;WE WANT IT NOW CUZ IT'S COOL!&quot; demands.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have worked in an organization that used &quot;business-serving changes&quot; as a an excuse to destroy, bypass, or override nearly every standard IT tried to implement (hardware, software, authentication systems, storage systems, etc.).  That company failed and was purchased by a company that lives and breathes ITIL in the support model.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I made the transition to the new company and not only is life better for IT staff, but in the long run the BUSINESS is happier because they get a stable environment, and they actually get better support and new technology FASTER because there are defined standards for support which feed into defined standards of technology.  When a standard is upgraded, we know what our upgrade path is, and we know it can be applied to a very wide swath of our deployed systems.  This allows us to move along that path much quicker.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We *DO* still have a proess for allowing business units and various app devs to request &quot;special&quot; equipment or services, but since we do charge-backs this is VERY &quot;expensive&quot; budget-wise for those requesting it.  The ITIL framework gives you the " />
  <row Id="41832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23534" RevisionGUID="3a924303-07ba-4f44-8d3b-afa911bfd9a2" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:54:00.730" UserId="2408" Text="After installing and configuring both MySQL and rsyslog with the mysql extensions I get the following error in /var/log/messages:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; rsyslogd:db error (2002): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (13)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can connect through the socket using the mysql client by specifying '--socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have narrowed the problem down to selinux permissions. The /var/log/audit/audit.log file has this to say:&#xD;&#xA;&gt;type=AVC msg=audit(1244654592.150:320): avc:  denied  { search } for  pid=6382 comm=&quot;rsyslogd&quot; name=&quot;mysql&quot; dev=xvda3&#xD;&#xA;ino=1369538 scontext=user_u:system_r:syslogd_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:mysqld_db_t:s0 tclass=dir&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Turning selinux in permissive mode does solve the problem. This is going to be production server and leaving selinux in permissive mode is not an option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running restorecon on /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock also does not solve the problem. Can anyone out there give me a hand?" />
  <row Id="41833" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23534" RevisionGUID="3a924303-07ba-4f44-8d3b-afa911bfd9a2" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:54:00.730" UserId="2408" Text="rsyslog-mysql on CentOS 5.3 does not have permission to access the mysql.sock" />
  <row Id="41834" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23534" RevisionGUID="3a924303-07ba-4f44-8d3b-afa911bfd9a2" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:54:00.730" UserId="2408" Text="&lt;selinux&gt;&lt;centos&gt;&lt;rsyslog&gt;&lt;mysqld&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="41835" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23535" RevisionGUID="30eb8889-4176-4424-928c-378bb7d22b04" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:54:48.107" UserId="2722" Text="I'm running OpenBSD's chrooted httpd process and for the last few days I'm getting random hangups that clear themselves without any intervention on my part. At first I thought it might be a resource problem as SSH was hanging at the same time, but have left 'top' running on the console which shows nothing out of the ordinary (memory usage is low, no high load, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I managed to get my users to call me exactly when this happens instead of 20-30 minutes later, and noticed in my error logs the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Timeout&#xD;&#xA;    ^@Timeout&#xD;&#xA;    ^@Timeout&#xD;&#xA;    ^@Timeout&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's all that is on the line. Sometimes the number of ^@Timeout's vary, but that is all that is sitting there. I've looked at the access logs to see if some of the potentially hanging processes like curl calls might be doing it, but I didn't see any correlation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The site that is running in a custom PHP app that has, up until lately, not had any problems. No new code changes were pushed up at the same time this started happening.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone else come across a situation like this, or have any ideas?" />
  <row Id="41836" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23535" RevisionGUID="30eb8889-4176-4424-928c-378bb7d22b04" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:54:48.107" UserId="2722" Text="Apache Hangs  with Apache Error Logs saying 'Timeout'" />
  <row Id="41837" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23535" RevisionGUID="30eb8889-4176-4424-928c-378bb7d22b04" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:54:48.107" UserId="2722" Text="&lt;openbsd&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;php&gt;" />
  <row Id="41839" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23536" RevisionGUID="3fda2db0-d297-46bc-9ddf-ccdf6715774d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:55:04.550" UserId="1803" Text="VMWare Converter creates virtual machines that boot from scsi.  MS virtual machines **cannot boot** from scsi.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're going to virtualize a [non-ACPI][1] physical machine, buy some software for the purpose.  (unless you have a couple of weeks for an exciting journey in discovery!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, VMWare Converter will tackle jobs at which MS SCVMM will throw up its hands in dispair.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bring a lot of RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't do anything until the virtualization tools (whether VMWare or MS) have installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're going to move it to another platform/version, uninstall the aforementioned tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/17995/will-vmware-converter-p2v-a-non-acpi-2000-server" />
  <row Id="41840" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23537" RevisionGUID="7f514d6d-0e68-4fe7-aced-07f459a53de7" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:55:08.573" UserId="1435" Text="ALWAYS eject any virtual media (CD/DVD/Floppy) once you've finished as failure to do so will often stop a vMotion in its tracks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Get your NTP and DNS setup correctly, this will save you from contemplating suicide :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can never have enough memory, or storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure you have remote, OS-less, access to your machines such as HP's iLO system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep a repository of OS/App .ISO files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not a direct answer to your question but in the hope that someone saves themselves from tearing their hair out in the future by finding this response - HP blade servers don't ship with their 'VT'-bit enabled by default, you have to enable it in the BIOS (F9). Without this ESX 3.5U4 doesn't throw a useful error, no it just hangs prior to the code install :(&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23538" RevisionGUID="5336c935-8784-4825-9630-a25a47ac3729" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:55:43.207" UserId="6397" Text="first, make sure IMAP is enabled on your email account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;second, open IMAP port on firewall pointing back to your Exchange.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;third, apply SSL to secure the traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think that's it. enjoy.  However, personally, I prefer OWA from remote. You may also consider RPC-Over-Http as well." />
  <row Id="41842" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23539" RevisionGUID="ad01f774-b542-4eab-a1ce-02a54a929ec5" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:55:55.717" UserId="8199" Text="If it's a server, it's time to reload. There's no telling what it might have done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;sorry." />
  <row Id="41843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23540" RevisionGUID="6135a046-86c3-43d6-805e-cbf165d77a4a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:57:29.943" UserId="2553" Text="I have an install of [Instiki][1] that I recently upgraded from v0.13 to v0.16.6. I need to reset the password, but can find no means of doing so. Does anyone have a solution for this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.instiki.org/" />
  <row Id="41844" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23540" RevisionGUID="6135a046-86c3-43d6-805e-cbf165d77a4a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:57:29.943" UserId="2553" Text="how to reset password on Instiki?" />
  <row Id="41845" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23540" RevisionGUID="6135a046-86c3-43d6-805e-cbf165d77a4a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:57:29.943" UserId="2553" Text="&lt;instiki&gt;" />
  <row Id="41846" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9535" RevisionGUID="e26f2e36-4e05-4c80-bff4-aca8515446ae" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:57:45.200" UserId="2722" Comment="Added [EDIT 2]" Text="Running OpenBSD 4.4-stable with the built-in httpd daemon and PHP5 which has been moved from an Ubuntu 8.04-server box. Since the movement phpMyAdmin seems to generate the following error every so often (and sometimes all the time, like logging in):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Bad Request&#xD;&#xA;    Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Reason: You're speaking plain HTTP to an SSL-enabled server port.&#xD;&#xA;    Instead use the HTTPS scheme to access this URL, please.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The address for phpMyAdmin is under an https:// URL, and when this error occurs phpMyAdmin is trying to use http://domain.com:443/ which obviously won't work. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also have a mod_rewrite rule to always force HTTPS but since the browser is forcing the 443 port it never gets fired.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas how to remedy this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### [EDIT] ###&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is my vhost directives since those were requested:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        DocumentRoot    /var/www/htdocs&#xD;&#xA;        RewriteEngine   On&#xD;&#xA;        RewriteCond     %{HTTPS} off&#xD;&#xA;        RewriteRule     (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:443&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        DocumentRoot    /var/www/htdocs&#xD;&#xA;        ErrorLog        logs/error_log&#xD;&#xA;        TransferLog     logs/access_log&#xD;&#xA;        RewriteCond     %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(TRACE|TRACK)&#xD;&#xA;        RewriteRule     .* - [F]&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### [EDIT 2] ###&#xD;&#xA;I turned off the rewrite rule and everything works like a charm :/ Not sure what to make of that since the same rewrite rule works elsewhere." />
  <row Id="41848" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23527" RevisionGUID="15d5d26a-795e-41a6-9be3-dd5b0b967731" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:58:23.420" UserId="6397" Comment="added 186 characters in body" Text="Well, so far I haven't got any horror stories about myself doing the virtualization.  However, a few notes though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Planing carefully in details ahead. Especially do some homework what can't be virtualized. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. If vendor of the application running on your server doesn't support virtual environment, wait until they support. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Implement w/ a SAN as the storage storing all VM images.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. Run ESX or ESX(i), or Hyper-V, to gain most performance. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe more but that's all for now. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[update] here is another one. Apply the latest firmware to the host server. I had one that I didn't do, which gave me purple screen once a few days and crashed the server completely.&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="41849" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23541" RevisionGUID="15a38962-4278-4692-aff4-907a709b93f1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T17:58:44.823" UserId="3246" Text="Mathew is right, time to reload.  If you can't reload try Malware Bytes, it should get it." />
  <row Id="41850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23542" RevisionGUID="303477c8-29db-496e-aa09-633ee46b30c1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:00:11.030" UserId="301" Text="![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet][2] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.chick.net/wizards/images/wizardspaper.gif&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0684832674/wizardswebsiteA/" />
  <row Id="41851" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19693" RevisionGUID="edfae429-adb2-41dc-abba-ba0468d1749e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:00:12.510" UserId="1054" Comment="add link to question" Text="I see from [&quot;The Joel Test for sysadmin jobs&quot; question on ServerFault][1] that no one said the company better be using ITIL or they wouldn't work there.  In fact, no one mentioned ITIL at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is ITIL a fad?  Is it too cumbersome to be practical?  Do you have to be a certain size for ITIL to work well?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ITIL definitions of &quot;incident&quot; vs &quot;problem&quot; are interesting, but in a fast-paced help desk environment, have organizations really found it useful to distinguish between the two? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/14832" />
  <row Id="41852" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23543" RevisionGUID="11990f78-69bc-4488-b890-9d24fc91d839" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:00:25.147" UserId="4131" Text="Don't use .vimrc to avoid learning VIM&#xD;&#xA;-------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;Since I know that a lot of VIM new comers will read this, the best suggestion I have is: &quot;Do not get lazy and put map entries in your .vimrc&quot; Learning non-standard ways of doing things in VIM will make you feel like a total gimp when you are without your vimrc. The learning curve for vi is steep, but you are not doing yourself any favors by choosing not to learn." />
  <row Id="41853" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23543" RevisionGUID="11990f78-69bc-4488-b890-9d24fc91d839" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:00:25.147" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41854" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23544" RevisionGUID="0478e8da-0d82-44d8-883b-4dc920d6a81e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:01:33.820" UserId="1219" Text="I have a similiar issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My current work-around is to use a different laptop, which uses the original internet connection with no problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From this I would guess that a virtual machine connecting to the client machine, and having it's network settings modified, wouldn't impact the base machine." />
  <row Id="41855" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23545" RevisionGUID="0a5b3c0a-e78c-4d5c-a3ef-74d5302bf12a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:01:35.393" UserDisplayName="Theo" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am trying to allow more than the default of 2 concurrent remote connections to a server runnings Windows Server 2003.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Background:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I went to &quot;Start&quot; =&gt; &quot;Administration Tools&quot; =&gt; &quot;Terminal Services Configuration&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Opened up the &quot;Properties&quot; of &quot;RDP-tcp&quot; in the connections tree and selected the &quot;Network Adapter&quot; tab:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- &quot;Unlimited connections&quot; is grayed out&#xD;&#xA;- In &quot;Maximum connections&quot; I can change the value to &quot;1&quot; using the arrows&#xD;&#xA;- BUT I can not increase the value above &quot;2&quot; with the arrows&#xD;&#xA;- I typed in 4 and clicked apply. But the value did not stick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this a licensing issue? If not, how do I allow more than 2 remote session?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance for any help." />
  <row Id="41856" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23545" RevisionGUID="0a5b3c0a-e78c-4d5c-a3ef-74d5302bf12a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:01:35.393" UserDisplayName="Theo" Text="How do I Increase Maximum Number of Concurrent Remote Connections in Windows Server 2003" />
  <row Id="41857" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23545" RevisionGUID="0a5b3c0a-e78c-4d5c-a3ef-74d5302bf12a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:01:35.393" UserDisplayName="Theo" Text="&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;remote-access&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;terminal-services&gt;" />
  <row Id="41858" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23546" RevisionGUID="de26a8dd-7939-48f3-ad3e-1b386b07d72e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:01:38.530" UserId="2553" Text="Try going into Advanced Mode (&lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;-&lt;kbd&gt;M&lt;/kbd&gt;), go to the **Options** menu, and uncheck **Stateful Firewall (Always On)**. This has sometimes worked for me." />
  <row Id="41859" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23440" RevisionGUID="4ead2d0d-a8cd-4053-b58d-4a75e77a44ff" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:01:48.950" UserId="5391" Comment="added 48 characters in body" Text="**The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage**  by [Cliff Stoll][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This isn't a technical book, but a true story about how a real person stumbles upon a hacker.  He watches the hacker operate and notifies various three letter agencies with little or no response.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![The Cuckoo's Egg][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cuckoo's_Egg_(book)][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~stoll/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://assets0.snsassets.ca/images/books/9780743411462.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cuckoo's_Egg_(book)" />
  <row Id="41860" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23547" RevisionGUID="382e33df-2d68-4c26-82ff-6734fe7a9752" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:02:14.050" UserId="1466" Text="You could set up a **virtual machine** (using virtualbox or something similar), and use that to connect to the client, leaving your main connection open to the internet." />
  <row Id="41861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23548" RevisionGUID="a27f958f-5251-4afb-9ed9-3130fc7ef35e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:04:22.113" UserId="3000" Text="In Windows it seems Winrar should be able to open this. In Linux, pretty much any graphical archive program will work. I generally use Ark.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please elaborate on what desktop you are using, what distribution you are using (if Linux, otherwise version of Windows), and what version. That way we may better help you." />
  <row Id="41862" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23549" RevisionGUID="1d0a77c4-1510-415d-ab17-d3aaa7db7a6c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:04:54.903" UserId="1803" Text="You probably have this burned into your brain forever at this point, but to the benefit of those who come after, **Thou Shalt Not Browse the Internet from Thy Server**" />
  <row Id="41863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23550" RevisionGUID="9aaf0752-3a0b-4a85-bbb1-af784ddb013c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:05:39.893" UserId="7200" Text="This is a licensing issue. W/o purchasing Terminal Services CALs you're limited just as you've seen to two (2) RDP connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(You can sort of cheat and get one more session, BTW, by using the &quot;/admin&quot; or &quot;/console&quot; switch on the Terminal Services client.)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23551" RevisionGUID="ba6f01b8-53cd-42c6-a632-bec96687a0a8" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:08:30.607" UserId="1082" Text="What I like most about ITIL, is that it defines a common language to use when talking to IT pros from other companies, even more so in the European multi-lingual multi-cultural environment. ...  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;issue management, problem management .. etc. are understood and mean the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Besides that, I agree with Robert Moir: *Anyone who implements ITIL dogmatically is a fool* &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ITIL is a tool .. not your salvation." />
  <row Id="41865" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23552" RevisionGUID="bf21755d-2bfc-43d2-a123-207bc8f3150d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:09:24.443" UserId="729" Text="You get 2 remote administration connections and a console connection, and that's it.  There is no way to override this limit (that I've ever seen at least).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want more than the 2 connections, you need to get a license for Terminal Service CALs.  Then you can do as many as you have licensed." />
  <row Id="41866" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23508" RevisionGUID="0bcd337b-e409-46ce-abef-01d8dd87dc88" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:09:53.803" UserId="1840" Comment="added info about windiff.exe" Text="Hmm... I wonder if Sysinternal's Process monitor might come in handy here.  Launch it and scan, then start your install and stop once it's done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Process Monitor&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There might be other solutions that are specific for the launched binary install, but I'm not aware of them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Quick Update**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I agree with Evan, at least for the registry, if it's too verbose you might want to run an export before and after the install.  Windows 2003 Support tools come with **windiff.exe** (an old favorite for looking up differences in the registry - between two .reg files).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx" />
  <row Id="41867" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23553" RevisionGUID="e3b8651f-a471-4de0-8c67-45c852a63516" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:10:12.180" UserId="2408" Text="From my experience, be VERY careful about your storage medium. We went with an iSCSI SAN that turned out to only support 100Mbit connections. Running one VM on the system wasn't bad, two was less the adequate... and by the time we reached our target of 8 VMs they were horrible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My personal lesson learned: Check the rated IOPS and read more reviews about a product *that relate to the way you intend to use the storage device*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another handy thing I've learned... Making a 'backup' disk image after a base install and hardening will quicken the build of any other system and is a very handy thing to keep around." />
  <row Id="41868" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23554" RevisionGUID="3c285a26-0480-4971-94f5-b973f3de0837" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:14:02.653" UserId="1054" Text="Maybe this will help - From the [Instiki FAQ][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Q: Okay, so I forgot my password. Is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; there any way to recover it? I’ve got&#xD;&#xA;&gt; physical access to the box it’s on.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (Actually it’s installed on my iPod&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Shuffle!) Someone please help.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; A: (0.10.2 and prior) rename the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; latest snapshot to a .gz, gunzip it,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; then look through it for password.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Ugly but worked for me.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; A: (0.11.0) Login to the db for your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; system and look at the contents of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; “system” table. For sqlite3 (the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; default), ”sqlite3&#xD;&#xA;&gt; db/production.db.sqlite3” and then&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ”.dump system”. I actually had the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; issue when upgrading that there were&#xD;&#xA;&gt; no rows in that table, so I inserted&#xD;&#xA;&gt; one manually. ”insert into “system”&#xD;&#xA;&gt; VALUES (1, ‘password’);”&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.instiki.org/show/FAQ" />
  <row Id="41869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23555" RevisionGUID="24e483a8-4dd5-4054-bdda-ab48381f8da4" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:15:52.260" UserId="1995" Text="Have you considered upgrading to WS2003 Enterprise Edition and taking advantage of [Windows System Resource Manager][1] to contain application resources?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/wsrm/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="41870" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23556" RevisionGUID="06bbf013-2223-40ce-b64f-897a2fae4be5" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:15:54.883" UserId="2541" Text="Check the Host file in the C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc directory if it was tampered with. Also try AVG they seem to be a better scanner these days, IMO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41871" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23557" RevisionGUID="6674326d-d1c2-42c4-93e7-7f158a815112" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:16:14.290" UserId="5763" Text="I know this is because your PC has to change its default gateway to be a valid gateway on the remote part of the VPN.  If it didn't do this then you would be un-able to contact any device through the VPN that wasn't on your local subnet.  You should be able to keep access to your local subnet as long as the address range in use doesn't clash with any address range on the VPN.  &#xD;&#xA;You might be able to fiddle with your IP settings, set up static routes on your PC so that internet addresses are routed through your local default gateway and only the address range on the remote network gets routed through the VPN.  &#xD;&#xA;When I have tried this on a work laptop I didn't manage it though.  Hopefully someone else here will have a more solid answer for you.  Or your Google Fu might be better than mine was. :)" />
  <row Id="41872" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23558" RevisionGUID="2b1cfa11-6c9d-4150-b906-bccfd1a82239" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:16:34.007" UserId="4946" Text="- **Programming**&#xD;&#xA;  - [reddit programming][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/" />
  <row Id="41873" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23558" RevisionGUID="2b1cfa11-6c9d-4150-b906-bccfd1a82239" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:16:34.007" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23559" RevisionGUID="a1f40786-b54d-4d54-8f39-c940b9aaec34" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:18:23.147" UserId="8199" Text="I'm using &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Net user username /passwordreq:yes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but I need to do this on a bunch of machines. I can run a batch through SCCM, but would like to do it with a script. Anyone have a way to do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;-Mathew" />
  <row Id="41875" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23559" RevisionGUID="a1f40786-b54d-4d54-8f39-c940b9aaec34" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:18:23.147" UserId="8199" Text="set passwordreq:yes remotely?" />
  <row Id="41876" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23559" RevisionGUID="a1f40786-b54d-4d54-8f39-c940b9aaec34" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:18:23.147" UserId="8199" Text="&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;batch&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;user-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="41877" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23560" RevisionGUID="a1e09277-cb19-4eab-b216-34551f50da7a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:21:46.633" UserId="8199" Text="Check out Total Uninstall&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will watch from before and after an install and tell you exactly what that program did.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.martau.com/tu_download.php" />
  <row Id="41878" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23561" RevisionGUID="78805407-dbec-4c53-92b4-930b12f85ef1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:22:26.430" UserId="9057" Text="Hi, I created a backup of a database on SQL Server 2005 and I wanted to restore the backup file on a SQL Server 2000. However, I am getting this error&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The media family on device [path] is incorrectly formed. SQL Server cannot process this media family. RESTORE database is terminating abnormally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have verified that I have transferred the backup file in binary rather than text.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is what I am trying to do possible?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41879" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23561" RevisionGUID="78805407-dbec-4c53-92b4-930b12f85ef1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:22:26.430" UserId="9057" Text="Restore SQL Server 2005 backup db on SQL Server 2000" />
  <row Id="41880" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23561" RevisionGUID="78805407-dbec-4c53-92b4-930b12f85ef1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:22:26.430" UserId="9057" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="41881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23562" RevisionGUID="4513bf50-cfa7-4b91-ab45-a23a1b62e9b8" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:23:02.823" UserId="9052" Text="I've worked with both Splunk and Nagios and they serve two distinct differences. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Splunk does make searching through logs much simpler and easier to do. Having saved searches for common problems can be invaluable in identifying problems. I have 2 Splunk servers in different locations, they are both using the free edition as the pricing was out of range and the daily indexed amount is not enough to require purchasing more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nagios on the other hand makes for a great active monitoring platform. I have a 5 server distributed Nagios platform monitoring multiple geographical locations. It is very different than Splunk which monitors logfiles, Nagios can have service check plugins written to monitor just about anything actively and allow you be notified of problems so you can resolve them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I find the two together gives a much better picture and does help in maintaining a network. Especially if it is a team versus an individual effort. Everyone involved is able to see the same picture." />
  <row Id="41882" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23562" RevisionGUID="4513bf50-cfa7-4b91-ab45-a23a1b62e9b8" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:23:02.823" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23563" RevisionGUID="2c50d65e-1924-4543-b803-6cc4a31f3d4c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:24:41.853" UserId="1305" Text="I can see the console via the VMware Infrastructure client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can start a VNC server on the server itself, but that leaves me without any X desktop magic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to connect a VNC client to connect to the console, instead of starting up my Windows VM to run the VI client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to connect directly?  My google fu is not helping me on this one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41884" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23563" RevisionGUID="2c50d65e-1924-4543-b803-6cc4a31f3d4c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:24:41.853" UserId="1305" Text="Can I connect via VNC to a Linux guest running on VMware ESXi?" />
  <row Id="41885" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23563" RevisionGUID="2c50d65e-1924-4543-b803-6cc4a31f3d4c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:24:41.853" UserId="1305" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;vmware-esxi&gt;&lt;vnc&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="41886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23564" RevisionGUID="b3e185a9-573d-4f90-851c-e75db33e931a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:27:21.927" UserId="6767" Text="Pip is correct about the remote default gateway.  This is a specific choice made by the VPN administrators.  It is sometimes for connectivity reasons -- ie connecting to non-local systems across a corporate network -- and it is sometimes sold as a &quot;security&quot; feature, in that systems connected to the VPN either cannot contact the internet or must do so through the corporate internet presence where presumably such activity can be logged.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not aware of any circumstances where fiddling with the local routing table gets any lasting effects -- you would probably have to write a script to to repeat the fiddling during each connection to the VPN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Brent's solution is perhaps the easiest.  I personally have a VM for each customer network just so I can be connected to multiple VPNs (mostly SSL-based, but some Cisco clients too) at the same time without having to worry about conflicts." />
  <row Id="41887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23565" RevisionGUID="8bc22055-3c59-4e2a-a50a-e1a2cd6e4dfc" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:27:33.360" UserId="8934" Text="Virtualization impact is around 5% of performance of overhead.&#xD;&#xA;Measure resources consumption on existing environnement to determine if your virtualization environnement can take this load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Before going live with your virtualization solution:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Check that you know how to backup AND restore VM. Using snapshot may not be supported, as on Windows DC&#xD;&#xA; - Ask your editor if its solution is supported inside VM. Microsoft maintain list of their supported software inside VM: [KB 897613][1]&#xD;&#xA; - As it's very easy to create VM, people tends to generate a new VM for every request. Then you have more VM than your solution is planned to support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957006" />
  <row Id="41888" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23566" RevisionGUID="c41549a5-07e7-4832-b9a9-ee3282cfe4af" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:27:59.383" UserId="4131" Text="The backtick command is pretty groovy. Read about it in man screen. I use it like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    backtick 1 15 15 $HOME/bin/cpuusage&#xD;&#xA;    # now add '%1`%% CPU' to your hardstatus string. Result is like 38.4% CPU.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My cpuusage script for Linux and Mac is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    if [[ $(uname) == &quot;Darwin&quot; ]]; then&#xD;&#xA;        top -i1 -l2 -n0|awk '/CPU/{i+=1; gsub(/%/,&quot;&quot;,$0);p=substr(sprintf(&quot;%3.2f&quot;,$8+$10),0,4);if(i==2){printf &quot;%g&quot;, p}}'&#xD;&#xA;      else&#xD;&#xA;        awk 'NR==1 {p=substr(sprintf(&quot;%3.2f&quot;, ($2+$3)/($2+$3+$4+$5)*100),0,4); printf &quot;%g&quot;, p;}'&lt;/proc/stat&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    " />
  <row Id="41889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23567" RevisionGUID="87b833a5-3139-48af-a5d1-8b5a476f4883" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:30:07.660" UserId="3657" Text="While I haven't tried this before, this article talks about enabling the VMware console to be connected to using a VNC client&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.petri.co.il/virtual_using_vnc_and_vmware_server.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23568" RevisionGUID="12b82af9-608b-46da-8c63-bfa4619df9ec" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:31:01.450" UserId="7083" Text="Smells a bit like [Koobface][1]. It uses a supporting application called &quot;tinyproxy&quot; to modify the results you get.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would advise you to make some considerations about the security of any data you need to keep on the machine. Tear it down and start again. Don't attempt to clean it up unless you *really* have to. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koobface" />
  <row Id="41891" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23508" RevisionGUID="0673f135-332c-486a-bedf-8e1cfb3967a3" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:31:21.403" UserId="1840" Comment="I = cheapo" Text="Hmm... I wonder if Sysinternal's Process monitor might come in handy here.  Launch it and scan, then start your install and stop once it's done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Process Monitor&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There might be other **Free** solutions that are specific for the launched binary install, but I'm not aware of them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Quick Update**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I agree with Evan, at least for the registry, if it's too verbose you might want to run an export before and after the install.  Windows 2003 Support tools come with **windiff.exe** (an old favorite for looking up differences in the registry - between two .reg files).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx" />
  <row Id="41892" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23569" RevisionGUID="daf4799d-57af-4349-8cf0-10c1d1a2eb27" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:32:04.287" UserId="530" Text="Not possible. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here is an MSDN forum post][1] that describes how to create scripts from the SQL 2005 database that you can run on a SQL 2000 server that re-create the database, including data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that if all you have is a 2005 backup file, you'll have to restore it to a 2005 instance before you can create these scripts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/sqldatabaseengine/thread/46e3ecf9-6eab-4aa0-9453-11e7269efb6e/" />
  <row Id="41893" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23570" RevisionGUID="7d1d5a2c-aab1-450c-a8ef-2f9f05587e5a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:33:08.607" UserId="9052" Text="I have previously worked with [CRYPTOCard][1] to perform both Windows and Linux authentication. When looking at it over RSA SecurID it was more the total cost of ownership that was a key factor for consideration. With CRYPTOCard the tokens were manageable by the security administrator directly without having to send it back like with RSA. When the battery died the admin could change the battery and reprogram the token. With RSA when the battery died you would have to send it back and have it replaced which meant having to have extra tokens on hand so that they could be quickly replaced. This is the same situation I've experienced with Secure Computing Safeword tokens.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cryptocard.com/ &quot;CRYPTOCard&quot;" />
  <row Id="41894" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23571" RevisionGUID="7c2fcaf6-62c6-4ac0-9359-e4b547b9b33e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:35:09.663" UserId="658" Text="Sorry, you can't attach a newer version database to a older version server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try a DTS copy job from 2000 to 2005. &#xD;&#xA;[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345120(sql.90).aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345120(sql.90).aspx" />
  <row Id="41895" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23572" RevisionGUID="edeadebe-fdbe-4c51-aae0-ac59866ed7f7" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:36:13.763" UserId="4810" Text="www.codeplex.org/polymon&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For real-time display polymonRT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Love it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41896" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23573" RevisionGUID="c0abb868-d8c4-46f8-acd4-33a036398189" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:38:09.563" UserId="4845" Text="I'm trying to ensure that the revert process is as reliable as possible in our lab manager environments. We frequently (daily) revert a 10-12 server workspace to a previous version, upgrade it, test on it.  Every few weeks, I hit a new problem after a revert, and a team or two has to wait while I monkey around. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The servers are Win2K3 servers running various applications. They are members of an domain, external to the workspace. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Question: **What do you do to achieve 100% reliable revert?** Any suprises in store for me, beyond the following? Better resolutions to these problems? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: Unfortunately, fenced workspaces are not practical in this scenario. These are unfenced environments. Saving the workspace to a to configuration and cloning tends to be far too slow for daily use - even though we've made disks as small as practical (10GB per machine). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Snags hit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Machine changes password (?) or some other credentials with DC every x weeks. The snapshot doesn't have this. Prevent by &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netlogon\Parameters] &quot;DisablePasswordChange&quot;=dword:00000001&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Computers revert from snapshot with incorrect times, times out of sync between machines. Chaos ensues. Attempted resolution (will let you know in a week): Make sure host is running NTP client, and guests sync to host. They should sync to DC ... but that wasn't happening fast enough.  " />
  <row Id="41897" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23573" RevisionGUID="c0abb868-d8c4-46f8-acd4-33a036398189" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:38:09.563" UserId="4845" Text="Achieving reliable revert in lab manager for test environments, windows machines" />
  <row Id="41898" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23573" RevisionGUID="c0abb868-d8c4-46f8-acd4-33a036398189" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:38:09.563" UserId="4845" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="41899" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23574" RevisionGUID="c1d2ed72-65f7-4ac8-b110-487aa8d1e639" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:39:38.733" UserId="1466" Text="Using the VMWare client does not require networking to be working on the server.  So first I would verify that the server has an IP address and can ping something on the internet. (note - option 3 below does not require this)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm a little bit vague on what you are trying to do - just connect to a console - or get an X desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. If you are just **connecting to a console**, don't bother with VNC - just set up openssh on your server, and use PuTTY to connect from a windows box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. If you are wanting to **connect to an X Desktop**, then VNC will do this for you - whether or not you have one running on the server's console&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. If you are wanting to **view the VMWare client console** then you need to be VNC-ing to your VMWare **host** box, not the client." />
  <row Id="41900" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23410" RevisionGUID="cceb99ff-2eb4-4736-ade8-453e7aa99f39" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:40:33.333" UserId="4562" Comment="added 9 characters in body; added 45 characters in body" Text="We use Symantec Corporate Edition antivirus and it isn't terribly riddled with bloat like the consumer Norton packages.  Eset has a pretty solid antivirus package but you can't get it for Windows Server at that price.  Is this just for a file server?  AVG File Server Edition is good and you can get it for $99/year for a server with five connections.  I've used this successfully on Workstations and it had kept my machines clean and running smoothly." />
  <row Id="41901" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23572" RevisionGUID="366114f3-8b88-4084-9a87-4e658c5a7257" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:41:52.380" UserId="4810" Comment="added 313 characters in body" Text="&quot;Another tool with graphical output and WMI/windows counter access...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;polymon.codeplex.org has a good general dashboard display, results are in db for long term trending/reporting.  WMI, Perfmon, SNMP, Ping, TCP Port, Powershell....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For extremely configurable real-time display, (all the same data sources) a variant of the same product:  polymonrt.codeplex.org&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I love em.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41902" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23575" RevisionGUID="03fd0ea0-8c33-4228-8fd9-f97c09642817" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:42:59.337" UserId="3058" Text="The Linux VNC servers that I've run across are set up so that they will only display the terminal of a logged in user.  This is sort of like Windows' Remote Assistance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've gotten better mileage using [XMing][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're just using the console (not XWindows) [PuTTY][2] is your friend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/" />
  <row Id="41903" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23576" RevisionGUID="a8d86663-3e88-44a0-9347-ba5d3daacbe1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:44:45.853" UserId="45" Text="Let's say you're using Exchange Server 2003 and IMAP isn't enabled on your server. You'll have to follow this procedure:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Before you start**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to transmit your password and data over an encrypted connection (SSL), you must bind a Web site certificate to the IMAP4 service before it can establish a secure TLS connection with the IMAP4 client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; You can make either an online certificate request to an online Microsoft enterprise CA, or you can create a certificate request file and send the request to an offline CA (an enterprise CA, standalone CA or third party CA). The certificate is installed into the Exchange Server’s machine certificate store and bound to the IMAP4 service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Enable the IMAP Service**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll have to go to the Windows Services Panel and start the IMAP Service to enable &quot;start automatically.&quot;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Configure IMAP on the Exchange Server**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. Go into Exchange System Manager. Expand to  &#xD;&#xA;Administrative Groups &gt; GroupName &gt; Servers &gt; ServerName &gt; Protocols &gt; IMAP4&#xD;&#xA;   2. Use the existing or create a new IMAP4 Virtual Server. New &gt; IMAP4 Virtual Server and give it a name&#xD;&#xA;   3. Assign IP to &quot;All Unassigned&quot;&#xD;&#xA;   5. A new IMAP4 Server should be assigned in the right pane. Right click on it, and go into properties&#xD;&#xA;   6. Leave General tab as is, unless you want to change the default TCP ports of 143 and SSL port of 993&#xD;&#xA;   7. In &quot;Access&quot; tab, click on the &quot;Authentication...&quot; button and follow the onscreen instructions provided by the Wizard to complete the request. If don't you want to use SSL,  you'll need to uncheck the &quot;This server requires an encrypted connection&quot; checkbox. But be aware that your password will be transmitted as clear text.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you haven't configured the SMTP service, you'll have to do that in a similar way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll also need to open the following TCP ports on your firewall to the front-end Exchange server (public interface):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - IMAP4 (143)&#xD;&#xA; - SSL IMAP4 (993)&#xD;&#xA; - SMTP (25)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're running ISA Server in front of your Exchange Server, you'll have to enable IMAP4 and secure IMAP4 Server Publishing Rules.&#xD;&#xA;Exchange Services&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The IMAP4 service is disabled by default on an Exchange 2003 Server. Set &quot;Microsoft Exchange IMAP4&quot; Service to &quot;Automatic&quot; and start the service. Also check, if the SMTP service is running and set to start auomatically.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23577" RevisionGUID="acd28148-c51a-4606-871d-77a16fd4f2bd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:48:30.557" UserId="3058" Text="I've not seen heavy bandwidth with VNC.  What I HAVE seen is high CPU utilization.  There is some combination of client and server versions and settings that makes the server CPU go off the charts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[DameWare][1] has been great.  The file transfer abilities make it my first choice (followed by VNS).  We actually install both on all of our servers.  I've been told that the reason is, the DameWare license is per user.  Only certain people are given DameWare, but every developer can run VNC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dameware.com/" />
  <row Id="41905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23578" RevisionGUID="09220e0c-7bff-4854-9545-27f3c8f5f470" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:50:10.397" UserId="1466" Text="I would recommend taking your snapshots **when the VMs are powered off**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even though vmware allows you to snapshot a live server, if you don't snapshot the memory it will be like a power failure has occured - and if you DO snapshot the memory you will have problems with things like NTP not running immediately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The nice thing about vmware snapshots is that reverting is very fast.  They don't so much make a &quot;snapshot of the server&quot; in the traditional sense - rather they start a new file containing any changes made to the disk AFTER the snapshot was taken.  Hence, reverting means just discarding the &quot;delta&quot; file.  (the drawback is that if you want to keep a snapshot around for a long time - the delta file continues to grow)" />
  <row Id="41906" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="23559" RevisionGUID="d0812c57-fa78-494c-ab11-f5572d7c1ec8" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:51:34.107" UserId="8199" Comment="edited title" Text="Edit local user account remotely: set passwordreq:yes" />
  <row Id="41907" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23579" RevisionGUID="7dab5390-3204-416f-a0d9-dd61f8c2a25a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:53:55.740" UserId="2219" Text="I would check for RootKits. I see them more and more often on infected machines which display this behaviour, i.e. quietly redirecting clicks to bad URLs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best tool I've found so far to get rid of them is RootRepeal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which you can get here: http://rootrepeal.googlepages.com/" />
  <row Id="41908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23580" RevisionGUID="80d9b05f-0c3e-4d7b-b565-866a8d02fbc3" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:56:37.560" UserId="9019" Text="I usually Stick with putty, but for a while I was using [Ponderosa](http://en.poderosa.org/). Its written in .NET.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It has a tabbed interfaces, and offers serial connections. You can even invoke a local cygwin shell." />
  <row Id="41909" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23581" RevisionGUID="8874c448-3db3-45e7-b033-46cece0c6606" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:57:36.187" UserDisplayName="Sunny Chan" Text="Might want to take a look at Websphere Portal.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www-01.ibm.com/software/websphere/portal/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Contact me if you have any questions." />
  <row Id="41910" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23582" RevisionGUID="2cff50f4-9e4c-4adf-810c-e9463461dd95" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:57:56.000" UserId="371" Text="[Samurize][1] is great for designing visual realtime perfmon displays.  You design everything in an editor, including graphics and overlays.  It can run as a widget on the desktop or in the background, generating image files periodically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://samurize.com" />
  <row Id="41911" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23583" RevisionGUID="85c7deeb-0782-49c3-bc63-6de02ad6f14b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:58:09.570" UserId="108" Text="Try combofix.exe, from bleepingcomputer.com...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That should get rid of mostly everything, however, you should still reinstall that machine.  And then never surf the web on it.    (or at the very least, create a virtual machine and surf on that)" />
  <row Id="41912" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23574" RevisionGUID="904745e1-2f53-4806-b9cb-c83b5a7c08f4" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:59:14.467" UserId="1466" Comment="added 104 characters in body" Text="Using the VMWare client does not require networking to be working on the server.  So first I would verify that the server has an IP address and can ping something on the internet. (note - option 3 below does not require this)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm a little bit vague on what you are trying to do - just connect to a console - or get an X desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. If you are just **connecting to a console**, don't bother with VNC - just set up openssh on your server, and use PuTTY to connect from a windows box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. If you are wanting to **connect to an X Desktop**, then VNC will do this for you - whether or not you have one running on the server's console&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. If you are wanting to **view the VMWare client console** then you need to be VNC-ing to your VMWare **host** box, not the client.  Again - X doesn't have to be running on the server console, but VNC will start it for its own session." />
  <row Id="41913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23584" RevisionGUID="cc8e88d0-40cb-456b-bdf8-c54e8cca2462" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:00:47.677" UserId="282" Text="**If all of the computers are turned on:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Download and install [PSExec][1], create a file with each of your workstations on a line of their own, you can do this with Active Directory users and Computers search quite easily. Then run the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;psexec @filename.txt -s net user username /passwordreq:yes&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**If the computers are not turned on:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;put &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;net user username /passwordreq:yes&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;into a .cmd file and add it as a computer startup script in Group Policy - this is pretty much the same thing as using SCCM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx" />
  <row Id="41914" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23585" RevisionGUID="3799b140-3244-4c16-9943-8f8c05ea7b23" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:02:47.487" UserId="5806" Text="Improvements to SharePoint vNext including wikis will be unveiled at the SharePoint conference in October.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.mssharepointconference.com/Pages/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Stay tuned!" />
  <row Id="41915" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23586" RevisionGUID="f166626a-41ce-4d1d-8768-e790adc4f07a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:04:14.240" UserId="8934" Text="You can use Installshield product to open the package, and so you will know what it will do without having to install it for real. This product also integrates a capture tool to do a snapshot before/after&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41916" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="23465" RevisionGUID="f942131f-d8d3-434e-b33c-f63258215294" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:05:08.870" UserId="1464" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="41917" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23587" RevisionGUID="707a7be3-7473-4653-833f-5cbb6157b95c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:05:34.890" UserId="9019" Text="A new open source to alternative to ProcessExplorer is [ProcessHacker](http://processhacker.sourceforge.net/).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can install it or just run it off a thumb drive. If you install it you can take advantage of some of the special features. On such feature is a kernel mode driver that acts as a proxy to query process information. This is apparently to avoid UAC prompts in Vista. Another feature is the ability to launch ProcessHacker instead of task manager from the ctrl+alt+delete menu. Finally, you can set ProcessHacker to run at login." />
  <row Id="41918" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23587" RevisionGUID="707a7be3-7473-4653-833f-5cbb6157b95c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:05:34.890" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41919" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23588" RevisionGUID="f51811b1-9361-48c9-a7ce-532a046b496c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:06:42.173" UserId="4540" Text="If I understand your question correctly, you can modify ~/.vnc/xstartup to give you all the &quot;X desktop magic&quot; from VNC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;change the last line of xstartup from `twm &amp;` to `gnome-sesssion &amp;` or `startkde &amp;`" />
  <row Id="41920" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23424" RevisionGUID="c7620d29-27ec-47ed-8d63-1c1e633cb448" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:07:12.813" UserId="6490" Comment="added 26 characters in body" Text="I wondering why the clients behind the inside interface have to enter the Public IP, wouldn't it be easier for them to use the private IP of the DMZ host. Then you could make a normal nat eg. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;static (dmz,inside) tcp (Inside IP Range) www 192.168.1.5 www netmask 255.255.255.255&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I get it the problem in your case is, that when a client makes a DNS request, the DNS server from the internet gives him the current outside IP Address of the ASA back. After that the Client tryes to Connect to that IP, so a packet is sent to the Outside interface and has to return to the DMZ interface.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cisco Firewalls have one problem, per default they never give a package out of the same interface they get it in. Cisco solved that since 7.2 release with the follow cli command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ASA(config)# **same-security-traffic permit intra-interface** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;so as far as I understand you bypassed exectaly that behavior by adding the second static NAT. In my opinion if you remove the second NAT entry and active the same-security-traffic option, it should work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I would strongly suggest that you buy a public IP :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41921" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23589" RevisionGUID="55ce90db-93fa-4cea-8617-2b0d0f2cdd8b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:07:53.623" UserId="4810" Text="When you say &quot;Portal&quot; do you mean &quot;Remote application portal&quot;?  If so, have a look at SSL Explorer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're brave, you might even have a look at Adito, the open source fork of the same product.  I've actually gotten Adito to work, but it's a pain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41922" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23590" RevisionGUID="eb057735-4000-43e4-a16e-31bbfcb3ae87" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:12:06.920" UserId="1054" Text="If you want a script, here's a quick VBS script that should do it for you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Const ADS_UF_PASSWD_NOTREQD = &amp;H0020&#xD;&#xA;    strDCHostName = &quot;myDC&quot; 'Change this value to the name of your domain controller&#xD;&#xA;    strUserName = &quot;jsmith&quot; 'Change this value to the username in question&#xD;&#xA;    set objUser = GetObject(&quot;WinNT://&quot; &amp; strDCHostName &amp; &quot;/&quot; &amp; strUserName)&#xD;&#xA;    objPwdNotRequiredFlag = objUserFlags AND NOT ADS_UF_PASSWD_NOTREQD&#xD;&#xA;    objuser.put &quot;userFlags&quot;,objPwdNotRequiredFlag&#xD;&#xA;    objUser.SetInfo" />
  <row Id="41923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23591" RevisionGUID="ad96ff23-e8bd-46fb-81ad-d71b237ffb0c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:14:27.137" UserId="4810" Text="Use the UltraVNC's &quot;mirror driver&quot;, and the CPU usage problems are greatly mitigated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FWIW" />
  <row Id="41924" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23592" RevisionGUID="9f1e5d1e-1bef-45da-bad8-e2d10b1ef727" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:14:39.553" UserId="8934" Text="We are evaluating solution for our new SAN, and Equalogic product looks really great for iscsi. Each bundle is 15 disks and 2 controllers (A/P 4GB each). As you add 2 controllers per 15 disks, you have a linear increase in performance while adding storage capacity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They don't go 10Ge for now, but each controller have 4 Links. They provides real thin provisioning&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Link to the official page][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.equallogic.com/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="41925" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23593" RevisionGUID="5758926a-465f-49b9-86be-180b9cfc9c44" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:50:21.880" Text="&lt;p&gt;Here is the situation. I have user access to a server and root access to the same server. I want to edit files for a user that I don't have password information for on the server. ssh'ing as root is disabled, so I typically ssh in as my user and then su to root. Then I cd to the user of interest's home directory and then su to the user of interest (provided the user of interest has shell access). If the user doesn't have shell access to the server I am forced to modify the files as root, which I loathe to do. So my first question is, how can I safely modify the user's files without being root if the user does not have shell access? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My second question involves transferring files to the user's account using a graphical sftp program from my desktop. Since I don't have the user of interest's login info (and the user may not have shell access) I can't sftp directly into the user's account, nor can I sftp as root. So instead I use my graphical sftp program to sftp into my user account's home directory on the server. Then I transfer the files via the sftp program to my user account's home directory on the server, and then manually copy them as root from my user's home directory to the user of interest's home directory. Obviously this is inefficient and I long for a better solution. What is it? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: I realize that I can use the command line scp program to transfer the files directly to the user of interests home directory, but I want to use a graphical sftp program. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41926" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23593" RevisionGUID="5758926a-465f-49b9-86be-180b9cfc9c44" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:50:21.880" Text="How do I scp to a user I don't have the password for?" />
  <row Id="41927" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23593" RevisionGUID="5758926a-465f-49b9-86be-180b9cfc9c44" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:50:21.880" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;sftp&gt;" />
  <row Id="41928" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23594" RevisionGUID="77264938-4f45-49de-87be-747da2eae868" CreationDate="2009-06-10T18:56:45.410" UserId="1322" Text="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://winscp.net/eng/docs/faq_su&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://winscp.net/eng/docs/faq_su&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;None of the protocols (SFTP, FTP and SCP) supported by WinSCP allow the user to be changed in the middle of file transfer session. You need to start the session with the correct user. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In some cases (with Unix/Linux server) you may be able to use sudo command straight after login to change a user, before file transfer session starts. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The SFTP and SCP protocols allow for this, but the actual method is platform dependant. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41929" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23595" RevisionGUID="ccd1677d-5def-40a6-aba2-4f51e2bef995" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:00:36.073" Text="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;su -c bash --login&lt;/em&gt; should give you a shell as that user regardless of their default (disabled) login shell. You can also put a line for yourself in their ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file, and that will allow you to login as them without using their password.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41934" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23597" RevisionGUID="35d3b9af-8f28-41d3-922b-0c8ed4e93c26" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:16:03.387" UserId="9019" Text="Other than Process Explorer and [Process Hacker](http://processhacker.sourceforge.net/), what good task manager replacements exist?" />
  <row Id="41935" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23597" RevisionGUID="35d3b9af-8f28-41d3-922b-0c8ed4e93c26" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:16:03.387" UserId="9019" Text="taskmanager alternatives" />
  <row Id="41936" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23597" RevisionGUID="35d3b9af-8f28-41d3-922b-0c8ed4e93c26" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:16:03.387" UserId="9019" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;process-explorer&gt;" />
  <row Id="41937" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23598" RevisionGUID="5ae6d8fd-dcb2-4849-93d7-96f50fd3db65" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:16:52.403" UserId="5778" Text="This is a server - suggest you put hand in pocket and *buy* some AV! Remember AVG et al are not free for commercial use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then go stand in the corner and think before clicking the little blue e- how inportant is this computer and what user am I running as?" />
  <row Id="41938" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23599" RevisionGUID="63cdb1e9-13fb-43f9-b898-b7a84e429c33" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:18:09.750" UserId="4733" Text="THe best thing to do after infecting a machine with any malware is to reinstall.  Cleaning malware, even with an AV program or with specific instructions doesnt necessarily remove all traces.  I have performed uncountable cleanings by hand and I have used software to clean, but the only 100% way to be sure is a format and reinstall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Save yourself some possible trouble in the future and format &amp; reinstall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Save yourself some possible trouble in the future and format &amp; reinstall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;..and PS - I am sure you have been scolded enough, but browsing the internet on a server?  Come on.  I am sure there was another machine available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41939" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23600" RevisionGUID="0c8ada34-baff-4550-8117-c55913ed6000" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:19:28.327" UserId="1674" Text="It would appear that in my case the answer was simple.  Reboot the now passive node and the replication started working again." />
  <row Id="41940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23601" RevisionGUID="7e1cf7df-e3b9-4126-8ec3-a0f0214180a6" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:19:56.000" UserId="9019" Text="I recommend the open source [UltraDefrag](http://ultradefrag.sourceforge.net/). It has boot time defragmentation, a feature implemented by the author at my request." />
  <row Id="41941" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23602" RevisionGUID="435e1a34-03ad-4829-b916-7f9e7494e030" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:20:54.313" UserId="8934" Text="Iron key is great, it has encryption hardware inside. It works everywhere because it doesn't need privileges (nothing to install), and is really secure (used by usa military). After 10 bad try, the inside of they key get a fatal liquid free up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Iron key web site][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.ironkey.com/" />
  <row Id="41942" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23534" RevisionGUID="e802f310-6675-43fa-a1f0-f8747f9246b9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:21:52.597" UserId="2408" Comment="added 896 characters in body" Text="After installing and configuring both MySQL and rsyslog with the mysql extensions I get the following error in /var/log/messages:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; rsyslogd:db error (2002): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (13)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can connect through the socket using the mysql client by specifying '--socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have narrowed the problem down to selinux permissions. The /var/log/audit/audit.log file has this to say:&#xD;&#xA;&gt;type=AVC msg=audit(1244654592.150:320): avc:  denied  { search } for  pid=6382 comm=&quot;rsyslogd&quot; name=&quot;mysql&quot; dev=xvda3&#xD;&#xA;ino=1369538 scontext=user_u:system_r:syslogd_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:mysqld_db_t:s0 tclass=dir&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Turning selinux in permissive mode does solve the problem. This is going to be production server and leaving selinux in permissive mode is not an option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running restorecon on /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock also does not solve the problem. Can anyone out there give me a hand?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my quest continues, heres an update. I ended up creating an semodule to explicitly allow this behavior. To do this I did the following (as root):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # cd /var/log/audit/&#xD;&#xA;    # grep mysql audit.log | audit2allow&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It outputed this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #============= syslogd_t ==============&#xD;&#xA;    allow syslogd_t mysqld_db_t:dir search;&#xD;&#xA;    allow syslogd_t mysqld_var_run_t:sock_file write;&#xD;&#xA;    allow syslogd_t mysqld_t:unix_stream_socket connectto;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those were indeed the permissions I wanted to grant to rsyslog... so I compiled it into a module according to [RedHat's][1] instructions and installed it using the semodule command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After attempting to restart the rsyslog service the error continues and there are no new 'denied' messages in the audit log. Anybody have any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.1/Deployment_Guide/sec-sel-use-audit2allow.html" />
  <row Id="41943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23603" RevisionGUID="fc8cee37-f26b-4614-902c-0255cbf793ee" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:24:34.603" UserId="9066" Text="I am having some problems with a Dell 1950 server. I am installing RHEL 6 along with Oracle and some other software on here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am randomly getting an error message saying &quot;kernel: journal commit I/O error&quot; on my ssh session and on the monitor I have hooked up to the server I see an error scrolling by that says &quot;EXT3-fs error (device sda5) in start_transaction: Journal has aborted.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; It has happened several times but never at the same point during the install. Actually, this last time the system was up and running and I was just trying to import a database into oracle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This has happened on several hard drives, so I'm pretty sure that is not the problem. This makes me think the raid controller is going bad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you guys think?" />
  <row Id="41944" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23603" RevisionGUID="fc8cee37-f26b-4614-902c-0255cbf793ee" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:24:34.603" UserId="9066" Text="kernel: journal commit I/O error" />
  <row Id="41945" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23603" RevisionGUID="fc8cee37-f26b-4614-902c-0255cbf793ee" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:24:34.603" UserId="9066" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;raid&gt;&lt;ext3&gt;" />
  <row Id="41946" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23604" RevisionGUID="c870985e-a637-4618-bc8f-caefe8dc15cf" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:24:43.730" UserId="9058" Text="Hi - I'm looking for advice on setting up a small business network for a start-up retail company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're a five-man outfit.  We need email, file sharing, printing, scanning etc.  We have a bespoke line-of-business application written in .NET that relies on Active Directory and SQL Server 2005.  We need our website to be able to connect to our LOB app to retrieve and update data securely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently, my proposed solution for this is to create a small network using SBS 2008 Premium (to cover off the email, LOB app, AD, SQL Server demands) and to pay for a hosted server with configurable firewall (at RackSpace or 1&amp;1 or similar) to host the web site which would allow me to set up a secure VPN tunnel between the website and our LOB app.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My first question is: does this sound like the best solution? And if not where am I going wrong and what are the alternatives?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Okay, so assuming that what I've suggested sounds okay, my next question is what hardware should I be buying for the network?  My current shopping list looks like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 1 x 24U rack cabinet with PDU and&#xD;&#xA;   fans&#xD;&#xA; - 2 x server - Dell Poweredge 2850 or&#xD;&#xA;   similar (RAID 1 or 5 with redundant&#xD;&#xA;   PSU's, network cards, etc)&#xD;&#xA; - 1 x hardware firewall - what should I&#xD;&#xA;   be looking for?&#xD;&#xA; - 1 x 24 port 1GB switch -&#xD;&#xA;   again what functionality will I need?&#xD;&#xA; - 1 x router - do I need this?&#xD;&#xA; - 1 x UPS - will this include&#xD;&#xA;   surge protection?&#xD;&#xA; - 1 x Tape Drive&#xD;&#xA; - Plenty of cabling - cat5 or cat6? - what other&#xD;&#xA;   cabling requirements have I managed&#xD;&#xA;   to over look?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given that harware, should I be able to achieve what I'm looking to do?  My background is in software development and I've just taken all of this for granted in the past.  More fool me ;) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would be very grateful for any advice you can offer as I need help and/or reassurance on the solution before I go and blow our IT budget.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AnyOldIron&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41947" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23604" RevisionGUID="c870985e-a637-4618-bc8f-caefe8dc15cf" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:24:43.730" UserId="9058" Text="Small Business Network Hardware" />
  <row Id="41948" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23604" RevisionGUID="c870985e-a637-4618-bc8f-caefe8dc15cf" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:24:43.730" UserId="9058" Text="&lt;small-business&gt;&lt;sbs-2008&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;hardware-requirements&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="41951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23605" RevisionGUID="5553c493-2653-432d-9e5b-e8c4f542e40a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:27:10.963" UserId="5264" Text="I believe it's possible for Outlook to connect to Exchange over the webmail interface(IE. RPC over HTTPS).  This is how most mobile devices(iPhone/Windows Mobile) can connect to exchange.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/outlookrpchttp.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This would require no server sides changes, as it uses Webmail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disclaimer: I have not tried this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What version of Outlook/Exchange are you running?" />
  <row Id="41952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23606" RevisionGUID="a8e6927b-6f5d-4764-a018-813b63769309" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:28:22.490" UserId="2600" Text="This is probably disabled by the VPN policy and is called dual-homing.  If this is the case, then it may not be possible to get around short of using a separate machine -- even a virtual machine will be trapped in the tunnel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dual-homing is usually disabled to prevent your machine from become a gateway for the transmission of virus, hacking or other nasty bits." />
  <row Id="41953" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23607" RevisionGUID="804e9fe9-7a9c-4e44-ac71-5fa2500c4ccc" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:30:27.820" UserId="1565" Text="Corsair’s Flash Padlock might work for you.  It isn't encrypted, but it's better than nothing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.corsair.com/products/padlock/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="41954" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23608" RevisionGUID="52e106f1-e972-4ba8-9c33-e6db9ce7c751" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:31:13.887" UserId="6177" Text="Yeah, never browse to anything other than manufacturer's sites on a server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the last PC I cleaned spyware of off, I did clean it and leave it at that, but usually I view cleaning as a temporary fix to keep it going while the user makes sure all their data is off.  Then it gets wiped a reformatted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a server, I'd never take a chance - I might clean it just for the exercise, but I'd never hook it up to the network until it was wiped.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've found bleepingcomputer.com to be a good site for finding info. on cleaning trojans.  If someone has posted on that site and been helped to clean it up, you can follow the same clean-up steps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In terms of tools for spyware, I keep Spybot Search and Destroy around, also Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, and Hijack This.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41955" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23609" RevisionGUID="9bd47a44-8f5a-4a65-8eda-79e69ef43d02" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:31:51.733" UserId="2408" Text="Woo!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I was very close with the semodule solution... It actually kind of worked but I'm not 100% sure why. I rebooted the server and reloaded the semodule out of frustration. selinux is enabled and I'm seeing system messages show up in the database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hopefully this will help someone else if they stumble across it. Good luck!" />
  <row Id="41956" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23610" RevisionGUID="36b6ef5b-04cd-4759-9fb8-fcee430aad49" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:32:07.723" UserId="6007" Text="Our application is using forms authentication and the solution has been working well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Recently one of our 2008 servers developed a problem where the authorization is not being propagated to subdirectories. In other words in the main web.config we have the following authorization settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;authorization&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;deny users=&quot;?&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;allow users=&quot;*&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/authorization&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This causes a redirect to the login page for unauthenticated users (pretty standard). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The stylesheets are in the subdirectory /Content/Styles and the Contents directory has another web.config that overrides the authorization with the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;utf-8&quot;?&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;configuration&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;system.web&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;authorization&gt;&#xD;&#xA;                &lt;allow users=&quot;?&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;/authorization&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/system.web&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/configuration&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should allow access to the stylesheets directory for unauthenticated users (also pretty standard). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that the server requests for stylesheets are being redirected to the login page. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried removing the site and application pools and rebuilding them and I have also removed the IIS Role from the server including WAS (windows process activation service) and reinstalled. Neither of these resolved the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know the configuration is correct because I can take the same application and drop it on a new install of Server 2008 and it works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea how I can fix this problem without rebuilding the entire machine?" />
  <row Id="41957" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23610" RevisionGUID="36b6ef5b-04cd-4759-9fb8-fcee430aad49" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:32:07.723" UserId="6007" Text="IIS7 is not propgating authorization to subdirectories" />
  <row Id="41958" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23610" RevisionGUID="36b6ef5b-04cd-4759-9fb8-fcee430aad49" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:32:07.723" UserId="6007" Text="&lt;iis7&gt;" />
  <row Id="41959" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23598" RevisionGUID="c5beca06-047a-4e0f-a29b-038fe0729fd1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:36:02.740" UserId="1054" Comment="edited body" Text="This is a server - suggest you put hand in pocket and *buy* some AV! Remember AVG et al are not free for commercial use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then go stand in the corner and think before clicking the little blue e- how important is this computer and what user am I running as?" />
  <row Id="41960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23611" RevisionGUID="aa113bf8-21ea-4421-bc08-7615579a4f04" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:36:41.257" UserId="8696" Text="[O&amp;O Defrag][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.oo-software.com/home/en/products/oodefrag/index.html" />
  <row Id="41961" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23612" RevisionGUID="b7ecd530-0f08-4101-b4e5-b0cf3761c20a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:36:41.257" UserId="1466" Text="Set up an rsa/dsa key pair on your own machine (ssh-keygen -t rsa), then append the public key to the user in question's ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file.  If ~/.ssh doesn't exist - create it with 700 permissions, owned by the user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you should be able to log in as that user using just the keys (no passwords)" />
  <row Id="41962" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23612" RevisionGUID="b7ecd530-0f08-4101-b4e5-b0cf3761c20a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:36:41.257" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41963" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23608" RevisionGUID="8a5381ba-1173-4aef-b3c3-8a40debbff6b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:37:11.583" UserId="1054" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="Yeah, never browse to anything other than manufacturer's sites on a server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the last PC I cleaned spyware of off, I did clean it and leave it at that, but usually I view cleaning as a temporary fix to keep it going while the user makes sure all their data is off.  Then it gets wiped and reformatted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a server, I'd never take a chance - I might clean it just for the exercise, but I'd never hook it up to the network until it was wiped.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've found bleepingcomputer.com to be a good site for finding info. on cleaning trojans.  If someone has posted on that site and been helped to clean it up, you can follow the same clean-up steps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In terms of tools for spyware, I keep Spybot Search and Destroy around, also Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, and Hijack This.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23613" RevisionGUID="831cba14-93c7-496e-b4d2-c8e080832d46" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:39:23.420" UserId="3537" Text="I'm seeing many occurrences of &quot;Error: Failure in loading assembly: MyAssembly, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=Token#&quot; in my sharepoint farm's web front end eventlog.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've read this article:&#xD;&#xA;http://blogs.msdn.com/suzcook/archive/2003/05/29/57120.aspx but I am prohibited from installing any SDKs or utilities by our sys admins.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The assembly in question is in the bin folder of my app and is identical across the farm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions on how to diagnose? &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41965" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23613" RevisionGUID="831cba14-93c7-496e-b4d2-c8e080832d46" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:39:23.420" UserId="3537" Text="How to best diagnose Failure in loading assembly errors" />
  <row Id="41966" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23613" RevisionGUID="831cba14-93c7-496e-b4d2-c8e080832d46" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:39:23.420" UserId="3537" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;error&gt;&lt;load&gt;&lt;assembly&gt;" />
  <row Id="41967" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23614" RevisionGUID="8dd67a33-2fec-4cfa-8ab3-553db3497977" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:39:28.740" UserId="6460" Text="check_apt is really cool and reminds me about updating my Debian servers." />
  <row Id="41968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23615" RevisionGUID="b2cd713c-8e0f-46f4-858f-c327cb33e626" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:41:04.710" UserId="5154" Text="I wrote part of the [supplemental documentation][1] for this feature. The guide targets TWiki 4.2, but the setup process remains the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Kerberos SSO works in Firefox, just be sure to add your server name to network.negotiate-auth.trusted-uris in about:config&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Name mapping is the hardest part. The TWiki LDAP plugin has a regex which maps Active Directory login names to TWiki user names. It had capitalization problems with our firstname.lastname format, but [changing the regex][2] produced the TWiki user names we wanted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/Windows2003Authentication&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Support/LdapUserMappingWithDotInLoginname" />
  <row Id="41969" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23616" RevisionGUID="7a180852-91bb-4cb9-9fc8-5597d0f149c9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:41:06.083" UserId="9059" Text="A PPTP connection is really *two* connections, a control connection and a data connection. That in itself is a problem with routers and especially firewalls.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Degradation (and promotion) of packet sizes is part of the protocol, so I don't see how that could be a problem, unless you have a really lousy line - because then your packet size might drop to 1 and your upstream will be reduced to bad analog modem speed because of protocol overhead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But what's a bit worse is that if the control connection receives packets out of order the whole VPN connection gets dropped. Or the control connection is &quot;overrun&quot; by the data connection, which leads to a timeout and therefore a drop of the whole VPN connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You mention Skype, and as far as I know Skype uses as much bandwidth as it can get to provide smooth pictures and good sound. Even sound-only Skype connections use upto 16 kBytes/sec which translates to about 128kBit/s, so if your ADSL upstream is even near that, that might be the problem, especially since you ave to add protocol overhead for your VPN connection. Video worsens these bandwidth issues even more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So if you have any possibility to implement QoS on your ADSL line (ie. your router supports it), set a high priority for port 1723 TCP (which is your control connection), right below ICMP. That might help.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41970" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23617" RevisionGUID="a7124d20-0953-45ce-b822-88d602ea7127" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:45:37.837" UserId="6460" Text="One of the most important plugins is the one I've written myself: check_rdiff_backup. I do backups overseas, and Nagios tells me if and when something happens to them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're looking for rdiff-backup plugin, there's one that you can find on Google.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23618" RevisionGUID="793b1674-b303-4ee6-a65a-3056ca41a7b8" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:47:19.503" UserId="4838" Text="I prefer [Extended Task Manager][1].&#xD;&#xA;[DTaskManager][2] is also ok.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.extensoft.com/?p=free_task_manager&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://dimio.altervista.org/eng/" />
  <row Id="41972" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23619" RevisionGUID="5e17d0fe-a23c-4585-8fbb-5507da9df1ca" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:47:28.910" UserId="7083" Text="Upvoted unknown's WinSCP and Brent's SSH key solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just a note to say that you can use these two solutions together.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're unsure about generating the key, you can use [PuTTyGen][1] and WinSCP will be happy to use the format it generates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html" />
  <row Id="41973" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23619" RevisionGUID="5e17d0fe-a23c-4585-8fbb-5507da9df1ca" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:47:28.910" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="41974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23620" RevisionGUID="3f404cde-7620-4f8a-af29-719167b87997" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:49:55.613" UserId="3543" Text="&#xD;&#xA;Not for the faint of heart, this is the only book I know that tries to describe and explain adiministering complex systems using systematic, scientific principles and mathematical models.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the author of cfengine: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mark Burgess: Principles of Network and System Administration &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NKATCKVFL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU03_.jpg" />
  <row Id="41975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23621" RevisionGUID="b3d916f3-b06d-4d04-b9b3-dd89102f4f05" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:50:46.813" UserId="4600" Text="I'm running Windows 7 on a dual core, x64 AMD with 8GB RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do I even need a pagefile?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will removing it help or hurt performance?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would it make a difference if this is a server or a desktop?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does Windows 7 vs. Windows 2008 make a difference with a page file?" />
  <row Id="41976" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23621" RevisionGUID="b3d916f3-b06d-4d04-b9b3-dd89102f4f05" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:50:46.813" UserId="4600" Text="Any benefit or detriment from removing a pagefile on an 8GB RAM machine?" />
  <row Id="41977" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23621" RevisionGUID="b3d916f3-b06d-4d04-b9b3-dd89102f4f05" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:50:46.813" UserId="4600" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;windowserver2008&gt;&lt;pagefile&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;ram&gt;" />
  <row Id="41978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23622" RevisionGUID="f6080ad1-361a-46c0-8d12-0874e2e8d01a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:52:56.823" UserId="2278" Text="That &quot;works on my machine&quot;, as the saying goes. I'm on XP; what are you using?" />
  <row Id="41979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23623" RevisionGUID="8473f1f2-562b-4577-ad9b-7e7a4b2e1fd3" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:55:41.280" UserId="1435" Text="I'm sure you are somehow better off with a pagefile but we have lots of W2K8 servers with 8GB and no pagefile, we're not pushing them too much but we've not ran into problems with them in this config. Of course it all depends on what you intend to do with it." />
  <row Id="41980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23624" RevisionGUID="f502cd8f-602a-4553-851f-95eb79d7091a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:56:23.540" UserId="4271" Text="The best answer I can think of is that under a normal load you may not use up the 8GB, but it is the unexpected loads where you will run into trouble. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With a page file, the system will at least run slowly once it starting hitting the page. But if you remove the pagefile it will just die (from what I know).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also 8GB seems like a lot now, but a few years down the line it might be considered the minimum amount of memory for a lot of software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Either way - I would recommend keeping at least a small pagefile; but others please correct me if I am off-base." />
  <row Id="41981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23625" RevisionGUID="28ca645d-4f15-4a2f-a041-dc8d29b895d8" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:57:16.377" UserId="9071" Text="My immediate thoughts.  First, the kind of hardware you need is dependent heavily on things like, how much downtime you can afford, how many concurrent users you will have, etc.  That said, I would say at a glance that you are on the right track although there are definitely specifics that need addressing.  As for your specific questions, you need to make sure that whatever firewall you get has VPN capabilities that are compatible with whatever hosting provider you use for your website.  Talk to your sales representative there to see what you need.  You really don't want to rely on a Windows VPN service for a mission critical always on VPN.  A switch is a switch, unless you feel that you are going to need to do network segment partitioning for security reasons, make sure it is GigE and that it is 24 port and from a reputable vendor, and you should be good.  You need a router if you want to connect to any external network including the internet.  I have never seen a UPS unit that was not surge protected, it would be a very odd thing indeed if you found one.  Make sure that whatever UPS you get has enough battery life to shut your servers down safely and has an agent to connect to your operating system.  The main difference between cat5 and cat6 are their ability to handle long cable runs and electrical interference.  You probably don't need cat6, but I think that the cost difference is fairly minimal at this point, so you might as well go with it.  On the software side, you will need some kind of backup software that can handle both the database and whatever you are using for email (Exchange in particular requires a special agent to backup correctly) I haven't worked with Server 2008, but no previous version of Windows has had a built in backup that can handle these things correctly.  Sorry to be so long winded and I hope some of that helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Catherine MacInnes" />
  <row Id="41982" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="23525" RevisionGUID="73a4ee07-16ec-41cc-afac-ee7966871ad7" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:57:40.013" UserId="1496" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;virus&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="41983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23626" RevisionGUID="e6f2db7f-e088-41f3-8098-5bd5a793734b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:57:43.913" UserId="9073" Text="I want to change remotely on windows xp the speed/duplex of a NIC. I try with mmc, netsh but without result. I have to log me in with rdp to change the duplex, or remotely search in the registry and modify the value manually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know a way to change this without modifying the registry manually?" />
  <row Id="41984" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23626" RevisionGUID="e6f2db7f-e088-41f3-8098-5bd5a793734b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:57:43.913" UserId="9073" Text="How to change the duplex of a NIC remotely on windows?" />
  <row Id="41985" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23626" RevisionGUID="e6f2db7f-e088-41f3-8098-5bd5a793734b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:57:43.913" UserId="9073" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;nic&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="41986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23627" RevisionGUID="d02d7196-341d-4f05-b5fa-07578997e6da" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:58:43.020" UserId="5745" Text="The router will be necessary to cover any external connectivity between the world and your internal network. Similarly, you'll want a firewall, and possibly VPN too, to allow you to get access when you're not in the office. In a similar small shop we used Fortigate boxes to accomplish much of this. Plug your T1/T3, etc into the external side, and your switch into the internal side. It'll handle routing, firewalling, scan mail, etc. This will also handle the VPN to your webhost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Double-Take can handle failovers of Exchange, AD, etc pretty well, especially within the same site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Dells are pretty good value for money, generally reliable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The UPS should include surge protection, just be sure to pick a model that will give you the time you need to either get everything running again, or shut it down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You don't have AC on your list, which you'll probably want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, you might want to consider getting hosted email, it can save a lot of time and hassle. Email is generally considered vital to an on-line business and outages are serious enough that the cost of hosting more than covered any potential failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again, buying the cable made up, and getting it fished professionally through the office can be a great time-saver. I've made cable before, and bought it. In the server room buy lots of short ones, in the office get it installed properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;24 port switch - Going to need all 24 ports? The all metal NetGears are pretty reliable and simple to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Last time I checked SBS wasn't upgradable if you ever grow, you'll need new licenses. We always tried to avoid it as a product." />
  <row Id="41987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23628" RevisionGUID="ba1f4622-bbe1-4b49-b0d7-26f0f3fb44a4" CreationDate="2009-06-10T19:59:49.087" UserId="8934" Text="You didn't mention if it's a 64 bit edition of Windows, but i guess yes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pagefile serves for many things, including generating a memory dump in case of BSOD (Blue Screen of Death).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't have pagefile, Windows won't be able to page out to disk if there isn't enough memory. You may think that with 8GB you won't reach that limit. But you may have bad programs leaking memory over time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think it won't let you go hibernate/standby without a pagefile (but i didn't try yet).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows 7 / 2008 / Vista doesn't change the use of page file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I saw one explaination from Mark Russinovich (Microsoft Fellow) explaining that windows can be slower without page file than wih a page file (even with plenty of ram). But i can't find back the root cause.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you out of disk space ? i would keep a minimum of 1GB to be able to have kernel dump in case of BSOD." />
  <row Id="41988" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="23610" RevisionGUID="79954d1b-9b9d-47b7-bac9-ab4089f6b878" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:00:17.307" UserId="45" Comment="edited tags; edited title" Text="IIS7 is not propagating authorization to subdirectories" />
  <row Id="41989" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="23610" RevisionGUID="79954d1b-9b9d-47b7-bac9-ab4089f6b878" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:00:17.307" UserId="45" Comment="edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;asp.net&gt;" />
  <row Id="41991" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23573" RevisionGUID="828e955b-f55b-4def-ab2e-ad02a1a7e0d6" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:01:18.820" UserId="4845" Comment="Add summary of answers" Text="I'm trying to ensure that the revert process is as reliable as possible in our lab manager environments. We frequently (daily) revert a 10-12 server workspace to a previous version, upgrade it, test on it.  Every few weeks, I hit a new problem after a revert, and a team or two has to wait while I monkey around. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The servers are Win2K3 servers running various applications. They are members of an domain, external to the workspace. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Question: **What do you do to achieve 100% reliable revert?** Any suprises in store for me, beyond the following? Better resolutions to these problems? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: Unfortunately, fenced workspaces are not practical in this scenario. These are unfenced environments. Saving the workspace to a to configuration and cloning tends to be far too slow for daily use - even though we've made disks as small as practical (10GB per machine). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Snags hit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Machine changes password (?) or some other credentials with DC every x weeks. The snapshot doesn't have this. Prevent by &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netlogon\Parameters] &quot;DisablePasswordChange&quot;=dword:00000001&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Computers revert from snapshot with incorrect times, times out of sync between machines. Chaos ensues. Attempted resolution (will let you know in a week): Make sure host is running NTP client, and guests sync to host. They should sync to DC ... but that wasn't happening fast enough.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Summary good answers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Take snapshot with power off][1]. Prevents a variety of problems, including NTP. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/23573/achieving-reliable-revert-in-lab-manager-for-test-environments-windows-machines/23578#23578" />
  <row Id="41992" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23630" RevisionGUID="9de35bea-c8fe-4a27-81c3-4ac9c48629cf" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:01:34.967" UserId="1496" Text="It could be the RAID controller going bad like you said (try a spare if you have one.) It could be the driver for the controller (check for alternative drivers if available, even if performance is worse, it's good to have a reference point.) It could be the kernel (less likely though in RHEL, it's quite well tested.) It could be bad RAM messing up the block cache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A hardware problem is the most likely cause, though, based on the seemingly random error behavior.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a sidenote: RHEL **6**?" />
  <row Id="41994" PostHistoryTypeId="11" PostId="23507" RevisionGUID="6c82fbe8-226c-4f6a-87a4-6910fd80f7dc" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:02:39.083" UserId="-1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1466,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Brent &quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1054,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;squillman&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:984,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Zoredache&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="41995" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23632" RevisionGUID="611f1855-6108-47e5-83f3-b2ac1d125f5a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:02:40.767" UserId="1466" Text="What are the best-practices for using Active Directory to authenticate users on linux (Debian) boxes?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The way I would like it to work would be to add AD users to a group - say *linux administrators* or *linux webserver*, and based on their group membership they would/would not be granted access to a particular server.  Ideally the root account would be the only one maintained in the standard way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My goals in doing this are as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - To allow password changes in one place&#xD;&#xA; - To automatically grant certain people access to the linux servers using their AD credentials&#xD;&#xA; - To consolodate all of our user information into one database&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things I want to avoid are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - anything difficult/counter-intuitive for our Active Directory administrator to manage&#xD;&#xA; - locking users out if the AD servers are unreachable for some reason (ie - it needs to cache the credentials somehow)&#xD;&#xA; - anything too complex or non-standard that will break the next time I upgrade the server." />
  <row Id="41996" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23632" RevisionGUID="611f1855-6108-47e5-83f3-b2ac1d125f5a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:02:40.767" UserId="1466" Text="How to use Active Directory to authenticate linux users" />
  <row Id="41997" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23632" RevisionGUID="611f1855-6108-47e5-83f3-b2ac1d125f5a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:02:40.767" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;" />
  <row Id="41998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23633" RevisionGUID="716f6715-6637-4bf4-9dd0-b9b2827ad4ae" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:04:13.103" UserId="4271" Text="There are a lot of variables in there, but yes, your shopping list looks fairly complete.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your internet provider will provide a &quot;router&quot; for you. We use our firewall/VPN to replace that router and be the gateway from our switch to the internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would get a Layer 3 switch such as one Cisco or NetGear provides which gives you some flexibility with regards to your ports. This is basically a router as well. You can get a switch that has the firewall/VPN built in as well but I would recommend against that as it makes that part of the network hard to upgrade.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, the firewall you get should also be your VPN provider. No need to get 2 devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And yes, your UPS should do the surge protection as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="41999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23634" RevisionGUID="60d4fa24-9479-4fd1-88ec-55f85c14f517" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:04:34.117" UserId="6031" Text="Three possibilities come to mind:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. There's memory problems (they often cause &quot;random&quot; crashes). If you have ECC ram in there, then obviously it's less likely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. There some problem with the Bus. I've had the same problem with a broken APIC controller on a Tyan dual Opteron motherboard a few years back. There were other log entries that hinted at it, but the bulk of the symptoms were random corruption on disk drives with automatic read-only remounts. In my case I knew it wasn't disk related because it was an external FC RAID box and it was fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. The RAID controller is bunk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is in the order I'd consider the problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42000" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23635" RevisionGUID="41d27bab-8b0f-4414-ac41-6be0fc5709ac" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:05:06.690" UserId="8926" Text="In the past I've seen this error occur with custom dll's that i've written.  I tried a lot of ways to get around things, such as add the code to the GAC, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I actually replied to a similar question, http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointdevelopment/thread/ab43b645-77f9-44e1-8c50-c1e902f7d5b2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My fix was that I added the DLL to the assemblies element of web.config&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;compilation batch=&quot;false&quot; debug=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;assemblies&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;add assembly=&quot;MyCustomDLL, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once I did that, I noticed that i no longer saw errors in the event logs of my front ends." />
  <row Id="42002" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23613" RevisionGUID="eb826df4-a334-4330-9e7a-b4ea9dad1d06" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:05:36.423" UserId="3537" Comment="added 101 characters in body" Text="I'm seeing many occurrences of &quot;Error: Failure in loading assembly: MyAssembly, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=Token#&quot; in my sharepoint farm's web front end eventlog.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've read this article:&#xD;&#xA;http://blogs.msdn.com/suzcook/archive/2003/05/29/57120.aspx but I am prohibited from installing any SDKs or utilities by our sys admins.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The assembly in question is in the bin folder of my app and is identical across the farm.&#xD;&#xA;The sharepoint log file (in the 12 hive) lists the same error as above without further information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions on how to diagnose? &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23637" RevisionGUID="2ea4c238-faa6-48f7-8e65-4d1452e701d8" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:05:38.577" UserId="7603" Text="I haven't seen any questions specifically addressing this specific issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When URL Routing is used, The Request goes into IIS and then is routed to the Aspx Page. For example, a site: www.site.com/products may route the request to wwwroot/inetpub/mysite/pages/productsPage.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's important to note that the page is ROUTED, not ReDirected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that to get the URLs to work properly in IIS 6, a **Wildcard extension** has to be set up which routes all resources to Asp.Net (Asp.Net will then hand static resources back over)&#xD;&#xA;This is documented here:&#xD;&#xA;http://blog.codeville.net/2008/07/04/options-for-deploying-aspnet-mvc-to-iis-6/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would appear that IIS doesn't GZip the content when it sends it back.  I have followed the instructions here:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.kavinda.net/2007/02/17/how-to-enable-http-compression-iis6.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to enable IIS 6 compression.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Any idea why Http Compression doesn't seem to work? It seems to work fine on other sites on my server.  Just the one with URL Routing isn't working**" />
  <row Id="42004" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23637" RevisionGUID="2ea4c238-faa6-48f7-8e65-4d1452e701d8" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:05:38.577" UserId="7603" Text="Getting HTTP Compression (GZip) to work with URL Routing on IIS 6" />
  <row Id="42005" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23637" RevisionGUID="2ea4c238-faa6-48f7-8e65-4d1452e701d8" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:05:38.577" UserId="7603" Text="&lt;url-routing&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;http-compression&gt;&lt;gzip&gt;" />
  <row Id="42006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23638" RevisionGUID="6f5a0684-61f1-4cca-bd9a-9524855bed47" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:07:40.850" UserId="8934" Text="One workaround is to use psexec from Sysinternals to modify the registry remotely or use reg add and specify remote computer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;REG ADD \\Remotecomputer\HKLM\Software\....  /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d ^%systemroot^%&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do not forget to also force the other side, else big mess around the corner" />
  <row Id="42007" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23147" RevisionGUID="a11b760e-49d1-46a8-933c-9b3c208eafa3" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:09:12.593" UserId="1561" Comment="added 26 characters in body; added 121 characters in body; added 116 characters in body" Text="**You are I/O-bound.**  Your system is a little life raft, battered in a stormy sea of buffer/cache/VM paging swells that are 100 feet tall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wow.  Just...wow.  You're moving about 100Mbyte/sec out your I/O, you're deep past 50% CPU time in I/O wait, and you have 4Gb of RAM.  The backpressure on this server's VM must be enormous.  Under &quot;normal&quot; circumstances, as the system begins to buffer/cache, any free RAM you had is going to be *eaten alive in less than 40 seconds*.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would it be possible to post the settings from [`/proc/sys/vm`][1]?  This would provide some insight as to what your kernel thinks is &quot;normal&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those `postmaster` processes also indicate you're running PostgreSQL in the background.  Is this normal for your setup?  PostgreSQL in a default config will use very little RAM, but once it's re-tuned for speed, it can chew up 25%-40% of your available RAM quickly.  So I can only guess, given the number of them in the output, you're running some kind of production database while you are running backups.  **This doesn't bode well.**  Can you give some more info on why it is running?  What is the size of the shared memory parameter for all `postmaster` processes?  Would it be possible to shut the service down, or temporarily reconfigure the database to use fewer connects/buffers while the backups are running?  This will help to take some of the pressure off the already strained I/O and free RAM.  Keep in mind that each  `postmaster` process consumes RAM above and beyond what the database uses for internal caching.  So when you make adjustments to memory settings, [be careful about which are &quot;shared&quot; and which are &quot;per-process&quot;][2].  If you're using PostgreSQL as part of your backup process, try to re-tune it to accept [just the minimum number of connections][3], and be sure to shrink your per-process parameters down to something reasonable (only a few megs each).  The downside to this is that **PostgreSQL will spill to disk if it can't work with the dataset in RAM like it wants to, so that will actually *increase* your disk I/O.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;X11 in and of itself doesn't take much memory, but a full desktop session can consume several megs.  Log out any active sessions you have and run your connection from the console or through SSH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still, **I don't think it's entirely a memory issue.**  **If you are better than 50% I/O wait for extended periods of time** (and you're posting figures that touch the 70's), **the resulting bottleneck will eventually crush the rest of the system.  Much like Darth Vader crushes necks.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Someone on the business end of Darth Vader's death grip][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How many flush threads are you configured for?  The default value, or have you bumped it?  If you've bumped it, have you considered decreasing the number to reduce the amount of pressure on I/O ops?  Or do you have a huge number of spindles and channels to work with, in which case, have you considered *increasing* the number of flush threads?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. you want to set swappiness to the lower values, not the higher values, to prevent swap-out.  Highest value = 100 = swap like crazy when it feels right, lowest value = 0 = try not to swap at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/en-US/Reference_Guide/s3-proc-sys-vm.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/runtime-config-resource.html#RUNTIME-CONFIG-RESOURCE-MEMORY&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/runtime-config-connection.html#RUNTIME-CONFIG-CONNECTION-SETTINGS&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/4928/VADERCHOKE.JPG" />
  <row Id="42008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23639" RevisionGUID="b20cabda-0b4a-41d6-a657-528c7fc0aa06" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:09:14.543" UserId="846" Text="My thoughts ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1- SBS 2008 sounds like an excellent approach.  &#xD;&#xA;2- You should consider having your servers hosted in a co-location center.  Jeff talks a bunch about this in the stackoverflow blog.  Then you don't need a cabinet (or cooling, or a UPS), will need less bandwidth at the office, and will get better performance on the website.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other stuff .. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* *1 x router - do I need this?*  &#xD;&#xA;If you are connecting to the internet, you need a router.  In a small office, this will typically be provided by the ISP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* *1 x hardware firewall - what should I be looking for?*  &#xD;&#xA;I like [Astaro][1], but there are a zillion small office solutions.  You want VPN.  You may also want remote access.  Astaro is inexpensive, and the interface is relatively good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* *1 x tape drive*  &#xD;&#xA;I would go with online or cloud backup (for instance, [Iron Mountain][3] or [JungleDisk][4]).  It costs.  On the other hand, tape drives and tapes are not cheap, so starting from scratch I suspect it pays off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* *Plenty of cabling ...*   &#xD;&#xA;Hire someone to do this, particularly if you want it run through the walls and looking good.  If you are OK with it on the floor and tucked into corners, buy pre-terminated patch cords.  Cat5e is fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.astaro.com/our_products/astaro_security_gateway&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/firewall&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.ironmountain.com/dataprotection/server/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.jungledisk.com/" />
  <row Id="42009" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23640" RevisionGUID="466972df-f422-4304-8efd-297ca5e47bc5" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:11:06.507" UserId="8934" Text="Did you try this way ?&#xD;&#xA;[MS KB322603][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To enable IIS 5.0 to compress .aspx pages, follow these steps:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. Open a command prompt.&#xD;&#xA;   2. Type net stop iisadmin, and then press ENTER.&#xD;&#xA;   3. Type cd C:\InetPub\adminscripts, and then press ENTER.&#xD;&#xA;   4. Type the following, and then press ENTER:&#xD;&#xA;      CSCRIPT.EXE ADSUTIL.VBS SET W3Svc/Filters/Compression/GZIP/HcScriptFileExtensions &quot;asp&quot; &quot;dll&quot; &quot;exe&quot; &quot;aspx&quot;&#xD;&#xA;   5. Type the following, and then press ENTER:&#xD;&#xA;      CSCRIPT.EXE ADSUTIL.VBS SET W3Svc/Filters/Compression/DEFLATE/HcScriptFileExtensions &quot;asp&quot; &quot;dll&quot; &quot;exe&quot; &quot;aspx&quot;&#xD;&#xA;   6. Type net start w3svc, and then press ENTER.&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B322603&amp;x=7&amp;y=13" />
  <row Id="42010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23641" RevisionGUID="b6b7039e-74d3-4c29-b7e8-2aad3a565778" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:11:34.867" UserId="5264" Text="Also see &#xD;&#xA;http://serverfault.com/questions/12454/linux-clients-on-a-windows-domains&#xD;&#xA;and &#xD;&#xA;http://serverfault.com/questions/15626/how-practical-is-to-authenticate-a-linux-server-against-ad" />
  <row Id="42011" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23642" RevisionGUID="35b8fb15-d6bd-4bee-908c-995069d5bfc5" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:12:07.253" UserId="6792" Text=" - Have a solid backup strategy in place beforehand. Decide if you are going&#xD;&#xA;   to back up the VM as if it were on bare metal, or if you are going to&#xD;&#xA;   back up the virtual hard disks on the data stores (or both). Generally&#xD;&#xA;   speaking, I found that my required backup footprint increased&#xD;&#xA;   significantly at first, so be prepared for an initial spike&#xD;&#xA;   where you might be backing up both an old physical machine and a new VM&#xD;&#xA;   before you get all of the kinks worked out. &#xD;&#xA; - VM sprawl is also something to watch out for. Once virtualization starts  taking off, the urge to move everything to VM becomes great. While this can work, you probably didn't order exactly enough hardware right off the bat.&#xD;&#xA; - I think there are machines that can't be converted, and other machines that&#xD;&#xA;   probably shouldn't be converted. While it is nice to be able to take a&#xD;&#xA;   10 year old physical machine and clone it to a VM, with warts and all,&#xD;&#xA;   there are certainly scenarios where you would be better off building a   &#xD;&#xA;   clean OS and migrating objects from the physical machine over. Sometimes &#xD;&#xA;   you are better off not converting over the cobwebs.&#xD;&#xA; - Be prepared to use a lot of network ports. If you have systems that run on different VLANS, while single ports could be trunked, you probably want to have individual ports for your VLANs feeding into your vSwitch. If you want redundancy, and you are using iSCSI, you could be looking at a lot of NICs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42012" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23643" RevisionGUID="89a46bb8-89c3-47bd-b9a2-60832e207dc6" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:12:22.197" UserId="4810" Text="OCS Inventory NG" />
  <row Id="42013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23644" RevisionGUID="86eded60-da64-4936-a95b-7db9a5cc6248" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:12:30.607" UserId="8856" Text="I'd like to setup Subversion repository so that same username and password could be used to access repository as in ssh login. I managed to get login work so that correct username is required, but it accepts any password. How I can get it to require valid password also?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm running Ubuntu server 8.04.2 with &quot;standard modules&quot;, Apache2, Subversion and  libapache2-mod-authnz-external. In addition I found utility called [pwauth][1] to help with authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are the relevant parts from configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/etc/apache/apache2.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    AddExternalAuth pwauth /usr/local/bin/pwauth&#xD;&#xA;    SetExternalAuthMethod pwauth pipe&#xD;&#xA;    AddExternalGroup unixgroup /usr/local/bin/unixgroup&#xD;&#xA;    SetExternalGroupMethod unixgroup environment&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/etc/apache/mods-available/dav_svn.conf:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    AuthType Basic&#xD;&#xA;    AuthBasicProvider external&#xD;&#xA;    AuthExternal pwauth&#xD;&#xA;    GroupExternal unixgroup&#xD;&#xA;    AuthName &quot;Subversion repository&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Require group users&#xD;&#xA;    Require user myaccount&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/etc/pam.d/pwauth:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    auth    required        pam_succeed_if.so user=www-data&#xD;&#xA;    account required        pam_localuser.so&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.google.com/p/pwauth/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;config.h for pwauth:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #define PAM                     /* Linux PAM or OpenPAM*/&#xD;&#xA;    #define UNIX_LASTLOG            /**/&#xD;&#xA;    #define HAVE_LASTLOG_H          /**/&#xD;&#xA;    #define NOLOGIN_FILE &quot;/etc/nologin&quot;     /**/&#xD;&#xA;    #define MIN_NOLOGIN_UID 1               /**/&#xD;&#xA;    #define CHECK_LOGIN_EXPIRATION          /**/&#xD;&#xA;    #define CHECK_PASSWORD_EXPIRATION       /**/&#xD;&#xA;    #define SERVER_UIDS 33          /* user &quot;www-data&quot; */&#xD;&#xA;    #define MIN_UNIX_UID 500        /**/&#xD;&#xA;    #define SLEEP_LOCK &quot;/var/run/pwauth.lock&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(is something missing?)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42014" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23644" RevisionGUID="86eded60-da64-4936-a95b-7db9a5cc6248" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:12:30.607" UserId="8856" Text="How to use Linux username and password with Subversion?" />
  <row Id="42015" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23644" RevisionGUID="86eded60-da64-4936-a95b-7db9a5cc6248" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:12:30.607" UserId="8856" Text="&lt;svn&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;pam&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;" />
  <row Id="42016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23645" RevisionGUID="a013a9df-051a-46a6-868e-9fda415f1052" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:12:57.750" UserId="4271" Text="The software you are looking for is called Likewise-open. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From their page:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Joins non-Windows systems to Active Directory domains in a single step from the command line or from a GUI&#xD;&#xA; - Authenticates users with a single user name and password on both Windows and non-Windows&#xD;&#xA; - Enforces the same password policies for non-Windows users and Windows users&#xD;&#xA; - Supports multiple forests with one-way and two-way cross forest trusts&#xD;&#xA; - Caches credentials in case your domain controller goes down&#xD;&#xA; - Provides single sign-on for SSH and Putty&#xD;&#xA; - Next-generation authentication engine that supports Kerberos, NTLM, and SPNEGO&#xD;&#xA; - No schema changes to Active Directory required&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've used it on some machines here and it seems to work well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.likewise.com/products/likewise_open/" />
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  <row Id="42018" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23646" RevisionGUID="56e07a1d-4c97-4206-82a4-eb191fb5ae84" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:15:08.697" UserDisplayName="SpecialEd" Text="We're having a problem with data inconsistencies on an IBM server we've set up, containing 6 1TB SAS drives running of an IBM raid controller in RAID 6. I would subscribe it to faulty drive(s), only the RAID controller isn't reporting any problems. The file systems (all ext3) have been remounted in read-only mode by the OS (Open Suse 11) several times, and the server then has to be restarted, fsck'ed, and then booted again. Any thoughts as to what could be wrong?" />
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  <row Id="42020" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23646" RevisionGUID="56e07a1d-4c97-4206-82a4-eb191fb5ae84" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:15:08.697" UserDisplayName="SpecialEd" Text="&lt;serveraid8k&gt;&lt;raid&gt;&lt;disk&gt;&lt;failure&gt;" />
  <row Id="42021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23647" RevisionGUID="7c3ae25c-38d5-4863-8c82-08e18ca15f51" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:16:05.217" UserId="5792" Text="su has a -s option to specify the shell to use if the user does not have shell access.  For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    su -s /bin/bash www-data&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42022" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23647" RevisionGUID="7c3ae25c-38d5-4863-8c82-08e18ca15f51" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:16:05.217" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23648" RevisionGUID="8cc01926-adbe-4c85-a5cc-c47bd84c4bd6" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:16:26.107" UserId="7783" Text="The only person that can tell you if your servers or workstations &quot;need&quot; a pagefile is **you**, with careful use of performance monitor or whatever it's called these days. What apps are you running, what use are they seeing, what's the highest *possible* memory use you could potentially see?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is stability worth possibly compromising for the sake of saving a minute amount of money on smaller hard disks?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What happens when you download a very large patch, say a service pack. If the installer service decides it needs more memory than you figured to unpack the patch, what then? If your virus scanner (rightly) decides to scan this very large pack, what sort of memory use will it need while it unpacks and scans this patch file - I hope the patch archive file doesn't contain any archives itself because that would absolutely *murder* memory use figures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I *can* tell you is that removing your pagefile has far higher probability of hurting than helping. I can't see a reason why you wouldn't have one - I'm sure that there might be a few specialist cases where I'm wrong on that one but thats a whole other area." />
  <row Id="42024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23649" RevisionGUID="6d230928-c147-491e-bd57-e972bf403f1e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:16:36.090" UserId="4762" Text="Once we had similar problem with SVN. It turned out that system entropy pool was occasionally becoming completely drained and then SVN and couple other things (can't remember what) hung. This might be a case in regard to SSH and if the PHP is utilizing entropy this might be a case with Apache as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can check entropy leven on your OpenBSD box with following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sysctl kern.random&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an output you'll get quite a lot on numbers. These are described in `/usr/include/dev/rndvar.h`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    struct rndstats {&#xD;&#xA;            quad_t rnd_total;       /* total bits of entropy generated */&#xD;&#xA;            quad_t rnd_used;        /* strong data bits read so far */&#xD;&#xA;            quad_t rnd_reads;       /* strong read calls */&#xD;&#xA;            quad_t arc4_reads;      /* aRC4 data bytes read so far */&#xD;&#xA;            quad_t arc4_nstirs;     /* arc4 pool stirs */&#xD;&#xA;            quad_t arc4_stirs;      /* arc4 pool stirs (bits used) */&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;            quad_t rnd_pad[5];&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;            quad_t rnd_waits;       /* sleeps for data */&#xD;&#xA;            quad_t rnd_enqs;        /* enqueue calls */&#xD;&#xA;            quad_t rnd_deqs;        /* dequeue calls */&#xD;&#xA;            quad_t rnd_drops;       /* queue-full drops */&#xD;&#xA;            quad_t rnd_drople;      /* queue low watermark low entropy drops */&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;            quad_t rnd_ed[32];      /* entropy feed distribution */&#xD;&#xA;            quad_t rnd_sc[RND_SRC_NUM]; /* add* calls */&#xD;&#xA;            quad_t rnd_sb[RND_SRC_NUM]; /* add* bits */&#xD;&#xA;    };&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it turns out it really is an entropy issue you may consider using non-strong random generator, like `/dev/urandom`, for your PHP app." />
  <row Id="42025" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23147" RevisionGUID="71a73afd-c3ba-40f8-98f4-a846af76fd15" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:16:52.500" UserId="1561" Comment="fixed typo for sysctl.conf setting" Text="**You are I/O-bound.**  Your system is a little life raft, battered in a stormy sea of buffer/cache/VM paging swells that are 100 feet tall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wow.  Just...wow.  You're moving about 100Mbyte/sec out your I/O, you're deep past 50% CPU time in I/O wait, and you have 4Gb of RAM.  The backpressure on this server's VM must be enormous.  Under &quot;normal&quot; circumstances, as the system begins to buffer/cache, any free RAM you had is going to be *eaten alive in less than 40 seconds*.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would it be possible to post the [settings][1] from [`/proc/sys/vm`][2]?  This would provide some insight as to what your kernel thinks is &quot;normal&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those `postmaster` processes also indicate you're running PostgreSQL in the background.  Is this normal for your setup?  PostgreSQL in a default config will use very little RAM, but once it's re-tuned for speed, it can chew up 25%-40% of your available RAM quickly.  So I can only guess, given the number of them in the output, you're running some kind of production database while you are running backups.  **This doesn't bode well.**  Can you give some more info on why it is running?  What is the size of the shared memory parameter for all `postmaster` processes?  Would it be possible to shut the service down, or temporarily reconfigure the database to use fewer connects/buffers while the backups are running?  This will help to take some of the pressure off the already strained I/O and free RAM.  Keep in mind that each  `postmaster` process consumes RAM above and beyond what the database uses for internal caching.  So when you make adjustments to memory settings, [be careful about which are &quot;shared&quot; and which are &quot;per-process&quot;][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're using PostgreSQL as part of your backup process, try to re-tune it to accept [just the minimum number of connections][4], and be sure to shrink your per-process parameters down to something reasonable (only a few megs each).  The downside to this is that **PostgreSQL will spill to disk if it can't work with the dataset in RAM like it wants to, so that will actually *increase* your disk I/O**, so tune carefully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;X11 in and of itself doesn't take much memory, but a full desktop session can consume several megs.  Log out any active sessions you have and run your connection from the console or through SSH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still, **I don't think it's entirely a memory issue.**  **If you are better than 50% I/O wait for extended periods of time** (and you're posting figures that touch the 70's), **the resulting bottleneck will eventually crush the rest of the system.  Much like [Darth Vader][5] crushes necks.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Someone on the business end of Darth Vader's death grip][6]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How many [flush threads][7] are you configured for?  Use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat /proc/sys/vm/nr_pdflush_threads&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to find out and &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;vm.nr_pdflush_threads = 1&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/sysctl.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to set it to a single thread.  Note that the last command makes it permanently load upon reboot. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it default value, or have you bumped it?  If you've bumped it, have you considered decreasing the number to reduce the amount of pressure on I/O ops?  Or do you have a huge number of spindles and channels to work with, in which case, have you considered *increasing* the number of flush threads?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. you want to set swappiness to the lower values, not the higher values, to prevent swap-out.  Highest value = 100 = swap like crazy when it feels right, lowest value = 0 = try not to swap at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linuxinsight.com/proc_sys_vm_hierarchy.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/en-US/Reference_Guide/s3-proc-sys-vm.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/runtime-config-resource.html#RUNTIME-CONFIG-RESOURCE-MEMORY&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/runtime-config-connection.html#RUNTIME-CONFIG-CONNECTION-SETTINGS&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darth_vader&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/4928/VADERCHOKE.JPG&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://lwn.net/Articles/326552/" />
  <row Id="42026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23650" RevisionGUID="19e01bdb-35b8-4105-8f58-1ffe6acaaf62" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:18:23.123" UserDisplayName="robert" Text="Hi-&#xD;&#xA;As you know amazon EC2 instances get an address like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ec2-72-44-40-153.z-2.compute-1.amazonaws.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I have the domain example.com, is there any way that I can make bob.example.com or preferably example.com/bob redirect to the IP of &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ec2-72-44-40-153.z-2.compute-1.amazonaws.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;??&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!!" />
  <row Id="42027" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23650" RevisionGUID="19e01bdb-35b8-4105-8f58-1ffe6acaaf62" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:18:23.123" UserDisplayName="robert" Text="Redirecting to the IP of an amazon EC2 instance" />
  <row Id="42028" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23650" RevisionGUID="19e01bdb-35b8-4105-8f58-1ffe6acaaf62" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:18:23.123" UserDisplayName="robert" Text="&lt;amazon&gt;&lt;ec2&gt;&lt;ip&gt;" />
  <row Id="42029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23651" RevisionGUID="891b5115-5fbb-49e0-a873-b9aed915bdf9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:22:09.353" UserId="7645" Text="I've seen those errors before, but not during the install process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It means that the drive got enough errors that the OS took it to read-only mode.  If you could find the full logs, there'd probably be some I/O errors that retried and worked before the full-on failure errors you saw.  Something with actual blocks mentioned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a storage system error.  It's definitely the RAID card, the drives in the RAID array, the cables from the card to the drives, the backplane the drives connect to, the slot the raid card is plugged into, the power supply for the hard drives, or something else in between the CPU and the actual storage blocks." />
  <row Id="42030" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23147" RevisionGUID="4cae1a2e-3b59-4de0-a2b0-6c4ef496e67c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:24:35.777" UserId="1561" Comment="added 107 characters in body" Text="**You are I/O-bound.**  Your system is a little life raft, battered in a stormy sea of buffer/cache/VM paging swells that are 100 feet tall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wow.  Just...wow.  You're moving about 100Mbyte/sec out your I/O, you're deep past 50% CPU time in I/O wait, and you have 4Gb of RAM.  The backpressure on this server's VM must be enormous.  Under &quot;normal&quot; circumstances, as the system begins to buffer/cache, any free RAM you had is going to be *eaten alive in less than 40 seconds*.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would it be possible to post the [settings][1] from [`/proc/sys/vm`][2]?  This would provide some insight as to what your kernel thinks is &quot;normal&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those `postmaster` processes also indicate you're running PostgreSQL in the background.  Is this normal for your setup?  PostgreSQL in a default config will use very little RAM, but once it's re-tuned for speed, it can chew up 25%-40% of your available RAM quickly.  So I can only guess, given the number of them in the output, you're running some kind of production database while you are running backups.  **This doesn't bode well.**  Can you give some more info on why it is running?  What is the size of the shared memory parameter for all `postmaster` processes?  Would it be possible to shut the service down, or temporarily reconfigure the database to use fewer connects/buffers while the backups are running?  This will help to take some of the pressure off the already strained I/O and free RAM.  Keep in mind that each  `postmaster` process consumes RAM above and beyond what the database uses for internal caching.  So when you make adjustments to memory settings, [be careful about which are &quot;shared&quot; and which are &quot;per-process&quot;][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're using PostgreSQL as part of your backup process, try to re-tune it to accept [just the minimum number of connections][4], and be sure to shrink your per-process parameters down to something reasonable (only a few megs each).  The downside to this is that **PostgreSQL will spill to disk if it can't work with the dataset in RAM like it wants to, so that will actually *increase* your disk I/O**, so tune carefully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;X11 in and of itself doesn't take much memory, but a full desktop session can consume several megs.  Log out any active sessions you have and run your connection from the console or through SSH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still, **I don't think it's entirely a memory issue.**  **If you are better than 50% I/O wait for extended periods of time** (and you're posting figures that touch the 70's), **the resulting bottleneck will eventually crush the rest of the system.  Much like [Darth Vader][5] crushes necks.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Someone on the business end of Darth Vader's death grip][6]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How many [flush threads][7] are you configured for?  Use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat /proc/sys/vm/nr_pdflush_threads&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to find out and &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;vm.nr_pdflush_threads = 1&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/sysctl.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to set it to a single thread.  Note that the last command makes it permanently load upon reboot.  Seeing 1 or 2 in there is not unusual.  If you have several cores or lots of spindle/bus capacity for I/O &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it default value, or have you bumped it?  If you've bumped it, have you considered decreasing the number to reduce the amount of pressure on I/O ops?  Or do you have a huge number of spindles and channels to work with, in which case, have you considered *increasing* the number of flush threads?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. you want to set swappiness to the lower values, not the higher values, to prevent swap-out.  Highest value = 100 = swap like crazy when it feels right, lowest value = 0 = try not to swap at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linuxinsight.com/proc_sys_vm_hierarchy.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/en-US/Reference_Guide/s3-proc-sys-vm.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/runtime-config-resource.html#RUNTIME-CONFIG-RESOURCE-MEMORY&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/runtime-config-connection.html#RUNTIME-CONFIG-CONNECTION-SETTINGS&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darth_vader&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/4928/VADERCHOKE.JPG&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://lwn.net/Articles/326552/" />
  <row Id="42031" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23652" RevisionGUID="0e5190fa-8fa9-49b3-857b-21d48a40e8f6" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:24:55.933" UserId="5426" Text="This is antidotal, but we run a Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server for about 20 users, with 10-15 logged on at time and have 8GB of RAM. We do not run with a pagefile and our server runs faster than it did from before. This obviously is not a solution for everything but we have run like this for 2 years now, and have had no issues that I am aware of." />
  <row Id="42032" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23603" RevisionGUID="1f7e0577-42ed-47a6-b51d-860a5ccbe81d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:27:04.930" UserId="9066" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="I am having some problems with a Dell 1950 server. I am installing RHEL 4.6 along with Oracle and some other software on here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am randomly getting an error message saying &quot;kernel: journal commit I/O error&quot; on my ssh session and on the monitor I have hooked up to the server I see an error scrolling by that says &quot;EXT3-fs error (device sda5) in start_transaction: Journal has aborted.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; It has happened several times but never at the same point during the install. Actually, this last time the system was up and running and I was just trying to import a database into oracle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This has happened on several hard drives, so I'm pretty sure that is not the problem. This makes me think the raid controller is going bad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you guys think?" />
  <row Id="42033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23653" RevisionGUID="abddabaf-c2c6-40c5-a3fa-90b30992db75" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:27:58.157" UserId="9081" Text="Hello, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When attempting to add a normal A record (which has so far always worked), the Microsoft dnsmgmt app in MMC is returning a successful creation message &quot;The host record oneworld.mydomain.com was successfully created&quot;.  However, after refreshing the zone, it displays a folder icon next to &quot;oneworld&quot; indicating a sub domain, i.e. it is not the A record dnsmgmt said it created successfully.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is really strange behavior that has never happened previously.  We have tried this on two separate PCs and remote consoled into the primary DNS server and tried adding the same A record with the same results.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help is appreciated." />
  <row Id="42034" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23653" RevisionGUID="abddabaf-c2c6-40c5-a3fa-90b30992db75" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:27:58.157" UserId="9081" Text="Microsoft DNS creating subdomain when adding address record" />
  <row Id="42035" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23653" RevisionGUID="abddabaf-c2c6-40c5-a3fa-90b30992db75" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:27:58.157" UserId="9081" Text="&lt;microsoft&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="42036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23654" RevisionGUID="fbfb3925-3baa-4192-a4be-91d331bbf0d1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:28:56.313" UserId="5922" Text="We have a network based on OSX, including using OpenDirectory as our directory service. Our network consists of one OD master and a pair of OD replicas. We've been trying to set it up so that when the master goes down the workstations will authenticate against one of the replicas. However, it seems that the clients continue to attempt to reach the master despite it being down. This is supposed to &quot;just work&quot; but it doesn't seem to be for us. Someone suggest that we would need to manually promote a replica to master in order to get the clients to fail over, but that seems somewhat ridiculous.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone made this configuration work? There's doesn't appear to be a whole lot of documentation about the details." />
  <row Id="42037" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23654" RevisionGUID="fbfb3925-3baa-4192-a4be-91d331bbf0d1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:28:56.313" UserId="5922" Text="Open Directory Failover" />
  <row Id="42038" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23654" RevisionGUID="fbfb3925-3baa-4192-a4be-91d331bbf0d1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:28:56.313" UserId="5922" Text="&lt;opendirectory&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="42039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23655" RevisionGUID="f94f0082-b35d-4e9c-a845-677fcd04ef44" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:28:58.233" UserId="6365" Text="Are you using an LSI SAS controller?&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;We had an issue on those, that any SMART activity (tests, status etc.) causes the controller to reset. This sets the disks faulty and degrades RAID.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Try disabling stuff like smartctl, hddtemp etc. Basicly disable anything that uses S.M.A.R.T." />
  <row Id="42040" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23147" RevisionGUID="a774b872-349f-47f1-9c2d-e3a2088cbac5" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:30:01.070" UserId="1561" Comment="added 121 characters in body" Text="**You are I/O-bound.**  Your system is a little life raft, battered in a stormy sea of buffer/cache/VM paging swells that are 100 feet tall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wow.  Just...wow.  You're moving about 100Mbyte/sec out your I/O, you're deep past 50% CPU time in I/O wait, and you have 4Gb of RAM.  The backpressure on this server's VM must be enormous.  Under &quot;normal&quot; circumstances, as the system begins to buffer/cache, any free RAM you had is going to be *eaten alive in less than 40 seconds*.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would it be possible to post the [settings][1] from [`/proc/sys/vm`][2]?  This would provide some insight as to what your kernel thinks is &quot;normal&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those `postmaster` processes also indicate you're running PostgreSQL in the background.  Is this normal for your setup?  PostgreSQL in a default config will use very little RAM, but once it's re-tuned for speed, it can chew up 25%-40% of your available RAM quickly.  So I can only guess, given the number of them in the output, you're running some kind of production database while you are running backups.  **This doesn't bode well.**  Can you give some more info on why it is running?  What is the size of the shared memory parameter for all `postmaster` processes?  Would it be possible to shut the service down, or temporarily reconfigure the database to use fewer connects/buffers while the backups are running?  This will help to take some of the pressure off the already strained I/O and free RAM.  Keep in mind that each  `postmaster` process consumes RAM above and beyond what the database uses for internal caching.  So when you make adjustments to memory settings, [be careful about which are &quot;shared&quot; and which are &quot;per-process&quot;][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're using PostgreSQL as part of your backup process, try to re-tune it to accept [just the minimum number of connections][4], and be sure to shrink your per-process parameters down to something reasonable (only a few megs each).  The downside to this is that **PostgreSQL will spill to disk if it can't work with the dataset in RAM like it wants to, so that will actually *increase* your disk I/O**, so tune carefully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;X11 in and of itself doesn't take much memory, but a full desktop session can consume several megs.  Log out any active sessions you have and run your connection from the console or through SSH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still, **I don't think it's entirely a memory issue.**  **If you are better than 50% I/O wait for extended periods of time** (and you're posting figures that touch the 70's), **the resulting bottleneck will eventually crush the rest of the system.  Much like [Darth Vader][5] crushes necks.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Someone on the business end of Darth Vader's death grip][6]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How many [flush threads][7] are you configured for?  Use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat /proc/sys/vm/nr_pdflush_threads&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to find out and &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;vm.nr_pdflush_threads = 1&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/sysctl.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to set it to a single thread.  Note that the last command makes it permanently load upon reboot.  Seeing 1 or 2 in there is not unusual.  If you have several cores or lots of spindle/bus capacity for I/O, you'll want to bump these (slightly).  More flush threads = more I/O activity, but also more CPU time spent in I/O wait.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it default value, or have you bumped it?  If you've bumped it, have you considered decreasing the number to reduce the amount of pressure on I/O ops?  Or do you have a huge number of spindles and channels to work with, in which case, have you considered *increasing* the number of flush threads?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. you want to set swappiness to the lower values, not the higher values, to prevent swap-out.  Highest value = 100 = swap like crazy when it feels right, lowest value = 0 = try not to swap at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linuxinsight.com/proc_sys_vm_hierarchy.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/en-US/Reference_Guide/s3-proc-sys-vm.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/runtime-config-resource.html#RUNTIME-CONFIG-RESOURCE-MEMORY&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/runtime-config-connection.html#RUNTIME-CONFIG-CONNECTION-SETTINGS&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darth_vader&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/4928/VADERCHOKE.JPG&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://lwn.net/Articles/326552/" />
  <row Id="42041" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23656" RevisionGUID="1ba1c7b2-0090-4760-86db-492eb5521be8" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:30:12.817" UserId="6031" Text="Bacula performance is highly database dependent. Likely, it's postgresql that's killing your server. The high load average and the fairly large % of cpu time spent in wait state clearly show it's waiting for Disk I/O... And that's PostgreSQL's doing. For every file in your backup set its doing at least an UPDATE statement. Don't worry about the swapping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do tune the PostgreSQL install. Possibly give individual database (or even tables) their own disks/raid sets to spread the I/O around. You can force PostgreSQL to use aynschronous writes if it isn't already... Although that's trading database integrity for write performance. Boost the hell out of the shared memory available to PostgreSQL. That will alleviate at least a lot of the read on the database. If you've never done it, run VACCUM ANALYZE on the Bacula database as well to give the query optimizer something to work with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By far, Bacula's weakest point is the database dependencies (and the brain-deadness of some of it...) Run a purge of a recent large backup and notice how long (hours often) it takes to run a couple dozen million queries... Bacula likes comparatively few large files, otherwise it's a dog." />
  <row Id="42042" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23657" RevisionGUID="d208be93-91c8-412a-87db-090f214a2d56" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:30:13.643" UserId="388" Text="If you just want to redirect a domain, you can create a CNAME record in DNS:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    bob.example.com IN CNAME ec2-72-44-40-153.z-2.compute-1.amazonaws.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which will redirect everyone trying to connect to bob.example.com to your EC3 site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want example.com/bob to redirect, you will need to configure some [URL rewrite rules][1] on the webserver running on example.com. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod_rewrite&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42043" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23658" RevisionGUID="f72c3c5f-fb1a-4bff-8e0e-1b6b5c909608" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:30:33.767" UserId="8549" Text="I have yet to meet an user dedicated enough to keep their mailbox tidy, not to mention moving sent messages to the PST therefore keeping her/his storage quota in shape. The most common reason is that they just don't find an easy way to create a Rule to do that. So I was wondering if there's any tip/script you would like to share to help me make their lives a bit easier?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks much in advance!" />
  <row Id="42044" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23658" RevisionGUID="f72c3c5f-fb1a-4bff-8e0e-1b6b5c909608" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:30:33.767" UserId="8549" Text="How do I create an Exchange/Outlook rule to copy user's Sent Items to their Personal Folders counterpart?" />
  <row Id="42045" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23658" RevisionGUID="f72c3c5f-fb1a-4bff-8e0e-1b6b5c909608" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:30:33.767" UserId="8549" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;messaging&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="42046" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="23650" RevisionGUID="a66e048c-c458-4a92-b061-87d0b7142ff0" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:31:54.500" UserId="388" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ip&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;rewrite&gt;&lt;redirect&gt;&lt;cname&gt;" />
  <row Id="42047" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23659" RevisionGUID="cbc6076d-8ba5-46ab-8b88-78110abadcbe" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:31:57.557" UserId="5391" Text="I would look in %windir%\system32\dns and find the zone file that you are changing and see if the formatting looks out of place.  My guess is that something is missing a root designator (dot and the end of an address)." />
  <row Id="42048" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23660" RevisionGUID="0af3e1ea-77cd-43ff-9307-53605a38fa05" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:32:58.990" UserId="1466" Text="I have set this up before, and the way subversion works it would prompt you for your passwords hundreds of times during a session.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To do this, simply connect your subversion client to **svn+ssh://username@servername/path/to/repo**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The answer is to use ssh keys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set up your private/public key pair, and upload your public key to your ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file, but prefix it with &quot;command=&quot;/usr/bin/svnserve -t -r /path/to/repo&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And connect again using svn+ssh as mentioned above&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23661" RevisionGUID="14b64742-60e4-477b-879c-0696abfc040a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:36:12.853" UserId="45" Text="One idea coming to my mind is that there is another web.config file in your &quot;styles&quot; subfolder which contains another `&lt;deny users=&quot;?&quot;&gt;` rule.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a discussion on the following forums thread that could be interersting to you: [Problem with web.config inheritance and &amp;lt;authorization&amp;gt; section][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This MSDN article][2] contains an interesting sentence. I'm not sure how to interpret it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Rules contained in application-level&#xD;&#xA;&gt; configuration files take precedence&#xD;&#xA;&gt; over inherited rules. The system&#xD;&#xA;&gt; determines which rule takes precedence&#xD;&#xA;&gt; by constructing a merged list of all&#xD;&#xA;&gt; rules for a URL, with the most recent&#xD;&#xA;&gt; rules (those nearest in the hierarchy)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; at the head of the list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://bytes.com/groups/net-asp/677287-problem-web-config-inheritance-authorization-section&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/wce3kxhd.aspx" />
  <row Id="42050" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23662" RevisionGUID="55e67971-e0fe-4828-b97f-8ce2e6edf05c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:36:35.113" UserId="9085" Text="Hey guys!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've recently begun to have some downtime due to our database server (MySql) stops responding/refuses connections. We get the following (a lot) when we monitor with mytop:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    5033 unauthent   217.75.117.87  0 Connec login&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The IP is our own and should be allowed to connect to the server, and it works most of the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some MySql distribution info:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.27, for portbld-freebsd6.2 (amd64) using  5.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Does anyone have any idea of why this would happen and what it means?&#xD;&#xA; * How can we resolve this issue?&#xD;&#xA; * A search on google for *mysql unauthent* gave lead me to a [forum thread][1] which says the problem was resolved by starting mysql with the flag *--skip-resolve-names*. What does this flag do and what are the consequences of enabling it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are getting pretty desperate here, so quick responses would be MUCH appreciated. Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?p=3271523" />
  <row Id="42051" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23662" RevisionGUID="55e67971-e0fe-4828-b97f-8ce2e6edf05c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:36:35.113" UserId="9085" Text="MySql server connection problem" />
  <row Id="42052" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23662" RevisionGUID="55e67971-e0fe-4828-b97f-8ce2e6edf05c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:36:35.113" UserId="9085" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;database&gt;&lt;slow-connection&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;" />
  <row Id="42053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23663" RevisionGUID="25dcd7a4-c41c-412b-8185-398869e816f6" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:37:40.430" UserId="4562" Text="What's wrong with AutoArchive?  That should do exactly what you need.  Here's a link:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Microsoft KB 830119][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830119" />
  <row Id="42054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23664" RevisionGUID="705c1c8a-3482-45e5-a324-a0b51b12f8c5" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:39:35.293" UserId="1054" Text="Creating the rule is easy.  You can create it once, export it and let users Import it into their own.  (This is what we've done to create a rule that checks SpamAssassin SMTP headers on the way in in order to move flagged messages to the SPAM folder).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Turn off the option to save sent items&#xD;&#xA; 2. Create a new blank rule, select Check messages after sending)&#xD;&#xA; 3. Don't select anything in the Select Conditions&#xD;&#xA; 4. In the Select actions screen choose move a copy to the specified folder and pick the PST's folder&#xD;&#xA; 5. Click Finish&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The benefit that using a rule like this has over AutoArchive is that the messages never touch the Sent Items folder in the mailbox and thus never clog up the server stores." />
  <row Id="42055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23665" RevisionGUID="d5ede468-597e-4077-8f24-c7f4e5988d8e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:40:53.390" UserId="1992" Text="I have a blog post that explains the various errors you may see when trying to do this. See [Msg 602, Level 21, State 50, Line 1][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Back in my SQL Q&amp;A column in TechNet Magazine in August 2008 I explain the database upgrade process and how it changes the physical structures of the database, bumping the physical database version as it goes, so previous server versions can't use the newer database versions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps set some background.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/Msg-602-Level-21-State-50-Line-1.aspx" />
  <row Id="42056" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23666" RevisionGUID="2aa30189-baee-4ea3-a288-2f9265142471" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:44:03.210" UserId="6031" Text="Could be the server quietly corrupting the raid set. Possible if for example there was a faulty bus. Frequently syslog / dmesg would make mention of APIC and or Interupts problems around the time of failure." />
  <row Id="42057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23667" RevisionGUID="7cf965de-d146-4bf3-a414-7288fee68701" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:46:22.113" UserId="6031" Text="Stupid annoyance with VMware: different versions of VMware use different SCSI drivers for their virtual disk devices. It's entirely possible to waste 2 hours before considering that option. " />
  <row Id="42061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23669" RevisionGUID="27d3f491-52f6-449d-a25c-37b7728d4830" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:48:32.173" UserId="7882" Text="Virtualization will reduce the size of your physical server footprint, so you will get some power and maintenance savings.  We saw a 62% reduction in physical servers.  You will obviously not necessarily get reduced administrative savings because your just moving server images, not reducing them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I think the power savings of simply replacing old physicals with new are highly overrated, unless you're a super dense shop.  For example, IBM claims their new x3650 M2 class box saves $100/yr in electricity. Yawn. I can't get excited about spending $3K+ to save $100/month.  I suppose you could say it pays for itself in 3 years, but don't underestimate the soft costs of doing a migration to new hardware. And, new hardware tends to become more power efficient all the time without our asking for it, so my strategy is to buy new gear and virtualize when it makes sense based on business value, not just to be green." />
  <row Id="42065" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23672" RevisionGUID="6648e98e-ba8e-4db9-876c-f3c370246792" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:53:06.233" UserId="7083" Text="`--skip-resolve-names` prevents the server from looking up the reverse DNS recording for the connecting client. If the connecting client doesn't have a reverse DNS entry then the connection may hang for a brief period of time while it attempts and fails to make this lookup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can see from here that `87.117.75.217.in-addr.arpa.` doesn't resolve to anything. You may find that it is working fine for brief periods of time while the NXDOMAIN result is cached, only to then be re-queried and hang again at a later time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As answered in [this][1] thread you can also place `skip_name_resolve` in the `[mysqld]` section of your server's `my.cnf`. But the much more concise solution is to ensure that you have reverse DNS setup correctly for that host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/15073/remote-connection-to-mysql-server-takes-very-long" />
  <row Id="42066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23673" RevisionGUID="0891186e-616e-4ed3-9158-e1178bf7b92e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:54:26.090" UserId="5745" Text="--skip-resolve-names will stop the server from trying to resolve the hostname from a connections IP. If you don't have the server correctly configured to resolve hostnames it will speed things up because it won't have to timeout.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do turn it off you'll have to permission by IP rather than by hostname.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How are you permissioning access currently? If you are using hostnames and it can't resolve them, then you'll get that error." />
  <row Id="42067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23674" RevisionGUID="f5accce0-b7f7-448e-a09d-c8cfa01d9000" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:56:06.837" UserId="6336" Text="In case you don't have one already - Have a complete backup of the physical machine prior to the migration. An image is probably best or and an ASR/system restore or whatever that gives you a complete system snapshot, instead of the usual content backup that most machines have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P2V tools can backfire on you unexpectedly, ruining the physical machine (i had VMWare converter kill a machine i was trying to P2V once, luckily it was just a test migration). Be prepared to have to restore the system from scratch. Yes, this is maybe a 1000 to one chance, but do YOU want to be that one?" />
  <row Id="42068" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23675" RevisionGUID="bc5118c7-3583-415e-a34f-f73a9f716a73" CreationDate="2009-06-10T20:58:41.433" UserId="1992" Text="There's nothing definitive you can track in 2005. Maybe on 2005 you could look at the CPU utilization and show that the load is now balanced across your soft nodes, or that your network traffic is coming to multiple IP addresses, if you configured port binding (see Slava's blog at [Configuring SQL Server 2005 for Soft NUMA][2]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In 2008 you can use the [sys.dm_os_nodes][1] DMV (hmm - ServerFault interprets the underscores as formatting - sys.dm underscore os underscore nodes) and look at the active_work_count and avg_load_balance columns to see if your configuration has changed the (rough) work balance across the CPUs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Really its like any other kind of performance testing. If you have a test harness that produces identical conditions for each performance run, and you get consistent performance over multiple perf runs with one configuration, and then you make a configuration change and then different (and consistent) performance, then it must be the configuration change you made that caused the performance difference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb510628.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/slavao/archive/2005/08/18/453354.aspx" />
  <row Id="42069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23676" RevisionGUID="e45e636f-16bc-40f0-a5bb-9c810e42f1fe" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:01:04.830" UserId="4011" Text="Alternatively, assuming it's connected to a managed switch - change the duplex mode on the switch. The ethernet adapter (should!) will then sort itself to the new mode. You might have to disable/enable the switch port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Insert abandoned server disclaimer here)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mike" />
  <row Id="42070" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23677" RevisionGUID="64466903-a94a-4117-8541-eb4d345762fb" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:03:40.363" UserId="1409" Text="Microsoft won't support Exchange 2003 running in VMware (at least that was the officially response).  With a lot of arm twisting we were able to get some unofficial support from them, but it caused extra headaches in an already stressful crisis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="42071" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23678" RevisionGUID="043dbcbc-98e7-4dc8-8c05-40667a5fb32b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:04:10.470" UserDisplayName="Stephen P. Schaefer" Text="Is it conceivable that one of these machines is trying to inappropriately use IPv6?  That is, have you made sure IPv6 is turned off everywhere it's not supposed to be used, and, if used at all, correctly configured?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23679" RevisionGUID="74e0f74a-eb7b-4498-8a21-04d9f9d895ab" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:05:03.200" UserId="4131" Text="There is good advice on here, so I won't repeat it. Once you get one server set up to allow you to sign on with keys, you can setup others to do the same with this one liner:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    remote=server1 server2 server3 server4&#xD;&#xA;    for r in $remote; do echo connecting to $r; tar czf - ./.ssh/id*.pub ./.ssh/authorized_keys2 ./.ssh/config | ssh $r &quot;tar zxf -; chmod 700 .ssh&quot; ; done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just cd to your home directory, define the variable remote as one or many server names and do a bunch at once. The password it asks for will be your ssh password for the remote server. You can of course use a simplified version without the for-loop:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tar czf - ./.ssh/id*.pub ./.ssh/authorized_keys2 ./.ssh/config | ssh YOUR_SERVER_NAME_HERE &quot;tar ztvf -; chmod 700 .ssh&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;REMEMBER: Only copy over your public keys. You don't want your private keys sitting out on some server where anyone with sudo can copy them and brute force your passphrase.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42074" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23681" RevisionGUID="08026a52-faf3-4af5-9433-d0d543356ec9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:05:59.313" UserId="9082" Text="Amazon has provided a solution that is perfect for your requirements, and more flexible than  a CNAME record. You can request a so-called **Elastic IP** address from EC2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This IP address is static, so you can create an A record in your DNS that points to it, but it points to an EC2 instance of your choosing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your server goes down and you boot another one (which has a different hostname), simply point the Elastic IP to the new instance. In a minute or so, the new instance is available behind this IP. This means there will be far less delay than you would experience from a DNS change.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Elastic IPs are free, as long as they are in use. You get charged a small hourly amount when you're **not** using the IP. This is done to discourage bad usage of limited resources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can request and assign the Elastic IP's via the API tools, or a GUI such as ElasticFox. Reading [Amazon's howto][1] will make things clearer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=1346" />
  <row Id="42075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23682" RevisionGUID="62f5e483-b1ef-4c34-8838-6f9451a2e802" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:08:56.530" UserId="9092" Text="If you're going to use SAN to store your VM images, make sure that you label your devices and hosts VERY CLEARLY.  Removing host-to-disk mappings on the SAN does terrible things if they are still in use by VMs." />
  <row Id="42076" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23548" RevisionGUID="6c8c3bbe-ff0e-4128-bf27-32cbe4749163" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:09:58.120" UserId="3000" Comment="Added last bit about unrar" Text="In Windows it seems Winrar should be able to open this. In Linux, pretty much any graphical archive program will work. I generally use Ark.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please elaborate on what desktop you are using, what distribution you are using (if Linux, otherwise version of Windows), and what version. That way we may better help you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On second thought, you may need to add the &quot;unrar&quot; package to whatever Linux distro you have. In (K)Ubuntu in a console window enter &quot;sudo apt-get install urar&quot; without the quotes, and it will install the needed files." />
  <row Id="42077" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23681" RevisionGUID="1bcf7148-d753-4c1d-b5d3-4ce09d6077fd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:11:36.167" UserId="9082" Comment="Added DNS record example" Text="Amazon has provided a solution that is perfect for your requirements, and more flexible than  a CNAME record. You can request a so-called **Elastic IP** address from EC2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This IP address is static, so you can create an A record in your DNS that points to it, but it points to an EC2 instance of your choosing. A regular A record like the following would be fine:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    bob.example.com    A    123.123.123.123&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your server goes down and you boot another instance (which gets a different hostname), simply reallocate the Elastic IP to the new instance. In a minute or two, the new instance is available behind the IP. This means there will be far less delay than you would experience from a DNS change.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Elastic IPs are free, as long as they are in use. You get charged a small hourly amount when you're **not** using the IP. This is done to discourage bad usage of limited resources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can request and assign the Elastic IP's via the API tools, or a GUI such as ElasticFox. Reading [Amazon's howto][1] will make things clearer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=1346" />
  <row Id="42078" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23683" RevisionGUID="d835fd29-8571-4699-b9f8-eacf25bf5b82" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:12:12.203" UserId="702" Text="The reason the above configuration isn't working is that the `Header` lines are evaluated before the `RewriteRule` and thus the environment variable is always null.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The solution is to move the `RewriteRule` outside the `&lt;Directory&gt;` block so that it is evaluated before the `Header` lines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [Serving Javascript Fast][1] for more details&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/serving-javascript-fast/" />
  <row Id="42080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23684" RevisionGUID="d0b41b47-988f-409e-a9fa-b5000a623ef9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:15:56.843" UserId="3437" Text="*TL;DR version: Let Windows handle your memory/pagefile settings. The people at MS have spent a **lot** more hours thinking about these issues than you have.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many of the answers here seem to assume that Windows pushes data into the pagefile on demand. EG: something wants a lot of memory, and there is not enough RAM to fill the need, so Windows begins madly writing data from RAM to disk at this last minute, so that it can free up RAM for the new demands.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is incorrect. There's more going on under the hood. Generally speaking, Windows maintains a **backing store**, meaning that it wants to see everything that's in memory also on the disk somewhere. Now, when something comes along and demands a lot of memory, Windows can clear RAM very quickly, because that data is **already** on disk, ready to be paged back into RAM if it is called for. So it can be said that much of what's in pagefile is *also* in RAM; the data was **premptively** placed in pagefile to speed up *new* memory allocation demands. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Describing the specific mechanisms involved would take many pages (see chapter 7 of [Windows Internals][1], and note that a [new edition][2] will soon be available), but there are a few nice things to note. First, much of what's in RAM is intrinsically already on the disk - program code fetched from an executable file or a DLL for example. So this doesn't need to be written to the pagefile; Windows can simply keep track of where the bits were originally fetched from. Second, Windows is tracks which data in RAM is most frequently used, and so clears from RAM that data which has gone longest without being accessed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Removing pagefile entirely can cause more disk thrashing. Imagine a simple scenario where some app launches and demands 80% of existing RAM. This would force current executable code out of RAM - possibly even OS code. Now every time those other apps - or the OS itself (!!) need access to that data, the OS must page them out from backing store on disk, leading to much thrashing. Because without pagefile to serve as backing store  for transient data, the only things that can be paged are executables and DLLs which had inherent backing stores to start with. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are of course many resource/utilization scenarios. It is not impossible that you have one of the scenarios under which there would be no adverse effects from removing pagefile, but these are the minority. In most cases, removing or reducing pagefile will lead to reduced performance under peak-resource-utilization scenarios.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some references:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Internals book(s) (linked previously)&#xD;&#xA; - [Pushing the Limits of Windows: Physical Memory][5]&#xD;&#xA; - [Pushing the Limits of Windows: Virtual Memory][6]&#xD;&#xA; - [Inside the Windows Vista Kernel: Part 1][7]&#xD;&#xA; - [Inside the Windows Vista Kernel: Part 2][8]&#xD;&#xA; - [Inside the Windows Vista Kernel: Part 3][9]&#xD;&#xA; - [Understanding Virtual Memory][10]&#xD;&#xA; - [RAM, Virtual Memory, Pagefile and all that stuff][3] (here's a [longer version][4])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Windows-Internals-4th-Server/dp/0735619174&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0735625301&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555223&amp;SD=tech&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/WindowsGeneralWeb/RAMVirtualMemoryPageFileEtc.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2008/07/21/3092070.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.02.vistakernel.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.02.vistakernel.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.03.vistakernel.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.04.vistakernel.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.tweakhound.com/xp/virtualmemory.htm" />
  <row Id="42081" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23664" RevisionGUID="0e0f49c4-dd5c-4de9-acc8-e4517a2ba945" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:16:10.493" UserId="1054" Comment="added 13 characters in body" Text="Creating the rule is easy.  You can create it once, export it and let users Import it into their own set of rules.  (This is what we've done to create a rule that checks SpamAssassin SMTP headers on the way in in order to move flagged messages to the SPAM folder).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Turn off the option to save sent items&#xD;&#xA; 2. Create a new blank rule, select Check messages after sending)&#xD;&#xA; 3. Don't select anything in the Select Conditions&#xD;&#xA; 4. In the Select actions screen choose move a copy to the specified folder and pick the PST's folder&#xD;&#xA; 5. Click Finish&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The benefit that using a rule like this has over AutoArchive is that the messages never touch the Sent Items folder in the mailbox and thus never clog up the server stores." />
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  <row Id="42084" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23685" RevisionGUID="625bf695-9c3c-4044-8134-62c40a928f17" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:16:49.150" UserId="1993" Text="&lt;ldap&gt;" />
  <row Id="42085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23686" RevisionGUID="f1aa8609-480d-4560-b62b-bb1bb7160ea6" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:21:01.310" UserId="1054" Text="LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is an application level protocol that allows clients to interface with compliant directory services for the purposes of manipulating directory entities or querying the directory for information.  One of its primary benefits is to provide a standardized interface for systems across multiple platforms." />
  <row Id="42086" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23684" RevisionGUID="c970bef5-1c84-4813-adc0-187f8d091624" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:22:01.043" UserId="3437" Comment="deleted 13 characters in body" Text="*TL;DR version: Let Windows handle your memory/pagefile settings. The people at MS have spent a **lot** more hours thinking about these issues than you have.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many people seem to assume that Windows pushes data into the pagefile on demand. EG: something wants a lot of memory, and there is not enough RAM to fill the need, so Windows begins madly writing data from RAM to disk at this last minute, so that it can free up RAM for the new demands.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is incorrect. There's more going on under the hood. Generally speaking, Windows maintains a **backing store**, meaning that it wants to see everything that's in memory also on the disk somewhere. Now, when something comes along and demands a lot of memory, Windows can clear RAM very quickly, because that data is **already** on disk, ready to be paged back into RAM if it is called for. So it can be said that much of what's in pagefile is *also* in RAM; the data was **premptively** placed in pagefile to speed up *new* memory allocation demands. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Describing the specific mechanisms involved would take many pages (see chapter 7 of [Windows Internals][1], and note that a [new edition][2] will soon be available), but there are a few nice things to note. First, much of what's in RAM is intrinsically already on the disk - program code fetched from an executable file or a DLL for example. So this doesn't need to be written to the pagefile; Windows can simply keep track of where the bits were originally fetched from. Second, Windows is tracks which data in RAM is most frequently used, and so clears from RAM that data which has gone longest without being accessed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Removing pagefile entirely can cause more disk thrashing. Imagine a simple scenario where some app launches and demands 80% of existing RAM. This would force current executable code out of RAM - possibly even OS code. Now every time those other apps - or the OS itself (!!) need access to that data, the OS must page them out from backing store on disk, leading to much thrashing. Because without pagefile to serve as backing store  for transient data, the only things that can be paged are executables and DLLs which had inherent backing stores to start with. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are of course many resource/utilization scenarios. It is not impossible that you have one of the scenarios under which there would be no adverse effects from removing pagefile, but these are the minority. In most cases, removing or reducing pagefile will lead to reduced performance under peak-resource-utilization scenarios.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some references:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Internals book(s) (linked previously)&#xD;&#xA; - [Pushing the Limits of Windows: Physical Memory][5]&#xD;&#xA; - [Pushing the Limits of Windows: Virtual Memory][6]&#xD;&#xA; - [Inside the Windows Vista Kernel: Part 1][7]&#xD;&#xA; - [Inside the Windows Vista Kernel: Part 2][8]&#xD;&#xA; - [Inside the Windows Vista Kernel: Part 3][9]&#xD;&#xA; - [Understanding Virtual Memory][10]&#xD;&#xA; - [RAM, Virtual Memory, Pagefile and all that stuff][3] (here's a [longer version][4])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Windows-Internals-4th-Server/dp/0735619174&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0735625301&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555223&amp;SD=tech&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/WindowsGeneralWeb/RAMVirtualMemoryPageFileEtc.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2008/07/21/3092070.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.02.vistakernel.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.02.vistakernel.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.03.vistakernel.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.04.vistakernel.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.tweakhound.com/xp/virtualmemory.htm" />
  <row Id="42087" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23687" RevisionGUID="042ce66a-3fea-4c08-874d-7cef1c245256" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:24:01.400" UserId="984" Text="So one of my clients configured one of their switches and the resulting configuration resulted in a duplex mismatch between the switch and a Linux host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have fixed the duplex mismatch, but is there an easy way to clear the error counters on the interface without restarting the system?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn&#xD;&#xA;              inet addr:192.168.97.166  Bcast:192.168.97.167  Mask:255.255.255.252&#xD;&#xA;              UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1&#xD;&#xA;              RX packets:630331763 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0&#xD;&#xA;              TX packets:676081436 errors:1971815 dropped:0 overruns:68637 carrier:1903180&#xD;&#xA;              collisions:7649984 txqueuelen:1000 &#xD;&#xA;              RX bytes:2067682611 (1.9 GiB)  TX bytes:1942809411 (1.8 GiB)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42088" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23687" RevisionGUID="042ce66a-3fea-4c08-874d-7cef1c245256" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:24:01.400" UserId="984" Text="How do I clear the interface stats on Linux" />
  <row Id="42089" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23687" RevisionGUID="042ce66a-3fea-4c08-874d-7cef1c245256" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:24:01.400" UserId="984" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="42090" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23688" RevisionGUID="e3cc1b8b-6eda-494b-944c-3bd2017dcb23" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:28:17.037" UserId="9091" Text="If I understand your questions, the simplest answer is to ignore SSH issues and treat the problem as a permissions issue instead. When users want to share access to files, they are put into the same group, and the file's permissions are set so that group has access." />
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  <row Id="42092" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23689" RevisionGUID="cbbbdc2f-2d48-493d-b8c9-aaf25c475f83" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:34:13.267" UserDisplayName="Taras" Text="Try this guide, pretty comprehensive: http://www.jacco2.dds.nl/networking/linux-l2tp.html" />
  <row Id="42093" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23686" RevisionGUID="cd21d143-e97f-4d9a-b640-28844f4cd609" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:34:50.347" UserId="1054" Comment="added 950 characters in body; added 242 characters in body" Text="LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is an application level protocol that allows clients to interface with compliant directory services for the purposes of manipulating directory entities or querying the directory for information.  One of its primary benefits is to provide a standardized interface for systems across multiple platforms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On most directory systems LDAP is not the only interface available for communicating with the server.  Other native interfaces usually exist which could provide performance and other benefits.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The standard concept behind an LDAP session is this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Connect to the LDAP compliant server&#xD;&#xA; 2. Bind to the directory at some base level (called the BaseDN).  This is usually a container object somewhere within the structure of the directory such as an OU.  You may or may not be able to bind anonymously depending on whether or not the directory is configured to allow anonymous access&#xD;&#xA; 3. Execute your query or statement&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Queries can be executed as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - within the same level in the structure that you are bound to (a Base scope query)&#xD;&#xA; - within the same level or one level below where you are bound to (a One Level scope query)&#xD;&#xA; - recursively down the entire structure beginning where you are bound (a Subtree sceop query)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because directories can be very distributed and contain an inordinate amount of information, directory administrators are usually given the option to limit LDAP queries to a certain number of results (1000 is a common max for a result set).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42094" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23690" RevisionGUID="0fa8511d-a24a-4af1-9c27-6fa5a4ee3331" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:36:07.817" UserId="4627" Text="Think of it as a database that is organized in a tree, so for example you can have a typical structure of a company organized in a natural way.&#xD;&#xA;A top level company, with groups/departments under it and employees at the end, which themself can have multiple properties (like name, telephone, mail, address, etc.).&#xD;&#xA;Then tell him that it's also suitable for every other data that is organized in a similar way and that it is accessed by an open protocol from various platforms/languages.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, from wikipedia:&#xD;&#xA;&quot;A directory is a set of objects with attributes organized in a logical and hierarchical manner. The most common example is the telephone directory, which consists of a series of names (either of persons or organizations) organized alphabetically, with each name having an address and phone number attached.&quot;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's the most newbie friendly explanation i can think of, without going into technical details.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42095" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23691" RevisionGUID="044a7820-b9d5-4792-9202-ddd9774dfeaf" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:36:34.650" UserId="1619" Text="Have you seen this article?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.ducea.com/2006/09/08/resetting-ifconfig-counters/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It suggests that unloading the network driver module and loading it back will reset the counters, and that if you have the module statically linked in the kernel, there's no other way than to reset it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The article offers justification." />
  <row Id="42096" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23692" RevisionGUID="db39dde0-1e1a-4409-b71e-9c049116dbfc" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:38:31.370" UserId="8934" Text="this is not intended, or think to be done. You may unload and load again the network driver if it's loaded as a module:&#xD;&#xA;ifconfig ethX down; rmmod ethX;insmod ethX;ifconfig ethX&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There will be a network outage anyway, and a risk if you can't get your hand back on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may reset the switch port stats and check for new errors. Or save this current number and compare against them instead of zero" />
  <row Id="42097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23693" RevisionGUID="cbc3eefe-7f08-4e31-887b-4f3c1a7eb327" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:42:51.033" UserId="9100" Text="avoid apache altogether and use svn+ssh protocol&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23694" RevisionGUID="0fef28a0-a7b2-469e-9b3a-86c52c611b0a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:44:48.097" UserId="9098" Text="How to replace a file belonging to an installed RPM with a different RPM (a hotfix RPM) that includes the same file, using YUM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;YUM does not provide the --replacefiles option (available in the rpm command) and hence fails due to the conflict between the 2 packages containing the same file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there an option in YUM that will address this ? Or a workaround to do such installations ?" />
  <row Id="42099" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23694" RevisionGUID="0fef28a0-a7b2-469e-9b3a-86c52c611b0a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:44:48.097" UserId="9098" Text="Replace file belonging to an installed RPM with a different RPM using YUM" />
  <row Id="42100" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23694" RevisionGUID="0fef28a0-a7b2-469e-9b3a-86c52c611b0a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:44:48.097" UserId="9098" Text="&lt;yum&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;redhat&gt;&lt;rpm&gt;&lt;package-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="42101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23695" RevisionGUID="94127003-969e-4ef2-9bcb-f93f9eaec6f2" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:45:04.117" UserId="841" Text="I have a GUI application running on a windows XP client machine.  I would like to telnet in, shut it down, pull some files over via ftp and then start it up again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's that last part that I'm having problems with as it seems like starting any GUI app from telnet &quot;starts&quot; it only in the sense that it is added to the process list.  It does not pop up forms or really start doing anything (like writing log files).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try it yourself.  Telnet localhost =&gt; notepad.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a simple way around this limitation? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the way, I started [this discussion][1] on stackoverflow and it was recommended to me that you guys might know a thing or two about this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/978069/how-i-start-my-winforms-app-via-telnet" />
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  <row Id="42103" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23695" RevisionGUID="94127003-969e-4ef2-9bcb-f93f9eaec6f2" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:45:04.117" UserId="841" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;telnet&gt;" />
  <row Id="42104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23696" RevisionGUID="4f87099c-d6d0-4656-b762-024d3e96f89c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:45:25.990" UserId="8374" Text="i think it is filtered by any firewall due to the spam that was spreading by that5-6 years ago" />
  <row Id="42105" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23697" RevisionGUID="58baee7a-2358-4093-b706-a2ec3dd3f902" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:47:23.457" UserId="7405" Text="Apache Directory Studio provides a simple, built-in server as well as LDAP client. The software is java based and runs on Linux and Windows. The software is maintained by the Apache project and carries the Apache license.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://directory.apache.org/studio&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42106" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23698" RevisionGUID="21ecc04e-e01d-4a5a-a721-9c9ccadd4d0c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:47:42.350" UserId="9082" Text="I'm a happy user of the **SixXS** IPv6 tunnel provider. They're free, and provide tunnel endpoints in many countries so there probably is one nearby.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Follow their &quot;[10 steps to IPv6][1]&quot; howto to get started connecting a single host to the IPv6 network. SixXS works with a credit system, so you need to show you can keep a tunnel up to a single host for a week before you get credits to request a subnet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since you want to provide IPv6 connectivity to an entire subnet, use this week to make sure you understand the basics. Then, request a subnet and SixXS will provide you with a /48 subnet of publicly routable v6 addresses. Designate one host as IPv6 router (I'm only experienced with using Linux for this), have it set up the tunnel to SixXS, and have it broadcast your v6 subnet on the LAN interface. All machines on you LAN that support IPv6 will then autoconfigure themselves within seconds, by assigning themselves an address from the subnet and adjusting their routing through the tunnel. Getting the tunnel setup is the hardest part. The rest is quite easy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In reality the learning curve is quite steep at the beginning, but it's an interesting challenge, with excellent geek-cred :-). The SixXS tunnel provider provides a clear process and excellent tools. Also, the wiki and forum will definitely get you results.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sixxs.net/faq/account/?faq=10steps" />
  <row Id="42107" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23699" RevisionGUID="819a1f60-0b01-4c29-91b8-facf4f57fc9a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:52:08.643" UserId="3437" Text="You may want to do some measurement to understand how your own system is using memory before making pagefile adjustments. Or (if you still want to make adjustments), before *and after* said adjustments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perfmon is the tool for this; *not* Task Manager. A key counter is *Memory - Pages Input/sec*. This will specifically graph **hard** page faults, the ones where a read from disk is needed before a process can continue. **Soft** page faults (which are the majority of items graphed in the default *Page Faults/sec* counter; I recommend ignoring that counter!) aren't really an issue; they simply show items being read from RAM normally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Perfmon graph][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Above is an example of a system with no worries, memory-wise. Very occasionally there is a spike of hard faults - these cannot be avoided, since hard disks are always larger than RAM. But the graph is largely flat at zero. So the OS is paging-in from backing store very rarely. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are seeing a *Memory - Pages Input/sec* graph which is much spikier than this one, the right response is to either lower memory utilization (run less programs) or add RAM. Changing your pagefile settings would not change the fact that more memory is being demanded from the system than it actually has.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A handy additional counter to monitor is *PhysicalDisk - Avg. Queue Length* (all instances). This will show how much your changes impact disk usage itself. A well-behaved system will show this counter averaging at 4 or less *per spindle*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://g.imagehost.org/0383/perfmon-paging.png" />
  <row Id="42108" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23700" RevisionGUID="5f964117-2ca0-42ad-acff-5953c33cbc4b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:54:56.813" UserId="8934" Text="If you sync VM time to host and host to DC, then it may not be a problem. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can set vmware tools to execute scripts after resume &amp; co. Create script to clean up :&#xD;&#xA;ipconfig /flushdns&#xD;&#xA;ipconfig /renew&#xD;&#xA;net stop w32time &amp;&amp; net start w32time&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may use [klist][1] from the resource kit to delete/puge kerberos ticket and so to get a new one against your DC&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1581E6E7-7E64-4A2D-8ABA-73E909D2A7DC&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="42109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23701" RevisionGUID="66bcc915-b527-45a8-974b-d79be103058c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:55:10.463" UserId="7174" Text="Don't do that.  Do not use login passwords in potentially less secure applications.  Use ssh keys like Brent says." />
  <row Id="42110" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23684" RevisionGUID="17e7ded9-3d51-429c-bbb3-ae737a112387" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:55:28.870" UserId="3437" Comment="added 12 characters in body" Text="*TL;DR version: Let Windows handle your memory/pagefile settings. The people at MS have spent a **lot** more hours thinking about these issues than most of us sysadmins.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many people seem to assume that Windows pushes data into the pagefile on demand. EG: something wants a lot of memory, and there is not enough RAM to fill the need, so Windows begins madly writing data from RAM to disk at this last minute, so that it can free up RAM for the new demands.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is incorrect. There's more going on under the hood. Generally speaking, Windows maintains a **backing store**, meaning that it wants to see everything that's in memory also on the disk somewhere. Now, when something comes along and demands a lot of memory, Windows can clear RAM very quickly, because that data is **already** on disk, ready to be paged back into RAM if it is called for. So it can be said that much of what's in pagefile is *also* in RAM; the data was **premptively** placed in pagefile to speed up *new* memory allocation demands. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Describing the specific mechanisms involved would take many pages (see chapter 7 of [Windows Internals][1], and note that a [new edition][2] will soon be available), but there are a few nice things to note. First, much of what's in RAM is intrinsically already on the disk - program code fetched from an executable file or a DLL for example. So this doesn't need to be written to the pagefile; Windows can simply keep track of where the bits were originally fetched from. Second, Windows is tracks which data in RAM is most frequently used, and so clears from RAM that data which has gone longest without being accessed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Removing pagefile entirely can cause more disk thrashing. Imagine a simple scenario where some app launches and demands 80% of existing RAM. This would force current executable code out of RAM - possibly even OS code. Now every time those other apps - or the OS itself (!!) need access to that data, the OS must page them out from backing store on disk, leading to much thrashing. Because without pagefile to serve as backing store  for transient data, the only things that can be paged are executables and DLLs which had inherent backing stores to start with. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are of course many resource/utilization scenarios. It is not impossible that you have one of the scenarios under which there would be no adverse effects from removing pagefile, but these are the minority. In most cases, removing or reducing pagefile will lead to reduced performance under peak-resource-utilization scenarios.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some references:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Internals book(s) (linked previously)&#xD;&#xA; - [Pushing the Limits of Windows: Physical Memory][5]&#xD;&#xA; - [Pushing the Limits of Windows: Virtual Memory][6]&#xD;&#xA; - [Inside the Windows Vista Kernel: Part 1][7]&#xD;&#xA; - [Inside the Windows Vista Kernel: Part 2][8]&#xD;&#xA; - [Inside the Windows Vista Kernel: Part 3][9]&#xD;&#xA; - [Understanding Virtual Memory][10]&#xD;&#xA; - [RAM, Virtual Memory, Pagefile and all that stuff][3] (here's a [longer version][4])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Windows-Internals-4th-Server/dp/0735619174&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0735625301&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555223&amp;SD=tech&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/WindowsGeneralWeb/RAMVirtualMemoryPageFileEtc.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2008/07/21/3092070.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.02.vistakernel.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.02.vistakernel.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.03.vistakernel.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.04.vistakernel.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.tweakhound.com/xp/virtualmemory.htm" />
  <row Id="42111" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="23695" RevisionGUID="c2e7c19e-7b1c-4718-b5d2-1a36cfa8e88a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:55:47.467" UserId="1840" Comment="Fixed telet to telnet" Text="How to start a Windows GUI app from telnet." />
  <row Id="42112" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23702" RevisionGUID="72643c5b-a1fc-41ff-9a49-be6a1943b617" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:56:09.307" UserDisplayName="ablarg" Text="I have a vmware appliance (linux, centos 5) generated by Vmware Studio. I can't figure out where vmware studio places the commands entered into the &quot;Subsequent Boot&quot; field. Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="42113" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23702" RevisionGUID="72643c5b-a1fc-41ff-9a49-be6a1943b617" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:56:09.307" UserDisplayName="ablarg" Text="In a linux appliance generated by VMware Studio, where is the subsequent boot script located?" />
  <row Id="42114" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23702" RevisionGUID="72643c5b-a1fc-41ff-9a49-be6a1943b617" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:56:09.307" UserDisplayName="ablarg" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;centos&gt;" />
  <row Id="42115" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23703" RevisionGUID="40b34030-3e75-4664-803a-147255c59bb8" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:56:38.493" UserId="8950" Text="I've recently set up an email server and I'm using greylisting as a way to tackle spam. The main drawback with greylisting is that it can delay your email. However I thought of a way to speed it up. If host X connects and wants to send an email from user@example.com, and the MX record for example.com, then don't greylist it, and just let it though immediatly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should prevent spam in the normal way and eliminate the delay for some hosts, right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anyway to do this, or am I incorrect?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm using Postfix and postgrey." />
  <row Id="42116" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23703" RevisionGUID="40b34030-3e75-4664-803a-147255c59bb8" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:56:38.493" UserId="8950" Text="Greylisting with Postfix - Is it possible to not greylist connections which are from the MX of the host?" />
  <row Id="42117" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23703" RevisionGUID="40b34030-3e75-4664-803a-147255c59bb8" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:56:38.493" UserId="8950" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;postfix&gt;" />
  <row Id="42118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23704" RevisionGUID="96781e5e-1f7b-42d5-9815-e7b34196f98d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:57:31.627" UserId="7861" Text="OK, this would seem old and odd...but it still needs to be done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We actually have a file server (NAS) that has VSS 6.0 on it, basically the .exe files, etc. are in a share and the users run the .exe file to open VSS and check in/out documents.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've downloaded VSS 2005 from our MVLS site and extracted it and read the readme.htm saying that I can install in on a server running setup.exe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The question I have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Q:  How can I setup VSS 2005 as just files on a share where the user can then run the .exe file like our existing VSS 6.0 setup?  Is it really as easy as simply copying the extracted files over to the share?  I don't want to actually have to install a server side application for it if not necessary." />
  <row Id="42119" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23704" RevisionGUID="96781e5e-1f7b-42d5-9815-e7b34196f98d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:57:31.627" UserId="7861" Text="How to install Visual SourceSafe 2005?" />
  <row Id="42120" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23704" RevisionGUID="96781e5e-1f7b-42d5-9815-e7b34196f98d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:57:31.627" UserId="7861" Text="&lt;visual&gt;&lt;sourcesafe&gt;" />
  <row Id="42121" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23705" RevisionGUID="c6c1ba7c-3f3f-4dd5-b460-9d58f18f0fc2" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:59:26.193" UserId="6522" Text="It is a centralized system aimed to provide fast access to data in where the actual data is structured in a tree like formation. The language you use to communicate with that centralized system is called LDAP, which is just that, a protocol, much like POP and IMAP is a protocol. It has capability of updating and searching data across the tree." />
  <row Id="42122" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23706" RevisionGUID="6efba4e4-88a7-4df2-a75b-691d2e84f926" CreationDate="2009-06-10T21:59:41.483" UserId="658" Text="The server portion of VSS needs to go onto an actual server running Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately it's not as easy as a simple file share. The server is responsible for adjudicating transactions, check-ins, check-outs, timestamping, etc." />
  <row Id="42123" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23707" RevisionGUID="593bdb3b-b67e-4ce2-ba40-93a264f05086" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:01:47.703" UserId="7783" Text="Well according to [this article][1], what you are doing ought to work. But it is confusing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  After you set up an Open Directory&#xD;&#xA;&gt; replica, other computers will connect&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to it as needed.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Computers with v10.3 or v10.4 of Mac&#xD;&#xA;&gt; OS X or Mac OS X Server maintain a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; list of Open Directory replicas. If&#xD;&#xA;&gt; one of these computers can’t contact&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the Open Directory master for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; directory and authentication services,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the computer connects to the nearest&#xD;&#xA;&gt; replica of the master.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the one hand it implies above that it ought to work, but then it goes on to say...&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; You can configure Mac OS X computers&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to connect to an Open Directory&#xD;&#xA;&gt; replica instead of the Open Directory&#xD;&#xA;&gt; master for directory and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; authentication services. On each Mac&#xD;&#xA;&gt; OS X computer, you can use Directory&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Utility to create an LDAPv3&#xD;&#xA;&gt; configuration for accessing the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; replica’s LDAP directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now this arguably gives you a workaround instead of promoting a replica, so it's useful anyway, but I'm not sure if this paragraph doesn't contradict the first one. I do remember a lot of fiddling around with replicas when I did the Mac OSX Server training.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=ServerAdmin/10.5/en/c4od10.html" />
  <row Id="42124" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23708" RevisionGUID="b6184063-8352-4552-8578-4e87a707ed30" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:03:51.600" UserId="8934" Text="why do you need more than 2 ? If it's because people doesn't logoff, you can set TS to logoff people when they are disconnected for too long &amp; co, even through GPO is many servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Going further than 2 mean license and change the server to a TS application server, why may not be what you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Else you can also try a TS challenger: [go-global from graphon][1]. It doesn't use the Terminal server layer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.graphon.com/" />
  <row Id="42125" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23695" RevisionGUID="d84d3e37-5dfc-4ec0-a3d0-ada13dc1cd0c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:04:22.767" UserId="841" Comment="added 250 characters in body" Text="I have a GUI application running on a windows XP client machine.  I would like to telnet in, shut it down, pull some files over via ftp and then start it up again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's that last part that I'm having problems with as it seems like starting any GUI app from telnet &quot;starts&quot; it only in the sense that it is added to the process list.  It does not pop up forms or really start doing anything (like writing log files).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try it yourself.  Telnet localhost =&gt; notepad.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a simple way around this limitation? I also have [RAdmin][1] installed on all these machines, maybe there's a way to somehow use it?  I doubt it since this is for an automation script and my experience is that RAdmin has 0 support for this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the way, I started [this discussion][2] on stackoverflow and it was recommended to me that you guys might know a thing or two about this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.radmin.com/products/radmin/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/978069/how-i-start-my-winforms-app-via-telnet" />
  <row Id="42126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23709" RevisionGUID="16d33b59-d1f3-4365-888e-4911605270f0" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:04:58.757" UserId="6397" Text="I never used Postfix and postgrey but the theory should work if you can make it happen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am also using greylisting on our mail server and has been using it for a couple of years. It works great, blocks 95+% spam initially from coming in. And because i have the same concern as yours, I only do it off work, like turn it off at 6:00pm and turn it back on at 7:00am next morning." />
  <row Id="42127" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23710" RevisionGUID="8a3f1c4b-c4de-4aaf-86c7-336ad57cef64" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:05:33.063" UserId="7591" Text="I am handling a mixed network of SCO Openserver, Slackware and Windows XP computers.  Right now, the primary user accounts are kept on one SCO computer with usernames and passwords synchronized to the other ones daily via cron, while the Windows XP computers just use a generic 'Operator' account with per-user accounts (with their own separate passwords) added on a per-computer basis when necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right now, we only have up to a dozen regular operators so this 'solution' is workable, but it is awkward at best and ill-suited for any increase in our staff.  I would like to be able to set up a single sign-on system, such that I only have to maintain one user database rather than eight.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Active Directory looks like it would do exactly what I need, but as far as I know this would require a Server release of Windows, which I currently lack.  And Samba4 will probably still be a while in coming.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Until such time as I can convince the Powers That Be to budget for better network resources, are there any reasonable alternatives I can use?" />
  <row Id="42128" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23710" RevisionGUID="8a3f1c4b-c4de-4aaf-86c7-336ad57cef64" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:05:33.063" UserId="7591" Text="Single sign-on for a mixed-OS network" />
  <row Id="42129" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23710" RevisionGUID="8a3f1c4b-c4de-4aaf-86c7-336ad57cef64" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:05:33.063" UserId="7591" Text="&lt;single-sign-on&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="42130" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23711" RevisionGUID="b093be31-89ef-4833-b9d5-500acb8af9a8" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:06:15.853" UserId="5234" Text="Try the &quot;start&quot; command.  It supports starting Windows apps, but I must confess I've never tested it over a telnet session." />
  <row Id="42131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23712" RevisionGUID="a02e3448-241d-4ee9-955a-966318675fd6" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:06:57.613" UserId="9102" Text="I'm using an [Alix][1] with m0n0wall, which should tunnel to tunnelbroker.net and get you connected.  I work at a small regional ISP that is experimenting with IPv6 now and am using it for my IPv6 DSL connection direct, rather than via a tunnel.  We have a tunnel to tunnelbroker.net for our upstream, as our direct upstreams don't yet support it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.netgate.com/product_info.php?cPath=60_85&amp;products_id=311" />
  <row Id="42132" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23713" RevisionGUID="ca0c3faa-8336-4107-a580-b732da9e9e49" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:07:10.827" UserId="8934" Text="Did you try to remove the local profile of this account ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;check for GPO that may restrict &quot;logon as a batch&quot; to some groups. This is hard to solve, because when you create the task, it works, but when the gpo is applied again, it stop working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any audit failure in the security event log?" />
  <row Id="42134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23714" RevisionGUID="7a6aece2-009e-45ad-bc0d-bed462ae5381" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:09:18.733" UserId="6397" Text="It looks like you want to use the server as remote desktop server for allowing people to using the applications on the server rather than just managing it. If so, you need to turn on Terminal Service from Add/Remove program first. And before you allow people to log in, you need to purchase and set up TS License server." />
  <row Id="42135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23715" RevisionGUID="b05d2828-973d-4d63-a40c-ba1b104d09a5" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:12:06.450" UserId="8517" Text="To answer the question as asked - pitfalls related to P2V migrations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First off - P2V migrations work very well for the most part. The cleaner and newer the systems the better but even with migrating old (NT4 systems) my success rate after more than a hundred migrations in a range of environments has been around 90%. That's systems that have migrated and been handed over to production on the day (well mostly on the night) planned. I've only ever had one system that we had to reverse out of after an apparently successful migration - a SQL box that needed more CPU horsepower than the platform could ever deliver. VMware Converter is good and free (for the non enterprise version), Platespin is very good (but costly). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said - there are things to avoid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MSCS Clusters. You can make them work but it's never a great idea and Microsoft will almost certainly not help you in any way if you have problems later. Build new stand alone systems instead. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Large SQL servers - emphasis on large. These should have been red flagged from a CPU requirements POV in advance but don't be tempted to move one if you aren't certain that the target VM will have ample CPU headroom.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are planning to change system names or ip-addresses (or both) during the migration then first consider don't doing that and if you absolutely have no choice then make sure you have people on hand who understand how those changes might affect the systems in question. My worst migration ever was an RSA ACE server used for authenticating a DMZ located VPN where the client refused to listen to my objections and insisted on changing both name and ip-address during the migration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Related to the above - if you have anything other than a completely flat network then build some test VM's and make 100% sure that your VM networks perfectly replicate the physical ones you are migrating from. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Windows AD environments always make sure you have a local admin account on the box being migrated. And test it before you migrate. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure you have a good idea of how long things will take. P2V copy times will vary depending on available network bandwidth (obviously) but also can be dramatically affected by the number of files in each volume being migrated. This is particularly a problem with Platespin migrating NT4* systems but will affect any P2V software copying at the file level (which generally applies if you opt to resize volumes). Copy rates of 70-80Megabyte a second are possible with GigE networks, relatively fast source and a good target setup but 20-30Megabyte/sec is more typical and for the aforementioned NT systems with 100Meg networks and lots of files I've seen copy rates drop down into the 50kilobyte/sec range. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Ideally you would get rid of these but some people don't have that luxury and getting such an OS of the completely unrepairable hardware its probably running on is almost always a good idea. " />
  <row Id="42136" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23716" RevisionGUID="82710532-471c-4d55-b955-a3b111687ea3" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:17:30.480" UserId="1375" Text="You can tell postgrey to not greylist some hosts (`/etc/postgrey/whitelist_clients`), or you can put in an access list before the postgrey policy check which lists (and accepts) your MXes.  Whatever makes more sense to you." />
  <row Id="42137" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23717" RevisionGUID="2d4f1979-330f-4c06-88b9-3c5ca82ae5e9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:17:35.127" UserId="8950" Text="I'm using postfix for my email. I know I can use /etc/aliases and newaliases command to redirect certain email, eg I can redirect root@example.com to user@example.com by putting `root: user` in my /etc/aliases and then running `newaliases`. However I'd like to do the equivilant of `*: user`, so that all email to example.com will get sent to user@example.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I do this?" />
  <row Id="42138" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23717" RevisionGUID="2d4f1979-330f-4c06-88b9-3c5ca82ae5e9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:17:35.127" UserId="8950" Text="postfix - how do you redirect all emails to one user, eg *@example.com → user@example.com" />
  <row Id="42139" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23717" RevisionGUID="2d4f1979-330f-4c06-88b9-3c5ca82ae5e9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:17:35.127" UserId="8950" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;postfix&gt;" />
  <row Id="42140" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23718" RevisionGUID="c932c746-1736-4e4f-86b9-f335c62833f6" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:18:49.527" UserId="1992" Text="I wrote two comprehensive blog posts that explain ghost cleanup (it's the only place it's explained in depth anywhere, either in print or online).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first one is [Inside the Storage Engine: Ghost cleanup in depth][1] and the second one is [Ghost cleanup redux][2]. Yes, 10 pages every time, and it's possible for the ghost cleanup task to never catch-up with a high volume of continuous deletes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ghost cleanup apart from the 10-pages-every-5 seconds can be triggered aggressively by making sure the Storage Engine 'sees' the ghost records. Force a scan of the affected table or index using something like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;select * from [problem-table] with (index = problem-index)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That will queue up a request to clean out the ghost records aggressively. Beware, though, that it will generate a lot of transaction log while it does it. They should also get cleared out by index rebuilds or reorganizes as part of regular index maintenance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/Inside-the-Storage-Engine-Ghost-cleanup-in-depth.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/Ghost-cleanup-redux.aspx" />
  <row Id="42141" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23684" RevisionGUID="1e270f94-d6a3-4cc5-9763-e8c82f5e6bff" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:21:08.100" UserId="3437" Comment="added 3 characters in body" Text="*TL;DR version: Let Windows handle your memory/pagefile settings. The people at MS have spent a **lot** more hours thinking about these issues than most of us sysadmins.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many people seem to assume that Windows pushes data into the pagefile on demand. EG: something wants a lot of memory, and there is not enough RAM to fill the need, so Windows begins madly writing data from RAM to disk at this last minute, so that it can free up RAM for the new demands.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is incorrect. There's more going on under the hood. Generally speaking, Windows maintains a **backing store**, meaning that it wants to see everything that's in memory also on the disk somewhere. Now, when something comes along and demands a lot of memory, Windows can clear RAM very quickly, because that data is **already** on disk, ready to be paged back into RAM if it is called for. So it can be said that much of what's in pagefile is *also* in RAM; the data was **premptively** placed in pagefile to speed up *new* memory allocation demands. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Describing the specific mechanisms involved would take many pages (see chapter 7 of [Windows Internals][1], and note that a [new edition][2] will soon be available), but there are a few nice things to note. First, much of what's in RAM is intrinsically already on the disk - program code fetched from an executable file or a DLL for example. So this doesn't need to be written to the pagefile; Windows can simply keep track of where the bits were originally fetched from. Second, Windows keeps track of which data in RAM is most frequently used, and so clears from RAM that data which has gone longest without being accessed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Removing pagefile entirely can cause more disk thrashing. Imagine a simple scenario where some app launches and demands 80% of existing RAM. This would force current executable code out of RAM - possibly even OS code. Now every time those other apps - or the OS itself (!!) need access to that data, the OS must page them in from backing store on disk, leading to much thrashing. Because without pagefile to serve as backing store for transient data, the only things that can be paged are executables and DLLs which had inherent backing stores to start with. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are of course many resource/utilization scenarios. It is not impossible that you have one of the scenarios under which there would be no adverse effects from removing pagefile, but these are the minority. In most cases, removing or reducing pagefile will lead to reduced performance under peak-resource-utilization scenarios.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some references:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Internals book(s) (linked previously)&#xD;&#xA; - [Pushing the Limits of Windows: Physical Memory][5]&#xD;&#xA; - [Pushing the Limits of Windows: Virtual Memory][6]&#xD;&#xA; - [Inside the Windows Vista Kernel: Part 1][7]&#xD;&#xA; - [Inside the Windows Vista Kernel: Part 2][8]&#xD;&#xA; - [Inside the Windows Vista Kernel: Part 3][9]&#xD;&#xA; - [Understanding Virtual Memory][10]&#xD;&#xA; - [RAM, Virtual Memory, Pagefile and all that stuff][3] (here's a [longer version][4])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Windows-Internals-4th-Server/dp/0735619174&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0735625301&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555223&amp;SD=tech&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/WindowsGeneralWeb/RAMVirtualMemoryPageFileEtc.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2008/07/21/3092070.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.02.vistakernel.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.02.vistakernel.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.03.vistakernel.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.04.vistakernel.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.tweakhound.com/xp/virtualmemory.htm" />
  <row Id="42142" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="23446" RevisionGUID="2d935e87-cf58-4f63-868a-381f974bf5f7" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:21:52.983" UserId="1992" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="42143" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23719" RevisionGUID="fcaa7b72-a3c4-4b9f-be4d-3706f5132c98" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:25:34.473" UserId="1171" Text="If you have multiple DC's of which any are virtualized there can be issues around replication due to time syncing between the VM and the host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://blogs.technet.com/janelewis/archive/2008/04/02/recommendations-for-running-a-domain-controller-virtualized-environment-using-virtual-server.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/janelewis/archive/2008/04/02/recommendations-for-running-a-domain-controller-virtualized-environment-using-virtual-server.aspx" />
  <row Id="42145" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23720" RevisionGUID="09081546-ad2a-4846-b30e-a1a516941f0c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:27:58.960" UserId="3328" Text="I've been reading &lt;http://serverfault.com/questions/23621/any-benefit-or-detriment-from-removing-a-pagefile-on-an-8gb-ram-machine&gt;, and it has a lot of great information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But assuming you have more than enough ram, I think page file should be disabled on SSD to extend the life time.  I know you would lose the core dump on crash, but not many people need that information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From my understand without a page file as you reach the limit of your ram that might trigger thrashing on disk.  But for SSD there is no concept of thrashing, reads are fast.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you guys think?" />
  <row Id="42146" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23720" RevisionGUID="09081546-ad2a-4846-b30e-a1a516941f0c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:27:58.960" UserId="3328" Text="Should you disable page file with SSD?" />
  <row Id="42147" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23720" RevisionGUID="09081546-ad2a-4846-b30e-a1a516941f0c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:27:58.960" UserId="3328" Text="&lt;ssd&gt;&lt;ram&gt;" />
  <row Id="42148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23721" RevisionGUID="67960055-a8b3-489d-b6ed-052646dd054d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:28:04.047" UserId="9082" Text="According to stats of the AMS-IX, the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (one of the bigger global internet exchanges), the current volume of IPv6 traffic they're processing is around 1 Gbit/s average ([graph][1]), on a average total traffic (IPv4 + IPv6) of 436 Gbit/s ([graph][2]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, traffic levels are still at about 0.23% of IPv4. In the past year IPv6 traffic through AMS-IX has increased about 1000%, but there's still a long way to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My medium-sized webdev company has deployed IPv6 locally and remotely. Locally through a SixXs provided tunnel and subnet, and remotely through native IPv6 provided by our hosting provider. In my experience, a lot of companies are working on it, and will help you *if you ask them*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's quite easy, once you know how IPv6 works, to deploy it. The big problem is the chicken and egg dilemma, and convincing management to let you deploy it. I'm glad my company allowed me to spend time on it. I was able to convince them that as a webdev company we need to be 'enablers' and be ready for upcoming technologies. Therefore, to push IPv6 now allows us to work out the kinks before our customers start asking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ams-ix.net/technical/stats/sflow/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ams-ix.net/technical/stats/" />
  <row Id="42149" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23722" RevisionGUID="cb003360-b55c-41ee-8a02-721d9e71f6e4" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:28:28.257" UserId="1375" Text="`luser_relay = user@example.com` in your `main.cf` is what you want." />
  <row Id="42150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23723" RevisionGUID="ff58c859-1d12-49e8-8e46-c9d1d4bded3f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:29:15.823" UserId="5234" Text="First up, LDAP on it's own is just a protocol, it does nothing unless there is an LDAP server for it to interact with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It lets you access a *directory* on the LDAP server; a good analogy would be a paper telephone directory or a directory of services (the latter is probably better).  If you want to find somewhere to get your car repaired, assuming you're not familiar with the local garages, you might look up a paper directory of services to find mechanics in your area.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Similarly, LDAP lets you look up information in an LDAP-compliant directory running on a server.  Each entry in the directory is an &quot;object&quot; that may have various properties, and an application that interacts with the directory expects things to be formatted in a certain manner.  By design it's flexible and extensible, so you're not limited to what somebody else may have thought of.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Going back to the mechanic analogy, the info may be name, address, cost per hour, whether he's known to sabotage your car so he can get extra business off you, size of beer gut, and so on.  Car mechanics might be stored in one node of the directory tree, hi-fi repairmen might be stored in another.  Each such object type is not required to share the same properties, so some of the info for a car mechanic will not be present on a hi-fi repairman, who will in turn have his own set of unique info that relates solely to him.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's most commonly used to hold info about users on a network, but in theory you could put *anything* into it.  In a network scenario, we're talking about organisational info about the person, as well as perhaps security info, configuration info for applications, and so on.  Because it's all stored centrally, you can easily and flexibly centralise a LOT of info into a single database that's optimised for ultra-fast lookups and is accessible by any compliant application." />
  <row Id="42151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23724" RevisionGUID="08e5aacc-4038-4ac4-bf25-f2bb9af5764e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:31:21.077" UserId="9107" Text="How can I locate unused IP addresses on my network? The DHCP server keeps assigning the same address and I need a different IP address to test my application with. The software would need to run on Windows." />
  <row Id="42152" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23724" RevisionGUID="08e5aacc-4038-4ac4-bf25-f2bb9af5764e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:31:21.077" UserId="9107" Text="Any way to find unused IP addresses on my network?" />
  <row Id="42153" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23724" RevisionGUID="08e5aacc-4038-4ac4-bf25-f2bb9af5764e" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:31:21.077" UserId="9107" Text="&lt;ip&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;dhcp&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="42154" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23702" RevisionGUID="81d3570d-bd3a-41b2-b9f4-24408dd2cbe2" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:31:46.753" UserDisplayName="ablarg" Comment="added 417 characters in body; added 4 characters in body; added 56 characters in body" Text="I have a vmware appliance (linux, centos 5) generated by Vmware Studio. I can't figure out where vmware studio places the commands entered into the &quot;Subsequent Boot&quot; field. Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More specific info: In the xml file that defines the appliance, there is this item:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Subsequent Boot Script: Shell script that is executed when the appliance boots up each time except for the first  &#xD;&#xA;time. &#xD;&#xA;//ovf:Envelope/Section[@xsi:type='vadk:ApplicationSection_Type']/vadk:BootActions/vadk: &#xD;&#xA;SubsequentBoot* &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm interested in knowing which file these actions are persisted to in the virtual appliance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have looked in /etc/rc.d and haven't found it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42156" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23726" RevisionGUID="bc745c1c-9c70-429d-855a-72afcd6deecd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:32:25.270" UserId="8517" Text="You didn't state which VMware product you were using but VMware ESXi is free and it will give you the ability to create very complex networks - DMZ's, multiple VLAN's and it will support up to four virtual Nics per VM. On an ESXi host you can create up to 127 virtual switches each with up to 1016 virtual Nics and up to 4096 Port Groups (VLANs) per ESXi host. This should allow you to build almost any LAN scale environment you may need to replicate although you will almost certainly max out on the number of VM's that you can run on a single ESXi host before you max out most of those limits. On its own ESXi (or ESX) wont allow you to directly replicate things like intermittent packet loss, networking issues related to routing problems (these are switches not routers) and latency but you can build VM's into your design that will allow you to replicate those issues if you want to go that far. " />
  <row Id="42157" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23727" RevisionGUID="7313255b-b26a-4671-8774-fa6d825e93d1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:33:02.553" UserId="5352" Text="I have been tasked with migrating file data from one SQL server DB to another. There is currently a SQL server 2005 DB that is stored file in an image type field. There is a migration happening that is moving these files to a SQL 2008 Filestream setup, which works great. The files are being migrated in batches, but I have run into a problem as the file size of the DB is not decreasing. The migration script moves the batch then deletes the batch. The records are no longer available by query in the old database and they have moved successfully, but like I said the file size does not budge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need the size to decrease to allow for the next batch as the initial DB is nearly 1TB, there is just not enough room to have two copies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried SHRINKFILE, but that is not working. Any help is appreciated." />
  <row Id="42158" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23727" RevisionGUID="7313255b-b26a-4671-8774-fa6d825e93d1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:33:02.553" UserId="5352" Text="SQL Server File Data" />
  <row Id="42159" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23727" RevisionGUID="7313255b-b26a-4671-8774-fa6d825e93d1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:33:02.553" UserId="5352" Text="&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;migration&gt;" />
  <row Id="42160" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23728" RevisionGUID="1e1cb512-3bc8-4fde-9a97-88dd09d7797f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:33:31.977" UserId="2609" Text="A couple of years ago I ran into this problem and was not able to fix it through configuration, triggering ghost cleanup, or anything of the sort. I was working with a database that had inserts and deletes continuously and SQLServer would effectively lock up periodically due to ghost cleanup triggering.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My eventual solution was to partition the problem tables by time, and instead of deleting old rows I could merely drop the old tables. That helped immensely. This may not be feasible for your situation but it applies to many, with some variation." />
  <row Id="42161" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23729" RevisionGUID="573724cc-662d-4160-ade8-c20070e4a56f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:33:38.403" UserId="5234" Text="I'd leave the page file enabled always; certain parts of your OS or apps might be written to *expect* one to be there, and as such may misbehave if there isn't one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said that, I have run Windows (XP) without a page file in the past, and it's been perfectly happy with everything I threw at it.  There was always the niggling doubt though that something will come along that wouldn't like it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An option might be to set it really small." />
  <row Id="42162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23730" RevisionGUID="b8bcbbb5-9164-4683-90dc-9c91f3540e65" CreationDate="2009-06-09T05:15:54.597" Text="&lt;p&gt;I'm working with a django project in my mac leopard and I want to show it to my team. I've already passed the neccessary port forwards from my router to my mac lan ip address but it doesnt work. I've also tried running the xampp server since that always worked with my windows xp but it still doesn't work, whenever i type my &gt; it's showing a Page Load Error. Is this possibly an issue with an osx configuration that I need to setup first to allow my port forwards to get in? it's my first time to do this with mac, perhaps i need to configure something else in network preferences?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42163" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23730" RevisionGUID="b8bcbbb5-9164-4683-90dc-9c91f3540e65" CreationDate="2009-06-09T05:15:54.597" Text="MAC OSX server not working" />
  <row Id="42164" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23730" RevisionGUID="b8bcbbb5-9164-4683-90dc-9c91f3540e65" CreationDate="2009-06-09T05:15:54.597" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="42165" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23731" RevisionGUID="ccd99d78-397e-4705-a0e2-9593e6a4599c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:36:42.500" UserId="2541" Text="If you are using Windows Server DHCP, then the DHCP viewer shows the used IP addresses. Maybe you have a very small range of IP, try extending the range.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; I had a similar issue when using router to assign IP addresses. My solution, I extended the range and that seemed to work." />
  <row Id="42166" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23732" RevisionGUID="4dd4bff2-bce5-4405-b4a2-c8a3f321fa35" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:37:28.613" UserId="6469" Text="You basically have to options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Ask your DHCP server what addresses it has already assigned (via the web interface, cli interface, or whatever interface your server uses). This will work if very node on your network uses DHCP to configure itself (i.e., doesn't have any self-assigned IP addresses). Obviously you also need access to the router's configuration, which it sounds like you might not have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Ping (or portscan) your entire subnet and see who answers. This might not work if particular nodes have ICMP-echo-request disabled (i.e., &quot;Block ping&quot;)." />
  <row Id="42167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23733" RevisionGUID="efbd1402-abf6-4e52-b25e-3eb854c4b9ee" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:37:50.360" UserId="1435" Text="'ping 224.0.0.1' will show all the IP addresses in your subnet." />
  <row Id="42168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23734" RevisionGUID="e0ec3366-ad56-402c-80e3-5360dc2e0d17" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:34:06.533" Text="&lt;p&gt;I don't want to make changes system wide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, are there any home-directory based linux package managers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42169" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23734" RevisionGUID="e0ec3366-ad56-402c-80e3-5360dc2e0d17" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:34:06.533" Text="is there any way to get apt to install packages to my home directory?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42170" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23734" RevisionGUID="e0ec3366-ad56-402c-80e3-5360dc2e0d17" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:34:06.533" Text="&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="42171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23735" RevisionGUID="d0cbfe2a-6ceb-4b6d-afbc-320ba9b887e3" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:47:12.743" Text="&lt;p&gt;No, I don't think you can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best I can think right now is to use apt-get source and compile your package. Maybe you could somehow tweak the procedure (which can be more or less automated) to install the packages in your home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another one is to use dpkg -X to extract it on a directory of your choice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand I don't think this is a stackoverflow question. Note that there is also&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23736" RevisionGUID="4323f491-0668-4bbb-b67c-4cf4a4c049d1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T15:49:34.337" UserId="5473" Text="&lt;p&gt;I have trouble imagining how that work work with the official repositories from a distribution. How should it resolve dependencies? From the system or from your home directories? What if it finds different versions in both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best I can think of would be a chroot'd environment like people do for 32-bit apps on 64-bit systems. It's more overhead as you would be calling debootstrap in the chroot, but with some symlinking, shell wrapper script fun, it might do what you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42173" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23737" RevisionGUID="9bf0237f-0082-40db-a10c-7b9d808d5e49" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:03:16.073" UserId="8587" Text="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gobolinux.org/?page=rootless&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Rootless GoboLinux&lt;/a&gt; can do exactly what you're asking for: package manager, with no elevated privileges, in your own home directory.  Hopefully you know what you're doing; rootless isn't the most well-maintained installation mode of Gobo, and when I used to use it a few years ago it required a few tweaks as the installation script was a bit out of date relative to other Gobo changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's also &lt;a href=&quot;http://klik.atekon.de/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;klik&lt;/a&gt; which repackages quite a few &lt;code&gt;.deb&lt;/code&gt;s, can install packages to your home directory, and requires no root privileges to operate... but the initial setup does require root.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42174" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23738" RevisionGUID="a3ef3f59-9906-42cf-b5b4-8af9a68d6010" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:46:04.070" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that I can have virtualization software (Virtual Box, Virtual PC) running on Ubuntu or Windows and run guest OS in it. Is it possible to run virtual machines without a Host OS?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance. I am not very familiar with virtualisation. Sorry if it is a basic question. I couldnt find an answer on Google. If you can point me to something free that will be great!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42175" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23738" RevisionGUID="a3ef3f59-9906-42cf-b5b4-8af9a68d6010" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:46:04.070" Text="Run Virtualization without host" />
  <row Id="42176" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23738" RevisionGUID="a3ef3f59-9906-42cf-b5b4-8af9a68d6010" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:46:04.070" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;virtualpc&gt;&lt;hypervisor&gt;" />
  <row Id="42177" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23739" RevisionGUID="e86ca770-379e-4111-9886-fb0f549c28b4" CreationDate="2009-06-09T16:48:19.230" Text="&lt;p&gt;Take a look at these wikipedia articles:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform%5Fvirtualization&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Platform virtualization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypervisor&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Hypervisor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Microsoft has a hypervisor called &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-main.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Hyper-V&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23740" RevisionGUID="5d50d38b-65cd-4b0a-b360-ea62e6472bd8" CreationDate="2009-06-09T17:20:34.010" Text="&lt;p&gt;You can use Windows 7 and boot directly to a virtual hard drive, then the OS on that virtual drive will have direct access to hardware.  Check out this article: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hanselman.com/blog/LessVirtualMoreMachineWindows7AndTheMagicOfBootToVHD.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Less Virtual, More Machine - Windows 7 and the magic of Boot to VHD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42179" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23741" RevisionGUID="3987a339-a5c7-47c9-9e45-ea3f5d916fa1" CreationDate="2009-06-09T18:00:48.100" UserId="2363" Text="&lt;p&gt;A couple of free, bare-metal virtualization software options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vmware.com/products/esxi/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;VMWare ESXi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/hyper-v-server/en/us/default.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Microsoft Hyper-V Server&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42180" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23730" RevisionGUID="9244f6a0-fe08-4074-a3e2-46b2aad18ce4" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:41:47.903" UserId="1233" Comment="Fix title." Text="I'm working with a Django project on my Mac (running Leopard) and I want to show it to my team. I've already passed the neccessary port forwards from my router to my Mac's LAN IP address but it doesn't work. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've also tried running the xampp server since that always worked with my Windows XP computer but it still doesn't work, whenever I type my &gt; it's showing a Page Load Error. Is this possibly an issue with an OS X configuration that I need to setup first to allow my port forwards to get in? It's my first time to do this with Mac, perhaps I need to configure something else in network preferences?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42181" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="23730" RevisionGUID="9244f6a0-fe08-4074-a3e2-46b2aad18ce4" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:41:47.903" UserId="1233" Comment="Fix title." Text="Unable to run Django on OS X" />
  <row Id="42182" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="23730" RevisionGUID="9244f6a0-fe08-4074-a3e2-46b2aad18ce4" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:41:47.903" UserId="1233" Comment="Fix title." Text="&lt;python&gt;&lt;django&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="42183" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23742" RevisionGUID="a0667661-e614-4aee-a1a3-a4eea97693e9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:41:59.667" UserId="2541" Text="Why not put the Hyper V host in a separate domain/forest and then your DC and other server VMs in another domain/forest (the production domain)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally though, I kept it simple and did not put my Hyper V host on the domain." />
  <row Id="42184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23743" RevisionGUID="086beaf3-5b85-4c08-9246-4b73e4742cc5" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:46:15.023" UserId="9108" Text="Probably the best way is to use NMAP (http://nmap.org/) in ARP Ping scan mode. The usage will be something like nmap -PR 192.168.0.* (or whatever your network is).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The advantage of this approach is that it uses the Address Resolution Protocol to detect if IP addresses are assigned to machines. Any machine that wants to be found on a network needs to answer the ARP, so this approach works where ping scans, broadcast pings and port scans don't (due to firewalls, OS policy, etc.)." />
  <row Id="42185" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23744" RevisionGUID="5900f174-c029-4df8-af23-78603c49d0f2" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:46:38.127" UserId="2541" Text="Do you guys perfer to host your own DNS or have your isp do this? I have my ISP doing this but there are limitations on adding records and I am thinking to running my own DNS. Are ther alternatives which I can look into?" />
  <row Id="42186" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23744" RevisionGUID="5900f174-c029-4df8-af23-78603c49d0f2" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:46:38.127" UserId="2541" Text="hosting your own DNS" />
  <row Id="42187" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23744" RevisionGUID="5900f174-c029-4df8-af23-78603c49d0f2" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:46:38.127" UserId="2541" Text="&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="42188" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23745" RevisionGUID="205388d1-a9c2-43be-8246-c9b8696694d3" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:47:50.997" UserId="658" Text="I'd recommend [OpenDNS][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some routers can be configured to point DNS requests to OpenDNS. &#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.opendns.com" />
  <row Id="42189" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23746" RevisionGUID="897b3ca2-3be8-4fde-a80d-16f325c2c1e2" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:47:59.093" UserId="6469" Text="I have seen very little implementation of IPv6 outside the Mac OS X nodes on my home LAN, and even then, my router doesn't support IPv6, so it amounts to nothing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are we ready? Sure. But I don't think it's going to be an easy transition. And you're quite right in saying that the unwieldy addressing scheme will more or less mandate host name resolution, even on a small network (Netbios, Bonjour, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Router manufacturers adopted &quot;draft 802.11n&quot; because it was faster. Faster means something to the consumer. Try to tell them that your new, more expensive router supports IPv6 on the other hand...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Incidentally, Mac OS X has supported IPv6 since 2002 with 10.2 Jaguar (cite http://www.join.uni-muenster.de/Implementationen/Betriebsysteme.php?lang=en ).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42190" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23747" RevisionGUID="9c3c015a-e78a-4f07-981e-e78a0666c7a1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:48:57.233" UserId="4946" Text="Not totally related, but you might be interested in this question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://serverfault.com/questions/1750/what-are-some-good-free-virtual-machine-apps" />
  <row Id="42191" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23747" RevisionGUID="9c3c015a-e78a-4f07-981e-e78a0666c7a1" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:48:57.233" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42192" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23748" RevisionGUID="15f39055-54da-4cac-8165-29614a4ee166" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:50:30.430" UserId="9102" Text="It is still in the early adoption phase certainly, but there is starting to be a lot of movement because the wall at the end of ipv4 becoming more visible.  For our part (a small regional ISP), it's rather like moving from a studio apartment to a large estate.  While we're still in the early stages ourselves, it's already clear it's going to make some aspects of network management easier with extra the breathing room." />
  <row Id="42193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23749" RevisionGUID="6b5dc4b8-a035-4d88-a5d7-d81bc49d350c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:52:29.830" UserId="5668" Text="If you're just talking about authentication [OpenLDAP][1] with [Samba-TNG][2] sounds like the direction you would want to go, instead of waiting for Samba 4. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.openldap.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://wiki.samba-tng.org/doku.php/start" />
  <row Id="42194" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23750" RevisionGUID="6a60d5f3-73f7-4008-85da-fc8554d78a2a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:52:59.253" UserId="4370" Text="I've used Zonedit or years. Its cheap (or free) and I've added lots of CNAME, A, MX, TXT, SRV, and other records." />
  <row Id="42195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23751" RevisionGUID="85eb59d7-66ec-4daf-8a9c-d341cfa9c0d3" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:54:39.937" UserId="5391" Text="We always host our own DNS (preferrable reverse DNS also).  This allows us to make emergency changes without relying on a third party.  If you have more than one location, it is easy to setup an accetpable level of redundacy for your DNS servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't have multiple sites, then I would consider someone that specifically does DNS hosting (NOT your ISP) with a web interface for changes.  Also look for 24x7 support and decent SLAs." />
  <row Id="42196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23752" RevisionGUID="f576f7a5-269c-407d-b68c-ec4ab0a244cd" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:55:09.780" UserId="3112" Text="Spammers are catching up, and graylisting may not be as effective as it used to be. If you can, try using some RBLs, I find that they are more effective. YMMV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AFAIK, postgrey cannot determine if the remote server's IP coresponds with the IP for the MX record of sender domain. Some other tools might be more adept to the task, take a look at postfix's add-on page for that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a side note, whichever technique you use, it may have a donwside. RBLs might occasionally block some legitimate mail (although I find that quite rare and worth the trouble) and graylisting gives you a delay. Also, regarding your plan, sender box might not be the same machine the MX record is pointing to, so it might not be efficient if you're mostly dealing with mail from big domains. You'll need sender's address to be able to look up MX record for the domain, and, as we know, that's easily forged. Servers ocasionaly process mail for more than one domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a brighter side, postgray implements auto-whitelisting of clients which repeatedly show to be able to pass the greylist. So, unless you really have to, maybe you shouldn't worry much about the delay." />
  <row Id="42197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23753" RevisionGUID="2bf6d618-7e38-44d7-afed-cf8d426bdbba" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:55:23.680" UserId="2115" Text="I wouldn't run my own DNS server - in my case, the hosting company that hosts my website provides free DNS service. There are also alternatives, companies that do nothing but DNS hosting ([DNS Made Easy](http://www.dnsmadeeasy.com) comes to mind, but there are many others) which are the kind of thing you should probably look into.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason I wouldn't do it myself is that DNS is supposed to be fairly reliable, and unless you have a geographically distributed network of servers of your own, you'd be putting all your eggs in one basket, so to speak. Also, there are plenty of dedicated DNS servers out there, enough that you wouldn't need to start up a new one." />
  <row Id="42198" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23754" RevisionGUID="df9cf28a-a53e-4b49-8a5c-4a66978577a6" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:56:17.390" UserId="3053" Text="Download the rpms and do the install with the rpm command and the local files.  yumdownloader is part of yum-utils on RHEL and makes it easy to download rpms from a yum repo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, you can run the rpm command directly using urls for the RPMs instead of local copies of the RPMs." />
  <row Id="42199" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23755" RevisionGUID="223648f0-4524-4b8e-b6ef-c58c73b046ea" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:57:07.263" UserId="388" Text="As mentioned in other answers, ping scans or NMAP scans of your local subnet are probably the best way to determine free IP addresses if you don't have access to the DHCP server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*However*, please bear in mind two things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Your network admins probably won't take kindly to you running port/ping scans; if they have anything resembling decent intrusion prevention, you shouldn't be surprised when they wander round to your desk looking unhappy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Mixing static configuration and DHCP on the same subnet can cause issues. If you configure a device with an IP you find to be 'free' through subnet scans etc., and the DHCP server subsequently hands that address out to another node, your machine and the 'real' owner of the IP address will continually fight over who should have the ARP entry for that IP. This will lead to intermittent connectivity for both machines. (And again, a possible visit from your friendly neighbourhood admin).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you really need another IP address to test with, is it possible to reach out to your network admins and ask? They would be able to configure a manual-DHCP entry that would give your machine a specific DHCP lease based on its MAC address." />
  <row Id="42200" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19043" RevisionGUID="1c128e19-c48f-4cae-945f-3575b282e356" CreationDate="2009-06-10T22:58:00.227" UserId="6901" Comment="added 270 characters in body" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This question is in two parts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# Shape&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I limit the bandwidth on a ASA5510 to less than 10Mbps?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently I have:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    policy-map shape_policy&#xD;&#xA;    class class-default&#xD;&#xA;     shape average 9000000 36096&#xD;&#xA;    !&#xD;&#xA;    service-policy shape_policy interface outside&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But when I look at the traffic on the outside interface it seems it sometimes busts the 10Mbps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# Police&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, is it possible to limit the bandwidth taken by each users on the ASA? I've tried something like that (although it is not running at the moment):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    police input 3000000 51200 conform-action transmit exceed-action drop&#xD;&#xA;    police output 3000000 51200 conform-action transmit exceed-action drop&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it the way to go or is there a better way?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**// Addendum:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should add I'm using version 8.0(4) of the firmware as it can help provide proper configurations for the latest ASAs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**// Status:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've opened up a bounty. I got two interesting answers although not definite. One seems to be outdated in terms of supported commands, the other one does not answer the second part of the question and leave me unsatisfied. Cisco experts needed!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42201" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23752" RevisionGUID="a3c628cf-5c6a-4984-b82a-c22d42c9397d" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:00:42.840" UserId="3112" Comment="added 25 characters in body; edited body" Text="Spammers are catching up, and graylisting may not be as effective as it used to be. If you can, try using some RBLs, I find that they are more effective. YMMV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AFAIK, postgrey cannot determine if the remote server's IP coresponds with the IP for the MX record of sender domain. Some other tools might be more adept to the task, take a look at postfix's add-on page for that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a side note, whichever technique you use, it may have a downside. RBLs might occasionally block some legitimate mail (although I find that quite rare with good RBLs and generally worth the trouble) and graylisting gives you a delay. Also, regarding your plan, sender box might not be the same machine the MX record is pointing to, so it might not be efficient if you're mostly dealing with mail from big domains. You'll need sender's address to be able to look up MX record for the domain, and, as we know, that's easily forged. Servers ocasionaly process mail for more than one domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a brighter side, postgray implements auto-whitelisting of clients which repeatedly show to be able to pass the greylist. So, unless you really have to, maybe you shouldn't worry much about the delay." />
  <row Id="42202" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23756" RevisionGUID="d403483c-60ca-43ad-836b-67dd7da5fe20" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:00:51.547" UserId="7709" Text="Try not to run production database servers in a Virtual Environment. The overheads for I/O is unacceptable. We had huuuge problems when our DBA allowed our primary MSSQL server to become virtualised. Queries were taking thousands of milliseconds to run. When we convinced them to move it back to a dedicated box, there was a 10,000% increase in throughput and speed." />
  <row Id="42203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23757" RevisionGUID="28a37a80-382c-4b8b-b92d-a4663d061dc4" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:01:02.780" UserId="4370" Text="Is the transaction committed? If not, you can't reclaim that space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you sure you're doing a shrinkfile on the right data file as well? Or are you doing a shrinkdatabase?" />
  <row Id="42204" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="18249" RevisionGUID="2e99c31a-3f71-4092-a55f-876355a9f221" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:06:41.550" UserId="6132" Comment="add'l info" Text="I've seen Disney characters in one organization and porn stars in another. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seems that few wanted to fess up to recognizing both sets.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42205" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23510" RevisionGUID="f367e162-1a19-4ddc-8ea0-928e6bd06c7f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:10:12.883" UserId="1770" Comment="Edited to add additional clarification of a dedicated storage network." Text="Most NAS provides some sort of built in security restrictions allowing you to limit what hosts can talk to it.  Some even allow you to configure users/passwords.  Anything that the vendor provides for locking it down, do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, make sure it is located on your network in such a way that it cannot be seen or accessed from the outside world.  If you're not using some sort of router/firewall/etc that prevents inbound access, you should be.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want absolute best security for it you can get, pick up a cheap second switch and an extra network card.  Put the second network card(s) in the box(es) that needs to access the NAS.  Configure it with an IP address on a different network from your normal LAN.  Run the NAS on the separate &quot;storage only&quot; network that isn't even directly connected to the internet-accessible network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, you have two LAN's.  One is for normal network purposes, accessing the Internet, etc.  The other one is just used by the NAS and devices that need to connect to it, all running on separate network hardware (network cards).  By placing the NAS on a dedicated network like this, someone has to first compromise one of your computers before they can even begin to attempt to access the NAS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Edited to add additional clarification of a dedicated storage network.]" />
  <row Id="42206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23758" RevisionGUID="f9501cee-e644-4dbc-bd05-e82d44413761" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:10:31.793" UserId="9109" Text="For the Mac, the .sql files are in a folder such as&#xD;&#xA;/Library/PostgreSQL/8.3/share/postgresql/contrib" />
  <row Id="42207" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23759" RevisionGUID="2c03f41f-6a2c-47ee-809f-a7f2b83c905a" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:11:35.550" UserId="8517" Text="Hardware compatibility aside the biggest problem with your idea is the fact that the VM's in an ESX\ESXi system do not have the ability to interact directly with the console display\keyboard\mouse on the ESX\ESXi server. You will be left with access only to the ESX Service Console which is a modified RHEL command line environment (or to even less than that with ESXi). To access the user interface on the VM's you need to connect to them over a network using VNC\RDP or some other remote console protocol. This is because these are bare-metal hypervisors - they do not directly provide a VM user interface. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Products like Parallels, VMware Workstation\Fusion, Virtual Server, Virtual Box and the others are hosted hypervisors that allow you to switch between VM's and interact with them because they leverage the user interface of the boot OS to handle the redirected display and user input devices of the VM's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23760" RevisionGUID="9b9a3d77-7e7f-4d63-a80a-53e829f5a5c7" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:11:39.090" UserId="9110" Text="Postgrey isn't going to support that, however there is nothing stopping you from creating ro finding a policy server that will do that. If your first policy server, let's call it dns-checker.sh, passes then the mail is delivered. If it fails Postfix moves on to the next check in order under smtpd_recipient_restrictions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For any greylist server I recommend setting max age to 63 days which is two full months. I prefer delay time to be 30 sec. A delay tends to be a delay regardless of how long it is and many large webmail servers will retry within one minute. You'll also want to use the class C as part of the tuple rather than the specifc IP which should be the default. I also use auto whitelist the domain if x number of mails are relayed which is fairly liberal. With those settings I rarely have long delay issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42209" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23761" RevisionGUID="2454dc4e-2dab-4028-b107-7fc6959124a8" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:14:02.517" UserId="7342" Text="Dpkg do not have the --relocate feature that RPM has. It's worth considering how many RPM packages support that feature though. Basically, it can't be done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you could do is use a chroot if you want to test something before installing it globally on the system. To do this, you need to be able to get access to root. The first thing to do is to create a basic chroot:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;# debootstrap lenny lenny-chroot&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This creates a Lenny chroot inside the lenny-chroot directory. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now we can enter the chroot:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # chroot lenny-chroot&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now we can do what ever we want and install anything without it messing up the rest of the system. When we're done, just type exit or press ctrl-D" />
  <row Id="42210" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23761" RevisionGUID="2454dc4e-2dab-4028-b107-7fc6959124a8" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:14:02.517" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23762" RevisionGUID="bb0c3629-8bc1-4fe2-a26a-8c5efc0f7707" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:17:45.413" UserId="7342" Text="I wrote [this article][1] a few years ago, which explains the basics of LDAP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.davidpashley.com/articles/ldap-basics.html" />
  <row Id="42212" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23763" RevisionGUID="c4fe76a7-9eac-4660-ba26-e6e3d6981825" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:17:59.657" UserId="2489" Text="Take a look at [DynDNS.com][1]; they have all sorts of DNS related services such as DNS hosting, dynamic DNS, MailHop, etc, etc.  I've found them reliable and been using them for probably 5 years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dyndns.com" />
  <row Id="42213" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23644" RevisionGUID="abc164be-abf0-4071-b567-d0f80576a7ff" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:20:45.110" UserId="8856" Comment="added 101 characters in body" Text="I'd like to setup Subversion repository so that same username and password could be used to access repository as in ssh login. I managed to get login work so that correct username is required, but it accepts any password. How I can get it to require valid password also?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm running Ubuntu server 8.04.2 with &quot;standard modules&quot;, Apache2, Subversion and  libapache2-mod-authnz-external. In addition I found utility called [pwauth][1] to help with authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are the relevant parts from configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/etc/apache/apache2.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    AddExternalAuth pwauth /usr/local/bin/pwauth&#xD;&#xA;    SetExternalAuthMethod pwauth pipe&#xD;&#xA;    AddExternalGroup unixgroup /usr/local/bin/unixgroup&#xD;&#xA;    SetExternalGroupMethod unixgroup environment&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/etc/apache/mods-available/dav_svn.conf:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    AuthType Basic&#xD;&#xA;    AuthBasicProvider external&#xD;&#xA;    AuthExternal pwauth&#xD;&#xA;    GroupExternal unixgroup&#xD;&#xA;    AuthName &quot;Subversion repository&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Require group users&#xD;&#xA;    Require user myaccount&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/etc/pam.d/pwauth:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    auth    required        pam_succeed_if.so user=www-data&#xD;&#xA;    account required        pam_localuser.so&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.google.com/p/pwauth/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;config.h for pwauth:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #define PAM                     /* Linux PAM or OpenPAM*/&#xD;&#xA;    #define UNIX_LASTLOG            /**/&#xD;&#xA;    #define HAVE_LASTLOG_H          /**/&#xD;&#xA;    #define NOLOGIN_FILE &quot;/etc/nologin&quot;     /**/&#xD;&#xA;    #define MIN_NOLOGIN_UID 1               /**/&#xD;&#xA;    #define CHECK_LOGIN_EXPIRATION          /**/&#xD;&#xA;    #define CHECK_PASSWORD_EXPIRATION       /**/&#xD;&#xA;    #define SERVER_UIDS 33          /* user &quot;www-data&quot; */&#xD;&#xA;    #define MIN_UNIX_UID 500        /**/&#xD;&#xA;    #define SLEEP_LOCK &quot;/var/run/pwauth.lock&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(is something missing?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** I'm aware about potential security issues, but I want know why this setup doesn't work." />
  <row Id="42214" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23764" RevisionGUID="ae2451fa-9981-4b5c-954e-a1d78854af5b" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:23:01.407" UserId="7645" Text="For my personal domains (and some friends' domains I help out with) we host our own DNS and my registrar (Gandi) provides secondary DNS.  Or a friend on another network provides secondary.  Gandi doesn't update zones immediately, they seem to check about once every 24 hours or so, but changes are very infrequent; works well enough for us, and their server is probably much more reliable than ours.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At my job, we do our own DNS and our upstream network provider provides secondary DNS.  However, we're a university and 99% of our users are on-site; if the local network is down it doesn't matter if DNS is down.  Also, we have full a class-B (/16) with roughly 25k DNS records (plus 25k reverse DNS records, of course), which seems a bit awkward to manage through a web interface.  Our local DNS servers are highly available and plenty fast." />
  <row Id="42215" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23765" RevisionGUID="099c3a84-ba52-486e-881b-e234ce6cdea9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:24:15.417" UserId="8950" Text="There's very few cases where you'd need to install packages to your home folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However you can compile and install software to your local machine. Just unzip, then configure with `./configure --prefix=$HOME/local` or some other directory. You can then `make` and `make install` as normal. This will compile and install that programme in `~/local/`, eg the programme you execute will be in `~/local/bin/programmname`." />
  <row Id="42216" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23765" RevisionGUID="099c3a84-ba52-486e-881b-e234ce6cdea9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:24:15.417" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23766" RevisionGUID="ada32771-fab8-4df0-acdb-69cbb882eda9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:24:36.897" UserId="993" Text="A lot of these are VMware specific:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- If it performs poorly as a physical machine, it will perform poorly as a virtual machine.&#xD;&#xA;- The Cold Clone ISO is your friend&#xD;&#xA;- Garbage in, Garbage out. If you're P2Ving older systems they can leave an unnecessary footprint.  See [Viewing Ghost Hardware after P2V][1], [Steps Required after P2V][2], and [p2v-scripts.pdf][3]&#xD;&#xA;- Make sure your guest operating systems are supported by your P2V software. &#xD;&#xA;- Windows 2000 can be a pain regarding SCSI drivers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://virtualisedreality.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/ghosthardware/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/129871&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/docs/vmwdocs/p2v-scripts.pdf" />
  <row Id="42218" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23767" RevisionGUID="eceff393-e384-4906-ba6a-81e967354938" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:27:19.217" UserId="8950" Text="http://www.xen.org/ for linux?" />
  <row Id="42219" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23767" RevisionGUID="eceff393-e384-4906-ba6a-81e967354938" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:27:19.217" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42220" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23768" RevisionGUID="e4fb085d-a35e-48af-97be-d521a7ce2897" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:27:30.150" UserId="7783" Text="Cletus, I'm not sure I understand the problem you are trying to solve and why isn't handled adequately by the freeware tools from VMware, Microsoft, Xen, whoever that are designed to run as apps on top of a host OS? The Host OS could be a bare minimal install with no un-needed apps, so it comes as close as possible to your requirements but is actually useable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even if its possible (ESX, as is said already, has a quite exacting HCL) then I'm not sure its a good idea unless you're talking about a &quot;portable blade&quot; you can take to demos with you and where you'll *never* need to open a console desktop to any of the guest OSes from the host. Good luck with that one ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which still brings us back to why not the more &quot;conventional&quot; tools for this kind of task because I can only imagine ESX on a laptop as being about as much fun as using a chainsaw to try and clean an angry bear's teeth. " />
  <row Id="42221" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23769" RevisionGUID="36c93df7-4963-49e0-b8d4-ebaefc59b0d0" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:41:43.883" UserId="3110" Text="Shrink Database should do the trick.  It should at least tell you how much you can reclaim." />
  <row Id="42222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23770" RevisionGUID="79eee835-2897-4d16-99be-ff852f08b3f9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:42:39.793" UserDisplayName="vangmat" Text="When I hire a Junior DBA I bought her the Microsoft® SQL Server(TM) 2005 Administrator's Companion.  It is the book I wish I had when I was starting out.  " />
  <row Id="42223" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23770" RevisionGUID="79eee835-2897-4d16-99be-ff852f08b3f9" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:42:39.793" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42224" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23771" RevisionGUID="61ea4fb2-cbfe-4c07-af52-2236b404f221" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:43:06.390" UserId="8629" Text="We use the asset tags as computer names, which makes the audits (using TrackIt!) a little easier to explain to nonIT staff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One little caveat-  on Windows XP machines, we make sure and put a meaningful entry like &quot;Joe Schmo BLDG Room 111&quot; in the &quot;Computer Description&quot; field under the Computer Name tab in System Properties.   When our antivirus console starts complaining that ASSET155 has a virus, the computer description will (if we remembered to) tell us where the PC is." />
  <row Id="42225" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23771" RevisionGUID="61ea4fb2-cbfe-4c07-af52-2236b404f221" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:43:06.390" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42226" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23772" RevisionGUID="d3de2935-cb54-4f57-a19a-8e265979179f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:43:48.993" UserId="9110" Text="I've have to deal with something similar to this in the past. You've got a few options. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. mysql replication using ssl, certs, and IP restrictions. It's easy to setup and you can lock it down pretty good. You still open a connection to the server, but you do control access tightly. Might not be good enough for the security people.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. As someone else mentioned, copy the log-bin files to the slave and then use mysqlbinlog to ingest them. I ended up using this to move some new acquisitions into the corp network. However this was a temp measure and we only used it for a month and ran it infrequently. Also you're going to have latency in regards to how soon the data gets to the DMZ server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Use Mysql Proxy to write to both Mysql servers at the same time. http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql-proxy/index.html This might have some interesting side issues if your schema has quirks. Downside, new tool to install and learn as well as being pretty beta. Upside, solves most of your problems. " />
  <row Id="42228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23773" RevisionGUID="0fa1c583-5fa3-4637-9887-51f44cb57252" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:53:50.880" UserId="1748" Text="We've currently outsourced some work to a company to migrate our website over to a CMS system. They've requested we allow the web server to make direct outbound port 80 calls to external sites - allowing the entire machine unrestricted access to the internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For years we have operated our site without this, and I really don't like the idea of allowing this kind of access from any machine besides our gateway; particularly after a recent event where an application conflict on our ISA server caused it to waste a massive amount of bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can understand their reasoning (grabbing dynamic content from other sources etc), however I'd really prefer them to use the proxy server for all outbound access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Am I being unreasonable? In my eyes, allowing full access is unneccessary and just asking for trouble..." />
  <row Id="42229" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23773" RevisionGUID="0fa1c583-5fa3-4637-9887-51f44cb57252" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:53:50.880" UserId="1748" Text="Direct outbound HTTP access on web server?" />
  <row Id="42230" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23773" RevisionGUID="0fa1c583-5fa3-4637-9887-51f44cb57252" CreationDate="2009-06-10T23:53:50.880" UserId="1748" Text="&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="42231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23774" RevisionGUID="85521d30-2e43-43fb-843a-7a4104a3fec1" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:00:19.210" UserDisplayName="sasi" Text="yes disk cleanup helps&#xD;&#xA;generally pchealth stores compressed old files&#xD;&#xA;u can see in disk cleanup options&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Sasikiran" />
  <row Id="42232" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23775" RevisionGUID="31b73d1e-8adc-4df5-a34f-4ff88bea4356" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:06:09.583" UserId="2621" Text="I am not a security expert but I agree with you and think you have two approaches to this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Deny the request and explain that corporate policy mandates all outgoing requests go through the proxy server.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Confirm their request is granted but setup some transparent proxying firewall rules thereby forcing all 80/443 traffic through the proxy server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Answer 1 is more inline with corporate policies, Answser 2 keeps all parties happy :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope these answers agree with your train of thought and maybe you will get some great answers from more enlightened people than myself.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42233" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23776" RevisionGUID="9cef8085-856c-40bb-a352-3c5b8e0c24d9" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:15:17.197" UserId="2621" Text="Ok, you can have the repository (vss database) files shared via a network share thats how the multi-user aspects are claimed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe VSS 6 had a network install option and just installing VSS 2k5 now to confirm this option still exists. This means you only need to get all your clients to run the .exe from this share and login to the repository on another share.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, PLEASE create a repository for EVERY project! VSS can become easily corrupted.....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will update this post if there is a network install option for VSS 2k5" />
  <row Id="42234" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23777" RevisionGUID="db268ae6-8b7d-4201-b202-eaad1bd7fe7e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:19:33.280" UserId="1375" Text="I think &quot;bollocks to that&quot; is the only reasonable response.  If they can give you a list of sites/addresses, or a *really* good reason for it, then it can be considered, but just &quot;give us unfettered external access&quot; shouldn't wash." />
  <row Id="42235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23778" RevisionGUID="903e98d6-b1bc-4878-a80e-d42067c7cf75" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:21:51.860" UserId="813" Text="I've no experience with ZFS, but I just saw this in my RSS feeder:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.freebsdnews.net/2009/06/10/zfs-version-13-freebsd-current/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which suggests that it is maturing, but isn't ready for production (on FreeBSD)." />
  <row Id="42236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23779" RevisionGUID="3c206e29-3ef9-4a72-bc0b-a7c6e77d3a4b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:25:37.100" UserId="1736" Text="While we're on the topic, the most lovely compilation/parody of these sorts of phrases that I know of is the Jonathan Coulton song [re: Your Brains][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjMiDZIY1bM" />
  <row Id="42237" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23779" RevisionGUID="3c206e29-3ef9-4a72-bc0b-a7c6e77d3a4b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:25:37.100" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42238" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23780" RevisionGUID="d172db15-b877-4843-8bd8-4e710a404f81" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:26:18.503" UserId="1662" Text="It's not unreasonable, just make sure they have a good reason if it makes you uncomfortable.     Every web application I've been involved in required some sort of outgoing access to hit partner APIs, download data feeds or send notifications to customers.   At larger sites with many such applications and hundreds, if not thousands of partners, it becomes a pretty unreasonable task to expect each endpoint to be specially granted access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the practical side, it also becomes a pain if your production servers can't fetch software updates.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our arguments are always whether to NAT or not NAT and the question of no access or proxies have never come up.   Re proxies: that's just another likely point of failure, how much bandwidth would you save by putting one in?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seriously, what are you afraid of?" />
  <row Id="42239" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23776" RevisionGUID="fb551cbf-34f4-4510-8232-a38e37fd5052" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:28:47.770" UserId="2621" Comment="Updated to include network share information" Text="Ok, you can have the repository (vss database) files shared via a network share thats how the multi-user aspects are claimed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe VSS 6 had a network install option and just installing VSS 2k5 now to confirm this option still exists. This means you only need to get all your clients to run the .exe from this share and login to the repository on another share.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, PLEASE create a repository for EVERY project! VSS can become easily corrupted.....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will update this post if there is a network install option for VSS 2k5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Ok, no network setup under the installer but you could try copying the Microsoft Visual SourceSafe folder under the Program Files folder on the install medium to a network share. Please test this and ensure it does not corrupt a repository before using this method for production work" />
  <row Id="42240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23781" RevisionGUID="7ed8061c-6017-4351-80d9-1a5b8e176c1a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:36:54.680" UserId="9120" Text="My Windows Server 2008 Domain Controllers are getting hundreds of log in attempts per minute.  For the most part the IP addresses are not in the Event Log however the ones that do occasionally show up tend to be from an Anonymous surfing site. However, when we block an IP address the attack just moves to a different site.  All of the attempts are using legitimate account names.  This is causing a high number or account lockouts.  Can I configure Windows firewall to deny IP addresses that aren't on my local network?  " />
  <row Id="42241" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23781" RevisionGUID="7ed8061c-6017-4351-80d9-1a5b8e176c1a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:36:54.680" UserId="9120" Text="AD Domain Controllers being Slammed" />
  <row Id="42242" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23781" RevisionGUID="7ed8061c-6017-4351-80d9-1a5b8e176c1a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:36:54.680" UserId="9120" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;denial-of-service&gt;" />
  <row Id="42243" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23782" RevisionGUID="95e0b510-e835-474c-a0a7-686d598ea22b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:37:00.237" UserId="1483" Text="I'm guessing your using the built-in &quot;manage.py runserver&quot; command?  Since this is only intended for development it binds to localhost.  You need to use &quot;manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000&quot; to bind to all addresses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: This webserver is really _not_ intended for production, please don't use as a way to host your live site." />
  <row Id="42244" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23782" RevisionGUID="95e0b510-e835-474c-a0a7-686d598ea22b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:37:00.237" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42245" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23220" RevisionGUID="e5076c29-a601-40f8-88a6-277a1e7b9f6c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:41:20.157" UserId="8992" Comment="Added example solution." Text="I am trying to do a full backup of a drive on a Mac I have. The drive has 96GB of 100GB filled up. I have an external USB drive I want to backup to. On the external drive, no one file can be any larger than ~4GB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I create or find an already segmented and empty dmg that I can put on the external USB?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that I should be able to create a dmg and then segment, but with the available resources, it will have to be in one step. Curious how I might get to this point. I figured there must be some zipped up, large, segmented dmg parts somewhere that someone has already created... kind of like those large empty floppy images from back in the day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;Chenz&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: This is the command that allowed me to create the sparsebundle with AES encryption...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    hdiutil create -megabytes 200000 -layout SPUD -fs &quot;Journaled HFS+&quot; \&#xD;&#xA;    -type SPARSEBUNDLE -encryption AES-128 -imagekey -stdinpass \&#xD;&#xA;    /Volumes/My\ Passport/Backup-Before-Fan-Replacement/bundl.sparsebundle" />
  <row Id="42246" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23783" RevisionGUID="01ff8475-23db-43e5-b2a6-c74b95de398e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:41:51.623" UserId="9121" Text="A while ago I ran across a project that did something like this, and I cannot find it now anywhere.  The idea was this thing would run your java program for you, and you'd interact with it over the network.  Presumably text-only programs, though I didn't get all the details (I'd probably remember it better if I had).  This would allow you to use the output of a java program on a php web page, say, and avoid taking the java program startup hit every time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know of this project or anything similar?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="42247" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23783" RevisionGUID="01ff8475-23db-43e5-b2a6-c74b95de398e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:41:51.623" UserId="9121" Text="Proxy software to run your java programs, and allow console interaction with them over the network, to avoid long process startup times?" />
  <row Id="42248" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23783" RevisionGUID="01ff8475-23db-43e5-b2a6-c74b95de398e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:41:51.623" UserId="9121" Text="&lt;java&gt;" />
  <row Id="42249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23784" RevisionGUID="f5612578-ba6a-41f1-bbc9-fc31b5251f62" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:43:06.193" UserId="4884" Text="guys,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;on my centos 5 I've installed spamassassin and I want to execute it from php using the command line client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that each time I run it, I get as result:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 0/0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;here is how I run it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;VIAGRA&quot; | /usr/bin/spamc -c -F spamassasin.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this is my config file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # SpamAssassin config file for version 3.x&#xD;&#xA;    # NOTE: NOT COMPATIBLE WITH VERSIONS 2.5 or 2.6&#xD;&#xA;    # See http://www.yrex.com/spam/spamconfig25.php for earlier versions&#xD;&#xA;    # Generated by http://www.yrex.com/spam/spamconfig.php (version 1.50)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # How many hits before a message is considered spam.&#xD;&#xA;    required_score           7.5&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Encapsulate spam in an attachment (0=no, 1=yes, 2=safe)&#xD;&#xA;    report_safe             1&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Enable the Bayes system&#xD;&#xA;    use_bayes               1&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Enable Bayes auto-learning&#xD;&#xA;    bayes_auto_learn              1&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Enable or disable network checks&#xD;&#xA;    skip_rbl_checks         0&#xD;&#xA;    use_razor2              1&#xD;&#xA;    use_dcc                 1&#xD;&#xA;    use_pyzor               1&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Mail using languages used in these country codes will not be marked&#xD;&#xA;    # as being possibly spam in a foreign language.&#xD;&#xA;    # - english &#xD;&#xA;    ok_languages            en &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Mail using locales used in these country codes will not be marked&#xD;&#xA;    # as being possibly spam in a foreign language.&#xD;&#xA;    ok_locales              en &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;any idea?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As always, thank you" />
  <row Id="42250" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23784" RevisionGUID="f5612578-ba6a-41f1-bbc9-fc31b5251f62" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:43:06.193" UserId="4884" Text="why spamc keeps getting me 0/0 when I test it?" />
  <row Id="42251" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23784" RevisionGUID="f5612578-ba6a-41f1-bbc9-fc31b5251f62" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:43:06.193" UserId="4884" Text="&lt;spamassassin&gt;&lt;spam&gt;&lt;php&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="42252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23785" RevisionGUID="2e45d153-1268-41b3-9cbc-1717b2601a23" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:49:47.903" UserId="3459" Text="You should configure your perimeter firewall to not allow non-internal IP's to access your domain controllers (frankly they shouldn't access any systems on your internal IP's, they should go to a DMZ).  If you're not getting IP's in the event logs you may want to capture packets and determine the source of these attacks." />
  <row Id="42253" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23786" RevisionGUID="2e125d7e-499f-4bee-b4fa-1659974e0a38" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:52:45.047" UserId="1682" Text="I usually get the sources and check out the a file like &quot;INSTALL&quot;. Usually there are instructions to do ./configure --prefix=somedir. Then you have to add somedir/bin to your path." />
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  <row Id="42255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23787" RevisionGUID="99263890-032b-4a74-9eb4-03471cc4cd8e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:53:16.013" UserId="919" Text="If I change a computer's IP address, it can take a long time for ISP's to stop caching the results. Is there a way to mitigate this, if I plan ahead?" />
  <row Id="42256" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23787" RevisionGUID="99263890-032b-4a74-9eb4-03471cc4cd8e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:53:16.013" UserId="919" Text="How do I update DNS without causing an outage?" />
  <row Id="42257" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23787" RevisionGUID="99263890-032b-4a74-9eb4-03471cc4cd8e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:53:16.013" UserId="919" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;outage&gt;&lt;planning&gt;" />
  <row Id="42258" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23788" RevisionGUID="dc1b7d7e-3f28-42d1-9eeb-cfc744347b5c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:53:22.423" UserId="58" Text="Hi folks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  I'm trying to play with my IIS7 compression settings in my web.config file. I'm trying to enable HTTP 1.0 requests to be gzip.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MSDN has all the info [about it here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to have this config info in my own website's web.config file? Or do i need to set it at an application level? Currently, I have that code in my web.config...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;system.webServer&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;urlCompression &#xD;&#xA;            doDynamicCompression=&quot;true&quot; &#xD;&#xA;            dynamicCompressionBeforeCache=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;httpCompression &#xD;&#xA;            cacheControlHeader=&quot;max-age=86400&quot; &#xD;&#xA;            noCompressionForHttp10=&quot;False&quot; &#xD;&#xA;            noCompressionForProxies=&quot;False&quot; &#xD;&#xA;            sendCacheHeaders=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        ... other stuff snipped ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/system.webServer&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not working :( HTTP 1.1 requests are getting compressed, just not 1.0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That MSDN page above says that it can be used in :-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  Machine.config &#xD;&#xA; -  ApplicationHost.config&#xD;&#xA; -  Root application Web.config&#xD;&#xA; -  Application Web.config &#xD;&#xA; -  Directory Web.config&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, can we set these settings on a per-website-basis, programatically in a web.config file? (this is an Application Web.config file...) What have i done wrong?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;cheers :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms690689.aspx" />
  <row Id="42259" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23788" RevisionGUID="dc1b7d7e-3f28-42d1-9eeb-cfc744347b5c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:53:22.423" UserId="58" Text="Need help with some IIS7 web.config settings." />
  <row Id="42260" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23788" RevisionGUID="dc1b7d7e-3f28-42d1-9eeb-cfc744347b5c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:53:22.423" UserId="58" Text="&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;web.config&gt;&lt;gzip&gt;&lt;compression&gt;" />
  <row Id="42261" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23789" RevisionGUID="8b845fe7-bc43-4e2b-9c16-0537ac1dfbf4" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:55:23.357" UserId="7862" Text="I have just started implementing SCCM 2007, and would like to test it out on only one machine.  I believe I have set the boundaries correctly, but am having trouble with the Discovery methods to select one machine into the db.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to select a single machine into SCCM explicitly, either via script or gui?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SCCM is very powerful for large swaths of machines, but I can't seem to find the simple way." />
  <row Id="42262" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23789" RevisionGUID="8b845fe7-bc43-4e2b-9c16-0537ac1dfbf4" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:55:23.357" UserId="7862" Text="SCCM: Add one machine explicitly" />
  <row Id="42263" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23789" RevisionGUID="8b845fe7-bc43-4e2b-9c16-0537ac1dfbf4" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:55:23.357" UserId="7862" Text="&lt;system-center&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;" />
  <row Id="42264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23790" RevisionGUID="cdf31c84-e332-40c3-90fb-745741e2cea5" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:56:02.640" UserId="3038" Text="I don't have a 2008 system to hand, but the XP firewall (and Server 2003 firewall) have an option to block access to non-local accounts. It will take some tuning, but it is there. You just have to turn it on. Depending on the complexity of your network you may need to specify a netblock rather than use the &quot;local network&quot; click-box, otherwise your DC won't be able to talk to other DC's or log legitimate users in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The fact that they have legitimate login names suggests you have an internet-facing surface where they were able to pull this data. Perhaps your Global Catalog ports are visible. With that, targeting an attack is much easier. " />
  <row Id="42265" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23791" RevisionGUID="13e176ac-3ca9-470c-b2b1-ec344983995b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:56:14.480" UserId="5880" Text="Probably the easiest way would be to add the new IP as a secondary IP on the box, then update the DNS record. After a week or so you should be safe to remove the old ip and make the secondary ip the primary address." />
  <row Id="42266" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23792" RevisionGUID="f6065ea7-07b8-40fe-a829-09867578ba05" CreationDate="2009-06-11T00:57:49.453" UserId="3038" Text="If we KNOW we will be moving an IP address, we turn down the TTLs for that record. That tells the DNS servers on the internet how long to keep that IP in cache. When we move it over, the rest of the 'net catches up fairly quickly. Once the move is done, we move the TTL's back to their normal value." />
  <row Id="42267" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23793" RevisionGUID="6ae7bd31-d406-4ce6-917b-6ae755a32861" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:01:16.347" UserId="9052" Text="From my own experience there is no easy way to use existing DEB packages to install into another directory that isn't a chroot environment. The Debian/Ubuntu installation tools dpkg/aptitude/dselect all require root privileges to function properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now given the source DEB you can modify the debian/rules file to have the package build and install into a different directory tree, but then you are not using the binary packages already available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As others have mentioned you can use debootstrap and easily build a chroot environment, which I have done in the past to have a 32-bit environment on a 64-bit host, but this requires installing a chroot with at least the base packages duplicated. If you have the space and this is a viable solution you can couple it with dchroot, or even better schroot, to allow easy execution of the applications installed within the chroot environment. " />
  <row Id="42268" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23793" RevisionGUID="6ae7bd31-d406-4ce6-917b-6ae755a32861" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:01:16.347" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42269" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23180" RevisionGUID="0aae3e4b-0bc7-49ab-98ba-60565901c7af" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:03:15.297" UserId="97" Comment="correction" Text="You can also set the expires to maximum. Here is the directive I use for css and js.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Set css and js to expire in a very long time&#xD;&#xA;    location ~* ^.+\.(css|js)$ {&#xD;&#xA;        access_log off;&#xD;&#xA;        expires max;&#xD;&#xA;    }" />
  <row Id="42270" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23794" RevisionGUID="3caee05a-d7af-47e6-89b0-e16eb9c6ab9f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:05:25.297" UserId="1909" Text="I hate to be a killjoy, but your problem is that you're using Postfix. Postfix makes precisely this exercise very difficult. I know: I had to do it some years ago and it took days and days to get it right. The `luser` option is the right one, but there are other things to get right, too. (And even the name of the option shows that Postfix's authors didn't really want to support this.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recommend switching to Courier. Courier supports this &quot;catch-all&quot; method in a much more sensible way because of the way it extends its existing alias system.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42271" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23795" RevisionGUID="80c492cd-50e4-4b9b-b6b2-c07b2b7f535a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:14:36.767" UserId="9052" Text="For many years I ran my own DNS servers using BIND (versions 8 &amp; 9) without any major hassle. I stored my configurations within version control with post-commit checks which would validate the zone files and then had my DNS servers checkout the zone files at regular intervals. The problem was always ensuring the SOA serial number was updated with each commit that got pushed out otherwise caching servers would not update.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Years later I worked with djbdns as the format was ideal for having automated scripts to manage the zones and did not suffer from the same SOA serial number issue I had to deal with using BIND. It did however have it's own issues with having to format certain resource record sets to get them to be accepted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I found much of my traffic was DNS and having to maintain both a primary and secondary DNS server to please the registrars I have since moved to using [EasyDNS][1] for my DNS needs. Their web interface is easy to manage and gives me the flexibility I need to manage my RR sets. I also found it to be easy to work with than those provided by some hosting providers like [1 &amp; 1][2] that limit the available RR sets you can enter, or even domain registrars like [Network Solutions][3] which only works if you use Windows to manage your DNS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.easydns.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://1and1.com&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.networksolutions.com" />
  <row Id="42272" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23796" RevisionGUID="96393e31-d8ff-4089-91c8-6894cbe75e03" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:15:38.357" UserId="7862" Text="Is there a way to specify that a collection queries against a specific security group in AD, or can it only query against machines already in it's db put there via discovery methods?" />
  <row Id="42273" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23796" RevisionGUID="96393e31-d8ff-4089-91c8-6894cbe75e03" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:15:38.357" UserId="7862" Text="SCCM:  Collection that queries against a security group" />
  <row Id="42274" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23796" RevisionGUID="96393e31-d8ff-4089-91c8-6894cbe75e03" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:15:38.357" UserId="7862" Text="&lt;system-center&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;" />
  <row Id="42275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23797" RevisionGUID="2cc897e8-9191-4b4b-a2ef-067732d4835c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:15:58.653" UserId="9124" Text="I can SSH to my linux box from within my home network using it's internal IP address like 192.168.10.2.&#xD;&#xA;Or from the outside, I can connect through my external IP address like 74.23.43.98 via port forwarding on my router that I have setup to forwarding incoming connections on port 22 to the internal address 192.168.10.2.&#xD;&#xA;However, I cannot connect via my external IP address if I am at home.  This only works from outside my network.  Is this universally true or a peculiarity of my particular Motorola router?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="42276" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23797" RevisionGUID="2cc897e8-9191-4b4b-a2ef-067732d4835c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:15:58.653" UserId="9124" Text="SSH through Home Router with Port Forwarding" />
  <row Id="42277" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23797" RevisionGUID="2cc897e8-9191-4b4b-a2ef-067732d4835c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:15:58.653" UserId="9124" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;port-forwarding&gt;&lt;router&gt;" />
  <row Id="42278" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23798" RevisionGUID="ed920a8e-b620-4b05-98ec-a36789600343" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:18:52.487" UserId="1205" Text="I need to have my Apache web-server serve a lot of sites through a `&lt;Location /&gt;` structure. Unfortunately, I can't use any of the url rewriting or mass virtual hosting options that are available for Apache. I've tried.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other day I was looking into `mod_perl` and as I understand it, I can also use `mod_perl` to 'script' the Apache web server. This made me wonder if this is the solution I've been looking for. I've been searching around for specific examples of my problem but I can't seem to find anything specific about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is, to what extend can I have `mod_perl` generate my `&lt;Location /&gt;` structures at request time and what sort of variables do I have access to doing this?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42279" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23798" RevisionGUID="ed920a8e-b620-4b05-98ec-a36789600343" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:18:52.487" UserId="1205" Text="Dynamically generation &lt;Location /&gt; constructs in Apache" />
  <row Id="42280" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23798" RevisionGUID="ed920a8e-b620-4b05-98ec-a36789600343" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:18:52.487" UserId="1205" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;mod-perl&gt;" />
  <row Id="42281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23799" RevisionGUID="003d40f0-9bad-4f21-a277-8954d19821f1" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:20:28.833" UserId="1171" Text="First thing I would do is disconnect your internet connection until you have got some security in place. At least this will stop your account lock-outs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;David's suggestion of blocking all access to internal IP's and then implementing a DNZ are probably to right way to proceed." />
  <row Id="42282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23800" RevisionGUID="49e1f0d3-0e33-4968-92c9-9a4b08dc1699" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:22:16.820" UserId="1375" Text="It's a general problem relating to NAT, and local networks.  Basically, when the router rewrites 74.23.43.98 to 192.168.10.2, the source address isn't rewritten, so the destination machine sends the packets straight back to the source rather than going through the router.  Since the source machine wasn't expecting packets back from 192.168.10.2 (instead, it wants to see them coming from 74.23.43.98), it discards those packets and nothing useful gets done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your router is any good, it should be configurable to do the right thing (rewrite the source address for internal-to-internal NATed traffic), but if it isn't doing it by default it probably doesn't count as &quot;any good&quot;.  Alternately, if it's featureful you should be able to setup a second internal network for your server, which will make sure all the traffic goes through the router." />
  <row Id="42283" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23801" RevisionGUID="d053b8a9-72fe-4d83-aa96-6210d9217261" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:24:08.923" UserId="6750" Text="It should be possible (I've done it on my linksys router), though I'm not exactly sure why you want to do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First it would be worth clarifying what &quot;cannot connect&quot; means.  Can you ping your external address and get a reply?  Is sshd logging an attempt to connect?  Can you telnet through the forwarded port (to prove that the port is at least open)?" />
  <row Id="42284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23802" RevisionGUID="cdd583da-bf50-4292-89d0-a57e731e754e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:25:28.373" UserId="1375" Text="If you're just renumbering existing hardware, you can do as Zypher says and dual-address over the transition period.  If you're actually moving the services, though (say to a different hosting provider) you can use dual-NAT to redirect traffic to the old address to the new one.  This does pre-suppose either full control of the old hardware or a helpful hosting provider, and it messes with your IP access control/logging (all redirected connections will appear to come from the old address), but it's worked quite successfully for me several times when I've had to transition services between networks.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42285" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="23798" RevisionGUID="e3a16d93-b149-428e-8dec-88f86025ce1f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:29:55.047" UserId="1375" Comment="grammar fix" Text="Dynamically generating &lt;Location /&gt; constructs in Apache using mod_perl" />
  <row Id="42286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23803" RevisionGUID="62535a38-8b4b-4e59-8f9a-58b6ec28a01c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:30:14.547" UserId="7752" Text="For a good, reliable DNS setup for your domain(s), you should have ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* A minimum of two authorative DNS servers for your domain;&#xD;&#xA;* The DNS servers should be connected to different physical networks and power supplies;&#xD;&#xA;* The DNS servers should be in different geographical areas.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since it is unlikely you have access to the above network infrastructure, you're better off choosing a reputable DNS hosting provider (as others have recommended) which has the above network infrastructure." />
  <row Id="42287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23804" RevisionGUID="fcd8dea5-31aa-4a78-a555-a16793f1b9c5" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:23:46.500" Text="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to change the permission on a file so that other users could execute it, but they can't read or copy the file to another place.  I think you could do something like this on a Linux machine by using chmod +x and -r.  Could one do this in WinXP using the access control available?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42288" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23804" RevisionGUID="fcd8dea5-31aa-4a78-a555-a16793f1b9c5" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:23:46.500" Text="Could one make a file in WinXP that is executable and unreadable at the same time?" />
  <row Id="42289" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23804" RevisionGUID="fcd8dea5-31aa-4a78-a555-a16793f1b9c5" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:23:46.500" Text="&lt;winxp&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="42290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23805" RevisionGUID="e8e53b84-1b78-447f-8c82-8abf65a46e27" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:34:11.780" UserId="9052" Text="What you are looking for is a virtual alias table and can be done using the following...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First you need to edit, or create if it doesn't already exist, the */etc/postfix/virtual* file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    example.com   whatever&#xD;&#xA;    @example.com  user@example.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After this has been saved you will need to run ``postmap /etc/postfix/virtual`` in order to generate the indexed */etc/postfix/virtual.db* Postfix will read.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will then need to edit the */etc/postfix/main.cf* and be sure that you have the following line uncommented:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will actually let postfix know about the virtual alias table and use it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem with using the ``luser_relay`` option as others have mentioned is that this is treated as the user of last resorts for unknown addresses by the local delivery agent. If postfix is only handling mail for one domain this can be utilized for this but it can mask other configuration errors and will likely cause unexpected results if more than one domain is being handled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The one caveat I feel obligated to mention is that by creating a wildcard alias of this nature you are opening up your mail system to accept messages for addresses that will not exist and run the risk of having the mailbox filled quickly with spam for non-existent mailboxes." />
  <row Id="42291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23806" RevisionGUID="4ef743ea-b391-4ba7-8274-c311634f912f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:37:30.247" UserId="8961" Text="Does anyone have any experience in running Fedora DS in a VM? Are there performance issues? I imagine IO might be problematic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are looking at deploying Fedora DS onto ESX3 virtual machines. While we're planning on loadtesting using SLAMD before going to production I thought I'd ask to see if someone else had any experience with it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our current LDAP infrastructure (Sun) is reasonably busy, 500-1000 connections/minute, with &gt;6.5 million operations per day. " />
  <row Id="42292" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23806" RevisionGUID="4ef743ea-b391-4ba7-8274-c311634f912f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:37:30.247" UserId="8961" Text="Running Fedora DS in a VM" />
  <row Id="42293" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23806" RevisionGUID="4ef743ea-b391-4ba7-8274-c311634f912f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:37:30.247" UserId="8961" Text="&lt;ldap&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;&lt;fedora&gt;" />
  <row Id="42294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23807" RevisionGUID="bc6d57c3-7f1b-4500-ac1f-1a515668ff7a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:37:48.373" UserId="2467" Text="You can try enabling the **Traverse Folder/Execute File** permission (need to go to Advanced display in the file security properties). At the same time disable read permission. I haven't confirmed this, but give it a go and let us know if it works." />
  <row Id="42295" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23807" RevisionGUID="bc6d57c3-7f1b-4500-ac1f-1a515668ff7a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:37:48.373" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23808" RevisionGUID="28311d8c-289a-4412-8ad0-bd624371ed3d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:42:35.437" UserId="8199" Text="Queries in SCCM are against the SCCM database which will only contain systems that you've discovered." />
  <row Id="42297" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23806" RevisionGUID="61f96b86-c7bb-47cf-9fc0-4566754c1693" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:43:37.433" UserId="8961" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Does anyone have any experience in running Fedora DS in a VM? Are there performance issues? I imagine I/O might be problematic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are looking at deploying Fedora DS onto ESX3 virtual machines. While we're planning on loadtesting using SLAMD before going to production I thought I'd ask to see if someone else had any experience with it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our current LDAP infrastructure (Sun) is reasonably busy, 500-1000 connections/minute, with &gt;6.5 million operations per day. " />
  <row Id="42298" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23798" RevisionGUID="549ffa8c-3d63-44b9-83de-376add258e22" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:47:01.903" UserId="1205" Comment="deleted 9 characters in body" Text="I need to have my Apache web-server serve a lot of sites through a `&lt;Location /&gt;` structure. Unfortunately, I can't use any of the url rewriting or mass virtual hosting options that are available for Apache. I've tried.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other day I was looking into `mod_perl` and as I understand it, I can also use `mod_perl` to 'script' the Apache web server. This made me wonder if this is the solution I've been looking for. I've been searching around for specific examples to my problem but I can't seem to find anything specific.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is, to what extend can I have `mod_perl` generate my `&lt;Location /&gt;` structures at request time and what sort of variables do I have access to doing this?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23809" RevisionGUID="640aa162-eb2e-4864-9d84-012990055bf9" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:49:07.300" UserId="8199" Text="You can add a single machine through with the import computer information wizard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb632330.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers,&#xD;&#xA;-Mathew" />
  <row Id="42300" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23810" RevisionGUID="9c60ceb1-4759-4ae2-8c42-8ce1a4e4cffe" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:51:31.477" UserId="1674" Text="We recently brought our public DNS in house when we brought all our services in house.  This allows us to update everything as quickly as we need to.  Having geographically distributed DNS isn't a requirement for us at the moment as the web servers are all in the same site." />
  <row Id="42301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23811" RevisionGUID="fd4a8a51-b810-4190-80d7-6f23edc4c36a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:53:08.587" UserId="9052" Text="I have several machines that I manage that are behind firewalls which restrict which hosts can SSH into the network. For the most part this is not a problem as I typically have a static IP when I'm at home or in the office, but causes me no end of trouble when I'm on a remote network somewhere else. My solution was to simplify the forwarding through one of my hosts with a static IP allowed through the firewall using the ``ProxyCommand`` in my SSH client configuration. This works for me using OpenSSH, and should work with other SSH clients which support the ``ProxyCommand`` so check your client documentation if in doubt. It also requires the installation of ``netcat`` the TCP/IP swiss army knife.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Inside my *~/.ssh/config* file I have the following configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Host InternalHost&#xD;&#xA;        ProxyCommand ssh StaticHost nc %h 22&#xD;&#xA;        HostName InternatHost-FQDN&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use the short hostname to reference the configuration, allowing me to use the fully qualified domain name to reach it without using the forwarding. What this configuration does is connect to **StaticHost** and run netcat to forward to **InternalHost-FQDN** on port 22. Unless you have your SSH identity key setup to log into StaticHost &amp; InternalHost without prompting for the password you will receive two prompts for your password entry. In my case I have my SSH identity key installed on both and load the SSH key into the SSH agent and find myself logged in without any password request prompts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This configuration will also work to allow you to transfer files back and forth with InternalHost using the ``scp`` command just as easily as logging into the shell." />
  <row Id="42302" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23812" RevisionGUID="6a97b8e2-2822-4508-b81a-c5c65a5c3ef9" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:56:02.247" UserId="7752" Text="A virutual machine relies on the host machine, and its OS, to provide access to the host machine's physical CPU, memory, disk drives and other peripherals.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, no, you cannot run a virtual machine without a host machine and its OS." />
  <row Id="42303" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23812" RevisionGUID="6a97b8e2-2822-4508-b81a-c5c65a5c3ef9" CreationDate="2009-06-11T01:56:02.247" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42304" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23813" RevisionGUID="3ec847f2-640e-40d1-96a7-7126f9b872df" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:03:14.967" UserId="4387" Text="I have the best of both worlds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I host my public DNS for my websites and my MX records &quot;somewhere else&quot;. It's reliable, it's safe, it works, I can modify it at will. I pay for the service and I am happy with the value.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But at home, I run my own caching DNS server rather than rely on my ISP. My ISP has a habit of losing DNS, having slow DNS, invalid DNS, and sometimes they want to pervert DNS so that failures go to places they think I might be interested in. I am not interested in using my ISP's DNS. So I have my own caching DNS servers and do it myself. It was a little bit of effort to set up in the beginning (maybe 2 hours), but it's clean and I have reliable DNS. Once a month, a cron job interrogates the root servers and refreshes the hints table. Maybe once a year I have to fiddle with it, like sending doubleclick.com to 127.0.0.1 or similar. Other than that, it requires no intervention and it works great." />
  <row Id="42305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23814" RevisionGUID="b858d701-99bf-4399-aa4d-17935149b133" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:06:50.997" UserId="6609" Text="I've done both.  There can be benefits with hosting your own: you definitely learn a lot about how DNS works when your boss is asking you why its taking so long.  Also, you are that much more in control of your zones. This isn't always as powerful as it ought to be, in large part due to the hierarchical distributed nature of DNS - but every now and again it does come in handy.  Doubly so if you can get your provider to allocate you as the SOA for the reverse DNS of your IP block, assuming you have one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, all comments above about how you really ought to have a lot of failure resistance built in above are bang on.  Servers in different data centers in different geographical areas is important. Having managed through the massive power outage in the Northeast in 2003 - we all learned that having a box in two different data centers in the same city, or even province or state - is not necessarily protection enough. The elation that kicks in when you realize your batteries and then diesel generators saved your butt is quickly replaced with the dread caused by the realization that you are now driving on your spare tire.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do always run our internal DNS server for the LAN, however.  It can come in very handy to have complete control over the DNS that your network uses internally - and if the power goes out in your office, your internal DNS server by virtue of being in the server rack is probably on battery or battery and diesel, while your PC's will not - so your clients will be offline long before the server is." />
  <row Id="42306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23815" RevisionGUID="1704306f-29a3-40c1-903f-72571689384e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:00:14.820" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have read that some network adapters can switch to promiscuous mode and get all the packets sent by my router.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have multiple computers here connected to the same router. They all have the WEP key for authentification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So basicaly, this means that anyone of them, using the promiscuous mode, can see all the packets destined to others computers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's frightening. How can I prevent this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42307" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23815" RevisionGUID="1704306f-29a3-40c1-903f-72571689384e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:00:14.820" Text="How to protect myself from promiscuous mode?" />
  <row Id="42308" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23815" RevisionGUID="1704306f-29a3-40c1-903f-72571689384e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:00:14.820" Text="&lt;router&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="42309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23816" RevisionGUID="ca322cd4-fbe1-4bd5-95e4-285cd56326a1" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:02:53.490" Text="&lt;p&gt;Unplug from the network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Really there's not much you can do short of implementing something complex like IPSec.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS.  Probably belongs on Server Fault.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42310" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23817" RevisionGUID="97a41007-b9fc-43d1-b2d7-4a3db1011bd4" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:03:42.473" Text="&lt;p&gt;Use a switch instead of a hub ( which you likely do anyway... it's getting harder to find simple hubs these days ).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A switch will intelligently route traffic only to those ports that need it; a hub broadcast traffic to all ports.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Better switches also have a management port to allow you to control which ports get what, as well as get access to everything so that you can debug problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23818" RevisionGUID="cdc3258b-2ae9-47e2-986c-0a4d2fdd2165" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:14:37.960" UserId="9052" Text="I use a solution that is a bit more complicated but very versatile as I want to maintain some separation in SSH identity keys used for my home network servers, office servers, consulting client network servers and other various systems I have accounts on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now that said I work from Linux workstations almost exclusively so I have a USB key that is setup using LUKS encryption and my X11 window manager along with the HAL daemon detect the LUKS encrypted drive and prompt for the decryption passphrase when it is inserted and attempted to be mounted. By storing this on an encrypted drive the way I do I don't ever store my SSH keys on any workstation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then have the following configuration in my `~/.ssh/config` file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Host *&#xD;&#xA;        Protocol 2&#xD;&#xA;        IdentityFile %d/.ssh/keys.d/id_rsa.%l&#xD;&#xA;        IdentityFile %d/.ssh/keys.d/id_dsa.%l&#xD;&#xA;        IdentityFile %d/.ssh/keys.d/%u@%l&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The *%d* is translated to be the user's home directory by OpenSSH and in the *~/.ssh* directory I have created *keys.d* as a symlink to the directory path on the encrypted USB drive when it is properly mounted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The *%l* expression is translated to be the local client machines hostname and *%u* will be translated to the local client's username.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What this configuration does is allow SSH to look for a key using 3 different expressions. For instance if my local client's username was ``jdoe`` and my local client machine name were ``examplehost`` it would look in the following order until it found a key that both existed and was accepted by the remote server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /home/jdoe/.ssh/keys.d/id_rsa.examplehost&#xD;&#xA;    /home/jdoe/.ssh/keys.d/id_dsa.examplehost&#xD;&#xA;    /home/jdoe/.ssh/keys.d/jdoe@examplehost&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could even use the *%r* expression to look for a key specific for the remote server username or *%h* for the remote server hostname just like *%u* and *%l* were used." />
  <row Id="42312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23819" RevisionGUID="59c94b63-d47e-470f-b70d-1680c475b77f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:14:44.043" UserDisplayName="Rivari" Text="More details :&#xD;&#xA;I am talking about a wireless lan here (WLAN).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, the damn router is basicaly broadcasting my packets to everyone! And those in promiscuous mode can intercept it *easly*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Am I right?" />
  <row Id="42313" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23819" RevisionGUID="59c94b63-d47e-470f-b70d-1680c475b77f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:14:44.043" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23820" RevisionGUID="b2a02d60-4560-4f62-bbbe-0dbc1b9f9b76" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:15:40.517" UserId="6383" Text="Have you done the maths comparing access speeds for RAM, SSDs and disks?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you compare accessing something in RAM (1033MHz RAM) with fetching it from a disk (8ms seek time), RAM is something like 10 million times faster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now replace the disk with a SSD.  [Anandtech][1] gives a random read latency of 0.22ms for Intel's X25-M.  That's 36 times faster than the disk.  Let's be generous, and call it 100 times faster (makes my mental arithmetic easier, too).  That makes RAM 100000 times faster than SSDs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; What are particular reasons, why you buy SSD, instead of just putting more RAM in your server machine, to have it used as HDD cache or even create RAM-disk?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can cache something in RAM, then that is the way to go.  Otherwise using SSDs to cache disk data may give you some benefits.  It all depends on the amount of data needing caching vs the amount of RAM and/or SSD available for caching.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3535&amp;p=3" />
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  <row Id="42316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23821" RevisionGUID="1edad9ec-4269-45d8-afb1-23aadb5f7a76" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:19:10.807" UserId="8315" Text="Hello all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm currently using Oracle 11g on Windows 2000 Server.&#xD;&#xA;I make a full database backup (e.g. backup database plus archivelog) and I want to restore this backup on Linux.&#xD;&#xA;What are the appropriate steps to restore this backup to Linux?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: I have configured controlfile autobackup on;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best Regards,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sarith" />
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  <row Id="42318" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23821" RevisionGUID="1edad9ec-4269-45d8-afb1-23aadb5f7a76" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:19:10.807" UserId="8315" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;" />
  <row Id="42322" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23823" RevisionGUID="d0e25c05-a623-414b-983c-a4c78cd2e58f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:24:49.940" UserId="9131" Text="I have not seen a single article posted anywhere online that brings together all the settings one would need to do to make this work properly on Windows, so I thought I would post it here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To facilitate failover schemes, a common technique is to use DNS CNAME records (DNS Aliases) for different machine roles. Then instead of changing the Windows computername of the actual machine name, one can switch a DNS record to point to a new host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This can work on Microsoft Windows machines, but to make it work with file sharing the following configuration steps need to be taken.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# Outline #&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. The Problem&#xD;&#xA;2. The Solution &#xD;&#xA;    * Allowing other machines to use filesharing via the DNS Alias (DisableStrictNameChecking)&#xD;&#xA;    * Allowing server machine to use filesharing with itself via the DNS Alias (BackConnectionHostNames)&#xD;&#xA;    * Providing browse capabilities for multiple NetBIOS names (OptionalNames)&#xD;&#xA;    * Register the Kerberos service principal names (SPNs) for other Windows functions like Printing (setspn)&#xD;&#xA;3. References&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# 1. The Problem #&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Windows machines, file sharing *can* work via the computer name, with or without full qualification, or by the IP Address. By default, however, filesharing *will not work* with arbitrary DNS aliases. To enable filesharing and other Windows services to work with DNS aliases, you must make registry changes as detailed below and reboot the machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# 2. The Solution #&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## Allowing other machines to use filesharing via the DNS Alias (DisableStrictNameChecking) ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This change alone will allow other machines on the network to connect to the machine using any arbitrary hostname. (However this change will not allow a machine to connect to *itself* via a hostname, see BackConnectionHostNames below).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Edit the registry key `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters` and add a value `DisableStrictNameChecking` of type DWORD set to 1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## Allowing server machine to use filesharing with itself via the DNS Alias (BackConnectionHostNames) ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This change is necessary for a DNS alias to work with filesharing from a machine to find itself. This creates the Local Security Authority host names that can be referenced in an NTLM authentication request.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To do this, follow these steps for all the nodes on the client computer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. To the registry subkey `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\MSV1_0`, add new Multi-String Value `BackConnectionHostNames`&#xD;&#xA;2. In the Value data box, type the CNAME or the DNS alias, that is used for the local shares on the computer, and then click OK. &#xD;&#xA;    * Note: Type each host name on a separate line. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## Providing browse capabilities for multiple NetBIOS names (OptionalNames) ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Allows ability to see the network alias in the network browse list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Edit the registry key `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters` and add a value `OptionalNames` of type Multi-String&#xD;&#xA;2. Add in a newline delimited list of names that should be registered under the NetBIOS browse entries&#xD;&#xA;    * Names should match NetBIOS conventions (i.e. not FQDN, just hostname)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## Register the Kerberos service principal names (SPNs) for other Windows functions like Printing (setspn) ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NOTE: Should not need to do this for basic functions to work, documented here for completeness. We had one situation in which the DNS alias was not working because there was an old SPN record interfering, so if other steps aren't working check if there are any stray SPN records.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You must register the Kerberos service principal names (SPNs), the host name, and the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) for all the new DNS alias (CNAME) records. If you do not do this, a Kerberos ticket request for a DNS alias (CNAME) record may fail and return the error code `KDC_ERR_S_SPRINCIPAL_UNKNOWN`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To view the Kerberos SPNs for the new DNS alias records, use the Setspn command-line tool (`setspn.exe`). The Setspn tool is included in Windows Server 2003 Support Tools. You can install Windows Server 2003 Support Tools from the Support\Tools folder of the Windows Server 2003 startup disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How to use the tool to list all records for a computername:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    setspn -L computername&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To register the SPN for the DNS alias (CNAME) records, use the Setspn tool with the following syntax:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    setspn -A host/your_ALIAS_name computername&#xD;&#xA;    setspn -A host/your_ALIAS_name.company.com computername&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# 3. References #&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the Microsoft references work via: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Connecting to SMB share on a Windows 2000-based computer or a Windows Server 2003-based computer may not work with an alias name&#xD;&#xA;    * Covers the basics of making file sharing work properly with DNS alias records from other computers to the server computer.&#xD;&#xA;    * KB281308&#xD;&#xA;2. Error message when you try to access a server locally by using its FQDN or its CNAME alias after you install Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1: &quot;Access denied&quot; or &quot;No network provider accepted the given network path&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    * Covers how to make the DNS alias work with file sharing from the file server itself. &#xD;&#xA;    * KB926642&#xD;&#xA;3. How to consolidate print servers by using DNS alias (CNAME) records in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows 2000 Server &#xD;&#xA;    * Covers more complex scenarios in which records in Active Directory may need to be updated for certain services to work properly and for browsing for such services to work properly, how to register the Kerberos service principal names (SPNs). &#xD;&#xA;    * KB870911&#xD;&#xA;4. Distributed File System update to support consolidation roots in Windows Server 2003&#xD;&#xA;    * Covers even more complex scenarios with DFS (discusses OptionalNames).&#xD;&#xA;    * KB829885&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42323" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23823" RevisionGUID="d0e25c05-a623-414b-983c-a4c78cd2e58f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:24:49.940" UserId="9131" Text="How to Configure Windows Machine to Allow File Sharing with DNS Alias" />
  <row Id="42324" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23823" RevisionGUID="d0e25c05-a623-414b-983c-a4c78cd2e58f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:24:49.940" UserId="9131" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;netbios&gt;&lt;file-sharing&gt;&lt;alias&gt;" />
  <row Id="42325" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23824" RevisionGUID="8ef9f14e-1afd-4142-a446-5c9586c4ed3d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:25:33.153" UserId="9131" Text="Doesn't need an answer, just a post for future reference/to help out others. Thanks." />
  <row Id="42326" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23825" RevisionGUID="87d904b1-f943-4293-a9e9-abf00ef389d7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:25:43.323" UserId="919" Text="End-to-End Encryption is the only way to stop it. Use IPSec or SSL/TLS. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And even this won't stop simple traffic analysis or signal intelligence. " />
  <row Id="42327" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23825" RevisionGUID="87d904b1-f943-4293-a9e9-abf00ef389d7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:25:43.323" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23826" RevisionGUID="b4d350dd-dfe9-44e6-8528-9735e1a5f82f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:26:55.350" UserId="9052" Text="I use Postgrey with Postfix myself and I do have external MX hosts that have their priority set so they should only receive mail if the main server can't be reached. In some cases these MX servers are not administered by me so I can't assume the mail coming from them is not spam.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The way Postgrey works it looks at a tuple of sending IP, sender address and recipient address. For mail coming through an MX the sending IP will always be that of your MX. Which while yes you could whitelist the IP, it would defeat the purpose of greylisting in the first place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you are certain that the mail being sent to your mail server from an MX is not spam I would suggest not trying to short-circuit the greylisting process. If the mail is regular then the delay will only occur when a new tuple is seen and mail will flow smoothly through thereafter." />
  <row Id="42329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23827" RevisionGUID="4bf5c527-3a02-4b1d-b1f4-9c7538d1ec1f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:37:22.587" UserId="2489" Text="We use this technique as documented [warm standby][1].   You did a much better job documenting it than I did.  I didn't know about the backConnection option.  And we reduce our attack space by not using netBIOS.  We're not using the SPN either.  Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8714/warm-standby-with-windows-server-2003" />
  <row Id="42330" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23027" RevisionGUID="35d34907-211b-4b04-8f05-3aa76fe9bf00" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:38:45.220" UserId="8805" Comment="added 7 characters in body" Text="[Google Analytics][1] anyone? Free, Javascript based, so no need for server side languages. In depth coverage of hits&lt;s&gt;, bots too.&lt;/s&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/analytics/" />
  <row Id="42332" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23829" RevisionGUID="6f5159bc-fa23-4b81-8be3-0c7f0dba553b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:41:48.367" UserId="4881" Text="WEP has been completely broken since at least 2007.  Bruce Schneier has a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/04/breaking_wep_in.html&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, both WEP and WPA-PSK use the same encryption key for all computers connected to the AP, so any computer on the network can see all packets by design.  You want WPA2-Enterprise, which uses username/password authentication and uses a different session key for every client.  Setting up WPA2-Enterprise requires a RADIUS server; you can either set up your own (there are step-by-step instructions available on teh intarwebz) or outsource to e.g. witopia.net.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42333" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23829" RevisionGUID="6f5159bc-fa23-4b81-8be3-0c7f0dba553b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:41:48.367" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42334" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23830" RevisionGUID="ece4a79e-d189-464c-876c-8e87d8e0683e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:44:14.447" UserDisplayName="James" Text="situation: 100users, over a dozen sites, all connected by thinclients to Windows Terminal servers on various 1.5/256 or 2m/2m links.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;I have currently blocked the loading of flash content on websites in IE7 by group policy, to preserve bandwidth - ThinClients are not too good at rendering streaming video. This has been fine for the past 4 years, but now, more and more websites are neglecting to offer up non flash content in lieu to browse their sites.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Firefox has a plug-in to allow the user to CLICK ON flash content containers, to have them load on demand, but the plugin doesn't play nicely for all users and has to be added manually by each user it seems - anyone on a termserv environment done this?&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;is there any other options you know of that will make this possible (ie: to only load individual flash content on demand by the user, and therefor they will understand why their session is slow)? What about another browser? I have played with Opera, and Chrome, (but Chrome doesn't load on my terminal servers nicely, graphics appear truncated)&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Or, is there a way to make flash content play nicely on lowspec, low bandwidth thin clients?&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Any hints or tips for young players?" />
  <row Id="42335" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23830" RevisionGUID="ece4a79e-d189-464c-876c-8e87d8e0683e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:44:14.447" UserDisplayName="James" Text="Flash website management on a Windows Terminal Server." />
  <row Id="42336" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23830" RevisionGUID="ece4a79e-d189-464c-876c-8e87d8e0683e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:44:14.447" UserDisplayName="James" Text="&lt;terminal-server&gt;&lt;internet-explorer&gt;" />
  <row Id="42337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23831" RevisionGUID="ccc27c6b-9e80-4f41-955d-28d76ce78edc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:48:21.803" UserId="6609" Text="I was working for an Internet marketing company as the systems / database administrator. I had given a fellow employee (now good friend) read/write access to a web advertising system we were building - a sort of DoubleClick.net platform style thing but just for us, so we could manage all our ads across various networks.  We were writing a new reporting module to gather data on something or other and he was playing around and did the classic SQL newbie mistake:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    update advertisements set url='something' &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Without the where clause. So that afternoon, when the boss came in and asked &quot;why are all of our banner ads pointing at the Tragically Hip??&quot; I really had no idea... the Hip being a popular Canadian band, my colleague had basically sent tens of thousands of dollars worth of ad space that we had purchased on behalf of our clients to the website of his favorite band on accident.  We were both able to keep our jobs, though groveling was involved.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I got really good with Netsaint (the predecessor of Nagios) after that, and learned not to give SQL newbies access to production." />
  <row Id="42338" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23831" RevisionGUID="ccc27c6b-9e80-4f41-955d-28d76ce78edc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:48:21.803" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23832" RevisionGUID="9574dca1-9ec5-4f6c-be7c-0e151e7a6c37" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:55:06.877" UserId="3489" Text="Not in regards to your specific question, but as SCO has gone into Chapter 7 bankruptcy (liquidation) you should be moving off it urgently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Samba-TNG no longer exists, that got merged back in to become Samba 3, and is long obsolete.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you need AD for group policy the Samaba implementation of NT4 domains should be enough (I know companies of &gt;50 people running it). If you use the LDAP backend all the *nix systems can reference that directly." />
  <row Id="42340" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23833" RevisionGUID="b93a397d-9701-4a03-980a-d9b77ea8b0dd" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:55:19.947" UserId="5391" Text="It looks like this is not possible with the Windows telnet service.  I even tested running the service under the *local system* account with &quot;interact with desktop&quot; enabled, but that did not work (which is fine as it would have serious security implications).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an alternative to using telnet, I would recommend **PsExec**.  PsExec is part of the SysInternal tools now managed by Microsoft.  Use the **-i** option to enable desktop interaction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    psexec \\machine -u user -p password -i -w &quot;C:\application&quot; myapp.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can download PsExec [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx" />
  <row Id="42341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23834" RevisionGUID="dee21b6c-a958-40cd-b260-29a6b28cda11" CreationDate="2009-06-11T02:58:51.313" UserId="7723" Text="If you decide to host your own DNS for the love of god have TWO dns servers per site.&#xD;&#xA;One for your external DNS, direct attached to your firewall for the world to find you.  And a seperate one inside your network for your inhouse dns." />
  <row Id="42342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23835" RevisionGUID="a8e6e3e6-2957-4685-85cd-50c4111c7525" CreationDate="2009-06-11T03:02:46.220" UserId="7723" Text="The only way to protect yourself from promiscuous mode is to protection :)&#xD;&#xA;But seriously, unless you are running linux on all your machines, and compile the kernel to make sure they cant, dont allow machine access to bios/boot, and dont lock down your workstations your pretty much screwed...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where there is a will there is a way.  you can sniff a switch traffic btw..." />
  <row Id="42343" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23835" RevisionGUID="a8e6e3e6-2957-4685-85cd-50c4111c7525" CreationDate="2009-06-11T03:02:46.220" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42344" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23691" RevisionGUID="c03eca8d-2dea-4ee9-8d72-26865a5feec8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T03:09:01.123" UserId="1619" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Have you seen this article?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.ducea.com/2006/09/08/resetting-ifconfig-counters/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It suggests that unloading the network driver module and loading it back will reset the counters, and that if you have the module statically linked in the kernel, there's no other way than to reboot it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The article offers justification." />
  <row Id="42345" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23836" RevisionGUID="5004b2c1-9e1f-4bbe-a5e7-f8f1d107eb04" CreationDate="2009-06-11T03:09:42.650" UserId="2629" Text="Here is my current line of thinking for laptop labs which are used by multiple students throughout the day.  It comes down to using mobile accounts without syncing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In each class, we tell the teacher to assign a particular computer to a particular student.  [If the same student is in a different class that uses computers, they will almost certainly user a different computer, and that is okay, as in Science they won't need to access Social Studies assignments.]  The login screen shows users who have logged into a given unit before; and an &quot;other&quot; option with a username and password entry field for those who have not logged into it before.  After the initial login, the student should see their name on the login screen.  If they do not, they have the wrong computer (and, although they can log in, none of their files will be there.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is no syncing involved.  The account will act like a local account, except that any user with an entry in the Open Directory can log into the machine and create an account.  We will provide easy access to network storage so students can back up their files (and we will assume that most students, especially elementary students, will not make use of this option).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, I think it would be worthwhile to put the home folders (/Users) on a different partition.  That way, if there is a logical hard drive error or the OS is otherwise broken, there is a chance that the user's files will be okay and we can simply re-image the system partition. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This same option could work for one-to-one laptop deployments and desktops, and we could do it for consistancy, but I'm not convinced it is optimal in those cases." />
  <row Id="42346" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1209" RevisionGUID="6fc042cd-8744-48ab-85ad-f645434408fb" CreationDate="2009-06-11T03:11:11.553" UserId="661" Comment="Stupid spelling error." Text="I am currently using nginx on a single web server. It hosts mainly static content, some PHP, some Python, and some Ruby. The reason I chose it was for the lightness. I find it to use significantly less memory than Apache and I have had no problems with it thus far. My page load times have even decreased slightly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think the main benefit is the lightweight factor. If you are looking for a simple and clean web server, nginx offers a great option." />
  <row Id="42347" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23837" RevisionGUID="ebd0bec3-341a-4bd3-a011-f0a9d77416d2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T03:13:15.153" UserId="7809" Text="&gt; **When push comes to shove**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Grrr!" />
  <row Id="42348" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23837" RevisionGUID="ebd0bec3-341a-4bd3-a011-f0a9d77416d2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T03:13:15.153" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42350" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23839" RevisionGUID="1519ebaa-1c1c-403d-854e-45837ae885cf" CreationDate="2009-06-11T03:17:15.270" UserId="5989" Text="I have a libvirt/KVM server running on Ubuntu 9.04 with a variety of instances I use for testing. I was destroying instances via `virsh` and occassionally, destroying one instance would take out another. Is this normal? Because it's certainly not ideal. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    virsh # list&#xD;&#xA;     Id Name                 State&#xD;&#xA;    ----------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;     10 ubuntu904test        running&#xD;&#xA;     14 centos5test          running&#xD;&#xA;     24 ops1test             running&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    virsh # destroy ubuntu904test&#xD;&#xA;    Domain ubuntu904test destroyed&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    virsh # destroy centos5test&#xD;&#xA;    error: Failed to destroy domain centos5test&#xD;&#xA;    error: invalid domain pointer in no domain with matching id -1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    virsh # list&#xD;&#xA;     Id Name                 State&#xD;&#xA;    ----------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;     24 ops1test             running" />
  <row Id="42351" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23839" RevisionGUID="1519ebaa-1c1c-403d-854e-45837ae885cf" CreationDate="2009-06-11T03:17:15.270" UserId="5989" Text="Strange libvirt/KVM issue, destroying instances?" />
  <row Id="42352" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23839" RevisionGUID="1519ebaa-1c1c-403d-854e-45837ae885cf" CreationDate="2009-06-11T03:17:15.270" UserId="5989" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;kvm&gt;&lt;libvirt&gt;&lt;libvirt-kvm&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="42353" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="23806" RevisionGUID="75274e87-4745-4bc0-a336-561f723bdfec" CreationDate="2009-06-11T03:20:00.880" UserId="8961" Comment="edited title" Text="Running Fedora Directory Server in a VM" />
  <row Id="42354" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23840" RevisionGUID="2c05d646-c323-44f5-836a-a5395aa1fe1a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T03:34:58.153" UserId="7682" Text="I've been testing lansweeper at my work and we're extremely happy with the product.  Some of the nicest features: free version, custom reports, custom fields to track assets or other important info, easy to install.  Currently our test is up to 300 computers and servers.  It's working great.  Highly recommend it to others." />
  <row Id="42355" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23841" RevisionGUID="6a09b68e-6e83-4aa6-a884-ab1f3bd5bdc2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T03:38:33.590" UserId="7682" Text="Check out fing.  It used to be called lookatlan.  It's a small install but will scan network and give you a simple graphical interface to see what's being used and what's not." />
  <row Id="42356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23842" RevisionGUID="78dd92f8-2173-41ee-93d6-6a131cbe2261" CreationDate="2009-06-11T03:39:53.400" UserId="1858" Text="The target machine has XP (SP2) installed, and the goal is to install Ubuntu 9.04 as a dual-boot.  Ten years ago, this would require preparing the disk with something like Partition Magic, but I think there has been progress.  Am I likely to need anything besides the Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop CD?  " />
  <row Id="42357" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23842" RevisionGUID="78dd92f8-2173-41ee-93d6-6a131cbe2261" CreationDate="2009-06-11T03:39:53.400" UserId="1858" Text="Will Ubuntu 9.04 install as a dual-boot-with-XP straight from the .iso, or will I need a separate install of GRUB or LiLo?" />
  <row Id="42358" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23842" RevisionGUID="78dd92f8-2173-41ee-93d6-6a131cbe2261" CreationDate="2009-06-11T03:39:53.400" UserId="1858" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;dual-boot&gt;" />
  <row Id="42359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23843" RevisionGUID="173892d9-9fc3-491f-adb7-9aa0d912d710" CreationDate="2009-06-11T03:42:43.957" UserId="7682" Text="asktehadmin.com always has good content.  petri.co.il also has some awesome windows articles and a large and active forum" />
  <row Id="42360" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23843" RevisionGUID="173892d9-9fc3-491f-adb7-9aa0d912d710" CreationDate="2009-06-11T03:42:43.957" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42361" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23844" RevisionGUID="e3fd2cd3-0295-4249-91a3-09933365940e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T03:47:56.097" UserDisplayName="Steve" Text="We are using a Linux server running [iscsitarget][1] that we'd like to connect to a Windows 2008 server using multipathing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have a link to good documentation on the steps necessary to configure the Windows side?  So far, we've been unable to get the traffic to utilize more than 1 network connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://iscsitarget.sourceforge.net/ &quot;iscsitarget&quot;" />
  <row Id="42362" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23844" RevisionGUID="e3fd2cd3-0295-4249-91a3-09933365940e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T03:47:56.097" UserDisplayName="Steve" Text="How to configure iSCSI MPIO on Windows 2008?" />
  <row Id="42363" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23844" RevisionGUID="e3fd2cd3-0295-4249-91a3-09933365940e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T03:47:56.097" UserDisplayName="Steve" Text="&lt;iscsi&gt;&lt;windows2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="42364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23845" RevisionGUID="0190072c-7b76-4d9e-aa7c-585e10f058c1" CreationDate="2009-06-11T03:50:57.417" UserId="4694" Text="The Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop CD is enough. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check **[WindowsDualBoot][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;section: **Resizing Partitions Using the Ubuntu Installer**&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42365" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23846" RevisionGUID="cc161ff9-3b88-43b4-b8ff-f4c50e5d29fd" CreationDate="2009-06-11T03:52:46.430" UserId="7682" Text="Pick up an old laptop on ebay.  Reformat the HD and replace the battery if necessary.  Bam!  You've got the perfect ebook reader, plus you can play solitare when you need a break from reading." />
  <row Id="42366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23847" RevisionGUID="e1133b67-c23f-43cf-bde4-27f0b88df91b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:04:41.960" UserId="4562" Text="I would look into the WUBI install as well.  It's a simple way to get Ubuntu on your machine and if you want to uninstall you can do so by simply going into Add/Remove programs." />
  <row Id="42367" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23658" RevisionGUID="be10ea80-898d-4125-b995-0b5d910e593a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:12:18.250" UserId="8549" Comment="added 10 characters in body" Text="I have yet to meet an user dedicated enough to keep his/her mailbox tidy, not to mention moving sent messages to the PST in order to keep the storage quota in shape. The most common reason being that they just don't find an easy way to create a Rule to do that. So basically I was wondering if there's any tip/script you would like to share to help me make their lives a bit easier?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks much in advance!" />
  <row Id="42368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23848" RevisionGUID="154c2f10-8e66-4298-9b9f-34f78f9254a6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:14:47.527" UserId="3489" Text="As with all LDAP directories you should be aiming to keep all the DB in RAM, these days even a few million objects is easy, and disk IO is really where the problem usually is with VMs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously writes have to hit metal, but normally LDAP is over 95% reads, but check your actual op breakdown to confirm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other potential issue is the context switch overhead of VMs is much higher so there'll always be a bit more latency then on bare metal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42369" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23849" RevisionGUID="eb24c9a0-2294-4d6d-9391-6be9d017749d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:16:26.150" UserId="5989" Text="I've cut back on my RSS reader dramatically. Mostly its web comics, which is about 8 or 10 sites now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I try to follow high quality content sources and interesting people on Twitter. Most of the blog authors I had in RSS are on Twitter and link their latest post. A lot of colleagues, friends and acquaintances I know in Ruby on Rails and Web Operations are on Twitter, and post links to blog posts, news articles and other sites I find valuable and interesting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's like getting a &quot;best of&quot; without having to sift through all the crap. Other people did it for me. It's the ultimate in laziness." />
  <row Id="42370" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23849" RevisionGUID="eb24c9a0-2294-4d6d-9391-6be9d017749d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:16:26.150" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23850" RevisionGUID="dbb62ae9-473a-4606-afe2-40a7e8ba910d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:17:45.367" UserId="9136" Text="Before we sent the Vista machine off we backed up via the Migration Wizard and with MS Backup onto a portable drive.  When the machine came back with a new HDD we installed vista and ran MIG.  Some clown got the MIG process backwards and overwrote the data with the blank Vista profile.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Luckily we have a complete backup, files are back but nothing else is.  The most important part is Outlook.  Obviously just dropping the files into the profile is no good, what now?" />
  <row Id="42372" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23850" RevisionGUID="dbb62ae9-473a-4606-afe2-40a7e8ba910d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:17:45.367" UserId="9136" Text="How to recover outlook settings from backup?" />
  <row Id="42373" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23850" RevisionGUID="dbb62ae9-473a-4606-afe2-40a7e8ba910d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:17:45.367" UserId="9136" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;recovery&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="42374" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23851" RevisionGUID="1684ea28-b4a8-4729-a50c-e2aa7a97d62b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:18:26.410" UserId="3489" Text="This used to be possible in Novell Netware, although these days I don't see an analog in NTFS file permissions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did just test --x permissions on a linux box and while it works with ELF binaries it's unlikely to work with scripts." />
  <row Id="42375" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23851" RevisionGUID="1684ea28-b4a8-4729-a50c-e2aa7a97d62b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:18:26.410" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42379" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23853" RevisionGUID="565578ab-7852-477e-90be-8a2d58952d7f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:28:25.617" Text="&lt;p&gt;Cron jobs can run at the same time. Your problem is something else. .. or .. the script is running as root. Maybe what you're trying to run has its own method of preventing more than one instance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23854" RevisionGUID="aebd7c28-f7e5-4161-ba7d-c451b0aba9c0" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:28:26.133" Text="&lt;p&gt;Did you use crontab -e to edit the crontab?  It may be that crontab has not noticed your change, you must use this command to edit/install new crontabs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42381" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23855" RevisionGUID="7165988d-b435-471d-b846-92b4ee9c742c" CreationDate="2009-06-10T13:29:42.760" UserId="2439" Text="&lt;p&gt;I have never heard of cron silently disabling cron jobs because others were scheduled for the same time. That should work, so I guess your problem is elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW, this sounds like something for serverfault.com.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23857" RevisionGUID="bd6323d7-b2f6-4993-93ac-70c4fcb0a757" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:23:30.037" UserId="3489" Text="That's not an RFC822 e-mail, spamassassin may simply be giving up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might have some test mails in /usr/share/doc/spamassassin/examples/ that are a better test." />
  <row Id="42386" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23858" RevisionGUID="e45b1a15-7814-439f-9a6d-b966c07f4bd8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:27:02.447" UserId="3273" Text="I use centOS5, &#xD;&#xA;but these files of /tmp is deleted automatically when time passes.&#xD;&#xA; What kind of structure will this kill him in? &#xD;&#xA;In addition, How  to stop this?" />
  <row Id="42387" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23858" RevisionGUID="e45b1a15-7814-439f-9a6d-b966c07f4bd8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:27:02.447" UserId="3273" Text="Why files removed in /tmp?" />
  <row Id="42388" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23858" RevisionGUID="e45b1a15-7814-439f-9a6d-b966c07f4bd8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:27:02.447" UserId="3273" Text="&lt;centos&gt;" />
  <row Id="42389" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21382" RevisionGUID="ae8b9572-e98a-47f9-87c7-f0a38e53de52" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:27:24.020" UserId="2711" Comment="Highlighting part of answer." Text="You are running Windows 2003 SP1? That went out of support in April, so your OS does not get any security patches anymore. You need to upgrade to SP2 ASAP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**SP2 also has lots of random bug fixes in it - there is a chance your issue could go away.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh and FYI Citrix 4 goes EOM (End of Maintenance, no more bug fixes) at the end of this month June 09, and EOL (End of Life, no more security patches or any other patches) at the end of Dec 09. Enjoy your upgrade cycle!" />
  <row Id="42390" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23859" RevisionGUID="255c0648-6bbb-41ae-a970-957b4eda33d7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:28:22.023" UserId="3489" Text="/etc/rc.local would be my first guess, but you might just want to try searching /etc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add something obvious, eg:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;TEST SubsequentBoot&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then grep /etc/ for it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    grep -r SubsequentBoot /etc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's not in /etc try looking in /var, /boot, /opt, /usr/local (rough order of liklihood)" />
  <row Id="42391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23860" RevisionGUID="6a756c79-d0f1-429e-9fda-86c287a3a444" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:31:49.333" UserId="301" Text="If you have `tmpwatch` installed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # rpm -qa | grep tmpwatch&#xD;&#xA;    tmpwatch-2.9.7-1.1.el5.2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then that will be clearing your `/tmp` regularly (it _is_ called tmp for a reason)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`tmpwatch` is run from cron on a daily basis, check out `/etc/cron.daily/tmpwatch`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42392" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23861" RevisionGUID="12f79468-17b6-43c9-8c4c-aa0aa821f2ce" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:32:59.033" UserId="7720" Text="In my environment, I have several projects that involve running NTFS ACL audit reports and various ACL cleanup activities on a number of file servers. There are two main reasons why I cannot perform these activities locally on the servers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) I do not have local access to the servers as they are actually owned and administered by another company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) They are Linux NAS servers so even if I could get local access, I'm not sure of the availability of tools to perform the operations I need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With that out of the way, I ended up rolling my own ACL audit reporting tool that would recurse down the filesystem starting at a specified top-level path and would spit out an HTML report on all the groups/users it encountered on the ACLs as well as showing the changes in permissions as it descended the tree. While developing this tool, I found out that the network overhead was the worst part of doing these operations and by multi-threading the process, I could achieve substantially greater performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I'm still stuck for finding a good tool to perform the ACL modifications and cleanup. Your standard out of the box tools (cacls, xcacls, Explorer) seem to be single-threaded and suffer significant performance penalty when going across the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The Question**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any faster tools than Explorer or CACLS for performing NTFS ACL modifications across the network?" />
  <row Id="42393" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23861" RevisionGUID="12f79468-17b6-43c9-8c4c-aa0aa821f2ce" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:32:59.033" UserId="7720" Text="Setting NTFS ACLs over the network - Is there a faster way?" />
  <row Id="42394" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23861" RevisionGUID="12f79468-17b6-43c9-8c4c-aa0aa821f2ce" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:32:59.033" UserId="7720" Text="&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;acl&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="42395" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23798" RevisionGUID="57a5d53d-800e-417a-ac17-a028fe6c76cb" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:35:08.093" UserId="1205" Comment="rephrase" Text="I need to have my Apache web-server serve a lot of sites through `&lt;Location /&gt;` structures. The last thing I want is a massive file with every single `&lt;Location /&gt;` structure for every single site in there (not even a generated one). I've been looking into `mod_rewrite` and some of the mass virtual hosting modules available for Apache but, unfortunately, I did not find what I was looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other day I was looking into `mod_perl` and as I understand it, I can use `mod_perl` to 'script' the Apache web server. This made me wonder if this is the solution I've been looking for? I've been searching around for specific examples to my problem but I can't seem to find anything specific.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is, to what extend can I have `mod_perl` generate my `&lt;Location /&gt;` structures at request time and what sort of variables do I have access to while doing this?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42396" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23862" RevisionGUID="b7ad28e1-a04a-417e-9bf5-9e8e761da688" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:42:59.217" UserId="4733" Text="ok, this has nothing to do with tech terms, but when people refer to the Sept 11 tragedy as 'nine-one-one'...its 'NINE-ELEVEN'...the date...NOT the emergency number.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again, 'nine-one-one' is the number you call for emergency services&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;'Nine-eleven' is the term used to describe the Sept 11 tragedy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42397" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23862" RevisionGUID="b7ad28e1-a04a-417e-9bf5-9e8e761da688" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:42:59.217" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42398" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23863" RevisionGUID="22bf0422-5a60-41f0-b56f-79b4c67c9891" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:46:35.480" UserId="6132" Text="We need a proactive synergistic approach to our methodology." />
  <row Id="42399" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23863" RevisionGUID="22bf0422-5a60-41f0-b56f-79b4c67c9891" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:46:35.480" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23864" RevisionGUID="441d7443-b16b-4d00-a072-8d504a344ca3" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:46:46.277" UserId="4733" Text="When I switch users mahcines I backup the .pst, located in  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;C:\Documents and Settings\userprofile\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, on the new machine, I setup an Outlook account with the users email address, password, etc.  Outlook will create a new .pst, which I overwrite with the old one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Restart Outlook and you're good to go.  " />
  <row Id="42401" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23865" RevisionGUID="720bdfaf-6d5f-40a4-bb0d-4efcc194b8da" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:47:09.113" UserId="2711" Text="GO to your IPSEC policy on your domain controllers, and configure them to drop all traffic that is not coming from your internal network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you absolutely need some external traffic coming in (e.g. you are a small business and are running SBS or RRAS) then allow the ports they require through IPSEC on a case-by-case basis." />
  <row Id="42402" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23865" RevisionGUID="f5f2b5a1-647d-4db2-a210-eb3b1764e359" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:52:45.123" UserId="2711" Comment="added 154 characters in body; added 109 characters in body; added 26 characters in body" Text="Go to your firewall policy on your domain controllers, and configure them to drop all traffic that is not coming from your internal network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you absolutely need some external traffic coming in (e.g. you are a small business and are running SBS or RRAS) then allow the ports they require on a case-by-case basis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This page will get you started on configuring an appropriate firewall on your 2008 server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/network/bb531150.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and if you want to jump right into the interface:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730971(WS.10).aspx (SF breaks the URL a bit)" />
  <row Id="42403" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23866" RevisionGUID="c967321b-eafb-4b15-aaac-fc38504cd294" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:54:47.180" UserId="4011" Text="Hi David,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your environment sounds a little strange (NTFS running on Linux?) - however, if you can access and modify ACLs from another Windows box then have you considered using PowerShell? It has simple get-acl and set-acl cmdlets that will do what you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's an MS article on doing the simple stuff: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/csc/tips/ps/acl.mspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The beauty of PowerShell is it's flexibility, so for example you could easily read in a set of desired ACLs, possibly with some rules, and then get PowerShell to go and do it for you...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only thing will be performance - I'm honestly not sure if it will be faster than running CACLS in a CMD/batch file or not...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mike" />
  <row Id="42404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23867" RevisionGUID="1afd6f87-c1f1-4d1c-8519-ab702f71388c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T04:55:37.037" UserId="3489" Text="The short answer appears to be that there's no independent reviews yet, even the big Drobo lovers that are backed by Data Robotics are lucky if they have one Drobo Pro, so I think the answer is to wait.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's also no good reason why iSCSI should be that much faster then firewire, as iSCSI has a lot of overhead, if anything 10-15% would make sense. Although firewire can be quite significantly affected by the chipset." />
  <row Id="42405" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23861" RevisionGUID="f58c140d-ee6a-44f5-ad55-53f6da907055" CreationDate="2009-06-11T05:07:17.560" UserId="7720" Comment="Clarified the server type" Text="In my environment, I have several projects that involve running NTFS ACL audit reports and various ACL cleanup activities on a number of file servers. There are two main reasons why I cannot perform these activities locally on the servers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) I do not have local access to the servers as they are actually owned and administered by another company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) They are [SNAP NAS servers][1] which run a modified Linux OS (called GuardianOS) so even if I could get local access, I'm not sure of the availability of tools to perform the operations I need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With that out of the way, I ended up rolling my own ACL audit reporting tool that would recurse down the filesystem starting at a specified top-level path and would spit out an HTML report on all the groups/users it encountered on the ACLs as well as showing the changes in permissions as it descended the tree. While developing this tool, I found out that the network overhead was the worst part of doing these operations and by multi-threading the process, I could achieve substantially greater performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I'm still stuck for finding a good tool to perform the ACL modifications and cleanup. Your standard out of the box tools (cacls, xcacls, Explorer) seem to be single-threaded and suffer significant performance penalty when going across the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The Question**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any faster tools than Explorer or CACLS for performing NTFS ACL modifications across the network?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.overlandstorage.com/us/products/ss650.html" />
  <row Id="42406" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23741" RevisionGUID="37c2c72d-8f1a-41bb-b0ee-f0b938cb9c12" CreationDate="2009-06-11T05:10:46.430" UserId="2363" Comment="added 11 characters in body" Text="&lt;p&gt;A couple of free, bare-metal virtualization software options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vmware.com/products/esxi/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;VMWare ESXi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/hyper-v-server/en/us/default.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42407" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23868" RevisionGUID="8e84c6c5-1b5b-4ee6-b1e5-c9290cbb63ee" CreationDate="2009-06-11T05:13:12.807" UserId="6383" Text="The best thing to do is ask yourself why you are storing long-lived files in /tmp in the first place.  And then change the way you work so that it doesn't happen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/tmp (tmp is short for temporary) is designed for short-lived (scratch) files which are created, used and deleted in a short period of time.  It can also hold some sockets which are re-created every boot (X11 does this).  I think most backup software will skip /tmp by default, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have an application that insists on keeping anything other than scratch files in /tmp, file a bug report." />
  <row Id="42408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23869" RevisionGUID="b84ca453-e51e-4a99-b0df-5c1ef161b60b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T05:17:36.307" UserId="7200" Text="You might have a look at SetACL (http://setacl.sourceforge.net/). It's available as an ActiveX control, so you may be able to integrate it with your custom code in a multithreaded fashion." />
  <row Id="42409" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23870" RevisionGUID="2425749b-c4c4-4439-8d9a-60ef437f9e14" CreationDate="2009-06-11T05:18:36.430" UserId="2783" Text="You just need to enable POP or IMAP on Exchange.  Go into services.msc and enable the appropriate services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Technet instructions for Exchange 2007: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124489.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or Exchange 2003: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996393(EXCHG.65).aspx" />
  <row Id="42410" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23870" RevisionGUID="2425749b-c4c4-4439-8d9a-60ef437f9e14" CreationDate="2009-06-11T05:18:36.430" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42411" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23871" RevisionGUID="229e9f62-245a-40a3-8b79-96b21f7edee7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T05:20:22.153" UserId="4011" Text="Go get the latest ISO from Ubuntu.com (unless you have a need for more than 4Gb mem, get the 32-bit version), unpack it onto a memory stick then install away (well reboot your PC!) - just make sure there's enough space for your Ubuntu installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the early parts of the setup process is a &quot;Partition Magic&quot;-dual-boot-builder-on-steroids interface.... Makes a mockery of how we used to do this in the 'old days'!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mike" />
  <row Id="42412" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23872" RevisionGUID="3349e739-598d-4e52-856c-f1b1ce44f9fe" CreationDate="2009-06-11T05:20:33.430" UserId="4562" Text="Are you an end user or are you in charge of administering the server? What version of Exchange are you running? Here are a couple links to get you started:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Exchange 2003][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Exchange 2007][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123880.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124489.aspx" />
  <row Id="42413" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23872" RevisionGUID="3349e739-598d-4e52-856c-f1b1ce44f9fe" CreationDate="2009-06-11T05:20:33.430" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42414" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23792" RevisionGUID="89618e15-7645-4a3f-8689-3af40b72be29" CreationDate="2009-06-11T05:22:29.603" UserId="3038" Comment="Added example" Text="If we KNOW we will be moving an IP address, we turn down the TTLs for that record. That tells the DNS servers on the internet how long to keep that IP in cache. When we move it over, the rest of the 'net catches up fairly quickly. Once the move is done, we move the TTL's back to their normal value.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We did this a couple weeks back when we needed to change our MX record. It uses the same steps as an IP change. First, we lowered the TTLs for the MX records from 1 day to 5 minutes. We then waited 2 days for the change to propagate. We updated the MX records on our DNS servers, and within 10 minutes every client on our network was using the new data. Looking at mail logs, it took about 2-3 hours for the rest of the internet to catch up. Once the change was made, we then raised the TTLs back to their previous default." />
  <row Id="42417" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23873" RevisionGUID="ae2f736f-cda3-4af1-81ef-2929e2d15317" CreationDate="2009-06-11T05:27:25.570" UserId="7224" Text="It depends.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've run my own DNS for my various jobs since the late 80s (BSD 4.3c).  For work, I've always hosted my own DNS, but I've always had multiple datacenter locations, or was able to exchange secondary DNS with a partner.  For example, at my last job we did secondary DNS for a different .EDU (they were in MN, we are in CA), and they did the same for us.  Geographical and network diversity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, at my present job we have our own east and west coast (US) datacenters.  Hosting our own DNS lets us put in whatever unusual DNS records we might need (SVR, TXT, etc.) that might not be supported by some of GUI DNS services.  And, we can change TTLs whenever we like; we have pretty much ultimate flexibility, at the cost of doing it ourselves.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For home stuff, I've done it both ways.  For some domains where I'm doing unusual stuff, or need lots of flexibility, I still run my own &quot;hidden&quot; master DNS servers and exchange public DNS services with others who are doing the same.  I use RCS to version control zone files for configuration management, so I can see the whole history of zone changes back to the beginning of time.    For simple things like a domain with a single blog or generic web servers (one A record, or one CNAME), it's just easier to use a domain registrars DNS service where available and now worry about CM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a tradeoff.  Ultimate control and flexibility comes at the cost of handling diversity on your own, running multiple servers, dealing with hardware/software failures, etc.  If you don't need the flexibility or total control, then any of the top-tier DNS providers will solve your problem, probably at a lower total cost." />
  <row Id="42418" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23874" RevisionGUID="8fb1579b-5001-4ab2-b0f2-54c3de49b730" CreationDate="2009-06-11T05:27:30.187" UserId="4011" Text="Standard off-the-shelf wireless is not secure. Period.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you say that you find this 'frightening' what is the possible ramification you are thinking of? Are you running a bank? If so, then you should buy some proper wireless (see Brad Ackerman's post)...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It'll take more than a PC enthusiast to 'capture' the packets, and a relatively experienced hacker to actually put the packets together into something useful. In short, regardless of what you read in the media, an experienced individual would have to work very hard to get your data into a usable form and either cause any damage/use the data against you. Don't let paranoia get to you!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A cheap solution is to put the wireless router 'outside' your network - i.e. in the DMZ part of your router (assuming it has one) - and then VPN into the inside of your network - ensuring that you/Windows is encrypting traffic over the VPN - not all do. That would give you security - just not in the way/spirit that WEP/WPA was intended!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mike&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42419" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23874" RevisionGUID="8fb1579b-5001-4ab2-b0f2-54c3de49b730" CreationDate="2009-06-11T05:27:30.187" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42420" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="23858" RevisionGUID="ad5e1da0-80d6-4724-81a3-ec5b8cb30070" CreationDate="2009-06-11T05:32:28.867" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags; edited title" Text="Why are files being removed from /tmp?" />
  <row Id="42421" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="23858" RevisionGUID="ad5e1da0-80d6-4724-81a3-ec5b8cb30070" CreationDate="2009-06-11T05:32:28.867" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;centos&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;tmp&gt;&lt;tmpwatch&gt;" />
  <row Id="42422" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23875" RevisionGUID="399b6b2a-e2ef-4cab-8690-cff6d327e9d4" CreationDate="2009-06-11T05:33:41.190" UserId="2783" Text="It actually looks like this post is an exact duplicate of http://serverfault.com/questions/23528/outlook-imap-connection-to-exchange which already has some good answers." />
  <row Id="42423" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23875" RevisionGUID="399b6b2a-e2ef-4cab-8690-cff6d327e9d4" CreationDate="2009-06-11T05:33:41.190" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42424" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23876" RevisionGUID="30c70a31-fdd4-4def-91ab-42656dc7fdb2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T05:34:13.327" UserId="7224" Text="I'll second LapTop006's answer.  As an aside, it looks like you might have some obsolete stuff there, and making &quot;fixing authentication&quot; part of an overall upgrade would be a good idea.  Of course, that would cost a fair amount of time, although you could probably re-use all your hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd go one of two ways:  spend the $$ for Windows Server and run AD domain controllers, and run the AD PAM modules for the Linux boxen, -OR- go with the SAMBA NT4 authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You mentioned how many people you have but not how many computers, or what the OS mix is.  That could make a difference.  If you have 70% Windows, then AD.  If you have mostly UNIX/Linux and a few Windows XP, then SAMBA." />
  <row Id="42425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23877" RevisionGUID="c86cd999-0dbb-4ccb-ba19-d00746da63d2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T05:36:13.367" UserId="5922" Text="People have already mentioned using Samba. Another alternative would be a free directory server such as [Apache Directory Server][1] or simply [OpenLDAP][2]. SCO and Slackware would be able to authenticate against either of those just fine. On the Windows machines you could install [pGina][3] and use its LDAP plugin to do the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://directory.apache.org/apacheds/1.5/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.openldap.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pgina/" />
  <row Id="42426" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23102" RevisionGUID="6940c771-d55e-4670-9931-535122986e7a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T05:57:47.553" UserDisplayName="Rizwan" Comment="added 499 characters in body" Text="I have seven Sites. Each Site contains about 15 to 20 users who are connect via ADSL and lease line. My question is how to design a network infrastructure. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To Solve above problem I Create One Domain Controller &amp; Additional Domain Controller in Head Office. ADSL Line is connected to Sonicwall. Sonicwall provide the VPN connectivity. Lease Line is configure by using Cisco 3600 Router.On Site a place Sonicwall and establish VPN connectivity with Head Office.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now my question is can i place child domain controller on each site. If yes whats will be the benefits. On each site Server 2003 is running. Currently i put the server 2003 in domain only.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42427" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23878" RevisionGUID="d3741cd4-a966-4304-af02-91adb7b7bedd" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:05:30.250" UserId="9140" Text="That crontab you posted is set up to only run at 00:05 the 10th every month, is this what you wanted?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please check that your script in /opt has executeable permissions, and that it's prorperly calling up sh. You can try this by simply running the script in the console (by using its full path, dont put &quot;sh&quot; in front of the command)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try to check the directory /var/spool/cron/ for your username, the cron file should be there (somewhere - I don't have access to a system right now). " />
  <row Id="42428" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23878" RevisionGUID="d3741cd4-a966-4304-af02-91adb7b7bedd" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:05:30.250" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42429" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23879" RevisionGUID="1916fd1d-fdce-4120-b544-82dbbe10a597" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:07:10.247" UserId="604" Text="* At the end of the day&#xD;&#xA;* Due diligence&#xD;&#xA;* Let's take this discussion offline&#xD;&#xA;* Circle back around&#xD;&#xA;* Ping&#xD;&#xA;* Let me know" />
  <row Id="42430" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23879" RevisionGUID="1916fd1d-fdce-4120-b544-82dbbe10a597" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:07:10.247" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42431" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23788" RevisionGUID="534e0b3d-0c72-44fe-8b3f-3c4f6a976040" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:09:48.650" UserId="58" Comment="edited body" Text="Hi folks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  I'm trying to configure my IIS7 compression settings in my web.config file. I'm trying to enable HTTP 1.0 requests to be gzip.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MSDN has all the info [about it here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to have this config info in my own website's web.config file? Or do i need to set it at an application level? Currently, I have that code in my web.config...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;system.webServer&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;urlCompression &#xD;&#xA;            doDynamicCompression=&quot;true&quot; &#xD;&#xA;            dynamicCompressionBeforeCache=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;httpCompression &#xD;&#xA;            cacheControlHeader=&quot;max-age=86400&quot; &#xD;&#xA;            noCompressionForHttp10=&quot;False&quot; &#xD;&#xA;            noCompressionForProxies=&quot;False&quot; &#xD;&#xA;            sendCacheHeaders=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        ... other stuff snipped ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/system.webServer&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not working :( HTTP 1.1 requests are getting compressed, just not 1.0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That MSDN page above says that it can be used in :-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  Machine.config &#xD;&#xA; -  ApplicationHost.config&#xD;&#xA; -  Root application Web.config&#xD;&#xA; -  Application Web.config &#xD;&#xA; -  Directory Web.config&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, can we set these settings on a per-website-basis, programatically in a web.config file? (this is an Application Web.config file...) What have i done wrong?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;cheers :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms690689.aspx" />
  <row Id="42432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23880" RevisionGUID="b25f2d28-fbf5-4d3a-8c44-9065b54def16" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:18:52.750" UserId="9140" Text="Is the iSCSI initiator connected to your iSCSI target? If so, please check the following (from a Qlogic KB article):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For each Target Device, confirm that it can do Multi-Path Support. On the &quot;Targets&quot; tab, select the Target and click on the &quot;Details&quot; button. On the &quot;Target Properties&quot; dialog, with the &quot;Session&quot; tab selected, listed under the &quot;This Target has the following sessions:&quot;, the Identifier will display two sessions for this Target. Select the &quot;Device&quot; tab and confirm that &quot;MPIO Capable&quot; setting for each Target Device is &quot;Multi-Path Support&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For each individual Target, you can modify the &quot;Load Balance Policy&quot; setting. From the &quot;Target Properties&quot; dialog, individually select each Target Device listed and click on the &quot;Advanced&quot; button. On the &quot;Device Details&quot; dialog, select the &quot;MPIO&quot; tab. Select &quot;Load Balance Policy&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ooops; this is for Initiator 2.0 (Windows 2003). I'm not sure if the 2008 initiator behaves the same way, I can test this out later today if you need to." />
  <row Id="42433" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23881" RevisionGUID="c1081030-2d70-4bfb-b63e-8ab713dd920d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:22:13.603" UserId="8085" Text="This looks like a bug. I suggest you fill out a bug report." />
  <row Id="42434" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23882" RevisionGUID="3683d920-4840-469b-8ce6-040d02b43db0" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:22:34.833" UserId="4131" Text="The way I have things set up I launch screen on every server I connect to if it has screen. When I disconnect and reconnect, the same screen session is reconnected. Sounds good so far, that's what everyone wants. But, if you have several windows open in screen, how do you disconnect without closing them? There are 2 options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. My preferred ssh client will disconnect if I hit &quot;`.&quot; and in my screenrc I use &quot;autodetach&quot;, but that only works remotely.&#xD;&#xA; 2. For local (or remote) screens I have my bashrc set to disconnect if I detach from screen.&#xD;&#xA;However, in rare cases you want to detach and stay connected. For that, I have some magic in my .bash_logout to complement my .bashrc magic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;###.screenrc###&#xD;&#xA;    hardstatus alwayslastline&#xD;&#xA;    hardstatus string '%{= kG} %{G}%H %{g}[%= %{=kw}%?%-Lw%?%{r}(%{W}%n*%f%t%?(%u)%?%{r})%{w}%?%+Lw%?%?%= %{g}] %{W}%c %{g}'&#xD;&#xA;    #dynamic title&#xD;&#xA;    shelltitle '# |sh'&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;    #When your ssh connection dies, screen is autodetached&#xD;&#xA;    autodetach on &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #terminfo and termcap for nice 256 color terminal&#xD;&#xA;    # allow bold colors - necessary for some reason&#xD;&#xA;    attrcolor b &quot;.I&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    # tell screen how to set colors. AB = background, AF=foreground&#xD;&#xA;    termcapinfo xterm &quot;Co#256:AB=\E[48;5;%dm:AF=\E[38;5;%dm&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    termcapinfo xterm-color &quot;Co#256:AB=\E[48;5;%dm:AF=\E[38;5;%dm&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    # erase background with current bg color&#xD;&#xA;    defbce &quot;on&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;###.bashrc###&#xD;&#xA;    # set a fancy prompt (non-color, unless we know we &quot;want&quot; color)&#xD;&#xA;    if [[ $TERM =~ xterm-.*color || $TERM =~ screen.* ]]; then&#xD;&#xA;       PS1='\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]# '&#xD;&#xA;       #if [[ $TERM =~ screen.* ]]; then&#xD;&#xA;       export SCREEN_CMD=$(which screen 2&gt;/dev/null)&#xD;&#xA;       if [[ ( $TERM =~ screen.* ) || ${SCREEN_CMD-X} != X &amp;&amp; ${SCREEN_CMD-X} != &quot;&quot; ]]; then&#xD;&#xA;          # This is the escape sequence ESC k \w ESC \&#xD;&#xA;          #Use path as title&#xD;&#xA;          #SCREENTITLE='\[\ek\w\e\\\]'&#xD;&#xA;          #Use program name as title&#xD;&#xA;          SCREENTITLE='\[\ek\e\\\]'&#xD;&#xA;       else&#xD;&#xA;          #Soliton@freenode#screen suggested screen -xRRS primary&#xD;&#xA;          echo ^[k$(hostname|sed &quot;s/\..*//&quot;)^[\\&#xD;&#xA;          export SCREEN_CMD=$(which screen 2&gt;/dev/null)&#xD;&#xA;          if [[ ${SCREEN_CMD-X} != X &amp;&amp; ${SCREEN_CMD-X} != &quot;&quot; ]]; then&#xD;&#xA;             screen -xRRS primary &amp;&amp; unset SCREEN_CMD &amp;&amp; [[ $(stat -c %Y .screen_do_not_disconnect 2&gt;/dev/null || stat -f %m .screen_do_not_disconnect 2&gt;/dev/null) -gt 0 ]] || exit&#xD;&#xA;          fi&#xD;&#xA;       fi&#xD;&#xA;    else&#xD;&#xA;       PS1='\u@\h:\w# '&#xD;&#xA;       SCREENTITLE=''&#xD;&#xA;       #Soliton@freenode#screen suggested screen -xRRS primary&#xD;&#xA;       echo ^[k$(hostname|sed &quot;s/\..*//&quot;)^[\\&#xD;&#xA;       export SCREEN_CMD=$(which screen 2&gt;/dev/null)&#xD;&#xA;       if [[ ${SCREEN_CMD-X} != X ]]; then&#xD;&#xA;          screen -xRRS primary &amp;&amp; unset SCREEN_CMD &amp;&amp; [[ $(stat -c %Y .screen_do_not_disconnect 2&gt;/dev/null || stat -f %m .screen_do_not_disconnect 2&gt;/dev/null) -gt 0 ]] || exit&#xD;&#xA;       fi&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    PS1=&quot;${SCREENTITLE}${PS1}&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;###.bash_logout###&#xD;&#xA;    # ~/.bash_logout&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    time=&quot;$(TZ=UTC date -d @0 2&gt;/dev/null||date -r 0 +%Y%m%d%H%M)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    touch -d &quot;$time&quot; ~/.screen_do_not_disconnect 2&gt;/dev/null || touch -t &quot;$time&quot; ~/.screen_do_not_disconnect&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The scripts above work on both Linux and Mac OS X (which is the reason you see &quot;2&gt;/dev/null ||&quot; in the stat, touch, and date commands). I also use a 256 color xterm and I believe all the supporting code is included here. Despite the length of this post, I have trim a lot out of the scripts/configs." />
  <row Id="42435" PostHistoryTypeId="18" PostId="23528" RevisionGUID="b8df094d-d04a-47cf-8d68-fb388aa7eef5" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:24:04.847" UserId="1" Comment="Merged question 'Outlook imap connection to Exchange' by Brian Fenton" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="42436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23883" RevisionGUID="6e000047-9d7b-4a86-b8fb-3461a54d3c1e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:26:59.863" UserId="6177" Text="If you're talking about admins with some other Linux experience, I wouldn't consider the learning curve for Ubuntu to be that steep.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think the biggest issue they'd have would be the user support - answering questions from end users who aren't (I'm assuming) that familiar with Ubuntu." />
  <row Id="42437" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23884" RevisionGUID="09fdb3f1-ed91-45cb-a11b-978a3b1a74a6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:29:20.797" UserId="3346" Text="Screen size is not all, you need to take into account several other factors -- color, as you mentioned, but also speed of screen updates and screen resolution, which is key for me -- I don't mind reading in a small screen if the resolution is decent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use a PRS-505 for normal, day-to-day reading, but its screen refresh rate is too slow for reference works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For plain PDFs and HTML browsing I used a Nokia N810. It is a lot more responsive for browsing reference manuals and it has a full keyboard, so it is easy to input text for searching or new URLs for browsing. Its pocketable-size factor is a plus for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However the Nokia has been almost totally displaced in its ebook function by my iPod Touch -- it is a lot lighter and navigation is more intuitive but text input is a total hassle. And besides free materials it also supports commercial ebooks: there are some nice dedicated ebook applications like Stanza and Amazon's own Kindle ebook reader." />
  <row Id="42438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23885" RevisionGUID="854a5bf4-dbfd-43d9-93f6-764b0dd7e4ba" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:36:07.193" UserId="8147" Text="Hi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a question about forwarding of the hostheader inside a network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My setup is this:&#xD;&#xA;- On the front I have a Linksys router&#xD;&#xA;- Behind the router I have 3-4 test webservers with different setups&#xD;&#xA;- I'm in a windows environment&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I want do do, is having af sub-domain/CNAME following through the router to the different servers.&#xD;&#xA;Eg. I have &quot;website1.domain.com&quot; and &quot;website2.domain.com&quot; and I want website1 to forward to my testwebserver 1 and website2 to forward to my testwebserver 2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my current setup I can do it in the router, but I only handles ports, so the result is that all traffic on port 80, have to go to one server. This is a problem because then I can only exhibit one webserver at a time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like if I could install some software on a windows-server that all traffic go thruogh so It's easy to setup new forwards. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anybody have any input?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regards&#xD;&#xA;Thomas&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42439" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23885" RevisionGUID="854a5bf4-dbfd-43d9-93f6-764b0dd7e4ba" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:36:07.193" UserId="8147" Text="Forwarding hostheaders" />
  <row Id="42440" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23885" RevisionGUID="854a5bf4-dbfd-43d9-93f6-764b0dd7e4ba" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:36:07.193" UserId="8147" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;router&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;port-forwarding&gt;" />
  <row Id="42441" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23051" RevisionGUID="8a3b60cb-902e-424f-a6bb-1022afb0cabe" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:36:15.417" UserId="1233" Comment="Clear up question" Text="Does anyone have any recommendations for a nice ebook reader for tech books?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally something 8.5 x 11 or so, in color...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess a TabletPC is the best option for now?" />
  <row Id="42442" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="23051" RevisionGUID="8a3b60cb-902e-424f-a6bb-1022afb0cabe" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:36:15.417" UserId="1233" Comment="Clear up question" Text="Good hardware for technical ebooks" />
  <row Id="42443" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="23051" RevisionGUID="8a3b60cb-902e-424f-a6bb-1022afb0cabe" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:36:15.417" UserId="1233" Comment="Clear up question" Text="&lt;ebook&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="42444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23886" RevisionGUID="83505aba-4386-46d7-a544-1de7394efd70" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:36:57.567" UserId="4131" Text="I have my personal stuff hosted with a company that uses cpanel. It seems that a &quot;feature&quot; of cpanel is that the hosting company can use their &quot;jailshell&quot; when granting (terminal, not goofy AJAX faked) SSH access. Unfortunately you do not have access to /dev/pty and when trying to run screen you get the error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Must be connected to a terminal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have also tried &quot;ssh -t example.com screen&quot; but get the same result.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone every gotten screen to work under jailshell, or on a host where you do not have access to /dev/pty?" />
  <row Id="42445" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23886" RevisionGUID="83505aba-4386-46d7-a544-1de7394efd70" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:36:57.567" UserId="4131" Text="How can I lauch a GNU screen from jailshell (no pty)" />
  <row Id="42446" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23886" RevisionGUID="83505aba-4386-46d7-a544-1de7394efd70" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:36:57.567" UserId="4131" Text="&lt;screen&gt;&lt;cpanel&gt;&lt;jails&gt;" />
  <row Id="42447" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23887" RevisionGUID="9de5d3e1-0bda-45c9-8fc4-2e9135276835" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:37:35.507" UserId="3950" Text="Having tried the KVM implementation in both Ubuntu and Fedora, I found the Ubuntu implementation hugely inferior to the Fedora one. I agree this might be a bug, but also, if you need KVM working right now: try the new Fedora 11. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disclaimer: I do not dislike Ubuntu. I use both Fedora and Ubuntu at home. This is just what I experienced." />
  <row Id="42448" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23888" RevisionGUID="ea92d9cc-9075-4406-a681-cf3fc27c0baf" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:42:30.957" UserId="9141" Text="Did you mean directing HTTP requests according to the site to a different DocumentRoot, ScriptAlias and CustomLog, or do you need something more complex? Could you please provide more details about your Location directives?" />
  <row Id="42449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23889" RevisionGUID="a3247dfc-814e-406e-b112-d135ff143648" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:43:04.543" UserId="1375" Text="Throw apache on there, use mod_proxy to forward to wherever and whatever you like." />
  <row Id="42450" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23890" RevisionGUID="66d02579-f7dc-4655-b7ab-c263b97c6b5f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:43:12.657" UserId="3813" Text="Hi evr!&#xD;&#xA;Cat you help please)&#xD;&#xA;I have connected switch to PC with serial cable and i want to manage it. What utility  i can use to open serial line and manage switch through console?&#xD;&#xA;On windows i used Putty(Serial line COM1)." />
  <row Id="42451" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23890" RevisionGUID="66d02579-f7dc-4655-b7ab-c263b97c6b5f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:43:12.657" UserId="3813" Text="Linux: open serial(COM1) line to manage Switch thorugh console" />
  <row Id="42452" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23890" RevisionGUID="66d02579-f7dc-4655-b7ab-c263b97c6b5f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:43:12.657" UserId="3813" Text="&lt;console&gt;&lt;serial&gt;" />
  <row Id="42453" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23891" RevisionGUID="32509fce-fc5e-4fb5-8eda-37f5421aca4c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:46:50.090" UserId="2413" Text="minicom. look [here][1] for some tutorial.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/connect-soekris-single-board-computer-using-minicom.html" />
  <row Id="42454" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23892" RevisionGUID="e1bd23b3-d370-40b7-b4fe-48cc81a18adb" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:47:10.963" UserId="1375" Text="I use minicom.  Relatively straightforward, and works like a charm." />
  <row Id="42455" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23893" RevisionGUID="c8c5963e-2d8e-4698-8acd-083533397b61" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:47:33.753" UserId="3053" Text="I use a Sony Reader PRS-505[1]. O'Reilly is my primary source of technical books, and they provide most of their new books as [ebook bundles][1] which include epub. As epub is a mark-up system specifically intended for reflowing to various screens, most of the books look  good on the Sony Reader. It is not great as a reference reader (it lacks a search function for example), but it works well for those technical books that are actually read front to back (such as the great [Time Management for Systems Administrators][3]). Since the ebook bundles come with PDFs as well, I do most of my reference of the books on my computer with the PDF files.  The Reader does a pretty impressive job with PDFs, but is limited by generally poor text reflowing and a limited resolution and screen size. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't say I would recommend an ereader type device for technical books yet. Not enough of the publishers make their books available in acceptable formats (acceptable to me is both unencrypted PDF and epub).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sony.com/reader/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596007836/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://oreilly.com/ebooks/epub/" />
  <row Id="42456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23894" RevisionGUID="49110206-8a8c-4533-89bd-91379ffd658d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:49:01.600" UserId="6890" Text="A colleague decided to be funny and did:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net send  /DOMAIN *my_username* Hey How You Going!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, instead of ME getting the message, the whole floor gets a popup window saying:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; *my_username* Hey How You Going&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Luckily messenger stuff is blocked at the floor router, although a manager did run out to abuse me for &quot;wasting company resources!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42457" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23894" RevisionGUID="49110206-8a8c-4533-89bd-91379ffd658d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:49:01.600" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42459" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23896" RevisionGUID="38328a3e-13e9-4f0c-a32d-8fb417032103" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:52:53.743" UserId="7083" Text="Have you already looked at using [`&lt;LocationMatch&gt;`][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's the regex big brother of `&lt;Location&gt;`. If there is enough structure to your existing &lt;Location&gt; directives then it should be possible to match them with a single regex.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#locationmatch" />
  <row Id="42460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23897" RevisionGUID="a5f646c7-c05b-4805-892e-dcd200c0e29c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:54:10.840" UserId="2783" Text="Thunderbird 3.0 beta 1 added integration with Windows Vista's search (or if you have XP, you can download Windows Search here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/desktopsearch/default.mspx)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thunderbird is now up to 3.0 beta 2 and you can download it here: http://en-us.www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/3.0b2/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also download and use Windows Live Mail (it is free) which supports IMAP and integrates with Windows Search: http://download.live.com/wlmail" />
  <row Id="42461" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23898" RevisionGUID="5b2a15af-8b0a-46d4-b6e0-fc461bce8748" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:54:35.097" UserId="3950" Text="Basically, there are two kinds of hypervisors. First there are the hypervisors that run on top of your operating system. These are called Type-2 hypervisors and include VMware Workstation, MS Virtual PC and VirtualBox. Then, there are the hypervisors that *are* an operating system (I know that is over-simplified). These are called Type-1 hypervisors and include Xen, Linux w/ KVM, VirtualIron, ESX, ESXi and MS Hyper-V. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What comes closest to what you want, is a Type-1 hypervisor. Judging you from your question, you are going to have a hard time with just about everything save for ESXi with its web interface. I'd go for that if you want decent performance and the option of a broad variation of guest operating systems. ESXi is a bit picky for the underlying hardware though, so if that is a problem, look into Fedora w/ KVM and / or Windows 2008 with Hyper-V. Latest option is pretty expensive though, if you do not have a Windows 2008 license already." />
  <row Id="42462" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23898" RevisionGUID="5b2a15af-8b0a-46d4-b6e0-fc461bce8748" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:54:35.097" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42463" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23888" RevisionGUID="5d1426bb-f16e-495c-9df7-4be56282b0a6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:55:05.830" UserId="9141" Comment="added 80 characters in body" Text="Did you mean directing HTTP requests according to the site to a different DocumentRoot, ScriptAlias and CustomLog, or do you need something more complex? Could you please provide more details about your Location directives?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Something worth trying might be mod_macro (http://www.coelho.net/mod_macro/)" />
  <row Id="42464" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23899" RevisionGUID="2a56bc84-3b6b-47f5-8acf-4162bfc36499" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:57:15.793" UserId="4131" Text="If I had a 9 more reputation points I could have made this as a comment to Kent Fredric's post, but I have to do this as an answer. Please forgive me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The proper way to include colors in scripts is with tput, not escape characters. Your escape characters are specific to your terminal. The tput command is terminal aware. I wrote this for when I need to get fancy in my scripts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;###~/bin/COLORS.sh###&#xD;&#xA;    GT_RESET=$(   tput sgr0)  # Reset all attributes&#xD;&#xA;    GT_BRIGHT=$(  tput bold)  # Set “bright” attribute&#xD;&#xA;    GT_DIM=$(     tput dim)   # Set “dim” attribute&#xD;&#xA;    # The next line is problematic on some of my systems, so I have it commented out.&#xD;&#xA;    #GT_UBAR=$(    tput set smul unset rmul) # smul unset rmul :?: Set “underscore” (underlined text) attribute&#xD;&#xA;    GT_BLINK=$(   tput blink) # Set “blink” attribute&#xD;&#xA;    GT_REVERSE=$( tput rev)   # Set “reverse” attribute&#xD;&#xA;    GT_HIDDEN=$(  tput invis) # Set “hidden” attribute&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    FG_BLACK=$(   tput setaf 0) #foreground to color #0 - black&#xD;&#xA;    FG_RED=$(     tput setaf 1) #foreground to color #1 - red&#xD;&#xA;    FG_GREEN=$(   tput setaf 2) #foreground to color #2 - green&#xD;&#xA;    FG_YELLOW=$(  tput setaf 3) #foreground to color #3 - yellow&#xD;&#xA;    FG_BLUE=$(    tput setaf 4) #foreground to color #4 - blue&#xD;&#xA;    FG_MAGENTA=$( tput setaf 5) #foreground to color #5 - magenta&#xD;&#xA;    FG_CYAN=$(    tput setaf 6) #foreground to color #6 - cyan&#xD;&#xA;    FG_WHITE=$(   tput setaf 7) #foreground to color #7 - white&#xD;&#xA;    FG_DEFAULT=$( tput setaf 9) #default foreground color&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    BG_BLACK=$(   tput setaf 0) #background to color #0 - black&#xD;&#xA;    BG_RED=$(     tput setaf 1) #background to color #1 - red&#xD;&#xA;    BG_GREEN=$(   tput setaf 2) #background to color #2 - green&#xD;&#xA;    BG_YELLOW=$(  tput setaf 3) #background to color #3 - yellow&#xD;&#xA;    BG_BLUE=$(    tput setaf 4) #background to color #4 - blue&#xD;&#xA;    BG_MAGENTA=$( tput setaf 5) #background to color #5 - magenta&#xD;&#xA;    BG_CYAN=$(    tput setaf 6) #background to color #6 - cyan&#xD;&#xA;    BG_WHITE=$(   tput setaf 7) #background to color #7 - white&#xD;&#xA;    BG_DEFAULT=$( tput setaf 9) #default background color&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See:  &#xD;&#xA;[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-learningtput/?S_TACT=105AGY06][1]  &#xD;&#xA;[http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/x405.html][2]  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-learningtput/?S_TACT=105AGY06&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/x405.html" />
  <row Id="42465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23900" RevisionGUID="0e15ab0c-9146-4cd4-9905-82ce5f42b032" CreationDate="2009-06-11T06:59:06.960" UserId="7083" Text="I prefer [picocom][1] personally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Minicom has too much ncurses bloat for my liking. It always takes me ages to get where I want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whereas with picocom you specify all of your options (baud/parity/stop) on the command line, no fuss.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://freshmeat.net/projects/picocom/" />
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  <row Id="42468" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23901" RevisionGUID="efeb5c41-d0ac-47f6-ac95-14a96ad10cdd" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:01:05.490" UserId="2783" Text="The best way also happens to be free... (and you'll know what you're doing when you're done!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://blogs.technet.com/seanearp/archive/2007/04/27/what-s-the-best-way-to-become-certified.aspx" />
  <row Id="42469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23902" RevisionGUID="f47a819a-9102-45a7-a4e5-666a309cb4b5" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:05:59.787" UserId="7936" Text="[KVM for Linux][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While it very much looks like just yet another software to use some virtual machines in reality it effectively turns the Linux kernel into a hypervisor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The same is true for XEN, the difference is that with XEN you actually boot XEN as the Hypervisor which will start a virtualised instance (dom0) that is used as the management instance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;KVM turns your installation of Linux into a hypervisor so that you essentially the distribution you use around your KVM enabled linux kernel isn't much more than a management interface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux KVM and XEN is to my knowledge the only free (as in libre) bare metal virtualizations available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other options have already been named&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Main_Page" />
  <row Id="42470" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23902" RevisionGUID="f47a819a-9102-45a7-a4e5-666a309cb4b5" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:05:59.787" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42471" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23798" RevisionGUID="6f5fe68b-5591-4b7e-bbc0-f625cb79341f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:11:51.287" UserId="1205" Comment="update" Text="I need to have my Apache web-server serve a lot of sites through `&lt;Location /&gt;` structures. The last thing I want is a massive file with every single `&lt;Location /&gt;` structure for every single site in there (not even a generated one). I've been looking into `mod_rewrite` and some of the mass virtual hosting modules available for Apache but, unfortunately, I did not find what I was looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other day I was looking into `mod_perl` and as I understand it, I can use `mod_perl` to 'script' the Apache web server. This made me wonder if this is the solution I've been looking for? I've been searching around for specific examples to my problem but I can't seem to find anything specific.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is, to what extend can I have `mod_perl` generate my `&lt;Location /&gt;` structures at request time and what sort of variables do I have access to while doing this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just for clarity I'd like to give an example of the sort of thing that I'm looking for. I know that the following example is not correct but I'm looking for a way to do something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /$1/$2&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       AuthType Basic&#xD;&#xA;       AuthName &quot;Secure area&quot;&#xD;&#xA;       AuthUserFile /sites/$1/$2/users.file&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Imagine that `$1` is the name of a department and that `$2` is the name of a project. If I would go the the url `mydomain.com/financial/accounts` that the `users.file` is from the location `/sites/financial/accounts`. Every location has a different `users.file` and if a url doesn't translate to a file system path, a normal 404 is shown." />
  <row Id="42472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23903" RevisionGUID="31718e40-7876-4a96-b0ac-597e24d8e64a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:12:01.210" UserId="1248" Text="A friend of mine works on a classifieds site running on Windows / IIS. The site had lots of image files stored on their web server's disks that were no longer referenced from their database so he decided to write a quick cleanup script. He wrote a small program to generate the script, something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    List&lt;string&gt; imagesInFileSystem = Directory.GetFiles(imageDirectory);&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    foreach (string file in databaseImages) {&#xD;&#xA;        if (!imagesInFileSystem.Contains(file)) {&#xD;&#xA;            Console.Out.WriteLine(&quot;del &quot; + file);&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;And it generate the following output:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    del c:\images\image1.jpg&#xD;&#xA;    del c:\images\image2.jpg&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;    etc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which looked pretty good. However when he ran the program most of the images for the site were deleted! He forgot one thing: **the server's filesystem is case insensitive but his check against the database wasn't**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The sales guys had to spend the next couple of days calling up people to get them to upload the files again." />
  <row Id="42473" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23903" RevisionGUID="31718e40-7876-4a96-b0ac-597e24d8e64a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:12:01.210" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42474" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23904" RevisionGUID="4239b5b6-9afe-4c39-8169-036b37d08bb0" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:12:26.060" UserId="45" Text="There is a third-party software for Windows (IIS), which - besides other things - does this job pretty well: [ISAPI Rewrite][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ISAPI Rewrite is a powerful URL&#xD;&#xA;&gt; manipulation engine based on regular&#xD;&#xA;&gt; expressions. It acts mostly like&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Apache's mod_Rewrite, but is designed&#xD;&#xA;&gt; specifically for Microsoft's Internet&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Information Server (IIS).&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ISAPI Rewrite is an ISAPI filter&#xD;&#xA;&gt; written in pure C/C++ so it is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; extremely fast. ISAPI_Rewrite gives&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you the freedom to go beyond the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; standard URL schemes and develop your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; own scheme.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used it for different purposes on our servers and it worked very well. Search for &quot;Proxying&quot;. Here is the [documentation for the RewriteProxy Rule][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.isapirewrite.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.isapirewrite.com/docs/#RewriteProxy" />
  <row Id="42475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23905" RevisionGUID="aef9716a-0bef-4fe2-9949-e94ee6916902" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:14:42.157" UserId="6383" Text="Robert A. Heinlein [Stranger in a Strange Land][1] so that you know what &quot;Grok&quot; means.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land" />
  <row Id="42476" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23906" RevisionGUID="ba4aa8c6-94c1-47a6-ae04-65cbfda2a8a1" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:15:21.763" UserId="8743" Text="as root:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find / -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;&#xD;&#xA;    find / -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ended up rebuilding the box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;... true story." />
  <row Id="42477" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23906" RevisionGUID="ba4aa8c6-94c1-47a6-ae04-65cbfda2a8a1" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:15:21.763" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23907" RevisionGUID="14fc684d-1f8d-41fd-bc87-57503c57b41e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:16:16.317" UserId="9140" Text="We have a Nexsan SATABeast as primary storage for our SAN - it can automatically park heads (~20% power savings), spin down the SATA-disks to 4000rpm (40% power savings) and eventually shut the disk downs (yep, 100% savings). The feature is called AutoMAID.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have to admit that I'm not using this feature on the arrays that host the Vmware OS-VMFS volumes, as I dont want them to lag. It's possible to just select head parking and spindown, and always let the disks run.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing we've done is to run a heat inverter (instead of A/C) in the server room. It's like Air Conditioning, except that it's two-way airflow. It keeps the server room around 20C, and pushes the hot air down to our basement (where it heats up the basement and keeps our floors in the 1st floor a bit warmer)." />
  <row Id="42479" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23747" RevisionGUID="690850d5-99fc-452c-9779-45da1bace7c7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:16:55.880" UserId="4946" Comment="added 145 characters in body" Text="I think you're looking for something like [VMware ESXi][1]. It's also free nowadays...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shamelessly copied from [this][2] more or less related question ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/products/esxi/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1750/what-are-some-good-free-virtual-machine-apps" />
  <row Id="42480" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23908" RevisionGUID="2dc89fe7-4137-4a91-afcf-f4f2d0a81d82" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:27:54.110" UserId="9140" Text="I can't comment (yet) on LapTop006's post, but he's absolutely spot on!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The pinch is that all your network equipment in the IP-SAN must support the same amount of MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit). If I remember correctly the maxmimum MTU for Jumbo Frames by spec is 9000 bytes, but I have seen people using 9100 and above.." />
  <row Id="42481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23909" RevisionGUID="6bea6253-9ecb-449d-8b3a-c45e75d62e84" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:31:30.187" UserId="9140" Text="Try to add an extra virtual CPU to the servers IF they only have one vCPU.&#xD;&#xA;If it's a singlethreaded application eating up all the CPU you'll atleast get in to kill it instead of reseting the server." />
  <row Id="42482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23910" RevisionGUID="f8055b51-d9b9-4ed7-a7a8-1e2062b9adf2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:38:25.337" UserId="9140" Text="I can't comment yet, but I'm doing the same as freiheit. We run our primary DNS here in our DMZ, and our ISP has several slave DNS servers throughout the country wich updates immediatly after we make a change at the primary DNS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It gives the best of both worlds; immediate control plus redunancy." />
  <row Id="42483" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23911" RevisionGUID="01207964-df80-425c-9962-2766c6d4329a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:42:56.233" UserId="8039" Text="You can also look into Citrix XenServer 5.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's totally free since february and it's good really good performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other (free and easy to manage) options earlier described are&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - VMware ESXi&#xD;&#xA; - MS Hyper-V is free if you allready have a Win2k8 license&#xD;&#xA; - Novell Xen" />
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  <row Id="42485" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23912" RevisionGUID="5515af1e-dbec-4053-9a84-24a02eac62d6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:45:00.037" UserId="9140" Text="I have a test server connected to a Promise vTrak 15200 (piece of junk) via iSCSI, and encountered problems using volumes larger than 2TB. I'm actually not sure if this is a limitation of Openfiler or the vTrak - but my solution was to create several arrays on the vTrak and then stripe them together with software raid on the Openfiler.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other than that - Openfiler seemed to work great (it was our Backup-to-disk storage a month ago when our tape library died). It integrated nicely into Active Directory without much hassle aswell." />
  <row Id="42486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23913" RevisionGUID="bc6d4518-19a9-4dcd-8a4f-388ac45f052d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:46:39.407" UserId="3950" Text="I just bought a new 500GB external harddrive. Most of the time I only store operating system ISO's on those things and some movies. Large files anyway, well over 4GiB sometimes, so FAT is out of the question. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I'm left wondering. My old external harddrive was NTFS formatted, because it had to be able to connect to Windows boxen sometimes. This new harddrive will not have that requirement. Would NTFS still be the best option? Would one of the ext{2,3,4} filesystems be a good choice for a removable disk? Are there filesystems that I am unaware of that would fit the bill? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;The bill&quot; here would be a stable filesystem that is able to survive an unclean disconnection, is quick, can handle files of over 4GiB and is able to be used on at least kernels 2.6.28 and up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42487" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23913" RevisionGUID="bc6d4518-19a9-4dcd-8a4f-388ac45f052d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:46:39.407" UserId="3950" Text="Filesystem for an external drive that'll only connect to Linux" />
  <row Id="42488" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23913" RevisionGUID="bc6d4518-19a9-4dcd-8a4f-388ac45f052d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:46:39.407" UserId="3950" Text="&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="42489" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23914" RevisionGUID="6a87c2ec-ed2a-49c0-9949-93a4039d1b92" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:48:02.900" UserId="7936" Text="EDIT: I just realized how stupid those calculation look :) - I'll just leave them in, I don't think you can't do it on your own just forgot while drafting the post that I put some minor brainfarts in there too :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nobody here will/can give you a full description how to calculate your savings. You'd need to tell us your plan what measurements you find acceptable in &quot;going green&quot; (I hate that phrase btw).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usually you should go and get the specs of your servers, for calculation purpose you to use the maximum power usage, so the energy part is dead simple.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      sum_of_kw_physical&#xD;&#xA;    -  sum_of_kw_virtual&#xD;&#xA;    -------------------&#xD;&#xA;        sum_of_kw_saved&#xD;&#xA;    x        eur_per_kw&#xD;&#xA;    -------------------&#xD;&#xA;              eur_saved&#xD;&#xA;    ===================&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next up there's simple hardware cost. That's probably cost only because you usually need to get some quite big iron to run a few instances. You probably also want some central storage if you don't yet have one. If you really want to save from your old servers you could use some return program of your vendor or sell them on ebay or give them to some school (which makes the calculation really complex). Let's stay simple:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;                 cost_of_new_iron&#xD;&#xA;    +         cost_of_new_storage&#xD;&#xA;    - savings_from_return_program&#xD;&#xA;    -----------------------------&#xD;&#xA;                        real_cost&#xD;&#xA;    =============================&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next I personally like to consider service contracts for HW to be something on it's own, because depending on how your receycling plan is you may want to get 3 service contracts for one year if your combination of options makes that cheaper, like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 1st year - next business day,&#xD;&#xA; - 2nd year - same business day,&#xD;&#xA; - 3rd year - hour + replacement box&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a side note: With virtualization in place you usually want faster support contracts as less hardware needs to fail for you to go down. So that is probably going to be more expensive per server than before, depending on how many servers you save it will be cheaper or lower at the end.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;depends on what you need. Another reason to not have that in hardware cost is that you are prepared upfront to get yet another year or 2 of support and know how much that costs instead of replacing the hardware if that is for some reason necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;consider software licenses, and say 3 months of one full time admin to be able to fully work at the same speed than before. That is not 3 months for every admin because knowledge spreads quite fast usually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other things you need to take into account:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - rackspace&#xD;&#xA;  - probably some savings here too&#xD;&#xA;  - give (more) rackspace away to your paying customers for hard euro if you have your own DC&#xD;&#xA;  - have fewer racks to pay for&#xD;&#xA;  - in case of a cage consider relocating to a smaller cage&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's what I'd do for the basics in terms of &quot;measurable&quot; financial success or failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other side would be technical success. There are a couple of metrics you need upfront:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take this into account:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How long from knowing the project requirements does it take to figure out the required HW config?&#xD;&#xA; - How long from making the order call does it take for the new HW to arrive?&#xD;&#xA; - How long does it take to get a new server running (OS setup)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Do not** take this into account:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How long does it take to set up networking (VLAN, etc)&#xD;&#xA;  - You still have to deal with switches, VLANs, cabling. I'd put that out in a seperate topic&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now consider how long it would take you in the **worst case**, with virtualisation you are at about the same level as without virtualisation. The worst is case is where I need to get a shiny new large server for $large_amount_of_euros just to get a single instance running. Given that you probably have to take care of the same decisions than before, delivery time and so on it takes the same amount of time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The average case will be that you probably will be up and running in no time because all you need to do is to fire up a new instance. You still need to wait for the project to tell you what they need so that you can figure out the HW requirements. Just configure your deployment tool to set up the OS the way required boot and the rest will be taken care of by the deployment and configuration framework.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23915" RevisionGUID="fa564572-e0d9-4af6-9cf2-2b893e208dcb" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:48:13.897" UserId="5000" Text="The correct way of achieving this is by unbinding the Microsoft protocols from the iSCSI interface. Go to the properties of the Network Connection and deselect the check boxes for &quot;Client for Microsoft Networks&quot; and &quot;File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See screenshots:&#xD;&#xA;[Before][1], [After][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.box.net/shared/48ls8ygdv8&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.box.net/shared/a78vjql9c1&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42491" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23916" RevisionGUID="58501c1e-7cf4-483c-baf0-e48c1e9fb5aa" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:49:02.647" UserId="6421" Text="Personally I like AngryIPScanner. &lt;http://www.angryziber.com/&gt;" />
  <row Id="42492" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23911" RevisionGUID="b597ef78-2f1e-463d-8fc2-847fcc847f20" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:50:00.587" UserId="8039" Comment="added 844 characters in body" Text="You can also look into Citrix XenServer 5.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's totally free since february and it's got really good performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other (free and easy to manage) options earlier described are&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - VMware ESXi&#xD;&#xA; - MS Hyper-V is free if you allready have a Win2k8 license&#xD;&#xA; - Novell Xen (comes with Novell SLES)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't forget that when you are using a Bare-metal hypervisor (as the ones in the list), you'll need an Intel VT or an AMD-V enabled CPU for running Hardware Virtualised Virtual Machines. With VMware and Hyper-V, you have the opportunity to run Binary Translation Virtual Machines which has a negative effect on performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Novell Xen and Citrix XenServer are built upon Xen (duh) so it's really easy to set up paravirtualised virtual machines. This kind of virtualization requires a kernel that is aware that it is being virtualized. Novell SLES is really easy to set up paravirtualized and Citrix XenServer has a Debian Paravirtualised template on board that immediatly installs Debian without the need for a CD. february 18, a new version of XenServer will come out, including Debian Lenny (the latest Debian)." />
  <row Id="42493" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23917" RevisionGUID="7df6e6b9-60e7-4a7d-9de2-1e6428a50db1" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:54:39.190" UserId="326" Text="The filesystem is almost irrelevant. You want to mount the filesystem &quot;sync&quot; though. That'll cost you write performance, but you can be sure that all the data is written after the `cp` is finished.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, `mount -o remount,async` is your friend if you want to temporarily get the performance." />
  <row Id="42494" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23918" RevisionGUID="4b44bee4-9c5e-4f7b-ad9b-32b33cce88c6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:57:02.647" UserId="7342" Text="Most filesystems won't cope very well with being disconnected without being unmounted first, but you can mitigate that by using a journaled filesystem. Ext3 with data=journal would work, as this journals the data, as well as the metadata. It's a little slower, but safer. XJS and JFS are also journaled filesystems, but I don't know if they do journalling of data as well as metadata. " />
  <row Id="42495" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23919" RevisionGUID="93145422-71fa-4701-9cf7-56e9dab22bf4" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:57:23.550" UserId="2299" Text="If you want to stick with MS stuff then ISA Server can do this. It's an expensive solution, though you can sometimes find ISA on ebay for reasonable prices. Avoid ISA 2000, which is pants, and use either ISA 2004 or ISA 2006.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively any reverse proxy can do this. A cheap and reliable solution would be SQUID, though the config can seem unnecessarily tortuous to us Windows chaps. I've used SQUID and it works very well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23920" RevisionGUID="550b9cd8-d441-489e-936f-99663afb68fd" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:58:10.633" UserId="9140" Text="I usually visist [OSNews][1] to see whats going on in the OS world (allthough it's a bit Linux-aimed)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://osnews.com" />
  <row Id="42497" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23920" RevisionGUID="550b9cd8-d441-489e-936f-99663afb68fd" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:58:10.633" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42498" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23921" RevisionGUID="14ff2536-8b45-450b-925d-b69d919261c6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:58:46.170" UserId="7936" Text="Personally I use XFS all over the place (and it sound like that's for personal use).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On an administrational decision it's not that important regarding size, with a 500GB disk you are nowhere near the limits of any filesystem (except FAT as David Schmitt pointed out). Do not consider NTFS, it may have read support but using NTFS under linux is just plain wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd still stay with ext3 is is well tested and has the largst toolset available in case someting happens to your data." />
  <row Id="42499" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23922" RevisionGUID="4b573dd0-e882-49ff-a807-8c4c48346263" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:59:12.347" UserDisplayName="wolf" Text="@Brent,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;May I know how you setup the MAPI? the Evolution always crashed when I input password on the authentication step." />
  <row Id="42500" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23922" RevisionGUID="4b573dd0-e882-49ff-a807-8c4c48346263" CreationDate="2009-06-11T07:59:12.347" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23923" RevisionGUID="8fb5e5a0-4992-476d-9b1e-f10e08426bac" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:00:06.277" UserId="8039" Text="I'd go with ext3, hands down. I've heard that ext4 isn't that stable yet (don't shoot me if I'm wrong) it's got journalling, so unclean disconnects shouldn't be a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On ext3, there is always a portion of the disk hidden (5%). This is for when a root drive get's swamped, you can still log in at runlevel 1 to remove some data. On an external hard drive, you can switch this to 1% (to be safe):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # tune2fs -m 1% /dev/sdb1" />
  <row Id="42502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23924" RevisionGUID="059f1595-c4dd-41d4-a2bf-e4bde6b21b9f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:00:12.563" UserId="7936" Text="You don't GNU Screen needs a working pty to function correctly." />
  <row Id="42503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23925" RevisionGUID="079f9f06-964d-4876-95ce-c40d65b6ce37" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:03:32.213" UserId="2299" Text="Try dbcc shrinkdatabase('mydbname')&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a safe command though I wouldn't use it when the database is in heavy use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42504" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23911" RevisionGUID="1304ef4c-e721-430f-95f4-7f5ee9e8b301" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:05:31.430" UserId="8039" Comment="added 31 characters in body" Text="You can also look into Citrix XenServer 5.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's totally free since february and it's got really good performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other (free and easy to manage) options earlier described are&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - VMware ESXi&#xD;&#xA; - MS Hyper-V is free if you allready have a Win2k8 license&#xD;&#xA; - Novell Xen (comes with Novell SLES)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't forget that when you are using a Bare-metal hypervisor (as the ones in the list), you'll need an Intel VT or an AMD-V enabled CPU for running Hardware Virtualised Virtual Machines. With VMware and Hyper-V, you have the opportunity to run Binary Translation Virtual Machines which has a more negative effect on performance than hardware virtualised.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Novell Xen and Citrix XenServer are built upon Xen (duh) so it's really easy to set up paravirtualised virtual machines. This kind of virtualization requires a kernel that is aware that it is being virtualized. Novell SLES is really easy to set up paravirtualized and Citrix XenServer has a Debian Paravirtualised template on board that immediatly installs Debian without the need for a CD. february 18, a new version of XenServer will come out, including Debian Lenny (the latest Debian)." />
  <row Id="42505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23926" RevisionGUID="1142bc88-0914-48fe-ae22-5b8e6e457356" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:16:20.673" UserId="7783" Text="I try to visit XKCD, Sinfest, Something Positive and Questionable Content daily." />
  <row Id="42506" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23926" RevisionGUID="1142bc88-0914-48fe-ae22-5b8e6e457356" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:16:20.673" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42507" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23927" RevisionGUID="0d381992-7a4a-40e6-ad32-1ab42375d60b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:19:40.730" UserId="2299" Text="See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms687096(VS.85).aspx for a long and detailed though ultimately unhelpful description of what is happening when you launch apps from a telnet session. Many years ago I wrote a telnet server for Windows NT3.50 and I learned all this stuff the hard way :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think you need to look again at what you're trying to do. From your description I'd guess that you have some GUI app being run by a logged in user and you want to kill it so you can do some maintenance then restart it. Killing it is easy as you can just kill the process. Restarting it in any useful way is harder. Could you set the PC to autologin and run the app from the Start Menu? Then you could just restart the PC when you've grabbed your files. I'm somewhat ashamed to admit this is what I did under similar circumstances.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42508" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23928" RevisionGUID="46df6904-92f1-47ba-ba05-4085b0ae93dc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:19:53.677" UserId="8039" Text="I'm trying to set up a mini-cloud with Novell Xen (SLES 10 SP2 so it's Xen 3.2.x).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have an iSCSI server in the back, using a Starwind 4.1 target.&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that I when I write to the iSCSI server with the first host, I can't see the file on the second host and visa versa.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also tried out Citrix XenServer and that uses LVMoiSCSI, which works without a problem&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone suggest what to do with Novell Xen. I'm not used to working with LVM, so I'd like to try other things before starting with LVM." />
  <row Id="42509" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23928" RevisionGUID="46df6904-92f1-47ba-ba05-4085b0ae93dc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:19:53.677" UserId="8039" Text="Novell Xen cloud" />
  <row Id="42510" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23928" RevisionGUID="46df6904-92f1-47ba-ba05-4085b0ae93dc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:19:53.677" UserId="8039" Text="&lt;novell&gt;&lt;iscsi&gt;&lt;xen&gt;&lt;starwind&gt;&lt;lvm&gt;" />
  <row Id="42511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23929" RevisionGUID="034d9a76-f2dc-478f-9ad6-b8bf1e352de7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:21:28.963" UserId="3924" Text="Please suggest the easiest way to forward all connections from host:port(external interface) to host2:port(external interface)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When i use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh -L local_port:remote_host:remote_port -N -l user remote_host&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;main problem is that local_port must support connection also on external interface to allow connections not only from localhost on that machine&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advice" />
  <row Id="42512" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23929" RevisionGUID="034d9a76-f2dc-478f-9ad6-b8bf1e352de7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:21:28.963" UserId="3924" Text="Forward traffic between hosts" />
  <row Id="42513" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23929" RevisionGUID="034d9a76-f2dc-478f-9ad6-b8bf1e352de7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:21:28.963" UserId="3924" Text="&lt;freebsd&gt;&lt;port-forwarding&gt;&lt;tunneling&gt;&lt;external&gt;&lt;ports&gt;" />
  <row Id="42514" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23930" RevisionGUID="91865f47-6d42-4b0c-b640-06524d3dcb7c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:23:10.973" UserId="3531" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I work on 2003 server, and I have a DHCP with 1 scope 10.2.1.0/8&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to create a second scope 10.2.2.0/8 for attribute this scope for WiFi clients and the first scope for LAN clients (RJ45)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I do this ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="42515" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23930" RevisionGUID="91865f47-6d42-4b0c-b640-06524d3dcb7c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:23:10.973" UserId="3531" Text="DHCP -&gt; scope 1 WiFi , scope 2 others.." />
  <row Id="42516" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23930" RevisionGUID="91865f47-6d42-4b0c-b640-06524d3dcb7c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:23:10.973" UserId="3531" Text="&lt;dhcp&gt;&lt;wifi&gt;" />
  <row Id="42517" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22562" RevisionGUID="b905ac89-4849-48e2-a960-97e87f7fecd6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:27:33.477" UserId="2612" Comment="Formatting of output in script. " Text="Here's a script I call at the end of **startnet.cmd**. The goal here is to connect to &amp;#92;&amp;#92;MYSERVER&amp;#92;MYSHARE and run a menu script stored there. If the script can't be found I release and renew my IP address and try again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo OFF&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    set INSTALL_SERVER=MYSERVER&#xD;&#xA;    set INSTALL_SHARE=MYSHARE&#xD;&#xA;    set INSTALL_ACCOUNT=INSTALLUSERNAME&#xD;&#xA;    set INSTALL_PASSWORD=12345678&#xD;&#xA;    set INSTALL_ACCOUNT_DOMAIN=MYSERVER&#xD;&#xA;    set START_SCRIPT=menu.cmd&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    :NETWORK_LOGON&#xD;&#xA;    echo.&#xD;&#xA;    echo.&#xD;&#xA;    echo Logging on to %INSTALL_SHARE% on %INSTALL_SERVER% &#xD;&#xA;    echo as %INSTALL_ACCOUNT_DOMAIN%\%INSTALL_ACCOUNT%...&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;Here's a **ping** to provoke name resolution, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ping 0.0.0.1 -n 3 -w 1000 &gt; NUL&#xD;&#xA;    ping %INSTALL_SERVER% &gt; NUL&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;Here's the logon attempt from WinPE to the server, &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    net use \\%INSTALL_SERVER%\%INSTALL_SHARE% /user:%INSTALL_ACCOUNT_DOMAIN%\%INSTALL_ACCOUNT% %INSTALL_PASSWORD%&#xD;&#xA;    pushd \\%INSTALL_SERVER%\%INSTALL_SHARE%&#xD;&#xA;    if exist %START_SCRIPT% call %START_SCRIPT%&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;If I can't see the menu script, then I release and renew and try again, &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    if not exist %START_SCRIPT% (&#xD;&#xA;        ipconfig /release&#xD;&#xA;        ipconfig /renew&#xD;&#xA;        goto :NETWORK_LOGON&#xD;&#xA;    )&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42518" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23931" RevisionGUID="66704e15-cae1-4f4f-bf19-96d70ea0151e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:30:02.207" UserId="9140" Text="You'll need a router if you want to have two separate subnets (or an extra interface on you'r existing router/firewall). You'll also need to enable DHCP relay on that new interface and point it to your existing DHCP server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW: Your subnet masks are way off, unless your are using inverted masks? Are the subnet 255.255.255.0 (/24)?" />
  <row Id="42519" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23932" RevisionGUID="3615eaf1-b34a-44ce-8568-5d6c3f6c537d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:31:40.737" UserId="7936" Text="I'd go with either of these routes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Use a bridge, this is only possible if you do not need access to the host on any of the 2 interfaces involved&#xD;&#xA; - Use ipf to install the corresponding firewall routes&#xD;&#xA; - `ssh -L 0.0.0.0:localport:remote_host:remote_port -N -l user remote_host` this way ssh will bind to all interfaces not only to the local which is only a default&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23933" RevisionGUID="609689da-d767-4fe2-9b41-2e4a5be25b7d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:33:28.313" UserId="4685" Text="Thanks for all your answers!&#xD;&#xA;I was over at TrueSec(LabCenter) yesterday on a deployment seminar and got some nice tips. then after some more googling i found this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[www.deployvista.com][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This seems to me the most correct way of dealing with the issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    wpeutil InitializeNetwork&#xD;&#xA;    ping localhost&#xD;&#xA;    wpeinit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After 10 retrys it seems to work flawless for me.&#xD;&#xA;Hope this will make things easier for you to!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.deployvista.com/Blog/tabid/70/EntryID/52/language/en-US/Default.aspx" />
  <row Id="42521" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23934" RevisionGUID="9ab55cda-2fba-46e5-8181-74b1eed5fc36" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:36:57.700" UserId="2711" Text="When you create your scopes, just ensure that your WIFI scope is only associated with your WIFI adapter, and your LAN scope is connected only to your LAN adapter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your netmasks are incorrect - judging by your network IDs I would guess you want /24 not /8." />
  <row Id="42522" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23935" RevisionGUID="42a86e34-60a6-4e47-a630-a037182f4f96" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:37:26.107" UserId="5234" Text="There are pros and cons to each approach, but I definitely favour hosting your internal DNS internally.  The list of things you're reliant on for basic network services if you host it externally is mind boggling.  The CEO might think it's clever to save money on DNS servers by hosting externally, but what will he think when he can't get his email if the internet link goes down?" />
  <row Id="42523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23936" RevisionGUID="03517339-0507-47f2-a837-84bda47093e5" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:40:12.543" UserId="9150" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm a developer by trade but because I'm therefore an &quot;expert&quot; at all things IT I'm find myself helping out at my wife's office from time-to-time... however I'm pushing my networking knowledge a little here so I was hoping somebody here could help me out a bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The situation (as I recently found out!)  is that they have a website hosted in their office (publically accessible via a fixed-IP that is port-forwarded (80 and 443) on their simple Netgear Wifi AcessPoint/Router to their server). This server holds EVERYTHING for the company - their databases, documents etc. The databases are accessed by the website and internal users with an internal Windows application. The DBs hold fairly private data. When I found out they were doing this I recommended they move the website to another server (they had a spare one), and keep the public access separate from their main server. The main server runs Win2k3 SBS and the Webserver I've setup runs Win2k3 Web Edition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I was thinking of doing was putting the webserver on a different subnet (say 192.168.10.x instead of 192.168.0.x) and having the router forward 80 and 443 onto that. Then multi-home the main server so it can see the other subnet, too. However the router cannot forward to a different subnet so I got a bit stuck and ran out of networking know-how. The router is doing DHCP, by the way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to configure this sort of thing using RRAS? Or am I fighting a lost-cause? Should I persuade them to buy a better router (which has to be CHEAP! - they are a tiny firm, and something I could conceivably setup). Or would keeping the webserver on the same subnet be ok, if some sort of firewall software were properly configured?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help and guidance greatly appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42524" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23936" RevisionGUID="03517339-0507-47f2-a837-84bda47093e5" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:40:12.543" UserId="9150" Text="Help with simple networking setup" />
  <row Id="42525" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23936" RevisionGUID="03517339-0507-47f2-a837-84bda47093e5" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:40:12.543" UserId="9150" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;router&gt;&lt;rras&gt;" />
  <row Id="42526" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23937" RevisionGUID="da70a523-dca8-4117-922f-acca8888f5d6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:42:59.793" UserId="2657" Text="My home server PC has a P4 processor.  Windows seems unable to control the processor speed, so the processor heats up and the PC fan is running at full speed all day.  The event log says there is a known issue with the firmware, and I should flash the motherboard ROM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the ASUS website I found a new ROM version and a flasher.  Unfortunately, the flasher is a DOS application.  The server has a DVD drive and USB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was wondering, is it possible to boot into MS-DOS from a USB stick?  How do you create such a USB stick?" />
  <row Id="42527" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23937" RevisionGUID="da70a523-dca8-4117-922f-acca8888f5d6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:42:59.793" UserId="2657" Text="Flash ROM from USB drive with DOS?" />
  <row Id="42528" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23937" RevisionGUID="da70a523-dca8-4117-922f-acca8888f5d6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:42:59.793" UserId="2657" Text="&lt;flash&gt;&lt;motherboard&gt;&lt;boot&gt;&lt;dos&gt;" />
  <row Id="42529" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23938" RevisionGUID="c86c8f3c-8f05-4107-b7c8-6d61c6fc441a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:44:33.237" UserId="9149" Text="As already mentioned in this thread, there several special cases with DNS, the most significant difference is between authoritative and caching name server deployments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. If you need a DNS server just to resolve Internet resources, some free cashing DNS resolver is a wise choice. I personally use PowerDNS recursor (pdns-recursor) on Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. For servicing your external infrastructure, like web-sites of MX's I wouldn't use  internal NSes (if we are talking about SOHO here). Use some good, reliable, bullet-proof service like DNSmadeasy. I use their business package, and it rocks while being very affordable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42530" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23939" RevisionGUID="4af12426-7ac7-4fa8-afcf-987ee815a0e8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:49:25.460" UserId="6365" Text="You can put them on the same subnet and use VLANs." />
  <row Id="42531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23940" RevisionGUID="c02920e0-91f7-46d0-a801-d6315153b6b6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:52:44.610" UserId="9140" Text="Public aviable services should always be separated from the internal LAN (and above).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd convince them to buy a cheap firewall with 3 interfaces (or two interfaces+vlan+a switch). I know Linksys has some very cheap business firewalls wich would suit their needs perfectly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: To the poster above; same IP subnet but separate VLANS? Thats not possible." />
  <row Id="42532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23941" RevisionGUID="587c6753-ec11-4ea2-b6bf-585567df9fd7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:56:20.717" UserId="4762" Text="You did not explain what are you going to use port forwarding for. So, I'd venture to propose, additionally to using `-L` flag, setting up a SOCKS proxy for applications that support it (for example Firefox):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh -D *:9999 user@remote_host&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Common use is to configure Firefox to use this SOCKS proxy, with `network.proxy.socks_remote_dns` turned on, to tunnel your HTTP session through other host." />
  <row Id="42533" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23942" RevisionGUID="43ba7355-619d-41d2-b134-1b6c96a63f86" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:59:10.697" UserDisplayName="Amanda" Text="Please enlighten me. What does the following snippet of a shell script mean?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    FNAME=Grapes.txt&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    touch Apple.txt&#xD;&#xA;       ls Banana.txt | while read FNAME&#xD;&#xA;       do&#xD;&#xA;    	/somePath/ftp_autojobs.sh someFolder/LG $FNAME Apple.txt&#xD;&#xA;       done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you very much." />
  <row Id="42534" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23942" RevisionGUID="43ba7355-619d-41d2-b134-1b6c96a63f86" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:59:10.697" UserDisplayName="Amanda" Text="Shell Script" />
  <row Id="42535" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23942" RevisionGUID="43ba7355-619d-41d2-b134-1b6c96a63f86" CreationDate="2009-06-11T08:59:10.697" UserDisplayName="Amanda" Text="&lt;shell&gt;&lt;script&gt;" />
  <row Id="42536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23943" RevisionGUID="59355098-7d54-49a8-ac51-7a6d3aa30cbc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:01:34.233" UserId="6650" Text="I remember working as a summer IT support guy in a warehouse where orders were printed on carbon copy paper using a dot matrix printer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are those noisy beasts still around in some special uses or is everything now using laser or thermal?" />
  <row Id="42537" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23943" RevisionGUID="59355098-7d54-49a8-ac51-7a6d3aa30cbc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:01:34.233" UserId="6650" Text="Are dot matrix printers still used anywhere?" />
  <row Id="42538" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23943" RevisionGUID="59355098-7d54-49a8-ac51-7a6d3aa30cbc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:01:34.233" UserId="6650" Text="&lt;printing&gt;&lt;matrix&gt;" />
  <row Id="42539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23944" RevisionGUID="f121cd7f-d4b5-4b10-a861-b50f20370f87" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:03:52.840" UserId="8132" Text="In our testing environnment, we use openwrt running wifidog client and gateway, we can not make them part of the DMZ nor use VLAN isolation on the productions sites.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Say the access point is 192.168.0.253 and the gateway/dns is 192.168.0.254, does putting a /30 subnet mask would provide a secure isolation of the acess point (the AP does packet filtering as well)?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Any recommandations for this setup are welcome.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;So by the way if you have deployed an opensource solution for a Hotspots network, what did you choose and why?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="42540" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23944" RevisionGUID="f121cd7f-d4b5-4b10-a861-b50f20370f87" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:03:52.840" UserId="8132" Text="HotSpot security implementation" />
  <row Id="42541" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23944" RevisionGUID="f121cd7f-d4b5-4b10-a861-b50f20370f87" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:03:52.840" UserId="8132" Text="&lt;hotspot&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;wifidog&gt;" />
  <row Id="42542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23945" RevisionGUID="6b74cc25-d821-4bb5-aa7f-b9dc44e922b7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:06:03.523" UserId="3346" Text="what IMAP server aye you using? Your IMAP server might already index the messages. In cyrus the squatter(8) daemon is not on by default, but it can be enabled easily.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Squatter creates a new SQUAT index for one or more IMAP mailboxes.  The SQUAT index a unified index of all of the header and body text of each message a given mailbox.  This index is used to significantly reduce IMAP SEARCH times on a mailbox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please note that indexing can impose a significant burden on the server CPU, but on the plus side it does not force you to download every single message to index the content on your PC and you do not have to change the way you access your mailbox." />
  <row Id="42543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23946" RevisionGUID="107b5ac7-c6cc-44b4-a4d3-98b993534eb8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:06:23.710" UserId="8039" Text="Dot matrix printers are surely still used, a lot actually. You just named the biggest marked for those: carbon paper." />
  <row Id="42544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23947" RevisionGUID="e48dcd3d-284a-4ec9-9005-6ce4f5eacdc9" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:09:47.353" UserId="4946" Text="Some of our clients still use them.&#xD;&#xA;The downside is that new lists (that are created in our legacy package) still need to be tested on them, and as a colleague of mine (sitting right at the next island) has one next to his desk, it can sometimes annoy the hell out of me ;-)" />
  <row Id="42545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23948" RevisionGUID="b869a6df-fd53-4647-bf2b-ff7ec3b1d07f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:16:39.740" UserId="4694" Text="You can use FreeDos.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool][1]**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**[FreeDos][2]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was able to use recently this tutorial:&#xD;&#xA;[CREATING A BOOTABLE DOS USB STICK FOR BIOS][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;extract the directory “odin” from the FreeDOS .iso image&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;install HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool and run it.&#xD;&#xA;Select your usb stick, “fat” as filesystem, &lt;br&gt; check “Create a DOS startup disk” and select the “odin” directory &lt;br&gt; under “using DOS system files located at”.&#xD;&#xA;press “Start”, wait a little bit and your usb stick is finished&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/search?q=hp+usb+disk+storage+format+tool&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.0/fdbasecd.iso&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://ideatank.nullcat.de/217-creating-a-bootable-dos-usb-stick-for-bios-updates" />
  <row Id="42546" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23949" RevisionGUID="38278ee0-9577-42a9-91a0-5e90ac42a31a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:20:23.570" UserId="4559" Text="Check out [WANEM - The Wide Area Network Emulator][1]. It's a utility available as a bootable iso or a VMware appliance. It can simulate various network characteristics (bandwidth, rtt, packet loss/reordering/corruption, jitter, etc) by setting the parameters in a simple web interface and routing your traffic through it. I used it myself to simulate/optimize network traffic between Germany to India - but in my local test environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wanem.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="42547" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23944" RevisionGUID="476750b2-440a-4417-bbe7-10c49549551a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:20:39.903" UserId="8132" Comment="added 33 characters in body" Text="In our testing environnment, we use openwrt running wifidog client and gateway, we can not make them part of the DMZ nor use VLAN isolation on the productions sites.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Say the access point is 192.168.0.253 and the gateway/dns is 192.168.0.254, does putting a /30 subnet mask to the wired interface of the AP would provide a secure isolation of the acess point (the AP does packet filtering as well)?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Any recommandations for this setup are welcome.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;So by the way if you have deployed an opensource solution for a Hotspots network, what did you choose and why?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="42548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23950" RevisionGUID="05d71c7e-c12b-4378-b3da-793f6298ed18" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:24:12.627" UserId="9140" Text="We use them for making stickers (labels for postal address on newspaper delivery).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tried using laser, but the stickers are much harder to peel off." />
  <row Id="42549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23951" RevisionGUID="ce06d08b-61f8-413d-9ef2-520f282345f6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:31:40.833" UserId="9153" Text="Seem them in use at a packing house (Fruit &amp; Veg). Old DOS program that dial a number via a 28.8kbps modem pulled a pile down and them print to the DOT MATRIX. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Was used because we could carbon copy it.....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Still don't see why it could be updated to use a laser printer and print twice?)" />
  <row Id="42550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23952" RevisionGUID="1c432530-f4e4-4212-a230-417ac897ef5b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:32:49.240" UserId="2277" Text="Not really a SysAdmin question but the main use is multi-copy paper as you say. Generally packing lists, shipping notes and invoices." />
  <row Id="42551" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23953" RevisionGUID="f43bac25-6424-4008-8557-272d065249a2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:32:53.670" UserId="2628" Text="Our IT Support Dept. releases an internal software product that I write via group policy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to force an update of a particular group policy software install without asking the users to log off and log back on to their machines?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42552" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23953" RevisionGUID="f43bac25-6424-4008-8557-272d065249a2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:32:53.670" UserId="2628" Text="Update group policy installed software without requiring a log off" />
  <row Id="42553" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23953" RevisionGUID="f43bac25-6424-4008-8557-272d065249a2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:32:53.670" UserId="2628" Text="&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;software&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="42554" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23954" RevisionGUID="3017a91e-3b72-4f42-967f-03ba6462c8e8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:34:47.067" UserId="9153" Text="In simple format....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SETS FNAME to Grapes.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;creates Apple.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then does ftp_autojobs.sh someFolder /LG Grapes.txt Apple.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not much more than that...." />
  <row Id="42555" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23955" RevisionGUID="e60b0e06-0740-4100-bfcc-344dd4c689bc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:34:51.170" UserId="45" Text="My blind guess is that it is backing up some files to an FTP server. There are some &quot;magic&quot; things we can't know about that script. It seems that the &quot;Apples.txt&quot; file is some kind of log.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The biggest mystery are the content and parameters of the `ftp_autojob.sh` script. Maybe you could add some information tio your question." />
  <row Id="42556" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23956" RevisionGUID="9a75b552-3675-46b1-889e-061ba7cd2540" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:35:10.500" UserId="8561" Text="See [How do I get reverse DNS for my IP addresses delegated to my own DNS server?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.simpledns.com/kb.aspx?kbid=1187" />
  <row Id="42557" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23957" RevisionGUID="37c9be2f-06d4-4fbf-9a07-ada554c88e41" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:38:55.000" UserId="2277" Text="In a command shell you can run&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;gpupdate /force&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which will (as the command implies) force a group policy update. It can also be tailored to update the user or computer policy with the switch&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/target:computer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/target:user" />
  <row Id="42558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23958" RevisionGUID="1d268822-cf00-4051-adc1-da26dd5ca755" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:39:04.190" UserId="3002" Text=" - It updates the timestamp on Apple.txt (or creates it if it don't exist)&#xD;&#xA; - If Banana.txt exists and is a file, the while loop will be run once with Banana.txt in place of $FNAME&#xD;&#xA; - If Banana.txt exists and is a directory, for each item in Banana.txt/ the the ftp_autojobs.sh statement will be run once with the filename of the items in place of $FNAME" />
  <row Id="42559" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23959" RevisionGUID="4b0fccf9-e65e-4049-b609-1f3be2f5515d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:40:33.467" UserId="9140" Text="The software cannot install/upgrade unless the user reboots his computer (Computer objects in GPO gets applied before the user can log on). Maybe Vista can do this, I'm not sure - but with XP you really do have to reboot." />
  <row Id="42560" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23948" RevisionGUID="52390176-9c37-43df-8952-a886bf6af61b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:42:05.883" UserId="4694" Comment="added 43 characters in body" Text="You can use FreeDos.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool][1]**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**[FreeDos][2]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was able to use recently this tutorial:&#xD;&#xA;[CREATING A BOOTABLE DOS USB STICK FOR BIOS][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&lt;ol&gt;1. extract the directory **“odin”** from the FreeDOS .iso image&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;2. install **HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool** and run it. &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;3. Select your usb stick, **“fat”** as filesystem, check **“Create a DOS startup disk”** and select the **“odin”** directory under **“using DOS system files located at”**.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;4. press **“Start”**, wait a little bit and your usb stick is finished&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/search?q=hp+usb+disk+storage+format+tool&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.0/fdbasecd.iso&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://ideatank.nullcat.de/217-creating-a-bootable-dos-usb-stick-for-bios-updates" />
  <row Id="42561" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23958" RevisionGUID="c327d29f-040c-4ad9-a89d-3ac13273d9e1" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:46:16.950" UserId="3002" Comment="minor clarification" Text=" - It updates the timestamp on Apple.txt (or creates it if it don't exist)&#xD;&#xA; - If Banana.txt exists and is a file, the while loop will be run once with Banana.txt in place of $FNAME&#xD;&#xA; - If Banana.txt exists and is a directory, for each item in Banana.txt/ the ftp_autojobs.sh statement will be run with the filename of the items in place of $FNAME" />
  <row Id="42562" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23960" RevisionGUID="0c831cd9-caf7-47cd-b820-c5fd18748c47" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:47:11.457" UserId="8675" Text="Since it looks like we're now talking about novels now...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've throughly enjoyed the Ender's Saga Series by Orson Scott Card. On book 7 right now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;+1 for Snow Crash as well, I read it for the first time last year and have reread it again twice since then. Its a pretty fun book.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert Heinlein&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pretty much any Larry Niven book. I haven't gotten to read any of the rest of the ringworld series except the first one yet though. Niven's biggest problem though is he makes really wonderful environments but his character development sucks. If you can get over that, he's a great author.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23961" RevisionGUID="f2bf06e1-c071-4f80-83ea-69a933db7d2e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:52:00.653" UserId="2299" Text="I think you are (or may be) worrying unnecessarily. After all if you set up an SBS Server you'll find it's (intended to be) available from the Internet so that Outlook Web Access and Remote Web Workplace work. The millions of SBS installations out there don't seem to be heralding a wave of hacked servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are just forwarding ports 80 and 443 you're going to have to work to introduce any serious security issues. I suppose there is a risk that the next Code Red virus will come along and allow someone to crack the server, but that seems to me a small risk these days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you think the web stuff will be a drain on resources, which is unlikey since they're a small company, you could put the web server in and keep it on the same subnet. Just change the port forwarding. Is it really worth it though?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23962" RevisionGUID="a1f1ddb8-1381-43b7-bb85-bf7b007815f2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:52:25.300" UserId="4947" Text="I'm trying to compact the syslog entries from vsftpd with logwatch, to get from:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     vsftpd: pam_succeed_if(vsftpd:auth): error retrieving information about user Administrator&#xD;&#xA;     vsftpd: pam_succeed_if(vsftpd:auth): error retrieving information about user Administrator&#xD;&#xA;     vsftpd: pam_succeed_if(vsftpd:auth): error retrieving information about user Administrator&#xD;&#xA;     vsftpd: pam_succeed_if(vsftpd:auth): error retrieving information about user Administrator&#xD;&#xA;     vsftpd: pam_succeed_if(vsftpd:auth): error retrieving information about user Administrator&#xD;&#xA;     ... many many times&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    vsftpd: pam_succeed_if(vsftpd:auth): error retrieving information about user Administrator : 125 time(s)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I do that?" />
  <row Id="42565" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23962" RevisionGUID="a1f1ddb8-1381-43b7-bb85-bf7b007815f2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:52:25.300" UserId="4947" Text="Grouping vsftpd failures using logwatch" />
  <row Id="42566" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23962" RevisionGUID="a1f1ddb8-1381-43b7-bb85-bf7b007815f2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T09:52:25.300" UserId="4947" Text="&lt;vsftpd&gt;&lt;logwatch&gt;" />
  <row Id="42567" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23963" RevisionGUID="d6eba851-c80e-422f-812d-dfc7733bf936" CreationDate="2009-06-11T10:03:02.097" UserId="1933" Text="A few things to start with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Which end is dropping the connection?  With the VPN up, run pings in both directions and perform packet captures at both ends, ideally of both the encrypted an unencrypted traffic.  Cause it to fail and see what happens; you'll likely find one end is sending packets, but the other end is either silently dropping them on the floor or actively rejecting them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Start simplifying things and try again at each step; remove the wireless and plug directly into your router.  Bypass the router and plug directly into your modem.  Do the same at the other end.  You can identify some forms of NAT problems by removing routers from the equation and putting your public IP's directly on the end kit; the amount of networking gear with NAT or [ALG][1] bugs is astounding.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) Check VPN event logs and firewall logs to see if they provide any insight as to why the VPN tunnel is dying.  At a minimum, they should be logging the failure and, ideally, a reason why.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) Try a different PC, try a different OS.  See if you can nail down a combination that works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you've found the faulted equipment, you can continue to troubleshoot; you may need to upgrade a device's firmware, add in some NAT/port forwarding entries or adjust your firewall ruleset.  If it's specific to a machine, it may need a rebuild or networking stack to be reset (some Broadband Optimiser application can horribly break network stack configuration, and other apps that inject themselves into the network stack may be mangling the packets).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application-level_gateway" />
  <row Id="42568" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23964" RevisionGUID="4b4a49e5-a36b-463c-9737-8ca83d5b045d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T10:04:32.000" UserId="6482" Text="Actually, they're still being sold too! There are even color dot matrix printers.&#xD;&#xA;They cost less to operate and seem to offer some additional functionality that you can't find on the more modern printers. (And you can easily re-ink them if need be.) They are highly durable too. The use of a continuous paper feed also makes them very useful for data logging. They are practical if printing quality isn't important.&#xD;&#xA;In general, people continue to use them for their extreme low costs per printed page." />
  <row Id="42569" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23965" RevisionGUID="d680747a-3a0f-4a48-953d-2df4d66088b2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T10:08:31.463" UserId="8851" Text="How viable as a backup strategy would be periodical LVM snapshots of xen domU's? Pros, cons, any gotchas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To me it seems like the perfect solution for a fast, brainless restore. Any investigation could take place on the broken logical volume with domU successfuly running without interruption." />
  <row Id="42570" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23965" RevisionGUID="d680747a-3a0f-4a48-953d-2df4d66088b2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T10:08:31.463" UserId="8851" Text="LVM snapshots as a backup strategy" />
  <row Id="42571" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23965" RevisionGUID="d680747a-3a0f-4a48-953d-2df4d66088b2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T10:08:31.463" UserId="8851" Text="&lt;lvm&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;xen&gt;" />
  <row Id="42572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23966" RevisionGUID="432c3576-2492-4cfa-9531-21bd66721451" CreationDate="2009-06-11T10:10:21.473" UserId="9153" Text="[HackADay][1] Is one of my favorite! Good for killing time at work &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hackaday.com&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42573" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23966" RevisionGUID="432c3576-2492-4cfa-9531-21bd66721451" CreationDate="2009-06-11T10:10:21.473" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42574" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23967" RevisionGUID="ac606f2e-002f-459b-86ae-457770aba695" CreationDate="2009-06-11T10:13:58.860" UserId="2866" Text="Yeah, they are - used by many companies for shipping/packing, carbon copies, huge lists, etc. We use them for an old Honeywell Alarm Monitoring system that prints out logs of the alarms (from a PC running Windows 95!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, typewriters are still being used and sold too - as paperless as our University has gone, we still have to submit DPOs (department purchase orders) by carbon paper triplicate. Our old typewriter recently died, and it was a pain finding a new one - they exist, but they're not exactly prevalent. We eventually settled on a Brother brand typewriter." />
  <row Id="42575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23968" RevisionGUID="fdf4b4e7-970f-4eb8-9dac-07227bf893d4" CreationDate="2009-06-11T10:16:59.790" UserId="5221" Text="How are you testing that HTTP1.0 requests are not being compressed? Could it be that the client that you are using is not telling the server that it can accept a compressed response?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can see the headers sent by the client (presented by the test client itself, using Firebug or similar if you are testing in Firefox or IEHTTPHeaders if you are testing in IE, or by sniffing the traffic using an external tool), you should see something like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Accept-Encoding: compress, gzip, deflate&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in there somewhere. If the client does not inform the server that it can accept a compressed response then the server will not send one no matter what other settings you have server side.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another issue could be if you are testing through a proxy server that identified itself as such. In this case the noCompressionForProxies setting might be taking precedence and blocking the possibility of a compressed response.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing to note is that some clients and proxys that send HTTP1.0 requests (usually older software) will not correctly handle a compressed response if they get one, so if you do enable compression for responses to HTTP1.0 requests make sure that you test your site/application in all the client/proxy software you expect visitors/users to use. This is less of an issue if you can guarantee your target audience will be using certain software (if for instance the app is for an internal corporate network only) but otherwise there are a lot of combinations to test which is why most servers disable compression for 1.0 requests completely." />
  <row Id="42576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23969" RevisionGUID="6f327f39-db53-4275-aba4-70fbc60dc366" CreationDate="2009-06-11T10:21:05.603" UserId="9159" Text="    ifconfig eth0 down&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oops, I'm on the **external** side of eth0. The webserver is on the other side of the world, in a locked room. With no network access to login or reboot. Crap." />
  <row Id="42577" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23969" RevisionGUID="6f327f39-db53-4275-aba4-70fbc60dc366" CreationDate="2009-06-11T10:21:05.603" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23970" RevisionGUID="5acaff9d-bf9d-49df-ba56-48c42f8b5119" CreationDate="2009-06-11T10:37:46.270" UserId="2413" Text="i use such a setup for snapshots of vmware machines and mysql databases. works fine so far. there was couple of restores - all without problems. one thing to consider - while running with snapshot lvm gets significant performance hit for i/o operations. look [here][1]. ignore the fact they talk about mysql, i/o ops are i/o ops... no matter what kind of data sits on lvm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2009/02/05/disaster-lvm-performance-in-snapshot-mode/" />
  <row Id="42579" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23971" RevisionGUID="1c0100c6-a7bb-4dee-97c3-a780767b1843" CreationDate="2009-06-11T10:38:51.760" UserId="5221" Text="Not a good idea, IMO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The snapshots are implemented in a copy-on-write fashion so you turn every write into a read and two writes (the block you are updating to is first read from the main volume and stored in the snapshot volume before you new data is place in its place) so you will see some performance degradation if a lot of writing is common on the VMs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, IIRC, if the snapshot volume gets full it is simply dropped unceremoniously. This is not good for backup purposes! So if you do try this as a backup method, be sure to make the snapshot volume big enough to handle all the changes that will happen during the useful life of the snapshot. Of course if you are aware of and monitor the size issue and the performance issue is not a problem to you, then what you suggest might make a useful addition to other backup processes you have in place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;LVM snapshots are very useful as part of a backup process (taking a snapshot, backing up the snapshot *to elsewhere* to ensure the backup is consistent without having to disable updates to the &quot;real&quot; volume, drop the snapshot afterwards), amognst other things, but are not intended as a backup facility on their own." />
  <row Id="42580" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23972" RevisionGUID="e7aaba6e-1407-4b75-ab43-dc3f4f204541" CreationDate="2009-06-11T10:45:37.410" UserId="4955" Text="For Win 2003:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    gpupdate /force /target:computer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Win 2000:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    secedit /refreshpolicy machine_policy /enforce&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not sure about XP but you could try both&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23973" RevisionGUID="bf141aa2-dde5-43d6-9468-53bea80fb6d4" CreationDate="2009-06-11T10:46:26.330" UserId="1933" Text="Some things to try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Start off by verifying your network&#xD;&#xA;    is behaving itself.  Assuming you&#xD;&#xA;    have managed switches, look at the&#xD;&#xA;    interface statistics for&#xD;&#xA;    speed/duplex mismatching or a&#xD;&#xA;    mismatched MTU.  Consider checking /&#xD;&#xA;    replacing cabling if anything is&#xD;&#xA;    running errors (eg: trying to run&#xD;&#xA;    GigE over Cat5 instead of Cat5e will&#xD;&#xA;    likely give grief).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. Run some tests to prove you can get&#xD;&#xA;    wire-speed transfers between the two&#xD;&#xA;    machines and to the external&#xD;&#xA;    machine; netcat, ftp or http&#xD;&#xA;    transfers are a good start here (scp&#xD;&#xA;    may get CPU bound, and thus, may not&#xD;&#xA;    be the best test).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. Test the same query locally on the&#xD;&#xA;    Postgres server.  If it completes in&#xD;&#xA;    an appropriate timeframe, you know&#xD;&#xA;    it's not the database.  If it&#xD;&#xA;    doesn't complete or takes &quot;too&#xD;&#xA;    long&quot;, then you have a bad query or&#xD;&#xA;    other database problem to debug. &#xD;&#xA;    Make sure to consider the storage&#xD;&#xA;    I/O side of things; you may be&#xD;&#xA;    saturating what your disks are&#xD;&#xA;    capable of providing.  Check the&#xD;&#xA;    VMware performance graphs to confirm&#xD;&#xA;    / deny.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. Assuming that works, disable the&#xD;&#xA;    firewall and run the same query&#xD;&#xA;    against the postgres server from&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;box1&quot;.  If that works, the VM-&gt;VM&#xD;&#xA;    connectivity is likely fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. Assuming that works, bring the&#xD;&#xA;    firewall back up and test again.  If&#xD;&#xA;    that works, then your problem is&#xD;&#xA;    likely external to that host,&#xD;&#xA;    leaving the switch or the external&#xD;&#xA;    host to debug.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42582" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23974" RevisionGUID="2b7eb97d-8d2c-4c1c-8b0a-870a4159a72f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T10:51:00.503" UserId="9159" Text="Hollywood still use them when they're trying to represent the concept of &quot;cranky old nerd using computer&quot;. Nothing says &quot;computer&quot; like a dot-matrix sitting in the background next to an IBM Jr or something.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And accounts departments love em too. I saw one as recently as 5 years ago being used for payroll slips." />
  <row Id="42583" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23975" RevisionGUID="0809fe44-25df-41ea-a823-8e28bb272ca8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T10:54:04.943" UserId="7574" Text="Is it possible to determine whether a restore has been carried out on a file or folder from a Volume Shadow Copy snapshot?" />
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  <row Id="42586" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23976" RevisionGUID="29b38f72-4fd7-4dad-a755-8b55b5ab4f22" CreationDate="2009-06-11T10:57:13.500" UserId="9161" Text="Got a brand new DELL server with activated Windows 2008 OEM Standard Server. I noticed that i can have several remote desktops open at same time. Need i aquire additional terminal server license to be legal or as it works, all is legal ?" />
  <row Id="42587" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23976" RevisionGUID="29b38f72-4fd7-4dad-a755-8b55b5ab4f22" CreationDate="2009-06-11T10:57:13.500" UserId="9161" Text="Terminal Server Licenses" />
  <row Id="42588" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23976" RevisionGUID="29b38f72-4fd7-4dad-a755-8b55b5ab4f22" CreationDate="2009-06-11T10:57:13.500" UserId="9161" Text="&lt;windows2008&gt;&lt;terminal-server&gt;&lt;licensing&gt;" />
  <row Id="42589" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23977" RevisionGUID="db3a515a-ef89-4216-b395-a51534b523a1" CreationDate="2009-06-11T10:58:00.130" UserId="8993" Text="About the only problems we've had on our Citrix boxes hitting high CPU is due to bad printer drivers causing the spooler service to go absolutely nuts. Specifically, it was down to HP LaserJet printer drivers, which were notoriously bad until around December last year when they redid the underlying DLL's which fixed a whole bunch of crashes. The change log on their release notes made for interesting reading.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyhoo, you could perhaps try a 'sc \\servername stop spooler' from your workstation and see if that can connect and kill the print spooler on the errant server, might help rule out printer drivers being the issue." />
  <row Id="42590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23978" RevisionGUID="b605bf9f-9d4c-49e4-94d0-2857bba213f9" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:03:56.920" UserId="388" Text="I discovered through [this answer][1] that I've been setting terminal colours in my prompt in a naive way for years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've now modified my .bashrc to use 'tput' commands to colourise various elements of my prompt. The one remaining escape code I have is this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    TITLEBAR=&quot;\[\033]2; PROD - \u@\h:\w \007\]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know if there is a tput/terminfo attribute I can use to set the title bar of my terminal window, so that I can eliminate that escape?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/14458/how-can-you-change-the-gnu-screen-status-line-based-on-hostname/23899#23899" />
  <row Id="42591" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23978" RevisionGUID="b605bf9f-9d4c-49e4-94d0-2857bba213f9" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:03:56.920" UserId="388" Text="How can one set a terminal's title with the 'tput' command?" />
  <row Id="42592" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23978" RevisionGUID="b605bf9f-9d4c-49e4-94d0-2857bba213f9" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:03:56.920" UserId="388" Text="&lt;terminal&gt;&lt;terminfo&gt;&lt;bash&gt;&lt;bashrc&gt;&lt;shell&gt;" />
  <row Id="42593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23979" RevisionGUID="098f0955-91e2-4e15-8b60-f2e129d2fbbc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:04:52.673" UserId="7574" Text="Under normal conditions, Windows Server will allow two remote Administrator logins, and one Console Administrator login - you do not need terminal server licensing for this, they are administrative connections only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Standard users cannot connect in this state." />
  <row Id="42594" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23980" RevisionGUID="caca0e48-8f53-49fd-a413-efc87fa40a6b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:11:11.850" UserId="6383" Text="You will need to ensure that the data on disk is in a consistent state before the snapshot is made.  e.g. mysql may have data cached in memory that needs to forced to disk, either by dumping the database or shutting it down.  See your applications manuals for details." />
  <row Id="42596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23982" RevisionGUID="db1bc3e5-a176-4243-a2f6-b43ca16eea56" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:15:33.993" UserId="45" Text="*In addition to [Moo's correct answer][1], that you can use two concurrent connections for administrative purposes without extra license:* &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using the /admin (older: /console) switch for one connection, you can even have **three** open  connections at the same time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     mstsc /admin /v:servername&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/23976/terminal-server-licenses/23979#23979" />
  <row Id="42597" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23983" RevisionGUID="ed85a0ac-6dd3-45ef-b38f-914cc05dd066" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:16:23.213" UserId="8950" Text="`#! /bin/bash -x` does what you want." />
  <row Id="42598" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23942" RevisionGUID="2b08ea40-b6b1-4dc9-8ea0-35becf6e4ad1" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:17:12.510" UserDisplayName="Amanda" Comment="added 52 characters in body; added 6 characters in body" Text="Please enlighten me. What does the following snippet of a shell script mean?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    FNAME=Grapes.txt&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    touch Apple.txt&#xD;&#xA;       ls Banana.txt | while read FNAME&#xD;&#xA;       do&#xD;&#xA;    	/somePath/ftp_autojobs.sh someFolder/LG $FNAME Apple.txt&#xD;&#xA;       done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**: ftp_autojobs.sh transfers files to a server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you very much." />
  <row Id="42599" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23984" RevisionGUID="f50e5f27-fe9a-43ea-9162-15fa779b40f2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:17:42.867" UserId="6965" Text="Yes, we still use one here (networked, no less), for the most important task of all; printing our payslips!" />
  <row Id="42600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23985" RevisionGUID="7f88adbe-9492-4de8-b2bc-4965228e18e7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:20:05.110" UserId="8950" Text="`du` is the basic command to calculate disk usage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can get it to display a summary for the current directory by doing `du -s .`. the `-s` flag just calculates the total. If you want it in human readable format (eg &quot;112MB&quot;) then use `-h`, eg `du -hs .`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to scan all the directories in the current directory to see how much space you're using up, then you can do `du -hs *`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're using a graphical environment, baobab is a very nice GNOME programme for viewing disk usage." />
  <row Id="42601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23986" RevisionGUID="b209a9b9-9751-44b4-9e5e-10c82ba5929c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:22:36.943" UserId="2056" Text="We have an infuriating problem with a (Vista/Dell) laptop. When an external (Logitech) USB keyboard is attached to it, it regularly starts repeating key presses. When the user recently deleted an Outlook message, it deleted them all! When typing a message, suddenly it will start repeating the last keypress about 30 times (it varies). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not a mechanical issue. We've switched the keyboard out four times. Even tried a brand new one one. Every time it's the same. Also, the keyboard works fine on other machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem doesn't arise when the laptop's own keyboard is used - even if the external USB keyboard is still attached.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm stumped? Any ideas. Not using an external keyboard isn't an option due to our health and safety policy (...don't ask...).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42602" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23986" RevisionGUID="b209a9b9-9751-44b4-9e5e-10c82ba5929c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:22:36.943" UserId="2056" Text="Stop external USB keyboard repeating key presses on Vista." />
  <row Id="42603" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23986" RevisionGUID="b209a9b9-9751-44b4-9e5e-10c82ba5929c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:22:36.943" UserId="2056" Text="&lt;keyboard&gt;" />
  <row Id="42604" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23987" RevisionGUID="31c3f14e-1373-42cb-9db9-9e321dddc97a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:22:42.200" UserDisplayName="Philippe" Text="Yes I did.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I probably found a sloution:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7003431&amp;sliceId=1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just can see there is a modification of this parameter **( Top $ ndsLoginProperties )** replaced by this **ndsLoginProperties** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Their advise :&#xD;&#xA;&quot;If Top and ndsLoginProperties ( Top $ ndsLoginProperties ) are both present, please contact Novell Technical Support to have the superclass Top removed from the objectclass Person.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pure curiosity: do you know what the parameter &quot;TOP&quot; do?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers." />
  <row Id="42605" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23988" RevisionGUID="28e5a2b8-ec08-45d1-980b-48f34ce54f18" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:23:26.163" UserId="4733" Text="Ahhhh...the days.  I remember my Commodore 64 and the MPS-801 Dot Matrix Printer...brings back memories.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Today my company uses a rather large IMB 4220 Dot Matrix to print off carbon copies as mentioned above.  Laser and inkjet do not work with carbon copies." />
  <row Id="42606" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23942" RevisionGUID="25160848-2cc7-4045-b9f7-f6fd9c759b02" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:23:32.730" UserDisplayName="Amanda" Comment="added 990 characters in body; deleted 27 characters in body" Text="Please enlighten me. What does the following snippet of a shell script mean?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    FNAME=Grapes.txt&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    touch Apple.txt&#xD;&#xA;       ls Banana.txt | while read FNAME&#xD;&#xA;       do&#xD;&#xA;    	/somePath/ftp_autojobs.sh someFolder/LG $FNAME Apple.txt&#xD;&#xA;       done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**: ftp_autojobs.sh transfers files to a server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Content of ftp_autojobs.sh:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SO=`tput smso`&#xD;&#xA;    SE=`tput rmso`&#xD;&#xA;    RETURN=&quot;$SO RETURN $SE&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    TEMP_FN=`mktemp -c -d . -p ftp`&#xD;&#xA;    TEMP_LOG=`mktemp -c -d . -p log`&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    echo open some.server.com&gt;&gt;$TEMP_FN&#xD;&#xA;    echo user user pass&gt;&gt;$TEMP_FN&#xD;&#xA;    echo cd \&quot;$1\&quot;&gt;&gt;$TEMP_FN&#xD;&#xA;    echo binary&gt;&gt;$TEMP_FN&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    shift&#xD;&#xA;    until [ $# -eq 0 ]&#xD;&#xA;    do&#xD;&#xA;       echo mput \&quot;$1\&quot;&gt;&gt;$TEMP_FN&#xD;&#xA;       shift&#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    echo bye&gt;&gt;$TEMP_FN&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ftp -vin &lt; $TEMP_FN &gt; $TEMP_LOG&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    FILE_COUNT=`grep &quot;226 Transfer complete&quot; $TEMP_LOG|eval wc -l|cut -d ' ' -f 1`&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    if [ $FILE_COUNT -eq 0 ]&#xD;&#xA;    then&#xD;&#xA;       rm -f ftp_commands.txt 2&gt;/dev/null&#xD;&#xA;       rm -f ftp.log 2&gt;/dev/null&#xD;&#xA;       mv $TEMP_FN ftp_commands.txt&#xD;&#xA;       mv $TEMP_LOG ftp.log&#xD;&#xA;       cat ftp.log&#xD;&#xA;       banner &quot;WARNING&quot; &quot;FTP FAILED&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    else&#xD;&#xA;       rm -f $TEMP_FN&#xD;&#xA;       rm -f $TEMP_LOG&#xD;&#xA;       echo $FILE_COUNT Files sucessfully transferred.&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you very much.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23989" RevisionGUID="855d493d-3ff6-4eba-8526-66f0d9f1388d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:24:02.213" UserId="7783" Text="I might suggest asking or looking around the offices of the people whose business you're supporting to see if they have or can suggest any reading material that improves your understanding of the business you're working for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;'sides that...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Death March, Edward Yourdon&#xD;&#xA; - Everything I know about business I learnt from monopoly, Alan Axelrod&#xD;&#xA; - Slack, Tom DeMarco &#xD;&#xA; - The No asshole rule, Robert I. Sutton" />
  <row Id="42608" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23990" RevisionGUID="b39e50dc-aa82-458f-b1c7-f7f16d80d2e9" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:25:02.430" UserId="4733" Text="Does anyone else read Hacker News?  THe name is misleading, as it rarely has any hacker news, but very informative stories on every tech-subject imaginable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://news.ycombinator.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42609" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23990" RevisionGUID="b39e50dc-aa82-458f-b1c7-f7f16d80d2e9" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:25:02.430" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23991" RevisionGUID="b63a87cd-b6c9-4e48-8684-195e7e3af5da" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:26:16.720" UserId="8934" Text="It's a cheat compared to your question, but you could use psexec to remotely install the package on computers while not having to break users activity.&#xD;&#xA;Psexec is from Sysinternals (Microsoft now) for free" />
  <row Id="42611" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23992" RevisionGUID="74ba0918-b3cc-49c5-831d-7e6c6377c1ac" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:26:51.943" UserId="8950" Text="as jtimberman said, it's probably using `.bash_profile`. Another one to remember about is `.profile`." />
  <row Id="42612" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23993" RevisionGUID="84ec7cc3-5084-45e7-a1ec-86503e23c7d2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:31:01.157" UserId="6233" Text="[chkdsk][1] or checkdisk is a command that check the disk surface for physical errors or bad sectors also can fix logical file system errors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Picture][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chkdsk&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/7323/chkdsko.png" />
  <row Id="42613" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="23993" RevisionGUID="84ec7cc3-5084-45e7-a1ec-86503e23c7d2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:31:01.157" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23994" RevisionGUID="c4282ef0-0a9a-4d6a-9940-d91f0e95cbfc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:31:15.040" UserId="7342" Text="Having looked at the xterm terminfo file, I can't find any code that is identical to this command, so I suspect there is not. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're interested, the terminfo man page lists all the commands that termcap and terminfo understand. I decompiled the terminfo database file using:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;# infocmp -L xterm &lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="42615" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21819" RevisionGUID="1a96eab9-bebc-4148-befe-54f0f17f64b3" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:37:57.693" UserId="8342" Comment="Added an update of progress" Text="Thanks to both [MrTomahawk][1] and [tptech][2] for pointing me in the right direction.  Turns out that there are a couple of tricks to this.  For more information see the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Getting Time Machine to Work The Way I Want][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [MacOSXHints.com: Set up Time Machine on a NAS in three easy steps][4]&#xD;&#xA; - [Time Machine Wireless Backup without Time Capsule][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, you first create a share on your WHS for your Time Machine backups to go.  I called mine &quot;macbackup&quot; and gave my user full permissions to the folder as well as set it to replicate so that I have a redundant backup of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next, open up a terminal window on the Mac and switch on the magic preference&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, mount the share on your Windows Home Server using Finder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Back in the terminal window, you now have to create a sparse bundle file.  Take a look at the links above for more information, but basically you type a command like the following&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    hdiutil create -nospotlight -library SPUD -size [size_in_gigs]g -fs HFS+J -type SPARSEBUNDLE -volname &quot;Backup of [hostname]&quot;  -verbose [hostname]_[mac_addr].sparsebundle&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Replacing [size_in_gigs] for the size you want to constrain time machine to use, [hostname] for the machine name of your mac and [mac_addr] for the mac address of the interface you want to use for the bacup (usually eth0 as doing the backup over wifi will take a while)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used something like the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    hdiutil create -nospotlight -library SPUD -size 250g -fs HFS+J -type SPARSEBUNDLE -volname &quot;Backup of martinmbp&quot; -verbose martinmbp_002332c5437e.sparsebundle&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then copy this over to the mounted share using something like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cp -r [hostname]_[mac_addr].sparsebundle /Volumes/mackbackup/.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, go to System Preferences, Time Machine and select Change Disk..  Pick your WHS share that you have copied the .sparsebundle to and then leave for a long time if this is your first backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seems to be working for me. I'll report back and edit this answer if I find any issues with it.  Mileage may vary as Apple obviously left this functionality out for a reason, I'm assuming it is a technical one rather than a ploy to sell more Time Capsules so we'll see what happens.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Been using for few days so far and seems to be working ok.  A couple of caveats:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Reports of issues if you put the machine to sleep while performing a back-up. I did this as a test and had trouble getting the back-up volume to un-mount. In the end I had to reboot the machine to release the lock on whatever file was causing the issue.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Problems if trying to restore from Time Machine backup using System CD. Because you have to set a preference to get the machine to pick up unsupported devices like Windows Home Server shares, it is unclear if you can restore a whole machine from the System CD that doesn't have the preference set.  Personally I have a few whole image backups that I have kept around that I could restore from an external disk so this hopefully won't be an issue for me - the Time Machine stuff is really just an incremental backup.  However I still need to test the restore process&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is unclear to me at this point if the solution provided by the HP WHS servers also has these issues, or even if they are just general Time Machine quirks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/20768/using-whs-for-a-mac-time-machine-backup/21497#21497&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/20768/using-whs-for-a-mac-time-machine-backup/20813#20813&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.stocksy.co.uk/articles/Mac/getting_time_machine_to_work_how_i_want/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080420211034137&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://adamcohenrose.blogspot.com/2008/02/time-machine-wireless-backup-without.html" />
  <row Id="42616" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23995" RevisionGUID="88b5ee3d-fa11-4419-9fb7-244396a55f44" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:39:07.457" UserId="8993" Text="Firstly, be aware that System Center is a product suite rather then a product. I think what you are referring to is System Center Operations Manager 2007 agents.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In which case, firstly you'll most likely want to be using Operations Manager 2007 R2 which is the newest version, its quite a bit more 'polished' then the original version of Ops manager 2007 which had the Linux/Unix monitoring kinda wedged in there. R2 is publicly available from July 1st, but you can grab an Eval copy now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because R2 is kinda new, there's not too many people using it yet in production, but certainly people have been testing and blogging about it on the beta and release candidates. Google 'operations manager 2007 Linux' should give you some hits.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a [quick datasheet PDF][2] on the R2 Linux monitoring component available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A good start for monitoring Linux/Unix would be to check out the Microsoft [webcast][3], or to read the R2 [install docs][4] for the Unix/Linux agents on Technet.&#xD;&#xA;Also definitely keep an eye out on the [Technet Forums][5].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you're up and running you could look at third party management packs for monitoring Apache, MySQL etc from companies such as [Bridgeways][6].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/8/B/88BBD053-14A7-442E-8066-0EE84231EC0E/SC_OpsMgr2007_R2-CrossPlat.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/8/B/88BBD053-14A7-442E-8066-0EE84231EC0E/SC_OpsMgr2007_R2-CrossPlat.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/detail/webcastdetails.aspx?seriesid=37&amp;webcastid=5558&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd788943.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/systemcenteroperationsmanager&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.bridgeways.ca/bw_management-pack-beta-program-signup_form.php" />
  <row Id="42617" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23996" RevisionGUID="098a8d77-5d8a-49e0-8265-470d7a7b3eef" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:39:44.773" UserId="7342" Text="uniq will do this for you: I don't think you can control the format, but you could easily fix that with awk.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;# echo -e &quot;two\ntwo\none\ntwo\ntwo&quot; | uniq -c&#xD;&#xA;      2 two&#xD;&#xA;      1 one&#xD;&#xA;      2 two&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I'm assuming you don't care about timestamps, which you don't have on your examples." />
  <row Id="42618" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23997" RevisionGUID="68ea2f70-da29-4ead-a38b-a06ef9ef8584" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:41:14.893" UserId="7342" Text="You're missing the -g flag. Add that and remote hosts can use the tunnel too." />
  <row Id="42619" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23998" RevisionGUID="706785bd-cf94-451a-a5e7-9b86c7c4d2c5" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:41:16.923" UserId="3346" Text="The actual capabilities are tsl (To Status Line) and fsl (From Status Line), but of course not all terminals have then. In Linux in particular you need to set your terminal to xterm+sl or something similar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can test this with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    export TERM=xterm+sl&#xD;&#xA;    echo `tput tsl` Hello world `tput fsl`; sleep 10&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wouldn't bother and keep those escapes in .bashrc" />
  <row Id="42620" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="23999" RevisionGUID="87f75183-00e0-4d6f-bde5-6cb2b9097fbd" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:41:35.923" UserId="2561" Text="Is there a way to access the c$ share of a server from another computer and gain complete access regardless of the file system privileges?  Perhaps the 'system' account can do this, can I access this account?  Also, for my purposes, I need to keep this system live, so I can't just mount the file system on Linux or anything like that (other than mounting the c$ share)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The why:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right now, My tape backup drive is not working.  Until this is fixed, there is a windows file sharing server that I want to manually backup to an array.  This server can't have the array directly attached to it.  I can either access the computer with the array shared from the file server, or the other way around.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, when I try to just copy the files from the file sharing host I get a can't copy file error that causes the copy to abort.  The reason, I think, is that administrator does not have privileges to access the shares right now.  Even though the administrator account can grant this access, I would rather not mess with the privileges.     " />
  <row Id="42621" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="23999" RevisionGUID="87f75183-00e0-4d6f-bde5-6cb2b9097fbd" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:41:35.923" UserId="2561" Text="Is there a way access to all files of Windows 2003 regardless of permissions?" />
  <row Id="42622" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="23999" RevisionGUID="87f75183-00e0-4d6f-bde5-6cb2b9097fbd" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:41:35.923" UserId="2561" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="42623" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24000" RevisionGUID="310e17d2-9179-4745-a5d6-2bd3d3a258c4" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:44:42.937" UserId="9140" Text="The Administrator account should be able to access the hidden station shares (like c$). Do you have authentication/active directory problems?" />
  <row Id="42624" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24001" RevisionGUID="be1ca47e-dca8-4013-8ab8-54a89a382b06" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:47:42.000" UserId="317" Text="What does &quot;invalid procedure call&quot; mean in IIS 7 with asp application and how to fix it?" />
  <row Id="42625" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24001" RevisionGUID="be1ca47e-dca8-4013-8ab8-54a89a382b06" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:47:42.000" UserId="317" Text="What does &quot;invalid procedure call&quot; mean in IIS 7 with asp application and how to fix it?" />
  <row Id="42626" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24001" RevisionGUID="be1ca47e-dca8-4013-8ab8-54a89a382b06" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:47:42.000" UserId="317" Text="&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="42627" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24002" RevisionGUID="a7d7312b-fd75-4700-ba03-0752eb282242" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:48:27.473" UserId="7342" Text="We use kermit with a simple config/script file that sets the options." />
  <row Id="42628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24003" RevisionGUID="c8a6a9bf-fef8-4780-b5aa-174b587531fd" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:48:55.710" UserId="1167" Text="A friend of mine asked me today (trying to calm down an agitated customer of his) how you could find out in SQL Server 2005 which database uses how much memory (in the server's RAM that is) at any given time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is that possible at all? If so - how? Can you do this with built-in SQL Server tools, or do you need extra third-party options?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;His customer was all flustered because his dedicated SQL Server machine suddenly uses all but 200KB of its 4 GB of RAM. I don't think this is a problem, really - but since this guy claims it happened more or less over night, he wants to know what caused this increase in memory usage.....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Marc&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42629" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24003" RevisionGUID="c8a6a9bf-fef8-4780-b5aa-174b587531fd" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:48:55.710" UserId="1167" Text="Find out which database in SQL Server 2005 uses how much RAM" />
  <row Id="42630" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24003" RevisionGUID="c8a6a9bf-fef8-4780-b5aa-174b587531fd" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:48:55.710" UserId="1167" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;ram&gt;" />
  <row Id="42631" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24004" RevisionGUID="5b2d1c27-1388-4fb9-a3e7-656303a49c0a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:51:49.533" UserId="48" Text="If you are an administrator, once you have accessed the c$ share you can take ownership of those folders and then change the permissions to allow yourself access." />
  <row Id="42632" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24005" RevisionGUID="14017c9e-5e9f-46d3-b254-39079fbb82ba" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:53:03.807" UserId="1727" Text="The IT department has been growing over the last few years and we are to the point where we need to get some software to capture and report information from the computers, servers, managed switches and routers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Approximate # of devices:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Servers 10&#xD;&#xA; - Workstations 150&#xD;&#xA; - Routers 7&#xD;&#xA; - Managed switches 15&#xD;&#xA; - non-managed switches 5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Items that we would like to capture:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Network Performance Monitoring&#xD;&#xA; - Bandwidth Guage&#xD;&#xA; - SMNP Real-Time Graphing&#xD;&#xA; - Real-Time Interface Monitoring&#xD;&#xA; - Mapping of network&#xD;&#xA; - Auto detection of changes in hardware (Routers, switches, workstations)&#xD;&#xA; - Inventory management (Hardware &amp; software reports)&#xD;&#xA; - It also acts as a management tool to remotely view a workstation &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a mix of Adtran and Cisco devices in our network. Budget is about $5000 and we want to make the best use of the money. " />
  <row Id="42633" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24005" RevisionGUID="14017c9e-5e9f-46d3-b254-39079fbb82ba" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:53:03.807" UserId="1727" Text="What are the best system monitoring/capture and reporting tools for medium sized business." />
  <row Id="42634" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24005" RevisionGUID="14017c9e-5e9f-46d3-b254-39079fbb82ba" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:53:03.807" UserId="1727" Text="&lt;tools&gt;&lt;adtran&gt;&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;reporting&gt;&lt;capture&gt;" />
  <row Id="42635" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24006" RevisionGUID="65a7bbf0-c834-4dd4-89fd-ef735944b92a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:55:10.047" UserId="2561" Text="GNU Screen will do this as well.  You just provide the argument of whatever device you are using, for example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    screen /dev/ttyUSB0&#xD;&#xA;    screen /dev/ttyS0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Like any other file, you will need read write privileges for the /dev/tty* devices. See the 'Window Types' section of `man screen` to see how to specify the baud rate etc, but screen can usually figure this out." />
  <row Id="42636" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24007" RevisionGUID="1ab132d3-2f9e-49c7-9f7f-3c50f101455a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:55:11.027" UserId="2372" Text="The [RoboCopy][1] utility has a /B option that will allow access from an account with administrative privileges that would otherwise fail.   It also allows the copy to continue if only a single file fails or is locked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy" />
  <row Id="42637" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24008" RevisionGUID="62d1e4a3-5caf-483a-8fb9-b138f3772fac" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:57:26.860" UserId="1933" Text="I can't speak for DRBD Proxy, but the regular DRBD will not like this much.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With even limited activity, you could easily saturate a dual T1 (2x 1.5Mbps; for round numbers, 300KB/s).  300KB/s could be taken up by application logging alone, let alone doing anything interesting on your server.  This rules out synchronous replication ([Protocol C][1]), let alone adding the over-the-vpn latency into the equation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Async replication ([Protocol A][2]) might technically work, but I would expect the secondary to be so far out of date as to not be usable in the case of a failure (the replica might be hours behind during the day)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Memory synchronous ([Protocol B][3]) won't help as it's still constrained by the bandwidth issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I expect DRBD Proxy will still suffer with similar issues, primarily causing replication delay due to the limited bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recommend you re-evaluate your DR strategy to work out what you are mitigating against; hardware failure or site failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the case of protecting against site failure, you may get better mileage out of lower bandwidth / higher density transfers in the case of one (or both) bandwidth constrained site.  Some examples of this technique are rsync (over-the-wire transfers are limited to changes in files between runs - rather than per-change for every change - plus some protocol overhead; can be run over SSH to encrypt and compress traffic further) and database log shipping (transferring compressed database logs to replay on the DR box may use less bandwidth than transferring a full database dump).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're protecting against hardware failure, a local DRBD replica connected with a GigE crossover will work just fine, allow for fully synchronous updates, and permit online verification to prove the data is consistent on both nodes.  You can still combine this option with limited file replication to an DR site to protect against a primary site failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.drbd.org/users-guide/s-replication-protocols.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.drbd.org/users-guide/s-replication-protocols.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.drbd.org/users-guide/s-replication-protocols.html" />
  <row Id="42638" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24009" RevisionGUID="9d36df7d-1bf6-461e-a877-d487a78f93f0" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:57:29.107" UserId="7574" Text="You can grant a user account Backup Privileges, which allows it access to all files regardless of other permissions on those files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Typically you add the user to the Backup Operators group on the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc740217.aspx" />
  <row Id="42639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24010" RevisionGUID="9dcf7015-1505-4fcc-80b5-1526937f100d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:58:32.650" UserId="8950" Text="bash has many features that used to only be in zsh. You can have 'smart tab completion' with bash aswell now, as any recent ubuntu user has discovered." />
  <row Id="42640" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24011" RevisionGUID="b64318dd-f68d-42fc-9037-117be0d4fb76" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:58:38.343" UserId="371" Text="It is possible that permissions can be changed so remove Administrator read/write access to files/folders, also preventing changing the permissions by the admin.  However, the Administrator can still take ownership of the files, which enables access to change permissions.  Then, add access to Administrators.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42641" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24012" RevisionGUID="cfafecae-e1bb-4c6b-8515-01f443696ee7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:59:04.647" UserId="6383" Text="Needed to extract a file from a tar file.  No problem:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tar cvf filename.tar somefile&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just reinstalled SunOS4, restored local files from backup, and was cleaning up, removing the restored files from their temporary location when I typed rm -rf /usr and wondered why it was taking so long...  I got to do it all over again." />
  <row Id="42642" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24012" RevisionGUID="cfafecae-e1bb-4c6b-8515-01f443696ee7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:59:04.647" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42643" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24013" RevisionGUID="ebe1bb4a-831e-4013-b0a8-b7647cbdf481" CreationDate="2009-06-11T11:59:41.230" UserId="1992" Text="It was most likely caused by a query wanting to read more pages into the buffer pool, and the buffer pool grabbing more memory to accomodate that. This is how SQL Server is supposed to work. If the box experiences memory pressure, it will ask SQL Server to give up some memory, which it will do. The customer shouldn't be concerned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use the DMV `sys.dm_os_buffer_descriptors` to see how much of the buffer pool memory is being used by which database. This snippet will tell you how many clean and dirty (modified since last checkpoint or read from disk) pages from each database are in the buffer pool. You can modify further.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SELECT&#xD;&#xA;       (CASE WHEN ([is_modified] = 1) THEN 'Dirty' ELSE 'Clean' END) AS 'Page State',&#xD;&#xA;       (CASE WHEN ([database_id] = 32767) THEN 'Resource Database' ELSE DB_NAME (database_id) END) AS 'Database Name',&#xD;&#xA;       COUNT (*) AS 'Page Count'&#xD;&#xA;    FROM sys.dm_os_buffer_descriptors&#xD;&#xA;       GROUP BY [database_id], [is_modified]&#xD;&#xA;       ORDER BY [database_id], [is_modified];&#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I explain this a little more in this blog post [Inside the Storage Engine: What's in the buffer pool?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also checkout KB 907877 ([How to use the DBCC MEMORYSTATUS command to monitor memory usage on SQL Server 2005][2]) which will give you an idea of the breakdown of the rest of SQL Server's memory usage (but not per-database).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/Inside-the-Storage-Engine-Whats-in-the-buffer-pool.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907877" />
  <row Id="42644" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24014" RevisionGUID="6233125b-0589-44ae-a5c8-062c5dace717" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:01:20.197" UserId="3867" Text="Tricky Question. When you calculate free space you actually need to add up buffer and cache both.&#xD;&#xA;This is what Could find&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A buffer is something that has yet to be &quot;written&quot; to disk. A cache is something that has been &quot;read&quot; from the disk and stored for later use. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://visualbasic.ittoolbox.com/documents/difference-between-buffer-and-cache-12135" />
  <row Id="42646" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24016" RevisionGUID="a327194a-4f82-4881-bae8-5e5b7b3e65bf" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:02:16.797" UserId="8950" Text="Bash is one of the most popular shells IME.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to write portable shell scripts use /bin/sh, which is a very small shell. It doesn't have all the features that bash has. Some linux distros have /bin/sh symlinked to /bin/bash, so be careful if you're writing a shell. Ubuntu has /bin/sh symlinked to /bin/dash, which only implements all the /bin/sh stuff. If it works on /bin/dash, then it'll work on sh." />
  <row Id="42647" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24016" RevisionGUID="a327194a-4f82-4881-bae8-5e5b7b3e65bf" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:02:16.797" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24017" RevisionGUID="0f2159d9-ac24-49a1-aab7-62508ea763f6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:03:06.220" UserId="8342" Text="I'm not saying it was happening in your case as you seem to have independently verified the issue, just mentioning it here as a pointer for future people searching with a similar problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only times I've ran into this same issue, it was because something was leaning on the delete button on one of the keyboards and the user didn't realize it - seriously.  I've seen the same problem with the Enter key on external keyboards because of similar issues and due to it's location on the numeric keypad.  The delete issue is more common with people on laptops, again due to key positioning, especially if a lead or something gets caught when closing a laptop lid in an external keyboard, monitor, mouse set up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Despite it being such an obvious cause, you'd be surprised at the calibre of people that I've seen it catch out..." />
  <row Id="42649" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="24005" RevisionGUID="341f664a-db85-400a-9655-4a8ae00594cf" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:04:16.233" UserId="1727" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;tools&gt;&lt;adtran&gt;&lt;reporting&gt;&lt;network-monitoring&gt;&lt;performance-monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="42650" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24018" RevisionGUID="a3c92331-7651-411e-9f34-b5ca20f5ba20" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:06:50.897" UserId="4694" Text="There isn't one tool for everything. Look at other similar questions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[What tool do you use to monitor your servers?][1]&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[Network monitoring][2]&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[Network Traffic Monitoring][3]&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[What is the best/worst monitoring system?][4]&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[Real time monitoring of MS Windows servers and their services][5]&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[What tool do you use to monitor your clients?][6]&lt;br&gt;**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/44/what-tool-do-you-use-to-monitor-your-servers&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1259/network-monitoring&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3326/network-traffic-monitoring&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://serverfault.com/questions/17008/what-is-the-best-worst-monitoring-system&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://serverfault.com/questions/21412/real-time-monitoring-of-ms-windows-servers-and-their-services&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://serverfault.com/questions/22663/what-tool-do-you-use-to-monitor-your-clients" />
  <row Id="42651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24019" RevisionGUID="1416ca8b-ef5e-43e8-9f81-d85b6cdbd6c7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:07:12.443" UserId="3537" Text="Your friend can also limit the amount of RAM that SQL will take because, as Paul states above, SQL will take every bit of memory it can.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Limit the amount of memory taken by SQL Server to 2000 Mb (or whatever you think is best).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--Enable advanced options:&#xD;&#xA;USE master&#xD;&#xA;EXEC sp_configure 'show advanced options', 1&#xD;&#xA;RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--Set the maximum amount of memory to 2000 MB:&#xD;&#xA;USE master&#xD;&#xA;EXEC sp_configure 'max server memory (MB)', 2000&#xD;&#xA;RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--Display the newly set configuration:&#xD;&#xA;USE master&#xD;&#xA;EXEC sp_configure 'max server memory (MB)'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--Set 'show advanced options' back to default:&#xD;&#xA;USE master&#xD;&#xA;EXEC sp_configure 'show advanced options', 0&#xD;&#xA;RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24020" RevisionGUID="00a45333-13fa-4814-a823-5a999ec85462" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:07:44.063" UserId="45" Text="Look at this article which explains some possible reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Why do I get 'Invalid procedure call or argument'?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This often happens because you used a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; VBScript &quot;friendly name&quot; constant in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; place of its integer equivalent.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Visual Basic understands these&#xD;&#xA;&gt; friendly names, such as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FileSystemObject's 'forAppending' and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 'forWriting' constants.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Another possible cause is trying to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; use a string operation (like Mid(),&#xD;&#xA;&gt; InStr(), Left() or Right()) on a NULL&#xD;&#xA;&gt; value.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Another possibility is that you are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; coming over from JavaScript, or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; otherwise think that string lengths&#xD;&#xA;&gt; are 0-based.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Still one more possibility is that you have unexpected characters in an FSO writeline call. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-------&#xD;&#xA;This Microsoft Support article could also be helpful:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[&quot;Invalid Procedure Call&quot; Error Message or Access Violation When You Try to Assign User-Defined Type to Variant][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; When you assign a user-defined type to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a Variant in a multithreaded&#xD;&#xA;&gt; environment (for example, in Microsoft&#xD;&#xA;&gt; COM+ or in Microsoft Internet&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Information Server [IIS]), you may&#xD;&#xA;&gt; receive an &quot;Invalid Procedure Call&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; error message or an access violation&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (0xC0000005) in MSVBVM60.dll.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://classicasp.aspfaq.com/files/directories-fso/why-do-i-get-invalid-procedure-call-or-argument.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;326345" />
  <row Id="42653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24021" RevisionGUID="9ce63f7c-f517-461a-9724-4723e23d6904" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:07:57.590" UserId="8950" Text="curl has support to view the headers when you're downloading, or you can use the `-I` option to save the headers to a file." />
  <row Id="42654" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24022" RevisionGUID="48132069-4c88-4120-9110-f4a9b42cd372" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:08:09.570" UserId="7342" Text="You might want to look at something like HP OpenView or CA's Unicentre.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might find OpenNMS does what you're looking for and is free, but will have a steep learning curve, which may turn out more expensive in the short term." />
  <row Id="42655" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24023" RevisionGUID="a49667e0-0956-400d-bb72-f1cd956c49c2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:09:41.223" UserId="4479" Text="I'm looking at having to place a few servers in a location that does not provide a 'friendly' environment (moderate dust, no HVAC, ok physical security).  Can anyone recommend a 'self contained' rack enclosure that provides cooling, air filtration, and a lock?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42656" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24023" RevisionGUID="a49667e0-0956-400d-bb72-f1cd956c49c2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:09:41.223" UserId="4479" Text="Self Contained / Cooled Rack Enclosure" />
  <row Id="42657" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24023" RevisionGUID="a49667e0-0956-400d-bb72-f1cd956c49c2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:09:41.223" UserId="4479" Text="&lt;rack&gt;" />
  <row Id="42658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24024" RevisionGUID="580fbb17-0c2e-4881-8e1c-988775aace9b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:09:54.470" UserId="2489" Text="Are you running the logitech driver?   Have you updated it to the latest version?  Try it without any driver at all." />
  <row Id="42659" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24025" RevisionGUID="9ff60261-6c47-423b-87f5-e7d39d113b57" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:12:18.757" UserId="2561" Text="As an aside, I do not think that is as written as well as it could be, see [this][1] for why.  Consider the following instead:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     while read FNAME&#xD;&#xA;     do&#xD;&#xA;        /somePath/ftp_autojobs.sh someFolder/LG &quot;$FNAME&quot; Apple.txt&#xD;&#xA;     done &lt; Banana.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashPitfalls#for_i_in_.60ls_.2A.mp3.60" />
  <row Id="42660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24026" RevisionGUID="a10e3ed3-0c75-4fd9-adeb-9adaf7c4e769" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:13:08.913" UserId="1435" Text="HP sell a water-cooled, sealed rack that's also pretty secure - lets you run up to 36Kw/rack too, very spendy though, VERY.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Plus it needs cold water feed and exit plumbing too. Other than this, rather extreme, solution I can't think of there being anything that contains active-cooling inside the rack, where would the heat/condensed water go?" />
  <row Id="42661" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24027" RevisionGUID="7f956654-b724-44e3-b98b-af5645fe67a6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:13:20.207" UserId="2359" Text="We are currently evaluating [Orion NPM][1] from SolarWinds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Orion NPM Highlights:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Monitors and analyzes real-time, in-depth, network performance statistics for routers, switches, wireless access points, servers, and any other SNMP-enabled devices&#xD;&#xA;* Simplifies network issue investigation with drill down maps and Top 10 views of your global network&#xD;&#xA;* Gets you up and running in less than an hour with do-it-yourself deployment&#xD;&#xA;* Scales to accommodate growth and management needs with a hot standby engine, multiple polling engines, and additional web servers&#xD;&#xA;* Enables advanced alerting for correlated events, sustained conditions, and complex combinations of device states&#xD;&#xA;* Monitors the energy consumption of Cisco® EnergyWise-enabled network devices and displays policies that regulate energy consumption&#xD;&#xA;* Extends management capabilities to NetFlow traffic analysis, VoIP monitoring, IP address management, network configuration management, and application and server performance&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.solarwinds.com/products/orion/" />
  <row Id="42662" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23788" RevisionGUID="e7fe339c-c828-4a7c-b6d5-2b133ecf29be" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:14:00.630" UserId="58" Comment="added 266 characters in body; added 20 characters in body" Text="Hi folks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  I'm trying to configure my IIS7 compression settings in my web.config file. I'm trying to enable HTTP 1.0 requests to be gzip.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MSDN has all the info [about it here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to have this config info in my own website's web.config file? Or do i need to set it at an application level? Currently, I have that code in my web.config...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;system.webServer&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;urlCompression &#xD;&#xA;            doDynamicCompression=&quot;true&quot; &#xD;&#xA;            dynamicCompressionBeforeCache=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;httpCompression &#xD;&#xA;            cacheControlHeader=&quot;max-age=86400&quot; &#xD;&#xA;            noCompressionForHttp10=&quot;False&quot; &#xD;&#xA;            noCompressionForProxies=&quot;False&quot; &#xD;&#xA;            sendCacheHeaders=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        ... other stuff snipped ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/system.webServer&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not working :( HTTP 1.1 requests are getting compressed, just not 1.0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That MSDN page above says that it can be used in :-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  Machine.config &#xD;&#xA; -  ApplicationHost.config&#xD;&#xA; -  Root application Web.config&#xD;&#xA; -  Application Web.config &#xD;&#xA; -  Directory Web.config&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, can we set these settings on a per-website-basis, programatically in a web.config file? (this is an Application Web.config file...) What have i done wrong?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;cheers :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: I was asked how i know HTTP1.0 is not getting compressed. I'm using the Failed Request Tracing Rules, which reports back:-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    DYNAMIC_COMPRESSION_START&#xD;&#xA;    DYNAMIC_COMPRESSION_NOT_SUCESS&#xD;&#xA;        Reason: 3&#xD;&#xA;        Reason: NO_COMPRESSION_10&#xD;&#xA;    DYNAMIC_COMPRESSION_END&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms690689.aspx&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42663" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23904" RevisionGUID="98148c2a-9f89-4a8b-b4ef-13c9dfd5468e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:15:39.380" UserId="45" Comment="added 561 characters in body" Text="There is a third-party software for Windows (IIS), which - besides other things - does this job pretty well: [ISAPI Rewrite][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ISAPI Rewrite is a powerful URL&#xD;&#xA;&gt; manipulation engine based on regular&#xD;&#xA;&gt; expressions. It acts mostly like&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Apache's mod_Rewrite, but is designed&#xD;&#xA;&gt; specifically for Microsoft's Internet&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Information Server (IIS).&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ISAPI Rewrite is an ISAPI filter&#xD;&#xA;&gt; written in pure C/C++ so it is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; extremely fast. ISAPI_Rewrite gives&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you the freedom to go beyond the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; standard URL schemes and develop your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; own scheme.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used it for different purposes on our servers and it worked very well. Search for &quot;Proxying&quot;. Here is the [documentation for the RewriteProxy Rule][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could use these rules&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mydomain.com$ &#xD;&#xA;    RewriteProxy ^(.*) http://local-server-ip/appdir-for-domain/$1 [H,A,L]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^myotherdomain.com$ &#xD;&#xA;    RewriteProxy ^(.*) http://local-server-ip/appdir-for-otherdomain/$1 [H,A,L]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mydomain.com$ &#xD;&#xA;    RewriteProxy ^(.*) http://mydomain.com.intranet$1 [H,A,L]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^myotherdomain.com$ &#xD;&#xA;    RewriteProxy ^(.*) http://myotherdomain.com.intranet$1 [H,A,L]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.isapirewrite.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.isapirewrite.com/docs/#RewriteProxy" />
  <row Id="42664" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24028" RevisionGUID="c5ae7310-2df4-4d19-97d0-19c853b6c7a7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:18:30.767" UserId="9167" Text="I have a NASLite-2 server that I can not connect with from Windows 7 RC over SMB.  It works fine from other Windows XP boxes on the network.  I can ping the NASLite-2 server from Windows 7 and even access the HTML based administration page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried changing the following in the local security policy:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Local Policies - Security Options&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Network security: LAN Manager authentication level&#xD;&#xA;    Send LM &amp; NTLM responses&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Minimum session security for NTLM SSP&#xD;&#xA;    Disable Require 128-bit encryption &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The strange thing is that I was running the Windows 7 Beta on one machine previously and had no trouble connecting to the the SAMBA shares after making the above mentioned changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please forgive me for asking the question the question here but the ServerElements forum appears to unavailable and some of the response there are less than friendly.  I do not have any experience debugging SMB or enough experience to the nuances of with Windows 7 and networking.  A direct answer or any helpful advice on how to approach debugging this issue would be greatly appreciated." />
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  <row Id="42667" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24026" RevisionGUID="3927e083-87eb-4495-b3ca-9feba2620470" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:19:24.213" UserId="1435" Comment="added link" Text="HP sell a [water-cooled, sealed rack][1] that's also pretty secure - lets you run up to 35Kw/rack too, very spendy though, VERY.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Plus it needs cold water feed and exit plumbing too. Other than this, rather extreme, solution I can't think of there being anything that contains active-cooling inside the rack, where would the heat/condensed water go?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/en/WF04a/3447589-3447589-3446285-3446371-3461917.html" />
  <row Id="42668" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24029" RevisionGUID="dbead7ce-a935-49ea-b1c6-943b1f248263" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:19:25.370" UserId="2359" Text="The racks at http://www.kellsystems.com offer exhaust fans and have optional air filter modules. Each rack has a speced heat load that it can handle. The nice things about these racks is they look like furniture in an office environment. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42669" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24030" RevisionGUID="34ff35a2-458a-43c0-9f37-525a17ec0250" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:19:31.797" UserId="8831" Text="Hi all&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am running endian firewall release 2.2.rc3 and I have just installed sarg to monitor bandwidth usage but I sarg daily index.html is not being created. Has anyone come across such scenarios? " />
  <row Id="42670" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24030" RevisionGUID="34ff35a2-458a-43c0-9f37-525a17ec0250" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:19:31.797" UserId="8831" Text="Sarg on Endian firewall" />
  <row Id="42671" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24030" RevisionGUID="34ff35a2-458a-43c0-9f37-525a17ec0250" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:19:31.797" UserId="8831" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;bandwidth&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;unix&gt;" />
  <row Id="42672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24031" RevisionGUID="16344aee-a0b6-4cff-ab07-aacae4c59a8e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:20:17.833" UserId="4947" Text="[Nailgun][1] might be what you're looking for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Nailgun is a client, protocol, and server for running Java programs from the command line without incurring the JVM startup overhead. Programs run in the server (which is implemented in Java), and are triggered by the client (written in C), which handles all I/O.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://martiansoftware.com/nailgun/index.html" />
  <row Id="42673" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24032" RevisionGUID="32a96d36-13a4-4946-a48b-ae9cada0d706" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:21:32.560" UserId="9170" Text="hi there, as such no anti virus is require bcoz all the distro come with patch for virus which there for linux i thing u dont require" />
  <row Id="42674" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24033" RevisionGUID="832d3ccf-a892-4922-acee-df0f4e629a7d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:22:52.013" UserId="8711" Text="First of two...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a Solaris box we had a tar backup of an AIX machine.. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the Developers typed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tax xvf AIX_Backup.tar&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course the paths in the tax were absolute and we ended up making a new distro of unix... Solarix...  The only problem with the distro is that it did not boot :(&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="42677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24034" RevisionGUID="a7b2d7a2-a32a-4bf2-9d1d-1d845425091f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:26:05.273" UserId="8558" Text="I just installed Windows Server 2008 R2 on as my main file server on my home network.  I've noticed that often times when I start my day my internet connection speed is slow.  I'll go to [Speakeasy speed test][1] and it'll be at about 25% of its normal speed.  When I restart my Server 2008 machine it increases back to normal.  It will stay normal until Server 2008 has been running for a while.  Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/" />
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  <row Id="42679" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24034" RevisionGUID="a7b2d7a2-a32a-4bf2-9d1d-1d845425091f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:26:05.273" UserId="8558" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;2008&gt;&lt;internet&gt;&lt;speed&gt;" />
  <row Id="42680" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24035" RevisionGUID="727c784d-695a-4c39-b364-a4a3216878c5" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:26:23.993" UserId="8711" Text="We had a FTP script that would update directories which housed our Client's reports.&#xD;&#xA;The script looked like this...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ftp www.ourcompany.com&#xD;&#xA;    cd &lt;ClientsDirectory&gt;/&#xD;&#xA;    put *.html ( including index.html ) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So just what happens when &lt;ClientDirectory&gt; does not exist?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You get the client's index page as your companys home page... Opps&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42681" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24035" RevisionGUID="727c784d-695a-4c39-b364-a4a3216878c5" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:26:23.993" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24036" RevisionGUID="510904cc-20f8-47c0-94e7-6dab533e12b9" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:27:25.147" UserId="9166" Text="Hi everyone,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;my group is in the market for plentiful storage. We traditionally used big-iron FC-attached SANs, but they are way expensive and provide much more performance than we require.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We want highly available shared storage, and if it performs like local desktop-class drives, that's fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there shared disk solutions out there that can get us slower but bigger disks?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We like [NexSan SataBeast](http://www.nexsan.com/satabeast.php) but they don't have a fully global presence which makes support awkward (we're a global company).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any storage of this type that you would recommend? We'd prefer to use FC-attached storage but we're open to suggestions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wout." />
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  <row Id="42684" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24036" RevisionGUID="510904cc-20f8-47c0-94e7-6dab533e12b9" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:27:25.147" UserId="9166" Text="&lt;san&gt;&lt;fibre-channel&gt;&lt;storage&gt;" />
  <row Id="42685" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23976" RevisionGUID="1b8416b2-bd1d-44be-8242-5231827ad39b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:28:59.937" UserId="9161" Comment="added 355 characters in body" Text="Got a brand new DELL server with activated Windows 2008 OEM Standard Server. I noticed that i can have several remote desktops open at same time. Need i aquire additional terminal server license to be legal or as it works, all is legal ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**: In this moment i have 4 remote desktops open with 4 different users, all in group &quot;Users&quot;, and 1 remote as admin. No remote desktop get closed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The TS license manager shows 1 CAL Dev 2008, expires 2009-08-31.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this maybe a grace period ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PD I have absolutly no problems to aquire licenses, but i don't want to pay twice ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="42686" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24037" RevisionGUID="1b14969e-a15b-4f90-842d-5d1cb9b761bd" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:34:33.910" UserId="7783" Text="iSCSI san do you? We're getting good results out of the Dell Equalogic. Still maybe not what you'd call &quot;cheap&quot; but from what I can see, definitely cheaper than the same sort of thing on FC." />
  <row Id="42687" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23286" RevisionGUID="0ac11f51-03fe-42dc-9770-860f008254e2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:35:07.390" UserId="8558" Comment="added 61 characters in body; added 5 characters in body" Text="I'm trying to do a really simple task - setup a virtual directory in Windows Server 2008.  This is what I am doing but it's not working for some reason:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Open IIS 7&#xD;&#xA;* Create a new virtual directory in Default Web Site and point it to a folder on d:\ drive&#xD;&#xA;* Browse to folder on d:\ drive and create an .htm file with some test text in it&#xD;&#xA;* Open a browser and navigate to http://localhost/TestSite/index.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I get a 404 - what gives?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:I didn't mention at first that this is Server 2008 **R2**" />
  <row Id="42688" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24038" RevisionGUID="192b4580-734b-4c5d-bd1d-fb36dfff6ec2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:35:22.537" UserId="9170" Text="hi there &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;OpenNMS&quot; is the best tool to work and its free &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42689" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24039" RevisionGUID="b0ab2926-5a06-41a1-9ca8-44956e534845" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:36:13.643" UserId="4983" Text="Hi, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to edit a user's &quot;personalTitle&quot; field in Active Directory, but cannot find where it is stored in &quot;Active Directory Users and Computers&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone point me in the right direction?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RB." />
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  <row Id="42691" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24039" RevisionGUID="b0ab2926-5a06-41a1-9ca8-44956e534845" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:36:13.643" UserId="4983" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;activedirectory&gt;" />
  <row Id="42692" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24040" RevisionGUID="7b947168-38b3-4cbf-914e-1d9f4380bab9" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:36:35.110" UserId="8743" Text="I like [Sun's black box concept][1]. It might be way over your requiremnents but it still fits them all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sun.com/products/sunmd/s20/" />
  <row Id="42693" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23944" RevisionGUID="840f8bc8-fa26-4cb3-ae17-78021ed86a6c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:38:15.517" UserId="8132" Comment="added 12 characters in body" Text="In our testing environnment, we use openwrt running wifidog client and gateway, we can not make the access point part of the DMZ nor use VLAN isolation on the productions sites.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Say the access point is 192.168.0.253 and the gateway/dns is 192.168.0.254, does putting a /30 subnet mask to the wired interface of the AP would provide a secure isolation of the acess point (the AP does packet filtering as well)?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Any recommandations for this setup are welcome.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;So by the way if you have deployed an opensource solution for a Hotspots network, what did you choose and why?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="42695" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24041" RevisionGUID="769ca8f8-70e7-4ce5-9a35-eb214bf805dd" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:42:57.153" UserId="6132" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.adminarsenal.com&quot;&gt;Admin Arsenal&lt;/a&gt; can take care of the remote management and inventory collection. It's free to try and would only take a bit out of your $5,000 leaving you with a healthy balance to get your network management/monitoring tool. It also provides software deployment and server monitoring. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With your budget you're pretty much out of contention with CA-Unicenter or HP Openview, though there are a number of opensource network management tools out there. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that this helps." />
  <row Id="42696" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17073" RevisionGUID="d05f5f17-b761-4a4f-8e4e-5ab6044d1711" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:44:48.367" UserId="5618" Comment="Fixed links" Text="That's happening because the remote mouse cursor has a different acceleration than the local mouse cursor. Disable mouse acceleration on the remote side, and it will keep in sync better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More details here: [hpmouse-README.txt][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a problem on windows boxes too, some details on an [HP Forum Post][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Short version, use: `xset m 1`&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://h50146.www5.hp.com/products/software/oe/Linux/mainstream/bin/support/doc/general/mgmt/ilo_ribloe/v100/hpmouse-README.txt&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=842944" />
  <row Id="42697" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24042" RevisionGUID="1da35bc0-4956-4716-8a13-c386796cc7bb" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:45:44.560" UserId="6095" Text="Take a look at the Xiotech Emprise 5000.  With their sata &quot;diskpac&quot;s you can get 16TB in 3U with redundant controllers and battery backed cache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're willing to drop FC for iSCSI Dell's MD3000i or Equalogic products are the cheapest &quot;name brand&quot; SAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if you really wanna get your freak on, check out Coraid's AoE.  Though I'm not sure to what degree they meet your global presence requirements." />
  <row Id="42698" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24043" RevisionGUID="625d44ee-1805-46fd-a767-4c7b74b4c9ce" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:46:11.033" UserId="9052" Text="I have not used Novell Xen or Starwind, I have worked with XenServer as well as the Xen packaged with both Debian and RHEL5. I did not try LVMoiSCSI when I tested XenServer as I didn't have an iSCSI host available at the time. That said from my understanding of iSCSI and LVM I can definitely hazard an educated guess which may help you in isolating the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my experience iSCSI has been an &quot;one system can mount at a time&quot; unless using a cluster aware filesystem like GFS. In my own Xen servers I use LVM to slice off the RAID array to be used as physical devices by my domUs. I am assuming Citrix has worked this into their LVMoiCSCSI support to do the same thing with an iSCSI volume. I will definitely have to try this out and see if I can't confirm my suspicions. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If Citrix's LVMoiSCSI doesn't do anything special other than treat the iSCSI LUN as a logical volume (LV) (ie- nothing to make it cluster aware) you could attempt to have your Novell Xen systems to do the same thing. LVM is by default cluster aware so each LV created would be able to be separately mounted by different servers while they all have the iSCSI target LUN made accessible. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;LVM itself is fairly easy to setup and work with and the commands should be straight forward across any Linux distribution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first thing you would want to accomplish, which I'm assuming you've already done, is make sure the server can access the iSCSI LUN and see it as a local SCSI drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you're able to see the iSCSI drive from at least one of the systems you would want to initialize it as a Physical Volume (PV):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    pvcreate /dev/sdX&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course replace the device with whatever device your system sees the iSCSI LUN as. In my experience this changes from reboot to reboot sometimes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With your PV initialized it's time to create a Volume Group (VG) and tell it to use your initialized PV:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    vgcreate XenVG /dev/sdX&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where XenVG will be your VG name and using the same device you used in the PV initialization step. Now if you run ``vgdisplay`` you should see something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    --- Volume group ---&#xD;&#xA;    VG Name               XenVG&#xD;&#xA;    System ID             &#xD;&#xA;    Format                lvm2&#xD;&#xA;    Metadata Areas        1&#xD;&#xA;    Metadata Sequence No  9&#xD;&#xA;    VG Access             read/write&#xD;&#xA;    VG Status             resizable&#xD;&#xA;    MAX LV                0&#xD;&#xA;    Cur LV                1&#xD;&#xA;    Open LV               1&#xD;&#xA;    Max PV                0&#xD;&#xA;    Cur PV                1&#xD;&#xA;    Act PV                1&#xD;&#xA;    VG Size               204.72 GB&#xD;&#xA;    PE Size               32.00 MB&#xD;&#xA;    Total PE              6551&#xD;&#xA;    Alloc PE / Size       640 / 20.00 GB&#xD;&#xA;    Free  PE / Size       5911 / 184.72 GB&#xD;&#xA;    VG UUID               tMHTWV-1dYR-4yB1-tmS5-q1Tk-i3Yx-6l1YLa&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This was taken from one of my live Xen servers with a single 20GB LV slice already setup. From this point it's just simply a matter of creating LVs for your domU drives. In the simplest form you can do so as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    lvcreate -L &lt;size&gt; -n &lt;LV name&gt; XenVG&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setting *&lt;size&gt;* to the desired drive capacity for the domU and I typically set *&lt;LV name&gt;* equal to the hostname of the domU I'm creating it for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then when you go to install your domU you would specify the disk as `/dev/XenVG/&lt;LV name&gt;` and Xen will treat it as a physical device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should allow you to have the LVs be mounted by different Xen servers from the same iSCSI LUN. You couldn't have the same LV mounted and used on two machines simultaneously; however, if you had some form of HA setup you could have the nodes start/stop the domU on different machines to maintain the virtual servers availability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also many more options to the above LVM commands, I merely gave the simplest forms. I would highly recommend reading the man pages and there are several good LVM HowTos available online as well." />
  <row Id="42699" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24044" RevisionGUID="0fba1013-cc54-49e7-97f3-5fc5f45b69a4" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:48:28.580" UserId="8851" Text="I once copy/pasted some &quot;bash magic&quot; script which I didn't understand from a slashdot comment, which had no warning and no comment other than that one liner. That's just stupid, I know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It turned out that evil lines spawned bash processes in a loop which rendered the server completely unresponsive. Luckily it was based on XEN and I was able to reboot it using xm reboot (calling data center to do manual reboot is always messy). On the other hand, I didn't have access to dom0 instantly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lesson learned - don't copy/paste stuff you don't know :)" />
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  <row Id="42701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24045" RevisionGUID="e485ab62-77ab-4767-8a31-176233188a30" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:50:58.093" UserId="45" Text="[**This page**][1] contains a [**link to a script**][2] which shows you how to modify the attributes of a user. In the given example it is the `employeeId`. But it should not be difficult exchange it with the personal title property.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look for &quot;Bonus Material&quot; and &quot;employeeID.vbs&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This script enables you to modify the employeeID attribute of a user.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;1. Using ADSI Edit, locate the user-Display object (in CN=409, CN=DisplaySpecifiers, CN=Configuration).&#xD;&#xA;2. Select the adminContextMenu attribute. Add to the attribute the value &quot;2, Employee &amp;ID, c:\test\employeeid.vbs&quot; (without quotes). Do not remove the existing values, and if number 2 is already in use, select a free number.&#xD;&#xA;3. On the computer, where you will test or use ADUC, create the file c:\test\employeeid.vbs and add the lines from employeeID.vbs.&#xD;&#xA;4. Start ADUC and right-click any user object, and you should see &quot;Employee ID&quot; in the context menu.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the script change&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     GetObject(&quot;LDAP://schema/employeeID&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     GetObject(&quot;LDAP://schema/personalTitle&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*and*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     objUser.employeeID&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     objUser.personalTitle&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kouti.com/scripts.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.kouti.com/samplescripts/bonus/employeeID.vbs.txt" />
  <row Id="42702" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24046" RevisionGUID="87c81a03-6299-4c23-af73-ef0020a8b726" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:53:38.277" UserId="6767" Text="I think there may be something weird in some Dell USB keyboard handlers.  The reason why I say this is that we have 6 or 7 Dell laptops, all Latitude D820/D830s, and they all exhibit a similar problem.  In our case it is usually only the Windows-, Alt-, or Ctrl- keys which get stuck, which means you can be typing away and all of a sudden your windows all minimize, an explorer pops up, etc.  This is with multiple vendors keyboards: Microsoft, Dell, Logitech, and Ben-Q.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know what the answer is." />
  <row Id="42703" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24047" RevisionGUID="4c943f97-ddfd-4856-ac03-9746b782ea15" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:54:41.097" UserDisplayName="Henrico Dolfing" Text="Have a look at [SharePoint Wiki Plus][1] from KWizCom.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kwizcom.com/ProductPage.asp?ProductID=524&amp;ProductSubNodeID=525&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Henrico" />
  <row Id="42706" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24049" RevisionGUID="f9e7f84d-2355-448c-98fb-66e8e0c35fdc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:57:40.983" UserId="2860" Text="I have an ubnutu server connected to internet by an ethernet cable to a router.&#xD;&#xA;I would like to share the Internet connection by a Wifi usb dongle connected to the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the possible ways to setup the server as a wifi access point?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The router is running a dhcp server, and I would like that wifi clients get their ip directly from the router without any &quot;routing&quot; in the ubuntu box.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42707" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24049" RevisionGUID="f9e7f84d-2355-448c-98fb-66e8e0c35fdc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:57:40.983" UserId="2860" Text="Share LAN network through Wifi in Linux" />
  <row Id="42708" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24049" RevisionGUID="f9e7f84d-2355-448c-98fb-66e8e0c35fdc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:57:40.983" UserId="2860" Text="&lt;wifi&gt;&lt;lan&gt;&lt;access-point&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="42709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24050" RevisionGUID="88be1681-f17d-4de3-a3b7-5fe99fca1309" CreationDate="2009-06-11T12:59:46.003" UserId="4983" Text="In the end I used the ADSIEdit.msc snap-in to edit the user's personalTitle property.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This can be started using Start-&gt; Run -&gt; &quot;AdsiEdit.msc&quot;" />
  <row Id="42710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24051" RevisionGUID="f1fb06df-7d9e-4f49-96da-d4ccf17dcf1e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:02:01.397" UserId="8042" Text="You can get an iSCSI interface for Netgear's ReadyNAS range. I think the Pro supports it natively but you can get a plugin for the lower end systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't want special hardware, you can use a bog standard box, use [Starwind][1] as an iSCSI target and connect that way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.starwindsoftware.com/" />
  <row Id="42711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24052" RevisionGUID="97ace3ea-52d6-4112-a53e-6451b6adf8ef" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:02:38.870" UserId="2004" Text="I have two Ricoh printers/copiers setup for IP printing in the office.&lt;br&gt; Before this week there were no problems printing to them.&lt;br&gt; Now a handful of them (All running Vista, not sure if it is every Vista computer or not, It seems like I would hear more from users if that was the case), see both printers as being offline. All the PC's running XP have no problems printing. When this first occurred a reboot was able to get the printer to appear online, but that is no longer the case. (and at the time I thought only one computer was having the issue) I have removed the printers, reinstalled the latest drivers and there is no change on the Vista machines. I am currently using the same version of a RPCS driver on both VISTA and XP. As a work around I could setup the printers on a 2003 Server, but I don't see why IP printing should just stop working out of the blue like this. The printer can be reached by IP from all computers and the web interface is accessible and reports no errors. &lt;br&gt;Does anyone have any ideas? " />
  <row Id="42712" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24052" RevisionGUID="97ace3ea-52d6-4112-a53e-6451b6adf8ef" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:02:38.870" UserId="2004" Text="Network Printers Offline (but not really)" />
  <row Id="42713" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24052" RevisionGUID="97ace3ea-52d6-4112-a53e-6451b6adf8ef" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:02:38.870" UserId="2004" Text="&lt;printing&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;printers&gt;" />
  <row Id="42714" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23933" RevisionGUID="e732daec-2e1d-4d87-8f9e-feb6cd410889" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:02:53.660" UserId="4685" Comment="added 13 characters in body; added 4 characters in body" Text="Thanks for all your answers!&#xD;&#xA;I was over at TrueSec(LabCenter) yesterday on a deployment seminar and got some nice tips. then after some more googling i found this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[www.deployvista.com][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This seems to me the most correct way of dealing with the issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;startnet.cmd:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    wpeutil InitializeNetwork&#xD;&#xA;    ping localhost&#xD;&#xA;    wpeinit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After 10 retrys it seems to work flawless for me.&#xD;&#xA;Hope this will make things easier for you to!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.deployvista.com/Blog/tabid/70/EntryID/52/language/en-US/Default.aspx" />
  <row Id="42715" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24053" RevisionGUID="2437e6b0-c9d6-466b-8654-ecb4f1d4abd6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:03:01.583" UserId="8193" Text="Depends on your definition of &quot;Cheap&quot;.  But you could look at [HP LeftHand Starter SANs][1].  It's an all iSCSI solution but provides better performance the more you scale it, uses standard servers for the hardware, has solutions in SATA and SAS varieties to fit your budget and performance needs, and is supported by a global, good customer service, company.  The boxes can be setup with no redundancy for maximum disk space (and minimal cost), to several layers of redudancy so your data basically cannot be lost short of an act of God.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The performance is comparable to FC, and even can even surpass FC the more you scale it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/p4000/models.html &quot;HP LeftHand Starter SANs&quot;" />
  <row Id="42716" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24054" RevisionGUID="eb8c6f3e-ccbe-410b-95ab-55dba85cad6c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:03:22.940" UserId="3058" Text="[APC - Now Liebert][1] has some cooling systems designed for rack level coooling.  One thing you didn't mention was how much noise you can tolerate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They typically will assign someone to help you design the appropriate system from they selection of racks, UPSs and other devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=107" />
  <row Id="42717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24055" RevisionGUID="46bff8f2-c288-4ea7-ad06-4f8638750cd7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:03:53.877" UserId="1447" Text="How much storage do you need?  If you want something in the 10's to 100's of Terabytes and could use a NAS or file server type architecture you could try a [Sun X4540][1] (Thumper) and use NFS or Samba.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sun.com/servers/x64/x4540/" />
  <row Id="42718" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23917" RevisionGUID="95118b5a-061c-414c-befb-9bd3b53056d0" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:07:10.173" UserId="326" Comment="added 116 characters in body" Text="The filesystem is almost irrelevant. You want to mount the filesystem &quot;sync&quot; though. That'll cost you write performance, but you can be sure that all the data is written after the `cp` is finished.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, `mount -o remount,async` is your friend if you want to temporarily get the performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To actually give a specific answer too, I would recommend ext3 with the `data=journal` and `sync` mount options." />
  <row Id="42719" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24056" RevisionGUID="bc2d3e8b-4272-4745-9455-af29180e9672" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:08:44.397" UserId="8950" Text="If your admin is familiar or even passionate about existing version of linux, then you should stick with that, unless you have a good reason to go with Ubuntu.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are starting off from a blank slate, ubuntu or debian would be a good choice." />
  <row Id="42720" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24055" RevisionGUID="413ff9c4-14ec-45a1-8fe6-86d7e5627d50" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:09:47.393" UserId="1447" Comment="added 74 characters in body" Text="How much storage do you need?  If you want something in the 10's to 100's of Terabytes and could use a NAS or file server type architecture you could try a [Sun X4540][1] (Thumper) and use NFS or Samba.  Solaris also comes with an iSCSI target if you need block level storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sun.com/servers/x64/x4540/" />
  <row Id="42721" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24057" RevisionGUID="a1135ef7-857a-4e2a-b58d-252e9ace426c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:10:26.157" UserId="7083" Text="[APC's InfraStruXure range][1] have been around for a while and meet your feature list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apc.com/products/infrastruxure/index.cfm" />
  <row Id="42722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24058" RevisionGUID="7b1248ee-734b-40c0-aa89-01fac59c27e0" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:10:34.067" UserId="671" Text="You will probably want a cabinet with integrated air conditioning.  There are several companies that manufacture cabinets that either have air conditioning built into the cabinet itself, and others that have the A/C unit mounted outside of the cabinet (such as on the back).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Rackmount Solutions][1] carries some of these.  As others have mentioned, other vendors such as [APC][2] and [Sun][3] also manufacture modular systems that include A/C, but they tend to be more expensive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rackmountsolutions.net/Air_Conditioned_Server_Rack.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=107&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.sun.com/products/sunmd/s20/" />
  <row Id="42724" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24060" RevisionGUID="fa6888c8-1b94-4fde-a941-d9f6328c2434" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:10:58.670" UserId="6274" Text="Hi, I have a problem with logman.exe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't get the -v option to work properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With this parameters:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**logman create counter EPVMON1 -f csv -v mmddoomm -max 100 -si 120 -o &quot;F:/PerfLogs/EPVMON1&quot; -cf &quot;F:/EPVMON/EPVTASK/COUNTERS/disk.config&quot;**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;it creates correctly the entry in perfomance monitor but the information at the end of the filename are sequential number (nnnnnn) and not the date. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using 'mmddhhmm' instead of 'mmddoomm'  I get an error that tell me to use  nnnnnnn or mmddoomm (I'm using Italian version of Windows XP), but in perfmon i can't find this mmddoomm.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="42726" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24060" RevisionGUID="fa6888c8-1b94-4fde-a941-d9f6328c2434" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:10:58.670" UserId="6274" Text="&lt;logman&gt;&lt;perfmon&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="42727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24061" RevisionGUID="0fc5f932-b0e4-4dee-a34c-5c9abb2ce1c2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:13:05.250" UserId="4718" Text="Our WIndows Server 2003 DHCP scope is being filled with BAD ADDRESS leases. &#xD;&#xA;This happened after we started deploying Vista to the domain. &#xD;&#xA;It is most prevalent when a user disconnects from their wired connection and plugs back in on an alternate location.&#xD;&#xA;I have ran wireshark on the DHCP server and can see the client machine refusing the DHCP address.&#xD;&#xA;I have turned of conflict detection on the DHCP server but it is still filling it with BAD ADDRESS entries.&#xD;&#xA;In these cases the user cannot get an IP address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another possibly related issue is that there are several users reporting IP Address Conflict messages on their laptops and workstations. These are all served from the same DHCP server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My belief is that this is caused by something in Vista but it has not been resolved by deploying SP2. All machines that users report both issues (NOt able to get an address, IP address conflict) are running Vista while machines running XP get only the IP Address conflict message.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;THe DHCP Lease time is 3 days. Should this be reduced? Should I reenable conflict detection? Or should I just put XP SP3 on the machines that I can?" />
  <row Id="42728" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24061" RevisionGUID="0fc5f932-b0e4-4dee-a34c-5c9abb2ce1c2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:13:05.250" UserId="4718" Text="Windows 2003 DHCP Server - FIlled with BAD ADDRESS Entries" />
  <row Id="42729" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24061" RevisionGUID="0fc5f932-b0e4-4dee-a34c-5c9abb2ce1c2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:13:05.250" UserId="4718" Text="&lt;dhcp&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="42730" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24055" RevisionGUID="271f02d5-1542-408a-9ac2-ccfbf76eb1b8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:15:00.847" UserId="1447" Comment="added 378 characters in body; added 178 characters in body; added 62 characters in body" Text="How much storage do you need?  If you want something in the 10's to 100's of Terabytes and could use a NAS or file server type architecture you could try a [Sun X4540][1] (Thumper) and use NFS or Samba.  Solaris also comes with an iSCSI target if you need block level storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For those not familiar with Sun's Thumper, it's a 4U 2-socket Opteron box with 48 SATA disks.  Solaris has an iSCSI target and the much-hyped ZFS file system, which gets promoted as something of a killer combo.   The machine can run Samba or NFS server software which lets you use it as a conventional NAS or file server.  You can have up to 48TB of disk on a single machine, although with RAID-5 volumes this would be somewhat smaller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This blog posting][2] discusses some of the ins and outs of using a Thumper as an iSCSI target.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sun.com/servers/x64/x4540/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.sun.com/constantin/entry/x4500_solaris_zfs_iscsi_perfect" />
  <row Id="42731" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="24039" RevisionGUID="46a6a316-403d-4d39-8830-6f48174d670a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:16:03.870" UserId="5391" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="42732" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23976" RevisionGUID="23d591b5-d364-4998-8ed3-dab6b8b9553b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:16:21.203" UserId="9161" Comment="added 169 characters in body" Text="Got a brand new DELL server with activated Windows 2008 OEM Standard Server. I noticed that i can have several remote desktops open at same time. Need i aquire additional terminal server license to be legal or as it works, all is legal ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**: In this moment i have 4 remote desktops open with 4 different users, all in group &quot;Users&quot;, and 1 remote as admin. No remote desktop get closed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The TS license manager shows 1 CAL Dev 2008, expires 2009-08-31.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this maybe a grace period ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PD I have absolutly no problems to aquire licenses, but i don't want to pay twice ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update** At this moment i need 2 users and sometimes a third (myself as admin). Seems i can live with Remote Desktop only. Will test this. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Thank you all !*&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="42733" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24062" RevisionGUID="9b97d7d9-fa15-47ef-8c87-c0f5b158dc36" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:16:33.667" UserId="8152" Text="Look for Direct Attached Storage using 10-15 SATA drives.  Something like the Dell Powervault MD1000.  It expands to 15 drives per enclosure and you can use up to 6 of them.  With up to 1TB per drive it should be enough to keep you going for years to come." />
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  <row Id="42735" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="23484" RevisionGUID="1b082dcb-bfa8-4f7d-84e4-ca832a9a5949" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:17:00.593" UserId="5391" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;windows-domain&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;microsoft&gt;" />
  <row Id="42736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24063" RevisionGUID="b9298287-1a62-4925-bc3d-58bc440a24f1" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:19:09.717" UserId="8950" Text="`-z` is a the best way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another options I've used is to set a variable, but it can be overridden by another variable eg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    export PORT=${MY_PORT:-5432}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the `$MY_PORT` variable is empty, then `PORT gets set to 5432, otherwise PORT is set to the value of `MY_PORT`. Note the syntax include the colon and dash." />
  <row Id="42737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24064" RevisionGUID="b40fbcc4-3527-483b-8e42-fcc0311f3985" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:21:44.597" UserId="4562" Text="Do we have any NetSuite users out here?  I have a customer looking to integrate their NetSuite CRM contacts with a yet-to-be-purchased small-biz VOIP telephony system.  There are only a couple users and the goal is for them to be able to simply click a phone record in NetSuite to start a phone call to a customer.  Or when they get a call they would like the system to do a lookup on the caller ID and pull up that customer record.  They are open to suggestions on the telephony piece whether it be straight Internet VOIP (like Skype) or a small PBX (like Asterisk) pulling in SIP trunks.  And I assume that we would interface using TAPI or CTI depending on the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm wondering if anyone has experience with this and have any tips or docs available to guide me through it.  Thanks for the help.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="42739" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24064" RevisionGUID="b40fbcc4-3527-483b-8e42-fcc0311f3985" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:21:44.597" UserId="4562" Text="&lt;crm&gt;&lt;voip&gt;&lt;telephony&gt;" />
  <row Id="42740" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24065" RevisionGUID="93c469c0-715f-4480-a4e6-5fd9b7ea2ce5" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:22:51.287" UserId="2417" Text="This bash function will take an URL + method, or Server + path + method + port. If you use &quot;HEAD&quot; method, it will return the headers, if you use GET, it will return all headers and the whole reply. Supports https through openssl.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    function httpreq ()&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;        if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then echo -e &quot;httpreq SERVER PATH [GET/HEAD] [PORT]\nOR\nhttpreq URL [GET/HEAD]&quot;; return 1; fi&#xD;&#xA;        if echo $1 | grep -q &quot;://&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        then&#xD;&#xA;            SUNUCU=$(echo $1 |cut -d '/' -f3 | cut -d':' -f1)&#xD;&#xA;            YOL=/$(echo $1 |cut -d '/' -f4-)&#xD;&#xA;            PROTO=$(echo $1 |cut -d '/' -f1)&#xD;&#xA;            METHOD=${2:-GET}&#xD;&#xA;            PORT=$(echo $1| sed -n 's&amp;^.*://.*:\([[:digit:]]*\)/.*&amp;\1&amp;p')&#xD;&#xA;            if [ -z $PORT ]&#xD;&#xA;            then&#xD;&#xA;                if [ $PROTO == &quot;https:&quot; ]; then PORT=443; else PORT=80; fi&#xD;&#xA;            fi&#xD;&#xA;        else&#xD;&#xA;            SUNUCU=$1&#xD;&#xA;            YOL=$2&#xD;&#xA;            METHOD=${3:-GET}&#xD;&#xA;            PORT=${4:-80}&#xD;&#xA;        fi&#xD;&#xA;        if [ $PROTO == &quot;https:&quot; ];&#xD;&#xA;        then&#xD;&#xA;         echo -e &quot;$METHOD $YOL HTTP/1.1\r\nHOST:$SUNUCU\r\n\r\n&quot; | openssl s_client -quiet -connect $SUNUCU:$PORT&#xD;&#xA;        else&#xD;&#xA;         echo -e &quot;$METHOD $YOL HTTP/1.1\r\nHOST:$SUNUCU\r\n\r\n&quot; | nc $SUNUCU $PORT&#xD;&#xA;        fi&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42741" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24066" RevisionGUID="f555be38-c79d-45ea-801d-0f23d8c3885c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:22:52.410" UserId="2489" Text="I don't believe that this is an inherent vista issue.  No version of Vista has had this problem in our mixed environment.  Could it be that some how, the NIC cards in the Vista machines were reflashed to have the same MAC address?  I think that would have those symptoms.  You say that wireshark shows the vista machines refusing DHCP address.  Did they ask for it and then refuse it?   Could a weirdo nic driver cause this problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thought is that Vista does attempt to detect what network you are on so that it can set the firewalls appropriately.  When you move machine from one location to another, is it clearly a different subnet or does it share the same IP range?" />
  <row Id="42742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24067" RevisionGUID="fe5c5880-cad5-4219-a92e-aa3e139261e5" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:24:40.877" UserId="162" Text="Sometimes I have two trees that used to have the same content, but have grown out of sync (because I moved disks around or whatever).  A good example is a tree where I mirror upstream packages from Fedora.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to merge those two trees again by moving all of the files from tree1 into tree2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usually I do this with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rsync -arv tree1/* tree2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then delete tree1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, this takes an awful lot of time and disk space, and it would be much easier to be able to do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mv -r tree1/* tree2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In other words, a recursive move.  It would be faster because first of all it would not even copy, just move the inodes, and second I wouldn't need a delete at the end.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does this exist ?" />
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  <row Id="42744" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24067" RevisionGUID="fe5c5880-cad5-4219-a92e-aa3e139261e5" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:24:40.877" UserId="162" Text="&lt;move&gt;&lt;recursive&gt;" />
  <row Id="42745" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24068" RevisionGUID="f5557f12-69f4-4b8b-9d8f-1272bd76a601" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:25:08.083" UserId="7936" Text="If you really want cheap I'd look into [DRDB][1] along with your favorit Linux distro and [iscsi-target][2] in combination with [linux-ha][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All you need is time, depending on how expensive that is four you the next best thing that provides ISCSI along with RAID, but not highly available (I think they don't have DRDB or linux-ha option) is probably [OpenFiler][4] (Linux based) or [FreeNAS][5] (FreeBSD based)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next in the row of really cheap is probably stuff like the [Drobo Pro][6] or other ISCSI enable &quot;SOHO storage devices&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of those options are cheaper than the classic storage providers - at least for the initial investment. Would be nice if you could elaborate what your definition of highly available is thou&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.drbd.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://iscsitarget.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.linux-ha.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.openfiler.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.freenas.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.drobo.com/products/drobopro/" />
  <row Id="42746" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24069" RevisionGUID="afc24005-2aaa-45d3-a567-5a2b72b35be3" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:25:18.130" UserId="9140" Text="BAD_ADDRESS is IP address confliction, so the DHCP-server obviously gets a reply when it tries to ping those addresses. Have you tried using ping manually from the DHCP server?&#xD;&#xA;You could also try to look at the arp cache (arp -a in a commandline shell)." />
  <row Id="42747" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24034" RevisionGUID="e9e29f76-b719-4d61-aa36-451d807c2072" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:25:34.200" UserId="1054" Comment="deleted 3 characters in body" Text="I just installed Windows Server 2008 R2 as my main file server on my home network.  I've noticed that often times when I start my day my internet connection speed is slow.  I'll go to [Speakeasy speed test][1] and it'll be at about 25% of its normal speed.  When I restart my Server 2008 machine it increases back to normal.  It will stay normal until Server 2008 has been running for a while.  Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/" />
  <row Id="42749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24071" RevisionGUID="dd80b382-10f3-4927-86c3-a4799e75128d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:29:06.970" UserId="9140" Text="Well, I have a Nexsan SATABeast and I can highly recommend it. Extremely stable, fully redunant (with 2 controllers) and the lowest price/TB if you need FC or would like to keep it in your existing FC SAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's true that they dont have engineers all over the world, but they provide excellent and quick response by mail/phone. The closest engineer for me is about 200 metric miles away (half a business day away w/airplane), and it has so far worked out excellent for me." />
  <row Id="42750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24072" RevisionGUID="5b3a2c08-1489-4e1c-a03a-83284b2045fd" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:29:24.693" UserId="8950" Text="Calling a file `-i` is a minor inconvience. Calling a file `-rf` could be a catestrophy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most GNU command line programmes understand the `--` syntax. That means &quot;I've finished the options, the rest of the command line are files&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use it to delete a file that starts with '-'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;eg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rm -- -myfile" />
  <row Id="42752" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="11024" RevisionGUID="82168d68-fb03-4c51-ab07-35127bd5d1fc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:30:18.373" UserId="2417" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;shell&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;&lt;http&gt;" />
  <row Id="42753" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24045" RevisionGUID="4e0e1dd1-3451-4b83-9327-68d04291438d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:32:39.023" UserId="45" Comment="added 388 characters in body" Text="[**This page**][1] contains a [**link to a script**][2] which shows you how to modify the attributes of a user. In the given example it is the `employeeId`. But it should not be difficult exchange it with the personal title property.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look for &quot;Bonus Material&quot; and &quot;employeeID.vbs&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This script enables you to modify the employeeID attribute of a user.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;1. Using ADSI Edit, locate the user-Display object (in CN=409, CN=DisplaySpecifiers, CN=Configuration).&#xD;&#xA;2. Select the adminContextMenu attribute. Add to the attribute the value &quot;2, Employee &amp;ID, c:\test\employeeid.vbs&quot; (without quotes). Do not remove the existing values, and if number 2 is already in use, select a free number.&#xD;&#xA;3. On the computer, where you will test or use ADUC, create the file c:\test\employeeid.vbs and add the lines from employeeID.vbs.&#xD;&#xA;4. Start ADUC and right-click any user object, and you should see &quot;Employee ID&quot; in the context menu.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the script change&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     GetObject(&quot;LDAP://schema/employeeID&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     GetObject(&quot;LDAP://schema/personalTitle&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*and*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     objUser.employeeID&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     objUser.personalTitle&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This procedure is for creating a context menu for the user. If you just want to change the value, you could do that using [ADSIEdit.msc][3]. It is one of Windows Server 2003's support tools. You can download ADSI Edit [here][4], if it is not installed on your server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kouti.com/scripts.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.kouti.com/samplescripts/bonus/employeeID.vbs.txt&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773354.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892777" />
  <row Id="42754" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24073" RevisionGUID="70b6f70d-eccc-4028-b5d0-9d5d29abeca0" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:33:06.620" UserId="9140" Text="Are you running Windows Server Update Services on it? If you are then it's probably downloading a large amount of updates for clients." />
  <row Id="42755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24074" RevisionGUID="b6c83ec4-8d54-47b9-8f14-6f4874f602d3" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:34:15.620" UserId="8950" Text="`wget` can download recursivly using the `-r` (recrusive) or `-m` (mirror) options. Check the man page for more information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You *could* write a bash script, but you probably don't need to. You could just put the wget command line into a cron and it'll be executed regularly." />
  <row Id="42756" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24075" RevisionGUID="034bee91-e052-4424-ad4f-8ccca2a2d804" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:34:45.977" UserId="2711" Text="If you have heard of Powershell, and the QuestAD addon pack, the two of them make it kind of easy. To look at someones title:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        connect-qadservice&#xD;&#xA;        (get-qaduser 'bobsusername').personalTitle&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To set a title:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        connect-qadservice&#xD;&#xA;        set-qaduser 'bobsusername' -personalTitle &quot;Lord&quot;" />
  <row Id="42757" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24076" RevisionGUID="d469efda-234c-42cb-a638-19f280b4272c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:35:43.277" UserId="8039" Text="Thank you very much for taking the time to write down this little tutorial. LVM looks great to use. Though I solved my problem allready, I'll keep this in mind.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The way I did it was just use OCFS2 (Oracle Clustered File System) which is, just like GFS, cluster-aware. This is working for me just fine and as it's just a test setup, I won't be changing it to lvm." />
  <row Id="42758" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="24067" RevisionGUID="326d6778-538a-4d6b-8c90-8b94813fbbc7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:36:48.127" UserId="45" Comment="edited tags; edited title" Text="Recursive move utility on Unix?" />
  <row Id="42759" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="24067" RevisionGUID="326d6778-538a-4d6b-8c90-8b94813fbbc7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:36:48.127" UserId="45" Comment="edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;move&gt;&lt;recursive&gt;&lt;unix&gt;" />
  <row Id="42760" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24077" RevisionGUID="5378cc9f-1e0e-4fd2-9d5a-2b697f5828ec" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:37:07.427" UserId="2417" Text="You can look at &lt;http://coova.org/&gt; for wifi management software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Access points will vary very wildly, you will have to check for theri documents." />
  <row Id="42761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24078" RevisionGUID="560ac20b-9e47-43e8-9d69-842a77798ada" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:38:30.713" UserId="8993" Text="[SpiceWorks][1], [WhatsUpGold][2], and [Solarwinds NPM][3] tend to be popular choices, and are nicely packaged and pretty reasonably priced (SpiceWorks is free). SpiceWorks has good inventory management, SolarWinds has some nice add-ins for the core package like NetFlow analysers, Wireless AP monitors etc that you can use to extend the monitoring capabilities as/when you need it. Check out their [online demo][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can go with the OpenSource offerings like OpenNMS, MRTG etc etc, but these sometimes can be a bit more fiddly to get up and running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're after Windows Server and desktop monitoring, [System Center Essentials][5] is pretty good for smaller shops with less then 30 servers, but not strong on the SNMP bandwidth monitoring side.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.spiceworks.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.whatsupgold.com/products/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.solarwinds.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://oriondemo.solarwinds.com/Orion/SummaryView.aspx?AccountID=Guest&amp;Password=Orion&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.microsoft.com/Systemcenter/essentials/en/us/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="42762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24079" RevisionGUID="33044de0-fde3-44b7-b5ab-0e0d22a1db35" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:38:32.273" UserId="9052" Text="LVM snapshots are great for being able to backup you server without taking it offline. As stated LVM snapshots are almost instant copies. You create them using the ``lvcreate`` command just as you would to create the LV itself, only you give it the ``--snapshot`` option and the original LV instead of the VG. For instance:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    lvcreate -L &lt;LV size&gt; -s -n &lt;snapshot name&gt; /dev/&lt;VG name&gt;/&lt;LV name&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will create a snapshot of the given LV with the specified snapshot name that you can then mount and use this snapshot LV to perform your backup from without worrying about files being actively used. This is particularly helpful if you are attempting to backup an active database server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After you are done with backing up from the snapshot you would want to remove it to reduce any additional I/O overhead or other performance issues as others have mentioned using:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    lvremove /dev/&lt;VG name&gt;/&lt;snapshot name&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While LVM snapshots can be invaluable in producing a reliable backup of systems like databases and such that you would normally want to shutdown to backup to avoid file contention they are not ideal for long-term operation as a quick restore." />
  <row Id="42763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24080" RevisionGUID="06f3d3d3-1b44-4ef5-aa5d-5140d9f64460" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:39:25.487" UserId="9176" Text="I am quite sure it is not possible for clients to get IPs from router without &quot;any&quot; routing in ububtu box. The box will not route traffic from WiFi to LAN and back all by itself." />
  <row Id="42764" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24081" RevisionGUID="5f5ad81a-9b55-4a6c-b739-2e51fef2f881" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:40:28.887" UserId="7619" Text="I agree with pauska, it's ip address conflicts. You MAY have;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a.) Another overlapping DHCP server issuing addresses, which is conflicting with the scope that you're issuing now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;b.) I agree wholeheartedly with reducing the lease time. I would set it to 8 hours or so, and delete the &quot;BAD_ADDRESS&quot; entries. You'll see more conflicts, but as the workstations let the addresses go, they'll renew OK. (Provided you don't have a rogue DHCP server out there! :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you begin to get reports of offending workstations getting the &quot;ip address conflict!&quot; messages, run &quot;ipconfig /release &amp;&amp; ipconfig /renew&quot; on the problematic machines. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, also.. Be forewarned, if you're using AD-integrated dynamic DNS, where your machines automatically update themselves in your DC's, once you kick down that lease time, you're going to need to compensate by scavenging those DNS entries. Maybe you could append that line up there and add, &quot;&amp;&amp; ipconfig /registerdns&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTH.." />
  <row Id="42765" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15741" RevisionGUID="d0134b40-dccf-4824-97ba-6753641b85ef" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:40:44.017" UserId="2405" Comment="deleted 8 characters in body; added 6 characters in body" Text="This one works on most linux desktops:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias go='xdg-open'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Opens a document or folder with the registered application, similar to the start command on windows." />
  <row Id="42766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24082" RevisionGUID="5f49ffde-6676-4e5e-90f2-595708359c77" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:41:26.683" UserId="8093" Text="We use NetSuite and have a Cisco Phone system. We do not do exactly what you are looking for as our integration piece is from a Customer Service stand point with Cisco's Unified Contact Center Express. Our process is basically a customer calls in to our Support line, is asked for their Customer Number and is then put into the Queue for the next agent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From all my research during the phone system purchase I found that the Correct caller ID only comes accross 30% of the time. We wanted to do the same thing were someone calls in we pull the caller ID and then pull up their record. Come to find out that the number that come across would be a partial number or an extension for the caller but not the number we have in our NetSuite system. Caller ID is not as reliable as most think it is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The way we solved this was to set up the IVR to ask the user for their customer number before they put them in the queue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With that said it can be done but you may get more service calls on why the customer record isn't coming up when your user gets a call. For us the integration is a web script as the integration between NetSuite and Cisco is not done with TAPI." />
  <row Id="42767" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24083" RevisionGUID="88351c6b-cd8e-43d7-a421-fea0e2f76dc1" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:42:28.617" UserId="5745" Text="Fortigate make a pretty simple firewall/router that allows two internal networks, and an external. Some models have WiFi too. They aren't the cheapest around, but are reliable, and full-featured.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll be able to configure it to support DHCP etc, and it will secure your web-server in a DMZ, allowing access from both internal and external users with differing security levels.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You won't need to multi-home the main server then, it'll just be connecting internally as before.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Might be a good time to start discussing back-ups too." />
  <row Id="42768" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24084" RevisionGUID="8e3e6c2e-b1b3-4097-ab9e-6a39c8181702" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:43:58.257" UserId="8629" Text="Per the mv(1) manpage from gnu's `mv`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`       -u, --update&#xD;&#xA;              move only when the SOURCE file is  newer  than  the  destination&#xD;&#xA;              file or when the destination file is missing&#xD;&#xA;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42769" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24085" RevisionGUID="800b5846-c709-45a9-ab7b-86a37675be77" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:44:04.153" UserId="5221" Text="Does not&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mv -uf tree1/* tree2/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;work?" />
  <row Id="42770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24086" RevisionGUID="710b6f76-cde6-4dd4-ae06-24e190e8650e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:44:18.880" UserId="4838" Text="I use [ipMonitor from Solarwinds][1]. &lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Excellent product for smaller budgets. The interface is beautifully layed out, and reporting is solid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.solarwinds.com/products/ipmonitor/" />
  <row Id="42771" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24087" RevisionGUID="93226e47-4cf1-449d-a710-7f30a3db6e95" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:44:52.357" UserId="7936" Text="err&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mv dir1/* dir2/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or simply&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rsync -arv --remove-source-files  tree1/* tree2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;should be enough, you will probably run into trouble at some point when too many entries are in `dir1`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find sourcedir -maxdepth 1 -exec echo mv {} targetdir/ \;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;should be a nice options&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find sourcedir -maxdepth 1 -print0 |xargs -0 -I _ echo mv _ targetdir&#xD;&#xA;    find sourcedir -maxdepth1 -exec mv {} targetdir/ +&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;are both not really necessary because mv just takes 2 options (source target), so you will have to live with the multitude of processes in that case.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42772" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24055" RevisionGUID="ec9687a5-ce83-4b12-a275-a306b2d052fb" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:46:18.533" UserId="1447" Comment="deleted 252 characters in body" Text="How much storage do you need?  If you want something in the 10's to 100's of Terabytes you could look at the [Sun X4540][1] (Thumper).  Solaris comes with an iSCSI target if you need block level storage or it can be used as a NAS with NFS or Samba.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For those not familiar with Sun's Thumper, it's a 4U 2-socket Opteron box with 48 SATA disks.  You can have up to 48TB of disk on a single machine, although with RAID-5 volumes this would be somewhat smaller.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This blog posting][2] discusses some of the ins and outs of using a Thumper as an iSCSI target.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sun.com/servers/x64/x4540/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.sun.com/constantin/entry/x4500_solaris_zfs_iscsi_perfect" />
  <row Id="42773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24088" RevisionGUID="1add2682-f8f7-461b-a4ce-0ef472ff06e3" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:46:37.423" UserId="8418" Text="From some research I did, it looks like the 4247 printer does not have native Ethernet support.  Instead, it uses an external print server device.  Most likely, this is the IBM Network Print Server for Ethernet Networks.  It's a small box attached to the parallel port on the printer and it comes with its own power adapter.  You didn't mention this, so I'm only guessing here.  Here is a link to the adminstrator's guide for that print server: [ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/printers/manuals/nps/s2460111.pdf][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To see the current configuration, press the TEST button until the STATUS indicator starts to flash, release the button, and press it once.  This will print the config file contents.  INT_ADDR will have the IP address.  To change it, ftp to the device.  The ftp user id is root and the default password is pass.  The config printout may give a different root password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The manual also mentions that you can use the arp command to set the IP address for the printer like this:&#xD;&#xA;arp -s xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx yy-yy-yy-yy-yy-yy&#xD;&#xA;where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address you want your printer to have and yy-yy-yy-yy-yy-yy is the physical address on the print server.  The physical address on the print server is the print server id found on the back of the device, but should also show in the config printout.  If different, use the one from the config printout since it may have been changed by a previous owner.  I'm not an IP guru enough to have used the arp command like this, so a grain of salt is advised.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/printers/manuals/nps/s2460111.pdf" />
  <row Id="42774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24089" RevisionGUID="3f183e69-7acd-41da-971f-97ab4f27be37" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:47:06.613" UserId="385" Text="A few things to consider (and this takes into consideration the upgraded bandwidth between sites):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The domain is not a security boundary. So from a security perspective, if they are domain admins of their domains (and not others), you get to a more secure situation by using OUs and delegated rights. Domain admins can escalate to take over the forest, meaning they can gain control of any other domain in the forest.&#xD;&#xA; - By going to a single domain, you can rely on DCs at other sites should problems develop with the DCs on site. While this is less than ideal, it would eliminate the requirement to put additional DCs at other sites for each domain.&#xD;&#xA; - There is a lot to be said with maintaining the status quo as it reduces your risk and work initially. However, consider that by collapsing to a single domain, a lot of work gets reduced over the long term, especially as you consider an AD upgrade for each domain. You would be looking at upgrading 4 domains under the current model. By shrinking to 1 domain, you're doing that upgrade once.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24091" RevisionGUID="5516a32c-4aa2-45db-8303-89e70645e905" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:50:18.417" UserId="5746" Text="I'd like to set up an OpenID provider for our group, which we can use to log in to internal and external OpenID-aware services (e.g. stackoverflow.com).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our users all have X.509 certificates issued by our CA, so I think the ideal solution would use that to authenticate them (i.e. the provider shouldn't ask for a password). Maybe Apache FakeBasicAuth would work to extract the username from the SSL connection's certificate?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What would be the best software to use? Open Source preferred." />
  <row Id="42779" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24091" RevisionGUID="5516a32c-4aa2-45db-8303-89e70645e905" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:50:18.417" UserId="5746" Text="OpenID provider using Apache SSL/FakeBasicAuth?" />
  <row Id="42780" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24091" RevisionGUID="5516a32c-4aa2-45db-8303-89e70645e905" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:50:18.417" UserId="5746" Text="&lt;openid&gt;&lt;ssl&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;&lt;single-sign-on&gt;" />
  <row Id="42781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24092" RevisionGUID="5cad862e-3ff3-476d-b500-8bea6026cac8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:52:12.233" UserId="6467" Text="Hi !&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the configuration :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The directory :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;/var/www/mount_ImpExp/ImpExp/&lt;/code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;is a shared directory (Linux) from a PC with an IP adress 192.168.1.12&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My PC IP adress is &lt;code&gt;192.168.1.11&lt;/code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I mounted that shared dir with the command :&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;mount -t cifs -o auto,username=myusername,password=mypass //192.168.0.12/LINUX\_U /var/www/mount\_ImpExp&lt;/code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I try to manually launch a rsync with :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;rsync -t /var/www/mount_ImpExp/ImpExp/compteur_assur /usr/bin/&lt;/code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This works :&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;ls -al /usr/bin/compteur_assur&#xD;&#xA;-rwxr-xr-x 1 zobz zobz 2501 2009-06-09 15:44 /usr/bin/compteur_assur&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I create a &lt;code&gt;exec.php&lt;/code&gt; file in my website : the path is :&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;/var/www/html/Internet/mywebsite&lt;/code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the source is :&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;echo date('d/m/Y H:i:s');&#xD;&#xA;echo &quot;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;var_dump(&#xD;&#xA;  system(&quot;rsync -t /var/www/mount_ImpExp/ImpExp/compteur_assur /usr/bin/&quot;));&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;it doesn't work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the php.ini the &quot;safemode&quot; is &quot;off&quot;. So I may be able to execute any shell command.&#xD;&#xA;If I try to modify the &lt;code&gt;exec.php&lt;/code&gt; file and do a simple :&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;var_dump( system(&quot;ls -al .&quot;));&lt;/pre&gt; file &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It works. So the &quot;system&quot; call works. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thus I tried to modify the options in the &lt;code&gt;httpd.conf&lt;/code&gt; file :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Ajout Olivier Pons / 11 juin 2009&#xD;&#xA;    &amp;lt;Directory &quot;/var/www/mount_ImpExp/ImpExp&quot;&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;        AddDefaultCharset UTF-8&#xD;&#xA;        Options All&#xD;&#xA;        AllowOverride All&#xD;&#xA;        Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;        Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;    &amp;lt;/Directory&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then restarted the server and nothing works.&#xD;&#xA;What shall I do where should I look next ? I'm stuck..." />
  <row Id="42782" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24092" RevisionGUID="5cad862e-3ff3-476d-b500-8bea6026cac8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:52:12.233" UserId="6467" Text="mount / and / or apache - php permissions : where should I look ?" />
  <row Id="42783" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24092" RevisionGUID="5cad862e-3ff3-476d-b500-8bea6026cac8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:52:12.233" UserId="6467" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;php&gt;&lt;rights&gt;&lt;mount&gt;" />
  <row Id="42784" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24093" RevisionGUID="7123073e-1e86-487d-b95d-1de248032903" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:52:19.817" UserId="7481" Text="Midnight Commander (mc) is also nice for this kind of stuff. Tag files with CTRL-t, press F6, and when it asks to overwrite destination files, choose Update if you want to overwrite older files." />
  <row Id="42785" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24094" RevisionGUID="4e4605cb-6d7f-4b9b-8068-85066c9986c7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:52:53.357" UserId="8993" Text="There's a Microsoft whitepaper available on it:    [Windows Server High Availability with Microsoft MPIO][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise the Microsoft Storage Area Networking [blog][2] might have some useful information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=cbd27a84-23a1-4e88-b198-6233623582f3&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/san/archive/tags/MPIO/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="42786" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24095" RevisionGUID="51790d31-b55c-4e40-9ee4-0c45a90c325c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:53:08.613" UserId="8918" Text="A Mikrotik RB450 (http://routerboard.com/comparison.html) would handle segmenting the networks, firewalling, providing NAT functionality, etc. You should be able to get it for ~$70, or $100 if you want the gigabit capable RB450G." />
  <row Id="42787" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3780" RevisionGUID="a3216078-ed72-4d61-96e3-ba3045a02dda" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:54:03.510" UserId="1224" Comment="added 178 characters in body" Text="The aim for this Wiki is to promote using a command to open up commonly used applications without having to go through many mouse clicks - thus saving times on monitoring, troubleshooting Windows machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Answer entries need to specify&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Application name&#xD;&#xA; - Commands&#xD;&#xA; - Screenshot (Optional)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shortcut to commands&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [&amp;&amp;][1] - Command Chaining&#xD;&#xA;- [%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\rcimlby.exe -LaunchRA][2] - Remote Assistance (Windows XP)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl][3] - Programs and Features (Formerly Known as &quot;Add or Remove Programs&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl @,2][4] - Turn Windows Features On and Off (Add/Remove Windows Components pane)&#xD;&#xA;- [bootsect.exe][5] - [Updates the master boot code for hard disk partitions to switch between BOOTMGR and NTLDR][6]&#xD;&#xA;- [cacls][7] - Change Access Control List (ACL) permissions on a directory, its subcontents, or files&#xD;&#xA;- [calc][8] - Calculator&#xD;&#xA;- [chkdsk][9] - Check/Fix the disk surface for physical errors or bad sectors&#xD;&#xA;- [cipher][10] - Displays or alters the encryption of directories [files] on NTFS partitions&#xD;&#xA;- [cleanmgr.exe][11] - Disk Cleanup&#xD;&#xA;- [cls][12] - clear the command line screen&#xD;&#xA;- [cmd /k][13] - Run command with command extensions enabled&#xD;&#xA;- [color][14] - Sets the default console foreground and background colors in console&#xD;&#xA;- [command.com][15] - Default Operating System Shell&#xD;&#xA;- [compmgmt.msc][16] - Computer Management&#xD;&#xA;- [control.exe /name Microsoft.NetworkAndSharingCenter][17] - Network and Sharing Center&#xD;&#xA;- [control keyboard][18] - Keyboard Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control mouse(or 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http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6468#6468&#xD;&#xA;  [94]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6901#6901&#xD;&#xA;  [95]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4847#4847&#xD;&#xA;  [96]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4431#4431" />
  <row Id="42788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24096" RevisionGUID="36f4327c-e539-475f-b44b-d41a992d9a3f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:55:02.947" UserId="7619" Text="Hmm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've seen _somewhat similar_ issues here, but outside of a few high-end plotters that we print directly to IP for, we're hosting the rest of them off of a printserver, and your symptoms are not exactly the same as what we've seen, but close enough. I've got a few ideas for you, in the hopes that they'll help but nothing really conclusive :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 1.) Try restarting the local print spooler service on the workstation in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; question. (ex: net stop &quot;Print&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Spooler&quot; &amp;&amp; net start &quot;Print&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Spooler&quot;). See if that has any effect.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2.) Navigate to the driver properties of the printer, on the workstation,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; select &quot;Advanced&quot;, select &quot;Print&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Processor&quot;, try setting &quot;WinPrint&quot; to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; RAW, or changing to MS_XPS and select&#xD;&#xA;&gt; RAW.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 3.) Check the port on the local workstations that the printer is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; configured to use, is it valid or did&#xD;&#xA;&gt; it mysteriously dissapear? (We've seen&#xD;&#xA;&gt; THAT one before. Man, what a pain!)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 4.) It's a long-shot, but see if a local firewall is blocking it. Disable&#xD;&#xA;&gt; any local firewall/ip filtering and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; test to see if it works. We've seen&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this before, but specifically in this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; situation: We're running Symantec&#xD;&#xA;&gt; EndPoint on all workstations and in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; some instances, the local Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; default firewall was showing as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; enabled and running and doing some&#xD;&#xA;&gt; funky, funky blocking. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Either way, good luck! " />
  <row Id="42789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24097" RevisionGUID="5fcdecc2-ec81-40bf-ac1e-64d76be94241" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:55:03.727" UserId="8897" Text="Even if snapshots hadn't any performance impacts, you have to understand: Snapshots are no more of a backup than a copy to another folder on the same disk. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the disk brakes, your data and your backup is lost. Even if you assign the snapshot area to another PE in the VG, it only contains the data modified since the snapshot. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Backing up means a copy at least to a completely separate drive as a minimum requirement. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42790" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23675" RevisionGUID="4f350bc4-9a0f-418a-af63-92a65e00d585" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:55:40.433" UserId="1992" Comment="deleted 99 characters in body" Text="There's nothing definitive you can track in 2005. Maybe on 2005 you could look at the CPU utilization and show that the load is now balanced across your soft nodes, or that your network traffic is coming to multiple IP addresses, if you configured port binding (see Slava's blog at [Configuring SQL Server 2005 for Soft NUMA][2]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In 2008 you can use the [`sys.dm_os_nodes`][1] DMV and look at the active_work_count and avg_load_balance columns to see if your configuration has changed the (rough) work balance across the CPUs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Really its like any other kind of performance testing. If you have a test harness that produces identical conditions for each performance run, and you get consistent performance over multiple perf runs with one configuration, and then you make a configuration change and then different (and consistent) performance, then it must be the configuration change you made that caused the performance difference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb510628.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/slavao/archive/2005/08/18/453354.aspx" />
  <row Id="42791" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24098" RevisionGUID="c7a1e241-a97d-4fc5-a146-e8adfe9b2c6e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:57:53.517" UserId="8934" Text="Did you change the default snmp community (public) ?&#xD;&#xA;Put it back online through the file menu once the printer is opened (or right click on it first.)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42792" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20284" RevisionGUID="3b66b1e2-2898-4027-beb5-188b3ee802e8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T13:59:08.397" UserId="8282" Comment="fixed spelling" Text="You can also modify them via the registry.  I find this useful when scripting some legacy programs that require certain environmental variables to function.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/104011" />
  <row Id="42796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24099" RevisionGUID="681831c8-3c18-49f8-bb45-a81aaecacf8f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:00:24.557" UserId="9181" Text="Greetings&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am looking for a services, that can test my IVR system for regular uptime testing, I am based in South Africa, so I would like a local service, but I do realise I might have to get a services from beyond the borders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My IVR system is part of your Asterisk PBX, we have several phone number to be tested going to sveral different IVR menu systems within.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;Kowen" />
  <row Id="42797" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24099" RevisionGUID="681831c8-3c18-49f8-bb45-a81aaecacf8f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:00:24.557" UserId="9181" Text="regular IVR uptime testing" />
  <row Id="42798" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24099" RevisionGUID="681831c8-3c18-49f8-bb45-a81aaecacf8f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:00:24.557" UserId="9181" Text="&lt;asterisk&gt;&lt;pbx&gt;" />
  <row Id="42799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24100" RevisionGUID="f18b10af-0beb-4964-b72b-b3423b0ac2d3" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:00:41.233" UserId="6467" Text="Okay I found the problem : it a &quot;permission problem&quot; (or &quot;rights problem&quot; I don't know how to say it in English, sorry)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[Batman]:/var/www/html/Internet/mywebsite# chown apache:apache /var/www/mount_ImpExp/&#xD;&#xA;chown: changing ownership of `/var/www/mount_ImpExp/': Permission denied&#xD;&#xA;[Batman]:/var/www/html/Internet/mywebsite# chmod o+r /var/www/mount_ImpExp/&#xD;&#xA;chmod: changing permissions of `/var/www/mount_ImpExp/': Permission denied&#xD;&#xA;[Batman]:/var/www/html/Internet/mywebsite#&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42800" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24095" RevisionGUID="4b9f5513-c61b-4183-ac47-2a6182b02871" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:00:48.287" UserId="8918" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="A Mikrotik RB450 (http://routerboard.com/comparison.html) would handle segmenting the networks, firewalling, providing NAT functionality, etc. You should be able to get it for ~$100, or $130 if you want the gigabit capable RB450G." />
  <row Id="42801" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24081" RevisionGUID="9bb31f95-1be0-4a68-8fe2-8c83797fdb58" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:03:56.093" UserId="7619" Comment="edit to make it a little prettier.." Text="I agree with pauska, it's ip address conflicts. You MAY have;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a.) Another overlapping DHCP server&#xD;&#xA;&gt; issuing addresses, which is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; conflicting with the scope that you're&#xD;&#xA;&gt; issuing now.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; b.) I agree wholeheartedly with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; reducing the lease time. I would set&#xD;&#xA;&gt; it to 8 hours or so, and delete the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;BAD_ADDRESS&quot; entries. You'll see more&#xD;&#xA;&gt; conflicts, but as the workstations let&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the addresses go, they'll renew OK.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (Provided you don't have a rogue DHCP&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server out there! :)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; If you begin to get reports of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; offending workstations getting the &quot;ip&#xD;&#xA;&gt; address conflict!&quot; messages, run&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;ipconfig /release &amp;&amp; ipconfig /renew&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on the problematic machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, also.. Be forewarned, if you're using AD-integrated dynamic DNS, where your machines automatically update themselves in your DC's, once you kick down that lease time, you're going to need to compensate by scavenging those DNS entries. Maybe you could append that line up there and add, &quot;&amp;&amp; ipconfig /registerdns&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTH.." />
  <row Id="42802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24101" RevisionGUID="40a05437-ac72-4be2-8631-ce98aa8ab603" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:06:02.517" UserId="9153" Text="Looks like you are trying to change the permissions of files you don't own. You need to set yourself as the owner then chmod 750." />
  <row Id="42803" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="24092" RevisionGUID="4113b0ad-47df-4f2e-89ac-2e2d7c579283" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:07:29.160" UserId="6467" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:6467,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Olivier Pons&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="42810" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24105" RevisionGUID="d42df17f-4bf1-4ebe-9ee9-fc0252548ab3" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:11:15.987" UserId="9153" Text="switch to directory you want to move and do&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tar cf - * | ( cd /target; tar xfp -)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Quicker than mv..." />
  <row Id="42811" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24106" RevisionGUID="c235d942-e283-4ffa-8e14-d658e8731a75" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:15:20.580" UserId="8197" Text="Here's a quick win we implemented: enabled double-sided printing. Most modern printers can easily handle this, and it saves on energy, ink, and paper." />
  <row Id="42812" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23913" RevisionGUID="d2d164b3-708a-4fff-aa66-5bc426389977" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:17:22.230" UserId="3950" Comment="added 777 characters in body; edited tags" Text="I just bought a new 500GB external harddrive. Most of the time I only store operating system ISO's on those things and some movies. Large files anyway, well over 4GiB sometimes, so FAT is out of the question. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I'm left wondering. My old external harddrive was NTFS formatted, because it had to be able to connect to Windows boxen sometimes. This new harddrive will not have that requirement. Would NTFS still be the best option? Would one of the ext{2,3,4} filesystems be a good choice for a removable disk? Are there filesystems that I am unaware of that would fit the bill? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;The bill&quot; here would be a stable filesystem that is able to survive an unclean disconnection, is quick, can handle files of over 4GiB and is able to be used on at least kernels 2.6.28 and up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:** I hadn't taken xfs into account, and it's large filesystem support is interesting. I'll take a look at the operating systems / kernels I am using (RHEL5, CentOS5, Ubuntu 9.04 and 8.04, Fedora11) to see if those kernels support xfs. I think I remember some of them (the distros) not supporting it by default, but then again, maybe I'm mistaking jfs for xfs here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The sync option too, is interesting, but that would mean creating UDEV rules for this device on all of my machines, which is not a huge problem, but still something I'll have to keep in mind. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, taken xfs and the sync option, I'm wondering whether the performance gain for xfs and the performance hit with the sync option would be noticeable over the - still rather limited - USB interface." />
  <row Id="42813" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="23913" RevisionGUID="d2d164b3-708a-4fff-aa66-5bc426389977" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:17:22.230" UserId="3950" Comment="added 777 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ext3&gt;&lt;ext4&gt;&lt;xfs&gt;" />
  <row Id="42814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24107" RevisionGUID="390aa83d-5b59-49a1-b2b7-2be8003c5f1e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:19:40.040" UserId="9140" Text="I'd use XFS and carefully remember to unmount the disk before unplugging it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Arrf, didn't see the requirement for unclean disconnects. Mount it with &quot;sync&quot; as David Schmitt pointed out. I'd still unmount it before plugging out (when it's possible)." />
  <row Id="42815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24108" RevisionGUID="89db7536-5a5c-4e53-b8da-41a669678ac3" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:19:41.057" UserId="9153" Text="If you want something that will tolerate (May not like it) being yanked out is ZFS.  " />
  <row Id="42818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24110" RevisionGUID="fd4f614a-f4fe-4706-9bd4-2a4b7416e6a6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:21:20.770" UserId="1439" Text="Probably another Asterisk box to dial in and run tests? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'd need to write code/scripts to conduct the tests though." />
  <row Id="42822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24112" RevisionGUID="6456dd76-defc-4f4f-ba70-b9239bbecfe7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:25:06.333" UserId="9180" Text="Just to put my two cents in... If you have the ability to use 64-bit version, go ahead and do it.  Not having the added memory will of course not get you all of the extended functionality/performance, but those programs that are made to take advantage of a 64-bit processor will run faster than in a 32-bit OS. " />
  <row Id="42823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24113" RevisionGUID="e9789df4-2841-420c-aa86-55e433a3025a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:26:21.650" UserId="1439" Text="Sounds like packet loss (you say you are in an apartment with 15 other WLANs, and DHCP offers aren't being received by your workstations).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try changing the wireless channel your 3com box uses. You might like to do a survey using Netstumbler or similar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could measure for packet loss using &quot;mtr&quot; on Ubuntu&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Drop to the terminal and type&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mtr [ip of 3com box]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't have mtr installed, I believe you can get it by typing &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo apt-get install mtr" />
  <row Id="42826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24115" RevisionGUID="0fa4d806-fc74-4efe-828f-8299a0c53bf0" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:33:26.393" UserId="9180" Text="I've experiences an issue with content filters as well.  Adding this line after the content filters fixed multiple messages from being sent..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -o receive_override_options=no_address_mappings&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;add that line after all of your filters in your smtp declaration so that it looks like this..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    smtp      inet  n       -        -       -       -       smtpd &#xD;&#xA;    #    -o content_filter=spamfilter:dummy&#xD;&#xA;         -o content_filter=vacation:dummy&#xD;&#xA;         -o content_filter=dfilt:dummy&#xD;&#xA;         -o receive_override_options=no_address_mappings&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Admittedly however, I have only tested it with my spamassassin filter.  Let me know if it works." />
  <row Id="42827" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24115" RevisionGUID="0fa4d806-fc74-4efe-828f-8299a0c53bf0" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:33:26.393" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42828" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24116" RevisionGUID="e54a727d-b857-44c9-8074-aa5b09b1ea94" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:34:09.717" UserId="4735" Text="I can run this command from CLI with not problem on the fedora box but not from a Cron:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/bin/php /var/www/support_web/api/cron.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the cron output:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Output from command /usr/bin/php /var/www/support_web/api/cron.php  ..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;77&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;File has execute permissions." />
  <row Id="42829" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24116" RevisionGUID="e54a727d-b857-44c9-8074-aa5b09b1ea94" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:34:09.717" UserId="4735" Text="Cron Job not Running" />
  <row Id="42830" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24116" RevisionGUID="e54a727d-b857-44c9-8074-aa5b09b1ea94" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:34:09.717" UserId="4735" Text="&lt;crontab&gt;&lt;fedora&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;unix&gt;" />
  <row Id="42831" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6442" RevisionGUID="507526cb-e35d-4bcc-b9e6-7ee2d1c283f8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:35:21.180" UserId="671" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;time-management&gt;&lt;request-tracking&gt;" />
  <row Id="42832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24117" RevisionGUID="77eefcdc-6db1-43c0-a780-626c5c2c6024" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:35:55.127" UserId="3950" Text="Beneath the smart looking stuff, LVMs is actually 'just' a device mapper trick. Creating a snapshot with lvcreate is not much more than a wrapper to some dmsetup stuff. The wrapper creates a new device (the snapshot volume) from one old volume (the original lv) and a new one (the copy-on-write volume). Together with that, the original LV is renamed to -real (see below, which is dmsetup ls --tree output). This -real LV is mapped to both the snapshot volume and the original volume, so it can be used in both places. The copy-on-write volume functions as an overlay to the -real LV. The -snap LV shows you the combination of the copy-on-write volume and the -real volume. This indeed creates some performance overhead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Volume00-snap (253:11)&#xD;&#xA;     |-Volume00-snap-cow (253:13)&#xD;&#xA;     |  `- (104:2)&#xD;&#xA;     `-Volume00-LogVol01-real (253:12)&#xD;&#xA;        `- (104:2)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Volume00-LogVol01 (253:5)&#xD;&#xA;     `-Volume00-LogVol01-real (253:12)&#xD;&#xA;        `- (104:2)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When removing the snapshot, again some renaming and mapping happens. Afterwards, the situation will again look something like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Volume00-LogVol01 (253:5)&#xD;&#xA;     `- (104:2)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for in howfar this is a good method of backing up stuff: it can be, if you take into account this will (1) not help for the virtual machines RAM, (2) create a performance penalty and (3) you will need to store images of the snapshot elsewhere. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VMware VCB works with snapshots as well, btw, albeit not LVM ones.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42833" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24118" RevisionGUID="0adb280d-8231-4bb8-9b88-83c1ec7308e1" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:38:04.373" UserId="3120" Text="A few more to add to the pile:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # little bit more readable PATH&#xD;&#xA;    alias path='echo -e ${PATH//:/\\n}'&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # like others, I find these more efficient than&#xD;&#xA;    # typing cd ../../ etc&#xD;&#xA;    alias up='cd ..'&#xD;&#xA;    alias 2up='cd ../../'&#xD;&#xA;    alias 3up='cd ../../../'&#xD;&#xA;    alias 4up='cd ../../../../'&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # found myself always mistyping this, so...&#xD;&#xA;    alias findy='find . -name'&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    alias targz='tar -xzvf'&#xD;&#xA;    alias hg='history | grep '&#xD;&#xA;    alias cls='clear'&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # handy for the xclip tool&#xD;&#xA;    alias xclip='xclip -selection c'&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # quick directory listing&#xD;&#xA;    alias ldir='ls -d */'&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    alias mys='mysql -uroot -psecret name-of-frequently-used-DB' &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    alias trash='mv -t ~/.local/share/Trash/files --backup=t'&#xD;&#xA;    alias vb='vim ~/.bashrc'&#xD;&#xA;    alias +='pushd .'&#xD;&#xA;    alias _='popd'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42834" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24118" RevisionGUID="0adb280d-8231-4bb8-9b88-83c1ec7308e1" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:38:04.373" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42835" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24119" RevisionGUID="5b8db6fa-4bf2-4339-9429-3c60e7a4f7a2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:38:23.467" UserId="3329" Text="I don't think there's a straightforward way to do this. Metalink indicates the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is no Migration utility (Script or DBUA) to perform a cross platform migration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To change platforms require the database instance be re-built and / or the data moved using one of the following methods:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. Export / Import to include the use of Datapump facilities. all versions support Export/Import but for Datapump 10.1.0.2 or higher is required&#xD;&#xA;   2. Transportable Tablespaces 10G or Later&#xD;&#xA;   3. RMAN Convert Database functions. 10G or Later&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The choices available will depend on BOTH the OS and Oracle versions of both the source and destination.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example RMAN Convert Database only works if both source and destination belong to same ENDIAN format. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Transportable Tablespaces has a convert function to convert from one ENDIAN format to another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTH." />
  <row Id="42836" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24120" RevisionGUID="13a498de-8e12-44e4-b322-91d1baec1fd4" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:38:26.260" UserId="8831" Text="Nagios will also do, one of the best monitoring tools that runs on linux and has beautiful scalability options. Try it you may like it!" />
  <row Id="42837" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24120" RevisionGUID="13a498de-8e12-44e4-b322-91d1baec1fd4" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:38:26.260" UserId="8831" />
  <row Id="42838" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24121" RevisionGUID="cf26430d-21f5-4305-83b9-937430bf53bc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:38:57.053" UserId="5736" Text="We have a Postfix hub and I'm  trying to better understand the information in the mail.log file.  I use tools like qshape, pflogsumm.pl and amavis-logwatch to summarize the log files, but I have still have questions about some of the elements of the raw log file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My first question is with regards to the delay entry that appears from Postfix when an email is finally delivered.  I am guessing that these values are in seconds, but what does this information exactly mean.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;delay=2.4, delays=0.18/0.01/1.4/0.81&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Did the email take a total of 2.4 seconds to process?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the breakdown of timings in the delays section?" />
  <row Id="42839" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24121" RevisionGUID="cf26430d-21f5-4305-83b9-937430bf53bc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:38:57.053" UserId="5736" Text="Understanding a Postfix log file entry..." />
  <row Id="42840" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24121" RevisionGUID="cf26430d-21f5-4305-83b9-937430bf53bc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:38:57.053" UserId="5736" Text="&lt;postfix&gt;" />
  <row Id="42841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24122" RevisionGUID="3dddc454-5ef6-4cb2-b284-e97071bd618e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:39:18.427" UserId="9141" Text="I have not tried your specific use case, but you might want to experiment with mod_perl and:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Perl&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    foreach (&lt;/sites/*/*/users.file&gt;) {&#xD;&#xA;        my $loc = $_;&#xD;&#xA;        $loc =~ s/^\/sites(.*)\/users\.file/$1/;&#xD;&#xA;        $Location{$loc} = { AuthUserFile =&gt; $_, };&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Perl&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will still have to reload Apache each time you add a new &quot;users.file&quot; though. " />
  <row Id="42844" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24124" RevisionGUID="0f23931a-9edb-406e-9b81-91a7adb5efa6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:40:21.763" UserId="8950" Text="I have a linux webserver. It's running Apache and a python based web application and postgres. It's quite slow. By running `ab` (apache benchmark) and `vmstat` I could see that it was swapping while requests were coming in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any programme that will dynamically tell me which processes are causing this swappyness?" />
  <row Id="42845" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24124" RevisionGUID="0f23931a-9edb-406e-9b81-91a7adb5efa6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:40:21.763" UserId="8950" Text="How can I monitor what process is swapping?" />
  <row Id="42846" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24124" RevisionGUID="0f23931a-9edb-406e-9b81-91a7adb5efa6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:40:21.763" UserId="8950" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;swap&gt;" />
  <row Id="42847" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24125" RevisionGUID="34721fe7-42e9-42fc-8f7a-aa3f201801b0" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:44:03.033" UserId="7453" Text="I use lvm snapshots only to copy the DomU Lv another one in a separate Vg, where each Domain has three backup &quot;nodes&quot; to is disposal. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After that, the snapshot is destroyed, and the backup Lv's remain until the next round. If I have a restore to make, I just have to choose a source Lv from the backup Vg and copy it to the domain Lv.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once in a while, a backup Lv is dumped into an image file on a separate server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All this is automated via script, with a backup every two days and a dump every week.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I even had a &quot;panic&quot; mode in mind, where the Domain Lv would be restored but run from a snapshot, and reset-ed every 2 hours, to keep de site online in case of serious hacks, until a proper defence could be organized." />
  <row Id="42848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24126" RevisionGUID="8325708c-9158-40a7-ada5-ad419245d4f5" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:44:15.763" UserId="1561" Text="LVM snapshots are meant to capture the filesystem in a frozen state.  They are not meant to be a backup in and of themselves.  They are, however, useful for obtaining backup images that are consistent because the frozen image cannot and will not change during the backup process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When LVM implements a snapshot, there are several things that happen, all very quickly.  The first is that a new logical volume has to be allocated.  The true purpose of this volume is to provide an area where deltas (changes) to the filesystem are recorded.  This allows the original volume to continue on without distrupting any existing read/write access.  The downside to this is that the snapshot area is of a finite size, which means on a system with busy writes, it can fill up rather quickly.  If your snapshot overflows (fills up) both the original volume and the logical volume grind to a scretching halt.  This is done to prevent filesystem corruption, although it has the effect of unceremoniously dropping any I/O (and therefore any programs) that were using the original volume.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The second thing that happens is that LVM now &quot;swaps&quot; the true purposes of the volumes in question.  You would think that the newly allocated snapshot would be the place to look for any changes to the filesystem, after all, it's where all the writes are going to, right?  No, it's the other way around.  Filesystems are mounted to LVM volume *names*, so swapping out the *name* from underneath the rest of the system would be a no-no (because the snapshot uses a *different* name).  So the solution here is simple:  When you access the original volume name, it will continue to refer to the *live* (read/write) version of the volume you did the snapshot of.  The snapshot volume you create will refer to the *frozen* (read-only) version of the volume you intend to back up.  A little confusing at first, but it will make sense.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of this happens in less than 2 seconds.  The rest of the system doesn't even notice.  Unless, of course, you don't release the snapshot before it overflows...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you go to release a snapshot, it then takes all of the recorded changes and &quot;replays&quot; them back into the original volume.  This takes a bit longer - depending on how much data was recorded - but won't significantly impact what you're doing.  Once the release is complete, the snapshot volume is destroyed and the original remains.  This is also why it is important to not &quot;hold onto&quot; snapshots - the data needs to be re-integrated back into the original &quot;live&quot; volume at some point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, in a nutshell:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Snapshots are good for backups&#xD;&#xA; - Snapshots do not last forever&#xD;&#xA; - A full snapshot is a BAD thing&#xD;&#xA; - Snapshots need to &quot;go home&quot; at some point (data needs to be re-integrated)&#xD;&#xA; - LVM is your friend, if you use it wisely." />
  <row Id="42849" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24127" RevisionGUID="f60ac182-72d8-4891-9878-e5a4c691edbe" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:45:05.327" UserId="2264" Text="We used to get a similar issue using PS2 keyboards via a PS2 to USB dongle with DELL desktops. Ocassional dropping of key strokes and ocassional repetition of a single key. The problem went away when we got rid of the PS2 to USB dongle and went with straight USB keyboards." />
  <row Id="42850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24128" RevisionGUID="8e5cff8e-ef74-4261-b368-33bcfa453474" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:45:32.127" UserId="5880" Text="[Empirix][1] is THE company for callcenter/IVR testing. They offer outsourced testing, as well as selling hardware so that you can test your own equipment. We use one of their boxes to test about 1500 IVR lines &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It can recurse through all of your IVR menus, with speech req as well as other testing options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.empirix.com" />
  <row Id="42851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24129" RevisionGUID="58e20a89-4906-46cd-b10d-f5aea59eeaa0" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:46:15.557" UserId="4535" Text="I've been using the freeware version of the [jv16 Power Tools (1.4.x)][1] for quite some time and it works great. It allows me to search the registry, do complete find/replace operations simply, scan down orphaned registry nodes or files, registry backups, etc. It doesn't do anything without asking and expects me to know how the registry works; it doesn't treat me like a simple user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, jv version 1.4 is getting long in the tooth and I'm not sure of its viability for Vista and Windows 7. I would upgrade, but the newer versions have switched away from the &quot;here's a tool for someone who knows what they're doing&quot; mindset to the &quot;press this button to fix all your problems&quot; mindset. I'd rather not use a program that's going to do things without my knowledge or permission. Also, I don't trust companies that say their software was the &quot;[very best registry cleaning in both performance and accuracy of the products tested in this comparison study][2]&quot;, but the study was [conducted by employees][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was wondering if anyone else used a similar (preferably open-source) program they'd like to recommend. Or, if you have experience with the newer versions of jv16 and would like to convince me, that works too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.unleash.com/kurt/jv16powertools14/index.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.macecraft.com/news/172/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.macecraft.com/registry_cleaner_comparison/" />
  <row Id="42852" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24129" RevisionGUID="58e20a89-4906-46cd-b10d-f5aea59eeaa0" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:46:15.557" UserId="4535" Text="Registry/System Tool like jv16 Power Tools 1.4" />
  <row Id="42853" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24129" RevisionGUID="58e20a89-4906-46cd-b10d-f5aea59eeaa0" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:46:15.557" UserId="4535" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;registry&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="42854" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24130" RevisionGUID="cb67fc64-7f0e-43c0-80b8-df6843e71445" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:46:34.637" UserId="4711" Text="I am using the following code to direct all www requests to non-www URLs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine On&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.org$ [NC]&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.com/$1 [R=301,L]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This works great inside an .htaccess file in the root of my website.  &#xD;&#xA;For example,  &#xD;&#xA;www.example.com -&gt; example.com/  &#xD;&#xA;www.example.com/ -&gt; example.com/  &#xD;&#xA;www.example.com/other\_page -&gt; example.com/other\_page &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if I move this same code into my VirtualHost configuration, the rewritten URLs contain a double trailing slash.  &#xD;&#xA;www.example.com -&gt; example.com//  &#xD;&#xA;www.example.com/ -&gt; example.com//  &#xD;&#xA;www.example.com/other\_page -&gt; example.com//other\_page  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I fixed it by removing the slash from the rewrite rule:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine On&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.org$ [NC]&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.com$1 [R=301,L]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I can't understand the reason for this. Anyone know why?" />
  <row Id="42855" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24130" RevisionGUID="cb67fc64-7f0e-43c0-80b8-df6843e71445" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:46:34.637" UserId="4711" Text="Why do I get a double trailing slash depending on where my RewriteRule is located?" />
  <row Id="42856" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24130" RevisionGUID="cb67fc64-7f0e-43c0-80b8-df6843e71445" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:46:34.637" UserId="4711" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;mod-rewrite&gt;&lt;rewriterules&gt;" />
  <row Id="42857" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24131" RevisionGUID="7890cb63-92cf-4845-b6bb-bf50e4de6fbd" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:47:40.047" UserId="4455" Text="If you're on a Mac, OmniFocus is pretty awesome for managing a bunch of projects and tasks associated with the tasks.  It's fairly simple to use and implements some of the *Getting Things Done* principles, but doesn't force you into it." />
  <row Id="42858" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24132" RevisionGUID="4c4492de-8968-4087-a330-105385561921" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:48:18.207" UserId="3038" Text="I've been looking around for a hosting provider. In the process I ran into one that seemed to have a clear preference for apache 1.3. Considering that 1.3 was released something like 11 years ago, I am unclear why someone would have such a preference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At work we still use 1.3 for our main web-site. But that's because 1.3 is still the default Apache server for Solaris 8, which is what's running said web-site. Internal aps are hosted on Apache 2.2 more and more often as they're moved to Linux (SLES10 and soon 11).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Heck, NetWare 6.5 ships with 2.0 as default, and you can download 2.2 if you really want to run it. 1.3 was the default on NW6.0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, I am not a web-master, so I don't know the compatibility details for why Apache 1.3 could be a preferred platform. I know Apache 'just works', which may be part of it. What is it about 1.3 that is attractive over its newer brethren?" />
  <row Id="42859" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24132" RevisionGUID="4c4492de-8968-4087-a330-105385561921" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:48:18.207" UserId="3038" Text="Wondering about the continuing existence of Apache 1.3" />
  <row Id="42860" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24132" RevisionGUID="4c4492de-8968-4087-a330-105385561921" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:48:18.207" UserId="3038" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;apache1.3&gt;" />
  <row Id="42861" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24126" RevisionGUID="5b2d2410-8888-4f75-bbb7-476d8a9292d3" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:49:19.763" UserId="1561" Comment="added recommended recovery for full LVM snapshot" Text="LVM snapshots are meant to capture the filesystem in a frozen state.  They are not meant to be a backup in and of themselves.  They are, however, useful for obtaining backup images that are consistent because the frozen image cannot and will not change during the backup process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When LVM implements a snapshot, there are several things that happen, all very quickly.  The first is that a new logical volume has to be allocated.  The true purpose of this volume is to provide an area where deltas (changes) to the filesystem are recorded.  This allows the original volume to continue on without disrupting any existing read/write access.  The downside to this is that the snapshot area is of a finite size, which means on a system with busy writes, it can fill up rather quickly.  If your snapshot overflows (fills up) both the original volume and the logical volume grind to a screeching halt.  This is done to prevent filesystem corruption, although it has the effect of unceremoniously dropping any I/O (and therefore any programs) that were using the original volume.  Should this happen, you will want to release your snapshot *as soon as possible* so you can get the original volume back online.  Once the release is complete, you'll be able to remount the volume as read/write and make the filesystem on it available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The second thing that happens is that LVM now &quot;swaps&quot; the true purposes of the volumes in question.  You would think that the newly allocated snapshot would be the place to look for any changes to the filesystem, after all, it's where all the writes are going to, right?  No, it's the other way around.  Filesystems are mounted to LVM volume *names*, so swapping out the *name* from underneath the rest of the system would be a no-no (because the snapshot uses a *different* name).  So the solution here is simple:  When you access the original volume name, it will continue to refer to the *live* (read/write) version of the volume you did the snapshot of.  The snapshot volume you create will refer to the *frozen* (read-only) version of the volume you intend to back up.  A little confusing at first, but it will make sense.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of this happens in less than 2 seconds.  The rest of the system doesn't even notice.  Unless, of course, you don't release the snapshot before it overflows...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you go to release a snapshot, it then takes all of the recorded changes and &quot;replays&quot; them back into the original volume.  This takes a bit longer - depending on how much data was recorded - but won't significantly impact what you're doing.  Once the release is complete, the snapshot volume is destroyed and the original remains.  This is also why it is important to not &quot;hold onto&quot; snapshots - the data needs to be re-integrated back into the original &quot;live&quot; volume at some point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a third, older version of a snapshot from the LVM version 1 days, that is read-only.  This form of snapshot does not record changes to the filesystem.  I do not recommend pursuing this as a long-term backup strategy.  You are still hosting data on the same physical drive that can fail, and recovery of your filesystem from a drive that has failed is no backup at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, in a nutshell:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Snapshots are good for backups&#xD;&#xA; - Snapshots do not last forever&#xD;&#xA; - A full snapshot is a BAD thing&#xD;&#xA; - Snapshots need to &quot;go home&quot; at some point (data needs to be re-integrated)&#xD;&#xA; - LVM is your friend, if you use it wisely." />
  <row Id="42862" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24133" RevisionGUID="58a09f63-5fde-41ec-83bd-aa923561e54e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:49:28.593" UserId="2711" Text="Are you running it from the CLI and from cron with the same user? If you run it from CLI as a normal user and from cron with root, root may be missing some environment variables your cron.php needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could try running from root cron with something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    su - userToRunAs -c &quot;/usr/bin/php /var/www/support_web/api/cron.php&quot;" />
  <row Id="42863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24134" RevisionGUID="07b25a50-f08e-48c9-b9ad-1733328b1460" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:49:58.450" UserId="8950" Text="Nagios is very good. You can also write your own plugins and set it up quite easily." />
  <row Id="42864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24135" RevisionGUID="b8b3c43b-8dc7-4934-816d-ee4b0931a155" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:50:37.483" UserId="5544" Text="It's hard to say exactly, but it might be an environment variable that you have set in your interactive shell, but that isn't being set by cron.   Put some print statements in cron.php that print out any environment variables that depends on, so you can see if it's properly set.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that fails, add more print statements to see what's going on.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42865" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24136" RevisionGUID="28b7f65f-7dca-42fb-9dd6-353b4b6746df" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:50:48.607" UserId="3528" Text="I think that going green should be implemented holistically.  Enable printer auditing and accounting and see who the big spenders are.  Use XPS or PDF in email instead. I’ve seen big savings simply by examining business processes and revamping them to involve less printing, fewer servers, etc.   I’ve been able to consolidate or eliminate 30% of an existing environment without spending a dime.  (then you can look at licensing costs etc to determine if it makes sense to re-separate out the services in a virtual environment) it out.   In addition going green means allowing folks to telecommute.   That may not save the business money per se but is green and usually makes the employees happy.  Also going green might cost capital now but save later.  In the case where people were printing a lot it was because they all had crappy monitors, get rid of the CRT (even though it works) replace it with a larger LCD and newer Laptops/desktops and over time they will have paid for themselves in power costs.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Same goes for servers.  Running a bunch of 1 u crappy CPU servers might be cheap per server but cost more than consolidating those services on to 1 expensive CPU server.  Eg some older 1u dells (p4 procs) have 500w power supplies in them.  A brand new bottom line ML150 comes with a 650w Power supply, but comes with roughly triple the computing capacity.  Another way to save power it to have systems boot off the san.  There are alot of disks spinning just to boot a system that has the other 90% on the san.  Boot from san saved 1 entire chassis full of disks in the datacenter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bottom line- going thru all these analysis saved about 40% year over year with the CapEx paid back in about 20 months" />
  <row Id="42866" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23683" RevisionGUID="11d57c11-3a2c-48ad-a55a-910ca5406261" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:55:53.370" UserId="702" Comment="added working configuration" Text="The reason the above configuration isn't working is that the `Header` lines are evaluated before the `RewriteRule` and thus the environment variable is always null.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The solution is to move the `RewriteRule` outside the `&lt;Directory&gt;` block so that it is evaluated before the `Header` lines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [Serving Javascript Fast][1] for more details&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the final working configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       ServerName dev.example.com&#xD;&#xA;       DocumentRoot /var/www/html/dev&#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;       RewriteEngine on&#xD;&#xA;       RewriteRule ^versioned/[^/\.]+/(.*)$ /$1 [E=set_expires_header:true,L]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;Directory &quot;/var/www/html/dev&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          Options FollowSymLinks ExecCGI&#xD;&#xA;          AllowOverride All&#xD;&#xA;          Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;          Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;          Header append Expires &quot;Mon, 28 Jul 2014 23:30:00 GMT&quot; env=set_expires_header&#xD;&#xA;          Header append Cache-Control &quot;public&quot; env=set_expires_header&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/serving-javascript-fast/" />
  <row Id="42867" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24137" RevisionGUID="df90f872-0bea-4829-b2d7-742baa0aefb6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:56:11.857" UserDisplayName="nathan_m" Text="The problem is that when I go to site collection usage summary page under a site collection no statistical images are displayed and only in https. http works fine and let me explain why. External users hit the proxy switching the protocol to https in turn causing a failure for many features because SharePoint return some JavaScript URLS in http. So in AAM I configured SharePoint to us HTTPS as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had to remove the : so I could post, please disregard the missing : below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http//example.com:81   &#xD;&#xA;Default   &#xD;&#xA;http//example.com:81&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http//example.com      &#xD;&#xA;Internet  &#xD;&#xA;https//www.example.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;https//www.example.com&#xD;&#xA;Internet &#xD;&#xA;https//www.example.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http//www.example.com  &#xD;&#xA;Internet  &#xD;&#xA;https//www.example.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition, I added a host header in ISS 6. The result is as expected minus the only problem with Reserved.ReportViewerWebControl.axd on the site usage page is not displaying the images (data is fine). After inspecting the broken image it is requesting http and not https. No error is displayed. Has anybody experienced this problem or have a suggestion to fix this report service?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MOSS 2007, Windows Server 2003, IIS 6" />
  <row Id="42868" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24137" RevisionGUID="df90f872-0bea-4829-b2d7-742baa0aefb6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:56:11.857" UserDisplayName="nathan_m" Text="http/https no image displaying problem with site collection usage summary page" />
  <row Id="42869" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24137" RevisionGUID="df90f872-0bea-4829-b2d7-742baa0aefb6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:56:11.857" UserDisplayName="nathan_m" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;" />
  <row Id="42870" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24122" RevisionGUID="49157ded-bfcd-4a93-8d7c-de1aa4ae00ea" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:56:15.630" UserId="9141" Comment="added 96 characters in body" Text="I have not tried your specific use case, but you might want to experiment with mod_perl and:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Perl&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    foreach (&lt;/sites/*/*/users.file&gt;) {&#xD;&#xA;        my $loc = $_;&#xD;&#xA;        $loc =~ s/^\/sites(.*)\/users\.file/$1/;&#xD;&#xA;        $Location{$loc} = {&#xD;&#xA;            AuthType =&gt; &quot;Basic&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;            AuthName =&gt; &quot;Secure area&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;            AuthUserFile =&gt; $_,&#xD;&#xA;        };&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Perl&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will still have to reload Apache each time you add a new &quot;users.file&quot; though. " />
  <row Id="42871" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24138" RevisionGUID="14951994-8683-4efb-9894-ac5d1fd6205a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:56:48.033" UserId="5392" Text="[link text]itop[1] is probably what you're after. Although you'll need python 2.5 or greater installed, which is likely. You'll also need a couple of kernel (2.6.20 or later) options enabled (TASK_DELAY_ACCT and TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING) so the right metrics are exposed in /proc for iotop to use them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://guichaz.free.fr/iotop/" />
  <row Id="42872" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24139" RevisionGUID="ea562c56-d4eb-48aa-93e0-f984eec18416" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:57:10.823" UserId="3489" Text="There are some old discontinued modules that haven't been ported, and sometimes the config needs to be rewritten for 2.2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember that apache2 wasn't &quot;generally&quot; production quality/flexibility until 2.2, at least that was the view of the major Linux distributions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this point I'd avoid putting 1.3 on anything new.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course as solaris 8 is (IIRC) now out of support you should already be off it." />
  <row Id="42873" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24140" RevisionGUID="2582081d-7d28-45fe-bcba-a4454d10c031" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:57:26.597" UserId="4810" Text="    * Network Performance Monitoring&#xD;&#xA;    * SMNP Real-Time Graphing&#xD;&#xA;    * Real-Time Interface Monitoring&#xD;&#xA;    answer: polymon.codeplex.org see also polymonrt.codeplex.org&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * Bandwidth Guage&#xD;&#xA;    answer:  Solar Winds (SNMP bandwidth is the only thing I haven't thus far been able to capture/display using Polymon&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * Inventory management (Hardware &amp; software reports)&#xD;&#xA;    * It also acts as a management tool to remotely view a workstation&#xD;&#xA;    answer:  OCS Inventory NG with UltraVNC integrated&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * Mapping of network&#xD;&#xA;    answer:  The Dude  http://www.mikrotik.com/thedude.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * Auto detection of changes in hardware (Routers, switches, workstations)&#xD;&#xA;    answer:  OCS Inventory for workstations, ??? for routers/switches&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that Zabbix is a network/system monitoring system that has the network map view integrated.  You might check it out as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24141" RevisionGUID="1ebae244-aa69-4a34-a963-2f0b33304d20" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:57:29.217" UserId="385" Text="I use [Remember the Milk][1]. It can tie into Outlook. It has 3 levels of priority, can be tied with other people, allows you to use tabs to group items, and allows the use of tags. If you have a Blackberry or other mobile device, there are clients that will keep RTM and your tasks list in sync. So if you're having that hallway convo and a todo comes up, you can type it into your phone. Then it shows up in your inbox the next time you hit the website (I tend to have it up on my screen). And you can do recurring tasks, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rememberthemilk.com/" />
  <row Id="42875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24142" RevisionGUID="47bd6722-60c1-4dae-b569-ca839be0db6f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:58:01.697" UserId="3528" Text="My understanding is that this is a dell issue.  I've seen on the  810, 820,and some 830's Since a reboot usually fixes the problems the users complaints go away since they can do that themselves.  It stinks but all dell ever does it run diagnostics and say its ok.  The only answer I can think of it to get another vendor to let you use a laptop for testing purposes and if it can be shown it's the laptop, get management to buy from another vendor." />
  <row Id="42876" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24126" RevisionGUID="3101cfe3-293d-428e-9146-d0c9424af6b1" CreationDate="2009-06-11T14:58:07.313" UserId="1561" Comment="added blurb about needed more disk space for volumes that change alot; added 143 characters in body; added 4 characters in body; added 76 characters in body" Text="LVM snapshots are meant to capture the filesystem in a frozen state.  **They are not meant to be a backup in and of themselves.  They are, however, useful for obtaining backup images that are consistent because the frozen image cannot and will not change during the backup process.**  So while you won't use them directly to make long-term backups, they will be of great value in any backup process that you decide to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When LVM implements a snapshot, there are several things that happen, all very quickly.  The first is that a new logical volume has to be allocated.  The true purpose of this volume is to provide an area where deltas (changes) to the filesystem are recorded.  This allows the original volume to continue on without disrupting any existing read/write access.  The downside to this is that the snapshot area is of a finite size, which means on a system with busy writes, it can fill up rather quickly.  For volumes that have significant write activity, you will want to increase the size of your snapshot to allow enough space for all changes to be recorded.  If your snapshot overflows (fills up) both the original volume and the logical volume grind to a screeching halt.  This is done to prevent filesystem corruption, although it has the effect of unceremoniously dropping any I/O (and therefore any programs) that were using the original volume.  Should this happen, you will want to release your snapshot *as soon as possible* so you can get the original volume back online.  Once the release is complete, you'll be able to remount the volume as read/write and make the filesystem on it available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The second thing that happens is that LVM now &quot;swaps&quot; the true purposes of the volumes in question.  You would think that the newly allocated snapshot would be the place to look for any changes to the filesystem, after all, it's where all the writes are going to, right?  No, it's the other way around.  Filesystems are mounted to LVM volume *names*, so swapping out the *name* from underneath the rest of the system would be a no-no (because the snapshot uses a *different* name).  So the solution here is simple:  When you access the original volume name, it will continue to refer to the *live* (read/write) version of the volume you did the snapshot of.  The snapshot volume you create will refer to the *frozen* (read-only) version of the volume you intend to back up.  A little confusing at first, but it will make sense.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of this happens in less than 2 seconds.  The rest of the system doesn't even notice.  Unless, of course, you don't release the snapshot before it overflows...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you go to release a snapshot, it then takes all of the recorded changes and &quot;replays&quot; them back into the original volume.  This takes a bit longer - depending on how much data was recorded - but won't significantly impact what you're doing.  Once the release is complete, the snapshot volume is destroyed and the original remains.  This is also why it is important to not &quot;hold onto&quot; snapshots - the data needs to be re-integrated back into the original &quot;live&quot; volume at some point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a third, older version of a snapshot from the LVM version 1 days, that is read-only.  This form of snapshot does not record changes to the filesystem.  **I do not recommend pursuing this as a long-term backup strategy.  You are still hosting data on the same physical drive that can fail, and recovery of your filesystem from a drive that has failed is no backup at all.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, in a nutshell:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Snapshots are good for assisting backups&#xD;&#xA; - **Snapshots are not, in and of themselves, a form of backup**&#xD;&#xA; - Snapshots do not last forever&#xD;&#xA; - A full snapshot is a BAD thing&#xD;&#xA; - Snapshots need to &quot;go home&quot; at some point (data needs to be re-integrated)&#xD;&#xA; - LVM is your friend, if you use it wisely." />
  <row Id="42877" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17303" RevisionGUID="6177bdcf-aece-4c94-8fe5-2552bfd65ffc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:00:53.530" UserId="7309" Comment="fixing syntax" Text="You can export the metabase using an included tool called **iiscnfg.vbs**, located in *systemroot*\System32&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Execute something like:&#xD;&#xA;&gt;`iiscnfg.vbs /export /f C:\temp\metabase-export.xml /sp /lm /children /inherited`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will retrieve the entire metabase. For the *Default Web Site* only (typically the first installed site on IIS), use the following /sp: `/lm/W3SVC/1`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See more at the Technet topic [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You also might want to check out the IIS 6.0 Metabase Explorer from the [Resource Kit][2], and learn more about which branch of the metabase you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have exported the Metabase sections you want, you can even use `iiscnfg.vbs` to import the metabase to a remote IIS, and then get your cloud running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc787196(WS.10).aspx &quot;Technet on iiscnfg.vbs&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/840671 &quot;IIS Resource Kit&quot;" />
  <row Id="42878" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23660" RevisionGUID="ab5c77dd-31c0-4bbf-b3e4-5914afc62107" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:01:18.773" UserId="1466" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="I have set this up before, and the way subversion works it would prompt you for your passwords hundreds of times during a session.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(To do this, simply connect your subversion client to **svn+ssh://username@servername/path/to/repo**)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The answer is to use ssh keys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set up your private/public key pair, and upload your public key to your ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file, but prefix it with &quot;command=&quot;/usr/bin/svnserve -t -r /path/to/repo&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And connect again using svn+ssh as mentioned above&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42879" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24143" RevisionGUID="4f9b77da-5822-4ca5-83dc-3464646979d2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:01:24.933" UserId="2629" Text="[The Todo.txt Command Line Interface (CLI)][1] -- Cross Platform, Futureproof, Works over SSH.  What more could you want?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ginatrapani.github.com/todo.txt-cli/" />
  <row Id="42880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24144" RevisionGUID="b40bc9c0-e080-45f1-abcd-c08f575bb423" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:01:52.280" UserId="5221" Text="If the activity is while performing many HTTP requests, and not at other times, then it will be the Apache and python processes that are actively causing swap activity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is not much more than this we can say without a little more info.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How are you running the python scripts? (CGI, FCGI, mod_python, other?)&#xD;&#xA; - How many concurrent requests was ab told to attempt?&#xD;&#xA; - How much memory is in the machine? (it could just be that the machine is undersized for the job)&#xD;&#xA; - How many Apache processes are running?&#xD;&#xA; - If FGCI, how many Python processes do you have running?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general to reduce Apache memory use you need to reduce the number of child processes it will start by altering the config files, the same for the number of python processes if you are using FastCGI." />
  <row Id="42882" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24145" RevisionGUID="245fa867-0804-4740-94aa-0eabf3333bf8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:03:26.957" UserId="7083" Text="It is happening because you are capturing an initial slash with `(.*)` and then applying another slash before it in the new location `/$1`." />
  <row Id="42883" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22240" RevisionGUID="e3b145f4-9e7d-41bc-a094-bd497a9f38a3" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:03:39.500" UserId="43589" Comment="added 232 characters in body" Text="I have a Linksys router WRT54GS V1 Firmware version 4.71.4. I am having issues getting the router to allow me to use wake on lan over the internet. If I send a magic packet to the local subnet it works fine but if I attempt to do it from the internet I get nothing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I set the subnet mask of my router to 255.255.255.128. I have enabled port forwarding to UDP port 9 and ip address 192.168.1.127. It sill does not work. Any suggestions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE: I have not had a chance to try all the suggestions yet. I will hopefully try it this evening.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE 2: I was finally able to make this work. I was never able to make the WOL work with the linksys firmware so I had to install DD-WRT. Once it was installed I added a Port Forwarding rule to 192.168.1.255 for UDP ports 7&amp;9." />
  <row Id="42884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24146" RevisionGUID="49a0d483-0328-4007-aa72-7714bff7d057" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:06:00.137" UserId="2609" Text="If you are doing any kind of server farm where you can bring individual servers online and offline then you can take advantage of [Wake On Lan (WoL)][1]. When load on the existing pool is high enough then you wake up more servers. When the load is low enough you start shutting servers down. Note that this can be done in addition to most other &quot;green&quot; ideas. No server uses less power than one that's turned off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake-on-LAN" />
  <row Id="42885" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23995" RevisionGUID="abd287b7-11bb-421c-8d9c-18192bba55ee" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:07:05.407" UserId="8993" Comment="deleted 12 characters in body" Text="Firstly, be aware that System Center is a product suite rather then a product. I think what you are referring to is System Center Operations Manager 2007 agents.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In which case, firstly you'll most likely want to be using Operations Manager 2007 R2 which is the newest version, its quite a bit more 'polished' then the original version of Ops manager 2007 which had the Linux/Unix monitoring kinda wedged in there. R2 is publicly available from July 1st, but you can grab an Eval copy now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because R2 is kinda new, there's not too many people using it yet in production, but certainly people have been testing and blogging about it on the beta and release candidates. Google 'operations manager 2007 Linux' should give you some hits.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a [quick datasheet PDF][2] on the R2 Linux monitoring component available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A good start for monitoring Linux/Unix would be to check out the Microsoft [webcast][3], or to read the R2 [install docs][4] for the Unix/Linux agents on Technet.&#xD;&#xA;Also definitely keep an eye out on the [Technet Forums][5].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you're up and running you could look at third party management packs for monitoring Apache, MySQL etc from companies such as [Bridgeways][6].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/8/B/88BBD053-14A7-442E-8066-0EE84231EC0E/SC_OpsMgr2007_R2-CrossPlat.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/8/B/88BBD053-14A7-442E-8066-0EE84231EC0E/SC_OpsMgr2007_R2-CrossPlat.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/detail/webcastdetails.aspx?seriesid=37&amp;webcastid=5558&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd788943.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/operationsmanager&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.bridgeways.ca/bw_management-pack-beta-program-signup_form.php" />
  <row Id="42887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24147" RevisionGUID="d1758812-f1b5-4a5e-a370-32e446534a43" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:07:53.953" UserId="8009" Text="It also depends on what have you installed, post the previous installation (like installation from source, or non-RPM binaries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An easier way to check would be to clone the current system, upgrade and check and then make a note of all post-installation changes that you had to do, and then do the production upgrade.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure you take a copy of your config files atleast. (of course, a full backup is always the way to go)." />
  <row Id="42888" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23630" RevisionGUID="8d0adbb1-1be2-47dd-88ec-6f12141b75b4" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:09:11.673" UserId="1496" Comment="Edit to reflect corrected question" Text="It could be the RAID controller going bad like you said (try a spare if you have one.) It could be the driver for the controller (check for alternative drivers if available, even if performance is worse, it's good to have a reference point.) It could be the kernel (less likely though in RHEL, it's quite well tested.) It could be bad RAM messing up the block cache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A hardware problem is the most likely cause, though, based on the seemingly random error behavior." />
  <row Id="42889" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="24121" RevisionGUID="49aff7ea-703c-48b2-9a12-c58913197f4c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:09:28.257" UserId="1466" Comment="Added log-files tag" Text="&lt;postfix&gt;&lt;log-files&gt;" />
  <row Id="42890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24148" RevisionGUID="5f77b7ff-3fe4-4709-9f0f-90a4091369ed" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:10:02.793" UserId="2711" Text="As I understand it, in .htaccess files, the string that mod_rewrite processes in your rule is relative to the directory the .htaccess file is in, so it will not have a / at the start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the VirtualHost entry, the string it processes is absolute to the root of the server, and so includes the /.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It makes for subtle differences in how mod_rewrite works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is someone with a similar problem, and solution:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://forum.modrewrite.com/viewtopic.php?p=56322&amp;sid=77f72967f59200b5b5de174440234c3a" />
  <row Id="42891" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24149" RevisionGUID="ca40a4b5-db7d-4c70-a2b1-39cad0b30f6b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:11:07.660" UserId="4255" Text="I have a DIR-625 Wireless Router for my home network.  We have several PCs connected and all  get excellent speeds but for some reason, the 2 Apple notebooks I have connected drag when loading up web pages.  Proximity to the router has been ruled out.  Is there something the Apple computers have in common that would be causing this?  It is very annoying.  One is a MacBook (white) and the other is the brand new MacBook Pro (13&quot;).  Both have the same problem.  I am probably not putting enough detail but I don't know a lot about this.  Any ideas?  Possible router setting?" />
  <row Id="42892" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24149" RevisionGUID="ca40a4b5-db7d-4c70-a2b1-39cad0b30f6b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:11:07.660" UserId="4255" Text="DIR-625 Router - Apple computers slow web browsing" />
  <row Id="42893" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24149" RevisionGUID="ca40a4b5-db7d-4c70-a2b1-39cad0b30f6b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:11:07.660" UserId="4255" Text="&lt;wireless-network&gt;&lt;apple&gt;&lt;router&gt;&lt;slow-connection&gt;" />
  <row Id="42894" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24150" RevisionGUID="0f43ac6d-8c4a-4fca-8ca7-dee7c0458e6c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:11:23.260" UserId="2629" Text="What tools have you found useful for managing Macs that didn't come with the system?  I'm interested in both CLI and GUI tools, a synopsis and a link.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If binaries aren't provided, are their any tricks to compiling it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lastly, can you give an indication of the licence or cost of the software?" />
  <row Id="42895" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24150" RevisionGUID="0f43ac6d-8c4a-4fca-8ca7-dee7c0458e6c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:11:23.260" UserId="2629" Text="Third-Party Mac Admin Tools" />
  <row Id="42896" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24150" RevisionGUID="0f43ac6d-8c4a-4fca-8ca7-dee7c0458e6c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:11:23.260" UserId="2629" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;third-party-tools&gt;&lt;sysadmin-tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="42897" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24150" RevisionGUID="0f43ac6d-8c4a-4fca-8ca7-dee7c0458e6c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:11:23.260" UserId="2629" />
  <row Id="42898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24151" RevisionGUID="fb9be984-ed8b-47d8-a0d0-2afff2c6892e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:12:50.917" UserId="9140" Text="Many sysadmins prefer 1.3 because of the nifty speed it delivers contra 2.x with its &quot;application server&quot; -stamp. It was a valid argument about 5-6 years ago, but todays servers are so stuffed with CPU and memory that I don't bother using it anymore." />
  <row Id="42899" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24152" RevisionGUID="9a824ef2-8c74-47ac-93dd-7b340f1f8c69" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:13:05.720" UserId="1770" Text="I'd setup a VPN between your Amazon EC2 instance and your local network.  That will allow you to keep all of your communications private and secure, while also allowing the EC2 instance to access devices behind the firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I find OpenVPN to be the perfect tool for things like this.  It's very easy to setup and configure, runs well and Linux and Windows, and it's open source.  Hard to go wrong.  Also, I've used it heavily at multiple companies for production work, and had great success with it." />
  <row Id="42900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24153" RevisionGUID="217d1959-056e-4a9b-9928-da57ec8a12a7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:14:10.977" UserId="8009" Text="Screen needs a proper tty to work. It needs an environment as good as when you would login using telnet/ssh/console (ie. a working terminal).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Ram" />
  <row Id="42901" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24154" RevisionGUID="006e001c-659c-4e19-801e-ef3530c8117f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:17:06.150" UserId="2629" Text="[TextWrangler][1], a freeware tool from [Bare Bones Software][2], is a great text editor.  It has a panel for accessing all your open files, lets you run scripts and capture output easily, change file encoding, does syntax highlighting, offers to unlock files you don't have permission to, and does everything you'd expect from a general-purpose text editor.  [A no, I'm not affiliated with them.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of late, I've really enjoyed the fact that on the command-line, you can type:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    edit /some/file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and it'll open it up the file.  Better still, you can pipe to it:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;    ls /Applications | edit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where there is a lot of output, this is really a nicer way to go through it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.barebones.com/products/TextWrangler/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.barebones.com/" />
  <row Id="42902" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24154" RevisionGUID="006e001c-659c-4e19-801e-ef3530c8117f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:17:06.150" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42903" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24155" RevisionGUID="0ff0a82f-dfc5-4ad4-b8f7-85b6e1366153" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:17:13.967" UserId="9140" Text="Try lowering the MTU on the router (wireless settings). You could also try to plug the laptops directly to the router with ethernet cable and see if the problem persists (to rule out the wireless settings)." />
  <row Id="42904" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24148" RevisionGUID="069fea17-624c-4438-bb4b-af5acc660bd5" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:18:14.510" UserId="2711" Comment="added 219 characters in body" Text="As I understand it, in .htaccess files, the string that mod_rewrite processes in your rule is relative to the directory the .htaccess file is in, so it will not have a / at the start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the VirtualHost entry, the string it processes is absolute to the root of the server, and so includes the /.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It makes for subtle differences in how mod_rewrite works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is someone with a similar problem, and solution:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://forum.modrewrite.com/viewtopic.php?p=56322&amp;sid=77f72967f59200b5b5de174440234c3a&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should work in both cases, assuming I remember my escaping correctly:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine On&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.org$ [NC]&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^\/?(.*?)$ http://example.com/$1 [R=301,L]&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24156" RevisionGUID="5d2d6c58-19ac-40bf-8616-3732e7d80140" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:19:06.427" UserId="8950" Text="If you want to search inside the contents of a file, not just on the filename, then you need a dedicated daemon that will index everyfile as it's created/modified and provide a fast search to that index.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might want to try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Beagle http://beagle-project.org/Main_Page&#xD;&#xA; - Tracker http://projects.gnome.org/tracker/" />
  <row Id="42906" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24145" RevisionGUID="dc15d26d-f8ed-414a-96bd-e839a1197bc3" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:19:28.830" UserId="7083" Comment="More information." Text="It is happening because you are capturing an initial slash with `(.*)` and then applying another slash before it in the new location `/$1`. It didn't happen before because mod_rewrite behaves slightly differently when operating in a per-directory context as opposed to a per-server context.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could avoid this by optionally pre-empting the slash. Additionally you can use RedirectMatch in an empty VirtualHost with your surplus domains, which creates a bit less processing and can look cleaner.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `&lt;VirtualHost *&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; ServerName example.com  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; ServerAlias other.example.com  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; ..  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; RedirectMatch permanent ^/?(.*) http://example.com/$1  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;`&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42907" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24157" RevisionGUID="da5dd466-8a3d-4cf8-844d-b2066e90894a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:22:14.970" UserId="9140" Text="The email spent 2.4 seconds in the postfix queue. I'm not sure about the breakdown though." />
  <row Id="42908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24158" RevisionGUID="cf34d93b-c73f-4ab0-839d-230b8f5c7929" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:22:59.070" UserId="1330" Text="I'm starting a home-run server to host a website, that I'll be developing on the LAMP stack. Its something like a forum, since it relies heavily on databases to generate HTML pages server-side. I would also need the best &quot;security&quot; available, *ie.* preconfigured, preinstalled and designed to prevent attacks and unauthorized data access. The easier and more GUI it has for most tasks the better, since I wouldn't like to *Midnight Commander* my way around forever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I choose between the myraid of Linux distros for this purpose? Would something like [Ubuntu 9][1] or [Fedora 11][2] be alright for this? Or would I need the other &quot;unfriendly&quot; ones like [Debian][3] or [OpenBSD][4] be better?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://lifehacker.com/5284785/fedora-11-released-and-ready-for-download&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.debian.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.openbsd.org/" />
  <row Id="42909" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24158" RevisionGUID="cf34d93b-c73f-4ab0-839d-230b8f5c7929" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:22:59.070" UserId="1330" Text="Best free operating system for a secure home Web Server?" />
  <row Id="42910" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24158" RevisionGUID="cf34d93b-c73f-4ab0-839d-230b8f5c7929" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:22:59.070" UserId="1330" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;lamp&gt;&lt;home-server&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="42911" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24159" RevisionGUID="2e6fca6c-c6ff-4681-898e-9cf789ffa06f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:23:04.080" UserId="2629" Text="&gt; [iftop][1] does for network usage what top(1) does for CPU usage. It listens to network traffic on a named interface and displays a table of current bandwidth usage by pairs of hosts. Handy for answering the question &quot;why is our ADSL link so slow?&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;iftop is a GPL CLI tool that I wish I had on all of our machines.  It was a piece of cake to compile from source.  It lets you see what network connections are active and which way they are going.  [You don't even seem to need to be root to use it in normal mode].  It also has a promiscuous mode that'll show all the traffic going through a hub or mirrored switch port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ex-parrot.com/~pdw/iftop/" />
  <row Id="42912" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24159" RevisionGUID="2e6fca6c-c6ff-4681-898e-9cf789ffa06f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:23:04.080" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24160" RevisionGUID="b1c4de60-0c32-4d5f-821f-a72316b31f12" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:24:06.963" UserId="9190" Text="Is it possible to have multiple authz files for a single subversion repository and to have them interact?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get a better understanding of what I'm after, let me explain. We're about to roll out centrally hosted subversion repositories for all students at our university. We want to be able to specify groups of users such as teachers and administrators which students can easily give access to. To keep concurrent editing of the ACLs by multiple students simple, we're going to have one authz file for each student. This however makes global group definitions a pain as the group definitions must be updated in at least each authz files that uses it. So my questions basically amounts to, can I have one authz file with group definitions that I then reference from another authz file?" />
  <row Id="42914" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24160" RevisionGUID="b1c4de60-0c32-4d5f-821f-a72316b31f12" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:24:06.963" UserId="9190" Text="Is it possible to have multiple authz files for a single subversion repository?" />
  <row Id="42915" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24160" RevisionGUID="b1c4de60-0c32-4d5f-821f-a72316b31f12" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:24:06.963" UserId="9190" Text="&lt;svn&gt;&lt;acl&gt;" />
  <row Id="42916" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24154" RevisionGUID="62a23dc1-5a81-4a55-9bfc-46b2f80fa0a0" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:24:09.177" UserId="2629" Comment="minor correction" Text="[TextWrangler][1], a freeware tool from [Bare Bones Software][2], is a great text editor.  It has a panel for accessing all your open files, lets you run scripts and capture output easily, change file encoding, does syntax highlighting, offers to unlock files you don't have permission to, and does everything you'd expect from a general-purpose text editor.  [And no, I'm not affiliated with them.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of late, I've really enjoyed the fact that on the command-line, you can type:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    edit /some/file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and it'll open it up the file.  Better still, you can pipe to it:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;    ls /Applications | edit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where there is a lot of output, this is really a nicer way to go through it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.barebones.com/products/TextWrangler/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.barebones.com/" />
  <row Id="42917" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24161" RevisionGUID="4ede1b09-e1f3-4b4b-a486-c3659137f5ec" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:24:10.537" UserId="7200" Text="Postfix feature # 20051103 added the following (from the 2.3.13 release notes):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Better insight into the nature of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; performance bottle necks, with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; detailed logging of delays in various&#xD;&#xA;&gt; stages of message delivery. Postfix&#xD;&#xA;&gt; logs additional delay information as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;delays=a/b/c/d&quot; where a=time before&#xD;&#xA;&gt; queue manager, including message&#xD;&#xA;&gt; transmission; b=time in queue manager;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; c=connection setup time including DNS,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; HELO and TLS; d=message transmission&#xD;&#xA;&gt; time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I would suspect, the longest delay in your setup is being caused by connection setup, DNS, and the initial SMTP conversation. Seems normal to me." />
  <row Id="42918" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24162" RevisionGUID="e45e0015-490f-4495-af92-51e64fe1c4d0" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:26:13.713" UserId="8769" Text="If you're not too concerned about efficient use of disk space, you could create several small partitions on a normal SATA drive. Choose a directory to migrate off of the SSD and temporarily remove its contents. Using the &quot;Disk Management&quot; tool, mount one of the small partitions to the directory (as opposed to assigning a drive letter). And then restore the contents of the directory." />
  <row Id="42919" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24162" RevisionGUID="e45e0015-490f-4495-af92-51e64fe1c4d0" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:26:13.713" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42920" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24163" RevisionGUID="35be9d36-e99c-4fb2-b74d-797e30996f8c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:27:10.857" UserId="9140" Text="(This question is a flamebait, please dont destroy this thread)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You want the best of all worlds, since you ask for a pretty and easy to use GUI, aswell as tightened security..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most (updated) operating systems these days provide very good security out-of-the-box. Just use a firewall within the OS or a hardware firewall/router to protect it from unauthorized access and you'll be all set - whatever OS you choose to run.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I run Debian and FreeBSD in our DMZ. It could probably be Debian all the way, or FreeBSD all the way. Or RedHat. Or SuSE. Etc etc." />
  <row Id="42921" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24164" RevisionGUID="860f1adb-59ec-4295-abe6-bec0c4da936f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:28:01.590" UserId="1770" Text="To be perfectly honest, once you start getting a handful of server processes installed, the security of a box correlates &lt;strong&gt;much&lt;/strong&gt; closer to the competency and capabilities of the administrator than the underlying OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I'd suggest using Ubuntu, as I've been a Debian fan for over 10 years, and an Ubuntu fan for a while now, too.  I've never cared much for Fedora.  It's more desktop oriented and less stable (not necessarily in that I think it's more likely to crash, but the software changes faster, and Red Hat tests out new changes there).  If you want a Red Hat based distribution I think you'd be a lot better off with [CentOS][1].  It's a binary compatible rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other reason I'd suggest Ubuntu or CentOS (particularly over OpenBSD) is that there are a *lot* more people using them, so it'll be easier to get questions answered or find tutorials and documentation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.centos.org" />
  <row Id="42922" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24165" RevisionGUID="99eb3023-6b7c-4a08-8062-278609a81d3e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:28:04.710" UserId="7200" Text="As I've heard other say, the best thing for you to secure is something that you know. If you're more familiar with one distro than the others, I'd consider starting there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whichever distro you choose, the &quot;basics&quot; always apply:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Turn off unnecessary services / daemons. &#xD;&#xA; - Check to make sure that you really did turn off unnecessary daemons. &#xD;&#xA; - Change any default passwords or disable default accounts. &#xD;&#xA; - Keep up with security patches for the distro and applications. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an aside: You don't necessarily need the server computer to have a GUI at all. There's nothing to stop you from securely exporting the filesystem and manipulating it remotely. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're used to Linux, OpenBSD is going to be quite a change. I don't think I'd deploy a production system on OpenBSD if I hadn't spent some time learning the OS in a test environment first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want longevity of the OS maintenance you should look at CentOS. They don't stay &quot;bleeding edge&quot; with their packages, but they do a good job of keeping up with security (it helps that &quot;upstream&quot; that CentOS is based-on, RHEL, keeps up with security issues, too)." />
  <row Id="42923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24166" RevisionGUID="94893247-850f-4e6c-8d6e-e71ecc0a3644" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:28:35.863" UserId="9138" Text="I used to be a linux lab admin, and one of the students was trying to get her Joomla install to work. She needed to add execute permissions to one of the files. Not knowing much, she was going to do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chmod -R 777 /path/to/joomla/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Except what she did was:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chmod -R 777 /path/to/joomla /&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Turns out that her complete filesystem(/etc/passwd, /etc/shadow...) was 777.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you don't specify all the modes, it presumes you want to remove the permissions that would go with them. So everything was now mode 0777(i.e. no sticky, set user/groupID). There's a lot of important stuff that's set-uid, like su." />
  <row Id="42924" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24166" RevisionGUID="94893247-850f-4e6c-8d6e-e71ecc0a3644" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:28:35.863" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="42925" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24167" RevisionGUID="de0e604e-fbc1-4dca-949e-3e73ddadb1f4" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:28:55.253" UserId="773" Text="Does software raid brake when reinstalling the OS? If yes, is there any way to prevent it, or recreate it without data loss after the reinstall? If no, is there anything you have to remember when doing it so it doesn't? Or is it just fixed automagically?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The particular OS I am wondering about is Windows 7 and Vista, but more general answers are more than welcome." />
  <row Id="42926" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24167" RevisionGUID="de0e604e-fbc1-4dca-949e-3e73ddadb1f4" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:28:55.253" UserId="773" Text="Does a software raid brake when reinstalling the OS?" />
  <row Id="42927" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24167" RevisionGUID="de0e604e-fbc1-4dca-949e-3e73ddadb1f4" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:28:55.253" UserId="773" Text="&lt;software-raid&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;setup&gt;" />
  <row Id="42928" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24061" RevisionGUID="774f66cb-928f-4f11-9143-47b2375e9c5f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:29:46.453" UserId="4718" Comment="New Info" Text="Our WIndows Server 2003 DHCP scope is being filled with BAD ADDRESS leases. &#xD;&#xA;This happened after we started deploying Vista to the domain. &#xD;&#xA;It is most prevalent when a user disconnects from their wired connection and plugs back in on an alternate location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have ran wireshark on the DHCP server and can see the client machine refusing the DHCP address. The client requests the DHCP Address as evidenced by a DHCP REQUEST entry in the wireshark log and this is immediately followed by a DHCP DECLINED entry. It is a limited number of laptops affected by this (only Vista so far, it does affect our XP and other laptops when we run out of addresses though)&#xD;&#xA;The addresses it declines are valid and not currently in use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have turned of conflict detection on the DHCP server but it is still filling it with BAD ADDRESS entries.&#xD;&#xA;In these cases the user cannot get an IP address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another possibly related issue is that there are several users reporting IP Address Conflict messages on their laptops and workstations. These are all served from the same DHCP server.&#xD;&#xA;The problem is most apparent when they disconnect either wired or wireless connections or bring their machines out of hibernate mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My belief is that this is caused by something in Vista but it has not been resolved by deploying SP2. All machines that users report both issues (NOt able to get an address, IP address conflict) are running Vista while machines running XP get only the IP Address conflict message.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;THe DHCP Lease time is 3 days. Should this be reduced? Should I reenable conflict detection? Or should I just put XP SP3 on the machines that I can?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are 2 DHCP servers in play, they share the same scope but have mutual exclusions, it's to cover us in the event of a failure as per the 80:20 rule. The problem occurred before I added the second DHCP server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have scanned the network for rogue DHCP servers, I have also disabled our DHCP server (only one at that time) and requested a DHCP address, none was received.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, most of the machines affected have virtual PC or virtual server running." />
  <row Id="42929" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24168" RevisionGUID="461ba65b-e79b-4814-b03a-f134fc86c7ae" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:30:19.430" UserId="9190" Text="If the script for example lies in a directory such as &lt;code&gt;cron.daily&lt;/code&gt; where files are executed automatically, some implementations of &lt;code&gt;cron&lt;/code&gt; always run them with &lt;code&gt;sh&lt;/code&gt; regardless of the shebang. Try to create simple &lt;code&gt;sh&lt;/code&gt;-script that simply calls &lt;code&gt;/usr/bin/php /var/www/support_web/api/cron.php&lt;/code&gt;." />
  <row Id="42930" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24169" RevisionGUID="b85e576f-659f-43d3-963e-563adda8437d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:31:10.117" UserId="8918" Text="The first place I'd check would be actual network connectivity, to determine where in the stack the comms issue lies. Pull up a terminal, and run the equivalent of 'sudo ping router-ip -i .01'. This will send out lots of quick pings to the router. See if you get persistent packetloss, and if the time is abnormal (Anything over 20-50ms round trip time). If that checks out OK, try larger packets by adding -s 1460 to the command. That'll send out large ping packets, and you can see if you get packetloss or if the rtt jumps a large amount. If both those check out no problem, the issue is higher in your network stack and you should start by troubleshooting Safari." />
  <row Id="42931" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24137" RevisionGUID="7630a8e5-fc01-44a2-8afa-605e2d5c4b33" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:31:43.110" UserId="45" Comment="formatting" Text="The problem is that when I go to site collection usage summary page under a site collection no statistical images are displayed and only in https. http works fine and let me explain why.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;External users hit the proxy switching the protocol to https in turn causing a failure for many features because SharePoint return some JavaScript URLS in http. So in AAM I configured SharePoint to us HTTPS as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;http://example.com:81&#xD;&#xA;Default&#xD;&#xA;http://example.com:81&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://example.com&#xD;&#xA;Internet&#xD;&#xA;https://www.example.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;https://www.example.com&#xD;&#xA;Internet&#xD;&#xA;https://www.example.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.example.com&#xD;&#xA;Internet&#xD;&#xA;https://www.example.com&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition, I added a host header in IIS 6. The result is as expected minus the only problem with `Reserved.ReportViewerWebControl.axd` on the site usage page is not displaying the images (data is fine). After inspecting the broken image it is requesting http and not https. No error is displayed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anybody experienced this problem or have a suggestion to fix this report service?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MOSS 2007, Windows Server 2003, IIS 6" />
  <row Id="42932" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24170" RevisionGUID="ae5ac5ed-1d89-417e-86cb-1a69f8ee3e3f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:33:00.300" UserId="7200" Text="Software RAID is RAID handled by drivers in the OS. By definition, when you're installing a new OS onto disks configured with software RAID the new OS is going to see the disks as &quot;disks&quot;, rather than as a RAID volume. (A hardware RAID controller abstracts the disks in the RAID volume away and shows the OS a generic &quot;disk&quot;.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're installing the same OS, it *should* &quot;detect&quot; the existing software RAID configuration and use it. That will vary from OS to OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AFAIK the only software RAID level supported by Vista and Windows 7 is RAID-0. It's only marginally useful." />
  <row Id="42933" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24171" RevisionGUID="fe0db9ac-45d7-47ef-bc6e-dcf11f59425d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:33:10.313" UserId="7869" Text="We have an establish Intranet based on WSS with two front ends and a database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently all authentication is NTLM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have installed Reporting Services In Integration Mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RS services works as long as the web front end that has RS installed on it handles the transactions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the front end without RS handles the request then we get an UNAUTHORISED error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In attempting to fix this problem, web searches etc. - have alluded to the problem being caused by the farm needing to perfrom 'double-hop' authentication - which cannot happen via NTLM. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So we need to configure the Intranet farm to accept Kerberos authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've found this helpfull [guide][1] But it takes the stance that we are starting the farm from scratch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So we need to know whether there are any risks involved in retroactvily configuring Kerberos? Will NTLM carry on as before while and after we have carried out the steps to enable Kerberos?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Kerberos-Sharepoint-Environment.html" />
  <row Id="42934" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24171" RevisionGUID="fe0db9ac-45d7-47ef-bc6e-dcf11f59425d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:33:10.313" UserId="7869" Text="Risks involved in setting up Kerberos authentication for WSS Reporting Services" />
  <row Id="42935" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24171" RevisionGUID="fe0db9ac-45d7-47ef-bc6e-dcf11f59425d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:33:10.313" UserId="7869" Text="&lt;wss&gt;&lt;reporting-services&gt;&lt;kerberos&gt;&lt;ntlm&gt;" />
  <row Id="42936" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="24167" RevisionGUID="2cdf19e7-6d50-4066-a25c-9d8a38517dcf" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:33:10.423" UserId="1054" Comment="Fixed title" Text="Does a software raid break when reinstalling the OS?" />
  <row Id="42937" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24172" RevisionGUID="742e77cf-9a7d-4e7a-a01f-f6819289d4e6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:33:15.040" UserId="1804" Text="Anyone on here using MSDNS out in the wild? We have a requirement to get a couple of backup DNS servers up in case our provider gets DDoS'd (as happened recently), and my first instinct is to get a couple of BIND boxes up on CentOS, but we have lots of Microsoft expertise in-house so it might be better all around if I use Windows - probably 2008.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I remember reading somewhere that some of the highest-traffic DNS servers out there (Microsoft.com?) use MSDNS, so it seems like it should be OK but I'm putting it out there as a question anyway. There must be people on SF who have taken the step to host their own DNS after years of using a provider exclusively...please post up! :)" />
  <row Id="42938" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24172" RevisionGUID="742e77cf-9a7d-4e7a-a01f-f6819289d4e6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:33:15.040" UserId="1804" Text="Using Microsoft DNS in the wild" />
  <row Id="42939" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24172" RevisionGUID="742e77cf-9a7d-4e7a-a01f-f6819289d4e6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:33:15.040" UserId="1804" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;bind&gt;" />
  <row Id="42940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24173" RevisionGUID="b5164f20-327a-421e-99b2-6c5339303b45" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:33:21.047" UserId="8774" Text="By selecting the web pages to print, right-clicking and selecting &lt;b&gt;Print&lt;/b&gt; from the context menu, I was able to print multiple documents to the printer, each starting on a new page.  The documents were sent to my machine's default printer, and a separate print dialog box was generated for each web page.  In that respect, the drag-and-drop option is probably better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the print command from the context menu is failing to work you, you may verify what application is registered as the default print command for that document type.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On my machine (Windows Server 2003) I go to &lt;b&gt;Tools | Folder Options | File Types&lt;/b&gt; tab and scroll in the list to the file extension I am attempting to print (in my case HTM) and select the &lt;b&gt;Advanced&lt;/b&gt; button which opens an &lt;i&gt;Edit File Type&lt;/i&gt; dialog.  From there, I click the &lt;b&gt;Print&lt;/b&gt; entry in the &lt;i&gt;Actions:&lt;/i&gt; list and click the &lt;b&gt;Edit...&lt;/b&gt; button.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my case, the application that prints web pages is &lt;b&gt;msohtmed&lt;/b&gt;.  The specific settings for my Print command are as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Action:&#xD;&#xA;    &amp;Print&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Application used to perform action:&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\msohtmed.exe&quot; /p %1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Use DDE: Checked&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    DDE Message:&#xD;&#xA;    [blank]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Application:&#xD;&#xA;    msohtmed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    DDE Application Not Running:&#xD;&#xA;    [blank]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Topic:&#xD;&#xA;    System&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This information directs default printing of HTM documents to be routed through a light-weight editor that is a part of MS Office 2007.  If you installed other HTML editors and indicate that they should become the default handler of files with the HTM extension, then it is possible that this application takes over default printing duties as well.  This dialog box will show you exactly which application you need to blame/fix in order to get your printing from a context menu working again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best of luck." />
  <row Id="42941" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24174" RevisionGUID="cb9a8033-2a0c-417f-a388-962c3ffdcd53" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:33:38.240" UserId="4884" Text="the answer what pretty easy..... the spamassassin was down during testings :P" />
  <row Id="42942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24175" RevisionGUID="5667d9c2-60f4-4b54-a9d5-5941a1f1f49d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:34:21.467" UserId="6383" Text="Another reason is that Apache2 introduced threaded worker modules, and while PHP could be made thread-safe, no one could guarantee anything for all the libraries already deployed.  It was PHP policy for a long while not to support Apache2, only 1.3.  Even today, on Debian unstable, PHP requires the non-threaded prefork worker, and conflicts with the threaded workers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So your webhosts are probably still caught up in that mindset." />
  <row Id="42943" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24167" RevisionGUID="e44abe4f-5d75-4430-86db-70f1bef4a95d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:34:54.680" UserId="7200" Comment="Fixed &quot;brake&quot; in text of question." Text="Does software raid break when reinstalling the OS? If yes, is there any way to prevent it, or recreate it without data loss after the reinstall? If no, is there anything you have to remember when doing it so it doesn't? Or is it just fixed automagically?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The particular OS I am wondering about is Windows 7 and Vista, but more general answers are more than welcome." />
  <row Id="42944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24176" RevisionGUID="2dc0f655-2d3f-48b5-bf42-3fb6e5350543" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:34:59.610" UserId="773" Text="Raid-1 is mirroring two disks (if I haven't messed up completely here :p). Does that mean that I could take one disk out and put it into another machine and it would work like a normal disk? Or does it still only work in the raid? I can understand that a Raid-0 of course only works as a whole. But with mirroring I am not so sure how it works... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course putting the mirrored disk back in the raid afterwards would be a bad idea, but just taking it out... how would that work? Does raid store any special data on a drive that is needed? or does the raid controller handle everything like that and the harddrives are just used like normal?" />
  <row Id="42945" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24176" RevisionGUID="2dc0f655-2d3f-48b5-bf42-3fb6e5350543" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:34:59.610" UserId="773" Text="Do disks in Raid-1 function outside of the raid?" />
  <row Id="42946" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24176" RevisionGUID="2dc0f655-2d3f-48b5-bf42-3fb6e5350543" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:34:59.610" UserId="773" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;software-raid&gt;&lt;hardware-raid&gt;&lt;mirroring&gt;" />
  <row Id="42947" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24177" RevisionGUID="9fd1941b-8ca4-481e-991f-929b794f7c52" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:36:35.597" UserId="1466" Text="I work with **Debian** (mostly) and **Ubuntu** on my servers.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I find them almost identical to work with, with one exception:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; **Ubuntu gets a new release every 6 months** - whereas it's often years between Debian updates&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - It takes a lot of work to upgrade from one release to the next, so I prefer the more &quot;stable&quot; Debian platform most of the time.&#xD;&#xA; - Sometimes I need the latest releases of packages (like Ruby on Rails).  For those servers I use Ubuntu, and plan on doing OS upgrades more frequrently." />
  <row Id="42948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24178" RevisionGUID="684d52e0-84f8-4326-a964-781fc47b5aa8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:36:38.403" UserId="9189" Text="We do this in our environmnet by using the following Query when we create a collection, thus giving us a collection of machines who are in a specific group.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name,SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System where SMS_R_System.SystemGroupName = &quot;******Insert SCI\Group Name here******&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So for example with a group named SCI\CMP we would use the following.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name,SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System where SMS_R_System.SystemGroupName = &quot;SCI\CMP&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Obviously, our domain name is SCI - you will need to subsitute your own domain and group name)." />
  <row Id="42949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24179" RevisionGUID="0575c5b3-7aba-44e8-9c64-a9ca2adc07ca" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:36:39.417" UserId="1054" Text="Well, our internal DNS servers are MSDNS and they hold up just fine under the stress of a global company, hundreds of locations, 500,000+ client workstations, etc...  I don't see where you would have a problem putting one up." />
  <row Id="42950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24180" RevisionGUID="fc07c243-2611-41f3-a0be-7940993eb3af" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:37:19.340" UserId="1681" Text="Yes in most cases this is correct, you can use the disk in a another machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It isn't uncommon to use a disk from a mirror set to clone a machine." />
  <row Id="42952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24182" RevisionGUID="782e31e9-f4a9-4833-80b9-2dd6da3a6c80" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:39:19.367" UserId="9140" Text="Performance-wise it's no problem, security-wise.. well, I'd trust a FreeBSD (or linux) running BIND more. But thats just personal preference and I can't back it up with facts :)" />
  <row Id="42953" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24183" RevisionGUID="28c9705e-0136-4d1e-a201-aeb050d0645d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:39:34.793" UserId="4838" Text="I run 2 external DNSs, both MS. They're used for web servers, and they require little maintenance. They're high traffic servers, and you won't have any problems if your operating system is patched and security polcies are in place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also consider renting a dedicated box offsite, and turn it into a DNS server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also use Simple DNS. This application runs in windows as it's own DNS service. There are much more features for configuration, and the web API is worth the price alone. Consider using a DNS web API for DNS management outside of the IT realms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck!" />
  <row Id="42955" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24185" RevisionGUID="a9c42daa-a570-48b0-acdd-af0cb17ee8a7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:41:51.670" UserId="8047" Text="Using another Asterisk box to do this is possible, though not terribly simple.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming that you just want to check that the IVR answers and starts into the menu, you need a tone or sound file that can be programmatically analyzed.  You dial into the IVR using the other Asterisk box while recording the call, hang up after a few seconds, then perform analysis on the recorded file.  If you find the waveform you expect, the system is up.  If not, you can raise an alarm.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to test deeper levels of the IVR, you can have multiple tones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This may require some more advanced signal processing out there, but the techniques for doing such analysis is well documented.  Simpler analysis will do if you're just trying to determine if you've received your tone instead of a PSTN announcement.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The tone tends to be something customer friendly, as it will be heard by people calling in as well (unless you use a different route into the IVR and use conditionals in the dialplan to decide whether the tone is played).  Of course, at that point you're not really testing the IVR the customers use.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42956" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24186" RevisionGUID="ee878f54-1666-4a32-a1e5-84642a16ae48" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:42:13.680" UserId="9189" Text="I run two External MSDNS servers, they are both deployed on Server 2003 and have been rock solid for as long a they have been live (2 years and 1 year respectively).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're about to upgrade these servers to Server 2008 and have no security worries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have the MS Experience in house I would advise you make use of it, if you would prefer a *nix based solution then CentOS or Freebsd would both work nicely." />
  <row Id="42957" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24187" RevisionGUID="d8e40cfb-8504-4e05-ad93-eae5514a0b66" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:42:16.473" UserId="2629" Text="Activity Monitor (in /Applications/Utilities) has a network tab that'll show you your throughput.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I expect that running [AP Grapher][1] will be your best bet in this case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Two CLI thoughts come to mind, however.  You could compile and run [iftop][2] to see your network throughput (`iftop -i en1` to graph your wireless access), and running &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport -I&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will give you some [stats on your wireless connection][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.chimoosoft.com/products/apgrapher/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ex-parrot.com/~pdw/iftop/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://osxdaily.com/2007/01/18/airport-the-little-known-command-line-wireless-utility/" />
  <row Id="42958" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24171" RevisionGUID="9ff2a936-04a1-4831-af04-440c6c1a9446" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:42:31.030" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix some typos and spelling" Text="We have an established Intranet based on WSS with two front ends and a database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently all authentication is NTLM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have installed Reporting Services In Integration Mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RS works as long as the web front end that has RS installed on it handles the transactions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the front end without RS handles the request then we get an UNAUTHORIZED error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In attempting to fix this problem, web searches etc. - have alluded to the problem being caused by the farm needing to perfrom 'double-hop' authentication - which cannot happen via NTLM. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So we need to configure the Intranet farm to accept Kerberos authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've found this helpful [guide][1] But it takes the stance that we are starting the farm from scratch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So we need to know whether there are any risks involved in retroactively configuring Kerberos? Will NTLM carry on as before while and after we have carried out the steps to enable Kerberos?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Kerberos-Sharepoint-Environment.html" />
  <row Id="42959" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24188" RevisionGUID="f67aeb19-a5f9-4201-a958-e187b0a9e548" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:43:41.433" UserId="4562" Text="Have you considered using a secondary or tertiary DNS server other than your provider's?  Maybe another large provider in your area or just OpenDNS?  Then you can use MSDNS for internal name resolution and continue to point all outbound traffic to an outside server." />
  <row Id="42960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24189" RevisionGUID="8f0d9239-9521-47d7-8fc0-a8b135d7d61c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:43:49.887" UserId="5473" Text="This depends entirely on the RAID used. It's entirely possible for different RAID cards and different RAID software implementations to have an on disk format that doesn't let you use a single disk by itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I know at least Linux's md software RAID does lay things out so you can use a single disk outside the RAID." />
  <row Id="42961" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24190" RevisionGUID="faf2519f-81eb-4aa9-a6ee-074581fa5267" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:44:06.580" UserId="757" Text="A while back I pulled some spare parts to set up a test for backuppc.  Two largish hard drives were merged into a single volume with LVM.  A few months later, it seems that the second drive is going/gone bad.  Last I checked, the data I have would just fit on the first drive, if I could convince the filesystems to resize.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I setup the filesystem as reiserfs, following some reports that it worked well for backuppc.  I started using resierfsck to see how extensive the damage was, including trying `--rebuild-tree` with a badblock list (from the badblocks program).  But every time I run, it finds a new bad block and halts, so it looks like the disk is a lost cause.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`resize_resierfs` tells me that I need to run `reiserfsck --check` first, even with `-f`.  That in turn tells me it can't run because of an incomplete `--rebuild-tree`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At least the data is only backup, so nothing vital would be lost by starting over, just a lot of time downloading initial backups." />
  <row Id="42962" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24190" RevisionGUID="faf2519f-81eb-4aa9-a6ee-074581fa5267" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:44:06.580" UserId="757" Text="Can I resize reiserfs off of a failing LVM volume?" />
  <row Id="42963" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24190" RevisionGUID="faf2519f-81eb-4aa9-a6ee-074581fa5267" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:44:06.580" UserId="757" Text="&lt;reiserfs&gt;&lt;lvm&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;failure&gt;&lt;resize&gt;" />
  <row Id="42964" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24183" RevisionGUID="d692f773-e152-4401-b4aa-4e366016a813" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:45:02.367" UserId="4838" Comment="added 12 characters in body; added 5 characters in body" Text="I run 2 external MSDNSs, both on MS server 2003. They're used for web servers, and they require little maintenance. They're high traffic servers, and you won't have any problems if your operating system is patched and security polcies are in place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also consider renting a dedicated box offsite, and turn it into a DNS server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also use Simple DNS. This application runs in windows as it's own DNS service. There are much more features for configuration, and the web API is worth the price alone. Consider using a DNS web API for DNS management outside of the IT realms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck!" />
  <row Id="42965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24191" RevisionGUID="14ee74c6-96b1-4f6d-ba37-6e8de5452f4c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:45:07.263" UserId="2307" Text="When show full processlist; returns a number of &quot;sleep&quot; status queries with 0 time column, what could be causing this? How does MySQL actually decide if a connection needs to sleep or not? The application that is talking to mysql is not using persistent connections." />
  <row Id="42966" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24191" RevisionGUID="14ee74c6-96b1-4f6d-ba37-6e8de5452f4c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:45:07.263" UserId="2307" Text="MySQL sleeper queries" />
  <row Id="42967" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24191" RevisionGUID="14ee74c6-96b1-4f6d-ba37-6e8de5452f4c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:45:07.263" UserId="2307" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;" />
  <row Id="42968" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24150" RevisionGUID="99f91cd1-8f5d-4066-a7c7-50133be92f6e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:46:39.680" UserId="1840" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="What tools have you found useful for **managing** Macs that didn't come with the system?  I'm interested in both CLI and GUI tools, a synopsis and a link.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If binaries aren't provided, are their any tricks to compiling it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lastly, can you give an indication of the licence or cost of the software?" />
  <row Id="42969" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24192" RevisionGUID="895aca8c-9053-414e-b4e3-e97fb06086ee" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:47:22.500" UserId="8021" Text="Well, the REAL answer is that it depends on the RAID controller. There's Hardware RAID and there's 'Fake RAID' -- which is basically a ROM implementation of software RAID. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fake Raid will always require the same controller, just as using a linux software raid will require the same operating system (and sometimes the same kernel module version). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Real hardware RAID will SOMETIMES mean that you can swap them between machines, but in some cases you will need to have the same or a similar RAID card. One case where I've seen this is with a RAID5 volume on a Dell PERC/3di card. I haven't ever tried it with RAID1, but I understand it's possible. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;Does raid store any special data on a drive that is needed?&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usually, yes, it does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;or does the raid controller handle everything like that and the harddrives are just used like normal?&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes this is true -- either independently from the data on the drive, or in concert with data on the drive. i.e. the drive may have metadata readable only to a certain class of controller that says it was part of a RAID1 pair, and other controllers will ignore that metadata. " />
  <row Id="42970" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24193" RevisionGUID="e90542df-1070-4f31-bf74-8259eafbe3f1" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:48:09.287" UserId="9140" Text="Well, if you are running mirroring (RAID1) you could always try to shut down the PC/server, remove one of the disks and insert it into another PC/server and see if you can access it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it works you can just reinstall the other disk, and then insert&amp;copy the old disk." />
  <row Id="42971" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8098" RevisionGUID="1eb2223f-b4e3-437c-9790-6b5d0ada86d5" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:49:02.607" UserId="45" Comment="typos" Text="It is very difficult to detect sniffers, because they work **passively**. Some sniffers do generate small amounts of traffic and though, so there are some techniques for detecting them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Machines cache ARPs (Address Resolution Protocol). Sending a non-broadcast ARP, a machine in promiscuous mode (a network card that makes the card pass all traffic) will cache your ARP address. Then, sending a broadcast ping packet with our IP, but a different MAC address. Only a machine which has our correct MAC address from the sniffed ARP frame will be able to respond to our broadcast ping request. So, if the machine is responding, it must be sniffing.&#xD;&#xA;- Most sniffers do some parsing. Sending huge amount of data and pinging the suspect machine *before* and *during* the data flooding. If the network card of the suspected machine is in promiscuous mode, it will parse the data and increase the load on it. This way it take some extra time to respond to the ping. This little delay can be used as an indicator of whether a machine is sniffing or not. It could provoke some false positive, if there were some &quot;normal&quot; delays on the network because of high traffic.&#xD;&#xA;- The following method is old and not reliable any longer: sending a ping request with the IP address of the suspect machine but not its MAC address. Ideally nobody should see this packet as each network card will reject the ping because it doesn't match its MAC address. If the suspect machine is sniffing it will respond as it does not bother rejecting packets with a different Destination MAC address. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some tools which implment these techniques, for example open source tools like [Neped][1] and [ARP Watch][2] or [AntiSniff][3] for Windows, which is a commercial tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to prevent sniffing, the best way is to use **encryption** for any network activity (SSH, https etc.). This way sniffers can read the traffic, but the data won’t make no sense to them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.securiteam.com/tools/2GUQ8QAQOU.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www-nrg.ee.lbl.gov/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/sniffers/antisniff/" />
  <row Id="42973" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24149" RevisionGUID="68af78c3-1609-4639-85ca-9ca1a365decb" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:49:16.583" UserId="4255" Comment="New info has come to light..." Text="I have a DIR-625 Wireless Router for my home network.  We have several PCs connected and all  get excellent speeds but for some reason, the 2 Apple notebooks I have connected drag when loading up web pages.  Proximity to the router has been ruled out.  Is there something the Apple computers have in common that would be causing this?  It is very annoying.  One is a MacBook (white) and the other is the brand new MacBook Pro (13&quot;).  Both have the same problem.  I am probably not putting enough detail but I don't know a lot about this.  Any ideas?  Possible router setting?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just noticed that when I change from &quot;mixed B, G, N&quot; to, for example &quot;G only&quot;, the connection on the Macs increase.  I have a few devices stuck on B still so it's not a permanent solution for me, but I thought that was interesting.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42974" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24116" RevisionGUID="468cf0e5-1385-418c-9af4-1d57e703d9ba" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:50:08.313" UserId="4735" Comment="Logs Added" Text="I can run this command from CLI with not problem on the fedora box but not from a Cron:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/bin/php /var/www/support_web/api/cron.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the cron output:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Output from command /usr/bin/php /var/www/support_web/api/cron.php  ..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;77&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;File has execute permissions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Crontab Log:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 11 11:46:20 www crontab[23453]: (root) BEGIN EDIT (root)&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 11 11:46:21 www crontab[23453]: (root) REPLACE (root)&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 11 11:46:21 www crontab[23453]: (root) END EDIT (root)&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 11 11:47:01 www crond[2479]: (*system*) WRONG FILE OWNER (/etc/crontab)&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 11 11:47:01 www crond[2479]: (*system*) WRONG FILE OWNER (/etc/cron.d/smolt)&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 11 11:47:01 www crond[2479]: (root) RELOAD (cron/root)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24194" RevisionGUID="23f6a8b5-3c53-4902-9eac-a39678db2575" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:53:13.410" UserId="7083" Text="The sleep state just indicates an idle connection. That is a client which is connected but not performing any queries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would suggest checking that your application closes any unused MySQL threads once it has finished with them, even if you aren't using persistent connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The idle connections can be &quot;controlled&quot; server side with the variable `wait_timeout`. But you are better off finding the root cause of the problem." />
  <row Id="42976" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24108" RevisionGUID="6150774f-e029-472c-ba93-1fb1b8f2ec67" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:53:47.417" UserId="9153" Comment="added 107 characters in body" Text="If you want something that will tolerate (May not like it) being yanked out is ZFS.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT** ZFS is support on Linux with [ZFS ON FUSE][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wizy.org/wiki/ZFS_on_FUSE" />
  <row Id="42977" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24195" RevisionGUID="b527ff43-b4da-429a-ac8d-6567dc840281" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:54:18.383" UserId="7200" Text="Looing at the source to mod_authz_svn (and other parts of the source), I'm not seeing any kind of &quot;include&quot; functionality like you're looking for. Nor am I finding documentation that indicates that such functionaltiy exists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd consider using a scripted solution of some kind to pre-process and build the final authz file from the component files. (You could use m4 for something like this, or your favorite macro processor.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24196" RevisionGUID="8edefd6f-8f78-4d6a-9100-58952859c4a9" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:54:24.530" UserId="9195" Text="The answer is of course &quot;it depends&quot; :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The new OS needs to detect that the old OS used RAID and in which configuration or it can't access the data. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most OS will do that in most cases, It worked for me with installations of Linux, OSX and Solaris, all of it RAID1 mirroring. I don't have any experience with Windows.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42979" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23982" RevisionGUID="a4d3254c-10c6-41d4-a143-e07c8b4c1a5b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:54:35.280" UserId="45" Comment="added 34 characters in body" Text="*In addition to [Moo's correct answer][1], that you can use two concurrent connections for administrative purposes without extra license:* &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using the `/admin` (for older versions of the RD client: `/console`) switch for one connection, you can even have **three** open  connections at the same time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     mstsc /admin /v:servername&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/23976/terminal-server-licenses/23979#23979" />
  <row Id="42980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24197" RevisionGUID="8cac06f7-fd15-4716-9942-23a204cdcfc4" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:54:49.430" UserId="8897" Text="Which browser? Safari only? If it is the same with Firefox?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There was some issues with Safari and a router box common in Germany (Fritzbox) that lead to slow connection speeds. This was caused by a non-standard way the Fritzbox DNS server responded to the multiple queries Safari sends out and a failure in Safari's handling of this.  It could be solved by either switching to Firefox or configuring  another DNS server instead the default on (which is normally your router, who sents out this information with the DHCP address). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, if Firefox behaves better, set up the DNS server of your provider in the network preferences, instead of the IP address of your router. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24198" RevisionGUID="c9899680-d791-4ff4-814e-56f84a590cf8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:54:55.620" UserId="8950" Text="I am running a webserver with apache2 and ubuntu. Using `ps` I can see only a few apache processes running:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ps aux | grep apache&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However if I `htop`, I can see loads of apache2 processes running. About 2 dozen. Why the difference?" />
  <row Id="42982" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24198" RevisionGUID="c9899680-d791-4ff4-814e-56f84a590cf8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:54:55.620" UserId="8950" Text="Why does htop show lots of apache2 processes by ps aux doesn't?" />
  <row Id="42983" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24198" RevisionGUID="c9899680-d791-4ff4-814e-56f84a590cf8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:54:55.620" UserId="8950" Text="&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="42984" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24199" RevisionGUID="e36cbd04-f2b2-4d7c-b8cf-2c859bb540c0" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:56:02.280" UserId="9198" Text="I have a Solaris 10 server on another network. I can ping it and telnet to it, but ssh doesn't connect. PuTTY log contains nothing of interest (they both negotiate to ssh v2) and then I get &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;Event Log: Network error: Software caused connection abort&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ssh is defintely running:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    svcs -a | grep ssh&#xD;&#xA;    online         12:12:04 svc:/network/ssh:default&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's an extract from the server's /var/adm/messages (anonymised)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  8 19:51:05 ******* sshd[26391]: [ID 800047 auth.crit] fatal: Read from socket failed: Connection reset by peer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if I telnet to the box, I can login to ssh locally. I can also ssh to other (non-Solaris) machines on that network fine so I don't believe that it's a network issue (though, since I'm a few hundred miles away, I can't be sure).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The server's firewall is disabled, so that shouldn't be a problem&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    root@******** # svcs -a | grep -i ipf&#xD;&#xA;    disabled       Apr_27   svc:/network/ipfilter:default&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas what I should start checking?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="42985" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24199" RevisionGUID="e36cbd04-f2b2-4d7c-b8cf-2c859bb540c0" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:56:02.280" UserId="9198" Text="SSH: Connection Reset by Peer" />
  <row Id="42986" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24199" RevisionGUID="e36cbd04-f2b2-4d7c-b8cf-2c859bb540c0" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:56:02.280" UserId="9198" Text="&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;sshd&gt;" />
  <row Id="42987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24200" RevisionGUID="acff98f9-ec30-4134-a3de-a5d7d2f8624d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:56:32.997" UserId="9153" Text="I'd recommend [Turnkey Linux][1] If you don't have much knowledge regarding the matter and want a out of the box job. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.turnkeylinux.org/" />
  <row Id="42989" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24122" RevisionGUID="f1f5628d-e444-4035-a593-273c044fd86a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:57:14.167" UserId="9141" Comment="added 1295 characters in body; deleted 1 characters in body" Text="I have not tried your specific use case, but you might want to experiment with mod_perl and:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Perl&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    foreach (&lt;/sites/*/*/users.file&gt;) {&#xD;&#xA;        my $loc = $_;&#xD;&#xA;        $loc =~ s/^\/sites(.*)\/users\.file/$1/;&#xD;&#xA;        $Location{$loc} = {&#xD;&#xA;            AuthType =&gt; &quot;Basic&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;            AuthName =&gt; &quot;Secure area&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;            AuthUserFile =&gt; $_,&#xD;&#xA;        };&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Perl&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will still have to reload Apache each time you add a new &quot;users.file&quot; though. If you really need to do it dynamically, you should build a PerlAuthenHandler instead:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /&gt; # we need for any request to the site&#xD;&#xA;        PerlAuthenHandler MyApache2::DynamicAuthUserFile&#xD;&#xA;        AuthType Basic&#xD;&#xA;        AuthName &quot;Secure area&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and a `MyApache2/DynamicAuthUserFile.pm` script similar to this one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    package MyApache2::DynamicAuthUserFile;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    use strict;&#xD;&#xA;    use warnings;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    use Apache::RequestRec ();&#xD;&#xA;    use Apache::Access ();&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    use Apache::Const -compile =&gt; qw(OK DECLINED);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sub handler {&#xD;&#xA;        my $r = shift;&#xD;&#xA;        my ($status, $password) = $r-&gt;get_basic_auth_pw;&#xD;&#xA;        return $status if $status != Apache::OK;&#xD;&#xA;        my $user = $r-&gt;user;&#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;        my $file = $r-&gt;uri;&#xD;&#xA;        $file =~ s|^/sites/([^/]*/[^/])*|$1/users.file|;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        if (open(P, $file)) {&#xD;&#xA;            while (&lt;P&gt;) {&#xD;&#xA;                chomp;&#xD;&#xA;                next if /^#/;&#xD;&#xA;                my ($name,$saved_pw) = split /:/;&#xD;&#xA;                next if $user ne $name;&#xD;&#xA;                if ($saved_pw ne crypt($passwd,$saved_pw)) {&#xD;&#xA;                    last;&#xD;&#xA;                }&#xD;&#xA;                return Apache::Const::OK;&#xD;&#xA;            }&#xD;&#xA;            close P;&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        return Apache::Const::DECLINED;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1;" />
  <row Id="42990" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24183" RevisionGUID="e6a33ce3-e1e7-4d4a-99c8-f6cf1779030d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:58:47.843" UserId="4838" Comment="deleted 6 characters in body; added 1 characters in body" Text="I run 2 external MSDNSs, both on MS server 2003. They're used for web servers, and they require little maintenance. They're high traffic servers, and you won't have any problems if your operating system is patched and security policies are in place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also consider renting a dedicated box offsite, and turn it into a DNS server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also use Simple DNS. This application runs in windows as it's own DNS service. There are much more features for configuration, and the web API is worth the price alone, but It may not be worth the transition or cost for a backup system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck!" />
  <row Id="42991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24201" RevisionGUID="69fccbe0-1f84-419d-9a35-b04473cd445d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:59:10.513" UserId="8950" Text="You've got the correct answer there with the redirect. You have to be careful when redirecting everything to somewhere else, since you can get recursive redirects there. This happens if you want to put up a maintenance page." />
  <row Id="42992" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24202" RevisionGUID="75f496a6-b8ab-4657-979b-73975c1ccd9f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:59:14.007" UserId="9138" Text="The cron files must have a user/group of root/root(/etc/cron* and /etc/cron.{daily,hourly,etc}/* must be owned by root, otherwise the scripts within will not fire off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know about personal crontabs under /var/spool/cron/$username. My personal experience, though, suggests that it's root/&quot;user's group&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also some permissions requirements, but I don't know what those are. I do know, though, that 755 works." />
  <row Id="42994" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24204" RevisionGUID="58867393-8d9b-4987-8dbb-ea79faf5506e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:01:32.393" UserId="9199" Text="I was wondering why HDD rotate at these specific speed (5400,7200, ...) and not other values.&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance, from France" />
  <row Id="42995" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24204" RevisionGUID="58867393-8d9b-4987-8dbb-ea79faf5506e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:01:32.393" UserId="9199" Text="Why HDD rotate at 7200 rpm ?" />
  <row Id="42996" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24204" RevisionGUID="58867393-8d9b-4987-8dbb-ea79faf5506e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:01:32.393" UserId="9199" Text="&lt;hdd&gt;&lt;speed&gt;" />
  <row Id="42997" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24205" RevisionGUID="349061cd-aaf7-49d4-b530-02c365bab69c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:04:42.980" UserId="1584" Text="You can only create rule based queries based on data that has been collected with the various discovery methods.  But among the discovery methods, you have *Active Directory Security Group Discovery* which will work just fine for your purposes.  You just have to turn it on and set it to scan the AD containers that have your groups in them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you can create rule based collections with queries that filter on the *System Group Name* attribute of the *System Resource* attribute class.  The raw SQL for this type of query is provided in taylord1's answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're worried about timing and the fact that the default scan schedule is only once a day as well as the collection update schedule, it's really easy to just change the schedule to meet your needs.  Just keep in mind that you'll need to update both the Security Group Discovery schedule *and* the Collection Update schedule.  If possible, you should try to time them so the Collection Update schedule happens a few minutes after the Security Group Discovery schedule.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're already using Security Group Discovery and are worried about a performance hit from increasing the scan schedule, I'd still suggest trying it out first to see whether it actually causes too much stress on your infrastructure.  However, there are other ways of triggering individual machine updates I can describe if you're interested.  It involves some programming though." />
  <row Id="42998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24206" RevisionGUID="9a94af63-3cda-4751-9d8a-de9eec86fa08" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:04:54.540" UserId="9200" Text="I use NetGain Enterprise Manager from NetGain Systems. It's take just few minutes to install and get it up and monitoring. Best of all, it's free. check out http://www.netgain-systems.com" />
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  <row Id="43000" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24207" RevisionGUID="d5d8574a-67d0-4644-be18-99bd94ca83be" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:05:07.893" UserId="9169" Text="Current Python version is 2.4...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    yum upgrade python&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Gives &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Could not find update match for python&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do I have to install from source?" />
  <row Id="43001" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24207" RevisionGUID="d5d8574a-67d0-4644-be18-99bd94ca83be" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:05:07.893" UserId="9169" Text="Install Python 2.5 on RedHat/Centos" />
  <row Id="43002" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24207" RevisionGUID="d5d8574a-67d0-4644-be18-99bd94ca83be" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:05:07.893" UserId="9169" Text="&lt;redhat&gt;&lt;python&gt;" />
  <row Id="43003" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24175" RevisionGUID="cef3ba88-68a0-48cc-a682-7286f2556831" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:05:52.400" UserId="6383" Comment="3rd party" Text="Another reason is that Apache2 introduced threaded worker modules, and while PHP could be made thread-safe, no one could guarantee anything for all the (3rd party) libraries already deployed.  It was PHP policy for a long while not to support Apache2, only 1.3.  Even today, on Debian unstable, PHP requires the non-threaded prefork worker, and conflicts with the threaded workers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So your webhosts are probably still caught up in that mindset." />
  <row Id="43004" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24208" RevisionGUID="c44bb7b0-4fde-4e60-bf32-afe381d02c10" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:07:24.037" UserId="8897" Text="[Apple Remote Desktop.][1] It's by far the most useful tool that's out there. You can do screen sharing, remote control, installing files and pkg remotely, doing hard- and software inventory and lot of other stuff. There are few tools that made my job so much more easier than this. If you have more than 3 macs in more than 2 rooms, get it. It's not very cheap though, with $299 for 10 client computers and $499 for unlimited clients. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if you have to manage OS X Server, make sure to read the CLI admin guide, there is lot of valuable info in it which isn't very obvious because the differences to other *nixes. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apple.com/remotedesktop/" />
  <row Id="43005" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24208" RevisionGUID="c44bb7b0-4fde-4e60-bf32-afe381d02c10" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:07:24.037" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="43006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24209" RevisionGUID="bcd9ff62-cb0d-4f2e-a31d-41cb29ece07d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:07:42.117" UserId="8100" Text="There is a simple way to detect most sniffers.  Put two boxes on the network which are not in DNS and are not used for anything else.  Have them periodically ping or otherwise communicate with one another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, monitor your network for any DNS lookups and/or ARP requests for their IPs.  Many sniffers will by default look up any addresses they find, and thus any lookup on these devices would be a solid warning.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A clever hacker could turn off these lookups, but many wouldn't think to, and it would definitely slow him down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, if he's smart enough to not enable DNS lookups, and prevents any ARPs for these devices, your task is much more difficult.  At this point, you should work under the philosophy that the network is always being sniffed, and enact proactive procedures to prevent any vulnerabilities that would arise under this assumption.  Several include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Use a fully switched network&#xD;&#xA; 2. Bind switch ports to MAC addresses&#xD;&#xA; 3. Disallow promiscuous mode enabling on NICs (if possible in your environment)&#xD;&#xA; 4. Use secure protocols&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43007" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24200" RevisionGUID="4d2e186e-b862-4ddc-9839-5700a363bfd0" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:09:14.580" UserId="9153" Comment="added 129 characters in body" Text="I'd recommend [Turnkey Linux][1] If you don't have much knowledge regarding the matter and want a out of the box job. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They are distros built on Ubuntu and have many options, for example a working Drupal install out of the box. Well worth a look.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.turnkeylinux.org/" />
  <row Id="43009" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24210" RevisionGUID="7caa4cf0-f93c-43be-98ec-f2d0041bd532" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:15:04.007" UserId="9153" Text="My website was moved to a new web server recently. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its now on Ubuntu 9.04 and when I run&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    locale&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;it returns:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory&#xD;&#xA;    locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory&#xD;&#xA;    locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What does the error mean and how do I fix it? I did think it was something to do with libc6 but have since reinstalled it and it hasn't made a difference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43010" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24210" RevisionGUID="7caa4cf0-f93c-43be-98ec-f2d0041bd532" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:15:04.007" UserId="9153" Text="locale issues on web server" />
  <row Id="43011" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24210" RevisionGUID="7caa4cf0-f93c-43be-98ec-f2d0041bd532" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:15:04.007" UserId="9153" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="43012" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24211" RevisionGUID="1cc56936-54ed-49e2-8008-703171ac8dfc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:15:40.027" UserId="8897" Text="I don't know htop, but maybe it displays threads as separate processes and you have configured apache with a multithreaded worker?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43013" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23684" RevisionGUID="e84671f8-d9ef-4491-bd38-984c4729f8c3" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:15:46.407" UserId="3437" Comment="Fixed a link" Text="*TL;DR version: Let Windows handle your memory/pagefile settings. The people at MS have spent a **lot** more hours thinking about these issues than most of us sysadmins.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many people seem to assume that Windows pushes data into the pagefile on demand. EG: something wants a lot of memory, and there is not enough RAM to fill the need, so Windows begins madly writing data from RAM to disk at this last minute, so that it can free up RAM for the new demands.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is incorrect. There's more going on under the hood. Generally speaking, Windows maintains a **backing store**, meaning that it wants to see everything that's in memory also on the disk somewhere. Now, when something comes along and demands a lot of memory, Windows can clear RAM very quickly, because that data is **already** on disk, ready to be paged back into RAM if it is called for. So it can be said that much of what's in pagefile is *also* in RAM; the data was **premptively** placed in pagefile to speed up *new* memory allocation demands. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Describing the specific mechanisms involved would take many pages (see chapter 7 of [Windows Internals][1], and note that a [new edition][2] will soon be available), but there are a few nice things to note. First, much of what's in RAM is intrinsically already on the disk - program code fetched from an executable file or a DLL for example. So this doesn't need to be written to the pagefile; Windows can simply keep track of where the bits were originally fetched from. Second, Windows keeps track of which data in RAM is most frequently used, and so clears from RAM that data which has gone longest without being accessed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Removing pagefile entirely can cause more disk thrashing. Imagine a simple scenario where some app launches and demands 80% of existing RAM. This would force current executable code out of RAM - possibly even OS code. Now every time those other apps - or the OS itself (!!) need access to that data, the OS must page them in from backing store on disk, leading to much thrashing. Because without pagefile to serve as backing store for transient data, the only things that can be paged are executables and DLLs which had inherent backing stores to start with. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are of course many resource/utilization scenarios. It is not impossible that you have one of the scenarios under which there would be no adverse effects from removing pagefile, but these are the minority. In most cases, removing or reducing pagefile will lead to reduced performance under peak-resource-utilization scenarios.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some references:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Internals book(s) (linked previously)&#xD;&#xA; - [Pushing the Limits of Windows: Physical Memory][5]&#xD;&#xA; - [Pushing the Limits of Windows: Virtual Memory][6]&#xD;&#xA; - [Inside the Windows Vista Kernel: Part 1][7]&#xD;&#xA; - [Inside the Windows Vista Kernel: Part 2][8]&#xD;&#xA; - [Inside the Windows Vista Kernel: Part 3][9]&#xD;&#xA; - [Understanding Virtual Memory][10]&#xD;&#xA; - [RAM, Virtual Memory, Pagefile and all that stuff][3] (here's a [longer version][4])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Windows-Internals-4th-Server/dp/0735619174&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0735625301&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555223&amp;SD=tech&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/WindowsGeneralWeb/RAMVirtualMemoryPageFileEtc.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2008/07/21/3092070.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2008/11/17/3155406.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.02.vistakernel.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.03.vistakernel.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.04.vistakernel.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.tweakhound.com/xp/virtualmemory.htm" />
  <row Id="43014" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24212" RevisionGUID="c1509ba2-36d1-41d0-a3e0-0d621fe9cd2c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:16:03.240" UserId="3582" Text="I downloaded `util-linux-2.12b` package and and built it. I need to use the `login` utility in the `login-utils` folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But after running it, it gives a &quot;Login incorrect&quot; for every user even with correct username/password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please help me if you have any idea, how to make it work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-----&#xD;&#xA;I am tried it on CentOS and RHEL, but same result." />
  <row Id="43015" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24212" RevisionGUID="c1509ba2-36d1-41d0-a3e0-0d621fe9cd2c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:16:03.240" UserId="3582" Text="Util-Linux Login not working" />
  <row Id="43016" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24212" RevisionGUID="c1509ba2-36d1-41d0-a3e0-0d621fe9cd2c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:16:03.240" UserId="3582" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;login&gt;" />
  <row Id="43017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24213" RevisionGUID="bc03ff5f-9711-4d09-928e-409dd7a7f67c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:17:22.940" UserId="9141" Text="try dpkg-reconfigure locales." />
  <row Id="43018" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24214" RevisionGUID="69a8203b-fff7-4007-bac1-b01ce79cdb4b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:17:30.490" UserId="5426" Text="So first off, I do not like Firefox in any way for a TS environment. For us at least we have had nothing but heartache. The day that tabs came to IE, my life became easier because my users would then use IE.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My thought is this, find a plugin for IE that allows you to do the same thing you are doing in Firefox. &#xD;&#xA;One I found with a quick search is called &quot;Flash and Pics Control&quot;. The browser gets a new button and one of the options listed is the &quot;enable/disable flash content&quot;. This is browser specific instead of by the site, meaning once turned on, surfing to other websites would still have flash enabled until they uncheck the box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have no idea how well this software works or if it works in TS. All I did was run &quot;ie flash plugin&quot; on yahoo, and saw what came up. Let me know if this is the solution you are looking for and I will look for other plugins and post them in the comments on this post.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43019" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24215" RevisionGUID="b49c94c0-5bd7-42c1-a45d-1fd2f7398c84" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:18:04.250" UserId="9176" Text="In Linux there is a special partion type for software RAID.&#xD;&#xA;At first you create partitions on each HDD, then assemble them into array. In begining of each partition persistent superblock is written, so kernel could recognise existing RAIDs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my practice restoring RAID after OS reinstall was quite easy. Basically OS will automaticly find existed RAID and restore it. That is correct if HDDs were not reconnected in different order in SATA, SAS, SCSI ports and their device names got changed. In that case you will need to assemble them manually." />
  <row Id="43020" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24216" RevisionGUID="1cee1e2f-523b-4492-a6ba-2b570aabb7fd" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:19:14.277" UserId="216" Text="A/C motors in many parts of the world commonly rotate at 3600 RPM because that's 60 Hz.  7200 rpm is obviously twice that, and 5400 rpm 1.5x.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know the real reason, but it's likely IMHO that it's related to that.  Like used to be possible with vinyl record decks, it's easy to check that something is running at the right speed by illuminating it with a strobe running at the required speed.  If it's at the right speed (or a simple multiple thereof) then a mark on the motor will appear stationary." />
  <row Id="43021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24217" RevisionGUID="46967bae-b70a-4de4-aade-cc1af1692dc2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:19:19.783" UserId="7083" Text="Although their initial motivation was licensing, you might be interested to know that the OpenBSD team maintain their own Apache 1.3 branch in the OS and backport security fixes from the newer trees." />
  <row Id="43022" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24212" RevisionGUID="ef9fb0ed-ea3b-4b50-aca3-619655373f34" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:22:25.287" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix grammar" Text="I downloaded `util-linux-2.12b` package and and built it. I need to use the `login` utility in the `login-utils` folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But after running it, it gives a &quot;Login incorrect&quot; for every user even with correct username/password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please help me if you have any idea, how to make it work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-----&#xD;&#xA;I have tried it on CentOS and RHEL, but same result." />
  <row Id="43023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24218" RevisionGUID="288749af-8cd2-470e-9a4c-337416b7c99f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:22:42.477" UserId="171" Text="I started installing Windows XP Pro SP3 this morning via WSUS. The first machines seemed to patch OK apart from one problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The autocomplete and autosuggest on the Run Menu and Explorer address bar have stopped working. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The urls in the typed history are still there if the drop-down is clicked but they don't appear as you type. File paths are not prompted either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The autocomplete works fine in IE 7 and in file dialogs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The suggestions I've found so far all seem in order:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The options to use autocomplete are checked in Internet Options | Content | AutoComplete | Settings&#xD;&#xA; - 'Use inline AutoComplete' is checked in Internet Options | Advanced | Browsing&#xD;&#xA; - TweakUI has 'Enable AutoComplete' checked in the Common Dialogs options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Registry:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoComplete]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;Append Completion&quot;=&quot;yes&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;Use AutoComplete&quot;=&quot;yes&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;AutoSuggest&quot;=&quot;yes&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;AutoComplete In File Dialog&quot;=dword:00000001&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What can be causing this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="43024" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24218" RevisionGUID="288749af-8cd2-470e-9a4c-337416b7c99f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:22:42.477" UserId="171" Text="Windows XP Pro - Run Menu autocomplete problem after SP3 install" />
  <row Id="43025" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24218" RevisionGUID="288749af-8cd2-470e-9a4c-337416b7c99f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:22:42.477" UserId="171" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;xp-sp3&gt;&lt;autocomplete&gt;" />
  <row Id="43026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24219" RevisionGUID="ce69c656-c818-4cbc-ac71-81f800333834" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:27:52.747" UserId="7083" Text="sweimann's answer is correct.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally you can make `ps(1)` behave in the same way by using the `H` flag which will display threads as if they were processes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apparently the same key will also toggle off such behaviour in `htop`." />
  <row Id="43031" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24222" RevisionGUID="708acfd4-fc64-49f9-a3c1-fe43916e7d8c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:30:02.633" UserId="8653" Text="The CLI that comes with OS X Server is pretty powerful and can do everything and more than what's provided via user interface.  There isn't a tremendous amount of information on the web for managing OSX compared to windows or linux, but I found this blog to be quite helpful and a good place to start: http://managingosx.wordpress.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise, get [MacPorts][1] and you can get almost every mainstream unix tool out there.  sudo port install X does it.  It requires you have the developer tools for mac installed, but those are easily downloaded (or on your installation DVDs if they're handy) with a login to ADC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.macports.org" />
  <row Id="43032" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24222" RevisionGUID="708acfd4-fc64-49f9-a3c1-fe43916e7d8c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:30:02.633" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="43033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24223" RevisionGUID="a7c3255a-9d3e-4b91-9132-ef8952888f02" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:30:57.017" UserId="3000" Text="Every partition resize program (gparted, Partition Magic, etc) I have ever used performs health checks on the file system before committing any changes. Unless anybody knows of an app that does not and still supports reiserfs, your best bet is to start from scratch. Any other avenue I can think of would be much more work and take much longer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise, you can try remapping all bad blocks through the filesystem tools, but if the drive is really going fast they may appear faster than you can remap them." />
  <row Id="43037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24225" RevisionGUID="3fab23d3-0646-40d2-9f2b-061cf579e184" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:35:23.420" UserId="1888" Text="What you're really trying to do is get the logical volume off of that drive, and your best bet for that is to migrate the physical extents to another disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(give me a minute and I'll demonstrate how to do this)" />
  <row Id="43038" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24226" RevisionGUID="34a117db-6843-426d-9a5d-40da46706b81" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:35:31.827" UserId="6383" Text="I agree that the disk seems a lost cause.  Your approach (shrink filesystem, shrink LV, move off bad disk) also seems ok.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This might (and I mean might, all bets are off with a failing disk) work:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Get another disk, at least as large as the failing one.&#xD;&#xA;2. Add it to the volume group (pvcreate, vgextend).&#xD;&#xA;3. Move the LV off the failing disk (pvmove).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will work at the PE/block level, bypassing the filesystem.  But you're getting read errors, so I don't know if it will work or fail." />
  <row Id="43039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24227" RevisionGUID="034eb90b-c9bd-4c87-9cb7-f14bb903ec54" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:36:32.870" UserId="9199" Text="Thanks to this answer, I have found the explanation at http://tinyurl.com/n6aaju" />
  <row Id="43040" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24228" RevisionGUID="d4e5de7b-cb22-46cf-8a23-6d82fa9549a0" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:37:42.617" UserId="4307" Text="Use [`pvmove`][1] to move all the extents for that LV off onto other PVs in the VG.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.die.net/man/8/pvmove" />
  <row Id="43042" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24230" RevisionGUID="00a4acb9-e4ff-4efd-aacf-941ad94c8477" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:39:10.337" UserId="9206" Text="Yes you need to install from source, you can use the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.5.2/Python-2.5.2.tgz&#xD;&#xA;tar fxz Python-2.5.2.tgz&#xD;&#xA;cd Python-2.5.2&#xD;&#xA;./configure&#xD;&#xA;make&#xD;&#xA;make install&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will insatll python2.5 as the command python2.5, as yum and other parts of CentOS require the old Python 2.4, so you will have two versions of python installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/usr/bin/python - 2.4.3&#xD;&#xA;/usr/bin/python2.5 - 2.5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43043" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24231" RevisionGUID="14150031-def1-4833-8a7e-155ebc1c86ef" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:40:20.240" UserId="8851" Text="That's the processor I'm thinking about getting for a home server / development machine. Going for $80 as intel motherboard + dual core processor combo is a really tempting deal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'm planning to do is ethernet/wifi sharing, rails development and some minor other tasks. Would this be a good choice as a platform to run XEN on? It doesn't support VT, but I'm not planning on using an OS that depends on it to run on XEN. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is, would this processor be capable as a light server machine to run XEN and aforementioned services. How powerful exactly are these little boys are?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have one, what's your experiences? If you don't, would you get this or search for some more powerful options (possibly Phenom X3?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="43044" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24231" RevisionGUID="14150031-def1-4833-8a7e-155ebc1c86ef" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:40:20.240" UserId="8851" Text="Intel Atom 330 as a server machine" />
  <row Id="43045" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24231" RevisionGUID="14150031-def1-4833-8a7e-155ebc1c86ef" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:40:20.240" UserId="8851" Text="&lt;intel&gt;&lt;xen&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="43050" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24225" RevisionGUID="efb5399d-b1b9-42a2-b933-079b8742a08e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:42:16.837" UserId="1888" Comment="added 322 characters in body; added 99 characters in body" Text="What you're really trying to do is get the logical volume off of that drive, and your best bet for that is to migrate the physical extents to another disk. There's no way to predict where the free space will come from if you simply resize the filesystem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming the failing drive is `/dev/sdb` and the new drive is `/dev/sdc`, here's the procedure:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Prepare the new disk  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    pvcreate /dev/sdc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;add it to the volume group&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    vgextend myvolumegroup /dev/sdc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;move the data to the new disk&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    pvmove /dev/sdb /dev/sdc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;note: pvmove is _slow_, so you may want to do&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    pvmove -v /dev/sdb /dev/sdc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;instead." />
  <row Id="43052" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24233" RevisionGUID="d81490f5-b52a-47cf-b35d-a0cf0401034b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:43:35.617" UserId="4721" Text="I suspected something to do with key-exchange problems since you say SSHv2 is negotiated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could not find any good description on that yet; [there is this one PuTTY reference][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you should try a packet capture to see where the SSH communication stops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tartarus.org/~simon/putty-snapshots/htmldoc/Chapter10.html#errors-connaborted" />
  <row Id="43054" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24216" RevisionGUID="82565baa-3d21-4952-9d89-e359b561c020" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:45:59.077" UserId="216" Comment="added 41 characters in body" Text="A/C motors in many parts of the world commonly rotate at 3600 RPM because that's 60 Hz.  7200 rpm is obviously twice that, and 5400 rpm 1.5x.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know the real reason, since HDD motors aren't driven from A/C, but it's likely IMHO that it's related to that.  Like used to be possible with vinyl record decks, it's easy to check that something is running at the right speed by illuminating it with a strobe running at the required speed.  If it's at the right speed (or a simple multiple thereof) then a mark on the motor will appear stationary." />
  <row Id="43055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24234" RevisionGUID="12b0dca7-0b84-4680-85ef-66e309d9e002" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:47:09.870" UserId="8653" Text="Are you hard-coding the URLs in the page?  A trick often used is to drop the protocol from image URL.  `&lt;img src=&quot;//host/image/path/img.png&quot;&gt;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Found [here][1] in the *Workaround for Web Developers* section.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; For example, if you have an image on www.fabrikam.com/account.htm that is addressable using either http:// or https://, you must use &lt;img src=&quot;//www.fabrikam.com/pic.jpg&quot;&gt; instead of &lt;img src=&quot;www.fabrikam.com/pic.jpg&quot;&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd565655(VS.85).aspx" />
  <row Id="43056" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24235" RevisionGUID="32789d59-df19-4ce9-8f4a-758a65dee544" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:48:34.453" UserId="9071" Text="I have run into problems before where apple hardware will insist on running at the speed of the slowest device on the network.  So your Apple laptops are seeing the devices that are using wireless B and are defaulting to that setting.  I don't know why or how to fix it short of putting your apple devices on their own network segment.  Obviously you can test if this is the problem by removing the wireless B devices from the network and reconnecting your Apples to see if you get better speeds." />
  <row Id="43057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24236" RevisionGUID="5559ca29-7519-4ed1-9bbf-5e72ed5208ea" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:50:29.380" UserId="7342" Text="This isn't really shouldn't be on server-fault, given this is for home, but I'll try to answer a little more generically. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're going to be creating a server for virtual machines, the limiting factor will be memory; the more memory you have, the more machines you can run at once. Processing power is probably a secondary concern. Obviously the more virtual machines you run, the more processing power is likely to be needed, but it depends on how much stress you're going to be putting on those virtual machines. If you're doing something like testing your code on different platforms, you're most likely to be doing that on one server at a time, in which case you could probably get away with a lower powered server. If however more than one person is accessing them at the same time, or they're all interconnected, then you're going to want something higher powered. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as the atom processor is concerned, I have a dedicated server for personal use based on one, with 1GB memory and it hasn't felt slow or a bottleneck. Obviously for a busier site it would be completely inapproriate. For the price, it might be worth buying anyway." />
  <row Id="43058" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24237" RevisionGUID="4eb09593-36c6-4de2-b5de-d38c3e2c7035" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:50:37.850" UserId="2101" Text="Rather than testing using the string 'VIAGRA', use sample spam (sample-spam.txt) or the [GTUBE][1] string:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    XJS*C4JDBQADN1.NSBN3*2IDNEN*GTUBE-STANDARD-ANTI-UBE-TEST-EMAIL*C.34X&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;GTUBE is the anti-spam equivalent of EICAR.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://spamassassin.apache.org/gtube/" />
  <row Id="43059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24238" RevisionGUID="a14d1c2b-fa5a-4cee-aadd-6508d5ef89d2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:52:28.860" UserId="6779" Text="I have the Atom 330 on the Intel D945GCLF2 motherboard and I use it as the base of a home file server. I've played around with it doing other things, but at the end of the day, if you're expecting real power, get something else. If you just want to do the small development and testing you mentioned above, it's not bad for the cost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More than the processor, I think it's most limited by the lack of ports on the D945GCLF2 and similar motherboards. If you want a huge file server, it's difficult because of only two built-in SATA ports. If you need memory for virtual machines, the single slot with a 2GB max is not that much these days. For network sharing, it only has one built in network port. All of this and only a single PCI expansion slot so you can only really give it one &quot;boost&quot; (extra SATA controller, extra network ports, wifi card, whatever).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I never compared it to the Phenom X3 or similar. I did compare it to regular Intel desktop processors which would have used a lot more power and ran a lot hotter and noisier and to 2 and 4 drive NAS boxes which ran much slower and had less flexibility." />
  <row Id="43060" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24239" RevisionGUID="5f4b975a-04b7-42db-aac7-cb47b512200f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:53:02.243" UserId="7066" Text="I've run MSDNS for years for a half-dozen domains on 2003 Standard and now 2003 Web." />
  <row Id="43061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24240" RevisionGUID="531080ad-8504-456d-8ef2-569e727cde6a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:55:17.263" UserId="8152" Text="Hubs (or really old network setups, like Thinnet/Thicknet) transfer all data across the wire at all times.  Anyone plugged in would see every packet on their local segment.  If you set your network card to promiscuous mode (read all packets, not just the ones sent directly to you) and run a packet capturing program you can see everything that happens, sniff passwords, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Switches operate like old school network bridges-- they only transfer traffic out a port if it is either&#xD;&#xA;a) broadcast&#xD;&#xA;b) destined for that device&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Switches maintain a cache indicating which MAC addresses are on which port (sometimes there will be a hub or switch daisy chained off a port).  Switches do not replicate all traffic to all ports.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Higher end switches (for business use) may have special ports (Span or Management) which can be configured to replicate all traffic.  IT departments use those ports to monitor traffic (legit sniffing).  Detecting unauthorized sniffing should be easy-- go look at the switch and see if anything is plugged into that port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43062" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24241" RevisionGUID="9e3ef18e-7e49-49c6-a92e-5b0606275f67" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:55:42.660" UserId="9207" Text="A user came to me with a CD containing 24 PDFs, complaining that he couldn't read the disk on his computer. I was able to read the disk with no problem on my PC. I went to his desk, put the CD in his Dell Latitude D610, fired up Windows (XP) Explorer, and clicked on the drive. Windows Explorer froze up -- clicking on his C and D partitions had no effect, and screen redrawing wasn't happening. I waited a few minutes, then shut down and re-started his PC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried a second CD, and had the same problem.  I suspected a bad DVD/CD ROM drive, so brought his laptop back to my desk and booted a Knoppix CD with no problems. I rebooted into Windows, went to look at the Knoppix CD in Windows, and Windows Explorer froze up.  On my other computer, I Googled for an answer, and didn't come up with anything.  The user told me he last used the CD drive several months ago with no problems.  Our company pushed out the Windows Autorun patch recently (&lt;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967715&gt;), but no other users have encountered this issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I went back to the user's laptop, and it was now showing the contents of the CD; Explorer was no longer locked up. It took about 8 minutes to display the contents of the disk.  Surprised, I ejected the Knoppix disk and inserted a disk full of MP3 files.  Windows Explorer locked up like before, and after watching it for 12 minutes, the system finally displayed the contents of the disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas what might be causing this huge delay, or better, even how to remedy it?" />
  <row Id="43063" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24241" RevisionGUID="9e3ef18e-7e49-49c6-a92e-5b0606275f67" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:55:42.660" UserId="9207" Text="WinXP DVD/CD freezes Explorer for 8-12 minutes, then continues as normal" />
  <row Id="43064" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24241" RevisionGUID="9e3ef18e-7e49-49c6-a92e-5b0606275f67" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:55:42.660" UserId="9207" Text="&lt;cd&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;freezing&gt;&lt;autorun&gt;&lt;windows-explorer&gt;" />
  <row Id="43066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24243" RevisionGUID="f4eae375-529a-45b1-8ca8-70399facc21c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:02:10.867" UserId="2422" Text="I've been working with Apache http servers for quite some time, and finally making the move to static-content servers alongside the others dynamic-content machines. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was wondering, does nginx support &quot;.htaccess&quot; files, and things like mod_rewrite? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I'm very used to the syntax, I was wondering what the (syntax) differences were, and what the learning curve is like moving from Apache configs to nginx. " />
  <row Id="43067" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24243" RevisionGUID="f4eae375-529a-45b1-8ca8-70399facc21c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:02:10.867" UserId="2422" Text="nginx support for .htaccess / rewrite rules? Differences from Apache?" />
  <row Id="43068" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24243" RevisionGUID="f4eae375-529a-45b1-8ca8-70399facc21c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:02:10.867" UserId="2422" Text="&lt;nginx&gt;&lt;migration&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="43074" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24246" RevisionGUID="3c93348b-2cfe-4a79-9c8d-b4a9891d2e79" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:11:33.923" UserId="7342" Text="It would appear that nginx does have a mod_rewrite equivelent and documentation can be found &lt;a href=&quot;http://wiki.nginx.org//NginxHttpRewriteModule&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. I've not used nginx myself, but the documentation looks like the configuration is totally different, but it shouldn't be too hard to understand what it's doing. The wiki appears to have plenty of examples. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't answer if you can have per directory configuration files like you can with apache. It wouldn't surprise me if you could, because people have come to expect that from using apache." />
  <row Id="43075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24247" RevisionGUID="2527bbe2-556d-4319-93ba-26a2a84e871e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:11:47.230" UserId="6793" Text="nginx rewrite syntax is much cleaner then the counterpart in mod_rewrite:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;mod_rewrite rule:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     RewriteRule ^[a-z0-9_-]*-f([0-9]+)/?(p([0-9]+)\.html)?$ /viewforum.php?f=$1&amp;start=$3 [QSA,L,NC]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Becomes in nginx:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rewrite ^/[a-z0-9_-]*-f([0-9]+)/?(p([0-9]+)\.html)?$ /viewforum.php?f=$1&amp;start=$3 last;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But no .htaccess support...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Another example how to support http://example.com/~username/ urls in nginx:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    location ~ /~([a-zA-Z0-9]*)/(.*) {&#xD;&#xA;        root /home/;&#xD;&#xA;        autoindex on;&#xD;&#xA;        index index.html;&#xD;&#xA;        rewrite ^/~([a-zA-Z0-9]*)/(.*)$ /$1/www/$2 break;&#xD;&#xA;    }" />
  <row Id="43076" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24233" RevisionGUID="b96a6c71-c519-4221-a2ec-325e31fdcbe0" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:14:52.387" UserId="4721" Comment="added 75 characters in body; added 14 characters in body" Text="I suspected something to do with key-exchange problems since you say SSHv2 is negotiated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could not find any good description on that yet; [there is this one PuTTY reference][1] though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you should try a packet capture on the server to see where the SSH communication stops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also try &quot;`ssh -v`&quot;  to see what errors the client sees.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tartarus.org/~simon/putty-snapshots/htmldoc/Chapter10.html#errors-connaborted" />
  <row Id="43077" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24248" RevisionGUID="fdcccc30-268c-4ce1-aa5e-219db75cffce" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:15:24.633" UserId="9141" Text="nginx does provide rewrite functionality, check [NginxHttpRewriteModule][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you want to do with .htaccess? You can setup nginx for Basic Authentication with [NginxHttpAuthBasicModule][2] but AFAIK configuration directives can only be stored in nginx.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxHttpRewriteModule&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxHttpAuthBasicModule" />
  <row Id="43081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24251" RevisionGUID="52af5705-93b9-4ebe-a401-9a7e96d01b7b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:21:41.517" UserId="2299" Text="If you mean can you tell if a file has been replaced by an older version copied from a shadow copy, then the answer is no. I suppose you could compare it's timestamp with versions in all the older shadow copies to see if one matched, but there's no system audit of retrieving a file from a shadow copy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24252" RevisionGUID="e594421e-005e-4bc6-9500-223517eaef6f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:23:41.637" UserId="9141" Text="Like many things in computing, the reason is historical. The design of early PC hard drives was based on earlier, large, mainframe hard drives which were powered by AC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That is according to [PCGuide][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/op/spin_Speed.htm" />
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  <row Id="43088" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24254" RevisionGUID="e998602c-6815-481d-afd1-29a4ca65473f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:34:03.283" UserId="9170" Text="Bad Sector" />
  <row Id="43089" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24254" RevisionGUID="e998602c-6815-481d-afd1-29a4ca65473f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:34:03.283" UserId="9170" Text="&lt;fedora&gt;" />
  <row Id="43091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24256" RevisionGUID="7cbbb4ff-3d05-443d-8de8-9f5ef6b98af1" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:36:59.643" UserId="7192" Text="The key issue is the Active Directory dynamic DNS updates that it does for the domain controllers' A records, PTR records, and the domain.com record itself ... plus, the underscored zones _msdcs.domain.com, _sites.domain.com, _tcp.domain.com, _udp.domain.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your BIND version can support these dynamic updates, you could just use BIND.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not, then you must use MS-DNS for the underscored zones, however you could manually code the A, PTR and domain.com record yourself and maintain it if/when you add/remove DC's. Make MS-DNS the authority for the underscored zones, and zone transfer/forward them to BIND so clients can find them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, use a different domain entirely for AD (if you can) like corp.domain.com, host that entirely in MS-DNS and transfer/forward that to BIND.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows client machines also will want to dynamically create A/PTR records, so BIND itself must do that for them or allow them to do it, or again use MS-DNS for the whole zone." />
  <row Id="43092" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24257" RevisionGUID="532b6ad9-64e8-448e-872b-a8405fc5ce7b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:37:41.123" UserId="1054" Text="Just a thought, but is there a virus scanner intsalled that might be grabbing the disk when you put it in?" />
  <row Id="43093" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24258" RevisionGUID="c094bb6d-9064-458f-b0bb-9fd8a8e40b3c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:38:11.280" UserId="385" Text="There is some risk to enabling Kerberos delegation in order to permit double-hops. Basically, you're allowing IIS to impersonate the user without the user actually entering any credentials again. In a Windows 2000 Active Directory environment, there is only what is known as unconstrained delegation. Basically, you can't restrict what's doing the delegation and to where it can delegate very well (as well as you would like). In those cases, Microsoft strongly recommends not using Kerberos delegation. If you're on Windows 2003 or 2008 Active Directory, you can and should use constrained delegation. This allows you get to rather specific with the delegation. In this case there is an increased risk, but usually the fact that you don't have users re-typing credentials or your using service accounts or SQL Server logins is worth the increased risk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as whether or not NTLM will continue on, it depends. If Kerberos authentication can be established, it will be used. This includes in cases where it's returning an error (and you don't think it should be), such as if the SPNs are wrong, etc. It will only drop back to NTLM if Kerberos authentication cannot be used. With that said, Kerberos is the newer security protocol and has security features that NTLM does not including timestamp (preventing relay attacks), the ability for the client to verify the server's identity (which NTLM can't do), and the use of tickets which should reduce overall traffic for authentication to the DCs.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43094" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24259" RevisionGUID="cd64527e-3dae-4756-942e-68db9a3953fd" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:39:07.907" UserId="6125" Text="with healthy disks, the drill to remove one from a VG is like this: (i'm guessing that you have a single LV spanning both disks)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. resize filesystem&#xD;&#xA;- resize LV&#xD;&#xA;- pvmove&#xD;&#xA;- vgreduce&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but your main problem seems to be that steps 1 and 3 really won't like disk errors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in the past, the only way I've recovered data from a reiserfs volume with bad sectors has been `ddrescue`.  all the 'risky' reiserfs tools err on the safe side: at the first disk error, the whole operation is cancelled.  with ddrescue i could simply copy to a good device and go on with the reiserfsck." />
  <row Id="43095" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24260" RevisionGUID="85241869-3b01-4cb2-93db-cbe336bfd396" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:44:21.767" UserId="5426" Text="I have stated this on the other post you linked but we run a very main-line server without a pagefile and everything here seems fine. In fact it seems faster without it. We have 8GB of RAM and I would say you should make your decision based on whether you have a lot of RAM, not whether your hard drive is a SSD or not. Although I can understand the wanting to save the life of it by not making unnecessary writes." />
  <row Id="43096" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23720" RevisionGUID="da494d15-ec2f-4540-8340-4e1b2c503f79" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:45:07.320" UserId="3328" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="I've been reading &lt;http://serverfault.com/questions/23621/any-benefit-or-detriment-from-removing-a-pagefile-on-an-8gb-ram-machine&gt;, and it has a lot of great information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But assuming you have more than enough ram, I think page file should be disabled on SSD to extend the life time.  I know you would lose the core dump on crash, but not many people need that information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From my understand without a page file as you reach the limit of your ram that might trigger thrashing on disk.  But for SSDs there is no concept of thrashing, reads are fast.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you guys think?" />
  <row Id="43097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24261" RevisionGUID="00b2a930-52c9-44a3-bfc8-c4cd3eb86daf" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:46:00.657" UserId="4185" Text="After much exploration I have found that this is possible! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NB I don’t have any experience with XML so please excuse the terminology......also please backup any configuration files before making any of the changes suggested..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I could not find any references to this in the VirtualBox documentation or on any websites. In case anyone ever has the same problem here are the steps I went through to resolve the problem:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. I Turned off the virtual machines and took a copy of the VirtualBox directory, which contains all of the virtual machine folders and configuration files.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Created a new snapshot of the machine in question&#xD;&#xA; 3. Compared the copy of the VirtualBox folder with the original after the snapshot was created to see what changes were made.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was happy to see the changes were fairly simple. To restore the snapshot from the backup I:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Opened the VirtualBox.xml file from the VirtualBox folder and found the node named &lt;HardDisks&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 3. Under the &lt;HardDisks&gt; node I located the &lt;HardDisk&gt; child node of the virtual machine I wanted to add the snapshot to -  which you can tell by the name of the VHD file.&#xD;&#xA; 4. As the temporary snapshot I added to compare the directories was no longer needed I found the folder where it was created and replaced it with the snapshot from the backups.&#xD;&#xA; 5. I then amended the line which contained the information about the temporary snapshot by changing the uuid of the temporary snapshot with the uuid of the snapshot from backup as well as changing the name of the snapshot file. The section looked like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;HardDisk uuid=&quot;{d6ec7d4e-60b2-27f6-5db6-7fe7342517ca}&quot; location=&quot;/pathToVirutualHardDiskFolder/MachineNameVirtualHardDisk.vhd&quot; format=&quot;VHD&quot; type=&quot;Normal&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;		&lt;HardDisk uuid=&quot;{7e2a9820-a3f6-4d29-ac07-0d98f1f53eb7}&quot; location=&quot;/PathToVirtualHardDiskFolder/Machines/MachineName/Snapshots/{7e2a9820-a3f6-4d29-ac07-0d98f1f53eb7}.vhd&quot; format=&quot;VHD&quot;/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;	 &lt;/HardDisk&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Notice that the uuid is the same as the snapshot file name, if you need to find out what the uuid is just copy and paste the snapshot filename without the extension.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5. That’s it for the VirtualBox.xml file, save it and close it. Now open the MachineName.xml file from within the virtual machines directory&#xD;&#xA; 6.  Scroll down to the section that looks similar to this:&#xD;&#xA;	&#xD;&#xA;&lt;StorageController name=&quot;IDE&quot; type=&quot;PIIX4&quot; PortCount=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;   &lt;AttachedDevice type=&quot;HardDisk&quot; port=&quot;0&quot; device=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;Image uuid=&quot;{d6ec7d4e-60b2-27f6-5db6-7fe7342517ca}&quot;/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;/AttachedDevice&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/StorageController&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/StorageControllers&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Snapshot&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;StorageControllers&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;StorageController name=&quot;IDE&quot; type=&quot;PIIX4&quot; PortCount=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;AttachedDevice type=&quot;HardDisk&quot; port=&quot;0&quot; device=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;Image uuid=&quot;{581f8199-4af3-4b45-acd6-2fbc2ade530b}&quot;/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/AttachedDevice&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/StorageController&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;7. Replace the uuid of the temporary snapshot with the uuid of the snapshot from backups.&#xD;&#xA;8. Save the file and close it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That worked for me. The machine booted up fine with the snapshot restored from backup and all the data back!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24262" RevisionGUID="6b768f73-a768-4340-be86-df32958bd401" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:46:47.330" UserId="8199" Text="You might use process explorer to watch the stack in windows explorer to see what function the system is trying to accomplish when this happens. If you're system is locking up I would first set windows to open in separate processes (tools --&gt; folder options --&gt; view), then I would go into process explorer and set that instance of windows explorer to a low priority. Then make sure process explorer is set to stay on top. Go to the properties of that process and bring up the stack. Then insert the CD. Hopefully process explorer will show the function before it freezes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43099" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24236" RevisionGUID="e5a68d0b-1ead-4c35-9975-c4543e6ca8a0" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:47:45.130" UserId="1054" Comment="deleted 5 characters in body" Text="This really shouldn't be on server-fault, given this is for home, but I'll try to answer a little more generically. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're going to be creating a server for virtual machines, the limiting factor will be memory; the more memory you have, the more machines you can run at once. Processing power is probably a secondary concern. Obviously the more virtual machines you run, the more processing power is likely to be needed, but it depends on how much stress you're going to be putting on those virtual machines. If you're doing something like testing your code on different platforms, you're most likely to be doing that on one server at a time, in which case you could probably get away with a lower powered server. If however more than one person is accessing them at the same time, or they're all interconnected, then you're going to want something higher powered. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as the atom processor is concerned, I have a dedicated server for personal use based on one, with 1GB memory and it hasn't felt slow or a bottleneck. Obviously for a busier site it would be completely inappropriate. For the price, it might be worth buying anyway." />
  <row Id="43100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24263" RevisionGUID="8292d8bc-1a76-4d2e-86d0-766a005dde8d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:50:56.590" UserId="1616" Text="Does any one know of a (preferably free) windows utility that recursively hashes all the files in a directory tree every x minutes and sends a notification if any files have changed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to have a tool to notify me by email when any of the code files on a web server changes in order to know when the site has been hacked or compromised with malicious code." />
  <row Id="43101" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24263" RevisionGUID="8292d8bc-1a76-4d2e-86d0-766a005dde8d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:50:56.590" UserId="1616" Text="Utility to notify when website files are changed" />
  <row Id="43102" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24263" RevisionGUID="8292d8bc-1a76-4d2e-86d0-766a005dde8d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:50:56.590" UserId="1616" Text="&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;intrusion-detection&gt;&lt;hash&gt;" />
  <row Id="43103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24264" RevisionGUID="b0b1e366-577a-4b43-9967-233f2fbd15ca" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:52:45.867" UserId="4408" Text="I was given a VPC file which belonged to an employee who left our company. The VPC has  important code and data. Anyways, I started up the instance in Microsoft Virtual PC 2007, but can't logon because we don't know any user names or passwords for the machine. How can I reset the Administrator password on the virtual machine? " />
  <row Id="43104" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24264" RevisionGUID="b0b1e366-577a-4b43-9967-233f2fbd15ca" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:52:45.867" UserId="4408" Text="How do I recover/reset the admin password of a Virtual PC instance" />
  <row Id="43105" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24264" RevisionGUID="b0b1e366-577a-4b43-9967-233f2fbd15ca" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:52:45.867" UserId="4408" Text="&lt;vpc&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="43106" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24265" RevisionGUID="af38795e-01da-470f-ba0f-ae8fbe08dfc5" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:54:24.117" UserId="7645" Text="Do you know which blocks are bad?  Is there already a filesystem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there's no filesystem yet, and you don't know which blocks are bad:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mkfs -c # rest of normal options, like -t ext3 /dev/sda4&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a filesystem and you don't know which blocks are bad:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    e2fsck -c /dev/sda4&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you know which blocks are bad, you can list them in a file and run -- however, this option is tricky since you have to refer to the blocks exactly right:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    e2fsck -l BADBLOCKSFILENAME /dev/sda4&#xD;&#xA;    mkfs -l BADBLOCKSFILENAME -t ext3 /dev/sda4&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's generally recommended to go with the -c option which scans for badblocks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if you mean a totally unused hdd, you could possibly just avoid the bad sectors when partitioning with fdisk (and use LVM to preserve flexibility about the size of your various filesystems)." />
  <row Id="43107" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24266" RevisionGUID="022e1554-23f6-4904-b91b-3486bb2addf3" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:54:46.177" UserId="5426" Text="SpinRite, but you will need a Windows machine to make the boot disk. It is OS agnostic and Steve will give you your money back if it doesn't work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.grc.com/cs/prepurch.htm" />
  <row Id="43108" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24267" RevisionGUID="5ffba93e-866e-48f0-86b0-4fcb050d41c1" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:59:04.873" UserId="3053" Text="The same way you would reset the passwords for a physical Windows machine. My preference is [Offline NT Password and Registry Editor][1]. It will let you change or reset any of the local passwords on the system. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/" />
  <row Id="43109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24268" RevisionGUID="0f374c79-d50b-46dd-8a78-6b4ca21fbc88" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:59:24.793" UserId="8093" Text="One of my responsibilities is to manage my mobile users, Sales, Support, Exec, etc. For those out there who do the same how do you do it? I know it's a very broad question but how do you keep them up to date with the latest patches, virus defs, etc and retain their data in the event of a stolen/lost laptop?" />
  <row Id="43110" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24268" RevisionGUID="0f374c79-d50b-46dd-8a78-6b4ca21fbc88" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:59:24.793" UserId="8093" Text="Managing a Mobile Work force" />
  <row Id="43111" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24268" RevisionGUID="0f374c79-d50b-46dd-8a78-6b4ca21fbc88" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:59:24.793" UserId="8093" Text="&lt;user-management&gt;&lt;users&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="43112" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24269" RevisionGUID="301eca98-750b-4d17-b14c-44618031ea9f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T17:59:29.973" UserId="2783" Text="Not a VPC problem so much as a Windows one... The following article from Daniel Petri will help with a lost/forgotten administrator password: http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm" />
  <row Id="43113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24270" RevisionGUID="183145cb-98e3-40c6-bc4d-f8c207010972" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:00:12.437" UserId="843" Text="Try [this][1] solution. I was able to successfully disable and re-enable my autocomplete for the run dialog with the other settings being present. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Open Internet Explorer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Click Tools, Internet Options&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Select the Content tab&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. Under AutoComplete, click Settings&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5. Place a checkmark near Web addresses&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6. Click OK, OK.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This enables the AutoComplete drop-down feature to the Run dialog.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/run-dialog-autocomplete-drop-down-feature-does-not-work/" />
  <row Id="43114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24271" RevisionGUID="98040e95-1f23-484e-9903-05bb264ab269" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:02:00.950" UserId="3318" Text="Here is a pretty good list for a starting point in this area&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.windowsecurity.com/software/File-integrity-checkers/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.windowsecurity.com/software/File-integrity-checkers/" />
  <row Id="43115" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24272" RevisionGUID="cba7e451-7920-40c9-8fec-773a8ed4e336" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:02:05.520" UserId="6125" Text="the proposed `mv -uf dir1/* dir2/` move the (sub)directories, not each file. you might try to use `find`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cd dir1&#xD;&#xA;    find . -type d -exec mkdir -p dir2/&quot;{}&quot; \;&#xD;&#xA;    find . -type f -exec mv -uf &quot;{}&quot; dir2/&quot;{}&quot; \;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or something similar&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43116" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24268" RevisionGUID="d41963a0-ad3f-42ba-96fc-c22bdf761073" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:03:44.737" UserId="1803" />
  <row Id="43117" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24273" RevisionGUID="71fa0ce0-88cb-4ecb-adc6-2944ba5e3bb0" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:04:22.863" UserId="2101" Text="Rather than disable the pagefile altogether, it may be useful to tell the OS not to use it (for instance, `sysctl vm.swappiness=0`).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The OS will avoid using it unless necessary, saving the SSD unnecessary writes." />
  <row Id="43118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24274" RevisionGUID="2396a151-b415-4ff7-a3d5-36838ebf2678" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:08:40.377" UserId="2101" Text="We did exactly this at our old company:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`company.com` was the official domain that we maintained in BIND&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`company.net` was the AD domain name - AD could do all it wanted in that zone and we wouldn't care&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This kept things nicely separated for us and worked great." />
  <row Id="43124" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24276" RevisionGUID="2a65b5fc-f1a9-4229-81f9-e743d6ee3afe" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:17:41.480" UserId="1602" Text="SQL Server creates its databases in the system program files directory structure. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to separate the database files away from the system partition. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming the database is already created and populated: How do I move all files related to a database to a different location on a separate partition?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43125" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24276" RevisionGUID="2a65b5fc-f1a9-4229-81f9-e743d6ee3afe" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:17:41.480" UserId="1602" Text="SQL Server 2Kx: How to move a database to a different partition in the local file system?" />
  <row Id="43126" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24276" RevisionGUID="2a65b5fc-f1a9-4229-81f9-e743d6ee3afe" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:17:41.480" UserId="1602" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;database&gt;&lt;database-adminstration&gt;" />
  <row Id="43127" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24277" RevisionGUID="966109f7-88fe-4706-83f4-c57f2cfd48fc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:18:28.513" UserId="1054" Text="Assuming it's a user database, detach the database, move the .mdf / .ldf files to the new location and reattach the database.  You might need to browse to the new location of the .ldf file when you choose your .mdf file in the reattach screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For system databases it's a little more involved, especially the master db.  Have a look at [this MSDN article][1] that gives you the steps.  Pay attention to the info regarding the resources system db for SQL2005+.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345408.aspx" />
  <row Id="43129" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24278" RevisionGUID="864530e7-deb1-417d-9df4-767142d51955" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:19:42.287" UserId="9004" Text="Mixing Bind and MSDNS is fairly well documented, a quick search brought up http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255913, but there's probably more out there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You have to decide what you care to have..  Previous company, I setup bind for everything except _{msdcs,sites,tcp,udp} and a subdomain where desktops lived so that they could do secure dynamic updates.  It just works.  (DHCP was on Unix.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mixing the two brings some extra work to keep things clean and up to date, but it's not the end of the world" />
  <row Id="43130" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24279" RevisionGUID="f2f3de75-7a9e-4130-99aa-b4b1e4a99cc5" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:21:04.407" UserId="1992" Text="Checkout KB 224071 which explains how to move user and system databases - [How to move SQL Server databases to a new location by using Detach and Attach functions in SQL Server][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/224071" />
  <row Id="43131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24280" RevisionGUID="69d09c0e-0e4a-4b93-a807-ee7ee024c07e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:21:21.020" UserId="843" Text="I know this is for the english version but this [kb article][1] has a hot fix for logman that fixes a date related issue. Maybe you can download the hotfix and use the English version of logman. The only difference I can see is the use of mmddoomm or mmddhhmm as a -v option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827477" />
  <row Id="43132" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24281" RevisionGUID="351cbcd9-7a7c-49c3-8eb7-14c59ba93b46" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:21:32.270" UserId="7503" Text="The disks being read sound like largely burnt disks, so the issue might stem from a bad burner.  The error correction in the drive in question could be off, exacerbating the problem on this one system, while the others show no errors." />
  <row Id="43133" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24277" RevisionGUID="59ef1b4e-18f0-4297-bd1b-3eaa8e55344f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:27:00.103" UserId="1054" Comment="More detail" Text="Assuming it's a user database, detach the database, move the .mdf / .ldf files to the new location and reattach the database.  You might need to browse to the new location of the .ldf file when you choose your .mdf file in the reattach screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To detach a database, right-click on it in management studio and choose Tasks | Detach.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To reattach, right-click on Databases in management studio and choose Attach..., then browses to the new location of your .mdf and .ldf files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For system databases it's a little more involved, especially the master db.  Have a look at [this MSDN article][1] that gives you the steps.  Pay attention to the info regarding the resources system db for SQL2005+.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345408.aspx" />
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  <row Id="43136" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24282" RevisionGUID="42d11d8d-6021-4197-b04c-d92b80dd6c44" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:27:07.077" UserId="8093" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;mobile-computing&gt;&lt;user-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="43137" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24283" RevisionGUID="97845d78-cfad-4d36-9f4d-f10cf454dbe0" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:28:34.063" UserId="1054" Text="Two words - Disk Encryption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use SecureDoc from [WinMagic][1], but there are a number of them out there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.winmagic.com/" />
  <row Id="43138" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24284" RevisionGUID="6e1070ce-ee43-4f1f-b01a-ad817fcdcf79" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:29:51.253" UserId="3552" Text="I am evaluating Fedora 11. I mounted a NFS share from a NAS and I noticed that hsqldb is listed as both the owner and group for the directory I mounted the NFS share to. Why is this?" />
  <row Id="43139" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24284" RevisionGUID="6e1070ce-ee43-4f1f-b01a-ad817fcdcf79" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:29:51.253" UserId="3552" Text="Why is hsqldb the owner of my directory?" />
  <row Id="43140" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24284" RevisionGUID="6e1070ce-ee43-4f1f-b01a-ad817fcdcf79" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:29:51.253" UserId="3552" Text="&lt;fedora11&gt;&lt;mount&gt;&lt;nfs&gt;" />
  <row Id="43141" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24285" RevisionGUID="c5f55507-b137-4fdc-85b5-2c7a0bb6f544" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:32:00.453" UserId="6563" Text="At my company, we use Symantec Endpoint and disk encryption." />
  <row Id="43142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24286" RevisionGUID="f572b31e-c9e9-41e9-8565-862685fd27a5" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:34:03.507" UserId="7342" Text="You could replace your drive under the manufacturer's warranty." />
  <row Id="43143" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23573" RevisionGUID="3d6328a9-bfe6-4ff2-bedb-76b32d793f54" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:34:53.070" UserId="4845" Comment="Clarify results of my snags hit. " Text="I'm trying to ensure that the revert process is as reliable as possible in our lab manager environments. We frequently (daily) revert a 10-12 server workspace to a previous version, upgrade it, test on it.  Every few weeks, I hit a new problem after a revert, and a team or two has to wait while I monkey around. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The servers are Win2K3 servers running various applications. They are members of an domain, external to the workspace. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Question: **What do you do to achieve 100% reliable revert?** Any suprises in store for me, beyond the following? Better resolutions to these problems? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: Unfortunately, fenced workspaces are not practical in this scenario. These are unfenced environments. Saving the workspace to a to configuration and cloning tends to be far too slow for daily use - even though we've made disks as small as practical (10GB per machine). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Snags hit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Machine changes password (?) or some other credentials with DC every x weeks. The snapshot can't connect to domain. Prevent by &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netlogon\Parameters] &quot;DisablePasswordChange&quot;=dword:00000001&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Computers revert from snapshot with incorrect times, times out of sync between machines. Chaos ensues. Final resolution: Make sure host is running NTP client - one of ours was not, ensure clients sync to host. Per VMWare, that was the root of many of our problems.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Summary good answers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Take snapshot with power off][1]. Prevents a variety of problems, including NTP. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/23573/achieving-reliable-revert-in-lab-manager-for-test-environments-windows-machines/23578#23578" />
  <row Id="43144" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24287" RevisionGUID="62de57ce-de50-4db2-a159-b849422400bf" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:35:28.747" UserId="3552" Text="In addition to disk encryption, a policy to not allow any sensitive data to be left on the laptop may be helpful. Instead require the laptop to VPN &amp; RDP to a secured machine back at the office. With this approach you will lose the ability to work offline, but depending on how sensitive the data is, this might be the best option." />
  <row Id="43145" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24288" RevisionGUID="b6046fe4-4dd8-4ee8-86be-38dbf60d0571" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:35:49.743" UserDisplayName="Jherico" Text="After setting my system to use large (120) DPI mode, all the icons on the taskbar and in explorer tree views appear to be hamfistedly scaled up to 20x20 icons.  Is there a way to maintain the high DPI and force icon presentation on the taskbar to stay at 16x16?" />
  <row Id="43146" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24288" RevisionGUID="b6046fe4-4dd8-4ee8-86be-38dbf60d0571" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:35:49.743" UserDisplayName="Jherico" Text="How do I fix ugly icons in large DPI mode in windows XP" />
  <row Id="43147" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24288" RevisionGUID="b6046fe4-4dd8-4ee8-86be-38dbf60d0571" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:35:49.743" UserDisplayName="Jherico" Text="&lt;dpi&gt;&lt;scaling&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="43148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24289" RevisionGUID="dcb12a7b-f610-4565-aa4b-0bb1b1b518ee" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:35:50.163" UserId="2608" Text="&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Last night I installed sp3 and cu1 on a 64 bit SQL 2005 failover cluster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everything went well. Reporting services is installed on the primary node.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It now cannot connect to Oracle. The initial errors seemed to be related to this: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;870668&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I granted network service access, but that didn't change anything. I then made it like development (which is working fine, unfortunately), which meant adding authenticated users to the bin and admin\network folders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This gave us a new error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ORA-12705: Cannot access NLS data files or invalid environment specified&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most posts on the web say this should happen in sqlplus as well. It does not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have Oracle 10g and 9 drivers installed on this server. The 9 drivers are 32 bit that SSIS is using. It seems that reporting services is using the 10 drivers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I added security settings to the oracle folders as directed in the link above, I did it on the 9 drivers first and we got errors in rs saying that it could not use 32 bit drivers. When I added the security settings on the 64 bit and removed 32 we started getting the NLS errors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for any help! Posting this to both SO and SF- I'd love to hear some ideas before we call MS.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43149" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24289" RevisionGUID="dcb12a7b-f610-4565-aa4b-0bb1b1b518ee" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:35:50.163" UserId="2608" Text="Connection to Oracle in Reporting Services won’t work after sp3 and cu1" />
  <row Id="43150" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24289" RevisionGUID="dcb12a7b-f610-4565-aa4b-0bb1b1b518ee" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:35:50.163" UserId="2608" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;reportingservices&gt;" />
  <row Id="43151" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24169" RevisionGUID="c58f58f4-abae-4ab7-b541-eaa59d9f0e11" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:36:46.467" UserId="8918" Comment="added 622 characters in body" Text="The first place I'd check would be actual network connectivity, to determine where in the stack the comms issue lies. Pull up a terminal, and run the equivalent of 'sudo ping router-ip -i .01'. This will send out lots of quick pings to the router. See if you get persistent packetloss, and if the time is abnormal (Anything over 20-50ms round trip time). If that checks out OK, try larger packets by adding -s 1460 to the command. That'll send out large ping packets, and you can see if you get packetloss or if the rtt jumps a large amount. If both those check out no problem, the issue is higher in your network stack and you should start by troubleshooting Safari.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should probably segment your networks off so that you're not running B/G/N on the same SSID. Try setting your wireless-N router to 5 Ghz N-only operation. Then, get ahold of a cheap or used 802.11g router that you can have handling B/G on 2.4 Ghz. Set its LAN IP to one more than your wireless-N's IP (i.e. wireless-N on 192.168.1.1, wireless-G on 192.168.1.2). Turn off the DHCP server on the wireless-G router. Then, connect the LAN sides of the two routers with a cat5 patch cable. This usually helps prevent speed issues seen when wireless devices are operating off a single SSID on 802.11b, g, and n.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43152" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24282" RevisionGUID="050bfd09-43c0-4762-ab97-0b5f521e4b8f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:38:40.330" UserId="8093" Comment="added 148 characters in body" Text="The possibility of having one of your users laptop being either stolen or lost is fairly high. What are some of the best practices/policies when protecting your data on mobile computers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Understanding that Disk Encryption is a must have, what products give you as the IT admin the most flexibility when working with a users laptop?" />
  <row Id="43153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24290" RevisionGUID="9657579d-9a6c-41c4-b2e4-003f47635753" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:41:45.363" UserId="2489" Text="I suggest [TrueCrypt][1] for full disk encryption.  Being open source, the price is right and it works well.  The one downside is there's no way to centrally manage it, so if someone left on bad terms, there's no way to retrieve the password.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.truecrypt.org/" />
  <row Id="43154" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24283" RevisionGUID="7fbdb6c9-c37d-4723-ab56-11c3bfaae4c3" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:43:03.490" UserId="1054" Comment="added 462 characters in body" Text="Two words - Disk Encryption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use SecureDoc from [WinMagic][1], but there are a number of them out there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ok, 7 words.  In addition to the above we have the policy &quot;no data allowed on c:&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some cautions on certain disk encryption packages&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Sleep mode can bypass the encryption login as the system does not go down far enough.  Hibernate is a workaround for this, but hard to enforce.&#xD;&#xA; - Make DARN sure to unencrypt a disk prior to trying to run any kind of Windows recover console tools (.....)&#xD;&#xA; - Look for something that'll encrypt removable media as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.winmagic.com/" />
  <row Id="43155" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24287" RevisionGUID="d85b9d2c-93f7-421c-9c76-15c1cbb6a454" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:43:21.007" UserId="3552" Comment="added 265 characters in body; added 17 characters in body" Text="In addition to disk encryption, a policy to not allow any sensitive data to be left on the laptop may be helpful. Instead require the laptop to VPN &amp; RDP to a secured machine back at the office. With this approach you will lose the ability to work offline, but depending on how sensitive the data is, this might be the best option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also use some type of Remote Laptop Security (RLS) that phone home. If the purp is using the laptop, this can be a good way to find and recover the laptop. I have never used these services, but [here is an example][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.absolute.com/products/lojack" />
  <row Id="43156" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24291" RevisionGUID="54ac854c-c77b-43ee-a1f5-9cd2755a3bb9" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:43:42.100" UserId="5248" Text="Things other people have said about disk encryption and VPN are very good. Another good idea is to disable USB ports. If a legitimate user moves data to a USB stick from an encrypted drive, the encryption is useless.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best thing you can do, above and beyond that, is to have multi-factor authentication such as Yubikey or RSA SecurID. Someone who steals an unattended laptop is unlikely to also steal someone's keys. By forcing someone to have a password as well as a physical object in order to authenticate, it becomes extremely difficult for thieves to access the data. If they steal the laptop, they'll get free hardware, but they won't get your data." />
  <row Id="43157" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24292" RevisionGUID="a54524a6-3213-4e4e-9e8e-1549f50e4de0" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:44:37.293" UserId="9161" Text="Check on your host user id and group id for user &quot;hsqldb&quot; (cat /etc/password; cat /etc/group).&#xD;&#xA;Then list the mounted share with &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ls -n -d mnt-point&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should see the same UID+GID. Some process has written to your NAS and has set UID+GID to the same values as you have in your user database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTH." />
  <row Id="43158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24293" RevisionGUID="4c14973c-1e8b-4b5d-a2be-d17a5911bc7a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:46:04.527" UserId="3110" Text="Hi All:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having an issue installing the CCMsetup client on desktops.  The CCMSetup makes it to the PC, files are there, it gets added to the services for automatic start, it starts, but quits almost instantly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Logs on the desktop show a entry like this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;![LOG[Failed to successfully complete HTTP request. (StatusCode at WinHttpQueryHeaders: 404)]LOG]!&gt;&lt;time=&quot;14:28:51.183+240&quot; date=&quot;06-11-2009&quot; component=&quot;ccmsetup&quot; context=&quot;&quot; type=&quot;3&quot; thread=&quot;2388&quot; file=&quot;ccmsetup.cpp:5808&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What am I missing?" />
  <row Id="43159" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24293" RevisionGUID="4c14973c-1e8b-4b5d-a2be-d17a5911bc7a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:46:04.527" UserId="3110" Text="System Center Configuration Manager 2007 - Debugging Client Installs" />
  <row Id="43160" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24293" RevisionGUID="4c14973c-1e8b-4b5d-a2be-d17a5911bc7a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:46:04.527" UserId="3110" Text="&lt;system-center&gt;" />
  <row Id="43161" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24294" RevisionGUID="9f748f15-798d-47a7-8927-5116f4d21cb8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:46:39.940" UserId="5426" Text="If your machines are Windows Vista or 7, go with BitLocker, which is a pretty nice built in full disk encryption solution. I think with Vista you need Ultimate or Enterprise, and 7 includes it with those two and buisness. If I am wrong on this feel free to comment and I will adjust my entry." />
  <row Id="43162" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23535" RevisionGUID="ca4929d9-0f58-4777-b9ee-d636affcdf1c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:47:15.960" UserId="2722" Comment="added 260 characters in body" Text="I'm running OpenBSD's chrooted httpd process and for the last few days I'm getting random hangups that clear themselves without any intervention on my part. At first I thought it might be a resource problem as SSH was hanging at the same time, but have left 'top' running on the console which shows nothing out of the ordinary (memory usage is low, no high load, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I managed to get my users to call me exactly when this happens instead of 20-30 minutes later, and noticed in my error logs the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Timeout&#xD;&#xA;    ^@Timeout&#xD;&#xA;    ^@Timeout&#xD;&#xA;    ^@Timeout&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's all that is on the line. Sometimes the number of ^@Timeout's vary, but that is all that is sitting there. I've looked at the access logs to see if some of the potentially hanging processes like curl calls might be doing it, but I didn't see any correlation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The site that is running in a custom PHP app that has, up until lately, not had any problems. No new code changes were pushed up at the same time this started happening.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone else come across a situation like this, or have any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Edit - 06-11-2009]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looks like something else is going on outside of this server. The Timeout prints seem to happen randomly, but I think I'm seeing this same thing happen on a network level were connections are hanging. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for the input though!" />
  <row Id="43163" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24282" RevisionGUID="2b9d9001-ae52-4117-ad7f-b8ce749d10d8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:49:16.580" UserId="45" Comment="added 2 characters in body; edited title" Text="The possibility of having one of your users' laptop being either stolen or lost is fairly high. What are some of the best practices/policies when protecting your data on mobile computers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Understanding that Disk Encryption is a must have, what products give you as the IT admin the most flexibility when working with a user's laptop?" />
  <row Id="43164" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="24282" RevisionGUID="2b9d9001-ae52-4117-ad7f-b8ce749d10d8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:49:16.580" UserId="45" Comment="added 2 characters in body; edited title" Text="How do you secure your mobile computers?" />
  <row Id="43165" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24295" RevisionGUID="cec63980-9db8-416a-872a-9f1269123c81" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:50:20.790" UserId="9216" Text="I have an ASP.NET webservice that communicates with another webservice using a client-side certificate. The certificate is located in the LOCAL_MACHINE store. I have granted &quot;Network Services&quot; access to the certificate via  winhttpcertcfg.exe. I know that I'm granting permission properly, because I got everything working on a development box and the permission was the step that made it work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I'm trying to figure out what is different between my development box and my production box. They both have IIS 6.0. They both have my webservice installed. They both have the same certificate in the local machine store with &quot;Network Services&quot; permission. They're both able to see the other webservice via IE when the certificate is selected. They're both able to consume the other webservice via non-IIS applications using the cert in CURRENT_USER. I've visually gone through every IIS setting that I know of, and they seem to be the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, is there some setting that could be causing &quot;Network Services&quot; to look somewhere besides the LOCAL_MACHINE store for certificates? Or is there something else I could be overlooking?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="43166" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24295" RevisionGUID="cec63980-9db8-416a-872a-9f1269123c81" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:50:20.790" UserId="9216" Text="How do I know that &quot;Network Services&quot; account is looking in LOCAL_MACHINE store for certificates?" />
  <row Id="43167" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24295" RevisionGUID="cec63980-9db8-416a-872a-9f1269123c81" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:50:20.790" UserId="9216" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;certificate&gt;" />
  <row Id="43170" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24297" RevisionGUID="13626e68-8bf8-4306-a6fd-377c90bf6ced" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:56:19.203" UserId="5221" Text="Other have pointed out that 100K hits is not a problem though I suspect they missed your point that you were *already* serving that many hits without issue...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given that your content includes video I would suggest that network bandwidth would be your first problem, followed by I/O requests once you have enough concurrent requests for large objects. If you have more RAM than data then I/O will be less of a problem, once everything is sat in cache (though it'll take a while to prime the cache after any server shutdown).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing that you must specify when trying to size requirements like this is what distribution your hits have. Are they evenly distributed over the month or more bursty? For instance a site hosting information about a national lottery might see 80% or more of its weekly traffic in a two hour window after the draw time - 80% of 100K requests in two hours is 2.7 per second (assuming a 4 week month), still not massive but getting there depending on the size/complexity or the responses. Other less predictable bursts are possible too, such as what happens if a video on your site hits the front-page of Digg or similar." />
  <row Id="43171" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24297" RevisionGUID="13626e68-8bf8-4306-a6fd-377c90bf6ced" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:56:19.203" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="43172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24298" RevisionGUID="9158bda1-a810-4540-8683-5987ace09b54" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:59:04.580" UserId="5391" Text="On my Windows guests running under Hyper-V in a domain environment, I noticed that the Windows Time service was having problems.  Periodically, I was receiving the following three messages in the System log.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Event Type:	Information&#xD;&#xA;    Event Source:	W32Time&#xD;&#xA;    Event Category:	None&#xD;&#xA;    Event ID:	38&#xD;&#xA;    Date:		6/11/2009&#xD;&#xA;    Time:		12:26:15 PM&#xD;&#xA;    User:		N/A&#xD;&#xA;    Description:&#xD;&#xA;    The time provider NtpClient cannot reach or is currently receiving invalid time data from xxx.xxx.xxx (ntp.d|a.b.x.y:123-&gt;a.b.x.z:123).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Event Type:	Warning&#xD;&#xA;    Event Source:	W32Time&#xD;&#xA;    Event Category:	None&#xD;&#xA;    Event ID:	24&#xD;&#xA;    Date:		6/11/2009&#xD;&#xA;    Time:		12:42:47 PM&#xD;&#xA;    User:		N/A&#xD;&#xA;    Description:&#xD;&#xA;    Time Provider NtpClient: No valid response has been received from domain controller xxx.xx.xxxx after 8 attempts to contact it. This domain controller will be discarded as a time source and NtpClient will attempt to discover a  new domain controller from which to synchronize.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Event Type:	Error&#xD;&#xA;    Event Source:	W32Time&#xD;&#xA;    Event Category:	None&#xD;&#xA;    Event ID:	29&#xD;&#xA;    Date:		6/11/2009&#xD;&#xA;    Time:		12:42:47 PM&#xD;&#xA;    User:		N/A&#xD;&#xA;    Description:&#xD;&#xA;    The time provider NtpClient is configured to acquire time from one or more time sources, however none of the sources are currently accessible.  No attempt to contact a source will be made for 15 minutes. NtpClient has no source of accurate time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Upon restarting the Windows Time service, it would successfully synchronize with a domain controller (Event ID 37), but then I noticed the server also had another synch attempt:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Event Type:	Information&#xD;&#xA;    Event Source:	W32Time&#xD;&#xA;    Event Category:	None&#xD;&#xA;    Event ID:	35&#xD;&#xA;    Date:		6/11/2009&#xD;&#xA;    Time:		1:04:30 PM&#xD;&#xA;    User:		N/A&#xD;&#xA;    Description:&#xD;&#xA;    The time service is now synchronizing the system time with the time source VM IC Time Synchronization Provider.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The end result of this being that W32Time is not synchronizing correctly with the domain controllers as member servers should do by default.  All other servers and workstations are correctly synchronizing with a domain controller." />
  <row Id="43173" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24298" RevisionGUID="9158bda1-a810-4540-8683-5987ace09b54" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:59:04.580" UserId="5391" Text="W32Time sync problems for Hyper-V Guests" />
  <row Id="43174" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24298" RevisionGUID="9158bda1-a810-4540-8683-5987ace09b54" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:59:04.580" UserId="5391" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;w32time&gt;&lt;ntp&gt;" />
  <row Id="43175" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24299" RevisionGUID="9f497a72-b44c-4395-bf7c-d03ece3e0351" CreationDate="2009-06-11T18:59:43.533" UserId="5391" Text="The fix is to disable **Time Synchronization** in the Hyper-V **Integration Services** for each guest.  Then restart the Windows Time serviceon the guest.  The guests will then correctly synchronize with a domain controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This process is crucial on virtualized domain controllers as they are providing time to all clients.  Remember that the domain controller with the PDC emulator role should be configued with external NTP time sources (configured using the **w32tm** command line).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Information on configuring external NTP time sources for Windows Time is available in [this answer][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3403/how-do-i-configure-a-windows-domain-controller-to-use-an-external-time-server/3437#3437" />
  <row Id="43176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24300" RevisionGUID="f9f21ce2-0294-4a8d-a952-6cbc1e5a0234" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:00:13.453" UserId="843" Text="Have you tried [this procedure][1] to installing a certificate for the Network Services account? It involves temporarily adding the Network Services account to the Administrator's group.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also look at this person's [solution][2] to getting a cert to work in IIS 6.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301429&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/microsoft.public.dotnet.security/2008-03/msg00011.html" />
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  <row Id="43178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24302" RevisionGUID="88af99fc-0df2-425d-83a2-4586e14440ae" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:01:57.960" UserId="9218" Text="Doesn't look like it's working for me.  I only see the file read+executable permission.  And when I set it to not readable, I can't execute anymore.  Will check some other combination of the other options in the advanced display." />
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  <row Id="43180" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24303" RevisionGUID="7c429ac0-70c5-4cac-b5b1-4d6d7403b6b7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:03:51.153" UserId="8199" Text="You'll need a password recovery disk. Then change the drive used by the VPC to be the physical CD drive on the machine. Then choose to boot from the CD drive when the VPC boots up." />
  <row Id="43181" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24304" RevisionGUID="d25fe54e-ab39-4690-94dd-efab68cd43c7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:04:15.317" UserId="9194" Text="In a Mac OS X Server (10.5.7) environment - I've got a user with a Network Home on the server that cannot log in from any of our client Macs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They cannot even log in locally to the server where their home folder is located. Other users in the directory domain can log in. I've tried changing the password using WGM and making sure **access account** is available for the user. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any thoughts?" />
  <row Id="43182" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24304" RevisionGUID="d25fe54e-ab39-4690-94dd-efab68cd43c7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:04:15.317" UserId="9194" Text="Troubleshooting Networked Home Folder" />
  <row Id="43183" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24304" RevisionGUID="d25fe54e-ab39-4690-94dd-efab68cd43c7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:04:15.317" UserId="9194" Text="&lt;macosxserver&gt;&lt;network-home-folders&gt;" />
  <row Id="43184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24305" RevisionGUID="4c845fa7-b710-4c2f-bf3a-b3992224266d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:09:48.333" UserId="7801" Text="Sounds like the uids/gids on the nfs server don't match those on the client.  When they don't, what your describing is the usual result.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look at the uid of the file on the NFS server and then on the client.  Does uid 96 (taken from you comment) belong to the same user on both server and client?" />
  <row Id="43185" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24306" RevisionGUID="bf7d4703-5d5d-413e-a72b-c2186e7f4c21" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:10:54.353" UserId="9220" Text="Yes this is possible.&#xD;&#xA;As 20th Century Boy states, you can grant Traverse/Execute permissions under advanced permissions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This can cause other problems for executing the program, that can cause it to crash, but it will attempt to run. Certain parts of the executable will be unavailable, such as its icon, compatibility information, etc, but it will still execute.  If the executable contains information that it needs to access while running, this can cause the application to become unstable." />
  <row Id="43186" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24306" RevisionGUID="bf7d4703-5d5d-413e-a72b-c2186e7f4c21" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:10:54.353" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="43187" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24307" RevisionGUID="eae864b9-d57f-46b8-81e5-fa7560d8f940" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:11:38.720" UserId="7801" Text="Check out [OSSEC][1].  It does what your looking for and more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ossec.net/" />
  <row Id="43188" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24308" RevisionGUID="eea0b86c-eb14-415f-b12f-dc9aaa9fd15e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:12:06.660" UserId="5234" Text="You can't I'm afraid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this a sysadmin question or should it wait for superuser?" />
  <row Id="43189" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24309" RevisionGUID="a80b09e9-b5f6-4dd7-b0fa-db22496457d6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:12:20.590" UserId="8199" Text="Sounds like your client has broken communication to the server, since it checks in with http. Not that the client service is not running." />
  <row Id="43190" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24310" RevisionGUID="89793a7c-42c4-4ce9-8dea-4c9218be156b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:12:49.293" UserId="526" Text="We have two farms.  Farm B handles all indexing of content and has the query server.  We have sites on Farm A, and we want all of their searches to be run on the query server in Farm B.  How can we set this up?  Is there something we can setup at the webapp or farm level?" />
  <row Id="43191" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24310" RevisionGUID="89793a7c-42c4-4ce9-8dea-4c9218be156b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:12:49.293" UserId="526" Text="How to I setup search on SharePoint Farm A to use the query server on Farm B?" />
  <row Id="43192" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24310" RevisionGUID="89793a7c-42c4-4ce9-8dea-4c9218be156b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:12:49.293" UserId="526" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;search&gt;" />
  <row Id="43193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24311" RevisionGUID="d9bd8e7c-7532-4f68-8ae0-ff5924db97f2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:17:45.243" UserId="8918" Text="You could run a OS that isn't 8 years old, such as Vista. One of the improvements it has over XP is better support for aesthetic styles than 'hamfistedly resizing 16x16 icons'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, as mh said, this really isn't a system administration question." />
  <row Id="43194" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24309" RevisionGUID="a939cbfb-3fab-421b-a484-ecbb756e76a1" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:18:30.767" UserId="8199" Comment="added 163 characters in body; added 112 characters in body" Text="Sounds like your client has broken communication to the server, since it checks in with http. Not that the client service is not running. Check to see if http is blocked incoming to the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The client will check in to see what advertisements it has ect. and it sounds like that is not working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have the control panel icon &quot;configuration manager&quot;?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does it have entries for configmgr site code?" />
  <row Id="43195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24312" RevisionGUID="044e76dc-2e06-477c-9b52-82b94506a069" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:19:50.683" UserId="9091" Text="You might be able to get some more useful debugging information by executing&#xD;&#xA;`sshd` with the `-d` flag (and possibly the `-p` flag to specify another port&#xD;&#xA;if you want to leave the original `sshd` running), and then connecting to it&#xD;&#xA;with your `ssh -v` client." />
  <row Id="43196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24313" RevisionGUID="d9c28be1-b95d-4a71-a419-d31a64fb8848" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:22:36.967" UserId="7801" Text="If you mean flag bad blocks as such, and not actually fix them, check out the badblocks utility.  It supports both destructive and nondestructive tests. It's available in most recent distos.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you mean repair a bad block, then I second SpinRite." />
  <row Id="43197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24314" RevisionGUID="05d8a860-9da3-47b1-abee-e9fa7971cb62" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:23:19.460" UserId="7361" Text="If your DB is a 2005 instance, then try from 2008 Activity Monitor... I agree that 2008 AM is miles ahead and much more flexible for your posible needs. " />
  <row Id="43198" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24315" RevisionGUID="fe00b3cf-bb2e-47ca-9a40-966682f2b20d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:24:08.413" UserId="8653" Text="I haven't cracked open the source code yet, but I was curious which whois service the traceroute program uses to look up ASNs for a given IP." />
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  <row Id="43200" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24315" RevisionGUID="fe00b3cf-bb2e-47ca-9a40-966682f2b20d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:24:08.413" UserId="8653" Text="&lt;tracert&gt;&lt;bgp&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="43201" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24316" RevisionGUID="efcdc777-ea13-409a-be8d-a2bad4616349" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:26:49.283" UserId="8653" Text="Splunk (www.splunk.com)" />
  <row Id="43202" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24317" RevisionGUID="1d507ef6-28a7-4b76-ade3-c5f94b633cfd" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:29:17.967" UserId="7451" Text="I found one of my friends wants to sell his VIA Epia server, so I'll buy it :) It's quite old, but enough for me. It is very cheap (about 50$), silent (one fan - I'd prefer no fans at all, but I'll be ok with one) and quite economical (about 25-30 Watts). 100W is still too much (fitpc consumes about 8W when it is 100% utilized - that's why I was interested in it).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for your answers anyway!" />
  <row Id="43203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24318" RevisionGUID="bc483d0f-25d0-46ed-8ef6-38dee1ec7f9d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:30:06.250" UserId="671" Text="Having not looked at the source code, I would suspect either [whois.ra.net][1] or [riswhois.ripe.net][2] or equivalent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ra.net&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ripe.net/projects/ris/rawdata.html" />
  <row Id="43204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24319" RevisionGUID="de5b8fb2-8dbd-4baf-81da-ac449a7c5690" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:30:13.393" UserId="216" Text="The copy running on my Linux box gets its answers from `198.108.0.18` whose PTR records point at `rpsl-p.merit.edu.`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`whois.radb.net.` and `whois.ra.net.` point to the same IP address." />
  <row Id="43205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24320" RevisionGUID="80871303-f0d5-47d3-81bb-2c28d4516001" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:33:51.297" UserId="1992" Text="Hi folks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm onsite at a customer who's experienced a weird problem with HP PolyServe and SQL Server 2005 and I'm wondering whether anyone else has hit it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that with default settings, a DBCC CHECKDB will fail on a database underpinned by PolyServe managed storage. This is because DBCC CHECKDB (by default) uses a hidden database snapshot which it stores in NTFS alternate streams on the existing database data files, and PolyServe by default doesn't support NTFS alternate streams.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now - I know why this happens (I wrote DBCC CHECKDB) and I know how to work around it (create your own snapshot and check that, or restore a backup and check that, or use WITH TABLOCK as a last resort) - so I don't want answers that explain these things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'd love to know is the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - why does PolyServe not support NTFS alternate streams by default?&#xD;&#xA; - what functionality do you lose in PolyServe by enabling NTFS alternate stream support?&#xD;&#xA; - has anyone else experienced this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Btw - the last upgrade to PolyServe was what turned the option OFF by default, which caused the DBCC CHECKDB failure. We're trying to figure out why it went from ON to OFF by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried to find some info on this online before asking here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS If you want background on why DBCC CHECKDB uses a snapshot, see my long blog post on CHECKDB internals at [CHECKDB From Every Angle: Complete description of all CHECKDB stages][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/CHECKDB-From-Every-Angle-Complete-description-of-all-CHECKDB-stages.aspx" />
  <row Id="43206" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24320" RevisionGUID="80871303-f0d5-47d3-81bb-2c28d4516001" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:33:51.297" UserId="1992" Text="HP PolyServe, NTFS alternate streams, and SQL Server DBCC CHECKDB" />
  <row Id="43207" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24320" RevisionGUID="80871303-f0d5-47d3-81bb-2c28d4516001" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:33:51.297" UserId="1992" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;polyserve&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;" />
  <row Id="43208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24321" RevisionGUID="629f40a3-ac18-4fc4-837b-6f95354fb24f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:35:44.210" UserId="26594" Text="Explorer, in any version of Windows, does not provide many &quot;eye candy&quot; options.  I would suggest investigating alternative shells, which offer different levels of customization and prettiness, such as [Cairo][1], [Aston][2], [BlackBox][3], [Emerge][4], or many others.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cairoshell.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.astonshell.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.bb4win.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://emergedesktop.org/" />
  <row Id="43209" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24322" RevisionGUID="29d2feaf-a0d6-4b44-8e5c-6ccd3496ba0a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:36:22.163" UserDisplayName="Chris" Text="http://www.thefreespamfilter.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Free Exchange server-side spam filter appliance built on VMWare, with install videos." />
  <row Id="43210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24323" RevisionGUID="c05eef45-0e8f-4a55-b0c2-e80d9192e4c7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:38:02.317" UserId="6365" Text="I want to make a list of utilities that come in handy in Gentoo (general Linux tools available in all distributions also appreciated).&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;I will update the list with command from answers from time to time.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;eix&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Very useful tool for getting information about a package. Similar to &quot;emerge -s&quot; but much faster and more precise.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example: &lt;b&gt;eix gentoolkit&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example output: Show information about package such as: available versions, masked versions, installed versions and description.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Package: &lt;b&gt;app-portage/eix&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;equery&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Another very useful tool for getting information about packages (listing package files, checking which files belong to which package and much more)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example: &lt;b&gt;equery b emerge&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example output: Show which packages installed a file called &lt;b&gt;emerge&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Package: &lt;b&gt;app-portage/gentoolkit&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;genlop&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Utility for extracting information about emerged ebuilds&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example: &lt;b&gt;genlop -l --date yesterday&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example output: Show a list of packages that have been emerged yesterday&lt;br&gt;Package: &lt;b&gt;app-portage/genlop&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;&lt;li&gt;glsa-check&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Checks system if it's affected by GLSAs (security issues)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example: &lt;b&gt;glsa-check -l affected&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example output: List of GLSA that the system is affected by.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Package: &lt;b&gt;app-portage/gentoolkit&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;revdep-rebuild&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Scans libraries and binaries for missing shared library dependencies&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example: &lt;b&gt;revdep-rebuild&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example output: Gather binaries and libraries information, check for dependencies, rebuild packages with missing dependencies&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Package: &lt;b&gt;app-portage/gentoolkit&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43211" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24323" RevisionGUID="c05eef45-0e8f-4a55-b0c2-e80d9192e4c7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:38:02.317" UserId="6365" Text="Gentoo Linux useful utilities" />
  <row Id="43212" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24323" RevisionGUID="c05eef45-0e8f-4a55-b0c2-e80d9192e4c7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:38:02.317" UserId="6365" Text="&lt;gentoo&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;utilities&gt;" />
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  <row Id="43214" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="16407" RevisionGUID="6458ee24-ba25-4ee1-aa9a-2557221db001" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:40:02.453" UserId="6365" />
  <row Id="43215" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24324" RevisionGUID="15295aad-2d99-4c99-8a68-28acb496760a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:41:52.107" UserId="1435" Text="I'm a scaling guy, I have one rule: always leave yourself the option of buying yourself out of a performance problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anything that can't be fixed by spending money has no fixed 'time to resolve', so always try to code/confit your way out of a problem but always leave yourself with the option to throw cores/cycles/memory/storage/bandwidth/whatever at the issue - they can always be FedEx'ed :)" />
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  <row Id="43217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24325" RevisionGUID="16d2f7af-d91d-470f-a6a7-9206438429e3" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:41:58.580" UserId="2359" Text="I have a Cisco IPS module running in my ASA 5510 firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right now I'm trying to troubleshoot a network/VPN problem that two of my users are having when they VPN into a remote partners site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to turn off the IPS module to determine if it is blocking anything and thus causing the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there an easy way to do this without losing all of my configuration? I only want to disable it for a few minutes to see if the problem goes away or not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43218" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24325" RevisionGUID="16d2f7af-d91d-470f-a6a7-9206438429e3" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:41:58.580" UserId="2359" Text="How to temporarily disable a Cisco IPS module for troubleshooting" />
  <row Id="43219" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24325" RevisionGUID="16d2f7af-d91d-470f-a6a7-9206438429e3" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:41:58.580" UserId="2359" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;ips&gt;&lt;troubleshooting&gt;" />
  <row Id="43220" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24326" RevisionGUID="f9f71345-fb70-4f5f-8755-f7ea42c21e38" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:45:51.240" UserId="1330" Text="I [need][1] to install [Debian][2] for a webserver on a dual-Xeon machine, and it must be as &quot;secure&quot; as possible, with whatever programs and features are available (Firewall, Antivirus, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need basic webserver functionality, with the LAMP stack *(where P is PHP)*, minus the FTP since I have constant physical access and I don't want to open a hole for attacks and unauthorized access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. What version/edition do I download, burn and install? I don't understand the myraid of editions.&#xD;&#xA;2. How do I install/configure the LAMP stack (with admin panels) in order to get my server online?&#xD;&#xA;3. How can I setup the software for maximum anti-hacker protection, especially for Databases?&#xD;&#xA;4. Any dashboard and monitoring softwares that help in reading server performance/overloading?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/24158/best-free-operating-system-for-a-secure-home-web-server&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.debian.org/" />
  <row Id="43221" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24326" RevisionGUID="f9f71345-fb70-4f5f-8755-f7ea42c21e38" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:45:51.240" UserId="1330" Text="How can I get LAMP up and running with Debian?" />
  <row Id="43222" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24326" RevisionGUID="f9f71345-fb70-4f5f-8755-f7ea42c21e38" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:45:51.240" UserId="1330" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;lamp&gt;&lt;server-security&gt;" />
  <row Id="43223" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24327" RevisionGUID="4493adf0-c643-4da9-8ab2-a68b51415191" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:49:40.327" UserId="7723" Text="This is the only information you are going to need for installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-debian-lenny-ispconfig3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for Xeons, you probably want the i386 distro unless they are 64bit procs(can still get away with this)." />
  <row Id="43224" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24328" RevisionGUID="f9d64581-06e0-45a0-8269-50dbb5965ac2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:51:15.537" UserId="7783" Text="If all you're trying to do is recover the data then why not just open the .vhd disk file? No muss, no fuss. Plenty of tools out there can open these for you." />
  <row Id="43225" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24329" RevisionGUID="b9ddb5ed-64f4-4dc4-b033-87c6c92b13d6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:52:18.933" UserId="1210" Text="From your ASDM on the 5510, go to CONFIGURATION &gt; FIREWALL &gt; SERVICE POLICY RULES and disable the service policy rule that is diverting traffic to the IPS module" />
  <row Id="43226" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24330" RevisionGUID="b7bf8b2e-447d-4f84-b303-c6460636d769" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:53:26.077" UserId="843" Text="This [vista forum][1] has two suggestions, one is to try and setup the printer port as 'persistent' using the dos command&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net use LPT1 \\[printservername]\P1 /persistent:yes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other is to apply the hotfix #934455 available from microsoft. This should be included in SP1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Another site][2] suggests restarting the Print Spooler service, which should reset the offline status. Also in the properties of Print Spooler / Recovery try setting the 'Recovery on Subsequent failures' to Restart. The default is it stops restarting after 2 failed attempts. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vistax64.com/vista-general/55743-network-printer-offline.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.videohelp.com/forum/archive/vista-printer-always-quot-offline-quot-t359103.html" />
  <row Id="43227" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24331" RevisionGUID="eea59af6-df6e-4a0a-940a-0585ec7e2696" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:53:38.247" UserId="7936" Text="Personally I'd get something from pcengines.ch a CF Card and a USB disk with it. These boxes have **no VGA**. Personally I find the easiest way to install is with tftpd end netbooting, very easy with debian. Just fire up a minicom and connect to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you really need more power go with an Atom board. There should be some cheap nettop out there to get up and running" />
  <row Id="43228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24332" RevisionGUID="1e78a52c-b0cc-4a59-a4b8-44082e718dd3" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:54:28.540" UserId="1944" Text="I would like to generate a sitemap by my Uni.s account such that I have a cron which continuously run the [sitemap_gen.py -file][1]. The sitemap is for my site at Google Sites and particularly for the users of the site, not only for search engines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**How can you generate a sitemap by Google's Python script in a server which is not the production server?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.google.com/p/sitemap-generators/" />
  <row Id="43229" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24332" RevisionGUID="1e78a52c-b0cc-4a59-a4b8-44082e718dd3" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:54:28.540" UserId="1944" Text="Unable to generate a sitemap by Google's generator" />
  <row Id="43230" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24332" RevisionGUID="1e78a52c-b0cc-4a59-a4b8-44082e718dd3" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:54:28.540" UserId="1944" Text="&lt;google&gt;" />
  <row Id="43231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24333" RevisionGUID="d0998be6-8513-44e3-861f-68320b92af99" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:55:47.930" UserId="2244" Text="eclean&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Utility for cleaning distfiles and&#xD;&#xA;   binary packages. &#xD;&#xA; - Usage example: eclean distfiles  &#xD;&#xA; - Usage example output: Cleans out the files in /usr/portage/distfiles.  Pretty handy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;eix includes some neat obsolete checks like 'eix-test-obsolete' which checks for bad entries in the /etc/portage/package.* files.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a pretty good list of general update utilities [here][1] which may be useful.  Not sure how up to date they are though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Maintain_Gentoo_-_%22Best_Practices%22 &quot;gentoo wiki best practices&quot;" />
  <row Id="43232" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24333" RevisionGUID="d0998be6-8513-44e3-861f-68320b92af99" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:55:47.930" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="43233" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24320" RevisionGUID="fa4ddf61-f3d8-41c4-94b4-9c00ad60d32c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:56:01.033" UserId="1992" Comment="added 6 characters in body" Text="Hi folks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm onsite at a customer who's experienced a weird problem with HP PolyServe and SQL Server 2005 and I'm wondering whether anyone else has hit it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that with default settings, a DBCC CHECKDB will fail on a database underpinned by PolyServe managed storage. This is because DBCC CHECKDB (by default) uses a hidden database snapshot which it stores in NTFS alternate streams on the existing database data files, and PolyServe by default doesn't support NTFS alternate streams.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now - I know why this happens (I wrote DBCC CHECKDB) and I know how to work around it (create your own snapshot and check that, or restore a backup and check that, or use WITH TABLOCK as a last resort) - so I don't want answers that explain these things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'd love to know is the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - why does PolyServe not support NTFS alternate streams by default?&#xD;&#xA; - what functionality do you lose in PolyServe by enabling NTFS alternate stream support?&#xD;&#xA; - has anyone else experienced this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Btw - the last upgrade to PolyServe 3.6.1 was what turned the option OFF by default, which caused the DBCC CHECKDB failure. We're trying to figure out why it went from ON to OFF by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried to find some info on this online before asking here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS If you want background on why DBCC CHECKDB uses a snapshot, see my long blog post on CHECKDB internals at [CHECKDB From Every Angle: Complete description of all CHECKDB stages][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/CHECKDB-From-Every-Angle-Complete-description-of-all-CHECKDB-stages.aspx" />
  <row Id="43234" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14160" RevisionGUID="ce2c9776-f9d1-48c9-beba-f1c8b7c54cb1" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:56:47.037" UserId="4624" Comment="partial solution found" Text="I have a complex environment, many highend cisco network boxes, firewalls, and routers. I have many (100-200) connection timeout errors (just authenticating, not running any queries) connecting from IIS to SQL server 2005 using windows authentication. Our network engineers have poured over tcp/ip dumps, we don't have AD experts in house, Kerberos doesn't seem to work in our db environment, so I thought you all might be able to point to documentation on how IIS makes a connection to SQL server where the domain of the servers are different from the domain of the user and the user's domain is housed in another state over dedicated leased lines. Both locations have redundant DC controllers and site metrics setup. Network geeks think that the time it takes kerberos to fail and default to NTLM could be issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More info: We brought in MS premier consultant again, and we found LSASS.exe sp? was consuming tons of CPU on AD boxes. Culprit was Barracuda SPAM box doing queries against AD for non-existant meta data columns. If I found out how he figured that out, I will post.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TIA,&#xD;&#xA;Chuck" />
  <row Id="43235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24334" RevisionGUID="6aeae956-2946-4dfa-990a-7dacce8046dd" CreationDate="2009-06-11T19:59:29.467" UserId="4703" Text="Hi Jeremy,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good questions. First, always install the latest Debian version (stable) and go from there. Choose the minimum install and after it is completed use apt-get to get the packages you need:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # apt-get install apache2&#xD;&#xA;    # apt-get install php5&#xD;&#xA;    # apt-get install mysql-server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That should get your LAMP ready (Linux + Apache + MySQL + PHP).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since you mentioned maximum security, I will say to do not install any of these graphical tools to manage your server (like cpanel, webmin, etc). Apache + PHP + Mysql configuration is simple enough to do via the terminal (plus, they come almost pre-configured by default).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To monitor, I will suggest OSSEC (will monitor your logs, changes on your important files, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24335" RevisionGUID="751a0563-b7f4-450f-bd00-1fe13787fac0" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:03:46.180" UserId="9227" Text="I like these instructions better:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.sqldbatips.com/showarticle.asp?ID=27" />
  <row Id="43237" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24336" RevisionGUID="e579126f-efd6-49d9-b927-a83fa6f04851" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:04:12.483" UserId="8851" Text="I have no experience with Solaris and asked myself will I ever use it and why would I chose to do so. I couldn't answer that on my own, so here goes..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please reply stating why exactly do you administer a Solaris box, why you wouldn't do so and anything else related. Answers &quot;I'm stuck with it&quot; are also good :)" />
  <row Id="43238" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24336" RevisionGUID="e579126f-efd6-49d9-b927-a83fa6f04851" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:04:12.483" UserId="8851" Text="Solaris as a server OS - why?" />
  <row Id="43239" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24336" RevisionGUID="e579126f-efd6-49d9-b927-a83fa6f04851" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:04:12.483" UserId="8851" Text="&lt;solaris&gt;" />
  <row Id="43240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24337" RevisionGUID="d57c28a8-1a8f-4792-a35f-2754b97330a1" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:04:29.080" UserId="2422" Text="Short and sweet, I don't suppose you'll need more detail than this: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - We host our website on an in-house&#xD;&#xA;   webserver. &#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA; - A catastrophe has and will happen&#xD;&#xA;   again where communication from the&#xD;&#xA;   web into/out of our building ceases. &#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA; - When this happens, we'd like our&#xD;&#xA;   users to *at least* see some kind of&#xD;&#xA;   *&quot;down for maintenance&quot;* or other message (twitter's Fail Whale?) when&#xD;&#xA;   trying to access our site, rather&#xD;&#xA;   than the current *&quot;server not found&quot;*&#xD;&#xA;   type messages that they currently&#xD;&#xA;   get. (A static server, temporary redirects for all requests).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*[Being able to fail-over to a fully functional website would be awesome, but is not required, and probably not an option].*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously there has to be some kind of off-site failover that could take over when our local servers are down. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**How is such a solution implemented? Other suggestions?**" />
  <row Id="43241" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24337" RevisionGUID="d57c28a8-1a8f-4792-a35f-2754b97330a1" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:04:29.080" UserId="2422" Text="Local to Remote Webserver Failover" />
  <row Id="43242" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24337" RevisionGUID="d57c28a8-1a8f-4792-a35f-2754b97330a1" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:04:29.080" UserId="2422" Text="&lt;failover&gt;&lt;redundancy&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;disaster-recovery&gt;" />
  <row Id="43243" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24338" RevisionGUID="fdc731c3-c0e6-41dc-a17f-9f97abb7fcfe" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:06:01.183" UserId="5535" Text="If you're seeing any bad blocks on a hard drive this is normally not a good sign.  When a hard drive runs into a bad block it remaps that block to one of it's spare blocks that it has just for this reason.  So the number of bad blocks exposed at the level that your OS accesses the drive should always be 0.  Any number higher than this means that the drive has remapped all it's spare blocks and it can no longer handle bad blocks gracefully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux's tool badblock for identifying and working around these problems were created and used in the time when hard drives were expensive.  Similar to the kernels ability to pre-allocate bad memory addresses in ram so that applications don't use them.  But these tools have really been made obsolete due to the low cost of hard drives and ram.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Spinrite run on level 5 will double check all blocks on a hard drive.  It will unmap any blocks previously marked as bad that were not really bad.  Freeing up spare blocks for blocks that are truly bad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I would either use Spinrite to get the drive back to a healthy state with spare blocks or replace the drive.  Remember that Spinrite is not going to repair all drives and if your drive just happens to have a lot of truly bad blocks there's nothing that Spinrite can do.  But Spinrite is well worth the small cost." />
  <row Id="43244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24339" RevisionGUID="c7aa381c-09af-4315-bd8a-6421663d2550" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:06:11.607" UserId="1466" Text="To address your security concern, I would install **iptables** and only allow port 80 (and 443 if necessary) to the public.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then I would install **openvpn** (allow its port on the firewall as well), and do all of your management via a VPN connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then stay on top of your security updates - have the system check the repositories every day and email you about all available updates, and apply them as soon as you are able.  For a LAMP stack I would also add the **dotdeb** repositories to your /etc/apt/sources.lst, as dotdeb stays much more on top of patching the latest php/apache/mysql vulnerabilities than *debian* does." />
  <row Id="43245" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24340" RevisionGUID="71a6ac23-b9a5-44ef-9bce-e35cf1b73acc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:07:34.193" UserId="4703" Text="This is 99% of the time caused by TCP Wrappers (hosts.deny). You probably need to allow your IP address in there:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /etc/hosts.deny&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason it works from localhost is because 127.0.0.1 is probably allowed in there (or via /etc/hosts.allow)." />
  <row Id="43246" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23760" RevisionGUID="7db3b32a-d6fc-43d7-b87f-68c4a4d7ba49" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:07:55.440" UserId="9110" Comment="adding link to policy servers and fixed some grammar " Text="Postgrey isn't going to support that, however there is nothing stopping you from creating or finding a policy server that will do that. If your first policy server, let's call it dns-checker.sh, passes then the mail is delivered. If it fails Postfix moves on to the next check in order under smtpd_recipient_restrictions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For any greylist server I recommend setting max age to 63 days which is two full months plus a day. I prefer delay time to be 30 sec. A delay tends to be a delay regardless of how long it is and many large webmail servers will retry within one minute so you overall delay is very low. You'll also want to use the class C as part of the tuple rather than the specific IP which should be the default. I also use auto whitelist the domain if x number of mails are relayed which is fairly liberal. With those settings I rarely have long delay issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Postfix website lists a number of addons under the Policy Server heading at this URL. http://www.postfix.org/addon.html The smtpd-policy-template package looks to be the most interesting as it's basically a template for creating your own policy server. Of course it's still up to you to write the logic and actually code. :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43247" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24337" RevisionGUID="c1d53628-237a-45fe-bd2d-392889873d60" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:10:48.803" UserId="2422" Comment="added 95 characters in body" Text="Short and sweet, I don't suppose you'll need more detail than this: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - We host our website on an in-house&#xD;&#xA;   webserver. &#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA; - A catastrophe has and will happen&#xD;&#xA;   again where communication from the&#xD;&#xA;   web into/out of our building ceases. &#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA; - When this happens, we'd like our&#xD;&#xA;   users to *at least* see some kind of&#xD;&#xA;   *&quot;down for maintenance&quot;* or other message (twitter's Fail Whale?) when&#xD;&#xA;   trying to access our site, rather&#xD;&#xA;   than the current *&quot;server not found&quot;*&#xD;&#xA;   type messages that they currently&#xD;&#xA;   get. (A static server, temporary redirects for all requests).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*[Being able to fail-over to a fully functional website would be awesome, but is not required, and probably not an option].*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously there has to be some kind of off-site failover that could take over when our local servers are down. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**How is such a solution implemented? Other suggestions?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** If I'm not using (or leaving out) some correct terminology for this, let me know!" />
  <row Id="43248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24341" RevisionGUID="2ba7067f-7d98-4714-9db6-71ca4aede4aa" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:10:49.317" UserId="4838" Text="An external reverse proxy could be configured to redirect users to another server when all fails. This would take care of DNS propagation as well." />
  <row Id="43249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24342" RevisionGUID="fd6fa46d-6cd3-444b-b8f7-e34cab972286" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:12:00.750" UserId="4843" Text="Alfresco ????" />
  <row Id="43250" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24343" RevisionGUID="2dee4473-8705-4d24-9675-4dbc1f6995a9" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:12:15.790" UserId="1466" Text=" - an offsite **reverse proxy** can serve up a static page for you when your site cannot be reached&#xD;&#xA; - Some 3rd party DNS providers can failover to a second IP address if the first one cannot be reached (this failover can take some time though)&#xD;&#xA; - Setting up an offsite server with a heartbeat/ldirectord could either load balance between your local server and the external one, or just switch to the external one if the internal one is unavailable.  This is the method you would use to keep end users from noticing that your site is down. (just make sure they use the same content / database sources)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43251" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24344" RevisionGUID="7c5ba249-d20e-4b26-a02f-9ecb11156d35" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:15:09.170" UserId="7200" Text="I have a friend that's deployed OpenSolaris specifically to use the canonical implementation of ZFS." />
  <row Id="43252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24345" RevisionGUID="2ff92730-55bd-4a1a-be65-2d3c3d29c289" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:15:21.103" UserId="5144" Text="This question has been answered over at StackOverflow:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/661939 - &quot;Where can I&#xD;&#xA;    download an offline installer of Cygwin?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look for the answer starting with &quot;Here are instructions&#xD;&#xA;assuming you want to install cygwin on a computer with no&#xD;&#xA;internet connection.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Perhaps that entry should be moved over til ServerFault?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43253" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24346" RevisionGUID="7e5fc29a-e58f-4840-a18a-36b2a59d2b5f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:15:41.883" UserId="3566" Text="Before I answer your question, let me just say that I would never actively select Solaris as an operating system on any new project.  Linux just offers so much more that's missing in Solaris unless you take a lot of pains to install all the GNU stuff to emulate what is there by default in Linux.  That being said, there's two things that would possibly make somebody other than me select Solaris:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. [DTrace](http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/content/dtrace/) - This is the most awesome OS instrumentation tool you could possibly imagine.  If you're ever stuck trying to track down some kind of performance bottleneck, doing it without DTrace is like [finding an outhouse without a flashlight](http://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2007/05/15/why-linux-people-lust-after-dtrace/).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. [Niagara Processors](http://www.sun.com/processors/niagara/) - On a very small subset of extremely multi-threaded server applications, Niagara can give you some pretty good price/power/performance ratios.  This subset grows smaller every day though, as Intel has been able to eat away most of it by just producing good general-purpose hardware." />
  <row Id="43254" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24347" RevisionGUID="8751b21a-7bb6-4e40-a30e-bef06e83c224" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:15:44.707" UserId="5535" Text="Solaris does have a number of qualities that are pretty nice.  I don't run Solaris much and I'm not that experienced with it so I'm sure others will have a bigger list than this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are a few that I can think of.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Solaris has a lot of nice tech under the hood that you can't find anywhere else.  Such as ZFS, DTRACE, Comstar, Crossbow, Containers.  You can find ZFS in BSD's and OSX Server.&#xD;&#xA;- It's supported for 10 years.&#xD;&#xA;- It's binary stable.  Meaning that programs written for Solaris 2 still run on Solaris 10 today without any changes on both x86 and Sparc." />
  <row Id="43255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24348" RevisionGUID="6d81397a-dc3c-47e3-8369-ee7f2efc72d5" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:16:07.000" UserId="671" Text="There is a service called [Simple Failover][1] that may do what you want, though there are still issues with DNS caching since it's a DNS-based solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I posted a [longer answer][2] with more technical details to a [similar question][3] in the past which explains the mechanics behind it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.simplefailover.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6702/how-can-i-automaticaly-change-the-dns-a-record-to-point-my-site-to-a-secondary-se/6707#6707&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6702/how-can-i-automaticaly-change-the-dns-a-record-to-point-my-site-to-a-secondary-se" />
  <row Id="43256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24349" RevisionGUID="1ef42327-2199-4275-95e1-d34cab95d21e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:16:31.537" UserId="7067" Text="Who hosts your DNS?  DYNdns.org offers a service where if your IP becomes non-responsive it will display an offline message or redirect to another url.  I believe it's called webhop.  This is the only one I'm familiar with but if your DNS is hosted that is probably an option.  If you host your own I'm not certain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24350" RevisionGUID="a3fb56b6-973a-42c7-b20a-396046a7e61c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:16:35.967" UserId="8851" Text="rc-update&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* utility for adding stuff in the boot list, allows different &quot;runlevels&quot; (priorities)&#xD;&#xA;* usage example: rc-update -s shows the currectly active boot list&#xD;&#xA;* usage example: rc-update add script_from_init_d default&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43258" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24350" RevisionGUID="a3fb56b6-973a-42c7-b20a-396046a7e61c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:16:35.967" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="43259" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24351" RevisionGUID="d2641d1b-538d-4263-9e31-fb163d6a36d2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:17:56.917" UserId="6793" Text="Use an external [ipvs][1]+[keepalived][2] setup for failover, if both web-services goes down you can specify a &quot;sorry server&quot; in keepalived.conf. You need to use LVS-tun (ipip tunneling) if the hosts are on different subnets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/software/ipvs.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.keepalived.org/" />
  <row Id="43260" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24323" RevisionGUID="86a3d930-e32c-49e7-b34a-75bc42c3d61b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:19:05.417" UserId="6365" Comment="added 1 entry" Text="I want to make a list of utilities that come in handy in Gentoo (general Linux tools available in all distributions also appreciated).&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;I will update the list with command from answers from time to time.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;eix&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Very useful tool for getting information about a package. Similar to &quot;emerge -s&quot; but much faster and more precise.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example: &lt;b&gt;eix gentoolkit&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example output: Show information about package such as: available versions, masked versions, installed versions and description.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Package: &lt;b&gt;app-portage/eix&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;eix-test-obsolete&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Check system for obsolete, redundant, uninstalled entries in &lt;i&gt;package.keywords&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;package.mask&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;package.unmask&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;package.use&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;package.cflags&lt;/i&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example: &lt;b&gt;eix-test-obsolete&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example output: Shows non-matching entries, redundant entries, and uninstalled entries.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Package: &lt;b&gt;app-portage/eix&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;equery&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Utility for cleaning distfiles and binary packages.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example: &lt;b&gt;eclean distfiles&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example output: Cleans out the files in /usr/portage/distfiles. Pretty handy.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Package: &lt;b&gt;app-portage/gentoolkit&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;eclean&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Another very useful tool for getting information about packages (listing package files, checking which files belong to which package and much more)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example: &lt;b&gt;equery b emerge&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example output: Show which packages installed a file called &lt;b&gt;emerge&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Package: &lt;b&gt;app-portage/gentoolkit&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;genlop&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Utility for extracting information about emerged ebuilds&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example: &lt;b&gt;genlop -l --date yesterday&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example output: Show a list of packages that have been emerged yesterday&lt;br&gt;Package: &lt;b&gt;app-portage/genlop&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;&lt;li&gt;glsa-check&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Checks system if it's affected by GLSAs (security issues)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example: &lt;b&gt;glsa-check -l affected&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example output: List of GLSA that the system is affected by.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Package: &lt;b&gt;app-portage/gentoolkit&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;rc-update&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Utility for managing (adding, deleting) runlevel scripts.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example: &lt;b&gt;rc-update add syslog-ng default&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example output: Adds &lt;b&gt;syslog-ng&lt;/b&gt; to &lt;i&gt;default&lt;/i&gt; runlevel.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Package: &lt;b&gt;sys-apps/baselayout&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;revdep-rebuild&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Scans libraries and binaries for missing shared library dependencies&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example: &lt;b&gt;revdep-rebuild&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example output: Gather binaries and libraries information, check for dependencies, rebuild packages with missing dependencies&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Package: &lt;b&gt;app-portage/gentoolkit&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43261" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24352" RevisionGUID="1f19ecd8-cfb1-48b6-802b-ac0db7b572aa" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:19:11.297" UserId="6767" Text="Several reasons.  I'm stuck with it.  The customer wanted it.  It's the only thing that runs on SPARC processors(1).  But mostly in the environments I hit it in, it is because that's the way it was set up ten years ago, and there's been no reason to change it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Traditionally Solaris has scaled much better than the alternatives.  And when I mean scale, I mean up to dozens or more processors, and tens of GB of RAM.  It wasn't just the best way to get scale like that, it was the *only* way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add to that superior portability (binaries that ran on old SPARC processors also run on new ones), a company that was really behind their computers and software, and Sun was a winner in many ways.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe not so much today, and that makes me a little sad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Footnote:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(1) Yes I know Linux runs on SPARC processors, but it is vanishingly rare to find outside of a lab or a basement.  Just like Solaris x86 used to be vanishingly rare the same way." />
  <row Id="43262" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24351" RevisionGUID="a484934d-aaee-4595-9c72-9bea25d29d97" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:23:06.283" UserId="6793" Comment="a pretty image" Text="[IPVS][1] (IP Virtual Server) implements transport-layer load balancing inside the Linux kernel, so called Layer-4 switching. IPVS running on a host acts as a load balancer at the front of a cluster of real servers, it can direct requests for TCP/UDP based services to the real servers, and makes services of the real servers to appear as a virtual service on a single IP address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So you could se an external [ipvs][2]+[keepalived][3] setup for failover, if both web-services goes down you can specify a &quot;sorry server&quot; in keepalived.conf. You need to use LVS-tun (ipip tunneling) if the hosts are on different subnets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/software/ipvs.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/software/ipvs.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.keepalived.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://tech.ccidnet.com/col/attachment/2003/11/261517.jpg" />
  <row Id="43263" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24353" RevisionGUID="8b146a2c-aabb-421b-ac41-a308884adde8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:25:32.283" UserDisplayName="Chris" Text="Help! i can't access my data disk!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I got 2 harddisks&#xD;&#xA;The first one contained one partition with Windows XP on it.&#xD;&#xA;the second harddisk contained one partition used only to store data(non-bootable).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So i decided to give Windows 7 RC a try and moved all my important documents i wanted to keep, to the data disk, thinking i would install Windows7 on the XP disk, and use the data disk just as i've always have but now from Windows7 instead of XP.&#xD;&#xA;But once i finished installing Windows7 and i'm looking at the data disk, i can't access it because i'm told it doesn't contain a partition. I'm left with the option to format the disk. &#xD;&#xA;What i'd liek to know is, is there any way to access the lost data?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43264" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24353" RevisionGUID="8b146a2c-aabb-421b-ac41-a308884adde8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:25:32.283" UserDisplayName="Chris" Text="Windows 7 won't recognize my data disk partition." />
  <row Id="43265" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24353" RevisionGUID="8b146a2c-aabb-421b-ac41-a308884adde8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:25:32.283" UserDisplayName="Chris" Text="&lt;partition&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;data-loss&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;data-recovery&gt;" />
  <row Id="43266" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24354" RevisionGUID="b9315c9a-dc89-4ee9-8226-cf023fd83efc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:27:59.830" UserDisplayName="duup" Text="I think that all of your responses regarding *not* using a unique TLD for a private network are moronic.  &quot;What if its registered by ICANN tomarrow,&quot; is bullcrap.  ICANN is not the defacto master root holder. Perhaps they are the most popular, a natural monopoly, but there are a handful of alternate roots available.  On a second note, ICANN has no way to legally pursue action against someone who uses theyre own unique TLD within a private organization.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regardless of conflicts, if I create a .myfoo domain, and it is registered with ICANN the next day, give me a scenario where the ICANN .myfoo is going to have any significant information I or my company may need to access.  IF my domain name server is private, delegating only for specific parties within a network, someone on the other side of the globe is not going to have a conflict, the conflict only resides within the internal network, my answer? Tough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="43267" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24355" RevisionGUID="f7fa7dbd-cbfd-4cc6-a85d-969fd48ae465" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:28:25.977" UserId="6522" Text="Chicken and egg problem, you should be familiar with the technology and its particular advantages to use it in the right position, but if you have never used it you don't know these very advantages. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For me the number one reason for deploying Solaris was that some of my clients demand a service contract for all there software and hardware with a penalty clause in it. Only the bigger companies can afford a legal department which sets up a contract that gives you warm and fuzzy feeling but in the end is not responsible for anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However Solaris is IMHO a solid OS and has some very nice features, but if you don't use these features and you don't require a legal contract for the stuff you use, why not use the OS you actually are the most comfortable with." />
  <row Id="43268" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24356" RevisionGUID="a2ea0b44-7ea6-4cec-bc07-df2a3efd6d55" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:28:59.983" UserId="8851" Text="Please see my question about Intel Atom 330, a cheapo dual core processor that comes with Intel mobo (by cheap I mean 80 bucks) - http://serverfault.com/questions/24231/intel-atom-330-as-a-server-machine&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Intel Atoms are designed for netbook use, have really low power requirements - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Atom_microprocessors#Atom_300_series_.28dual-core.29&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I've heard the default FAN ain't that silent. You could easily fix that by fitting an after market one." />
  <row Id="43269" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24357" RevisionGUID="70e241d1-d8f9-491d-8cd7-72a60a5dfd16" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:30:34.740" UserDisplayName="Paul" Text="thanks - this worked for the same virus on my girlfriends computer" />
  <row Id="43270" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24358" RevisionGUID="f69921cc-de24-48c1-892e-7a4b3667caf8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:31:11.540" UserId="2359" Text="We have a Cisco ASA 5510 firewall with the IPS module installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a customer that we must connect to via VPN to their network to exchange files via FTP. We use the Cisco VPN client (version 5.0.01.0600) on our local workstations, which are behind the firewall and subject to the IPS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The VPN client is successful in connecting to the remote site. However when we start the FTP file transfer we are able to upload only 150K to 200K of data, then everything stops. A minute later the VPN session is dropped.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think I have isolated this to an IPS issue by temporarily disabling the Service Policy on the ASA for the IPS with the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;access-list IPS line 1 extended permit ip 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0  inactive&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After this command was issued I then established the VPN to the remote site and was successful in transferring the entire file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While still connected to the VPN and FTP session I issued the command to enable the IPS:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;access-list IPS line 1 extended permit ip 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The file transfer was tried again and was once again successful so I closed the FTP session and reopened it, while keeping the same VPN session open. This file transfer was also successful. This told me that nothing with the FTP programs was being filtered or causing the problem. Furthermore, we use FTP to exchange files with many sites everyday without issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then disconnected the original VPN session, which was established when the access-list was inactive, and reconnected the VPN session, now with the access-list active. After starting the FTP transfer the file stopped after 150K.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To me this seems like the IPS is blocking, or somehow interfering with the initial VPN setup to the remote site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This only started happening last week after the latest IPS signature updates were applied (sig version 407.0). Our previous sig version was 95 days old becuase the system was not auto updating itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas on what could be causing this problem?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43271" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24358" RevisionGUID="f69921cc-de24-48c1-892e-7a4b3667caf8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:31:11.540" UserId="2359" Text="File transfer problems through VPN when Cisco IPS is enabled" />
  <row Id="43272" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24358" RevisionGUID="f69921cc-de24-48c1-892e-7a4b3667caf8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:31:11.540" UserId="2359" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;ips&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="43273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24359" RevisionGUID="8ccd54e1-c735-4fd2-baf1-39940cb80f41" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:32:32.533" UserId="533" Text="At this point we only run it for vendor support.  Almost all of our non-home-grown phone stuff is Solaris only (specifically all of our class-5 phone switches and our dedicated VOIP soft-switches all run in java on Solaris).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We also maintain some Solaris boxes from an old part of our billing system that we don't have source code to and we've never really been bothered to rewrite them for Linux.  We used to feel more comfortable running our Oracle DB's on Solaris, but as time passed, Linux became more stable, and we felt more comfortable with our own understanding of Linux, we migrated them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One reason to run Solaris was how good Sun hardware was for NEBS compliance.  A/B power, 2n+1 redundancy on a lot of stuff - it wasn't fast, but it would survive a decent earthquake, which is more important for telephony usually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general I really liked Solaris, I liked it's stability, tidiness, length of OS support, binary compatibility, etc.  Around 2002 though, the price/performance curve for Solaris/SPARC vs. Linux/x86 was insane.  It would take an awful lot now to go back to Solaris." />
  <row Id="43274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24360" RevisionGUID="24726e93-638e-4957-af84-d87250f72272" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:34:26.650" UserId="7200" Text="Don't panic or do anything rash to the data disk, for starts. If the partition table somehow got damaged on the data disk all of the data is still there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can, I'd start by pulling out the data disk and attaching it to another computer, just to see what the other computer can make of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If nothing shows up there, I'd encourage you to either (a) take it to a professional who is experienced in data recovery, or (b) run a data recovery program in a read-only mode on it and see what it comes up with. OnTrack's data recovery software is a decent thing to try (http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.com/data-recovery-downloads/). (I can't recommend OnTrack's mail-in data recovery services, though. They provided me with horrible Customer service on a job, and I've vowed to tell everyone who might potentially be an OnTrack Customer that they provided horrible service to me...)" />
  <row Id="43275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24361" RevisionGUID="054ab96d-8bd2-435d-a0b2-e1985bf0bd7d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:35:33.653" UserId="8851" Text="When network to domU is connected via bridge config, having an open ssh connection to dom0 and domU at the same time randomly drops dom0 connection (Connection reset by peer) and doesn't allow me back in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Authorization is done via ssh keys. Any tips on solving that one? " />
  <row Id="43276" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24361" RevisionGUID="054ab96d-8bd2-435d-a0b2-e1985bf0bd7d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:35:33.653" UserId="8851" Text="ssh to dom0 and domU at the same time drops connection from dom0" />
  <row Id="43277" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24361" RevisionGUID="054ab96d-8bd2-435d-a0b2-e1985bf0bd7d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:35:33.653" UserId="8851" Text="&lt;xen&gt;" />
  <row Id="43278" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24362" RevisionGUID="44dc09df-d900-4c22-8bf0-237416fa6293" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:37:13.023" UserId="9233" Text="I've recently gotten into web development and my site got enough hits that I decided to take the leap and buy my own server, static IP, and bandwidth. I'm a little worried about performance though. Last week, I disconnected the monitor I had plugged into the server and apache didn't even crash once! This might just be luck, but it brings up an important question: does something like a physical monitor actually eat up enough CPU/RAM to be significant?" />
  <row Id="43279" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24362" RevisionGUID="44dc09df-d900-4c22-8bf0-237416fa6293" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:37:13.023" UserId="9233" Text="How much does using a monitor hurt server performance?" />
  <row Id="43280" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24362" RevisionGUID="44dc09df-d900-4c22-8bf0-237416fa6293" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:37:13.023" UserId="9233" Text="&lt;performance&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="43281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24363" RevisionGUID="071914de-b5bb-449f-8e6a-b3f9aabaabdb" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:39:13.987" UserId="4491" Text="I've never had to do this, but I believe the answer is to have an SSP that is shared by the 2 farms. Here is a technet article discussing inter-farm shared services:&#xD;&#xA;[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262179.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And a blog post that talks specifically about having one farm control the search for another using inter-farm SSP:&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.dotnetmafia.com/blogs/dotnettipoftheday/archive/2008/12/04/sharing-an-index-between-sharepoint-farms.aspx][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262179.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.dotnetmafia.com/blogs/dotnettipoftheday/archive/2008/12/04/sharing-an-index-between-sharepoint-farms.aspx" />
  <row Id="43282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24364" RevisionGUID="de8a4134-46d4-4f30-b246-07e8866e527a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:39:15.890" UserId="3032" Text="Paul,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This guy seems to be running that version of Polyserve&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.lifeasbob.com/2008/12/31/SQLServer2005SP3.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rgds" />
  <row Id="43283" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24365" RevisionGUID="d3f8b961-8fb2-4a1a-91f1-8443b01f41f0" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:39:28.403" UserId="7200" Text="I'm assuming you're just talking about plugging in a monitor to a video-out port, and not about putting a video card in the system. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having a monitor connected makes no difference to the operation of PC-based server computers. It doesn't consume any CPU, RAM, etc. I suppose it's *possible* that you've got some strange electrical situation occurring that might be causing something to happen, but that seems pretty remotely possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're running some kind of program to display something on the monitor that you're not normally running when no monitor is attached, that's a different story." />
  <row Id="43284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24366" RevisionGUID="bf5a780e-e4d3-455c-a081-300bb8832c12" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:40:08.463" UserId="8851" Text="Well, it might, depends on what your configuration is of course. Do you run Xorg? Do you use a graphical shell with, some compiz/beryl effects to spice things up? Othet than that, I can't think how a plain old ssh connection could affect your server performance. After all, all that is exchanged that way is text.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd say search for real reasons why Apache crashes rather than blaming monitor for it." />
  <row Id="43285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24367" RevisionGUID="563deb16-b4d8-4879-9b9d-3ee4e99b43ec" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:40:16.280" UserId="1210" Text="There is nothing in the 407 signature related to FTP.  Generally when you have FTP issues like this, that start and then stop, it's usually related to active vs. passive ftp.  What ftp client are you using?  Try changing it from active to passive on your FTP client and see if that helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In active FTP, the place that you're FTPing to, initiates the data transfer on a different port then the incoming request...which is why it's usually blocked by your firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In passive FTP, YOU initiate the data transfer to the different port and it works because most firewall allow everything outbound to occur.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edited to add:**  The signatures are cumulative.  While the 407 update doesn't show anything related to FTP, every other update from 95 days ago till now, could have something.  I'm not going to research every update to find out for you though ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also have to ask because of your other questions about this...are you using the default inspections on this 5510 in addition to diverting traffic to the IPS module?  If you are, you really don't need to." />
  <row Id="43286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24368" RevisionGUID="f3e8460a-5cac-4aad-b245-8e11d9e9d9e9" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:45:27.250" UserId="6352" Text="If all else fails, you can disable SNMP monitoring in the printer's TCP port properties. You won't be notified when the printer becomes ACTUALLY offline, but you won't get false positives anymore.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24369" RevisionGUID="4109ca8f-3869-47b2-9445-03b610ce6918" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:46:50.150" UserId="7619" Text="I've got a pretty good one. Admittedly, it was prior to my time as a sysadmin, but still tech-related so I figured I'd add it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Back in the day, I was working as a satcom/wideband tech for the USAF. Having recently graduated technical school, I found myself stationed in South Korea. Shortly after arriving on-station an opportunity arose to travel down south with the &quot;big guys&quot; who'd been there for a while and actually work on some real-world,(i.e. `production') equipment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I went down with the crew and as an eager, young tech, was chomping at the bit, quite excited at the prospect of getting my hands on an actual piece of equipment that was passing LIVE military voice and data traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To start me off slowly, they handed me a manual, turned to the preventative maintenance section and pointed me in the direction of four racks filled with several large digital multiplexers. The equipment was easy enough, we'd covered the same equipment in tech school.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First page of the manual read; &quot;Apply power to the ditigal multiplexer. Turn both rear switches to the ON position and wait for the equipment to power-up, then begin tests.&quot; I looked up, and there was already power APPLIED!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was in a quandary for sure. Not knowing how to proceed, I shot my best, `Ummmm.. Kinda lost here' look at the senior.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;He looked over at me and laughed, &quot;No, no, it's ok. You can ignore that part of the checklist.&quot; Then, as he noticed the look on my face, (since we were taught in school to NEVER, EVER ignore any part of a checklist, and it was certain death and destruction if one was to do so) he put a serious look on his face and said, &quot;Ignore ONLY that part! Follow the rest of it, to the letter!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dutifully, I ran through the multi-step PM instructions, happy as a clam and proud that they were letting such a low-ranking, (albeit smart) tech do this important work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Somewhere between the fifth and sixth preventative maintenance checklist on these huge multiplexers I started noticing an increased level of activity around me. Phones were ringing, people were moving quickly. Quizzical looks were being exchanged.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, a group of folks ran up to me, headed by one of the senior techs who had brought me down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Hey! We're seeing HUGE outages in data traffic, and we've isolated/traced the path back to the racks that you're working on! Are you seeing any weird..&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(At that point he was cut off by another one of the troubleshooters who'd made her way around to the first group of multiplexers that I had been performing the PMs on.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;HOLY NUTS! THEY'RE TURNED OFF! HE'S BEEN TURNING THEM OFF!!!!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short order, I watched as they hurriedly ran through the first step in the manual, &quot;Turn both rear switches to the ON position...&quot; When the senior tech was done, he came over to me and incredulously asked what I was thinking of, by turning the critical pieces of equipment off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Scared out of my wits, I handed him the checklist that I'd been following, swearing that I hadn't deviated at ALL. That I had followed it, `to the letter' as he'd instructed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After a while he laughed and pointed out where the problem lay.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the manual, the FINAL step in the preventative maintenance checklist was:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Record final probe reading, wipe down front panel, removing all dust and particulate, then&#xD;&#xA;turn both rear power switches to the OFF position.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;:)&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="43288" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24369" RevisionGUID="4109ca8f-3869-47b2-9445-03b610ce6918" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:46:50.150" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="43289" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24362" RevisionGUID="332a7f2c-18ec-4132-b5a2-672e00047b32" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:48:27.603" UserId="9233" Comment="edited body" Text="I've recently gotten into web development and my site got enough hits that I decided to take the leap and buy my own server, static IP, and bandwidth. I'm a little worried about performance though. Last week, I disconnected the monitor I had plugged into the server and apache didn't even crash once. This might just be luck, but it brings up an important question: does something like a physical monitor actually eat up enough CPU/RAM to be significant?" />
  <row Id="43290" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17124" RevisionGUID="90db9f4e-886f-482f-949a-b23cf3c288a8" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:48:34.623" UserId="4947" />
  <row Id="43291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24370" RevisionGUID="4ff41acb-5dae-412e-9bee-e5d85ba622d4" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:49:11.800" UserId="6352" Text="You can check network utilization on the server (via Task Manager) when this problem happens; if it really is high, then you can examine which process has open network connections (and to where) with the command NETSTAT -NAO.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24371" RevisionGUID="e6825733-9cfe-4b19-b3f4-7e0563d2a1c6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:50:26.960" UserId="4131" Text="On windows you can either use forward slashes instead of back slashes (scp -v -r COMPUTER1:D:/A/B COMPUTER2:D:/A/B) just like you do for file:// URLs, or quote the paths (not sure if it is single or double, and this doesn't always work)." />
  <row Id="43293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24372" RevisionGUID="372cb473-9f6e-473c-b6f2-0d6bc899a91a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:58:25.133" UserId="5380" Text="I'd like to setup an ftp such that my users (and some software I write) can upload documents, and have those documents saved on the server but I don't want to allow users to see the contents of the ftp folder - essentially the ftp looks empty at all times to the user." />
  <row Id="43294" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24372" RevisionGUID="372cb473-9f6e-473c-b6f2-0d6bc899a91a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:58:25.133" UserId="5380" Text="Is it possible to setup a writeonly ftp?" />
  <row Id="43295" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24372" RevisionGUID="372cb473-9f6e-473c-b6f2-0d6bc899a91a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T20:58:25.133" UserId="5380" Text="&lt;ftp&gt;" />
  <row Id="43296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24373" RevisionGUID="6c7460e8-ec39-401d-a307-ef5a2ecc6a97" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:00:04.757" UserId="1054" Text="Did you have your disk encrypted by your XP machine?  If so you might be in for a world of hurt..." />
  <row Id="43297" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24374" RevisionGUID="c3f8a5f8-78e0-4624-b868-33ca612dae77" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:00:35.350" UserId="5392" Text="Solaris is reliable. In 12 years of running Solaris on Sparc, I've never had a kernel panic unless there is faulty hardware. For Linux I've seen vast numbers of kernel panics due to kernel bugs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also can't recall having to power cycle a Solaris box because it wouldn't respond. I've always been able to get something back from it and recover the system - probably not an issue on a small server, but when you look at how long an E10k or E20k took to boot, you really don't want to be forced to powercycle. I've seen linux boxes becoming wedged on too many occasions to count. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said that, I use linux for damn near everything, from an nlsu2 as a print/file server, up to fairly beefy servers. Solaris can't cover most of this hardware. Solaris has it's place, but it's becoming a real niche now.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43298" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24375" RevisionGUID="daa524e9-f585-4bb3-aae3-2ff966dfb13f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:02:55.767" UserId="6793" Text="Sure, for example with [ProFTPD][1] you could use the following configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Directory /path/to/ftp&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Limit ALL&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          DenyAll&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/Limit&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Limit CDUP CWD XCWD XCUP&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          AllowAll&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/Limit&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Limit STOR STOU&gt;&#xD;&#xA;           AllowAll&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/Limit&gt;&#xD;&#xA;     &lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With [vsftpd][2] you can set:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    download_enable=NO&#xD;&#xA;    dirlist_enable=NO&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.proftpd.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://vsftpd.beasts.org/" />
  <row Id="43299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24376" RevisionGUID="bcd8484a-0d8e-49ef-ad08-fed64567b69d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:03:30.180" UserId="3488" Text="Are interactive login banners worth having?  &#xD;&#xA;The general consensus is that they are, but what should the banner say?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some things that are being considered (no particular order):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* ownership of the equipment&#xD;&#xA;* no expectation of privacy&#xD;&#xA;* Monitoring may be done&#xD;&#xA;* authorized use only&#xD;&#xA;* don't use words like &quot;Welcome&quot;&#xD;&#xA;* in the local language if possible&#xD;&#xA;* length of the banner: short and terse, long and wordy&#xD;&#xA;* don't identify the use of the equipment&#xD;&#xA;* vague or specific&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="43300" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24376" RevisionGUID="bcd8484a-0d8e-49ef-ad08-fed64567b69d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:03:30.180" UserId="3488" Text="Should I use a login banner and if so, what should it say?" />
  <row Id="43301" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24376" RevisionGUID="bcd8484a-0d8e-49ef-ad08-fed64567b69d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:03:30.180" UserId="3488" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;login&gt;" />
  <row Id="43302" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24377" RevisionGUID="3021f85b-9d0f-49e1-9490-1acba1977716" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:04:36.230" UserId="2608" Text="I found several answers such as this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.dba-oracle.com/t_ora_12705_resolution.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Decided to rename the registry key and it worked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I still have no idea why the permissions changed on the oracle directories.  &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43303" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24378" RevisionGUID="be0673db-007c-4a22-af89-2c2362fe94fe" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:05:18.007" UserId="564" Text="Depending on your FTP server it us usually as easy as giving someone write but not read permissions on the directory.  This [article][1] discusses it briefly &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/security-guide/s1-server-ftp.html" />
  <row Id="43304" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24379" RevisionGUID="217c1812-19d5-4d7e-b085-7fb7ebed9952" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:05:31.500" UserId="1602" Text="Just to add a special note for SQL Server 2008. According to Microsoft, you can move database files without having to detach the database. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345483.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It basically amounts to taking the database offline and then executing ALTER statements that modify the filename mappings to the database/log files. " />
  <row Id="43305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24380" RevisionGUID="f4fc46d2-4169-4cfc-bc87-3d3cb5ae7a3f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:07:32.260" UserId="530" Text="We're running 3.6.1, and haven't had any issues with SQL 2005 DBCC jobs. Do you know where this setting is modified in Polyserve, so I can see if ours had already been enabled?" />
  <row Id="43306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24381" RevisionGUID="f8c6e477-1bdb-4346-8bed-bf89c968ab9d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:09:00.993" UserId="4857" Text="My login banners simple say. &quot;Everything is logged, so don't break shit&quot; but im pretty much the only tech who ssh's into our servers. " />
  <row Id="43307" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="887" RevisionGUID="e5f3f7a8-a41f-4955-9f7d-2b3ac51b0171" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:11:31.007" UserId="715" Comment="updatd with new discoveries" Text="What's happening in windows when you boot it and it gets to the portion that displays the message: `Applying Computer Settings`?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I seem to get hung up there for a long time. Is there anything I can do to streamline that portion of the boot?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**   &#xD;&#xA;I've made some progress on this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found there was some stuff you can do in the Group Policy editor (run gpedit.msc) to see what's going on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you got to *Console Root-&gt;Computer Configuration-&gt;Administrative Templates-&gt;System*, you can update *Verbose vs normal status messages* to Enabled. You can also go to *Console Root-&gt;Computer Configuration-&gt;Administrative Templates-&gt;System-&gt;Scripts* and Enable *run startup scripts visible*. This will show you what's going on during the boot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my case, I seem to have some sort of install trying to run (and failing). I end up getting a &quot;Windows Installer&quot; help window popping up a window with the Command-Line Options. When I click on the Okay button, the rest of the startup continues. I'm thinking that someone added an install to my workstation's AD group, and its parameters are broken.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm thinking about changing the *Maximum wait time for Group Policy scripts* (also in *Console Root-&gt;Computer Configuration-&gt;Administrative Templates-&gt;System-&gt;Scripts*) from the default (which is 600 seconds) to something much smaller like 180 seconds." />
  <row Id="43308" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="887" RevisionGUID="e5f3f7a8-a41f-4955-9f7d-2b3ac51b0171" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:11:31.007" UserId="715" Comment="updatd with new discoveries" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="43309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24382" RevisionGUID="81f4c06c-5c1a-4442-a724-bcb0a4b5724a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:13:57.163" UserId="9235" Text="It really depend on who is logging in, and why. If you are running a server to provide shell accounts, you probably want a pretty strong interactive login banner to remind people not to run spambots. On the other hand, if your servers are only accessed by fellow members of your Operations team, of which there are only 8, you probably don't need a banner. Really this boils down to a matter of policy, because the banner will not make a noticeable difference in behavior, and has no effect in many legal venues." />
  <row Id="43310" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24383" RevisionGUID="606d63b4-36b3-49e5-90fb-3fa4ec1f7598" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:16:40.340" UserId="1840" Text="From the United States Department of Justice (Cybercrime Manual): [**http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/ccmanual/**][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Best Practices for Victim Response and Reporting&lt;/h2&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt; A.	Steps Before Confronting an Intrusion&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Consider Using Banners&#xD;&#xA;Real-time monitoring of attacks is usually lawful, if prior notice of this monitoring is given to all users. For this reason, organizations should consider deploying written warnings, or &quot;banners,&quot; on the ports through which an intruder is likely to access the organization's system and on which the organization may attempt to monitor an intruder's communications and traffic. If a banner is already in place, it should be reviewed periodically to ensure that it is appropriate for the type of potential monitoring that could be used in response to a cyberattack. More information on this topic can be found on CCIPS' website at http://www.cybercrime.gov.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Here are some sample NETWORK BANNERS language as recommended by USDOJ:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[**http://www.usdoj.gov:80/criminal/cybercrime/s&amp;sappendix2002.htm**][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; APPENDIX A: Sample Network Banner&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Language&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Network banners are electronic messages that provide&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Notice of legal rights to users of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; computer networks.  From a legal&#xD;&#xA;&gt; standpoint, banners have four primary&#xD;&#xA;&gt; functions.  First, banners may be used&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to generate consent to real-time&#xD;&#xA;&gt; monitoring under Title III.  Second,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; banners may be used to generate&#xD;&#xA;&gt; consent to the retrieval of stored&#xD;&#xA;&gt; files and records pursuant to ECPA. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Third, in the case of government&#xD;&#xA;&gt; networks, banners may eliminate any&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Fourth Amendment &quot;reasonable&#xD;&#xA;&gt; expectation of privacy&quot; that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; government employees or other users&#xD;&#xA;&gt; might otherwise retain in their use of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the government's network under&#xD;&#xA;&gt; O'Connor v. Ortega, 480 U.S. 709&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (1987).  Fourth, in the case of a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; non-government network, banners may&#xD;&#xA;&gt; establish a system administrator's&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;common authority&quot; to consent to a law&#xD;&#xA;&gt; enforcement search pursuant to United&#xD;&#xA;&gt; States v. Matlock, 415 U.S. 164&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (1974).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/ccmanual/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.usdoj.gov:80/criminal/cybercrime/s&amp;sappendix2002.htm" />
  <row Id="43311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24384" RevisionGUID="21a4b5aa-a950-4fcc-90a8-3c10baf097e9" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:17:34.923" UserId="1054" Text="In my mind it's another CYA item which you seem to not be able to get enough of these days....  Don't make a pre-login banner that includes any kind of &quot;Welcome to...&quot; statement." />
  <row Id="43312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24385" RevisionGUID="3882571a-2a96-47cf-8dbd-3f8e52b30275" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:19:56.777" UserId="2600" Text="Here is what we use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -----------------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    Warning: This system is restricted to ABC Company&#xD;&#xA;    authorized users for business purposes only. Unauthorized access&#xD;&#xA;    or use is a violation of company policy and the law. This system&#xD;&#xA;    may be monitored for administrative and security reasons. By&#xD;&#xA;    proceeding, you acknowledge that (1) you have read and understand&#xD;&#xA;    this notice and (2) you consent to the system monitoring.&#xD;&#xA;    -----------------------------------------------------------------" />
  <row Id="43313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24386" RevisionGUID="bac46da0-2dbd-4513-a669-5cc90c2553fc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:20:53.763" UserDisplayName="Jim" Text="I have a shell account (Debian) and I want all my localhost browser internet traffic to go through that shell account. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know how to configure the internet browser and how to configure Putty for port forwarding, what I do not know is what I need to do on the server for this to happen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone knows what I should do on the server so that it will accept port forwarding? It does not seem to work with the default configuration." />
  <row Id="43314" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24386" RevisionGUID="bac46da0-2dbd-4513-a669-5cc90c2553fc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:20:53.763" UserDisplayName="Jim" Text="How do I set up a port forwarding through SSH?" />
  <row Id="43315" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24386" RevisionGUID="bac46da0-2dbd-4513-a669-5cc90c2553fc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:20:53.763" UserDisplayName="Jim" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;tunnel&gt;" />
  <row Id="43316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24387" RevisionGUID="35dc206d-8277-4d8c-9626-b355e1431bef" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:21:39.177" UserId="5392" Text="Speak to your legal people, it's not up to the techies to decide what goes into it, this is a policy matter, not a technical one. Depending which country you're in there will be government recommendations that will relate to local computer misuse laws." />
  <row Id="43317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24388" RevisionGUID="04074717-d1e4-47be-b5d6-b6ae32566868" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:24:49.667" UserId="3488" Text="Several years ago I reviewed several intrusion prevention systems .  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wanted to deploy something between a couple of locations and the corporate network.  &#xD;&#xA;The system was to provide an easy to manage and monitor (something that could be handed off to a second tier help desk person).  Automated alarming and reporting were also needed.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The system that I ended up choosing was the IPS from Tipping Point.  We still like it after being in place for several years.  Our implementation includes the subscription to their Digital Vaccine, which pushes out vulnerability and exploit rules weekly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The system has been very useful to watch what is going on (alert but take no action) as well as automatically block or quarantine systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This ended up being a very useful tool for locating and isolating malware infected computers as well as blocking bandwidth hogging or security policy related traffic without having to work with router access control lists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.tippingpoint.com/products_ips.html" />
  <row Id="43318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24389" RevisionGUID="d1bad82d-db49-46bd-823f-d1cf9d68a2b6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:24:53.413" UserId="4310" Text="Hello Jim:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Inside the sshd_config file just change the #PermitTunnel setting from no to yes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;from&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #PermitTunnel no&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PermitTunnel yes" />
  <row Id="43319" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24319" RevisionGUID="9d9593e2-ce39-47d5-be99-dd5d107b6e9a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:25:16.890" UserId="216" Comment="added 395 characters in body" Text="The copy running on my Linux box gets its answers from `198.108.0.18`. I was able to tell this by running `tcpdump` at the same time as running a `traceroute`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The PTR records for that IP resolve to `rpsl-p.merit.edu`, and it happens that `whois.radb.net.` and `whois.ra.net.` point to the same IP address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Further examination of the binary (with &quot;`strings`&quot;) reveals that it's actually using the `whois.radb.net` hostname.  There's also a pair of (undocumented) environment variables (`$RA_SERVER` and `$RA_SERVICE`) which can change the host and port used for these queries." />
  <row Id="43320" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16957" RevisionGUID="923d0a54-7966-4794-b1d6-ec086d5d1a68" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:26:18.697" UserId="1054" Comment="fix a spelling thing" Text="I would say, basically, everything in user profiles folder (c:\users for vista and w7, c:\documents and settings for XP), plus some obvious folders in the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I usually do is I convert the current disk to a format of VM, VHD or VMDK so if I missed anything after I formatted the system, I can have something re-attached to restore from." />
  <row Id="43321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24390" RevisionGUID="8a5d98f8-a36a-4c19-baa5-990a9f432dc2" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:26:48.557" UserDisplayName="Felipe" Text="Don't do anything to the disk and do not let windows touch it if you treasure your data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Download a Knoppix Live CD image or a Ubuntu Live CD image and burn a CD with it.&#xD;&#xA;Boot from the Live CD and in about 5 mins you surely will have _both_ your disks accessible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ah, yes, before you ask, no, A GNU/Linux Live CD Rom _will not_ do anything harmful to your disks don't worry  :)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24394" RevisionGUID="7f47ccfc-cf57-485f-b269-23600118f703" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:34:42.800" UserId="2600" Text="This article seems to have a lot of detail and should answer your question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://polishlinux.org/apps/ssh-tunneling-to-bypass-corporate-firewalls/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or there is always Wikipedia:&#xD;&#xA;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunneling_protocol" />
  <row Id="43328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24395" RevisionGUID="1920d601-ac05-454d-a013-cb0fdb73f0ce" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:38:00.810" UserId="5922" Text="Here's a problem which I am at a loss to diagnose:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our user home directories are served via NFS from an Apple XServe running Mac OS X 10.5.7. Normally they are exported to our default office subnet, &quot;lan&quot;. Recently I have been building a new subnet, &quot;farm&quot;. The computers on &quot;farm&quot; run the same OS (openSUSE 11.1, and Gentoo) as the ones on &quot;lan&quot;, and the software versions are the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that when my users have been using a machine on &quot;farm&quot; for some time (5 minutes, sometimes 30, sometimes a full hour) the NFS mount seems to just hang. Attempting to do an `ls` on the directory or anything else (such as a login, etc) that tries to access the user home directory just gets stuck. Mounts to other NFS servers from the &quot;hung&quot; machine seem to work as expected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is nothing in the logs of either the client or the server that indicates any problem. The same types of clients work just fine from the default &quot;lan&quot; subnet. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried all sorts of different configurations of the NFS server and client (disabling/enabling kerberos, different mount options) but nothing appears to make any difference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm strongly suspecting some network-level problems between these two subnets, perhaps some mangling by firewall/router (OpenBSD with pf as the packet filter). The connection between the two sets of machines is fairly simple:&#xD;&#xA; `x serve --&gt; switch --&gt; router --&gt; switch --&gt; clients`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm pretty much at a loss as to debugging methods to try next, or what the possible solution may be. Any ideas as to how to approach this problem from this point?" />
  <row Id="43329" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24395" RevisionGUID="1920d601-ac05-454d-a013-cb0fdb73f0ce" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:38:00.810" UserId="5922" Text="NFS mount &quot;hanging&quot; when accessing from a server on a different subnet" />
  <row Id="43330" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24395" RevisionGUID="1920d601-ac05-454d-a013-cb0fdb73f0ce" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:38:00.810" UserId="5922" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;nfs&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;openbsd&gt;&lt;pf&gt;" />
  <row Id="43331" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24396" RevisionGUID="fb902398-712f-4ed5-958c-c7e1dba59e43" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:44:12.593" UserId="8918" Text="As mentioned, it's easily possible. Your best bet is to do a Google search for &quot;(FTP server type) write permission only&quot; and you should get plenty of responses. Without more information on exactly what FTP server you're using, you're not going to get much more help than that here." />
  <row Id="43332" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24397" RevisionGUID="769aff6e-50f1-4c75-805b-5f4fb4da5669" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:48:07.517" UserId="2948" Text="I have been doing some research into the SharePoint ULS logs today.  I'm trying to figure out what the fields in ULS logs represent.  Below is a list of the fields.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Timestamp**         This is obvious.       &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Process**               This is name of the process that wrote the log entry (also contains a HEX Value that is probably the process id)                              &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**TID**                   It is a HEX value, but I have no idea what it represents.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Area**                  Very similar to Category.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Category**              Category &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EventID**               Some sort of ID... can't see much to it yet &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Level**                 Type of message (Critical, High, ...) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Message**               String message from application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Correlation**           Assume this is way of ganging messages together, but I do not see it being used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So does anyone know what TID and EventID represent?" />
  <row Id="43333" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24397" RevisionGUID="769aff6e-50f1-4c75-805b-5f4fb4da5669" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:48:07.517" UserId="2948" Text="What are the fields in the SharePoint ULS logs " />
  <row Id="43334" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24397" RevisionGUID="769aff6e-50f1-4c75-805b-5f4fb4da5669" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:48:07.517" UserId="2948" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;" />
  <row Id="43335" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24398" RevisionGUID="d7cdbfc6-ca75-4e53-9954-78b6f7f52d56" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:48:32.960" UserId="2417" Text="You should definitely remove all unnecessary modules from apache. It matters ***a lot***.&#xD;&#xA;Turn off extended status, auto indexing, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;setting AllowOverride as &quot;None&quot; and doing any htaccess stuff in the server config will help with I/O and reduce response time, and that will result in less memory usage per minute.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [apache performance guide](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/misc/perf-tuning.html).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also look for postgresql documentation for improving performance and reducing memory usage. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Probably your biggest memory hog is the python program, as python is not very optimized for low-memory usage. You can try a profiler on the application." />
  <row Id="43336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24399" RevisionGUID="7824efe4-4631-4900-89c6-0c803698f8dc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:50:00.477" UserId="3235" Text="Yes.  You simply give your FTP users write only access.  Lots of support sites do this for log files and the like. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43337" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19960" RevisionGUID="ff2878c7-b0f6-4517-8135-01ee9cd3888c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:50:32.907" UserId="1770" Comment="Add bit about compressing backups/redo logs." Text="First suggestion is to never mess with them manually unless you really know what you're doing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you want to do is read up on rman, the Oracle tool for performing backups (including redo log backups).  I would highly recommend researching this pretty thoroughly to make sure you fully understand how the various aspects of Oracle backups work before you take any actions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, generally Oracle the redo/archive logs should remain where they're written until after you've performed a backup.  The backup will usually be setup to include the archive logs that are required along with the database backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the size of redo logs, it's going to be based directly on the volume of database change transactions.  The more changes, the greater the log volume.  This will be highly individual to your applications and usage, so I'd recommend you start recording statistics on it (transaction volume, transaction log size, database size, etc., all with timestamps).  Once you've got a few weeks worth of data you can start correlating activity with logs and distill it to some valid estimates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:  I think I partially misunderstood the original question.  I think you're asking for a way to basically checkpoint your redo logs to right now when you run a backup, so that you are fully consistent with your backup right up to when you issued the backup start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And, rman will actually handle all that dirty work for you.  From some rman documentation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; When taking a backup of archived redo&#xD;&#xA;&gt; logs that includes the most recent log&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (that is, a BACKUP ... ARCHIVELOG&#xD;&#xA;&gt; command is run without the UNTIL or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SEQUENCE option) if the database is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; open, then before beginning the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; backup, RMAN will switch out of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; current online redo log group, and all&#xD;&#xA;&gt; online redo logs that have not yet&#xD;&#xA;&gt; been archived, up to and including the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; redo log group that was current when&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the command was issued. This ensures&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that the backup contains all redo that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; was generated prior to the start of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another little bit that provides a little more detail:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; You can add archived redo logs to a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; backup of other files by using the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; BACKUP ... PLUS ARCHIVELOG clause.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Adding BACKUP ... PLUS ARCHIVELOG&#xD;&#xA;&gt; causes RMAN to do the following:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;  1. Runs the ALTER SYSTEM ARCHIVE LOG&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     CURRENT command.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  2. Runs BACKUP ARCHIVELOG ALL. Note&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     that if backup optimization is&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     enabled, then RMAN skips logs that&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     it has already backed up to the&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     specified device.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  3. Backs up the rest of the files&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     specified in BACKUP command.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  4. Runs the ALTER SYSTEM ARCHIVE LOG&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     CURRENT command.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  5. Backs up any remaining archived logs&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     generated during the backup.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; This guarantees that datafile backups&#xD;&#xA;&gt; taken during the command are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; recoverable to a consistent state.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The rman documentation should be able to provide more details for you.  I would give the URL I pulled that from (online Oracle rman docs) but the URL has already changed from when I bookmarked it, so I don't trust it to stay around.  Googling for rman docs should be able to find it, though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: One more thing I wanted to add. . . you mentioned something about sizing.  Oracle 11g does support compressed redo logs.  I haven't used them myself, but I know it supports them.  Additionally, Oracle 10g and 11g support compressed backups.  If you aren't doing compressed backups yet, &lt;strong&gt;you should be&lt;/strong&gt;.  The size reduction is huge, and on top of that, we got a significant performance increase in backup runs, too, when we enabled compressed backups." />
  <row Id="43338" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24400" RevisionGUID="8ab4c9f0-9006-408f-8f54-5fffe826cf0c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:50:42.160" UserId="1682" Text="I have some folder, say C:\foo I want to mount as drive M:\&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to avoid creating an image file of the folder. In linux I would do this with a loop device. " />
  <row Id="43339" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24400" RevisionGUID="8ab4c9f0-9006-408f-8f54-5fffe826cf0c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:50:42.160" UserId="1682" Text="In windows, how to mount folder as a drive." />
  <row Id="43340" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24400" RevisionGUID="8ab4c9f0-9006-408f-8f54-5fffe826cf0c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:50:42.160" UserId="1682" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;mount&gt;" />
  <row Id="43341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24401" RevisionGUID="116b395b-6385-44b9-bf9a-909f6f44bd9e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:54:11.043" UserId="1070" Text="&gt; Last week, I disconnected the monitor I had plugged into the server and apache didn't even crash once&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Err, if you left the monitor plugged in, would it have crashed? Pretty much any OS can run happily with no monitor attached. The only related problem I can think of is some motherboards refuse to boot if no video card is installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There should be no performance difference between having a monitor connected, and not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There *is* a difference between running X11 and not (say to run Gnome, or KDE etc). The X server takes up memory and CPU cycles like any other process.. Disabling it is a good idea for a server, since most tasks can be done easily over SSH (or on the local terminal)" />
  <row Id="43342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24402" RevisionGUID="7622f712-9d74-4ed4-9880-bd1023c49d18" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:54:41.993" UserId="5392" Text="There is no difference in terms of Xen. They both provide the same xen hypervisor. It's what you get in addition that is important.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Citrix have taken Xen and are attempting to make it as user friendly as ESX - that means making it straight forward to use by Windows admins without them needing to delve in to linux on dom0 to get everything working. It's the management tools that are key. Have a look at the cli options for 'xm' and Citrix 'xe'. You can do so much more with 'xe'. Also take a look at the XenServer API for management and monitoring&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So you have the pretty gui - although this was nothing compared to the VI client last time I checked. More importantly most of the dirty work that you need to do in dom0 for a stock xen install is hidden in Xen Server. Networking is a good example, you can do bridging and vlan trunking by hand in dom0, however XenServer hides this. You also have 'clustering' of xen hosts with XenServer, you'll need to write your own otherwise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;XenServer makse xen an option for companies that aren't stuffed full of techies who are happy to roll their own." />
  <row Id="43343" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24403" RevisionGUID="a2396066-4a78-4689-bf1f-598c3b521e15" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:54:54.677" UserId="5391" Text="You can use the **subst** command in Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    subst m: c:\foo" />
  <row Id="43344" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24404" RevisionGUID="20e0144a-2698-4430-b90a-9cc011e43407" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:55:29.293" UserId="1054" Text=" - Right-click on the folder and select Sharing and Security&#xD;&#xA; - Select Share this folder&#xD;&#xA; - Give it a share name (eg- myshare)&#xD;&#xA; - hit Ok&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Map a drive (M:) to \\\yourcomputername\myshare&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43345" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24405" RevisionGUID="8d266981-744a-45b2-af77-98c888b84f85" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:55:41.353" UserId="7591" Text="From the command line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    subst M: C:\foo&#xD;&#xA;This works in Windows XP, haven't tested it in other versions." />
  <row Id="43346" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24383" RevisionGUID="90207852-3e86-4147-a524-e2ffc8fcef9c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:56:02.537" UserId="1840" Comment="Made it more human" Text="From the United States Department of Justice (Cybercrime Manual): [**http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/ccmanual/**][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Best Practices for Victim Response&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and Reporting&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;h3&gt; A.	Steps&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Before Confronting an Intrusion&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Consider Using Banners Real-time&#xD;&#xA;&gt; monitoring of attacks is usually&#xD;&#xA;&gt; lawful, if prior notice of this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; monitoring is given to all users. For&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this reason, organizations should&#xD;&#xA;&gt; consider deploying written warnings,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; or &quot;banners,&quot; on the ports through&#xD;&#xA;&gt; which an intruder is likely to access&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the organization's system and on which&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the organization may attempt to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; monitor an intruder's communications&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and traffic. If a banner is already in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; place, it should be reviewed&#xD;&#xA;&gt; periodically to ensure that it is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; appropriate for the type of potential&#xD;&#xA;&gt; monitoring that could be used in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; response to a cyberattack. More&#xD;&#xA;&gt; information on this topic can be found&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on CCIPS' website at&#xD;&#xA;&gt; http://www.cybercrime.gov.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, here are some sample NETWORK BANNER language as recommended by USDOJ and explanation for their functions:&#xD;&#xA;[**http://www.usdoj.gov:80/criminal/cybercrime/s&amp;sappendix2002.htm**][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;h3&gt;APPENDIX A: Sample Network Banner&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Language&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Network banners are electronic messages that provide&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Notice of legal rights to users of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; computer networks.  From a legal&#xD;&#xA;&gt; standpoint, banners have four primary&#xD;&#xA;&gt; functions.  First, banners may be used&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to generate consent to real-time&#xD;&#xA;&gt; monitoring under Title III.  Second,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; banners may be used to generate&#xD;&#xA;&gt; consent to the retrieval of stored&#xD;&#xA;&gt; files and records pursuant to ECPA. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Third, in the case of government&#xD;&#xA;&gt; networks, banners may eliminate any&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Fourth Amendment &quot;reasonable&#xD;&#xA;&gt; expectation of privacy&quot; that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; government employees or other users&#xD;&#xA;&gt; might otherwise retain in their use of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the government's network under&#xD;&#xA;&gt; O'Connor v. Ortega, 480 U.S. 709&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (1987).  Fourth, in the case of a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; non-government network, banners may&#xD;&#xA;&gt; establish a system administrator's&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;common authority&quot; to consent to a law&#xD;&#xA;&gt; enforcement search pursuant to United&#xD;&#xA;&gt; States v. Matlock, 415 U.S. 164&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (1974).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is definitely a legal matter that shouldn't be so easily overlooked.  More than likely, you SHOULD consult with your legal department (if you have one), or corresponding decision makers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/ccmanual/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.usdoj.gov:80/criminal/cybercrime/s&amp;sappendix2002.htm" />
  <row Id="43347" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24406" RevisionGUID="fc072c49-12a5-4970-98e4-829ede4ace60" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:56:56.390" UserId="2417" Text="You can bridge the ethernet interface and wi-fi interface, and all the traffic will pass unmodified. Your router will see DHCP requests from wireless clients and answer them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will need an extra interface for the machine itself tough. Or you can look for tricks that will leave the bridged interface usable by the machine as a normal ethernet interface." />
  <row Id="43348" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24407" RevisionGUID="f1cccc0c-1670-4437-b444-5fc33ef10a0d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T21:57:36.060" UserId="2553" Text="Grab a copy of [Hiren's BootCD 9.9][1] and boot off the CD into the mini Windows XP. That may let you access your data again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd" />
  <row Id="43350" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24408" RevisionGUID="e147a802-11a9-473c-b522-932e62e13a79" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:02:49.450" UserId="1171" Text="Maybe I am missing something, but why go to the effort and risk of adding new attributes when there are other attributes which may be able to do the same thing, such as info, title, description or if you have MS Exchange extensionAttribute*" />
  <row Id="43351" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24409" RevisionGUID="49af3cdb-636c-4da2-8718-a452dd3450fb" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:06:58.647" UserDisplayName="badger" Text="I'm looking to buy a NAS, however am confused about scalability. I dont understand how a 4 disk NAS can have a max capacity of 2tb? why cant i replace the drives with 1tb drives? Or 2tb drives when they come out?" />
  <row Id="43352" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24409" RevisionGUID="49af3cdb-636c-4da2-8718-a452dd3450fb" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:06:58.647" UserDisplayName="badger" Text="NAS max capacity" />
  <row Id="43353" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24409" RevisionGUID="49af3cdb-636c-4da2-8718-a452dd3450fb" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:06:58.647" UserDisplayName="badger" Text="&lt;nas&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;" />
  <row Id="43354" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24410" RevisionGUID="c4978713-7549-428b-889f-70cef7fb925b" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:09:27.660" UserId="7936" Text="&gt; I want all my localhost browser&#xD;&#xA;&gt; internet traffic to go through that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; shell account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh -D 8080 -T -f -l username proxy_host&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Will create a dynamic port forwarding (SOCKS proxy).&#xD;&#xA; - `-T` will not allocate a tty&#xD;&#xA; - `-f` will make SSH to go immediately into background&#xD;&#xA;  - For this to work you need to use public key authentication&#xD;&#xA;  - at least on debian have a look at ssh-copy-id&#xD;&#xA; - Now you just need to configure your browser to go thru the specified port&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Leave out `-T`and `-f` while testing the setup. The local port forwarding (`-L [listenaddress]:localport:remotehost:remoteport ssh_host`) will only work for the remotehost (e.g. `ssh -L 8080:google.com:80 ssh_host` will only forward traffic to `google.com` over the `ssh_host` not all web traffic)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that doesn't work please update your question with the output of the SSH command with the `-vvv` switch added." />
  <row Id="43355" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24400" RevisionGUID="21961698-f74a-421b-97d4-ba85759f3c82" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:10:27.360" UserId="1682" Comment="deleted 56 characters in body" Text="I have some folder, say C:\foo I want to mount as drive M:\&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In linux I would do this with a loop device. " />
  <row Id="43356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24411" RevisionGUID="2795bc01-a7c5-4c40-b3b0-96bf79693a47" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:10:56.750" UserDisplayName="Mark Seger" Text="If you're really into lower levels of detail, don't forget collectl.  Here's an example of the types of per process memory utilization it can report:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### RECORD    1 &gt;&gt;&gt; cag-dl585-02 &lt;&lt;&lt; (1244758290.002) (Thu Jun 11 18:11:30 2009) ###&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# PROCESS SUMMARY (counters are /sec)&#xD;&#xA;# PID  User     S VmSize  VmLck  VmRSS VmData  VmStk  VmExe  VmLib MajF MinF Command&#xD;&#xA; 9089  root     S 66856K      0  2328K  1440K   212K   736K  6812K    0    0 sendmail:&#xD;&#xA; 9097  smmsp    S 57600K      0  1772K  1304K   204K   736K  5904K    0    0 sendmail:&#xD;&#xA; 9108  root     S  6428K      0   360K   180K    84K    88K  1944K    0    0 gpm&#xD;&#xA; 9120  root     S 74808K      0  1136K   476K   520K    48K  1920K    0    0 crond&#xD;&#xA; 9173  xfs      S 20904K      0  1828K  1124K    88K   104K  3084K    0    0 xfs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're interested in specific processes you can specify appropriate filters (including a switch to show threads).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if you interested in memory in general it also can show slab detail and even has a vmstat format output.  Why would you want to show data in vmstat format when the existing tool already does that?  That's easy - with collectly you can log stats to a file and play it back later in multiple formats.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;try it, you'll like it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-mark" />
  <row Id="43357" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24412" RevisionGUID="fac2213f-bbf2-4521-8c72-1dee8da692aa" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:14:17.197" UserId="5234" Text="Just something like &quot;usage of this resource is subject to the terms of our AUP&quot; should be all you need; no need to write an essay on it.  The legal and HR folks can then put their stuff into the AUP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll want to ensure that everyone has a paper copy of the AUP before logging in though.  IANAL but I would smell a rat if you were asking users to agree to something they hadn't even read yet." />
  <row Id="43358" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24413" RevisionGUID="bddd42b8-9a32-4cc3-8ea0-0351c6b6f201" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:17:13.963" UserId="2417" Text="Gentoo prefix does exactly what you want. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It installs all packages into a specified directory. No root access required. If you want to get rid of it, just remove the base directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * See a [develeper's post](http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_6cfb555437e46cc41e3b9ed80433bc18.xml) for some intro.&#xD;&#xA;  * [Detailed use cases](http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/usecases.xml)&#xD;&#xA;  * [Installation(?) info](http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/bootstrap.xml)&#xD;&#xA;  * [Project's page](http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/index.xml)" />
  <row Id="43359" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24413" RevisionGUID="bddd42b8-9a32-4cc3-8ea0-0351c6b6f201" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:17:13.963" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="43360" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24383" RevisionGUID="fa4dbe6b-f3fb-4e8b-8f5c-22dba6aa5c8e" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:19:51.943" UserId="1840" Comment="added 258 characters in body" Text="From the United States Department of Justice (Cybercrime Manual): [**http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/ccmanual/**][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Best Practices for Victim Response&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and Reporting&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;h3&gt; A.	Steps&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Before Confronting an Intrusion&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Consider Using Banners - Real-time&#xD;&#xA;&gt; monitoring of attacks is usually&#xD;&#xA;&gt; lawful, if prior notice of this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; monitoring is given to all users. For&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this reason, organizations should&#xD;&#xA;&gt; consider deploying written warnings,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; or &quot;banners,&quot; on the ports through&#xD;&#xA;&gt; which an intruder is likely to access&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the organization's system and on which&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the organization may attempt to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; monitor an intruder's communications&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and traffic. If a banner is already in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; place, it should be reviewed&#xD;&#xA;&gt; periodically to ensure that it is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; appropriate for the type of potential&#xD;&#xA;&gt; monitoring that could be used in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; response to a cyberattack. More&#xD;&#xA;&gt; information on this topic can be found&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on CCIPS' website at&#xD;&#xA;&gt; http://www.cybercrime.gov.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, here are some sample NETWORK BANNER language as recommended by USDOJ and explanation for their functions:&#xD;&#xA;[**http://www.usdoj.gov:80/criminal/cybercrime/s&amp;sappendix2002.htm**][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;h3&gt;APPENDIX A: Sample Network Banner&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Language&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Network banners are electronic messages that provide&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Notice of legal rights to users of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; computer networks.  From a legal&#xD;&#xA;&gt; standpoint, banners have four primary&#xD;&#xA;&gt; functions.  First, banners may be used&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to generate consent to real-time&#xD;&#xA;&gt; monitoring under Title III.  Second,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; banners may be used to generate&#xD;&#xA;&gt; consent to the retrieval of stored&#xD;&#xA;&gt; files and records pursuant to ECPA. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Third, in the case of government&#xD;&#xA;&gt; networks, banners may eliminate any&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Fourth Amendment &quot;reasonable&#xD;&#xA;&gt; expectation of privacy&quot; that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; government employees or other users&#xD;&#xA;&gt; might otherwise retain in their use of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the government's network under&#xD;&#xA;&gt; O'Connor v. Ortega, 480 U.S. 709&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (1987).  Fourth, in the case of a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; non-government network, banners may&#xD;&#xA;&gt; establish a system administrator's&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;common authority&quot; to consent to a law&#xD;&#xA;&gt; enforcement search pursuant to United&#xD;&#xA;&gt; States v. Matlock, 415 U.S. 164&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (1974).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is definitely a legal matter that shouldn't be so easily overlooked.  More than likely, you SHOULD consult with your legal department (if you have one), or corresponding decision makers.  Also, whatever is implemented in the banners, that being said for internal and external should probably not be redundant with already agreed Network Use Policies (probably don't want to constantly alert people about something they have already agreed on)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/ccmanual/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.usdoj.gov:80/criminal/cybercrime/s&amp;sappendix2002.htm" />
  <row Id="43361" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24414" RevisionGUID="0472b5f8-151c-48e1-8fe3-10bb94cab11a" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:20:58.057" UserId="7936" Text="I can see 2 problems here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First possible problem:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The nas comes with 4 disks of 1 TB configured with RAID10 (or any other drive RAID combination that gives you 2 TB total storage) and isn't able to resize the RAID array size when larger disks are added **run, don't walk away from the product** - then there's nothing you can do about it but a host based migration&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - copy files away from the NAS&#xD;&#xA; - replace all disks&#xD;&#xA; - completeley re-initiate the RAID with the new drives&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second possible problem:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The device is perfectly capable from a feature point of view but has only certain disks supported, the largest supported disks available yield a config of a max. of 2 TB only&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another Guess:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Marketing speech. Often marketing will release a product with a folder which says &quot;Up to n TB of storage supported&quot; most times this refers only to the maximum disk size available at the time of the writing, but the device doesn't have a:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - missing feature preventing you from actually migrating RAID levels&#xD;&#xA; - a hardware compatibility list preventing you from using larger disks (in terms of accepted support cases)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you update your question with the actual error message or are you right now just investigating options and the limits are from a product fact sheet?" />
  <row Id="43362" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24415" RevisionGUID="da1852a4-6f14-48dd-a21c-bdda11b006a6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:24:44.803" UserId="6474" Text="The supported way of doing this is to run the *sys-unconfig* command, then reconfigure the host with the desired name." />
  <row Id="43363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24416" RevisionGUID="32fee0ba-5af8-4f32-8edd-7838db8606da" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:29:25.153" UserId="9250" Text="Subst also works in Vista:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Users\juan&gt;subst /?&#xD;&#xA;    Associates a path with a drive letter.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    SUBST [drive1: [drive2:]path]&#xD;&#xA;    SUBST drive1: /D&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      drive1:        Specifies a virtual drive to which you want to assign a path.&#xD;&#xA;      [drive2:]path  Specifies a physical drive and path you want to assign to&#xD;&#xA;                     a virtual drive.&#xD;&#xA;      /D             Deletes a substituted (virtual) drive.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Type SUBST with no parameters to display a list of current virtual drives&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;." />
  <row Id="43364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24417" RevisionGUID="cf51cb63-a66d-4b2f-b32f-2131974560b3" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:36:15.390" UserId="9249" Text="The other way to do windows file-sharing with redundancy is to use Distributed File System with Replication (DFS-R).  You will need at least Windows 2003 R2 on your file servers in order to implement this.  You set up your DFS root, and then can specify multiple servers providing a single share.  If one of the servers goes down, the clients using it will automatically fail over to one of the others." />
  <row Id="43365" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24418" RevisionGUID="037bf478-0a9f-485b-853c-abf3acb613fd" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:39:34.307" UserId="5989" Text="      export PS1=&quot;\[`if [[ $? = 0 ]]; then echo '\e[32m\h\e[0m'; else echo '\e[31m\h\e[0m' ; fi`:\w\n$ &quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This displays:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    hostname:~&#xD;&#xA;    $ &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With 'hostname' in green if the last executed command return code was '0' and red if it was &gt; '0'.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24419" RevisionGUID="68a4e5b7-ad0b-484e-99e8-b7c829ccfcfa" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:39:53.543" UserDisplayName="Manu" Text="1) Grep the process(s).&#xD;&#xA;2) Parse the output and save in comma separated format in a text file.&#xD;&#xA;3) open the comma separated file in excel.&#xD;&#xA;4) Draw the graph for that data using the chart utility of excel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want memory snapshots at different time interval... set the cron job at desired interval and run the script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;hope that helps....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;@MS&#xD;&#xA;----" />
  <row Id="43367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24420" RevisionGUID="c9843a10-7983-4ee1-ae5c-b1ab8f08b1f3" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:40:16.753" UserId="7501" Text="I seem to be experiencing a problem with a virtualized **Windows 2008** domain controller. We are running Hyper-V on a powerful server (dual quad core Nehalem Xeon, 48 GB of ram), and all of the VMs are mostly idle. We only have a bunch of users for testing, and less than 6 machines joined to the domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What happens is that any type of access to another server seems to take for ever during initial logon negotiation. Symptoms:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. It takes around a minute to&#xD;&#xA;    access something like&#xD;&#xA;    \\\someserver\c$. Afterwards, file transfers are fast, at 1 Gigabit sustained transfer speed, so it's not a network issue.&#xD;&#xA; 2. If I open the Security tab to see which users have access to a folder, I can see the SIDs unresolved (S-1234-...) for a long time before they eventually get resolved.&#xD;&#xA; 3. The following appears in the Event Log on some of the client computers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Winlogon Warning 6005:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    The winlogon notification subscriber &lt;GPClient&gt; is taking long time to handle the notification event (Logon).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Winlogon Warning 6006:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    The winlogon notification subscriber &lt;GPClient&gt; took 89 second(s) to handle the notification event (Logon).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The primary domain controller also has RRAS installed, and is a VPN server if that makes any difference. It's average cpu usage is 0% and there is no resource contention as far as I can tell. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are two virtual NICs configured, one going to the public internet, and one on an internal LAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas on what I could try?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43368" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24420" RevisionGUID="c9843a10-7983-4ee1-ae5c-b1ab8f08b1f3" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:40:16.753" UserId="7501" Text="Primary Domain Controller slow?" />
  <row Id="43369" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24420" RevisionGUID="c9843a10-7983-4ee1-ae5c-b1ab8f08b1f3" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:40:16.753" UserId="7501" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="43370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24421" RevisionGUID="5cd7fd1f-a777-45d0-b96d-7813df446741" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:41:09.983" UserDisplayName="Andrew" Text="I'm including this post for completeness.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The [Apache documentation][1] explains why this behaviour occurs very well and is the reason that the 'RewriteBase' directive exists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simply including the 'RewriteBase' directive in your .htaccess file should achieve your desired result.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine On&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteBase /&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.org$ [NC]&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.com/$1 [R=301,L]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the Apache 2.2 mod_rewrite documentation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The RewriteBase directive explicitly&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sets the base URL for per-directory&#xD;&#xA;&gt; rewrites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My rule of thumb is to almost always use 'RewriteBase' in .htaccess files, and not to use it in the Apache config.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewritebase" />
  <row Id="43371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24422" RevisionGUID="a8b44d99-54fc-46ee-a13a-34c77207623f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:41:53.350" UserId="9254" Text="I have Exchange clusters located in 2 different states conencted by a DS3. When I am scheduling a meeting requiring attendees from both locations, I cannot always see free/busy times for users at the remote location. It's very inconsistent and will even switch between the remote users if I let the scheduling assistant sit and refresh.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a replication issue, or does anyone have any other ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!!" />
  <row Id="43372" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24422" RevisionGUID="a8b44d99-54fc-46ee-a13a-34c77207623f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:41:53.350" UserId="9254" Text="Outlook Scheduling Assistant not seeing free/busy consistently" />
  <row Id="43373" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24422" RevisionGUID="a8b44d99-54fc-46ee-a13a-34c77207623f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:41:53.350" UserId="9254" Text="&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;outlook-2007&gt;&lt;replication&gt;" />
  <row Id="43374" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24423" RevisionGUID="de9bfc3e-9ab6-4b3b-a388-ca76bb8bbfda" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:42:41.273" UserId="1435" Text="2TB disks are out, but I suspect that the maker of the NAS you're thinking of may not have certified their box for &gt;500GB disks. There are lots of NAS box makers that support 1/1.5/2TB disks, go for one of them (I like [Thecus][1] myself)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.thecus.com" />
  <row Id="43375" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24417" RevisionGUID="e47ec92b-727a-4611-abad-d46fd92852b6" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:43:03.707" UserId="9249" Comment="added link to DFS overview" Text="The other way to do windows file-sharing with redundancy is to use Distributed File System with Replication (DFS-R).  You will need at least Windows 2003 R2 on your file servers in order to implement this.  You set up your DFS root, and then can specify multiple servers providing a single share.  If one of the servers goes down, the clients using it will automatically fail over to one of the others.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more information see Microsoft's &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5e547c69-d224-4423-8eac-18d5883e7bc2&quot;&gt;overview of DFS&lt;/a&gt;." />
  <row Id="43376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24424" RevisionGUID="b54c9d25-5939-4171-ac28-8c2bc1631734" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:44:54.967" UserId="7936" Text="**Run, don't walk away from your hosting provider.** You want direct access to the data not only thru phppgadmin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;phppgadmin (as well as phpmyadmin) in those cases have a huge problem. You won't be able to get dumps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reasoning: With PHP and apache you have a max. execution time as well as a memory limit for the scripts running. It may not be a problem now in terms of execution time / memory now but as your database grows you will run into it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get a good dump you will at least need access to the database (which should if the DB is directly exposed to the net of course be SSL secured). Be it thru SSH or directly thru psql, otherwise I don't really see a good option to get dumps. phppgadmin (or phpmyadmin) may be convenient to browse thru the DB make some changes, do some (smaller) selects and so on, but not if you need to get possibly vast amounts of data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've had both tools fail on me on various occasions with PHP timeouts or too much memory usage when doing backups/restores.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for a Guide how to Backup the original postgres documentation is usually very good: [http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/backup.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now for your problem how to get a nice DB dump:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Use the &quot;normal&quot; SQL format (yes the docs say it's much slower but I found it to be the most reliable option)&#xD;&#xA; - Do not &quot;show&quot; the dump in phppgadmin but rather download it (gzipped or not may or may not work depending on the php installation and on the time it takes to create the dump, actually the same is true for the &quot;show&quot; option)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**I can't stress enough to get SSH or psql access directly to the host.** If your hosting provider won't give you access, set up a local PostgreSQL create a playground database and send them the pg_dump command you wish to use, let them place it in a SSL and password protected directory and download it from there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/backup.html" />
  <row Id="43377" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24425" RevisionGUID="0b680e72-9716-4f76-b4be-7fc2b05c3f63" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:53:44.670" UserId="9253" Text="I'm doing some test-runs of long-running data migration scripts, over SSH. Let's say I start running a script around 4 PM; now, 6 PM rolls around, and I'm cursing myself for not doing this all in `screen`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to &quot;retroactively&quot; `nohup` a process, or do I need to leave my computer online all night? If it's not possible to attach `screen` to/`nohup` a process I've already started, then why? Something to do with how parent/child proceses interact? (I won't accept a &quot;no&quot; answer that doesn't at least address the question of 'why' -- sorry ;) )" />
  <row Id="43378" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24425" RevisionGUID="0b680e72-9716-4f76-b4be-7fc2b05c3f63" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:53:44.670" UserId="9253" Text="Can I nohup/screen an already-started process?" />
  <row Id="43379" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24425" RevisionGUID="0b680e72-9716-4f76-b4be-7fc2b05c3f63" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:53:44.670" UserId="9253" Text="&lt;nix&gt;&lt;nohup&gt;&lt;screen&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;" />
  <row Id="43380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24426" RevisionGUID="c5bd6d7f-4b32-4b27-bf9f-d03269d1bedc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:54:32.107" UserId="6177" Text="As the subject says...  We're using Exchange 2007 and (mostly) Outlook 2003 and have a limit of 20MB.  For larger files, we have an ftp server that people inside can easily copy files to or from, and we have an account on that server that we can give out to outsiders to use to upload or download files.  The ftp server is an old NAS box that didn't work well, so it's got nothing else on it, the passwords get changed frequently and the files put on it are wiped every day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know there are services that can be used instead of having our own ftp server, I'm wondering which ones people have had good/bad experiences with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43381" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24426" RevisionGUID="c5bd6d7f-4b32-4b27-bf9f-d03269d1bedc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:54:32.107" UserId="6177" Text="What's your maximum email message size, and what do you do for bigger files?" />
  <row Id="43382" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24426" RevisionGUID="c5bd6d7f-4b32-4b27-bf9f-d03269d1bedc" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:54:32.107" UserId="6177" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;outlook&gt;" />
  <row Id="43383" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24427" RevisionGUID="b920bcd1-3dc1-4e0a-b34a-a778e7c9bcd9" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:55:55.973" UserId="4624" Text="Here is the tool Premier support used to find why lsass was using so much CPU:&#xD;&#xA;spa_v2.msi  “Server Performance Advisor” &#xD;&#xA;Change drop down value to active directory &#xD;&#xA;and with the aid of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NTDS\Diagnostics REG_DWORD change value from “0” to “5” then view Directory Services log for errors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This revealed the culprit lookup of OtherMailBox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;He then pulled this out of his head, cmd window:&#xD;&#xA;Ldifde  -F foo.txt –s corpdc01 –P subtree –d “DC=Corp,DC=redmond,DC=Local” –r “(OtherMailBox=*)”&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To determine if we were using this object in the AD.  We were not. The log showed the barracuda’s IP addresses and NSLOOKUP did the rest. Handed that info to IT Admins and they were able to fix.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24428" RevisionGUID="459a1922-8f76-4512-acdf-47f22297c04d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:57:21.073" UserId="1466" Text="I find that when something goes wrong at a low level on one of my linux servers, I can see messages about it in the **kernel ring buffer**.  These can be viewed from the command line using the **dmesg** command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am wondering if there is an easy way to get my servers to **email me whenever something is added** to the kernel ring buffer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right now I have a script that runs every hour, makes a copy of the output of dmesg and runs a **diff** against the file from the previous hour.  Unfortunately this doesn't work so well, because as lines are appended to the end of the dmesg output, other lines are truncated from the beginning.  Also, if I have alot of the same message, it just stops notifying me altogether.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Is there a better way of doing this? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Does anyone else think it is important to see these messages when they happen?" />
  <row Id="43385" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24428" RevisionGUID="459a1922-8f76-4512-acdf-47f22297c04d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:57:21.073" UserId="1466" Text="Monitoring dmesg output" />
  <row Id="43386" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24428" RevisionGUID="459a1922-8f76-4512-acdf-47f22297c04d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:57:21.073" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;dmesg&gt;&lt;log-files&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="43387" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24429" RevisionGUID="979349cd-7a15-4b51-9531-0813b567e731" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:57:50.947" UserId="6125" Text="I haven't used `pf`; but I think it was one of the first statefull filters.  Maybe it's keeping account of the 'connections' and dropping them?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd look for any state-dependent filter rule.  In Linux's `iptables` usually the filter starts with a &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ACCEPT all state RELATED,ESTABLISHED&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;because that way it won't have to recheck all the relevant rules for each packet after the first one.  But since NFS is UDP based and doesn't care about long (even hours) periods of silence, maybe the router is losing the `ESTABLISHED` state, and the new packets aren't valid for a start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;check if there's any 'keepalive' parameter to make the client send heartbeat packets after a minute or so of silence.  if not, try NFS over TCP.  (which does have heartbeat packets)." />
  <row Id="43388" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="24323" RevisionGUID="8b5c3fce-7298-43da-9a0b-ba855a941736" CreationDate="2009-06-11T22:59:04.313" UserId="1" CloseReasonId="4" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
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  <row Id="43391" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="1653" RevisionGUID="7339ec16-f5f6-48af-a394-7a90bb860841" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:00:16.637" UserId="1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="43392" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="24425" RevisionGUID="4b278a33-b373-478f-aa76-ad423f311cef" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:00:36.090" UserId="2609" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;nohup&gt;&lt;screen&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;" />
  <row Id="43393" PostHistoryTypeId="11" PostId="1653" RevisionGUID="7381a274-b358-456d-a0d1-fe1198a3cd02" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:01:37.600" UserId="1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="43394" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24430" RevisionGUID="e498d80f-395c-44f9-9d7c-be1264420337" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:02:34.010" UserId="7936" Text="I can only give you a simple &quot;No&quot; without the why for the screen part, I'd be interested in the reason myself thou.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However have you tried `disown` (a bash builtin)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ~ $ echo $SHELL&#xD;&#xA;    /bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    ~ $ type disown&#xD;&#xA;    disown is a shell builtin&#xD;&#xA;    ~ $ help disown&#xD;&#xA;    disown: disown [-h] [-ar] [jobspec ...]&#xD;&#xA;         By default, removes each JOBSPEC argument from the table of active jobs.&#xD;&#xA;        If the -h option is given, the job is not removed from the table, but is&#xD;&#xA;        marked so that SIGHUP is not sent to the job if the shell receives a&#xD;&#xA;        SIGHUP.  The -a option, when JOBSPEC is not supplied, means to remove all&#xD;&#xA;        jobs from the job table; the -r option means to remove only running jobs." />
  <row Id="43395" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24431" RevisionGUID="1526247d-4af6-4d12-bbb5-959cd6d39fd0" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:03:32.527" UserId="2304" Text="If you're using Bash, you can run &quot;disown -h job&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [disown][1]&#xD;&#xA;&gt;      	&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     disown [-ar] [-h] [jobspec ...]&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     Without options, each jobspec is removed from the table of active jobs.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If the `-h' option is given, the job&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is not removed from the table, but is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; marked so that SIGHUP is not sent to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the job if the shell receives a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SIGHUP. If jobspec is not present, and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; neither the `-a' nor `-r' option is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; supplied, the current job is used. If&#xD;&#xA;&gt; no jobspec is supplied, the `-a'&#xD;&#xA;&gt; option means to remove or mark all&#xD;&#xA;&gt; jobs; the `-r' option without a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; jobspec argument restricts operation&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to running jobs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.faqs.org/docs/bashman/bashref_79.html" />
  <row Id="43396" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24432" RevisionGUID="fb8a9425-02ad-45de-9c66-e9081f9bc06d" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:04:10.997" UserId="7645" Text="When a process starts, STDIN, STDOUT and STDERR are connected to *something*.  Generally you can't change that once the command is started.  In the case you're describing, that's probably a tty associated with the ssh session.  nohup pretty much just does &quot;command &lt; /dev/null &gt; nohup.out 2&gt;&amp;1&quot;; That is, sets STDIN to /dev/null, STDOUT to a file and STDERR to STDOUT.  Screen does much more sophisticated things involving setting up ttys that direct to itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know of any way to retroactively nohup or screenize a running process.  If you cd to /proc/$pid/fd and see what 0, 1 and 2 point to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might have some luck with disown, but not if the process tries to do anything with STDIN, STDOUT or STDERR." />
  <row Id="43397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24433" RevisionGUID="fdda51d3-6674-4a10-8876-305c8fe8e7d4" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:05:10.043" UserId="981" Text="Whenever I join a network where there are other Macs, I sometimes get the notification:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This computer's local hostname&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Macintosh.local is already in use on&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this network. The name has been&#xD;&#xA;&gt; changed to 'Macintosh-2.local`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this point I'm up to `Macintosh-149.local` (I've attended a few conferences recently). I've tried:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* `sudo hostname jared-mac`. This works until the next reboot, or the next time I encounter a network with other Macs.&#xD;&#xA;* Modified `/etc/hostname`. This doesn't seem to have an effect.&#xD;&#xA;* System Preferences-&gt;Network-&gt;Advanced... -&gt;TCP/IP DHCP Client ID: doesn't have any effect.&#xD;&#xA;* System Preferences-&gt;Network-&gt;Advanced... -&gt;WINS doesn't have any effect either (that should be expected).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other thing that mystifies me is that I can't find a reference to `Macintosh` anywhere in `/etc/`, which means that it's storing this value somewhere else. `NetInfo Manager.app` no longer exists on Leopard, so I'm not sure where to look...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this a known issue? Or am I doing something wrong?" />
  <row Id="43398" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24433" RevisionGUID="fdda51d3-6674-4a10-8876-305c8fe8e7d4" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:05:10.043" UserId="981" Text="How do I avoid the hostname Macintosh-2?" />
  <row Id="43399" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24433" RevisionGUID="fdda51d3-6674-4a10-8876-305c8fe8e7d4" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:05:10.043" UserId="981" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;hostname&gt;" />
  <row Id="43400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24434" RevisionGUID="c20846b9-218a-41ca-9fb7-d42b57ac3b70" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:08:14.343" UserId="3038" Text="One thing that may help is this article from Microsoft: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb397225.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes trouble with autodiscover can illuminate problems with free/busy. Though the inconsistent nature of your problem suggests a timeout of some kind. It's probably a good idea to dig through the event-logs on your Hub/CA servers and see if there is anything diagnostic there." />
  <row Id="43401" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24435" RevisionGUID="a161a24e-62aa-41fb-acc2-778fda68bc58" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:08:58.723" UserId="1936" Text="I'm probably under-thinking this so feel free to correct me (I already learned about disown!)... Wouldn't a ctrl-Z and &quot;bg&quot; work to at least get the process running in the background? Or is the key issue that you'd still want to see STDOUT while it runs?" />
  <row Id="43402" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24436" RevisionGUID="1223ffdb-83b9-4097-b8d3-0a7906704fa9" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:12:01.480" UserId="8032" Text="There are a number of tools designed to gather this information and report it regularly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I find the Lire tool (from the [LogReport][1] system) to be a good reporting tool, but you may also be interested in [Logcheck][2] and [Logwatch][3]. All are [free software][4] and can be installed directly from most major GNU/Linux package repositories.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.logreport.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://logcheck.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.logwatch.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software" />
  <row Id="43403" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24437" RevisionGUID="3fb06ab3-b16c-4b10-b6e0-ab04e82add69" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:16:13.547" UserId="4562" Text="I've worked with [YouSendIt][1] in the past and they were okay.  The new kid on the block is [Dropbox][2] and they are awesome.  Keep files for you to use among your personal machines or share with others.  Totally cross platform so I would give them a try first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.yousendit.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.getdropbox.com" />
  <row Id="43404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24438" RevisionGUID="eab8ec10-139c-4f47-addc-55f5a3b2aca7" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:16:18.337" UserId="8897" Text="System Preferences - Sharing - Computer Name&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43405" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24439" RevisionGUID="c976265b-ce05-4f88-bf66-89ab022a3551" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:30:16.590" UserId="3459" Text="Does anyone have links to resources that list perfmon classes that are called by the WMI Query Language?  I have some monitoring software that can pull data via WMI but I have to enter a query in WMI Query Language (WQL).  Here is an example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SELECT AvgDiskQueueLength FROM Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfDisk_logicalDisk WHERE Name=&quot;_Total&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I have an idea of the syntax but I'm trying to figure out the different classes, specifically some of the MS SQL ones.  I've tried using the Scriptomatic tool to explore the SQL server WMI info but there isn't anything related to the SQL Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The server OS is Windows 2003, running MS SQL Server 2000.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43406" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24439" RevisionGUID="c976265b-ce05-4f88-bf66-89ab022a3551" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:30:16.590" UserId="3459" Text="Need a resource that lists WMI perfmon classes" />
  <row Id="43407" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24439" RevisionGUID="c976265b-ce05-4f88-bf66-89ab022a3551" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:30:16.590" UserId="3459" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sqlserver2000&gt;&lt;wmi&gt;" />
  <row Id="43408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24440" RevisionGUID="e0b2e00b-ed47-4468-aeb7-244c38eb6eab" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:30:19.697" UserId="919" Text="We run a system designed to integrate with MSSQL, in a clustered setup. Currently we have both database nodes monitored under Nagios, and everything's fine except the database host check:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;check_tcp -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p 1433&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Probably, one can't monitor a failover cluster directly like this. How should I monitor the cluster's database availability instead?" />
  <row Id="43409" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24440" RevisionGUID="e0b2e00b-ed47-4468-aeb7-244c38eb6eab" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:30:19.697" UserId="919" Text="How do I monitor MSSQL cluster availability in Nagios?" />
  <row Id="43410" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24440" RevisionGUID="e0b2e00b-ed47-4468-aeb7-244c38eb6eab" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:30:19.697" UserId="919" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;monitor&gt;&lt;nagios&gt;&lt;opsview&gt;&lt;clustering&gt;" />
  <row Id="43411" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="24315" RevisionGUID="83f1ecef-8dbf-4c0b-aba5-de9406de9d99" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:32:38.333" UserId="388" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;tracert&gt;&lt;bgp&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="43412" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24433" RevisionGUID="7093c445-f45e-451b-b009-f8a6c9be03e4" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:33:47.740" UserId="981" Comment="added 288 characters in body" Text="Whenever I join a network where there are other Macs, I sometimes get the notification:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This computer's local hostname&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Macintosh.local is already in use on&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this network. The name has been&#xD;&#xA;&gt; changed to 'Macintosh-2.local`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From then on the result of `hostname` is this changed name. And therefore the prompt in my shell is this changed name. At this point I'm up to `Macintosh-149.local` (I've attended a few conferences recently). I've tried:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* System Preferences-&gt;Sharing-&gt;Computer Name. It's set correctly but the dialog says &quot;Computers on your local network can access your computer at: Macintosh-149.local&quot;&#xD;&#xA;* `sudo hostname jared-mac`. This works until the next reboot, or the next time I encounter a network with other Macs.&#xD;&#xA;* Modified `/etc/hostname`. This doesn't seem to have an effect.&#xD;&#xA;* System Preferences-&gt;Network-&gt;Advanced... -&gt;TCP/IP DHCP Client ID: doesn't have any effect.&#xD;&#xA;* System Preferences-&gt;Network-&gt;Advanced... -&gt;WINS doesn't have any effect either (that should be expected).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other thing that mystifies me is that I can't find a reference to `Macintosh` anywhere in `/etc/`, which means that it's storing this value somewhere else. `NetInfo Manager.app` no longer exists on Leopard, so I'm not sure where to look...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this a known issue? Or am I doing something wrong?" />
  <row Id="43413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24441" RevisionGUID="d7b634f8-9893-4b25-ab82-41a42b3789ab" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:35:40.840" UserId="7342" Text="If you can live with not being able to interact with the process and you don't object to loading random kernel modules, you could do worse than to look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://snoop.sourceforge.net&quot;&gt;Snoop&lt;/a&gt;. Alternatively, there are a couple of other projects. &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.habets.pp.se/2009/03/Moving-a-process-to-another-terminal&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; is one call injcode, which can mostly do what you want to do." />
  <row Id="43414" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24442" RevisionGUID="68cb9df3-0c36-49bb-a067-cffd9322f53c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:38:45.967" UserId="981" Text="If your internal domain is [`.local`][1], you will have a problem resolving names via DNS. There is an [old article on Mac OS X Hints][2] which describes a solution:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I created a `company.local` file in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `/etc/resolver`, and populated this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; file with the nameservers for the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `company.local` AD domain. This allows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Mac OS X to use standard DNS to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; resolve `company.local` (or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `subdomain.company.local`), while&#xD;&#xA;&gt; still allowing Rendezvous to operate&#xD;&#xA;&gt; as expected. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; The only drawback I've seen to this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; approach is that the nameservers in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this `company.local` file don't update&#xD;&#xA;&gt; via DHCP, so I have to update them&#xD;&#xA;&gt; manually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here][3] is a more official support document from Apple which will parse your existing `/etc/resolv.conf` to populate the file in `/etc/resolvers`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.local&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040806232315819&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2385" />
  <row Id="43415" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24443" RevisionGUID="8f991cfe-5165-4baa-8146-076a67ac6624" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:48:52.473" UserId="9257" Text="I Have a user who is using Entourage on MAC OS 10.4.1 with MS Exchange 2003. The setting on the MAC are all correct and the under the delegates tab user &quot;A&quot; is there. But for some odd reason a user &quot;B&quot; receives all Calendar invites to the user. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;User &quot;B&quot; doesn't have permission to view the MAC's Calendar. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Under user &quot;B&quot; outlook it doesn't show the MAC user any where in outlook. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also the MAC doesnt have any rules set with in Entourage at all. " />
  <row Id="43416" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24443" RevisionGUID="8f991cfe-5165-4baa-8146-076a67ac6624" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:48:52.473" UserId="9257" Text="Meeting request going to someone else" />
  <row Id="43417" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24443" RevisionGUID="8f991cfe-5165-4baa-8146-076a67ac6624" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:48:52.473" UserId="9257" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;exchange-2003&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;mac&gt;" />
  <row Id="43418" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24444" RevisionGUID="04f2caf8-3506-4e1d-858d-ecf34ab718ed" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:50:01.257" UserId="8924" Text="I want two virtual servers to share the same disk (one R/W, the other one R/O) Can I do this on VMWare ESX, setting up the same virutal disk on both servers?" />
  <row Id="43419" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24444" RevisionGUID="04f2caf8-3506-4e1d-858d-ecf34ab718ed" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:50:01.257" UserId="8924" Text="VMWare ESX sharing a virtual disk" />
  <row Id="43420" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24444" RevisionGUID="04f2caf8-3506-4e1d-858d-ecf34ab718ed" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:50:01.257" UserId="8924" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="43421" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24445" RevisionGUID="caa8319c-607e-42b6-9f1c-643a1d1df53c" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:53:58.730" UserId="2908" Text="MSDN has the best list for WMI classes, but it can be difficult to track them down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[The SQL2005 classes are here][1]. However, according to Microsoft, the &quot;WMI Admin Provider is not pre-installed for SQL Server 2000. It needs to be installed separately using the WMI Admin Provider Setup available along with the SQL Server 2000 Setup CD under x86\other\wmi folder.&quot; Once installed it appears to use the same classes as SQL2005.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This link is to the Server 2003 WMI reference][2]. It includes the SQL for the WMI ODBC Adapter functions, and should provide you with any nonSQL classes you are interested in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186452(SQL.90).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394572(VS.85).aspx" />
  <row Id="43422" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24446" RevisionGUID="ccd7f08e-9a86-4b54-b285-9ea1e82416ca" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:55:43.410" UserDisplayName="James" Text="I am having the same problem on SBS2008.  Anything requiring UAC elevation freezes the windows/app.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This has conicided with several services stopping - Exchange Info Store is one of them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried booting into safe mode, changing the UAC Elevation policy as suggested, but the problem remains, even with UAC set to &quot;Elevate without prompt&quot;: anything that would normally require UAC Elevation is freezing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="43423" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24447" RevisionGUID="6edff654-6c96-4767-9e19-dbbd5952fc5f" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:57:49.727" UserId="1233" Text="Normally the two are in sync, but you can alter the hostname by going to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;System Preferences -&gt; Sharing -&gt; Under Computer Name on the right side is an Edit button. Now alter your hostname to match your computer name." />
  <row Id="43424" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24448" RevisionGUID="b82623df-9137-4ddf-958c-949f32632687" CreationDate="2009-06-11T23:58:04.547" UserId="9044" Text="Is it that you're worried about the session timing out? In that case you could Ctrl-z and bg the process, and then just put somthing to keep the session alive like a &quot;ping -t localhost&quot; or &quot;top&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's that you want to logout, then I'm afraid I can't add to the other comments." />
  <row Id="43425" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24293" RevisionGUID="5594c16d-2b68-40e7-91be-b89ba37d1f8e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T00:00:12.630" UserId="3110" Comment="added 55 characters in body" Text="Hi All:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having an issue installing the CCMsetup client on desktops.  The CCMSetup makes it to the PC, files are there, it gets added to the services for automatic start, it starts, but quits almost instantly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Logs on the desktop show a entry like this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;![LOG[Failed to successfully complete HTTP request. (StatusCode at WinHttpQueryHeaders: 404)]LOG]!&gt;&lt;time=&quot;14:28:51.183+240&quot; date=&quot;06-11-2009&quot; component=&quot;ccmsetup&quot; context=&quot;&quot; type=&quot;3&quot; thread=&quot;2388&quot; file=&quot;ccmsetup.cpp:5808&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What am I missing?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:  Firewall is off on both client and server." />
  <row Id="43426" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24443" RevisionGUID="19d8bf44-9ba2-4516-bb2a-3f4b064d6574" CreationDate="2009-06-12T00:02:05.313" UserId="1233" Comment="MAC != Mac" Text="I have a user who is using Entourage on Mac OS 10.4.11 with MS Exchange 2003. The setting on the Mac are all correct and the under the delegates tab user &quot;A&quot; is there. But for some odd reason a user &quot;B&quot; receives all the Calendar invites to the user. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;User &quot;B&quot; doesn't have permission to view the Mac's Calendar. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Under user &quot;B&quot; outlook it doesn't show the Mac user any where in outlook. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also the Mac doesnt have any rules set with in Entourage at all. " />
  <row Id="43427" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24449" RevisionGUID="06dcd613-e51a-402d-afda-e5b2d1be770a" CreationDate="2009-06-12T00:04:32.393" UserId="9258" Text="Regarding your data, there are at least two approaches you will want to look into.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have just pure data it may be desirable to migrate the data into custom SharePoint Lists. This will allow you to put security on the individual rows and easily search and find individual records. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to keep the data as a spreadsheet it is very simple to just upload the files to SharePoint and begin working with them there. The upside to this is that it is very easy to do and the users have very little behavior to change. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, if you were looking to create some custom web parts for displaying the data in interesting ways, having this data be contained in a SharePoint List may be more powerful for you and your users." />
  <row Id="43428" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24450" RevisionGUID="66bafbdf-f89a-47b0-ab83-7443a27550b0" CreationDate="2009-06-12T00:05:49.023" UserId="9044" Text="Well, this isn't quite what you're looking for, but you might find it useful. I used use it for connecting to unix boxes that didn't have Samba installed. If you just type in the Windows Explorer Address bar something like this:&#xD;&#xA;ftp://username@ftpserver/../../path/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not quite a mapped drive, but you do have full Windows Explorer copy and paste, which is handy. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might have to play around with the path part, that's why I put in the /../../ bit." />
  <row Id="43429" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24451" RevisionGUID="e8f6e3da-03d2-4d08-88c9-af96193f04ad" CreationDate="2009-06-12T00:07:11.270" UserId="1293" Text="This is a quick and dirty solution. You may get **lots** of mail. I'd advise adding some `grep` and/or `grep -v` commands. Of course you can use this technique for other log files, too. Add this command in your `/etc/rc.d/rc.local` or your system's equivalent (after having tested it from the command line).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo tail -f /var/log/messages | while read line ; do echo &quot;$line&quot;|mail -s Subject recipient; done &amp;" />
  <row Id="43430" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="24425" RevisionGUID="87a37cc9-7654-4186-ab71-39295bae7170" CreationDate="2009-06-12T00:14:45.670" UserId="9253" Comment="retag (I guess *nix isn't a valid tag :P)" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;nohup&gt;&lt;screen&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;" />
  <row Id="43431" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13050" RevisionGUID="0d0d0be2-c01a-417e-af1d-a0d439e9187e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T00:15:52.020" UserId="4131" Comment="improved formatting" Text="Do not mess with the mysql db. There is a lot more going on there than just the users table. Your best bet is the &quot;SHOW GRANTS FOR&quot; command. I have a lot of CLI maintenance aliases and functions in my .bashrc (actually my .bash_aliases that I source in my .bashrc). This function:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mygrants()&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;      mysql -B -N $@ -e &quot;SELECT DISTINCT CONCAT(&#xD;&#xA;        'SHOW GRANTS FOR ''', user, '''@''', host, ''';'&#xD;&#xA;        ) AS query FROM mysql.user&quot; | \&#xD;&#xA;      mysql $@ | \&#xD;&#xA;      sed 's/\(GRANT .*\)/\1;/;s/^\(Grants for .*\)/## \1 ##/;/##/{x;p;x;}'&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first mysql command uses SQL to generate valid SQL which is piped to the second mysql command. The output is then piped through sed to add pretty comments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The $@ in the command will allow you to call it as:&#xD;&#xA;mygrants --host=prod-db1 --user=admin --password=secret&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use your full unix tool kit on this like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mygrants --host=prod-db1 --user=admin --password=secret | grep rails_admin | mysql --host=staging-db1 --user=admin --password=secret&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That is THE right way to move users. Your MySQL ACL is modified with pure SQL." />
  <row Id="43432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24452" RevisionGUID="f06f57a3-9bb3-4d26-bbf5-a045522a61e7" CreationDate="2009-06-12T00:18:01.487" UserDisplayName="Carson Chittom" Text="If you want to unarchive deb archives specifically, [xarchive][1] says it supports them--but it's just a front-end, so if you're on a non-Debian(ish) system, you'll need to install the Debian tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://xarchive.sf.net" />
  <row Id="43433" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24453" RevisionGUID="b07b7ae0-ee37-4926-9782-2e10ae6f8f5b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T00:18:57.697" UserId="671" Text="We limit our total message size to 30MB.  The e-mail server can handle much larger, but we found that anything more than that and some users would have their mail client &quot;lock up&quot; on them while it downloaded the message.  Outlook 2003 over IMAP is notorious for appearing to lock up while it downloads the message if you have the preview window enabled.  30MB was a good trade-off between getting support calls for e-mail lockups and support calls for messages bouncing because they are too big.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For larger files, we have an FTP dropbox that some clients use to post files and then they send a link for others to go get them (in the format ftp://user:pass@ftp.example.com/somefile.txt).  These are, obviously, more technical than your average user.  Generally we see CAD drawings pass through that way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise, we send them to a large file sending service such as [SendThisFile][1].  There are tons of them out there, some free, some not, with varying degrees of complexity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sendthisfile.com/" />
  <row Id="43436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24456" RevisionGUID="ea89d710-7e27-4c13-8be5-4f8346fe3468" CreationDate="2009-06-12T00:30:33.670" UserId="808" Text="I use ext3 for my external drives for these reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. It's a journaling file system, and will thus better survive disconnections&#xD;&#xA;2. It's the same filesystem I use for `/` and `/usr` and `/home` (etc...)&#xD;&#xA;3. I know that it supports all of the extra attributes that I need, for example, for `selinux`, so when I make a backup all attributes are preserved.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using selinux or any other system that makes use of extended attributes or ACLs, make sure that your backup media is formatted using a file system that can back up those very same attributes or ACLs.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43437" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24457" RevisionGUID="b44d8e69-e7de-42f7-921d-34429bae511d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T00:35:15.183" UserId="7231" Text="You can do this in PowerShell as well.  I use the following to set a drive to my Suvbversion working folder:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    new-psDrive -name SVN -psprovider FileSystem -root 'c:\documents and settings\xxxx\my documents\subversion\adminscripts\trunk'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can then access it as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cd svn:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24458" RevisionGUID="f8105320-cdcc-4881-af54-5d113da1196c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T00:44:19.067" UserId="5890" Text="We use Solaris for software designed to run only on Solaris+Sparc.&#xD;&#xA;It is certainly a reliable and robust operating system.However, unless you have an application that offers tremendous advantage when run on Solaris+Sparc, there is no need to go that route.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Undermost circumstances, you will not be using OpenSolaris on production, but the latest Solaris 10 release (May 09 as of now). For someone from a Linux/FOSS background, there is significant effort required to make a Solaris 10 install as &quot;comfortable&quot; as Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many Solaris gurus I have met are certainly very talented... but are often unaware of how the FOSS packages available from Sunfreeware 1 and Blastwave 2 can make life easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Standard Unix utilities included with Solaris are fully back compatible (another word for back-ward ass). Some Solaris gurus end up installing gnu-tar, wget, gnu-grep and etc for sanity. Some packages are available only as source and not adequately tested by the authors on Sparc. (not all developers have a Sparc box)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux/FOSS users are used to patching/upgrading systems using apt/rpm/up2date/ports/yum/whatever. On the other hand, Solaris patching=hell. The most capable Solaris patching tool is actually a *3rd party script, un-supported by Sun*. Take your time going through the comments [here][3] .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A brilliantly backward-ass &quot;feature&quot; of Solaris is that all package names start with SUNW. (they are working on changing this with OpenSolaris). So lets say you have a package called SUNWfoo Version 1.2. If you release a patch for this package, what would you call it?  A rational person not introduced to Solaris would think &quot;SUNWfoo version 1.3&quot;. Thats wrong, because Solaris patches are for *files* not packages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take a look at this weekly &quot;Sun Patch Club 4&quot; email that I get. It makes no sense.&#xD;&#xA;Compare the Linux/BSD OS update tools and packaging systems and then think about jumping into this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for reliability, the most important parameter is your Sys Admin. If your Sys Admin is a Solaris guru but knows nothing about Linux, then Solaris is a great idea. In the hand of a capable Admin, any OS is reliable. But hardware, disk, ram, network equipment will all fail. Once you have a certain number of servers, you will have Sun people coming in to replace something every few weeks. If you go with x86, you will have Dell/HP people coming in. Whats the difference? I don't look at the numbers, but I'm told Sun+Sparc is more expensive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many Solaris shops that I've seen are still stuck in 1999. They buy a big expensive Sun box without looking at any performance numbers.(&quot;It's expensive, so it must be good.&quot;) Three years later, they replace the big box with a bigger box. If your application works best with this strategy, then go ahead with Solaris.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand you can *architect* your application to be reliable/scalable/highly-available.  If some cool software/hardware on Solaris enables you to increase performance substantially, or be more reliable then go with Solaris. However, you will find that many companies have been able to scale up and scale out their app servers, web servers and DB servers using complete FOSS based technology.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess many of these points will be obsolete in a few years when OpenSolaris is ready.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ZFS and Dtrace are very compelling features. IMO, they are just not compelling enough to ignore Linux/*BSD. ZFS and Containers are not problem free. The &quot;binary-compatibility&quot; argument is not that important with the proliferation of virtualization. Binary-compatibility is also not problem free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.sunfreeware.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.blastwave.org/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;blogs.sun.com/patch/entry/patch_automation_tools&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;pastebin.com/m105f4449" />
  <row Id="43439" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24459" RevisionGUID="de6c5241-2b84-46b2-b0b8-37ea7bb61c60" CreationDate="2009-06-12T00:49:25.520" UserId="3437" Text="I've corralled a bunch of WMIC snippets [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://quux.wiki.zoho.com/WMIC-Snippets.html" />
  <row Id="43440" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24459" RevisionGUID="de6c5241-2b84-46b2-b0b8-37ea7bb61c60" CreationDate="2009-06-12T00:49:25.520" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="43441" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24460" RevisionGUID="cab3330c-4ae8-41cd-bf03-88bf6e22124a" CreationDate="2009-06-12T00:56:59.333" UserId="7999" Text="I was recently asked to looked at a computer in a shared office space where windows explorer does not recognize external drives until the explorer process is restarted. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The users of this computer (a group of real estate agents) had been bringing in pictures on flash cards / usb drives for printing. The XP computer recognizes the various drives, but not the explorer process specifically. If I kill explorer and the restart it, no problem. It sees the drive. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can also see it from the cmd prompt once it's inserted and from the File &gt; Open menu of various programs - just not specifically explorer (until I restart the process). Weird.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas on how to fix this permanently? or what's causing it? I can't tell the agent(s), some of whom are not very computer savvy (to be generous), to just open the task manager, kill explorer, and then run it again. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thoughts? Suggestions? " />
  <row Id="43442" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24460" RevisionGUID="cab3330c-4ae8-41cd-bf03-88bf6e22124a" CreationDate="2009-06-12T00:56:59.333" UserId="7999" Text="Explorer does not recognize external drives until process restarted" />
  <row Id="43443" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24460" RevisionGUID="cab3330c-4ae8-41cd-bf03-88bf6e22124a" CreationDate="2009-06-12T00:56:59.333" UserId="7999" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-explorer&gt;&lt;process&gt;&lt;usb-flash-drive&gt;&lt;task-manager&gt;" />
  <row Id="43444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24461" RevisionGUID="e6fd6509-82de-4907-8066-fa69ee9ac4c9" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:02:26.380" UserId="58852" Text="Ok, I know this is a simple question but I need to ask it...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have set up an Apache web server on my home network on a Ubuntu 8.04 Server Edition machine. I just have it working on my home network which is behind a garden-variety Linksys router.  I set it up with a static IP today by editing my /etc/network/interfaces file, here is the entry:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    auto eth0&#xD;&#xA;    iface eth0 inet static&#xD;&#xA;        address 192.168.1.140&#xD;&#xA;        netmask 255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;        network 192.168.0.0&#xD;&#xA;        broadcast 192.168.1.255&#xD;&#xA;        gateway 0.0.0.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The netmask, network, and broadcast values were taken from the ifconfig output when the box was still using DHCP. However, I didn't know what the gateway value is supposed to be so I filled it with 0's.  The server now serves pages correctly and predictably but I can't request anything from it. That is, it can't get on the web, can't get to any remote Git repo's etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know I'm missing something simple, can anyone enlighten me?" />
  <row Id="43445" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24461" RevisionGUID="e6fd6509-82de-4907-8066-fa69ee9ac4c9" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:02:26.380" UserId="58852" Text="Static IP issues" />
  <row Id="43446" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24461" RevisionGUID="e6fd6509-82de-4907-8066-fa69ee9ac4c9" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:02:26.380" UserId="58852" Text="&lt;static-ip&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="43447" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24451" RevisionGUID="b7a12d65-b73b-41fc-b8a0-615ee72727f3" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:02:37.097" UserId="1293" Comment="-F for log rotation" Text="This is a quick and dirty solution. You may get **lots** of mail. I'd advise adding some `grep` and/or `grep -v` commands. Of course you can use this technique for other log files, too. Add this command in your `/etc/rc.d/rc.local` or your system's equivalent (after having tested it from the command line).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo tail -F /var/log/messages | while read line ; do echo &quot;$line&quot;|mail -s Subject recipient; done &amp;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**edit**: changed to capital F to make tail follow the file by name to be able to handle log rotation." />
  <row Id="43448" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24462" RevisionGUID="64fa2ef2-3723-45d1-93c7-e15ffc46c477" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:05:36.657" UserId="5880" Text="You're gateway will be 192.168.1.1 on a linksys router" />
  <row Id="43449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24463" RevisionGUID="a0a8c80a-cdef-4ba5-a3c4-6f2e200678eb" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:10:49.737" UserId="7382" Text="You may need to change your &quot;Alternate access links&quot; internal link to &quot;Internal&quot; and the external link to &quot;default&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;Or some combination thereof." />
  <row Id="43450" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24440" RevisionGUID="3082faf7-2b33-4ec1-b6f9-c39075429a27" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:13:26.163" UserId="919" Comment="added 15 characters in body; edited title" Text="We run a system designed to integrate with Microsoft SQL Server, in a clustered setup. Currently we have both database nodes monitored under Nagios, and everything's fine except the database host check:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;check_tcp -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p 1433&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Probably, one can't monitor a failover cluster directly like this. How should I monitor the cluster's database availability instead?" />
  <row Id="43451" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="24440" RevisionGUID="3082faf7-2b33-4ec1-b6f9-c39075429a27" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:13:26.163" UserId="919" Comment="added 15 characters in body; edited title" Text="How do I monitor Microsoft SQL cluster availability in Nagios?" />
  <row Id="43452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24464" RevisionGUID="6c01f133-f9a2-4dec-8df3-07b01f273630" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:19:39.540" UserDisplayName="littlegeek" Text="Resource question :- I need to collate a list of security admin tools &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Web &#xD;&#xA;- Network&#xD;&#xA;- Wifi&#xD;&#xA;- Server unix/Linux/windows/macosx&#xD;&#xA;- SQL&#xD;&#xA;- Xss&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please state &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-links/version/os used/free v buy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43453" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24464" RevisionGUID="6c01f133-f9a2-4dec-8df3-07b01f273630" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:19:39.540" UserDisplayName="littlegeek" Text="Security Admins toolkit? What's in your's?" />
  <row Id="43454" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24464" RevisionGUID="6c01f133-f9a2-4dec-8df3-07b01f273630" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:19:39.540" UserDisplayName="littlegeek" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;admin&gt;&lt;toolkit&gt;" />
  <row Id="43455" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24464" RevisionGUID="6c01f133-f9a2-4dec-8df3-07b01f273630" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:19:39.540" UserDisplayName="littlegeek" />
  <row Id="43456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24465" RevisionGUID="25da3dbe-2954-4b14-8fa5-2f26e648943c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:22:40.130" UserId="533" Text="The correct network address for an IP of 192.168.1.140/255.255.255.0 is 192.168.1.0, not 192.168.0.0.  As for the gateway, it's most likely 192.168.1.1 as Zypher said." />
  <row Id="43457" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24466" RevisionGUID="ded68620-36f3-4477-b6e9-504cc7ea961e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:26:55.317" UserId="7709" Text="I've seen similar symptoms, but in a 'real' environment, rather than a virtualised one. Our problem in the end was that the DNS was configured incorrectly, and the machines were doing some sort of crazy round-robin for ages before it would respond. It was a very long time ago, so I don't remember the exact resolution..." />
  <row Id="43458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24467" RevisionGUID="6414b419-efc3-4812-8bd9-51a3c4e9dfbc" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:30:12.490" UserId="7709" Text="The problem is with address sizes. RAID controllers with 48-bit addressing only have enough physical numbers to allocate 2TB per array. Often you can get around this by creating multiple arrays on the same controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Newer (and more expensive) controllers have 60-bit addressing, which can make much larger arrays (but one day we'll run into issues that 60-bit is not big enough, and we'll go around in circles again).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good news is that a 1TB drive is actually only 938gb (or thereabouts) so you can very safely install two of them without actually hitting the barrier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The workaround is, if the controller supports it, create multiple 2TB arrays. We have a controller that has three 2TB RAID-5 arrays to span all 6TB of storage. But some NAS devices might not give you this option, in which case there's not much you can do..." />
  <row Id="43459" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24468" RevisionGUID="aa80a927-6f97-422b-b1a6-f44b68ca149f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:32:50.693" UserId="808" Text="This sounds like a problem with Windows XP.  I have occasionally solved this sort of odd Explorer behavior by re-installing the latest Internet Explorer.  I don't know if this will help you.  You could also try making sure the machine is up-to-date on all Windows updates, hoping some of those updates will replace (and fix) whatever is broken in Explorer.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24469" RevisionGUID="e351162a-3cc0-4775-8008-065e7f96894c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:35:34.653" UserId="7481" Text="There's a nice utility called cronolog(1) which reads a stream and splits it based on a date template. Example from one of my Apache config files:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    CustomLog &quot;|/usr/sbin/cronolog -z0 /var/log/apache2/example.org/%Y/%Y-%m-%dZ.access_log&quot; combined&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will split all Apache logs into a example.org/yyyy/yy-mm-ddZ.access_log format which makes life generally easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, how this can be used in your situation: Start a process which logs everything that happens in /var/log/messages :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tail -f /var/log/messages | cronolog -z0 /var/log/mylog/dmesg/%Y-%m-%d_%H.log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(To get it out of the way, you can for example run it inside a screen(1) session.) This will split the output into files with the filename format&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /var/log/mylog/dmesg/yyyy-mm-dd_hh.log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Every five minutes past the hour, run a script from cron that checks if there's generated a logfile the last hour. Something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # This script is executed every XX:05 from cron&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    LOGDIR=/var/log/mylog/dmesg&#xD;&#xA;    # Get date string ten minutes ago&#xD;&#xA;    LOGDATE=$(date -u +&quot;%Y-%m-%d_%H&quot; -d &quot;10 min ago&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -e $LOGDIR/$LOGDATE.log ]; then&#xD;&#xA;        mail -s &quot;dmesg log for $LOGDATE&quot; my@mail.com &lt;$LOGDIR/$LOGDATE.log&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If no file is found, no mail is sent. With this system, you'll also have backups of your log in the $LOGDIR directory.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43461" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24470" RevisionGUID="34e54eb5-4b7f-45a2-9eea-4030dd03c593" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:40:00.590" UserId="5880" Text="ESX does not support this. Although you might be able to do something with a clustering file system and raw device mappings. Also as of 3.5 U2 (VC/vSphere 2.5 U2) you can use MS Cluster services to cluster the servers." />
  <row Id="43462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24471" RevisionGUID="4283f05c-83d1-47a7-af4a-caa9b9716cfa" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:40:03.413" UserDisplayName="Patrick Laing" Text="[Dial-A-Fix][1]&#xD;&#xA;Try it out, if you notice windows doing some weird stuff, it usually fixes it up. It refreshes all the DLL entries in the registry, or something similar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.lunarsoft.net/wiki/Dial-a-fix#Mirrors.2Fdownload_locations.2C_and_articles" />
  <row Id="43463" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="24461" RevisionGUID="901ed22e-a16a-4986-a3c2-f25212e36c0a" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:40:28.873" UserId="533" Comment="retag" Text="&lt;static-ip&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;home-network&gt;" />
  <row Id="43464" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24472" RevisionGUID="3843749f-f656-4b78-9890-4007a796e66b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:43:30.040" UserId="3038" Text="In my experience, delays like that are more attributable to protocol mismatches than VM. Check the LanManager Authentication levels on the DC's and the server. It could be that the server is having to time-out a negotiation before it can connect or look up SIDs." />
  <row Id="43465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24473" RevisionGUID="23f9729d-99f5-4d8d-9c69-d8191f33d243" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:44:40.680" UserId="9265" Text="We typically limit our emails to 10-15mb tops. Email clients weren't really intended to be used for large file transfers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These 3 services provide **free** (or pay with additional options) large file transfer services. They are all relatively quick and won't jam up your email systems. They basically use a two step process. First you upload your file(s) via their web page, and then their server emails the intended recipient a link to the file so they can download the files(s) via their web browser. If you're sending it to multiple people and/or you don't remember their email addresses, send it to yourself. Then you can forward it using addresses from your email client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**transferbigfiles.com** -- free, the simplest, allows multiple files, password protection, &amp; multiple recipients&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**yousendit.com** -- largest file transfer site, free &amp; pay plans (more features), free still allows multiple files&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**hotshare.net** -- free, one file at a time, additional tools - website embedded code, thumbnails, forum links, etc.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43466" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24469" RevisionGUID="26d9304a-efa5-4678-973a-c3af0ac6d69d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:47:08.130" UserId="7481" Comment="Various small stuff" Text="There's a nice utility called cronolog(1) which reads a stream and splits it based on a date template. Example from one of my Apache config files:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    CustomLog &quot;|/usr/sbin/cronolog -z0 /var/log/apache2/example.org/%Y/%Y-%m-%dZ.access_log&quot; combined&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will split all Apache logs into a example.org/yyyy/yy-mm-ddZ.access_log format which makes life generally easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, how this can be used in your situation: Start a process which logs everything that happens in /var/log/messages :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tail -f /var/log/messages | cronolog -z0 /var/log/mylog/dmesg/%Y-%m-%d_%H.log &amp;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will split the output into files with the filename format&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /var/log/mylog/dmesg/yyyy-mm-dd_hh.log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Every two minutes past the hour, run a script from cron that checks if there's generated a logfile the last hour. Something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # This script is executed every XX:02 from cron&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    LOGDIR=/var/log/mylog/dmesg&#xD;&#xA;    # Get date string five minutes ago&#xD;&#xA;    LOGDATE=$(date -u +&quot;%Y-%m-%d_%H&quot; -d &quot;5 min ago&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -e $LOGDIR/$LOGDATE.log ]; then&#xD;&#xA;        mail -s &quot;dmesg log for $LOGDATE&quot; my@mail.com &lt;$LOGDIR/$LOGDATE.log&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If no file is found, no mail is sent. With this system, you'll also have backups of your log in the $LOGDIR directory.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43467" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24474" RevisionGUID="31584022-ff35-4ff1-a187-7d52bc2bd5f9" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:48:03.417" UserId="8437" Text="**Web**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For pen testing web sites, try these Firefox extensions:  (All are free.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * [Firebug](http://getfirebug.com/)&#xD;&#xA; * [LiveHTTPHeaders](http://livehttpheaders.mozdev.org/)&#xD;&#xA; * [Tamper Data](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/966)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've also heard good things about [Fiddler](http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler2/) (freeware, any browser, Windows only).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**General Networking**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * [Wireshark](http://www.wireshark.org/) - protocol analysis; see what's on your network.  Free, for any OS.&#xD;&#xA; * [Netcat](http://netcat.sourceforge.net/) - generic low-level client and server; the &quot;TCP/IP Swiss army knife.&quot;  Free, for any OS.&#xD;&#xA; * [nmap](http://nmap.org/) - scan for open ports and active hosts, and identify OSes and (sometimes) servers.  Free, for any OS.&#xD;&#xA; * [Nessus](http://www.nessus.org/nessus/) - scan for vulnerabilities on your network.  Unix or Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the tools I'm most familiar with, but for a much more complete list, see [sectools.org](http://sectools.org/).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Wireless**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't have as much experience with these.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * [Kismet](http://www.kismetwireless.net/) (free, for any OS)&#xD;&#xA; * [NetStumbler](http://www.netstumbler.com/) (for Windows)&#xD;&#xA; * [WiFi Pilot](http://www.cacetech.com/products/wifi_pilot.html?utm_source=Wireshark&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_term=wifi_pilot&amp;utm_content=wifi_pilot&amp;utm_campaign=Wireshark_Product) (commercial, for Windows, from the principal developers of Wireshark)" />
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  <row Id="43469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24475" RevisionGUID="e89eadbc-ea88-4116-a18f-99a9a4e2cf66" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:50:18.217" UserId="1205" Text="HTop is showing all the processes and their threads whereas ps aux only shows the processes. Press F5 in htop to create a hierarchal view of the processes and their threats. It will make more sense.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24476" RevisionGUID="f268ab0d-cff4-41f0-8ac4-1395b9f023c7" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:55:38.300" UserId="6071" Text="When we migrate our production DCs to Server 2008 I would also like to move away from FSR to DFS-R for SYSVOL replication.  My problem is that I setup a quick lab to test it out but it's not going as planned.  I'm sure I'm just overlooking something obvious but I can't seem to figure out what :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what I'm doing&#xD;&#xA;1. Installed two server 2008 machines (R2) and promoted them to domain controllers - with Server 2008 (Not R2) being the forest and domain functional levels.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Verify that standard replication is working by placing some stuff in SYSVOL and make sure it ends up on the second domain controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. I then attempt to start the DFS-R migration process but dfsrmig.exe /setglobalstate 0 or dfsrmig.exe /setglobalstate 1 both report that I'm already at stage 3 ('Elimiated').. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So what am I missing? " />
  <row Id="43471" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24476" RevisionGUID="f268ab0d-cff4-41f0-8ac4-1395b9f023c7" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:55:38.300" UserId="6071" Text="SYSVOL replication over DFS-R" />
  <row Id="43472" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24476" RevisionGUID="f268ab0d-cff4-41f0-8ac4-1395b9f023c7" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:55:38.300" UserId="6071" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windowserver2008&gt;&lt;dfs&gt;&lt;replication&gt;&lt;dfs-r&gt;" />
  <row Id="43473" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24469" RevisionGUID="19d83a84-aad2-4deb-b4f6-fa028534bcb4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:56:09.533" UserId="7481" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="There's a nice utility called cronolog(1) which reads a stream and splits it based on a date template. Example from one of my Apache config files:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    CustomLog &quot;|/usr/bin/cronolog -z0 /var/log/apache2/example.org/%Y/%Y-%m-%dZ.access_log&quot; combined&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will split all Apache logs into a example.org/yyyy/yy-mm-ddZ.access_log format which makes life generally easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, how this can be used in your situation: Start a process which logs everything that happens in /var/log/messages :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tail -F /var/log/messages | cronolog -z0 /var/log/mylog/dmesg/%Y-%m-%d_%H.log &amp;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will split the output into files with the filename format&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /var/log/mylog/dmesg/yyyy-mm-dd_hh.log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Every two minutes past the hour, run a script from cron that checks if there's generated a logfile the last hour. Something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # This script is executed every XX:02 from cron&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    LOGDIR=/var/log/mylog/dmesg&#xD;&#xA;    # Get date string five minutes ago&#xD;&#xA;    LOGDATE=$(date -u +&quot;%Y-%m-%d_%H&quot; -d &quot;5 min ago&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -e $LOGDIR/$LOGDATE.log ]; then&#xD;&#xA;        mail -s &quot;dmesg log for $LOGDATE&quot; my@mail.com &lt;$LOGDIR/$LOGDATE.log&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If no file is found, no mail is sent. With this system, you'll also have backups of your log in the $LOGDIR directory.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43474" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24477" RevisionGUID="f9916e70-d244-4b44-832a-1c02b07c33b2" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:56:09.657" UserId="7723" Text="Here is a way to do it, create a lightweight no gui install of linux, install samba.  share out the drive as a file server.  You can do this with any distro, 2 min setup after you have it installed, seriously." />
  <row Id="43475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24478" RevisionGUID="774d687a-c174-4eb1-b0e8-c55610e65425" CreationDate="2009-06-12T01:57:07.330" UserId="9265" Text="NetGear purchased the Infrant's ReadyNAS line a couple of years ago and have been improving it ever since. Their ReadyNAS Pro line supports excellent expansion and performance. We're really liking their product line now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.netgear.com/Products/Storage.aspx?for=All&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43476" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24479" RevisionGUID="37a21aa9-56c9-40fa-b691-ab2546a9911a" CreationDate="2009-06-12T02:00:22.970" UserId="9265" Text="It definitely sounds like a DNS issue, but we've never had any errors or performance problems related to auto registration like Zypher has. " />
  <row Id="43478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24480" RevisionGUID="9fd7980f-1539-448f-be73-77d51d98dc17" CreationDate="2009-06-12T02:03:04.230" UserId="7353" Text="As old as it is, it is still used quite a lot. As Hofa mentioned (Carbon Paper), some of the examples that I've still seen:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Packaging Slip that is glued on the box. You sign on the slip on the box, the courier remove 1 copy for himself (with original signature), and leave the carbon copy stuck on the box. (But recently lots of courier uses the PDA and you sign on the PDA which is horribly hard to get a nice signature)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Pay slip that I get from my employed on fortnightly basis is basically on a form that they print on the inside of the form. To see what is printed, we need to tear off the side, and unfold the form and then you can see the amount inside.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Bank / ATM Card PIN mailed out on similar paper to the payslip paper. (and it is even more secure because they blackened out the area where the PIN is printed to ensure you can't put it behind a light and see the inside)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Old order forms (Companies who still refuses to move to electronic billing / filing), they will use forms in du/tri/n-plicate, one for account, one for another department, and &quot;yet more departments&quot;" />
  <row Id="43479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24481" RevisionGUID="b665d9a4-f679-4dbb-b1dd-ac79c8bfbfc8" CreationDate="2009-06-12T02:03:30.610" UserId="3505" Text="Have you had a look at [BackTrack Linux][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've written a little framework around it so I can easily drop in my own scripts and packages, that way I just burn a disc each time I need to go remote.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.remote-exploit.org/backtrack.html" />
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  <row Id="43481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24482" RevisionGUID="920736c4-eee8-4b51-83c5-057aa416cafa" CreationDate="2009-06-12T02:06:27.797" UserId="9265" Text="We've had a client using the scheduled sweep method for years without issues. I'd only see it potentially being a problem on a heavily used server with multiple people intentionally dropping files with the same name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regardless, here's an excellent step by step procedure for setting up a blind drop ftp site on Windows 2003 using IIS: http://www.iisanswers.com/Blind_drop_ftp.htm&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24483" RevisionGUID="7faeb7f9-ffdd-4b64-ade3-f57adeb6c527" CreationDate="2009-06-12T02:06:56.407" UserId="3657" Text="You can share disks in VMware ESX by editing the properties of the SCSI controller for &quot;virtual&quot; or sharing mode.  This will allow you to access the same LUN/disk from two different virtual machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will **not** allow you to have one system using it R/W and the other R/O.  It is designed for use in clusters with cluster aware filesystems." />
  <row Id="43483" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24484" RevisionGUID="158c44d7-ccef-4689-ab77-75fef7b512e2" CreationDate="2009-06-12T02:10:51.920" UserId="1478" Text="I cannot start SQL Server 2005 transactional replication after I promoted my 2008 Server to a DC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; A required privilege is not held by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This site suggests that I need to change the SQL Server service from my domain account to a local account then back again to the domain account:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911305&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However I am getting an error upon changing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Error Code: 0x80070534 No mapping between account names and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; security IDs was done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found this http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/sqlsetupandupgrade/thread/bf0c1eae-a1fa-4a63-b6a8-c18e81498780/ that suggests I am to delete some registry entries -- however I don't want to delete willy-nilly if I am not sure it will work (also that is part of a Service Pack install). Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="43484" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24484" RevisionGUID="158c44d7-ccef-4689-ab77-75fef7b512e2" CreationDate="2009-06-12T02:10:51.920" UserId="1478" Text="SQL Server 2005 on 2008 DC - Cannot change service user" />
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  <row Id="43489" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24486" RevisionGUID="31f3c23c-35a8-4d65-b02c-899e1849aa0d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T02:15:03.130" UserId="9005" Text="I am not familiar with ZultysMX250.  We use Asterisk.  But we had a similar one-way audio problem, and the problem was resolved by making sure the Asterisk server had the external IP address listed in its NAT file.  As I understand it the SIP protocol carries the IP address to which the return traffic should be passed back.  If the NAT firewall is not intelligent enough to alter that in the actual traffic, then the other end tries to send the traffic to an incorrect private address.  In the Asterisk server you can enter the IP address to use instead of the local private address in these packets.  Also sometimes you have to go into the phone configuration and either enter the external IP address there as well or enter a stun server ip address so that the phone can figure out its own external address." />
  <row Id="43490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24487" RevisionGUID="0b439f64-ff7e-495c-b113-18f6cb1f0dc8" CreationDate="2009-06-12T02:26:42.060" UserId="97" Text="Configure nginx to use stronger SSL ciphers. By default, SSLv2 is enabled (which you should disable if possible).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssl_ciphers DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:AES256-SHA:DES-CBC3-SHA:AES128-SHA:RC4-SHA:RC4-MD5;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://tumblelog.jauderho.com/post/121851623/nginx-and-stronger-ssl][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tumblelog.jauderho.com/post/121851623/nginx-and-stronger-ssl" />
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  <row Id="43492" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24460" RevisionGUID="5039da5a-bd37-45fb-b374-225cfde5a18e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T02:28:50.700" UserId="7999" Comment="more clear (hopefully)" Text="I was recently asked to looked at a computer in a shared office space where windows explorer does not recognize external drives until the explorer process is restarted. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The users of this computer (a group of real estate agents) had been bringing in pictures on flash cards / usb drives for printing. The XP computer recognizes the various drives (beeps/visible by cmd prompt/listed in File&gt;Open menus), but not the windows explorer / explorer process **specifically**. If I kill explorer and the restart it, no problem. It sees the drive. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To rephrase, I can see it from the cmd prompt once it's inserted and from the File &gt; Open menu of various programs - just not specifically my computer / windows explorer (until I restart the process). Weird.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas on how to fix this permanently? or what's causing it? I can't tell the agent(s), some of whom are not very computer savvy (to be generous), to just open the task manager, kill &quot;explorer&quot;, and then run it again. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thoughts? Suggestions? " />
  <row Id="43493" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24488" RevisionGUID="a7a68439-75ce-4ba5-aeb2-1b33aa038e7c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T02:33:05.730" UserId="7385" Text="The computer does sometimes communicate with the monitor a little bit (querying&#xD;&#xA;capabilities, etc) so I guess it's theoretically possible that a really funky &#xD;&#xA;video driver could be crashing things when the monitor is present.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Really very unlikely though, I'd say it's most likely that something else is&#xD;&#xA;wrong and the monitor being present or not is just coincidence.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, unless there's a loose connector or the video card isn't sitting right so&#xD;&#xA;the act of plugging/unplugging the monitor causes things to move around inside,&#xD;&#xA;which could cause all sorts of nastiness on the bus." />
  <row Id="43494" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24489" RevisionGUID="ad7dd479-2864-454f-b195-1ca61cfd6fdf" CreationDate="2009-06-12T02:34:40.640" UserId="385" Text="Mine:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Perl][1] - To script when I don't have the right tool.&#xD;&#xA; - [NetStumbler][2] - To detect wireless.&#xD;&#xA; - [WireShark][3] - To sniff traffic.&#xD;&#xA; - [Cain &amp; Abel][4] - To crack passwords and exploit LSA Secrets.&#xD;&#xA; - [NMap][5] - Port Scanner&#xD;&#xA; - [SysInternal PSTools Suite][6] - Ton of useful tools&#xD;&#xA; - [Fiddler][7] - IE Proxy that allows you to see HTTP Request / Response even with SSL&#xD;&#xA; - [Nessus][8] - General vulnerability scanner&#xD;&#xA; - [SQLPing 3][9] - SQL Server scanner&#xD;&#xA; - SQL Server Profiler - to monitor SQL Server commands going to a particular SQL Server&#xD;&#xA; - Command Line - a lot of tools here&#xD;&#xA; - [Cygwin][10] - Unix/Linux tools on Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.netstumbler.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.wireshark.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.oxid.it/cain.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://nmap.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896649.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.fiddler2.com/Fiddler2/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.nessus.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.sqlsecurity.com/Tools/FreeTools/tabid/65/Default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://cygwin.com/" />
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  <row Id="43497" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24491" RevisionGUID="73194a5e-e61a-4c64-8c21-280dad7c3045" CreationDate="2009-06-12T02:38:10.557" UserId="385" Text="When it comes to SQL Server on a cluster, it must be installed as a virtual node, whether it's a default instance or a named instance. So a TCP check where the hostname is the virtual name with the correct port should work. For instance, if I have a two node cluster with physical nodes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Physical1&#xD;&#xA; - Physical2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't monitor either of those for SQL Server. When SQL Server is installed, let's say I chose the virtual node name of Virtual1, then it's Virtual1 you'll want to monitor. And if SQL Server is up, then the cluster is up. If you just want to check to see if the cluster is up, look for the Network Name of the cluster group itself.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43498" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24492" RevisionGUID="656fe699-2b2d-4f8f-9ba7-01d6da01cdea" CreationDate="2009-06-12T02:52:46.923" UserId="8002" Text="[inSSIDer][1] is a nice replacement for NetStumbler that works on x64 Windows. I also like Microsoft's [Network Monitor][2] packet analyzer. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Already mentioned was Fiddler which is a very nice http protocol analyzer and of course nmap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://metageek.net/Products/Inssider&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.technet.com/netmon/" />
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  <row Id="43501" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24493" RevisionGUID="a027b089-eec4-4192-86c5-26c62986412d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T02:59:57.657" UserId="721" Text="Is there any way for me to run my own instance of a Google Wave server?" />
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  <row Id="43503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24494" RevisionGUID="7cf888fb-1586-42fa-81f8-239e6d5b1241" CreationDate="2009-06-12T03:05:35.087" UserId="8002" Text="This shouldn't be possible to interact with any GUI apps because the telnet server doesn't provide you with access to a window station in which the GUI app run. In order to run a remote Windows GUI app, you need to start it within a terminal services session (or similar)." />
  <row Id="43504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24495" RevisionGUID="973aaae4-daa8-4f11-b834-3d8f702a8207" CreationDate="2009-06-12T03:10:53.907" UserId="3356" Text="At our organization we have a number of IDSes currently in place, including a mix of commercial systems and open.  This is due in part to the type of historical considerations that happen at a university, and performance reasons.  That being said, I'm going to talk about Snort for a little bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been rolling out an enterprise wide snort sensor disbursal for some time now.  This is a smallish sized array currently (think &lt;10), scoped to reach a couple of dozen.  What I have learned going through this process has been invaluable;  principally with techniques to manage both the number of alerts coming through as well as managing this many highly distributed nodes.  The major findings are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Snort is a very fully featured IDS and *easily* holds its own w.r.t. feature set to much larger and unnamed network appliance vendors.&#xD;&#xA; 2. The most interesting alerts come from the [Bleeding Threats][1] project.&#xD;&#xA; 3. WSUS results in a stupidly large number of false positives, largely from the sfPortscan preprocessor.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Any more than 2/3 sensors requires a good configuration and patch management system.&#xD;&#xA; 5. Expect to see a *very* large number of false positives until aggressive tuning is performed.&#xD;&#xA; 6. BASE does not scale very well with a large number of alerts, and snort has no built in alert management system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To be fair to snort, I have noticed 5 in a large number of systems, including Juniper and Cisco.  I have also been told stories of how Snort can be installed and configured easier than TippingPoint, though I have never used that product.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All in all, I have been very happy with Snort.  I largely preferred to turn on most rules, and spend my time tuning rather than going through thousands of rules and deciding which ones to turn on.  This made the time spent tuning a little higher, but I planned for it from the outset.  Also, as this project was ramping up we also went through a SEIM purchase, which made it easy to coordinate the two.  So I have managed to leverage good log correlation and aggregation during the tuning process.  If you have no such product, your experience tuning may be different.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bleedingthreats.net/" />
  <row Id="43505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24496" RevisionGUID="0fcc28c6-e04e-4b5e-8fe0-be6cdadf3d6e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T03:11:55.497" UserId="8002" Text="Subst is the correct answer. You should be aware that subst is a per-session setting. It goes away when you log out and if you use runas to create a secondary logon context your subst-drive won't be there for those apps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can create a shortcut (.lnk) in your startup group to re-create those subst drives. The target property of the .lnk needs to be something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c subst S: C:\Some\Extremely\Obscure\Path\Of\My\Own\src&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use this technique to ensure that all developers build debug symbols with the same path from S:\&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also a [visual subst][1] applet out there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ntwind.com/software/utilities/visual-subst.html" />
  <row Id="43506" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21382" RevisionGUID="89a0ef21-6abc-4b67-90d4-cb649b1eb77e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T03:21:06.193" UserId="2711" Comment="Printer driver info.; added 4 characters in body; added 140 characters in body" Text="Windows 2003 SP1 went out of support in April, so your OS does not get any security patches anymore. You need to upgrade to SP2 ASAP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**SP2 also has lots of random bug fixes in it - your issue could go away.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your OS has that old a patch level, there is a good chance some drivers - specifically **print drivers** - could be out of date on the box too. As drivers are a big source of system instability in general, I would try checking they are all signed and up to date. Having a dodgy print driver would explain why it affects both virtual and physical boxes, and appears to occur randomly regardless of load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh and FYI Citrix 4 goes EOM (End of Maintenance, no more bug fixes) at the end of this month June 09, and EOL (End of Life, no more security patches or any other patches) at the end of Dec 09. Enjoy your upgrade cycle!" />
  <row Id="43512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24498" RevisionGUID="7e6aa50c-77b2-4058-b6b5-36276be63240" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:21:58.557" Text="&lt;p&gt;What is the most basic set of steps required to set up SVN on a fresh installation of Slackware 12?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43513" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24498" RevisionGUID="7e6aa50c-77b2-4058-b6b5-36276be63240" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:21:58.557" Text="Setting up SVN on Slackware" />
  <row Id="43514" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24498" RevisionGUID="7e6aa50c-77b2-4058-b6b5-36276be63240" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:21:58.557" Text="&lt;svn&gt;&lt;setup&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="43515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24499" RevisionGUID="d9942a35-38ca-4e2d-b736-02f970b432ff" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:30:40.563" Text="&lt;p&gt;1) Download. (&lt;a href=&quot;http://subversion.tigris.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://subversion.tigris.org/&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;2) Follow installation instructions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There you go, that's just about the most basic set of steps I can think of. =:)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24500" RevisionGUID="98868584-b098-43ed-930d-221741d5df9e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T03:37:09.237" UserId="2604" Text="Do you have to use Telnet?  Remote Desktop would allow you to stop and start the program interactively, and you could still use FTP to move the files.  The downside:  the remote computer will be locked once you disconnect, and if you log off, the program will stop running." />
  <row Id="43518" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24501" RevisionGUID="bf7fd45c-2ca1-4dd4-83ba-a17090cd68eb" CreationDate="2009-06-12T03:45:53.103" UserId="9271" Text="I have two OpenSolaris servers.  The remote server has a MySQL database.  MySQL is configured with skip-networking; so, I can't access that database from the first server by simply using the hostname and port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I must have an ssh tunnel setup to connect to MySQL from the local server.  I can do this with a simple : ssh -L 3350:localhost:3306 user@server and SSH keys.  It works great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I need the connection to be permanent and preferably run on bootup as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've created a little bash script to create the connection.  However, it simply connects, ends the script, and loses the ssh connection.  If I modify the script to run a command on the remote server and and a sleep command, it will stay connected for X seconds.  I can then connect with MySQL.  However, I will surely lose the connection after X seconds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have suggestions for a more elegant way to do this?  Is there someway to use Solaris' svcadm to create the connection and maintain it at all times?" />
  <row Id="43519" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24501" RevisionGUID="bf7fd45c-2ca1-4dd4-83ba-a17090cd68eb" CreationDate="2009-06-12T03:45:53.103" UserId="9271" Text="Permanent SSH Connection via Bash Script?" />
  <row Id="43520" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24501" RevisionGUID="bf7fd45c-2ca1-4dd4-83ba-a17090cd68eb" CreationDate="2009-06-12T03:45:53.103" UserId="9271" Text="&lt;opensolaris&gt;&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;" />
  <row Id="43521" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24502" RevisionGUID="f4039d55-bf91-4653-a19c-1bd04bb33fc6" CreationDate="2009-06-12T03:46:24.287" UserId="1891" Text="Yes, Google has said they intend to release an open source Wave platform and intend for people to run their own server and to roll their own clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out the video at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_UyVmITiYQ&quot;&gt;Youtube&lt;/a&gt; they go into quite a bit of detail about it." />
  <row Id="43522" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24501" RevisionGUID="2fdb87af-3745-44c4-9b55-ce719d0f1cda" CreationDate="2009-06-12T03:50:59.440" UserId="9271" Comment="Added info about sleep not timing out if MySQL connection exists." Text="I have two OpenSolaris servers.  The remote server has a MySQL database.  MySQL is configured with skip-networking; so, I can't access that database from the first server by simply using the hostname and port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I must have an ssh tunnel setup to connect to MySQL from the local server.  I can do this with a simple : ssh -L 3350:localhost:3306 user@server and SSH keys.  It works great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I need the connection to be permanent and preferably run on bootup as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've created a little bash script to create the connection.  However, it simply connects, ends the script, and loses the ssh connection.  If I modify the script to run a command on the remote server and and a sleep command, it will stay connected for X seconds.  I can then connect with MySQL.  However, I will surely lose the connection after X seconds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have suggestions for a more elegant way to do this?  Is there someway to use Solaris' svcadm to create the connection and maintain it at all times?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE : I've discovered that if I add sleep X and then create the MySQL connection before X expires, the ssh connection stays up indefinitely.  However, that is not a very stable solution.  If I lose the database connection, the ssh connection dies and then I'll be stuck without being able to connect again." />
  <row Id="43523" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24476" RevisionGUID="053b1b66-e5e3-4630-82b6-9ddb1c415b9e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T03:54:43.210" UserId="6071" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="When we migrate our production DCs to Server 2008 I would also like to move away from FSR to DFS-R for SYSVOL replication.  My problem is that I setup a quick lab to test it out but it's not going as planned.  I'm sure I'm just overlooking something obvious but I can't seem to figure out what :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what I'm doing&#xD;&#xA;1. Installed two server 2008 machines (R2) and promoted them to domain controllers - with Server 2008 (Not R2) being the forest and domain functional levels.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Verify that standard replication is working by placing some stuff in SYSVOL and make sure it ends up on the second domain controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. I then attempt to start the DFS-R migration process but dfsrmig.exe /setglobalstate 0 or dfsrmig.exe /setglobalstate 1 both report that I'm already at stage 3 ('Eliminated').. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So what am I missing? " />
  <row Id="43524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24503" RevisionGUID="5c650a88-8bfb-4f57-a20e-7cc86b834b0d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T03:56:40.537" UserId="9249" Text="You want the -N option to OpenSSH.  For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh -N -L 3350:localhost:3306 user@server &amp;" />
  <row Id="43525" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24504" RevisionGUID="ad810f56-0954-45de-aede-9c1d1bbf0fc2" CreationDate="2009-06-12T04:08:07.003" UserId="9274" Text="These two seem to be the closest to what I want:  &#xD;&#xA;http://www.ntop.org/n2n/  &#xD;&#xA;OpenVPN with Quagga  (OSPF)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I will have servers behind routers/firewalls not in my control. Many may be ADSL or other budget connections. There may also be multi-layered NAT as there are nodes in China. I have control of the servers, and I can request access to their routers to forward ports (although it would be best if this is not required).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;n2n seems like it would do what I want out of the box and transparently. The payment requirements and the not so clear &quot;commercial use&quot; worries me, as well as the feeling that it is a bit experimental. If n2n is reasonably stable (anybody with experience with n2n?), I figure it would be fun anyways to tinker with n2n on the side.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OpenVPN and Quagga come with most distributions, and are solid. I plan to do something similar to what n2n does, but with a set of eyes doing the work. The IT can do the load-balancing and failure-tolerance, putting up links when links go down just in case, or setting up rules. And/or writing scripts. Added benefit that I can set up routes that may be better than what n2n would find.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What would I be better off going with?  Using and hacking n2n, or using OpenVPN and Quagga to do something similar to n2n?" />
  <row Id="43526" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24504" RevisionGUID="ad810f56-0954-45de-aede-9c1d1bbf0fc2" CreationDate="2009-06-12T04:08:07.003" UserId="9274" Text="Distributed VPN over Unreliable Networks" />
  <row Id="43527" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24504" RevisionGUID="ad810f56-0954-45de-aede-9c1d1bbf0fc2" CreationDate="2009-06-12T04:08:07.003" UserId="9274" Text="&lt;openvpn&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;p2p&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="43528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24505" RevisionGUID="667bf5b6-fda0-43c1-97d4-da1c4f73ce98" CreationDate="2009-06-12T04:17:01.870" UserId="4901" Text="Download svn, and do a ./configure &amp;&amp; make install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Choose a directory to be the root of your subversion server (we'll pretend you chose /var/svn and you're logged in as root) and call 'svnadmin create /var/svn/'.  Create a subversion user and do a 'chown -R subversion /var/svn/'.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now that you've got your directory ready to roll, start the subversion server with 'sudo -u subversion svnserve -dr /var/svn/'.  To have it start up at boot, add that line to /etc/rc.d/rc.local." />
  <row Id="43529" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24505" RevisionGUID="667bf5b6-fda0-43c1-97d4-da1c4f73ce98" CreationDate="2009-06-12T04:17:01.870" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="43530" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24506" RevisionGUID="e3eddfdd-422f-4525-9acc-ab435564a166" CreationDate="2009-06-12T04:20:02.597" UserId="9249" Text="So, you basically want your Ubuntu box to act as a repeater or media converter, otherwise known as a bridge.  Try adding something like this to `/etc/network/interfaces`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       iface br0 inet static&#xD;&#xA;           address 192.168.1.2&#xD;&#xA;           network 192.168.1.0&#xD;&#xA;           netmask 255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;           broadcast 192.168.1.255&#xD;&#xA;           gateway 192.168.1.1&#xD;&#xA;           bridge_ports all&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: you'll need to have the `bridge-utils` package installed.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24507" RevisionGUID="30534b92-7abd-4e6b-b7b3-c5565cb59630" CreationDate="2009-06-12T04:25:24.893" UserId="671" Text="The [Wave Protocol web site][1] will have all of the information and specifications needed to build your own Wave server.  Whether you decide to make it available to talk to others is entirely up to you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.waveprotocol.org/" />
  <row Id="43533" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24508" RevisionGUID="ec55a0f2-39f7-453a-969f-efcfebac613d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T04:25:51.087" UserId="6071" Text="I never used n2n so I can not comment on how well it would work.  I have been part of a distributed VPN using OpenVPN and Quagga and I can tell you that it works extremely well and not very difficult to setup." />
  <row Id="43534" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24509" RevisionGUID="dace384f-88fc-4b68-bf7f-91954dccced3" CreationDate="2009-06-12T04:26:50.447" UserId="2181" Text="I've got a weird problem that perhaps someone can provide insight to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On my server none of the web browsers will browse the internet (to say google.com) or even to an IP address. In IE 6 I just get &quot; The page cannot be displayed&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I CAN PING Google.com and get a reply. It was working a few months ago last time I needed to browse the web from the Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another Windows PC (these are all Win XP Pro) connected to one of the other 3 LAN ports on the same router can access the internet (browsing, etc.) just fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried turning off the Windows Firewall (although no changes have been made to it).&#xD;&#xA;I've checked the Router it's connected to and there's nothing configured for specific IP address.es.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CableModem -&gt; WRT54G Router &#xD;&#xA;                  - PC 1&#xD;&#xA;                  - PC 2&#xD;&#xA;                  - old WRTG54G router (being used as bridge)&#xD;&#xA;                        -PC 3 - Browses the web just fine.&#xD;&#xA;                        -Server - Can NOT browse the Web. Can Ping google.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Router doesn't have anything special configured for that PC's IP address (*.107).&#xD;&#xA;I've looked checked the HOSTS file on the Server and it lists only:&#xD;&#xA;127.0.0.1       localhost  (which is for local web server stuff).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43535" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24509" RevisionGUID="dace384f-88fc-4b68-bf7f-91954dccced3" CreationDate="2009-06-12T04:26:50.447" UserId="2181" Text="Very challenging network access problem: can't browse but can ping. Other PCs can browse and ping." />
  <row Id="43536" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24509" RevisionGUID="dace384f-88fc-4b68-bf7f-91954dccced3" CreationDate="2009-06-12T04:26:50.447" UserId="2181" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="43537" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24510" RevisionGUID="c15c86f9-d1e7-4545-ae7b-d25f17180b98" CreationDate="2009-06-12T04:27:29.150" UserId="6751" Text="Have a look at Vyatta, they have a lot of IP services rolled into their software.  They offer it as a commercial or community edition.  You can either go with appliances, your own hardware, or VM.  I've been looking at this and it seems pretty slick.  I am pretty sure they are using a stream of Quagga for their routing engine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good hunting." />
  <row Id="43538" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24511" RevisionGUID="d26226ad-642b-42ec-bcee-d4fafa3f2bd0" CreationDate="2009-06-12T04:29:05.450" UserId="9249" Text="What happens if you telnet to google.com port 80?  Can you do a manual HTTP GET request by typing `GET / HTTP/1.0` and then pressing enter twice?" />
  <row Id="43539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24512" RevisionGUID="bf2c3765-5e50-4ccb-9cc6-0bfa33506a6e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T04:34:12.693" UserId="1276" Text="In htop, you can disable this behavior by pressing F2, then go to &quot;Display options&quot;, then mark &quot;Hide userland threads&quot;. Optionally you may find &quot;Hide kernel threads&quot; useful too." />
  <row Id="43540" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24513" RevisionGUID="0f276a58-d0dc-4cb6-bbd8-e271c43fdca5" CreationDate="2009-06-12T04:41:43.053" UserId="1840" Text="Have you checked your proxy settings to see if you're going through a different server for HTTP on Internet Explorer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, make sure the host you're going to is available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://dvc.hfcc.net/helpdesk/ie6proxy03.png" />
  <row Id="43541" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24514" RevisionGUID="1f1f3d24-ba09-4e20-9018-45d14f854f17" CreationDate="2009-06-12T04:43:55.497" UserId="6383" Text="Having a monitor powered on, powered off, or not physically attached should not affect your server in the slightest.  If anything does happen when you plug/unplug/power on/off a monitor then you should be looking at electrical problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; it brings up an important question: does something like a physical monitor actually eat up enough CPU/RAM to be significant?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running a graphical desktop will eat a small amount of memory and CPU.  My desktop of 1920x1200x32bit colour takes less than 9MB.  Double or triple that for the applications and if you're having RAM problems the you should look at buying more RAM.  That said, on unix and linux you can shutdown the graphical display to reclaim that small amount of memory." />
  <row Id="43542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24515" RevisionGUID="8c337abe-73ad-4481-9941-664198400fe8" CreationDate="2009-06-12T04:54:46.147" UserId="9219" Text="I know there is a simple command for this, but how do I tell my ubuntu server instance to request a new IP address from the DHCP server on eth0?" />
  <row Id="43543" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24515" RevisionGUID="8c337abe-73ad-4481-9941-664198400fe8" CreationDate="2009-06-12T04:54:46.147" UserId="9219" Text="Ubuntu Server - How Do I Request a new IP From my DHCP Server?" />
  <row Id="43544" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24515" RevisionGUID="8c337abe-73ad-4481-9941-664198400fe8" CreationDate="2009-06-12T04:54:46.147" UserId="9219" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;dhcp&gt;" />
  <row Id="43545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24516" RevisionGUID="5ade9f64-3927-4f72-8435-159f3085c082" CreationDate="2009-06-12T05:01:32.873" UserId="8965" Text="[dhclient][1] eth0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.about.com/library/cmd/blcmdl8_dhclient.htm" />
  <row Id="43546" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24517" RevisionGUID="ec702325-8b4b-4e38-882a-78621f9cb52d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T05:02:12.013" UserId="7808" Text="    $ sudo dhclient -r&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to release the current ip&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo dhclient &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to obtain a fresh lease&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24519" RevisionGUID="5122250b-ac32-45d1-b0e2-afa2588f3173" CreationDate="2009-06-12T05:06:09.150" UserId="9249" Text="You want to use `incrond`.  From the manpage:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       The inotify cron daemon (incrond) is a daemon which monitors filesystem&#xD;&#xA;       events and executes commands defined in system and  user  tables.  It’s&#xD;&#xA;       use is generally similar to cron(8).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24520" RevisionGUID="a468ebf2-e41f-4cd3-bb7a-d972ad06f50c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T05:08:40.423" UserId="3431" Text="Paris Fire Departement still uses a lot of dot matrix printers to send out information. It is used to print out a bunch of really important telex (oh yeah ! )" />
  <row Id="43550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24521" RevisionGUID="b89e45c4-dcdc-4a47-826d-200f826b08a1" CreationDate="2009-06-12T05:09:45.163" UserId="3038" Text="I've had a similar problem where users who used to be in a specific Entourage-users's delegates list 6 years ago were still getting forwarded meeting requests, even though they'd been removed years ago. These particular users lived with this annoyance for quite some time before reporting the problem, and it was only after we moved to Exchange 2007 and the Entourage user had some other problems that they mentioned it to me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;During the troubleshooting process I learned some things. First of all, if you have any Entourage in your environment it is a very good idea to download &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=55FDFFD7-1878-4637-9808-1E21ABB3AE37&amp;displaylang=en&quot;&gt;MFC MAPI&lt;/a&gt; from Microsoft. This Windows utility gives you a pretty raw view of a user's Mailbox, and is the only way to fix some problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you set a delegate, it creates a hidden rule to handle the forwarding of the meeting requests. What I didn't know is that earlier versions of Exchange put that in a different spot than Exchange 2007 does, but Exchange still runs the old rules if they are still present. In my case, there was a delegate rule still present in the old location that was still being run.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In MFC Mapi you get a top level view of a user's mailbox. One of the items in there is called &quot;Schedule&quot;. If you open &quot;Top of information store&quot;, the rules are kept on &quot;Inbox&quot;. In each folder there is a Rule property that contains the rules for that user. The one at the top of the mailbox is the old one, the Inbox in the &quot;Information Store&quot; is the new one. In my case, the rule was hiding in the old location. One that Even Outlook 2007 couldn't find. &#xD;&#xA;![mfc-mapi example][1]&#xD;&#xA;In this screen shot you can see a rule called &quot;PR RULES DATA&quot;. This is the actual rules data. To decode it, select the 'Schedule' item and click &quot;Actions&quot; on the MFC MAPI menu. There is an item there called &quot;Display Rules Table&quot;. If your problem is like mine was, there should be a rule in that top-level Schedules directory. Hidden rules start with an underbar. Right-click on the offending rule, and click &quot;Delete'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Like Regedit, you can do serious damage in MFC MAPI if you're not careful. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A second more obscure possibility for your problem is that User B has User A's X500 address associated with it. I'd be surprised if this would be the case, but it _could_ happen. Entourage is more sensitive to that sort of thing than Outlook is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://myweb.facstaff.wwu.edu/riedesg/images/mfcmapi-example.png" />
  <row Id="43551" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24522" RevisionGUID="6c6621e0-27c1-433e-bf7d-3c4cd30cfaee" CreationDate="2009-06-12T05:11:46.470" UserId="843" Text="Take a look at this [microsoft kb][1]. I had this same problem once where all TCP connections were dead but ping and nslookup still worked. It took me a couple of days to finally fix it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't remember exactly what fixed it, but I know I copied my tcpip.sys and other network drivers over from another machine and replaced them using the recovery console. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not sure if the initial problem was just a random corruption or if it was some kind of malware. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811259" />
  <row Id="43552" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24523" RevisionGUID="44627b04-3670-4248-88fa-c055c04a3d87" CreationDate="2009-06-12T05:11:57.470" UserId="1205" Text="I've been using Linux for a couple of years now but I still haven't figured out what the origin or meaning of some the directory names are on Unix and Unix like systems. E.g. what does `etc` stand for or `var`? Where does the `opt` name come from?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And while we're on the topic anyway. Can someone give a clear explanation of what directory is best used for what. I sometimes get confused where certain software is installed or what the most appropriate directory is to install software in.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43553" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24523" RevisionGUID="44627b04-3670-4248-88fa-c055c04a3d87" CreationDate="2009-06-12T05:11:57.470" UserId="1205" Text="Meaning of directories on Unix and Unix like systems" />
  <row Id="43554" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24523" RevisionGUID="44627b04-3670-4248-88fa-c055c04a3d87" CreationDate="2009-06-12T05:11:57.470" UserId="1205" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="43555" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24524" RevisionGUID="cb2bc1c3-b3b8-4e31-b819-93c84e5c1d0b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T05:12:02.023" UserDisplayName="Wiggler" Text="HAHAHAAH More like your server is just a little bit flakey, and removing the monitor made whatever connect a bit better.  Wiggle the box more and see if it crashes.  Consider showing us the crash messages too.   Have you considered running memtest for a day or so?" />
  <row Id="43556" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24428" RevisionGUID="eb401932-afc1-4191-86a6-605899353bb2" CreationDate="2009-06-12T05:12:22.647" UserId="1466" Comment="added 164 characters in body" Text="I find that when something goes wrong at a low level on one of my linux servers, I can see messages about it in the **kernel ring buffer**.  These can be viewed from the command line using the **dmesg** command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am wondering if there is an easy way to get my servers to **email me whenever something is added** to the kernel ring buffer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right now I have a script that runs every hour, makes a copy of the output of dmesg and runs a **diff** against the file from the previous hour.  Unfortunately this doesn't work so well, because as lines are appended to the end of the dmesg output, other lines are truncated from the beginning.  Also, if I have alot of the same message, it just stops notifying me altogether.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Is there a better way of doing this? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Does anyone else think it is important to see these messages when they happen?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*added*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - is the information reported by the **dmesg** command the same as that in one of the logfiles?  (If so, then the solution is easier than I thought)" />
  <row Id="43557" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24525" RevisionGUID="cdf832a4-05fa-4518-ab5a-97929374fb23" CreationDate="2009-06-12T05:16:01.843" UserId="3038" Text="For more data on the layout of Linux file-systems, look at the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (now at version 2.3)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.pathname.com/fhs/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This explains the purpose of each directory, and even tells you what directory is best to install software into. For most distros, software that doesn't come with the distro probably should go into /usr/local/." />
  <row Id="43558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24526" RevisionGUID="40c783c1-c975-4671-9044-12d4e8645f53" CreationDate="2009-06-12T05:16:10.050" UserId="9249" Text="The best place to look for this is the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS).  The latest version is 2.3 available at: &lt;http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html&gt;." />
  <row Id="43559" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24527" RevisionGUID="a38ae381-e499-4af9-9c66-ce6ec5e26e9e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T05:24:43.760" UserId="9170" Text="When you run **&quot;sudo /etc/init.d/dhcp3-server restart&quot;** does it give something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Stopping DHCP server: dhcpd3.&#xD;&#xA;Starting DHCP server:dhcpd3.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not, it's not running...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then just be sure, check if your client sends out a request for a lease, take a look at your /var/logs/deamon.log file. There should be a bunch of DHCP requests in there. If not, the problem is with your client (and we will take it from there).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your client is ok, just forget about firestarter for the moment and let's try to get it working without it. To make sure your DHCP server is up and running. Type &quot;sudo /etc/init.d/dhcp3-server stop&quot; and then &quot;sudo /etc/init.d/dhcp3-server start&quot;. Then it should be running, assuming it's properly installed on your box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have included a copy of my dhcpd.conf file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, take a look at your server's /var/log/messages file if it gets the requests and replies to it with a valid lease. It also might give you an idea what's wrong with your configuration file (if there's something wrong with it ofcourse). If you can't make anything of this, post your messages file and I will take a look lateron.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;goodluck&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rajat" />
  <row Id="43560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24528" RevisionGUID="279285d3-61f1-4fb6-a662-904f5a1d617c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T05:27:50.870" UserId="9170" Text="All you answer are here ***http://www.pathname.com/***" />
  <row Id="43561" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24529" RevisionGUID="639930c5-7c5b-4dad-8993-85a7f9b9d8a4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T05:29:24.907" UserId="808" Text="Historically, `/etc` stands for &quot;etcetera&quot; and `/var` is short for &quot;variable.&quot;  I suppose the former is because a large collection of unrelated system configuration files go into `/etc`.  The latter is because the files in `/var` are expected to change.  You can often mount `/usr` and `/` as read-only (except when performing updates), but you can never mount `/var` read-only.  It hold system logfiles, lock files, spool files, and other things that change dynamically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other people gave you pointers to help you figure out what best goes where.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43562" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24530" RevisionGUID="e114ed3b-9cab-4600-930b-2e55d33dcb8f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T05:35:51.743" UserId="2302" Text="Membership *can* be a secure way of implementing forms authentication, but as with anything security-related, it's all in how you implement it.  It's also important to consider whether its backend will be active directory (which makes things easier) or something else, and how those connections will be secured.  [Here's the MSDN page][1] on securing a site using membership.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178398.aspx" />
  <row Id="43563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24531" RevisionGUID="ef3b5f5d-8fa0-4766-8f2d-5c86732b7334" CreationDate="2009-06-12T05:36:19.323" UserId="6071" Text="I have ran into a similar problem.  I have no idea what caused it but removing the NIC and related drivers and re-installing them fix the issue for me." />
  <row Id="43564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24532" RevisionGUID="e939477d-d6b6-4b11-8f3f-b9730b403909" CreationDate="2009-06-12T05:37:59.757" UserId="7200" Text="Interesting problem. I haven't spun up a test instance to reproduce this on my own box, but it looks like there are three registry values stored at the key below that refer to SIDs of groups created by the SQL Server 2005 install:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.x\Setup&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The values are AGTGROUP, FTSGROUP, and SQLGROUP. The groups that had the SIDs used to populate these values were (substituting in your server computer's name and SQL instance name):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SQLServer2005MSSQLUser$SERVER-NAME$INSTANCE-NAME&#xD;&#xA;    SQLServer2005MSFTEUsers$SERVER-NAME$INSTANCE-NAME&#xD;&#xA;    SQLServer2005SQLAgentUsers$SERVER-NAME$INSTANCE-NAME &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm guessing that you promoted this box to being a domain controller in an existing domain, rather than creating a brand new domain seeded from this box's own Local Users and Groups (SAM) database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From what I can see (again, w/o repro'ing this myself), you need to create new groups in the domain for this server, then obtain the SIDs for the new groups and put them into the registry. It looks like a &quot;repair&quot; of the SQL Server install would do this. Have a look at this article from Microsoft Connect: http://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=202561&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Search that article for the phrase &quot;One or more SQL security groups were somehow deleted&quot; and read thru the workaround there. It looks like clearing out the old groups and running setup in repair mode will do what you want. I'd trust that better than trying to re-create them by hand like some blog posts and forum posts I've found suggest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said all that, backup, at minimum, that portion of the registry and your databases before you start changing things. Having good backups makes things &quot;just work&quot;... &amp;lt;smile&amp;gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43565" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24533" RevisionGUID="d0a0b9a1-6dd5-4c5f-8254-89dbc65335bc" CreationDate="2009-06-12T05:38:03.873" UserId="1276" Text="To steal a process from one tty to your current tty, you may want to try this hack:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.ucc.asn.au/~dagobah/things/grab.c&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It needs some reformatting in order to compile to current Linux/glibc versions, but still works." />
  <row Id="43566" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24534" RevisionGUID="e66d986b-e0a8-4433-9fd4-2f5b670eddac" CreationDate="2009-06-12T05:51:11.400" UserDisplayName="TheBonsai" Text="I can't comment, thus an extra answer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you use tsl/fsl, be sure to ask the terminal for hs first. hs should be true if tsl/fsl (and other *sl) are supported.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tput hs &amp;&amp; { echo ....; }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43567" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24535" RevisionGUID="823aee9a-46a3-42bc-be7b-3662d81e5f45" CreationDate="2009-06-12T05:59:05.610" UserId="4487" Text="Your lab is not accurately simulating your production environment, unless I'm missing something.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You refer to migrating to 2008 DCs, implying that you are currently running 2003 or below, so your lab should be configured with 2003 DC(s) and then add one or more 2008 DCs." />
  <row Id="43568" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24536" RevisionGUID="1fc4949a-1ee8-4c4b-9301-8be51eaf63a5" CreationDate="2009-06-12T05:59:39.307" UserId="9278" Text="As others have already said, it makes absolutely no difference whether a monitor is plugged in or not, nor whether it's switched on or not. Even if your system uses &quot;plug and play&quot; to detect monitor features that only kicks in for a very short time when the monitor is first plugged in and takes up pretty close to zero resources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;apache didn't even crash once&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apache is perfectly capable of running continuously without crashing, as demonstrated by several million web servers. I've had it run for a bit over 2 years on one machine. It was only shut down when the office was relocated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are experiencing Apache crashes, as your message suggests, you really need to investigate why but I can assure you it has nothing to do with your monitor unless that monitor is very seriously defective electrically and is causing spikes or overloads on the video port." />
  <row Id="43569" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24537" RevisionGUID="603fae86-5ee0-4ae2-a56c-e04cb3c2d70f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:03:35.477" UserId="6905" Text="The are still being used for printing. I used to work for a retailer that made use of dot matrix printers for continuous data logging. No one actually verified the output, but we all knew it was there thanks to the &quot;cuchung, chunng, ewwwww&quot;." />
  <row Id="43570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24538" RevisionGUID="6537d388-813d-4315-936e-686cd9f04201" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:04:20.797" UserId="4131" Text="There are a lot of great morsels here. However, everyone is over complicating different pieces of the puzzle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;*mroe said:*  &#xD;&#xA;...the slave seems to hold the connection open (even after calling &quot;SLAVE STOP&quot;), meaning the tunnel is always open...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`1.` It's not the slave mysqld's role to terminate an incoming SSH session. (That's closer to the way tunneling with netcat works, but this is not the place for that so let's not confuse the issue.) The master should terminate the connection because [a] it originated it [b] it is the one inside the network you wish to protect. If you want terminate the connection for the slave side call &quot;`kill -s HUP $pid_of_the_sshd_owned_by_mysqlmaster`&quot;. I'll say again, I don't see the use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`2.` Why would you ever call &quot;`SLAVE STOP`&quot;? The slave is a slave. Since we're on the topic... The slave should never stop itself. If the slave is going to be stopped, the master server (see point `4.`) or the administrator should do it.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;*mroe said:*&#xD;&#xA;Updates from master to slave need to be near-real time (i.e. a couple of minutes latency is acceptable, but not more).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can't have it both ways. You either have the slave IO thread running or it is out of date.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`3.` Don't worry about the 'binlog position of master' that's what built in replication does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`4.` If you really have your heart set on disconnecting and reconnecting every minute, write a cron script on the master. It should do the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Test a lock file and either exit or create it.&#xD;&#xA;- Create your tunnel like so `ssh -N -R 3333:127.0.0.1:3306 mysqlmaster@slave.server &amp;`&#xD;&#xA;- `mysql -hslave.server -e 'SLAVE START'`&#xD;&#xA;- Now you have to make a choice:&#xD;&#xA; 1. Stay connected until the slave is caught up with the master. You can test for '0' in the output of the following (one line, ignore wrapping): `mysql -hslave.server -e 'show slave status\G'|awk '/Seconds_Behind_Master/{print $2}'`  &#xD;&#xA; 2. Stay connected of a certain amount of time. Maybe you would `sleep` for this. Do research about your system to make sure it doesn't consume any CPU.&#xD;&#xA;- MySQL is handles dropped connections gracefully, so this is optional: `mysql -hslave.server -e 'SLAVE STOP'` (infact, the `SLAVE START` is optional if you use [MASTER\_CONNECT\_RETRY][1])&#xD;&#xA;- `kill` the pid of the ssh client from the 2nd bullet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That should do it. Now keep in mind that you have to get the slave ready to replicate before this is going to work. Since you mention issuing a `SLAVE STOP`, I'll take that to mean that you were able to get a consistent backup from the master to the slave and get the log position for the `CHANGE MASTER` command. I'll just add that you need to specify `MASTER_HOST='127.0.0.1, MASTER_PORT=3333`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously I have no problem taking the time to research, and explain in detail. I'm also trying to not insult anyone by explaining too much. If you want more detail, just ask me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/change-master-to.html" />
  <row Id="43571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24539" RevisionGUID="f429855a-1120-425a-bb92-c9128d87de92" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:06:44.190" UserId="8934" Text="You could use wireshark to trace network activity (packets), and maybe find out what's going on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you said &quot;none of my browsers...&quot; i guess you not only tried internet explorer. from a command line, can you try: telnet www.google.com 80&#xD;&#xA;If you have a black screen, then the network connectivity is there, it's something in Windows that block traffic (antivirus firewall ?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The basic debug: reboot, check for viruses &amp; trojan, apply updates" />
  <row Id="43572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24540" RevisionGUID="bb29dfe9-6ac2-4272-a483-65b68ffdfc70" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:08:33.953" UserDisplayName="Glenn D" Text="Work still goes on - see this list:-&#xD;&#xA;http://www.nabble.com/ReiserFS---General-f1023.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43573" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24541" RevisionGUID="fcba6140-fa61-4e7b-bd9f-0b96e9962ffd" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:10:22.920" UserId="3346" Text="You will need to run your WiFi interface in Ad-Hoc or AP mode.&#xD;&#xA;Read [http://www.linux.com/archive/articles/55617][1] for a fine introduction to wireless access point configuration under Linux, including securing and bridging. Note that not every chipset can run in AP mode, so your mileage may vary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linux.com/archive/articles/55617" />
  <row Id="43574" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24542" RevisionGUID="a338bc3a-6169-4e7f-b660-f7e01ff90c05" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:30:28.900" UserDisplayName="Matt W" Text="2 things I would check:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Call setup is handled by the PBX and when the call is established voice traffic is routed directly between handsets... check the network settings on the handset: netmask, default gateway and any additional routes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MTU size / packet fragmentation.  It could be that the VPN or handsets are not liking fragmented packets.  Ethernet MTU is 1500 bytes, IPSec VPN will add another 16bytes or so, a DSL line is typically around 1440bytes.  From a workstation ping a system at the far network with the &quot;do not fragment&quot; and vary the size down from 1500 until you find a size that works.  See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/159211 for more info.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Matt" />
  <row Id="43575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24543" RevisionGUID="d87a22da-61af-4647-b540-1fd77addc6e4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:33:34.247" UserId="9280" Text="While configuring a linux server with samba and LDAP support I came across these two fields. What's the difference between them?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the moment, the server is only using samba to share each user's home directory through the network, authenticating users each time they connect. Are both fields used on this authentication?" />
  <row Id="43576" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24543" RevisionGUID="d87a22da-61af-4647-b540-1fd77addc6e4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:33:34.247" UserId="9280" Text="What is the difference between sambaLMPassword and sambaNTPassword?" />
  <row Id="43577" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24543" RevisionGUID="d87a22da-61af-4647-b540-1fd77addc6e4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:33:34.247" UserId="9280" Text="&lt;samba&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="43578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24544" RevisionGUID="d022a38c-703e-4899-9b84-76c20ba5baec" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:36:33.367" UserId="8851" Text="So as the title says, I've got this problem I'm yet to solve. It works correctly when used directly via tomcat (not via mod_proxy), so I assume the problem is on Apache's end. The problem arrises when request takes *longer than normal*, but I'm yet to see any patern, sometimes 2 seconds are too long, sometimes 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tomcat is used to host a Groovy/Grails based application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apache vhost config has these revelant entries:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;ProxyRequests Off&#xD;&#xA;ProxyTimeout 1800&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;Proxy *&gt;&#xD;&#xA; Order deny,allow&#xD;&#xA; Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/Proxy&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;Location /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;ProxyPass http://DOMAIN:8180/&#xD;&#xA;ProxyPassReverse http://DOMAIN:8180/&#xD;&#xA;SetEnv force-proxy-request-1.0 1&#xD;&#xA;SetEnv proxy-nokeepalive 1&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;UseCanonicalName off&#xD;&#xA;HostNameLookups off&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please note that I've added ProxyTimeout in an attempt to solve the problem (have helped in similar situations in the past), it didn't help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These two lines are old, without them the situation is worse - error 502 on almost every request.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;SetEnv force-proxy-request-1.0 1&#xD;&#xA;SetEnv proxy-nokeepalive 1&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43579" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24544" RevisionGUID="d022a38c-703e-4899-9b84-76c20ba5baec" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:36:33.367" UserId="8851" Text="mod_proxy on Apache 2.2.3 proxying to tomcat5.5 - error 502 (bad gateway)" />
  <row Id="43580" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24544" RevisionGUID="d022a38c-703e-4899-9b84-76c20ba5baec" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:36:33.367" UserId="8851" Text="&lt;mod-proxy&gt;&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;tomcat&gt;&lt;timeout&gt;" />
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  <row Id="43582" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24545" RevisionGUID="ffebcd1e-c9be-436a-aed3-8c6a52c4837b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:37:05.660" UserId="2457" Text="How to have downloads be automatically unblocked?" />
  <row Id="43583" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24545" RevisionGUID="ffebcd1e-c9be-436a-aed3-8c6a52c4837b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:37:05.660" UserId="2457" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="43584" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24546" RevisionGUID="d80128ac-c92b-4588-bed7-0ee43b538072" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:39:01.410" UserId="9283" Text="We are trying to deploy a .Net Compact Framework app that uses a local SQL Server Compact database that is replicated to a SQL Server 2005 SP3 database to our test environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In our Development environment using ActiveSync we can initialise the 40mb database simply and easily. However, in our testing environment the server is only sending 1-2K per second and our initialisation times out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use Avalanche to deploy in the testing environment and place the Motorolla MC75 device into a cradle to start the syncronisation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have any ideas?" />
  <row Id="43585" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24546" RevisionGUID="d80128ac-c92b-4588-bed7-0ee43b538072" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:39:01.410" UserId="9283" Text="Slow performance with SQL Compact Server Tool 3.5 SP1" />
  <row Id="43586" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24546" RevisionGUID="d80128ac-c92b-4588-bed7-0ee43b538072" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:39:01.410" UserId="9283" Text="&lt;sql&gt;" />
  <row Id="43587" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24547" RevisionGUID="4e20b4a4-18f1-4148-a6f7-bed874aec68c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:42:26.850" UserId="2526" Text="What are the advanatages/disadvantages of using custom hostnames vs. just using servernames for hosting services in IIS?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ie. With a Windows Server called 'SRV123' should we be hosting services under http://services/ServiceName instead of http://SRV123/ServiceName?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example to get started:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Advantage**: http://services is 'nicer' url than http://SRV123&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Disadvantage**: Creating a hostname has a bit of overhead in terms of creating the DNS entries (which in some work environments is not as easy as others).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NB: I am specifically asking in terms of Services that will **only** be used internally (thus url is not &amp; never will be public)." />
  <row Id="43588" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24547" RevisionGUID="4e20b4a4-18f1-4148-a6f7-bed874aec68c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:42:26.850" UserId="2526" Text="Advantages/Disadvantages of using Hostnames vs Servernames when deploying services to IIS?" />
  <row Id="43589" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24547" RevisionGUID="4e20b4a4-18f1-4148-a6f7-bed874aec68c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:42:26.850" UserId="2526" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;hostname&gt;&lt;services&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;iis&gt;" />
  <row Id="43590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24548" RevisionGUID="219a3b58-7590-4471-bbb3-74a65dfffd6c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:44:40.370" UserId="7936" Text="Basically this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- The LM Hash is computed using the DES() algorithm.  The computation is&#xD;&#xA;  fairly simple.  The input is the password, in OEM Charset (8-bit)&#xD;&#xA;encoding,&#xD;&#xA;  converted to upper case.  In most cases that's just the upper-case of an&#xD;&#xA;  ASCII string.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- The NT Hash is just the MD4() of the password.  In this case, however, the&#xD;&#xA;  password must be in Unicode (UCS2LE encoding).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(A bit) More info is here: [http://ubiqx.org/cifs/SMB.html#SMB.8][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: For details you may want to ask on [http://stackoverflow.com][2], the details on how to implement this is probably more related to programming than system administration&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ubiqx.org/cifs/SMB.html#SMB.8&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://stackoverflow.com" />
  <row Id="43591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24549" RevisionGUID="c9cf9949-6579-415a-a296-09a680766b14" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:47:05.467" UserId="2787" Text="Web&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA; - [curl][1] - A library and utilities to make custom HTTP/FTP requests&#xD;&#xA; - [wget][2] - A utility to quickly download URLs&#xD;&#xA; - [netcat][3] - A simple yet powerful utility to open a connection to a remote server or listen on a local port&#xD;&#xA; - [Python's urllib2 module][4] - Great for scripting mass downloads, testing URLs, grabbing data quickly to parse, etc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Network&#xD;&#xA;-------&#xD;&#xA; - [nmap][5] - Port scanning, host detection, network mapping, and service detection&#xD;&#xA; - [wireshark][6] - Network protocol analyzer for Win/Linux&#xD;&#xA; - [tcptraceroute][7] - Traceroute utility using TCP packets instead of ICMP packets to bypass filtering or test firewalls&#xD;&#xA; - [arping][8] and [arpwatch][9] - ARP-based utilities to detect and observe ARP activity on the network&#xD;&#xA; - [logcheck][10] - Daemon that watches logs and alerts you when unusual events occur&#xD;&#xA; - [fail2ban][11] - Daemon that watches logs and takes action against hosts attempting to guess passwords or attack the network&#xD;&#xA; - [iptables/netfilter][12] - Linux 2.6 firewall software&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WiFi&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA; - [KisMac][13] ([Kismet on non-Mac][14]) - WiFi scanner, prober, and cracker&#xD;&#xA; - [iStumbler][15]/[Netstumbler][16] - Simple WiFi/bluetooth/Bonjour scanner&#xD;&#xA; - 802.1x w/ RADIUS backend - Prevent unauthorized access to your WiFi/Ethernet network&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQL&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA; - [MySQL documentation][17] - Or whatever documentation for your RDBMS of choice&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;XSS&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA; - [Firebug][18] - Firefox extension to debug websites&#xD;&#xA; - Safari [Web Inspector and Javascript Console][19] - Built-in Safari functionality to debug websites&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everything&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA; - [Google][20] - Index of all mankind's knowledge&#xD;&#xA; - [Python][21] - Pseudocode interpreter&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope some of this helps. This is just what's come to mind so far, but there's tons more out there. Where and when to use each is left as an exercise to the reader.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://curl.haxx.se/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://netcat.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://docs.python.org/library/urllib2.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://nmap.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.wireshark.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://michael.toren.net/code/tcptraceroute/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.habets.pp.se/synscan/programs.php?prog=arping&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www-nrg.ee.lbl.gov/&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://logcheck.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://www.fail2ban.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://www.netfilter.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://kismac.macpirate.ch/&#xD;&#xA;  [14]: http://www.kismetwireless.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [15]: http://www.istumbler.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [16]: http://www.netstumbler.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [17]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [18]: http://getfirebug.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [19]: http://webkit.org/blog/197/web-inspector-redesign/&#xD;&#xA;  [20]: https://www.google.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [21]: http://www.python.org/" />
  <row Id="43592" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24549" RevisionGUID="c9cf9949-6579-415a-a296-09a680766b14" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:47:05.467" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="43593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24550" RevisionGUID="c4563a03-6ff4-42d3-adc9-fcf503aaafc4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:48:48.897" UserId="8851" Text="As Server Horror already stated, these are just different hash computation algorithms. LM is a short version of Lan Manager (you can probably find more revelant results by searching for Lan Manager rather than LM).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, this might be helpful: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2717" />
  <row Id="43594" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24551" RevisionGUID="ca43ac64-200b-48d3-ae8c-0983f24d025f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:49:30.720" UserId="45" Text="I would always used DNS host names, specifiying the *purpose* of the service, even if you use them only internally. Think of having to replace that server because of hardware or scaling problems. If you would use the server name, then in case of a server migration you'll have to communicate/change all the client configuirations." />
  <row Id="43595" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24552" RevisionGUID="dd9886b3-79db-4472-b7f3-b1e1ce118bdc" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:50:29.890" UserId="7696" Text="server: debian4 / apache2 / php5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i have a vps and i usually only run websites that i administer, so i have loaded everything up under one username.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I have an external developer doing some work, and would like to give them access to one of my websites, but not the rest of them&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i also thought it would be a good idea to run all the websites as separate users, so if they get hacked or something, they can't wreck the other sites on the server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;apache is running as www-data&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    i have run &#xD;&#xA;    chown -R myusername:www-data httpdocs&#xD;&#xA;    chmod -R 0750 httpdocs&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    so now it looks like&#xD;&#xA;    drwxr-x---myusername www-data httpdocs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;is that the right way to go about securing this ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;alex" />
  <row Id="43596" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24552" RevisionGUID="dd9886b3-79db-4472-b7f3-b1e1ce118bdc" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:50:29.890" UserId="7696" Text="what user/group should i make my web folders" />
  <row Id="43597" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24552" RevisionGUID="dd9886b3-79db-4472-b7f3-b1e1ce118bdc" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:50:29.890" UserId="7696" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;groups&gt;&lt;users&gt;" />
  <row Id="43598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24553" RevisionGUID="5d971e4b-760e-48b7-adeb-dd53e4e015f0" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:53:10.073" UserId="7936" Text="I'd definitely seperate the names that are accessed from your customer and the actual server names.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reason:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In case you need to migrate the service to a new server you will have to tell anyone that the share on SRV123 is now located on SRV456 if you don't use CNAMES for services. This will by far outweigh the overhead of creating a CNAME DNS entry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you use CNAMES dedicated to your service all over the place you will simply be able to migrate the service update the DNS record and there's a good chance that your users won't even notice something has changed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The same is true for IP addresses, in our network all services that are exposed to customers (internal as well as external ones) we have virtual ips (VIPs) for the services so if we really need to migrate on the IP there won't be too much users see in terms of DNS timouts or similiar issues" />
  <row Id="43599" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24551" RevisionGUID="6304ce53-51bb-4a40-8a11-d82f533f3692" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:56:30.300" UserId="45" Comment="added 408 characters in body" Text="I would always used DNS host names, specifiying the *purpose* of the service, even if you use them only internally. Think of having to replace that server because of hardware or scaling problems. If you would use the server name, then in case of a server migration you'll have to communicate/change all the client configuirations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're running more services on the same server under a single IP address with the same port, you'll *have to choose different host headers*, if you don't want to install all web applications under a single web instance (default web). Keeping them separate will give you more freedom later, when you want to change the configuration - perhaps becuase you'll have to make one of the service public etc." />
  <row Id="43600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24554" RevisionGUID="ff8e1548-ca8e-4253-b8d5-d2ca49d4d5f1" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:59:01.933" UserId="7936" Text="Personally I'd use a subversion/git/mercurial (whatever floats your boat) source code repository and checkout the source regularly thru a cronjob after some sanity checks are done (automated tests to make sure the site still works)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want/need direct write access for a couple of people you have 2 options. I'd say it depends on wether your backup solution is capable of ACLs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so use ACLs to get the desired results. Your friends in this case are [setfacl][1] and [getfacl][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't do ACLs you should use a group that can write to that directory and make it sticky so that you won't run into a situation where userA writes a new file to the document root which userB can't modify.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://manpages.debian.net/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=setfacl&amp;apropos=0&amp;sektion=0&amp;manpath=Debian+5.0+lenny&amp;format=html&amp;locale=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://manpages.debian.net/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=getfacl&amp;apropos=0&amp;sektion=0&amp;manpath=Debian+5.0+lenny&amp;format=html&amp;locale=en" />
  <row Id="43601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24555" RevisionGUID="651bdc85-10b3-4780-8112-53897ba42edd" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:05:40.327" UserId="613" Text="This looks similar to [this][1] stackoverflow answer.  Answers there may apply.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/169453/bad-gateway-502-error-with-apache-modproxy-and-tomcat" />
  <row Id="43602" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24552" RevisionGUID="125cc6d4-ef01-4d7f-9d68-2f53f369f12f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:07:25.597" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 3 characters in body; edited title" Text="Server: debian4 / apache2 / php5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a vps and i usually only run websites that I administer, so I have loaded everything up under one username.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I have an external developer doing some work, and would like to give them access to one of my websites, but not the rest of them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also thought it would be a good idea to run all the websites as separate users, so if they get hacked or something, they can't wreck the other sites on the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apache is running as www-data&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have run &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chown -R myusername:www-data httpdocs&#xD;&#xA;    chmod -R 0750 httpdocs&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    so now it looks like&#xD;&#xA;    drwxr-x---myusername www-data httpdocs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is that the right way to go about securing this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;alex" />
  <row Id="43603" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="24552" RevisionGUID="125cc6d4-ef01-4d7f-9d68-2f53f369f12f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:07:25.597" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 3 characters in body; edited title" Text="What user/group should I make my web folders?" />
  <row Id="43604" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24556" RevisionGUID="94d90279-299f-4469-9249-7954ec264492" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:09:08.043" UserId="2711" Text="Yes those permissions will work fine for what you are trying to achieve." />
  <row Id="43605" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17312" RevisionGUID="2648d39c-026a-4ab5-95ca-70f29b06e5aa" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:10:02.910" UserId="613" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;iscsi&gt;&lt;san&gt;&lt;gfs&gt;" />
  <row Id="43606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24557" RevisionGUID="a1f10b8b-4ea8-4a39-bc60-11056824b04c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:12:36.600" UserId="7591" Text="We still use one in our office to print off anything that doesn't have to &quot;look good&quot;.  Timesheets, payroll reports, system logs, stuff like that.  Besides the ribbons costing a fraction of having to replace toner and/or drums for the laser printers, our dot matrix can also print much faster, jam less often, and doesn't overheat if left running for a long time.  And the continuous feed paper needs to be changed less frequently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of these advantages disappear if you're not just printing draft quality text." />
  <row Id="43607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24558" RevisionGUID="ebbcd6e7-8be8-4ad6-8d58-3adbb1ecba9e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:14:26.050" UserId="1602" Text="Say you have a production database and a staging database that you want to have replicate on a semi-hourly basis across the internet. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How would you go about setting that up and configuring it? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Answers regarding SQL SERVER 2005 or 2000 also welcome)" />
  <row Id="43608" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24558" RevisionGUID="ebbcd6e7-8be8-4ad6-8d58-3adbb1ecba9e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:14:26.050" UserId="1602" Text="How to set up replication on SQL Server 2008" />
  <row Id="43609" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24558" RevisionGUID="ebbcd6e7-8be8-4ad6-8d58-3adbb1ecba9e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:14:26.050" UserId="1602" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;replication&gt;&lt;database&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="43610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24559" RevisionGUID="78ce6436-c89d-46f9-8a1b-806fa26ab0d7" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:17:40.523" UserId="2783" Text="From the SYSVOL Replication Migration Guide: FRS to DFS Replication&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd640019.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 use File Replication Service (FRS) to replicate SYSVOL, whereas Windows Server 2008 uses the newer DFS Replication service when in domains that use the Windows Server 2008 domain functional level, and FRS for domains that run older domain functional levels.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So... the error message is right, you're already using DFS :)" />
  <row Id="43611" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24560" RevisionGUID="b2951e0f-e5f7-4d31-beae-d3eb1961ce2c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:17:54.233" UserId="4694" Text="You can use **Group Policy** to disable this behavior, but I wouldn't recommend it.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simply unblock the file by **right-click**ing on it, **Properties**, **General tab** – click on the Unblock button.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Group Policy:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;run **gpedit.msc**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**User Configuration** &gt; **Administrative Templates** &gt; **Windows Components** &gt; **Attachment Manager**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Enable: Do not preserve zone information in file attachments" />
  <row Id="43613" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24562" RevisionGUID="b2bf2e0c-8aac-4563-a8dc-bc96dec5922f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:22:06.690" UserId="2783" Text="You'll want to take a look at log shipping.  While the following article is a few years old, it walks you through the why's and hows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.sql-server-performance.com/articles/clustering/log_shipping_70_p1.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The SQL Books Online covers it here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb895393.aspx" />
  <row Id="43614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24563" RevisionGUID="f39015dd-6599-4e50-901f-1ef30f720c61" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:22:54.023" UserId="3489" Text="I agree with Server Horror, but you should be aware that the LM hash isn't needed for anything newer then Windows 95, and as &quot;rainbow tables&quot; for them are available (a rainbow table is a complete reverse list for a hash, ie, for any hash here's the password) it should be disabled for security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To disable on MS systems:&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299656&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On samba it's the &quot;lanman auth&quot; setting, which, according to the man page, is disabled by default in current samba." />
  <row Id="43615" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24212" RevisionGUID="88b8af51-6df2-4054-9a9f-ccd7adb171e9" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:23:37.313" UserId="3582" Comment="Updated symptoms" Text="I downloaded `util-linux-2.12b` package and and built it. I need to use the `login` utility in the `login-utils` folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But after running it, it gives a &quot;Login incorrect&quot; for every user even with correct username/password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-----&#xD;&#xA; Now it seems the utility is not working with /etc/shadow passowrds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if I disable the shadow passwords by&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #pwunconv&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its is working fine, while after enabling it with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #pwconv&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It stops working again.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43616" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24564" RevisionGUID="7386c7d0-81e1-4b31-ade6-885a739b056e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:27:08.600" UserId="9170" Text="Hey if use RHEL that will have all you require. Or you can look form lfs project were open source ppl are there to help with code.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;rajat" />
  <row Id="43617" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="24545" RevisionGUID="d79863f5-9bf6-495c-be70-7597885cf9c0" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:27:34.323" UserId="7936" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;" />
  <row Id="43618" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24565" RevisionGUID="1cab2a48-49b3-4fcc-8161-a922b7b2c7de" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:27:35.463" UserId="8851" Text="PHP4 was removed from lenny package lists. Any suggestions what might be the best approach to install php4 (Apache mod and cli) on a lenny box without breaking php5? And possibly still having the ability to uninstall later on." />
  <row Id="43619" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24565" RevisionGUID="1cab2a48-49b3-4fcc-8161-a922b7b2c7de" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:27:35.463" UserId="8851" Text="Debian Lenny and php4 (along with php5)" />
  <row Id="43620" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24565" RevisionGUID="1cab2a48-49b3-4fcc-8161-a922b7b2c7de" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:27:35.463" UserId="8851" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;lenny&gt;&lt;php&gt;" />
  <row Id="43621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24566" RevisionGUID="f92227cc-d209-4aeb-ab7d-b3eea21b281b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:27:57.320" UserId="3489" Text="When it's still on DHCP you can determine the default gateway by examining the output of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    route -n&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And the correct DNS servers by the output of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat /etc/resolv.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, you don't need (and shouldn't have) the &quot;network&quot; or &quot;broadcast&quot; entries as they only exist for the very rare networks where those settings aren't the default (mostly parts of corporate or university networks that haven't been properly fixed since the early 1990's)." />
  <row Id="43622" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24567" RevisionGUID="6c342dd7-7f6f-40f4-9714-f0de29f75f9e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:28:34.743" UserId="9287" Text="I always limit to 5 MB. Some (free) e-mail adresses, have problems with receving large e-mails. For example, my provider in Belgium (telenet) give's out a mailbox of 50 MB. If I would sent an attachment via e-mail to an e-mail address from that provider, the system would reject it and even if I would sent it in different pieces, the mailbox would get full, very fast!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best way is to use a website, rapidshare, dropbox, etc... for large files. " />
  <row Id="43623" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24568" RevisionGUID="dc58ebfb-0af3-491c-9f6d-84c7afc778b1" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:28:47.753" UserId="2787" Text="The cell size I've typically seen on SSDs is 64 kbytes, but it tends to get more complicated that that. I've found [an interesting-looking article][1] that I haven't studied in-depth, but which looks to have a reasonably detailed investigation into such things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://thunk.org/tytso/blog/2009/02/20/aligning-filesystems-to-an-ssds-erase-block-size/" />
  <row Id="43624" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24568" RevisionGUID="dc58ebfb-0af3-491c-9f6d-84c7afc778b1" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:28:47.753" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="43626" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24569" RevisionGUID="57d02250-420e-4e31-bb82-52cc64ef5bc7" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:31:37.967" UserId="3489" Text="All good answers WRT attachments, however another consideration is that e-mails larger then ~100k of text (excluding HTML) can make many clients have issues, larger then 1MB of text (eg, NetApp autosupport e-mails for large filers) and even mutt gets slow, everything else barely reads it, and hangs if you try to edit or reply to it." />
  <row Id="43627" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24414" RevisionGUID="b640b3f4-c5c6-474d-955f-23d4a3259ad4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:31:38.530" UserId="7936" Comment="added 144 characters in body" Text="I can see 2 problems here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First possible problem:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The nas comes with 4 disks of 1 TB configured with RAID10 (or any other drive RAID combination that gives you 2 TB total storage) and isn't able to resize the RAID array size when larger disks are added **run, don't walk away from the product** - then there's nothing you can do about it but a host based migration&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - copy files away from the NAS&#xD;&#xA; - replace all disks&#xD;&#xA; - completeley re-initiate the RAID with the new drives&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second possible problem:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The device is perfectly capable from a feature point of view but has only certain disks supported, the largest supported disks available yield a config of a max. of 2 TB only. &quot;Supported&quot; in this context means disks listed on the compatibility list of the vendor, not actually supported from a technical point of view.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another Guess:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Marketing speech. Often marketing will release a product with a folder which says &quot;Up to n TB of storage supported&quot; most times this refers only to the maximum disk size available at the time of the writing, but the device doesn't have a:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - missing feature preventing you from actually migrating RAID levels&#xD;&#xA; - a hardware compatibility list preventing you from using larger disks (in terms of accepted support cases)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you update your question with the actual error message or are you right now just investigating options and the limits are from a product fact sheet?" />
  <row Id="43628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24570" RevisionGUID="76b53663-89e3-454b-a6a9-e2621581144c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:32:44.330" UserId="9287" Text="Fix the gateway and network address and you will be able to get on the web. You need a gateway to get on the internet. I don't know what router you have at home, but I suggest looking it up, check the manual and search for the standard IP address to manage the router. 99 % of the times, that's the address you need to enter in the gateway line. " />
  <row Id="43629" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24212" RevisionGUID="8cea260c-7341-4816-a0a0-807bb4364d52" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:32:50.257" UserId="3582" Comment="added 3 characters in body" Text="I downloaded `util-linux-2.12b` package and and built it. I need to use the `login` utility in the `login-utils` folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But after running it, it gives a &quot;Login incorrect&quot; for every user even with correct username/password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-----&#xD;&#xA; Now it seems the utility is not working with /etc/shadow passowrds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if I disable the shadow passwords by&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #pwunconv&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its is working fine, while after enabling it with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #pwconv&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It stops working again. :(&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43631" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="24332" RevisionGUID="4caa5ddb-4ad3-467d-a18d-306dbd197d40" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:34:36.573" UserId="816" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;google&gt;&lt;sitemap&gt;" />
  <row Id="43632" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24571" RevisionGUID="8ce10b9b-4f7a-4920-9701-681533269bd9" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:36:32.607" UserId="7342" Text="It should be possible to install php4 along side php5; they were available before and the packaging was designed to have php4 or php5 in the paths that they used. The easiest thing to do would be to download the source packages for php4 from sarge, extract them using:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # dpkg-source -x php4.dsc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;cd into the newly created directory, then build it using:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # debuild -us -uc -b&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should then create the packages you need in the parent directory. I've missed out the version numbers in the .dsc file name." />
  <row Id="43633" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24572" RevisionGUID="47fe2843-dfeb-4d88-9d14-d728364b9596" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:37:33.993" UserId="2787" Text="I've considered the same thing myself, and the best answer I could find after some research was exactly as you suggested – Apache running mod_ssl, FakeBasicAuth to ID the user, and then extract that to identify the user and validate them." />
  <row Id="43634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24573" RevisionGUID="5ecb8f01-abcf-4bab-929c-b65a222c8cd3" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:38:25.160" UserId="7342" Text="You want to look at a tool like autossh, which keeps an ssh tunnel working. If it dies, it automatically recreates it." />
  <row Id="43635" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24574" RevisionGUID="3608d612-aa94-4b32-a9ca-97fd5555f7bd" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:38:26.423" UserId="1167" Text="Does anyone have any experience whether those really handy HSDPA/EDGE/GSM modems available in Europe from makers such as Huawei or iCon are compatible with Vista 64-bit? These products are sold in conjunction with the &quot;mobile internet&quot; or &quot;internet everywhere&quot; packages here, to be used with a notebook or netbook. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;None of the Swiss telecom providers seems to be able to provide a conclusive answer whether their stuff works with Vista 64, and all insist on a 24-month contract - no trial period, nothing :-( &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any one using a Huawei e160 or iCON 451 from Orange or Vodafone or some other company on a Vista64 system? (e.g. see [Orange's offering][1] in Switzerland)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Marc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www1.orange.ch/residential_internet_internet-everywhere.html" />
  <row Id="43636" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24574" RevisionGUID="3608d612-aa94-4b32-a9ca-97fd5555f7bd" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:38:26.423" UserId="1167" Text="HSDPA USB modems and Vista 64-bit" />
  <row Id="43637" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24574" RevisionGUID="3608d612-aa94-4b32-a9ca-97fd5555f7bd" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:38:26.423" UserId="1167" Text="&lt;hsdpa&gt;&lt;usb-modem&gt;" />
  <row Id="43638" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23122" RevisionGUID="a72e113a-179e-4f6d-adde-3edec13e7d3d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:39:33.287" UserId="1375" Comment="EXPN" Text="LVS is still the way to go -- you don't have to install it on separate hardware to get it to load balance incoming requests.  Effectively, you still think of the load-balancer and backend services as separate things, but they just happen to be installed in the same physical hosts." />
  <row Id="43639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24575" RevisionGUID="13f8baf6-4469-4ac8-9c5a-4a79d018d083" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:39:49.247" UserId="7936" Text="Hmmm an `apt-cache search php4` on my Debian/Squeeze workstation lists tons of php4 packages, are you sure it has been removed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd say there are 2 Options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Option1:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Forward port php4, you need to apt-get source the package in question, and simply rebuild it on a lenny box. I won't go into details as different dependencies might need quite some amount of time to figure out (especially if you never forward ported packages before)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Option2:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not exactly the least interrupting solution but I think that [OpenVZ][1] is the perfect match for this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OpenVZ is a container based virtualization, thus it doesn't really add any overhead. Overhead is slightly more than using a chroot environment, but a lot less than XEN or kvm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use it as a service seperation for nearly everything, the largest overhead it adds is some waste of disk storage which in these days isn't much of a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'd simply install OpenVZ (this **needs a reboot**) and debootstrap an etch instance right on the host, boot it add an IP and work just like with a normal box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.openvz.org/Main_Page" />
  <row Id="43640" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24576" RevisionGUID="7d4f8cef-a140-4e17-8c1a-f5f9f9eb184f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:40:13.083" UserId="8506" Text="Have you built the package with the source RPM? Seems that you might have compiled it by hand (the tar.gz) without shadow password supprt, which will explain the fact that when disabling shadow password it works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do it with a source RPM you should install it, extract the util-linux sources (under /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES), patch and close it up again. Another, even better option is to add your patch to the spec file and then build." />
  <row Id="43641" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24577" RevisionGUID="15b93a26-4e0a-4547-9328-295c2d29707e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:41:05.203" UserId="9170" Text="Its just 10mb to 15mb not more than but there a lot site offer ftp upto 150mb one time and it fast to rapidshare give same 100mb * " />
  <row Id="43642" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24578" RevisionGUID="906c97ee-389e-49db-8cde-bbada80eb197" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:43:04.107" UserDisplayName="Cosmin" Text="Greetings,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want a VPS specially to install ImageMagick. My current hosting provider only offers Virtuozzo powered VPSs and they say there is a conflict between the virtualization software and ImageMagick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But IM does not install any system DLLs so why should it be a conflict? Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="43643" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24578" RevisionGUID="906c97ee-389e-49db-8cde-bbada80eb197" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:43:04.107" UserDisplayName="Cosmin" Text="ImageMagick on Windows VPS" />
  <row Id="43644" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24578" RevisionGUID="906c97ee-389e-49db-8cde-bbada80eb197" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:43:04.107" UserDisplayName="Cosmin" Text="&lt;vps&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;image&gt;" />
  <row Id="43645" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24579" RevisionGUID="7ec30419-f77d-40ac-bbe9-a356cb1f7cf8" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:43:34.090" UserId="1674" Text="Log Shipping will be your technique of choice if you want to replicate every half hour.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A more real time solution would be to use database mirroring (SQL 2005 and up).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Log shipping can be done via network share, or FTP while database mirroring needs to have a socket connection available between the two servers on the port you specified.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Database mirroring requires less bandwidth overall as the transactions are moving in near real time, but with log shipping the logs are moved only when they are backed up, so more bandwidth is needed, but for shorter periods of time." />
  <row Id="43646" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24580" RevisionGUID="a29b200d-1d8d-4ca4-ba5f-961dfc1fb4a4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:45:36.533" UserDisplayName="Philippe" Text="How can I change *'Person' SUP ( Top $ ndsLoginProperties ) STRUCT&#xD;&#xA;URAL MUST* to &quot;*'Person' SUP ndsLoginProperties STRUCTURAL MUST&quot;*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See for more informations:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7003431&amp;sliceId=1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is the solution of an  error which I had when I tried to create an user in AD.&#xD;&#xA;(Environnement: Many Netware server 8.7.X &amp; 8.8 Server OES2 sp1 with DSfW)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any risks to change this ldap parameter?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers." />
  <row Id="43647" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24580" RevisionGUID="a29b200d-1d8d-4ca4-ba5f-961dfc1fb4a4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:45:36.533" UserDisplayName="Philippe" Text="How can I change 'Person' SUP ( Top $ ndsLoginProperties )  to &quot;'Person' SUP ndsLoginProperties&quot;" />
  <row Id="43648" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24580" RevisionGUID="a29b200d-1d8d-4ca4-ba5f-961dfc1fb4a4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:45:36.533" UserDisplayName="Philippe" Text="&lt;novell&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;edirectory&gt;" />
  <row Id="43649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24581" RevisionGUID="5fbb1ded-19ed-4f7c-bb45-402dafa0fb2e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:46:48.950" UserId="1375" Text="Get a new hosting provider.  This one is clearly broken." />
  <row Id="43650" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24582" RevisionGUID="3347acf8-1aea-4d6f-96e7-21c5bb56dd81" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:47:02.693" UserId="2787" Text="One method of doing single-sign-on on against AD is to use NTLM. You can do NTLM over HTTP to provide your users with automatic logins, but it's not really straightforward.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've come across [this article from 2006][1], and [this somewhat more garish website from 2005][2], but [this third and final link][3] seems far more useful. Hopefully one of them will help you out!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://drupal.org/node/44718&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.thebluesmokeband.com/mod_ntlm.php&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://mywheel.net/blog/index.php/mod_ntlm2-on-apache-22x/" />
  <row Id="43651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24583" RevisionGUID="4cb88a4a-18db-4087-a93d-a2e7bf17eebb" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:48:32.270" UserId="1674" Text="Also the file system on the device probably only supports 2 TB volumes as most 32bit platforms only support 2 TB volumes." />
  <row Id="43652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24584" RevisionGUID="fc51a07c-4336-490a-b550-4351265abc08" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:49:52.253" UserId="9170" Text="I thing you need to conf at your linksys box at brige then it should work as u needed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rajat" />
  <row Id="43653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24585" RevisionGUID="ea0aaa64-525e-499a-b779-83b47dc0a1fc" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:50:49.957" UserId="8966" Text="Or maybe rstunnel, which does almost the same as autossh&#xD;&#xA;-&gt; http://sourceforge.net/projects/rstunnel/" />
  <row Id="43654" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24586" RevisionGUID="e325d57f-0938-4917-adc5-64aa6d0560b7" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:51:33.293" UserId="6755" Text="One of the recent questions asked about potential reasons to use Solaris on a server. I would like to ask about the opposite:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What would be reasons to stay away from Solaris on a server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Package and patch management comes to mind, but I'm sure there's more to it. You can also point out advantages of other server operating systems over Solaris." />
  <row Id="43655" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24586" RevisionGUID="e325d57f-0938-4917-adc5-64aa6d0560b7" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:51:33.293" UserId="6755" Text="Solaris as a server OS - what are the disadvantages?" />
  <row Id="43656" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24586" RevisionGUID="e325d57f-0938-4917-adc5-64aa6d0560b7" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:51:33.293" UserId="6755" Text="&lt;solaris&gt;" />
  <row Id="43657" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24587" RevisionGUID="27be1387-2f60-408f-a8ee-24601d2edc90" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:51:56.460" UserId="2787" Text="Top on OS X requires a little tweaking (it's not as 'blinged out' as GNU top), but it's easy to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Leopard or Tiger, I use 'top -FRo [field]', where '[field]' is typically cpu, vsize, rsize, and so on. The -F and -R options will sacrifice some precision for memory calculation for a huge decrease in CPU usage by top." />
  <row Id="43658" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24361" RevisionGUID="2a0ac27a-f24f-4a93-bfa7-08cc50205b21" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:54:43.927" UserId="8851" Comment="more details about the problem" Text="When network to domU is connected via bridge config, having an open ssh connection to dom0 and domU at the same time randomly drops dom0 connection (Connection reset by peer) and doesn't allow me back in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Authorization is done via ssh keys. Any tips on solving that one? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: some more details about the environment&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dom0&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;# cat /proc/version&#xD;&#xA;Linux version 2.6.18-128.1.10.el5xen (mockbuild@builder10.centos.org) (gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-44)) #1 SMP Thu May 7 11:07:18 EDT 2009&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;domU&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;# cat /proc/version&#xD;&#xA;Linux version 2.6.9-78.0.22.ELxenU (mockbuild@builder10.centos.org) (gcc version 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-10)) #1 SMP Thu Apr 30 19:39:33 EDT 2009&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Xen version 3.1.2-128.1.10.el5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Important detail I first forgot to mention: this happens only when dom0 has an external IP associated with it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Current solution: no external IP on dom0, access to dom0 via domU -&gt; dom0 path. This could be relatively safe when having a separate domU which does nothing but provide this route. I can still connect to dom0 remotely and reboot other machines when needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43659" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24588" RevisionGUID="3cc522c0-6a17-4374-8608-fa33bbcfa497" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:55:23.130" UserId="4762" Text="Although not a direct answer to your question, but we used to do Apache2&lt;-&gt;Tomcat5 proxy in the following manner. Worked like a charm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^/$ http://apache.domain/appname/ [R]&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^/appname(.*)$ http://tomcat.domain:8081/appname$1 [P]&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPassReverse /appname http://tomcat.domain:8081/appname" />
  <row Id="43660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24589" RevisionGUID="cec1bf7d-e667-45be-b104-a5cc483de29f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:57:58.383" UserId="4947" Text="Reverse name lookups for `DOMAIN`?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm going to shamelessly plug [my stack overflow answer][so]. Note that it allows you to use localhost instead of `DOMAIN`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      ServerName public.server.name&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      ProxyRequests Off&#xD;&#xA;      ProxyPreserveHost On&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      &lt;Proxy *&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        Order deny,allow&#xD;&#xA;        Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/Proxy&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      ProxyPass / http://localhost:8180/&#xD;&#xA;      ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8180/&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [so]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/956361/apache-tomcat-using-modproxy-instead-of-ajp/962928#962928&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43661" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24590" RevisionGUID="e08cb562-08b7-4715-8e41-221ab789c92e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:58:27.493" UserId="1435" Text="My biggest worry, as a large Oracle customer, is that they'll eventually do away with either Solaris or 'Oracle Enterprise Linux' (their rebadge of RHEL).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously both have their benefits and their downsides but I do know that they're selling a lot more OEP support agreements than Sun were selling for Solaris and of course they own the development of Solaris, OEL costs then very little at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We all love Solaris but if it's not selling well enough and costing too much to develop then I'm sure Oracle will simply 'asset strip' it (keep ZFS etc.) and sell it on to someone else. That would be my main concern." />
  <row Id="43662" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24591" RevisionGUID="ec636dc1-a446-4753-9455-3ad40f139b5f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T07:58:52.093" UserId="2787" Text="The ideal solution is to create a sparsebundle image and to sync that. This can be most easily done by sharing the drive over the network and pointing Time Machine to it and starting a fresh backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also find information on [creating a custom sparsebundle to use as a Time Machine backup][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason to do this is because a sparsebundle stores its data spread over a collection of files (8MB 'bands'). If you have a sparsebundle, you can rync it to the remote server, and rsync can just transfer the bands that have changed. With Time Machine, you typically just append onto the end, so you'll only usually be syncing the last few bands up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once a given band is full and OS X creates another one, the now-full band won't be written to anymore. It gets copied up one last time, and never touched again. The new band gets copied every time rsync is run until it too fills up and stops being written to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For extra fun, there are options you can pass to hdiutil to create an encrypted disk image, so that if someone breaks into your Dreamhost machine they won't be able to harvest your files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080420211034137" />
  <row Id="43663" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24592" RevisionGUID="39519c2f-857f-43e9-9872-edc6a0d67243" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:02:17.780" UserId="6199" Text="Website watcher can remotely monitor your site and can notify you via email of page changes. [Website Watcher][1] Personally I'd spend more time/effort on making sure you have proper off site backups so you can restore files if there is a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.aignes.com/" />
  <row Id="43664" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24432" RevisionGUID="efe4bed0-2c9e-4754-8639-8812c81167d7" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:02:48.577" UserId="1" Comment="add code block" Text="When a process starts, STDIN, STDOUT and STDERR are connected to *something*.  Generally you can't change that once the command is started.  In the case you're describing, that's probably a tty associated with the ssh session.  nohup pretty much just does ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    command &lt; /dev/null &gt; nohup.out 2&gt;&amp;1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That is, sets STDIN to /dev/null, STDOUT to a file and STDERR to STDOUT.  Screen does much more sophisticated things involving setting up ttys that direct to itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know of any way to retroactively nohup or screenize a running process.  If you cd to /proc/$pid/fd and see what 0, 1 and 2 point to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might have some luck with disown, but not if the process tries to do anything with STDIN, STDOUT or STDERR." />
  <row Id="43665" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24593" RevisionGUID="ecd7ac15-7be4-4dcc-9d25-013ad1389324" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:03:23.893" UserId="4947" Text="When hosting multiple domains with apache it's useful to see the logwatch apache output with the virtual host name included, but I only get:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     --------------------- httpd Begin ------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;     Requests with error response codes&#xD;&#xA;       400 Bad Request&#xD;&#xA;          /: 1 Time(s)&#xD;&#xA;          /robots.txt: 1 Time(s)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;whereas I would like something like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     --------------------- httpd Begin ------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;     Requests with error response codes&#xD;&#xA;       400 Bad Request&#xD;&#xA;          example.com/: 1 Time(s)&#xD;&#xA;          example.org/robots.txt: 1 Time(s)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I achieve this with logwatch?" />
  <row Id="43666" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24593" RevisionGUID="ecd7ac15-7be4-4dcc-9d25-013ad1389324" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:03:23.893" UserId="4947" Text="Including hostname in apache logwatch reports" />
  <row Id="43667" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24593" RevisionGUID="ecd7ac15-7be4-4dcc-9d25-013ad1389324" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:03:23.893" UserId="4947" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;logwatch&gt;" />
  <row Id="43668" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24594" RevisionGUID="eed08762-7dea-48cf-9123-ccebc0ae8a7d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:05:24.047" UserId="9170" Text="i thing u try this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**ssh-copy-id - permits easy propagation of SSH pub/priv keypair&#xD;&#xA;a. ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub root@192.168.75.10**" />
  <row Id="43669" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24594" RevisionGUID="46f5ee2b-eeff-4716-a315-7484aa6376b7" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:08:12.590" UserId="1" Comment="deleted 2 characters in body; deleted 1 characters in body" Text="I think you can try ssh-copy-id - permits easy propagation of SSH pub/priv keypair&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub root@192.168.75.10" />
  <row Id="43670" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24595" RevisionGUID="55b64bcd-bf2e-4271-81ed-62686cb9a1bb" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:10:34.300" UserId="9170" Text="Hey there I'm using open source seen 1997 I dont found any disadvantages all i can see here is all advantages in open source product from any linux or solaris box and i have seen last 12yr most biggest implementation on RHEL or Sun Solaris..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rajat " />
  <row Id="43672" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24411" RevisionGUID="bb962771-17fb-4dce-a0d8-ff917a24f01f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:14:26.773" UserId="1" Comment="fix layout -- use &lt;pre&gt; people!" Text="If you're really into lower levels of detail, don't forget collectl.  Here's an example of the types of per process memory utilization it can report:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;RECORD    1      cag-dl585-02     (1244758290.002) (Thu Jun 11 18:11:30 2009)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PROCESS SUMMARY (counters are /sec)&#xD;&#xA;# PID  User     S VmSize  VmLck  VmRSS VmData  VmStk  VmExe  VmLib MajF MinF Command&#xD;&#xA; 9089  root     S 66856K      0  2328K  1440K   212K   736K  6812K    0    0 sendmail:&#xD;&#xA; 9097  smmsp    S 57600K      0  1772K  1304K   204K   736K  5904K    0    0 sendmail:&#xD;&#xA; 9108  root     S  6428K      0   360K   180K    84K    88K  1944K    0    0 gpm&#xD;&#xA; 9120  root     S 74808K      0  1136K   476K   520K    48K  1920K    0    0 crond&#xD;&#xA; 9173  xfs      S 20904K      0  1828K  1124K    88K   104K  3084K    0    0 xfs&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're interested in specific processes you can specify appropriate filters (including a switch to show threads).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if you interested in memory in general it also can show slab detail and even has a vmstat format output.  Why would you want to show data in vmstat format when the existing tool already does that?  That's easy - with collectly you can log stats to a file and play it back later in multiple formats.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;try it, you'll like it" />
  <row Id="43673" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24596" RevisionGUID="8d2028c5-d0ff-4f42-940f-320b9af22bc1" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:14:44.823" UserId="9170" Text="check this out **&quot;http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-fedora-11-x86_64-ispconfig-2&quot;**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**&quot;http://www.howtoforge.com/running-vhosts-under-separate-uids-gids-with-apache2-mpm-itk-on-ubuntu-9.04&quot;**" />
  <row Id="43674" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24419" RevisionGUID="5ed161d3-608e-4e80-905f-63965b19656b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:14:56.990" UserId="1" Comment="layout" Text="1. Grep the process(s).&#xD;&#xA;2. Parse the output and save in comma separated format in a text file.&#xD;&#xA;3. open the comma separated file in excel.&#xD;&#xA;4. Draw the graph for that data using the chart utility of excel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want memory snapshots at different time interval... set the cron job at desired interval and run the script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;hope that helps...." />
  <row Id="43675" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="24288" RevisionGUID="21a35837-a80a-4314-82fe-4e40211adccc" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:16:54.663" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:45,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;splattne&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1054,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;squillman&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1466,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Brent &quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="43676" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="17464" RevisionGUID="6592f996-dc0e-467f-9c53-318c8e9fa743" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:17:21.527" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="7" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:984,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Zoredache&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="43677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24597" RevisionGUID="b5401640-a5bb-4a91-aeb8-694f2af3a554" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:18:28.183" UserId="9170" Text="You can use #top or #sysstat " />
  <row Id="43678" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="24092" RevisionGUID="1a14e7e7-de69-494d-90be-d7bbf33f76e3" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:18:37.170" UserId="1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="43679" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24598" RevisionGUID="334c2633-481d-4f3f-852f-079690d86d60" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:19:46.170" UserId="4947" Text="I use :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - x86_64, since it's a popular architecture - easy to manage in terms of hardware, and I can get heaps &gt; 4 GB if I want to;&#xD;&#xA; - CentOS, since it's a popular distribution ( see a pattern here ? ) - and I can easily find documentation and packages for it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43680" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24598" RevisionGUID="334c2633-481d-4f3f-852f-079690d86d60" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:19:46.170" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="43681" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17124" RevisionGUID="86dcbae7-e375-4891-87d0-99b543b81989" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:20:17.183" UserId="4947" Comment="Moved answer to proper answer." Text="Even though the JVM is cross-platform, there are be differences in &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- behaviour;&#xD;&#xA;- performance;&#xD;&#xA;- stability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of them are quite clear, as in the heap size limitation on 32bit. Some of them are not, such as the increased tuning hooks on Solaris.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to know which platforms ( OS, CPU architecture ) you're running your java apps on, **and especially why**." />
  <row Id="43682" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24545" RevisionGUID="7d45b5f1-86bb-41b5-87aa-ec8e9991130b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:22:53.060" UserId="2457" Comment="added 239 characters in body" Text="Downloaded exe files requires me to open the properties of the file and click on &quot;Unblock&quot; because&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;    &quot;This file came from another computer and might be&#xD;&#xA;    blocked to help protect this computer.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise when running the exe file I get the error message&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;Windows cannot access the specified device, path,&#xD;&#xA;    or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions&#xD;&#xA;    to access the item.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I set downloads to be automatically unblocked? I have admin access... (OS: Windows Server 2003)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit** Roy's answer *should* work, so I accepted it. It doesn't work for me with Google Chrome because of [this Chrome bug][1] which currently is still open.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=5719" />
  <row Id="43683" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24599" RevisionGUID="b6f7e880-3f9e-4ed6-b411-23a004ab5e63" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:26:12.413" UserId="9170" Text="Ignor 1st step &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i thing u can use this http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/logs.html" />
  <row Id="43684" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24600" RevisionGUID="5f50d832-e0fb-4f13-9937-fa8342fc9c28" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:28:27.947" UserId="4718" Text="if you are looking for database mirroring it is simpler if the machines are on the same domain. If not then you can follow the instructions @ [SQL Mirroring for Non-Domain Servers][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should note that this will work for domain member servers as well but there are a few different steps required. It was also written for SQL 2005 but should work almost identically on SQL 2008&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://danmacs.posterous.com/configuration-of-database-mirroring-for-non-d" />
  <row Id="43685" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24601" RevisionGUID="3d66565f-5f8b-4c7d-8677-31a5da46aa90" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:31:42.527" UserId="9170" Text="Sun Solaris and RHEL &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * behaviour; ++&#xD;&#xA;    * performance; ++ &#xD;&#xA;    * stability. ++&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43686" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24601" RevisionGUID="3d66565f-5f8b-4c7d-8677-31a5da46aa90" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:31:42.527" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="43687" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24602" RevisionGUID="13e4e04c-c62d-491d-a9f7-0469f6030a89" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:32:48.843" UserId="4718" Text="The Huawei model that is currently being deployed by BT mobile works fine under windows Vista x64.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43688" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24603" RevisionGUID="3731403f-f0ad-4a6e-9622-ce146c527200" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:35:08.027" UserId="5221" Text="Without the details requested by others in the comments on your question my guess is some odd routing issue, such as incorrectly configured NAT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One workaround to try would be to run sshd on a different port in either domU or dom0 and see if that works. If this fixes the connection drops then that would support the suggestion that NAT is setup wrongly so the translation table entry for port-22-to/from-domU gets clobbered by the entry for port-22-to/from-dom0. Don't just leave this &quot;fix&quot; in place if it works though - you'd need to get the routing issue sorted or it will cause other problems down the line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This workaround may also have the desired affect if you have duplicate MAC addresses, as suggested by katriel, so check that possibility first." />
  <row Id="43689" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24604" RevisionGUID="c395745e-3ffa-4b93-a739-883814947860" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:35:27.637" UserId="6815" Text="Hi All:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Setup:-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- OpenCMS running on TomCat5.5&#xD;&#xA;- System running on FreeBSD with the DiabloJVM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The OpenCMS system was working then after a restart of TomCat it stopped loading. The Database server (postgres) running on a different host has been rebooted and responds correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions to get it running?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When TomCat starts the following error is in the stdout:&#xD;&#xA;`&#xD;&#xA;6/12/09 9:21:08 AM (S) HostConfig.deployDirectory : Error deploying web application directory opencms&#xD;&#xA;java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 26&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.openejb.asm.ClassReader.readClass(Unknown Source)&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.openejb.asm.ClassReader.accept(Unknown Source)&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.openejb.asm.ClassReader.accept(Unknown Source)&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.openejb.util.AnnotationFinder.readClassDef(AnnotationFinder.java:251)&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.openejb.util.AnnotationFinder.find(AnnotationFinder.java:157)&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.openejb.config.DeploymentLoader.discoverModuleType(DeploymentLoader.java:1090)&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.openejb.tomcat.catalina.TomcatWebAppBuilder.loadApplication(TomcatWebAppBuilder.java:540)&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.openejb.tomcat.catalina.TomcatWebAppBuilder.start(TomcatWebAppBuilder.java:234)&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.openejb.tomcat.catalina.GlobalListenerSupport.lifecycleEvent(GlobalListenerSupport.java:58)&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:120)&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4148)&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:760)&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:740)&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:544)&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory(HostConfig.java:926)&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectories(HostConfig.java:889)&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:492)&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1149)&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:311)&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:120)&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1022)&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:736)&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1014)&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443)&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:448)&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:700)&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:552)&#xD;&#xA;	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)&#xD;&#xA;	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)&#xD;&#xA;	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)&#xD;&#xA;	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:295)&#xD;&#xA;	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:433)&#xD;&#xA;`" />
  <row Id="43690" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24604" RevisionGUID="c395745e-3ffa-4b93-a739-883814947860" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:35:27.637" UserId="6815" Text="OpenCMS throwing Java Exception on TomCat Start" />
  <row Id="43691" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24604" RevisionGUID="c395745e-3ffa-4b93-a739-883814947860" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:35:27.637" UserId="6815" Text="&lt;tomcat&gt;&lt;java&gt;&lt;freebsd&gt;" />
  <row Id="43692" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24605" RevisionGUID="2a8e8101-c4ad-4614-9be9-009ff892adb5" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:44:14.187" UserId="10407" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just got some replacement drives for a server here, went to pop one in, and it turns out that the 72Gig for a Seagate is slightly below the 72gig of the Maxtors that we currently have. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know if there is anything hidden on the drive causing this discrepancy? I'm facing a rebuild of the array if I can't find an extra 150MB on this disk. :)" />
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  <row Id="43694" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24605" RevisionGUID="2a8e8101-c4ad-4614-9be9-009ff892adb5" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:44:14.187" UserId="10407" Text="&lt;seagate&gt;&lt;scsi&gt;&lt;dell-2850&gt;&lt;raid&gt;" />
  <row Id="43695" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24606" RevisionGUID="4cdfb298-a769-4948-9bdc-34e12d2d2b1d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:45:06.977" UserId="1376" Text="**TID** Thread ID&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EventID** Event ID for internal use (undocumented)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have a look at [this blog post][1] for more info.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Area and Category are also used for applying different filter settings so you can control how much is logged. See Central Administration under Operations, Logging and Reporting, Diagnostic logging.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you say, Correlation is rarely used and I'm sure could be made a lot more useful. I've seen it occassionally point to another EventID.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.marc-antho-etc.net/blog/post/SharePoint-Diagnostic-Logging-Quick-Summary.aspx" />
  <row Id="43696" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24607" RevisionGUID="d97cc6bf-caa2-45de-bd56-fc41a2a5bfac" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:48:32.587" UserId="4947" Text="Looks like you application files are corrupt:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    6/12/09 9:21:08 AM (S) HostConfig.deployDirectory : Error deploying web application directory opencms &#xD;&#xA;    java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 26 at&#xD;&#xA;    org.apache.openejb.asm.ClassReader.readClass(Unknown Source) at&#xD;&#xA;    org.apache.openejb.asm.ClassReader.accept(Unknown Source) at &#xD;&#xA;    org.apache.openejb.asm.ClassReader.accept(Unknown Source) at &#xD;&#xA;    org.apache.openejb.util.AnnotationFinder.readClassDef(AnnotationFinder.java:251)" />
  <row Id="43697" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22517" RevisionGUID="b579ff8f-4187-4032-aad3-ead2978393a8" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:53:36.257" UserId="4134" Comment="added a link to a recent dev blog, moved application-agnostic stuff to the front; added 90 characters in body" Text="Some of the more recent extended downtimes in EvE Online have been about installing new hardware like a faster SAN. While one can technically move the bulk of the data by creating a new filegroup on the new drive and then emptying the main one, that would have resulted in an extended period of reduced performance due to constant I/O. So they [opted][1] to detach the 1.1TB database and move it in one go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The answer to this question also relies on the specific application. For example, a server handling a specific star system cannot be hotswapped without disrupting game play, so downtime is used to reassign more powerful servers into potential hotspots. In addition, the ownership calculations (sovereignty) of star systems are calculated. This depends on the tens of different variables, all of which can change depending on player actions. Needless to say, doing that live can cause excessive locking and/or other concurrency issues. But addressing those is best left to [stackoverflow][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&amp;bid=632&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://stackoverflow.com" />
  <row Id="43698" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24608" RevisionGUID="e4115db5-dc45-4356-828b-7933ccad84b0" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:54:05.430" UserId="9272" Text="I am using a server 2003 as a file server what support 30-40 user simultaneously.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Users always report the response time of open folder is very slow and something will cause the explorer. I check the **disk queue length** using performance monitor, it always keep at full(100) level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there are any way to check what caused the issue and how to fix it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks a lot!" />
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  <row Id="43700" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24608" RevisionGUID="e4115db5-dc45-4356-828b-7933ccad84b0" CreationDate="2009-06-12T08:54:05.430" UserId="9272" Text="&lt;file-sharing&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;disk&gt;" />
  <row Id="43701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24609" RevisionGUID="f6d9b16a-8a7b-4aef-97a9-1c9efd72c1a1" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:00:55.323" UserId="1435" Text="I don't believe there's anything you can do sorry." />
  <row Id="43702" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24610" RevisionGUID="9f4b5ad2-e3b0-43b4-9700-e3ec85668d00" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:02:12.310" UserId="9140" Text="Try using Process Explorer (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx) to see what process thats eating up your I/O." />
  <row Id="43703" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24589" RevisionGUID="71aabee3-115b-4cd5-b28c-8bd63e0ffc3e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:02:13.540" UserId="4947" Comment="Another try" Text="**Update**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you tried monitoring the number of busy threads in Tomcat? Perhaps Apache is not releasing them properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**First attempt, not working**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reverse name lookups for `DOMAIN`?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm going to shamelessly plug [my stack overflow answer][so]. Note that it allows you to use localhost instead of `DOMAIN`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      ServerName public.server.name&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      ProxyRequests Off&#xD;&#xA;      ProxyPreserveHost On&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      &lt;Proxy *&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        Order deny,allow&#xD;&#xA;        Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/Proxy&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      ProxyPass / http://localhost:8180/&#xD;&#xA;      ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8180/&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [so]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/956361/apache-tomcat-using-modproxy-instead-of-ajp/962928#962928&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24611" RevisionGUID="99155ce5-c247-4c2e-89fc-c0693df752c3" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:02:28.610" UserDisplayName="MikeNYC" Text="Are you sure you REALLY need ImageMagick? For sites like wikimedia, phpBB it is **not** required (another Windows DLL can be used instead... forgot its name.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43705" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24612" RevisionGUID="c30d292a-395c-44d2-a15a-2da0319e8a45" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:03:18.423" UserId="3431" Text="You really can't do anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even if you could claim unused sectors to do this, it would be a very bad idea. Unused sectors are used to replace failed sectors so using them right away would strongly increase the risk of data loss and decrease the life of your hard drive." />
  <row Id="43706" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24613" RevisionGUID="3435e680-4b43-48ae-b472-d4cd97ccb20c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:05:27.870" UserId="9140" Text="The only reason I can come up with is the &quot;lack&quot; of support/info out on the web if you're not an expert with Solaris (compared to Linux or FreeBSD)." />
  <row Id="43707" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24614" RevisionGUID="1d6bbbdc-5f22-47c5-b39f-8aa750209183" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:07:58.460" UserId="9140" Text="The others are correct, nothing you can do (except rebuild or get larger disks)" />
  <row Id="43708" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24615" RevisionGUID="21a34f82-e593-4fd5-918c-549854c89384" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:11:43.880" UserId="1447" Text="No.  You're buggered.  Either:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Get a disk of the same model as the one you have, formatted the same (sometimes OEM disks can have a slightly different format to ones with generic firmware)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. Get a 146GB disk and be prepared to waste half of the capacity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. Get a disk with the array manufacturer's firmware, which will be set up so it can act as a drop in replacement.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="43709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24616" RevisionGUID="b1b6f562-8994-42af-ba38-8c71f43d4ef8" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:15:02.143" UserId="7083" Text="This won't help you now, but in the past I've taken to leaving around 500~700Mb leeway at the end RAID sets, where we haven't been able to procure enough spares of the same model and the HBA won't accept drives of a larger size.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's less of an issue nowadays - we only tend to run into it when using the max configurations in blades." />
  <row Id="43710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24617" RevisionGUID="0e536aad-02eb-4b3f-8550-9dd6d9c49001" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:22:55.840" UserId="2711" Text="If upgrading your driver isn't working, you could try downgrading it instead. The vendors website has older versions available:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.siliconimage.com/support/searchresults.aspx?pid=32&amp;cat=3" />
  <row Id="43711" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="24617" RevisionGUID="c568010b-532a-4746-b7bf-8828e14afd5f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:23:56.507" UserId="2711" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:2711,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Neobyte&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="43712" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24523" RevisionGUID="a8878d1b-cffd-4dc1-8a4f-27110d720e05" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:25:28.097" UserId="1205" Comment="rephrase" Text="I've been using Linux for a couple of years now but I still haven't figured out what the origin or meaning of some the directory names are on Unix and Unix like systems. E.g. what does `etc` stand for or `var`? Where does the `opt` name come from?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And while we're on the topic anyway. Can someone give a clear explanation of what directory is best used for what. I sometimes get confused where certain software is installed or what the most appropriate directory is to install software into.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43713" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24604" RevisionGUID="69db4b1a-48d4-487b-acf0-718f462b4ece" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:25:48.673" UserId="6815" Comment="formatting" Text="Hi All:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Setup:-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- OpenCMS running on TomCat5.5&#xD;&#xA;- System running on FreeBSD with the DiabloJVM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The OpenCMS system was working then after a restart of TomCat it stopped loading. The Database server (postgres) running on a different host has been rebooted and responds correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions to get it running?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When TomCat starts the following error is in the stdout:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    6/12/09 10:11:29 AM (I) WebappClassLoader.validateJarFile : validateJarFile(/usr/local/tomcat5.5/webapps/opencms/WEB-INF/lib/servlet.jar) - jar not loaded. See Servlet Spec 2.3, section 9.7.2. Offending class: javax/servlet/Servlet.class&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    6/12/09 9:21:08 AM (S) HostConfig.deployDirectory : Error deploying web application directory opencms&#xD;&#xA;    java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 26&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.openejb.asm.ClassReader.readClass(Unknown Source)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.openejb.asm.ClassReader.accept(Unknown Source)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.openejb.asm.ClassReader.accept(Unknown Source)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.openejb.util.AnnotationFinder.readClassDef(AnnotationFinder.java:251)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.openejb.util.AnnotationFinder.find(AnnotationFinder.java:157)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.openejb.config.DeploymentLoader.discoverModuleType(DeploymentLoader.java:1090)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.openejb.tomcat.catalina.TomcatWebAppBuilder.loadApplication(TomcatWebAppBuilder.java:540)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.openejb.tomcat.catalina.TomcatWebAppBuilder.start(TomcatWebAppBuilder.java:234)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.openejb.tomcat.catalina.GlobalListenerSupport.lifecycleEvent(GlobalListenerSupport.java:58)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:120)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4148)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:760)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:740)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:544)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory(HostConfig.java:926)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectories(HostConfig.java:889)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:492)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1149)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:311)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:120)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1022)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:736)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1014)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:448)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:700)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:552)&#xD;&#xA;    	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)&#xD;&#xA;    	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)&#xD;&#xA;    	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)&#xD;&#xA;    	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:295)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:433)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43714" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="24617" RevisionGUID="2903ada0-3f73-44fc-a3ab-f41187a0f7a6" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:27:03.320" UserId="2711" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:2711,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Neobyte&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="43715" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24618" RevisionGUID="2aac9662-e57a-478d-afcc-d9247e0cd389" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:34:45.957" UserId="7802" Text="I'm setting up an internal smtp server to handle software tests which involve the sending of emails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to configure the server so that any emails sent to myinternaldoamin.com get relayed (is that the correct term?) to our real/main smtp server (another machine on the same network). Emails being sent to any other domain need to be forwarded to externalemailtest@myinternaldomain.com - so they dont actually go to real people, i want to trap them on this account just for testing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this possible?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, can someone give me a quick tut on how to do it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Andrew" />
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  <row Id="43717" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24618" RevisionGUID="2aac9662-e57a-478d-afcc-d9247e0cd389" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:34:45.957" UserId="7802" Text="&lt;smtp&gt;&lt;server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="43718" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24619" RevisionGUID="698d1397-4424-413e-94d7-106508b28390" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:40:40.280" UserId="422" Text="There are really only two ways to modify base schema in eDirectory.  Used to be only one, which was to call Novell Technical Services (NTS) and have them use DSDump, (effectively a hex editor for eDirectory) and twiddle the bits by hand. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have had them do this when merging two trees that had ALMOST but not perfectly compatible schema (Two flags on three attributes were different for no apparent reason, and were meaninglessly different).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The second possible way is to delete, then add the attribute in a single LDIF operation.  That is a shown as a possibility in this TID: [Changing schmea][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The LDIF ought to look something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ersion: 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dn: cn=schema&#xD;&#xA;changetype: modify&#xD;&#xA;delete: objectclasses&#xD;&#xA;objectClasses:(2.1.5.5.5)&#xD;&#xA;-&#xD;&#xA;add: objectclasses&#xD;&#xA;objectClasses: (2.1.5.5.5 NAME 'MyObjectClass' MAY (attr1) X-NDS_NOT_CONTAINER '1')&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But in your case, replace the appropriate details with yours.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suppose a third way, is when such a problem is identified and a specific fix is offered in DSrepair to fix it. (There was an old base schema setting for creatorsName and modifiersName that originally was DN syntax, but that was a terrible idea, as if you deleted the object that created users, the creatorsName was cleared, which caused all sorts of problems.  There was a DSrepair addition that would recognize this error and fix it.  If this turns out to be a real problem, they likely will offer this kind of a solution. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However until then, your best bet is to open an incident for NTS to dial in and use DSDump to fix it by hand.  It literally can take a minute or three to do. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3220775&amp;sliceId=1" />
  <row Id="43719" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24620" RevisionGUID="7525bd6a-165f-4d74-927e-158c667fe48f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:40:57.533" UserDisplayName="David" Text="We have a simple 2 office location network. This was previuosly connected via kilostream connection. This has now been replaced by an MPLS connection using Cisco routers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When we connect the MPLS to the network of the main office location, the network grinds to a halt due to a loop. We have identified that the Spanning Tree Protocol from the cisco router as the cause. We have switched this protocol off and everything works fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately the company providing the MPLS will not support the connection unless this protocol is switched on. They say the fault is with our network and we have reached stalemate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can someone please suggest any tools or services we could try to identify the problem? " />
  <row Id="43720" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24620" RevisionGUID="7525bd6a-165f-4d74-927e-158c667fe48f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:40:57.533" UserDisplayName="David" Text="New MPLS link bringing network to a halt - Spanning Tree Protocol" />
  <row Id="43721" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24620" RevisionGUID="7525bd6a-165f-4d74-927e-158c667fe48f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:40:57.533" UserDisplayName="David" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;spanning-tree&gt;&lt;loopback&gt;" />
  <row Id="43722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24621" RevisionGUID="cecc9f91-08e6-423f-9522-73495aca7565" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:44:28.103" UserId="2535" Text="I am running Windows Server 2008 and frequently there is a single process that spikes the CPU usage to 25% or more and causes a lot of slow down issues. The server is being used remotely by approx 30 users and if I don't spot this problem quick enough it gets very frustrating for them when working. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to automatically monitor and report if this process becomes over active and causes problems? The actual process is an exe file that runs as part of a Web Application for PDA remote users." />
  <row Id="43723" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24621" RevisionGUID="cecc9f91-08e6-423f-9522-73495aca7565" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:44:28.103" UserId="2535" Text="CPU usage monitoring" />
  <row Id="43724" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24621" RevisionGUID="cecc9f91-08e6-423f-9522-73495aca7565" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:44:28.103" UserId="2535" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;cpu&gt;&lt;usage&gt;" />
  <row Id="43725" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24067" RevisionGUID="c699d36e-12ba-49e7-adad-fd766e4a0856" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:46:22.593" UserId="162" Comment="clarify with an example because the answers suggest the question was not clear" Text="Sometimes I have two trees that used to have the same content, but have grown out of sync (because I moved disks around or whatever).  A good example is a tree where I mirror upstream packages from Fedora.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to merge those two trees again by moving all of the files from tree1 into tree2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usually I do this with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rsync -arv tree1/* tree2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then delete tree1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, this takes an awful lot of time and disk space, and it would be much easier to be able to do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mv -r tree1/* tree2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In other words, a recursive move.  It would be faster because first of all it would not even copy, just move the inodes, and second I wouldn't need a delete at the end.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does this exist ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a test case, consider the following sequence of commands:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ mkdir -p a/b&#xD;&#xA;    $ touch a/b/c1&#xD;&#xA;    $ rsync -arv a/ a2&#xD;&#xA;    sending incremental file list&#xD;&#xA;    created directory&#xD;&#xA;    ./&#xD;&#xA;    b/&#xD;&#xA;    b/c1&#xD;&#xA;    b/c2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sent 173 bytes  received 57 bytes  460.00 bytes/sec&#xD;&#xA;    total size is 0  speedup is 0.00&#xD;&#xA;    $ touch a/b/c2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What command would now have the effect of moving a/b/c2 to a2/b/c2 and then deleting the a subtree (since everything in it is already in the destination tree) ?" />
  <row Id="43726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24622" RevisionGUID="b2f5609f-21d6-41f0-ac8d-3d142be768c1" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:51:36.843" UserId="7696" Text="debian4 linux&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i have the following cmd line which works fine&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rsync -avr -e ssh /home/dir user@example.com:/home/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but i need to setup it up now to rsync to a remote server that only has ftp on it&#xD;&#xA;how do i go about that ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i looked at the rsync help but quickly got lost (i don't do this stuff very often)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;alex" />
  <row Id="43727" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24622" RevisionGUID="b2f5609f-21d6-41f0-ac8d-3d142be768c1" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:51:36.843" UserId="7696" Text="how to use rsync over ftp" />
  <row Id="43728" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24622" RevisionGUID="b2f5609f-21d6-41f0-ac8d-3d142be768c1" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:51:36.843" UserId="7696" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;rsync&gt;&lt;ftp&gt;" />
  <row Id="43729" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24623" RevisionGUID="18c8ed83-23ec-4e78-96a0-651f4d2e7f35" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:53:29.677" UserId="48" Text="You can use Windows Performance Monitor to monitor the CPU usage on the server. You can then configure an alert for when it reaches a certain threshold. [This article][1] gives a good description of setting this up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Alert will let you either log this to the event log, send a netsend message, or more useful, run a program. You can then configure this to run a script or batch file that will send an email, or pager, or your favourite notification method.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Windows_2003_Performance_Monitor.html" />
  <row Id="43730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24624" RevisionGUID="037fc1e6-2f3e-4b7e-9989-8d654422a595" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:56:37.160" UserId="4671" Text="I have an Exchange 2000 server, where users have several smtp email aliases - e.g. mail to both rvanhout@&lt;mydomain&gt; and roel@&lt;mydomain&gt; end up in my mailbox. This is easy, through the Exchange Users &amp; Groups interface. 'rvanhout' is my Active Directory domain username, 'roel' is the alias (one of the aliases) I have set up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However when I *send* mail, the From: header always shows rvanhout@&lt;mydomain&gt;, i.e. the Active Directory domain username. Even when I send mail from my local machine with roel@&lt;mydomain&gt; in the From: header, Exchange changes it to rvanhout@&lt;mydomain&gt; when processing it. There are circumstance in which I really want to send mail with roel@&lt;mydomain&gt; in the From: header, e.g. when unsubscribing from mailing lists that use this email address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously I could use kludges like using another smtp server for these messages, but I'm annoyed that Exchange is rewriting my headers. On the other hand I guess it can be blamed on my lack of knowledge about Exchange. So, is there a way to change this behavior?" />
  <row Id="43731" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24624" RevisionGUID="037fc1e6-2f3e-4b7e-9989-8d654422a595" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:56:37.160" UserId="4671" Text="Exchange - selecting / changing the email address that is used in the From: header" />
  <row Id="43732" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24624" RevisionGUID="037fc1e6-2f3e-4b7e-9989-8d654422a595" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:56:37.160" UserId="4671" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;" />
  <row Id="43733" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24625" RevisionGUID="fa154554-0d0e-4d7b-a4ea-e2352c3c81aa" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:59:09.870" UserId="3039" Text="We host a couple of SQL Servers where we are planning to upgrade the environment (still classic asp). We are looking whether to move to a LAMP (or WAMP) environment instead of just following the default route to .net.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If we had a MySQL server and SQL Servers (during a transition period) - what options exist for transferring data between the two?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't mean doing a one-off migration - if for example data were still being captured on the SQL Server and we needed to move this data onto the MySQL daily (or ideally more frequently) for some reports process, what options are open to us? Are we limited to scripts to export to csv/txt?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if we needed to move data the other way, what's available? " />
  <row Id="43734" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24625" RevisionGUID="fa154554-0d0e-4d7b-a4ea-e2352c3c81aa" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:59:09.870" UserId="3039" Text="Transferring data between SQL Server and MySQL" />
  <row Id="43735" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24625" RevisionGUID="fa154554-0d0e-4d7b-a4ea-e2352c3c81aa" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:59:09.870" UserId="3039" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="43736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24626" RevisionGUID="8f17c4cc-6f03-4de1-b0fc-8ff072c4ee90" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:59:33.083" UserId="8743" Text="&#xD;&#xA;I initially thought amavisd passed incoming email message through to spamassin via the spamd daemon but now the spamd daemon is down on my new test email relay and the messages are still being flagged as spam and headers are added correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I gooogled around but I can't find a clear answer as to how amavis comunicates/uses spamassin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does any of you know?" />
  <row Id="43737" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24626" RevisionGUID="8f17c4cc-6f03-4de1-b0fc-8ff072c4ee90" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:59:33.083" UserId="8743" Text="How is spamassasin called by amavisd-new ?" />
  <row Id="43738" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24626" RevisionGUID="8f17c4cc-6f03-4de1-b0fc-8ff072c4ee90" CreationDate="2009-06-12T09:59:33.083" UserId="8743" Text="&lt;amavis&gt;&lt;spamassassin&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="43739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24627" RevisionGUID="91e8e078-999f-461d-bb72-787b760f6a6b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:00:21.427" UserId="7936" Text="You don't. rsync can't do that for you, it is a protocol of it's own and doesn't work over ftp.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might however want to try [csync][1]. IIRC it provides rsync like behaviour over HTTP, I can't comment on wether it works over FTP you'll have to try it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.csync.org/" />
  <row Id="43740" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24628" RevisionGUID="755119dd-938f-44c2-839e-dc32036e5663" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:00:42.237" UserId="48" Text="I don't believe you will be able to do this, the server you are trying to Rsync to will only have an FTP server running, it will not understand the commands that Rsync is sending it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the reason you want to do this is that you only have access to port 21, but you have control of the server, you can change the port Rsync listens on, on the server, but this is obviously only useful if you don't want to use FTP on that port." />
  <row Id="43741" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24629" RevisionGUID="d593ea80-b086-482b-ab52-87d270f22a76" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:03:30.313" UserId="1682" Text="rsync does not work over ftp. On the remote side it needs either the rsync daemon or a shell that it can call rsync from. Ftp generally allows you to call a few commands and rsync is not one of them. There are other tools meant for automating ftp tasks like &quot;lftp&quot;." />
  <row Id="43742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24630" RevisionGUID="5672ce8c-e4bd-4349-a8f4-d788cfab6757" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:04:24.633" UserDisplayName="Andrew" Text="I have a Windows 2003 standard edition server behind a standard adsl modem/router.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to set up the server as a VPN server without buying a second Nic card and directly connecting this to the internet?" />
  <row Id="43743" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24630" RevisionGUID="5672ce8c-e4bd-4349-a8f4-d788cfab6757" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:04:24.633" UserDisplayName="Andrew" Text="Windows 2003 VPN behind standard router" />
  <row Id="43744" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24630" RevisionGUID="5672ce8c-e4bd-4349-a8f4-d788cfab6757" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:04:24.633" UserDisplayName="Andrew" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="43745" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24631" RevisionGUID="cd8c5a01-2a59-4fcd-a3bb-b3c57d58cb97" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:04:32.900" UserId="48" Text="Unfortuantley there is not an easy way to do this. Whilst you are specifying the address you want to send from in the From field, when you actually talk to Exchange to do the sending it does so with your AD account name, and this is what is added to the header.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Exchange 2007 makes it easier to solve this problem with Transport rules, but your a little limited with Exchange 2000." />
  <row Id="43746" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="24622" RevisionGUID="3cab5666-7f08-4d9a-b051-7a83e3ae0093" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:06:14.987" UserId="1682" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;rsync&gt;&lt;ftp&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="43747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24632" RevisionGUID="6e392527-498c-4110-98cb-63e31b543cc9" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:06:54.627" UserId="5095" Text="Following a reorganisation of a document library in Sharepoint (2007) we are seeing the following error message when we try to navigate to a folder that has spaces in its name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Error&#xD;&#xA;&gt; -----&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Cannot complete this action.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Please try again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Renaming such a folder to remove the spaces in its name cures the issue, but the issue comes back if we re-add the spaces in its name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Adding a new folder with spaces in its name also causes this issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone suggest what might be going on here?" />
  <row Id="43748" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24632" RevisionGUID="6e392527-498c-4110-98cb-63e31b543cc9" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:06:54.627" UserId="5095" Text="&quot;Cannot complete this action.&quot; error when opening document library folder with spaces in its name" />
  <row Id="43749" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24632" RevisionGUID="6e392527-498c-4110-98cb-63e31b543cc9" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:06:54.627" UserId="5095" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;" />
  <row Id="43750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24633" RevisionGUID="0e8936c8-0cc6-4e92-afb4-b974f53da23f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:07:32.707" UserId="45" Text="You'll have to configure your router to forward the ports necessary for your VPN (for example PPTP uses TCP Port 1723) to the Server." />
  <row Id="43751" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24633" RevisionGUID="e51bb2bd-e97f-4d5f-8008-c13618b67309" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:12:52.363" UserId="45" Comment="added 3 characters in body; added 138 characters in body" Text="You'll have to configure your router to forward the ports necessary for your VPN (for example PPTP uses TCP 1723, GRE 47) to the Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Routers often have some &quot;VPN passthrough&quot; (NAT traversal) option. Check out if your router model has this option in its configuration." />
  <row Id="43752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24634" RevisionGUID="11758263-4232-4820-bb34-deee86dd8381" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:16:45.600" UserId="48" Text="There are a number of ways that you can configure your router to allow VPN access:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - VPN Pass through - some routers have an easy option to allow all VPN traffic to pass through to your VPN server.&#xD;&#xA; - Port forwarding - forward the required ports to your VPN server, this is not always succefull, PPTP for example requires GRE Port 47 to be forwarded, which may not work.&#xD;&#xA; - Finally, you can add the server to the DMZ of your network, if your router supports it. You must ensure your server is adequately protected if you do this." />
  <row Id="43753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24635" RevisionGUID="be2aae3c-15dc-44d5-a317-e19f8a44c6c3" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:19:04.500" UserId="9140" Text="It calls it up via perl, no deamon required." />
  <row Id="43754" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24636" RevisionGUID="4ce9ee1a-be1f-41d0-a8b1-bdbe2b09f292" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:21:57.707" UserId="9140" Text="Is the rest of your network running STP? Perhaps this is an issue with master election.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW - I havent seen much replies on serverfault from Cisco experts, maybe you should try #ciscohelp on EFNet (IRC)." />
  <row Id="43755" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24604" RevisionGUID="c1703b11-179f-41d8-bc66-6d784d24671d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:22:55.490" UserId="6815" Comment="more errors" Text="Hi All:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Setup:-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- OpenCMS running on TomCat5.5&#xD;&#xA;- System running on FreeBSD with the DiabloJVM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The OpenCMS system was working then after a restart of TomCat it stopped loading. The Database server (postgres) running on a different host has been rebooted and responds correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions to get it running?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When TomCat starts the following errors are in the stdout:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    org.apache.openejb.OpenEJBException: org.apache.xbean.recipe.ConstructionException: Error invoking constructor: public org.apache.openejb.tomcat.catalina.TomcatSecurityService(): Error invoking constructor: public org.apache.openejb.tomcat.catalina.TomcatSecurityService()&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    6/12/09 10:11:29 AM (I) WebappClassLoader.validateJarFile : validateJarFile(/usr/local/tomcat5.5/webapps/opencms/WEB-INF/lib/servlet.jar) - jar not loaded. See Servlet Spec 2.3, section 9.7.2. Offending class: javax/servlet/Servlet.class&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    6/12/09 9:21:08 AM (S) HostConfig.deployDirectory : Error deploying web application directory opencms&#xD;&#xA;    java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 26&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.openejb.asm.ClassReader.readClass(Unknown Source)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.openejb.asm.ClassReader.accept(Unknown Source)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.openejb.asm.ClassReader.accept(Unknown Source)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.openejb.util.AnnotationFinder.readClassDef(AnnotationFinder.java:251)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.openejb.util.AnnotationFinder.find(AnnotationFinder.java:157)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.openejb.config.DeploymentLoader.discoverModuleType(DeploymentLoader.java:1090)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.openejb.tomcat.catalina.TomcatWebAppBuilder.loadApplication(TomcatWebAppBuilder.java:540)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.openejb.tomcat.catalina.TomcatWebAppBuilder.start(TomcatWebAppBuilder.java:234)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.openejb.tomcat.catalina.GlobalListenerSupport.lifecycleEvent(GlobalListenerSupport.java:58)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:120)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4148)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:760)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:740)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:544)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory(HostConfig.java:926)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectories(HostConfig.java:889)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:492)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1149)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:311)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:120)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1022)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:736)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1014)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:448)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:700)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:552)&#xD;&#xA;    	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)&#xD;&#xA;    	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)&#xD;&#xA;    	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)&#xD;&#xA;    	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:295)&#xD;&#xA;    	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:433)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43756" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24637" RevisionGUID="8ee5dc64-751c-4477-a552-6ab3ab0fb78c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:23:04.773" UserId="8934" Text="I think this bug is resolved with Service Pack 2 of SharePoint 2007. This SP add a bug, it go back to evaluation for 180 days. You need to enter the serial number again in 180 days. How to handle it is documented." />
  <row Id="43757" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24638" RevisionGUID="d309a9fb-e056-462b-a666-af23ef10bf47" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:24:23.753" UserDisplayName="Philippe" Text="Thank you for advise!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I find the NTS solution surer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers." />
  <row Id="43758" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24633" RevisionGUID="e1f392ff-b81b-417f-8159-6f2c0bb62c11" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:24:50.807" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 136 characters in body" Text="You'll have to configure your router to forward the ports necessary for your VPN (for example PPTP uses TCP 1723, GRE 47) to the Server.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43759" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="14713" RevisionGUID="6dac534a-6ca7-4731-9d21-67de32fd9f29" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:25:31.770" UserId="4979" />
  <row Id="43760" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14713" RevisionGUID="6dac534a-6ca7-4731-9d21-67de32fd9f29" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:25:31.770" UserId="4979" Comment="added 9 characters in body" Text="It might not be the ideal high availability solution, but many people coming to this tread want to know about the **solutions for running a Windows Server 2008 cluster with limited funds**. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As indicated for an iSCSI solution you will need iSCSI-3 persistent reservations for failover clustering to work in Windows Server 2008. See http://www.servercare.nl/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=71 for a good overview.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Low cost software solutions that are reported to work** include [1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Kernsafe's iStorage Server (&#xD;&#xA;   http://www.kernsafe.com/Product.aspx?id=5 )&#xD;&#xA;   (USD 99.95 Personal Edition)&#xD;&#xA; - YoungZSoft iSCSI Cake (&#xD;&#xA;   http://www.iscsicake.com/index.html ) (USD 69, Personal Edition)&#xD;&#xA; - Open-E iSCSI-R3 (&#xD;&#xA;   http://www.open-e.com/products/iscsi-r3/&#xD;&#xA;   ) (USD 597, 4TB limit)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Low cost software solutions that will not work** (at the present time, but might soon)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Openfiler ( http://www.openfiler.com/ ) [2]&#xD;&#xA; - FreeNAS ( http://www.freenas.org/ ) [3]&#xD;&#xA; - Open Solaris ( http://opensolaris.org/os/ ) [4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Low cost hardware solutions** such as Thecus, Qnap, NetGear etc. **do not currently work**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1] source: http://up2v.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/iscsi-software-targets-for-windows-server-2008-clustering/ )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[2] Support might be forthcoming: http://forums.openfiler.com/viewtopic.php?id=2102&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[3] Support already present in nightly builds ( http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=151951&amp;package_id=229704 ) as reported in http://www.servercare.nl/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=61&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[4] Support might be forthcoming ( http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=312634 )&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24639" RevisionGUID="f5002482-8658-44fd-80d9-17c48d85162b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:25:51.613" UserId="2299" Text="I (very) strongly recommend you replace your router by one that will act as a VPN server. I use the Draytek 2820 routers (over a hundred of them!) and they work very well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The point of using the router to do the VPN is that it's simple and easy to maintain and takes the load off your server (though admittedly a few VPNs won't load the server too much). If you ever want and LAN to LAN VPNs, to link a remore network rather than a single user, the router will do these too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24640" RevisionGUID="5eaf2d14-ec2d-45fb-9992-33650cdc0e70" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:25:53.877" UserId="8851" Text="I wonder what is the general preference and where does it come from. Having used FreeBSD actively for a couple of years I'm leaning towards Gentoo, but I've had an unpleasant experience of wasting valuable time because Gentoo was installed on a really old machine with unfunny build times. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Had it been something prebuilt package based, less time would be wasted. (I know FreeBSD has binary packages, but problem with these are that they're seemingly unmaintained past a version release and the only way to get fresh stuff is to compile it yourself. Don't know about Gentoo really).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's your take on this, have you had any experiences that made you switch from source based distro to something else?" />
  <row Id="43763" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24640" RevisionGUID="5eaf2d14-ec2d-45fb-9992-33650cdc0e70" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:25:53.877" UserId="8851" Text="Source based distros vs Prebuilt package based distros" />
  <row Id="43764" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24640" RevisionGUID="5eaf2d14-ec2d-45fb-9992-33650cdc0e70" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:25:53.877" UserId="8851" Text="&lt;source&gt;&lt;freebsd&gt;&lt;gentoo&gt;&lt;linux-distro&gt;" />
  <row Id="43765" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24361" RevisionGUID="17c8944f-4d1c-4f7a-8376-4e6da09db56b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:28:21.950" UserId="8851" Comment="added 759 characters in body" Text="When network to domU is connected via bridge config, having an open ssh connection to dom0 and domU at the same time randomly drops dom0 connection (Connection reset by peer) and doesn't allow me back in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Authorization is done via ssh keys. Any tips on solving that one? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: some more details about the environment&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dom0&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;# cat /proc/version&#xD;&#xA;Linux version 2.6.18-128.1.10.el5xen (mockbuild@builder10.centos.org) (gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-44)) #1 SMP Thu May 7 11:07:18 EDT 2009&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;domU&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;# cat /proc/version&#xD;&#xA;Linux version 2.6.9-78.0.22.ELxenU (mockbuild@builder10.centos.org) (gcc version 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-10)) #1 SMP Thu Apr 30 19:39:33 EDT 2009&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Xen version 3.1.2-128.1.10.el5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Important detail I first forgot to mention: this happens only when dom0 has an external IP associated with it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Current solution: no external IP on dom0, access to dom0 via domU -&gt; dom0 path. This could be relatively safe when having a separate domU which does nothing but provide this route. I can still connect to dom0 remotely and reboot other machines when needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT2: additional info about MAC addresses on dom0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dom0&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;# ifconfig|grep HWaddr&#xD;&#xA;bond0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:04:23:DC:28:60  &#xD;&#xA;bond0.100 Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:04:23:DC:28:60  &#xD;&#xA;eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:04:23:DC:28:60  &#xD;&#xA;eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:04:23:DC:28:60  &#xD;&#xA;tap0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 7E:CE:49:45:3F:2E  &#xD;&#xA;vif4.0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF  &#xD;&#xA;vif4.1    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF  &#xD;&#xA;vif22.0   Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF  &#xD;&#xA;xenbr0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:04:23:DC:28:60  &#xD;&#xA;xenbr1    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:04:23:DC:28:60&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would seem that there's really some issue with dup MAC addresses.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24641" RevisionGUID="0fd2a869-798f-46b8-bb60-a6e3bdfca053" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:29:26.207" UserId="9297" Text="We're having some trouble with SQL Server hosted on a virtual server. We occasionally have short periods where even performing a simple select takes minutes. During this period the CPU and memory usage on the server appear normal. We've performed some basic monitoring of the server using performance monitor but this hasn't uncovered anything and we're out of ideas. What would be the next step in diagnosing the problem?" />
  <row Id="43767" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24641" RevisionGUID="0fd2a869-798f-46b8-bb60-a6e3bdfca053" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:29:26.207" UserId="9297" Text="SQL Server Slow but CPU Normal" />
  <row Id="43768" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24641" RevisionGUID="0fd2a869-798f-46b8-bb60-a6e3bdfca053" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:29:26.207" UserId="9297" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="43769" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24642" RevisionGUID="a2311395-c645-43ee-807c-36b6c0befab7" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:29:27.020" UserId="2299" Text="See http://www.mysql.com/products/connector/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could use some VBScript on the SQL Server and write data to MySQL using an ODBC or ADO.Net link. You'd have to manage the &quot;replication&quot; manually though i.e. your script would have to figure out what to create/update/delete in the MySQL database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe there are SQL Server drivers for unix, so you could run a script on the unix box. However I'm outside my comfort zone here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24643" RevisionGUID="943eb59e-3027-4c32-9e45-8980702e6b51" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:30:13.180" UserId="9300" Text="What are the &quot;sources&quot; where command line in windows (xp in my instance) is looking for commands to execute? I mean I write for example &quot;java&quot; in command line and then it run java.exe which is found in some directory listed in sytem/evnironment property PATH (you can list or set it by &quot;SET PATH&quot; command). Is there any other source for this lookup? If yes - where? and how can I set it? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am asking because I have case where the command doesn't seem to be in any of that PATH's directories and despite of this it run that command (from somewhere..).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you a lot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="43772" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24643" RevisionGUID="943eb59e-3027-4c32-9e45-8980702e6b51" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:30:13.180" UserId="9300" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="43774" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24607" RevisionGUID="26beb94b-4365-4cf5-8526-468ae69f328b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:31:28.683" UserId="4947" Comment="+clean work/temp" Text="Looks like you application files are corrupt:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    6/12/09 9:21:08 AM (S) HostConfig.deployDirectory : Error deploying web application directory opencms &#xD;&#xA;    java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 26 at&#xD;&#xA;    org.apache.openejb.asm.ClassReader.readClass(Unknown Source) at&#xD;&#xA;    org.apache.openejb.asm.ClassReader.accept(Unknown Source) at &#xD;&#xA;    org.apache.openejb.asm.ClassReader.accept(Unknown Source) at &#xD;&#xA;    org.apache.openejb.util.AnnotationFinder.readClassDef(AnnotationFinder.java:251)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The app server might be keeping an old work/temp directory. Try deleting while it's stopped and redeploying." />
  <row Id="43775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24645" RevisionGUID="12756519-998c-4329-8669-c6fed1f31c1b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:31:48.743" UserId="2299" Text="The only way I know of to do this is to create Contacts with the appropriate From addresses and then grant Send As rights to the contacts for your users. Then the users have to manually fill in the From field with the appropriate contact.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43776" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24646" RevisionGUID="287d9d42-c302-4ff8-bba3-fa34e9741c58" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:31:52.457" UserId="4134" Text="I tried creating a folder with spaces on my local development virtual machine (running version 12.0.0.6219) and it worked without a hitch. What version are you running?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, that error message is one of the generic Sharepoint error messages. Try editing your web.config to disable customErrors (or setting it to RemoteOnly if you're on a production server) to see the real error. Alternatively, try checking the log under C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\12\LOGS for more details.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43777" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24647" RevisionGUID="bb112edc-6840-47bd-9b00-31236113c2b5" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:32:07.200" UserDisplayName="TimL" Text="I haven't used Gentoo for a few years, but my limited experience with it brought me to the conclusion that the (barely noticeable) speed increases gained by compiling the packages were far outweighed by the disadvantage of the time taken to build the system. I've always used precompilied package-based systems since then. I know that, personally, I wouldn't like to spend so long compiling sources on servers - especially when needing to upgrade packages over time." />
  <row Id="43778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24648" RevisionGUID="82ea7b95-de42-468c-a11f-ccc861a4b33b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:32:23.360" UserId="9140" Text="Well, many years ago compiler optimizations and such could squeeze out the extra bit of performance on your specific hardware. Todays hardware is so powerful that it doesnt make any noticeable difference anymore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm now using Debian because of the ease of upgrading servers. It takes 2 minutes to upgrade a large number of packages with minimal downtime compared to FreeBSD. I still use FreeBSD for some specific applications (like MySQL and BIND), but thats just because of personal preference (and the history of those two applications being very fast and stable on FreeBSD).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My advice to anyone who asks about wich OS: Use whatever you feel comfortable with." />
  <row Id="43779" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24649" RevisionGUID="ee78b239-f77c-47c4-81f9-3a0e8efa0e57" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:34:47.707" UserId="9140" Text="If the virtual server doesnt indicate any problems at all it's probably the host server having problems. These problems are often seen where people put way too many virtual cpu's on each virtual server, it increases the chance of blocking the physical hosts cpu." />
  <row Id="43780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24650" RevisionGUID="237a77e3-4f22-4065-89a9-1b569082abad" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:36:06.580" UserId="6965" Text="How have you identified that STP on the router is the culprit?  If you take the output of a &quot;show STP&quot; on each of your routers/switches, you should be able to see where the spanning tree's root is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running a packet trace with Wireshark or something similar would show the broadcast storm in progress, if that's what's happening, and hopefully point you in the direction of the box responsible." />
  <row Id="43781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24651" RevisionGUID="badd5362-9bd1-4c84-8cee-a70006668539" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:36:29.607" UserId="2299" Text="Not only possible, but easy :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately I haven't got a server to hand with just the SMTP service on it (only Exchange and this messes with the SMTP config interface). From memory if you go into the SMTP server config you can add domains and for each domain you add you configure the mail delivery. The domain can be local, in which case the mail is stored on your server, or remote. For remote domains you can configure the mail to route to a different server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So you just set up a domain myinternaldoamin.com as a remote domain and configure the mail to deliver to your &quot;real&quot; mail server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24652" RevisionGUID="880de499-0be0-43ea-a1bc-14ae6f4d6566" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:36:49.700" UserId="1375" Text="The system's path.  echo %PATH% should show it, from memory." />
  <row Id="43783" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24636" RevisionGUID="7c197114-8539-46dc-b119-c6d5bd89be84" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:37:16.580" UserId="9140" Comment="root election, not master election :)" Text="Is the rest of your network running STP? Perhaps this is an issue with root election.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW - I havent seen much replies on serverfault from Cisco experts, maybe you should try #ciscohelp on EFNet (IRC)." />
  <row Id="43784" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24653" RevisionGUID="bb7edaf9-7b66-493d-93b8-c0fc606dc96f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:38:09.213" UserId="5308" Text="Juniper list price for 1GB of CF is around 100 times what I would expect to pay for a third party card.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The J-Series release notes have a list of supported third party parts, but there is no equivalent list for the M-Series.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/junos9.4/information-products/topic-collections/release-notes/9.4/j-series-hardware-requirements.html#supported-hardware-section&quot;&gt;J-Series Supported 3rd party hardware&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My questions are: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have any experiences (good or bad) about using 3rd party flash in an M-Series routing engine?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should anything on the J-Series supported list work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone had JTAC refuse to support a problem on a router with 3rd party flash installed?" />
  <row Id="43785" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24653" RevisionGUID="bb7edaf9-7b66-493d-93b8-c0fc606dc96f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:38:09.213" UserId="5308" Text="Can I use Third Party Compact Flash in a Juniper M10i Router?" />
  <row Id="43786" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24653" RevisionGUID="bb7edaf9-7b66-493d-93b8-c0fc606dc96f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:38:09.213" UserId="5308" Text="&lt;juniper&gt;&lt;router&gt;&lt;junos&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="43787" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24654" RevisionGUID="11a6211c-1b92-480c-b163-eba6863cce09" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:40:22.453" UserId="3523" Text="We're currently setting up a server to some heavy lifting (ETL) after another process has finished within the business, at the moment we're firing off jobs either via scheduled cron jobs or remote execution (via ssh). Early on this week we hit a issue with too many jobs running side by side on the system which brought all the jobs to a snail pace as they fought for CPU time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been looking for a batch scheduler, a system where we can insert jobs into a run queue and the system will process them one by one. Can anyone advise on a program/system to do this with? Low cost / FOSS would be appreciated due to the shoe-string nature of this project." />
  <row Id="43788" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24654" RevisionGUID="11a6211c-1b92-480c-b163-eba6863cce09" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:40:22.453" UserId="3523" Text="Batch processing on Linux" />
  <row Id="43789" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24654" RevisionGUID="11a6211c-1b92-480c-b163-eba6863cce09" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:40:22.453" UserId="3523" Text="&lt;scheduling&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;batch&gt;&lt;batch-processing&gt;" />
  <row Id="43792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24656" RevisionGUID="1b250f1a-22d4-4369-ab00-ed0a3bcfdff3" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:40:41.767" UserId="2299" Text="Well the slowdown must be either CPU or disk bottlenecked, or some kind of timeout like waiting on an unavailable network resource. You mention CPU is fine, have you checked the PerfMon Average Disk Queue Length and Disk Bytes/sec? Are there any related errors in the event log?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FWIW I have several SQL2005 (Standard and Workgroup) servers running on Hyper-V VMs and they work just fine, so there's no inherent problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43793" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24641" RevisionGUID="f2c24177-c0b8-4591-8deb-628970d21b1a" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:41:26.380" UserId="9297" Comment="added 218 characters in body" Text="We're having some trouble with SQL Server hosted on a virtual server. We occasionally have short periods where even performing a simple select takes minutes. During this period the CPU and memory usage on the server appear normal. We've performed some basic monitoring of the server using performance monitor but this hasn't uncovered anything and we're out of ideas. What would be the next step in diagnosing the problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only signs of the problem we are seeing on the server are Event Log messages informing us that &quot;SQL Server has encountered x occurrence(s) of I/O requests taking longer than 15 seconds to complete&quot;" />
  <row Id="43794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24657" RevisionGUID="aa834374-705f-486a-9169-1f508d8d5f94" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:41:29.597" UserId="3483" Text="You can always use a combination of both methods - use a pre-compiled distribution as a base and have the advantages of a good working integrated environment and fast-painless updates while using self-compiled software where one needs to be at the leading-edge of the development of that software. Either by having some self-discipline (using configure with the prefix option) or by packaging the source yourself. You can always &quot;reuse&quot; the build instructions (rpm spec file or debian subdirectory for example)." />
  <row Id="43795" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24658" RevisionGUID="33d187c7-ee2d-402b-8678-495cf800a1ab" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:42:10.403" UserId="4487" Text="In addition to the PATH variable, specific app paths may be configured in the registry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you take a look at HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths, you can see how this is done." />
  <row Id="43796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24659" RevisionGUID="596b4c15-e18c-4be8-8fac-774189703859" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:42:36.333" UserId="5221" Text="Most likely the issue is contention for resources between this VM and the others on the same physical host, or there is major activity on the host itself (much I/O due to backup processes running?).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another possibility is that your virtual server is busy doing something disk I/O intensive (other, larger or more complex, SQL queries running at the same time?) and your simple select is trying to read from disk too. Processes blocking due to I/O contention will not show up as being CPU-busy. Though unless your simple select is simple-but-queries-many-rows I wouldn't expect it to take &quot;several minutes&quot; even under these circumstances so host resource (probably I/O bandwidth) contention is more likely." />
  <row Id="43797" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24660" RevisionGUID="cf31f12e-9bfd-4975-9ef5-e966cd96d311" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:43:27.233" UserId="1375" Text="You can always use lpd -- yeah, old school, but it's really a generalised batch processing control system masquerading as a print server." />
  <row Id="43798" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24661" RevisionGUID="c2e147b0-6d98-4e9a-b459-3bc5a106f448" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:44:44.377" UserId="9140" Text="A shell script called up by cron could easily do this, it processess it line-by-line." />
  <row Id="43799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24662" RevisionGUID="ac79ca8a-a7b3-49ad-9d09-c95ca3f5f050" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:46:04.983" UserId="7936" Text="I wouldn't use the build mechanism on production servers directly. From my Gentoo days I know that there's a possibility to have a build host and create the packages needed on that host so that you can burn cpu cycles on a dedicated host with the compile flags suitable for your needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Overall there isn't too much difference, nearly all of our servers run Debian but we ended up having a build host anyway. We needed a few software packages that weren't available as debs so we set up a reprepro and a buildhost for our needs, the buildhost is pretty much unmaintained (in terms of &quot;does it work&quot;) because redeployment is just a matter of a few minutes since we can netboot it and it will automatically redeploy itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Either BSD ports/Gentoo/Debian it doesn't matter that much the real profit comes with using a system (as in collection of services on different hosts that provide business value) that will minimize wasted resources and is maintainable. We chose Debian because security updates are a no brainer and they are pre-compiled so that we don't have to &quot;waste&quot; time rebuilding packages whenever a security update comes out. That is about the only drawback I can think of for source based vs. binary based distros." />
  <row Id="43800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24663" RevisionGUID="083a2e4f-2d2b-4826-8924-0bd43b09524d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:46:32.283" UserId="5308" Text="I have found the following page which states that, with caveats, off the shelf SanDisk cards should work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://juniper.cluepon.net/index.php/Flash_compatibility&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It looks like modern, high throughput, cards could cause issues though.  I am still interested in hearing anyone else's experiences." />
  <row Id="43801" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24664" RevisionGUID="6a697225-c17c-4945-ad5a-856792e8fc30" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:47:17.770" UserId="7083" Text="Some troubleshooting suggestions. You should apply these universally to all network bridges within the same L2 ethernet domain, which will likely include routers and switches alike. You may find it useful to sketch a quick diagram of all devices involved.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Are you sure that the loss of connectivity is due to a loop and not, conversely, STP attempting to prevent a loop? You can confirm this by checking whether the STP port state is &quot;blocking&quot; before and after the outage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. Are you using the same STP type and hardware vendor at both sites? There are a number of varieties - STP, RSTP, PVST, RPVST and MSTP. Not all of which are cross compatible, especially so when inter-mixing vendors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. Have you ever configured any of the STP devices beyond their default settings? Such as to elect a root bridge, change timings, or create STP groups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4. You may not consider this last item to be the most helpful piece of advice immediately, but I'd advise to read a basic primer on STP. In small networks it will often &quot;just work&quot;. As soon as you start to grow it's really important to have a good picture as to how it operates and how you should best influence it. It will soon become simple and less black magic." />
  <row Id="43802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24665" RevisionGUID="123651e8-f7cb-4101-b285-d6061a462dbb" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:47:45.010" UserId="3523" Text="I was a avid Gentoo user for my MythTV machine, but i've recently switched to Debian due to the time required to upgrade a Gentoo machine. Fine you only have to really upgrade every 6 months or so but as you mentioned the compile times can be a little too much.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best of both worlds would be ArchLinux, which has binary distributions but a simple build system to allow almost Gentoo style building of packages. You can pick and choose what you want to compile by hand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a production system, personally, i'd stay clear of source distros and stick with something stable and possibly supported (depending on your technical staff), either Debian or RHEL." />
  <row Id="43806" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24618" RevisionGUID="ac64e0e9-6323-47d5-b952-79d5957efd73" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:52:29.867" UserId="45" Comment="edited body; edited tags; edited title" Text="I'm setting up an internal SMTP server to handle software tests which involve the sending of emails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to configure the server so that any emails sent to myinternaldoamin.com get relayed (is that the correct term?) to our real/main SMTP server (another machine on the same network). Emails being sent to any other domain need to be forwarded to externalemailtest@myinternaldomain.com - so they dont actually go to real people, I want to trap them on this account just for testing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this possible?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, can someone give me a quick tut on how to do it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Andrew" />
  <row Id="43807" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="24618" RevisionGUID="ac64e0e9-6323-47d5-b952-79d5957efd73" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:52:29.867" UserId="45" Comment="edited body; edited tags; edited title" Text="How do I set up SMTP on Windows Server 2003 to forward all emails to a given address?" />
  <row Id="43808" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="24618" RevisionGUID="ac64e0e9-6323-47d5-b952-79d5957efd73" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:52:29.867" UserId="45" Comment="edited body; edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;smtp&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;mail-server&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="43809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24667" RevisionGUID="98dc6e98-9508-468b-9423-a02243ea616a" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:52:30.693" UserId="3002" Text="You could check out some of the batch-systems used for scheduling jobs on clusters, which has the option to monitor resource usage and declare a system to be too loaded to dispatch more workload to it. You could easily also configure them to only run one job at a time, but for that you may be better off with something less complex than a full fledged batch scheduler (in the spirit of keeping things simple).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for freely available batch/scheduling systems, the two that springs to mind would be OpenPBS/Torque and SGE. " />
  <row Id="43810" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24668" RevisionGUID="a60f72d1-a870-4888-94b7-16e4505d5418" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:52:46.527" UserId="7083" Text="Two solutions spring to mind:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Use `xargs -P` to control the maximum parallel processes at one time.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Create a Makefile and spawn with `make -j`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They are actually both summarised in this [SO thread][1] in more detail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a possibility that these *may not* be applicable to the structure of your scripting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/463963/parallel-processing-from-a-command-queue-on-linux-bash-python-ruby-whatever" />
  <row Id="43814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24671" RevisionGUID="3bedc8aa-a38e-4fed-8a0b-f7fa94fd4e50" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:58:16.857" UserId="7936" Text="I'd set up some kind of queueing service. A quick Google on &quot;ready to use&quot; stuff shows this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [http://sqs.sourceforge.net/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on your needs you could simply&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - create a wrapper where users submit jobs,&#xD;&#xA; - the wrapper writes the job to a socket/file/whatever&#xD;&#xA; - create a consumer that runs job by job waiting for it to finish&#xD;&#xA; - the consumer is then called regularly by cron (every 5 minutes or so)&#xD;&#xA;  - of course create some locking mechanism so that only n jobs run at a time (where n=&gt;1)&#xD;&#xA; - if there are no more jobs do nothing&#xD;&#xA; - if there are more jobs grab the next and wait for it to finish&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actually there's more to it, you could have requirements that implement a priority queue which brings up problems like starving jobs or similiar but it's not that bad to get something up and running quite fast.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If LDP as suggested by [womble][2] I'd take that. Having such a system maintained by a larger community is of course better than creating your own bugs for problems others already solved :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also the queuing service has the advantage of decoupling the resources from the actual number crunching. By making the jobs available over some network connection you can simply throw hardware at a (possible) scaling problem and have nearly endless scalability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sqs.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/24654/batch-processing-on-linux/24660#24660" />
  <row Id="43815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24672" RevisionGUID="0cd194cc-e43e-4ed3-8962-38714ae2b0ee" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:58:25.157" UserId="8851" Text="I have a Huawey e220 which works fine on Vista 64 and Mac OSX after upgrading firmware and replacing operator given client program with Mobile Connect (for win, has bugs, but so far seems stable).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Though I'm planning on permanently connecting it to my Asus WL-500W (using linux firmware) to remove the dependency of client software on my workstation (mostly use it at home anyway).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This might be of some help: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055115833&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24673" RevisionGUID="971e043f-1046-45a6-9aa2-e32a2c1f4c6a" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:59:16.183" UserId="6383" Text="From `man batch`:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **batch** executes commands when system load levels permit; in other words, when the load average drops below 1.5, or the value specified in the invocation of atd.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think this might be what you're looking for.  It's part of Debian's `at` package." />
  <row Id="43818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24675" RevisionGUID="064dbd5b-b252-4a85-907c-dcfd43668b18" CreationDate="2009-06-12T10:59:21.080" UserId="6793" Text="A heavy weight solution to your problem is to use a something like [Sun Grid Engine][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sun Grid Engine (SGE). SGE is a distributed resource management software and it allows the resources within the cluster/machine (cpu time,software, licenses etc) to be utilized effectively.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here][2] is a small tutorial on how to use SGE.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://gridengine.sunsource.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.it.uu.se/datordrift/maskinpark/albireo/gridengine.html" />
  <row Id="43820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24677" RevisionGUID="faf709c3-80ea-497b-935c-5f2500594528" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:03:23.287" UserId="388" Text="Could you provide a bit more detail? &#xD;&#xA;1. Was your kilostream connection routed, previously? Or did you have a flat layer 2 network spanning both your sites? &#xD;&#xA;2. Is your new provider giving you Layer 2 MPLS, or Layer 3 MPLS?&#xD;&#xA;3. Would it be possible for you to link to a topology diagram, pre and post change?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding disabling spanning tree; if you have spanning tree disabled, then it is possible that layer 2 loops will form in your network. This will cause issues with (for example) broadcast traffic, as Ethernet does not have any concept of 'Time to live'; broadcast frames will loop around the network forever, slowly eating up resources. As mentioned by Dan C, it is definitely worth reading a primer on STP. [This question][1] provides a short summary, and links to an [article][2] which discusses the issue of bridging loops in more detail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8125/what-does-spanning-tree-protocol-stp-do&#xD;&#xA;[2]: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2001/03/30/net%5F2nd%5Flang.html" />
  <row Id="43821" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24667" RevisionGUID="547e315b-a335-47c6-baeb-0b5d571b4b91" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:05:20.600" UserId="3002" Comment="Added an afterthought." Text="You could check out some of the batch-systems used for scheduling jobs on clusters, which has the option to monitor resource usage and declare a system to be too loaded to dispatch more workload to it. You could easily also configure them to only run one job at a time, but for that you may be better off with something less complex than a full fledged batch scheduler (in the spirit of keeping things simple).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for freely available batch/scheduling systems, the two that springs to mind would be OpenPBS/Torque and SGE.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edited to add: If you're ever going to add more processing capacity in the future in the form of more boxes, a batch/scheduling system like Torque/OpenPBS/SGE may be good choices as they're basically built to manage compute resources and distribute workloads to them." />
  <row Id="43822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24678" RevisionGUID="789d178d-03e3-421e-a633-2e6071d57f91" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:15:57.250" UserId="6815" Text="This error appears to have been caused by another faulting application. Likely loaded after the server had already started so it wasn't until a reset that OpenCMS was affected. The likely culprit was openjb.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It was solved by removing all the webapps and replacing them one by one until all essential servers had come online. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regrettably I cannot test more to find out the exact error at this time." />
  <row Id="43823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24679" RevisionGUID="78fa29e8-6c78-4483-86bf-9a9548e88bce" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:20:22.140" UserId="5308" Text="How many switches/hubs are present at each site?  Are there any other links between the switching networks at each site?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What process did you follow to identify that Spanning Tree was the cause of the problem?  Did you see spanning tree logs on the Cisco device? If so please post them, we may be able to suggest an alternative interpretation of them (a lot of Cisco logs can by quite cryptic).  Spanning tree is there to make sure there are no loops in your network.  It cannot introduce loops; however it can fail to see them if it is mis-configured. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Start by drawing your network topology. Make sure you know where the root of your spanning tree should be.  Identify any loops in the network; if your network has any loops then disabling spanning tree is not an option." />
  <row Id="43824" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24677" RevisionGUID="9318bbdf-de8c-487a-87d0-026a68891402" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:20:25.243" UserId="388" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Could you provide a bit more detail?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Was your kilostream connection routed, previously? Or did you have a flat layer 2 network spanning both your sites? &#xD;&#xA;2. Is your new provider giving you Layer 2 MPLS, or Layer 3 MPLS?&#xD;&#xA;3. Would it be possible for you to link to a topology diagram, pre and post change?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding disabling spanning tree; if you have spanning tree disabled, then it is possible that layer 2 loops will form in your network. This will cause issues with (for example) broadcast traffic, as Ethernet does not have any concept of 'Time to live'; broadcast frames will loop around the network forever, slowly eating up resources. As mentioned by Dan C, it is definitely worth reading a primer on STP. [This question][1] provides a short summary, and links to an [article][2] which discusses the issue of bridging loops in more detail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8125/what-does-spanning-tree-protocol-stp-do&#xD;&#xA;[2]: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2001/03/30/net%5F2nd%5Flang.html" />
  <row Id="43825" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24618" RevisionGUID="7b10bb2e-bd50-4c42-af7d-dcbddf861cfd" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:22:18.780" UserId="7802" Comment="added 126 characters in body" Text="I'm setting up an internal SMTP server to handle software tests which involve the sending of emails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to configure the server so that any emails sent to myinternaldoamin.com get relayed (is that the correct term?) to our real/main SMTP server (another machine on the same network). Emails being sent to any other domain need to be forwarded to externalemailtest@myinternaldomain.com - so they dont actually go to real people, I want to trap them on this account just for testing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this possible?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, can someone give me a quick tut on how to do it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: If what im asking isnt possible in the way im asking, then im open to suggestions on how to achieve the same effect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Andrew" />
  <row Id="43826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24680" RevisionGUID="2e663824-c5b6-4226-9c25-7812d8a44c6c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:22:32.040" UserId="1353" Text="So... I see some very weird load issues on our e-mail server. It starts spiking around 8-9am (coincidentally that's when people start working), but it goes down around 11am or so. CPU usage remains normal, I have plenty of free memory, no swapping. Yesterday we had a really high iowait% (49.75) with a really high load (40), today we 'only' had a load of 11-12 with iowait% being between 3-4 tops. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All signs point to imapd as the culprit (courier-imap), because when I stopped it, load suddenly started to lower, and within 2-3 minutes, it was back to normal. I did have about 40-60 of them running. We use thunderbird, which opens 5 connections each, I lowered it to 1 on most workstations, it helped a bit (load went down to 5-7), then... the whole server went back to normal around 11am. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I still have ~30 imapds running, but with perfectly normal load (between 0.2 and 0.4). So... I don't really understand why is this happening, because, by logic, it should be much higher, if that would be the cause of the issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a Linode 1080 VPS with 1gig ram.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(chkrootkit / rkhunter showed nothing unusual.)" />
  <row Id="43827" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24680" RevisionGUID="2e663824-c5b6-4226-9c25-7812d8a44c6c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:22:32.040" UserId="1353" Text="Weird load issues" />
  <row Id="43828" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24680" RevisionGUID="2e663824-c5b6-4226-9c25-7812d8a44c6c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:22:32.040" UserId="1353" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;load&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;courier&gt;&lt;imap&gt;" />
  <row Id="43829" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24681" RevisionGUID="308e123b-6d5b-423b-9137-7aa58aa5689c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:29:39.307" UserId="9304" Text="I have a UK Vodafone K3520 which is flagged as HUAWEI FCC QISK3520 which works fine under Windows Server 2008 x64.  Windows 7 x64 is possible but requires a bit more mucking about due to unsigned drivers on that OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Under Server 2008 x64 it just installs and works, I'd expect Vista x64 to be the same" />
  <row Id="43830" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24682" RevisionGUID="24f22a03-37d0-48bd-9547-7abf06ae1c33" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:29:42.490" UserId="301" Text="If you are using a VPS you are sharing IO bandwidth, CPU time, and memory bandwidth with other users that are not visible to your VPS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would be confident to say that another domU hosted on the physical machine is consuming a large amount of one or more of those resources (most likely IO).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you use `iostat -x` you'll probably see that your service times are fluctuating wildly, which will explain why your load average is spiking, due to processes blocking on disk IO." />
  <row Id="43831" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="24620" RevisionGUID="cb2150b0-d567-40f9-809c-7aa6eccca3c8" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:33:25.837" UserId="388" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;spanning-tree&gt;" />
  <row Id="43832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24683" RevisionGUID="e5574390-11a4-4b1a-be5b-e7ffa88052c1" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:34:07.613" UserId="9304" Text="Both responses from @renniej and @sam-cogan are spot on.  I have just replaced my aged Draytek 2600 with a 2820 and it's very good.  The 2600 are perfectly adequate for VPN if you want to go down the second hand-option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use my Drayteks to also do site-to-site VPN to a box running [pfSense][1] which I have performing IPSec termination for site-to-site VPN but also PPTP pass-through to a Windows Server 2003 RRAS VPN Server for end-user connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pfsense.com/" />
  <row Id="43833" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24684" RevisionGUID="35bce99f-3022-4335-9d75-96a3edf578ac" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:35:08.110" UserId="145" Text="We've had a number of servers from Dell recently, all of which have had hardware-assisted virtualization disabled in the BIOS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I know hardware-assisted virtualization is a good thing - so why would Dell disable it? Does it have a performance overhead if the machine isn't acting as a virtual machine host?" />
  <row Id="43834" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24684" RevisionGUID="35bce99f-3022-4335-9d75-96a3edf578ac" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:35:08.110" UserId="145" Text="Are there any good reasons for disabling hardware-assisted virtualization?" />
  <row Id="43835" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24684" RevisionGUID="35bce99f-3022-4335-9d75-96a3edf578ac" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:35:08.110" UserId="145" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;dell&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="43836" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24685" RevisionGUID="bf5a160b-ef2c-4d0d-86a1-ac2853fcc73b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:35:42.787" UserId="6071" Text="I won't comment on if you should use Gentoo or not - or if building from source 'is worth it'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I will say is that I use Gentoo and Ubuntu. I used to use Gentoo for all my GNU/Linux machines but decided that Ubuntu on my desktops was easier to manage.  I am on the side of admins that think using Gentoo for a server is a great idea -- and use it for almost all of my personal servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apart from all that, what I like more than building stuff from source or tweaking CFLAGS is Portage. Portage is simply hands down the best package and system management tool I have ever used for GNU/Linux. I can create an exact environment with just the things I need and not one thing more and I can do it with out going outside of my package management system.  I don't have to have postfix installed simply because some packaging dude decided that it's 'necessary'.  I don't need mono installed because I want to run Gnome, I simply don't install Tomboy. I quick browse of installed packages on this Ubuntu desktop shows that it has bind installed? Why? It serves no purpose, I'm not running a DNS server on this computer and I certainly don't need the documentation for it, but it's here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The downside... time. It takes not only the time to build packages but to keep the system maintained. I can be realativly sure that I can run a sudo aptitude update {upgrade} and not have a care in the world... On the other hand you have to be very careful of the small details when you update a Gentoo machine and make sure that you need (and are prepared) for what it wants to do.  The 'straw that broke the camels back' per say of why I switched to Ubuntu for my desktops was an upgrade of udev that borked a setup I had -- rather than try and fix it I wanted to get the work I was trying to do done.  So I figured I really don't care if bind documentation is taking up space on my desktop because I have the space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On my servers, however, totally different matter. I want to control everything about the environment, the packages that are installed, every little detail I want to be in control of -- and Gentoo let's me do that with ease.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43837" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24686" RevisionGUID="4bc3d725-ce31-434f-8047-dc40e2200a93" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:36:22.350" UserId="2718" Text="You almost always want to be using Rapid Per-VLAN STP, rather than simple STP. I say almost only because you can't prove a negative.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Cisco Docs][1] are available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;STP has to elect the root bridge for L2 segments, and that election can take upwards of a minute or more. If you haven't manually configured who the root bridge should be, it's possible you can have a sub-optimal piece of equipment doing the bridging (i.e. you attach 10-year old switch to a 6500 and the older one has a good likelyhood of winning the election because of the rules of STP).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RSTP decreases the timers on STP dramatically so you should converge much quicker.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PVST has separate elections for each segment, so if your MPLS link is it's own segment (and if it's not then you're either doing something extremely interesting or extremely bad), then that election should only affect that link.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rapid-PVST combines the advantages of RSTP and PVST.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:  http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk389/tk621/technologies_white_paper09186a0080094cfa.shtml" />
  <row Id="43838" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24687" RevisionGUID="6c5b1d4e-f521-458d-8596-21da8e434fcc" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:36:59.633" UserId="301" Text="    Offending class: javax/servlet/Servlet.class&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a fairly common warning for java applications. Because the web application container's classloader provides both the api and implementation for the servlet specification, a web application is prohibited from providing its own version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, as a developer of wep applications, it makes it a bit hard to compile your classes without tooling support, so it's tempting to include this the `servlet.jar` in your `lib/` directory. This makes it pretty easy to accidentally ship a `.war` with it as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because of this, Tomcat scans all classes as they are loaded, and if found, it blocks loading of the class presents this error." />
  <row Id="43839" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24688" RevisionGUID="68a0b5fa-fba8-4fc8-84de-366c4f6aced3" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:37:22.363" UserId="9304" Text="I would imagine that the answer is already within one of the other responses.  However it's also worth running EXEC sp_Who2 and ensuring that your 'simple queries' aren't being blocked by some kind of long-running update or similar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been caught out before with MS Access linked tables which have some awful locking habits." />
  <row Id="43840" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24682" RevisionGUID="76268005-a4a1-4755-8d2e-23a0a23bd63b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:37:23.253" UserId="301" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="If you are using a VPS, you are sharing IO bandwidth, CPU time, and memory bandwidth with other users that are not visible to your VPS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would be confident to say that another domU hosted on the physical machine is consuming a large amount of one or more of those resources (most likely IO).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you use `iostat -x` you'll probably see that your service times are fluctuating wildly, which will explain why your load average is spiking, due to processes blocking on disk IO." />
  <row Id="43841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24689" RevisionGUID="6aeb0f98-8a93-45d1-8ebe-5a6c737ac0c4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:40:04.790" UserId="3853" Text="I am pretty sure hardware assisted virtualization does NOT have any overhead when you're just running a native OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only reason I can think of for having the ability to disable it (I've never thought about this before, actually) is that certain applications/workloads could in fact run worse when HAV is enabled than when ran natively, due to certain overhead in the MMU for instance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wouldn't worry about it at all." />
  <row Id="43842" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24690" RevisionGUID="a544163e-613f-4b2f-8b45-64bee5971d01" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:40:59.030" UserId="4810" Text="Have a look at Polymon.  http://polymon.codeplex.org&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From what your describing, it's exactly what you're after.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43843" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3855" RevisionGUID="acfbc51c-cbe3-4d75-9a72-18849e2ee2b4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:41:17.033" UserId="45" Comment="links" Text="You could read the [Guidelines for Media Sanitization][1] (PDF) of the [National Institute of Standards and Technology][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **Reel and Cassette Format Magnetic Tapes**&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Clear magnetic tapes by either&#xD;&#xA;&gt; re-recording (overwriting) or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; degaussing. Clearing a magnetic tape&#xD;&#xA;&gt; by re-recording (overwriting) may be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; impractical for most applications&#xD;&#xA;&gt; since the process occupies the tape&#xD;&#xA;&gt; transport for excessive time periods.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Clearing by Overwriting: Overwriting&#xD;&#xA;&gt; should be performed on a system&#xD;&#xA;&gt; similar to the one that originally&#xD;&#xA;&gt; recorded the data. For example,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; overwrite previously recorded&#xD;&#xA;&gt; classified or sensitive VHS format&#xD;&#xA;&gt; video signals on a comparable VHS&#xD;&#xA;&gt; format recorder. All portions of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; magnetic tape should be overwritten&#xD;&#xA;&gt; one time with known non-sensitive&#xD;&#xA;&gt; signals.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Degauss using an [NSA/CSS][3]-approved&#xD;&#xA;&gt; degausser. Purging by Degaussing:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Purge the magnetic tape in any&#xD;&#xA;&gt; degausser that can purge the signal&#xD;&#xA;&gt; enough to prohibit playback of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; previous known signal. Purging by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; degaussing can be accomplished easier&#xD;&#xA;&gt; by using an NSA/CSS-approved degausser&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for the magnetic tape.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Incinerate by burning the tapes in a licensed incinerator&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * Shred&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Preparatory steps, such as removing&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the tape from the reel or cassette&#xD;&#xA;&gt; prior to destruction, are unnecessary.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; However, segregation of components&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (tape and reels or cassettes) may be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; necessary to comply with the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; requirements of a destruction facility&#xD;&#xA;&gt; or for recycling measures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-88/NISTSP800-88_rev1.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.nist.gov/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.nsa.gov/" />
  <row Id="43844" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24691" RevisionGUID="ce885d61-6d35-4984-bc91-115accefb345" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:42:17.513" UserId="3431" Text="One very good reason is security. There have been known hacks that insert a malicious hypervisor in between your OS and your hardware. This allows anyone to capture any data in a perfectly transparent manner." />
  <row Id="43845" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24692" RevisionGUID="2a649296-4412-4400-8988-336b6332743e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:43:26.467" UserId="7083" Text="I maintain more than a fair number of Gentoo machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not because we care for childish funroll-loops speed tuning. What we care about is the flexibility of installing precisely what we want, not *every* package feature and dependency that contributor thinks we *might* one day want. We are perfectly comfortable with how Linux, compiles and libraries work. We don't want everything to be abstracted away from us into a black box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should choose to use what you feel most comfortable with. Here are some details that may help to allay your fears of Gentoo specifically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Build times are relatively negligible on modern hardware. Even more so if your machines are of N+1 redundancy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You can be picky about how portage behaves, such as placing `MAKEOPTS=&quot;-l 1.0&quot;` in your make.conf to ensure that new builds backoff when the load average is creeping uncomfortably high.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You can use binary packages from Portage if you'd prefer. The mirrors provide a number of common packages or you can roll your own with `--buildpkgonly`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If you have a large number of machines then you can benefit from having a nominated build host or distributed compiling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The latest stable versions of Portage that are now in use are much more unlikely to leave you high and dry when performing upgrades. Tales of conflicts and blocks are pretty much a thing of the past.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If you are looking after so many machines that upgrades become painful then you should be looking at Puppet/BCFG/cfengine anyway ;)" />
  <row Id="43846" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24693" RevisionGUID="13e10bd0-4598-4053-a27b-f7df6bcd6650" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:44:02.970" UserId="2561" Text="I might be behind the times, but in lots of cases with things like VMWare it actually makes a lot of things slower:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[VMWare White Paper on the Subject][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/asplos235_adams.pdf" />
  <row Id="43847" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24694" RevisionGUID="98ba44c7-e695-4381-ba85-0c114256bc78" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:45:00.380" UserId="9304" Text="I would investigate ETL tools.  SSIS unfortunately has no MySQL driver, I have heard that you can use the OLE DB .NET driver and somehow get it working but I've not had any success with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Checkout Pentaho Kettle which I believe has MySQL support out of the box and then you can get SQL Server support by using the MS JDBC driver.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Commercial tools like Pervasive Data Integrator may also be worth a look if you have budget.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sorry I don't seem to be allowed to post hyperlinks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24695" RevisionGUID="2d830be9-ee0d-44b2-ae08-f98145d5d3a7" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:47:26.247" UserId="1435" Text="I posted about something similar the other day regarding HP blade servers - I couldn't see why they disable it be default either - bloody irritating isn't it!" />
  <row Id="43850" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24685" RevisionGUID="9f19730b-82a9-4aae-8fee-7e405aa0882c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:49:44.140" UserId="6071" Comment="spelling and grammar" Text="I won't comment on if you should use Gentoo or not - or if building from source 'is worth it'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I will say is that I use Gentoo and Ubuntu. I used to use Gentoo for all my GNU/Linux machines but decided that Ubuntu on my desktops was easier to manage.  I am on the side of admins that think using Gentoo for a server is a great idea -- and use it for almost all of my personal servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apart from all that, what I like more than building stuff from source or tweaking CFLAGS is Portage. Portage is simply hands down the best package and system management tool I have ever used for GNU/Linux. I can create an exact environment with just the things I need and not one thing more and I can do it with out going outside of my package management system.  I don't have to have postfix installed simply because some packaging dude decided that it's 'necessary'.  I don't need mono installed because I want to run Gnome, I simply don't install Tomboy. Quickly browsing the installed packages on this Ubuntu desktop shows that it has bind installed? Why? It serves no purpose, I'm not running a DNS server on this computer and I certainly don't need the documentation for it, but it's here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The downside... time. It takes not only the time to build packages but to keep the system maintained. I can be realativly sure that I can run a sudo aptitude update {upgrade} and not have a care in the world... On the other hand you have to be very careful of the small details when you update a Gentoo machine and make sure that you need (and are prepared) for what it wants to do.  The 'straw that broke the camels back' per say of why I switched to Ubuntu for my desktops was an upgrade of udev that borked a setup I had -- rather than try and fix it I wanted to get the work I was trying to do done.  So I figured I really don't care if bind documentation is taking up space on my desktop because I have the space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On my servers, however, totally different matter. I want to control everything about the environment, the packages that are installed, every little detail I want to be in control of -- and Gentoo let's me do that with ease.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24696" RevisionGUID="bc33a1c7-bd62-4b0e-a39b-87ddeab298fc" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:50:34.327" UserId="9304" Text="I would strongly recommend that you also change the default location for 'Data' and 'Log'.  I typically do this as part of the SQL Server installer putting the logs on to one RAID array and the data on to a separate one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, after the event in Management Studio, right click the server name-&gt;Properties-&gt;Database Settings.  Change &quot;Database default locations&quot; off of your system drive." />
  <row Id="43852" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24590" RevisionGUID="825c7e83-88a5-48a4-826c-4f9fbd82884b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:51:04.780" UserId="1435" Comment="added 10 characters in body" Text="My biggest worry, as a large Oracle customer, is that they'll eventually do away with either Solaris or 'Oracle Enterprise Linux' (their rebadge of RHEL).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously both have their benefits and their downsides but I do know that they're selling a lot more OEL support agreements than Sun were selling for Solaris and of course they own the development costs of Solaris, OEL dev costs then very little at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We all love Solaris but if it's not selling well enough and costing too much to develop then I'm sure Oracle will simply 'asset strip' it (keep ZFS etc.) and sell it on to someone else. That would be my main concern." />
  <row Id="43853" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24697" RevisionGUID="d1b8688b-706c-4564-a12a-269d3af55346" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:55:20.350" UserId="7200" Text="The SMTP Server included with Windows cannot manipulate header fields (RFC822 or envelope) to &quot;route&quot; mail. It can relay and send SMTP and that's about it. If you need a more fully-featured SMTP server implementation you're going to have to look elsewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need this to be &quot;no cost&quot;, you might look at the Cygwin port of Exim as one possible solution. You could also run a *nix / Linux instance in a VM and use whatever free SMTP server you'd like on that platform." />
  <row Id="43854" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24420" RevisionGUID="a388710b-3f57-4776-9e99-6900aa1ecdd4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:58:03.783" UserId="7501" Comment="fixed some grammar" Text="I seem to be experiencing a problem with a virtualized **Windows 2008** domain controller. We are running Hyper-V on a powerful server (dual quad core Nehalem Xeon, 48 GB of ram), and all of the VMs are mostly idle. We only have a bunch of users for testing, and less than 6 machines joined to the domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What happens is that any type of access to another server seems to take for ever during initial logon negotiation. Symptoms:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. It takes around a minute to&#xD;&#xA;    access something like&#xD;&#xA;    \\\someserver\c$. Afterwards, file transfers are fast, at 1 Gigabit sustained transfer speed, so it's not a network issue.&#xD;&#xA; 2. If I open the Security tab to see which users have access to a folder, I can see the SIDs unresolved (S-1234-...) for a long time before they eventually get resolved.&#xD;&#xA; 3. The following appears in the Event Log on some of the client computers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Winlogon Warning 6005:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    The winlogon notification subscriber &lt;GPClient&gt; is taking long time to handle the notification event (Logon).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Winlogon Warning 6006:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    The winlogon notification subscriber &lt;GPClient&gt; took 89 second(s) to handle the notification event (Logon).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The primary domain controller also has RRAS installed, and is a VPN server if that makes any difference. It's average cpu usage is 0% and there is no resource contention as far as I can tell. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are two virtual NICs configured, one going to the public internet, and one on an internal LAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas on what I could try?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Solved:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks to Farseeker and Zypher I resolved the problem. The primary domain controller had two NICs configured. One for internet, and one for the LAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The internet NIC had a public IP which was being registered in DNS for it (verified with nslookup from a guest computer). All the other computers that were experiencing the problem did NOT have access to the public IP subnet, so they couldn't hit the DNS' public IP.  I assume they would wait for a timeout on the public IP before trying the private LAN IP which they could access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unchecking &quot;Register this connection in DNS&quot; on the public interface of the PDC fixed the problem, only the private IPs show up in nslookup now. Thanks Zypher.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also had to do an `ipconfig /flushdns` on client computers after the change on the PDC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43855" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24698" RevisionGUID="306e4bf9-d462-4fcd-9cfe-5bb035f73223" CreationDate="2009-06-12T11:58:33.487" UserId="9304" Text="Ahh... I've been through this with my Latitude D620 and my D630-derived Precision.  In my case it is due to the PR01X port replicator and having the USB keyboard and USB Mouse (it judders) connected directly to the replicator.  As a workaround plug the keyboard+mouse straight in to the USB on the side of the laptop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For reference both the A02 versions of the replicator have this issue but an A00 one I have does not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope that helps!  " />
  <row Id="43856" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24699" RevisionGUID="f063cc81-f668-4c4b-8c65-60954b7f55cb" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:00:02.800" UserId="301" Text="    cd /tree1&#xD;&#xA;    mv * /tree2 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This won't move hidden files or folders, but your original example wouldn't either." />
  <row Id="43857" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24700" RevisionGUID="8928cb07-73e6-4635-bd9f-1462fea233ba" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:02:16.063" UserId="9170" Text="sftp install and then u can use rsync &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i use following one &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;rsync --delete --times --recursive --perms --owner --group --verbose --progress --stats -e ssh root@192.168.0.100:/folder1/ /folder2/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43858" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24701" RevisionGUID="2a12c59e-a4ce-4f0f-82ab-0784388c7fa1" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:02:57.263" UserId="7988" Text="I removed a software RAID setup on a server I took over several years ago and everything worked fine until I upgraded the kernel the other day. It seems when debian updated the grub menu.lst file it not only added the new kernel with md0 but also the old kernel as md0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is causing debian to think there is still a software RAID setup? Is there a default file I need to change, do I need to remove the mdadm package?" />
  <row Id="43859" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24701" RevisionGUID="2a12c59e-a4ce-4f0f-82ab-0784388c7fa1" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:02:57.263" UserId="7988" Text="Debian update confuses GRUB with md0 not sda1" />
  <row Id="43860" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24701" RevisionGUID="2a12c59e-a4ce-4f0f-82ab-0784388c7fa1" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:02:57.263" UserId="7988" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;grub&gt;" />
  <row Id="43861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24702" RevisionGUID="811ff3df-10b5-4d45-8d7d-49498eb3f75e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:03:58.450" UserId="9304" Text="Just out of curiousity what are you getting out of developing in VS against a local x64 SQL Server ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's generally accepted that developing databases for x86 should be identical as for that for x64.  Thus you should be able to run x86 SQL Server Express and not lose anything.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lastly have you tried Visual Studio 2010?" />
  <row Id="43862" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24703" RevisionGUID="553ebc6e-9ed6-4c22-9ec8-836a75101448" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:05:33.427" UserId="9170" Text="rsync --delete --times --recursive --perms --owner --group --verbose --progress --stats -e ssh root@192.168.0.100:/folder1/ /folder2/&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i m using  a on my web server were lot of file open 247 if i need to take back of my main file's i cant stop production so if use recursive ..." />
  <row Id="43863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24704" RevisionGUID="80cfed45-1f77-4be8-8a85-f914df8de396" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:06:06.263" UserId="301" Text="25% isn't a lot. Assuming that meter goes to 100% then for every 4 seconds of wall time, your cpu is idle for 3 of them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would look more deeply into the main processes on that machine, I would suspect there is contention for a resource other than CPU, most likely disk IO, or network bandwidth, possibly even resources from another machine that service that process." />
  <row Id="43864" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="24621" RevisionGUID="b21151ae-53a6-42e6-ad9a-eee2c6bb6d48" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:06:47.420" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags; edited title; edited title" Text="How can I send an alert on CPU usage in Windows Server 2008" />
  <row Id="43865" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="24621" RevisionGUID="b21151ae-53a6-42e6-ad9a-eee2c6bb6d48" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:06:47.420" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags; edited title; edited title" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;cpu&gt;&lt;usage&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="43866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24705" RevisionGUID="496ee56d-dd72-467d-ad1c-9f3629e18136" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:07:55.767" UserId="7083" Text="I would hazard a guess that not all CPUs available for a given motherboard and BIOS combination support VT extensions. So they ship it as disabled in the BIOS for the sake of compatibility.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Times are changing and VT is becoming pretty common place now. So perhaps we'll see a change?" />
  <row Id="43867" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24706" RevisionGUID="e0afadf7-a0d5-4240-a868-771e01e6dff4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:08:13.253" UserId="1858" Text="I have a fuzzy notion of what the term &quot;ftp jailing&quot; means, but when it comes to permissions and security, fuzzy is imprudent.  What is it?  How is it implemented?  Is it mostly a capability of the ftp server, or does it emerge from how the underlying OS does permissions?" />
  <row Id="43868" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24706" RevisionGUID="e0afadf7-a0d5-4240-a868-771e01e6dff4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:08:13.253" UserId="1858" Text="What does FTP Jailing mean, and what features does a server OS require in order to enable it?" />
  <row Id="43869" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24706" RevisionGUID="e0afadf7-a0d5-4240-a868-771e01e6dff4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:08:13.253" UserId="1858" Text="&lt;ftp&gt;" />
  <row Id="43870" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24707" RevisionGUID="4368cd0a-4b61-45d1-b9d9-410213f0b7ff" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:08:45.813" UserId="9304" Text="If the problem is due to lack of bandwidth then it's likely that it's your upstream bandwidth that is the issue (assuming you're on an asynchronous connection).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Voice will be using somewhere in the region of 4Kbyte/sec to 11Kbyte/sec on the upstream when you're speaking.  Listening to music in itself is the opposite direction so shouldn't affect anything.  Are you by any chance using Spotfire to listen to music or something else that does peer-to-peer and thus using all of your upstream?" />
  <row Id="43871" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24708" RevisionGUID="ac44aed5-6726-4d8f-bad4-a8e58e1c2eb4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:09:02.940" UserId="3214" Text="Can anyone recommend a good book about virtualisation, including the Popek and Goldberg virtualization requirements?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I mean a book that doesn't necessarily focus on x86 but also does comparisons to PowerPC and 68k or IA-64.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is Smith, Jim; Ravi Nair (2005) &quot;Virtual Machines&quot; any good?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43872" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24708" RevisionGUID="ac44aed5-6726-4d8f-bad4-a8e58e1c2eb4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:09:02.940" UserId="3214" Text="Can anyone recommend a good book about virtualisation?" />
  <row Id="43873" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24708" RevisionGUID="ac44aed5-6726-4d8f-bad4-a8e58e1c2eb4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:09:02.940" UserId="3214" Text="&lt;book&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="43874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24709" RevisionGUID="6313a6d8-d7b1-4c1d-9ff5-18680486929c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:10:21.880" UserId="1858" Text="When my shared-server host switched from BSD to Open Solaris, [FTP jailing][1] went away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/24706/what-does-ftp-jailing-mean-and-what-features-does-a-server-os-require-in-order-t" />
  <row Id="43876" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24710" RevisionGUID="c1daf5dc-e777-4355-bbb1-7745ed328bb1" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:11:48.307" UserDisplayName="Mark Seger" Text="I didn't get into more detail but collectl has an option for generating delimiter separated output so in the case of gnuplot, you just generate  your data with spaces in it and you're all set.  It even will load nicely into excel.  If you want commas you can change the delimiter and if you really want to do the rrd route (just be careful because the plots do not necessary match the data!), you can change the delimeter to colons and even change the timestamps to UTC.&#xD;&#xA;-mark" />
  <row Id="43878" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24712" RevisionGUID="b5afb5f7-9d6d-4220-a20a-777c12fc5efd" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:12:31.397" UserId="9170" Text="use this tool from microsoft which give u all the Assessment Solution Accelerator&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=67240b76-3148-4e49-943d-4d9ea7f77730&amp;DisplayLang=en &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;with above tool use a WMI so it dont use much or u r HW and network" />
  <row Id="43879" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24713" RevisionGUID="c2ab5401-b9da-43a8-a342-ee893cfdc463" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:12:46.123" UserId="3950" Text="The reason Dell (and Sony etc.) disable Intel-VT and AMD-V is that they cannot support it. Enabling the feature would mean they would have to provide support on it, which the simply cannot do, due to insufficient knowledge at the supportdesk, mainly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That is, at least, how Sony formulated it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried prying the reason from Sony support guys and that is the only thing they would give me. I finally was able to patch my BIOS and enable VT myself, though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the rest, stuff like Bluepill are not exactly mainstream. And as far as I know - and I work with virtualization stuff a *lot* - there is no downside to enabling it. If there is though, I would *really* like to know about it..." />
  <row Id="43880" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24651" RevisionGUID="1d4a1e1f-364a-425a-8176-5f8b1acf215b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:12:55.000" UserId="2299" Comment="added 821 characters in body" Text="Not only possible, but easy :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately I haven't got a server to hand with just the SMTP service on it (only Exchange and this messes with the SMTP config interface). From memory if you go into the SMTP server config you can add domains and for each domain you add you configure the mail delivery. The domain can be local, in which case the mail is stored on your server, or remote. For remote domains you can configure the mail to route to a different server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So you just set up a domain myinternaldoamin.com as a remote domain and configure the mail to deliver to your &quot;real&quot; mail server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Windows SMTP server can't modify mail headers. It can only pass on mails unchanged. However the Windows SMTP server allows you write event sinks. These are bits of VBScript that get executed whenever mails pass through the server, and from this code you can make any changes you want to the e-mail. This is often used to implement a catchall mailbox, as neither the Windows SMTP server nor Exchange 2k/2k3 provide this. I would be wary of writing synchs for production servers as you have to make damn sure there are no bugs in them and you document them thoroughly. However for the use you suggest they should be fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324021 is a good place to start. This describes writing a catchall script for Exchange, but you should be able to adapt it for your requirements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR" />
  <row Id="43881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24714" RevisionGUID="6cf2c5c5-46c9-4ec8-b888-b817a8d52995" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:13:18.933" UserId="7083" Text="I don't have have specific book recommendations but would suggest that whatever you do find includes material from within the last year or so. Virtualisation technology has made some significant advances since 2005, that's for sure." />
  <row Id="43882" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24715" RevisionGUID="d2d2d5b1-21e3-4610-b8cd-42b985ee5f96" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:14:33.160" UserId="7501" Text="Is it a wireless external keyboard? I have the same problem with my Logitech wireless external keyboard and it's because it loses wireless connectivity with the base randomly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Refer to the following link:&#xD;&#xA;http://forums.logitech.com/logitech/board/message?board.id=software&amp;message.id=3745&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One workaround for you to try is to tweak the key repeat delay and repeat rate in Control Panel &gt; Keyboard, or disable key repeat entirely." />
  <row Id="43884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24716" RevisionGUID="adecffbb-9568-4c6b-96af-324a1678baef" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:17:02.083" UserId="9170" Text="this is one https://dct.sun.com/dct/forms/reg_us_1404_584_0.jsp?cid=222965" />
  <row Id="43885" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23536" RevisionGUID="efdd6679-7b58-4029-a8de-b7576c6fc899" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:17:12.037" UserId="1803" Comment="added 148 characters in body" Text="VMWare Converter creates virtual machines that boot from scsi.  MS virtual machines **cannot boot** from scsi.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're going to virtualize a [non-ACPI][1] physical machine, buy some software for the purpose.  (unless you have a couple of weeks for an exciting journey in discovery!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, VMWare Converter will tackle jobs at which MS SCVMM will throw up its hands in dispair.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bring a lot of RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't do anything until the virtualization tools (whether VMWare or MS) have installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're going to move it to another platform/version, uninstall the aforementioned tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mind your CPU limits.  P2V of a 2 CPU windows 2000 taught me that only 1 is supported.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 2000 - 1 core&#xD;&#xA; - 2003 - 2 cores&#xD;&#xA; - 2008 - 4 cores&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/17995/will-vmware-converter-p2v-a-non-acpi-2000-server" />
  <row Id="43886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24717" RevisionGUID="5c1e59cd-e891-485f-94d5-42d345d091b9" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:19:21.240" UserId="6793" Text="It's a feature of the ftp server (for the most of them) for example with vsftpd&#xD;&#xA;you can &quot;jail&quot; users to their homedir by using configuration&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chroot_local_user=YES&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ftp server will not let the user to go below that directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    User homedir: /home/ftp&#xD;&#xA;    User can access: /home/ftp, /home/ftp/pub&#xD;&#xA;    User can not access: /home, /etc, /, /root etc..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24718" RevisionGUID="9387a7e8-a46e-43d6-944f-5e38dfe4321b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:19:58.947" UserId="5237" Text="&quot;Jailing&quot; in ftp means locking the ftp session to a particular subset of the filesystem.&#xD;&#xA;Usually it is set so that if a particular user logs in, they can only ftp to their own directory space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ftp server will often have an option that, when a user is connected, to chroot the user, which means as far as that user is concerned, the root of the universe is some specific portion of the total available filesystem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;'vsftp' has a really clear explanation and how-to at [vsftpd][1]." />
  <row Id="43888" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24719" RevisionGUID="69442d5d-c604-4689-9686-f8586450912e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:21:42.847" UserId="2711" Text="As I understand it, load on a *nix system means &quot;the number of processes waiting to run&quot;. This does not necessarily mean they are waiting for the CPU. They could be waiting for disk access, or for a network connection to complete.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, I used to manage a system where the load began to rocket over 80 occasionally bringing the system to a crawl. It ended up being because an external LDAP server had malfunctioned, which the local system was doing authentication requests for clients against.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would look for network dependencies that your applications have as a possible culprit for unusually high load readings, if your CPU and iowait seem OK." />
  <row Id="43889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24720" RevisionGUID="0ae2732a-3157-44e3-b390-47729b9cb6bb" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:21:51.207" UserId="9140" Text="Use redunant network for vmotion/vmkernel traffic. You don't want virtual machines shutting down just because a switch rebooted." />
  <row Id="43890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24721" RevisionGUID="86e62b3a-c25c-4f19-bba3-cd5549690a19" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:21:54.467" UserId="9004" Text="It can mean two things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - a (or all) user/login is restricted to their &quot;home directory&quot; as opposed to having a full view of the FTP hierarchy.  This is typically implemented in software at the application &#xD;&#xA;level (e.g. FTP server).&#xD;&#xA; - the FTP processes are jailed in a chroot type of setup, as a security measure.  This is pretty common for servers which allow anonymous access.  In the old days, this was done via the chroot syscall, although I've a feeling there may be more modern ways to do this now on some OSes.  Anyhow, this type of setup is a bit more tricky and far more OS dependent (even if simply using chroot).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43891" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="24464" RevisionGUID="59a8493f-a37a-4a86-bcfc-c73d34e7c27a" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:22:20.803" UserId="1803" Comment="edited title" Text="Security Admins toolkit? What's in yours?" />
  <row Id="43892" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24722" RevisionGUID="2d97260c-cdb6-4340-8399-f0bb52d8ef85" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:23:18.133" UserId="5080" Text="FTP jailing means that the loggend in user sees his root directory as one that you define. He cannot go any higher up the tree, as the FTP client sees his dir as the root directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Say you have the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /home/ben_linus/&#xD;&#xA;    /home/ben_linus/data&#xD;&#xA;    /home/ben_linus/progs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You set the root to /home/ben_linus/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;He will see&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /&#xD;&#xA;    /data&#xD;&#xA;    /progs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43893" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24723" RevisionGUID="f220a1b3-9ded-4715-b144-de9bd6eb4ba5" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:23:18.227" UserId="3528" Text="This product is an add on for exchange/outlook that will allow you to choose the from address. http://www.ivasoft.biz/choosefrom.shtml" />
  <row Id="43894" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24724" RevisionGUID="6ac82476-d8de-4ed8-a4a1-4b71fabf1472" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:24:31.813" UserId="4703" Text="You are asking for a file integrity monitor (FIM), but since you are interested only on the files from your web site, you can probably do it remotely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1-For FIM locally on the box, I would suggest OSSEC. It runs natively on Windows and allows centralized configuration (if you need that). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2-For FIM remotely (or Network-based Integrity Monitoring), I would suggest NBIM, which is freely available at: http://sucuri.net (note that I am the developer of this tool, so take my opinion with a grain of salt).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best option, I believe would be a remote FIM, since the chances of it getting compromised are smaller than an internal integrity database and it also detects external violations (like someone altering DNS records to redirect your site somewhere else).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43895" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24725" RevisionGUID="ab7b3966-24fd-4152-83ed-2780250dd596" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:25:26.807" UserId="7936" Text="I don't see a reason why it should be OS dependent. Nothing keeps you from coding an FTP server that will return / for some random directory after using `cd ..` often enough without actually being in / on Unix or at the top level drive in Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding permissions it depends a lot on how you configure your FTP servers, some FTP servers can map from/to any user, that means you could configure an FTP server that need &quot;normal&quot; authentication but when writing the file to the OS on the host permissions will be mapped to a certain user you configured.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some discussion about chroot (as well as a follow up link) can be found in the [ProFTPd FAQ][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.proftpd.org/docs/faq/linked/faq-ch5.html#AEN524" />
  <row Id="43896" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="24460" RevisionGUID="48f06dbb-4598-4e56-aa7d-8b52b2ce9f60" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:26:24.653" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="43897" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24726" RevisionGUID="d9347a1b-a48c-4064-928c-5ee073613f8e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:27:45.993" UserId="4733" Text="When I first took over at my current job, we had well over 100 old backup tapes.  I borrowed a huge magnet from the hardware store, the kind on wheels that is used to roll through a yard to pickup nails after a re-shingle.  Anyway, I zapped them all with that.  Then tossed them into the trash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have always read that would work, but I havent tested it.  I probably should have spot-tested a couple of them.  " />
  <row Id="43898" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24720" RevisionGUID="333da9e9-5f4e-47d0-bb91-46bf7f1c4ce0" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:28:04.903" UserId="9140" Comment="added 128 characters in body; deleted 1 characters in body" Text="Use redunant network for vmotion/vmkernel traffic. You don't want virtual machines shutting down just because a switch rebooted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and leave one DC/DNS/DHCP-server out of the virtualization. Your users will hate you less if you get a major SAN crash." />
  <row Id="43899" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24709" RevisionGUID="a3e782f5-ae2e-412f-90c4-cb86f424fef6" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:30:33.527" UserId="1858" Comment="added 159 characters in body" Text="When my shared-server host switched from BSD to Open Solaris, [FTP jailing][1] went away.  I don't know whether FTP jailing could be made available on Open Solaris by using a different FTP server, or perhaps by reconfiguring the default FTP server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/24706/what-does-ftp-jailing-mean-and-what-features-does-a-server-os-require-in-order-t" />
  <row Id="43900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24727" RevisionGUID="12b0fe64-e49d-4387-879b-f81200959db6" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:31:16.320" UserId="7083" Text="Some slightly non-specific Debian information..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Make sure that `/etc/fstab` contains no mention of the MD devices.  &#xD;&#xA;I would presume that it doesn't, as you are able to otherwise boot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Debian appears to perform some magic with `/boot/grub/menu.lst`.  &#xD;&#xA;Check whether it contains an entry akin to this and re-run `update-grub`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &gt; `#kopt=root=/dev/sda1`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If you are definitely no longer using SW RAID at all then you can remove mdadm.  &#xD;&#xA;Debian may use it's presence as a hook when updating GRUB." />
  <row Id="43901" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24728" RevisionGUID="c7517052-87db-4b4b-8805-3c98bfe9a044" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:34:14.323" UserId="7342" Text="Life is too short for source based distributions. I have more important things to do. Like using the computer." />
  <row Id="43902" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="24353" RevisionGUID="a8c90d0b-31d8-446e-8ca0-17377d26f60e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:38:52.540" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="43903" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24729" RevisionGUID="74d96583-4561-4d78-bc51-f2f1981aad3c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:39:04.070" UserId="9313" Text="We run a site based on Zend Framework using apache httpd (2.2) with `mod_rewrite` for SEO and usability friendly URL:s. Recently we added `mod_proxy` (and `mod_proxy_balancer, mod_proxy_http, mod_rpaf`) for setting up a loadbalancer virtual-host. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our setup now looks like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    external.site.com (vhost on server1.site.com with reverse proxy)&#xD;&#xA;    |-internal1.site.com (vhost on server1.site.com) &#xD;&#xA;    |-internal2.site.com (vhost on server2.site.com)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where `internal1` &amp; `internal2` serves most of the dynamic content and `external` serves static content plus some admin type pages. All the vhosts have got the same code and `.htaccess` setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that on `external.site.com` the `RewriteRule` doesn't add the correct headers to the request environment, specifically `REDIRECT_URL` which we and ZendFramework depend upon. Everything works fine for the requests that are forwarded to the internal vhosts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The relevant parts of the httpd.conf:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      ServerName external.site.com&#xD;&#xA;      DocumentRoot /opt/www/htdocs/&#xD;&#xA;      CustomLog &quot;/var/log/httpd-proxy-access.log&quot; combined&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;Proxy balancer://backend/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        Balancermember http://internal1.site.com&#xD;&#xA;        Balancermember http://internal2.site.com&#xD;&#xA;        ProxySet lbmethod=byrequests&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/Proxy&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      ProxyRequests Off&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;Proxy *&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        Order deny,allow&#xD;&#xA;        Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/Proxy&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      ProxyPass /static/ !&#xD;&#xA;      ProxyPass /config/ !&#xD;&#xA;      ProxyPass / balancer://backend/&#xD;&#xA;      ProxyPassReverse / balancer://backend/&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      ServerName internal1.site.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      RPAFenable On&#xD;&#xA;      RPAFproxy_ips 127.0.0.1&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the `.htaccess` file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine on &#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^.*robots.txt&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^.*/static/.*&#xD;&#xA;      RewriteRule .* index.php [L]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    php_flag magic_quotes_gpc off &#xD;&#xA;    php_flag register_globals off&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because there only is a problem on the `external` vhost we assume it is a problem with the `mod_proxy` and `mod_rewrite` combination. Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regards" />
  <row Id="43904" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24729" RevisionGUID="74d96583-4561-4d78-bc51-f2f1981aad3c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:39:04.070" UserId="9313" Text="mod_rewrite not adding REDIRECT_URL environment variable" />
  <row Id="43905" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24729" RevisionGUID="74d96583-4561-4d78-bc51-f2f1981aad3c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:39:04.070" UserId="9313" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;mod-rewrite&gt;&lt;mod-proxy&gt;&lt;vhost&gt;" />
  <row Id="43906" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24709" RevisionGUID="7f8083c3-5157-4b5d-a1ff-bdfb1f389963" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:42:51.913" UserId="1858" Comment="Link to Joyent" Text="When my shared-server host switched from BSD to Open Solaris, [FTP jailing][1] went away.  I don't know whether FTP jailing could be made available on Open Solaris by using a different FTP server, or perhaps by reconfiguring the default FTP server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The authors of [the Joyent wiki page about the issue][2] attribute the problem to *getcwd*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/24706/what-does-ftp-jailing-mean-and-what-features-does-a-server-os-require-in-order-t&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://wiki.joyent.com/shared:kb:limiting-access" />
  <row Id="43907" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24730" RevisionGUID="4659a284-ab01-4acd-93e7-74c21b16f5dc" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:46:25.153" UserId="7861" Text="**Here's how I do it in a Windows IIS environment**.  Figure it will help someone in the future.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 1.  set up the local user accounts on the computer for each &quot;user/client&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2.  In explorer setup the NTFS structure so that you have a &quot;root&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; folder and inside that folder you have&#xD;&#xA;&gt; folders for each client/etc.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 3.  Set up the NTFS rights, so that each user (you can use a group called&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FTP users, and add them all to that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; group) has &quot;List&quot; rights to the root&#xD;&#xA;&gt; folder.  Then give them specific&#xD;&#xA;&gt; rights to each of their &quot;home&quot; folders&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (read/write/whatever).&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 4.  In IIS for the FTP site, create virtual directories named EXACTLY the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; same as the user accounts you created,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and point each one to the right home&#xD;&#xA;&gt; folder.  ie. virtual directory of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; BOBJONES points to d:\ftpsite\BOBJONES&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 5.  go back into explorer and create a new folder in the same folder as the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ROOT folder and call it DEADEND&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 6.  give the FTP users list/read permissions to the DEADEND folder&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 7.  Back in IIS set the &quot;root folder&quot; for the FTP site to the DEADEND&#xD;&#xA;&gt; folder&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; That's it.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; now when BOBJONES logs into the FTP&#xD;&#xA;&gt; site he is in the BOBJONES directory. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; If he gets wily and tries to do a cd&#xD;&#xA;&gt; .. to go up to the parent/root he'll&#xD;&#xA;&gt; get knocked into the DEADEND folder&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and won't see the list of everyone&#xD;&#xA;&gt; else's home folders, etc.   (NOTE: he&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can get back to his home folder by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; typing cd BOBJONES still)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; ONE FINAL NOTE:  anybody that has a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; user ID but no virtual directory named&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the same will get defaulted to the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; root directory which has been changed&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to DEADEND." />
  <row Id="43908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24731" RevisionGUID="c0823413-ad16-4ff4-8344-432d16b8f3cc" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:46:48.413" UserId="3853" Text="This one is a mustread if you're interested in the architecture and only have basic knowledge of how virtualization works:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=3263&amp;p=1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also check out the blog on http://it.anandtech.com for benchmarks and comparisons with cutting edge as well as more mainstream hardware together with virtualization." />
  <row Id="43909" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24732" RevisionGUID="357c6431-3144-4d78-89fa-0824edf56c2b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:47:51.893" UserId="9309" Text="I had a few Dell Optiplex GX270 PCs on my work with 256 mb memory on board, so they were quite slow with Windows XP. After I replaced the memory with 2 x 512 mb modules in dual channel mode, they become much faster, however one box started to hung, turning the monitor into the sleep mode. It works fine with one module installed and I've tried different combinations of modules, so it's probably not connected to modules itself.&#xD;&#xA;I guess it has something to do with the dual channel not working properly. If there's anything I can do to troubleshoot this issue? Thanks!" />
  <row Id="43910" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24732" RevisionGUID="357c6431-3144-4d78-89fa-0824edf56c2b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:47:51.893" UserId="9309" Text="Dell Optiplex GX270 becomes unstable after memory upgrade" />
  <row Id="43911" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24732" RevisionGUID="357c6431-3144-4d78-89fa-0824edf56c2b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:47:51.893" UserId="9309" Text="&lt;dell&gt;&lt;memory&gt;&lt;upgrade&gt;" />
  <row Id="43912" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24733" RevisionGUID="605551f9-5584-493f-acc2-9541ea1529b5" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:48:19.817" UserId="4479" Text="Tell us a bit more about the storage supporting your host / sql vm (local,  iscsi(hw/sw), nfs, san, sas, sata, vendor, etc)?  From your most recent comment that sounds like a good path to examine more closely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let us know what your hypervisor (and potentially host OS is) so folks can speak more directly to your situation." />
  <row Id="43913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24734" RevisionGUID="f8f9886c-4fa3-478b-94ce-76024a2f2654" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:50:37.943" UserId="1478" Text="We have some internal processes that send email to our Exchange 2003 system (on Win2K3 R2 32bit). Recently they have been intermittently failing with various errors -- boiled down they report &quot;Exchange refused the connection&quot;. We use XWall as our spam filter (and XWall Filter for Outlook client integration) and it is also reporting &quot;Connection closed for no reason&quot; which could indicate that the Exchange server is having problems keeping up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We only have about 25 user mailboxes (about 20-25GB total) and the CPU load on the machine is not pegged (it's a 8-core Dell w/4GB RAM). My guess is that it's I/O bound in some way. We get a metric ton of spams and my guess is the box can't keep up. How would I go about diagnosing this (user mailboxes are not reporting anything amiss)? What should I look at to see where the bottleneck is -- disk I/O? Network I/O? CPU? etc.? How do I tweak Exchange?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yeah, I can look at Task Manager, but that's not really telling me anything. Thanks!!" />
  <row Id="43914" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24734" RevisionGUID="f8f9886c-4fa3-478b-94ce-76024a2f2654" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:50:37.943" UserId="1478" Text="Exchange 2003 I/O Troubles" />
  <row Id="43915" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24734" RevisionGUID="f8f9886c-4fa3-478b-94ce-76024a2f2654" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:50:37.943" UserId="1478" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;performance-tuning&gt;&lt;io&gt;" />
  <row Id="43916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24735" RevisionGUID="79cb101d-ebe4-4480-89f9-24d1e6870fa3" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:55:11.747" UserId="1928" Text="Could be a bad motherboard. Were you taking precautions against static electricity, such as wearing a ground strap, or keeping on hand on the computer's chasis?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could try a memory test from EBCD. If it fails with completely different RAM modules, then I would think it's a bad motherboard. If the memory test passes, then I'd run chkdsk and make sure the paging file is set to a large fixed size, say 2 GB." />
  <row Id="43917" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="24641" RevisionGUID="89a5abb4-5c4f-4936-9490-8d934f3d8493" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:55:25.410" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="43918" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="23986" RevisionGUID="736f067a-1097-4c78-b765-4f6ffd95e9ce" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:56:17.657" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;keyboard&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="43919" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24736" RevisionGUID="298bb5a0-b39e-4cbc-8d6b-abdc3e98bbee" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:57:49.747" UserId="1247" Text="Virtualization is really a broad topic, and I'm afraid unless you try to focus on a certain type of virtualization you won't really get much out of whatever book you choose.  There's Operating System virtualization, Profile virtualization, Hardware virtualization, Software virtualization....the lists goes on and on, and because it is so fragmented I wouldn't trust any book that covers all of them as a whole." />
  <row Id="43920" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24737" RevisionGUID="c7044610-a061-42a9-9af8-3782783b69a8" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:58:23.957" UserId="7083" Text=" 1. When scripting always echo the commands that you intend to process from iterated variables. Review the commands and ensure that they look exactly as you anticipated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. Don't leave commands sitting on the shell prompt. It only takes another task or person to distract you and you've forgotten that it was &quot;primed&quot;. Can be dangerously compounded by idle screen blanking or laggy connections." />
  <row Id="43921" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24737" RevisionGUID="c7044610-a061-42a9-9af8-3782783b69a8" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:58:23.957" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="43922" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24738" RevisionGUID="69677dc9-5b81-4a2a-8094-01cd780a88da" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:58:34.893" UserId="9224" Text="If there is anything that slows down SQL it is slow disks, or not aligning the partitions correctly. I run a SQL 2008 instance inside a VM with an Equallogic SAN for disk and it out-performs any of our physical SQL boxes hands down. " />
  <row Id="43923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24739" RevisionGUID="d47ebdf5-aa2e-4497-bbe0-b7eefa84641a" CreationDate="2009-06-12T12:59:41.740" UserId="7936" Text="Sounds to me like a typical I/O problem (uh oh, that's what you already posted) :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I' don't do Windows normally but the basic problems are the same:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - does it happen randomly or at certain times&#xD;&#xA;  - are you running a backup in the specified time&#xD;&#xA;  - are there any batch jobs&#xD;&#xA;  - are there any batch jobs you do not know about (yes double check, could be some guy/girl submitting &quot;batch jobs&quot; from a client in some automated manner)&#xD;&#xA;  - some marketing/dev Person running a nasty query that needs to go thru the whole disk&#xD;&#xA;   - it takes quite some time so those people usually kill their client before the query finishes and start of another, thereby creating even more I/O&#xD;&#xA; - **Are your disks healthy?**&#xD;&#xA; - Are there any other I/O bound services running on the machine&#xD;&#xA; - Networking? (that *should not* be the problem according to the error message but Murphy never sleeps)&#xD;&#xA; - What is the historical data on server usage?&#xD;&#xA; - Is the filesystem getting full?&#xD;&#xA; - Did someone (intentionally or not) reschedule the priority?" />
  <row Id="43924" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24740" RevisionGUID="9242b141-d318-4910-bc6c-1dae7983d308" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:00:30.723" UserId="9052" Text="Depending on the virtualization method you are intending to use you may not need to enable hardware virtualization featurs in Intel-VT and AMD-V capable CPUs. When you would need to use these features is when the virtualization method is unable to work when installing unmodified operating systems, usually Microsoft Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When working with VMware the hardware virtualization features added byt the Intel-VT and AMD-V chipsets are usually unnecessary as VMware provides all of the necessary features within itself and it can lead to degraded performance of the virtual server itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With Xen virtualization you will need to use these features if you intend to run Windows within the unprivileged guest domains (domU's) and install using full-virtualization rather than para-virtualization. In my experience having to enable these features can show a significant degradation in performance overall even still but it will allow you to install Windows. Other operating systems like Linux, *BSD and OpenSolaris I have had no problems installing without hardware virtualization and see much better improvement when the hardware virtualization features are disabled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the end it comes down to what virtualization path your are planning to take, and what operating systems you see being installed that can be the determining factor in whether to leave it disabled or go ahead and enable it." />
  <row Id="43925" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="24212" RevisionGUID="084712d9-57b7-465d-b2cb-ff046b0cc420" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:00:47.247" UserId="3582" Comment="edited title" Text="Util-Linux Login not working with shadow password" />
  <row Id="43926" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24741" RevisionGUID="5f29c5b0-471e-4eec-bb30-2aa8d32efef4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:01:01.880" UserId="9004" Text="For 10-15 years, biggest worry has been about the future of Sun and the future of SPARC.  I was about ready to give up when they came out with Solaris 10 which leaped ahead in terms of technology (although took ~1 year to be production worthy).  The recent Oracle purchase adds a lot of short-term uncertainty but that could go away pretty quickly (regardless of the outcome).  SPARC still seems a lost cause, even though there's been a lot of buzz around their &quot;new&quot; CoolThreads processors, but these are too specialized to gain wide acceptance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It'll be interesting to watch industry trends... Years ago, I observed a lot of Wall Street firms flocking to Linux (from Solaris/sparc) not for Linux, but for x86.  When Solaris 10 came out, there was definitely a partial reversal to Solaris, again on x86.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Package and patch management shouldn't be a worry, it's a matter of knowledge/skill.  To offer you a different perspective, my new job is in a Linux environment and both package and patch management worry me.  These are old generic concerns for which there are answers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I will miss Solaris sorely, some things in it just can't be found elsewhere." />
  <row Id="43927" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23946" RevisionGUID="29ba98af-d4d1-41a0-97cb-24c0e408a2cd" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:01:04.797" UserId="8039" Comment="market, not marked =/" Text="Dot matrix printers are surely still used, a lot actually. You just named the biggest market for those: carbon paper." />
  <row Id="43928" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24742" RevisionGUID="62251ebb-9cc3-451a-8806-e74152d41174" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:02:22.533" UserDisplayName="Neil" Text="I am trying to set up the out of office assistance as I out the office next week, however, the out of office message is only being sent when an e-mail is sent internally and not through an external e-mail.Could anybody assist me please. " />
  <row Id="43929" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24742" RevisionGUID="62251ebb-9cc3-451a-8806-e74152d41174" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:02:22.533" UserDisplayName="Neil" Text="Out of office assistance not working externally. " />
  <row Id="43930" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24742" RevisionGUID="62251ebb-9cc3-451a-8806-e74152d41174" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:02:22.533" UserDisplayName="Neil" Text="&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="43931" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24743" RevisionGUID="19e6305d-10c0-497f-9bda-c57fbdd8c586" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:03:04.217" UserId="8994" Text="Recently I've started to read RFCs of different multicast standards and came out to the question, which is not totally clear for me. I'm trying to compare DVMRP vs PIM-DM routing protocols in order to understand which one is better, which one producing less multicast message while establishing route and during routing process at all. And which one of them is able to produce more sophisticated source tree.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you, please help me to figure out the answers for my questions?" />
  <row Id="43932" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24743" RevisionGUID="19e6305d-10c0-497f-9bda-c57fbdd8c586" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:03:04.217" UserId="8994" Text="DVMRP vs PIM-DM multicast protocols." />
  <row Id="43933" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24743" RevisionGUID="19e6305d-10c0-497f-9bda-c57fbdd8c586" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:03:04.217" UserId="8994" Text="&lt;multicast&gt;&lt;protocols&gt;&lt;protocol-analyzer&gt;" />
  <row Id="43934" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24744" RevisionGUID="dbe52419-6175-4d39-942d-5d1949f80f3a" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:03:06.477" UserId="3302" Text="We are having problems with our reporting services portion of SQL server 2005. Can someone provide some guidance for reinstalling reporting services?" />
  <row Id="43935" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24744" RevisionGUID="dbe52419-6175-4d39-942d-5d1949f80f3a" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:03:06.477" UserId="3302" Text="Reinstall Reportin Services 2005" />
  <row Id="43936" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24744" RevisionGUID="dbe52419-6175-4d39-942d-5d1949f80f3a" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:03:06.477" UserId="3302" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;reporting&gt;&lt;reporting-services&gt;&lt;reportingservices&gt;" />
  <row Id="43937" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24745" RevisionGUID="bb3c8d1c-ab48-4860-9098-f3228404bcfc" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:03:17.290" UserId="1992" Text="There are a few more pieces of info you could provide that may change the answer away from log shipping (although with that you've said so far, log shipping is the way to go as everyone's said)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) what do you want to be able to do with the staging database?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you just want to have it there as a standby, log shipping is fine.&#xD;&#xA;If you want to be able to read from it only, log shipping is also good, but you'll need to restore the logs with STANDBY, and then make a policy decision about what you do to database connections when it's time to restore the next log backup - kick them out or not? If not, you'll need to monitor to make sure the database doesn't get too far out of sync. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to be able to write to the database too (for instance to do some ETL), log shipping is not the answer as it does not allow write access to the database and you may want to consider some form of replication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43938" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24746" RevisionGUID="0f619ae2-5fd2-4ed9-be99-006fb6a9b6ba" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:03:20.393" UserId="8905" Text="You could enable [diagnostic logging][1] and see what's happening in more or less real time.  Also you could look into trying to block domains or IP ranges from which the spam is originating if you haven't already.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/exchange2003/exchange2003_logs_diagnostic.htm" />
  <row Id="43939" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24747" RevisionGUID="061d7175-3150-45dc-beb1-354c6c464a42" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:03:32.017" UserId="7200" Text="Perfmon is your friend. Chart gross performance of CPU (% utilization, % user mode vs kernel mode, context switches), disk (queue length, % disk time), and memory (page faults / sec, working set sizes) for starts. That'll give you a place to start looking. If you're most interested in IO, you might grab the &quot;Process&quot; counters for the Exchange services associated with IO (IO Read / Write Bytes or Operations per second) and get those on the chart, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Without knowing more details, it's difficult to tell you what counters on Exchange services to look at. I haven't seen a lot of situations where the Exchange/Windows SMTP service doesn't answer for connections. It surprises me, actually, to hear that it's not answering for SMTP. I wonder if you might have a network problem in the mix here, too. You might consdier sniffing traffic between the XWall machine and Exchange (if you can catch it in the act) and see if it's really a matter of unanswered SMTP sessions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24748" RevisionGUID="4cdb3776-8ba6-46ec-954d-041ff4b60710" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:04:07.960" UserId="4479" Text="Does this server have any other function than Exchange(that's a lot of CPU)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you use OWA? Do you have the /3GB boot switch enabled?  (These don't always play well together).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What client do users use to connect with and if Outlook do they use &quot;Exchange Proxy&quot;?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's the storage look like (local/SAN, SATA/SAS, RAID level).  You should see too much trouble with just 25 users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are lots of angles to an exchange environment to look at....." />
  <row Id="43941" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24749" RevisionGUID="6c934ffa-4d58-4f03-83f9-23945f011a09" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:04:35.603" UserId="48" Text="The first thing I would do is to use process explorer to determine where the bottleneck is, is it disk or RAM etc. Once you know that you can look at resolving what's causing it. The easiest option is obviously to throw hardware at it, will more RAM or faster disks help, or moving Exchange to its own disk. If this is being caused by spam, you could also look at putting in a front end server to handle spam before it gets to Exchange, something like postfix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for configuration fixes, you could look at getting XWall to drop as much spam as possible before it even reaches the Exchange server, which will help reduce the load on Exchange." />
  <row Id="43942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24750" RevisionGUID="69d9561e-9c05-4523-8543-15cf29678a8c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:05:39.563" UserDisplayName="Sneha" Text="&#xD;&#xA;hi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i am a beginner at asp, i have made a website using asp.net and C#, now i want it to run it on intranet, my laptop being server. But i can't even run the default page that is present after iis installation. I have vista home basic operating system installed on my laptop with iis 7.0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The error i get is HTTP 404.4 page not found.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The error persists even when i try opening html pages&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please help&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="43943" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24750" RevisionGUID="69d9561e-9c05-4523-8543-15cf29678a8c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:05:39.563" UserDisplayName="Sneha" Text="iis 7.0 on vista home basic for opening asp pages" />
  <row Id="43944" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24750" RevisionGUID="69d9561e-9c05-4523-8543-15cf29678a8c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:05:39.563" UserDisplayName="Sneha" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;asp.net&gt;&lt;error&gt;" />
  <row Id="43945" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="24744" RevisionGUID="50a2825a-a2b5-42e3-aa7b-35f4c3d484fa" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:07:25.257" UserId="48" Comment="Fixed spelling in title" Text="Reinstall Reporting Services 2005" />
  <row Id="43946" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24751" RevisionGUID="1214dfb9-ff4d-478c-b592-26527d721e86" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:07:56.770" UserId="9224" Text="If you are going to use VMware, I highly recommend VMware INfrastructure 3 Advanced Technical Design &amp; Advanced Operations Guide: http://www.amazon.com/VMware-Infrastructure-Advanced-Technical-Operations/dp/0971151083/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1244811586&amp;sr=8-1" />
  <row Id="43947" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24752" RevisionGUID="eb7a2701-afa5-47c5-a8bb-131f529c3a2c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:08:13.320" UserId="7783" Text="More details of the email system you're using and possibly what you've tried already are customary at this point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if you're using Exchange, try this (Exchange 2003, but its similar for all versions)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the Exchange system manager expand the &quot;Global Settings&quot; node.&#xD;&#xA;Click on &quot;Internet Message Formats&quot; the right hand screen will change to display a &quot;Default&quot; entry.&#xD;&#xA;Right click on this and select properties - from the box that appears choose the &quot;Advanced&quot; tab - at the bottom you will see a tick box for &quot;Allow out of office responses&quot;- tick it, click apply. Give replication a chance to take place.&#xD;&#xA;Things should now be working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember, when testing, OOO only allows one response to a mailbox per day, so don't keep trying with teh same external email address over and over, try testing with a few different ones." />
  <row Id="43948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24753" RevisionGUID="f931c84d-3999-409b-8164-d9f611b7dbea" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:08:53.147" UserId="6767" Text="I am (was) a Solaris admin through to about nine years ago, from v2.5 through v8.  I've had a little exposure to Solaris 9, and almost none to 10.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My reasons for avoiding Solaris:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hardware support is not nearly as good as many Linux or Windows operating systems.  It is improving.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can run Solaris for free, but you can't get updates for free.  Not even security updates.  Not even 0-day exploits. You have to buy a support plan, per system, which can be expensive.  This means that the way to get updates is to wait for the next &quot;U&quot; release, and upgrade at that point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OpenSolaris is too bleeding edge for me.  It changes too often, and the releases wander too close to unstable or unreliable for my needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Between Solaris and OpenSolaris, Sun has managed to totally miss the happy medium between &quot;welcome to 2004&quot; and &quot;I'm so new and shiny I don't really work 100%!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used to be willing to use Solaris more before the Blastwave project imploded.  Through there I could get newer tools that fit more with the Linux way of doing things (which is where I spend 95% of my professional time) with a relatively easy online way of managing the tools and updates.  Once Blastwave and CSW settle down, I'll look at both remnants and decide if it is worth putting time and effort into either of them again.  Really, the loss of Blastwave as a trustworthy source of tools was a huge blow to Solaris' viability in my circles.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But the number one reason for me is that right now I don't need to do anything that requires Solaris." />
  <row Id="43949" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="24742" RevisionGUID="30b3323e-0223-4dcf-b3f2-62e42c87029d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:08:54.177" UserId="7783" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="43950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24754" RevisionGUID="6b1791df-c219-4379-807e-3eee9ec467cb" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:10:16.127" UserId="7200" Text="To tell you what, specifically, to change will depend on knowing your version of Exchange.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the procedure for Exchange 2000 to enable Out-of-Office messages to be sent to the Internet: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262352&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the procedure for Exchange 2003 to enable Out-of-Office messages to be sent to the Internet: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821899&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Exchange 2007, Out-of-Office functionality has changed dramatically and is enabled to the Internet by default." />
  <row Id="43951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24755" RevisionGUID="f8843a31-540b-47cf-bdf0-4a60c546ee27" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:15:00.783" UserId="8199" Text="Remember that requests to &quot;server&quot; still have to resolve even if it's on the same machine. Check from another machine to see if the server resolves. Also, your laptop is probably blocking http traffic with it's workstation firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check http://localhost/pagethatexists.html instead of http://domainyousetup/pagethatexists.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers,&#xD;&#xA;-Mathew" />
  <row Id="43952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24756" RevisionGUID="45df2243-41dd-4f42-8700-4abf8c5a2b38" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:15:46.367" UserId="4703" Text="I would certainly look at OSSEC. It detects these patterns and can block the ip addresses. It also looks for scans (multiple 404s for example) and block the offender IP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And yes, it does that by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Link: http://www.ossec.net" />
  <row Id="43953" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="24680" RevisionGUID="a96de7d4-8b7e-4bb0-9e0e-cc047ef8098f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:15:50.563" UserId="301" Comment="edited title" Text="Weird load issues running Courier IMAP inside Linode VPS" />
  <row Id="43954" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24757" RevisionGUID="3e04d3e5-07b3-4230-84b2-219412a3cb19" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:18:53.553" UserId="4946" Text="To uninstall:&#xD;&#xA;From [here][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Go to Add/Remove Programs and click&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Change.   Choose Reporting services&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and continue.   At some point you will&#xD;&#xA;&gt; have to make the choice to remove SQL&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server.   Verify that in the blue bar&#xD;&#xA;&gt; above it says &quot;Reporting Services&quot; and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; continue.   It's a little&#xD;&#xA;&gt; nerve-wracking, but that's the way to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be sure to [backup your encryption key][2] first!  &#xD;&#xA;(If you have encrypted content in your database.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic337658-149-1.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms400729(VS.80).aspx" />
  <row Id="43955" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24758" RevisionGUID="9b0e76ea-5bcb-4330-abab-2d30c756c33c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:20:23.363" UserId="9224" Text="If you are concerned with keeping down the total bandwidth of multicast packets for your routing protocol, you need to focus on those protocols that send change-based updates. For example, RIP sends it's entire table at a regular interval (RIP v1 is IP UDP port 520, RIP v2 is Multicast), where as EIGRP only sends periodic 'hello' messages unless there is a topology change, they will not regularly send out their topology tree. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my mind, EIGRP is one of the most sophisticated source trees since it stores a copy of all of the neighboring trees so that it can almost instantly converge on a new best route if a link goes down. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As with all routing protocols, you can adjust and customize these timers, but beware that you can cause some huge problems if you adjust the hello/timeout/hold down timers on one router but not another. " />
  <row Id="43956" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24684" RevisionGUID="0caec318-a7e4-4799-9690-5a1d9806baef" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:21:06.670" UserId="145" Comment="Added additional information to question" Text="We've had a number of servers from Dell recently, all of which have had hardware-assisted virtualization disabled in the BIOS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**As far as I know hardware-assisted virtualization is a good thing - so why would Dell disable it? Does it have a performance overhead if the machine isn't acting as a virtual machine host? Are there any security issues?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In case it's relevant to your answers we will primarily be using:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Host OS: Windows Server 2003 Enterprise R2 (32-bit)&#xD;&#xA; - Guest OS:Windows Server 2003 Enterprise R2 (32-bit)&#xD;&#xA; - VMM: Virtual Server 2005 Enterprise R2 SP1" />
  <row Id="43957" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24755" RevisionGUID="27ba5457-0cd3-4e51-b4c5-8f24b61cbb8e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:21:48.260" UserId="8199" Comment="added 241 characters in body" Text="If it's the default install doesn't support what you want to do, check this out:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://msmvps.com/blogs/bernard/archive/2007/04/03/why-you-need-vista-business-ultimate-for-iis-7.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you think this doesn't apply...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also remember that requests to &quot;server&quot; still have to resolve even if it's on the same machine. Check from another machine to see if the server resolves. Also, your laptop is probably blocking http traffic with it's workstation firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check http://localhost/pagethatexists.html instead of http://domainyousetup/pagethatexists.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers,&#xD;&#xA;-Mathew" />
  <row Id="43958" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23603" RevisionGUID="b74b8b42-d0de-4386-a061-873c81cfaf6b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:24:14.903" UserId="9066" Comment="added 152 characters in body" Text="I am having some problems with a Dell 1950 server. I am installing RHEL 4.6 along with Oracle and some other software on here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am randomly getting an error message saying &quot;kernel: journal commit I/O error&quot; on my ssh session and on the monitor I have hooked up to the server I see an error scrolling by that says &quot;EXT3-fs error (device sda5) in start_transaction: Journal has aborted.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; It has happened several times but never at the same point during the install. Actually, this last time the system was up and running and I was just trying to import a database into oracle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This has happened on several hard drives, so I'm pretty sure that is not the problem. This makes me think the raid controller is going bad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you guys think?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;** UPDATE **&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pretty sure it was a bad hard drive. I threw another drive in the server and it's been running for about 48 hours with out problems." />
  <row Id="43959" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24199" RevisionGUID="3bf70b33-a6cb-4942-bc70-0b77755ecc89" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:25:30.797" UserId="9198" Comment="Added further output from debug logging" Text="I have a Solaris 10 server on another network. I can ping it and telnet to it, but ssh doesn't connect. PuTTY log contains nothing of interest (they both negotiate to ssh v2) and then I get &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;Event Log: Network error: Software caused connection abort&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ssh is defintely running:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    svcs -a | grep ssh&#xD;&#xA;    online         12:12:04 svc:/network/ssh:default&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's an extract from the server's /var/adm/messages (anonymised)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  8 19:51:05 ******* sshd[26391]: [ID 800047 auth.crit] fatal: Read from socket failed: Connection reset by peer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if I telnet to the box, I can login to ssh locally. I can also ssh to other (non-Solaris) machines on that network fine so I don't believe that it's a network issue (though, since I'm a few hundred miles away, I can't be sure).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The server's firewall is disabled, so that shouldn't be a problem&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    root@******** # svcs -a | grep -i ipf&#xD;&#xA;    disabled       Apr_27   svc:/network/ipfilter:default&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas what I should start checking?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:**&#xD;&#xA;Based on the feedback below, I've run sshd in debug mode. Here's the client output:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ssh -vvv root@machine -p 32222&#xD;&#xA;    OpenSSH_5.0p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8h 28 May 2008&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Connecting to machine [X.X.X.X] port 32222.&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Connection established.&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: identity file /home/lawrencj/.ssh/identity type -1&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: identity file /home/lawrencj/.ssh/id_rsa type -1&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: identity file /home/lawrencj/.ssh/id_dsa type -1&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version Sun_SSH_1.1&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: no match: Sun_SSH_1.1&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.0&#xD;&#xA;    debug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent&#xD;&#xA;    Read from socket failed: Connection reset by peer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And here's the server output:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    root@machine # /usr/lib/ssh/sshd -d -p 32222&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: sshd version Sun_SSH_1.1&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: read PEM private key done: type RSA&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: private host key: #0 type 1 RSA&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: read PEM private key done: type DSA&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: private host key: #1 type 2 DSA&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Bind to port 32222 on ::.&#xD;&#xA;    Server listening on :: port 32222.&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Bind to port 32222 on 0.0.0.0.&#xD;&#xA;    Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 32222.&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Server will not fork when running in debugging mode.&#xD;&#xA;    Connection from 1.2.3.4 port 2652&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Client protocol version 2.0; client software version OpenSSH_5.0&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: match: OpenSSH_5.0 pat OpenSSH*&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-Sun_SSH_1.1&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: list_hostkey_types: ssh-rsa,ssh-dss&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Failed to acquire GSS-API credentials for any mechanisms (No credentials were supplied, or the credentials were unavailable or inaccessible&#xD;&#xA;    Unknown code 0&#xD;&#xA;    )&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent&#xD;&#xA;    Read from socket failed: Connection reset by peer&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Calling cleanup 0x4584c(0x0)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This line seems a likely candidate:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    debug1: Failed to acquire GSS-API credentials for any mechanisms (No credentials were supplied, or the credentials were unavailable or inaccessible" />
  <row Id="43960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24759" RevisionGUID="57892710-ef9e-451c-b937-5e5d12c13355" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:26:43.307" UserId="6953" Text="I don't know if Java uses DNS differently, but on AIX if you are going to use the /etc/hosts file, you should make sure /etc/netsvc.conf is set correctly.  By default, if /etc/resolv.conf is found, AIX will use DNS, then hosts.  To have hosts be first, make sure you have a line in /etc/netsvc.conf that says something like hosts=local,bind4" />
  <row Id="43961" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24760" RevisionGUID="063a363e-08c1-4322-8743-3a56482a3e29" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:27:22.587" UserId="9216" Text="I tried the procedure listed by Jack B Nimble for adding the certificate to the Network Services account, but that did not seem to help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I finally solved my problem by &#xD;&#xA;1. in IIS, going to the Directory Security tab under my Website &#xD;&#xA;2. clicking &quot;Server Certificate&quot;&#xD;&#xA;3. importing my certificate through the wizard&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I thought this step was superfluous because it dealt with server-side certificates. Even though the certificate was already in the LOCAL_MACHINE, something about the process above causes &quot;Network Services&quot; to see it. This is true even after &quot;Removing&quot; the certificate with the wizard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a step that had been done on my development box (experimentally) but not on my production box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Network Services&quot; is definitely using the LOCAL_MACHINE certificate now, because toggling permissions also toggles my webservice's ability to communicate. " />
  <row Id="43962" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24495" RevisionGUID="ed5fba9b-30a1-4f59-bf45-930fe9ebbcba" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:29:37.280" UserId="3356" Comment="Added line on monitored throughput" Text="At our organization we have a number of IDSes currently in place, including a mix of commercial systems and open.  This is due in part to the type of historical considerations that happen at a university, and performance reasons.  That being said, I'm going to talk about Snort for a little bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been rolling out an enterprise wide snort sensor disbursal for some time now.  This is a smallish sized array currently (think &lt;10), scoped to reach a couple of dozen.  What I have learned going through this process has been invaluable;  principally with techniques to manage both the number of alerts coming through as well as managing this many highly distributed nodes.  Using MRTG as a guide, we have sensors seeing an average of 5Mbps up to 96MBps.  Keep in mind that for the purposes of this answer I'm talking about IDS, not IDP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The major findings are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Snort is a very fully featured IDS and *easily* holds its own w.r.t. feature set to much larger and unnamed network appliance vendors.&#xD;&#xA; 2. The most interesting alerts come from the [Bleeding Threats][1] project.&#xD;&#xA; 3. WSUS results in a stupidly large number of false positives, largely from the sfPortscan preprocessor.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Any more than 2/3 sensors requires a good configuration and patch management system.&#xD;&#xA; 5. Expect to see a *very* large number of false positives until aggressive tuning is performed.&#xD;&#xA; 6. BASE does not scale very well with a large number of alerts, and snort has no built in alert management system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To be fair to snort, I have noticed 5 in a large number of systems, including Juniper and Cisco.  I have also been told stories of how Snort can be installed and configured easier than TippingPoint, though I have never used that product.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All in all, I have been very happy with Snort.  I largely preferred to turn on most rules, and spend my time tuning rather than going through thousands of rules and deciding which ones to turn on.  This made the time spent tuning a little higher, but I planned for it from the outset.  Also, as this project was ramping up we also went through a SEIM purchase, which made it easy to coordinate the two.  So I have managed to leverage good log correlation and aggregation during the tuning process.  If you have no such product, your experience tuning may be different.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bleedingthreats.net/" />
  <row Id="43963" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24761" RevisionGUID="5f115f3d-cb36-41a6-8c96-b789b50d55b1" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:31:35.297" UserId="9052" Text="Based on the information you've provided so far I would suggest that problem is with the MAC address duplication and the disconnections may be from the switch you're ethernet port is going through.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said there will be some MAC address duplication. I just checked on one of my Xen servers that I have been working on and I get the following when I run ``ifconfig | grep HWaddr``&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:E0:81:2D:66:AC  &#xD;&#xA;    eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:E0:81:2D:66:AD  &#xD;&#xA;    peth0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF  &#xD;&#xA;    peth1     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF  &#xD;&#xA;    vif0.0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF  &#xD;&#xA;    vif0.1    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF  &#xD;&#xA;    vif31.0   Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF  &#xD;&#xA;    vif31.1   Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF  &#xD;&#xA;    virbr0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00  &#xD;&#xA;    xenbr0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF  &#xD;&#xA;    xenbr1    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is on a RHEL5 Xen 3.0.3 server so I am assuming the interface differences are based on changes between 3.0.3 and 3.1.2. That aside you can see that both my eth0 and eth1 interfaces are different MAC addresses whereas yours are both identical. the pethX and vifX.X entries are all virtual interfaces for Xen so the MAC address FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF is perfectly fine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The xenbr0 is the bridge that eth0 is attached to and xenbr1 is the bridge for eth1 and use the same MAC address. The virbr0 interface is the bridge for the internal virtual network and has the 00:00:00:00:00:00 MAC because of having spanning tree protocol enabled. You can confirm the bridging on your system by running ``brctl show`` which should give you something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    bridge name	bridge id		STP enabled	interfaces&#xD;&#xA;    virbr0		8000.000000000000	yes		&#xD;&#xA;    xenbr0		8000.feffffffffff	no	vif31.0&#xD;&#xA;    							peth0&#xD;&#xA;    							vif0.0&#xD;&#xA;    xenbr1		8000.feffffffffff	no	vif31.1&#xD;&#xA;    							peth1&#xD;&#xA;    							vif0.1" />
  <row Id="43964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24762" RevisionGUID="526101d2-085b-43ad-a457-471f28b38f57" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:31:55.857" UserId="75" Text="Is there a command I can use to easily find the path to an executable? I'm looking for identify on my local machine - something like pwd?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    pwd identify&#xD;&#xA;    =&gt; /usr/local/bin/identify" />
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  <row Id="43966" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24762" RevisionGUID="526101d2-085b-43ad-a457-471f28b38f57" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:31:55.857" UserId="75" Text="&lt;bash&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;terminal&gt;" />
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  <row Id="43973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24766" RevisionGUID="56ee08d9-bd9d-48f7-bdf2-f375dcc82176" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:33:54.310" UserId="1435" Text="try 'locate identify'" />
  <row Id="43974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24767" RevisionGUID="306ec45c-c2bc-4c3e-8791-87e3e629fbe2" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:37:08.173" UserId="5038" Text="I'd only consider PIM-DM in a network where there's receiving hosts on most (if not all) routers in the network and mostly end up using PIM-SM. Not knowing how your network looks, I can't (unfortunately) give you any hard and fast guidance." />
  <row Id="43975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24768" RevisionGUID="41240285-5246-4977-b4ca-cf6fefc7a5a4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:37:56.907" UserId="2629" Text="Pursuant to my question on [alleviating the password explosion][1], I've contacted some of the services to whom we are paying money to access their websites to ask if we could authenticate our own users, and some of them said yes and send me specs on how to do so.  (One of the sites called such a system a page a &quot;portal&quot;; I've never heard the term used in quite that way.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is simple enough that I am tempted to roll my own.  The largest complication is that one site wants us to store a key for every user in our database (and I think the LDAP database makes sense) after their initial login.  So, non-trivial, but doable.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The nature of these sorts of tasks, I expect, is that if they start out small and simple, they don't end that way.  There must be some software that addresses this that is readily extended, surely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my searching, I've come across:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [SimpleSAMLphp][2]&#xD;&#xA;- [JOSSO][3]&#xD;&#xA;- [RubyCAS-Server][4]&#xD;&#xA;- [Shibboleth][5]&#xD;&#xA;- [Pubcookie](http://www.pubcookie.org/)&#xD;&#xA;- [OpenID](http://openid.net/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Wow, gee.  I'd missed some of those in my previous searches!  The wikipedia page on [Central Authentication Services][6] is useful, and the section on [Alternatives to OpenID][7] makes it look like there is a lot of choice.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone recommend any of these, or suggest ones to avoid?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Internally, we are authenticating using Apple's Open Directory [ == OpenLDAP + Kerberos + Password Server (which, I believe, == SAML) ].  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as extending/tweaking/advanced configuration of a system, I am able to program in Python, C++, can do some basic PHP, and may be able to remember some Java. Looks like I need to pick up Ruby at some point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Addendum:  I would also like users to be able to change their passwords over the web (and for certain users to change passwords of other users).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/19125/alleviating-the-password-explosion-problem&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://rnd.feide.no/simplesamlphp&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.josso.org/confluence/display/JOSSO1/JOSSO+-+Java+Open+Single+Sign-On+Project+Home&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://code.google.com/p/rubycas-server/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Authentication_Service&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_ID#Alternatives" />
  <row Id="43976" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24768" RevisionGUID="41240285-5246-4977-b4ca-cf6fefc7a5a4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:37:56.907" UserId="2629" Text="SSO &quot;Portal&quot;" />
  <row Id="43977" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24768" RevisionGUID="41240285-5246-4977-b4ca-cf6fefc7a5a4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:37:56.907" UserId="2629" Text="&lt;single-sign-on&gt;" />
  <row Id="43978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24769" RevisionGUID="f3d0398b-25f4-4a6f-a5cd-0d2cbf74d8de" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:39:56.717" UserId="543" Text="We've created the list and verified that it works for emails sent to the list from within the organization.  But emails sent from outside addresses are ignored with no NDR.  I'm guessing this is something simple..." />
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  <row Id="43980" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24769" RevisionGUID="f3d0398b-25f4-4a6f-a5cd-0d2cbf74d8de" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:39:56.717" UserId="543" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;exchange-2007&gt;" />
  <row Id="43981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24770" RevisionGUID="65d0ba00-3dea-4810-94b5-02f95ff7613d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:40:03.987" UserId="2299" Text="OK we've now set up an SBS 2008 server on a Poweredge 840 with two Western Digital RE3 SATA disks as a RAID1 on a SAS5iR controller. This is for a very small office (only three users) and it's working OK. The disk speed is not stunning, but it's quite acceptable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43982" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24771" RevisionGUID="40768507-da15-491b-b3b7-318696b67594" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:44:09.707" UserId="9319" Text="Uninstall the &quot;Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration&quot; from Add/Remove Windows Components.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Log out, log back in, and you should be good to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there's a more secure means of doing this (I really don't like doing it this way), please let me know." />
  <row Id="43983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24772" RevisionGUID="a59d956c-d489-4071-8521-bc1341a10ec4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:46:22.370" UserDisplayName="MikeNYC" Text="The built-in IIS SMTP support sucks. Better install any of good **free** email servers like HMail or MailEnable (We use MailEnable and are happy with it)." />
  <row Id="43984" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24773" RevisionGUID="18332f25-2873-4c31-8108-e0d10ab1bcb1" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:48:50.883" UserId="466" Text="How would I go about creating a cronjob that runs at the following times every day:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*  3:00am&#xD;&#xA;*  3:50am&#xD;&#xA;*  9:00am&#xD;&#xA;*  9:50am&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried this but it doesn't seem to be working:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    00,50    3,9    *    *    *    /usr/bin/something.sh" />
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  <row Id="43986" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24773" RevisionGUID="18332f25-2873-4c31-8108-e0d10ab1bcb1" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:48:50.883" UserId="466" Text="&lt;crontab&gt;" />
  <row Id="43990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24775" RevisionGUID="e4ba3092-6efa-4803-98e4-f90fd3362f98" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:50:51.817" UserId="301" Text="Is `/usr/bin/something.sh` executable ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check &#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;    /var/log/cron or /var/log/messages&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;depending on your distribution. " />
  <row Id="43991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24776" RevisionGUID="047b0b15-0f60-41b7-a64c-b279e2587fa3" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:50:53.220" UserId="9311" Text="&#xD;&#xA;`0 3,9 * * * /usr/bin/something.sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;50 3,9 * * * /usr/bin/something.sh`" />
  <row Id="43995" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24718" RevisionGUID="b6e2a622-e972-4059-8039-d609c3ee8263" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:55:47.440" UserId="5237" Comment="More examples" Text="&quot;Jailing&quot; in ftp means locking the ftp session to a particular subset of the filesystem.&#xD;&#xA;Usually it is set so that if a particular user logs in, they can only ftp to their own directory space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ftp server will often have an option that, when a user is connected, to chroot the user, which means as far as that user is concerned, the root of the universe is some specific portion of the total available filesystem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;'vsftp' has a really clear explanation and how-to at [vsftpd][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some other examples include [proftp][2] and [ftp on hp/ux][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/vsftp-chroot-users-limit-to-only-their-home-directory.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/linux/manual4/secureftp.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447626+1244808899488+28353475&amp;threadId=244465&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="43996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24779" RevisionGUID="7640af75-7cd4-4cfc-a03c-4cd602acaf55" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:56:22.370" UserId="7067" Text="Both of the above are good answers/questions.  I ran across this yesterday and it might give you some ideas:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Practical Crontab Examples][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/06/15-practical-crontab-examples/" />
  <row Id="43997" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24776" RevisionGUID="7e0a70ca-3620-4d86-b506-7ceafdd1c782" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:57:30.043" UserId="301" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="    0 3,9 * * * /usr/bin/something.sh&#xD;&#xA;    50 3,9 * * * /usr/bin/something.sh" />
  <row Id="43998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24780" RevisionGUID="62c5270e-1c2d-4f00-ab8c-84ff2dd7c2b8" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:59:15.547" UserId="1616" Text="NB:  This server has SMTP installed, Exchange is not available to be installed on this box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to set up a server to accept email for one domain.  e.g. emails sent to 12345@acceptdomain.com and then reroute these emails to a different domain address, say 12345@reroutedomain.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to accomplish this?" />
  <row Id="43999" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24780" RevisionGUID="62c5270e-1c2d-4f00-ab8c-84ff2dd7c2b8" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:59:15.547" UserId="1616" Text="Setup email address forwarding on Windows 2003" />
  <row Id="44000" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24780" RevisionGUID="62c5270e-1c2d-4f00-ab8c-84ff2dd7c2b8" CreationDate="2009-06-12T13:59:15.547" UserId="1616" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;smtp&gt;" />
  <row Id="44001" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24757" RevisionGUID="cd71b9bb-6606-42b6-992a-9e57c697eb4e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:00:14.720" UserId="4946" Comment="added 120 characters in body" Text="To uninstall:&#xD;&#xA;From [here][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Go to Add/Remove Programs and click&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Change.   Choose Reporting services&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and continue.   At some point you will&#xD;&#xA;&gt; have to make the choice to remove SQL&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server.   Verify that in the blue bar&#xD;&#xA;&gt; above it says &quot;Reporting Services&quot; and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; continue.   It's a little&#xD;&#xA;&gt; nerve-wracking, but that's the way to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be sure to [backup your encryption key][2] first!  &#xD;&#xA;(If you have encrypted content in your database.)  &#xD;&#xA;And as noted by @NYSystemsAnalyst in the comments: also backup your ReportServerDB and ReportServerTempDB databases!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic337658-149-1.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms400729(VS.80).aspx" />
  <row Id="44003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24782" RevisionGUID="81e4d124-82d5-41c2-bdb9-b62012cc08be" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:01:15.933" UserId="9140" Text="Look at the question 4 line below yours:&#xD;&#xA;http://serverfault.com/questions/24618/how-do-i-set-up-smtp-on-windows-server-2003-to-forward-all-emails-to-a-given-addr" />
  <row Id="44004" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24783" RevisionGUID="07b8956e-8128-4d6e-8cef-02b5cff51c56" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:03:20.890" UserId="3038" Text="Yes it is. Exchange 2007 changed the default so that Distribution Lists can only be used by Authenticated Users. If you go into Exchange Console and the distribution group, head into Delivery Options. You'll see the &quot;authenticated users only&quot; box checked. Clear that box, and external users can then use it." />
  <row Id="44005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24784" RevisionGUID="38135b47-7bd5-4cd9-a892-8666523f164c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:04:36.240" UserId="846" Text="My reference is 2003, so this may not be correct but ...   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - is the email address &quot;listname@domain.com&quot; in the email field on the General tab of the properties?   &#xD;&#xA; - Is there an SMTP entry for it on the E-mail Addresses tab?&#xD;&#xA; - On the Exchange General tab there is a Message Restrictions setting, which may be set to accept messages from Authenticated Users only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24785" RevisionGUID="ef8803d9-5d50-4f48-90b9-fe3796cc346f" CreationDate="2009-06-10T15:10:09.920" Text="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to apply an Oracle 9.2.0.8.0 patch to an existing 9.2.0.7.0. The server has Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any issues/problems you encountered after applying this 9.2.0.8.0 patch set in Windows 2003?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="44009" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24786" RevisionGUID="168c69de-296a-4288-a6b9-47eab08e8952" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:06:04.053" UserId="8152" Text="I'll tell you what we do&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1- 2 minutes on the degaussing machine&#xD;&#xA;2- sharp scissors and about 20 minutes to make confetti.  alternately, a good office shredder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24787" RevisionGUID="4722d6fe-7f09-4592-84ce-a175bf2bfc39" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:10:46.053" UserId="4995" Text="I have a samba folder that I try and access through smbclient, and I can browse it just fine. However, mounting it through smbmount, all the folders under the share are empty. I can list the folders directly under the share fine, but they all appear empty.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;smbclient:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # smbclient //server/share -U username -W workgroup password&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;smbmount&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # sudo smbmount //server/share mntpoint -o user=username,workgroup=workgroup,password=password&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have also tried with domain=workgroup instead of workgroup, both give the same result. No error messages, everything mounts fine, but all the folders under mntpoint are empty, despite the same folders being non-empty when using smbclient.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are these using different libraries? How can I debug the error?" />
  <row Id="44011" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24787" RevisionGUID="4722d6fe-7f09-4592-84ce-a175bf2bfc39" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:10:46.053" UserId="4995" Text="Files showing in smbclient but not smbmount" />
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  <row Id="44013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24788" RevisionGUID="3c8ed614-dced-45f2-b614-26b9e4560881" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:10:57.070" UserId="5119" Text="Tail all logs in /var/log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias logs=&quot;find /var/log -type f -exec file {} \; | grep 'text' | cut -d' ' -f1 | sed -e's/:$//g' | grep -v '[0-9]$' | xargs tail -f&quot;" />
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  <row Id="44015" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24789" RevisionGUID="138b4e95-6816-4469-bc44-764667460c9b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:13:13.350" UserId="651" Text="My current configuration of WSS 3.0 is suddenly missing the ['Connect to Outlook'][1] actions menu item! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It used to be there but I don't recall making any changes at all (I know, famous last words!). I'd like to avoid having to re-install SBS 2008 because of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a log file that I could inspect for any errors?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA100820301033.aspx" />
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  <row Id="44017" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24789" RevisionGUID="138b4e95-6816-4469-bc44-764667460c9b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:13:13.350" UserId="651" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;menu&gt;" />
  <row Id="44018" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24790" RevisionGUID="d7b3090b-31af-4fa9-9573-dabd8a843aff" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:13:47.483" UserId="6469" Text="Do you think that replication would be an option? Configure your MySQL server as a slave and replicate from the SQL Server (as master).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm bringing this up as an option because you say that you need more than a one-off migration, and replication **may** be well-suited to that goal, since doing manual exports at intervals has two drawbacks: it's clumsy, but more importantly, in order to preserve state *between* the two machines, you need *two* exports (one form each machine) and then have to deal with potential conflicts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll have to assess its usefulness in your particular application, though, it may not be what you need. Do comment here and let us know what you did!" />
  <row Id="44019" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="24750" RevisionGUID="e78b75e5-a46a-4d2a-860c-6f7041eb2b39" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:17:34.263" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:48,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Sam Cogan&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:45,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;splattne&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="44020" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24791" RevisionGUID="4ea8e42f-115d-4725-82c9-51a34e6f271e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:17:45.557" UserId="2948" Text="We have thousands and thousands of users.  We use AD groups and do NOT put individual users inside of SharePoint (unless it is a small departmental site and the department is responsible for managing user rights).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have seen Search stop indexing ACLs correctly when you add more than about 2,000 individual users to a SharePoint site collection.  " />
  <row Id="44021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24792" RevisionGUID="b9392556-50bd-416b-ad87-2be8920ad5e7" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:18:34.433" UserId="1466" Text="I am running a Debian system, and find the output of the **dmesg** command very helpful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can somebody explain to me what information is output by the dmesg command?  Is it a 1:1 correlation to the kern.* messages in syslog?" />
  <row Id="44022" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24792" RevisionGUID="b9392556-50bd-416b-ad87-2be8920ad5e7" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:18:34.433" UserId="1466" Text="Explain the output of dmesg" />
  <row Id="44023" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24792" RevisionGUID="b9392556-50bd-416b-ad87-2be8920ad5e7" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:18:34.433" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;dmesg&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;syslog&gt;" />
  <row Id="44024" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24773" RevisionGUID="e59b17e4-5a6e-46db-aa19-1ee5513cae63" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:19:07.490" UserId="466" Comment="added 302 characters in body" Text="How would I go about creating a cronjob that runs at the following times every day:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*  3:00am&#xD;&#xA;*  3:50am&#xD;&#xA;*  9:00am&#xD;&#xA;*  9:50am&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried this but it doesn't seem to be working:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    00,50    3,9    *    *    *    /usr/bin/something.sh&#xD;&#xA;___&#xD;&#xA;###The Solution&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After much poking around in the logs, it turns out the issue was another script higher up in the crontab was segfaulting so my crontab entry never ran at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I disabled those scripts and my entry ran just fine.  Also, it turns out that the syntax above is perfectly valid." />
  <row Id="44025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24793" RevisionGUID="50ab4041-81e3-43dd-8ec6-8720c5553041" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:19:25.647" UserId="2930" Text="We're thinking about using [Piwik](http://piwik.org/) on a production environment. Has anybody already gained some experience with that tool, what are your opinions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many thanks!" />
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  <row Id="44027" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24793" RevisionGUID="50ab4041-81e3-43dd-8ec6-8720c5553041" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:19:25.647" UserId="2930" Text="&lt;statistics&gt;&lt;logging&gt;" />
  <row Id="44028" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24794" RevisionGUID="a6187fe6-b093-4fe2-9ce2-8117a0ef66fd" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:19:50.640" UserId="6244" Text="If you are using freebsd then best way is to use firewall:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    kldload pf&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;rdr on INT proto tcp from any to any port PORT1 -&gt; IP2 port PORT2&quot; &gt; /etc/pf.conf&#xD;&#xA;    pfctl -f /etc/pf.conf&#xD;&#xA;    pfctl -e&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;INT - interface name (i.e. rl0)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this command will forward from INT:PORT1 to IP2:PORT2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's fastest and most customizable method of forwarding ports but it's BSD-only&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check [PF FAQ][1] for more&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/" />
  <row Id="44029" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24794" RevisionGUID="a6187fe6-b093-4fe2-9ce2-8117a0ef66fd" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:19:50.640" UserId="6244" />
  <row Id="44030" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24795" RevisionGUID="b6367b93-0b8a-404f-824a-471bce639a0e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:20:13.120" UserId="8558" Text="I figured it out.  I had installed [Collabnet Subversion][1] and it automatically setup something to handle the web client source control stuff.  I uninstalled, rebooted and voila!  Thanks to everyone for all your replies and suggestions.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.open.collab.net/products/subversion/" />
  <row Id="44031" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24796" RevisionGUID="8d269a9a-19d6-489c-b5f5-c986ced9c1ee" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:20:23.180" UserId="3947" Text="Try to run this command : &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;mount -t smbfs -o username=username,password=password //server/shared_dir /mnt/&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="44032" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="24653" RevisionGUID="15edd014-704e-45d8-a7ab-824bb7ea027b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:20:57.593" UserId="5308" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;juniper&gt;&lt;router&gt;&lt;junos&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="44033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24797" RevisionGUID="5d7e2e91-6d54-4bc6-af97-d235f9fa96b2" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:23:23.707" UserId="9249" Text="Quoting the manpage:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many of those messages go to syslog as well, but not all.  Also, syslog is not available until late(r) in the boot process." />
  <row Id="44034" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24798" RevisionGUID="b73b2f20-5ad6-4dd5-a247-342da724ccb8" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:25:12.907" UserDisplayName="TedBuckly2" Text="I want to re-install WinXP on my laptop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have the ISO image for WinXP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to boot from USB using simply my ISO image of WinXP?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My laptop is an IBM T42." />
  <row Id="44035" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24798" RevisionGUID="b73b2f20-5ad6-4dd5-a247-342da724ccb8" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:25:12.907" UserDisplayName="TedBuckly2" Text="How to boot from USB using ISO image" />
  <row Id="44036" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24798" RevisionGUID="b73b2f20-5ad6-4dd5-a247-342da724ccb8" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:25:12.907" UserDisplayName="TedBuckly2" Text="&lt;usb&gt;&lt;boot&gt;&lt;iso&gt;" />
  <row Id="44037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24799" RevisionGUID="c79773f6-bcd1-4468-8657-3cc64b5f62aa" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:25:29.347" UserId="9249" Text="Try using a credentials file instead; see `smbmount(8)` for details." />
  <row Id="44038" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24800" RevisionGUID="5b30d4f4-3a88-4264-a171-81888b113c76" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:26:46.117" UserId="9309" Text="Update with the latest firmware and try static DHCP assignment." />
  <row Id="44039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24801" RevisionGUID="eabb3ed9-34d6-4e94-af5d-35b770ea5930" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:27:17.253" UserId="5248" Text="Technically speaking dmesg prints the kernel ring buffer to standard output. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know why they call it the ring buffer, but it's basically a log buffer. All of the kernel boot messages get written there. If you are running syslog then all, or most, of these messages will also probably be written to there as well. However, the dmesg command is seperate from syslog. It is part of linux utils, and you can use it even if you do not have syslog.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dmesg can also be used to clear the ring buffer itself, and also to change the level at which errors show up in console. Sometimes, depending on the seriousness of a message, it will be sent to every console in addition to the ring buffer. A good example of this is a shutdown message. `dmesg -n levelnumber` allows you to change the level of seriousness a message must have to be sent to the consoles in addition to the buffer. " />
  <row Id="44040" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24802" RevisionGUID="4b4e11b1-1229-4000-9508-04b5c58679fd" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:27:20.373" UserId="3947" Text="Dmesg print or control the kernel ring buffer. The program helps users to print out their bootup messages.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44041" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24787" RevisionGUID="f8f0e8a9-fe1d-4225-94bf-95b00db28db7" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:28:03.663" UserId="4995" Comment="added 244 characters in body" Text="I have a samba folder that I try and access through smbclient, and I can browse it just fine. However, mounting it through smbmount, all the folders under the share are empty. I can list the folders directly under the share fine, but they all appear empty.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;smbclient:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # smbclient //server/share -U username -W workgroup password&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;smbmount&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # sudo smbmount //server/share mntpoint -o user=username,workgroup=workgroup,password=password&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have also tried with domain=workgroup instead of workgroup, both give the same result. No error messages, everything mounts fine, but all the folders under mntpoint are empty, despite the same folders being non-empty when using smbclient.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are these using different libraries? How can I debug the error?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, if I try to mount //server/share/folder, doing an ls results in a segmentation fault. Using dmesg I find:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    kernel BUG at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.28/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c:315!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Full trace: http://pastebin.com/m70adc213" />
  <row Id="44042" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24803" RevisionGUID="f2aec5e4-5dac-493c-a1bd-68acba61cfde" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:29:43.613" UserId="3454" Text="I wanted to share some knowledge I picked up when I ran into trouble using libpcap and snort to sniff a high-capacity (1 GB full duplex; 2 GB max aggregate) network link. The applications would sniff all traffic successfully, but would crash when the file size hit 2 GB captured.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're having issues with creating 2 GB files, even though you have a filesystem that supports it, and/or you know the kernel supports it, this is for you." />
  <row Id="44043" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24803" RevisionGUID="f2aec5e4-5dac-493c-a1bd-68acba61cfde" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:29:43.613" UserId="3454" Text="Why can't I create files larger than 2 GB on Linux?" />
  <row Id="44044" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24803" RevisionGUID="f2aec5e4-5dac-493c-a1bd-68acba61cfde" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:29:43.613" UserId="3454" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;largefiles&gt;" />
  <row Id="44045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24804" RevisionGUID="e4fb5c54-f591-41b9-a030-2f5820c5135a" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:29:56.907" UserId="3454" Text="Large file support ( &gt;2GB ) for Linux needs to be addressed in three separate locations to ensure you do not run into the 2 GB max file size limit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Large file support enabled in the kernel&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. A filesystem that supports large file sizes (many Linux-based filesystems do (ext3, reiserfs &gt;= 3.6, etc))&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Large file support within the libraries or applications utilized&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Kernel support for large files has been around since 2.4.0-test7; if you use a custom kernel, ensure you've included the large file options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most Linux filesystems support large files, but you may have issues using a network file system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lastly, libraries (i.e. libpcap) and applications need to be compiled with the gcc options -D \_LARGEFILE64\_SOURCE -D FILE\_OFFSET\_BITS=64. Check to ensure the packages you are using either come precompiled with these options or roll your own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [here][1] for more details.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.suse.de/~aj/linux_lfs.html" />
  <row Id="44046" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="24798" RevisionGUID="6b575879-d9f8-4d5c-9200-449430dd823b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:30:31.960" UserId="3950" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;usb&gt;&lt;boot&gt;&lt;iso&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="44047" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24805" RevisionGUID="87b4a191-5924-4f10-8719-3d4f9a352fb2" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:30:45.047" UserId="1993" Text="By default, Exchange 2007 only allows authenticated users to email distribution lists. To change this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Open the Exchange 2007 Management Console&#xD;&#xA; - Expand Recipient Configuration, then Distribution Group&#xD;&#xA; - Open Properties of the group in question&#xD;&#xA; - Choose the Mail Flow Settings tab&#xD;&#xA; - Select &quot;Message Delivery Restrictions&quot; and hit Properties&#xD;&#xA; - Uncheck the &quot;require that all senders are authenticated&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also restrict/allow senders more granularly if you like." />
  <row Id="44048" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24806" RevisionGUID="295ac1cc-a614-46f0-bb0d-2cb28046ca41" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:30:46.373" UserId="6469" Text="What do you get when you &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysql&gt; show global variables like &quot;wait%&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try reducing it by editing my.cnf, or with the following code (as root)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysql&gt; SET GLOBAL wait_timeout=28801;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a good article on (the excellent) MySQL Performance Blog that deals with sleeping queries http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2007/02/08/debugging-sleeping-connections-with-mysql/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is worth a look as well http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/20/mysql-connections-in-sleep-state/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thought re-reading Dan's comment: The sleep(0) time is odd, though. It would seem to indicate to me that there are persistent connections that aren't really sleeping, but doing something at least every second to reset the timer. If you know the webapp isn't using persistent connections, perhaps it's calling sleep() directly, somewhere in a loop or timer function?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS What version of MySQL are you running? Something similar was reported as a serious bug in 4.1, but that was back in 2005..." />
  <row Id="44049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24807" RevisionGUID="d090908b-d63b-411e-8235-babaeebfd7c0" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:30:59.213" UserId="4131" Text="Maintaining your DB can be a full time job. I wouldn't try finding a single tool for the LAMP stack. You should focus on getting a great tool for MySQL and a great tool for Apache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am a MySQL Enterprise Gold subscriber and I love love love their [MySQL Enterprise Monitor][1]. It really makes my job a pleasure. You also get excellent customer support. They are **very** fast to respond to any question, and the level of expertise is great. Until I found serverfault.com, I used to create low priority tickets just to &quot;bounce ideas off of them&quot; the response time was far better than any mailing list, and unlike IRC you can trust the advise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We also purchase RedHat support, but I never use it. The MySQL support is money well invested.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mysql.com/products/enterprise/monitor.html" />
  <row Id="44050" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24808" RevisionGUID="b29a9cec-ed60-42d8-a43b-9426c43c926e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:31:22.237" UserId="3739" Text="I've heard good things about [Glassbox][1], and there is an [presentation][2] about using Glassbox with Glassfish pluss other options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.glassbox.com/glassbox/Home.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://wiki.glassfish.java.net/attach/GlassFishDay2008Sydney/MonitoringGlassFishAMXglassbox.pdf" />
  <row Id="44051" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24809" RevisionGUID="0c7d2e0a-276c-4970-9182-52b4d40297c7" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:31:28.867" UserId="5248" Text="I would recommend installing Windows to the SSD and then remounting the Document and Settings and Program Files folders on the magnetic storage. Trying to move anything else will cause you a great deal of trouble with very small benefit, if any. " />
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  <row Id="44053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24810" RevisionGUID="debef96a-55ec-4399-94f8-b7d7d504e86a" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:31:46.310" UserId="7619" Text="Provided it's a bootable ISO, yes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, since it's an IBM thinkpad, check your BIOS to make sure USB/external drive boot is enabled, and you're presented with a boot option." />
  <row Id="44054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24811" RevisionGUID="eac24736-dc33-4088-9ac8-02103e7e8a11" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:32:40.410" UserId="2621" Text="Have you tried just removing the virtual directories from IIS and running the report configuration wizard again? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is what I have done when our installation went wonky and not only was it quick and painless, it resolved the problem too! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NOTE: We had a security issue where no client could view the reports even when in the correct AD groups&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;YMMV but you could try this first before going through the entire Add/Remove Programs-&gt;Change-&gt;Remove Reporting Services-&gt;Add/Remove Programs-&gt;Change-&gt;Install Reporting Services Cycle.....&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24812" RevisionGUID="b1751657-d002-40c1-942c-a15ddeeb78db" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:33:09.333" UserId="3950" Text="I know this can be done easily with Linux distributions, but it always requires you to place the contents of the ISO on the USB drive. Windows will likely act more or less the same *if* the Windows installation software is able to 'see' the USB disk during boot and install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to try, go like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Extract the contents of the ISO onto&#xD;&#xA;    the USB drive&#xD;&#xA; 2. Make the USB drive bootable with fdisk&#xD;&#xA; 3. Try and boot and install from it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No guarantees though..." />
  <row Id="44056" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24813" RevisionGUID="efab0c3d-f61f-4105-9a96-2e0013c96a7d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:34:26.257" UserDisplayName="Andrew" Text="What is the best adsl modem/router with a built in VPN service?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How secure is this method with Windows XP clients?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will I be able to log into a Windows domain using this VPN method?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many thanks." />
  <row Id="44057" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24813" RevisionGUID="efab0c3d-f61f-4105-9a96-2e0013c96a7d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:34:26.257" UserDisplayName="Andrew" Text="Best ADSL router with built in secure VPN?" />
  <row Id="44058" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24813" RevisionGUID="efab0c3d-f61f-4105-9a96-2e0013c96a7d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:34:26.257" UserDisplayName="Andrew" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="44059" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23685" RevisionGUID="335d26f5-b352-4377-bbeb-d5a49431dd32" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:35:38.033" UserId="1993" Comment="requested technical details" Text="How would you explain LDAP to a sysadmin who's heard of it and maybe interacted with it, but never really grasped it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Analogies are fine, but please include some salient technical details to help ground them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Asked in the spirit of [http://serverfault.com/questions/18339/active-directory-explained][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/18339/active-directory-explained" />
  <row Id="44060" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24814" RevisionGUID="e21d767f-aa0c-414a-ba79-45fae8f12509" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:37:17.233" UserId="9327" Text="LogMeIn Hamachi also offers a configuration free VPN. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its free for non-commercial use, see https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/list.asp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All you do is run it - and it works. I've been using it for a year now and its quite solid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only (very minor) problem I've run into is coexistence with VMware. This problem can be fixed in about 10 seconds by selecting the correct network adapter from VMware to make networking within VMware work properly." />
  <row Id="44061" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24798" RevisionGUID="b8e86cac-c0ee-4188-a4f3-0492cc9dec0e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:39:02.347" UserDisplayName="TedBuckly2" Comment="deleted 8 characters in body" Text="I want to re-install WinXP on my laptop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have the ISO image for WinXP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I boot from USB using simply my ISO image of WinXP?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My laptop is an IBM T42." />
  <row Id="44062" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24815" RevisionGUID="87adc698-9b60-4ed2-a965-6741835a0bfc" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:39:29.007" UserId="4955" Text="Most points are covered in KB [842425][1], aka &quot;How to move a Reporting Services database from a computer that is running Reporting Services to another computer&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842425/en-us" />
  <row Id="44063" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24816" RevisionGUID="09ea3b89-5ca7-4f72-914a-ec80bb2c5d1c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:39:51.830" UserId="4733" Text="If you can get your hands on a Linksys WRT54G with the DDWRT firmware I think you'll be happy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DDWRT will run on lots of routers, but I have had great results with the WRT54G.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44064" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24806" RevisionGUID="7dd99323-0290-48c3-8239-b5cfeaba00aa" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:40:47.570" UserId="6469" Comment="added 137 characters in body" Text="What do you get when you &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysql&gt; show global variables like &quot;wait%&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try reducing it by editing my.cnf, or with the following code (as root)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysql&gt; SET GLOBAL wait_timeout=28801;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a good article on (the excellent) MySQL Performance Blog that deals with sleeping queries http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2007/02/08/debugging-sleeping-connections-with-mysql/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is worth a look as well http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/20/mysql-connections-in-sleep-state/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thought re-reading Dan's comment: The sleep(0) time is odd, though. It would seem to indicate to me that there are persistent connections that aren't really sleeping, but doing something at least every second to reset the timer. If you know the webapp isn't using persistent connections, perhaps it's calling sleep() directly, somewhere in a loop or timer function?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Additionally**, if you're using, say, PHP, you might head into php.ini and set `mysql.allow_persistent = Off` and see what happens.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS What version of MySQL are you running? Something similar was reported as a serious bug in 4.1, but that was back in 2005..." />
  <row Id="44065" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24817" RevisionGUID="109a7c40-c5cb-4533-88a4-d4fd25749c7e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:40:56.773" UserId="7091" Text="It's not quite as easy as just copying the files or the image to the usb stick. The USB stick looks like a harddrive to the system, and needs to be setup as a bootable hard drive. Check out this post: http://serverfault.com/questions/2952/boot-and-install-windows-from-a-usb-thumb-drive" />
  <row Id="44066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24818" RevisionGUID="f051eae9-1fbc-4f64-8a55-192612a67abd" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:41:13.670" UserDisplayName="chockey" Text="As wzzrd mentioned above, it's all to do with support. Leaving VT off lowers the number of support scenarios where VT becomes a factor, enabling quicker problem resolution for the majority of customers who haven't ventured down the virtualization route.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing I've noted is that in windows 7, running the xp mode beta causes conflicts with vmware workstation when VT is enabled on my dell. Both want to &quot;get hold of&quot; the VT extension and as xp mode leaves a VPC process running even after exiting, it doesn't &quot;let go&quot; of the VT. So when you fire up vmware, any virtual machine you try and run dies on startup. Disabling the VT extension in the bios prevents this from happening, but with markedly reduced performance." />
  <row Id="44067" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24787" RevisionGUID="b04e5d6c-765b-47ef-8625-db4ab5c07455" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:42:10.673" UserId="4995" Comment="Added more logging messages" Text="I have a samba folder that I try and access through smbclient, and I can browse it just fine. However, mounting it through smbmount, all the folders under the share are empty. I can list the folders directly under the share fine, but they all appear empty.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;smbclient:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # smbclient //server/share -U username -W workgroup password&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;smbmount&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # sudo smbmount //server/share mntpoint -o user=username,workgroup=workgroup,password=password&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have also tried with domain=workgroup instead of workgroup, both give the same result. No error messages, everything mounts fine, but all the folders under mntpoint are empty, despite the same folders being non-empty when using smbclient.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are these using different libraries? How can I debug the error?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, if I try to mount //server/share/folder, doing an ls results in a segmentation fault. Using dmesg I find:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    kernel BUG at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.28/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c:315!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Full trace: http://pastebin.com/m70adc213&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using a credentials file, I first get empty dirs, then Resource temporarily unavailable. In my dmesg I see the following output:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    CIFS VFS: compose_mount_options: Failed to resolve server part of \\srv\share to IP: -11" />
  <row Id="44068" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24819" RevisionGUID="1b3ba090-3b58-4929-836f-da2bc2533f42" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:42:23.073" UserId="2299" Text="I'm not sure how you would define best, but I have used (over a hundred of) the Draytek ADSL routers with great success. They support PPTP dialup VPNs and IPSEC LAN to LAN VPNs. The current entry level model is the 2820, while the older 2800 and 2600 routers are available on eBay for very reasonable prices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Security is as good as any GRE or IPSEC based VPN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With a LAN to LAN VPN logging into a domain is seamless as long as your DNS server is set correctly. With a PPTP dialup VPN I normally log in first using cached credentials then dial the VPN and then access domain resources. Note that this can be a bit slow, not because the router is slow, but because ADSL uplaod speeds can be disappointing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS Windows 2k, XP and Vista need no extra software to make a dialup VPN to a Draytek. The required PPTP support is built into Windows.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24820" RevisionGUID="1ccb6d4e-f80f-43c9-9f8e-d21f24105627" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:42:29.283" UserId="3251" Text="We typically do retroactive SharePoint NTLM to Kerberos authentication changes as you're proposing.  When we establish our SharePoint sites, it takes a couple of days for DNS changes to propagate, and getting our SPNs set on service accounts typically takes some time also.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So after our SPN's are set, we first create a small test site on the server running under the SP app pool.  We turn on WIA and and put a single test page in it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;%@ Page Language=&quot;C#&quot; %&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;script runat=&quot;server&quot; language=&quot;C#&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      void Page_Load(object Sender,EventArgs E)&#xD;&#xA;      {&#xD;&#xA;        if (User.Identity.IsAuthenticated) {&#xD;&#xA;          lblIdentity.Text = User.Identity.Name;&#xD;&#xA;        } else {&#xD;&#xA;          lblIdentity.Text = &quot;Anonymous&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;        lblImpersonation.Text =&#xD;&#xA;          System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name;&#xD;&#xA;      }&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/script&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &quot;-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;HTML&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;HEAD&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;TITLE&gt;Test Application&lt;/TITLE&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/HEAD&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;BODY&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;FORM id=&quot;frmForm1&quot; method=&quot;post&quot; runat=&quot;server&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;HR width=&quot;100%&quot; size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;P&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;ASP:LABEL id=&quot;Label1&quot; runat=&quot;server&quot;&gt;Current Identity:&#xD;&#xA;              &lt;/ASP:LABEL&gt;&amp;nbsp;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;ASP:LABEL id=&quot;lblIdentity&quot; runat=&quot;server&quot;&gt;Label&lt;/ASP:LABEL&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;/P&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;P&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;ASP:LABEL id=&quot;LABEL3&quot; runat=&quot;server&quot;&gt;Impersonated Identity:&#xD;&#xA;              &lt;/ASP:LABEL&gt;&amp;nbsp;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;ASP:LABEL id=&quot;lblImpersonation&quot; runat=&quot;server&quot;&gt;Label&lt;/ASP:LABEL&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;HR width=&quot;100%&quot; size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/FORM&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/BODY&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/HTML&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Browse to the page with Fiddler active, and determine if Kerberos works (Fiddler's authentication tab will tell you if you are using NTLM or Kerberos).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you know Kerberos works for your service account/server/URL, go ahead and make the change in SharePoint." />
  <row Id="44071" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24798" RevisionGUID="83713555-1f42-44cc-aadc-7c25056a9189" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:50:57.503" UserId="48" Comment="Added link to related question" Text="I want to re-install WinXP on my laptop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have the ISO image for WinXP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I boot from USB using simply my ISO image of WinXP?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My laptop is an IBM T42.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;###See Also&#xD;&#xA;&gt;[Boot and Install Windows from UBS thumb drive][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2952/boot-and-install-windows-from-a-usb-thumb-drive" />
  <row Id="44072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24821" RevisionGUID="8dbfe54b-225e-44f2-b3e3-f9e8d2997335" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:52:00.277" UserId="611" Text="I have a Windows Service that makes use of a SQL Server database.  I don't have control over the installation of the service, but would like to add a dependency on the service to ensure that it starts after SQL server has started.  (SQL server is running on the same machine as the service in question)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a tool to add a dependency or possibly editing the registry directly?" />
  <row Id="44073" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24821" RevisionGUID="8dbfe54b-225e-44f2-b3e3-f9e8d2997335" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:52:00.277" UserId="611" Text="How to add dependency on a Windows Service AFTER the service is installed" />
  <row Id="44074" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24821" RevisionGUID="8dbfe54b-225e-44f2-b3e3-f9e8d2997335" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:52:00.277" UserId="611" Text="&lt;windowsserver&gt;&lt;windows-service&gt;" />
  <row Id="44075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24822" RevisionGUID="dcce7579-d880-4315-82aa-9fff112b6866" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:52:02.790" UserId="145" Text="Since upgrading to Internet Explorer 8 I've been getting JavaScript errors when performing certain functions (like &quot;Turn On&quot;) on the Virtual Server 2005 Enterprise R2 SP1 Administration Website:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Message: 'document.getElementById(...)' is null or not an object&#xD;&#xA;    Line: 4&#xD;&#xA;    Char: 1&#xD;&#xA;    Code: 0&#xD;&#xA;    URI: http://myserver.mydomain.local:1024/VirtualServer/VSWebApp.exe?view=1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Are there any workarounds to this problem other than using another browser?**" />
  <row Id="44076" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24822" RevisionGUID="dcce7579-d880-4315-82aa-9fff112b6866" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:52:02.790" UserId="145" Text="Is there a workaround for using the Virtual Server 2005 Administration Website with Internet Explorer 8?" />
  <row Id="44077" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24822" RevisionGUID="dcce7579-d880-4315-82aa-9fff112b6866" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:52:02.790" UserId="145" Text="&lt;msvirtualserver&gt;&lt;ie8&gt;&lt;javascript&gt;" />
  <row Id="44081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24824" RevisionGUID="f4ba28d1-bdd3-4fef-a116-5d44dfefe55b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:52:37.093" UserId="9140" Text="If you already have a Windows 2008 server you can just set up RRAS and forward PPTP/GRE traffic to it from your router. It's simple and should do the job." />
  <row Id="44082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24825" RevisionGUID="82c22b3d-edf1-4c1d-9351-312a14fe9e13" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:53:42.613" UserId="9140" Text="Hi, please read the following MS KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/193888" />
  <row Id="44083" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24826" RevisionGUID="a457a14f-ddcb-474f-9efe-fafe4dd18b7e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:53:46.873" UserId="8834" Text="Why is it Secured HTTP Connection (https) is Slower then than tipical HTTP (http)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just knowing Only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="44084" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24826" RevisionGUID="a457a14f-ddcb-474f-9efe-fafe4dd18b7e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:53:46.873" UserId="8834" Text="Why is it Secured HTTP Connection (https) is Slower then than tipical HTTP (http)?" />
  <row Id="44085" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24826" RevisionGUID="a457a14f-ddcb-474f-9efe-fafe4dd18b7e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:53:46.873" UserId="8834" Text="&lt;https&gt;&lt;http&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;encryption&gt;" />
  <row Id="44086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24827" RevisionGUID="49c1e932-5dea-4db6-8780-64fe3742cc03" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:55:15.153" UserId="9140" Text="In simple words: Because it encrypts and decrypts the traffic, this requires processing on both sides (the server and the client)." />
  <row Id="44087" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24828" RevisionGUID="fcacd37e-2766-42be-9a46-a51777f2f3bc" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:56:12.920" UserId="145" Text="I have found the solution to this problem in another question's answer but thought it was worth keeping my question up as, for the exact problem above, this question is easier to find.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 web admin page needs to be displayed in &quot;Compatibility View&quot; mode in IE8&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Source: [Accessing Virtual Server 2005 RC2 hosted machines using IE8][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/12675/accessing-virtual-server-2005-rc2-hosted-machines-using-ie8" />
  <row Id="44088" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24829" RevisionGUID="81a82640-0e8c-4132-95d9-57be093b892e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:56:20.363" UserId="843" Text="Because it takes a little bit of time to encrypt the content, and the encryption generally increases the size of the content." />
  <row Id="44089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24830" RevisionGUID="15f2d523-c7fb-4261-87bb-ee6f0df64ae1" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:57:00.220" UserId="1376" Text="There is probably a problem with the ActiveX control provided by the Office client products that give this additional functionality. (Have you also found that you can't upload multiple files any longer?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is most likely to happen if you have different Office versions installed on your machine. The official, supported way to fix this is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. For each pre-Office 2007 product, run Setup and remove the Windows SharePoint Services Support component.&#xD;&#xA; 2. For each Office 2007 product, run Setup and ensure the Windows SharePoint Services Support component is installed (under Office Tools).&#xD;&#xA; 3. You may also need to Repair the Office 2007 product.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing to try is go to Tools, Manage Add-Ons and look for add-ons using the file OWSSUPP.DLL. On my machine there are four of these. The one most likely to be affected here is &quot;SharePoint Stssync Handler&quot;. Check that it exists." />
  <row Id="44091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24832" RevisionGUID="3450a76c-d4c3-40ce-9bd4-b273df139f62" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:57:53.213" UserId="4442" Text="To add to pauska's answer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most web server platforms can add hardware/software to improve the performance of SSL on the server. [This][1] product does this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.arraynetworks.net/entry.asp?PageID=432&amp;gclid=COrZveH-hJsCFQFqxwodxkiWog" />
  <row Id="44093" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24833" RevisionGUID="d623bda6-6801-43b8-a8e4-d811ac0a31f6" CreationDate="2009-06-12T14:58:34.367" UserId="7091" Text="Rsync definitely isn't going to work for you for the reasons others have mentioned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, lftp and ncftp both have &quot;mirror&quot; modes that will probably meet your needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use this to push stuff from my local directory to a ftp or sftp web host:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    lftp -c &quot;set ftp:list-options -a;&#xD;&#xA;    open ftp://user:password@your.ftp.com; &#xD;&#xA;    lcd ./web;&#xD;&#xA;    cd /web/public_html;&#xD;&#xA;    mirror --reverse --delete --use-cache --verbose --allow-chown  &#xD;&#xA;    --allow-suid --no-umask --parallel=2 --exclude-glob .svn&quot;" />
  <row Id="44096" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24834" RevisionGUID="8c3f37f9-d362-4590-b648-081c614e0eb6" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:00:26.923" UserId="301" Text="To open a TCP/IP connection requires 3 packets to be exchanged between the client and the server. The connection is the considered established, and the client can submit its request.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When SSL is added on top of the TCP/IP connection there are several additional interactions that have to happen before the connection is considered established. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless the latency is negligible between the client and the server (read, the same network), then it is likely that this additional latency, due to the additional round trips to exchange SSL handshaking data, not the CPU overhead of calculating the key material, is the major factor in the delay in establishing an SSL connection." />
  <row Id="44097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24835" RevisionGUID="70639b38-d752-4852-80b0-9c41553f13fe" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:00:40.527" UserId="5392" Text="As has been said dmesg allows you to dump the kernel ring buffer or control it. Usually you'll get boot messages, but a server that has been up for a while and has had chatty kernel messages will most likely have had the boot messages overwritten. Most distros will run dmesg in a start up script to dump the boot messages to a log file - usually /var/log/demsg.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The kernel ring buffer tends to come into it's own when you get a kernel panic and a crash dump to look at. One of the first things you're likely to look at is the contents of the ring buffer, which will hopefully give you a pointer as tho what went wrong. When you hit a panic, the kernel will most likely not get a chance to pass these message to syslog, so the crash dump will be the only place you'll be able to see them." />
  <row Id="44098" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24826" RevisionGUID="937dd2f0-2fbc-41f2-990a-fec5dd770bdc" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:01:40.897" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix a little grammar, fix a typo" Text="Why is it that Secured HTTP Connection (https) is Slower then than typical HTTP (http)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just interested in knowing only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="44099" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21237" RevisionGUID="45626712-a170-4055-95b0-89a9cb475d5c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:02:03.907" UserId="2711" Comment="Minor clarifications." Text="The reasons I don't push Firefox in the enterprise are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Why add an additional browser to the software you manage?&#xD;&#xA;* IE can be managed through Group Policy with the rest of the OS.&#xD;&#xA;* IE is patch managed along with the OS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use Firefox personally, but would prefer not to deploy it across a fleet. It doesn't add enough to justify the configuration and update management." />
  <row Id="44100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24836" RevisionGUID="ab0272ed-7e52-4d96-bbd3-9048920f13bd" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:02:04.953" UserId="2487" Text="I wrote a vBulletin mod to take care of this.  It updates a password file used by .htaccess.  See http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?threadid=215949&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24837" RevisionGUID="6ab0fa87-def2-4ae9-8c45-db5aaa393599" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:02:10.257" UserId="9140" Text="This seems like a good and free fit: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ftpsync/" />
  <row Id="44102" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24834" RevisionGUID="d4852b4f-be93-4cd7-9647-78e6b953e386" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:02:36.513" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix typo" Text="To open a TCP/IP connection requires 3 packets to be exchanged between the client and the server. The connection is then considered established, and the client can submit its request.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When SSL is added on top of the TCP/IP connection there are several additional interactions that have to happen before the connection is considered established. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless the latency is negligible between the client and the server (read, the same network), then it is likely that this additional latency, due to the additional round trips to exchange SSL handshaking data, not the CPU overhead of calculating the key material, is the major factor in the delay in establishing an SSL connection." />
  <row Id="44103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24838" RevisionGUID="d1084297-44fd-4632-ac0e-ed3683a4059f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:04:23.827" UserId="9297" Text="Jeff Moser just posted a good article on this explaining the ins and outs, handshaking etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.moserware.com/2009/06/first-few-milliseconds-of-https.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.moserware.com/2009/06/first-few-milliseconds-of-https.html" />
  <row Id="44104" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="24826" RevisionGUID="1f65c0f7-fe34-41a8-aeb3-7dbfea1df61f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:05:11.187" UserId="301" Comment="Improved title" Text="Why do https connections take longer to establish than straight http connections ?" />
  <row Id="44105" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="24826" RevisionGUID="1f65c0f7-fe34-41a8-aeb3-7dbfea1df61f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:05:11.187" UserId="301" Comment="Improved title" Text="&lt;https&gt;&lt;http&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;encryption&gt;&lt;ssl&gt;" />
  <row Id="44106" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24839" RevisionGUID="caac390d-f968-4747-a1a0-30c208f71ee1" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:05:28.113" UserId="5221" Text="As mentioned by other people there is the encryption and decryption steps for all transfers. There are two other issues though:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The negotiation phase when you first talk to the server, in which the server and browser negotiate a key for the encryption process and your browser performs some checks on the servers certificate (it it checks yours if you are using client certs).&#xD;&#xA; - The fact that no content (including the main page source, scripts, images and stylesheets) carried on a HTTPS connection should be cached by your browser, so it has to re-request objects it would otherwise get from cache every time it needs them." />
  <row Id="44107" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24840" RevisionGUID="93b8df7e-eb66-4426-94a9-b8cec3379237" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:06:40.310" UserId="463" Text="Like a number of people have mentioned Crypto is hard and the server needs to take the time to do it. Plus your browser and the proxys between you and the server can't/won't cache anything so you have to re-request all pages components on each new page." />
  <row Id="44108" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="24821" RevisionGUID="aba261c3-a564-4de9-905d-b6db4e4b6126" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:06:52.447" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windowsserver&gt;&lt;windows-service&gt;" />
  <row Id="44111" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24834" RevisionGUID="6c452080-c715-4305-bd7d-3b2c2f9517c4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:10:43.313" UserId="301" Comment="Added links" Text="To open a TCP/IP connection requires 3 packets to be exchanged between the client and the server. The connection is then considered established, and the client can submit its request.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When SSL is added on top of the TCP/IP connection there are several additional interactions that have to happen before the connection is considered established. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless the latency is negligible between the client and the server (read, the same network), then it is likely that this additional latency, due to the additional round trips to exchange SSL handshaking data, not the CPU overhead of calculating the key material, is the major factor in the delay in establishing an SSL connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[More information about TCP/IP connection establishment][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[More information about SSL/TLS handshaking][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Control_Protocol#Connection_establishment&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security#How_it_works" />
  <row Id="44113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24844" RevisionGUID="7425df77-f98f-4ed7-88f9-9dab41a75986" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:16:22.803" UserId="2541" Text="Try this [tool][1]. [Here][2] is how to use it to install windows 7 from a USB drive. Just alter the instructions for your XP ISO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good Luck!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://disc-tools.com/download/daemon&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.bwana.org/2009/01/11/how-to-install-windows-7-beta-from-a-usb-drive-to-an-hp-mini-1000-without-vista/" />
  <row Id="44114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24845" RevisionGUID="69475d78-4bdc-4dbe-8b0e-d16ba24e25bd" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:17:39.447" UserId="6869" Text="We use &quot;Google Apps for Your Domain&quot; for email, but wish to use our old email server for sending mail.  The reason being that Google Apps SMTP is blacklisted by several of our partners as being spam(!!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Google has [detailed instructions on configuring this option][1], but I'm not 100% familiar with SPF and certainly not experienced with MailEnable at all.  MailEnable seems to force you to specify individual IP ranges to allow instead of ranges, even though I [followed the instructions for configuring SPF, and browsed their knowledgebase.][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried setting this up, but MailEnable isn't allowing google to relay mail:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Technical details of permanent failure:&#xD;&#xA;    Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient domain. &#xD;&#xA;    We recommend contacting the other email provider for further information about the &#xD;&#xA;    cause of this error. The error that the other server returned was: 503 503 This mail&#xD;&#xA;    server requires authentication when attempting to send to a non-local e-mail address.&#xD;&#xA;    Please check your mail client settings or contact your administrator to verify that &#xD;&#xA;    the domain or address is defined for this server. (state 14). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any MailEnable advice on how to proceed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=60730#E&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mailenable.com/kb/content/view.asp?ID=ME020345" />
  <row Id="44115" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24845" RevisionGUID="69475d78-4bdc-4dbe-8b0e-d16ba24e25bd" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:17:39.447" UserId="6869" Text="How do I configure MailEnable on Win 2k3 to allow Google to relay SMTP through it?" />
  <row Id="44116" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24845" RevisionGUID="69475d78-4bdc-4dbe-8b0e-d16ba24e25bd" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:17:39.447" UserId="6869" Text="&lt;mailenable&gt;&lt;spf&gt;&lt;google-apps&gt;&lt;smtp-relay&gt;&lt;smtp&gt;" />
  <row Id="44117" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24798" RevisionGUID="dcaf6938-04a4-4e2a-958b-16d2cac00ddb" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:20:05.760" UserDisplayName="TedBuckly2" Comment="added 78 characters in body; edited tags" Text="I want to re-install WinXP on my laptop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have the ISO image for WinXP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I boot from USB using simply my ISO image of WinXP?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My laptop is an IBM T42.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;###If you are running Windows Vista, see the link below (but this doesn't work for WinXP)&#xD;&#xA;&gt;[Boot and Install Windows from UBS thumb drive][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2952/boot-and-install-windows-from-a-usb-thumb-drive" />
  <row Id="44118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24846" RevisionGUID="ca2eedec-eef2-4d88-925d-06b19a44b20f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:20:09.970" UserId="1172" Text="I am not sure if this works for Windows XP, but I have used this tool in the past to boot a variety of floppy and Linux ISO images:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/&quot;&gt;http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;http://sourceforge.net/dbimage.php?id=167328&quot;&gt;" />
  <row Id="44119" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="24798" RevisionGUID="dcaf6938-04a4-4e2a-958b-16d2cac00ddb" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:20:05.760" UserDisplayName="TedBuckly2" Comment="added 78 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;usb&gt;&lt;boot&gt;&lt;iso&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;iso-burning&gt;" />
  <row Id="44120" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24847" RevisionGUID="b6134a7f-9093-4346-9175-c45044c3e7ee" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:12:26.297" Text="&lt;p&gt;Our dev server at work is taking a dump on us.  So at this point, we're repurposing some other servers we have in our server room for this purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My boss wants me to test the servers before I even try installing anything on them.  Anyone have any suggestions on how to go about this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44121" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24847" RevisionGUID="b6134a7f-9093-4346-9175-c45044c3e7ee" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:12:26.297" Text="Testing a server before installing an OS" />
  <row Id="44122" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24847" RevisionGUID="b6134a7f-9093-4346-9175-c45044c3e7ee" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:12:26.297" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;test&gt;&lt;testing&gt;" />
  <row Id="44123" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24848" RevisionGUID="28ee0958-3cfa-4b79-b12f-f391067eabc8" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:14:46.340" UserId="1422" Text="&lt;p&gt;It depends a lot on what type of tests you need to run.  If it's just to check and see if they still basically work any of the Live CD versions of Linux will work (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.knoppix.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Knoppix&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, ...).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44124" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24849" RevisionGUID="331cc3d8-c700-4eed-b43e-d68a13267d6e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:22:45.987" UserId="2541" Text="I like keeping things simple. I prefer a router based VPN. Look at the Linksys routers with VPN capability. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also looked at the LogMeIn Gravitas mentions. You can also try that." />
  <row Id="44125" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24835" RevisionGUID="73b7ebd3-2f71-46f4-b442-6a3a4c951f56" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:22:57.440" UserId="1466" Comment="spelling" Text="As has been said dmesg allows you to dump the kernel ring buffer or control it. Usually you'll get boot messages, but a server that has been up for a while and has had chatty kernel messages will most likely have had the boot messages overwritten. Most distros will run dmesg in a start up script to dump the boot messages to a log file - usually /var/log/dmesg.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The kernel ring buffer tends to come into it's own when you get a kernel panic and a crash dump to look at. One of the first things you're likely to look at is the contents of the ring buffer, which will hopefully give you a pointer as tho what went wrong. When you hit a panic, the kernel will most likely not get a chance to pass these message to syslog, so the crash dump will be the only place you'll be able to see them." />
  <row Id="44126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24850" RevisionGUID="a6b4b21d-d710-4d85-b75d-a1c2b5a17031" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:25:13.517" UserId="1293" Text="If you use the bash builtin `type`, it will show you all the (in-path) locations for a command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ type -a ls&#xD;&#xA;    ls is aliased to `ls --color=always'&#xD;&#xA;    ls is /bin/ls&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ type -a printf&#xD;&#xA;    printf is a shell builtin&#xD;&#xA;    printf is /usr/bin/printf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ type -a touch&#xD;&#xA;    touch is /usr/bin/touch&#xD;&#xA;    touch is /bin/touch&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the command is a function, it will list the function definition:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ type -a somefunc&#xD;&#xA;    somefunc is a function&#xD;&#xA;    somefunc ()&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;        echo &quot;hello, world&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These examples are from a Ubuntu system, but the results will be similar for OS X.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44127" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24558" RevisionGUID="31067844-6c1e-42d5-bb0d-79e1ed9fb1d3" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:25:19.023" UserId="1602" Comment="added 163 characters in body" Text="Say you have a production database and a staging database that you want to have replicate on a semi-hourly basis across the internet. The general intent is to have a stand-by backup, but also to have second read-only database for testing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How would you go about setting that up and configuring it? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any notes about performance implications are a plus.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Answers regarding SQL SERVER 2005 or 2000 also welcome)" />
  <row Id="44128" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24851" RevisionGUID="ddb4b290-e111-4aae-aee4-a98af37ecccd" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:27:43.997" UserId="6609" Text="In the old days on UNIX systems, jailing users to a certain directory was cumbersome, error prone, and could lead to problems. You had to compile special static linked binaries for things like ls and cd and move them in to the jail, for instance.  If your OS / software is requiring this - note to the wise, it's problematic. I much prefer newer FTP servers that don't require this approach.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On IIS, I find jailed FTP difficult to do - though there is one description for something close above, its not exactly as smooth. Kudos for doing that though, I've tried many times to find something like that.  I use Filezilla on Windows instead, it has a rather elegant solution to the jails problem that works as expected.  No security ramifications that I'm aware of, Filezilla seems to fix vulnerabilities quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Modern UNIX FTP implementations seem to make jailing much easier, and probably much safer. The majority of the security concerns remaining; once you assume that you are OK to grant your user access to anything below the jail point, is the question of &quot;is my vendor / FOSS software provider providing patches in a timely manner?&quot;" />
  <row Id="44129" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24852" RevisionGUID="89a83f5a-f791-4533-812c-ec3359a28015" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:30:29.403" UserId="9140" Text="First thing i'd do is to run memtest on them to absolutely make sure that the RAM works properly (see http://www.memtest.org/, they have ISO file aviable for botting from CD-ROM).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then I'd **install** Debian or Ubuntu and run some I/O benchmark software while carefully watching dmesg/syslog for any disk related errors. (Linux is free, your boss shouldnt care.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then I'd download several large files from a FTP server while pinging something to make sure that the network connection is reliable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Poster below made a good point - don't install anything if it already has the OS you wanna use!" />
  <row Id="44130" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24852" RevisionGUID="89a83f5a-f791-4533-812c-ec3359a28015" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:30:29.403" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24853" RevisionGUID="7f712f0e-38a2-49c6-a962-08b053e6bf00" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:30:52.180" UserId="2541" Text="Are we talking about Windows? Is there an OS installed on the new server? If no, just make you you have adequate RAM. Verify what your processor speed is and if it's dual or quad (both preferred). Also verify your RAID settings." />
  <row Id="44132" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24853" RevisionGUID="7f712f0e-38a2-49c6-a962-08b053e6bf00" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:30:52.180" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24854" RevisionGUID="9e0072df-6716-43b1-a403-5cfc82c94117" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:32:13.627" UserId="1602" Text="We've found Oracle 9i to behave pretty well on Server 2003. We've patched both 8i an 9i to higher versions on a 2003 server and all patches went off without a hitch. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said that though, always make sure you FULLY READ Oracle's patch instructions and readme's because they really like to hide gotchas in there. " />
  <row Id="44134" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24854" RevisionGUID="9e0072df-6716-43b1-a403-5cfc82c94117" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:32:13.627" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24855" RevisionGUID="aed23a93-2c7c-4787-80cc-48b848541bc0" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:34:02.280" UserId="9149" Text="I suspect this is not HDD issue, but a GSX Server issue. Its development was discontinued in 2005, when QUAD core processors where still non-existent. At most It should support only two processors with two cores each.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My suggestion is for you to switch to Vmware ESXi: it can be installed on bare metal, has good hardware support and is completely free. You can use a paid version of course (VShere 4), if your boss will not faint after seeing an invoice from VMWare :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe PowerEdge servers come with ESXi preinstalled nowadays, so you can find more info on Dell's site." />
  <row Id="44136" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24856" RevisionGUID="5df112d6-4e7d-42c1-aed5-73cf03737440" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:34:10.533" UserId="4721" Text="I have been using the free tools [CCleaner][1] and [RevoUninstaller][2] for some time with good results. I guess, these add up limited abilities compared to the JV tool you refer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ccleaner.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.revouninstaller.com/" />
  <row Id="44137" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24853" RevisionGUID="a86ee500-75cf-46f5-8d3c-7786dbbb5d4d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:42:23.417" UserId="2541" Comment="added 99 characters in body" Text="Are we talking about Windows? Is there an OS installed on the new server? If no, just make you you have adequate RAM. Verify what your processor speed is and if it's dual or quad (both preferred). Also verify your RAID settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most Dell and HP servers comes with APPs which can be run during startup to check the hardware." />
  <row Id="44138" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23508" RevisionGUID="833bbab2-9338-4deb-af53-e7e17d341e0a" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:43:24.910" UserId="1840" Comment="made it a bit cleaner and more understandable" Text="Sysinternal's Process monitor might come in handy here.  Though it could be a bit too verbose, you can filter out other processes and tweak until it works best for you.  Launch it and scan, then start your install and stop once it's done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Process Monitor&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There might be other **Free** solutions that are specific for the launched binary install, but I'm not aware of them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Quick Update**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I agree with Evan, at least for the registry, if it's too verbose you might want to run an export before and after the install.  Windows 2003 Support tools come with **windiff.exe** (an old favorite for looking up differences in the registry - between two .reg files).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx" />
  <row Id="44139" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24857" RevisionGUID="33f01282-b8b6-4a79-a836-82bc5c9cda1c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:45:45.077" UserId="7342" Text="Shibboleth is only really applicable to securing access to resources available via HTTP. It is also designed to deal only with a trusted web of sites, unlike OpenID, which is designed for untrusted sites to authenticate. I'd suggest that OpenID is significantly simpler than Shibboleth to implement." />
  <row Id="44140" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24858" RevisionGUID="57ef7f09-0557-4e89-b6f3-0fff78b5bd74" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:47:56.600" UserId="9332" Text="The [UBCD][1] has several benchmark/stress testing utilities built in. Just burn it to a CD and boot it up, no need to install anything. I've used it several times to stress new production systems. Works great. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively there is Stress Linux, but it hasn't been maintained very well. It does include several tools that are useful for stress testing: `bonnie++`, `memtest`, and `stress`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The linux program stress is excellent. Allowing you to test memory, CPU, and disks with one program.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/" />
  <row Id="44141" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24858" RevisionGUID="57ef7f09-0557-4e89-b6f3-0fff78b5bd74" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:47:56.600" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24859" RevisionGUID="ebc73e38-fb1a-45da-8370-c42b03ac5715" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:50:30.277" UserId="8152" Text="If you have time, I like to do an extensive &quot;burn in&quot;.  I'm sure there are programs that will do this for you, but I end up just writing a couple batch files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a windows box for example, I'd do the following&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. create a couple extra volumes (D, E)&#xD;&#xA; 2. compress 1 volume&#xD;&#xA; 3. encrypt the other volume&#xD;&#xA; 4. make some folders on the D drive and load em up with data... word docs, mp3s, movies, whatever. A few huge files are good (movies).  make an MD5 hash of the big files and store it on another computer.  When you finish, do another MD5 of the big file and see if they match.&#xD;&#xA; 5. write a short script to move/copy/delete files back and forth and set it to loop.  something like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;copy d:\test1\*.* e:\test1\*.* &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;copy d:\test2\*.* e:\test2\*.* &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;del /q d:\test1\*.* &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;del /q d:\test2\*.* &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then copy everything back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if this doesn't get your processor usage(and disk usage) pegged, setup more folders and more scripts.  I've had systems where I had to have 5 different batch files running at the same time in order to get everything pegged.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;all of the compressing and encrypting will help get the processor and ram in use, and of course all the file moving will test the disks pretty thoroughly.  You can do an even better job by replacing the delete command with something that does a secure delete-- scrubbing the actual area of the hard drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44143" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24859" RevisionGUID="ebc73e38-fb1a-45da-8370-c42b03ac5715" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:50:30.277" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44144" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24860" RevisionGUID="6865a424-e036-4ffb-a7ec-cf2819816caa" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:56:57.187" UserId="9333" Text="We've got a Linux-based build system in which a build consists of many different embedded targets (with correspondingly different drivers and featuresets enabled), each one built with another single main source tree.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rather than try to convert our make-based system to something more multiprocess-friendly, we want to just find the best way to fire off builds for all of these targets simultaneously. What I'm not sure about is how to get the best performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've considered the following possible solutions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lots of individual build machines. Downsides: lots of copies of the shared code, or working from a (slow) shared drive. More systems to maintain.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A smaller number of multiprocessor machines (dual quadcores, perhaps), with fast striped RAID local storage. Downsides: I'm unsure of how it will scale. It seems that the volume would be the bottleneck, but I don't know how well Linux handles SMP these days.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A similar SMP machine, but with a hypervisor or Solaris 10 running VMware. Is this silly, or would it provide some scheduling benefits? Downsides: Doesn't address the storage bottleneck issue.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I intend to just sit down and experiment with these possibilities, but I wanted to check to see if I've missed anything. Thanks!" />
  <row Id="44145" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24860" RevisionGUID="6865a424-e036-4ffb-a7ec-cf2819816caa" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:56:57.187" UserId="9333" Text="Best hardware/software solution for parallel makes?" />
  <row Id="44146" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24860" RevisionGUID="6865a424-e036-4ffb-a7ec-cf2819816caa" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:56:57.187" UserId="9333" Text="&lt;build&gt;&lt;make&gt;&lt;smp&gt;" />
  <row Id="44147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24861" RevisionGUID="396bd1bd-4535-4822-a1fa-808bf22ecf75" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:57:14.440" UserId="8388" Text="Keep it simply - use RRAS (Routing &amp; Remote Access Service), which is built-in to Windows Server. It even runs through a wizard which has the option to set the server up for VPN/routing. It's simplest if you use the box as a NAT router, which means assigning it a public IP (behind your firewall, obviously)." />
  <row Id="44148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24862" RevisionGUID="255ce4b2-6835-4663-8a05-ea8cd62e1598" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:59:13.467" UserId="1435" Text="Virtualise and use templates, one code-base, lots of options - big win :)" />
  <row Id="44149" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24863" RevisionGUID="07b00770-b7ab-4bca-a399-978698f86529" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:59:35.027" UserId="5248" Text="I did some searches, but I was unable to find a list of which CPU models support VT-x and which do not. Where can I find such a list?" />
  <row Id="44150" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24863" RevisionGUID="07b00770-b7ab-4bca-a399-978698f86529" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:59:35.027" UserId="5248" Text="Which CPUs support VT-x?" />
  <row Id="44151" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24863" RevisionGUID="07b00770-b7ab-4bca-a399-978698f86529" CreationDate="2009-06-12T15:59:35.027" UserId="5248" Text="&lt;cpu&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="44153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24864" RevisionGUID="45b2cb60-d823-439f-bdd1-131af6dc88f5" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:01:52.807" UserId="1435" Text="Try [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_microprocessors][1] for Intel (search for 'VT') and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_microprocessors][2]&#xD;&#xA; for AMD (search for 'AMD-V').&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_microprocessors&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_microprocessors" />
  <row Id="44156" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24866" RevisionGUID="dbe9420c-3721-4198-815f-c45af50d1597" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:03:13.833" UserId="9332" Text="I would recommend Snort. Snort is supported by almost all other security tools, tutorials are readily available, and so are many front-end applications. There's no secret sauce, that makes one IDS better than another. The public and local rule sets provide the power.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But any IDS (HIDS or NIDS) is a waste of money unless you are willing to check the logs and alerts, hourly or daily. You need the time and the personnel to remove false positives and create new rules for local anomalies. An IDS is best described as a video camera for your network. Someone needs to be watching it, and have the authority to act upon the information it sends. Otherwise it's worthless.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bottom line. Save money on software, use an open source IDS. Spend money on training, and develop a great security team." />
  <row Id="44157" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24867" RevisionGUID="87fed378-9992-4d05-b2cb-41467a972f89" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:04:07.327" UserDisplayName="Tom" Text="Here are a few of my favorites:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias ls='ls -F --color=auto'&#xD;&#xA;    alias l='ls'&#xD;&#xA;    alias ll='ls -ahl'&#xD;&#xA;    alias ..='cd ..'&#xD;&#xA;    alias ...='cd ../..'&#xD;&#xA;    alias mv='mv -i'&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    mkcd() {&#xD;&#xA;            if [ $# != 1 ]; then&#xD;&#xA;                    echo &quot;Usage: mkcd &lt;dir&gt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            else&#xD;&#xA;                    mkdir -p $1 &amp;&amp; cd $1&#xD;&#xA;            fi&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Git related&#xD;&#xA;    alias gs='git status'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gc='git commit'&#xD;&#xA;    alias ga='git add'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gd='git diff'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gb='git branch'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gl='git log'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gsb='git show-branch'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gco='git checkout'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gg='git grep'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gk='gitk --all'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gr='git rebase'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gri='git rebase --interactive'&#xD;&#xA;    alias gcp='git cherry-pick'&#xD;&#xA;    alias grm='git rm'" />
  <row Id="44158" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24867" RevisionGUID="87fed378-9992-4d05-b2cb-41467a972f89" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:04:07.327" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44159" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24868" RevisionGUID="64c13d7b-79a4-4fbd-8519-63787bebcf8e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:04:53.750" UserId="7083" Text="This [wiki page][1] has a reasonably good sample of both AMD (V) and Intel (VT-x) processors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_VT#Hardware_support" />
  <row Id="44160" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24869" RevisionGUID="ffe12d5f-d96b-413f-aaef-a612dd6b4625" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:08:42.073" UserId="3925" Text="When people ask for intrusion detection, I think of server IDSs  as it doesn't matter who penetrates your network if they don't do anything once in. A IDS like [AIDE][1] will make snapshot hashes of a server allowing you to see exactly what has changed on disk over a certain period. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some people prefer to reimage all their servers after a security breach, but I think can be a little overkill for most issues. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/aide" />
  <row Id="44161" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24870" RevisionGUID="34ed1066-fbbe-493c-a37d-f89e28372830" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:09:31.353" UserId="9331" Text="Is it possible to enlarge an installed (Windows XP) virtual disk partition?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm using vmware player (vmplayer) on ubuntu linux. If not, can vmware workstation, or -server do the job?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44162" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24870" RevisionGUID="34ed1066-fbbe-493c-a37d-f89e28372830" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:09:31.353" UserId="9331" Text="Enlarge vmware image with vmplayer" />
  <row Id="44163" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24870" RevisionGUID="34ed1066-fbbe-493c-a37d-f89e28372830" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:09:31.353" UserId="9331" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="44164" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20730" RevisionGUID="59c3a2bb-2bed-426f-951a-a5a212608682" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:12:21.330" UserId="1054" Comment="Reformat bullets" Text="I'm a programmer, so all of my mistakes belong on SO.  However, below are some of the sysadmin errors I have witnessed.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  1. Revoke log on permissions from ALL users on a windows NT domain. (Other than the builtin admin on the PDC, sadly only the contractor that set the domain up knew the password, and they were long since gone)  I don't actually know how this was achieved.  I do know that I got to sit and chat with my fellow developers for a few hours.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  2. Acidentally delete the Member Servers OU.  That was another few hours chatting while a restore from tape was done.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  3. Our admin intended to give all domain admins permission to use CD &amp; Floppy drive access.  (We used SecureNT to control access to removable media at the time)  Sadly he got the group membership backwards and instead gave all users of removable media full domain admin rights as well.  I found this because some tables turned up in a production SQL database that had been created by a user that shouldn't have been able to.  When I told the admin in question I enjoyed watching his face change from, no, thats the right way round, down to, oh ****.  Thankfully there was no serious harm done." />
  <row Id="44165" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24871" RevisionGUID="5a4243fc-e7b3-4fd8-beb1-431bd345c416" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:13:03.887" UserId="4824" Text="Are the drives SATA? SAS would be more suitable in this scenario.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Merits of SAS v SATA][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8997/what-are-the-merits-of-sas-vs-sata-drives" />
  <row Id="44166" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24872" RevisionGUID="d035e31d-3c43-4da7-b643-bd829efbe2c6" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:14:31.403" UserId="9332" Text="Perfmon can be scripted, and the settings can be saved in Vista. Perfmon can even logged to a MSSQL database. Here's how to do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Setup a database server&#xD;&#xA; 2. Create an ODBC connection on the system which you are running perfmon &#xD;&#xA; 3. [Create a new perfmon counter and direct it towards the ODBC connection][1]&#xD;&#xA; 4. Startup perfmon, and watch it log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PROTIP: You can setup your single vista machine to also remotely log perfmon data from other systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[And here's how you can generate a report or two from the data you've collected.][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/granth/archive/2008/09/23/relogging-perfmon-binary-log-files-to-sql.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/granth/archive/2008/11/07/querying-perfmon-data-from-sql.aspx" />
  <row Id="44167" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8027" RevisionGUID="7fc8a3c3-2334-4d93-9374-d29dd649dcac" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:15:08.267" UserId="1054" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="I once had a fight with the APC UPS monitoring software. Being a small company, we had a couple of small-ish UPSes and various servers were setup to monitor them. Most of the servers were Linux, but a few were running Windows and so they were the ones used because the APC software is Windows only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, the APC software at the time was hard-coded to assume the UPS it is talking to is also powering the PC its running on! This was not the case for this server, but I discovered that too late to tell it to halt. Also unfortunately, the lead programmer was demonstrating the company product to a partner - it was a web-based app, running on the same server I didn't want the APC software to shut down...&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44168" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8794" RevisionGUID="a0affabe-e122-4a67-ac9d-e6b6d084ad69" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:17:57.247" UserId="1054" Comment="added 139 characters in body; edited tags" Text="We all have them, let's share some stories about them.  What kind of support person are you?  Kudos to explanations of how you [un]civilly dealt with them!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**: Ok, let's hear some more.  Really I just need to know I'm not alone today after dealing with some of my &quot;favorite&quot; people...." />
  <row Id="44169" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8794" RevisionGUID="a0affabe-e122-4a67-ac9d-e6b6d084ad69" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:17:57.247" UserId="1054" Comment="added 139 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;users&gt;&lt;support&gt;&lt;experience&gt;" />
  <row Id="44170" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24873" RevisionGUID="6527b973-567c-4f05-978e-7f85d98ca520" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:18:48.693" UserId="7936" Text="For intels there's a really nice page:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [http://processorfinder.intel.com][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just go there and choose the &quot;Intel Advanced Virtualization Technology&quot; in the feature list. That is the second page after choosing the processor family.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone knows a similiar site for AMD? I think it's a real lack of care that they don't have it easily available...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://processorfinder.intel.com" />
  <row Id="44171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24874" RevisionGUID="d1d811c6-2890-4f4b-a7bc-aeba3578ca31" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:19:22.670" UserId="2489" Text="Ed Bott did a [comprehensive article on both Intel VT and AMD-V][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=946" />
  <row Id="44172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24875" RevisionGUID="af007663-bd4c-4d39-928c-e2887c1cbf8f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:20:47.113" UserDisplayName="ablarg" Text="I finally located the file here: /opt/vmware/etc/isv/subsequentboot.&#xD;&#xA;The firstboot xml item is also placed here." />
  <row Id="44173" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24876" RevisionGUID="3b0157a0-5f16-4f8b-ac4b-8526c19a7e2c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:20:52.590" UserId="9149" Text="While this was not  asked I am just curiois if RAID 5 is a good choice for virtual environment, have you considered RAID 10? " />
  <row Id="44174" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24877" RevisionGUID="55dee4ff-8c13-4fa4-aa91-26a73556806c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:23:16.483" UserId="4718" Text="Anywhere I go in the building I take&#xD;&#xA;iPhone + Headset&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my Grab Bag I've got&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IDC Punchdown Tool&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Side Cutters&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Needlenose pliers&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Philips #1 + #2 (proper screwdrivers)&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Magic marker + CD Pen&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Gaffer Tape&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Jewellers screwdriver set (A good one with Torx and a nice handle)&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Multi Socket screwdriver + assorted bits&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;1GB Memory Stick&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;120GB HDD&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Spirit Level (for servers and shelves if your rack isn't labelled into U's)&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;2M CAT 5&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;2M CAT 5 Crossover (RED so I don't accidentally use it)&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Phone headset adapter (there's a wired phone in the server room)&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;USB-IDE converter for 2.5&quot; laptop drives&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;USB Cable (dual power for above)&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Neodymium magnets out of hard drive (handy for sticking notes to rack panels)&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;WiFi Access point for when the wired connections just aren't long enough or are obscured)&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Cisco Console Cable&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;USB - P/S2 adapters for keyboards and mice&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;USB Wireless keyboard/mouse combo (made for media centre) I need to replace this as it's a bit dodgy, doesn't register all keypresses if you are typing rapido.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Mini Wired USB mouse&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Nylon Cable Ties&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;3G USB Dongle&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Twisty Ties&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Spare IEC mains lead.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Extension Cable/Power Strip.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I obviously bring a laptop as well (actually mightn't be that obvious), at present it's a Dell X-1, small, light, good battery life with the extended battery.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have to note, it's all well and good having this stuff in your kit bag, but make sure it works before it's an emergency at 3am on a public holiday weekend when nowhere is open." />
  <row Id="44175" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24877" RevisionGUID="55dee4ff-8c13-4fa4-aa91-26a73556806c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:23:16.483" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44176" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24858" RevisionGUID="29c3bcd8-bf59-4ec2-8c27-d489532d25b9" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:25:29.410" UserId="9332" Comment="added 153 characters in body" Text="The [UBCD][1] has several benchmark/stress testing utilities built in. Just burn it to a CD and boot it up, no need to install anything. I've used it several times to stress new production systems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The UBCD includes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - memtest&#xD;&#xA; - CPU burn-in&#xD;&#xA; - Benchmarking tools (run once before, and once after)&#xD;&#xA; - And a bunch of disk diagnostic tools&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Works great. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively there is Stress Linux, but it hasn't been maintained very well. It does include several tools that are useful for stress testing: `bonnie++`, `memtest`, and `stress`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The linux program stress is excellent. Allowing you to test memory, CPU, and disks with one program.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/" />
  <row Id="44177" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24878" RevisionGUID="032066f4-b03f-4540-b17b-df6d773eca42" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:26:02.110" UserId="2561" Text="Hi All,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My tape drive needed to be replaced.  I am using netbackup 6 and 2.6.9 Linux.  When I try to re add the device I used /dev/nst0 as it is the nstX device. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/proc/scsi/scsi shows:&#xD;&#xA;H&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ost: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 00&#xD;&#xA;    Vendor: HP Model: Ultrium 3-SCSI Rev: G63Z&#xD;&#xA;    Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, when I go to drive Diagnostic in the GUI I get&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Vendor Name: -&#xD;&#xA;    Model: -&#xD;&#xA;    Firmware: -&#xD;&#xA;    Drive path: MISSING_DRIVE:HU10548V5B&#xD;&#xA;    Drive Type: hcart 3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And when I run the Diagnostic the first Drive Information Test returns &quot;Drive not DOWN, aborting test'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone know what I need to do?" />
  <row Id="44178" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24878" RevisionGUID="032066f4-b03f-4540-b17b-df6d773eca42" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:26:02.110" UserId="2561" Text="How to add a  New Drive to Netbackup 6 on a Linux host?" />
  <row Id="44179" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24878" RevisionGUID="032066f4-b03f-4540-b17b-df6d773eca42" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:26:02.110" UserId="2561" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;netbook&gt;" />
  <row Id="44180" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24830" RevisionGUID="d03fe18d-332d-4969-a6c5-20ae8542ae42" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:26:52.823" UserId="1376" Comment="Corrected missing info" Text="There is probably a problem with the ActiveX control provided by the Office client products that give this additional functionality. (Have you also found that you can't upload multiple files any longer?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is most likely to happen if you have different Office versions installed on your machine. The official, supported way to fix this is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. For each pre-Office 2007 product, run Setup and remove the Windows SharePoint Services Support component.&#xD;&#xA; 2. For each Office 2007 product, run Setup and ensure the Windows SharePoint Services Support component is installed (under Office Tools).&#xD;&#xA; 3. You may also need to Repair the Office 2007 product.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing to try in Internet Explorer is go to Tools, Manage Add-Ons and look for add-ons using the file OWSSUPP.DLL. On my machine there are four of these. The one most likely to be affected here is &quot;SharePoint Stssync Handler&quot;. Check that it exists (unfortunately you can't tell which office version it's using, at least in IE7)." />
  <row Id="44181" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24879" RevisionGUID="dd68db3d-7022-4c8a-9878-d424b2682921" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:27:33.527" UserId="1565" Text="I put ESXi on an old server, but the hardware died.  The hard drive is fine, and I'd like to get the VMs I made on that server moved over to a new server.  The problem is, the old server used IDE drives and the new server only has SATA controllers.  I have an IDE/USB adapter, but ESXi does not seem to support mounting of a USB storage devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way I can get access to the datastore on old hard drive?  I have a Windows machine with VMware Workstation if that can be used in any way." />
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  <row Id="44184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24880" RevisionGUID="c1281c85-c637-402b-9b42-14ae4ccfa4d6" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:28:48.857" UserId="1054" Text="    net send /domain &quot;Hello World&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh sh!+, this isn't the lab domain....." />
  <row Id="44185" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24880" RevisionGUID="c1281c85-c637-402b-9b42-14ae4ccfa4d6" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:28:48.857" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44186" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24881" RevisionGUID="126e70e2-740f-48be-8dca-29277ddbd172" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:30:26.310" UserId="9332" Text="Looks like this is a [problem with libpcap][1] ... As stated in the first answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Recompile libpcap, or find another version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:  http://lists.virus.org/snort-users-0301/msg00291.html" />
  <row Id="44187" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24882" RevisionGUID="25224237-3e08-4fe4-844b-77dda0dd1c65" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:30:29.337" UserId="1833" Text="I think we'll need more information to give you an kind of useful answer.  For example, you say that &quot;have identified that the Spanning Tree Protocol from the cisco router as the cause&quot;, but normally routers don't participate in spanning tree, only switches do.   When you said router, did you actually mean a L3 switch (like a 3750)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general, Spanning Tree performs poorly across high latency networks, highly congested networks, or networks with even fairly minor reliability/loss issues.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's hard to believe you'd actually be having a loop, since from your description you only have 1 connection between two offices.  More likely you've got a misconfiguration, or you've got problems with your MPLS circuit that are causing BPDU's to get dropped, thereby throwing spanning tree into a tizzy. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think to troubleshoot this, you need to figure out which of your switches is the spanning tree root bridge and document your spanning tree topology.  My guess is that when you do you'll find a clear issue such as two switches that are both trying to be the root bridge, a spanning tree depth greater than 7, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you post a diagram of your network?" />
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  <row Id="44191" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24885" RevisionGUID="8a1dd251-cf5a-4ec3-82e4-581163dc8415" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:31:38.647" UserId="1522" Text="I have a couple IIS/6.0 servers that security is asking me to remove a couple of response headers that are sent to client browsers on requests.  They are concerned about divulging platform information through response headers. I have removed all the HTTP-HEADERS out of the IIS configuration for the website (X-Powered-By or some such header).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_(I personally do know that this information can be easily found out, even if it is hidden, but it isn't my call.)_&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Headers I want to remove:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* **Server** - Microsoft-IIS/6.0&#xD;&#xA;* **X-AspNet-Version** - 2.0.50727&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also know that ASP.NET MVC also emits its own header too, if you know how to remove it also, that would be helpful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* **X-AspNetMvc-Version** - 1.0" />
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  <row Id="44194" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24886" RevisionGUID="435658a4-69e3-4e11-960a-c54827b06d96" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:34:11.950" UserId="671" Text="If you're not in a rush and want to use the same hard drive, an [IDE to SATA adapter][1] might work for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822998001" />
  <row Id="44195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24887" RevisionGUID="e870707b-78ba-4bcd-9fff-f10e447c7010" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:35:01.713" UserId="1435" Text="You don't list whereabouts you are but you could buy an IDE-to-SATA adapter such as [THIS][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=36036&amp;C=SO&amp;U=strat15" />
  <row Id="44197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24889" RevisionGUID="d9a3865e-145d-488f-9d92-77bf778248c4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:37:33.453" UserId="671" Text="Within IIS, in the web site properties, go to the HTTP Headers tab.  Most of the X- headers can be found and removed here.  This can be done for individual sites, or for the entire server (modify the properties for the Web Sites object in the tree).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For server identification, Port 80 Software makes a product called [ServerMask][1] that will take care of that for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.port80software.com/products/servermask/" />
  <row Id="44199" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24890" RevisionGUID="f2c1c5e9-d725-407b-b9fb-d32dd2a984fe" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:39:41.467" UserId="5473" Text="Yes it's possible. It's a two step process:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Use vmware-vdiskmanager (I don't know if Player includes this executable, but WS, Server, and ESX all do). Run it without any command line arguments to see the various options, -x is the one for growing virtual disks, but you might want to make other changes as well. A simple commandline would like this:  `vmware-vdiskmanager -x 40GB WinXP.vmdk`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. Once you have expanded the disk, you still need to expand the partition and the filesystem. I usually use sysrecuecd for this. Download the [iso][1], setup your VM to boot from the CD, and then you can run gparted to expand both the partition and NTFS filesystem. It will take some time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, you should backup your virtual disk files before doing this in case anything goes wrong. But, I've both grown and shrunk NTFS formated vmdk files several times without a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sysresccd.org/Download" />
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  <row Id="44201" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24891" RevisionGUID="f2372fdb-9e49-464c-ac79-d360ea38b6e9" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:40:01.810" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24892" RevisionGUID="c65c2c02-7a98-40c4-9df5-4dc4600b6361" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:41:25.630" UserId="5391" Text="I think I understand what you are saying.  On the switch port(s) connecting to your MPLS provider, you should be able to block STP messages (called BPDU filtering).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On HP Procurves, the command to enable BPDU filter is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    spanning-tree &lt;port-list&gt; bpdu-filter&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Cisco switchis the command should be something similar to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    set spantree portfast bpdu-filter 6/1 enable&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24893" RevisionGUID="d576df25-3301-416d-b1e6-54e17b9e7693" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:42:53.537" UserId="8374" Text="Someone tried the upgrade process from Windows 2003 x64 to Windows 2008 x64?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usually, it would be better to never upgrade a Windows OS; but maybe, since this is a server OS, the upgrade path has been refined?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reinstalling/reconfiguring would be really long with too long downtime; i'd prefer to avoid that path..." />
  <row Id="44205" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24893" RevisionGUID="d576df25-3301-416d-b1e6-54e17b9e7693" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:42:53.537" UserId="8374" Text="Upgrading from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008" />
  <row Id="44206" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24893" RevisionGUID="d576df25-3301-416d-b1e6-54e17b9e7693" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:42:53.537" UserId="8374" Text="&lt;migration&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="44207" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24889" RevisionGUID="f395010e-1203-457e-bd42-0c47215b0407" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:43:54.577" UserId="671" Comment="Added info for MVC header." Text="Your security department wants you to do this to make the server type harder to identify.  This may lessen the barrage of automated hacking tools and make it more difficult for people to break into the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Within IIS, open the web site properties, then go to the HTTP Headers tab.  Most of the X- headers can be found and removed here.  This can be done for individual sites, or for the entire server (modify the properties for the Web Sites object in the tree).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the Server header, on IIS6 you can use Microsoft's [URLScan][1] tool to remote that.  Port 80 Software also makes a product called [ServerMask][2] that will take care of that, and a lot more, for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For IIS7, there is a [great article][3] on using a custom module to modify the Server header.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the MVC header, in Global.asax:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    MvcHandler.DisableMvcResponseHeader = true;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NOTE: Technet isn't responding for me at the moment, but the link for URLScan is what Bing returns, so it's up-to-date as of this writing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/urlscan.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.port80software.com/products/servermask/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner/archive/2008/03/12/iis-7-how-to-send-a-custom-server-http-header.aspx" />
  <row Id="44208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24894" RevisionGUID="567373f2-e1c4-4cf3-8e86-3b0210d68aef" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:43:54.920" UserId="1054" Text="Putting this in an ASP.NET application's web.config file will get rid of the X-AspNet-Version header:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;system.web&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;httpRuntime enableVersionHeader=&quot;false&quot; /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/system.web&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that the system.web tag should already exist in the file.  Don't create a duplicate, just add the httpRuntime tag.  The httpRuntime tag might also already exist.  If so, just add the attribute or set its value if it's already there." />
  <row Id="44209" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24895" RevisionGUID="b7e34076-5622-4752-ba55-8ec699911c22" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:44:24.747" UserId="9332" Text="Are you running `make -j` and creating parallel jobs? [Sun has a nice guide about that.][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The hypervisor idea is a bit silly. You want speed and I/O performance, something that a single vmware server is going to take away from you. You probably want to setup as many cores and disks as possible. These would be the two real limiting factors of your build system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a reason why you cannot run them in serial rather than parallel? Take the simplest route not the easiest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For future reference: a nice list of [alternatives to make.][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://developers.sun.com/solaris/articles/parallel_make.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://freshmeat.net/articles/make-alternatives/" />
  <row Id="44210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24896" RevisionGUID="44118a15-add4-4ab8-a01d-99c847373a38" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:44:41.877" UserId="9170" Text="http://intel.com foe VT-x &amp; http://amd.com V-x" />
  <row Id="44211" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24896" RevisionGUID="e2d3283b-d6d7-476f-8f6f-df90d07757bb" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:47:50.917" UserId="1435" Comment="edited body" Text="http://intel.com for VT-x &amp; http://amd.com V-x" />
  <row Id="44212" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24897" RevisionGUID="ccc87c60-80eb-4944-9d37-2581495df9d8" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:49:44.987" UserId="2422" Text="I'd like to at least mention SpinRite, if testing the hard-drives/storage as part of the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm" />
  <row Id="44213" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24897" RevisionGUID="ccc87c60-80eb-4944-9d37-2581495df9d8" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:49:44.987" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44214" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24898" RevisionGUID="36da15da-39a7-41bc-b4fe-b4cd31119407" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:50:28.383" UserId="1833" Text="Unfortunately, the only way to guarantee your address won't overlap with something else is to purchase a block of routable public IP address space.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said that you could try finding parts of the RFC 1918 address space that are less popular.  For example, 192.168.x address space is commonly used in residential and small business networks, possibly because it's the default on so many low end network devices.  I'd guess though that at least 90% of the time people using 192.168.x address space are using it in class C sized blocks and usually are starting their subnet addressing at 192.168.0.x.  You are probably a *lot* less likely to find people using 192.168.255.x, so that might be a good choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The 10.x.x.x space is also commonly used, most big enterprise internal networks I've seen are 10.x space.  But I've seldom seen people using the 172.16-31.x space.   I'd be willing to bet you'd very rarely find someone already using 172.31.255.x for example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And finally, if you are going to use non-RFC1918 space, at least try to find space that doesn't belong to someone else and isn't likely to be allocated for public usage anytime in the future.   There's an interesting article [here](http://etherealmind.com/2008/02/05/network-management-and-ip-addressing-in-mpls-data-centre/) at etherealmind.com where the author is talking about using the RFC 3330 192.18.x address space that's reserved for benchmark tests.   That would probably be workable for your VPN example, unless of course one of your VPN users works for a company the makes or benchmarks network equipment.  :-)" />
  <row Id="44216" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24887" RevisionGUID="5fb7985a-6dc2-42ec-a4a5-e41a01b3cc40" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:54:01.107" UserId="1435" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="You don't list where abouts you are but you could buy an IDE-to-SATA adapter such as [THIS][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=36036&amp;C=SO&amp;U=strat15" />
  <row Id="44217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24900" RevisionGUID="1c06be4d-91cf-4913-9faf-6cb03f2017f8" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:54:32.913" UserId="9140" Text="Using something like 10.254.231.x/24 or similar could also make you slip under the hotel radar, as they seldom have 10.x networks large enough to eat your subnet." />
  <row Id="44218" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24901" RevisionGUID="fec0a988-f030-4398-83c2-c80382f2e5db" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:54:40.263" UserId="9020" Text="My opinion only but if its a production server I would never consider an upgrade.  Pull the drives, slap in some new ones, do your Windows 2008 install and if you run into problems plug the old drives back in." />
  <row Id="44219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24902" RevisionGUID="7a3d425a-2399-408a-b82f-d96263f9777e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:57:08.477" UserId="5391" Text="We have several IPSec VPNs with our partners and customers and occasionally run into IP conflicts with their network.  The solution in our case is to do either **source-NAT** or **destination-NAT** over the VPN.  We are using Juniper Netscreen and SSG products, but I assume this can be handled by most higher-end IPSec VPN devices." />
  <row Id="44220" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24903" RevisionGUID="10eb9775-6aa3-40c6-a492-9ba03e30a882" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:57:58.630" UserId="2711" Text="I'm sure there are plenty of us that started off in some way on the coal-face that is the IT helpdesk. Do you have any humourous stories of user stupidity that still stick with you?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pull up a chair and share with us the emotional scars you've gained dealing with the entity we politely refer to as &quot;the client&quot;." />
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  <row Id="44222" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24903" RevisionGUID="10eb9775-6aa3-40c6-a492-9ba03e30a882" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:57:58.630" UserId="2711" Text="&lt;helpdesk&gt;" />
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  <row Id="44224" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24904" RevisionGUID="ebf6ee97-bc88-4b55-972b-63bc6bda3d4a" CreationDate="2009-06-12T16:58:08.617" UserId="671" Text="We've upgraded non-critical systems on 32-bit without any real issues.  I wouldn't consider a Windows upgrade for a mission-critical application, however, primarily due to the downtime it would create.  When upgrading a critical app, we usually purchase a new server for the newer OS and then migrate the application from one to the other.  The older server can then be resold or re-purposed elsewhere." />
  <row Id="44225" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16349" RevisionGUID="f5c04e43-7ec3-4405-9825-c299e11bda7d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:00:47.703" UserId="7936" Comment="improved formatting" Text="if you have pstools installed in the root of c:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;c:\pstools\psexec \\\\computername -u username -p password cmd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;opens cmd prompt on a remote machine.  From there you can do whatever you want." />
  <row Id="44226" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24905" RevisionGUID="b6dddafe-2229-475f-917c-fba5dda8270f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:01:24.270" UserId="1435" Text="I recently had someone ask me if they could move staff and their desks etc. into a data centre 'now that you've virtualised it' *shakes head slowly*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We just use the expression 'It's a Layer 8 problem'." />
  <row Id="44227" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24905" RevisionGUID="b6dddafe-2229-475f-917c-fba5dda8270f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:01:24.270" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24906" RevisionGUID="074e0ef4-7945-40be-b445-3c7aa6c12756" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:01:58.433" UserId="671" Text="We once instituted a password policy on e-mail accounts to prevent people from using their username, &quot;password&quot;, 1234, etc.  We sent many advance notices to all users, and one gentleman called us, very distraught and angry.  He demanded to know who was going to pay to have his business cards, letterhead, and web site updated.  He has been using the same e-mail address for many years, and given the new rules, it would make it very difficult for people to remember his e-mail address.  We politely explained that it was his password, not the address itself that needed to be updated.  After he realized his mistake, he grumbled about something else and hung up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lesson: No matter how carefully you plan an action and word the notices and make sure everyone is notified, someone, somewhere will still manage to misinterpret what you're doing.  Be prepared for anything." />
  <row Id="44229" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24906" RevisionGUID="074e0ef4-7945-40be-b445-3c7aa6c12756" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:01:58.433" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24907" RevisionGUID="721b0323-f006-43bb-aebf-c381def68c11" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:02:41.803" UserId="1435" Text="I'd just ask yourself why you'd want to upgrade and what's your rollback plan?" />
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  <row Id="44233" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24908" RevisionGUID="e31cb365-0383-447d-aa79-b68b0046fb85" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:04:47.913" UserId="5578" Text="Do systems administrators have quiet working conditions? " />
  <row Id="44234" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24908" RevisionGUID="e31cb365-0383-447d-aa79-b68b0046fb85" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:04:47.913" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24909" RevisionGUID="c178b022-ca6b-4442-bc2b-e29c6c9b55e0" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:06:16.380" UserId="1995" Text="We have no Windows Server 2008 systems in production yet, but I've upgraded about 6 test servers (1 32-bit, 5 64-bit) and the process has been nearly flawless.  However, most have been VMware-hosted VMs, the driver issues aren't a big deal.  The only thing I've had to do is uninstall/reinstall McAfee VirusScan 8.5 after the upgrade.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think Microsoft has had a lot of time to improve the upgrade process since the NT4-&gt;Windows 2000 days.  I did a lot more Windows 2000-&gt;2003 upgrades than NT4-&gt;W2K, that's for sure.  I will only be recommending upgrades (when absolutely required) of W2K3 x64 -&gt; W2K8 x64.  I don't want to use W2K8 32-bit in production as a best practice." />
  <row Id="44236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24910" RevisionGUID="39936ad3-5876-419b-b1cc-0de022e7d343" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:07:06.923" UserId="9332" Text="Buy a new drive then, using a linux boot disk, dd the old drive (from USB) to the new drive:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/sd&lt;olddrive&gt; of=/dev/sd&lt;newdrive&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because VMFS, the ESXi filesytem, is proprietary, you will not be able to find any drivers, or mount the drive to copy your vmdk files. This may change, and you can use adapters, but your best bet is to transfer your old ESXi disk to a new one, bit for bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[More on the dd command.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4906/using-dd-for-disk-cloning" />
  <row Id="44237" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24911" RevisionGUID="fe621d8c-237c-4d5a-9deb-b79601a72598" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:09:10.163" UserId="1464" Text="I have a colleague that is looking for help with the following situation. If anyone can be of assistance, it would be appreciated. Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From his email:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A couple of months ago, the admin spent quite a bit of time installing SCCM as a pilot.  (We have no experience with System Center here prior to this.)  Because it was a pilot and on a test box, he installed it using our domain's Administrator account, which still was called &quot;Administrator&quot;, and had not added any other admins.  About a week ago, our admins completed a project to change the name of Administrator domain-wide to something else to improve our domain security.  Unfortunately, because this system is in test, it was missed during the systems review, and we can no longer administer SCCM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best possible scenario would be to find a way to get System Center to recognize the new name of Administrator so we can administer SCCM.  The only solution we've found on the Internet is to completely reinstall it, which our admin is reluctant to do because of the time invested in installing and configuring it - he was getting close to rolling it out companywide.  I know it's a long shot, but I thought you might know of something anecdotal that might be able to help us, or that you might know of someone else you could refer me to.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="44239" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24911" RevisionGUID="fe621d8c-237c-4d5a-9deb-b79601a72598" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:09:10.163" UserId="1464" Text="&lt;system&gt;&lt;system-center&gt;" />
  <row Id="44240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24912" RevisionGUID="9736b7fb-04ec-460a-bd0e-409beb5c018b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:16:45.840" UserId="9332" Text="I had the same problem with a 2008 Server machine (basically Vista Light), I had to reboot it before it would print. Talk about aggravation. There is a registry setting hidden deep within the bowels of HKLM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Hardware Profiles\0001\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers\&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Find the offending printer entry, then find the entry named. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PrinterOnLine&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit it. Changing it to the magical value of&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This makes my cry for CUPS ... or even lpr ..." />
  <row Id="44241" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24913" RevisionGUID="b23ca2c0-86be-4ee2-bca8-18545d58cf51" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:17:17.743" UserId="9170" Text="IBM T42 dont support boot from usb " />
  <row Id="44242" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24914" RevisionGUID="1d2a6c1b-868f-4876-9c09-d91f30e24e27" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:18:40.877" UserId="7783" Text="I don't think the server path for upgrades is any better than the workstation path. It's the same core product after all. What you might have, however, well *hopefully have*, is less &quot;odd crap&quot; on the system that might trip an upgrade up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to grab a practice image, possibly into a virtual machine, and test how the upgrade goes for you, see how your apps behave on an upgraded system and decide if the time taken to upgrade server, upgrade your apps, and debug is less than the time taken to build a new system and migrate across.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh yeah, unless you *are* virtualising the production machine, check the hardware is compatible with Win 2008. That would be a real nasty one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for a rollback plan as chopper3 suggests, thats really important too. Make sure you don't start the upgrade process until you're sure you can restore a backup of the Windows 2003 server you're upgrading." />
  <row Id="44248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24916" RevisionGUID="119772fe-a9c3-4278-a26f-d318f719ef0c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:28:09.307" UserId="9332" Text="Why don't you change the Administrator back to the original name for about 15 mins? Have you already tried this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having installed SCOM/Reporting Services/Sharepoint I can feel your co-workers pain." />
  <row Id="44249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24917" RevisionGUID="864d5fb1-9463-4f61-a2f0-46156a690423" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:29:01.583" UserId="2304" Text="[This thread][1] has some good info on replacing drives... you'll need to delete the old drive &amp; re-add the new drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the last post in the thread:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To delete the old drive from NetBackup:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tpconfig -delete -drive &lt;drvindex&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To delete old robot from NetBackup:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tpconfig -delete -robot &lt;robot&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this was the only tape drive you had on this system, go to /dev/rmt directory and remove everything. Assuming your drive is SCSI attached. If drive is Fiber connected and you are using zoning, then you need to update the zone at switch and/or host level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After rebooting the server, you should be able to see devices created in /dev/rmt directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;run sgscan or scan command to check the new devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, you can add robot and drive either by using GUI or from the command line&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add new robot:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tpconfig -add -robot &lt;robnum&gt; -robtype &lt;robtype&gt; -robpath &lt;devfile&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Restart NBU daemons&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add the new tape drive:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tpconfig -add -drive -type &lt;drvtype&gt; -path &lt;drivepath&gt; -asciiname &lt;asciidrvname&gt; -index &lt;drvindex&gt; -shared [yes|no] -drstatus UP|DOWN|DISABLED [-robot &lt;robnum&gt; -robtype &lt;robtype&gt; -robdrnum &lt;robdrvnum&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Restart NBU daemons. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update/recreate STU and you should be good to go&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.symantec.com/connect/forums/replace-tape-drive-0" />
  <row Id="44250" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24918" RevisionGUID="bca4c0c0-40ac-408b-a2ab-a419490a5630" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:29:35.420" UserId="9249" Text="You've got to outer join it with a table that lists the hours that you're interested in." />
  <row Id="44251" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="24798" RevisionGUID="d02cbfe4-c16c-4398-be9d-f9eeec541993" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:33:05.520" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="44252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24919" RevisionGUID="76e566be-38f2-4251-a304-8a64f7ad6bbf" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:33:52.930" UserId="9340" Text="My setup is the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - VMWare Workstation 6.5&#xD;&#xA; - Host OS - Vista Ultimate x64&#xD;&#xA; - Guest OS - Vista Ultimate x64&#xD;&#xA; - Notes - Both OS in same domain and&#xD;&#xA;   using DHCP&#xD;&#xA; - Other special Notes - this is a newer&#xD;&#xA;   laptop and the network adapter&#xD;&#xA;   supports IPV6&#xD;&#xA; - Network Adapter - Bridged (with&#xD;&#xA;   Replicate State checked)&#xD;&#xA; - Guest Isolation - VMCI is checked to&#xD;&#xA;   allow host communication&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried the following with the following results (just pinging):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disabled all network adapters on HostOS (except wireless) : &lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;This works intermittently from the HostOS to the GuestOS (dropped packets), and doesn't work at all from the GuestOS to the HostOS ... however I did notice something strange when I ping the GuestOS(by name) on the GuestOS ... it successfully pings with IPV6 ... when I ping the GuestOS(by name) from the HostOS it seemingly uses IPV4. I disabled IPV6 on both adapters (Guest and Host) and recieved similar results and the GuestOS ping to the GuestOS looks something like this :::::::1 but it states that it was a successfull ping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tried everything I did above, however, over the regular ethernet adapter:&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Works like a champ no problems. However that wierd self ping on the GuestOS still returns IPV6 responses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44253" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24919" RevisionGUID="76e566be-38f2-4251-a304-8a64f7ad6bbf" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:33:52.930" UserId="9340" Text="VMWare Guest OS networking problems talking with Host OS over wireless" />
  <row Id="44254" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24919" RevisionGUID="76e566be-38f2-4251-a304-8a64f7ad6bbf" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:33:52.930" UserId="9340" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="44255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24920" RevisionGUID="f953981b-fc82-433c-b8f2-0256de7a243d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:38:36.817" UserId="9249" Text="What I would do is create a db link from the new Linux Oracle server to the existing Windows Oracle server.  Then, you can create the schema and copy the data over the data link." />
  <row Id="44256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24921" RevisionGUID="61cac08f-68fa-4f32-a28c-88b3f396d2c6" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:39:54.957" UserId="5426" Text="So based on the lack of response, and the fact that I feel badly that your question got shut down by an answer that doesn't really answer it, this is how we manage our remote users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the biggest piece is that we use Windows Terminal Server 2003 for everyone. The advantages include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;less support time for me (I only have one place to install patches and applications) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the users can have their &quot;work&quot; desktop at home. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If we want the computers to run faster, we don't spend money or time upgrading individual machines, we put more memory or hard drives in the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If a remote users laptop is stolen, while we do lose the hardware, we lose none of our information, unless a user has that info on the flash drive with the laptop. But his email and these things are still safe back at the main office. Also irate employees cannot &quot;delete&quot; everything when they walk out the door, assuming you are running regular backups on your server that is in a locked closet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So now to address your questions about security and patches. The truth is I don't worry about them. Before you tar and feather me, here is why. Each machine that is the &quot;dumb terminal&quot; back to the main server runs Windows Steady State. A free application from Microsoft that resets the machine upon restart. They use the remote desktop application to see their desktop (which is encrypted, by default and the encryption can be turned up as well.) If the computer gets infected the user restarts and life is great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A problem does now occur. You will always need internet access to be able to get their desktop. True, and so there is some user education needed on this point, and in addition I have basic applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) installed on the laptop locally so that they can plug flash drives in to show their presentations or save documents to the flash drive when they are on the plane. They bring the flash drive back to the office and we move the files over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This (like any solution) does not work perfectly, but for us it has been solid, and I don't see that scaling would be much of an issue. Hope this helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44257" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24921" RevisionGUID="61cac08f-68fa-4f32-a28c-88b3f396d2c6" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:39:54.957" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44258" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24922" RevisionGUID="c151c909-72da-4f62-8c8d-8663ef695793" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:40:02.587" UserId="9258" Text="When SharePoint gets the request you need to make sure that the request it thinks it is getting is the actual URL it is publishing. So for example if your proxy server is accepting the request as https://foobar.com/ then it will need to send that same URL to SharePoint . This is the only way that AAM will know how to serve back the correct URL as SharePoint sends back the same URL that was requested as long as that URL is configured in AAM." />
  <row Id="44259" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24034" RevisionGUID="0e1e56e6-17be-4217-8974-75e483af5261" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:41:28.900" UserId="8558" Comment="added 201 characters in body" Text="I just installed Windows Server 2008 R2 as my main file server on my home network.  I've noticed that often times when I start my day my internet connection speed is slow.  I'll go to [Speakeasy speed test][1] and it'll be at about 25% of its normal speed.  When I restart my Server 2008 machine it increases back to normal.  It will stay normal until Server 2008 has been running for a while.  Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: I had installed Collabnet Subversion within the past week which installs/sets up some other stuff for web access, I just uninstalled it.  I'll report back tomorrow if that fixed my problem.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/" />
  <row Id="44260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24923" RevisionGUID="daba9215-f1c7-4adf-b2dd-96a9f4c2257c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:43:41.173" UserId="1466" Text="I'm just guessing that arp is my problem...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a linux drbd server cluster set up, and due to some power issues had to unplug the switch that connects the two servers.  As a result, both servers became primary and took the same IP address for several seconds.  (this caused a *split-brain* condition , but that's another issue)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My problem is that now some servers seem to be able to see the shared IP address of the cluster, and some cannot.  I am wondering if this could be a situation where **some switches/ports are sending the traffic to one server, and some to the other?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if this IS the problem, **how can I resolve it?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * and... is this done at the switch, or on the server?" />
  <row Id="44261" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24923" RevisionGUID="daba9215-f1c7-4adf-b2dd-96a9f4c2257c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:43:41.173" UserId="1466" Text="How can I fix a bad arp entry?" />
  <row Id="44262" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24923" RevisionGUID="daba9215-f1c7-4adf-b2dd-96a9f4c2257c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:43:41.173" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;arp&gt;&lt;switch&gt;&lt;clustering&gt;" />
  <row Id="44263" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24924" RevisionGUID="199c5884-8a93-46d5-8533-fbbe7f0364af" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:43:45.603" UserId="9258" Text="When you publish websites in ISA you have the choice of choosing which network/users to publish the site to. So what you would need to do is to publish the sharepoint site two times. One time to the internal users on your private network and another time to the external users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have not done this so this is more of a suggestion to look into." />
  <row Id="44264" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24742" RevisionGUID="44e919ca-1cdc-459a-9152-b3a1a8966e4c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:46:23.397" UserId="1054" Comment="added 9 characters in body" Text="I am trying to set up the out of office assistance as I will be out the office next week, however, the out of office message is only being sent when an e-mail is sent internally and not through an external e-mail.  Could anybody assist me please?" />
  <row Id="44265" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24925" RevisionGUID="6e464fd5-41d4-42b4-9dd4-9ebb7942d125" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:49:02.377" UserId="5426" Text="When switching a monitor a user asked me &quot;So will my files be in my new montior?&quot;" />
  <row Id="44266" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24925" RevisionGUID="6e464fd5-41d4-42b4-9dd4-9ebb7942d125" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:49:02.377" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44267" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24804" RevisionGUID="e62ccc02-06b2-4d8c-9dad-fc6d16e7dfdd" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:49:17.993" UserId="3454" Comment="Minor change" Text="Large file support ( &gt;2GB ) for Linux needs to be addressed in three separate locations to ensure you do not run into the 2 GB max file size limit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Large file support enabled in the kernel&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. A filesystem that supports large file sizes (many Linux-based filesystems do (ext3, reiserfs &gt;= 3.6, etc))&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Large file support within the libraries or applications utilized&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Kernel support for large files has been around since 2.4.0-test7; if you use a custom kernel, ensure you've included the large file options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most Linux filesystems support large files, but you may have issues using a network file system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lastly, libraries (i.e. libpcap) and applications need to be compiled with the gcc options -D \_LARGEFILE64\_SOURCE -D \_FILE\_OFFSET\_BITS=64. Check to ensure the packages you are using either come precompiled with these options or roll your own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [here][1] for more details.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.suse.de/~aj/linux_lfs.html" />
  <row Id="44268" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24926" RevisionGUID="c46194bb-0489-4e92-97b6-1833fe917b72" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:49:42.627" UserId="8374" Text="Even if you don't upgrade, i don't think it will be a problem: thanks to the uber-protective securty policy applied to internet explorer by default, IE6 is already crippled to a state that renders it useless&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;btw, ie6 it is like a bug compilation, i would strongly suggest to upgrade" />
  <row Id="44269" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24433" RevisionGUID="ea7c479f-3a74-404d-8421-6067067d86c2" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:49:55.667" UserId="981" Comment="deleted 725 characters in body" Text="Whenever I join a network where there are other Macs, I sometimes get the notification:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This computer's local hostname&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Macintosh.local is already in use on&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this network. The name has been&#xD;&#xA;&gt; changed to 'Macintosh-2.local`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From then on the result of `hostname` is this changed name. I've tried:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* System Preferences-&gt;Sharing-&gt;Computer Name. &#xD;&#xA;* `sudo hostname jared-mac`. &#xD;&#xA;* Modified `/etc/hostname`.&#xD;&#xA;* System Preferences-&gt;Network-&gt;Advanced... -&gt;TCP/IP DHCP Client ID&#xD;&#xA;* System Preferences-&gt;Network-&gt;Advanced... -&gt;WINS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this a known issue? Or am I doing something wrong?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44270" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24927" RevisionGUID="235e6ea5-ffed-441a-a124-4cc49fabef10" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:50:18.880" UserId="4541" Text="When we route http or Https traffic over our backup T1 our squid proxy server stops being able to reach anything. This has worked in the past, however we  recently replaced the T1.(mere hours ago)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Computers have firefox configured to use the proxy, it is not a transparent proxy. If we remove the proxy they can connect over the T1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Network setup:  Single Linksys Rv082 router with a primary WAN link to a cable line and a secondary link to a T1 connection. We also have a freebsd server (Server A) running DNS and a PC-BSD server (Server B) as our squid proxy server.  Server A has the name servers from both WAN1 and WAN2 in it's resolve.conf file. Server B is now running bind only as a local name server for cacheing, it contacts Server A for name resolution.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We at first suspected DNS issues, however if computers do not use the proxy they can connect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44271" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24927" RevisionGUID="235e6ea5-ffed-441a-a124-4cc49fabef10" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:50:18.880" UserId="4541" Text="Dual WAN failover issue with squid and bind on FreeBSD" />
  <row Id="44272" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24927" RevisionGUID="235e6ea5-ffed-441a-a124-4cc49fabef10" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:50:18.880" UserId="4541" Text="&lt;squid&gt;&lt;freebsd&gt;&lt;failover&gt;" />
  <row Id="44273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24928" RevisionGUID="2be34837-fce0-48c3-ae6f-4dbaeb3b9266" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:50:28.520" UserId="9110" Text="Like the first poster indicated, it's likely IO. I actually have the same setup on my vserver and often see the same problems. The issue is that current container methods of virtual servers like vserver do not separate IO effectively. Here's a whitepaper that explains it in depth on page 13 if you're interested. http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~mef/research/vserver/paper.pdf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24929" RevisionGUID="e4c54f04-dcc5-474e-b7af-773389d3b515" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:50:45.307" UserId="9258" Text="Also remember this is only available in Internet Explorer and if you recently switched over to using a different browser such as FireFox it will show you a &quot;Connect to Client&quot; action instead of &quot;Connect to Outlook&quot;." />
  <row Id="44275" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="24443" RevisionGUID="c2875dae-2a0f-4625-a0fe-3a6202ae25ed" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:50:46.087" UserId="3038" Comment="An Entourage-related issue" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;exchange-2003&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;entourage&gt;" />
  <row Id="44276" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24930" RevisionGUID="264ca1ce-e0b1-4b04-9573-f011fa1fc13e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:51:18.333" UserId="533" Text="If it's really an arp issue, running &quot;clear arp&quot; on the router will usually clear it up, or (from Linux, not sure about Windows) running an arpping:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    arping -q -A -c 1 -I eth0 &lt;ip-address&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    arping -q -U -c 1 -I eth0 &lt;ip-address&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, it might be a MAC issue, especially if it's switches having the problem.  In that case, I believe &quot;clear mac-&quot; will fix the problem." />
  <row Id="44277" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24931" RevisionGUID="b284aa98-fd7c-4d62-889b-bec9189e0f1e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:52:00.017" UserId="2304" Text="I'd strongly recommend reading the [Fedora 11 install guide][1], particularly ch 18.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few relevant snippets:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - While upgrading from Fedora 10 is supported, you are more likely to have a consistent experience by backing up your data and then installing this release of Fedora 11 over your previous Fedora installation. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - It is not possible to upgrade directly from Fedora 9 to Fedora 11. To upgrade Fedora 9 to Fedora 11, upgrade to Fedora 10 first. &lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;*(I'm guessing this also applies to Fedora 8 - it might be easier to just do a clean install)*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Individual package configuration files may or may not work after performing an upgrade due to changes in various configuration file formats or layouts. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The upgrade process preserves existing configuration files by renaming them with an .rpmsave extension (for example, sendmail.cf.rpmsave). The upgrade process also creates a log of its actions in /root/upgrade.log. &lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;*(I always review the upgrade log after it's finished - it'll be your first indication that something may not have upgraded smoothly)*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general, I've always had very good luck doing distribution upgrades.  Most of my experience is with Ubuntu desktops or RHEL servers, but my overall impression is the upgrade process has come a long way since the &quot;fun&quot; days of RedHat 6-9&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f11/en-US/html/ch-upgrade-x86.html" />
  <row Id="44278" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24932" RevisionGUID="33d68c7b-4be1-4587-8af1-2e5f3d6ced18" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:52:02.450" UserId="8494" Text="My impression (based on a recent conference about cloud computing) is the three players with the &quot;buzz&quot; and support would be OpenID, [SAML][1], and [Information Cards][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OpenID is more useful for individuals, being a bit easier to use/install/whatever, with some compromises in security to make that &quot;easier&quot; happen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SAML and Information Cards are more enterprise oriented with strong security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All three handle your identity management needs, but I don't think OpenID is quite at real SSO like the other two, i.e. if I log in to a web site using OpenID it won't automatically log me in to the other web sites I've authorized.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SAML is backed by Google and friends so if you use Google Apps, Salesforce.com, etc. it's an easy choice.  Information Cards are more or less Microsoft origin and (I think) used by MSN Live.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are Python based OpenID and SAML libraries but I haven't found any for Information Cards yet (well ok, not really looking :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/dev2arch/2005/11/saml.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://informationcard.net/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44279" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24933" RevisionGUID="3fb2e630-034a-4024-90a3-730c324320a1" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:53:07.203" UserId="9345" Text="Is gordo.foofus.net a legit time server? I've noticed that, after changing the reg settings outlined in Episode 52 of the Stack Overflow podcast, my box keeps requesting time from it. The web site hosted on that box is very strange: http://gordo.foofus.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks" />
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  <row Id="44281" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24933" RevisionGUID="3fb2e630-034a-4024-90a3-730c324320a1" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:53:07.203" UserId="9345" Text="&lt;secure&gt;&lt;ntp&gt;" />
  <row Id="44282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24934" RevisionGUID="9240a85b-893e-436f-a02f-313cb9cf6a1a" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:53:07.580" UserId="2561" Text="You can use the `arp` command in Linux to delete a particular entry with the `-d` switch.  If you have managed switches, you can probably clear the arp cache, with cisco it would just be `clear arp` .  Other than that, you can of course always just power off and on all the switches and they should rebuild their tables." />
  <row Id="44283" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12898" RevisionGUID="3c429fbb-a2fa-4a78-9b12-5c6d5caa77e4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:53:14.270" UserId="3038" Comment="Retag" Text="&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;entourage&gt;" />
  <row Id="44284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24935" RevisionGUID="b056a3db-8388-4b39-a4eb-6978f30b9046" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:55:27.010" UserId="9332" Text="While in Turkey, I was working at a help desk. Everyday I would come to work, answer a few calls, and work on a few tickets. One day, while on a call I began to hear strange noises above my head. It was odd, sounding familiar but distorted. Shortly it stopped, and I continued working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few minutes later, the sound grew much louder. So loud in fact that I had to start yelling into the phone. It was a low animal like sound, but very loud. I looked over at my coworker, who had stood up and began to hit the AC duct with a broom handle. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**BANG! BANG! Rooooaawaaaoorr ... BANG! BANG!**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The customer, I was helping on the other end, started to get worried. Especially after the litany of curse words spilled from my co-workers mouth, as his activities had spilled his coffee over his desk. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Customer: &quot;What is going on over&#xD;&#xA;&gt; there?&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Me:            &quot;I, uh ...&quot; my&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hand over the phone, &quot;*Dude*, what are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you doing?&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Co-Worker: **BANG! BANG!**&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;A cat's got in the AC&#xD;&#xA;&gt; again ...&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;Co-Worker: **BANG! BANG!** &quot;sounds like it's in heat.&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Me:            &quot; ... &quot; back on&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the phone, &quot;Ah ... yes we are having a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; little construction work done today.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That answer worked until the second cat got stuck." />
  <row Id="44285" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24935" RevisionGUID="b056a3db-8388-4b39-a4eb-6978f30b9046" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:55:27.010" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24936" RevisionGUID="b30f127a-8151-45ba-8386-a7bef1486140" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:56:00.223" UserId="9258" Text="On Box 2 are you trying to access reports that are local or load them remotely from box 1? If you are accessing them remotely from Box 1 how are you referencing it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also does Reporting Services work on Box 1 when accessed from the load balancer?" />
  <row Id="44287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24937" RevisionGUID="7a8edb6b-0d0b-4129-9dac-260ed7f97167" CreationDate="2009-06-12T17:59:08.530" UserId="5611" Text="If you look at the main domain, http://www.foofus.net/, it is a legit security blog.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the subdomain gordo.foofus.net, I have no idea.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anapologetos" />
  <row Id="44288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24938" RevisionGUID="e2c03273-623a-40ee-b643-c4a07e66039c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:01:48.370" UserId="7619" Text="Not sure if this is the right place for it, but a while back I got my hands on the results of a help desk survey sent out internally that asked, &quot;What or how can we do things better for you?&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After reading, I felt inclined to add my comments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(These are the actual responses from our users. Not changed or altered except where one is cut for brevity.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;32-inch LCD screens for our CAD operators.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_I have a television at home that's not this big? I mean, really. And it's a nice TV!_&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;It would be really nice to have a thin-profile monitor (same screen size--17&quot;  I think--&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_Wait, hold on.. he wants to keep his SMALLER monitor? Maybe we should get &quot;big-monitor&quot; guy and &quot;small-monitor&quot; guy to fight it out for us, in the parking lot, then the winner would determine the screen-size for the company._&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;I cast no stones, I give no praise.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_By far, one of my absolute favorites. Who knew we had such biblical Zen-like creatures working here? If only I knew who he was, so I could send responses to his trouble tickets with, `Regarding your USB problem, the answer you seek lays within your own soul.'_&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;Coordination between other IT departments &quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_Like all IT departments everywhere? In the world? Ok, sure.. but I know this guy in San Francisco who thinks I slept with his girlfriend once and that's gonna be a little tough to get past, but for you, I'll give it a whirl, I guess._&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;Put a program in place for tracking the age of computers/monitors and work to upgrade staff's equipment.  Currently, new staff coming in have better equipment than those who have been here for several years. &quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_Wait, hold on a second here. By logical definition, any process that would track the `depreciation', (I believe that's the word he's looking for) of an asset would rest finally with the older employees using their assets until end-of-life was reached? Man, I'd love to see the grade he got in Accounting in college.._&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;Replace our current color printer/copier with one that actually works.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_Silly user, what do you think we use for job security? Tell you what, we can strike a deal here. You keep on printing out those color mapquest directions to the guy's house who keeps you in weed, that you have to buy from now that you've passed 42 years of age and the high school kids think you're a narc, and we'll make sure it works for mostly work-related stuff and everyone gets a win-win in the end._&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;We currently have one computer that lost it's H drive in the recent change, and because the individual didn't write down the path, it is basically lost for good&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_Another one of my favorites. Again, wish I knew who the user was so I could write back something to the effect of, `We see that you have stumbled across the age-old philosophy question, if one places a document on the &quot;H drive&quot; and the &quot;H drive&quot; disappears, is the document really `there' by any metaphysical definition? Only we know the answer to that, and to be honest, we're not tellin'. We're currently holding your &quot;H drive&quot; for hostage. Deliver the bagels at the appointed place and time and we'll open negotiations._&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;Faster connection between the Downtown and Tech Center office....&lt;cut for brevity&gt;...documents don't get saved to the downtown project files, which is where they need to be since that is where the PM is.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_Yours is an office of 50. Ours have an office of 600. We have more PM's. We have cooler PM's. We have groovy PM's. Our PM's trump your PM's. Get some more/important/loud/interesting/better dressed PM's and we'll talk._&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;I'm not sure what the technology is, but the program that is associated with pictures hasn't been working properly for me.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_Ah yes. That program. That Technology. Of course we know exactly what program you're speaking of, (out of the several hundred thousand industry standard graphics editing suites.) Yep, we sure have been having problems with `That Program' and to tell you the truth, I., personally have given up on `That Program' and instead now use `This Program' which is much, much better._&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;I'm going to be doing more traveling and BD work this year,&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_Hey! Woah there, buddy. What you do in your spare time is your deal.. What I don't know, won't hurt me, ok?_&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;if I do, I sure hope it can use local wireless networks.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_Well, since it's not a &quot;needs to use local wireless networks&quot; sort of request, I can with great finality and weighty decision say, `I sure hope it can too.'_&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;to get scanned at Ken's to the tune of hundreds of dollars each scan!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_You know, I hate the term, `to the tune of..'. I can't really find anything wrong in general with this, or funny, other than the fact that I bet this is the sort of guy who also uses other inappropriate and out-of-date analogies.You're probably one of those people who use the term, `Road Warriors', which when done invokes memories of both failed 80's post-apocalyptic films and your sad assumption that you measure up to `Mad Max' in some way, shape or form. Truth be told, you're probably more like one of `Toe Cutter's' minions._&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;Additional programming resources.&quot; - &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_Yeah, I got pretty bummed too when they canceled &quot;Friends&quot;. Those NBC bastards. Hopefully next year, we'll have some better programming resources. I hear &quot;30 Rock&quot; is pretty good though._&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	(A three-parter)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;I have problems with my monitor and I have had to send two emails, and I still don't know what is going on.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_That's the spirit! Exit the gate at a full gallop! I recommend checking the O-N/O-F-F switch to ensure it is in-fact in the O-N position. There is also a cable that's normally bridging the computer with the monitor, however you can go ahead and throw that away. You won't be needing it._&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;I also have a whole drive that is &quot;READ ONLY&quot;, don't know why, only received the email response which tells me nothing, other than you received my email.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_Wait, you saw that drive? Disregard that. You didn't see anything. These are not the droids you are looking for, move along!_&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;Windows 2097 for the entire downtown office.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_Yes, a request so important, so needed.. so critical that it had to be put in BOLD LETTERING. Tell you what, as soon as we figure out what &quot;windows 2097&quot; is, we'll get right on that. In the interim, we're currently contacting the Department of Homeland Security in regards to the erroneous &quot;read only&quot; drive you appear to have hacked your way into. You will be contacted shortly. We highly suggest you answer all questions asked of you as truthfully as possible. Remember, there's nothing to fear if you're innocent._&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;secure wireless access to corporate systems for the road warriors with laptops!!!!!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(What, did the BOLD people come out of the woodwork this day??) Nothing really wrong with this one either, but I just wanted to say that I think you probably hung out with the `to the tune of...' guy by yourselves at the lunch table in high school, dreaming about how your career would somehow involve you wearing rags, guns, knives and driving souped-up cars across the great Australian deserts in search of damsels in distress and gasoline._&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;become more laptop friendly.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_Hey, we like laptops too, but there are.. like... limits, man._&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;Training for laptop users.  What are the best practices for users?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_This one is not so hard to fulfill.. Come on down, bring a case of Becks, some burritos and 8 hours with Justin in the build room. I guarantee that in the end, you'll be LOL'ing and ROFL'ing along with the best of `em._&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;Is there an icon that you can add to the computer which when activated backups the computer to the corporate backup site (where ever that is)?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_No, it's a secret and if you ask us again, we'll send the dogs after you._&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;Sure I know how to place files on the project drives but they seem to get full.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_Yeah, weird how that works, isn't it? I can tell you that it constantly stymies us as well. I mean, imagine the frustration! People keep putting files on the project drives and they keep getting full. Whatever are we to do?_&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	(Another three-parter)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;Excellent at condescending attitude to those seeking help&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_The fact that this was passive-aggressively placed in the &quot;Please list the top three things that we're doing well&quot; sorta negates the entire effect that this user was attempting to get across, but hey.. let's let him slide for a moment and move onto the other gems in this one;_&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;Lose the attitude/judgement&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_Now just for a moment.. Consider if you will.. wouldn't you think that the above statement might have just a little something to do with that `attitude/judgment'?_&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;Wireless that works consistently&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_Considering that we don't have wireless here.. We're at a complete loss as to why, whatever personal or business wireless AP you're connecting to, and JACKING/STEALING wireless connectivity is lacking in stability! Why, whatever are those nincompoops thinking, don't they know who you are? Those scofflaws! Those cads!_&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;Excellent at telling staff &quot;that can't happen&quot; &amp; &quot;that didn't happen&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_More lovingly passive aggressive notes. Just remember, if you were in Vegas, it didn't happen._&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;Partner with those seeking help&quot; - &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_Wait, `partner?'...and maybe we can finally come through with that therapy center for disturbed youths we're been aiming for!_&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;Seek to guide, enlighten, and advise users&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_Hey, sweet! Zen-guy is back!_&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;Seek solutions, be a problem solver, that's your charge!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_Reading this makes me want to feel all creepily uplifted afterward.. like, he's some knight and he's speaking to his page, (that's us, I think) and he's all like, `This is your charge, young sir!'. It also makes me think of other ridiculous stuff that adults told me when I was a kid._&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;Remember that you all do a good job and don't take overly-critical people to heart.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_Thank you. We love you too. Now leave the beer and cookies by the door and don't linger, The helpdesk has a tendency to bite when hungry._&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;Thanks for implementing a new system to replace the current internal/external FTP sites. I haven't tried the new system, but I'm happy to be rid of  the current site!  It's so flaky!!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_Wait, if you haven't tried it, how do you know it's not as flaky as the old system? It might be! But seriously, thank you. We forever seek solutions and we're problem solvers! That's our charge, you know?_&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;and then get a slew of calls from colleagues who can't see the files!!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_You get ten points for using &quot;slew&quot; in a sentence._&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;I doubt the &quot;anonymity&quot; guarantee on this survey and others. In fact, I avoid filling out the surveys for helpdesk tickets out of fear of retribution. Maybe I'm paranoid, but I feel like I might get blacklisted and have an especially slow response to my future requests.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_Ohh, emm, gee. Seriously, dude.. put down the thai-stick, realize it's not all about you and leave the conspiracy theories at home. My goodness, if you go through life like this, I shudder to think what you must imagine about people in front of you at the grocery store, people who cut you off in traffic. Come on man, we're not that bad! Just kidding, we've got your number now. You're screwed. Thanks for playin'._&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;Seamless, easy way to share files between our firm and our subconsultants.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_If you're not interested in any of the usual ways involving network-related transports such as email, ftp, even sneaker-net with large external drives, may I interest you in &quot;carrier pigeon&quot; transport methods?_&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;Some staff surly and very unhelpful or rude (especially help desk folks)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_By using the word, `surly', I applaud you. I however have a mental image of someone being `surly' as someone who's standing there, brandishing a knife yelling, `you want a piece of me? do ya?'.. I just don't think it fits._&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;support of access to system from home office/network.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_I will not be your personal network admin at home, I will not do it in Rome, I will not cover myself in foam. I will not administer your virus-laden, infected home network, Sam I am._&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;handling meetings&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_Uhhhh... thanks?_&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;Confidence that the content on the CorpTrain server is being backed up regularly.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_Number one; backups are an enterprise recovery tool, not a `user has a case of the mondays and deleted a file in anger, so we gotta recover it, right this very second' tool. Number two; you don't have a server. Number three; we back things up regularly.. However, thanks to your assumption that we don't back up anything of yours, perhaps we should work towards the very goal of meeting your expectations and leaving all corptrain items OUT of the backup?_&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &quot;The understanding that the set up of our computers is different then others as we need administrative rights to test configurations and need software technologies.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_Sorry, but in all my years of network administration and management, that is about the weakest and lamest excuse for &quot;I need administrative rights&quot; I've ever heard. I mean, come on.. it's not even creative. Re-write it and send it back with something involving puppies, cute little kitty cats, children in developing countries.. you know, stuff like that. Make it good. Tug on the heartstrings. After all, I'm only seeking to guide, enlighten and advise here._&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="44290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24939" RevisionGUID="a6ced5b1-92a1-41b1-b7f5-4fb91d6a1dd2" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:02:11.520" UserId="7991" Text="Amavisd-new uses SpamAssassin's perl modules directly, so all the spam processing is done directly in the amavisd processes." />
  <row Id="44292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24941" RevisionGUID="6a157921-04fa-4675-811b-4f85ab3285d3" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:06:02.040" UserId="8934" Text="were the switched powered off also through this power outage ? maybe they lost the last configuration change, the one that say &quot;for this mac address, then packet to these 2 ports&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cisco switched have to be set up like hub for the virtual mac, so they send all packet related to the virtual mac to both hosts." />
  <row Id="44293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24942" RevisionGUID="39897f09-656a-46ef-881d-03413ecf4b4c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:07:42.020" UserId="4541" Text="Mysar is a project that loads the squid logs into a mySQL database, and then runs a nice PHP interface. We just started using it a work and I have to admit I'm impressed. It is not very very difficult to install but it does require some cron jobs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure if the project is under active development or not, but it does a good job of loading the logs into mysql where they are easy to play with. We are looking into extending it to fit our situation a little better. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have any specific questions about it feel free to ask.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Chance" />
  <row Id="44294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24943" RevisionGUID="18065d3e-64b2-4dde-b4a7-46a9939e3cc0" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:07:51.227" UserId="9346" Text="I started a new service and we need to send emails to our customers (new account confirms, etc). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My server is known as prod01.bidrodeo.com and resolves to 97.107.134.38 . &#xD;&#xA;For reverse DNS, 97.107.134.38 resolves to prod01.bidrodeo.com . However, all our email addresses are in the form of user@bidrodeo.com. Should I make the reverse DNS point to bidrodeo.com instead? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My emails are getting delayed or rejected by certain systems and i am not sure if my reverse DNS is not set up correctly." />
  <row Id="44295" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24943" RevisionGUID="18065d3e-64b2-4dde-b4a7-46a9939e3cc0" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:07:51.227" UserId="9346" Text="Reverse DNS - how to correctly configure for SMTP delivery" />
  <row Id="44296" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24943" RevisionGUID="18065d3e-64b2-4dde-b4a7-46a9939e3cc0" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:07:51.227" UserId="9346" Text="&lt;reverse-dns&gt;&lt;smtp&gt;" />
  <row Id="44297" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24510" RevisionGUID="af8a62c7-5ffb-4d81-bda6-a3c03ff2087e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:09:38.537" UserId="6751" Comment="added 82 characters in body" Text="Have a look at Vyatta, they have a lot of IP services rolled into their software.  They offer it as a commercial or community edition.  You can either go with appliances, your own hardware, or VM.  I've been looking at this and it seems pretty slick.  I am pretty sure they are using a stream of Quagga for their routing engine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They support IPSEC and SSL OpenVPN, as well as, Remote VPN (PPTP, L2TP, IPSec)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good hunting." />
  <row Id="44298" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24944" RevisionGUID="8af1946c-c24b-4056-aedb-506c6a2729f7" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:09:50.363" UserDisplayName="Alex" Text="This looks like a legitimate time server to me:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[hex]~% ntpdate -q gordo.foofus.net&#xD;&#xA;server 64.73.32.135, stratum 2, offset 21.538520, delay 0.05049&#xD;&#xA;12 Jun 13:07:19 ntpdate[1098]: step time server 64.73.32.135 offset 21.538520 sec&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're ever curious, and have ntpdate installed, you can always use the -q option to simply ask for the time without changing your clock.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's very strange, though." />
  <row Id="44299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24945" RevisionGUID="23721d75-4f56-4052-b03c-c136e4893473" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:11:44.960" UserId="9332" Text="I would take a serious look at [VMware ACE][1]. Which sounds like a good fit. An encrypted, virtual machine, that can be controlled from afar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, the previous posters comments about WSS and Terminal Server, are valid. I just don't agree about his patching policy, or lack thereof. Patching is incredibly important on systems you *think* are secure. Otherwise you build a false confidence in a system that never worked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If a network connection isn't a consideration Terminal Server would work well. If your users have intermittent network access use something like ACE.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/products/ace/" />
  <row Id="44300" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24945" RevisionGUID="23721d75-4f56-4052-b03c-c136e4893473" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:11:44.960" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24946" RevisionGUID="efbeba0c-2e1d-4428-9874-c052f779695d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:11:56.270" UserId="9110" Text="Perhaps the unpopular answer, but I do not recommend any blacklist. As a technique the false positive rate far too high and you're putting your trust in systems that are black boxes. This article explains a number of the downsides. http://www.paulgraham.com/falsepositives.html" />
  <row Id="44302" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24640" RevisionGUID="28898cb3-783f-4190-b11a-20ef8a90b4dd" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:12:40.573" UserId="8851" Comment="added 972 characters in body" Text="I wonder what is the general preference and where does it come from. Having used FreeBSD actively for a couple of years I'm leaning towards Gentoo, but I've had an unpleasant experience of wasting valuable time because Gentoo was installed on a really old machine with unfunny build times. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Had it been something prebuilt package based, less time would be wasted. (I know FreeBSD has binary packages, but problem with these are that they're seemingly unmaintained past a version release and the only way to get fresh stuff is to compile it yourself. Don't know about Gentoo really).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's your take on this, have you had any experiences that made you switch from source based distro to something else?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: think I should clarify this recent &quot;experience of mine&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The story goes like this. Having changed jobs, I've got to maintain a rather old machine which hosts LDAP (OpenLDAP) with office user login information. It came to me having to reboot the beast (it wasn't rebooted for 8 months). After the reboot, OpenLDAP didn't came online. It seems like slapd and some other binaries got removed somehow while the system was running. After building ldap package for the first time, I wondered why I got no slapd binary (took 15mins). Some  time later I've tracked the issue down to &quot;minimal&quot; flag being on by default, which builds just the libs, no server binaries. End result - ~1hour of crippled office productivity and colleagues using excuses as &quot;I didn't do that because our main server was down&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Really appreciate your answers, but so far no compelling arguments to use source based vs prebuilt package based. Storage space is not an issue these days." />
  <row Id="44303" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24947" RevisionGUID="647900b1-b0ee-4722-9fa6-9b17c133f4ec" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:13:45.953" UserId="671" Text="Most SMTP servers will accept your mail if you simply have a reverse DNS entry.  It does not have to match the domain name on your e-mail address.  Some SMTP servers will reject mail if the reverse DNS doesn't match the HELO/EHLO hostname used in the connection.  If your mail server's hostname is `mail.example.com` then your reverse DNS, MX record, HELO/EHLO, and SMTP greeting banner should all be `mail.example.com` as well.  That server, however, could be providing service for example.com, joes-example.com, and marys-example.com without any problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some other things to consider would be publishing an SPF record in the DNS for the domain name you use to send mail to identify the IP space you send from.  Some larger providers look for this and give priority to mail coming from an SPF-enabled domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, keep an eye on the &quot;reputation&quot; of your IP address through [SenderBase][1], as some providers will delay your mail or apply additional scanning/filtering if your reputation score is too low.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.senderbase.org/" />
  <row Id="44304" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24948" RevisionGUID="cde248d5-3121-4988-9254-03115202151c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:14:13.427" UserId="7200" Text="What you've got is &quot;forward confirmed reverse DNS&quot;-- that is, the named returned by reverse-lookup, when run thru a forward lookup, returns the same IP as the original IP used in the reverse lookup (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_Confirmed_reverse_DNS for the more verbose description). That's a good first step.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The rejection messages are your best source of information about why your emails are being rejected. It looks like &quot;prod01.bidrodeo.com&quot; isn't listed as an MX for the domain &quot;bidrodeo.com&quot;, and that's going to cause problems with some anti-spam techiques. I would consider configuring the proper TXT record for SPF (see http://old.openspf.org/dns.html) for this server computer and MXs for your domain. That's going to help with some email reception issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have examples of some of the rejections and have questions about them link them to the question." />
  <row Id="44305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24949" RevisionGUID="99fcf1de-e9a7-4f78-b86b-d57540b91e9f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:14:29.617" UserId="4541" Text="Okay, we finally gave up and rebooted the router, and that fixed it. :(&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to know what exactly the issue was though." />
  <row Id="44306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24950" RevisionGUID="32489c5f-7a5c-4d22-86a4-69fd356eb304" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:14:50.553" UserId="9332" Text="Just pick a [&quot;real&quot; time server][1] ... the fine folks at NIST are paid to render this service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/servers.cgi" />
  <row Id="44308" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24952" RevisionGUID="933b19c2-b98e-46ff-b488-36c547df981b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:15:12.330" UserId="1993" Text="No, the server name and domain don't need to and rarely do match. Reverse DNS lookups simply ensure that the IP is a PTR record to the server name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can post the headers/bounce messages of an example delayed or reject message, we should be able to narrow down why they're having issues." />
  <row Id="44309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24953" RevisionGUID="b167bdc9-e41d-4da8-b39b-13d42052e70a" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:15:36.777" UserId="4487" Text="MS grants 1 licence for Outlook/Entourage per Exchange CAL purchased. You did purchase Exchange CALs in addtion to the Exchange Server licence/s, right?" />
  <row Id="44311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24955" RevisionGUID="cf4304d6-6c75-4ccf-81c0-0ddac62e0d30" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:17:58.737" UserId="9351" Text="I just listened to episode 52 of the podcast and noticed the same thing Joel did. This server lives in the ntp.org pool of time servers. As noted by Alex, it's serving a valid time and doesn't seem to be doing anything out of spec." />
  <row Id="44312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24956" RevisionGUID="4d227056-8592-499f-b324-dc59e2ced77b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:20:02.570" UserDisplayName="Timhou" Text="Using unetbootin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've attempted to make a bootable WinXP usb drive using the WinXP-SP3 ISO downloading from MSDN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've configured my BIOS to boot the uSB, which it does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I get to the unetbootin boot loader screen and it only has &quot;default&quot; listed and a 10 second clock keeping counting down in a loop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone know what's wrong. I was expecting my computer to boot the WinXP-SP3 image from my usb drive but all I get is this boot loader." />
  <row Id="44313" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24956" RevisionGUID="4d227056-8592-499f-b324-dc59e2ced77b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:20:02.570" UserDisplayName="Timhou" Text="unetbootin: bootable WinXP usb drive" />
  <row Id="44314" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24956" RevisionGUID="4d227056-8592-499f-b324-dc59e2ced77b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:20:02.570" UserDisplayName="Timhou" Text="&lt;usb&gt;&lt;boot&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="44315" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24672" RevisionGUID="bece1528-ab96-454e-871e-c58c24ef23f4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:22:43.107" UserId="8851" Comment="The client program is called Mobile Partner, not Mobile Connect" Text="I have a Huawey e220 which works fine on Vista 64 and Mac OSX after upgrading firmware and replacing operator given client program with Mobile Partner (for win, has bugs, but so far seems stable).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Though I'm planning on permanently connecting it to my Asus WL-500W (using linux firmware) to remove the dependency of client software on my workstation (mostly use it at home anyway).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This might be of some help: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055115833&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24957" RevisionGUID="e957158f-de29-4cac-a390-7ab7504a70e5" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:23:48.567" UserId="5585" Text="The pool.ntp.org is a DNS-level load balancer. Jeff just happened to get directed to that one, the NTP pool maintainers do not care what does the server run on it's port 80 (http), only that it server time via NTP correctly." />
  <row Id="44317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24958" RevisionGUID="00aea636-f9c9-43d9-8aaa-c509a36c4e12" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:26:13.583" UserId="9351" Text="As far as I know, there is no way to tell SCCM about the new administrator account. Even if you could, you really don't want to be using a domain admin account for this service. It's a pain, but your best action would be to wipe and reinstall. If it's a test box, this shouldn't be a big deal. Doubly so if it's an image." />
  <row Id="44318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24959" RevisionGUID="7e8c4320-07f0-4d98-9823-840f180b5694" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:28:00.350" UserId="1584" Text="Back around 2002, I was working for a manager who was about as technically clueless as they come.  One day he was giving a tour of the data center to some higher-up political types and was describing the amazing virtues of RAID.  While standing next to a rack of production servers, he decided to demonstrate by opening the rack and removing one of the drives from a mission critical system running a single RAID 5 array.  If he had stopped there, the story wouldn't be very good, but he didn't.  He went ahead and removed a second disk from the array.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's just say thank god for backups.  We also immediately ordered new locks/keys for the rack doors and didn't bother giving one to our lovely manager." />
  <row Id="44319" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24959" RevisionGUID="7e8c4320-07f0-4d98-9823-840f180b5694" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:28:00.350" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24960" RevisionGUID="cb6ad455-5ab8-4634-a98d-8a4ddabc8825" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:28:53.810" UserId="9110" Text="That IP isn't on any of the major blacklists so that's not the problem. Without more info or perhaps some of the logs, the best suspect is that your HELO name doesn't match the server or doesn't resolve. In the course of sending mail your server will send helo $myservername (or whatever you've configured or have not yet configured) as part of the transaction with the receiving mail server. It is possible to configure a mail server to verify that the helo name exists in DNS and/or matches the reverse DNS. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44321" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24930" RevisionGUID="ae805ad2-8ea1-4d42-b5a9-66f5bbafc3c6" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:28:58.240" UserId="533" Comment="fleshed out answer in response to comment" Text="If it's really an arp issue, the problem will be confined to the network device doing the routing (since that what ARP is for - mapping L3 addresses (IP) to L2 addresses (MAC)) or possibly in the ARP cache of a server sitting in the same IP subnet.  It won't involve a switch unless it's an L3 switch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To address the problem on a cisco router, you can run the following command to clear the arp cache and allow it to rebuild:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    clear arp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To remove the bad arp entry from a server which may be caching bad information (so, not the server that can't be reached, but the server that can't do the reaching) you can manually delete the bogus entry out of the ARP cache, where IP address is the IP of the server which can't be reached.  Note this same syntax appears to be valid on both Linux and Windows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    arp -d &lt;ip-address&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also send a gratuitous ARP from the server which can't be reached to cause other hosts on the same IP subnet to update their ARP caches (I have this in my notes, but I admit I haven't used it in a long time.  I can't remember if this allows you to skip the steps above, or just shortens the process of the other hosts adding an arp entry after running the commands above):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    arping -q -A -c 1 -I eth0 &lt;ip-address&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    arping -q -U -c 1 -I eth0 &lt;ip-address&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of the above is for an ARP issue, but you specifically mention a switch in your question.  If it's a switch that only uses L3 for management, then the data flow problems would have to be problems with the MAC cache, not the ARP cache.  In that case, you could run the following on the switch to purge the dynamic cache contents:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    clear mac-address-table dynamic" />
  <row Id="44322" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24961" RevisionGUID="07f479e1-e9d3-4117-9bff-f387a84015a4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:30:37.270" UserId="9351" Text="If this is a recent server, it's possible that DNS has not fully propagated." />
  <row Id="44323" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24447" RevisionGUID="d8bcb77c-9f38-471f-8bbb-30350676456c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:32:21.463" UserId="1233" Comment="Clarify instructions" Text="Normally the two are in sync, but you can alter the hostname by going to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;System Preferences -&gt; Sharing -&gt; Under Computer Name on the right side is an Edit button. **Click the Edit button** and in the new sheet alter your hostname to match your computer name." />
  <row Id="44324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24962" RevisionGUID="7b04c21f-e016-4925-b188-3747f86b1039" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:35:16.463" UserId="9332" Text="What? No love for physical tools?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Anti-static Bags&#xD;&#xA; - Small tool kit, belkin or some other&#xD;&#xA; - Hard drive write blocker (IDE)&#xD;&#xA; - A write blocked thumb drive: loaded with AV and other goodies&#xD;&#xA; - A digital camera (especially for taking pictures of BIOS settings)&#xD;&#xA; - Various adapters and gender-benders&#xD;&#xA; - A flashlight/LED keyfob&#xD;&#xA; - A stack of bootdisks&#xD;&#xA; - A stack of blank DVD/CD&#xD;&#xA; - A floppy disk or two (you NEVER know ...)&#xD;&#xA; - A paper notebook: Keeps logs, diagrams, notes, and never needs charging&#xD;&#xA; - Pens and pencils&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another great resource for a list of SA tools, [SAGE Sysadmin Toolbox][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sage.org/field/toolbox.html" />
  <row Id="44325" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24962" RevisionGUID="7b04c21f-e016-4925-b188-3747f86b1039" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:35:16.463" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44326" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24963" RevisionGUID="6cd71ff7-d1dc-49de-8277-a7d8dbaf9485" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:35:30.847" UserId="8660" Text="This helped me solve a very similar problem. It is probably exactly what you want: [http://wiki.glassfish.java.net/Wiki.jsp?page=FaqRunAsWindowsService][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.glassfish.java.net/Wiki.jsp?page=FaqRunAsWindowsService" />
  <row Id="44327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24964" RevisionGUID="ce904105-63f4-4e26-9180-5745a9aa8c83" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:39:45.627" UserId="8199" Text="I started to read off the path (a nice long one) to a customer's files on her webserver and in the most new jersey voice you can imagine she said &quot;Oh my god! I'm running out of paper!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While working at a ad serving company I got an email from someone trying to claim their prize for being the 10,000th visitor to some website. facepalm. " />
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  <row Id="44330" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24916" RevisionGUID="e5345d6e-805a-4208-a1ce-a1f519e6b3ba" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:40:45.093" UserId="9332" Comment="added an answer" Text="Why don't you change the Administrator back to the original name for about 15 mins? Have you already tried this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having installed SCOM/Reporting Services/Sharepoint I can feel your co-workers pain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Edit:*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Duh. Hold on. Tell your coworker to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Shutdown the SCCM service&#xD;&#xA; 2. Backup the SCCM database&#xD;&#xA; 3. Reinstall SCCM on a new system (with it's own user account)&#xD;&#xA; 4. Point the new SCCM system at the OLD database.&#xD;&#xA; 5. Cross your fingers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This might work." />
  <row Id="44331" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24956" RevisionGUID="9beca74f-5c76-4f40-81a6-1996293d5f2e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:43:46.317" UserDisplayName="Timhou" Comment="added 170 characters in body; edited title" Text="Using unetbootin (if you know another way, please share)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've attempted to make a bootable **WinXP** usb drive using the WinXP-SP3 ISO downloading from MSDN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've configured my BIOS to boot the uSB, which it does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I get to the unetbootin boot loader screen and it only has &quot;default&quot; listed and a 10 second clock keeping counting down in a loop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone know what's wrong. I was expecting my computer to boot the WinXP-SP3 image from my usb drive but all I get is this boot loader.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*I've seen a bunch of other instruction here on ServerFault but they are specific to Visa, so again - I'm using **WinXP***" />
  <row Id="44332" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="24956" RevisionGUID="9beca74f-5c76-4f40-81a6-1996293d5f2e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:43:46.317" UserDisplayName="Timhou" Comment="added 170 characters in body; edited title" Text="bootable WinXP usb drive" />
  <row Id="44334" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24966" RevisionGUID="f7b373cd-574a-40c0-8c6e-a0ce592c69f4" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:44:02.387" UserDisplayName="Paul" Text="I certainly wouldn't worry about it as a time server. Everything seems fine wrt the NTP service. The web site is funny, but, as Skolima said, the ntp.org pool doesn't place any restrictions on the web site content in the pool. I have to say, I got a kick out of &quot;Gordo's response.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have fun" />
  <row Id="44335" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24967" RevisionGUID="9fdf2db2-1bcf-4daf-bfea-ed2d89018988" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:44:31.167" UserId="9304" Text="I'm having trouble following exactly what you are trying to do, but :1 (with varying number of colons) is the IPv6 equivalent of 127.0.0.1 on IPv4.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you suspect the physical adapters in the host OS are giving you problems manually install the MS Loopback adapter and configure it with a static IP and see how you go with that." />
  <row Id="44336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24968" RevisionGUID="371b3c39-bbb3-4684-9893-69838bfaf0cd" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:47:44.623" UserId="7861" Text="I don't have one to test on, but I believe you can't really get bridging to work over wireless, you have to use NAT mode or similar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, someone on Vmware's community site suggested this trick:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you use the Virtual Network Editor, Automatic Bridging tab, and turn off Automatic, then select the adaptor you do NOT want to use it will switch to the other. So you would select NOT to bridge the non-wireless card." />
  <row Id="44337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24969" RevisionGUID="7ea7b5f9-d969-4f0e-a584-d94cc3b43a59" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:47:54.950" UserId="533" Text="I doubt this is your problem, but it's worth looking into.  I manage a few Cisco VPN3000 series vpn concentrators, and because of the crypto they are performing they are much more CPU-constrained than bandwidth constrained.  Despite sitting on a 100Mb/s connection (and having more than enough internet bandwidth to saturate that, thank-you-very-much, the device latency increases significantly and the device begins to drop packets.  It may be that the device you mention handles bandwidth/CPU concerns by dropping connections rather than degrading.  Something to look into." />
  <row Id="44338" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24970" RevisionGUID="6c08d66e-d5e4-42d3-90ee-2b1a9c9598e2" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:49:12.873" UserId="7250" Text="I was selling PCs for Sears back in good 'ole 1998. A Customer called the department desk to complain about a new machine she had purchased from one of my associates. She was having difficulties getting online and had tried calling &quot;The Internet,&quot; which I can only assume meant her ISP. &quot;The Internet told me that it must be a problem with my monitor and I need to get it looked at.&quot; I assume she meant the modem - easy mistake, right? After attempting to explain the difference between her monitor and the actual computer (its the part without the screen...) I asked her to bring in the machine to our service desk to have them take a look. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I stopped by the service desk to warn them on my way out to lunch and she was already sitting there with her monitor, no computer, waiting for service. Those poor guys. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44339" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24970" RevisionGUID="6c08d66e-d5e4-42d3-90ee-2b1a9c9598e2" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:49:12.873" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44340" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24971" RevisionGUID="0a8e6b5f-0281-428f-9d80-9b4bc4ece5e8" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:52:57.730" UserId="5221" Text="If minimal downtime is your prime concern then copying the system's drives, performing an upgrade, testing the upgrade, then rolling back if something has gone wrong, it not the way to go. Not for the reason that there might be problems with the upgrade, but because there are other plans that will most likely result in far less downtime from your users' point of view.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For minimum downtime I would suggest:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. install the OS a second machine&#xD;&#xA; 2. copy the application(s), data, configuration and other resources across&#xD;&#xA; 3. test as much as you can &#xD;&#xA; 4. turn off the services on the old server&#xD;&#xA; 5. do a final sync onto the new server (so it has any updates that happened to the old server during the time you were building and testing)&#xD;&#xA; 6. reconfigure the relevant things (the server and/or network settings elsewhere) so that the new server appears where the old one was&#xD;&#xA; 7. leave the old server running for a short while (or just keep its drives handy) in case you discovered later that you forgot to transfer something over&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This way the only downtime you have is the time it takes to perform that final sync before switching over (steps 5 and 6) - this might be a while if the final sync includes copying some large files (such as one or more big databases) over, but this will be less time than a taking a complete backup image and upgrading will take and has the advantage of no downtime if it fails (as you just drop the new setup without ever turning the old one off).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course this plan means having a second server in the same facility to build on which will not be free, so if you are paying a fair chunk for your server/hosting or are otherwise on a tight budget this might be a prohibitive factor..." />
  <row Id="44342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24972" RevisionGUID="96d316f5-41a2-47a1-957d-294492bb9ede" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:54:32.253" UserId="9304" Text="My main reason for not doing upgrades is cleanliness and disk space.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The last point is that I had lots of Dell servers which were sat on 12Gb System partitions, as service packs and patches have been applied over the years the amount of disk space has just diminished with no nice solution available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wouldn't really want to take all of this 'baggage' on to a new OS with me." />
  <row Id="44345" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24974" RevisionGUID="df8a82e7-1c78-403e-9df2-bc9de1a26698" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:56:36.460" UserId="8905" Text=" - My wife's boss years ago was having&#xD;&#xA;   problems reading data off a 5.25&quot;&#xD;&#xA;   diskette.  The boss tells her, &quot;*I&#xD;&#xA;   mean, I was holding the disk by its&#xD;&#xA;   **thumb groove** and EVERYthing!*&quot;  Of course, the groove was the exposed&#xD;&#xA;   part of the diskette the drive&#xD;&#xA;   actually tries to read, she'd&#xD;&#xA;   inserted it backwards.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Once when working as a support tech&#xD;&#xA;   for a public library, we'd just&#xD;&#xA;   gotten some new LCD monitors and had&#xD;&#xA;   been deploying them to staff.  One of&#xD;&#xA;   the monitors had some problem with&#xD;&#xA;   its display, it kept shuddering and&#xD;&#xA;   auto adjusting, it turned out to be&#xD;&#xA;   some short or something with one of&#xD;&#xA;   the OSD buttons.  I borrowed a huge&#xD;&#xA;   C-clamp from the facilities&#xD;&#xA;   department to keep that button&#xD;&#xA;   depressed all the time so that the&#xD;&#xA;   user could at least use the monitor&#xD;&#xA;   until we could get a replacement.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - At that same public library, one&#xD;&#xA;   weekend a sewer main broke and&#xD;&#xA;   partially flooded the library&#xD;&#xA;   basement, where some of our routers&#xD;&#xA;   and cabling ran.  My boss at the&#xD;&#xA;   time, deadpan, suggested we go&#xD;&#xA;   downstairs and, y'know, just take&#xD;&#xA;   some spray bottles with bleach water&#xD;&#xA;   and &quot;clean off&quot; the mess of cables&#xD;&#xA;   dangling in the slime.  &quot;No thanks!&quot; &#xD;&#xA;   We waited for facilities to squeegee&#xD;&#xA;   the mess out, luckily only a few&#xD;&#xA;   cables dangled down enough to get&#xD;&#xA;   immersed, so we just replaced them." />
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  <row Id="44349" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="24956" RevisionGUID="48fb4939-74de-4cbf-b491-67934e10e492" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:57:09.767" UserDisplayName="Timhou" Comment="edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;usb&gt;&lt;boot&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;operating-system&gt;" />
  <row Id="44350" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24976" RevisionGUID="e7909365-b536-463f-ba94-2b07077be0fd" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:58:37.390" UserId="8182" Text="From a ticket today:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Subject: Can't get to the internet.&#xD;&#xA;    Body: Is the server down?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, In fact the server that runs the entire internet is down..Sorry for the inconvenience.  " />
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  <row Id="44352" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24977" RevisionGUID="15b3d15d-df2a-48c4-b481-d1d5a3b6b523" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:58:45.753" UserId="7783" Text="I've had someone ring up and tell me their monitor is on fire and ask what they should do. I told them it was customary to run out their office and trigger teh fire alarm at this point." />
  <row Id="44353" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24977" RevisionGUID="15b3d15d-df2a-48c4-b481-d1d5a3b6b523" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:58:45.753" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44354" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24956" RevisionGUID="b61fcf14-7501-4ff5-a7b6-1af65c3656fa" CreationDate="2009-06-12T18:59:29.727" UserId="1054" Comment="Typo" Text="Using unetbootin (if you know another way, please share)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've attempted to make a bootable **WinXP** usb drive using the WinXP-SP3 ISO downloading from MSDN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've configured my BIOS to boot the uSB, which it does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I get to the unetbootin boot loader screen and it only has &quot;default&quot; listed and a 10 second clock keeping counting down in a loop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone know what's wrong. I was expecting my computer to boot the WinXP-SP3 image from my usb drive but all I get is this boot loader.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*I've seen a bunch of other instruction here on ServerFault but they are specific to Vista, so again - I'm using **WinXP***" />
  <row Id="44355" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24956" RevisionGUID="123b2aac-d0a9-4fe1-91f5-fe19191f1b5a" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:02:16.070" UserDisplayName="Timhou" Comment="deleted 341 characters in body" Text="How do you make a WinXP USB bootable drive?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried unetbootin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But it doesn't appear to work with booting Windows operating systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;#### Also, I've seen a bunch of other instruction here on ServerFault but they are specific to Vista, so again - I'm using **WinXP**" />
  <row Id="44356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24978" RevisionGUID="c7de090d-747d-4bad-a2af-96c503e6e042" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:02:28.613" UserId="9304" Text="If you need something which is cross-session you could look at running both an iSCSI target as well as iSCSI client on the same box.  Obviously this is dependent on your OS as to whether you need anything 3rd party to achieve it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44357" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24979" RevisionGUID="510ae2f4-f365-4800-9c45-5a04cc042343" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:02:43.933" UserId="3537" Text="I've never tried that, but a google search pulled up this pre-done image for a bootable xp image for USB sticks:&#xD;&#xA;http://keznews.com/2407_Windows_XP_USB_Stick_Edition&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44358" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24980" RevisionGUID="0cc27acb-b9d9-42b2-8f0c-63d4ebdbe6b6" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:03:00.470" UserId="3146" Text="Quite frankly I can't think of a good reason to use a source based distribution other than for educational purposes (maybe).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My distribution provides source packages for all their binary packages so I have the freedom to build what I want when I want and more importantly I have the ability to not have to build everything all the time." />
  <row Id="44360" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24982" RevisionGUID="b8be93d9-2ca5-4307-9520-a0db7a12e4c6" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:12:41.210" UserId="1791" Text="The way that pool.ntp.org works is that DNS lookups for time servers redirect to one (randomly selected) member of the pool.  Each server that's in the pool will have its own name, and if you do a reverse DNS lookup on its IP address you'll get its real name, not the pool name you started with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps an example will help:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ nslookup pool.ntp.org&#xD;&#xA;    Non-authoritative answer:&#xD;&#xA;    Name:    pool.ntp.org&#xD;&#xA;    Address: 83.133.127.245&#xD;&#xA;    Name:    pool.ntp.org&#xD;&#xA;    Address: 217.25.36.102&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    $ nslookup 83.133.127.245&#xD;&#xA;    Non-authoritative answer:&#xD;&#xA;    245.127.133.83.in-addr.arpa     name = wikisquare.de.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    $ randy@hex:~$ nslookup&#xD;&#xA;    Non-authoritative answer:&#xD;&#xA;    102.36.25.217.in-addr.arpa      name = orbit.infidyne.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44361" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24983" RevisionGUID="e9b8a2b8-0918-4b87-a6e4-d7c61269f0c5" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:14:37.523" UserId="9362" Text="I hope this is the right forum for this, and excuse the naive question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to provide an &quot;guest&quot; login to a (non-dedicated) linux server and run just one console application. The user cannot do anything more than use this application. A scenario could be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     ssh dervinATsomehost.com (no pasword)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and the just automatically execute the shell app, say&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      Welcome to Dervin's shell.&#xD;&#xA;      Dervin$&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;when the user says exit, the whole connection would drop, not just the application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This seems relatively simple, but I wouldn't know where to start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="44362" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="24983" RevisionGUID="e9b8a2b8-0918-4b87-a6e4-d7c61269f0c5" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:14:37.523" UserId="9362" Text="Running a console application on connection" />
  <row Id="44363" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24983" RevisionGUID="e9b8a2b8-0918-4b87-a6e4-d7c61269f0c5" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:14:37.523" UserId="9362" Text="&lt;console&gt;&lt;service&gt;" />
  <row Id="44364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24984" RevisionGUID="2625cb57-06a2-46f2-991e-f1f688f84454" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:16:20.903" UserId="2609" Text="For your specific situation I would recommend OpenBSD:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * The ports are well maintained and are available in both source and binary form. If you compile your own port it is turned into a binary package suitable to use on other machines of the same architecture.&#xD;&#xA; * OpenBSD runs well on older hardware.&#xD;&#xA; * It's also a BSD, so many things about your FreeBSD experience will be similar in OpenBSD.&#xD;&#xA; * In addition to source/binary packages, you can customize if needed and then [build your own release][1], meaning you can do compilation on fast build hardware and then deploy onto slower hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For normal situations you will want to go with binary all the way. It's kept up to date, and it's the same thing you'd get if you built it yourself. The only exception is when you need something compiled with special options that are not available in binary form. But really, why choose when your platform can give you the best of both worlds?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=release&amp;apropos=0&amp;sektion=0&amp;manpath=OpenBSD+Current&amp;arch=i386&amp;format=html" />
  <row Id="44365" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24789" RevisionGUID="54e9547c-9242-4dbe-9544-e3ceafa859d7" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:19:40.040" UserId="651" Comment="added 235 characters in body" Text="My current configuration of WSS 3.0 is suddenly missing the ['Connect to Outlook'][1] actions menu item! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Update:** I have verified using the same browser instance loading a calendar from a different SharePoint site (hosted on a different machine) shows me the 'Connect to Outlook' action menu. This rules out any client-side issues.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It used to be there but I don't recall making any changes at all (I know, famous last words!). I'd like to avoid having to re-install SBS 2008 because of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a log file that I could inspect for any errors?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA100820301033.aspx" />
  <row Id="44366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24985" RevisionGUID="d1018c53-a892-4028-ab30-b4d5b558a18d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:21:16.027" UserId="8093" Text="As a Desktop Support Specialist there are a few tools that I use to track down issues on my users machines, Sysinternals Suite and WinDBG to name a few. What other Free/Pay tools would you recommend and why?" />
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  <row Id="44368" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24985" RevisionGUID="d1018c53-a892-4028-ab30-b4d5b558a18d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:21:16.027" UserId="8093" Text="&lt;sysadmin-tools&gt;&lt;tools&gt;&lt;third-party-tools&gt;&lt;techsupport&gt;&lt;tech-support&gt;" />
  <row Id="44369" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24956" RevisionGUID="5cdaa926-ff27-4f5d-a82d-08b53472cee7" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:21:40.690" UserDisplayName="Timhou" Comment="edited body; edited tags; edited title" Text="How do you make a WinXP bootable USB drive?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried unetbootin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But it doesn't appear to work with booting Windows operating systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;#### Also, I've seen a bunch of other instruction here on ServerFault but they are specific to Vista, so again - I'm using **WinXP**" />
  <row Id="44370" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="24956" RevisionGUID="5cdaa926-ff27-4f5d-a82d-08b53472cee7" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:21:40.690" UserDisplayName="Timhou" Comment="edited body; edited tags; edited title" Text="How do you make a WinXP bootable USB drive?" />
  <row Id="44371" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="24956" RevisionGUID="5cdaa926-ff27-4f5d-a82d-08b53472cee7" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:21:40.690" UserDisplayName="Timhou" Comment="edited body; edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;usb&gt;&lt;boot&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;operating-system&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="44372" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24986" RevisionGUID="f0908097-f9fd-4ea6-b061-374710735ae0" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:24:26.703" UserId="1466" Text="The following script will send any new entries to /var/log/kern.log to the root user.  &#xD;&#xA;Putting it in **/etc/cron.hourly** will send an email every hour, but only if there are new kernel messages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    MAILTO=root&#xD;&#xA;    LOG=/var/log/kern.log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    OFFSET_FILE=$0.offset&#xD;&#xA;    if [ ! -f $OFFSET_FILE ]; then echo 0 &gt; $OFFSET_FILE; fi&#xD;&#xA;    OFFSET=`cat $OFFSET_FILE`&#xD;&#xA;    FILESIZE=`cat $LOG|wc -c`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Check if log has been rotated&#xD;&#xA;    if [ &quot;$OFFSET&quot; -gt &quot;$FILESIZE&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;      OFFSET=0&#xD;&#xA;      echo 0 &gt; $OFFSET_FILE&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    if [ &quot;$FILESIZE&quot; -gt &quot;$OFFSET&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;      tail -n+$OFFSET $LOG|sed &quot;s/$/\n/&quot;|mail $MAILTO -s &quot;new kernel alerts&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      echo $FILESIZE &gt; $OFFSET_FILE&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44373" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24987" RevisionGUID="4e0961ad-96e6-45e5-84b0-5dbf839cb076" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:27:14.093" UserId="671" Text="I find that [Spybot Search and Destroy][1] comes in very handy (moreso for remote machines rather than corporate desktops, but even there on occasion).  In addition to its malware scanning, it has options for startup entries, registry scanner, and other very useful tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html" />
  <row Id="44374" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24988" RevisionGUID="34031c5a-647f-4d94-b824-0ada449f1720" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:27:49.083" UserId="7200" Text="Just set the user's shell to the application by changing &quot;/bin/sh&quot; (or &quot;/bin/bash&quot;) in the /etc/passwd file to whatever program you'd like them to run. Be aware that many programs will allow the user to start a shell, though." />
  <row Id="44375" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24956" RevisionGUID="8664ee7e-3b84-4422-98ff-92c554405257" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:32:32.567" UserDisplayName="Timhou" Comment="deleted 72 characters in body" Text="**How do you make a WinXP bootable USB drive?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've seen a bunch of instruction here on ServerFault but they are specific to Vista or Linux, so again - I'm using **WinXP**. I've also tried unetbootin, but that doesn't work with Windows" />
  <row Id="44376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24989" RevisionGUID="960e1d56-f92c-425b-8fb7-4a4a96b2b8f0" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:36:24.850" UserId="2943" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An architect in our company has designed a solution based on 64 bit SQL2005 Standard edition synchronous mirroring between a physical (4 quad core, 32GB RAM) server and a virtual DR server (4 virtual CPUs with 16GB RAM) in two geographically remote data centers with a witness server (1 virtual CPU). Storage is Enterprise class SAN in both data centers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The front end app is web facing with mixed read/write usage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a DBA (who wasn't consulted at the design stage) I'm worried this configuration has been designed with minimizing redundancy as the main criterion and that it's not going to work as a real world solution - network latency and performance of the virtual box will cause unacceptable response times? And even poorer performance if a fail-over is invoked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have experience of a similar set up?" />
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  <row Id="44378" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24989" RevisionGUID="960e1d56-f92c-425b-8fb7-4a4a96b2b8f0" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:36:24.850" UserId="2943" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;database-mirroring&gt;&lt;mirroring&gt;&lt;architecture&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="44379" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24990" RevisionGUID="4b7dd339-c9f6-4af7-8126-515335948249" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:38:29.417" UserId="1067" Text="You mentioned the Sysinternals tools, but just to call out the ones I like from them as well as some others.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Process Monitor][1] - For File and Registry Access&#xD;&#xA; - [Process Explorer][2] - What Task Manager should be&#xD;&#xA; - [AutoRuns][3] - Good for finding all items that auto start.&#xD;&#xA; - [WireShark][4] - For capturing detailed network traffic from a system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.wireshark.org/" />
  <row Id="44380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24991" RevisionGUID="9da91cdc-a20e-43cc-ba9c-f917796fdc42" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:38:32.647" UserId="3657" Text="Have you customized the Calendar event types?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://blogs.msdn.com/syedi/archive/2008/08/30/connect-to-outlook-feature-is-missing-in-the-calendar-of-custom-calendar-list-definition.aspx" />
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  <row Id="44383" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="24992" RevisionGUID="550c3cc5-735d-4100-b54c-b6f59058b41d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:40:29.270" UserId="9351" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;" />
  <row Id="44384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24993" RevisionGUID="6a758eae-41de-405f-aa3e-5e8941c3d689" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:40:35.793" UserId="843" Text="This isn't much different from:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. [http://serverfault.com/questions/3482/tools-a-windows-administrator-cannot-live-without][1]&#xD;&#xA;2. [http://serverfault.com/questions/20251/must-have-windows-systems-client-side-tools-and-settings][2]&#xD;&#xA;3. [http://serverfault.com/questions/7460/tools-to-keep-my-machine-spick-and-span-windows-xp][3]&#xD;&#xA;4. [http://serverfault.com/questions/1627/suggestions-for-recovery-toolkit][4]&#xD;&#xA;5.  [http://serverfault.com/questions/906/what-tools-should-you-absolutely-know-as-a-windows-linux-sysadmin][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3482/tools-a-windows-administrator-cannot-live-without&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/20251/must-have-windows-systems-client-side-tools-and-settings&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7460/tools-to-keep-my-machine-spick-and-span-windows-xp&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1627/suggestions-for-recovery-toolkit&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://serverfault.com/questions/906/what-tools-should-you-absolutely-know-as-a-windows-linux-sysadmin" />
  <row Id="44385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24994" RevisionGUID="55607471-14d8-48fd-9e5a-b5805fd5f80d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:43:01.043" UserId="2642" Text="Got a call from one of our &quot;Client Support Administrators&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The printer won't print in color. It only prints in black and white.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I go over there. Look at the printer's display. It says cyan and yellow are out of toner, and it would only print in black and white. Replace the toner cartridges, and it prints in color. Apparently he was so busy that he neglected to look at what the printer was telling him." />
  <row Id="44386" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24994" RevisionGUID="55607471-14d8-48fd-9e5a-b5805fd5f80d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:43:01.043" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44387" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24995" RevisionGUID="c9d90cde-2483-4db5-ab14-37700d79156c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:43:18.577" UserId="9351" Text="Depending on what you'd like them to do; you can also install something like rssh (http://www.pizzashack.org/rssh/)." />
  <row Id="44388" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24403" RevisionGUID="5f2a2abc-c325-47d6-8e81-29becb568635" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:44:06.330" UserId="5391" Comment="added persistent method" Text="You can use the **subst** command in Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    subst m: c:\foo&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To make a persistent redirection, you can edit the registry.  Add a string (REG_SZ) value to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\DOS Devices&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set the name of the value to the drive letter (e.g. **M:**), then the data to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    \??\C:\foo\foosub&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This method will work across logins and reboots." />
  <row Id="44389" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24996" RevisionGUID="6d1714b5-209b-405f-802c-4b1b6965f13c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:46:22.080" UserId="4491" Text="Is it possible Client Integration got turned off? In Central Admin/App Management/Authentication Providers, click on your provider. There is an option for &quot;Enable Client Integration&quot;. If it is set to no Connect to Outlook does not work." />
  <row Id="44390" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24997" RevisionGUID="78bca336-6d4c-4327-804c-10d24da5a448" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:46:31.457" UserId="843" Text="Look at [http://serverfault.com/questions/24798/how-to-boot-from-usb-using-iso-image-closed][1], which was closed today but has additional information on how to get an XP image onto a USB drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/24798/how-to-boot-from-usb-using-iso-image-closed" />
  <row Id="44391" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="24813" RevisionGUID="4a82ad5f-45a8-44f2-9ef2-ed69d2a610a0" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:50:47.327" UserId="816" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;router&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
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  <row Id="44393" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="24999" RevisionGUID="de7ce23e-d41d-4e28-b55f-d20775c4c83c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:54:29.987" UserId="7783" Text="We get people blaming us whenever videos they like get deleted from youtube or when google falls over. Another common occurrence is people complaining to our director when we refuse to help them break the law." />
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  <row Id="44395" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8794" RevisionGUID="45830e0b-de66-48d0-b1ba-debb8f3e5629" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:54:52.090" UserId="7783" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;users&gt;&lt;support&gt;&lt;experience&gt;&lt;fun&gt;" />
  <row Id="44396" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25000" RevisionGUID="8e2bd263-3799-411f-afaf-564557828fcd" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:55:07.067" UserId="9332" Text="Something is afoot! Why would you want to repeatedly login to a remote desktop session with an invalid password?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll bite ... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rdesktop 2&gt; /dev/null&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just a simple error redirection should work. But still. Why do you need to write a while loop for an interactive process? " />
  <row Id="44397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25001" RevisionGUID="66371c19-584c-4f24-be4e-e3989c291f5a" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:57:11.120" UserDisplayName="StevoIBM" Text="You can virtualize and use high speed disks or go to solid state storage. &#xD;&#xA;The cost on the solid state might be a limiting factor though. Also there is a limit&#xD;&#xA;on the data capacity with solid state. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In this case its probably best to have fast systems wit good virtualization software.&#xD;&#xA;Its simple easy and cost effective." />
  <row Id="44398" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24403" RevisionGUID="45164864-0080-4822-ab45-43fb5599fd45" CreationDate="2009-06-12T19:57:42.460" UserId="5391" Comment="tested OS" Text="You can use the **subst** command in Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    subst m: c:\foo&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To make a persistent redirection, you can edit the registry.  Add a string (REG_SZ) value to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\DOS Devices&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set the name of the value to the drive letter (e.g. **M:**), then the data to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    \??\C:\foo\foosub&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This method will work across logins and reboots.  I tested this on Windows 2008, so it should also work on Vista, XP, 2003 and 2000." />
  <row Id="44399" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24935" RevisionGUID="18cb6af3-d80e-4e08-ae4e-851f44bb8056" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:00:34.527" UserId="9332" Comment="added 7 characters in body" Text="While in Turkey, I was working at a help desk. Everyday I would come to work, answer a few calls, and work on a few tickets. One day, while on a call I began to hear strange noises above my head. It was odd, sounding familiar but distorted. Shortly it stopped, and I continued working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few minutes later, the sound grew much louder. So loud in fact that I had to start yelling into the phone. It was a low animal like sound, but very loud. I looked over at my coworker, who had stood up and began to hit the AC duct with a broom handle. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**BANG! BANG! Rooooaawaaaoorr ... BANG! BANG!**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The customer, I was helping on the other end, started to get worried. Especially after the litany of curse words spilled from my co-workers mouth, as his activities had spilled his coffee over his desk. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Customer: &quot;What is going on over&#xD;&#xA;&gt; there?&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Me:            &quot;I, uh ...&quot; my&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hand over the phone, &quot;*Dude*, what are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you doing?&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Co-Worker: **BANG! BANG!**&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;A cat's got in the AC&#xD;&#xA;&gt; again ...&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;Co-Worker: **BANG! BANG!** &quot;sounds like it's in heat.&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Me:            &quot; ... &quot; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Me: back on the phone, &quot;Ah ... yes we are having a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; little construction work done today.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That answer worked until the second cat got stuck." />
  <row Id="44400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25002" RevisionGUID="4cfa84c6-7a55-4014-ac5c-9d89908b5e96" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:00:56.273" UserId="883" Text="I'm having a problem with an identity pool on a new IIS server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's my Event viewer text:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Event Type:	Warning&#xD;&#xA;    Event Source:	W3SVC&#xD;&#xA;    Event Category:	None&#xD;&#xA;    Event ID:	1021&#xD;&#xA;    Date:		6/12/2009&#xD;&#xA;    Time:		1:44:50 PM&#xD;&#xA;    User:		N/A&#xD;&#xA;    Computer:	&lt;scrubbed&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    Description:&#xD;&#xA;    The identity of application pool, '&lt;scrubbed&gt;' is invalid.  If it remains invalid when the first request for the application pool is processed, the application pool will be disabled.  The data field contains the error number.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.&#xD;&#xA;    Data:&#xD;&#xA;    0000: 69 05 07 80               i..?    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Google suggests that it's something to do with the user of the app pool which I set in the &quot;Identity&quot; tab. The most common problems are:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; 1. Setting the wrong password&#xD;&#xA; 2. Not adding the user to the IIS_WPG group&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried and retried both of these (and restarted the IIS service), and nothing seems to be fixing it. What other things should I be looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FWIW, the identity user is a domain (not local) user. This same setup is working fine on another (supposedly identical) server/setup." />
  <row Id="44401" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25002" RevisionGUID="4cfa84c6-7a55-4014-ac5c-9d89908b5e96" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:00:56.273" UserId="883" Text="IIS Application Pool identity problem" />
  <row Id="44402" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25002" RevisionGUID="4cfa84c6-7a55-4014-ac5c-9d89908b5e96" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:00:56.273" UserId="883" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;application-pools&gt;" />
  <row Id="44403" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24919" RevisionGUID="79d6365d-3de5-4b88-847c-965a475e5aa9" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:10:58.043" UserId="9340" Comment="added 72 characters in body" Text="My setup is the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - VMWare Workstation 6.5&#xD;&#xA; - Host OS - Vista Ultimate x64&#xD;&#xA; - Guest OS - Vista Ultimate x64&#xD;&#xA; - Notes - Both OS in same domain and&#xD;&#xA;   using DHCP (and can talk to any machine on the network and over the internet fine)&#xD;&#xA; - Other special Notes - this is a newer&#xD;&#xA;   laptop and the network adapter&#xD;&#xA;   supports IPV6&#xD;&#xA; - Network Adapter - Bridged (with&#xD;&#xA;   Replicate State checked)&#xD;&#xA; - Guest Isolation - VMCI is checked to&#xD;&#xA;   allow host communication&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried the following with the following results (just pinging):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disabled all network adapters on HostOS (except wireless) : &lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;This works intermittently from the HostOS to the GuestOS (dropped packets), and doesn't work at all from the GuestOS to the HostOS ... however I did notice something strange when I ping the GuestOS(by name) on the GuestOS ... it successfully pings with IPV6 ... when I ping the GuestOS(by name) from the HostOS it seemingly uses IPV4. I disabled IPV6 on both adapters (Guest and Host) and recieved similar results and the GuestOS ping to the GuestOS looks something like this :::::::1 but it states that it was a successfull ping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tried everything I did above, however, over the regular ethernet adapter:&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Works like a champ no problems. However that wierd self ping on the GuestOS still returns IPV6 responses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25003" RevisionGUID="79947364-c696-42f3-8811-eba337e922ce" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:11:56.793" UserId="4487" Text="A shot in the dark, but perhaps the domain account you've configured for the App Pool's identity is locked?" />
  <row Id="44405" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25004" RevisionGUID="7e5dc1dd-3b94-427c-a8c0-7f2462188cc5" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:11:57.107" UserId="7619" Text="True story;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've got a user here who works with the military, training them primarily how to use ecological engineering &quot;databases&quot;. We lovingly refer to her as The Evil Olive Oil, because she greatly resembles the cartoon character. Her antics so far have been;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(No embellishment, or kidding on any of these. This is actually how she is.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Calling my boss at 4:45am, (curiously, she called his office line and not his cell or the on-call admin cell) and leaving a 3-minute message that begins in a normal tone but rapidly reaches a fever pitch, where she begins _literally_ screaming into the phone the word, `Unacceptable! Unacceptable! Unacceptable!' over and over. No kidding, repeated about twenty times or so. At the end, her voice is hoarse and she's sobbing, overcome with emotion. The problem; a malfunctioning printer. The irony; there was a perfectly functioning one she was aware of, less than 15 feet away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Engaging in enormous email arguments with tech staff where she refuses to follow specific instructions, claiming she `doesn't have time for this' and `she doesn't see the point in this' and how `she's smart enough' and believes that our instructions won't fix her problem, shortly followed up with an almost vicious, `you've exceeded my personal time expectations for a solution, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURSELF??!!!' email.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Claims she needs, (again, no kidding) 4 versions of MS Office installed on her computer because she doesn't _believe_ that any docs, excel files, etc. of them are backwards-compatible with each other. FULL VERSIONS. Each and every one of us has proved forwards and backwards that she does not need this, but she refuses to believe anyone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's my favorite part of this though..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After a week's worth of completely crazy email trails between her, myself, the rest of the staff, her boss, her boss's boss, mine, etc. All attempting to resolve an issue that she was _convinced_ was a network problem and couldn't be dissuaded from, I found myself leaving work the exact same time that she was, (exiting the parking garage.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;She turns right and I follow, which is my normal route home. I haven't noticed that I'm inadvertently following her at this point, `cause I'm mainly keeping an eye on traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As we continue down the parkway, her vehicle starts to act erratically. Speeding up, slowing down, attempting to force it's way into another lane in a bullying sort of manner and that's what made me sit up and take note.. I realized that it was HER!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking into the vehicle, I notice that she's rapidly moving her head back and forth, glancing into the rear-view mirror and back out the windscreen. It's obvious that she's looking at what's behind her, (me in my vehicle) and freaking out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition to it being a fairly well-used parkway and a heavy traffic time of day, she's unable to maneuver her way out of my lane and she remained in front of me. Weakly I wave to her, to try and assuage any fears or assumptions that she might have, wondering if she's just believing the worse and that her life is beginning to resemble a horror movie, (the killer was BEHIND HER the ENTIRE time! :) or something. She does not return the wave.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As we approach an Albertson's grocery store, she SUDDENLY and UNEXPECTEDLY whips the steering wheel around to the right, cutting into the parking lot, narrowly missing two pedestrians and wildly careening down a sharp dip into the lot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I drive past, I watch as she madly continues her run into the parking lot and slams on her brakes, again narrowly avoiding t-boning another car that's pulling out. Horns abound, voices are raised in the parking lot and I continue on my merry way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The next day I relay this story to my co-workers who laugh and we all share a humorous, (if not slightly scary) thought that hopefully she doesn't think that I'm stalking her.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Two days later, while the helpdesk is up working on her computer and she's out on a business trip to a miliary base) one of the guys calls me, _from her extension_ and in what I can only describe as a VERY, VERY good impersonation of her voice starts to accuse me, LOUDLY of stalking and saying that she's going to call the police, etc.. The color drains from my face and I'm stammering apologies on the phone for almost a full minute before I hear the rest of my team trying to stifle their laughter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;:)" />
  <row Id="44406" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25004" RevisionGUID="7e5dc1dd-3b94-427c-a8c0-7f2462188cc5" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:11:57.107" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44407" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25005" RevisionGUID="cf41fd62-7ec9-4ce9-bb19-8062e2a39195" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:12:24.233" UserId="4491" Text="Try giving the account &quot;Logon as a Service&quot; rights as well. [Here][1] is a very similar question from stack overflow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/863537/asp-net-error-the-identity-of-application-pool-is-invalid" />
  <row Id="44408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25006" RevisionGUID="4e854cb9-5b1f-4fe2-9fe5-6152f100cb35" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:12:53.343" UserId="7723" Text="I have to assume you did what I did, took a Pos desktop, put rdesktop on it and secured it down.  On boot mine executes rdesktop to our terminal service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Two options&#xD;&#xA;1) create a link on desktop to recreate connection(easy fast cheap)&#xD;&#xA;2) create a script that waits for rdesktop to exit, on return it restarts rdesktop.&#xD;&#xA;This is very doable but a pain in the ass.  you'll need to learn signal handlers for this." />
  <row Id="44409" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21536" RevisionGUID="61c9e30c-d0f3-4b11-9c69-10563b92233b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:12:59.770" UserId="45" Comment="added 9 characters in body" Text="RAID is not meant to be a replacement for backups. It's a method for making your harddisks redundant. If one disk is failing, the information will still be available on the partition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But let's say you accidentally delete files or the folders on the RAID partition. In this case the deleted data will not be available on the other disks of the array.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, if you're using RAID, I strongly recommend doing regular backups to other media (NAS, other servers' shares, tape etc.)" />
  <row Id="44410" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25007" RevisionGUID="3491e0ef-0aba-4a6b-b23b-25b20cb390a0" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:13:49.317" UserDisplayName="Guy" Text="gordo.foofus.net-attacks.mp3 is my new favorite song. I'm going this machine as my primary time server from now on. Too awesome." />
  <row Id="44411" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20243" RevisionGUID="0c84c2f6-ec04-4a19-9b41-f71ed2df68ec" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:15:06.787" UserId="2660" Comment="Added code samples and reference to Nivot.org for Sharepoint Stuff" Text="The following tasks are done by my team on a very regular basis with PowerShell&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - list the available memory on all the nodes of our Hyper-V clusters.&#xD;&#xA; - Manage a Netapp filer&#xD;&#xA; - Provision new Hyper-V Virtual Machines&#xD;&#xA; - Write to and Read from SharePoint lists programmatically&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Day to day, I have a PS prompt up all the time and use it for any one off tasks that I used to use CMD for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some code samples for reading Sharepoint Lists. I use web services from Sharepoint and the new &quot;New-WebServiceProxy&quot; cmdlet in PowerShell V2.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $url = &quot;http://server/sites/site/_vti_bin/lists.asmx&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    $listWebService = new-webServiceProxy -uri $url -UseDefaultCredential&#xD;&#xA;    $listName = &quot;MyList&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    $viewGuid = $null&#xD;&#xA;    $query= $null&#xD;&#xA;    $viewFields = $null&#xD;&#xA;    $numRowsReturned = 20000&#xD;&#xA;    $queryOptions = $null&#xD;&#xA;    $result = $listWebService.GetListItems($listName,$ViewGuid,$query,$viewFields,$numRowsReturned,$queryOptions,$null)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oisin Grehan has a [great blog post on using Sharepoint Web Services][1] that I used as a base to create all my functions. He evens has an awesome new-webservice.ps1 script that you can use if you are still using PowerShell V1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, here is the base function I used to get the available memory on nodes in my cluster&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Function Get-AvailableMemory {&#xD;&#xA;    param&#xD;&#xA;    (&#xD;&#xA;    [string[]]&#xD;&#xA;    $servers&#xD;&#xA;    )&#xD;&#xA;    BEGIN {&#xD;&#xA;    $query = &quot;select AvailableBytes,__SERVER from Win32_PerfRawData_PerfOS_Memory&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    $availableMemory = @{&#xD;&#xA;                        Name=&quot;AvailableMemory&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;                        Expression = {[math]::round($_.AvailableBytes/1gb,2)}&#xD;&#xA;                        }&#xD;&#xA;    $serverName = @{  &#xD;&#xA;                    Name =&quot;Server&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;                    Expression = {$_.&quot;__SERVER&quot;}                                      &#xD;&#xA;                   }&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    PROCESS {&#xD;&#xA;    foreach ($server in $servers){&#xD;&#xA;        get-wmiobject -query $query -computer $server |&#xD;&#xA;        select-object $availableMemory, $serverName&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    END {}    &#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nivot.org/2008/02/29/ManipulatingRemoteSharePointListsWithPowerShell.aspx" />
  <row Id="44412" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25008" RevisionGUID="b3e7b123-ca4c-4f27-b430-7c9a849a82dc" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:15:55.160" UserId="2503" Text="I can't think of anything worse than using a source distribution. If you have a large number of machines to maintain, and you want them to behave consistently, using a binary-package distirbution is absolutely essential.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're installing an upgrade on 100 machines, do you really want it to be compiled in 100 places? Granted, the compilers SHOULD be consistent and SHOULD generate similar binaries, but there is basically no guarantee.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then there's testing. Your test environments may be very SIMILAR to production, but you may still be testing a binary which has some different behaviour to production. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use a binary, and you have a greater certainty that it'll behave the same across an infrastructure; you have a better chance that the code tested is the same as the code deployed. You also have a better chance that the code will perform consistently on your production systems (even though it might not be QUITE so optimised as one with CPU-specific optimisations)." />
  <row Id="44413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25009" RevisionGUID="3e6278e7-a841-4a00-b04f-be3b32cd1681" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:17:01.400" UserId="6244" Text="Maybe updating router firmware would solve the problem?" />
  <row Id="44414" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25010" RevisionGUID="a74f95cb-b512-4286-ae3a-040e34c6f0db" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:19:52.280" UserId="8263" Text="One tool that I absolutely find indispensible is **tcptraceroute** [1] - this is a traceroute that does not use ICMP packets to perform timings, but uses TCP instead.  This allows you to traceroute without regard to the typical blocking of ICMP: it works well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://michael.toren.net/code/tcptraceroute/ &quot;tcptraceroute&quot;" />
  <row Id="44415" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25010" RevisionGUID="a74f95cb-b512-4286-ae3a-040e34c6f0db" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:19:52.280" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44416" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25011" RevisionGUID="393c8d7f-ccda-46aa-83e8-dc4b7cffd19e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:22:02.620" UserId="7621" Text="I do not have direct experience, but you should look at the [OpenVMS cluster latency documentation][1].  They discuss the issues of distance extensively.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some things to consider, for purposes of an active/standby backup, a VM isn't necessarily a bad choice.  If the disks for the VM are on a SAN, you should see pretty good performance.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The synchronous mirroring over long distances is what I would be more concerned about.  Reads should not be affected, but every write will need to wait for remote commit ready before returning.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should also add - while the OpenVMS documentation talks a lot about OpenVMS specifically, the latency issues are applicable to any sort of mirroring or clustering application.  Doing &quot;the math&quot; about light-speed delay for your link distance can be very illuminating w/r to latency and responsiveness over long distances.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/82final/6318/6318pro_019.html" />
  <row Id="44417" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25012" RevisionGUID="c70ad10f-5798-45b9-b04a-9c1bb71cb86a" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:22:48.357" UserId="5724" Text="If you're using IIS6, with the Metabase Explorer (in the [resource kit][1]), you can do the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * browse to /LM/W3SVC/AppPools/MyAppPool&#xD;&#xA; * enable &quot;View/Secure data&quot;&#xD;&#xA; * (if needed) enable &quot;View/Inherited data&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, look at the WAMUserName and WAMUserPass.  You can try running processes as that user:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    runas /user:myuser cmd.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that does not work, you should be closer to the answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/840671" />
  <row Id="44418" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25013" RevisionGUID="86a3ef05-f517-4277-9c46-ff27186a0afa" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:23:55.580" UserId="9332" Text="Your main concern should be the network link. The SANs shouldn't offer too much of a bottle-neck, but I have not seen any performance data on them so I can't really tell you yes or no. You should ask your the architect and yourself the following questions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Take a good hard look at the network link**&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - Is it stable?&#xD;&#xA; - How much packet loss is there?&#xD;&#xA; - How much bandwidth is available? &#xD;&#xA; - Is this the link that everyone else uses to surf the Internet at work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Take a good hard look at the SANS**&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - How many disks are there?&#xD;&#xA; - What is the RAID setup like?&#xD;&#xA; - How many other applications will be sharing resources?&#xD;&#xA; - What is the current utilization of the SAN?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Then look at your application**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - How many times will you be accessing the data?&#xD;&#xA; - How large will the database grow? (Ballpark)&#xD;&#xA; - How often will indices be created?&#xD;&#xA; - How much load do your queries put on the CPU, Memory, and Disk?&#xD;&#xA; - How will data be verified on the remote ends of the link?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your RAM and processor setup sound good for an Enterprise Application. These types of questions are very hard to quantify, especially without real world data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Virtual Machines are usually not, IMO, the reason for bottlenecks. It depends a lot on how they are setup and the distribution of resources. I/O is usually the single largest factor in VM speed, those SANs should help your speed considerably.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each application is different, but you and your Architect need to sit down and answer these questions (above) together. And all the others that pop up in the process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if all else fails, go buy another server, and delete the VM." />
  <row Id="44419" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25014" RevisionGUID="2f6af7e3-0754-4940-8f08-a0167fd492ff" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:26:58.770" UserId="9071" Text="Also, remember that not all motherboards will boot off the USB chain.  You might want to verify that yours does before you put too much energy into the project." />
  <row Id="44420" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24119" RevisionGUID="03d69363-ee42-4f03-950f-ab30bfe5966b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:27:44.587" UserId="3329" Comment="added 120 characters in body" Text="Short answer: You can't. If your windows system is dead, you'll need to restore to another windows system. From there you must migrate your database using Oracle utilities:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Metalink indicates the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is no Migration utility (Script or DBUA) to perform a cross platform migration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To change platforms require the database instance be re-built and / or the data moved using one of the following methods:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. Export / Import to include the use of Datapump facilities. all versions support Export/Import but for Datapump 10.1.0.2 or higher is required&#xD;&#xA;   2. Transportable Tablespaces 10G or Later&#xD;&#xA;   3. RMAN Convert Database functions. 10G or Later&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The choices available will depend on BOTH the OS and Oracle versions of both the source and destination.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example RMAN Convert Database only works if both source and destination belong to same ENDIAN format. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Transportable Tablespaces has a convert function to convert from one ENDIAN format to another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTH." />
  <row Id="44421" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25015" RevisionGUID="b463f720-4a7e-4c38-b34e-47347c746cf0" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:29:37.780" UserId="883" Text="Thanks to MattB, &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/863537/asp-net-error-the-identity-of-application-pool-is-invalid&quot;&gt;this Stack Overflow thread&lt;/a&gt; eventually led me to the right answer (for me).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ran the following command (from C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    aspnet_regiis.exe -GA domain\username&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...where domain\username was the domain-qualified username (in the standard Windows format) of the user I was using for the app pool's identity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the aspnet_regiis help, the -GA option does:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Grant the specified user or group access to the IIS&#xD;&#xA;    metabase and other directories used by ASP.NET.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know why this wasn't done automatically on this server (as I've never had to do this in the past)." />
  <row Id="44422" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24919" RevisionGUID="b81cdb99-b41b-4581-911f-48214234502d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:30:11.757" UserId="9340" Comment="added 128 characters in body" Text="My setup is the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - VMWare Workstation 6.5&#xD;&#xA; - Host OS - Vista Ultimate x64&#xD;&#xA; - Guest OS - Vista Ultimate x64&#xD;&#xA; - Notes - Both OS in same domain and&#xD;&#xA;   using DHCP (and can talk to any machine on the network and over the internet fine)&#xD;&#xA; - Other special Notes - this is a newer&#xD;&#xA;   laptop and the network adapter&#xD;&#xA;   supports IPV6&#xD;&#xA; - Network Adapter - Bridged (with&#xD;&#xA;   Replicate State checked)&#xD;&#xA; - Guest Isolation - VMCI is checked to&#xD;&#xA;   allow host communication&#xD;&#xA; - The goal is to get both the Guest and&#xD;&#xA;   Host to see eachother and the&#xD;&#xA;   network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried the following with the following results (just pinging):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disabled all network adapters on HostOS (except wireless) : &lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;This works intermittently from the HostOS to the GuestOS (dropped packets), and doesn't work at all from the GuestOS to the HostOS ... however I did notice something strange when I ping the GuestOS(by name) on the GuestOS ... it successfully pings with IPV6 ... when I ping the GuestOS(by name) from the HostOS it seemingly uses IPV4. I disabled IPV6 on both adapters (Guest and Host) and recieved similar results and the GuestOS ping to the GuestOS looks something like this :::::::1 but it states that it was a successfull ping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tried everything I did above, however, over the regular ethernet adapter:&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Works like a champ no problems. However that wierd self ping on the GuestOS still returns IPV6 responses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tried NAT with similar results.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44423" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25016" RevisionGUID="08ef0768-4c60-431a-8bea-edacb0174782" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:32:16.027" UserId="843" Text="I am by no means an expert, but I had to put [OR] to my file. As stated [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine on &#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^.*robots.txt [OR]&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^.*/static/.*&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule .* index.php [L]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod_rewrite.html#RewriteCond" />
  <row Id="44424" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25017" RevisionGUID="2199523f-cbc4-453d-a579-4467012596ba" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:32:42.717" UserId="9373" Text="A lot of the suggestion above are Network related. &#xD;&#xA;But for a SysAdmnin: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; htop - an interactive process viewer for Linux&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is htop, an interactive process viewer for Linux. It is a text-mode application (for console or X terminals) and requires ncurses. Tested with Linux 2.4 and 2.6.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or Human Readable Top&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://htop.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44425" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25017" RevisionGUID="2199523f-cbc4-453d-a579-4467012596ba" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:32:42.717" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44426" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25018" RevisionGUID="d0d3cad6-26c5-4a79-825e-3bd484805593" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:34:53.523" UserId="5724" Text="You could also look at [SRG][1], written when SARG stopped being maintained a few years ago.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://crc.net.nz/software/srg.php" />
  <row Id="44427" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25019" RevisionGUID="5731e4e2-e81d-4ef3-994d-487e8c37543a" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:34:57.033" UserId="282" Text="I am supporting the installation of a CCTV system from the Windows 2003 R2 Standard (so I don't have access to Remote Storage Services) side of the equation, the intention was to use use a NAS for long term storage (quite a lot of data is generated in a fairly short time). The one snag we have run into is the CCTV software can only point to local drives and folders for its archival location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because the CCTV software runs as a Windows Service (4 of them to be exact), it is not immediately obvious how to do this, my current solution is as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Create a new local account for the services&#xD;&#xA; 1. Add this account to the local Administrator Group&#xD;&#xA; 1. Login using this account&#xD;&#xA; 1. Setup the mapped network drive through &lt;pre&gt;net use z: \\nas\share /savecred&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Switch the four services to use the local account&#xD;&#xA; 1. Restart the services&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Surprisingly this worked, it feels like a horrible cludgy way to solve a problem. Is there a better way?" />
  <row Id="44428" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25019" RevisionGUID="5731e4e2-e81d-4ef3-994d-487e8c37543a" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:34:57.033" UserId="282" Text="How to map a drive for a windows service?" />
  <row Id="44429" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25019" RevisionGUID="5731e4e2-e81d-4ef3-994d-487e8c37543a" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:34:57.033" UserId="282" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;mappeddrive&gt;&lt;drivemapping&gt;&lt;nas&gt;" />
  <row Id="44430" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21319" RevisionGUID="909ccd1f-29ce-4920-bf0d-f68ea5768063" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:35:30.713" UserId="883" Comment="clarified &quot;normal browsing means&quot;" Text="I have Time Machine working nicely, making snappshotted backups on a regular basis. The backed up files are easily &amp; quickly available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to make an offsite copy of these backups for ultimate safety. I already have a webhost (Dreamhost) with lots of available space. I'd like to find the best way to transfer these files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally, this system should as many of the following as possible:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Fast&#xD;&#xA; - Low-bandwidth&#xD;&#xA; - Secure / encrypted on the remote end&#xD;&#xA; - Preserving the various snapshots / versions that TM makes&#xD;&#xA; - Able to browse the backed up files through standard UNIX shell commands (like &quot;ls&quot;)&#xD;&#xA; - Reliable: a broken remote backup operation shouldn't render the entire backup unusable&#xD;&#xA; - Easy to set up" />
  <row Id="44431" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25020" RevisionGUID="40827d6f-4792-44f4-b993-93031ea6babd" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:35:35.177" UserId="3066" Text="The regular consumer Drobo seems to cut the hard drive speeds in half according to this blogger's benchmark:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://elliottback.com/wp/drobo-benchmark/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://myownreality.eu/category/drobo/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hopefully the Drobo Pro has improved performance." />
  <row Id="44432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25021" RevisionGUID="3b1c61ba-a3e8-4d20-a8f2-067eeba80838" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:40:19.797" UserId="5391" Text="Unfortunately, that is probably your only option if the CCTV software cannot use UNC paths.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your NAS supports iSCSI, you could instead use the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator to attach the server to a LUN which will show as a local drive." />
  <row Id="44433" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25022" RevisionGUID="adcc05f3-dabb-4fb7-b94f-9a75ac5011fd" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:40:34.697" UserId="5724" Text="Make your ASP.NET application gzip its output itself with a method like [this one][1].  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.stardeveloper.com/articles/display.html?article=2007110401&amp;page=1" />
  <row Id="44436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25024" RevisionGUID="4554fe74-d27f-48bb-8768-33b2aa6655cd" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:42:52.507" UserId="9220" Text="I'd be more concerned as to what is causing Sync issues to occur.  As Trondh is saying, you can use Managed Folder Policies to force the deletion of these Sync issues, but that is not a very reliable option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many kinds of different sync issues, but in Outlook 2003 w/ Exchange 2007, most of these are certificate related.  If you do not have the appropriate certificates installed in the appropriate manner, then you will receive Sync Issues relating to your Offline Address Book (OAB). More than likely, you'll have an 0x8004010F error.  A good place to start if this is the case is: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/04/19/437902.aspx, other issues could be related to your AV setup, etc.  Without more information on what kind of Sync errors you are receiving, it's hard to point you in the right direction, but ignoring the sync errors is not the optimal way of dealing with the problem." />
  <row Id="44437" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25025" RevisionGUID="878c7a04-d39f-444e-a68b-1140ad1f1c0c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:18:26.857" Text="&lt;p&gt;Currently I've a programme taking up too much of CPU,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;how could I limit the amount of CPU it occupies?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OS is linux,fedora&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't modify the source code of that programme,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;what I need is a bash command.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44438" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25025" RevisionGUID="878c7a04-d39f-444e-a68b-1140ad1f1c0c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:18:26.857" Text="Is it possible to make a programme not occupy more than 50% of CPU?" />
  <row Id="44439" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25025" RevisionGUID="878c7a04-d39f-444e-a68b-1140ad1f1c0c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:18:26.857" Text="&lt;priority&gt;&lt;not-programming-related&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="44441" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25027" RevisionGUID="882f3fb4-ed34-42ad-9fc3-2f8a3207fe89" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:20:57.443" Text="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Setrlimit&lt;/strong&gt; and co ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;#include &amp;lt;sys/resource.h&amp;gt;&#xA;#include &amp;lt;sys/time.h&amp;gt;&#xA;#include &amp;lt;unistd.h&amp;gt;&#xA;&#xA;int main ()&#xA;{&#xA; struct rlimit rl;&#xA;&#xA; /* Obtain the current limits. */&#xA; getrlimit (RLIMIT_CPU, &amp;amp;rl);&#xA; /* Set a CPU limit of 1 second. */&#xA; rl.rlim_cur = 1;&#xA; setrlimit (RLIMIT_CPU, &amp;amp;rl);&#xA; /* Do busy work. */&#xA; while (1);&#xA;&#xA; return 0;&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=23618&amp;amp;seqNum=6&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44442" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25028" RevisionGUID="daa92e21-8d28-4141-86fb-c101341072b2" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:23:16.910" UserId="730" Text="&lt;p&gt;You can try limiting your program by lowering the priority with &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nice%5F%28Unix%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;nice&lt;/a&gt;.  No programming involved there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25029" RevisionGUID="8f355daa-1ea4-455a-8bec-8950cc314f25" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:23:50.603" Text="&lt;p&gt;If you don't want to modify the program another option to consider is virtualisation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25030" RevisionGUID="2471f859-99f1-4232-9fcf-5413306a4c6f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:34:14.403" Text="&lt;p&gt;You can manually do time-slicing within the application by using a high-performance timer and measuring how much time each iteration of a top level loop is taking, then put in appropriate sleeps (or nanosleep's) in that loop. This wont correlate directly to a percentage of CPU, especially across machines, but it will limit the cpu resources that the program takes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44445" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25031" RevisionGUID="177efc2d-0f5b-4808-9508-f0e8ed1e86f5" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:47:39.717" UserId="5724" Text="In Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, you can send a copy of all non-delivery reports (NDRs) to a specific mailbox or [SMTP] e-mail address. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   -- [XADM: How to Send a Copy of an NDR to a Specific E-mail Address][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/295653" />
  <row Id="44446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25032" RevisionGUID="01ad61f9-9f03-4583-95a1-245a102a9ad1" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:50:50.303" UserId="9238" Text="Does anyone have experience with a tool that can provide an indication of disk IO load by filesystem path.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use to 'iostat' utility, frequently, to learn how much disk activity is taking place on a Linux host.  'iostat' provides a per-device breakdown, so you can see activity on a particular block device.  But it doesn't go any deeper than that--you can't, for instance, query the write load generated by 'httpd' in the directory '/var/log/httpd/'.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44447" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25032" RevisionGUID="01ad61f9-9f03-4583-95a1-245a102a9ad1" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:50:50.303" UserId="9238" Text="Linux disk IO load breakdown, by filesystem path and/or process?" />
  <row Id="44448" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25032" RevisionGUID="01ad61f9-9f03-4583-95a1-245a102a9ad1" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:50:50.303" UserId="9238" Text="&lt;disk&gt;&lt;load&gt;" />
  <row Id="44449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25033" RevisionGUID="59350e9c-6250-4a9a-8be3-34c565aa93d7" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:52:23.437" UserDisplayName="nos" Text="Running at &quot;50%&quot; CPU isn't that meaningful. You want the program to use every resource possible when it's available. If the CPU isn't doing anything else, that program might as well make full use of it. If you wanted the program to really do nothing at all, you'd have to modify the source code and put in pauses/sleeps where possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you want is to have everything else have higher priority. See the manpage for the nice command, run it at nice 19&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another and possibly more effective way of limiting resources is to install the schedutils package, and run the program using the SCHED_BATCH process scheduler." />
  <row Id="44450" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25033" RevisionGUID="59350e9c-6250-4a9a-8be3-34c565aa93d7" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:52:23.437" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44451" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25019" RevisionGUID="170e6524-907b-45c6-91f5-b9b5f31d2223" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:54:44.087" UserId="282" Comment="Added windows-service tag" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;mappeddrive&gt;&lt;drivemapping&gt;&lt;nas&gt;&lt;windows-service&gt;" />
  <row Id="44452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25034" RevisionGUID="737ead21-e142-46d5-a3a8-79ccd6c75e9a" CreationDate="2009-06-12T20:58:51.393" UserId="9332" Text="Off the top of my head lsof would give you a per-process/socket breakdown of open files. You may need to correlate this data with a little sed/awk magic." />
  <row Id="44453" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25035" RevisionGUID="2c23d1ab-e71b-4417-ad49-9d256f7f78ea" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:00:52.213" UserId="4442" Text="Windows occasionally &quot;looses&quot; mapped drives. You might want to run a periodic job to check for the existence of &quot;Z:&quot; and remount it if it's not there." />
  <row Id="44456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25037" RevisionGUID="2d2d76fc-6a4c-4955-9204-a625b65bdf78" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:04:07.900" UserId="6132" Text="&quot;Your program isn't working&quot; was the distress call over the phone. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When we arrived we learned that it wasn't our custom built program after all, but rather the &quot;mainframe&quot; that was down. In this case the mainframe was an old Gateway 2000 desktop PC, but the user had heard the term mainframe and thought it applied to her POS computer. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I recall the issue had to do with cords coming loose from the PC (oh sorry, mainframe) after she had vacuumed nearby.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/584/moronscrabblealexlee200.jpg" />
  <row Id="44457" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25037" RevisionGUID="2d2d76fc-6a4c-4955-9204-a625b65bdf78" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:04:07.900" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44458" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25034" RevisionGUID="e789924e-74a8-4504-82bf-d9be4f5e8f5f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:07:13.790" UserId="9332" Comment="I take it all back." Text="Using htop do the following.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    htop&#xD;&#xA;    F5 (Tree view)&#xD;&#xA;    F2 (Setup)&#xD;&#xA;    Select columns&#xD;&#xA;    Select RBYTES WBYTES&#xD;&#xA;    F10 (Done)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And there you go, per process disk I/O, in real time." />
  <row Id="44459" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25038" RevisionGUID="28175ce4-5380-4950-b51e-628ed740e37b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:12:58.050" UserId="6491" Text="You can use iotop for that purpose.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I works like normal top, I cannot say much more. Most distributions will have it packaged, but here is its [homepage][1]. You will need a recent kernel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://guichaz.free.fr/iotop/" />
  <row Id="44460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25039" RevisionGUID="279650da-ef93-4d1f-a1d5-ddc2f87b553f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:20:00.937" UserId="6650" Text="I was a support guy for one summer in a company that had no IT management. So there were some interesting things going on:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;F-secure was set to load new virus descriptions from local server. But the path was wrong and desktops got never updated. This was found out when a virus was sending internal price lists to customers...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The network consisted of thick coax (around 10 AS400 terminals), thin coax (desktops), CAT5 twisted pair from a single hub after the max segment of thin coax run out, unprotected 2 Mbps WLAN for some old laptops and unprotected 11 Mbps WLAN for newer laptops and some desktops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My main task was to teach people how to print landscape, install new hard drives to replace failing ones and remove malware/viruses. Most people co-operated but one guy said he had no problems and no action was needed. Of course I took a look after he left home and it turned out that he was trying to hide his browsing history of many dating sites...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also got one guy's home computer used by his son to clean up. It was slow etc, and reason was hard drive full of porn. This filthy material was clumsily hidden so the father did not see it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44461" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25039" RevisionGUID="279650da-ef93-4d1f-a1d5-ddc2f87b553f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:20:00.937" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25040" RevisionGUID="3e1ba59a-6cf7-4060-ab91-ffcdc2f59d38" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:22:30.697" UserId="9082" Text="It's not exactly a small cli tool as such, but I can heartily recommend [Zenoss Core][1] for network and system monitoring. It has restored my faith in monitoring-and-alerting software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where tools like Nagios, Cacti, etc. all have steep learning curves and seem to be good at only one thing, most often you have a need for an all-in-one solution, and Zenoss Core provides that for free (and Free).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's hard to summarize, but basically it's an application with web-interface that autodiscovers devices on your network, then monitors tons of parameters, logfiles, ports, services, software, hardware, amount-of-pages-printed, etc. If anything fails or crosses a threshold you get an alert. It's easy to get started: enable/install snmp on each device you want to monitor, install Zenoss on a server, and open the web interface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The free Core version is good enough for small and medium businesses, while the commercial Professional and Enterprise versions provide some advanced features.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you ever thought about Nagios, Cacti or the like, be sure to evaluate Zenoss as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.zenoss.com/product/network-monitoring" />
  <row Id="44463" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25040" RevisionGUID="3e1ba59a-6cf7-4060-ab91-ffcdc2f59d38" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:22:30.697" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44464" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25041" RevisionGUID="70e8491a-cd8e-4bf3-a59e-08bb61ca7dc3" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:23:37.043" UserId="8788" Text="This is almost definitely an Open Directory authentication issue.  Problems with mounting network home directories generally produce an error dialog after login has been successful and the dock and desktop have appeared.  A shaking login window means PasswordServer didn't authenticate the user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some things to try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Global Open Directory Policies** - Look in Server Admin.app -&gt; Open Directory -&gt; Settings -&gt; Policy.  Is the account violating any of these policies?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**User Open Directory Policies** - Look in Workgroup Manager.app -&gt; Select the user -&gt; Advanced -&gt; Options.  Anything in there that explains why they can't authenticate?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Password Server Log** - The log you should be watching while the user attempts to log in is `/Library/Logs/PasswordService/ApplePasswordServer.Server.log`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Other Authentication Methods** - You could try to isolate the issue by having the user attempt to connect to some other service.  You could have them connect to AFP from some other computer that is already logged in.  Or on the server, you could log in as an admin user and then type `kinit &lt;username&gt;` in the terminal.  See if it accepts the user's password there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Look inside PasswordServer DB** - As the admin user on your Open Directory master, do `sudo mkpassdb -dump` and find the user in question.  Find the hexidecimal slot ID, and then do `sudo mkpassdb -dump 0x42f0a7b01234758e00220189001231ff`.  Look closely under the *Access Features* to see if anything is amiss.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44465" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22046" RevisionGUID="06ac87db-37ce-46c3-9e31-664416477c5e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:26:34.493" UserId="7936" Comment="added 15 characters in body" Text="**Windows**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although all SysInterals tools are great, the tools which helped me the most, were the **monitoring tools**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [Regmon][1] *&#xD;&#xA;* [Filemon][2] *&#xD;&#xA;* [Process Monitor][3]&#xD;&#xA;* [Autoruns][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nothing's better to quickly determine, **why** something is not working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(* Regmon and Filemon are integrated into Process Monitor for newer Windows versions)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/de-de/sysinternals/bb896652.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896642.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx" />
  <row Id="44466" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25042" RevisionGUID="b4224255-a2c8-4197-bdc4-1ec1f96f71bc" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:26:56.147" UserId="2489" Text="Could you use a [symbolic link][1]? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**:  I don't think that symbolic links are available in Server 2003.  Oh well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_symbolic_link" />
  <row Id="44467" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25043" RevisionGUID="37556c65-98c6-44fd-aeb5-2352a11b6d92" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:27:51.713" UserId="4947" Text="I'm looking for a script/program which will display the top _x_ largest directories/files and then descend into those folders and display the _x_ largest directories/files for a configurable depth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    231MB bin&#xD;&#xA;     - 220MB ls&#xD;&#xA;      - 190MB dir&#xD;&#xA;      - 15MB def&#xD;&#xA;      - 3MB lpr&#xD;&#xA;     - 10MB asd&#xD;&#xA;     - 1MB link&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;How can I do that?" />
  <row Id="44468" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25043" RevisionGUID="37556c65-98c6-44fd-aeb5-2352a11b6d92" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:27:51.713" UserId="4947" Text="Find largest directories/files recursively" />
  <row Id="44469" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25043" RevisionGUID="37556c65-98c6-44fd-aeb5-2352a11b6d92" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:27:51.713" UserId="4947" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;disk-usage&gt;" />
  <row Id="44470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25044" RevisionGUID="7a4533ae-855b-4afb-83f6-7dfb6d2c1413" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:28:48.230" UserId="9376" Text="Our CentOS 5.3 box is randomly shutting down as if the power cable was pulled.&#xD;&#xA;June 5th is when it first happened, here is a paste from /var/log/messages&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 12:06:22 mail named[23248]: unexpected RCODE (SERVFAIL) resolving 'loverspillscalm.com/NS/IN': 208.67.222.222#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 12:06:24 mail named[23248]: unexpected RCODE (SERVFAIL) resolving 'loverspillscalm.com/NS/IN': 12.127.17.71#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 15:38:57 mail named[23248]: unexpected RCODE (SERVFAIL) resolving 'yagwozat.cn/NS/IN': 12.127.17.72#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 15:38:58 mail named[23248]: unexpected RCODE (SERVFAIL) resolving 'yagwozat.cn/NS/IN': 208.67.222.222#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 16:49:25 mail shutdown[354]: shutting down for system halt&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 16:49:46 mail shutdown[550]: shutting down for system halt&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 16:49:46 mail shutdown[557]: shutting down for system halt&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 16:49:47 mail shutdown[590]: shutting down for system halt&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 22:29:56 mail syslogd 1.4.1: restart.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 22:29:56 mail kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 22:29:56 mail kernel: Linux version 2.6.18-128.1.10.el5PAE (mockbuild@builder16.centos.org) (gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-44)) #1 SMP Thu$&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 22:29:56 mail kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then it happened again on June 10th, Here is a paste from the /var/log/messages june 10th shutdown:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:21 mail smartd[2625]: Device /dev/sda: using '-d sat' for ATA disk behind SAT layer.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:21 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sda, opened&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:21 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sda, not found in smartd database.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:21 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sda, is SMART capable. Adding to &quot;monitor&quot; list.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:21 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sdb, opened&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:21 mail smartd[2625]: Device /dev/sdb: using '-d sat' for ATA disk behind SAT layer.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:21 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sdb, opened&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:21 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sdb, not found in smartd database.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:22 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sdb, is SMART capable. Adding to &quot;monitor&quot; list.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:22 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sdc, opened&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:22 mail smartd[2625]: Device /dev/sdc: using '-d sat' for ATA disk behind SAT layer.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:22 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sdc, opened&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:22 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sdc, not found in smartd database.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:22 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sdc, is SMART capable. Adding to &quot;monitor&quot; list.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:22 mail smartd[2625]: Monitoring 0 ATA and 3 SCSI devices&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:22 mail smartd[2627]: smartd has fork()ed into background mode. New PID=2627.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:25:08 mail saslauthd: auth_zimbra_init: zimbra_cert_check is off!&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:25:08 mail saslauthd: auth_zimbra_init: 1 auth urls initialized for round-robin&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:27:39 mail shutdown[7064]: shutting down for system halt&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:27:39 mail init: Switching to runlevel: 0&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:27:40 mail shutdown[7100]: shutting down for system halt&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:27:41 mail smartd[2627]: smartd received signal 15: Terminated&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:27:41 mail smartd[2627]: smartd is exiting (exit status 0)&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:15 mail avahi-daemon[2564]: Got SIGTERM, quitting.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:15 mail avahi-daemon[2564]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fe80::2e0:81ff:feb5:f036.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:15 mail avahi-daemon[2564]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:16 mail xinetd[2478]: Exiting...&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:20 mail rpc.statd[2287]: Caught signal 15, un-registering and exiting.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:21 mail named[2234]: shutting down: flushing changes&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:21 mail named[2234]: stopping command channel on 127.0.0.1#953&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:21 mail named[2234]: stopping command channel on ::1#953&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:21 mail named[2234]: no longer listening on 127.0.0.1#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:21 mail named[2234]: no longer listening on xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:21 mail named[2234]: exiting&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:21 mail auditd[2165]: The audit daemon is exiting.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:21 mail kernel: audit(1244687301.413:125): audit_pid=0 old=2165 by auid=4294967295&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:21 mail pcscd: pcscdaemon.c:572:signal_trap() Preparing for suicide&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:22 mail pcscd: hotplug_libusb.c:376:HPRescanUsbBus() Hotplug stopped&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:22 mail pcscd: readerfactory.c:1379:RFCleanupReaders() entering cleaning function&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:22 mail pcscd: pcscdaemon.c:532:at_exit() cleaning /var/run&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:22 mail kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:22 mail kernel: Kernel log daemon terminating.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:23 mail exiting on signal 15&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 21:48:11 mail syslogd 1.4.1: restart.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 21:48:11 mail kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 21:48:11 mail kernel: Linux version 2.6.18-128.1.10.el5PAE (mockbuild@builder16.centos.org) (gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-44)) #1 SMP Thu May 7 11:14:31 EDT 2009&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 21:48:11 mail kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have searched the net and someone suggested that maybe it is because of a cheapy power button on the case and its vibrating to a point where it thinks it is pressed, then starts the shut down process of the OS." />
  <row Id="44471" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25044" RevisionGUID="7a4533ae-855b-4afb-83f6-7dfb6d2c1413" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:28:48.230" UserId="9376" Text="CentOS 5.3 Random Shutdown?" />
  <row Id="44472" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25044" RevisionGUID="7a4533ae-855b-4afb-83f6-7dfb6d2c1413" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:28:48.230" UserId="9376" Text="&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="44473" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25045" RevisionGUID="dfa7528c-53f3-4c4e-919d-334d541da878" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:30:57.803" UserId="1466" Text="You can see the 10 largest directories with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    du cks *|sort -rn|head&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will recursively add up the sizes of everything in each directory - but you would have to manually execute it at each level to get a breakdown of what's in each" />
  <row Id="44474" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25046" RevisionGUID="27183b20-ec69-4526-b34a-9efb44f328f7" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:32:49.953" UserId="9332" Text="Patches should be deployed in the following manner.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**One** (your own machine)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Few** (other admins/power users [this is where most of your problems will come from])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Many** (Everyone else)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they are not critical updates, wait about a week to deploy each series. But it's highly dependent on the TYPE of patch or Service Pack. Critical Security Updates should be applied ASAP, most everything else can wait a bit, especially Service Packs." />
  <row Id="44476" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25048" RevisionGUID="0e609349-ce06-4920-83ca-d8871d114771" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:33:05.583" UserId="1172" Text="Use BartPE to make a minimal environment you can boot from USB media, and from there you can prepare your windows installation and run the appropriate installer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/&quot;&gt;http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have configured your BartPE image, and sent it to your USB drive. Go ahead and reboot and issue the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    D:\i386\winnt32.exe /syspart:C: /tempdrive:C: /makelocalsource&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where D: is your USB drive, and C: is the hard drive you want to install to. Just walk through the various prompts etc." />
  <row Id="44479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25050" RevisionGUID="6c7129f5-b6c2-4796-8df3-4dd47103d992" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:43:01.317" UserId="9082" Text="I'm not sure why you mention &quot;Not cloud based&quot; as a requirement, because that seems like a perfectly reasonably option to me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Buy a copy of [Jungledisk Workgroup][1]. This does automatic, incremental, delta-only, encrypted, off-site backups to Amazon S3 storage. Deleted or modified files are versioned. All these settings are configurable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can even install it automatically and choose to lock down the settings so no-one disables their backups. It runs in Windows, OS X and Linux, and runs as a service so it even backups when the user is not logged in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The cost is pay-what-you-use, and very cheap for what you get IMHO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use it to do daily backups on about 150GB of data from several production servers, and several employees' desktops and I can say I'm very satisfied with the solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The fact that it's cloud-based to a reliable party like Amazon is actually a plus for us. What's your reason for disallowing cloud-based solutions? Bandwidth is only an issue on the initial 'full' backup. Any other reasons?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jungledisk.com/workgroup/" />
  <row Id="44480" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25051" RevisionGUID="d53fe127-6fae-44ac-a39b-9f8d8067ab89" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:43:40.707" UserId="1466" Text="If it IS the power button, you might be able to unplug it from the motherboard to test it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't see anything in your logs prior to switching to runlevel 0, so it sounds to me like the OS *thinks* it's being told to shut down correctly (ie. by a power button press)" />
  <row Id="44481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25052" RevisionGUID="c3b6e617-af5d-4d00-bbbc-c8386a651fe0" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:49:19.070" UserDisplayName="Nick" Text="How does Windows number its disks? By numbering, I mean the physical disks, which Disk Management calls Disk 0, Disk 1, Disk 2, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My C and D partition used to be on Disk 0 and my E partition was on Disk 1. Now, however, my C and D paritions are Disk 1 and E is on Disk 0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a backup product which backs up based on the disk numbering, so when this changes, it messes up which disk should be backed up." />
  <row Id="44482" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25052" RevisionGUID="c3b6e617-af5d-4d00-bbbc-c8386a651fe0" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:49:19.070" UserDisplayName="Nick" Text="How Does Windows Number its Disks? Mine keep switching" />
  <row Id="44483" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25052" RevisionGUID="c3b6e617-af5d-4d00-bbbc-c8386a651fe0" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:49:19.070" UserDisplayName="Nick" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;diskmanagement&gt;" />
  <row Id="44484" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25053" RevisionGUID="4028c34b-9357-42a2-b7e3-fb697214693d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:50:27.477" UserId="9110" Text="I'm not very familiar with SSD drives, but I can talk about the sort of architecture I've used which may help solve some of your problems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Siblings&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my case I built four servers with 16GB of RAM each. I set 9GB as the the in memory cache for Squid to use. I configured them as a set of siblings so a query to one server would query the others before looking for the data. Altogether I had 36GB of in memory cache. I would not got over four siblings as the communication between them starts to bog down. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VIPs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I configured a VIP for the four servers for client to talk to. This solved what happens when one server goes down. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Children&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I set my web application to query a local Squid server running on 127.0.0.1. Then configured the parent of this Squid instance to be the VIP. This allows for very quick failover in the event of the entire VIP going down. If the parents don't respond, the child queries the services directly. It's also handy if you're using a single Squid server and don't have a VIP. Of course if the local Squid instance on your webserver goes down everything grinds to halt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Squid itself&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't really looked at 3.0, but 2.x is still single threaded. At some point you're going to run out of CPU or TCP buffers. I'd spread the cache across 2-3 less boxes if possible. Also you may want to make plans to partition your Squid farms in the future if you see the system growing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In any case good luck with your SSD build. I'm interested to hear how it turns out as I'll probably go that route in the future. " />
  <row Id="44485" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25054" RevisionGUID="554035b5-be0d-4332-a4b7-e41b6e15d3fa" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:50:35.840" UserId="2840" Text="According to [MSDN documentation][1] for CreateProcess that is in the end called to start application    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. The directory from which the application loaded.&#xD;&#xA; 2. The current directory for the parent process.&#xD;&#xA; 3. The 32-bit Windows system directory. Use the GetSystemDirectory function to get the path of this directory.&#xD;&#xA; 4. The 16-bit Windows system directory. There is no function that obtains the path of this directory, but it is searched. The name of this directory is System.&#xD;&#xA; 5. The Windows directory. Use the GetWindowsDirectory function to get the path of this directory.&#xD;&#xA; 6. The directories that are listed in the PATH environment variable. Note that this function does not search the per-application path specified by the App Paths registry key. To include this per-application path in the search sequence, use the ShellExecute function. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding point 6. documentation for ShellExecute function doesn't describe when App Paths key is processed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682425.aspx" />
  <row Id="44487" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25037" RevisionGUID="d47d4bb0-6080-4f48-a64a-9c9573f02b23" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:56:06.027" UserId="6132" Comment="photo attribution" Text="&quot;Your program isn't working&quot; was the distress call over the phone. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When we arrived we learned that it wasn't our custom built program after all, but rather the &quot;mainframe&quot; that was down. In this case the mainframe was an old Gateway 2000 desktop PC, but the user had heard the term mainframe and thought it applied to her POS computer. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I recall the issue had to do with cords coming loose from the PC (oh sorry, mainframe) after she had vacuumed nearby.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Photo by [alex_lee2001][2] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/584/moronscrabblealexlee200.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/n0seblunt/2917596089/" />
  <row Id="44488" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25025" RevisionGUID="99a00765-82d8-405f-a1e8-d660892e72d1" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:57:33.437" UserId="7342" Comment="added 9 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;Currently I've a programme taking up too much of CPU,&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;how could I limit the amount of CPU it occupies?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OS is linux,fedora&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't modify the source code of that programme,&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;what I need is a bash command.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44489" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25025" RevisionGUID="99a00765-82d8-405f-a1e8-d660892e72d1" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:57:33.437" UserId="7342" Comment="added 9 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;priority&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="44490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25055" RevisionGUID="f31c84ca-c871-4213-94da-52c71917a4f2" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:59:23.557" UserId="7342" Text="My variation on Brent's answer is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # du -a | sort -rn | head&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which will give you the largest directories or files in the tree." />
  <row Id="44491" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25056" RevisionGUID="e2bbbf54-0f5b-425f-82ae-3c071a21087c" CreationDate="2009-06-12T21:59:24.663" UserId="9138" Text="I have found that I can set this path by going to My Computer Properties-&gt;Advanced-&gt;Environment Variables." />
  <row Id="44492" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25045" RevisionGUID="dad4f93e-e127-4261-abdf-b684f0062663" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:02:15.937" UserId="1466" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="You can see the 10 largest directories with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    du -cks *|sort -rn|head&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will recursively add up the sizes of everything in each directory - but you would have to manually execute it at each level to get a breakdown of what's in each" />
  <row Id="44493" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25057" RevisionGUID="0b59d110-85a3-4f3b-8c5b-3c80a5bf7cd3" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:02:53.110" UserId="1645" Text="We had a customer who kept insisting her wireless wasn't working. We made at least four trips to her house to investigate the problem. We became suspicious during a phone call that went like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Look on the desktop, what do you see?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Well... there's a pen.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the final visit, we figured out that she thought wireless meant that you didn't need to plug in the laptop to charge the battery." />
  <row Id="44494" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25057" RevisionGUID="0b59d110-85a3-4f3b-8c5b-3c80a5bf7cd3" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:02:53.110" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44495" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25058" RevisionGUID="ebb939a6-5b76-4e2b-816e-804213604e97" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:04:11.920" UserId="7342" Text="I'd expect some sort of error message to explain why it was shutdown. You could see who was logged on to it at the time it was shutdown with &quot;last&quot;. It could be that the server is overheating and shutting down to protect itself. I'm not sure what process would do that on CentOS. As far as the power button is concerned, there should be a log about that, but you could try stopping acpid and see if it still shuts down. That would rule out any ACPI events." />
  <row Id="44496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25059" RevisionGUID="b5d5ecb4-64bf-4621-ab80-0b0cd5e84ec1" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:04:47.740" UserId="9138" Text="Have you checked with any users that have access to this host? See if one of them is shutting down the computer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check /root/.bash\_history, /home/*/.bash\_history and other similar files to see if one of them shows a shutdown message.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also check /var/log/secure to see if someone used sudo to shut it down." />
  <row Id="44497" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25060" RevisionGUID="c99392fc-d4d8-4534-8e58-a0b49044c140" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:08:19.493" UserId="843" Text="I am pretty sure it numbers them based on their position on the ide / sata controllers. The drives should remain the same all the time unless you are switching around which ports they are plugged into.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess if you aren't doing that and still experiencing the problem you might look in the BIOS to see if you can fix where/what the drives are (instead of AUTO detect).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;from this [site][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot; if you have SATA and eSATA&#xD;&#xA;&gt; connectors with only a SATA disk&#xD;&#xA;&gt; connected, it will be disk 0, but if&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you then connect an eSATA disk, it&#xD;&#xA;&gt; will become disk 0, even if you are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; still booting to the SATA disk. A disk&#xD;&#xA;&gt; connected to the IDE master will&#xD;&#xA;&gt; always be disk 0, and the rest will&#xD;&#xA;&gt; re-rank.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is no software control over this, it is all based on what the operating system reads from the BIOS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.techarena.in/xp-hardware/1013134.htm" />
  <row Id="44498" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25061" RevisionGUID="285fcbbb-dd55-4b00-89df-762a93b2e725" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:09:24.653" UserId="7067" Text="Another thing you might consider is if you have a remote access card that allows shutdowns.  The chances are slim you would have another admin shutting down your server but it never hurts to check." />
  <row Id="44499" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25062" RevisionGUID="51c4bd17-301e-4a80-8ac5-4974a092d5a3" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:09:41.377" UserId="1466" Text="Did you change anything physically with your hardware when this happened?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ie. did you perhaps swap ribbon cables between your drives?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not, then it could be a flaky drive/controller " />
  <row Id="44500" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25004" RevisionGUID="2637db2f-9e5d-4c20-ab64-face63e6b0a3" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:10:28.317" UserId="1233" Comment="Fix quotes" Text="True story;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've got a user here who works with the military, training them primarily how to use ecological engineering &quot;databases&quot;. We lovingly refer to her as The Evil Olive Oil, because she greatly resembles the cartoon character. Her antics so far have been;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(No embellishment, or kidding on any of these. This is actually how she is.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Calling my boss at 4:45am, (curiously, she called his office line and not his cell or the on-call admin cell) and leaving a 3-minute message that begins in a normal tone but rapidly reaches a fever pitch, where she begins _literally_ screaming into the phone the word, `Unacceptable! Unacceptable! Unacceptable!' over and over. No kidding, repeated about twenty times or so. At the end, her voice is hoarse and she's sobbing, overcome with emotion. The problem; a malfunctioning printer. The irony; there was a perfectly functioning one she was aware of, less than 15 feet away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Engaging in enormous email arguments with tech staff where she refuses to follow specific instructions, claiming she &quot;doesn't have time for this&quot; and &quot;she doesn't see the point in this&quot; and how &quot;she's smart enough&quot; and believes that our instructions won't fix her problem, shortly followed up with an almost vicious, `you've exceeded my personal time expectations for a solution, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURSELF??!!!' email.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Claims she needs, (again, no kidding) 4 versions of MS Office installed on her computer because she doesn't _believe_ that any docs, excel files, etc. of them are backwards-compatible with each other. FULL VERSIONS. Each and every one of us has proved forwards and backwards that she does not need this, but she refuses to believe anyone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's my favorite part of this though..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After a week's worth of completely crazy email trails between her, myself, the rest of the staff, her boss, her boss's boss, mine, etc. All attempting to resolve an issue that she was _convinced_ was a network problem and couldn't be dissuaded from, I found myself leaving work the exact same time that she was, (exiting the parking garage.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;She turns right and I follow, which is my normal route home. I haven't noticed that I'm inadvertently following her at this point, `cause I'm mainly keeping an eye on traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As we continue down the parkway, her vehicle starts to act erratically. Speeding up, slowing down, attempting to force it's way into another lane in a bullying sort of manner and that's what made me sit up and take note.. I realized that it was HER!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking into the vehicle, I notice that she's rapidly moving her head back and forth, glancing into the rear-view mirror and back out the windscreen. It's obvious that she's looking at what's behind her, (me in my vehicle) and freaking out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition to it being a fairly well-used parkway and a heavy traffic time of day, she's unable to maneuver her way out of my lane and she remained in front of me. Weakly I wave to her, to try and assuage any fears or assumptions that she might have, wondering if she's just believing the worse and that her life is beginning to resemble a horror movie, (the killer was BEHIND HER the ENTIRE time! :) or something. She does not return the wave.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As we approach an Albertson's grocery store, she SUDDENLY and UNEXPECTEDLY whips the steering wheel around to the right, cutting into the parking lot, narrowly missing two pedestrians and wildly careening down a sharp dip into the lot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I drive past, I watch as she madly continues her run into the parking lot and slams on her brakes, again narrowly avoiding t-boning another car that's pulling out. Horns abound, voices are raised in the parking lot and I continue on my merry way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The next day I relay this story to my co-workers who laugh and we all share a humorous, (if not slightly scary) thought that hopefully she doesn't think that I'm stalking her.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Two days later, while the helpdesk is up working on her computer and she's out on a business trip to a miliary base) one of the guys calls me, _from her extension_ and in what I can only describe as a VERY, VERY good impersonation of her voice starts to accuse me, LOUDLY of stalking and saying that she's going to call the police, etc.. The color drains from my face and I'm stammering apologies on the phone for almost a full minute before I hear the rest of my team trying to stifle their laughter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;:)" />
  <row Id="44501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25063" RevisionGUID="945c10c5-0bcf-40c9-8b51-038dd242a12e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:13:01.870" UserId="2758" Text="How can I tell from the Linux command line what kind of processor my machine has?  E.g. AMD Opteron or Intel Core 2 Duo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;uname -a just tells me it's x86_64 but that isn't enough information." />
  <row Id="44502" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25063" RevisionGUID="945c10c5-0bcf-40c9-8b51-038dd242a12e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:13:01.870" UserId="2758" Text="How do I know from the Linux command line what kind of processor I have?" />
  <row Id="44503" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25063" RevisionGUID="945c10c5-0bcf-40c9-8b51-038dd242a12e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:13:01.870" UserId="2758" Text="&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;processor&gt;" />
  <row Id="44504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25064" RevisionGUID="cfbbc2f6-f69b-409f-a8a9-de6c8775a13d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:14:22.787" UserId="919" Text="We're using OpsView/Nagios to monitor our servers. We've added the SNMP service to all our &#xD;&#xA;servers and deployed the configuration via GPO, but one win2k3 server seems to have a problem; it crashes pretty regularly. The event log carries messages like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Event Type:	Error&#xD;&#xA;    Event Source:	Service Control Manager&#xD;&#xA;    Event Category:	None&#xD;&#xA;    Event ID:	7034&#xD;&#xA;    Date:		6/11/2009&#xD;&#xA;    Time:		7:11:49 PM&#xD;&#xA;    User:		N/A&#xD;&#xA;    Computer:	HOSTNNAME&#xD;&#xA;    Description:&#xD;&#xA;    The SNMP Service service terminated unexpectedly.  It has done this 2 time(s). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, I could probably set it to simply restart on crash in perpetuity, but I think it's better to fix problems like this. Is this a known problem? If not, what should I do to diagnose it?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44505" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25064" RevisionGUID="cfbbc2f6-f69b-409f-a8a9-de6c8775a13d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:14:22.787" UserId="919" Text="SNMP keeps crashing" />
  <row Id="44506" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25064" RevisionGUID="cfbbc2f6-f69b-409f-a8a9-de6c8775a13d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:14:22.787" UserId="919" Text="&lt;snmp&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;crash&gt;" />
  <row Id="44507" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25065" RevisionGUID="99a13156-abb2-4705-a135-a999ae1ba38b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:15:04.080" UserDisplayName="Brian Addicks" Text="I personally never go anywhere without UnxUtils.  It's got a very large amount of Nix command line utilities.  Some of my faves include: find, wget, and sed.  And of course it's nice to not have to remember to type dir/copy/etc when I'm switching to a Windows machine after a long stint on a nix machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Throw in a batch file to quickly add it to your PATH and you're good to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils/" />
  <row Id="44508" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25065" RevisionGUID="99a13156-abb2-4705-a135-a999ae1ba38b" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:15:04.080" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44509" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25066" RevisionGUID="923b9280-e2ee-4576-ab62-838c8236e2de" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:15:46.870" UserId="7936" Text="    dmidecode&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or preferably&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat /proc/cpuinfo&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dmidecode will give you a lot more info than just what processor, thou /proc/cpuinfo provides more info about the processor itself" />
  <row Id="44510" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25067" RevisionGUID="7da4fb26-4c41-45a2-83af-2152326e06d2" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:16:37.413" UserId="9373" Text="Bash is using the same syntax for if and while as that can be used in /bin/sh scripts on the command line. &lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Within zsh the syntax is different. Effectively using zsh you have to remember both, if you are using  an if- or while-statement on your command line " />
  <row Id="44511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25068" RevisionGUID="0fea251f-1caf-4839-968f-6a7f615be96e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:19:29.047" UserId="9381" Text="I have set up my domain to use google apps for its mail server. I have set up the appropriate MX entries in DNS. Any mail sent from the server to outside mail works fine. The problem is when I am sending mail to users on my domain. For example mail to &quot;me@example.com&quot; will go to my local mailbox for user &quot;me&quot;, instead of checking the MX record for example.com and going to gmail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have searched google for hours and found people with this same problem, I haven't found any solutions yet though." />
  <row Id="44512" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25068" RevisionGUID="0fea251f-1caf-4839-968f-6a7f615be96e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:19:29.047" UserId="9381" Text="Sendmail to local domain ignoring MX records" />
  <row Id="44513" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25068" RevisionGUID="0fea251f-1caf-4839-968f-6a7f615be96e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:19:29.047" UserId="9381" Text="&lt;sendmail&gt;&lt;centos&gt;" />
  <row Id="44514" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25069" RevisionGUID="47c3d79c-36e3-4553-8ccf-ed89b2f7d728" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:20:17.750" UserId="914" Text="The disks don't normally rearrange themselves unless they're being plugged into different ports (either internal or external).  If you wish for them to remain the same however you can do the following:&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;    Start-&gt;Run&#xD;&#xA;    compmgmt.msc&#xD;&#xA;    Click &quot;Disk Management&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Right click the disk and go to &quot;Change Drive Letters and Paths&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The driver letter you set in there shouldn't ever change." />
  <row Id="44515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25070" RevisionGUID="8ddc9e82-691a-45cc-9da8-5a5383d85249" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:20:19.947" UserId="1645" Text="On a Wednesday I got asked to do some work downtown. I live very far from downtown and the company didn't pay mileage for jobs in that area, so I turned it down. &quot;Ok, we'll send someone else.&quot; The someone else showed up and then disappeared from the site. Shortly before lunch I get a phone call informing me that the client is very upset and they desparately need me to do damage control. Knowing that I hate going downtown, they offer to pay my mileage and travel time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Upon arrival at the site, I find the site crawling with tradespeople. There's no power to the server room, but the electrician says it will be up shortly. All the equipment is tossed in a corner or a rat's nest inside the biggest box I've ever seen. I manage to find enough components to build the first server and got it powered up. The second server is supposed to be attached by KVM, but the keyboard and mouse are not compatible with the KVM. My technical contact across the country tells me the next step is to bring it on-line so he can remote in. I try plugging the ADSL modem in but can't find an active phone jack. None of the trades know anything about it. Technical contact agrees there's nothing more I can do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I inform the store manager that I cannot proceed and am leaving the site:&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Are you coming back tomorrow.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;No.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;The next day?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;No. Someone will be dispatched for Monday.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;But we are reopening on Monday!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;No, you're not.&quot; (None of the tradespeople were going to be done on time either.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;He was pretty outraged at this point and asked for my supervisor's number. I wrote it on the back of the business card he gave me when I had arrived and gave it back to him, which made him even more upset. (I had earlier refused to give him my own business card because I was working as a contractor and was not allowed to give out business cards.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On my way home I get a phone call from the technical contact:&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Can you go back tomorrow?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;No.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;How about the next day?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;No. I'm not going back.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Ok, thanks.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few months later I met up with the regional manager at another site. He didn't remember me, but when I asked him about the first site he told me they didn't reopen for several weeks after that. He also mentioned that site had tried to reopen several times and failed. They did eventually reopen though (it's a restaurant)." />
  <row Id="44516" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25070" RevisionGUID="8ddc9e82-691a-45cc-9da8-5a5383d85249" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:20:19.947" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44517" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25071" RevisionGUID="fe79ce56-c5bf-46fb-9228-8efa8542901f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:20:46.907" UserId="9380" Text="Third-party security professional is recommending we run a reverse proxy in front of the web server (all hosted in the DMZ) as a best practice security measure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know this is a typical recommended architecture as it provides another level of security in front of a web application to prevent hackers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, as a reverse proxy is cheerfully shuttling HTTP back and forth between the user and the internal web server, it will not provide any measure of prevention of hacking on the web server itself.  In other words, if your web app has a security hole, the proxy is not going to provide any meaningful amount of security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And given that the risk of an attack on a web application is much much higher than that of an attack on the proxy, is there really much gained by adding an extra box in the middle?  We would not be using any of the caching capabilities of a reverse proxy - just a dumb tool to shuttle packets back and forth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there something else I'm missing here? Has reverse proxy HTTP packet inspection got so good it can detect meaningful attacks without major performance bottlenecks, or is this just another example of Security Theater?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reverse proxy is MS ISA fwiw." />
  <row Id="44518" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25071" RevisionGUID="fe79ce56-c5bf-46fb-9228-8efa8542901f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:20:46.907" UserId="9380" Text="Will a reverse proxy in front of web server improve security?" />
  <row Id="44519" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25071" RevisionGUID="fe79ce56-c5bf-46fb-9228-8efa8542901f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:20:46.907" UserId="9380" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;reverse-proxy&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;isa&gt;" />
  <row Id="44520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25072" RevisionGUID="545f793b-5c7a-4baa-bf8f-03a3e6973134" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:20:52.443" UserId="2612" Text="Could the fault be name resolution? Do you have both internal and external name servers with the same zone in a &quot;split-brain&quot; DNS?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your VPN clients probably booted on an external network with differnt DNS servers, you might find that even after the VPN is established that they can't find the internal hosts due to some cached lookup. It doesn't explain why rebooting the server fixes the fault though. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The answer will probably lie in packet capture on the clients, at the time they experience the fault, which is almost impossible for a sysadmin to predict.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44521" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25073" RevisionGUID="682a1fe5-6e63-48a0-afa1-fda321400b86" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:26:42.507" UserId="7645" Text="It could protect your application server from attacks based on bad HTTP requests...   Especially if it's possible on the reverse proxy (and not on the application server) to configure exactly what a good request looks like and not allow bad requests through.  If you have to tell it what bad requests look like, it'll almost certainly be useless.  In other words, it might protect from buffer overflow attacks, but not from SQL injection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mostly, it sounds like security theater.  You hired a security consultant, and they have to tell you something to do to improve your security.  It's pretty unlikely an attacker will ever break into the reverse proxy and if they simply bypass it they can always blame you; so it's a safe recommendation." />
  <row Id="44522" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25074" RevisionGUID="d9ab9a1d-068a-4d0c-9e0b-11b275da9b8f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:30:28.817" UserId="1645" Text="A remote user called our head office for IT support. He was the type of guy who didn't know how to reply to an e-mail. You just got this message from him that said, &quot;Yes&quot;, and you had no idea which of the three e-mails you sent him he was referring to. I can't remember what his specific complaint was, but there was something wrong with his computer, or so he claimed. I asked him what was on the screen and he told me it was blank. Either the computer wasn't on, or he didn't really have a computer. Those who had visited him had never actually seen his computer. We suspected he was checking his e-mail at an Internet cafe." />
  <row Id="44523" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25074" RevisionGUID="d9ab9a1d-068a-4d0c-9e0b-11b275da9b8f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:30:28.817" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25075" RevisionGUID="05c753c0-98b1-40ac-88f2-cba3fa4f7ad3" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:30:53.497" UserId="9258" Text="ISA Server is able to look for and prevent various HTTP exploits and prevent them from getting to the web server. While most modern HTTP servers are no longer exploitable by this, it does have the added benefit of not sending this traffic to the web server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition ISA can make it easier to do things such as adding SSL acceleration and pre-authorization of users to various URLs. It can even act as a load balancer for you so you can easily add more web servers without using a separate hardware load balancer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be sure to take the pro's that this person is giving on ISA and weight it against how much added overhead it will cost to manage and run ISA compared to the benefits. " />
  <row Id="44525" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25076" RevisionGUID="23cc12ad-2637-4534-9429-75cb2c5b9e22" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:34:18.713" UserId="2561" Text="If you want to limit a process's cpu, based on the concept of percentage, consider [cputime][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://cpulimit.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="44526" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25076" RevisionGUID="23cc12ad-2637-4534-9429-75cb2c5b9e22" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:34:18.713" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44528" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24879" RevisionGUID="92d966d6-7344-4c7a-b25c-6fa8070e46a7" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:39:44.083" UserId="1565" Comment="added 701 characters in body" Text="I put ESXi on an old server, but the hardware died.  The hard drive is fine, and I'd like to get the VMs I made on that server moved over to a new server.  The problem is, the old server used IDE drives and the new server only has SATA controllers.  I have an IDE/USB adapter, but ESXi does not seem to support mounting of a USB storage devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way I can get access to the datastore on old hard drive?  I have a Windows machine with VMware Workstation if that can be used in any way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***UPDATE:** I created a VM on Workstation and installed ESXi. I then created a virtual hard drive a little bigger than the IDE hard drive. I hooked up the USB hard drive, booted up the VM, connected it to the guest, loaded a GParted Live CD ISO, and copied the drive with dd as suggested by josephkern. I tried GParted first, but it couldn't see the partitions.  My first attempt failed because I created a SCSI virtual drive instead of an IDE virtual drive. ESXi saw the partition but gave an invalid path error when trying to browse it. After I created an IDE virtual drive, used dd, and booted back to ESXi, I added it as a Disk in vSphere Client and as was able to browse the datastore. Yay!*" />
  <row Id="44529" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25078" RevisionGUID="e7ecfbc1-3312-426c-822b-ef456c87d232" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:39:51.023" UserId="9382" Text="Client has a dangerously open instance of SQL Server 2005.  VB.NET 1.1 connects to this from another server without problem.  Turning on Windows firewall with port 1433 open to subnets only seems like a quick stopgap solution.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DB seems fine, but begins to slow down over the course of an hour...  As though it is losing connections form it's pool.  Eventually no connections are possible from the app or other tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does SQL Server require other ports to be open?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linux guy here scratching his head.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44530" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25078" RevisionGUID="e7ecfbc1-3312-426c-822b-ef456c87d232" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:39:51.023" UserId="9382" Text="Slow loss of connectivity to SQL Server 2005" />
  <row Id="44531" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25078" RevisionGUID="e7ecfbc1-3312-426c-822b-ef456c87d232" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:39:51.023" UserId="9382" Text="&lt;sql&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="44532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25079" RevisionGUID="210fe2d0-82d2-4aa2-adb3-ef7be20f911f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:45:09.843" UserId="9258" Text="SQL Server provides a way to monitor open connections under &quot;SQL Server Management Studio&quot;. I would check to make sure that connections are not getting opened up and left open from the application. Because unless the application explicitly closes the connection it could be possible for it to remain open until the Garbage Collector decides to finally clean up the object and release the connection back to the pool." />
  <row Id="44533" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25080" RevisionGUID="77c2b7ed-d72d-4dd1-b8e7-71a13a43933d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:46:27.327" UserId="915" Text="I have a simple home network that services two laptops, one playstation 3, one nintendo wii and one iphone 3G.  My am currently using NetGear RangeMax Wireless Router (Model WPN824) and a Linksys Wireless G Range Expander (Model WRE54G) to broadcast my wireless signal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been expanding a lot of dropped connections between on all of my devices and it is really frustrasting.....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone recommend free or reasonable price software to monitor signal strength, network usage and any type of trouble shooting that might cause the dropped network connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, I live in an older home with plaster walls.  Plaster walls have been known to hinder a wireless network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44534" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25080" RevisionGUID="77c2b7ed-d72d-4dd1-b8e7-71a13a43933d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:46:27.327" UserId="915" Text="Sofware for monitoring network speed and connectivity" />
  <row Id="44535" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25080" RevisionGUID="77c2b7ed-d72d-4dd1-b8e7-71a13a43933d" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:46:27.327" UserId="915" Text="&lt;wireless-network&gt;&lt;troubleshooting&gt;&lt;connectivity&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="44536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25081" RevisionGUID="bf41076f-0671-42f9-9f89-8b3f7986fade" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:48:48.570" UserId="1215" Text="I have a batch script that looks like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sc stop myservice&#xD;&#xA;    sc start myservice&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;it errors out because sc doesn't wait till the service is stopped. How do I restart a service with a script?" />
  <row Id="44537" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25081" RevisionGUID="bf41076f-0671-42f9-9f89-8b3f7986fade" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:48:48.570" UserId="1215" Text="How do I restart a windows service from a script?" />
  <row Id="44538" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25081" RevisionGUID="bf41076f-0671-42f9-9f89-8b3f7986fade" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:48:48.570" UserId="1215" Text="&lt;cmd&gt;&lt;windows-service&gt;" />
  <row Id="44539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25082" RevisionGUID="c0f9a6ff-5d8f-42c8-a599-93d2ecd21b66" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:52:42.523" UserId="2413" Text="what about [this][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codeplex.com/restarts" />
  <row Id="44540" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25079" RevisionGUID="76cccbf2-9369-4c4c-8a87-d179a8479684" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:52:52.040" UserId="9258" Comment="added 240 characters in body" Text="SQL Server provides a way to monitor open connections under &quot;SQL Server Management Studio&quot;. I would check to make sure that connections are not getting opened up and left open from the application. Because unless the application explicitly closes the connection it could be possible for it to remain open until the Garbage Collector decides to finally clean up the object and release the connection back to the pool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another way to check and see if this is happening is to wait until the application can no longer get connected. Once in this state if restarting the application solves this problem then it is probably an issue with the application code." />
  <row Id="44541" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25068" RevisionGUID="d06d9ec1-8340-4287-9aac-f4d7c6eeb838" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:54:01.613" UserId="9381" Comment="added 107 characters in body" Text="I have set up my domain to use google apps for its mail server. I have set up the appropriate MX entries in DNS. Any mail sent from the server to outside mail works fine. The problem is when I am sending mail to users on my domain. For example mail to &quot;me@example.com&quot; will go to my local mailbox for user &quot;me&quot;, instead of checking the MX record for example.com and going to gmail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have searched google for hours and found people with this same problem, I haven't found any solutions yet though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;For the record, I have DontProbeInterfaces set to true and I don't have the my domain in Class w" />
  <row Id="44542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25083" RevisionGUID="43d4b987-3e9c-49ee-8c2a-66a193ce861e" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:54:28.477" UserId="5724" Text="You can use a loop on the output of &quot;sc query&quot; doing something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    :stop&#xD;&#xA;    sc stop myservice&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem cause a ~10 second sleep before checking the service state&#xD;&#xA;    ping 127.0.0.1 -n 10 -w 1000 &gt; nul&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sc query myservice | find &quot;STOPPED&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    if errorlevel 1 goto :start&#xD;&#xA;    goto stop&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    :start&#xD;&#xA;    net start | find /i &quot;My Service&quot;&gt;nul &amp;&amp; goto :loop&#xD;&#xA;    sc start myservice" />
  <row Id="44544" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="25080" RevisionGUID="e8da6cac-ae03-4573-8196-f1b53f101616" CreationDate="2009-06-12T22:56:48.143" UserId="915" Comment="edited title" Text="Software for monitoring network speed and connectivity" />
  <row Id="44545" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25083" RevisionGUID="495c7bbf-6b68-46b0-a0aa-5ff6d181055f" CreationDate="2009-06-12T23:02:08.833" UserId="5724" Comment="added 80 characters in body" Text="The poster wants to ensure the service is stopped before trying to restart it.  You can use a loop on the output of &quot;sc query&quot; doing something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    :stop&#xD;&#xA;    sc stop myservice&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rem cause a ~10 second sleep before checking the service state&#xD;&#xA;    ping 127.0.0.1 -n 10 -w 1000 &gt; nul&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sc query myservice | find &quot;STOPPED&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    if errorlevel 1 goto :start&#xD;&#xA;    goto stop&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    :start&#xD;&#xA;    net start | find /i &quot;My Service&quot;&gt;nul &amp;&amp; goto :loop&#xD;&#xA;    sc start myservice" />
  <row Id="44546" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25085" RevisionGUID="10b457bc-6579-43f6-9f6b-dbb4f45d3952" CreationDate="2009-06-12T23:12:43.927" UserId="1928" Text="[NetStumbler][1] is pretty good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetStumbler" />
  <row Id="44547" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25086" RevisionGUID="965e7e75-3ef0-48e5-921d-5860e29da2ce" CreationDate="2009-06-12T23:18:25.597" UserId="5724" Text="Metabase Explorer lets you set these values.  You can automate setting values by linking against IISMbLib.dll, as a [post of mine to StackOverflow explains][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could do something similar with this, or you could use the ADSI namespace as owenevans00 says.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/922472/programatically-removing-etag-suffix-change-number-from-the-metabase-iis6" />
  <row Id="44548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25087" RevisionGUID="4cac7305-40a1-47fe-aeb4-6677625c0a88" CreationDate="2009-06-12T23:25:20.963" UserId="5724" Text="Why not test the username and password against the server first, using something else (SMB perhaps)?" />
  <row Id="44549" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25076" RevisionGUID="5ab5122f-1011-4c66-830a-ef66ad48201a" CreationDate="2009-06-12T23:26:36.047" UserId="2561" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="If you want to limit a process's cpu, based on the concept of percentage, consider [cpulimit][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://cpulimit.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="44550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25088" RevisionGUID="afd5f738-70ae-49d1-adc3-36eddc070599" CreationDate="2009-06-12T23:29:09.190" UserId="7342" Text="Apache has mod\_security, which will detect common security attacks. There is also mod\_cband, which can restrict bandwidth used. I wouldn't be surprised if ISA had something similar. Without something actually making checks on the HTTP traffic as it goes through the proxy, it's all a little pointless from a security point of view. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What a reverse proxy will give you is load balancing, fail-over, caching, SSL and filering off-loading, leaving your web servers to do what they're good at: serving HTML." />
  <row Id="44552" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25089" RevisionGUID="4d8b66ad-f3a5-4afa-bae6-b2261b454052" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:00:52.027" Text="&lt;p&gt;Is such a thing possible? If yes, Which files(in /etc or elsewhere) one must edit? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44553" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25089" RevisionGUID="4d8b66ad-f3a5-4afa-bae6-b2261b454052" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:00:52.027" Text="How to increase TCP/IP packet size on Linux 2.6 ?" />
  <row Id="44554" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25089" RevisionGUID="4d8b66ad-f3a5-4afa-bae6-b2261b454052" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:00:52.027" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;tcpip&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="44555" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25090" RevisionGUID="9e2912f6-39dc-4629-b54f-2103b0311e38" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:10:30.540" UserId="178" Text="&lt;p&gt;Assuming you mean MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit), &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/mtu.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;check out this article&lt;/a&gt; (should be similar across Linuxen)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44556" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25091" RevisionGUID="f9a24d87-aad4-4a69-a761-e753a29c9716" CreationDate="2009-06-11T15:13:28.020" Text="&lt;p&gt;I think its in the &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;/etc/network/interfaces&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;area. There will be 'iface' entries. Locate your interface and change the mtu line (or add one at the end if there is none).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just remember that this is not magic. If you increase the MTU too much, you will have network problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To check without 'burning' the configuration into your /etc files, you can try&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;ifconfig eth0 mtu &amp;lt;value&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;where, eth0 is your interface name. This change will be lost on reboot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44557" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25092" RevisionGUID="e54d0f44-1603-4967-90b5-a534e73954bf" CreationDate="2009-06-11T16:02:18.887" Text="&lt;p&gt;I'd warn you not not to do it unless you are really certain, that this is what you really want (like having two servers directly connected by cross-over cable over Gigabit Ethernet interfaces).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's already PMTUD algorithm, which is able to deduce MTU size across the path. And when rising MTU above that you'll either experience some packet loss or will make network-administrating guys sad, because their routers and switches will have to fragment your packets using CPU as opposed to fast routing with ASICs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that's what you want, then you may want to see &lt;a href=&quot;http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Jumbo%5FFrames&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Jumbo_Frames&lt;/a&gt;, which has some nice numbers and hints. The basic command is &lt;code&gt;ip link set mtu 4000 dev eth0&lt;/code&gt; (or &lt;code&gt;ifconfig eth0 mtu 4000&lt;/code&gt; for older ifconfig tool) for 4K packets.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25093" RevisionGUID="fb337195-73b6-4f41-8de4-7893f41b14ae" CreationDate="2009-06-12T23:46:22.120" UserId="3356" Text="Netstumbler is a good piece of software.  I use KisMac (Kismet for OSX) and have found it quite useful.  I used it to perform a full site survey of my home and property with the goal of maximizing signal on my land whilst minimizing spillover onto neighboring parcels.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an aside;  instead of looking at plaster as the source loss I would look for other wireless signals on the same or nearby channels.  In my older home with plaster walls, I placed my WAP54G in the basement and still get excellent reception on the second floor.  Excellent enough that I was able to place it below grade and use the foundation and soil as shielding.  Of course, my anecdotal evidence may not apply at all." />
  <row Id="44559" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25089" RevisionGUID="01c96244-d8a4-4ae7-977d-55c66a1b98c6" CreationDate="2009-06-12T23:46:37.830" UserId="7342" Comment="Fix tags and change title." Text="&lt;p&gt;Is such a thing possible? If yes, Which files(in /etc or elsewhere) one must edit? &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44560" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="25089" RevisionGUID="01c96244-d8a4-4ae7-977d-55c66a1b98c6" CreationDate="2009-06-12T23:46:37.830" UserId="7342" Comment="Fix tags and change title." Text="How to increase MTU size on Linux 2.6 ?" />
  <row Id="44561" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25089" RevisionGUID="01c96244-d8a4-4ae7-977d-55c66a1b98c6" CreationDate="2009-06-12T23:46:37.830" UserId="7342" Comment="Fix tags and change title." Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;tcpip&gt;&lt;mtu&gt;" />
  <row Id="44562" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25094" RevisionGUID="4324930f-6c9f-48bb-a084-0c2eeea627d0" CreationDate="2009-06-12T23:55:34.530" UserId="7342" Text="You could do some similar using find:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # find -maxdepth 2 -type d -exec du -sh {} \;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But this won't be sorted by size and will be incredible slow and inefficient. Better off writing a script that parses du -a." />
  <row Id="44563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25095" RevisionGUID="34101e52-1cb2-4ddb-bf2a-f5890940f557" CreationDate="2009-06-12T23:56:45.953" UserId="984" Text="&gt; Will a reverse proxy in front of web&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server improve security?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A reverse proxy gives you a couple things that may make your server more secure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - A place to monitor and log what is going on separate from the web server&#xD;&#xA; - A place to filter or firewall separate from your web server if you know that some area of your system is vulnerable.  Depending on the proxy you may be able to filter at the application level.&#xD;&#xA; - Another place to implement ACLs and rules if you cannot be expressive enough for some reason on your web server.&#xD;&#xA; - A separate network stack that will not be vulnerable in the same ways as your web server.  This is particularly true if your proxy is from a different vendor.&#xD;&#xA;  - Using Apache setup as a proxy in front of Apache server is probably not as helpful as something like Squid in front of Apache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A reverse proxy with no filtering does not automatically protect you against everything, but if the system you need to protect is high-value then adding a reverse proxy may be worth the costs support and performance costs.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25096" RevisionGUID="f88a229d-1ad8-4670-992f-34b54a4a0946" CreationDate="2009-06-12T23:57:37.483" UserId="1101" Text="Not sure why so many of these answers recommend cloud solutions when you specifically asked for something that doesn't have to be cloud or network based.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've had OK experiences with [EMC Retrospect][1]; it can be a bit of a pain to set up, but it's totally hands off form the client point of view once you get it working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.retrospect.com/" />
  <row Id="44565" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25097" RevisionGUID="c639d01e-5913-4835-9a60-98bffe9a2d3c" CreationDate="2009-06-13T00:08:20.020" UserDisplayName="gumo" Text="sdiff. It displays two files in a split screen, showing the direction of change in the middle. It can also merge files interactively.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #sdiff -w 40 /etc/fstab /tmp/fstab&#xD;&#xA;    /dev/md0                /dev/md0&#xD;&#xA;    /dev/md1                /dev/md1&#xD;&#xA;    tmpfs                   tmpfs&#xD;&#xA;    devpts                  devpts&#xD;&#xA;    sysfs                   sysfs&#xD;&#xA;    proc                    proc&#xD;&#xA;    LABEL=SWAP-sdb2    |    /dev/sda2&#xD;&#xA;    LABEL=SWAP-sda2    &lt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44566" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25097" RevisionGUID="c639d01e-5913-4835-9a60-98bffe9a2d3c" CreationDate="2009-06-13T00:08:20.020" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44567" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25098" RevisionGUID="1dbe22c9-53c2-4933-b4b3-ec5bf4784c1f" CreationDate="2009-06-13T00:20:15.470" UserId="8576" Text="OpenNMS 1.7.x has WMI support. [OpenNMS][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise I would go the Nagios/RRD route as joseph suggested.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://opennms.org" />
  <row Id="44568" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25099" RevisionGUID="82399d86-3f6a-41bb-8cf8-e50a6ced573c" CreationDate="2009-06-13T00:20:48.420" UserId="9381" Text="Some people in #sendmail on freenode helped me figure out that the problem in this particular case was not with send mail, but my dns records. I had a CNAME for my domain name pointing to the application server that was sending the mail, using an A record instead fixed the problem." />
  <row Id="44569" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25100" RevisionGUID="e02d6e43-2cc8-406b-9acf-ccff20005bc1" CreationDate="2009-06-13T00:21:23.160" UserId="6767" Text="Check the contents of localhostnames.  If the destination is there, or sendmail is configured to think that it is authoritative for that domain, it delivers locally because hey, it's authoritative.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One way to get around it is to put the machine in a totally different domain (ie foo.mail.example.com) and put the domain you want sent to gmail (example.com) in the relay-domains file.  Then the server would &quot;accept&quot; mail for example.com but then relay it based on MX.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively you could try putting 'example.com' in the mailertable, but you'd be putting in a specific destination, not a MX record." />
  <row Id="44570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25101" RevisionGUID="82d916e0-eaeb-441c-9de6-c2017dba217a" CreationDate="2009-06-13T00:23:02.413" UserId="9273" Text="May be missing something, but I use this all the time:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;net stop &quot;myservice&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;net start &quot;myservice&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or shorter:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;net stop &quot;myservice&quot; &amp;&amp; net start &quot;myservice&quot;" />
  <row Id="44571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25102" RevisionGUID="ab25757d-1aeb-4a3e-9227-8d5c95126c70" CreationDate="2009-06-13T00:24:33.367" UserId="6767" Text="I've seen exactly this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In our case, it was the motherboard watchdog which had a bad temperature sensor.  The sensor kept insisting that the motherboard was overheating, so it shut the OS, and therefore the computer, down.  The shutdown logs looked similar to yours, like someone had come along and run the 'shutdown' command somewhere.  When first powered on, the computer would run for 20 minutes or so before shutting down, but if you were persistant it would start the shutdown process almost before the OS boot was finished.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Go into your motherboard management (BMC, IPMI, iLO, whatever) and check to see if there are any &quot;events&quot; in the logs." />
  <row Id="44572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25103" RevisionGUID="42632ecf-2a8c-4084-9c71-1a7498b8203a" CreationDate="2009-06-13T00:27:02.747" UserId="2115" Text="I don't know of a command-line tool that does this (other than what the other answers have suggested), but if you are able to run GUI programs on this machine, try [KDirStat](http://kdirstat.sourceforge.net/). It shows the disk usage of all files and directories under a particular root, sorted by size (by default)." />
  <row Id="44573" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25104" RevisionGUID="c192d89f-44e4-4ac8-a0de-28048a5b310e" CreationDate="2009-06-13T00:33:49.367" UserId="431" Text="Assuming you're running SQL Server with the defaults, then 1433 should be the only port you need open.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;About the slowdown part - use my [Perfmon monitoring tutorial][1] to gather statistics about the SQL Server.  From there we can determine which part of the server is the bottleneck.  If you want, gather the stats as shown in the article for a few minutes while the server is fast, and then again while the server is slow.  There's no performance impact of gathering these statistics.  Then send the files to me at brento@brentozar.com and I should be able to tell pretty quickly where the bottleneck is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.brentozar.com/perfmon" />
  <row Id="44574" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25105" RevisionGUID="fafac127-d4d5-41f3-8b43-f03ec3c05011" CreationDate="2009-06-13T00:35:23.020" UserId="3664" Text="I have a user running xp sp2 that keeps gettig &quot;The Recycle Bin on C:\ Is Corrupt or Invalid.&quot; kb297760 says that this can be caused if the subst command is used to remap a drive. Some software they use actually does do this and MS provides a hotfix however this fix is for sp1... I have also tried loging as admin and resetting NTFS rights on c:\RECYCLER to the defaults with no luck. I would like to avoid upgrading to sp3 if possible - not sure that will even fix the problem. Thanks." />
  <row Id="44575" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25105" RevisionGUID="fafac127-d4d5-41f3-8b43-f03ec3c05011" CreationDate="2009-06-13T00:35:23.020" UserId="3664" Text="The Recycle Bin on C:\ Is Corrupt or Invalid" />
  <row Id="44576" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25105" RevisionGUID="fafac127-d4d5-41f3-8b43-f03ec3c05011" CreationDate="2009-06-13T00:35:23.020" UserId="3664" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;corruption&gt;&lt;recycle-bin&gt;" />
  <row Id="44577" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25106" RevisionGUID="d9dd643b-aceb-4aed-81d1-bfe87c147b36" CreationDate="2009-06-13T00:37:41.027" UserDisplayName="Corey " Text="my live messenger has been acting weirdly lately. I can connect only at random times and this is on os x, ubuntu linux and xp. This happens while using my router or using a direct connection. " />
  <row Id="44578" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25106" RevisionGUID="d9dd643b-aceb-4aed-81d1-bfe87c147b36" CreationDate="2009-06-13T00:37:41.027" UserDisplayName="Corey " Text="Can't connect to live messenger, even while not using a router" />
  <row Id="44579" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25106" RevisionGUID="d9dd643b-aceb-4aed-81d1-bfe87c147b36" CreationDate="2009-06-13T00:37:41.027" UserDisplayName="Corey " Text="&lt;windows-messenger&gt;" />
  <row Id="44580" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25107" RevisionGUID="4011610a-e0bd-4063-8da2-5083e6d025d6" CreationDate="2009-06-13T00:39:22.087" UserId="431" Text="Microsoft published a really good [whitepaper on database mirroring][1] that includes some good examples on how much performance impact you get from synchronous mirroring.  You're totally right in that there's going to be a performance hit.  Do a ping from the primary box to the database mirror and look at the round trip times in milliseconds: that's going to be the absolute bare minimum overhead that synchronous mirroring will add.  The ping doesn't even take into account how long the remote server would take to handle each incoming transaction - it's purely network latency time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The more network latency you add, the slower performance goes, and the hardware just sits idle:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm a really big fan of asynchronous mirroring because it's an easy way to add some protection, but the protection can get behind.  This is a good thing and a bad thing: it's good because it can handle network latency, but it's bad because you can lose any data that hasn't made it over to the failover site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, when you're designing database mirroring solutions (whether synch or asynch) make sure to think about your index maintenance operations.  If you do index rebuilds weekly, those will absolutely kill your mirroring backlogs because they produce so much logged activity that has to go over the wire.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc917681.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://i.technet.microsoft.com/Cc917681.dbm_fig09(en-us,TechNet.10).gif" />
  <row Id="44581" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="24903" RevisionGUID="24152387-fff6-4125-8966-8fbcb3606cc9" CreationDate="2009-06-13T00:40:10.963" UserId="4392" Comment="edited title; edited title" Text="Tales from the front line" />
  <row Id="44582" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="24546" RevisionGUID="ffc0ebd9-b9ce-4f29-9024-1f2e29369909" CreationDate="2009-06-13T00:41:04.553" UserId="431" Comment="Retagging as sqlserver instead of sql" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="44583" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25101" RevisionGUID="3c4366f1-61dc-4b60-8208-c1dae0df7716" CreationDate="2009-06-13T00:41:33.260" UserId="9273" Comment="added 19 characters in body" Text="&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;May be missing something, but I use this all the time:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; net stop &quot;myservice&quot; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; net start &quot;myservice&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or shorter:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; net stop &quot;myservice&quot; &amp;&amp; net start &quot;myservice&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44584" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25078" RevisionGUID="1c260587-316f-41c4-a757-a806ff0aac96" CreationDate="2009-06-13T00:41:43.057" UserId="431" Comment="Retagging " Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;database-mirroring&gt;" />
  <row Id="44585" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25108" RevisionGUID="47fd9d84-2e87-4065-8f47-dc5cd33f6114" CreationDate="2009-06-13T00:44:00.513" UserId="4392" Text="I would guess power button as well, but it's possible that something else is causing it. Is this machine connected to a UPS?  Are there any other people who have root access on the machine? Can you check lastlog to see if anyone else was connected when it was shutdown? What services is this machine running, and are there any published vulnerabilities on these services?" />
  <row Id="44586" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25109" RevisionGUID="685874ce-6662-4ec4-954e-e3665859ad0b" CreationDate="2009-06-13T00:50:14.090" UserId="9388" Text="I want to build a high performance web server. I will use Ubuntu Server 9.04.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would be convenient to install the GNOME desktop, but I could manage by command line only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How much does the GNOME Desktop slow down the performance of the web server or server in general? I want to determine if the performance hit is worth the desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, how does the Webadmin tool impact server performance?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44587" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25109" RevisionGUID="685874ce-6662-4ec4-954e-e3665859ad0b" CreationDate="2009-06-13T00:50:14.090" UserId="9388" Text="How much does GNOME Desktop Slow Down Ubuntu Server 9.04?" />
  <row Id="44588" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25109" RevisionGUID="685874ce-6662-4ec4-954e-e3665859ad0b" CreationDate="2009-06-13T00:50:14.090" UserId="9388" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;ubuntu-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="44589" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="9428" RevisionGUID="714a4cff-b9f4-420f-9b08-72894d8cc81b" CreationDate="2009-06-13T00:58:55.063" UserId="301" Comment="edited title" Text="How can I monitor hard disk load on linux" />
  <row Id="44590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25110" RevisionGUID="80cb9c64-f2ff-416f-9553-12cb5b9508ab" CreationDate="2009-06-13T00:58:57.793" UserId="5808" Text="Something to remember about human-readable output is that a reverse numeric sort won't work as expected without fixing it up.  A quicker option is to use the -k switch to output the directory size information in kilobytes." />
  <row Id="44591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25111" RevisionGUID="6a493285-925b-408f-b922-637d1e695fda" CreationDate="2009-06-13T00:59:20.867" UserId="23597" Text="nohup on Solaris/OpenSolaris has a -p flag to nohup a running process - for instance, see the [Solaris 10 nohup man page][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-5165/nohup-1?l=en&amp;a=view&amp;q=nohup" />
  <row Id="44592" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25112" RevisionGUID="d7519d2b-47b8-4895-80cd-1175a29f12b6" CreationDate="2009-06-13T01:01:25.407" UserId="1682" Text="Simply typing &quot;cmd&quot; keeps it in the same window. I'd also like to do &quot;cmd /c command&quot; and have it run in a separate window." />
  <row Id="44593" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25112" RevisionGUID="d7519d2b-47b8-4895-80cd-1175a29f12b6" CreationDate="2009-06-13T01:01:25.407" UserId="1682" Text="How to launch a new cmd window from an existing cmd window?" />
  <row Id="44594" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25112" RevisionGUID="d7519d2b-47b8-4895-80cd-1175a29f12b6" CreationDate="2009-06-13T01:01:25.407" UserId="1682" Text="&lt;cmd&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="44595" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25113" RevisionGUID="bb472dc3-2557-48ad-90af-6fd46e132e29" CreationDate="2009-06-13T01:04:13.833" UserId="6344" Text="dd-wrt firmware for wireless routers has a screen that will show the various hosts it sees on the wireless interface and the signal strength it is receiving from them.  If you have have multiple wireless routers you can also mesh them together with dd-wrt." />
  <row Id="44596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25114" RevisionGUID="ecd9dfb3-861b-48c6-b3d4-7b0f41ba0313" CreationDate="2009-06-13T01:04:28.060" UserId="385" Text="Use start. For instance:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    start cmd&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44597" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25115" RevisionGUID="7a232174-6f1e-4d6c-8867-ce35a1a3dd8f" CreationDate="2009-06-13T01:04:28.370" UserId="808" Text="I can't imagine that the GNOME desktop would slow things down in any appreciable way, except perhaps by using memory that you might want to allocate to other processes.  But memory is very cheap these days, so this is a small issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Applications that you run while logged in are far more likely to have an impact than GNOME itself.  At the moment that you log in, a number of applications will load, and that will have a momentary impact on CPU performance of other applications due to the disk being heavily used for a few tens of seconds, max.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also cannot imagine Webadmin or any other web app causing a significant performance loss on a server.  Not unless you are aggressively using it or unless it is somehow under web attack, causing a large and unusual number of requests going to that web app -- far more than a human being could enter in the same time period.  A firewall can prevent that from occurring.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I see no reason today to run any server without a GUI.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25116" RevisionGUID="e104e338-2686-409e-a3e3-08135b8def2d" CreationDate="2009-06-13T01:05:48.467" UserId="9373" Text="Only &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; start &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will do it also&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44599" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="24985" RevisionGUID="aac7a5b2-f6ba-4c63-8495-47fa2552d550" CreationDate="2009-06-13T01:06:05.143" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="44600" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24985" RevisionGUID="659ac885-efa8-4b2f-9f2b-eaa1ad2b25d2" CreationDate="2009-06-13T01:06:05.253" UserId="-1" Comment="insert duplicate link" Text="&gt; **Possible Duplicate:**  &#xA;&gt; [Tools a Windows administrator cannot live without](http://serverfault.com/questions/3482/tools-a-windows-administrator-cannot-live-without)  &#xA;&#xA;&#xA;As a Desktop Support Specialist there are a few tools that I use to track down issues on my users machines, Sysinternals Suite and WinDBG to name a few. What other Free/Pay tools would you recommend and why?" />
  <row Id="44601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25117" RevisionGUID="6d24a23b-91bd-43b2-8f1b-667e1f508adf" CreationDate="2009-06-13T01:18:55.733" UserDisplayName="gumo" Text="A marketing lecturer once came to me screaming and promising every kind of humiliation and such. She said she knew the rector of the university and she would bring me to him to get me fired and punished, because I &quot;sabotaged&quot; her computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It turned out that her mailer displayed an alert that her inbox was full, and it's necessary to free up some space. When I first asked her to read it she refused of course, saying that it's not her job to read stupid messages. Then I read it out loud for her. Her answer: &quot;I give lectures in 4 languages, there's no space left in my brain for this! I don't know what it means and I don't care! Don't bombard me with these stupid messages!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apparently her mailbox was full of not exactly work-related stuff, so I deleted a lot. Luckily I quit the department before her inbox got full again.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44602" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25117" RevisionGUID="6d24a23b-91bd-43b2-8f1b-667e1f508adf" CreationDate="2009-06-13T01:18:55.733" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44603" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25118" RevisionGUID="fd7a1e07-08cf-45a0-8765-92411e4e99cc" CreationDate="2009-06-13T01:23:58.133" UserId="9020" Text="[Password Agent][1] has worked well for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.moonsoftware.com/pwagent.asp" />
  <row Id="44604" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25118" RevisionGUID="fd7a1e07-08cf-45a0-8765-92411e4e99cc" CreationDate="2009-06-13T01:23:58.133" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44605" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25119" RevisionGUID="b96649f4-7946-494f-b384-6ebaa43b70a0" CreationDate="2009-06-13T01:27:31.173" UserId="4694" Text="As pointed above, it shouldn't have a big impact on your server performance. I wouldn't install a whole **ubuntu-desktop**. Lightweight **Gnome-core** should be definitely enough for a server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;**sudo apt-get update**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;**sudo apt-get install xorg gnome-core gdm gnome-media gnome-system-monitor gnome-system-tools gnome-volume-manager gnome-utils gnome-app-install synaptic firefox**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Optional:&#xD;&#xA;&gt;**sudo apt-get install sysv-rc-conf**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;sysv-rc-conf gives an easy to use interface for manag‐ ing &quot;/etc/rc{runlevel}.d/&quot; symlinks&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Find 'gdm' (Gnome Display Manager) and uncheck the boxes for runlevels 2 and 3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now you will start your desktop by typing &#xD;&#xA;&gt;**startx**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;at the console prompt. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25120" RevisionGUID="9bdcde79-b79e-416b-9606-e8de77818e4d" CreationDate="2009-06-13T01:29:48.240" UserId="9332" Text="GNOME loves to pre-cache memory, so if you're running the GNOME Desktop, you will likely see a large amount of RAM gobbled up very quickly. This isn't a bad thing, for a desktop. While this cached memory is not in direct use (it should be free when needed), there is a performance hit. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are really concerned with performance use something lightweight like openbox (with gtk). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would however discourage the use of a gui on a server. The gui should be on your desktop, and ssh should be enabled on your server. It might seem easier to run GNOME directly on the server, but your goal should be to run as little as possible on every server. Servers are not fancy desktops (even if you current server is an old desktop system)." />
  <row Id="44607" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25080" RevisionGUID="1701458c-a2e3-46f3-8302-67ed07c4cd25" CreationDate="2009-06-13T01:34:04.430" UserId="915" Comment="fixed grammer" Text="I have a simple home network that services two laptops, one playstation 3, one nintendo wii and one iphone 3G.  My am currently using NetGear RangeMax Wireless Router (Model WPN824) and a Linksys Wireless G Range Expander (Model WRE54G) to broadcast my wireless signal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been experiencing a lot of dropped connections between on all of my devices and it is really frustrasting.....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone recommend free or reasonable price software to monitor signal strength, network usage and any type of trouble shooting that might cause the dropped network connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, I live in an older home with plaster walls.  Plaster walls have been known to hinder a wireless network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44608" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25121" RevisionGUID="d848c078-697d-43b7-9f44-86f9ab5dd046" CreationDate="2009-06-13T01:38:55.020" UserId="3038" Text="I've taken to using an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ironkey.com/&quot;&gt;IronKey&lt;/a&gt; for some of this. There are some passwords I just plain memorize, like the admin passwords I use every day. For those passwords that I have to know but use once or twice a quarter, putting it on a text-file on an IronKey USB drive works well. It now mounts on Windows, Mac, and Linux! Kind of like truecrypt, but more portable." />
  <row Id="44609" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25121" RevisionGUID="d848c078-697d-43b7-9f44-86f9ab5dd046" CreationDate="2009-06-13T01:38:55.020" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25122" RevisionGUID="6864f9bf-2ad8-4246-8280-71c0b7ec5ae2" CreationDate="2009-06-13T01:42:31.430" UserId="1682" Text="If you reset the NTFS rights, and then your user's program sets then wrong again, that's obviously not going to work. Do some testing and find out out if it really is your users program that's causing the problem and then get that fixed or find a different program." />
  <row Id="44611" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25123" RevisionGUID="f2c07739-ba5b-4d9a-b030-f9c77e40e127" CreationDate="2009-06-13T01:43:32.460" UserId="5724" Text="Depending on who you are running the query as, and where, you are going to get different results - largely based on if you are a member of the &quot;Interactive&quot; group.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wrote a post about [querying the status of a Windows service][1] on my blog a while back, which I think has a solution (or at least will be helpful to other people).  Look at the service with [subinacl][2], and see the access control list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can then add permission to query for your specific user/group.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://craig.dubculture.co.nz/blog/2007/12/07/querying-the-status-of-a-windows-service/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E8BA3E56-D8FE-4A91-93CF-ED6985E3927B&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="44612" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25124" RevisionGUID="d4ab0d59-82d9-4195-b60c-cbec4444a3b3" CreationDate="2009-06-13T01:43:44.643" UserId="9020" Text="Can you create a collection specifying the ip address or mac address of the machine you want to add?" />
  <row Id="44613" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25125" RevisionGUID="c59b7559-0430-49d0-87b1-ca600190d463" CreationDate="2009-06-13T01:46:57.137" UserId="5724" Text="I've also heard of [Terminator][1] and [Poderosa][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://software.jessies.org/terminator/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.poderosa.org/" />
  <row Id="44614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25126" RevisionGUID="e2559663-8115-468c-b3cd-5e01de93213c" CreationDate="2009-06-13T01:55:00.267" UserId="5724" Text="You won't have the error from 297760 if you're running SP2.  Could this [Compaq knowledge base article][1] help?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(It says to remove c:\recycled but it may actually mean c:\recycler).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00029389&amp;lc=en&amp;dlc=&amp;cc=us&amp;lang=&amp;rule=5513&amp;product=92321" />
  <row Id="44615" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25122" RevisionGUID="68743c3f-9998-46b7-bfd8-91ad4198dbe9" CreationDate="2009-06-13T02:00:06.877" UserId="1682" Comment="deleted 131 characters in body" Text="If your user's program is causing the problem, its not a problem with windows and we can't help if we don't know what program that is." />
  <row Id="44616" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25127" RevisionGUID="7ec3c658-b73a-4b05-b272-a0bdb0e09eee" CreationDate="2009-06-13T02:03:56.717" UserId="5724" Text="Will [logman][1] let you script Performance Monitor to your satisfaction?  I also found [a script][2] which may help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753820%28WS.10%29.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/biztalk_performace_explorer/archive/2007/06/27/a-script-to-paste-performance-counters-into-perfmon.aspx" />
  <row Id="44617" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25128" RevisionGUID="5b057ceb-e4c5-42a9-9bc9-1cbd0450dfae" CreationDate="2009-06-13T02:09:03.340" UserDisplayName="Vadi" Text="I didn't find the performance to be killer and the added usability is a bonus. Of course, if you can get by without it, it's better - but don't limit yourself if you feel really lost otherwise." />
  <row Id="44618" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25129" RevisionGUID="18046f2b-2926-4aa9-8dab-e1c00e6cfcec" CreationDate="2009-06-13T02:11:24.070" UserId="5724" Text="Check out the [Live Messenger FAQ][1], specifically the [section on connecting][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bigblueball.com/forums/windows-live-messenger-support/38474-msn-windows-live-messenger-faq.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.bigblueball.com/forums/windows-live-messenger-support/38474-msn-windows-live-messenger-faq.html#post210285" />
  <row Id="44619" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25130" RevisionGUID="25ec9098-6e2d-4348-8e20-16c621ce8a21" CreationDate="2009-06-13T02:25:32.727" UserId="3528" Text="I would seperate out the charting/display from the montioring/alerting piece.  You haven't said how many object you have.  For most shops I'd write a powershell script to get the counters I want and pipe the output to [powergadgets][1] and for small shops use polymon to monitor the windows stuff and [groundwork][2] to monitor the rest.  In a larger environment (30+ servers) I'd take a look at System Center Operations Manager for monitoring and alerting.  You have to realize howver that SCOM is NOT just monitoring.  It's designed to correct problems and ensure business service, unlike most monitoring software that only cares about server counters.  Other options would be tivoli or openview.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.softwarefx.com/sfxSqlProducts/powerGadgets/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.groundworkopensource.com/" />
  <row Id="44620" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25105" RevisionGUID="4e7a6b4a-2f12-42f6-8a02-5c69aacebd40" CreationDate="2009-06-13T02:25:46.270" UserId="3664" Comment="added 17 characters in body" Text="I have a user running xp sp2 that keeps gettig &quot;The Recycle Bin on C:\ Is Corrupt or Invalid.&quot; kb297760 says that this can be caused if the subst command is used to remap a drive. Some software they use actually does do this (CCH DocumentFX) and MS provides a hotfix however this fix is for sp1... I have also tried loging as admin and resetting NTFS rights on c:\RECYCLER to the defaults with no luck. I would like to avoid upgrading to sp3 if possible - not sure that will even fix the problem. Thanks." />
  <row Id="44621" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25105" RevisionGUID="79412034-f4af-47f6-bca9-b012f3a61168" CreationDate="2009-06-13T02:41:08.200" UserId="3664" Comment="fixed spelling and punctuation" Text="I have a user running xp sp2 that keeps getting &quot;The Recycle Bin on C:\ Is Corrupt or Invalid.&quot; kb297760 says that this can be caused if the subst command is used to map a drive to an existing folder. Some software they use actually does do this (DocumentFX from CCH) and MS provides a hotfix, however this fix is for sp1... I have also tried logging in as admin and resetting NTFS rights on c:\RECYCLER to the defaults with no luck. I would like to avoid upgrading to sp3 if possible - not sure that will even fix the problem. Thanks." />
  <row Id="44622" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25131" RevisionGUID="eb99dcdc-17b6-4832-9163-95d5b348010b" CreationDate="2009-06-13T02:55:56.743" UserDisplayName="YoungGun" Text="There doesn't appear to be any problem with the server. Clearly, the server administrators are completely insane, but I consider that a bonus! :) I'm now a big fan of gordo.foofus.net-attacks.mp3" />
  <row Id="44623" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25132" RevisionGUID="63caa54a-6285-4e66-91da-506046b6f415" CreationDate="2009-06-13T02:56:33.857" UserId="3528" Text="You can try using this reg file (there seems to be no way to attach a file so here's the entries):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}]&#xD;&#xA;@=&quot;Recycle Bin&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}]&#xD;&#xA;@=&quot;Recycle Bin&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;InfoTip&quot;=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,\&#xD;&#xA;  6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,\&#xD;&#xA;  00,53,00,48,00,45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,\&#xD;&#xA;  2d,00,32,00,32,00,39,00,31,00,35,00,00,00&#xD;&#xA;&quot;SortOrderIndex&quot;=dword:00000060&#xD;&#xA;&quot;IntroText&quot;=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,\&#xD;&#xA;  6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,\&#xD;&#xA;  00,53,00,48,00,45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,\&#xD;&#xA;  2d,00,33,00,31,00,37,00,34,00,38,00,00,00&#xD;&#xA;&quot;LocalizedString&quot;=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,\&#xD;&#xA;  6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,\&#xD;&#xA;  00,5c,00,53,00,48,00,45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,\&#xD;&#xA;  2c,00,2d,00,38,00,39,00,36,00,34,00,00,00&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\DefaultIcon]&#xD;&#xA;@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\&#xD;&#xA;  00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,\&#xD;&#xA;  65,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,33,00,31,00,00,\&#xD;&#xA;  00&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Empty&quot;=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,\&#xD;&#xA;  00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,\&#xD;&#xA;  68,00,65,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,33,00,31,\&#xD;&#xA;  00,00,00&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Full&quot;=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,\&#xD;&#xA;  00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,\&#xD;&#xA;  68,00,65,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,33,00,32,\&#xD;&#xA;  00,00,00&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\InProcServer32]&#xD;&#xA;@=&quot;shell32.dll&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;ThreadingModel&quot;=&quot;Apartment&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\shellex]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder]&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Attributes&quot;=hex:40,01,00,20&#xD;&#xA;&quot;CallForAttributes&quot;=dword:00000040&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44625" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25133" RevisionGUID="7b447fcf-29c4-4437-b544-307545473b22" CreationDate="2009-06-13T03:06:47.990" UserId="3528" Text="If you want unix command shell, install the services for unix and run the unix shell of your choice.  Powershell is probably the best shell I've seen for any OS. powershell v2 will have a full [ISE][1]. I'd stay away from anything involving cygwin as there are alot of gotchas involved in getting cygwin installed and working (and I've never run into something that cygwin does that can't be done in the unix subsystem)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://get-powershell.com/2008/12/18/customizing-graphical-powershellise/" />
  <row Id="44626" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25134" RevisionGUID="a8d21abe-6bbb-4665-9324-40fa851d48e6" CreationDate="2009-06-13T03:12:01.960" UserId="1992" Text="Although network bandwidth comes into play in a big way, the absolute number one factor to consider is what is the transaction log generation rate on the principal?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the app and your maintenance doesn't generate any transaction log, then network bandwidth is really irrelevant. If it does generate log, then network bandwidth has to be able to handle the amount of log generated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To answer your actual question, your h/w config may work (network issues aside) if there isn't a large OLTP workload on the principal. If there is, and you've got 4x4 processor cores generating transaction log then it's likely that your mirror server won't be able to keep up with replaying the log, no matter whether your network can cope with the log traffic. On Standard edition, there is one thread processing REDO of the log on the mirror - so your REDO queue is going to grow pretty big under heavy load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The REDO queue is the amount of log that has been hardened on the mirror but not yet replayed in the mirror database - the larger it is, the longer it will be before the mirror database comes on line as the principal in the event of a failover. This is especially troublesome in Standard Edition where you don't have features like parallel redo and fast-recovery (database comes online after REDO and before UNDO) available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And, of course, after a failover from the principal to the mirror, there's no way that that the mirror will be able to service the same workload as the principal server - so you'll be there, but potentially running a lot slower.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44627" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25135" RevisionGUID="39652475-c507-4f10-9e69-dc6e481fe434" CreationDate="2009-06-13T03:15:21.207" UserId="5989" Text="Having these packages installed and available really doesn't affect performance until you start using them. Then, the performance hit is going to be dependent on how much that particular component is used. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as server maintenance goes, I would use a configuration management system like Chef or Puppet that lets me 'program' the environment through declarative resources, rather than use a web based GUI to manage things without understanding how they actually work." />
  <row Id="44628" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24933" RevisionGUID="18fb0b64-ae76-4286-926f-b0710415eaca" CreationDate="2009-06-13T03:15:27.197" UserId="1" Comment="deleted 14 characters in body; edited title" Text="I've noticed that, after changing the reg settings outlined in Episode 52 of the Stack Overflow podcast to **pool.ntp.org**, my box keeps requesting time from gordo.foofus.net. The web site hosted on that box is very strange. Is this a valid timeserver?" />
  <row Id="44629" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="24933" RevisionGUID="18fb0b64-ae76-4286-926f-b0710415eaca" CreationDate="2009-06-13T03:15:27.197" UserId="1" Comment="deleted 14 characters in body; edited title" Text="questionable timeservers in pool.ntp.org?" />
  <row Id="44633" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25122" RevisionGUID="cddf53d5-ad94-409b-9c94-4ea256895dca" CreationDate="2009-06-13T03:20:00.247" UserId="1682" Comment="added 29 characters in body; deleted 51 characters in body" Text="Upgrade to SP3. Its been fixed. Its not feasible or reasonable to get every patch in any order you want them in." />
  <row Id="44634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25137" RevisionGUID="f5d49ec4-3fdf-46a4-a41f-8b294b8b4237" CreationDate="2009-06-13T03:22:43.643" UserId="3528" Text="If you want to restart a failed service you do not need to run a script.  In the services MMC snapin right click on a service, select properties, click the recovery tab.  Here you can set what actions you want taken should the service stop.  There is alot of flexibility available.  You will need a script if y ou are trying to stop the service , do something then start the script, preface the batch file with `net stop &quot;myserviceshortname&quot;` and end with `net start &quot;myserviceshortname&quot;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In vbscipt it's a little more code to stop a service and its' dependants:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    strComputer = &quot;.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set objWMIService = GetObject(&quot;winmgmts:&quot; _&#xD;&#xA;        &amp; &quot;{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\&quot; &amp; strComputer &amp; &quot;\root\cimv2&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    Set colServiceList = objWMIService.ExecQuery(&quot;Associators of &quot; _&#xD;&#xA;       &amp; &quot;{Win32_Service.Name='myservice'} Where &quot; _&#xD;&#xA;            &amp; &quot;AssocClass=Win32_DependentService &quot; &amp; &quot;Role=Antecedent&quot; )&#xD;&#xA;    For each objService in colServiceList&#xD;&#xA;        objService.StopService()&#xD;&#xA;    Next&#xD;&#xA;    Wscript.Sleep 20000&#xD;&#xA;    Set colServiceList = objWMIService.ExecQuery _&#xD;&#xA;            (&quot;Select * from Win32_Service where Name='myservice'&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    For each objService in colServiceList&#xD;&#xA;        errReturn = objService.StopService()&#xD;&#xA;    Next&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's starting a service and anything it depends on (this should be familiar)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    strComputer = &quot;.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set objWMIService = GetObject(&quot;winmgmts:&quot; _&#xD;&#xA;        &amp; &quot;{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\&quot; &amp; strComputer &amp; &quot;\root\cimv2&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    Set colServiceList = objWMIService.ExecQuery _&#xD;&#xA;        (&quot;Select * from Win32_Service where Name='Myservice'&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    For each objService in colServiceList&#xD;&#xA;        errReturn = objService.StartService()&#xD;&#xA;    Next&#xD;&#xA;    Wscript.Sleep 20000&#xD;&#xA;    Set colServiceList = objWMIService.ExecQuery(&quot;Associators of &quot; _&#xD;&#xA;       &amp; &quot;{Win32_Service.Name='myservice'} Where &quot; _&#xD;&#xA;            &amp; &quot;AssocClass=Win32_DependentService &quot; &amp; &quot;Role=Dependent&quot; )&#xD;&#xA;    For each objService in colServiceList&#xD;&#xA;        objService.StartService()&#xD;&#xA;    Next&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44636" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25139" RevisionGUID="3acc5521-0c00-4302-9956-df15f8129a8b" CreationDate="2009-06-13T03:28:40.107" UserId="1330" Text="Use **[RoboTask][1]** to simulate mouse and keyboard activity, since it sends virtual mouse clicks and keystrokes it can automate any given task in any application. You can setup a task that runs at startup or at a scheduled time, and watch in wonder as your computer automatically does your &quot;chore&quot; jobs as fast as the application can respond. (if your app hangs up for 10 minutes, obviously you'll have to delay the script for 10 mins)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RoboTask can even communicate with instances of itself on other computers, thereby allowing you to &quot;centrally&quot; control/start many tasks at once. Conditions and Loops are also available for those with basic programming knowledge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Writing&quot; a task is something like working with scripts, just that you won't be typing anything since all the available &quot;commands&quot; are listed down with custom GUIs. You'll have to specify delays between each action to give time for the program to respond, even if the delays are in milliseconds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively you can use **[Automation Anywhere][2]**, that is easier to configure since you can &quot;record&quot; your activity and then let it &quot;play back&quot;, effectively creating a &quot;script&quot; that can be simulated over and over again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.robotask.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.tethyssolutions.com/automation-software.htm" />
  <row Id="44639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25142" RevisionGUID="bb1ad995-cf18-4664-8bf9-ea73c07bc9b8" CreationDate="2009-06-13T03:56:23.963" UserDisplayName="jfaughnan" Text="I am an end-user, not an IT professional. Unfortunately my corporate resources cannot solve this problem. I am looking for some advice to give them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been account locked on our corporate network an average of 2-3 times a day over the past four months. I've gone days without problems and been locked out 7 times in a single day. In the preceding 8 years I'd been locked out twice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each lockout requires a call to our corporate help desk to get my account unlocked. The lockouts occur because our security system &quot;thinks&quot; I'm trying to authenticate repeatedly with invalid credentials (wrong password).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The full details of the extremely tedious debugging process to date are in a blog post of mine: http://tech.kateva.org/2009/05/debugging-network-account-lockouts.html.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;About a week ago I hacked away at Outlook 2007 and my lockouts went away. The cost was that I had to manually authenticate (domain/usermane and password) the first time each &quot;day&quot; that my Outlook client connected to Exchange server. Annoying, but I could live with that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since I began this process my laptop has been refreshed. I have new hardware with a pristine corporate standard disk image and I'm back to Outlook 2003. I'm also back to being locked out!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I don't think the problem is on my laptop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On further investigation I discovered that if I sent Outlook 2003 to always request credentials that I was NOT locked out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I need to understand how the authentication process differs when I&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a. Outlook connects to Exchange and automatically authenticates (standard behavior) using the credentials associated with my user account (NTLM network domain/un and pw).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;b. Outlook connects to Exchange and I have to manually enter my network un and pw.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Somehow 'b' works correctly. I think, however, that with process 'a' Exchange Server (our Outlook?) is sending the wrong credentials to Active Directory causing me to be locked out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect a misconfiguration of my Active Directory account and/or my Exchange Server mailbox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to provide our help desk and security desk with a good list of things they can investigate on Active Directory or Exchange Server. If I cannot do this I will need to get a new Corporate ID and give up on my existing user ID.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think if I can point them in the right direction, and give them pretty precise guidance, that they can fix this problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any advice would be of help. I may simply have to research how NTLM (AD) authentication works with Exchange Server requests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44640" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25142" RevisionGUID="bb1ad995-cf18-4664-8bf9-ea73c07bc9b8" CreationDate="2009-06-13T03:56:23.963" UserDisplayName="jfaughnan" Text="How to investigate windows network lockouts related to Outlook Exchange Server authentication?" />
  <row Id="44641" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25142" RevisionGUID="bb1ad995-cf18-4664-8bf9-ea73c07bc9b8" CreationDate="2009-06-13T03:56:23.963" UserDisplayName="jfaughnan" Text="&lt;exchange-2003&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;&lt;ntlm&gt;&lt;outlook-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="44642" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25143" RevisionGUID="b2a221f6-f99f-40cd-9d33-341ae14597f8" CreationDate="2009-06-13T04:02:04.500" UserId="4131" Text="If you want to avoid the overhead of ssh, encryption, authentication, and such, you can do something very similar with netcat (or nc). There are lot of tutorials on the web. If you start with them and need more specific help, let me know." />
  <row Id="44643" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25143" RevisionGUID="b2a221f6-f99f-40cd-9d33-341ae14597f8" CreationDate="2009-06-13T04:02:04.500" UserId="4131" />
  <row Id="44644" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25144" RevisionGUID="fb099de4-796a-4f66-a983-1f1fe639bec3" CreationDate="2009-06-13T04:13:40.893" UserId="568" Text="When doing a dist-upgrade recently, my lighttpd-1.4.19 install on Ubuntu 8.0.4 has begun failing to restart or reload properly with the /etc/init.d/lighttpd restart command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ~$ sudo /etc/init.d/lighttpd restart&#xD;&#xA;     * Stopping web server lighttpd&#xD;&#xA;       ...done.&#xD;&#xA;     * Starting web server lighttpd&#xD;&#xA;    2009-06-13 04:06:36: (network.c.300) can't bind to port:  80 Address already in use &#xD;&#xA;       ...fail!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The same error occurs when I do a reload.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The way I get around it is to kill lighttpd and then issue the start command, but it seems like I shouldn't have to do that :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've looked at my config files, and can't spot any immediate errors. Does anyone have any ideas what can be causing this error? This seems to be the latest version as of writing this question that is available via the apt-get route." />
  <row Id="44645" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25144" RevisionGUID="fb099de4-796a-4f66-a983-1f1fe639bec3" CreationDate="2009-06-13T04:13:40.893" UserId="568" Text="Lighttpd not cleanly restarting (address already in use)" />
  <row Id="44646" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25144" RevisionGUID="fb099de4-796a-4f66-a983-1f1fe639bec3" CreationDate="2009-06-13T04:13:40.893" UserId="568" Text="&lt;lighttpd&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="44648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25145" RevisionGUID="250844ef-8c9e-40a2-98fc-1d37c13e3eee" CreationDate="2009-06-13T04:17:52.303" UserId="2711" Text="I am making an assumption that the username, password and domain that you use for Exchange is identical to the credentials you log onto your computer with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the problem has reoccured after re-installation of the corporate SOE, and it only happens to you... do you have a roaming profile, or your settings in any other way pushed to a network location? If so that would explain why the problem followed you over a workstation refresh. Your blog post says you &quot;restored data&quot; onto your new SOE. Are you certain you didn't restore the offending application?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Uninstall any plugins you may have added to Outlook 2003, and any other non-standard (as in, not something your IT department installs for you) customization you have put on the new SOE since you received it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most times I see this it is been because someone has left their old credentials in a scheduled task, or in a locked remote desktop session. You could try using a combination of Wireshark and Sysinternals tools to identify the offending process on your machine that is causing the lockouts (assuming it is from your machine)." />
  <row Id="44649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25146" RevisionGUID="78847c1b-57fe-481c-9050-7b67e1070af5" CreationDate="2009-06-13T04:18:26.907" UserId="3657" Text="It sounds like your &quot;stop&quot; script isn't actually stopping the server cleanly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you post your /etc/init.d/lighttpd file?" />
  <row Id="44651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25147" RevisionGUID="e670a140-1be0-44a8-9627-407cc381ab51" CreationDate="2009-06-13T04:23:05.977" UserId="3038" Text="As mentioned elsewhere, NTP provides a smooth time correction. If the applications on your server don't mind have whole seconds go missing, or doing the same seconds over again, then ntpd doesn't gain you much over ntpdate. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If on the other hand you do have time-sensitive applications that are sensitive to seconds, or even worse are sensitive to partial seconds, then ntpd is by far the better choice. Novell eDirectory timestamps updates for update-collision handling, which becomes critical if the updates come very fast (such as during the morning login rush). A syslog server needs to have time accurate to at least the half second in order to keep sane logs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For my MythTV box at home, I notice when it is even a few seconds off of what my cable provider considers time, so I use NTP on that. For the UPS monitor server at work I use crontabbed ntpdate for the same reasons Kyle Hodgson pointed out, as it is a bastion host I don't want that port open even if I have locked the application down; for that application being a second off of true isn't dire.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for redundancy, we maintain at least two time-hosts on our network, and point all of our internal hosts to those two. These two then track different internet NTP hosts. What's more, they're configured in a Peer arrangement so they can keep time between themselves in a consensus fashion if our internet link goes down. Robust NTP is definitely possible to engineer." />
  <row Id="44652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25148" RevisionGUID="cd1eaa86-de90-4f6c-8d46-9e45c16268fb" CreationDate="2009-06-13T04:25:10.560" UserId="9351" Text="That's an excellent point Jeff. I think pool.ntp.org is a great resource and generally assists the Internet in ways y'all noted in Episode 52. That said, it's interesting to me that anyone, anywhere, can inject a server into the NTP pool. From an adversarial perspective, this has some potential impact. From an architectural perspective, I think the way the pool is constructed can minimize the impact. However, should an adversary employ some type of DNS cache poisoning attack to shift a network's NTP syncs to their malicious server, it could get interesting. There are many other scenarios I can think of. Anyway, thanks for the bump and keep up the good work." />
  <row Id="44653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25149" RevisionGUID="7938cf72-b06e-47eb-aa0a-42da4e406f9f" CreationDate="2009-06-13T04:43:08.073" UserId="4629" Text="I am trying to connect to a network drive and I am getting this MS Windows alert saying&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Not enough server storage is available to process this command.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What does this mean?" />
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  <row Id="44656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25150" RevisionGUID="677eb0fa-64b4-4337-b4d5-3bcf65d64275" CreationDate="2009-06-13T04:47:16.990" UserId="4629" Text="http://brickblog.net/2009/03/04/not-enough-server-storage-is-available-to-process-this-command%E2%80%9D-error-print-this-post-print-this-post" />
  <row Id="44658" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25144" RevisionGUID="40c6acab-a6bd-4da8-9561-d0a341f58881" CreationDate="2009-06-13T04:51:54.310" UserId="568" Comment="added 5046 characters in body; deleted 438 characters in body" Text="When doing a dist-upgrade recently, my lighttpd-1.4.19 install on Ubuntu 8.0.4 has begun failing to restart or reload properly with the /etc/init.d/lighttpd restart command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ~$ sudo /etc/init.d/lighttpd restart&#xD;&#xA;     * Stopping web server lighttpd&#xD;&#xA;       ...done.&#xD;&#xA;     * Starting web server lighttpd&#xD;&#xA;    2009-06-13 04:06:36: (network.c.300) can't bind to port:  80 Address already in use &#xD;&#xA;       ...fail!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The same error occurs when I do a reload.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The way I get around it is to kill lighttpd and then issue the start command, but it seems like I shouldn't have to do that :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've looked at my config files, and can't spot any immediate errors. Does anyone have any ideas what can be causing this error? This seems to be the latest version as of writing this question that is available via the apt-get route.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My config file is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Debian lighttpd configuration file&#xD;&#xA;    # &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ############ Options you really have to take care of ####################&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ## modules to load&#xD;&#xA;    # mod_access, mod_accesslog and mod_alias are loaded by default&#xD;&#xA;    # all other module should only be loaded if neccesary&#xD;&#xA;    # - saves some time&#xD;&#xA;    # - saves memory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    server.modules              = ( &#xD;&#xA;                &quot;mod_access&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;                &quot;mod_alias&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;                &quot;mod_accesslog&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;                &quot;mod_compress&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;                &quot;mod_fastcgi&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;                &quot;mod_rewrite&quot;, &#xD;&#xA;                &quot;mod_redirect&quot;, &#xD;&#xA;     )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ## a static document-root, for virtual-hosting take look at the &#xD;&#xA;    ## server.virtual-* options&#xD;&#xA;    server.document-root       = &quot;/var/www/&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ## where to send error-messages to&#xD;&#xA;    server.errorlog            = &quot;/var/log/lighttpd/error.log&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    fastcgi.server = (&quot;.php&quot; =&gt; ((&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;bin-path&quot; =&gt; &quot;/usr/bin/php5-cgi&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;socket&quot; =&gt; &quot;/tmp/php.socket&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    )))   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ## files to check for if .../ is requested&#xD;&#xA;    index-file.names           = ( &quot;index.php&quot;, &quot;index.html&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;                                   &quot;index.htm&quot;, &quot;default.htm&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;                                   &quot;index.lighttpd.html&quot; )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ## Use the &quot;Content-Type&quot; extended attribute to obtain mime type if possible&#xD;&#xA;    # mimetype.use-xattr = &quot;enable&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #### accesslog module&#xD;&#xA;    accesslog.filename         = &quot;/var/log/lighttpd/access.log&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ## deny access the file-extensions&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # ~    is for backupfiles from vi, emacs, joe, ...&#xD;&#xA;    # .inc is often used for code includes which should in general not be part&#xD;&#xA;    #      of the document-root&#xD;&#xA;    url.access-deny            = ( &quot;~&quot;, &quot;.inc&quot; )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ##&#xD;&#xA;    # which extensions should not be handle via static-file transfer&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # .php, .pl, .fcgi are most often handled by mod_fastcgi or mod_cgi&#xD;&#xA;    static-file.exclude-extensions = ( &quot;.php&quot;, &quot;.pl&quot;, &quot;.fcgi&quot; )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mimetype.assign             = (&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.pdf&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;application/pdf&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.sig&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;application/pgp-signature&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.spl&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;application/futuresplash&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.class&quot;        =&gt;      &quot;application/octet-stream&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.ps&quot;           =&gt;      &quot;application/postscript&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.torrent&quot;      =&gt;      &quot;application/x-bittorrent&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.dvi&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;application/x-dvi&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.gz&quot;           =&gt;      &quot;application/x-gzip&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.pac&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.swf&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.tar.gz&quot;       =&gt;      &quot;application/x-tgz&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.tgz&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;application/x-tgz&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.tar&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;application/x-tar&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.zip&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;application/zip&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.mp3&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;audio/mpeg&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.m3u&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;audio/x-mpegurl&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.wma&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;audio/x-ms-wma&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.wax&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;audio/x-ms-wax&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.ogg&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;audio/x-wav&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.wav&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;audio/x-wav&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.gif&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;image/gif&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.jpg&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.jpeg&quot;         =&gt;      &quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.png&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;image/png&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.xbm&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;image/x-xbitmap&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.xpm&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;image/x-xpixmap&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.xwd&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;image/x-xwindowdump&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.css&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;text/css&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.html&quot;         =&gt;      &quot;text/html&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.htm&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;text/html&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.js&quot;           =&gt;      &quot;text/javascript&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.asc&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;text/plain&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.c&quot;            =&gt;      &quot;text/plain&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.conf&quot;         =&gt;      &quot;text/plain&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.text&quot;         =&gt;      &quot;text/plain&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.txt&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;text/plain&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.dtd&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;text/xml&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.xml&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;text/xml&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.rss&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;application/rss+xml&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.mpeg&quot;         =&gt;      &quot;video/mpeg&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.mpg&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;video/mpeg&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.mov&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;video/quicktime&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.qt&quot;           =&gt;      &quot;video/quicktime&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.avi&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;video/x-msvideo&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.asf&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;video/x-ms-asf&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.asx&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;video/x-ms-asf&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.wmv&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;video/x-ms-wmv&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.bz2&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;application/x-bzip&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.tbz&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;application/x-bzip-compressed-tar&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.tar.bz2&quot;      =&gt;      &quot;application/x-bzip-compressed-tar&quot;&#xD;&#xA;     )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    include_shell &quot;/usr/share/lighttpd/include-conf-enabled.pl&quot; &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44659" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25152" RevisionGUID="035a0ddc-135a-4543-9fc8-64fe78b032f8" CreationDate="2009-06-13T05:02:03.683" UserId="3657" Text="It does **not** mean that your server is out of disk space.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It does usually mean that your server is running out of file handles or kernel memory to process clients.  See:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/285089/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've seen this also when you have more than 3GB of RAM in a 32-bit server which has PAE enabled and/or you have SP2 installed because this enables DEP which actually reduces the kernel memory handles available to you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - DEP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875352&#xD;&#xA; - PAE: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900524&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and read this about the kernel memory limits of various configurations of 2003 server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://blogs.technet.com/askperf/archive/2007/03/07/memory-management-understanding-pool-resources.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please also reference this KB article regarding the paged pool as these settings can help the server flush the pages faster and may mitigate the issue&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312362&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44660" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25152" RevisionGUID="f3dbeb8e-35f1-49bd-b3c7-3a698f7292e6" CreationDate="2009-06-13T05:09:51.670" UserId="3657" Comment="added 172 characters in body" Text="It does **not** mean that your server is out of disk space.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It does usually mean that your server is running out of file handles or kernel memory to process clients.  See:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/285089/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've seen this also when you have more than 3GB of RAM in a 32-bit server which has PAE enabled and/or you have SP2 installed because this enables DEP which actually reduces the kernel memory handles available to you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - DEP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875352&#xD;&#xA; - PAE: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900524&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and read this about the kernel memory limits of various configurations of 2003 server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://blogs.technet.com/askperf/archive/2007/03/07/memory-management-understanding-pool-resources.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please also reference this KB article regarding the paged pool as these settings can help the server flush the pages faster and may mitigate the issue&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312362&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**: This article is also very detailed in regards to the kernel memory tuning which can help greatly to resolve this error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/?id=304101" />
  <row Id="44661" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25153" RevisionGUID="cb4c35f2-96e9-47ea-9466-cb96882c629c" CreationDate="2009-06-13T05:19:06.083" UserId="3437" Text="We had issues with account lockouts in a large org I worked for in the past. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I did (as a member of the IT org) was to build a script which sat on the PDC (now PDC emulator). Whenever an account is locked out, this domain controller registers an Event ID # [644][1] (4740 on Windows Server 2008) in the Security log. The event also includes the name of the client machine which attempted the last logon with improper password. So my script polled the Security Log every 5 minutes and posted this data to a web page which was accessible to the Help Desk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once we had this, it was a trivial matter to change Help Desk's workflow to check that page whenever they got an account lockout issue, then help the user discover what it was on that machine which had caused the lockout. As you note in your blog article, the culprit is usually some second machine where the user had forgotten that they were logged on when they changed their password from their primary machine. Usually that second machine would be running Outlook, or have a drive mapped via the user's (now out of date) credentials.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And when Help Desk had lulls in their day, they could **proactively** check this web page and resolve issues for people who didn't yet know they'd been victims of account lockout.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there is interest in this script, I could dig it out, dust it off, and post it here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ultimatewindowssecurity.com/securitylog/encyclopedia/event.aspx?eventID=644" />
  <row Id="44662" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25154" RevisionGUID="4491ccf7-3b1a-473e-ba0b-c40fe91120e0" CreationDate="2009-06-13T05:19:19.497" UserDisplayName="MarkFilipak" Text="**Windows XP, autoplay (autorun)**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not a registry fix. Much better. Kills autoplay (autorun) for all removable media, including USB memory sticks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Group Policy (gpedit.msc) &gt; Local Computer Policy &gt; Computer Configuration &gt; Administrative Templates &gt; System &gt; Turn off Autoplay&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Group Policy Editor makes all appropriate registry changes - not sure this is possible in XP Home (tip: boot safe mode and search for gpedit.msc).&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="44664" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25152" RevisionGUID="82a2f55a-3288-46a8-a406-3b72e2283ce7" CreationDate="2009-06-13T05:20:00.120" UserId="3657" Comment="Revised answer for clarity regarding DEP, PAE, and kernel memory which causes the error referenced" Text="It does **not** mean that your server is out of disk space.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It does usually mean that your server is running out of file handles or kernel memory to process clients.  See:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/285089/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With the release of Windows 2003 Server SP1, [DEP][1] [is enabled on supported systems][2].  [PAE][3] is required for DEP.  The result of this is that on just about any server running SP1 or later, the ammount of kernel memory available is dramatically reduced:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please reference [this chart][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 2GB RAM, No PAE, Non-paged pool: 262MB&#xD;&#xA; - 2GB RAM, PAE (required by DEP), Non-paged pool: 131MB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This article is also very detailed in regards to the kernel memory tuning which can help greatly to resolve this error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/?id=304101&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875352&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2005/07/05/407330.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900524&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://blogs.technet.com/clint_huffman/archive/2007/10/01/indentify-32-bit-kernel-memory-issues.aspx" />
  <row Id="44665" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25144" RevisionGUID="4cc31936-aa90-498d-9a57-e25b2f8a896c" CreationDate="2009-06-13T05:20:31.383" UserId="568" Comment="added 2236 characters in body" Text="When doing a dist-upgrade recently, my lighttpd-1.4.19 install on Ubuntu 8.0.4 has begun failing to restart or reload properly with the /etc/init.d/lighttpd restart command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ~$ sudo /etc/init.d/lighttpd restart&#xD;&#xA;     * Stopping web server lighttpd&#xD;&#xA;       ...done.&#xD;&#xA;     * Starting web server lighttpd&#xD;&#xA;    2009-06-13 04:06:36: (network.c.300) can't bind to port:  80 Address already in use &#xD;&#xA;       ...fail!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The same error occurs when I do a reload.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The way I get around it is to kill lighttpd and then issue the start command, but it seems like I shouldn't have to do that :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've looked at my config files, and can't spot any immediate errors. Does anyone have any ideas what can be causing this error? This seems to be the latest version as of writing this question that is available via the apt-get route.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My config file is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Debian lighttpd configuration file&#xD;&#xA;    # &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ############ Options you really have to take care of ####################&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ## modules to load&#xD;&#xA;    # mod_access, mod_accesslog and mod_alias are loaded by default&#xD;&#xA;    # all other module should only be loaded if neccesary&#xD;&#xA;    # - saves some time&#xD;&#xA;    # - saves memory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    server.modules              = ( &#xD;&#xA;                &quot;mod_access&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;                &quot;mod_alias&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;                &quot;mod_accesslog&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;                &quot;mod_compress&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;                &quot;mod_fastcgi&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;                &quot;mod_rewrite&quot;, &#xD;&#xA;                &quot;mod_redirect&quot;, &#xD;&#xA;     )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 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         =&gt;      &quot;video/mpeg&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.mov&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;video/quicktime&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.qt&quot;           =&gt;      &quot;video/quicktime&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.avi&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;video/x-msvideo&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.asf&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;video/x-ms-asf&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.asx&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;video/x-ms-asf&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.wmv&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;video/x-ms-wmv&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.bz2&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;application/x-bzip&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.tbz&quot;          =&gt;      &quot;application/x-bzip-compressed-tar&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;      &quot;.tar.bz2&quot;      =&gt;      &quot;application/x-bzip-compressed-tar&quot;&#xD;&#xA;     )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    include_shell &quot;/usr/share/lighttpd/include-conf-enabled.pl&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My /etc/init.d/lighttpd script is (untouched from installation):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    ### BEGIN INIT INFO&#xD;&#xA;    # Provides:          lighttpd&#xD;&#xA;    # Required-Start:    networking&#xD;&#xA;    # Required-Stop:     networking&#xD;&#xA;    # Default-Start:     2 3 4 5&#xD;&#xA;    # Default-Stop:      0 1 6&#xD;&#xA;    # Short-Description: Start the lighttpd web server.&#xD;&#xA;    ### END INIT INFO&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin&#xD;&#xA;    DAEMON=/usr/sbin/lighttpd&#xD;&#xA;    NAME=lighttpd&#xD;&#xA;    DESC=&quot;web server&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid&#xD;&#xA;    SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME&#xD;&#xA;    ENV=&quot;env -i LANG=C PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    SSD=&quot;/sbin/start-stop-daemon&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    DAEMON_OPTS=&quot;-f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    test -x $DAEMON || exit 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    set -e&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # be sure there is a /var/run/lighttpd, even with tmpfs&#xD;&#xA;    mkdir -p /var/run/lighttpd &gt; /dev/null 2&gt; /dev/null&#xD;&#xA;    chown www-data:www-data /var/run/lighttpd&#xD;&#xA;    chmod 0750 /var/run/lighttpd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    . /lib/lsb/init-functions&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    case &quot;$1&quot; in&#xD;&#xA;      start)&#xD;&#xA;    	log_daemon_msg &quot;Starting $DESC&quot; $NAME&#xD;&#xA;    	if ! $ENV $SSD --start --quiet\&#xD;&#xA;    	--pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS ; then&#xD;&#xA;                log_end_msg 1&#xD;&#xA;    	else&#xD;&#xA;                log_end_msg 0&#xD;&#xA;    	fi&#xD;&#xA;        ;;&#xD;&#xA;      stop)&#xD;&#xA;    	log_daemon_msg &quot;Stopping $DESC&quot; $NAME&#xD;&#xA;    	if $SSD --quiet --stop --oknodo --retry 30\&#xD;&#xA;    	--pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON; then&#xD;&#xA;    	    rm -f $PIDFILE&#xD;&#xA;    	    log_end_msg 0&#xD;&#xA;    	else&#xD;&#xA;    	    log_end_msg 1&#xD;&#xA;    	fi&#xD;&#xA;    	;;&#xD;&#xA;      reload)&#xD;&#xA;    	log_daemon_msg &quot;Reloading $DESC configuration&quot; $NAME&#xD;&#xA;    	if $SSD --stop --signal 2 --oknodo --retry 30\&#xD;&#xA;    	--quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON; then&#xD;&#xA;    	    if $ENV $SSD --start --quiet  \&#xD;&#xA;    		--pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS ; then&#xD;&#xA;    		log_end_msg 0&#xD;&#xA;    	    else&#xD;&#xA;    		log_end_msg 1&#xD;&#xA;    	    fi&#xD;&#xA;    	else&#xD;&#xA;    	    log_end_msg 1&#xD;&#xA;    	fi&#xD;&#xA;      ;;&#xD;&#xA;      restart|force-reload)&#xD;&#xA;    	$0 stop&#xD;&#xA;    	[ -r  $PIDFILE ] &amp;&amp; while pidof lighttpd |\&#xD;&#xA;    		 grep -q `cat $PIDFILE 2&gt;/dev/null` 2&gt;/dev/null ; do sleep 1; done&#xD;&#xA;    	$0 start&#xD;&#xA;    	;;&#xD;&#xA;      *)&#xD;&#xA;    	echo &quot;Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}&quot; &gt;&amp;2&#xD;&#xA;    	exit 1&#xD;&#xA;    	;;&#xD;&#xA;    esac&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    exit 0" />
  <row Id="44668" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25156" RevisionGUID="a947cf2d-948b-4770-83e3-91cdc389d8b4" CreationDate="2009-06-13T05:33:00.173" UserId="6390" Text="I can't add a comment to the existing answer, but there is an environment variable for the AppData path that you should probably use instead, so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;del /F %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\*.lnk&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44669" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25157" RevisionGUID="38b5c614-cd40-4d2a-8594-39325edea62f" CreationDate="2009-06-13T05:33:04.290" UserId="3437" Text="Another answer, again from the IT point of view, would be to rethink the account lockout policy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not uncommon to see the lockout policy set such that 10 bad login attempts within 10 minutes causes complete lockout **until an admin resets the account**. Not only that, such a low limit makes you vulnerable to a simple Denial of Service (DoS) attack: a BadGuy(TM) needs only to use 10 bad passwords and now he has locked out the account. Imagine this happening to 500 accounts! I've seen it: it's no fun. Worse, imagine it being done to all of your admin accounts!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's my contention that this limit can be eased greatly at only minimal increase in security risk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bruteforce password hacking, if the password is even minimally complex, requires thousands or millions of attempts before it has any decent chance of success. So why not consider a password policy that allows 50 logon tries in 5 minutes, and then resets automatically after 5 minutes? At this rate (50 tries every 5 minutes), most bruteforce scripts would simply give up, but most cursory DoS attempts would not reach the limit. Those bruteforce scripts which *did* understand that the account unlocks after 5 minutes, allowing another 50 tries, would be limited to 7200 tries per day. You can fiddle the limits around to whatever you like, of course." />
  <row Id="44670" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25158" RevisionGUID="1f17c603-0454-4e28-8d72-e2316eb648ba" CreationDate="2009-06-13T05:39:23.653" UserId="6390" Text="Do you have the latest BIOS and drivers (esp. network)?  STOP 0x000000124 indicates an uncorrectable error from WHEA (Windows Hardware Error Architecture) and strongly points to hardware issues." />
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  <row Id="44674" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25160" RevisionGUID="dadadaa5-020a-48b5-a030-177d5526a264" CreationDate="2009-06-13T05:44:54.360" UserId="9258" Text="It is probably going to be really hard to find a hosting company that will allow you to upload and deploy your own custom WSP in a shared environment. This is because by uploading a WSP you can run code with really high privileges which can result in a security breach and/or performance issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The recommended approach in this scenario is to host it yourself or find a company that will help you by leasing you hardware and software to run your own dedicated farm." />
  <row Id="44675" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25161" RevisionGUID="00c7de04-9e31-4776-a7fe-0322120b8360" CreationDate="2009-06-13T05:48:29.377" UserId="6199" Text="You could save a few bucks on a cheap card but I bet if you have problems Juniper will laugh at you (and tell you to buy their card). If it works, great, if it causes problem, erugh." />
  <row Id="44676" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25162" RevisionGUID="130cdd50-495c-4ff9-9f21-44309acea3ac" CreationDate="2009-06-13T05:55:12.187" UserId="3038" Text="One thing that is niggling at me is the possibility of a time-sync problem on the DC's and possibly your workstation that's getting in the way of Kerberos. Bad time can lead to failed logins, which count against lockout. The command &quot;w32tm&quot; can help you diagnose if your workstation is drifting time from the DC's or your Exchange servers (or from each other). You don't need any special privs to do checking for that command I believe. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is my *guess* that the manual Outlook login is starting a brand new login session, rather than attempting to reuse the token you got when you logged in your desktop session. For whatever reason, this isn't getting stale the way the desktop login was.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The next thing I'd look for would be suspicious Event Log entries, but I presume that's already been done. Unfortunately, I can't describe what 'suspicious' would look like. I'd compare a normal pass-through login to Exchange versus your failed login and start googling the differences if it wasn't obvious. :} " />
  <row Id="44677" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19652" RevisionGUID="9c0d4f05-8a0d-496d-b644-e50551e75007" CreationDate="2009-06-13T06:05:59.450" UserId="8017" Comment="added 342 characters in body" Text="A little time with reflector revealed that the upgrade code was calling sp_fulltext_database - searching for that gave me a number of posts about querys running for days and suggestions to reinstall windows. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After restarting the search service, the operation completed in 3 seconds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course this just got me as far as the next timeout (on the DocVersions table) - I have detailed the issues and solution on my blog:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.tqcblog.com/archive/2009/06/05/gradual-upgrade-large-databases-and-timeouts.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tqcblog.com/archive/2009/06/05/gradual-upgrade-large-databases-and-timeouts.aspx" />
  <row Id="44679" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25164" RevisionGUID="71dc5d08-5887-49cf-814d-5b1b9f02dfe6" CreationDate="2009-06-13T06:18:56.943" UserId="5264" Text="I really like the RemoteApp features of Windows Server 2008&#xD;&#xA;Are there any solutions for similar functionality for *Linux* clients and a Windows server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have users that are running Linux on the desktop and rdesktop to a Windows server, mostly for Outlook. It would be nice if Outlook could behave more seamlessly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From what I can tell rdesktop doesn't do that yet, it only implements RDP 5.  I've also seen [&quot;SeamlessRDP&quot; from Cendio][1], which is an extension to rdesktop, but I can't get it to work. I think it doesn't work in Vista, but that is just a guess.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas? And thanks in advance.&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cendio.com/seamlessrdp/" />
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  <row Id="44684" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25165" RevisionGUID="a2429ac1-df34-4865-8c40-062b4f150ae0" CreationDate="2009-06-13T01:31:13.627" Text="&lt;sleep&gt;&lt;not-programming-related&gt;" />
  <row Id="44686" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24409" RevisionGUID="852304b2-8e5f-4749-a8e0-c183939927e6" CreationDate="2009-06-13T06:59:01.060" UserDisplayName="badger" Comment="added 243 characters in body" Text="I'm looking to buy a NAS, however am confused about scalability. I dont understand how a 4 disk NAS can have a max capacity of 2tb? why cant i replace the drives with 1tb drives? Or 2tb drives when they come out?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit - thanks for the answers! i'm just investigating at the moment. Here is an example http://www.qnap.com/pro_detail_hardware.asp?p_id=108. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;HDD - 6 x 3.5&quot; SATA I/II HDD, (up to 1.5TB HDD, the standard system is shipped without HDD)&quot;" />
  <row Id="44687" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25166" RevisionGUID="b1a006da-7d77-451d-b902-71ebd438d055" CreationDate="2009-06-13T07:14:05.383" UserId="4757" Text="The local state is preserved when you stop a process, but the state of remote resources obviously cannot be maintained. If the remote MySQL instance times out the connection you need to reconnect." />
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  <row Id="44691" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25169" RevisionGUID="91b705e0-1f12-43eb-8d00-29f909d70d16" CreationDate="2009-06-13T07:31:27.860" UserId="8660" Text="Ok. To get `&amp;` on a US keyboard, press Shift-7. To get it on a Swedish keyboard, press Shift-6. So, what do you get when you press Shift-7 on a Swedish keyboard? You get `/`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Years ago Swedish layouts were not that common. My personal preference was to use the US layout. One day I wanted to delete a bunch of files and subdirs in a directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rm -fr *&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But is was too slow, so I quickly hit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Ctrl-C rm -fr * &amp;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or did I? Well I did not. It took me a few seconds to realize I was on a Swedish keyboard. See above to decode what happened. And that disaster was a fact.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That was the day when I learned the command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I managed to get basically eventually from the disk to tape, only that it took all night. Next day I learned that the system was about to be reinstalled anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was lucky, but I learned a few things." />
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  <row Id="44694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25170" RevisionGUID="35e55297-23cc-4673-a6c1-496f52482423" CreationDate="2009-06-13T07:37:00.890" UserId="1972" Text="Using apt-get dist-upgrade to upgrade software on a server, I get the following error: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Extracting templates from packages: 100%&#xD;&#xA;    Preconfiguring packages ...&#xD;&#xA;    (Reading database ... 28575 files and directories currently installed.)&#xD;&#xA;    Preparing to replace debianutils 2.8.4 (using .../debianutils_2.30_i386.deb) ...&#xD;&#xA;    Unpacking replacement debianutils ...&#xD;&#xA;    dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/debianutils_2.30_i386.deb (--unpack):&#xD;&#xA;     trying to overwrite `/usr/sbin/add-shell', which is also in package passwd&#xD;&#xA;    dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)&#xD;&#xA;    Errors were encountered while processing:&#xD;&#xA;     /var/cache/apt/archives/debianutils_2.30_i386.deb&#xD;&#xA;    E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I got a similar error some minutes prior with another package so I used apt-get remove to remove the package and then apt-get grade which seemed to get past that first little problem... Until it hit this next one. I can't use apt-get remove to remove debianutils as this is a core package and will break the system if removed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any pointers as to where to go from here?" />
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  <row Id="44698" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25171" RevisionGUID="c56664d5-ce34-441a-a274-9c0d0bba730a" CreationDate="2009-06-13T07:40:20.680" UserId="7429" Text="MacOS X iSCSI Initiator MPIO or LACP Support" />
  <row Id="44699" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25171" RevisionGUID="c56664d5-ce34-441a-a274-9c0d0bba730a" CreationDate="2009-06-13T07:40:20.680" UserId="7429" Text="&lt;iscsi&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;macosxserver&gt;&lt;raid&gt;&lt;xserve&gt;" />
  <row Id="44700" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25172" RevisionGUID="ffbc7bb0-e6b5-482c-89b4-e2a5e0e0b045" CreationDate="2009-06-13T07:53:42.573" UserId="1435" Text="Looked at [globalSAN][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does the ATTO one not work or just not officially support MPIO/LACP? The reason I ask is that I *think* MPIO is a L2/L3 thing with iSCSI initiation being higher up the stack - therefore the initiator shouldn't care about the actual LAN setup beneath it - could easily be wrong on that though :)&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.studionetworksolutions.com/products/product_detail.php?pi=11" />
  <row Id="44701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25173" RevisionGUID="27c21948-1747-4324-b772-92c6128c4b7f" CreationDate="2009-06-13T07:54:34.600" UserId="1972" Text="Ahhh, found what I was looking for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dpkg -r --force all passwd&#xD;&#xA;    apt-get -f install&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44702" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25174" RevisionGUID="67c63a11-6529-4fae-a379-77ec933ac561" CreationDate="2009-06-13T07:55:21.507" UserId="3872" Text="we have a huge and growing number of windows images and other large files.&#xD;&#xA;in there i assume most of the files are identical over multiple files.&#xD;&#xA;is there a compression system or maybe even filesystem which detects this?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44703" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25174" RevisionGUID="67c63a11-6529-4fae-a379-77ec933ac561" CreationDate="2009-06-13T07:55:21.507" UserId="3872" Text="compress large similar files " />
  <row Id="44704" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25174" RevisionGUID="67c63a11-6529-4fae-a379-77ec933ac561" CreationDate="2009-06-13T07:55:21.507" UserId="3872" Text="&lt;compression&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="44705" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25175" RevisionGUID="92f29f70-b762-48c5-a85f-9a1a5f244a7b" CreationDate="2009-06-13T07:58:50.643" UserId="1435" Text="We always try to be clever and script everything that we find repetitive but not everything can be automated - what have you found in your career to be just a massive pain?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll give you mine - building Netware version 2.xx on 5.25&quot; disks with multiple NICs - this often took HOURS of swapping disks, pacing around, swapping disks, more pacing etc. Then finally it would hopefully work - if you'd not set the IRQs/DMAs right you had to start again, wow I loved version 3 which didn't need all that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What about you?" />
  <row Id="44706" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25175" RevisionGUID="92f29f70-b762-48c5-a85f-9a1a5f244a7b" CreationDate="2009-06-13T07:58:50.643" UserId="1435" Text="What IT tasks have you found in your career to be just painful" />
  <row Id="44707" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25175" RevisionGUID="92f29f70-b762-48c5-a85f-9a1a5f244a7b" CreationDate="2009-06-13T07:58:50.643" UserId="1435" Text="&lt;humor&gt;" />
  <row Id="44709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25176" RevisionGUID="dab54d37-d6fa-4445-a461-e83a1e351f5f" CreationDate="2009-06-13T07:59:50.267" UserId="7342" Text="The problem is that both debianutils and passwd both contain the same file (/usr/sbin/add-shell). I'm a little confused as to how you've got 2.8.4 installed, as it's not in any released version of Debian and was created in 2004. Are you trying to upgrade from a sarge box? You should be upgrading to etch, then lenny. Upgrading between more than one version is not supported. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This may end badly, but you can fix this by running:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/debianutils_2.30_i386.deb&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but you may end up with even more problems. I think you should reconsider why you're upgrading such an old version first. " />
  <row Id="44711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25177" RevisionGUID="2003f772-299c-4f46-964e-22c9a7ca4ec2" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:04:37.667" UserId="1435" Text="Yes, you need a technique called 'deduplication'. It's not like compression which looks at individual files, it looks for block-level repetition - so if you had a million copies of the same file it *should* only store one real copy and then just refer to that with a million pointers. Let us know which OS you're looking for and I'll try to find a program that does it for you 'in server', it's very often a function of a NAS/SAN system such as NetApp filers." />
  <row Id="44712" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25178" RevisionGUID="6e681687-adda-4f9e-944e-81b65918aa22" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:04:37.713" UserId="4487" Text="Do you mean &quot;images&quot; as in ISO/WIM files, or just directory structures containing different Windows install images?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's the latter, Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 uses [Single Instance Storage][1], which is a fancy way of saying it detects multiples copies of identical files, stores them in the SIS Common Store and places links in the places the files are meant to be. This happens low down in the filesystem and is transparent to applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that you cannot simply purchase licences for the WSS product, it is only available through OEM partners, so you'd have to buy a new box from HP, Dell, etc. which runs WSS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/archive/2006/02/03/single-instance-store-sis-in-windows-storage-server-r2.aspx" />
  <row Id="44713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25179" RevisionGUID="ed22e844-7f2f-4af0-a48d-485567a27c92" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:06:57.833" UserId="7058" Text="Back in the strictly .rpm days, dependency hell.  Or on the Windows side, fun with drivers under Win 9x." />
  <row Id="44714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25180" RevisionGUID="fff02915-fd23-452a-add2-d39d69ae3963" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:08:27.207" UserDisplayName="Matt" Text="We had a problem not long ago with a user's account repeatedly locking out. Turned out he had tried to set up his email account via an IMAP client (iPhone in this case) and as our password policy requires a password change every 30 days, when he changed his password but did not update it on the iPhone his account kept locking out due to the incorrect password being used. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Worth checking at least. " />
  <row Id="44715" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25181" RevisionGUID="32da31e7-6e68-4dbf-8288-7c572c693082" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:08:55.600" UserId="5989" Text="Cable management.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically, punching down CAT6 network patch panels, from servers to cross-connects to switches, and all the associated cable mess that goes along with it. At a previous employer we did bonded ethernet for every server, and some systems had 2-3 bonded pairs (so 4-6 pairs of cables).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;72 patch panel cables for each of 4 racks. My fingers ache thinking about it. " />
  <row Id="44716" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25182" RevisionGUID="83ee0f02-bbb0-4159-aaf0-d5fee5c38860" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:10:46.250" UserId="3950" Text="I manage a couple of hundred Linux servers, most of which are HP, if they are not virtualized. Historically, we have installed the HP ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) since before I started working here. The PSP comes with usefull (?) stuff like the HP System Management Homepage - which I have never used, but a couple of my colleagues do regularly - and a bunch of drivers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of these drivers, like the iLO kernel module, are not in the stock kernel we use, so it might be useful to install those. Other drivers though, like the cciss and qla2xxx drivers HP supplies, aren't that useful: they are in the stock kernel and have been for quite some time. Overwriting the stock drivers will probably void support from our vendor on several kernel subsystems of not the whole kernel. On the other hand, HP might not support certain issues if you do not use *their* drivers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tend to lean to not installing the HP drivers, but what do you think: is there a tempting reason to install HPs cciss, qla2xxx, e1000, tg3, bnx2 (etc.) drivers and overwriting the drivers provided in the stock kernel package? " />
  <row Id="44717" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25182" RevisionGUID="83ee0f02-bbb0-4159-aaf0-d5fee5c38860" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:10:46.250" UserId="3950" Text="What is the added value of installing Dell / HP / IBM / etc. supplied drivers?" />
  <row Id="44718" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25182" RevisionGUID="83ee0f02-bbb0-4159-aaf0-d5fee5c38860" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:10:46.250" UserId="3950" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;hp&gt;&lt;dell&gt;&lt;ibm&gt;&lt;drivers&gt;" />
  <row Id="44719" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25183" RevisionGUID="24a84441-e905-4e55-b881-7374892a7dfd" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:13:44.997" UserId="1435" Text="We ALWAYS install the PSP with our HP machines - mainly to properly feed HP SIM with the right information. This allows SIM to centrally manage BIOS/driver code and importantly enables system-wide 'pre-failure' warning and hardware replacement. Specifically if a hardware component is *about* to fail it will alert us, raise a call directly with HP for the part and the man with a new bit pops up to replace it before it's even failed. " />
  <row Id="44720" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25184" RevisionGUID="4cfd60b9-15ce-4115-8b76-22ec9fe7a1da" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:13:55.603" UserId="45" Text="If you want to connect **as sysdba**, you must, in addition to be a member of privileged group and sqlnet.ora properly configured - use a **password file** and corresponding parameter configured in the parameter file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are two useful links from the documentation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Oracle Database Reference - REMOTE_LOGIN_PASSWORDFILE][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Oracle Database Administrator's Guide - Using Password File Authentication][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96536/ch1177.htm#1023215&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96521/dba.htm#1167" />
  <row Id="44721" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25185" RevisionGUID="5f060931-6ba3-4903-ae38-7101e260fcc2" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:18:15.893" UserId="5989" Text="Vendor-agnostic answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should contact the hardware vendor and ask them what the support reprecussions are if you install their drivers vs the OS drivers. Did you purchase the OS from them? Are they supported if they're not running Windows, Red Hat, SUSE, whatever? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Typically the value-add itself is just as you imply - additional server management features. Most often in my experience, these features are not that useful if you're automating your environment with something other than the vendor-supplied tools, or one of their affiliate brands (ie, IBM and Tivoli, HP and OpenView, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For what it's worth, we automated the installation of the Dell 2950 remote console software that allowed connecting to the DRAC device via VNC, and the storage management GUI for the MD3000's. They're both recommended, and it was easier to automate than to explain to Dell &quot;no we don't use that crap, we use what the OS comes with.&quot; Especially since we were using CentOS instead of Red Hat." />
  <row Id="44722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25186" RevisionGUID="e11989a4-fb38-4315-b82e-e43a3e03707a" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:19:21.053" UserId="45" Text="Importing data from external sources to your own database. Even if you have a very clear spcified in the documentation how the files have to look like, there is always something that breaks the automated processes, for example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - wrong data types&#xD;&#xA; - invalid XML&#xD;&#xA; - problems with the character set&#xD;&#xA; - inconsistent relationships between tables&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44723" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25187" RevisionGUID="cbc2faf5-9820-4112-9bc8-0ea02d2af5d6" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:21:28.100" UserId="3950" Text="On our Linux servers, we currently use HPs qla2xxx drivers, because it has multipathing (active/passive) built in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The are, however, various other options, like Red Hats device-mapper-multipath with the stock qla2xxx drivers (multibus and failover) and things like SecurePath and PowerPath (both of which can do trunking, iirc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can someone tell me what the merits and demerits of the various options are (if I can ask such a question), besides the obvious fact that the {Secure,Power}Path options cost vast amounts of money? I'm mainly interested in the freely available options, like HPs qla2xxx vs. Red Hats multipathd and possible other open source solutions, but I would like to hear good reasons to go for the commercial solutions too." />
  <row Id="44724" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25187" RevisionGUID="cbc2faf5-9820-4112-9bc8-0ea02d2af5d6" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:21:28.100" UserId="3950" Text="Merit and demerits for various Linux fiberchannel multipath options" />
  <row Id="44725" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25187" RevisionGUID="cbc2faf5-9820-4112-9bc8-0ea02d2af5d6" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:21:28.100" UserId="3950" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;fiber-channel&gt;&lt;multipath&gt;" />
  <row Id="44726" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="25081" RevisionGUID="9ebd18da-ece3-4e3f-a9c4-8915f9e6a055" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:23:30.127" UserId="45" Comment="edited title" Text="How do I restart a Windows service from a script?" />
  <row Id="44727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25188" RevisionGUID="acce76e3-7fb9-4101-81c9-768b9c3498a0" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:26:43.253" UserId="6689" Text="Managing remote networked backups. 40 different machines, each at different sites, backing up to 5 local server, most of which are re-purposed desktops. We don't have the budget for software like TSM, so we have to use cheaper, less reliable alternatives. There's a huge amount that can (and does) go wrong." />
  <row Id="44728" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25174" RevisionGUID="fbf8efa5-9d6b-47db-bbe7-518a839c2afd" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:27:54.827" UserId="45" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="We have a huge and growing number of windows images and other large files. In there I assume most of the files are identical over multiple files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a compression system or maybe even filesystem which detects this?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44729" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="25174" RevisionGUID="fbf8efa5-9d6b-47db-bbe7-518a839c2afd" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:27:54.827" UserId="45" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="Compress large similar files " />
  <row Id="44730" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25165" RevisionGUID="cfe4367b-cd8a-4969-ade5-adab95155fc8" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:29:18.617" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 23 characters in body; edited title; edited tags" Text="I stopped a php program by ctrl-z, and `bg 1` right away, but the connection seems not valid any more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Isn't `sleep` supposed to restore all resources correctly?&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="44732" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25165" RevisionGUID="cfe4367b-cd8a-4969-ade5-adab95155fc8" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:29:18.617" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 23 characters in body; edited title; edited tags" Text="&lt;sleep&gt;&lt;database&gt;" />
  <row Id="44733" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25189" RevisionGUID="7f101e4c-9e98-4406-9314-aa34e785bb8f" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:31:29.220" UserId="5989" Text="I started out my professional career as a programmer. My degree is in Computer Information Systems, and I was all set to be an application programmer. In my first job out of college, I was doing the standard junior level development - QA, testing, scripting, converting projects between languages, programming web sites, etc. Then it turned out the guy the company hired to be the sysadmin fit the programming/development needs better than I did (they really needed a higher level person), and I was well suited to system administration. After all, I'd been doing that for years as a hobby anyway, and I preferred it to code.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Over the years, I've been primarily a system administrator ever since, though in the last year, I've seen my job role change back to programming. Lots of QA and acceptance testing with automation tools, because of configuration management. Every book I've read on system adminstration harps on automation. You have to automate any task you do more than once, they say. It's true. Automation of course requires ... programming.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I think you might find yourself coming full circle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The system administration field really is leaning toward programming as a required discipline with the increasing number of API and frameworks used to configure and manage servers, instances, and tools. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, Puppet really broke the sysadmin space by bringing an excellent automation tool to mainstream usage. Sure, cfengine has been around for awhile, but even in 10 years of system administration, I never touched it. Instead, like many other system administrators, I cobbled together my own tools from various glue scripts and components. A new tool, Chef, is an even bigger breakthrough because it offers not only a declarative configuration language, but a RESTful API with which to program nodes and resources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These practices bring performance and scalability to the forefront of the system administrators task list. Instead of spending hours (or weeks, or more) figuring out how to glue your monitoring tool with your system management webui, you can focus on analyzing the data the monitoring tool presents, so you can improve performance and business metrics.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Plus I find it a lot more fun than installing and configuring Nagios ;)." />
  <row Id="44734" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25190" RevisionGUID="774e2f4e-a85b-44af-97c9-5231f8407c68" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:40:25.550" UserId="5989" Text="In the past I have used:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * IBM Subsystem Device Driver (IBM SAN devices)&#xD;&#xA; * RDAC (IBM DS4000 and Dell MD3000)&#xD;&#xA; * Device mapper multipath (IBM SAN, DS4000 and Dell MD3000)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I vastly prefer device mapper multipath for its simplicity, tight coupling to the kernel and reliability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The IBM SDD was originally an AIX driver ported to Linux. It worked well, but to avoid kernel taint required specific Linux kernel revisions, which were often 3-6 months lagged behind the latest and greatest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hate RDAC storage and trying to get multipathing software of any kind working with it. If you have RDAC storage, avoid the RDAC drivers and use dm-multipath. It's more reliable in my experience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For HBA drivers, I typically stick with whatever comes with the Linux kernel, since it also works with dm-multipath. Some of the biggest frustrations in my career have been trying to get the RDAC or SDD drivers working with the HBA drivers. Often there's a mismatch somewhere, and half the LUNs aren't seen, or conflict and you see the same ones twice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44735" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25191" RevisionGUID="c0fe64a7-292e-4d1e-879f-37880e3df1e9" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:47:46.020" UserId="5989" Text="I wouldn't manage all of /etc in a version control system. The reason is, most of the contents of /etc probably won't change much over time. Package management tools will manage a lot of files in /etc for you, and upgrading packages may cause interesting conflicts with a VCS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instead, I would use a [configuration][1] [management][2] system that manages various components and packages of my server(s), using templates and static files (where applicable) to configure the services and settings that store files in /etc (and elsewhere). I would store all that in a version control system, and I personally prefer Git, because as a system administrator, 'typical' Git workflows make more sense to me than Subversion (or CVS). Decentralization in Git makes it a huge win for system administration to me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Home&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://reductivelabs.com/projects/puppet" />
  <row Id="44736" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24692" RevisionGUID="dd049b43-8e33-4839-a82f-eb1559528387" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:48:52.197" UserId="7083" Comment="Response to editted question" Text="I maintain more than a fair number of Gentoo machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not because we care for childish funroll-loops speed tuning. What we care about is the flexibility of installing precisely what we want, not *every* package feature and dependency that a contributor thinks we *might* one day want. We are perfectly comfortable with how Linux, compiling and libraries work. We don't want everything to be abstracted away from us into a black box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should choose to use what you feel most comfortable with. Here are some details that may help to allay your fears of Gentoo specifically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Build times are relatively negligible on modern hardware. Even more so if your machines are of N+1 redundancy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You can be picky about how portage behaves, such as placing `MAKEOPTS=&quot;-l 1.0&quot;` in your make.conf to ensure that new builds backoff when the load average is creeping uncomfortably high.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You can use binary packages from Portage if you'd prefer. The mirrors provide a number of common packages or you can roll your own with `--buildpkgonly`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If you have a large number of machines then you can benefit from having a nominated build host or distributed compiling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The latest stable versions of Portage that are now in use are much more unlikely to leave you high and dry when performing upgrades. Tales of conflicts and blocks are pretty much a thing of the past.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If you are looking after so many machines that upgrades become painful then you should be looking at Puppet/BCFG/cfengine anyway ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update in response to question edit:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whilst I empathise with the situation you describe, it is not something that is symptomatic of source-based distributions or indeed prevented by using a package-based distribution. It is the result of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Your own natural unfamilalirity, and&#xD;&#xA; 2. Your predecessor's poor internal documentation&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Truth be told, I haven't extensively used any other Linux distros for quite some time now. For this reason, if you were to place a Debian machine (for example) onto my lap and tell me that OpenLDAP wasn't working after a reboot, then I too might spend 15 minutes or an hour to resolve the issue. Not because I don't have a good understanding of Linux or that Debian isn't a good OS, but primarily because I don't recall the intimate details of Debian's RC scripts or package system. This is why internal documentation is essential within an organisation. It should serve to jump-start the unfamiliar and to fill in the gaps of everyone else. Even if they do know everything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just a quick note specifically about Gentoo. Portage's USE flags are incredibly useful and &quot;minimal&quot; is something that I use frequently. I don't for instance want the server binaries of a package to be installed on a machine that will only ever be a client during it's lifetime. Having them unnecessarily present may increase complexity or even be a security concern. It's never an issue of space. You can see what USE flags and dependencies a package is going to adopt (and which it isn't) before it starts compiling by using the `-av` arguments. So you shouldn't get an surprises.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;GNUix&gt; Sorry, snap!" />
  <row Id="44737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25192" RevisionGUID="ca9cbc11-b7b2-4509-88c5-e97ddc5e7954" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:50:20.663" UserId="7783" Text="Sorting punched paper card jobs into order and finding the card where teh holes were a bit worn and causing read errors." />
  <row Id="44738" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25193" RevisionGUID="df1fee80-b7ad-432f-bb6c-2860dc0c9ca8" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:50:44.330" UserId="893" Text="Dead simple with powershell:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PS &gt;Restart-Service MySrvcHere&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even better, using display names:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PS &gt;Restart-Service -displayname &quot;My Service Name Here&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`Get-Help Restart-Service` for more" />
  <row Id="44739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25194" RevisionGUID="5013e4b9-9e69-4a09-85e7-4026a8292df6" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:53:51.093" UserId="893" Text="Powershell by way of [PoshConsole][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://poshconsole.codeplex.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://i3.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=PoshConsole&amp;DownloadId=56402" />
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  <row Id="44741" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="25173" RevisionGUID="ec43bd8d-8b44-406e-adec-5f494453c0a5" CreationDate="2009-06-13T08:56:25.207" UserId="1972" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1972,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Stacey Richards&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="44742" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25170" RevisionGUID="6a8eaa98-0116-4e06-b381-99e933a6c4a2" CreationDate="2009-06-13T09:04:23.740" UserId="1972" Comment="fixed spelling" Text="Using apt-get dist-upgrade to upgrade software on a server, I get the following error: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Extracting templates from packages: 100%&#xD;&#xA;    Preconfiguring packages ...&#xD;&#xA;    (Reading database ... 28575 files and directories currently installed.)&#xD;&#xA;    Preparing to replace debianutils 2.8.4 (using .../debianutils_2.30_i386.deb) ...&#xD;&#xA;    Unpacking replacement debianutils ...&#xD;&#xA;    dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/debianutils_2.30_i386.deb (--unpack):&#xD;&#xA;     trying to overwrite `/usr/sbin/add-shell', which is also in package passwd&#xD;&#xA;    dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)&#xD;&#xA;    Errors were encountered while processing:&#xD;&#xA;     /var/cache/apt/archives/debianutils_2.30_i386.deb&#xD;&#xA;    E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I got a similar error some minutes prior with another package so I used apt-get remove to remove the package and then apt-get upgrade which seemed to get past that first little problem... Until it hit this next one. I can't use apt-get remove to remove debianutils as this is a core package and will break the system if removed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any pointers as to where to go from here?" />
  <row Id="44743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25195" RevisionGUID="4f3735ab-3f5a-4ca4-b893-701e1822909f" CreationDate="2009-06-13T09:15:02.267" UserId="2489" Text="IT for me includes telecommunications.  And telecommunications means dealing with the baby bells in the USA.  And dealing with the Baby Bells means dealing with their hideously complex plans and options.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe it's because I lack a place to go ask questions and become educated about it.  Where's TelecomFault.com?" />
  <row Id="44744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25196" RevisionGUID="06470c58-685f-44b8-be73-79625c0125ac" CreationDate="2009-06-13T09:16:29.613" UserId="2299" Text="Here in the Windows world we find that Dell will not offer support unless you're using their drivers, and usually when you open a call the first thing they do is insist you install the very latest version of the drivers before they will touch the server. I don't know if this applies to Linux because I don't know what Linux support they offer, but I would check.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS I don't think I have *ever* found the fault to be due to not using a Dell driver. Mind you I have never known the Dell drivers to cause a problem. Going along with Dell seems the path of least resistance :-)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44745" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25197" RevisionGUID="fa6678d4-abaa-4550-98c3-071c29da9023" CreationDate="2009-06-13T09:21:00.633" UserId="2299" Text="I've seen this on a Win2008 terminal server and it was due to a corrupted profile. Deleting the profile and getting the user to log back in fixed it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Back up the users Desktop, Favorites and My Documents first, or you won't be popular. I speak from experience :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44746" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25198" RevisionGUID="3347891e-c7b1-4a32-9ae2-a847ca5145c5" CreationDate="2009-06-13T09:21:23.440" UserId="7083" Text="Another vote for DM multipath.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've suffered at the hands of QLogic's own qla3xxx/qla4xxx drivers and the userland utilities that are meant to control them before. Our experience might be slightly different because the cards were OEM'ed by IBM as the only iSCSI HBAs available for their blades, but I suspect that it applies equally. The drivers and utilities were a nightmare to use. Additionally neither IBM or QLogic were able to provide technical direction for using the cards in their recommended environments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In contrast, the upstream kernel drivers work with perfection. All the interfacing we require is presented through sysfs. LUNs from different paths arrive as block devices just as you'd expect, ready to be identified by multipathd. multipathd is relatively easy to configure and does exactly what it says on the tin in times of toil. If you have the technical expertise to do without any basic support they may provide you then this would be my recommendation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS: If you are looking to boot a root-on-multipath setup then it is a bit tricky but perfectly achievable. I can provide some notes if required." />
  <row Id="44747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25199" RevisionGUID="c58a7757-87bf-4bff-bd70-bb3dcb6899fa" CreationDate="2009-06-13T09:21:45.233" UserId="9406" Text="I want to copy all of the files and folders from one host to another.&#xD;&#xA;The files on the old host sit at /var/www/html and I only have FTP access to that server, and I can't TAR all the files.&#xD;&#xA;Regular connection to the old host through FTP brings me to the /home/admin folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried running the following command form my new server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    wget -r ftp://username:password@ip.of.old.host&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But all I get is a made up index.html file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What the right syntax for using wget recursively over FTP?" />
  <row Id="44748" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25199" RevisionGUID="c58a7757-87bf-4bff-bd70-bb3dcb6899fa" CreationDate="2009-06-13T09:21:45.233" UserId="9406" Text="Using wget to recursively download whole FTP directories" />
  <row Id="44749" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25199" RevisionGUID="c58a7757-87bf-4bff-bd70-bb3dcb6899fa" CreationDate="2009-06-13T09:21:45.233" UserId="9406" Text="&lt;ftp&gt;&lt;recursive&gt;" />
  <row Id="44750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25200" RevisionGUID="e5d2da82-0b83-4c19-9a18-00e4c74f7458" CreationDate="2009-06-13T09:22:37.713" UserId="2299" Text="Run sp_who2 to see who is connected and what they using.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44751" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22148" RevisionGUID="bba5a6d0-30e2-4186-9dfb-968624e1b77e" CreationDate="2009-06-13T09:24:47.070" UserId="45" Comment="added 254 characters in body" Text="I like my iPhone. There are [some nice sysadmin apps][1]. But besides the obvious email/calendar/contacts clients with Exchange integration, I primarily use it for note taking (EverNote), which is also very important in our job. The web browsing experience is great if you had to research something and last, but not least for my personal education: reading RSS feeds, listening to podcasts etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This question here on ServerFault.com contains lists of nice tools for the iPhone: [What are some “must have” iPhone/iTouch apps for IT people?][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/10/03/12-great-iphone-applications-for-sysadmins-and-webmasters/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2423/what-are-some-must-have-iphone-itouch-apps-for-it-people" />
  <row Id="44752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25201" RevisionGUID="fea4e986-34d0-455f-8f1a-8264bb6a5e88" CreationDate="2009-06-13T09:27:22.460" UserId="5392" Text="That's the right syntax. Not sure why you aren't getting the expected results.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As ever there is more than one way to do it. Try ncftp, in particular ncftpget" />
  <row Id="44753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25202" RevisionGUID="8134d9e5-be3e-4063-9a6c-ed7ea084084c" CreationDate="2009-06-13T09:29:05.780" UserId="4979" Text="    start /B /WAIT CMD /C &quot;sc stop myservice&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    start /B /WAIT CMD /C &quot;sc start myservice&quot;" />
  <row Id="44754" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25186" RevisionGUID="a14663d1-09c7-4504-90d0-56d5ed4ececf" CreationDate="2009-06-13T09:31:12.813" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 5 characters in body" Text="Importing data from external sources to your own database. Even if you have cleary specified in the documentation how the files have to look like, there is always something that breaks the automated processes, for example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - wrong data types&#xD;&#xA; - invalid XML&#xD;&#xA; - problems with the character set&#xD;&#xA; - inconsistent relationships between tables&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25203" RevisionGUID="548811d7-3c2e-4501-959b-246f71644ecf" CreationDate="2009-06-13T09:31:31.767" UserId="5392" Text="Doing the non technical work that has to be done to satisfy compliance regulations and external auditors. This is a world of pain without end." />
  <row Id="44756" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25202" RevisionGUID="54715657-1ffa-4388-974d-a389d331c3d5" CreationDate="2009-06-13T09:35:44.957" UserId="4979" Comment="added 199 characters in body; added 48 characters in body" Text="If it is purely for restarting the service, you can use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Net stop myservice&#xD;&#xA;    Net start myservice&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if you want access to the options of sc, you can use the start /wait command&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    start /B /WAIT CMD /C &quot;sc stop myservice&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    start /B /WAIT CMD /C &quot;sc start myservice&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this technique can be applied to any command" />
  <row Id="44757" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25159" RevisionGUID="53182961-cdcc-4154-9b2d-7c4a84a246a3" CreationDate="2009-06-13T09:38:13.733" UserId="45" Comment="added 12 characters in body; edited tags" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to connect user sys in sqlplus of Oracle. But after I connect, I type like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SQL&gt;sqlplus sys as sysdba password:123456&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Error: ORA-01030:insufficient&#xD;&#xA;&gt; privilege warning:You are no longer to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; connect oracle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone help me to solve my problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="44758" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25159" RevisionGUID="53182961-cdcc-4154-9b2d-7c4a84a246a3" CreationDate="2009-06-13T09:38:13.733" UserId="45" Comment="added 12 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;database&gt;&lt;error-message&gt;" />
  <row Id="44759" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25202" RevisionGUID="ddc985c4-10ad-4ac0-85d4-416862acb8e9" CreationDate="2009-06-13T09:40:59.203" UserId="4979" Comment="added 33 characters in body" Text="If it is purely for restarting the service, you can use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Net stop myservice&#xD;&#xA;    Net start myservice&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if you want access to the options of sc, you can use the start /wait command&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    start /B /WAIT CMD /C &quot;sc stop myservice&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    start /B /WAIT CMD /C &quot;sc start myservice&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this technique is a more general solution that can be applied to any command." />
  <row Id="44760" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24957" RevisionGUID="a607a1b4-51e6-4bd4-8416-37fff147abf8" CreationDate="2009-06-13T09:43:04.613" UserId="5585" Comment="typo fix" Text="The pool.ntp.org is a DNS-level load balancer. Jeff just happened to get directed to that one, the NTP pool maintainers do not care what does the server run on it's port 80 (http), only that it serves time via NTP correctly." />
  <row Id="44761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25204" RevisionGUID="ef0c5eff-8a60-414a-9b88-5055e277dcc8" CreationDate="2009-06-13T09:46:52.780" UserId="9404" Text="I use automatic password generator 'apg' to provide a list of possible difficult-to-guess but easy-to-remember passwords. Like the following example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    wuWesvupt7 (wu-Wes-vupt-SEVEN)&#xD;&#xA;    quirrardAj9 (quirr-ard-Aj-NINE)&#xD;&#xA;    urf5Olmenoy (urf-FIVE-Olm-en-oy)&#xD;&#xA;    yebTywalAk5 (yeb-Ty-wal-Ak-FIVE)&#xD;&#xA;    TihekDuiRen8 (Ti-hek-Du-i-Ren-EIGHT)&#xD;&#xA;    Flyahit7 (Flya-hit-SEVEN)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I choose the one I like most and then I save it using 'pwsafe'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;pwsafe has the benefit that you can backup the password file easily and you can merge files in the case you have several computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, the password goes (by default) to the X clipboard so others can't watch it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Being both tools command-line makes them easily accesable so you don't have to mess with GUI menus." />
  <row Id="44762" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25204" RevisionGUID="ef0c5eff-8a60-414a-9b88-5055e277dcc8" CreationDate="2009-06-13T09:46:52.780" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25205" RevisionGUID="0e4734d5-53b3-4175-8f9b-1761d1957c5c" CreationDate="2009-06-13T09:54:57.647" UserId="6793" Text="Should work try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    wget -r ftp://ftp:ftp@ftp.sunet.se/tst/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44764" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25019" RevisionGUID="1afc6d7a-7928-43c4-9686-906a203b5711" CreationDate="2009-06-13T09:55:06.460" UserId="282" Comment="Updated with other steps I have taken, pointed out by an answer" Text="I am supporting the installation of a CCTV system from the Windows 2003 R2 Standard side of the equation, the intention was to use use a NAS for long term storage (quite a lot of data is generated in a fairly short time). The one snag we have run into is the CCTV software can only point to local drives and folders for its archival location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have looked at [Junction Points][1] (which are not supported on remote file systems), [Symbolic Links][2] (which are not available on Windows 2003) and [Remote Storage Services][3] (which is not available in Windows 2003 Standard).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because the CCTV software runs as a Windows Service (4 of them to be exact), it is not immediately obvious how to do this, my current solution is as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Create a new local account for the services&#xD;&#xA; 1. Add this account to the local Administrator Group&#xD;&#xA; 1. Login using this account&#xD;&#xA; 1. Setup the mapped network drive through &lt;pre&gt;net use z: \\nas\share /savecred&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Switch the four services to use the local account&#xD;&#xA; 1. Restart the services&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Surprisingly this worked, it feels like a horrible cludgy way to solve a problem. Is there a better way?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb968829%28VS.85%29.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365680%28VS.85%29.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc759742%28WS.10%29.aspx" />
  <row Id="44765" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25206" RevisionGUID="a048a06e-6cbb-4426-8438-4400054da149" CreationDate="2009-06-13T10:04:12.760" UserId="301" Text="Try `-m` for `--mirror`&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    wget -m ftp://username:password@ip.of.old.host" />
  <row Id="44766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25207" RevisionGUID="de576a22-c529-4dc1-8b4b-6d5850c81c04" CreationDate="2009-06-13T10:19:25.447" UserId="2302" Text="Up to now, I've always thought of this as a matter of security rather than performance -- the extra overhead of ensuring gnome and associated packages were up to date.  I'd never worried too much about the performance aspect of it, especially since most of the time our linux servers are running without me or anyone else logged in locally." />
  <row Id="44768" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25208" RevisionGUID="9dafb846-eeac-474b-a508-d77fad3d3019" CreationDate="2009-06-13T10:38:09.277" UserId="8934" Text="[Network password manager][1] is cool. Multi user, ACL per tree, audit on who accessed/changed what.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Complicated passwords tends to be short. Long password (&gt;15) are stronger today, they still resist to rainbow tables and are a pain to brute force. &#xD;&#xA;So i tends more to do sentences:&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Ireallylikemygmailaccount!&quot; is tronger than &quot;g{#é'4ùdfg&quot;, and you don't have to write it down to remember it. Moreover, importants things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Will the password be stored securelly on the remote system ? Many web site store your password in clear and send it back to you when you don't remember&#xD;&#xA; - Is it send over an encrypted channel ? ftp account over wifi in clear is not secure...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sowsoft.com/password-manager.htm" />
  <row Id="44769" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25208" RevisionGUID="9dafb846-eeac-474b-a508-d77fad3d3019" CreationDate="2009-06-13T10:38:09.277" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25209" RevisionGUID="e8ddfc4d-dda7-471b-9598-e2ad25118269" CreationDate="2009-06-13T10:43:32.900" UserId="9020" Text="Can anyone suggest a tool/method to simulate various scenarios when using WSUS?  Or am I asking the impossible?  I'm curious to know if I deploy X number of patches over slow links is there any way of determining when all of the machines on the other end of the wire will be updated?  " />
  <row Id="44771" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25209" RevisionGUID="e8ddfc4d-dda7-471b-9598-e2ad25118269" CreationDate="2009-06-13T10:43:32.900" UserId="9020" Text="Is There a Tool That Can Be Used to Simulate Patch Deployment Scenarios Using WSUS?" />
  <row Id="44772" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25209" RevisionGUID="e8ddfc4d-dda7-471b-9598-e2ad25118269" CreationDate="2009-06-13T10:43:32.900" UserId="9020" Text="&lt;wsus&gt;&lt;windows-update&gt;" />
  <row Id="44773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25210" RevisionGUID="3c7d7b07-68b7-4728-8ff5-76a3d3b4666e" CreationDate="2009-06-13T11:37:32.137" UserId="7469" Text="I think Zoredache has given a very good answer as to the benefits that a reverse proxy can provide. I have used Pound which is a reverse proxy, load-balancer, and HTTPS frontend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.apsis.ch/pound/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25211" RevisionGUID="eca58549-b650-4696-be1d-25df1cc24ac1" CreationDate="2009-06-13T11:55:15.817" UserId="8334" Text="I've had quite a few smartphones (S60, UIQ, borrowed iPhone, WM) and i've settled on WM for last few years. S60 never had touchscreens (until N97 and 5800 just now) and i never really liked the platform (can't really tell why). UIQ had very little software and it has been discontinued. It was still pretty useful, except last phones i had (P990i. P1i) had subpar hardware. On iPhone just felt useless (times before App Store), went back to backup Nokia 1112 after a week. And finally WM. Not the fastest, not the prettyest, not the most blingbling but plenty of good software, excellent customization options and overall a solid platform. SSH, RDP, Opera browser, Skype, MSN, IRC, excellent Exchange support etc. Sony Ericsson X1 for now and maby X2 when it comes out." />
  <row Id="44775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25212" RevisionGUID="242e09ea-4741-451f-aec6-1a594811ed73" CreationDate="2009-06-13T11:57:52.573" UserDisplayName="hans" Text="detailed explanations of file formats, conversions &amp; etc.&#xD;&#xA;http://www.sslshopper.com/article-how-to-create-a-self-signed-certificate.html" />
  <row Id="44777" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25213" RevisionGUID="1b207ec7-7eec-4c10-a98a-5ca59df68e6a" CreationDate="2009-06-13T12:14:19.900" UserId="1804" Text="You know what the obvious answer to this is - virtual machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However I think your question is a bit more complicated than that, right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you define what is a slow link? Are we talking dial-up?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have a bunch of mobile users, and you want to know when they would all be updated? But you don't know when they will connect and over what speed links?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apart from doing a dry run, which is very costly in time, there isn't an easy way to model this. Perhaps it would be better for management to insist that these machines connect for a certain period within which patches can be deployed?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25214" RevisionGUID="3baa7974-5415-4f2d-975b-7b807a342fa4" CreationDate="2009-06-13T12:15:21.850" UserId="8093" Text="For me it pulling and managing tapes for our tape backups every day. I still do this and wish we would just move to a disk solution and then throughout the day move the deduped data to our disaster recovery site." />
  <row Id="44780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25215" RevisionGUID="01bc68f2-15ae-4c90-b6a0-4a32c1aa4ddf" CreationDate="2009-06-13T12:33:47.280" UserId="5392" Text="Probably a known issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/8880&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not a lot of point reporting it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.itwire.com/content/view/25559/53/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25216" RevisionGUID="284ad37a-9f1b-4469-a631-3e7011817eb2" CreationDate="2009-06-13T12:33:49.383" UserId="8374" Text="I tried the upgrade path in Virtual PC, i can admit that it better to migrate instead to upgrade.&#xD;&#xA;The two os are completely different" />
  <row Id="44782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25217" RevisionGUID="6afc9fb5-d6b7-4575-bd5c-0a1187ee43cd" CreationDate="2009-06-13T12:45:01.513" UserId="103" Text="I have two machines (A &amp; B), machine A has to be able print to a local printer. The issue is that the problem it can't have any printers connected to it (network or local) - so what I want to do is redirect the printing to machine B which does have a printer. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my mind that means that the printer on machine A will be a software printer (like those Adobe PDF ones) and it sends the request to machine B.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there such software like this or another way to do this?" />
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  <row Id="44786" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25218" RevisionGUID="569cc196-bb44-429c-be51-560efe58eb01" CreationDate="2009-06-13T12:51:48.433" UserId="28390" Text="How do you set the default email account in Windows" />
  <row Id="44787" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25218" RevisionGUID="569cc196-bb44-429c-be51-560efe58eb01" CreationDate="2009-06-13T12:51:48.433" UserId="28390" Text="&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="44788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25219" RevisionGUID="6622a163-d2f4-4de6-8ef3-9e1ee4b25372" CreationDate="2009-06-13T12:56:19.567" UserId="8047" Text="Also remember that there's a difference between having the GNOME desktop available on the system and running a graphical login session all the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As mentioned above, you can leave the system in runlevel 3 (multi-user with network but without a graphical login session), then start it on demand using startx.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But you don't have to run it locally - you can ssh in with X11 forwarding turned on a do the same.  So long as your network connection isn't squeezed through a thin pipe at some point, this will give you the full graphical experience while minimizing the resource usage on the server.  All you'll be running is the X11 clients (the desktop, xterm, etc.) without also running an X11 server on the system to render the output of the clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25220" RevisionGUID="b741e104-a56d-4ac1-b654-e864a230221e" CreationDate="2009-06-13T12:59:04.930" UserId="4694" Text="**[How to make Outlook the default mail client][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   1. Start Internet Explorer.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   2. On the **Tools** menu, click **Internet Options**.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   3. Click the **Programs tab**.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   4. In the **E-mail** list, click **Microsoft Office Outlook**.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   5. Click **OK**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223877" />
  <row Id="44793" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22378" RevisionGUID="4ac12cf3-a2ba-4477-80f3-43b6f88bc9a6" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:04:41.507" UserId="45" Comment="typos and other things" Text="After careful sorting the resume, I still had 20 candidates. 20 person from ~150 have passed the first selection that has allowed me to spend three-four hours for interviewing each of them. The main criteria of selection for me were:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - ability to training on a place&#xD;&#xA; - skill to choose the optimum approach&#xD;&#xA; - skill to gather and solve a problem in a non-standard situation&#xD;&#xA; - a good knowledge base: that means, the candidate should know the history of computer technics, possess the theory at a high level, knowing not only &quot;*what* to do&quot;, but also to know *&quot;why&quot;*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To know about their skill to gather and solve a problem in a non-standard situation, I was asked them, for example: &quot;How to spoil a Windows-system, if you have physical access to the computer, but don't have any account passwords?&quot; and, after that, I asked them about &quot;How to patch spoiled system?&quot;. I gave some virus-action examples and asked, what they would do to prevent damage and return funcionality and the lost data with as little instrumets, as possible, and more questions on non-standard instruments usage. Once, I've asked a candidate: ***&quot;Which question would you ask, if you were interviewing me, to know, how good I'm with non-standard situations?&quot;*** :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To know, how good they are in finding optimal approach, I gave them a little practice in configuring web, or mail server, or network gateway for particular parameters (&quot;I need it to be very fast web-server for small number of clients connected to it, and yes, I want some server-side scripting language on it, to show me some statistics, what should I choose and why do you thing that &lt;servername&gt; is better? Could you show me on our test-server, if you've got 20 minutes left?&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ability to training on a place - not really easy to check, but I asked some of candidates to make sample configuration file, or a script, and then, gave them a little hint to see if they could do it better after that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The knowlege base - one of my favorite parts: &#xD;&#xA;What is OSI? Why TCP/IP called &quot;protocol **stack**&quot;? What computer science heroes do you know? What is Windows-registery? And what about Unix-like systems?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And very important thing - they MUST love their job! &quot;Did you read some of the classic authors, such as K&amp;R?&quot;, &quot;How long you take a great interest in computer technics?&quot;, &quot;With what you began to study computers?&quot;, &quot;do you have test computers/little network at home?&quot; (if it's true, that's a very good sign!)." />
  <row Id="44794" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25220" RevisionGUID="42a5ddb3-a303-4943-8aac-f43c55f71d2e" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:05:44.627" UserId="4694" Comment="added 488 characters in body; deleted 28 characters in body" Text="Windows XP:&#xD;&#xA;**[How to make Outlook the default mail client][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   1. Start Internet Explorer.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   2. On the **Tools** menu, click **Internet Options**.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   3. Click the **Programs tab**.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   4. In the **E-mail** list, click **Microsoft Office Outlook**.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   5. Click **OK**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows Vista:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[**Change the default e‑mail program**][2]&#xD;&#xA;&gt;1. Open Default Programs by clicking the **Start** button, and then clicking **Default Programs**.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;2. Click **Set your default programs**.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;3. Under **Programs**, click the e‑mail program you'd like to use, and then click **Set this program as default**.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;4. Click **OK**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223877&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/b74eea3f-8769-428d-ab19-7a92db1637041033.mspx" />
  <row Id="44795" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25223" RevisionGUID="4167a974-2ad9-40fc-825d-c6af83576d47" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:08:10.067" UserId="4733" Text="I apologize in advance for the long-winded post.  I posted it all because I believe its informative and may be useful.  Also, I posted my question at the end.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Moments ago I was RDC to a file server in my home (from inside my home).  I had opened Firefox and Googled for a manufacturers website.  Immediately after clicking the link, Firefox abruptly closed.  This seemed odd to me to so I checked the running processes and discovered d.exe, e.exe, and f.exe running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I Googled these processes on a different machine and found them belonging to a key-logger/screen-capturer/trojan called defender.exe, which according to the Prevx lives in c:\documents and settings\user\local settings\temp.  (Prevx link http://www.prevx.com/filenames/147352809685142526-X1/DEFENDER32.EXE.html)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simultaneously, an obviously-spoofed Windows Firewall popup appeared on the server asking me to click ‘yes’ to update Windows Firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this time I ended all rogue processes, emptied the temp folder, removed defender.exe from startup, and checked my registry and a few other locations.  Before deleting Defender.exe I noted that it was created moments ago, just before Firefox crashed.  I believe that I was ‘almost’ infected with this malware.  I believe that it needed me to click the phony popup in order to complete infection because it wasn’t allowed to execute processes from the temp folder.  After cleaning the machine, I restarted it and have been monitoring it for over an hour.  I am debating on whether or not to restore the Windows partition (a separate physical drive from the data) or to just watch it for awhle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should mention that, because of the specs on this machine, I do not run antivirus software, but I know it well and inspect it regularly.  It is a very old Compaq with a 400mhz processer and 512mb of ram.  I have a static IP and the server is in the DMZ running an FTP client and some HTTP server software.  All files transferred to and stored on this machine are scanned for malware before transferring.  Usually the machine only runs 19 processes and performs pretty well for its intended purpose. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I posted the story so that you could be aware of a possible new piece of malware and how it acts, but I also have a question or two.  First, over the last few months I have noticed that PREVX is listed at the top of most of my Google searches when researching malware, especially for new or obscure malware…and they always want you to purchase something.  I don’t think they are one of the top AV companies, so it seems odd that they are always the top Google result.  Does anyone have any experience with any of their products?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, what sites do you rely on for malware researching?  Recently, I have found it difficult to find good info because of HijackThis-logs and other deadend info cluttering up my searches.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And lastly, besides antivirus, third-party firewall, etc, what settings would you use to lock down a machine to make it more secure in instances where a stubborn admin like myself refuses to run AV?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44796" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25223" RevisionGUID="4167a974-2ad9-40fc-825d-c6af83576d47" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:08:10.067" UserId="4733" Text="I am starting to think that Prevx.com isnt a legit site...but heres my long-winded question" />
  <row Id="44797" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25223" RevisionGUID="4167a974-2ad9-40fc-825d-c6af83576d47" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:08:10.067" UserId="4733" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;malware&gt;" />
  <row Id="44798" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25224" RevisionGUID="1acd4572-c4bd-4700-b225-564ee1dee88b" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:09:18.333" UserId="4733" Text="Does anyone have experience with network cams used for security purposes?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to monitor a remote location (server room) from both the local network and the internet preferably.  I also need the ability to record-on-event (such as motion detection), run a process on event (such as email me), and capture stills.  Additionally I need an interface that will allow 2 or 3 users to view the feed simultaneously.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there other features that I havent thought of that would be desirable?  THe camera will be placed outside the doors of a small server closet in a building located an hour away.  Because I share this closet with staff in the building (who use it for storage), the doors do not lock.  On-site staff are unable to police the area, which is located in a building that is open to the public.  The closet contains a rack, some switches, router, DHCP server, and misc cables and spare hardware.  &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44799" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25224" RevisionGUID="1acd4572-c4bd-4700-b225-564ee1dee88b" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:09:18.333" UserId="4733" Text="Security Camera in Server Room Recommendations" />
  <row Id="44800" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25224" RevisionGUID="1acd4572-c4bd-4700-b225-564ee1dee88b" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:09:18.333" UserId="4733" Text="&lt;physical-security&gt;&lt;camera&gt;" />
  <row Id="44801" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25225" RevisionGUID="ea2a1f28-ad45-4118-a8f3-213ba979134f" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:16:11.897" UserId="9328" Text="Hy!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I own a VPS hosting on a Windows 2003 Server.I am planning on moving the hosting service of a domain that I own &quot;thecitybear.com&quot; on to this server. The site uses a wordpress platform. I have installed MySql 5.1 and PHP 5.2.9. What's the next Step?Installing the ISS 6.0?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;tks" />
  <row Id="44802" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25225" RevisionGUID="ea2a1f28-ad45-4118-a8f3-213ba979134f" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:16:11.897" UserId="9328" Text="Windows 2003 Server And Wordpress" />
  <row Id="44803" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25225" RevisionGUID="ea2a1f28-ad45-4118-a8f3-213ba979134f" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:16:11.897" UserId="9328" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;wordpress&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;" />
  <row Id="44804" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25226" RevisionGUID="00b7749c-3939-416b-8390-3bee18672947" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:16:49.713" UserId="640" Text="I've used [Panasonic network cameras][1] for this in the past.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-electronics/shop/Computers-Networking/Network-Cameras.75091_11002_7000000000000005702" />
  <row Id="44805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25227" RevisionGUID="2ae10697-9e8f-439e-a24c-092902994949" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:20:30.003" UserId="9413" Text="I have a local LAMP server set up on my Ubuntu laptop for testing various PHP scripts. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes, when I do something wrong, instead of getting an error, the script I'm testing is offered for download. Why is that and how can it be fixed?" />
  <row Id="44806" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25227" RevisionGUID="2ae10697-9e8f-439e-a24c-092902994949" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:20:30.003" UserId="9413" Text="Why is PHP script downloaded instead of executed" />
  <row Id="44807" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25227" RevisionGUID="2ae10697-9e8f-439e-a24c-092902994949" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:20:30.003" UserId="9413" Text="&lt;php&gt;&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="44808" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25228" RevisionGUID="9d129476-9091-4720-92cc-fe92d673c490" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:23:07.023" UserId="4733" Text="Help me understand this:  Machine A needs to print, but cannot have any printers attached, local or network.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I assume that Machine A is on a network, because there is a Machine B, which does have a printer installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will you be printing from one application only or multiple apps like (for example) MS Office?  Do you have physical access to Machine A?  Is Machine A locked down in such a way as to prevent network printering?  Can you browse the network?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, is this a Windows machine?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44809" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25228" RevisionGUID="aa8cdb51-d2da-4837-9cde-cc700c805ca9" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:28:22.427" UserId="4733" Comment="deleted 2 characters in body" Text="Help me understand this:  Machine A needs to print, but cannot have any printers attached, local or network.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I assume that Machine A is on a network, because there is a Machine B, which does have a printer installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will you be printing from one application only or multiple apps like (for example) MS Office?  Do you have physical access to Machine A?  Is Machine A locked down in such a way as to prevent network printing?  Can you browse the network?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, is this a Windows machine?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44810" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25229" RevisionGUID="9cf4234b-c60a-4b47-bf01-456f7e1ad9e6" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:28:52.460" UserId="431" Text="I followed these instructions and had pretty good luck:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://blogbuildingu.com/wordpress/install-wordpress-wemp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The downside, though, was that WordPress's automatic upgrades, plugin installations and theme installations never seemed to work right.  The latest versions (2.7 and 2.8) of WordPress can do this stuff over FTP, but you'll need to set up an FTP server too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another caveat is the caching plugins, which seemed to be very hit-or-miss (mostly miss) with Windows hosting.  If you rely on WP Super Cache to handle load, then really test it well with several different browsers.  My IE users complained that the site was sending them zip files when they clicked on links, and that the gzip compression was just not easy to configure correctly.  It seemed to work okay without WP Super Cache, but as soon as I got caching involved, everything went downhill.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ended up switching back to a Linux host, for what it's worth." />
  <row Id="44812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25230" RevisionGUID="f8f4e317-ba02-4788-9217-c0e375874253" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:37:34.050" UserId="9351" Text="I can understand if you're trying to dump this into cron or something, but why not simply ftp into the server with your normal client and mget *? This might be a quicker path to success." />
  <row Id="44814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25231" RevisionGUID="df646d40-52db-4b62-9577-e85d5b1d8318" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:43:31.407" UserId="4733" Text="This is hardly an ideal solution, but....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a server that emails out hundreds of log-files nightly.  What if you had your documents emailed out automatically (we use BLAT)?  You could have an Outlook rule that would print documents or attachments from certain senders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  " />
  <row Id="44815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25232" RevisionGUID="c3b10e27-e0d4-4dfa-935d-6bf859d06fd6" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:44:21.683" UserId="1561" Text="The server does not recognize the script as something to execute locally, and as such it offers it as a file instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These lines should be present in your Apache config.  Note that the path may need to be changed for the .so modules, depending on your configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # -- if you're using PHP 5, uncomment this line to activate it&#xD;&#xA;    #LoadModule php5_module libexec/libphp5.so&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # -- if you're using PHP 4, uncomment this line to activate it&#xD;&#xA;    #LoadModule php4_module libexec/libphp4.so&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml&#xD;&#xA;    AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Follow up with a restart of the Apache service and php should load into Apache to run just fine." />
  <row Id="44816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25233" RevisionGUID="10e631b3-b63c-4411-a0a7-2a4dcc0b4776" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:45:33.460" UserId="1565" Text="I've had good luck with the [Cisco WVC210][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9948/index.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25234" RevisionGUID="12798a1a-36c8-492e-a2d5-04ce05b4d4e2" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:45:37.393" UserId="5787" Text="Install the freeware of our [PRTG Network Monitor][1] and set up a &quot;service sensor&quot; that monitors the server. It can monitor the CPU load of a specific process and you can be emailed an alert when the process load is over e.g. 20% for more than 60 seconds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.paessler.com/prtg" />
  <row Id="44818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25235" RevisionGUID="108759f4-71ec-4f4a-afb6-39fbd23d720d" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:46:41.633" UserId="7861" Text="If you have APC UPS' already you can integrate their Netbotz aquisition equipment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.apc.com/products/category.cfm?id=17&amp;segmentID=6" />
  <row Id="44819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25236" RevisionGUID="1cfd8dc1-a39e-447a-a37b-b54a4292146d" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:47:17.390" UserId="9351" Text="You say that the box is in a DMZ and only runs an FTP client and a HTTP server. You also say that files being transferred, presumably transferred using the FTP client, are scanned. So, you're not averse to AV entirely. So, I guess the ultimate answer is, don't use a web browser on this machine. This is the quickest path to ensuring security and adheres to a number of common security principles. prevx.com is a terrible resource for malware research. I'd simply avoid it unless your morbidly curious, working in a virtual machine and like drive-by downloads." />
  <row Id="44820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25237" RevisionGUID="d94ee27e-1350-4e4e-854d-981c5ef7a2b0" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:50:54.793" UserId="6609" Text="I would agree with Avery, that's the usual cause.  However, you specifically say it's only sometimes. Any chance you are changing the content type header?" />
  <row Id="44821" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25238" RevisionGUID="d170f013-b4f4-4d2d-bc7f-59c418a43b51" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:52:47.817" UserId="1435" Text="I use a lot of Rittal's [CMC][1] rack kit, this is for very secure racks and detects motion, attack etc and has multiple web-cam support (as well as remote door opening too) but it would work for this scenario.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rittal.com/products/katalog.asp?ViewAt=5-1327&amp;Dom=com&amp;lang=GB&amp;NavName=Security" />
  <row Id="44822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25239" RevisionGUID="153cd5d5-0060-43c7-9ee4-fea407808184" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:55:25.520" UserId="3439" Text="A usual error is to print something to the page before the headers get sent." />
  <row Id="44823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25240" RevisionGUID="e9b70f03-3a7a-4982-9f27-12d7ea068dbb" CreationDate="2009-06-13T13:57:20.057" UserId="6609" Text="Run an antivirus, please. Even if only once a week or once a month with no &quot;always on&quot; activity scanner. " />
  <row Id="44824" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25241" RevisionGUID="5333465b-73e5-40f8-aa31-2124d8de3124" CreationDate="2009-06-13T14:04:28.470" UserId="1466" Text="Some reasons I have found that this happens:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - if php is not configured correctly on the server&#xD;&#xA; - if the file doesn't have the correct .php extension&#xD;&#xA; - if it is in a directory that does not allow execution&#xD;&#xA; - if the script takes too long to execute.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One test I use is to make a file in the same directory (verify.php) that contains: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;?php&#xD;&#xA;      phpinfo();&#xD;&#xA;    ?&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that file executes in my browser, it the first 3 points are ok" />
  <row Id="44825" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25242" RevisionGUID="69f11ebb-92b1-46e4-bb61-2d2a1cc47511" CreationDate="2009-06-13T14:04:35.457" UserId="7783" Text="Hmm. While I personally would now refuse to have anything to do with Prevx due to ethical concerns [about their behaviour][1], they are a legitimate a/v and security research company as far as that goes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Malware news: I subscribe to websense's blog and also Kaspersky and F-Secure are both also pretty good, I find.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for antivirus on that box, have you considered something like Clam AV? This can be an &quot;on demand&quot; scanner that isn't running all the time, and you can just set it to check every now and again to keep your machine clean. If you're putting a Windows machine up on the web as a server you really do need to have some kind of scanning going on. And don't use it as a client too - this server can't get rooted via the browser if you don't use the browser on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.scmagazineuk.com/Prevx-defends-itself-over-BBC-Click-botnet-experiment-as-CEO-attacks-Sophos/article/128828/" />
  <row Id="44826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25243" RevisionGUID="fec9718d-6c94-4cd6-b018-0c576cc39f12" CreationDate="2009-06-13T14:07:41.943" UserId="9170" Text="wget -m ftp://192.168.0.1  it will mirror all the files and folder " />
  <row Id="44828" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25218" RevisionGUID="ae8322c1-fe74-4911-abb5-0ce22ec61eb4" CreationDate="2009-06-13T14:25:05.550" UserId="4694" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="44829" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25244" RevisionGUID="d4a4975c-b385-4f0e-ac41-dabcb4587512" CreationDate="2009-06-13T14:29:10.690" UserId="5749" Text="We've got an IIS server that hosts about a dozen small websites.  A couple of the websites do not log activity.  We've gone into the IIS Admin console and each website is configured to log daily into  Drive:\logs\w3svcXXXX\ where XXXX is the numberic site ID.   We've stopped/started the websites in question, and even restarted the IIS Service.  But we do not get any log files.  We've looking the the Server's Event Viewer, and there are no relevant events.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Configuration:  Windows 2K3 with IIS 6.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in Advance" />
  <row Id="44830" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25244" RevisionGUID="d4a4975c-b385-4f0e-ac41-dabcb4587512" CreationDate="2009-06-13T14:29:10.690" UserId="5749" Text="IIS logging troubleshooting" />
  <row Id="44831" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25244" RevisionGUID="d4a4975c-b385-4f0e-ac41-dabcb4587512" CreationDate="2009-06-13T14:29:10.690" UserId="5749" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;log-files&gt;&lt;troubleshooting&gt;" />
  <row Id="44832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25245" RevisionGUID="a1686dff-11bf-4c28-820d-00ac2b253dad" CreationDate="2009-06-13T14:29:46.213" UserId="9351" Text="Virtual machines in a test environment that allows you to implement rate-limiting (to simulate various link speeds) is the best solution. But, as Andrew noted, there are considerable costs associated with this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another approach might be to simply break out your pencil and perform some back-of-the-napkin calculations. What's the link speed, how large is the set of patches, can they be multicast, how many machines on the remote end, and so on. Once you've considered these variables you might decide that it's simpler to deliver a single set of patches to a second WSUS server on the far end and move on with life.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not knowing anything about how your network is engineered makes this a difficult question to answer concisely." />
  <row Id="44833" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25148" RevisionGUID="830a144e-c7b7-432a-ac92-0d24ec80eb09" CreationDate="2009-06-13T14:31:18.347" UserId="9351" Comment="deleted 42 characters in body" Text="That's an excellent point Jeff. I think pool.ntp.org is a great resource and generally assists the Internet in ways y'all noted in Episode 52.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, it's interesting to me that anyone, anywhere, can inject a server into the NTP pool. From an adversarial perspective, this has some potential impact. From an architectural perspective, I think the way the pool is constructed can minimize the impact.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, should an adversary employ some type of DNS cache poisoning attack to shift a network's NTP syncs to their malicious server, it could get interesting. There are many other attack scenarios I can think of." />
  <row Id="44834" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25246" RevisionGUID="7df5d87b-d32f-4a6f-b8ab-61ba9c85a28d" CreationDate="2009-06-13T14:34:35.503" UserId="45" Text="Compare the NTFS permissions of the folder which work to the folders that don't work. Maybe there is some missing permission.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a Microsoft TechNet article which could help: [Troubleshooting Logging Problems (IIS 6.0)][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/23ec8be2-649a-47b7-8d75-ffd937f16fe8.mspx?mfr=true" />
  <row Id="44835" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25247" RevisionGUID="a1020da4-a4dc-4d78-862a-740c069b66aa" CreationDate="2009-06-13T14:37:08.090" UserId="4733" Text="Lately I have found it near impossible to document, which is one of the most important parts of my job.  I am so tired of the daily documentation that I have to force myself to do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Morning documentation involves examining the previous-nights reports and logging certain info into a spreadsheet that I created.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then there's the ever-changing inventory.  We have purchased, replaced, and auctioned so many machines, barcode scanners, printers, etc that I find it near-impossible to sit down and record it all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I didnt already shave my head, I would pull my hair out by the handfulls.  " />
  <row Id="44836" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25248" RevisionGUID="cd78cfd7-8978-4f9e-be74-98b6fda407ec" CreationDate="2009-06-13T14:37:59.287" UserId="8481" Text="I'm a little confused... I have Rails 2.3.2 running on my server after upgrading from 2.1.1 I get the following error on my mongrel clusters when they try to start:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Exception `Gem::LoadError' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:578 - Could not find RubyGem activerecord-mysql-adapter (&gt;= 0)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is this caused by? I've done:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    gem install mysql&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...with all the various path-specific magic to make it install. A google search reveals some similar problems but no apparent resolution. Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="44837" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25248" RevisionGUID="cd78cfd7-8978-4f9e-be74-98b6fda407ec" CreationDate="2009-06-13T14:37:59.287" UserId="8481" Text="RubyGem issue with mysql" />
  <row Id="44838" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25248" RevisionGUID="cd78cfd7-8978-4f9e-be74-98b6fda407ec" CreationDate="2009-06-13T14:37:59.287" UserId="8481" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;rails&gt;&lt;mongrel&gt;" />
  <row Id="44839" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25249" RevisionGUID="1c74fc72-04b7-4ab6-a9c0-f7df23db64ef" CreationDate="2009-06-13T14:40:26.693" UserId="4733" Text="Most recently I have purchased a new laptop and need to transfer all info from the old to the new.  The new laptop (which is unbelievably awesome) has been sitting in its dock on my desk for a month now.  I just havent had the time to make the switch." />
  <row Id="44840" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25220" RevisionGUID="14692f48-fd0d-455c-8ce4-5132f21d98bf" CreationDate="2009-06-13T14:54:52.613" UserId="4694" Comment="deleted 4 characters in body" Text="Windows XP:&#xD;&#xA;**[How to make Outlook the default mail client][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   1. Start Internet Explorer.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   2. On the **Tools** menu, click **Internet Options**.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   3. Click the **Programs tab**.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   4. In the **E-mail** list, click **Microsoft Office Outlook**.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;   5. Click **OK**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows Vista:&#xD;&#xA;[**Change the default e‑mail program**][2]&#xD;&#xA;&gt;1. Open Default Programs by clicking the **Start** button, and then clicking **Default Programs**.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;2. Click **Set your default programs**.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;3. Under **Programs**, click the e‑mail program you'd like to use, and then click **Set this program as default**.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;4. Click **OK**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223877&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/b74eea3f-8769-428d-ab19-7a92db1637041033.mspx" />
  <row Id="44841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25250" RevisionGUID="ddc392d6-e42a-4c97-982e-e6c7d0ed682f" CreationDate="2009-06-13T15:00:11.963" UserId="9417" Text="I've just set up a new apache 2 install and I'm adding my first virtualhost. I'm seeing some odd behaviour. The virtualhost seems to work, in that if I browse to a URL under the root of my virtualhost in a web browser I get what I expect to see, however if I just go to www.$myhost.com, I get the default apache &quot;It works!&quot; page, which is ironic, because that's exactly what's not happening. If I do www.$myhost.com/index.html, I get the correct page. My DirectoryIndex is set correctly for the virtualhost, and even if it wasn't, the default in mods-enabled is set up to use index.html before anything else. Why is it dropping through to the index.html in the root folder? Why does it pick up the right file when I specifically ask for it, but not when I allow the server to pick the index file? I've googled, but I can't seem to find anyone with the same problem I'm having.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help greatly appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="44846" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25251" RevisionGUID="87d6a9dc-5d45-40dc-833d-4971111019c7" CreationDate="2009-06-13T15:11:40.177" UserId="9418" Text="Disable Journaling of Hfsplus Partition in Systems other than OSX?" />
  <row Id="44847" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25251" RevisionGUID="87d6a9dc-5d45-40dc-833d-4971111019c7" CreationDate="2009-06-13T15:11:40.177" UserId="9418" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;hfs+&gt;" />
  <row Id="44848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25252" RevisionGUID="1336d83b-cbb9-4841-b862-9361317a6319" CreationDate="2009-06-13T15:16:45.660" UserId="5749" Text="If these are Windows machines:&#xD;&#xA;On Machine B, Share the printer (In Printers, right click on this printer and select Sharing.  Give it a name you can remember)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Machine A:&#xD;&#xA;- from a command line:  net use \\Machine B\printer lpt1:  substitute the hostname of Machine B and the name you gave the printer above.&#xD;&#xA;- Install the drivers for the Printer.  When the driver asks about the connection, choose LTP1:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may have to run the net use command whenever you reboot the machine, so you may want to put it in a batch file, and put it in the startup folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44849" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25246" RevisionGUID="c06f7688-1030-476d-9cf8-f5ccd9ccee2a" CreationDate="2009-06-13T15:19:43.377" UserId="45" Comment="added 178 characters in body" Text="Did you double-check, if the **&quot;Log visits&quot; option** under the home directory tab is enabled?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Compare the NTFS permissions of the folder which work to the folders that don't work. Maybe there is a missing permission. But you should see some evidence in the Windows Server eventlog for that issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a Microsoft TechNet article which could help: [Troubleshooting Logging Problems (IIS 6.0)][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/23ec8be2-649a-47b7-8d75-ffd937f16fe8.mspx?mfr=true" />
  <row Id="44850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25253" RevisionGUID="57a7ce20-681e-4001-9e27-7724babdc228" CreationDate="2009-06-13T15:30:08.940" UserId="5749" Text="OK, this is a non-tech question, but I think it pertains to a lot of sysadmins, especially at small shops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a lot of tasks that are not related to a project, or day-to-day operations that do not add visible value to the organization, but nevertheless are important.  I'm thinking of things like Documenting the Network or Processes,  Researching that new tool/technology/process, development of subordinates, filing of paperwork.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of these are important, but because they do not end up on a Gantt Chart, or directly result in your boss yelling at you if you skip it, can other be neglected.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do you make sure that you cover these?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried adding them to my task management system, scheduling recurring appointments in my calendar for things like &quot;Research New Technologies&quot;.  But these tend to be really easy to ignore/cross off this week, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS, I like the tag calendar-management,  as the guys on Manager-Tools say, You can manage your calendar, but time is a constant, you cannot manage it to create more/less or to change how fast/slow it passes." />
  <row Id="44851" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25253" RevisionGUID="57a7ce20-681e-4001-9e27-7724babdc228" CreationDate="2009-06-13T15:30:08.940" UserId="5749" Text="Finding Time for &quot;Me-Tasks&quot;" />
  <row Id="44852" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25253" RevisionGUID="57a7ce20-681e-4001-9e27-7724babdc228" CreationDate="2009-06-13T15:30:08.940" UserId="5749" Text="&lt;calendar-management&gt;&lt;time-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="44853" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25254" RevisionGUID="1ee37a6b-7e8c-4e60-a65a-f154e1b19a77" CreationDate="2009-06-13T15:40:23.193" UserId="8199" Text="Once it's created a process on your server I would consider it as good as hacked. Time to reload or restore. Make sure updates are all setup and lock it down." />
  <row Id="44854" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25255" RevisionGUID="4e66fb9c-e7d2-4816-9f21-d993f97bed7b" CreationDate="2009-06-13T15:40:23.583" UserId="5391" Text="I found that the best way to take care of these tasks is to come up with a scheduling system, so that A) you are not spending all of your time on the day-to-day problems that come up and B) you reserve time for the documentation and other back-office issues that need to be taken care of.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In that light, I would highly recommend David Allen's [Getting Things Done][1] (GTD).  His system of managing ever changing TODO lists fits in well with how administrators and managers work.  I've been using it for 3 years now and my time is much more productive, and I never feel like I don't have a handle on all of those little issues that should be handled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sorry if this feels like an infomercial, but his book really is that helpful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Things-Done-Stress-Free-Productivity/dp/0142000280/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1244907424&amp;sr=8-1" />
  <row Id="44855" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25256" RevisionGUID="b6802cf8-a243-4f45-9c54-fdbac6a485ec" CreationDate="2009-06-13T15:47:32.040" UserId="8199" Text="Dealing with someone elses server who doesn't know what they are doing or care. Now my ability to run a smooth server is screwed by my new responsibility of trying to fix their server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Don't worry, it does that&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;You need to reboot it once a week&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;I don't know what's wrong with it&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;It's always been like that&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;We're not allowed to change that&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;You just have to deal with it&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I could stand never to hear those things again. Nothing worse then getting partial ownership of something, but full responsibility." />
  <row Id="44856" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25257" RevisionGUID="f0416183-60ba-451a-a8b0-f530e17397dc" CreationDate="2009-06-13T15:48:37.390" UserId="5749" Text="My company bought a factory from another company.  We needed to run their ERP system on our servers until we could migrate them over to our ERP.  Their system had a complex set of individual programs that had to be run on specific days at specific times.  Many had screen prompts so we could not script them.  I had a set of Excel spreadsheets, Normal-Monday, first-monday-of-month, first-monday-of-qtr.  &#xD;&#xA;I'd have to figure out the resultant set of jobs to run each day.  All too often,  I'd get a COBOL run-time error, and would have to back-up, correct a data error, and re-run many steps." />
  <row Id="44857" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25258" RevisionGUID="3a75ca5d-1536-495b-89e3-337436783d56" CreationDate="2009-06-13T15:53:07.660" UserId="7066" Text="I find I end up learning new technologies on &quot;my time&quot; and I view it as &quot;continuing education&quot; and something good for my career." />
  <row Id="44858" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25259" RevisionGUID="087eb929-68f3-4f8a-9ac7-0bd1c8d02401" CreationDate="2009-06-13T15:53:49.860" UserId="6177" Text="I like the &quot;handle it only once&quot; technique: whenever possible, get rid of things on your to-do list as soon as possible.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - When you some form from HR in your inbox, do it immediately and send it back.  &#xD;&#xA; - If you fill out timesheets in your company, once you start on it don't stop until it's done.  &#xD;&#xA; - For documenting processes, the next time it's a bit slower and you're doing the process, type up the process as you go (or update the document if that's what needs doing).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For other documentation tasks, even though they add a bit of time to the job, you have to get into a habit of doing them.  e.g. if you have a spreadsheet of switch/patch-panel connections, you **have** to take the time to update it whenever you make a change, otherwise you'll spend more time later sorting things out.  Similarly, we keep our patch panels very tidy with lots of velcro tape and it takes a little bit longer to re-do all the velcro when we change patch connection, but it's worth it because you can see where everything is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25260" RevisionGUID="9d66662e-e3e3-4254-a7e7-860efcebfa83" CreationDate="2009-06-13T15:56:40.040" UserId="2711" Text="Have you refreshed your browsers cache?" />
  <row Id="44860" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25256" RevisionGUID="9e42cfdf-dfa6-48de-97b8-8dece0560f3d" CreationDate="2009-06-13T15:56:58.307" UserId="8199" Comment="added 46 characters in body" Text="**Inheriting a broken system.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dealing with someone else's server who doesn't know what they are doing or care. Now my ability to complete my daily tasks is crippled my new responsibility of trying to fix their system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Don't worry, it does that&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;You need to reboot it once a week&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;I don't know what's wrong with it&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;It's always been like that&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;We're not allowed to change that&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;You just have to deal with it&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I could stand never to hear those things again. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Nothing worse then getting partial ownership of something, but full responsibility.**" />
  <row Id="44861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25261" RevisionGUID="e18c9dba-161d-4da0-956b-cb908478927d" CreationDate="2009-06-13T16:04:01.757" UserId="8199" Text="Being forced to do your job and play helpdesk for everyone around you because you seem to be the only one who knows how to use a computer. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Being pulled in for sales calls and sealing the deal because the sales people don't know what the hell they are talking about. Letting them promise the world, explaining how it could be done (at great time expense to me) and then getting the pat on the back while they spend a big fat commission check.**" />
  <row Id="44862" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25262" RevisionGUID="286ddb24-4028-4464-94f3-a0f81807d6a5" CreationDate="2009-06-13T16:11:24.473" UserId="1440" Text="You can use PowerShell to list classes in a namespace.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    get-wmiobject -list&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will list all classes in the default (&quot;`\root\cmiv2`&quot;) namespace, the `-namespace` parameter can be used to specify a different namespace.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get all the performance classes, use either:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    get-wmiobject -list | ?{$_.Name -like 'Win32_PerfRaw*'}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for raw data, or:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    get-wmiobject -list | ?{$_.Name -like 'Win32_PerfForm*'}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for formmater data. `Perfmon` shows formatted data (processed by counter type), raw is what the performance counter provider is sending without any further processing." />
  <row Id="44863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25263" RevisionGUID="589718ac-f258-4108-8ef2-df80b24a00f1" CreationDate="2009-06-13T16:11:42.037" UserId="7625" Text="The Mobotix Cameras are our dependable swiss army security knives. &#xD;&#xA;http://www.mobotix.com/region/index/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They have motion detection, picture sequences on alarm (pre and post), cyclic image saving to various servers, alarm inputs, switch outputs, call you on alarm to lists of phones, you can call into the cam to listen in (and talk), night vision, multiple alarm schedules, builtin webserver, secure wall or ceiling mounting, several power inputs, tampering alarms, and whatnot. Wonderfull piece of hardware! But oh, nasty interface. Still - immensely useful cameras with a range of good optics, some come with two optics for day and night. " />
  <row Id="44865" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25264" RevisionGUID="abce1751-7792-40f1-bb2d-5c4f3090f041" CreationDate="2009-06-13T16:17:01.777" UserId="6132" Text="Anytime that I have to deal with a custom built application that will not easily allow automation via scripting or CLI. " />
  <row Id="44866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25265" RevisionGUID="aa288200-8747-4abc-8408-da06bf52d64c" CreationDate="2009-06-13T16:23:59.237" UserId="6383" Text="How about replacing &quot;Research New Technologies&quot; with more specific items, e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Spend 15 (or 30) minutes researching SELinux and work towards answering one of:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - How do I install it?&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - What mode of operation best suits my environment and how do I configure it?&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - How do I interpret it's log entries?&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - How do I create rules?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Similarly for &quot;Documenting the Network&quot; etc." />
  <row Id="44867" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25266" RevisionGUID="0982f1fa-d8c3-4bd9-becc-66a8b5b0184d" CreationDate="2009-06-13T16:29:13.920" UserId="5749" Text="In another [Question][1]  many users recommend FlexWiki for Network Documentation.  [FlexWiki.com][2]  appears to be down.  I was able to download the latest package from sourceforge.net, but cannot find installation instructions.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Config:  Win2k3 w/ IIS 6.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in Advance&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3970/how-are-you-documenting-your-work-processes-and-environment&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.flexwiki.com" />
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  <row Id="44870" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25267" RevisionGUID="6f91e953-0ce1-40ed-be56-d2315b8d6993" CreationDate="2009-06-12T06:49:46.037" Text="&lt;p&gt;I have an AIX 6.1 box with service pack level 6100-02-03-0909&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;swax23 # oslevel -s -q&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Known Service Packs&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;6100-02-03-0909&#xA;6100-02-02-0849&#xA;6100-02-01-0847&#xA;6100-02-00-0000&#xA;6100-01-04-0909&#xA;6100-01-03-0846&#xA;6100-01-02-0834&#xA;6100-01-01-0823&#xA;6100-00-08-0909&#xA;6100-00-07-0846&#xA;6100-00-06-0834&#xA;6100-00-05-0822&#xA;6100-00-04-0815&#xA;6100-00-03-0808&#xA;6100-00-02-0750&#xA;6100-00-01-0748&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to revert the latest serive pack and go back to 6100-02-02-0849.&#xA;How to do it ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="44875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25269" RevisionGUID="bf68b8e6-f0e4-49ed-8163-26cf19c46c66" CreationDate="2009-06-13T16:38:08.053" UserId="45" Text="![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/249/noplacelike127.png" />
  <row Id="44876" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25269" RevisionGUID="bf68b8e6-f0e4-49ed-8163-26cf19c46c66" CreationDate="2009-06-13T16:38:08.053" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44877" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25270" RevisionGUID="634607cc-64e2-499c-967d-1aa911a2cd45" CreationDate="2009-06-13T16:42:09.200" UserId="9423" Text="I'm responsible for an old (5-10 yrs?) sun PC providing an important service.  However, whenever the keyboard is disconnected, it stops everything it's running (even stops responding to pings), and says &quot;type OK to go&quot; or &quot;type GO to continue&quot; or something like that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can it be configured to operate like other OS's that disregard keyboard status?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="44878" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25270" RevisionGUID="634607cc-64e2-499c-967d-1aa911a2cd45" CreationDate="2009-06-13T16:42:09.200" UserId="9423" Text="How can I prevent an old Sun PC from freezing when its keyboard is unplugged?" />
  <row Id="44879" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25270" RevisionGUID="634607cc-64e2-499c-967d-1aa911a2cd45" CreationDate="2009-06-13T16:42:09.200" UserId="9423" Text="&lt;sun&gt;&lt;old-hardware&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;keyboard&gt;&lt;freezing&gt;" />
  <row Id="44880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25271" RevisionGUID="c48a9486-0e43-437f-b47e-a714cd82160d" CreationDate="2009-06-13T16:44:38.167" UserId="7654" Text="![Bofh !][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://image.spreadshirt.net/image-server/image/product/8161122/view/1/type/png/width/280/height/280" />
  <row Id="44881" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25271" RevisionGUID="c48a9486-0e43-437f-b47e-a714cd82160d" CreationDate="2009-06-13T16:44:38.167" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44882" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25265" RevisionGUID="1cc7296a-9207-407d-8746-79ed1700511f" CreationDate="2009-06-13T16:46:35.353" UserId="6383" Comment="punctuation" Text="How about replacing &quot;Research New Technologies&quot; with more specific items, e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Spend 15 (or 30) minutes researching SELinux and work towards answering one of:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - How do I install it?&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - What mode of operation best suits my environment and how do I configure it?&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - How do I interpret its log entries?&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - How do I create rules?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Similarly for &quot;Documenting the Network&quot; etc." />
  <row Id="44883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25272" RevisionGUID="8c16494c-9387-446b-b62f-319b0e64f862" CreationDate="2009-06-13T16:57:22.540" UserId="9424" Text="I come upon this rather frequently — after MS Office updates Outlook Express is set as default mail client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A regfile like this helps:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail]`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `@=&quot;Microsoft Outlook&quot;`" />
  <row Id="44886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25274" RevisionGUID="23b9445a-0154-47f6-98cc-b41fc5c6ac59" CreationDate="2009-06-13T17:06:05.097" UserId="5221" Text="If simply &quot;don't remove the keyboard&quot; is not an option then you used to be able to get little dongles for keyboard ports that the BIOS would see as a keyboard being connected. They were useful for machines that didn't have the option of disabling the on-boot keyboard check. I don't know if you can still get them anywhere but you could probably make one easily enough (IIRC they were nothing more fancy internally than a resistor of the right value between two of the pins.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing though: I hope you are not pulling the keyboard out of the machine *while it is running*. They don't like that. You risk shorting the keyboard controller. I suspect that is why the external keyboard+mouse ports stopped working on a college's laptop at work many years ago.&#xD;&#xA;(unless the keyboard is USB or similar, of course, in which case the connector and circuitry around it are designed with hot-plugging in mind)." />
  <row Id="44887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25275" RevisionGUID="634569cd-7800-4cb7-b1df-50d201e7099e" CreationDate="2009-06-13T17:10:20.063" UserId="2253" Text="I would like to have a service like iGoogle or Netvibes, allowing my users to have a custom Web home page, with syndication feeds, gadgets, etc, **without** relying on a third-party and having to use its &#xD;&#xA;accounts and accept its terms of use (&quot;We have the right to do anything we want with your data&quot;). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not very knowledgeable in this world, I don't even know if the gadget API is standard or not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More specific requirments:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Runs on Unix (preference for Debian)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Free software (free as in free speech, not free as in free beer)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In free software, a friend suggests me [ dropthings][1] which seems very nice, free, well &#xD;&#xA;documented (there is even a book), etc, but which runs only on Windows. Any other suggestion?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://code.google.com/p/dropthings/" />
  <row Id="44888" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25275" RevisionGUID="634569cd-7800-4cb7-b1df-50d201e7099e" CreationDate="2009-06-13T17:10:20.063" UserId="2253" Text="Software for a local iGoogle / Netvibes" />
  <row Id="44889" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25275" RevisionGUID="634569cd-7800-4cb7-b1df-50d201e7099e" CreationDate="2009-06-13T17:10:20.063" UserId="2253" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;web&gt;&lt;portal&gt;" />
  <row Id="44890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25276" RevisionGUID="a2f7e781-d085-403d-85c8-4731a73d5283" CreationDate="2009-06-13T17:10:25.290" UserId="5749" Text="We often RDP into our servers.  Sometimes if we end the RDP session via Start, Shutdown, Log-off, the server restarts.  &#xD;&#xA;It seems to happen when the server is waiting for a report due to a patch pushed out via WSUS, but we may be waiting for a maintainence window before rebooting.  &#xD;&#xA;Nothing quite like the cold-sweat when you notice that your production SQL Server or Exchange mail store is rebooting in the middle of the day!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our work around is to just disconnect, not log off, but this causes issues with the next user who needs to log in.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44891" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25276" RevisionGUID="a2f7e781-d085-403d-85c8-4731a73d5283" CreationDate="2009-06-13T17:10:25.290" UserId="5749" Text="Windows 2003 Server Restarts when logging off from RDP" />
  <row Id="44892" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25276" RevisionGUID="a2f7e781-d085-403d-85c8-4731a73d5283" CreationDate="2009-06-13T17:10:25.290" UserId="5749" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;rdp&gt;&lt;patch&gt;&lt;reboot&gt;" />
  <row Id="44893" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25277" RevisionGUID="c826859d-eda0-4c91-8546-dd8cfa83e63a" CreationDate="2009-06-13T17:10:49.500" UserId="846" Text="I like &quot;personal organization&quot; as the moniker for this kind of stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are two separate things here.  The first is getting a system in place and being disciplined enough to follow it.  There are a ton of systems out there .. GTD gets lots of press.  Personally, I use a hybrid of Franklin and GTD.  Have a framework to capture the things you need to do and to let you easily prioritize and schedule them.  I suspect that this is where you are breaking down .. as you noted, you scheduling then crossing out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The second is to have a way within that framework that *Quadrant 2* stuff {[important but not urgent][1]} actually gets some attention. Quadrant 2 is the place of real, lasting value to the organization (and to you personally), and usually does not get nearly enough attention.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can start by not thinking of (or referring to) them as &quot;me&quot; tasks .. if they aren't important to the organization you shouldn't do them on company time.  If they are, they need to be folded into the mix somehow.  If they truly are about you .. apply the same principles on your own time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best way I have found is to treat these things as *any other project*.  Any good personal organization system has a process to capture and include the tasks from projects.  Take the amorphous ideal (say, Document Server Configuration) and break it down into the smallest tasks (Build empty doc, doc network config, doc shares, etc.) you can get down to.  Then include some of those tasks in your daily/weekly plan, and find a way **each week**, to get those little pieces done.  Note that I said *each* week, not every week.  It is kind of like recovery .. today is all that matters, you work your system today, and tomorrow you worry about tomorrow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This won't get you all the way there, but it is a start.  In the end, this is a relatively small extension of the discipline to keep on a system.  But it is the part that turns you from &quot;getting the job done&quot; to &quot;making things better&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tinyurl.com/d6un64&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44894" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25164" RevisionGUID="c9d94915-190d-48d4-8641-e576105605cd" CreationDate="2009-06-13T17:11:39.373" UserId="5264" Comment="added 158 characters in body" Text="I really like the RemoteApp features of Windows Server 2008&#xD;&#xA;Are there any solutions for similar functionality for *Linux* clients and a Windows server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have users that are running Linux on the desktop and rdesktop to a Windows server, mostly for Outlook. It would be nice if Outlook could behave more seamlessly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From what I can tell rdesktop doesn't do that yet, it only implements RDP 5.  I've also seen [&quot;SeamlessRDP&quot; from Cendio][1], which is an extension to rdesktop, but I can't get it to work. I think it doesn't work in Vista, but that is just a guess.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas? And thanks in advance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;I have been playing with SeamlessRDP some more.  I still get full blown explorer.  The behavior is no different then with just straight rdesktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cendio.com/seamlessrdp/" />
  <row Id="44897" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25278" RevisionGUID="2f7d7f13-a288-4c7b-bbe1-9ffd31314860" CreationDate="2009-06-13T17:15:04.937" UserId="4460" Text="SeamlessRDP is a great solution - I set it up so that internal IIS admins had a linux box that they could get to remote server IIS snap-ins without having full-fledged Windows administrator desktop/filesystem/etc. access.  Keep playing with it - it's worth it." />
  <row Id="44898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25279" RevisionGUID="9512020e-3e80-4916-b017-372a1f8d7219" CreationDate="2009-06-13T17:15:51.393" UserId="4733" Text="..also ordered from Jinx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Front - Social Engineering Specialist&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Back - Because There is No Patch for Human Stupidity  " />
  <row Id="44899" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25279" RevisionGUID="9512020e-3e80-4916-b017-372a1f8d7219" CreationDate="2009-06-13T17:15:51.393" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25280" RevisionGUID="53ca1ea3-a7a8-4da2-91b4-dab5683e5032" CreationDate="2009-06-13T17:30:58.493" UserId="9351" Text="You don't say what hardware, or what software. Is there such a thing as a Sun PC?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, check out /etc/default/kbd in a text editor. There are various switches in there you can use to disable keyboard checks on reboot. If you just want to pull the keyboard while SunOS is running, without rebooting, you can 'kbd -a disable' (iirc, read man page to be sure) and pull the keyboard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I'd boot the OS, modify /etc/default/kbd, shut it down, pull the keyboard and cold boot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm kind of surprised you don't have a KVM switch on this." />
  <row Id="44903" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25282" RevisionGUID="097a64b2-506d-40f1-92ed-734b2d88fa0d" CreationDate="2009-06-13T17:49:59.157" UserId="8934" Text="I never saw a Windows rebooting when you **really** hit logoff. What are your WSUS settings ?" />
  <row Id="44904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25283" RevisionGUID="f1854483-0596-4dd2-a68d-84ea40b1d7c6" CreationDate="2009-06-13T17:50:01.450" UserId="4011" Text="Hi Bill,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't seen this one before - but something to try is to log off from Task Manager (it's one of the tabs - 'users' I think) - as opposed to using the &quot;Start Menu &gt; Logoff&quot; sequence...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whilst I think this may not make any difference, it might and is worth trying.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An alternative is &quot;shutdown /l&quot; at a cmd prompt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Post back and let us all know!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Mike" />
  <row Id="44905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25284" RevisionGUID="684d6d20-2efc-47c4-81d6-f23bb6044962" CreationDate="2009-06-13T17:52:21.413" UserId="8934" Text="Normally, you have to turn the key to prevent this. Check for the key position.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;else:&#xD;&#xA;Disabling Sun keyboard abort sequence&#xD;&#xA;The default keyboard abort sequence on a Solaris system is sent with the L1-A or STOP-A keys pressed together on an attached Sun keyboard, or the BREAK signal on the serial console.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Inserting or unplugging a keyboard on a running Sun system will also send an abort sequence, effectively dropping you to the Open Boot Prompt (&quot;ok&quot; prompt).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To disable the keyboard abort sequence for the current session:&#xD;&#xA;kbd -a disable&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To disable the keyboard abort sequence for future sessions (i.e. after a system reboot), change the following in /etc/default/keyboard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From:&#xD;&#xA; #KEYBOARD_ABORT=disable&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To:&#xD;&#xA;KEYBOARD_ABORT=enable" />
  <row Id="44906" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="25106" RevisionGUID="b02b61e4-3aff-4113-8efd-054e4a20f781" CreationDate="2009-06-13T17:53:15.467" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:48,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Sam Cogan&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:984,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Zoredache&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="44907" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25080" RevisionGUID="5e270ff9-06d2-4e4a-be15-a9bdb52319fe" CreationDate="2009-06-13T17:55:39.347" UserId="1803" Comment="deleted 273 characters in body; deleted 7 characters in body" Text="I have been experiencing a lot of dropped connections between on all of my devices and it is really frustrasting.....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone recommend free or reasonable price software to monitor signal strength, network usage and any type of trouble shooting that might cause the dropped network connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's an older building with plaster walls.  Plaster walls have been known to hinder a wireless network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44909" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25285" RevisionGUID="2a3de32c-6cae-4c8c-9844-7ecc570fae12" CreationDate="2009-06-13T18:02:48.553" UserId="7783" Text="Is this an orderly shutdown or a BSOD? &#xD;&#xA;You've checked the event log, turned off auto-rebooting in the event of a BSOD right?" />
  <row Id="44910" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25286" RevisionGUID="b3825976-ea49-4b6b-ac2e-583b25083d3e" CreationDate="2009-06-13T18:04:48.957" UserId="1065" Text="besides wget, you may also use **lftp** in script mode. the following command will mirror the content of a given remote FTP directory into the given local directory, and can be put into the cron job:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    lftp -c 'open &lt;hostname&gt;; user &lt;username&gt; &lt;password&gt;; mirror -e &lt;remote-src-path&gt; &lt;local-dest-path&gt;; quit'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;it automatically handler recursion into directories and allows specifying the remote source starting directory from to download data from." />
  <row Id="44911" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25287" RevisionGUID="22a57d22-89f4-4af1-bdfd-f89f00980339" CreationDate="2009-06-13T18:07:19.950" UserId="7783" Text="Make doing these things part of the task that generated them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Installed new software? Include documenting it in part of the plan to install it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Staff Development - this can be an ongoing thing throughout all new tasks aside from the one or two specific training things, and these are *important* and hence deserve to be given the time they need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Paperwork to do? Include that in part of the plan for the task that generated the paperwork.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Block out a certain amount of time for administrivia each day - if you don't let a backlog develop then keeping up with it will be easy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No time for research? This is also an important part of the job, not a trivial addition. If you don't have time for it then you're either under-resourced or you have another problem if you're *constantly* being dragged away from stuff like this to fight fires." />
  <row Id="44912" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25288" RevisionGUID="aa9c6ebb-3d53-44e4-8857-63fa739397c4" CreationDate="2009-06-13T18:10:51.547" UserId="7809" Text="I know we've had a lot of &quot;Who's your favourite VPS provider?&quot; type questions, but most of the top providers reside in the USA (Linode and Slicehost) come to mind. What about providers that aren't 1,500 miles away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What European VPS service would you recommend which has a similar price point to those seen at linode/slicehost?" />
  <row Id="44913" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25288" RevisionGUID="aa9c6ebb-3d53-44e4-8857-63fa739397c4" CreationDate="2009-06-13T18:10:51.547" UserId="7809" Text="Best VPS Service in Europe?" />
  <row Id="44914" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25288" RevisionGUID="aa9c6ebb-3d53-44e4-8857-63fa739397c4" CreationDate="2009-06-13T18:10:51.547" UserId="7809" Text="&lt;vps&gt;&lt;service&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" />
  <row Id="44915" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25289" RevisionGUID="97332f0e-15a2-48ee-9bb6-e0383f916a0b" CreationDate="2009-06-13T18:15:26.703" UserId="1435" Text="Probably not the answer you want to hear but I've found that I get more time for that kind of work the older I got - people just give you more time and don't 'rag' on you so much.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you show you're always happy to take crap from people then they'll carry on doing it, once you're older you get less people trying this so you can pick and choose how best to benefit your organisation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And yes I know we're the same age :(" />
  <row Id="44916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25290" RevisionGUID="4703449f-6097-4b04-ac1f-f635f411905c" CreationDate="2009-06-13T18:27:47.067" UserId="9426" Text="I've got MAMP running (XAMP for OSX), and I'm trying to setup subversion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I go to the freshly created repository in my browser, I get:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;D:error&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;C:error/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;m:human-readable errcode=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    Could not open the requested SVN filesystem&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/m:human-readable&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/D:error&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The repository is setup in my server directory. My php files are also there, and it works fine. My basic httpd.conf setup:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /svn&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    DAV svn&#xD;&#xA;    SVNPath ~/server/svntest&#xD;&#xA;    (Authenticaton will be added later)&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've allready chmod'ed everything to 777&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    drwxrwxrwx   9 gerrit  staff       306 27 okt  2008 svn&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apache's errorlog does not show any errors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I troubleshoot this?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44917" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25290" RevisionGUID="4703449f-6097-4b04-ac1f-f635f411905c" CreationDate="2009-06-13T18:27:47.067" UserId="9426" Text="SVN errorcode=2 Could not open the requested SVN filesystem" />
  <row Id="44918" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25290" RevisionGUID="4703449f-6097-4b04-ac1f-f635f411905c" CreationDate="2009-06-13T18:27:47.067" UserId="9426" Text="&lt;svn&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;mamp&gt;" />
  <row Id="44919" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25291" RevisionGUID="74951068-c95c-46c6-8d51-17721e3a3630" CreationDate="2009-06-13T18:35:06.303" UserId="1565" Text="If you are having trouble with [NetStumbler,][1] you  might try out [inSSIDer][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have Vista or Windows 7, you might also try [Vistumbler][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stumbler.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.vistumbler.net/" />
  <row Id="44920" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25292" RevisionGUID="dfd1cfd0-5c04-409d-ac7b-d8ce40c7ac48" CreationDate="2009-06-13T18:42:31.483" UserId="2366" Text="Do you have a repository or a working copy at ~/server/svntest?  It has to be a repository and looking at your ls -l, it looks like a working copy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's also best to use an absolute path for SVNPath, not ~&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44921" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25269" RevisionGUID="7386a55e-e2d1-4936-8dbc-831fdecb973a" CreationDate="2009-06-13T18:56:45.417" UserId="45" Comment="added 8 characters in body" Text="![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/8503/noplacelike127updatee.png" />
  <row Id="44922" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25293" RevisionGUID="67e97849-6751-4999-b911-69fff8c810d3" CreationDate="2009-06-13T18:59:57.190" UserId="8934" Text="I had this type of issue before. Check for snmp agent extension. Dell and others add extension to the snmp service, and may cause crash due to missing dll &amp; co.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[I blogged][1] about it, that was Arcserve the guilty at this time&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Compare this hive with others servers: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Services\SNMP\Parameters\ExtensionAgents&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may also use Process explorer to track snmp service behavior&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com/2006/10/arcserve-bightstor-snmp-service.html" />
  <row Id="44923" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25253" RevisionGUID="07f246ff-ef12-4374-89d6-88c1d62dd71d" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:02:41.913" UserId="5749" Comment="Change Manager-tools reference to a link" Text="OK, this is a non-tech question, but I think it pertains to a lot of sysadmins, especially at small shops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a lot of tasks that are not related to a project, or day-to-day operations that do not add visible value to the organization, but nevertheless are important.  I'm thinking of things like Documenting the Network or Processes,  Researching that new tool/technology/process, development of subordinates, filing of paperwork.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of these are important, but because they do not end up on a Gantt Chart, or directly result in your boss yelling at you if you skip it, can other be neglected.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do you make sure that you cover these?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried adding them to my task management system, scheduling recurring appointments in my calendar for things like &quot;Research New Technologies&quot;.  But these tend to be really easy to ignore/cross off this week, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS, I like the tag calendar-management,  as the guys on [Manager-Tools][1] say, You can manage your calendar, but time is a constant, you cannot manage it to create more/less or to change how fast/slow it passes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.manager-tools.com" />
  <row Id="44924" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25294" RevisionGUID="67eb9a3f-8207-43e4-84d5-bfdab838f0cd" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:03:43.500" UserId="9428" Text="There are instructions on rebundling OpenSolaris AMIs here: [http://www.sun.com/third-party/global/amazon/Sun_AmazonEC2_GettingStartedGuide.pdf][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sun.com/third-party/global/amazon/Sun_AmazonEC2_GettingStartedGuide.pdf" />
  <row Id="44925" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25295" RevisionGUID="eb97f7d3-d1dc-4b41-973a-2a9e9bf06fd4" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:05:15.057" UserId="9415" Text="Restoring a mksysb image from the system?" />
  <row Id="44926" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25295" RevisionGUID="eb97f7d3-d1dc-4b41-973a-2a9e9bf06fd4" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:05:15.057" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25296" RevisionGUID="d19ccd54-173c-48b8-b480-7f19cb430b61" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:06:48.737" UserId="8934" Text="Do you have Windows 2003 Service pack 2 ? It enable by default network offload, which cause issue if the network driver is too old. Since, another hotfix disable this network offload by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Some problems occur after installing Windows Server 2003 SP2][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;==&gt; it specify SQL network problem related to this network offload.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also check for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Antivirus / firewall&#xD;&#xA; - Network problem (duplex mismatch...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B945977&amp;x=20&amp;y=11" />
  <row Id="44928" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25297" RevisionGUID="bb965707-fe78-46fb-9361-37206e33b498" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:07:59.187" UserId="6397" Text="Maybe it's time to think removing shutdown and restart from start menu and only leave logoff there." />
  <row Id="44929" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25298" RevisionGUID="2dbf1e58-d51b-4a43-881b-adcc849a6e2c" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:09:44.330" UserId="9415" Text="If you're accessing your virtualhost with any name different of what you specified in the virtualhost's ServerName, you might be accesing some other unintended virtualhost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please provide a copy of your apache config files and the output of apache2 -D DUMP_VHOSTS" />
  <row Id="44930" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25299" RevisionGUID="595f378c-f09a-4885-8269-235675307854" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:10:27.387" UserId="9332" Text="Why have Virtual Machines become the knee-jerk reaction to administration problems?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VMs are not magic pixie dust to sprinkle over your problems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should figure out how long it takes to download a certain sized&#xD;&#xA;file over the link. Nice round numbers are convenient, let's make it&#xD;&#xA;1GB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Time how long the upload/download takes (N)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Time how long 2 upload/downloads take (N+1)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make a guess.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In this case your deployment of WSUS is interesting, usually WSUS is&#xD;&#xA;deployed on the local end of a slow link. There are really only two&#xD;&#xA;reasons to deploy WSUS: management and bandwidth. Putting WSUS on the&#xD;&#xA;distant end of a link is really no different (bandwidth wise) from&#xD;&#xA;downloading all your patches from Microsoft. Every client has to&#xD;&#xA;access the same slow link.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you considered deploying another WSUS server at the local end of&#xD;&#xA;your link?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is a branch office, and you do not want/cannot deploy a WSUS&#xD;&#xA;server. Consider doing patches starting Friday evening and letting&#xD;&#xA;them roll throughout the weekend." />
  <row Id="44931" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25300" RevisionGUID="182bf1c5-adf6-496a-9142-ad458436e718" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:11:15.250" UserId="915" Text="I just performed a wireless network scan and my primary wireless route broadcasts a consist 70 DBm signal.  I added a range extender that increase or decrease the signal 65 DB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this considered a poor signal?  What is considered an excellent signal strength?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I experiences a lot of dropped connection and slow network speed.  I play a lot of online games (PS3 version of Call of Duty 4 and Call of Duty: World at War)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   " />
  <row Id="44932" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25300" RevisionGUID="182bf1c5-adf6-496a-9142-ad458436e718" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:11:15.250" UserId="915" Text="Trouble shooting wireless signal performance  " />
  <row Id="44933" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25300" RevisionGUID="182bf1c5-adf6-496a-9142-ad458436e718" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:11:15.250" UserId="915" Text="&lt;wireless-network&gt;&lt;performance-tuning&gt;&lt;troubleshooting&gt;" />
  <row Id="44934" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25064" RevisionGUID="516d0d91-0e1c-4bc9-aa43-673ec179af2c" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:12:38.943" UserId="919" Comment="added application error log message" Text="We're using OpsView/Nagios to monitor our servers. We've added the SNMP service to all our &#xD;&#xA;servers and deployed the configuration via GPO, but one win2k3 server seems to have a problem; it crashes pretty regularly. The event log carries messages like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Event Type:	Error&#xD;&#xA;    Event Source:	Service Control Manager&#xD;&#xA;    Event Category:	None&#xD;&#xA;    Event ID:	7034&#xD;&#xA;    Date:		6/11/2009&#xD;&#xA;    Time:		7:11:49 PM&#xD;&#xA;    User:		N/A&#xD;&#xA;    Computer:	HOSTNNAME&#xD;&#xA;    Description:&#xD;&#xA;    The SNMP Service service terminated unexpectedly.  It has done this 2 time(s). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and also&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Event Type:	Error&#xD;&#xA;    Event Source:	Application Error&#xD;&#xA;    Event Category:	(100)&#xD;&#xA;    Event ID:	1000&#xD;&#xA;    Date:		6/11/2009&#xD;&#xA;    Time:		7:11:18 PM&#xD;&#xA;    User:		N/A&#xD;&#xA;    Computer:	HOSTNAME&#xD;&#xA;    Description:&#xD;&#xA;    Faulting application snmp.exe, version 5.2.3790.3959, faulting module ntdll.dll, &#xD;&#xA;    version 5.2.3790.3959, fault address 0x000417af.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, I could probably set it to simply restart on crash in perpetuity, but I think it's better to fix problems like this. Is this a known problem? If not, what should I do to diagnose it?" />
  <row Id="44935" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25301" RevisionGUID="d3c141ce-1676-4c29-87ad-cae2f87d343b" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:13:41.797" UserId="48818" Text="I can't seem to figure out a decent way to manage jobs over ssh.  I want to start a job in an ssh session, logout, log back in, do a fg, check on the job, logout, then repeat the whole process.  nohup doesn't seem to wrok well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used this command&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;     $ nohup script &amp; &gt; nohup.out &#xD;&#xA;     [1] 28128&#xD;&#xA;     $ nohup: ignoring input and appending output to `nohup.out'&#xD;&#xA;     [1]+  Exit 255                nohup script&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I do either&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ jobs&#xD;&#xA;    $ ps -ef |  grep script&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I get nothing, i.e. the process isn't found.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, a related question I have is:  If I'm in an ssh session, and want to send a job to the background, ctrl-z doesn't work.  What to do?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cany anyone help me out?" />
  <row Id="44936" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25301" RevisionGUID="d3c141ce-1676-4c29-87ad-cae2f87d343b" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:13:41.797" UserId="48818" Text="job control and ssh" />
  <row Id="44937" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25301" RevisionGUID="d3c141ce-1676-4c29-87ad-cae2f87d343b" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:13:41.797" UserId="48818" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;nohup&gt;&lt;job-control&gt;" />
  <row Id="44938" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="25253" RevisionGUID="26510f2d-cad6-4566-9d18-60dcd5f5cb53" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:14:18.143" UserId="5749" Comment="Changed &quot;Me Tasks&quot; to &quot;Important but not Urgent Tasks&quot;  " Text="Finding Time for Important but not Urgent tasks." />
  <row Id="44939" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25302" RevisionGUID="d98743ea-03eb-4961-8223-9491fae6671d" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:18:56.933" UserId="2413" Text="well - one of the options is to use [screen][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. you log on&#xD;&#xA; 2. you fire up **screen**&#xD;&#xA; 3. you run your job&#xD;&#xA; 4. you press ctrl+a d to detach&#xD;&#xA; 5. you log off&#xD;&#xA; 6. after few hours you log on arain and run **screen -r** -  you have your shell / job result in front of you. or maybe it still runs...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;more examples [here][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://magazine.redhat.com/2007/09/27/a-guide-to-gnu-screen/" />
  <row Id="44940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25303" RevisionGUID="33409a0b-e25a-4a0f-a5fe-5843692089ba" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:20:15.403" UserId="9332" Text="You can use the program `screen`. I use it to manage several interactive shell programs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usage:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    screen&#xD;&#xA;    startyoujob.sh&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;C-A D&gt; (Ctrl A then D, will detach your session)&#xD;&#xA;    screen -r (this will reattach your session)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few `screen` tips over at the [Arch Linux Wiki][1], the [official `screen` web site][2], and some [tips and tricks for your screenrc (with screenshots).][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Screen_Tips&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=55618" />
  <row Id="44941" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25302" RevisionGUID="0d3c05d3-a050-4ac0-a5fd-ada3c647bfcc" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:24:43.070" UserId="2413" Comment="added 225 characters in body" Text="well - one of the options is to use [screen][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. you log on&#xD;&#xA; 2. you fire up **screen**&#xD;&#xA; 3. you run your job&#xD;&#xA; 4. you press ctrl+a d to detach&#xD;&#xA; 5. you log off&#xD;&#xA; 6. after few hours you log on arain and run **screen -r** -  you have your shell / job result in front of you. or maybe it still runs...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;more examples [here][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;another - probably worse if it's one time job - option is to demonize your shell script, add proper logging and use start-stop-daemon to run it in the background until it finishes. status - can be checked in logs produced. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://magazine.redhat.com/2007/09/27/a-guide-to-gnu-screen/" />
  <row Id="44942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25304" RevisionGUID="7a7ebf05-ff74-46fd-8220-1382c484f263" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:25:47.433" UserId="9332" Text="Have you tried:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mount -t hfsplus &lt;device path here&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Ripped off from: LQ.org][1] &lt;- Thread might help you a bit more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And here's [an HFS+ driver you could try.][2] Looks like it's read only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/mounting-hfs-volumes-under-linux-521189/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ardistech.com/hfsplus/" />
  <row Id="44943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25305" RevisionGUID="13f5f7a2-5379-4486-aea4-00e0c28ec1d6" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:30:10.513" UserId="45" Text="![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/9531/sftshirt.png" />
  <row Id="44944" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25305" RevisionGUID="13f5f7a2-5379-4486-aea4-00e0c28ec1d6" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:30:10.513" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44945" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25306" RevisionGUID="fdabf05c-03c3-4dc0-a9a8-8c504ae3bda0" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:35:34.590" UserId="9332" Text="Those look like excellent numbers. You must be sitting right on top of your AP. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are worried about delay, noise, and quality of the link, I would use a CAT5e (or CAT6) cable. Otherwise, next time you microwave a HotPocket, you could incur some delay/noise." />
  <row Id="44946" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25300" RevisionGUID="aff677f4-7248-4ef6-ac1a-1477cc35978f" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:36:28.083" UserId="915" Comment="fixed grammer" Text="I just performed a wireless network scan and my primary wireless route broadcasts a consist 70 DBm signal.  I added a range extender that increases or decreases the signal 65 DB (Not sure how the DB m scale works)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this considered a poor signal?  What is considered an excellent signal strength?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I experiences a lot of dropped connection and slow network speed.  I play a lot of online games (PS3 version of Call of Duty 4 and Call of Duty: World at War)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   " />
  <row Id="44947" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25307" RevisionGUID="6877a798-e9ae-496c-9d17-6f298851f5c7" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:40:34.957" UserId="1602" Text="My Two Faves...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/front/pebkac.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://andrewhitchcock.org/images/fullsize_got-root.jpg" />
  <row Id="44948" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25307" RevisionGUID="6877a798-e9ae-496c-9d17-6f298851f5c7" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:40:34.957" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44949" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5437" RevisionGUID="32c5e513-c34a-4e0e-bb31-a6278ddb8874" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:43:58.770" UserId="1463" Comment="deleted 18 characters in body" Text="Regular file-level backup of only data should still be used - regardless of if the machine is virtual or not. Backing up the disk file however is a great aid in increasing recovery speed for disasters if the entire guest fails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are several approaches to backing up the guests with scripting. You could [shut it down][1], copy the vhd and start it again. A clean system backup. But what you probably want though is [creating a snapshot][2]. There's also a mount tool to get to the shadow copies programatically so you could actually move them off the volume as well. There's some debate on how stable the VSS-based snapshot system really is and people have lost data. It's a bit (ok, much more) involved than the approach used by Vmware as far as I can tell and is a bit more annoying to deal with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think there's a service pack or patch to the Windows Server 2008 Backup tool that makes it capable of [backing up the guests][3] transparently by the way?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also see [Microsofts planning for Backup with Hyper-V][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://bunkerhollow.com/blogs/matt/archive/2008/09/24/hyper-v-vm-backup-script-batch-file.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gilham.org/Blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=aab85845-88d2-4091-8088-a6bbce0a4304&amp;ID=243&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://blogs.msdn.com/taylorb/archive/2008/08/20/backing-up-hyper-v-virtual-machines-using-windows-server-backup.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd252619.aspx" />
  <row Id="44950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25308" RevisionGUID="ec2db469-07fd-4034-9690-a3b5f13da631" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:47:53.537" UserId="8182" Text="I use screen as well for that..typically I login and run &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    screen -S $meaningful-name&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then when I reconnect I just run &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    screen -r $meaningful-name&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also usually put my username in the screen session name if I'm running as root on one of our servers so other folks can see it and connect to it if need be." />
  <row Id="44951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25309" RevisionGUID="8209734b-ca6e-4e3e-98a8-f372716e84f9" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:54:13.227" UserId="45" Text="I found [this article][1] mentioning a registry entry which could be the culprit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; With scheduled updates, administrators&#xD;&#xA;&gt; will be given a five-minute interval&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to decide whether to postpone&#xD;&#xA;&gt; installation, once the update files&#xD;&#xA;&gt; are downloaded (which will delay it&#xD;&#xA;&gt; until the next restart or scheduled&#xD;&#xA;&gt; interval -- depending on registry&#xD;&#xA;&gt; settings). If the installation&#xD;&#xA;&gt; requires a reboot (which is frequently&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the case) a user will be presented&#xD;&#xA;&gt; with a modal (i.e., positioned in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; front of the other windows) dialog box&#xD;&#xA;&gt; reminding her of the need to reboot&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (by default, the reboot will not be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; forced, although this can be changed&#xD;&#xA;&gt; by modifying the registry entry).&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\&#xD;&#xA;&gt;         Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU\NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The logoff could trigger the postponed automatic reboot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See also this blog post: [&quot;Is Windows Automatic Update Client rebooting your system unexpectedly? Read this to “fix” it…&quot;][2]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/10825_3318211_2&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/tim_rains/archive/2004/11/15/257877.aspx" />
  <row Id="44952" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25288" RevisionGUID="a1255628-de0d-46ca-9f74-2b360a4d240b" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:56:05.890" UserId="7809" Comment="Add more specific information." Text="I know we've had a lot of &quot;Who's your favourite VPS provider?&quot; type questions, but most of the top providers reside in the USA (Linode and Slicehost) come to mind. What about providers that aren't 1,500 miles away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What European VPS service would you recommend which has a similar price point to those seen at linode/slicehost?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Edit] Per the comments below : It was more of a general question, but I'm looking for a provider that can host and run a forum (phpBB3 or something similar) and a custom content management system that will handle a file exchange. About 50 to 100 users can be on the server at any one time. It's for a niche market so I don't expect those numbers to grow." />
  <row Id="44953" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25310" RevisionGUID="cf391425-eed3-40ab-8116-68fb7b24f47a" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:59:48.677" UserId="1041" Text="I have some Solaris machines that are connected to EMC Symmetrix for SAN storage.  Apparently the Symm has a gatekeeper device that is used with the symmetrix CLI.  We don't need the CLI, but I have these gatekeeper devices that constantly fill /var/adm/messages and the like with corrupt label errors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anything I can do (short of deleting the devices on machine start) to get rid of them?  Or should I just try to get our SAN guy to get the installer for the CLI?  These things are getting annoying, and the devfsadmd daemon keeps rediscovering them on boot." />
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  <row Id="44955" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25310" RevisionGUID="cf391425-eed3-40ab-8116-68fb7b24f47a" CreationDate="2009-06-13T19:59:48.677" UserId="1041" Text="&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;emc&gt;" />
  <row Id="44956" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25288" RevisionGUID="d4e27781-dad1-40b9-8ee5-19a127411f1f" CreationDate="2009-06-13T20:01:55.270" UserId="7809" Comment="added 182 characters in body" Text="I know we've had a lot of &quot;Who's your favourite VPS provider?&quot; type questions, but most of the top providers reside in the USA (Linode and Slicehost) come to mind. What about providers that aren't 1,500 miles away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What European VPS service would you recommend which has a similar price point to those seen at linode/slicehost?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Edit] Per the comments below : It was more of a general question, but I'm looking for a provider that can host and run a forum (phpBB3 or something similar) and a custom content management system that will handle a file exchange. About 50 to 100 users can be on the server at any one time. It's for a niche market so I don't expect those numbers to grow. The files are text based and can be compressed, so for space, anything from 10GB + is a good start. I'm not sure on memory, but I'll be planning to run NGinx with PHP-FPM and mySQL." />
  <row Id="44957" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25311" RevisionGUID="01e64788-4efa-4fbd-bcad-a4cc5cfd2770" CreationDate="2009-06-13T20:07:09.457" UserId="9432" Text="Now I'm know I'm going to get slapped in the face by people rushing to tell me this belongs on superuser (and who don't see the site not yet existing as an obstacle) but I'm really stuck on this so&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to install bugzilla3. I previously had mysql-server-5.1 installed, and it gave the following error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Aborting downgrade from (at least) 5.1 to 5.0.&#xD;&#xA;    dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-5.0_5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2_i386.deb (--unpack):&#xD;&#xA;    subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1&#xD;&#xA;    Errors were encountered while processing:&#xD;&#xA;    /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server-5.0_5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2_i386.deb&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I went onto the ubuntu irc channel and asked for help where I was told to downgrade mysql to 5.0 and then install bugzilla.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I went to do this. However when I &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo apt-get remove mysql-server-5.1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the bugzilla installation configuration begins, and goes until it stops again complaining about the 5.1 -&gt; 5.0 downgrade.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I went and asked again on the irc and I was told to&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo apt-get clean&#xD;&#xA;    sudo apt-get update&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which I did.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It was still happening however so I removed the bugzilla3 package and tried to remove mysql then. And apparently it wasn't there. (I checked mysql-server, mysql-server-5.1 and mysql-server-5.0).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I went to install bugzilla3 again, and it got as far as last time and complained about mysql-server-5.1 -&gt; 5.0 downgrade. And now apt-get reported it was there, but it won't remove it as it starts the bugzilla install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I fix this?" />
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  <row Id="44960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25312" RevisionGUID="52c6dd8c-8fa2-437c-a4a1-bd5c31f0f97f" CreationDate="2009-06-13T20:09:10.233" UserId="5890" Text="[Man vfstab][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-0219/6m6njqbd6?a=view" />
  <row Id="44961" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25288" RevisionGUID="67bc6d46-d785-4386-b3da-9d190fa165d0" CreationDate="2009-06-13T20:10:55.190" UserId="7809" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;vps&gt;&lt;service&gt;&lt;europe&gt;" />
  <row Id="44962" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25313" RevisionGUID="c23713bc-5976-4139-988b-a0dd80aa9d59" CreationDate="2009-06-13T20:12:23.643" UserId="9332" Text="Getting things done is a great book, very helpful, even if you don't implement a full system. GTD is a very long commitment, don't get overwhelmed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here's a brief intro to GTD.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But no system is perfect. It's very easy to loose sight of WHY you are trying to get organized, if your organization system takes over all your free time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The map, is not the territory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a more domain specific book check out:&#xD;&#xA;[Time Management for System Administrators][2] by Limoncelli. Which will provide a few more insightful tips.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I personally also use [todo.sh][3]. Which is a great todo bash script. It's also the only bash script I know that's unit tested and under revision control. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.43folders.com/2004/09/08/getting-started-with-getting-things-done&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596007836/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://ginatrapani.github.com/todo.txt-cli/" />
  <row Id="44963" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25314" RevisionGUID="f6b1a4b0-a80e-4d94-a025-1687d9baa1b1" CreationDate="2009-06-13T20:12:24.690" UserId="8517" Text="A lot depends on which VT-x features are supported by the processors you are concerned with. The initial implementations didn't provide measurable benefits and in most cases performance was actually degraded. However the recent H/W virtualization features related to Second Level Address Translation (SLAT) implemented by AMD as RVI\NPT with the Shanghai Opterons and Intel as EPT on Nehalem Xeons are certainly now delivering measurable benefits in many, if not most, use cases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's some interesting independant benchmarking in Johan de Gelas' [&quot;Real-world virtualization benchmarking: the best server CPUs compared&quot;][1] from May where he compares Sanghai and Nehalem systems with hardware virtualization features enabled and disabled although that is not the main intent of that article. It is independent however and de Gelas is always worth reading when he gets into the guts of CPU architectures and performance. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can get some non-independent benchmarks from VMware that specifically detail the potential benefits of VT-x EPT on Nehalem CPU's in their whitepaper [&quot;Performance Evaluation of Intel EPT Hardware Assist&quot;][2]. Your area of interest appears to be End User OS's rather than servers and Intel's EPT \ AMD's NPT can really make a difference there. The above paper covers a wide range of workload types but the two that may be of most interest to you were the Apache Compile (34-48% improvement) and Citrix XenApp (30%). VMware also published a similar paper last year for [AMD systems with RVI\NPT][3]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that there can be downsides - the whitepapers demonstrate that some workloads do not benefit and may incur a small ( a few percent) degradation for workloads that don't benefit significantly from the improvements in page fault handling that EPT\RVI can deliver.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a very good detailed technical presentation from VMWorld 2007 that explains the progression and some of the reasons why the initial versions of VT-X\AMD-v did not deliver real world performance benefits and why the newer versions that support SLAT now do. VMWorld 1007 - [&quot;TA68 Performance Aspects of x86 Virtualization&quot;][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's also important to make sure that whatever hypervisor you are planning to use is actually able to make use of all of the features - for example VMware vSphere\ESX4 or ESX 3.5 Update 4 is needed to support Intel's EPT, Update 3 (or newer) is needed to support AMD RVI\NPT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://it.anandtech.com/IT/showdoc.aspx?i=3567&amp;p=9&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/Perf_ESX_Intel-EPT-eval.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/RVI_performance.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://communities.vmware.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/1147092-17964/PS_TA68_288534_166-1_FIN_v5.pdf;jsessionid=3BF14921261F4C67AD33ADEF05C09420" />
  <row Id="44964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25315" RevisionGUID="6530ecb8-ea26-46b1-ad23-bc24ae8cecb5" CreationDate="2009-06-13T20:19:19.230" UserId="4733" Text="I think wired connections, as opposed to wireless connections, are recommended for gaming.  You get a consistent signal without any interference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are going wireless, be sure to place your router on an optimal place for best signal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When diagonosing wireless signal strength issues, I use Netstubler for measuring the signal as I walk around my office building.  It will output the signal in real time on a graph (plus a ton of other info).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25316" RevisionGUID="bb0e9d2f-f7b6-4cbf-8d61-0c59dbb7da73" CreationDate="2009-06-13T20:21:27.993" UserId="9328" Text="Unix, Perfectly &quot;natural&quot; after five or ten years. Searches for all C/C++ files and pipes them as file names to grep which sends all error output to /dev/null. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.zazzle.com/perfectly_unix_tshirt-235466687319016306" />
  <row Id="44966" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25316" RevisionGUID="bb0e9d2f-f7b6-4cbf-8d61-0c59dbb7da73" CreationDate="2009-06-13T20:21:27.993" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="44967" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25315" RevisionGUID="5eadb7f4-e824-4694-882d-93612b4e51ec" CreationDate="2009-06-13T20:25:25.957" UserId="4733" Comment="added 333 characters in body; added 1 characters in body" Text="I think wired connections, as opposed to wireless connections, are recommended for gaming.  You get a consistent signal without any interference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are going wireless, be sure to place your router on an optimal place for best signal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When diagonosing wireless signal strength issues, I use Netstumbler for measuring the signal as I walk around my office building.  It will output the signal in real time on a graph (plus a ton of other info).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We do use repeaters/range extenders at a couple of locations, but I am not convinced they help out alot.  I think they may even cause confusion at times.  This is just from my personal observations.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS - as always I will recommend any router running DDWRT.  There are some gaming-specific settings that you can change on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25317" RevisionGUID="2760fa80-9bb4-4024-a299-cc1f633e97c3" CreationDate="2009-06-13T20:31:15.413" UserId="8996" Text="If you look in /var/lib/dpkg/info/mysql-server-5.0.preinst you'll see:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    show_downgrade_warning=0&#xD;&#xA;    for i in `ls $DATADIR/debian-*.flag 2&gt;/dev/null`; do&#xD;&#xA;      found_version=`echo $i | sed 's/.*debian-\([0-9\.]\+\).flag/\1/'`&#xD;&#xA;      if dpkg --compare-versions &quot;$this_version&quot; '&lt;&lt;' &quot;$found_version&quot;; then&#xD;&#xA;        show_downgrade_warning=1&#xD;&#xA;        break;&#xD;&#xA;      fi&#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So if you delete /var/lib/mysql/debian-*.flag it'll let it go through. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [the mysql docs][1] on how to downgrade mysql itself safely&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/downgrading.html" />
  <row Id="44969" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25318" RevisionGUID="912b5258-f261-4ab7-9856-5923c068e7ec" CreationDate="2009-06-13T20:52:29.617" UserId="9332" Text="So many posts and no one has mentioned Windows Update Service&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    wuauclt.exe &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /demoui&#xD;&#xA;    /a /ResetAuthorization&#xD;&#xA;    /r /ReportNow&#xD;&#xA;    /detectnow&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This single command has a lot of mythology surrounding it. It reports no errors, has no help dialog, and the only real output is run for `/demoui`. But it does work, I think.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Reference][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc720477.aspx" />
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  <row Id="44971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25319" RevisionGUID="35ce938a-c7a3-4f2f-af5c-894fd1ac4b7a" CreationDate="2009-06-13T20:53:48.613" UserId="1293" Text="What is the state of the art in fire suppression for server rooms? What are the top priorities in choosing a good system?" />
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  <row Id="44974" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="25319" RevisionGUID="915ee1f6-8350-4a2f-a2ee-7b871ec25c15" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:01:43.030" UserId="1435" Comment="edited title" Text="What's the best fire suppression for a server room?" />
  <row Id="44975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25320" RevisionGUID="31b24eea-dded-477a-a181-75bf368ee875" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:04:53.833" UserId="2963" Text="Hi, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I currently work as a sysadmin/web apps developer for large company, but I am intrested in starting up on my own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just wondering if anyone had any advice on how to get IT consulting jobs/clients? I would be looking to target small business in my local area. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, does having certifations (e.g. MCSE) help attain clients&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any other advice welcome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;Sean&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="44978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25321" RevisionGUID="7b0c4245-9748-41f7-9e35-6eb8882c65e9" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:06:07.357" UserId="9388" Text="What is the best way/tools to move files to a remote Ubuntu web server? Obviously a newbie question, but should I create a smb mount, use ftp, or ssh?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="44980" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25321" RevisionGUID="7b0c4245-9748-41f7-9e35-6eb8882c65e9" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:06:07.357" UserId="9388" Text="&lt;ubuntu-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="44981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25322" RevisionGUID="906b2e05-44c4-4cd0-b44e-d603abade4c7" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:06:39.993" UserId="7619" Text="Since this is subjective, I thought that I'd just toss out the ones that help me the most. All of `em can be found elsewhere, cribbed from &quot;How to do better at time management!&quot; articles, etc. They're just what help _me_. They may not necessarily help YOU.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i.e. Your Mileage May Vary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, while they're not necessarily a direct and succinct answer to the question at hand, I believe that when used, they contribute overall to improving time-management, which has the direct overall effect of helping me free up some time, to complete those important-yet-not-urgent-tasks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.) Train everybody to do your job. Meaning; if you're on a team of 5, and there's one guy who knows MS Exchange, one guy who knows LAN, routing, etc. One girl who knows AD and core MS Administration and one guy who knows Linux/Unix, and you're the LAN/router dude.. Spread your knowledge around. Maybe the AD girl wants to know how spanning-tree protocol works. Perhaps the Exchange guy wants to know how his packets get from &quot;a&quot; to &quot;b&quot; to &quot;c&quot; and back. Work with them to get them trained up on some good basic knowledge. By doing this, you'll be more apt to go to them for help when you're inundated and can't seem to find the time to get the small-but-important stuff done such as documentation and that equipment refresh projection list to your boss that he needed, oh, say.. Yesterday. If you've done a good job training your peers, then you can ask for, and expect great help with relabeling those switchports or verifying SNMP on your devices and that they're all plugged into your monitoring system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, be equally prepared to learn some of their jobs as well, and for good reason. It'll help you understand where they're coming from and give them the latitude that you enjoy as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.) Set an `email schedule' for yourself and limit your email checking to particular times of the day. Say four or so, if you work in a very, high-traffic, busy email environment. Focus on what directly applies to you and what requires immediate attention. STICK to the &quot;check email at this time&quot; schedule.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3.) Break tasks up into chunks of short-term time to be spent on them. I.e. multitask, but don't work too hard on a single task and get sucked into it, or burn out. Work on it for 20-30 minutes or so, then move onto something else. Keeping your interest piqued is critical to successful multitasking. it's altogether too easy for us to get sucked into troubleshooting WSUS and spending hours on chasing down one elusive hex-error code after another. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4.) Take a break every once in a while. Actually get up and walk around. Get the blood flowing. Go get some water. Clear your head, (what you were just directly focusing on) and think about something else. You'll be surprised how refreshing this is and how well and quickly it helps you focus on the next task at hand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5.) Check out resources on the internet for Project Management. There's usually great tips and tricks in there that directly deal with questions like yours, along with general time-management skills. You'd be surprised.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6.) This is gonna sound weird, but work at being lazy. Learn how to automate, automate, automate. Don't waste your time repeating tasks over and over. Learn how to do it with a script if you can. I suppose that the proper way to say this would be, &quot;work smarter, not harder&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;7.) Use a SIMPLE to-do list broken up into daily, weekly and monthly. Prioritize the tasks in a similar way by, &quot;critical&quot;, &quot;not-critical&quot; and &quot;long-term&quot;. STICK to the list. Update it, don't let it get stale. Make it the first thing you do every morning and the last thing you update before you leave. This does wonders for continuity of thought, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;8.) If you work in a meeting-heavy organization and you find your time being taken up by tons upon tons of pointless meetings each week, use this philosophy; If invited to a meeting, does it directly apply to you, or are you a key stakeholder? If not, consider how your time could be better spent. Especially if you get an emailed summary of the meeting minutes. Meeting invites usually (in email) come with, `Accept, Tentative, Decline' options. Don't be afraid, you can use them. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When attending a meeting, if there's no clear agenda or one displayed in the first five minutes, leave the meeting immediately. Get out. 9 times out of ten, it'll ramble on for an hour or so, with no point. It's the equivalent of sending a team of people to the grocery store with no list. What they come out with will be a hodgepodge mix of foodstuffs. Much like what you'll walk out of that meeting with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, again, check out the PM references out there on the internets. They're worth it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTH.." />
  <row Id="44982" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25323" RevisionGUID="bed3df30-f54b-46ba-90b7-7ae7b20c7ce8" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:09:58.457" UserId="9332" Text="All server rooms should have a [Class C fire extinguisher][1] outside the main door. You can grab it on the way in, or on the way out. Depending on the size of your server room, get another to stick on the far side as well. And keep them charged/inspected once a year.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[FM200][2] seems to be a popular choice, halon has been outdated over environmental and health concerns. If your server room cannot be sealed, I think you will have issues with a gas technology (like FM200). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should call up a vendor and ask about their services and products. Get the dimensions of your server room, and any other odd factors (HVAC, vents, etc.) before you call. Most vendors will be happy to assist you, just don't agree to buy anything until you're ready.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.fire-extinguisher101.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM200" />
  <row Id="44983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25324" RevisionGUID="77138c5e-34b1-416e-a7f1-9773458ed953" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:12:38.593" UserId="9332" Text="The best way to move files to a remote system would be [scp][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A recursive directory copy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    scp -r locadir user@hostname.com:~/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A single file copy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    scp localfile user@hostname.com:~/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to copy a file FROM a remote server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    scp user@hostname.com:~/localfile .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;scp is part of the ssh suite, and should be available if you have ssh and sshd on the remote server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_copy" />
  <row Id="44984" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25322" RevisionGUID="cd1f8991-2600-4740-bbc0-5d6ca7348635" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:12:50.883" UserId="7619" Comment="Made it a little prettier, indented, etc. Formattting." Text="Since this is subjective, I thought that I'd just toss out the ones that help me the most. All of `em can be found elsewhere, cribbed from &quot;How to do better at time management!&quot; articles, etc. They're just what help _me_. They may not necessarily help YOU.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i.e. Your Mileage May Vary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, while they're not necessarily a direct and succinct answer to the question at hand, I believe that when used, they contribute overall to improving time-management, which has the direct overall effect of helping me free up some time, to complete those important-yet-not-urgent-tasks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 1.) Train everybody to do your job. Meaning; if you're on a team of 5, and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; there's one guy who knows MS Exchange,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; one guy who knows LAN, routing, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; One girl who knows AD and core MS&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Administration and one guy who knows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Linux/Unix, and you're the LAN/router&#xD;&#xA;&gt; dude.. Spread your knowledge around.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Maybe the AD girl wants to know how&#xD;&#xA;&gt; spanning-tree protocol works. Perhaps&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the Exchange guy wants to know how his&#xD;&#xA;&gt; packets get from &quot;a&quot; to &quot;b&quot; to &quot;c&quot; and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; back. Work with them to get them&#xD;&#xA;&gt; trained up on some good basic&#xD;&#xA;&gt; knowledge. By doing this, you'll be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; more apt to go to them for help when&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you're inundated and can't seem to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; find the time to get the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; small-but-important stuff done such as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; documentation and that equipment&#xD;&#xA;&gt; refresh projection list to your boss&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that he needed, oh, say.. Yesterday.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If you've done a good job training&#xD;&#xA;&gt; your peers, then you can ask for, and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; expect great help with relabeling&#xD;&#xA;&gt; those switchports or verifying SNMP on&#xD;&#xA;&gt; your devices and that they're all&#xD;&#xA;&gt; plugged into your monitoring system.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; That being said, be equally prepared&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to learn some of their jobs as well,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and for good reason. It'll help you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; understand where they're coming from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and give them the latitude that you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; enjoy as well.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2.) Set an `email schedule' for yourself and limit your email checking&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to particular times of the day. Say&#xD;&#xA;&gt; four or so, if you work in a very,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; high-traffic, busy email environment.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Focus on what directly applies to you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and what requires immediate attention.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; STICK to the &quot;check email at this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; time&quot; schedule.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 3.) Break tasks up into chunks of short-term time to be spent on them.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I.e. multitask, but don't work too&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hard on a single task and get sucked&#xD;&#xA;&gt; into it, or burn out. Work on it for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 20-30 minutes or so, then move onto&#xD;&#xA;&gt; something else. Keeping your interest&#xD;&#xA;&gt; piqued is critical to successful&#xD;&#xA;&gt; multitasking. it's altogether too easy&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for us to get sucked into&#xD;&#xA;&gt; troubleshooting WSUS and spending&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hours on chasing down one elusive&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hex-error code after another. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 4.) Take a break every once in a while. Actually get up and walk&#xD;&#xA;&gt; around. Get the blood flowing. Go get&#xD;&#xA;&gt; some water. Clear your head, (what you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; were just directly focusing on) and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; think about something else. You'll be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; surprised how refreshing this is and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; how well and quickly it helps you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; focus on the next task at hand.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 5.) Check out resources on the internet for Project Management.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; There's usually great tips and tricks&#xD;&#xA;&gt; in there that directly deal with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; questions like yours, along with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; general time-management skills. You'd&#xD;&#xA;&gt; be surprised.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 6.) This is gonna sound weird, but work at being lazy. Learn how to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; automate, automate, automate. Don't&#xD;&#xA;&gt; waste your time repeating tasks over&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and over. Learn how to do it with a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; script if you can. I suppose that the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; proper way to say this would be, &quot;work&#xD;&#xA;&gt; smarter, not harder&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 7.) Use a SIMPLE to-do list broken up into daily, weekly and monthly.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Prioritize the tasks in a similar way&#xD;&#xA;&gt; by, &quot;critical&quot;, &quot;not-critical&quot; and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;long-term&quot;. STICK to the list. Update&#xD;&#xA;&gt; it, don't let it get stale. Make it&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the first thing you do every morning&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and the last thing you update before&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you leave. This does wonders for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; continuity of thought, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; 8.) If you work in a meeting-heavy organization and you find your time&#xD;&#xA;&gt; being taken up by tons upon tons of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; pointless meetings each week, use this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; philosophy; If invited to a meeting,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; does it directly apply to you, or are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you a key stakeholder? If not,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; consider how your time could be better&#xD;&#xA;&gt; spent. Especially if you get an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; emailed summary of the meeting&#xD;&#xA;&gt; minutes. Meeting invites usually (in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; email) come with, `Accept, Tentative,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Decline' options. Don't be afraid, you&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can use them. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; When attending a meeting, if there's&#xD;&#xA;&gt; no clear agenda or one displayed in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the first five minutes, leave the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; meeting immediately. Get out. 9 times&#xD;&#xA;&gt; out of ten, it'll ramble on for an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hour or so, with no point. It's the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; equivalent of sending a team of people&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to the grocery store with no list.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; What they come out with will be a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hodgepodge mix of foodstuffs. Much&#xD;&#xA;&gt; like what you'll walk out of that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; meeting with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, again, check out the PM references out there on the internets. They're worth it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTH.." />
  <row Id="44985" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25285" RevisionGUID="4556f55c-9b88-45cc-834f-17015ece1de4" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:13:07.250" UserId="7783" Comment="added 834 characters in body" Text="Is this an orderly shutdown or a BSOD? &#xD;&#xA;You've checked the event log, turned off auto-rebooting in the event of a BSOD right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is happening on more than one server, and from your answers its clear you've eliminated human error - it can't be someone hitting reboot by mistake *ever time* after all, so we can discount that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ok this isn't quite the symptom you describe, but I wonder if you might find something by taking a look at [this blog post][1] from Microsoft. Could you be having an issue with how patches are applied?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Failing that, If its happening on more than one server (every server?) then I'd say you have an issue with some software that's part of your standard server build. Offhand that's probably what... AV, Backup client, possibly text editor (like to think this couldn't cause a restart!), what else?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/askperf/archive/2008/03/18/hotfix-installs-remote-desktop-and-the-reboot-that-wasn-t.aspx" />
  <row Id="44986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25325" RevisionGUID="83d7e448-5599-41b6-8e6f-6ac8c436e240" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:16:10.380" UserId="8996" Text="[rsync][1] is a good choice. It normally uses SSH, is smart about only copying what is needed and best of all if it gets interrupted you can simply restart it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.samba.org/rsync/" />
  <row Id="44987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25326" RevisionGUID="766b6275-5e3b-477b-ba13-be908a600b82" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:17:39.160" UserId="8517" Text="It might be anyone of a number of things - ambient interference, other WLAN's, AP firmware, Client Nic\driver\OS ... Some specific details of what your environment is running on would help. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general though the most likely issue is interference from nearby WLAN's broadcasting in the same channels or nearby channels. There is a lot of overlap in 2.4Ghz Wifi channels. The specific 802.11 protocol you are using will also influence this - plain old 802.11b is slow but it is easier to isolate the channels it uses from those of other nearby WiFi sources or environmental RF interference from things like microwave ovens. 802.11g suffers quite badly from interference and 802.11n operating in the 2.4Ghz band can also behave erratically in the presence of competing WiFi sources, especially if you have set it up for dual channel bonding. If you have the option of using either 802.11a or 802.11n in the 5Ghz band then you will have far fewer issues with either ambient interference or interference from other nearby WiFi sources because it is much rarer and there are simply far more channels available (24 non overlapping channels vs 3 2.4Ghz). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For 2.4Ghz try fixing your channel to channel 1 and then testing. Move that to Channel 6 if you still have problems, and then try Channel 11. If you still have issues then limit both your AP and client to 802.11b and try again, if you find a satisfactory setup then try selectively enabling the faster protocols. For 802.11n set the channel width to 20Mhz first and then go higher if that is stable. Disable WMM if it's present - it doesn't help with any media streaming I've ever come across and if its enabled many WiFi Nic's get confused by the additional beaconing that it causes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your Client OS and adapter settings are also worth looking into. For Intel Wireless adapters  disable power saving and turn Roaming Aggressiveness down to &quot;Lowest&quot;. In general for any options that look like performance\throughput enhancements first disable all of them and then selectively enable them to see if any one works. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The dBm measurements are useful but not as important as knowing the level of ambient RF noise and the channels used by other WiFi sources. The MetaGeek WiSpy is a good way to get an idea of what is going on without spending a fortune but it is still not what you'd call cheap ($199). Professional level RF scanning costs quite a bit more. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44988" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25327" RevisionGUID="914f7860-ff83-4410-b922-a7dec2e4cc06" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:17:57.287" UserId="7783" Text="Wireless is inherently less reliable than wired. You're looking at a system that can be disturbed by someone else in a block of flats microwaving their dinner, or you opening or closing the door between the wireless router and the device using it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not saying it *should* be behaving like this, just that I'm not very surprised.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those figures do sound reasonable. Have you tried the usual suspects - made sure the firmware on the accesspoint and the wireless card are both up to date, that you've optimised the settings on both to get a good connection (e.g. if both are 'n' then lock them down to just that...)?" />
  <row Id="44989" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25328" RevisionGUID="1735ffa1-8247-41f9-b775-59e61f72004b" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:22:11.037" UserId="9404" Text="You can use 'curlftpfs - mount a ftp host as a local directory' and, once mounted, you can use normal file tools like 'cp -r'." />
  <row Id="44990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25329" RevisionGUID="d026dab4-3de1-4ba2-8fbb-26cc213fff54" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:27:26.143" UserId="1634" Text="I'm buying an external hard drive to back up the computers in my house (finally!!).  I'm hoping to use rsync.  I've seen an example that does (or seems to do) exactly what I want.  Something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rsync -aE --delete /path/to/what/I/want/to/backup /Volumes/FW200/Backups&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, when looking at the rsync documentation and examples and so on, things started to look MUCH more complicated than that.  Networking and daemons and jargon, oh my!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm assuming that none of that stuff is necessary as long as I'm just rsyncing from a computer to a firewire-connected external drive.  I'm I wrong in assuming that?  Are things really going to be more complicated than that innocuous command?" />
  <row Id="44991" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25329" RevisionGUID="d026dab4-3de1-4ba2-8fbb-26cc213fff54" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:27:26.143" UserId="1634" Text="Using Rsync to backup to an external drive" />
  <row Id="44992" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25329" RevisionGUID="d026dab4-3de1-4ba2-8fbb-26cc213fff54" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:27:26.143" UserId="1634" Text="&lt;rsync&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;external&gt;" />
  <row Id="44993" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25330" RevisionGUID="94610036-5c89-4bac-b530-eb59f539ff8e" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:29:57.123" UserId="5473" Text="Rsync works fine across local drives. However, if it detects local paths it automatically goes into --whole-file mode which does not copy the diffs, but just copies the source file over the destination file. Rsync will still ignore files that haven't changed at all though. " />
  <row Id="44994" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25331" RevisionGUID="ce8708e6-b3f8-441a-88fd-b5f24080d891" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:32:36.897" UserDisplayName="MikeNYC" Text="We have VPS test machines with HostEurope and Server4You. Technically both are fine, but the service is better at HostEurope. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another good one is 1&amp;1 (they are actually a German company)." />
  <row Id="44995" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25332" RevisionGUID="4c3ee9a3-adac-4d84-8093-3b15b81477f8" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:42:53.133" UserId="7342" Text="scp is good if you want to copy a few files. rsync is good if you want to repeatedly copy the same directory to places. If however you're trying to copy a large amount of data between two machines, the only way to do it is using netcat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the receiving machine, run:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # cd /dest/dir &amp;&amp; nc -l -p 12345 | tar -xf -&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the sending machine you can now run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # cd /src/dr &amp;&amp; tar -xf - | nc -q 0 remote-server 12345&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should find that everything works nicely, and a lot quicker. If bandwidth is more constrained than CPU, then you can add &quot;z&quot; or &quot;j&quot; to the tar options (&quot;tar -xzf -&quot; etc) to compress the data before it sends it over the network. If you're on gigabit, I wouldn't bother with the compression. If it dies, you'll have to start from the beginning, but then you might find you can get away with using rsync if you've copied enough. " />
  <row Id="44996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25333" RevisionGUID="508626d2-82f7-4ec1-b1b3-c9a2f6f5c70a" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:45:20.460" UserId="5133" Text="Keyboard face has a great article on permalinks in IIS/WordPress:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.keyboardface.com/archives/2007/09/07/update-for-wordpress-permalinks-on-iis/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been running WordPress on Server2003/IIS6 for over 18 months now, with no issues - having moved from a Linux(CentOS)/Apache host to a dedicated Windows box." />
  <row Id="44997" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25334" RevisionGUID="f8fa6c4a-1cf9-43f0-91ff-60e5d14539a0" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:48:02.920" UserId="9435" Text="None of it is necessary, you can use rsync without any daemons or any  other kind of configuration JUST FINE!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just use the rsync command and you are good to go." />
  <row Id="44998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25335" RevisionGUID="07c6047b-310c-45e8-a67a-aed22986b570" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:52:10.713" UserId="8851" Text="Has anyone got multiple MySQL instances running on Debian with mysqlmanager? Problem is, Debian doesn't ship with init.d script that takes mysqlmanager into account. Oh, and it doesn't work for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to run 3 instances, here's what I get after starting mysqlmanager&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;# mysqlmanager --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/my.cnf&#xD;&#xA;...&#xD;&#xA;090614  0:42:10 starting instance 'mysqld2'...&#xD;&#xA;090614  0:42:10 guardian: starting instance 'mysqld1'...&#xD;&#xA;090614  0:42:10 starting instance 'mysqld1'...&#xD;&#xA;090614  0:42:10 starting instance 'mysqld3'...&#xD;&#xA;090614  0:42:10 guardian: starting instance 'mysqld3'...&#xD;&#xA;090614  0:42:10 guardian: starting instance 'mysqld2'...&#xD;&#xA;090614  0:42:10 starting instance 'mysqld2'...&#xD;&#xA;090614  0:42:10 guardian: starting instance 'mysqld1'...&#xD;&#xA;090614  0:42:10 starting instance 'mysqld1'...&#xD;&#xA;...&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It just keeps &quot;starting&quot; and &quot;restarting&quot;, but no MySQL instance ever starts up.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="44999" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25335" RevisionGUID="07c6047b-310c-45e8-a67a-aed22986b570" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:52:10.713" UserId="8851" Text="Multiple MySQL instances via mysqlmanager under Debian" />
  <row Id="45000" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25335" RevisionGUID="07c6047b-310c-45e8-a67a-aed22986b570" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:52:10.713" UserId="8851" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;" />
  <row Id="45001" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25336" RevisionGUID="4938ea5a-8a41-4965-829b-3b9761eb09e9" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:53:15.000" UserDisplayName="amster" Text="I used Hirens Boot CD. The second utility on that worked fine. I found all the other utilities and boot CD's I tried to use, wouldn't work, as when they started booting into Linux there was a Kernel Panic. Now I don't know which version of the Linux Kernel they were using but I tried three different ones to no avail. Thankfully this second utility on the Hiren Boot CD does not need Linux and thus it was plain straight forward. If this worked for you - let me know. " />
  <row Id="45002" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25336" RevisionGUID="4938ea5a-8a41-4965-829b-3b9761eb09e9" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:53:15.000" UserDisplayName="amster" />
  <row Id="45003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25337" RevisionGUID="da526c77-350d-4456-8563-862d942b3979" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:58:49.450" UserId="5268" Text="Volume licensing for XP doesn't need to be activated.  I'm not sure if you can still buy a volume license though - or if you can buy vista and can downgrade and get a volume key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its starts at 5 licenses and it sounds like you'll be using more than that." />
  <row Id="45004" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="25337" RevisionGUID="5a3d71f9-63e5-45c0-91cb-02ebb1d59507" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:59:16.983" UserId="5268" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:5268,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Steven&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="45005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25338" RevisionGUID="dc4df7a9-3c0d-447f-9bb8-e2ec5ff1b958" CreationDate="2009-06-13T21:59:55.517" UserId="919" Text="It really depends on whether you're running databases or not. Rsync will grab a snapshot of every file, and ignore any intervening writes. If you want to back up a database, you should look at setting up an ignore filter and running DB dump tools before the rsync." />
  <row Id="45006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25339" RevisionGUID="ab660fc5-9d78-4f2b-9c21-a48ae3b32604" CreationDate="2009-06-13T22:00:54.797" UserId="5133" Text="Hopefully this fits in here - exporting the results of a command to file. For example, running a ping:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ping localhost&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can be exported to a log file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ping localhost &gt; C:\ping.log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anything that would otherwise appear within the console screen, will be written to the file. Very useful for creating logs of running scheduled tasks." />
  <row Id="45007" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25339" RevisionGUID="ab660fc5-9d78-4f2b-9c21-a48ae3b32604" CreationDate="2009-06-13T22:00:54.797" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25340" RevisionGUID="f6af1a29-db51-4f9e-afaf-f2a0aa019e02" CreationDate="2009-06-13T22:03:16.150" UserId="1349" Text="[Ophcrack][1] is worth taking a look at. I've had plenty of luck with it and has saved me numerous times. Assuming your password isn't too obscene, it's perfect for when you want to retrieve the password, rather than change it. Can be run from a live CD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="45009" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25341" RevisionGUID="a744e7ad-01c1-4889-9d56-5195fea3e657" CreationDate="2009-06-13T22:03:47.147" UserId="2572" Text="I assume you have the vhd files and need to get to the data on it. So rather than starting the OS in it, just access the data in the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could use Windows 7, which apparently supports mounting of VHDs, for now I am using a tool called WinImage, you just open the vhd file and then have read-only access to it and can copy all the data you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the tool can be downloaded at [http://www.winimage.com][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.winimage.com" />
  <row Id="45010" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25337" RevisionGUID="137b9708-07bb-4574-93e0-10b6cfa87f04" CreationDate="2009-06-13T22:06:14.303" UserId="5268" Comment="added 41 characters in body" Text="Volume licensing for XP doesn't need to be activated.  I'm not sure if you can still buy a volume license though - or if you can buy vista and can downgrade and get a volume key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its starts at 5 licenses and it sounds like you'll be using more than that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Vista I don't know of a solution." />
  <row Id="45011" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="25337" RevisionGUID="a0d20ff1-97c4-4e62-87cb-8ba2a1caacbd" CreationDate="2009-06-13T22:06:20.263" UserId="5268" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:5268,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Steven&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="45012" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25342" RevisionGUID="dce4bf39-1edf-43b7-8029-9a8513bdc386" CreationDate="2009-06-13T22:07:45.923" UserId="8517" Text="This is what you want - [the Microsoft iSCSI Users Guide][1] - it tells you how to configure the MPIO DSM as well as setting up and working with the MS iSCSI Software Initiator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whether the end result will actually make efficient use of the multiple adapters depends entirely on the compatibility of the default MPIO DSM with your target - most hardware iSCSI vendors build their own to ensure that the MS MPIO stack correctly optimizes load balancing for their array functionality.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you say that you can't get it to use more than one network connection do you mean that you are not getting traffic load balancing or that you are not even getting path failover? If you follow the MPIO setup in the above you should get path failover at a minimum. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/E/9/AE91DEA1-66D9-417C-ADE4-92D824B871AF/uGuide.doc" />
  <row Id="45013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25343" RevisionGUID="56d06b8f-9ed9-4be8-b23e-3756d61a545a" CreationDate="2009-06-13T22:12:17.863" UserId="3523" Text="Have a look at OVH, while not strictly &quot;VPS&quot; their RPS service is really good, and you get your own physical hardware. I've used one for a few months and i've never had a serious issue with them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember, with a RPS you'll be sharing that 100mbit connection with your disk I/O to the SAN." />
  <row Id="45014" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25337" RevisionGUID="6ba8f097-7ee4-433c-9f93-5c41c7e52a2f" CreationDate="2009-06-13T22:12:41.187" UserId="5268" Comment="added 190 characters in body" Text="Volume licensing for XP doesn't need to be activated.  I'm not sure if you can still buy a volume license though - or if you can buy vista and can downgrade and get a volume key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its starts at 5 licenses and it sounds like you'll be using more than that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Vista I don't know of a solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However since its a VM, the hardware isn't changing is it?  So when you install on the same hardware, it shouldn't count against the total number of times you're allow to activate vista." />
  <row Id="45015" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25344" RevisionGUID="bcdc9a01-a02f-410b-a985-b2458b07d3c2" CreationDate="2009-06-13T22:13:50.230" UserId="9077" Text="Judging by the path in your rsync command, would I be right in thinking you're using Mac OS X?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I'd opt for using Time Machine (if you're using Leopard), or Carbon Copy Cloner (http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html) which uses rsync.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Much easier than trying to right your own script. One advantage is that Time Machine and CCC will both give you incremental backups." />
  <row Id="45016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25345" RevisionGUID="8c083a3c-787b-437d-a320-167ef8ab1f54" CreationDate="2009-06-13T22:14:49.200" UserId="7783" Text="The top priority in choosing a system is having your particular location surveyed to find out what is suitable, and also making sure you can afford the ongoing maintenance for such a system. Oh and not neglecting small hand-operated fire extinguishers for smaller incidents too." />
  <row Id="45017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25346" RevisionGUID="c3c813d9-db4e-46b5-a30c-6cb6a54755d9" CreationDate="2009-06-13T22:16:06.233" UserId="658" Text="Attaining clients can be tough. I would suggest that it's nearly all human factors and your performance that will determine your successes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some strategies that you might consider:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  Network at your local user groups. The people there are not competition, but rather 'ins' to the local supply of customers.&#xD;&#xA; -  Find that one client&#xD;&#xA; -  Lean on that client's testimonials&#xD;&#xA; -  Ask each customer to pass your name/card/website to at least one of their peers.&#xD;&#xA; -  Always be marketing using people and technologies&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;People and customers will prefer someone who can serve their needs and provide the value over someone who's largest attribute is a certificate. Please don't take this as a slam on the certifications." />
  <row Id="45018" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25346" RevisionGUID="001fab8e-06c0-4076-87d5-c67888cdb1bd" CreationDate="2009-06-13T22:22:45.363" UserId="658" Comment="added 375 characters in body" Text="Attaining clients can be tough. I would suggest that it's nearly all human factors and your performance that will determine your successes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some strategies that you might consider:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  Network at your local user groups. The people there are not competition, but rather 'ins' to the local supply of customers.&#xD;&#xA; -  Find that one client&#xD;&#xA; -  Lean on that client's testimonials&#xD;&#xA; -  Ask each customer to pass your name/card/website to at least one of their peers.&#xD;&#xA; -  Always be marketing using people and technologies&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;People and customers will prefer someone who can serve their needs and provide the value over someone who's largest attribute is a certificate. Please don't take this as a slam on the certifications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With those local businesses in your area, sound pavement pounding would probably do the trick. Show those potential customers that you aren't afraid to show your face and talk about their needs. Find them at social events, knock on doors, and get on their radar somehow. Advertising (website, classifieds, flyers, word of mouth) is important, but isn't enough on its own." />
  <row Id="45019" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25347" RevisionGUID="aec969d9-a0e6-440a-b039-fe2d54d4b732" CreationDate="2009-06-13T22:26:04.153" UserId="3523" Text="It seems the only 100% reliable way is to disable journalling in OSX, hfsplus-tools doesn't have the ability to disable it without reformatting. " />
  <row Id="45021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25348" RevisionGUID="ac5a62d5-57df-4ff4-aa61-d15635021c2b" CreationDate="2009-06-13T22:40:04.500" UserId="6233" Text="I think that is one very important thing to fight with taht,&#xD;&#xA;Is that you do a good segmentation of tasks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Draw a circle divided in four fields, for each field in circle give atribute&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. VI- LU Very important less urgent&#xD;&#xA; 2. VI - VU Very important very urgent&#xD;&#xA; 3. LI - VU Less important very urgent&#xD;&#xA; 4. LI - LU Less important less urgent&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then You can in nice way segment jobs and , do cross working for better picture where is time gone.&#xD;&#xA;Some time I said to myself for two of VI LU task You can pick up one LI - LU.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general they said that position one in my list should be addressed to investors, owners, and people who making big decisions but in no hurry,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2nd step is for Top managers whose job is fireplug&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3th and 4th are for lower ratings of employers &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45022" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25349" RevisionGUID="2967827c-ed91-4918-bb21-af2bdd05c75c" CreationDate="2009-06-13T22:47:31.927" UserId="1435" Text="I know some likeable idiots who are never out of work, I know some introverted geniuses who work for free half the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's 75% people skills and 25% tech skills, not the other way around." />
  <row Id="45023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25350" RevisionGUID="c501dd1f-bd9f-4525-a989-8d32ea1bbbf3" CreationDate="2009-06-13T22:52:35.053" UserId="9404" Text="I tried using rsync for backup but it ended up being a mess.&#xD;&#xA;rsync is better suited to 'synchronize' rather than to backup. And it goes forever to compare large files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I researched a bit and tried several ones (basically testing everyone from apt-cache search backup in ubuntu).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally I have ended up with '[backup2l][1]  -  low-maintenance backup/restore tool', it's easy. I like the way it manages planning and rotation (in levels). I run it whenever I have my USB external drive attached from the command line but you can also automate it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://backup2l.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="45024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25351" RevisionGUID="e5aa73bd-b354-4387-b1c2-6df04ba12f23" CreationDate="2009-06-13T23:01:07.967" UserId="5234" Text="I would definitely consider reviewing your WSUS policy for servers.  Preferable to set them to auto-download and notify for install, then carry out the install manually (I like the comfort zone of being present to see servers going down and coming back up), but if that's not feasible then a scheduled install for 3:00AM on a Monday morning might be suitable." />
  <row Id="45025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25352" RevisionGUID="a29f1f29-d10d-44b6-9976-8be136b4f5bc" CreationDate="2009-06-13T23:04:24.450" UserId="5234" Text="If you're concerned about bandwidth and remote WSUS servers isn't an option, then you can also tune your BITS settings in a GPO for those sites; the clients may get the patches slower but better than not at all." />
  <row Id="45026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25353" RevisionGUID="f371e064-ed08-499e-95f7-31a903074eb3" CreationDate="2009-06-13T23:08:05.193" UserId="9404" Text="I guess [liferay][1] would suit you. It is a collaboration web app with a personal page configurable via portlets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Liferay has enterprise (paying) and standard (free) editions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can try a demo at the same URL but ended in net (I am not allowed two links in a single post yet).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.liferay.com" />
  <row Id="45027" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25354" RevisionGUID="7e029e04-c912-4e71-b106-5e735511e3e6" CreationDate="2009-06-13T23:08:15.363" UserId="5234" Text="Managing client-side Java or Lotus Notes deployments.  These are just a world of pain, with enough of their own unique sets of quirks and weirdnesses to turn what's normally a straightforward job with anything else into a daily exercise in frustration." />
  <row Id="45028" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25355" RevisionGUID="5d4dae29-6a4f-4e8d-8198-a1be4814b76b" CreationDate="2009-06-13T23:21:27.397" UserId="8851" Text="Answering my own question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;mysqld was restarting because of permission issues, executing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;# chmod -R mysql:root /var/lib/mysql&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;fixed that. Previously the dir was owned by mysql:mysql.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding mysqlmanager startup script, I've managed to hack an ugly solution, works for me, feel free to edit and use if you need it too:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;#!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;#&#xD;&#xA;set -e&#xD;&#xA;set -u&#xD;&#xA;${DEBIAN_SCRIPT_DEBUG:+ set -v -x}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;test -x /usr/sbin/mysqld || exit 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;. /lib/lsb/init-functions&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SELF=$(cd $(dirname $0); pwd -P)/$(basename $0)&#xD;&#xA;USER=mysql&#xD;&#xA;PID_FILE=/var/run/mysqld/manager.pid&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;mysqlmanager_get_pid(){&#xD;&#xA;    FAIL_PID=-1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ ! -f $PID_FILE ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;        # Attempt to find it by process name&#xD;&#xA;        PROCESS=`ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep mysqlmanager`&#xD;&#xA;        if [ ! $PROCESS ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;            return $FAIL_PID&#xD;&#xA;        else&#xD;&#xA;            return $PROCESS&#xD;&#xA;        fi&#xD;&#xA;    else&#xD;&#xA;        PID=`cat $PID_FILE`&#xD;&#xA;        PROCESS=`ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep -c $PID`&#xD;&#xA;        if [ ! $PROCESS ] ; then&#xD;&#xA;            return $FAIL_PID&#xD;&#xA;        else&#xD;&#xA;            return $PROCESS&#xD;&#xA;        fi&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;case &quot;${1:-''}&quot; in&#xD;&#xA;  'start')&#xD;&#xA;        if ! mysqlmanager_get_pid; then&#xD;&#xA;            /usr/sbin/mysqlmanager --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/my.cnf --run-as-service&#xD;&#xA;        else&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;error: mysqlmanager already running&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        fi&#xD;&#xA;        ;;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  'stop')&#xD;&#xA;        # I'm too lazy to make this any more intelligent&#xD;&#xA;        killall -1 mysqlmanager&#xD;&#xA;        killall -1 mysqld&#xD;&#xA;        ;;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  'restart')&#xD;&#xA;        set +e; $SELF stop; set -e&#xD;&#xA;        $SELF start&#xD;&#xA;        ;;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  *)&#xD;&#xA;        echo &quot;Usage: $SELF start|stop|restart&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        exit 1&#xD;&#xA;        ;;&#xD;&#xA;esac&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just drop that into /etc/init.d/mysql (move the original mysql script out of there), &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make it executable&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;# chmod +x /etc/init.d/mysql&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And it should work." />
  <row Id="45029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25356" RevisionGUID="47829ced-d8bf-435a-bf67-d473c0aa16cd" CreationDate="2009-06-13T23:25:31.443" UserId="9332" Text="I actually just created 3 XP VMs for a group of developers. One for IE6, IE7, and IE8.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sysprep requires you to re-activate the windows on each deployment. Rather than giving each developer their own test VM. Why not deploy three or four, and tell them that every friday these will be reset from an earlier snapshot?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Developers tend to leave a lot of litter wherever they work. Leaving services and ports open to the world. And using services bound to admin accounts. This is doubly true in a test environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Last week I shut off a web server thinking that since the website was no longer maintained, we didn't need the server anymore. Wrong. A small group of devs had been using the server to store source code and run scheduled tasks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setting a limit, once every week or two, on the time a dev system can be used may help keep your network clean.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The hard part for your system will be the licensing. Next time someone is fired, don't open your door to anyone from the BSA. ;-)" />
  <row Id="45030" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25357" RevisionGUID="0d048ff2-e12a-4bc4-b493-4828b60b1484" CreationDate="2009-06-13T23:25:35.720" UserId="9373" Text="Try dirvish to do the backup. http://www.dirvish.org/ &lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;It uses the hardlinks from rsync in the so-called vaults. You can keep as much of your older dumps as the USB disk can take. Or set it up in a an automated way.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Once you understand the idea of dirvish it more convient to use than rsync with all his options it self. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45031" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25358" RevisionGUID="1fce0254-2e3d-4187-a4fc-21a5ba91414d" CreationDate="2009-06-13T23:29:14.870" UserId="1375" Text="The underlying cause of this is Rails 2.3's feature of allowing external gems to provide connection adapters, rather than having them all bundled.  The gory details are in `activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb` if you're interested, but the long and the short of it is that the first thing that establish_connection will try to do is load a gem, and if that fails to do a &quot;traditional&quot; require (which will load the built-in mysql adapter).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Signalling the &quot;failure&quot; is done by raising `LoadError`, and here's where things get annoying.  Rubygems has it's own `LoadError` class (`Gem::LoadError`) and I *think* this is where the problem is coming from, in that activerecord isn't properly detecting that the (expected) failure has occured, and so is bombing out instead of just trying to load the connection adapter locally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bodgy back that you'll probably regret doing in the future is to change `activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb` line 72 to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rescue LoadError, Gem::LoadError&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The proper way of fixing this is to work out what's gone wrong in your environment to cause this (since it obviously doesn't break for everyone).  My first guesses would be that you're running an old version of RubyGems (line 578 of rubygems.rb in version 1.3.3 has nothing to do with load errors, for example), or a strange (possibly out-of-date) version of Ruby.  I'd make sure you're running an up-to-date Rubygems (Rails 2.3 requires at least 1.3.1 to run right, which I'm thinking might be what you're hitting) and that your Ruby version isn't too out there (use 1.8.6 or 1.8.7, and I'd be wary of using 1.9 in your situation).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're running all that OK and the problem persists, give full and complete details of your system (OS, distro, source of Ruby/rubygems (package, from source, etc), versions of all the above, any customisations) and someone can run the problem to ground.  As it stands you've given no information that helps anyone to help track the problem down." />
  <row Id="45033" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25346" RevisionGUID="7b556317-7aef-4deb-a5b1-06927102d30d" CreationDate="2009-06-13T23:30:34.990" UserId="658" Comment="added 22 characters in body" Text="Attaining clients can be tough. I would suggest that it's nearly all human factors and, to a smaller amount, your performance that will determine your successes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some strategies that you might consider:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  Network at your local user groups. The people there are not competition, but rather 'ins' to the local supply of customers.&#xD;&#xA; -  Find that one client&#xD;&#xA; -  Lean on that client's testimonials&#xD;&#xA; -  Ask each customer to pass your name/card/website to at least one of their peers.&#xD;&#xA; -  Always be marketing using people and technologies&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;People and customers will prefer someone who can serve their needs and provide the value over someone who's largest attribute is a certificate. Please don't take this as a slam on the certifications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With those local businesses in your area, sound pavement pounding would probably do the trick. Show those potential customers that you aren't afraid to show your face and talk about their needs. Find them at social events, knock on doors, and get on their radar somehow. Advertising (website, classifieds, flyers, word of mouth) is important, but isn't enough on its own." />
  <row Id="45034" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25306" RevisionGUID="190c19b2-ddd9-4535-8fc2-6187e40070db" CreationDate="2009-06-13T23:33:48.247" UserId="9332" Comment="Removed my mistake" Text="If you are worried about delay, noise, and quality of the link, I would use a CAT5e (or CAT6) cable. Otherwise, next time you microwave a HotPocket, you could incur some delay/noise." />
  <row Id="45037" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25267" RevisionGUID="a0f2a329-8cbe-4f45-aed5-9eaa698a7d52" CreationDate="2009-06-13T23:35:20.363" UserId="5989" Comment="retagged" Text="&lt;p&gt;I have an AIX 6.1 box with service pack level 6100-02-03-0909&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;swax23 # oslevel -s -q&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Known Service Packs&lt;/h2&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;6100-02-03-0909&#xD;&#xA;6100-02-02-0849&#xD;&#xA;6100-02-01-0847&#xD;&#xA;6100-02-00-0000&#xD;&#xA;6100-01-04-0909&#xD;&#xA;6100-01-03-0846&#xD;&#xA;6100-01-02-0834&#xD;&#xA;6100-01-01-0823&#xD;&#xA;6100-00-08-0909&#xD;&#xA;6100-00-07-0846&#xD;&#xA;6100-00-06-0834&#xD;&#xA;6100-00-05-0822&#xD;&#xA;6100-00-04-0815&#xD;&#xA;6100-00-03-0808&#xD;&#xA;6100-00-02-0750&#xD;&#xA;6100-00-01-0748&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to revert the latest serive pack and go back to 6100-02-02-0849.&#xD;&#xA;How to do it ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45038" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25267" RevisionGUID="a0f2a329-8cbe-4f45-aed5-9eaa698a7d52" CreationDate="2009-06-13T23:35:20.363" UserId="5989" Comment="retagged" Text="&lt;aix&gt;&lt;patch-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="45039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25360" RevisionGUID="53cfe753-67ab-4a12-afd2-34e6607a528f" CreationDate="2009-06-13T23:52:43.213" UserId="3038" Text="Check local fire-codes. Really. In 2003 I was involved in setting up a new datacenter for work. My job was more moving the gear, not wrangling with the architects and contractors who were building it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Imagine my surprise when I found *sprinkler heads* in the *datacenter* during my first walk through. I got about a quarter of the way to indignant outrage before my boss short-circuited me with logic. It seems that local fire code actually covers data-centers, and it mandates sprinklers. I was assured, assured I tell you, that they wouldn't go off unless the FM200 system failed to snuff the fire. I was dubious, but the fire inspectors really did mean that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, there are a series of things you need in a fire suppression system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **An *Emergency Power Off* function** If there is a fire, the EPO will drop power to the room hard. Yes, that'll cause data damage, but so does fire. If the fire is electrical in nature, this may stop it. Also, if all the gear is de-powered, a water dump does less damage.&#xD;&#xA; - **A sealed room** You want sealed for correct HVAC anyway. You don't want to rely on building HVAC unless the building was *designed* with that room in mind in the first place. Also, this allows you to use...&#xD;&#xA; - **A gas-based suppression system** FM200 is popular choice for this. Unlike the halon systems of old, it isn't as environmentally evil.&#xD;&#xA; - **A water based backup suppression system** If the FM-200 fails, you need to get the fire out. After the EPO has fired, and the FM-200 dumps, if there is *still* a fire then you need old fashioned water&#xD;&#xA; - **Water detection sensors in/on the floor** If you have any water pipes overhead, you need water sensors in the floor. This is more of an asset-protection thing, but if you DO have sprinklers you need water sensors to detect leaks. Also good for detecting leaks in your HVAC chillers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There may be more, but that's off the top of my head. The EPO can be a destructive option, so I don't know how wide-spread they are. But they make all kinds of sense in a room where a water dump is possible." />
  <row Id="45044" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23798" RevisionGUID="6564785d-ac47-4e1b-b702-05ff6ae17cc7" CreationDate="2009-06-14T00:26:44.920" UserId="1205" Comment="rephrase" Text="I need to have my Apache web-server serve a lot of sites through `&lt;Location /&gt;` structures. The last thing I want is a massive file with every single `&lt;Location /&gt;` structure for every single site in there (not even a generated one). I've been looking into `mod_rewrite` and some of the mass virtual hosting modules available for Apache but, unfortunately, I did not find what I was looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other day I was looking into `mod_perl` and as I understand it, I can use `mod_perl` to 'script' the Apache web server. This made me wonder if this is the solution I've been looking for? I've been searching around for specific examples to my problem but I can't seem to find anything specific.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is, to what extend can I have `mod_perl` generate my `&lt;Location /&gt;` structures **at request time** and what sort of variables do I have access to while doing this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just for clarity I'd like to give an example of the sort of thing that I'm trying to do. I know that the following example is not correct but I'm looking for a way to do something like this (at request time):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /$1/$2&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       AuthType Basic&#xD;&#xA;       AuthName &quot;Secure area&quot;&#xD;&#xA;       AuthUserFile /sites/$1/$2/users.file&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So what I want is; Imagine that `$1` is the name of a department and that `$2` is the name of a project. If I would go the the url `mydomain.com/financial/accounts` that the `users.file` from the directory `/sites/financial/accounts` is used. Every location has a different `users.file` and if a url doesn't translate to a file system path, a normal 404 is shown or it just won't work. This way I can create a single `&lt;location /&gt;` pattern without having to maintain a large amount of `&lt;location /&gt;`s and to necessity to reload the server every time I make a change." />
  <row Id="45046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25364" RevisionGUID="ddc88d00-a70e-4118-bf9c-34e9f61eaa9f" CreationDate="2009-06-14T00:31:56.540" UserId="4624" Text="I did some SQL downgrading and ran into issues because of this, and created a blog post to help: http://www.sqlwebpedia.com/content/how-to-move-reporting-services-new-server " />
  <row Id="45050" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25360" RevisionGUID="eb24d277-bc78-4795-af26-5bc9505f6a5f" CreationDate="2009-06-14T00:47:32.813" UserId="3038" Comment="Added a bunch of stuff to more accurately answer the question" Text="Check local fire-codes. Really. In 2003 I was involved in setting up a new datacenter for work. My job was more moving the gear, not wrangling with the architects and contractors who were building it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Imagine my surprise when I found *sprinkler heads* in the *datacenter* during my first walk through. I got about a quarter of the way to indignant outrage before my boss short-circuited me with logic. It seems that local fire code actually covers data-centers, and it mandates sprinklers. I was assured, assured I tell you, that they wouldn't go off unless the FM200 system failed to snuff the fire. I was dubious, but the fire inspectors really did mean that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, there are a series of things you need in a fire suppression system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **An *Emergency Power Off* function** If there is a fire, the EPO will drop power to the room hard. Yes, that'll cause data damage, but so does fire. If the fire is electrical in nature, this may stop it. Also, if all the gear is de-powered, a water dump does less damage.&#xD;&#xA; - **A sealed room** You want sealed for correct HVAC anyway. You don't want to rely on building HVAC unless the building was *designed* with that room in mind in the first place. Also, this allows you to use...&#xD;&#xA; - **A gas-based suppression system** FM200 is popular choice for this. Unlike the halon systems of old, it isn't as environmentally evil.&#xD;&#xA; - **A water based backup suppression system** If the FM-200 fails, you need to get the fire out. After the EPO has fired, and the FM-200 dumps, if there is *still* a fire then you need old fashioned water&#xD;&#xA; - **Water detection sensors in/on the floor** If you have any water pipes overhead, you need water sensors in the floor. This is more of an asset-protection thing, but if you DO have sprinklers you need water sensors to detect leaks. Also good for detecting leaks in your HVAC chillers.&#xD;&#xA; - **Call-out capabilities** If the fire system trips, you want to notify both Facilities people, as well as data-center staff and management. Obviously, this system should NOT rely upon assets in the data-center that's on fire. This can be hard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There may be more, but that's off the top of my head. The EPO can be a destructive option, so I don't know how wide-spread they are. But they make all kinds of sense in a room where a water dump is possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have to retrofit a pre-existing room, some of the above may not be possible. As a fire-inspector once told me, to extingish a fire you need one of three things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Remove the fuel&#xD;&#xA; - Remove the oxidizer&#xD;&#xA; - Cool the reaction below the combustion point&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The system I lined out above does all three. The EPO removes fuel. The FM-200 partially removes oxygen, but mostly cools the reaction below the combustion point. The water dump smothers the fire due to lack of oxygen, and also cools it. For a high-value asset like a data-center, you want at least two of these.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because of this, I'd say that your top priority is to see if you can get a gas-based extinguishing system in place as it does far less damage than water does (even with an EPO on your power-distribution-unit or main breaker panel). A truly good system, no matter what the actual suppression technology, has a flexible notification system that allows more than just the facilities supervisor to be notified of the fire-suppression systems activating. " />
  <row Id="45052" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22302" RevisionGUID="2f2c3987-ed78-4930-8380-3abf7369b884" CreationDate="2009-06-14T00:50:55.743" UserId="4881" Comment="update with VZW story" Text="route-server.he.net says: 527801 IPv4 RIB entries, but 3653 IPv6 RIB entries.  If I'm parsing quagga's output right, they're seeing 1894 IPv6 prefixes advertised versus ~ 283k IPv4 prefixes, so quite a difference.  (No idea how many AS numbers on each this equates to -- the number of IPv6 prefixes an AS has will likely be somewhat smaller than the number of IPv4 ones.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, a new data point: [Verizon: LTE devices must support IPv6][1].  Granted, VZW was all over BREW, and that never went anywhere, but BREW had no reason for anyone but the carrier to support it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.telecomasia.net/article.php?type=article&amp;id_article=13821" />
  <row Id="45053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25366" RevisionGUID="f59e30d4-e6cd-49d8-9989-427ef5f3be4e" CreationDate="2009-06-14T00:51:28.643" UserId="3677" Text="I have a machine with 4gb of RAM, but Linux is only detecting two in top and free.  The BIOS reports 4.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running i386 Debian Lenny." />
  <row Id="45054" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25366" RevisionGUID="f59e30d4-e6cd-49d8-9989-427ef5f3be4e" CreationDate="2009-06-14T00:51:28.643" UserId="3677" Text="Linux only detects 2gb of RAM with 4 installed - i386 Debian Lenny" />
  <row Id="45055" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25366" RevisionGUID="f59e30d4-e6cd-49d8-9989-427ef5f3be4e" CreationDate="2009-06-14T00:51:28.643" UserId="3677" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;memory&gt;&lt;32-bit&gt;" />
  <row Id="45057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25367" RevisionGUID="166f16ae-d7ee-4bf7-8c6a-cfa23024a0a2" CreationDate="2009-06-14T01:01:19.973" UserId="9332" Text="Long story short, my server room is a bit ... dirty. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just had a little construction done, and there is pretty nice layer of dust on a few systems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From my knowledge, I can either:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Use an Anti-Static vacuum&#xD;&#xA; - Use an air compressor&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which is better? (My boss wants a vacuum ...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any recommendations on particular Anti-Static vacuums? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*(I don't want a little belkin &quot;wand&quot;, I want a real vacuum if I'm going to buy one.)*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="45058" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25367" RevisionGUID="166f16ae-d7ee-4bf7-8c6a-cfa23024a0a2" CreationDate="2009-06-14T01:01:19.973" UserId="9332" Text="Cleaning Dusty Servers" />
  <row Id="45059" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25367" RevisionGUID="166f16ae-d7ee-4bf7-8c6a-cfa23024a0a2" CreationDate="2009-06-14T01:01:19.973" UserId="9332" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;server-room&gt;&lt;cleanup&gt;" />
  <row Id="45060" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25300" RevisionGUID="5e009c5e-d45b-4913-9b67-d9df507d618d" CreationDate="2009-06-14T01:01:49.380" UserId="1803" Comment="deleted 94 characters in body" Text="I just performed a wireless network scan and my primary wireless route broadcasts a consist 70 DBm signal.  I added a range extender that increases or decreases the signal 65 DB (Not sure how the DB m scale works)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this considered a poor signal?  What is considered an excellent signal strength?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I experiences a lot of dropped connection and slow network speed. &#xD;&#xA;   " />
  <row Id="45061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25368" RevisionGUID="750e419e-561f-4c5d-96af-8df9c4e4ed39" CreationDate="2009-06-14T01:04:03.137" UserId="1803" Text="Great utility from one of the lists posted here, [inSSIDer][1] is great for making sure you're not sharing a channel with neighboring networks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider" />
  <row Id="45062" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25175" RevisionGUID="d6f152a0-6cc9-47c7-b839-4bbb99e2970e" CreationDate="2009-06-14T01:05:27.193" UserId="1803" />
  <row Id="45063" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25366" RevisionGUID="41929f0f-b1bc-459d-b35b-18bad3f75337" CreationDate="2009-06-14T01:06:30.437" UserId="2489" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;memory&gt;&lt;32-bit&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="45064" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25332" RevisionGUID="7965ad52-4f97-4f2c-98c1-00b3468a6420" CreationDate="2009-06-14T01:11:39.960" UserId="7342" Comment="added 548 characters in body; added 404 characters in body" Text="scp is good if you want to copy a few files. rsync is good if you want to repeatedly copy the same directory to places. If however you're trying to copy a large amount of data between two machines, the only way to do it is using netcat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the receiving machine, run:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # cd /dest/dir &amp;&amp; nc -l -p 12345 | tar -xf -&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the sending machine you can now run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # cd /src/dr &amp;&amp; tar -xf - | nc -q 0 remote-server 12345&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should find that everything works nicely, and a lot quicker. If bandwidth is more constrained than CPU, then you can add &quot;z&quot; or &quot;j&quot; to the tar options (&quot;tar -xzf -&quot; etc) to compress the data before it sends it over the network. If you're on gigabit, I wouldn't bother with the compression. If it dies, you'll have to start from the beginning, but then you might find you can get away with using rsync if you've copied enough. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's worth pointing out that this does not have the security that scp or rsync-over-ssh has, so make sure you trust the end points and everything inbetween if you don't want anyone else to see the data. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why not use scp? because it's incredibly slow in comparison. God knows what scp is doing, but it doesn't copy data at wire speed. It aint the encyption and decryption, because that'd just use CPU and when I've done it it's hasn't been CPU bound. I can only assume that the scp process has a lot of handshaking and ssh protocol overhead. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why not rsync? Rsync doesn't really buy you that much on the first copy. It's only the subsequent runs where rsync really shines. However, rsync requires the source to send a complete file list to the destination before it starts copying any data. If you've got a filesystem with a large number of files, that's an awfully large overhead, especially as the destination host has to hold it in memory. " />
  <row Id="45065" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25300" RevisionGUID="c76c8f64-be10-431e-8cac-be1e8eb173bc" CreationDate="2009-06-14T01:17:53.603" UserId="915" Comment="provided update" Text="I just performed a wireless network scan and my primary wireless route broadcasts a consist 70 DBm signal.  I added a range extender that increases or decreases the signal 65 DB (Not sure how the DB m scale works)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this considered a poor signal?  What is considered an excellent signal strength?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I experiences a lot of dropped connection and slow network speed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;UPDATE&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for all the feedback.  I went ahead and reconfigured my wireless network set up to connect all my gaming devices via CAT5e cable and all other deivices connect wirelessly.  I ran my diagnostic check again and I receive a consistent signal broadcast at 70 DBm throughout my whole house.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;   " />
  <row Id="45066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25369" RevisionGUID="4b8c67f4-b404-4f59-a0c4-41a20643cb3f" CreationDate="2009-06-14T01:28:08.613" UserId="9332" Text="You need to enable the `bigmem` kernel. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dpkg --get-selections | grep bigmem&#xD;&#xA;    apt-get install linux-image-2.6-xxx-bigmem&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also check to see if it worked with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo grep -i memory /var/log/dmesg&#xD;&#xA;    [ 0.004000] Memory: 899224k/917504k available (1693k kernel code, 17724k reserved, 746k data, 320k init, 0k highmem)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[highmem should be larger than 0k][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://jessewolfe.blogspot.com/2009/01/debian-linux-bigmem-gives-you-highmem.html" />
  <row Id="45067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25370" RevisionGUID="137ea4b0-b2b1-4f4f-a949-4a7ce42175ec" CreationDate="2009-06-14T01:31:51.433" UserId="2572" Text="It depends on the version of Windows. Since Vista, the partition the OS is installed on is always (AFAIK) C:, even if it is on Disk 1 rather than Disk 0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Under NT/2000/XP/2003 you could easily install Windows on drive D: or E: and the order of the letters was determined by the physical order of the drives." />
  <row Id="45068" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25371" RevisionGUID="ac63ede5-8021-4779-923c-c90de4c6e1f6" CreationDate="2009-06-14T01:34:15.017" UserId="9440" Text="an air compressor will just blow the dust around to settle elsewhere in the data center. I'd vote for a vaccumm solution." />
  <row Id="45069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25372" RevisionGUID="15b526a1-7ef1-4b52-abba-2660d8d13c37" CreationDate="2009-06-14T01:34:43.643" UserId="9140" Text="Vacuum cleaner with a plastic endpiece (anti-static like you said) is the way to clean stuff when you can't blow the dust away with compressed air.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using compressed air inside a server room is not very clever as the dust will circulate and eventually drag inside the servers." />
  <row Id="45070" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25373" RevisionGUID="467f4363-3a13-4d33-a679-612b2223b4ed" CreationDate="2009-06-14T01:34:52.237" UserId="4694" Text="If you want to move files from a Windows desktop to a remote Ubuntu server, you can try **[WinSCP][1]**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;**WinSCP** is an open source free **SFTP** client and **FTP** client for Windows. Legacy **SCP** protocol is also supported. Its main function is safe copying of files between a local and a remote computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://winscp.net/eng/docs/introduction&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure ssh is installed on the Ubuntu server.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;**sudo apt-get install ssh**&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45071" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23536" RevisionGUID="e66384bb-e9b3-4a05-aed8-6a6daef0fd83" CreationDate="2009-06-14T01:48:01.593" UserId="1803" Comment="added 98 characters in body" Text="VMWare Converter creates virtual machines that boot from scsi.  MS virtual machines **cannot boot** from scsi.  [edit - apparently version 4 of the converter now lets you specify SCSI or IDE, I love those guys]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're going to virtualize a [non-ACPI][1] physical machine, buy some software for the purpose.  (unless you have a couple of weeks for an exciting journey in discovery!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, VMWare Converter will tackle jobs at which MS SCVMM will throw up its hands in dispair.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bring a lot of RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't do anything until the virtualization tools (whether VMWare or MS) have installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're going to move it to another platform/version, uninstall the aforementioned tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mind your CPU limits.  P2V of a 2 CPU windows 2000 taught me that only 1 is supported.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 2000 - 1 core&#xD;&#xA; - 2003 - 2 cores&#xD;&#xA; - 2008 - 4 cores&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/17995/will-vmware-converter-p2v-a-non-acpi-2000-server" />
  <row Id="45072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25374" RevisionGUID="3129ea56-e44a-468c-92cc-fc7b24707c7b" CreationDate="2009-06-14T01:49:41.667" UserId="4381" Text="You could install a 64-bit version of Debian. This assumes you have a 64 bit processor, which isn't clear from the question. Using the PAE extensions on a 32-bit kernel incurs a performance hit, and without those, you won't be able to see the full 4GB of memory." />
  <row Id="45073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25375" RevisionGUID="49a9ad8a-b176-48c1-b95a-c2efcd9eafb7" CreationDate="2009-06-14T01:55:45.917" UserId="4381" Text="The example you used looks like it will work just fine for backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing you might want to consider when using rsync however is to make use of the --link-dest option. This lets you keep multiple backups, but use hard links for any unchanged files, effectively making all backups take the space of an incremental. An example use would be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rsync -aE --link-dest=/mnt/external_disk/backup_20090612 dir_to_backup \&#xD;&#xA;        /mnt/external_disk/backup_20090613&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This assumes you have a dated backup for June 12 and you want to create a new one on June 13. You might want to omit the -v option if you don't want a printout of every file." />
  <row Id="45074" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25376" RevisionGUID="e71f040f-3e1c-4ee3-af67-422acbe63b2e" CreationDate="2009-06-14T01:57:15.260" UserId="9005" Text="Does anybody have experience with both Linux and Windows failover redundancy clusters, and if so which do you prefer for file server and/or web server?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a little background.  We set up and adminstered a Microsoft cluster for several years under Windows 2000.  The cluster was a pair of web servers with a fairly large (for the time) RAID array for multimedia storage being served to the web - 100s of thousands of mp3 commercials being served to radio stations.  We had a number of things we did not like about this scenario.  First, the Microsoft cluster used a shared storage array.  Even though it was hot swap RAIDed, all it took was a slight corruption to the NTFS file system on the drive and all of a sudden you were down for several hours while ChkDsk ran.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So on the next build we bought into a product called NeverFail - http://www.neverfailgroup.com/  This product replicates the data between the primary and secondary server automatically keeping it synchronized at the block writing level.  This has eliminated the problems we had with shared storage.  But it has introduced its own issues.  Any restart requires a data resync where the system analyzes everything for synchronization.  While the system is up and available during this sync, on a server with less than a terrabyte of mp3 files, this takes several hours.  And a typical Microsoft patch session requires a couple of these resyncs.  So it often takes us upwards of 2 days to patch the 2 machines.  As a result we find ourselves putting off patching and not doing it as frequently as we should which is not ideal.  And the process is touchy and has to be followed specifically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So we are considering moving the main site with all of this content to a pair of LAMP boxes with Linux HA and DRBD.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I am curious if anybody has experience administering both Linux and Windows clusters who might tell me what they experienced.  Specifically we are wondering about resync time on restarts, etc, and overall experience administering such a Linux system.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While we have trditionally been a windows shop, we now have a guy who knows Linux in house and I am learning as well now and have added a number of Linux boxes to our system, so we are open to that from an Administering point of view.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45075" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25376" RevisionGUID="e71f040f-3e1c-4ee3-af67-422acbe63b2e" CreationDate="2009-06-14T01:57:15.260" UserId="9005" Text="Clustering Microsoft versus Linux" />
  <row Id="45076" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25376" RevisionGUID="e71f040f-3e1c-4ee3-af67-422acbe63b2e" CreationDate="2009-06-14T01:57:15.260" UserId="9005" Text="&lt;clustering&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="45077" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25377" RevisionGUID="dad1a608-d90a-4898-a92c-bbd938ec9b06" CreationDate="2009-06-14T02:00:34.990" UserId="4381" Text="If you don't want to use screen, the only other option would be to send all output to a logfile, and run tail on the logfile to view progress. This assumes the job isn't interactive, which should probably be the case for any long running job anyway. If you need to stop the job prematurely, you can use ps to find the pid and just kill it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking at your command above, you should just be able to check on the contents of nohup.out. Nohup isn't necessary however, you can start the job, run ^Z, then type 'disown' (in bash anyway - this will remove the job from the jobs list, but there is no way around this)." />
  <row Id="45078" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25378" RevisionGUID="6b40194a-155d-4c1f-847a-70bb1f3f0bbf" CreationDate="2009-06-14T02:10:03.460" UserId="3567" Text="I just made a website for someone who used to have a yahoo account.  Now they are not getting their email anymore probably because I changed the DNS records to point the domain name to my server.  How can I accept the email that he receives and forward to another email account?  Is there anyway for me to not even receive the email and direct right to another email account he owns such as his aol account?" />
  <row Id="45079" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25378" RevisionGUID="6b40194a-155d-4c1f-847a-70bb1f3f0bbf" CreationDate="2009-06-14T02:10:03.460" UserId="3567" Text="Set up and forward mail from linux server to someone's inbox?" />
  <row Id="45080" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25378" RevisionGUID="6b40194a-155d-4c1f-847a-70bb1f3f0bbf" CreationDate="2009-06-14T02:10:03.460" UserId="3567" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;autoforwarding&gt;" />
  <row Id="45081" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25378" RevisionGUID="36343f0a-ddc2-4b92-afef-cc9d82e98aa5" CreationDate="2009-06-14T02:15:52.187" UserId="3567" Comment="added 87 characters in body" Text="I just made a website for someone who used to have a yahoo small business account so they could check &quot;username@domain.com&quot; mail through their yahoo interface.  Now they are not getting their email anymore probably because I changed the DNS records to point the domain to my server.  How can I accept the email that he receives and forward to another email account?  Is there anyway for me to not even receive the email and direct right to another email account he owns such as his aol account?" />
  <row Id="45082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25379" RevisionGUID="d49a70d4-d472-4f67-8353-5ecac6346587" CreationDate="2009-06-14T02:15:55.120" UserId="4491" Text="Piggybacking a little on Richard's Powershell answer, I've found the [Powershell WMI Explorer][1] to be a great utility for browsing around to find thing within the WMI structure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://thepowershellguy.com/blogs/posh/archive/2007/03/22/powershell-wmi-explorer-part-1.aspx" />
  <row Id="45083" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25380" RevisionGUID="724f1db0-4c26-4fbb-b871-5e389305f05f" CreationDate="2009-06-14T02:18:17.020" UserId="9005" Text="Guaging the correct time/corporate mood to ask for money for hardware upgrades, and the analysis of what you think you can get for what you think they can afford." />
  <row Id="45084" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25380" RevisionGUID="724f1db0-4c26-4fbb-b871-5e389305f05f" CreationDate="2009-06-14T02:18:17.020" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25381" RevisionGUID="a248c2f7-8490-4d77-a53e-172f60015a70" CreationDate="2009-06-14T02:21:31.490" UserId="4381" Text="If you have a mail server set up, you could try just adding an entry to the /etc/aliases file, something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    friend:newaddress@somedomain.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;would redirect all mail you received address to friend@{any domain you receive mail for} to the new address. This is making a lot of assumptions about the mail setup on your server, and will probably require a little more configuration than that do do what you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the problem is DNS related however, you could probably just add an MX record pointing to wherever the DNS records pointed to previously. Then mail would go where it did before you made any changes and you shouldn't need to do anything else." />
  <row Id="45086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25382" RevisionGUID="4c7c5b89-35c7-41e1-87a7-323e1c20fc7d" CreationDate="2009-06-14T02:33:48.227" UserId="6397" Text="For all the technical pains, I found once it's over I was very grateful for what I did to get over it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pain from non-tech last much longer and makes me ill doing tech stuff. I was working as tech at a computer that provides the IT service to its clients. The job was fun but what was not so fun was I had to face billing hour all the time. I understand from the business side but having people chasing my back for billable hour work orders is no fun at all. Pain to think about it." />
  <row Id="45087" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25382" RevisionGUID="4c7c5b89-35c7-41e1-87a7-323e1c20fc7d" CreationDate="2009-06-14T02:33:48.227" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45088" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25383" RevisionGUID="4d9b49ff-1764-42d2-82a0-6b3d1e38b811" CreationDate="2009-06-14T02:43:29.550" UserId="2331" Text="VisualSVN is a Windows product so it'll be running on Windows. If the backup utility is able to use Volume Shadow Copy to make the backup, then that should produce an internally consistent backup. The built-in NTBACKUP or third party software such as Symantec Backup Exec, or the disk-based backup tools built into Windows Server 2008 are all capable of using Volume Shadow Copy." />
  <row Id="45089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25384" RevisionGUID="a3605efb-048a-48ca-99c6-5cefd0d46b8c" CreationDate="2009-06-14T02:49:47.697" UserId="5940" Text="I'd recommend running the DC in your configuration if at all possible.  Get everything configured the way you like, power off the whole configuration, undeploy it and capture it to the library.  If you capture the machines while they're running, you could run into errors (or be unable to) when you try to redeploy them if your environment is non-homegenous (i.e. trying to deploy a running machine that was started on an Intel processor to an AMD processor).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rather then revert you'll just deploy a fresh copy of the entire configuration, and you could even deploy multiple fenced copies of this configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember of course that all machines in the configuration have to be deployed to the same physical host ultimately." />
  <row Id="45091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25385" RevisionGUID="4fb27233-dc2b-4a4b-a17f-6cf45a93948a" CreationDate="2009-06-14T02:56:37.010" UserId="4874" Text="I've seen a lot of web server setups where Apache is in front of another web server. The most prominent examples of these are the Java web servers, e.g. Glassfish, Tomcat, etc. What is the point of this? I realize the point of putting Apache in front of, say, a Mongrel cluster is load balancing, but what about other servers? What are the reasons for doing this?" />
  <row Id="45092" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25385" RevisionGUID="4fb27233-dc2b-4a4b-a17f-6cf45a93948a" CreationDate="2009-06-14T02:56:37.010" UserId="4874" Text="Why use Apache in front of another web server?" />
  <row Id="45093" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25385" RevisionGUID="4fb27233-dc2b-4a4b-a17f-6cf45a93948a" CreationDate="2009-06-14T02:56:37.010" UserId="4874" Text="&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="45094" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25386" RevisionGUID="5c6ebeb7-162a-43cd-9018-8e0b86e7503f" CreationDate="2009-06-14T03:11:25.657" UserId="9442" Text="If I use setgid (chmod g+s) on a *file* (not a directory), it turns a dark yellow in the file list (of the particular Linux variant I'm using, anyway). But as far as I know, setgid doesn't actually **do** anything when applied to non-executable files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And, does anyone have a `find` command to find all non-directories and remove their setgid bit?" />
  <row Id="45095" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25386" RevisionGUID="5c6ebeb7-162a-43cd-9018-8e0b86e7503f" CreationDate="2009-06-14T03:11:25.657" UserId="9442" Text="setgid on a file" />
  <row Id="45096" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25386" RevisionGUID="5c6ebeb7-162a-43cd-9018-8e0b86e7503f" CreationDate="2009-06-14T03:11:25.657" UserId="9442" Text="&lt;setgid&gt;" />
  <row Id="45097" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25360" RevisionGUID="230daf37-edad-4d26-bad1-1aabae113b15" CreationDate="2009-06-14T03:12:03.487" UserId="3038" Comment="Updating for hand-helds." Text="Check local fire-codes. Really. In 2003 I was involved in setting up a new datacenter for work. My job was more moving the gear, not wrangling with the architects and contractors who were building it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Imagine my surprise when I found *sprinkler heads* in the *datacenter* during my first walk through. I got about a quarter of the way to indignant outrage before my boss short-circuited me with logic. It seems that local fire code actually covers data-centers, and it mandates sprinklers. I was assured, assured I tell you, that they wouldn't go off unless the FM200 system failed to snuff the fire. I was dubious, but the fire inspectors really did mean that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, there are a series of things you need in a fire suppression system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **An *Emergency Power Off* function** If there is a fire, the EPO will drop power to the room hard. Yes, that'll cause data damage, but so does fire. If the fire is electrical in nature, this may stop it. Also, if all the gear is de-powered, a water dump does less damage.&#xD;&#xA; - **A sealed room** You want sealed for correct HVAC anyway. You don't want to rely on building HVAC unless the building was *designed* with that room in mind in the first place. Also, this allows you to use...&#xD;&#xA; - **A gas-based suppression system** FM200 is popular choice for this. Unlike the halon systems of old, it isn't as environmentally evil.&#xD;&#xA; - **A water based backup suppression system** If the FM-200 fails, you need to get the fire out. After the EPO has fired, and the FM-200 dumps, if there is *still* a fire then you need old fashioned water&#xD;&#xA; - **Water detection sensors in/on the floor** If you have any water pipes overhead, you need water sensors in the floor. This is more of an asset-protection thing, but if you DO have sprinklers you need water sensors to detect leaks. Also good for detecting leaks in your HVAC chillers.&#xD;&#xA; - **Call-out capabilities** If the fire system trips, you want to notify both Facilities people, as well as data-center staff and management. Obviously, this system should NOT rely upon assets in the data-center that's on fire. This can be hard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There may be more, but that's off the top of my head. The EPO can be a destructive option, so I don't know how wide-spread they are. But they make all kinds of sense in a room where a water dump is possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have to retrofit a pre-existing room, some of the above may not be possible. As a fire-inspector once told me, to extingish a fire you need one of three things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Remove the fuel&#xD;&#xA; - Remove the oxidizer&#xD;&#xA; - Cool the reaction below the combustion point&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The system I lined out above does all three. The EPO removes fuel. The FM-200 partially removes oxygen, but mostly cools the reaction below the combustion point. The water dump smothers the fire due to lack of oxygen, and also cools it. For a high-value asset like a data-center, you want at least two of these.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because of this, I'd say that your top priority is to see if you can get a gas-based extinguishing system in place as it does far less damage than water does (even with an EPO on your power-distribution-unit or main breaker panel). A truly good system, no matter what the actual suppression technology, has a flexible notification system that allows more than just the facilities supervisor to be notified of the fire-suppression systems activating. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for hand-held extinguishers, use Class C. But be careful. Dry chemical style extinguishers blow a powder everywhere. And that powder is somewhat corrosive. In the typical high airflow data-center, a fired extinguisher's residue can get *everywhere*. If the powder gets inside server intakes, it can cause higher equipment failure rates for the next several years. We've had demonstrations of extinguishing fires at our workplace, and have seen how messy it can get. When you buy your extinguishers for in-center usage, use the gas-style Class C extinguishers. " />
  <row Id="45099" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25387" RevisionGUID="a3a96390-ee2c-487c-8bbd-b6016803fcf3" CreationDate="2009-06-14T03:21:09.753" UserId="5724" Text="Web application servers are good at hosting their application (Ruby, Java, etc), but not as good as Apache at hosting static files, or providing load balancing/failover ([mod_proxy][1]), security/filtering ([mod_security][2]), rewriting ([mod_rewrite][3]) etc.  Therefore it's quite common to use Apache as the front end, possibly serving all the static content, and then proxying requests to the application server (mongrel, tomcat, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apache is a well-audited piece of code that has &quot;been around the block&quot; somewhat more than the newer servers, so it makes sense to have it as the server that faces the untruste dInternet.  It also means you can put your application servers inside your network, and your Apache servers in your DMZ.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_proxy.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.modsecurity.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_rewrite.html" />
  <row Id="45100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25388" RevisionGUID="4c6641f7-8e0b-413d-9fff-a62788e35b9d" CreationDate="2009-06-14T03:29:22.857" UserId="378" Text="I've installed mac-ports which puts everything under `/opt/local`. The corresponding man pages are in `/opt/local/man`. I added the following line to `/private/etc/man.conf` representing the `man` search path for `port`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    MANPATH /opt/local/man/man1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, when I invoke `man` on its own:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; man port&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I get the following error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    No manual entry for port&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this the correct way to add a new search path for `man`?" />
  <row Id="45101" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25388" RevisionGUID="4c6641f7-8e0b-413d-9fff-a62788e35b9d" CreationDate="2009-06-14T03:29:22.857" UserId="378" Text="MANPATH in man.conf" />
  <row Id="45102" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25388" RevisionGUID="4c6641f7-8e0b-413d-9fff-a62788e35b9d" CreationDate="2009-06-14T03:29:22.857" UserId="378" Text="&lt;man&gt;" />
  <row Id="45103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25389" RevisionGUID="23b8363a-a722-484a-b0d9-51f210e8662f" CreationDate="2009-06-14T03:29:54.930" UserId="5724" Text="As you suggest, setgid only applies to executable files and directories.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     find -type f -perm /g+s chmod g-s '{}' \;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just don't do this in /usr/bin!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25390" RevisionGUID="4359a04d-a79a-4867-b101-b8afe02313a6" CreationDate="2009-06-14T03:32:03.570" UserId="5724" Text="You could force a removal of the bugzilla package with `dpkg --purge`?" />
  <row Id="45105" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25391" RevisionGUID="f510cfe8-c81e-489f-9d9d-67cb0efc4fb2" CreationDate="2009-06-14T03:32:42.460" UserId="1561" Text="*How can I accept the email that he receives and forward to another email account?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're talking about using a mail relay.  Most MTAs will support this with a little setup.  This method is heavily dependant on the MTA you use but typically there are several approaches.  For instance, you can:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Specify that a local account has a different delivery destination&#xD;&#xA; - Specify a mail alias to be used during initial routing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Now they are not getting their email anymore probably because I changed the DNS records to point the domain to my server.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Is there anyway for me to not even receive the email and direct right to another email account he owns such as his aol account?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to add the correct A, PTR, and MX records for the intended domain for this to work.  The mail exchanger for the domain is specified in DNS, and without an MX record present for the DNS zone (definition), it will, by default, cause outside MTAs to attempt delivery to the servers specified in the domain, which would be **your servers** because they are the ones hosting the zone.  It's really a good idea to always have MX records for mail exchangers for any zone definitions you have for just this reason.  While email will work without MX records, it doesn't work as well as it could with the records present.  Be sure that there is a matching forward and reverse definition for the server specified in the MX record, and that the definition returns the same name for both types of look-ups.  Modern mail exchangers do a full resolution, one from name to address, then from that same address back to a name, in an attempt to detect spammers.  Having records that do not match will result in some email servers rejecting any email that *originates* from the server, so this is a good idea." />
  <row Id="45107" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25391" RevisionGUID="2149c41e-4283-4b8e-80a3-75ce5ffe8495" CreationDate="2009-06-14T03:39:24.070" UserId="1561" Comment="separate concerns, so that forward/reverse lookups are in a separate paragraph; added 73 characters in body" Text="*How can I accept the email that he receives and forward to another email account?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're talking about using a mail relay.  Most MTAs will support this with a little setup.  This method is heavily dependant on the MTA you use but typically there are several approaches.  For instance, you can:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Specify that a local account has a different delivery destination&#xD;&#xA; - Specify a mail alias to be used during initial routing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Now they are not getting their email anymore probably because I changed the DNS records to point the domain to my server.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Is there anyway for me to not even receive the email and direct right to another email account he owns such as his aol account?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to add the correct A, PTR, and MX records for the intended domain for this to work.  These must be present in the server providing the DNS zone definitions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The mail exchanger for the domain is specified in DNS, and without an MX record present for the DNS zone (definition), it will, by default, cause outside MTAs to attempt delivery to the servers specified in the domain, which would be **your servers** because they are the ones hosting the zone.  It's really a good idea to always have MX records for mail exchangers for any zone definitions you have for just this reason.  While email will work without MX records, it doesn't work as well as it could with the records present.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be sure that there is a matching forward and reverse definition for the server specified in the MX record, and that the definition returns the same name for both types of look-ups.  Modern mail exchangers do a full resolution, one from name to address, then from that same address back to a name, in an attempt to detect spammers.  Having records that do not match will result in some email servers rejecting any email that *originates* from the server, so this is a good idea." />
  <row Id="45108" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25387" RevisionGUID="31e46da4-a980-4d4c-b4f1-dbe3e678e6d6" CreationDate="2009-06-14T03:43:39.117" UserId="1466" Comment="spelling" Text="Web application servers are good at hosting their application (Ruby, Java, etc), but not as good as Apache at hosting static files, or providing load balancing/failover ([mod_proxy][1]), security/filtering ([mod_security][2]), rewriting ([mod_rewrite][3]) etc.  Therefore it's quite common to use Apache as the front end, possibly serving all the static content, and then proxying requests to the application server (mongrel, tomcat, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apache is a well-audited piece of code that has &quot;been around the block&quot; somewhat more than the newer servers, so it makes sense to have it as the server that faces the untrusted Internet.  It also means you can put your application servers inside your network, and your Apache servers in your DMZ.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_proxy.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.modsecurity.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_rewrite.html" />
  <row Id="45109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25393" RevisionGUID="51f1567c-6716-4a10-a23a-fb71a9b3dbe0" CreationDate="2009-06-14T03:57:08.887" UserId="5749" Text="In VMWare, know where the snapshots endup.  We had ours configured to end up in the LUN on the SAN with the VM files themselves.  A tech was practicing the Snapshot process on a LUN that was almost full.  Later he rebooted the VM for some reason, and the log files caused the VM to not start.  It was a bit of luck that lead us to the LUN being full as the cause.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25394" RevisionGUID="2a25fced-d55e-4684-8c65-f873ab1cf13c" CreationDate="2009-06-14T03:57:43.580" UserId="3038" Text="First a few observations, I'm sure others will have more data. DRBD has been around longer than the native windows directory sync tools, so it may be more robust. Second, Windows 2008's DFS/Replication technology has been rewritten to perform better. It hasn't been around as long as DRBD, but it promises to be able to replicate large directories between multiple servers. DFS/Replication doesn't to it at a block level like DRBD does, just the file/directory level. Full resyncs with DFS/Replication are online, rather than offline, so you won't have the same service outage you had with neverfailgroup." />
  <row Id="45111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25395" RevisionGUID="efad2301-d50f-4753-a7e0-0eaaaaaed299" CreationDate="2009-06-14T03:58:44.657" UserId="6177" Text="There is a company around here that does server room cleaning.  It's not really worth it, but in terms of saving my time or a co-workers, having a couple people come in with good HEPA vacuums seemed reasonable every couple of years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I had to do it myself in the next little while, I'd get the company to buy a decent consumer HEPA vacuum and use that.  We have an A/C that keeps the humidity high enough that I wouldn't worry about static.  Well, now that I've read this thread, I probably would worry about it, but we have grounding straps in the company's electronic lab, so I'd probably use those." />
  <row Id="45112" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25396" RevisionGUID="60ea8d16-ef75-416a-9fec-3fd89a92b43d" CreationDate="2009-06-14T04:09:05.820" UserId="1561" Text="**Doing the user's work for them.**  This sounds innoculous at first, until you start having a dozen different people who are not having real problems but are just being lazy, and &quot;just don't seem to get it, can you help me&quot;?  You have no idea what kind of time sink that can become, especially if you're a one-person shop and you're doing it all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Users who resist process changes using your systems even though *you are not the one who mandated the change.***  So your customer service department has to double-check web-based orders now as part of a vetting process?  Not a big deal - the volume is fairly low compared to the volume generated by telephone traffic (don't ask, it's the nature of the biz), but guess what?  The customer service lead does this passive-aggressive thing of &quot;I don't care, I don't want to read that&quot; *and starts to blindly convert orders as verified without doing any actual verification*.  A conversation follows (paraphrased):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Me:  You're an integral part of this process!  Without you, this won't work correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CS Rep: Yeah, and?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Me:  You checking the order before converting them over is an important part of the process.  You need to check these orders before &quot;just pressing the button&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CS Rep:  I'm busy right now.  (This isn't true.  I made it clear that we needed to talk about this before we started this discussion).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Me: {Thinking to myself: if I were in your position and I had this kind of attitude, it would get me fired}  Uh, ok.  I just want you to understand how you are important to this.  If these orders aren't verified, but we ship them, then we (the company) are responsible for the result.  Having you as part of the verification process is important to making this work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CS Rep:  Yeah.  (you can almost hear the &quot;whatever&quot; hanging in the air.  Rep won't even look at me at this point)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Me: Alright... (I get up and leave)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Never underestimate a sudden &quot;case of the stupids&quot; when users want to resist changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45113" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25396" RevisionGUID="60ea8d16-ef75-416a-9fec-3fd89a92b43d" CreationDate="2009-06-14T04:09:05.820" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25397" RevisionGUID="e7565433-626e-4bda-b677-3c192dd8addd" CreationDate="2009-06-14T04:09:08.720" UserId="28" Text="Neither setuid or setgid have any impact on non-executable files. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Their meaning is that they are executed as though run by the owner of the file, not as the user (or group) running them. What would that mean for a non-executable file?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding finding them, see http://www.faqs.org/faqs/computer-security/most-common-qs/section-15.html" />
  <row Id="45115" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25398" RevisionGUID="11e9db5c-683e-4c3f-8f90-589c786ab621" CreationDate="2009-06-14T04:13:27.417" UserId="5223" Text="I use rsync with the following flags handily memorable as 'glop' and 'trunc' and 'v'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`rsync -gloptrunc $srcdir $dstdir`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A brief guide:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - g - preserve group ownership info&#xD;&#xA; - l - copy symlinks as symlinks&#xD;&#xA; - o - preserve owner info&#xD;&#xA; - p - preserve permissions&#xD;&#xA; - t - preserve timestamps&#xD;&#xA; - r - recurse thru directories&#xD;&#xA; - u - update, skip any newer files&#xD;&#xA; - [n] - no, dont do this, do a dry run instead&#xD;&#xA; - c - checksum, attempt checksums on file blocks when possible (*)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    note: on local filesystems, this get overridden and entire files are copied instead.&#xD;&#xA; - v - verbose&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I always run the above to make sure it works, then remove the 'n' flag that once I'm happy with the results.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The key features of the above combinations:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - I run it in BOTH directions between two (or more) servers, thus syncing in BOTH directions.  You update whichever you feel is the master at the time.&#xD;&#xA; - It allows either to be the master, with the _significant_ caveat that if you want to delete something, you must delete it on both to be sure it's really gone, else it comes back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use this to keep two machines in sync, or to keep to subdirs in sync (like backing up to a USB drive).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As one of the other posts stated earlier, the 'checksum' may actually be forced OFF if you are dealing with local drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In some rare instances, I've had to add additional parameters to account for changes in login accounts across remote machines, changing ports, and even specifying where 'rsync' lives on the remote host... but those are not directly applicable to your question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45116" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25248" RevisionGUID="c9411118-02e1-47ef-afcd-3ff9364b81ae" CreationDate="2009-06-14T04:18:36.457" UserId="8481" Comment="added 377 characters in body; added 4 characters in body" Text="I'm a little confused... I have Rails 2.3.2 running on my server after upgrading from 2.1.1 I get the following error on my mongrel clusters when they try to start:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Exception `Gem::LoadError' at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:578 - Could not find RubyGem activerecord-mysql-adapter (&gt;= 0)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is this caused by? I've done:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    gem install mysql&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...with all the various path-specific magic to make it install. A google search reveals some similar problems but no apparent resolution. Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**More Information:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Versions: Rails 2.3.2 (via `gem`), RubyGems 1.3.4 (via `gem`), Ruby 1.8.5 (via `yum`), Linux 2.6.18-xen (CentOS 5.2).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MySQL adapter (`gem install mysql`) is 2.7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The odd thing is that if I remove the mysql adapter (`gem uninstall mysql`) I would expect it to revert to the built-in (albeit slow...?) MySQL adapter. It doesn't act any differently." />
  <row Id="45117" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25399" RevisionGUID="6294bf12-e740-4741-b5ce-f8191c90073c" CreationDate="2009-06-14T04:26:29.140" UserId="1276" Text="**[Mussh][1]** is a good alternative, it is already included in many Linux distros.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Mussh is a shell script that allows you to execute a command or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; script over ssh on multiple hosts with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; one command. When possible mussh will&#xD;&#xA;&gt; use ssh-agent and RSA/DSA keys to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; minimize the need to enter your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; password more than once.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mussh" />
  <row Id="45118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25400" RevisionGUID="ad3a9cfb-cc39-43e1-86e2-7fa7c1675fd3" CreationDate="2009-06-14T04:36:12.333" UserId="1375" Text="I love the Linux HA stuff, and DRBD is now reaching a very high level of awesome.  The Windows equivalents have never provided anywhere near the same level of stability and configurability in the situations I've run into them." />
  <row Id="45119" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25401" RevisionGUID="f16dd83b-4d25-4e31-90d3-c8d873b27f46" CreationDate="2009-06-14T04:39:03.310" UserId="1006" Text="The `A` and `AAAA` records specify where the domain (website) is hosted. Those should be pointed to your server. (AAAA is for IPv6)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The `MX` records specify where the mail goes. Those should be pointed at Yahoo's mail servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, you'd have something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    example.com.     IN    A      10.11.12.13&#xD;&#xA;    www.example.com. IN    CNAME  example.com.&#xD;&#xA;    example.com.     IN    MX     10 whatever1.yahoo.com.&#xD;&#xA;    example.com.     IN    MX     20 whatever2.yahoo.com." />
  <row Id="45120" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25402" RevisionGUID="487d331e-a805-458b-8f0d-69c1c85b02f5" CreationDate="2009-06-14T04:53:07.963" UserId="671" Text="One of our web server clusters serves a moderate number of busy e-commerce applications.  At present, each site lives on a specific web server and has a hot-spare copy mirrored to another web server in the cluster.  If a server fails, there is a manual process to re-activate the sites on their failover server.  We're getting to a point where we need a better solution, not only for failures, but also so that we can take machines down for maintenance without downtime for the sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're considering building a cluster of 2-3 [HAProxy][1] servers (primarily because it has a great performance record) to put in front of the web servers.  From what I've read it will meet most of our needs for session management and keeping users on the same server, etc.  Our biggest concern is in regards to the SSL certificates.  Each of the sites has its own SSL certificate.  Since the end users would be connecting to the HAProxy servers, I can only assume that we would need to move the certificates to each of the machines in the HAProxy cluster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, my specific question is whether HAProxy is actually the right tool for the job?  Can it handle managing 40-50 SSL certificates and IP addresses for incoming requests (with 2-3 HAProxy servers in a failover cluster)?  Will the existing SSL certificates (on a Windows 2003 Server at present, a few are EV-SSL certs) be portable to HAProxy?  Are there other software or hardware solutions that we should consider instead?  Any other caveats in setting up a high-availability web cluster that we may not have considered?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://haproxy.1wt.eu/" />
  <row Id="45121" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25402" RevisionGUID="487d331e-a805-458b-8f0d-69c1c85b02f5" CreationDate="2009-06-14T04:53:07.963" UserId="671" Text="High Availability for SSL Web Site" />
  <row Id="45122" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25402" RevisionGUID="487d331e-a805-458b-8f0d-69c1c85b02f5" CreationDate="2009-06-14T04:53:07.963" UserId="671" Text="&lt;haproxy&gt;&lt;high-availability&gt;&lt;clustering&gt;&lt;failover&gt;" />
  <row Id="45123" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25403" RevisionGUID="be40842e-80c0-4d85-b812-8934ba7fc80c" CreationDate="2009-06-14T04:59:31.333" UserId="915" Text="I bought an HP Pavilion dv2000 back in Window Vista first came out and It was working quite well until the video card drivers started acting up 6 months ago.  The laptop has an NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200 and would cause the blue screen of death with the following cause:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;nvlddmkm.sys&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I reinstalled Vista on my laptop and it is still caused the blue screen of death.  I have uninstalled the drivers and everything is working fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone ever experience this issue and know how to fix it? " />
  <row Id="45124" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25403" RevisionGUID="be40842e-80c0-4d85-b812-8934ba7fc80c" CreationDate="2009-06-14T04:59:31.333" UserId="915" Text="Video card driver causing Windows Vista to blue screen" />
  <row Id="45125" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25403" RevisionGUID="be40842e-80c0-4d85-b812-8934ba7fc80c" CreationDate="2009-06-14T04:59:31.333" UserId="915" Text="&lt;bluescreen&gt;&lt;video&gt;&lt;drivers&gt;&lt;nvidia&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="45126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25404" RevisionGUID="30dd2dc6-7fbc-4f6d-ad9e-242bdadc7495" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:16:55.120" UserId="1561" Text="I've had discussions in the past with other people in my department about documentation, specifically, level-of-detail and requirements.  In their view, documentation is a simple checklist of Y things to do when X things go wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I disagree.  I think that this presumes that all issues in IT can easily be boiled down to simple checklists of recovery procedures.  I think that it completely ignores the complexity of the situation, and as the other people in the department don't always have a depth of understanding about the issue (which is why I'm writing the document - so they have something to refer to) that the documentation should include some basic background material, such as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Purpose of the (sub)system in question&#xD;&#xA; - Why it is configured in that manner&#xD;&#xA; - Expectations of events to occur when the settings/procedures are implemented&#xD;&#xA; - Potential issues that can cause procedures to fail&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I'm rather outvoted on this, so my documentation is *required* to be re-written into a form that says &quot;Steps A-B-C applied in order will resolve problem X&quot;.  I often hear the lament that it needs to fit onto a single page of paper.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try explaining the configuration of Squid ACLs to someone in this manner, including troubleshooting, through a single-page document.  That's just one of a half-dozen documents that are &quot;waiting to be written&quot; as recovery checklists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is the method I'm advocating really going overboard?  Or are they right, and I should just mind my business here and just write them a simple checklist?  My concern is that, no matter how well you write a procedure checklist, it really doesn't solve an issue that requires a SysAdmin to think things through.  If you're spending time doing a checklist of recovery procedures that ends up not resolving the issue (because there are additional factors that aren't a part of the document, *due to the narrow focus of the document*), and the purpose of the document was to avoid re-reading man pages and wikis and websites all over again, then why am I going through the motions?  Am I just worrying too much, or is this a real issue?" />
  <row Id="45127" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25404" RevisionGUID="30dd2dc6-7fbc-4f6d-ad9e-242bdadc7495" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:16:55.120" UserId="1561" Text="Documentation As-A-Manual vs. Documentation As-A-Checklist" />
  <row Id="45128" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25404" RevisionGUID="30dd2dc6-7fbc-4f6d-ad9e-242bdadc7495" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:16:55.120" UserId="1561" Text="&lt;processes&gt;&lt;documentation&gt;&lt;disaster-recovery&gt;" />
  <row Id="45129" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25402" RevisionGUID="07f250bf-1b60-4e42-9d5e-2140d95872f6" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:19:12.667" UserId="671" Comment="Modified to mention Apache+mod_ssl since HAProxy doesn't do SSL directly.; added 4 characters in body" Text="One of our web server clusters serves a moderate number of busy e-commerce applications.  At present, each site lives on a specific web server and has a hot-spare copy mirrored to another web server in the cluster.  If a server fails, there is a manual process to re-activate the sites on their failover server.  We're getting to a point where we need a better solution, not only for failures, but also so that we can take machines down for maintenance without downtime for the sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're considering building a cluster of 2-3 [HAProxy][1] servers (primarily because it has a great performance record) to put in front of the web servers.  From what I've read it will meet most of our needs for session management and keeping users on the same server, etc.  Our biggest concern is in regards to the SSL certificates.  Each of the sites has its own SSL certificate.  Since the end users would be connecting to the HAProxy servers, I can only assume that we would need to move the certificates to each of the machines in the HAProxy cluster.  Since HAProxy doesn't handle SSL directly, I've read that we can accomplish this with Apache+mod_ssl on the same system through a reverse proxy type forwarding arrangement.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, my specific question is whether HAProxy is actually the right tool for the job?  Will the existing SSL certificates (on a Windows 2003 Server at present, a few are EV-SSL certs) be portable to Apache?  Are there other software or hardware solutions that we should consider instead (using HAProxy with an SSL site seems more complicated than it needs to be)?  Any other caveats in setting up a high-availability SSL web cluster that we may not have considered?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://haproxy.1wt.eu/" />
  <row Id="45130" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25405" RevisionGUID="db98008d-3d70-432f-93e5-fa37120e7faa" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:20:49.387" UserId="9249" Text="It depends on the target audience for your documentation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For helpdesk (level 1) types, a checklist is the correct way to go; of course, this presumes that there are higher levels of support with the deeper knowledge you describe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the documentation is for the systems group, I always err on the side of more documentation.  It's hard enough to have adequate documentation just to get by, if someone (yourself) wants to write more extensive docs with the requisite background information -- no sane individual should stand in your way!" />
  <row Id="45131" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25404" RevisionGUID="85d9bb54-f0e8-443a-81e2-fa06cd13ec46" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:22:27.233" UserId="1561" Comment="added 165 characters in body" Text="I've had discussions in the past with other people in my department about documentation, specifically, level-of-detail and requirements.  In their view, documentation is a simple checklist of Y things to do when X things go wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I disagree.  I think that this presumes that all issues in IT can easily be boiled down to simple checklists of recovery procedures.  I think that it completely ignores the complexity of the situation, and as the other people in the department don't always have a depth of understanding about the issue (which is why I'm writing the document - so they have something to refer to) that the documentation should include some basic background material, such as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Purpose of the (sub)system in question&#xD;&#xA; - Why it is configured in that manner&#xD;&#xA; - Expectations of events to occur when the settings/procedures are implemented&#xD;&#xA; - Potential issues that can cause procedures to fail&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I'm rather outvoted on this, so my documentation is *required* to be re-written into a form that says &quot;Steps A-B-C applied in order will resolve problem X&quot;.  I often hear the lament that it needs to fit onto a single page of paper.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try explaining the configuration of Squid ACLs to someone in this manner, including troubleshooting, through a single-page document.  That's just one of a half-dozen documents that are &quot;waiting to be written&quot; as recovery checklists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is the method I'm advocating really going overboard?  Or are they right, and I should just mind my business here and just write them a simple checklist?  My concern is that, no matter how well you write a procedure checklist, it really doesn't solve an issue that requires a SysAdmin to think things through.  If you're spending time doing a checklist of recovery procedures that ends up not resolving the issue (because there are additional factors that aren't a part of the document, *due to the narrow focus of the document*), and the purpose of the document was to avoid re-reading man pages and wikis and websites all over again, then why am I going through the motions?  Am I just worrying too much, or is this a real issue?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There currently is no helpdesk position in the department.  The audience for the documentation would be for the other admins or for the department head." />
  <row Id="45132" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25406" RevisionGUID="24c202cf-4feb-4de3-b9e7-944f70646a33" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:24:44.263" UserId="9447" Text="I ran nmap on my server and found a strange port open. I'm trying to figure out if there is a way to map that port to a specific process but have no idea if there is such a tool. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions?" />
  <row Id="45133" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25406" RevisionGUID="24c202cf-4feb-4de3-b9e7-944f70646a33" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:24:44.263" UserId="9447" Text="How to tell what process has a specific port open on Linux?" />
  <row Id="45134" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25406" RevisionGUID="24c202cf-4feb-4de3-b9e7-944f70646a33" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:24:44.263" UserId="9447" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="45135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25407" RevisionGUID="91d26575-0e80-4128-a030-23e490d927a3" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:28:28.763" UserId="3038" Text="When writing mine I've always devolved into writing two sets. The get-er-done checklist, with a MUCH LONGER appendix about the architecture of the system including why things are done the way they are, probable sticking points when coming online, and abstract design assumptions. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At my last job we were required to write doc so that even level-1 helpdesk people could bring things back up. This required checklists, which generally became out of date within 3 months of the writing. We were strongly urged to write troubleshooting guides whenever possible, but when the contingency tree gets more than three branches in it, you just can't write that doc without going abstract.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When *leaving* my last job, I turned in a 100 page 'how to do my job' manual before I left. It had the abstract stuff in it, design philosophy, as well as integration points. Since I was presumably writing for another sysadmin who was going to replace me, I aimed it at someone who could take abstract notions and turn them into concrete actions." />
  <row Id="45136" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25408" RevisionGUID="bc9c80e0-bc26-4643-a95c-bd06b560ae5c" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:30:05.533" UserId="9249" Text="`sudo netstat -lnp` will list the ports that are listening for incoming connections and the associated process that has the port open." />
  <row Id="45137" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25409" RevisionGUID="d068aa9b-94e5-454b-ab93-c3ade6250af0" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:30:19.650" UserId="3038" Text="netstat -anp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The &quot;-p&quot; tells it to list the process-ID that has the port open. The -an tells it to list listening ports and don't resolve names. On busy systems that can greatly speed up how fast it returns.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;netstat -anp | grep &quot;LIST&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That'll just give you the open ports. " />
  <row Id="45138" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25410" RevisionGUID="61cdefad-5c00-4642-b499-ccdafbe06a1e" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:30:20.663" UserId="661" Text="As well as Netstat, mentioned in other posts, the lsof command should be able to do this just fine. Just use this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`lsof -i :&lt;port number&gt;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and all of the processes should come up. I use it on OS X quite frequently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Debian Administration article for lsof][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.debian-administration.org/article/How_to_find_out_which_process_is_listening_upon_a_port" />
  <row Id="45139" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="25410" RevisionGUID="052a46a1-a670-4eb5-8587-977313e2c214" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:30:26.187" UserId="661" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:661,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;bjtitus&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="45140" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25411" RevisionGUID="dbb041a9-530c-4225-8113-977e5d3b400a" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:31:37.340" UserId="1561" Text="Can you get virtual machines to run on 32-bit CPUs?  As far as I know, there isn't a single 32-bit CPU in existence, with the exception of the later generation of Pentium 4's, that support virtual machines.  By virtual machines, I mean that the guest OS is *not* running in a paravirutalization setup, and that there is a hypervisor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just wondering." />
  <row Id="45141" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25411" RevisionGUID="dbb041a9-530c-4225-8113-977e5d3b400a" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:31:37.340" UserId="1561" Text="Is it possible to get virtual machines running on a 32-bit CPU?" />
  <row Id="45142" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25411" RevisionGUID="dbb041a9-530c-4225-8113-977e5d3b400a" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:31:37.340" UserId="1561" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;cpu&gt;" />
  <row Id="45143" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25412" RevisionGUID="526a1fe3-61ed-4ceb-8b67-aae2c15c3911" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:31:41.690" UserId="9448" Text="If you'd like to use screen in an unattended manner, use :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # screen -d -m script.sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That would put your script in the background, detached!&#xD;&#xA;Now you can easily log out and continue what you were doing." />
  <row Id="45144" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="25410" RevisionGUID="0b8fa052-a37f-4bf5-83b8-3cc495f1f559" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:32:41.110" UserId="661" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:661,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;bjtitus&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="45145" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25413" RevisionGUID="1ccd19a5-dc94-4b5a-914b-66574c3214ee" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:37:38.247" UserId="3038" Text="Heavens yes. VMWare was doing this for years before AMD and Intel rolled out their virtualization enhancements at the CPU level. It just wasn't quite as efficient. It was 64-bit that really allowed virtualization to take off, as it removed the RAM ceiling. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was running virtualized NetWare as early as 2001 in VMWare. Performance sucked hard since NetWare NOOPs instead of HALTs during idle, which was why the VM-Tools were a required thing as it intercepted the idle-loop NOOPs and translated them into HALTs. That way the single threaded CPUs we were running back then could actually allow the host OS to do stuff." />
  <row Id="45146" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25414" RevisionGUID="cc327e8a-cc23-41f2-93a3-0d0e7077542e" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:39:12.003" UserId="6177" Text="I think it obviously depends on the topic.  Not everything can be reduced to a simple checklist, and not everything needs a detailed user manual.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It certainly sounds like you're talking about internal documentation, and in my experience you can't just give a list of steps, because there are too many choices.  Even creating a user account has some options (in our environment) so our &quot;New Account&quot; document lists the basic steps in order, but for each step has a description of what the variations are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, we never got around to writing much of a document for &quot;How to patch in an office,&quot; but our very sketchy document also wasn't a checklist - it mentioned the convention we used for the colours of cables, emphasized that you **had** to update the spreadsheet that listed the connections, and that was about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, now that I've written this, I totally agree: step-by-step checklists just won't cut it for lots of processes." />
  <row Id="45147" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7787" RevisionGUID="d1dc309b-60d9-4de7-9080-cfd920b22eb5" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:39:16.620" UserId="2376" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;wep&gt;&lt;wpa&gt;&lt;wifi&gt;&lt;wpa2-aes&gt;" />
  <row Id="45148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25415" RevisionGUID="d29bb887-672e-4df3-b562-5cc3d6d349cb" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:44:20.933" UserId="1561" Text="So I've noticed that there are several recommendations on basic practices on SF, but there doesn't seem to be a cohesive view as to how those recommendations would all fit together.  So I thought I would lump these together as a kind of mental exercise to see what the &quot;ServerFault Community IT Department&quot; would look like if it were implemented.  This would give a few things: it would make a reasonable wiki (in the true wiki spirit of many contributions), it would provide several links to well-vetted practices, and it would be kinda fun to see what the amalgamation would look like.  And who knows, it may even point out some interesting issues between different forms of &quot;best practices&quot;, although I would be stunned if there was a conflict hidden in there someplace...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add your favorites from SF as answers, and I'll re-edit this section with the results.  Here's a few catagories to collect different ideas together.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hardware Configuration(s)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Storage Configuration(s)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Network Configuration(s)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Security Practice(s)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Network Service(s)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;User Service(s)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Upgrade Process(es)" />
  <row Id="45149" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25415" RevisionGUID="d29bb887-672e-4df3-b562-5cc3d6d349cb" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:44:20.933" UserId="1561" Text="The ServerFault Wiki of Recommended Practices" />
  <row Id="45150" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25415" RevisionGUID="d29bb887-672e-4df3-b562-5cc3d6d349cb" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:44:20.933" UserId="1561" Text="&lt;wiki&gt;&lt;ideas&gt;" />
  <row Id="45151" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25415" RevisionGUID="d29bb887-672e-4df3-b562-5cc3d6d349cb" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:44:20.933" UserId="1561" />
  <row Id="45152" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25416" RevisionGUID="10222833-0b64-4837-a959-27e1ab24dab1" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:50:55.677" UserId="1561" Text="Under security Practices:&#xD;&#xA;[Best Practice and Solutions for Sharing Passwords][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10285/best-practise-and-solutions-for-sharing-passwords" />
  <row Id="45153" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25416" RevisionGUID="10222833-0b64-4837-a959-27e1ab24dab1" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:50:55.677" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45154" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25415" RevisionGUID="e33248aa-6dc4-4a2d-bde9-96027959bb17" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:51:35.770" UserId="1561" Comment="added 83 characters in body; added 57 characters in body; added 33 characters in body; added 74 characters in body" Text="So I've noticed that there are several recommendations on basic practices on SF, but there doesn't seem to be a cohesive view as to how those recommendations would all fit together.  So I thought I would lump these together as a kind of mental exercise to see what the &quot;ServerFault Community IT Department&quot; would look like if it were implemented.  This would give a few things: it would make a reasonable wiki (in the true wiki spirit of many contributions), it would provide several links to well-vetted practices, and it would be kinda fun to see what the amalgamation would look like.  And who knows, it may even point out some interesting issues between different forms of &quot;best practices&quot;, although I would be stunned if there was a conflict hidden in there someplace...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add your favorites from SF as answers, and I'll re-edit this section with the results.  Here's a few catagories to collect different ideas together.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hardware Configuration(s)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Server room configuration][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Storage Configuration(s)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Network Configuration(s)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Security Practice(s)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Password sharing methods][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Network Service(s)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;User Service(s)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Upgrade Process(es)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/331/the-perfect-server-room&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10285/best-practise-and-solutions-for-sharing-passwords" />
  <row Id="45155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25417" RevisionGUID="81192641-6fca-484d-aec3-35f9530421bd" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:52:02.617" UserId="9249" Text="You could start with consolidating other questions on the site:  [The Perfect Server Room](http://serverfault.com/questions/331/the-perfect-server-room)" />
  <row Id="45156" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25417" RevisionGUID="81192641-6fca-484d-aec3-35f9530421bd" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:52:02.617" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45157" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25418" RevisionGUID="441d7c27-647d-47e2-93de-5b8acecc9c04" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:56:30.033" UserDisplayName="Creepy_geek" Text="Absolutely Yes." />
  <row Id="45158" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25407" RevisionGUID="22658f21-e332-4e87-b54f-1485632da239" CreationDate="2009-06-14T05:56:39.300" UserId="3038" Comment="Forgot. It's THREE sections I ended up with :P" Text="When writing mine I've always devolved into writing &lt;strike&gt;two&lt;/strike&gt; three sets. The get-er-done checklist, &lt;strike&gt;with a MUCH LONGER appendix about the architecture of the system including why things are done the way they are, probable sticking points when coming online, and abstract design assumptions.&lt;/strike&gt; followed by a list of probable problems and their resolutions, followed by a longer section with information about how a system works, why it does it that way, and other information useful for pointing people in the right direction should something unique happen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At my last job we were required to write doc so that even level-1 helpdesk people could bring things back up. This required checklists, which generally became out of date within 3 months of the writing. We were strongly urged to write troubleshooting guides whenever possible, but when the contingency tree gets more than three branches in it, you just can't write that doc without going abstract.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When *leaving* my last job, I turned in a 100 page 'how to do my job' manual before I left. It had the abstract stuff in it, design philosophy, as well as integration points. Since I was presumably writing for another sysadmin who was going to replace me, I aimed it at someone who could take abstract notions and turn them into concrete actions." />
  <row Id="45159" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25419" RevisionGUID="62d27299-2438-4a27-bdc6-c924e94ab873" CreationDate="2009-06-14T06:02:14.547" UserDisplayName="Creepy_geek" Text="I wanted to know the major difference between Cisco logs and Pix. If there are any good links that will be great." />
  <row Id="45160" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25419" RevisionGUID="62d27299-2438-4a27-bdc6-c924e94ab873" CreationDate="2009-06-14T06:02:14.547" UserDisplayName="Creepy_geek" Text="Difference between Cisco ASA logs and PIX. " />
  <row Id="45161" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25419" RevisionGUID="62d27299-2438-4a27-bdc6-c924e94ab873" CreationDate="2009-06-14T06:02:14.547" UserDisplayName="Creepy_geek" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;" />
  <row Id="45162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25420" RevisionGUID="d53ba57f-24d0-43b2-ada1-3109a0d1ba85" CreationDate="2009-06-14T06:06:10.250" UserId="6294" Text="my linux box just got this error messages every minutes in /var/log/secure&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 14 04:24:28 mybox sshd[19741]: Connection closed by 127.0.0.1&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 14 04:25:28 mybox sshd[19764]: Connection closed by 127.0.0.1&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 14 04:26:28 mybox sshd[19770]: Connection closed by 127.0.0.1&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 14 04:27:28 mybox sshd[19776]: Connection closed by 127.0.0.1&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 14 04:28:28 mybox sshd[19782]: Connection closed by 127.0.0.1&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 14 04:29:28 mybox sshd[19789]: Connection closed by 127.0.0.1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;it was centos 5.2 x86_64 with OpenSSH_4.3p2, the sshd port is not set as default, i'd used different port,&#xD;&#xA;i tought it was some bad programm did some brute force ssh attck from inside (lo). &#xD;&#xA;i had try to put sshd: 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts.deny, and then the messages changed now,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 14 12:45:54 mybox sshd[25736]: refused connect from ::ffff:127.0.0.1 (::ffff:127.0.0.1)&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 14 12:45:59 mybox sshd[25701]: Received signal 15; terminating.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 14 12:46:00 mybox sshd[25761]: Server listening on :: port 5522.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 14 12:46:00 mybox sshd[25761]: error: Bind to port 5522 on 0.0.0.0 failed: Address already in use.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 14 12:47:01 mybox sshd[25767]: refused connect from ::ffff:127.0.0.1 (::ffff:127.0.0.1)&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 14 12:47:06 mybox sshd[25761]: Received signal 15; terminating.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 14 12:47:07 mybox sshd[25792]: Server listening on :: port 5522.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 14 12:47:07 mybox sshd[25792]: error: Bind to port 5522 on 0.0.0.0 failed: Address already in use.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 14 12:54:19 mybox sshd[25881]: error: Bind to port 5522 on 0.0.0.0 failed: Address already in use.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 14 12:54:19 mybox sshd[25881]: fatal: Cannot bind any address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;does anyone got this issue before ? how can i analyze this things.." />
  <row Id="45163" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25420" RevisionGUID="d53ba57f-24d0-43b2-ada1-3109a0d1ba85" CreationDate="2009-06-14T06:06:10.250" UserId="6294" Text="strange sshd log message every minute" />
  <row Id="45164" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25420" RevisionGUID="d53ba57f-24d0-43b2-ada1-3109a0d1ba85" CreationDate="2009-06-14T06:06:10.250" UserId="6294" Text="&lt;sshd&gt;&lt;centos&gt;" />
  <row Id="45167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25422" RevisionGUID="324940c1-0058-4298-821b-482616be47de" CreationDate="2009-06-14T06:10:33.483" UserId="8805" Text="If you have iptables running, perhaps it could be that. If you do have iptables, turn it off and try again." />
  <row Id="45168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25423" RevisionGUID="5b91bb03-3f6c-4245-90a9-7f4f383beedd" CreationDate="2009-06-14T06:17:11.070" UserId="9452" Text="I am trying to setup a server with multiple web applications which will all be served through apache VirtualHost (apache running on the same server). My main constrain is that each web application must use SSL encryption. After googling for a while and looking other questions on stackoverflow, I wrote the following configuration for the VirtualHost:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost 1.2.3.4:443&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        ServerName host.domain.org&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Proxy *&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            Order deny,allow&#xD;&#xA;            Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/Proxy&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        SSLProxyEngine On&#xD;&#xA;        ProxyRequests Off&#xD;&#xA;        ProxyPreserveHost On&#xD;&#xA;        ProxyPass / https://localhost:8443/&#xD;&#xA;        ProxyPassReverse / https://localhost:8443/&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even though https://host.domain.org:8443 is accessible, https://host.domain.org is not, which defeats the purpose of my virtual host configuration. Firefox complains that even though it successfully connected to the server, the connection was interrupted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally I should also mention that the virtual host works perfectly fine when I do not use SSL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I make this work ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45169" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25423" RevisionGUID="5b91bb03-3f6c-4245-90a9-7f4f383beedd" CreationDate="2009-06-14T06:17:11.070" UserId="9452" Text="Apache VirtualHost with mod-proxy and SSL" />
  <row Id="45170" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25423" RevisionGUID="5b91bb03-3f6c-4245-90a9-7f4f383beedd" CreationDate="2009-06-14T06:17:11.070" UserId="9452" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;ssl&gt;" />
  <row Id="45171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25424" RevisionGUID="50ba1a19-bde2-4321-b1bc-80ccd54d46a4" CreationDate="2009-06-14T06:20:09.207" UserId="6397" Text="Try Google's new local business (http://www.google.com/local/add/analyticsSplashPage?gl=US&amp;hl=en-US). Free to put yourself there and should be good if you focus on local business." />
  <row Id="45172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25425" RevisionGUID="2d47d8e6-748b-4ac9-bae8-b3dc5bac3e8b" CreationDate="2009-06-14T06:23:58.543" UserId="9249" Text="Do you have some kind of system monitoring tool (monit/collectd) that could be checking to see if your ssh server is alive and accepting connections?" />
  <row Id="45173" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25426" RevisionGUID="1145c928-e34d-400a-816f-4919b1b45150" CreationDate="2009-06-14T06:32:27.730" UserId="2783" Text="Question probably belongs on superuser.com, but as it doesn't exist yet, I guess I'll start with the obvious... have you tried loading the latest drivers from NVidia?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that doesn't work, when do you see the blue screen? In a particular application? At bootup? Randomly?" />
  <row Id="45174" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25427" RevisionGUID="89671b35-71dc-4943-b2c8-70022faef3aa" CreationDate="2009-06-14T06:33:39.477" UserId="3346" Text="Do you really need to proxy to a HTTPS service? You might want to proxy to the non-ssl service in localhost, e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPass / http://localhost:8080/&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8080/" />
  <row Id="45175" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25428" RevisionGUID="6bcfff05-4d15-43f7-9a95-d48792a089cb" CreationDate="2009-06-14T06:34:31.563" UserId="9453" Text="First i would look at if you can do a request from localhost to localhost:8443 and see if thats successful (IE do a GET or wget http://localhost:8443) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Im not quite sure why your havin g a virtual host listening on port 443 then proxying it to another ssl host&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;why cant the application just use 443 natively?&#xD;&#xA;if you cant change it you could just use iptables to redirect the port" />
  <row Id="45176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25429" RevisionGUID="43fc2a83-8447-4774-8df1-b368e0e1ab52" CreationDate="2009-06-14T06:40:43.407" UserId="2889" Text="Looking at getting some Dell Workstations (T3500). One of the options is to raid 1 the harddrives (presumably this would give you a speed boost). Is this software or hardware raid?" />
  <row Id="45177" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25429" RevisionGUID="43fc2a83-8447-4774-8df1-b368e0e1ab52" CreationDate="2009-06-14T06:40:43.407" UserId="2889" Text="Dell Workstation Raid: Software or Hardware?" />
  <row Id="45178" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25429" RevisionGUID="43fc2a83-8447-4774-8df1-b368e0e1ab52" CreationDate="2009-06-14T06:40:43.407" UserId="2889" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;dell&gt;" />
  <row Id="45179" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25430" RevisionGUID="33dfc60a-e638-42e0-bafa-afdfc0738b9c" CreationDate="2009-06-14T06:40:58.400" UserId="301" Text="    Jun 14 12:46:00 mybox sshd[25761]: Server listening on :: port 5522.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 14 12:46:00 mybox sshd[25761]: error: Bind to port 5522 on 0.0.0.0 failed: Address already in use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think whatever script is starting your `sshd` is failing to detect that the process it running and restarting it repeatedly." />
  <row Id="45180" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="17135" RevisionGUID="10080dc1-b489-4bf1-8f71-ac35ee543e63" CreationDate="2009-06-14T06:41:34.327" UserId="4874" />
  <row Id="45181" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25431" RevisionGUID="5ea84dd4-038d-46dd-9e35-3b425b290895" CreationDate="2009-06-14T06:45:41.807" UserId="9404" Text="If you can't see the port open with operating system tools and you suspect an intrussion it could be that a rootkit has been installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The rootkit could have changed systems tools to avoid certain processes and ports or changed kernel modules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can check for rootkit with several automated tools. 'apt-cache search rootkit' shows the following in Ubuntu:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chkrootkit - rootkit detector&#xD;&#xA;    rkhunter - rootkit, backdoor, sniffer and exploit scanner&#xD;&#xA;    unhide - Forensic tool to find hidden processes and ports&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you happen to have a rootkit you can revert the 'changed' to your system but I recommend that you find out how the intrussion was made and harden the system for it not to repeat.&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="45182" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25432" RevisionGUID="77e26573-a68c-4ec0-8bfb-f56ac966635c" CreationDate="2009-06-14T06:45:59.607" UserId="9110" Text="One of the startups I worked for a few years ago was a video and image uploading site on Linux (so all my example are from that). There are a number of things that can go wrong with allowing uploads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All upload systems should transcode the original format to your standard format. The benefit of this is twofold. First you now have a standard format which makes displaying the images and videos much easier on your html. The next if you're somewhat assured that you've changed the file enough that you're not hosting infected files. If you're planning to serve raw uploaded files from any user with an email address, you can have a fair amount of trouble.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As other people have mentioned you need a bit more than just checking the extension. This is a bit harder problem to solve. We took a couple of stabs at it that I was never happy with, but it's worth doing for a couple of reasons. The big one is that you will likely have multiple paths for transcoding video. Video comes in many different containers along with a few million combinations of audio and video tracks. The more you know about the file the better choice you'll make on how to process it or ultimate reject it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming you're transcoding the files, you're vulnerable to exploits in your processing libraries like ffmpeg or libgd. We'd write the original file to disk on the NFS share and then spawn the processing in a jail/chroot environment. This allowed us to transcode to a new format or fail in a single directory without infecting the server or any other files. Also your transcoding system needs to be very up to date so you need to be checking with your distribution each night to make sure the underlying libraries like libpng, libtiff, libmad, libdv, etc don't have any current security bugs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Going back to the original question, make sure you're addressing the issues pointed out by everyone and you should have no issues getting your sysadmin on board and have a far better application in the end too. Unfortunately your sysadmin's job is say &quot;No&quot; to things that look like they will be an operational nightmare to support." />
  <row Id="45183" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25432" RevisionGUID="77e26573-a68c-4ec0-8bfb-f56ac966635c" CreationDate="2009-06-14T06:45:59.607" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25433" RevisionGUID="3a21c867-bbcb-4741-8b64-f409537e949b" CreationDate="2009-06-14T06:46:23.163" UserId="9453" Text="In the past i have setup something similar, but we're running mod perl applications which are quite resource hungry. So we essentially ended up with squid in front of the app servers, and we used apache+proxy to achieve ssl offloading so we could then cache all content through squids. For the clustering part we used LVS(linux virtual server)+heartbeat for failover load balancers &#xD;&#xA;For the ssl offloading method i used, see [this][2] article on my blog for more info&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.nodeintegration.com.au/?p=7" />
  <row Id="45185" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25434" RevisionGUID="3b3ceb47-be79-4700-8578-7c4399d574c7" CreationDate="2009-06-14T06:57:57.913" UserId="45" Text="If you're open for a Microsoft/IIS 7 solution, one option  is to use IIS7's Application Request Routing (ARR).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is an introduction/tutorial here in this article on learn.iis.net: [HTTP Load Balancing using Application Request Routing][1]. There is a feature called &quot;SSL Offloading&quot;:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; When this feature is enabled, all&#xD;&#xA;&gt; communication between the ARR server&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and the application servers are done&#xD;&#xA;&gt; in clear text, even for HTTPS requests&#xD;&#xA;&gt; from clients to the ARR server.  When&#xD;&#xA;&gt; both the ARR server and the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; application servers are deployed&#xD;&#xA;&gt; within a trusted network, such as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; within the same datacenter, enabling&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SSL offloading does not sacrifice&#xD;&#xA;&gt; security.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Also, enabling this feature&#xD;&#xA;&gt; can further help to maximize the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server resources on the application&#xD;&#xA;&gt; servers, since they do not have to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; spend cycles in encrypting and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; decrypting requests and responses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to delve into the subject, [here is another article about ARR][2], which explains how to use the mechanism in combination with hardware load balancers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/486/http-load-balancing-using-application-request-routing/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/510/achieving-high-availability-and-scalability---arr-and-hardware-load-balancer/" />
  <row Id="45186" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25435" RevisionGUID="2bf0dd0c-b90d-4664-891b-c75a9573a2b7" CreationDate="2009-06-14T07:02:56.797" UserId="9110" Text="http://www.dell.com/us/en/business/desktops/workstation-precision-t3500/pd.aspx?refid=workstation-precision-t3500&amp;s=bsd&amp;cs=04&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;The T3500 uses an integrated SATA 3.0Gb/s host controller (part of the Intel chipset) and supports host based RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, an optional PCI-e SAS 6/ir controller supports SAS drives with host based RAID 0 or 1.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hardware RAID I'd say." />
  <row Id="45191" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1444" RevisionGUID="83bce9a2-5ac3-4957-b978-5390d13b5ed7" CreationDate="2009-06-14T07:32:15.723" UserId="391" Comment="added 137 characters in body" Text="You might want to consider using iptables to rate-limit incoming connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some good instructions on setting it up http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net/techblog/article/block_brute_force_attacks_with_iptables/" />
  <row Id="45192" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25431" RevisionGUID="668339df-e05b-48e2-a717-b96396137e77" CreationDate="2009-06-14T07:34:59.540" UserId="9404" Comment="Answering a comment" Text="If you can't see the port open with operating system tools and you suspect an intrussion it could be that a rootkit has been installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The rootkit could have changed systems tools to avoid certain processes and ports or changed kernel modules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can check for rootkit with several automated tools. 'apt-cache search rootkit' shows the following in Ubuntu:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chkrootkit - rootkit detector&#xD;&#xA;    rkhunter - rootkit, backdoor, sniffer and exploit scanner&#xD;&#xA;    unhide - Forensic tool to find hidden processes and ports&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you happen to have a rootkit you can revert the 'changed' to your system but I recommend that you find out how the intrussion was made and harden the system for it not to repeat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They are not exclusive to Ubuntu, you can use them in CentOS too. Just look for the package or download it from their page.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25438" RevisionGUID="8ae16011-1a95-40b1-9014-595fbab32d3c" CreationDate="2009-06-14T07:53:04.277" UserId="8966" Text="So based on your description, you need:&#xD;&#xA;firewall =&gt; cpu usage,&#xD;&#xA;proxy = ram/disk,&#xD;&#xA;web content filter = cpu usage&#xD;&#xA;I think every standard server with 2ghz and 2gb ram sould be enough." />
  <row Id="45194" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25173" RevisionGUID="a93f23f2-dcbd-4510-85ca-a58e141c4bd9" CreationDate="2009-06-14T07:54:54.053" UserId="1972" Comment="added 1632 characters in body; added 123 characters in body" Text="Please read Stephen's comments to this answer regarding not being for the novice and backing up before attempting this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ahhh, found what I was looking for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dpkg -r --force all passwd&#xD;&#xA;    apt-get -f install&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As fas as I can tell, this will remove the passwd package which would normally break the system and shouldn't be considered lightly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In this particular situation, however, it was necessary because the passwd package was conflicting with another, probably due to upgrading from sarge to lenny (which shouldn't be done), rather than upgrading from sarge to etch and then to lenny. After the initial dist-upgrade was attempted, and failed, the sources.list was changed from stable to etch to attempt to dist-upgrade the system to etch, so a further editing of sources.list, changing etch to lenny, and then dist-upgrading again would fix the problem. It did not. The damage was already done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The last resort was attempting something that normally should not be done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It worked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Admittedly I did not, and still do not, know exactly what has gone on under the hood. I can only assume the old conflicting passwd package was removed (without removing dependencies?) leaving the system unstable, then the new passwd package was installed restoring the unstable system back to sanity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found the solution on a site that showed the error that I encountered verbatim. There was a large list of user posts thanking the author for the fix explaining that it had worked for them, and no comments were left saying that it didn't (OK, so that doesn't mean that it never did fail). As I was stuck with a broken, un-upgradable system, this was a last resort.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks to the guys that pointed out that this is a &quot;way bad&quot; idea. In this situation, however, with this exact error, I can report that it did fix the problem." />
  <row Id="45195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25439" RevisionGUID="60d52ac9-bf7b-4c5d-a14f-d8970dc3bea5" CreationDate="2009-06-14T07:57:15.390" UserId="23597" Text="Xfce should be the same as GNOME and all other desktop environments here - what probably happened is it broke in the upgrade to Ubuntu 9.04 for all environments, since Xorg keyboard &amp; mouse configuration options moved from xorg.conf to HAL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More info on the new configuration methods can be found in pages such as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Ubuntu Wiki: Input Configuration with HAL][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Ubuntu 8.10: HAL .fdi files replace xorg.conf][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [Input configuration in a nutshell][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Input#hal&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.dbaranski.net/content/ubuntu-810-hal-fdi-files-replace-xorgconf&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://who-t.blogspot.com/2008/07/input-configuration-in-nutshell.html" />
  <row Id="45197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25440" RevisionGUID="39045496-dab4-479e-8222-451f083db563" CreationDate="2009-06-14T07:58:36.073" UserId="8966" Text="Maybe you want to use both of them?&#xD;&#xA;Currently we're using Nagios for availability monitoring with alaraming, escalations etc.. and opennms for performance monitoring without alarming." />
  <row Id="45198" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="1444" RevisionGUID="0c587f77-bcfd-4322-91df-1c93c69e60bc" CreationDate="2009-06-14T08:00:11.313" UserId="391" Comment="added 322 characters in body" Text="You might want to consider using iptables to rate-limit incoming connections. Which in its most basic setting will give you the ability to limit incoming connections to a number per minute.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, you might want to only allow 10 pings per minute from a single IP address. It does get a little more sophisticated than that, with the option to set burst limits on top of long term average limits.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some good instructions on setting it up http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net/techblog/article/block_brute_force_attacks_with_iptables/" />
  <row Id="45199" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25441" RevisionGUID="368ffb48-1586-49bd-8ff1-40f30824bd31" CreationDate="2009-06-14T08:00:36.913" UserId="3330" Text="ntop is great, requires little by way of configuration and there's a port! You can access the control panels and graphs via HTTP, too--so it's completely platform independent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    whereis ntop&#xD;&#xA;    cd to the ports directory it gives you&#xD;&#xA;    make install clean&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;ntop_enable=&quot;YES&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/rc.conf" />
  <row Id="45200" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25442" RevisionGUID="db3706e3-106c-46a3-9aa0-8cf66bf263e0" CreationDate="2009-06-14T08:02:28.330" UserId="6071" Text="Check out [OSSEC][1].  Best log file analyzer I've used. It also supports active response based on analysis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ossec.net" />
  <row Id="45201" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25443" RevisionGUID="f472f618-1fa8-4a74-8950-ca31323a8ce3" CreationDate="2009-06-14T08:02:51.260" UserId="8966" Text="Why not connect to the same ip/hostname with a mssql-plugin as your application does?&#xD;&#xA;To complete monitoring I would add a host for the virtual ip and two host for every cluster node. &#xD;&#xA;So if one of your nodes goes down you get a notification but you know that the cluster is still ok, because you didn't get a notification." />
  <row Id="45203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25444" RevisionGUID="43ef0ded-dc16-4c3b-abbf-69a055c7e462" CreationDate="2009-06-14T08:07:02.097" UserId="8966" Text="We're in front of the same decision and currently nconf is our favorite.&#xD;&#xA;It has the big advantage of beeing designed for big distributed enviroments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It creates you automatically configuration files for different nagios server, one beeing some kind of a collector and one beeing the monitor, which receives only passive checks from the colletor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the downside, currently you can't handle escalations with nconf!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/nconf/index.php?title=Main_Page&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25445" RevisionGUID="2b0223ed-1a3d-4273-b4ec-15604c3297ce" CreationDate="2009-06-14T08:08:21.827" UserId="7808" Text="Magento has a bit of a reputation for being a resource hog.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're just about to go live with a Magento site, running on a 512MB Slicehost VPS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on the amount of memory on your VPS, and the expected traffic for the site, you may need to tune both mysql and apache. I found quite a few articles in the Slicehost forums, and elsewhere on the 'net with regard to this. Performance tuning may not be so much of an issue, if it's a low traffic site, but it's worth keeping in mind, the default settings for both apache and mysql leave plenty of room for improvement should you run into issues with memory usage initially. These sorts of decisions are not a one-size-fits-all thing, so I can't give you a bunch of magic numbers to enter info a conf file to get better performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried nginx initially, as an alternative to apache but in the end decided to go with apache, as I know it a lot better than nginx. I also didn't find the performance gains some people site as reasons for using nginx, although I will attribute that to my lack of knowledge with that server, rather than its abilities.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you're ready to go live with the site, make sure caching is turned back on within the admin section of Magento. During development, it's better to turn it off as this ensures any changes you are making are visible instantly, and you're not looking at cached content. It also means you don't get as good performance from Magento, so make sure you turn it back on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25446" RevisionGUID="9d3fc55f-b995-4d21-b6a4-89656e842c95" CreationDate="2009-06-14T08:09:45.147" UserId="5221" Text="(I would have added this as a comment on Mark's answer, but it grew too long to fit)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As Mark points out you won't see the full 4Gb with any 32-bit kernel. Depending on your chipset and other factors you will see between 3.25Gb and 3.75Gb without the performance hit of PAE.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But you don't have to have a full 64 bit system - just a 64-bit kernel. I run a server with 6Gb RAM this way: the kernel sees the whole 6Gb (not 3.5Gb a 32-bit kernel could use on the machine) but has a 32-bit everything else (I haven't found time to do a full re-install to 64-bit yet).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    aptitude install linux-image-2.6-amd64&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;is all you need to do (at least on etch, which this box still is, I doubt the package name has changed in Lenny).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While no individual process will see more then 3Gb RAM (because of the way the virtual memory space is mapped for each process) your processes in total can use the whole lot. In my case the machine runs several VMs which together consume ~5Gb (the host OS using the rest for a few other little things and IO cache/buffers). So if the bigmem kernel can only make use of 3.25Gb of your 4 this might be worth a try to make the extra 0.75 available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One further caveat: if the machine's chipset is limited to 4Gb then you may still find some of you RAM &quot;missing&quot; even with a 64-bit kernel (or full 64-bit OS install). But I think you'll be unlucky to find a chipset that supports 64-bit processors without supporting &gt;4Gb RAM." />
  <row Id="45206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25447" RevisionGUID="e2272588-c02d-4857-8872-b78cc8ff80f0" CreationDate="2009-06-14T08:13:08.293" UserId="8966" Text="clusterssh to execute commands easily on multiple server!" />
  <row Id="45207" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25448" RevisionGUID="f3e619de-2567-4b63-8eeb-62c06a9d3c20" CreationDate="2009-06-14T08:19:10.807" UserId="8966" Text=" - Use a opcode cache for php like apc &#xD;&#xA; - Consider to use a http accelerator&#xD;&#xA;   (squid, varnish) &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25449" RevisionGUID="5eabf601-7d85-481a-9492-1e7a200bb15a" CreationDate="2009-06-14T08:20:10.273" UserId="1436" Text="Dells newer servers all have decent enough raid setups in Hardware. Generally only when you start looking at raid 10 or 01 that is becomes an issue. Some of their older cards were using tricks to get to a raid 10 level meaning losing a drive didn't always work as it should.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The T3500 does use HW raid on setup which is fine in a workstation. Monitoring for failures is easy enough in this situation." />
  <row Id="45209" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25450" RevisionGUID="49c7837b-c5d7-4f31-b396-deb927fe3229" CreationDate="2009-06-14T08:28:22.207" UserId="9404" Text="We have a discussion in my company's security group about what's the worse of the following options to manage SSL private key. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The web server needs access to the private key for the encryption operation. This file should be protected from unauthorized access. At the same time, the server should start automatically, without human intervention (if it's secure enough).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are discussing three options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Protect the key with file system perms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. Use a password protected key and enter the key manually in every restart.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. Use a password protected key and store the key in the filesystem to automate restart.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our concerns are the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. With option 1, restarts are automatic but a compromise could copy the private key and, as is un protected, could be used to decypher the communication or impersonate our servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. Option 2 seems the more secure but it needs human intervention and sysadmins are concerned if it happens off-hours. Also, the password should be shared with several sysadmins and you know a shared secret is no longer a secret.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3. Option 3 has the best of both previous options but if someone has access to the key could also has access to the password :(, so it doesn't seem so secure at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do you manage the security of your servers' private keys? Is there any other (more secure) options?" />
  <row Id="45210" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25450" RevisionGUID="49c7837b-c5d7-4f31-b396-deb927fe3229" CreationDate="2009-06-14T08:28:22.207" UserId="9404" Text="How to manage servers' SSL private key protection (password vs. no password)?" />
  <row Id="45211" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25450" RevisionGUID="49c7837b-c5d7-4f31-b396-deb927fe3229" CreationDate="2009-06-14T08:28:22.207" UserId="9404" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;certificate&gt;&lt;ssl&gt;&lt;password&gt;&lt;management&gt;" />
  <row Id="45212" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25451" RevisionGUID="e0fba632-44b2-4620-9183-b5be0b8c856b" CreationDate="2009-06-14T08:28:58.197" UserId="8783" Text="I use flex &amp; lex a lot for stripping stuff from e-mail attachments in scritps. I wondered if there are moden versions and variants of the lex programs that have the perl REGEX extensions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know the boost libs support perl style but this is not quite what I am looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers" />
  <row Id="45213" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25451" RevisionGUID="e0fba632-44b2-4620-9183-b5be0b8c856b" CreationDate="2009-06-14T08:28:58.197" UserId="8783" Text="Lex Flex variant that will do the Perl REGEX extensions" />
  <row Id="45214" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25451" RevisionGUID="e0fba632-44b2-4620-9183-b5be0b8c856b" CreationDate="2009-06-14T08:28:58.197" UserId="8783" Text="&lt;perl&gt;&lt;regex&gt;" />
  <row Id="45216" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25452" RevisionGUID="c6c1acc5-a86a-4cc9-b833-25832a036057" CreationDate="2009-06-14T08:43:11.367" UserId="326" Text="One possibility for higher security than 1. but less down-time than 2. is to create private keys with short validity and regularly recycle them. That way you can store them without passphrase but reduce the window of vulnerability.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you recognised, option 3. doesn't provide any additional security over 1." />
  <row Id="45217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25453" RevisionGUID="773de994-81a0-42e5-a7b1-91392a00e9d5" CreationDate="2009-06-14T08:48:43.650" UserId="326" Text="Follow this article about [lexing with perl][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.perl.com/lpt/a/969" />
  <row Id="45218" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25454" RevisionGUID="9620cc71-b0a1-46a6-88ae-29c33ffa339c" CreationDate="2009-06-14T08:54:40.877" UserId="2413" Text="mostly linux [ and possibly bsd ] relaed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;using [openvpn][1] in bridge mode to.. bridge remote ethernet segments. not efficient, but sometimes really helpful. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;using netcat instead of ssh to transfer data **quickly** across secure local network. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;using reverse proxy or DNAT combined with SNAT on multihomed host to make some services from network A available to clients in network B when you [ for some political reasons ] have no control over routing between A and B.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;using [fail2ban][2] to block blind hammering of your ssh / ftp / http and possibly other services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://openvpn.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.fail2ban.org/" />
  <row Id="45220" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25456" RevisionGUID="53f35886-394a-4c74-8926-7ce6c1733792" CreationDate="2009-06-14T09:20:31.650" UserId="8996" Text="You have to point to the root, so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    MANPATH=/opt/local/man man port&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;should work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should add any additional paths you have to /etc/manpath.config so that they'll work for everyone." />
  <row Id="45221" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25457" RevisionGUID="6ba9d77f-52a1-4cd2-af88-9d6bbe520bd0" CreationDate="2009-06-14T09:30:12.083" UserId="1561" Text="The key here is &quot;address already in use&quot;.  Another process has already bound to that port.  Are you attempting to run two instances of the service?  Occasionally, the control scripts will loose their mind (not really, what happens is that the pid file gets removed but not the process) and they will attempt to launch the service when it's already running.  First, stop the service once and see if the message appears.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    service sshd stop&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then do a check to see if there is already a sshd lying around...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ps ax | grep &quot;ssh&quot; | grep -v &quot;grep&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you see one after the service is stopped, that's the cause of the issue.  Kill it, then start the service up again&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    service sshd start&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. Yes, I know my shell scripting sucks, but sometimes clarity is quicker than brevity.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25458" RevisionGUID="a7a824aa-84e0-45b3-9db2-3260bac30895" CreationDate="2009-06-14T09:30:44.640" UserId="8996" Text="If someone has sufficient access to the server to read the key, then they most likely also have enough access to attach a debugger and get the key from memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you really like being woke up in the middle of the night to type in passwords go for option 1. When you have many servers, you want to auto restart on failure, and option 2 doesn't allow for that." />
  <row Id="45223" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25459" RevisionGUID="c1ce7332-299d-46ef-b759-470b40c67a78" CreationDate="2009-06-14T09:34:23.323" UserId="2711" Text="Practicality dictates that in almost all situations you are going to end up using option (1). File system perms are the best way to go in most security vs. practical scenarios.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a *nix system you can restrict the private key to root only, as most good web servers (like apache) will start as root but downgrade their privs to a restricted user once they have port 80.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you mentioned option (3) is from a security point of view the same as option (1)." />
  <row Id="45224" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25460" RevisionGUID="12002d9e-94e0-4d4c-bf21-975e1c300481" CreationDate="2009-06-14T09:38:22.723" UserId="5221" Text="Upside-Down-Ternet: http://www.ex-parrot.com/~pete/upside-down-ternet.html" />
  <row Id="45225" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25461" RevisionGUID="1cdca876-b635-446d-93b5-c99cd633ed3a" CreationDate="2009-06-14T09:38:24.453" UserDisplayName="mohan" Text="Is there any way to tell windows(xp and above) not to execute files(*.exe files), which are present in drives/folders other than certain folders, that i mention? In short i want executables from only a '**whitelist**' to be executed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*I think this is better than asking users not to run any executables from whaterver garbage CDs they bring from home.*" />
  <row Id="45226" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25461" RevisionGUID="1cdca876-b635-446d-93b5-c99cd633ed3a" CreationDate="2009-06-14T09:38:24.453" UserDisplayName="mohan" Text="prevent execution of widows executables." />
  <row Id="45227" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25461" RevisionGUID="1cdca876-b635-446d-93b5-c99cd633ed3a" CreationDate="2009-06-14T09:38:24.453" UserDisplayName="mohan" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;virus&gt;" />
  <row Id="45228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25462" RevisionGUID="c80dbb2f-60e2-4e98-af1f-9bb5202be916" CreationDate="2009-06-14T09:40:52.937" UserId="2711" Text="Check your SSL error log and make sure you have no errors about being unable to verify the CA certificate chain." />
  <row Id="45229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25463" RevisionGUID="844d9d46-274d-4b16-ad3b-a40b76559374" CreationDate="2009-06-14T09:41:00.503" UserId="8851" Text="I've deployed Magento in the past. It's resource usage is enormous, here's what I did:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* MySQL query-cache enabled&#xD;&#xA;* eAccelerator for opcode cache&#xD;&#xA;* memcached for session directory&#xD;&#xA;* Apache2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Though if you have the freedom of deploying on a fresh server, I highly recommend lighttpd.&#xD;&#xA;You will need to modify index.php in order for it to become lighty compatible http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/general/installing-with-lighttpd-and-fastcgi" />
  <row Id="45230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25464" RevisionGUID="1ba83868-fc81-473b-a7f0-49a21154621f" CreationDate="2009-06-14T09:45:01.117" UserId="2489" Text="you want [Software Restriction Policies][1].  This underutilized feature of modern Windows allows the administrator to allow or restrict executables from running based on the path or even based on a cryptographic signature.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457006.aspx" />
  <row Id="45231" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25173" RevisionGUID="41d5f281-226d-47b5-885d-d9bb7d66edae" CreationDate="2009-06-14T09:46:56.573" UserId="1972" Comment="edited body" Text="Please read Stephen's comments to this answer regarding not being for the novice and backing up before attempting this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ahhh, found what I was looking for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dpkg -r --force all passwd&#xD;&#xA;    apt-get -f install&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I can tell, this will remove the passwd package which would normally break the system and shouldn't be considered lightly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In this particular situation, however, it was necessary because the passwd package was conflicting with another, probably due to upgrading from sarge to lenny (which shouldn't be done), rather than upgrading from sarge to etch and then to lenny. After the initial dist-upgrade was attempted, and failed, the sources.list was changed from stable to etch to attempt to dist-upgrade the system to etch, so a further editing of sources.list, changing etch to lenny, and then dist-upgrading again would fix the problem. It did not. The damage was already done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The last resort was attempting something that normally should not be done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It worked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Admittedly I did not, and still do not, know exactly what has gone on under the hood. I can only assume the old conflicting passwd package was removed (without removing dependencies?) leaving the system unstable, then the new passwd package was installed restoring the unstable system back to sanity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found the solution on a site that showed the error that I encountered verbatim. There was a large list of user posts thanking the author for the fix explaining that it had worked for them, and no comments were left saying that it didn't (OK, so that doesn't mean that it never did fail). As I was stuck with a broken, un-upgradable system, this was a last resort.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks to the guys that pointed out that this is a &quot;way bad&quot; idea. In this situation, however, with this exact error, I can report that it did fix the problem." />
  <row Id="45232" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25465" RevisionGUID="c5b159f5-87d1-49ab-b744-83d149b0a53b" CreationDate="2009-06-14T09:49:47.317" UserId="7783" Text="You can whitelist using software restriction policies in GPOs but I'm not sure how effective it is. I'd bet a small donut on it working with most non-malicious users in most places but I wouldn't bet my career on it working anywhere and I wouldn't count on it in places where I expected it to come under attack (e.g. educational environment).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can certainly block code from running from certain devices and areas of the disk with a combination of ACLs and Software Restrictions and that is a useful security tool, but I'd make it a small part of a security policy, not the cornerstone of one." />
  <row Id="45233" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25466" RevisionGUID="c45f6edb-bfdb-40b7-bbcb-391a654f5da5" CreationDate="2009-06-14T09:51:12.260" UserId="8851" Text="What is the fastest way of computing real directory size? I somehow catch myself needing that a lot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simply doing:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;# du -hs /dir&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is too slow. Is there any service I could run which would periodically compute directory sizes and cache them for later reference? (something like a locate database)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45234" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25466" RevisionGUID="c45f6edb-bfdb-40b7-bbcb-391a654f5da5" CreationDate="2009-06-14T09:51:12.260" UserId="8851" Text="Fast way of knowing real directory size on linux/bsd" />
  <row Id="45235" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25466" RevisionGUID="c45f6edb-bfdb-40b7-bbcb-391a654f5da5" CreationDate="2009-06-14T09:51:12.260" UserId="8851" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;bsd&gt;&lt;directory&gt;&lt;folder-size&gt;" />
  <row Id="45236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25467" RevisionGUID="a7574c0f-da13-4fd9-84af-733474a48187" CreationDate="2009-06-14T09:54:02.427" UserId="8851" Text="Try aptitude, it's the new apt-get, but with better problem resolution." />
  <row Id="45237" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25468" RevisionGUID="30bfd468-e98c-4599-a2d2-76c4af5c9ad4" CreationDate="2009-06-14T09:54:31.940" UserId="7324" Text="The best advice (other than the advice given) would be, &quot;Don't bury the client in technical jargon.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll never forget a meeting a sat in with a client one time while the senior programmer went on and on using &quot;$10.00 words&quot; when a &quot;$2.00 word&quot; would have done just fine.  In the end the CEO looked at me and said simply, &quot;Translation?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I smiled and said, &quot;Its kinda like your VCR, when you plug it in it blinks 12:00 until you set the time, right?  Well, Imagine a program that detected that and set the time for you automatically.  Obviously its more complex than that but essentially that's what he's talking about.  Only we're talking about ______ and ______ instead of VCRs and time.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The CEO smiled, looked at his senior programmer and said, &quot;Now why couldn't YOU say it that way?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Never forget who is signing your paycheck.  In the long run, people typically don't like to pay for anything they can't understand." />
  <row Id="45238" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25459" RevisionGUID="32e896cf-e24d-465c-8a7e-3f6a0076651e" CreationDate="2009-06-14T09:55:34.980" UserId="2711" Comment="Clarify port requirements." Text="Practicality dictates that in almost all situations you are going to end up using option (1). File system perms are the best way to go in most security vs. practical scenarios.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a *nix system you can restrict the private key to root only, as most good web servers (like apache) will start as root but downgrade their privs to a restricted user once they have the privileged ports they need (80, 443 etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you mentioned option (3) is from a security point of view the same as option (1)." />
  <row Id="45239" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25431" RevisionGUID="fbf22da0-f32b-48d4-b64f-cbb13efef252" CreationDate="2009-06-14T09:59:52.600" UserId="9404" Comment="answer to comments" Text="If you can't see the port open with operating system tools and you suspect an intrussion it could be that a rootkit has been installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The rootkit could have changed systems tools to avoid certain processes and ports or changed kernel modules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can check for rootkit with several automated tools. 'apt-cache search rootkit' shows the following in Ubuntu:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chkrootkit - rootkit detector&#xD;&#xA;    rkhunter - rootkit, backdoor, sniffer and exploit scanner&#xD;&#xA;    unhide - Forensic tool to find hidden processes and ports&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you happen to have a rootkit you can revert the 'changed' to your system but I recommend that you find out how the intrussion was made and harden the system for it not to repeat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They are not exclusive to Ubuntu, you can use them in CentOS too. Just look for the package or download it from their page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the output from that port it seems you're running pcanywhere indeed: &quot;�Ы� &amp;lt;Enter&amp;gt;&quot; is very similar to &quot;Please press &amp;lt;Enter&amp;gt;&quot; which is pcanywhere welcome message. I don't know why the process doesn't show up in the process list. Are you root? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can try rebooting to see if it's a one time process running, as well." />
  <row Id="45240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25469" RevisionGUID="9848a103-e6b4-457c-bb0e-1a243de8b0d0" CreationDate="2009-06-14T10:12:07.960" UserId="2229" Text="I'd be careful with this. You won't be able to 100% lock everything down and you will make the machines nearly impossible for users to use. You should look at educating your users and putting process, policy and education in place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I see a LOT of wasted $$$ in companies where they make users lives absolute hell just to make things a little bit easier for the support guys." />
  <row Id="45241" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25470" RevisionGUID="5632ed8b-abb7-4185-9816-1e8ecc2a416a" CreationDate="2009-06-14T10:14:43.540" UserId="2229" Text="Personally I'd use a combination of the compressed air with a regular vacuum in close proximity to &quot;inhale&quot; the dust after it has been blown off the boards." />
  <row Id="45242" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="25461" RevisionGUID="fd56b709-8704-4046-8ce0-1d6318562bd7" CreationDate="2009-06-14T10:17:10.193" UserId="1435" Comment="typo fix" Text="prevent execution of windows executables." />
  <row Id="45243" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25471" RevisionGUID="92c864cf-b99a-4a2c-8ddc-2fab45f42d3e" CreationDate="2009-06-14T10:25:33.203" UserId="1435" Text="I tend to use a specialist company for this sort of thing, who wants to explain to their directors why their servers are broken when you're caught holding the dustbuster ;)" />
  <row Id="45244" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25464" RevisionGUID="ab1b4eca-ed91-4fb9-bc57-2b820c4eb77a" CreationDate="2009-06-14T10:28:16.617" UserId="2489" Comment="added 224 characters in body" Text="you want [Software Restriction Policies][1].  This underutilized feature of modern Windows allows the administrator to allow or restrict executables from running based on the path or even based on a cryptographic signature.  By the way, you want more than just EXE's.  Software Restriction Policies has a list of 30 or 40 additional types of files that you need to restrict, such as CMD and SCR, Screen savers.  In addition, you can block DLL's.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457006.aspx" />
  <row Id="45245" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25472" RevisionGUID="284828c5-38f1-4642-9f57-1985cc2b5ef9" CreationDate="2009-06-14T10:31:46.047" UserId="9453" Text="if this is to use a nagios style check for a directories size, you could do something like the following&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can have this cron entry:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*/5 * * * * root du -s /path/to/some/dir &gt; /tmp/directory_usage.tmp &amp;&amp; /bin/mv /tmp/directory_usage.tmp /tmp/directory_usage&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you can just use a script to get the contents of /tmp/directory_usage instantly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously there will be a race condition if the directory starts getting very large. (ie du -s starts to take near the 5 minute mark.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another route is to use find to build a list of file sizes in a directory and store that into either a flat file or a file db (if you plan on doing lots of directories simultaneously) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and one last way is to use find to get a list of files periodically that's modified time is more recent than the last run and essentially 'synchronise' file sizes to a db structure...&#xD;&#xA;obviously this all depends on what your trying to achieve by your question&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45246" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25464" RevisionGUID="459c1dcd-10f8-48cc-831c-45308a8b46a8" CreationDate="2009-06-14T10:40:23.813" UserId="2489" Comment="added 234 characters in body" Text="you want [Software Restriction Policies][1].  This underutilized feature of modern Windows allows the administrator to allow or restrict executables from running based on the path or even based on a cryptographic signature.  By the way, you want more than just EXE's.  Software Restriction Policies has a list of 30 or 40 additional types of files that you need to restrict, such as CMD and SCR, Screen savers.  In addition, you can block DLL's. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would rate its effectiveness as substantially better than anti-virus.Also, it's difficult to educate users about social engineering attacks that modern malware uses, such as getting a user to click on  ListenToThisMusic.mp3.exe. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457006.aspx" />
  <row Id="45247" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25473" RevisionGUID="ee1e242d-17df-45ef-8c58-ab11fb8736fd" CreationDate="2009-06-14T10:41:31.083" UserId="4901" Text="I used to have a cron job that would redirect the output of **'du -htX --max-depth=3'** (*or something similar, it's been a few years*) to a text file.  Then I had munin create an rrdtool graph using the file as input.  It was hacky, but it gave me an at-a-glance idea of how much room our backups were using and the storage trends for a somewhat granular directory hierarchy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you've got a desktop environment on the box in question, [FileLight][1] is awesome.  It's fairly quick and allows you to drill down a directory tree and then only rescan that sub-tree when you want to get an updated view.  You could very well run a full scan once a day and then just leave the program open all day without ever doing an update.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filelight" />
  <row Id="45248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25474" RevisionGUID="32ef870b-710e-479b-9b86-b14df9d4a050" CreationDate="2009-06-14T10:42:41.190" UserId="7342" Text="Sadly I don't know of any, but it shouldn't be too hard to write one. Once a night, run &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # du -a / &gt; /var/lib/filesizes.txt. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then you just need a small script to sum those up. Something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # perl -ne 'BEGIN { $total = 0 } if ($_ =~ m/(\d+)\s+\/var\/www\//) { $total+=$1;} END {print &quot;$total\n&quot;;}' /var/lib/filesizes.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want something a little more in sync, then you're gonna have to start writing something that uses inotify, to find out when the filesystem changes and updates a database, which would probably be something like bdb." />
  <row Id="45249" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25473" RevisionGUID="3722a1e4-3fab-4875-99b7-1a7d37105826" CreationDate="2009-06-14T10:51:54.213" UserId="4901" Comment="Stray apostrophe!" Text="I used to have a cron job that would redirect the output of **'du -htX --max-depth=3'** (*or something similar, its been a few years*) to a text file.  Then I had munin create an rrdtool graph using the file as input.  It was hacky, but it gave me an at-a-glance idea of how much room our backups were using and the storage trends for a somewhat granular directory hierarchy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you've got a desktop environment on the box in question, [FileLight][1] is awesome.  It's fairly quick and allows you to drill down a directory tree and then only rescan that sub-tree when you want to get an updated view.  You could very well run a full scan once a day and then just leave the program open all day without ever doing an update.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filelight" />
  <row Id="45250" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25475" RevisionGUID="281db0b9-2bda-4678-9854-314232e88b81" CreationDate="2009-06-14T10:59:02.340" UserDisplayName="fijaz" Text="Hi&#xD;&#xA; I have a mdb file at C:\Program Files\ApplcationName\filename.mdb. Please let me know the COPY command to take a backup using .bat file to a folder C:\Backup. &#xD;&#xA;In short i am having probles because of the space between &quot;Program&quot; and &quot;Files&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;jaz" />
  <row Id="45251" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25475" RevisionGUID="281db0b9-2bda-4678-9854-314232e88b81" CreationDate="2009-06-14T10:59:02.340" UserDisplayName="fijaz" Text="Help for creating a bat file to schedule a backup" />
  <row Id="45252" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25475" RevisionGUID="281db0b9-2bda-4678-9854-314232e88b81" CreationDate="2009-06-14T10:59:02.340" UserDisplayName="fijaz" Text="&lt;copy&gt;" />
  <row Id="45253" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25476" RevisionGUID="c4033588-098f-45ec-9492-7eda9134e33a" CreationDate="2009-06-14T11:05:15.637" UserId="7936" Text="I haven't worked with windows in a long time but:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    copy &quot;source dir\foo.mdb&quot; &quot;target dir&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may want to look up the online help about the switches you want to use for copying." />
  <row Id="45254" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25477" RevisionGUID="b4220f2d-cfe6-4541-9d72-ca06fbdd8983" CreationDate="2009-06-14T11:19:21.600" UserId="4901" Text="You probably want to use robocopy or xcopy instead of copy.  They're both much more robust.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The issue with spaces can be resolved by enclosing the path in quotes.  For instance, &quot;%ProgramFiles%\ApplicationName\filename.mdb&quot; will work.  The command I would use is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; xcopy &quot;%ProgramFiles%\ApplicationName\filename.mdb&quot; C:\Backup /H /K /O /Y&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25478" RevisionGUID="bc38a306-899d-45cb-8b7c-2b4cd24e98e3" CreationDate="2009-06-14T11:28:33.983" UserId="9457" Text="The generic question is in the title. A more specific example is this:&#xD;&#xA;I have a server running ubuntu (actually xubuntu) v9.04. The svn (subversion) available in the repository is 1.5.x, but I want to install the newer 1.6.x. Is there a &quot;correct&quot; way to upgrade (and keep dependencies, etc.) ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please either answer this specific case or the generic one.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45256" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25478" RevisionGUID="bc38a306-899d-45cb-8b7c-2b4cd24e98e3" CreationDate="2009-06-14T11:28:33.983" UserId="9457" Text="proper way to install new version of software on ubuntu" />
  <row Id="45257" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25478" RevisionGUID="bc38a306-899d-45cb-8b7c-2b4cd24e98e3" CreationDate="2009-06-14T11:28:33.983" UserId="9457" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;svn&gt;&lt;version&gt;" />
  <row Id="45258" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25479" RevisionGUID="9595e837-c8a5-45a3-8caa-ed6417f22cdd" CreationDate="2009-06-14T11:35:30.613" UserDisplayName="MikeNYC" Text="No matter what tool you pick, you should also use an external monitoring service additionally. I think of services like AlertFox or Gomez." />
  <row Id="45259" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25367" RevisionGUID="193ef25e-0279-40f2-89d3-023bcee823d3" CreationDate="2009-06-14T11:46:42.200" UserId="9332" Comment="Added a comment for clarification " Text="Long story short, my server room is a bit ... dirty. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just had a little construction done, and there is pretty nice layer of dust on a few systems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From my knowledge, I can either:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Use an Anti-Static vacuum&#xD;&#xA; - Use an air compressor&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which is better? Any recommendations on particular Anti-Static vacuums? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*(I don't want a little belkin &quot;wand&quot;, I want a real vacuum if I'm going to buy one.)*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Below pauska posted a comment. Is anyone else willing to verify this statement?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; There are special anti static vacuum&#xD;&#xA;&gt; cleaners aviable, but I really do not&#xD;&#xA;&gt; see the point of using that instead of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a normal vacuum cleaner with a plastic&#xD;&#xA;&gt; nozzle. Just make sure youre grounded&#xD;&#xA;&gt; with a wristwrap and it really&#xD;&#xA;&gt; shouldnt be any problem. – pauska&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have always been told to never use a normal vacuum on a computer. I've never seen evidence. It's just what I've always been told." />
  <row Id="45260" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25423" RevisionGUID="51074494-89c9-4831-bf5e-712ccd5aeb9b" CreationDate="2009-06-14T11:53:29.763" UserId="9452" Comment="Added warning from apache error.log" Text="I am trying to setup a server with multiple web applications which will all be served through apache VirtualHost (apache running on the same server). My main constrain is that each web application must use SSL encryption. After googling for a while and looking other questions on stackoverflow, I wrote the following configuration for the VirtualHost:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost 1.2.3.4:443&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        ServerName host.domain.org&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Proxy *&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            Order deny,allow&#xD;&#xA;            Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/Proxy&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        SSLProxyEngine On&#xD;&#xA;        ProxyRequests Off&#xD;&#xA;        ProxyPreserveHost On&#xD;&#xA;        ProxyPass / https://localhost:8443/&#xD;&#xA;        ProxyPassReverse / https://localhost:8443/&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even though https://host.domain.org:8443 is accessible, https://host.domain.org is not, which defeats the purpose of my virtual host configuration. Firefox complains that even though it successfully connected to the server, the connection was interrupted. I also get the following warning in apache error.log:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    proxy: no HTTP 0.9 request (with no host line) on incoming request and preserve host set forcing hostname to be host.domain.org for uri &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally I should also mention that the virtual host works perfectly fine when I do not use SSL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I make this work ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45261" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25480" RevisionGUID="dee7cba4-f40f-45ab-80ab-7ff4226bf510" CreationDate="2009-06-14T11:56:42.900" UserId="9332" Text="The filename portion of the backup is the worst part to create. You need to be able to create a new file everyday without too much hassle. So here's what I use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    @echo off&#xD;&#xA;    :: Yes this looks bad, but it works, it sets the file veriable mydate to YYYY_MM_DAY&#xD;&#xA;    set mydate=%date:~10,4%_%date:~4,2%_%date:~7,2%&#xD;&#xA;    echo Backing up DC1:&#xD;&#xA;    :: start a new backup session, the /M switch is for the type of bakcup being performed, type ntbackup /? for more info&#xD;&#xA;    start /wait ntbackup backup \\DC1\c$ /j &quot;DC1 Backup&quot; /f &quot;C:\BAK\DC1\DC1_%mydate%.bkf&quot; /M incremental&#xD;&#xA;    echo DC1 is Done&#xD;&#xA;    echo Backing up EXCH:&#xD;&#xA;    start /wait ntbackup backup \\EXCH\c$ /j &quot;EXCH Backup&quot; /f &quot;C:\BAK\EXCH\EXCH_%mydate%.bkf&quot; /M incremental&#xD;&#xA;    echo EXCH is Done&#xD;&#xA;    echo Backing up FS1:&#xD;&#xA;    start /wait ntbackup backup \\FS1\c$ /j &quot;FS1 Backup&quot; /f &quot;C:\BAK\FS1\FS1_%mydate%.bkf&quot; /M incremental&#xD;&#xA;    echo FS1 is Done&#xD;&#xA;    echo Backup was completed %date% %time%&#xD;&#xA;    pause&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a complete interactive solution. But the real power is in the `set mydate` line. Being able to slice a string is a forgotten art in DOS;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    set mydate=%date:~10,4%_%date:~4,2%_%date:~7,2%&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I take the command output of date, then cut it up, and spit out something that can be used as a filename. That way a new file is created everyday, and you can have a &quot;real&quot; backup system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just edit the servernames, DC1, FS1, EXCH and put in your own, or just use drive paths." />
  <row Id="45262" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25423" RevisionGUID="d4e73190-ec9d-4ff8-973f-99fabeb42806" CreationDate="2009-06-14T12:05:57.230" UserId="9452" Comment="Added tomcat server access_log info" Text="I am trying to setup a server with multiple web applications which will all be served through apache VirtualHost (apache running on the same server). My main constrain is that each web application must use SSL encryption. After googling for a while and looking other questions on stackoverflow, I wrote the following configuration for the VirtualHost:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost 1.2.3.4:443&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        ServerName host.domain.org&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Proxy *&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            Order deny,allow&#xD;&#xA;            Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/Proxy&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        SSLProxyEngine On&#xD;&#xA;        ProxyRequests Off&#xD;&#xA;        ProxyPreserveHost On&#xD;&#xA;        ProxyPass / https://localhost:8443/&#xD;&#xA;        ProxyPassReverse / https://localhost:8443/&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even though https://host.domain.org:8443 is accessible, https://host.domain.org is not, which defeats the purpose of my virtual host configuration. Firefox complains that even though it successfully connected to the server, the connection was interrupted. I also get the following warning in apache error.log:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    proxy: no HTTP 0.9 request (with no host line) on incoming request and preserve host set forcing hostname to be host.domain.org for uri &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the web application (a Tomcat server) the access log shows a strange access request:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;?O^A^C / HTTP/1.1&quot; 302&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Following is the correct access resquest I get when I connect directly to https://host.domain.org:8443:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;GET / HTTP/1.1&quot; 302&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally I should also mention that the virtual host works perfectly fine when I do not use SSL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I make this work ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45263" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25480" RevisionGUID="ee516d57-b485-4a36-8170-d5884f866060" CreationDate="2009-06-14T12:06:13.720" UserId="9332" Comment="added 393 characters in body" Text="The filename portion of the backup is the worst part to create. You need to be able to create a new file everyday without too much hassle. So here's what I use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you combine two of these answers (mine and a previous one) you get this gem:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    set mydate=%date:~10,4%_%date:~4,2%_%date:~7,2%&#xD;&#xA;    xcopy &quot;%ProgramFiles%\ApplicationName\filename.mdb&quot; C:\Backup\%mydate%_filename.mdb /H /K /O /Y&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Doing it this way will give you a file for ever day its run, named with the date.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A complete backup script would look like this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    @echo off&#xD;&#xA;    :: Yes this looks bad, but it works, it sets the file veriable mydate to YYYY_MM_DAY&#xD;&#xA;    set mydate=%date:~10,4%_%date:~4,2%_%date:~7,2%&#xD;&#xA;    echo Backing up DC1:&#xD;&#xA;    :: start a new backup session, the /M switch is for the type of bakcup being performed, type ntbackup /? for more info&#xD;&#xA;    start /wait ntbackup backup \\DC1\c$ /j &quot;DC1 Backup&quot; /f &quot;C:\BAK\DC1\DC1_%mydate%.bkf&quot; /M incremental&#xD;&#xA;    echo DC1 is Done&#xD;&#xA;    echo Backing up EXCH:&#xD;&#xA;    start /wait ntbackup backup \\EXCH\c$ /j &quot;EXCH Backup&quot; /f &quot;C:\BAK\EXCH\EXCH_%mydate%.bkf&quot; /M incremental&#xD;&#xA;    echo EXCH is Done&#xD;&#xA;    echo Backing up FS1:&#xD;&#xA;    start /wait ntbackup backup \\FS1\c$ /j &quot;FS1 Backup&quot; /f &quot;C:\BAK\FS1\FS1_%mydate%.bkf&quot; /M incremental&#xD;&#xA;    echo FS1 is Done&#xD;&#xA;    echo Backup was completed %date% %time%&#xD;&#xA;    pause&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a complete interactive solution. But the real power is in the `set mydate` line. Being able to slice a string is a forgotten art in DOS;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    set mydate=%date:~10,4%_%date:~4,2%_%date:~7,2%&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I take the command output of date, then cut it up, and spit out something that can be used as a filename. That way a new file is created everyday, and you can have a &quot;real&quot; backup system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just edit the servernames, DC1, FS1, EXCH and put in your own, or just use drive paths." />
  <row Id="45264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25481" RevisionGUID="30655707-e00c-4cc6-87c8-a71f0b0de7db" CreationDate="2009-06-14T12:12:34.577" UserId="9332" Text="*Behold!* The forgotten art: **DOS String Manipulation!**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    set mydate=%date:~10,4%_%date:~4,2%_%date:~7,2%&#xD;&#xA;    echo %mydate%&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Output will be `YYYY_MM_DD`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Copy and paste this into a .bat file and be amazed! This is especially useful for creating backups, or any time/date series of directories and files. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An Example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    @echo off&#xD;&#xA;    :: Yes this looks bad, but it works, it sets the file veriable mydate to YYYY_MM_DD&#xD;&#xA;    set mydate=%date:~10,4%_%date:~4,2%_%date:~7,2%&#xD;&#xA;    echo Backing up DC1:&#xD;&#xA;    :: start a new backup session, the /M switch is for the type of bakcup being performed, type ntbackup /? for more info&#xD;&#xA;    start /wait ntbackup backup \\DC1\c$ /j &quot;DC1 Backup&quot; /f &quot;C:\BAK\DC1\DC1_%mydate%.bkf&quot; /M incremental&#xD;&#xA;    echo DC1 is Done&#xD;&#xA;    echo Backing up EXCH:&#xD;&#xA;    start /wait ntbackup backup \\EXCH\c$ /j &quot;EXCH Backup&quot; /f &quot;C:\BAK\EXCH\EXCH_%mydate%.bkf&quot; /M incremental&#xD;&#xA;    echo EXCH is Done&#xD;&#xA;    echo Backing up FS1:&#xD;&#xA;    start /wait ntbackup backup \\FS1\c$ /j &quot;FS1 Backup&quot; /f &quot;C:\BAK\FS1\FS1_%mydate%.bkf&quot; /M incremental&#xD;&#xA;    echo FS1 is Done&#xD;&#xA;    echo Backup was completed %date% %time%&#xD;&#xA;    pause" />
  <row Id="45265" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25481" RevisionGUID="30655707-e00c-4cc6-87c8-a71f0b0de7db" CreationDate="2009-06-14T12:12:34.577" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45266" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25482" RevisionGUID="5ee7b0bc-ea5d-41f8-a24e-fdd3bd4ccaac" CreationDate="2009-06-14T12:18:10.110" UserId="8602" Text="If the package is not in the Backports Repository, you could request it to be backport-ed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or get the source and make your own (static) build. For easy removal/upgrade either create a package or use checkinstall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another possibility is to install the package from someone's launchpad ppa but who trusts a package which _someone_ has complied." />
  <row Id="45267" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25483" RevisionGUID="db26c1d3-4846-4a7c-90bb-04d5e443ab09" CreationDate="2009-06-14T12:20:01.437" UserId="9019" Text="I've used ffmpeg in the past on linux. I love, but I hate the developers attitude of &quot;we don't need formal releases, svn is never broken.&quot; I want to use it on windows, and I'd like to avoid having to setup the whole mingw environment if possible to compile it every week.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Googling turns up some sites that have builds of specific revisions such as [http://tripp.arrozcru.org/](http://tripp.arrozcru.org/). However, does anyone have daily or per commit builds? " />
  <row Id="45268" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25483" RevisionGUID="db26c1d3-4846-4a7c-90bb-04d5e443ab09" CreationDate="2009-06-14T12:20:01.437" UserId="9019" Text="Where can I get windows builds of ffmpeg" />
  <row Id="45269" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25483" RevisionGUID="db26c1d3-4846-4a7c-90bb-04d5e443ab09" CreationDate="2009-06-14T12:20:01.437" UserId="9019" Text="&lt;ffmpeg&gt;" />
  <row Id="45270" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25475" RevisionGUID="21f4d9f3-e52d-4854-b048-8c4f48b0a78b" CreationDate="2009-06-14T12:29:06.997" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;scheduled&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="45271" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25484" RevisionGUID="c63bd84f-52e3-46e4-a266-bf3496b7964c" CreationDate="2009-06-14T10:46:04.627" Text="&lt;p&gt;I just upgraded my linux machine to &lt;strong&gt;redhat 4.7&lt;/strong&gt; (we can not have newer than this version because the application we are using are not running on redhat 5).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not the &lt;strong&gt;root&lt;/strong&gt; , so I can not install rpm app  and I can not &lt;strong&gt;sudo&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question &lt;strong&gt;is Is there any way to install the latest version of KDE for example KDE 4.2 ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regards,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45272" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25484" RevisionGUID="c63bd84f-52e3-46e4-a266-bf3496b7964c" CreationDate="2009-06-14T10:46:04.627" Text="Getting the newest KDE for my redhat 4.7" />
  <row Id="45273" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25484" RevisionGUID="c63bd84f-52e3-46e4-a266-bf3496b7964c" CreationDate="2009-06-14T10:46:04.627" Text="&lt;kde&gt;&lt;redhat&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="45274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25485" RevisionGUID="fca3f9f6-f436-4c1c-b821-dcd66caf1531" CreationDate="2009-06-14T12:22:12.493" Text="&lt;p&gt;Yes you could download the source and install it in your home, and then you will have to change paths....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45275" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="25450" RevisionGUID="cd110318-ee1e-4634-99ef-d7494f1bcc50" CreationDate="2009-06-14T12:30:25.467" UserId="301" Comment="edited title" Text="How to manage a web servers SSL private key protection (password vs. no password)?" />
  <row Id="45276" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25486" RevisionGUID="071a9e10-871a-4b6c-a36f-5273174cc226" CreationDate="2009-06-14T12:32:49.677" UserId="6383" Text="If you can't find it (daily/weekly builds) by googling or asking on ffmpeg-devel (you have asked there, haven't you?) then I guess you're stuck compiling it yourself." />
  <row Id="45277" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25482" RevisionGUID="0ddd2319-3fdf-4e35-9d59-e5292a850572" CreationDate="2009-06-14T12:33:36.883" UserId="8602" Comment="Added link" Text="If the package is not in the Backports Repository, you could request it to be backport-ed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or get the source and make your own (static) build. For easy removal/upgrade either create a package or use checkinstall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another possibility is to install the package from someone's launchpad ppa but who trusts a package which _someone_ has complied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update:&#xD;&#xA;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/831723/where-to-find-prebuilt-binaries-for-subversion-1-6-for-ubuntu-or-debian" />
  <row Id="45278" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25487" RevisionGUID="4af2ee98-fd3d-487a-8da4-c483645b290a" CreationDate="2009-06-14T12:33:42.097" UserId="1293" Text="I've had VirtualBox running FreeBSD 7.2 or Windows 98 as guests on Ubuntu 9.04 as a host on an old PIII." />
  <row Id="45279" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25488" RevisionGUID="00a35179-d4b4-43bb-8cfd-ee68b56dddf0" CreationDate="2009-06-14T12:36:17.273" UserId="301" Text="Try this config&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost 1.2.3.4:443&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        ServerName host.domain.org&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;        SSLEngine On&#xD;&#xA;        # include other ssl options, like cert and key here&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;        ProxyRequests Off&#xD;&#xA;        ProxyPreserveHost On&#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Location /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            ProxyPass http://localhost:8443/&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your application needs to have access to the SSL information from the proxied connection, you should consider using mod_proxy_ajp, and the tomcat ajp1.3 connector." />
  <row Id="45280" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25411" RevisionGUID="bb6383da-8b35-4249-ab41-501680d12911" CreationDate="2009-06-14T12:45:27.967" UserId="1561" Comment="emphasis on non-paravirtualization " Text="Can you get virtual machines to run on 32-bit CPUs?  As far as I know, there isn't a single 32-bit CPU in existence, with the exception of the later generation of Pentium 4's, that support virtual machines.  By virtual machines, I mean that **the guest OS is *not* running in a paravirutalization setup**, and that there is a hypervisor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just wondering." />
  <row Id="45281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25489" RevisionGUID="4ba3a887-06e8-4782-8ee1-78e1c92b1916" CreationDate="2009-06-14T12:48:18.370" UserId="9170" Text="yes but not fullVM it will be paraVM" />
  <row Id="45282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25490" RevisionGUID="82ca92df-de04-4573-a22a-60fa8933eb37" CreationDate="2009-06-14T12:56:17.503" UserId="9170" Text="http://subversion.tigris.org/getting.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;apt-get install subversion&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;it will take care everything" />
  <row Id="45283" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25491" RevisionGUID="fc15b9bf-0927-478d-a367-c405b5450e16" CreationDate="2009-06-14T12:57:16.927" UserId="9351" Text="The Cisco syslog format and messages have remained consistent across their security devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa72/system/message/syslog.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/iaabu/pix/pix_v53/syslog/pixemsgs.htm" />
  <row Id="45284" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="25483" RevisionGUID="4537e318-666d-4c16-bf0a-f8c9e232bcad" CreationDate="2009-06-14T12:57:57.597" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="45285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25492" RevisionGUID="b97ebf7e-ae96-42d9-a06f-6273c15c8e9a" CreationDate="2009-06-14T12:58:00.467" UserDisplayName="Gero" Text="If both drives are NTFS you could first install to hdd, and then move directories like system32 to the ssd and replace them by a reparse point (junction). You would have to use a second system for doing that though, which could be a live cd like bartpe i guess.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For junction creation junction.exe from sysinternals-now-MS maybe useful:&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx" />
  <row Id="45286" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25492" RevisionGUID="b97ebf7e-ae96-42d9-a06f-6273c15c8e9a" CreationDate="2009-06-14T12:58:00.467" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25494" RevisionGUID="e0609e0a-e556-4e2a-96ef-137faf7ec621" CreationDate="2009-06-14T13:01:26.030" UserId="7783" Text="Well VMWare have been about for around 10 years, go I'm going to go with Yes. I remember running stuff on VMWare workstation and being amazed that you could actually make virtualisation work on a PC - I'd only seen it on mainframes up until that point and thought it wouldn't ever trickle down to the point where anyone on an average home computer could do it!" />
  <row Id="45289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25495" RevisionGUID="a46800ac-9d78-43e9-b984-de6931e55410" CreationDate="2009-06-14T13:04:46.683" UserId="9005" Text="If I am correct this is a laptop, so this may not be the issue, but I recently had an EVGA NVidia chip based card in a desktop that was exhibiting similar problems.  I pulled the video card out and found that the caps were bulging and leaking.  I replaced the video card and it fixed the problem.  Unfortunately, if that is the problem in a laptop, then it is much harder to repair.  " />
  <row Id="45290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25496" RevisionGUID="0aaf7c90-ca44-4f21-92e5-25cf4edd28fe" CreationDate="2009-06-14T13:08:46.647" UserId="5724" Text="[MindTouch Deki][1] (also known as DekiWiki or &quot;MindTouch&quot;) is my choice here, for a number of reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - it looks and works great out of the box, but is also easily extensible with extensions, scripts or templates&#xD;&#xA; - it uses a WYSIWYG editor, so users can't use &quot;I don't want to learn wikitext&quot; as an excuse to not document&#xD;&#xA; - all the data is stored in XML, which means every page can be operated on as an XML web service &#xD;&#xA; - easy-to-use API, operated on with REST (standard HTTP verbs)&#xD;&#xA; - fantastic scripting language, [DekiScript][2], making mashups trivial&#xD;&#xA; - [absolutely beautiful][3] PDF output using [Prince][4], the HTML/CSS engine from the authors of CSS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I use it?  As a complete knowledge base, divided into sections for each department, with pages under that for anything that might need information stored about it!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding network monitoring systems, you can download a [Zenoss/MindTouch Deki mashup][5] for placing live data from a Zenoss installation into MindTouch wiki pages for things such as configuration notes and other possible future mashups. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The open source edition is marketed as &quot;Core&quot;, and add-on features in the commercial edition include connectors for services such as SugarCRM and Salesforce, and databases such as Microsoft SQL Server.  Commercial customers also get access to Windows connectors (Outlook/Word etc) and a dektop application for manipulating the wiki.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Installation on IIS is as simple as installing MySQL and then installing a MSI.  The MSI is technically only for the enterprise edition but there are [workarounds][6] for using it for the open source build.  An alternative is installing the VM appliance (especially if you already have a VMware server infrastructure), in which case you really don't need any configuration at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mindtouch.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://developer.mindtouch.com/DekiScript&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.princexml.com/samples/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.princexml.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://zenossdeki.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://forums.developer.mindtouch.com/showthread.php?t=4865" />
  <row Id="45291" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25496" RevisionGUID="0aaf7c90-ca44-4f21-92e5-25cf4edd28fe" CreationDate="2009-06-14T13:08:46.647" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25497" RevisionGUID="d837d7fd-0dcc-4e95-9fad-12021fef87e6" CreationDate="2009-06-14T13:13:08.230" UserId="1466" Text="Option 1 is I think the accepted standard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if you really want the extra security, why don't you have a secure server (not in your DMZ) set up to monitor your webserver, and if apache goes down, it can **automatically log in remotely, and restart apache**, supplying the passphrase.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the passphrase is kept on a computer, but not the same one as apache is running on, and not in your DMZ.  You gain the added security of using a passphrase, and maintain the ability for an auto-restart." />
  <row Id="45293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25498" RevisionGUID="a1b3dbbe-b2d7-4fff-945c-2b4ffc589241" CreationDate="2009-06-14T13:16:54.013" UserId="8199" Text="when you get to a directory with spaces, just use quotes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;copy c:\&quot;two words&quot;\&quot;another one&quot;\FileIcareabout.bla c:\backup\FileIcareabout.bla&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or put each path in quotes...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;copy &quot;c:\two words\another one\FileIcareabout.bla&quot; c:\backup\FileIcareabout.bla&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**TEST from a command line with test files before you setup the job!**" />
  <row Id="45294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25499" RevisionGUID="a8f170f8-6a32-4e08-b668-083e0fc0d4a1" CreationDate="2009-06-14T13:23:43.990" UserId="8934" Text="SCOM 2007 can do it. Anyway the tool you will use, take care of not overloading the system through the monitoring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Digging in not so used WMI can reveal WMI troubles. Our SCOM revealed problem because of too deep WMI query with not cached Data. We had to apply hotfix for keeping WMI working.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45295" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25500" RevisionGUID="5758deee-1ce7-4bf7-897f-272dae896eb4" CreationDate="2009-06-14T13:27:06.077" UserId="8851" Text="Can't solve this one, here's my .htaccess:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;AuthPAM_Enabled Off&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AuthType Basic&#xD;&#xA;AuthBasicProvider ldap&#xD;&#xA;AuthzLDAPAuthoritative on&#xD;&#xA;AuthName &quot;MESSAGE&quot;&#xD;&#xA;Require ldap-group cn=CHANGED, cn=CHANGED&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AuthLDAPURL &quot;ldap://localhost/dc=CHANGED,dc=CHANGED?uid?sub?(objectClass=posixAccount)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;AuthLDAPBindDN CHANGED&#xD;&#xA;AuthLDAPBindPassword CHANGED&#xD;&#xA;AuthLDAPGroupAttribute memberUid&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AuthLDAPURL is correct, BindDN and BindPassword are correct also (verified with ldapvi -D ..).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apache version: Apache/2.2.9 (Debian)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The error message seems cryptic to me, I have AuthzLDAPAuthoritative on so where's the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45296" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25500" RevisionGUID="5758deee-1ce7-4bf7-897f-272dae896eb4" CreationDate="2009-06-14T13:27:06.077" UserId="8851" Text="Apache + LDAP Auth: access to / failed, reason: require directives present and no Authoritative handler" />
  <row Id="45297" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25500" RevisionGUID="5758deee-1ce7-4bf7-897f-272dae896eb4" CreationDate="2009-06-14T13:27:06.077" UserId="8851" Text="&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;ldap&gt;&lt;debian&gt;" />
  <row Id="45298" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25501" RevisionGUID="f1e1551c-be26-401b-8c79-45f7c509531f" CreationDate="2009-06-14T13:28:37.603" UserId="2657" Text="Did you install any nVidia drivers after reinstalling Vista?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not, you're running the default Vista drivers.  Those are unlikely to bluescreen, and something in your laptop is probably broken.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, if you installed the Video drivers from a CD or DVD, upgrade to the latest version like Sean Earp proposes.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25502" RevisionGUID="79315246-0021-4bd8-b8be-411ccfe13f43" CreationDate="2009-06-14T13:29:49.987" UserId="1466" Text="The connections are obviously coming from the local machine (127.0.0.1) - so you don't have to look very far.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And the log messages are being generated by sshd (so sshd is detecting the attempted connections) - so you know that whatever process is causing these, either it knows about the non-standard port, or you have a second instance of sshd running on the standard port (use netstat to check).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you temporarily remove the hosts.deny entry,and then use lsof to determine which process is attempting to access your non-standard sshd port (lsof -i :*port*)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If nothing shows up, I would use chkrootkit or rkhunter to ensure your system has not been compromised." />
  <row Id="45300" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25503" RevisionGUID="db8ae38b-ae12-4699-8e84-7bb1ccdef32e" CreationDate="2009-06-14T13:33:36.207" UserId="8085" Text="Well, what I don't understand here is why you need to have an SSL connection from your apache to your application which seems to be on the same machine (http://localhost:8443/). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess the usual way to set up things like this is to have apache providing SSL encryption to the &quot;customer&quot;-side, e.g. internet, and have an unencrypted connection to the application. This also gives you more freedom to debug your application responses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other thing Dave Cheney mentioned is to use the native tomcat connector in order to have load balancing and other features." />
  <row Id="45301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25504" RevisionGUID="b2efa3bc-ccec-487a-a50f-387e0c52cf6d" CreationDate="2009-06-14T13:35:41.867" UserId="9463" Text="1 use less common subnets like 192.168.254.0/24 instead of 192.168.1.0/24.  Home users typically use the 192.168.x.x blocks and businesses use 10.x.x.x so you can use the 172.16.0.0/12 with very few problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2 use smaller ip blocks; for instance if you have 10 VPN users, use a pool of 14 ip addresses; a /28.  If there are two routes to the same subnet, a router will use the most specific route first.  Most specific = smallest subnet.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3 Use point to point links, using a /30 or /31 block so there are only two nodes on that VPN connection and there is no routing involved.  This requires a separate block for each VPN connection.  I use Astaro's version of openVPN and this is how I connect back to my home network from other locations.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as other VPN deployments, IPsec works well on a site to site basis but is a pain to configure on say, a traveling windows laptop.  PPTP is the easiest to configure but rarely works behind a NAT connection and is considered the least secure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45302" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25504" RevisionGUID="b2efa3bc-ccec-487a-a50f-387e0c52cf6d" CreationDate="2009-06-14T13:35:41.867" UserId="9463" />
  <row Id="45303" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25505" RevisionGUID="5975348d-e0d9-4dcd-a8de-fced10fd83d0" CreationDate="2009-06-14T13:37:46.527" UserId="3925" Text="You absolutely have to look at the raid card specifications, especially for Dells. For example, I have a 745N storage server that has possibly the worst RAID card imaginable. I get a mere 2MBps out of it using some large file copies when I had it in a 4-drive RAID5 (the default). Switching it to a JBOD configuration with RAID5 in software and I get 20MBps. Still not fantastic, but a whole lot better. Searching google it appears lots of other people have the same problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes RAID cards are little more than BIOS tricks to write the same data twice. This is especially common in workstation motherboards. It may have been a good thing once upon a time, but as CPUs are insanely fast and RAID calculations are quite easy, you'll only see a minor load on your CPU (my server that uses raid1 sees a 1% additional load on average)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The easiest way to check is to try it - large file copy using your RAID card, and again using software RAID. See what's faster. If you don't have this luxury, find the type of RAID chip that is being used and search for it - you'll quickly find out whether its a so-called 'fakeraid' or real raid card (ie one that has its own dedicated processor). Toms Hardware will often have benchmarks, and the [linux raid driver page][1] has a list of 'fakeraid' chips.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking at the spec (and a [quick google][2]), x58 chipset is a fakeraid controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No doubt if Dell is building the system, it'll be the BIOS option to raid the disks. I'd go without. You can set 2 drives up in RAID1 after installation using Windows (or Linux) software raid. You might be able to set it up after-installation in the BIOS, but I'm not sure about that option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux-ata.org/faq-sata-raid.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/77909774/m/856007834931" />
  <row Id="45304" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25506" RevisionGUID="c1bd4652-1979-494a-9aec-1288207f2bf4" CreationDate="2009-06-14T13:39:29.350" UserId="1466" Text="Have you enabled the **ldap** and **authnz_ldap** modules?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can do so with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    a2enmod ldap authnz_ldap; /etc/init.d/apache2 restart&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45305" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25403" RevisionGUID="02c376c7-2f00-45dc-b8ae-46ebd7f23045" CreationDate="2009-06-14T13:46:46.043" UserId="1435" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="I bought an HP Pavilion dv2000 back when Window Vista first came out and it was working quite well until the video card drivers started acting up 6 months ago.  The laptop has an NVidia GeForce Go7200 and would cause the blue-screen-of-death with the following cause:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;nvlddmkm.sys&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I reinstalled Vista on my laptop and it is still caused the blue-screen-of-death.  I have uninstalled the drivers and everything is working fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone ever experience this issue and know how to fix it? " />
  <row Id="45306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25507" RevisionGUID="cc3d946e-4b1a-42bf-be04-3b02b092bd48" CreationDate="2009-06-14T12:27:59.157" Text="&lt;p&gt;How do you get the Linux kernel command line after boot (e.g. from a shell)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45307" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25507" RevisionGUID="cc3d946e-4b1a-42bf-be04-3b02b092bd48" CreationDate="2009-06-14T12:27:59.157" Text="How do you get the Linux kernel command line after boot?" />
  <row Id="45308" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25507" RevisionGUID="cc3d946e-4b1a-42bf-be04-3b02b092bd48" CreationDate="2009-06-14T12:27:59.157" Text="&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="45309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25508" RevisionGUID="80ae79f9-a79f-49ee-8cff-750c05ab6635" CreationDate="2009-06-14T12:28:34.660" Text="&lt;p&gt;cat /proc/cmdline&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OR&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;dmesg|grep &quot;Kernel command line&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45310" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25509" RevisionGUID="f3658787-899e-4bd0-af0b-998d8c62596f" CreationDate="2009-06-14T12:36:40.633" Text="&lt;p&gt;Press ctrl+alt+f1&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25510" RevisionGUID="e64fce3d-5d91-4ecc-bea3-e7c35d00494d" CreationDate="2009-06-14T13:06:28.657" Text="&lt;p&gt;will all the computers on the network will answer me ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;what will happen ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45312" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25510" RevisionGUID="e64fce3d-5d91-4ecc-bea3-e7c35d00494d" CreationDate="2009-06-14T13:06:28.657" Text="what happens if I ask 127.0.0.1 via arp broadcasting ?" />
  <row Id="45313" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25510" RevisionGUID="e64fce3d-5d91-4ecc-bea3-e7c35d00494d" CreationDate="2009-06-14T13:06:28.657" Text="&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="45314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25511" RevisionGUID="43d691a2-7535-4d14-a2ce-0f93e3f5c89b" CreationDate="2009-06-14T13:19:36.210" Text="&lt;p&gt;Nobody should answer your request, because every network interface should only answer for addresses bound to them (i.e. not for other interfaces).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45315" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25500" RevisionGUID="11a62b41-972a-426a-822f-5c11f0c9b772" CreationDate="2009-06-14T13:49:45.917" UserId="8851" Comment="added 216 characters in body" Text="Can't solve this one, here's my .htaccess:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;AuthPAM_Enabled Off&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AuthType Basic&#xD;&#xA;AuthBasicProvider ldap&#xD;&#xA;AuthzLDAPAuthoritative on&#xD;&#xA;AuthName &quot;MESSAGE&quot;&#xD;&#xA;Require ldap-group cn=CHANGED, cn=CHANGED&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AuthLDAPURL &quot;ldap://localhost/dc=CHANGED,dc=CHANGED?uid?sub?(objectClass=posixAccount)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;AuthLDAPBindDN CHANGED&#xD;&#xA;AuthLDAPBindPassword CHANGED&#xD;&#xA;AuthLDAPGroupAttribute memberUid&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AuthLDAPURL is correct, BindDN and BindPassword are correct also (verified with ldapvi -D ..).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apache version: Apache/2.2.9 (Debian)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The error message seems cryptic to me, I have AuthzLDAPAuthoritative on so where's the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;LDAP modules are loaded, the problem is not with them being missing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;# ls /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/*ldap*&#xD;&#xA;/etc/apache2/mods-enabled/authnz_ldap.load  /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/ldap.load&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25512" RevisionGUID="d6dff109-01e6-4609-845e-54d5709659e6" CreationDate="2009-06-14T13:51:59.127" UserId="7936" Text="Since we didn't need to backport subversion I can only give a general annswer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are using an internal [reprepro][1], it's a nice option to get your own software easily distributed in your company across multiple hosts and even provides gpg signed packages (if configured to).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course you need to dive into the depths of debian package development (at times) but it quickly pays of once you have basic steps documented.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Packages already in upstream for which you only need a newer/specific version are very easy to pull in (most of the time). In 90% percent of the cases you can simply get the source and copy the `debian` directory inside so after a `dpkg-builpackage` (look up the required options in the manpage) you simply upload it to your repository and can then simply `apt-get install` the package.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However the documentation isn't exactly colorfull so you may run into problems depending on your knowledge, overall I can say it helped us a lot streamlining our systems since we now have a central place to pull (internal) updates from. You can even configure it tu regularly (or manually) pull updates from upstream repositories and can even have multiple distributions which you can use for internal testing since you probably don't want untested packages from backports.org or the volattile repository to be installed on your server without prior testing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mirrorer.alioth.debian.org/" />
  <row Id="45317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25513" RevisionGUID="de40daf9-4851-4ade-8d1b-3489acb8e203" CreationDate="2009-06-14T13:52:17.410" UserId="7783" Text="Speed isn't a reason to specify RAID1 - any gains in one area are likely to be offset by losses in another area making the overall improvement hard to measure. If you need reliability, that would be a reason to go with RAID1." />
  <row Id="45320" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25507" RevisionGUID="2ea941b1-4b7c-4155-915b-7fb6ceb80579" CreationDate="2009-06-14T14:01:39.313" UserId="1466" Comment="Make title clearer" Text="&lt;p&gt;How do you get the Linux kernel command line after boot (e.g. from a shell)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45321" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="25507" RevisionGUID="2ea941b1-4b7c-4155-915b-7fb6ceb80579" CreationDate="2009-06-14T14:01:39.313" UserId="1466" Comment="Make title clearer" Text="How do you get the Linux kernel boot command after boot?" />
  <row Id="45322" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25515" RevisionGUID="8ef56f2e-46b2-4319-803f-b5f3a5fed1fe" CreationDate="2009-06-14T14:14:53.940" UserId="4733" Text="I work strictly with Windows machines only (save for the one small aix unix box that was just replaced).  In the past, in an attempt to self-educate in Linux, I have installed various versions of Ubuntu desktop/sever and Fedora only to realize that I dont have the time to teach myself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The time has come for me to replace a home file/ftp/http server that previously ran Windows.  I have all of the files on a separate NTFS drive and will be installing the OS on a smaller drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have downloaded the latest version of Unubtu Server, but havent installed it yet.  I want to use this home server as my Linux-starter-kit and start off right, but very simple.  Once the install is complete I want to begin by setting up a SIMPLE file server for home use in order to become proficient enough to replace a small file server at work. This will eventually lead to less Microsoft at work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am looking for advice on starting out simple:  home-file-server to work-file-server over a period of time.  Ideally this machine will not have a monitor/keyboard/mouse and will be accessible remotely only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="45323" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25515" RevisionGUID="8ef56f2e-46b2-4319-803f-b5f3a5fed1fe" CreationDate="2009-06-14T14:14:53.940" UserId="4733" Text="Windows Admin looking to start out small with Linux (ubuntu) file server " />
  <row Id="45324" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25515" RevisionGUID="8ef56f2e-46b2-4319-803f-b5f3a5fed1fe" CreationDate="2009-06-14T14:14:53.940" UserId="4733" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;file-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="45325" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25516" RevisionGUID="44c98088-82d8-42a2-8651-e85ab146a1f6" CreationDate="2009-06-14T14:16:29.227" UserId="4721" Text="&#xD;&#xA;This comes from the 'cached' link of a google search with &quot;Flexwiki QuickSetup&quot;. Google says this was cached on 27th March 2009.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;PS: This is one more place with some references: [Flexwiki at Winart.com.br][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;what follows is a cut-and-paste from the google cached page. Sorry for the formatting mess.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;What you need first&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * Windows Server 2003 (or XP)&#xD;&#xA;          o Running IIS&#xD;&#xA;    * The web-full-Release.zip from the sourceforge download page&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Steps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Deployment&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * If this server is for the FlexWiki, do the following:&#xD;&#xA;          o Unzip the files into the webroot folder (c:\Inetpub\wwwroot by default)&#xD;&#xA;    * If you run more web applications (more wikis maybe)&#xD;&#xA;          o Unzip the files into a chosen folder&#xD;&#xA;          o In IIS manager, share this folder as a virtual directory ( more info )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;later on we will refer to the shared folder as fwfolder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Giving rights&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * If you want Anonymous read/write&#xD;&#xA;          o Make sure the IUSR_{computername} user can read fwfolder and can write the subfolders of fwfolder\WikiBases&#xD;&#xA;    * Advanced&#xD;&#xA;          o Take a look at fwfolder\Web.config file security settings section (about line 105-147)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, you are ready to use your flexwiki with a default namespace, try it! (Always use the same domainname in the url, or the cache will mess up links. Eg. don't use http://localhost/flexwiki , just http://myserver.com/flexwiki ).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Configuring a namespace&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * Open the fwfolder\WikiBases\NamespaceMap.xml and edit the &quot;DefaultNamespace&quot; and the provider parameters&#xD;&#xA;    * rename the fwfolder\WikiBases subfolders respectively&#xD;&#xA;    * edit the _ContentBaseDefinition through the wiki engine, or at file level&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.winart.com.br/flexwiki.web/default.aspx/MyWiki.FlexWiki" />
  <row Id="45326" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25517" RevisionGUID="230d5642-6682-4fa2-8f92-048ce754479d" CreationDate="2009-06-14T14:24:11.287" UserId="4721" Text="If you are open to alternatives, i have used [WampServer][1] and found it quite easy to setup on windows (even desktop systems). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It includes Apache, MySQL and PHP. MySQL is now owned by Sun Microsystem so you might want to check licensing details.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wampserver.com/en/" />
  <row Id="45327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25518" RevisionGUID="ed59b346-772c-4774-8f36-ee34c2dfacb8" CreationDate="2009-06-14T14:25:44.437" UserId="9452" Text="At last I found a way to make it work. First I tried Dave Cheney suggestion, so I installed an other certificate for the apache server redirected to Tomcat non SSL port (so the proxy was redirecting to http://localhost:8080/). Unfortunately it did not fully work as in the web browser the https was transformed to http immediately upon connection. So I reverted to using https://localhost:8443/ and the final touch to make it work was to add again SSLProxyEngine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the resulting VirtualHost configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost 1.2.3.4:443&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        ServerName host.domain.org&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Proxy *&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            Order deny,allow&#xD;&#xA;            Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/Proxy&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        SSLEngine on&#xD;&#xA;        SSLProxyEngine On&#xD;&#xA;        SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/certificate.crt&#xD;&#xA;        SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/certificate.key&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        ProxyRequests Off&#xD;&#xA;        ProxyPreserveHost On&#xD;&#xA;        ProxyPass / https://localhost:8443/&#xD;&#xA;        ProxyPassReverse / https://localhost:8443/&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for everyone help :)" />
  <row Id="45328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25519" RevisionGUID="0602a6e8-8e0f-4cb8-a45f-617419f83f53" CreationDate="2009-06-14T14:31:31.743" UserId="3246" Text="I would recommend using [Thinstation][1] or [FreeNAS][2].  They both have live CDs that require no installation.  FreeNAS is a free NAS that supports nearly everything (including samba), and has a gui front-end which should make the transition easier.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you decide not to use either of those a good secure standalone FTP server is [vsftpd][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.thinstation.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.freenas.org/index.php?option=com_versions&amp;Itemid=51&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://vsftpd.beasts.org/" />
  <row Id="45329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25520" RevisionGUID="8c47fce0-b2ea-476d-a937-353a2afa05ce" CreationDate="2009-06-14T14:31:45.580" UserId="5724" Text="I guess you are going to want to serve files to a Windows machine, so the software you are looking for is called [Samba][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Probably the biggest thing that differentiates a &quot;home file server&quot; from a &quot;work file server&quot; is whether or not you have shared IDs between machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a home file server, you may connect with a username and password, and you can access the files. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a work file server, you have a directory of shared IDs (such as LDAP/Active Directory), and each file is owned by the owner of the person who connects, meaning you can say &quot;only the financial group can access this directory&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Samba supports integration with AD, and the same guide has a section on [setting up an AD-integrated file server][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, if you want a turn-key solution for acting as a file server (where you run an appliance, without the extensibility of a standard distribution like Ubuntu), I would recommend looking at [OpenFiler][3], a &quot;NAS/SAN in a box&quot; with a web GUI for setting all this up.  You give it your Windows domain passwords and join it as simply as you would a Windows box.  However, you're not learning Linux, you're learning OpenFiler, which is an abstraction layer (albeit a very nice one).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba#Active%20Directory%20Integrated%20File%20Server&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.openfiler.com/" />
  <row Id="45330" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25521" RevisionGUID="d64f4af5-0e13-4859-88d8-61b3d25a721b" CreationDate="2009-06-14T14:34:04.487" UserId="7936" Text="I'd start out with something like the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - run linux as your main desktop OS&#xD;&#xA;  - this will give you the option of running into problems in &quot;non-critical&quot; systems, learning one bit at a time&#xD;&#xA;  - in any case do install a virtual machine running Windows to get work done&#xD;&#xA;  - I'd not do it the other way around since you will need a lot more self discipline to fire up the VM and work with linux - if linux is the default you'll probably start working with it rather sooner than later&#xD;&#xA; - define some requirements you have in your company and figure out which systems you could run in parallel (like a second system to do backups) and if not time critical try to meet your requirements&#xD;&#xA;  - personally I think a backup system makes a good start you'll probably run into some issues like I/O bound scaling, disk management and such you can solve without running into a lot of problems since you will be running your well known backup infrastructure anyway&#xD;&#xA; - also some complementary monitoring system will help you a lot, it won't need too much ressources but will get you started with the problems in heterogenous networks, like &quot;How do I get monitoring data from a Windows host into my Linux system&quot; the same could be true for a central logserver&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So much for some examples to get started with which won't interrupt your day to work or services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Linux is not Windows** - forget about things like &quot;But in Windows I do it this way&quot; rather search for the &quot;correct&quot; way to do it in Linux. Also try to do as much as possible without &quot;falling back&quot; to X.org. You will want to be able to manage your systems with as few dependencies as possible, X is a huge dependency. Since you were managing an AIX box I guess you know the basics already (Unix permisions and such). Also start as early as possible with stuff like [cfengine][1] (Windows + Linux) or [puppet][2] (Linux only) and [FAI][3] (or the various other deployment tools depending on the distro you choose) to have a management framework in place for more than a single server in case you need it - and you will, *nix based operating systems don't have as much glue ready to use as Windows to manage multiple servers. This makes it a bit more complex (not necessarily more complicated - mind the difference) but gives you also more flexibility&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**VERY SUBJECTIVE**: I'd avoid Ubuntu for servers as I found there package quality to be too low for servers, also Fedora isn't really good for server IMHO as they provide bleeding edge packages, which is nice for desktops or &quot;tech previews&quot; but I'd rather want my servers to run on a stable base. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cfengine.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/" />
  <row Id="45331" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25522" RevisionGUID="548f99d2-e2dc-47a2-b593-4663225bc6b1" CreationDate="2009-06-14T14:38:44.493" UserId="1992" Text="I found the answer. If you install 3.6.1 then you're ok. If you upgrade from an earlier version, you need to explicitly enable alternate streams via a command they call psfscheck that enables them per volume. Their support also says that you can use this command to enable 8.3 name support - which leads me to believe they're just calling the NTFS fsutil command under the covers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately it needs to force dismount the PS volume to do this. Nice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks to those who responded though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS The link to the support doc is [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://bizsupport2.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01519289/c01519289.pdf" />
  <row Id="45332" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25521" RevisionGUID="f3c5d9af-8a90-463a-96a0-749d4c4a9515" CreationDate="2009-06-14T14:39:34.833" UserId="7936" Comment="added 378 characters in body" Text="**EDIT: Why not to start with a fileserver**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't start with a fileserver unless you feel comfortable enough to troubleshoot it in case of failure without vast amounts of downtime, you don't want your users to be waiting for a file restore for hours/days just because you set up samba and now have some component failing that you don't know how to fix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd start out with something like the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - run linux as your main desktop OS&#xD;&#xA;  - this will give you the option of running into problems in &quot;non-critical&quot; systems, learning one bit at a time&#xD;&#xA;  - in any case do install a virtual machine running Windows to get work done&#xD;&#xA;  - I'd not do it the other way around since you will need a lot more self discipline to fire up the VM and work with linux - if linux is the default you'll probably start working with it rather sooner than later&#xD;&#xA; - define some requirements you have in your company and figure out which systems you could run in parallel (like a second system to do backups) and if not time critical try to meet your requirements&#xD;&#xA;  - personally I think a backup system makes a good start you'll probably run into some issues like I/O bound scaling, disk management and such you can solve without running into a lot of problems since you will be running your well known backup infrastructure anyway&#xD;&#xA; - also some complementary monitoring system will help you a lot, it won't need too much ressources but will get you started with the problems in heterogenous networks, like &quot;How do I get monitoring data from a Windows host into my Linux system&quot; the same could be true for a central logserver&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So much for some examples to get started with which won't interrupt your day to work or services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Linux is not Windows** - forget about things like &quot;But in Windows I do it this way&quot; rather search for the &quot;correct&quot; way to do it in Linux. Also try to do as much as possible without &quot;falling back&quot; to X.org. You will want to be able to manage your systems with as few dependencies as possible, X is a huge dependency. Since you were managing an AIX box I guess you know the basics already (Unix permisions and such). Also start as early as possible with stuff like [cfengine][1] (Windows + Linux) or [puppet][2] (Linux only) and [FAI][3] (or the various other deployment tools depending on the distro you choose) to have a management framework in place for more than a single server in case you need it - and you will, *nix based operating systems don't have as much glue ready to use as Windows to manage multiple servers. This makes it a bit more complex (not necessarily more complicated - mind the difference) but gives you also more flexibility&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**VERY SUBJECTIVE**: I'd avoid Ubuntu for servers as I found there package quality to be too low for servers, also Fedora isn't really good for server IMHO as they provide bleeding edge packages, which is nice for desktops or &quot;tech previews&quot; but I'd rather want my servers to run on a stable base. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cfengine.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/" />
  <row Id="45333" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25523" RevisionGUID="da51aa05-952b-4296-944e-577124182918" CreationDate="2009-06-14T14:42:16.810" UserId="9463" Text="From experience, if you want to attract a denial of service attack, host your own DNS.  And your own website.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am a believer in there are some things you should not do yourself.  DNS hosting is one of them.  Like many people have said, you would need redundant servers, connections and physical locations and you still would not approach the resiliency of even the smaller hosting companies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The biggest benefit to hosting your own DNS is that changes can be made right away.  Need to shorten your TTL's for an upcoming migration?  You could probably write a script that does that on your own servers; for hosted DNS you may need to log in and manually change the records, or even worse, call the provider, go through 3 levels of support until you finally reach some one that can spell DNS, just to have them tell you they will submit the changes in 2-3 days." />
  <row Id="45334" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25524" RevisionGUID="7fc5be27-9e05-4cab-bea0-0f40ae3595bc" CreationDate="2009-06-14T14:42:50.740" UserId="4694" Text="**[Download][1]** Ubuntu Server edition. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Installation guide:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Ubuntu Server Guide - **[Chapter 2. Installation][3]**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;**[Ubuntu Server Guide][4]** - Wiki&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's all you need, these tutorials are very easy to follow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look at sections: Samba File Server, HTTPD - Apache2 Web Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download-server&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/step-by-step-ubuntu-904-jaunty-lamp-server-setup.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/serverguide/C/installation.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/serverguide/C/index.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45335" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25525" RevisionGUID="3b8bdbce-9f1c-4eb6-ab21-6620289f1056" CreationDate="2009-06-14T14:43:12.423" UserId="5724" Text="[Windows Time Agent][1] is a free control panel applet for configuring the NTP server/synchronization ability of Windows.  It acts as a front-end to the registry settings and lets you configure multiple NTP servers and see what sort of results you are getting from them in real-time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not many people know about this particularly handy (and free) piece of software, but it's a must-install on servers I maintain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.greyware.com/software/domaintime/instructions/misc/agent/agent-free.asp" />
  <row Id="45336" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="25403" RevisionGUID="34a5e47e-efad-4292-851d-ab52a0e12aa5" CreationDate="2009-06-14T14:54:44.303" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:45,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;splattne&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1435,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Chopper3&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="45341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25527" RevisionGUID="f9d265a7-cc2f-4d32-8383-ad46fcfa0995" CreationDate="2009-06-14T15:17:03.947" UserId="1803" Text="I strongly agree with you on this (in favor of exhaustive documentation) in part because I'm used to having predecessors who did NOT have much interest in docs at all.  As has been said in related posts, writing it out is not only good for others, but helps you to more fully understand your environment and solidify it in your *own* mind.  It's an end unto itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an aside, I find that a lot of the pushback comes from an odd belief that crappy/nonexistant documentation = job security.  That kind of thinking just seems dishonest and shady.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Kudos to you for bucking the status quo." />
  <row Id="45342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25528" RevisionGUID="320d7ee0-9762-4ca0-bc8d-58c7611bb164" CreationDate="2009-06-14T15:18:29.390" UserId="9461" Text="**Unlisted primary** (aka shadow primary, unlisted/shadow master) is a configuration often found in strictly secured intranets. In short this is a primary server which has no NS record in the parent domain. In other words, primary server without delegation. The delegation is supposed to point to one or more *slave* servers instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Scenario: Your ACME company has an intranet and the main DNS server, used by most clients. It hosts &quot;intranet.acme.com&quot; zone. Now, you are setting up a strictly secured subnet, with a separate DNS server and domain  &quot;finances.intranet.acme.com&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;- You want the whole organization to be able to query the DNS records.&#xD;&#xA;- You don't want the whole organization to have network traffic to your DNS server.&#xD;&#xA;- You want to be the only one to change the DNS records.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Solution: Don't specify your server as NS for &quot;finances.intranet.acme.com&quot;. Instead specify some other server as NS, as long as you can convince the admin to host &quot;finances.intranet.acme.com&quot; as a slave. (Organization's main DNS server, that would delegate the subdomain to you is, surprisingly, the preferred choice for such a slave.) Your precious local server will now be practically invisible in the DNS hierarchy. It will only provide zone transfers to the slave and (optionally) answer queries from a set of clients of your choice. NB: it is up to you which server you specify in SOA record. It may be your &quot;unlisted&quot; server, as SOA record is not used to traverse the DNS hierarchy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Similarly, you can also create **unlisted slave** server - a slave server for a domain, that is not listed in domain's NS records. Again, this server will only receive traffic from clients which know the IP address, as its address cannot be obtained from any other DNS server. It will answer queries as any other slave: authoritatively and quickly (i.e. using only local disk file).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45343" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25528" RevisionGUID="320d7ee0-9762-4ca0-bc8d-58c7611bb164" CreationDate="2009-06-14T15:18:29.390" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45344" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25529" RevisionGUID="a5a9551c-a4bb-4e1f-9f82-8fc3284c0189" CreationDate="2009-06-14T15:19:48.887" UserId="4392" Text="Funny question, but you did do &#xD;&#xA;    AllowOverride all&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in your &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Directory &quot;/&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;definition, right?" />
  <row Id="45345" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25225" RevisionGUID="35ba4fea-768f-493e-9ae6-9f9120bdab0b" CreationDate="2009-06-14T15:21:15.390" UserId="48" Comment="deleted 7 characters in body" Text="Hy!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I own a VPS hosting on a Windows 2003 Server.I am planning on moving the hosting service of a domain that I own &quot;thecitybear.com&quot; on to this server. The site uses a wordpress platform. I have installed MySql 5.1 and PHP 5.2.9. What's the next Step?Installing IIS 6.0?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45346" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25530" RevisionGUID="06aa0c71-3407-4d42-943a-7172afaf2783" CreationDate="2009-06-14T15:23:25.417" UserId="3038" Text="Answering the revised question, do any 32-bit CPUs support a hardware hypervisor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No, and so far there are no x86_64 CPUs that support it either. The Intel VT-x and AMD-V extensions are not hypervisors, they just make the job of a software hypervisor much simpler. The closest we've come to a hardware hypervisor on the x86 platform is embedded ESX, which does it almost at the BIOS level. But that's still firmware, not hardware." />
  <row Id="45347" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25531" RevisionGUID="970cd322-7b6c-43a4-9a50-4e492cbe7b00" CreationDate="2009-06-14T15:26:54.567" UserId="873" Text="I have a scheduler task setup to run every hour, to update a web server. It runs each hour for a while, and then starts to fail. There error is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      Task Scheduler failed to start &quot;\Website Refresh&quot; task for user &quot;myserver\Admin&quot;. Additional Data: Error Value: 2147943726.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The task requires admin privileges and is setup like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;When running the task, use the following user account&quot; (myserver\Admin)&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;Run whether user is logged on or not&quot; (checked)&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;Do not store password&quot; (unchecked)&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;Run with highest privileges&quot; (checked)&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;Hidden&quot; (unchecked)&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;Trigger&quot; (daily at 12:00 AM ever day, after triggered repeat every 1 hour for a duration of 1 hour...&quot;) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45348" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25531" RevisionGUID="970cd322-7b6c-43a4-9a50-4e492cbe7b00" CreationDate="2009-06-14T15:26:54.567" UserId="873" Text="Vista WIndows Scheduler task starts failing, and then never works again." />
  <row Id="45349" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25531" RevisionGUID="970cd322-7b6c-43a4-9a50-4e492cbe7b00" CreationDate="2009-06-14T15:26:54.567" UserId="873" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;task-scheduler&gt;" />
  <row Id="45350" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25532" RevisionGUID="71cffb19-8d04-4927-ba18-9d737751bda7" CreationDate="2009-06-14T15:30:15.573" UserDisplayName="Marci" Text="Thanks, I only knew the chkdsk command for this. &#xD;&#xA;But this is far more quicker." />
  <row Id="45352" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25533" RevisionGUID="86a99c69-ac8a-4f5f-8d06-3eee8043812c" CreationDate="2009-06-14T15:41:32.790" UserId="2711" Text="Personally I try and keep documentation as simple as possible. It tends to include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* What [X] is supposed to do (requirements).&#xD;&#xA;* How [X] has been structured at a high level (design).&#xD;&#xA;* Why I implemented [X] in the way I did (implementation considerations).&#xD;&#xA;* How the implementation of [X] is non-standard (workarounds).&#xD;&#xA;* Common issues with [X] and how to resolve them (issues).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So admittedly my common issues section is likely to be a brief description of what has happened and dot point walkthroughs on how to fix it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I usually assume some knowledge from the reader of the system in question (unless it is particularly arcane). I don't have time to make most of my technical documentation level 1 or management readable - but a cluey level 3 should be fine." />
  <row Id="45353" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25534" RevisionGUID="d23eb000-5816-4c66-9d80-a5649ed5e949" CreationDate="2009-06-14T15:58:26.563" UserId="9186" Text="The [Core Duo T2500 (Yonah) 32-bit CPU][1] in my Thinkpad T60p notebook has Intel VT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.intel.com/products/processor_number/chart/coreduo.htm" />
  <row Id="45354" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25535" RevisionGUID="162c1fb3-ca46-405d-818f-7707ff6c6041" CreationDate="2009-06-14T15:59:05.953" UserId="7936" Text="Actually neither, we use **Documentation As-a-Testcase**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said we have written documentation that goes with **Documentation As-a-Manual**. We had checklists in place but when growing we found them to be error prone and really failing on the system as a whole.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We do however have *kind of* &quot;Documentation As-a-Checklist&quot; installed, that is - as mentioned above - we extensively monitor our services. There's a saying:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If you aren't monitoring it you aren't&#xD;&#xA;&gt; managing it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That is so totally true, but another one should be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If you aren't monitoring it you aren't&#xD;&#xA;&gt; documenting it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whenever we need to migrate services we just keep the &quot;Service Group&quot;, &quot;Host Group&quot;, whatever applies (we use Nagios, as you can guess from the vocabulary) open and it isn't migrated as long as there's a single red point on any of the services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The tests provide a much better checklist than any hand written check list could provide. It's actually self documenting, as soon as we have some failure that wasn't monitored yet the test will at least be added to Nagios, with that we get 2 Things for free:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - we know when it fails&#xD;&#xA; - another point on the checklist&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The &quot;real&quot; documentation is kept in a Wiki mentioning the odds and ends of the specific service or test. If it's missing people will add it as soon as we need to do some migration or need to do some work with it, so far that approach has worked very good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also erronous documentation is ironed out really fast, everytime something fails people start looking up the documentation and try to resolve the issue with the HowTos in there, if it's wrong just update it with your findings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just think of the errors one could possibly create by following a checklist and not having installed any tests that will give you a green checkbox after applying them. I don't think it's possible to seperate Documentation from Monitoring." />
  <row Id="45355" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25536" RevisionGUID="b45ad2c6-e0ab-4198-9951-6571ea23fb3b" CreationDate="2009-06-14T16:04:18.860" UserId="9468" Text="You're very close. You should have added this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    MANPATH /opt/local/man/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not with /man1 appended to it. In /private/etc/man.conf, there's a line commented that you simply have to uncomment:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Uncomment if you want to include one of these by default&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # MANPATH       /opt/*/man&#xD;&#xA;    # MANPATH       /usr/lib/*/man&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The /opt/*/man is your...man." />
  <row Id="45356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25537" RevisionGUID="6de00ceb-e589-4d0f-a19a-ba59af691494" CreationDate="2009-06-14T16:04:59.590" UserId="8602" Text="&gt; &quot;Trigger&quot; (daily at 12:00 AM ever day,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; after triggered repeat every 1 hour&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for a duration of 1 hour...&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Doesn't this make it run only once a day? Duration should be 24 hours." />
  <row Id="45360" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25540" RevisionGUID="3534404b-c89a-49a9-9765-3c11b1f63b9c" CreationDate="2009-06-14T16:23:23.563" UserId="9463" Text="Thick glass windows so you can see when someone is in the server room and what they are doing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look for water stains on the floor and ceiling.  Do not put your most critical equipment under said water stains.  I have actually seen this on more than one occasion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Makes sure once the room is finished that there is no room for a desk.  Otherwise a space strapped business will turn your nice server room into someone's not very functional office.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bolt your racks down.  There is nothing worse than adding a 1U server and the whole rack falls over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do not use a 50ft network cable to connect a server to a switch 2ft away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A lease that stipulates that the landlord will not shut down air conditioning on the weekends just to save money.  Imagine walking into a 150 degree server room Monday morning.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Like other people said, label everything.  Labelwriters are great for permanent labels; masking tape and sharpies work too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45361" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25541" RevisionGUID="1e2ca9f0-0cde-4157-8921-50e77bec3d9a" CreationDate="2009-06-14T16:29:16.047" UserId="1293" Text="Chances are your system has one of these installed or available through your package manager:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Graphical:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Baobab][1] - aka Disk Usage Analyzer - Gnome (Applications&gt;Accessories or Applications&gt;System Tools)&#xD;&#xA; - [KDirStat][2] - KDE&#xD;&#xA; - [Filelight][3] - KDE&#xD;&#xA; - [TreeSize][4] for Unix - GTK2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Text-based:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [ncdu][5] - ncurses&#xD;&#xA; - [gt5][6] - text browser (lynx, w3m, etc. - auto-selected) - It's actually a shell script!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They may not work exactly as you specified, but they should do most of what you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.marzocca.net/linux/baobab/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://kdirstat.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.methylblue.com/filelight/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://treesize.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://gt5.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="45362" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25542" RevisionGUID="a7012205-3125-4c42-973f-0d2c2dc1c5ef" CreationDate="2009-06-14T16:47:07.713" UserId="45" Text="According to several forum posts I found, there seems to be a Vista problem with storing User credentials for the task scheduler.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Symptom (eventlog):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Event ID: 101&#xD;&#xA; - OP Code: 6619136&#xD;&#xA; - Error Value: 2147943726&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Possible Solution:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the *&quot;Run whether user is logged on or not&quot;* option is used:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - check the box on &quot;Do not store password&quot;&#xD;&#xA; - check &quot;Run at highest privileges&quot;&#xD;&#xA; - make sure you got sufficient Admin rights for what your tasking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25543" RevisionGUID="72e5adc7-538b-4887-8186-0b27d4e1ce7b" CreationDate="2009-06-14T16:47:23.640" UserId="9461" Text="How the TL/SP works internally in AIX, the SP is nothing more than a collection of rules:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    fileset x.y.z should be at version &gt;=6.7.8.9 (if installed at all)&#xD;&#xA;    fileset a.b.c should be at version &gt;=6.0.0.3 (if installed at all)&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These rules can be checked via instfix command. If at least one rule is not fulfilled, it means you don't have this SP level, but a lower one. For example, if you will now install some old fileset, you might notice that &quot;oslevel -s&quot; will show lower SP level. This is by design.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So really, what you ask is probably how to lower some versions of filesets.&#xD;&#xA;The first thing I would try is to list **uncommited** filesets in smitty. These filesets have updates that may be **rejected** (i.e. the system still has the original files, and can revert to earlier version). Only when you commit the filesets it removes the original versions of files. When updating AIX the default smitty setting is, unfortunately, to automatically commit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next thing to try is restore the backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The last resort is to try to reinstall all filesets to the original version using original installation media. This will probably preserve contents of various configuration files. I haven't done it and it is surely not a standard operation. It might be even impossible because of complicated set of dependencies between system filesets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;May I ask what went wrong with TL02 SP3?" />
  <row Id="45364" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25543" RevisionGUID="72e5adc7-538b-4887-8186-0b27d4e1ce7b" CreationDate="2009-06-14T16:47:23.640" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45365" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="25531" RevisionGUID="ca0e559a-6163-4e9b-a917-ecc341bac21d" CreationDate="2009-06-14T16:47:32.813" UserId="45" Comment="edited title" Text="Vista Windows Scheduler task starts failing, and then never works again." />
  <row Id="45366" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25217" RevisionGUID="e8306578-bbd4-4752-880f-837a5d6a4b3b" CreationDate="2009-06-14T16:55:02.050" UserId="103" Comment="added more info" Text="I have two machines (A &amp; B), machine A has to be able print to a local printer. The issue is that the problem it can't have any printers connected to it (network or local) - so what I want to do is redirect the printing to machine B which does have a printer. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my mind that means that the printer on machine A will be a software printer (like those Adobe PDF ones) and it sends the request to machine B.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there such software like this or another way to do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:**  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - It is on a network and can browse network shares, however the users that will make use of it have no physical access to it only via remote desktop like sharing. They need to click print on it and it must print on their local printer.&#xD;&#xA; - It will be printing from a limited number of apps, although I have no control of that.&#xD;&#xA; - It is a Windows OS on both machines." />
  <row Id="45367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25544" RevisionGUID="3a83c090-274a-42af-acc9-bc0321f1c7e9" CreationDate="2009-06-14T16:56:12.577" UserId="658" Text="When instituting mandatory password expiry period, choose a factor of 7, rather than a block of days (e.g. 30 or 60 days).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The result of the 30 day expiry may be that the user is required to change their password on a holiday or weekend, and may have a surprise when they come into work the next day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you were to set the scale of expiry to a factor of 7, this would ensure that the password change-date would fall on the same day-of-week as the previous change." />
  <row Id="45368" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="5589" RevisionGUID="58ece441-0af5-4286-9e33-9b4dc5f8b5ad" CreationDate="2009-06-14T16:56:53.323" UserId="658" Comment="added 38 characters in body; edited tags" Text="Given the recent events with a ['hacker' learning and retrying passwords from website administrators][1], what can we suggest to everyone about best practices when it comes to passwords?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - use unique passwords between sites (i.e. never re-use a password)&#xD;&#xA; - words found in the dictionary are to be avoided&#xD;&#xA; - consider using words or phrases from a non-English language&#xD;&#xA; - use pass phrases and use the first letter of each word&#xD;&#xA; - l33tifying doesn't help very much&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please suggest more!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001263.html" />
  <row Id="45369" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5589" RevisionGUID="58ece441-0af5-4286-9e33-9b4dc5f8b5ad" CreationDate="2009-06-14T16:56:53.323" UserId="658" Comment="added 38 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;password&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="45370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25545" RevisionGUID="3749282c-e12f-43c3-b59c-4b97a7a82f03" CreationDate="2009-06-14T17:08:12.397" UserId="7754" Text="I'm a programmer, and I have worked for a few clients whose networks block outgoing connections on port 22.  Considering that programmers often need to use port 22 for ssh, this seems like a counterproductive procedure.  At best, it forces the programmers to bill the company for 3G Internet.  At worst, it means they can't do their jobs effectively.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given the difficulties this creates, could an experienced sysadmin please explain the desired benefit to what seems like a lose-lose action?" />
  <row Id="45371" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25545" RevisionGUID="3749282c-e12f-43c3-b59c-4b97a7a82f03" CreationDate="2009-06-14T17:08:12.397" UserId="7754" Text="Why Block Port 22?" />
  <row Id="45372" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25545" RevisionGUID="3749282c-e12f-43c3-b59c-4b97a7a82f03" CreationDate="2009-06-14T17:08:12.397" UserId="7754" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;port&gt;&lt;blocking&gt;" />
  <row Id="45373" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25546" RevisionGUID="91d4aff2-3957-4ca6-b1f6-f01884006266" CreationDate="2009-06-14T17:11:12.453" UserId="9249" Text="It's probably a regulatory/compliance issue.  Your employer wants to be able to read/archive all communication.  This is very often a requirement in industries such as banking." />
  <row Id="45374" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25547" RevisionGUID="4e16e544-a87e-48b5-8873-1a442533498c" CreationDate="2009-06-14T17:12:23.403" UserId="7936" Text="I know a couple of people who abuse the capabilities of SSH to install a SOCKS proxy thru SSH, thereby circumventing some site restrictions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or even some simple port forwarding (`ssh -L ....`), if the port is indeed blocked because of site restrictions I'd go to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - the local admin **and**&#xD;&#xA; - your project manager&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;get them to a table and let them elaborate on the reason why this is blocked. Of course you need to have good reasons why you need access to an external SSH port for developing an internal product (internal being: Why do you need access to boxA.example.com when you work for a company snakeoil.invalid)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I have yet to see a company blocking outgoing SSH :)" />
  <row Id="45375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25548" RevisionGUID="9f6268bf-4726-4400-bf10-619df41f14d0" CreationDate="2009-06-14T17:27:50.640" UserId="4733" Text="IF I am not mistaken, when connecting with RDC you can select to have your local printers temporarily available to the host machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25549" RevisionGUID="28060a89-a320-43b5-9574-88df17434fdd" CreationDate="2009-06-14T17:32:53.127" UserId="4721" Text="I can understand blocking inbound SSH communication if the company is disallowing external logins. But, this is the first time I hear of an outbound SSH block.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is important to note is that such firewalling will probably limit only the casual SSH user. If someone really wants to SSH outside (which will typically be to a server/machine they have significant access to, outside the enterprise network) they can easily run the SSH server on a port other than 22 (say, port 80). The block will be bypassed easily.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also several public domain tools that will let you exit the enterprise over HTTP (port 80 or HTTPS port 443) and provide proxies to let you connect to port 22 outside.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45377" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25548" RevisionGUID="c4e28cc3-8767-4034-bce8-8c0899d5498b" CreationDate="2009-06-14T17:33:05.903" UserId="4733" Comment="added 114 characters in body; added 89 characters in body" Text="IF I am not mistaken, when connecting with RDC you can select to have your local printers temporarily available to the host machine.  They will appear under 'printers and faxes' on the host machine if you have it configured correctly, but only temporarily.  When you terminate the RDC connection the local printers go away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45378" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25550" RevisionGUID="dc28e638-d6ed-42a4-b529-16b46c2fcc6e" CreationDate="2009-06-14T17:33:10.083" UserId="5221" Text="More often than not it is more a case of blocking all outgoing connections unless needed, and until you tried no one had requested port 22 to be available for outgoing connections (just 80, 433, and so on). If this is the case then the solution may be as simple as contacting IS/IT and telling them why you need an exception adding so your station can make outgoing SSH connections to specific hosts or in general.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes it is the concern that people might use the facility to use SSH as a way to setup proxies (via port forwarding over the link) to circumvent other controls. This can be a very important factor in some regulated industries (i.e. banks) where all communication needs to be monitored/logged for legal reasons (discouraging insider trading, detecting/blocking transfer of corporate or personal data, and so forth) or companies where there is a great fear of internal leaks giving away, accidentally or otherwise, trade secrets. In these cases using your 3G link (or other techniques such as trying to tunnel SSH through HTTP) to circumvent the restrictions may be a breach of your contract and therefore a sacking offence (or, probably worse, a legal offence) so be careful to get your action agreed before you attempt it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another reason could be to reduce the outgoing footprint (to internal services accessible to hosts within the company firewalls and to the world in general) should something untoward manage to get itself installed on a company ran machine. If no SSH connections are possible on port 22 many simpler hacks that try use brute-force SSH logins as one of their propagation routes will be blocked. In this case you may again just be able to ask for an exception to be added so that your machine can make SSH connections, if these connections can be justified to the people in control of the firewall(s)." />
  <row Id="45379" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25551" RevisionGUID="5aa417d5-b62e-4c0b-99ca-ebd7e0629c61" CreationDate="2009-06-14T17:33:23.640" UserId="386" Text="A certain large company in Rochester NY that used to make a lot of film blocked outgoing ssh when I worked there, but allowed *telnet*!  When I asked about it, they said that ssh was a security hole.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In other words, companies sometimes make stupid decisions, and then make up baloney excuses about security rather than admit their mistakes.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25552" RevisionGUID="65730044-b684-4de2-bf6b-0d77af412526" CreationDate="2009-06-14T17:35:21.827" UserId="8039" Text="There are about three ways to run virtual machines (sorted from best performance to least):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Paravirtualised (Go Xen!)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Hardware Assisted Virtualization (Intel-VT &amp; AMD-V)&#xD;&#xA; 3. Binary Translation&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I know, you don't need Intel-VT or AMD-V with Binary Translation.&#xD;&#xA;VMware ESX and Microsoft Hyper-V both support Binary Translation, but Xen doesn't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want more information about how these things work, check out Wikipedia." />
  <row Id="45381" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25553" RevisionGUID="ed8c47a6-f4fa-45cb-a186-0ad0851acd48" CreationDate="2009-06-14T17:39:15.860" UserDisplayName="napster" Text="I'm frustrated with the same issue for over a day now. If I find something I'l let you know." />
  <row Id="45382" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25549" RevisionGUID="06736101-27a4-4c13-994c-31f7cf3133e1" CreationDate="2009-06-14T17:40:23.127" UserId="4721" Comment="added 495 characters in body" Text="I can understand blocking inbound SSH communication if the company is disallowing external logins. But, this is the first time I hear of an outbound SSH block.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is important to note is that such firewalling will probably limit only the casual SSH user. If someone really wants to SSH outside (which will typically be to a server/machine they have significant access to, outside the enterprise network) they can easily run the SSH server on a port other than 22 (say, port 80). The block will be bypassed easily.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also several public domain tools that will let you exit the enterprise over HTTP (port 80 or HTTPS port 443) and provide proxies to let you connect to port 22 outside.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Ok, wait a second, i have an idea why this could be a policy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes, people use SSH tunnels to bypass basic outbound firewalls for protocols like IM and Bittorrent (for example). This //might// have triggered such a policy. However, I still feel that most of these tunnel tools would be able to work on ports other than 22. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only way such outbound tunnels can be blocked is by detecting SSH communication on the fly and (dynamically) blocking these TCP connections.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45383" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25461" RevisionGUID="54adc7a8-464d-4b57-a6ae-77ff7ff7b998" CreationDate="2009-06-14T17:40:44.297" UserId="45" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="Is there any way to tell Windows (XP and above) not to execute files (*.exe files), which are present in drives/folders other than certain folders, that I mention? In short I want executables from only a '**whitelist**' to be executed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*I think this is better than asking users not to run any executables from whatever garbage CDs they bring from home.*" />
  <row Id="45384" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="25461" RevisionGUID="54adc7a8-464d-4b57-a6ae-77ff7ff7b998" CreationDate="2009-06-14T17:40:44.297" UserId="45" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="Prevent execution of Windows executables" />
  <row Id="45385" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25461" RevisionGUID="54adc7a8-464d-4b57-a6ae-77ff7ff7b998" CreationDate="2009-06-14T17:40:44.297" UserId="45" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;virus&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="45386" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25531" RevisionGUID="268c2e55-fcc7-4089-bd7d-7fdd5b00785c" CreationDate="2009-06-14T17:45:46.907" UserId="45" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;task-scheduler&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="45387" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25554" RevisionGUID="beabd871-9f5b-47b1-a604-6015cf093297" CreationDate="2009-06-14T17:52:39.343" UserId="7783" Text="If they're blocking a mishmash of ports, letting some stuff through and blocking some other stuff at random (I love Paul Tomblin's sad tale of the people who block SSH and allowed Telnet) then they're crazy whackjobs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they're blocking ALL ports *unless there's a specific business case for allowing traffic through that port, at which point its carefully managed* then they're doing it because they're competent at their jobs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you're trying to write a secure application do you make it easy for other processes to read and write information to it as they please or do you have a few carefully documented APIs that you expect people to call and which you sanitise carefully?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Risk management - if you feel that traffic to or from your network going onto the Internet is a risk, then you look to minimise the amount of ways traffic can reach the Internet, both in terms of number of routes and number of methods. You can then monitor and filter these chosen &quot;blessed&quot; gateways and ports to try and ensure that the traffic traveling over them is what you expect. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a &quot;default deny&quot; firewall policy and is usually regarded as a good idea, with a couple of caveats which I'll come to. What it means is that everything is blocked unless there is a specific reason to unblock it, and the benefits of the reason outweigh the risks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now for the caveats: &#xD;&#xA;It can be annoying when you're blocked out of something, which is the position you find yourself in with some of your clients. &#xD;&#xA;All too often, the people in charge of the firewall think its their job to say &quot;No&quot;, instead of &quot;Here are the risks, now what are the benefits, lets see what we can do&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you speak to whoever does security for your clients they may be amenable to setting up something for you - if you can identify a few specific systems at their end you need access to, and/or guarantee you'll only connect from a specific IP address they may be a lot happier to create a firewall exception for SSH connections for those specific conditions than they would be to just open up connections to the whole internet. Or they may have a VPN facility you can use to tunnel through the firewall." />
  <row Id="45388" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25555" RevisionGUID="ba8857d3-2355-48c6-9e75-6ce88ac1fd6c" CreationDate="2009-06-14T18:09:54.503" UserId="8721" Text="Evince is &lt;a href=&quot;http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=339172&quot;&gt;working on Windows now&lt;/a&gt;, but there's no binaries yet, so you'll have to build it yourself." />
  <row Id="45389" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25555" RevisionGUID="ba8857d3-2355-48c6-9e75-6ce88ac1fd6c" CreationDate="2009-06-14T18:09:54.503" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45390" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25510" RevisionGUID="33cbc146-8c04-4812-8928-c4f447e4b803" CreationDate="2009-06-14T18:16:41.150" UserId="45" Comment="tagging and text formatting" Text="Will all the computers on the network will answer me?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What will happen?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!  &#xD;&#xA;John&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45391" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="25510" RevisionGUID="33cbc146-8c04-4812-8928-c4f447e4b803" CreationDate="2009-06-14T18:16:41.150" UserId="45" Comment="tagging and text formatting" Text="What happens if I ask 127.0.0.1 via arp broadcasting?" />
  <row Id="45392" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25510" RevisionGUID="33cbc146-8c04-4812-8928-c4f447e4b803" CreationDate="2009-06-14T18:16:41.150" UserId="45" Comment="tagging and text formatting" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;arp&gt;&lt;broadcast&gt;" />
  <row Id="45393" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25556" RevisionGUID="ff5b2ef1-d05f-4c99-9b42-dfefee6d9668" CreationDate="2009-06-14T18:16:59.137" UserDisplayName="Jim" Text="Autossh is a very useful way of doing this. It starts an ssh process and then monitors it - if the ssh connection drops, it will restart it again and reconnect." />
  <row Id="45394" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25557" RevisionGUID="4fa8f2cd-0deb-4f43-9ab2-05649a9fd13a" CreationDate="2009-06-14T18:18:38.743" UserId="9461" Text="I can think about a scenario when OpenID will gain many users on the spot.&#xD;&#xA;Suppose a major site loses millions of user passwords to evil hackers [*], and the list leaks out. Most users will be in panic, not only because of the one specific account, but because they use the same login/password for multiple sites. And they do. I know, I do. And I do not keep any track of these accounts, so the result is that I can **never change my passwords**. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now when I know that a villain can steal my accounts what will I do? I'll try to get through this overwhelming task of changing passwords. Or I'll stumble upon OpenID concept and try to convert all these accounts on the occasion. This would mean I effectively still have a single login/password for multiple sites, but now I can at least easily change the password in **all of them**. And in case evil hackers steal my OpenID I have a single problem to request password reset or at least to disable the account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[*] - read: script kiddies" />
  <row Id="45395" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25558" RevisionGUID="80298ecb-cc71-4620-922c-9f32c47db84a" CreationDate="2009-06-14T18:26:06.373" UserId="8721" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://cryopid.berlios.de/&quot;&gt;Cryopid&lt;/a&gt; is a further development from the author of grab.c that freezes a process to a file, which you then run (inside screen) to resume the process." />
  <row Id="45396" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25500" RevisionGUID="8d3c1bb6-4c04-4268-9949-954771745a59" CreationDate="2009-06-14T18:27:50.943" UserId="8851" Comment="added 285 characters in body" Text="Can't solve this one, here's my .htaccess:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;AuthPAM_Enabled Off&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AuthType Basic&#xD;&#xA;AuthBasicProvider ldap&#xD;&#xA;AuthzLDAPAuthoritative on&#xD;&#xA;AuthName &quot;MESSAGE&quot;&#xD;&#xA;Require ldap-group cn=CHANGED, cn=CHANGED&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AuthLDAPURL &quot;ldap://localhost/dc=CHANGED,dc=CHANGED?uid?sub?(objectClass=posixAccount)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;AuthLDAPBindDN CHANGED&#xD;&#xA;AuthLDAPBindPassword CHANGED&#xD;&#xA;AuthLDAPGroupAttribute memberUid&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AuthLDAPURL is correct, BindDN and BindPassword are correct also (verified with ldapvi -D ..).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apache version: Apache/2.2.9 (Debian)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The error message seems cryptic to me, I have AuthzLDAPAuthoritative on so where's the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;LDAP modules are loaded, the problem is not with them being missing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;# ls /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/*ldap*&#xD;&#xA;/etc/apache2/mods-enabled/authnz_ldap.load  /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/ldap.load&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT2:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Solved it by changing funky &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Require ldap-group cn=CHANGED, cn=CHANGED&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;line with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Require valid-user&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since AuthzLDAPAuthoritative is on, no other auth methods will be used and valid-user requirement will auth via LDAP. (right? :/)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25559" RevisionGUID="7476eb73-1b7f-4c36-992f-f48ecb641386" CreationDate="2009-06-14T18:39:40.090" UserId="8660" Text="Sooner or later you'll probably run in to problems when deploying on Win2K3 due to Windows file locking issues. But you'll learn to work around it - one way or another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also see [this][1] question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8764/glassfish-service-stop-when-the-console-is-logged-out&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All else equal, I would not select Windows as server OS for glassfish, but I would not strongly advice against Win2K3 either.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45398" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25560" RevisionGUID="56b5bac1-87a1-4b52-ad12-f0588d1ded91" CreationDate="2009-06-14T18:43:18.477" UserDisplayName="Eric" Text="I have had a similar virus on a personal computer. Google search results link to another page, always with the similar &quot;http://ix-find.com/?q=&quot; URL. Malwarebytes catches most of it, but it still comes back, likewise with Spybot S&amp;D. When I used AdAware, it caught more than usual, and now when I click on a search result, I come up a page load error with the same &quot;ix-find&quot; URL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not really sure what the next step is, I might try Hijack This." />
  <row Id="45399" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25561" RevisionGUID="8c67cce2-2d2c-4150-93dd-ced4548ee32d" CreationDate="2009-06-14T18:54:53.243" UserId="5234" Text="It's not a case of specifically blocking port 22 because admins have a thing against SSH, more a case of only opening the ports that they know they need open.  If your admin hasn't been told that SSH is needed open, your admin will block it, by the same principle that applies to disabling unused services on a server." />
  <row Id="45400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25562" RevisionGUID="1642f21d-6e3f-45f9-9c09-2416da8a7415" CreationDate="2009-06-14T19:11:39.200" UserId="4487" Text="I assume you are using scheduled tasks to run this nightly?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open a command prompt (use `runas /user:login@domain.com cmd` if the task runs with credentials other than your own), then attempt to run the command that you have scheduled. If you are using the -batch parameter, remove it for troubleshooting purposes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does the command run properly?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recently had a similar issue with pscp, it got stuck in a &quot;Running&quot; state because the account the scheduled task was configured to use had not connected to the specific server before and pscp generated the normal &quot;The server's host key is not cached in the registry.&quot; prompt and was waiting for confirmation. Using the -batch parameter conceals this prompt. Once I had accepted the prompt once, it ran perfectly, even with -batch." />
  <row Id="45401" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25411" RevisionGUID="004a2387-12a3-41b4-836a-8f58e86d02de" CreationDate="2009-06-14T19:21:18.760" UserId="1561" Comment="removed confusing hypervisor verbage" Text="Can you get virtual machines to run on 32-bit CPUs?  As far as I know, there isn't a single 32-bit CPU in existence, with the exception of the later generation of Pentium 4's, that support virtual machines.  By virtual machines, I mean that **the guest OS is *not* running in a paravirutalization setup**, and that there is separation between the host and guest OS via hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just wondering.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: wrote this original post very very very late at night...thanks for pointing out that &quot;hypervisor&quot; isn't something in hardware; re-edited for clarity." />
  <row Id="45402" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25563" RevisionGUID="1fc3310f-33e1-4b62-ab98-038440b434b2" CreationDate="2009-06-14T19:28:11.257" UserId="9478" Text="I am personally using CentOS as a CIFS server. CentOS Linux is a server distribution&#xD;&#xA;binary compatible with Redhat enterprise Linux. If you are looking for a stable&#xD;&#xA;NAS server, CentOS may be a good choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.centos.org/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45403" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25564" RevisionGUID="c3a02c60-141b-420d-bc36-b3f1f6be6ef2" CreationDate="2009-06-14T19:38:54.700" UserId="1561" Text="Ok, first off, I've run an actual Samba server in a production environment for over a year.  I can tell you there will be ups and downs to this process and that it is not as straightforward as it would be under Windows Server.  The second thing I can tell you is that, as long as you bring Windows baggage with you (expectations on behavior) it will never work as well as you would like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My setup was a bit different - RHEL 5.1 - but the principle is the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, you'll find that you will really, really need to understand how Samba handles file permissions in a manner that is consistent with your perception of &quot;File Properties -&gt; Security Tab&quot; because it's just not the same.  It's really close, but no cigar.  Because you are translating between two semantically different filesystems, you will find such oddities as &quot;the Everyone group can't be deleted&quot; and &quot;root owns all my files&quot;, that is if you use root as the primary listing in &quot;Take Possession&quot;.  This is because there is always a world permission (the Other group) and always a user permission (which roughly corresponds to &quot;Owner&quot;).  *My department couldn't come to grips with this - they just couldn't abandon the Windows baggage that they were used to.*  So it was always lots and lots of grief about &quot;why can't I delete these&quot; and &quot;But if everyone is listed then there's a security hole&quot;, and so forth, and each time, I would have to re-explain this over and over again.  **Short story: file permissions are tricky when you're translating them.  Be sure to settle on a schema that makes sense for your deployment.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second, Winbind is your weakest link.  Seriously.  RHEL 5.1 comes bundled with 3.0.25 (3.0.28 if you update) and the out-of-box version will collapse due to a bug.  When Winbind goes, the file services go with it, because there isn't anything to authenticate against.  Something as simple as pressing and holding the refresh key in an Explorer window (press F5) would result in a collapse of the connection, and if done under enough load, collapse of Winbind itself.  Updating to 3.0.28 resolved this issue but it does indicate that there are some sore spots in older versions of the software.  **Short version: stay up to date with the version you are using.  Try to get the newest if possible, as several bugs may be fixed.  Distro packagers are notorious for being way behind the bugfix curve when it comes to Samba.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Third, the Samba team is hard at work on adding support that will allow existing Windows administration tools to interface directly with the service.  You can, for instance, set up scripts that will start and stop local \*nix services using the interface for Windows services.  You can also attach via Computer Management and see open sessions, files open, etc.  However, not all of the RPC protocol is implemented and some attempts will result in (non-fatal) errors.   So be sure you factor this into your systems management perspective and take advantage of it when possible.  **If you can harness an existing Windows administrative tool to interface with Samba, and you have other staffers in a &quot;Windows&quot; world that need help with the transition, you can soften the blow by re-using those tools, until they are comfortable with a command line.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hopefully this will provide some additional perspective about what lies ahead of you.  I can tell you that when set up properly, it will not only run smoothly, but very quickly." />
  <row Id="45404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25565" RevisionGUID="9303e2c6-ec5a-40a0-8f5d-339e3ef6c4ff" CreationDate="2009-06-14T19:38:58.990" UserId="8721" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://glpi-project.org/?lang=en&quot;&gt;GLPI&lt;/a&gt; is asset management software with a trouble ticket system." />
  <row Id="45405" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25564" RevisionGUID="114e3726-d6ce-46f2-82c1-c2a5ebb082a3" CreationDate="2009-06-14T19:44:36.590" UserId="1561" Comment="added 136 characters in body; added 810 characters in body" Text="Ok, first off, I've run an actual Samba server in a production environment for over a year.  I can tell you there will be ups and downs to this process and that it is not as straightforward as it would be under Windows Server.  The second thing I can tell you is that, as long as you bring Windows baggage with you (expectations on behavior) it will never work as well as you would like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My setup was a bit different - RHEL 5.1 - but the principle is the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, you'll find that you will really, really need to understand how Samba handles file permissions in a manner that is consistent with your perception of &quot;File Properties -&gt; Security Tab&quot; because it's just not the same.  It's really close, but no cigar.  Because you are translating between two semantically different filesystems, you will find such oddities as &quot;the Everyone group can't be deleted&quot; and &quot;root owns all my files&quot;, that is if you use root as the primary listing in &quot;Take Possession&quot;.  This is because there is always a world permission (the Other group) and always a user permission (which roughly corresponds to &quot;Owner&quot;).  *My department couldn't come to grips with this - they just couldn't abandon the Windows baggage that they were used to.*  So it was always lots and lots of grief about &quot;why can't I delete these&quot; and &quot;But if everyone is listed then there's a security hole&quot;, and so forth, and each time, I would have to re-explain this over and over again.  **Short story: file permissions are tricky when you're translating them.  Be sure to settle on a schema that makes sense for your deployment.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second, Winbind is your weakest link.  Seriously.  RHEL 5.1 comes bundled with 3.0.25 (3.0.28 if you update) and the out-of-box version will collapse due to a bug.  When Winbind goes, the file services go with it, because there isn't anything to authenticate against.  Something as simple as pressing and holding the refresh key in an Explorer window (press F5) would result in a collapse of the connection, and if done under enough load, collapse of Winbind itself.  Updating to 3.0.28 resolved this issue but it does indicate that there are some sore spots in older versions of the software.  **Short version: stay up to date with the version you are using.  Try to get the newest if possible, as several bugs may be fixed.  Distro packagers are notorious for being way behind the bugfix curve when it comes to Samba.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Third, the Samba team is hard at work on adding support that will allow existing Windows administration tools to interface directly with the service.  You can, for instance, set up scripts that will start and stop local \*nix services using the interface for Windows services, just don't use the same service to stop Samba (because you'll cut your connection).  Very handy for doing other services on the server.  You can also attach via Computer Management and see open sessions, files open, etc.  However, not all of the RPC protocol is implemented and some attempts will result in (non-fatal) errors.   So be sure you factor this into your systems management perspective and take advantage of it when possible.  **If you can harness an existing Windows administrative tool to interface with Samba, and you have other staffers in a &quot;Windows&quot; world that need help with the transition, you can soften the blow by re-using those tools, until they are comfortable with a command line.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Forth, I would look hard at the version of Samba you're deploying.  Ubuntu is good for a desktop, so-so for a server.  You're really deploying someone else's remix of Debian, and frankly, if you want stable, why not go with the original?  Debian may have software that seems &quot;stale&quot; but in reality, the security team is prompt about backporting security fixes, and the policy of &quot;we don't rev releases because something could change&quot; sometimes makes better sense.  If you lean in the other direction and want new features to constantly show up, then a commercial distro like Red Hat or SuSE might be more to your liking.  Each update of the software will rev the package higher, fixing bugs, *and sometimes bringing unintended consequences with new features.*  You picks your distro, you picks your poison.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hopefully this will provide some additional perspective about what lies ahead of you.  I can tell you that when set up properly, it will not only run smoothly, but very quickly." />
  <row Id="45406" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25566" RevisionGUID="47343a55-9b0c-4511-97b3-a51a82b20b2f" CreationDate="2009-06-14T19:50:50.807" UserId="8047" Text="I don't see that anyone has spelled out the specific risk with SSH port forwarding in detail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are inside a firewall and have outbound SSH access to a machine on the public internet, you can SSH to that public system and in the process create a tunnel so that people on the public internet can ssh to a system inside your network, completely bypassing the firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If fred is your desktop and barney is an important server at your company and wilma is public, running (on fred):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ssh -R*:9000:barney:22 wilma&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and logging in will let an attacker ssh to port 9000 on wilma and talk to barney's SSH daemon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your firewall never sees it as an incoming connection because the data is being passed through a connection that was originally established in the outgoing direction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's annoying, but a completely legitimate network security policy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45407" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25567" RevisionGUID="9328f8d4-fcfc-4973-8032-d35cecfbb195" CreationDate="2009-06-14T19:51:28.230" UserId="9071" Text="Your command as written should work, however you might want to look at a program called rsnapshot which is built on top of rsync and keeps multiple versions of files so you can go back and look at things as they were last week or last month.  The configuration is pretty easy and it is really good at space optimization so unless you have a lot of churn it doesn't take up much more space then a single backup." />
  <row Id="45408" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25564" RevisionGUID="dcb08e3a-2e70-443e-847e-8299a7b52ed9" CreationDate="2009-06-14T19:51:39.417" UserId="1561" Comment="added 420 characters in body; added 87 characters in body; added 149 characters in body" Text="Ok, first off, I've run an actual Samba server in a production environment for over a year.  I can tell you there will be ups and downs to this process and that it is not as straightforward as it would be under Windows Server.  The second thing I can tell you is that, as long as you bring Windows baggage with you (expectations on behavior) it will never work as well as you would like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My setup was a bit different - RHEL 5.1 - but the principle is the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, you'll find that you will really, really need to understand how Samba handles file permissions in a manner that is consistent with your perception of &quot;File Properties -&gt; Security Tab&quot; because it's just not the same.  It's really close, but no cigar.  Because you are translating between two semantically different filesystems, you will find such oddities as &quot;the Everyone group can't be deleted&quot; and &quot;root owns all my files&quot;, that is if you use root as the primary listing in &quot;Take Possession&quot;.  This is because there is always a world permission (the Other group) and always a user permission (which roughly corresponds to &quot;Owner&quot;).  *My department couldn't come to grips with this - they just couldn't abandon the Windows baggage that they were used to.*  So it was always lots and lots of grief about &quot;why can't I delete these&quot; and &quot;But if everyone is listed then there's a security hole&quot;, and so forth, and each time, I would have to re-explain this over and over again.  **Short story: file permissions are tricky when you're translating them.  Be sure to settle on a schema that makes sense for your deployment.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second, Winbind is your weakest link.  Seriously.  RHEL 5.1 comes bundled with 3.0.25 (3.0.28 if you update) and the out-of-box version will collapse due to a bug.  When Winbind goes, the file services go with it, because there isn't anything to authenticate against.  Something as simple as pressing and holding the refresh key in an Explorer window (press F5) would result in a collapse of the connection, and if done under enough load, collapse of Winbind itself.  Updating to 3.0.28 resolved this issue but it does indicate that there are some sore spots in older versions of the software.  **Short version: stay up to date with the version you are using.  Try to get the newest if possible, as several bugs may be fixed.  Distro packagers are notorious for being way behind the bugfix curve when it comes to Samba.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Third, the Samba team is hard at work on adding support that will allow existing Windows administration tools to interface directly with the service.  You can, for instance, set up scripts that will start and stop local \*nix services using the interface for Windows services, just don't use the same service to stop Samba (because you'll cut your connection).  Very handy for doing other services on the server.  You can also attach via Computer Management and see open sessions, files open, etc.  However, not all of the RPC protocol is implemented and some attempts will result in (non-fatal) errors.   So be sure you factor this into your systems management perspective and take advantage of it when possible.  **If you can harness an existing Windows administrative tool to interface with Samba, and you have other staffers in a &quot;Windows&quot; world that need help with the transition, you can soften the blow by re-using those tools, until they are comfortable with a command line.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Forth, I would look hard at the version of Samba you're deploying.  Ubuntu is good for a desktop, so-so for a server.  You're really deploying someone else's remix of Debian, and frankly, if you want stable, why not go with the original?  Debian may have software that seems &quot;stale&quot; but in reality, the security team is prompt about backporting security fixes, and the policy of &quot;we don't rev releases because a behavior could change, leading to breakage&quot; sometimes makes better sense, especially if you're going for a long-term setup with stability.  If you lean in the other direction and want new features to constantly show up, then a commercial distro like Red Hat or SuSE might be more to your liking.  Each update of the software will rev the package higher, fixing bugs, *and sometimes bringing unintended consequences with new features.*  You picks your distro, you picks your poison.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hopefully this will provide some additional perspective about what lies ahead of you.  I can tell you that when set up properly, it will not only run smoothly, but *very* quickly.  Try running some file-based databases (Access, FoxPro, etc.) on a Samba share sometime, and notice how it just screams, especially if you can get two NICs going.  Dual NICs can easily be accommodated without &quot;bonding&quot; or other silliness, the clients don't seem to care and the only thing you need to worry about is making sure your switch supports it (which a good quality switch from the last 5 years will anyways).  Just put different addresses on each NIC, but when you specify an address to use in Samba, pick only one.  Linux (and the switch) will do the rest." />
  <row Id="45409" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25568" RevisionGUID="3267dd03-f8d8-400b-baf3-aeff4d6873c7" CreationDate="2009-06-14T19:57:45.767" UserId="3567" Text="I have a server with vhosts conf that looks like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    NameVirtualHost *:80&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # My Virtual Hosts:&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;         ServerAdmin admin@email.com&#xD;&#xA;         ServerName domain&#xD;&#xA;         &#xD;&#xA;         DirectoryIndex index.php index.html&#xD;&#xA;         DocumentRoot /var/www/domain/public&#xD;&#xA;         &#xD;&#xA;         # Custom log file locations&#xD;&#xA;         LogLevel warn&#xD;&#xA;         &#xD;&#xA;         ErrorLog /var/www/domain/log/error_log&#xD;&#xA;         CustomLog /var/www/domain/log/access_log combined&#xD;&#xA;         &#xD;&#xA;         &lt;Directory &quot;/var/www/dailysongfix/public&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;             Options Indexes FollowSymLinks&#xD;&#xA;             AllowOverride All&#xD;&#xA;             Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;             Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;         &lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A typical vhost conf right?  Well I also need to develop a few other sites on the server and these sites don't have domains hooked to them yet.  How can I view them without a domain pointing at them?  I am guessing maybe the IP address and a port, but not sure how to set that up." />
  <row Id="45410" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25568" RevisionGUID="3267dd03-f8d8-400b-baf3-aeff4d6873c7" CreationDate="2009-06-14T19:57:45.767" UserId="3567" Text="How can I view a website on my server without assigning a domain name to it?" />
  <row Id="45411" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25568" RevisionGUID="3267dd03-f8d8-400b-baf3-aeff4d6873c7" CreationDate="2009-06-14T19:57:45.767" UserId="3567" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;virtualhosts&gt;&lt;administration&gt;" />
  <row Id="45412" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25564" RevisionGUID="b492c124-2456-4bd6-b1b0-1159be4c7c53" CreationDate="2009-06-14T20:01:43.310" UserId="1561" Comment="removed italics which makes sentence revision look goofy; added 76 characters in body; deleted 13 characters in body" Text="Ok, first off, I've run an actual Samba server in a production environment for over a year.  I can tell you there will be ups and downs to this process and that it is not as straightforward as it would be under Windows Server.  The second thing I can tell you is that, as long as you bring Windows baggage with you (expectations on behavior) it will never work as well as you would like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My setup was a bit different - RHEL 5.1 - but the principle is the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, you'll find that you will really, really need to understand how Samba handles file permissions in a manner that is consistent with your perception of &quot;File Properties -&gt; Security Tab&quot; because it's just not the same.  It's really close, but no cigar.  Because you are translating between two semantically different filesystems, you will find such oddities as &quot;the Everyone group can't be deleted&quot; and &quot;root owns all my files&quot;, that is if you use root as the primary listing in &quot;Take Possession&quot;.  This is because there is always a world permission (the Other group) and always a user permission (which roughly corresponds to &quot;Owner&quot;), and in Unix-land *these can never go away*, and if they can't go away, you can't really delete them now, can you?  My department couldn't come to grips with this - *they just couldn't abandon the Windows baggage that they were used to.*  So it was always lots and lots of grief about &quot;why can't I delete these&quot; (because of the reason I just gave) and &quot;But if everyone is listed then there's a security hole&quot; (it isn't, the semantics are different), and so forth, and each time, **I would have to re-explain this over and over again.  File permissions are tricky when you're translating them.  Be sure to settle on a schema that makes sense for your deployment.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second, Winbind is your weakest link.  Seriously.  RHEL 5.1 comes bundled with 3.0.25 (3.0.28 if you update) and the out-of-box version will collapse due to a bug.  When Winbind goes, the file services go with it, because there isn't anything to authenticate against.  Something as simple as pressing and holding the refresh key in an Explorer window (press F5) would result in a collapse of the connection, and if done under enough load, collapse of Winbind itself.  Updating to 3.0.28 resolved this issue but it does indicate that there are some sore spots in older versions of the software.  **Short version: stay up to date with the version you are using.  Try to get the newest if possible, as several bugs may be fixed.  Distro packagers are notorious for being way behind the bugfix curve when it comes to Samba.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Third, the Samba team is hard at work on adding support that will allow existing Windows administration tools to interface directly with the service.  You can, for instance, set up scripts that will start and stop local \*nix services using the interface for Windows services, just don't use the same service to stop Samba (because you'll cut your connection).  Very handy for doing other services on the server.  You can also attach via Computer Management and see open sessions, files open, etc.  However, not all of the RPC protocol is implemented and some attempts will result in (non-fatal) errors.   So be sure you factor this into your systems management perspective and take advantage of it when possible.  **If you can harness an existing Windows administrative tool to interface with Samba, and you have other staffers in a &quot;Windows&quot; world that need help with the transition, you can soften the blow by re-using those tools, until they are comfortable with a command line.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Forth, I would look hard at the version of Samba you're deploying.  Ubuntu is good for a desktop, so-so for a server.  You're really deploying someone else's remix of Debian, and frankly, if you want stable, why not go with the original?  Debian may have software that seems &quot;stale&quot; but in reality, the security team is prompt about backporting security fixes, and the policy of &quot;we don't rev releases because a behavior could change, leading to breakage&quot; sometimes makes better sense, especially if you're going for a long-term setup with stability.  If you lean in the other direction and want new features to constantly show up, then a commercial distro like Red Hat or SuSE might be more to your liking.  Each update of the software will rev the package higher, fixing bugs, *and sometimes bringing unintended consequences with new features.*  You picks your distro, you picks your poison.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hopefully this will provide some additional perspective about what lies ahead of you.  I can tell you that when set up properly, it will not only run smoothly, but *very* quickly.  Try running some file-based databases (Access, FoxPro, etc.) on a Samba share sometime, and notice how it just screams, especially if you can get two NICs going.  Dual NICs can easily be accommodated without &quot;bonding&quot; or other silliness, the clients don't seem to care and the only thing you need to worry about is making sure your switch supports it (which a good quality switch from the last 5 years will anyways).  Just put different addresses on each NIC, but when you specify an address to use in Samba, pick only one.  Linux (and the switch) will do the rest." />
  <row Id="45413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25569" RevisionGUID="408267cd-c5c2-48db-b182-01beace596ab" CreationDate="2009-06-14T20:03:34.367" UserId="2413" Text="maybe not the best way to go but you always can do as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. create dns entry *.example.com that points to ip of your server&#xD;&#xA; 2. user ServerAlias in each vhost definition eg: ServerAlias something.example.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i know i know - it's not exactly what you asked for but i think can solve your problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;alternativly if your vhosts have exactly the same configuration just put your webpages in /somewhere/{nameOfDomain} and then share /somewhere as another vhost. then you'll be able to access any paged by going to http://myVhost/{nameOfDomain}. this can cause some security risk if in vhosts you have some access rules [ which would be probably not included in 'another vhost' configuration ]." />
  <row Id="45414" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25570" RevisionGUID="8d1bcd00-f1a6-4292-955e-16449bea590c" CreationDate="2009-06-14T20:05:12.070" UserId="342" Text="If you're going to use named virtual hosts, you need to assign *some* name to the server. In your example, the host will be addressed by the name `domain` (from the `ServerName domain` directive). You can try to contact your server by IP address directly by doing something like `http://123.45.67.89/` but that won't cause Apache to trigger the named virtual host. To do this you will need to add something like this to your `/etc/hosts` file on the client:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;123.45.67.89    domain&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, you should be able to use `http://domain/` in your browser. This sets up the mapping between name and IP address locally without having to mess with DNS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The way this works is when the browser sends the HTTP request to the server, it includes whatever text it used after the `//` in the URL in a `Host:` header. Apache takes this text in the `Host:` header and matches it against `ServerName` values in each named virtual host. When it finds a match, it uses that as the server to process the rest of the request. Apache does *not* need to look up the mapping between the host name and IP address, which is why this works if you only change the client machine configuration." />
  <row Id="45415" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25571" RevisionGUID="aa6445bd-bcd4-4e04-9e40-0419c6b8b267" CreationDate="2009-06-14T20:06:22.630" UserId="6491" Text="We have discussed a similar question so here is a [direct link to answer your question][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See these related topics too:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - [How do I differentiate “fake RAID” from real RAID?][1]&#xD;&#xA;  - [Which One Better for My CentOS? Hardware RAID using Dell PERC 6 or Software RAID?][2]&#xD;&#xA;  - [When is RAID worth the trouble?][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/9244/how-do-i-differentiate-fake-raid-from-real-raid&#xD;&#xA;   [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7607/which-one-better-for-my-centos-hardware-raid-using-dell-perc-6-or-software-raid&#xD;&#xA;   [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/15751/when-is-raid-worth-the-trouble&#xD;&#xA;   [4]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7607/which-one-better-for-my-centos-hardware-raid-using-dell-perc-6-or-software-raid/20122#20122" />
  <row Id="45416" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25564" RevisionGUID="a2bbaf0b-358f-4152-8428-4c96bb9adb59" CreationDate="2009-06-14T20:07:51.927" UserId="1561" Comment="added 138 characters in body; added 3 characters in body; added 2 characters in body" Text="Ok, first off, I've run an actual Samba server in a production environment for over a year.  I can tell you there will be ups and downs to this process and that it is not as straightforward as it would be under Windows Server.  The second thing I can tell you is that, as long as you bring Windows baggage with you (expectations on behavior) it will never work as well as you would like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My setup was a bit different - RHEL 5.1 - but the principle is the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, you'll find that you will really, really need to understand how Samba handles file permissions in a manner that is consistent with your perception of &quot;File Properties -&gt; Security Tab&quot; because it's just not the same.  It's really close, but no cigar.  Because you are translating between two semantically different filesystems, you will find such oddities as &quot;the Everyone group can't be deleted&quot; and &quot;root owns all my files&quot;, that is if you use root as the primary listing in &quot;Take Possession&quot;.  This is because there is always a world permission (the Other group) and always a user permission (which roughly corresponds to &quot;Owner&quot;), and in Unix-land *these can never go away*, and if they can't go away, you can't really delete them now, can you?  My department couldn't come to grips with this - *they just couldn't abandon the Windows baggage that they were used to.*  So it was always lots and lots of grief about &quot;why can't I delete these&quot; (because of the reason I just gave) and &quot;But if everyone is listed then there's a security hole&quot; (it isn't, the semantics are different), and so forth, and each time, **I would have to re-explain this over and over again.  File permissions are tricky when you're translating them.  Be sure to settle on a schema that makes sense for your deployment.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second, Winbind is your weakest link.  Seriously.  RHEL 5.1 comes bundled with 3.0.25 (3.0.28 if you update) and the out-of-box version will collapse due to a bug.  When Winbind goes, the file services go with it, because there isn't anything to authenticate against.  Something as simple as pressing and holding the refresh key in an Explorer window (press F5) would result in a collapse of the connection, and if done under enough load, collapse of Winbind itself.  Updating to 3.0.28 resolved this issue but it does indicate that there are some sore spots in older versions of the software.  **Short version: stay up to date with the version you are using.  Try to get the newest if possible, as several bugs may be fixed.  Distro packagers are notorious for being way behind the bugfix curve when it comes to Samba.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Third, the Samba team is hard at work on adding support that will allow existing Windows administration tools to interface directly with the service.  You can, for instance, set up scripts that will start and stop local \*nix services using the interface for Windows services, just don't use the same service to stop Samba (because you'll cut your connection).  Very handy for doing other services on the server.  You can also attach via Computer Management and see open sessions, files open, etc.  However, not all of the RPC protocol is implemented and some attempts will result in (non-fatal) errors.   So be sure you factor this into your systems management perspective and take advantage of it when possible.  **If you can harness an existing Windows administrative tool to interface with Samba, and you have other staffers in a &quot;Windows&quot; world that need help with the transition, you can soften the blow by re-using those tools, until they are comfortable with a command line.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Forth, I would look hard at the version of Samba you're deploying.  Ubuntu is good for a desktop, so-so for a server.  You're really deploying someone else's remix of Debian, and frankly, if you want stable, why not go with the original?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Debian - we only release when it's time.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Debian may have software that seems &quot;stale&quot; but in reality, the security team is prompt about backporting security fixes, and the policy of &quot;we don't rev releases because a behavior could change, leading to breakage&quot; sometimes makes better sense, especially if you're going for a long-term setup with stability.  If you lean in the other direction and want new features to constantly show up, then a commercial distro like Red Hat or SuSE might be more to your liking.  Each update of the software will rev the package higher, fixing bugs, *and sometimes bringing unintended consequences with new features.*  You picks your distro, you picks your poison.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hopefully this will provide some additional perspective about what lies ahead of you.  I can tell you that when set up properly, it will not only run smoothly, but *very* quickly.  Try running some file-based databases (Access, FoxPro, etc.) on a Samba share sometime, and notice how it just screams, especially if you can get two NICs going.  Dual NICs can easily be accommodated without &quot;bonding&quot; or other silliness, the clients don't seem to care and the only thing you need to worry about is making sure your switch supports it (which a good quality switch from the last 5 years will anyways).  Just put different addresses on each NIC, but when you specify an address to use in Samba, pick only one.  Linux (and the switch) will do the rest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linuxscrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/debian-grolsch-vector.png" />
  <row Id="45417" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25564" RevisionGUID="6b119b0d-ab3f-42ab-8f72-2b4c6c69985a" CreationDate="2009-06-14T20:13:07.920" UserId="1561" Comment="added 140 characters in body; added 38 characters in body" Text="Ok, first off, I've run an actual Samba server in a production environment for over a year.  I can tell you there will be ups and downs to this process and that it is not as straightforward as it would be under Windows Server.  The second thing I can tell you is that, as long as you bring Windows baggage with you (expectations on behavior) it will never work as well as you would like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My setup was a bit different - RHEL 5.1 - but the principle is the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, you'll find that you will really, really need to understand how Samba handles file permissions in a manner that is consistent with your perception of &quot;File Properties -&gt; Security Tab&quot; because it's just not the same.  It's really close, but no cigar.  Because you are translating between two semantically different filesystems, you will find such oddities as &quot;the Everyone group can't be deleted&quot; and &quot;root owns all my files&quot;, that is if you use root as the primary listing in &quot;Take Possession&quot;.  This is because there is always a world permission (the Other group) and always a user permission (which roughly corresponds to &quot;Owner&quot;), and in Unix-land *these can never go away*, and if they can't go away, you can't really delete them now, can you?  My department couldn't come to grips with this - *they just couldn't abandon the Windows baggage that they were used to.*  So it was always lots and lots of grief about &quot;why can't I delete these&quot; (because of the reason I just gave) and &quot;But if everyone is listed then there's a security hole&quot; (it isn't, the semantics are different), and so forth, and each time, **I would have to re-explain this over and over again.  File permissions are tricky when you're translating them.  Be sure to settle on a schema that makes sense for your deployment.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second, Winbind is your weakest link.  Seriously.  RHEL 5.1 comes bundled with 3.0.25 (3.0.28 if you update) and the out-of-box version will collapse due to a bug.  When Winbind goes, the file services go with it, because there isn't anything to authenticate against.  Something as simple as pressing and holding the refresh key in an Explorer window (press F5) would result in a collapse of the connection, and if done under enough load, collapse of Winbind itself.  Updating to 3.0.28 resolved this issue but it does indicate that there are some sore spots in older versions of the software.  **Short version: stay up to date with the version you are using.  Try to get the newest if possible, as several bugs may be fixed.  Distro packagers are notorious for being way behind the bugfix curve when it comes to Samba.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Third, the Samba team is hard at work on adding support that will allow existing Windows administration tools to interface directly with the service.  You can, for instance, set up scripts that will start and stop local \*nix services using the interface for Windows services, just don't use the same service to stop Samba (because you'll cut your connection).  Very handy for doing other services on the server.  You can also attach via Computer Management and see open sessions, files open, etc.  However, not all of the RPC protocol is implemented and some attempts will result in (non-fatal) errors.   So be sure you factor this into your systems management perspective and take advantage of it when possible.  **If you can harness an existing Windows administrative tool to interface with Samba, and you have other staffers in a &quot;Windows&quot; world that need help with the transition, you can soften the blow by re-using those tools, until they are comfortable with a command line.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Forth, I would look hard at the version of Samba you're deploying.  Ubuntu is good for a desktop, so-so for a server.  [It's an ancient African word that means &quot;I can't install Debian&quot;.][1]  You're really deploying someone else's remix of Debian, and frankly, if you want stable, why not [go with the *original*][2]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Debian - we only release when it's time.][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Debian may have software that seems &quot;stale&quot; but in reality, the security team is prompt about backporting security fixes, and the policy of &quot;we don't rev releases because a behavior could change, leading to breakage&quot; sometimes makes better sense, especially if you're going for a long-term setup with stability.  If you lean in the other direction and want new features to constantly show up, then a commercial distro like Red Hat or SuSE might be more to your liking.  Each update of the software will rev the package higher, fixing bugs, *and sometimes bringing unintended consequences with new features.*  You picks your distro, you picks your poison.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hopefully this will provide some additional perspective about what lies ahead of you.  I can tell you that when set up properly, it will not only run smoothly, but *very* quickly.  Try running some file-based databases (Access, FoxPro, etc.) on a Samba share sometime, and notice how it just screams, especially if you can get two NICs going.  Dual NICs can easily be accommodated without &quot;bonding&quot; or other silliness, the clients don't seem to care and the only thing you need to worry about is making sure your switch supports it (which a good quality switch from the last 5 years will anyways).  Just put different addresses on each NIC, but when you specify an address to use in Samba, pick only one.  Linux (and the switch) will do the rest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://diveintomark.org/archives/2006/06/26/essentials-2006&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.debian.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.linuxscrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/debian-grolsch-vector.png" />
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  <row Id="45420" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25573" RevisionGUID="ad925792-1f27-455f-a86f-872c7e947210" CreationDate="2009-06-14T20:31:03.377" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45423" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25575" RevisionGUID="b08daaf5-2f30-4a71-995d-95841d913360" CreationDate="2009-06-14T20:36:20.980" UserId="2612" Text="The 4247-003 model seems to be the first 4247 with the option of built-in ethernet support, (previous versions could use an external print server connected via the parallel port and requiring its own power supply).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This built-in print server has its MAC address printed on a label on the unit, howvever according to an IBM manual it is possible to change the hardware ID via a menu on the console. The control panel on this printer doesn't *have* any network configuration menu that I could find, nor could I print out a network configuration page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Connecting via a crossover cable and capturing the traffic with Wireshark, the observed hardware address was *not* the same as that on the label. DHCP requests were issued but the printer never replied on the offered address. On the control panel, press&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Menu** &gt; **Power On Reset**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This reset the MAC address to the value on the label, as well as changing the IP configuration to a previous (static) configuration. It was now possible to connect to that address over the cable and configure the Axis print server.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45424" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25554" RevisionGUID="b70d7b51-51c5-4010-82c0-c082ea862eff" CreationDate="2009-06-14T20:38:51.130" UserId="7783" Comment="formatting, formatting..." Text="If they're blocking a mishmash of ports, letting some stuff through and blocking some other stuff at random (I love Paul Tomblin's sad tale of the people who block SSH and allowed Telnet) then they're crazy whackjobs. You can't make sense of people like that so just charge them the going rate for people who are a pain and carry on with your day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they're blocking ALL ports *unless there's a specific business case for allowing traffic through that port, at which point its carefully managed* then they're doing it because they're competent at their jobs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you're trying to write a secure application do you make it easy for other processes to read and write information to it as they please or do you have a few carefully documented APIs that you expect people to call and which you sanitise carefully?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Risk management - if you feel that traffic to or from your network going onto the Internet is a risk, then you look to minimise the amount of ways traffic can reach the Internet, both in terms of number of routes and number of methods. You can then monitor and filter these chosen &quot;blessed&quot; gateways and ports to try and ensure that the traffic traveling over them is what you expect. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a &quot;default deny&quot; firewall policy and is usually regarded as a good idea, with a couple of caveats which I'll come to. What it means is that everything is blocked unless there is a specific reason to unblock it, and the benefits of the reason outweigh the risks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now for the caveats, and possibly a plan to free things up:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;It can be annoying when you're blocked out of something, which is the position you find yourself in with some of your clients. &#xD;&#xA;All too often, the people in charge of the firewall think its their job to say &quot;No&quot;, instead of &quot;Here are the risks, now what are the benefits, lets see what we can do&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you speak to whoever manages network security for your clients they may be amenable to setting up something for you. If you can identify a few specific systems at their end you need access to, and/or guarantee you'll only connect from a specific IP address they may be a lot happier to create a firewall exception for SSH connections for those specific conditions than they would be to just open up connections to the whole internet. Or they may have a VPN facility you can use to tunnel through the firewall." />
  <row Id="45425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25576" RevisionGUID="f78b045d-ba3b-4ce4-a2a1-b7a8370e933a" CreationDate="2009-06-14T20:44:02.867" UserId="1561" Text="Warning: Your system is compromised.&#xD;&#xA;--------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The tool you need is `lsof`, which will list files (and sockets and ports).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is indeed a rootkit. I have seen this behavior before, and it is *always* a rootkit. Your system is compromised, and any tools you are using that originate from the same machine cannot be trusted. Boot into a Live CD (which has read-only trusted binaries) and use that to extract your data, settings, etc. Any programs you had, any scripts you had, *abandon them*. *Do not bring them*. Treat the system as if it has leprosy, because it /does/. Once you're done, nuke it from orbit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Nuke it from orbit- it's the only way to be sure.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; **Do this as soon as possible.** Oh, and unplug your network connection - deny your attacker access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2224/1800234736_7861106fbe.jpg?v=0" />
  <row Id="45426" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25577" RevisionGUID="50c8a20d-e286-4b81-be1e-92767c4dad60" CreationDate="2009-06-14T20:50:50.607" UserId="1561" Text="**Always** nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.&#xD;&#xA;----------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Trusting a compromised system is an implicit statement that you trust whomever did the breach of your system to begin with.  In other words:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can't trust it. Don't bother.&#xD;&#xA;---------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2224/1800234736_7861106fbe.jpg?v=0" />
  <row Id="45427" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25576" RevisionGUID="cec8af09-337b-4e86-a11b-ad64f1cd3cee" CreationDate="2009-06-14T20:53:56.623" UserId="1561" Comment="edited body" Text="Warning: Your system is compromised.&#xD;&#xA;--------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The tool you need is `lsof`, which will list files (and sockets and ports).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is indeed a rootkit. I have seen this behavior before, and it is *always* a rootkit. Your system is compromised, and any tools you are using that originate from the same machine cannot be trusted. Boot into a Live CD (which has read-only trusted binaries) and use that to extract your data, settings, etc. Any programs you had, any scripts you had, *abandon them*. *Do not bring them*. Treat the system as if it has leprosy, because it *does*. Once you're done, nuke it from orbit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Nuke it from orbit- it's the only way to be sure.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; **Do this as soon as possible.** Oh, and unplug your network connection - deny your attacker access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2224/1800234736_7861106fbe.jpg?v=0" />
  <row Id="45428" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25578" RevisionGUID="228fc024-c6c3-41dd-b8b9-3e5741174ddd" CreationDate="2009-06-14T20:54:48.710" UserId="405" Text="I'm installing a copy of Oracle on my development workstation because running tests against a remote database is terribly slow.  However, it says something about me having to set the loopback adapter as my primary network device since I'm using DHCP.  However, my understanding is that this will effectively block all internet access for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any alternatives for me here?  If it makes any difference, the Oracle install doesn't need to be accessible externally." />
  <row Id="45429" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25578" RevisionGUID="228fc024-c6c3-41dd-b8b9-3e5741174ddd" CreationDate="2009-06-14T20:54:48.710" UserId="405" Text="How can I install Oracle on my Windows XP machine which uses DHCP?" />
  <row Id="45430" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25578" RevisionGUID="228fc024-c6c3-41dd-b8b9-3e5741174ddd" CreationDate="2009-06-14T20:54:48.710" UserId="405" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;oracle10g&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;dhcp&gt;" />
  <row Id="45431" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25576" RevisionGUID="de4956cd-0853-4083-a4e6-3b13d5895ca6" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:00:45.610" UserId="1561" Comment="additional emphasis on the nuke.  Did I mention you need to nuke your server?  Like, NOW?" Text="Warning: Your system is compromised.&#xD;&#xA;--------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The tool you need is `lsof`, which will list files (and sockets and ports).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is indeed a rootkit. I have seen this behavior before, and it is *always* a rootkit. Your system is compromised, and any tools you are using that originate from the same machine cannot be trusted. Boot into a Live CD (which has read-only trusted binaries) and use that to extract your data, settings, etc. Any programs you had, any scripts you had, *abandon them*. *Do not bring them*. Treat the system as if it has leprosy, because it *does*. Once you're done, [nuke it from orbit][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Nuke it from orbit- it's the only way to be sure.][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; **Do this as soon as possible.** Oh, and unplug your network connection - deny your attacker access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nukeitfromorbit.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2224/1800234736_7861106fbe.jpg?v=0" />
  <row Id="45432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25579" RevisionGUID="1f1b7720-cd53-42d7-b106-b60b2117b7ac" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:00:45.860" UserId="7783" Text="*Based on a post I [wrote ages ago][1] back when I could still be bothered to blog.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This question keeps being asked repeatedly by the victims of hackers breaking into their web server. The answers very rarely change, but people keep asking the question. I'm not sure why. Perhaps people just don't like the answers they've seen when searching for help, or they can't find someone they trust to give them advice. Or perhaps people read an answer to this question and focus too much on the 5% of why their case is special and different from the answers they can find online and miss the 95% of the question and answer where their case is near enough the same as the one they read online.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That brings me to the first important nugget of information. I really do appreciate that you are a special unique snowflake. I appreciate that your website is too, as it's a reflection of you and your business or at the very least, your hard work on behalf of an employer. But to someone on the outside looking in, whether a computer security person looking at the problem to try and help you or even the attacker himself, it is very likely that your problem will be at least 95% identical to every other case they've ever looked at.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't take the attack personally, and don't take the recommendations that follow here or that you get from other people personally. If you are reading this after just becoming the victim of a website hack then I really am sorry, and I really hope you can find something helpful here, but this is not the time to let your ego get in the way of what you need to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**You have just found out that your server(s) got hacked. Now what?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do not panic. Absolutely do not act in haste, and absolutely do not try and pretend things never happened and not act at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First: understand that the disaster has already happened. This is not the time for denial; it is the time to accept what has happened, to be realistic about it, and to take steps to manage the consequences of the impact.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of these steps are going to hurt, and (unless your website holds a copy of my details) I really don't care if you ignore all or some of these steps but doing so will make things better in the end. The medicine might taste awful but sometimes you have to overlook that if you really want the cure to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Stop the problem from becoming worse than it already is:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. The first thing you should do is disconnect the affected systems from the Internet. Whatever other problems you have, leaving the system connected to the web will only allow the attack to continue. I mean this quite literally; get someone to physically visit the server and unplug network cables if that is what it takes, but disconnect the victim from its muggers before you try to do anything else.&#xD;&#xA;   2. Change all your passwords for all accounts on all computers that are on the same network as the compromised systems. No really. All accounts. All computers. Yes, you're right, this might be overkill; on the other hand, it might not. You don't know either way, do you?&#xD;&#xA;   3. Check your other systems. Pay special attention to other Internet facing services, and to those that hold financial or other commercially sensitive data.&#xD;&#xA;   4. If the system holds anyone's personal data, make a full and frank disclosure to anyone potentially affected at once. I know this one is tough. I know this one is going to hurt. I know that many businesses want to sweep this kind of problem under the carpet but I'm afraid you're just going to have to deal with it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still hesitating to take this last step? I understand, I do. But look at it like this: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In some places you might well have a legal requirement to inform the authorities and/or the victims of this kind of privacy breach. However annoyed your customers might be to have you tell them about a problem, they'll be far more annoyed if you don't tell them, and they only find out for themselves after someone charges $8,000 worth of goods using the credit card details they stole from your site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember what I said previously? **The bad thing has already happened**. The only question now is how well you deal with it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Understand the problem fully:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. Do NOT put the affected systems back online until this stage is fully complete, unless you want to be the person whose post was the tipping point for me actually deciding to write this article. I'm not linking to the post so that people can get a cheap laugh; I'm linking to warn you of the consequences of failing to follow this first step.&#xD;&#xA;   2. Examine the 'attacked' systems to understand how the attacks succeeded in compromising your security. Make every effort to find out where the attacks &quot;came from&quot;, so that you understand what problems you have and need to address to make your system safe in the future.&#xD;&#xA;   3. Examine the 'attacked' systems again, this time to understand where the attacks went, so that you understand what systems were compromised in the attack. Ensure you follow up any pointers that suggest compromised systems could become a springboard to attack your systems further.&#xD;&#xA;   4. Ensure the &quot;gateways&quot; used in any and all attacks are fully understood, so that you may begin to close them properly. (e.g. if your systems were compromised by a SQL injection attack, then not only do you need to close the particular flawed line of code that they broke in by, you would want to audit all of your code to see if the same type of mistake was made elsewhere).&#xD;&#xA;   5. Understand that attacks might succeed because of more than one flaw. Often, attacks succeed not through finding one major bug in a system but by stringing together several issues (sometimes minor and trivial by themselves) to compromise a system. For example, using SQL injection attacks to send commands to a database server, discovering the website/application you're attacking is running in the context of an administrative user and using the rights of that account as a stepping-stone to compromise other parts of a system. Or as hackers like to call it: &quot;another day in the office taking advantage of common mistakes people make&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Make a plan for recovery and to bring your website back online and stick to it:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nobody wants to be offline for longer than they have to be. That's a given. If this website is a revenue generating mechanism then the pressure to bring it back online quickly will be intense. Even if the only thing at stake is your / your company's reputation, this is still going generate a lot of pressure to put things back up quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, don't give in to the temptation to go back online too quickly. Instead move with as fast as possible to understand what caused the problem and to solve it before you go back online or else you will almost certainly fall victim to an intrusion once again, and remember, &quot;to get hacked once can be classed as misfortune; to get hacked again straight afterward looks like carelessness&quot; (with apologies to Oscar Wilde).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. I'm assuming you've understood all the issues that led to the successful intrusion in the first place before you even start this section. I don't want to overstate the case but if you haven't done that first then you really do need to. Sorry.&#xD;&#xA;   2. Never pay blackmail / protection money. This is the sign of an easy mark and you don't want that phrase ever used to describe you.&#xD;&#xA;   3. *Don't be tempted to put the same server(s) back online without a full rebuild.* It should be far quicker to build a new box or &quot;nuke the server from orbit and do a clean install&quot; on the old hardware than it would be to audit every single corner of the old system to make sure it is clean before putting it back online again. If you disagree with that then you probably don't know what it really means to ensure a system is fully cleaned, or your website deployment procedures are an unholy mess. You presumably have backups and test deployments of your site that you can just use to build the live site, and if you don't then being hacked is not your biggest problem.&#xD;&#xA;   4. Be very careful about re-using data that was &quot;live&quot; on the system at the time of the hack. I won't say &quot;never ever do it&quot; because you'll just ignore me, but frankly I think you do need to consider the consequences of keeping data around when you know you cannot guarantee its integrity. Ideally, you should restore this from a backup made prior to the intrusion. If you cannot or will not do that, you should be very careful with that data because it's tainted. You should especially be aware of the consequences to others if this data belongs to customers or site visitors rather than directly to you.&#xD;&#xA;   5. Monitor the system(s) carefully. You should resolve to do this as an ongoing process in the future (more below) but you take extra pains to be vigilant during the period immediately following your site coming back online. The intruders will almost certainly be back, and if you can spot them trying to break in again you will certainly be able to see quickly if you really have closed all the holes they used before plus any they made for themselves, and you might gather useful information you can pass on to your local law enforcement. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Reducing the risk in the future.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first thing you need to understand is that security is a process that you have to apply throughout the entire life-cycle of designing, deploying and maintaining an Internet-facing system, not something you can slap a few layers over your code afterwards like cheap paint. To be properly secure, a service and an application need to be designed from the start with this in mind as one of the major goals of the project. I realise that's boring and you've heard it all before and that I &quot;just don't realise the pressure man&quot; of getting your beta web2.0 (beta) service into beta status on the web, but the fact is that this keeps getting repeated because it was true the first time it was said and it hasn't yet become a lie.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can't eliminate risk. You shouldn't even try to do that. What you should do however is to understand which security risks are important to you, and understand how to manage and reduce both the [impact of the risk and the probability][2] that the risk will occur.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What steps can you take to reduce the probability of an attack being successful?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. Was the flaw that allowed people to break into your site a known bug in vendor code, for which a patch was available? If so, do you need to re-think your approach to how you patch applications on your Internet-facing servers?&#xD;&#xA;   2. Was the flaw that allowed people to break into your site an unknown bug in vendor code, for which a patch was not available? I most certainly do not advocate changing suppliers whenever something like this bites you because they all have their problems and you'll run out of platforms in a year at the most if you take this approach. However, if a system constantly lets you down then you should either migrate to something more robust or at the very least, re-architect your system so that vulnerable components stay wrapped up in cotton wool and as far away as possible from hostile eyes.&#xD;&#xA;   3. Was the flaw a bug in code developed by you (or a contractor working for you)? If so, do you need to re-think your approach to how you approve code for deployment to your live site? Could the bug have been caught with an improved test system, or with changes to your coding &quot;standard&quot; (for example, while technology is not a panacea, you can reduce the probability of a successful SQL injection attack by using well-documented coding techniques).&#xD;&#xA;   4. Was the flaw due to a problem with how the server or application software was deployed? If so, are you using automated procedures to build and deploy servers where possible? These are a great help in maintaining a consistent &quot;baseline&quot; state on all your servers, minimising the amount of custom work that has to be done on each one and hence hopefully minimising the opportunity for a mistake to be made. Same goes with code deployment - if you require something &quot;special&quot; to be done to deploy the latest version of your web app then try hard to automate it and ensure it always is done in a consistent manner.&#xD;&#xA;   5. Could the intrusion have been caught earlier with better monitoring of your systems? Of course, 24-hour monitoring or an &quot;on call&quot; system for your staff might not be cost effective, but there are companies out there who can monitor your web facing services for you and alert you in the event of a problem. You might decide you can't afford this or don't need it and that's just fine... just take it into consideration.&#xD;&#xA;   6. Use tools such as tripwire and nessus where appropriate - but don't just use them blindly because I said so. Take the time to learn how to use a few good security tools that are appropriate to your environment, keep these tools updated and use them on a regular basis.&#xD;&#xA;   7. Consider hiring security experts to 'audit' your website security on a regular basis. Again, you might decide you can't afford this or don't need it and that's just fine... just take it into consideration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What steps can you take to reduce the consequences of a successful attack?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you decide that the &quot;risk&quot; of the lower floor of your home flooding is high, but not high enough to warrant moving, you should at least move the irreplaceable family heirlooms upstairs. Right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. Can you reduce the amount of services directly exposed to the Internet? Can you maintain some kind of gap between your internal services and your Internet-facing services? This ensures that even if your external systems are compromised the chances of using this as a springboard to attack your internal systems are limited.&#xD;&#xA;   2. Are you storing information you don't need to store? Are you storing such information &quot;online&quot; when it could be archived somewhere else. There are two points to this part; the obvious one is that people cannot steal information from you that you don't have, and the second point is that the less you store, the less you need to maintain and code for, and so there are fewer chances for bugs to slip into your code or systems design.&#xD;&#xA;   3. Are you using &quot;least access&quot; principles for your web app? If users only need to read from a database, then make sure the account the web app uses to service this only has read access, don't allow it write access and certainly not system-level access.&#xD;&#xA;   4. If you're not very experienced at something and it is not central to your business, consider outsourcing it. In other words, if you run a small website talking about writing desktop application code and decide to start selling small desktop applications from the site then consider &quot;outsourcing&quot; your credit card order system to someone like Paypal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;... And finally&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've probably left out no end of stuff that others consider important, but the steps above should at least help you start sorting things out if you are unlucky enough to fall victim to hackers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Above all: Don't panic. Think before you act. Act firmly once you've made a decision, and leave a comment below if you have something to add to my list of steps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://robertmoir.com/blogs/someone_else/archive/2007/10/04/help-me-roberto-my-web-server-just-got-hacked.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://rhymeswithgeek.com/blogs/someone_else/archive/2006/06/13/2236.aspx" />
  <row Id="45433" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25577" RevisionGUID="4ef870d2-1584-4c84-95e8-5837fc6d47fa" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:02:44.063" UserId="1561" Comment="added 72 characters in body; added 162 characters in body; added 50 characters in body" Text="[**Always** nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.][1]&#xD;&#xA;----------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most systems are holistic entities that have an inner, implicit trust.  Trusting a compromised system is an implicit statement that you trust whomever did the breach of your system to begin with.  In other words:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can't trust it. Don't bother with cleaning.  If you restore from backup, be sure that the backup itself doesn't have a copy of the compromise on it.  Wipe before you restore - do not take shortcuts.&#xD;&#xA;---------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nukeitfromorbit.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2224/1800234736_7861106fbe.jpg?v=0" />
  <row Id="45434" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25580" RevisionGUID="ee6e5a19-3131-47c2-9106-3ebce3a90761" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:03:02.407" UserId="5898" Text="I recently saw a link to [neercs][1], which is a screen-like utility built using libcaca, a colour ascii-art library. Amongst other features, it boasts the ability to grab an existing process and re-parent it inside your neercs (screen) session.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've not used it however, so I cannot comment on whether it works or not. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://caca.zoy.org/wiki/neercs" />
  <row Id="45435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25581" RevisionGUID="9fa7504b-62c7-4199-9dc0-b912775ba350" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:03:55.743" UserId="9483" Text="I'm in the process of designing my first ever backup scheme. I'm completely new to managing data backup, and there are some concepts that I don't totally understand. Here's what I've got so far, and what equipment I'll be using.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are only three servers that I will be backing up, total data is approx 200Gb. I will be doing weekly full backups on Saturdays, followed by differential backups Mon thru Fri nights. There will also be an end of month full backup that will be stored off site for DR purposes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Equipment being used:&#xD;&#xA;-8 slot tape backup drive&#xD;&#xA;-LTO2 tapes&#xD;&#xA;-Backup Exec 12.5 with Exchange and SQL Agents&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I will be using two sets of tapes, the first for Week 1, and then another for Week 2, which will be alternated back and forth every other week.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my question is this, how many tapes should I be using in each set? Do I have to use eight since the backup drive accepts up to eight tapes? Will it be thrown off if I put less in?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly, since the diff backups each weeknight will probably only be about 5Gb or so at most, do I need to put in five LTO2 tapes (which hold up to 400Gb) into the media pool, one tape for each night? Or is one sufficient, since it could theoretically hold many weeks worth of diffs?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I don't understand is if BE selects a new tape for each day, or if it will just continue to append to the same tape until it's full and then roll over to the next one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps the easier question to ask, is, if you had the backup equipment and servers to backup listed above, what would your backup design be?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many thanks....&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45436" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25581" RevisionGUID="9fa7504b-62c7-4199-9dc0-b912775ba350" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:03:55.743" UserId="9483" Text="Setting up a new backup scheme" />
  <row Id="45437" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25581" RevisionGUID="9fa7504b-62c7-4199-9dc0-b912775ba350" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:03:55.743" UserId="9483" Text="&lt;backupexec&gt;&lt;disaster-recovery&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="45438" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25576" RevisionGUID="fdabe5f3-3007-4423-8d24-b200bba6aff5" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:07:00.323" UserId="1561" Comment="d'oh, fix grammar (it/they); added 1 characters in body; edited body" Text="Warning: Your system is compromised.&#xD;&#xA;--------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The tool you need is `lsof`, which will list files (and sockets and ports).  It is most likely installed, and it is most likely the attacker's version, which means it will *lie* to you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is indeed a rootkit. I have seen this behavior before, and it is *always* a rootkit. Your system is compromised, and any tools you are using that originate from the same machine cannot be trusted. Boot into a Live CD (which has read-only trusted binaries) and use that to extract your data, settings, etc. Any programs you had, any scripts you had, *abandon them*. *Do not bring them*. Treat them, and the system, as if they have leprosy, because they *do*. Once you're done, [nuke it from orbit][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Nuke it from orbit- it's the only way to be sure.][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; **Do this as soon as possible.** Oh, and unplug your network connection - deny your attacker access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nukeitfromorbit.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2224/1800234736_7861106fbe.jpg?v=0" />
  <row Id="45439" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25582" RevisionGUID="ea895103-a9b7-48d1-840c-f4b63f6f5315" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:10:53.890" UserId="9140" Text="Use &quot;Alias&quot; instead of VirtualHost, it should work out fine if your PHP applications don't require a fixed URL." />
  <row Id="45440" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25583" RevisionGUID="69897f59-a5ff-41bf-a311-02407d47151d" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:12:12.670" UserId="1723" Text="How to install python 3.* on Gentoo without compiling by hand?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any ebuild or overlay  for this?" />
  <row Id="45441" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25583" RevisionGUID="69897f59-a5ff-41bf-a311-02407d47151d" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:12:12.670" UserId="1723" Text="Python 3.* on Gentoo " />
  <row Id="45442" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25583" RevisionGUID="69897f59-a5ff-41bf-a311-02407d47151d" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:12:12.670" UserId="1723" Text="&lt;gentoo&gt;&lt;python&gt;&lt;python3&gt;" />
  <row Id="45443" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25531" RevisionGUID="370f088e-29a3-429f-b71d-c3eebedf55fc" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:13:16.957" UserId="873" Comment="Added note about resetting password, and running manually." Text="I have a scheduler task setup to run every hour, to update a web server. It runs each hour for a while, and then starts to fail. There error is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      Task Scheduler failed to start &quot;\Website Refresh&quot; task for user &quot;myserver\Admin&quot;. Additional Data: Error Value: 2147943726.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The task requires admin privileges and is setup like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;When running the task, use the following user account&quot; (myserver\Admin)&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;Run whether user is logged on or not&quot; (checked)&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;Do not store password&quot; (unchecked)&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;Run with highest privileges&quot; (checked)&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;Hidden&quot; (unchecked)&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;Trigger&quot; (daily at 12:00 AM ever day, after triggered repeat every 1 hour for a duration of 1 hour...&quot;) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This tasks fails the same way if I run it manually (using the RUN button in the task scheduler).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once I go in and reset the password on the task it starts work again. For a while...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25584" RevisionGUID="4354be43-e42f-4409-b48e-af4c77779673" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:14:04.350" UserId="7324" Text="I would highly recommend the book &quot;Backup &amp; Recovery&quot; (O'Reilly Book) by W. Curtis Preston&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596102463/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Asking how to do your backup plan is kinda like asking 10 grandmothers how to make the best chicken noodle soup.  You'll get 10 different answers but all of them will agree on the basic ingredients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my opinion, Backup &amp; Recovery does a pretty good job of talking about the strengths and weaknesses of different options you may (or may not) choose to implement.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, that's where I'd start first." />
  <row Id="45445" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25576" RevisionGUID="64d58a11-e571-408a-ac99-ca6184d9250e" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:15:16.050" UserId="1561" Comment="deleted 24 characters in body; added 45 characters in body" Text="Warning: Your system is compromised.&#xD;&#xA;--------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The tool you need is `lsof`, which will list files (and sockets and ports).  It is most likely installed, and it is most likely the attacker's version, which means it will *lie* to you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is indeed a rootkit. I have seen this behavior before, and it is *always* a rootkit. Your system is compromised, and any tools you are using that originate from the same machine cannot be trusted. Boot into a Live CD (which has read-only trusted binaries) and use that to extract your data, settings, etc. Any programs you had, any scripts you had, *abandon them*. *Do not bring them*. Treat them, and the system, as if they have leprosy, because they *do*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you're done, [nuke it from orbit][1].&#xD;&#xA;----------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Game over man, game over.][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; **Do this as soon as possible.** Oh, and unplug your network connection - deny your attacker access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nukeitfromorbit.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2224/1800234736_7861106fbe.jpg?v=0" />
  <row Id="45446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25585" RevisionGUID="4164c350-a738-4caf-a25e-e720b8b538ec" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:15:28.933" UserId="9484" Text="Is there any simple way to find broken ntfs symbolic links in windows and delete them? (other than manual search and destroy)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm in this mess because of windows home server's inability to upgrade without removing disks :/ and the files are scattered randomly on a bunch of disks (but the structure is intact and mirrored on all disks)" />
  <row Id="45447" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25585" RevisionGUID="4164c350-a738-4caf-a25e-e720b8b538ec" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:15:28.933" UserId="9484" Text="Finding and deleting bad symbolic links in windows" />
  <row Id="45448" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25585" RevisionGUID="4164c350-a738-4caf-a25e-e720b8b538ec" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:15:28.933" UserId="9484" Text="&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;symbolic-link&gt;" />
  <row Id="45449" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25582" RevisionGUID="b2806638-ce35-4d4f-b075-02c00963caf3" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:17:01.257" UserId="9140" Comment="added 115 characters in body" Text="Use &quot;Alias&quot; instead of VirtualHost, it should work out fine if your PHP applications don't require a fixed URL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: You can add the aliases to the config you pasted above, just add them before the &lt;VirtualHost&gt; container." />
  <row Id="45451" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25586" RevisionGUID="e04be8ad-e6a6-4267-aa43-293423bf803b" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:17:49.803" UserId="2115" Text="Apparently in `python-experimental`, according to &lt;http://bugs.gentoo.org/250186&gt;" />
  <row Id="45452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25587" RevisionGUID="c28df843-95ff-4a8b-9fbc-72fbc0fe23c6" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:20:45.897" UserId="7709" Text="I use Junction Link Magic:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.rekenwonder.com/linkmagic.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's got a very easy to use GUI interface which will find all the symlinks and junctions, and give you the status of each." />
  <row Id="45453" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25577" RevisionGUID="9ae49b91-627a-4277-9d88-d936f7868f45" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:28:37.333" UserId="1561" Comment="added 285 characters in body" Text="[**Always** nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.][1]&#xD;&#xA;----------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most systems are holistic entities that have an inner, implicit trust.  Trusting a compromised system is an implicit statement that you trust whomever did the breach of your system to begin with.  In other words:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can't trust it. Don't bother with cleaning.  Disconnect and isolate the machine immediately.  Understand the nature of the breach before you proceed, otherwise you invite the same thing all over again.  Try, if possible, to get the date and time of the breach, so you have a frame of reference.  You need this because if you restore from backup, you need to be sure that the backup itself doesn't have a copy of the compromise on it.  Wipe before you restore - do not take shortcuts.&#xD;&#xA;---------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nukeitfromorbit.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2224/1800234736_7861106fbe.jpg?v=0" />
  <row Id="45454" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25588" RevisionGUID="f68e1982-f1c5-43b5-9aae-a30a9bcc5dde" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:30:53.910" UserId="9485" Text="This is a very old FastCGI issue but I have never found a satisfactory answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Searching the phrase ***&quot;(13) permission denied fastcgi can't create server&quot;*** on Google will show that there's a lot of people experiencing this issue for a long while.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some people blame it on selinux and suggest turning it off (not acceptable solution). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other people think that it's a strange symlink permissions problem and suggest turning the Apache logs directory from symlink to a plain directory. (not acceptable, since it involves moving the logs files) See [Installing FastCGI][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here the dreaded error as typically logged by Apache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 13 22:09:34 2009] [notice] Apache/2.0.40&gt; (Red Hat Linux) configured &#xD;&#xA;    -- resuming normal operations&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 14 22:09:35 2009] [crit] (13)Permission&#xD;&#xA;    denied: FastCGI: can't create server &quot;/var/rt3/bin/mason_handler.fcgi&quot;: bind()&#xD;&#xA;    failed [/etc/httpd/logs/fastcgi/70d9a528c5892f2bf0c25e5a334bed81]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hoping **stackoverflow** can finally provide a definitive answer to this perplexing and annoying problem which has plague FastCGI users for years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I feel uneasy implementing the suggested &quot;cures&quot; when no one really knows the underlying cause of this illness. Hope to get to the bottom of this mystery.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sympa.org/faq/fastcgi" />
  <row Id="45455" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25588" RevisionGUID="f68e1982-f1c5-43b5-9aae-a30a9bcc5dde" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:30:53.910" UserId="9485" Text="Why does mod_fastcgi in Apache complain that it does not have permission to create server?" />
  <row Id="45456" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25588" RevisionGUID="f68e1982-f1c5-43b5-9aae-a30a9bcc5dde" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:30:53.910" UserId="9485" Text="&lt;fastcgi&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;mod-fastcgi&gt;&lt;perl&gt;" />
  <row Id="45457" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25589" RevisionGUID="0f2f95ba-6017-4190-b9a9-33d316c13c25" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:31:09.590" UserId="9082" Text="I would suggest you also consider [Zenoss Core][1], the free version of Zenoss. I have installed it to monitor our network and servers, and have found it to be very capable and *much* more userfriendly than Nagios. It does what Nagios and cacti do, but integrated. Most functionality you'll need is likely there, but if not you can extend it with Zenoss packs and Nagios plugins.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can literally have it installed and working in 30 mins, so it's easy to evaluate it. Seriously, we're very happy with it and it sounds perfect for your requirements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.zenoss.com/product/network-monitoring" />
  <row Id="45459" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25590" RevisionGUID="d828ca68-7eb2-486d-88b5-373d8a9eeb8d" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:41:18.117" UserId="5221" Text="I think by &quot;primary network device&quot; it is just meaning in your Oracle config (rather than setting your default route to go via localhost) so I don't think this is an issue. Oracle will bind to 127.0.0.1 instead of your non-local interface. In this case other machines won't be able to connect to your Oracle config, though this is probably not a problem on a dev box, but you will be able to connect fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need other machines to see your dev install, then you could ask your network people to assign your machine a fixed address from the DHCP pool (most DHCP setups reserve a range of addresses for devices that need to not have their address change over time)." />
  <row Id="45460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25591" RevisionGUID="54297822-38bf-478d-8028-e75e37a58422" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:43:10.703" UserId="273" Text="Installing the Microsoft loopback adapter is quick and easy and (IIRC) doesn't stop internet access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might want to consider running Oracle within a vm.  The Oracle install is quite large and complex and to have it sitting on your dev box may make it complicated to administer." />
  <row Id="45461" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21322" RevisionGUID="41bb255c-f720-45f4-ad41-e7ad4ad421d3" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:47:59.307" UserId="883" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="So far, rsync looks like a pretty good solution:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - It transfers deltas, making it low-bandwidth&#xD;&#xA; - Because of the low bandwidth, it's relatively fast&#xD;&#xA; - The backed up files are browsable, since they're just file copies&#xD;&#xA; - An interrupted backup won't screw up any successfully backed up or unmodified files&#xD;&#xA; - It works well over SSH, so it's secure in transit&#xD;&#xA; - It's pretty easy to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm no rsync expert, but as far as I know it doesn't:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Encrypt files at the destination&#xD;&#xA; - Preserve the TM snapshots without making an entirely new backup copy (which would nullify the low-bandwidth/fast benefit).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd appreciate any advice on replacement solutions or enhancements to rsync to solve these problems." />
  <row Id="45462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25592" RevisionGUID="7c85ce54-8cb8-421d-928a-47abc45e41cc" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:52:43.650" UserId="8668" Text="I'd say don't use swap, if you can get away with it. Or perhaps turn swappiness way down. While it is hard to wear one out (how long would it take to write to the whole drive 100,000 times, at the max bandwidth you have?), if you don't need it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then again, hibernate (suspend to disk) doesn't work without some sort of swap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There used to be some odd behavior with no swap (as in a 50MB ram disk to swap to would be a win), but that was patch last summer (or was it 2007?), so a current OS should be fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now all we need is hardware that supports the erase command (Linux has supported it for months), and life on SSD will be just dandy." />
  <row Id="45463" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25593" RevisionGUID="bacd2f36-a9fb-43ac-9b87-ce3009ad7b30" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:55:23.487" UserId="9486" Text="I have a Windows Vista Business box at work and Windows XP Professional box at home. Both are updated to the teeth, but the problem still remains. The symptoms are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * This happens when I connect from XP to Vista box;&#xD;&#xA; * I copy a file from the Vista box to the XP box;&#xD;&#xA; * This happens only when I copy the file via Windows Explorer. If I use Far Manager, even with &quot;Use system copy routine&quot; turned off, this does not happen;&#xD;&#xA; * The file gets a few random junk bytes appended at the end. PHP files seem to get NULL bytes (zeroes); binary files just get junk.&#xD;&#xA; * The larger the file, the more bytes get appended (and it doesn't seem to corresspond to any block sizes on the hard drives or anything)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, I just copied a MP3 file. The size on the Vista box is 66 373 042 bytes, but when copied on the XP box it is 66 387 968 bytes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have not been able to find anything remotely like this on Google. Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="45464" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25593" RevisionGUID="bacd2f36-a9fb-43ac-9b87-ce3009ad7b30" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:55:23.487" UserId="9486" Text="Remote Desktop mangles files when copying." />
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  <row Id="45466" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="25545" RevisionGUID="8c47bcae-6287-437c-afb4-32e6f500dd7b" CreationDate="2009-06-14T21:59:51.607" UserId="7754" Comment="Adding outbound to title (it was already in the question text)" Text="Why Block Port 22 Outbound?" />
  <row Id="45467" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25594" RevisionGUID="4444e8f8-7ed7-4134-bee3-3afff1fa102f" CreationDate="2009-06-14T22:01:23.523" UserId="1375" Text="The user that the fastcgi process is running as doesn't have permissions to bind to whatever socket you're asking it to bind to.  There could be any number of reasons for it, there isn't enough information to make a useful diagnosis." />
  <row Id="45468" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25595" RevisionGUID="7a4628a6-8983-4e06-8776-5f21024dd48a" CreationDate="2009-06-14T22:02:01.960" UserId="6246" Text="What's the best method of logging a shell session to a file on the host machine?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The preferred output format would be equivalent to PuTTY's &quot;printable output&quot; log setting, as viewed by the user inclusive of input." />
  <row Id="45469" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25595" RevisionGUID="7a4628a6-8983-4e06-8776-5f21024dd48a" CreationDate="2009-06-14T22:02:01.960" UserId="6246" Text="Shell session logging on remote host" />
  <row Id="45470" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25595" RevisionGUID="7a4628a6-8983-4e06-8776-5f21024dd48a" CreationDate="2009-06-14T22:02:01.960" UserId="6246" Text="&lt;shell&gt;&lt;logging&gt;&lt;remote&gt;&lt;sshd&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;" />
  <row Id="45471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25596" RevisionGUID="6e14fb77-fd9f-4c02-80b8-4af7421d198b" CreationDate="2009-06-14T22:02:41.163" UserId="9453" Text="But if you goal is to run multiple ssl enabled web applications on the same server. adding apache in front isnt going to balance them using your above config, you would still need a load balancer or you could use apache's proxy balancer module with something like the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyRequests Off&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Proxy balancer://someapplication&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        BalancerMember http://127.0.0.1:18443 keepalive=on max=2 retry=30&#xD;&#xA;        BalancerMember http://127.0.0.1:18444 keepalive=on max=2 retry=30&#xD;&#xA;        BalancerMember http://127.0.0.1:18445 keepalive=on max=2 retry=30&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Proxy&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost 1.2.3.4:443&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        SSLEngine on&#xD;&#xA;        SSLCipherSuite SSLv2:-LOW:-EXPORT:RC4+RSA&#xD;&#xA;        SSLCertificateFile /path/to/cert.pem&#xD;&#xA;        SSLCertificateKeyFile //path/to/key.pem&#xD;&#xA;        SSLVerifyClient optional&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;        RequestHeader set X-Client-DN %{SSL_CLIENT_S_DN}e&#xD;&#xA;        RequestHeader set X-Client-Verify %{SSL_CLIENT_VERIFY}e&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        SetHandler balancer-manager&#xD;&#xA;        Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;        Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPass / balancer://someapplication:443/&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPassReverse / balancer://someapplication:443/&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyPreserveHost on&#xD;&#xA;    " />
  <row Id="45472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25597" RevisionGUID="75e0a82f-b59c-485b-af66-d80b88617b75" CreationDate="2009-06-14T22:07:50.810" UserId="1375" Text="The `script` program will take a complete log of your shell session.  Dunno if it's equivalent to any PuTTY thing.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45473" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25419" RevisionGUID="e5e9fb11-10d6-40fe-afea-5ae0549e4c2b" CreationDate="2009-06-14T22:13:38.957" UserDisplayName="Creepy_geek" Comment="added 5 characters in body" Text="I wanted to know the major difference between Cisco ASA and Pix logs . If there are any good links that will be great." />
  <row Id="45474" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25598" RevisionGUID="704d3aea-235c-4fa2-b07d-31a7999ea7a3" CreationDate="2009-06-14T22:21:42.577" UserId="9487" Text="I just bought a replacement case fan ([link to Tiger Direct here][1]) and the fan seems to be working great, but unfortunately I was under the impression this fan had speed control.  I have checked my BIOS and I can see &quot;SYS FAN 1 SPEED&quot; although it is read-only.  Is it possible for me (using Vista) to control the speed of a case fan connected to the motherboard?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1104425&amp;CatId=802" />
  <row Id="45475" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25598" RevisionGUID="704d3aea-235c-4fa2-b07d-31a7999ea7a3" CreationDate="2009-06-14T22:21:42.577" UserId="9487" Text="Case Fan Speed - Control via BIOS, Vista, or otherwise?" />
  <row Id="45476" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25598" RevisionGUID="704d3aea-235c-4fa2-b07d-31a7999ea7a3" CreationDate="2009-06-14T22:21:42.577" UserId="9487" Text="&lt;noise&gt;&lt;fans&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="45477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25599" RevisionGUID="fe0c1d8b-84ae-4fcc-8abd-0f961556db65" CreationDate="2009-06-14T22:34:45.017" UserId="8805" Text="Take a look at [Speedfan][1], it'll let you control fan speeds and more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php" />
  <row Id="45478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25600" RevisionGUID="75c12bb9-25d4-4e1e-ae70-1385b07276ec" CreationDate="2009-06-14T22:36:32.953" UserId="6177" Text="It's been a while since I set this up, and I'm at home so I'm going from memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In our case, we have an LTO-3 drive, a full backup fits on two tapes and all the diffs for a week fit on one.  So every week, we have a set of tapes consisting of the two tapes for the full and a third tape for the following 5 diffs.   We keep these sets for 5 weeks, we have one set offsite and 4 onsite.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We set up a media pool for the full backups with the overwrite time set to 5 weeks so that the tapes can't be re-used before that and set it to not be appendable so the next time you use a tape it starts at the beginning.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the diffs, the media pool was set to 1 week, because after that we wouldn't really care about what was on the diffs and if we needed to we could grab a &quot;wrong&quot; diff tape.  In practice, as I said, we always keep the set of tapes for the week together.  But when we first got the LTO-3, the tapes were $50 and we were thinking we'd save money by only having a couple diff tapes and re-using them.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I said &quot;was&quot; for the diff media pool because we actually stopped doing the diffs to tape and we now do a similar disk-disk-tape scheme: full backup to disk and then copy that off to tape, then the diffs are only to disk.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To answer your specific question, when you set up the backups, you tell it which media pool to get a tape from and it'll grab the first one that's usable - that's allowed to be written to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You said LTO-2 and 200GB, so a full should fit on a couple of your tapes, 3 at the very worst.  So you could have 6 tapes for fulls and 2 for diffs in the loader at once, then every week you have to pull out one set of fulls and put in another one.  If your backups fit on 2 tapes, you could have 3 sets of fulls and you only have to swap every 2 weeks." />
  <row Id="45480" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25601" RevisionGUID="f69df077-cc2b-45f6-9e60-db53d5932aa2" CreationDate="2009-06-14T22:42:00.837" UserId="8013" Text="Your question still confuses me.  Why must the printer on A be a local printer?  Why can't you just share the printer on machine B, and connect to that printer from A?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One way to make a network printer &quot;look&quot; like a local printer is to add the printer by choosing the &quot;add local printer&quot; in the wizard.  Choose &quot;create a new port&quot; and type in the UNC path of the network printer." />
  <row Id="45481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25602" RevisionGUID="f28dbf5a-a309-482b-b004-fa65d36fa678" CreationDate="2009-06-14T22:46:15.600" UserId="8996" Text="I don't know what the problem is, but one hint is that 66387968 is 66373042 rounded up to the nearest 32768. Are you sure you get more bytes the larger the file?" />
  <row Id="45482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25603" RevisionGUID="beed0d8e-79f3-4618-9116-5a45e5eb2aa0" CreationDate="2009-06-14T22:46:56.847" UserId="4694" Text="Look at Wiki - **[Fan Control][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_control&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Fan Types:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Common cooling fans will have either two, three, or four pins on the connector.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**Two-pin** fans operate either as an on/off fan, or can be controlled by varying the voltage.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**Three-pin** fans add a tachometer reporting wire so the controlling system can measure the actual speed.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**Four-pin** fans add a fourth wire to control fan speed using PWM (Pulse-width modulation.)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4-pin connector enables fan speed control. 3-pin connector just enable fan speed sensing. The one you've got is unfortunatelly with a 3-Pin connector.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45484" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25603" RevisionGUID="d8659b0b-a264-4615-940b-5ef08e4af691" CreationDate="2009-06-14T22:52:44.480" UserId="4694" Comment="added 136 characters in body" Text="Look at Wiki - **[Fan Control][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Fan Types:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Common cooling fans will have either two, three, or four pins on the connector.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**Two-pin** fans operate either as an on/off fan, or can be controlled by varying the voltage.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**Three-pin** fans add a tachometer reporting wire so the controlling system can measure the actual speed.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**Four-pin** fans add a fourth wire to control fan speed using PWM (Pulse-width modulation.)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4-pin connector enables fan speed control. 3-pin connector just enable fan speed sensing. The one you've got is unfortunatelly with a 3-Pin connector.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need something like this [ZALMAN FAN MATE 2 Fan Controller][2] to control the speed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_control&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.directron.com/mate2.html" />
  <row Id="45485" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25604" RevisionGUID="75aa2430-5505-450d-9b49-b3856841b631" CreationDate="2009-06-14T22:56:01.273" UserId="3329" Text="[Here][1] is how Oracle says you should install the loopback adapter for a 10g instance on XP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/install.102/b14316/reqs.htm#CHDGIFBC" />
  <row Id="45486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25605" RevisionGUID="a61e6534-e299-4a46-841f-bf39f8e44193" CreationDate="2009-06-14T22:58:39.677" UserId="6490" Text="Hello&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'am getting a lot of these message in the event log of a Windows 2003 Std. Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***&#xD;&#xA;Source: crypt32&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Event ID: 8&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Description:&#xD;&#xA;Failed auto update retrieval of third-party root list sequence number from:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootseq.txt&gt; with error:&#xD;&#xA;The specified server cannot perform the requested operat&#xD;&#xA;***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Servers function is to run Cisco Works LMS 3.1. Nothing else is installed. The server has no connection to the internet, could that be the reason for those error messages and if so, how could I updates those thirdparty lists manually?" />
  <row Id="45487" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25605" RevisionGUID="a61e6534-e299-4a46-841f-bf39f8e44193" CreationDate="2009-06-14T22:58:39.677" UserId="6490" Text="Failed auto update retrieval of thrird-party root list..." />
  <row Id="45488" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25605" RevisionGUID="a61e6534-e299-4a46-841f-bf39f8e44193" CreationDate="2009-06-14T22:58:39.677" UserId="6490" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="45489" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="24762" RevisionGUID="71c45d2e-e6f9-49e8-bde6-9afd0631aca0" CreationDate="2009-06-14T23:00:24.743" UserId="301" Comment="edited title" Text="How can I find the path to an executable in OSX" />
  <row Id="45493" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25330" RevisionGUID="e2085c12-9102-4433-8159-726c76c94090" CreationDate="2009-06-14T23:13:25.797" UserId="5473" Comment="added 162 characters in body" Text="Rsync works fine across local drives. However, if it detects local paths it automatically goes into --whole-file mode which does not copy the diffs, but just copies the source file over the destination file. Rsync will still ignore files that haven't changed at all though. When bandwidth between the source and destination is high (like two local disks) this is much faster than reading both files, then copying just the changed bits. " />
  <row Id="45494" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25607" RevisionGUID="afd06545-e9bc-478a-8dd5-9dcc63df85b2" CreationDate="2009-06-14T23:13:36.670" UserId="7709" Text="Are you looking at the Size on Disk, or the Size attribute? Size on Disk can differ greatly, because a partially-used cluster will register as a fully-used cluster in the 'size on disk' field (thus making the file size appear larger, as clusters can only be used to store part of one file).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How are you reading those extra 'junk' characters? Because if you were inspecting the clusters directly (using a HEX editor with the ability to open the disk directly, rather than the file), they could be left over from previous files that occupied the physical disk space..." />
  <row Id="45496" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="18364" RevisionGUID="4dfa91a8-d4e7-4a23-b503-9035ad736918" CreationDate="2009-06-14T23:22:47.570" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags; edited title" Text="Can I use the same wildcard certification for *.domain.com and domain.com" />
  <row Id="45497" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="18364" RevisionGUID="4dfa91a8-d4e7-4a23-b503-9035ad736918" CreationDate="2009-06-14T23:22:47.570" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;openssl&gt;&lt;ssl&gt;&lt;certificate&gt;&lt;wildcard&gt;" />
  <row Id="45498" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25609" RevisionGUID="d851c34e-e885-4191-848a-f86467727775" CreationDate="2009-06-14T23:25:49.157" UserId="301" Text="Unfortunately you cannot do this. The rules for handling wildcards on subdomains are similar to the rules about cookies for subdomains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    www.domain.com       matches    *.domain.com&#xD;&#xA;    secure.domain.com    matches    *.domain.com&#xD;&#xA;    domain.com      does not match  domain.com&#xD;&#xA;    www.domain.com  does not match  domain.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To handle this you will have to obtain two certificates, one for `*.domain.com` and the other for `domain.com`. You will need to use two separate IP address and vhosts two handle these domains separately." />
  <row Id="45499" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25610" RevisionGUID="7f7341ab-c922-4d22-84ca-8fbba247d5e3" CreationDate="2009-06-14T23:28:33.470" UserId="9453" Text="No because they are completely different name space.&#xD;&#xA;redirecting the tld is not an option either because SSL is a transport encryption it has to decode the ssl before apache for example can even see the request host to redirect it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also as a side note: foo.bar.domain.com is also not valid for a wildcard cert (firefox from memory is the only one that will allow that.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45500" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25611" RevisionGUID="6d3e8dcc-b33f-47fa-9806-17573b9c4cb5" CreationDate="2009-06-14T23:29:16.323" UserId="4629" Text="What is the best temp to keep harddrives running in? I have harddrives that keep failing due to the temp being to high." />
  <row Id="45501" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25611" RevisionGUID="6d3e8dcc-b33f-47fa-9806-17573b9c4cb5" CreationDate="2009-06-14T23:29:16.323" UserId="4629" Text="Harddrive Temp" />
  <row Id="45502" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25611" RevisionGUID="6d3e8dcc-b33f-47fa-9806-17573b9c4cb5" CreationDate="2009-06-14T23:29:16.323" UserId="4629" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;temperature&gt;" />
  <row Id="45503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25612" RevisionGUID="a22a72b6-562c-414c-b307-4dafaa4a1053" CreationDate="2009-06-14T23:30:16.370" UserId="2783" Text="KB 317541 (Event ID 8 is logged in the Application log): http://support.microsoft.com/kb/317541 has the answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Cause:** This behavior can occur if the Update Root Certificates component is turned on and the computer cannot connect to the Windows Update server on the Internet. The Update Root Certificates component automatically updates trusted root-certificate authorities from the Microsoft Update server at regular intervals. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Resolution:** To resolve this behavior, you must connect to the Internet or turn off the Update Root Certificates component. To turn off the Update Root Certificates component, follow these steps:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. In Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove Programs.&#xD;&#xA;   2. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.&#xD;&#xA;   3. Click to clear the Update Root Certificates check box, and then continue with the Windows Components Wizard." />
  <row Id="45504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25613" RevisionGUID="7e3afabb-3fca-4099-9495-d5ebaf6ad734" CreationDate="2009-06-14T23:31:46.007" UserId="2783" Text="According to Jeff Atwood... hard drives are typically rated to run up to 55C.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Great post on this topic here: [**Hard Drive Temperatures: Be Afraid**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000748.html" />
  <row Id="45505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25614" RevisionGUID="bd320176-eec4-40a5-98fe-8fa7ea4386de" CreationDate="2009-06-14T23:32:02.623" UserId="9453" Text="On any standard packaged apache will be setup for use via ip address. which basically doesnt have a virtual host" />
  <row Id="45507" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25615" RevisionGUID="ee5b3d3c-f909-4dd5-8fca-b8866729fdc3" CreationDate="2009-06-14T23:38:57.850" UserId="2783" Text="By *far* the easiest way to setup Wordpress (or Drupal, or DotNetNuke) is to use the free Web Platforms Installer (http://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx).  It handles the downloading, prerequisites, and installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the download description:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*The Microsoft Web Platform Installer&#xD;&#xA;2.0 (Web PI) is a free tool that makes it simple to download, install and keep up-to-date with the latest components of the Microsoft Web Platform, including Internet Information Services (IIS), SQL Server Express, .NET Framework and Visual Web Developer. In addition, install popular open source ASP.NET and PHP web apps with the Web PI.*" />
  <row Id="45508" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25616" RevisionGUID="d45b6a30-9261-4aab-9489-af881ea7255f" CreationDate="2009-06-14T23:39:15.197" UserId="9453" Text="Im trying to debug why an app server of ours all of its apache children lockup and stop serving requests. These are mod_perl app servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that to find out what the current requests are you need to make a http request to find out the server-status (using mod_status).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45509" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25616" RevisionGUID="d45b6a30-9261-4aab-9489-af881ea7255f" CreationDate="2009-06-14T23:39:15.197" UserId="9453" Text="finding out server-status from apache2 when at MaxClients" />
  <row Id="45510" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25616" RevisionGUID="d45b6a30-9261-4aab-9489-af881ea7255f" CreationDate="2009-06-14T23:39:15.197" UserId="9453" Text="&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;mod-perl&gt;" />
  <row Id="45511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25617" RevisionGUID="81bfe031-0352-41e2-8cd5-824c415be49f" CreationDate="2009-06-14T23:43:40.540" UserId="4891" Text="1.  Take a class in small business management.  Most small business fail because the owner knows the business but not business.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.  Get a good accountant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3.  Business plan.  Know how much you need to bill to pay all expenses plus salary (accountant can help).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4.  Have enough money saved for 6 mths living expenses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5.  Have at least one client that will be a long term client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6.  Go for it!" />
  <row Id="45512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25618" RevisionGUID="699345e5-d760-4d81-87ab-125794acfd3d" CreationDate="2009-06-14T23:56:58.243" UserId="4891" Text="Backup Exec can be configured to use different slots for the full and incremental backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The biggest weakness I see in you plan is two backup sets of tapes.  Three sets are considered an absolute minimum.  I generally use at least five sets. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may also consider a monthly full backup that you keep for a year." />
  <row Id="45513" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25619" RevisionGUID="9e703d21-d368-41a2-91bb-96b6a017ff6a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T00:03:51.407" UserId="2489" Text="According to the [Google examination of over 100,000 drives][1], low and moderate temperature doesn't influence the life expectancy of disk drives.  Certainly if you keep the internal temp below 45C, there's virtually no effect, and only the slightest of effect for above 45C.  That doesn't mean go above the rated amount, however.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://labs.google.com/papers/disk_failures.pdf" />
  <row Id="45514" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25620" RevisionGUID="f9ec88c5-d912-47e3-9f43-ab60dcaaf10b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T00:08:27.353" UserId="5898" Text="&gt; But assuming you have more than enough ram, I think page file should be disabled on SSD to extend the life time. I know you would lose the core dump on crash, but not many people need that information&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This sounds rather like premature optimisation. You haven't discussed which SSDs you plan on using, and without actually looking at your server workload and your planned SSD datasheet, you cannot have any idea about what effect a page file will have on the lifespan of your SSD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also a large volume of misinformation, both on the greater internet and here on sf, about SSDs suffering from poor lifespans. Early model SSDs may well have had issues, and USB flash drives definitely start to degrade, but enterprise-class SSDs have much better wear leveling algorithms and some make use of spare flash to improve performance and wear.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Intel X25-E drives][1], for example, claim a write duration of 1 Petabyte of random writes for the 32 GB drive. If you're saturating the write interface (200MB/sec) nonstop, with overwrite, my estimate is that will last you about 58 days. But that's writing something like 17 TB of data per day to that drive.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Typical server workload on the OS drive is going to be far, far less, even if you have a pagefile. Call it 50 GB per day. If the 1 PB figure is accurate (and I know it may be considered an average figure, more discussion later), that's still somewhere north of 50 years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Those figures seem preposterously high, of course, so let's look at [actual figures cited by Intel for expected longevity of drives][2]. Intel were happy to qualify the MLC (non-enterprise) drives to write 100 GB of data, every day, for 5 years. Standard understanding of SLC vs MLC flash says that SLC flash lasts about 10x longer than MLC (the above link shows this on a graph as well).   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The truth will be borne out by time, of course - we'll either start seeing drives fail early or we won't. But the numbers behind the drives add up to drive longevity not being a problem with decent quality SSDs **at all**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're using an MLC SSD, then you're perhaps right to be worried. But bear in mind that if Intel is happy to rate the drive at 100GB/day for 5 years, that's still fundamentally the same as 50GB/day for 10 years. And, back to my original point, you still need to know what kind of actual workload you're going to do on the drive. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I'd strongly say not to use an MLC SSD in a production server environment. If a decent SLC SSD is too expensive, stick to spinning disks for now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(As an aside, if you do the numbers on, say 100GB per day for 50 years, which is the &quot;SLC lasts 10x longer than MLC&quot; rating, it looks like Intel is saying their 32 GB drive actually has a total write lifetime of closer to 2 PB of data, not the 1 PB cited on the product spec. Even if I only trust the smaller of those two values to be happy that my X25-E drives should last well north of 10 years) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.intel.com/design/flash/nand/extreme/index.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3403&amp;p=4" />
  <row Id="45515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25621" RevisionGUID="d185552d-f00c-4ee2-9a8e-99c784dab282" CreationDate="2009-06-15T00:11:26.557" UserId="2224" Text="Small business is death for anyone who wants to make a living doing IT. People will literally pay more for the guy laying down carpeting than the person doing stuff with their computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, the types of problems that most small businesses have are pretty braindead things to deal with. Networking (aka &quot;talking to people&quot;) is essential. Stay away from the rinky-dink places and focus on potential clients that have actual money to spend. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck." />
  <row Id="45516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25622" RevisionGUID="e2e5839d-d30d-4be9-a0bf-a98b30ed552b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T00:24:35.410" UserId="2224" Text="Your clients are probably in possession of non-trivial data that they would like to retain. Outbound SSH is a really bad thing to have open for an entire network. It's pretty trivial to bypass proxys, leak sensitive data, and be generally obnoxious.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IMO, anything passing through the network/internet perimeter should be understood and controllable. If a group of devs need access to servers at a hosting provider via ssh, that's fine -- but it also needs to be documented. In general at the places that I have worked, we establish dedicated site-to-site VPN connections to locations outside of our network, (essentially extending our internal network) and avoid client protocols like SSH over the internet." />
  <row Id="45517" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25623" RevisionGUID="a0686083-4cc4-4db8-ac77-8c826ee45442" CreationDate="2009-06-15T00:25:45.770" UserId="4810" Text="you can get pretty creative using PDFCreator  (from sourceforge,pdfforge.org)&#xD;&#xA;Its output can be scripted in many ways, so perhaps you have it deposit the file it creates in a shared directory on machine B, which the user then grabs and prints.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Further, you could monitor the folder on machine b with software like Logmon (http://www.freeware-guide.com/month/072002.html) and have it set to auto-print whatever gets deposited there, making the process seamless:  the user prints from machine a and it magically appears on machine b's printer.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;The users on machine a would somehow have to be trained to choose the proper &quot;machine b&quot; during the PDFCreator save process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This isn't fleshed out, but I think you can get what you're after using this approach.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45518" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25619" RevisionGUID="19ad38dc-e59a-4729-b872-bf7a96c197f2" CreationDate="2009-06-15T00:26:39.810" UserId="2489" Comment="deleted 2 characters in body" Text="According to the [Google examination of over 100,000 drives][1], low and moderate temperature doesn't influence the life expectancy of disk drives.  Certainly if you keep the internal temp below 45C, there's virtually no effect, and only the slightest of effect for above 45C.  That doesn't mean go above the rated temp, however.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://labs.google.com/papers/disk_failures.pdf" />
  <row Id="45519" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25624" RevisionGUID="ff02ada8-be4d-4710-97dd-e45d4dd24be0" CreationDate="2009-06-15T00:30:37.450" UserId="9071" Text="I agree that you need more then 2 backup sets.  I consider 4 to be a reasonable number (so you have approximately a months worth of tapes to go back to if something goes haywire).  When you set up backups in Backup Exec you have the choice of either appending the data or overwriting the data.  You also have a choice of what to do if you said append but the tape is full.  In addition you can control the overwrite protection settings on your media pool so you can prevent a tape that was just used from being accidently overwritten.  One tip, I tend to find that the tapes don't always get changed when they are supposed to (because someone is out sick, or on vacation or there is a holiday), so if possible I try to have two sets of tapes in the drive.  The ones for this week, and the ones for NEXT week.  So that you have a full week to pull out the current backups before things get messed up.  Also, you should take a look at whether 6 nights of differentials will fit on one tape.  If they don't, but 6 nights of incrementals would you might want to consider incrementals.  It increases the time it takes to do a full restore (especially towards the end of the week), but it could be worth it if it reduces the number of tapes required." />
  <row Id="45520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25625" RevisionGUID="daaf893c-c9cd-4161-9a2d-f4dd5758bbc7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T00:40:18.457" UserId="7723" Text="I have a Poweredge 2650 with RAC 3.37 installed.  Recently acquired the server and I have found some difficulty in setting up the RAC.  On booting normally you can setup the IP, Gateway, Netmask and DNS in a regular boot up &quot;Press Control + D to setup Remote Access&quot; screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is no where on this menu that allows you to set a RAC password!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So i set the system/setp passwords in the F2 setup bios page.&#xD;&#xA;no luck here either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Throughout the trial I can ALWAYS get to the RAC login page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;root&quot;/&quot;calvin&quot;&amp;systempassword do nothing for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any thoughts guys/gals(i have to assume there atleast a few female geeks out there...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bios Rev of 2650 is A21." />
  <row Id="45521" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25625" RevisionGUID="daaf893c-c9cd-4161-9a2d-f4dd5758bbc7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T00:40:18.457" UserId="7723" Text="Poweredge 2650 RAC Card setup" />
  <row Id="45522" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25625" RevisionGUID="daaf893c-c9cd-4161-9a2d-f4dd5758bbc7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T00:40:18.457" UserId="7723" Text="&lt;dell&gt;&lt;poweredge&gt;&lt;password-recovery&gt;&lt;remote-access&gt;" />
  <row Id="45523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25626" RevisionGUID="351517ea-4de1-48d7-bb0b-abed6794079c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T00:45:18.263" UserId="7723" Text="I have a question for your question, Is this because of any specific issue?  or because you dont want to share printers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can make a cups print server directly attached to the printer and share it out, or use windows printer sharing if its not an issue like this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm quite curious the circumstances that force you to not want to directly connect pc1 to printer..." />
  <row Id="45524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25627" RevisionGUID="3e0a91a0-13cc-414d-95f3-00264fe2b84c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T00:46:33.037" UserId="6085" Text="Hey guys,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm still new to IIS, what I want to do is create multiple Virtual Directories for each version of our software by version number, so that we can do regression testing on each of the configurations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So what I want to do is this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;app_1.2.3.4 as a virtual directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then have a Virtual directory &quot;app&quot; which redirects to a value I set, such as app_1.0.0.0 for instance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this possible from IIS, or do I need some magic asp.net or javascript to do the same thing?" />
  <row Id="45525" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25627" RevisionGUID="3e0a91a0-13cc-414d-95f3-00264fe2b84c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T00:46:33.037" UserId="6085" Text="How do I create a virtual directory to redirect to another virtual directory in IIS" />
  <row Id="45526" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25627" RevisionGUID="3e0a91a0-13cc-414d-95f3-00264fe2b84c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T00:46:33.037" UserId="6085" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;virtualdirectories&gt;&lt;redirect&gt;" />
  <row Id="45527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25628" RevisionGUID="66130ccd-87c7-4dea-8581-2a6bd1daeac8" CreationDate="2009-06-15T00:52:37.883" UserId="9249" Text="Yes, completely possible.  Right click on the &quot;app&quot; VD and set it to be a (non-permanent) redirect to the current version." />
  <row Id="45528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25629" RevisionGUID="46206760-4438-4fc3-9573-138475964230" CreationDate="2009-06-15T01:15:11.147" UserId="3273" Text="SQLserver2008 is in a PC, &#xD;&#xA;　When it is 2008 by the software that it uses now, an error seems to be given, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;　An ODBC error &#xD;&#xA;　State: 37000,Native: 155,Origin: [Microsoft][Sql Natize Client][SQL Server] &#xD;&#xA;　'TRUNCATE_ONLY' is not recognized as a BACKUP option. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;error message appears. &#xD;&#xA;　Because this error message appears when I save it commonly and am finished, &#xD;&#xA;I am troubled. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How to downgrade it?&#xD;&#xA;Please help me" />
  <row Id="45529" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25629" RevisionGUID="46206760-4438-4fc3-9573-138475964230" CreationDate="2009-06-15T01:15:11.147" UserId="3273" Text="About is downgraded or replacing SQL Server 200" />
  <row Id="45530" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25629" RevisionGUID="46206760-4438-4fc3-9573-138475964230" CreationDate="2009-06-15T01:15:11.147" UserId="3273" Text="&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="45531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25630" RevisionGUID="89014b02-430b-4cbe-9194-a028ad5ca228" CreationDate="2009-06-15T01:19:01.110" UserId="854" Text="Due to developers needing access to separate hardware we need to install KVM switches so this hardware can be shared between a keyboard, monitor and mouse.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are only a few requirements:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - DVI (but VGA is okay)&#xD;&#xA; - USB mouse&#xD;&#xA; - USB keyboard&#xD;&#xA; - Supports connections for two computers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We don't need to be able to share more than two computers but supporting more isn't a deal breaker. Having a low profile and/or being mountable is a bonus. Will consider all price ranges.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45532" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25630" RevisionGUID="89014b02-430b-4cbe-9194-a028ad5ca228" CreationDate="2009-06-15T01:19:01.110" UserId="854" Text="Recommendations for a two port KVM switch." />
  <row Id="45533" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25630" RevisionGUID="89014b02-430b-4cbe-9194-a028ad5ca228" CreationDate="2009-06-15T01:19:01.110" UserId="854" Text="&lt;kvm&gt;" />
  <row Id="45534" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25631" RevisionGUID="64b04d2c-420c-4d88-90a2-93fa024e61e0" CreationDate="2009-06-15T01:21:53.883" UserId="4733" Text="I cant recommend a specific brand, but if you can get one that doesnt require drivers to work its more convenient.  " />
  <row Id="45535" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25632" RevisionGUID="746a01de-cb2d-4679-8c45-a937ce711b70" CreationDate="2009-06-15T01:29:03.830" UserId="6085" Text="Can you set up a website to make a default redirect to a virtual directory?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried to do this but it overrode every single website in my setup to that redirect. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to be able to open http://mywebsite/ and have that redirect somewhere." />
  <row Id="45536" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25632" RevisionGUID="746a01de-cb2d-4679-8c45-a937ce711b70" CreationDate="2009-06-15T01:29:03.830" UserId="6085" Text="Is it possible to set the default web site to redirect to a virtual directory in IIS" />
  <row Id="45537" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25632" RevisionGUID="746a01de-cb2d-4679-8c45-a937ce711b70" CreationDate="2009-06-15T01:29:03.830" UserId="6085" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;redirect&gt;&lt;defaults&gt;" />
  <row Id="45538" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25633" RevisionGUID="7d04daa2-4098-4ccc-86c0-bfc4f223b144" CreationDate="2009-06-15T01:32:56.380" UserId="6199" Text="Because SSH can be used as a VPN. It's encrypted so network admins have literally no idea what's leaving their network (dump of the customer database, etc.). I just covered this stuff in my monthly column [&quot;Secret Tunnels&quot;][1]. The cost of some 3G internet is a heck of a lot less than having to worry about encrypted protocols channeling your data out of the network. Plus if you default block outgoing port 22 and traffic inspect you can easily find SSH on non-standard ports and thus find people violating security policy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/104/064-065_kurt.pdf" />
  <row Id="45539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25634" RevisionGUID="015d25b4-f9ea-4f13-befd-1b973fb89029" CreationDate="2009-06-15T01:33:00.593" UserId="4810" Text="The error is not a serious one.  It's from your transaction log backup routine.  (probably a SQL Agent job).  You're trying to run &quot;backup log [databasename] with truncate only&quot; or something like that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's the old way of doing it.  You can turn that script off, and set the database to &quot;Simple&quot; recovery mode, so your transaction logs don't grow out of hand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or set up a real transaction log backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But either way, stop trying to truncate the transaction log and you'll be fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45540" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25635" RevisionGUID="7fa83a7d-42f7-4448-8a24-bdf173e5f9f7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T01:36:33.770" UserId="4694" Text="We use a few **[ATEN KVM Switches][1]**, I can't complain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.aten.com/products/product_alternative.php" />
  <row Id="45541" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25636" RevisionGUID="0495a3d0-4838-4833-b2c3-83d0c2789ed1" CreationDate="2009-06-15T01:44:55.533" UserId="5724" Text="For IIS 6, [set the content source to &quot;Another directory&quot;.][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IIS 7 introduces [URL rewriting][2] which lets you easily build a rule to do this redirect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/6b855a7a-0884-4508-ba95-079f38c77017.mspx?mfr=true&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2008/05/31/urlrewrite-module-for-iis7.aspx" />
  <row Id="45542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25637" RevisionGUID="075f9734-ab97-4b93-baad-959e7983244d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T01:45:16.580" UserId="8282" Text="Have you tried editing/creating the Default.html in your wwwroot folder?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The following Javascript will redirect to where you want:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;!--&#xD;&#xA;        window.location = &quot;http://mywebsite/virtualfolder&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    //--&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/script&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45543" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25609" RevisionGUID="13647a16-1f92-4f47-bc0a-2dc59f6c6a52" CreationDate="2009-06-15T01:45:56.360" UserId="301" Comment="edited body" Text="Unfortunately you cannot do this. The rules for handling wildcards on subdomains are similar to the rules about cookies for subdomains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    www.domain.com       matches    *.domain.com&#xD;&#xA;    secure.domain.com    matches    *.domain.com&#xD;&#xA;    *.domain.com    does not match  domain.com&#xD;&#xA;    www.domain.com  does not match  domain.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To handle this you will have to obtain two certificates, one for `*.domain.com` and the other for `domain.com`. You will need to use two separate IP address and vhosts two handle these domains separately." />
  <row Id="45544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25638" RevisionGUID="07443682-3348-4dad-a287-46ffc2f4add6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T01:50:47.273" UserId="9495" Text="Mean time between failures may be difficult to interpret, but there is a wealth of statistical method that you can use if you have some hard data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Trouble is, nobody reports their MTBF numbers anymore. (Other than hard drive manufacturers, anyway.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where do _you_ go to find MTBF data for components and servers?" />
  <row Id="45545" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25638" RevisionGUID="07443682-3348-4dad-a287-46ffc2f4add6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T01:50:47.273" UserId="9495" Text="Where do you find your MTBF data?" />
  <row Id="45546" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25638" RevisionGUID="07443682-3348-4dad-a287-46ffc2f4add6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T01:50:47.273" UserId="9495" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;failure&gt;" />
  <row Id="45547" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25639" RevisionGUID="07c6dbc9-5618-4d5d-bac1-8bdd08ac0801" CreationDate="2009-06-15T01:55:59.620" UserId="8282" Text="I think I have this right, but let me know:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Machine A can not have any networked printers mapped to it.  However, you will use a local &quot;software&quot; printer that will send the request to Machine B, which will choose a printer and then print.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the &quot;software&quot; printer on Machine A is still contacting Machine B via the network and sending the print document - why is a networked-mapped printer not allowed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use Machine B as a printer server and map the appropriate printer to Machine A many different ways - GPO w/the new CSEs, startup script, logon script, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However if Machine B needs to determine an appropriate printer AT PRINT TIME, then why not setup a printer (which on a printer server is a virtual device) that is mapped to many physical printers.  You can set priority levels based on user groups or other criteria to determine which printer is printed to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25640" RevisionGUID="600cff19-66c7-4f94-ab59-c093de9d1fd4" CreationDate="2009-06-15T02:00:06.477" UserId="5724" Text="Not what you're lookng for exactly, but you could restart Apache, script fetching the status every (N seconds/minutes) until it crashes, and then look at the most recent?" />
  <row Id="45549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25641" RevisionGUID="e3d04e3e-7a8f-4716-bcb6-94cc2778f093" CreationDate="2009-06-15T02:13:44.287" UserId="4733" Text="Why not have ALL mail forwarded to undelivered@company.com, since there arent really that many.  Then use Rules to weed out or categorize the undesirables. This is more of a workaround, but may be useful. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25642" RevisionGUID="dca2046d-59a0-43dd-bba2-27a41bddf5f7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T02:22:55.050" UserId="4733" Text="I have used speedfan and am pretty happy with it, especially its logging features.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you dont want to run speedfan, this article claims that you can control the speed of any fan inside your box with a simple and free hack:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/496&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45551" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25609" RevisionGUID="f4a1cae5-9cbd-4400-91d6-5a7f1e2f0aa2" CreationDate="2009-06-15T02:24:33.317" UserId="301" Comment="Third times a charm" Text="Unfortunately you cannot do this. The rules for handling wildcards on subdomains are similar to the rules about cookies for subdomains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    www.domain.com       matches    *.domain.com&#xD;&#xA;    secure.domain.com    matches    *.domain.com&#xD;&#xA;    domain.com      does not match  *.domain.com&#xD;&#xA;    www.domain.com  does not match  domain.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To handle this you will have to obtain two certificates, one for `*.domain.com` and the other for `domain.com`. You will need to use two separate IP address and vhosts two handle these domains separately." />
  <row Id="45552" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25643" RevisionGUID="e1b5f249-6041-4fe6-9f57-f8bea0282a01" CreationDate="2009-06-14T19:14:49.990" Text="&lt;p&gt;I have a need to find out how to log all internet traffic of all users on a network that uses a Windows Server 2008 machine to provide internet access to the entire network. I know since this server provides internet access to all machines on the network that all internet traffic is funneled through this machine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What programs are available for logging all internet traffic of all network users? Also, is there a feature built into Windows Server 2008 that allows this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45553" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25643" RevisionGUID="e1b5f249-6041-4fe6-9f57-f8bea0282a01" CreationDate="2009-06-14T19:14:49.990" Text="How to log all Internet Traffic that goes through a server running Windows 2008?" />
  <row Id="45554" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25643" RevisionGUID="e1b5f249-6041-4fe6-9f57-f8bea0282a01" CreationDate="2009-06-14T19:14:49.990" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;logging&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="45555" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25644" RevisionGUID="403f6ae9-663b-4d0b-9476-8e172d876173" CreationDate="2009-06-14T19:25:01.913" UserId="1908" Text="&lt;p&gt;I'm not aware of such a feature built into Server 2008.  There is a product called Internet Access Monitor that appears to do what you want:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.redline-software.com/eng/products/iam/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.redline-software.com/eng/products/iam/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is a commercial product however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45556" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25645" RevisionGUID="9206b7d2-2b69-4713-a8a0-c70695219aa4" CreationDate="2009-06-15T02:18:14.060" UserId="9472" Text="&lt;p&gt;Windows has an &quot;Network Monitor&quot; Windows component utility which can capture all network traffic. There are also tcpdump equivalents like WinDump.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45557" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25646" RevisionGUID="6509f263-792d-47de-99da-69fa8740ccd3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T02:31:35.287" UserId="4733" Text="I think you could probably do this with Squid.  I am running it as a web filter and cache on a Windows machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its open source and very configurable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.squid-cache.org/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45558" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25646" RevisionGUID="6509f263-792d-47de-99da-69fa8740ccd3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T02:31:35.287" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45562" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25648" RevisionGUID="19d74eaf-408d-4954-bcd6-00f82af0dab6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T02:39:17.473" UserId="3528" Text="[netmon 3.3][1] is probably your best bet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;FamilyID=983b941d-06cb-4658-b7f6-3088333d062f" />
  <row Id="45563" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25648" RevisionGUID="19d74eaf-408d-4954-bcd6-00f82af0dab6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T02:39:17.473" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25649" RevisionGUID="73da7f02-7466-4081-9727-c49638e5793e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T02:40:17.360" UserId="1171" Text="User: adfind -sc u:%username% dn&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Computer: adfind -sc c:%computername% dn&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Adfind available at [http://www.joeware.net/freetools/tools/adfind/index.htm][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.joeware.net/freetools/tools/adfind/index.htm" />
  <row Id="45565" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25646" RevisionGUID="75f621e1-d39b-4155-89ca-999d6844fc11" CreationDate="2009-06-15T02:44:17.510" UserId="4733" Comment="added 129 characters in body" Text="I think you could probably do this with Squid.  I am running it as a web filter and cache on a Windows machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its open source and very configurable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.squid-cache.org/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT - not sure why i am down-voted here.  Running Squid as a proxy and pointing all other machines it would accomplish this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45566" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25650" RevisionGUID="e01cbdd2-e944-421b-967b-4fea4fd3bebe" CreationDate="2009-06-15T02:48:11.213" UserId="1992" Text="To add to what Bob says above, here's a long article I wrote on my blog about managing the size of your transaction log correctly: [Importance of proper transaction log size management][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/Importance-of-proper-transaction-log-size-management.aspx" />
  <row Id="45568" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25588" RevisionGUID="851e6b6b-d135-435f-a6c1-e20f24b21ca6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T03:01:42.140" UserId="9485" Comment="edited body; added 4 characters in body" Text="This is a very old FastCGI issue but I have never found a satisfactory answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Searching the phrase ***&quot;(13) permission denied fastcgi can't create server&quot;*** on Google will show that there's a lot of people experiencing this issue for a long while.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some people blame it on selinux and suggest turning it off (not acceptable solution). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other people think that it's a strange symlink permissions problem and suggest turning the Apache logs directory from symlink to a plain directory. (not acceptable, since it involves moving the logs files) See [Installing FastCGI][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Below is the dreaded error as typically logged by Apache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 14 22:09:34 2009] [notice] Apache/2.0.40&gt; (Red Hat Linux) configured &#xD;&#xA;    -- resuming normal operations&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 14 22:09:35 2009] [crit] (13)Permission&#xD;&#xA;    denied: FastCGI: can't create server &quot;/var/rt3/bin/mason_handler.fcgi&quot;: bind()&#xD;&#xA;    failed [/etc/httpd/logs/fastcgi/70d9a528c5892f2bf0c25e5a334bed81]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hoping **stackoverflow** can finally provide a definitive answer to this perplexing and annoying problem which has plague FastCGI users for years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I feel uneasy implementing the suggested &quot;cures&quot; when no one really knows the underlying cause of this illness. Hope to get to the bottom of this mystery.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sympa.org/faq/fastcgi" />
  <row Id="45569" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25651" RevisionGUID="90a52607-7a55-4307-b00a-314d0bca8a1d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T03:02:44.133" UserId="9489" Text="I did some testing a few months ago:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had a small test program that created 50 threads, where every thread inserted 1000 (or if it was 10000) rows into the same table.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   * With the database on EXT3 and a 4 disk RAID5 it took 50 seconds.&#xD;&#xA;   * With the table on ramdisk (using tablespace) it still took 50 seconds. The reason it wasn't faster is that everything is logged in the pg_xlog directory that where still on the same RAID 5.&#xD;&#xA;   * I moved the pg_xlog to a 4 disk RAID0 (stripe) and the same program run in 40 seconds.&#xD;&#xA;   * For testing purposes I moved the pg_xlog to the ramdisk and had everything else on the EXT3 4 disk RAID. The program was finished after less than 5 seconds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But having the pg___xlog on a software ramdisk is not an option: If you lose the contents of the pg_xlog directory postgres will not start. (But there exists hardware ramdisks with battery backup that might be of interest.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IMHO: Use the filesytem you are most comfortable with for the database files. Move the pg_xlog (with a symlink, see documentation) to the fastest possible device you have. " />
  <row Id="45570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25652" RevisionGUID="c0fe5c95-31c7-443b-bfae-f0fce85c78dc" CreationDate="2009-06-15T03:03:27.160" UserId="3053" Text="I use and am happy with [IOGear MiniView Micro DVI-D KVM with Audio and cables (GCS932U)][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.iogear.com/product/GCS932U/" />
  <row Id="45571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25653" RevisionGUID="39943365-37ef-4c18-a091-c7649fe74772" CreationDate="2009-06-15T03:06:42.067" UserId="8614" Text="What is better for performance? A partition closer to the inside of the disk will have slower access times, and we must wait for the drive to switch between the OS and swap partitions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, a swap partition bypasses all of the filesystem allowing writes to the disk directly, which can be faster than a file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the performance trade off?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How much does having a fixed size swapfile make a difference?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it a case that it will be longer to change to the swap partition, but performance will be better while it is on the swap partition that if it had been a swap file?" />
  <row Id="45572" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25653" RevisionGUID="39943365-37ef-4c18-a091-c7649fe74772" CreationDate="2009-06-15T03:06:42.067" UserId="8614" Text="swap partition vs file for performance?" />
  <row Id="45573" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25653" RevisionGUID="39943365-37ef-4c18-a091-c7649fe74772" CreationDate="2009-06-15T03:06:42.067" UserId="8614" Text="&lt;swap&gt;&lt;pagefile&gt;&lt;virtual-memory&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="45574" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25654" RevisionGUID="562fab9a-1abd-415a-9fb1-37805e9ab1b3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T03:12:15.643" UserId="9453" Text="I've since found out that one possible route is to stop incoming traffic to this website (iptables rule on the local box would be easy enough) then get a pid list of the apache children and send a HUP to a couple of the children, then do a localhost server-status (as you now have a few freed up children to serve requests).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25655" RevisionGUID="e2bad91a-3482-4538-834e-e4b53c0afc47" CreationDate="2009-06-15T03:13:02.490" UserId="3528" Text="The reason that you are having issues is because you need to put quotes around any filename  or path with spaces.  Use the at command to get the file to backup on a scheduled basis.  See [Command-line reference][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in this case if you want the backup to occur at 11pm every day the line would be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    at 11:00PM /every: M,T,W,Th,F,S,Su cmd/c copy &quot;C:\Program Files\ApplcationName\filename.mdb&quot; d:\backups&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc785423(WS.10).aspx&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25656" RevisionGUID="b14da2bf-b5f8-4623-99ee-3ac8c2bfccab" CreationDate="2009-06-15T03:14:37.777" UserId="6767" Text="I'd start here, with the Dell manuals: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/smdrac3/RAC/en/is/index.htm" />
  <row Id="45577" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25657" RevisionGUID="93291a3a-c599-4a47-8b48-3a6a57d8cd4e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T03:16:17.913" UserId="8282" Text="I'm pretty sure that you can't specify a snapshot to open in VMPlayer.  Here is a way that might work for what you are doing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Create a &quot;baseline&quot; VM.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Every place you want a &quot;snapshot&quot;, create a linked clone.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Have the users open the specific &quot;linked clone vm&quot; that is appropriate to the current training in your workshop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will take up a little more disk space, but since all the clones are using only the differences in the file form the baseline, it should be similar in size to snapshots." />
  <row Id="45578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25658" RevisionGUID="3764c894-0b26-4c04-a7cc-7ade848a13af" CreationDate="2009-06-15T03:21:00.180" UserId="4392" Text="I think at the stage we're at now, unless you're running a laptop with a configuration that writes the data to the swap when it suspends/sleeps, swap should really be considered &quot;last resort&quot;. Your best bet is to put enough RAM in a box so that it never pages to disk. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, a partition is probably the better way, performance wise, though a file is more flexible. Just make sure that it's on a 7200+ RPM spindle. " />
  <row Id="45579" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25659" RevisionGUID="0e8ee867-96a9-46a0-b8f7-c51456d66bc5" CreationDate="2009-06-15T03:26:18.157" UserId="8282" Text="I like Microsoft's Script-o-matic for finding/scripting WMI counters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Get it here: [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=09dfc342-648b-4119-b7eb-783b0f7d1178&amp;displaylang=en][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=09dfc342-648b-4119-b7eb-783b0f7d1178&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="45580" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25660" RevisionGUID="2245c97b-a86c-4b2a-ae5d-c0990d932540" CreationDate="2009-06-15T03:27:44.973" UserId="3867" Text="This is an interesting question and have been reading a lot about the same. &#xD;&#xA;Generally a swap partition is better than a file due to the underlying filesystem.&#xD;&#xA;But if you are always in need to increase the size of your swap then file is a better option.&#xD;&#xA;Untill kernel 2.4 it was considered that a swap partition is faster than a file, but now with the improvements of kernel 2.6 , the performances are almost the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Something I found on internet as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.go2linux.org/swap-file-vs-swap-partition&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.sunmanagers.org/pipermail/summaries/2005-November/006913.html" />
  <row Id="45581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25661" RevisionGUID="4c1496ad-80ca-4d5d-8b20-815c1b355f13" CreationDate="2009-06-15T03:28:14.347" UserId="3150" Text="I run up 'netsh' on my Windows XP box, and type&#xD;&#xA;&gt;help&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the options is wins (to change to the 'netsh wins' context).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the netsh context I can type &quot;wins&quot; and I get into the wins context just fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Problem is, from another machine on the same domain, I can list netsh options, but wins is missing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why would this be?" />
  <row Id="45582" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25661" RevisionGUID="4c1496ad-80ca-4d5d-8b20-815c1b355f13" CreationDate="2009-06-15T03:28:14.347" UserId="3150" Text="WINS tool missing from netsh" />
  <row Id="45583" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25661" RevisionGUID="4c1496ad-80ca-4d5d-8b20-815c1b355f13" CreationDate="2009-06-15T03:28:14.347" UserId="3150" Text="&lt;netsh&gt;&lt;wins&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="45584" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25662" RevisionGUID="5a89fd2e-7e6f-429c-83e7-90d5367a03c8" CreationDate="2009-06-15T03:33:30.157" UserId="6767" Text="I don't know how Backup Exec works, but I can answer in general.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The tools I have used can all limit their backup sets to the minimum required number of tapes.  What I mean is that if you load 8 blank tapes into your robot, but you only write to the first three, then only those three tapes are part of the backup set.  The remaining five are not, and can therefore be used for something else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, these tools can be configured to append to an existing tape if there is space available.  So if your daily is 5GB, and your system is configured so, it will append the next day's incremental to the first tape.  If your incrementals are really so small, you will end up using two tapes and just rotating between them.  Of course, this means you get to worry about media lifetimes as well -- tapes wear out just like everything else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second: you have to be careful about the difference between a &quot;differential&quot; and an &quot;incremental&quot; backup.  A &quot;differential&quot; backup is all the differences between &quot;now&quot; and a reference point, usually the last full backup.  So if your delta is about 5GB a day, then the first day it will be 5GB, the second potentially 10GB, etc, etc.  An &quot;incremental&quot; backup is the differences between &quot;now&quot; and the last backup run, which could be an incremental itself.  So your first delta will be 5GB, the second 5GB, etc, etc.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The advantage to the former is that restores are potentially much faster -- you roll your full backup, then the differential taken immediately after your restore point.  The downside is that you potentially require much more media depending on your deltas.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The advantage to the latter is that you require less media, and backups potentially run faster since you are backing up less data.  The downside is that to restore to a point in time you have to restore your full, then each incremental, in order.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding your rotations -- if all you need is two weeks on site, then your pattern is probably OK.  However we always use a fuller rotation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - First Friday of the month: the monthly backup.  Sent offsite for one (or two) years (depending on the customer).&#xD;&#xA; - Second through Fourth (or fifth) Friday: Week A through C (or D).  These are sent offsite and come back a month later.&#xD;&#xA; - Sunday through Thursday: incremental or differential backup, depending on the customer requirements and capabilities.  These live for two weeks and stay onsite.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some customers also want occasional special backups which go offsite forever or until recalled.  Usually I roll two copies of these since media can degrade.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, one note of wisdom: it isn't a backup until you test it.  Make time in your cycle to regularly test the restore of various parts of your backups on a regular basis.  Not only will this validate your backups, but it will mean you know what to do when a restore comes along for real.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you read nothing else, read &quot;Backups Suck&quot; by M.Janke here: http://standalone-sysadmin.blogspot.com/2009/02/backups-suck.html" />
  <row Id="45585" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25663" RevisionGUID="935515f5-50ae-4735-9a32-870e764bdabd" CreationDate="2009-06-15T03:38:28.367" UserId="5989" Text="There are two primary reasons to block outbound port 22, in my opinion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, as people have mentioned, SSH port forwarding can be used as a proxy or bypass around other ports and services to avoid IT policy stating such traffic isn't allowed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second, a lot of malware/botnets will use port 22 because it is often seen as &quot;secure&quot; and therefore allowed. They can then launch processes out that port, and infected computers might also launch SSH brute force attacks. " />
  <row Id="45586" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25664" RevisionGUID="0eab1148-4e82-4808-9ae4-4d7244741a38" CreationDate="2009-06-15T03:44:54.283" UserId="301" Text="`mod_fcgi` communicates with fastCGI children via a [named pipe][1]. Apache creates the pipe before  spawning the children. I would guess that apache does not have permission to create&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /var/rt3/bin/mason_handler.fcgi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To check this try&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    su - apache &quot;touch /var/rt3/bin/mason_handler.fcgi&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that failes, adjust the filesystem permissions appropriately to give apache permission to create a file in that directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Named_pipe" />
  <row Id="45587" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25665" RevisionGUID="e5a5bc3a-9e16-4bf4-959d-07a5e66f2cd3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T03:46:23.220" UserId="2526" Text="If you want to capture *all* (there may be some things it misses but i am not aware of any) traffic you can always use [WireShark][1]. However keep in mind this will be a **VERY** detailed trace unless you know what paticular filters you are after (eg. just http traffic?) in which case there may be more specific applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wireshark.org/" />
  <row Id="45588" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25665" RevisionGUID="e5a5bc3a-9e16-4bf4-959d-07a5e66f2cd3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T03:46:23.220" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45589" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25664" RevisionGUID="acca0922-59d9-42ca-9a10-5085ecd97931" CreationDate="2009-06-15T03:50:55.440" UserId="301" Comment="added 63 characters in body" Text="    #define EACCES          13      /* Permission denied */&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`mod_fcgi` communicates with fastCGI children via a [named pipe][1]. Apache creates the pipe before  spawning the children. I would guess that apache does not have permission to create&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /var/rt3/bin/mason_handler.fcgi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To check this try&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    su - apache &quot;touch /var/rt3/bin/mason_handler.fcgi&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that failes, adjust the filesystem permissions appropriately to give apache permission to create a file in that directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Named_pipe" />
  <row Id="45590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25666" RevisionGUID="c8c0c0e3-fa8c-49bc-bde8-5e37d312fd24" CreationDate="2009-06-15T03:54:57.460" UserDisplayName="Chris Jones" Text="Did any of you read the original post? He is already using openvpn.&#xD;&#xA;I'd suggest you check out pptp and give the security concerns some consideration." />
  <row Id="45591" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25630" RevisionGUID="0ee42e2a-576b-4aff-a921-38bc8d35a164" CreationDate="2009-06-15T03:55:37.037" UserId="854" Comment="Swapped 'two computer' requirement with 'mod key' requirement." Text="Due to developers needing access to one Mac and one PC we need to install KVM switches so both computers can share a keyboard, monitor and mouse.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are only a few requirements:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - DVI (but VGA is okay)&#xD;&#xA; - USB mouse&#xD;&#xA; - USB keyboard&#xD;&#xA; - No mod key funniness&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We don't need to be able to share more than two computers but supporting more isn't a deal breaker. Having a low profile and/or being mountable is a bonus. Will consider all price points.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45592" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25277" RevisionGUID="e2f0caa8-2b25-433b-a72b-7e958141bd17" CreationDate="2009-06-15T03:57:39.263" UserId="846" Comment="add note about urgency and importance" Text="I like &quot;personal organization&quot; as the moniker for this kind of stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are two separate things here.  The first is getting a system in place and being disciplined enough to follow it.  There are a ton of systems out there .. GTD gets lots of press.  Personally, I use a hybrid of Franklin and GTD.  Have a framework to capture the things you need to do and to let you easily prioritize and schedule them.  I suspect that this is where you are breaking down .. as you noted, you scheduling then crossing out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The second is to have a way within that framework that *Quadrant 2* stuff {[important but not urgent][1]} actually gets some attention. Quadrant 2 is the place of real, lasting value to the organization (and to you personally), and usually does not get nearly enough attention.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can start by not thinking of (or referring to) them as &quot;me&quot; tasks .. if they aren't important to the organization you shouldn't do them on company time.  If they are, they need to be folded into the mix somehow.  If they truly are about you .. apply the same principles on your own time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best way I have found is to treat these things as *any other project*.  Any good personal organization system has a process to capture and include the tasks from projects.  Take the amorphous ideal (say, Document Server Configuration) and break it down into the smallest tasks (Build empty doc, doc network config, doc shares, etc.) you can get down to.  Then include some of those tasks in your daily/weekly plan, and find a way **each week**, to get those little pieces done.  Note that I said *each* week, not every week.  It is kind of like recovery .. today is all that matters, you work your system today, and tomorrow you worry about tomorrow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This won't get you all the way there, but it is a start.  In the end, this is a relatively small extension of the discipline to keep on a system.  But it is the part that turns you from &quot;getting the job done&quot; to &quot;making things better&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT - respond to comment from original author.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be clear - this discussion is **NOT** about those items that are &quot;low organizational value&quot;. You should not waste time on unimportant tasks unless you have nothing else to do.  This dilemma (and my answer) is about tasks that are **HIGH** organizational value, but not time-sensitive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One additional strategy, that I recalled thinking about the comment.  I have found that virtually all Quadrant 3 (high urgency, low importance) tasks can simply be ignored or deferred until convenient. The trick is knowing which urgent items are important and which aren't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tinyurl.com/d6un64&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25667" RevisionGUID="8e5727ae-09c8-4063-b88b-51d55886b183" CreationDate="2009-06-15T04:02:52.360" UserId="7732" Text="Hi Guys,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have copied the /var/lib/mysql/mydbname db to a new machine from a crashed server (booted using a live cd) but now I cannot access the tables within the db...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the tables only have a .frm extension, so I am assuming they are InnoDB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They appear in a SHOW TABLES statement, but I cannot SELECT from them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;REPAIR / OPTIMIZE / ANALYZE all give;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    +---------------+-------+----------+-------------------------------------+&#xD;&#xA;    | Table         | Op    | Msg_type | Msg_text                            |&#xD;&#xA;    +---------------+-------+----------+-------------------------------------+&#xD;&#xA;    | mydbname.xyz  | check | Error    | Table 'mydbname.xyz' doesn't exist  |&#xD;&#xA;    | mydbname.xyz  | check | error    | Corrupt                             |&#xD;&#xA;    +---------------+-------+----------+-------------------------------------+&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;myisamchk wont touch them (obviously)...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am feeling slightly optionless atm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45594" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25667" RevisionGUID="8e5727ae-09c8-4063-b88b-51d55886b183" CreationDate="2009-06-15T04:02:52.360" UserId="7732" Text="Strange MySQL table problem" />
  <row Id="45595" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25667" RevisionGUID="8e5727ae-09c8-4063-b88b-51d55886b183" CreationDate="2009-06-15T04:02:52.360" UserId="7732" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;innodb&gt;" />
  <row Id="45596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25668" RevisionGUID="8524bc3b-0788-414d-8c25-582e3523eea7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T04:07:41.867" UserId="1375" Text="If they're InnoDB, then you needed to copy the ibdata* and ib_logfile* files across from the crashed server, but you'll pick up other databases' table data then, and it'll all just be too painful.  Restore from backup, instead." />
  <row Id="45597" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25669" RevisionGUID="159d5498-0be2-4d40-9927-fd9f63e29f85" CreationDate="2009-06-15T04:12:42.277" UserId="6383" Text="A checklist is fine, as long as it's not pretending to be *complete* documentation.  The last few documents I wrote came in two parts: XYZ for Users, which included pretty screenshots on how to use it; and XYZ for System Administrators, which included how it was setup, and why (possibly even including the business requirement for it to exist), traps to avoid, and a section on troubleshooting.  Troubleshooting is where I'd expect to find the checklists.  Perhaps writing the checklists as XYZ for Tech Support might help make a point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, reading between the lines, focusing only on checklists indicates to me a lack of &quot;Big Picture&quot; thinking and long term planning that I'd expect from someone who: has only ever done tech support; or a junior admin just starting out; or is so swamped with work they have no time to think about it; or has never been pushed to think about it; or just plain doesn't care.  None of these are ready to be considered for a senior position." />
  <row Id="45598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25670" RevisionGUID="d55c3525-c6f5-4d78-9df6-e06321cac7a3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T04:18:39.613" UserId="2181" Text="&#xD;&#xA;I've never been clear on what one is sacrificing by getting a cheaper Celeron instead of Pentium Intel CPU. I assume you can't simply compare processing speed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My understanding is summed up in this quote:&#xD;&#xA;*The Celeron processors are based on the same core as more expensive Pentium-branded processors, but usually lack in some features such as L2 cache size and bus speed. *&#xD;&#xA;from: http://www.cpu-world.com/info/Intel/Celeron-vs-Pentium.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So basically, the Celeron and Prentium differ based on:&#xD;&#xA;-CPU Clock speed&#xD;&#xA;-L2 Cache Size&#xD;&#xA;-Bus speed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Is this accurate?&#xD;&#xA;2. How would you factor in L2 Cache size and bus speed to make an accurate comparison?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45599" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25670" RevisionGUID="d55c3525-c6f5-4d78-9df6-e06321cac7a3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T04:18:39.613" UserId="2181" Text="How do you compare speeds of of a Celeron vs. Pentium processor?" />
  <row Id="45600" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25670" RevisionGUID="d55c3525-c6f5-4d78-9df6-e06321cac7a3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T04:18:39.613" UserId="2181" Text="&lt;cpu&gt;&lt;pentium&gt;" />
  <row Id="45601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25671" RevisionGUID="aa44367c-4a64-496d-ba69-858ebe6f9ec3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T04:34:56.163" UserId="7324" Text="The big question is...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What exactly do you plan on doing with the processor?  In some cases, a Celeron might be all you need... in other cases, the L2 cache is going to offer you better performance." />
  <row Id="45602" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25672" RevisionGUID="a44f8dc5-686c-4ede-b9bb-847184f8a1d8" CreationDate="2009-06-15T04:36:26.097" UserId="9351" Text="The obvious answers have all been stated. It's an encrypted protocol that can be used to circumvent policy through the creation of tunnels (this is a great way to get past the corporate web filters) as well as the threat posed by unauthorized communications channels (reverse proxy).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's true, telnet should be destroyed in any modern network. But, I can see allowing telnet out of the network while banning ssh. Telnet is less capable than ssh and I can always monitor the stream, in real-time, through my sniffers. If I don't have any telnet devices in my core network, and some user wants to telnet out, what do I care. I can see it, and verify that it's not a threat." />
  <row Id="45603" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25671" RevisionGUID="11a0393e-eac5-4806-a591-4248aafe9ea2" CreationDate="2009-06-15T04:40:17.260" UserId="7324" Comment="added 708 characters in body; added 293 characters in body" Text="The big question is...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What exactly do you plan on doing with the processor?  In some cases, a Celeron might be all you need... in other cases, the L2 cache is going to offer you better performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Celeron processor was designed to be a low-cost alternative to the Pentium processor.  The Celeron is essentially a downgraded Pentium.  The smaller L2 cache (depending on what you're doing) typically means slower processing speeds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally speaking, the Pentium 4 is more powerful than the Celeron.  Many applications will work just great with a Celeron processor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just remember, typically you get what you pay for.  Celeron processors are pretty decent quality but are not as good as the Pentium.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, I've seen lots of production servers deployed with Celeron processors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once again, depending on what you plan on doing... its a bit of a difficult question to answer.  Frankly it depends what you are going to do with pc.  For example, if it's for gaming, high quality graphics, or cpu intensive work, then you want the bigger cache (ie. the Pentium). For emailing, surfing the internet or writing an occasional letter, the average user would not see a difference." />
  <row Id="45604" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25673" RevisionGUID="688251b1-ab60-4592-81af-0da9b0d36804" CreationDate="2009-06-15T04:41:41.593" UserId="4721" Text="There is a description at [HowStuffWorks][1],&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;The smaller L2 cache size and slower bus speeds can mean serious performance differences depending on what you want to do with your computer. If all you do is check e-mail and browse the Web, the Celeron is fine, and the price difference can save you a lot of money. If you want the fastest machine you can buy, then you need to go with the Pentium 4 to get the highest clock speeds and the fastest system bus.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This implies, if you want processing power the cache, clock speed and bus performance will be important. But for a basic internet machine, Celeron would be a good choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question268.htm" />
  <row Id="45605" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25669" RevisionGUID="86a773c5-8896-4abc-9ae0-0461d004c58b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T04:42:12.623" UserId="6383" Comment="deleted 7 characters in body" Text="A checklist is fine, as long as it's not pretending to be *complete* documentation.  The last few documents I wrote came in two parts: XYZ for Users, which included pretty screenshots on how to use it; and XYZ for System Administrators, which included how it was setup, and why (possibly even including the business requirement for it to exist), traps to avoid, and a section on troubleshooting.  Troubleshooting is where I'd expect to find the checklists.  Perhaps writing the checklists as XYZ for Tech Support might help make a point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, reading between the lines, focusing only on checklists indicates to me a lack of &quot;Big Picture&quot; thinking and long term planning that I'd expect from someone who: has only ever done tech support; or a junior admin just starting out; or is so swamped with work they have no time to think about it; or has never been pushed to think about it; or just plain doesn't care.  I don't know which of these, if any, apply in your case." />
  <row Id="45606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25674" RevisionGUID="687875ff-dcb4-4e02-b080-c0acfc74144a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T04:48:25.900" UserId="3038" Text="Clearly, an outbound TCP/22 block is easy to circumvent unless the network administrators have taken serious, serious efforts to block SSH traffic *in specific*. What's more, the *asset administrators* need to be on the ball enough to run asset inventorying sufficient to catch 3G modems, and suspicious IP addresses on 2nd NICs. We have ClearWire service in our area, so we even have WiMax as an end-run option around our network security. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're not an institution that's majorly concerned with information leakage. But if we were, we'd need to combine a draconian network security policy with a draconian asset policy, with auditing. To the best of my knowledge, I don't think an off-the-shelf security package exists that'll turn off the network jack of an asset that inventories with an external network connection of some kind. That may be comming.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the absence of such a package, the asset-inventory process is one of the best ways to catch an end-run network connection like 3G or WiMax. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And finally, blind blocking of TCP/22 will only block the least wiley of end-users intent on violating the AUP for their work network." />
  <row Id="45607" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25673" RevisionGUID="c20b740b-bb8d-4278-b667-7ebe7f97ce8e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T04:49:53.277" UserId="4721" Comment="added 587 characters in body; added 89 characters in body" Text="There is a description at [HowStuffWorks][1],&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;The smaller L2 cache size and slower bus speeds can mean serious performance differences depending on what you want to do with your computer. If all you do is check e-mail and browse the Web, the Celeron is fine, and the price difference can save you a lot of money. If you want the fastest machine you can buy, then you need to go with the Pentium 4 to get the highest clock speeds and the fastest system bus.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This implies, if you want processing power the cache, clock speed and bus performance will be important. But for a basic internet machine, Celeron would be a good choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More in depth reading at this [TomsHardware 2002 article][2] which discusses the Celeron based on P4 architecture.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;The low-cost processor now enjoys all the advantages that had previously been reserved for the P4. This includes the same large selection of chipsets and motherboards, and all the technological features - including the fast clock speeds that have proven to boost sales considerably. And the fact that more chips are being produced will also reduce the prices of all the surrounding components.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This article compares the two processors (in 2002) and presents some benchmark results.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question268.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/battling-brothers,510.html" />
  <row Id="45608" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25675" RevisionGUID="4c2e0207-1d6c-42bf-ae16-42fbb0a53b3b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T04:50:05.773" UserId="6132" Text="I've seen 22 blocked when they discovered that folks were directing http traffic through 22. It was a show stopper for those of us who needed it but the org stood their ground." />
  <row Id="45609" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25676" RevisionGUID="cdae2540-7f9e-4200-9058-2fb2dc90d723" CreationDate="2009-06-15T04:51:45.847" UserId="6912" Text="Just to add to Sunny's suggestion of Websphere Portal.  You could set up a test server for this on Amazon's EC2 for not too many dollars.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://aws.amazon.com/ibm/" />
  <row Id="45610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25677" RevisionGUID="f7462106-fe27-49fa-b0a3-1c5b0b95dca2" CreationDate="2009-06-15T04:56:07.353" UserId="984" Text="You could start [gnu screen][1] and use the log feature.  I don't know of anything that is going to give you a really good log for [ncurses][2] applications like top.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;man [screen][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    log [on|off]&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Start/stop writing output of the current window to a file &quot;screenlog.n&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    in the window's default directory, where n is the number of the current&#xD;&#xA;    window. This filename can be changed with the `logfile' command. ...&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    logfile filename&#xD;&#xA;    logfile flush secs&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Defines the name the log files will get. The default is &quot;screenlog.%n&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;    The  second  form changes the number of seconds screen will wait before&#xD;&#xA;    flushing the logfile buffer to the file-system. The default value is 10&#xD;&#xA;    seconds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ncurses&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://linux.die.net/man/1/screen" />
  <row Id="45611" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25678" RevisionGUID="d8db598e-9cb8-4e4e-86ef-44a2bb065b73" CreationDate="2009-06-15T04:56:56.633" UserId="9351" Text="TTYrec is probably the easiest solution. You can use the original:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://0xcc.net/ttyrec/index.html.en&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or roll your own:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ttyrec&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, you could get all old school and | all your commands to tee command.timestamp.tee" />
  <row Id="45612" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25672" RevisionGUID="efa08880-0f19-471f-b5fa-fdb04bd4d6b9" CreationDate="2009-06-15T05:00:32.587" UserId="9351" Comment="added 190 characters in body" Text="The obvious answers have all been stated. It's an encrypted protocol that can be used to circumvent policy through the creation of tunnels (this is a great way to get past the corporate web filters) as well as the threat posed by unauthorized communications channels (reverse proxy).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's true, telnet should be destroyed in any modern network. But, I can see allowing telnet out of the network while banning ssh. Telnet is less capable than ssh and I can always monitor the stream, in real-time, through my sniffers. If I don't have any telnet devices in my core network, and some user wants to telnet out, what do I care. I can see it, and verify that it's not a threat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, all of this depends on the idea that the default policy is to block all egress and only allow specific protocols. Bonus points if you're proxying them before the hit the edge." />
  <row Id="45616" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25670" RevisionGUID="eb295820-e26a-48c5-b7e8-9fae72514bb6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T05:05:20.157" UserId="2181" Comment="added 166 characters in body" Text="I've never been clear on what one is sacrificing by getting a cheaper Celeron instead of Pentium Intel CPU. I assume you can't simply compare processing speed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My understanding is summed up in this quote:&#xD;&#xA;*The Celeron processors are based on the same core as more expensive Pentium-branded processors, but usually lack in some features such as L2 cache size and bus speed. *&#xD;&#xA;from: http://www.cpu-world.com/info/Intel/Celeron-vs-Pentium.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So basically, the Celeron and Prentium differ based on:&#xD;&#xA;-CPU Clock speed&#xD;&#xA;-L2 Cache Size&#xD;&#xA;-Bus speed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Is this accurate?&#xD;&#xA;2. How would you factor in L2 Cache size and bus speed to make an accurate comparison?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: This will be for an internal file server and printer server primarily.  A little bit of light duty cd duplication (running a Primeral Bravo 2 CD Duplicator). &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45617" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25664" RevisionGUID="418452f8-94dd-4178-878a-0f2fbbc8cf41" CreationDate="2009-06-15T05:10:53.267" UserId="301" Comment="added 27 characters in body" Text="From `/usr/lib/errno.h`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #define EACCES          13      /* Permission denied */&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`mod_fcgi` communicates with fastCGI children via a [named pipe][1]. Apache creates the pipe before  spawning the children. I would guess that apache does not have permission to create&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /var/rt3/bin/mason_handler.fcgi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To check this try&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    su - apache &quot;touch /var/rt3/bin/mason_handler.fcgi&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that failes, adjust the filesystem permissions appropriately to give apache permission to create a file in that directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Named_pipe" />
  <row Id="45618" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25657" RevisionGUID="57672496-ab85-4a00-b51a-63108c6842b1" CreationDate="2009-06-15T05:12:00.083" UserId="8282" Comment="added 7 characters in body" Text="I'm pretty sure that you can't specify a snapshot to open in VMPlayer.  Here is a way that might work for what you are doing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Create a &quot;baseline&quot; VM.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Every place you want a &quot;snapshot&quot;, create a linked clone.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Have the users open the specific &quot;linked clone vm&quot; that is appropriate to the current training in your workshop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will take up a little more disk space, but since all the clones are using only the differences in the file system from the baseline, it should be similar in size to snapshots." />
  <row Id="45619" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25680" RevisionGUID="fb5785de-db01-48f0-808a-e8f9346cf2ff" CreationDate="2009-06-15T05:12:38.350" UserId="3038" Text="The thinking at our work is that since a Swap file can become fragmented, and fragmentation slows swap access, a partition is a better approach. Of course, defining a staticly sized swapfile does much the same thing but this just seems subjectively neater.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this approach the one true way? Probably not, as the practice was established close to 10 years ago. The only major change in drive technology in the intervening years is the complexity of the RAID controllers we use (we're not rich enough for SSD's yet). The increase in drive sizes means that the swap partition we create is closer to the start of the drive than it was back when 18GB drives were shipping standard, so swap speeds are even faster than they were in olden days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, on our ESX-based Windows systems, position of the swap file is completely, completely moot. There are so many layers of virtualization between the swap file and the physical disk platters that it just doesn't matter. But we keep it on a separate partition because that's just the standard." />
  <row Id="45620" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25681" RevisionGUID="f73d33b6-d0ab-46dc-bbce-a8a819c3b928" CreationDate="2009-06-15T05:14:03.680" UserId="9492" Text="What service pack of XP are you running?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just fired up an XP SP1 vm, had a look at the command list and the winsock (&quot;wins&quot;) is missing.&#xD;&#xA;So that machine looks like it needs to be upgraded to SP2 at least." />
  <row Id="45622" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25682" RevisionGUID="fee4b460-dcc9-4b41-8106-269f1eb12cf8" CreationDate="2009-06-15T05:37:56.410" UserId="3813" Text="You can try to use http://xgu.ru/wiki/LiLaLo&#xD;&#xA;It is made in Russia, so documentation is also in russian, but google translate will help you.&#xD;&#xA;Here is an example of output:![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://xgu.ru/w/images/1/1f/Lilalo-comment.png" />
  <row Id="45623" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25683" RevisionGUID="ffa2d477-36d0-47c5-868a-047b392c2b37" CreationDate="2009-06-15T05:38:17.813" UserId="9351" Text="Modern hardware has reached a state where MTBF numbers are essentially useless. Even the lowest of the low-ball vendors is producing hardware that outlasts any sensible upgrade cycle. As you note, nobody's reporting MTBF numbers. I believe this is the reason." />
  <row Id="45624" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25684" RevisionGUID="e7c81d10-126c-4f90-965b-8b97e3807099" CreationDate="2009-06-15T05:43:04.730" UserId="4076" Text="Linux boxes may respond.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://lwn.net/Articles/45373/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;If a Linux system (with a default configuration) receives an ARP request on one of its interfaces, and that request is looking for an IP address assigned to any of the systems interfaces, the system will respond to the ARP request through the interface that received it. This response happens even if the interface involved is not the one to which the requested address has been assigned.&quot;" />
  <row Id="45625" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25684" RevisionGUID="e7c81d10-126c-4f90-965b-8b97e3807099" CreationDate="2009-06-15T05:43:04.730" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45626" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25685" RevisionGUID="6edff9d3-1c24-40cc-a8da-3a2541d28575" CreationDate="2009-06-15T05:45:03.557" UserId="3181" Text="I have seen MTBF reported on company support sites. Talk with your sales person or SE to obtain the information." />
  <row Id="45627" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25686" RevisionGUID="cd738aae-2bd0-4121-9b50-7aabd541bf3f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T05:53:55.270" UserId="9351" Text="I was using the TIPAS service on twitter:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://twitter.com/tipas/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, for some reason, the twitter admins appear to have broken searching." />
  <row Id="45628" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25686" RevisionGUID="cd738aae-2bd0-4121-9b50-7aabd541bf3f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T05:53:55.270" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45629" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25683" RevisionGUID="40a3aa7c-67d7-440d-a8b0-8867f372ce4b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T06:06:50.813" UserId="9351" Comment="added 51 characters in body" Text="In my view, MTBF numbers have become a sales tool. Modern hardware has reached a state where MTBF numbers are essentially useless. Even the lowest of the low-ball vendors is producing hardware that outlasts any sensible upgrade cycle. As you note, nobody's reporting MTBF numbers. I believe this is the reason." />
  <row Id="45632" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25687" RevisionGUID="94a0912e-ac12-4ae1-bcce-206c5c3cd307" CreationDate="2009-06-15T06:14:51.267" UserId="8443" Text="Unfortunately, MTBF is not a practical or reliable measurement in modern servers. The all concept of MTBF is that if a specific model / configuration is being used by many over long time, we can likely know its reliability. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Today, most of us happily trade potential extra reliability for proved extra performance and power efficiency. For example, would you build your new servers on 18-24 months old hardware just because it proved its reliablility? or just go with the last generation of CPUs with more cores, horsepower and power efficiency?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, unlike old-school telephony systems, systems are quite customized, and of course, heavily reliant on software. How reliable is BIOS version x.xx or driver version y.yyy? Is the latest OS/DB/app server patches increases stability or does it have stability regressions? How many servers in the world actually use the same exact mixture of hardware/ stack version as you?&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;If you need high availability, you will anyway need to add redundancy to your system (dual-everything, clustering, hot spares, DRP, what have you). So, the relative reliability of each hardware component is typically not a significant factor, as you build you infrastructure to survive single components failures. Just live with the uncertainty (reliability is retroactive) and plan accordingly.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45633" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25688" RevisionGUID="7b9bbb8b-f916-4f4d-b428-141e96dc819d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T06:24:57.703" UserId="8013" Text="If the dev environments aren't going to last more than 30 days, then there's no need to activate them." />
  <row Id="45634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25689" RevisionGUID="bb8becb4-9d12-4e58-92c3-3f91d807fe6b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T06:45:04.277" UserId="6177" Text="I agree with most of the other answers: MTBF numbers aren't useful to me and I never check them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The one exception is hard drives, but even there, I only look at MTBF in a very rough way, being sure to buy the more reliable &quot;server-class&quot; drives if there's a choice." />
  <row Id="45635" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25690" RevisionGUID="d7988b6d-b179-480a-a6ad-d2fc302361f4" CreationDate="2009-06-15T06:52:06.230" UserId="9446" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was trying to install .NET 3.5 SP1 to one of our production machines with Windows 2003 SP2. However, the installer just hang at around 80% with message &quot;Setup is loading installation components, This may take a minute or two&quot;. In fact it's been like that for 30mins already and using 0% CPU. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I disabled the anti-virus software and then applied the windows installer 4.5 update but no luck, the installer still hangs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone had this problem before?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45636" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25690" RevisionGUID="d7988b6d-b179-480a-a6ad-d2fc302361f4" CreationDate="2009-06-15T06:52:06.230" UserId="9446" Text=".NET 3.5 SP1 Installer hang at around 80%" />
  <row Id="45637" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25690" RevisionGUID="d7988b6d-b179-480a-a6ad-d2fc302361f4" CreationDate="2009-06-15T06:52:06.230" UserId="9446" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;.net-install&gt;&lt;.net3.5&gt;" />
  <row Id="45638" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25691" RevisionGUID="edeecef9-74ca-49e0-9375-4859482a22c9" CreationDate="2009-06-15T06:53:24.683" UserId="301" Text="**Why MTBF doesn't matter**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The mean time between failure number isn't as important as the uncorrectable error rate. MTBF deals with the complete failure of the part, read the drive. However that number is meaningless when a single bit in error will cause a RAID 5 panic and bring the hot spare into play.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While the MTBF for professional and consumer level drives has increased by an order of magnitude in recent years, the uncorrectable error rate has stayed relatively constant. This rate is estimated at 10^14 bits, so one bit per 12 terabytes read, for consumer SATA drives, [source][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Why you should loose sleep over your RAID 5 array**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, that is _only_ 6 passes of a brand spanking new 2Tb drive. How long does it take to read 12Tb of data, a lot less time than the MTBF for that drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://storagemojo.com/2008/02/18/latent-sector-errors-in-disk-drives/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is more concerning is the chance of a double read failure on a RAID 5 array consisting of drives that large. With a 7 1Tb drive RAID 5 array, the probably of a second read failures while doing a RAID rebuild, is 50%.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=162&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=162" />
  <row Id="45639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25692" RevisionGUID="c96c45d9-9442-43d6-b1ae-5f22cc16529f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T06:54:03.807" UserId="5063" Text="Most larger organizations will be blocking everything and only allowing HTTP/HTTPS access via a proxy server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd be very surprised to hear of any corporations allowing direct external connections from desktops or servers unless there was a specific need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45643" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25187" RevisionGUID="373bd5b0-9db4-4f58-ac9b-b3bb06a8a0fe" CreationDate="2009-06-15T07:00:59.673" UserId="3950" Comment="added 267 characters in body" Text="On our Linux servers, we currently use HPs qla2xxx drivers, because it has multipathing (active/passive) built in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The are, however, various other options, like Red Hats device-mapper-multipath with the stock qla2xxx drivers (multibus and failover) and things like SecurePath and PowerPath (both of which can do trunking, iirc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can someone tell me what the merits and demerits of the various options are (if I can ask such a question), besides the obvious fact that the {Secure,Power}Path options cost vast amounts of money? I'm mainly interested in the freely available options, like HPs qla2xxx vs. Red Hats multipathd and possible other open source solutions, but I would like to hear good reasons to go for the commercial solutions too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE**: I'll be benchmarking various options the coming few days (the average of 10 runs of iozone for each option (options being native qla2xxx failver, native qla2xxx multibus, HP qla2xxx failover)). I'll post a summary of results here for those interested." />
  <row Id="45644" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25694" RevisionGUID="88d3c550-3b38-4cbe-9532-dee4e4134337" CreationDate="2009-06-15T07:02:11.280" UserId="5063" Text="As well as tape I would highly recommend taking a disk to disk copy to another server or SAN type device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tapes are great for archival purposes, but nothing beats having a local copy on disk for fast, hassle free recoveries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a WAN, consider sending disk backups off site up the wire. Depending on how much you pay for bandwidth this can be a cost effective way to get multiple copies of your most important data in different locations. " />
  <row Id="45645" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25691" RevisionGUID="8964da58-0a30-4b6f-b4f4-6afbe26e1d7b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T07:05:33.427" UserId="301" Comment="edited body" Text="**Why MTBF doesn't matter**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The mean time between failure number isn't as important as the uncorrectable error rate. MTBF deals with the complete failure of the part, read the drive. However that number is meaningless when a single bit in error will cause a RAID 5 panic and bring the hot spare into play.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While the MTBF for professional and consumer level drives has increased by an order of magnitude in recent years, the uncorrectable error rate has stayed relatively constant. This rate is estimated at 10^14 bits, so one bit per 12 terabytes read, for consumer SATA drives, [source][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Why you should loose sleep over your RAID 5 array**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, that is _only_ 6 passes of a brand spanking new 2Tb drive. How long does it take to read 12Tb of data? A lot less time than the MTBF for that drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://storagemojo.com/2008/02/18/latent-sector-errors-in-disk-drives/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is more concerning is the chance of a double read failure on a RAID 5 array consisting of drives that large. With a 7 1Tb drive RAID 5 array, the probably of a second read failures while doing a RAID rebuild, is 50%.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=162&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=162" />
  <row Id="45646" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25695" RevisionGUID="14df65ea-d9c8-429f-a912-e4fb536a2dad" CreationDate="2009-06-15T07:08:40.643" UserId="8047" Text="A few quick searches suggest that if root/calvin isn't working when you use the racadm tool, your best bet may be to disconnect the battery on the RAC and let it drain to see if it resets to factory defaults.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of the references to the racadm tool, whether going in via telnet or serial require that you authenticate yourself (specifically have the ConfigureDracIII permission bit).  I assume the problem here is that you're working with a system that you have physical but not root access to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did find this musing about using the on-board jumpers to do the same thing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Alt/alt.sys.pc-clone.dell/2006-04/msg00949.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but it was speculation on the part of the original poster.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45647" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25182" RevisionGUID="7443b44a-7ccb-4bcc-a67b-3d4e10b3dc15" CreationDate="2009-06-15T07:09:43.370" UserId="3950" Comment="Tiny addition to the requirements ;-)" Text="I manage a couple of hundred Linux servers, most of which are HP, if they are not virtualized. Historically, we have installed the HP ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) since before I started working here. The PSP comes with usefull (?) stuff like the HP System Management Homepage - which I have never used, but a couple of my colleagues do regularly - and a bunch of drivers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of these drivers, like the iLO kernel module, are not in the stock kernel we use, so it might be useful to install those. Other drivers though, like the cciss and qla2xxx drivers HP supplies, aren't that useful: they are in the stock kernel and have been for quite some time. Overwriting the stock drivers will probably void support from our vendor on several kernel subsystems of not the whole kernel. On the other hand, HP might not support certain issues if you do not use *their* drivers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tend to lean to not installing the HP drivers, but what do you think: is there a tempting reason to install HPs cciss, qla2xxx, e1000, tg3, bnx2 (etc.) drivers and overwriting the drivers provided in the stock kernel package? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: 'tempting reason to install' must be big enough to mitigate the disgusting quality of the packages of the PSP, meaning I have to repackage them all manually in order to be able to install through a centralized method like RH Satellite." />
  <row Id="45648" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25217" RevisionGUID="74ad75ac-7972-4759-914c-e9430280e6cc" CreationDate="2009-06-15T07:16:53.107" UserId="103" Comment="more info" Text="I have two machines (A &amp; B), machine A has to be able print to a local printer. The issue is that the problem it can't have any printers connected to it (network or local) - so what I want to do is redirect the printing to machine B which does have a printer. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my mind that means that the printer on machine A will be a software printer (like those Adobe PDF ones) and it sends the request to machine B.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there such software like this or another way to do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:**  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - It is on a network and can browse network shares, however the users that will make use of it have no physical access to it only via remote desktop like sharing. They need to click print on it and it must print on their local printer.&#xD;&#xA; - It will be printing from a limited number of apps, although I have no control of that.&#xD;&#xA; - It is a Windows OS on both machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update 2:**&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;There are two reasons why I am looking for a generic solution for this problem:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Short Answer:* Trying to get the users to think as little as possible.  &#xD;&#xA; *Long Answer:* The users are mobile, so the list of printers available can change and is not the same for each user. On their machines (machine B) they are aware enough to choose the correct one. If they had lots of printers setup on machine A, as they move around and connect to it they may get confused.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Short Answer*: The costs of manual setup are prohibitive.   &#xD;&#xA;*Long Answer*: As the users move around and can connect remotely (from some of the furtherest least connected parts of the country which is South Africa) going to each user and setting it up to reflect their the correct printers and maintaining it when printers are added/removed is very high. Ideally a software solution that we can distribute should lower costs." />
  <row Id="45649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25696" RevisionGUID="62db9d23-a4d1-47b7-81b0-c042536e518d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T07:24:12.047" UserId="3347" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to install the [syntaxhighlightter evolved][1] plugin to my wordpress blog. I've uploaded and activated the plugin, but it did not work. I've looked into the page source code and found out that the plugin style is loaded from the following URL:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://devermind.com/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter/styles/shCore.css?ver=2.0.320][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This causes a 404 error (page not found). The strange thing though is that when I remove the GET parameters, the CSS loads ok:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://devermind.com/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter/styles/shCore.css][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What could be causing this problem and how can I fix this? Unfortunately I don't know how to make wordpress drop the GET parameters when loading the stylesheet. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://devermind.com/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter/styles/shCore.css?ver=2.0.320&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://devermind.com/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter/styles/shCore.css" />
  <row Id="45650" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25696" RevisionGUID="62db9d23-a4d1-47b7-81b0-c042536e518d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T07:24:12.047" UserId="3347" Text="Adding a GET parameter to URL causes 404 error" />
  <row Id="45651" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25696" RevisionGUID="62db9d23-a4d1-47b7-81b0-c042536e518d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T07:24:12.047" UserId="3347" Text="&lt;wordpress&gt;&lt;404&gt;&lt;cpanel&gt;" />
  <row Id="45652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25697" RevisionGUID="62b2de47-2527-4b20-a01e-282224639079" CreationDate="2009-06-15T07:24:52.717" UserId="282" Text="I can't speak to your specific problem, in a similar situation I would suggest using [Process Monitor][1] to see what happens when you run the installer a second time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Cancel the install.&#xD;&#xA; 1. Start process monitor.&#xD;&#xA; 1. Run the installer capturing event.&#xD;&#xA; 1. Stop the trace after 5-10 minutes of nothing happening.&#xD;&#xA; 1. Go through the log and filter out anything that isn't related&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Googling for process and file names, will help you identify what isn't related.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx" />
  <row Id="45653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25698" RevisionGUID="93ecc1d8-1711-451b-896f-776de4cf27ee" CreationDate="2009-06-15T07:29:55.403" UserId="9503" Text="The major difference will be that on PIX, message will begin with %PIX and on ASA with %ASA&#xD;&#xA;You may look at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa80/system/message/logsevp.html&#xD;&#xA;Where you will see all message of PIX and ASA. As you will see some message only exist on PIX and some only on ASA." />
  <row Id="45654" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25699" RevisionGUID="d49a2b68-bb8c-4c03-93bc-47b2bca7fb84" CreationDate="2009-06-15T07:32:23.357" UserId="5221" Text="I'm pretty sure Player can not do anything with snapshots. If you need snapshots then you can install VMWare Server which is also free though sometimes slightly less convenient then Player in some simple use cases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VMWare Server only allows one snapshot per VM, so your mention of a &quot;snapshot tree&quot; makes me think that you are thinking about VMWare Workstation, rather than an older version of VMWare Player, as this does support multiple snapshots per VM (as do the paid for server products)." />
  <row Id="45655" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25700" RevisionGUID="43275d4e-092c-4c8f-afcc-b28558726666" CreationDate="2009-06-15T07:46:47.710" UserId="4955" Text="If you compare benchmarks from any site, then the effective desktop difference is gaming performance. The L2 cache is why.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even the first Core 2 Duos, the 2MB vs 4MB difference affected frame rates. Of course, this assumes you are CPU bound and not GPU bound.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For day to day stuff, it makes little difference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that servers (Xeons, Opterons etc) used to be well ahead of desktops in L2 and L3 cache sizes because of the different loads expected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25701" RevisionGUID="fe7b7610-b9cc-4354-b430-c7cbf6ca795c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T07:48:20.610" UserId="2299" Text="I would do the redirection from /default.asp. You can use something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;%&#xD;&#xA;    ' code to check the request here&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;    ' Redirect to directory of your choice&#xD;&#xA;    response.redirect &quot;http://myserver/somedir/&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    %&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Though note that this won't be transparent to the user. They will see the URL they typed in change.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45657" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25696" RevisionGUID="55567a57-ab5e-4777-b76b-bb3cac2878d9" CreationDate="2009-06-15T07:48:35.150" UserId="3347" Comment="added 185 characters in body" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to install the [syntaxhighlightter evolved][1] plugin to my wordpress blog. I've uploaded and activated the plugin, but it did not work. I've looked into the page source code and found out that the plugin style is loaded from the following URL:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://devermind.com/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter/styles/shCore.css?ver=2.0.320][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This causes a 404 error (page not found). The strange thing though is that when I remove the GET parameters, the CSS loads ok:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://devermind.com/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter/styles/shCore.css][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What could be causing this problem and how can I fix this? Unfortunately I don't know how to make wordpress drop the GET parameters when loading the stylesheet. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** As I just found out, this happens only in Firefox. IE loads both URLs above just fine. Not that this would be of any help though, so any suggestions would be appreciated. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://devermind.com/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter/styles/shCore.css?ver=2.0.320&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://devermind.com/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter/styles/shCore.css" />
  <row Id="45658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25702" RevisionGUID="ae18ee45-b6e5-4c76-8bad-9d8b227d8fcc" CreationDate="2009-06-15T07:52:48.527" UserId="8834" Text="I have clone NTFS Partition for how many years, but Ext Partition of Linux not ever since.&#xD;&#xA;To those who have experience with this, any comment either bad or good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="45659" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25702" RevisionGUID="ae18ee45-b6e5-4c76-8bad-9d8b227d8fcc" CreationDate="2009-06-15T07:52:48.527" UserId="8834" Text="Is ext3 partition of Linux can be cloned with NortonGhost 11.5?" />
  <row Id="45660" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25702" RevisionGUID="ae18ee45-b6e5-4c76-8bad-9d8b227d8fcc" CreationDate="2009-06-15T07:52:48.527" UserId="8834" Text="&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;ext3&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="45661" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25703" RevisionGUID="bf9d3e2d-f140-4b57-9224-9f738071d706" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:00:20.337" UserId="7486" Text="Nothing stops you from running your remote sshd on port 80.  Both ssh and sshd have a -p option to set the port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, if your admins are smart they should watch for ssh traffic, not just port 22 traffic.  So, it sounds like you have a policy problem, not a tech problem.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As others pointed out though, encrypted protocols can cause heartburn in the folks who have to worry about assorted compliance issues." />
  <row Id="45662" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25704" RevisionGUID="615bdd05-29f2-4edd-aed6-09888956ede7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:02:47.273" UserId="45" Text="No idea, why this Windows XP is missing the WINS tool. Windows Vista's netsh doesn't include it, but it should be available on Windows XP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a workaround you could use Microsoft's&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[**NBLookup.exe command-line tool**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; NBLookup is a command line diagnostic&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tool that uses the User Datagram&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Protocol (UDP) to send NetBIOS name&#xD;&#xA;&gt; queries to Microsoft Windows Internet&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Naming Service (WINS) servers.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; NBLookup requires TCP/IP version 4 to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; run. WINS servers accept name&#xD;&#xA;&gt; resolution requests on UDP port 137.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;830578" />
  <row Id="45663" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25705" RevisionGUID="1dd11afa-68ef-4b6d-a466-425cc03a5007" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:13:57.203" UserId="1725" Text="I've got a win 2003 server running a TFS server, and a Win 2008 server acting as a PDC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few days ago, I changed my DHCP and DNS server (which used to be the win 2008 server) to a switch.&#xD;&#xA;Since then, I've not been able to log in on my TFS server, which keeps complaining that my domain doesn't exists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've run dcdiag from my local Admin account to debug :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dcdiag /v /s:MYPDC /u:MYDOMAIN\Brann /p:*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which returned me this error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;         * Active Directory LDAP Services Check&#xD;&#xA;             The host 95cb8ce0-ecb1-43e3-87aa-e4ce74fe6._msdcs.MYDOMAIN could not be  resolved to an&#xD;&#xA;             IP address.  Check the DNS server, DHCP, server name, etc&#xD;&#xA;             ......................... MYPDC  failed test Connectivity&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I changed my DHCP server to use MYPDC as the primary DNS server again, and this error stopped appearing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I restarted the server, confident that the issue was solved, but now I'm getting this :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       Starting test: VerifyReferences&#xD;&#xA;          Some objects relating to the DC IDS-SERVER have problems:&#xD;&#xA;             [1] Problem: Missing Expected Value&#xD;&#xA;              Base Object: CN=MYPDC,OU=Domain Controllers,DC=MYDOMAIN&#xD;&#xA;              Base Object Description: &quot;DC Account Object&quot;&#xD;&#xA;              Value Object Attribute Name: frsComputerReferenceBL&#xD;&#xA;              Value Object Description: &quot;SYSVOL FRS Member Object&quot;&#xD;&#xA;              Recommended Action: See Knowledge Base Article: Q312862&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;          ......................... IDS-SERVER failed test VerifyReferences&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried troubleshooting File Replication service as suggested in Q312862, but I'm stuck at the beginning :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator&gt;ntfrsutl ds TFS&#xD;&#xA;    ERROR - Cannot bind w/authentication to computer, TFS; 000006d9 (1753)&#xD;&#xA;    ERROR - Cannot bind w/o authentication to computer, TFS; 000006d9 (1753)&#xD;&#xA;    ERROR - Cannot RPC to computer, TFS; 000006d9 (1753)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator&gt;ntfrsutl ds MYPDC&#xD;&#xA;    ERROR - Cannot RPC to computer, MYPDC; 000006d2 (1746)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas on what to try next?" />
  <row Id="45664" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25705" RevisionGUID="1dd11afa-68ef-4b6d-a466-425cc03a5007" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:13:57.203" UserId="1725" Text="Why can't my Win2003 Server connect to my Win2008 PDC anymore ?" />
  <row Id="45665" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25705" RevisionGUID="1dd11afa-68ef-4b6d-a466-425cc03a5007" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:13:57.203" UserId="1725" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="45666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25706" RevisionGUID="cae5dc52-2e94-428d-92e9-512cd4ab27a1" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:14:05.767" Text="@ Avery Payne : &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will need to add any pathing necessary to make sure that your private libraries load - you're not trying to install libraries to /usr/lib or/lib are you?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Yes I can not write in those directories , so I have to install it under my home or work1.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;@ Avery Payne : &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Know in advance how you want to install it into your home directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Yeah that is the question , so I want to now how can I do that ????**" />
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  <row Id="45668" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25705" RevisionGUID="71930f82-a445-401e-a942-c71d82a5f9c8" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:19:57.673" UserId="1725" Comment="changed tags; added 6 characters in body; edited title" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="45669" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25705" RevisionGUID="71930f82-a445-401e-a942-c71d82a5f9c8" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:19:57.673" UserId="1725" Comment="changed tags; added 6 characters in body; edited title" Text="I've got a win 2003 server running a TFS server, and a Win 2008 server acting as a PDC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few days ago, I changed my DHCP and DNS server (which used to be the win 2008 server) to a Cisco Router.&#xD;&#xA;Since then, I've not been able to log in on my TFS server, which keeps complaining that my domain doesn't exists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've run dcdiag from my local Admin account to debug :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dcdiag /v /s:MYPDC /u:MYDOMAIN\Brann /p:*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which returned me this error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;         * Active Directory LDAP Services Check&#xD;&#xA;             The host 95cb8ce0-ecb1-43e3-87aa-e4ce74fe6._msdcs.MYDOMAIN could not be  resolved to an&#xD;&#xA;             IP address.  Check the DNS server, DHCP, server name, etc&#xD;&#xA;             ......................... MYPDC  failed test Connectivity&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I changed my DHCP server to use MYPDC as the primary DNS server again, and this error stopped appearing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I restarted the server, confident that the issue was solved, but now I'm getting this :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       Starting test: VerifyReferences&#xD;&#xA;          Some objects relating to the DC IDS-SERVER have problems:&#xD;&#xA;             [1] Problem: Missing Expected Value&#xD;&#xA;              Base Object: CN=MYPDC,OU=Domain Controllers,DC=MYDOMAIN&#xD;&#xA;              Base Object Description: &quot;DC Account Object&quot;&#xD;&#xA;              Value Object Attribute Name: frsComputerReferenceBL&#xD;&#xA;              Value Object Description: &quot;SYSVOL FRS Member Object&quot;&#xD;&#xA;              Recommended Action: See Knowledge Base Article: Q312862&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;          ......................... IDS-SERVER failed test VerifyReferences&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried troubleshooting File Replication service as suggested in Q312862, but I'm stuck at the beginning :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator&gt;ntfrsutl ds TFS&#xD;&#xA;    ERROR - Cannot bind w/authentication to computer, TFS; 000006d9 (1753)&#xD;&#xA;    ERROR - Cannot bind w/o authentication to computer, TFS; 000006d9 (1753)&#xD;&#xA;    ERROR - Cannot RPC to computer, TFS; 000006d9 (1753)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator&gt;ntfrsutl ds MYPDC&#xD;&#xA;    ERROR - Cannot RPC to computer, MYPDC; 000006d2 (1746)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas on what to try next?" />
  <row Id="45670" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="25705" RevisionGUID="71930f82-a445-401e-a942-c71d82a5f9c8" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:19:57.673" UserId="1725" Comment="changed tags; added 6 characters in body; edited title" Text="Why can't my Win2003 Server connect to my Win2008 PDC anymore after a minor network change ? (FRS problem?)" />
  <row Id="45671" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25707" RevisionGUID="ae325b66-dc9b-4681-9021-501193d4ca06" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:23:03.003" UserId="3770" Text="Hi everybody!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a very important server running on Windows Server 2003 and my &quot;System&quot; partition is becoming to small, it slows down the machine.&#xD;&#xA;I already tried all the cleaning stuff and transferring some &quot;unimportant softs&quot; on the &quot;Saves&quot; partition but it didn't help much at all.&#xD;&#xA;Is there a solution to &quot;re-partition&quot; my hard-drive that will work on a 2003 Server, not too expensive, and that could use without turning the machine off.&#xD;&#xA;If there is no other way, then I'll reinstall the OS, but it will have to wait for the Week-end!&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for your suggestions." />
  <row Id="45672" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25707" RevisionGUID="ae325b66-dc9b-4681-9021-501193d4ca06" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:23:03.003" UserId="3770" Text="Increase the size of a NTFS Windows 2003 partition." />
  <row Id="45673" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25707" RevisionGUID="ae325b66-dc9b-4681-9021-501193d4ca06" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:23:03.003" UserId="3770" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;partition&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;" />
  <row Id="45674" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25708" RevisionGUID="2ceaeda5-7b07-4492-9dff-3d72a215ebc1" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:28:53.007" UserId="7936" Text="Actually it doesn't make a lot of difference as long as you don't use [sparse files][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Creating a &quot;normal&quot; file with dd will allocate the file (if at all possible) in a single run, while creating a sparse file will tell you that you have a 10GB file lying around but not actually using up all the space. I'm not quite sure wether mkswap won't allocate the space anyway but typically a swap file will grow in time and thus won't allocate a continous sector (as in part of the disk) but rather allocate blocks as needed which lead to fragmentation over time (of course depending on your usage of the disk)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Internally the Linux kernel will access the underlying blocks of a swap file more or less directly - I can't find the link right now what happens under the hood, you have to trust me on this one unless someone will find something more official. All I can come up with right now is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [a discussion on slashdot][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [the wikipedia paging article][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [some FAQ on ubuntu][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this all applies to the 2.6 line of Linux kernels only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want optimal performance (and what is that, really?... swapping is slow, period. Increase RAM so that you don't swap for _best_ performance), you would want to use a partition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparse_file&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/12/2029211&amp;mode=thread&amp;tid=106&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paging#Linux&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq" />
  <row Id="45675" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25696" RevisionGUID="ea8c7612-d8a5-4831-ab71-6f84f5d00efa" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:29:20.370" UserId="3347" Comment="added 9 characters in body" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to install the [syntaxhighlightter evolved][1] plugin to my wordpress blog. I've uploaded and activated the plugin, but it did not work. I've looked into the page source code and found out that the plugin style is loaded from the following URL:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://devermind.com/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter/styles/shCore.css?ver=2.0.320][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This causes a 404 error (page not found). The strange thing though is that when I remove the GET parameters, the CSS loads ok:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://devermind.com/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter/styles/shCore.css][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What could be causing this problem and how can I fix this? Unfortunately I don't know how to make wordpress drop the GET parameters when loading the stylesheet. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** As I just found out, this happens only in Firefox (3.0.11). IE loads both URLs above just fine. Not that this would be of any help though, so any suggestions would be appreciated. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://devermind.com/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter/styles/shCore.css?ver=2.0.320&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://devermind.com/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter/styles/shCore.css" />
  <row Id="45676" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25709" RevisionGUID="1c7e2c11-a56f-4c74-8806-c68454f8ebc8" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:30:52.410" UserId="282" Text="The boot partition can be resized with [Acronis Disk Director][1], from what I remember you do have to reboot if you re-size said partition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/" />
  <row Id="45677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25710" RevisionGUID="6418c01a-0551-40f5-ac07-0cedc08f4f95" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:30:59.213" UserId="2513" Text="If it is not using the entire disk, you could use diskpart.exe to extend it in size a bit more.  By the way your question is phrased, I am assuming that is the case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the disk is 100% used, then your only option would be to move the data to a larger drive.  This would not require a full re-install of the OS, but it would require down time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The easiest way would be to clone the drive onto a large disk using something like Symantec Ghost." />
  <row Id="45678" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25711" RevisionGUID="eda90ccf-2793-43e2-a188-7df54f8fd505" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:36:13.540" UserId="5308" Text="Given that RFC1122 (Requirements for Internet Hosts) states for the 127/8 address block:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Addresses of this form MUST NOT appear outside a host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And RFC1812 (Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers) states:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      A router SHOULD NOT forward, except over a loopback interface, any&#xD;&#xA;      packet that has a destination address on network 127.  A router&#xD;&#xA;      MAY have a switch that allows the network manager to disable these&#xD;&#xA;      checks.  If such a switch is provided, it MUST default to&#xD;&#xA;      performing the checks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The obvious question is why would you ever ARP for 127.0.0.1 if you are not meant to send packets to those addresses over anything other than loopback interfaces?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From your original question: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Will all computers on the network answer me?&quot; - No.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;What will happen?&quot; - results will vary from nothing at all happening to getting responses from isolated hosts/gateways that are likely buggy or misconfigured. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45679" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25711" RevisionGUID="eda90ccf-2793-43e2-a188-7df54f8fd505" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:36:13.540" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45680" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25707" RevisionGUID="6c310720-eb15-4c39-85ce-333a15c836a1" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:37:00.293" UserId="1435" Comment="Fixing bad spelling and grammar." Text="Hi everybody!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a very important server running Windows Server 2003 and my System partition is becoming too small, it's slowing down the machine.&#xD;&#xA;I have already tried all the cleaning stuff and transferring some &quot;unimportant softs&quot; on the &quot;Saves&quot; partition but it didn't help much at all.&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to re-partition my hard-drive that will work on a 2003 Server, that's not too expensive and that could be used without turning the machine off.&#xD;&#xA;If there is no other way, then I'll have to reinstall the OS, but it will have to wait for the weekend.&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for your suggestions." />
  <row Id="45681" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="25707" RevisionGUID="6c310720-eb15-4c39-85ce-333a15c836a1" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:37:00.293" UserId="1435" Comment="Fixing bad spelling and grammar." Text="How can I increase the size of a NTFS Windows 2003 partition?" />
  <row Id="45682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25712" RevisionGUID="ed40b89d-eb51-4647-99b3-8a37a52e4cc1" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:37:27.657" UserId="2513" Text="I am using a [Belkin SOHO][1] right now, it works great.  One thing I love about it is that you can switch the audio separately from the video.  I have the two port version, it's a little on the pricy side ($219)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=404605#" />
  <row Id="45683" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25713" RevisionGUID="4b841475-e8f6-485a-9e55-bd92e390194d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:38:42.473" UserId="45" Text="There are [reports of users][1] who claim that deactivating the network adapter solved the issue. I am aware that this is not a good solution for a production server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've also heard that real-time antivirus software can slow down the installation. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vssetup/thread/202ca2bb-224c-4430-9fd4-7769d0b2b186 " />
  <row Id="45684" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25714" RevisionGUID="d073e8a3-7d53-4952-81aa-5c8444b664bf" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:39:41.177" UserId="7936" Text="Linux has some tools builtin to do that, no need for NortonGhost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First Approach:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/&lt;partition in question&gt; of=/srv/migration/partition.dd # I like to name the files this way&#xD;&#xA;    mount -o loop /srv/migration/partition.dd /srv/scratch/partition&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now you can work with the files again. Actually that works regardless of the file system, be it NTFS, HFS, UFS, ext[234], xfs, zfs...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The drawback however is that you will need just as much space as the original partition needed, neither compression is done nor does dd have any knowledge about which blocks are allocated by the filesystem, so dd just grabs the whole partition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second Approach:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another approach may be [rsync][1] which allows you to migrate on the fly, afaik it will take care of ACLs given the file system is supported and you use the proper options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Linux is not Windows** - just because you are used to working with Windows tool doesn't mean it is a good way to do it on Linux, as compression goes you could pipe dd thru gzip, bzip2 or some compression tool you like to save some space, you will however looese the ability to loopback mount the image.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.samba.org/rsync/" />
  <row Id="45685" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25715" RevisionGUID="cb8ce245-ecf3-48cb-b83b-be7a2c964956" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:39:47.057" UserId="8085" Text="If it's the system partition you want to expand, as far as I know, there's no way around a reboot. Personally, I fire up a GParted Live CD [link] and resize the partition (as long as you have enough space on the disk).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're talking about a non-system disk, you can use diskpart.exe with no reboot. Proceed like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. run -&gt; cmd&#xD;&#xA;2. diskpart&#xD;&#xA;3. list volume&#xD;&#xA;4. select volume (volume ID)&#xD;&#xA;5. extend (size) (if no size specified, it's expand to the maximum)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://gparted.sourceforge.net" />
  <row Id="45686" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25716" RevisionGUID="967c3801-0c91-4967-a7ea-66093f28d5d1" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:39:53.687" UserId="9141" Text="Works with my Firefox version 3.0.11 and the link with the ver=2.0.320 parameter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Did you check with your Firefox and disabling all extensions? Just create a new profile, that should disable them all. Check out the [Mozilla knowledge base][1] on how to create a new profile.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+Profiles" />
  <row Id="45687" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25717" RevisionGUID="42f55c3f-5e9a-4e39-bfab-6a26661b5344" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:41:44.840" UserId="2253" Text="Yes, [RFC 2317][1], a very good reading, is the way to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, [my article][2] (in French).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]:http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2317.txt&#xD;&#xA;[2]: http://www.bortzmeyer.org/2317.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45689" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25696" RevisionGUID="6705bd5f-5eb7-4b47-a48a-bb22511c319d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:42:01.967" UserId="3347" Comment="added 138 characters in body" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to install the [syntaxhighlightter evolved][1] plugin to my wordpress blog. I've uploaded and activated the plugin, but it did not work. I've looked into the page source code and found out that the plugin style is loaded from the following URL:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://devermind.com/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter/styles/shCore.css?ver=2.0.320][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This causes a 404 error (page not found). The strange thing though is that when I remove the GET parameters, the CSS loads ok:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://devermind.com/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter/styles/shCore.css][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What could be causing this problem and how can I fix this? Unfortunately I don't know how to make wordpress drop the GET parameters when loading the stylesheet. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** As I just found out, this happens only in Firefox (3.0.11). IE loads both URLs above just fine. Not that this would be of any help though, so any suggestions would be appreciated. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**SECOND EDIT:** I tried this on my laptop and it works fine with Firefox 3.08. So this really seems to be a browser problem after all. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://devermind.com/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter/styles/shCore.css?ver=2.0.320&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://devermind.com/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter/styles/shCore.css" />
  <row Id="45690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25718" RevisionGUID="1260137d-4b3a-4f9e-bb73-79d489973d91" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:50:38.610" UserId="7574" Text="You can convert the disk to a Dynamic Disk, add more disks to the same pool and then add a second Dynamic Volume to the C:\ partition to increase its size.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.petri.co.il/difference_between_basic_and_dynamic_disks_in_windows_xp_2000_2003.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45691" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="25707" RevisionGUID="b50b2efb-27fc-44ff-ac3b-92ea642bdf60" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:51:04.693" UserId="1435" Comment="Missed one thing" Text="How can I increase the size of a Windows 2003 NTFS partition?" />
  <row Id="45692" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25719" RevisionGUID="d5444db1-fff7-419a-8c80-b911d2fb4a26" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:54:04.207" UserId="8897" Text="If I remember correctly, diskpart will work only in special cases, namely when you have free space without any partitions on it, as it won't shrink other partitions. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disk Director (or other tools like that) will happily do this when there is enough free space. It can take a lot of time though. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If downtime is  a concern, I would copy the disk onto another bigger one with a better disk layout, as you can do most of this in a running system, at least with Acronis True Image. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, when you do anything with diskpart, Disk Director or anything like that, remember to have a up-to-date and and tested backup as it's easy to do something fatally wrong, both for you and for the tools.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45693" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25720" RevisionGUID="1bd90637-edb0-4aab-8473-7e9f8b84c6bd" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:59:10.530" UserId="4947" Text="A convention for programs is to accept a `--prefix` flag to `./configure`, e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ./configure --prefix=/home/user/apps/kde&#xD;&#xA;    make&#xD;&#xA;    make install&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can't say that I've tried that with KDE though, don't know its build process." />
  <row Id="45694" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25720" RevisionGUID="1bd90637-edb0-4aab-8473-7e9f8b84c6bd" CreationDate="2009-06-15T08:59:10.530" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45695" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25721" RevisionGUID="61f99f25-faf6-4e0a-ab7e-120e7ce7f804" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:05:08.410" UserId="9491" Text="We have a propriety system that talks to various printers across multiple sites via TCP/IP.&#xD;&#xA;The system only outputs Postscript, which obviously sends via TCP/IP.&#xD;&#xA;I'm really wondering is there any kind of software that I could install my PC which I could setup as like a dummy printer to capture this postscript data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This would enable me to perform various testing to ensure reports are coming out intact.&#xD;&#xA;We have no access to the underlying system or database so this postscript has to be captured as it is output.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't need to convert it to PDF or any other format, but that would be nice." />
  <row Id="45696" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25721" RevisionGUID="61f99f25-faf6-4e0a-ab7e-120e7ce7f804" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:05:08.410" UserId="9491" Text="How to capture postscript output via TCP/IP? (for testing purposes)" />
  <row Id="45697" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25721" RevisionGUID="61f99f25-faf6-4e0a-ab7e-120e7ce7f804" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:05:08.410" UserId="9491" Text="&lt;postscript&gt;&lt;printing&gt;&lt;tcpip&gt;" />
  <row Id="45698" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25722" RevisionGUID="6ce439e6-a589-438e-bb56-79153aaf5eb5" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:07:10.497" UserId="2299" Text="An obvious test perhaps, but if you fire up a command prompt on the 2003 server and type nslookup does it display something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    c:\temp&gt;nslookup&#xD;&#xA;    Default Server:  mypdc.mydomain.local&#xD;&#xA;    Address:  192.168.1.1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and if you now type:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mypdc.mydomain.local&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;does it correctly resolve the PDC name?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45699" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25723" RevisionGUID="a2643bf5-70cf-4817-b2ee-b8b33fefd9c4" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:09:10.617" UserId="7342" Text="You don't say what operating system this is, but you could use something like TCPflow, wireshark or tcpdump to capture the packets as it is sent across the network. " />
  <row Id="45700" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25724" RevisionGUID="ba03dd21-f280-45f6-a607-c4a890fe0dfc" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:12:45.260" UserId="3989" Text="I posted this question to &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/995050/install-software-on-a-remote-machine&quot;&gt;SO&lt;/a&gt;, but I'm really not sure whether it should go SO or ServerFault, so I'm posting it here too. &lt;b&gt;Here's the question:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Hey SO Gus, &lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;This might seem like a dump question, but my complete ignorance with VbScript is giving me no chance to try to work it out.In short, a system administrator friend of mine, asked me to write him a script that should allow him to enter a remote machine name, a domain credentials, and an MSI package that will be installed on the specified remote machine. &#xD;&#xA;I know this is silly, I mean, come on! No one can just log in to SO and ask for a cake, people should ask about how to get the cake cooked. I know, but please forgive my absolute laziness and help! :) &#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45701" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25724" RevisionGUID="ba03dd21-f280-45f6-a607-c4a890fe0dfc" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:12:45.260" UserId="3989" Text="Install software on a remote machine?" />
  <row Id="45702" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25724" RevisionGUID="ba03dd21-f280-45f6-a607-c4a890fe0dfc" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:12:45.260" UserId="3989" Text="&lt;vbscript&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="45703" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25725" RevisionGUID="aee07578-41eb-4745-b097-13034d01d886" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:15:16.643" UserId="7342" Text="You could hook into one of the earlier phases in the mod_perl lifecycle and dump the requests at that point. Add a hook at the end to mark a particular request as completed (maybe add the response headers), and now you know what's currently running." />
  <row Id="45704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25726" RevisionGUID="5396d6c0-603c-4433-a307-9097f652a6a6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:18:08.087" UserId="2299" Text="Is the proprietory system printing using LPR? If so you could, in principle at least, run an LPR server that wrote the postscript it receives to a file instead of to a printer. I don't know of one offhand, though a quick Google revealed quite a lot of Windows LPR related stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're handy with a C++ compiler I have the code for an LPR server lying around somewhere. I wrote this back in the NT3.50 days before Windows supported LPR natively. It wouldn't be hard to modify the code to send the output to a file instead of a printer port. This has to be a last resort though, there must be something out there that does the job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thought. Suppose you install the Windows unix printing support on your workstation or some convenient server then put the printer offline and print to it. The postscript would presumably appear in the C:\\Windows\\system32\\spool\\PRINTERS somewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45705" PostHistoryTypeId="11" PostId="24323" RevisionGUID="b2687510-4229-43c3-a810-b4b636964c42" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:18:32.487" UserId="-1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:6365,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Alakdae&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="45706" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25727" RevisionGUID="61e879e7-55e1-4c95-87cb-1c796d3d65df" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:20:16.353" UserId="7936" Text="On Linux you could use [tcpdump][1] or [wireshark][2], on Windows I only know of wireshark, personally I like wireshark better because it has a nice GUI, however you can record tcpdump to a file and feed that to wireshark for later analysis&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tcpdump.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.wireshark.org/" />
  <row Id="45707" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25484" RevisionGUID="3f816081-e966-4fff-98a0-3c9fd45078d7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:22:39.670" UserId="1435" Comment="Tiny change" Text="I just upgraded my linux machine to Red Hat 4.7 (we cannot use a newer version than this because the application we are using does not run on Red Hat 5).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not the root so I cannot install any apps via rpm, and I cannot sudo either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to install the latest version of KDE, for example KDE 4.2, with these constraints?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regards&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45708" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="25484" RevisionGUID="3f816081-e966-4fff-98a0-3c9fd45078d7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:22:39.670" UserId="1435" Comment="Tiny change" Text="Can I install the latest version of KDE for my Red Hat 4.7 without privileges?" />
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  <row Id="45710" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25705" RevisionGUID="8f8be255-4907-4719-a0e6-1ff41dc52e59" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:26:52.220" UserId="1725" Comment="added 64 characters in body" Text="I've got a win 2003 server running a TFS server, and a Win 2008 server acting as a PDC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few days ago, I changed my DHCP and DNS server (which used to be the win 2008 server) to a Cisco Router.&#xD;&#xA;Since then, I've not been able to log in on my TFS server, which keeps complaining that my domain doesn't exists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've run dcdiag from my local Admin account to debug :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dcdiag /v /s:MYPDC /u:MYDOMAIN\Brann /p:*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which returned me this error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;         * Active Directory LDAP Services Check&#xD;&#xA;             The host 95cb8ce0-ecb1-43e3-87aa-e4ce74fe6._msdcs.MYDOMAIN could not be  resolved to an&#xD;&#xA;             IP address.  Check the DNS server, DHCP, server name, etc&#xD;&#xA;             ......................... MYPDC  failed test Connectivity&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I changed my DHCP server to use MYPDC as the primary DNS server again, and this error stopped appearing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I restarted the server, confident that the issue was solved, but now I'm getting this :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       Starting test: VerifyReferences&#xD;&#xA;          Some objects relating to the DC IDS-SERVER have problems:&#xD;&#xA;             [1] Problem: Missing Expected Value&#xD;&#xA;              Base Object: CN=MYPDC,OU=Domain Controllers,DC=MYDOMAIN&#xD;&#xA;              Base Object Description: &quot;DC Account Object&quot;&#xD;&#xA;              Value Object Attribute Name: frsComputerReferenceBL&#xD;&#xA;              Value Object Description: &quot;SYSVOL FRS Member Object&quot;&#xD;&#xA;              Recommended Action: See Knowledge Base Article: Q312862&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;          ......................... IDS-SERVER failed test VerifyReferences&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried troubleshooting File Replication service as suggested in Q312862, but I'm stuck at the beginning :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator&gt;ntfrsutl ds TFS&#xD;&#xA;    ERROR - Cannot bind w/authentication to computer, TFS; 000006d9 (1753)&#xD;&#xA;    ERROR - Cannot bind w/o authentication to computer, TFS; 000006d9 (1753)&#xD;&#xA;    ERROR - Cannot RPC to computer, TFS; 000006d9 (1753)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator&gt;ntfrsutl ds MYPDC&#xD;&#xA;    ERROR - Cannot RPC to computer, MYPDC; 000006d2 (1746)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas on what to try next?&#xD;&#xA;Btw, other Vista computers on this domain can login just fine." />
  <row Id="45711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25728" RevisionGUID="d5ea4229-838a-41f3-9d07-5606d1a55451" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:27:29.397" UserId="8897" Text="I would vote for Wireshark, as it is able to easily follow the TCP strem for the LPD protocol and save it to a file. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just tested that, and all you have to to is stripping a few lines from the beginning of the output file and you have valid PS. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45712" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25729" RevisionGUID="bb06e8b1-d9bb-49c5-b538-2f2967af2522" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:33:40.617" UserId="4011" Text="OK, we all know the obvious ones here, but what always surprises me is the number of people that don't know all of them...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simple ones:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Alt-Tab - switch between applications (Shift+Alt+Tab - go through in reverse order)&#xD;&#xA; - Ctrl-Tab - switch between documents in an application (doesn't work in MS Word though - grr)&#xD;&#xA; - Ctrl+P - print this document&#xD;&#xA; - Ctrl+S - Save&#xD;&#xA; - Ctrl+Z - Undo&#xD;&#xA; - Ctrl+Y - Redo&#xD;&#xA; - Windows+M - Minimise everything (Shift+Windows+M - put everything back!)&#xD;&#xA; - Windows+F - File search (as opposed to Ctrl+F - local find in document)&#xD;&#xA; - Alt+space - get the control box (the one with minimise/maximise) - esp. useful if you lose a window on a multi-monitor desktop...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;New ones in Windows 7:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows-Tab - application switching (like alt-tab) + preview&#xD;&#xA; - Windows+ either up or down arrow - maxmimise/restore window position&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Did you also know ones like - scrolling the mouse wheel and holind CTRL changes font-size/zoom options in most (MS) applications...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are your favourites?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mike" />
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  <row Id="45717" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25731" RevisionGUID="477d4fa7-7acb-4ac6-bc96-62598580cc86" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:36:33.340" UserId="1447" Text="Is there a data dictionary view that allows me to monitor log usage by Process ID? " />
  <row Id="45718" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25731" RevisionGUID="477d4fa7-7acb-4ac6-bc96-62598580cc86" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:36:33.340" UserId="1447" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;logging&gt;" />
  <row Id="45719" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25732" RevisionGUID="bf04c65d-c7be-4218-aff1-462bd3f3bc70" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:36:48.737" UserId="3813" Text="I have extended access-list BLOCK, where each entire has its own special number. &#xD;&#xA;EX:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1038047 deny ip any host 192.168.38.47&#xD;&#xA;    1038048 deny ip any host 192.168.38.48&#xD;&#xA;    1038049 deny ip any host 192.168.38.49&#xD;&#xA;    1038069 deny ip any host 192.168.38.69&#xD;&#xA;    1038077 deny ip any host 192.168.38.77&#xD;&#xA;    1038080 deny ip any host 192.168.38.80&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Formula is 1 000 000 + 1 000*3_octet+4_octet , and the last one is &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ` 3 000 000  permit ip any any`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But after reboot they become:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    2020 deny ip any host 192.168.38.27&#xD;&#xA;    2030 deny ip any host 192.168.38.32&#xD;&#xA;    2040 deny ip any host 192.168.38.37&#xD;&#xA;    2050 deny ip any host 192.168.38.38&#xD;&#xA;    2060 deny ip any host 192.168.38.43&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is bad. &#xD;&#xA;Is there any command to prohibit cisco resequencing entires?" />
  <row Id="45720" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25732" RevisionGUID="bf04c65d-c7be-4218-aff1-462bd3f3bc70" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:36:48.737" UserId="3813" Text="Cisco: How to make cisco NOT resequence access-list after reboot?" />
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  <row Id="45724" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25733" RevisionGUID="b316d825-6986-4740-8a92-091666e34470" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:39:22.197" UserId="3320" Text="&lt;pipe&gt;&lt;regex&gt;&lt;bash&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="45725" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25723" RevisionGUID="7c714ca9-5e00-442e-8e0b-4f54a296b1da" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:39:31.057" UserId="7342" Comment="added 289 characters in body" Text="You don't say what operating system this is, but you could use something like TCPflow, wireshark or tcpdump to capture the packets as it is sent across the network. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is Windows, I believe, back in the day, that most printer dialogs let you print to a file. This would presumably be the output of the relevant driver. It's been so long since I used Windows that you can probably safely ignore this paragraph. It's possibly a Windows 3.11 thing." />
  <row Id="45726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25734" RevisionGUID="0cc62eb8-2875-4c92-8f6b-2e7e26c22544" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:40:02.600" UserId="7342" Text="The program you are looking for is sed." />
  <row Id="45727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25735" RevisionGUID="c18efd58-155b-4c6d-b223-a0c92b9a9c67" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:42:20.940" UserId="9508" Text="Iam trying to understand DNS and I have the following question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are the terms secondary nameserver, non-authoritive nameserver and cachung-only nameserver the same or are there differences?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I understand it, only the primary NS has the original data, all other NS must ask the primary and they may cache the results.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="45729" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25735" RevisionGUID="c18efd58-155b-4c6d-b223-a0c92b9a9c67" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:42:20.940" UserId="9508" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;name-resolution&gt;&lt;domain-name&gt;&lt;nameserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="45730" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15025" RevisionGUID="791c6662-c1f6-409e-bd18-0b765a4317b8" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:43:20.143" UserId="5681" Comment="Problem may be solved.; added 1 characters in body" Text="I have two Windows XP SP3 workstations, one of them is recently freshly installed. The workstations are connected to a Windows 2003 server with a cabled local network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem I have is that after a random time (varying from 2 minutes to several hours) the explorer hangs on one of the workstations. Explorer does not hang simultaneously on both systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running Process Monitor does not reveal anything special going on in Explorer, but everything freezes until Explorer is killed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This problem must be a network and/or 2003 server problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I need is a method to find the cause. The Win2003 logs, including the Kerio firewall log, do not reveal anything special when the Explorer hangs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I understand there can be a plethora of possible causes: so I would be grateful for a method or a tool to diagnose this problem. I simply do not know where to start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Problem solved?** I have powered down one of the PC's (the one which was to be replaced). Since then the other PC has not given me any trouble. I must assume in some way the first PC made trouble on the network. At least one thing I noticed was that network traffic (like copying files) was painfully slow on that machine. However, the network interface cannot have been the problem, since it occurred with a 1 GB interface card and with the built-in 100 MB network interface.&#xD;&#xA;I'm still puzzled.&#xD;&#xA;But I want to thank all you contributers for thinking with me. It was much appreciated." />
  <row Id="45731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25736" RevisionGUID="de01f537-7b5b-4648-a7ae-fa974b4319a2" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:43:49.520" UserId="4721" Text="You probably want&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sed 's/exp1/exp2/g' foo.txt &gt; foo2.txt" />
  <row Id="45732" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25737" RevisionGUID="9e608167-1932-4b62-b068-0b8beabc7be8" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:44:01.187" UserDisplayName="CityNeonRain" Text="We're using Outlook Express on different computers to connect to the same pop account provided by our hosting company. This makes it very difficult to co-ordinate work and we end up replying to the same emails because there is no way to track states and actions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to sync Outlook Express using the same pop account on different computers? Ideally, when one of us replies or manages an email, the action is replicated to the other computers running Outlook Express and having the same account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not possible, what a light-weight (and perferably free) solution to achieve this? I.e. getting mail from the hosting thru POP and being able to track actions and states." />
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  <row Id="45735" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25738" RevisionGUID="5eefd74d-1c62-4a93-9ffb-a35e08109e3c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:44:16.570" UserId="934" Text="I have server 2008 that runs several virtual machines. Due to an error each machine was allocated with a lot of disk space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to change the maximum size limit of the virtual machines but I couldn't find how using VMM or Hyper-V manager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried deleting all of the machine's snapshots but it still doesn't allow me to change the allocated disk space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a tool or option I'm missing?" />
  <row Id="45736" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25738" RevisionGUID="5eefd74d-1c62-4a93-9ffb-a35e08109e3c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:44:16.570" UserId="934" Text="How to reduce virtual machine disk size (Hyper-V)" />
  <row Id="45737" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25738" RevisionGUID="5eefd74d-1c62-4a93-9ffb-a35e08109e3c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:44:16.570" UserId="934" Text="&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;" />
  <row Id="45738" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25739" RevisionGUID="4da4ae40-ad4d-40d0-9065-36eea2e63759" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:45:37.517" UserId="1435" Text="I might be wrong but I don't think you can use ACL numbers that high, the actual list numbers are defined by their type, i.e IP ACLs must be between certain ranges, extended IP another range etc. (see [HERE][1] for details).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_2/security/configuration/guide/scfacls.html#wp1000985" />
  <row Id="45739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25740" RevisionGUID="35aa4747-85b9-4947-95b0-013a2ea99c48" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:45:47.550" UserId="4185" Text="I am currently looking into solving a similar problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few years back we used Veritas Backup Exec 9 for our client machine backups, but decided to go the route of asking clients to store their data on the file servers and not their machines. As can be seen from the previous answers to this question this seems to be a popular choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After using this setup for a couple of years we have decided to go back to client machine backups. We are currently looking for a product that offers continuous protection as I've found these types of backups to be easier to manage as any problems are found quickly. There are obvious bandwidth issues to consider, but in our situation this is not a problem. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason I believe backups are more effective than requesting users to store their data on the file servers is that I have found users invariably find a way to store some important data on their local machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many backup applications out there and my advice would be to pick one that matches your budget, I am currently looking at the products on barracudaware.com. I personally would advise against not backing up client machines.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45740" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25741" RevisionGUID="f3de496d-c750-43ed-aaf8-9956a9181c5d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:48:47.403" UserId="7574" Text="Hyper-V manager does not do what you want to do, but you can resize disk images in System Center Virtual Machine Manager." />
  <row Id="45742" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25736" RevisionGUID="3aa21f1c-9187-4310-a29d-972d645a4474" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:49:32.267" UserId="4721" Comment="added 261 characters in body" Text="You probably want&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sed 's/exp1/exp2/g' foo.txt &gt; foo2.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Read more at [Sed tutorial][1], [Another tutorial][2], and [A small tutorial at Linux HOWTOs][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Sed.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.panix.com/~elflord/unix/sed.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.linuxhowtos.org/System/sed_tutorial.htm" />
  <row Id="45744" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25729" RevisionGUID="e42fa97b-1d26-41de-b2ac-a45dba87963b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:51:06.103" UserId="4011" />
  <row Id="45745" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25743" RevisionGUID="092ce9b5-a38a-4991-86a1-3faf41ef30c2" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:52:57.957" UserId="5308" Text="Your understanding is almost right; however while the primary NS has the original data it is not the only authoritative source of data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To break down using the terms in your question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A secondary name server is a server which pulls the entire zone from the primary name server and can answer any queries against that zone authoritatively.  The primary and all secondaries fall into the category of authoritative name servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A non-authoritative name server is a name server that does not hold the zone information (either from local configuration or pulled from an authoritative server).  Any answers it holds are cached from queries to the authoritative name servers for the zone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A caching only name server is a server that is not authoritative for any zone.  This would be in the class of non-authoritative name servers." />
  <row Id="45746" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25744" RevisionGUID="c2a93d7a-6be9-46c6-aef4-0b0e868e17a0" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:53:14.320" UserId="9149" Text="First distinction is authoritative vs caheing servers. They serve different purposes: the former holds the information regarding particular zone(s), and the latter is serving client requests for resolving ANY domain record for any domain, hence their second name - DNS resolvers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In practice you can see that both these functions are combined, but in fact those are different ones and should not be confused.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As to secondary servers - you are right, those a slave servers that get the zone info from the primary server, and both secondary and primary type of servers are authoritative for a particular zone, that is able to serve requests." />
  <row Id="45747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25745" RevisionGUID="4d655c84-1ab2-4311-832b-b31cc56047dd" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:54:14.350" UserId="1435" Text="POP's not always great for this kind of coordinated work, think about using a web-based mail system such as Google Mail or similar. These keep your mail on one central server so you can see what emails others have sent and have one big 'in box' folder for you all to work from." />
  <row Id="45748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25746" RevisionGUID="4a6fa26d-7756-4113-b90e-a34e7711acb3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:58:35.807" UserId="9149" Text="Probably you should switch to IMAP4 protocol. Through the use of flags defined in the IMAP4 protocol, clients can keep track of message state; for example, whether or not the message has been read, replied to, or deleted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is pretty standard now, so chances are high your ISP can provide it. If not - there are some really good e-mail providers out there." />
  <row Id="45749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25747" RevisionGUID="d7e0692b-68b0-4b79-83e3-247b6462541b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T09:59:55.493" UserId="7936" Text="IMAP, POP is not the protocol of choice for your use case. You definitely want an IMAP account on the server if you need to stay with Outlook Express (which is horrible - OX is by far the worst mail client out in the wilds).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As [Chopper3 suggested][1], you are probably better of with some webmail client or even better yet use [RequestTracker][2] or [Roundup][3] on one of your local server and configur it to pull automatically every couple of minutes from there on you just need to define how your workflow goes to adapt the issue system to your needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/25737/syncing-one-outlook-express-account-on-multiple-computers/25745#25745&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://bestpractical.com/rt/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://roundup.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="45750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25748" RevisionGUID="549d1ee1-aaed-4189-878c-da06986d0a3d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:03:32.847" UserId="301" Text="The authoritative name servers for a domain are the `NS` records listed in the _parents_ zone file. These _should_ match the `NS` records listed in the zone file for the domain itself. For example&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    moriarty:~ dave$ dig cheney.net @dns1.name-services.com NS&#xD;&#xA;    ; &lt;&lt;&gt;&gt; DiG 9.4.3-P1 &lt;&lt;&gt;&gt; cheney.net @dns1.name-services.com NS&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ;; QUESTION SECTION:&#xD;&#xA;    ;cheney.net.			IN	NS&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ;; ANSWER SECTION:&#xD;&#xA;    cheney.net.		3600	IN	NS	dns1.name-services.com.&#xD;&#xA;    cheney.net.		3600	IN	NS	dns2.name-services.com.&#xD;&#xA;    cheney.net.		3600	IN	NS	dns3.name-services.com.&#xD;&#xA;    cheney.net.		3600	IN	NS	dns4.name-services.com.&#xD;&#xA;    cheney.net.		3600	IN	NS	dns5.name-services.com.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:&#xD;&#xA;    dns1.name-services.com.	3600	IN	A	98.124.192.1&#xD;&#xA;    dns2.name-services.com.	3600	IN	A	98.124.197.1&#xD;&#xA;    dns3.name-services.com.	3600	IN	A	98.124.193.1&#xD;&#xA;    dns4.name-services.com.	3600	IN	A	69.64.145.225&#xD;&#xA;    dns5.name-services.com.	3600	IN	A	98.124.196.1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45751" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25749" RevisionGUID="01651bba-231d-4807-9214-cf38703cf7be" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:04:34.967" UserId="7073" Text="If you mail provider does not allow IMAP or if they do not allow very large mailboxes so using IMAP would cause the mailbox to fill quickly then consider this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Install hMailServer one of your workstations&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setup an account on hMailServer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have it poll the ISP every say minute and place all mail in this account&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Connect your OE clients using IMAP to this local mail server, now you have an unlimited IMAP mailbox" />
  <row Id="45752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25750" RevisionGUID="b6184220-6c24-49b5-9a81-11071ea41e0f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:07:40.267" UserId="7783" Text="*If not possible, what a light-weight (and perferably free) solution to achieve this? I.e. getting mail from the hosting thru POP and being able to track actions and states.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem here is **not** Outlook Express. (Does anyone else have *any* idea how weird it felt to say that?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd start by exchanging the word &quot;POP&quot; for just about anything else from the email world and... well actually you'd be pretty good to go. POP3 is inherently unsuited for all but the very simplest business use. Does your current email provider support IMAP? Can you move to GMail?" />
  <row Id="45753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25751" RevisionGUID="c8623b6b-a3e7-48b6-9af9-f694ec0bbed1" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:09:21.433" UserId="9503" Text="I think that you just can't because the numbers are not stored in the configuration file.&#xD;&#xA;This is just intended to be used to be able to insert a line where you want in the ACL.&#xD;&#xA;And for Chopper3 (I can't yet add comment), here is talking about ACL line ordering, not ACL numbers as describe in the link you given." />
  <row Id="45754" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25752" RevisionGUID="13b647fc-e362-4a3a-9620-71407d5b47aa" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:09:51.917" UserId="8851" Text="Although not windows specific, I'm really using these alot:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Ctrl + ArrowLeft/ArrowRight - move cursor to the left/right&#xD;&#xA;* Ctrl + Shift + ArrowLeft/ArrowRight - move cursor to the left/right, selecting the text in between&#xD;&#xA;* Ctrl + Backspave - delete text one word at a time" />
  <row Id="45755" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25752" RevisionGUID="13b647fc-e362-4a3a-9620-71407d5b47aa" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:09:51.917" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45757" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25478" RevisionGUID="8684ae31-1034-4b1a-9491-90f4960d0d2f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:16:05.583" UserId="9457" Comment="added 136 characters in body" Text="The generic question is in the title. A more specific example is this:&#xD;&#xA;I have a server running ubuntu (actually xubuntu) v9.04. The svn (subversion) available in the repository is 1.5.x, but I want to install the newer 1.6.x. Is there a &quot;correct&quot; way to upgrade (and keep dependencies, etc.) ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please either answer this specific case or the generic one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*** Update *** I ended up installing the package from https://launchpad.net/~anders-kaseorg/%2Barchive/subversion-1.6, works for me." />
  <row Id="45758" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25754" RevisionGUID="31dd9b8d-8f2f-4691-b720-919a6953be9a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:16:14.103" UserId="8851" Text="I'd like to know if there's any reliable tools I could use (integrate with my network config) to monitor the status of the gateway and switch the default gw when it detects that the main gateway is dead?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How reliable is ping based checking, anything else to achieve the same result? What method do you use, if any?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is basically for &quot;high-availability&quot; internet sharing - office gateway is connected to two ISPs at the time and auto switches the active when the other one is down." />
  <row Id="45759" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25754" RevisionGUID="31dd9b8d-8f2f-4691-b720-919a6953be9a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:16:14.103" UserId="8851" Text="Gateway status checking methods on linux/bsd" />
  <row Id="45760" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25754" RevisionGUID="31dd9b8d-8f2f-4691-b720-919a6953be9a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:16:14.103" UserId="8851" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;status&gt;&lt;ping&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;bsd&gt;" />
  <row Id="45761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25755" RevisionGUID="a6ea2de3-ff6a-44a5-b50e-80b75bf971db" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:18:39.323" UserId="282" Text="If you can work out the switches you require to get the MSI to install in a totally unattended manner you can use [psexec][1] part of [pstools][2] from Microsoft/SysInternals.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;psexec \\workstation -u DOMAIN\Admin User -p password msiexec /i &quot;\\server\share\installer.msi&quot; switches&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having tried it, the process is very hit and miss; some installers will work some are so convoluted they just won't work. Uninstall dosn't work anywhere near as often as install does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get the MSI to unstall in an unatteneded mode try various combinations of the following switches:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;/quiet, /passive, /qn, /qb&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more information about msiexec.exe try&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;msiexec /?&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896649.aspx" />
  <row Id="45762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25756" RevisionGUID="96028ef2-aaec-4d3f-8742-0ce1ed73dbe6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:19:47.527" UserId="9149" Text="There is a tool from Sysinternals package called psexec. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    psexec \\machinename -u username -p password msiexec /i &quot;c:\your_program.msi&quot; /qn ALLUSERS=2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a  [psexec homepage][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx" />
  <row Id="45763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25757" RevisionGUID="f354c4d5-b6ac-424c-854a-4a5fdaeaadcd" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:21:42.233" UserId="301" Text="You could try pinging the upstream route, or the ISP's name servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This isn't rock solid, high contention on the link can trigger a failover. The best way to do this is combine it with link level failover if you router can support the ADSL interface directly." />
  <row Id="45764" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25758" RevisionGUID="c6571d18-f4d8-48df-8823-7ad447e926fd" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:22:35.633" UserId="9140" Text="Hi.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a relatively small and happy MySQL 5.1 database living on a FreeBSD 7.1 64bit install. Because of incompatibility with our backup software and FreeBSD, I have to move the databases to a Linux server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since we run Debian on everything else here I'm going to settle for that. The big question is if I should run 32bit or 64bit. It's a virtualized enviroment, so hardware doesnt play a role in this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will I get any performance gain (or loss) by using 64bit linux+64bit MySQL with little memory assigned (lets say 512M to be extreme)? Should I just use 32bit until the day I need to assign more than 2GB RAM to MySQL (PAE does not help, 32bit MySQL can not use more than 2GB)?" />
  <row Id="45765" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25758" RevisionGUID="c6571d18-f4d8-48df-8823-7ad447e926fd" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:22:35.633" UserId="9140" Text="Is there any reason to use 64bit MySQL (and OS) on small databases?" />
  <row Id="45766" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25758" RevisionGUID="c6571d18-f4d8-48df-8823-7ad447e926fd" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:22:35.633" UserId="9140" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;64-bit&gt;&lt;x64&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;debian&gt;" />
  <row Id="45767" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25759" RevisionGUID="52221070-9f01-4dce-9bcc-e38b7e5c784c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:23:39.250" UserId="8851" Text="Here's the situation, there's a small server room in our office (~4 active servers), but only one monitor/keyboard. Currently monitor and keyboard are connected to the most used server, but if the need to diagnose a different box would arise, I'd have to reconnect them manually. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any (preferably cheap) solution that would allow me to switch to what server monitor/keyboard is connected without physically reconnecting them?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Monitor + Keyboard&#xD;&#xA;        |&#xD;&#xA;        |&#xD;&#xA; periferial switch&#xD;&#xA;   |          |&#xD;&#xA;server1...    server2..." />
  <row Id="45768" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25759" RevisionGUID="52221070-9f01-4dce-9bcc-e38b7e5c784c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:23:39.250" UserId="8851" Text="Hardware monitor+keyboard switch for a small server room" />
  <row Id="45769" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25759" RevisionGUID="52221070-9f01-4dce-9bcc-e38b7e5c784c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:23:39.250" UserId="8851" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;monitor&gt;&lt;keyboard&gt;" />
  <row Id="45770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25760" RevisionGUID="6a788916-0c3d-4a56-8e34-bbd785cb60d0" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:25:08.217" UserDisplayName="Matt" Text="We are running a Win2K3 domain with a single Exchange 2003 server. We have a few public folders set up with calendars which people can use to book things like meeting rooms or loan equipment. The problem we have is that people often book things on behalf of others and or put the event they are booking it for as the subject rather than their own name. Is there a way to force this calendar entry to put their name as the subject, and lock it down so that they cannot change it? Or is there a better alternative?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="45771" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25760" RevisionGUID="6a788916-0c3d-4a56-8e34-bbd785cb60d0" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:25:08.217" UserDisplayName="Matt" Text="Force Usernames in Ex2K3 Public Folder Calendars" />
  <row Id="45772" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25760" RevisionGUID="6a788916-0c3d-4a56-8e34-bbd785cb60d0" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:25:08.217" UserDisplayName="Matt" Text="&lt;exchange-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="45773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25761" RevisionGUID="ee407f6b-e934-4e7e-95d2-6970702480b0" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:25:13.007" UserId="2299" Text="Assming you don't have access to System Center Virtual Machine Manager (in Moo's post above) the only way I know of to do this is the same way as you would a physical server. Try http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php for a boot CD to resize the partition, then use Drive Snapshot or similar to backup the C: partition. Create a new vhd of the correct size, boot off a WinPE CD or similar and restore C: to the new vhd.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a lot less scary than a real server because you can just copy the vhds somewhere safe before you start tinkering with them. Also because the controller will just look like an IDE controller to the boot CD you don't have to worry about disk drivers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25762" RevisionGUID="d943cc28-cc6e-498a-8c27-0f7112023ede" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:26:36.483" UserId="9149" Text="A KVM switch (Keyboard, Video or Visual Display Unit, Mouse) is a hardware device that does exactly what you need, that is allows you to control multiple computers from a single keyboard, video monitor and mouse." />
  <row Id="45775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25763" RevisionGUID="e123b549-e3ce-4c26-8c6d-d5c87b41ab34" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:27:13.613" UserId="9513" Text="Where can I download a description of system services of Windows Server 2008? I really need it." />
  <row Id="45776" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25763" RevisionGUID="e123b549-e3ce-4c26-8c6d-d5c87b41ab34" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:27:13.613" UserId="9513" Text="Where can I download a description of system services of Windows Server 2008?" />
  <row Id="45777" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25763" RevisionGUID="e123b549-e3ce-4c26-8c6d-d5c87b41ab34" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:27:13.613" UserId="9513" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;services&gt;" />
  <row Id="45778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25764" RevisionGUID="43c33ad3-d185-40fc-a51d-9051e11650d2" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:30:52.340" UserId="282" Text="For this situation any popular brand 4 port KVM (Keyboard/Video/Mouse) Switch such as the provided by Belkin or APC would work well for you, I recommend getting one with an external power supply some cheap KVMs without a power supply can draw too much current from the PS2 ports, not had any problems with unpowered Belkin or APC for what it is worth." />
  <row Id="45779" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25765" RevisionGUID="44208290-d0ae-407d-a088-399a228b7e7a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:37:12.577" UserId="7936" Text="You already answered the question yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are 100% percent positive not to grow beyond 2GB of RAM usage in the current hardware lifecycle you can stay with 32bit, when the time comes to replace your hardware you will have to reconsider anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given the current hardware market I don't see a real reason not to use 64 bit it will be the safe side in case of unforseen growth, that is true for cache as well as real data size. After all a full migration will take somewhat longer than just taking the box down and adding some RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Drawbacks could be that pointers on a 64bit system use about 30% more memory but that won't really hurt you if you really stay on the small side of memory usage, but on the other hand if you grow you will be able to grow more quickly (at least as long as you can stay on the same hardware box)" />
  <row Id="45780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25766" RevisionGUID="b3abb6bf-3c69-4caf-8423-c4fc70cb76c9" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:43:28.027" UserId="3110" Text="64bit. If for some reason you get a request that blows the database needs beyond the 512, you can just add some cheap ram and be done with it.  No reinstall, etc." />
  <row Id="45781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25767" RevisionGUID="af18d7ea-6aff-452f-bacf-ffde9d08dab3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:46:20.780" UserId="9332" Text="&gt; I changed my DHCP and DNS server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just a thought ... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Did you move all of your service records (SRV) when you switched to the new DNS server? Active Directory *really* needs those records to operate. Without the SRV records you have no way of telling clients where your LDAP and Kerberos servers are (which is your PDC/GC).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh ... and was your TFS using DHCP?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25768" RevisionGUID="3fd1d6e0-c8a0-405e-85c6-5a83ecda9caf" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:46:23.543" UserId="45" Text="I'm not sure what exactly you are looking for, but I guess a good starting point is [Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 product information page][1], particularly the [White Papers section][2] and [features page][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The following link, for example, leads to a 160 pages longword  document: &quot;[**Windows Server 2008 Technical Overview (full document)**][4]&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more technical content, there is the [Windows Server 2008 section on TechNet][5].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/product-information.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/white-papers.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/differentiated-features.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/8/d/78d2768f-640a-4e14-a3f8-10835afb0533/Windows%20Server%202008%20Technical%20Overview%20-%20Final.docx&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/2008/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="45783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25769" RevisionGUID="94eb4ea3-680d-4404-83c0-ce387e3d9f35" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:46:45.070" UserId="8374" Text="On my windows server, I use analog to parse my log files and analyze them.&#xD;&#xA;The logs are daily and named as exYYMMDD.log&#xD;&#xA;How i can set in the analog cfg file to parse only one week of logs?" />
  <row Id="45784" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25769" RevisionGUID="94eb4ea3-680d-4404-83c0-ce387e3d9f35" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:46:45.070" UserId="8374" Text="How to make Analog to parse only one week of logs?" />
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  <row Id="45787" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25770" RevisionGUID="a1db1f0b-5878-45cd-a6e7-994cd8edd335" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:47:54.240" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25771" RevisionGUID="728b664e-d3ee-4361-a070-56c9811c3e77" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:49:26.047" UserId="9515" Text="&#xD;&#xA;Good morning - &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm a product manager type building an application for the first time. I've taught myself the ruby and rails pieces, but I'm a little gunshy about the sysadmin stuff. I apologize in advance if this is a trivial question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My domain.com is registered at Dreamhost. My email goes through Dreamhost, and the domain.com currently redirects to blog.domain.com, which is hosted at Dreamhost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been building out the application at Slicehost (it has a couple of application servers, in addition to the web server). I've been hitting the site directly at the IP address as I've been building it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So now, I want to tell Dreamhost that domain.com should point to the Slicehost machines, but I still want to have Dreamhost managing the domain.com email traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I looked at CNAME, but this looks like it would redirect the mail, too. I'm a little lost, and I have the creeping terrors that bad things will happen if I mess this up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for any direction you can provide,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Jason" />
  <row Id="45789" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25771" RevisionGUID="728b664e-d3ee-4361-a070-56c9811c3e77" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:49:26.047" UserId="9515" Text="How to redirect domain without breaking the email?" />
  <row Id="45790" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25771" RevisionGUID="728b664e-d3ee-4361-a070-56c9811c3e77" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:49:26.047" UserId="9515" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;cname&gt;" />
  <row Id="45794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25773" RevisionGUID="b091d83c-75db-48a8-bd5f-a7fa757bbfc6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:52:17.023" UserId="9332" Text="`Windows + L` = Lock&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`Ctrl + Esc` = Windows Start Menu, for those keyboards with no Windows Super Key" />
  <row Id="45795" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25773" RevisionGUID="b091d83c-75db-48a8-bd5f-a7fa757bbfc6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:52:17.023" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25774" RevisionGUID="0df91235-6b69-4ba0-95fc-941e25f35492" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:52:48.147" UserId="3925" Text="On Windows... CTRL+SHIFT+DELETE. If the system is not responding, that sometimes gets task manager up. It also gets you the change password option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, on a remote terminal session, that can also bring up the 'shut down' dialog without needing to open a command prompt and shutdown the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Possibly its the most common keystroke there is!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45797" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25774" RevisionGUID="0df91235-6b69-4ba0-95fc-941e25f35492" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:52:48.147" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45798" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25775" RevisionGUID="4f8d90fc-5054-4e8c-8e90-7efdfd3cfc6b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:52:56.650" UserId="1917" Text="My favourite is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`ALT + Print Screen` - taking screen shots of just the active window rather than the full screen. This saves me tons of time as I don't have to crop images when filing bug reports or documenting things for users." />
  <row Id="45799" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25775" RevisionGUID="4f8d90fc-5054-4e8c-8e90-7efdfd3cfc6b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:52:56.650" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25776" RevisionGUID="9dd17122-c683-4420-9239-2418b9aeb2f4" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:54:31.200" UserId="2888" Text="MX records are used to direct where your email is delivered.  Changing your A records or CNAMEs will not change where email is delivered.  BUT you probably should confirm how Dreamhost has your DNS setup before changing anything." />
  <row Id="45801" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25777" RevisionGUID="72e046af-a78f-4fd7-9358-1a3b39c19e92" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:54:42.183" UserId="8851" Text="Do you have access to zone files on dreamhost?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If yes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Change the TTL to a small number some time before moving the domain, nameservers that respect TTL will update your information faster. After some time past the update, change it back to a regular value.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding email:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure your MX entry is pointing to your old mail server (dreamhost), change only A/CNAME entries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MX_record" />
  <row Id="45802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25778" RevisionGUID="e3d388c8-4cd9-4d43-8876-8c1a69d7e133" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:56:14.007" UserId="301" Text="The server that handles the mail for `domain.com` is referenced by the [`MX`][1] record in the root of the zone file for `domain.com`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The server that handles web traffic for `domain.com` is referenced by the [`A`][2] record in the root of the zone file for `domain.com`, as well as other address like `www`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you can see, those are separate records, and can be adjusted independently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MX_record&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_record#A" />
  <row Id="45803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25779" RevisionGUID="3268b798-3175-4b64-a750-90dd2f6cc2af" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:58:32.877" UserId="3320" Text="How is it possible to pipe out `wget`'s downloaded file? If not what alternatives should I use?" />
  <row Id="45804" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25779" RevisionGUID="3268b798-3175-4b64-a750-90dd2f6cc2af" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:58:32.877" UserId="3320" Text="How do I pipe a downloaded file to standard output in bash?" />
  <row Id="45805" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25779" RevisionGUID="3268b798-3175-4b64-a750-90dd2f6cc2af" CreationDate="2009-06-15T10:58:32.877" UserId="3320" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;bash&gt;&lt;pipe&gt;&lt;downloads&gt;" />
  <row Id="45806" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25780" RevisionGUID="4a4466f5-ebeb-4969-8aed-f003cffbcdff" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:01:06.943" UserId="2413" Text="    wget -O - -o /dev/null  http://google.com&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25781" RevisionGUID="fd33b399-9209-42dc-87ca-1d61697c31bf" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:01:10.267" UserId="6767" Text="The answer to your question is yes, Ghost can deal with ext3 partitions, although it may not be as fast or (if you are taking the image to another computer) as space-efficient as it is with NTFS." />
  <row Id="45808" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25782" RevisionGUID="a9fd9c99-a990-4b33-b1b5-1706bd0b5cae" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:01:21.610" UserId="5392" Text="I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to achieve here. Is this for training or forensics? If you want something that produces nice readable log files you're probably out of luck. If you're looking at being able to playback sessions, ttyrec is what you're after. You can run it as part of a login script to capture a user's session, but make sure you use 'trap' to stop a user from exiting ttyrec and getting back to a shell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25783" RevisionGUID="4ec2405b-f948-4219-9ce5-b783c35a9871" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:03:40.480" UserId="6767" Text="Active Directory rides DNS, and works best/most completely when the AD server is the DNS server for the domain members.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For some reason, using an alternative DNS server results in some requests not being passed through to the AD server, resulting in incomplete functionality." />
  <row Id="45810" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25784" RevisionGUID="d67c2322-cef3-4bd7-b01e-0280b58aad96" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:08:26.337" UserId="51157" Text="I've not realy worked with Windows Server since 2000 Advanced Server and I'm about to purchase a 2008 (standard) server for a project that I'm working on, are there any specific things I should be aware of?" />
  <row Id="45811" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25784" RevisionGUID="d67c2322-cef3-4bd7-b01e-0280b58aad96" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:08:26.337" UserId="51157" Text="Things to be aware of moving from Windows Server 2000 to 2008" />
  <row Id="45812" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25784" RevisionGUID="d67c2322-cef3-4bd7-b01e-0280b58aad96" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:08:26.337" UserId="51157" Text="&lt;windowsserver2000&gt;&lt;widnowsserver2008&gt;&lt;transitioning&gt;" />
  <row Id="45813" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25779" RevisionGUID="8091ed03-d735-4f4e-992d-6fed9426194c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:08:58.333" UserId="342" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;bash&gt;&lt;pipe&gt;&lt;wget&gt;" />
  <row Id="45814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25785" RevisionGUID="9213c12e-4d7d-4340-8500-4b54b14a820d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:12:06.330" UserId="8374" Text="I saw that IIS is completely different in configuration and so on&#xD;&#xA;Also, most of the dialogs are rewrote from scratch&#xD;&#xA;I think for you it will be a shocker to migrate :)&#xD;&#xA;Download the trial ISO from microsoft website and try to play it on a VM" />
  <row Id="45815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25786" RevisionGUID="70c4d7de-b984-4076-a08e-7cbc63e9c376" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:12:35.767" UserId="1440" Text="- A lot of things that are on in 2000 (&amp;2003) are by default not installed on 2008. You need to install/enable them.&#xD;&#xA;- UAC.&#xD;&#xA;- IIS 7 is very different to IIS 5." />
  <row Id="45816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25787" RevisionGUID="dbae84c5-3db2-4e9e-92c3-7931e93c59d4" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:13:30.477" UserId="8374" Text="It should, I never tried Norton Ghost, but acronis true image succeeded to clone an HFS partition&#xD;&#xA;This is because both programs read the disk bit-to-bit" />
  <row Id="45817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25788" RevisionGUID="835c2993-ba29-42de-ad66-09c03b382796" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:13:45.140" UserId="2545" Text="Or use curl, where it's the default behaviour.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    curl http://www.google.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://curl.haxx.se/" />
  <row Id="45818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25789" RevisionGUID="b7d06735-554b-4dbe-9757-6d8aa7815f30" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:14:53.500" UserId="4721" Text="Are you looking for [Service overview and network port requirements for the Windows Server system][1] (KB832017)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/832017" />
  <row Id="45819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25790" RevisionGUID="92412cda-9564-4935-8f5c-5acda29a0343" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:15:43.670" UserId="1440" Text="- Control-Shift-Escape: Task Manager.&#xD;&#xA;- Windows-R: Run dialogue." />
  <row Id="45820" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25790" RevisionGUID="92412cda-9564-4935-8f5c-5acda29a0343" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:15:43.670" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45821" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25791" RevisionGUID="ed4959a4-9121-4d4f-92e6-426d57e1a9bc" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:17:22.310" UserId="1440" Text="If you have OneNote running in the notification area:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Windows-S: Snapshot part of display (drag mouse to select area)." />
  <row Id="45822" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25791" RevisionGUID="ed4959a4-9121-4d4f-92e6-426d57e1a9bc" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:17:22.310" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25792" RevisionGUID="25134edc-ad49-4a9d-88a6-9783d200861b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:18:22.230" UserId="4721" Text="There is a VB Script at [this techtasks site][1] that should help enumerate the available services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ' This code prints the list of services on a machine&#xD;&#xA;    ' ---------------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    ' From the book &quot;Windows Server Cookbook&quot; by Robbie Allen&#xD;&#xA;    ' ISBN: 0-596-00633-0&#xD;&#xA;    ' ---------------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ' ------ SCRIPT CONFIGURATION ------&#xD;&#xA;    strComputer = &quot;&lt;ServerName&gt;&quot;  ' e.g. fs-rtp01 (use . for local server)&#xD;&#xA;    boolShowDetails = TRUE        ' set to FALSE to display list w/o details&#xD;&#xA;    ' ------ END CONFIGURATION ---------&#xD;&#xA;    set objWMI = GetObject(&quot;winmgmts:\\&quot; &amp; strComputer &amp; &quot;\root\cimv2&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    set objServices = objWMI.InstancesOf(&quot;Win32_Service&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for each objService in objServices&#xD;&#xA;       WScript.Echo objService.Name&#xD;&#xA;       if boolShowDetails = TRUE then&#xD;&#xA;          for each objProp in objService.Properties_&#xD;&#xA;             ' Print out NULL if the property is blank&#xD;&#xA;             if IsNull(objProp.Value) then&#xD;&#xA;                Wscript.Echo &quot; &quot; &amp; objProp.Name &amp; &quot; : NULL&quot;&#xD;&#xA;             else&#xD;&#xA;             ' If the value is an array, we need to iterate through each element&#xD;&#xA;             ' of the array&#xD;&#xA;                if objProp.IsArray = TRUE then&#xD;&#xA;                   For I = LBound(objProp.Value) to UBound(objProp.Value)&#xD;&#xA;                      wscript.echo &quot; &quot; &amp; objProp.Name &amp; &quot; : &quot; &amp; objProp.Value(I)&#xD;&#xA;                   next&#xD;&#xA;                else&#xD;&#xA;               ' If the property was  not NULL or an array, we print it&#xD;&#xA;                    wscript.echo &quot; &quot; &amp; objProp.Name &amp; &quot; : &quot; &amp; objProp.Value&#xD;&#xA;                end if&#xD;&#xA;             end if&#xD;&#xA;          next&#xD;&#xA;          WScript.Echo &quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;       end if&#xD;&#xA;    next&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://techtasks.com/code/viewbookcode/596" />
  <row Id="45824" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25773" RevisionGUID="6083a8b5-f1b6-43a9-b9ba-7a4db2740be4" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:21:48.527" UserId="9332" Comment="added 173 characters in body; added 4 characters in body" Text="`Windows + L` = Lock&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`Ctrl + Esc` = Windows Start Menu, for those keyboards with no Windows Super Key&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`ALT + CTRL + Print Screen` = Take a screen shot of the current active window (not the whole desktop)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`ALT + Print Screen` = Take a screen shot of the entire desktop." />
  <row Id="45825" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25789" RevisionGUID="270525f9-0caa-40d8-ab3e-9fdce26093e2" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:21:54.720" UserId="4721" Comment="added 197 characters in body; added 1 characters in body" Text="Are you looking for [Service overview and network port requirements for the Windows Server system][1] (KB832017).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, Windows Security article, [Controlling Service Security Using Windows Server 2008][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/832017&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Controlling-Service-Security-Windows-Server-2008.html" />
  <row Id="45826" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11604" RevisionGUID="f191c2e1-d189-4bf3-9089-2458b972d338" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:24:37.507" UserId="45" Comment="added 733 characters in body" Text="Many executing components of Windows are implemented as services (see all services on your machine opening `Control Panel &gt; Administrative Tools &gt; Services`). These are specialized programs running  in the background. They are not started by the logged-in user, but my the operating system itself. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most services aren't stand-alone executables (EXE files), but are implemented in libraries (DLLs), which can be used by running processes. As the name suggests, Svchost or &quot;Service Host&quot; is Windows' standard executable for running these DLLs. You can find svchost.exe file in the `%systemroot%\system32` directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to know which instance of svchost is executing which service, type&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     tasklist /svc /fi &quot;IMAGENAME eq svchost.exe&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;on a command line console (cmd).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the machine, where I made the screenshot, one of the instances of svchost is running 21 different services, for example. This grouping of services allows for better control and easier debugging, according to [Microsoft's documentation][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Svchost.exe groups are identified in the following registry key:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Svchost&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A tip (if you run Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008): you can open the Task Manager and right-click on a particular svchost.exe process, and then choose the &quot;Go to Service&quot; option. This will show the *Services* tab, where all services running under the selected `svchost.exe` process will be marked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a very interesting document in Microsoft's Download Center: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Microsoft Windows Server 2003 System Services Reference][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This document contains summaries all&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of the services available for the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Windows Server 2003 family of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; operating systems. The services are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; listed in alphabetical order by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; display name. Following a description&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of each service, a table lists key&#xD;&#xA;&gt; information about the service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Every Windows service is listed with all its details. You learn, for example, that the executable file name of the Terminal Services service is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     svchost.exe -k termsvcs &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B314056&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9122/svchost.png&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b38a0682-2997-4678-9d9e-a07cc66a3bba&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="45827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25793" RevisionGUID="dfe87932-915e-4351-b17e-e4619aceddd4" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:24:57.847" UserId="5234" Text="Alt-F4 - the fast way to close a Window.  Will also pop-up the log off/shut down dialog if the desktop has the focus." />
  <row Id="45828" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25793" RevisionGUID="dfe87932-915e-4351-b17e-e4619aceddd4" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:24:57.847" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45829" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25763" RevisionGUID="266ce121-dd2b-4772-a50f-050ce041c05a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:25:10.657" UserId="9513" Comment="added 151 characters in body; edited title" Text="Where can I download a description of system services of Windows Server 2008? I need a document like this =&gt; http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b38a0682-2997-4678-9d9e-a07cc66a3bba&amp;displaylang=en but for Windows Server 2008." />
  <row Id="45830" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="25763" RevisionGUID="266ce121-dd2b-4772-a50f-050ce041c05a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:25:10.657" UserId="9513" Comment="added 151 characters in body; edited title" Text="Where can I download a description of all system services of Windows Server 2008?" />
  <row Id="45831" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25722" RevisionGUID="5588f9f3-2f0f-4415-9bf5-7dbedee2a5e2" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:26:09.610" UserId="2299" Comment="added 448 characters in body; added 65 characters in body" Text="An obvious test perhaps, but if you fire up a command prompt on the 2003 server and type nslookup does it display something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    c:\temp&gt;nslookup&#xD;&#xA;    Default Server:  mypdc.mydomain.local&#xD;&#xA;    Address:  192.168.1.1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and if you now type:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mypdc.mydomain.local&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;does it correctly resolve the PDC name?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: It looks as if DNS is OK or at least your 2k3 server is correctly using mypdc as the DNS server. Presumably you're logging into the 2k3 server as a local account if the domain account doesn't work. When you're logged in, if you open a command prompt and type:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    net use \\mypdc\ipc$ /user:mydomain\administrator&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(obviously replace &quot;mydomain&quot; by your domain name) and then feed in the domain administrator password, does this work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also is there anything relevant in the Security log on mypdc?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25794" RevisionGUID="b42e2687-cc39-4bfe-b080-15a3fd755ba2" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:28:05.517" UserId="5308" Text="The answer to your question will depend on the URLs you want your users to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want users to access your application via http://app.domain.com/ or http://www.domain.com/ you can either use an A record to point app or www to the IP address of the application server, or add a CNAME record to point to the real name of the app server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want http://domain.com/ to point to your application things are trickier.  The correct answer it to point the A record for domain.com to the IP of your application server.  A CNAME might seem tempting; however when you use a CNAME to specify the canonical name for a host you are not allowed to have any other resource records for that host.  Your zone will need to have at least SOA and NS records as well as MX records to function properly so a CNAME will not work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For information on common DNS mistakes, including CNAME limitations, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1912&quot;&gt;RFC1912&lt;/a&gt;." />
  <row Id="45833" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25795" RevisionGUID="2494a136-6168-4b06-9fc4-be1bc545d305" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:29:08.837" UserId="9503" Text="The good way would be to do this on network side, with two routeur using HSRP to share the same IP. With this if one router or one link fail, the second router would take the IP of the first one (this is a basic explanation). With this you are sure that the default gateway of your computers will work.&#xD;&#xA;Now if you really want a solution on server side, I guess that I would ping something on Internet (like IPS dns server as Dave Cheney says but also well know website like google and yahoo may be) and also check with tcpdump/ethereal if I receive packet from Internet.&#xD;&#xA;Because for any reason ICMP can not reply but the link can be in a good state so that you will probably see incomming data (from internet) on the server ethernet card." />
  <row Id="45834" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25796" RevisionGUID="31029407-f788-4b91-9f4e-cac2b6da1c5b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:33:29.407" UserId="4946" Text="I can't believe nobody posted &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Ctrl-X : Cut&#xD;&#xA;    Ctrl-C : Copy&#xD;&#xA;    Ctrl-V : Paste&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;yet... those really are the ones I use the most!" />
  <row Id="45835" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25796" RevisionGUID="31029407-f788-4b91-9f4e-cac2b6da1c5b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:33:29.407" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45836" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25794" RevisionGUID="b2d71dfc-cc02-43b6-8101-27a67719776b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:35:50.417" UserId="5308" Comment="added 557 characters in body" Text="The answer to your question will depend on the URLs you want your users to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want users to access your application via http://app.domain.com/ or http://www.domain.com/ you can either use an A record to point app or www to the IP address of the application server, or add a CNAME record to point to the real name of the app server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;server01.domain.com.     A       192.0.2.1&#xD;&#xA;; Either&#xD;&#xA;app.domain.com.          CNAME   server01.domain.com.&#xD;&#xA;; OR&#xD;&#xA;app.domain.com.          A       192.0.2.1&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want http://domain.com/ to point to your application things are trickier.  The correct answer it to point the A record for domain.com to the IP of your application server.  A CNAME might seem tempting; however when you use a CNAME to specify the canonical name for a host you are not allowed to have any other resource records for that host.  Your zone will need to have at least SOA and NS records as well as MX records to function properly so a CNAME will not work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;domain.com.    SOA ns0.domain.com. hostmaster.domain.com. ( 2009150957 86400 7200 3600000 3600 )&#xD;&#xA;@              NS  ns0.domain.com.&#xD;&#xA;@              NS  ns1.domain.com.&#xD;&#xA;@              MX 5 mail.domain.com.&#xD;&#xA;@              MX 10 relay.domain.com.&#xD;&#xA;; This is invalid:&#xD;&#xA;@              CNAME    server01.domain.com.&#xD;&#xA;; This is valid:&#xD;&#xA;@              A   192.168.0.2&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For information on common DNS mistakes, including CNAME limitations, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1912&quot;&gt;RFC1912&lt;/a&gt;." />
  <row Id="45837" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25797" RevisionGUID="77396d9c-13eb-4306-b0e4-e0976eab78e3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:37:37.603" UserId="8741" Text="I have a server that has 4GB of RAM. On it, I have installation of 32bit Slackware Linux 12.1. Of course, it is not using all of 4GB of RAM. I'd soon like to increase the RAM to 8GB, and am looking for a way for the system to use it. The system is used as a database server and is under high load during the day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AFAICT, I have two options: stay with 32bit and rebuild the kernel and lose some performance. Or go with 64bit and reinstall everything. Looking at 64bit versions of Slackware, I could run -current or Slamd64. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, on to the questions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Should I stay with 32bit or go with 64bit?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. If I go 64bit, should I use -current or Slamd64?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*P.S. I hope to get answers from someone actually using any of these configurations in production, not just copy/paste something I could find myself via Google.*" />
  <row Id="45838" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25797" RevisionGUID="77396d9c-13eb-4306-b0e4-e0976eab78e3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:37:37.603" UserId="8741" Text="64bit or 32bit Linux system?" />
  <row Id="45839" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25797" RevisionGUID="77396d9c-13eb-4306-b0e4-e0976eab78e3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:37:37.603" UserId="8741" Text="&lt;32bit&gt;&lt;64bit&gt;&lt;slackware&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="45840" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23250" RevisionGUID="df222f1a-3025-4d10-becb-4977998158d9" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:39:45.307" UserId="86" Comment="corrected spelling" Text="I would recommend [Server Axis][1] for a VPS.  Of course if you're learning then simply setup something on your box at home.  If you are running [GNU/Linux][2] you can download a framework like [Django][3] that has a built-in testing server you can play with or you can setup any HTTP server ([Apache][4], [Cherokee][5], [Nginx][6] (Engine-X), etc) as long as it supports either WSGI interface (preferable IMHO) or mod_python.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.serveraxis.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.gnu.org&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.djangoproject.com&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.apache.org&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.cherokee-project.com/media.html&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://nginx.net/" />
  <row Id="45841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25798" RevisionGUID="25d09a06-4ab5-4071-8186-3694647d59ad" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:40:21.937" UserId="2561" Text="You can also use [perl one liners][1] if you find you want more regular expression features than sed provides.  See this [link][2] for a comparison.  nik's example would look like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    perl -ple 's/exp1/exp2/g' foo &gt; foo2.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sial.org/howto/perl/one-liner/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.regular-expressions.info/refflavors.html" />
  <row Id="45842" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19229" RevisionGUID="d30e2b09-7f24-4e0d-a33a-a2ad4d79c6fc" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:40:41.093" UserId="86" Comment="corrected spelling and grammar" Text="If you are comfortable with setting up the server, I would look into a VPS host.  The flexibility of being able to select the components you want to use greatly outweighs the inconvenience of having to maintain the OS on your own.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25799" RevisionGUID="d2d5553d-d269-44c7-93b0-5d804b0c84d1" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:41:28.017" UserId="9140" Text="I'm nearly in the same scenario as you (http://serverfault.com/questions/25758/is-there-any-reason-to-use-64bit-mysql-and-os-on-small-databases), and from what I could find out: MySQL on 32bit can not use more than 2GB RAM per instance no matter what you do with your kernel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're not running MySQL the situation might be different." />
  <row Id="45844" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19270" RevisionGUID="4710bf17-96a7-4832-afaf-2183e52d2810" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:42:01.620" UserId="86" Comment="corrected spelling and grammar" Text="If you want a guarantee a host is going to support everything you want it to in terms of software, you're best off looking into getting a dedicated server or a VPS (I recommend [Linode][1]).  Or do your development locally, there are many good guides on how to set various things up, especially with a popular language like python.  Learning how to set python up would be a good experience alongside learning the language itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linode.com" />
  <row Id="45845" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25800" RevisionGUID="45f533af-9ed2-43c3-85c8-82af3a759ac6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:44:10.540" UserId="1376" Text="    Windows+1&#xD;&#xA;    Windows+2&#xD;&#xA;    Windows+3...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Starts or activates the window of the corresponding numbered icon in the quick launch bar. Since Vista / Server 2008." />
  <row Id="45846" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25800" RevisionGUID="45f533af-9ed2-43c3-85c8-82af3a759ac6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:44:10.540" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45847" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19222" RevisionGUID="d4b7a23b-3d58-4809-81bd-2f2f5a559ba1" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:44:37.200" UserId="86" Comment="corrected spelling and grammar" Text="&lt;p&gt;I would love to start learning python by setting up a little website, and for that I need hosting. What should I look for in a hosting provider to be sure I can use python?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;to be complete: I don't want a list of hosting companies, but I want to know what I should look for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course I can take the first host which mentions 'Python' in its specs, but I want to be sure I can really use it, and not only the basic things... Problem is I don't know much about python, so it's difficult to know what I'm looking for...&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45848" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25794" RevisionGUID="715869cd-ced4-405e-ac57-e410e4dd08be" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:45:16.840" UserId="5308" Comment="deleted 2 characters in body; edited body; added 23 characters in body" Text="The answer to your question will depend on the URLs you want your users to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want users to access your application via http://app.domain.com/ or http://www.domain.com/ you can either use an A record to point app or www to the IP address of the application server, or add a CNAME record to point to the real name of the app server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;server01.domain.com.     A       192.0.2.1&#xD;&#xA;; Either&#xD;&#xA;app.domain.com.          CNAME   server01.domain.com.&#xD;&#xA;; OR&#xD;&#xA;app.domain.com.          A       192.0.2.1&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want http://domain.com/ to point to your application things are trickier.  The correct answer it to point the A record for domain.com to the IP of your application server.  A CNAME might seem tempting; however when you use a CNAME to specify the canonical name for a host you are not allowed to have any other resource records for that host.  Your zone will need to have at least SOA and NS records as well as MX records to function properly so a CNAME will not work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;domain.com.    SOA ( ns0.domain.com. hostmaster.domain.com. &#xD;&#xA;                     2009061501 86400 7200 3600000 3600 )&#xD;&#xA;@              NS  ns0.domain.com.&#xD;&#xA;@              NS  ns1.domain.com.&#xD;&#xA;@              MX 5 mail.domain.com.&#xD;&#xA;@              MX 10 relay.domain.com.&#xD;&#xA;; This is invalid:&#xD;&#xA;@              CNAME    server01.domain.com.&#xD;&#xA;; This is valid:&#xD;&#xA;@              A   192.0.2.1&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For information on common DNS mistakes, including CNAME limitations, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1912&quot;&gt;RFC1912&lt;/a&gt;." />
  <row Id="45849" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25729" RevisionGUID="5dc2b2c3-2d48-4aab-b35a-07cd92c67167" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:46:11.333" UserId="86" Comment="corrected spelling" Text="OK, we all know the obvious ones here, but what always surprises me is the number of people that don't know all of them...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simple ones:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Alt-Tab - switch between applications (Shift+Alt+Tab - go through in reverse order)&#xD;&#xA; - Ctrl-Tab - switch between documents in an application (doesn't work in MS Word though - grr)&#xD;&#xA; - Ctrl+P - print this document&#xD;&#xA; - Ctrl+S - Save&#xD;&#xA; - Ctrl+Z - Undo&#xD;&#xA; - Ctrl+Y - Redo&#xD;&#xA; - Windows+M - Minimise everything (Shift+Windows+M - put everything back!)&#xD;&#xA; - Windows+F - File search (as opposed to Ctrl+F - local find in document)&#xD;&#xA; - Alt+space - get the control box (the one with minimise/maximise) - esp. useful if you lose a window on a multi-monitor desktop...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;New ones in Windows 7:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows-Tab - application switching (like alt-tab) + preview&#xD;&#xA; - Windows+ either up or down arrow - maximise/restore window position&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Did you also know ones like - scrolling the mouse wheel and holding CTRL changes font-size/zoom options in most (MS) applications...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are your favourites?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mike" />
  <row Id="45850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25801" RevisionGUID="8922aebf-d9e6-49fb-b32a-5b66f6a3f65c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:46:16.590" UserId="7342" Text="If you want to increase your memory, you have no choice, but to run a 64bit kernel. You can keep a 32bit userland if you want, but each process will be limited to a maximum of 2GB (maybe 3GB). You shouldn't need to reinstall everything, just a new kernel." />
  <row Id="45851" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25796" RevisionGUID="1643db3c-73a2-4a48-99e4-bd41bd8ea397" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:48:07.200" UserId="4946" Comment="deleted 40 characters in body; added 220 characters in body" Text="**Obviously**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Ctrl-X : Cut  &#xD;&#xA;&gt;Ctrl-C : Copy  &#xD;&#xA;&gt;Ctrl-V : Paste&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;are the ones I use the most!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Some other ones**:  &#xD;&#xA;In most text-editors:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Ctrl-F : Find  &#xD;&#xA;&gt;Ctrl-H : Find and replace&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In most browsers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Ctrl-T : Open new tab  &#xD;&#xA;&gt;Ctrl-Click on link or Middle Mouse Button on link : open link in new tab" />
  <row Id="45852" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25802" RevisionGUID="c73f8013-bc76-4acb-96f0-aa79ab2376e0" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:54:17.447" UserId="7342" Text="There are other methods you can use instead of wget and curl:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use lynx:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # lynx -source http://www.google.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;w3m:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # w3m -dump_source http://www.google.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and libwww-perl comes with a handy program called GET (as well has HEAD and POST, which do what you think they do)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # GET http://www.google.com&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45853" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25803" RevisionGUID="1941a49c-6094-4080-a986-b3fb1e648c67" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:56:20.083" UserId="8122" Text="I have a program which I've been using for over a year that I recently discovered is laced with a virus. I do not want to reformat the entire computer mostly because even if I backed up the data, I wouldn't be able to tell if I'm porting the virus infected files with me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, if I were to create a new Virtual Machine, then run the infectious program, is there any way to pinpoint which files it has infected? (I.E. running a diff on the system and seeing what has changed?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2nd Question&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VMs are wholly and completely insulated from the outer system, correct? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is no way for this virus to be run on the VM, and infect the main system? In my case, the outer system is already infected, so no big deal, but I was wondering if it was theoretically possible to write a virus that would infect the host systems while being run in a VM?" />
  <row Id="45854" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25803" RevisionGUID="1941a49c-6094-4080-a986-b3fb1e648c67" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:56:20.083" UserId="8122" Text="Can I run a Diff between a VM and it's backup?" />
  <row Id="45855" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25803" RevisionGUID="1941a49c-6094-4080-a986-b3fb1e648c67" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:56:20.083" UserId="8122" Text="&lt;virus-scan&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;" />
  <row Id="45856" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25804" RevisionGUID="d0060005-55e4-4c87-a1dc-144f04377008" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:56:25.857" UserDisplayName="rmontagud" Text="Win + Tab is already in vista, i'd comment your post but i lack the reputation to do it.." />
  <row Id="45857" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25804" RevisionGUID="d0060005-55e4-4c87-a1dc-144f04377008" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:56:25.857" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45858" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25796" RevisionGUID="f1860580-b080-422d-9006-cc2b66e65a6c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T11:56:47.587" UserId="4946" Comment="added 20 characters in body" Text="**Obviously**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Ctrl-X : Cut  &#xD;&#xA;&gt;Ctrl-C : Copy  &#xD;&#xA;&gt;Ctrl-V : Paste&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;are the ones I use the most!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Some other ones**:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - In most text-editors:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   &gt;Ctrl-F : Find  &#xD;&#xA;   &gt;Ctrl-H : Find and replace&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - In most browsers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   &gt;Ctrl-T : Open new tab  &#xD;&#xA;   &gt;Ctrl-Click on link or Middle Mouse Button on link : open link in new tab" />
  <row Id="45859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25805" RevisionGUID="ca64d25c-20ad-4362-8c51-2a20cf8f23c9" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:01:29.397" UserId="3950" Text="Per process memory on 32-bit systems is 4GB (which is divided into 3GB for the process and 1GB for the kernel, by default). If you want your database to be able to access more memory /per process/ you have little choice but to install a 64-bit operating system. If the limit of 3GB per process is not bothering you, you might as well stay with the current setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the 'having in production'-part: I don't even know what database you are using. My Oracle setups almost always run 64-bit for the exact reason I've stated above. I don't run Slackware in production though and don't know anyone who does." />
  <row Id="45860" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25754" RevisionGUID="1266d571-3632-4ad1-8219-09db054e7d02" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:02:33.110" UserId="8851" Comment="added 84 characters in body" Text="I'd like to know if there's any reliable tools I could use (integrate with my network config) to monitor the status of the gateway and switch the default gw when it detects that the main gateway is dead?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How reliable is ping based checking, anything else to achieve the same result? What method do you use, if any?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is basically for &quot;high-availability&quot; internet sharing - office gateway is connected to two ISPs at the time and auto switches the active when the other one is down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for a reliable, possibly non ping based solution, software." />
  <row Id="45861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25806" RevisionGUID="3aa5bc1d-ace3-4de5-8460-1405ecfa8975" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:05:27.697" UserDisplayName="MikeD" Text="My boss likes copying everyone else around him, but always tends to screw it up... he once heard someone say, &quot;Talk is cheap; it takes money to buy whiskey.&quot;  (Not sure what that's supposed to mean anyway).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;His version when he tried it out was, &quot;Whiskey is cheap, it takes money to, uh...buy... &quot;  At that point he confused himself and moved on.  It's something like this everyday.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;+1 for the &quot;Please Advise&quot; mentioned elsewhere... I have to stop myself from strangling the nearest passerby when I read that in an email." />
  <row Id="45862" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25806" RevisionGUID="3aa5bc1d-ace3-4de5-8460-1405ecfa8975" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:05:27.697" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45863" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25803" RevisionGUID="88ae4651-28cb-461f-a89a-d23ea75283d0" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:06:40.927" UserId="45" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="I have a program which I've been using for over a year that I recently discovered is laced with a virus. I do not want to reformat the entire computer mostly because even if I backed up the data, I wouldn't be able to tell if I'm porting the virus infected files with me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, if I were to create a new Virtual Machine, then run the infectious program, is there any way to pinpoint which files it has infected? (I.E. running a diff on the system and seeing what has changed?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2nd question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VMs are wholly and completely insulated from the outer system, correct? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is no way for this virus to be run on the VM, and infect the main system? In my case, the outer system is already infected, so no big deal, but I was wondering if it was theoretically possible to write a virus that would infect the host systems while being run in a VM?" />
  <row Id="45864" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="25803" RevisionGUID="88ae4651-28cb-461f-a89a-d23ea75283d0" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:06:40.927" UserId="45" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="Can I run a Diff between a VM and its backup?" />
  <row Id="45865" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25807" RevisionGUID="3985b6fd-5ca4-4e3b-a65b-d484edb5690f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:07:17.587" UserId="6793" Text="The main danger of running on a 32 bit system with lots of highmem (more than 8GB) is that the kernel could end up needing to allocate more data than what fits in ZONE_NORMAL. This means the machine can effectively run out of memory, even if there were still lots of high memory free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another issue is that the system will more aggressively reclaim kernel data structures like cached inodes, buffer heads and other caches that can help system performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The third issue is that, on a 32 bit system, no process will be able to effectively use more than 3GB of memory. This means that buying more than 4GB of memory is only useful if none of the processes on your system need all of the memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For these reasons it is recommended that if you buy a system with more than 4GB of memory, you should consider getting a 64 bit CPU and installing a 64 bit operating system. The price difference between 32 and 64 bit systems is practically nonexistant, so there is no real need to experience the pains of highmem any more... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[More info...][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kerneltrap.org/node/2450" />
  <row Id="45866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25808" RevisionGUID="8443c677-712d-4e2b-abc0-e4046167d5cd" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:07:33.623" UserId="431" Text="You had two questions, so I'll break out the answers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**So, if I were to create a new Virtual Machine, then run the infectious program, is there any way to pinpoint which files it has infected?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you did things like Windows updates or install new software (think web browsers or version updates too) then this task can get pretty difficult due to the number of modified files.  However, even if you did it, copied off all files that you didn't think were infected, and then built a new system, all it takes is one infected file and you're screwed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**VMs are wholly and completely insulated from the outer system, correct?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Only if they're not on a network or sharing files in any way.  For example, with VMware Fusion, you can set up file sharing automatically between the host and the guest, thereby allowing the guest to write to your profile directory.  Makes document sharing a lot easier, but also increases the likelihood of transferring viruses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Plus, have you ever emailed a file to yourself from the VM guest to the host?  Boom, you're screwed if the virus was in that file." />
  <row Id="45867" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25809" RevisionGUID="58935369-09e0-4362-82ef-1867b35937de" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:09:02.237" UserId="9149" Text="Currently we have a following setup. We have two domain controllers which also serve as  DNS servers, used as resolvers by local clients. We also have external autoritative DNS servers for exact same DNS zone, just for servicing outside world. This leads to a situation when the same record has to be entered twice on both server groups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One obvious resolution is to use only internal servers and eliminate external server group.  We use NAT and all internal servers have address from private ranges, eg. 192.168.1.0&#xD;&#xA;Requests from outside world are forwarded to whatever machine is needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The question is how to avoid leaking internal addresses (that will resolve to 192.168...) if internal DNS servers start serving external requests?" />
  <row Id="45868" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25809" RevisionGUID="58935369-09e0-4362-82ef-1867b35937de" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:09:02.237" UserId="9149" Text="DNS consolidation, how to serve both internal network and the internet" />
  <row Id="45869" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25809" RevisionGUID="58935369-09e0-4362-82ef-1867b35937de" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:09:02.237" UserId="9149" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;internal-dns&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="45870" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25810" RevisionGUID="4569e85f-a392-4c8b-9115-6e7dba9bc649" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:09:39.473" UserId="51157" Text="I need to monitor the amount of bandwidth a few processes are consuming however these applications don't have the options to do so, is there an application that I can run on Windows Server 2008 that will allow me to monitor the bandwidth usage of these applications?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've seen a few programs that do this per NIC but I need it per application." />
  <row Id="45871" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25810" RevisionGUID="4569e85f-a392-4c8b-9115-6e7dba9bc649" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:09:39.473" UserId="51157" Text="Application to monitor bandwidth usage per program." />
  <row Id="45872" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25810" RevisionGUID="4569e85f-a392-4c8b-9115-6e7dba9bc649" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:09:39.473" UserId="51157" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;bandwidth&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="45873" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25811" RevisionGUID="92964e00-2a30-464c-9934-390b7089f167" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:10:44.623" UserId="7882" Text="&quot;The reality is...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Really? In a postmodern culture this is meaningless and annoying, if not a sign of pomposity. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;//spk" />
  <row Id="45874" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25811" RevisionGUID="92964e00-2a30-464c-9934-390b7089f167" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:10:44.623" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25812" RevisionGUID="7aaece38-630f-4d0b-8950-5f5dc64c176f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:11:52.673" UserId="4946" Text="I think [NetLimiter][1] supports this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.netlimiter.com/" />
  <row Id="45876" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25805" RevisionGUID="b54cf805-d353-412e-96f0-b24e13e6fea9" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:12:23.717" UserId="3950" Comment="added 630 characters in body" Text="Per process memory on 32-bit systems is 4GB (which is divided into 3GB for the process and 1GB for the kernel, by default). If you want your database to be able to access more memory /per process/ you have little choice but to install a 64-bit operating system. If the limit of 3GB per process is not bothering you, you might as well stay with the current setup. There are other options to the 3GiB/1GiB division, btw, but they won't help you in your specific situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Further limits on per-process memory usage exist in the form of what is called 'ZONE NORMAL' which never exceeds a little below 1GiB (896MiB to be exact). When using memory above 1GiB (ZONE HIGHMEM), the kernel has to map that memory into ZONE NORMAL, creating even further possible bottlenecks. ZONE HIGHMEM does not exist on a 64-bit system, on which everything is ZONE NORMAL. This can be a good reason to go with 64-bit as well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the 'having in production'-part: I don't even know what database you are using. My Oracle setups almost always run 64-bit for the exact reason I've stated above. I don't run Slackware in production though and don't know anyone who does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My €0.02: go for 64-bit. The re-install is trivial compared to possible benefits." />
  <row Id="45877" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="25702" RevisionGUID="7b2806bf-353d-4c74-948b-94dce69bff8e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:13:03.687" UserId="8834" Comment="edited title" Text="Can ext3 partition be cloned with NortonGhost 11.5?" />
  <row Id="45878" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25813" RevisionGUID="d207138a-e5d4-4dc0-ae67-cd97354acda3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:13:21.940" UserId="7192" Text="Having a zone duplicated intranet/internet is called &quot;split brain&quot; and you have outlined the pros/cons nicely. Now you must choose on the pluses and minuses. Hint; live with duplicate updates for the few records that have to be on the internet." />
  <row Id="45879" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25814" RevisionGUID="fd3b2e84-9def-4ec7-ace9-8d6528139229" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:13:48.897" UserId="1435" Text="You can use the Reliability and Performance Monitor MMC snap-in provided in W2K8 to do just this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [HERE][1] for a short guide.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755081(WS.10).aspx?ppud=4" />
  <row Id="45880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25815" RevisionGUID="a157419f-8f50-4930-8c8b-8168e17ca386" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:18:11.673" UserId="7934" Text="I'm not aware of features in data dictionary. There are 3rd party tools which will read the transaction log real-time. Years ago I used a 3rd party tool, Log Explorer, to determine processes consuming log space. Looks like ApexLog does the same thing, but I haven't tried it." />
  <row Id="45881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25816" RevisionGUID="887f000f-86a3-47bf-aab3-f8c319fe177a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:19:30.627" UserId="7882" Text="Google on &quot;KVM switch.&quot;  There's plenty to choose from in every price range.  Watch out for the models that require so-called &quot;dongles&quot; to convert the standard USB and video ports from your machines into a adapter plug that the KVM accepts. Usually these are used to help you add distance between the computers and the KVM switch, such as the type that convert the signals to a format that can be transmitted over CAT5 cable.  If you can't (or don't want to) keep the KVM close to the machines, you may end up spending more for cables than for the KVM itself.  Shop around. Belkin's been around quite a while.  Black Box is also an old-timer in the low-end arena.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;//spk" />
  <row Id="45882" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25817" RevisionGUID="dc5371e4-5aac-4ccf-8041-6dd73981901e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:19:59.957" UserId="431" Text="When you say you can't &quot;get the traffic to utilize more than 1 network connection&quot;, there's two parts to it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**First, how many luns are you using**&#xD;&#xA;Load balancing a single lun (one drive letter, so to speak) is much, much harder than load balancing multiple luns.  You can get a huge head start by breaking the iSCSI share into two separate luns, then configuring iSCSI on the Windows box so that:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows network card #1 is the primary path for lun #1, and it points to Linux network card A&#xD;&#xA; - Windows network card #2 is the primary path for lun #2, and it points to Linux network card B (with a separate IP address)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This lets you bypass the one-connection limit in a duct-tape way, but you won't be able to get more than 1 network connection of throughput to a single lun at a given time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Next, are you measuring send speeds or receive speeds?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To be able to send more than one network connection of traffic to an iSCSI device on the other end, you need to use MPIO on the Windows box and that's pretty much it.  Configure MPIO with both IP addresses of the Linux host and you should be able to saturate two or more network cards of outgoing traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, to be able to _receive_ more than one network connection of traffic on the Windows box, you're going to be pretty much out of luck unless you do something like channel bonding with your network cards.  The Linux machine will only send traffic to one MAC address for one lun at a time.  You can get around this by doing channel bonding so that the switch routes traffic for one MAC address through multiple network cards.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a couple of my blog posts talking about the myth of active-active multipathing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/05/san-multipathing-part-1-what-are-paths/&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/05/san-multipathing-part-2-what-multipathing-does/" />
  <row Id="45884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25819" RevisionGUID="567d6f2b-5231-4351-9eac-e3a20ee0acfa" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:24:34.430" UserId="1447" Text="Most modern 32-bit CPUs support PAE, which allows them to address more than 4GB of physical memory, although a single process can only see 4GB at a time.  [This Stackoverflow post][1] discusses how PAE works.  The kernel will take some of this address space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many operating systems (including Linux and MS Windows) offer an API that allows you to manipulate the MMU and page overlays in and out of the address space of a process.  This allows you to use extra memory for disk buffers.  However, the only DBMS platform with direct support for this that I am aware of is MS SQL Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additional memory will improve your database read performance (which will probably improve your overall throughput), but write performance will be constrained by I/O.  If you have a low DB cache hit rate (say less than 95%) then additional memory will probably improve your overall performance.  Otherwise, you may need to look at the disk subsystem (see 1 below).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming you need or can benefir from more memory, the best approach is to move to a 64 bit platform.  A modern Xeon or Opteron server will let you install up to 32-144GB depending on the model.  This is likely to be your best option. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. SANs are good for transactional applications.  For a high-volume application you should have write-through caching on the DB logs but you may be able to get away with write-back caching on the data volumes.  This will get you good log-reader performance as the random data writes can be absorbed by the controller's battery-backed cache and writes can be optimised to improve throughput.  However, you will be limited to a restore/roll-forward recovery model by this, so it will only work if you can tolerate a (say) 4-hour recovery window.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/181050/can-you-allocate-a-very-large-single-chunk-of-memory-4gb-in-c-or-c/188564#188564" />
  <row Id="45885" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="23489" RevisionGUID="9dae4192-88ea-44c9-9a08-aca1259d13de" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:28:18.250" UserId="431" Comment="Adding sqlserver tag" Text="&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="45886" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25819" RevisionGUID="e1108c3a-e905-4126-8ea1-f00d6c67b9ae" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:31:35.673" UserId="1447" Comment="added 20 characters in body; added 5 characters in body; added 224 characters in body" Text="Most modern 32-bit CPUs support PAE which allows them to address more than 4GB of physical memory, although a single process can only see 4GB at a time.  The kernel will take some of this address space.  [This Stackoverflow post][1] discusses how PAE works.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many operating systems (including Linux and MS Windows) offer an API that allows you to manipulate the MMU and page overlays in and out of the virtual address space of a process.  This facility allows you to use extra memory for disk buffers.  However, as far as I am aware the only DBMS platform with direct support for this is MS SQL Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additional memory will improve your database read performance (which will probably improve your overall throughput), but write performance will be constrained by I/O.  If you have a low DB cache hit rate (say less than 95%) then additional memory will probably improve your overall throughput.  Otherwise, you may need to look at your disk subsystem (see 1 below).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming you need or can benefit from more memory, the best approach is to move to a 64 bit platform.  A modern Xeon or Opteron server will let you install up to 32-144GB depending on the model.  This is likely to be your best option. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. SANs are good for transactional applications.  For a high-volume application you should have write-through caching on the DB logs but you may be able to get away with write-back caching on the data volumes.  This will get you good log-reader performance as the random data writes can be absorbed by the controller's battery-backed cache and the controller can optimise disk writes to improve throughput.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;However, this arrangement has failure modes that can leave the data volumes inconsistent (corrupted).  Using write-through on the log volumes mitigates this (as the logs are not vulnerable to these failure modes).  Practicaly this limits you to a restore/roll-forward recovery model, so it will only work if you can tolerate a (say) 4-hour recovery window.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/181050/can-you-allocate-a-very-large-single-chunk-of-memory-4gb-in-c-or-c/188564#188564" />
  <row Id="45887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25820" RevisionGUID="f6fad496-a3b5-4d0f-8ad9-c12b61775412" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:31:42.880" UserId="1725" Text="For the record, I eventually left/rejoined the domain and it solved the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wanted to avoid this solution because my TFS server was a certification authority, thus preventing any domain/name change on it without messing with the installation, but in most scenario it shouldn't be a problem &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45888" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25821" RevisionGUID="05f030b3-0011-4287-bd80-9e9c7bd99f5c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:33:45.513" UserId="41992" Text="I'd go with , in this order:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Linode.com &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Slicehost.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set up your own little VPS and wield the might of root.  If you are going to pay for hosting, why would you not want root?  " />
  <row Id="45889" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25821" RevisionGUID="05f030b3-0011-4287-bd80-9e9c7bd99f5c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:33:45.513" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25822" RevisionGUID="29c845f9-5818-4ea7-b859-dcdd5d64eed1" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:35:20.693" UserId="8743" Text=" - Use a CD/DVD burner application to creat an iso of your fedora DVD.&#xD;&#xA; - Use an iso mounter/editor to add the file to the iso ([poweriso][1], [daemon tools][2])&#xD;&#xA; - burn the iso with a CD/DVD burning application&#xD;&#xA; - [bob's your uncle][3] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.poweriso.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/home&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%27s_your_uncle" />
  <row Id="45891" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25735" RevisionGUID="e7073366-b9e2-4d7a-9ce0-b5c4d1b49953" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:36:16.557" UserId="7342" Comment="Fix spelling" Text="I am trying to understand DNS and I have the following question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are the terms secondary nameserver, non-authoritive nameserver and caching-only nameserver the same or are there differences?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I understand it, only the primary NS has the original data, all other NS must ask the primary and they may cache the results.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45892" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25823" RevisionGUID="501bde3e-b896-4f68-bd3d-157b1dceb8dc" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:37:02.237" UserDisplayName="peSHIr" Text="`Windows + V` (after having http://stevemiller.net/puretext/ set to AutoRun)" />
  <row Id="45893" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25823" RevisionGUID="501bde3e-b896-4f68-bd3d-157b1dceb8dc" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:37:02.237" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45894" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25824" RevisionGUID="e3be5320-6185-46e2-8ed5-435eb7102f7f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:40:51.373" UserId="8256" Text="windows backup does not allow you granular control of backing up files and directories, it makes one huge volume backup that is a .vhd file. you can restore individual files or you can mount a vhd file using vhdmount from virtual server 2005 as a directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;usually most people are doing third party backup systems or backing up from another server.gd" />
  <row Id="45895" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25825" RevisionGUID="1e230b30-8195-471d-ac8c-4a1a3f0d9148" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:42:40.763" UserId="9004" Text="The answer depends in part on the firewall you are using as some firewalls will take care of the DNS translations for you.  Whether you want to rely on your firewall to this degree is a big question (at least in my mind).  It's also unclear to me whether all/most firewalls offer such capability meaning you may find yourself stuck with what you have, or at least a subset of vendors once you've removed the external DNS servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Back to your current setup (and the hassle of doing things twice), it sounds like something that could very easily be automated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, if depending on why you're interested in eliminating the extra servers you may want to consider outsourcing external DNS service." />
  <row Id="45896" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25826" RevisionGUID="7467d310-5824-4e1a-b24c-1bfc97339b8c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:43:39.140" UserId="8085" Text="As far as I understand, HSRP is not an option since this would have to be configured between the two ISPs. Since they won't do this, I think you have to do the &quot;automatic failover&quot; with a script which detects a faulty route. e.g. [freebsddiary success story][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why does ping not fulfill you requirements? In my opinion it's the lowest possible IP based tool to test connectivity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freebsddiary.org/phorum/read.php?f=6&amp;i=79&amp;t=79" />
  <row Id="45897" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25827" RevisionGUID="e255b36f-81fe-4bf9-8d29-f45d238eaf5f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:44:37.220" UserId="6292" Text="When copying a message to a subfolder in &quot;Public Folders&quot; on an Exchange server, it seems to change the folder context to the destination folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to turn off this behaviour?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     * OK Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 IMAP4rev1 server version 6.5.7638.1 (blah) ready.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Expected behaviour:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     s select &quot;test&quot;&#xD;&#xA;     * 1 EXISTS&#xD;&#xA;     * 0 RECENT&#xD;&#xA;     * FLAGS (\Seen \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft $MDNSent)&#xD;&#xA;     * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Seen \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft $MDNSent)] Permanent flags&#xD;&#xA;     * OK [UIDVALIDITY 15432] UIDVALIDITY value&#xD;&#xA;     s OK [READ-WRITE] SELECT completed.&#xD;&#xA;     c copy 1 &quot;test/PROCESSED&quot;&#xD;&#xA;     c OK [COPYUID 15433 2 2] COPY completed, 1 messages copied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Strange behaviour:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     s select &quot;Public Folders/test&quot;&#xD;&#xA;     * 6 EXISTS&#xD;&#xA;     * 0 RECENT&#xD;&#xA;     * FLAGS (\Seen \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft $MDNSent)&#xD;&#xA;     * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Seen \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft $MDNSent)] Permanent flags&#xD;&#xA;     * OK [UNSEEN 2] Is the first unseen message&#xD;&#xA;     * OK [UIDVALIDITY 101250] UIDVALIDITY value&#xD;&#xA;     s OK [READ-WRITE] SELECT completed.&#xD;&#xA;     c copy 1 &quot;Public Folders/test/subfolder&quot;&#xD;&#xA;     * 1978 EXISTS&#xD;&#xA;     * 1 RECENT&#xD;&#xA;     c OK [COPYUID 105075 1 1978] COPY completed, 1 messages copied." />
  <row Id="45898" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25827" RevisionGUID="e255b36f-81fe-4bf9-8d29-f45d238eaf5f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:44:37.220" UserId="6292" Text="Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 - Strange IMAP folder behaviour." />
  <row Id="45899" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25827" RevisionGUID="e255b36f-81fe-4bf9-8d29-f45d238eaf5f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:44:37.220" UserId="6292" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;imap&gt;&lt;exchange-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="45900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25828" RevisionGUID="0fb96309-ad1c-442f-ae60-97e3d8218095" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:44:44.850" UserId="8851" Text="What popular and tried data recovery options are there?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know of these (none of which have GUIs afaik):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* foremost - Forensics application to recover data&#xD;&#xA;* scalpel - A Frugal, High Performance File Carver&#xD;&#xA;* ext3grep - Tool to help recover deleted files on ext3 filesystems&#xD;&#xA;* e2undel - Undelete utility for the ext2 file system&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you know of any that have desktop frontends? It's a tool you don't get to use much, reading manuals and searching for correct flags is not efficient." />
  <row Id="45901" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25828" RevisionGUID="0fb96309-ad1c-442f-ae60-97e3d8218095" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:44:44.850" UserId="8851" Text="Data recovery options for unix file systems" />
  <row Id="45902" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25828" RevisionGUID="0fb96309-ad1c-442f-ae60-97e3d8218095" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:44:44.850" UserId="8851" Text="&lt;undelete&gt;&lt;disaster-recovery&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;bsd&gt;" />
  <row Id="45903" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25829" RevisionGUID="fe7e48ba-61cf-4822-9f7e-881b17fe33c3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:45:02.180" UserId="9005" Text="We have a similar setup, but I have purposely kept the external DNS on different servers than the internal DNS for security reasons.  As soon as you move the external DNS to the same server as your internal which is also Active Directory, you have to open a hole up for resolvers to the same machine that serves your internal Active Directory.  If there is a flaw that crops up in the DNS service (as there have been in the past), then an attacker can potentially compromise your internal Active Directory machine.  By keeping internal and external DNS on separate machines, you do not have to open up anything through the firewall to the internal DNS/Active Directory box keeping it much safer IMHO." />
  <row Id="45904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25830" RevisionGUID="8af5e7c4-77db-43c9-8199-eb7bb61d0e0b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:47:53.507" UserId="4540" Text="Win + Pause/Break - opens System Properties" />
  <row Id="45905" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25830" RevisionGUID="8af5e7c4-77db-43c9-8199-eb7bb61d0e0b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:47:53.507" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45906" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25831" RevisionGUID="165b7a29-8e73-4080-958a-6d3f7ce638bc" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:47:53.990" UserId="5392" Text="I've worked with a lot of monitoring systems at a lot of places. Most of them have already been mentioned. Here are a few that haven't been:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SMARTS - now owned by EMC. Really is the best thing ever for root cause. It's not cheap and support may not be good anymore as it's owned by EMC. We were lucky enough to work with the founders of the company to get it implemented.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Big Brother. Nice and simple, but a bad license. It's also the ugliest web gui I've ever seen, so I had to rewrite it. Never got Big Sister to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HP Openview, when engineered, installed and run by a competent engineer can be good. However I've only seen it done right once and wrong more often than I can remember. I would never choose to use it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BMC Patrol. Just awful. Die, die!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And finally, for logs and tracking down problems you just have to use Splunk. If this had been around 10 years ago I would have saved myself a lot of wasted time. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45907" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25831" RevisionGUID="165b7a29-8e73-4080-958a-6d3f7ce638bc" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:47:53.990" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25832" RevisionGUID="822f1fea-a15d-4bc6-96f8-90c258b0b313" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:47:55.703" UserId="1654" Text="After opening an Explorer window with Win+E, Alt+D to get focus in the address bar (works in IE too)!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45909" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25832" RevisionGUID="822f1fea-a15d-4bc6-96f8-90c258b0b313" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:47:55.703" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45910" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25554" RevisionGUID="1372d155-5c63-4d63-81c4-a2a227a8ca59" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:54:13.250" UserId="7783" Comment="fixed some phrasing as it was apparently abusive; added 257 characters in body" Text="If they're blocking a mishmash of ports, letting some stuff through and blocking some other stuff at random (I love Paul Tomblin's sad tale of the people who block SSH and allowed Telnet) then they either have a very strange edge case for how they go about securing their network perimeter, or their security polices are, from the outside at least, apparently poorly thought out. You can't make sense of situations like that so just charge them the going rate for people who are a pain and carry on with your day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they're blocking ALL ports *unless there's a specific business case for allowing traffic through that port, at which point its carefully managed* then they're doing it because they're competent at their jobs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you're trying to write a secure application do you make it easy for other processes to read and write information to it as they please or do you have a few carefully documented APIs that you expect people to call and which you sanitise carefully?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Risk management - if you feel that traffic to or from your network going onto the Internet is a risk, then you look to minimise the amount of ways traffic can reach the Internet, both in terms of number of routes and number of methods. You can then monitor and filter these chosen &quot;blessed&quot; gateways and ports to try and ensure that the traffic traveling over them is what you expect. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a &quot;default deny&quot; firewall policy and is usually regarded as a good idea, with a couple of caveats which I'll come to. What it means is that everything is blocked unless there is a specific reason to unblock it, and the benefits of the reason outweigh the risks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: I should clarify, I'm not just talking about the risks of one protocol being allowed and another blocked, I'm talking about the potential risks to the business of information being allowed to flow into or out of the network in an uncontrolled way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now for the caveats, and possibly a plan to free things up:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;It can be annoying when you're blocked out of something, which is the position you find yourself in with some of your clients. &#xD;&#xA;All too often, the people in charge of the firewall think its their job to say &quot;No&quot;, instead of &quot;Here are the risks, now what are the benefits, lets see what we can do&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you speak to whoever manages network security for your clients they may be amenable to setting up something for you. If you can identify a few specific systems at their end you need access to, and/or guarantee you'll only connect from a specific IP address they may be a lot happier to create a firewall exception for SSH connections for those specific conditions than they would be to just open up connections to the whole internet. Or they may have a VPN facility you can use to tunnel through the firewall." />
  <row Id="45911" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25833" RevisionGUID="271e3336-f9e5-465e-9cfa-74d05acbe29b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:59:37.893" UserId="5237" Text="Referring to individuals as &quot;resources.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As if everyone were interchangeable." />
  <row Id="45912" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25833" RevisionGUID="271e3336-f9e5-465e-9cfa-74d05acbe29b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:59:37.893" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="45913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25834" RevisionGUID="8c351d5f-ea1b-42a0-8edb-8b7b9d5b6a48" CreationDate="2009-06-15T12:59:57.127" UserId="4392" Text="I wholly support this methodology if you're doing it for forensic purposes, and to learn more about the virus, and perhaps as an exercise to determine ways to examine deltas in virtual machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're doing this from a &quot;I want to recover my server from this virus without reinstalling&quot; standpoint, then you should re-examine your goal. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know a better way, so I'd do this the hard way, where you get the system to the point you want before the virus is introduced. Then you boot in with a Linux cd and make an image of the filesystem using 'dd'. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then start the machine back up, introduce the virus, shut it down again, reboot with the CD, dd again into another image, then mount the images readonly **with the noexec mount option** and then write find command that would run diff between the filesystems one file at a time and output files which are different. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, some caveats. First, because this method is so bad and so slow, there has to be a better one, but I don't know what it is. Second, there are going to be some false positives. Windows writes to the registry all the damned time, so the registry files will be different. So will any config files that have been changed, any updates that started downloading on their own, etc etc. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It might actually be that you could use find -mtime to get the same data, then run diff on those files that have changed. Since you're in Linux, clamav might save you some time, as well. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45914" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25835" RevisionGUID="8fac44a1-174d-447f-9598-1946a72848f1" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:01:08.577" UserId="3950" Text="I don't think you'll find GUI frontends for these. Ext3grep is your best option for recovering files though: I used it for the first time a couple of weeks ago and was easily[1] able to recover all the pictures I had deleted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Compared to a couple of years back, ext3grep has made life a lot easier. It takes some time, but it does the job and does it pretty well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1] Easily is relative to what it used to be, before ext3grep. " />
  <row Id="45915" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25836" RevisionGUID="09aad13c-9e54-4c23-b82a-b8c10cfc5331" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:01:37.703" UserId="9525" Text="Shift + Delete - Used everytime i delete something, for deleting permanently instead of going trough recycle bin." />
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  <row Id="45917" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25595" RevisionGUID="bcdce6e3-a4b0-4b0c-a3c9-800dc969dc88" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:02:37.107" UserId="6246" Comment="added explicit shell session" Text="What's the best method of logging a BASH shell session to a file on the host machine?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The preferred output format would be equivalent to PuTTY's &quot;printable output&quot; log setting, as viewed by the user inclusive of input." />
  <row Id="45918" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="25595" RevisionGUID="bcdce6e3-a4b0-4b0c-a3c9-800dc969dc88" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:02:37.107" UserId="6246" Comment="added explicit shell session" Text="BASH shell session logging on remote host" />
  <row Id="45919" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25837" RevisionGUID="6881a5c8-179f-40b2-814a-0e2c8fee8b2a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:04:32.333" UserId="8388" Text="For software development, do you really need VPN? Hint: I would say not:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Use webmail for emails (if you run Exchange)&#xD;&#xA;* Use SubVersion for code versioning&#xD;&#xA;* Use SharePoint (free with Windows Server) for shared documents, calendars, client contacts, etc&#xD;&#xA;* Use a web-based bug tracking system&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seriously, for that configuration I really wouldn't use VPN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do have to use it, RRAS (Routing and Remote Access) on Windows is easy to set up, but fiddly to administer. You can, however, then log onto the domain across VPN (if the remote computer has already been joined). Again, I really, really don't recommend this approach." />
  <row Id="45920" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25838" RevisionGUID="d4552332-cdb4-4a76-a879-76802ebf387a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:04:38.463" UserId="5119" Text="We have nagios running but can't reach a different network directly. I would like to use Distributed Nagios eXecutor on a dmz server to execute checks in stead of building a new Nagios server and working with passive checks etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anybody know if this is possible to only do checks for some servers through a DNX server?" />
  <row Id="45921" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25838" RevisionGUID="d4552332-cdb4-4a76-a879-76802ebf387a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:04:38.463" UserId="5119" Text="Is it possible to use DNX for Nagios with only certain checks" />
  <row Id="45922" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25838" RevisionGUID="d4552332-cdb4-4a76-a879-76802ebf387a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:04:38.463" UserId="5119" Text="&lt;nagios&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="45923" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25778" RevisionGUID="3d02e2e2-5351-49dd-a939-c49366194d79" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:06:09.397" UserId="301" Comment="added 17 characters in body" Text="The server that handles the mail for `yourdomain.com` is referenced by the [`MX`][1] record in the root of the zone file for `yourdomain.com`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The server that handles web traffic for `yourdomain.com` is referenced by the [`A`][2] record in the root of the zone file for `yourdomain.com`, as well as other address like `www`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you can see, those are separate records, and can be adjusted independently. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MX_record&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_record#A" />
  <row Id="45924" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25832" RevisionGUID="a1a01099-f449-46e5-8e47-62feff140257" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:08:07.727" UserId="1654" Comment="added 10 characters in body" Text="After opening an Explorer window with Win+E, press **Alt+D** to get focus in the address bar (works in IE too)!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45925" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25839" RevisionGUID="4140f072-4c66-4eb2-a888-8bf11172127d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:12:07.220" UserId="7861" Text="A better alternative for booking resources (rooms/equipment) in Exchange 2003 is to create a user mailbox for the room and then set the acceptance rules and lock it down so they can't directly book it from the actual calendar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An example is found here along with other &quot;choices&quot;:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Booking-Resources-ExchangeServer-2003-Outlook-System-2003.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Honestly, I've never liked how Ex2k3 did it.  I like the way Ex2k7 does it much better with actual Resource Mailboxes." />
  <row Id="45926" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25840" RevisionGUID="fcdee261-66c0-489f-be89-8217acf97e2e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:13:59.653" UserId="1464" Text="hat are the benefits to going virtual as opposed to running multiple instances of SQL on a box? " />
  <row Id="45927" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25840" RevisionGUID="fcdee261-66c0-489f-be89-8217acf97e2e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:13:59.653" UserId="1464" Text="virtual versus named instances" />
  <row Id="45928" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25840" RevisionGUID="fcdee261-66c0-489f-be89-8217acf97e2e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:13:59.653" UserId="1464" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="45929" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25841" RevisionGUID="f5b77f18-62be-4dee-864f-459f49236675" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:18:50.207" UserId="301" Text="Our hosting company provides all the switching infrastructure for our servers. The private network, connected to `eth2` _should_ be GbE. Recently I've been suspecting that something is misconfigured as cacti graphs never appear to show more than 100mbit of traffic on the link.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Digging further I found that `mii-tool` and `ethtool` do not agree on the link speed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # mii-tool eth2&#xD;&#xA;    eth2: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok&#xD;&#xA;    # ethtool eth2 &#xD;&#xA;    Settings for eth2:&#xD;&#xA;    	Supported ports: [ TP ]&#xD;&#xA;    	Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full &#xD;&#xA;    	                        100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full &#xD;&#xA;    	                        1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full &#xD;&#xA;    	Supports auto-negotiation: Yes&#xD;&#xA;    	Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full &#xD;&#xA;    	                        100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full &#xD;&#xA;    	                        1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full &#xD;&#xA;    	Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes&#xD;&#xA;    	Speed: 1000Mb/s&#xD;&#xA;    	Duplex: Full&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which tool should I trust ?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45930" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25841" RevisionGUID="f5b77f18-62be-4dee-864f-459f49236675" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:18:50.207" UserId="301" Text="Which tool should I trust, mii-tool and ethtool don't show me the same values" />
  <row Id="45931" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25841" RevisionGUID="f5b77f18-62be-4dee-864f-459f49236675" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:18:50.207" UserId="301" Text="&lt;ethtool&gt;&lt;ethernet&gt;&lt;gigabit&gt;" />
  <row Id="45932" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25842" RevisionGUID="4ad206ad-5d45-4e6c-8a9b-b3538eadb7d7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:20:09.910" UserId="2100" Text="I'm trying to monitor my db connections with perfmon, but for some reason I can no longer add the counters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Every set of counters OTHER than the two .Net Data Provider for (oracle, sqlserver) work fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This was working not 10 minutes ago, when it just stopped.  I've tried rebooting the box, which made no difference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An suggestions on how to figure out how to re-enable these?  &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45933" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25842" RevisionGUID="4ad206ad-5d45-4e6c-8a9b-b3538eadb7d7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:20:09.910" UserId="2100" Text="perfmon can't add counters from .net data providers" />
  <row Id="45934" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25842" RevisionGUID="4ad206ad-5d45-4e6c-8a9b-b3538eadb7d7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:20:09.910" UserId="2100" Text="&lt;performance&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="45935" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25840" RevisionGUID="730a5f94-c837-480a-970c-f7b682657449" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:20:14.387" UserId="2579" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="45936" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25843" RevisionGUID="70e4e1fb-d2f5-462d-bdf9-1d32e1f7137f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:22:05.757" UserId="431" Text="If you break out your SQL Servers into individual virtual machines on the same host, the advantages are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Better resource limiting.**  SQL 2008's Resource Governor is a good start, but still not that fine-grained, especially when it comes to limiting IO.  With virtual servers, you can throttle CPU, memory and IO at the virtual machine level, thereby giving you the ability to limit resources even on older versions of SQL Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Easier performance upgrades and downgrades.** If one virtual machine needs to be scaled up, like if its application suddenly becomes more popular, you can VMotion it to a more powerful machine without taking an outage.  If you're using multiple instances, on the other hand, you're looking at a time-intensive and labor-intensive installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**More flexible outage windows** - if you have all of your databases on a single OS (multiple instances of SQL) then you have to do a lot of coordination to do Windows patches.  If they're broken out onto different virtual guests, then you can do patching whenever it's most convenient for each individual guest (and its matching databases.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Better security limits.** If one SQL Server runs into problems and a third-party needs to get involved with troubleshooting, you can give them OS-level permissions without worrying about what they'll do to the other SQL Servers installed on the box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Less problems with application compatibility.**  Some apps just aren't compatible with named instances of SQL Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not all unicorns and rainbows, though.  Some drawbacks of the virtual server approach include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Possibly more expensive - you have to pay for the virtualization layer, and depending on how some of your software is licensed, you may have to pay differently for it.  Some utilities are licensed by the number of CPUs on the host machines, and not all of the CPUs may be allocated to SQL Server.&#xD;&#xA; - Possibly tougher troubleshooting - some vendors like to point fingers at the virtualization layer.&#xD;&#xA; - More OS management - every OS you add means more management and maintenance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did a [webcast on consolidation vs virtualization][1] with SQL Server experts Kevin Kline and Ron Talmage.  Registration is required for that, though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.quest.com/events/listdetails.aspx?contentid=7853&amp;technology=34&amp;prod=&amp;prodfamily=&amp;loc=" />
  <row Id="45937" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25844" RevisionGUID="9c621809-57de-4f8e-878d-4295d23553a9" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:24:11.777" UserId="301" Text="I'm trying to trace a possible link problem on one of our servers' ethernet interfaces. `ifconfig` reports a large number of error packets. I've asked the hosting company to make some changes to the setup and would like to reset the interface counters to get a better idea if the situation has improved.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Restarting the machine is the obvious answer, but as this machine is the primary NAS, a maintenance window will be hard to acquire. Is it possible to reset the counters without a restart of the machine ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Operating system is RedHat EL4, 32bit." />
  <row Id="45938" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25844" RevisionGUID="9c621809-57de-4f8e-878d-4295d23553a9" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:24:11.777" UserId="301" Text="How can I reset the statistics reported by ifconfig ?" />
  <row Id="45939" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25844" RevisionGUID="9c621809-57de-4f8e-878d-4295d23553a9" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:24:11.777" UserId="301" Text="&lt;ifconfig&gt;&lt;redhat&gt;&lt;ethernet&gt;" />
  <row Id="45940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25845" RevisionGUID="0b43d976-f5dc-4b09-beea-6e64b121081d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:25:07.470" UserId="3950" Text="Since mii-tool is deprecated, I'd go for ethtool. Can't you check the other sides opinion of the link speed, btw?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;mii-tool and ethtool are known to disagree in certain circumstances; you can find bugreports of that on a host of websites. What driver are you using? At least tg3 is known to be a subject of [disagreement][1] between the two tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=199462" />
  <row Id="45941" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25846" RevisionGUID="0986dfe6-6772-41f8-87bb-4a29bf6b6feb" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:25:08.267" UserId="8374" Text="I hate openID and it was the main reason to NOT signup at serverfault/stackoverflow&#xD;&#xA;What about user privacy?&#xD;&#xA;Some users, like me, are extremely paranoid, and does not like to mix facebook/yahoo/google information between various websites" />
  <row Id="45942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25847" RevisionGUID="b8f071b7-3c82-4ecb-bc70-edd11edd36ec" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:27:48.543" UserId="8374" Text="Use EASEUS partition master.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But you need to reboot the server and leave it offline for 2-3 hours" />
  <row Id="45943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25848" RevisionGUID="4d13f0b3-e8e4-42d0-b1ee-5809e80b2e11" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:28:08.480" UserId="7619" Text="I just started using analog and reportmagic myself..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I grabbed this out of the howto in the docs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; You can also include the date in the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; LOGFILE name, by using the following&#xD;&#xA;&gt; codes. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; %D  date of month &lt;br&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; %m  month name, in English&lt;br&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; %M  month number &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; %y  two-digit year &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; %Y  four-digit year &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; %H  hour &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; %n minute &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; %w  day of week, in English&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; So for example,  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; LOGFILE access_log%Y%M.log&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; will look for the logfile&#xD;&#xA;&gt; access_log200109.log, if it's&#xD;&#xA;&gt; September 2001. The date used is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; actually the TO date if one was&#xD;&#xA;&gt; specified, and otherwise the time of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the start of the program. So for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; example, you can look at all of last&#xD;&#xA;&gt; month's logfiles with the commands&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which should give you a little help in setting up exactly _what_ logfiles you wish to parse. In addition there's this corresponding entry, that details the &quot;TO&quot; and &quot;FROM&quot; dates:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; There is also one other pair of commands which belongs in this category, namely the FROM &gt; and TO commands. These specify a time period to restrict the analysis to. The simplest &#xD;&#xA;&gt; usage of these commands is FROM yyMMdd or FROM yyMMdd:hhmm, where yy represents the last &gt; two digits of the year (analog assumes that the year is between 1970 and 2069), MM &#xD;&#xA;&gt; represents the month, dd is the date, hh the hour, and mm the minute. So, for example, to &gt; analyse only requests from 1st July 1999 to 1pm on 15th June 2000 I would use the &#xD;&#xA;&gt; configuration&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; FROM 990701&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; TO   000615:1300&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Alternatively, each of the components can be preceded by + or - to represent time &#xD;&#xA;&gt; relative to the time at which the program was invoked. In this case, the date can have &#xD;&#xA;&gt; more than 2 digits. This allows constructions like&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; FROM -01-00+01   # from tomorrow last year&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; TO -00-0131  # to the end of last month (OK even if last month didn't have 31 days)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FROM -00-00-112&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; TO   -00-00-01  # statistics for the last 16 weeks&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FROM -00-00-00:-06+01  # statistics for the last 6 hours&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; There are command line abbreviations +F and +T for the FROM and TO commands; for example, &#xD;&#xA;&gt; +T-00-00-01:1800 looks at statistics until 6pm yesterday. -F and -T turn off the from and &#xD;&#xA;&gt; to, as do FROM OFF and TO OFF. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With those, you can likely derive what you need. I'd hazard an educated guess that your answer lays within the &quot;FROM&quot; and &quot;TO&quot; .cfg entries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As one more alternative, you could always skip those above and simply write a batch script that will move/archive or delete the previous week of logfiles -out_ of the default &quot;\LogFiles\W3SVC1&quot; location to say, something like &quot;D:\IIS-Logfiles-Archive&quot;, and _then_ run the analog analyzer for the day. Some pseudocode that might help you get started and moving in the right direction would be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_(and again, this is PSEUDO-code. Rough, ugly and fits like a wet wool sweater. There probably isn't a need to delete the directory, but I'm cribbing from another script that I use, mmmkay? :)_&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; net stop all_your_webservices_here&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; cd C:\WINDOWS\system32\LogFiles\W3SVC1&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; del /f /q *.*&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; cd c:\&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; rd /s /q C:\WINDOWS\system32\LogFiles\W3SVC1&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; mkdir C:\WINDOWS\system32\LogFiles\W3SVC1&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; net start all_your_webservices_here&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;C:\Program Files\analog 6.0\analog.exe&quot; &amp;&amp; rmagic&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_Sorry, that last little bit in there is if you've got reportmagic installed and running as well. If you don't, I HIGHLY recomend it. Makes analog pretty, impresses management. Mmm, Mmmm good. Like soup or something. :)_&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, I'm going to guess that you're wanting to restrict analyzing to a week because it's taking forever for analog to parse your logs. (This is a totally random guess, and colored by my opinion, because I sorta/kinda saw the same thing when initially setting it up :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be advised, once you parse a set of logfiles, (say a few days worth, or a week's worth) it may take a while, however re-running analog to examine any following logfiles is *extremely* quick. To summarize; create a scheduled task for analog to run once a day and it while the initial run will take some time, each successive run will be much faster than the first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTH, mate..." />
  <row Id="45944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25849" RevisionGUID="8a8918fc-c8b5-4eb1-a65d-850527110248" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:29:47.917" UserId="640" Text="I have a small server room with its own AC unit. Recently, the AC died, and the temperature increased from 70 F to &gt; 90 F. We rarely go in this room, so I was lucky that someone happened to notice that the fans were running a lot louder than normal as they walked past the door. It looks like I need a way to be notified when the temperature in that room gets too hot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What tools are you using to monitor the temperature in your server room? How does this tool notify you of a problem (email, SNMP, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: I've read [this question on server temperature][1], but I'm interested in the whole room, not just the inside of a server case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/22544/what-is-the-best-way-to-monitor-server-temperature" />
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  <row Id="45947" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25850" RevisionGUID="158eff8a-365f-42a5-b076-46d6632cab48" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:30:38.663" UserId="2744" Text="This question has been answered &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/23687/how-do-i-clear-the-interface-stats-on-linux&quot;&gt;on SF already&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, the only way on a Linux box (at present) is to reload the network driver module, which may or may not be possible with your kernel configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25851" RevisionGUID="25202dfa-6407-4573-81ee-0ccebc0a90b4" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:31:41.830" UserId="9528" Text="I'm trying to register a dll on a XP box and when I run regsvr32 interop.progname.dll I get the following error message:  &quot;interop.progname.dll was loaded, but the DllRegisterServer entry point was not found.  This file can nto be registered.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anybody know how to fix that?" />
  <row Id="45949" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25851" RevisionGUID="25202dfa-6407-4573-81ee-0ccebc0a90b4" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:31:41.830" UserId="9528" Text="DllRegisterServer entry point was not found Error" />
  <row Id="45950" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25851" RevisionGUID="25202dfa-6407-4573-81ee-0ccebc0a90b4" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:31:41.830" UserId="9528" Text="&lt;regsvr32&gt;&lt;dllregisterserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="45951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25852" RevisionGUID="758a359f-2d5b-42a7-96b4-72b923bc855b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:32:23.327" UserId="9332" Text="[It sounds like you can't.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could just restart the network service and reload the driver. This would not be a full reboot. But you would still need a maintenance window, and a console/kvm session so you could reload the service. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nylug.org/pipermail/nylug-talk/2005-February/025665.html" />
  <row Id="45952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25853" RevisionGUID="a9cd51e2-0d4e-4fcc-b9eb-8beb6df7dd33" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:34:33.243" UserId="9332" Text="I use [APC temperature monitors][1] and graph them with zenoss. Any rrd graphing system will work. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=ap9512thblk" />
  <row Id="45953" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25854" RevisionGUID="d88f90f9-a9dc-4a45-b764-a3d738171b67" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:35:30.513" UserId="282" Text="The [APC NetBotz][1] range of products is pretty good for environmental monitoring, the various products allow you to monitor temperature, humidity, air flow, sound, etc. It can also be used with cameras and door sensors to provide an all round security and monitoring solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.netbotz.com/" />
  <row Id="45954" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25855" RevisionGUID="2f183d04-414a-4a7d-803b-d36c1fd6e4b9" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:36:39.183" UserId="6482" Text="Just wanted to add a warning: it is technically possible for a virus to escape from the VM! (Especially if the virus has been written to infect virtual machines and their hosts.) It is possible for any application to detect if it's running within a virtual machine and thus code could be added to break outside the box. It would be rare, though, to discover a virus that would infect VM hosts this way, though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, a VM is likely sharing it's network connection with it's host. This creates a second way to get infected. If you have multiple VM's running on the same host, it could even infect those other VM's over the network connection!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, it could also happen that your host was infected and just forwarded the virus to your VM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, keep it safe: install a virus-scanner on your VM's and make sure you keep the virus-scanner and the OS itself up-to-date." />
  <row Id="45955" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25856" RevisionGUID="fcf8b85b-3e12-4249-bf5a-0f5b0248e13a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:39:13.877" UserId="7073" Text="If you are a bit of a hobbiest you could try this this would be a fun little project.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pick up a simple PLC&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the an in contact on the PLC have a thermo switch and set it for the temp you want the alarm at.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the out contact of the PLC have it go to a light or alarm bell outside the server room to alert you." />
  <row Id="45956" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25851" RevisionGUID="85863160-4ad3-407d-8e9a-79656db3c50d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:39:45.967" UserId="9528" Comment="added 88 characters in body; added 6 characters in body" Text="I'm trying to register a dll on a XP box and when I run regsvr32 interop.progname.dll I get the following error message:  &quot;interop.progname.dll was loaded, but the DllRegisterServer entry point was not found.  This file can nto be registered.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anybody know how to fix that?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;I figured it out.  I was trying to register the wrong file.  &amp;lt;sheepishgrin /&amp;gt;" />
  <row Id="45957" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25853" RevisionGUID="d5e606ec-8bd1-4eae-b77c-ed455edf945f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:44:01.293" UserId="9332" Comment="added 593 characters in body; added 157 characters in body" Text="Check out the [APC netbotz][1] video and temperature data all in one. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I use in my data center appears to be a [discontinued model][2]. What ever you end up using, make usre that:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - They use SNMP, not some special protocol.&#xD;&#xA; - Have remote temperature sensors. (I don't know if the netbotz do ...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently the [temperature monitors][3] are hung from the middle of the drop ceiling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using a simple network monitoring application (zenoss, munin, nagios, etc) just monitor for threshold violations and create alerts for your pager/email. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also look into buying a handheld thermometer and walk around to every part of your datacenter/comm closet (including corners) to find any hotspots.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=402&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=AP9319X446&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.shopping.com/xPO-APC-Temp-humidity-Probe25-Node-Black" />
  <row Id="45958" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25759" RevisionGUID="837a7d41-0f1e-4ead-8234-b6da242180bd" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:44:27.517" UserId="1803" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;monitor&gt;&lt;keyboard&gt;&lt;kvm&gt;" />
  <row Id="45959" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25724" RevisionGUID="6dcf8dd6-55f6-4b48-837a-3ec425794d2e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:45:57.530" UserId="1803" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;vbscript&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;automated-install&gt;" />
  <row Id="45960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25857" RevisionGUID="674ba973-fb4f-43ec-b317-631ac73a5c49" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:46:18.793" UserId="7619" Text="Dude, I just thought of this after posting. Maybe this will help a little more, since most of the links to, &quot;Here's how _Bob_ did his config, and here's how _Jerry_ did his here, which is nice and all, etc.&quot; are no longer valid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the hopes that it can help you out a little more, here's my analog.cfg file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; The below WAS production, and became a test.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; LOGFILE C:\WINDOWS\system32\LogFiles\W3SVC1\ex%y%M%D.*&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; It worked, but only gave us one logfile at a time.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; The below is a test.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; LOGFILE C:\WINDOWS\system32\LogFiles\W3SVC1\*.log&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; The above worked, because we want to parse ALL the logfiles,&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; sequentially. Sticking with this for now.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; This line records how long it took to generate reports.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; RUNTIME ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; This line re-sets the logfile to localtime. Took a while to&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; figure out as well.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; LOGTIMEOFFSET -360&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; LOGFILE C:\WINDOWS\system32\LogFiles\W3SVC1\*.log&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; This line tells &quot;analog&quot; to dump it's output into &quot;computer readable&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; format, for reportmagic to use. If we didn't use this, we would &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; tell it to output it in html format for human, or browser-readable&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; format.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; OUTPUT COMPUTER&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; This line tells analog specifically WHERE to dump it's output.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; OUTFILE D:\inetpub\wwwroot\stats\report.dat&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; These lines tell analog where the charts go.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; LOCALCHARTDIR &quot;D:\inetpub\wwwroot\stats\charts\%Y.%M.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; CHARTDIR &quot;charts/%Y.%M.&quot; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; These lines set the pretty text in the html&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; HOSTNAME &quot;[My company's intranet]&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; HOSTURL http://mycompany_intranet&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; These lines tell analog how to resolve it's hostnames. We&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; need to work on these some, because the &quot;dnscache.txt&quot; file&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; simply continues to grow as this runs and results in us having&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; to exert some maintenance. 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&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REPORTORDER x1QmWDdHwh4657oZSlLujJkKfsNnBbpvRMcPztiEIYyr&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; DOMAIN ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; DOMCHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; DOMCOLS PQ&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; DOMSORTBY PAGES&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; DOMFLOOR -500p&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SUBDOMAIN *.*.*.*&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SUBDOMSORTBY PAGES&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SUBDOMFLOOR 1.5%p&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; DIRECTORY ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; DIRCHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; DIRCOLS PQc&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; Excluding all &quot;local&quot; and &quot;images&quot; directories, as per web team&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot; request.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; DIREXCLUDE */local&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; DIREXCLUDE */images&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;#&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; DIRSORTBY PAGES7&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SUBDIRSORTBY PAGES7&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; DIRFLOOR 0q&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SUBDIRFLOOR 0q&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SUBDIR /*/*/*/*/*&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FILETYPE ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; TYPECHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; TYPECOLS Rb&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; TYPESORTBY BYTES&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SUBTYPE *.gz,*.Z&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SIZE ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SIZECHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SIZECOLS ScR&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ORGANISATION ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ORGCHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ORGCOLS Pb&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ORGSORTBY PAGES&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ORGFLOOR -500p&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SUBORGSORTBY PAGES&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SUBORG *.*.*.*.com&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SUBORGFLOOR 25.0%p&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; HOST ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; HOSTCHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; HOSTCOLS Pb&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; HOSTSORTBY PAGES&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; HOSTFLOOR -500p&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; BROWSERREP ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; BROWREPCHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; BROWREPCOLS Rb&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; BROWREPSORTBY REQUESTS&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; BROWREPFLOOR -400r&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; BROWSERSUM ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; BROWSUMCHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; BROWSUMCOLS PQq&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; BROWSUMSORTBY PAGES7&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; BROWSUMFLOOR -200q&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SUBBROW */*/*/*&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SUBBROWSORTBY PAGES7&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SUBBROWFLOOR -400q&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; STATUS ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; STATUSCHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; STATUSCOLS R&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; STATUSSORTBY ALPHABETICAL&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; STATUSFLOOR -200r&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 304ISSUCCESS ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; OSREP ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; OSCHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; OSCHARTEXPAND Windows&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; OSCOLS PQq&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; OSSORTBY PAGES7&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; OSFLOOR -200q&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SUBOSSORTBY PAGES7&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SUBOSFLOOR -500q&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; PROCTIME ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; PROCTIMECOLS R&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; PROCTIMECHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; USER ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; USERCOLS Rb&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; USERCHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; USERSORTBY REQUESTS&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; USERFLOOR -500r&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REQUEST ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REQCHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REQCOLS RSc&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REQSORTBY REQUESTS7&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REQFLOOR 0.5%s&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REQARGSSORTBY REQUESTS7&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REQARGSFLOOR 0.5%s&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REQEXCLUDE *&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REQINCLUDE *.html&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REQINCLUDE *.htm&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REQINCLUDE *.zip&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REQINCLUDE *.gz&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REQINCLUDE *.Z&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REQINCLUDE *.pdf&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REQLINKEXCLUDE /cgi-bin/*&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REQLINKEXCLUDE /scripts/*&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REQLINKINCLUDE *&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REQLINKINCLUDE *.zip&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REQLINKINCLUDE *.pdf&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FAILURE ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FAILCHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FAILCOLS RS&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FAILSORTBY REQUESTS7&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FAILFLOOR -300s&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FAILARGSSORTBY REQUESTS7&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FAILARGSFLOOR 10s&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FAILLINKEXCLUDE *&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FAILHOST ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FAILHOSTCHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FAILHOSTCOLS RS&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FAILHOSTSORTBY REQUESTS7&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FAILHOSTFLOOR -500s&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FAILUSER ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FAILUSERCOLS R&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FAILUSERCHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FAILUSERSORTBY REQUESTS&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FAILUSERFLOOR -400r&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FAILREF ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FAILREFCHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FAILREFCOLS RS&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FAILREFSORTBY REQUESTS7&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FAILREFFLOOR -300s&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FAILREFARGSSORTBY REQUESTS7&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FAILREFARGSFLOOR 10s&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FAILREFLINKINCLUDE *&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIR ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRCHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRCOLS SR&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRSORTBY REQUESTS7&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRFLOOR -300s&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRARGSSORTBY REQUESTS7&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRARGSFLOOR 500s&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRHOST ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRHOSTCHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRHOSTCOLS SR&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRHOSTSORTBY REQUESTS7&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRHOSTFLOOR -500s&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRREF ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRREFCHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRREFCOLS RS&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRREFSORTBY REQUESTS7&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRREFFLOOR -300s&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRREFARGSSORTBY REQUESTS7&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRREFARGSFLOOR 500s&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRREFLINKINCLUDE *&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REFSITE ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REFSITECHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REFSITECOLS PQ&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REFSITESORTBY PAGES7&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REFSITEFLOOR -500q&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REFDIRSORTBY PAGES7&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REFDIRFLOOR 50.5%q&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REFERRER ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REFCHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REFCOLS PQ&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REFSORTBY PAGES7&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REFLINKINCLUDE *&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REFFLOOR -500q&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REFARGSSORTBY PAGES7&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REFARGSFLOOR 50.5%q&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; VHOST ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; VHOSTCHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; VHOSTCOLS Rb&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; VHOSTFLOOR -200b&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; VHOSTSORTBY BYTES&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRVHOST ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRVHOSTCHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRVHOSTCOLS R&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRVHOSTFLOOR -200r&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRVHOSTSORTBY REQUESTS&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRUSER ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRUSERCOLS R&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRUSERCHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRUSERSORTBY REQUESTS&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REDIRUSERFLOOR -200r&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SEARCHWORD ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SEARCHWORDCHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SEARCHWORDCOLS PQq&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SEARCHWORDSORTBY PAGES7&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SEARCHWORDFLOOR 1.5%q&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SEARCHQUERY ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SEARCHQUERYCHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SEARCHQUERYCOLS Q&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SEARCHQUERYSORTBY PAGES7&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SEARCHQUERYFLOOR -500q&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; INTSEARCHQUERY ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; INTSEARCHQUERYCOLS R&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; INTSEARCHQUERYCHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; INTSEARCHQUERYFLOOR -300r&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; INTSEARCHQUERYSORTBY REQUESTS&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; INTSEARCHWORD ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; INTSEARCHWORDCOLS R&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; INTSEARCHWORDCHART ON&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; INTSEARCHWORDFLOOR -400r&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; INTSEARCHWORDSORTBY REQUESTS&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again, hope this helps as well and good luck, mate!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45962" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="25611" RevisionGUID="9c14aede-5b3d-4aac-abab-64233361f2c4" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:47:19.930" UserId="1803" Comment="edited title" Text="What is the recommended temperature range for a hard drive?" />
  <row Id="45963" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25858" RevisionGUID="5271a75e-df82-4451-ab18-58e04541aae8" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:47:46.543" UserDisplayName="C Castellow" Text="Not sure what your VM platform is, but VMware offers a utility called mountvm.exe that allows you to mount a VMDK file to your file system and view the contents of the virtual disk.  You could then use windiff (or something similar) to compare files within the mounted VM.  I'm sure that other hypervisors offer similar tools&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding your second question, while I don't know if there have been exploits that have attacked via the hypervisor, I think there are some PoC's out there showing it might be possible (of course, some dispute these).  Search for &quot;Blue Pill&quot; and see what you find.  As others have mentioned, copying files between host and guest, and allowing direct network connectivity between host and guest would definitely increase the chance of infecting one from the other." />
  <row Id="45964" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25841" RevisionGUID="d76eb3ee-e1ec-4970-92c0-4d78dbd2d1b5" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:48:31.550" UserId="3950" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ethtool&gt;&lt;ethernet&gt;&lt;gigabit&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="45965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25859" RevisionGUID="229d7bd2-ec66-445c-92d3-a4909efb5313" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:49:43.140" UserId="9531" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lets say I subdomain called largefiles.domain.com This is on a dedicated server and I can change any configuration. Server runs Apache/2.2.3 (CentOS)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do i restrict all file downloads to just 10Kbps for every file downloaded from the webserver? What is the easiest solution to implement this for the entire subdomain?" />
  <row Id="45966" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25859" RevisionGUID="229d7bd2-ec66-445c-92d3-a4909efb5313" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:49:43.140" UserId="9531" Text="Throttle download traffic in apache for all users" />
  <row Id="45967" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25859" RevisionGUID="229d7bd2-ec66-445c-92d3-a4909efb5313" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:49:43.140" UserId="9531" Text="&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="45968" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25853" RevisionGUID="6887b627-0a0c-49ab-9ff0-76a749096fc8" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:50:35.230" UserId="9332" Comment="added 126 characters in body; added 132 characters in body; edited body" Text="You go me interested in this a bit more ... Take a look a [ITwatchdogs][2]. Their weather goose line looks very nice.  They monitor temp, light, sound, humidity, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here's a list of vendors][1] (not APC) that have other products. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I use in my data center appears to be a [discontinued model][4]. What ever you end up using, make sure that:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - They use SNMP, not some special protocol.&#xD;&#xA; - Have remote temperature sensors. (I don't know if the netbotz do ...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently the [temperature monitors][5] are hung from the middle of the drop ceiling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using a simple network monitoring application (zenoss, munin, nagios, etc) just monitor for threshold violations and create alerts for your pager/email. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also look into buying a handheld thermometer and walk around to every part of your datacenter/comm closet (including corners) to find any hotspots.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.snmplink.org/snmpappliance/hardware/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.itwatchdogs.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=402&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=AP9319X446&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.shopping.com/xPO-APC-Temp-humidity-Probe25-Node-Black" />
  <row Id="45969" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25845" RevisionGUID="fdea92ec-7a79-471a-84a6-2ce7cc007b1c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:51:49.923" UserId="3950" Comment="added 151 characters in body; added 50 characters in body" Text="Since mii-tool is deprecated, I'd go for ethtool. Can't you check the other sides opinion of the link speed, btw?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;mii-tool and ethtool are known to disagree in certain circumstances; you can find bugreports of that on a host of websites. What driver are you using? At least tg3 is known to be a subject of [disagreement][1] between the two tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=199462&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE:** Checked it for you locally, but it seems mii-tool can only report upto 100MiB/s. ethtool is therefore probably right in your situation ;-) Must be the reason it is deprecated, anyway..." />
  <row Id="45970" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25860" RevisionGUID="90ed5880-60da-458f-892f-a8f4bcc78fb7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:54:03.603" UserId="533" Text="We use the MiniGoos products from http://www.itwatchdogs.com/.  I will admit I wasn't involved in the evaluation process for these, but I really like the product.  They allow multiple temperature sensors and they have some nifty add ons like air flow monitoring (which we aren't currently using) and things like door open/close detection (which we are).  They have an HTTP interface which could be scraped if you wanted, but also support SNMP traps and polls.  We plugged it into nagios and it worked like a champ." />
  <row Id="45971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25861" RevisionGUID="c5561d1c-eab5-4b96-9ae8-2c2875c388a2" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:54:09.217" UserId="9140" Text="mod_cband should fix this for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See this nice tutorial: http://www.howtoforge.com/mod_cband_apache2_bandwidth_quota_throttling" />
  <row Id="45972" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25862" RevisionGUID="9e047a27-1695-46cb-a08f-c07d427dddcf" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:54:56.503" UserId="8851" Text="What are the steps of converting a live server as a XEN guest?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's my understanding of the process, please comment if you see any flaws with such thinking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Install a xen guest kernel that would run on my target dom0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Question: does XEN differentiate kernels by dom0/domU?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Backup partitions using dd tool to a safe place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's my current server layout:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;/dev/sda1              64G   49G   12G  81% /&#xD;&#xA;tmpfs                 3,9G     0  3,9G   0% /lib/init/rw&#xD;&#xA;udev                   10M   64K   10M   1% /dev&#xD;&#xA;tmpfs                 3,9G     0  3,9G   0% /dev/shm&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Question: I only need to dd /dev/sda1 out, right? How can I copy it in a consistent state without turning the machine off, without mounting it as readonly (I assume I'd lose network connectivity by doing so?), without physically being in the data centre to do so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Prepare dom0 with LVM.&#xD;&#xA;* Create 2 LVs, one for /dev/sda1, one for swap.&#xD;&#xA;* dd the data in from earlier backups.&#xD;&#xA;* Boot?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sure I've missed alot." />
  <row Id="45973" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25862" RevisionGUID="9e047a27-1695-46cb-a08f-c07d427dddcf" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:54:56.503" UserId="8851" Text="Converting a live server to XEN domU" />
  <row Id="45974" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25862" RevisionGUID="9e047a27-1695-46cb-a08f-c07d427dddcf" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:54:56.503" UserId="8851" Text="&lt;xen&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="45975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25863" RevisionGUID="e15d1bef-78dd-4030-8182-34677466a299" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:55:43.630" UserId="5749" Text="While Scott's concern about the added cost of cables for the &quot;dongle&quot; type KVM are valid, they do bring a couple of advantages.  We use Advocent KVMs and as they use a dongle that takes the VGA&amp;USB&amp;PS2 connectors and converts to Cat5 type cable,  I can make the Cat5 cable the length I need.  Cat5 cables probably fit into your cable management system on the racks better than the bulk KVM cable.  Some &quot;Non-dongle&quot; type KVMs still require special cables, which brings in the same cost considerations that Scott mentioned.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another feature to look at is KVM over IP.  Basically you can assign an IP address to the KVM, and get to it via a web-browser.  This means that if you want to reboot a server, and the boot hangs for some reason, the IP KVM can save a trip to the server-room.   Combined with VPN, and I can reboot a server and change BIOS settings from home.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A word of advice,  practice using the KVM BEFORE you need it.  You don't want to be learning which button swaps servers, or any quirks in the interface while troubleshooting a down server!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45976" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25853" RevisionGUID="43f39c1e-6b88-49e5-9491-cbbecec237ef" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:55:58.013" UserId="9332" Comment="So many edits. " Text="Take a look a [ITwatchdogs][2]. Their weather goose line looks very nice.  They monitor temp, light, sound, humidity, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here's a list of vendors][1] (not APC) that have other products. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I use in my data center appears to be a [discontinued model][4]. What ever you end up using, make sure that:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - They use SNMP, not some special protocol.&#xD;&#xA; - Have remote temperature sensors. (I don't know if the netbotz do ...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently the [temperature monitors][5] are hung from the middle of the drop ceiling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using a simple network monitoring application (zenoss, munin, nagios, etc) just monitor for threshold violations and create alerts for your pager/email. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also look into buying a handheld thermometer and walk around to every part of your datacenter/comm closet (including corners) to find any hotspots.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.snmplink.org/snmpappliance/hardware/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.itwatchdogs.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=402&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=AP9319X446&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.shopping.com/xPO-APC-Temp-humidity-Probe25-Node-Black" />
  <row Id="45977" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25864" RevisionGUID="65d5a535-21aa-42b6-a2f1-cb5f1ecd9404" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:56:38.573" UserId="7574" Text="Every drive you own should have environmental specifications available from the manufacturer giving you details on the minimum, maximum and sometimes the recommended operational temperature, as well as details on humidity and shock.  Go check out the manufacturers spec sheets." />
  <row Id="45978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25865" RevisionGUID="e43b5789-55d0-41ea-b7ec-983d0d7c90c9" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:57:19.370" UserId="1068" Text="I have a machine (I don't care whether to run Windows or Linux on it), which has many (eight) NIC in it. I want to relay communications coming in from NIC, to go out thru two other NICs. Specifically, I'm interested in HTTP traffic, but I'd rather be general to all IP traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The result should look like a port-mirror done in software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this possible? If so, how?" />
  <row Id="45979" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25865" RevisionGUID="e43b5789-55d0-41ea-b7ec-983d0d7c90c9" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:57:19.370" UserId="1068" Text="Software port mirror" />
  <row Id="45980" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25865" RevisionGUID="e43b5789-55d0-41ea-b7ec-983d0d7c90c9" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:57:19.370" UserId="1068" Text="&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="45981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25866" RevisionGUID="e365b532-3770-40fd-aec0-4289b5939d5e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:58:51.160" UserId="9332" Text="I've had excellent results with [TestDisk][1]. No gui, but the next best thing ... console menus! [And an excellent wiki for use cases.][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many an accidentally deleted thumbdrive has been rescued.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk#Documentation" />
  <row Id="45982" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25867" RevisionGUID="f41fe578-1e8a-4224-8269-9bffe7f0e330" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:59:03.483" UserId="7056" Text="Not exactly for Unix file systems (it does not depend on file systems at all) but I can recommend [PhotoRec][1]. You'll probably find it in testdisk package&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec" />
  <row Id="45983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25868" RevisionGUID="4a4a2f6d-cb28-4390-acd5-0d4bcbb821d4" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:59:21.660" UserId="1435" Text="Although we have room-wide environmental alarms not everyone has that luxury, what I'd suggest you do is look at the servers you have, many already have temperature sensors that, in conjunction with free systems management software, allow for SNMP-traps and emails to be sent once these sensors go over a particular level. In particular I know that both HP and IBM servers have these and I'm pretty sure Dell do too. Let me know what make/models you have and I'll try to dig something up." />
  <row Id="45984" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25869" RevisionGUID="e88e5db4-c680-447f-a2e9-f932478f97d5" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:59:49.317" UserId="6246" Text="Alfredo Milani Comparetti's awesome [Speedfan][1] can &quot;access status info from EIDE/SATA/SCSI drives showing...internal data that can be used to diagnose current and future hard disk failures&quot;. Essentially it will give you a reading of your drive's SMART status contextualised with real data from other users' disks, providing some interesting aggregated results. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, my for my laptop disk:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Your hard disk is a ST98823AS with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; firmware 3.14.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; The average temperature for this hard&#xD;&#xA;&gt; disk is 41C (MIN=28C MAX=55C) and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; yours is 51C.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; ...&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Your hard disk is not below any&#xD;&#xA;&gt; attribute threshold. This is good.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Your hard disk was never below any&#xD;&#xA;&gt; attribute threshold. This is good.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ...&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; NOTE : your hard disk has 23 reallocated sectors...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The final stats show my drive ain't looking so good these days :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The overall fitness for this drive is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 88%. &#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The overall performance for this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; drive is 97%.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that [Sean's answer][2] correlates to the max value listed on Speedfan's hard disk temperature page, and that the results from that tool are aggregated observations only etc etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/25611/what-is-the-recommended-temperature-range-for-a-hard-drive/25613#25613" />
  <row Id="45985" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25870" RevisionGUID="2a0ca0a6-f374-43a5-ad68-2fa94a9c7a83" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:00:15.853" UserId="4858" Text="I have fair knowledge in MySql, Oracle 9i+, and Sybase. Isn't it enough?" />
  <row Id="45986" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25870" RevisionGUID="2a0ca0a6-f374-43a5-ad68-2fa94a9c7a83" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:00:15.853" UserId="4858" Text="Should a Database admin need to know all the DB systems out there?" />
  <row Id="45987" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25870" RevisionGUID="2a0ca0a6-f374-43a5-ad68-2fa94a9c7a83" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:00:15.853" UserId="4858" Text="&lt;database&gt;&lt;database-adminstration&gt;" />
  <row Id="45988" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25871" RevisionGUID="bcb861f2-1209-4f95-aee7-020582788ace" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:01:32.373" UserId="6793" Text="I would go for [mod_bw][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example: Limit every user to a max of 10Kb/s on a vhost :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Virtualhost *&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      BandwidthModule On&#xD;&#xA;      ForceBandWidthModule On&#xD;&#xA;      Bandwidth all 10240&#xD;&#xA;      MinBandwidth all -1&#xD;&#xA;      Servername www.example.com&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Virtualhost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ivn.cl/#bandwidth" />
  <row Id="45989" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25872" RevisionGUID="d31152db-5c93-4798-9f06-035097f9ae55" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:03:23.803" UserId="8085" Text="I recently installed Citrix XenServer 5.0 (free). During the wizard-based setup it asked me if I want to convert the server which i booted with into a DomU. I didn't want to, since the server was empty. But I suggest you give it a shot. XenServer also gives you a nice GUI (windoze) to manage your VMs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Citrix XenServer 5][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/feature.asp?contentID=1686939" />
  <row Id="45990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25873" RevisionGUID="b91ffd8a-69d9-4a9f-a540-df5a56d000c3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:05:14.583" UserId="1435" Text="Although every drive will list its minimum and maximum temperature I believe that most if not all drive manufacturers design their drives to work at an 'ambient' temperature - i.e. out in the open in a regular office or home environment. Now obviously this isn't going to take into account of working in an Egyptian summer or an Antarctic winter but the point I'm making is that they don't actually NEED to be too cold, if you're comfortable with the temperature then your disk is too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few have said that they shouldn't get too hot, and that's very true but I was really surprised recently when I discovered that disks can actually be too cold. We have a lot of HP EVA FC-SANs and some of them have their 1TB 'FATA' disks in them. Turns out that these don't like being below about 18 degrees C, they switch into a 'read after write' mode that affects their performance. There's a new disk firmware out to hopefully fix this but it's the first time that I've seen a disk complain about being at such a warm, yet cold, temperature." />
  <row Id="45991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25874" RevisionGUID="18882cc9-fe15-41c1-9862-a5b1077691f9" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:06:14.877" UserId="7342" Text="If you want a cheap solution, you can buy USB thermometers for about 10USD. I've got a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.funponsel.com/blog/hardware-and-peripheral/temper-usb-thermometer-for-laboratorians.html&quot;&gt;TEMPer&lt;/a&gt; device. I've not got around to using it yet, mostly because it's not entirely supported under Linux. Tollef Fog Heen &lt;a href=&quot;http://err.no/personal/blog/tech/2008-07-22-10-17_kernel_patches_TEMPer_thermometer.html&quot;&gt;wrote some support&lt;/a&gt;, but I haven't checked to see if it's in the kernel yet. It does ship with Windows drivers, so it just a matter of hooking it up to your monitoring. :)" />
  <row Id="45992" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25875" RevisionGUID="8e0eb338-6ec4-471c-acfc-4a768e57a066" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:06:56.997" UserId="9332" Text="Start with the DB you have to administer. Learn it inside and out. Then, decide what you *want* to learn. Applying the same principles to a new system will not be as hard as trying to learn several at the same time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ask yourself, &quot;Why do I want to learn this?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many other types of database models beyond relational. [chouchdb][1] is a great example of a hash-table style database. Look around, figure out what will&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Pay the bills&#xD;&#xA; 2. Make you happy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Make you happy&#xD;&#xA; 2. Pay the bills&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There will always be someone who knows more than you. Don't try to make yourself strong in all fields, you will be equally weak in all of them. Build to your strengths, mitgate your weakness.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://couchdb.apache.org/" />
  <row Id="45994" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25877" RevisionGUID="02881d44-47fb-4e0e-9a75-2b96caceede6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:08:26.060" UserId="9140" Text="Enough? Nothing is enough in IT, but there is a large difference in having a fair knowledge and being an expert.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I would hire a database admin I'd require him/her to be very good with the databases we use, but also have a knowledge about what other types of databases there is out there to stay current." />
  <row Id="45995" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25840" RevisionGUID="8034ecb6-2677-4d93-bacd-c6cb44febac3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:08:53.967" UserId="1435" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="What are the benefits to using virtual as opposed to running multiple instances of SQL on a box? " />
  <row Id="45996" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="25840" RevisionGUID="8034ecb6-2677-4d93-bacd-c6cb44febac3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:08:53.967" UserId="1435" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="Virtual vs. Named SQL Instances" />
  <row Id="45997" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25878" RevisionGUID="b5a2f08c-1893-44e1-8068-ee3f35da6d01" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:10:27.880" UserId="5544" Text="Just to add another option:  I often use  lwp-request, from libwww-perl, for this.   It outputs to STDOUT by default and is more likely than curl to be installed on the systems I use (your situation my vary).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="45998" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25870" RevisionGUID="ae4214cf-6805-463b-8ef0-461248a116aa" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:10:36.103" UserId="4858" Comment="deleted 13 characters in body" Text="What's the requirement? Where's the boundary? Is there any?" />
  <row Id="45999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25879" RevisionGUID="afc1a856-73eb-47b4-9cb0-74d6157a9444" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:11:13.777" UserId="4822" Text="The more i visit various web-sites, the more i want a single sign-on feature.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Every web-site thinks theirs in the most important. Every web-site insists that you create an account before you can do anything. StackOverflow, Serverfault, Wikipedia, WowWiki, Wowhead, MS Forums, CodeProject, CodePlex, on and on, ... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They all demand i create select a unique username, a password, and fork over my e-mail address. Then they insist that i go check my e-mail before they let me post, edit, download, click, comment, rate, etc. There is **no** reason to not let me use your site the instant i wander into it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i just want them all to shut up. i want a single login that i can just use everywhere, with an e-mail address that is a black-hole so i never have to read their garbage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**OpenID** seems to be that. But it was only possible once Google supported it. Before that, it was StackOverflow's own propritary login system - that they were too lazy to host themselves. Now that Google supports OpenID, it's actually conceivable that everyone will already have it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These days, i loath having to create accounts on web-sites, and curse the operators who think i should have to create an account first. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't make me loathe *your* site, too." />
  <row Id="46000" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25880" RevisionGUID="e1a9ca5f-12fa-49ea-aa61-3c2388eb0379" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:11:31.077" UserId="5618" Text="The error is accurate, if not completely clear. regsvr32 does its stuff by loading the DLL into memory, then calling the DLLRegisterServer function defined in the DLL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the DLL doesn't have a DLLRegisterServer function, then you get that error about the function being missing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If ever you're in doubt, the depends.exe tool can show you what functions are defined in the DLL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which, as you've already seen, happens when you try to regsvr32 a DLL that isn't a COM server of some kind.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46001" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25881" RevisionGUID="b936c51f-f21b-40a0-9bad-dc134b6b3a2a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:12:54.443" Text="Does someone know how to change the &quot;Global denied packets rate limit&quot; on a ISA Server 2006 (SP1) on Windows 2003? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a strange software which does mutiple sql querys and reaches this limit and the ISA server blocks the traffic. The Floodprotection Option is already disabled on the ISA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQLDB &lt;=&gt; ISA &lt;=&gt; SQL-Client" />
  <row Id="46002" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25881" RevisionGUID="b936c51f-f21b-40a0-9bad-dc134b6b3a2a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:12:54.443" Text="ISA Server 2006 &quot;Global denied packets rate limit&quot;" />
  <row Id="46003" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25881" RevisionGUID="b936c51f-f21b-40a0-9bad-dc134b6b3a2a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:12:54.443" Text="&lt;isa&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;blocked&gt;&lt;sql&gt;" />
  <row Id="46004" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25882" RevisionGUID="2bf08532-0504-46be-a9a5-36be94cbc774" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:13:43.460" UserId="45" Text="I think there is some basic knowledge all DBAs should have. This includes skills and activities like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- database implementation and design&#xD;&#xA;- performance monitoring and tuning&#xD;&#xA;- availability, backup and recovery&#xD;&#xA;- organizational skills (planning / paying attentions to details)&#xD;&#xA;- and last, but not least: how to work with developers and network admins&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also have fundamental knowledge of IT security and be willing to be, like software developers, a lifelong learner.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These concepts can be applied to any database product out there. If you have experience in two or three different vendor's products, you'll learn the others without any problem." />
  <row Id="46005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25883" RevisionGUID="974ca2a9-4d39-4847-9900-1fab6f02783b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:14:46.953" UserId="9534" Text="Hi, I´m looking over my backup strategy, that I installed a couple of years ago...and I´m wondering, how do other perform their backups? Can I do different/better/safer/more economic?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I store my backups to a USB disk...using BackupExec (We are a small company), how do you do your backup (does it work?)?  " />
  <row Id="46006" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25883" RevisionGUID="974ca2a9-4d39-4847-9900-1fab6f02783b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:14:46.953" UserId="9534" Text="How do you do your backup?" />
  <row Id="46007" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25883" RevisionGUID="974ca2a9-4d39-4847-9900-1fab6f02783b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:14:46.953" UserId="9534" Text="&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="46008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25884" RevisionGUID="87c192ac-ce71-46d7-84e5-f8eaea57979d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:15:27.077" UserId="5618" Text="netcat (nc / nc.exe) can do that, I think.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Though honestly the typical answer to this is with a software firewall, IPtables/ipchains can do that easily, or with an HTTP proxy like squid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See some of the other answers: [http://serverfault.com/questions/18849/forward-port-to-another-ip-port][1]&#xD;&#xA;[http://serverfault.com/questions/7376/port-mirroring-as-a-windows-service][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/18849/forward-port-to-another-ip-port&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7376/port-mirroring-as-a-windows-service" />
  <row Id="46009" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25885" RevisionGUID="2cfce428-97e1-47b3-b650-a384a5fc765a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:18:03.937" UserId="7861" Text="I've created a new VM to host our outdated Bugzilla server and now I need to move the database over to the new VM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our old server is running Bugzilla 2.16.3, which I plan on using on the VM as well.  This is just to get it off the old hardware.  I don't want to mess with VM Converter for something like this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my question is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  How can I export/reimport the Bugzilla database and settings?&#xD;&#xA;2.  Anything else I need to setup, understand before I do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not a Linux expert either, so forgive me.  I'll be using Fedora 9 to host Bugzilla with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46010" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25885" RevisionGUID="2cfce428-97e1-47b3-b650-a384a5fc765a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:18:03.937" UserId="7861" Text="Export Bugzilla and reimport/move to new server?" />
  <row Id="46011" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25885" RevisionGUID="2cfce428-97e1-47b3-b650-a384a5fc765a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:18:03.937" UserId="7861" Text="&lt;bugzilla&gt;" />
  <row Id="46012" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25886" RevisionGUID="5fc0b051-46ac-4a62-9ad9-896b415ee482" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:19:28.710" UserId="2642" Text="There isn't any configuration available." />
  <row Id="46013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25887" RevisionGUID="67510540-945a-4553-944d-0d65bc069afd" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:19:55.870" UserId="3220" Text="I have two HS21 blades for an ibm bladecenter, and I'm having memory problems since I installed 4 DIMMs of 4GB. I suspect the problem is that I bought DDR2 800 instead of DDR2 667, has anyone had problems with this? Is there any way to fix this short of buying new memory?" />
  <row Id="46014" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25887" RevisionGUID="67510540-945a-4553-944d-0d65bc069afd" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:19:55.870" UserId="3220" Text="Problems with DDR2 800 in HS21 blades?" />
  <row Id="46015" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25887" RevisionGUID="67510540-945a-4553-944d-0d65bc069afd" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:19:55.870" UserId="3220" Text="&lt;bladecenter&gt;&lt;memory&gt;" />
  <row Id="46016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25888" RevisionGUID="0a25cadc-a387-4843-993c-b71d08ea397e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:21:49.250" UserId="5586" Text="I had this problem once as well. Windows seems to disable performance counters after a certain number of failures have occurred while trying to open them.  I overrode this and never had a problem again by deleting the registry key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open regedit, and look under HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\.NET Data Provider for SqlServer\Performance. I can't recall the exact key name (DisablePerformanceCounters?), but its name will jump out at you as contributing to why it's disabled. Delete the key.  I think it will take effect on the fly, but you may need to reboot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know this sounds a bit sketchy, especially as I can't recall the key name, but I know I saw this behavior and deleting the key fixed it for me." />
  <row Id="46017" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25860" RevisionGUID="deb194cd-4386-47e6-a8a0-8d74036b9eaa" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:22:03.370" UserId="533" Comment="added note about analog thermometer" Text="We use the MiniGoos products from http://www.itwatchdogs.com/.  I will admit I wasn't involved in the evaluation process for these, but I really like the product.  They allow multiple temperature sensors and they have some nifty add ons like air flow monitoring (which we aren't currently using) and things like door open/close detection (which we are).  They have an HTTP interface which could be scraped if you wanted, but also support SNMP traps and polls.  We plugged it into nagios and it worked like a champ.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also second and extend a comment [josephkern][1] made in his answer.  In addition to walking around with a thermometer to get a feel for the temperature pattern in the room, buy some cheap non-connected thermometers and hang them from the ceiling.  They're great backup for reporting thermometers, and you'd be surprised how often a problem will be spotted by a human glancing at the therm as they walk in and out of the room before the warning range of the monitoring thermometers is crossed.  The earlier you diagnose an AC/HVAC problem, the longer you will have to fix it before you start damaging components, having to shut down machines, or having machines shut down on their own to protect themselves.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/25849/monitoring-server-room-temperature/25853#25853" />
  <row Id="46018" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25889" RevisionGUID="0f5c1747-8d91-4b29-a9b6-577c05fadeab" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:22:27.237" UserId="4381" Text="We make use of the motherboard/CPU temperature on a couple of our servers. If several of these alarm at once, it's pretty clear what the cause is. No extra equipment necessary." />
  <row Id="46019" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25890" RevisionGUID="e5b66367-a101-4c91-b606-b582868af4bb" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:23:00.107" UserId="8199" Text="Lots of suggestions on this question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://serverfault.com/questions/512/best-practices-to-keep-your-computers-backed-up-efficiently&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25892" RevisionGUID="c1ca2808-9ce6-4358-b736-994dd792d40a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:24:07.937" UserId="7200" Text="I think we need to know a little more about your situation to give you a great answer. Things like the following would help:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Size of backup corpus&#xD;&#xA; - Number of server computers being backed-up&#xD;&#xA; - Duration of backup window&#xD;&#xA; - Retention / archival / destruction concerns&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm very &quot;old fashioned&quot; in my backup strategies, but I've yet to have any failure to restore. Tape and conservative off-site rotation stategies have served us very well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My smaller business Customers are receiving full daily backups to tape, which are rotated off-site daily. Most have at least two (2) weeks of daily rotation, and may have additional monthly or quarterly rotations. To expedite restores without requiring someone to go off-site to get media, we're usually using a disk-to-disk-to-tape backup strategy. This works well with the Customers who have under 100GB of data. We've used a combination of LTO, VXA, and SDLT tape technologies in single element drives managed by Backup Exec. The cost of the drive and tapes is higher, initially, than other &quot;lower tech&quot; solutions, but we get rock solid backups and restores (and perform periodic test restores just to be sure).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For larger installations, we usually move to single element autoloaders (LTO) and typically perform daily differential and weekly full backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll probably be critisized by not being &quot;trendy&quot; and using things like removable hard disk drives, but quality tape technologies have served us very well and have been utterly reliable. LTO, in particular, has been rock solid. We've had a flaky VXA drive now and again, and flaky SDLT tapes, but they've worked well too." />
  <row Id="46022" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25893" RevisionGUID="5bfdca08-f09e-4dab-9701-8eccd40b3e57" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:24:09.310" UserId="51157" Text="Our workstations (and other servers) backup to a specified server with a ton of HD space, that server then has a local backup (1 week worth) on an external (FireWire) hard drive, then 3 times a week (Mon, Wed, Fri) that data is taken and uploaded off-site, off-site there is 3 months of data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Before the data is moved to the external drive it is encrypted with a local salt which is known only to 2 people (it's also in the &quot;doomsday&quot; book) and a &quot;salt&quot; that is provided by the user to whom the data belongs to.  When the data is moved off-site it is again encrypted (management requires it to be encrypted here, ffs) with a simple blowfish algorithm that is provided by the off-site service provider with our own key.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been using this system for about 3 years (the local software I wrote myself) with various off-site providers (I've yet to find one I really like) and it has never once failed me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some rules may change from place to place, for example the financial company I did backed up form the workstations hourly and the server sent it off-site ever 3 hours.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This system is nice because it is cheap and (so far) scales seamlessly." />
  <row Id="46023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25894" RevisionGUID="1188d8b2-fdd9-4b89-a746-f25338bbb971" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:24:37.577" UserId="8851" Text="Things you must take care of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Web server setup. Apache + mod_perl most likely.&#xD;&#xA;* Exporting SQL dump and importing it to a new server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;export for mysql:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*mysqldump --force --opt --user=$USER --password=$PASSWORD --databases $db &gt; bugzilla.sql*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;import for mysql:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*mysql -u $USER -p &lt; bugzilla.sql*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Install missing PERL CPAN modules&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Run ./checksetup.pl in bugzilla directory to get a report on what's missing. It'll also show you the lines needed for installation. If installing via perl directly fails (which often does), try using your local disto package manager to install missing stuff (yum on Fedora I take it?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Point your browser to the new installation and debug further issues." />
  <row Id="46024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25895" RevisionGUID="b85e3e86-1146-48f2-8b89-b4453c067e28" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:26:17.090" UserId="9332" Text="There are many, many types of backup schemes. Their use really depends on your site and on your available technology.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Fulls, incremental, and differentials.* &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usually daily differential/incremental with weekly fulls. Trying to keep 2-4 weeks of complete backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I really need to ask you one thing. You disconnect the USB drive after the backups are completed, right? If you don't I really wouldn't call it a backup. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Technically it IS backed up, but you are just asking for trouble if your disk gets corrupted, or you get hacked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Backups should be kept for the worst case scenario." />
  <row Id="46025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25896" RevisionGUID="50fc7626-9da4-4a8e-8397-7fd26b30ac9c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:26:45.263" UserId="282" Text="For my personal situation we use BackupExec to take a daily full backup of everything on the following schedule:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday : Kept for 7 days&#xD;&#xA;1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Thursday of the month : Kept for 1 month&#xD;&#xA;3rd Thursday of the month on a 3 month schedule : Kept for 3 months&#xD;&#xA;Once a year: Kept forever&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently we are using LTO3 tapes, which are sent off site for one day thus at any one time the last sucessful backup is off site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tape backups are only used for full system restores of file servers, individual files can be restored with [Previous Versions][1] which is available to Administrators and users alike.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQL Server, IIS Metabase and MySQL are dumped to a file each night and kept for one week, this is on top of the hot-backup that BackupExec takes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/afb7ed89-ed63-4e07-a482-d7004a8f40121033.mspx" />
  <row Id="46026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25897" RevisionGUID="a46187f5-d2fd-418f-a072-b541b3af0431" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:26:54.860" UserId="1936" Text="**Low tech**: I keep an indoor/outdoor thermostat in my office. The outdoor probe runs through a small channel in the wall to the neighboring server room. At a glance, I can see the temp in there. The thermometer also tracks min/max temp ranges so I check and reset those once a week.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not in the neighboring office, just run the probe under the door and hang the thermometer in the hall outside the room, maybe?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also rely on the temp monitors in my HP servers for a more automated approach, but the low tech one has actually been more useful in the past. I glance at the temp everytime I enter my office." />
  <row Id="46027" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25898" RevisionGUID="7c8acf56-e096-46ea-8e56-35a4fc6a361f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:27:29.287" UserId="2711" Text="No, a DB admin does not need to know all the DB systems out there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Learn the fundamentals you can apply anywhere like splattne mentions. For vendor specific learning, I would recommend Oracle and MSSQL as they are both well established in large enterprise. At the end of the day you will need to know *some* DBs well to get a decent job." />
  <row Id="46028" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25899" RevisionGUID="d67bee0a-7d85-4d27-900e-9e7513acf880" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:27:52.690" UserId="4822" Text="How to best diagnose it? Check the **Event Log**, the fusion loader writes its failures there. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And use **[Process Monitor][1]**, looking for events that result in **File Not Found**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx" />
  <row Id="46029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25900" RevisionGUID="bbe3740d-e8ff-4412-aeec-3e61215da2cf" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:28:34.777" UserId="671" Text="We have a similar setup (private suite at a data center with its own A/C to cool the room) and use [TemPageR][1] from [AVTECH][2] to monitor the temperature in the room and get e-mail/SMS notices if the temperature goes over a certain threshold.  We use the internal probe to monitor ambient temperature, and a remote probe to monitor the air coming directly out of the A/C blower to make sure it's cold.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We like this because it's a completely standalone device that doesn't need to be connected to software on another server to function.  AVTECH makes a full line of environmental monitoring systems including temperature and water sensors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://avtech.com/Products/Environment_Monitors/TemPageR_3ER.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://avtech.com/" />
  <row Id="46030" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25760" RevisionGUID="24448a66-7fab-463a-9020-6d62eedc1369" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:29:26.540" UserId="3038" Comment="retag" Text="&lt;exchange-2003&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;" />
  <row Id="46031" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25901" RevisionGUID="9034c920-e92b-4a98-9a4e-9e2a3dfb8bcb" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:29:43.810" UserId="5618" Text="Please use chroot with extreme caution, it's well known that it doesn't provide the complete protection it seems to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[chroot limitations from wikipedia][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I remember a debate on the LKML about fixing &quot;bugs&quot; in chroot that allowed users to escape; kernel developers have answered that chroot is not intended to be a security mechanism.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chroot&amp;oldid=295790140#Limitations" />
  <row Id="46032" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25902" RevisionGUID="32b17208-f464-4cd8-8996-5e7452bce049" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:30:08.613" UserId="4721" Text="I think `iptables` with the `MIRROR` and probably `FORWARD` options on a linux system should do work." />
  <row Id="46033" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23836" RevisionGUID="0578ebce-e245-4ebb-a161-cdf7eb2768c1" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:30:43.213" UserId="2629" Comment="Appended a note about problems this setup solves and creates" Text="Here is my current line of thinking for laptop labs which are used by multiple students throughout the day.  It comes down to using mobile accounts without syncing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In each class, we tell the teacher to assign a particular computer to a particular student.  [If the same student is in a different class that uses computers, they will almost certainly user a different computer, and that is okay, as in Science they won't need to access Social Studies assignments.]  The login screen shows users who have logged into a given unit before; and an &quot;other&quot; option with a username and password entry field for those who have not logged into it before.  After the initial login, the student should see their name on the login screen.  If they do not, they have the wrong computer (and, although they can log in, none of their files will be there.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is no syncing involved.  The account will act like a local account, except that any user with an entry in the Open Directory can log into the machine and create an account.  We will provide easy access to network storage so students can back up their files (and we will assume that most students, especially elementary students, will not make use of this option).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, I think it would be worthwhile to put the home folders (/Users) on a different partition.  That way, if there is a logical hard drive error or the OS is otherwise broken, there is a chance that the user's files will be okay and we can simply re-image the system partition. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This same option could work for one-to-one laptop deployments and desktops, and we could do it for consistancy, but I'm not convinced it is optimal in those cases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Addendum:*  Next year, we are planning on running OS X 10.4 on our older computers, and 10.5 on the newer ones.  We've been concerned that a given user might use both and create files with newer software that can't be read with the older software (or worse, have their iPhoto or iMovie database upgraded for them, rendering the older software unusable with their data).  With this no-syncing, use-a-different-computer in different classes setup, the problem is neatly avoided.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem in its stead is that users may have bits and pieces of their work on different machines.  I'm hoping that if we explain things to them, they'll catch on quickly enough and not do this." />
  <row Id="46034" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25903" RevisionGUID="bfff0759-9d0a-47cb-913c-58c0e59e46a0" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:31:08.220" UserId="7200" Text="There's no built-in functionality in either Windows or contemporary Linux kernels to do what you're looking for. You could do it in user-land in either OS, but it's going to be latent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you really want to do it, you might look at some open source IDS / IPS packages as a starting point. A package that does layer 7 inspection could probably be shimmed to do what you're looking for with HTTP traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're better off just using a switch to do what you want. It'll be very close to wire-speed and won't be a dodgy hack. Once you factor your time in, too, it's probably going to be cheaper." />
  <row Id="46035" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25904" RevisionGUID="57963e8e-3089-4897-8fac-24e5464c656d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:33:11.150" UserId="1054" Text="I agree with the others for the most part.  Knowledge is power and the more you know, arguably the better you will be able to do your job.  I specialize in SQL Server, but am somewhat literate in other big ones like MySQL and Oracle.  Some specific benefits for knowing multiple DBMS's (other other system platforms for that matter) include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Interoperability.  When you need to provide an interface between two different systems it's exceedingly beneficial to have at least a working knowledge of both.&#xD;&#xA; - Credibility.  I've found it handy a number of times to debunk what someone's telling me of their system when they assume I don't know anything about it because I work primarily with &quot;the other&quot; system&#xD;&#xA; - Architecture.  Just because you know one system doesn't mean it's the best fit for all jobs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think that there is a real requirement outside of an environment's specific job requirements.  The boundary is up to you as the admin / dba / developer.  How much time are you willing to put into learning X number of different systems?  Where do you draw your own line?  Suggestions can be made, but you're the only one that can draw the clear line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With specific regards to a (relational) DBMS, they have some common denominators (base SQL, basic db objects, etc) that will give you a great head start in &quot;knowing the systems&quot;.  Learn the basics and then learn where each system begins to differ in its support for them, then (or at the same time) learn the more advanced  features of each system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25905" RevisionGUID="d8f24c6f-6c55-49e4-8dd2-726a8e75ff50" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:35:11.943" UserId="9537" Text="Hi, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not sure if this is possible and cant seem to find any information but what I would like to know about is; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am in the UK and have exchange server 2007. I have remote users in Germany. They are not that keen on OWA and would like to know if they can link to a public folder on our exchange from their Outlook client. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this possible at all? Any links / advise would be appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;Barry" />
  <row Id="46037" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25905" RevisionGUID="d8f24c6f-6c55-49e4-8dd2-726a8e75ff50" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:35:11.943" UserId="9537" Text="exchange server 2007 - public folder - connect to from remote location" />
  <row Id="46038" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25905" RevisionGUID="d8f24c6f-6c55-49e4-8dd2-726a8e75ff50" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:35:11.943" UserId="9537" Text="&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;public-folders&gt;" />
  <row Id="46039" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22361" RevisionGUID="da68e8b4-01f9-4cbf-8c4c-d67fc13deb44" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:37:07.277" UserId="8825" Comment="added 835 characters in body" Text="For the past two years, at random for different users, the connection to our SBS server breaks - the user sees an icon in the system tray saying that the server is unavailable. But it is fine for everyone else at that time and all other network connections are fine. If he immediately pings the server, it responds - so the network connection is fine.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;To get the connection back, he needs to &quot;Synchronise&quot; with the server, and it always succeeds.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;All PCs are set to synchronise files on logout - not on a timed basis.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;I replaced the switches (now they are 3COM mostly Gb) and set up VLANs to try and segment the traffic, but it had no effect.&#xD;&#xA;During the two years, I also changed the firewall (Sonicwall -&gt; Watchguard), the antivirus (McAfee -&gt; Sonicwall) and the wireless LAN (US Robotics -&gt; ZyXel).&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;It happens to about 10% of my users (5), 2 have laptops, 3 have desktops.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By &quot;disconnect&quot; I mean that in Windows Explorer you can no longer see the network drives (because the previous system was Netware 5, the users see shares on the network as drive letters)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We don't use ISA server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nothing appears in the server logs, I never thought of checking the client logs, I'll do that next time the problem occurs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The clients are running Windows XP SP3 with automatic updates turned on.&#xD;&#xA;The server is also up to date on updates.&#xD;&#xA;The problem happens with both wired and wireless, I think we have seen less of the problem since I moved to 3Com 4200G gigabit switches, but it is hard to be sure - most people have stopped complaining, but it happened to me three times today&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are loads of items in the event log I don't understand, but none at the time of the disconnection. Except in the security log, where there are three or four items every second.&#xD;&#xA;Most along the lines of:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Logon attempt by:	MICROSOFT_AUTHENTICATION_PACKAGE_V1_0&#xD;&#xA; Logon account:	Administrator&#xD;&#xA; Source Workstation:	SBSSRV&#xD;&#xA; Error Code:	0x0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;User Logoff:&#xD;&#xA; 	User Name:	SBSSRV$&#xD;&#xA; 	Domain:		CYLON&#xD;&#xA; 	Logon ID:		(0x0,0x7D431B)&#xD;&#xA; 	Logon Type:	3&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46040" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25906" RevisionGUID="c0771e37-9c10-4310-b415-e1e39304995a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:38:01.907" UserId="7200" Text="Speaking at this as an Exchange admin, there are no user-visible &quot;knobs&quot; to tweak the behaviour you're talking about on the Exchange 2003 IMAP service. I'd be highly surprised if there were any &quot;invisible&quot; knobs, either. I think you're stuck with that quirky behaviour you're seeing. Microsoft doesn't give any visibility down into that level of the protocol interaction to the admin.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46041" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25907" RevisionGUID="dec89f8a-e2a1-45ee-9e87-5b5b7a58e1ad" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:38:33.717" UserId="2561" Text="Can anyone tell me what some of the implications of having two different subnets on the same switch would be if VLANs are *not* being used?" />
  <row Id="46042" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25907" RevisionGUID="dec89f8a-e2a1-45ee-9e87-5b5b7a58e1ad" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:38:33.717" UserId="2561" Text="What are the implications of having two subnets on the same switch?" />
  <row Id="46043" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25907" RevisionGUID="dec89f8a-e2a1-45ee-9e87-5b5b7a58e1ad" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:38:33.717" UserId="2561" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;subnet&gt;&lt;switch&gt;" />
  <row Id="46044" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25908" RevisionGUID="c0f8d8ad-4fa7-462f-84bf-d30efb4bd90a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:39:25.617" UserId="2489" Text="Certainly.  If they're currently using Outlook, then in the folders view, they'll see a top level choice of &quot;All Public Folders&quot;.  They can drill down into that tree view and select the folders they want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They may want to add some of those folders as their favorites, which can be set up to synchronize public folder so they can be worked on offline." />
  <row Id="46045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25909" RevisionGUID="1f889a52-c679-4a3e-a756-7a853c8543f9" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:39:40.140" UserId="6965" Text="Are the German users using the same mailbox server as your UK users, or do they have their own server?  If they've got their own, is it in the same AD domain, or a separate one?  And finally, if they're in a separate domain, is there any kind of trust relationship between it and yours?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25910" RevisionGUID="1e835f38-5086-40d4-babb-0557a855c1a8" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:39:46.567" UserId="6108" Text="All entered commands are written into .bash_history file, normally in your home.&#xD;&#xA;You can set count of lines that are stored via HISTFILESIZE setting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are no timestamps and output, however.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is really needed, I'd make a wrapper around bash, copying stdin and stdout to a file and work through that." />
  <row Id="46047" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25911" RevisionGUID="86fb474b-6d15-47fb-8370-de28bea87b4b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:41:00.777" UserId="7200" Text="It sounds like they don't have another Exchange Server computer there. If they do, there's a different set of questions and answers for your issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming they do not, you can use HTTP-over-RPC (aka &quot;Outlook Anywhere&quot;) to give them &quot;full blown Outlook&quot; access to your Exchange Server computer, or you can use a VPN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have a look at: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998934.aspx" />
  <row Id="46049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25913" RevisionGUID="df97d21b-ad7b-4fa7-b0e0-bead42674920" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:41:42.867" UserId="2869" Text="How do you really know your database is delivering the best value to your employer unless you have at least a basic understanding of the alternatives.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That doesn't mean you should know the competition as well as your main platform, but you should probably have a basic understanding of the performance characteristics and general feature set of each relative to your main platform.  Taking a SQL Server shop as an example, it also doesn't mean you should use MySQL or Oracle for a specific application in your shop, even if that other database may be more suited to the application.  Your expertise will be in SQL Server, and so you may not be able to efficiently manage the other database flavor and you're likely to do just as well or better keeping your environment homogeneous.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It does mean that you should know enough to be aware of when the business as a whole is moving in a direction that might perhaps favor a different database platform from what you use currently." />
  <row Id="46050" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25914" RevisionGUID="70633da2-6a29-419f-9707-f46701710b65" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:42:25.017" UserId="4947" Text="I'm running both a standalone Tomcat server and the VMware infrastructure management services on a machine, and when stopping one the other one stops as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think there's a port conflict somewhere, in e.g. the Tomcat control port. How can I change to ports on which VMware infra listens?" />
  <row Id="46051" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25914" RevisionGUID="70633da2-6a29-419f-9707-f46701710b65" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:42:25.017" UserId="4947" Text="VMware infrastructure conflict with Tomcat" />
  <row Id="46052" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25914" RevisionGUID="70633da2-6a29-419f-9707-f46701710b65" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:42:25.017" UserId="4947" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;tomcat&gt;" />
  <row Id="46053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25915" RevisionGUID="23d977b9-31fa-4f8a-b08b-381729cdcb9d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:42:56.577" UserId="2413" Text=" 1. if you have untrusted users - some of them might spoof ip addresses of those from other subnet. if there are some address rules - they might bypass them. some users from subnet1 might spoof address of router in network b - and eavesdrop into [at least par of ] the communication.&#xD;&#xA; 2. you'll have more broadcast 'garbage' [ arp packets ] - but that should not be your concern if you have few dozens of users and 100 or 1000 Mbit/s link." />
  <row Id="46055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25916" RevisionGUID="4d084e73-b401-490b-bfa4-dd3f1f63c840" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:43:26.390" UserId="5230" Text="I would suspect some sort of problem between the two machines - how secure is your network infrastructure? You might be able to test this out by encrypting connections from each machine to the network?" />
  <row Id="46056" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25917" RevisionGUID="3b364f7b-6f39-4de6-bfb5-96cefd93c862" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:43:59.117" UserId="7200" Text="Things will work pretty much as you'd expect. At the heart of it, they're just sharing a broadcast domain. The computers in the different subnets won't ARP across-subnet so they will still need a router (or embedded layer-3 entity in the switch) in order to &quot;talk&quot; to each other.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because they share a broadcast domain there's much less (arguably, none) isolation than if you were using VLANs. It would be easy to ARP and MAC spoof hosts in either subnet from either subnet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're just doing this in a lab scenario it's probably fine. If you truly need isolation, though, in production deployment, you should use VLANs or separate physical switches." />
  <row Id="46057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25918" RevisionGUID="8104b1a8-4c1c-4a78-8b27-ea55f5b9def8" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:44:22.253" UserId="7936" Text="If you don't use VLANs a person could easily just add 2 IPs to their interface say `192.182.0.1/24` and `172.16.0.1/24` so that he or she could access both networks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By using VLANs you can tag the switchports so that any computer configured to only receive traffic from the VLAN will not be able to get any traffic (except the one directed to it and having the correct VLAN) regardless of how the local interface is configured (how many IPs there are on the interface).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In essence:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - if you trust your users there's no reason at all to use VLANs (from a security point of view).&#xD;&#xA; - if you don't trust your users VLANs will keep certain groups of users seperated from each other" />
  <row Id="46058" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25919" RevisionGUID="46ba1dbd-2fb4-4dac-8442-398963dea8f3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:47:05.150" UserId="5746" Text="OK, I got this working using:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Apache with SSL&#xD;&#xA;* [PHP OpenID Library][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the Apache configuration, I did this (note: didn't use FakeBasicAuth in the end):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     SSLCACertificateFile /.../myOrgCA.pem&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     SSLVerifyClient require&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     SSLVerifyDepth  1&#xD;&#xA;&gt;     SSLOptions      +StdEnvVars&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit action_default() to redirect the user to the https address if accessed over plain http. The plain http address is the one you publish in your `&lt;link rel=&quot;openid.server&quot;&gt;`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Change getLoggedInUser() to extract the username from `$_SERVER['SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_Email']`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also edit doAuth() to provide the email address or full name in a similar way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note sure how secure this all is, but we use it for relatively low-value sites (forums, bug trackers, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://openidenabled.com/" />
  <row Id="46059" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25913" RevisionGUID="2a24f5ba-b503-4002-84bd-c19e0655949d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:47:48.097" UserId="2869" Comment="added 147 characters in body" Text="How do you really know your database is delivering the best value to your employer unless you have at least a basic understanding of the alternatives?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That doesn't mean you should know the competition as well as your main platform, but you should probably have a basic understanding of the performance characteristics and general feature set of each relative to your main platform.  If your boss asks you _why_ you're using platform A rather than platform B, you should be able to tell him.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Taking a SQL Server shop as an example, this doesn't mean you should use MySQL or Oracle for a specific application in your shop when everything else runs on SQL Server, even if that other database may be more suited to that application.  Your expertise will be in SQL Server, and so you may not be able to efficiently manage the other database flavor.  You're likely to do just as well or better keeping your environment homogeneous.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It does mean that you should know enough to be aware of when the business as a whole is moving in a direction that might perhaps favor a different database platform from what you use currently." />
  <row Id="46060" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25920" RevisionGUID="b427a471-6eb0-4340-857d-6ac1232d43fe" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:50:20.650" UserId="6965" Text="Do you need to change the port used by the VMWare instance specifically, or is it just to make sure that the two instances aren't conflicting?  Changing the VMWare port may have unexpected effects, as other VM components may be looking for a Tomcat instance on that port; it depends on your individual setup, I suppose.  Either way, you can change the port number in server.xml (Windows) or in the Tomcat startup script options under *nix." />
  <row Id="46061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25921" RevisionGUID="8365e2b0-b02a-4e6e-82bf-a9218cc42eb2" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:53:04.903" UserId="9538" Text="I'm aware of the existing debate on cable management arms.  For those people who DO use cable management arms, do you put Fiber into the arms?  It looks like I'm fine on minimum bend radii, but am looking for additional opinions before I do anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Troy" />
  <row Id="46062" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25921" RevisionGUID="8365e2b0-b02a-4e6e-82bf-a9218cc42eb2" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:53:04.903" UserId="9538" Text="Fiber in Cable Management Arm" />
  <row Id="46063" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25921" RevisionGUID="8365e2b0-b02a-4e6e-82bf-a9218cc42eb2" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:53:04.903" UserId="9538" Text="&lt;cable-management&gt;&lt;fiber-channel&gt;" />
  <row Id="46064" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25922" RevisionGUID="9456de60-82c4-4c8d-bb99-a4d18a9b9908" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:53:23.297" UserId="846" Text="A couple of specific answers and a suggestion ... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1- There are several makers (linked in other answers) of standalone temp and humidity monitoring devices.  These are pretty simple .. typically you mount them where you want to monitor, plug them into the network, and configure them to email alerts.  They work well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2- Most servers can raise SNMP alerts when the temperature gets out of spec, and you can use something like [WhatsUp][1] from Ipswitch to accept and do something about those alerts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should make a point to **visit the server room once or twice a day**, perhaps on arrival and after lunch, to check on the temp and humidity as well as examine the equipment for lights or status codes that are not normal, unusual noises, etc.  If you can't do it then get someone else to do so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.whatsupgold.com/" />
  <row Id="46065" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25914" RevisionGUID="f063cfe1-3418-45c2-bb11-eabe681cd5ce" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:53:46.557" UserId="4947" Comment="added 165 characters in body" Text="I'm running both a standalone Tomcat server and the VMware infrastructure management services on a machine, and when stopping one the other one stops as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think there's a port conflict somewhere, in e.g. the Tomcat control port. How can I change to ports on which VMware infra listens?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Update*: I'm 99% sure that vmware infra uses Tomcat as well, since they react to the same messages. I'd like to change the ports used by VMware's Tomcat." />
  <row Id="46066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25923" RevisionGUID="a4bcadbd-1ee4-4513-9235-805558350ac1" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:54:06.430" UserId="1447" Text="Check the CAS (Column Address Strobe) timing of the modules.  Often faster DIMMs have longer CAS timings.  If this is the case then the memory is probably not compatible with your server.  Ebay is your friend." />
  <row Id="46067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25924" RevisionGUID="51bf9dd5-fd62-44ef-a6cc-b718126586aa" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:54:53.293" UserId="9180" Text="I have a need to analyze logs generated by Apache2 webserver.  I'm considering either piping the log to a script that will just wait on the stdin for input, or analyzing the logs nightly with a batch job. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of my requirements involve writing some of the information to a database (ie, execution time, size, URI, remote IP).  For that reason I'm apprehensive about piping to a script and keeping a database connection open.  So I'm leaning towards a nightly analysis.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone using a setup like this in a production environment or have any thoughts? " />
  <row Id="46068" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25924" RevisionGUID="51bf9dd5-fd62-44ef-a6cc-b718126586aa" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:54:53.293" UserId="9180" Text="apache2 logging with script" />
  <row Id="46069" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25924" RevisionGUID="51bf9dd5-fd62-44ef-a6cc-b718126586aa" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:54:53.293" UserId="9180" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;log-files&gt;&lt;logging&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;" />
  <row Id="46070" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25925" RevisionGUID="a5f9da21-31ba-4d04-a291-ae5500b0bcc3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:55:28.033" UserId="9140" Text="A guy I know has a probe with GSM transmitter on it stuck to one of the walls in the server room. It basically calls him if something is seriously wrong, and sends SMS if it's a minor problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm going to buy one myself, I'll post back when I have the product name." />
  <row Id="46071" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25926" RevisionGUID="c1483b6c-5f92-463e-99bb-b1fbf216c76e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:55:38.500" UserId="1435" Text="Where we need cable-arms we very frequently use OM2/3 MM fibres with them for FC traffic, so long as you're careful I don't see there being a problem." />
  <row Id="46072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25927" RevisionGUID="bd450561-f2f8-41fd-9ce3-9626f6cec276" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:56:27.690" UserId="1447" Text="Fibre cable is stronger than you might think.  You are almost certainly all right to do this.  As always, test first." />
  <row Id="46073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25928" RevisionGUID="390cdab8-4fd3-4e0b-9e6f-764701b56caf" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:57:40.540" UserId="533" Text="First, I'm not sure why you would do this for users.  The one scenario I can think of is that you are out of IPs in your current user subnet and can't easily extend you current subnet.  In this case I think it would be fine to add another subnet.  The spoofing thing becomes a non-issue when you are using the IPs this way because both subnets are equal, so you have the same spoofing risk whether using a single subnet or multiple.  One question I have here is how DHCP would work.  If your DHCP scopes aren't contiguous, and the DHCP server serves IPs based on the &quot;helper&quot; address of the router, wouldn't all the requests go to one scope or the other?  I suppose this might become a non-issue if your DHCP server is sitting directly in the broadcast domain, but it's still something to explore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All that said, I actually do this in production for one of my apps.  I have an app that has geographically diverse silos, each silo has its own /27.  Those IPs are what I consider to be infrastructure IPs.  They belong to those servers.  Then I route an additional /29 to the same collision domain.  This subnet belongs to the application.  When I next upgrade hardware, I will build out an entirely new silo with a new /27, then change the route for the application /29 onto it.  Since this /29 handles communication with network elements, this allows me to not have to reprogram all the NEs if we get new hardware or new software, and using the same broadcast domain allows me to do it without a dedicated NIC." />
  <row Id="46074" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24323" RevisionGUID="748aff12-3dd8-4625-bbdd-3e903a253562" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:57:41.743" UserId="6365" Comment="added a question" Text="I want to make a list of utilities that come in handy in Gentoo (general Linux tools available in all distributions also appreciated).&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;What tools and commands do you use and consider helpful in administration of a Gentoo server?&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;I will update the list with command from answers from time to time.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;eix&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Very useful tool for getting information about a package. Similar to &quot;emerge -s&quot; but much faster and more precise.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example: &lt;b&gt;eix gentoolkit&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example output: Show information about package such as: available versions, masked versions, installed versions and description.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Package: &lt;b&gt;app-portage/eix&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;eix-test-obsolete&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Check system for obsolete, redundant, uninstalled entries in &lt;i&gt;package.keywords&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;package.mask&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;package.unmask&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;package.use&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;package.cflags&lt;/i&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example: &lt;b&gt;eix-test-obsolete&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example output: Shows non-matching entries, redundant entries, and uninstalled entries.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Package: &lt;b&gt;app-portage/eix&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;equery&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Utility for cleaning distfiles and binary packages.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example: &lt;b&gt;eclean distfiles&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example output: Cleans out the files in /usr/portage/distfiles. Pretty handy.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Package: &lt;b&gt;app-portage/gentoolkit&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;eclean&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Another very useful tool for getting information about packages (listing package files, checking which files belong to which package and much more)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example: &lt;b&gt;equery b emerge&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example output: Show which packages installed a file called &lt;b&gt;emerge&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Package: &lt;b&gt;app-portage/gentoolkit&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;genlop&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Utility for extracting information about emerged ebuilds&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example: &lt;b&gt;genlop -l --date yesterday&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example output: Show a list of packages that have been emerged yesterday&lt;br&gt;Package: &lt;b&gt;app-portage/genlop&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;&lt;li&gt;glsa-check&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Checks system if it's affected by GLSAs (security issues)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example: &lt;b&gt;glsa-check -l affected&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example output: List of GLSA that the system is affected by.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Package: &lt;b&gt;app-portage/gentoolkit&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;rc-update&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Utility for managing (adding, deleting) runlevel scripts.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example: &lt;b&gt;rc-update add syslog-ng default&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example output: Adds &lt;b&gt;syslog-ng&lt;/b&gt; to &lt;i&gt;default&lt;/i&gt; runlevel.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Package: &lt;b&gt;sys-apps/baselayout&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;revdep-rebuild&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Scans libraries and binaries for missing shared library dependencies&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example: &lt;b&gt;revdep-rebuild&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Usage example output: Gather binaries and libraries information, check for dependencies, rebuild packages with missing dependencies&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Package: &lt;b&gt;app-portage/gentoolkit&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25929" RevisionGUID="f7667868-935a-4eb5-997b-c244e31a6e43" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:58:39.977" UserId="2100" Text="Here's the solution:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open cmd and run these commands:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    regsvr32 /u netfxperf.dll&#xD;&#xA;    regsvr32 netfxperf.dll&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46076" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25930" RevisionGUID="7015aefd-f87c-4151-b25b-900259e00d57" CreationDate="2009-06-15T14:59:44.373" UserId="4733" Text="This is possible if they are part of your network.  As long as they can browse to the folder with Windows Explorer this will work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We run Outlook at my office and do not use Exchange, but we do host the pst's in a network folder.  I accomplished this by setting up Outlook on each machine and then moving the pst to the network.  When Outlook is started again it will prompt you to browse for the location of the pst.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the remote users arent part of your domain this may not be possible...or it may be possible with something like Hamachi (which is free).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46077" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25931" RevisionGUID="dacfae30-5971-4e27-89f2-9ce2521cc207" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:00:02.953" UserId="1404" Text="The conflict may be between the shutdown ports. VMware runs tomcat for the web access, and in my installation (VMware Server 2.0) leaves the shutdown port at the default of 8005.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try changing the port for the [shutdown command][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Server port=&quot;8005&quot; shutdown=&quot;SHUTDOWN&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Server port=&quot;9005&quot; shutdown=&quot;SHUTDOWN&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for example. In my case, the path for the VMware `server.xml` was `/usr/lib/vmware/webAccess/tomcat/apache-tomcat-6.0.16/conf/server.xml`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/config/server.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46078" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25932" RevisionGUID="a4aeef65-8da7-4df5-8299-b6fd5af66e6d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:00:05.013" UserId="9140" Text="I also have fibre in the management arms, havent experienced any problems yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(side-note: the management arms are soon going to be reconfigured as cargo for empty trash cans, they are _killing_ my airflow)" />
  <row Id="46079" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25933" RevisionGUID="a0e18329-ab34-44bb-bdab-0155a6f9974b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:01:41.593" UserId="7342" Text="You could try using &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.outoforder.cc/projects/apache/mod_log_sql/&quot;&gt;mod-log-sql&lt;/a&gt; to log to a database on every request. My preference is to a something nightly when you have lower load, but it depends on how up to date you need the data." />
  <row Id="46080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25934" RevisionGUID="991fb29d-afa3-4df9-a8c8-e0033c803684" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:03:31.823" UserId="5803" Text="You can always use the command line, with a command like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    time open -a Word &lt;some_word_doc.docx&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25935" RevisionGUID="770b308c-2ad8-440e-be45-9fce339a700f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:04:08.047" UserId="3062" Text="We're running Win 2003 server R2.  Every few weeks, I find that the Paste command in My Computer is no longer available. A reboot fixes it.  Does anyone have any knowledge of a better fix for this?" />
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  <row Id="46083" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25935" RevisionGUID="770b308c-2ad8-440e-be45-9fce339a700f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:04:08.047" UserId="3062" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="46084" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25936" RevisionGUID="73e7eca4-ee67-4612-b44f-d12015abb96a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:04:58.077" UserId="4392" Text="This is really pretty easy to figure out. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Find out from the reseller/manufacturer of your fibre cables what the maximum bend radius is. Then find out how far apart the cable runs are when the arm is fully folded shut. If the cable runs would be closer than the bend radius, then you can't run the fibre there. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bend_radius" />
  <row Id="46085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25937" RevisionGUID="6913063a-770e-4879-b57e-af24cba5eb08" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:05:35.080" UserId="9543" Text="Xserve with 10.4.11 connected to Xserve RAID via FC. 208GB of 1.82TB available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Xserve connects to HP 2848 Gigabit switch&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Xserve houses network-home-folders for 14 users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Clients (mac mini - intel core solo 1.5GHz running 10.4.11)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Symptom: Clients slow to logon to network home folders, slow behavior throughout the workday.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Checked so far: physical networking, dns resolution for server (forwards and backwards). ApplePasswordServer.Server.log (people are authenticating properly). Activity monitor shows no abnormal activity. A brief packet analysis showed no extraneous network traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tried a simple power-cycle of the switch, clients, and server to no avail." />
  <row Id="46086" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25937" RevisionGUID="6913063a-770e-4879-b57e-af24cba5eb08" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:05:35.080" UserId="9543" Text="Slow network-home-folder use, many spinning beachballs." />
  <row Id="46087" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25937" RevisionGUID="6913063a-770e-4879-b57e-af24cba5eb08" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:05:35.080" UserId="9543" Text="&lt;macosxserver&gt;&lt;network-home-folders&gt;&lt;slow-connection&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="46088" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25938" RevisionGUID="4e0c6bd9-f4aa-479a-b8d3-9758f5e8c77e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:07:15.140" UserId="2629" Text="In our schools, we have network shares for different classes containing &quot;Hand In, Hand Out&quot; folders.  Students put their work in the Hand In folder, and teachers put assignments in the Hand Out folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Hand In folder is one that the students have write-only access to.  [Mac OS X calls such a folder a &quot;Drop Box,&quot; as you can drag and drop files to it, but not see what is inside it.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I looked into it, and concluded that the answer was no, but, does any combination of permissions and access control lists allow one to have a folder with write-only access in which you can see the names of the files that reside in it (but not actually open the files)?  In an event where a student was unclear on whether they'd turned in an assignement, this would allow them to verify if they had or not.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One step better would be if students could see the filenames of files that they turned in, but not those of anyone else." />
  <row Id="46089" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25938" RevisionGUID="4e0c6bd9-f4aa-479a-b8d3-9758f5e8c77e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:07:15.140" UserId="2629" Text="Write-only access that can see the files present?" />
  <row Id="46090" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25938" RevisionGUID="4e0c6bd9-f4aa-479a-b8d3-9758f5e8c77e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:07:15.140" UserId="2629" Text="&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;dropbox&gt;" />
  <row Id="46091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25939" RevisionGUID="c69c416f-38fb-4b72-a9f5-83ee0cd82bfe" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:07:15.327" UserId="9503" Text="I would recommand to don't use a pipe because foreach request you will lost a lot of time in apache to pipe to the script and wait the end of the script to free apache ressource.&#xD;&#xA;So, if for a reason, you database become very slow to do INSERT, you could have all apache threads/process to be waiting for your script to finish your job and can't be used to process new user request" />
  <row Id="46092" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25940" RevisionGUID="14f69c29-6976-4dd9-b04d-cafb957a1403" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:08:23.670" UserId="5446" Text="I'm running fedora core 9 (64 bit). I need to link to the X11 libraries but they don't seem to be in /usr/lib64/X11 where I'd expect to find them. I thought I installed all the x11 devel stuff in yum, but I can't seem to find the libraries. Anyone know which package it is I need or where to look for them? Thanks" />
  <row Id="46093" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25940" RevisionGUID="14f69c29-6976-4dd9-b04d-cafb957a1403" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:08:23.670" UserId="5446" Text="X11 libraries" />
  <row Id="46094" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25940" RevisionGUID="14f69c29-6976-4dd9-b04d-cafb957a1403" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:08:23.670" UserId="5446" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;x11&gt;" />
  <row Id="46095" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25931" RevisionGUID="46166d2e-e8bb-4620-8271-02bd765ec4e3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:08:47.883" UserId="1404" Comment="added comment about being on Linux" Text="The conflict may be between the shutdown ports. VMware runs tomcat for the web access, and in my installation (VMware Server 2.0 on Ubuntu Linux) leaves the shutdown port at the default of 8005.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try changing the port for the [shutdown command][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Server port=&quot;8005&quot; shutdown=&quot;SHUTDOWN&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Server port=&quot;9005&quot; shutdown=&quot;SHUTDOWN&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for example. In my case, the path for the VMware `server.xml` was `/usr/lib/vmware/webAccess/tomcat/apache-tomcat-6.0.16/conf/server.xml`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/config/server.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46096" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25925" RevisionGUID="80208280-6221-4982-90c5-533fe1504145" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:08:51.767" UserId="9140" Comment="added 70 characters in body" Text="A guy I know has a probe with GSM transmitter on it stuck to one of the walls in the server room. It basically calls him if something is seriously wrong, and sends SMS if it's a minor problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm going to buy one myself, I'll post back when I have the product name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Edit*: It's something like this: http://www.indinf.gr/SCOM100.htm" />
  <row Id="46097" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6139" RevisionGUID="24b5da1b-79d0-47c0-893e-fa8de7f39e9e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:11:19.187" UserId="1803" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;vhd&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;storage&gt;&lt;resize&gt;" />
  <row Id="46098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25941" RevisionGUID="3b30936c-5019-4428-b551-ca3ce64ba611" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:13:41.053" UserId="3950" Text="The devel packages hold header files, not the libraries themselves.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check the contents of the RPMs you installed with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rpm -ql my_rpm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That'll show you the files that were in the RPM, so you can see in what directory they landed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can get a list of all installed RPMs with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rpm -qa&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;so you can grep in it for what you are looking for." />
  <row Id="46100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25943" RevisionGUID="7b2ced9b-a0fe-4fe4-a99e-c1e3732d6892" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:13:54.393" UserId="1770" Text="There's a couple of potential pitfalls here.  First of all, you mention dd for backups.  While dd can be a wonderful tool, it's not an ideal backup tool, and if you're referring to using it to backup a live machine, it's a very poor choice.  You're going to have some really badly inconsistent data and may not end up with a working image file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, one note for the future. . . &lt;strong&gt;always&lt;/strong&gt; setup your disk layout with LVM (and leave a few GB unallocated in the Volume Group), as it makes these kinds of situations about a hundred times easier to deal with.  If the partitions were logical volumes under LVM, you could snapshot them, and then make use of the snapshot to give you a fairly consistent image.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, how critical is it that this box stay up?  If you can take it down for a few minutes, there are P2V (Physical to Virtual) converters that you can use to make this transition a lot easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What kind of hardware configuration are you dealing with?  If you have mirrored disks (RAID1) you might be able to break the mirror, pull a disk, and bring up the yanked disk in a second box.  You could then clone that non-production copy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another important thing to consider, is what are you using for Xen?  Is it RHEL and the Xen that's included?  Or is it Citrix XenServer (now free)?  This makes a difference as they both expect (by default) a slightly different disk format.  Manually building an image for XenServer is a bit more complicated than building one for stock Xen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It may sound a little unorthodox, but I've actually had better success in this type of situation by doing a simple base Linux install on a separate box, then running rsync from the production box to the new box, and then converting the non-production rsync'ed clone into the Xen domU (I've even had some luck just rsynch'ing from the production box to a Xen domU).  Just run rsync (I recommend the options `-HavSux`) the old box to the new one while it's running, and once the rsync has completed, run rsync again.  The first one will take a while to run, and will leave you with a lot of inconsistencies.  The second one will run faster and because it only has to pull the changed stuff this time, put things in a more consistent state.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whether that will be &quot;good enough&quot; for you, with regards to consistency, will depend on your requirements and what applications you're running.  For example, if you've got an active database server on the production box, you'd definitely not want to leave rsync'ed file backups as &quot;good enough&quot;.  Instead, after the second rsync you'd take a database backup using the database tools, and import that on the clone.  Or you'd wait to do that final synchronization until you have your xen domU up and running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck, and plan on a couple of dry runs and a couple more practice runs to get things working smoothly before you go for real." />
  <row Id="46101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25944" RevisionGUID="47333296-c4db-405a-adcb-67af8cd1fa6c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:14:02.410" UserId="8199" Text="Have you tried to kill and restart explorer.exe?" />
  <row Id="46103" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25775" RevisionGUID="f0a82023-1438-4321-ab0c-28405406129f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:14:29.853" UserId="1917" Comment="updated as per comment suggestion" Text="My favourite is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`ALT + Print Screen` - take screen shot of just the window you are looking at.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This saves me tons of time as I don't have to crop images when filing bug reports or documenting things for users." />
  <row Id="46104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25945" RevisionGUID="b503f0b7-ebb2-49eb-8637-138fcb77a64e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:15:30.007" UserId="9540" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a few named vhosts on my apache2 debian server and I want to have a mirror server that can pickup as soon as the first server goes down. We can assume I have total control over both servers and /www data on both servers is regularly and incrementally synchronized using rsync. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can see ways of doing it at the DNS level, but I'd like to have a community input on that. Are there any solutions for achieving this out there already? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="46105" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25945" RevisionGUID="b503f0b7-ebb2-49eb-8637-138fcb77a64e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:15:30.007" UserId="9540" Text="Mirroring an Apache server" />
  <row Id="46106" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25945" RevisionGUID="b503f0b7-ebb2-49eb-8637-138fcb77a64e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:15:30.007" UserId="9540" Text="&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;mirror&gt;" />
  <row Id="46107" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25946" RevisionGUID="dece981d-11df-48e2-90af-b93ec4380149" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:16:40.143" UserId="4266" Text="We use a Sensatronics device (http://www.sensatronics.com/) and monitor it with SNMP from SolarWinds Orion (http://www.solarwinds.com/products/orion/).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have had several AC outages in the lab in the past and this has alerted us (through email alerts configured in Orion) in enough time to get repair people on site in time to fix it before the temperature got too hot.  One of these instances was after hours, so having the email alert was critical.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46108" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25928" RevisionGUID="89d33d2e-cd55-46f3-b1f7-c1bbc217a984" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:17:09.643" UserId="533" Comment="changed &quot;collision&quot; to &quot;broadcast&quot;, fingers faster than brain" Text="First, I'm not sure why you would do this for users.  The one scenario I can think of is that you are out of IPs in your current user subnet and can't easily extend you current subnet.  In this case I think it would be fine to add another subnet.  The spoofing thing becomes a non-issue when you are using the IPs this way because both subnets are equal, so you have the same spoofing risk whether using a single subnet or multiple.  One question I have here is how DHCP would work.  If your DHCP scopes aren't contiguous, and the DHCP server serves IPs based on the &quot;helper&quot; address of the router, wouldn't all the requests go to one scope or the other?  I suppose this might become a non-issue if your DHCP server is sitting directly in the broadcast domain, but it's still something to explore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All that said, I actually do this in production for one of my apps.  I have an app that has geographically diverse silos, each silo has its own /27.  Those IPs are what I consider to be infrastructure IPs.  They belong to those servers.  Then I route an additional /29 to the same broadcast domain.  This subnet belongs to the application.  When I next upgrade hardware, I will build out an entirely new silo with a new /27, then change the route for the application /29 onto it.  Since this /29 handles communication with network elements, this allows me to not have to reprogram all the NEs if we get new hardware or new software, and using the same broadcast domain allows me to do it without a dedicated NIC." />
  <row Id="46109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25947" RevisionGUID="61819470-7ef4-4d5b-8fd1-6c0059904bb7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:17:20.283" UserId="3235" Text="We have a couple things going on in the data center for temperature monitoring. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SNMP temperature monitors.  We're using [Sensatronics EM1][1] monitors to be precise.  They have both temperature and humidity sensors.  I just recently added 3 more sensors to the unit so we're monitoring four different places in our main data center.  We're polling SNMP data from them and running it through MRTG for trending and graphing.  We also have bigbrother alerting us when the temperature or humidity hits certain thresholds.  In theory the physical plant people at the university are also monitoring the room, but they don't seem to notice or care as often as we do. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We also have a bunch of standing thermometer/humidity sensors that are non automated dials.  When we suspect we have a hot spot we can just stick unit there and get a visual check on it in a minute or less.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the future I'd love to pull the data off our AC units as well, but I haven't had time for that yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sensatronics.com/index.php/industrial-monitors/model-em1.html &quot;Sensatronic EM1&quot;" />
  <row Id="46110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25948" RevisionGUID="59d18532-feb5-4cb8-a2ba-00ec16bec3b6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:18:06.897" UserId="9258" Text="I would add the assembly to the GAC on the servers. There are times when the assemblies could be loaded that are not involved with the web serving piece, such as when you have feature receivers. Is this something that is allowed by your sys admins?" />
  <row Id="46111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25949" RevisionGUID="c0e0b11f-c8de-4de3-8178-6b3a5822ebbe" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:20:00.153" UserId="9544" Text="I'm working for a startup and we are using a Virtual Private Server to host the web application and have been given a plethora of Linux flavors to choose from. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which flavors are better for which kinds of web applications and why? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46112" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25949" RevisionGUID="c0e0b11f-c8de-4de3-8178-6b3a5822ebbe" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:20:00.153" UserId="9544" Text="Is there a preferred flavor of linux for hosting web applications?" />
  <row Id="46113" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25949" RevisionGUID="c0e0b11f-c8de-4de3-8178-6b3a5822ebbe" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:20:00.153" UserId="9544" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;linux-distro&gt;&lt;web-apps&gt;" />
  <row Id="46114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25950" RevisionGUID="7e4226e3-b35a-49a3-b17a-bdaac222498e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:22:36.280" UserId="401" Text="That's like asking if there's a preferred type of car for driving across country.  It's all about your preference (I like gentoo personally).  Pick the one you know best. If you don't know any of them, I might go with Ubuntu for its large support base.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would add that you should read up on securing the server because with an entire VPS, you have a large attack surface that you're responsible for keeping closed." />
  <row Id="46115" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25951" RevisionGUID="fb63765a-d943-4162-b861-4a363d29a875" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:22:56.387" UserId="9332" Text="Most answers are going to say: Whatever you feel most comfortable with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But here's a few real answers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - CentOS&#xD;&#xA; - Ubuntu Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why these distros? Active communities. Server focused. Free." />
  <row Id="46116" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25952" RevisionGUID="87d36c8e-670e-412b-9753-85911965b050" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:23:17.743" UserId="7936" Text="[IPVS][1] and [keepalived][2] are the combination to use. Depending on your configuration you can use both servers as long as they work and then just use one if the other one is failing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Typically you should have redundant load balancers and then any number of webservers behind those.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can even configure them to serve a static &quot;FailWhale&quot; page, however the configuration is not that simple, YMMV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/software/ipvs.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.keepalived.org/" />
  <row Id="46117" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25953" RevisionGUID="76e7d739-33f8-4499-8b61-d9ba37bed056" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:23:25.933" UserId="9503" Text="If both server are on the same subnet, you probably want to look for [Heartbeat][1] this will make server2 to take server1 IP of server1 fail.&#xD;&#xA;A simple example is [http://www.linux-ha.org/GettingStarted/Apache][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linux-ha.org/Heartbeat&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.linux-ha.org/GettingStarted/Apache" />
  <row Id="46118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25954" RevisionGUID="9b68e4c6-9eab-4ee4-9ab9-c848f8b4ca0f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:23:53.343" UserId="6244" Text="I was working in ISP company. We were using 3526 switches, but then switched to 3028(for clients) + 3100 (on aggregation) because it's cheaper and we didn't used xstack (it was pretty buggy at that time).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;D-Link is cheap, have good warranty and support(i can speak for Russia only) so it's good for small local ISPs like ours. But D-Link also have many firmware bugs (once upon a time we have to directly reboot 300 switches 'cause of some nasty firmware error) so if you want to make good choice for big enterprise - switch to HP/3Com (or Cisco if you have $$ you want to invest in network infrastructure).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS. all problems we ran into in d-link were solved on local d-link support forum in 1-3 days." />
  <row Id="46119" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25954" RevisionGUID="9b68e4c6-9eab-4ee4-9ab9-c848f8b4ca0f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:23:53.343" UserId="6244" />
  <row Id="46120" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25955" RevisionGUID="a446258f-d92c-4469-b8c7-3181de936f91" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:25:12.390" UserId="8152" Text="I'm assuming this is windows, right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We had a lot of problems doing something like this where users would be working on the word/excel doc in the &quot;drop off&quot; folder and they had write (but not delete) access.  The temp files would build up from Word and Excel and cause lots of headaches.  This will happen every time a user goes to doubleclick one of their files to look at it (like the aforementioned, checking to see if they turned it in) and also every time they don't name it correctly and want to rename.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We eventually gave the users standard &quot;read/write/edit/delete&quot; access and had the folks monitoring the folders move files out when they received them.  The users did lose the ability to see what they'd already turned in, but, hey, no plan is perfect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46121" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23277" RevisionGUID="66c764c0-5b5a-4d18-bd76-a1b8f869595e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:25:56.677" UserId="7200" Comment="added 1013 characters in body" Text="Why assign a mailbox to the &quot;mail@company.com&quot; address at all? It sounds like you don't need it. You can assign that email address to a group (granting &quot;Send As&quot; permission on that group to the appropriate parties who should be sending email if need be) and put the &quot;undelivered@company.com&quot; recipient into the &quot;mail@compamy.com&quot; group. Then, emails delivered to &quot;mail@company.com&quot; will end up going to the &quot;undelivered@company.com&quot; recipient.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since that isn't workable, you're stuck attempting to use some kind of automated system to weed out what you're looking for. One poster has mentioned Exchange server-side rules, but the functionality there is limited because you don't have a lot of logic features. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're going to need some kind of automated agent with a bit of &quot;intelligence&quot; because there's no &quot;standard&quot; form these undeliverable reports can take. Different remote mail servers may NDR the message during the SMTP envelope (causing your local server to generate the NDR), while others (like older versions of Exchange) may accept the message then generate a new message with an NDR in a mail server-specific format.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll have a lot better time of this if you can send &quot;From:&quot; and address that should be receiving no other emails besides NDRs. That's your real answer, because then you need no 'intelligent' agent to sort and review the incoming messages. The only thing that would be coming in, then, would be NDRs (and spam)." />
  <row Id="46122" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25956" RevisionGUID="cd3025ec-ad8b-4300-8b5d-3fb57efde24c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:26:07.410" UserId="3234" Text="`Windows + Z` ([Launchy][1], although you need to install it first :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Out of the box, `F7` on a command prompt springs to mind &amp;mdash; displays a popup with the command history. Scroll to the command line you want and press enter to execute, or press cursor left or right to just paste it at the prompt for editing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.launchy.net/" />
  <row Id="46123" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25956" RevisionGUID="cd3025ec-ad8b-4300-8b5d-3fb57efde24c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:26:07.410" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46124" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25957" RevisionGUID="6dc78b58-d13e-4444-b8cb-6d95d3496c17" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:26:10.390" UserId="7936" Text="There's definitely a preferred flavor. It's the distro you know best, so that your maintenance costs will be as low as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do not listen to people that will tell you &quot;Distro X is the best&quot;. They just happen to know this distro best, therefor they are probably using a lot of the convenience tools that come with the distro to manage it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So **use the distro you have the most knowledge of**, don't listen to anyone else giving you advice that Distro X is better than Distro Y.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Go with FreeBSD, OpenSolaris, Plan9, LFS or whatever you know, just **don't go with something someone else knows**" />
  <row Id="46125" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22361" RevisionGUID="e46b0a52-04c8-42b8-92d9-c31a7696b69b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:26:54.633" UserId="8825" Comment="no errors noted at the switch" Text="For the past two years, at random for different users, the connection to our SBS server breaks - the user sees an icon in the system tray saying that the server is unavailable. But it is fine for everyone else at that time and all other network connections are fine. If he immediately pings the server, it responds - so the network connection is fine.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;To get the connection back, he needs to &quot;Synchronise&quot; with the server, and it always succeeds.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;All PCs are set to synchronise files on logout - not on a timed basis.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;I replaced the switches (now they are 3COM mostly Gb) and set up VLANs to try and segment the traffic, but it had no effect.&#xD;&#xA;During the two years, I also changed the firewall (Sonicwall -&gt; Watchguard), the antivirus (McAfee -&gt; Sonicwall) and the wireless LAN (US Robotics -&gt; ZyXel).&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;It happens to about 10% of my users (5), 2 have laptops, 3 have desktops.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By &quot;disconnect&quot; I mean that in Windows Explorer you can no longer see the network drives (because the previous system was Netware 5, the users see shares on the network as drive letters)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We don't use ISA server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nothing appears in the server logs, I never thought of checking the client logs, I'll do that next time the problem occurs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The clients are running Windows XP SP3 with automatic updates turned on.&#xD;&#xA;The server is also up to date on updates.&#xD;&#xA;The problem happens with both wired and wireless, I think we have seen less of the problem since I moved to 3Com 4200G gigabit switches, but it is hard to be sure - most people have stopped complaining, but it happened to me three times today&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are loads of items in the event log I don't understand, but none at the time of the disconnection. Except in the security log, where there are three or four items every second.&#xD;&#xA;Most along the lines of:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Logon attempt by:	MICROSOFT_AUTHENTICATION_PACKAGE_V1_0&#xD;&#xA; Logon account:	Administrator&#xD;&#xA; Source Workstation:	SBSSRV&#xD;&#xA; Error Code:	0x0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;User Logoff:&#xD;&#xA; 	User Name:	SBSSRV$&#xD;&#xA; 	Domain:		CYLON&#xD;&#xA; 	Logon ID:		(0x0,0x7D431B)&#xD;&#xA; 	Logon Type:	3&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the switch claims there are no errors on the port my PC is connected to.&#xD;&#xA;How do I measure ICMP loss?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25958" RevisionGUID="d76efac3-296f-4c4a-b670-55cf802812a0" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:29:36.203" UserId="8152" Text=" - Windows + L = lock&#xD;&#xA; - Windows + M = Show Desktop&#xD;&#xA; - Ctrl + c = copy&#xD;&#xA; - Ctrl + v = paste&#xD;&#xA; - Ctrl + k = In outlook, type part of someone's name in the &quot;TO&quot; box, it'll either autofill or give you a list of available choices.&#xD;&#xA; - Windows + Tab = cycle windows but all pretty like... neat on Aero (req vista/windows 7)&#xD;&#xA; - Alt + F4 = close current program.&#xD;&#xA; - Printscreen = take screenshot.&#xD;&#xA; - Alt + Printscreen = take screenshot of active window only.  Great for documentation/emails&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46127" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25958" RevisionGUID="d76efac3-296f-4c4a-b670-55cf802812a0" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:29:36.203" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46128" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25959" RevisionGUID="81e5bddc-182d-41d8-a6aa-19b1adae5f96" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:30:38.057" UserId="1840" Text="If you're accessing the server through **remote desktop Connection**, follow these steps to re-launch communication with the terminal server's clipboard:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Use Task Manager to kill the rdpclip.exe process&#xD;&#xA; - Go to File&gt;&quot;New task (Run...), and type &quot;rdpclip.exe&quot; to restart it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No need to reboot server." />
  <row Id="46129" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25949" RevisionGUID="38bc7dff-4e59-4127-9321-8253ee1f7fc8" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:30:55.670" UserId="9332" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;linux-distro&gt;&lt;web-apps&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;vps&gt;" />
  <row Id="46130" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25951" RevisionGUID="83353553-758a-442f-b7a6-e15f95f44f0d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:33:07.817" UserId="9332" Comment="added 161 characters in body" Text="Most answers are going to say: Whatever you feel most comfortable with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But here's a few real answers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - CentOS&#xD;&#xA; - Ubuntu Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why these distros? Active communities. Server focused. Free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Patches and stability need to come before features. Especially if your next meal is coming from the money you hope to be making from this application/server." />
  <row Id="46131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25960" RevisionGUID="7fc9d667-55f7-483a-9e44-9ab58b04a4e9" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:33:29.610" UserId="9071" Text="Giving read permissions on the directory (but not the files) should allow the users to see the filenames but not read the individual files.  So your permissions on the directory would be 666, but on the files it would be 600 (assuming you want students to be able to read their own files, otherwise it would be 200).  I don't know any way of doing it in OSX so that they can only see the files they submitted.  The thing you have to be careful of (and I am a Unix admin, not an OSX admin, so I am not sure how to do it in OSX), is that you need to make sure that the directory permissions don't become the default permissions for the file in the directory." />
  <row Id="46132" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25961" RevisionGUID="66fe82ed-0cf4-49d1-b5b2-5b9af7b5160b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:33:57.753" UserId="9249" Text="I would have [netcat](http://pintday.org/downloads/netcat/) listen on your local LPD port and write what it receives to a file.  For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    nc -l -p 515 &gt; output.ps" />
  <row Id="46133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25962" RevisionGUID="5ff08305-5a1f-4a11-9d21-e50306f648c3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:35:15.630" UserId="6397" Text="I have an APC Environment Management Unit installed in the server room monitoring mostly temperature and other environment factors. It's a IP-based device that you can manage it from the browser.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.apcc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=ap9340&amp;tab=documentation " />
  <row Id="46134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25963" RevisionGUID="713c6feb-bfbe-4954-9cb3-2e21de46ca48" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:35:17.627" UserId="4131" Text="I'm usually a purist when it comes to vimming. I don't like remapping keys, or learning to rely on a bunch of plugins. I like to feel just as powerful on foreign boxen as I do on my own dev box. I do, however, believe in syntax files. Even though the solution may not be a syntax file (bindzone.vim is what I use), I want it bad enough to do whatever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I regularly view or edit tab (or comma, but that would be a bonus) delimited data. I hate having to set my tabstop to some ridiculous number in order to have everything line up. Example: The BIND zone files are ~40+,6,2,5,15+. So, even though I could view them on a single screen, if I set ts=40, I cannot. I have been searching for a &quot;dynamic tab size&quot; solution for years, but no luck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hate that my only good way of editing or even visualizing tabular data is to scp it to my work station and open it in Open Office. There has to be a better way." />
  <row Id="46135" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25963" RevisionGUID="713c6feb-bfbe-4954-9cb3-2e21de46ca48" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:35:17.627" UserId="4131" Text="How do you use VIM to edit tabular data (tables)? Specifically, BIND (named) DNS db files." />
  <row Id="46136" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25963" RevisionGUID="713c6feb-bfbe-4954-9cb3-2e21de46ca48" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:35:17.627" UserId="4131" Text="&lt;vim&gt;&lt;bind&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="46137" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25964" RevisionGUID="4e77042d-3d00-4dcf-8dfb-f0910cb66cca" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:39:00.987" UserId="4266" Text="Microsoft added the ability to use the .Net CLR for stored procedures in SQL Server 2005.  Is anyone using the CLR for this?  If so, why?  If not, why not?" />
  <row Id="46138" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25964" RevisionGUID="4e77042d-3d00-4dcf-8dfb-f0910cb66cca" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:39:00.987" UserId="4266" Text="Is anyone making use of the CLR in SQL Server 2005/2008?" />
  <row Id="46139" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25964" RevisionGUID="4e77042d-3d00-4dcf-8dfb-f0910cb66cca" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:39:00.987" UserId="4266" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="46140" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25965" RevisionGUID="739b2973-33f6-4987-8522-b0153bef5701" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:40:10.160" UserId="6244" Text="I'm using nginx for a couple of years now and very satisfied with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;nginx (pronounced as &quot;engine X&quot;) is a lightweight, high performance web server/reverse proxy and e-mail (IMAP/POP3) proxy, licensed under a BSD-like license.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's good at load-balancing and reverse-proxing. Check out examples [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxConfiguration" />
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  <row Id="46142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25966" RevisionGUID="d32ba2f1-a4b5-4b13-8475-b16da678211b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:42:48.423" UserDisplayName="David Shephard" Text="Hi Rob,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I work at NetIQ and can confirm that WebTrends Firewall Suite became NetIQ Firewall Suite back in 2001, it was subsequently sold to Marshal (marshal8e6.com) in 2006. I believe you would now be looking at Marshal8e6 Security Reporting Center.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regards&#xD;&#xA;David " />
  <row Id="46143" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25967" RevisionGUID="e48a1bfc-5801-43d9-bf20-bfd4a2d22cc6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:44:01.960" UserId="1736" Text="I think you may be able to accomplish what you want using the [Align plugin][1].  (Apologies if you've already tried it.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=294" />
  <row Id="46144" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25968" RevisionGUID="f5b00879-3019-4013-97ac-310ce33c14c6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:44:25.750" UserId="9548" Text="Hi Folks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am on the lookout for a commercial PHP (application!) server that comes with Vendor support to use with enterprise scale applications. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that it quite easy to put everything together myself (Apache + Fast CGI + PHP + APC + xdebug etc.,). But commercial production support is one of the main requirements for us and also the ease of upgrading the platform. It will be ideal to have a single vendor providing all dependent packages that are pre-tested to work with each other.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have so far identified Zend Server &amp; Sun Glassfish web stack (http://www.sun.com/software/webstack/index.xml).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to hear if anyone has experience using these products and their feedback on the same. Are there any other similar products out there that you would like to recommend?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S.: I earlier asked this question in StackOverflow.com. But thought this site is a better place for this." />
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  <row Id="46146" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25968" RevisionGUID="f5b00879-3019-4013-97ac-310ce33c14c6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:44:25.750" UserId="9548" Text="&lt;php&gt;&lt;sun&gt;" />
  <row Id="46147" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25954" RevisionGUID="8e361b28-e91f-4cc4-8cbc-c0465505a839" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:46:09.960" UserId="6244" Comment="added 12 characters in body" Text="I was working in ISP company. We were using 3526 switches, but then switched to 3028(for clients) + 3100 (on aggregation) because it's cheaper and we didn't used xstack (it was pretty buggy at that time).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;D-Link is cheap, have good warranty and support(i can speak for Russia only) so it's good for small local ISPs like ours. But D-Link also have many firmware bugs (once upon a time we have to directly reboot 300 switches 'cause of some nasty firmware error) so if you want to make good choice for big enterprise - switch to HP/3Com (or Cisco if you have $$ you want to invest in network infrastructure).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS. all problems we ran into with d-link equipment were solved on local d-link support forum in 1-3 days." />
  <row Id="46148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25969" RevisionGUID="52f52e62-184c-475e-9b91-fb9ac042d66a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:46:49.037" UserId="441" Text="Normally it is quite easy to run the 32 bit version of a windows application from the command line, e.g. run window:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Notepad.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can tell that the process is 32-bit by checking in task monitor\processes as it will have a *32 next to the filename.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, the remote desktop client (mstsc.exe) does not want to play ball. It always runs the 64-bit version from C:\Windows\System32\mstsc.exe regardless of how I start it (run window, 32-bit cmd windows etc). I've even tried writing a 32-bit C++ program to create it (normally child processes are also 32-bit) but this did not work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We need to run the 32-bit version because we have some custom dlls that are integrated with remote desktop and it is not possible to load a 32-bit dll in a 64-bit process. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone know a way around this?" />
  <row Id="46149" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25969" RevisionGUID="52f52e62-184c-475e-9b91-fb9ac042d66a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:46:49.037" UserId="441" Text="How can I force the 32-bit version of the remote desktop client to run on 64 bit Vista?" />
  <row Id="46150" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25969" RevisionGUID="52f52e62-184c-475e-9b91-fb9ac042d66a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:46:49.037" UserId="441" Text="&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;64-bit&gt;&lt;windows-vista-64&gt;" />
  <row Id="46151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25970" RevisionGUID="5a6d41c7-e7bb-4101-b4ec-6f3b22b824c2" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:47:07.320" UserId="8199" Text="Vista's control panel is more useless then ever. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used to be able to access network devices with a couple clicks. From there I could check IP settings, disable, reset devices etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I have to click start, control panel, show classic view, double click network and sharing center, click &quot;manage network connections&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've probably all found ways to deal with it, but I did something that you might find useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The control panel settings are accessed through CPL files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did a search in c:\windows for all CPL files. &#xD;&#xA;I created a shortcut to each on a folder in my profile. (right click drag, create shortcut)&#xD;&#xA;I deleted all the duplicates.&#xD;&#xA;I ran them all one at a time and figured out what they did.&#xD;&#xA;I renamed them to what function they accessed.&#xD;&#xA;I deleted ones that didn't work or were not useful to me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My list now:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add Remove Programs.lnk&#xD;&#xA;Bluetooth Detection.lnk&#xD;&#xA;Display Settings.lnk&#xD;&#xA;Firewall.lnk&#xD;&#xA;HardwareWizard.lnk&#xD;&#xA;Intel Wireless.lnk&#xD;&#xA;Internet Properties.lnk&#xD;&#xA;Mouse.lnk&#xD;&#xA;Network Properties.lnk&#xD;&#xA;NVIDIA.lnk&#xD;&#xA;Power.lnk&#xD;&#xA;SCCM Config.lnk&#xD;&#xA;SCCM Download Monitor.lnk&#xD;&#xA;SCCM Remote.lnk&#xD;&#xA;SCCM Run Adv.lnk&#xD;&#xA;Security Center.lnk&#xD;&#xA;Sound.lnk&#xD;&#xA;System Properties.lnk&#xD;&#xA;Time and Date.lnk&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then created taskbar toolbar pointing to that directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now when I click Network Properties.lnk I get C:\Windows\System32\ncpa.cpl which takes me right to my network devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I click &quot;add remove programs&quot; I get what Microsoft has burned into my brain for years, my installed programs list instead of having to remember that it's called &quot;programs and features&quot; now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This works for more then just Vista.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46152" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25970" RevisionGUID="5a6d41c7-e7bb-4101-b4ec-6f3b22b824c2" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:47:07.320" UserId="8199" Text="Quick access to control panel stuff in Vista" />
  <row Id="46153" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25970" RevisionGUID="5a6d41c7-e7bb-4101-b4ec-6f3b22b824c2" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:47:07.320" UserId="8199" Text="&lt;control-panel&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;shortcut&gt;&lt;administration&gt;" />
  <row Id="46154" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25970" RevisionGUID="5a6d41c7-e7bb-4101-b4ec-6f3b22b824c2" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:47:07.320" UserId="8199" />
  <row Id="46155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25971" RevisionGUID="f332715c-0461-426f-8c15-760948d996b6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:49:40.670" UserId="5535" Text="I don't have any experience with the products you mentioned but I wanted to add that any commercially supported server Linux distribution will also support both Apache and PHP.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So both Novell Suse and Red Hat Enterprise Linux could also be considered." />
  <row Id="46156" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25972" RevisionGUID="68e2fbad-4904-4e4e-be3c-d3fff1947314" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:49:48.033" UserId="5221" Text=" 1. Local backups (network file servers, including source repositories, and mail server) taken to another machine via rsync daily, and many snapshots kept (in case we discover weeks down the line that a file was accidentally edited/deleted) in a manner similar to http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/&#xD;&#xA; 2. Remote backup stage one: most recent copy of local backup sent up to intermediate off-site server via rsync over SSH&#xD;&#xA; 3. Remote backup stage one: copy picked up from intermediate server, via rsync over SSH, by the main off-site backup, which maintains many snapshots like the local backup&#xD;&#xA; 4. Backup testing (file server backups): once a week a script does two &quot;rsync --checksum --dry-run&quot;s, one between the live filesystems and intermediate backup server and one between the intermediate and the latest copy on the bit off-site backup and mails me the results (so any major discrepancies will alert me to problems).&#xD;&#xA; 5. Backup testing (mail server): once per day, a few hours after the usual backup runs are due to finish, a VM containing a copy of the mail server, running on the main backup server, restores the latest mail backup to itself. I log into that every now and again (if it is running OK and I can see recent new mail and other changes, I know the mail backup is fine).&#xD;&#xA; 6. Offline backup: a copy of that backups taken off-site on a USB disk each week (actually, we don't currently do this, but I'll be instigating it once I have time and can grab a company credit card to buy a couple of external drives with)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Steps 4 and 5 are very important. A backup isn't really a backup unless you have tested it, and a time when you find you need to restore files (or everything) is not a good first time to test! Testing backups is something that people often leave until it is too late to do anything if it hasn't been working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Steps 2 and 3 may seem overkill, but add a little security. As the local servers can not talk directly to the backup servers or vice-versa, someone who manages to hack into one can not easily get from there to the other (just to the intermediate machine which, while the live and backup machines can authenticate against it, can not itself authenticate against either the live or backup machines). This avoids risk of the hassle that hit WHT recently (see http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/03/25/0036211/How-To-Prevent-Being-Hacked-Via-Backups for discussion)." />
  <row Id="46157" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15582" RevisionGUID="768860d9-4c91-47ab-8a9a-fc70dcac2695" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:49:56.240" UserId="2359" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Label both ends of every cable. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The cable should clearly show where each end is going, and you should be as specific as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, a label in our data center looks like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;-- ATL-SW-1 PORT 23&#xD;&#xA;    SERVER-01 NIC 2 --&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The same label is put on both ends of the cable so no matter which end you are looking at you know exactly where the end point is. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With this simple process even a mess of spaghetti cables can easily be handled. The biggest problem with spaghetti cables is when you are forced to hand trace a cable to its end point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*However I do recommend cable management to avoid the physical mess :-)*" />
  <row Id="46158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25973" RevisionGUID="4cfbb01c-0075-4412-bded-8a373c358391" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:52:44.877" UserId="1054" Text="You'll probably get better answers over on [**StackOverflow.com**][1].  Here is a [**link to a SO search**][2] that will bring up a number of interesting questions related to SQL and the CLR.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, we're using it.  There are quite a few gotchas that you need to be aware of before deciding to a) enable the CLR and b) choose what you code.  From the dba perspective, here is a technet article speaking about [**CLR Integration security**][3] that discusses a lot.  Specific topics in the article address:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - CLR Integration Code Access Security&#xD;&#xA; - Host Protection Attributes and CLR Integration Programming&#xD;&#xA; - Links in CLR Integration Security&#xD;&#xA; - Impersonation and CLR Integration Security&#xD;&#xA; - Allowing Partially Trusted Callers&#xD;&#xA; - Application Domains and CLR Integration Security&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://StackOverflow.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=sql+clr&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms131071(SQL.90).aspx" />
  <row Id="46159" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25974" RevisionGUID="f3870d20-cafb-42bb-9579-5f9be9447758" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:53:42.627" UserId="2629" Text="Here are three things to try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Check if authentication is your bottleneck**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- See how long it takes a user to log in under ssh.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    - Make sure ssh is turned on.  [System Preferences -&gt; Sharing -&gt; Remote Login]&#xD;&#xA;    - Open up a terminal and run `ssh &lt;username&gt;@localhost`&#xD;&#xA;         - Yes, you trust it, and yes, here is the password&#xD;&#xA;         - `exit`&#xD;&#xA;    - Now, copy the user's password to the pastebin&#xD;&#xA;    - Run `time ssh &lt;username&gt;@localhost echo &quot;Done&quot;` hit return, and as soon as you are queried for the password, hit ctrl-v to paste, and return&#xD;&#xA;         - This will log the user in over SSH (and do so by authenticating through your server, provided it is a network account)&#xD;&#xA;         - It will run the `echo &quot;Done&quot;` which should take almost no time to execute, and quit the ssh session&#xD;&#xA;         - it will then display how much time it took.  [On my local account, the total was about 1.1 seconds]&#xD;&#xA;    - If the result is large, then authentication is slow&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Check if the network file access is slow**: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- See how long it takes to transfer files&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    - Log in with a local account.  [Not strictly necessary, but will help rule out other file accesses slowing you down.]&#xD;&#xA;    - Mount the user's network home folder&#xD;&#xA;    - [Make a large file][1].  `mkfile 100m 100MB` &#xD;&#xA;    - Time how long it takes to make a copy the file from the local computer to the network:&#xD;&#xA;          - `time cp 100MB /Volumes/&lt;network-home&gt;`&#xD;&#xA;          - or just possibly `curl file:/current/path/100MB -o /Volumes/&lt;network-home&gt;/100MB`&#xD;&#xA;    - Delete the file and time how long it takes to copy in the other direction&#xD;&#xA;    - [It may not hurt to time how long it takes to create it, too.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**See what other network traffic your computers see**:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- consider using [iftop][2] to get some feel what the actual transfer speeds are and if the computer is doing other things on the network.  [You may want to run it on your server as well].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mysysad.com/2007/02/creating-large-files.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/24150/third-party-mac-admin-tools/24159#24159" />
  <row Id="46160" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25975" RevisionGUID="44aee0c2-c7d7-4cf0-8a3f-4b9d6e10e6bd" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:54:06.807" UserId="8093" Text="In my server room I use two products. one is a backup in case the other fails. The first is [AVTECH 11E][1] this unit uses a probe for the front and back of my three racks. I added the monitor for power so it will alert me when my room is down. I have a backup unit [Senturion Environmental Monitor][2]  which also has the probes but also takes the Light in the room, air flow and temp in the rack, and I can add cameras to the unit. I depend on my Senturion more than my AVTECH as it is a little more accurate than the AVTECH. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://avtech.com/Products/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sensatronics.com/index.php/it-monitors/senturion.html?gclid=CJn_u_7LjJsCFVpM5Qod1DTVpA" />
  <row Id="46161" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25976" RevisionGUID="65213f01-a842-4ca8-81a7-fc53ac17d65f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:55:04.560" UserId="592" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a small after school ITC class (1 server, 15 student machines), We have a vigor2800 adsl modem/wireless router.  This has an Windows 2003 server connected to it, which has 2 network cards, one to the router and internet and one for the internal network of student machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We now have some ibooks we'd like to hook into the domain (via wireless).  If I put them on the same/internal network as the student machines, it can see and join the AD domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I connect them via the wireless to the router, they can see the server, but not join its domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess the windows server is blocking AD type traffic from what it sees as its internet connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not sure how best to proceed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Change the router/server connection to be marked as &quot;private&quot; in RRAS which might mean it will trust any traffic from it - relying on the router's firewall for any security concerns....&#xD;&#xA; 2. Radically, reorganise the network so that all clients connect to the router and thus the AD server should be visible to all.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Get a wireless router thing added to the internal network and thus makes the AD server visible.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Some other change to the AD server to allow the router connected devices to talk to the domain...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance,&#xD;&#xA;Chris&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Volunteer sys admin, with minimal AD knowledge :(" />
  <row Id="46162" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25976" RevisionGUID="65213f01-a842-4ca8-81a7-fc53ac17d65f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:55:04.560" UserId="592" Text="Windows Server 2003 with 2 network cards and wireless router, is it possible to configure connections via router to use the AD server" />
  <row Id="46163" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25976" RevisionGUID="65213f01-a842-4ca8-81a7-fc53ac17d65f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:55:04.560" UserId="592" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="46164" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="23266" RevisionGUID="70c30621-9f48-4087-8620-2558b935e785" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:56:02.700" UserId="3038" Comment="Retag" Text="&lt;exchange-2003&gt;&lt;autoforwarding&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;" />
  <row Id="46165" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25977" RevisionGUID="fb0bb874-e21c-4c4c-b4e2-8099a85055b5" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:56:35.103" UserId="3657" Text="Have you tried copying the 32-bit executable from an existing 32-bit installation and running that?" />
  <row Id="46166" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25978" RevisionGUID="8ef352d3-12de-4162-a38d-11d0235928d0" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:57:13.137" UserId="2359" Text="You should make sure that you are using the most specific geographic area that matches your location and that is offered at ntp.org.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, there is a us.pool.ntp.org that will always return a time server in the United States. There are other geographic pools available around the world.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This ensures that you will not receive a time server half way around the world when a perfectly good and more accurate server might be in your back yard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This was also discussed in [another thread][1] on Server Fault&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7069/public-ntp-servers/7070#7070" />
  <row Id="46167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25979" RevisionGUID="24ac1b85-74f9-4d07-8e15-01bfcc69de02" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:57:20.890" UserId="9554" Text="This is confusing about the 64bit versions of windows, but things located in SysWOW64 directory are the 32bit executables that run in 'WOW' (Windows on Windows). Things located in the System32 directory are 64bit binaries and don't have 32bit equivalents. The naming here is for compatibility reasons and is lame, but I'm sure some software works because of it that would otherwise not work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could try copying the mstsc.exe from a 32bit installation onto your 64bit machine and running it, but as far as I know 64bit windows only has a 64bit exe for mstsc and as such can not be forced to run in 32bit mode." />
  <row Id="46168" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25938" RevisionGUID="4ceec92d-e9e9-4522-ac85-2739c637ffa5" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:58:51.727" UserId="2629" Comment="Added tag about using OS X" Text="&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;dropbox&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="46169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25980" RevisionGUID="4558fbc9-8e83-4898-9649-c059fe564de8" CreationDate="2009-06-15T15:59:23.973" UserId="4131" Text="I think that what is more important than choosing 32bit or 64bit is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Make sure you are using LVM or some storage technique that will allow you to make backups of your data via snapshot. (Yes, even with MyISAM you can flush with lock, snap, release)&#xD;&#xA; 1. I can move an active DB from on a 32bit system to a beefier one on a 64bit system with 0-5 minutes downtime.&#xD;&#xA; 2. With this flexibility, I would choose to start out 32bit. If I didn't have it, I would likely go 64bit to be safe.&#xD;&#xA;2. Consider what else may need to run on the system. You may find that some other program you are wanting to run is 32bit only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That is how would make my decision. I wouldn't &quot;choose&quot; an architecture. I would compare my case against a logic tree like that." />
  <row Id="46170" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25981" RevisionGUID="3336566c-98c2-4ffe-9002-df7d30f4e7d5" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:00:05.157" UserId="3038" Text="We've been using fibre in management-arms for some time now with no impact to the performance of the fibre that we can tell. " />
  <row Id="46171" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7070" RevisionGUID="083283d0-8c12-49db-9b4b-c6567ea9a8fb" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:00:41.863" UserId="2359" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="http://www.pool.ntp.org/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are in the US:&#xD;&#xA;United States — us.pool.ntp.org&#xD;&#xA;To use this pool zone, add the following to your ntp.conf file: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	   server 0.us.pool.ntp.org&#xD;&#xA;	   server 1.us.pool.ntp.org&#xD;&#xA;	   server 2.us.pool.ntp.org&#xD;&#xA;	   server 3.us.pool.ntp.org&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other pools around the world are available and can be found at the http://www.pool.ntp.org/ site. " />
  <row Id="46172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25982" RevisionGUID="604b69e4-e4a2-4804-982c-1b532c12178d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:04:03.480" UserId="2413" Text="you can as well consider unortodox approach and check out [caucho][1]'s offer. it's called [quercus][2], it's php implemented in java. they claim to have very high performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i have not used quercus but i use on daily basis resin - caucho's java appserv [ that is underlaying layer for quercus as well ] and i'm very happy with it. i use free version of it, i'm not paying customer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://caucho.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://quercus.caucho.com/" />
  <row Id="46173" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25983" RevisionGUID="3dcc610b-a17c-43cf-bbf6-68a13387613e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:04:47.240" UserId="9071" Text="I would move the wireless device to the internal network.  Any other solution would allow internet users to connect to your domain which would generally be considered a Bad Thing.  Let the wireless users route out to the internet through the DC just like the wired users do." />
  <row Id="46174" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25968" RevisionGUID="823f2d66-c627-4fdf-bba5-a422abfc9858" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:05:57.267" UserId="2413" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;php&gt;&lt;sun&gt;&lt;application-server&gt;&lt;support&gt;" />
  <row Id="46175" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25984" RevisionGUID="36c7a6bd-012c-4382-b1d6-c6cc05f3adb8" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:06:52.257" UserId="5234" Text="Live **Evan** I'm old-fashioned with regard to media - tape has been tried and trusted for decades, and is a great way of providing ultra-cheap and ultra-reliable off-line storage.  The current prices of LTO4 are so low that the dollar/pound/euro per gig ratio just cannot be beaten.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lesson 1 with backups is always to keep them as *simple as possible*; as soon as you start implementing fancy things, you're courting disaster.  Simple and boring is the way to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lesson 2 is to keep a daily manual element in the jobs.  Automation is fine, but with backups it pays divident to get people into the habit of at least popping out old tapes daily.  This way, there's less risk of them forgetting that once-a-month additional manual task.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lesson 3 is to back up *everything*.  You can try to be clever and only backup your data partition, but you'll only get away with that on the most basic of file servers.  In any other type of restore job, getting the application server config back the way it was is where the hardest work is.  For sure there are cases where it's easier, but I prefer not to take chances." />
  <row Id="46176" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25976" RevisionGUID="db5fd5fe-590f-4aa1-b56e-d1ee0ad7b083" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:07:01.150" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix some typos" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a small after school ITC class (1 server, 15 student machines), We have a vigor2800 adsl modem/wireless router.  This has a Windows 2003 server connected to it which has 2 network cards, one to the router and internet and one for the internal network of student machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We now have some ibooks we'd like to hook into the domain (via wireless).  If I put them on the same/internal network as the student machines, it can see and join the AD domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I connect them via the wireless to the router, they can see the server, but not join its domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess the windows server is blocking AD type traffic from what it sees as its internet connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not sure how best to proceed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Change the router/server connection to be marked as &quot;private&quot; in RRAS which might mean it will trust any traffic from it - relying on the router's firewall for any security concerns....&#xD;&#xA; 2. Radically, reorganize the network so that all clients connect to the router and thus the AD server should be visible to all.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Get a wireless router thing added to the internal network and thus make the AD server visible.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Some other change to the AD server to allow the router connected devices to talk to the domain...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance,&#xD;&#xA;Chris&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Volunteer sys admin, with minimal AD knowledge :(" />
  <row Id="46177" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25970" RevisionGUID="8d5d5321-3d6e-44ab-970e-a8ff156d9744" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:08:55.640" UserId="7936" Comment="improved formatting" Text="Vista's control panel is more useless then ever. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used to be able to access network devices with a couple clicks. From there I could check IP settings, disable, reset devices etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I have to click start, control panel, show classic view, double click network and sharing center, click &quot;manage network connections&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've probably all found ways to deal with it, but I did something that you might find useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The control panel settings are accessed through CPL files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did a search in c:\windows for all CPL files. &#xD;&#xA;I created a shortcut to each on a folder in my profile. (right click drag, create shortcut)&#xD;&#xA;I deleted all the duplicates.&#xD;&#xA;I ran them all one at a time and figured out what they did.&#xD;&#xA;I renamed them to what function they accessed.&#xD;&#xA;I deleted ones that didn't work or were not useful to me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My list now:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Add Remove Programs.lnk&#xD;&#xA; - Bluetooth Detection.lnk&#xD;&#xA; - Display Settings.lnk&#xD;&#xA; - Firewall.lnk&#xD;&#xA; - HardwareWizard.lnk&#xD;&#xA; - Intel Wireless.lnk&#xD;&#xA; - Internet Properties.lnk&#xD;&#xA; - Mouse.lnk&#xD;&#xA; - Network Properties.lnk&#xD;&#xA; - NVIDIA.lnk&#xD;&#xA; - Power.lnk&#xD;&#xA; - SCCM Config.lnk&#xD;&#xA; - SCCM Download Monitor.lnk&#xD;&#xA; - SCCM Remote.lnk&#xD;&#xA; - SCCM Run Adv.lnk&#xD;&#xA; - Security Center.lnk&#xD;&#xA; - Sound.lnk&#xD;&#xA; - System Properties.lnk&#xD;&#xA; - Time and Date.lnk&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then created taskbar toolbar pointing to that directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now when I click Network Properties.lnk I get C:\Windows\System32\ncpa.cpl which takes me right to my network devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I click &quot;add remove programs&quot; I get what Microsoft has burned into my brain for years, my installed programs list instead of having to remember that it's called &quot;programs and features&quot; now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This works for more then just Vista.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25985" RevisionGUID="64cc864a-e561-49e4-97af-7be90a00440e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:10:26.743" UserId="2359" Text="I would like to open up a discussion on your experience with either using cable management arms or not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems like a nice idea to ensure that you have enough cable slack to be able to pull a running server out of a rack without worrying about accidentally unplugging a cable, but how many times is this really done? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems like I'm still taking down a machine for maintenance if I need to get inside so I'm not sure of the benefit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It also seems to me that the cable management arms restrict the air flow coming out of the server and the rack as a whole.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like some thoughts on what others are doing either with or without the cable management arms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="46181" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25985" RevisionGUID="64cc864a-e561-49e4-97af-7be90a00440e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:10:26.743" UserId="2359" />
  <row Id="46182" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25403" RevisionGUID="a90636da-e62b-4fc9-a85b-8e22190e80b9" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:14:00.700" UserId="915" Comment="provided update" Text="I bought an HP Pavilion dv2000 back when Window Vista first came out and it was working quite well until the video card drivers started acting up 6 months ago.  The laptop has an NVidia GeForce Go7200 and would cause the blue-screen-of-death with the following cause:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;nvlddmkm.sys&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I reinstalled Vista on my laptop and it is still caused the blue-screen-of-death.  I have uninstalled the drivers and everything is working fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone ever experience this issue and know how to fix it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;B&gt;Update&lt;/B&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At first, the blue-screen-of-death would occur randomly while running Windows Vista.  No particular application would casue the issue.  Then it started occurring during boot up.  The only way I could run my laptop was in safe mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Based on your feedback, I previously tried to search for the drivers on NVidia web site and could not find them on the site.  There were a newer release available through windows update.  I installed the drivers available through windows update and it still did not resolve the issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was able to stablize my laptop by running the windows vista default video driver.     " />
  <row Id="46183" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25986" RevisionGUID="d09d075f-c61b-4453-9f88-c3c31b70cc40" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:15:43.253" UserId="3431" Text="Cable management has the huge advantage of advoiding random downtime because a person pulls a cable by accident. These accidents are really stupid but it happens to the best of us really. Cable management allows to avoid this greatly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It allows much more rapid removal of servers from a rack. It allows you to be able to service servers very rapidly. It allows your rack to look nice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the airflow, I don't think there is a real difference... " />
  <row Id="46184" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25986" RevisionGUID="d09d075f-c61b-4453-9f88-c3c31b70cc40" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:15:43.253" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46185" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25987" RevisionGUID="6c56a585-edaf-4807-9d38-f52dcc9c8c56" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:15:54.847" UserId="9258" Text="I am a fan of the cable management arms for two reasons&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Looks cleaner&#xD;&#xA; 2. Reduces stress on the cables, especially important if you have any fiber" />
  <row Id="46186" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25987" RevisionGUID="6c56a585-edaf-4807-9d38-f52dcc9c8c56" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:15:54.847" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46187" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25988" RevisionGUID="d65dedb6-28b6-4531-b1f7-edcb238f0124" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:16:30.350" UserId="4392" Text="I do not. My argument is that they impede airflow, and that there are better 3rd party cable management solutions that accomplish the same thing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can count the times I've wanted to leave a server powered on while I was adding or removing hardware on 0 fingers, and that's their only^H^H^H^Hmain purpose. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I admit, they make it faster to pull hardware out of the rack, but in my opinion, it's not worth the hassle and heat. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46188" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25988" RevisionGUID="d65dedb6-28b6-4531-b1f7-edcb238f0124" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:16:30.350" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46189" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25989" RevisionGUID="558d06a3-0a5f-48e1-b600-d3cbba1cb743" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:16:43.657" UserId="431" Text="The problem is one extra word in this sentence:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_It seems like a nice idea to ensure that you have enough cable slack to be able to pull a running server out of a rack without worrying about accidentally unplugging a cable, but how many times is this really done?_&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take the word &quot;running&quot; out of the sentence, and you'll see the light.  Cable management arms make it easier to do ANY maintenance on a server, not just when it's running.  Need to pop it open to add more memory, HBAs or network cards?  Done.  Less time during an outage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're going after five nines, every second you can save during outages is crucial.  Unplugging three or four network cables doesn't seem time-intensive, but watch what happens when you accidentally put the wrong network card into a port.  Maintenance time skyrockets." />
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  <row Id="46191" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25990" RevisionGUID="1a499f68-af8e-458a-ad37-99ddf0d52315" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:17:08.087" UserId="1463" Text="Right-click the start menu, hit properties. Start menu tab, hit Customize. In the list, select Display as menu for the Control Panel item. Ok and Ok. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now all you need to do is click the start menu and then control panel - which will expand into an enormous context menu with all applets right there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't forget to expose the admin tools in the root of the start menu as well...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as the network connections list (which I agree is annoyingly well-hidden in Vista, I think most have learned to simply run ncpa.cpl - just as we all just run mstsc, right? ^^" />
  <row Id="46192" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25990" RevisionGUID="1a499f68-af8e-458a-ad37-99ddf0d52315" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:17:08.087" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25991" RevisionGUID="75e61962-710f-44c4-a4f3-85da45b29887" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:17:33.220" UserId="9551" Text="Hi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you think about ext4 filesystem in the production enviroment ? We are very close to launching our project that will use tens of millions quite often updated not very big files and we need to decide which FS to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a while our considerations about other linux FS are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Ext3 is rock stable, but not very well suited for handling millions small files&#xD;&#xA; - XFS looks very nice, probably we'll use it&#xD;&#xA; - ReiserFS ... well...vague future, who will end up fixing bugs ?" />
  <row Id="46194" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="25991" RevisionGUID="75e61962-710f-44c4-a4f3-85da45b29887" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:17:33.220" UserId="9551" Text="Is ext4 ready for a production usage ?" />
  <row Id="46195" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="25991" RevisionGUID="75e61962-710f-44c4-a4f3-85da45b29887" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:17:33.220" UserId="9551" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;ext4&gt;" />
  <row Id="46196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25992" RevisionGUID="b8ded453-93d2-4cb1-9fa4-d3c8c725869e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:19:04.307" UserId="3038" Text="Five years ago, before the prevalence of multi-core CPU's hit the data-center, management arms were very nice for making sure a server could be pulled out of the rack for maintenance. I've had servers that have had to be pulled out and did *not* have sufficient slack in their cables to be pulled out. This required completely undressing the server in the back before I could pull it out far enough to open the case. The management arms ensure that the server installer (um, me) has allowed sufficient slack cable to allow the server to be pulled out, and organizes the cables in such a way that they don't get in the way of each other.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then came multi-core and our ESX cluster. The heat output from those newer servers (all 8 core) is such that the management arms do in fact get in the way of airflow. If we had space in the backs of our racks, I would be investing in fan-doors to help extract the hot air. As it is, I'm using the roof-mounted rack-fans to extract heat. So it is a good thing that our ESX servers are in the top 14U of the rack. If we had mounted cables there without the management arm and just lived with undressing the servers whenever we needed to pull one out, airflow would be significantly cleaner.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've learned the hard way to include an empty rack-unit every third unit in order to allow air-flow." />
  <row Id="46197" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25992" RevisionGUID="b8ded453-93d2-4cb1-9fa4-d3c8c725869e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:19:04.307" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46198" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25993" RevisionGUID="678248d6-81f1-43ce-85b5-d938a6d77561" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:20:13.493" UserId="1840" Text="I use **Hijackthis** to scan the registry for settings installed by unwanted applications.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, sometimes it's best to get your hands dirty and touch **regedit** directly (Make sure you backup (export) before making changes though.  Use **Windiff** (from [Microsoft's Support tools][1]) for looking up differences in the registry - between two **.reg** files).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6EC50B78-8BE1-4E81-B3BE-4E7AC4F0912D&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="46199" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25994" RevisionGUID="10ec354c-2c2f-4527-84a5-290a71380609" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:22:14.817" UserId="7619" Text="I, for one, absolutely, positively do NOT use cable arms, for these specific purposes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Unless you cut your fiber or cat5 to-order/fit, then you're gonna have slack left over. I have seen more often than not, that slack, (no matter how well managed or tied off) get caught in those little nooks and crannies. When using dual-fiber channels on HBAs, and you accidentally catch one in there, you won't know until a path fails over or you test the failover manually during a preventative-maintenance run.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Makes airflow suffer, yes. VERYbad for airflow. In a closely-populated rack, this can trip thermistors on servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* And finally a personal reason; Dude, I get my fingertips jammed in there all the time no matter HOW careful I am. :)" />
  <row Id="46200" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25994" RevisionGUID="10ec354c-2c2f-4527-84a5-290a71380609" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:22:14.817" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46201" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25990" RevisionGUID="a189c9ea-cdc5-4ef6-bc1c-5760eefca343" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:22:52.333" UserId="1463" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Right-click the start menu, hit properties. Start menu tab, hit Customize. In the list, select Display as menu for the Control Panel item. Ok and Ok. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now all you need to do is click the start menu and then control panel - which will expand into an enormous context menu with all applets right there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't forget to expose the admin tools in the root of the start menu as well...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as the network connections list (which I agree is annoyingly well-hidden in Vista), I think most have learned to simply run ncpa.cpl - just as we all just run mstsc, right? ^^" />
  <row Id="46202" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25995" RevisionGUID="63bc5f66-becb-4503-9610-db3a85ff6703" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:24:00.397" UserId="8360" Text="I will second kentchen's post. We use the APC EMU unit and it seems to work pretty well in letting us know when something is up." />
  <row Id="46203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25996" RevisionGUID="139f702f-3df3-4fc4-a785-635665128821" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:25:12.253" UserId="4392" Text="If you're at all unsure (and it sounds like you are), stick with the older stuff you know. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That doesn't just apply to filesystems, either. Production equals solid. If you have to ask if something is ready for production, you're not ready to use it for production, and that's what matters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make a lab and test it while you deploy ext3 in your production environment. " />
  <row Id="46206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25998" RevisionGUID="c5c751aa-7774-4004-aadb-31fbdc7c06dd" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:28:06.770" UserId="8199" Text="Coming from a webhosting env. We dealt with hundreds of servers some of which were always moving based on contract changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't care for them and prefer velcro instead. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IMO, if you're going to pull a server from a rack to do something inside the case it should be off. Hot swappable drives are all accessible from the front.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It was one more thing I didn't need stuffed into the back of the rack.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It added to install time, and removal time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It made it harder to replace a bad cable in a hurry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It blocked access to the label on the cables near the jack.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It made it hard to move a server and cables if say I wanted to move it higher up and shorten them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It added to any heat problems we might have had.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46207" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="25998" RevisionGUID="c5c751aa-7774-4004-aadb-31fbdc7c06dd" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:28:06.770" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46208" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25595" RevisionGUID="d9e80506-b1bb-49c0-97e8-c1ffcaa76133" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:30:09.123" UserId="6246" Comment="added ncurses reference" Text="What's the best method of logging a BASH shell session to a file on the host machine?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The preferred output format would be equivalent to PuTTY's &quot;printable output&quot; log setting, as viewed by the user inclusive of input and exlusive of ncurses control character data." />
  <row Id="46209" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="25999" RevisionGUID="552acd55-dc62-46b6-8ebe-121d997fcd4c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:33:12.643" UserId="3038" Text="It kind of depends on your definition of 'production. Ext4 is just now beginning to make its way into the community distros. For openSUSE, upon which Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server is based, ext4 missed SLES11 and will have to wait for SLES12. I don't know the RedHat process well enough to predict. But if you need enterprise linux with support from a company, I expect it'll be a few years before it shows up. If support-contract is your definition of 'ready for production', then that's your answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're willing to use a Linux without an enterprise support contract, then you're in the land of opinions. Ext4 hasn't been in the kernel all that long, so they're still finding major bugs. *In my opinion* I'd give it a few more kernel-revs before deploying ext4 in something production. On my desktop? Sure! Servers? I'll wait." />
  <row Id="46210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26000" RevisionGUID="ac9c1165-7370-40f2-b00d-414cb3d8729f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:34:27.053" UserId="7936" Text="My list of requirements for documentation would be (not in any specific order):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(documentation on:)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - all command line switches&#xD;&#xA; - all exit states and return values&#xD;&#xA; - log messages (not so much the content but rather explaining fields if it is not configurable)&#xD;&#xA; - configuration syntax&#xD;&#xA; - switches in the config files&#xD;&#xA; - memory usage&#xD;&#xA; - is it threaded or forked&#xD;&#xA; - what are the signals the server reacts on&#xD;&#xA;  - are there any signal that don't restart the server but make it re-read the config&#xD;&#xA;  - how does it behave? (does it wait for existing threads/processes to finish with the old config. Does it kill them, ...)&#xD;&#xA; - what happens on unclean shutdown (especially if it is some kind of persistence service/server)&#xD;&#xA; - does it log thru system provided calls or does it log with something written by itself (**yuck** for apache and access log - I clearly prefer on-board tools for logging)&#xD;&#xA; - IPv4 and IPv6 ready if it's a network service&#xD;&#xA; - documentation on trunk and documentation on a specific version&#xD;&#xA;  - nothing is as bad as configuring something for hours just to find out it will be ignored because the config option is only available in trunk&#xD;&#xA; - which config option is valid in which version (available since: v1.0, deprecated since: v1.2 or something alike)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Documentation like this are examples for good documentation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/index.html][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd consider documentation like this to be full of fail:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/index.html][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also the FreeBSD Handbook is a great example of documentation, and OpenBSD's approach. They kick stuff out that isn't properly documented.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/index.html" />
  <row Id="46211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26001" RevisionGUID="02c9d567-0048-4e95-b0bd-9f725c32b93c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:35:21.343" UserId="7320" Text="What's the best way to convert a VMWare VMDK HDD file to a HyperV VHD file?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been tasked with converting our environment to HyperV for evaluation purposes. We are MSDN subscriber, so the MS software for the job is probably available to me if you know it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been having hit or miss success with &quot;vmdk2vhd&quot; - about half the time it tells me &quot;Invalid vmdk&quot; and as far as I know they should be fine." />
  <row Id="46212" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26001" RevisionGUID="02c9d567-0048-4e95-b0bd-9f725c32b93c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:35:21.343" UserId="7320" Text="How do I convert a VMWare VMDK HDD file to a HyperV VHD file?" />
  <row Id="46213" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26001" RevisionGUID="02c9d567-0048-4e95-b0bd-9f725c32b93c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:35:21.343" UserId="7320" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;vhd&gt;" />
  <row Id="46214" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26002" RevisionGUID="d1b95873-a483-4166-a081-a9ad7f8fc648" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:37:18.437" UserId="4824" Text="For less than 100 USD you can get the [Lascar &quot;Real-Time USB Temp and Humidity Monitor&quot;][1] from Microdaq. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The software allows you send alerts via email and export the data, though it seems to be a resource hog (at least in is on the PC I run it on - YMMV).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microdaq.com/lascar/real_time_usb_monitor.php" />
  <row Id="46215" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26003" RevisionGUID="eb2d4483-4687-41c7-aae1-88f1a4f94165" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:37:49.620" UserId="2304" Text="It might be worth looking at shell or system auditing programs like [rootsh][1] or [sudosh][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/rootsh/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sudosh/" />
  <row Id="46216" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26004" RevisionGUID="3ab3353d-a331-4797-b7f5-0fe8aef47571" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:37:49.763" UserId="1466" Text="I have a script that emails certain linux log entries to me, and I read the email in MS Outlook.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that all the lines run together with no linefeeds between the lines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To address this I inserted **sed &quot;s/$/\n/&quot;** before the mail command, but *that gives me 2 linefeeds between each line in the email*!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the proper way to get a single linefeed between each line (using sed)" />
  <row Id="46217" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26004" RevisionGUID="3ab3353d-a331-4797-b7f5-0fe8aef47571" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:37:49.763" UserId="1466" Text="Getting correct linefeeds in emails generated from linux" />
  <row Id="46218" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26004" RevisionGUID="3ab3353d-a331-4797-b7f5-0fe8aef47571" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:37:49.763" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;log-files&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;&lt;sed&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;formatting&gt;" />
  <row Id="46219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26005" RevisionGUID="87f15f6b-1afe-4caf-ba87-398c71aa0f4b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:39:16.013" UserId="3235" Text="I am a fan of cable management arms.  We get by with having like 4 lenghts of cable in the rack.  It makes management and maintenance easier.  If we need to move a server in or out everything just works. You undo the screws, slide it out, add your RAM or replace your fan or whatever, and close the top and slide it back in.  This has virtually eliminated the accidental unplugging of power, network or kvm cables from servers in racks where we are working. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At my university we have not seen temperature/airflow issues due to the management arms.  We did have issues when we tried to fill a rack with 1U servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We do have fully vented doors on the back and front of the racks and have hot aisles and cool aisles in our data center. So we only pump cool air into the aisles between the fronts of the servers, and we let the back sides of the servers exhaust at the back sides of other servers one tile away, and those aisles are very warm, but that air just recirculates into the AC unit and gets cooled again.  Adding solid plates over all the open gaps in the rack vastly improved airflow and temperature management as well." />
  <row Id="46220" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26005" RevisionGUID="87f15f6b-1afe-4caf-ba87-398c71aa0f4b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:39:16.013" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46221" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26006" RevisionGUID="a0a24704-9160-4b20-8030-979b77fa9662" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:40:40.910" UserId="6177" Text="On the racks I've set up, I didn't bother with the arms.  There weren't enough situations where we needed to pull out a running server to warrant installing them.  We just made sure the cables were neat and it was easy to unplug all the cables from a server if we needed to pull it out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, we took over management of another site that did have the arms set up, and I have to admit it was nice to have them when working on those servers.  The rest of the cabling was a mess, so unplugging a server was a hassle and being able to slide out a server, open it up to check what was inside and then slide it back was easier than unplugging.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46222" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26006" RevisionGUID="a0a24704-9160-4b20-8030-979b77fa9662" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:40:40.910" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46223" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26007" RevisionGUID="8121680d-7a6b-4e17-a125-473f5ce526a2" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:42:02.390" UserId="2561" Text="I think you might need:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sed 's/$/\r/g'" />
  <row Id="46224" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26008" RevisionGUID="b470c32d-2871-424f-bf66-3f613015cdd2" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:42:23.263" UserId="1803" Text="I'm hoping there's a better answer than this, but I've read repeated accounts of better success in converting large vmdks by breaking them down into 2gb drives (with VMWare Converter) prior to conversion." />
  <row Id="46225" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26009" RevisionGUID="4ad41568-91cb-4d6b-b9a6-0ebd775715ab" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:43:57.643" UserId="6767" Text="Check to make sure your Outlook isn't helpfully removing line breaks for you (ie the problem isn't Linux, it's Outlook).  By default I think it does.  It should be telling you this at the top of the view panel." />
  <row Id="46226" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26010" RevisionGUID="8fefe555-7eb2-4525-aeac-f7419dc3456d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:45:15.910" UserId="6767" Text="Also see the discussion here: http://serverfault.com/questions/25581/setting-up-a-new-backup-scheme/" />
  <row Id="46227" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26011" RevisionGUID="07de1324-be94-4ee0-9272-5608be64a8f6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:45:27.063" UserId="9563" Text="A more inexpensive route would be to use a temperature monitor that hooks into your buildings security system. If the temperature reaches a set level, people on the security system call list are contacted." />
  <row Id="46228" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26000" RevisionGUID="9f069065-8f10-4242-a9cf-2d8c30aa63b5" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:46:00.620" UserId="7936" Comment="improved formatting" Text="My list of requirements for documentation would be (not in any specific order):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(documentation on:)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - all command line switches&#xD;&#xA; - all exit states and return values&#xD;&#xA; - log messages (not so much the content but rather explaining fields if it is not configurable)&#xD;&#xA; - configuration syntax&#xD;&#xA; - switches in the config files&#xD;&#xA; - memory usage&#xD;&#xA; - is it threaded or forked&#xD;&#xA; - what are the signals the server reacts on&#xD;&#xA;  - are there any signal that don't restart the server but make it re-read the config&#xD;&#xA;  - how does it behave? (does it wait for existing threads/processes to finish with the old config. Does it kill them, ...)&#xD;&#xA; - what happens on unclean shutdown (especially if it is some kind of persistence service/server)&#xD;&#xA; - does it log thru system provided calls or does it log with something written by itself (**yuck** for apache and access log - I clearly prefer on-board tools for logging)&#xD;&#xA; - IPv4 and IPv6 ready if it's a network service&#xD;&#xA; - documentation on trunk and documentation on a specific version&#xD;&#xA;  - nothing is as bad as configuring something for hours just to find out it will be ignored because the config option is only available in trunk&#xD;&#xA; - which config option is valid in which version (available since: v1.0, deprecated since: v1.2 or something alike)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Documentation like this are examples for good documentation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/index.html][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd consider documentation like this to be full of fail:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/index.html][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also the FreeBSD Handbook is a great example of documentation, and OpenBSD's approach. They kick stuff out that isn't properly documented.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: this list is by no means complete it is just the **basic stuff** that immediately came to my mind. Also the **documentation should be well readable, not just something that reads like someone threw up**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/index.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/index.html" />
  <row Id="46229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26012" RevisionGUID="2ca3afd1-71b6-40f0-9c4e-ff46133c1b51" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:46:56.420" UserId="9562" Text="I'd say that the first thing to do is enable the HAProxy stats page, and perhaps logging, too. " />
  <row Id="46230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26013" RevisionGUID="a369e742-4ec8-475a-87b5-65e897fdb611" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:46:58.557" UserId="1349" Text="Within the Find Printers dialog, if a user clicks the Find Now button, all available printers on the network are shown. The printers seem to appear in a somewhat random order though where I'd expect them to be sorted by name (or something) by default. What determines the default sort order?" />
  <row Id="46231" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26013" RevisionGUID="a369e742-4ec8-475a-87b5-65e897fdb611" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:46:58.557" UserId="1349" Text="What is the default sort order in the Find Printers dialog?" />
  <row Id="46232" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26013" RevisionGUID="a369e742-4ec8-475a-87b5-65e897fdb611" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:46:58.557" UserId="1349" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;printers&gt;" />
  <row Id="46233" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26014" RevisionGUID="f309feb6-45de-4a4d-9ba5-7047d4c994dd" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:49:04.777" UserId="5632" Text="I'm looking for a Windows script/batch file that will search a specified directory and subdirs (or possibly use the CLASSPATH?) for jar files, then search in those jars for a specified class.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It'd be best if it didn't need another package to run, but if you need to use cygwin, that's acceptable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've had to do this by hand before (exploding the jars, etc.), and it's not very fun." />
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  <row Id="46235" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26014" RevisionGUID="f309feb6-45de-4a4d-9ba5-7047d4c994dd" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:49:04.777" UserId="5632" Text="&lt;scripting&gt;&lt;search&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;zip&gt;" />
  <row Id="46236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26015" RevisionGUID="2fc437e5-1139-4750-bbb7-952335895946" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:51:28.377" UserId="1512" Text="I have a windows 2003 PC set up as a standalone server on a Workgroup network - everything is working fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The server has a second network card is it which I wish to connect to another Workgroup network.  Is it possible for the server to be configured so it is also visible from this network?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both networks are small and only used for development - i.e. not a production environment - so we can cut a few corners if necessary.  " />
  <row Id="46237" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26015" RevisionGUID="2fc437e5-1139-4750-bbb7-952335895946" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:51:28.377" UserId="1512" Text="Windows 2003 server on two different workgroup networks" />
  <row Id="46238" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26015" RevisionGUID="2fc437e5-1139-4750-bbb7-952335895946" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:51:28.377" UserId="1512" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="46239" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26016" RevisionGUID="2aa99956-f613-4d9c-83db-aa9eb65666bd" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:53:03.053" UserId="388" Text="According to [Cisco][1], the maximum valid sequence number in an IOS access list is 2147483647. Can you confirm what platform/code version you are running?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In terms of persistence across reboots, as mentioned by Jeb, sequence numbers are not stored in the configuration file. (do a 'show startup-config' to verify this) I don't think this is a bug, simply a known limitation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_2s/feature/guide/fsaclseq.html#wp1042954" />
  <row Id="46240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26017" RevisionGUID="36b6e220-bc0f-4bca-89b7-5c9872d48d09" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:57:27.880" UserId="6383" Text="Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't XFS better with large files than small?  The MythTV community use it in preference to ext3 for the speed in which it deletes multi-gigabyte files.  Or is handling large numbers of files what interests you?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; - ReiserFS ... well...vague future, who will end up fixing bugs ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ReiserFS is not the product of one man.  [ReiserFS v3](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReiserFS) is stable and in maintenance mode; it has at least one maintainer, and the only upcoming changes I know of are the removal of the &quot;Big Kernel Lock&quot;, a kernel cleanup which should also result in a speed increase (per-superblock locks vs a single shared lock).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The [ReiserFS v4](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiser4) team have lost their leader and figurehead, but work apparently still continues, though it has not been merged into the mainline kernel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46241" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26018" RevisionGUID="05ad5101-a6ec-4823-88ee-7878bcc305a0" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:57:56.523" UserId="2299" Text="Yes, just assign the second NIC an IP address in the second workgroup. Nothing more needs doing. You can even (using RRAS) configure the server to route between the two workgroups if you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46242" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26019" RevisionGUID="c7d414d6-a226-4ee2-bb37-eb02d0bfb63c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:58:08.473" UserId="9564" Text="Currently we are running a pair of DHCP servers at a medium-sized high school with about a 60/40 split. The problem is that over the years the address reservations have become more and more disorganized. We want to reorganize the address leases so that things are grouped better by type. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The issue arises when we want to move a group of devices from one range of IPs to another, which is already taken by a second group that we want to move to another area, and so on. I was thinking of simply doing the moves slowly, moving a group to an unused area, then shifting things into the hole it left behind, then moving the first group back to where we want it to end up, however this approach is long and tedious, and could lead to several errors and conflicts, if not properly planned. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any better way to do this, avoiding any potential problems that would likely arise?" />
  <row Id="46243" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26019" RevisionGUID="c7d414d6-a226-4ee2-bb37-eb02d0bfb63c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:58:08.473" UserId="9564" Text="Reorganizing Windows Server 2003 DHCP server" />
  <row Id="46244" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26019" RevisionGUID="c7d414d6-a226-4ee2-bb37-eb02d0bfb63c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:58:08.473" UserId="9564" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;dhcp&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="46245" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26020" RevisionGUID="31986d6d-7522-4ccd-a402-46f28270f954" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:02:10.570" UserId="2480" Text="I'm getting the following error when I try to go into the &quot;Content Sources&quot; section of the Search Administrator in the SSP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;The search service is currently offline. Visit the Services on Server page in SharePoint Central Administration to verify whether the service is enabled. This might also be because an indexer move is in progress. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that the service is started, and that the index is not being moved. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The *Crawl Status* is **Error**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have reconfigured the Search, and still I get the same error. The account running the service has the correct security settings on the SQL Server." />
  <row Id="46246" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26020" RevisionGUID="31986d6d-7522-4ccd-a402-46f28270f954" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:02:10.570" UserId="2480" Text="Search Service Error" />
  <row Id="46247" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26020" RevisionGUID="31986d6d-7522-4ccd-a402-46f28270f954" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:02:10.570" UserId="2480" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;search-server&gt;&lt;search&gt;" />
  <row Id="46248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26021" RevisionGUID="cb2a14b3-d0dc-43d2-be89-837fdb261e9e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:02:41.037" UserId="5230" Text="JAR files use the ZIP format. That should make it a lot easier to automate, if you didn't already know it." />
  <row Id="46249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26022" RevisionGUID="61ee8960-5dd4-4657-9260-346902c3f969" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:03:46.840" UserId="3431" Text="It may also be possible that your backend web servers are refusing too many connections from a single IP. With HAProxy (without tproxy), requests are seen coming from the load balancing node. This could create such problems." />
  <row Id="46250" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26023" RevisionGUID="e4328de3-db05-445a-963e-c7ebd45f425f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:04:03.233" UserId="2299" Text="Just converting the vmdk to a vhd won't transfer the server to Hyper-V as all the drivers will be wrong. I had to do just the same as you, with about half a dozen VMWare virtual servers. I did it by using the Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager to import the servers just as if they were physical servers. I think the SCVMM is a free download from Microsoft, or at least an evaluation version is available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some notes: uninstall VMWare Tools from the virtual servers before you do the import to Hyper-V or they'll give errors when you start the imported Hyper-V servers. My imported servers give occasional w32time errors, but apart from that they work perfectly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46251" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26024" RevisionGUID="97f58532-665e-42cf-9725-c41904df455d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:57:33.970" Text="&lt;p&gt;I recently had a couple of 10Gbit Ethernet cards installed on a few machines connected to a LAN of about 80 commodity nodes running a distributed file system (Lustre).  The 10Gbit card achieves good performance on file operations and is functioning as it should.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I wrote a custom client app in C that asynchronously sends large blocks of data to multiple nodes in the network.  The machine the client app runs on has a 10GB Ethernet card, and all the destination nodes have a 1GB Ethernet card - so I should be able to get a theoretical max send transfer rate of 10 gbits.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I run the client app on a machine with a 1Gbit card, it easily maxes out the card for sustained lengths of time.  But strangely, if I run the same app on a machine with a 10Gbit card it gets horrible performance (around 20-30 mbits a second).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The program is written in C using normal TCP sockets.  Is there some special setting required for 10Gbit?  Because it's very odd that it gets maximum performance on a 1Gbit card, but horrible performance on a 10Gbit card.  Again, the problem is not the 10Gbit card itself, since the distributed file system (Lustre) gets good performance with the 10Gbit card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any ideas/suggestions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46252" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26024" RevisionGUID="97f58532-665e-42cf-9725-c41904df455d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:57:33.970" Text="Really poor performance with 10Gbit Ethernet on custom app" />
  <row Id="46253" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26024" RevisionGUID="97f58532-665e-42cf-9725-c41904df455d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T16:57:33.970" Text="&lt;ethernet&gt;&lt;tcp&gt;" />
  <row Id="46254" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26025" RevisionGUID="4f7ba4b6-cb79-4c31-b31b-63c031831618" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:06:06.740" UserId="8757" Text="Yes, you can see both worgroups, but:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is not nessecary to be in both workgroups. You simply map the sahres from the 2nd workgroups with the command net share x: \\win2k3\share /user:win2k3_local_acccount&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46255" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25929" RevisionGUID="eb483796-ab0f-4de5-88c3-7f80b5e0c244" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:07:25.130" UserId="2100" Comment="added 116 characters in body" Text="Here's the solution:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open cmd and run these commands:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    regsvr32 /u netfxperf.dll&#xD;&#xA;    regsvr32 netfxperf.dll&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note:  It seems that if you're running the profiler, and kill IIS without stopping it first, you get this problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26026" RevisionGUID="5d52c4d6-e784-4508-97a0-bf7f093e752f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:10:31.507" UserId="2299" Text="Do you really need to route traffic through your server? Can you not simply put the Vigor 2800 straight onto your LAN? You can still use the server as a web proxy if you want to monitor or restrict web access. The 2800 has an effective firewall if you need to restrict access from your LAN to the Internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46257" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26016" RevisionGUID="2389e997-7075-4ca4-ab7d-03e785952757" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:11:11.100" UserId="388" Comment="added 367 characters in body" Text="According to [Cisco][1], the maximum valid sequence number in an IOS access list is 2147483647. Can you confirm what platform/code version you are running?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In terms of persistence across reboots, as mentioned by Jeb, sequence numbers are not stored in the configuration file. (do a 'show startup-config' to verify this) I don't think this is a bug, simply a known limitation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the requirement for having your specific sequence numbers? In newer versions of IOS, there is always an implicit 'deny any any' at the end of any non-empty access list. Unless you are inputting a 'deny any log' so that you can log unauthorised traffic to syslog, you can simply append to your existing ACL, and the implicit deny will always be at the end?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_2s/feature/guide/fsaclseq.html#wp1042954" />
  <row Id="46258" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26027" RevisionGUID="19172bbc-4973-4f74-872a-448dcb296bb4" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:11:19.850" UserId="846" Text="I prefer to use the cable management arms, but I can see the other side of the argument.  I have found that a neat and tidy rack is easier to deal with in a crisis situation, because it is easier to know what is where.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Reasons PRO**&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA; - GREATLY reduced likelihood of accidental disconnection when working on other things in the rack.  This is big for me .. it just sucks when you are debugging a problem with server A and accidentally knock out the power cord for server B.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Tidiness / Cleanliness - the rack just looks better with arms, and it is harder to keep the rack tidy without arms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - No need to disconnect (and reconnect) when doing maintenance.  Even if the maintenance is done offline, not having to touch the connections makes it easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Reasons CON**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Airflow / cooling - the arms can reduce airflow, particularly in dense racks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Difficulty changing cables - I think this is overblown.  When swapping a cable in a crisis you skip the cable management, get both ends plugged in, and make it pretty when things settle down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - More moving parts - can pinch fingers, catch on things, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46259" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26027" RevisionGUID="19172bbc-4973-4f74-872a-448dcb296bb4" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:11:19.850" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26028" RevisionGUID="629f1986-c1c0-44a4-95ea-dbd069ebb518" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:16:29.467" UserId="8182" Text="I've been having this very discussion on a LUG mailing list...Since ext4 isn't in a version of Linux that has &quot;enterprise support&quot; I won't use it on a mission critical server...That being said, I have been running it on both  my laptop, desktop and server at home (all run F11) and I haven't seen a single issue..I've yanked the plug on my laptop a couple of times to see how well it recovers and everything came back perfectly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On my workstations I don't mind the risk of running ext4...The only way that it will become stable is if people run it and abuse it so possible bugs can be found and fixed." />
  <row Id="46261" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25849" RevisionGUID="44b71a48-7b3b-4dba-9fd8-06f15d535c2b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:21:15.353" UserId="640" Comment="added 165 characters in body" Text="I have a small server room with its own AC unit. Recently, the AC died, and the temperature increased from 70 F to &gt; 90 F. We rarely go in this room, so I was lucky that someone happened to notice that the fans were running a lot louder than normal as they walked past the door. It looks like I need a way to be notified when the temperature in that room gets too hot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What tools are you using to monitor the temperature in your server room? How does this tool notify you of a problem (email, SNMP, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: I've read [this question on server temperature][1], but I'm interested in the whole room, not just the inside of a server case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for all the great responses so far! Many of these products measure much more than just temperature. What else should I be looking at and why?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/22544/what-is-the-best-way-to-monitor-server-temperature" />
  <row Id="46262" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26029" RevisionGUID="2eea5de0-121e-4a5b-8c94-8268a7ba5a8a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:23:50.137" UserId="7619" Text="Second time I've come across this question, and didn't see what I assumed might be a good answer for you, so lemme toss this out:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How about an ftp site, (benefit of being OS independent, can be internal, etc.) Then you could lock down each student's folders/files in exactly that method?" />
  <row Id="46263" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25795" RevisionGUID="7a074cf6-e42e-447f-94ff-771462e60670" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:26:03.563" UserId="9503" Comment="added 261 characters in body" Text="The good way would be to do this on network side, with two routeur using HSRP to share the same IP. With this if one router or one link fail, the second router would take the IP of the first one (this is a basic explanation). With this you are sure that the default gateway of your computers will work.&#xD;&#xA;Now if you really want a solution on server side, I guess that I would ping something on Internet (like IPS dns server as Dave Cheney says but also well know website like google and yahoo may be) and also check with tcpdump/ethereal if I receive packet from Internet.&#xD;&#xA;Because for any reason ICMP can not reply but the link can be in a good state so that you will probably see incomming data (from internet) on the server ethernet card.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: as you added &quot;I'm looking for a reliable, possibly non ping based solution, software.&quot;. I could suggest to monitor both router with SNMP if this is possible. It would help if you tell us what kind of routers are used, if you can access them and so on." />
  <row Id="46264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26030" RevisionGUID="c7085672-4287-45df-b247-5541d2b4b307" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:28:21.843" UserId="6490" Text="Hi &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our customer  wants to upgrade his ASA5520 from 7.2 to 8.x. He has quite a big config and uses lot of features. eg.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;a/s failover,&#xD;&#xA;subinterfaces,&#xD;&#xA;~70 VPN tunnels (ssl and ipsec),&#xD;&#xA;bunch of grouped object's,&#xD;&#xA;some policy-maps, &#xD;&#xA;lot of ACL's,&#xD;&#xA;NAT exemptions etc.....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have some best practice Experiences? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there a lot differences in the config Syntax to the 8.x ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;sam&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46265" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26030" RevisionGUID="c7085672-4287-45df-b247-5541d2b4b307" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:28:21.843" UserId="6490" Text="ASA5520 7.2 to 8.x upgrade" />
  <row Id="46266" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26030" RevisionGUID="c7085672-4287-45df-b247-5541d2b4b307" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:28:21.843" UserId="6490" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;asa&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="46267" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26031" RevisionGUID="77d91444-5726-479a-bb90-76f2790597e3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:29:27.193" UserId="7882" Text="We use the APC EMU Units, and they work well, but for the whole room, we recently switched over to an active-RFID based system from rfcode.com.  It uses temp/humidity tags that can be affixed on any flat surface.  We have one RF receiver covering a 15K sf room." />
  <row Id="46268" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26029" RevisionGUID="f5c610e1-bcd2-4d67-844e-0b0e3e3eedbb" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:31:05.537" UserId="7619" Comment="added 294 characters in body; added 182 characters in body" Text="Second time I've come across this question, and didn't see what I assumed might be a good answer for you, so lemme toss this out:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How about an ftp site, (benefit of being OS independent, can be internal, etc.) Then you could lock down each student's folders/files in exactly that method?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should you consider that solution, here's two links that might help you out:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[FTP mini how-to][1]&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[How to limit access to a ftp site in Windows Server 2003][2]&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**SECOND EDIT, (I think this might be what you're looking for)**&#xD;&#xA;---------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[How to set up a `blind-drop' ftp site][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/FTP.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816525&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.iisanswers.com/Blind_drop_ftp.htm" />
  <row Id="46269" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26032" RevisionGUID="97bc9479-0c5b-455d-922e-c9f99a52256e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:31:09.530" UserId="1435" Text="We're about 90% blades these days but all of the pizza-boxes we have use arms because they all have at least three cat6 cables, two power leads and two fibres too - I'd hate to just have that lot hanging down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you'd just dealing with a couple of cables copper-only cables then I imagine they're more trouble than they're worth." />
  <row Id="46270" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26032" RevisionGUID="97bc9479-0c5b-455d-922e-c9f99a52256e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:31:09.530" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46271" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26033" RevisionGUID="fbc885f5-b7b6-4186-8484-9bafe6d0d7d3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:31:28.797" UserId="2643" Text="For historical reasons, one of the machines that I manage has a Redhat Enterprise 4 boot disk (among others).  Every now and then, we have to boot into RHEL4 to bring up some of the legacy software that we support and connect to.  Since it's a fringe system, the Redhat support has long since lapsed and I can't convince myself that it would be worth paying just to get RPMs that I can go and get for myself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, the default RHEL tools are heavily biased against letting you do exactly that.  I would like to install yum and use that as my package discovery and installation.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, is there an installation guide to integrating yum with an older RHEL 4 system?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46272" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26033" RevisionGUID="fbc885f5-b7b6-4186-8484-9bafe6d0d7d3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:31:28.797" UserId="2643" Text="How do I install yum on Redhat Enterprise 4?" />
  <row Id="46273" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26033" RevisionGUID="fbc885f5-b7b6-4186-8484-9bafe6d0d7d3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:31:28.797" UserId="2643" Text="&lt;rhel4&gt;&lt;yum&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="46274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26034" RevisionGUID="dd9514e8-c3af-40b0-913f-eff9d96f6758" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:32:57.327" UserId="2234" Text="My criteria are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. distribution I am comfortable with&#xD;&#xA; * good track record for fixing security bugs quickly&#xD;&#xA; * 5 years support ( I don't want to upgrade my distribution every 6 months)&#xD;&#xA; * widely used, so I can get good documentation for stuff that is not already supported by the distribution&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use Mandriva on my Desktop, but because of 3. and 4., I use CentOS for my servers (uses RPM like Mandriva)" />
  <row Id="46275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26035" RevisionGUID="892e6b24-7039-4f99-aeb2-de8b2d1fc0b6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:33:26.653" UserId="9071" Text="Previous posters are correct in that you can multihome the server and it will be visible by IP address on both networks.  However, it is not possible to configure a server to belong to two different workgroups.  So any Windows functionality that relies on the server being a member of the same workgroup as the client (like browsing for shares), will be not work correctly for the second workgroup.  As previously mentioned you can mount the shares manually using the net command, or even get to them in windows explorer by typing the \\&lt;servername&gt; or \\&lt;IP address&gt; into the run menu and things should be ok, although you may run into some strange permissions problems." />
  <row Id="46276" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26036" RevisionGUID="09b36eb3-0a9a-4d5b-9e5b-f7fdfafb6cb6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:34:31.300" UserDisplayName="Brian Addicks" Text="IMO FTP is the easiest way to accomplish what you're after but I have a few other ideas.  Keep in mind this is from a nix standpoint so I'm not sure how well it will apply to OSX.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If OSX sharing allows you to set the umask for your users then you just need to give them read/write access on the folder and set the users umask so that the new files they make will only have read permissions (0770 will make it so the user and group permissions on the file are set to 0).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One way that I did it for a client is I used incron to immediately move any files places in their &quot;Hand In&quot; folder to another folder where the &quot;teacher&quot; could do what they want to with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps" />
  <row Id="46277" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26037" RevisionGUID="2d9ef8c2-6fbb-481b-9999-2879fd793e15" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:34:39.490" UserId="1466" Text="I am writing a script that emails the output to me, and I read it in Outlook.  For some reason Outlook removes **all the line breaks** in the message, and gives me a little notice that it has removed the *extra line breaks from the message*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I fix my message so that Outlook doesn't remove  the line breaks?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Outlook displays other messages fine (with correct line breaks)&#xD;&#xA; - I have tried all these things with sed - s/$/\r/  s/$/\n/  s/\r\n/\n/  s/\n\r/\n/  s/$/^M/  - with no luck&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What does Outlook expect at the end of a line?" />
  <row Id="46278" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26037" RevisionGUID="2d9ef8c2-6fbb-481b-9999-2879fd793e15" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:34:39.490" UserId="1466" Text="How does Outlook identify &quot;Extra Line Breaks&quot;" />
  <row Id="46279" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26037" RevisionGUID="2d9ef8c2-6fbb-481b-9999-2879fd793e15" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:34:39.490" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="46280" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26038" RevisionGUID="5f60dd4c-d4a2-48e0-a2a0-69ce5b4ead38" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:35:19.240" UserDisplayName="RealAdmin" Text="sys-unconfig may be the supported way of doing this, but it completely hoses the entire configuration of the machine and you have to re-configure a reboot (from the LOM or system controller).  What a pain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;also issue the command hostname new_hostname and a reboot is not required.  You must also rename the /var/cras/hostname file and update the /etc/dumpadm.conf file and change the hostname." />
  <row Id="46281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26039" RevisionGUID="1ba19b24-7d93-46d9-82ba-3846eda54523" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:39:00.230" UserId="1803" Text="I'm attempting to figure out the power/cooling draw for some old servers that I'd virtualized.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Starting with info in [this question][1], I've taken the 880W the old boxes appeared to be drawing (according to the APC logs), and gotten 2765 BTUs/hr, or 1 ton of cooling every 4.34 hours.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this point I'm scratching my head as to how to figure the cost for cooling.  I'm sure that depends on [what I'm using to cool][2].  I'd imagine that ambient temperature counts for something at this point, but I'm not sure if it's significant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In any case, any pointers on what info to gather next, what to do with it, or what's wrong with the above figuring (if applicable) is most welcome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/16383/how-have-you-saved-green-by-going-green&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.edgestar.com/products/portable/airconditioner/ap14000hs.asp" />
  <row Id="46282" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26039" RevisionGUID="1ba19b24-7d93-46d9-82ba-3846eda54523" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:39:00.230" UserId="1803" Text="How do I calculate cost per ton of cooling?" />
  <row Id="46283" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26039" RevisionGUID="1ba19b24-7d93-46d9-82ba-3846eda54523" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:39:00.230" UserId="1803" Text="&lt;power-management&gt;&lt;roi&gt;&lt;cooling&gt;&lt;server-room&gt;" />
  <row Id="46284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26040" RevisionGUID="30c19d82-53fa-4279-943c-6994fb79b6db" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:39:20.713" UserId="9071" Text="Just go on the internet and find a compatible yum rpm.  Then do sudo rpm -ivh [RPM name]. That should do the basic installation.  After that you have to find some repositories with the RPMS you want to be able to install.  I strongly suggest DAG, although I don't know if they continue to maintain libraries for older OSes.  Most repositories will have their own rpms for installing the necessary configs and keys, and if they don't they will have step by step instructions for getting set up." />
  <row Id="46285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26041" RevisionGUID="6bc420ac-5ced-4aa9-9f6a-440894fe69c2" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:43:51.890" UserId="9332" Text=" 1. [You need to convert BTU to watts.][1]&#xD;&#xA; 2. Convert Watts to Kilowatts&#xD;&#xA; 2. Then multiply the Kilowatts by whatever you currently pay the electric company per KWh.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Then subtract the amount of power/cooling draw from your VM cluster.&#xD;&#xA; 4. $$$ Profit $$$&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mhi-inc.com/Converter/watt_calculator.htm" />
  <row Id="46286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26042" RevisionGUID="763fd6e9-f1d8-437b-b4fc-0fbf6793424f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:47:26.453" UserId="4721" Text="It is very likely that the application you wrote is not at par with the I/O optimizations of a standardized applications like Lustre.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The performance bottle necks in your code may not be surfacing on the machine and OS with a 1Gbps card but when the card throughput capacity increases to 10Gbps, with all other parameters constant (hardware and OS), your code limitations are made prominent. " />
  <row Id="46287" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26042" RevisionGUID="763fd6e9-f1d8-437b-b4fc-0fbf6793424f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:47:26.453" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26043" RevisionGUID="567de50b-8ca9-4870-b0a7-df61464e5e1e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:48:44.893" UserId="9503" Text="You should not have problem from 7.2 to 8.x, as the [Cisco documentation says][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Therefore, to upgrade from Version 7.0 to Version 8.2, first upgrade from 7.0 to 7.1, then from 7.1 to 7.2, and finally from Version 7.2 to Version 8.2 (8.1 was only available on the ASA 5580).&quot;&#xD;&#xA;When booting the first time, configuration adjustement will be done if needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So if you're already in 7.2 it's ok. Just take care that when both device run different OS version at the same time you will lost the failover link. (So you can't upgrade without interrupt)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa82/release/notes/asarn82.html#wp315678" />
  <row Id="46289" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26041" RevisionGUID="c89915de-dbaa-4f82-ab92-a8ba23d5f666" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:49:01.630" UserId="9332" Comment="edited body" Text=" 1. [You need to convert BTU to watts.][1]&#xD;&#xA; 2. Convert Watts to kilowatts&#xD;&#xA; 2. Then multiply the kilowatts by whatever you currently pay the electric company per kWh.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Then subtract the amount of power/cooling draw from your VM cluster.&#xD;&#xA; 4. $$$ Profit $$$&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mhi-inc.com/Converter/watt_calculator.htm" />
  <row Id="46290" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25630" RevisionGUID="b4e7d1c8-f8c7-48b0-a35c-d58c50226563" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:51:08.273" UserId="854" Comment="Expanded on mod key funniness." Text="Due to developers needing access to one Mac and one PC we need to install KVM switches so both computers can share a keyboard, monitor and mouse.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are only a few requirements:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - DVI (but VGA is okay)&#xD;&#xA; - USB mouse&#xD;&#xA; - USB keyboard&#xD;&#xA; - No mod/extra key funniness&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regarding the last point, special keys (like Eject on the Mac keyboards) should work as expected. I've read that some KVMs interfere with or have side effects with some special keys and I'd like to avoid that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We don't need to be able to share more than two computers but supporting more isn't a deal breaker. Having a low profile and/or being mountable is a bonus. Will consider all price points.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46291" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26042" RevisionGUID="d9e3b7cb-efd4-48b8-a5ac-8d16f2e2848a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:53:16.863" UserId="4721" Comment="added 905 characters in body; added 269 characters in body" Text="It is very likely that the application you wrote is not at par with the I/O optimizations of a standardized applications like Lustre.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The performance bottle necks in your code may not be surfacing on the machine and OS with a 1Gbps card but when the card throughput capacity increases to 10Gbps, with all other parameters constant (hardware and OS), your code limitations are made prominent. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;This is quoted from the Wikipedia [Lustre Implementation][1] section.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;In a typical Lustre installation on a Linux client, a Lustre filesystem driver module is loaded into the kernel and the filesystem is mounted like any other local or network filesystem. Client applications see a single, unified filesystem even though it may be composed of tens to thousands of individual servers and MDT/OST filesystems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;On some massively parallel processor (MPP) installations, computational processors can access a Lustre file system by redirecting their I/O requests to a dedicated I/O node configured as a Lustre client. This approach was used in the LLNL Blue Gene installation&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you using this part?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Another approach uses the liblustre library to provide userspace applications with direct filesystem access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Liblustre allows data movement directly between application space and the Lustre OSSs without requiring an intervening data copy through the kernel, thus providing low latency, high bandwidth access from computational processors to the Lustre file system directly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lustre_(file_system)#Implementation" />
  <row Id="46292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26044" RevisionGUID="6932d12e-1afc-4dd7-964a-6304344625a4" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:53:55.710" UserId="5234" Text="Some small but significant changes in AD that came in with Server 2003 are likely going to bite you here too - I'm thinking stuff like what's described here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817433" />
  <row Id="46293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26045" RevisionGUID="48fc37e6-dd9e-437e-b614-533aa4236c47" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:55:54.893" UserId="9332" Text="Since you are working at a high school, why not use the summer break, and a weekend, to take everything down and rebuild it the way you want it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You wouldn't actually be unplugging anything. You would be just moving leases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With most (if not all) your users gone for three months now would be a perfect time. That is assuming you live in an area that observes summer vacation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My answer still stands even if you have a full user base: move them on the weekend." />
  <row Id="46294" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25904" RevisionGUID="9708b3ff-c6c3-4185-817a-45fe9d52c5e3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:57:31.753" UserId="1054" Comment="Add some wording" Text="I agree with the others for the most part.  Knowledge is power and the more you know, arguably the better you will be able to do your job.  I specialize in SQL Server, but am somewhat literate in other big ones like MySQL and Oracle which has helped me out quite a few times.  Some specific benefits for knowing multiple DBMS's (other other system platforms for that matter) include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Interoperability.  When you need to provide an interface between two different systems it's exceedingly beneficial to have at least a working knowledge of both.&#xD;&#xA; - Credibility.  I've found it handy a number of times to debunk what someone's telling me of their system when they assume I don't know anything about it because I work primarily with &quot;the other&quot; system&#xD;&#xA; - Architecture.  Just because you know one system doesn't mean it's the best fit for all jobs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think that there is a real requirement outside of an environment's specific job requirements.  The boundary is up to you as the admin / dba / developer.  How much time are you willing to put into learning X number of different systems?  Where do you draw your own line?  Suggestions can be made, but you're the only one that can draw the clear line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With specific regards to a (relational) DBMS, they have some common denominators (base SQL, basic db objects, etc) that will give you a great head start in &quot;knowing the systems&quot;.  Learn the basics and then learn where each system begins to differ in its support for them, then (or at the same time) learn the more advanced  features of each system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46295" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26046" RevisionGUID="f0a4f0ab-d7c8-4234-b575-8c312ee36adb" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:57:55.450" UserId="9573" Text="Hi, I've created a loopback GPO that has several settings (both computer and user) including a Custom User Interface (Access 2007 Application) and Power Management (has the computer sleep after being idle for 2 min).  I'm also filtering so that this policy does not apply to &quot;Admins&quot; - only to &quot;Users&quot;.  The problem I'm having is when the &quot;Users&quot; login the Power Management settings don’t work, but they do for &quot;Admins&quot;.  For testing I'm allowing the &quot;Users&quot; to launch Task Manager and use the Run line, so I'll run Explorer and look at Power Management and it shows setting from my GPO.  So I created a test OU with copies of the aforementioned GPO, but removed the Custom User Interface and found the Power Management settings work for both the &quot;Users&quot; and &quot;Admins&quot;.  Do the Power Management options need to have User Interface be &quot;Explorer.exe&quot;? Is this a bug or am I doing this the wrong way?  BTW the tablets are using Vista SP2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any insight or advice would be greatly appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks, &#xD;&#xA;Matt&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46296" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26046" RevisionGUID="f0a4f0ab-d7c8-4234-b575-8c312ee36adb" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:57:55.450" UserId="9573" Text="Vista Power Management GPO" />
  <row Id="46297" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26046" RevisionGUID="f0a4f0ab-d7c8-4234-b575-8c312ee36adb" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:57:55.450" UserId="9573" Text="&lt;power-management&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;loopback&gt;" />
  <row Id="46298" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26047" RevisionGUID="182150b9-dd65-45f6-9d81-92e72db64f83" CreationDate="2009-06-15T17:59:39.533" UserId="1233" Text="You can use ACLs to mostly achieve this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;#### Hand-In&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm assuming a group is being used here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the group `student` you want the following flags enabled:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`&quot;group:student allow list,add_file,add_subdirectory,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity,file_inherit,directory_inherit&quot;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And the following flags explicitly disabled:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`&quot;group:student deny list,search,file_inherit,limit_inherit,only_inherit&quot;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The students are not able to actually read any of the files, nor delete any. But unfortunately they can list all the files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can set them via the command line using `chmod` or use a GUI such as [Sandbox](http://mikey-san.net/sandbox/).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usage example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chmod -a &quot;students allow read,write,append,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity&quot; /PATH/TO/HAND/IN/FOLDER&#xD;&#xA;    chmod -a &quot;students deny list,search,file_inherit,limit_inherit,only_inherit&quot; /PATH/TO/HAND/IN/FOLDER" />
  <row Id="46299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26048" RevisionGUID="60a4b25a-f577-4c54-a7cb-cd0b67581331" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:01:07.800" UserId="1054" Text="Not sure about what it's looking for, but how about configuring Outlook to not remove them?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tools -&gt; Options -&gt; Preferences Tab -&gt; click E-mail Options button -&gt; uncheck the box&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option (albeit not ideal and maybe not even the case for your msgs):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Open Outlook.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Open the item.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Click Format.&#xD;&#xA; 5. Click to clear the Unwrap Text check mark." />
  <row Id="46300" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26041" RevisionGUID="be3a2e6d-6993-4755-b991-abfdaeed3742" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:02:59.183" UserId="9332" Comment="deleted 74 characters in body" Text=" 1. [You need to convert BTU to watts.][1]&#xD;&#xA; 2. Convert Watts to kilowatts&#xD;&#xA; 2. Then multiply the kilowatts by whatever you currently pay the electric company per kWh.&#xD;&#xA; 4. $$$ Profit $$$&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mhi-inc.com/Converter/watt_calculator.htm" />
  <row Id="46301" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26048" RevisionGUID="970a62ef-f577-45ff-8c5b-e5e45342d365" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:07:06.447" UserId="1054" Comment="Add third workaround" Text="Not sure about what it's looking for, but how about configuring Outlook to not remove them?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tools -&gt; Options -&gt; Preferences Tab -&gt; click E-mail Options button -&gt; uncheck the box&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option (albeit not ideal and maybe not even the case for your msgs):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Open Outlook.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Open the item.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Click Format.&#xD;&#xA; 5. Click to clear the Unwrap Text check mark.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And [**here's a post**][1] that says that a hack you can use would be to add 2 empty characters to the beginning of each line of text in order to make Outlook not remove the breaks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.masternewmedia.org/newsletter_publishing/newsletter_formatting/remove_line_breaks_issue_Microsoft_Outlook_2003_when_publishing_text_newsletters_20051217.htm" />
  <row Id="46302" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26049" RevisionGUID="5186e2de-1e91-4354-8c2d-48767f6eddf3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:09:03.697" UserId="7645" Text="up2date has support for yum.  Probably better to use that, than to install additional software you don't need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add a line like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    yum EPEL http://rhn.sonoma.edu/pub/mirrors/epel/4/$ARCH&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's a literal &quot;yum&quot;, the repository name you'd like up2date to see it as, then the URL, which has some very limited support for variables, such as $ARCH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also do apt and straight directories; there's examples in the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to disable the RHN stuff, just comment out the &quot;up2date default&quot; line from the same file." />
  <row Id="46303" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26050" RevisionGUID="452fd633-7eb9-42c5-b804-e529d741c002" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:09:21.997" UserId="9551" Text="Hello!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have one server that was upgraded via buildworld etc. from FreeBSD 6.4 to 7.2. As you know one of the best new features in 7.* freebsd's branch is gjournal, but it seems to me that it is impossible to turn it on on already formatted disk. Am I wrong ? And if it's so how to enable journalling on running system (i.e. without disk reformatting, reboot is ok)" />
  <row Id="46304" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26050" RevisionGUID="452fd633-7eb9-42c5-b804-e529d741c002" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:09:21.997" UserId="9551" Text="How to enable gjournal on FreeBSD after upgrade from 6.x ?" />
  <row Id="46305" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26050" RevisionGUID="452fd633-7eb9-42c5-b804-e529d741c002" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:09:21.997" UserId="9551" Text="&lt;freebsd&gt;" />
  <row Id="46306" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25938" RevisionGUID="2152a1b6-81e9-40e5-9915-de945597951e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:09:27.987" UserId="2629" Comment="Added an important note about directories, and a portion of my script" Text="In our schools, we have network shares for different classes containing &quot;Hand In, Hand Out&quot; folders.  Students put their work in the Hand In folder, and teachers put assignments in the Hand Out folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Hand In folder is one that the students have write-only access to.  [Mac OS X calls such a folder a &quot;Drop Box,&quot; as you can drag and drop files to it, but not see what is inside it.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I looked into it, and concluded that the answer was no, but, does any combination of permissions and access control lists allow one to have a folder with write-only access in which you can see the names of the files that reside in it (but not actually open the files)?  In an event where a student was unclear on whether they'd turned in an assignement, this would allow them to verify if they had or not.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One step better would be if students could see the filenames of files that they turned in, but not those of anyone else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:** One more real nuissance is that students may need to turn in entire folders, and not just single files.  Mac OS X uses bundles -- things that look like files to a user, but are actually directories.  (Applications are the best example, but Pages, Keynote, and heck, even TextEdit (when you add a graphic to your document), save bundles.)  It took some extra work to make it so they could hand in folders (as you can see below).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is part of my existing script.  Note that this does what I want except for yield any sort of listing of the files inside:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;$ADMIN is a system administrator user.&#xD;&#xA;$STAFF is a group of teachers.&#xD;&#xA;$GRADE is a group represting a grade of students.&#xD;&#xA;The funky chmod command is what one does to set ACLs under OS X.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	# Create the hand-in folder&#xD;&#xA;	mkdir &quot;Hand In&quot;&#xD;&#xA;	chown &quot;$ADMIN:$GRADE&quot; &quot;Hand In&quot;&#xD;&#xA;	chmod 4730 &quot;Hand In&quot;&#xD;&#xA;	chmod +a &quot;$ADMIN allow list,add_file,search,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity,writesecurity,chown,file_inherit,directory_inherit&quot; &quot;Hand In&quot;&#xD;&#xA;	chmod +a &quot;$STAFF allow list,add_file,search,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity,writesecurity,chown,file_inherit,directory_inherit&quot; &quot;Hand In&quot;&#xD;&#xA;	chmod +a &quot;$GRADE allow add_file,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,writeattr,writeextattr,file_inherit,directory_inherit&quot; &quot;Hand In&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What this does then is gives the admin user and staff group full access to the files in the Hand In folder (so they can delete them, move them, etc), and it allows students to hand in files or folders (but not see them at all!)." />
  <row Id="46307" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26051" RevisionGUID="3e893916-8378-441f-87b3-1b44f428bf54" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:11:43.707" UserId="9332" Text="If a picture is worth a thousand words ... [here's 9,000][1]. And not a single cable management arm in sight.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be warned; For every ziptie used, two will need to be cut. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use Velcro.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/01/24/when-data-center-cabling-becomes-art/" />
  <row Id="46308" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26051" RevisionGUID="3e893916-8378-441f-87b3-1b44f428bf54" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:11:43.707" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26052" RevisionGUID="d25b342c-5489-4a19-b56a-dec3043ead07" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:13:10.957" UserId="9319" Text="The event log should have more and better information. What does it say?" />
  <row Id="46310" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26053" RevisionGUID="35781ccd-ce63-44e3-bbdb-52be3f7cbf84" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:15:33.480" UserDisplayName="Mark Sowul" Text="I don't have enough reputation to comment, but because Hyper-V uses a hypervisor it is very sensitive to faults with the underlying hardware, especially the BIOS.  I would expect the host machine to crash, but you never know.  Or, if the two host machines are not in sync, that can certainly do it, as LiveMotion would be very sensitive to differences.  Or, it could just be a bug, after all it is still an RC.." />
  <row Id="46311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26054" RevisionGUID="71b495e5-655b-4132-9a41-f6df28e224ee" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:17:43.647" UserId="2282" Text="Rare but a godsend;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Alt + Space + (M or Down Arrow) + Arrow Keys&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you Remote Desktop/VNC etc into a PC that has a **very large** (or double/triple) monitor setup from a PC with only a **single/small** screen many windows will appear off screen (and worse yet may not show on the taskbar (e.g. Open File dialog from within an application)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since you can't get your mouse to the application to move the window the above does the trick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Alt + Space&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Opens the little context menu on the titlebar of the application&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    M or Down Arrow&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Goes to the Move option&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Arrow Keys&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lets you safely return the offscreen window/dialog to some point on the screen where you can actually view it/ use it!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://helpmerick.com/images/wincontrolicon.gif" />
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  <row Id="46313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26055" RevisionGUID="a47f7a87-3c10-4e9f-90de-dd59fb379ec7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:21:42.250" UserId="2489" Text="Have you tried compatibility mode, trying an older operating system?  I think the system looks at the manifest for the executable and if it was developed for Vista, then it won't show that tab.  But I think you could edit the manifest." />
  <row Id="46314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26056" RevisionGUID="d10230cc-d835-43da-81cd-d6537e796580" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:23:29.160" UserId="375" Text="I'd like to create a script to do various things when the network connection changes. For example, if the machine connects to my office network I might desire it to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - mute itself&#xD;&#xA; - change its DNS&#xD;&#xA; - change its proxy settings&#xD;&#xA; - change default printer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, when the machine is off the office network it might revert some of those.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Presumably the &quot;active network&quot; would be based on IP address/gateway range or WIFI network name, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have any recommended tools for accomplishing this? I can see something like this being applicable to many IT pros so I'm sure there are some good tips out there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that this is desired to function when the network changes--not just when the user logs on/off." />
  <row Id="46315" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26056" RevisionGUID="d10230cc-d835-43da-81cd-d6537e796580" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:23:29.160" UserId="375" Text="How can I run a script when my network connection changes?" />
  <row Id="46316" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26056" RevisionGUID="d10230cc-d835-43da-81cd-d6537e796580" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:23:29.160" UserId="375" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="46317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26057" RevisionGUID="4dfb30ae-afda-49f0-b729-f6a9f3bcc53a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:27:50.663" UserId="9576" Text="I can tell you that at this time, at least with the two machines that I have tried, Xen and Drobo Pro don't play nicely.  I was really bummed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried 3 different interfaces to the Drobo for iSCSI connection, all with the same results, Xen freaks out beacuse of errors with the data transfer.  I am sorry for the lack of detail, I don't have time to get to my Xen test server and try it again.  Got the same errors from 2 different motherboards, both AMD CPU, one Gigabyte board, other is ASUS (I think).&#xD;&#xA;Also tried from 3COM NIC, all showed the same error on the /var/log/messages file.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No problem using iSCSI from Windows XP with Gigabyte board, (same nic as one of the Xen servers I have) and from my Macbook Pro.  Both yield sustained speeds of &gt;20MB/sec write speed to the Drobo.  Next on my list is to try it for Final Cut Pro and see what happens..." />
  <row Id="46318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26058" RevisionGUID="6b3624ee-5815-4b54-9568-248d8acc4dc7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:29:39.473" UserId="5230" Text="You could create a batch file that reads the results of an ipconfig command, and have it run every 5 seconds or so..." />
  <row Id="46319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26059" RevisionGUID="e124c31e-cf1a-41ac-b801-cc98b9b04592" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:29:41.690" UserId="7200" Text="The &quot;Network Location Awareness&quot; service (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms739931(VS.85).aspx) in Windows XP (and 2000? I don't recall...) and up will enable this functionality, but I haven't found where anybody has written an application to take advantage of it. I'd love to code something myself, but I don't have enough spare cycles to even begin to think about it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This wouldn't be a simple little VBScript thing, but it wouldn't be that much coding either. Maybe somebody could pick up the idea and run with it. There's even sample code at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ef8a6228-f11d-4ba0-b73e-dd8dc7dd11e8&amp;displaylang=en.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There have been numerous times I've wanted this functionality, and I'd think there are more than a few people who would like to see it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46320" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26049" RevisionGUID="75be059a-c00a-4fbb-9dc2-6c7d2cc299d6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:32:34.290" UserId="7645" Comment="minor phrasing improvment" Text="up2date has support for using yum repositories.  Probably better to use that, than to install additional software you don't necessarily need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add a line like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    yum EPEL http://rhn.sonoma.edu/pub/mirrors/epel/4/$ARCH&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's a literal &quot;yum&quot;, the repository name you'd like up2date to see it as, then the URL, which has some very limited support for variables, such as $ARCH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also do apt and straight directories; there's examples in the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to disable the RHN stuff, just comment out the &quot;up2date default&quot; line from the same file." />
  <row Id="46321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26060" RevisionGUID="208295e0-eabb-453e-9187-e68b5a4b1439" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:34:53.333" UserId="2329" Text="Anyone know any hard facts about the disadvantage of having a dash in your URL?   Heard some disparaging words about having dashes in your URL and it just so happens that our company has a dashes in the URL of our main site. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've got a dashless .us site, but that probably is statistically worse in terms of Bings and Googles right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, the domain we want isn't up for sale for a few years (according to whois).  Is there any way we can acquire that property earlier?" />
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  <row Id="46323" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26060" RevisionGUID="208295e0-eabb-453e-9187-e68b5a4b1439" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:34:53.333" UserId="2329" Text="&lt;url&gt;&lt;seo&gt;" />
  <row Id="46324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26061" RevisionGUID="53929556-afc3-4856-8a5f-798a93b630dd" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:36:38.307" UserId="8996" Text="Dashes are fine from a technical standpoint, however underscores are not allowed in hostnames (although that doesn't stop people from using them - mostly successfully)." />
  <row Id="46325" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26062" RevisionGUID="6dc0e5c1-76e6-4895-977e-789cdb2f5a88" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:36:51.270" UserId="5202" Text="I have WCAT 6.3 running fine up until the point where it is supposed to generate the log.xml file.  In the cmd window, I just see the last Cooldown update, like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ******************************************************************************&#xD;&#xA;    COOLDOWN 20/30 secs                             0 hours, 2 minutes, 20 seconds&#xD;&#xA;    ******************************************************************************&#xD;&#xA;             Connections =                        0 (                       0/sec)&#xD;&#xA;             Disconnects =                        0 (                       0/sec)&#xD;&#xA;            Socket Sends =                        0 (                       0/sec)&#xD;&#xA;         Socket Receives =                        0 (                       0/sec)&#xD;&#xA;         Full Handshakes =                        0 (                       0/sec)&#xD;&#xA;    Reconnect Handshakes =                        0 (                       0/sec)&#xD;&#xA;              Bytes Sent =                        0 (                       0/sec)&#xD;&#xA; 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           }&#xD;&#xA;            setheader&#xD;&#xA;            {&#xD;&#xA;                name    = &quot;Accept-Encoding&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;                value   = &quot;gzip, deflate&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;            }&#xD;&#xA;            setheader&#xD;&#xA;            {&#xD;&#xA;                name    = &quot;Host&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;                value   = server();&#xD;&#xA;            }&#xD;&#xA;            version     = HTTP11;&#xD;&#xA;            statuscode  = 200;&#xD;&#xA;            close       = ka;&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        transaction&#xD;&#xA;        {&#xD;&#xA;            id      = &quot;default_doc&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;            weight  = 100;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            request&#xD;&#xA;            {&#xD;&#xA;                url = &quot;/home.aspx&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;            }&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And in my settings.ubr file I have this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    settings&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;          server         = &quot;test.company.com&quot;;&#xD;&#xA; 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; &#xD;&#xA;            counter = &quot;Web Service(_Total)\\Get Requests/sec&quot; ; &#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        registry&#xD;&#xA;        {&#xD;&#xA;            path = &quot;System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\FileSystem&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;            name = &quot;NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;            type = REG_DWORD;&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        registry&#xD;&#xA;        {&#xD;&#xA;            path = &quot;System\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\Tcpip\\Parameters&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;            name = &quot;SynAttackProtect&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;            type = REG_DWORD;&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The test runs fine when I run the following command on the controller:&#xD;&#xA;    `wcctl -f settings.ubr -t client.ubr`&#xD;&#xA;and the following on the client:&#xD;&#xA;    `wcclient`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just not sure why it wouldn't spit out the log.xml file or give me any kind of message/error as to why it didn't.  The CPU remains utilized at roughly 50% until I finally kill it (I've given it up to 30 minutes waiting on it to do something).  Anything I'm missing here or suggestions you might have?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46326" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26062" RevisionGUID="6dc0e5c1-76e6-4895-977e-789cdb2f5a88" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:36:51.270" UserId="5202" Text="Web Capability Analysis Tool (WCAT) - No Output XML" />
  <row Id="46327" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26062" RevisionGUID="6dc0e5c1-76e6-4895-977e-789cdb2f5a88" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:36:51.270" UserId="5202" Text="&lt;load-testing&gt;&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;asp.net&gt;" />
  <row Id="46328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26063" RevisionGUID="a898b1ea-2551-4d01-9783-1cc6300cdc12" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:38:15.620" UserId="1466" Text="If you add 2 spaces to the beginning of each line, Outlook will not remove the linefeeds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sed &quot;s/^/  /&quot;" />
  <row Id="46329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26064" RevisionGUID="2e27cef9-045d-4195-8c17-56b111630ca8" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:40:36.533" UserId="6689" Text="From a marketing point of view, people can find it harder to remember a domain with a dash in it, which could make your site less memorable. It's no huge loss though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for buying a domain before it's available, you'd have to contact the owner (whois will give you details), but if they're using it, they won't be willing to sell. They might also try and overcharge you. If you've got a trademark on the name, you could try threatening legal action, but that's as a last resort." />
  <row Id="46330" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26065" RevisionGUID="5e83fd1c-ed56-40cb-81fa-c13701aad154" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:42:13.210" UserId="8199" Text="The domain extension shouldn't matter as long as the relevance is there. delicious is a good example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However some browsers will auto assume starting with .com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I like to use &quot;CTRL+Enter&quot; after typing a URL to get the http://www. and .com automatically added.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dashes are not part of most people's touch typing which could hold you back a bit. " />
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  <row Id="46334" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26039" RevisionGUID="500c962c-d600-4400-b6ac-2785c72a07a9" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:42:59.447" UserId="1803" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;roi&gt;&lt;cooling&gt;&lt;server-room&gt;" />
  <row Id="46335" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26067" RevisionGUID="37cf4442-d412-4323-b133-05b0aba4b4a4" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:44:01.520" UserId="2174" Text="[Jar Browser][1] does this nicely, and has the added benefit of being written in Java, so you can use it anywhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://jarbrowser.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="46336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26068" RevisionGUID="325e030c-889d-4106-a7ef-87d394f9c833" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:45:23.983" UserId="9052" Text="Working in this field we end up with lots of various login credential information. OpenID allows me to use an already established account to authenticate myself without having to setup yet another account and password. With many sites beginning to support OpenID there is much more of a choice in which OpenID authenticator you use to validate your identity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also setup your own OpenID authenticator on your own site if you don't want to use one of the already existing ones out there. This way you can maintain more control over exactly what information is being given out when you are authenticated by it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think having the option to create an account or use OpenID to authenticate is a great combination that covers both the security paranoid and the ones that want the ease of use." />
  <row Id="46337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26069" RevisionGUID="4bf62201-80d0-4d6c-8a34-b7e2c5b6018e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:45:41.687" UserId="4840" Text="My old favorite is Ctrl-C, but not on text, on a dialog box.  Most of the time it will copy the entire dialog box as text, so you don't have to do Alt-PrtScn and save an image of the application (unless you need to).  It also makes it easier to search for solutions to the error message without having to retype the whole thing.  I think I discovered this by mistake one day and have used it ever since.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try it yourself, Start, Run, asdf, Enter, Ctrl-C, then paste it somewhere.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---------------------------&#xD;&#xA;asdf&#xD;&#xA;---------------------------&#xD;&#xA;Windows cannot find 'asdf'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then click Search.&#xD;&#xA;---------------------------&#xD;&#xA;OK   &#xD;&#xA;---------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, in the IE address bar type javascript:zxcv, Enter, Ctrl-C on the message box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---------------------------&#xD;&#xA;Error&#xD;&#xA;---------------------------&#xD;&#xA;A Runtime Error has occurred.&#xD;&#xA;Do you wish to Debug?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Line: 0&#xD;&#xA;Error: 'zxcv' is undefined&#xD;&#xA;---------------------------&#xD;&#xA;Yes   No   &#xD;&#xA;---------------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It looks like this editor is interpreting the dashed lines differently, but you get the idea.  Try pasting it into Notepad.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="46341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26071" RevisionGUID="dd81ba82-de8d-4364-ac37-82a20f8c433d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:46:40.797" UserId="8996" Text="    echo $SHLVL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the bash manpage:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SHLVL  Incremented by one each time an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; instance of bash is started." />
  <row Id="46342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26072" RevisionGUID="28e75947-9334-4da6-8cdb-51bf89d1e31d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:48:07.503" UserId="9138" Text="    echo $SHLVL&#xD;&#xA;This will catch if you do something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [sharpestmarble@sandbox ~]$ bash &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although that won't catch something like if you SSH into localhost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [sharpestmarble@sandbox ~]$ ssh localhost" />
  <row Id="46343" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26073" RevisionGUID="5fcc6de2-bc90-4c90-a267-63f832597ae5" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:48:08.720" UserId="5749" Text="Is the Paste command on the Edit Menu greyed out, or completely missing?&#xD;&#xA;Greyed out means that Explorer doesn't think that anything is on the clipboard that can be pasted.  Missing completely means that something has messed up the menu structure.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you paste using the keyboard (CTRL-V)?" />
  <row Id="46344" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26074" RevisionGUID="153c63e1-0197-406b-af3c-943fff506bd1" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:48:47.050" UserId="5694" Text="I have an IOGear Miniview GCS1764 - 4 port DVI KVM that works great.  It supports 1920 x 1080 resolution perfectly as well as a USB keyboard and mouse.  It switches from buttons on the device itself rather than a hotkey and I have had no problems switching between a Mac mini and a PC.  The audio switching works well, though I don't use the USB device switching.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few caveats&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;* I have to reset the KVM (pull power) once every few months or so.  &#xD;&#xA;* I don't know if it supports special keys like the Eject key.&#xD;&#xA;* It was expensive for a small KVM - in the $200 range." />
  <row Id="46345" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26075" RevisionGUID="f1fa3937-b466-41e2-b509-486ecdf1a9c7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:50:00.353" UserId="6793" Text="One way is to use pstree:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ pstree -h&#xD;&#xA;    [...]&#xD;&#xA;    ├─sshd─┬─sshd───sshd───bash───bash───bash───bash───bash───pstree&#xD;&#xA;    │      └─sshd───sshd───bash───bash───bash───bash&#xD;&#xA;    [...]" />
  <row Id="46346" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26076" RevisionGUID="175d8df3-912e-43b4-b4fb-949c77de4245" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:50:16.110" UserId="993" Text="Per [Google][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; We recommend that you use hyphens (-) instead of underscores (_) in your URLs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=76329" />
  <row Id="46347" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26077" RevisionGUID="b8417465-561e-4392-9c61-bfb947009e37" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:50:24.877" UserId="3235" Text="You might also check with Symantec Support if you haven't (and if you pay for support).  A quick search of the knowledge base found this [KB article][1] about new Device Drivers from Symantec.  It fixes the tape 12 error with some quantum devices.  The PV123 is a rebranded Quantum Scalar 24.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you opening the library to pull tapes off site?  Is someone opening the library with or without your consent? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/302923.htm " />
  <row Id="46348" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26078" RevisionGUID="84f8f2cb-4f2b-456a-b3cb-e964e47994f9" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:50:40.507" UserId="8905" Text="I've used Backup Exec before (v7 through 9), but more recently have started using hot-swappable SATA cages for the small-scale servers I work with in conjunction with [Acronis True Image][1].  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As some have emphasized, the backup process doesn't mean much unless you've gone through and tried a restore, preferably a full-blown &quot;bare metal&quot; restore from your backup media to ensure you can get everything back up and running as quickly as necessary for your setup.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Horror story, one site I worked with had been using USB drives in conjunction with Backup Exec's backup-to-disk option.  They wanted a full-time IT service provider rather than a single contractor for their stuff, but in the process of handing over the documentation, some important details about the backups got lost in the shuffle.  Months passed, and a drive in their one file server's RAID array failed, which was exacerbated by the server vendor's tech coming in apparently *high* on something and supposedly removing then reinserting the drives in something other than their previous order.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway they ended up losing about two weeks worth of data because the last couple of full backups had failed and no one was keeping an eye on the logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.acronis.in" />
  <row Id="46349" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26066" RevisionGUID="04f9f286-3e7f-4f1a-ba56-dac3b360f440" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:50:43.223" UserId="3356" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;scripting&gt;&lt;bash&gt;" />
  <row Id="46351" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26079" RevisionGUID="11e45e58-4348-49be-8f03-21e9d63a898c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:54:47.847" UserId="8825" Text="I have a folder on the SBS 2003 server where I want users to be able to edit files, but not move or delete them.&#xD;&#xA;The files are in Excel. When I removed the delete permission, I couldn't save the files.&#xD;&#xA;I assume this is because Excel deletes the original before writing the new file.&#xD;&#xA;I don't care about the possibility that they select everything in Excel and then hit delete - the deletion and/or moving of the files appears to be accidental." />
  <row Id="46352" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26079" RevisionGUID="11e45e58-4348-49be-8f03-21e9d63a898c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:54:47.847" UserId="8825" Text="How can I prevent users moving files from a folder that they can edit files in?" />
  <row Id="46353" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26079" RevisionGUID="11e45e58-4348-49be-8f03-21e9d63a898c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:54:47.847" UserId="8825" Text="&lt;sbs2003&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="46354" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26080" RevisionGUID="919725bf-65ce-4742-8f2a-92243b3874e7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:57:00.433" UserId="4840" Text="Another favorite of mine, especially when I find a workstaion unlocked, is Left Alt + left Shift + PrtScn, Enter, walk away.  It toggles high-contrast mode and is easy enough to restore.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ctrl-Shift-Esc for Task Manager.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Keyboard Assistance and Shortcuts for Microsoft Products][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[List of the keyboard shortcuts that are available in Windows XP][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/keyboard.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301583" />
  <row Id="46355" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26080" RevisionGUID="919725bf-65ce-4742-8f2a-92243b3874e7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:57:00.433" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26081" RevisionGUID="f5addd19-bb7e-4346-855e-83e2cfb7c5c8" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:57:23.427" UserId="1233" Text="Are you redirecting the cache folders (and others)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not you can find out how from:&#xD;&#xA;[discussions.apple.com](http://lists.apple.com/archives/macos-x-server/2006/Feb/msg01025.html)&#xD;&#xA;or on&#xD;&#xA;[AFP548.com](http://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=20060915140425369)  &#xD;&#xA;It's built into Leopard - so you don't require a login hook to do this anymore. ([Instructions](http://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=MCXRedirector))&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lastly, are most of your users using Mail.app or have a large amount of Mail? I had issues with a couple users (only one had to do have it happening for the symptom to arise) that would bring the server to a near halt for everyone because Spotlight would be opening and closing very small files as fast as it could. A mix between moving to Leopard on the clients and telling Mail.app not to cache anything (mail server is local) fixed this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any specific users that seem to be &quot;hogging the bandwidth&quot; in terms of the amount of files transferred? I'd recommend looking into making a portable home directory to see if that alleviates issues. There's more setup, but is a decent way of removing users who consume quite a bit of AppleFileServer's time." />
  <row Id="46357" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26082" RevisionGUID="a75059fb-932d-4d98-86de-b99fe958e1ab" CreationDate="2009-06-15T18:59:09.603" UserId="7503" Text="Unfortunately, deleting is in the writing part of the read/write permissions set Windows provides.  Locking could work, as in locking the file when it is unused.  Unfortunately, the user would need to request the file be unlocked in order to save, and in that window the user could delete the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might want to consider some type of CVS file store, where if a file does get deleted, restoring it is just a matter of restoring the latest check-in.  SVN and Git would be good options for MS Office files." />
  <row Id="46358" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26083" RevisionGUID="44ac8318-7872-4a1e-bed2-4120eba0ac34" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:01:42.747" UserId="2189" Text="Perhaps this isn't a good ServerFault question, but here goes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've got some Canon ImageRunner copiers, and the performance is terrible for printing PDF files.  For instance I just sent a job that's 11 pages, and it's taking some twenty minutes to print.  It just sits there saying that it's processing.  This particular machine is an ir6020.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some PDFs don't take as long as others, but for the most part they all take a very long time.  I've tried the latest drivers, both PCL and PS3.  Our Canon rep hasn't been very helpful.  Thankfully we don't print a lot of PDFs...other documents come flying out of the machines nice &amp; quick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions?" />
  <row Id="46359" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26083" RevisionGUID="44ac8318-7872-4a1e-bed2-4120eba0ac34" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:01:42.747" UserId="2189" Text="Canon ImageRunner printing PDFs very slow?" />
  <row Id="46360" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26083" RevisionGUID="44ac8318-7872-4a1e-bed2-4120eba0ac34" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:01:42.747" UserId="2189" Text="&lt;printing&gt;&lt;printers&gt;&lt;canon&gt;&lt;copier&gt;" />
  <row Id="46361" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26084" RevisionGUID="6b5248f7-2ed3-4818-8b8c-d3c6a68184e2" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:03:50.467" UserId="5694" Text="There is already a lot of good information here, so I'm going to add two critical points:&#xD;&#xA;1. Redundancy.  You say you're backing up to &quot;a&quot; USB hard drive.  Make sure you're backing up to more than one disk on different days.  You need to account for the possibility that one or more of your backup drives might go bad.  Also, if you've got all your USB hard drives in one box, consider the possibility that you might have a really bad day and *drop* that box.&#xD;&#xA;2. Off-site backups.  Buildings burn down, flood, are burglarized, etc.  Make sure you take your backup media off site and *leave* multiple copies of your media off-site at all times.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46362" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26085" RevisionGUID="a88caa12-467e-4cc2-ae52-43296dafc338" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:03:55.943" UserId="5230" Text="You might consider using a version control system, such as Subversion (http://subversion.tigris.org/), which will keep a record of the history of each file. That way, if someone deletes or moves it by accident, you can restore the original." />
  <row Id="46363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26086" RevisionGUID="ba389e5b-32d2-4cbf-af44-9404eeb9b176" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:04:15.800" UserId="3235" Text="You need to know how much your AC unit draws in wattage/ton or wattage/hour to calculate your cooling costs.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may not have access to that data easily.  You can if you're shopping around usually find the draw of an AC unit on it's spec sheet.   Then you just have to multiply it out to get cost over a week or hour or whatever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ambient air temp in your data center is almost irrelevant unless you're talking about a tiny number of servers.  When our AC fails our room goes from 68-90 in about 20 minutes.  I mean if your ambient air temp is a frosty -10F then sure, it can be helpful (that's how we replaced our AC units last winter, by piping in Minnesota January air).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am guessing you're trying to put an ROI on your virtualzation, to prove it is cost effective.  So calculate the cooling load of your virtual server, which I presume you added just to remove the physical ones.  Subtract that from the cooling load you calculated above for the servers you removed.  Now you know your net gain in cooling load. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then calculate the draw of your AC unit per ton or per hour, and use that to figure out your cost in dollars per ton or hour.  " />
  <row Id="46364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26087" RevisionGUID="80ff3da6-37cf-4a20-ae5c-d09f5a957c37" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:05:24.270" UserId="4491" Text="I've had some success with [Net Profiles][1] before.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.google.com/p/netprofiles/" />
  <row Id="46365" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26088" RevisionGUID="77d66ea1-2991-4501-b8f8-83861d92d454" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:05:28.560" UserId="3111" Text="I would just enable volume shadow copies and educate the users on how it works. Also, if these are files that multiple users collaborate on, it is best to use SharePoint. SBS 2003 has a decent implementation but upgrading to the free WSS 3.0 would be best. This would also give you version controls and the ability for users to &quot;check out&quot; files. All free and fully supported by Microsoft. No need for 3rd party CVS software unless you have specific requirements. Doesn't sound like you do." />
  <row Id="46366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26089" RevisionGUID="49570b15-35c1-4a06-8858-0e4b6a51c668" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:07:04.157" UserId="7324" Text="Here is an interesting problem/scenario that some sysadmins out there might enjoy:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An apartment building owner is giving away free internet access to his tennants.  Basically he has a T1 coming to the building and every apartment has a CAT5 plug in the wall.  The internet access is &quot;free&quot; (included in the rent or whatever) to the tennants.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is, several of the tennants are downloading illegal movies/music via bittorrent.  As a result, the MPAA and RIAA is sending &quot;nastygrams&quot; to the owner of the internet connection (ie. apartment owner) concerning the illegal downloads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The apartment owner has blocked lists of torrent sites as well as several file extensions at the router level but the problem persists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'd like to know is if anyone out there has a clever/inexpensive solution for this problem?  QoS apparently only works up to a point because bittorrent can use pretty much any port it wants.  Packet inspection doesn't work on encrypted connections, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The apartment owner did say he would be happy if he could simply see the upload/download traffic (ie. potential abusers) of the individual apartment units.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="46367" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26089" RevisionGUID="49570b15-35c1-4a06-8858-0e4b6a51c668" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:07:04.157" UserId="7324" Text="Battling Bittorrent" />
  <row Id="46368" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26089" RevisionGUID="49570b15-35c1-4a06-8858-0e4b6a51c668" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:07:04.157" UserId="7324" Text="&lt;bittorrent&gt;" />
  <row Id="46369" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26090" RevisionGUID="513d217a-7505-4c02-9643-83ad67fd131b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:07:44.310" UserId="4533" Text="I can't figure out how MySQL and httpd (Apache) are being started on my Fedora 8 server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The machine boots to runlevel 4 just fine. And somewhere along the way, MySQL and Apache are being started. But they are NOT being started via /etc/init.d -- checking chkconfig --list shows all &quot;off&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And they're not mentioned in rc.local.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ps ax output for httpd shows &quot; /usr/sbin/httpd -f /home/webuser/helloworld/conf/httpd.conf&quot; -- so it is being explicitly started with a specific config dir, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas or further places to check for the startup would be most appreciated!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Larry&#xD;&#xA;ps. The server is a Amazon pre-built server image based on Fedora 8." />
  <row Id="46370" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26090" RevisionGUID="513d217a-7505-4c02-9643-83ad67fd131b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:07:44.310" UserId="4533" Text="Where is a service being started on Fedora 8?" />
  <row Id="46371" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26090" RevisionGUID="513d217a-7505-4c02-9643-83ad67fd131b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:07:44.310" UserId="4533" Text="&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="46372" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26083" RevisionGUID="14358f5b-49f8-4ba1-86f7-79db0bfb324e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:08:35.417" UserId="2189" Comment="added 70 characters in body" Text="Perhaps this isn't a good ServerFault question, but here goes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've got some Canon ImageRunner copiers, and the performance is terrible for printing PDF files.  For instance I just sent a job that's 11 pages, and it's taking some twenty minutes to print.  A page comes out...then it sits there processing...another page comes out...and it sits there processing...and so on.  This particular machine is an ir6020.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some PDFs don't take as long as others, but for the most part they all take a very long time.  I've tried the latest drivers, both PCL and PS3.  Our Canon rep hasn't been very helpful.  Thankfully we don't print a lot of PDFs...other documents come flying out of the machines nice &amp; quick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions?" />
  <row Id="46373" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26091" RevisionGUID="1da11f26-fac3-4d36-bb7b-d7484ded6806" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:10:04.103" UserId="8769" Text="We stopped using the arms right after we abandoned our KVM systems. It dawned on us that the bulk of cabling in the arms (and the risers) was running a console connection to each and every server. We also tore out all of the OEM power cords and replaced them with cords of various shorter lengths.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Use Velcro.&quot; Roger that! I found out the hard way that the ends of snipped zipties are as sharp as razor wire." />
  <row Id="46374" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26091" RevisionGUID="1da11f26-fac3-4d36-bb7b-d7484ded6806" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:10:04.103" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26092" RevisionGUID="f5c16513-1034-4fcf-a508-e42d77184772" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:11:41.697" UserDisplayName="Zsh" Text="I did in Zsh:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    array={geometry, analysis, topology, graph theory, calculus}&#xD;&#xA;    echo $array&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and then I wanted to add word &quot;math:&quot; to each element like&quot; math:calculus&quot;:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    while (( i++ &lt; 10)); { echo math:$array[i] }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But it does not work? Why?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46376" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26092" RevisionGUID="f5c16513-1034-4fcf-a508-e42d77184772" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:11:41.697" UserDisplayName="Zsh" Text="How can I add a word to each element of the array in Zsh?" />
  <row Id="46377" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26092" RevisionGUID="f5c16513-1034-4fcf-a508-e42d77184772" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:11:41.697" UserDisplayName="Zsh" Text="&lt;zsh&gt;" />
  <row Id="46378" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26093" RevisionGUID="bbeda091-7aaa-4e6d-a12f-d690a8dfb531" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:12:26.860" UserId="3111" Text="Is he authorized by his ISP to sublet the T1 to others? If so, then he is in effect a common carrier (like a phone company) and not responsible for the use of the service. As soon as he starts taking measures to prevent certain traffic he is assuming responsibility. I'd contact a lawyer before doing anything at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If he isn't authorized by his ISP to sublet their T1 then I wouldn't even get involved. &quot;You're on your own pal.&quot;" />
  <row Id="46379" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26094" RevisionGUID="f237469f-d698-484c-b656-12eeddc00e03" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:12:48.997" UserId="5947" Text=".880 * kwhrate = $/hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So at $.10/kwh, you'd be spending 8.9 cents per hour." />
  <row Id="46380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26095" RevisionGUID="cc90199e-d64d-4051-9f94-2045d1825322" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:12:56.143" UserId="3408" Text="I have a Dell Precision Laptop model M4400 with an Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 processor.  In the BIOS, there are several options for enabling virtualization technology (VT-x).  I've toggled all of these options ON.  My problem is that neither Virtual PC 2007 nor Sun's VirtualBox will allow me to use VT-x on this system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Host OS:  Windows Vista Enterprise SP1 (&lt;b&gt;64-bit&lt;/b&gt;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for any information or insight you can provide.  For the more technical folks, here's the VirtualBox log file that is generated with I boot an Ubuntu guest:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:01.134 VirtualBox 2.2.2 r46594 win.amd64 (Apr 27 2009 18:40:08) release log&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:01.134 Log opened 2009-06-15T19:10:25.317308400Z&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:01.134 OS Product: Windows Vista Enterprise Edition&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:01.134 OS Release: 6.0.6001&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:01.134 OS Service Pack: 1&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:01.134 Package type: WINDOWS_64BITS_GENERIC&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:01.215 SUP: Loaded VMMR0.r0 (C:\PROGRA~1\Sun\XVMVIR~1/VMMR0.r0) at 0xfffffa800c054080 - ModuleInit at fffffa800c062bb0 and ModuleTerm at fffffa800c062c30&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:01.215 SUP: VMMR0EntryEx located at fffffa800c0638b0, VMMR0EntryFast at fffffa800c062e30 and VMMR0EntryInt at fffffa800c062e20&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:01.215 SUP: windbg&gt; .reload /f C:\PROGRA~1\Sun\XVMVIR~1/VMMR0.r0=0xfffffa800c054080&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:01.596 VBoxSharedClipboard mode: Bidirectional&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:01.965 OpenGL Warning: Render SPU: WGL wants these visual capabilities: RGB, Doublebuffer, Z&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:02.617 OpenGL Warning: Render SPU: WGL chose these visual capabilities: RGB, Doublebuffer, Z, Accum&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:02.617 OpenGL Warning: Render SPU: WGL wants these visual capabilities: RGB, Doublebuffer, Z&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:02.634 OpenGL Warning: Render SPU: WGL chose these visual capabilities: RGB, Doublebuffer, Z, Accum&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.008 OpenGL Info: Render SPU: GL_VENDOR:   NVIDIA Corporation&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.008 OpenGL Info: Render SPU: GL_RENDERER: Quadro FX 770M/PCI/SSE2&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.008 OpenGL Info: Render SPU: GL_VERSION:  2.1.2&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.015 Shared crOpenGL service loaded.&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119 ************************* CFGM dump *************************&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119 pRoot=0000000003dd1780:{/}&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119 [/] (level 0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119   Name               &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;Ubuntu&quot; (cch=7)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119   UUID               &lt;bytes&gt;   = &quot;4c 16 90 23 f4 60 c0 47 9d 83 67 c2 3c 4d a6 bb&quot; (cb=16)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119   RamSize            &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000040000000 (1073741824)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119   RamHoleSize        &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000020000000 (536870912)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119   NumCPUs            &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119   TimerMillies       &lt;integer&gt; = 0x000000000000000a (10)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119   RawR3Enabled       &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119   RawR0Enabled       &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119   PATMEnabled        &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119   CSAMEnabled        &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119   HwVirtExtForced    &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119   EnableNestedPaging &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119   EnableVPID         &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119   EnablePAE          &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119 [/HWVirtExt/] (level 1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119   Enabled &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119 [/PDM/] (level 1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119 [/PDM/Drivers/] (level 2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119 [/PDM/Drivers/VBoxC/] (level 3)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119   Path &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;VBoxC&quot; (cch=6)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119 [/Devices/] (level 1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119 [/Devices/pcarch/] (level 2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119 [/Devices/pcarch/0/] (level 3)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119   Trusted &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119 [/Devices/pcarch/0/Config/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119 [/Devices/pcbios/] (level 2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.119 [/Devices/pcbios/0/] (level 3)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   Trusted &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 [/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   RamSize                &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000040000000 (1073741824)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   RamHoleSize            &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000020000000 (536870912)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   NumCPUs                &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   HardDiskDevice         &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;piix3ide&quot; (cch=9)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   FloppyDevice           &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;i82078&quot; (cch=7)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   IOAPIC                 &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   PXEDebug               &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   UUID                   &lt;bytes&gt;   = &quot;4c 16 90 23 f4 60 c0 47 9d 83 67 c2 3c 4d a6 bb&quot; (cb=16)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   BootDevice0            &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;FLOPPY&quot; (cch=7)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   BootDevice1            &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;DVD&quot; (cch=4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   BootDevice2            &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;IDE&quot; (cch=4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   BootDevice3            &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;NONE&quot; (cch=5)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   SataHardDiskDevice     &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;ahci&quot; (cch=5)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   SataPrimaryMasterLUN   &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   SataPrimarySlaveLUN    &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   SataSecondaryMasterLUN &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000002 (2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   SataSecondarySlaveLUN  &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000003 (3)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 [/Devices/8237A/] (level 2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 [/Devices/8237A/0/] (level 3)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   Trusted &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 [/Devices/pci/] (level 2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 [/Devices/pci/0/] (level 3)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   Trusted &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 [/Devices/pci/0/Config/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   IOAPIC &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 [/Devices/pckbd/] (level 2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 [/Devices/pckbd/0/] (level 3)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   Trusted &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 [/Devices/pckbd/0/Config/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 [/Devices/pckbd/0/LUN#0/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   Driver &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;KeyboardQueue&quot; (cch=14)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 [/Devices/pckbd/0/LUN#0/Config/] (level 5)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   QueueSize &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000040 (64)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 [/Devices/pckbd/0/LUN#0/AttachedDriver/] (level 5)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   Driver &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;MainKeyboard&quot; (cch=13)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 [/Devices/pckbd/0/LUN#0/AttachedDriver/Config/] (level 6)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   Object &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000003d2e930 (64153904)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 [/Devices/pckbd/0/LUN#1/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   Driver &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;MouseQueue&quot; (cch=11)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 [/Devices/pckbd/0/LUN#1/Config/] (level 5)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   QueueSize &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000080 (128)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 [/Devices/pckbd/0/LUN#1/AttachedDriver/] (level 5)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   Driver &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;MainMouse&quot; (cch=10)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 [/Devices/pckbd/0/LUN#1/AttachedDriver/Config/] (level 6)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   Object &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000003dd9560 (64853344)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 [/Devices/i82078/] (level 2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 [/Devices/i82078/0/] (level 3)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   Trusted &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120 [/Devices/i82078/0/Config/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   IRQ       &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000006 (6)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   DMA       &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000002 (2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   MemMapped &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.120   IOBase    &lt;integer&gt; = 0x00000000000003f0 (1008)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 [/Devices/i82078/0/LUN#999/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121   Driver &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;MainStatus&quot; (cch=11)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 [/Devices/i82078/0/LUN#999/Config/] (level 5)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121   papLeds &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000003dd90f0 (64852208)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121   First   &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121   Last    &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 [/Devices/i82078/0/LUN#0/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121   Driver &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;Block&quot; (cch=6)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 [/Devices/i82078/0/LUN#0/Config/] (level 5)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121   Type      &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;Floppy 1.44&quot; (cch=12)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121   Mountable &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 [/Devices/acpi/] (level 2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 [/Devices/acpi/0/] (level 3)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121   Trusted       &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121   PCIDeviceNo   &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000007 (7)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121   PCIFunctionNo &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 [/Devices/acpi/0/Config/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121   RamSize     &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000040000000 (1073741824)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121   RamHoleSize &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000020000000 (536870912)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121   NumCPUs     &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121   IOAPIC      &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121   FdcEnabled  &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 [/Devices/acpi/0/LUN#0/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121   Driver &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;ACPIHost&quot; (cch=9)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 [/Devices/acpi/0/LUN#0/Config/] (level 5)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 [/Devices/i8254/] (level 2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 [/Devices/i8254/0/] (level 3)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 [/Devices/i8254/0/Config/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 [/Devices/i8259/] (level 2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 [/Devices/i8259/0/] (level 3)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121   Trusted &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 [/Devices/i8259/0/Config/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 [/Devices/apic/] (level 2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 [/Devices/apic/0/] (level 3)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121   Trusted &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 [/Devices/apic/0/Config/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121   IOAPIC  &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121   NumCPUs &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 [/Devices/mc146818/] (level 2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 [/Devices/mc146818/0/] (level 3)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 [/Devices/mc146818/0/Config/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 [/Devices/vga/] (level 2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 [/Devices/vga/0/] (level 3)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121   Trusted       &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121   PCIDeviceNo   &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000002 (2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121   PCIFunctionNo &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.121 [/Devices/vga/0/Config/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   VRamSize         &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000004000000 (67108864)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   FadeIn           &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   FadeOut          &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   LogoTime         &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   LogoFile         &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;&quot; (cch=1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   ShowBootMenu     &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000002 (2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   CustomVideoModes &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   HeightReduction  &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 [/Devices/vga/0/LUN#0/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   Driver &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;MainDisplay&quot; (cch=12)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 [/Devices/vga/0/LUN#0/Config/] (level 5)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   Object &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000003dd9680 (64853632)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 [/Devices/piix3ide/] (level 2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 [/Devices/piix3ide/0/] (level 3)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   Trusted       &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   PCIDeviceNo   &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   PCIFunctionNo &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 [/Devices/piix3ide/0/Config/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   Type &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;PIIX4&quot; (cch=6)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 [/Devices/piix3ide/0/LUN#999/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   Driver &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;MainStatus&quot; (cch=11)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 [/Devices/piix3ide/0/LUN#999/Config/] (level 5)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   papLeds &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000003dd9100 (64852224)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   First   &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   Last    &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000003 (3)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 [/Devices/piix3ide/0/LUN#2/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   Driver &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;Block&quot; (cch=6)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 [/Devices/piix3ide/0/LUN#2/Config/] (level 5)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   Type      &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;DVD&quot; (cch=4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   Mountable &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 [/Devices/ahci/] (level 2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 [/Devices/ahci/0/] (level 3)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   Trusted       &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   PCIDeviceNo   &lt;integer&gt; = 0x000000000000000d (13)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   PCIFunctionNo &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 [/Devices/ahci/0/Config/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   PortCount       &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   PrimaryMaster   &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   PrimarySlave    &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   SecondaryMaster &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000002 (2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   SecondarySlave  &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000003 (3)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 [/Devices/ahci/0/LUN#999/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   Driver &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;MainStatus&quot; (cch=11)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 [/Devices/ahci/0/LUN#999/Config/] (level 5)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   papLeds &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000003dd9120 (64852256)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   First   &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   Last    &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 [/Devices/ahci/0/LUN#0/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   Driver &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;Block&quot; (cch=6)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 [/Devices/ahci/0/LUN#0/Config/] (level 5)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   Type      &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;HardDisk&quot; (cch=9)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   Mountable &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 [/Devices/ahci/0/LUN#0/AttachedDriver/] (level 5)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122   Driver &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;VD&quot; (cch=3)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.122 [/Devices/ahci/0/LUN#0/AttachedDriver/Config/] (level 6)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123   Path   &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;C:\Users\scotta\.VirtualBox\HardDisks\Ubuntu.vdi&quot; (cch=49)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123   Format &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;VDI&quot; (cch=4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 [/Devices/pcnet/] (level 2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 [/Devices/pcnet/0/] (level 3)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123   Trusted       &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123   PCIDeviceNo   &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000003 (3)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123   PCIFunctionNo &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 [/Devices/pcnet/0/Config/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123   Am79C973       &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123   MAC            &lt;bytes&gt;   = &quot;08 00 27 34 fc 7c&quot; (cb=6)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123   CableConnected &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123   LineSpeed      &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 [/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#999/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123   Driver &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;MainStatus&quot; (cch=11)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 [/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#999/Config/] (level 5)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123   papLeds &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000003dd9290 (64852624)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 [/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123   Driver &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;IntNet&quot; (cch=7)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 [/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/] (level 5)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123   Trunk     &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;\DEVICE\{EC7D0D54-C9A8-40C3-943C-3C2310B67D04}&quot; (cch=47)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123   TrunkType &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000003 (3)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123   Network   &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;HostInterfaceNetworking-Intel(R) 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection&quot; (cch=68)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 [/Devices/e1000/] (level 2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 [/Devices/serial/] (level 2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 [/Devices/parallel/] (level 2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 [/Devices/VMMDev/] (level 2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 [/Devices/VMMDev/0/] (level 3)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123   Trusted       &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123   PCIDeviceNo   &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000004 (4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123   PCIFunctionNo &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 [/Devices/VMMDev/0/Config/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 [/Devices/VMMDev/0/LUN#0/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123   Driver &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;MainVMMDev&quot; (cch=11)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.123 [/Devices/VMMDev/0/LUN#0/Config/] (level 5)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124   Object &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000003dd7dd0 (64847312)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 [/Devices/VMMDev/0/LUN#999/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124   Driver &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;MainStatus&quot; (cch=11)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 [/Devices/VMMDev/0/LUN#999/Config/] (level 5)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124   papLeds &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000003dd92d0 (64852688)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124   First   &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124   Last    &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 [/Devices/AudioSniffer/] (level 2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 [/Devices/AudioSniffer/0/] (level 3)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 [/Devices/AudioSniffer/0/Config/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 [/Devices/AudioSniffer/0/LUN#0/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124   Driver &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;MainAudioSniffer&quot; (cch=17)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 [/Devices/AudioSniffer/0/LUN#0/Config/] (level 5)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124   Object &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000003d28bf0 (64130032)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 [/Devices/ichac97/] (level 2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 [/Devices/ichac97/0/] (level 3)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124   Trusted       &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124   PCIDeviceNo   &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000005 (5)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124   PCIFunctionNo &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 [/Devices/ichac97/0/Config/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 [/Devices/ichac97/0/LUN#0/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124   Driver &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;AUDIO&quot; (cch=6)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 [/Devices/ichac97/0/LUN#0/Config/] (level 5)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124   AudioDriver &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;dsound&quot; (cch=7)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124   StreamName  &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;Ubuntu&quot; (cch=7)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 [/Devices/usb-ohci/] (level 2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 [/Devices/usb-ohci/0/] (level 3)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124   Trusted       &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124   PCIDeviceNo   &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000006 (6)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124   PCIFunctionNo &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 [/Devices/usb-ohci/0/Config/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 [/Devices/usb-ohci/0/LUN#0/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124   Driver &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;VUSBRootHub&quot; (cch=12)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 [/Devices/usb-ohci/0/LUN#0/Config/] (level 5)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 [/Devices/usb-ohci/0/LUN#999/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124   Driver &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;MainStatus&quot; (cch=11)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.124 [/Devices/usb-ohci/0/LUN#999/Config/] (level 5)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125   papLeds &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000003dd92d8 (64852696)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125   First   &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125   Last    &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125 [/Devices/usb-ehci/] (level 2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125 [/Devices/usb-ehci/0/] (level 3)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125   Trusted       &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000001 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125   PCIDeviceNo   &lt;integer&gt; = 0x000000000000000b (11)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125   PCIFunctionNo &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125 [/Devices/usb-ehci/0/Config/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125 [/Devices/usb-ehci/0/LUN#0/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125   Driver &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;VUSBRootHub&quot; (cch=12)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125 [/Devices/usb-ehci/0/LUN#0/Config/] (level 5)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125 [/Devices/usb-ehci/0/LUN#999/] (level 4)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125   Driver &lt;string&gt;  = &quot;MainStatus&quot; (cch=11)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125 [/Devices/usb-ehci/0/LUN#999/Config/] (level 5)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125   papLeds &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000003dd92e0 (64852704)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125   First   &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125   Last    &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125 [/TM/] (level 1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125   UTCOffset &lt;integer&gt; = 0x0000000000000000 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125 ********************* End of CFGM dump **********************&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.125 MM: cbHyperHeap=0x140000 (1310720)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 CPUMSetGuestCpuIdFeature: Enabled PAE&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Logical host processors: 2, processor active mask: 0000000000000003&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 ************************* CPUID dump ************************&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130          RAW Standard CPUIDs&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130      Function  eax      ebx      ecx      edx&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Gst: 00000000  00000002 756e6547 6c65746e 49656e69&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Hst:           0000000d 756e6547 6c65746e 49656e69&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Gst: 00000001  0001067a 00000800 00000009 078bf1ff&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Hst:           0001067a 01020800 0408e3fd bfebfbff&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Gst: 00000002  05b0b101 005657f0 00000000 2cb43048&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Hst:           05b0b101 005657f0 00000000 2cb43048&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Gst: 00000003  00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000*&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Hst:           00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Gst: 00000004  00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000*&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Hst:           00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Gst: 00000005  00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000*&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Hst:           00000040 00000040 00000003 03122220&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Name:                            GenuineIntel&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Supports:                        0-2&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Family:                          6  	Extended: 0 	Effective: 6&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Model:                           7  	Extended: 1 	Effective: 23&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Stepping:                        10&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 APIC ID:                         0x00&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Logical CPUs:                    0&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 CLFLUSH Size:                    8&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Brand ID:                        0x00&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Mnemonic - Description                 = guest (host)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 FPU - x87 FPU on Chip                  = 1 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 VME - Virtual 8086 Mode Enhancements   = 1 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 DE - Debugging extensions              = 1 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 PSE - Page Size Extension              = 1 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 TSC - Time Stamp Counter               = 1 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 MSR - Model Specific Registers         = 1 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 PAE - Physical Address Extension       = 1 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 MCE - Machine Check Exception          = 1 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 CX8 - CMPXCHG8B instruction            = 1 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 APIC - APIC On-Chip                    = 0 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Reserved                               = 0 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 SEP - SYSENTER and SYSEXIT             = 0 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 MTRR - Memory Type Range Registers     = 1 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 PGE - PTE Global Bit                   = 1 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 MCA - Machine Check Architecture       = 1 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 CMOV - Conditional Move Instructions   = 1 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 PAT - Page Attribute Table             = 1 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 PSE-36 - 36-bit Page Size Extention    = 1 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 PSN - Processor Serial Number          = 0 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 CLFSH - CLFLUSH Instruction.           = 1 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Reserved                               = 0 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 DS - Debug Store                       = 0 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 ACPI - Thermal Mon. &amp; Soft. Clock Ctrl.= 0 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 MMX - Intel MMX Technology             = 1 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 FXSR - FXSAVE and FXRSTOR Instructions = 1 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 SSE - SSE Support                      = 1 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 SSE2 - SSE2 Support                    = 1 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 SS - Self Snoop                        = 0 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 HTT - Hyper-Threading Technolog        = 0 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 TM - Thermal Monitor                   = 0 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 30 - Reserved                          = 0 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 PBE - Pending Break Enable             = 0 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Supports SSE3 or not                   = 1 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Reserved                               = 0 (2)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Supports MONITOR/MWAIT                 = 1 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 CPL-DS - CPL Qualified Debug Store     = 0 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 VMX - Virtual Machine Technology       = 0 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Reserved                               = 0 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Enhanced SpeedStep Technology          = 0 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Terminal Monitor 2                     = 0 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Supports Supplemental SSE3 or not      = 0 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 L1 Context ID                          = 0 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Reserved                               = 0x0 (0x0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 CMPXCHG16B                             = 0 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 xTPR Update Control                    = 0 (1)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Reserved                               = 0x0 (0x811)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130          RAW Extended CPUIDs&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130      Function  eax      ebx      ecx      edx&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Gst: 80000000  80000008 00000000 00000000 00000000&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Hst:           80000008 00000000 00000000 00000000&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Gst: 80000001  00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Hst:           00000000 00000000 00000001 20100800&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Gst: 80000002  65746e49 2952286c 726f4320 4d542865&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Hst:           65746e49 2952286c 726f4320 4d542865&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Gst: 80000003  44203229 43206f75 20205550 50202020&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Hst:           44203229 43206f75 20205550 50202020&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Gst: 80000004  30303638 20402020 30342e32 007a4847&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Hst:           30303638 20402020 30342e32 007a4847&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Gst: 80000005  00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Hst:           00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Gst: 80000006  00000000 00000000 0c006040 00000000&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Hst:           00000000 00000000 0c006040 00000000&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Gst: 80000007  00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Hst:           00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Gst: 80000008  00003024 00000000 00000000 00000000&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Hst:           00003024 00000000 00000000 00000000&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Gst: 80000009  00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000*&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Hst:           00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Ext Name:                        &#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Ext Supports:                    0x80000000-0x80000008&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Family:                          0  	Extended: 0 	Effective: 0&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Model:                           0  	Extended: 0 	Effective: 0&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Stepping:                        0&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Brand ID:                        0x000&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.130 Mnemonic - Description                 = guest (host)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.131 FPU - x87 FPU on Chip                  = 0 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.131 VME - Virtual 8086 Mode Enhancements   = 0 (0)&#xD;&#xA;    00:00:03.131 DE - Debugging extensions              = 0 (0)&#xD;&#xA; 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  <row Id="46381" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26095" RevisionGUID="cc90199e-d64d-4051-9f94-2045d1825322" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:12:56.143" UserId="3408" Text="Intel VT-x not working on Dell Precision M4400 (P8600 processor)" />
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  <row Id="46383" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25773" RevisionGUID="f779c906-287b-4cad-bc54-5841316c6695" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:13:35.347" UserId="9332" Comment="Oops" Text="`Windows + L` = Lock&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`Ctrl + Esc` = Windows Start Menu, for those keyboards with no Windows Super Key&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`ALT + Print Screen` = Take a screen shot of the current active window (not the whole desktop)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`Print Screen` = Take a screen shot of the entire desktop." />
  <row Id="46384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26096" RevisionGUID="7cec6418-2231-4569-b5ef-8cea17915cb2" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:13:36.827" UserId="671" Text="If each apartment has its own port on a managed switch somewhere in the building, seeing their traffic levels should be pretty simple with something like MRTG.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, this seems like more of a legal issue than a technical issue.  IANAL, but by trying to police the connection the owner is essentially giving up any sort of &quot;common carrier&quot; status he might have had (if any at all).  If I were in this position, each apartment would get a static IP to get out to the Internet.  If the MPAA/RIAA came knocking, I would politely direct them to the tenant who &quot;owns&quot; the IP address in question." />
  <row Id="46385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26097" RevisionGUID="09bbd28e-15b1-46d7-aaa8-418a0f9d97f1" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:13:48.543" UserId="7200" Text="I'd look at graphing bandwidth-usage statistics. Since he's using wired distribution, using SNMP counters (provided the distribution switches are capable) is one great way to get statistics (assuming that the tennants aren't sending traffic anywhere but the Internet-- i.e. not peer-to-peer on the LAN) about bandwidth usage. MRTG, Cacti, etc are your friend for this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the tennants are doing peer-to-peer networking he'll need to do some traffic profiling at the egress onto the Internet. You could do that on the cheap with a Linux iptables installation and some logging rules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The owner is probably best served speaking to an attorney about this (though that's going to cost money). It would be a good idea if he made sure he wasn't going to end up being the target of litigation." />
  <row Id="46386" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26098" RevisionGUID="32a3bd95-9ba2-469e-a0fb-85e1522057ae" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:14:38.540" UserId="7783" Text="Doesn't SBS 2003 support shadow volume copies? Not the answer you wanted, but a fair safety net in my experience. We've had a lot less serious incidents since turning it on, that's for sure." />
  <row Id="46388" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26100" RevisionGUID="0252748a-8daa-4cc5-bdd3-2e17012f67d7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:15:43.907" UserId="3431" Text="I'm going to have to be really negative about this... Trying to fight Bit Torrent the technical way is going to lead to a lot of headaches for near zero efficiency. Bit Torrent can be encapsulated in SSL on port 443 making it no different then browsing an HTTPS website.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only solution is to talk to the people and get them to slow down or just stop..." />
  <row Id="46389" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26101" RevisionGUID="f3594b0f-0a21-452b-8d77-c215747da7ef" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:16:13.670" UserId="3235" Text="If you're using DHCP and you want to clean it all up you have many choices. If you're using private IP addresses you can just move them to different private addrsses in a new DHCP orderly fashion. If you're using public addresses the problem is slightly trickier, but not impossible.  The trick is all in lease management.  Even if you aren't planning on making the changes soon you can shorten up your leases now, so that they will all churn much faster when the time comes.  This is especially important to do early if you have very long lease times.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When your change time comes, Set your leases to a VERY short lease time, like an hour. When the leases expire make sure that the new range you want for the area is in effect there.  This will let you roll your DCHP changes over a weekend. The problem is all the machines have to be on for this to work, and your existing leases have to be pretty short.  It won't actually require rebooting everything.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As soon as all your machines have refreshed onto new leases in the correct subnets then you can extend your leases back out to something more reasonable for your environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will avoid disruption of users work, as they never notice their own DHCP addresses.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For our campus wide re-iping plan I am have suggested that we move all our IP addresses into a private range for a short while then move them back to where we want them as soon as everyone is over, avoiding the rolling update method you are trying to avoid. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also reboots DO NOT always cause leases to be checked, or refreshed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26102" RevisionGUID="c97e051a-eab3-4792-8a90-102156a3801a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:16:54.760" UserId="5694" Text="I've tried converting VMDK to VHD and ended up with a black screen and inability to start Windows after conversion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check the following comment thread for issues you may have with VMware drivers and the black screen after convertsion:&#xD;&#xA;http://vmtoolkit.com/blogs/announcements/archive/2006/11/20/vmdk-to-vhd-converter-available.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's an article here with similar or the same information as the comment thread above, but it requires registration:&#xD;&#xA;http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid94_gci1225164,00.html?asrc=SS_CLA_303373&amp;psrc=CLT_94&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, this forum thread has similar information as the above two sites:&#xD;&#xA;http://vmtoolkit.com/forums/thread/78.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46392" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26039" RevisionGUID="6cd62a15-4f13-4ea3-af6c-ef9a67cda352" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:18:14.663" UserId="1803" Comment="added 171 characters in body" Text="I'm attempting to figure out the power/cooling draw for some old servers that I'd virtualized.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Starting with info in [this question][1], I've taken the 880W the old boxes appeared to be drawing (according to the APC logs), and gotten 2765 BTUs/hr, or 1 ton of cooling every 4.34 hours.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this point I'm scratching my head as to how to figure the cost for cooling.  I'm sure that depends on [what I'm using to cool][2].  I'd imagine that ambient temperature counts for something at this point, but I'm not sure if it's significant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[edit] **What I'm missing - I believe - is any idea of what 1 ton of cooling costs.  Is that a sensible thing to shoot for, or am I barking up the wrong tree?** [edit]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In any case, any pointers on what info to gather next, what to do with it, or what's wrong with the above figuring (if applicable) is most welcome.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/16383/how-have-you-saved-green-by-going-green&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.edgestar.com/products/portable/airconditioner/ap14000hs.asp" />
  <row Id="46393" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26103" RevisionGUID="4352bca0-bc0a-42d0-a68b-03ceda532a19" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:18:46.193" UserId="533" Text="Try going to {/etc/rc4.d/,/etc/init.d} and grepping for http and/or apachectl.  I have an app that distributes its own apache and mysql instances and it installs its own startup scripts as /etc/init.d/APPNAME-{WEB,DB}." />
  <row Id="46394" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26104" RevisionGUID="ff4ac3d8-e977-48ea-ae84-e3407e56899e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:19:21.073" UserId="966" Text="The best social solution I've seen is to give the letter to the tenants and after 3 notices terminate their internet service. Most complexes I've worked in have that policy and it works well. After the first or second letter you see their bandwidth usage drop significantly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise I wouldn't worry about it. He wont have the connection shut off for receiving a mass &quot;we saw you download this&quot; emails or letter. The chances of it going to court are very slim. Personally if I had a T1 (or something faster..) I'd ask for a ip address block and give each apartment it's own public ip, then it's trivial to trace who did what and to shift blame." />
  <row Id="46395" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26105" RevisionGUID="45a58f14-9983-4ae6-81d3-596354406921" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:20:40.137" UserId="9332" Text="He needs to be very careful of his legal standing, as mentioned in the other posts. Talk to a lawyer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a few technical means to deal with this. But I am afraid that trying anything will just get him in deeper. A lawyer could spin his attempt at technical control in several directions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No good deed goes unpunished. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Or he could just install peerguardian as a gateway service)" />
  <row Id="46396" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26106" RevisionGUID="dad32d3f-14d6-4b55-8fdd-ce49db4a213b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:23:26.743" UserId="9186" Text="I'd start fishing with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find /etc -type f|xargs grep -i helloworld&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That will do a recursive search on all the regular files in /etc for &quot;helloworld&quot; (case-insensitive)" />
  <row Id="46397" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25388" RevisionGUID="0776b839-f7a0-4b0d-9f4e-8f1672e61c60" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:23:31.567" UserId="1233" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;man&gt;&lt;path&gt;&lt;macports&gt;" />
  <row Id="46398" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26083" RevisionGUID="082218ee-83b6-49cf-a72f-9eeed1618ca7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:27:26.673" UserId="2189" Comment="added 94 characters in body" Text="Perhaps this isn't a good ServerFault question, but here goes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've got some Canon ImageRunner copiers, and the performance is terrible for printing PDF files.  For instance I just sent a job that's 11 pages, and it's taking some twenty minutes to print.  A page comes out...then it sits there processing...another page comes out...and it sits there processing...and so on.  This particular machine is an ir6020.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some PDFs don't take as long as others, but for the most part they all take a very long time.  I've tried the latest drivers, both PCL and PS3.  Currently I'm trying the 4.62 drivers from Canon Canada (the latest from Canon USA is 4.55).  Our Canon rep hasn't been very helpful.  Thankfully we don't print a lot of PDFs...other documents come flying out of the machines nice &amp; quick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions?" />
  <row Id="46399" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26107" RevisionGUID="e21c7189-982c-4d72-a30e-29e08f26ea90" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:27:56.673" UserId="6244" Text="You can do it if one of following conditions is true:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. You have big idle partition (**swap** or tmp) that you can cut into 2 pieces&#xD;&#xA; 2. You have some free space left on hard drive&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then using [official manual][1] you can setup journaling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/gjournal-desktop/understanding-journaling.html" />
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  <row Id="46401" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26108" RevisionGUID="a21b8f2e-d94d-4a85-b3b0-8a767e5e2acf" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:29:35.843" UserId="1466" Text="I have an ubuntu slice at slicehost, which means it is a DomU on a Xen host - and it's a pretty stripped down installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The thing that bugs me is that scrolling back in the terminal using *ctrl-pgup* doesn't work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anybody tell me **what package enables this scrollback functionality** (so I can check if it is installed) - or if you have any other insights into why it might not be working, let me know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(note: I am currently running screen with &quot;defscrollback 1024&quot; set, but it still doesn't work)" />
  <row Id="46402" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26108" RevisionGUID="a21b8f2e-d94d-4a85-b3b0-8a767e5e2acf" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:29:35.843" UserId="1466" Text="Scrollback not working in terminal window." />
  <row Id="46403" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26108" RevisionGUID="a21b8f2e-d94d-4a85-b3b0-8a767e5e2acf" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:29:35.843" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;terminal&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;slicehost&gt;" />
  <row Id="46404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26109" RevisionGUID="24a3b0c7-09db-4c1c-b146-02be64f5e3bd" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:29:41.600" UserId="533" Text="Welp, I'm going to go out on a limb here (because I don't accept that the supporting code is correct) and say that &quot;echo math:$array[i]&quot; is missing a dollar sign and should be &quot;echo math:$array[$i]&quot;" />
  <row Id="46405" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26110" RevisionGUID="d5422036-005c-4e40-910d-812e5e9cf5df" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:32:01.377" UserId="1840" Text="Everyone here has already talked about the legality issues with this kind of setup, so I won't beat that dead horse more.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you'd like a good free tool for monitoring internet traffic, you might want to try **IPAUDIT** as it will give you pretty good information about your host's traffic use.  I have a post in the following question (**IPAUDIT** is a Linux-based solution for traffic monitoring): [**http://serverfault.com/questions/8267/monitor-internet-bandwidth**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also find some good answers in this quesiton: [http://serverfault.com/questions/3326/network-traffic-monitoring][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8267/monitor-internet-bandwidth&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3326/network-traffic-monitoring" />
  <row Id="46406" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26041" RevisionGUID="c5365ede-c5bd-4fe1-8a34-1d0f9afb6cd1" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:32:25.917" UserId="9332" Comment="clarified; added 195 characters in body" Text=" 1. [You need to convert BTU to watts.][1]&#xD;&#xA; 2. Convert Watts to kilowatts&#xD;&#xA; 2. Then multiply the kilowatts by whatever you currently pay the electric company per kWh.&#xD;&#xA; 4. $$$ Profit $$$&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should have two sets of numbers: the electricity used by the systems (880W in your case) and the electricity used to cool them (convert Tons to BTU to Watts to kWh), then add them up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You not only have to account for the electricity you use to power the systems, but also the electricity used to cool them. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You computed the cooling you *need* not necessarily the cooling you *provided*. These can be two separate numbers. If your ambient temperature was around 70F these numbers are close enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mhi-inc.com/Converter/watt_calculator.htm" />
  <row Id="46407" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26111" RevisionGUID="0a5b61f4-7fab-4e49-9f93-7c1791b4a245" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:35:17.907" UserId="2561" Text="Works fine for me in zsh with the assignment changed from:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    array=(geometry, analysis, topology, graph theory, calculus)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    array=(geometry, analysis, topology, graph theory, calculus)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But zsh has tons of options that change its behavior.  Maybe the output 'setopt' might help." />
  <row Id="46408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26112" RevisionGUID="55d129eb-4a19-45b3-87a3-7b4ecd7ef6f9" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:36:21.743" UserId="388" Text="Is the screen session on your local or remote machine? If it's on the remote, then try going into screen's scroll back mode (&lt;keycap&gt;Ctrl&lt;/keycap&gt;+&lt;keycap&gt;A&lt;/keycap&gt;, &lt;keycap&gt;[&lt;/keycap&gt; by default).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does &lt;keycap&gt;Shift&lt;/keycap&gt;+&lt;keycap&gt;PgUp&lt;/keycap&gt; work, out of interest?" />
  <row Id="46409" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26082" RevisionGUID="73fd89d8-3c4c-4a32-b6b3-8d0f342c3e31" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:37:49.790" UserId="7503" Comment="Adjusted &quot;CVS file store&quot; and added note about SharePoint supporting Excel" Text="Unfortunately, deleting is in the writing part of the read/write permissions set Windows provides.  Locking could work, as in locking the file when it is unused.  Unfortunately, the user would need to request the file be unlocked in order to save, and in that window the user could delete the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might want to consider some type of versioning system, where if a file does get deleted, restoring it is just a matter of restoring the latest check-in.  SVN and Git would be good options for MS Office files, while SharePoint has specific support for Excel files." />
  <row Id="46411" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26114" RevisionGUID="0c4af828-b493-40d0-8ebc-cac3fb659bb7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:40:55.213" UserId="7520" Text="I have switched our company to Google Apps Enterprise, so I thought I would give some feedback based on an actual switch.  So far, the switchover has been pretty smooth, and practically all user's old email has been able to be uploaded to the Google servers.  Although it is a valid concern that Google could do something that would lose our data, it is much more likely that they will do a much much better job than we on infrastructure maintenance.  About 10% of my users have been grumpy about the switch.  Here are the valid grumpy comments:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Google Web Client does not allow the forwarding of multiple emails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Attaching multiple attachments via drag &amp; drop not possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) Having to attach files individually and wait for them to upload is annoying.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) They are used to folders in Outlook/Mozilla and refuse to abandon folders for the search function.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5) Heavy folder users have a hard time understanding the difference between folders and labels, and the fact that labels are not hierarchical.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6) No drag-and-drop onto labels.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since an email client can still be used with the accounts, I have helped a small number of users configure their fat clients to connect using IMAP.  In the future, only the web client will be &quot;officially&quot; supported.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46412" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25579" RevisionGUID="ba25a6a2-74c7-40af-bc57-2f2f1b85d55f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:42:36.723" UserId="7783" Comment="added 366 characters in body" Text="*Based on a post I [wrote ages ago][1] back when I could still be bothered to blog.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This question keeps being asked repeatedly by the victims of hackers breaking into their web server. The answers very rarely change, but people keep asking the question. I'm not sure why. Perhaps people just don't like the answers they've seen when searching for help, or they can't find someone they trust to give them advice. Or perhaps people read an answer to this question and focus too much on the 5% of why their case is special and different from the answers they can find online and miss the 95% of the question and answer where their case is near enough the same as the one they read online.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That brings me to the first important nugget of information. I really do appreciate that you are a special unique snowflake. I appreciate that your website is too, as it's a reflection of you and your business or at the very least, your hard work on behalf of an employer. But to someone on the outside looking in, whether a computer security person looking at the problem to try and help you or even the attacker himself, it is very likely that your problem will be at least 95% identical to every other case they've ever looked at.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't take the attack personally, and don't take the recommendations that follow here or that you get from other people personally. If you are reading this after just becoming the victim of a website hack then I really am sorry, and I really hope you can find something helpful here, but this is not the time to let your ego get in the way of what you need to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**You have just found out that your server(s) got hacked. Now what?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do not panic. Absolutely do not act in haste, and absolutely do not try and pretend things never happened and not act at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First: understand that the disaster has already happened. This is not the time for denial; it is the time to accept what has happened, to be realistic about it, and to take steps to manage the consequences of the impact.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some of these steps are going to hurt, and (unless your website holds a copy of my details) I really don't care if you ignore all or some of these steps but doing so will make things better in the end. The medicine might taste awful but sometimes you have to overlook that if you really want the cure to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Stop the problem from becoming worse than it already is:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. The first thing you should do is disconnect the affected systems from the Internet. Whatever other problems you have, leaving the system connected to the web will only allow the attack to continue. I mean this quite literally; get someone to physically visit the server and unplug network cables if that is what it takes, but disconnect the victim from its muggers before you try to do anything else.&#xD;&#xA;   2. Change all your passwords for all accounts on all computers that are on the same network as the compromised systems. No really. All accounts. All computers. Yes, you're right, this might be overkill; on the other hand, it might not. You don't know either way, do you?&#xD;&#xA;   3. Check your other systems. Pay special attention to other Internet facing services, and to those that hold financial or other commercially sensitive data.&#xD;&#xA;   4. If the system holds anyone's personal data, make a full and frank disclosure to anyone potentially affected at once. I know this one is tough. I know this one is going to hurt. I know that many businesses want to sweep this kind of problem under the carpet but I'm afraid you're just going to have to deal with it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still hesitating to take this last step? I understand, I do. But look at it like this: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In some places you might well have a legal requirement to inform the authorities and/or the victims of this kind of privacy breach. However annoyed your customers might be to have you tell them about a problem, they'll be far more annoyed if you don't tell them, and they only find out for themselves after someone charges $8,000 worth of goods using the credit card details they stole from your site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember what I said previously? **The bad thing has already happened**. The only question now is how well you deal with it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Understand the problem fully:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. Do NOT put the affected systems back online until this stage is fully complete, unless you want to be the person whose post was the tipping point for me actually deciding to write this article. I'm not linking to the post so that people can get a cheap laugh; I'm linking to warn you of the consequences of failing to follow this first step.&#xD;&#xA;   2. Examine the 'attacked' systems to understand how the attacks succeeded in compromising your security. Make every effort to find out where the attacks &quot;came from&quot;, so that you understand what problems you have and need to address to make your system safe in the future.&#xD;&#xA;   3. Examine the 'attacked' systems again, this time to understand where the attacks went, so that you understand what systems were compromised in the attack. Ensure you follow up any pointers that suggest compromised systems could become a springboard to attack your systems further.&#xD;&#xA;   4. Ensure the &quot;gateways&quot; used in any and all attacks are fully understood, so that you may begin to close them properly. (e.g. if your systems were compromised by a SQL injection attack, then not only do you need to close the particular flawed line of code that they broke in by, you would want to audit all of your code to see if the same type of mistake was made elsewhere).&#xD;&#xA;   5. Understand that attacks might succeed because of more than one flaw. Often, attacks succeed not through finding one major bug in a system but by stringing together several issues (sometimes minor and trivial by themselves) to compromise a system. For example, using SQL injection attacks to send commands to a database server, discovering the website/application you're attacking is running in the context of an administrative user and using the rights of that account as a stepping-stone to compromise other parts of a system. Or as hackers like to call it: &quot;another day in the office taking advantage of common mistakes people make&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Make a plan for recovery and to bring your website back online and stick to it:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nobody wants to be offline for longer than they have to be. That's a given. If this website is a revenue generating mechanism then the pressure to bring it back online quickly will be intense. Even if the only thing at stake is your / your company's reputation, this is still going generate a lot of pressure to put things back up quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, don't give in to the temptation to go back online too quickly. Instead move with as fast as possible to understand what caused the problem and to solve it before you go back online or else you will almost certainly fall victim to an intrusion once again, and remember, &quot;to get hacked once can be classed as misfortune; to get hacked again straight afterward looks like carelessness&quot; (with apologies to Oscar Wilde).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. I'm assuming you've understood all the issues that led to the successful intrusion in the first place before you even start this section. I don't want to overstate the case but if you haven't done that first then you really do need to. Sorry.&#xD;&#xA;   2. Never pay blackmail / protection money. This is the sign of an easy mark and you don't want that phrase ever used to describe you.&#xD;&#xA;   3. *Don't be tempted to put the same server(s) back online without a full rebuild.* It should be far quicker to build a new box or &quot;nuke the server from orbit and do a clean install&quot; on the old hardware than it would be to audit every single corner of the old system to make sure it is clean before putting it back online again. If you disagree with that then you probably don't know what it really means to ensure a system is fully cleaned, or your website deployment procedures are an unholy mess. You presumably have backups and test deployments of your site that you can just use to build the live site, and if you don't then being hacked is not your biggest problem.&#xD;&#xA;   4. Be very careful about re-using data that was &quot;live&quot; on the system at the time of the hack. I won't say &quot;never ever do it&quot; because you'll just ignore me, but frankly I think you do need to consider the consequences of keeping data around when you know you cannot guarantee its integrity. Ideally, you should restore this from a backup made prior to the intrusion. If you cannot or will not do that, you should be very careful with that data because it's tainted. You should especially be aware of the consequences to others if this data belongs to customers or site visitors rather than directly to you.&#xD;&#xA;   5. Monitor the system(s) carefully. You should resolve to do this as an ongoing process in the future (more below) but you take extra pains to be vigilant during the period immediately following your site coming back online. The intruders will almost certainly be back, and if you can spot them trying to break in again you will certainly be able to see quickly if you really have closed all the holes they used before plus any they made for themselves, and you might gather useful information you can pass on to your local law enforcement. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Reducing the risk in the future.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first thing you need to understand is that security is a process that you have to apply throughout the entire life-cycle of designing, deploying and maintaining an Internet-facing system, not something you can slap a few layers over your code afterwards like cheap paint. To be properly secure, a service and an application need to be designed from the start with this in mind as one of the major goals of the project. I realise that's boring and you've heard it all before and that I &quot;just don't realise the pressure man&quot; of getting your beta web2.0 (beta) service into beta status on the web, but the fact is that this keeps getting repeated because it was true the first time it was said and it hasn't yet become a lie.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can't eliminate risk. You shouldn't even try to do that. What you should do however is to understand which security risks are important to you, and understand how to manage and reduce both the [impact of the risk and the probability][2] that the risk will occur.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What steps can you take to reduce the probability of an attack being successful?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. Was the flaw that allowed people to break into your site a known bug in vendor code, for which a patch was available? If so, do you need to re-think your approach to how you patch applications on your Internet-facing servers?&#xD;&#xA;   2. Was the flaw that allowed people to break into your site an unknown bug in vendor code, for which a patch was not available? I most certainly do not advocate changing suppliers whenever something like this bites you because they all have their problems and you'll run out of platforms in a year at the most if you take this approach. However, if a system constantly lets you down then you should either migrate to something more robust or at the very least, re-architect your system so that vulnerable components stay wrapped up in cotton wool and as far away as possible from hostile eyes.&#xD;&#xA;   3. Was the flaw a bug in code developed by you (or a contractor working for you)? If so, do you need to re-think your approach to how you approve code for deployment to your live site? Could the bug have been caught with an improved test system, or with changes to your coding &quot;standard&quot; (for example, while technology is not a panacea, you can reduce the probability of a successful SQL injection attack by using well-documented coding techniques).&#xD;&#xA;   4. Was the flaw due to a problem with how the server or application software was deployed? If so, are you using automated procedures to build and deploy servers where possible? These are a great help in maintaining a consistent &quot;baseline&quot; state on all your servers, minimising the amount of custom work that has to be done on each one and hence hopefully minimising the opportunity for a mistake to be made. Same goes with code deployment - if you require something &quot;special&quot; to be done to deploy the latest version of your web app then try hard to automate it and ensure it always is done in a consistent manner.&#xD;&#xA;   5. Could the intrusion have been caught earlier with better monitoring of your systems? Of course, 24-hour monitoring or an &quot;on call&quot; system for your staff might not be cost effective, but there are companies out there who can monitor your web facing services for you and alert you in the event of a problem. You might decide you can't afford this or don't need it and that's just fine... just take it into consideration.&#xD;&#xA;   6. Use tools such as tripwire and nessus where appropriate - but don't just use them blindly because I said so. Take the time to learn how to use a few good security tools that are appropriate to your environment, keep these tools updated and use them on a regular basis.&#xD;&#xA;   7. Consider hiring security experts to 'audit' your website security on a regular basis. Again, you might decide you can't afford this or don't need it and that's just fine... just take it into consideration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What steps can you take to reduce the consequences of a successful attack?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you decide that the &quot;risk&quot; of the lower floor of your home flooding is high, but not high enough to warrant moving, you should at least move the irreplaceable family heirlooms upstairs. Right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Can you reduce the amount of services directly exposed to the Internet? Can you maintain some kind of gap between your internal services and your Internet-facing services? This ensures that even if your external systems are compromised the chances of using this as a springboard to attack your internal systems are limited.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Are you storing information you don't need to store? Are you storing such information &quot;online&quot; when it could be archived somewhere else. There are two points to this part; the obvious one is that people cannot steal information from you that you don't have, and the second point is that the less you store, the less you need to maintain and code for, and so there are fewer chances for bugs to slip into your code or systems design.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Are you using &quot;least access&quot; principles for your web app? If users only need to read from a database, then make sure the account the web app uses to service this only has read access, don't allow it write access and certainly not system-level access.&#xD;&#xA; 4. If you're not very experienced at something and it is not central to your business, consider outsourcing it. In other words, if you run a small website talking about writing desktop application code and decide to start selling small desktop applications from the site then consider &quot;outsourcing&quot; your credit card order system to someone like Paypal.&#xD;&#xA; 5. If at all possible, make practicing recovery from compromised systems part of your Disaster Recovery plan. This is arguably just another &quot;disaster scenario&quot; that you could encounter, simply one with its own set of problems and issues that are distinct from the usual 'server room caught fire'/'was invaded by giant server eating furbies' kind of thing. (edit, per XTZ)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;... And finally&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've probably left out no end of stuff that others consider important, but the steps above should at least help you start sorting things out if you are unlucky enough to fall victim to hackers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Above all: Don't panic. Think before you act. Act firmly once you've made a decision, and leave a comment below if you have something to add to my list of steps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://robertmoir.com/blogs/someone_else/archive/2007/10/04/help-me-roberto-my-web-server-just-got-hacked.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://rhymeswithgeek.com/blogs/someone_else/archive/2006/06/13/2236.aspx" />
  <row Id="46413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26115" RevisionGUID="cbbc4c79-acfa-42bd-bccb-2e5acb3b8d1b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:43:01.293" UserId="1375" Text="Screen disables the standard scrollback in your local X terminal, because it is actually a curses program behind the scenes.  As Murali said, if you want to use screen's scrollback, you'll need to Ctrl-A esc and then use the regular keys (PgUp/PgDn/cursor) to look through the history.  Escape will get you back out." />
  <row Id="46414" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26116" RevisionGUID="ce9f7962-1c49-4f0e-9dde-b9602a37eb6b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:45:57.107" UserId="1293" Text="Iterating through an array works better with `for` because you won't over run the end like your code will (unless you set your limit to the size of the array with ${#array[*]}).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, I assume you don't want the commas to be included as part of the strings and you should use parentheses instead of curly braces for your array.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    array=(geometry analysis topology &quot;graph theory&quot; calculus)&#xD;&#xA;    for i in $array; do echo math:$i; done" />
  <row Id="46415" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26117" RevisionGUID="325ab8f9-6cbe-4647-815d-3177fcfb9588" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:47:40.457" UserId="5535" Text="We are looking at ways to help cut our costs and our T1 contract is up.  We have run across a local company that offers a 2mbit WiFi Max solution that is considerably cheaper than a T1.  They have a pretty standard SLA and references are all positive.  But I can't help but think that the references are all hand selected for the positive comments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Are wireless options worth considering over traditional T1 services?  &#xD;&#xA; - Anyone have any good or bad experiences with them?&#xD;&#xA; - Any compelling arguments in favor or against these type of services?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We currently run our email, web, and ftp sites locally via our T1." />
  <row Id="46416" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26117" RevisionGUID="325ab8f9-6cbe-4647-815d-3177fcfb9588" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:47:40.457" UserId="5535" Text="Are WiFi Max Solutions worth considering" />
  <row Id="46417" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26117" RevisionGUID="325ab8f9-6cbe-4647-815d-3177fcfb9588" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:47:40.457" UserId="5535" Text="&lt;internet-access&gt;&lt;wireless&gt;" />
  <row Id="46418" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26108" RevisionGUID="86ef0ddb-e354-445f-82c5-c8a04dd46f5a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:47:50.143" UserId="1466" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="I have an ubuntu slice at slicehost, which means it is a DomU on a Xen host - and it's a pretty stripped down installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The thing that bugs me is that scrolling back in the terminal using *shift-pgup* doesn't work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anybody tell me **what package enables this scrollback functionality** (so I can check if it is installed) - or if you have any other insights into why it might not be working, let me know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(note: I am currently running screen with &quot;defscrollback 1024&quot; set, but it still doesn't work)" />
  <row Id="46419" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26118" RevisionGUID="a9fc2914-9228-44dd-acd7-1fc8662fab00" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:49:35.147" UserId="1376" Text="It looks like the search or indexing service (or both) has entered into an inconsistent state. Stop both the search and indexing service which should remove their files, then start them again. Your configuration should be kept, although you may wish to make a note of it just in case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can provide any more details about the configuration of your farm, particularly which servers run each service, that would help. Also the service pack and/or cumulative update level you are patched to." />
  <row Id="46420" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26119" RevisionGUID="00ce8ffc-30cf-40ea-b467-dcb2f540560b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:50:06.097" UserId="8160" Text="I have a MySQL db running, or I want to see if its running.&#xD;&#xA;What command may I use to see which ports are active and what they are running?" />
  <row Id="46421" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26119" RevisionGUID="00ce8ffc-30cf-40ea-b467-dcb2f540560b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:50:06.097" UserId="8160" Text="Ports being used on Windows XP" />
  <row Id="46422" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26119" RevisionGUID="00ce8ffc-30cf-40ea-b467-dcb2f540560b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:50:06.097" UserId="8160" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;ports&gt;" />
  <row Id="46423" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26120" RevisionGUID="7e90520f-be58-46aa-81ed-23dff1b841bc" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:52:36.343" UserId="6689" Text="netstat -ano&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look for the line that is LISTENING on port 3306, and then check the PID.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An easier test it just to try and telnet in from another machine, to port 3306, or try to connect with a MySQL client." />
  <row Id="46424" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="26108" RevisionGUID="38da10a0-1fcd-4c9d-88ab-5344f8471f3e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:53:07.560" UserId="1466" Comment="Added ssh to title, change ctrl-pgup to shift" Text="Scrollback not working in terminal window (ssh session)." />
  <row Id="46425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26121" RevisionGUID="e2408eda-7232-407c-b5b3-0af806cd8df2" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:54:17.040" UserId="640" Text="netstat -ab will show the process name for each port." />
  <row Id="46426" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26122" RevisionGUID="0574ad08-8c79-4b45-8a2d-5c63a08e9884" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:55:01.970" UserId="4533" Text="After much grepping, I found it: there were entries in root's crontab for event time &quot;@reboot&quot; --&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # start mysqld on reboot&#xD;&#xA;    @reboot /etc/init.d/mysqld start&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To update: crontab -e  # (as root)" />
  <row Id="46427" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26123" RevisionGUID="f06e624b-c4c2-43bd-a761-c339f74965ad" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:55:03.903" UserId="1054" Text="In addition to netstat you can use a GUI tool like [**ActivePorts**][1] or [**Process Hacker**][2] (look at the Network tab) to show open ports and the executables that have opened them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://download.cnet.com/Active-Ports/3000-2651_4-29653.html?tag=mncol&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://processhacker.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="46428" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26124" RevisionGUID="33c3f9d7-a1fc-47fb-bab6-0ca6ed853c58" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:55:28.567" UserId="7783" Text="As you mention it working in a different OU created for the tests, I'll ask a really stupid question - &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You haven't got permissions set wrongly on the GPO object have you? IIRC to apply it you need the apply and the read permission. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It feels like a lame thing to ask, but it does seem like you're locking stuff down heavily and its easy to go one step too far with that, goodness knows I've done stuff like that before now." />
  <row Id="46429" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26125" RevisionGUID="9fae0c0b-9e80-4141-be79-151387a65b2c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:56:04.010" UserDisplayName="Ice" Text="I know this bug very well under Citrix and/or some RDP-Sessions , sometimes Ctrl-Insert as a replacement to Ctrl-C works and Shift-Insert as Ctrl-V.&#xD;&#xA;Is there anybody who can explain this behaviour?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46430" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26126" RevisionGUID="aafe4336-d205-4468-baac-2c55da4e64f6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:00:45.093" UserId="4491" Text="[Securable][1] should tell you whether hardware virtualization is properly enabled or not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, are you running the latest BIOS? There have been some Dell models that had VT-X processors, but it didn't work until the latest BIOS software was applied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.grc.com/securable.htm" />
  <row Id="46431" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26127" RevisionGUID="b51b595a-fe1c-4eee-ae4b-d66d2601fd92" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:04:42.980" UserId="8555" Text="Basic scenario: we are a school (overwhelmingly Mac, some Windows machines via BootCamp), and we are considering using [DeepFreeze][1] to guard the state of our shared machines. We have roughly 250 machines that are either shared laptops (which move around quite a bit) or common desktops in public spaces. Obviously, we spend a lot of time maintaining the machines and trying to reverse the inevitable drift as people make changes to the computers. We would like to control the integrity of the build we initially put onto the machines without handcuffing users and especially without using Mac's Parental Control software. (We've had nothing but bad experiences with it.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've been testing DeepFreeze, and so far it's very impressive. But I'm curious to hear if people who have used DeepFreeze or any similar software have any advice or tips. To get things started, I will post my own pros and cons.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. The state of the machine is frozen in our chosen state. All changes made to the machine after that disappear upon restart. (This frozen state really appears to cover everything. I have yet to do something to a test machine that isn't instantly healed.)  Tons of trivial but time-consuming maintenance is gone in an instant. Also, lots of not-so-trivial breakage should be avoided.&#xD;&#xA; 2. There are good options, however, that allow you to create storage spaces either globally or per user. (Otherwise, stored files disappear upon reboot. For some machines, this is a good option itself. Simply warn people: save externally or else; this machine is a kiosk, not your storage space.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Anytime we actually need to make a change (upgrade basic software, add a printer or an airport permanently, add new software), the process is a bit more complex. Reboot into a special mode (thaw state), make changes, reboot back into frozen mode. If (when?) we forget this, we will end up making changes that disappear after the next reboot.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Users will forget to save files correctly (in the right place or externally), and we *will* have loud, unpleasant conversations explaining that we can't recover the document they worked on all afternoon yesterday. The machine rebooted. The file is gone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are my initial thoughts, but I would love to hear from other people who have experience with DeepFreeze or any similar software. What should we be careful about? Do the pros outweigh the cons? What gains or problems am I not seeing? Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://faronics.com/html/deepfreeze.asp" />
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  <row Id="46433" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26127" RevisionGUID="b51b595a-fe1c-4eee-ae4b-d66d2601fd92" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:04:42.980" UserId="8555" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;deployment&gt;&lt;management&gt;" />
  <row Id="46434" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26127" RevisionGUID="b51b595a-fe1c-4eee-ae4b-d66d2601fd92" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:04:42.980" UserId="8555" />
  <row Id="46435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26128" RevisionGUID="b9531239-b6dc-4a2d-98c7-6f5a0600940d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:05:51.557" UserId="3097" Text="Scenario:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* A few Windows 2003 servers, part of our corporate network&#xD;&#xA;* Corporate IT has set up a WSUS server.&#xD;&#xA;* But it seems Corporate IT is unable to operate the WSUS server properly. On &quot;my&quot; servers, I get 'unable to download updates'-messages in the event log regularly. And no patches are downloaded/installed to the servers.&#xD;&#xA;* I have admin access to the servers, since there are a few things I support myself for our branch office.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* I want to disable my servers usage of the corporate WSUS server. I would like to configure it the &quot;normal&quot; way - use Microsoft's windows update.&#xD;&#xA;* How and where do I change this setting? I have no idea how corporate IT has configured the servers in the first place - maybe using group policy?" />
  <row Id="46436" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26128" RevisionGUID="b9531239-b6dc-4a2d-98c7-6f5a0600940d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:05:51.557" UserId="3097" Text="How do I disable WSUS for a single server?" />
  <row Id="46437" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26128" RevisionGUID="b9531239-b6dc-4a2d-98c7-6f5a0600940d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:05:51.557" UserId="3097" Text="&lt;wsus&gt;&lt;windows-update&gt;" />
  <row Id="46438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26129" RevisionGUID="9eae25b5-40bf-49d0-8532-a765d3d1ebd7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:07:26.220" UserId="8093" Text="Cable management Arms are of the Devil. I inherited an environment that had them and had to pull them off for two reasons.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Air flow/Temp&#xD;&#xA; - Manageability&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cable Management can be controlled without the arms. One way I maintain my DC is by using [Lacer Bars][1] from [cableorganizer.com][2] These bars allow me to build in slack for my cables and tie them down with Velcro. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also I believe in cutting my network cables to length. Yes it takes time but if you don't want any excess then you have to cut your cables to length. I am a cable Nazi and cable arms only breads hidden mangled messes. I have extra pre-cut and terminated cables for my systems that are critical to my environment. I do this so I don’t have to spend time making a cable I can just follow the path of the old cable and be done with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Addressing the unplugging and plugging in of cables I label each and every one of my cables. This includes both ends. It is so worth it at the end of the day you know that the cable you have in your hand is for serverA because it says ServerA. The arms only get in the way when trying to plug in and unplug cables because, in my experience, you can't unplug them when you have pulled the server out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally the temperatures of my racks have decreased significantly when I pulled the arms off. The arms, especially 1U, get so full of cables that the air has nowhere to go. This only pushed the air back in the rack and makes the server work extra hard. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think it is implied in the posts here that keeping our racks tidy and manageable is hard work. When the system we have employed is only slowing us down it becomes a pain point and in turn wastes our time. Therefore you have to find a system that works for you and your team and not deviate from it. To make any system work you must work the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope that makes sense.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://cableorganizer.com/middle-atlantic/horizontal-lacer-bars.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://cableorganizer.com/" />
  <row Id="46439" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26129" RevisionGUID="9eae25b5-40bf-49d0-8532-a765d3d1ebd7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:07:26.220" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46440" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26130" RevisionGUID="20db68d5-84a3-479e-a9af-e3e1b22b6c0d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:09:22.613" UserId="3657" Text="If it is set using a Group Policy, you probably cannot override the setting (that's the whole point of Group Policies), but you should be able to visit the Windows Update website and still download updates yourself, you just won't get the prompts and reminders of new updates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You really should open a ticket with your Corporate IT department and work with them to resolve the issue.  Likely there is something not configured properly between your server and their WSUS server." />
  <row Id="46441" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26131" RevisionGUID="0083ee30-7b46-4aef-954a-328a15e906da" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:09:39.240" UserId="3111" Text="You can create a new OU under their OU for your servers with a GPO that will override their settings. When creating the GPO look under Computer Configuration--&gt;Policies--&gt;Administrative Templates--&gt;Windows Components--&gt;Windows Update.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and you could also use local security policy on each server to override their group policy." />
  <row Id="46443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26133" RevisionGUID="2a9f8a04-7301-46e0-9371-57ae0d8fd4bd" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:11:12.623" UserId="5392" Text="&gt; Is there anything you tried to virtualize but will never do again?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wouldn't say I'd not try it again, but layered virtualisation is not pleasant to deal with. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By layered I mean running xen or esx on virtualised hardware such as Egenera, HP Virtual Connect or Cisco UCS. It sounds like a good idea, but can be very time consuming to debug." />
  <row Id="46444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26134" RevisionGUID="0e0bd13f-a4cc-4d76-917c-8f3422a29c06" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:11:20.267" UserId="671" Text="I know of at least one small University here in town that uses this setup.  I don't know if they're using DeepFreeze specifically, but it sounds exactly the same (machine reboots and is restored to a specific state, saved files get wiped).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From my experiences there, the machines need a lot less maintenance than they would otherwise.  They have printed signs at the library entrance (where the machines are located), and at each machine, warning users to save their work to a thumbdrive or e-mail it themselves before leaving, and that files will not be on the machine tomorrow to come back and work on, period.  They will not attempt to recover your report that is due tomorrow.  The users are college students, they need to learn to take responsibility for their work." />
  <row Id="46445" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26134" RevisionGUID="0e0bd13f-a4cc-4d76-917c-8f3422a29c06" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:11:20.267" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26135" RevisionGUID="f2b23cb3-e62a-44b1-8ced-6231f9830679" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:11:28.007" UserId="8950" Text="I have an ubuntu live image booting onto on my eeepc. I copied it onto one of the harddrives. I can't log into it. However, there's a file from another partition I want on it. I thought I could log into single usermode. However editing the 'install ubuntu' or 'try ubuntu' boot menu options and adding 'single' etc, didn't work. The installer boot loader isn't grub, is it? Is there someway to boot into single user mode on it?" />
  <row Id="46447" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26135" RevisionGUID="f2b23cb3-e62a-44b1-8ced-6231f9830679" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:11:28.007" UserId="8950" Text="Access single user mode from the ubuntu live cd boot menu" />
  <row Id="46448" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26135" RevisionGUID="f2b23cb3-e62a-44b1-8ced-6231f9830679" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:11:28.007" UserId="8950" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;boot&gt;" />
  <row Id="46449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26136" RevisionGUID="dfe2b1b6-ecff-457e-9b9e-a56ad705217f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:11:50.657" UserId="4685" Text="Have a look in the resulting set of policy in mmc and se if you get the correct policys applied. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;run -&gt; mmc -&gt; Add remove snapin -&gt; Resultant Set of Policy -&gt; OK -&gt; rightklick and run for current user/computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope it helps." />
  <row Id="46450" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26137" RevisionGUID="a5bdee69-1e60-4c15-98e3-f25e5c7f839d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:16:29.167" UserId="7882" Text="Here's the easy way.  You can do a lot of fancy math, but in the end analysis, the amount of electricity it takes to cool the equipment is equal to the amount of needed to power it.  There is solid scientific rational behind this in the bowels of APC's web site, if you're curious.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, your 880W load with cooling would be 1760W total. From here it's clear sailing.  Let's say your kilowatt-hour (kwh) rate from the utility company is $0.17/kwh.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your annual kwh load will be 1760 watts * 24hrs/day * 365 days/hr / 1000 watts/kw = 15,418 kwh hours per year.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;15,418 kwh * $0.17/kwh = $2,621/yr&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="46451" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26138" RevisionGUID="737dfb13-c288-42bb-96be-d1cbdb61ae7b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:17:38.757" UserId="8563" Text="I see that most dedicated hosting providers provide 3-4 secondary IP Addresses for free.   &#xD;&#xA;I wish to know what are the possible benefits of these secondary IP Addresses.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One would be to host different domains on different IPs. Other might be if I need to setup my own DNS Server.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What else?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46452" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26138" RevisionGUID="737dfb13-c288-42bb-96be-d1cbdb61ae7b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:17:38.757" UserId="8563" Text="What is the need for a secondary IP address?" />
  <row Id="46453" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26138" RevisionGUID="737dfb13-c288-42bb-96be-d1cbdb61ae7b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:17:38.757" UserId="8563" Text="&lt;ip-address&gt;" />
  <row Id="46454" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26139" RevisionGUID="0b0371c5-76b6-444b-b728-31d981f28d0a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:19:37.100" UserId="9484" Text="i ended up with this quick and dirty powershell script, which traverses the directory tree and looks for files that are zero bytes, and then asks if it should delete each one of those, it works for my purposes atleast.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;function walk( $path ) {&#xD;&#xA;        echo &quot;walking $path ...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        dir $path | ForEach-Object {&#xD;&#xA;                if( $_.Attributes -like '*Directory*' )&#xD;&#xA;                { walk( $_.FullName ); }&#xD;&#xA;                else {&#xD;&#xA;                        $size = [math]::Round( $_.Length )&#xD;&#xA;                        if( $size -like '0' ) { $_ | remove-item -confirm }&#xD;&#xA;                }&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if( $args.Length -like 0 ) { echo &quot;Syntax: walk c:\\&quot; }&#xD;&#xA;else { walk( $args[0] ) }&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;maybe it's helpful to somebody..." />
  <row Id="46455" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26140" RevisionGUID="b5a111e5-7f94-4abc-b406-8e5c45920da1" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:20:31.607" UserId="2413" Text="primary and secondary dns server on the same box? not so good idea...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;some possible usage:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - multiple separate ftp sites. in ftp there is no concept of vhost unless you have couple of ips.&#xD;&#xA; - multiple separate https sites. for https each site requires separate ip&#xD;&#xA; - maybe virtualization and couple of completly independent servers running on the same platform.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26141" RevisionGUID="fe1d0543-e2ac-4dfd-a448-79be10ce1b9c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:20:40.437" UserId="8996" Text="SSL requires one IP per vhost with older browsers, so having multiple IP addresses allows you to host multiple HTTPs sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Multiple IPs could also make traffic control easier depending on how you segregate DNS names/services between them. You could make it easier to move a service to another machine, or apply a ratelimit/firewall to just one IP." />
  <row Id="46457" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26142" RevisionGUID="9dbc0986-57d8-4f0f-b7e8-c015726e53ec" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:21:30.217" UserId="9137" Text="I rebooted our 2k3 server box, and it looks like its hanging for some reason and I can't connect via terminal services to investigate.  Any suggestions to resolve this issue?" />
  <row Id="46458" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26142" RevisionGUID="9dbc0986-57d8-4f0f-b7e8-c015726e53ec" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:21:30.217" UserId="9137" Text="Remote Desktop Problems" />
  <row Id="46459" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26142" RevisionGUID="9dbc0986-57d8-4f0f-b7e8-c015726e53ec" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:21:30.217" UserId="9137" Text="&lt;terminal&gt;&lt;services&gt;&lt;remote&gt;&lt;desktop&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="46460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26143" RevisionGUID="6680c2bf-1b45-468e-a603-e0e61913a14a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:22:40.230" UserId="1174" Text="If you are using https, you need an IP per website.  The secure connection is formed before the webserver can see data, so the correct certificate is selected on the the basis of IP address (unless you have a wildcard cert for a single domain).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might want to split services across the IP's so that you can control access with different firewalling or apply some sort of QoS rules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could assign services to different IP's to allow you to split those services to different machines easily, at a later date.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46461" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26138" RevisionGUID="1941186b-1487-4986-b8da-0ea636ec424e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:23:26.920" UserId="2413" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ip-address&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="46462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26144" RevisionGUID="09bfa76e-e43b-4670-8ada-b3b8b106ad8a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:26:31.517" UserId="8784" Text="One thing I've noticed as a problem between 10gb and 1gb lan segments is that the default MTU is different.  10gb ethernet uses a default MTU of 9000 as opposed to the default of 1500 for 1gb ethernet.  You can either change your MTU on the 10g to the lower number or set up your router to handle breaking down the jumbo packets for you.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This has caused me some headaches, because without one of those two things configured, there is a lot of packet fragmentation." />
  <row Id="46463" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26144" RevisionGUID="09bfa76e-e43b-4670-8ada-b3b8b106ad8a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:26:31.517" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46464" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26145" RevisionGUID="401ef0a8-b296-4038-9280-ecb7b477454a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:26:58.333" UserId="9584" Text="I'm assuming that you can ping the server. Try accessing the server's services via Computer Management on your desktop and make sure that Terminal Services is up and Running." />
  <row Id="46465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26146" RevisionGUID="61c165cd-96cb-4fce-b61e-210e8c4af37d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:30:43.800" UserId="8784" Text="Since we aren't supposed to reproduce info posted elsewhere, I will just redirect you to the Adobe support page that describes solutions to what I believe is your exact problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/333/333091.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/333/333091.html" />
  <row Id="46466" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26142" RevisionGUID="e1c08e5e-6369-4630-9015-6414b96bd369" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:34:09.067" UserId="9137" Comment="added 215 characters in body" Text="I rebooted our 2k3 server box, and it looks like its hanging for some reason and I can't connect via terminal services to investigate.  Any suggestions to resolve this issue?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Working on vpn - server is a stand&#xD;&#xA;   alone sql server - no domain&#xD;&#xA; - Can ping&#xD;&#xA; - SQL Service, everything else is running fine, just cant connect via RD, trying console doesn't work either." />
  <row Id="46467" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25771" RevisionGUID="42b174ed-b161-4a11-97a0-3883a798c27b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:34:09.613" UserId="6793" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;cname&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="46468" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26147" RevisionGUID="8194e56c-7f4d-41a1-81db-e81799e0e4fb" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:34:22.467" UserId="2413" Text="i'm using in couple of locations internet connections that come over fiber and some that come over wireless [ licensed spectrum, but not wimax ]. there are more issues with wireless... but it does work, and in many cases is much cheaper [ for the operator ] to provision.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;problems that you might face with wireless links:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - some of connections i'm using tend to reboot during strong thunderstorm&#xD;&#xA; - some of them deteriorated during high rains [ moist in the antenna interconnectors? ]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but as long as operator is responsible and provides reasonable hardware + will fix problems that might occur in short time - i do not see much problems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;still.. i think your ftp/www/mail servers would feel much better in some colocation facility with fast [ 2Mbit/s nos not anywhere near fast nowadays ] internet connection, proper air conditioning and redundant power supply." />
  <row Id="46469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26148" RevisionGUID="56256603-cec2-4f50-adac-219884b9f48a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:35:21.390" UserId="3000" Text="Sometimes going back to an earlier postscript version, if available, can help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mainly, since some PDFs take longer, it could be an issue with rastering (rasterizing?) the graphics of the PDF. You can try enabling or disabling &quot;Print as image&quot; to see if that helps. Also, if a text-only PDF prints quickly, that may be the whole issue. I know in older printers, this could be helped by upgrading memory, but this doesn't appear to be the problem here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try printing an image with the Photo and Fax printing wizard of Windows, or something like Gwenview if on Linux, and see if that takes a long time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It could also be the version of Acrobat you are using. There may be updates available." />
  <row Id="46470" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26046" RevisionGUID="2d947367-24c1-439d-a9c4-06f2c4f25fef" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:38:06.580" UserId="9573" Comment="Clarified results of my test OU" Text="Hi, I've created a loopback GPO that has several settings (both computer and user) including a Custom User Interface (Access 2007 Application) and Power Management (has the computer sleep after being idle for 2 min).  I'm also filtering so that this policy does not apply to &quot;Admins&quot; - only to &quot;Users&quot;.  The problem I'm having is when the &quot;Users&quot; login the Power Management settings don’t work, but they do for &quot;Admins&quot;.  For testing I'm allowing the &quot;Users&quot; to launch Task Manager and use the Run line, so I'll run Explorer and look at Power Management and it shows the settings from my GPO.  So I created a test OU with copies of the aforementioned GPO, but removed the Custom User Interface and found the Power Management settings do work for both the &quot;Users&quot; and &quot;Admins&quot;.  When I add the Custom UI the Power Management settings break for the &quot;User&quot; but continue to work for &quot;Admins&quot;.  Do the Power Management options need to have User Interface be &quot;Explorer.exe&quot;? Is this a bug or am I doing this the wrong way?  BTW the tablets are using Vista SP2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any insight or advice would be greatly appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks, &#xD;&#xA;Matt&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26149" RevisionGUID="f2ebc890-f4c6-4b24-9971-e805c91c972c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:38:06.673" UserId="5392" Text="SSL/TLA and virtual hosts always used to be a problem. Chicken and egg problem, resulting in a one to one relationship between IP address and virtual host. This has now 'gone away' thanks to SNI, although it's still generally unknown. SNI is in a TLA extensions [rfc][1] from 6 years ago, but still isn't in widespread use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a little bit of a write up on the [gentoo wiki][2]. Unfortunately due to lack of support with IE on XP and lack of support in IIS, it isn't going to get anywhere fast.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rfc-archive.org/getrfc.php?rfc=3546&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Apache2/SSL_and_Name_Based_Virtual_Hosts" />
  <row Id="46472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26150" RevisionGUID="f9b60bd8-c06b-4353-946d-b26f9e04e194" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:38:33.723" UserDisplayName="Matt" Text="**SUMMARY:** SSH isn't doing anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; ssh user@www@.yserver.com&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; ssh oshdfojsfsdof -psd sdfisdfjdsf&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;(does nothing no matter what you pass to the commandline. No output, no errors, nothing)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**FULLY STORY:**&#xD;&#xA;I recently installed Cygwin so that I could run some rsyncs utilizing SSH keys without having to figure out how to set this up on Windows. I had it all working beautifully, but then found I needed to install more parts of Cygwin to have cron working. I added some packages, admittedly not paying as much attention as I should have to what packages I installed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I setup the cron and found next morning it didn't work. Lots of debugging later and I realized that rsync was giving me errors because the SSH command simply doesn't want to be... well... ssh. It's as if I ran nothing at all. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm so confused because everything was working prior to running the Cygwin setup again and adding additional packages." />
  <row Id="46473" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26150" RevisionGUID="f9b60bd8-c06b-4353-946d-b26f9e04e194" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:38:33.723" UserDisplayName="Matt" Text="SSH Does Nothing, No Matter What Command Line it Get (Cygwin)" />
  <row Id="46474" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26150" RevisionGUID="f9b60bd8-c06b-4353-946d-b26f9e04e194" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:38:33.723" UserDisplayName="Matt" Text="&lt;cygwin&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;" />
  <row Id="46475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26151" RevisionGUID="91de41a9-aac2-430c-ba5f-be26c053d27e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:40:03.813" UserId="3657" Text="I have yet to deploy a good WiMax solution.  We've tried Covad Wireless in LA and Sling Broadband in Miami and had issues with both.  I can't say they were related to WiMax specifically, but we have other microwave broadband deployments in the Chicagoland area that have zero issues.  I would recommend getting testimonials from customers on their network that are close to your physical location so you can get a sense of their service and support from people that are actually using it." />
  <row Id="46476" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26152" RevisionGUID="005232ef-ea26-485b-9e21-adbb3d1f7c50" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:41:50.517" UserId="7645" Text="Try the &quot;-v&quot; flag.  Forces it to be more verbose and give you some kind of information about what it's doing." />
  <row Id="46477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26153" RevisionGUID="70f8a7d6-2208-4d6b-971b-2d75d5c39e7d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:43:09.220" UserId="6793" Text="You could check with &quot;strace&quot; and see what it is not doing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    strace ssh -v hostname " />
  <row Id="46478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26154" RevisionGUID="d3a5c5c0-3df0-4c61-897f-2ec099e458ff" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:43:31.903" UserId="6767" Text="Look into RPMforge.  You can get a yum from there." />
  <row Id="46479" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26147" RevisionGUID="d2022d13-24ec-4fb8-bd6f-6ae133952b20" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:43:57.613" UserId="2413" Comment="edited body" Text="i'm using in couple of locations internet connections that come over fiber and some that come over wireless [ licensed spectrum, but not wimax ]. there are more issues with wireless... but it does work, and in many cases is much cheaper [ for the operator ] to provision.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;problems that you might face with wireless links:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - some of connections i'm using tend to reboot during strong thunderstorm&#xD;&#xA; - some of them deteriorated during high rains [ moist in the antenna interconnectors? ]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but as long as operator is responsible and provides reasonable hardware + will fix problems that might occur in short time - i do not see much problems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;still.. i think your ftp/www/mail servers would feel much better in some collocation facility with fast [ 2Mbit/s is not anywhere near fast nowadays ] internet connection, proper air conditioning and redundant power supply." />
  <row Id="46480" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26155" RevisionGUID="ca0d6693-5640-45ef-9166-0fd974c3bb2b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:45:18.187" UserId="1840" Text="Have you tried accessing the terminal server though a MSTS console switch? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mstsc -v:servername /F -console&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should try this if regular TS connection fails" />
  <row Id="46481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26156" RevisionGUID="813e72e5-18dc-47b3-8c4c-f0faa2d4f87e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:49:54.947" UserId="5989" Text="I'm installing VMware Server 2.0 on an Ubuntu 9.04 system. I have an Ubuntu 9.04 guest with Bridged network interface configured.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I try to get an address during installation, the guest fails to contact the DHCP server. NAT and Host-only networking both work fine, however.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46482" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26156" RevisionGUID="813e72e5-18dc-47b3-8c4c-f0faa2d4f87e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:49:54.947" UserId="5989" Text="Why doesn't bridged networking work on VMware Server 2.0 w/ Ubuntu 9.04?" />
  <row Id="46483" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26156" RevisionGUID="813e72e5-18dc-47b3-8c4c-f0faa2d4f87e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:49:54.947" UserId="5989" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;vmware-server&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="46484" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26089" RevisionGUID="278d5262-6eb6-4920-939d-2f66d43358ad" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:50:31.250" UserId="7324" Comment="added 239 characters in body" Text="Here is an interesting problem/scenario that some sysadmins out there might enjoy:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An apartment building owner is giving away free internet access to his tennants.  Basically he has a T1 coming to the building and every apartment has a CAT5 plug in the wall.  The internet access is &quot;free&quot; (included in the rent or whatever) to the tennants.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is, several of the tennants are downloading illegal movies/music via bittorrent.  As a result, the MPAA and RIAA is sending &quot;nastygrams&quot; to the owner of the internet connection (ie. apartment owner) concerning the illegal downloads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The apartment owner has blocked lists of torrent sites as well as several file extensions at the router level but the problem persists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'd like to know is if anyone out there has a clever/inexpensive solution for this problem?  QoS apparently only works up to a point because bittorrent can use pretty much any port it wants.  Packet inspection doesn't work on encrypted connections, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The apartment owner did say he would be happy if he could simply see the upload/download traffic (ie. potential abusers) of the individual apartment units.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE:  Not interested in discussing the legal/lawyer/social issues as much as the actual technical solutions (whatever they may be).  I would kindly request you vote up the TECHNICAL discussions over the legal/social ones.  Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46485" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26157" RevisionGUID="7fcfcaa2-9d97-4b50-8153-8cdc21e4682c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:51:07.193" UserId="7949" Text="Ctrl + W on most non-IE browsers get you to the address bar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ctrl + K on Firefox get you to the search box, and get you a code block on `StackOverflow` ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46486" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26157" RevisionGUID="7fcfcaa2-9d97-4b50-8153-8cdc21e4682c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:51:07.193" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46487" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26158" RevisionGUID="0d890c93-f276-4011-8e7a-3a5ec01c4357" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:51:30.233" UserId="4271" Text="In addition to the comments above, if you are running your own DNS servers you need 2 IPs for 2 nameservers, you can not share an IP with them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other IPs, as others have said, are good for hosting sites on a dedicated IP with SSL certificates. " />
  <row Id="46488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26159" RevisionGUID="af4da611-5c87-46f3-b0bd-9772b0dbe407" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:53:49.603" UserId="2273" Text="Does your server have multiple NIC's installed?  We ran into a behavior that occurs on some servers where the server gets rebooted but you cannot connect via RDP, but it doesn't happen every time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We finally tracked it down to an obscure bug (IMHO) where having the RDP bound to all interfaces (which is the default) can cause the behavior. Fortunately, the first server we had that happen on had a DRAC which allowed us to correct the problem remotely.  The second one did not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The solution was to explicity bind RDP to the interface it was suppose to be using.  Since then we haven't had a problem.  In the case of our second server we were able to issue a reboot command from another machine on the network and when it came back up we were able to connect and fix the issue.  The command was:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    shutdown /r /f /t 000 /m \\&lt;servername&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or you can use this command to show the GUI for it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    shutdown /i&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46489" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26160" RevisionGUID="c30884cb-1ab0-4d98-81bf-420825b86c52" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:55:16.327" UserId="3237" Text="(no responses from my identical post on the MySQL forums &amp; StackOverflow, so I'm hoping to have better luck here)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to migrate a MS SQL database for a friend. I do not have physical access to the machine, nor do I have admin access -- just a read/write user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using &quot;SQL Server Management Express&quot; in XP, I can easily login using IP/user/password. I can browse tables, run queries. Easy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I fire up the Migration toolkit, select MS SQL, and try to connect, I get the following error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Connecting to source database and retrieve schemata names.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Initializing JDBC driver ... Driver&#xD;&#xA;&gt; class MS SQL JDBC Driver Opening&#xD;&#xA;&gt; connection ... Connection&#xD;&#xA;&gt; jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://MYSERVERIP:1433/MYDATABASE;user=MYUSERNAME;password=MYPASSWORD;charset=utf-8;domain=&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The list of schema names could not be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; retrieved (error: 0).&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ReverseEngineeringMssql.getSchemata&#xD;&#xA;&gt; :Login failed for user 'MYUSERNAME'.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Details:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.SQLDiagnostic.addDiagnostic(SQLDiagnostic.java:365)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.tdsErrorToken(TdsCore.java:2781)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.nextToken(TdsCore.java:2224)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.login(TdsCore.java:599)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ConnectionJDBC2.(ConnectionJDBC2.java:331)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ConnectionJDBC3.(ConnectionJDBC3.java:50)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver.connect(Driver.java:178)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Source)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Source)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; com.mysql.grt.modules.ReverseEngineeringGeneric.establishConnection(ReverseEngineeringGeneric.java:141)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; com.mysql.grt.modules.ReverseEngineeringMssql.getSchemata(ReverseEngineeringMssql.java:99)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Method)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Source)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Source)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Source)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; com.mysql.grt.Grt.callModuleFunction(Unknown&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Source)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas? I've triple-checked the login details, no dice. Am I missing a driver? Is the server setup weird? No idea where to go from here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46490" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26160" RevisionGUID="c30884cb-1ab0-4d98-81bf-420825b86c52" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:55:16.327" UserId="3237" Text="Login Using MS SQL Express: Success! Migration Toolkit login: fail?" />
  <row Id="46491" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26160" RevisionGUID="c30884cb-1ab0-4d98-81bf-420825b86c52" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:55:16.327" UserId="3237" Text="&lt;mssql&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;database&gt;&lt;migration&gt;" />
  <row Id="46492" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26161" RevisionGUID="0834e84e-1f06-4ee7-850c-bf16c019bb60" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:55:26.870" UserId="5989" Text="Answering my own question, as the information is located in two places and not easily searchable, hopefully this helps someone else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that the VSOCK module isn't getting compiled, despite gcc, binutils and the kernel source packages all being present.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ii  binutils                                  2.19.1-0ubuntu3                    The GNU assembler, linker and binary utiliti&#xD;&#xA;    ii  gcc                                       4:4.3.3-1ubuntu1                   The GNU C compiler&#xD;&#xA;    ii  linux-headers-2.6.28-11                   2.6.28-11.42                       Header files related to Linux kernel version&#xD;&#xA;    ii  linux-headers-2.6.28-11-server            2.6.28-11.42                       Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.28 on x&#xD;&#xA;    ii  linux-image-2.6.28-11-server              2.6.28-11.42                       Linux kernel image for version 2.6.28 on x86&#xD;&#xA;    ii  linux-source-2.6.28                       2.6.28-11.42                       Linux kernel source for version 2.6.28 with &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is actually a [bug filed on Launchpad][1] about this issue, and a user submitted a patch to a similar query on [Ubuntu Forums][2]. Patching the vmware-config.pl as described worked for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vmware-server/+bug/294978&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6267637&amp;postcount=17" />
  <row Id="46493" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26162" RevisionGUID="4919dc04-1070-4049-82da-c0ed4a20b28c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:55:45.000" UserId="4392" Text="You can run a hypervisor and resell virtual machines with dedicated IPs, in addition to several other suggestions in this thread. " />
  <row Id="46494" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26163" RevisionGUID="c2e9ecec-4f8c-43f6-9017-e87bf4e55a6c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:57:57.490" UserId="4271" Text="I highly recommend [Zabbix][1] to system administrators looking for monitoring and graphing solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Zabbix has clients (agents) for Windows and Linux systems. They can also read SNMP packets to graph and monitor stats from just about anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been using it for 3 years and it has been (relatively) very easy to manage and keep updated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They even have application monitoring if you are willing to script the actions for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Zabbix][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let me know if you have any specific questions about usage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.zabbix.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.zabbix.com/img/screenshots/1.6/monitoring.web.3.png" />
  <row Id="46495" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26164" RevisionGUID="1cbfa1fc-9f7f-4229-ba53-a7eff70606a7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:59:16.787" UserId="23597" Text="Sounds like it could be this known bug in Xorg 1.5:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Bug 18259: Xorg 7.4 with xfs breaks GTK+ 1.2 applications, such as Xdialog][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*I would be grateful if someone could point me to a relevant discussion list or bugzilla site, because I am stuck with this problem.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Xorg bugzilla: [http://bugs.freedesktop.org][2] - use the product &quot;xorg&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Xorg mailing list: [http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18259&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://bugs.freedesktop.org&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg" />
  <row Id="46496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26165" RevisionGUID="4d65aaff-7582-44c1-ae80-57eaffbdc91e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:59:31.310" UserId="4392" Text="If you can boot in from the CD again, you should be able to mount the root filesystem on the eeepc to /mnt/root or whatever, then chroot over to it. That should let you recover whatever you need. " />
  <row Id="46497" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26166" RevisionGUID="4f8f154a-bd15-4c89-ab7d-f0876b4a5dc7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:59:44.443" UserId="137" Text="In IIS7 I have a site: http://www.mydomain.com/mysite&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I get the same site to appear as: http://mysite.mydomain.com ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I already have the DNS set up and can ping it, I just do not know how to configure it in IIS7." />
  <row Id="46498" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26166" RevisionGUID="4f8f154a-bd15-4c89-ab7d-f0876b4a5dc7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:59:44.443" UserId="137" Text="How to create a Subdomain in IIS7?" />
  <row Id="46499" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26166" RevisionGUID="4f8f154a-bd15-4c89-ab7d-f0876b4a5dc7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:59:44.443" UserId="137" Text="&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;subdomain&gt;" />
  <row Id="46500" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26167" RevisionGUID="92a8f7ff-4a1f-49a8-92b8-13c08ba13ab3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:01:16.157" UserId="7682" Text="I'm trying to use Rich Copy to copy log files that are older than 60 days from a directory.  Whenever I go in and set the exclusion rules, Rich copy seems to ignore them and just copies everything.  Is there something that I'm doing wrong.  Bonus question: Does Terracopy work better for this type of thing?" />
  <row Id="46501" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26167" RevisionGUID="92a8f7ff-4a1f-49a8-92b8-13c08ba13ab3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:01:16.157" UserId="7682" Text="Richcopy:  How do I enable file exclusions?" />
  <row Id="46502" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26167" RevisionGUID="92a8f7ff-4a1f-49a8-92b8-13c08ba13ab3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:01:16.157" UserId="7682" Text="&lt;utilities&gt;" />
  <row Id="46503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26168" RevisionGUID="743d940d-9938-4a04-9c64-9e0d0ad21a01" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:02:23.597" UserId="4392" Text="I would also recommend calling ssh with the full path to make sure you're running the correct executable. " />
  <row Id="46504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26169" RevisionGUID="556e1f6d-1f74-45bd-b03c-c1a2165ff4cf" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:02:43.847" UserId="9586" Text="Disclaimer: I'm a little dumb when it comes to SSH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried using openssh, but couldn't get it running properly, and MobaSSH would refuse my connection attempts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I really want is an ssh server so that I can back up a linux box using rsync. (Don't ask why I'm backing up a linux box to a windows box)" />
  <row Id="46505" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26169" RevisionGUID="556e1f6d-1f74-45bd-b03c-c1a2165ff4cf" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:02:43.847" UserId="9586" Text="What's a good SSH Server that will run in Windows Server 2003?" />
  <row Id="46506" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26169" RevisionGUID="556e1f6d-1f74-45bd-b03c-c1a2165ff4cf" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:02:43.847" UserId="9586" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="46507" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26170" RevisionGUID="98f101ef-5b7d-41cd-8642-63f708dc3a21" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:03:22.470" UserId="9004" Text="In the good old days, backups went to tapes, some of which were often offline if not offsite.  This made it difficult to destroy all backups (accidentally or maliciously), especially if the network/servers have been compromised.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These days, disk to disk backups are all the rage which brings up two questions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Is it common for a d2d setup to keep all backups online (as opposed to also using tapes, rotating drives, ...)?&#xD;&#xA; - How are online backups typically protected?  In other words, how is access to the media (e.g. files), and the ability to destroy it, restricted?  How many people typically have access? etc.." />
  <row Id="46508" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26170" RevisionGUID="98f101ef-5b7d-41cd-8642-63f708dc3a21" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:03:22.470" UserId="9004" Text="How good/safe are disk to disk backups?" />
  <row Id="46509" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26170" RevisionGUID="98f101ef-5b7d-41cd-8642-63f708dc3a21" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:03:22.470" UserId="9004" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="46510" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26117" RevisionGUID="063412f2-84b7-4c57-8317-da39fa4d562b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:03:48.103" UserId="2413" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;internet-access&gt;&lt;wireless&gt;" />
  <row Id="46511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26171" RevisionGUID="e7d57446-697d-42cd-bb35-a9384cad329a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:05:17.023" UserId="2273" Text="It should be as easy as creating a new web that points to the folder where /mysite is, then modifying the properties so that it accepts requests with the host header mysite.mydomain.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a [technet article][1] on setting the host header:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753195.aspx" />
  <row Id="46512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26172" RevisionGUID="495b98cb-73c5-4361-b540-c84070787ee6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:05:38.740" UserId="1584" Text="If it is the only site on that machine that will be responding on that IP address, you shouldn't actually need to configure anything.  The default configuration responds to any request on the associated IP address regardless of what DNS name was used to get there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you'll be setting up other sites with different hostnames that are also living on the same IP address, you'll need to configure them using &quot;Host Headers&quot;.  I'll be right back with some details." />
  <row Id="46513" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26173" RevisionGUID="54423bcd-d5f4-4b6c-9e13-b2e9873dc500" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:06:43.447" UserId="4491" Text="2 options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- you can add a new binding to the existing site (Right click site, edit bindings, enter the IP/domain name of mysite.mydomain.com) - this will make it so the person has to go to http://mysite.mydomain.com/mysite, which is probably not what you want.&#xD;&#xA;- add a new site with the ip/domain of mysite.mydomain.com and make the root physical path be whatever directory www.mydomain.com/mysite points to" />
  <row Id="46514" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26174" RevisionGUID="2044a670-f233-4c29-969f-46e0a9d4bb79" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:07:04.460" UserId="2413" Text="disk-2-disk backups as long as disks are kept offline in remote location: OK&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;online-only backups: Not OK. if your site get's compromised and attacker will want to take you down - [s]he will not only destroy your data but also backups. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;backups stored physically near your server: Not OK. in fire you can loose both primary data and backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;take a look [here][1] how people handle hdd backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you can obviously experiment with pull method of taking backups - so it's your backup server that connects to machines and copies the files. make sure backup machine is not internet reachable, is located in remote office / datacenter - this can actually work. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/22064/how-do-you-do-the-offsite-hard-drive-backups/22081" />
  <row Id="46515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26175" RevisionGUID="2f1ccd08-ff1f-42d6-8131-b3add93103cf" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:07:26.410" UserId="7619" Text="After reading all the descriptions of what's going on, (greyed out controls, unable to RDP, etc.) I'd bet a soda pop that your RPC service is having great difficulty, (and/or is possibly affecting your server service.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is the case, none of the pstools will work, (psexec, pslist, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if time is of the essence, suggest wrangling a user on-site to perform a hard power down/up. I'm probably also have the user watch for RAID errors, during boot process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck, mate.. I've been where you are, before :)" />
  <row Id="46516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26176" RevisionGUID="534df0be-182a-4bcb-8d6a-c517115aeae7" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:07:47.813" UserId="1565" Text="http://serverfault.com/questions/8411/what-is-a-good-ssh-server-to-use-on-windows&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://serverfault.com/questions/10468/ssh-scp-server-on-windows" />
  <row Id="46517" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26172" RevisionGUID="cf9ca85c-061f-4d90-92e2-11588c13a16b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:10:59.540" UserId="1584" Comment="added details for setting host headers" Text="If it is the only site on that machine that will be responding on that IP address, you shouldn't actually need to configure anything.  The default configuration responds to any request on the associated IP address regardless of what DNS name was used to get there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you'll be setting up other sites with different hostnames that are also living on the same IP address, you'll need to configure them using &quot;Host Headers&quot;.  In IIS7, host headers are set in the *Bindings* interface for each site.  You can get there easily, by right-clicking the site in the IIS snap-in and choosing *Edit Bindings*.  By default, you probably have 1 entry for port 80 assigned to a wildcard IP address.  Select that entry and click the *Edit* button.  The new dialog will have a *Host name:* entry where you can hard code what DNS name this site will respond to." />
  <row Id="46518" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26174" RevisionGUID="1486a88a-502f-4a88-8ccf-de23038b9f0f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:11:34.140" UserId="1054" Comment="deleted 52 characters in body" Text="disk-2-disk backups as long as disks are kept offline in remote location: OK&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;online-only backups: Not OK&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;backups stored physically near your server: Not OK&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if your site gets compromised and attacker will want to take you down - [s]he will not only destroy your data but also backups. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;take a look [here][1] how people handle such backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you can obviously experiment with pull method of taking backups - so it's your backup server that connects to machines and copies the files. make sure backup machine is not internet reachable, is located in remote office / datacenter - this can actually work. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/22064/how-do-you-do-the-offsite-hard-drive-backups/22081" />
  <row Id="46519" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26177" RevisionGUID="0a019a59-81b4-49da-80fa-fe8d8e5cf561" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:12:15.607" UserId="8002" Text="I have been evaluating [KpyM SSH Server][1] and it looks pretty good and is BSD-licensed with source. It is based on cryptlib fundementally and creates a Window Station for each session which is why it is one of the few open source SSH solutions that works correctly with PowerShell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have been using OpenSSH compiled for Interix/SFU/SUA for the last several years. The downside is that OpenSSH doesn't play all that nicely with PowerShell which is an annoyance and it requires the full POSIX subsystem from Services for Unix 3.5 or the Subsystem for Unix Applications (Win2k3 R2 and later). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Years ago we used to use Vandyke and it worked well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kpym.com/" />
  <row Id="46520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26178" RevisionGUID="034af543-34ba-4b67-bc71-d73e48e6c283" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:13:29.737" UserId="767" Text="I'm running SQL Server 2005 std edition on a 2 node active-active cluster windows 2003 server.  I go to add/remove programs, click on SQL Server and then the link for &quot;to install a new component, click here&quot;.  It thne says enter the location.  Where do I go to find SSIS add-on from here? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is SQL Server Integration Services offered on the SQL Server Installation dvd or is this something I need to download?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks in advance" />
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  <row Id="46522" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26178" RevisionGUID="034af543-34ba-4b67-bc71-d73e48e6c283" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:13:29.737" UserId="767" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;ssis&gt;" />
  <row Id="46523" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26179" RevisionGUID="7617288e-781d-4ea4-b532-29d1d7e1bea5" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:13:30.063" UserId="2480" Text="I'm trying to remove the special attribute from the folder **C:\windows\tasks** using the command **attrib -s C:\windows\tasks** however I'm getting:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Access denied - C:\windows\Tasks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am a local administrator on the server (It's Windows 2003 SP2) and I didn't find any special GPO applied to those settings. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What other reasons could be causing this behavior?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46524" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26179" RevisionGUID="7617288e-781d-4ea4-b532-29d1d7e1bea5" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:13:30.063" UserId="2480" Text="Atrrib CMD Access Denied" />
  <row Id="46525" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26179" RevisionGUID="7617288e-781d-4ea4-b532-29d1d7e1bea5" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:13:30.063" UserId="2480" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;access-list&gt;" />
  <row Id="46526" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26180" RevisionGUID="4261440d-553c-4bfa-89d0-12fe916ec828" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:15:51.713" UserId="8002" Text="I have been evaluating [KpyM SSH Server][1] and it looks pretty good and is BSD-licensed with source. It is based on cryptlib fundementally and creates a Window Station for each session which is why it is one of the few open source SSH solutions that works correctly with PowerShell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have been using [OpenSSH compiled for Interix/SFU/SUA][2] for the last several years. The downside is that OpenSSH doesn't play all that nicely with PowerShell which is an annoyance and it requires the full POSIX subsystem from Services for Unix 3.5 or the Subsystem for Unix Applications (Win2k3 R2 and later). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Years ago we used to use Vandyke and it worked well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kpym.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.interopsystems.com/tools/warehouse.htm" />
  <row Id="46527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26181" RevisionGUID="0b0be231-65a1-41ee-bc42-be131e39e6d1" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:16:26.737" UserId="2413" Text="try taking ownership of the file/directory. you might use [takeown][1] from [w2003 resource toolkit][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755342(WS.10).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="46528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26182" RevisionGUID="d66017e8-9a28-4c91-9a7a-8ba40ab6c86b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:16:38.577" UserId="4266" Text="I have had this problem with remote servers (in a colo) and had to use a DRAC to reboot it.  If someone has physical access to the box your best bet is to have them reboot it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am curious to try the approach from palehorse next time I hit this problem, though." />
  <row Id="46529" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26080" RevisionGUID="83babbeb-c27e-4526-9964-a26521513a8f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:17:23.927" UserId="4840" Comment="rl-shift-esc " Text="Another favorite of mine, especially when I find a workstaion unlocked, is Left Alt + left Shift + PrtScn, Enter, walk away.  It toggles high-contrast mode and is easy enough to restore.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Keyboard Assistance and Shortcuts for Microsoft Products][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[List of the keyboard shortcuts that are available in Windows XP][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/keyboard.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301583" />
  <row Id="46530" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26183" RevisionGUID="578a1778-438c-4c47-b384-6522cedf9676" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:18:26.543" UserId="9004" Text="Are you after a backup system (where you can recover previous version of files) or merely replication?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few products come to mind:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Veritas** has the ability to replicate filesystems&#xD;&#xA; - **Windows Volume Shadow Copies** can be used for backups&#xD;&#xA; - **Windows FRS** can be used for replication&#xD;&#xA; - **[NetApp][1]** file servers can do both replication, and replication as a backup mechanism&#xD;&#xA; - **ZFS** filesystems can easily be replicated&#xD;&#xA; - Backup software companies like **[Bakbone][2]** and **Symantec** (among others), I'm sure) are able to do continuous live backups&#xD;&#xA; - **[rsync][3]** and related tools such as **[rsnapshot][4]** can do close to continuous depending on the requirements&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the consumer side of things, but also applicable for business, you'll find plenty of startups with new nifty cloud enabled tools that fit in the replication/backup realm:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **[CrashPlan][5]**&#xD;&#xA; - **[GetDropBox][6]**&#xD;&#xA; - **[SugarSync][7]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm probably missing plenty more...  Hope this helps!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.netapp.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.bakbone.com/Product.aspx?id=2498&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.samba.org/rsync/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://rsnapshot.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.crashplan.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.getdropbox.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: https://www.sugarsync.com/" />
  <row Id="46531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26184" RevisionGUID="0d5bc07d-dfe9-4fd3-a1a9-bf0247d481a0" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:21:12.717" UserId="5749" Text="What error are you getting when you try to connect?  If it is that the server has exceeded the number of connections, then the /console suggested by an earlier poster will do the trick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have console access, or can gain some sort of Remote Control,  Try disabling the RDP Service, rebooting, then enabling the Service.  We recently had a Server where RDP would not connect (Timeout Error), and this solved the issue, although we have not determined the root cause.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a pinch, we've used DameWare to get to servers that where not responding to RDP.  The link to their website is [DameWare][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Shutdown recommendations are good advice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dameware.com/products/dmrc/" />
  <row Id="46532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26185" RevisionGUID="70c14751-5816-4e56-bc71-f6575ab357c8" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:21:32.310" UserId="8950" Text="What's the username and password for an ubuntu live cd image?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ask cause I've recently copied the contents of an ubuntu based live iso (easypeasy, the ldistro for nwtbooks) onto a harddisk, but the squash fs is corrupt. Most likely cause I copied it live. :) so it's not autologging in. Is there a username/password for this?" />
  <row Id="46533" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26185" RevisionGUID="70c14751-5816-4e56-bc71-f6575ab357c8" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:21:32.310" UserId="8950" Text="whats the default username and password for an ubuntu live cd?" />
  <row Id="46534" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26185" RevisionGUID="70c14751-5816-4e56-bc71-f6575ab357c8" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:21:32.310" UserId="8950" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;password&gt;&lt;login&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="46535" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26175" RevisionGUID="dfef685d-1c4b-4ad2-952d-e20047b1e1be" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:21:32.980" UserId="7619" Comment="whoops, changed &quot;I'm&quot; to &quot;I'd&quot;" Text="After reading all the descriptions of what's going on, (greyed out controls, unable to RDP, etc.) I'd bet a soda pop that your RPC service is having great difficulty, (and/or is possibly affecting your server service.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is the case, none of the pstools will work, (psexec, pslist, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if time is of the essence, suggest wrangling a user on-site to perform a hard power down/up. I'd probably also have the user watch for RAID errors, during boot process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck, mate.. I've been where you are, before :)" />
  <row Id="46536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26186" RevisionGUID="bca3a9f6-9df5-4b39-9995-939f31b33a08" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:21:37.363" UserId="7324" Text="You can also try booting up in safe mode or command prompt mode and trying it." />
  <row Id="46537" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26187" RevisionGUID="d509448f-efd2-45f1-86cc-b90c05b1cfe4" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:22:24.633" UserId="9588" Text="Not too long ago I moved a RHEL 4 system to CentOS for similar reasons.  It was a pretty simple process and has worked very well so far.  I used these instructions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://fixlinux.com/2006/04/11/migrate-rhel-to-centos/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46538" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26188" RevisionGUID="168a48c0-7d6c-4762-a18e-72423aaccc2c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:22:29.610" UserId="2650" Text="Does anyone have a pointer to code (or just the algorithm) that Cisco uses to generate their password hashes for things like &quot;enable secret&quot;?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not trying to break into anything; I'm trying to generate the appropriate &quot;enable secret&quot; line given a clear text password, **not** decode an existing &quot;enable secret&quot; line with a hashed password.  I need this for an automated config-file generator that I'm working on ([Netomata Config Generator][1]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, what I want is the Cisco equivalent of the &quot;htpasswd&quot; command used for web servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, when I put the following command with clear-text password into a Cisco config:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    enable secret foobar&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then when I do a 'show config' command (assuming I have &quot;service password-encryption&quot; enabled), what I see is something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    enable secret 5 $1$pdQG$0WzLBXV98voWIUEdIiLm11&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want code that translates &quot;foobar&quot; to &quot;5 $1$pdQG$0WzLBXV98voWIUEdIiLm11&quot;, so that I can generate the already-hashed passwords in my config-generation tool, rather than putting cleartext passwords in the generated configs and waiting for the router to generate the hash.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I presume that the &quot;5&quot; in the hashed result is some sort of hash algorithm identifier.  If there are other hash algorithms that Cisco currently or has historically used, then I'd like to have the code for those algorithms as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.netomata.com/products/ncg &quot;Netomata Config Generator&quot;" />
  <row Id="46539" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26188" RevisionGUID="168a48c0-7d6c-4762-a18e-72423aaccc2c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:22:29.610" UserId="2650" Text="Code to generate Cisco &quot;secret&quot; password hashes?" />
  <row Id="46540" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26188" RevisionGUID="168a48c0-7d6c-4762-a18e-72423aaccc2c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:22:29.610" UserId="2650" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;" />
  <row Id="46541" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26062" RevisionGUID="c8d20db4-5af5-4f25-a73c-c8b24886bbd6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:23:12.900" UserId="5202" Comment="follow up to comment" Text="I have WCAT 6.3 running fine up until the point where it is supposed to generate the log.xml file.  In the cmd window, I just see the last Cooldown update, like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ******************************************************************************&#xD;&#xA;    COOLDOWN 20/30 secs                             0 hours, 2 minutes, 20 seconds&#xD;&#xA;    ******************************************************************************&#xD;&#xA;             Connections =                        0 (                       0/sec)&#xD;&#xA;             Disconnects =                        0 (                       0/sec)&#xD;&#xA;            Socket Sends =                        0 (                       0/sec)&#xD;&#xA;         Socket Receives =                        0 (                       0/sec)&#xD;&#xA;         Full Handshakes =                        0 (                       0/sec)&#xD;&#xA;    Reconnect Handshakes =                        0 (                       0/sec)&#xD;&#xA;              Bytes Sent =                        0 (                       0/sec)&#xD;&#xA; 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           }&#xD;&#xA;            setheader&#xD;&#xA;            {&#xD;&#xA;                name    = &quot;Accept-Encoding&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;                value   = &quot;gzip, deflate&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;            }&#xD;&#xA;            setheader&#xD;&#xA;            {&#xD;&#xA;                name    = &quot;Host&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;                value   = server();&#xD;&#xA;            }&#xD;&#xA;            version     = HTTP11;&#xD;&#xA;            statuscode  = 200;&#xD;&#xA;            close       = ka;&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        transaction&#xD;&#xA;        {&#xD;&#xA;            id      = &quot;default_doc&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;            weight  = 100;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            request&#xD;&#xA;            {&#xD;&#xA;                url = &quot;/home.aspx&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;            }&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And in my settings.ubr file I have this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    settings&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;          server         = &quot;test.company.com&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;          clients        = 1;&#xD;&#xA;          virtualclients = 2;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        counters&#xD;&#xA;        {&#xD;&#xA;            interval = 10;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            counter = &quot;Processor(_Total)\\% Processor Time&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;            counter = &quot;Processor(_Total)\\% Privileged Time&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;            counter = &quot;Processor(_Total)\\% User Time&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;            counter = &quot;Processor(_Total)\\Interrupts/sec&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            counter = &quot;Memory\\Available KBytes&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            counter = &quot;Process(w3wp)\\Working Set&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            counter = &quot;System\\Context Switches/sec&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;            counter = &quot;System\\System Calls/sec&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            counter = &quot;Web Service(_Total)\\Bytes Received/sec&quot; ; &#xD;&#xA;            counter = &quot;Web Service(_Total)\\Bytes Sent/sec&quot; ; &#xD;&#xA;            counter = &quot;Web Service(_Total)\\Connection Attempts/sec&quot; ; &#xD;&#xA;            counter = &quot;Web Service(_Total)\\Get Requests/sec&quot; ; &#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        registry&#xD;&#xA;        {&#xD;&#xA;            path = &quot;System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\FileSystem&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;            name = &quot;NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;            type = REG_DWORD;&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        registry&#xD;&#xA;        {&#xD;&#xA;            path = &quot;System\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\Tcpip\\Parameters&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;            name = &quot;SynAttackProtect&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;            type = REG_DWORD;&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The test runs fine when I run the following command on the controller:&#xD;&#xA;    `wcctl -f settings.ubr -t client.ubr`&#xD;&#xA;and the following on the client:&#xD;&#xA;    `wcclient`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just not sure why it wouldn't spit out the log.xml file or give me any kind of message/error as to why it didn't.  The CPU remains utilized at roughly 50% until I finally kill it (I've given it up to 30 minutes waiting on it to do something).  Anything I'm missing here or suggestions you might have?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**&#xD;&#xA;Yes, I have also tried the -o switch with no luck... same results either way.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26189" RevisionGUID="f12da318-6a28-4037-aece-33192953d7e2" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:23:45.347" UserId="1466" Text="Servers with **hot-swappable drives** are very useful here.  You treat the drives as you would a tape - pull it out after the back up is finished, and take it offsite for storage." />
  <row Id="46543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26190" RevisionGUID="39ecc922-d040-4430-95f6-25d0d78c82a6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:24:03.133" UserId="2413" Text="i'm happy user of [mobile-otp][1]. simple java application for your mobile + some code you can invoke from bash / php / practically anything. and even pam module [ which i have not used ].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://motp.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="46544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26191" RevisionGUID="9345321f-23f4-444e-ba63-b8b171f0a95b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:24:32.913" UserDisplayName="marc" Text="I can avise comodo internet security, it's a complete professional system and freeware" />
  <row Id="46545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26192" RevisionGUID="c17918f1-bf96-46d6-86a9-e1d607b9e61f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:24:45.610" UserId="8996" Text="Try 'ubuntu' with an empty password. If that doesn't work, you're probably best recopying the squashfs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that squashfs is readonly, I assume you mean you copied the unionfs that lies on top of the squashfs and the tmpfs?" />
  <row Id="46546" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26193" RevisionGUID="e8994bee-1972-4171-b577-9b2533c50cae" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:25:54.127" UserId="5749" Text="pQd is correct, Ownership is likely the issue here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd try using the Win2K3 native Ownership tools before a third party tool.  Right click on the folder, and select Properties, select the Security Tab, then Click on the Advanced Button, and select the Ownership tab.  From here you can reassign ownership to yourself,  applying the changes to child objects if necessary.  &#xD;&#xA;Then you should be able to make the changes you are looking for. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46547" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26194" RevisionGUID="b25d8f35-26e9-4b49-8f5c-4aa0c6cba4e2" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:26:39.617" UserId="3528" Text="Why do you need to remove the system attribute from the system folder?  You'll notice that it has a shell special icon indicting it is the tasks location.  Take ownership if th asks folder and you should be able to change it." />
  <row Id="46548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26195" RevisionGUID="7f32ed5e-d357-473a-973a-34ab6ecfaa65" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:29:07.240" UserId="5890" Text="[This][1] repository is run by Redhat. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/4/x86_64/repoview/Y.group.html" />
  <row Id="46549" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24312" RevisionGUID="e248d2ba-0062-4038-8865-70f76b8ed03f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:32:04.613" UserId="9091" Comment="added 313 characters in body" Text="You might be able to get some more useful debugging information by executing&#xD;&#xA;`sshd` with the `-d` flag (and possibly the `-p` flag to specify another port&#xD;&#xA;if you want to leave the original `sshd` running), and then connecting to it&#xD;&#xA;with your `ssh -v` client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:** It looks like your issue is network related rather than authentication related. You can see that both sides of the conversation had their connection reset. You might check with the relevant network team to see if there is an intermediate network node (e.g. a firewall) that is causing the problem." />
  <row Id="46550" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26083" RevisionGUID="760c2a84-2bce-4a54-be18-0e80f4177f22" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:33:29.040" UserId="2189" Comment="added 323 characters in body" Text="Perhaps this isn't a good ServerFault question, but here goes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've got some Canon ImageRunner copiers, and the performance is terrible for printing PDF files.  For instance I just sent a job that's 11 pages, and it's taking some twenty minutes to print.  A page comes out...then it sits there processing...another page comes out...and it sits there processing...and so on.  This particular machine is an ir6020.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some PDFs don't take as long as others, but for the most part they all take a very long time.  I've tried the latest drivers, both PCL and PS3.  Currently I'm trying the 4.62 drivers from Canon Canada (the latest from Canon USA is 4.55).  Our Canon rep hasn't been very helpful.  Thankfully we don't print a lot of PDFs...other documents come flying out of the machines nice &amp; quick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: I was able to print the current document I'm having trouble with by using the latest 6.62 version of the PCL driver.  I don't believe this problem is gone, however, since I've been battling it for a long time, and sometimes the PS3 driver is faster, sometimes the PCL driver is faster.  I can't find a pattern. " />
  <row Id="46551" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26196" RevisionGUID="463196ba-fc43-40b6-8fbc-d968c2dc2748" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:34:45.093" UserId="7709" Text="Hi Phill,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SSIS is on the SQL 2005 installation disk. To install it, just pop the disk in and start the installation wizard. You can then install SSIS as a package, and just make sure you don't tick any of the database engines, or else you'll get another SQL instance installed!" />
  <row Id="46552" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26178" RevisionGUID="37ecdbae-5961-42e0-b7fe-5ecf17c1e1b6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:34:59.677" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix typo" Text="I'm running SQL Server 2005 std edition on a 2 node active-active cluster windows 2003 server.  I go to add/remove programs, click on SQL Server and then the link for &quot;to install a new component, click here&quot;.  It then says enter the location.  Where do I go to find SSIS add-on from here? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is SQL Server Integration Services offered on the SQL Server Installation dvd or is this something I need to download?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks in advance" />
  <row Id="46553" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26016" RevisionGUID="7a955b68-3f18-4736-b464-ebbff22295db" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:35:26.573" UserId="388" Comment="Edited to include Object based ACL example." Text="According to [Cisco][1], the maximum valid sequence number in an IOS access list is 2147483647. Can you confirm what platform/code version you are running?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In terms of persistence across reboots, as mentioned by Jeb, sequence numbers are not stored in the configuration file. (do a 'show startup-config' to verify this) I don't think this is a bug, simply a known limitation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the requirement for having your specific sequence numbers? In newer versions of IOS, there is always an implicit 'deny any any' at the end of any non-empty access list. Unless you are inputting a 'deny any log' so that you can log unauthorised traffic to syslog, you can simply append to your existing ACL, and the implicit deny will always be at the end?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't believe there's a way to change the implicit deny behaviour. One solution might be to store your configuration (including sequence numbers) remotely, and then to delete and recreate the entire ACL when you make changes? Unfortunately, Cisco's ACL implementation is designed around the, 'permit what you need, deny the rest' approach.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One way around the issue, assuming you are running a recent enough code version, might be to use [Object Group-Based ACLs][2]. You could then have a policy as follows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: hand cut config; ensure you test before you deploy!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    object-group network denied-destination-hosts&#xD;&#xA;     host 192.168.38.27&#xD;&#xA;     host 192.168.38.32&#xD;&#xA;     host 192.168.38.37&#xD;&#xA;     host 192.168.38.38&#xD;&#xA;     host 192.168.38.43&#xD;&#xA;    !&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ip access-list extended BLOCK&#xD;&#xA;     deny ip any object-group denied-destination-hosts&#xD;&#xA;     permit ip any any&#xD;&#xA;    !&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This would then allow you to modify the list of denied hosts independently of the 'BLOCK' ACL, and would ensure that your 'permit' statement was always the last entry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_2s/feature/guide/fsaclseq.html#wp1042954&#xD;&#xA;[2]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/security/configuration/guide/sec_object_group_acl.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46554" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25528" RevisionGUID="cadf191a-e711-45b1-8d32-53d01136eb82" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:36:28.630" UserId="9461" Comment="added &quot;cache vs authoritative-only&quot;" Text="**Unlisted primary** (aka shadow primary, unlisted/shadow master) is a configuration often found in strictly secured intranets. In short this is a primary server which has no NS record in the parent domain. In other words, primary server without delegation. The delegation is supposed to point to one or more *slave* servers instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Scenario: Your ACME company has an intranet and the main DNS server, used by most clients. It hosts &quot;intranet.acme.com&quot; zone. Now, you are setting up a strictly secured subnet, with a separate DNS server and domain  &quot;finances.intranet.acme.com&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You want the whole organization to be able to query the DNS records.&#xD;&#xA; - You don't want the whole organization to have network traffic to your DNS server.&#xD;&#xA; - You want to be the only one to change the DNS records.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Solution: Don't specify your server as NS for &quot;finances.intranet.acme.com&quot;. Instead specify some other server as NS, as long as you can convince the admin to host &quot;finances.intranet.acme.com&quot; as a slave. (Organization's main DNS server, that would delegate the subdomain to you, surprisingly happens to be a good choice for such a slave.) Your precious local server will now be practically invisible in the DNS hierarchy. It will only provide zone transfers to the slave and (optionally) answer queries from a set of clients of your choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NB: it is up to you which server you specify in SOA record. It may be your &quot;unlisted&quot; server, as SOA record is not used to traverse the DNS hierarchy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Similarly, you can also create **unlisted slave** server - a slave server for a domain, that is not listed in domain's NS records. Again, this server will only receive traffic from clients which know the IP address, as its address cannot be obtained from any other DNS server. It will answer queries as any other slave: authoritatively and quickly (i.e. using only local disk file).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another scheme, which is somewhat incompatible with above &quot;unlisted server&quot; concept, but it's worth knowing.&#xD;&#xA;Author of dnscache and tinydns recommends that DNS servers should be strictly divided into two types:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **DNS cache** (aka *recursive-only server*, but I feel this is a misnomer) - a server that has no authoritative data, but performs recursive and iterative queries on behalf of the clients; it caches the answers;&#xD;&#xA; - **authoritative-only server** (aka *non-recursive server*) - a server that answers queries only about its authoritative data, but does not perform recursive nor iterative queries on behalf of anyone. This server does not need to implement cache, as it never needs to answer non-authoritatively. This server is useless for normal clients, because they need their questions answered completely (recursively). The &quot;clients&quot; that are supposed to query it are other DNS servers - to be more precise: DNS caches.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the security standpoint, DNS cache is always very vulnerable to poison (bogus DNS records) and other types of attack, because it naturally has to connect to many untrusted DNS servers over the Internet. So the authoritative answers should be served by a different software, as you really really want to make sure that *your* DNS server does not spread bogus, *authoritative* data about *your* domain *to the whole Internet*.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46555" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26197" RevisionGUID="ef4ad849-a8b7-4a16-a7d6-fdb02ef3302e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:36:33.823" UserId="6804" Text="I've setup NIS on Centos 5.3 following the fairly sketchy documentation online, it seems to be working pretty well, **however** whenever I run `ypcat passwd`, either from the server or the client, no entries are ever returned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's definitely some entries in the /etc/passwd file on the server and I've run ypinit, as well as tried running `make` in /var/yp to rebuild the database. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`ypcat hosts` works fine, I get the hosts file from the server, I don't get any errors in the log. Both machines are setup to in nsswitch.conf to read from NIS as well as files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas why this wouldn't be working?" />
  <row Id="46556" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26197" RevisionGUID="ef4ad849-a8b7-4a16-a7d6-fdb02ef3302e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:36:33.823" UserId="6804" Text="NIS passwd file always empty" />
  <row Id="46557" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26197" RevisionGUID="ef4ad849-a8b7-4a16-a7d6-fdb02ef3302e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:36:33.823" UserId="6804" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;nis&gt;&lt;centos&gt;&lt;redhat&gt;&lt;yp&gt;" />
  <row Id="46558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26198" RevisionGUID="6ea1d24c-5d54-4533-8089-5881188259bc" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:37:40.407" UserId="1821" Text="What packet sniffer would you recommend using, especially in a 50+ workstation environment? I am a fan of Wireshark but it's got quite a bit of security history. Is there something better?" />
  <row Id="46559" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26198" RevisionGUID="6ea1d24c-5d54-4533-8089-5881188259bc" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:37:40.407" UserId="1821" Text="Windows packet sniffer" />
  <row Id="46560" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26198" RevisionGUID="6ea1d24c-5d54-4533-8089-5881188259bc" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:37:40.407" UserId="1821" Text="&lt;sniffer&gt;&lt;ethernet&gt;&lt;packet-analyzer&gt;" />
  <row Id="46561" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26199" RevisionGUID="865fef15-9a85-4850-8061-fb21e88445d1" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:38:56.160" UserId="2629" Text="While most of our accounts are managed through workgroup manager, we often set up local accounts to be used for end-of-term governmental exams at the K-12 institition where I work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would be nice to lock down the computers such that students can only use their word processor during the exam, and have no access to the internet.  I made a local user test account and tweaked some settings under Parental Controls.  Then, I was able to export them:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dscl . -mcxexport /Users/testuser -o parental_controls.plist&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And re-import them to good effect:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dscl . -mcximport /Users/testuser parental_controls.plist&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Watching the filesystem while doing this, I noticed that the applications I whitelisted were signed in the background by Parental Controls, and this was remembered in the settings.  My exported plist has lined like this (reformated for readability):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;key&gt;appID&lt;/key&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;data&gt;+t4MAAAAACgAAAABAAAACAAAABQOiCi6O1EFrBaCbNrFU4pEjwH8zg==&lt;/data&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;key&gt;bundleID&lt;/key&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;string&gt;com.microsoft.Word&lt;/string&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;key&gt;displayName&lt;/key&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;string&gt;Word&lt;/string&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;key&gt;path&lt;/key&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;string&gt;/Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word.app&lt;/string&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found a [nice guide to codesigning][1].  Unfortunately, it says that you'll need your own certificate to sign applications with.  [And, as this was already becoming more work than I had in mind, and I may just go to 60 computers manually and do it, scripting the keychain to create a new codesigning certificate so that I could then sign some specific apps to then enable parental controls seems like a place where madness lies.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did test to see what would happen if I removed the key, and the managed user can not launch the application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a sensible way to either&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- script this process&#xD;&#xA;    - perhaps I can use an existing certificate?&#xD;&#xA;    - perhaps Apple has a Parental Controls CLI utility I can call that will sign them?&#xD;&#xA;- manage a local account from Workgroup Manager for a whole lab?&#xD;&#xA;- or otherwise perform the same steps for many computers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.macnn.com/79/developer-center/355720/how-re-sign-apples-applications-once/" />
  <row Id="46562" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26199" RevisionGUID="865fef15-9a85-4850-8061-fb21e88445d1" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:38:56.160" UserId="2629" Text="Scripting Mac Parental Controls application whitelists - anyone have success?" />
  <row Id="46563" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26199" RevisionGUID="865fef15-9a85-4850-8061-fb21e88445d1" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:38:56.160" UserId="2629" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;certificate&gt;&lt;mcx&gt;" />
  <row Id="46564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26200" RevisionGUID="9138f9f1-b169-4c7b-b6bb-7a3580d5cc1d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:39:25.207" UserId="2413" Text="get windows version of [tcpdump][1] and analyze traces later with anything [ including wireshark ] on separate desktop box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or use network switch with port mirroring and attach linux [ or - in worst case - virtual machine with linux and bridging to separate ethernet interface ] and perform all sniffing on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.winpcap.org/windump/" />
  <row Id="46565" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26201" RevisionGUID="355be1b8-0555-44ca-af08-447a99a06f23" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:40:51.443" UserId="8996" Text="Have you configured /etc/nsswitch.conf? It should contain lines such as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    passwd:     files nis&#xD;&#xA;    group:      files nis&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46566" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26202" RevisionGUID="604def14-66de-4514-a934-004c16236fa1" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:43:37.150" UserId="1054" Text="From the stack trace in your question it looks like the JDBC driver is attempting to connect to your source server by IP with no SQL instance name:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Connection jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://MYSERVERIP:1433/MYDATABASE;user=MYUSERNAME;password=MYPASSWORD;charset=utf-8;domain=&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; which would be a default SQL Server instance.  By default, SQL Express installs a named instance called SQLEXPRESS, so my guess is that the migration toolkit is looking for a non-existent instance of SQL.  I'm not familiar with the migration toolkit, but if I'm right about your SQL instance name you should make sure it's trying to connect to your source SQL instance with SERVERNAME\SQLEXPRESS (where SERVERNAME is the hostname of your SQL server)." />
  <row Id="46567" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26203" RevisionGUID="46922d71-ad58-4ad7-979c-683cae29da4d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:43:41.767" UserId="6965" Text="I use Wireshark on Windows all the time - with a SPAN session or similar, plus cunning use of capture/display filters, you can get it to tell you pretty much anything you need.  And you can make pretty graphs for your boss, too.  What did you mean by 'security history'?" />
  <row Id="46568" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26204" RevisionGUID="a08e251b-8a1c-4cd6-8a07-23f9597eb80e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:47:53.317" UserId="7309" Text="We want to rename the machine and preserve all performance data in the SQL Server on the VirtualCenter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What procedure would you recommend? DNS updates/changes, SQL statements and service console commands." />
  <row Id="46569" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26204" RevisionGUID="a08e251b-8a1c-4cd6-8a07-23f9597eb80e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:47:53.317" UserId="7309" Text="How to rename an ESX 3.5 server?" />
  <row Id="46570" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26204" RevisionGUID="a08e251b-8a1c-4cd6-8a07-23f9597eb80e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:47:53.317" UserId="7309" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;vmware-esx&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="46571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26205" RevisionGUID="735f6fbe-c692-419a-acb4-101614668817" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:48:28.027" UserId="1821" Text="5 I believe refers to the fact that it's type 5, which uses MD5, which means you are going to need [300 playstation 3s][1]. Type 7 is easily cracked and they even have scripts on [websites][2] for it. This might be better asked on Stackoverflow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gearfuse.com/md5-algorithm-hacked-by-playstation-3-cluster/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ifm.net.nz/cookbooks/passwordcracker.html" />
  <row Id="46572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26206" RevisionGUID="5655cfcb-4e5b-4f94-839b-2120efcd9731" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:48:45.687" UserId="7619" Text="I would agree with RainyRat, (that's an awesome username, BTW dude) and express my own incredulity with your anti-wireshark sentiments. (I also don't know of any security vulnerabilities in it either, and I use it quite a bit.) That being said, I'd love to know if there are any.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the interim, there's always [LanHound][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.lyonware.co.uk/Lanhound.htm" />
  <row Id="46573" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26207" RevisionGUID="c3f12bb4-bdd4-4058-89c5-d198a7f68fc5" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:48:56.640" UserId="4491" Text="Building on squillman's answer - when connecting over TCP/IP, the named instances use different ports, and are most likely using &quot;dynamic ports&quot; (which is the default for SQLEXPRESS). Take a look at the SQL Server 2005 Network Configuration utility to figure out which port it is listening on and connect to that instead of 1433." />
  <row Id="46574" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26208" RevisionGUID="bcceca7c-6fd5-4fa4-8b69-c6645c192e1c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:49:04.313" UserDisplayName="Francisco Godoy Figueroa" Text="(mapped Samba drive)&#xD;&#xA;I think, the question is about, admin svn running in a linux machine.&#xD;&#xA;Is posible admin subversion, running in linux, from windows, using samba?" />
  <row Id="46575" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26202" RevisionGUID="b96d6cc3-eac2-45b7-8461-846c0c194c9a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:49:32.893" UserId="1054" Comment="Verbage to distinguish whether using SQL Express or not..." Text="You mention that you're using SQL Server Management Studio Express, is the server also SQL Server Express?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, then from the stack trace in your question it looks like the JDBC driver is attempting to connect to your source server by IP with no SQL instance name:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Connection jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://MYSERVERIP:1433/MYDATABASE;user=MYUSERNAME;password=MYPASSWORD;charset=utf-8;domain=&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; which would be a default SQL Server instance.  By default, SQL Express installs a named instance called SQLEXPRESS, so my guess is that the migration toolkit is looking for a non-existent instance of SQL.  I'm not familiar with the migration toolkit, but if I'm right about your SQL instance name you should make sure it's trying to connect to your source SQL instance with SERVERNAME\SQLEXPRESS (where SERVERNAME is the hostname of your SQL server)." />
  <row Id="46576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26209" RevisionGUID="1c82977e-b095-445c-929c-4511d2c79e9f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:49:49.663" UserId="4428" Text="Have you tried:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ypcat passwd.byname&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ypcat passwd.byuid&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, on your NIS server are there db files for the passwd map?" />
  <row Id="46577" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26142" RevisionGUID="1ec208e7-43a5-4534-99d7-6729d35f3a63" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:51:03.717" UserId="9137" Comment="added 446 characters in body" Text="I rebooted our 2k3 server box, and it looks like its hanging for some reason and I can't connect via terminal services to investigate.  Any suggestions to resolve this issue?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Working on vpn - server is a stand&#xD;&#xA;   alone sql server - no domain - development environment&#xD;&#xA; - Can ping&#xD;&#xA; - SQL Service, everything else is running fine, just cant connect via RD, trying console doesn't work either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update 5:41 PM EST**&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;- tried using `psShutdown -r -f`, and shutdown /r/f with no luck.  I think I did manage to take out the RPC service though as it is no longer responding.  &#xD;&#xA;- It's still responding to pings though.  Also, just for kicks I tried to telnet to the remote port, something seems to be listening on 3389.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- When trying to use mstsc in any mode i get the Remote Desktop Disconnected Message." />
  <row Id="46578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26210" RevisionGUID="ee507832-5ffb-4a05-97ca-4c899179de2b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:57:10.240" UserId="3038" Text="I haven't run into anything *free* that is better. My work it too cheap to pay for a sniffer when Wireshark is so good at what it does. Yes, it seems Wireshark has a new vuln against a decoder every other day or so, but that kind of thing happens when you're by far the top package in a field like this. Yes, I'd like them to update a bit more often. But the sheer utility of Wireshark makes me keep using it." />
  <row Id="46579" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26211" RevisionGUID="0fef5f8a-d7c9-4ec3-b480-7fedc0755be1" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:57:42.503" UserId="9503" Text="'5' means that the clear password has been converted to cisco password type 5.&#xD;&#xA;Type 5 password is a MD5 based algorithm (but I can't tell you how to compute it, sorry).&#xD;&#xA;Type 7 that is used when you do a &quot;enable password&quot; is a well know reversible algorithm.&#xD;&#xA;&quot;service password-encryption&quot; just ensure that password will not be stored in clear (type 0)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46580" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26178" RevisionGUID="31f09c35-00b0-4db3-a45b-e0408623032f" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:59:12.640" UserId="7709" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;ssis&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="46581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26212" RevisionGUID="a20957f1-c3e2-4e5f-8c0f-4f052d142662" CreationDate="2009-06-15T21:59:25.680" UserId="6352" Text="Try importing it in the local machine store." />
  <row Id="46582" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26213" RevisionGUID="e10a5a69-48a0-44c4-84ca-3f8f080c1b29" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:00:21.890" UserId="1821" Text="After some comments made to another question, I wonder how many administrators actually go to websites like Packetstorm? Do you keep up to date with the latest threats coming out? Finally what are the best resources to keep you feeling all safe (or frightened) inside?" />
  <row Id="46583" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26213" RevisionGUID="e10a5a69-48a0-44c4-84ca-3f8f080c1b29" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:00:21.890" UserId="1821" Text="Keeping up with security" />
  <row Id="46584" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26213" RevisionGUID="e10a5a69-48a0-44c4-84ca-3f8f080c1b29" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:00:21.890" UserId="1821" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;exploit&gt;&lt;website&gt;" />
  <row Id="46585" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26214" RevisionGUID="b370ae5c-45b6-4820-ba34-107033fc9192" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:00:57.677" UserId="5724" Text="You could try a solution [like this, with cacls][1], or use the more-powerful [subinacl tool][2] which may well let oyu do it in-place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.avianwaves.com/Blog/default.aspx?id=83&amp;t=Easy-Way-to-Change-Permissions-on-the-Wi&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=E8BA3E56-D8FE-4A91-93CF-ED6985E3927B&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="46586" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26215" RevisionGUID="eb97c10e-b9b1-4cdb-b447-7ff4df8c07b3" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:02:00.980" UserId="8897" Text="I am not sure that is what you are looking for, but you can limit application usage with Workgroup Manager on a computer group level. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously, you need an OS X Server with OpenDirectory. You can than define a computer group in Workgroup Manager, add the Macs you want to use for the exam, and, in the preferences dialog for this group, limit the applications. I guess you would need the exact same version of the applications in question on every computer. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I have to admit I never really tested this, just made a short proof of concept years ago when I was toying around with Tiger Server before rolling it out. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46587" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25934" RevisionGUID="1ec5e9e7-3f41-4dfa-a6bd-38dcba513417" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:05:31.317" UserId="5803" Comment="Added info on another method, using apple dev tools" Text="You can always use the command line, with a command like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    time open -a Word &lt;some_word_doc.docx&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&#xD;&#xA;As pointed out, this method will exit as sun as the splash screen appears. Some research led me to an apple doc page explaining how to profile applications launch time ([link][1]). You will need the Apple developer tools installed. The method using the Shark tool works even for applications for which we do not have the source code available. From my testings the launch time appears in the chart tab, in the X axis of the chart.&#xD;&#xA;I do not know how accurate this method is, since I'm not an experienced developer in OSX.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://devworld.apple.com/DOCUMENTATION/Performance/Conceptual/LaunchTime/Articles/MeasuringLaunch.html" />
  <row Id="46588" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26178" RevisionGUID="01a0d152-3bee-467e-bb1c-867af67b57a9" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:06:17.273" UserId="767" Comment="added 7 characters in body" Text="I'm running SQL Server 2005 enterprise edition on a 2 node active-active cluster windows 2003 server.  I go to add/remove programs, click on SQL Server and then the link for &quot;to install a new component, click here&quot;.  It then says enter the location.  Where do I go to find SSIS add-on from here? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is SQL Server Integration Services offered on the SQL Server Installation dvd or is this something I need to download?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks in advance" />
  <row Id="46589" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26142" RevisionGUID="6b0bc012-491a-4e00-8c4e-0829a39e9628" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:06:39.177" UserId="9137" Comment="added 122 characters in body; deleted 1 characters in body" Text="I rebooted our 2k3 server box, and it looks like its hanging for some reason and I can't connect via terminal services to investigate.  Any suggestions to resolve this issue?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Working on vpn - server is a stand&#xD;&#xA;   alone sql server - no domain - development environment&#xD;&#xA; - Can ping&#xD;&#xA; - SQL Service, everything else is running fine, just cant connect via RD, trying console doesn't work either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update 5:41 PM EST**&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;- tried using `psShutdown -r -f`, and shutdown /r/f with no luck.  I think I did manage to take out the RPC service though as it is no longer responding.  &#xD;&#xA;- It's still responding to pings though.  Also, just for kicks I tried to telnet to the remote port, something seems to be listening on 3389.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- When trying to use mstsc in any mode i get the Remote Desktop Disconnected Message.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**6:04  PM EST**&#xD;&#xA;- Going to need a manual reboot I think.  Thanks everyone for the advice, I learned some good tips." />
  <row Id="46590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26216" RevisionGUID="4dec986d-f7d3-4ca0-aa3b-d5ca3ad5bcae" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:07:19.753" UserId="7645" Text="Honestly, the main thing I do is keep current on patches, including being on the announce/security mailing list for any software I install that's not from the main OS vendor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anything else starts falling onto the &quot;more effort than it's worth&quot; side of the cost vs. benefit analysis.  I could do my own custom patch, but I'm more likely to break something than if I wait for the vendor to release a tested update.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's always new threats.  Do you really have the time to keep up with every one of them?  Do you even care if you're not running the program in question in the affected configuration?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Concentrate on providing the smallest attack surface you can, along with the smallest reasonable attack window.  In other words: only run what you need to, firewall everything you can, and keep current on patches." />
  <row Id="46591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26217" RevisionGUID="619ff4db-3ffd-4785-9701-e0a10a306b79" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:07:58.097" UserId="4578" Text="Does it seem to anyone else that the Windows 7 command processor (CMD.EXE) is really slow starting up?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ran this test from a command line (ntimer is a timing utility from the Windows server resource kit and you can just leave it out if you don't have it installed): &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; ntimer cmd /c for /l %a in (1,1,100) do @cmd /c rem&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All it's doing is shelling out a new CMD.EXE 100 times. On my x64 Win7 base system that takes about 2.3 seconds to run. Running this is in an x86 Win7 virtual machine it takes about 5.6 seconds. Interestingly enough, in the VM using the old 16 bit command processor COMMAND.COM the same test takes less than 1 second.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why so slow for CMD.EXE? I expected performance similar to what I saw with COMMAND.COM in the VM. The ratio of speeds for CMD.EXE between the raw machine and the VM seems reasonable, but the absolute speed is way slow. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I noticed this because I was doing a software build and the execution time went from 15 minutes in my old XP VM to 30 minutes in my new Win7 VM. The build process uses the GNUMAKE utility and does LOTS of shelling out to the command processor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. I asked this originally over on stackoverflow.com, but they suggested I go here." />
  <row Id="46592" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26217" RevisionGUID="619ff4db-3ffd-4785-9701-e0a10a306b79" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:07:58.097" UserId="4578" Text="Win7 command processor (CMD.EXE) really slow" />
  <row Id="46593" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26217" RevisionGUID="619ff4db-3ffd-4785-9701-e0a10a306b79" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:07:58.097" UserId="4578" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;cmd.exe&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="46594" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26218" RevisionGUID="cb103a67-30fe-42ca-9e6c-b90b9adbc20a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:08:32.263" UserId="6352" Text="What about bridging? If I'm not misunderstanding the question (which I could be), bridging the required connections should be exactly what you're looking for.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46595" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26219" RevisionGUID="728dfaf4-4b40-408a-93e1-4bb55a88b967" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:10:03.633" UserId="6491" Text="[Securityfocus][1] is my favorite.&#xD;&#xA;I am subscribed to [this feed][2] with my rss reader. Its volume is manageable to follow.&#xD;&#xA;The famous [Bugtraq][3] mailing list is also hosted there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is also advisable to subscribe your vendor's (security) announce list if they have any.&#xD;&#xA;Debian has its own, OpenBSD too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   [1]: http://www.securityfocus.com&#xD;&#xA;   [2]: http://www.securityfocus.com/rss/vulnerabilities.xml&#xD;&#xA;   [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugtraq" />
  <row Id="46596" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26211" RevisionGUID="ec91c311-72b6-4796-be31-04ce286b05db" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:11:14.520" UserId="9503" Comment="added 92 characters in body; added 76 characters in body; edited body" Text="'5' means that the clear password has been converted to cisco password type 5.&#xD;&#xA;Type 5 password is a MD5 based algorithm (but I can't tell you how to compute it, sorry).&#xD;&#xA;Type 7 that is used when you do a &quot;enable password&quot; is a well know reversible algorithm.&#xD;&#xA;&quot;service password-encryption&quot; just ensure that password will not be stored in clear (type 0)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take a look to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypt_(Unix)#MD5-based_scheme][1] and good luck :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypt_(Unix)#MD5-based_scheme" />
  <row Id="46597" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26220" RevisionGUID="afdfb1a5-ced2-4189-ba60-75c05f96d6f5" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:11:23.833" UserId="1466" Text="One nice thing about doing backups to hard drives is that **they are fast**.   Using a tape-based system, our tape-write-speed is the slow link in the chain.  I think that if we began using hard-drives for backups, our network throughput would become the limiting factor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Probably more critical is that **restores can take place quicker**.  Not only due to the speed of the drives, but because they are random-access, you don't have to wait for a tape drive to do a slow sequential seek to find where to begin reading before you can perform the restore.  And in a disaster recovery situation, time can be critical." />
  <row Id="46598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26221" RevisionGUID="c2d99e63-1758-40d9-87fc-161ea7bc6835" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:13:51.237" UserId="9091" Text="In addition to the information given in other comments, you might check out [DistroWatch][1]. It has some useful information that might help you compare distros.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://distrowatch.com" />
  <row Id="46599" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26222" RevisionGUID="3395d1f7-df76-4561-9cd8-2701aed6ffc4" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:15:40.593" UserId="9186" Text="I use Wireshark and would still recommend the same, but an alternative to pQd's suggestion of two-stepping the actual packet capture (presumably [Windump][1]) and analysis (Wireshark) would be using the updated first-party [Microsoft Network Monitor][2] or checking out the array of [&quot;WinPcap-based Tools and Programs&quot;][3] at the WinPcap site (the underlying support for many packet analyzers including WinDump and Wireshark).  I've used &quot;Analyzer&quot; in the past.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.winpcap.org/windump/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Network_Monitor&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.winpcap.org/misc/links.htm" />
  <row Id="46600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26223" RevisionGUID="b92b2cd5-5cae-479b-ba87-bf754eb3a2ee" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:16:13.883" UserId="1466" Text="if the username &quot;ubuntu&quot; with an empty password doesn't work, you may be able to add a new user to the system as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. boot from a live CD, and start a terminal session&#xD;&#xA; 2. mount your hard drive partition somewhere like /mnt (ie. mount /dev/hda1 /mnt)&#xD;&#xA; 3. chroot /mnt&#xD;&#xA; 4. adduser username&#xD;&#xA; 5. reboot" />
  <row Id="46601" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26211" RevisionGUID="e9b94006-a4ac-4a14-8e69-a6b1798d011d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:18:19.310" UserId="9503" Comment="added 435 characters in body" Text="'5' means that the clear password has been converted to cisco password type 5.&#xD;&#xA;Type 5 password is a MD5 based algorithm (but I can't tell you how to compute it, sorry).&#xD;&#xA;Type 7 that is used when you do a &quot;enable password&quot; is a well know reversible algorithm.&#xD;&#xA;&quot;service password-encryption&quot; just ensure that password will not be stored in clear (type 0)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take a look to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypt_(Unix)#MD5-based_scheme][1] and good luck :)&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: You may also look [http://www.h4x3d.com/md5-and-crypt-password-generator/][2], [http://www.koders.com/c/fid530E8983791E1CB2AB90EAA69A68789FA2A83A6D.aspx][3] and [http://www.cryptgenerator.de/][4]&#xD;&#xA;I guess that you will still miss the salt value.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypt_(Unix)#MD5-based_scheme&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.h4x3d.com/md5-and-crypt-password-generator/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.koders.com/c/fid530E8983791E1CB2AB90EAA69A68789FA2A83A6D.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.cryptgenerator.de/" />
  <row Id="46602" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26224" RevisionGUID="bb6c71d9-66cc-4e75-8c06-9773e9fd2898" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:18:24.520" UserId="2561" Text="If you know python, [scapy][1] is great.  [Here][2] is how to install it one windows.  You can use to sniff traffic, and even craft packets.  Conceptually it breaks everything down into OSI layers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.secdev.org/projects/scapy/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://trac.secdev.org/scapy/wiki/WindowsInstallationGuide" />
  <row Id="46603" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26225" RevisionGUID="93a0d78b-fc74-4ead-9f97-4c5255a08571" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:18:41.010" UserId="5694" Text="I don't use this stuff nearly as much as I used to, but I always liked Microsoft Network Monitor when I needed a free protocol analyzer to track down a problem.&#xD;&#xA;http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;FamilyID=983b941d-06cb-4658-b7f6-3088333d062f&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26227" RevisionGUID="7a469feb-ca60-4bc6-a3ca-3add2e67d87c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:31:18.817" Text="&lt;p&gt;I am new to IIS and trying to understand when a website is setup in IIS what different folders are meant for and how to find out which file would be picked up first when a user woukd type URL of my site (say www.checkaccess.com)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46607" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26227" RevisionGUID="7a469feb-ca60-4bc6-a3ca-3add2e67d87c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:31:18.817" Text="IIS Query on starting file" />
  <row Id="46608" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26227" RevisionGUID="7a469feb-ca60-4bc6-a3ca-3add2e67d87c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:31:18.817" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="46609" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26228" RevisionGUID="143893d1-4005-41f5-8712-5ba81bb38fce" CreationDate="2009-06-15T19:47:02.903" Text="&lt;p&gt;For IIS 5, open the IIS snap-in, right-click on any folder and choose Properties. Click on the Document tab. There is a checkbox there, &quot;Enable Default Document&quot; with a list of file names that IIS will try in turn for that directory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26229" RevisionGUID="500a31bb-56ea-47e5-8d02-6e1c24b18a38" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:20:12.783" UserId="671" Text="Someone else mentioned SecurityFocus, but for more general security related issues (not specific to IT), I recommend [Schneier on Security][1].  His blog touches on IT security, but also on other security topics as well.  I find that some of the more general issues he discusses helps me to be more aware of security in general, which carries over into IT operations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.schneier.com/blog/" />
  <row Id="46611" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26230" RevisionGUID="134dced3-cf23-4b49-a1e1-ca9e7232c388" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:20:18.370" UserId="1435" Text="Changing the server name is easy enough - DNS and a tiny bit of console work but keeping the performance data up to date with it seems a bit too much trouble to me." />
  <row Id="46612" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26231" RevisionGUID="e2476a80-d779-4c05-a2b6-97225ec9f610" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:21:04.717" UserId="3235" Text="Disk to disk over a WAN link to another site is ok.  I am not a fan of having all my backups online, nor of having all my backups on tape.  I've been in the backup game for quite a while now and people keep saying &quot;Tape is dead.&quot;  I don't think tape is dead.  Disk 2 disk isn't the perfect replacement yet.  Tape write speed is a limiting factor to some degree, but if you're talking about backing up with something like LTO4 you're going to hit network transfer limits long before you hit tape write limits.  Unless you've got 10GB Ethernet.  So if you're backing up to disk over the network then you're probably not going to see a huge speed hit going to enterprise class tape.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Backups are covering several contingencies most places: accidental file deletion, intentional data deletion/destruction, and disaster recovery, and sometimes data archiving. Depending on what all your needs are you probably need your data further away than the next rack.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disk to disk backup comes in many forms, from scripted or manual file copies, to virtual tape libraries, to disk storage managed by your backup software.   The VTL and disk backup managed by your software have the advantage of providing offline backup that can only be managed via backup software, and thus aren't subject to user intervention, and less susceptible to virus or malicious user attacks.  I am using a deduplicating VTL now.  Previously I had a large chunk of SAN space managed by NetBackup setup as a Disk Storage Unit.  Since my total storage in this arena was limited I used it for backups that had short retention and didn't grow much.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not aware of a d2d solution that is meant to have it's drives pulled out and rotated.  Since most of them are using RAID across all the disks.  Which means your retention is limited by your disk size.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I strongly advocate against online disk based backups.  They aren't really secure against tampering, and they can lead to data inconsistencies. I know a lot of people especially here on serverfault are using them but I don't think this is the way to make disk backup most effective.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I feel the same way about breaking mirrors and moving disks.  Most RAID controllers will take it fine, but it is a lot of overhead to rebuild that RAID set and in the mean time your performance will suffer. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46613" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26219" RevisionGUID="aa739999-1920-44cf-9707-09509aa83ef1" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:21:07.540" UserId="6491" Comment="more links" Text="[Securityfocus][1] is my favorite.&#xD;&#xA;I am subscribed to [this feed][2] with my rss reader. Its volume is manageable to follow.&#xD;&#xA;The famous [Bugtraq][3] mailing list is also hosted there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is also advisable to subscribe your vendor's (security) announce list if they have any.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   - [Debian has its own][4]&#xD;&#xA;   - [OpenBSD too][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   [1]: http://www.securityfocus.com&#xD;&#xA;   [2]: http://www.securityfocus.com/rss/vulnerabilities.xml&#xD;&#xA;   [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugtraq&#xD;&#xA;   [4]: http://www.debian.org/security/&#xD;&#xA;   [5]: http://openbsd.org/errata.html" />
  <row Id="46614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26232" RevisionGUID="e9fd3577-461f-485d-90e6-439b946b270e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:23:15.617" UserId="5133" Text="Not sure if this would work, but what if you install a SVN client (Tortoise) and accept the certificate(s) permanently there, whilst checking out?" />
  <row Id="46615" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26233" RevisionGUID="ce49ef18-212d-4605-bf34-1f10133b9d14" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:26:33.973" UserId="9091" Text="For getting a grip on the technology, digital life, and political zeitgeist, you might try [popurls][1]. The site is nicely designed and gives a reasonable way outside of a feed reader to grab quick look at the state of things. The advantage over a feed reader is that there is less of an urge to &quot;deal&quot; with everything and get it out of your &quot;inbox&quot; because there is no &quot;inbox.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://popurls.com" />
  <row Id="46616" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26233" RevisionGUID="ce49ef18-212d-4605-bf34-1f10133b9d14" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:26:33.973" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46617" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26234" RevisionGUID="6d7d3163-af4d-48fe-af8f-6883b570fb4d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:28:42.423" UserId="6491" Text="If single user mode is really what you want (a plain black console) you should choose another live cd that is specially made for that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[GRML][1] is my favorite for this task. It has many tools and it is not bloated like Ubuntu. It does not automatically start a graphical interface, but you can if you want to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://grml.org" />
  <row Id="46618" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26235" RevisionGUID="31ced393-1ccf-4577-887f-3931318dcbea" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:28:59.210" UserId="5694" Text="I assume you're printing from a Windows machine.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Are you using a print server or are you sending jobs directly to the printer?  If you're sending jobs directly to the printer, is it spooling other jobs at the same time? &#xD;&#xA;- Have you tried changing the &quot;Start printing after last page has spooled&quot; setting in printer properties (this will need to be changed on the server if you're printing to a server.)&#xD;&#xA;- Does the slowness happen with all PDFs or only PDFs with images in them?  Are 1 page, text-only PDFs slow? (See Joshua Nurczyk's comment above about &quot;Print as image&quot;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used a similar Canon and didn't see that problem, so I imagine it's fixable.  Try to narrow the problem down a bit and troubleshoot from there." />
  <row Id="46619" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26236" RevisionGUID="12e1c886-0f5d-4be7-8329-2bfd08168f80" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:36:23.970" UserId="5694" Text="No one has mentioned Microsoft's [Sysinternals Blog][1], which has the best advanced Windows troubleshooting information anywhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/sysinternals/" />
  <row Id="46620" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26236" RevisionGUID="12e1c886-0f5d-4be7-8329-2bfd08168f80" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:36:23.970" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26237" RevisionGUID="14ebad5c-afa8-4483-b025-08d94460e8d2" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:37:41.050" UserId="6965" Text="I overheard a great call between one of our first-line techs and a remote user giving a presentation elsewhere in the country.  She was freaking out because she couldn't get her laptop's VGA output to display on the projector, despite having screwed the cable in **really** tight.  Turns out that, with enough brute force, you CAN screw a 15-pin VGA plug into a 9-pin serial port.  Just don't count on using the cable or port for anything else, ever.  Or the laptop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think it was the same user who reported &quot;phantom documents&quot; appearing on the multifunction printer in her office.  Nobody printed them, they &quot;just showed up&quot;.  She kept complaining about this, no matter how many times we told her that the printer was also a fax machine.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46622" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26237" RevisionGUID="14ebad5c-afa8-4483-b025-08d94460e8d2" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:37:41.050" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46623" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26238" RevisionGUID="0f2295a6-50fa-4e52-817c-f42ec440d032" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:41:59.793" UserId="5969" Text="I am wondering how all you great admins out there rate your success. I am thinking not only in a personal sense but also how to you rate you employees and/or department. How do you build a business case for additional staff, RIO, new equipment, and justify your yearly expenses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example do and how do you track:&#xD;&#xA;Trouble ticket solve rates&#xD;&#xA;Project Success Factors&#xD;&#xA;Project Success Rate&#xD;&#xA;Customer Service Score (how much do you clients like working with you)&#xD;&#xA;ROI for new employees&#xD;&#xA;ROI for tools&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46624" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26238" RevisionGUID="0f2295a6-50fa-4e52-817c-f42ec440d032" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:41:59.793" UserId="5969" Text="How do you rate your success as a Administrator ?" />
  <row Id="46625" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26238" RevisionGUID="0f2295a6-50fa-4e52-817c-f42ec440d032" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:41:59.793" UserId="5969" Text="&lt;business&gt;&lt;roi&gt;&lt;management&gt;" />
  <row Id="46626" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26238" RevisionGUID="0f2295a6-50fa-4e52-817c-f42ec440d032" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:41:59.793" UserId="5969" />
  <row Id="46627" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26239" RevisionGUID="8c71a900-363b-42ca-a18d-beacd4b39ff8" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:42:29.573" UserId="9461" Text="When performing test restore I don't really feel comfortable at the point &quot;this looks nice, files are restored, it seems no file is missing, even the sizes match&quot;, or at the point &quot;this looks nice, I started my application... does not crash, displays some decent data&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to restore server/cluster from scratch, and then to actually use it for *production*. Not for a minute, not for an hour, but *permanently*. If you claim that your restore was successful, then there is absolutely no reason not to start a production. This is not some &quot;dirty&quot; system, that we should forget of. This is the system that you will face after a real disaster. So, if it passes &quot;looks nice&quot; stage, live with it. Back it up next night. Forget about the original one. You probably *will* discover some glitches using this approach, and you will be *forced* to *fix all of them*. The next restore of the same system has a decent chance to be 100% successful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This includes your backup software and server. Yes, you need to restore these too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have no budget to buy dedicated hardware for restore?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Make a point that you absolutely need a budget. On every occasion remind the decision makers that a valid, throughout restore test has not happened yet. (And yes, gather the evidence to cover your ass. Tough world.)&#xD;&#xA; - In most organizations there is occasionally a business need to migrate some system to another hardware, so use the opportunity. Always choose &quot;restore from backup&quot; method for migration, pretending that you have just lost the original hardware. Yes, it means more downtime, sorry about that. At least you will have confidence that your backup is useful.&#xD;&#xA; - No migration? Maybe you can borrow some hardware for a two weeks and perform two restore&#xD;&#xA;tests (restore to borrowed hardware, wait more than a week, restore from borrowed to original). Usually, if there is a new hardware purchased for some new system and you arrange things properly, you can easily borrow it by offering to test it for two weeks. If the new hardware is not 100% identical to the old one, that will make your test even better. How do you know if you get identical hardware in case of real disaster?&#xD;&#xA; - Any new system is being implemented by you at the moment? Can you test the restore right now? Don't use additional hardware, just overwrite the new system as you have fresh knowledge how to re-implement it quickly. This works if it has no significant data yet. Again, go to production on the restored version, not on the freshly re-installed version.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26240" RevisionGUID="5017937b-6edc-458d-922a-43b30518dd88" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:43:05.937" UserId="388" Text="As per [this website][1], the OpenSSL command line utility appears to provide the functionality you need:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ openssl passwd -1 -salt pdQG -table foobar&#xD;&#xA;    foobar  $1$pdQG$0WzLBXV98voWIUEdIiLm11&#xD;&#xA;    $&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And there is presumably an equivalent function in the library itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure if IOS requires you to use specific salt values, but technically there is no reason why it should as long as the string you provide in your 'enable secret' command is a valid MD5 password digest. If you have the opportunity to test, I'd be interested to know your results.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://haxcess.com/2008/10/21/cisco-password-recovery/" />
  <row Id="46631" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26239" RevisionGUID="099155c2-6d70-468c-8702-5eb9bc26bcb8" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:49:16.423" UserId="9461" Comment="fixed grammar" Text="When performing test restore I don't really feel comfortable at the point &quot;this looks nice, files are restored, it seems no file is missing, even the sizes match&quot;, or at the point &quot;this looks nice, I started my application... does not crash, displays some decent data&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to restore server/cluster from scratch, and then to actually use it for *production*. Not for a minute, not for an hour, but *permanently*. If you claim that your restore was successful, then there is absolutely no reason not to start a production. This is not some &quot;dirty&quot; system, that should be forgotten. This is the system that you will face after a real disaster. So, if it passes &quot;looks nice&quot; stage, live with it. Back it up next night. Forget about the original one. You probably *will* discover some glitches using this approach, and you will be *forced* to *fix all of them*. The next restore of the same system has a decent chance to be 100% successful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This includes your backup software and server. Yes, you need to restore these too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have no budget to buy dedicated hardware for restore?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Make a point that you absolutely need a budget. On every occasion remind the decision makers that a valid, throughout restore test has not happened yet. (And yes, gather the evidence to cover your ass. Tough world.)&#xD;&#xA; - In most organizations there is occasionally a business need to migrate some system to another hardware, so use the opportunity. Always choose &quot;restore from backup&quot; method for migration, pretending that you have just lost the original hardware. Yes, it means more downtime, sorry about that. At least you will have confidence that your backup is useful.&#xD;&#xA; - No migration? Maybe you can borrow some hardware for two weeks and perform two restore&#xD;&#xA;tests (restore to borrowed hardware, wait more than a week, restore from borrowed to original, live with it). Usually, if there is a new hardware purchased for some new system and you arrange things properly, you can easily borrow it - by offering to exhaustively test it for two weeks. If the new hardware is not 100% identical to the old one, that will make your test even better. How do you know if you get identical hardware in case of real disaster?&#xD;&#xA; - Any new system is being implemented by you at the moment? Can you test the restore right now? Don't use additional hardware, just overwrite the new system as you have fresh knowledge how to re-implement it quickly. This works if it has no significant data yet. Again, go to production on the restored version, not on the freshly re-installed version.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46632" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26242" RevisionGUID="e25841dd-4ba5-4613-bd63-d859dce6fc68" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:49:38.013" UserId="3235" Text="Consider the data you are backing up... is it a database server?  Is it a web server?  File server?  &#xD;&#xA;Is there data on the OS drive that is essential?  If so why? Will it take longer to restore the OS than it will to rebuild it? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is a server I intend to do a bare metal type restore on I make sure I get the OS and System State daily, as well as the data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's just a file server and there is little to nothing going on on the OS drive well then you may not need to back it up at all or at least no more often than once/week.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TEST YOUR RESTORES.  Every time I see Evan say this I think there is a guy who probably learned this the hard way.  I know I did. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take a test box, and try and restore it to the original state of your server.  You'll quickly notice if you don't have some sort of BareMetal option you're going to have to put an OS and a backup agent on it.  Hence the question about does it take longer to rebuild than restore?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The most important piece of backup advice after &quot;**test your restores**&quot; I can think of is **&quot;know what to backup and what to exclude&quot;**.  Do NOT try and run your backup software over hot database files, or your anti-virus quarantine, or the directory your backup software is using for caching. These things may work some of the time, but they will cause backup failures eventually and then you won't have the backup you need when you need it.  Murphy's Law means that the backup you absolutely must have is the incremental that failed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46633" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26242" RevisionGUID="e25841dd-4ba5-4613-bd63-d859dce6fc68" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:49:38.013" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26243" RevisionGUID="21ac8f6d-b617-420d-a0c4-2fb8fe63aa30" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:59:42.690" UserId="1428" Text="I have a set of SunFire X2100 and X2200 servers.  If I attempt to use the remote KVM feature from my Ubuntu Linux box, the Java app loads and attempts to connect but receives an &quot;Authentication Error&quot; message.  The same thing works fine from a Windows desktop using IE.  Is there something I can do to fix this?" />
  <row Id="46635" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26243" RevisionGUID="21ac8f6d-b617-420d-a0c4-2fb8fe63aa30" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:59:42.690" UserId="1428" Text="Sun LOM KVM not working on Linux" />
  <row Id="46636" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26243" RevisionGUID="21ac8f6d-b617-420d-a0c4-2fb8fe63aa30" CreationDate="2009-06-15T22:59:42.690" UserId="1428" Text="&lt;sun&gt;&lt;lom&gt;" />
  <row Id="46637" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26244" RevisionGUID="68003053-836c-41ee-8821-09390122a743" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:05:53.677" UserId="9138" Text="I'd track:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;how vertical you are&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;number of employees supported&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;type of those employees&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;number of trouble tickets filed&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;time to trouble ticket resolution&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;how vertical your market is(how much you have to accept whatever software is presented&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;By how vertical you are, I am asking if you're a jack-of-all-trades, if it blinks you're responsible, or are you exclusively a linux sysadmin supporting this particular application. Usually you'll find this kind of admin in a large company, where there's room for several of this kind of admin.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;By &quot;type of employees&quot;, I mean are they Finance people, or someone technically skilled, like developers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The reason that it matters how vertical your market is: If you work in a highly specialized field, you will have very little choice what software you use, and won't have the ability to move to another piece of software if there is a bug found.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;None of these factors by themselves mean much; you have to take all factors into account to get any kind of meaningful result." />
  <row Id="46638" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26244" RevisionGUID="68003053-836c-41ee-8821-09390122a743" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:05:53.677" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26245" RevisionGUID="41632b32-8b9d-4b4e-aecf-cb7da4067491" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:13:55.547" UserId="7949" Text="There was an `important` user that complained **a lot** about an unconcibable security breach: when he turned of his computer one day, and turned it on the other day, everything would be the 'exact' same way. Every open app, every open document, his user still logged on!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When after a few uncomfortable complaints, one technician went to see what was the real problem, the user was asked to repeat his every step to turn the computer on and off. Surely enough, he headed right to the monitor, leaving the computer untouched. " />
  <row Id="46640" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26245" RevisionGUID="41632b32-8b9d-4b4e-aecf-cb7da4067491" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:13:55.547" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46641" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26246" RevisionGUID="f3f9adbc-d0cd-43f9-af92-87c1f82d5b0e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:17:23.793" UserDisplayName="Matt" Text="So it seems that by telling Cygwin to install the previous version of everything I got it to work... which I did just before posting this thread. In retrospect the answers of everyone here are far more intelligent and I wish I had the opportunity to try them. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So it works, but I don't know why it didn't work in the first place. I will keep the suggestions you gave in mind however and thank everyone for their time and effort." />
  <row Id="46642" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26247" RevisionGUID="d2ce68f3-c8fa-423b-ab72-343dfd018c54" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:18:23.587" UserId="9461" Text="My success as an administrator? How beautiful my systems are. I cannot measure it, and it is strictly subjective.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know, this is answer is not useful to you. I know my boss needs to care about ROI, additional staff, budget, expense cuts, etc, but I try to forget about these as much as possible. Yes, I help my boss, I understand his problems, but I don't really care about his problems internally. I know ROI cannot make *me* a successful administrator.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46643" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26247" RevisionGUID="d2ce68f3-c8fa-423b-ab72-343dfd018c54" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:18:23.587" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46644" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26248" RevisionGUID="6e5ab33c-09fb-4158-8192-17f6331bdc4c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:20:10.417" UserId="9598" Text="I run a server with some PHP-powered forums ([Vanilla][1] 1.1.5a) on it, and I've recently noticed posts going out of order on them.  Some digging revealed that Apache seems to be changing the current timezone back and forth from +0000 to -0500 on a request without apparent pattern, which can be seen in log entries like these: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    38.104.58.202 - - [15/Jun/2009:22:40:05 +0000] &quot;GET /extensions/MembersList/library/paginate.js HTTP/1.1&quot; 200 22880 &quot;http://mysite.com/&quot; &quot;Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.1b99) Gecko/20090605 Firefox/3.5b99&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    38.104.58.202 - - [15/Jun/2009:17:40:05 -0500] &quot;GET /extensions/JQuery/jquery-1.2.6.min.js HTTP/1.1&quot; 200 55804 &quot;http://mysite.com/&quot; &quot;Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.1b99) Gecko/20090605 Firefox/3.5b99&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Though the time adjusted for the timezone difference is the same, it seems to be causing PHP's date function to return the local, unadjusted time (with ensuing timewarp chaos happening in the forum's data).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm also running a Django-based mod_python application on the same VirtualHost.  The config looks like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost        &#xD;&#xA;      DocumentRoot /var/www/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   	&lt;Directory /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  		Options FollowSymLinks&#xD;&#xA;  		AllowOverride None&#xD;&#xA;   	&lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;   	&lt;Directory /var/www/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  		Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews&#xD;&#xA;  		AllowOverride None&#xD;&#xA;  		Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;  		allow from all&#xD;&#xA;   	&lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   	ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/&#xD;&#xA;   	&lt;Directory &quot;/usr/lib/cgi-bin&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  		AllowOverride None&#xD;&#xA;  		Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch&#xD;&#xA;  		Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;  		Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;    	ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;  	# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,&#xD;&#xA;  	# alert, emerg.&#xD;&#xA;  	LogLevel warn&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  	CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      Alias /doc/ &quot;/usr/share/doc/&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;Directory &quot;/usr/share/doc/&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks&#xD;&#xA;          AllowOverride None&#xD;&#xA;          Order deny,allow&#xD;&#xA;          Deny from all&#xD;&#xA;          Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;      Alias /media/ &quot;/usr/share/python-support/python-django/django/contrib/admin/media/&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;Directory /usr/share/python-support/python-django/django/contrib/admin/media/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;                  Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews&#xD;&#xA;                  AllowOverride None&#xD;&#xA;                  Order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;                  allow from all&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/Directory&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;      RedirectMatch ^/raid-scheduler$ &quot;/raid-scheduler/&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;Location &quot;/raid-scheduler/&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;           SetHandler python-program&#xD;&#xA;           PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython&#xD;&#xA;           SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE raid_scheduler.settings&#xD;&#xA;           PythonOption django.root /raid-scheduler&#xD;&#xA;    	   PythonDebug On&#xD;&#xA;	   PythonPath &quot;['/opt', '/opt/raid_scheduler'] + sys.path&quot;&#xD;&#xA;       &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas as to what might be causing this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://getvanilla.com/" />
  <row Id="46645" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26248" RevisionGUID="6e5ab33c-09fb-4158-8192-17f6331bdc4c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:20:10.417" UserId="9598" Text="What could cause Apache's time/timezone to change intermittently?" />
  <row Id="46646" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26248" RevisionGUID="6e5ab33c-09fb-4158-8192-17f6331bdc4c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:20:10.417" UserId="9598" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;mod-php&gt;" />
  <row Id="46647" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26249" RevisionGUID="9d32c492-3801-4e22-ad06-84ae69995f72" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:21:54.050" UserId="6132" Text="One way to view it is how many users don't have to think about anything IT to get their jobs done. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46648" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26249" RevisionGUID="9d32c492-3801-4e22-ad06-84ae69995f72" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:21:54.050" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26250" RevisionGUID="e9b7374f-3385-48e1-a6fb-7d5dde300b9d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:25:28.380" UserId="6522" Text="I think that has more to do with your php settings.&#xD;&#xA;Have a look at the mod_php &quot;TZ&quot; environment variable." />
  <row Id="46650" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26251" RevisionGUID="bdea2822-b051-4b9c-8a42-fea13b934785" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:25:42.717" UserId="5989" Text="From a user perspective, the system administrator is good if they don't have any IT issues prohibiting their productivity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From a management perspective, the system administrator is good if they're saving the company more than they cost (ie, salary + benefits). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both of these are hard to quantify, so you need to ask whoever you report to what kind of metrics they measure your performance against. If they're not willing to disclose that, it might be time to brush up the resumé. That's not a snarky statement; you don't want to work somewhere they don't tell you their expectations, right?" />
  <row Id="46651" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26251" RevisionGUID="bdea2822-b051-4b9c-8a42-fea13b934785" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:25:42.717" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26252" RevisionGUID="956b7324-4770-42cf-98f4-64b32f56ef84" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:26:58.483" UserId="6132" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.adminarsenal.com&quot;&gt;Admin Arsenal&lt;/a&gt; has a great perfmon monitor with graphical charting. It's free to try." />
  <row Id="46653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26253" RevisionGUID="1cc9e189-d753-48b0-9379-19a60d9913a6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:27:48.110" UserId="6825" Text="I'm a programmer whose been pushed into server admin duty, and I've got a problem that's confusing me good. Lack of knowledge is no doubt the culprit, so educate me if you can. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PROBLEM IN BRIEF: Two physical servers hosted by same dedicated hosting service. Web server (running in a VM) on one server cannot be reached by the other server, but can be reached by anyone else on the Internet that tries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SETUP:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have two servers hosted by ServerBeach. Both running Debian, one running VMWare Server 2 with two VMs - each running Debian also. The VMs each are running Apache and serving up a website. Some **fake** IPs for clarity:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SERVER #1 (eth0): 10.0.1.1&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;SERVER #2 (eth0): 11.0.0.1&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;SERVER #2 secondary IP (eth0:1) - for VM #1: 10.0.2.1&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;SERVER #2 secondary IP (eth0:2) - for VM #2: 10.0.2.2&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The VMs on Server #2 are networked to the host via host-only networking:&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;SERVER #2 (vmnet1): 192.168.0.1&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;VM #1: 192.168.0.2&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;VM #2: 192.168.0.3&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;... while iptables rules on Server #2 take Internet traffic bound for those secondary IPs and changes the destination IP to go to the VMs, and back again for traffic heading out to the Internet from the VM:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -A PREROUTING -d 10.0.2.1 -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to-destination 192.168.0.2:80&#xD;&#xA;    (...)&#xD;&#xA;    -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.0.2 -o eth0 -j SNAT --to-source 10.0.2.1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This works. A computer out there on the Internet can point its browser at http://10.0.2.1 and it gets the web server running on the VM. This sort of setup, where the secondary IPs are aliases on the host machine, and don't live on the VMs themselves, is how ServerBeach insists VMWare setups like this should be configured. And it does the job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only strange thing is that, when Server #1 tries to access the Server #2 VM like any other client out there on the Internet, it times out. (I'm logged on to Server #1 via SSH and using links to try and browse to the site, or even telnet on port 80)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I run tshark on VM #1, I see the SYN packets make it from Server #1 through Server #2 to the VM:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    4.607664 10.0.1.1 -&gt; 192.168.0.2 TCP 44983 &gt; http [SYN] Seq=0 Win=5840 Len=0 MSS=1460 TSV=318986 TSER=0 WS=7&#xD;&#xA;    52.596287 10.0.1.1 -&gt; 192.168.0.2 TCP 44983 &gt; http [SYN] Seq=0 Win=5840 Len=0 MSS=1460 TSV=330986 TSER=0 WS=7&#xD;&#xA;    (etc...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The SYN packets keep coming, but the VM never sends back a SYN-ACK.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, if I hop on any other computer and go to that URL in a browser, I see the SYN, SYN-ACK, and ACK, and of course the traffic that follows (we'll call this other system 170.0.0.1):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    8.456176 170.0.0.1 -&gt; 192.168.0.2 TCP 16945 &gt; http [SYN] Seq=0 Win=65535 Len=0 MSS=1460 WS=1 TSV=972883011 TSER=0&#xD;&#xA;    8.456243 192.168.0.2 -&gt; 170.0.0.1 TCP http &gt; 16945 [SYN, ACK] Seq=0 Ack=1 Win=5792 Len=0 MSS=1460 TSV=718068724 TSER=972883011 WS=4&#xD;&#xA;    8.522374 170.0.0.1 -&gt; 192.168.0.2 TCP 16945 &gt; http [ACK] Seq=1 Ack=1 Win=66608 Len=0 TSV=972883012 TSER=718068724&#xD;&#xA;    (... let the GETs begin! ...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; Same thing happens on VM #2. Everyone can reach out and communicate with the web server *except* Server #1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server #1 can, of course, reach any other website out on the Internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know this question might be hard to follow, and I certainly don't expect anyone that isn't hands-on to just dream up the answer on the spot. But I do wonder if anyone can answer... what might be a reason why VM #1 gets the SYN packets from Server #1, but does NOT attempts to send a SYN-ACK back? I thought that the problem might have been related to the host machine, but the SYNs clearly do make it to the VM, it just seems to ignore them once they get there - but it immediately responds to a SYN from any other client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just looking for clues here.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46654" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26253" RevisionGUID="1cc9e189-d753-48b0-9379-19a60d9913a6" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:27:48.110" UserId="6825" Text="Web server inaccessible to one particular machine at same data center" />
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  <row Id="46656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26254" RevisionGUID="02b6f2fe-1cd1-4e95-8bd1-37ec792f074b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:29:03.147" UserId="6522" Text="Measurable:&#xD;&#xA;Do I comply well within the SLA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Subjective:&#xD;&#xA;Do my colleagues still like me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personal:&#xD;&#xA;Do I still give a %. ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;% Insert phrase of your own liking&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46657" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26254" RevisionGUID="02b6f2fe-1cd1-4e95-8bd1-37ec792f074b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:29:03.147" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46658" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26238" RevisionGUID="181a4f11-cae7-4961-9c70-276974bfa942" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:29:24.330" UserId="86" Comment="fixed spelling and grammer" Text="I am wondering how all you great admins out there rate your success. I am thinking not only in a personal sense but also how you rate your employees and/or department. How do you build a business case for additional staff, RIO, new equipment, and justify your yearly expenses?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example do you, and how do you track:&#xD;&#xA;Trouble ticket solve rates&#xD;&#xA;Project Success Factors&#xD;&#xA;Project Success Rate&#xD;&#xA;Customer Service Score (how much do your clients like working with you)&#xD;&#xA;ROI for new employees&#xD;&#xA;ROI for tools&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46659" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="26238" RevisionGUID="181a4f11-cae7-4961-9c70-276974bfa942" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:29:24.330" UserId="86" Comment="fixed spelling and grammer" Text="How do you rate your success as an Administrator?" />
  <row Id="46660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26255" RevisionGUID="02a8aa26-e02b-4d00-a940-4c8729d29c73" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:29:48.883" UserId="8996" Text="Could it be that some other request is setting TZ and it's being left lying around? Recording the `getenv('TZ')` at the start of every request would verify this, and `putenv` could be used to workaround it." />
  <row Id="46661" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26244" RevisionGUID="9e6859d5-c206-47a6-b41a-586e38d2a352" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:31:16.463" UserId="86" Comment="minor grammatical and formatting corrections" Text="I'd track:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;how vertical you are&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;number of employees supported&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;type of those employees&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;number of trouble tickets filed&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;time to trouble ticket resolution&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;how vertical your market is(how much you have to accept whatever software is presented)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;By how vertical you are, I am asking if you're a jack-of-all-trades, if it blinks you're responsible, or are you exclusively a Linux sysadmin supporting this particular application. Usually you'll find this kind of admin in a large company, where there's room for several of this kind of admin.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;By &quot;type of employees&quot;, I mean are they Finance people, or someone technically skilled, like developers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The reason that it matters how vertical your market is: If you work in a highly specialized field, you will have very little choice what software you use, and won't have the ability to move to another piece of software if there is a bug found.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;None of these factors by themselves mean much; you have to take all factors into account to get any kind of meaningful result." />
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  <row Id="46663" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26198" RevisionGUID="f055ed05-e89e-4c09-ac7f-3381bd88ce9e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:32:21.640" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;sniffer&gt;&lt;ethernet&gt;&lt;packet-analyzer&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="46664" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25951" RevisionGUID="cc52ffee-a46f-4d35-ab9d-13d0b169927d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:32:50.033" UserId="9332" Comment="added 595 characters in body" Text="Most answers are going to say: Whatever you feel most comfortable with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But here's a few real answers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - CentOS&#xD;&#xA; - Ubuntu Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why these distros? Active communities. Server focused. Free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Patches and stability need to come before features. Especially if your next meal is coming from the money you hope to be making from this application/server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next you can begin to look at other factors: &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - Are the packages you need for development at the correct version?&#xD;&#xA; - How good is the documentation? &#xD;&#xA; - How hard is it to download and compile other packages you might need? &#xD;&#xA; - Do they offer any unique configuration or management tools? [Project Spacewalk][1] comes to mind. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then after a few years, you can be comfortable with one you've chosen. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;The one you're most comfortable with.&quot; arguement pushes new admins away from linux. Too much choice can be as harmful as too little. IMHO.&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.redhat.com/spacewalk/" />
  <row Id="46665" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26253" RevisionGUID="edca9df5-5c62-43b3-bc28-0327a43505f0" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:33:11.653" UserId="6825" Comment="Added nmap part" Text="I'm a programmer whose been pushed into server admin duty, and I've got a problem that's confusing me good. Lack of knowledge is no doubt the culprit, so educate me if you can. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PROBLEM IN BRIEF: Two physical servers hosted by same dedicated hosting service. Web server (running in a VM) on one server cannot be reached by the other server, but can be reached by anyone else on the Internet that tries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SETUP:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have two servers hosted by ServerBeach. Both running Debian, one running VMWare Server 2 with two VMs - each running Debian also. The VMs each are running Apache and serving up a website. Some **fake** IPs for clarity:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SERVER #1 (eth0): 10.0.1.1&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;SERVER #2 (eth0): 11.0.0.1&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;SERVER #2 secondary IP (eth0:1) - for VM #1: 10.0.2.1&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;SERVER #2 secondary IP (eth0:2) - for VM #2: 10.0.2.2&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The VMs on Server #2 are networked to the host via host-only networking:&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;SERVER #2 (vmnet1): 192.168.0.1&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;VM #1: 192.168.0.2&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;VM #2: 192.168.0.3&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;... while iptables rules on Server #2 take Internet traffic bound for those secondary IPs and changes the destination IP to go to the VMs, and back again for traffic heading out to the Internet from the VM:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -A PREROUTING -d 10.0.2.1 -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to-destination 192.168.0.2:80&#xD;&#xA;    (...)&#xD;&#xA;    -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.0.2 -o eth0 -j SNAT --to-source 10.0.2.1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This works. A computer out there on the Internet can point its browser at http://10.0.2.1 and it gets the web server running on the VM. This sort of setup, where the secondary IPs are aliases on the host machine, and don't live on the VMs themselves, is how ServerBeach insists VMWare setups like this should be configured. And it does the job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only strange thing is that, when Server #1 tries to access the Server #2 VM like any other client out there on the Internet, it times out. (I'm logged on to Server #1 via SSH and using links to try and browse to the site, or even telnet on port 80)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I run tshark on VM #1, I see the SYN packets make it from Server #1 through Server #2 to the VM:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    4.607664 10.0.1.1 -&gt; 192.168.0.2 TCP 44983 &gt; http [SYN] Seq=0 Win=5840 Len=0 MSS=1460 TSV=318986 TSER=0 WS=7&#xD;&#xA;    52.596287 10.0.1.1 -&gt; 192.168.0.2 TCP 44983 &gt; http [SYN] Seq=0 Win=5840 Len=0 MSS=1460 TSV=330986 TSER=0 WS=7&#xD;&#xA;    (etc...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The SYN packets keep coming, but the VM never sends back a SYN-ACK.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, if I hop on any other computer and go to that URL in a browser, I see the SYN, SYN-ACK, and ACK, and of course the traffic that follows (we'll call this other system 170.0.0.1):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    8.456176 170.0.0.1 -&gt; 192.168.0.2 TCP 16945 &gt; http [SYN] Seq=0 Win=65535 Len=0 MSS=1460 WS=1 TSV=972883011 TSER=0&#xD;&#xA;    8.456243 192.168.0.2 -&gt; 170.0.0.1 TCP http &gt; 16945 [SYN, ACK] Seq=0 Ack=1 Win=5792 Len=0 MSS=1460 TSV=718068724 TSER=972883011 WS=4&#xD;&#xA;    8.522374 170.0.0.1 -&gt; 192.168.0.2 TCP 16945 &gt; http [ACK] Seq=1 Ack=1 Win=66608 Len=0 TSV=972883012 TSER=718068724&#xD;&#xA;    (... let the GETs begin! ...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; Same thing happens on VM #2. Everyone can reach out and communicate with the web server *except* Server #1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server #1 can, of course, reach any other website out on the Internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: If I run nmap -sS 10.0.2.1 from Server #1, port 80 (and any other port that Server #2 is set to pass along to the VM) appear as Filtered. However, if I do the same nmap from any other machine, the ports appear as Open.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know this question might be hard to follow, and I certainly don't expect anyone that isn't hands-on to just dream up the answer on the spot. But I do wonder if anyone can answer... what might be a reason why VM #1 gets the SYN packets from Server #1, but does NOT attempts to send a SYN-ACK back? I thought that the problem might have been related to the host machine, but the SYNs clearly do make it to the VM, it just seems to ignore them once they get there - but it immediately responds to a SYN from any other client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just looking for clues here.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46666" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26256" RevisionGUID="bd79ceaf-a51d-415a-b2ad-8a64b99a2a0d" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:33:34.353" UserDisplayName="Brian Munroe" Text="Is this a webstart java application?  You may want to try starting Firefox from a terminal window; it may dump more debugging info then launching it via the desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, what version of the JRE are you using?" />
  <row Id="46667" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26257" RevisionGUID="a7d7f4b7-1afc-4111-ab6c-0383afe09757" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:35:42.663" UserId="2224" Text="New corporate CFO wants to watch TV in his office. Offensive at the $500/hr he makes, but that's not IT's problem. Purchasing approves a 52&quot; plasma (this is when they were $15k), the cabling guys wire it up and and a carpenter custom-builds a beautiful cabinet for it out of some rare wood to match the furniture.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IT gets called for a network problem -- as in TV network. Deskside IT guy shows up to see what's up and gets screamed at for 4-5 minutes about how much IT sucks, etc. Then comes the problem: the TV is broken and stuck on channel 1. Actual problem? The individual hit the &quot;VCR&quot; button on the remote, and the TV channels won't change!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Solution: Program the TV to automatically go to CNBC when powered on and take the remote away. Up until the time I left a trouble ticket was submitted by his assistant when the channel had to change." />
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  <row Id="46669" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25004" RevisionGUID="2c71b147-a891-4af3-999d-ad7a687797ff" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:38:28.837" UserId="86" Comment="fixed spelling and formatting" Text="True story;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've got a user here who works with the military, training them primarily how to use ecological engineering &quot;databases&quot;. We lovingly refer to her as The Evil Olive Oil, because she greatly resembles the cartoon character. Her antics so far have been;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(No embellishment, or kidding on any of these. This is actually how she is.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Calling my boss at 4:45am, (curiously, she called his office line and not his cell or the on-call admin cell) and leaving a 3-minute message that begins in a normal tone but rapidly reaches a fever pitch, where she begins _literally_ screaming into the phone the word, `Unacceptable! Unacceptable! Unacceptable!' over and over. No kidding, repeated about twenty times or so. At the end, her voice is hoarse and she's sobbing, overcome with emotion. The problem; a malfunctioning printer. The irony; there was a perfectly functioning one she was aware of, less than 15 feet away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Engaging in enormous email arguments with tech staff where she refuses to follow specific instructions, claiming she &quot;doesn't have time for this&quot; and &quot;she doesn't see the point in this&quot; and how &quot;she's smart enough&quot; and believes that our instructions won't fix her problem, shortly followed up with an almost vicious, `you've exceeded my personal time expectations for a solution, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURSELF??!!!' email.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Claims she needs, (again, no kidding) 4 versions of MS Office installed on her computer because she doesn't _believe_ that any docs, excel files, etc. of them are backwards-compatible with each other. FULL VERSIONS. Each and every one of us has proved forwards and backwards that she does not need this, but she refuses to believe anyone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's my favorite part of this though..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After a week's worth of completely crazy email trails between her, myself, the rest of the staff, her boss, her boss's boss, mine, etc. All attempting to resolve an issue that she was _convinced_ was a network problem and couldn't be dissuaded from, I found myself leaving work the exact same time that she was, (exiting the parking garage.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;She turns right and I follow, which is my normal route home. I haven't noticed that I'm inadvertently following her at this point, `cause I'm mainly keeping an eye on traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As we continue down the parkway, her vehicle starts to act erratically. Speeding up, slowing down, attempting to force it's way into another lane in a bullying sort of manner and that's what made me sit up and take note.. I realized that it was HER!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking into the vehicle, I notice that she's rapidly moving her head back and forth, glancing into the rear-view mirror and back out the windscreen. It's obvious that she's looking at what's behind her, (me in my vehicle) and freaking out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition to it being a fairly well-used parkway and a heavy traffic time of day, she's unable to maneuver her way out of my lane and she remained in front of me. Weakly I wave to her, to try and assuage any fears or assumptions that she might have, wondering if she's just believing the worst and that her life is beginning to resemble a horror movie, (the killer was BEHIND HER the ENTIRE time! :) or something. She does not return the wave.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As we approach an Albertson's grocery store, she SUDDENLY and UNEXPECTEDLY whips the steering wheel around to the right, cutting into the parking lot, narrowly missing two pedestrians and wildly careening down a sharp dip into the lot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I drive past, I watch as she madly continues her run into the parking lot and slams on her brakes, again narrowly avoiding t-boning another car that's pulling out. Horns abound, voices are raised in the parking lot and I continue on my merry way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The next day I relay this story to my co-workers who laugh and we all share a humorous, (if not slightly scary) thought that hopefully she doesn't think that I'm stalking her.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Two days later, while the helpdesk is up working on her computer and she's out on a business trip to a military base, one of the guys calls me, _from her extension_ and in what I can only describe as a VERY, VERY good impersonation of her voice starts to accuse me, LOUDLY of stalking and saying that she's going to call the police, etc. The color drains from my face and I'm stammering apologies on the phone for almost a full minute before I hear the rest of my team trying to stifle their laughter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;:)" />
  <row Id="46670" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8799" RevisionGUID="83908795-0f6c-48c0-91b9-cfffca6ed62b" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:39:56.367" UserId="86" Comment="fixed further formatting" Text="Friend of mine working for an MS Consulting place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;He gets sent to a company to remove their spyware and set them up on a domain with ISA as a proxy, Windows XP Desktops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;He goes through and uninstalls everything people weren't supposed to have according to the business owner, installs and runs all the AV stuff, and then joins them all to a domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Comes back the next day and a lady is violently angry and crying about her &quot;Coacoa&quot; is gone.  Demands that he lets her reinstall Bonzai buddy.  He says no, she rages, the boss says &quot;no&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The next day he is still there as support and the lady has brought in a Sony Vaio she apparently bought at Best Buy to get her Bonzai buddy back.  She was equally irate when she could not put this laptop online due to the proxy server only allowing computers on the domain." />
  <row Id="46671" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24999" RevisionGUID="02628012-d38a-40e8-bc21-af2ecfb3352e" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:41:23.277" UserId="86" Comment="corrected formatting" Text="We get people blaming us whenever videos they like get deleted from YouTube or when Google falls over. Another common occurrence is people complaining to our director when we refuse to help them break the law." />
  <row Id="46672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26258" RevisionGUID="c9ddb86f-34dc-4492-ba05-b86fcc9c0f82" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:43:04.210" UserId="9461" Text="In Unix/Linux each process can operate in a different timezone. This is because depending on the content of $TZ variable that can be present in process's environment system time-related functions change their return values (this is neither PHP- or Apache-specific). Probably $TZ is getting modified inside one or more of your Apache processes. Both mod_php and mod_python are a part of Apache process, so they can freely modify $TZ. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you print getenv('TZ') to the log along with Apache process id via posix_getpid(), so it could be used to match with various user requests?" />
  <row Id="46673" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26257" RevisionGUID="e32027d5-1d59-4d58-8528-2fc18eef146c" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:44:52.927" UserId="86" Comment="fixed grammar" Text="New corporate CFO wants to watch TV in his office. Offensive at the $500/hr he makes, but that's not IT's problem. Purchasing approves a 52&quot; plasma (this is when they were $15k), the cabling guys wire it up and a carpenter custom-builds a beautiful cabinet for it out of some rare wood to match the furniture.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IT gets called for a network problem - as in TV network. Deskside IT guy shows up to see what's up and gets screamed at for 4-5 minutes about how much IT sucks, etc. Then comes the problem: the TV is broken and stuck on channel 1. Actual problem? The individual hit the &quot;VCR&quot; button on the remote, and the TV channels won't change!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Solution: Program the TV to automatically go to CNBC when powered on and take the remote away. Up until the time I left a trouble ticket was submitted by his assistant when the channel had to change." />
  <row Id="46674" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26259" RevisionGUID="2cb63cd0-cca6-4197-9d78-3881583a7db4" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:45:53.423" UserId="6522" Text="The only reasonably way to ensure integrity of your network is to, by default, restrict all access except the ones you allow. &#xD;&#xA;All other methods, if you still insist on having full network control, is just playing catch-up with the newest greatest (and oldest well known) protocols used for sending data from a to b and vice versa.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But if you are interested in job security and a lot of administrative work, go for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW you didn't say from which country you came from, jurisdiction is quite different on this topic across the world but I assume US since you are talking about a T1 pipe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Something which apparently works quite well in the states is writing back with some legal jargon stating that they may chose between either one explanation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* The copyright owner gave implicit right for making use of the availability of that work&#xD;&#xA;* The received work is not the same as the work referred to in your allegations&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Always end your letter with a friendly greeting and the option to further discuss the matter, stating your consultancy tariff." />
  <row Id="46675" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26213" RevisionGUID="cd3e9b8e-bb7c-4b50-ac6d-79469ff07970" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:47:04.953" UserId="9332" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;exploit&gt;&lt;website&gt;&lt;education&gt;" />
  <row Id="46676" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25070" RevisionGUID="73737391-2ee5-4234-8912-fd100f5a6aae" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:47:29.667" UserId="86" Comment="corrected spelling" Text="On a Wednesday I got asked to do some work downtown. I live very far from downtown and the company didn't pay mileage for jobs in that area, so I turned it down. &quot;Ok, we'll send someone else.&quot; The someone else showed up and then disappeared from the site. Shortly before lunch I get a phone call informing me that the client is very upset and they desperately need me to do damage control. Knowing that I hate going downtown, they offer to pay my mileage and travel time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Upon arrival at the site, I find the site crawling with tradespeople. There's no power to the server room, but the electrician says it will be up shortly. All the equipment is tossed in a corner or a rat's nest inside the biggest box I've ever seen. I manage to find enough components to build the first server and got it powered up. The second server is supposed to be attached by KVM, but the keyboard and mouse are not compatible with the KVM. My technical contact across the country tells me the next step is to bring it on-line so he can remote in. I try plugging the ADSL modem in but can't find an active phone jack. None of the trades know anything about it. Technical contact agrees there's nothing more I can do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I inform the store manager that I cannot proceed and am leaving the site:&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Are you coming back tomorrow.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;No.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;The next day?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;No. Someone will be dispatched for Monday.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;But we are reopening on Monday!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;No, you're not.&quot; (None of the tradespeople were going to be done on time either.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;He was pretty outraged at this point and asked for my supervisor's number. I wrote it on the back of the business card he gave me when I had arrived and gave it back to him, which made him even more upset. (I had earlier refused to give him my own business card because I was working as a contractor and was not allowed to give out business cards.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On my way home I get a phone call from the technical contact:&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Can you go back tomorrow?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;No.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;How about the next day?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;No. I'm not going back.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Ok, thanks.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few months later I met up with the regional manager at another site. He didn't remember me, but when I asked him about the first site he told me they didn't reopen for several weeks after that. He also mentioned that site had tried to reopen several times and failed. They did eventually reopen though (it's a restaurant)." />
  <row Id="46677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26260" RevisionGUID="cfdecc1e-8890-465a-aa76-542ef74668d1" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:48:20.117" UserId="1375" Text="Your NAT is getting in the way.  Specifically, the return packets have the original source address as the dest and as such aren't passing through the NAT device to be de-NATted." />
  <row Id="46678" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26261" RevisionGUID="ba7fa705-4a06-4c5e-80a7-d2c33874c55a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:49:00.867" UserId="9138" Text="You're aware that only 10.x.x.x is properly available to use, and not 11.x.x.x? Other IPs available are 172.16-32.x.x and 192.168.x.x. 170.x.x.x is out. You mentioned that the IPs given are fake, so this may not help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is the IP of Server #1 listed in the /etc/hosts.deny file of either the VM or its host?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I presume you've checked the firewall rules of the VM to make sure it's not being dropped." />
  <row Id="46679" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26262" RevisionGUID="a6a93f66-6eb5-44c0-a152-e8f9058eafbf" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:52:39.727" UserId="2224" Text="It depends. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disk to disk backup is *ideal* for a service restoration scenario. Say you need to restore a downed server within 90 minutes, 24/7. You need disk to disk, particularly if you're remotely supporting the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disk to disk, replicated backup to a remote DR site is also great, as it gives you protection against a disaster affecting your primary datacenter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disk to disk, not-replicated backup is not a good choice if backup with part of your business continuity plan in the event of a failure at your primary datacenter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disk to disk also isn't a good idea if you need to preserve massive amounts of data for a very long time. People store tapes in old salt mines for decades...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IMO, you build backup to satisfy your need for **service restoration**. Long-term retention of data (not systems) gets done by an archive." />
  <row Id="46680" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26238" RevisionGUID="cca7514f-cdb9-4b27-9aa8-cdd8c21779fd" CreationDate="2009-06-15T23:56:41.147" UserId="671" Comment="Corrected RIO -&gt; ROI, cleaned up the list" Text="I am wondering how all you great admins out there rate your success.  I am thinking not only in a personal sense but also how you rate your employees and/or department. How do you build a business case for additional staff, ROI, new equipment, and justify your yearly expenses?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example do you, and how do you track:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Trouble ticket solve rates&#xD;&#xA; - Project Success Factors&#xD;&#xA; - Project Success Rate&#xD;&#xA; - Customer Service Score (how much do your clients like working with you)&#xD;&#xA; - ROI for new employees&#xD;&#xA; - ROI for tools&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26263" RevisionGUID="4b0e816c-46b9-494e-88d5-82b3aff42a92" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:00:56.963" UserId="2608" Text="I used it to create a report which called a stored procedure and wrote out the results to a text file automatically.  It basically replaced the 'save as text file' export in sql reporting services...we like to breed lazy users here." />
  <row Id="46682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26264" RevisionGUID="a36baee0-a38f-4c73-9e05-80347686f4c2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:01:52.597" UserId="4694" Text="How do you find out who is logged on to a remote windows machine?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm using **psloggedon** at the moment, but it gives me only one computer at a time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **psloggeon \\\172.21.0.5 &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;**&#xD;&#xA;![psloggedon][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a better way how to scan a whole subnet ? Preferably some GUI application. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/1562/psloggedon.png" />
  <row Id="46683" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26264" RevisionGUID="a36baee0-a38f-4c73-9e05-80347686f4c2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:01:52.597" UserId="4694" Text="Detect who is logged on to a remote Windows machines" />
  <row Id="46684" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26264" RevisionGUID="a36baee0-a38f-4c73-9e05-80347686f4c2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:01:52.597" UserId="4694" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;" />
  <row Id="46685" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26265" RevisionGUID="c0575322-da72-4953-98ab-56ec41688de1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:04:58.430" UserId="2608" Text="You would be looking for this article I think:  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345193.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a failover cluster setup with SSIS as a clustered resource in the SQL group.  It has been fine so far.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a/a seems a little more complicated:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you have multiple SQL Server resource groups that include the Integration Services service in a cluster, a failover could lead to unexpected results. Consider the following scenario. Group1, which includes the SQL Server service and the Integration Services service, is running on Node A. Group2, which also includes the SQL Server service and the Integration Services service, is running on Node B. Group 2 fails over to Node A. The attempt to start another instance of the Integration Services service on Node A fails because the Integration Services service is a single-instance service. Whether the SQL Server service that is trying to fail over to Node A also fails depends on the configuration of the Integration Services service in Group 2. If the Integration Services service was configured to affect the other services in the resource group, the SQL Server service that is failing over will fail because the Integration Services service failed. If the service was configured not to affect the other services in the resource group, the SQL Server service will be able to fail over to Node A.Unless the Integration Services service in Group 2 was configured not to affect the other services in the resource group, the failure of the Integration Services service that is failing over could cause the SQL Server service that is failing over to fail also." />
  <row Id="46686" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26266" RevisionGUID="b6bd5dc1-1ee3-4fbe-9936-cc1e90703157" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:05:54.657" UserId="671" Text="Since I primarily work in hosting and web applications, my key success metrics are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Downtime**: Are the applications available as much as they could be?  How much does downtime cost vs. the cost of new equipment to reduce it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Performance**: How fast are pages being returned?  Are there things that can be done on the server/network to improve response times?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Customer Satisfaction**: How satisfied are the customers?  If they're not happy, they won't stick around long.  This is usually a direct result of the first two metrics.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For future IT purchases, we measure dozens of metrics on the servers and network gear that include CPU, memory, and bandwidth use at peak, and averages over time.  We use trending tools like MRTG and Cacti to spot trends and extrapolate out to predict when we will need to upgrade or deploy new equipment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally speaking though, if my inbox is empty, my phone isn't ringing, and I have some time to answer questions on Server Fault, then I'm doing something right." />
  <row Id="46687" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26266" RevisionGUID="b6bd5dc1-1ee3-4fbe-9936-cc1e90703157" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:05:54.657" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46688" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="23788" RevisionGUID="fddedade-8c19-48a4-b62c-751edb905769" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:06:45.170" UserId="58" Comment="Updated title." Text="Need help with some IIS7 web.config compression settings." />
  <row Id="46689" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26267" RevisionGUID="4dc9556c-5712-4387-afbf-82471f81a11d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:08:40.660" UserId="2467" Text="Try `nbtstat -a &lt;computername&gt;`" />
  <row Id="46690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26268" RevisionGUID="46e15775-9ec5-4afc-a291-647adc403388" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:08:51.253" UserId="8671" Text="We have a major issue with our load balance web servers. If we have IIS logging turned on for our biggest websites, it bogs the servers down so much that most of our requests timeout. As soon as I turn the logging off, the server run fine again. What are some plausible solutions to being able to have logging for our web traffic and not have this bottleneck?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have 2 load balance VMWare virtual servers running Windows Server 2003 and IIS 6 that handle just our websites/web traffic and nothing else (database and mail are on different servers)." />
  <row Id="46691" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26268" RevisionGUID="46e15775-9ec5-4afc-a291-647adc403388" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:08:51.253" UserId="8671" Text="IIS6 logging is overloading my servers" />
  <row Id="46692" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26268" RevisionGUID="46e15775-9ec5-4afc-a291-647adc403388" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:08:51.253" UserId="8671" Text="&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="46693" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26269" RevisionGUID="9ad74ba5-351c-488b-bd94-26615df7536a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:09:21.973" UserId="9138" Text="not a GUI, but:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for /L %x in (2,1,254) do psloggedon \\172.21.0.%x&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will do a scan from 172.21.0.2-254. You can also nest:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for /L %z in (16,1,31) do for /L %x in (1,1,254)  do psloggedon \\172.21.%y.%x&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will scan the 172.21.{16-31}.x subnets." />
  <row Id="46694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26270" RevisionGUID="e24acefc-0601-42c9-b8b9-26bb980b6a30" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:11:44.827" UserId="671" Text="If the servers are running Terminal Services, you can use Terminal Services Manager to view the servers in a domain and who is logged on to them.  It is GUI and can be found under&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Start -&gt; Administrative Tools -&gt; Terminal Services Manager&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46695" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26271" RevisionGUID="d7669192-7b45-4a7e-a44d-114f9281b584" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:14:23.297" UserId="2541" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;I am running Hyper V with a 3 servers. I added a new server with Biztalk 2006 R2 and it requires SQL Server. Can I install the SQL Server 2005 Developer's edition? Whould this cause a hugh performance hit to my hyper v server? This will be used for test purposes." />
  <row Id="46696" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26271" RevisionGUID="d7669192-7b45-4a7e-a44d-114f9281b584" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:14:23.297" UserId="2541" Text="SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition in Hyper v client" />
  <row Id="46697" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26271" RevisionGUID="d7669192-7b45-4a7e-a44d-114f9281b584" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:14:23.297" UserId="2541" Text="&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;biztalk&gt;" />
  <row Id="46698" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26272" RevisionGUID="674dda53-ab4a-45e1-947e-643fca5cfddd" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:14:24.733" UserId="671" Text="Is the server logging to the same disk as the sites are being served from?  You might check to see what your average disk I/O times are looking like with logging enabled.  Shifting the writes to another drive may help speed things up." />
  <row Id="46699" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26273" RevisionGUID="49f12afb-2898-4d7d-935b-0646d647be83" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:16:00.957" UserId="9602" Text="Academically, it sounds better than it is.  In a production environment--at least in our case--it quickly became a nightmare.  We use a DBGhost-based DB upgrading process, and the CLR was constantly in our way.  We now avoid it like the plague." />
  <row Id="46700" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26245" RevisionGUID="7685b34f-d3ae-4e20-95e7-0c7e04fc15c5" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:17:15.700" UserId="86" Comment="fixed spelling, grammar and formatting" Text="There was an `important` user that complained **a lot** about an inconceivable security breach: when he turned off his computer one day, and turned it on the other day, everything would be the 'exact' same way. Every open app, every open document, his user still logged on!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When after a few uncomfortable complaints, one technician went to see what the real problem was, the user was asked to repeat his every step to turn the computer on and off. Sure enough, he headed right to the monitor, leaving the computer untouched. " />
  <row Id="46701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26274" RevisionGUID="3c6b9639-6e81-42d2-b4a1-06dac7c3bc8a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:18:03.517" UserId="48771" Text="hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have an IIS 7 publicly facing site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;mydomain.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i would like to have the sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    app1.mydomain.com =&gt; internalserver/app1&#xD;&#xA;    app2.mydomain.com =&gt; internalserver/app2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I currently have Application Request Routing set up to do this. and it is working fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mydomain.com/app1 =&gt; internalserver/app1&#xD;&#xA;    mydomain.com/app2 =&gt; internalserver/app2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe i need to adjust the header hosts or something like that but am not sure how that will affect the reverse proxy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46702" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26274" RevisionGUID="3c6b9639-6e81-42d2-b4a1-06dac7c3bc8a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:18:03.517" UserId="48771" Text="IIS header hosts through a DMZ" />
  <row Id="46703" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26274" RevisionGUID="3c6b9639-6e81-42d2-b4a1-06dac7c3bc8a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:18:03.517" UserId="48771" Text="&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;reverse-proxy&gt;" />
  <row Id="46705" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26268" RevisionGUID="683fde83-f755-44de-a5db-864e3b5aec9d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:19:04.157" UserId="8671" Comment="added 115 characters in body; edited body" Text="We have a major issue with our load balance web servers. If we have IIS logging turned on for our biggest websites, it bogs the servers down so much that most of our requests timeout. As soon as I turn the logging off, the server run fine again. What are some plausible solutions to being able to have logging for our web traffic and not have this bottleneck?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have 2 load balance VMWare virtual servers running Windows Server 2003 and IIS 6 that handle just our websites/web traffic and nothing else (database and mail are on different servers).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** One wrinkle I forgot is that the files are saving to separate file server which is attached to a NAS." />
  <row Id="46706" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26265" RevisionGUID="00a8184d-648a-42ce-8f8a-9706ecee44a5" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:22:36.433" UserId="2608" Comment="added 567 characters in body; deleted 1284 characters in body" Text="Regarding the cluster...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This article might be helpful:  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345193.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some special notes (problems) in there about trying to cluster integration services in an a/a cluster.  Integration services will not run more than one instance on a machine, so when it fails over an tries to start up, it will fail, potentially affecting the group.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft does not recommend that the Integration Services service be configured as a cluster resource.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;The Integration Services service supports the administrative interface in SQL Server Management Studio for listing, starting, stopping, monitoring, importing, and exporting Integration Services packages. The Integration Services service is not required to design packages. The Integration Services service is also not required to run packages, or to schedule SQL Server Agent jobs that run packages.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46707" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26271" RevisionGUID="a260db4f-d32f-4ee3-aa34-13c5522bbe63" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:33:34.183" UserId="1375" Comment="Normalise tag" Text="&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;biztalk&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="46708" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26276" RevisionGUID="76c5c6b8-dbce-45ff-ac2a-77e1364c19bc" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:43:22.267" UserId="1913" Text="I'm trying to run memcached on a centos box and it runs for a while, but then ends up in this state:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**memcached dead but subsys locked**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;netstat shows this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tcp        0      0 :::11211                    :::*                        LISTEN      &#xD;&#xA;    udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:11211               0.0.0.0:*                               &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ps shows this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    nobody   21983  0.0  1.8  60272 19912 ?        Ssl  16:46   0:00 memcached -d -p 11211 -u nobody -c 1024 -m 64&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone know what that means?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46709" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26276" RevisionGUID="76c5c6b8-dbce-45ff-ac2a-77e1364c19bc" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:43:22.267" UserId="1913" Text="What does &quot;&lt;service_name&gt; dead but subsys locked&quot; mean?" />
  <row Id="46710" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26276" RevisionGUID="76c5c6b8-dbce-45ff-ac2a-77e1364c19bc" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:43:22.267" UserId="1913" Text="&lt;centos&gt;&lt;memcached&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;service&gt;" />
  <row Id="46711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26277" RevisionGUID="9ee6cddf-12c4-43f8-a9b3-7df669bdae94" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:46:32.340" UserId="671" Text="[Nearly the same question was asked on Stack Overflow][1].  Essentially, the answer was to use [ISAPI_Rewrite][2] instead to accomplish the goal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/550505/url-rewriting-with-iis-6-7-rewriting-host-name-httphost&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.isapirewrite.com/" />
  <row Id="46712" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26278" RevisionGUID="871944a0-6866-45e0-8eb5-ccc8065b95cc" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:47:11.810" UserId="808" Text="This means the service was running at one time, but has crashed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you start a service, it creates a &quot;lock&quot; file to indicate that the service is running.  This helps avoid multiple instances of the service.  When you stop a service, this lock file is removed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When a running service crashes, the lock file exists but the process no longer exists.  Thus, the message.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46713" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26278" RevisionGUID="7b9c89b5-21b8-42c9-bf6b-2f5a6c3e1951" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:54:20.363" UserId="808" Comment="added 474 characters in body" Text="This means the service was running at one time, but has crashed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you start a service, it creates a &quot;lock&quot; file to indicate that the service is running.  This helps avoid multiple instances of the service.  When you stop a service, this lock file is removed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When a running service crashes, the lock file exists but the process no longer exists.  Thus, the message.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look at the two areas `/var/run/*.pid` and `/var/lock/subsys/*`.  These are expected to agree with each other.  That is, if the (emtpy file) lockfile `/var/lock/subsys/crond` exists, then the first line of the file `/var/run/crond.pid` is expected to contain the PID of the process running for this service.  If no such process is running, then something is wrong.  If a process is indeed running (as you see) but it is not *that* PID, then something is probably confused." />
  <row Id="46714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26279" RevisionGUID="b6756802-da92-44d9-a35e-2fcd56e94076" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:56:34.400" UserId="919" Text="We run a few commercial webapps facing customers. The release schedule for them is regular, but there's always worries about testing changes, patches and upgrades. It seems like acceptance testing is promoted for contract development rather than &quot;Commercial Off The Shelf.&quot; Is acceptance testing worthwhile for something we've already paid for? And if so, is there anything available with an eye towards:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Free.** Everyone's budget is tight, ours is no different. Open Source is also a bonus. Being able to hand off a failing test to our support contact feels pretty damn handy, and commercial licensing might get in the way of that.&#xD;&#xA; - **Automated.** We probably don't have a budget to do something like this &quot;by hand&quot;.&#xD;&#xA; - **AJAX-y**. Some of the pages rely on client side javascript, so we can't just replay HTTP get requests.&#xD;&#xA; - **Robust**. I'd rather not have to rewrite the tests for every minor revision release.&#xD;&#xA; - **Cross Browser, Cross Platform**. Different browsers behave differently and I'd feel more confident if the web engines behind the browsers were involved somehow. And we intend to support Macs. " />
  <row Id="46715" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26279" RevisionGUID="b6756802-da92-44d9-a35e-2fcd56e94076" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:56:34.400" UserId="919" Text="Should I do acceptance testing?" />
  <row Id="46716" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26279" RevisionGUID="b6756802-da92-44d9-a35e-2fcd56e94076" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:56:34.400" UserId="919" Text="&lt;acceptance-testing&gt;&lt;web-apps&gt;&lt;cross-platform&gt;" />
  <row Id="46717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26280" RevisionGUID="6a115b64-22c2-412b-bec9-426079ffb051" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:57:40.530" UserId="9461" Text="The Server1 seems to be on the same subnet as Server2's interface eth0:1, but you have not provided netmasks so I'm not sure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your POSTROUTING rule will only fire up after Server2 decides to send the packet out through eth0 or eth0:1 or eth0:2. To send the packet, Server2 needs to find out which MAC address is desired destination (it uses ARP to find MAC). If the Server1 is on different subnet, then packet should be sent to default gateway's MAC. If Server1 is on the same IP subnet (appears so), no need to bother default gateway, and Server2 alone tries to resolve the IP to some usable MAC. If unsuccessful, packet cannot be sent - it has nowhere to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       arp -a        # (on Server2) print known MACs&#xD;&#xA;       netstat -rn   # (on Server2 and VM1) print table for IP routing decisions&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46718" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26281" RevisionGUID="df397b0a-c65b-4e42-b1e3-82f7849f0ced" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:58:08.563" UserId="7801" Text="&#xD;&#xA; 1. Make a list of criteria&#xD;&#xA; 1. Install the distros that match your criteria and find the one you feel the most comfortable with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some things you will want to consider:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Support period: short (months) or long (years) &#xD;&#xA; - Support availability: Do you want to purchase support or is&#xD;&#xA;   community only support ok? &#xD;&#xA; - Software availability (can you get the apps you need in the version you want?)&#xD;&#xA; - Manageability: it is easy to manage/administer the distro or do you need to check and manual/manpage every time you need to tweek something.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, if you do want a list:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. RedHat Enterprise Linux (must be&#xD;&#xA;    purchased to get updates, long term&#xD;&#xA;    support) &#xD;&#xA; 1. SuSE Linux Enterprise (must&#xD;&#xA;    be purchased to get updates, long&#xD;&#xA;    term support)  &#xD;&#xA; 1. CentOS (RHEL based,&#xD;&#xA;    long term updates, purchased support&#xD;&#xA;    available but not required) &#xD;&#xA; 1. Ubuntu Server Long Term Support (LTS) (new kid on&#xD;&#xA;    the block, long term updates)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Debian is another distribution popular for servers, but I haven't tried the latest version so I can't comment on it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your planning to install purchased software, make sure to check what distributions it supports." />
  <row Id="46719" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21238" RevisionGUID="c6161673-d677-4dbe-904f-7a4a8564d7b6" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:01:50.880" UserId="919" Comment="added 55 characters in body" Text="If it came in [MSI format for easy installation][1] to Windows workstations, and could be managed by GPO and Apple Open Directory then it would be perfect. It would also need to work well with things like Sharepoint, but I suspect that's an issue for the people designing sites in Sharepoint rather than Mozilla.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know there's currently a fork of firefox that is designed to work with GPOs, but I'm talking about having it work with the &quot;standard&quot; product out of the box, and being able to control *and lock down* and any all preferences.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As neobyte says, patch management is also an issue. Firefox's current method doesn't scale for business imho.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;Extension management - this needs to be controllable by the enterprise too, there needs to be a way to roll out and &quot;lock&quot; into place a standard set of extensions, regardless of whether or not you want users to be able to add their own, possibly to nominate a trusted location of your own where you publish &quot;approved&quot; extensions, that kind of thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NTLM auth - looks like there's a hack to add this to the browser anyway if you look around the web but this needs to be obviously better exposed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.frontmotion.com/Firefox/" />
  <row Id="46723" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26283" RevisionGUID="1c792de0-1299-4e6c-a9e0-f10f41a89c6c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:06:39.017" UserId="4136" Text="No you'll be fine. If anything I recommend ratcheting down the max memory setting in SQL Server so it doesn't suck up all the memory resources (as this is the default behavior for SQL). If you're only doing this for testing you'll probably be ok giving SQL between 512MB-1GB of RAM" />
  <row Id="46724" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26284" RevisionGUID="e2f0b728-7c29-491d-9a1b-25e478d28bb1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:06:44.540" UserId="6080" Text="Server: Sharepoint Portal Server 2007&#xD;&#xA;Client: Windows Vista&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Problem: client can not save a WebDav password for http://sharepoint/personalsite). Tried to login with Windows explorer, net use with /savecred options, no luck. Everytime I access a webdav resource, I get prompted for a password. The system stores it until I log off then asks again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://sharepoint is in the &quot;Local sites&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is only with webdav, IE/Outlook have the password saved and log in into Sharepoint Portal without any questions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions?" />
  <row Id="46725" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26284" RevisionGUID="e2f0b728-7c29-491d-9a1b-25e478d28bb1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:06:44.540" UserId="6080" Text="Windows &amp; Webdav - automatic logon" />
  <row Id="46726" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26284" RevisionGUID="e2f0b728-7c29-491d-9a1b-25e478d28bb1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:06:44.540" UserId="6080" Text="&lt;webdav&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;sharepoint&gt;" />
  <row Id="46727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26285" RevisionGUID="b55277e4-31db-465a-b49c-a192c7c33fd3" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:07:04.803" UserId="1054" Text="From the [SQL Server 2005 Site][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition&#xD;&#xA;&gt; allows developers to build and test&#xD;&#xA;&gt; any type of application with SQL&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Server on 32-bit, ia64, and x64&#xD;&#xA;&gt; platforms. Developer Edition includes&#xD;&#xA;&gt; all of the functionality of Enterprise&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Edition, but is licensed only for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; development, test, and demo use.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Each license of SQL Server 2005&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Developer Edition entitles one&#xD;&#xA;&gt; developer to use the software on as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; many systems as necessary and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; additional developers can use the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; software by purchasing additional&#xD;&#xA;&gt; licenses. For rapid deployment into&#xD;&#xA;&gt; production, Developer Edition can&#xD;&#xA;&gt; easily be upgraded to SQL Server 2005&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Enterprise Edition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQL Developer Edition is the binary equivalent to SQL Enterprise Edition.  In order to properly answer your question about performance hit we'd need to know a lot more about your environment such as what your host server is, its resources, and the resources of your VM's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2005/en/us/developer.aspx" />
  <row Id="46728" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26286" RevisionGUID="22ad9d88-2d0c-4d15-a859-e18519fc3923" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:08:56.500" UserId="9383" Text="What does it mean if iostat shows 100% busy wait but the CPU is completely idle? My application runs for a while, then goes into this state periodically for about 10-20 seconds. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is transaction processing C++ app on solaris 10." />
  <row Id="46729" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26286" RevisionGUID="22ad9d88-2d0c-4d15-a859-e18519fc3923" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:08:56.500" UserId="9383" Text="What does it mean if iostat shows 100% busy wait but the CPU is completely idle?" />
  <row Id="46730" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26286" RevisionGUID="22ad9d88-2d0c-4d15-a859-e18519fc3923" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:08:56.500" UserId="9383" Text="&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;iostat&gt;&lt;cpu&gt;" />
  <row Id="46731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26287" RevisionGUID="2d47c49a-95de-4e36-92a4-73666dea68fa" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:10:12.707" UserId="671" Text="I'd be interested as well if someone has a more automated solution, but for front-end web applications, nothing beats a human tester with a testing checklist to work through on each platform, browser, and version to be supported.  There are too many variables with the way browsers render HTML, CSS, and execute JavaScript to trust front-end testing to an automated tool.  [BrowserCam][1] comes in handy for this sort of work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.browsercam.com/" />
  <row Id="46732" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26288" RevisionGUID="c690a7bf-abbd-488c-8066-7ed95c41c830" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:12:32.813" UserId="6767" Text="We have a raft of these, two different revs of iLOM.  The KVM thing has never worked in Firefox, on Windows or Linux, and it requires hand-holding to run in IE -- less so in IE6 than 7." />
  <row Id="46733" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26289" RevisionGUID="e494d343-5370-4701-932e-ee0ca4086d85" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:13:17.070" UserId="533" Text="It means that the load is due to IO wait, not CPU contention.  So, accessing a hard drive, accessing an NFS share, accessing swap space (and hence (usually) a local hard drive...  I'm not sure if pure network access contributes to this, but my gut says no.  NFS just adds to it because it uses the FS layer.  &quot;top&quot; usually has a &quot;wait&quot; or &quot;iowait&quot; percentage that would usually show this." />
  <row Id="46734" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25588" RevisionGUID="6ddaa69c-68db-4853-ab7c-635bc13fdd7e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:15:30.047" UserId="9485" Comment="deleted 2 characters in body" Text="This is a very old FastCGI issue but I have never found a satisfactory answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Searching the phrase ***&quot;(13) permission denied fastcgi can't create server&quot;*** on Google will show that there's a lot of people experiencing this issue for a long while.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some people blame it on selinux and suggest turning it off (not acceptable solution). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other people think that it's a strange symlink permissions problem and suggest turning the Apache logs directory from symlink to a plain directory. (not acceptable, since it involves moving the logs files) See [Installing FastCGI][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Below is the dreaded error as typically logged by Apache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 14 22:09:34 2009] [notice] Apache/2.0.40&gt; (Red Hat Linux) configured &#xD;&#xA;    -- resuming normal operations&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 14 22:09:35 2009] [crit] (13)Permission&#xD;&#xA;    denied: FastCGI: can't create server &quot;/var/rt3/bin/mason_handler.fcgi&quot;: bind()&#xD;&#xA;    failed [/etc/httpd/logs/fastcgi/70d9a528c5892f2bf0c25e5a334bed81]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hoping **serverfault** can finally provide a definitive answer to this perplexing and annoying problem which has plague FastCGI users for years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I feel uneasy implementing the suggested &quot;cures&quot; when no one really knows the underlying cause of this illness. Hope to get to the bottom of this mystery.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sympa.org/faq/fastcgi" />
  <row Id="46735" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26290" RevisionGUID="c476b190-29bd-485d-bcda-d0b419517425" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:16:28.050" UserId="7801" Text="We use a number of temperature/humidity sensors that connect through USB.  We picked up from [raphnet.net][1]. They are inexpensive and work great.  If your a tinkerer, the schematics are available at no cost.  The software for reading the temperature is open source, easy to use and can easily be put into snmp (or probably just about any monitoring system).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.raphnet.net/electronique/usbtenki/index_en.php" />
  <row Id="46736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26291" RevisionGUID="6bc11dc0-7c83-40f6-a957-d6556e3d7988" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:17:50.013" UserId="9607" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;I was wondering if I can transfer my existing site based on joomla! in Google appengine. How can I do that?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will it be easy if I start from scratch (modifying joomla! for Google appengine). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please advise me tutorials, walkthrough and your suggestion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance. " />
  <row Id="46737" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26291" RevisionGUID="6bc11dc0-7c83-40f6-a957-d6556e3d7988" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:17:50.013" UserId="9607" Text="joomla in Google appengine" />
  <row Id="46738" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26291" RevisionGUID="6bc11dc0-7c83-40f6-a957-d6556e3d7988" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:17:50.013" UserId="9607" Text="&lt;joomla&gt;&lt;google-appengine&gt;&lt;migration&gt;" />
  <row Id="46739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26293" RevisionGUID="d21f5dc5-4b38-4549-8114-b6c5c25cc546" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:24:50.220" UserId="3150" Text="Turns out the Windows 2003 Administration Tools Pack installs the WINS component into netsh.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c16ae515-c8f4-47ef-a1e4-a8dcbacff8e3&amp;displaylang=en][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c16ae515-c8f4-47ef-a1e4-a8dcbacff8e3&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="46740" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26294" RevisionGUID="e32bc232-c863-461c-9f40-c614c8575029" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:26:20.513" UserId="3356" Text="I track a several security focused resources, my favorites being [Schneier][1] and the [Internet Storm Center][2] (part of SANS).  Unfortunately, the longer I read Schneier, the more I find myself thinking, ‘Yeah, but....’ after reading an entry.  That being said, he makes an incredible cryptographer, and can certainly help you think with security in mind.  [Dark Reading][3] is another good resource for the security analyst, but will likely be hit/miss for general IT workers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise, do what everybody else seems to be mentioning;  subscribe to the patch or announce list for anything you use vendor or otherwise.  I subscribe to the [Secunia][4] mailing list to keep a general eye on what's coming through.  Roughly once a week we are asking the SysAdmins whether or not the patches have been applied from vulnerabilities advertised through Secunia.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.schneier.com/blog/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://isc.sans.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.darkreading.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://secunia.com/advisories/mailing_lists/" />
  <row Id="46741" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26295" RevisionGUID="e684ef66-6903-4f5a-b0bf-05646388c779" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:27:10.760" UserId="5582" Text="IO Stat shouldn't be 100%.  If you have a heavy amount of disk IO, it may be high, above 50%, but exactly 100% usually means something is wrong your IO subsystem.  This has happened to me when I've had a hard drive in the early stages of failure, when the disk takes longer and longer to respond to requests, but still responds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or it could just be a *very* badly written application.  A simple DTrace script should tell you which it is." />
  <row Id="46742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26296" RevisionGUID="84c84d40-a279-401c-80f8-11287450aa94" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:28:14.613" UserId="6609" Text="I've read in the comments that you are logging to a SAN. To confirm if the SAN's latency characteristics are causing the issues, try logging to the hard drive for a day.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26297" RevisionGUID="593bd4a6-1cc0-411d-9ca6-87c6a78c4c26" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:30:21.567" UserId="9608" Text="I have a Mac running Mac OS 10.5.7. I want to set up a couple of SSH accounts for git usage. The accounts were initially configured with a home directory of /dev/null and a login shell of /usr/bin/false. In this setup, the accounts are not shown on the login screen or the fast user switching dropdown. However, in order for them to work with git, I needed to change their login shell to /opt/local/bin/git-shell. Once that change was made, they suddenly appeared on the login screen and the user dropdown. Is it possible to prevent these accounts from showing up in these lists?" />
  <row Id="46744" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26297" RevisionGUID="593bd4a6-1cc0-411d-9ca6-87c6a78c4c26" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:30:21.567" UserId="9608" Text="Can you set an account for SSH-only access in Mac OS 10.5?" />
  <row Id="46745" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26297" RevisionGUID="593bd4a6-1cc0-411d-9ca6-87c6a78c4c26" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:30:21.567" UserId="9608" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;login&gt;" />
  <row Id="46746" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26298" RevisionGUID="b383d931-60b6-4cad-9ad6-e17b38e7c80b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:37:49.557" UserId="1233" Text="Joomla is written using PHP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By default Google App Engine only supports applications written in Python, and in the future Java. See [Google App Engine FAQ](http://code.google.com/appengine/kb/general.html#language) so PHP is not natively supported.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a way to run PHP on Google App Engine however by using a Java Virtual Machine named [Quercus](http://www.caucho.com/resin-3.0/quercus/). Your biggest issue will be that it will require large amounts of modification to Joomla's source code with the change to using GQL instead of SQL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Source: http://www.phpclasses.org/blog/post/92-Running-PHP-on-Google-App-Engine.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you looking for ways to easily scale your Joomla installation?" />
  <row Id="46747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26299" RevisionGUID="dfabdcf9-cdb4-43ce-8bef-3a49ad2f8e6c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:43:22.030" UserId="8339" Text="Did you know you are able to automatically set custom properties on files by defining a custom modeline?  I realize this doesn't solve your problem, but will keep you from having to enter in your custom properties every time you want to align your file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* add to the top of your file '# vi:ts=40'&#xD;&#xA;* and remember to 'set modeline' in your .vimrc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This works in vi as well...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26300" RevisionGUID="4a5b11a4-2bb0-4f61-b9d8-94d2714793c4" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:53:07.470" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi Folks,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am on the lookout for a commercial PHP (application!) server that comes with Vendor support to use with enterprise scale applications. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that it quite easy to put everything together myself (Apache + Fast CGI + PHP + APC + xdebug etc.,). But commercial production support is one of the main requirements for us and also the ease of upgrading the platform. It will be ideal to have a single vendor providing all dependent packages that are pre-tested to work with each other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have so far identified Zend Server (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zend.com/products/server/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.zend.com/products/server/&lt;/a&gt;) &amp;amp; Sun Glassfish web stack (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sun.com/software/webstack/index.xml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.sun.com/software/webstack/index.xml&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to hear if anyone has experience using these products and their feedback on the same. Are there any other similar products out there that you would like to recommend?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46749" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26300" RevisionGUID="4a5b11a4-2bb0-4f61-b9d8-94d2714793c4" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:53:07.470" Text="Choice of PHP Application Server " />
  <row Id="46750" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26300" RevisionGUID="4a5b11a4-2bb0-4f61-b9d8-94d2714793c4" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:53:07.470" Text="&lt;php&gt;&lt;zend&gt;&lt;sun&gt;&lt;not-programming-related&gt;" />
  <row Id="46751" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26301" RevisionGUID="5d5e52c9-c634-4150-aac9-33db0548f56c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T00:00:06.147" Text="&lt;p&gt;To be honest, I think your best bet, even though there's no commercial support, is going to be Apache. Not only is it going to be saving you a lot of money, it's also going to be very stable and come with a lot of community based support (stackoverflow, for example). Upgrading the platform is also very easy, especially if you're running a linux distribution like debian, where all you have to do to upgrade all packages on the system (including apache2) is &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get upgrade&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26302" RevisionGUID="35158303-c572-4fff-82e3-d1d27aab05eb" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:49:18.150" UserId="9606" Text="I am attempting to connect to a copy of Microsoft Office Accounting 2009 (running on Vista 64) from a laptop running XP home. I have done all of the MS steps (create user on Vista with same username and password, etc) and I can access files on the workstation from the laptop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, when I try to access the MS Accounting file I get the following error message&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;The company could not be opened or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; access was denied.  Please ensure that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; access has been granted and that the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; company database exists.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then check the event log on the Vista 64 machine and get the following tidbits of information&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SSPI handshake failed with error code&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 0x8009030c while establishing a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; connection with integrated security;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the connection has been closed.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [CLIENT: 192.XXX.X.XXX]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas anyone?" />
  <row Id="46753" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26302" RevisionGUID="35158303-c572-4fff-82e3-d1d27aab05eb" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:49:18.150" UserId="9606" Text="Problem connecting to Sql Server 2005 on Vista From XP Home" />
  <row Id="46754" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26302" RevisionGUID="35158303-c572-4fff-82e3-d1d27aab05eb" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:49:18.150" UserId="9606" Text="&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="46755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26303" RevisionGUID="35fd5a97-7254-46d8-a0ff-d48b31aa712b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:50:19.913" UserId="1655" Text="I've noticed that the sudoers file and cron config files act in a special way compared to other config files on Linux. They need to be edited with a special wrapper rather than any text editor. Why is this?" />
  <row Id="46756" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26303" RevisionGUID="35fd5a97-7254-46d8-a0ff-d48b31aa712b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:50:19.913" UserId="1655" Text="Why do I have to edit /etc/sudoers with visudo?" />
  <row Id="46757" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26303" RevisionGUID="35fd5a97-7254-46d8-a0ff-d48b31aa712b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:50:19.913" UserId="1655" Text="&lt;sudo&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;" />
  <row Id="46758" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26304" RevisionGUID="358b132d-1e75-463f-8d82-91d4de7ac665" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:51:39.270" UserId="8339" Text="Have a look at [gitosis][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.perevillega.com/installation-guides/gitosis-git-repository/" />
  <row Id="46759" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26305" RevisionGUID="337cf0de-cf65-44c1-bdf0-c497377478fc" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:55:11.153" UserId="1233" Text="To hide a user:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Option 1:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you create the users with a sub 500 UID it's possible to hide any user with a UID less than 500 on the Login Window by running:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow Hide500Users -boolean true`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add the user to the HiddenUserList by running `sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow HiddenUsersList -array $USERNAME`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a guide available at [MacOSXHints](http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080127172157404)." />
  <row Id="46760" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26306" RevisionGUID="3ba43ad7-2773-4f63-8e43-389c7013d2fd" CreationDate="2009-06-16T01:57:09.167" UserId="984" Text="You use visudo mostly to prevent from breaking your system.  Visudo runs checks on your changes to make sure you didn't mess anything up.  If you did mess something up, you could completely wreck your ability to fix it or do anything requiring privileges without rebooting into a rescue mode.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46761" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26306" RevisionGUID="974e7156-83ec-4803-86f8-0a516fcb792c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T02:03:28.003" UserId="984" Comment="added 403 characters in body" Text="You use visudo mostly to prevent from breaking your system.  Visudo runs checks on your changes to make sure you didn't mess anything up.  If you did mess something up, you could completely wreck your ability to fix it or do anything requiring privileges without rebooting into a rescue mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The man page describes [this][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; visudo edits the sudoers file in a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; safe fashion, analogous to vipw(8).&#xD;&#xA;&gt; visudo locks the sudoers file against&#xD;&#xA;&gt; multiple simultaneous edits, provides&#xD;&#xA;&gt; basic sanity checks, and checks for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; parse errors. If the sudoers file is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; currently being edited you will&#xD;&#xA;&gt; receive a message to try again later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/man/visudo.html" />
  <row Id="46762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26307" RevisionGUID="ff3002da-f67f-44e1-8100-cc5a3d816012" CreationDate="2009-06-16T02:05:07.563" UserId="1375" Text="Take a look at Cucumber and Selenium.  They don't quite meet all your needs, but they come close.  I've used Selenium and it's a bit of a pain but gets the job done, while I've heard very good things about Cucumber." />
  <row Id="46763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26308" RevisionGUID="71e21c14-7307-4e73-b852-8a62a3ef41ce" CreationDate="2009-06-16T02:11:30.533" UserId="8787" Text="Is there any software that itself works on a cloud computing provider? For example, VMWare ACE running on an Amazon EC2 platform? Or perhaps a vendor that provides a virtual desktop solution and hosts it on its own infrastructure?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm specifically looking for Virtual Desktop solutions like ACE that place the image on the local computer to be able to work off-line if needed." />
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  <row Id="46765" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26308" RevisionGUID="71e21c14-7307-4e73-b852-8a62a3ef41ce" CreationDate="2009-06-16T02:11:30.533" UserId="8787" Text="&lt;cloud-computing&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="46766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26309" RevisionGUID="192f79b0-95bc-44f0-bd5e-5840583a85f8" CreationDate="2009-06-16T02:19:17.633" UserDisplayName="aaa" Text="    &lt;?PHP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    print &quot;hello&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ?&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I write this code and save as &quot;1.php&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then I upload this PHP script to my&#xD;&#xA;server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have 8 diffrent free hosting server's accounts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And I noticed that there are 2 types of&#xD;&#xA;server settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(1)  &#xD;&#xA;&quot;type A&quot;  &#xD;&#xA;for exapmle, sqweebs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We need to set the PHP file permission as 640.  &#xD;&#xA;This means that sqweebs server requires us  &#xD;&#xA;to give group permission for PHP script running.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I set 604,then the server generate such a &#xD;&#xA;errors.like,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Warning: Unknown: &#xD;&#xA;failed to open stream:&#xD;&#xA; Permission denied in Unknown on line 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fatal error: Unknown: &#xD;&#xA;Failed opening required &#xD;&#xA;'/www/sqweebs.com/1.php' &#xD;&#xA;(include_path='.:/blahblah') &#xD;&#xA;in Unknown on line 0&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;(2)  &#xD;&#xA;On the other hand ,there are other type  &#xD;&#xA;servers on this world.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Type B&quot;,  &#xD;&#xA;for example, izfree.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On this server, I found that    &#xD;&#xA;I can make PHP script work if I give it  &#xD;&#xA;604 as the permission.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I want to know why there are many server settings,  &#xD;&#xA;and what is the reason, and some other related   &#xD;&#xA;opinions.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;like which server should I use ,or etc,etc." />
  <row Id="46767" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26309" RevisionGUID="192f79b0-95bc-44f0-bd5e-5840583a85f8" CreationDate="2009-06-16T02:19:17.633" UserDisplayName="aaa" Text="Why does working permisson of PHP script differs between server?" />
  <row Id="46768" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26309" RevisionGUID="192f79b0-95bc-44f0-bd5e-5840583a85f8" CreationDate="2009-06-16T02:19:17.633" UserDisplayName="aaa" Text="&lt;php&gt;&lt;php5&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="46771" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26311" RevisionGUID="840da332-24c9-424b-ae17-d9a7f954200b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T02:21:38.737" UserId="9614" Text="Alternatively, you could change the &quot;mail Store&quot; folder, and point it to a location on the network (preferably a server) which is just a network share. If you have roaming profiles, you could have it follow the people as they log onto different computers, or if it is a group of people all using the same emails (ie. administrators using/managing the admin@company.com) then they should all be able to access / write to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder | 'Change'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck :)" />
  <row Id="46772" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26312" RevisionGUID="8724da12-aa50-4835-99e4-1938cbb82613" CreationDate="2009-06-16T02:22:17.893" UserId="2341" Text="If all you care about are the actual pages (HTML, ASPX, etc.) that are being accessed, then perhaps move your other static resources (images, css, js) to separate folders -- if they aren't already segregated -- and then disable logging for those folders.  Since each web page usually loads multiple other static resources, you may be able to reduce your logging activity considerably while still logging access to the pages you care about.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26313" RevisionGUID="005fd44d-cf25-492a-83e4-b8533a614145" CreationDate="2009-06-16T02:29:44.043" UserId="7709" Text="Here's one from the olden days that I still use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Ctrl+Ins = Copy&#xD;&#xA;    Shift+Ins = Paste&#xD;&#xA;    Alt+Backspace = Undo&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know these are all replicated in other methods, but if they ever get depreciated I'll be annoyed!" />
  <row Id="46774" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26313" RevisionGUID="005fd44d-cf25-492a-83e4-b8533a614145" CreationDate="2009-06-16T02:29:44.043" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26314" RevisionGUID="6f23d38b-5aaa-4455-8ed2-f8dca2401254" CreationDate="2009-06-16T02:30:42.937" UserId="6085" Text="We can handle a performance hit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is also a one off as there was a new index created which caused a massive log file to be created.  I need to shrink this file back down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just wanted to know if there were any risks running this command." />
  <row Id="46776" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26314" RevisionGUID="6f23d38b-5aaa-4455-8ed2-f8dca2401254" CreationDate="2009-06-16T02:30:42.937" UserId="6085" Text="Is there a risk to running a DBCC SHRINKFILE command against a log while db is being used." />
  <row Id="46777" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26314" RevisionGUID="6f23d38b-5aaa-4455-8ed2-f8dca2401254" CreationDate="2009-06-16T02:30:42.937" UserId="6085" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;log-files&gt;" />
  <row Id="46778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26315" RevisionGUID="8f30dab3-9ba3-4315-bfa1-02bb4f64f449" CreationDate="2009-06-16T02:40:38.973" UserId="8787" Text="I think a lot depends on what the vendor is offering and how much confidence you have in their product. For example, do you really need to test the functionality on all the relevant browsers? Don't they have a QA department?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In some cases a manual walkthrough when relevant is the most cost effective. You can write up scripts and really pass them around so that everyone with a stake in it only has to do a little bit of work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In other cases, where you don't have confidence in the QA department of the vendor, or there is significant customization involved, then your own automated tests will certainly be necessary if you don't want your customers to see an issue. Then it really depends on how much you are willing to invest in the robust aspect. The more robust, the more programming and hard work it is to make the tests. The more point-click-record the less effort to make the initial test, but more effort to maintain." />
  <row Id="46780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26317" RevisionGUID="447f4713-6e02-43be-96b5-efe656496417" CreationDate="2009-06-16T02:47:05.997" UserId="2467" Text="Assuming you are talking about SQL Server 2000/2005, I do it on live databases with no issues. " />
  <row Id="46781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26318" RevisionGUID="d96dc892-a12a-479f-8d7b-e3111c7f9552" CreationDate="2009-06-16T02:50:17.397" UserId="7619" Text="Heh. Mine are a little off the wall. More of how I gauge my own success  :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* How well everything is running. Meaning, how much downtime do I incur due to unplanned outages, equipment failures, etc. Sure there's such a thing as a chip dying in a Cisco switch, or a random power supply failing in something else, etc. Force-majeure sort of things, but when I'm at the top of my game, my network should be running like a top. This leads to the second point:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* How much preventative maintenance has been accomplished. This means basically, `If I've had time to lean then I've had time to clean.' Are all the logfiles checked? Trending has been done? Have those pesky non-critical disk errors that always pop up before a RAID array dies been investigated and checked? Am I up-to-date on making sure all applied patches for the past month are doing OK? Essentially I'm making sure that I'm being proactive with my gear. Trending and predicting points of failure is a good way to make sure everything is running 5x5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hmm. What else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Have I `trained up' my subordinates? Meaning, if by the name of all that is holy, ALL the Exchange servers fail, can the other network admin, or the junior handle bringing email back up without a tremendous amount of drama? And so on, and so forth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* if I get hit by a meteorite, (hey, before you laugh you should read the news about that German kid who got tagged by one the other day! :) could my team pick up from my notes and documentation and feasibly get by, while interviewing my replacement? Meaning in a quite basic sense; is all my documentation up-to-date? Do I have my boss's trust, comfort of mine and knowledge that if need be, I could take emergency time off for a week or two if need be?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think you get the gist of where this is going.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To summarize, if my workday consists of training co-workers and subordinates, passing on knowledge, doing a daily log check and focusing PRIMARILY on strategic IT initiatives such as security, tools to make the user's life easier and making the network run.. Oh, I dunno, faster or better or something, then I am &quot;doing well&quot;, I suppose.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Eh, kinda rambling, but I warned you in the beginning. :)" />
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  <row Id="46783" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26314" RevisionGUID="865f9619-6b8e-466a-816d-c00dfcbc31cd" CreationDate="2009-06-16T02:51:32.043" UserId="6085" Comment="added 28 characters in body" Text="We can handle a performance hit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is also a one off as there was a new index created which caused a massive log file to be created.  I need to shrink this file back down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just wanted to know if there were any risks running this command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sql Server 2005 database" />
  <row Id="46784" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26237" RevisionGUID="2309c44e-fa07-48d0-9d5a-d11763d785fb" CreationDate="2009-06-16T02:55:10.790" UserId="1054" Comment="added 3 characters in body" Text="I overheard a great call between one of our first-line techs and a remote user giving a presentation elsewhere in the country.  She was freaking out because she couldn't get her laptop's VGA output to display on the projector, despite having screwed the cable in **really** tight.  Turns out that, with enough brute force, you CAN screw a 15-pin VGA plug into a 9-pin serial port.  Just don't count on using the cable or port for anything else, ever.  Or the laptop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think it was the same user who reported &quot;phantom documents&quot; appearing on the multifunctioning printer in her office.  Nobody printed them, they &quot;just showed up&quot;.  She kept complaining about this, no matter how many times we told her that the printer was also a fax machine.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46785" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26319" RevisionGUID="cb655346-e797-4ebd-986b-4ac437271b2d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T02:55:34.517" UserId="1602" Text="I had a web site set up on our server's system partition. The entire web directory structure was writable by IUSR and NETWORK SERVICE to allow the web app to generate caches of HTML files. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I moved the web directory to a secondary (freshly created) partition, the web app could no longer overwrite pre-existing files. It can create new files and overwrite them, just not the old ones. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The directory folders still have FULL rights for IUSR and NETWORK SERVICE and non of the files are marked as read-only. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas why this is? " />
  <row Id="46786" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26319" RevisionGUID="cb655346-e797-4ebd-986b-4ac437271b2d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T02:55:34.517" UserId="1602" Text="IIS7 Permissions: Can't overwrite a pre-existing non-readonly file?" />
  <row Id="46787" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26319" RevisionGUID="cb655346-e797-4ebd-986b-4ac437271b2d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T02:55:34.517" UserId="1602" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="46789" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17853" RevisionGUID="c4196efa-15b4-4d5a-9f0c-c1fb2aac441e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T03:02:28.220" UserId="6383" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="You can add `NOPASSWD:` to the relevant entry in the sudoers file to stop it asking for a password, which I think will help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're better off running it from the crontab of the desired user in the first place, and avoiding the need for sudo.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To edit fred's crontab:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    su - fred&#xD;&#xA;    crontab -e&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46790" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26017" RevisionGUID="5ba96f26-6d6e-4f30-aa84-6ebbdd13c241" CreationDate="2009-06-16T03:04:18.823" UserId="6383" Comment="cleanup" Text="Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't XFS better with large files than small?  The MythTV community use it in preference to ext3 for the speed in which it deletes multi-gigabyte files.  Or is handling large numbers of files what interests you?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; - ReiserFS ... well...vague future, who will end up fixing bugs ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ReiserFS is not the product of one man.  [ReiserFS v3](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReiserFS) is stable and in maintenance mode; it still has a maintainence team, and the only upcoming changes I know of are the removal of the &quot;Big Kernel Lock&quot;, a kernel cleanup which should also result in a speed increase (per-superblock locks vs a single shared lock).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The [ReiserFS v4](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiser4) team may have lost their leader and figurehead, but volunteer work still continues, though it has not been merged into the mainline kernel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46791" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26320" RevisionGUID="cdfb7d0e-a326-4f63-84e4-7304869d489d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T03:05:22.940" UserId="2444" Text="In order to execute your PHP script the web server needs to be able to read the script. Generally, your web server (usually Apache) runs as a non-root user for security reasons.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, to resolve your issue, we first need to figure out which user your web server runs as.  This differs from one Linux distribution to the next, but if you open your httpd.conf (or apache2.conf file on Debian) and look for the line beginning with &quot;User&quot; you'll see the username.  On Debian you'll see &quot;User www-data&quot; or on RH derived distros it's usually &quot;User apache&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now you need to construct your permissions such that this user has &quot;read&quot; access to your php scripts.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The simplest way is to set permissions to 644, which will ensure the user web server has access via the &quot;world&quot; permission.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option is to change the owner of your script to your www-data or apache user (as determined above), and set permissions to 400.  This renders the script inaccessibly to all users except the web server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A final option which is especially useful if you need to provide FTP access is to change the group owner to either www-data or apache, and set the permissions to 640.  This gives the user owner full read write access to the script and Apache the read access it needs while locking everyone else out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In your examples above, using 604 will prevent PHP from opening the files on the sqweebs server if the apache user had group ownership over the script.  Likewise 640 on your izfree server would fail if the Apache user has neither user or group ownership of the files.  I'd guess in both circumstances 644 would work, but it's hard to tell without also knowing what users/groups own the scripts." />
  <row Id="46792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26321" RevisionGUID="996161f6-407c-4527-9d6f-7a5671503e03" CreationDate="2009-06-16T03:07:36.400" UserId="1054" Text="I also shrink the trans log on active db's.  It does only affect the inactive chunk of the transaction log." />
  <row Id="46793" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23096" RevisionGUID="e90da928-483b-464b-ba02-f861d0cda394" CreationDate="2009-06-16T03:08:20.390" UserId="12524" Comment="added Mac" Text="Even though it's extremly old, the .ar archive format is still in use in multiple places, like Debian .deb packages. But I have not been able to find any graphical unarchiving tools for a Mac. Does anyone know of a good GUI .ar archive unarchiving tool for the Mac?" />
  <row Id="46794" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="23096" RevisionGUID="e90da928-483b-464b-ba02-f861d0cda394" CreationDate="2009-06-16T03:08:20.390" UserId="12524" Comment="added Mac" Text="GUI .ar unarchiver for Mac?" />
  <row Id="46795" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26319" RevisionGUID="83dc9224-7976-460a-b74f-022b32cc493d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T03:09:05.227" UserId="1602" Comment="added 26 characters in body" Text="I had a web site set up on our server's system partition. The entire web directory structure was writable by IUSR and NETWORK SERVICE to allow the web app to generate caches of HTML files. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I moved the web directory to a secondary (freshly created) partition, the web app could no longer overwrite pre-existing files (Permission Denied Error). It can create new files and overwrite them, just not the old ones. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The directory folders still have FULL rights for IUSR and NETWORK SERVICE and non of the files are marked as read-only. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas why this is? " />
  <row Id="46796" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26238" RevisionGUID="1ef04cea-1462-4ebb-a084-85409ccd400a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T03:11:22.913" UserId="7709" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;business&gt;&lt;roi&gt;&lt;management&gt;&lt;kpi&gt;" />
  <row Id="46797" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26322" RevisionGUID="86fd43b9-82b4-4e67-a90a-2156dd56d36b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T03:12:40.833" UserId="6085" Text="I've had some logging problems and based on the way the application works we don't need full recovery mode, which will help us with our logging.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I switch the database into simple recovery mode?" />
  <row Id="46798" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26322" RevisionGUID="86fd43b9-82b4-4e67-a90a-2156dd56d36b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T03:12:40.833" UserId="6085" Text="How do you switch an active TSQL Server into Simple Recovery Mode" />
  <row Id="46799" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26322" RevisionGUID="86fd43b9-82b4-4e67-a90a-2156dd56d36b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T03:12:40.833" UserId="6085" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;recovery&gt;&lt;log-files&gt;" />
  <row Id="46800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26323" RevisionGUID="5a98cc45-632c-4f6a-86da-9da9a37f04b4" CreationDate="2009-06-16T03:16:09.610" UserId="1054" Text="You can do it in SQL Managment Studio by right-clicking the database, choosing Properties, selecting Options in the menu on the left and changing the Recovery Model drop-down to Simple." />
  <row Id="46801" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26323" RevisionGUID="8a335a78-25cc-45f7-9814-34c8c340e9ac" CreationDate="2009-06-16T03:35:06.873" UserId="1054" Comment="add tsql command" Text="You can do it in SQL Managment Studio by right-clicking the database, choosing Properties, selecting Options in the menu on the left and changing the Recovery Model drop-down to Simple.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In T-SQL the command is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [MyDatabase] SET RECOVERY SIMPLE" />
  <row Id="46802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26324" RevisionGUID="35b06146-52b2-435d-b6c0-f0c3112412ae" CreationDate="2009-06-16T03:36:54.733" UserId="1602" Text="Looks like the web app was running as a Windows Authenticated User instead of NETWORK SERVICE or IUSR, thus it was owner on new files, but not on previously existing files that were Administrator owned." />
  <row Id="46803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26325" RevisionGUID="81c6e30d-e4bb-4871-8cde-5aee46657b1c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T03:41:43.943" UserId="26594" Text="You don't *have* to, but Zoredache covered the reasons it is a great idea to do so." />
  <row Id="46804" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26326" RevisionGUID="4b899d66-6631-41fb-82bf-2bdefea42815" CreationDate="2009-06-16T04:22:00.930" UserId="5989" Text="Shameless plug, I link to my answer to a similar question on StackOverflow:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;[Best Linux Distribution for Programming][1]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/404520/best-linux-distribution-for-programming/404560#404560" />
  <row Id="46805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26327" RevisionGUID="926bbd32-504d-4d60-a4f1-e4c10d337fb0" CreationDate="2009-06-16T04:28:58.107" UserId="5045" Text="Hello everyone !&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a few servers (10) running Debian Lenny on x86. I need to compile some packages from source.&#xD;&#xA;I know it is not a good practise to have compilation tool on a production server (for security).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to know, if I can compile those packages on a single computer (x86) and just install them on the servers ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any problem ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Examples of packages&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- kernel-source&#xD;&#xA;- Apache&#xD;&#xA;- PHP5&#xD;&#xA;- ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you a lot." />
  <row Id="46806" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26327" RevisionGUID="926bbd32-504d-4d60-a4f1-e4c10d337fb0" CreationDate="2009-06-16T04:28:58.107" UserId="5045" Text="Recompile package from source for an other server " />
  <row Id="46807" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26327" RevisionGUID="926bbd32-504d-4d60-a4f1-e4c10d337fb0" CreationDate="2009-06-16T04:28:58.107" UserId="5045" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;package-management&gt;&lt;compile&gt;" />
  <row Id="46809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26329" RevisionGUID="2322995e-8eb6-45fb-bc17-f89890c0dc31" CreationDate="2009-06-16T04:34:30.093" UserId="301" Text="One thing that can drive IO load very high is paging. Is your application consuming all the physical memory and causing the machine to page hard?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    vmstat 5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the `si` and `so` columns show anything other than `0` then you're machine is paging (possibly a lot). " />
  <row Id="46810" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26330" RevisionGUID="1388c4f4-2e85-4b57-9690-479c1c4fd068" CreationDate="2009-06-16T04:50:52.213" UserId="4721" Text="As long as the servers are from the same distribution (and have same platform, x86), compiling on one of them and installing on several should make no difference. It would be as good as getting pre-compiled binaries or a package itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Infact, you could also package (or just tar.bz2 the compiled directory, take it to each server, extract locally and run `make install` there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once the install completes, just delete the extracted directory from those servers." />
  <row Id="46811" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26331" RevisionGUID="fe941376-9045-4d0e-8520-fff1829f2118" CreationDate="2009-06-16T04:59:38.513" UserId="7324" Text="Paul Randall has a pretty in depth thread here.  There is also an article on his blog:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://serverfault.com/questions/20909/is-it-safe-to-have-sql-server-auto-shrink-turned-on/20910#20910&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its not your exact question but does shed additional light on what/how DBCC SHRINKFILE works." />
  <row Id="46812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26332" RevisionGUID="8c4d988e-561a-4c7d-b1eb-a0a3de15ab0b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:00:32.863" UserId="8743" Text="If the architecture is the same, then it will be quite straightforward. If not, then it's called cross compile and needs [a bit of setup.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe an idea would be to setup an internal debian repository for custom packages. That way the package will be available to your servers via apt (as long as they know about your custom repository)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://people.debian.org/~debacle/cross/" />
  <row Id="46813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26333" RevisionGUID="b832e68c-6511-4e57-b860-783d6a954d34" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:03:44.543" UserId="6383" Text="You could:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - As others have answered, compile them into packages (or tar files) and copy across and install them,&#xD;&#xA; - Compile them all on one server, install them into a shared directory and NFS mount it (/usr/local or /usr/share both come to mind).  This won't work for kernel images, obviously." />
  <row Id="46814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26334" RevisionGUID="d6519196-481f-4758-b7b5-b432ae964ea7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:04:16.007" UserId="4131" Text="*Please do not vote me down for this. I do not recommend implementing this answer, but it is the answer that the rkthkr is asking for.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; *rkthkr said:*  &#xD;&#xA;But it would be nice to have vim restarted and run as root&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The way to do this is with `:!sudo vim %`  &#xD;&#xA;As I mentioned to ipozgaj, a % as an argument (even a sub-argument) gets replaced with the path to the current buffer. (You may get prompted for your password.) You end up with a new vim process, owned by root, that is a child process of the original vim process. Sounds goofy, right? Here is what it looks like in ps:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ~# ps afo pid,ppid,user,stat,comm&#xD;&#xA;      PID  PPID USER         STAT COMMAND&#xD;&#xA;    16187 30478 rbronosky    Ss   bash&#xD;&#xA;    16510 16187 rbronosky    R+    \_ ps&#xD;&#xA;    30482 30478 rbronosky    Ss   bash&#xD;&#xA;    16244 30482 rbronosky    S+    \_ vim&#xD;&#xA;    16318 16244 root         S+        \_ vim&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have write permissions to the directory that contains the file and you have made edits to it, you may get warned that a swap file exits. Choosing to [R]ecover, will reflect *most** of the changes made by the parent vim process. *(\*I think maybe the swap update is timed or has a delta threshold. I've put too much time into this already and do care to research it.)* Don't be shocked when you go and quit vim, don't be alarmed when you are still in vim... you opened a 2nd vim process. Remember?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, with all of that said... I would almost never do this. Maybe, if I have had not enough or way too much coffee, and I realized that I was going to need to edit several more files as root... I might try this. In 14 years of administering systems, I never have. But, until you expressed discontent with my preferred solution (which is exactly as dbr offered) I had never thought about this." />
  <row Id="46815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26335" RevisionGUID="cabd1441-d5bb-4ea0-aa9c-7381e27946ab" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:05:57.987" UserId="3528" Text="I'm not sure where I got it but I have this code laying around that shows users on a machine.  You can wrap this in a for each loop to scan a bunch of machines.  I would say that if you want to know who's logged on to a system the simplest way is to turn on login auditing and look at (or query) the security log.  Here's the code to see who's on at any given moment:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ' PARAMETERS&#xD;&#xA;    '&#xD;&#xA;    strComputer = &quot;machineName&quot;   ' use &quot;.&quot; for local computer &#xD;&#xA;    strUser = &quot;domain\user&quot; ' comment this line for current user&#xD;&#xA;    strPassword = &quot;password&quot; ' comment this line for current user&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' CONSTANTS&#xD;&#xA;    '&#xD;&#xA;    wbemImpersonationLevelImpersonate = 3&#xD;&#xA;    wbemAuthenticationLevelPktPrivacy = 6&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    '=======================================================================&#xD;&#xA;    ' MAIN&#xD;&#xA;    '=======================================================================&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' Connect to machine&#xD;&#xA;    '&#xD;&#xA;    If Not strUser = &quot;&quot; Then&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	' Connect using user and password&#xD;&#xA;    	'&#xD;&#xA;    	Set objLocator = CreateObject(&quot;WbemScripting.SWbemLocator&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    	Set objWMI = objLocator.ConnectServer _&#xD;&#xA;    		(strComputer, &quot;root\cimv2&quot;, strUser, strPassword)&#xD;&#xA;    	objWMI.Security_.ImpersonationLevel = wbemImpersonationLevelImpersonate&#xD;&#xA;    	objWMI.Security_.AuthenticationLevel = wbemAuthenticationLevelPktPrivacy&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    Else&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	' Connect using current user&#xD;&#xA;    	'&#xD;&#xA;    	Set objWMI = GetObject(&quot;winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\&quot; &amp; strComputer &amp; &quot;\root\cimv2&quot;) &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    End If&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ' Get OS name&#xD;&#xA;    '&#xD;&#xA;    Set colOS = objWMI.InstancesOf (&quot;Win32_OperatingSystem&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    For Each objOS in colOS&#xD;&#xA;    	strName = objOS.Name&#xD;&#xA;    Next&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    If Instr(strName, &quot;Windows 2000&quot;) &gt; 0 Then&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	'-------------------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    	' Code for Windows 2000&#xD;&#xA;    	'-------------------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	' Get user name&#xD;&#xA;    	'&#xD;&#xA;    	Set colComputer = objWMI.ExecQuery(&quot;Select * from Win32_ComputerSystem&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    	For Each objComputer in colComputer&#xD;&#xA;    		Wscript.Echo &quot;User: &quot; &amp; objComputer.UserName&#xD;&#xA;    	Next&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	' ------------------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    Else&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	' ------------------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    	' Code for Windows XP or later&#xD;&#xA;    	' ------------------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    	' Get interactive session&#xD;&#xA;    	'&#xD;&#xA;    	Set colSessions = objWMI.ExecQuery _ &#xD;&#xA;    		  (&quot;Select * from Win32_LogonSession Where LogonType = 2&quot;) &#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    	If colSessions.Count = 0 Then &#xD;&#xA;    		' No interactive session found&#xD;&#xA;    		'&#xD;&#xA;    		Wscript.Echo &quot;No interactive user found&quot; &#xD;&#xA;    	Else &#xD;&#xA;    		'Interactive session found&#xD;&#xA;    		'&#xD;&#xA;    		For Each objSession in colSessions &#xD;&#xA;    		&#xD;&#xA;    			Set colList = objWMI.ExecQuery(&quot;Associators of &quot; _ &#xD;&#xA;    			&amp; &quot;{Win32_LogonSession.LogonId=&quot; &amp; objSession.LogonId &amp; &quot;} &quot; _ &#xD;&#xA;    			&amp; &quot;Where AssocClass=Win32_LoggedOnUser Role=Dependent&quot; ) &#xD;&#xA;    					&#xD;&#xA;    			' Show user info&#xD;&#xA;    			'&#xD;&#xA;    			For Each objItem in colList &#xD;&#xA;    				WScript.Echo &quot;User: &quot; &amp; objItem.Name &#xD;&#xA;    				WScript.Echo &quot;FullName: &quot; &amp; objItem.FullName &#xD;&#xA;    				WScript.Echo &quot;Domain: &quot; &amp; objItem.Domain &#xD;&#xA;    			Next &#xD;&#xA;    			&#xD;&#xA;    			' Show session start time&#xD;&#xA;    			'&#xD;&#xA;    			Wscript.Echo &quot;Start Time: &quot; &amp; objSession.StartTime &#xD;&#xA;    		Next &#xD;&#xA;    	End If &#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    	' ------------------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    End If&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    '=======================================================================&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26336" RevisionGUID="2d142834-6f1b-4f78-8b5c-4eb44c17afb3" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:06:21.837" UserId="9616" Text="You don't strictly mention you want a solution to self host but is it worth talking to one of the 'managed hosting' companies, http://eapps.com, rackspace.com etc etc, about what your after.&#xD;&#xA;This means your no longer worrying about the servers and can concentrate on what your really meant to be doing.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26337" RevisionGUID="153a4988-bce8-4169-a673-7a62c8834bdf" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:07:08.263" UserId="9485" Text="I'll like to know what are the things to consider when choosing between configuring an app as static or as dynamic in an Apache 2 server that uses mod_fastcgi. The app is a typical reporting app written in Perl with MySQL as the Db backend with fairly medium traffic. I'll love to hear your experiences about running FastCGI in such a scenario." />
  <row Id="46818" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26337" RevisionGUID="153a4988-bce8-4169-a673-7a62c8834bdf" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:07:08.263" UserId="9485" Text="What's the difference between FastCGI &quot;static&quot; and &quot;dynamic&quot; applications in terms of performance and stability?" />
  <row Id="46819" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26337" RevisionGUID="153a4988-bce8-4169-a673-7a62c8834bdf" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:07:08.263" UserId="9485" Text="&lt;mod-fastcgi&gt;&lt;fastcgi&gt;&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="46820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26338" RevisionGUID="ab773ef7-9456-43f1-9d82-92f2037d9cbc" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:09:02.223" UserDisplayName="P Hank" Text="I have 2x SSLs on one server for two different domains.  I've done so by making SSL number 2 point to another port number, in this case 444. Code for apache below:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost XX.XX.XX.XX:443&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      ServerAlias *.xxxx.com&#xD;&#xA;      ServerName xxxx.com&#xD;&#xA;      SSLEngine on&#xD;&#xA;      SSLCertificateFile /usr/local/ssh/xxx/xxx.crt&#xD;&#xA;      SSLCertificateKeyFile /usr/local/ssh/xxxx/xxxx.key&#xD;&#xA;      DocumentRoot /var/www/www.xxxxx.com/web/&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Listen 444&#xD;&#xA;    NameVirtualHost *:444&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost xx.xx.xx.xx:444&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      ServerAlias *.yyyyyy.com&#xD;&#xA;      ServerName yyyyyy.com&#xD;&#xA;      SSLEngine on&#xD;&#xA;      SSLCertificateFile /usr/bin/yyyyy.com.crt&#xD;&#xA;      SSLCertificateKeyFile /usr/bin/yyyy.key&#xD;&#xA;      SSLCertificateChainFile /usr/bin/yyyyy.crt&#xD;&#xA;      DocumentRoot /var/www/www.yyyyyy.com/web/&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently, all of my links point to https://yyyyy.com:444/ so the user doesn't see any invalid SSL certificates. The issue is I have some users who just type in https://yyyyy.com/ and do not enter in a port # and they shouldn't have to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I visit, https://yyyyy.com/ it's looking at the certificate for xxxx.com and an invalid ssl cert error pops up. I've tried several mod rewrite that if the yyyyy.com is on port 443 to redirect to https://yyyyy.com:444/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am sure the answer is obvious... But for the life of me, I can't figure it out!" />
  <row Id="46821" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26338" RevisionGUID="ab773ef7-9456-43f1-9d82-92f2037d9cbc" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:09:02.223" UserDisplayName="P Hank" Text="Multiple SSL on Apache - Redirection" />
  <row Id="46822" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26338" RevisionGUID="ab773ef7-9456-43f1-9d82-92f2037d9cbc" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:09:02.223" UserDisplayName="P Hank" Text="&lt;ssl&gt;&lt;certificate&gt;" />
  <row Id="46823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26339" RevisionGUID="cc6e2daf-3daa-411b-bab6-d7aa58c548b2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:10:42.593" UserId="3528" Text="Netmon 3.3 is definitly your best bet.  The best new feature is [experts][1] functionality&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nmexperts.codeplex.com/" />
  <row Id="46824" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26340" RevisionGUID="03021c7b-f603-41bf-80f1-6d3937ef297c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:14:25.893" UserId="3431" Text="With SSL, one IP = one certificate. If you want several certificates, get an extra IP. The exception to this is multidomain certificates that are signed for several subdomains." />
  <row Id="46825" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26211" RevisionGUID="31a0600a-1f16-4dac-85d6-cc0528819039" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:15:20.820" UserId="9503" Comment="deleted 48 characters in body" Text="'5' means that the clear password has been converted to cisco password type 5.&#xD;&#xA;Type 5 password is a MD5 based algorithm (but I can't tell you how to compute it, sorry).&#xD;&#xA;Type 7 that is used when you do a &quot;enable password&quot; is a well know reversible algorithm.&#xD;&#xA;&quot;service password-encryption&quot; just ensure that password will not be stored in clear (type 0)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take a look to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypt_(Unix)#MD5-based_scheme][1] and good luck :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: You may also look [http://www.h4x3d.com/md5-and-crypt-password-generator/][2], [http://www.koders.com/c/fid530E8983791E1CB2AB90EAA69A68789FA2A83A6D.aspx][3] and [http://www.cryptgenerator.de/][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypt_(Unix)#MD5-based_scheme&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.h4x3d.com/md5-and-crypt-password-generator/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.koders.com/c/fid530E8983791E1CB2AB90EAA69A68789FA2A83A6D.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.cryptgenerator.de/" />
  <row Id="46826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26341" RevisionGUID="5218b156-cc5c-4572-9b2e-571bd9e10b20" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:16:25.030" UserId="3431" Text="You can also use the make-kpkg command to make .deb packages which will be very similar to what you can find in standard repos." />
  <row Id="46827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26342" RevisionGUID="f0662eae-9f42-4699-8214-a2c8521dab65" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:17:14.217" UserId="9400" Text="No &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But a general advice is to go with the server editions that a lot of distributions has, &#xD;&#xA;you don't want bleeding edge in your server room...." />
  <row Id="46828" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26343" RevisionGUID="92c008cd-2dfc-4221-8709-b830bac50b37" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:17:17.103" UserId="8009" Text="it is expected, by the webserver, that the file has to have the permission for the user that the webserver runs as, to open and run it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, if the webserver (say Apache) runs as www, then www should have read access to the file. (some run apache as www, and some run it as apache, or nobody).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you upload the file, depending on how the umask is set, the file permission is set so. (so, on one host, the file could have permission 655 or other could be 600, when permission is not set explicitly).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It always helps if you know a bit about the OS you normally deploy your applications on. Mostly, PHP is deployed on *nix system, and permission scheme is nearly (almost always) same across all the *nix systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try getting hold of &quot;Unix system Administration Handbook&quot; (by Evi Nemeth &amp; Co). Its quite fun to read and easy to understand (it is an old edition .. but unix permissions have not changed)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, make sure your server can handle DOS end of line settings (are you developing code on windows ?). Make sure, when you save, you save it as &quot;Unix format&quot; EOL (end of line). (most editors like Dreamweaver provide the feature). Most of the hosting (PHP) providers run some form of *nix (freeBSD, Linux etc), and webservers on these cause issue with the Windows EOL format&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46829" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25164" RevisionGUID="64415e5b-fa9b-4796-9847-beee8264e55f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:22:15.987" UserId="5264" Comment="added 94 characters in body" Text="I really like the RemoteApp features of Windows Server 2008&#xD;&#xA;Are there any solutions for similar functionality for *Linux* clients and a Windows server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have users that are running Linux on the desktop and rdesktop to a Windows server, mostly for Outlook. It would be nice if Outlook could behave more seamlessly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From what I can tell rdesktop doesn't do that yet, it only implements RDP 5.  I've also seen [&quot;SeamlessRDP&quot; from Cendio][1], which is an extension to rdesktop, but I can't get it to work. I think it doesn't work in Vista, but that is just a guess.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas? And thanks in advance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;I emailed Cendio and they confirmed SeamlessRDP doesn't work with Server 2008 for unknown reasons. It appears there is no way to do this with a 2k8 server. It's either windows clients with RemoteApp or using a pre-Vista OS with seamlessrdp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cendio.com/seamlessrdp/" />
  <row Id="46830" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26344" RevisionGUID="7079e30d-42c8-4acf-91b3-2158d2678575" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:23:05.313" UserId="301" Text="This is not possible unless you have two subdomains of a common top level domain, and you have obtained a wildcard certificate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason this is not possible is when a customer types `https://yyyyy.com/` (note, no :444), their browser initiates a TLS connection to the process listening on port 443. Over this port the certificate and handshaking information (which includes host name of the _default_ vhost bound to that ip:port combination) are exchanged.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Only once the TLS connection has been established can you exchange the HTTP level 301 redirection. But by this point the customer has already seen the invalid certificate information for `https://xxxx.com`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, I notice you are aliasing `www.xxxx.com` to the same vhost as `xxxx.com`, this will have the same effect. Your certificate (unless it is a wildcard) is for `xxxx.com` or `www.xxxx.com` only." />
  <row Id="46831" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26345" RevisionGUID="e26b6de2-6db8-4624-ae7b-0bdd103510a7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:23:13.973" UserId="919" Text="You have ten Lenny servers all running the x86 arch. It's completely possible to build a single package that installs to any computer running a specific arch. It's good practice to build Debian packages with `pbuilder`, to avoid any &quot;works on the dev box&quot; problems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's relatively simple to rebuild a package. `apt-get` has a `source` command that will pull down the source code. If all that's needed is a simple `configure` options change then you're nearly set. Edit the `debian/rules` file, and version bump the package with something like `~jldugger0`, so you override the debian version you derived from, but not anything newer from Debian. Just increment the trailing 0 to keep bumping local versions. **Do not bump the Debian version directly, and for god's sake, DO NOT BUMP THE EPOCH**--if you want to ensure that newer versions don't override local changes, pin the package. Be aware that you're incurring substantial security risk and need to find some way to subscribe to changes in the package for review.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The two problems with local versions of packages are: effort should be taken to keep pace with new versions. If your change is simple enough you might be able to get by with a script that applies patches. If it's invasive, not pushing changes upstream will cost you greater and greater amounts of time as conflicts accumulate. The other problem is that of dependencies. The kernel, Apache, and PHP are all core components that other packages depend on. Consider whether the changes you want to make to a package will affect other packages depending on it. " />
  <row Id="46832" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26338" RevisionGUID="ba2db239-c415-48cd-b24d-f7549d2ae2cb" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:23:17.420" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;ssl&gt;&lt;certificate&gt;&lt;virtual&gt;&lt;hosting&gt;&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="46833" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="26338" RevisionGUID="ba2db239-c415-48cd-b24d-f7549d2ae2cb" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:23:17.420" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags; edited title" Text="Can I send a redirection a separate domain over HTTPS ?" />
  <row Id="46834" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26346" RevisionGUID="1154fb7c-c645-4c52-8e09-9713a7797328" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:26:16.523" UserId="5898" Text="+1 to Joseph Kern's answer. We use one of ITWatchdog's systems,but I've used other systems as well, and the general idea is great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ITWatchdogs, and a lot of other vendors, make use of the Dallas 1-wire bus to drive their sensors. The actual sensors are available from Farnell etc for very low prices, and they basically attach to a piece of cat3 cable. You can combine an ITWatchdogs (or similar) system with a lot of hand-assembled 1-wire sensors for a relatively cheap solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also standard RS232 interfaces to the 1-wire bus, (such as [this one][1]) with varying levels of complexity, which mean you can directly attach monitoring gear to servers, in case you don't want to run additional gear (remote POP with only one machine, for example)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.audon.co.uk/1-wire_modules.html" />
  <row Id="46835" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26347" RevisionGUID="aed2e8d3-f4bd-4209-b830-c590cdbec80c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:31:50.647" UserId="9625" Text="After reading the [Linux installation guide for Oracle 11g][1], taking particular note of the pre-installation requirements; I have been able to record a response file for a silent installation based off a successful manual installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, here are the steps used to take a vanilla CentOS 5.2 install (with all package groups deselected on install) to a state that is required by the Oracle 11g installer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    groupadd -r dba  &#xD;&#xA;    groupadd -r oper   &#xD;&#xA;    groupadd -r oinstall   &#xD;&#xA;    export ORACLE_BASE=/oracle/app/oracle&#xD;&#xA;    adduser -r -g oinstall -G dba,oper -M -d $ORACLE_BASE oracle   &#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/sysctl.conf   &#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/sysctl.conf   &#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;net.core.rmem_default = 262144&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/sysctl.conf &#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;net.core.rmem_max = 4194304&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/sysctl.conf &#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;net.core.wmem_default = 262144&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/sysctl.conf   &#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;net.core.wmem_max = 262144&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/sysctl.conf   &#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;fs.file-max = 65536&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/sysctl.conf   &#xD;&#xA;    echo -e &quot;oracle\t\tsoft\tnproc\t2047&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/security/limits.conf   &#xD;&#xA;    echo -e &quot;oracle\t\thard\tnproc\t16384&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/security/limits.conf   &#xD;&#xA;    echo -e &quot;oracle\t\tsoft\tnofile\t1024&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/security/limits.conf   &#xD;&#xA;    echo -e &quot;oracle\t\thard\tnofile\t65536&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/security/limits.conf   &#xD;&#xA;    echo -e &quot;session\trequired\t/lib/security/pam_limits.so&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/pam.d/login   &#xD;&#xA;    echo -e &quot;session\trequired\tpam_limits.so&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/pam.d/login   &#xD;&#xA;    echo -e &quot;if [ \$USER = \&quot;oracle\&quot; ]; then\n\tif [ \$SHELL = \&quot;/bin/ksh\&quot; ]; then\n\t\tulimit -p 16384\n\t\tulimit -n 65536\n\telse\n\t\tulimit -u 16384 -n 65536\n\tfi\nfi&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/profile   &#xD;&#xA;    echo -e &quot;export ORACLE_BASE=$ORACLE_BASE&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/profile&#xD;&#xA;    mkdir -p $ORACLE_BASE   &#xD;&#xA;    chown -Rv oracle:oinstall $ORACLE_BASE   &#xD;&#xA;    chmod -Rv 775 $ORACLE_BASE   &#xD;&#xA;    echo -e &quot;inventory_loc=$ORACLE_BASE/oraInventory\ninst_group=&quot; &gt; /etc/oraInst.loc   &#xD;&#xA;    chown -v oracle:oinstall /etc/oraInst.loc   &#xD;&#xA;    chmod -v 664 /etc/oraInst.loc   &#xD;&#xA;    yum -y install binutils compat-libstdc++-33 elfutils-libelf elfutils-libelf-devel gcc gcc-c++ glibc glibc-common glibc-devel glibc-headers libaio libaio-devel libgcc libstdc++ libstdc++-devel make sysstat control-center xscreensaver xorg-x11-xauth libXp unzip  unixODBC-devel&#xD;&#xA;    echo -e &quot;/sysctl.conf/\na\n\tsysctl -w kernel.shmmax=\$((\`ls -l /proc/kcore | awk '{print \$5}'\` / 2))\n.wq&quot; | ed -s /etc/init.d/network'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The issue is when performing the silent installation based off the recorded response file, the installation procedure will fail when executing the generate shell script for manually executing any steps that require intervention.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@CentOS52-x8632 oui]# cat configActions2009-06-15_09-31-31-PM.log&#xD;&#xA;    ###################################################&#xD;&#xA;    The action configuration is performing&#xD;&#xA;    ------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    The plug-in Oracle Net Configuration Assistant is running&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Parsing command line arguments:&#xD;&#xA;        Parameter &quot;orahome&quot; = /oracle/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1&#xD;&#xA;        Parameter &quot;orahnam&quot; = OraDb11g_home1&#xD;&#xA;        Parameter &quot;instype&quot; = typical&#xD;&#xA;        Parameter &quot;inscomp&quot; = client,oraclenet,javavm,server&#xD;&#xA;        Parameter &quot;insprtcl&quot; = tcp&#xD;&#xA;        Parameter &quot;cfg&quot; = local&#xD;&#xA;        Parameter &quot;authadp&quot; = NO_VALUE&#xD;&#xA;        Parameter &quot;nodeinfo&quot; = NO_VALUE&#xD;&#xA;        Parameter &quot;responsefile&quot; = /oracle/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/network/install/netca_typ.rsp&#xD;&#xA;        Parameter &quot;silent&quot; = true&#xD;&#xA;    Done parsing command line arguments.&#xD;&#xA;    Oracle Net Services Configuration:&#xD;&#xA;    Profile configuration complete.&#xD;&#xA;    Listener started at port:1521&#xD;&#xA;    Oracle Net Listener Startup:&#xD;&#xA;        Running Listener Control: &#xD;&#xA;          /oracle/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/bin/lsnrctl start LISTENER&#xD;&#xA;        Listener Control complete.&#xD;&#xA;        Listener started successfully.&#xD;&#xA;    Listener configuration complete.&#xD;&#xA;    Oracle Net Services configuration successful. The exit code is 0&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    The plug-in Oracle Net Configuration Assistant has successfully been performed&#xD;&#xA;    ------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    ------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    The plug-in Oracle Database Configuration Assistant is running&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    The plug-in Oracle Database Configuration Assistant has failed its perform method&#xD;&#xA;    ------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    The action configuration has failed its perform method&#xD;&#xA;    ###################################################&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that the exit code is 3; even if it isn't logged.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Further digging (read `strace`) shows the following exception in an out of the way logfile:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    INFO: oracle.assistants.server:Internal PlugIn for {Micro Step state:step:1:configuration in CfmAggregateInstance: oracle.assistants.server:11.1.0.6.0:common:family=CFM:oh=/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1:label=0} failed with an unhandled exception:&#xD;&#xA;    oracle.sysman.emCfg.common.CfwExceptionUninitializedParameter: {Parameter:S_SYSPASS in {Aggregate:oracle.assistants.server:11.1.0.6.0:common}}: parameter value has never been set and no default is present.&#xD;&#xA;            at oracle.sysman.emCfg.core.CfmParameterState.expressData(CfmParameterState.java:720)&#xD;&#xA;            at oracle.sysman.emCfg.core.CfmParameterState.expressDataAsArgv(CfmParameterState.java:541)&#xD;&#xA;            at oracle.sysman.emCfg.core.CfmParameterPair.appendDataAsArgv(CfmParameterPair.java:372)&#xD;&#xA;            at oracle.sysman.emCfg.core.CfmArguments.expandOneArgv(CfmArguments.java:92)&#xD;&#xA;            at oracle.sysman.emCfg.core.CfmArguments.expand(CfmArguments.java:61)&#xD;&#xA;            at oracle.sysman.emCfg.core.CfmArguments.expandAsArgv(CfmArguments.java:107)&#xD;&#xA;            at oracle.sysman.emCfg.core.PerformMicroStep.runJavaClass(PerformMicroStep.java:540)&#xD;&#xA;            at oracle.sysman.emCfg.core.PerformMicroStep.executeMicroStep(PerformMicroStep.java:120)&#xD;&#xA;            at oracle.sysman.emCfg.core.ActionPerformer.performMicroStep(ActionPerformer.java:917)&#xD;&#xA;            at oracle.sysman.emCfg.core.ActionPerformer$Performer.run(ActionPerformer.java:1038)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My suspicion is that the recorded response file is missing parameters that were supplied during the manual installation from which it was derived. Notably S_SYSPASS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, even manually setting all password fields in the response file doesn't fix this issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The question that I need answered is where can I look to perform further diagnosis of this installation failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359%5F01/install.111/b32002/toc.htm&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="46837" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26347" RevisionGUID="aed2e8d3-f4bd-4209-b830-c590cdbec80c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:31:50.647" UserId="9625" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;oracle11g&gt;&lt;install&gt;&lt;silent&gt;" />
  <row Id="46838" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26348" RevisionGUID="91046070-c880-489e-afe6-b56478746709" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:37:59.137" UserId="9616" Text="Antoine Benkemoun, It used to be the case that you couldn't do multiple SSL with name based vhosts but using separate ports got around this limitation.  &#xD;&#xA;You still can't if not using [GnuTLS](http://www.g-loaded.eu/2007/08/10/ssl-enabled-name-based-apache-virtual-hosts-with-mod_gnutls)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm going to guess here but I suspect your NOT using GnuTLS for your webservers ssl library and therefore what you are asking for is name base vhosting and SSL and won't work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46839" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26347" RevisionGUID="4da6e8eb-c678-42d3-8e70-d5ef11ce906e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:41:58.613" UserId="9625" Comment="Formatting" Text="After reading the [Linux installation guide for Oracle 11g][1], taking particular note of the pre-installation requirements; I have been able to record a response file for a silent installation based off a successful manual installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, here are the steps used to take a vanilla CentOS 5.2 install (with all package groups deselected on install) to a state that is required by the Oracle 11g installer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    groupadd -r dba  &#xD;&#xA;    groupadd -r oper   &#xD;&#xA;    groupadd -r oinstall   &#xD;&#xA;    export ORACLE_BASE=/oracle/app/oracle&#xD;&#xA;    adduser -r -g oinstall -G dba,oper -M -d $ORACLE_BASE oracle   &#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/sysctl.conf   &#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/sysctl.conf   &#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;net.core.rmem_default = 262144&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/sysctl.conf &#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;net.core.rmem_max = 4194304&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/sysctl.conf &#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;net.core.wmem_default = 262144&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/sysctl.conf   &#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;net.core.wmem_max = 262144&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/sysctl.conf   &#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;fs.file-max = 65536&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/sysctl.conf   &#xD;&#xA;    echo -e &quot;oracle\t\tsoft\tnproc\t2047&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/security/limits.conf   &#xD;&#xA;    echo -e &quot;oracle\t\thard\tnproc\t16384&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/security/limits.conf   &#xD;&#xA;    echo -e &quot;oracle\t\tsoft\tnofile\t1024&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/security/limits.conf   &#xD;&#xA;    echo -e &quot;oracle\t\thard\tnofile\t65536&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/security/limits.conf   &#xD;&#xA;    echo -e &quot;session\trequired\t/lib/security/pam_limits.so&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/pam.d/login   &#xD;&#xA;    echo -e &quot;session\trequired\tpam_limits.so&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/pam.d/login   &#xD;&#xA;    echo -e &quot;if [ \$USER = \&quot;oracle\&quot; ]; then\n\tif [ \$SHELL = \&quot;/bin/ksh\&quot; ]; then\n\t\tulimit -p 16384\n\t\tulimit -n 65536\n\telse\n\t\tulimit -u 16384 -n 65536\n\tfi\nfi&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/profile   &#xD;&#xA;    echo -e &quot;export ORACLE_BASE=$ORACLE_BASE&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/profile&#xD;&#xA;    mkdir -p $ORACLE_BASE   &#xD;&#xA;    chown -Rv oracle:oinstall $ORACLE_BASE   &#xD;&#xA;    chmod -Rv 775 $ORACLE_BASE   &#xD;&#xA;    echo -e &quot;inventory_loc=$ORACLE_BASE/oraInventory\ninst_group=&quot; &gt; /etc/oraInst.loc   &#xD;&#xA;    chown -v oracle:oinstall /etc/oraInst.loc   &#xD;&#xA;    chmod -v 664 /etc/oraInst.loc   &#xD;&#xA;    yum -y install binutils compat-libstdc++-33 elfutils-libelf elfutils-libelf-devel gcc gcc-c++ glibc glibc-common glibc-devel glibc-headers libaio libaio-devel libgcc libstdc++ libstdc++-devel make sysstat control-center xscreensaver xorg-x11-xauth libXp unzip  unixODBC-devel&#xD;&#xA;    echo -e &quot;/sysctl.conf/\na\n\tsysctl -w kernel.shmmax=\$((\`ls -l /proc/kcore | awk '{print \$5}'\` / 2))\n.wq&quot; | ed -s /etc/init.d/network'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The issue is when performing the silent installation based off the recorded response file, the installation procedure will fail when executing the generate shell script for manually executing any steps that require intervention.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@CentOS52-x8632 oui]# cat configActions2009-06-15_09-31-31-PM.log&#xD;&#xA;    ###################################################&#xD;&#xA;    The action configuration is performing&#xD;&#xA;    ------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    The plug-in Oracle Net Configuration Assistant is running&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Parsing command line arguments:&#xD;&#xA;        Parameter &quot;orahome&quot; = /oracle/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1&#xD;&#xA;        Parameter &quot;orahnam&quot; = OraDb11g_home1&#xD;&#xA;        Parameter &quot;instype&quot; = typical&#xD;&#xA;        Parameter &quot;inscomp&quot; = client,oraclenet,javavm,server&#xD;&#xA;        Parameter &quot;insprtcl&quot; = tcp&#xD;&#xA;        Parameter &quot;cfg&quot; = local&#xD;&#xA;        Parameter &quot;authadp&quot; = NO_VALUE&#xD;&#xA;        Parameter &quot;nodeinfo&quot; = NO_VALUE&#xD;&#xA;        Parameter &quot;responsefile&quot; = /oracle/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/network/install/netca_typ.rsp&#xD;&#xA;        Parameter &quot;silent&quot; = true&#xD;&#xA;    Done parsing command line arguments.&#xD;&#xA;    Oracle Net Services Configuration:&#xD;&#xA;    Profile configuration complete.&#xD;&#xA;    Listener started at port:1521&#xD;&#xA;    Oracle Net Listener Startup:&#xD;&#xA;        Running Listener Control: &#xD;&#xA;          /oracle/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/bin/lsnrctl start LISTENER&#xD;&#xA;        Listener Control complete.&#xD;&#xA;        Listener started successfully.&#xD;&#xA;    Listener configuration complete.&#xD;&#xA;    Oracle Net Services configuration successful. The exit code is 0&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    The plug-in Oracle Net Configuration Assistant has successfully been performed&#xD;&#xA;    ------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    ------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    The plug-in Oracle Database Configuration Assistant is running&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    The plug-in Oracle Database Configuration Assistant has failed its perform method&#xD;&#xA;    ------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    The action configuration has failed its perform method&#xD;&#xA;    ###################################################&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that the exit code is 3; even if it isn't logged.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Further digging (read `strace`) shows the following exception in an out of the way logfile:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    INFO: oracle.assistants.server:Internal PlugIn for {Micro Step state:step:1:configuration in CfmAggregateInstance: oracle.assistants.server:11.1.0.6.0:common:family=CFM:oh=/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1:label=0} failed with an unhandled exception:&#xD;&#xA;    oracle.sysman.emCfg.common.CfwExceptionUninitializedParameter: {Parameter:S_SYSPASS in {Aggregate:oracle.assistants.server:11.1.0.6.0:common}}: parameter value has never been set and no default is present.&#xD;&#xA;            at oracle.sysman.emCfg.core.CfmParameterState.expressData(CfmParameterState.java:720)&#xD;&#xA;            at oracle.sysman.emCfg.core.CfmParameterState.expressDataAsArgv(CfmParameterState.java:541)&#xD;&#xA;            at oracle.sysman.emCfg.core.CfmParameterPair.appendDataAsArgv(CfmParameterPair.java:372)&#xD;&#xA;            at oracle.sysman.emCfg.core.CfmArguments.expandOneArgv(CfmArguments.java:92)&#xD;&#xA;            at oracle.sysman.emCfg.core.CfmArguments.expand(CfmArguments.java:61)&#xD;&#xA;            at oracle.sysman.emCfg.core.CfmArguments.expandAsArgv(CfmArguments.java:107)&#xD;&#xA;            at oracle.sysman.emCfg.core.PerformMicroStep.runJavaClass(PerformMicroStep.java:540)&#xD;&#xA;            at oracle.sysman.emCfg.core.PerformMicroStep.executeMicroStep(PerformMicroStep.java:120)&#xD;&#xA;            at oracle.sysman.emCfg.core.ActionPerformer.performMicroStep(ActionPerformer.java:917)&#xD;&#xA;            at oracle.sysman.emCfg.core.ActionPerformer$Performer.run(ActionPerformer.java:1038)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My suspicion is that the recorded response file is missing parameters that were supplied during the manual installation from which it was derived. Notably `S_SYSPASS`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, even manually setting all password fields in the response file doesn't fix this issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The question that I need answered is where can I look to perform further diagnosis of this installation failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359%5F01/install.111/b32002/toc.htm&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46840" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26349" RevisionGUID="1d32135f-404a-4274-8f14-0c4b5e0f4e3c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:42:43.323" UserId="97" Text="There's also the LM Sensors project.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.lm-sensors.org/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.lm-sensors.org/" />
  <row Id="46841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26350" RevisionGUID="0421bdf4-de80-412c-84d2-4ba4c49cf6b7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:44:01.480" UserId="9408" Text="There are several advantages to running log analysis as a nightly job if you don't require real-time update of data:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You have control of the load on the web server and the database server caused by the&#xD;&#xA;   log analysis, ie. it is unaffected by traffic peaks. You can even move your log files off&#xD;&#xA;   to a different server for analysis after they've been rotated, if you like. This is very&#xD;&#xA;   useful if your app is running on multiple web servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You can perform aggregations on the data before inserting it to the database, if you require.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Several database engines support some kind of mass insertion which is much faster&#xD;&#xA;   than inserting the same data one record at a time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Error handling (bugs in your analysis code, unavailable database etc.) is simpler -- just&#xD;&#xA;   rerun the same script on the relevant log data after the problem is fixed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sure there are others, depending on your requirements and hosting situation. Personally&#xD;&#xA;I wouldn't even *consider* piping from Apache unless real-time updates were an absolute *must*,&#xD;&#xA;and even then I would extract *only* what was needed in the piped script and handle everything&#xD;&#xA;else with a nightly job.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46842" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26351" RevisionGUID="9fc1f574-2645-4fc6-bd2c-c7ec50474684" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:48:08.413" UserId="8966" Text="Maybe you just want to use a commerical linxu distribution like RHEL?&#xD;&#xA;There you get a complete web stack (apache, php, mysql) with support from the vendor, Red Hat." />
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  <row Id="46844" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26352" RevisionGUID="a0414790-67e1-4417-a69b-2f19edb08bfc" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:49:07.213" UserId="97" Text="&#xD;&#xA;OpenID while nice conceptually faces IMO an uphill battle because it's a) hard for developers to implement and b) hard for users to get used to the concept of using a url. The username/password usage pattern is pretty tightly ingrained at this point. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, have a look at Clickpass ([www.clickpass.com][1]). They are actively trying to make OpenID easier to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.clickpass.com" />
  <row Id="46845" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26353" RevisionGUID="cd4598b9-d17e-4013-a0a6-bbad1a7cc3e4" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:49:57.820" UserId="9616" Text="It sounds like what you/your sister's church is suffering from is a [Joe Job](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_job)  &#xD;&#xA;SenderID/SPF records can help in this case but it is not a complete solution.  &#xD;&#xA;I have SPF records published for my domain and 2 weeks ago I awoke to about 40 of these 'bounce messages'. That was it though. It stopped at that.  &#xD;&#xA;I suspect the _spammers_ got far to many notifications from servers honouring my SPF records and it caused them problems so they removed my domain from their _fake this domain_ list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE**:  P.S. Trying to find the culprit/source of the _bounce messages_ will prove to be quite a sizeable challenge if not near impossible.  &#xD;&#xA;This starts with emails being sent out from _botnets_ with your domain in the From: header and poorly configured mail servers bouncing the mail to the address in the From: header." />
  <row Id="46846" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26354" RevisionGUID="5e729328-674b-479d-8fd1-5ca122d499a7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:58:10.750" UserId="1736" Text="Neither of them really has set performance or scalability characteristics divorced from the context of your app and its environment.  Which would work better depends on what you have going on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Static: set number of app processes that hang around all the time.  Conditions that argue for this include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. You can afford to have enough instances of the app hanging around all the time to speedily serve as much traffic as you ever get, for whatever reason (the machine doesn't need to do anything much else, you never really get that much traffic, the machine has lots of spare resources, what-have-you).&#xD;&#xA;2. An app process instance has significant startup time and your users will be annoyed by it.&#xD;&#xA;3. The machine needs to only ever have some set proportion of its resources used up by this app so that other jobs can run without undue interference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dynamic: variable number of app processes that are started on demand and killed off when unused.  Conditions that argue for this include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Your traffic is very spiky (self-similar), so that it's important to be able to spawn more app processes to handle it.&#xD;&#xA;2. An app process instance starts up very quickly, so it doesn't do much harm if one needs to be spawned to handle a request.&#xD;&#xA;3. The machine does need its resources for other purposes, so it's nice to free them up when you can, but it's okay to soak up a lot of them for this app when its traffic is heavy." />
  <row Id="46847" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25883" RevisionGUID="ff4617bc-807a-45b7-bb38-f24fafa86ce0" CreationDate="2009-06-16T05:59:10.110" UserId="9534" Comment="clarifying my question" Text="Hi, I´m looking over my backup strategy, that I installed a couple of years ago...and I´m wondering, how do other perform their backups? Can I do different/better/safer/more economic?&#xD;&#xA; ---&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**&#xD;&#xA;The main reason for this question is to gather experiences about how others do their backup and how they keep their data redundant and safe.&#xD;&#xA; ---  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I store my backups to a USB disk...using BackupExec (We are a small company), how do you do your backup (does it work?)?  " />
  <row Id="46851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26356" RevisionGUID="26451b78-1c11-41e5-adae-5d3657bb6bc2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T06:05:06.650" UserId="2166" Text="I've come across a strange issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; I've got a zfs partition mounted, in it a solaris &quot;hard partition&quot; zone has been created.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have noticed that the /home directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. root in the global zone cannot access this directry at all&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    global&gt; id&#xD;&#xA;    uid=0(root) gid=0(root)&#xD;&#xA;    global&gt; cd home/&#xD;&#xA;    home/: Not owner.&#xD;&#xA;    global&gt; ls -la |grep home&#xD;&#xA;    dr-xr-xr-x   1 root     root           1 Jun 16 14:38 home &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. root in the client zone can read, but not write to this directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    client1&gt; id&#xD;&#xA;    uid=0(root) gid=0(root)&#xD;&#xA;    client&gt; cd /home&#xD;&#xA;    client&gt; touch foo&#xD;&#xA;    touch: foo cannot create&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is going on here? As far as I can see, there is nothing &quot;special&quot; about this directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    gloabl&gt; cat /etc/zones/client1.xml &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;UTF-8&quot;?&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;!DOCTYPE zone PUBLIC &quot;-//Sun Microsystems Inc//DTD Zones//EN&quot; &quot;file:///usr/share/lib/xml/dtd/zonecfg.dtd.1&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;!--&#xD;&#xA;        DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE.  Use zonecfg(1M) instead.&#xD;&#xA;    --&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;zone name=&quot;knobs1&quot; zonepath=&quot;/zones/client1&quot; autoboot=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;network address=&quot;172.16.54.15&quot; physical=&quot;bge0&quot;/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;network address=&quot;172.16.54.21&quot; physical=&quot;bge0&quot;/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;network address=&quot;172.16.54.22&quot; physical=&quot;bge0&quot;/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/zone&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    gloabl&gt; zfs list | grep client1&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1                 29.2G  34.7G  14.2G  /zones/client1&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1@initial         5.89M      -  5.89G  -&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1@pre_profiling   74.4M      -  8.58G  -&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1@post_profiling  8.01G      -  19.7G  -&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1@pre-rebuild     4.42G      -  18.4G  -&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46852" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26356" RevisionGUID="26451b78-1c11-41e5-adae-5d3657bb6bc2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T06:05:06.650" UserId="2166" Text="zfs permissions issue ? &quot;Not owner&quot;" />
  <row Id="46853" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26356" RevisionGUID="26451b78-1c11-41e5-adae-5d3657bb6bc2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T06:05:06.650" UserId="2166" Text="&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;zfs&gt;&lt;zones&gt;" />
  <row Id="46855" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="23429" RevisionGUID="79574ed5-ba6b-414f-bb57-247baed6e065" CreationDate="2009-06-16T06:09:50.913" UserId="3476" Comment="edited title; edited title" Text="Is Open ID better than the usual LogIn system?" />
  <row Id="46856" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26358" RevisionGUID="bb5623cc-a9b9-4745-8637-5c21a119a822" CreationDate="2009-06-16T06:11:19.023" UserId="9626" Text="I'm looking for an equivalent of this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh -R 8888:10.0.0.2:8888 100.101.102.103&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ie. make the service running on port 8888 on the local machine (10.0.0.2) look like a locally running service on a remote machine (100.101.102.103).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I don't want the encryption overhead of ssh, since the service in question is https and is thus already encrypted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone suggest a tool to do this? Note that the direction of the initiation is important here - ie. it's the equivalent of a *reverse* tunnel. The local machine, where the service is running, is on a private network and not directly visible to the remote machine; the remote machine has a public IP though. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - unix (OS X and Linux) on each end&#xD;&#xA; - I have full access to both machines" />
  <row Id="46857" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26358" RevisionGUID="bb5623cc-a9b9-4745-8637-5c21a119a822" CreationDate="2009-06-16T06:11:19.023" UserId="9626" Text="Unencrypted equivalent of SSH reverse proxy" />
  <row Id="46858" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26358" RevisionGUID="bb5623cc-a9b9-4745-8637-5c21a119a822" CreationDate="2009-06-16T06:11:19.023" UserId="9626" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;tcpip&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="46860" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26359" RevisionGUID="2bdff240-8f5c-4a93-be6f-1b56b3605d97" CreationDate="2009-06-16T06:12:58.723" UserId="2444" Text="Consider setting up `open_basedir` on a &quot;per site&quot; basis.  `open_basedir` is a php.ini setting which will prevent your scripts from accessing files outside of a defined white list.  If your server hosts several sites, it'll prevent one site from reading the databaase settings from another site.  It'll also prevent a php script from accessing/modifying core system files.  Open basedir is easy to set up, just add the line &quot;`php_admin_value open_basedir /my/list/of/folders:/as/a/colon/seperated/list`&quot; to each Apache vhost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also consider turning off the PHP script engine for all sites/folders which shouldn't contain PHP scripts (e.g. an uploaded images folder).  Again, this is simple, add &quot;php_admin_value engine off&quot; to any Apache VirtualHosts not needing php.  To disable PHP in a directory, put the same thing into a Directory tag.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Run file permissions as tight as possible, avoid write access to PHP scripts for the Apache user, this prevents a running script from modifying itself or other scripts on the same site/server.  Avoid 777 permissions if at all possible, figure out the minimum permissions required to run the application and use those.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're hosting multiple sites, each with their own database.  Use a seperate MySQL/Postgres user for each, and set permissions on each user such that they only have access to the relevant databases.  Again this will prevent a rouge script from tempering with another application's database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Suosin, HardenedPHP, mod_security and the like are all valuable as well, but use them in addition to a tightly locked down configuration, not instead of." />
  <row Id="46861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26360" RevisionGUID="1825994e-0545-4135-a33c-5a9724fe51ef" CreationDate="2009-06-16T06:14:55.570" UserId="4872" Text="I have the feeling that there are some difference between two large complicated Oracle schemas which should be identical, so decided to dump and diff them to investigate. I found an article (http://www.dba-oracle.com/art_builder_get_schema_syntax.htm) which gives the following commands to dump the table and index definitions.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;    SELECT DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('TABLE',u.table_name) FROM USER_TABLES u;&#xD;&#xA;    SELECT DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('INDEX',u.index_name) FROM USER_INDEXES u;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, when I dumped and diffed spool of the output the schemas, there were trivial differences on almost every line making the difference worthless. For example the schema name is included in each table definition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there better way to do this that will give the most important schema data in a format that can be compared easily using a diff tool. I am interested in tables, indexes and triggers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am using Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.3.0" />
  <row Id="46862" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26360" RevisionGUID="1825994e-0545-4135-a33c-5a9724fe51ef" CreationDate="2009-06-16T06:14:55.570" UserId="4872" Text="How can I diff two Oracle 10g Schemas?" />
  <row Id="46863" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26360" RevisionGUID="1825994e-0545-4135-a33c-5a9724fe51ef" CreationDate="2009-06-16T06:14:55.570" UserId="4872" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;oracle10g&gt;&lt;sql&gt;&lt;database&gt;&lt;dba&gt;" />
  <row Id="46864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26361" RevisionGUID="d287c4f9-6974-467a-9014-03681ad7b747" CreationDate="2009-06-16T06:17:19.010" UserId="8897" Text="A pair of netcat sessions would fit the bill, I guess. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;man nc&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46866" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26356" RevisionGUID="2f2879bd-e511-4253-8eb1-902a537097fe" CreationDate="2009-06-16T06:20:09.193" UserId="2166" Comment="added 89 characters in body" Text="I've come across a strange issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; I've got a zfs partition mounted, in it a solaris &quot;hard partition&quot; zone has been created.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have noticed that the /home directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. root in the global zone cannot access this directry at all&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    global&gt; id&#xD;&#xA;    uid=0(root) gid=0(root)&#xD;&#xA;    global&gt; cd home/&#xD;&#xA;    home/: Not owner.&#xD;&#xA;    global&gt; ls -la |grep home&#xD;&#xA;    dr-xr-xr-x   1 root     root           1 Jun 16 14:38 home &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. root in the client zone can read, but not write to this directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    client1&gt; id&#xD;&#xA;    uid=0(root) gid=0(root)&#xD;&#xA;    client&gt; cd /home&#xD;&#xA;    client&gt; touch foo&#xD;&#xA;    touch: foo cannot create&#xD;&#xA;    client&gt; cd ..&#xD;&#xA;    client&gt; chmod u+w home&#xD;&#xA;    chmod: WARNING: can't change home&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is going on here? As far as I can see, there is nothing &quot;special&quot; about this directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    gloabl&gt; cat /etc/zones/client1.xml &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;UTF-8&quot;?&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;!DOCTYPE zone PUBLIC &quot;-//Sun Microsystems Inc//DTD Zones//EN&quot; &quot;file:///usr/share/lib/xml/dtd/zonecfg.dtd.1&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;!--&#xD;&#xA;        DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE.  Use zonecfg(1M) instead.&#xD;&#xA;    --&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;zone name=&quot;knobs1&quot; zonepath=&quot;/zones/client1&quot; autoboot=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;network address=&quot;172.16.54.15&quot; physical=&quot;bge0&quot;/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;network address=&quot;172.16.54.21&quot; physical=&quot;bge0&quot;/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;network address=&quot;172.16.54.22&quot; physical=&quot;bge0&quot;/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/zone&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    gloabl&gt; zfs list | grep client1&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1                 29.2G  34.7G  14.2G  /zones/client1&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1@initial         5.89M      -  5.89G  -&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1@pre_profiling   74.4M      -  8.58G  -&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1@post_profiling  8.01G      -  19.7G  -&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1@pre-rebuild     4.42G      -  18.4G  -&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46867" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26362" RevisionGUID="6c802159-2e90-4d2e-9dad-c02ac6975979" CreationDate="2009-06-16T06:26:56.730" UserId="8996" Text="An inetd combined with netcat should do the trick. See [Forwarding Ports][1], although xinetd may be a better choice these days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jfranken.de/homepages/johannes/vortraege/netcat_inhalt.en.html#ToC4" />
  <row Id="46869" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25883" RevisionGUID="901b8e0d-3678-4c5b-9a29-5b046ccd995f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T06:48:25.097" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="46870" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26364" RevisionGUID="53027633-ce84-4499-b5ac-9b12a4661a59" CreationDate="2009-06-16T06:51:42.157" UserId="45" Text="You could use **[TOAD][1]**  is a great generic tool for Oracle development. There is a trial version for testing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As alternative you could check out this CodeProject article: [**Schema Compare Tool for Oracle**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This small VB.NET application allows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you to compare Oracle database schemas&#xD;&#xA;&gt; against one another. This is very&#xD;&#xA;&gt; helpful when making sure your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; development instance is the same as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; your production instance; especially&#xD;&#xA;&gt; when implementing front-end changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: [1]: http://www.toadsoft.com/toad_oracle.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/database/OracleSchemaCompare.aspx" />
  <row Id="46873" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26365" RevisionGUID="b1296236-6e78-494a-b753-468e6047727f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T06:56:29.230" UserId="9616" Text="This appears to be a duplicate of [25968](http://serverfault.com/questions/25968/enterprise-grade-php-application-servers) ??" />
  <row Id="46874" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26365" RevisionGUID="b1296236-6e78-494a-b753-468e6047727f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T06:56:29.230" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46875" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26336" RevisionGUID="b375420e-0228-4ab6-b617-8463dfbce8df" CreationDate="2009-06-16T06:58:52.967" UserId="9616" Comment="added 9 characters in body" Text="You don't strictly mention you want a solution to self host but is it worth talking to one of the 'managed hosting' companies, [eapps](http://eapps.com), rackspace.com etc etc, about what your after.&#xD;&#xA;This means your no longer worrying about the servers and can concentrate on what your really meant to be doing.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46876" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26364" RevisionGUID="fc153d91-b748-4774-98da-1bd4d457694f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T07:00:39.830" UserId="45" Comment="added 517 characters in body; added 111 characters in body" Text="You could use **[TOAD][1]**  is a great generic tool for Oracle development. There is a trial version for testing. From the features list:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; - Data Compare and Sync wizard	&#xD;&#xA;&gt; - Synchronize data across database&#xD;&#xA;&gt; platforms&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another product you could test is [**OraPowerTools**][2]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; OraPowerTools is a collection of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; native oracle database utilities. This&#xD;&#xA;&gt; collection includes OraEdit PRO, a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; complete Oracle Development&#xD;&#xA;&gt; environment, DBDiff for Oracle,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; compare and upgrade any 2 oracle&#xD;&#xA;&gt; databases, and DBScripter for Oracle,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; create sql scripts out of your oracle&#xD;&#xA;&gt; database's objects and/or data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As free alternative you could check out this CodeProject article: [**Schema Compare Tool for Oracle**][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This small VB.NET application allows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you to compare Oracle database schemas&#xD;&#xA;&gt; against one another. This is very&#xD;&#xA;&gt; helpful when making sure your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; development instance is the same as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; your production instance; especially&#xD;&#xA;&gt; when implementing front-end changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: [1]: http://www.toadsoft.com/toad_oracle.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/database/OracleSchemaCompare.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.dkgas.com/orapower.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/database/OracleSchemaCompare.aspx" />
  <row Id="46877" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26366" RevisionGUID="0e847c1f-5105-4e9c-a060-a5a45f608fd0" CreationDate="2009-06-16T07:05:23.173" UserId="6365" Text="I use duplicity on our production servers. I chose it mainly because it can do differential backups to ftp server and the backups are encrypted with GnuPG key.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;The differential backups are done every night and full backups are performed once/2 weeks.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Works great!" />
  <row Id="46879" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26368" RevisionGUID="23278505-c82b-430a-8103-0f5721cfd544" CreationDate="2009-06-16T07:19:22.630" UserId="6491" Text="Zoredache answer is perfect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One more thing that can be worth to mention. You can use you favorite editor by setting&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; export EDITOR=whatevertexteditoryouwant" />
  <row Id="46880" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10274" RevisionGUID="9fcea278-9650-40ee-87b9-cec1641b25da" CreationDate="2009-06-16T07:21:12.970" UserId="3196" Comment="Added more info" Text="I'm trying to set up clustered jboss-messaging with XA-recovery on a basic non-clustered, default server config (we _only_ want clustered messaging, the rest is stateless with failover only) on JBoss EAP 4.3 (CP04).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I add XA-recovery I get the following errors in the log:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    09:05:07,558 ERROR [ExceptionUtil] ConnectionFactoryEndpoint[jboss.messaging.connectionfactory:service=ConnectionFactory] createFailoverConnectionDelegate [s-ar10uuuf-1-k1eztuuf-z44sla-t6avs4]&#xD;&#xA;    javax.jms.JMSSecurityException: User null is NOT authenticated&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    [... stacktrace removed for readablity ...]&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    09:05:07,559 ERROR [MessagingXAResourceWrapper] ********************************Failed to connect to server&#xD;&#xA;    javax.jms.JMSSecurityException: User null is NOT authenticated&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looks like I'm missing some security config - but I cannot figure out where.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have double and tripple checked my config for errors and I'm using the following docs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/jboss/jboss-eap-4.3/doc/messaging/JBoss_Messaging_User_Guide/html/recovery.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The same config works like a charm in production config (Update: Not true anymore, see below)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone done this before? Got any ideas what I'm doing wrong?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The error depends on which datasource I use (DefaultDS vs. MyOwnDS) in the messaging config (*-presistence-service.xml). I have tried the following scenarios:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. DefaultDS/HSQLDB: Works (of course this is the standard config...but who wants to use this config in production?)&#xD;&#xA; 2. DefaultDS/MySQL: Works (this is an acceptable work around)&#xD;&#xA; 3. MyOwnDS/MySQL: Does NOT work&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It cant be that messaging depends on the datasource being named 'DefaultDS', so I guess there is some configuration associated with DefaultDS that goes missing when I use my own DS. But I cannot figure out what... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is an entry (HsqlDbRealm) in login-config.xml that uses 'DefaultDS' but it doesn't look like it's used by messaging?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What am I missing?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46881" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10274" RevisionGUID="9fcea278-9650-40ee-87b9-cec1641b25da" CreationDate="2009-06-16T07:21:12.970" UserId="3196" Comment="Added more info" Text="&lt;jboss&gt;&lt;messaging&gt;" />
  <row Id="46882" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26369" RevisionGUID="ab75ccdd-0b4d-4a49-bbcc-3429f85858e7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T07:29:20.567" UserId="4076" Text="Just set ssh's encryption cypher to none.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh -c none -R 8888:10.0.0.2:8888 100.101.102.103&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26371" RevisionGUID="3bfaaac6-daec-4c68-bbc6-0ca9a96a8778" CreationDate="2009-06-16T07:39:28.987" UserId="9637" Text="Also some pointers if your log doesn't shrink: &#xD;&#xA;1. You can backup your transaction log.&#xD;&#xA;2. You can try to run checkpoint (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188748.aspx) first so all dirty pages are written to disk and afterwards run the dbcc shrinkfile. &#xD;&#xA;3. If you don't have a complex sql configuration (eg: database mirroring on that particular databse) you can switch the database to simple recovery and then switch it back to full recovery mode (this can be done while the database is being used) and will surelly shrink your database log file.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46885" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26372" RevisionGUID="6813b192-5bcf-43b7-b9f1-9fde2b24412c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T07:40:39.547" UserId="9616" Text="I was running (now using nginx with html only site) nginx,php/FastCGI, xcache and mysql5 on a linode360 hosting a wordpress blog.  &#xD;&#xA;This is a very nice and lean hosting solution.   &#xD;&#xA;One thing to make sure you look at if you go down the FastCGI path is compiling php with [php-fpm](http://php-fpm.anight.org/) This gives some decent process management over just running php from spawn-fcgi.  &#xD;&#xA;The distribution you run is up to what you are comfortable maintaining as your the one doing the work.  &#xD;&#xA;My experience has shown, but YMMV, CentOS for servers requires less ongoing tinkering than Archlinux however the setup can be a bit more challenging as some packages tend to be a little out of date. ie: CentOS nginx = 0.6.34 Archlinux nginx = 0.7.60 and reuire building from SRPM.  &#xD;&#xA;I ran an Archlinux linode for 6months and 6then months ago went to a CentOS linode. I still run Archlinux at home." />
  <row Id="46886" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26079" RevisionGUID="11048713-1c9a-48ea-8ea8-56d35cee8f63" CreationDate="2009-06-16T07:41:12.447" UserId="8825" Comment="closing, will try SharePoint" Text="I have a folder on the SBS 2003 server where I want users to be able to edit files, but not move or delete them.&#xD;&#xA;The files are in Excel. When I removed the delete permission, I couldn't save the files.&#xD;&#xA;I assume this is because Excel deletes the original before writing the new file.&#xD;&#xA;I don't care about the possibility that they select everything in Excel and then hit delete - the deletion and/or moving of the files appears to be accidental.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks for the answers, I hadn't thought of using Sharepoint - Shadow Volume has kept me sane so far " />
  <row Id="46887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26373" RevisionGUID="7a1ebb99-dccb-4e8a-a714-fac8bc06d662" CreationDate="2009-06-16T07:46:42.840" UserId="8636" Text="There are benefits of using openId on both sides :&#xD;&#xA;1. Developers don't need to implement the login system (database, client processing, app security etc.)&#xD;&#xA;2. Users don't need to remember an extra set of credentials.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the onther hand you might scare some of the users that aren't really computer savy and will be reluctant to give away say thetir google credentials to login to your site. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best solution would be a hibrid system allowing for both OpenID and on-site registration but this would really ruin the first benefit I mentioned." />
  <row Id="46888" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26371" RevisionGUID="3218e15c-27ac-4ce9-84e2-94b19ca297b3" CreationDate="2009-06-16T07:47:04.633" UserId="45" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="Also some pointers if your log doesn't shrink: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. You can backup your transaction log.&#xD;&#xA;2. You can try to run checkpoint (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188748.aspx) first so all dirty pages are written to disk and afterwards run the dbcc shrinkfile. &#xD;&#xA;3. If you don't have a complex sql configuration (eg: database mirroring on that particular databse) you can switch the database to simple recovery and then switch it back to full recovery mode (this can be done while the database is being used) and will surelly shrink your database log file.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26374" RevisionGUID="312ce368-f790-4e97-a8c5-367f7e2bf044" CreationDate="2009-06-16T07:57:12.103" UserId="9539" Text="We have our servers running on Hyper-V, and have a nightly export of the Virtual Machines, which we copy to USB HDDs next day, which are stored off-location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So far we had no problems restoring: just fetch or set up any machine with Hyper-V, copy the VM files onto it, import them, and off we go." />
  <row Id="46890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26375" RevisionGUID="02561bdd-23f9-4ec5-ab65-f6b2845ba384" CreationDate="2009-06-16T07:59:08.057" UserId="8987" Text="We have just purchased a Barracuda Spam Firewall 300, we have set it up but are having problems authenticating with our Exchange server (2007). I spoke to Barracuda about it and they said I need to exclude the Barracuda box from authentication from within Exchange, how do I do that?" />
  <row Id="46891" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26375" RevisionGUID="02561bdd-23f9-4ec5-ab65-f6b2845ba384" CreationDate="2009-06-16T07:59:08.057" UserId="8987" Text="Setting up a Barracuda Spam Filter" />
  <row Id="46892" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26375" RevisionGUID="02561bdd-23f9-4ec5-ab65-f6b2845ba384" CreationDate="2009-06-16T07:59:08.057" UserId="8987" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;2007&gt;&lt;spam-filter&gt;&lt;anti-spam&gt;" />
  <row Id="46894" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26377" RevisionGUID="4d55a088-e56a-442a-a703-f631d4a9433b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:08:44.717" UserId="9616" Text="This is not a total scaling solution nor a 'host it this way' answer but just some thoughts I have floating around my head.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;------&#xD;&#xA;I would also look at a few things to squeeze the most out of your hosting environment getting you the best bang for $$. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Replace apache with nginx or other light weight http server.  &#xD;&#xA;* make sure you have your webserver (nginx/apache..) to directly serve static content(images/html) and not parse everything to php.  &#xD;&#xA;* page level caching with squid or varnish or other reverse proxy in front of your app ^1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;^1 This one will save you huge amounts of resources as it caches entire pages and requests are not all sent to heavy php/mysql  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Some advice:**  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* don't scale before you need to.&#xD;&#xA;* know the limits of your current solution &#xD;&#xA;* monitor your server ( munin, snmp/cacti etc ) to help plan to grow  &#xD;&#xA;* Have a plan of attack when it comes to scaling.   &#xD;&#xA; * current solution is at 75% start move to next solution&#xD;&#xA; * next solution is at 75% .....&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46897" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26378" RevisionGUID="b6c1d1dc-8871-4c8a-9b47-9742bea23046" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:13:20.463" UserId="9637" Text="The TRUNCATE_ONLY option for the log backup has been deprecated in MS SQL 2008. &#xD;&#xA; - One solution is to switch the database in simple recovery mode and then back to full recovery mode. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ALTER DATABASE *database_name* SET RECOVERY SIMPLE&#xD;&#xA;go &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CHECKPOINT&#xD;&#xA;go&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ALTER DATABASE *database_name* SET RECOVERY FULL&#xD;&#xA;go&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Another option would be to checkpoint the databse and backup the log without the TRUNCATE_ONLY option (with a checkpoint and a log backup the log should shrink just enough)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CHECKPOINT&#xD;&#xA;go &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BACKUP LOG *database_name* to disk = '&lt;disk location\file&gt;' &#xD;&#xA;go" />
  <row Id="46898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26379" RevisionGUID="de3f5519-8c8e-4f00-8f7b-5b0863ff6921" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:14:10.977" UserId="9307" Text="I have a SQL 2005 SP 2 server running a maintenance plan that performs full backups every day at 22:00, diff backups every 4 hours and log backups every 30 minutes. The plan backs up all system &amp; user databases (all user DBs are in Full recovery mode). The full &amp; log backups all complete and verify without problem - i've confirmed this by doing some test restores. Every morning the diff backup throws an error from 2 databases stating that no full backup exists. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's always the same two databases that have this error - all others are ok. If I manually run a full backup again the diff's will run fine until the next morning. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm fairly certain that the problem is down to a VSS backup that is run at midnight by the company that manage the servers using Bacula. In the SQL logs I can see that VSS is freezing/thawing the system DBs and these 2 databases only when Bacula runs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously I can just get the hosting Co to stop backing up the DBs within their job since they're picking up my SQL backup files anyway but I simply want to know why this is happening. What could be different about these 2 databases as every option i've checked is identical to the ones that complete fine. I have the same plan set-up on another server which runs with no problems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks, Chris." />
  <row Id="46899" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26379" RevisionGUID="de3f5519-8c8e-4f00-8f7b-5b0863ff6921" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:14:10.977" UserId="9307" Text="SQL 2005 Diff backups failing - no full backup exists?" />
  <row Id="46900" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26379" RevisionGUID="de3f5519-8c8e-4f00-8f7b-5b0863ff6921" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:14:10.977" UserId="9307" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="46901" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26380" RevisionGUID="19f54ba4-8ef7-49bf-be2b-a59868376e8a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:15:35.467" UserId="1565" Text="I believe this is what you are looking for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb232021.aspx" />
  <row Id="46902" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26381" RevisionGUID="72b391b4-902e-45df-a376-ab44b2f3b7ed" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:16:07.913" UserId="9616" Text="Your best asking this very question on the [puppet mail list](http://groups.google.com.au/group/puppet-users)  as there is a very active and helpful community there.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26382" RevisionGUID="77862d72-8bd3-4e39-9197-25b0528db460" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:18:37.317" UserId="2343" Text="Our small company works with a large company and must access their customer data daily. In addition to assigning logins, they make us download a certificate on each computer we plan to use, and somehow set up a Cisco VPN inside Internet Explorer. Once logged in, that browser cannot access our corporate intranet, and if I visit [whatismyip.com][1], it shows a different domain than the one at work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What might be the reasonining for this strategy?** If we are directly on their network rather than accessing limited info through a web interface, wouldn't that be *less* secure?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.whatismyip.com" />
  <row Id="46905" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26382" RevisionGUID="77862d72-8bd3-4e39-9197-25b0528db460" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:18:37.317" UserId="2343" Text="Why use an in-browser VPN?" />
  <row Id="46906" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26382" RevisionGUID="77862d72-8bd3-4e39-9197-25b0528db460" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:18:37.317" UserId="2343" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="46907" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23218" RevisionGUID="364e337e-3960-4ca7-95ef-b56068abeceb" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:22:35.920" UserId="4925" Comment="Extended options" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to broadcast one live video stream from Windows machine (captured by TV tuner) to many viewers in the Internet.&#xD;&#xA;Because bandwidth is limited on this machine it should be forwarded to FreeBSD machine in datacenter and than forwarded to final viewers. I expect near 100-200 viewers watching simultaneously.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, the question is, what software recommended on windows site, and on FreeBSD machine?&#xD;&#xA;What pros and cons of different software?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the options is VLC - it can send captured stream out of windows machine. On FreeBSD server side VLC can broadcast this stream to viewers in unicast.&#xD;&#xA;Any other options? especially for FreeBSD server site.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="46908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26383" RevisionGUID="33398ae2-8b43-4b87-819d-0a14b30cf644" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:27:48.967" UserId="7342" Text="If you're able to run Perl, you could look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://sqlfairy.sf.net&quot;&gt;SQLFairy&lt;/a&gt;, which should be able to produce a dump of your schema as SQL. YOu can then use standard text diffing tools. There is also &lt;a href=&quot;http://search.cpan.org/dist/SQL-Translator/lib/SQL/Translator/Diff.pm&quot;&gt;a tool&lt;/a&gt; which will take two schemas and produce the ALTER commands to make them identical." />
  <row Id="46909" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26384" RevisionGUID="442bd4dd-0139-4697-ba5d-2f88e84f2fef" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:31:00.257" UserId="9640" Text="Best thing to do is use [HttpCompress][1] by Bel Lowery. It's a simple, free and open source HttpModule handling the HTTP compression of your pages. You can use it in combination with the IIS Http Compression option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use HttpCompress in combination with Vici MVC and it works smooth!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been searching the net for hours and it was either use HttpCompress, buy a commercial project (Port80 Software has a solution) or write my own HttpModule.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS: IIS does HTTP compression based on the file extension. That's why it's not working for websites using URL routing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blowery.org/httpcompress/" />
  <row Id="46910" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26385" RevisionGUID="96d219d4-a19b-4b91-8bca-e6545953490d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:33:26.913" UserId="9637" Text="I think that you should check out the job history for the job that executes the full backup at 22:00. There could be a warning and some database backups could be skipped, either that or the 2 database for which there's no full backup have no full backup scheduled.&#xD;&#xA;Also check the duration of the full backup job, there might be a problem indeed if Co's Bacula backup starts before the full backup completes (although 2 hours for a full backup of the databases is a little extreme). &#xD;&#xA;Anyways the message is explicit and for some reason the full backup does not occur on those 2 databases. " />
  <row Id="46911" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25774" RevisionGUID="075bd09c-4752-48e0-899c-2d444f84d7dc" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:35:03.070" UserId="3925" Comment="somehow misplaced SHIFT for ALT :blush:" Text="On Windows... CTRL+ALT+DELETE. If the system is not responding, that sometimes gets task manager up. It also gets you the change password option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, on a remote terminal session, that can also bring up the 'shut down' dialog without needing to open a command prompt and shutdown the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Possibly its the most common keystroke there is!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46912" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26386" RevisionGUID="005c5b3e-0042-49d7-8f3c-cd4dad26f051" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:35:04.320" UserId="1565" Text="The VPN is providing encryption of the data you are accessing so that someone between you and them cannot sniff the sensitive data.  It also requires that you connect to the large company's internal network which is way more secure than having an internet accessible page that anyone could get to.  Making you download a certificate also means that in order to access their network, someone would have to be on one of your computers.  It couldn't be just some random user that tries logins and passwords against a web interface until they get access." />
  <row Id="46913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26387" RevisionGUID="d854b00d-7bf7-4a89-8c52-e0a67fec1768" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:35:14.630" UserId="3253" Text="Hi.&#xD;&#xA;I'm having problems with a MOSS setup that after an incremental crawl, the search results will get corrupted. Troubleshooting it further using the search web service, the resulting XML looks like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     &lt;ResponsePacket xmlns=&quot;urn:Microsoft.Search.Response&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;Response domain=&quot;QDomain&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;Range&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;StartAt&gt;1&lt;/StartAt&gt; &#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Count&gt;20&lt;/Count&gt; &#xD;&#xA;        &lt;TotalAvailable&gt;34&lt;/TotalAvailable&gt; &#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Results&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;Document xmlns=&quot;urn:Microsoft.Search.Response.Document&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;Action&gt;&#xD;&#xA;              &lt;LinkUrl /&gt; &#xD;&#xA;            &lt;/Action&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;Properties xmlns=&quot;urn:Microsoft.Search.Response.Document.Document&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;              &lt;Property&gt;&#xD;&#xA;                &lt;Name&gt;RANK&lt;/Name&gt; &#xD;&#xA;                &lt;Type&gt;Int64&lt;/Type&gt; &#xD;&#xA;                &lt;Value&gt;1000&lt;/Value&gt; &#xD;&#xA;              &lt;/Property&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;/Properties&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;/Document&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;Document xmlns=&quot;urn:Microsoft.Search.Response.Document&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;Action&gt;&#xD;&#xA;              &lt;LinkUrl /&gt; &#xD;&#xA;            &lt;/Action&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;Properties xmlns=&quot;urn:Microsoft.Search.Response.Document.Document&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;              &lt;Property&gt;&#xD;&#xA;              &lt;Name&gt;RANK&lt;/Name&gt; &#xD;&#xA;              &lt;Type&gt;Int64&lt;/Type&gt; &#xD;&#xA;              &lt;Value&gt;1000&lt;/Value&gt; &#xD;&#xA;            &lt;/Property&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;/Properties&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/Document&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/Results&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/Range&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;Status&gt;SUCCESS&lt;/Status&gt; &#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/Response&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/ResponsePacket&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In other word, it says it can find 34 hits, but returns blank data.&#xD;&#xA;Doing a reset of the search content, a full crawl, everything works for a day or so, then it gets corrupted again.&#xD;&#xA;Full crawl at 02:00, incremental crawl every 20 minutes, MOSS v12.0.0.6300 on Win2003 x86.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone has any ideas?" />
  <row Id="46914" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26387" RevisionGUID="d854b00d-7bf7-4a89-8c52-e0a67fec1768" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:35:14.630" UserId="3253" Text="Incremental crawl in MOSS corrupts the search result" />
  <row Id="46915" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26387" RevisionGUID="d854b00d-7bf7-4a89-8c52-e0a67fec1768" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:35:14.630" UserId="3253" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;search&gt;" />
  <row Id="46916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26388" RevisionGUID="2db1ccd7-5989-4a15-9e41-404f63184551" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:38:17.730" UserId="3196" Text="Datasource used for authentication is specified in messaging-jboss-beans.xml." />
  <row Id="46917" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26389" RevisionGUID="e14ff056-26a2-437d-b8b2-ee26f1131d6b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:39:51.830" UserId="9616" Text="Do you still actually need sendmail on the server now that your using gmail ?  &#xD;&#xA;If your users are using google mail for both SMTP and POP/IMAP then the answer is more than liekely NO.  &#xD;&#xA;I have setup several clients with google mail and I remove sendmail from the box and replace it with SSMTP or nullmailer so that cron and web apps can still send out emails.  &#xD;&#xA;This removed any hassles I had similar to you.  &#xD;&#xA;HTH&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46918" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26390" RevisionGUID="7dbec82a-00ec-430d-8cf7-501de9faca10" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:40:37.380" UserDisplayName="Chao" Text="I have abc.tv site which is configured on a.a.a.a IP and my mailing solution(test@abc.tv) wich I want to configured on y.y.y.y IP address. Is is possible to have seperate ips fo my A record &amp; MX record as below&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Domain name - abc.tv&#xD;&#xA;A Record - a.a.a.a&#xD;&#xA;MX record - y.y.y.y&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;please suggest&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46919" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26390" RevisionGUID="7dbec82a-00ec-430d-8cf7-501de9faca10" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:40:37.380" UserDisplayName="Chao" Text="Can I have seperate IP for A record &amp; MX record" />
  <row Id="46920" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26390" RevisionGUID="7dbec82a-00ec-430d-8cf7-501de9faca10" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:40:37.380" UserDisplayName="Chao" Text="&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="46921" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26391" RevisionGUID="2e2010f9-6c20-4c38-b0c3-5211352227b8" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:43:24.350" UserId="9643" Text="Recently we had a SQL job inserting into a database. The query had been running for a few days unecessarily so it was killed using KILL SPID. The process then began to roll back for several days and just seemed to hang there. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running KILL SPID WITH STATUSONLY gave a message stating that 'Estimated completion' was 100% and 'Estimated time left' was 0 seconds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Eventually we had to restart the SQL service which removed the process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is- how should you kill a SQL process? Is this the only way? &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46922" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26391" RevisionGUID="2e2010f9-6c20-4c38-b0c3-5211352227b8" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:43:24.350" UserId="9643" Text="Killing a MSSQL process?" />
  <row Id="46923" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26391" RevisionGUID="2e2010f9-6c20-4c38-b0c3-5211352227b8" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:43:24.350" UserId="9643" Text="&lt;sql&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;kill&gt;" />
  <row Id="46925" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26393" RevisionGUID="820a4587-e35b-45de-b38b-f5eb989f4bed" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:45:14.983" UserId="5308" Text="MX records were invented for precisely this application: allowing mail for a specific host to be handled by another host. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first thing to point out is that MX records do not contain IP addresses, they container a pointer to a hostname.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So for your example you would have something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;abc.tv.      A    a.a.a.a&#xD;&#xA;             MX 5 mail.abc.tv.&#xD;&#xA;mail.abc.tv. A    y.y.y.y&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="46926" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26387" RevisionGUID="f4491c02-e670-4aa5-b399-80ac3a0858e6" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:46:29.273" UserId="3253" Comment="added 47 characters in body" Text="Hi.&#xD;&#xA;I'm having problems with a MOSS setup that after an incremental crawl, the search results will get corrupted. Troubleshooting it further using the search web service, the resulting XML looks like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     &lt;ResponsePacket xmlns=&quot;urn:Microsoft.Search.Response&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;Response domain=&quot;QDomain&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;Range&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;StartAt&gt;1&lt;/StartAt&gt; &#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Count&gt;20&lt;/Count&gt; &#xD;&#xA;        &lt;TotalAvailable&gt;34&lt;/TotalAvailable&gt; &#xD;&#xA;        &lt;Results&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;Document xmlns=&quot;urn:Microsoft.Search.Response.Document&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;Action&gt;&#xD;&#xA;              &lt;LinkUrl /&gt; &#xD;&#xA;            &lt;/Action&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;Properties xmlns=&quot;urn:Microsoft.Search.Response.Document.Document&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;              &lt;Property&gt;&#xD;&#xA;                &lt;Name&gt;RANK&lt;/Name&gt; &#xD;&#xA;                &lt;Type&gt;Int64&lt;/Type&gt; &#xD;&#xA;                &lt;Value&gt;1000&lt;/Value&gt; &#xD;&#xA;              &lt;/Property&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;/Properties&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;/Document&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;Document xmlns=&quot;urn:Microsoft.Search.Response.Document&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;Action&gt;&#xD;&#xA;              &lt;LinkUrl /&gt; &#xD;&#xA;            &lt;/Action&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;Properties xmlns=&quot;urn:Microsoft.Search.Response.Document.Document&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;              &lt;Property&gt;&#xD;&#xA;              &lt;Name&gt;RANK&lt;/Name&gt; &#xD;&#xA;              &lt;Type&gt;Int64&lt;/Type&gt; &#xD;&#xA;              &lt;Value&gt;1000&lt;/Value&gt; &#xD;&#xA;            &lt;/Property&gt;&#xD;&#xA;          &lt;/Properties&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/Document&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/Results&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/Range&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;Status&gt;SUCCESS&lt;/Status&gt; &#xD;&#xA;      &lt;/Response&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/ResponsePacket&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In other word, it says it can find 34 hits, but returns blank data.&#xD;&#xA;Doing a reset of the search content, a full crawl, everything works for a day or so, then it gets corrupted again.&#xD;&#xA;Full crawl at 02:00, incremental crawl every 20 minutes, MOSS v12.0.0.6300 on Win2003 x86.&#xD;&#xA;The crawl log files says nothing of interest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone has any ideas?" />
  <row Id="46927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26394" RevisionGUID="a25d6f5d-def9-4333-a897-2f9a8aadace8" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:46:57.477" UserId="1714" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Exchange 2000 in an AD, configured with a default e-maildomain domainname.com and multiple users and mailboxes on the server, is it possible to route 1 internal mailaddress to an external server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example: When **user1@domainname.com** sends an e-mail to **user2@domainname.com**, the mail doesn't leave the server. But when an e-mail is send to **user3@domainname.com**, the mail should be send via an external smtp-server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance for your reactions." />
  <row Id="46928" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26394" RevisionGUID="a25d6f5d-def9-4333-a897-2f9a8aadace8" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:46:57.477" UserId="1714" Text="exchange 2000 route one address to external server" />
  <row Id="46929" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26394" RevisionGUID="a25d6f5d-def9-4333-a897-2f9a8aadace8" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:46:57.477" UserId="1714" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;routing&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="46930" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26395" RevisionGUID="fcbce2f9-d0c1-4d9f-b0ad-37fb848a1817" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:49:16.007" UserId="301" Text="An MX record _must_ be a name, not an IP." />
  <row Id="46934" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26397" RevisionGUID="205a53c4-caa2-47ea-8e11-cc7bb823811a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:59:07.140" UserId="8987" Text="I've been tasked with the job of building a web server and Intranet site using perhaps Joomla for creating an alternative and would like some advice of what steps to take and how to get started." />
  <row Id="46935" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26397" RevisionGUID="205a53c4-caa2-47ea-8e11-cc7bb823811a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:59:07.140" UserId="8987" Text="How to setup an Intranet site and a FREE alternative to Sharepoint" />
  <row Id="46936" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26397" RevisionGUID="205a53c4-caa2-47ea-8e11-cc7bb823811a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T08:59:07.140" UserId="8987" Text="&lt;intranet&gt;&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;joomla&gt;" />
  <row Id="46937" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26398" RevisionGUID="86affcc2-6888-4729-92f9-5df5c1dd29e6" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:00:18.027" UserId="9548" Text="Thanks for whoever who migrated this question over to this site from Stackoverflow. But as others have spotted I have already posted this question under http://serverfault.com/questions/25968/enterprise-grade-php-application-servers. So please go ahead and close this question. I do not seem to have permissions to do so." />
  <row Id="46938" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26398" RevisionGUID="86affcc2-6888-4729-92f9-5df5c1dd29e6" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:00:18.027" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46940" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23965" RevisionGUID="913ad5ca-5042-470c-871a-5e4f84c180a2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:02:23.563" UserId="8851" Comment="added 316 characters in body" Text="How viable as a backup strategy would be periodical LVM snapshots of xen domU's? Pros, cons, any gotchas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To me it seems like the perfect solution for a fast, brainless restore. Any investigation could take place on the broken logical volume with domU successfuly running without interruption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's where I'm at now, when doing full system backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* lvm snapshot of domU disk&#xD;&#xA;* a new logical volume which size equals the snapshot size.&#xD;&#xA;* dd if=/dev/snapshot of=/dev/new_lv&#xD;&#xA;* disposing of snapshot with lvremove&#xD;&#xA;* optional verification with kpartx/mount/ls&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I need to automate this." />
  <row Id="46941" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26399" RevisionGUID="c5676abc-6040-417b-bc58-c54288554f0e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:02:45.870" UserId="9637" Text="If you're in a hurry and want a quick tool to monitor your MS server then use performance monitor for windows, set up a counter log with custom monitoring template and a custome schedule (eg: collect data for 5 min every hour). Then download Microsoft's LogParser and Codeplex's Performance Analysis of Logs (PAL) Tool&#xD;&#xA;(http://pal.codeplex.com/) to crunch your counter log. &#xD;&#xA;PAL will generate a great documented report with links to possible issue solving documents/tools. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46942" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26399" RevisionGUID="c5676abc-6040-417b-bc58-c54288554f0e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:02:45.870" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26400" RevisionGUID="f677b18f-8e3b-4bbc-9376-9182f64c2159" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:03:51.920" UserId="9647" Text="I don't use the vpn in browser, but I get your problem even on a desktop vpn client. This is what I on Windows to be able to connect to machines in local network&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you check `ipconfig /all` it should show your local network IP as well as VPN assigned IP. Say you local IP is 10.0.0.5 and you want to connect to 10.0.0.3 on your local network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You add a route to 10.0.0.3 as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    route add 10.0.0.3 10.0.0.5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This has always worked for me, on multiple different VPNs. IIRC Cisco VPN client also has an option to bypass vpn for local access.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46945" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26401" RevisionGUID="6de98389-6516-4680-889a-6c1253587bfa" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:05:46.347" UserId="8743" Text="Have a look at [Alfresco open source Enterprise Content Management][1]. It can be used standalone and integrates with Joomla and Drupal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.alfresco.com/index-a2.html" />
  <row Id="46946" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26402" RevisionGUID="bb138a6f-819b-4113-b1ee-57bbceab3c97" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:06:02.150" UserId="8636" Text="Hey, SharePoint Services (WSS) IS free. Microsoft Office Sharepoit Services (MOSS) isn't, but for the purpose of an intranet site, WSS should do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is of course if you are using Windwos Server as a base... (which is not free).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** [Here][1] is a good comparison between WSS and MOSS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointtechnology/FX101758691033.aspx" />
  <row Id="46947" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26185" RevisionGUID="178c3263-5f35-4860-bd2b-8f2427a8b95b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:08:41.163" UserId="8950" Comment="added 76 characters in body" Text="What's the username and password for an ubuntu live cd image?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ask cause I've recently copied the contents of an ubuntu based live iso (easypeasy, the ldistro for nwtbooks) onto a harddisk, but the squash fs is corrupt. Most likely cause I copied it live. :) so it's not autologging in. Is there a username/password for this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**: I tried username ubuntu and a blank password, it didn't work" />
  <row Id="46948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26403" RevisionGUID="2398222e-62a8-4325-bd92-5ab235984978" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:09:15.590" UserId="2439" Text="You give little information about your concrete requirements. Maybe you could elaborate?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, you might consider a [Wiki][1]. That's what we use for most of our internal documentation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many free ones to choose from.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki" />
  <row Id="46949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26404" RevisionGUID="4cc87766-2d1a-4a5d-969e-2d8259d57d82" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:11:12.093" UserId="9648" Text="I'm looking for a configuration example of a Cisco wireless lan controller in combination with a juniper steel belted radius appliance (used to be made by funk now acquired by Juniper).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It states in the release notes for the cisco wlan controller software that the product has been tested with Funk Steel-Belted RADIUS release 4.4.137 but i cant find any information on how to implement this." />
  <row Id="46950" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26404" RevisionGUID="4cc87766-2d1a-4a5d-969e-2d8259d57d82" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:11:12.093" UserId="9648" Text="where can i find a RADIUS configuration example of A cisco 2106 in combination with A juniper steel belted radius ?" />
  <row Id="46951" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26404" RevisionGUID="4cc87766-2d1a-4a5d-969e-2d8259d57d82" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:11:12.093" UserId="9648" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;radius&gt;&lt;wireless&gt;" />
  <row Id="46952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26405" RevisionGUID="5aceaf0b-ffd3-41d8-b96d-203ae73583a7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:13:21.947" UserId="8950" Text="I've recently started using a new desktop PC with Ubuntu Linux installed. However the terminal beeps annoyingly. i.e. If I'm at the start of the line and I press Backspace, it'll beep to tell me that there are no characters to delete. Of if I am trying to tab complete and there are no completions for it, then it'll beep.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I turn this off?" />
  <row Id="46953" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26405" RevisionGUID="5aceaf0b-ffd3-41d8-b96d-203ae73583a7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:13:21.947" UserId="8950" Text="How do I turn off the beep in the terminal in Linux?" />
  <row Id="46954" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26405" RevisionGUID="5aceaf0b-ffd3-41d8-b96d-203ae73583a7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:13:21.947" UserId="8950" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;noise&gt;" />
  <row Id="46955" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26406" RevisionGUID="bc18e80b-7053-42f7-bab4-4ac61e4c7d39" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:13:53.040" UserId="8374" Text="I explain better:&#xD;&#xA;On my workplace, all the dumb users has taken the wrong habit to leave the cd tray open forever on all computers...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Explain that they must close the tray, is just a waste of time: they say *&quot;it is way more productive&quot;*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a software that force-closes the tray automatically every minute?" />
  <row Id="46956" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26406" RevisionGUID="bc18e80b-7053-42f7-bab4-4ac61e4c7d39" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:13:53.040" UserId="8374" Text="How to close the cd tray automatically every minute?" />
  <row Id="46957" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26406" RevisionGUID="bc18e80b-7053-42f7-bab4-4ac61e4c7d39" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:13:53.040" UserId="8374" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;cd&gt;" />
  <row Id="46958" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26407" RevisionGUID="ac0ac6f7-737a-46ed-bc25-c9e64ec9f248" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:14:24.880" UserId="8950" Text="I use Ubuntu Linux all the time and I've never found a problem with the built in gnome terminal." />
  <row Id="46959" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26408" RevisionGUID="3861dc21-6109-46cd-8f00-56a0976f85a3" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:18:56.820" UserId="5392" Text="setterm -blength 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you'll want to add this to your bash profile" />
  <row Id="46960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26409" RevisionGUID="3cfef5f1-14e8-4580-a4ad-da5d35b49fb9" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:19:02.747" UserId="8743" Text="from [cybercity][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Open Gnome terminal&#xD;&#xA; - Click on Settings &gt; Preferences &gt; Silence Terminal Bell&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-linux-disable-or-turn-off-beep-sound-for-terminal/" />
  <row Id="46961" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26410" RevisionGUID="a0b0e585-757c-4993-8145-6657204a92c2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:19:37.707" UserId="9149" Text="If you are looking for open source alternative - a good CMS for intranet building is [EZ publish][1] It is a LAMP application, so basic knowledge of Linux(Unix) environment plus Apache, MySQL and PHP would be needed. Oracle is supported by EZ publish too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should probably start by reading documentation, installing application and testing it. After you have more understanding how to customize it, you can start modifying it to fulfill your requirements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ez.no/solutions/intranet" />
  <row Id="46962" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26411" RevisionGUID="b1d271a9-1cec-431d-8bfb-0cf3f283d47a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:20:32.060" UserId="2439" Text="Easiest fix: put&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    set prefer-visible-bell on&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in your .inputrc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This however will only work for applications using the readline library (this includes bash).&#xD;&#xA;Other applications may still decide to beep at you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to disable all beeping, you will have to do it in the terminal. How to do this depends on your terminal. In xterm it's option -vb (also works in many other terminals, e.g. in rxvt). Most graphical terminals have a config option for this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also see the [Visible bell mini-Howto][1] for all the dirty details.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Visual-Bell.html" />
  <row Id="46963" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="462" RevisionGUID="77490d5e-4577-46be-b73f-25e723fced55" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:21:54.257" UserId="222" Comment="fixed &quot;disk corruption&quot; to more accurate &quot;data corruption&quot;" Text="Which OS are you planning on running? Or is that another part of the consideration? If you're running Solaris, XFS isn't even an option as far as I know. If you're not running Solaris, how are you planning on using ZFS? Support is limited on other platforms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're talking about a Linux server, I'd stick with Ext3 personally, if only because it receives the most amount of testing. zfs-fuse is still very young. Also, I had troubles with XFS once, when a bug caused data corruption after a kernel update. The advantages of XFS over Ext3 definitely didn't outweigh the costs involved in restoring the machine, which was located in a remote datacenter." />
  <row Id="46964" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23938" RevisionGUID="888f3a7b-af8b-420c-b1b5-e1376fd8b4c2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:23:14.330" UserId="9149" Comment="typo" Text="As already mentioned in this thread, there several special cases with DNS, the most significant difference is between authoritative and caching name server deployments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. If you need a DNS server just to resolve Internet resources, some free cashing DNS resolver is a wise choice. I personally use PowerDNS recursor (pdns-recursor) on Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. For servicing your external infrastructure, like web-sites or MX's I wouldn't use  internal NSes (if we are talking about SOHO here). Use some good, reliable, bullet-proof service like DNSmadeasy. I use their business package, and it rocks while being very affordable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26412" RevisionGUID="75edc286-794f-488b-94cb-1f2a7063e339" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:23:29.633" UserDisplayName="seanos" Text="[MobaXterm][1]&#xD;&#xA;is a terminal for Windows, with an X server and a set of Unix commands (GNU/Cygwin) packaged in a single portable exe file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mobaxterm.mobatek.net" />
  <row Id="46966" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26413" RevisionGUID="9ba3dcf9-f1da-408c-910a-b7d5415961d2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:24:36.747" UserId="5308" Text="In addition to the setterm and Gnome settings solutions already suggested there are the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If running X, open an xterm and enter xset b off&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To disable system bell in bash startup edit ~/.inputrc or /etc/inputrc and add the line &quot;set bell-style none&quot; or &quot;set bell-style visual&quot; if you want a screen flash.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a good article on this [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-linux-disable-or-turn-off-beep-sound-for-terminal/" />
  <row Id="46967" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26414" RevisionGUID="11814d43-0151-48a0-98f5-3f628c26a667" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:25:18.587" UserId="45" Text="You could use the freeware utility [NirCmd][1] von NirSoft ([download zip file][2]) and use Windows Scheduling to run this statement every minute:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     C:\Program Files\Wizmo\wizmo.exe cdrom close&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.zip" />
  <row Id="46968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26415" RevisionGUID="3ca30773-6025-40a5-8d96-e64d165cce7a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:27:31.453" UserId="8636" Text="Not sure if the exact tool actually exists, but [here][1] is a small command-line utility that could be scheduled to run every 1-5-10-60 minutes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html" />
  <row Id="46969" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26382" RevisionGUID="7b87e7a8-c4f2-4022-9b4d-26785eb0c864" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:29:16.660" UserId="6793" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;cisco-vpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="46970" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26382" RevisionGUID="366e8f0d-57df-46fa-b4ea-de7c7c9d6001" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:29:50.527" UserId="6793" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="46971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26416" RevisionGUID="afae4605-88dc-4765-9e9c-d1b483822423" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:32:03.457" UserId="4946" Text="I was going to post [this list][1], but as NirCmd is already mentioned by 2 other guys, I suppose you better check that one out first ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.download32.com/eject-close-cd-freeware.html" />
  <row Id="46972" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26417" RevisionGUID="14e3d289-4d30-4938-85d1-39f7bfff8019" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:34:21.313" UserId="9616" Text="I'm not sure of any native Windows apps for what you want but there is this web app:&#xD;&#xA;[Domain Name Portfolio](http://www.domainportfolio.us/)  &#xD;&#xA;Their is a demo on the site to try it out.  &#xD;&#xA;I have never used it I just know of it's existence. " />
  <row Id="46973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26418" RevisionGUID="a09c59e0-e553-4261-9384-f834f7fec485" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:34:51.203" UserId="3950" Text="As the pc speaker is annoying altogether (at least, I think it is), I just go&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    modprobe -r pcspkr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and add it to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    blacklist pcspkr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No more beeps. Ever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does not work for bells through /dev/snd/*, obviously " />
  <row Id="46974" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="9252" RevisionGUID="9ea07ac7-052c-4303-8e93-ae4070881e85" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:36:53.663" UserId="2887" />
  <row Id="46975" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26390" RevisionGUID="f807c08d-afad-4408-adc8-d5013b33fc21" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:38:22.770" UserId="45" Comment="added 2 characters in body; edited title" Text="I have abc.tv site which is configured on a.a.a.a IP and my mailing solution(test@abc.tv) which I want to configured on y.y.y.y IP address. Is is possible to have separate IPs fo my A record &amp; MX record as below?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Domain name - abc.tv&#xD;&#xA;A Record - a.a.a.a&#xD;&#xA;MX record - y.y.y.y&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;please suggest&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46976" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="26390" RevisionGUID="f807c08d-afad-4408-adc8-d5013b33fc21" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:38:22.770" UserId="45" Comment="added 2 characters in body; edited title" Text="Can I have separate IP for A record &amp; MX record" />
  <row Id="46977" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26419" RevisionGUID="314897ac-271e-4e51-8d57-e0b8a361f500" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:38:25.003" UserId="6793" Text="I have used [rinetd][1] for this in the past with great success.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;rinetd is a very small, stable, and simple program that listens for &#xD;&#xA;incoming connections and forwards them, the configuration is really &#xD;&#xA;simple&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # bindadress    bindport  connectaddress  connectport&#xD;&#xA;    1.2.3.4         80        4.3.2.1         80&#xD;&#xA;    1.2.3.4         443       4.3.2.1         443&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also a program called &quot;[stone][2]&quot; that can do the same:&#xD;&#xA;Example... http forward from the gateway to an internal machine (1.2.3.4):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ stone 1.2.3.4:80 80 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.boutell.com/rinetd/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://sourceforge.jp/projects/stone/" />
  <row Id="46978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26420" RevisionGUID="14414fef-eb90-4a3b-9bc4-d469b576022a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:42:53.793" UserId="8950" Text="You could run ``top`` in another terminal? That should generate regular traffic?" />
  <row Id="46979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26421" RevisionGUID="2f005e0c-acd9-48c7-bfe1-4ccb7f3e8968" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:46:34.423" UserId="4946" Text="[DNZoom][1] is another web app which does just that...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also [this question][2] might be of interest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dnzoom.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/20523/tips-for-domain-name-management" />
  <row Id="46980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26422" RevisionGUID="65c2e6ac-0c4e-4c49-a55a-48f7010b5ed8" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:48:26.073" UserId="8950" Text="I have to administer a whole pile of hosts over ssh. However I can only access them through a certain gateway ssh server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have the following in my ``~/.ssh/config``:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Host mygateway-www&#xD;&#xA;    Hostname www&#xD;&#xA;    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyCommand ssh mygateway nc %h 22&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However I have to connect to lots of these machines. Instead of putting dozens of entries in my ``~/.ssh/config``, is there anyway I can have something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Host mygateway-*&#xD;&#xA;    Hostname ???WHAT GOES HERE????&#xD;&#xA;    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa&#xD;&#xA;    ProxyCommand ssh mygateway nc %h 22&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know you can use ``%h`` in the ``Hostname`` argument, but that would be the hostname. What I really need is some sort of string substitution, like bash's ``${VAR%thingie}``. Is this possible?" />
  <row Id="46981" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26422" RevisionGUID="65c2e6ac-0c4e-4c49-a55a-48f7010b5ed8" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:48:26.073" UserId="8950" Text="Dynamically generate SSH Host entries in ~/.ssh/config" />
  <row Id="46982" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26422" RevisionGUID="65c2e6ac-0c4e-4c49-a55a-48f7010b5ed8" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:48:26.073" UserId="8950" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;" />
  <row Id="46983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26423" RevisionGUID="9ae18ac6-df50-4628-adf8-289b9d5c4189" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:51:32.073" UserDisplayName="Guru" Text="You may also look into Oracle Application Express (APEX). Oracle 10g XE is free for commercial use too. You need to configure Oracle APEX (latest 3.2) on 10g XE.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oracle APEX is an Rapid Application Development (RAD) tool. And with APEX, it will be easy to create web pages with no time. Have a look." />
  <row Id="46984" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26424" RevisionGUID="4ccaf0e1-4ea5-4f43-b91a-e5f9dfb31478" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:51:48.737" UserId="356" Text="Yes, you use a **Forwarding Address**. I don't have access to an Exchange 2000 box to verify where it is in the UI, but in 2007 it's in *Mail Flow &gt; Delivery Options &gt; Forwarding Address*. " />
  <row Id="46985" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26397" RevisionGUID="9acddafa-139c-40c7-859f-2cfdd4c87ebc" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:52:13.867" UserId="8987" Comment="Further explained the problem as per request" Text="I've been tasked with the job of building a web server and Intranet site using perhaps Joomla for creating an alternative to Microsoft Sharepoint and would like some advice of what steps to take and how to get started.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A bit of background is that we used Sharepoint which was included with our SBS server, and have migrated to Server 2003 and would like to have a solution as similar as can be to Sharepoint for FREE or a fraction of the cost. Ideally we would like it to be a central point for employees to use to keep upto date with Internal news, have a calendar, and links to stored documents like SOP's (Standard Operating Procedures). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope that explains it a bit better, sorry for being so unclear in my first post!" />
  <row Id="46986" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26393" RevisionGUID="9f6f3e4a-fcfc-46a8-8ea5-587184628d0b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:52:30.777" UserId="5308" Comment="added 177 characters in body" Text="MX records were invented for precisely this application: allowing mail for a specific host to be handled by another host. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first thing to point out is that MX records do not contain IP addresses, they container a pointer to a hostname.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So for your example you would have something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;abc.tv.      A    a.a.a.a&#xD;&#xA;             MX 5 mail.abc.tv.&#xD;&#xA;mail.abc.tv. A    y.y.y.y&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The host pointed to by the MX record must have an A or AAAA record and cannot be a CNAME record. (thanks to Ludwig Weinzierl in comment below for pointing out this omission)" />
  <row Id="46987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26425" RevisionGUID="0694b265-83c0-4be5-bd5b-1e65555cce9e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:53:11.900" UserId="9149" Text="Apparently, this is a default behavior for many a type of VPN, being it Cisco SSL based or not. I had cases with VPN clients when it was impossible to change default gateway on the client, so looks like this behavior can  be changed on server side. You should ask VPN administrator in a &quot;Large&quot; company for local lan access (if this is what you need)." />
  <row Id="46988" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26426" RevisionGUID="7c4b9e8e-3761-4063-b76e-e4f28abbd4e1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:54:44.407" UserId="3631" Text="&gt; Alt + Shift&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To toggle between languages. I can live without it here, but it is difficult to live without it when you are in China or Israel for example :-)." />
  <row Id="46989" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26426" RevisionGUID="7c4b9e8e-3761-4063-b76e-e4f28abbd4e1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:54:44.407" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="46990" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26414" RevisionGUID="e970b659-f5d5-49e7-92be-65c6e6b86946" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:54:48.497" UserId="45" Comment="added 12 characters in body; deleted 3 characters in body" Text="You could use the freeware utility [NirCmd][1] (NirSoft: [download zip file][2]) and use Windows Scheduling to run this statement every minute:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     C:\Program Files\Wizmo\wizmo.exe cdrom close d:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(example)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.zip" />
  <row Id="46991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26427" RevisionGUID="043f568c-6a72-4ee8-9f36-a25b220ad6e5" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:55:17.603" UserId="9649" Text="Is there an easy way to check who is logged in on any jail?" />
  <row Id="46992" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26427" RevisionGUID="043f568c-6a72-4ee8-9f36-a25b220ad6e5" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:55:17.603" UserId="9649" Text="How to check who is logged in on jail?" />
  <row Id="46993" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26427" RevisionGUID="043f568c-6a72-4ee8-9f36-a25b220ad6e5" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:55:17.603" UserId="9649" Text="&lt;freebsd&gt;&lt;jails&gt;" />
  <row Id="46994" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26395" RevisionGUID="e562fb5a-2920-4bef-9107-8b7d6b98f1d0" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:56:45.183" UserId="301" Comment="added 331 characters in body" Text="An `MX` record _must_ be a name, not an IP. That means the host pointed to by an MX record for your domain must itself be directly resolvable to an `A` record. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However there is no requirement for that `A` to be part of your domain. For example you can have Google Apps handle the `MX` records for your domain, while you manage the A records for the domain and www.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="46995" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26428" RevisionGUID="be81632f-2e81-43da-b4cf-176d5ecc250e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T09:56:59.583" UserId="7083" Text="You shouldn't need to manually specify HostName as it will come from the command line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simply try:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Host *.domain  &#xD;&#xA;      IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa  &#xD;&#xA;      ProxyCommand ssh mygateway /usr/bin/nc %h 22" />
  <row Id="46996" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26427" RevisionGUID="1cb0c2be-73d5-4d17-88f5-7e49467292c3" CreationDate="2009-06-16T10:03:00.460" UserId="1" Comment="added 45 characters in body" Text="Is there an easy way to check who is logged in on any [jail](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeBSD_jail)?" />
  <row Id="46997" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26429" RevisionGUID="c4dfadd0-7a90-4d51-a70e-edeca5ce3166" CreationDate="2009-06-16T10:10:56.887" UserId="301" Text="You did everything right, but you have consider the cost of the rollback. You said that your query was running for days, so it would have written days of data to the log files as an uncommitted transaction. By killing the task, you initiated a rollback and this is what you have to wait for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to be able to kill the transaction with less impact, consider batching the transactions and doing occasional commits. If you can avoid a transaction altogether that would be better for long running jobs." />
  <row Id="46998" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="26391" RevisionGUID="34b9a343-0ea6-4dbc-b7ce-c00bcf6da5a1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T10:11:47.820" UserId="301" Comment="edited title" Text="How can I safely kill a long running MSSQL query ?" />
  <row Id="46999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26430" RevisionGUID="e10950bc-4de4-4ccf-abc5-8678270de297" CreationDate="2009-06-16T10:19:00.507" UserId="9461" Text="I'm migrating from syslogd to syslog-ng on SLES 9 server. The server happens to be a loghost for some remote loggers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I configure syslog-ng to assure *maximum* compatibility with syslogd behavior when it comes to the hostname printed in logs? There are some custom scripts to analyze the logs and those probably depend on hostnames to stay the same. Some of them have been reported as FQDNs by syslogd, and if they would become stripped now, name collision would surely occur.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the way, I haven't used syslogd -s or -l options to strip FQDNs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Snapshot of my current research on syslog-ng options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    options {&#xD;&#xA;            check_hostname(yes);    # invalid chars?&#xD;&#xA;            keep_hostname(yes);     # yes - if there is a hostname embedded in the message, it will&#xD;&#xA;                                    #   be kept without overwrite/append&#xD;&#xA;                                    #   see https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng/2002-August/003669.html&#xD;&#xA;                                    #   note: RFC3164 allows either short hostname or IP, no FQDN&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            use_dns(yes);           # if there is no hostname embedded in the message, try DNS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            use_fqdn(no);           # do not try to expand everything to FQDN? strip all FQDNs? strip only DNS-resolved FQDNs?&#xD;&#xA;                                    # old syslogd behaviour (?): use embedded hostname, print fqdn (strip only local&#xD;&#xA;                                    #   domain + strip &quot;-s&quot; domains + strip domains for &quot;-l&quot; hosts)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            chain_hostnames(no);    # if keep_hostname(no) or hostname not embedded, attach (rather than assign)&#xD;&#xA;                                    #   hostname/IP of *sender*; same as long_hostnames(off)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            sync(0);                # sync immediately&#xD;&#xA;    };&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found syslog-ng manuals to be somewhat inadequate." />
  <row Id="47000" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26430" RevisionGUID="e10950bc-4de4-4ccf-abc5-8678270de297" CreationDate="2009-06-16T10:19:00.507" UserId="9461" Text="FQDNs during migration from syslogd to syslog-ng" />
  <row Id="47001" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26430" RevisionGUID="e10950bc-4de4-4ccf-abc5-8678270de297" CreationDate="2009-06-16T10:19:00.507" UserId="9461" Text="&lt;syslog&gt;&lt;sles&gt;" />
  <row Id="47002" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26431" RevisionGUID="b9aaa371-4bd1-4ac2-930a-8523df2400f7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T10:23:38.250" UserId="3543" Text="Depending on how big company has set up their firewall, VPN may or may not be less secure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think this is a case of &quot;one size fits all&quot;, they probably give the same access to everyone, no matter if they acrually need it or not as this is the cheapest and most comfortable solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In similar cases I give external customers SSL+client certificate access, together with username and password for the particular service. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Client certificates prevent casual password guessing and URL manipulation/injection attacks, but user/pass for the specific service is still needed since once you have handed out the client cert to someone you have no control over what they do with it, unless it is on the smartcard, but this is a much more complicated (read expensive) story.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47003" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24912" RevisionGUID="abfd20cd-9fa3-4593-9889-ab4b276cb9a2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T10:24:38.903" UserId="9332" Comment="Fixed." Text="I had the same problem with a 2008 Server machine (basically Vista Light), I had to reboot it before it would print. Talk about aggravation. There is a registry setting hidden deep within the bowels of HKLM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet\Hardware Profiles\0001\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers\&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Find the offending printer entry, then find the entry named. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PrinterOnLine&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit it. Changing it to the magical value of&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This makes my cry for CUPS ... or even lpr ..." />
  <row Id="47004" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26432" RevisionGUID="4520b013-c948-475f-a8a4-280a8be8f31a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T10:26:38.837" UserId="3543" Text="&#xD;&#xA;do not forget socat, the swiss army knife of network forwarders ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/" />
  <row Id="47005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26433" RevisionGUID="3ef4c917-aaed-4f01-b8c6-3ac725eef507" CreationDate="2009-06-16T10:29:05.400" UserId="9616" Text="I had a client with the same setup and I used [DSSH](http://www.digmia.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=54:Digmia%20Enterprise%20SSH&amp;Itemid=56) to solve my problem.  &#xD;&#xA;DSSH among other things allows you to transparently login to remote hosts via a gateway host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use cases&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Collect configuration parameters from Cisco routers which require &quot;ena&quot; login&#xD;&#xA;* Log in to servers, which have PermitRootLogin disabled directly as root (by typing su - and password automatically), while preserving exit status  &#xD;&#xA;* Add custom logic such as advanced logging  &#xD;&#xA;* ***tunnel through several connections to get to target server***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47006" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26430" RevisionGUID="9e7d5690-303c-4e65-916f-f1f21053cc3a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T10:30:18.487" UserId="9461" Comment="added tag linux" Text="&lt;syslog&gt;&lt;sles&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="47007" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26434" RevisionGUID="7b5f47e2-d507-4441-9c32-a66420aab8b3" CreationDate="2009-06-16T10:32:08.857" UserId="5528" Text="Ubuntu isn't very keen on webmin -- see [this mailing list post][1] for example. Unless you really have to use webmin, you may be better off with eBox, which is officially supported and discussed in the Ubuntu Server Guide.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2006-September/020471.html" />
  <row Id="47008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26435" RevisionGUID="ab2b6241-7b2c-48ac-bae7-a6febb11e5b9" CreationDate="2009-06-16T10:32:31.507" UserId="3543" Text="&#xD;&#xA;Careful with the metrics, if you use any metric as an absolute measurement you will became a metric meeter, not a good admin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i.e. if your (or your boss') metric is only how many tickets you close how fast, you can very easily become a drone that only shoves the tickets around without investing in long term, quality solutions and preemptive maintenance." />
  <row Id="47009" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26435" RevisionGUID="ab2b6241-7b2c-48ac-bae7-a6febb11e5b9" CreationDate="2009-06-16T10:32:31.507" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="47010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26436" RevisionGUID="48bcf811-58ae-46c2-8f9c-e902a37eb6f1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T10:39:23.850" UserId="45" Text="As an addition to the other correct answers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MX records: not only can they be different from your primary domain A record's IP address, you can even have **multiple MX records** (called backup or secondary MX) and specify a priority value, for example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;MX 10 mail.abc.tv.&#xD;&#xA;MX 20 mail2a.abc.tv.&#xD;&#xA;MX 20 mail2b.abc.tv.&#xD;&#xA;MX 30 backupmail.provider-example.com.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you also see in this example, mail exchangers needn't to be on the same domain." />
  <row Id="47011" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26437" RevisionGUID="5c9fd4a1-1496-4f73-bfd5-2f68277e198c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T10:41:28.073" UserId="206" Text="On a Windows 2003 Server I have an application that processes requests and stores them in a folder as a queue where a second process comes and processes these stored requests. However at times the number of files tend to reach 100,000.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using Windows Explorer or even dir at the command prompt doesn't seem to be much of a solution for me to find out how many files there are stored. It also takes too much time, CPU and I/O.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions?" />
  <row Id="47012" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26437" RevisionGUID="5c9fd4a1-1496-4f73-bfd5-2f68277e198c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T10:41:28.073" UserId="206" Text="How to quickly count the number of files in a folder?" />
  <row Id="47013" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26437" RevisionGUID="5c9fd4a1-1496-4f73-bfd5-2f68277e198c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T10:41:28.073" UserId="206" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;count&gt;" />
  <row Id="47014" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26438" RevisionGUID="60670269-37a6-4438-9fbc-faae029eff4b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T10:52:05.447" UserId="2299" Text="If your internal domain is domainname.com then mail to user3@domainname.com will always be processed internally. The best you can do is configure user3's mailbox to forward to user3@someotherdomain.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is OK then fire up your AD Users and Computers and create a Contact, and set the SMTP address to user3@someotherdomain.com. Now open the properties for user3, go to the Ecxhange General tab and click the Delivery button. Select your newly created Contact as the forwarding address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is what is described in support.microsoft.com/kb/281926. You're correct when you say &quot;forwarding only seems to work when forwarding to objects within the Active Directory&quot; but the contact you've created is an Active Directory object but any mail sent to it goes to it's external e-mail address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47015" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26439" RevisionGUID="cf15f8f4-2fef-4fbf-8b63-8d8d2adc780f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T10:52:23.777" UserId="447" Text="I'm not sure how fast this will work on a folder that big, but it's worth trying.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Save the code below in a .vbs file. Then, run it from a CMD prompt like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    CSCRIPT FileCount.vbs C:\Insert\Your\Path\Here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It only counts the file in the root of the path, but it could be modified to include sub-folders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Dim oArgs&#xD;&#xA;    Set oArgs = WScript.Arguments&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    If oArgs.Count &gt;= 1 Then&#xD;&#xA;       WScript.Echo FileCount(oArgs(0))   &#xD;&#xA;    End If&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    '------------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    '&#xD;&#xA;    '------------------------------------------------------------&#xD;&#xA;    Function FileCount(sPath)&#xD;&#xA;       Dim oFSO&#xD;&#xA;       Dim oFolder&#xD;&#xA;       Dim oFiles&#xD;&#xA;       &#xD;&#xA;       Set oFSO = CreateObject(&quot;Scripting.FileSystemObject&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;       Set oFolder = oFSO.GetFolder(sPath)&#xD;&#xA;       Set oFiles = oFolder.Files&#xD;&#xA;       FileCount = oFiles.Count&#xD;&#xA;    End Function&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26440" RevisionGUID="0a992254-6682-495d-8f71-769eb60d24ce" CreationDate="2009-06-16T10:54:23.290" UserId="45" Text="You could use the [script on this page][1] and call it this way:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     call filecount.bat C:\temp filecount /S&#xD;&#xA;     echo %filecount%&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The switch &quot;/S&quot; is needed if you want to recursively search in all subfolders&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/80188/jsi-tip-7699-how-can-i-count-the-number-of-files-in-a-folder.html" />
  <row Id="47017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26441" RevisionGUID="3ff58756-246d-46ac-b154-10f9d233b678" CreationDate="2009-06-16T10:56:10.680" UserId="9136" Text="You can use this handy VBS.  I use it for ejecting a CD on my Vista-running-on-a-mac setup.  Guess it should work both ways&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Const CDROM = 4&#xD;&#xA;For Each d in CreateObject(&quot;Scripting.FileSystemObject&quot;).Drives&#xD;&#xA;  If d.DriveType = CDROM Then&#xD;&#xA;    Eject d.DriveLetter &amp; &quot;:\&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  End If&#xD;&#xA;Next&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sub Eject(sDriveLetter)&#xD;&#xA;  Dim ssfDrives&#xD;&#xA;  Dim oShell&#xD;&#xA;  ssfDrives = 17&#xD;&#xA;  CreateObject(&quot;Shell.Application&quot;)_&#xD;&#xA;    .Namespace(ssfDrives).ParseName(sDriveLetter).InvokeVerb(&quot;Eject&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;End Sub" />
  <row Id="47018" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26390" RevisionGUID="c1a91023-15b6-4845-a613-5f8020ff5bd7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:00:58.487" UserId="301" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;mx&gt;" />
  <row Id="47019" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26442" RevisionGUID="842ffe6e-bc15-422e-805d-fe24356760b4" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:01:11.420" UserId="9657" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for a way to populate small lab (3 servers) with email. I will be testing out some archive products and testing out exchange 2007, but am not aloud to use my production data. Other then using loadsim are there any datasets out there I can load into my lab. I found enrondata.org, but can only get the non-attachment dataset. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for any ideas" />
  <row Id="47020" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26442" RevisionGUID="842ffe6e-bc15-422e-805d-fe24356760b4" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:01:11.420" UserId="9657" Text="Exchange lab data population" />
  <row Id="47021" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26442" RevisionGUID="842ffe6e-bc15-422e-805d-fe24356760b4" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:01:11.420" UserId="9657" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;" />
  <row Id="47022" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26443" RevisionGUID="53b27ac4-7cd2-4a4e-b05e-6b6042f34251" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:02:10.277" UserId="206" Text="Well in this case, if there are no built-in utilities that can help I wrote this little bugger:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;using System;&#xD;&#xA;using System.IO;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    namespace FileCount&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;        class Program&#xD;&#xA;        {&#xD;&#xA;            static void Main(string[] args)&#xD;&#xA;            {&#xD;&#xA;                var files = Directory.GetFiles(&quot;.&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;                Console.Write(files.Length);&#xD;&#xA;            }&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but I hoped I didn't have to do this. Thanks to all of you :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update : I forgot to say it's in .NET (any version) and the language is C#." />
  <row Id="47023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26444" RevisionGUID="aa26fc22-452f-4596-b108-bf634f1f4bcc" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:02:36.470" UserId="9149" Text="I find Joyent cloud offers quite affordable: [link text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.joyent.com/accelerator/pricing/" />
  <row Id="47024" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26444" RevisionGUID="1223c80a-5339-4f40-ab67-477ee1de64b1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:07:51.577" UserId="9149" Comment="deleted 9 characters in body; deleted 1 characters in body; added 76 characters in body" Text="I find Joyent [cloud offers][1] quite affordable. With cloud hosting you get reliable infrastructure and platform for growth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.joyent.com/accelerator/pricing/" />
  <row Id="47025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26445" RevisionGUID="9dd2eafa-ae65-46c6-89f9-ca666de97c24" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:09:45.270" UserId="9616" Text="I'd like to +1 David Pashley's answer above ( i'm new here so need more 'reputation')  &#xD;&#xA;I have normally just used a text file encrypted with the different sysadmin's gpg keys and checked into our internal company subversion server.&#xD;&#xA;This made it easy to get the changes out to the other admins.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47026" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26445" RevisionGUID="9dd2eafa-ae65-46c6-89f9-ca666de97c24" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:09:45.270" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="47027" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26446" RevisionGUID="b344ec2e-7cdb-4cfb-a845-29ba92e5f2ff" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:10:56.143" UserId="2253" Text="Possible solutions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Information about setting up the ApacheServer to serve multiple HTTPS sites using one IP address ][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Name-based SSL virtual hosts: how to tackle the problem][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://wiki.cacert.org/wiki/CSRGenerator?action=show&amp;redirect=VhostsApache&#xD;&#xA;[2]: https://www.switch.ch/pki/meetings/2007-01/namebased_ssl_virtualhosts.pdf" />
  <row Id="47028" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26447" RevisionGUID="7e743a63-88bf-4022-bcad-1bfb9208cad6" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:11:20.213" UserId="7066" Text="Limiting access to any destination other than defined in the VPN tunnel is known as split-tunneling and is done to prevent the remote machine from acting as a conduit for malware from the Internet into the private network." />
  <row Id="47029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26448" RevisionGUID="2ea15e29-8371-47a7-8b10-e1e623d95de9" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:18:09.763" UserId="3994" Text="Just remove the CD players from their machines?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But a scheduled task could be very annoying. If the task happens to run right after the use has opened to tray to insert a cd... and the cd is halfway while the job closes the tray.... *clank* *crash*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47030" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26442" RevisionGUID="39056ac2-a2da-4058-9845-1b02118f69aa" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:20:33.253" UserId="45" Comment="typos" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for a way to populate a small lab (3 servers) with email. I will be testing out some archive products and testing out Exchange 2007, but am not allowed to use my production data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other than using loadsim are there any datasets out there I can load into my lab. I found enrondata.org, but can only get the non-attachment dataset. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for any ideas" />
  <row Id="47031" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24140" RevisionGUID="7605b5cc-cb4b-4fd9-bee3-953fceaa596f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:20:53.440" UserId="4810" Comment="new info re: bandwidth guages" Text="    * Network Performance Monitoring&#xD;&#xA;    * SMNP Real-Time Graphing&#xD;&#xA;    * Real-Time Interface Monitoring&#xD;&#xA;    * Bandwidth Guage  &#xD;&#xA;    answer: polymon.codeplex.org see also polymonrt.codeplex.org  Edit Note:I can now display solarwinds style utilization guages using Polymon and PolymonRT.  Will post howto later today.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * Inventory management (Hardware &amp; software reports)&#xD;&#xA;    * It also acts as a management tool to remotely view a workstation&#xD;&#xA;    answer:  OCS Inventory NG with UltraVNC integrated&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * Mapping of network&#xD;&#xA;    answer:  The Dude  http://www.mikrotik.com/thedude.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * Auto detection of changes in hardware (Routers, switches, workstations)&#xD;&#xA;    answer:  OCS Inventory for workstations, ??? for routers/switches&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that Zabbix is a network/system monitoring system that has the network map view integrated.  You might check it out as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47034" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21386" RevisionGUID="a791b414-a61f-495b-a145-30a9b2fdbc4c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:27:45.593" UserId="86" Comment="fixed grammar" Text="[Password Safe][1] has solid encryption and a random password generator. Groups of passwords are then distributed as encrypted files based on who needs which passwords.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="47035" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21391" RevisionGUID="b2e9c447-72ee-44f0-a5b7-d7c9893be6e7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:30:01.843" UserId="86" Comment="corrected grammar" Text="I use a program called &lt;a href=&quot;http://nsd.dyndns.org/pwsafe/&quot;&gt;pwsafe&lt;/a&gt; on my desktop.  If I need a password from somewhere else, I SSH over and use that." />
  <row Id="47036" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21525" RevisionGUID="6bbf690f-e23c-4c41-8d66-a57fd7699f9e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:30:54.637" UserId="86" Comment="improved formatting" Text="For personal passwords, since I use multiple computers, I like the free online service [Clipperz][1].&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.clipperz.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Encryption is done client-side and stored remotely. For work-related, +1 for Password Safe." />
  <row Id="47039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26452" RevisionGUID="c2cca9a7-d789-43ca-b37f-49735e07de71" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:33:26.143" UserId="7384" Text="We recently upgraded to Outlook 2007 and many people find the photos in the window border to be a little creepy. We don't want to remove them from the contacts because they are useful when receiving calls on Blackberries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have not been able to find and Outlook option to disable or hide them. Does anyone know how to do this?&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="47041" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26452" RevisionGUID="c2cca9a7-d789-43ca-b37f-49735e07de71" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:33:26.143" UserId="7384" Text="&lt;outlook-2007&gt;" />
  <row Id="47042" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26453" RevisionGUID="d7dffc11-6744-4a3f-ae4f-75d1667aebd1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:34:55.937" UserId="5045" Text="Hello everyone,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have to buy some new computers for my users. &#xD;&#xA;Some sellers told me that it is a good idea to have a small SSD (32GB) for the System (linux or WinXP) and a SATA II (more than 300GB) for other stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Is there any one that have already experienced that configuration ?&#xD;&#xA;- What kind of SSD can do the job properly ?&#xD;&#xA;- What about programs : installed on SSD or not ?&#xD;&#xA;- What things do I have to be carefull when using SSD ?&#xD;&#xA;- Isn't it better to use 15k rpm (or 10k) HDD for the system ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you in advance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS : I love this site, because we can ask everything and be sure that we'll get the answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47043" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26453" RevisionGUID="d7dffc11-6744-4a3f-ae4f-75d1667aebd1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:34:55.937" UserId="5045" Text="SSD for system and HDD for data for Desktop environnement" />
  <row Id="47044" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26453" RevisionGUID="d7dffc11-6744-4a3f-ae4f-75d1667aebd1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:34:55.937" UserId="5045" Text="&lt;ssd&gt;&lt;hdd&gt;&lt;system&gt;&lt;desktop&gt;" />
  <row Id="47045" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21546" RevisionGUID="63022abb-c56b-42ad-8abf-e26dddbb522e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:35:29.477" UserId="86" Comment="fixed grammar" Text="I'm using gpass (GNOME password manager). It's a small GTK application, requires master key to view all other passwords, uses blowfish for encryption and has the possibility of generating new passwords.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://projects.netlab.jp/gpass/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://projects.netlab.jp/gpass/" />
  <row Id="47046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26454" RevisionGUID="1fe1f611-7b63-49c6-8d54-c481a6ceecd5" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:39:41.140" UserId="4762" Text="How about running following from the host system?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    jexec &lt;jid&gt; w&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # jexec 19 w&#xD;&#xA;    11:38AM  up 8 days,  3:17, 1 user, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00&#xD;&#xA;    USER             TTY      FROM              LOGIN@  IDLE WHAT&#xD;&#xA;    root             p2       127.0.0.2        11:30AM     8 -csh (csh)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47048" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26455" RevisionGUID="f4111983-0373-4a1d-8b27-771964fa745a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:47:41.500" UserId="3770" Text="Hi everybody,&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to install Win 2k3 Server on my new TYAN S5350 Motherboard. The controller is configured for a RAID 0 with 2x 500Gb Harddrives.&#xD;&#xA;I made a floppy disk with the drivers but it doesn't work: maybe the floppy disk drive is too old, I don't know.&#xD;&#xA;Is there any other possibility to make my Harddrive visible during the install of Windows 2003?&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="47049" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26455" RevisionGUID="f4111983-0373-4a1d-8b27-771964fa745a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:47:41.500" UserId="3770" Text="Installing Windows Server 2003 on a TYAN MB with SATA RAID." />
  <row Id="47050" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26455" RevisionGUID="f4111983-0373-4a1d-8b27-771964fa745a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:47:41.500" UserId="3770" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;floppy&gt;&lt;sata&gt;&lt;raid&gt;" />
  <row Id="47051" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26456" RevisionGUID="8357ec1e-8d78-46d4-9440-ed923357de8d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:50:10.970" UserId="8934" Text="You can use nlite to slipstream your driver in the installation CD.&#xD;&#xA;nlite is free and downloadable here:&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.nliteos.com/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nliteos.com/" />
  <row Id="47052" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26457" RevisionGUID="93341570-bdf6-4c0a-8a3a-98420757e1f4" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:50:25.027" UserId="8636" Text="If you really need FAST!!! hard-drives, then SSD's are a good option. I'm not sure if 10k or 15k HDD are really necessary but you didn't give us many details about the user requirements in your network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Joel Spolsky talked about introducing SSD in his company, maybe his [article][1] on that could help you &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2009/03/27.html" />
  <row Id="47053" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24544" RevisionGUID="4f4215bd-21d5-4511-a808-75cc8db1fbfe" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:50:47.850" UserId="8851" Comment="added 161 characters in body" Text="So as the title says, I've got this problem I'm yet to solve. It works correctly when used directly via tomcat (not via mod_proxy), so I assume the problem is on Apache's end. The problem arrises when request takes *longer than normal*, but I'm yet to see any patern, sometimes 2 seconds are too long, sometimes 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tomcat is used to host a Groovy/Grails based application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apache vhost config has these revelant entries:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;ProxyRequests Off&#xD;&#xA;ProxyTimeout 1800&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;Proxy *&gt;&#xD;&#xA; Order deny,allow&#xD;&#xA; Allow from all&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/Proxy&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;Location /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;ProxyPass http://DOMAIN:8180/&#xD;&#xA;ProxyPassReverse http://DOMAIN:8180/&#xD;&#xA;SetEnv force-proxy-request-1.0 1&#xD;&#xA;SetEnv proxy-nokeepalive 1&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;UseCanonicalName off&#xD;&#xA;HostNameLookups off&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please note that I've added ProxyTimeout in an attempt to solve the problem (have helped in similar situations in the past), it didn't help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These two lines are old, without them the situation is worse - error 502 on almost every request.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;SetEnv force-proxy-request-1.0 1&#xD;&#xA;SetEnv proxy-nokeepalive 1&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Solved&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems like ProxyTimeout has lower priority than Timeout in Apache 2.2.x (a bug).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Adding Timeout 1800 into vhost config solved the issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26458" RevisionGUID="fa6688cd-f191-4f92-8325-8235624288c6" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:51:31.250" UserId="9457" Text="On a Linux (ubuntu) machine, an automated script running as a normal user is creating a subdirectory under its home directory. For some reason, the directory is created with `Access: (0000/d---------)`. umask is 0022. This obviously means the script can't create any files in that directory.&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone think of anything? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Apparently this only happens with the non-superuser account.**&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="47059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26460" RevisionGUID="ec1f8e12-7b6d-4f0e-8d76-6e5690a88c2b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:58:28.780" UserDisplayName="agdunn" Text="I have a T1 coming into one of my offices now, I would like to do some hosting from some boxes on location. My rudimentary setup was to use my domain registrar to add A-records pointing towards my T1's IP (one of the 5 we get)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The A-record works but when I do a tracrt to that address it sees all kinds of weird stuff including what looks like reverse DNS entries from our ISP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to know what the proper steps are to setting up a system of this type. What is standard to setting up a line of this kind to be properly ready to handle outside world traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Extra:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of our high bandwidth material is in a data center, but we have some applications we would like to share on the T1." />
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  <row Id="47061" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26460" RevisionGUID="ec1f8e12-7b6d-4f0e-8d76-6e5690a88c2b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:58:28.780" UserDisplayName="agdunn" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="47062" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26461" RevisionGUID="0c2b3eea-e57a-4ee4-bded-8934ebce7d9b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:00:09.013" UserId="2413" Text="in most cases you need to contact your ISP to change revdns for ips you get 'at the end' of T1. revdns is usually delegated to customer's name servers if they get whole /24 [ aka C class ] or more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i can only tell about poland, sweden, uk and germany - in general: isp's change revdns upon request of customer, without much paper work, free of charge. usually within 1-2 days of time." />
  <row Id="47063" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26462" RevisionGUID="f5d84dc8-138a-4557-b7ed-ca49ea6ef359" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:03:43.897" UserId="9663" Text="I'm migrating my current half-size rack to a full-size rack and want to take the opportunity to reorganize and sort our spaghetti-hell of ethernet cables.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What system do you use for organising your cables? Do you use any tracking software?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you physically label the cables? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are you identifying when you label each end? Mac address? Port number? Asset number?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What do you use to label them?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was looking at a hand held labeler, but the wrap around laser printer sheets might work. The [Brady ID PAL][1] seems good, but it's pricey.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bradyid.com/idpal" />
  <row Id="47064" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26462" RevisionGUID="f5d84dc8-138a-4557-b7ed-ca49ea6ef359" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:03:43.897" UserId="9663" Text="How do you organise the cables in your racks?" />
  <row Id="47065" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26462" RevisionGUID="f5d84dc8-138a-4557-b7ed-ca49ea6ef359" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:03:43.897" UserId="9663" Text="&lt;cable-management&gt;&lt;cables&gt;" />
  <row Id="47066" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26453" RevisionGUID="3ed84d2a-1bb1-44bd-bba1-4c607b0002ca" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:04:38.450" UserId="5045" Comment="More informations about apllication used (and needed)" Text="Hello everyone,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have to buy some new computers for my users. &#xD;&#xA;Some sellers told me that it is a good idea to have a small SSD (32GB) for the System (linux or WinXP) and a SATA II (more than 300GB) for other stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Is there any one that have already experienced that configuration ?&#xD;&#xA;- What kind of SSD can do the job properly ?&#xD;&#xA;- What about programs : installed on SSD or not ?&#xD;&#xA;- What things do I have to be carefull when using SSD ?&#xD;&#xA;- Isn't it better to use 15k rpm (or 10k) HDD for the system ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you in advance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit :&#xD;&#xA;Users need Firefox, a home-made java GUI, eclipse and development tool &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS : I love this site, because we can ask everything and be sure that we'll get the answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47067" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13011" RevisionGUID="7376166d-60ef-499f-9b5e-cdbf0160dacc" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:06:00.370" UserId="4276" Comment="deleted 11 characters in body" Text="You can use **[kibitz][1]**. Quoting from the man page:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; kibitz allows two (or more) people to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; interact with one shell (or any&#xD;&#xA;&gt; arbitrary program).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Fedora, it's included in the *expect* package.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://expect.nist.gov/example/kibitz.man.html" />
  <row Id="47068" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26463" RevisionGUID="2dca0520-2536-4bd9-ac1f-722d7337e7aa" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:06:20.930" UserId="3489" Text="&gt; The A-record works but when I do a tracrt to that address it sees all kinds of weird stuff including what looks like reverse DNS entries from our ISP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's two bits there, first, when you traceroute to an address you see the IPs and/or hostnames of (in theory) every router in the path, this includes the many at the various ISP's involved.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The wiki page has some background:&#xD;&#xA;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traceroute&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second is the IPs of the hosts themselves, unless you have space assigned by an RIR (eg, ARIN, APNIC) that's from the ISP and you'll have to contact them to either have it delegated to you (/26 or larger is what I've seen, but anything smaller then /24 is a hack) or you request what you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Except for mail-sending systems proper reverse DNS isn't needed, it's *nice* and highly recomended but not needed. Even for mail systems you can do without it, just some sites will be more likely to consider you a spammer." />
  <row Id="47069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26464" RevisionGUID="7887b276-c96e-49d0-840a-3436f84fe8a0" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:12:07.590" UserId="5230" Text="The general good practice seems to be to identify port numbers on each jack endpoint, use bundles of short cables to patch between panels, and keep a database / text file of computer-port number assignments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A hand held labeler works fine for port numbers, feel free to use hex if it saves you space...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The cables themselves are not generally labeled." />
  <row Id="47070" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26465" RevisionGUID="6a1c61b7-5236-43ab-9c81-3dc0a5aa0a0e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:12:43.220" UserId="3489" Text="32GB for a system drive is getting tight these days, especially for those who run dev tools that can easily eat 10+GB themselves. I've not done this exact setup (yet, a new system like this is on order), but my current Windows machine has a 30GB WD Raptor for OS and a 1TB Seagate for data and it's amazing how much faster even the Raptor is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Windows having most programs installed anywhere other then the default location (%PROGRAMFILES%) is a pain as some stuff does break. Also, if you're not going to use the SSD why bother buying it, you only boot once a day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In terms of SSD's there's really only two MLC (ie, cheap-er) options that are any good. The best is the Intel X25-M, but it's *expensive* and the number two is the OCZ Vertex, the 30GB version actually being cheaper then the smallest Raptors here in Australia. These SSD's can be simply treated like small fast hard drives, and need no special treatment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Almost every other SSD currently out there is either garbage, or really expensive." />
  <row Id="47071" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26466" RevisionGUID="eda606af-5574-4977-84a2-248fef5d5e90" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:13:14.750" UserId="9019" Text="What is the umask of that users login session set to? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also you can always chmod the directory after you create it. &quot;man chmod&quot; for details." />
  <row Id="47072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26467" RevisionGUID="b2eb25a7-9878-44c5-82cd-f3d06c2aed03" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:58:09.070" UserId="3970" Text="&lt;p&gt;If we have a successful build on our build server (CCNET) all ASP.Net website files are copied to the virtual directory (%output_dir%) so non-devs can see/test the latest version of the website. At the end of the build the following bat file is executed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;rmdir /s /q &quot;%output_dir%&quot;&#xA;mkdir &quot;%output_dir%&quot;&#xA;xcopy &quot;%source_dir%*&quot;  &quot;%output_dir%&quot; /e /c /i /q /-y&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is I find the copying slow and was wondering if there are any copy commands available in windows 2008 that are faster than xcopy? The source and destination are on the same drive. Below are the arguments we use when copying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;/e = copies directories and sub directories including empty ones.&#xA;/c = continues copying even if there are errors&#xA;/i = if destination does not exist destination is directory&#xA;/q = don't display filenames&#xA;/-y = confirm overwrite&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47073" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26467" RevisionGUID="b2eb25a7-9878-44c5-82cd-f3d06c2aed03" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:58:09.070" UserId="3970" Text="Fastest method of copying files" />
  <row Id="47074" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26467" RevisionGUID="b2eb25a7-9878-44c5-82cd-f3d06c2aed03" CreationDate="2009-06-16T11:58:09.070" UserId="3970" Text="&lt;xcopy&gt;" />
  <row Id="47075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26468" RevisionGUID="85bb014e-bd60-45c8-b02b-0682c86ea5b0" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:16:49.223" UserId="1202" Text="I typically use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    robocopy source dest /E /MIR&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or some other variant of the parameters - perhaps `/NFL /NDL /NS /NC /NP` to match the &quot;quiet&quot;" />
  <row Id="47076" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26468" RevisionGUID="85bb014e-bd60-45c8-b02b-0682c86ea5b0" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:16:49.223" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="47077" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26457" RevisionGUID="f50140e1-d731-4090-8862-76a38e17624f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:18:02.453" UserId="8636" Comment="added 109 characters in body" Text="If you really need FAST!!! hard-drives, then SSD's are a good option. I'm not sure if 10k or 15k HDD are really necessary but you didn't give us many details about the user requirements in your network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Joel Spolsky talked about introducing SSD in his company, maybe his [article][1] on that could help you &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: also consider the the OS you are going to install. Vista + DevTools will most certalnly not fit in 32GB&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2009/03/27.html" />
  <row Id="47080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26470" RevisionGUID="94efc50e-6289-4eaa-ba8c-86fc373a4256" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:22:01.860" UserId="1466" Text="As far as what to label the cables with - I would stay away from anything specific like hostnames or mac addresses, since the cables/switch ports will likely be re-purposed over time.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But DO label them with something - numbers seem the obvious choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Label both ends the same, and ensure there are no duplicates.  This makes tracing cables a whole bunch easier, and alleviates much of the concern of bundling a bunch of cables together into a neat run.  We even label our short (1 foot) cables, and then bundle them into bunches of 10-20 - and it makes it MUCH easier to identify which cable is which.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option would be colored cables - but that gets to look messy." />
  <row Id="47081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26471" RevisionGUID="d5d5a2bb-6ae0-4052-88e6-846e0dfaada2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:24:09.877" UserDisplayName="Tom Melluish" Text="I have deployed a multi-tier java application at a client site and from time to time am seeing jobs in the application fail with broken pipe and closed channel errors similar to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Caused by: java.nio.channels.ClosedChannelException&#xD;&#xA;    	at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.ensureWriteOpen(SocketChannelImpl.java:125)&#xD;&#xA;    	at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.write(SocketChannelImpl.java:294)&#xD;&#xA;    	at com.common.connectionmanager.AsyncSocket$AsyncSocketOutputStream.write(AsyncSocket.java:466)&#xD;&#xA;    	at java.io.DataOutputStream.writeInt(DataOutputStream.java:180)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    2009-06-15 14:02:53,492 ERROR [com.ClientConnectionManager] [Socket (ClientConnectionManager.java:368) - Client connection error &#xD;&#xA;    com.ConnectionException: Error encoding message to stream&#xD;&#xA;    Caused by: java.io.IOException: Broken pipe&#xD;&#xA;    	at sun.nio.ch.FileDispatcher.write0(Native Method)&#xD;&#xA;    	at sun.nio.ch.SocketDispatcher.write(SocketDispatcher.java:29)&#xD;&#xA;    	at sun.nio.ch.IOUtil.writeFromNativeBuffer(IOUtil.java:104)&#xD;&#xA;    	at sun.nio.ch.IOUtil.write(IOUtil.java:75)&#xD;&#xA;    	at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.write(SocketChannelImpl.java:302)&#xD;&#xA;    	at com.common.connectionmanager.AsyncSocket$AsyncSocketOutputStream.write(AsyncSocket.java:466)&#xD;&#xA;    	at java.io.DataOutputStream.writeInt(DataOutputStream.java:180)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think this means that the network connection between two of my servers is dropping momentarily and that these errors are telling me that the servers can't talk to each other.  The servers concerned are running Solaris - can anybody recommend any tools which I could use to monitor the network connection between them and spot whether it is indeed dropping out from time to time?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47082" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26471" RevisionGUID="d5d5a2bb-6ae0-4052-88e6-846e0dfaada2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:24:09.877" UserDisplayName="Tom Melluish" Text="How can I check whether the network connection between two servers is occasionally dropping?" />
  <row Id="47083" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26471" RevisionGUID="d5d5a2bb-6ae0-4052-88e6-846e0dfaada2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:24:09.877" UserDisplayName="Tom Melluish" Text="&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="47084" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26472" RevisionGUID="a973cc06-1d2d-434c-9dfa-467a3ce8cc15" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:24:19.737" UserId="4694" Text="I think this a very similar question to these: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[Cable Management Policy][2]&lt;br&gt; &#xD;&#xA;[How to keep your physical server environment manageable][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only thing I have to mention, use **velcro** tie wraps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/15548/how-to-keep-your-physical-server-environment-manageable&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1473/cable-management-policy" />
  <row Id="47085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26473" RevisionGUID="086dad3a-2fa5-409c-9f46-11f9285c99b7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:25:19.113" UserId="3489" Text="On linux my favourite is KDE3's &quot;Konsole&quot;, the KDE4 version is OK, but not quite as good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've found gnome-terminal to be near unusable for serious work due to stupid keybindings." />
  <row Id="47086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26474" RevisionGUID="bec80eed-3818-4514-af10-8b5ef99f3db3" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:32:52.883" UserId="3320" Text="Can I make unzip or any similar programs work on the standard output? The situation is I'm downloading a zip file, which is supposed to be unzipped on the fly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Related issue: http://serverfault.com/questions/25779/how-do-i-pipe-a-downloaded-file-to-standard-output-in-bash" />
  <row Id="47087" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26474" RevisionGUID="bec80eed-3818-4514-af10-8b5ef99f3db3" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:32:52.883" UserId="3320" Text="Unzipping files that are flying in through a pipe" />
  <row Id="47088" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26474" RevisionGUID="bec80eed-3818-4514-af10-8b5ef99f3db3" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:32:52.883" UserId="3320" Text="&lt;unzip&gt;&lt;zip&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;pipe&gt;" />
  <row Id="47089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26475" RevisionGUID="2523f4ec-ebea-4611-9c61-a95dbb34cf56" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:35:33.070" UserId="6965" Text="I can't offer any Solaris-specific advice, but rather than testing the connection by pinging or something similar, you're probably better off monitoring the interfaces; if the connection is being dropped, I'd imagine you'd see something about it in the logs." />
  <row Id="47090" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25779" RevisionGUID="5b88a683-17b3-41b6-b9c1-479b364e4ed1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:36:32.850" UserId="3320" Comment="added 341 characters in body" Text="How is it possible to pipe out `wget`'s downloaded file? If not what alternatives should I use?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPD**: Thanks all for your answers, I managed to tune my downloader (curl) to send files to stout. However the files I'm receiving are zipped and I'm now struggling to unzip them on the fly. If you have an idea how to do that in Linux, please see http://serverfault.com/questions/26474/unzipping-files-that-are-flying-in-through-a-pipe" />
  <row Id="47091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26476" RevisionGUID="80cdf68c-645a-4e12-ae7f-e780f61557ac" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:38:03.600" UserId="4694" Text="Run a **ping** test for a reasonable period of time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  **ping 10.1.1.10 &gt; connection.txt**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The result will be at the end of the file **connection.txt**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Ping statistics for 10.1.1.10:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    Packets: **Sent = 53**, **Received = 53**, Lost = 0 (0% loss),&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms" />
  <row Id="47094" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26458" RevisionGUID="77e9839d-3a1b-4a1e-9a88-55add6237e9d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:40:59.010" UserId="9457" Comment="added 324 characters in body" Text="On a Linux (ubuntu) machine, an automated script running as a normal user is creating a subdirectory under its home directory. For some reason, the directory is created with `Access: (0000/d---------)`. umask is 0022. This obviously means the script can't create any files in that directory.&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone think of anything? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Apparently this only happens with the non-superuser account.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Update:*** The problem was actually a bug. mkdir was called as a system command from C code, not as the command-line utility. And the programmer who called it used mode=0...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway - the reason it DID work when running as root, is that root can create files in directories even when the permissions don't allow it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47095" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26478" RevisionGUID="9730669f-cb67-44a0-9416-458a182596aa" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:43:04.907" UserId="3770" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;I have since yesterday a weird &quot;bip&quot; every minute in the server room. It comes from the unit, where 2 servers, one switch and a router are installed.&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone help me with this? I'm working in an office right near it!&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="47096" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26478" RevisionGUID="9730669f-cb67-44a0-9416-458a182596aa" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:43:04.907" UserId="3770" Text="Strange bipping sound in Server room!" />
  <row Id="47097" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26478" RevisionGUID="9730669f-cb67-44a0-9416-458a182596aa" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:43:04.907" UserId="3770" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;server-room&gt;&lt;sound&gt;" />
  <row Id="47098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26479" RevisionGUID="fecfb4c2-ad73-4eae-b079-1b046b241bd2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:43:39.663" UserId="9637" Text="Referenced on another post on how to monitor your windows server &#xD;&#xA;http://serverfault.com/questions/44/what-tool-do-you-use-to-monitor-your-servers/26399#26399&#xD;&#xA;There's a tool from codeplex named PAL, i usually define all the counters i need on a server and schedule them to start automaticly and run for 5 minutes every hour. The output is thrown into blg binary files that i later on crunch using PAL (M$ LogParser) and generate my reports. This task can be automated so the reports be sent by mail. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PAL Tool : pal.codeplex.com" />
  <row Id="47099" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26480" RevisionGUID="020110b8-57b5-419a-a2fe-01201121fe14" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:44:46.123" UserId="386" Text="If you're not the sysadmin, DONT TOUCH ANYTHING!  If you are the sysadmin, shame on you for not knowing." />
  <row Id="47100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26481" RevisionGUID="9390f552-e002-4cfe-adce-bfdc04d79053" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:45:40.163" UserId="7342" Text="This is unlikely to work how you expect. Zip is not just a compression format, but also a container format. It rolls up the jobs of both tar and gzip.bzip2 into one. Having said that, if your zip has a single file, you can use unzip -p to extract the files to stdout. If you have more than one file, there's no way for you to tell where they start and stop. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for reading from stdin, the unzip man page has this sentence:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Archives read from standard input are not yet supported, except with funzip (and then only the first member of the archive can be extracted).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might have some luck with funzip." />
  <row Id="47101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26482" RevisionGUID="6bff0a2c-6a4f-4ef7-8dce-4cbdf3bffbd7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:45:47.823" UserId="7083" Text="Usually such &quot;bipping&quot; is an indication that a redundant component has failed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check the status of RAID arrays and PSU inputs." />
  <row Id="47102" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26483" RevisionGUID="9e5977ce-347b-4d68-bef6-21f338579866" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:45:59.803" UserId="9664" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know about any statistics or data about how computers have malfunctioning RAM?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm a developer, and am currently dealing with problems that could also be explained by defective RAM. How (un)likely is it that this is actually the problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Carl" />
  <row Id="47103" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26483" RevisionGUID="9e5977ce-347b-4d68-bef6-21f338579866" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:45:59.803" UserId="9664" Text="Statistics on RAM malfunction" />
  <row Id="47104" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26483" RevisionGUID="9e5977ce-347b-4d68-bef6-21f338579866" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:45:59.803" UserId="9664" Text="&lt;ram&gt;&lt;statistics&gt;" />
  <row Id="47105" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26484" RevisionGUID="64bb0aa0-6639-483f-81ab-426f851f88b4" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:46:07.463" UserId="4721" Text="look at [funzip][1] manual page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;funzip without a file argument acts as a filter; that  is,  it  assumes that  a  ZIP archive (or a gzip'd file) is being piped into standard&#xD;&#xA;       input, and it extracts the first member from  the  archive  to  stdout.&#xD;&#xA;       When  stdin comes from a tty device, funzip assumes that this cannot be&#xD;&#xA;       a stream of (binary) compressed data  and  shows  a  short  help  text,&#xD;&#xA;       instead.   If  there  is  a  file argument, then input is read from the&#xD;&#xA;       specified file instead of from stdin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Given the limitation on single-member extraction, funzip is most useful&#xD;&#xA;       in conjunction with a secondary archiver program such as  tar(1).   The&#xD;&#xA;       following  section  includes  an example illustrating this usage in the&#xD;&#xA;       case of disk backups to tape.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This goes well with the idea that most linux archives are usually TAR'ed and then ZIPped in some way (gzip, bzip, et al).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://man.he.net/man1/funzip" />
  <row Id="47106" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26485" RevisionGUID="d0c52aea-a5f7-47ae-9157-0a2f8dcc73bc" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:46:08.757" UserId="3657" Text="While I agree with Paul, is there a UPS battery backup in the room also?  Most of the time when I've encountered this, it is because the battery needs to be replaced.  Make sure you work with your IT personnel before attempting any changes.  You could also look to see if there are any smoke detectors in the room that need their battery changed." />
  <row Id="47107" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="26039" RevisionGUID="3b44ffd6-0bcd-46ea-8bd1-0bd13a596550" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:46:18.383" UserId="1803" Comment="edited title" Text="How do I calculate cooling cost per server?" />
  <row Id="47108" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26486" RevisionGUID="1c24f9b5-f227-4b51-8cf5-8ca31302e4b8" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:46:19.647" UserId="1435" Text="We're lucky, we use HP's 'Virtual Connect' for all of our cabling, which has reduced our in-rack cabling by a factor of 16 or something - but we always make a point of really clearly labelling every cable - and never with a server's 'soft' name, only ever with their physical location - this doesn't change but the server's function, and thus 'soft' name often does." />
  <row Id="47109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26487" RevisionGUID="4dd3af8b-3a72-46e0-bf83-50034627a379" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:48:15.120" UserId="6965" Text="Do you know what OS the servers use?  The only OS I've experienced that beeps (or bips, even) when unhappy is NetWare.  If you don't know or are unable to find out, then please hedd Paul's advice and call someone that does." />
  <row Id="47110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26488" RevisionGUID="b72cb766-4278-4376-833e-fb81b09a7018" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:49:57.677" UserId="3220" Text="You could boot the computer with [memtest86+][1] and run a check overnight. That's how I find problems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, I have seen sticks of memory go bad, but they would only fail with one particular pattern of memory writes. The BIOS of the computer did not detect the problem, but memtest86 found it on an overnight run.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.memtest.org/" />
  <row Id="47112" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26489" RevisionGUID="11c636cf-5a1e-42eb-a715-14c58527c593" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:50:24.727" UserId="301" Text="In a population of 36 machine, I see a _correctable_ failure detected my the ECC circuitry once every 3 months. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you suspect memory failure, you should run [`memtest86`][1], which comes included with just about every popular linux distro these days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.memtest86.com/" />
  <row Id="47113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26490" RevisionGUID="625f8c1f-e266-475a-8de6-05c2bf437702" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:50:41.187" UserId="6244" Text="Just a guess, but what shows &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    getfacl -a /zones/client1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and also &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    zfs get all zpool1/zones/client1" />
  <row Id="47114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26491" RevisionGUID="7b7e3fe1-2fdb-4122-a672-5d0729187069" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:51:15.507" UserId="45" Text="I hope it's not the smoke detector. ;-)" />
  <row Id="47115" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26491" RevisionGUID="7b7e3fe1-2fdb-4122-a672-5d0729187069" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:51:15.507" UserId="45" />
  <row Id="47116" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26492" RevisionGUID="cad73f95-15c4-40b7-962d-23d0457ebefd" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:52:31.807" UserId="1435" Text="Not a FS-oriented answer sorry but be aware that a number of disk controllers won't deal with &gt;2TB LUNS/logical-disks - this can limit the way you organise your storage quite a bit. I just wanted you to be aware so you can check your system end-to-end to ensure it'll deal with 16TB throughout." />
  <row Id="47117" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26484" RevisionGUID="55a0e891-9135-4bf4-98f5-0959896de3e1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:53:22.803" UserId="4721" Comment="added 315 characters in body" Text="What you want to do is, make `unzip` take a ZIPped file on its standard input rather than as an argument. This is usually easily supported by `gzip` and `tar` kind of tools with a `-` argument. But the standard `unzip` does not do that (though, it does support extraction to a pipe). However, all is not lost...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look at [funzip][1] manual page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;funzip without a file argument acts as a filter; that  is,  it  assumes that  a  ZIP archive (or a gzip'd file) is being piped into standard&#xD;&#xA;       input, and it extracts the first member from  the  archive  to  stdout.&#xD;&#xA;       When  stdin comes from a tty device, funzip assumes that this cannot be&#xD;&#xA;       a stream of (binary) compressed data  and  shows  a  short  help  text,&#xD;&#xA;       instead.   If  there  is  a  file argument, then input is read from the&#xD;&#xA;       specified file instead of from stdin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Given the limitation on single-member extraction, funzip is most useful&#xD;&#xA;       in conjunction with a secondary archiver program such as  tar(1).   The&#xD;&#xA;       following  section  includes  an example illustrating this usage in the&#xD;&#xA;       case of disk backups to tape.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This goes well with the idea that most linux archives are usually TAR'ed and then ZIPped in some way (gzip, bzip, et al).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://man.he.net/man1/funzip" />
  <row Id="47118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26493" RevisionGUID="1d49e3bf-3f38-41bc-85fd-b9ca324de03c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:53:34.990" UserId="7083" Text="It's not possible with Info-Zip which is the most common OSS implementation. More importantly though, it's not recommended due to the constructs of ZIP archives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If a change of format is viable to you then consider using tar(1) instead. It is quite happy with streamed input/output and, in fact, expects it by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally you can often tell whether applications expect streamed input/output by specifying &quot;-&quot; for a filename. Info-Zip, as you can imagine, doesn't treat this as a valid argument." />
  <row Id="47119" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26494" RevisionGUID="3dbe36a4-5c59-4130-ae8e-32941993a41d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:53:35.003" UserId="7882" Text="I'd vote for a complaining UPS unit based on &quot;it comes from the unit&quot;" />
  <row Id="47120" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26495" RevisionGUID="621b021b-0fae-4d08-a6a1-f72cadbcc67e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:55:24.563" UserId="1435" Text="I'm an old man these days and sometimes struggle to find the source of infrequent sounds - I have resorted to using the cardboard inner tube from some paper kitchen wipes to place over/round my ear and act as a 'finder' for odd sounds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;God that's the saddest post I've ever made :(" />
  <row Id="47121" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26496" RevisionGUID="626f6206-18a7-4e1d-a84d-d3a0be3d6d3b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:57:46.590" UserId="9666" Text="You didn't mention if how these servers are connected ... LAN / WAN etc, which will make a huge difference in where you should start troubleshooting. If it's a LAN, start monitoring the switch interfaces these servers are plugged into, look for errors (maybe your duplex/speed settings are wrong), maybe one of the servers keeps requesting auto negotiation, or there's just a bad cable somewhere in the mix. You could also be seeing timeouts due to plain old congestion - there's a malware infected PC on the switch / you're running on 10BaseT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're going across a WAN, start with a tool like smokeping, which will monitor a connection and tell you when, and for how long, you lose connectivity. If you are seeing  drops, this could be congestion / crappy connectivity / someone is stepping on the cable at your ISP ... could be anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bonne chance." />
  <row Id="47122" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26488" RevisionGUID="2469144f-0ed8-46e5-a9cd-e699f1e9958a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T12:58:23.047" UserId="3220" Comment="minor grammar fix" Text="You could boot the computer with [memtest86+][1] and run a check overnight. That's how I find problems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, I have seen sticks of memory go bad where they would only fail with one particular pattern of memory writes. The BIOS of the computer did not detect the problem, but memtest86 found it on an overnight run.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.memtest.org/" />
  <row Id="47123" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26497" RevisionGUID="c8f21354-aedd-4e6b-95e8-ffc69c37be1d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:00:00.033" UserId="45" Text="One possible reason is that some machine has has temperature monitoring enabled in the BIOS. Maybe one of the CPUs is running hot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try to check the cooling/ventilation fans if thery are still working." />
  <row Id="47124" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26484" RevisionGUID="2d0694fe-c194-4ae5-87d5-453aabe71988" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:00:19.237" UserId="4721" Comment="added 48 characters in body" Text="What you want to do is, make `unzip` take a ZIPped file on its standard input rather than as an argument. This is usually easily supported by `gzip` and `tar` kind of tools with a `-` argument. But the standard `unzip` does not do that (though, it does support extraction to a pipe). However, all is not lost...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look at [funzip][1] manual page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;funzip without a file argument acts as a filter; that  is,  it  assumes that  a  ZIP archive (or a gzip'd file) is being piped into standard&#xD;&#xA;       input, and it extracts the first member from  the  archive  to  stdout.&#xD;&#xA;       When  stdin comes from a tty device, funzip assumes that this cannot be&#xD;&#xA;       a stream of (binary) compressed data  and  shows  a  short  help  text,&#xD;&#xA;       instead.   If  there  is  a  file argument, then input is read from the&#xD;&#xA;       specified file instead of from stdin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Given the limitation on single-member extraction, funzip is most useful&#xD;&#xA;       in conjunction with a secondary archiver program such as  tar(1).   The&#xD;&#xA;       following  section  includes  an example illustrating this usage in the&#xD;&#xA;       case of disk backups to tape.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This goes well with the idea that most linux archives are usually TAR'ed and then ZIPped in some way (gzip, bzip, et al). This will work for you if you have a `tar.ZIP`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://man.he.net/man1/funzip" />
  <row Id="47125" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26498" RevisionGUID="b63d5673-d447-4f15-9194-9bedcb1a7318" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:02:17.063" UserId="9637" Text="Also be sure to check the DMV stats dashboard from Codeplex (Microsoft recomands it), it can save you a lot of time when faced with finding resource consuming queryes on your server : &#xD;&#xA;http://www.codeplex.com/sqldmvstats&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternativley you can check out the actual Dynamic Management Views like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;select * from sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats&#xD;&#xA;select * from sys.dm_db_missing_index_details&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47126" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26497" RevisionGUID="37fd9df6-bff7-4385-b3f1-0b233e5123e9" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:05:24.393" UserId="45" Comment="added 5 characters in body; deleted 1 characters in body" Text="One possible reason is, that one of there servers has temperature monitoring enabled in the BIOS. Maybe one of the CPUs is running hot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try to check the cooling/ventilation fans if they are still working." />
  <row Id="47127" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26499" RevisionGUID="9c4f4087-c32b-45c5-86db-195bd3331d75" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:05:58.463" UserId="9539" Text="Well, what harm does an open CD tray really do?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, someone _might_ break it, but then maybe he'll learn from this (at least if you take loooong to replace the broken drive).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, closing the tray automatically will just annoy your user base. Why would you do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For me your request looks like child play: they don't wanna play your way, so you're looking for ways to make them by force.  &#xD;&#xA;Please. Grow up. Does it really hurt you if they leave the tray open?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best peaceful solution: get slot-in-drives (Pioneer used to build there, dunno if they still do): No tray, no pain." />
  <row Id="47128" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26478" RevisionGUID="0b155d1c-74ab-4e9e-b878-2028af3e11da" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:07:34.560" UserId="45" Comment="added 9 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have since yesterday a weird &quot;beep&quot; every minute in the server room. It comes from the unit, where two servers, one switch and a router are installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone help me with this? I'm working in an office right near it!  &#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="47129" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="26478" RevisionGUID="0b155d1c-74ab-4e9e-b878-2028af3e11da" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:07:34.560" UserId="45" Comment="added 9 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="Strange beeping sound in Server room!" />
  <row Id="47130" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26478" RevisionGUID="0b155d1c-74ab-4e9e-b878-2028af3e11da" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:07:34.560" UserId="45" Comment="added 9 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;server-room&gt;&lt;sound&gt;&lt;beep&gt;" />
  <row Id="47131" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26484" RevisionGUID="8b4e00d0-129c-4955-a076-0e9e8a3fc323" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:08:33.467" UserId="4721" Comment="added 350 characters in body" Text="What you want to do is, make `unzip` take a ZIPped file on its standard input rather than as an argument. This is usually easily supported by `gzip` and `tar` kind of tools with a `-` argument. But the standard `unzip` does not do that (though, it does support extraction to a pipe). However, all is not lost...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look at [funzip][1] manual page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;funzip without a file argument acts as a filter; that  is,  it  assumes that  a  ZIP archive (or a gzip'd file) is being piped into standard&#xD;&#xA;       input, and it extracts the first member from  the  archive  to  stdout.&#xD;&#xA;       When  stdin comes from a tty device, funzip assumes that this cannot be&#xD;&#xA;       a stream of (binary) compressed data  and  shows  a  short  help  text,&#xD;&#xA;       instead.   If  there  is  a  file argument, then input is read from the&#xD;&#xA;       specified file instead of from stdin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Given the limitation on single-member extraction, funzip is most useful&#xD;&#xA;       in conjunction with a secondary archiver program such as  tar(1).   The&#xD;&#xA;       following  section  includes  an example illustrating this usage in the&#xD;&#xA;       case of disk backups to tape.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This goes well with the idea that most linux archives are usually TAR'ed and then ZIPped in some way (gzip, bzip, et al). This will work for you if you have a `tar.ZIP`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;It is worth noting that `funzip` is written by Info-ZIP original author Mark Adler. He writes in the funzip man page,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    this functionality should be incorporated into unzip itself (future release).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;however, no such update is seen around. I suspect that Mark found it unnecessary since other archiving methods worked easily with TAR.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://man.he.net/man1/funzip" />
  <row Id="47132" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26467" RevisionGUID="0796a765-a060-478c-b393-d14a416e1d0d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:08:53.980" UserId="3950" Comment="explicitly asked for Windows 2008: should be tagged as such imho" Text="&lt;p&gt;If we have a successful build on our build server (CCNET) all ASP.Net website files are copied to the virtual directory (%output_dir%) so non-devs can see/test the latest version of the website. At the end of the build the following bat file is executed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;rmdir /s /q &quot;%output_dir%&quot;&#xD;&#xA;mkdir &quot;%output_dir%&quot;&#xD;&#xA;xcopy &quot;%source_dir%*&quot;  &quot;%output_dir%&quot; /e /c /i /q /-y&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is I find the copying slow and was wondering if there are any copy commands available in windows 2008 that are faster than xcopy? The source and destination are on the same drive. Below are the arguments we use when copying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;/e = copies directories and sub directories including empty ones.&#xD;&#xA;/c = continues copying even if there are errors&#xD;&#xA;/i = if destination does not exist destination is directory&#xD;&#xA;/q = don't display filenames&#xD;&#xA;/-y = confirm overwrite&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47133" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26467" RevisionGUID="0796a765-a060-478c-b393-d14a416e1d0d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:08:53.980" UserId="3950" Comment="explicitly asked for Windows 2008: should be tagged as such imho" Text="&lt;xcopy&gt;&lt;windows2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="47134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26500" RevisionGUID="e315bc12-fd11-47ed-a81f-506f260d8bec" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:09:34.573" UserDisplayName="Adam" Text="http://100pulse.com one of the best monitoring service i ever come up with. &#xD;&#xA;You can get Website Monitoring service with 5 minute interval, Free Instant alert when ever your site goes down, No software installation needed, Free Periodical Reports depends on user selection, Easy way to analyze website performance through graphs and data." />
  <row Id="47135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26501" RevisionGUID="36d166cd-bce4-4a18-ad2e-46732c9533ce" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:10:53.633" UserDisplayName="bronto" Text="I second thijs' opinion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, on linux machines you could **try** with `eject -t`. See man page. YMMV.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ciao&#xD;&#xA;--bronto" />
  <row Id="47136" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26502" RevisionGUID="5afb0ca7-172e-4328-b3a5-16bcc023521f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:13:20.573" UserId="3950" Text="For those on Linux w/ Gnome, you should check out [Revelation][1]. Clean interface, applet for taskbar, easy to use. I love it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Downside is that there aren't a lot of export options (to KeePassX for instance) that are very useful. Because being able to export your database can be important, I wrote a Ruby [script][2] for it once, which worked for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://oss.codepoet.no/revelation/wiki/Home&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.wzzrd.com/2008/10/migrating-from-revelation-to-keepassx.html" />
  <row Id="47137" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26502" RevisionGUID="5afb0ca7-172e-4328-b3a5-16bcc023521f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:13:20.573" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="47138" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26183" RevisionGUID="f96a7d3f-b4da-47c9-975e-529ab03077f4" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:13:28.747" UserId="9004" Comment="Added link for Veritas and DFS/FRS" Text="Are you after a backup system (where you can recover previous version of files) or merely replication?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few products come to mind:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **[Veritas Volume Replicator][1]** has the ability to replicate filesystems&#xD;&#xA; - **Windows Volume Shadow Copies** can be used for backups&#xD;&#xA; - **[Windows DFS][2]** can be used for replication&#xD;&#xA; - **[NetApp][3]** file servers can do both replication, and replication as a backup mechanism&#xD;&#xA; - **ZFS** filesystems can easily be replicated&#xD;&#xA; - Backup software companies like **[Bakbone][4]** and **Symantec** (among others), I'm sure) are able to do continuous live backups&#xD;&#xA; - **[rsync][5]** and related tools such as **[rsnapshot][6]** can do close to continuous depending on the requirements&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the consumer side of things, but also applicable for business, you'll find plenty of startups with new nifty cloud enabled tools that fit in the replication/backup realm:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **[CrashPlan][7]**&#xD;&#xA; - **[GetDropBox][8]**&#xD;&#xA; - **[SugarSync][9]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm probably missing plenty more...  Hope this helps!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.symantec.com/business/volume-replicator&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/storage/dfs/default.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.netapp.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.bakbone.com/Product.aspx?id=2498&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.samba.org/rsync/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://rsnapshot.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.crashplan.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.getdropbox.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: https://www.sugarsync.com/" />
  <row Id="47139" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26415" RevisionGUID="e4ee7a33-f14c-42b0-a1a8-41ae9f692cb9" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:14:37.013" UserId="1054" Comment="Bold the link to make it stand out a bit more" Text="Not sure if the exact tool actually exists, but [**here**][1] is a small command-line utility that could be scheduled to run every 1-5-10-60 minutes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html" />
  <row Id="47140" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26471" RevisionGUID="dff85bec-1201-40ac-98e1-f0b12f9cd324" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:17:56.040" UserDisplayName="Tom Melluish" Comment="added 34 characters in body" Text="I have deployed a multi-tier java application and from time to time am seeing jobs in the application fail with broken pipe and closed channel errors similar to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Caused by: java.nio.channels.ClosedChannelException&#xD;&#xA;    	at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.ensureWriteOpen(SocketChannelImpl.java:125)&#xD;&#xA;    	at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.write(SocketChannelImpl.java:294)&#xD;&#xA;    	at com.common.connectionmanager.AsyncSocket$AsyncSocketOutputStream.write(AsyncSocket.java:466)&#xD;&#xA;    	at java.io.DataOutputStream.writeInt(DataOutputStream.java:180)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    2009-06-15 14:02:53,492 ERROR [com.ClientConnectionManager] [Socket (ClientConnectionManager.java:368) - Client connection error &#xD;&#xA;    com.ConnectionException: Error encoding message to stream&#xD;&#xA;    Caused by: java.io.IOException: Broken pipe&#xD;&#xA;    	at sun.nio.ch.FileDispatcher.write0(Native Method)&#xD;&#xA;    	at sun.nio.ch.SocketDispatcher.write(SocketDispatcher.java:29)&#xD;&#xA;    	at sun.nio.ch.IOUtil.writeFromNativeBuffer(IOUtil.java:104)&#xD;&#xA;    	at sun.nio.ch.IOUtil.write(IOUtil.java:75)&#xD;&#xA;    	at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.write(SocketChannelImpl.java:302)&#xD;&#xA;    	at com.common.connectionmanager.AsyncSocket$AsyncSocketOutputStream.write(AsyncSocket.java:466)&#xD;&#xA;    	at java.io.DataOutputStream.writeInt(DataOutputStream.java:180)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think this means that the network connection between two of my servers is dropping momentarily and that these errors are telling me that the servers can't talk to each other.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the servers are connected on a LAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The servers concerned are running Solaris - can anybody recommend any tools which I could use to monitor the network connection between them and spot whether it is indeed dropping out from time to time?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47141" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26503" RevisionGUID="b9eeda37-1241-44b8-a21a-409ff1f8863f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:20:03.823" UserId="3657" Text=" - Label everything.  The Brady ID Pal is what I use and is worth the cost&#xD;&#xA; - Power down one side of the rack, network on the other&#xD;&#xA; - Use a KVM over CAT5 solution if you can, reduces cable clutter tremendously.  Use one color CAT 5 for your KVM cables, another for your network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For LAN wiring, I've used a method of bunches of 8 cables, each a different color going from patch panel to switch.  48 port patch panels to 48 port switches.  With the different colored cables, it is VERY easy to trace a single cable without pulling it out and makes everything look very very nice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With some inline here for good measure&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![During][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck!  I think excellence in wiring is a strong trait for any sysadmin.  Presentation is a big part of any job and having well dressed racks goes a long way to showing non-technical people that you're on top of your game.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v248/20/63/1067293293/n1067293293_62808_2066.jpg &quot;Before&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v248/20/63/1067293293/n1067293293_65873_693.jpg &quot;During&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v248/20/63/1067293293/n1067293293_67279_5546.jpg &quot;After&quot;" />
  <row Id="47142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26504" RevisionGUID="1cd9a07b-c2ba-4c89-ab7c-b2c24ad524fb" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:21:19.157" UserId="7723" Text="Velcro bundles together, avoid zip ties like the plague.&#xD;&#xA;Measure how long you need your cables to be and cut them to size, accounting for slack, and how you want to run them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you rewire, do it right the first time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Label where every cable came from, and is going to, BEFORE YOU TOUCH ANYTHING!!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;when all is said and done, unplug it all and start from scratch at 2am like the rest of us :D&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for labeling where cables are going to/from, if your server/wiring room is on lock down, feel free to label every little bit and piece.  If parts of it are exposed to users, label nothing but have it all diagrammed out." />
  <row Id="47143" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26483" RevisionGUID="c9d9fe52-4346-4d72-a614-4c51e65377d4" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:24:41.083" UserId="9664" Comment="Clarified that I don't need tools to test my memory" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know about any statistics or data about how computers have malfunctioning RAM?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm a developer, and am currently dealing with problems that could also be explained by defective RAM. How (un)likely is it that this is actually the problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**NOTE** The problem occurs on the users' machines, so I can't run any test software. I just need to know how likely it is that memory is a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Carl" />
  <row Id="47144" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20287" RevisionGUID="1e75966e-9282-4b4c-be3e-2ca286d4dd8c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:24:54.827" UserId="5687" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="&quot;The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage&quot;, by Clifford Stoll. Stoll is an astrophysicist, but he was working as a systems manager at UC Berkeley in the 1980s when a seemingly-minor billing error eventually led to discovering and apprehending a cracker who had been intruding in his network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's definitely an IT book, and in some sense it's kind of an admin book, but since it's written like a novel it's nothing like all those reference texts we spend our days (and nights) poring over." />
  <row Id="47145" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="24509" RevisionGUID="44393959-d648-462d-a6b6-c38632deac7f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:25:19.290" UserId="2181" />
  <row Id="47146" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24509" RevisionGUID="44393959-d648-462d-a6b6-c38632deac7f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:25:19.290" UserId="2181" Comment="added 195 characters in body" Text="**I decided to reinstall Windows** from scratch. This PC was about 4 years old and I due for a reinstall anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So unfortunately **I can't try out some of the great suggestions below.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've got a weird problem that perhaps someone can provide insight to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On my server none of the web browsers will browse the internet (to say google.com) or even to an IP address. In IE 6 I just get &quot; The page cannot be displayed&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I CAN PING Google.com and get a reply. It was working a few months ago last time I needed to browse the web from the Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another Windows PC (these are all Win XP Pro) connected to one of the other 3 LAN ports on the same router can access the internet (browsing, etc.) just fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried turning off the Windows Firewall (although no changes have been made to it).&#xD;&#xA;I've checked the Router it's connected to and there's nothing configured for specific IP address.es.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CableModem -&gt; WRT54G Router &#xD;&#xA;                  - PC 1&#xD;&#xA;                  - PC 2&#xD;&#xA;                  - old WRTG54G router (being used as bridge)&#xD;&#xA;                        -PC 3 - Browses the web just fine.&#xD;&#xA;                        -Server - Can NOT browse the Web. Can Ping google.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Router doesn't have anything special configured for that PC's IP address (*.107).&#xD;&#xA;I've looked checked the HOSTS file on the Server and it lists only:&#xD;&#xA;127.0.0.1       localhost  (which is for local web server stuff).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26505" RevisionGUID="166bda2d-14fa-433f-8600-f3c2545cd0e2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:27:23.107" UserId="4527" Text="Is there a best practice for determining how many floating licenses of a product to buy? I need to purchase Rational Rose for 15 developers, but I'm unsure as to how to determine how many floating licenses that will translate to.  Since this is a new project, I do not have usage statistics to help me determine when peak times are, etc.  Is the consensus to purchase more than needed, and let the excess lapse at renewal time, or do you take a guess and increase as needed?  Thanks!" />
  <row Id="47148" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26505" RevisionGUID="166bda2d-14fa-433f-8600-f3c2545cd0e2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:27:23.107" UserId="4527" Text="Best practice for floating license purchases?" />
  <row Id="47149" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26505" RevisionGUID="166bda2d-14fa-433f-8600-f3c2545cd0e2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:27:23.107" UserId="4527" Text="&lt;licensing&gt;" />
  <row Id="47150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26506" RevisionGUID="55a4a380-a0fa-4e27-b681-8f68b2847ec9" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:28:09.520" UserId="3950" Text="The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, obviously.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Code and other laws of Cyberspace&#xD;&#xA;   (Lessig)&#xD;&#xA; - Just for fun (Torvalds)" />
  <row Id="47151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26507" RevisionGUID="40f283cc-fc38-40a0-9c02-f958f1bd31e7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:29:01.577" UserId="6793" Text="If you are running Linux:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't want to reboot into [memtest86+][1] you can get some results by&#xD;&#xA;running memtester for testing the memory to find if it is faulty or not. It does a realistically good job for finding the irregular faults as well as with the non-deterministic faults in it. It has several tests for catching the borderline of the memory, and produces a verbose report of faults located, tests run, and the time taken for finding the faults in the computer. No need to reboot you can run it on a running Linux system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I didn't find any link for the app but here is the [debian package information][2]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.memtest.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://packages.debian.org/lenny/memtester" />
  <row Id="47152" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26508" RevisionGUID="97fc012c-2e7c-4b5e-ab0f-689542f8550d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:29:49.640" UserId="48354" Text="In our apache error log (/usr/local/apache/logs/error_log) for one of our servers we are seeing a shell command running quite often which is throwing an error, it looks like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sh: list_price: command not found&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;list_price is a field we use in an ecommerce system on over 50 sites and certainly nothing suspicious. The issue is that we have no idea how this is being passed to the shell - we have checked all occurrences of exec() and system() and we just cannot see how this would be getting passed through. Is there any way we can detect more easily what the source of this could be as there is nothing more meaningful being output that what i put above. FYI this is on a server running CentOS 5 and the sites in question are all PHP." />
  <row Id="47153" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26508" RevisionGUID="97fc012c-2e7c-4b5e-ab0f-689542f8550d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:29:49.640" UserId="48354" Text="track down source of shell command" />
  <row Id="47154" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26508" RevisionGUID="97fc012c-2e7c-4b5e-ab0f-689542f8550d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:29:49.640" UserId="48354" Text="&lt;shell&gt;&lt;php&gt;&lt;centos&gt;&lt;bash&gt;" />
  <row Id="47155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26509" RevisionGUID="4a013c6b-3295-46bb-aec1-639c82877db4" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:30:38.390" UserId="8199" Text="When I have dircolors defined life is full of... color.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I pipe ls through less to scroll around I lose the colors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;-Mathew" />
  <row Id="47156" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26509" RevisionGUID="4a013c6b-3295-46bb-aec1-639c82877db4" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:30:38.390" UserId="8199" Text="Colors in bash after piping through less?" />
  <row Id="47157" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26509" RevisionGUID="4a013c6b-3295-46bb-aec1-639c82877db4" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:30:38.390" UserId="8199" Text="&lt;ls&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;bash&gt;&lt;less&gt;&lt;shell&gt;" />
  <row Id="47158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26510" RevisionGUID="66792299-54a1-4726-a031-3027ea28c2f8" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:09:07.740" Text="&lt;p&gt;How will I configure my PHP and MySQL so that they can work with Apache server?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The versions that I use are &lt;br&gt;&#xA;PHP 5.2.9&lt;br&gt;&#xA;MySQL 6.0.8&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Apache 2.2&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I know that I have to configure the php.ini file. But what changes am I supposed to make?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47159" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26510" RevisionGUID="66792299-54a1-4726-a031-3027ea28c2f8" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:09:07.740" Text="PHP and MySQL" />
  <row Id="47160" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26510" RevisionGUID="66792299-54a1-4726-a031-3027ea28c2f8" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:09:07.740" Text="&lt;php&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;" />
  <row Id="47161" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26511" RevisionGUID="1f0e4e3b-47f3-440d-a188-cca288e1d659" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:14:11.960" Text="&lt;p&gt;I know it's not an answer but google up such phrase &quot;apache mysql php&quot;, optionally you can give platform on which you setup webserver. You should have solution in no time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26512" RevisionGUID="5aa4eddf-4a59-482a-b8fb-f9b1b271dfd0" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:14:25.813" Text="&lt;p&gt;Here is a ready to use and detailed description on how to intall WAMP: &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wikihow.com/Install-WAMP&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;How to Install WAMP&lt;/a&gt;&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47163" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26513" RevisionGUID="d3bb26e6-450a-4501-9002-29df4f75acc6" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:15:00.647" Text="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.php-mysql-tutorial.com/wikis/php-tutorial/installing-php-and-mysql.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.php-mysql-tutorial.com/wikis/php-tutorial/installing-php-and-mysql.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also there are a prebuilt stacks as the commentor above mentioned, XAMPP, etc.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the ini...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878%5F11-5268948.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5268948.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26514" RevisionGUID="0462301a-efc8-4ebe-a56f-190e3ebd038d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:15:14.157" UserId="1605" Text="&lt;p&gt;AFAIK you can just take the installers and install them. That's it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Everything works out of box&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47165" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26515" RevisionGUID="d1bdfe58-5a92-4fc5-b836-df1cc92734ce" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:22:25.907" Text="&lt;p&gt;It would help to know which OS you're using.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You might want to install Apache first.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When installing PHP, make sure you also install the &quot;mysql&quot; extension (and/or &quot;mysqli&quot;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The PHP installer may ask you which server you're running -- select Apache 2.2.x&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The installer will add the appropriate settings to php.ini for you&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, the above is assuming you're on Windows, and the installation varies on other OS'es. For example, on Ubuntu you'll likely have to &quot;apt-get&quot; the mysql extension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47166" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26516" RevisionGUID="0fdc3e56-90f4-4466-be0b-551140a30b4c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:30:50.747" UserId="4392" Text="Here's what I do&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Label each cable**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I have a brother P-Touch labeler that I use. Each cable gets a label on **both** ends. This is because if I unplug something from a switch, I want to know where to plug it back into, and vice versa on the server end. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are two methods that you can use to label your cables with a generic labeler. You can run the label along the cable, so that  it can be read easily, or you can wrap it around the cable so that it meets itself and looks like a tag. The former is easier to read, the latter is either harder to read or uses twice as much label since you type the word twice to make sure it's read. Long labels on mine get the &quot;along the cable&quot; treatment, and shorter ones get the tag. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also buy a specific cable labeler which provides plastic sleeves. I've never used it, so I can't offer any advice. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Color code your cables**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I run each machine with bonded network cards. This means that I'm using both NICs in each server, and they go to different switches. I have a red switch and a blue switch. All of the eth0's go to red switch using red cables (and the cables are run to the *right*, and all eth1's go to the blue switch using blue cables (and the cables are run to the *left*). My network uplink cables are an off color, like yellow, so that they stand out. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition, my racks have redundant power. I've got a vertical PDU on each side. The power cables plugged into the right side all have a ring of electrical tape matching the color of the side, again, red for right, blue for left. This makes sure that I don't overload the circuit accidentally if things go to hell in a hurry. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Buy your cables**&#xD;&#xA;This may ruffle some feathers. Some people say you should cut cables exactly to length so that there is no excess. I say &quot;I'm not perfect, and some of my crimp jobs may not last as long as molded ends&quot;, and I don't want to find out at 3 in the morning some day in the future. So I buy in bulk. When I'm first planning a rack build, I determine where, in relation to the switches, my equipment will be. Then I buy cables in groups based on that distance. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When the time comes for cable management, I work with bundles of cable, grouping them by physical proximity (which also groups them by length, since I planned this out beforehand). I use velcro zip ties to bind the cables together, and also to make larger groups out of smaller bundles. Don't use plastic zip ties on anything that you could see yourself replacing. Even if they re-open, the plastic will eventually wear down and not latch any more. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Keep power cables as far from ethernet cables as possible**&#xD;&#xA;Power cables, especially clumps of power cables, cause ElectroMagnetic Interference (EMI aka radio frequency interference (or RFI)) on any surrounding cables, including CAT-* cables (unless they're shielded, but if you're using STP cables in your rack, you're probably doing it wrong). Run your power cables away from the CAT5/6. And if you must bring them close, try to do it at right angles.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26517" RevisionGUID="f3bfb455-4692-44a5-9bd1-144d743b043e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:31:46.643" UserId="3950" Text="You must be overlooking something, no offense meant. Maybe you can try creating the list_price shell script so it can write some logfile as to how and when it was executed? " />
  <row Id="47168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26518" RevisionGUID="430ad743-1c59-4b07-a361-dc2f5e50328c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:32:08.047" UserId="8199" Text="It would depend on how that company does their licensing. I would get a sales guy on the phone and talk him into letting you expand when you need to and start out small, say, 5?" />
  <row Id="47169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26519" RevisionGUID="64af4c8e-1dda-4179-a697-5bfa509fe513" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:33:09.480" UserId="3950" Text="Try less with the -R option like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    command | less -R" />
  <row Id="47170" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26471" RevisionGUID="0ddfaf30-8efb-45c6-8e0c-a86b2a1a2464" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:34:43.017" UserDisplayName="Tom Melluish" Comment="added 6 characters in body" Text="I have deployed a multi-tier java application and from time to time am seeing jobs in the application fail with broken pipe and closed channel errors similar to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Caused by: java.nio.channels.ClosedChannelException&#xD;&#xA;    	at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.ensureWriteOpen(SocketChannelImpl.java:125)&#xD;&#xA;    	at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.write(SocketChannelImpl.java:294)&#xD;&#xA;    	at com.common.connectionmanager.AsyncSocket$AsyncSocketOutputStream.write(AsyncSocket.java:466)&#xD;&#xA;    	at java.io.DataOutputStream.writeInt(DataOutputStream.java:180)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    2009-06-15 14:02:53,492 ERROR [com.ClientConnectionManager] [Socket (ClientConnectionManager.java:368) - Client connection error &#xD;&#xA;    com.ConnectionException: Error encoding message to stream&#xD;&#xA;    Caused by: java.io.IOException: Broken pipe&#xD;&#xA;    	at sun.nio.ch.FileDispatcher.write0(Native Method)&#xD;&#xA;    	at sun.nio.ch.SocketDispatcher.write(SocketDispatcher.java:29)&#xD;&#xA;    	at sun.nio.ch.IOUtil.writeFromNativeBuffer(IOUtil.java:104)&#xD;&#xA;    	at sun.nio.ch.IOUtil.write(IOUtil.java:75)&#xD;&#xA;    	at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.write(SocketChannelImpl.java:302)&#xD;&#xA;    	at com.common.connectionmanager.AsyncSocket$AsyncSocketOutputStream.write(AsyncSocket.java:466)&#xD;&#xA;    	at java.io.DataOutputStream.writeInt(DataOutputStream.java:180)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think this means that the network connection between two of my servers is dropping momentarily and that these errors are telling me that the servers can't talk to each other.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the servers are connected on a 1GBPS LAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The servers concerned are running Solaris - can anybody recommend any tools which I could use to monitor the network connection between them and spot whether it is indeed dropping out from time to time?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47171" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26488" RevisionGUID="afdf9048-dfd7-4574-9b18-86efc25f6ede" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:35:40.553" UserId="3220" Comment="added anecdotal statistics" Text="You could boot the computer with [memtest86+][1] and run a check overnight. That's how I find problems. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, I have seen sticks of memory go bad where they would only fail with one particular pattern of memory writes. The BIOS of the computer did not detect the problem, but memtest86 found it on an overnight run.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've seen two sticks of RAM go bad out of about fifty computers that I've used over the past ten years. It happens, but not often.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.memtest.org/" />
  <row Id="47172" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26489" RevisionGUID="889df2f7-869a-4fb9-a199-c9a292a18890" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:35:42.907" UserId="301" Comment="edited body" Text="In a population of 36 machine, I see a _correctable_ failure detected by the ECC circuitry once every 3 months. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you suspect memory failure, you should run [`memtest86`][1], which comes included with just about every popular linux distro these days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.memtest86.com/" />
  <row Id="47173" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26520" RevisionGUID="acc73a7e-bf90-4da3-a448-b810487c7e09" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:37:52.747" UserId="1466" Text="Are you using **backticks** around list_price, instead of **single quotes**?  This could be your problem." />
  <row Id="47174" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26521" RevisionGUID="a029caff-7d17-483d-812c-0bd0a68369ca" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:38:10.953" UserId="1736" Text="Most likely your `ls` is aliased to `ls --color=auto`, which tells `ls` to only use colors when its output is a tty.  If you do `ls --color` (which is morally equivalent to `ls --color=always`), that will force it to turn on colors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also change your alias to do that, but I wouldn't really call that a good idea.  Better to make a different alias with `--color`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`less` needs `-R`, too." />
  <row Id="47175" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26519" RevisionGUID="aec31f99-e2c6-4cce-a688-f068bd03b73c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:38:23.107" UserId="3950" Comment="added 223 characters in body; added 35 characters in body" Text="Try less with the -R option like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    command | less -R&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This works for me in a one-liner like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ls -la | grep --color=always bash | less -r&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And like this too:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ls --color | less -R&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But you have to tweak the primary output (the output of ls in this case) a bit with the --color parameter." />
  <row Id="47178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26523" RevisionGUID="82738e55-02d4-4d92-bfc4-e07e3ed17084" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:40:49.047" UserId="1820" Text="Here is what we do for our networking rack. We are a small company so we don't have that many switches, but it keeps things clean.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Core Switch&#xD;&#xA;    24pt patch panel&#xD;&#xA;    48pt access switch&#xD;&#xA;    24pt patch panel&#xD;&#xA;    24pt patch panel&#xD;&#xA;    48pt access switch&#xD;&#xA;    24pt patch panel&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each patch panel has the first port blank. The 23 remaning ports are connected to the nearest switch (either up or down) with 1ft cables. We leave them un-labelled since they are so short they can't get tangled. This fills up the switch while leaving two ports for uplink to the core at the top. These uplinks are labelled, and put into LAG membership.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The pattern continues down for all switches, leaving a simple layout, that is easy to trace and replace cables.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Different colour cables are used for printers, hosts and uplinks to make it easily identified.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A separate document is kept that matches patch panel port (effectiely the wall jack number) to a specific switch, and is compared against the office map (with wall jack number labelled) for troubleshooting." />
  <row Id="47179" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26337" RevisionGUID="80442a62-5b1b-4866-9b44-dba136d850ee" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:44:00.490" UserId="1736" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;mod-fastcgi&gt;&lt;fastcgi&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;application-pools&gt;" />
  <row Id="47180" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26524" RevisionGUID="7f53ac66-ef00-4b1a-a495-c3dee649b030" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:45:56.480" UserId="1820" Text="I would recommend Mindtouch (formerly Deki Wiki).&#xD;&#xA;http://developer.mindtouch.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use it for exactly this purpose; company announcements, sharing of public files and documents, and a knowledgebase and documentation repository for IT staff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can run it in the pre-provided VM image, which we are currently doing, or you can install source to a Linux server, or MSI to a Windows server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You mentioned calendar features, which this won't currently do. However there has been talk of implementing Exchange Calendar access, its just no one from the community has stepped up to make it happen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The open source verison is free, while you can pay for support and additional enterprise-level extensions (such as salesforce integration etc)." />
  <row Id="47181" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26525" RevisionGUID="a8ac97dd-fea5-4fda-9f71-58ea30c8cd46" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:47:57.770" UserId="7861" Text="I've searched Google and seen discussions on it, even on their own MS blogs but I'm at a loss.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've gone into WSUS and chose all of the .NET Framework packages I can find (they were in the &quot;Service Packs&quot; area) and set them to &quot;Install&quot; for a test group.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, when I look at the reports, all of those packages show as &quot;N/A&quot; for the computers in the test group.  But the computers still only have the default .NET 1.1 installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my real question is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can I deploy .NET Framework 3.5 through WSUS?  If so, how?  If not, can you recommend another SIMPLE way to deploy it (I say this because the steps to deploy it using GPO Software installs is a nightmare with tons of prereqs, etc.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="47182" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26525" RevisionGUID="a8ac97dd-fea5-4fda-9f71-58ea30c8cd46" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:47:57.770" UserId="7861" Text="Is deploying .NET Framework 3.5 possible in WSUS?" />
  <row Id="47183" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26525" RevisionGUID="a8ac97dd-fea5-4fda-9f71-58ea30c8cd46" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:47:57.770" UserId="7861" Text="&lt;.net&gt;&lt;framework&gt;&lt;wsus&gt;" />
  <row Id="47184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26526" RevisionGUID="75ce0c4c-48e3-4cf4-9e90-00e4ad5affb5" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:48:16.723" UserId="5930" Text="Read PHP's `install.txt`. All the information to configure Apache correctly is inside this handy file!" />
  <row Id="47185" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26526" RevisionGUID="75ce0c4c-48e3-4cf4-9e90-00e4ad5affb5" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:48:16.723" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="47186" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26527" RevisionGUID="ac8a7a3f-d434-4467-838a-654dfa50c2b1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:49:52.823" UserId="25543" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was looking for a way to backup all our SVN repositories, and came across this:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/04/05/automatically-backing-up-multiple-subversion-repositories/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because our repositories are organized in a client / project directory structure, i changed the script into this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    SVN_REPOSITORIES_ROOT_DIR=&quot;/var/svn/repos/&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    BACKUP_DIRECTORY=&quot;/home/hyperactive/public_html/svn/&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    for CLIENT in `ls -1 $SVN_REPOSITORIES_ROOT_DIR`&#xD;&#xA;    do&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    echo 'dumping client: ' $CLIENT&#xD;&#xA;    mkdir $BACKUP_DIRECTORY/$CLIENT&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    for REPOSITORY in `ls -1 $SVN_REPOSITORIES_ROOT_DIR/$CLIENT`&#xD;&#xA;    do&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    echo 'dumping repository: ' $REPOSITORY&#xD;&#xA;    svnadmin dump $SVN_REPOSITORIES_ROOT_DIR$CLIENT/$REPOSITORY | gzip &gt; $BACKUP_DIRECTORY$CLIENT/$REPOSITORY'.gz'&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After running it (it completed the backup successfully), i get the following error on every repo:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;m:human-readable errcode=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    Could not open the requested SVN filesystem&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/m:human-readable&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I looked in the apache error log, and this is what i found:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    (20014)Internal error: Can't open file '/var/svn/repos/Test2/Test3.gz/format': No such file or directory, referer: http://10.4.2.254/svn/Test2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The way i see it, somehow the backup script added the **.gz** at the end of the repo path ([...]Test2/Test3**.gz**). After further cheking i noticed the single quotes surrounding the .gz extension in the script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any thoughts ?" />
  <row Id="47187" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26527" RevisionGUID="ac8a7a3f-d434-4467-838a-654dfa50c2b1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:49:52.823" UserId="25543" Text="SVN access error after svnadmin dump" />
  <row Id="47188" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26527" RevisionGUID="ac8a7a3f-d434-4467-838a-654dfa50c2b1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:49:52.823" UserId="25543" Text="&lt;svn&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;error&gt;" />
  <row Id="47189" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26528" RevisionGUID="65a00275-124f-4d50-91cc-e282a3313a61" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:52:10.713" UserId="3111" Text="I use a Cisco ASA 5510 with Clientless SSL VPN for vendor and business partner access at our company. Here is why it makes sense:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When partners access our VPN website, a normal SSL (HTTPS) connection is made for encryption. Once there, almost everything can be done over HTTPS without creating a full VPN tunnel to our network. From the site users can access SMB shares, internal websites, etc. There are even browser based clients available for RDP and VNC if necessary. The benefits to this are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - More secure due to limited access.&#xD;&#xA; - Clientless so that partners don't need to install anything.&#xD;&#xA; - Accessing standard protocols (SMB, RDP, VNC, HTTP) through the site are supported directly.&#xD;&#xA; - Accessing non-standard protocols through the site can be accomplished through custom browser plug-in based tunnels.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Employees access our VPN using Cisco's full SSL VPN client (called AnyConnect) which gives them the equivalent of a traditional IPSec VPN tunnel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not sure why they are having you install a certificate. This may be because their SSL cert is self-signed and would otherwise throw up a browser warning at each connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this clears things up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47190" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26529" RevisionGUID="a05cdcce-901f-4663-8af9-ab9df335968d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:52:28.700" UserId="966" Text="I have a small business client who has a few windows servers and many workstations but as far as I can tell only has a few valid oem licences (some mismatched like xp home when xp pro is installed) for the workstations and almost no valid licences for the servers (It came with 2000 and now has 2003). They're partially interested in going legit and becoming properly licensed but fear its going to be a large cost. Interestingly enough they also fear that they'll get hammered on not being licensed so far and would rather keep under the radar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't say this is the first time I've come across this, someone gets a hold of a slipstreamed xp pro cd or an office install that includes the key and are happy when it just works. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not interested in giving them a hard time or turning them in. As I said I see this in my small business clients all the time and it wouldn't behoove me to mess with their businesses. I'm just looking for a good path to get them back into legitimacy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have experience with this?" />
  <row Id="47191" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26529" RevisionGUID="a05cdcce-901f-4663-8af9-ab9df335968d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:52:28.700" UserId="966" Text="How can I properly licence an office?" />
  <row Id="47192" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26529" RevisionGUID="a05cdcce-901f-4663-8af9-ab9df335968d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:52:28.700" UserId="966" Text="&lt;microsoft&gt;&lt;licences&gt;&lt;small-business&gt;" />
  <row Id="47193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26530" RevisionGUID="110bcf17-be28-4c7a-9054-8365eadc32df" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:52:33.550" UserId="5749" Text="Go to [Manager-Tools][1]  and find their podcasts on Calendar Management.  You cannot manage time, it does not respond well to attempts to speed it up, or slow it down, and there really are only so-many hours in the day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use a ticket system for both fix it now, and project based tasks.  For tasks that recur, and intermediate tasks I use Outlook.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Data Capture:  You need a way to capture requests, ideas, requirements, etc when you are not at your desk.  I went out and got a MoleSkin notebook,  its about 4&quot;x6&quot;  and Black, so it looks good enough to take into the board room.  I print my Outlook Calendar each monday, and fold it so it fits and slip it into the page where I'm at.  during the week, I'll update the paper copy and Outlook.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://manager-tools.com" />
  <row Id="47194" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25276" RevisionGUID="42b2d412-baf4-48eb-a934-8c8764a952f6" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:54:29.397" UserId="5749" Comment="Added WSUS Tag" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;rdp&gt;&lt;patch&gt;&lt;reboot&gt;&lt;wsus&gt;" />
  <row Id="47196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26532" RevisionGUID="d20e4744-be63-4450-948c-4dca56905cf0" CreationDate="2009-06-16T13:58:01.733" UserId="5230" Text="Start by inventorying their software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Compare the inventory with their licenses, take note of how the software is used, some licenses only allow certain types of use (MSDN licenses, for example).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Prepare a report for them, listing their software and identifying any items for which you could not find licenses. Suggest that they locate or purchase licenses for this software, since not having them available is a legal liability." />
  <row Id="47197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26533" RevisionGUID="a7cfefba-302c-45d9-ae27-b71765bca7bd" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:01:17.843" UserId="671" Text="I would start with [Microsoft's Volume Licensing page][1].  It can be cheaper to get them on a volume licensing plan than to purchase the licenses at full retail price.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/licensing-options/open-license.aspx" />
  <row Id="47198" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26534" RevisionGUID="a748a52d-1ca2-4aaf-9bfd-1ac9e347b6bc" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:03:21.507" UserId="2783" Text="Microsoft has some licensing options specific to small business with as few as 5 computers, that allow them to spread payments over three years, finance the cost, etc.  The information is here: http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/buy/software/buy-software.aspx#VolumeLicensing" />
  <row Id="47199" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26535" RevisionGUID="3a7e69fd-6ebf-4a55-b8ce-330fc22841c5" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:03:36.560" UserId="8334" Text="If you're not too hard pressed on financial side, you could restart by volume licensing everything and discarding OEM legacy. You could also get Software Assurance, the same key for everything, home usage program, easy upgrades in number of licences etc." />
  <row Id="47200" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26526" RevisionGUID="878cd363-5a3f-4d4c-8a0a-fa80bee673ab" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:04:21.503" UserId="5930" Comment="added 125 characters in body" Text="Read PHP's [`install.txt`][1]. All the information to configure Apache correctly is inside this handy file!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/win32/install.txt?revision=1.34.2.1.2.3&amp;view=markup&amp;pathrev=php_5_2_9" />
  <row Id="47204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26537" RevisionGUID="d8effcd4-4c50-476c-a33e-df789c2cced7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:05:12.563" UserId="3331" Text="I have a remote retail store which used to be on a hardware VPN (the hardware recently failed and we are looking at upgrading so we don't want to replace it right away).  They only need occasional access to the shared drives so I was going to set them up with the ability to log in remotely through the vpn connection allowed by windows.  However, the store user is a shared logon and many people have this password.  I don't want them to be able to log in to the vpn except from the store, which has a static IP.  Is there some way to limit the connection for a specific user to a specific IP address?" />
  <row Id="47205" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26537" RevisionGUID="d8effcd4-4c50-476c-a33e-df789c2cced7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:05:12.563" UserId="3331" Text="Limiting a Remote VPN User to an IP address" />
  <row Id="47206" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26537" RevisionGUID="d8effcd4-4c50-476c-a33e-df789c2cced7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:05:12.563" UserId="3331" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="47207" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26538" RevisionGUID="337d4b5c-2b3d-49f4-9dc7-606cfa99cce8" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:05:27.493" UserId="9680" Text="Hello all, a friend of mine is going to a sys admin interview tomorrow and needs some questions and answers for sys admin interview.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;can anyone point me to the right direction ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; i need some resources such as word files, links and others." />
  <row Id="47208" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26538" RevisionGUID="337d4b5c-2b3d-49f4-9dc7-606cfa99cce8" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:05:27.493" UserId="9680" Text="System Administrator interview questions and answers" />
  <row Id="47209" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26538" RevisionGUID="337d4b5c-2b3d-49f4-9dc7-606cfa99cce8" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:05:27.493" UserId="9680" Text="&lt;interview&gt;" />
  <row Id="47213" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26540" RevisionGUID="5254610e-dae5-4ab5-90c8-26ee09d15c32" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:08:09.127" UserId="9614" Text="Consult your local license provider. They wont get slammed at running illegal software - especially if you're looking at legitimising them.&#xD;&#xA;I'd look at how many clients you have, and how many servers.&#xD;&#xA;The Action Pack is really meant for  IT Professionals (ie. You and I).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Consider their position too; If they're in Education or Non-Profit, they can get heavy discounts and get VLK (Volume Licensing).&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively look at &quot;Microsoft Open License&quot; ( https://partner.microsoft.com/UK/licensing/licensingprograms/ltvolumelicensing/vlopenlicense )&#xD;&#xA;This allows for Pay-as-you-Go, and only requires a minimum of 5 PC's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck! :)" />
  <row Id="47214" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26541" RevisionGUID="a922cd12-2ad2-4b83-9818-00fd14d5edc6" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:08:20.093" UserId="2783" Text="http://serverfault.com/questions/3270/how-to-interview-a-sysadmin-candidate&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: It looks like you asked this exact question a minute ago, answered in the original." />
  <row Id="47221" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26546" RevisionGUID="a96bb192-27ab-42bc-8faf-d57fe52b8679" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:10:03.227" UserId="2561" Text="I would try to do this on the firewall.  But with PPTP 'Routing and Remote Access'.  You can set this under the IP tab of 'Remote Access Policies' with the 'Input Filters'" />
  <row Id="47222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26547" RevisionGUID="d44b26b7-f5a4-4a3b-a812-a451eb470404" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:10:43.473" UserDisplayName="perelin" Text="Looks like a good list of skills:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://snap.nlc.dcccd.edu/sysadmin.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://snap.nlc.dcccd.edu/sysadmin.html" />
  <row Id="47223" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26547" RevisionGUID="d44b26b7-f5a4-4a3b-a812-a451eb470404" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:10:43.473" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="47224" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26548" RevisionGUID="60e55ebd-9539-4fb4-97c4-fc43145a3d02" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:11:51.507" UserId="9149" Text="First of all you do not need all .NET framework packages, 3.5 SP1 will do. Try approving some other update and check if it installed. If not, something else is not working as expected.&#xD;&#xA;You can  also check the file **WindowsUpdate.log** for errors, sometimes it really helps." />
  <row Id="47226" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="4301" RevisionGUID="d72eed68-a331-4882-b01c-4d318c09bfa0" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:12:25.267" UserId="1877" Comment="added 671 characters in body" Text="When your computer become part of the domain they will use the Domain Controller to sync their time (it's require for the authentification mechanism to work properly). Make sure your Domain Controller is sync with a good internet source and you're pretty much there. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can look at these articles from Microsoft for more information:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Windows Time Service and Resulting Internet Communication in Windows Server 2008][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Introduction to Administering the Windows Time Service][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To synchronize your Domain Controller, you'll want to set it up to go over the internet and get it's time. Ntp.org [has lists of servers][3] on that but make sure you follow their [rules of engagement][4] before you start using them. To do the setup you may want to use [WindowsTimeAgent][5], it provides a single place to edit all the Registry keys necessary to set up time sync properly&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, take the time to look at [Jeff Atwood][6] question on [windows time synchronization reliability][7] to make sure your time synchronization is reliable. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks to...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [phenry][8] for suggesting &quot;Introduction to Administering the Windows Time Service&quot;&#xD;&#xA; - [Richard][9] for suggesting adding &quot;ntp.org&quot; as a source of time servers.&#xD;&#xA; - [crb][10] for suggesting time agent to setup the time sync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731790.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc816633.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/NTPPoolServers&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/RulesOfEngagement&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.greyware.com/software/domaintime/instructions/misc/agent/agent-free.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://serverfault.com/users/1/jeff-atwood&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1406/windows-server-unable-to-synchronize-ntp-time-reliably&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://serverfault.com/users/1883/phenry&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://serverfault.com/users/1440/richard&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://serverfault.com/users/5724/crb" />
  <row Id="47227" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26550" RevisionGUID="bb93a567-3208-44ca-9042-b48efd1f471a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:12:50.663" UserId="7250" Text="This will be controversial I am sure. You mention them having various Windows XP installs and a server that originally came with Win2k. With such old systems, would you as a business owner and not an IT pro, see any value in paying potentially thousands of dollars for licences when you have successfully skirted along so far? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These systems are likely ready to be replaced soon given their relative age. You may have better luck by standardizing their procurement process for systems by sticking with 1 vendor and level (i.e. Dell Small Business instead of just Dell) and replace the machines running illegal OSes with legally licensed new machines. Then get them onto an MSDN program for their applications (which are also likely several versions behind). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By phasing them in you can get them all legal, build the processes to keep them legal and spread what can potentially be a devastating cost with little relative upside over time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47230" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26516" RevisionGUID="c5b6019a-3db0-4d47-8519-3d144e98b26b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:15:55.977" UserId="4392" Comment="added 150 characters in body" Text="Here's what I do&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Label each cable**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I have a brother P-Touch labeler that I use. Each cable gets a label on **both** ends. This is because if I unplug something from a switch, I want to know where to plug it back into, and vice versa on the server end. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are two methods that you can use to label your cables with a generic labeler. You can run the label along the cable, so that  it can be read easily, or you can wrap it around the cable so that it meets itself and looks like a tag. The former is easier to read, the latter is either harder to read or uses twice as much label since you type the word twice to make sure it's read. Long labels on mine get the &quot;along the cable&quot; treatment, and shorter ones get the tag. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also buy a specific cable labeler which provides plastic sleeves. I've never used it, so I can't offer any advice. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Color code your cables**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I run each machine with bonded network cards. This means that I'm using both NICs in each server, and they go to different switches. I have a red switch and a blue switch. All of the eth0's go to red switch using red cables (and the cables are run to the *right*, and all eth1's go to the blue switch using blue cables (and the cables are run to the *left*). My network uplink cables are an off color, like yellow, so that they stand out. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition, my racks have redundant power. I've got a vertical PDU on each side. The power cables plugged into the right side all have a ring of electrical tape matching the color of the side, again, red for right, blue for left. This makes sure that I don't overload the circuit accidentally if things go to hell in a hurry. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Buy your cables**&#xD;&#xA;This may ruffle some feathers. Some people say you should cut cables exactly to length so that there is no excess. I say &quot;I'm not perfect, and some of my crimp jobs may not last as long as molded ends&quot;, and I don't want to find out at 3 in the morning some day in the future. So I buy in bulk. When I'm first planning a rack build, I determine where, in relation to the switches, my equipment will be. Then I buy cables in groups based on that distance. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When the time comes for cable management, I work with bundles of cable, grouping them by physical proximity (which also groups them by length, since I planned this out beforehand). I use velcro zip ties to bind the cables together, and also to make larger groups out of smaller bundles. Don't use plastic zip ties on anything that you could see yourself replacing. Even if they re-open, the plastic will eventually wear down and not latch any more. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Keep power cables as far from ethernet cables as possible**&#xD;&#xA;Power cables, especially clumps of power cables, cause ElectroMagnetic Interference (EMI aka radio frequency interference (or RFI)) on any surrounding cables, including CAT-* cables (unless they're shielded, but if you're using STP cables in your rack, you're probably doing it wrong). Run your power cables away from the CAT5/6. And if you must bring them close, try to do it at right angles.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**&#xD;&#xA;I forgot! I also did a HOWTO on this a long time ago: http://standalone-sysadmin.blogspot.com/2008/07/howto-server-cable-management.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47232" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26554" RevisionGUID="d36242f3-8b88-48a8-b84d-32c6f91eb9a3" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:16:06.243" UserId="5930" Text="Backticks ( \` ) have a special meaning in PHP. They are the [**Execution Operators**][1] (sounds grim doesn't it). When used outside a string as a text delimiter, it execute the command between them. For the following example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $commandResult = `ls -l`;&#xD;&#xA;    echo $commandResult; // Will output a directory listing of the current directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To stop the behaviour, you simply need to put it between single quotes ( ' ) or quotes ( &quot; ):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $commandResult = '`ls -l`';&#xD;&#xA;    echo $commandResult; // Will output `ls -l`;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, you probably did something as such: (Lazy code below, not safe against sql injection, but is just an example).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $query = 'SELECT * FROM sometable ORDER BY ' . `list_price`;&#xD;&#xA;But forgot to put quotes around it, leading to 2 things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - PHP didn't give you a syntax error because it is valid syntax.&#xD;&#xA; - You get the failed shell command above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Search your code base for any reference of list_price and make sure it is between single quotes or quotes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://us.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.execution.php" />
  <row Id="47233" PostHistoryTypeId="18" PostId="26538" RevisionGUID="9aa57f8e-dd9b-4a55-8faa-e3093736cbc9" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:16:13.917" UserId="1803" Comment="Merged question 'System Administrator interview questions and answers' by Attilah" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="47237" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26160" RevisionGUID="b715eba7-d336-4639-aed4-325b65e174be" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:17:51.747" UserId="431" Comment="Retagging mssql as sqlserver" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;database&gt;&lt;migration&gt;" />
  <row Id="47241" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26559" RevisionGUID="2185f0f6-dbe3-4593-b632-6083c064f09e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:17:53.947" UserId="9680" Text="&#xD;&#xA;I worked for a Software company whose name was LVT. now, the company created a system in which every employee had as email address something like : ***attilah@lvt.com*** (instead of **attilah@gmail.com**) and we all were able to login, share docs and others.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;so, what i'm asking is how to achieve that again ? i don't know how that was done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;can you point me to the service which allows to do that ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="47242" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26559" RevisionGUID="2185f0f6-dbe3-4593-b632-6083c064f09e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:17:53.947" UserId="9680" Text="Google mail for companies" />
  <row Id="47243" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26559" RevisionGUID="2185f0f6-dbe3-4593-b632-6083c064f09e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:17:53.947" UserId="9680" Text="&lt;google&gt;" />
  <row Id="47244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26560" RevisionGUID="6d84ac9c-5cfa-40ff-93c3-b9235aca4e82" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:18:12.777" UserId="8334" Text="Just to add, you need to set external time sync only on your PDC emulator, all the other systems in domain then sync to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a bit fiddling with registry to use internal NTP client (GUI not included), but it works just fine. " />
  <row Id="47246" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26562" RevisionGUID="9a4ee27f-3025-4de7-a466-57c3564edaa0" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:19:18.657" UserId="9637" Text="I found this post very interesting : http://www.brentozar.com/sql-interview-questions/&#xD;&#xA;From my experience showing determination and an organised mind gets the needed interview pluses." />
  <row Id="47247" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26563" RevisionGUID="28e5c392-5727-4a44-aad7-34bc99ece869" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:21:15.970" UserId="431" Text="Yeah, IBM just announced an initiative to do that:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.ibm.com/ibm/cloud/smart_business/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the page:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**IBM Smart Business Desktop Cloud**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The IBM Smart Desktop Cloud allows users to connect to a virtual machine operating system on a central server, using a thin-client or PC, running Java™ and an Internet browser. Security-rich and scalable, the Smart Desktop Cloud delivers a resilient, standards-based desktop environment and system image (Windows or Linux).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IBM Smart Business Desktop Cloud is available with IBM Project Based Services, if you'd like help designing and implementing a solution, and can manage the cloud once it's up and running. Or, IBM Managed Services is available for organizations that are interested in having IBM not only design and implement a Smart Business Desktop Cloud solution for them, but also to manage the centralized data - including updates and information security." />
  <row Id="47249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26564" RevisionGUID="31da9444-0aff-4e0f-b6d2-52e815f54644" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:21:51.990" UserId="9676" Text="What is the easiest way to check if port 3306 on my localhost is being blocked?" />
  <row Id="47250" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26564" RevisionGUID="31da9444-0aff-4e0f-b6d2-52e815f54644" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:21:51.990" UserId="9676" Text="How to check if a port is blocked on windows?" />
  <row Id="47251" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26564" RevisionGUID="31da9444-0aff-4e0f-b6d2-52e815f54644" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:21:51.990" UserId="9676" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;port&gt;&lt;blocked&gt;" />
  <row Id="47252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26565" RevisionGUID="26126037-1804-4435-ba6e-3cacf7da23d0" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:22:20.117" UserId="8199" Text="Google will allow that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;https://www.google.com/a/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47253" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26566" RevisionGUID="443fd158-58b8-4e24-9126-432de8477bc4" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:22:41.270" UserId="8344" Text="nmap -p3306 localhost" />
  <row Id="47255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26567" RevisionGUID="e5974f2a-91b8-4ed5-8c8d-ddaf0c140678" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:23:24.500" UserId="8784" Text="You have to buy Google Enterprise Apps - you can get the info directly from Google via [http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/index.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/index.html" />
  <row Id="47256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26568" RevisionGUID="2b12ffee-f424-4008-b185-7bd92b84c2c7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:23:38.587" UserId="9683" Text="Actually this problem is due to the control panel requiring Admin Privileges to allow the java control panel to save your settings (hasn't been fixed for ages, thanks to sun micro).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically find the java control panel javacpl.exe here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\javacpl.exe&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...right click &gt; run with admin privileges.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Uncheck java update, save and then reopen it to check that the setting is sticking." />
  <row Id="47257" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26565" RevisionGUID="eff6d58b-6d34-424e-b0dc-372d038ca580" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:23:45.183" UserId="671" Comment="linked the url" Text="Google will allow that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[https://www.google.com/a/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.google.com/a/" />
  <row Id="47258" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26569" RevisionGUID="0b5f1b44-6146-4ed5-b850-9f0a0c0b46ca" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:23:51.690" UserId="6689" Text="If you've got somthing listening on that port, just telnet to it from another machine. If not, set up a netcat listener there. If you're publically facing the internet, with no NAT/Firewall in the way GRC.com has a tool called ShieldsUP that can check for you. " />
  <row Id="47263" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26572" RevisionGUID="48d2eb38-8931-4685-9031-397472806645" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:25:15.883" UserId="2487" Text="I am trying to turn on nfs on Centos running a custom 2.6.22.9 kernel.  In the kernel config, under File systems, Network File Systems, I enabled as modules 'NFS file system support' and 'NFS server support'.  I did not enable any of the options under either of those options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then I compiled the kernel and installed the modules.  I did not reboot the server.  I installed the NFS module, and I can see it when I do an lsmod.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have the following entry in my /etc/exports&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /home/jon/nfs/     192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0(rw,no_root_squash,sync)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;when I try and start nfs I get the following messages&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@gw linux]# service nfs start&#xD;&#xA;    Starting NFS services:                                     [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;    Starting NFS quotas:                                       [  OK  ]&#xD;&#xA;    Starting NFS daemon:                                       [FAILED]&#xD;&#xA;    [root@gw linux]#&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/var/log/daemon shows &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 16 10:19:34 gw nfsd[16031]: nfssvc: Function not implemented&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;rpcinfo shows&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@gw linux]# rpcinfo -p localhost&#xD;&#xA;    program vers proto   port&#xD;&#xA;    100000    2   tcp    111  portmapper&#xD;&#xA;    100000    2   udp    111  portmapper&#xD;&#xA;    100024    1   udp   1011  status&#xD;&#xA;    100024    1   tcp   1014  status&#xD;&#xA;    100011    1   udp    942  rquotad&#xD;&#xA;    100011    2   udp    942  rquotad&#xD;&#xA;    100011    1   tcp    945  rquotad&#xD;&#xA;    100011    2   tcp    945  rquotad&#xD;&#xA;    [root@gw linux]#&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I get this going?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47264" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26572" RevisionGUID="48d2eb38-8931-4685-9031-397472806645" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:25:15.883" UserId="2487" Text="install nfs on centos with a custom kernel" />
  <row Id="47265" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26572" RevisionGUID="48d2eb38-8931-4685-9031-397472806645" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:25:15.883" UserId="2487" Text="&lt;centos&gt;&lt;nfs&gt;" />
  <row Id="47266" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26573" RevisionGUID="ff05bbaf-2a14-4956-b363-d623c3b171e9" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:26:17.037" UserId="5169" Text="I want to set up my work laptop to enable me to use Remote Desktop to connect to it from home, like I can with our network server.  Using ZoneEdit, I have the domain `mypc.company.com` pointing to the IP address of our router, let's say the IP is 66.45.192.180 (that's not the real IP of it).  The server also points to this router, since it's own IP address is, obviously, internal to our network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the router itself (it's a Linksys), I have port range forwarding configured so that requests for port 3399 (Remote Desktop) from mypc.company.com should be forwarded to the IP address of my workstation, which is 192.168.1.201.  I also have it configured so that `dev.mycompany.com` forwards to the server, 192.168.1.200.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, what happens is that when I try to connect to `mypc.mycompany.com`, it connects instead to the network server that's already set up, and not to my computer.  I can only imagine this has something to do with the fact that the IP for the router is the same for both computers, but shouldn't port forwarding ensure that it's sent to the right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've not had to set up something like this on my own in the past; I'm used to having it already configured so I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing wrong and how to fix it.  I want to set up the workstation for remote access." />
  <row Id="47267" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26573" RevisionGUID="ff05bbaf-2a14-4956-b363-d623c3b171e9" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:26:17.037" UserId="5169" Text="How do I configure my workstation to let me connect from home?" />
  <row Id="47268" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26573" RevisionGUID="ff05bbaf-2a14-4956-b363-d623c3b171e9" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:26:17.037" UserId="5169" Text="&lt;remote-access&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="47275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26577" RevisionGUID="fd5ba5fd-c65a-41f0-894d-1bd92e4b8ce4" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:27:24.383" UserId="1466" Text="If you can telnet to the port from the local machine (using the external IP address), but not from another machine - then it is being blocked somewhere between.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that a firewall on your local machine *could* prevent even the first action." />
  <row Id="47276" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26578" RevisionGUID="0c5161d9-260e-419e-9540-ebce277633d1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:27:34.943" UserId="846" Text="My thoughts ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I assume a standard &quot;concurrent user&quot; licensing scheme and that all 15 guys work the same hours.  I also assume that 15 is not a reasonable answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can, survey the manager and developers about what fraction of their time will be spent **using** the tool.  Multiply that fraction times 15 and round up.  If you can't, then I would use 50% and make sure **everyone** knows that this is a WAG.  I would negotiate with the company the right to purchase more licenses are the same price for some period of time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The decision about whether to overbuy or underbuy from there depends on whether there is lockout when all the licenses are consumed and the mechanism for getting more licenses.  Generally, I like to err on the side of getting an extra license or two. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1- Make sure you understand the licensing terms around the floating license.  Be clear about the license terms.  Not every company supports &quot;floating&quot; licenses, even if you are planning on using them that way. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2- Also make sure you know how the licenses are enforced .. license manager server, honor system, some kind of token/dongle, or something else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3- Make sure all know before the decision is made the cost and mechanisms for the addition of licenses.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4- You may need to enforce discipline around folks leaving the tool running when they aren't using it. If you decide to get three licenses, and two of them are being consumed by guys at lunch, two other folks may be out of luck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5- Plan for review of the situation 2 or 3 times a year plus during budget season.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47277" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26579" RevisionGUID="1302a01c-10b6-4a98-a1a3-e4189a180335" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:28:11.887" UserId="2783" Text="[Influencer: The Power to Change Anything][1] &#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Because sysadmins have responsibility, but rarely authority.  How do you convince people to provide budget money, bosses to accept proposals, or users to accept your solution? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams][2] &#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;An oldie but a goodie, buy a copy for your boss as well as yourself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Death March][3]&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;If you are continually involved in projects with unrealistic deadlines, that are not fully resourced, that require 14 hour days for months, then get this book (another good one to buy a copy for your boss)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Smart and Gets Things Done: Joel Spolsky's Concise Guide to Finding the Best Technical Talent][4]&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;What the title says... a concise guide on finding, hiring, and retaining smart technical people.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Influencer-Change-Anything-Kerry-Patterson/dp/007148499X&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.amazon.com/Peopleware-Productive-Projects-Teams-Second/dp/0932633439&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.amazon.com/Death-March-2nd-Yourdon-Press/dp/013143635X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1245162285&amp;sr=1-1&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.amazon.com/Smart-Gets-Things-Done-Technical/dp/1590598385" />
  <row Id="47278" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26580" RevisionGUID="214ee991-94de-4458-94ff-2f3b77c316ea" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:28:17.767" UserId="8002" Text="On Windows, assuming standard tools, you can use netstat to see what is listening on ports. You can also look at your Windows Firewall configuration or (alternatively) your IPSec policy to see what is open to the outside world. You can also use nmap from an external computer to scan yourself to confirm your reality." />
  <row Id="47279" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26581" RevisionGUID="20650971-72c8-4da5-9d47-ce17fe8ba043" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:28:46.580" UserId="4721" Text="Since you are on the Windows machine, these things can be done,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Execute the following command and look for a &quot;:3306&quot; listener (you did not mention UDP/TCP)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netstat -a -n&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47280" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26582" RevisionGUID="c22a2cdc-8cd6-4d56-a9a9-d579477e6666" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:29:15.737" UserId="671" Text="If you need to test if a port is open from the outside to a specific computer, [Port Detective][1] can take care of that for you.  3306 isn't one of its default ports to test, but you can add custom ports for it.  Remember to shut down any software that might be using that port before running the test though, as it needs to have the port available for use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the test fails, you'll need to ensure that any NAT routing is forwarding the port to your computer, and that there is no firewall getting in the way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.portdetective.com/" />
  <row Id="47281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26583" RevisionGUID="66abd196-acd3-4d53-a986-11df0ebefc3d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:29:29.513" UserId="8199" Text="You would need to setup RD to listen on different ports for each machine, otherwise the first entry in the port forwarding list is used." />
  <row Id="47282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26584" RevisionGUID="85608344-2814-4219-aefc-b479459ced4d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:30:01.663" UserId="2783" Text="Skip all the hassle and use [Live Mesh][1] it handles all of the firewall/router traversal and allows you to remotely connect from pretty much anywhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.mesh.com/welcome/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="47283" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26585" RevisionGUID="c48603b8-af73-42ac-bc54-30b57ccf0b62" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:30:17.857" UserId="4694" Text="use netstat to see which ports are listening&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **netstat -an**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check if there is **:3306** state **LISTENING**" />
  <row Id="47284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26586" RevisionGUID="0a78f89c-a537-4eb5-97bb-fdd88b0e12b3" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:30:27.157" UserId="1466" Text="You would be better off, and more secure, to do this via VPN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OpenVPN is a free option for this, and is even available as a firmware upgrade for many LinkSys routers with dd-wrt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26587" RevisionGUID="5765d7ac-9fdd-43c0-ba02-a78a4fd995da" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:31:31.927" UserId="1233" Text="Have you unzipped the backup?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The line `svnadmin dump $SVN_REPOSITORIES_ROOT_DIR$CLIENT/$REPOSITORY | gzip &gt; $BACKUP_DIRECTORY$CLIENT/$REPOSITORY'.gz'` dumps the subversion repository and then zips it up into one smaller file. Try running `unzip REPOSITORY.gz` and your folder structure will be revealed." />
  <row Id="47287" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26541" RevisionGUID="1ca93312-0b52-4f2c-879f-4a7d4b5b5c9f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:31:32.067" UserId="2783" Comment="deleted 91 characters in body" Text="http://serverfault.com/questions/3270/how-to-interview-a-sysadmin-candidate&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26588" RevisionGUID="ba39e0df-46c2-435a-a3de-44e83cd13e04" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:31:39.633" UserId="3528" Text="I'd start first with assessing their business needs and determining what software is required for their business functions.  Then determine what would be the hardware+software costs for new servers.  Then take a look at the hardware available and see if it's worth keeping.  In a similar situation I was able to get the client to dump 6 older machines and buy 1 copy of windows server datacenter edition.  This version allows for unlimited virtualization so seperating servers was still possible without the overhead. Direct savings over licensing wass about $3K Same goes for the laptops/desktops.  It might be cheaper to lease new OSes with the hardware than setting up a seperate openlicense.  If they want or need SA rights you can still enroll OEMd licenses." />
  <row Id="47291" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26581" RevisionGUID="85298d53-cc0d-4cf9-9d5c-72bb78b1de5d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:33:50.503" UserId="4721" Comment="added 59 characters in body" Text="Since you are on the Windows machine, these things can be done,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Execute the following command and look for a &quot;:3306&quot; listener (you did not mention UDP/TCP). This will confirm there is something running on the port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netstat -a -n&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26590" RevisionGUID="81fcc3df-029c-4bd4-bf42-afa4be98f4e6" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:34:38.317" UserId="7083" Text="NFS functionality comprises of two portions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - NFS file system support (client)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; The module for this is called **nfs**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - NFS server support&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; The module for this is called **nfsd**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The error you're getting indicates that you may have only loaded the client module." />
  <row Id="47295" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26592" RevisionGUID="8bfcbf75-9797-4f75-b685-25ccde0053fa" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:36:25.943" UserId="8199" Text="You could also have a user specifically for this purpose and deny other users this right." />
  <row Id="47297" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26594" RevisionGUID="9ce08caa-fc88-482f-b72d-34a460edebc8" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:37:35.567" UserId="2783" Text="Download the [Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 VHD][1] from TechNet ([64-bit version here if you are using Hyper-V][2]).  IIRC, it is populated with test users and mail, and although it is time-limited (you can use it for 60 days), you can connect it to the other servers in your lab and be all set to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;FamilyID=e99f2a96-ffbc-4323-9676-9657607c4a52&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;FamilyID=db31866c-2cd5-4610-8505-5f2572248618" />
  <row Id="47298" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26350" RevisionGUID="be0adcdf-6397-42c8-a22d-ad94b9ebbb5d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:37:38.627" UserId="9408" Comment="Added link to ActiveMQ." Text="There are several advantages to running log analysis as a nightly job if you don't require real-time update of data:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You have control of the load on the web server and the database server caused by the&#xD;&#xA;   log analysis, ie. it is unaffected by traffic peaks. You can even move your log files off&#xD;&#xA;   to a different server for analysis after they've been rotated, if you like. This is very&#xD;&#xA;   useful if your app is running on multiple web servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You can perform aggregations on the data before inserting it to the database, if you require.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Several database engines support some kind of mass insertion which is much faster&#xD;&#xA;   than inserting the same data one record at a time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Error handling (bugs in your analysis code, unavailable database etc.) is simpler -- just&#xD;&#xA;   rerun the same script on the relevant log data after the problem is fixed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sure there are others, depending on your requirements and hosting situation. Personally&#xD;&#xA;I wouldn't even *consider* piping from Apache unless real-time updates were an absolute *must*,&#xD;&#xA;and even then I would extract *only* what was needed in the piped script and handle everything&#xD;&#xA;else with a nightly job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're in need of a close to real-time solution, you should consider using a message queue&#xD;&#xA;system (like [ActiveMQ][1], for instance), and post messages to the queue through the Apache&#xD;&#xA;log pipe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://activemq.apache.org/" />
  <row Id="47299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26595" RevisionGUID="e4c85b0c-8a75-451c-8dec-b8872c5e5eaa" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:38:07.830" UserId="7520" Text="I am designing the next evolution of our IT infrastructure.  I am considering implementing an iSCSI SAN.  My current plan is to connect only our servers to the SAN, and then implement any file sharing to the desktops via network shares using one of the servers as a file server.  After more reading, I am wondering if I need to implement a file server at all if I have an iSCSI SAN.  Here are my questions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Would I compromise the performance of the SAN to the servers if I let the SAN traffic run over the whole network, instead of just between the iSCSI target and the servers as clients?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. If I create a &quot;disk&quot; on the iSCSI target, can multiple clients access the same &quot;disk&quot;?  If so, can this replace network file shares?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I realize that question 1 is a loaded question, since I did not specify the particulars of my network, but I am just looking for general thoughts about heading down that path.  Advance thanks for your thoughtful answers." />
  <row Id="47300" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26595" RevisionGUID="e4c85b0c-8a75-451c-8dec-b8872c5e5eaa" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:38:07.830" UserId="7520" Text="Practical SAN Question" />
  <row Id="47301" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26595" RevisionGUID="e4c85b0c-8a75-451c-8dec-b8872c5e5eaa" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:38:07.830" UserId="7520" Text="&lt;iscsi&gt;&lt;san&gt;" />
  <row Id="47302" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26596" RevisionGUID="c93b373a-e036-4cf7-a565-6982f41b7efb" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:38:30.700" UserId="846" Text="This is **not** a good way to do this.  You are exposing well-known services (RDP) to the internet.  At the *very* least, you need to make sure that you are using non-standard ports for RDP, although this isn't nearly enough security.  A good port scanning program can look at the response on a port and deduce the actual protocol behind it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need a VPN.  The Linksys may do it, or there may be a firmware upgrade or [open source firmware replacement][1] for the Linksys to do it, or you may need a small firewall. I like [Astaro][2].  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This][3] question is one of many that discusses this dilemma in more detail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/12008/cheap-and-easy-solution-for-vpn&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.astaro.com/our_products/astaro_security_gateway&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/699/best-single-server-configuration-for-small-windows-domain-with-vpn" />
  <row Id="47305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26598" RevisionGUID="8f1cd763-0f33-40ab-90e9-a7728258159a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:41:00.210" UserId="4694" Text="Also look at **[The Joel Test for sysadmin jobs][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;What are the 12 Question's system administrators should ask at an interview in order to help them decide if it's a good place to work at?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/14832/the-joel-test-for-sysadmin-jobs" />
  <row Id="47306" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26581" RevisionGUID="cd12de7f-e5d1-43e7-9041-863f43064443" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:41:47.713" UserId="4721" Comment="added 653 characters in body; added 192 characters in body; added 105 characters in body" Text="Since you are on the Windows machine, these things can be done,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Execute the following command and look for a &quot;:3306&quot; listener (you did not mention UDP/TCP). This will confirm there is something running on the port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netstat -a -n&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - After this, if you are expecting incoming connections on this port and feel that the firewall may be blocking them, you could start the windows firewall logging and check the logs for dropped connections&#xD;&#xA;   - Go to the Windows Firewall, Advanced settings&#xD;&#xA;   - Click on the Settings button next to &quot;Local Area Connection&quot;&#xD;&#xA;   - Select &quot;Log dropped packets&quot;&#xD;&#xA;   - Look at the log file location (if not present define one)&#xD;&#xA;   - Click OK&#xD;&#xA;   - Now, when the connection attempt is made (assuming you know when this is done), look at the log file for a drop on port 3306.&#xD;&#xA;   - If this is seen, you will want to add an exception for this port.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA; - There is one more command to check the firewall state&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netsh firewall show state&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   - this will list the blocked ports as well as active listening ports with application associations&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - This command will dump the Windows firewall configuration detail&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netsh firewall show config" />
  <row Id="47307" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26599" RevisionGUID="bc845ee1-3a75-4b85-b50d-93692d91e119" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:41:49.757" UserId="9332" Text="&gt; Don't ask &quot;trivia&quot; questions - questions with a single, highly specific, answer. People can forget that kind of thing when under stress. If their job requires them to know which pin on a V.35 interface is used to transmit data, they can look it up when they have the job. General questions help you understand more about candidates than trivia ... We also dislike brain teasers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[*The Practice of System and Network Administration*][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ask different types of questions that will help you learn about the candidate. And how they will fit in with your workgroup. In the ancient days. Most SA were physicists, astronomers, mathematicians, and engineers. Why? Probably because the had excellent trouble shooting skills and took very good notes. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few questions to ask:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Technical**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Describe to me, as if I knew nothing, how a TCP/IP network works.&#xD;&#xA; - Describe to me, as if I knew nothing how a computer works (a basic Von-Neumann device)&#xD;&#xA; - Draw me a simple network diagram: You have 20 systems, 1 router, 5 switches, 2 servers, and a small IP block. Go.&#xD;&#xA; - Based on the job posting, what do you expect to be doing here?&#xD;&#xA; - Describe to me what you hope to accomplish here.&#xD;&#xA; - What is the best method to keep documentation up-to-date?&#xD;&#xA; - What's the worst disaster recovery incident you have ever been involved in? Tell me what you did.&#xD;&#xA; - Why do you like being a SA?&#xD;&#xA; - How would you rate yourself as a SA? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Business**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Do you believe that IT drives business or that business drives IT?&#xD;&#xA; - What do you think about our current business model?&#xD;&#xA; - What could you do to make us more profitable?&#xD;&#xA; - How does IT interface with our company?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;**Personal**&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - What's your favorite joke? &#xD;&#xA; - What book should I read tomorrow? Why? (then go to the library and skim it)&#xD;&#xA; - Who is Thomas Limoncelli? (heh heh, GOTCHA!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most anyone can look good on paper. Some people can BS their way through technical discussions. And many people are poor public speakers. You must ask open ended questions. No &quot;Yes or No&quot;, observe their thought processes, and their troubleshooting abilities. Most telling, are the metaphors they use to describe complex processes. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hiring a SA is a very difficult task. It is unlikely that a technical interview will describe who you will be hiring. It's not so much what they know now. It's what they are willing to learn, and how quickly they will learn and apply it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Practice-System-Network-Administration/dp/0201702711" />
  <row Id="47308" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="23096" RevisionGUID="355d3891-d3fc-4ebd-889c-2d4d08b79a06" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:42:27.370" UserId="1233" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;archive&gt;&lt;gui&gt;&lt;graphical-interface&gt;&lt;mac&gt;" />
  <row Id="47309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26600" RevisionGUID="9e5b67f7-b46c-4d26-b304-5511a9019f05" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:42:36.247" UserId="9138" Text="If you descend into /var/svn/repos, are the backup archives listed there? /var/svn/repos/Test2/Test3.gz should not exist as such; it only exist in /home/hyperactive/public_html/svn" />
  <row Id="47310" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26601" RevisionGUID="65b9a4a7-b736-413f-a79f-0232881d33da" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:42:51.207" UserId="9153" Text="I have been given the super task of preparing a web site to get hammered....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or site is drupal based, I have found what could be my answer in the form of Boost. But I can't for the life of me find any information on the Lighttpd rewrite rules to make it function.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All suggestion welcome! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
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  <row Id="47312" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26601" RevisionGUID="65b9a4a7-b736-413f-a79f-0232881d33da" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:42:51.207" UserId="9153" Text="&lt;lighttpd&gt;&lt;drupal&gt;&lt;http&gt;" />
  <row Id="47313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26602" RevisionGUID="a64fe31e-03cc-42fd-be44-19c8b105c1bd" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:43:22.657" UserId="7768" Text="1) If I understand you correctly: depends on what's best for you. Do you need multiple servers to access the same files? Both work fine with what they **do**, so this depends on what you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) With specific file systems (GFS, OCFS) yes. else no." />
  <row Id="47315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26603" RevisionGUID="6af7539b-6d29-47b8-b34a-d447476d4c87" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:44:45.540" UserId="9332" Text="&gt; Don't ask &quot;trivia&quot; questions - questions with a single, highly specific, answer. People can forget that kind of thing when under stress. If their job requires them to know which pin on a V.35 interface is used to transmit data, they can look it up when they have the job. General questions help you understand more about candidates than trivia ... We also dislike brain teasers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[*The Practice of System and Network Administration*][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ask different types of questions that will help you learn about the candidate. And how they will fit in with your workgroup. In the ancient days. Most SA were physicists, astronomers, mathematicians, and engineers. Why? Probably because the had excellent trouble shooting skills and took very good notes. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few questions to ask:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Technical**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Describe to me, as if I knew nothing, how a TCP/IP network works.&#xD;&#xA; - Describe to me, as if I knew nothing how a computer works (a basic Von-Neumann device)&#xD;&#xA; - Draw me a simple network diagram: You have 20 systems, 1 router, 5 switches, 2 servers, and a small IP block. Go.&#xD;&#xA; - Based on the job posting, what do you expect to be doing here?&#xD;&#xA; - Describe to me what you hope to accomplish here.&#xD;&#xA; - What is the best method to keep documentation up-to-date?&#xD;&#xA; - What's the worst disaster recovery incident you have ever been involved in? Tell me what you did.&#xD;&#xA; - Why do you like being a SA?&#xD;&#xA; - How would you rate yourself as a SA? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Business**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Do you believe that IT drives business or that business drives IT?&#xD;&#xA; - What do you think about our current business model?&#xD;&#xA; - What could you do to make us more profitable?&#xD;&#xA; - How does IT interface with our company?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;**Personal**&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - What's your favorite joke? &#xD;&#xA; - What book should I read tomorrow? Why? (then go to the library and skim it)&#xD;&#xA; - Who is Thomas Limoncelli? (heh heh, GOTCHA!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most anyone can look good on paper. Some people can BS their way through technical discussions. And many people are poor public speakers. You must ask open ended questions. No &quot;Yes or No&quot;, observe their thought processes, and their troubleshooting abilities. Most telling, are the metaphors they use to describe complex processes. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hiring a SA is a very difficult task. It is unlikely that a technical interview will describe who you will be hiring. It's not so much what they know now. It's what they are willing to learn, and how quickly they will learn and apply it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Practice-System-Network-Administration/dp/0201702711" />
  <row Id="47316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26604" RevisionGUID="db590e7d-05d2-425c-a1c1-3e682c15c6b0" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:46:16.753" UserId="8199" Text="Here's another dumb question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to search in windows explorer for just folders?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know folders get sorted to the top, but I'm always looking for that extra option..." />
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  <row Id="47318" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26604" RevisionGUID="db590e7d-05d2-425c-a1c1-3e682c15c6b0" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:46:16.753" UserId="8199" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-explorer&gt;&lt;search&gt;&lt;folders&gt;" />
  <row Id="47321" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26527" RevisionGUID="60532832-699a-4ad1-b844-1f804003b9d1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:47:14.383" UserId="1233" Comment="Clarification" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was looking for a way to backup all our SVN repositories, and came across this:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/04/05/automatically-backing-up-multiple-subversion-repositories/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because our repositories are organized in a client / project directory structure, i changed the script into this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    SVN_REPOSITORIES_ROOT_DIR=&quot;/var/svn/repos/&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    BACKUP_DIRECTORY=&quot;/home/hyperactive/public_html/svn/&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    for CLIENT in `ls -1 $SVN_REPOSITORIES_ROOT_DIR`&#xD;&#xA;    do&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    echo 'dumping client: ' $CLIENT&#xD;&#xA;    mkdir $BACKUP_DIRECTORY/$CLIENT&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    for REPOSITORY in `ls -1 $SVN_REPOSITORIES_ROOT_DIR/$CLIENT`&#xD;&#xA;    do&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    echo 'dumping repository: ' $REPOSITORY&#xD;&#xA;    svnadmin dump $SVN_REPOSITORIES_ROOT_DIR$CLIENT/$REPOSITORY | gzip &gt; $BACKUP_DIRECTORY$CLIENT/$REPOSITORY'.gz'&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After running it (it completed the backup successfully), i get the following error on every repository that was to be backed up:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;m:human-readable errcode=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    Could not open the requested SVN filesystem&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/m:human-readable&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I looked in the apache error log, and this is what i found:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    (20014)Internal error: Can't open file '/var/svn/repos/Test2/Test3.gz/format': No such file or directory, referer: http://10.4.2.254/svn/Test2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The way i see it, somehow the backup script added the **.gz** at the end of the repo path ([...]Test2/Test3**.gz**). After further cheking i noticed the single quotes surrounding the .gz extension in the script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any thoughts ?" />
  <row Id="47324" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26581" RevisionGUID="75999f7f-3df4-4f64-ad4b-c079e2251514" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:49:03.630" UserId="4721" Comment="added 24 characters in body" Text="Since you are on the Windows machine, these things can be done,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Execute the following command and look for a &quot;:3306&quot; listener (you did not mention UDP/TCP). This will confirm there is something running on the port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;b&gt;netstat -a -n&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - After this, if you are expecting incoming connections on this port and feel that the firewall may be blocking them, you could &lt;b&gt;start windows firewall logging&lt;/b&gt; and check the logs for dropped connections&#xD;&#xA;   - Go to the Windows Firewall, Advanced settings&#xD;&#xA;   - Click on the Settings button next to &quot;Local Area Connection&quot;&#xD;&#xA;   - Select &quot;Log dropped packets&quot;&#xD;&#xA;   - Look at the log file location (if not present define one)&#xD;&#xA;   - Click OK&#xD;&#xA;   - Now, when the connection attempt is made (assuming you know when this is done), look at the log file for a drop on port 3306.&#xD;&#xA;   - If this is seen, you will want to add an exception for this port.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA; - There is one more command to check the firewall state&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;b&gt;netsh firewall show state&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   - this will list the blocked ports as well as active listening ports with application associations&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - This command will dump the Windows firewall configuration detail&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;b&gt;netsh firewall show config&lt;/b&gt;" />
  <row Id="47325" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26607" RevisionGUID="dfada851-fdd4-4550-be75-4c6485144fbd" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:49:21.803" UserId="45" Text="Check out this blog post (May 7, 2009):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[.NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Family Update package revisions coming soon!][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As alternative, you could [deploy it using the Active Directory][2] (.NET Framework 3.5 Deployment Guide for Administrators):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This section describes how to use&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Active Directory to deploy the Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Installer setup package for a specific&#xD;&#xA;&gt; component across a network. To deploy&#xD;&#xA;&gt; components that require file&#xD;&#xA;&gt; extraction, you must have&#xD;&#xA;&gt; administrator privileges on the target&#xD;&#xA;&gt; computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/wsus/archive/2009/05/07/net-framework-3-5-service-pack-1-sp1-and-family-update-package-revisions-coming-soon.aspx &#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc160717.aspx#active_directory" />
  <row Id="47326" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26608" RevisionGUID="64cb9666-204d-4b77-9678-3cc255934353" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:50:00.413" UserId="5021" Text="This doesn't really answer your question, but this will install it for you in 1 click&#xD;&#xA;http://bitnami.org/stack/moodle&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47327" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26608" RevisionGUID="64cb9666-204d-4b77-9678-3cc255934353" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:50:00.413" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="47331" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26610" RevisionGUID="925bdfe8-aed0-4b5a-93fc-3e02b07de4c1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:51:24.780" UserId="3489" Text="&gt; Would I compromise the performance of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the SAN to the servers if I let the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SAN traffic run over the whole&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network, instead of just between the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; iSCSI target and the servers as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; clients?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you share the NIC for both iSCSI and normal traffic, yes, however look at the actual traffic you're sending to get a real answer. If there's no router between the servers and the workstations the broadcast overhead of the workstations would hinder performance slightly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;VLAN's are free, use one to seperate iSCSI traffic, most servers have 2xGbe these days, dedicating one for storage usually isn't a problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If I create a &quot;disk&quot; on the iSCSI&#xD;&#xA;&gt; target, can multiple clients access&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the same &quot;disk&quot;? If so, can this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; replace network file shares?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No. That's a NAS (and perhaps what you should be looking at, or at least a combo device like a NetApp).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There *are* &quot;cluster&quot; filesystems that do this, however they require all the hosts to be trusted and there's a lot of manual configuration involved.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will also want to look at &quot;zoning&quot; (as it's called in the FC world) to ensure Windows (which will take anything it can get) doesn't steal another host's LUN (think partition)" />
  <row Id="47336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26612" RevisionGUID="a2b4cbf4-b81d-46b1-8198-19c1915bd921" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:52:45.700" UserId="8199" Text="I like to use Windows and Linux (Ubuntu) and I'm constantly disappointed at the lack of power in the file managers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What uber-powerful all inclusive awesomesauce solution do you use?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/yes, I know about the terminal&#xD;&#xA;//yes, I'm lazy" />
  <row Id="47337" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26612" RevisionGUID="a2b4cbf4-b81d-46b1-8198-19c1915bd921" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:52:45.700" UserId="8199" Text="Good file manager replacement in Linux / Windows?" />
  <row Id="47338" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26612" RevisionGUID="a2b4cbf4-b81d-46b1-8198-19c1915bd921" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:52:45.700" UserId="8199" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-explorer&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;gnome&gt;" />
  <row Id="47341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26614" RevisionGUID="aebcd42e-0e81-40be-840b-057eda63955b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:53:56.133" UserId="8784" Text="instead of using cmd.com, have you tried PowerShell?  I believe it's under accessories.  " />
  <row Id="47342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26615" RevisionGUID="ef0156e5-fab0-4742-b41d-5104007a695d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:54:17.287" UserId="4472" Text="If you use the command prompt you can always do &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dir /d" />
  <row Id="47343" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26616" RevisionGUID="6d6e43d1-c91f-43ac-b237-73aa34af6bee" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:55:26.367" UserId="2612" Text="Troubleshooting scheduled scripts: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. If you haven't already, check the **Scheduled Tasks** log file, in the GUI under *Advanced* &gt; *View Log*. Search the file for &quot;`***`&quot; to find the most recent entries, and you may see a little extra error info.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Define a log file to capture output, and send both standard out and standard error there. Change any **echo OFF** to **echo ON** to be sure you're not supressing any error messages.   &#xD;&#xA;For example, if your script is called `ftp.data.cmd` then your scheduled task might look like this,  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    `cmd /c ftp.data.cmd &gt;&gt; ftp.data.log 2&gt;&amp;1`  &#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Is the script hanging? Maybe the task scheduler is killing the script (hence the CTRL+C error code) after some specified period of time. Add some of these at strategic points in your scipt,  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   `echo %DATE% %TIME%`  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4. Are you sure the account running the script has permissions / access to everything in the script?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5. If you can't get any joy, run this command and post the output here, maybe we can start with the scheduling,  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   `schtasks /query /v /fo LIST /s YOURSERVER`  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47345" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26617" RevisionGUID="63ec2459-b086-476c-998c-65bf92d1836d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:55:51.793" UserId="2282" Text="**I *do* want Internet Explorer to maintain a history for *websites* I visit** (e.g. to enhance performance with caching and provide quick access back to places I've recently visited) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**However I have *never, ever* wanted Internet Explorer to track history for files it didn't even open!**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;e.g. when I view `txt` files, `xml` files, videos, `mp3` files, `doc` files, spreadsheets etc... by &quot;launching&quot; them from elsewhere in Windows (e.g. Windows Exploring (the file manager, not the browser), or from Firefox, Chrome, etc. when they pass along a file to be handled outside the browser).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm open to running scripts daily to purge the bogus entries but ideally a one time regedit or similar fix would be preferred.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47346" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26617" RevisionGUID="63ec2459-b086-476c-998c-65bf92d1836d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:55:51.793" UserId="2282" Text="How do you stop Internet Explorer from tracking history of files opened up in OTHER applications?" />
  <row Id="47347" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26617" RevisionGUID="63ec2459-b086-476c-998c-65bf92d1836d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:55:51.793" UserId="2282" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;history&gt;&lt;internet-explorer&gt;" />
  <row Id="47348" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26618" RevisionGUID="9cd8f574-8233-469d-a52a-620cbade1cff" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:56:40.637" UserId="4392" Text="I remember wondering these exact questions, too. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the scoop: A server sees an iscsi slice (called a LUN) just like it would a hard drive. It addresses it as /dev/sdwhatever, and you partition it and use LVM (if you want), and create a filesystem on that device. It works great. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, it gets complex when you want multiple machines to talk to the same drive at the same time. It would be like hooking a USB drive up to a bunch of computers at once. Madness. Cats and dogs laying down together. Insanity. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, it happens that there are some ways to get multiple machines to talk to the same device, but you have to use what's known as a &quot;clustered&quot; filesystem. This is a filesystem that knows that multiple computers are talking to it, and it accounts for that. It does this through a few possible ways, including multiple journals (one per machine, usually), or using a lock manager (which is one specific computer that acts like a traffic cop), but whichever way you go, you're going to have to cluster all of the machines that you want to talk to the same LUN. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What most people typically do, if they want really high availability, is to cluster three (or sometimes two, but it can be harder) machines to work together as a file server cluster. Those three machines are the only ones who write to the LUN, but their clients use NFS, Samba, FTP, or whatever to access the files there. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I actually did a Redhat Cluster HOWTO a while back (http://standalone-sysadmin.blogspot.com/2008/12/howto-redhat-cluster-suite.html) but I never got it successfully working and stable. Now I've got a couple of machines that are set up as fileservers that don't have the LUN mounted, but can at the touch of a button. It's a trade off for me, since I didn't have the time to learn the clustering suite. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47349" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26619" RevisionGUID="b26ee909-7721-4e7a-866f-b9b7712f55e8" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:56:53.477" UserId="2299" Text="To expand on Eppz's suggestion, to search for a folder called &quot;tem*&quot; (I've included a wildcard just as an example) somewhere on the C: partition use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dir /s /d c:\\tem*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47350" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26620" RevisionGUID="95e76c9c-c643-46c6-822e-1e50137b094b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:57:18.327" UserId="9156" Text="One of the questions I love to ask is &quot;what is the maximum number of systems you have worked with at one time?&quot;. That is, because looking after a single computer is different from tens of servers, which in turn is different from hundreds, or thousands, and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also like to present some current task or challenge I have and get a fresh view on it (hey, at least I get something out of the interview!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other than that, the best interview sessions I had were open-ended, drifting from one subject to another, getting a feel of how the candidate approaches knowledge and learning (because one can never know everything, but at least can learn to ask the right questions or search in the right places)." />
  <row Id="47351" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26621" RevisionGUID="e9c891cd-b65b-4922-8a54-86791982cea9" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:57:26.033" UserId="5745" Text="unrarx maybe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ar is available on the command line, if you can manage it. I know you want a GUI, but that might entail installing Fink to get something running in X, which would probably be worse in the long-run." />
  <row Id="47352" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26622" RevisionGUID="9a1c63b5-54d8-471c-b15b-e5c26222e61e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:57:34.990" UserDisplayName="chao" Text="I am having Linux server and load average is 25% &#xD;&#xA;user issued ls command on folder which has more than 50 thousand files&#xD;&#xA;these process are hunged stat I am not able to kill these process because these process do not have parent ID . I have tried kill -9 and other options but these arenot getting killed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I kill these process to brign sown the load to normal" />
  <row Id="47353" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26622" RevisionGUID="9a1c63b5-54d8-471c-b15b-e5c26222e61e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:57:34.990" UserDisplayName="chao" Text="Server load average is 25% in top" />
  <row Id="47354" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26622" RevisionGUID="9a1c63b5-54d8-471c-b15b-e5c26222e61e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:57:34.990" UserDisplayName="chao" Text="&lt;process&gt;" />
  <row Id="47355" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26623" RevisionGUID="aff015dd-9c25-42c6-9dbe-f32e8604793c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:58:10.790" UserId="8388" Text="We use Word 2003 on all computers; we also use Group Policy to set a shared &quot;workgroup templates&quot; folder, which is really useful as we can just copy .DOT files into there to make them accessible to all users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a company policy that all documents must have a filepath and a page number in the footer. I'd love to be able to override the default Word template to include these if possible - can anyone suggest a neat, efficient way of doing it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanking you in advance..." />
  <row Id="47356" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26623" RevisionGUID="aff015dd-9c25-42c6-9dbe-f32e8604793c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:58:10.790" UserId="8388" Text="Modifying Word's Normal template company-wide" />
  <row Id="47357" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26623" RevisionGUID="aff015dd-9c25-42c6-9dbe-f32e8604793c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T14:58:10.790" UserId="8388" Text="&lt;msword&gt;&lt;templates&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;" />
  <row Id="47360" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26625" RevisionGUID="e64e8ca3-6383-4c5f-9f6d-0045007d7a06" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:00:41.553" UserId="4392" Text="When you say load average, you mean the three numbers on the top line on the right side? Your screen looks something like this?: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    load average: 25.0, x.x, x.x&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's not really a percent. That's the number of processes waiting on the processor. Unless you've got a _ton_ of cores, that's not a good number. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sort by Processor (hit the P key) and see what's at the top" />
  <row Id="47363" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26581" RevisionGUID="ec217412-f866-4720-b9dd-6f51ae5653e6" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:01:29.257" UserId="4721" Comment="added 571 characters in body; added 110 characters in body" Text="Since you are on the Windows machine, these things can be done,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Execute the following command and look for a &quot;:3306&quot; listener (you did not mention UDP/TCP). This will confirm there is something running on the port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;b&gt;netstat -a -n&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - After this, if you are expecting incoming connections on this port and feel that the firewall may be blocking them, you could &lt;b&gt;start windows firewall logging&lt;/b&gt; and check the logs for dropped connections&#xD;&#xA;   - Go to the Windows Firewall, Advanced settings&#xD;&#xA;   - Click on the Settings button next to &quot;Local Area Connection&quot;&#xD;&#xA;   - Select &quot;Log dropped packets&quot;&#xD;&#xA;   - Look at the log file location (if not present define one)&#xD;&#xA;   - Click OK&#xD;&#xA;   - Now, when the connection attempt is made (assuming you know when this is done), look at the log file for a drop on port 3306.&#xD;&#xA;   - If this is seen, you will want to add an exception for this port.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA; - There is one more command to check the firewall state&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;b&gt;netsh firewall show state&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   - this will list the blocked ports as well as active listening ports with application associations&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - This command will dump the Windows firewall configuration detail&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;b&gt;netsh firewall show config&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;If you have an active block (incoming connections are being dropped by firewall) after you start logging, you should see that in the log.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are running an application/service that is listening on 3306, the &lt;b&gt;firewall config&lt;/b&gt; should show it to be Enabled. If this is not seen, you have probably missed adding an exception with the firewall to allow this app/service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, port 3306 is typically used for MySQL. So, I presume you are running MySQL server on this windows machine. You should therefore see a listener for 3306 accepting incoming connections. If you do not see that, you need to work with your application (MySQL) to get that started first." />
  <row Id="47364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26627" RevisionGUID="92aa5f2f-1158-4a8b-a557-a71943ace7ec" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:02:24.637" UserId="2299" Text="An old fart replies: I use the old File Manager from Windows NT4 (or was it 3.51?). It dosn't have the right clickery that Explorer does, but it's much faster, much better at file copies and file deletes and doesn't hang up every time a network drive won't reconnect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried just about every File Manager replacement out there but they're all just too slow or too fussy to use. Mind you my idea of anawesomesauce solution is the command prompt :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not a solution for unix of course.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47365" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26628" RevisionGUID="f5a03c9e-7d84-4672-8558-60550d323859" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:02:36.540" UserDisplayName="chao" Text="yes thats correct" />
  <row Id="47366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26629" RevisionGUID="cf99ec90-998e-4801-a569-4a2ebcefb2eb" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:04:44.977" UserId="4946" Text="[Total Commander][1] to the rescue!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ghisler.com/" />
  <row Id="47367" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26587" RevisionGUID="83075e69-f9af-4b84-90f4-ffb9bf275e39" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:04:45.913" UserId="1233" Comment="Clicked the button early" Text="In the script - to clarify:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Repositories are laid out as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/var/svn/repos/CLIENT/REPOSITORY_NAME?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Removing those folders should fix the issue (I recommend moving them before actually running rm on them)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for CLIENT in `ls -1 $SVN_REPOSITORIES_ROOT_DIR`&#xD;&#xA;    do&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     echo 'dumping client: ' $CLIENT&#xD;&#xA;     mkdir $BACKUP_DIRECTORY/$CLIENT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where is the done to finish the loop? It's not added to the question - I'm assuming it's at the end of the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The '.gz' with single quotes is added to make sure .gz is added to the gzip file and not part of the variable $REPOSITORY&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I gave the script a run myself - and it worked fine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Old Answer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you unzipped the backup?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The line `svnadmin dump $SVN_REPOSITORIES_ROOT_DIR$CLIENT/$REPOSITORY | gzip &gt; $BACKUP_DIRECTORY$CLIENT/$REPOSITORY'.gz'` dumps the subversion repository and then zips it up into one smaller file. Try running `unzip REPOSITORY.gz` and your folder structure will be revealed." />
  <row Id="47368" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26625" RevisionGUID="9186d711-c939-4969-8f03-7bad6ad0a5be" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:06:35.707" UserId="4392" Comment="deleted 4 characters in body" Text="When you say load average, you mean the three numbers on the top line on the right side? Your screen looks something like this?: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    load average: 25.0, x.x, x.x&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's not really a percent. That's the number of processes waiting on the processor. Unless you've got a _ton_ of cores, that's not a good number. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you tried killing the shell that invoked the 'ls'?" />
  <row Id="47369" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26630" RevisionGUID="6c062ccd-aa33-407f-b3b1-23fd4edd036b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:07:23.567" UserId="8743" Text="[midnight commander][1] is very good and highly tweakable. It is also very light and is perfect for remote ssh session as it is console based.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.midnight-commander.org/" />
  <row Id="47370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26631" RevisionGUID="2c5c074f-11e4-42ce-ad17-805459a7b35a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:08:26.030" UserId="4925" Text="If you transfering just only one (or few) files (usually that's true for backups) you can try using pscp instead of pftp - scp is older and simpler protocol, and it uses different SSH subsystem - so less points of failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is wikipedia links to this protocols if you are interesting:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [SSH SCP][1]&#xD;&#xA;- [SSH SFTP][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_copy&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_file_transfer_protocol" />
  <row Id="47373" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26622" RevisionGUID="55a60fd7-1cee-497c-b60e-36e5e8b2a4d9" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:09:53.140" UserId="5308" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;process&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="47374" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26587" RevisionGUID="5faf40fb-c04d-4426-a975-43d0466424bd" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:10:44.277" UserId="1233" Comment="added 79 characters in body" Text="In the script - to clarify:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Repositories are laid out as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/var/svn/repos/CLIENT/REPOSITORY_NAME? Test2 is the client and Test3 is the repository in your example? It's unclear.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Removing those folders should fix the issue (I recommend moving them before actually running rm on them)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for CLIENT in `ls -1 $SVN_REPOSITORIES_ROOT_DIR`&#xD;&#xA;    do&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     echo 'dumping client: ' $CLIENT&#xD;&#xA;     mkdir $BACKUP_DIRECTORY/$CLIENT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where is the done to finish the loop? It's not added to the question - I'm assuming it's at the end of the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The '.gz' with single quotes is added to make sure .gz is added to the gzip file and not part of the variable $REPOSITORY&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I gave the script a run myself - and it worked fine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Old Answer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you unzipped the backup?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The line `svnadmin dump $SVN_REPOSITORIES_ROOT_DIR$CLIENT/$REPOSITORY | gzip &gt; $BACKUP_DIRECTORY$CLIENT/$REPOSITORY'.gz'` dumps the subversion repository and then zips it up into one smaller file. Try running `unzip REPOSITORY.gz` and your folder structure will be revealed." />
  <row Id="47375" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26585" RevisionGUID="c4d68599-b1c5-4d82-80b1-40e33bc822e1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:12:14.930" UserId="4694" Comment="added 39 characters in body" Text="use netstat to see which ports are listening&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **netstat -an**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check if there is **:3306** state **LISTENING**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;check firewall settings" />
  <row Id="47376" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26629" RevisionGUID="b6e444b3-59cd-4c44-8289-3da775ac7878" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:12:18.423" UserId="4946" Comment="added 339 characters in body" Text="[Total Commander][1] to the rescue!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![screenshot][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't use it anymore actually, but I do remember using the dos-version, and knowing all the hotkeys... I could really do things a lot faster!  &#xD;&#xA;I even remember still using that dos-version under windows 3.11 because it was so much better than the windows explorer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ghisler.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ghisler.com/images/wcmdbig.gif" />
  <row Id="47377" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26633" RevisionGUID="a0f1daf6-d2bd-4c46-a94e-b633b11a27fd" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:12:54.930" UserId="8743" Text="There seems to be an [issue on drupal.org][1] for this but I take it you'd found it ....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://drupal.org/node/150909" />
  <row Id="47378" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26634" RevisionGUID="6955ee53-bffb-48b3-99fd-538d17e709b3" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:13:31.963" UserId="9149" Text="You can easily enable hidden console on 3i (prior to update 2):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1. On the VMware ESXi host, press ALT-F1.&#xD;&#xA;    2. Print **unsupported** (text will not be visible), you enter the Tech Support Mode, and you will be prompted for a password. Enter a password for the user root.&#xD;&#xA;    3. You should see command prompt ~ #.&#xD;&#xA;    4. Open the file inetd.conf using vi /etc/inetd.conf&#xD;&#xA;    5. Find the line, starting with #ssh and remove the #character.&#xD;&#xA;    6. Press ESC and type: wq, to save your changes and exit back into the console.&#xD;&#xA;    7. Restart the management services using the command `/sbin /services.sh restart`.&#xD;&#xA;    8. Now you can connect to SSH, using any ssh-client (eg, Putty).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Starting with the VMware ESXi Update 2, this method of enabling SSH access is not working, servises.sh no longer restarts the daemon inet.d, which is supposed to enable SSH. To restart, do the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     * Type ps | grep inetd&#xD;&#xA;       The result will be something like 1299 1299 busybox inetd. &#xD;&#xA;       Process ID for inetd - 1299.&#xD;&#xA;     * Now enter the kill-HUP process_id, where process_id in this case 1299.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After that SSH should work." />
  <row Id="47379" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26635" RevisionGUID="b0bfd845-945d-45d7-bdab-76bb7d417464" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:14:55.767" UserId="7682" Text="xplorer2 is good, however I'm still looking for a file browser that integrates with the run dialog for easy launching." />
  <row Id="47382" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26636" RevisionGUID="f75a7728-5f39-4c83-8227-0d97b7f82826" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:21:31.010" UserId="4487" Text="Create your normal.dot and place it in the workgroup templates folder you've specified, and then ensure that there is no normal.dot in the user's template folder. This can be done using a logon script. Word will look for normal.dot in the following folders, and use the first one it finds:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Program templates folder (there shouldn't be a normal.dot here, unless someone added it manually)&#xD;&#xA; - User templates folder&#xD;&#xA; - Workgroup templates folder&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See also [KB826839][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826839" />
  <row Id="47387" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26639" RevisionGUID="b609946f-8b33-4f30-b464-2d0f5f1f3a54" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:24:04.437" UserId="1447" Text="Sharing the SAN directly to desktops is probably more trouble than it's worth as you will have to install special cluster file system software on the desktops.  This software can be quite expensive for Windows and is almost certainly not going to bring you any beneift.  You are better off using a file server (it can mount SAN volumes if desired) and standard CIFS shares.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some SAN equipment can also work in a dual mode where it exports both block level storage and NAS using conventional file sharing protocols.  NetApp is best known for this type of equipment although you can get systems of this type from most manufacturers of such equipment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47388" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26640" RevisionGUID="59b25cd6-2b07-413d-9cd3-423299c92168" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:25:01.923" UserId="25543" Text="Ok, i'm feeling very embarassed right now ... it seems that everything was ok, but since i had the brilliant idea of saving the backups in public_html/ with the exact same directory structure as the repositories, and had a &lt;Location /svn&gt; in an Apache conf file, somehow the .gz files were being treated as repositories. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To clarify, i had the following structure for the backups:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    public_html/&#xD;&#xA;        svn/&#xD;&#xA;            CLIENT/&#xD;&#xA;                PROJECT.gz&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;... and this one for the repositories:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /var/svn/repos/&#xD;&#xA;        CLIENT/&#xD;&#xA;            PROJECT/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in a Apache conf file i had:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /svn&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        DAV svn&#xD;&#xA;        [...]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When navigating with the browser to /svn, i encountered the specified error. Renaming or moving the backup folder from public_html/ solved the problem and made me feel stupid." />
  <row Id="47389" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26641" RevisionGUID="07c9cc76-04a8-4ed0-b4f5-2d7a7ce9d5e0" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:25:24.903" UserId="6233" Text="Maybe good old [DNN][1] can help with your tasks, It got very good modules for Events, Forum, File and Picture sharing, Also easy to set it up and run.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dotnetnuke.com/" />
  <row Id="47390" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26629" RevisionGUID="597203b6-5ea0-4a58-b4a2-e3be2df2bf72" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:26:22.607" UserId="4946" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="[Total Commander][1] to the rescue!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![screenshot][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't use it anymore actually, but I do remember using the dos-version, and knowing all the hotkeys... I could really do things a lot faster!  &#xD;&#xA;I even remember still using that old dos-version under windows 3.11 because it was so much better than the windows explorer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ghisler.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ghisler.com/images/wcmdbig.gif" />
  <row Id="47391" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26452" RevisionGUID="acd8bdca-3ed5-4a7f-9d99-b1786aef09e7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:26:27.240" UserId="7384" Comment="added 141 characters in body" Text="We recently upgraded to Outlook 2007 and many people find the photos in the window border to be a little creepy. We don't want to remove them from the contacts because they are useful when receiving calls on Blackberries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have not been able to find and Outlook option to disable or hide them. Does anyone know how to do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is an example of what I'm talking about:&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3416/3632039895_b38e7e0d8d.jpg?v=0" />
  <row Id="47392" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26642" RevisionGUID="2da26289-5634-44b6-a77a-00b649c9fd8f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:26:35.773" UserId="9637" Text="At command prompt just &quot;cd&quot; to your path and then use the command bellow.&#xD;&#xA;Beware, this search is case sensitive. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dir /d | find &quot;name&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47393" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26643" RevisionGUID="a8ffd8e1-8995-4cfe-9495-09b722442d15" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:28:47.923" UserDisplayName="mike" Text="I have some static files that I would like to serve via Apache to a website which uses basic authentication to restrict access. In addition, I want to be able to prevent people with login accounts on the web server from accessing these files. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's the best way to achieve this? The simplest thing would be to have the restricted files owned by the web server account (&quot;apache&quot;, in my case, as I'm running on Fedora). However, [this thread][1] suggests that allowing the web server user to own anything in the www root is a bad idea from a security perspective:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; As a general rule, no mechanism should&#xD;&#xA;&gt; exist that might theoretically allow&#xD;&#xA;&gt; your apache server to write to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; anything on your system, unless there&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is simply no other way of achieving a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; particular effect you happen to want.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The most effective ways of ensuring this include... [n]ot doing anything silly ... eg allowing your web server user to own anything in the www root.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=540621" />
  <row Id="47394" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26643" RevisionGUID="a8ffd8e1-8995-4cfe-9495-09b722442d15" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:28:47.923" UserDisplayName="mike" Text="How should I set the permissions on files to be served via apache to disallow access by people with login accounts on the web server? " />
  <row Id="47395" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26643" RevisionGUID="a8ffd8e1-8995-4cfe-9495-09b722442d15" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:28:47.923" UserDisplayName="mike" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="47398" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26629" RevisionGUID="0deb6c34-c16f-4c5b-aeba-513ee26ad4ec" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:32:55.450" UserId="4946" Comment="added 224 characters in body" Text="[Total Commander][1] to the rescue!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![screenshot][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't use it anymore actually, but I do remember using the dos-version, and knowing all the hotkeys... I could really do things a lot faster!  &#xD;&#xA;I even remember still using that old dos-version under windows 3.11 because it was so much better than the windows explorer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**: Just been searching, and it was actually Norton Commander which I used in dos (from which total commander is a clone):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![another screenshot][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ghisler.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ghisler.com/images/wcmdbig.gif&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/content/binary/far1.png" />
  <row Id="47399" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26645" RevisionGUID="9d83a318-5fb5-4254-84b8-b1794fa12957" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:33:05.700" UserId="1107" Text="Given that Opera Unite allows users to share files (music, photos, etc.) through firewalls and without a web server, it seems to be a security risk for the enterprise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An article on this at ZDNet:&#xD;&#xA;http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,39664228,00.htm&#xD;&#xA;states &quot;At this point, [you should] be a bit cautious in the files you're sharing — only share amongst people you trust.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's the best way for a sysadmin to block Opera Unite sharing? Since the hosting computer must be running Opera Unite, attempts to block downloading and running that application could be attempted on the specific computer, but are there more foolproof methods to block the use of this tool, to prevent unauthorized and accidental file sharing?" />
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  <row Id="47405" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26647" RevisionGUID="5489f9fb-3207-4bc7-8d3c-15f3e1820441" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:34:12.763" UserId="3214" Text="I have installed SQL Server 2008 ReportServer on dozens of servers, all virtually identical. It was always possible to configure it to use a domain account (the same one on all those servers). However, on MYSERVERNAME I get the following error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot start service ReportServer on computer 'MYSERVERNAME'. ---&gt; System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: Access is denied&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      --- End of inner exception stack trace ---&#xD;&#xA;       at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.Start(String[] args)&#xD;&#xA;       at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.Start()&#xD;&#xA;       at ReportServicesConfigUI.Panels.WindowsServiceIdentityPanel.StartWindowsServicePostChangeWindowsServiceIdentity(ServiceController rsService)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This also happened after removing and re-installing ReportServer. The error goes away when I add the domain account to the administrators groups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="47408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26648" RevisionGUID="776eaaa6-2429-4b11-b121-1bbfc0b2d60b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:35:22.153" UserId="4301" Text="I am trying to enable mutual authentication for my WebService hosted in IIS7. I have the server side cert setup and working but cannot figure out how to get a Certificate Trust List created and setup in IIS7 so that I can require and validate client side certificates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of my client side certs are signed by my own root cert so I need to create a CTL that contains just my root cert and then have IIS validate client provided certs against the CTL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone shed some light on how to do this? IIS6 had a UI for assigning a CTL, but I can find nothing similar in IIS7." />
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  <row Id="47414" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26650" RevisionGUID="b9b37156-33e9-45ef-8f58-a9257de3ffc1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:37:09.623" UserId="9690" Text="I recently downloaded DotWiki which I plan on using for a support section for my companies website. The application itself has two different security modes &quot;simple&quot; and &quot;full&quot; full uses an ASP.NET Membership provider for security. However when I run the following command (of course replacing [sql server] and such with proper information) I get a pretty big error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;aspnet_regsql -S [my computer name]\\[sql server] -E -A all -d DotWiki&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I get the following error when I run this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727&gt;aspnet_regsql -S AGQAOFFICE\SQLSER&#xD;&#xA;VER05 -E -A all -d DotWiki&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Start adding the following features:&#xD;&#xA;Membership&#xD;&#xA;Profile&#xD;&#xA;RoleManager&#xD;&#xA;Personalization&#xD;&#xA;SqlWebEventProvider&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;.&#xD;&#xA;An error occurred during the execution of the SQL file 'InstallMembership.sql'.&#xD;&#xA;The SQL error number is 290 and the SqlException message is: Invalid EXECUTE sta&#xD;&#xA;tement using object &quot;Relation&quot;, method &quot;SetUseVarDecimal&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;SQL Server: [my computer name]\[sql server]&#xD;&#xA;Database: [DotWiki]&#xD;&#xA;SQL file loaded:&#xD;&#xA;InstallMembership.sql&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Commands failed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/*************************************************************/&#xD;&#xA;/*************************************************************/&#xD;&#xA;/*************************************************************/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DECLARE @ver int&#xD;&#xA;DECLARE @version nchar(100)&#xD;&#xA;DECLARE @dot int&#xD;&#xA;DECLARE @hyphen int&#xD;&#xA;DECLARE @SqlToExec nchar(400)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SELECT @ver = 8&#xD;&#xA;SELECT @version = @@Version&#xD;&#xA;SELECT @hyphen  = CHARINDEX(N' - ', @version)&#xD;&#xA;IF (NOT(@hyphen IS NULL) AND @hyphen &gt; 0)&#xD;&#xA;BEGIN&#xD;&#xA;    SELECT @hyphen = @hyphen + 3&#xD;&#xA;    SELECT @dot    = CHARINDEX(N'.', @version, @hyphen)&#xD;&#xA;    IF (NOT(@dot IS NULL) AND @dot &gt; @hyphen)&#xD;&#xA;    BEGIN&#xD;&#xA;        SELECT @version = SUBSTRING(@version, @hyphen, @dot - @hyphen)&#xD;&#xA;        SELECT @ver     = CONVERT(int, @version)&#xD;&#xA;    END&#xD;&#xA;END&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/*************************************************************/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IF (@ver &gt;= 8)&#xD;&#xA;    EXEC sp_tableoption N'aspnet_Membership', 'text in row', 3000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/*************************************************************/&#xD;&#xA;/*************************************************************/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IF (EXISTS (SELECT name&#xD;&#xA;              FROM sysobjects&#xD;&#xA;             WHERE (name = N'aspnet_Membership_CreateUser')&#xD;&#xA;               AND (type = 'P')))&#xD;&#xA;DROP PROCEDURE dbo.aspnet_Membership_CreateUser&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQL Exception:&#xD;&#xA;System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Invalid EXECUTE statement using object &quot;Rela&#xD;&#xA;tion&quot;, method &quot;SetUseVarDecimal&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolea&#xD;&#xA;n breakConnection)&#xD;&#xA;   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnection.OnError(SqlException exception&#xD;&#xA;, Boolean breakConnection)&#xD;&#xA;   at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning(TdsParserStateObj&#xD;&#xA;ect stateObj)&#xD;&#xA;   at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Run(RunBehavior runBehavior, SqlCommand cm&#xD;&#xA;dHandler, SqlDataReader dataStream, BulkCopySimpleResultSet bulkCopyHandler, Tds&#xD;&#xA;ParserStateObject stateObj)&#xD;&#xA;   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteNonQueryTds(String methodName,&#xD;&#xA;Boolean async)&#xD;&#xA;   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.InternalExecuteNonQuery(DbAsyncResult res&#xD;&#xA;ult, String methodName, Boolean sendToPipe)&#xD;&#xA;   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()&#xD;&#xA;   at System.Web.Management.SqlServices.ExecuteFile(String file, String server,&#xD;&#xA;String database, String dbFileName, SqlConnection connection, Boolean sessionSta&#xD;&#xA;te, Boolean isInstall, SessionStateType sessionStatetype)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help would be appreciated :)" />
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  <row Id="47417" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26651" RevisionGUID="90d26db2-41a6-4522-a3c2-ea783106e930" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:37:18.017" UserId="9503" Text="You can use group permissions, set your files with RW access for the user you want and set access to RO for the group apache belong to." />
  <row Id="47418" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26652" RevisionGUID="5685ce1c-77fa-4fac-a408-26d4bdaec617" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:37:36.593" UserId="48" Text="The [Exchange 2007 PowerShell Scriptacular Demo pack][1] contains a number of powershell scripts to populate your exchange organisation with users and email and other useful tools, I have used them successfully to demo an Exchange product before. Make sure you configure the config file the way you want before running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.viveksharma.com/TECHLOG/archive/2006/12/21/announcing-the-exchange-2007-powershell-scriptacular-demo-pack.aspx" />
  <row Id="47425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26655" RevisionGUID="af2f9578-e2bc-4d6c-a8e4-e3980f801fa8" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:38:26.063" UserId="4979" Text="The [Audit My PC Firewall test][1] allows you to test a specific port or a range of ports from an external source.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.auditmypc.com/firewall-test.asp" />
  <row Id="47428" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26650" RevisionGUID="965b08ac-f6a0-4db0-b58a-f18e8264e140" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:44:11.760" UserId="1054" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="I recently downloaded DotWiki which I plan on using for a support section for my companies website. The application itself has two different security modes &quot;simple&quot; and &quot;full&quot;.  Full uses an ASP.NET Membership provider for security. However when I run the following command (of course replacing [sql server] and such with proper information) I get a pretty big error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;aspnet_regsql -S [my computer name]\\[sql server] -E -A all -d DotWiki&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I get the following error when I run this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727&gt;aspnet_regsql -S AGQAOFFICE\SQLSER&#xD;&#xA;VER05 -E -A all -d DotWiki&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Start adding the following features:&#xD;&#xA;Membership&#xD;&#xA;Profile&#xD;&#xA;RoleManager&#xD;&#xA;Personalization&#xD;&#xA;SqlWebEventProvider&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;.&#xD;&#xA;An error occurred during the execution of the SQL file 'InstallMembership.sql'.&#xD;&#xA;The SQL error number is 290 and the SqlException message is: Invalid EXECUTE sta&#xD;&#xA;tement using object &quot;Relation&quot;, method &quot;SetUseVarDecimal&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;SQL Server: [my computer name]\[sql server]&#xD;&#xA;Database: [DotWiki]&#xD;&#xA;SQL file loaded:&#xD;&#xA;InstallMembership.sql&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Commands failed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/*************************************************************/&#xD;&#xA;/*************************************************************/&#xD;&#xA;/*************************************************************/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DECLARE @ver int&#xD;&#xA;DECLARE @version nchar(100)&#xD;&#xA;DECLARE @dot int&#xD;&#xA;DECLARE @hyphen int&#xD;&#xA;DECLARE @SqlToExec nchar(400)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SELECT @ver = 8&#xD;&#xA;SELECT @version = @@Version&#xD;&#xA;SELECT @hyphen  = CHARINDEX(N' - ', @version)&#xD;&#xA;IF (NOT(@hyphen IS NULL) AND @hyphen &gt; 0)&#xD;&#xA;BEGIN&#xD;&#xA;    SELECT @hyphen = @hyphen + 3&#xD;&#xA;    SELECT @dot    = CHARINDEX(N'.', @version, @hyphen)&#xD;&#xA;    IF (NOT(@dot IS NULL) AND @dot &gt; @hyphen)&#xD;&#xA;    BEGIN&#xD;&#xA;        SELECT @version = SUBSTRING(@version, @hyphen, @dot - @hyphen)&#xD;&#xA;        SELECT @ver     = CONVERT(int, @version)&#xD;&#xA;    END&#xD;&#xA;END&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/*************************************************************/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IF (@ver &gt;= 8)&#xD;&#xA;    EXEC sp_tableoption N'aspnet_Membership', 'text in row', 3000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/*************************************************************/&#xD;&#xA;/*************************************************************/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IF (EXISTS (SELECT name&#xD;&#xA;              FROM sysobjects&#xD;&#xA;             WHERE (name = N'aspnet_Membership_CreateUser')&#xD;&#xA;               AND (type = 'P')))&#xD;&#xA;DROP PROCEDURE dbo.aspnet_Membership_CreateUser&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQL Exception:&#xD;&#xA;System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Invalid EXECUTE statement using object &quot;Rela&#xD;&#xA;tion&quot;, method &quot;SetUseVarDecimal&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolea&#xD;&#xA;n breakConnection)&#xD;&#xA;   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnection.OnError(SqlException exception&#xD;&#xA;, Boolean breakConnection)&#xD;&#xA;   at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning(TdsParserStateObj&#xD;&#xA;ect stateObj)&#xD;&#xA;   at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Run(RunBehavior runBehavior, SqlCommand cm&#xD;&#xA;dHandler, SqlDataReader dataStream, BulkCopySimpleResultSet bulkCopyHandler, Tds&#xD;&#xA;ParserStateObject stateObj)&#xD;&#xA;   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteNonQueryTds(String methodName,&#xD;&#xA;Boolean async)&#xD;&#xA;   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.InternalExecuteNonQuery(DbAsyncResult res&#xD;&#xA;ult, String methodName, Boolean sendToPipe)&#xD;&#xA;   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()&#xD;&#xA;   at System.Web.Management.SqlServices.ExecuteFile(String file, String server,&#xD;&#xA;String database, String dbFileName, SqlConnection connection, Boolean sessionSta&#xD;&#xA;te, Boolean isInstall, SessionStateType sessionStatetype)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help would be appreciated :)" />
  <row Id="47429" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26656" RevisionGUID="840e5b63-1d6f-4779-be44-f48317b6b5d7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:44:20.747" UserId="7320" Text="SQL 2005 Management Studio&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a replication job that is flooding the log with errors. We took the replication destination offline on purpose and we are aware of the issue. We dont want to delete the replication job yet though because (I'm told) there's no &quot;disable&quot; for replication jobs... It's either there, or it isn't; and they don't want it to do &quot;isn't&quot; until the new server holds its water for a while.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to hide the constant errors it's spilling into the logs? A filter view? Maybe an app that you all love for parsing these things?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best answer to anybody who can recommend a good program for checking jobs and logs across SQL 2005 and SQL 2000 machines :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="47430" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26656" RevisionGUID="840e5b63-1d6f-4779-be44-f48317b6b5d7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:44:20.747" UserId="7320" Text="Hide certain Error IDs in MS SQL logs" />
  <row Id="47431" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26656" RevisionGUID="840e5b63-1d6f-4779-be44-f48317b6b5d7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:44:20.747" UserId="7320" Text="&lt;mssql&gt;&lt;event-log&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="47432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26657" RevisionGUID="423403cf-dfe1-4c94-ad09-8808e7cb81f1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:45:24.597" UserId="282" Text="I am in the process of trying to optimize the boot process of our 700 Windows XP workstations, we regularly have complaints about the startup and login times on site workstations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking at this in two parts, part one using BootVis to monitor and inspect the boot process; part two using process monitor to monitor the login process. Using the &quot;Boot Done&quot; waypoint as the metric in BootVis I used a Virtual Machine that has been used for about 18 months (thus fairly typical of on site machines), and reverting to a snapshot before each test.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The most obvious delay was from Sophos Anti-Virus on access scanner, followed at some distance by mrxsmb. I tweaked with the settings for the machine (ensuring I forced Sophos to update twice each time) and came up with the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Scan All Files, On Read**: 260 seconds&#xD;&#xA; - **Scan All Files, On Write**: 160 seconds&#xD;&#xA; - **Scan Executables, On Read and On Write**: 111 seconds&#xD;&#xA; - **Scan Executables, On Read**: 99 seconds&#xD;&#xA; - **Scan Executables, On Write**: 95 seconds&#xD;&#xA; - **On-Access Scanning Disabled**: 102 seconds&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The above tends to suggest that Scanning All Files, On Read is by far the most expensive operation (and probably totally unnecessary). I can't quite comprehend why disabling on-access scanning actually slows the boot down even fractionally - possibly because the on-access driver is still running but not actually scanning anything. The final three results are pretty much the same, which means I must use other factors to influence my decision as to selecting Scan Executables, On Read or On Write.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***So what other considerations should make when configuring On-Access scanning to improve the boot time?***" />
  <row Id="47433" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26657" RevisionGUID="423403cf-dfe1-4c94-ad09-8808e7cb81f1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:45:24.597" UserId="282" Text="How to configure &quot;On-Access Anti-Virus&quot; for a faster boot?" />
  <row Id="47434" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26657" RevisionGUID="423403cf-dfe1-4c94-ad09-8808e7cb81f1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:45:24.597" UserId="282" Text="&lt;boot&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;sophos&gt;&lt;antivirus&gt;" />
  <row Id="47435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26658" RevisionGUID="42721f36-4de8-4893-b5ad-d732e1f3ee83" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:46:21.070" UserId="8493" Text="I saw this because of Matt's blog post, I responded to that, but here are some highlights.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Keep power cables as far from ethernet cables as possible**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is dependent on your site, but the worst cabling disasters I've dealt with are when people slavishly run power cables and ethernet cables up and down the sides of the rack. It seems like a great idea in theory, but the practice is a giant knot of either power or ethernet inside the rack post.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best way I've found to combat this problem is to run ethernet down the center of the rack, rather than the sides.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing I forgot to mention before is that ethernet cables and power cables are different.  That means they are run differently, have different lifetimes and different uses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Patch Panels**&#xD;&#xA;These are your friend. If you have a separate networking group and they don't use patch panels, it is because they don't know how to use them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Patch Panels -- The Bad**&#xD;&#xA;Yes, they take up space in your rack, yes they limit the amount of available ports per rack. Putting them in is more work. I will also admit they are not appropriate for every site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Patch Panels -- The Good**&#xD;&#xA;Tracing cable runs of 6 feet or less is exponentially easier than tracing cable runs of 12 feet or more. Adding in new equipment is easier, no more fishing cables through 15 different runs. This can limit the amount of crap that gets shoved into one rack (sometimes this is good).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is a fact of life that servers move frequently comparative to other datacenter equipment. All your old cable drops just add to mess you have to deal with. Since power cables are confined to the rack and can always be reused, this keeps the clutter buildup down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of the frequently cited bad issues with patch panels can be mitigated through planning appropriately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Raised Floors**&#xD;&#xA;Can still be a good thing in some cases. **NEVER** put network drops under a raised floor unless you hate your coworkers and plan to leave soon. If you have a raised floor only use it to run power cables.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Ladder Racks**&#xD;&#xA;Overhead cable runs are the only way to preserve your sanity or blood pressure. This is especially true if you don't use patch panels.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26659" RevisionGUID="30922ddd-903b-49d2-8389-5742ce19c1fb" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:46:48.963" UserId="4946" Text="[LogMeIn][1] is also a very good alternative.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.logmein.com/" />
  <row Id="47437" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26660" RevisionGUID="f2096b78-6e44-44d1-b030-87c32e0c685c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:53:22.880" UserId="9691" Text="have a server running Windows Server 2003. There are 2 Gigabit-Network cards on the Motherboard.&#xD;&#xA;What would be the best way to plug the network cables, so that the data exchange will be optimised.&#xD;&#xA;The server is used mostly for programmers and developers, which means a lot of different files used and users connected at the same time. It is really slow sometimes, if I make a copy of a few documents from the network for example.&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for your cleaver advices." />
  <row Id="47438" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26660" RevisionGUID="f2096b78-6e44-44d1-b030-87c32e0c685c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:53:22.880" UserId="9691" Text="How can I use the maximum network possibility?" />
  <row Id="47439" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26660" RevisionGUID="f2096b78-6e44-44d1-b030-87c32e0c685c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:53:22.880" UserId="9691" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;speed&gt;&lt;slow-connection&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="47440" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26253" RevisionGUID="eb39182b-ac15-4c15-9df0-45c8ef5af4d2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:53:27.420" UserId="6825" Comment="Solved problem! Yay!" Text="I'm a programmer whose been pushed into server admin duty, and I've got a problem that's confusing me good. Lack of knowledge is no doubt the culprit, so educate me if you can. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PROBLEM IN BRIEF: Two physical servers hosted by same dedicated hosting service. Web server (running in a VM) on one server cannot be reached by the other server, but can be reached by anyone else on the Internet that tries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SETUP:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have two servers hosted by ServerBeach. Both running Debian, one running VMWare Server 2 with two VMs - each running Debian also. The VMs each are running Apache and serving up a website. Some **fake** IPs for clarity:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SERVER #1 (eth0): 10.0.1.1&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;SERVER #2 (eth0): 11.0.0.1&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;SERVER #2 secondary IP (eth0:1) - for VM #1: 10.0.2.1&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;SERVER #2 secondary IP (eth0:2) - for VM #2: 10.0.2.2&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The VMs on Server #2 are networked to the host via host-only networking:&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;SERVER #2 (vmnet1): 192.168.0.1&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;VM #1: 192.168.0.2&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;VM #2: 192.168.0.3&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;... while iptables rules on Server #2 take Internet traffic bound for those secondary IPs and changes the destination IP to go to the VMs, and back again for traffic heading out to the Internet from the VM:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -A PREROUTING -d 10.0.2.1 -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to-destination 192.168.0.2:80&#xD;&#xA;    (...)&#xD;&#xA;    -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.0.2 -o eth0 -j SNAT --to-source 10.0.2.1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This works. A computer out there on the Internet can point its browser at http://10.0.2.1 and it gets the web server running on the VM. This sort of setup, where the secondary IPs are aliases on the host machine, and don't live on the VMs themselves, is how ServerBeach insists VMWare setups like this should be configured. And it does the job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only strange thing is that, when Server #1 tries to access the Server #2 VM like any other client out there on the Internet, it times out. (I'm logged on to Server #1 via SSH and using links to try and browse to the site, or even telnet on port 80)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I run tshark on VM #1, I see the SYN packets make it from Server #1 through Server #2 to the VM:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    4.607664 10.0.1.1 -&gt; 192.168.0.2 TCP 44983 &gt; http [SYN] Seq=0 Win=5840 Len=0 MSS=1460 TSV=318986 TSER=0 WS=7&#xD;&#xA;    52.596287 10.0.1.1 -&gt; 192.168.0.2 TCP 44983 &gt; http [SYN] Seq=0 Win=5840 Len=0 MSS=1460 TSV=330986 TSER=0 WS=7&#xD;&#xA;    (etc...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The SYN packets keep coming, but the VM never sends back a SYN-ACK.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, if I hop on any other computer and go to that URL in a browser, I see the SYN, SYN-ACK, and ACK, and of course the traffic that follows (we'll call this other system 170.0.0.1):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    8.456176 170.0.0.1 -&gt; 192.168.0.2 TCP 16945 &gt; http [SYN] Seq=0 Win=65535 Len=0 MSS=1460 WS=1 TSV=972883011 TSER=0&#xD;&#xA;    8.456243 192.168.0.2 -&gt; 170.0.0.1 TCP http &gt; 16945 [SYN, ACK] Seq=0 Ack=1 Win=5792 Len=0 MSS=1460 TSV=718068724 TSER=972883011 WS=4&#xD;&#xA;    8.522374 170.0.0.1 -&gt; 192.168.0.2 TCP 16945 &gt; http [ACK] Seq=1 Ack=1 Win=66608 Len=0 TSV=972883012 TSER=718068724&#xD;&#xA;    (... let the GETs begin! ...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; Same thing happens on VM #2. Everyone can reach out and communicate with the web server *except* Server #1.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server #1 can, of course, reach any other website out on the Internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: If I run nmap -sS 10.0.2.1 from Server #1, port 80 (and any other port that Server #2 is set to pass along to the VM) appear as Filtered. However, if I do the same nmap from any other machine, the ports appear as Open.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know this question might be hard to follow, and I certainly don't expect anyone that isn't hands-on to just dream up the answer on the spot. But I do wonder if anyone can answer... what might be a reason why VM #1 gets the SYN packets from Server #1, but does NOT attempts to send a SYN-ACK back? I thought that the problem might have been related to the host machine, but the SYNs clearly do make it to the VM, it just seems to ignore them once they get there - but it immediately responds to a SYN from any other client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just looking for clues here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT #2: Following kubanskamac's suggestions, I may have found the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On VM #1, netstat -rn offers up:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window  irtt Iface&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U         0 0          0 eth0&#xD;&#xA;    10.0.0.0        0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U         0 0          0 eth0&#xD;&#xA;    0.0.0.0         192.168.0.1     0.0.0.0         UG        0 0          0 eth0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So if I'm reading this right, anything that VM has destined for 10.x.x.x does NOT go to 192.168.0.1 (the VMWare host's adapter, and the only path VM #1 has to the outside world).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So how do I make VM #1 at least route packets destined to 10.0.1.x through the 192.168.0.1 gateway? Looking at Server #2's netstat -rn, it appears to me that it would properly route the packet if it received it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT #3: SOLVED!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit #2's clues were right. I answered my own question using the &quot;route&quot; command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;route add -net 10.0.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 192.168.0.1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Last question: how do I make the above command permanent?" />
  <row Id="47441" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26661" RevisionGUID="2ed63e5d-6cb4-4ba7-a674-4ef3e50bbdc8" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:55:47.760" UserId="1753" Text="Right now, a group of our employees is using Skype for group chats and conference calls. They're not using telephone numbers, just Skype user accounts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to set up a server that will provide similar functionality that is only accessible inside the LAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'm not looking for is something to use with real telephones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main problem with Skype is that the Linux client is terrible and getting worse every year they don't update it. I also don't like the idea of our company data going through Skype servers (yes, I know it's encrypted).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SIP seems to be quite a pain, but there's also GnuGk and Jabber+Jingle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whatever it is, I'd like to also support Windows clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anything out there that's open source and easy to administer?" />
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  <row Id="47443" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26661" RevisionGUID="2ed63e5d-6cb4-4ba7-a674-4ef3e50bbdc8" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:55:47.760" UserId="1753" Text="&lt;voip&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;messaging&gt;" />
  <row Id="47444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26662" RevisionGUID="c44a6953-25e8-4836-bfdf-20fce98c2f79" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:57:58.270" UserId="45" Text="Which Service Pack do you have installed on SQL Server 2005? Seems it has been resolved with SP2 (the last one is Service Pack 3)." />
  <row Id="47445" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24071" RevisionGUID="ca6f02cb-1884-46bd-b0cd-092ea775d5b3" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:58:30.610" UserId="9140" Comment="added 41 characters in body" Text="Well, I have a Nexsan SATABeast and I can highly recommend it. Extremely stable, fully redunant (with 2 controllers) and the lowest price/TB if you need FC or would like to keep it in your existing FC SAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's true that they dont have engineers all over the world, but they provide excellent and quick response by mail/phone. The closest engineer for me is about 200 metric miles away (half a business day away w/airplane), and it has so far worked out excellent for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: The controllers also have iSCSI" />
  <row Id="47446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26663" RevisionGUID="a84f79e5-2c89-49b8-85c3-3e263f9f09b6" CreationDate="2009-06-16T15:58:56.020" UserId="5308" Text="It sounds like you have lost your connectivity to the NFS server.  The processes may recover if connectivity to the mount is restored.  You may want to investigate the NFS server and make sure all is well before rebooting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to avoid getting in this situation again in the future you may want to investigate whether the 'intr' or 'soft' NFS mount options are suitable for your configuration. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The 'soft' option will cause disk write operations to fail after a timeout if connectivity is lost.  the 'intr' option will keep retrying the operation indefinitely but will allow you to kill the processes manually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that 'soft' can cause data corruption, so 'intr' is generally preferred (from nfs(5) man page)" />
  <row Id="47447" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26664" RevisionGUID="be590814-6afd-42ae-90f5-82f818c4bb46" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:00:52.600" UserId="671" Text="Depending on the NIC drivers, you may be able to bind the two interfaces together in a teaming arrangement so that they essentially act as one interface to the server.  If one of them fails, or a cable is unplugged, or a port goes down on the switch, etc. then the remaining active NIC will take over and communication can be maintained.  When both are active, some drivers will allow both to be used at once which will increase the overall throughput." />
  <row Id="47449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26665" RevisionGUID="e268f7be-7822-4481-a643-b616b435a94c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:01:35.860" UserId="9029" Text="I recently had to acquire a new CA cert for my Exchange 2007 server for OWA and Outlook Anywhere (RPC over HTTPS).  Since then,  all Iphone access to Exchange accounts has broken.  I have tried deleting the email account on the iphone, rebooting and reconfiguring accounts (thinking it needed to clear some cache related to the certificate).  On entering the new account, Iget&quot;Exchange account verification failed&quot;" />
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  <row Id="47451" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26665" RevisionGUID="e268f7be-7822-4481-a643-b616b435a94c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:01:35.860" UserId="9029" Text="&lt;iphone&gt;&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;rpc&gt;&lt;https&gt;&lt;ssl&gt;" />
  <row Id="47452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26666" RevisionGUID="fad7eb14-00a4-4845-a43d-dede25aa1474" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:01:56.140" UserId="9694" Text="I have a network share that is several levels deep. For one particular folder, I would like to assign different rights than the default access that the shared folder is allowing. However this does not seem possible, as all of the child rights and inherited from the share rights. So if the share rights set the share to read-only can I not override the permissions in a child folder to allow write access?" />
  <row Id="47453" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26666" RevisionGUID="fad7eb14-00a4-4845-a43d-dede25aa1474" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:01:56.140" UserId="9694" Text="Parent Shared Folder Permissions override child folder permissions" />
  <row Id="47454" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26666" RevisionGUID="fad7eb14-00a4-4845-a43d-dede25aa1474" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:01:56.140" UserId="9694" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;administration&gt;" />
  <row Id="47457" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26668" RevisionGUID="cdc347ec-03dd-4bdb-886a-cc309b6102f8" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:03:44.047" UserId="3657" Text="That is correct.  Share permissions trump any file permissions.  This is standard.  Most files are RW for Everyone but then restricted at the share level.  If the file permissions overrode the share, there would be no point in share permissions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your best option is to share the subfolder with it's own share and share permissions and allow users to access it that way." />
  <row Id="47458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26669" RevisionGUID="5d3f2c46-7468-489c-ae77-e2e1fdbdf82c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:04:35.043" UserId="2711" Text="I think you said this is your configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    DNS::&#xD;&#xA;    router public IP: 1.2.3.4&#xD;&#xA;    mypc.company.com public IP: 1.2.3.4&#xD;&#xA;    dev.company.com public IP: 1.2.3.4&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Router config::&#xD;&#xA;    Forward traffic addressed to dev.company.com to 192.168.1.200&#xD;&#xA;    Forward traffic addressed to mypc.company.com port 3389 to 192.168.1.201 3389&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Your router is going to store it's routing rules by IP**, not by hostname. It doesn't understand hostnames. So your router actually has rules saying:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Forward traffic addressed to 1.2.3.4 to 192.168.1.200&#xD;&#xA;    Forward traffic addressed to 1.2.3.4 port 3389 to 192.168.1.201&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the rules are in that order, **your router will send 3389 traffic to 200** because the first rule covers all traffic to 1.2.3.4.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will need to use a different port on the router for each system you want to tunnel through to (the systems themselves can all be left with 3389), or change the rule order." />
  <row Id="47459" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26403" RevisionGUID="78b3730f-b2f3-479f-9c2f-52165146c5b2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:04:42.453" UserId="2439" Comment="document sharing" Text="You give little information about your concrete requirements. Maybe you could elaborate?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, you might consider a [Wiki][1]. That's what we use for most of our internal documentation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many free ones to choose from.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since you ask about document sharing: You can embed documents (as files) into most wikis, and new uploads of a document will be versioned, so in that sense they allow document sharing. If you need more functionality, such as directly working with the document in the wiki (eg. compare versions), and conflict resolution for concurrent edits, you'll have to look.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There may be wikis which do this, but I don't know any offhand." />
  <row Id="47460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26670" RevisionGUID="bd9d316a-e953-4d1b-917d-6810e3617a47" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:05:57.380" UserId="9153" Text="My auth.log on my ubuntu server is full with &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unable to open env file: /etc/default/locale: No such file or directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas on how to solve? " />
  <row Id="47461" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26670" RevisionGUID="bd9d316a-e953-4d1b-917d-6810e3617a47" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:05:57.380" UserId="9153" Text="Issues with auth.log" />
  <row Id="47462" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26670" RevisionGUID="bd9d316a-e953-4d1b-917d-6810e3617a47" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:05:57.380" UserId="9153" Text="&lt;sshd&gt;" />
  <row Id="47463" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26671" RevisionGUID="f3338ef5-52bb-4ef2-8e25-ff20c9579fde" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:06:08.300" UserId="9692" Text="SSH is an established secure remote connection method if setup properly.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I usually tunnel my rdp sessions over a secure SSH connection.  If you manage to configure SSH properly on that server or laptop then you have the added benefit of controlling where each tunnel is going.  Just make sure whatever port you pick for the SSH communication is forwarded to the right machine, server or laptop.  From outside use an SSH client to initiate a connection and setup a tunnel. Then launch your rdp client over that connection.  Search with terms like &quot;using rdp over ssh&quot; and you get results like [&quot;Remote Desktop and SSH for the home user&quot;][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is an alternative to the recommended &quot;use a full blown VPN&quot; solution or even &quot;expose RDP ports&quot; option.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can easily alter the listen ports on both the SSH service and the RD service as well instead of using the standard ports. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just make sure your router knows how to forward that initial SSH traffic to the proper SSH server on the inside of the network. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/Ssh/RemoteDesktopSSH.html" />
  <row Id="47464" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26672" RevisionGUID="0e0a2850-40dd-40b2-be7c-cb9a390aeaa5" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:07:18.907" UserId="98" Text="I didn't try, but [The Unarchiver][1] might be able to do the job. It extracts every format I was able to throw at it so far.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html" />
  <row Id="47465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26673" RevisionGUID="95114fcc-865b-47a0-acde-ea0aafd63318" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:07:23.757" UserId="9693" Text="Talking about this security setting: [link text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc739176(WS.10).aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have been having problems with the oracle 10g client on our Citrix servers.  Through google I figured out that granting users this security right fixed the oracle problem.  However, this right seems to be causing some form of profile issue.  Many users are now receiving errors when they log in that say their profile could not be loaded.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Servers are running the UPHC service, and are up to date on the latest windows patches that our vendors have certified.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Does anyone know of a way to get oracle 10g working on terminal services without this setting, or has anyone encountered this profile corruption problem and fixed it before?" />
  <row Id="47466" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26673" RevisionGUID="95114fcc-865b-47a0-acde-ea0aafd63318" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:07:23.757" UserId="9693" Text="&quot;Create global objects&quot; rights on a terminal server." />
  <row Id="47467" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26673" RevisionGUID="95114fcc-865b-47a0-acde-ea0aafd63318" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:07:23.757" UserId="9693" Text="&lt;citrix&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;terminal-server&gt;&lt;oracle10g&gt;" />
  <row Id="47468" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26382" RevisionGUID="d52126fa-7440-4fd8-b8f0-280192588c48" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:07:43.413" UserId="2343" Comment="fixed typo" Text="Our small company works with a large company and must access their customer data daily. In addition to assigning logins, they make us download a certificate on each computer we plan to use, and somehow set up a Cisco VPN inside Internet Explorer. Once logged in, that browser cannot access our corporate intranet, and if I visit [whatismyip.com][1], it shows a different domain than the one at work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What might be the reasoning for this strategy?** If we are directly on their network rather than accessing limited info through a web interface, wouldn't that be *less* secure?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.whatismyip.com" />
  <row Id="47469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26674" RevisionGUID="cae40bcb-a131-41de-b4ab-69f0d46465ff" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:07:51.103" UserId="9005" Text="I have not used Sophos so I am not sure if there is something similar, but in Symantec there is a registry change you can make that disables the full system scan on startup.  Without this, Symantec will scan everything when the system first starts potentially making things very slow for the first little while after the system boots up.  There might be a similar setting in Sophos.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course disabling this is potentially a slight downgrade in security.  There is a reason why they have a startup scan." />
  <row Id="47472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26676" RevisionGUID="c88d5ffe-523b-4934-b39a-4eb27304b8fe" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:12:44.277" UserId="3657" Text="Have you considered using Public Folders for shared calendars instead of sharing them from a users' mailbox?  This prevents issues when employees leave the company and I've found also (like sysadmin1138) that opening remote mailboxes takes a lot longer than accessing a public folder." />
  <row Id="47473" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26677" RevisionGUID="d9474fe6-c5e9-4347-ab1f-0631be51cfb6" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:12:51.157" UserId="78" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am sysadmin for a small business with 30 clients.&#xD;&#xA;We have a server running windows 2003 and all the client-computers run windows XP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now this is not an important issue, but it would be nice if it worked.&#xD;&#xA;My personal (home) computer is running windows 7 RC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I bring my home-computer to work and log into the network with domain\username it logs me in just fine.&#xD;&#xA;Although, approving my profile, letting me into the network, including all network drives and printers, it does not download the profile fully. I do believe it might be getting the roaming profiles.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So all my user- items, documents etc. attached to the profile does not show up on Windows 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to make it fully download the profile? as it does with Windows XP." />
  <row Id="47474" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26677" RevisionGUID="d9474fe6-c5e9-4347-ab1f-0631be51cfb6" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:12:51.157" UserId="78" Text="Make windows 7 client compatible with windows 2003 server" />
  <row Id="47475" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26677" RevisionGUID="d9474fe6-c5e9-4347-ab1f-0631be51cfb6" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:12:51.157" UserId="78" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;profile&gt;" />
  <row Id="47476" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26670" RevisionGUID="16eaf78c-5956-4bdc-8bc7-3ef9ff3ca234" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:13:41.623" UserId="5308" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sshd&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="47477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26678" RevisionGUID="d8e4a53f-06c8-40fd-b54b-ae598bf4a613" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:13:49.173" UserId="3002" Text="    echo 'LANG=&quot;en_US.UTF-8&quot;' &gt; /etc/default/locale&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Possibly, replace &quot;en_US.UTF-8&quot; with a generated locale of your choice or just C which at least should be present.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could check out */var/lib/locales/supported.d/local* for an indication of which locales might be generated." />
  <row Id="47478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26679" RevisionGUID="d4f195a9-205f-4de5-884d-01d56064f133" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:14:49.860" UserId="3038" Text="As others have mentioned, iSCSI makes shared-access a lot harder. You need special file-systems for that (OCFS, etc) and performance on those file-systems is below that of others due to a variety of reasons. Such as not being able to use memory for caching as that prevents a consistent view of the file system on the multiple hosts, having to implement a file-locking system on the file-system itself rather than in-kernel, so performance can be significantly slower. It also just can't be done in Windows, as there are currently no multi-mount file-systems for that platform. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if you just want to present a slice of iSCSI disk for local access to the workstations, and handle shared-access storage through a file-server with iSCSI mounted storage then that would work well. The file-servers of NFS, CIFS, or Windows are designed to handle this sort of operation in memory rather than on the file-system so performance can be much higher." />
  <row Id="47479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26680" RevisionGUID="f563abf4-da49-41ef-932e-ae4180e97112" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:14:57.847" UserId="9071" Text="Most Microsoft people will tell you that you should set your permissions correctly at the NTFS level and then open up your shares unless you have some really good reason for doing the permissions at the share level.  There is a lot of flexibility in NTFS permissioning that should let you do whatever it is you need to do and having the files RW at the file system level is a big security hole if one of your employees manages to log on locally somehow." />
  <row Id="47480" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26681" RevisionGUID="ed3cf8b7-4513-4236-837a-c3c38423b1cd" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:15:19.577" UserId="9140" Text="Windows 7 and Vista use a new format for user profiles. It's not your server being incompatible, it's Vista and Win7 being incompatible with 2000/XP profiles.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check your roaming profile directory, and you'll notice that you'll have a &lt;username&gt;.V2 folder there (thats your Win7/Vista profile).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A half-way solution to this is folder redirection of the desktop and my documents." />
  <row Id="47481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26682" RevisionGUID="37309290-c739-435a-a2ea-4c9a4c1792f2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:17:48.400" UserId="5308" Text="One answer could be: Create the /etc/default/locale file...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mine has the contents:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;LANG=&quot;en_GB.UTF-8&quot;&#xD;&#xA;LANGUAGE=&quot;en_GB:en&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="47482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26683" RevisionGUID="5b683759-b1c1-49cb-bba3-3122fa2045a7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:17:59.227" UserId="9005" Text="Try Sun's Virtual Box instead.  I have been using it for a while because it allows Linux installs much more seemlessly as well as windows guests.  I have been running windows 7 as a guest in virtual box, and the blog entries claim they now have full support for Windows 7 as both guest and host.  And Virtual Box is free.  http://www.virtualbox.org/" />
  <row Id="47483" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26684" RevisionGUID="fd4427d6-e5f9-4ef8-b5e8-f19c797fcb19" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:19:12.143" UserId="2711" Text="Is your new certificate by any chance a wildcard cert? I.E. *.domain.com ? I don't believe the iPhone supports them." />
  <row Id="47484" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26685" RevisionGUID="0d0f791a-9316-459c-afc5-a3e65cd0f1ef" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:21:00.487" UserId="9699" Text="is there a free, open source server monitoring tool like Nagios that runs on the MS stack? It will need to be able to detect service stoppages and starts also." />
  <row Id="47485" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26685" RevisionGUID="0d0f791a-9316-459c-afc5-a3e65cd0f1ef" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:21:00.487" UserId="9699" Text="Server monitoring?" />
  <row Id="47486" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26685" RevisionGUID="0d0f791a-9316-459c-afc5-a3e65cd0f1ef" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:21:00.487" UserId="9699" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="47487" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26686" RevisionGUID="3a2b807b-99b3-4fc0-b868-7922f611f6e4" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:21:29.470" UserId="5535" Text="Have you narrowed down your bottle neck to the network yet?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You don't mention what type of disk system is in this server.  But GigE should give you about 100MB/s +/- 10MB.  There are other factors involved but this one is a big one.  So if your disk sub-system just a 2 disk RAID1 (mirror) then the disk sub-system is not going to be able to saturate a GigE link in the first place." />
  <row Id="47488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26687" RevisionGUID="6693450d-020d-4b76-8507-e2cb2e1b834b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:22:48.220" UserId="9698" Text="I have a couple of batch files which must be run as Administrator. I can do so if they are on my machine, but when I put them on the network and then try to run them as Administrator, the command prompt simply shows no output and finishes, apparently without executing any of the code. When I run the network batch files normally, I at least get a bunch of error messages telling me that access is denied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas how to fix this behavior?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am executing these batch files via shortcut, and the shortcuts do not use UNC paths. I have also configured the shortcut to run as Administrator. I don't have the correct permissions to use the two &quot;runas&quot; commands you suggested. If I can't find a solution, I will contact my admin." />
  <row Id="47489" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26687" RevisionGUID="6693450d-020d-4b76-8507-e2cb2e1b834b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:22:48.220" UserId="9698" Text="How do I run a batch file on a local network as Administrator? (Vista)" />
  <row Id="47490" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26687" RevisionGUID="6693450d-020d-4b76-8507-e2cb2e1b834b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:22:48.220" UserId="9698" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;batch-file&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="47491" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26682" RevisionGUID="1928da85-1cc8-464c-a801-20522c3ffdef" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:23:04.273" UserId="5308" Comment="added 168 characters in body" Text="One answer could be: Create the /etc/default/locale file...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mine has the contents:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;LANG=&quot;en_GB.UTF-8&quot;&#xD;&#xA;LANGUAGE=&quot;en_GB:en&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This may be caused by [this bug][1].  If it is, then simply running 'update-locales' may fix it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pam/+bug/155794" />
  <row Id="47492" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26688" RevisionGUID="c00aa383-c1a2-41ad-8b71-84cc212fe327" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:25:37.340" UserDisplayName="Jack Hughes" Text="OpenNMS &amp; Hyperic both work on Windows and are open source. Hyperic has a for money option but the basic offering is open source and free. Both are Java based." />
  <row Id="47493" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26689" RevisionGUID="c5e3856d-f4f9-4c5e-ab84-fb41a2300d37" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:25:37.747" UserId="2711" Text="No you can't override share permissions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Share permissions sit on top of the NTFS permissions. You need share *and* NTFS permission to do anything to a file that is accessed through said share. So it is quite permissible to give &quot;Everyone&quot; full RW access at the share level, and then control what they can actually do at the NTFS level. Which is what you will need to do in this case." />
  <row Id="47494" PostHistoryTypeId="8" PostId="26237" RevisionGUID="2e33ca5c-6b72-4b69-bef7-4f66eafa5355" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:27:33.717" UserId="6965" Comment="Rollback to [14ebad5c-afa8-4483-b025-08d94460e8d2]" Text="I overheard a great call between one of our first-line techs and a remote user giving a presentation elsewhere in the country.  She was freaking out because she couldn't get her laptop's VGA output to display on the projector, despite having screwed the cable in **really** tight.  Turns out that, with enough brute force, you CAN screw a 15-pin VGA plug into a 9-pin serial port.  Just don't count on using the cable or port for anything else, ever.  Or the laptop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think it was the same user who reported &quot;phantom documents&quot; appearing on the multifunction printer in her office.  Nobody printed them, they &quot;just showed up&quot;.  She kept complaining about this, no matter how many times we told her that the printer was also a fax machine.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47495" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26690" RevisionGUID="c936a6f6-765c-49cb-a151-6bd8ae966cf9" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:27:40.380" UserId="3657" Text="You could look at Cacti&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.cacti.net/download_cacti.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's more geared towards network graphing but has add-ons for alerting and thresholding.  " />
  <row Id="47496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26691" RevisionGUID="4bef2d89-b581-4422-86eb-4fdb16fc887d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:27:50.720" UserId="9690" Text="So the line that is actually getting the error would be this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;EXEC sp_tableoption N'aspnet_Membership', 'text in row', 3000&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Invalid EXECUTE statement using object &quot;Relation&quot;, method &quot;SetUseVarDecimal&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm getting a lot of mixed results, updating to service pack 2 (which I already have). Also some people are saying it's a problem with the permissions. Nothing seems to work." />
  <row Id="47497" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26692" RevisionGUID="95cf0504-ca76-4df2-a8ac-4e36b4caeb51" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:27:53.203" UserId="984" Text="Windows XP profiles are not compatible with Vista/W7 profiles out of the box.  Microsoft has a whitepaper [Managing Roaming User Data Deployment Guide][1] which includes a section called 'Windows Vista and Windows XP Roaming User Profile Interoperability'.  This document contains the details you need to get as much compatibility as possible on Vista, I believe most of the directions should be the same for Windows 7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/b/a/3ba6d659-6e39-4cd7-b3a2-9c96482f5353/Managing%20Roaming%20User%20Data%20Deployment%20Guide.doc" />
  <row Id="47500" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26682" RevisionGUID="1630589c-b4b6-429b-9f7f-5a425585ed42" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:30:29.110" UserId="5308" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="One answer could be: Create the /etc/default/locale file...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mine has the contents:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;LANG=&quot;en_GB.UTF-8&quot;&#xD;&#xA;LANGUAGE=&quot;en_GB:en&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This may be caused by [this bug][1].  If it is, then simply running 'update-locale' may fix it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pam/+bug/155794" />
  <row Id="47501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26694" RevisionGUID="c06c8242-083e-4606-a4e3-64d4d1bc3da2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:30:48.250" UserId="9149" Text="This sounds weird but you cannot use the IIS 7.0 user interface to create a Certificate Trust List (CTL). Follow these steps to create a CTL with IIS 7.0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1. Use MakeCTL.exe to create the CTL. For more information on MakeCTL.exe, see the [MakeCTL][1] page on the MSDN site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      The MakeCTL.exe tool is part of the [.NET Framework SDK Version 1.1.][2] Once you install the SDK, MakeCTL.exe appears in the following location:&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\SDK\v1.1\Bin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   2. After you create the CTL, you must run AdsUtil.vbs to assign the CTL identifier to the name used in MakeCTL.exe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    adsutil.vbs set w3svc/1/SslCtlIdentifier &lt;Name of CTL&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      where &lt;Name of CTL&gt; is the friendly name for the CTL used in MakeCTL.exe.&#xD;&#xA;   3. Run adsUtil.vbs to set the SslCtlStoreName.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;adsutil.vbs set w3svc/1/SslCtlStoreName CA&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   4. After you have run AdsUtil.vbs, stop Web services by using the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;net stop HTTP /y&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   5. Restart the WS3SVC service by using the following command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;net start W3SVC &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa386969.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=50870&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47502" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26550" RevisionGUID="80ddcd57-5c97-406a-9eb9-809512886650" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:30:56.923" UserId="7250" Comment="replaced MSDN" Text="This will be controversial I am sure. You mention them having various Windows XP installs and a server that originally came with Win2k. With such old systems, would you as a business owner and not an IT pro, see any value in paying potentially thousands of dollars for licences when you have successfully skirted along so far? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These systems are likely ready to be replaced soon given their relative age. You may have better luck by standardizing their procurement process for systems by sticking with 1 vendor and level (i.e. Dell Small Business instead of just Dell) and replace the machines running illegal OSes with legally licensed new machines. Then get them onto &lt;strike&gt;an MSDN&lt;/strike&gt; Volume Licensing program for their applications (which are also likely several versions behind). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By phasing them in you can get them all legal, build the processes to keep them legal and spread what can potentially be a devastating cost with little relative upside over time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26695" RevisionGUID="6402cf2a-0b84-4228-823f-4a87a879f402" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:31:14.613" UserId="1847" Text="In the Windows Explorer search pane make sure that More Advanced Options is expanded (not all versions of Windows require you to explicitly expand this).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Find the drop down marked Type Of File (it's normally the first advanced option), and choose Folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your search results will now only include folders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: If you've got the dog &quot;helping&quot; you search, then you're in the basic search dialog and the above instructions might be wrong. The Type of File option likely exists here (you'll just have to look for it), but you're probably best of switching to &quot;classic&quot; search anyway." />
  <row Id="47505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26696" RevisionGUID="74187796-f48a-42ca-b85f-98015fa7b0a4" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:31:46.313" UserId="9220" Text="I'm guessing the drives are mapped?&#xD;&#xA;Shortcuts don't save credentials within themselves, that's not within their capabilities.  If your network is on a domain, then you can make the shortcut use the runas /noprofile /user:Administrator {Shortcut}&#xD;&#xA;This will prompt you for your password everytime, but will insure that it runs as administrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other option is to use psexec \\{computer} -s -c {batch file} which will copy the batch file to the remote computer, and execute it as the system account.&#xD;&#xA;You have to have administrative privelages on the remote machine to use psexec, or you can specify a user/pass that does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More information:&#xD;&#xA;runas: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490994.aspx&#xD;&#xA;psexec: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx" />
  <row Id="47506" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26697" RevisionGUID="dbb37eec-5e08-4532-9b38-89f8ae3a30d6" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:32:52.910" UserId="1715" Text="Are ALL your database running in full recovery mode?  the VSS backups may behave differently depending on if your in full or simple recovery.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the VSS backup is happening after you do your diff backup and before you've run your full backup then this is your problem.  You need the last full backup for your diff to be able to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your options as i see it are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Disable the SQL VSS Writer Service, to stop 3rd party backups that are breaking your backup chain&#xD;&#xA; 2. Remove the built-in administrators group from the SQL Server sysadmin server role (just make sure you have another user in there, or you have the sa password)  Which will effectivley break the SQL VSS service's ability to access SQL to perform these backups&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47507" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26698" RevisionGUID="2b04b4a6-d1db-4247-8388-9df067fc5b86" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:33:13.597" UserId="3770" Text="I'm looking for the easyest way to get connected with my computer and servers at work (all using Windows), from my iMac (using Mac OS X.5) at home, without having to use a VNC or LogMeIn.&#xD;&#xA;It's a small network using a Router with VPN.&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47508" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26698" RevisionGUID="2b04b4a6-d1db-4247-8388-9df067fc5b86" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:33:13.597" UserId="3770" Text="How can I connect my APPLE IMAC to my Company's VPN Network?" />
  <row Id="47509" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26698" RevisionGUID="2b04b4a6-d1db-4247-8388-9df067fc5b86" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:33:13.597" UserId="3770" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;remote&gt;" />
  <row Id="47510" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26699" RevisionGUID="fd11109b-5b65-4e4e-bb48-d3cd826fb2a1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:34:23.860" UserId="8199" Text="Looks like the architecture should allow you to block the Opera Unite Proxy servers to stop it from working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/opera-unite-developer-primer/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26700" RevisionGUID="2ec5a30d-ff71-4dd5-92bf-ea90c79cab9a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:35:27.587" UserId="1466" Text="Nagios works with MS servers quite well, by installing a service called **pNSClient**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It allows monitoring of services, processes, diskspace, cpu, and all sorts of system counters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a network split about 50/50 between linux/windows servers, and use Nagios to monitor it all." />
  <row Id="47512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26701" RevisionGUID="31d414bb-3ca7-435b-a5c1-dce3f688bd2e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:35:46.587" UserId="1840" Text="&lt;h2&gt;[Zenoss&lt;/h2&gt;][1]&#xD;&#xA;Zenoss will monitor Windows services too. It's open-source.  Easy to configure and has a bunch of capabilities for monitoring and reporting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.zenoss.com/community/open-source-network-monitoring-software&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="47513" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26687" RevisionGUID="803f854e-cdb8-4706-ab75-1e29cc0b3bfc" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:36:24.353" UserId="9698" Comment="deleted 137 characters in body" Text="I have a couple of batch files which must be run as Administrator. I can do so if they are on my machine, but when I put them on the network and then try to run them as Administrator, the command prompt simply shows no output and finishes, apparently without executing any of the code. When I run the network batch files normally, I at least get a bunch of error messages telling me that access is denied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas how to fix this behavior?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am executing these batch files via shortcut, and the shortcuts do not use UNC paths. I have also configured the shortcut to run as Administrator." />
  <row Id="47516" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26697" RevisionGUID="27614584-1dd1-4461-ab9b-6c6c5b47de30" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:39:04.397" UserId="1715" Comment="added 139 characters in body" Text="Are ALL your database running in full recovery mode?  the VSS backups may behave differently depending on if your in full or simple recovery.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the VSS backup is happening after you do your diff backup and before you've run your full backup then this is your problem.  You need the last full backup for your diff to be able to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your options as i see it are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Disable the SQL VSS Writer Service, to stop 3rd party backups that are breaking your backup chain&#xD;&#xA; 2. Remove the built-in administrators group from the SQL Server sysadmin server role (just make sure you have another user in there, or you have the sa password)  Which will effectivley break the SQL VSS service's ability to access SQL to perform these backups&#xD;&#xA; 3. Ignore it &amp; start using the log backups you have instead, just make sure you retain enough to cover you from YOUR last full backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47517" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26520" RevisionGUID="b0443c7d-e87a-432f-8746-cd936aad7da1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:39:16.470" UserId="1466" Comment="changed &quot;instead of&quot; to &quot;without&quot; to make more accurate; deleted 5 characters in body" Text="Are you using **backticks** around list_price, without quoting them?  This could be your problem." />
  <row Id="47518" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26703" RevisionGUID="952694d9-a5a9-4120-8349-acd0e18b0cad" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:39:43.553" UserId="7537" Text="What type of VPN? I assume probably over PPTP if so then Mac OS X has a built in PPTP client. You can find more info here [Mac OS X PPTP][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bol.ucla.edu/services/vpn/pptp/docs/macosx.html#leopardpp" />
  <row Id="47519" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26698" RevisionGUID="879af473-11b3-4835-bfba-794f511952dd" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:40:06.000" UserId="3770" Comment="added 66 characters in body" Text="I'm looking for the easyest way to get connected with my computer and servers at work (all using Windows), from my iMac (using Mac OS X.5) at home, without having to use a VNC or LogMeIn.&#xD;&#xA;It's a small network using a Router with VPN.&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edition: VPN PPTP is supported (Why is it so important to know?)" />
  <row Id="47521" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26705" RevisionGUID="179d0bef-dd28-4009-8126-22aa3537d577" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:40:57.950" UserId="3000" Text="This is mostly an educated guess, as I have not tested such a configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would say using a small, fast hard drive for the OS and programs would be a good idea. This does not have to be an SSD by any means. It could help if you need to be stingy on power, but would cost much more, and have less capacity, than using a 100GB standard HD. As another answer says, Vista and developer tools would likely not fit in 32GB unless you were very careful which components from each are installed. Even then, maybe not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My recommendation would be to save the money and get a 80-120GB main drive that is fast, then a larger, slower drive for data. If you decide to go cheap on the second, slower drive, be sure to run backups on the data periodically. A 10k or 15k spindle speed drive is generally not a great idea in a desktop workstation, as it adds heat, power draw, and vibration to the system for very little real-world performance gain, in most cases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for what to watch out for if you decide to go SSD, watch for manufacturer and read the warranty terms. Also, look at real-world benchmarks, as some SSDs have been found to be unbearably slow." />
  <row Id="47522" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26706" RevisionGUID="fe201d0b-ed8a-40b9-ad81-40fa760fd290" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:23:02.333" Text="&lt;p&gt;On my local development machine, I have a WAMP setup (Windows Vista Home Premium, Apache 2, MySQL and PHP 5). One of my projects is rehash.dustinfineout.com, which may be related to the problem... For some reason, when I try to visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rehash.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.rehash.com&lt;/a&gt; in a browser, it forwards automatically to 127.0.0.1 loopback/localhost. I discovered this entirely accidentally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have already looked at the http.conf and extra/httpd-vhosts.conf Apache configuration files and these are not causing it. I also checked the windows hosts file but that had no entries in it either (C:/WINDOWS/System32/drivers/etc/hosts - maybe there is another location I need to check).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any ideas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just to clarify, rehash.com is NOT my domain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47523" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26706" RevisionGUID="fe201d0b-ed8a-40b9-ad81-40fa760fd290" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:23:02.333" Text="Domain name is forwarding to my localhost, no idea why" />
  <row Id="47524" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26706" RevisionGUID="fe201d0b-ed8a-40b9-ad81-40fa760fd290" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:23:02.333" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;localhost&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="47525" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26707" RevisionGUID="8d8bf87d-744e-4574-a928-6d9ddc7c7433" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:27:02.337" UserId="410" Text="&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;C:\&amp;gt;nslookup www.rehash.com&#xA;*** Can't find server name for address 192.168.0.1: Non-existent domain&#xA;*** Default servers are not available&#xA;Server:  UnKnown&#xA;Address:  192.168.0.1&#xA;&#xA;Non-authoritative answer:&#xA;Name:    www.rehash.com&#xA;Address:  127.0.0.1      &amp;lt;----- Whoops&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your domain is pointed to 127.0.0.1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47526" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26708" RevisionGUID="4c866f08-386f-4462-9b09-20f85c829276" CreationDate="2009-06-15T13:29:40.413" UserId="8257" Text="&lt;p&gt;It seems as if your domain resolves to 127.0.0.1. Youll have to change that =]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26709" RevisionGUID="149a2ef5-6a7b-40dd-816c-04454a2518fd" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:41:58.743" UserId="4540" Text="Network drive mappings are saved per-session, so when your shortcut runs within the security context of administrator, no drive mappings exist (unless the administrator has a current session, via another runas, or via a current remote desktop session).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try calling the batch script in your shortcut via UNC, rather than referencing a drive letter." />
  <row Id="47528" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14832" RevisionGUID="ced07a9f-b196-47a7-b0da-0940d0307cb2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:42:09.243" UserId="1715" Comment="added 143 characters in body" Text="Based on [this question][1]  I think it would be fair to say that sysadmins need to determine if a place is worth working at.  There is a similar well known [test by Joel for programmers][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the 12 Question's system administrators should ask at an interview in order to help them decide if it's a good place to work at?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Following Joel's rules: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Questions should be platform &amp; technology agnostic&#xD;&#xA; 2. Questions should elicit a simple response such as yes or no&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** Please post one question at a time so we can see what users are voting for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE** Thank you for everyone's response.  I'll have to collate the best 12 questions &amp; maintain them here, when i have some more time &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/14737/organizational-issues-sore-spots-of-it&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joel_Test" />
  <row Id="47529" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26710" RevisionGUID="4dd1ee78-e818-403e-9397-eda835c52a26" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:43:05.153" UserId="9595" Text="I found [RichCopy][1], with it's native multi-threading to be extremely fast...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.04.utilityspotlight.aspx?pr=blog" />
  <row Id="47530" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26710" RevisionGUID="4dd1ee78-e818-403e-9397-eda835c52a26" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:43:05.153" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="47531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26711" RevisionGUID="721ea82f-1420-4dbe-a512-109648e4a891" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:43:54.277" UserId="2783" Text="The updated version of Virtual PC that works on Windows 7 (it's still in beta) is available here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/default.aspx.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The UI is different... if you have trouble discovering how it works, I cover it in the second half of this post: http://blogs.technet.com/seanearp/archive/2009/05/14/virtual-windows-xp-and-where-did-the-ui-go.aspx." />
  <row Id="47534" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26713" RevisionGUID="8e70f981-e0db-4989-b10c-36f7c695c3e6" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:46:13.383" UserId="9220" Text="It's a problem with the broadcast flag in DHCP in Vista.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out this article for fixing your DHCP problems.&#xD;&#xA;http://thedaneshproject.com/posts/vista-not-working-with-dhcp/" />
  <row Id="47535" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26714" RevisionGUID="8e4cf6b4-6434-47b5-84cd-45e806b0aaa0" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:47:33.973" UserId="9029" Text="I found the problem,  MSExchangeSyncAppPool was not  started." />
  <row Id="47536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26715" RevisionGUID="53038978-e0ae-4979-bd3d-d3599d1b0634" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:47:38.293" UserId="7783" Text="What you probably want is essentially two sets of settings, one for XP and one for Vista/W7, that redirect all things you want shared to &quot;common&quot; areas. Or are you sure this is a one way think and you won't need changes you make here to go back to your &quot;old&quot; XP profile?" />
  <row Id="47539" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26709" RevisionGUID="49c44518-4b01-4a9c-9338-ccc5c466f084" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:49:31.473" UserId="4540" Comment="added 347 characters in body; deleted 455 characters in body" Text="Network drive mappings exist per-user session, so when your shortcut runs within the security context of administrator, no drive mappings exist.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try calling the batch script in your shortcut via UNC, rather than referencing a drive letter." />
  <row Id="47540" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="10410" RevisionGUID="2ccf71b4-f8e9-4bea-96b2-e218789cd4c2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:50:36.603" UserId="2711" Comment="Fixed hyperlink." Text="Have you tried adding the relevant user to the local DCOM Users group?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738214(WS.10).aspx&gt;" />
  <row Id="47541" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26716" RevisionGUID="9fcb5509-dbb0-4cc1-b309-f98a504f8d2f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:51:22.717" UserId="9595" Text="You could consider limiting what is being logged in IIS.  For example, suppose you don't need to log the access to every image file, script file, or whatever.  There is an option in IIS 6 to limit what gets logged:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Limit what gets logged in IIS][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and doing the same in IIS 7 is a little different:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Limit what gets logged in IIS 7][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I implemented this on my web server, removing images, scripts, and some misc handlers and noticed the log size was about 75% smaller than before.  Obviously when doing this you are unable to see entries in the log files for excluded items, but I was mainly concerned with page access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dscoduc.com/post/2009/02/25/Limit-what-gets-logged-in-IIS.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.dscoduc.com/post/2009/06/11/Limit-what-gets-logged-in-IIS-7.aspx" />
  <row Id="47542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26717" RevisionGUID="e743dec0-eeae-46f9-a385-d73c5a454985" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:51:27.647" UserId="9220" Text="That is definately a security risk inside any company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd use wireshark or some other application to detect what ports Unite uses to share files, and then, if i have a firewall, block the outbound port, if i have a protocol filter, block the outbound protocol, and then with group policy, block the outbound application, and port in windows firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.infoq.com/news/2009/06/Opera-Unite&#xD;&#xA;States Opera Unite opens port 8840, so you can block that port in both directions, and you shouldn't have to worry about it." />
  <row Id="47543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26718" RevisionGUID="f6b9a23d-384c-4935-ab2a-798c73847014" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:52:34.337" UserId="3657" Text="Don't let your users install unapproved software in the first place" />
  <row Id="47544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26719" RevisionGUID="900785b2-5272-47ed-9d15-dd27975e30ca" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:54:03.273" UserId="9705" Text="In our environment we have two DBAs to run some cron jobs defined in cron_jobs.txt file. Frequently we need to chan ge timing and commands in that cron_jobs.txt file and reload it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Problem is, if DBA_1 edits and reloads that file ($ crontab cron_jobs.txt) it is loaded under his useraccount. Now, DBA_2 edits the same cron_jobs.txt file and reloads. The new sets of jobs will run under DBA_2 useraccounts. So, basically same jobs are running twice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For an example, a job is set to run on 3PM daily by DBA_1. Few days later, DBA_2 changes it to 2PM and reloads. Now we have same job running at 2PM and 3PM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to merge the jobs? Liek no matter who loads the cron_job.txt file, only one set of jobs should be running? By the way (DBA_1 has admin access to UNIX, DBA_2 doesn't). We are using Sun Os 5.10. A solution will be appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DBA_2" />
  <row Id="47545" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26719" RevisionGUID="900785b2-5272-47ed-9d15-dd27975e30ca" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:54:03.273" UserId="9705" Text="How can two users set same cron file to run?" />
  <row Id="47546" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26719" RevisionGUID="900785b2-5272-47ed-9d15-dd27975e30ca" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:54:03.273" UserId="9705" Text="&lt;crontab&gt;&lt;unix&gt;" />
  <row Id="47547" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26720" RevisionGUID="75a77577-07e6-4b1e-a955-334126dcc82f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:54:56.050" UserDisplayName="nobodyfamous" Text="For this application I am less concerned with high availability than I am with total throughput. I have one IP address on the server end, and I want to be able to send more than 1-gigabit of traffic out from the server. The server has two 1-gigabit cards and is connected to a pair of switches. The application involves thousands of remote clients around the world connecting to the server (i.e. not a local network).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently, bonding is set up using mode 5 (balance-tlb), but the result is that the throughput for each port won't go above 500Mbit/s. How can I get past this limit? Please assume that I have no access to the switches, so I cannot implement 802.3ad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I was hoping to add the &quot;bonding&quot; tag, but I cannot add new tags, so &quot;teaming&quot; it is.)" />
  <row Id="47548" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26720" RevisionGUID="75a77577-07e6-4b1e-a955-334126dcc82f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:54:56.050" UserDisplayName="nobodyfamous" Text="How to achieve 2-gigabit total throughput on Linux using the bonding driver?" />
  <row Id="47549" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26720" RevisionGUID="75a77577-07e6-4b1e-a955-334126dcc82f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:54:56.050" UserDisplayName="nobodyfamous" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;gigabit-ethernet&gt;&lt;bonding&gt;" />
  <row Id="47550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26721" RevisionGUID="f74b2db2-d06c-41e4-b62c-d783ce1fb2bb" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:55:01.277" UserId="9691" Text="I would like know if anybody can help me choosing a good VNC Software for Servers on Windows 2008 and Clients on Windows 7 (for now on Vista, but in October, all the machines will migrate to Windows 7)? Internet cannot help me finding.&#xD;&#xA;And it's important that it's free, or not too expensive.&#xD;&#xA;Thank you." />
  <row Id="47551" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26721" RevisionGUID="f74b2db2-d06c-41e4-b62c-d783ce1fb2bb" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:55:01.277" UserId="9691" Text="What is the best FREE VNC client and server compatible with Windows 7 and 2008 Server?" />
  <row Id="47552" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26721" RevisionGUID="f74b2db2-d06c-41e4-b62c-d783ce1fb2bb" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:55:01.277" UserId="9691" Text="&lt;vnc&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;windows-7&gt;" />
  <row Id="47553" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26722" RevisionGUID="96e84006-286f-479f-8ae0-7bbf71350673" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:55:20.417" UserId="9220" Text="If you are uploading using secure ftp behind a NAT firewall, or any other NAT device, you will be able to connect/authenticate, but won't be able to upload, list director contents, etc, without first modifying the firewall/NAT rules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check http://www.lancerobinson.net/archive/2005/08/23/50912.aspx for more info." />
  <row Id="47554" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26723" RevisionGUID="e06e7cd5-71d4-466a-9dc0-ca2db9eec5ac" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:59:09.770" UserId="7601" Text="*As to your other question -*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Another question, then: If I were to do this with, say, a Java server behind Apache, would I use multiple instances?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depends :)  Whats the load like? Whats the memory usage like? How would you distribute them - multiple Java app servers on the same box? Different boxes? The appropriate configuration depends on what the problem you're trying to solve is." />
  <row Id="47556" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26725" RevisionGUID="cc51da35-353c-4d43-b775-2473414acbfa" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:59:50.453" UserId="1821" Text="Are the table names for Dynamics GP 10 the same as GP 9?" />
  <row Id="47557" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26725" RevisionGUID="cc51da35-353c-4d43-b775-2473414acbfa" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:59:50.453" UserId="1821" Text="Dynamics GP Table Names" />
  <row Id="47558" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26725" RevisionGUID="cc51da35-353c-4d43-b775-2473414acbfa" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:59:50.453" UserId="1821" Text="&lt;dynamics&gt;&lt;gp&gt;&lt;microsoft&gt;&lt;sql&gt;" />
  <row Id="47559" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26720" RevisionGUID="7553c2e5-27ee-49c6-92b8-0ecd2beac612" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:00:09.610" UserId="3431" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;gigabit-ethernet&gt;&lt;bonding&gt;" />
  <row Id="47560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26726" RevisionGUID="42b5c84b-50c5-4eac-b668-952e23cf0532" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:00:41.107" UserId="3657" Text="We use NetApp hardware for our SAN and it gives us all the options&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Fiber channel connectivity as a fabric for our VMware hosts&#xD;&#xA; - iSCSI target for making LUNs for Exchange and other needs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;plus&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The NetApp itself is a fully functional CIFS server replacing our file server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This has greatly simplified our storage.  I am in the process of migrating 2TB of disk from a VMware virtual machine Windows 2003 file server to being directly shared from the NetApp itself.  Add in the ability to do snapshots and NDMP backups directly to tape, it is something to consider." />
  <row Id="47561" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26727" RevisionGUID="4f2bbc05-2b88-4a9f-baf8-19fa23c7c179" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:01:08.393" UserId="4721" Text="Normally on says,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    crontab -e&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and, edits the file. In which case the earlier edits are present at the time of making changes. This keep the crontab (of one user login) consistent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;Another way would be to fetch the current file, append it and then load it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    crontab -l &gt; buffer.txt&#xD;&#xA;    cat new_command.txt &gt;&gt; buffer.txt&#xD;&#xA;    crontab buffer.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here, the trick required will be to script the merge of new_command.txt into buffer.txt so that replication is eliminated. The human user would normally do that correctly when using `crontab -e`." />
  <row Id="47562" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26728" RevisionGUID="a9ba8e85-0089-4484-be05-baa721ac53f4" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:01:17.377" UserId="3770" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;I would say try RealVNC (http://www.realvnc.com/). It's good and very compatible. I'm using it on a Windows 7 Beta Edition, and it works without problems. For Windows 2008 Server, I don't know, but the kernel is the same as Vista." />
  <row Id="47563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26729" RevisionGUID="8afe3b8d-cf6d-49a1-931c-9debca5407cd" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:01:24.680" UserId="9149" Text="You should carefully examine your storage, probably its write performance is inadequate. You can also check what RAID level is being used. If it is RAID 5, you should consider going to a faster array like RAID 10, 01, 10E. You might also consider creating a separate RAID volume just for the logs, so that it does not interfere with IIS operation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Besides, your are probably confusing NAS and SAN. Those are different technologies performance wise. If you are indeed using NAS, you should think twice, as this technology is not always suited for high I/O load." />
  <row Id="47564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26730" RevisionGUID="f19809da-f7f8-4bbd-9a2d-0ca219910e34" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:30:13.310" Text="&lt;p&gt;I have a couple of batch files which must be run as Administrator.&#xA;I can do so if they are on my machine, but when I put them on the network and then try to run them as Administrator, the command prompt simply shows no output and finishes, apparently without executing any of the code.&#xA;When I run the network batch files normally, I at least get a bunch of error messages telling me that access is denied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any ideas how to fix this behavior?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47565" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26730" RevisionGUID="f19809da-f7f8-4bbd-9a2d-0ca219910e34" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:30:13.310" Text="How do I run a batch file on a local network as Administrator? (Vista)" />
  <row Id="47566" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26730" RevisionGUID="f19809da-f7f8-4bbd-9a2d-0ca219910e34" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:30:13.310" Text="&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;batch&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="47567" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26731" RevisionGUID="cfae6de1-28e5-4e42-b386-29d12c97b66a" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:34:08.683" Text="&lt;p&gt;I'm not entirely sure what you are asking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;runas  /user:mymachine\administrator cmd&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is usually the way you want to do that (if you are not already an admin.)  You may also need to make sure you are specifying:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;runas /user:mydomain\mydomainadmin cmd&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;as the local admin may not have permission to the resource you are trying to access.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It also occurred to me that your batch files may not be expecting UNC names like &lt;code&gt;\\server\path\filename.txt&lt;/code&gt;, they may be expecting just &lt;code&gt;drive:\path\filename.txt&lt;/code&gt;.  You will need to make sure that they are not assuming that any path information will be in one particular format.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47568" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26732" RevisionGUID="fb7fa619-18e3-44fb-9f0f-398babb3b4c8" CreationDate="2009-06-15T20:37:51.420" Text="&lt;p&gt;you could also try to create shortcuts of the batch files &#xA;and then tick the &quot;Run as administrator&quot;option for the&#xA;shortcuts (properties-advanced) and run them instead if&#xA;it's possible.&#xA;It works but I recommend using 'runas' instead...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47569" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26733" RevisionGUID="eb79c923-eba7-4423-9d0a-67bab6d2c7c4" CreationDate="2009-06-16T16:48:23.603" Text="&lt;p&gt;Cooper on serverfault answered my question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Network drive mappings are saved per-session, so when your shortcut runs within the security context of administrator, no drive mappings exist (unless the administrator has a current session, via another runas, or via a current remote desktop session).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Try calling the batch script in your shortcut via UNC, rather than referencing a drive letter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26734" RevisionGUID="b45c3491-1d54-41e9-907b-2ce25eb43be4" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:03:12.867" UserId="1694" Text="It's their bad (rehash.com). Don't worry about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OpenDNS Cache check reports the same&#xD;&#xA;http://www.opendns.com/support/cache/" />
  <row Id="47571" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26734" RevisionGUID="b45c3491-1d54-41e9-907b-2ce25eb43be4" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:03:12.867" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="47572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26735" RevisionGUID="0e414385-2a62-46cf-8383-f44e4530a9a0" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:03:15.970" UserId="7601" Text="One way to do this would be to have a semaphore file that both users can write to.  Have the cron job check on the existence of this file and the date of the file - if it's today's date than the job has already been run - so no need to run - the 2nd attempt to run the file would exit.  The problem with this approach though is that the earlier run would always win.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47573" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26736" RevisionGUID="fe6c902a-eaec-41de-a507-7bd9774c1813" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:04:50.770" UserId="9220" Text="Unfortunately, this isn't as easy as you may think, since Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer are so closely integrated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I know, this isn't possible to do, because of this integration.  You may want to look into Internet Explorer 8 and InPrivate browsing for a workaround." />
  <row Id="47574" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26737" RevisionGUID="441d99d7-00a1-4123-a397-88a0227b553d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:06:11.330" UserId="3657" Text="It is unlikely you will achieve 2 gigabit without cooperation at the switch level and even then it might be hard with only a single IP source/destination combination.  Most teams are set up for IP hashing which allocates a single NIC path to each source/destination.  As such you'll only get 1 gigabit.  There are round-robin schemes but you can often find out of order packet arrival that make it undesirable unless both the host and destination support that scheme." />
  <row Id="47575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26738" RevisionGUID="290a6d58-aa7e-4563-85ec-61da6e8b42fe" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:06:38.473" UserId="9110" Text="Use a role account rather than tie things to a regular user account. Then allow both users to run this command. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;sudo crontab -u dba_cron_user -e &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47577" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26739" RevisionGUID="2f91470b-d133-410d-89bb-7765da8b62d0" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:13:34.950" UserId="9684" Text="&#xD;&#xA;you can also have a look at Zenoss." />
  <row Id="47578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26740" RevisionGUID="c242b237-f78f-41e1-8ad5-efca615735f1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:16:19.547" UserId="9711" Text="Hi, I am attempting to setup nightly builds of an OS on my website server. Well, the problem is I need to generate a floppy disk image without being root.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Really, I don't need to fully generate it. I just need to update the image. As I have a FFS image with boot manager and such, and just need to add my kernel file to the image. I have seen no useful image tools out there though with dealing with FFS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know of some tools to use for updating such a floppy image. I wouldn't mind programming a little glue program, but I really don't want to code up full FFS support by myself at the moment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The server runs linux. btw&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47579" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26740" RevisionGUID="c242b237-f78f-41e1-8ad5-efca615735f1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:16:19.547" UserId="9711" Text="Building a disk image without root privileges" />
  <row Id="47580" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26740" RevisionGUID="c242b237-f78f-41e1-8ad5-efca615735f1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:16:19.547" UserId="9711" Text="&lt;not-root&gt;&lt;disk-images&gt;" />
  <row Id="47581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26741" RevisionGUID="27a0d9ca-e06d-4abe-8818-bc51000b185a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:23:15.070" UserId="4392" Text="First, you probably know that you're never actually going to hit 2Gb/s. The overhead of TCP/IP will limit you to probably 90% of the max. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2nd, even if you use a TCP offload engine, the stack above layer 3 definitely affects where the bottleneck is. In other words, how are you transmitting the data? I could have 10Gb/s NICs and a crossover between them and I'd not get above a few hundred Mb/s if I was using rsync over an ssh tunnel. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What else can you tell us about the topology? You said that the server is connected to a couple of switches, and that the remote clients are all over the world. Do you have &gt; 500Mb/s (aggregate) of WAN connections? " />
  <row Id="47582" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26742" RevisionGUID="127dd31c-d6f2-48e3-9537-cbe5eea71658" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:23:32.543" UserId="4721" Text="You will need &lt;b&gt;Port Aggregation&lt;/b&gt; at the switch ports (the two ports of the access switch that are wired to the 2 gigabit ports on your machine need to be aggregated). But, once that is achieved, you should be getting close to a 2Gbps path (limited by the machine's capabilities).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With port aggregation on the switch matching the logical 2Gbps port of the bonding driver you would be using a multiplexed redundant path with just one IP address on the machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some interesting notes i came across looking this up now, [here][1] .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;There is a dark side to this wonderful feature of the Linux bonding driver–it only works with network interfaces that allow the MAC address to be changed when the interface is open. The balance-alb mode depends on swift ARP trickery to fool the kernel into thinking the two physical interfaces are one by rewriting the MAC address on the fly. So the driver for the interface must support this, and many of them don't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;But that's not all the bonding driver can do. The mode option gives you seven choices, and you don't have to worry about interface compatibility. However you do need to consider what your switches support. The balance-rr, balance-xor and broadcast modes need switch ports grouped together. This goes by all sorts of different names, so look for &quot;trunk grouping&quot;, &quot;etherchannel&quot;, &quot;port aggregation&quot;, or some such. 802.3ad requires 802.3ad support in the switch. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/nethub/article.php/3697756" />
  <row Id="47586" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26744" RevisionGUID="5ce74d22-a870-4623-ab01-ccce6ab255d6" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:23:57.707" UserId="1821" Text="And the answert is: For the most part yes. [Here][1] is the master list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.box.net/shared/jc90kdsh2k" />
  <row Id="47587" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26745" RevisionGUID="b2e1c7c8-5056-4b29-9e22-8f65f02fb60c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:27:10.493" UserId="7320" Text="Here's how you stop the Recent Documents from being populated (not just hidden from Start Menu):&#xD;&#xA;http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/545/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's how you stop Media Player from keeping history:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/1195/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there somewhere else are you seeing the history of files you've opened besides these? Microsoft Office might keep a separate recent documents history, but you can disable that in preferences." />
  <row Id="47588" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26740" RevisionGUID="49c80d5e-ae4e-4aa9-a58c-f659a85abae9" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:27:20.897" UserId="6793" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;not-root&gt;&lt;disk-images&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="47591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26747" RevisionGUID="5c03ef3b-2dd7-4773-a45e-eaa1c2251abe" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:35:02.193" UserId="7320" Text="More than likely you have a root cause:  how the traffic is being routed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For instance, listening to streaming music should not be a problem - because it should NOT be going over the VPN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Likewise, I would wager if you are using a common video client for your conferences like Skype then you still dont need that traffic going over the VPN. Obviously, this might not apply if you are connecting to a video bridge behind your corporate firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using the Windows VPN client there is a simple way to send non-VPN traffic through your local gateway. If you're using a third party client you'll have to refer to their documentation." />
  <row Id="47592" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26748" RevisionGUID="b4c15b12-3a82-4275-9a89-0df4027adfe3" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:35:47.900" UserId="9138" Text="You could create a hard or soft link from the first user's crontab file(/var/spool/cron/DBA\_1) to the second user's crontab file(/var/spool/cron/DBA\_2). The downside to this method is that both users share the same crontab, and neither gets an individual file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The above mentioned locations are correct for RHEL/CentOS; they may be different in another distribution." />
  <row Id="47593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26749" RevisionGUID="bf0fd040-8905-488a-8650-c5b6391640a1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:37:48.757" UserId="8334" Text="I can't find any good reason not to use built-in RDP server, as on Windows it beats VNC hands down. 3 sessions ought to be enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.uvnc.com/ if you must." />
  <row Id="47594" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26750" RevisionGUID="7e9f0af1-603d-4bd8-a2ae-08bdf3895fa8" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:39:25.337" UserId="9004" Text="Setup a separate account for this purpose, and let cron jobs run under that account only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a best practice and offers many benefits beyond fixing your problem:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Nothing to worry about if either DBA is hit by a bus, or other&#xD;&#xA; - The real user account environments don't affect your production cron jobs&#xD;&#xA; - Coupled with sudo, it gives good logging/accountability&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my previous company, I disabled cron &amp; at for all real user accounts." />
  <row Id="47595" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26751" RevisionGUID="7642435b-8457-4d8e-aca6-aa0269d7e51d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:39:59.250" UserId="4810" Text="Polymon is exactly what you're looking for.&#xD;&#xA;www.codeplex.org/polymon&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's fantastic for monitoring anything that can be communicated by TCP Port, SNMP, Powershell, WMI, SQL, HTTP, Perfmon, or Ping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't monitor anything *nix, so I can't speak to that. But for the Windows world it's very simple to set up, extremely intuitive, and extremely flexible, It has very nice built-in dashboard display, sms or email notification.  You can do long-term trending/reporting/graphing,  auto respond to events (like restart a service if it stops, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And at least for me, it's a lot easier to set up and maintain than Nagios, OpenNMS, or Zabbix.  I heartily recommend it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26752" RevisionGUID="663ec985-b1ae-4601-a7a8-1bb178dba2b2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:48:08.187" UserId="8197" Text="I agree with the seller's recommendation, although the 32GB size is far too small. I typically build a fresh install of Windows with all software that I use, and that does not change frequently (ie: Office 2007).  You can use Acronis to take an image of your fresh system, and store it on the larger SATA drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, once you run Windows for a few months and your system naturally slows down (Wintropy?), you can restore the fresh image back to the SSD, and your system will feel &quot;new&quot; again." />
  <row Id="47597" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26753" RevisionGUID="2a1e574b-b705-405c-bd82-e3a9d7369ab9" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:48:24.117" UserId="1233" Text="I don't know of any and a double check with a search didn't bring up anything either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can however create a shell script (see below) and then use [Platypus](http://www.sveinbjorn.org/platypus) to create a droplet application that will unarchive the whole archive if you'd like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     #! /bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;     /usr/bin/ar -x $1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: 4.2 has an issue that a droppable application won't pass on the argument if the application had not been launched so you'll have to create the application using 4.1 or 4.3 when it comes out." />
  <row Id="47598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26754" RevisionGUID="daf96f8b-21f4-4680-81be-2be8ae909918" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:51:19.507" UserId="5848" Text="I'm unsure which operations might require being root to create a disk image, so you should really post what are you doing exactly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to mount a loop device or something like that, you might be able to give a regular user rights to do so. If not, there might be a Fuse module to do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47599" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26755" RevisionGUID="e47d391d-d662-4249-bc42-73b3b7504daa" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:51:38.180" UserId="431" Text="The domain account probably doesn't have the privilege to run as a service.  Click Start, Run, type secpol.msc, go into Local Policies, User Rights Assignment.  Double-click on &quot;Log on as a service&quot; and add the account there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that doesn't do it, go into Administrative Tools, Event Viewer.  Look at the errors in the Security event log, copy/paste those into here, and we can troubleshoot those.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, just to be clear - you aren't trying to change the account after setting up SQL Server, right?  You need to specify the account name during the SQL Server setup process.  The setup does a lot more than just this piece.  Changing the service account after installation is pretty risky." />
  <row Id="47600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26756" RevisionGUID="2fe8305c-c257-4216-949b-9a8077e0fcfb" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:51:52.283" UserId="6244" Text="Do you have IDS (Intrusion Detection System)?" />
  <row Id="47601" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26756" RevisionGUID="2fe8305c-c257-4216-949b-9a8077e0fcfb" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:51:52.283" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="47602" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26757" RevisionGUID="194b4ae2-8403-4842-8315-5e6841e1a883" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:52:07.463" UserId="7611" Text="openfire (server)&#xD;&#xA;spark (client)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;both are released under the gpl&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47603" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26758" RevisionGUID="e650a6e1-550d-4e8d-8de5-75271c52f2f1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:52:18.243" UserId="846" Text="A couple of years ago I would have deployed FireFox were it centrally manageable, but I am now past that.  We are on IE7 now, soon to go to IE8, and the security is now acceptable.  Since I don't want to manage two browsers, and IE isn't going away, we will stick with IE.  It ain't perfect, but it does the job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, to answer the question ... the features necessary to make FireFox a good candidate for enterprise adoption are in my opinion:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1- GPO control of settings  &#xD;&#xA;2- centralized update control  &#xD;&#xA;3- the ability to control add-ins and to centrally update them.  &#xD;&#xA;4- passing of windows credentials   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe #1 and possibly #4 are available through third parties or add-ins." />
  <row Id="47604" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26759" RevisionGUID="f36d9dd0-8d2a-432b-8652-ddcf2ea95619" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:55:12.230" UserId="9637" Text="Hyperic offers a pretty good solution. http://www.hyperic.com/products/open-source-systems-monitoring.html" />
  <row Id="47605" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26760" RevisionGUID="5313b9e7-13d6-47a3-a6c3-d4b75d91eb08" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:57:56.250" UserId="3528" Text="The best way to find out what tables are available is to use the [Microsoft Dynamics GP SDK][1], and the Resource Descriptions tool available in dynamics GP (Select Tools -&gt; Resources -&gt; Tables).  While the list hasn't changed much it has changed.  In addition there are addins that make changes to forms and reports that may add additional tables or views.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=16d5bcea-c965-4f9a-a965-f4a81b0dd564&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26761" RevisionGUID="dea550d7-49b3-43f8-b93c-2f4b8421083d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:59:05.593" UserId="4733" Text="Can just one machine on our network generate enough network traffic, whether it be from malware or P2P or whatever, to affect all network/internet users?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My company has many public machines available for anyone to browse the internet on.  If just one of these machines became infected with a virus could it affect all internet traffic in the building?  How about if a user were running P2P software?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;..and what about our wireless?  We have an open/unsecured wireless AP available to the public.  Could someone using a wireless laptop generate/use-up enough traffic to cripple the entire network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are on a 5mb DSL Verizon businesss line located in a med-sized city.  Lately, at certain times of the day, internet traffic is at a standstill.  I cant even browse to small sites like Google.com and I cant check my mail without Outlook timing out numerous times for several hours.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="47607" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26761" RevisionGUID="dea550d7-49b3-43f8-b93c-2f4b8421083d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:59:05.593" UserId="4733" Text="How much traffic can one machine generate?" />
  <row Id="47608" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26761" RevisionGUID="dea550d7-49b3-43f8-b93c-2f4b8421083d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:59:05.593" UserId="4733" Text="&lt;internet&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;bandwidth&gt;" />
  <row Id="47609" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26762" RevisionGUID="5cb5a8eb-878a-4e48-ba4b-05d84739ec81" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:04:19.030" UserId="984" Text="Yes, one computer with malware, a torrent client, can easily saturate a 5MB link.  Heck, it should be easy enough to saturate a 5MB link with just *normal* network traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should check some of the questions on the site related to traffic monitoring, and shaping.  There is lots of good advice about methods you can discover what is causing the link to be saturated and how to fix it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Traffic Management recommendations][1]&#xD;&#xA; - QoS [tag][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [Network Traffic Monitoring][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [Monitor Internet bandwidth][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8961/traffic-management-recommendations&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/qos&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3326/network-traffic-monitoring&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8267/monitor-internet-bandwidth" />
  <row Id="47610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26763" RevisionGUID="4f5212cb-6f6e-42c9-9eea-1e69c102dd4f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:06:29.743" UserId="9637" Text="If the replication job is like all other sql jobs there should be a built in filter in the job history and once set, the filter will be active as long as the sql management studio is not closed. " />
  <row Id="47611" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26764" RevisionGUID="3f518af3-9330-4a47-860f-01aab774b914" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:06:45.453" UserId="3110" Text="You need to restart the SQL Server Agent.  I've run into problems similar to this and that has fixed my problem." />
  <row Id="47612" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26765" RevisionGUID="3de4e231-c046-4bff-875c-21d9f93573cb" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:06:47.947" UserId="4721" Text=" - P2P Software can hog bandwidth and a 5Mbps link is quite narrow for torrent communications. A single torrent client communicating with about 25 peers each at 256Kbps will finish your uplink&#xD;&#xA; - A single malware infected machine has the potential of disrupting your enterprise network and also spreading inside the enterprise faster than an infection from the internet&#xD;&#xA; - A malware infected machine can also disrupt your network devices (switches/routers) and servers&#xD;&#xA; -An unsecure wireless AP is probably the worst thing you can do with your network. Besides disrupting and snooping enterprise traffic, you may land up being answerable to things done by people who were never ever on your premises. " />
  <row Id="47613" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26766" RevisionGUID="c775dc3e-646d-4908-acc8-49eda0872590" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:07:06.543" UserId="9503" Text="5 mbps is slow compared to what a computer can transfert. So Yes, a computer can use 100% of the internet link.&#xD;&#xA;There is 2 major protocols over Internet : TCP and UDP. If other users use TCP based application (like http/smtp/..) this can slow down your connection but you should not get timeout problems. If they use UDP (like if they are streaming a video or doing VoIP) they can saturate the link and you will get lots problem as you have.&#xD;&#xA;Just to be sure, when you have your problem with outlook, are you on a wireless network or on a wired one ?" />
  <row Id="47614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26767" RevisionGUID="2845dea4-f949-4a75-9d61-4a4a9db2ac6b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:08:47.570" UserId="3528" Text="Do you have the latest patches for oracle installed?  make sure you have patch 4547817" />
  <row Id="47615" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26751" RevisionGUID="09770546-24c2-4f75-9be2-6c53c078cc6d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:09:21.640" UserId="4810" Comment="deleted 4 characters in body" Text="Polymon is exactly what you're looking for.&#xD;&#xA;polymon.codeplex.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's fantastic for monitoring anything that can be communicated by TCP Port, SNMP, Powershell, WMI, SQL, HTTP, Perfmon, or Ping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't monitor anything *nix, so I can't speak to that. But for the Windows world it's very simple to set up, extremely intuitive, and extremely flexible, It has very nice built-in dashboard display, sms or email notification.  You can do long-term trending/reporting/graphing,  auto respond to events (like restart a service if it stops, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And at least for me, it's a lot easier to set up and maintain than Nagios, OpenNMS, or Zabbix.  I heartily recommend it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47616" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26768" RevisionGUID="c4ba7bd7-a3fd-420b-812c-a793442da9e6" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:11:16.877" UserId="7195" Text="I use SCP regularly to move files between servers and I've heard rumoured that you can use tab-completion on the remote server if you're using public keys, but so far I have had no luck.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'm trying to accomplish is the following:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    scp -r remote.ip.address:/remote/dir/folder&lt;TAB&gt; /local/destiation/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An `ls` on the remote server of `/dir/` would reveal 3 folders:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    /remote/dir/folder_1&#xD;&#xA;    /remote/dir/folder_2&#xD;&#xA;    /remote/dir/folder_3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like for SCP to reveal which folders match (if any), just like normal path completion when navigating the local filesystem. Tab completion does work on the local paths in the `scp` command line, but I've noticed that when the path for the remote machine matches the local (ie: &quot;~/&lt;TAB&gt;&quot;), it completes/suggests files/folders from the local filesystem rather than the remote.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running the following works for password-less login:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    `ssh remote.ip.address`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...so I know the keys are setup correctly. Any ideas on how to get this working?" />
  <row Id="47617" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26768" RevisionGUID="c4ba7bd7-a3fd-420b-812c-a793442da9e6" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:11:16.877" UserId="7195" Text="SCP filename tab completion" />
  <row Id="47618" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26768" RevisionGUID="c4ba7bd7-a3fd-420b-812c-a793442da9e6" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:11:16.877" UserId="7195" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;scp&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="47619" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26769" RevisionGUID="59664d83-c656-4837-874d-569549b7cc0f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:13:45.110" UserId="3528" Text="Not only yes but it's likely.  If you have public machines they should be behind a locked down firewall and a proxy.  [Microsoft ISA server][1] works perfectly for this.  Also note that if you are using outlook with your own exchange server then not only is your external connection swamped but your internal network is getting flooded as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/edgesecurity/isaserver/en/us/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="47620" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26765" RevisionGUID="61751bbb-c581-4747-875f-f7fa5a116d61" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:14:44.297" UserId="4721" Comment="added 451 characters in body; added 134 characters in body; added 2 characters in body" Text=" - P2P Software can hog bandwidth and a 5Mbps link is quite narrow for torrent communications. A single torrent client communicating with about 25 peers each at 256Kbps will finish your uplink&#xD;&#xA; - A single malware infected machine has the potential of disrupting your enterprise network and also spreading inside the enterprise faster than an infection from the internet&#xD;&#xA; - A malware infected machine can also disrupt your network devices (switches/routers) and servers&#xD;&#xA; - An unsecure wireless AP is probably the worst thing you can do with your network. Besides disrupting and snooping enterprise traffic, you may land up being answerable to things done by people who were never ever on your premises. &#xD;&#xA; - Have you considered the possibility of on-line gaming or streaming software being used in your enterprise? That will take up the 5Mbps too&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;So, &lt;b&gt;what can you do&lt;/b&gt;?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Consider metering traffic by protocol on your uplink. If you have a router or proxy there it will help&#xD;&#xA; - Talk with your ISP to give you a report access that classifies the traffic utilization. That will help you figure out exactly what is hogging your bandwidth&#xD;&#xA; - Confirm that your Windows machines are patched correctly and your AV/AS systems are also updated regularly with signature updates&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26770" RevisionGUID="384d9570-7ec1-44f4-ac8c-346f3e96d925" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:16:30.550" UserId="6793" Text="Which shell are you using? But if you are using bash you may need to &#xD;&#xA;enable &quot;advanced&quot; competions in bash...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then&#xD;&#xA;        . /etc/bash_completion&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In your ~/.bashrc&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47623" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26765" RevisionGUID="a27a9c28-79da-419f-80a5-8f47186c1196" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:20:58.137" UserId="4721" Comment="added 2 characters in body; added 237 characters in body; added 2 characters in body; deleted 7 characters in body" Text=" - P2P Software can hog bandwidth and a 5Mbps link is quite narrow for torrent communications. A single torrent client communicating with about 25 peers each at 256Kbps will finish your uplink&#xD;&#xA; - A single malware infected machine has the potential of disrupting your enterprise network and also spreading inside the enterprise faster than an infection from the internet&#xD;&#xA; - A malware infected machine can also disrupt your network devices (switches/routers) and servers&#xD;&#xA; - An unsecure wireless AP is probably the worst thing you can do with your network. Besides disrupting and snooping enterprise traffic, you may land up being answerable to things done by people who were never ever on your premises. &#xD;&#xA; - Have you considered the possibility of on-line gaming or streaming software being used in your enterprise? That will take up the 5Mbps too&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;So, &lt;b&gt;what can you do&lt;/b&gt;?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Consider monitoring traffic by protocol on your uplink. If you have a router or proxy there it will help&#xD;&#xA; - Talk with your ISP to give you a report that classifies the traffic utilization. That will help you figure out exactly what is hogging your bandwidth&#xD;&#xA; - Confirm that your Windows machines are patched correctly and your AV/AS systems are also updated regularly with signature updates&#xD;&#xA; - Explicitly firewall all inbound communications that are not part of your organization policies (if you are not supposed to run a Mail server on any machine except the mail server, block incoming port 25 for all other machines, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47624" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26770" RevisionGUID="0af2135e-5796-424a-b2e7-7fe623e4e983" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:23:11.410" UserId="6793" Comment="spelling" Text="Which shell are you using? If you are using bash you may need to &#xD;&#xA;enable &quot;advanced&quot; completions in bash...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then&#xD;&#xA;        . /etc/bash_completion&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In your ~/.bashrc&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47625" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26772" RevisionGUID="6582acda-a0d3-468f-820d-b5a0d687fc7d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:23:21.800" UserId="5535" Text="No one has mentioned this yet but one computer spewing broadcast packets as fast as it can on a network can cause a lot of problems on a local network.  This problem becomes more of an issue on larger networks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One funny story with Malware.  At one of my previous jobs we had compute cluster of 25 dual Xeon machines back when the MS Blaster virus came out.  They were running software that would break with the MS patch that they rushed out.  So to protect the cluster of computers we made sure that every computer on our network was fully patched as a level of protection.  This worked great until someone brought in an infected laptop and connected to our network.  We instantly had 25 dual Xeon's with gigE links flooding our network with traffic.  This resulted in 100% packet loss on our local network.  Forget about getting to the internet.  So yes this is a real threat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In this case the laptop was one of our sales staff but this could have easily been a guest wireless connection laptop so be careful how you set that stuff up.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where I work now our guest wireless is not open but has a simple password, is on its own network segment that has no access to our internal networks, and traffic from that network segment is marked as low priority and limited to about 30% of our bandwidth going out to the internet." />
  <row Id="47626" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26773" RevisionGUID="3fe94f83-ddc3-4ae8-a913-b954db4d7dfe" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:27:25.690" UserId="3053" Text="The cream of the crop is unquestionably the Intel SSDs. A reasonable runner-up are drives based on the Indilinx controller; the most famous of which is the OCZ Vertex, also available is the Super Talent Ultradrive ME, and the Patriot Torqx.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wouldn't bother with SSDs for the system drive personally, as they are still to much of a premium for decent sizes. Consider the cost per gig (I went the SuperTalent drives as they are the cheapest of the Torqx, Vertex, and UltraDrive)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* $0.8/gb Velociraptor 300gb&#xD;&#xA;* $1.2/gb Velociraptor 150gb&#xD;&#xA;* $4.6/gb SuperTalent 64gb&#xD;&#xA;* $2.7/gb SuperTalent 128gb&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would go with a a 10k Velociraptor for the system drive and an SSD as a second drive only if you have a particular problem needing solving. My workplace just installed SSDs (SuperTalent UltraDrive 64gb ones) as a second drive in our workstations to solve painfully slow SVN syncs on NTFS filesystems (sync times were 10+ minutes and are not sub minute). " />
  <row Id="47627" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26774" RevisionGUID="872a8d31-64e9-49d9-84b2-97de0c6ce317" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:27:40.823" UserId="3528" Text="As a best practice, the most efficient way to configure share permissions is with Authenticated Users having Full Control access. Then, the NTFS permissions should configure each group with the required permissions. This provides security for local and network access to the resource. It also provides protection of the resource for when it is backed up and when the resource name is changed or relocated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To calculate the effective permissions for a user accessing a resource via a share compare the share permissions and the NTFS permissions for the user and use the most restrictive permission.  There is no precendence per se except for restrictiveness.  Share permissions are not applied if you do not access the file via the share.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using server 2003 SP1 or higher you can alaso use access based enumeration to further secure the resources.  See [Windows Server 2003 Access-based Enumeration][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/abe.mspx" />
  <row Id="47628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26775" RevisionGUID="bc52d0ec-ec87-4f8d-9dcc-18e3f3dee499" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:30:03.283" UserDisplayName="mieses" Text="TightVNC and TigerVNC." />
  <row Id="47629" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26770" RevisionGUID="4b981db3-a014-4d38-bad0-9ae8aabd2933" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:31:27.367" UserId="6793" Comment="added osx install; added 4 characters in body" Text="Which shell are you using? If you are using bash you may need to &#xD;&#xA;enable &quot;advanced&quot; completions in bash...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then&#xD;&#xA;        . /etc/bash_completion&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In your ~/.bashrc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On OSX you can do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo port install bash-completion&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To your  ~/.profile add:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -f /opt/local/etc/bash_completion ]; then&#xD;&#xA;        . /opt/local/etc/bash_completion&#xD;&#xA;    fi" />
  <row Id="47630" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26657" RevisionGUID="4a8c5cb4-cafb-4512-9825-3c5fc0662557" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:31:42.360" UserId="282" Comment="Added links, rephrased some paragraphs, fixed spelling" Text="I am in the process of trying to optimize the boot process of our 700 Windows XP workstations, we regularly have complaints about the start-up and login times on site workstations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking at this in two parts, part one using [BootVis][1] to monitor and inspect the boot process; part two using [Process Monitor][2] to monitor the login process. Using BootVis' &quot;Boot Done&quot; way point as the metric. I utilized a VMWare workstation virtual machine that has been used for about 18 months as a general purpose testing machine (thus fairly typical of on site machines). I used a snapshot to return the Virtual Machine to the initial state before each test.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the logs and report that BootVis created the most obvious delay was from [Sophos Anti-Virus][3] on access scanner, followed at some distance by mrxsmb. I tweaked with the policies for the machine (ensuring I forced Sophos to update twice each time) and came up with the following numbers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Scan All Files, On Read**: 260 seconds&#xD;&#xA; - **Scan All Files, On Write**: 160 seconds&#xD;&#xA; - **Scan Executables, On Read and On Write**: 111 seconds&#xD;&#xA; - **Scan Executables, On Read**: 99 seconds&#xD;&#xA; - **Scan Executables, On Write**: 95 seconds&#xD;&#xA; - **On-Access Scanning Disabled**: 102 seconds&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The above tends to suggest that Scanning All Files, On Read is by far the most expensive operation (and probably totally unnecessary). I can't quite comprehend why disabling on-access scanning actually slows down the boot sequence however fractionally fractionally. The final three results are pretty much the same, which means I must use other factors to influence my decision as to selecting Scan Executables, On Read or On Write.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***So what other considerations should make when configuring On-Access scanning to improve the boot time?***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5034622.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.sophos.co.uk/" />
  <row Id="47631" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26768" RevisionGUID="339e8bdc-eeaf-4f8b-b72a-635da84e30da" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:34:21.840" UserId="6793" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;scp&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="47632" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26776" RevisionGUID="587a13ca-c22a-4ee9-9464-008c9766b830" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:35:23.460" UserId="8905" Text="I like [UltraVNC][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.uvnc.com/" />
  <row Id="47633" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26777" RevisionGUID="983bf307-b19f-43ab-9414-b024fffd6611" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:37:20.243" UserId="2349" Text="I'm testing Tokyo Tyrant in a master-master setup and have found the ulog grows out of control and locks up the disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At first I found the -ulim option useful and limited the logfile size, however it simply rolls over to a new log, leaving the old ones to clutter up the partition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suppose I'll write a shell script that will delete ulogs older than X, once I find out how far back Tokyo Tyrant needs in the update log in order to failover.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have any experience with this Tokyo Tyrant?  Do you have a feel (acknowledging that every install is different based on what is being stored) for the optimal ulog size vs how far back a Tokyo Tyrant instance needs to look in the ulog to assume master status?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;nathan" />
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  <row Id="47635" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26777" RevisionGUID="983bf307-b19f-43ab-9414-b024fffd6611" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:37:20.243" UserId="2349" Text="&lt;logging&gt;&lt;management&gt;" />
  <row Id="47636" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26765" RevisionGUID="ce63c40f-3fb0-449c-a963-b845f22bf983" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:40:05.900" UserId="4721" Comment="added 56 characters in body" Text=" - P2P Software can hog bandwidth and a 5Mbps link is quite narrow for torrent communications. A single torrent client communicating with about 25 peers each at 256Kbps will finish your uplink&#xD;&#xA; - A single malware infected machine has the potential of disrupting your enterprise network and also spreading inside the enterprise faster than an infection from the internet&#xD;&#xA; - A malware infected machine can also disrupt your network devices (switches/routers) and servers&#xD;&#xA; - An unsecure wireless AP is probably the worst thing you can do with your network. Besides disrupting and snooping enterprise traffic, you may land up being answerable to things done by people who were never ever on your premises. &#xD;&#xA; - Have you considered the possibility of on-line gaming or streaming software being used in your enterprise? That will take up the 5Mbps too&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;So, &lt;b&gt;what can you do&lt;/b&gt;?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Consider monitoring traffic by protocol on your uplink. If you have a router or proxy there it will help&#xD;&#xA; - Talk with your ISP to give you a report that classifies the traffic utilization. That will help you figure out exactly what is hogging your bandwidth&#xD;&#xA; - Confirm that your Windows machines are patched correctly and your AV/AS systems are also updated regularly with signature updates&#xD;&#xA; - Explicitly firewall all inbound communications that are not part of your organization policies (if you are not supposed to run a Mail server on any machine except the mail server, block incoming port 25 for all other machines, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Zoredache has already give some very good references. +1" />
  <row Id="47637" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26778" RevisionGUID="4fdd5eb7-d2cc-47e7-88ff-fbaddd0a294c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:40:37.177" UserId="6804" Text="OK, so this is a bit of a facepalm moment, NIS doesn't show any users with UIDs &lt;500 in it's passwd export, I hadn't added any non-privileged users to the VM I was testing it on. all works fine now :-S " />
  <row Id="47638" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26779" RevisionGUID="53c5f513-0a10-4ece-882b-31369f14c079" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:42:09.657" UserId="45" Text="Spiceworks&#xD;&#xA;------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Spiceworks][1] is a complete network management and monitoring, helpdesk, PC inventory and software reporting solution to manage everything IT in small and medium businesses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.spiceworks.com/" />
  <row Id="47642" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26781" RevisionGUID="37b4f15b-d0e2-477f-a55a-247075ddc0a6" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:47:37.350" UserId="2541" Text="Is there any free (reliable....yes I know..) disk partition software for Windows Server? I am checking before I do make a purchase. I just need to resize a disk." />
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  <row Id="47644" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26781" RevisionGUID="37b4f15b-d0e2-477f-a55a-247075ddc0a6" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:47:37.350" UserId="2541" Text="&lt;disk-partition&gt;" />
  <row Id="47645" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26782" RevisionGUID="01ade81f-f58e-45ce-bb9c-de69cf4e8e1f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:47:51.063" UserId="4785" Text="Well, i'm often tired of the basic functionalities of terminal provided as is when installing a new distrib.&#xD;&#xA;I was wondering what is the best console in a graphical mode ?&#xD;&#xA;For now, all i want to is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Tabs management&#xD;&#xA; - Easy copy/paste (^C/^V support)&#xD;&#xA; - UTF-8 support&#xD;&#xA; - Should be available for both KDE/Gnome environnement&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please be argumentative, don't answer with 'my favorite is' only.&#xD;&#xA;Try to tell me why and which features it offers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="47646" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26782" RevisionGUID="01ade81f-f58e-45ce-bb9c-de69cf4e8e1f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:47:51.063" UserId="4785" Text="What is the best graphical terminal/console for Linux ?" />
  <row Id="47647" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26782" RevisionGUID="01ade81f-f58e-45ce-bb9c-de69cf4e8e1f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:47:51.063" UserId="4785" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;graphical-interface&gt;&lt;gnome&gt;&lt;kde&gt;" />
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  <row Id="47649" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26525" RevisionGUID="97be60fe-9ce5-404c-8825-34efc0ee4678" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:49:33.837" UserId="7861" Comment="added 177 characters in body; added 164 characters in body" Text="I've searched Google and seen discussions on it, even on their own MS blogs but I'm at a loss.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've gone into WSUS and chose all of the .NET Framework packages I can find (they were in the &quot;Service Packs&quot; area) and set them to &quot;Install&quot; for a test group.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, when I look at the reports, all of those packages show as &quot;N/A&quot; for the computers in the test group.  But the computers still only have the default .NET 1.1 installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my real question is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can I deploy .NET Framework 3.5 through WSUS?  If so, how?  If not, can you recommend another SIMPLE way to deploy it (I say this because the steps to deploy it using GPO Software installs is a nightmare with tons of prereqs, etc.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(first, other updates deploy just fine to these computers)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The .NET Framework I have set to install in WSUS is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;KB951847&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BAH...NEVERMIND...now when I go back in and run the report it shows as Installed.  Last week it was showing as N/A.  I guess I jumped the gun on the question.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47650" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21533" RevisionGUID="aa597900-73ec-46f7-b274-feaab41cb43c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:50:36.533" UserId="45" Comment="tags and title caps" Text="Is it better to setup a RAID array or a batch copy command on a scheduler?  My needs are simple - to backup my important files (some source code, financial data, etc.) on my home network nightly to a separate hard drive.  My server OS is Windows Server 2008." />
  <row Id="47651" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="21533" RevisionGUID="aa597900-73ec-46f7-b274-feaab41cb43c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:50:36.533" UserId="45" Comment="tags and title caps" Text="RAID or batch copy on scheduler? " />
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  <row Id="47653" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26781" RevisionGUID="e25cbdde-4065-418b-a6e0-02cfc849e538" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:52:50.680" UserId="6793" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;disk-partition&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="47654" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26783" RevisionGUID="cbd32b91-c7e5-4315-91e6-ff9d265ef27c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:53:58.337" UserId="7200" Text="Windows Server 2008's installation media allows you to use DISKPART to manipulate NTFS volumes very effectively. (It will manipulate Windows Server 2003-based volumes as well-- both OS's are using the same NTFS version, 5.1.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used the &quot;EXPAND&quot; functionality in DISKPART fairly regularly in previous versions of Windows, but I've had to build Windows PE discs to take advantage of that functionality when resizing boot volumes. Booting the W2K8 installation CD and using DISKPART directly from there is nicer than having to make more WinPE discs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't used the new SHRINK functionality in the W2K8 DISKPART, but it looks handy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know if it's strictly &quot;legal&quot; to download the evaluation version and use it for this functionality, but you could definitely do it if you don't have a copy of the W2K8 installation media sitting around. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I'd trust DISKPART and the canonical Microsoft implementation of NTFS more than I'd trust any other tools. That's no slight on the other tools, but being that NTFS is Microsoft-proprietary, I'd expect their tools to handle their filesystem better than any others.)" />
  <row Id="47655" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26784" RevisionGUID="956f6790-0cfc-486e-bfbf-9a2270bfcf0d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:54:13.623" UserId="6689" Text="The gParted liveCD is probably the best I've seen. It's free, opensource, and a fairly small download, with a nice simple interface." />
  <row Id="47656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26785" RevisionGUID="b00a58b0-3247-4621-9967-db497cd08790" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:56:07.537" UserId="3657" Text="You might also consider some of the free online backups like Mozy or Carbonite so that your data is protected even in the event of a disaster at your home." />
  <row Id="47657" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26786" RevisionGUID="00c3b387-a161-4651-a584-4f875c67f1ee" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:56:17.363" UserId="3299" Text="I have a fairly fresh install of Windows Server 2008.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I right click on the C: drive and view properties, it says I have used 25.2 GB, but when I select all the contents of the C: drive and view properties it says that the size (and Size on disk) are 17 GB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea where the other 8 GB could have gone? " />
  <row Id="47658" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26786" RevisionGUID="00c3b387-a161-4651-a584-4f875c67f1ee" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:56:17.363" UserId="3299" Text="Windows Server 2008 Disk Size" />
  <row Id="47659" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26786" RevisionGUID="00c3b387-a161-4651-a584-4f875c67f1ee" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:56:17.363" UserId="3299" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;diskspace&gt;" />
  <row Id="47660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26787" RevisionGUID="944bff3e-6c2b-4f9f-9e5a-b2214d556d29" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:56:27.473" UserId="8152" Text="Another option-- you can purchase an external USB Hard drive from any BestBuy or Walmart.  Plug it in, run your batch file to copy the important files, then unplug it.  That'll give you protection from virus/computer corruption/lightning strike.  They're cheap and it works well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47661" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26788" RevisionGUID="1d57a837-855b-4e35-8923-31dfe65f085c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:56:37.817" UserId="6767" Text="Whatever the default is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I touch dozens or more systems over the course of the week, where I can be logged in as any number of users.  The problem is that if you go to the effort of finding, building, and customizing a particular terminal, you'll either waste a LOT of time trying to reproduce/distribute it everywhere, or you'll get annoyed that your customizations are not present or at a older/different rev than whatever your &quot;reference&quot; is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For that reason and others, I use a lightly-customized screen session inside whatever the default terminal is.  My .screenrc and .vimrc are available across the web with a simple wget command, which makes keeping different locations up-to-date much easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now the scale of my problem might be different than yours, but this is why I work the way I do." />
  <row Id="47662" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26788" RevisionGUID="1d57a837-855b-4e35-8923-31dfe65f085c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:56:37.817" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="47663" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26789" RevisionGUID="234883ba-b73d-46c6-9c5f-87abb7174d4b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T18:57:40.280" UserId="5848" Text="Any VPS should do. There are absurdly cheap these days.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47664" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26790" RevisionGUID="00db0cc4-b487-44ba-9928-89644af90575" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:00:13.863" UserId="6689" Text="Are you looking at file size, or file size on disk? Even a file with one character has to take up a block (normally 4k), and this can add up with lots of small files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have hidden files enabled? You pagefile is probably several GB, if you're not taking that into account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WinDirStat shows you how much space each folder takes up, give that a try." />
  <row Id="47665" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26791" RevisionGUID="a370d015-9cc5-40d2-ac0b-a875d5c59d17" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:00:30.943" UserId="613" Text="I've found that I like Terminal (http://www.xfce.org/projects/terminal) for a couple of things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  * ability to turn off up/down scrollbar (I always run screen in terminals, so scrollbars are just something to accidentally click on and cause problems)&#xD;&#xA;  * good UTF-8 support&#xD;&#xA;  * decent tab support (on for my local screen session, one for my always-on-remote-server session)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried some of the 'quake-like' terminals because they looked cute, but was unsatisfied by them in different ways.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47666" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26791" RevisionGUID="a370d015-9cc5-40d2-ac0b-a875d5c59d17" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:00:30.943" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="47667" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26792" RevisionGUID="20765467-adcd-4aa5-a100-3b8a05d18153" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:01:33.313" UserId="9404" Text="[SecurityFocus][1] has one big vulnerability database classified by vendor and product. You can also purchase [Symantec DeepSight Alert Services][2] where you can select whcich software do you have and several methods for vulnerabilities notifications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a complementary service  by Symantec (Threat Alert) which notifies about global security threats.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the same sort of line, you can use (and contribute to) [OSVDB][3] (Open Source Vulnerability Database).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to know about security tools I find [darknet][4] very useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://securityfocus.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://alerts.symantec.com&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://osvdb.org&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://darknet.org.uk" />
  <row Id="47668" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26793" RevisionGUID="ef752f5f-b3df-4169-95e0-961ed3c64cc4" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:01:51.580" UserId="9140" Text="The best terminal is the terminal you are comfortable with (like any other software).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyways, Multi-Gnome-Terminal supports tabs." />
  <row Id="47669" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26793" RevisionGUID="ef752f5f-b3df-4169-95e0-961ed3c64cc4" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:01:51.580" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="47670" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26794" RevisionGUID="6a92d0d3-0721-4061-a80d-52bc08a2fd26" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:02:51.970" UserId="5535" Text="You can use a Linux live cd and gparted to resize partitions.  But resizing partitions aren't always possible.  So you need to know when you can do this safely or use tools that prevent you from doing anything destructive.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're trying to shrink the partition you need to run a disk defragger that will move all the data to the beginning of the disk before resizing the partition.  Gparted in this case will not let you resize your partition smaller than the last block of real data.  After you resize the partition windows will force a diskcheck when you boot up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To grow a partition then with most of the free tools that I know of you have to have some space available at the end of your existing partition to expand to.  Once you grow a partition you'll need to run diskpart.exe to have it recognize the new size.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See this KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It looks like you can also use the diskpart.exe utility to resize the partitions based on that KB.  But Gparted is a gui app...where diskpart is command line.  I would make sure that your data is backed up before proceeding.  No matter what tool you end up using." />
  <row Id="47671" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26795" RevisionGUID="b55d7eb2-c647-4621-bb29-23e5f1454ab0" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:03:23.200" UserId="9637" Text="Windows 2008 as the preveious versions creates 2 files pagefile.sys and hiberfil.sys each with a default value of 4 GB. &#xD;&#xA;These files are placed in the root of your system partition (c:)&#xD;&#xA;You can view these files by un-checking the hide system files and clicking on the show hidden files and folders radio button from the ALT-T (Tools Menu) - Folder Options - View Tab in your Windows Explorer window." />
  <row Id="47672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26796" RevisionGUID="d8819f36-18bc-4769-9f05-0f82f2e87823" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:03:26.057" UserId="8934" Text="Nagios can monitor process in memory (so services too) through snmp. So you don't have to install the nagios agent." />
  <row Id="47673" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26783" RevisionGUID="87f81f6b-93e8-4b3b-b9f0-a52702901e2a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:08:40.273" UserId="7200" Comment="added 245 characters in body" Text="Windows Server 2008's installation media allows you to use DISKPART to manipulate NTFS volumes very effectively. (It will manipulate Windows Server 2003-based volumes as well-- both OS's are using the same NTFS version, 5.1.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used the &quot;EXPAND&quot; functionality in DISKPART fairly regularly in previous versions of Windows, but I've had to build Windows PE discs to take advantage of that functionality when resizing boot volumes. Booting the W2K8 installation CD and using DISKPART directly from there is nicer than having to make more WinPE discs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't used the new SHRINK functionality in the W2K8 DISKPART, but it looks handy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know if it's strictly &quot;legal&quot; to download the evaluation version and use it for this functionality, but you could definitely do it if you don't have a copy of the W2K8 installation media sitting around. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I'd trust DISKPART and the canonical Microsoft implementation of NTFS more than I'd trust any other tools. That's no slight on the other tools, but being that NTFS is Microsoft-proprietary, I'd expect their tools to handle their filesystem better than any others.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: You're also going to get support for Microsoft software RAID volumes by using the Windows Server 2008 setup CD, versus open source tools. (I like the open source tools fine, but the Microsoft solution is compelling to me in this case.)" />
  <row Id="47675" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26797" RevisionGUID="d2316408-42ce-456b-aa3c-589521235510" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:08:59.087" UserId="4600" Text="I have the following configured:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. **mail.firstdomain.com** - 1.1.1.1 - This domain sends out a lot of email (our newsletter to clients), and thus I keep the two separated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. **mail.seconddomain.com** - 2.2.2.2 - This domain is were we send out email from our app (registrations, notifications, etc...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. **mail.mypersonaldomain.com** - 3.3.3.3 - This is my personal email hosted by Google/GMail&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have some email that are sending from **mail.secondomain.com** being rejected:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     Could not deliver message to the following recipient(s):&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;     Failed Recipient: joe@domain.com&#xD;&#xA;     Reason: Remote host said: 554 mail server permanently rejected message (#5.3.0)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the header:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     Received: from 1.1.1.1 [2.2.2.2] by mail.mypersonaldomain.com with SMTP; (date and time)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How is this possible?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**1.1.1.1** is not involved in the email sending. I assume this is from the recipients server associating the email from **2.2.2.2** with the other IP (**1.1.1.1**) and further, with my personal email server (**mail.personaldomain**).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I checked all the configuration, and I don't see anything other than **mail.seconddomain.com** being used. **1.1.1.1** and **2.2.2.2** are even in separate data centers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="47676" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26797" RevisionGUID="d2316408-42ce-456b-aa3c-589521235510" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:08:59.087" UserId="4600" Text="Why is my email coming from a different domain or IP?" />
  <row Id="47677" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26797" RevisionGUID="d2316408-42ce-456b-aa3c-589521235510" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:08:59.087" UserId="4600" Text="&lt;smtp&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;smtp-relay&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="47679" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26798" RevisionGUID="fbc58370-dddc-4daf-b652-b590119581bb" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:17:24.560" UserDisplayName="Carlos Arango" Text="How many USB devices can I connect to a windows 2000, 2003 and 2008 server machine?" />
  <row Id="47680" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26798" RevisionGUID="fbc58370-dddc-4daf-b652-b590119581bb" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:17:24.560" UserDisplayName="Carlos Arango" Text="How many usb devices can I connect to a server?" />
  <row Id="47681" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26798" RevisionGUID="fbc58370-dddc-4daf-b652-b590119581bb" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:17:24.560" UserDisplayName="Carlos Arango" Text="&lt;usb&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="47682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26799" RevisionGUID="13410530-3b10-4499-8605-58654e80ce12" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:17:50.270" UserId="5221" Text="Is the text after &quot;from&quot; being picked up from the reverse-DNS entry for 2.2.2.2?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;host 2.2.2.2&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to check.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(the &quot;host&quot; command is fairly standard on Unix-a-like systems, there will be Windows equivalents if you need one and failing that search Google for one of the many sites that will do rDNS lookups for you)" />
  <row Id="47683" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26800" RevisionGUID="bd7a658b-b9d9-4ede-a3a8-971342d50eb6" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:18:32.623" UserId="45" Text="`mail.mypersonaldomain.com` seems to be the **name** given to the SMTP service. Your server is telling the remote SMTP the name using the SMTP HELO/EHLO command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47684" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="18321" RevisionGUID="6798ef46-add4-47f5-9477-3b050d20c2ca" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:20:25.740" UserId="7577" />
  <row Id="47685" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26801" RevisionGUID="fa9eeb2d-44a0-4abe-b857-cfcc820bf591" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:23:07.653" UserId="5848" Text="Not yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It needs browser support. Browsers would complete an excellent user experience with OpenID, as they could manage your identities in a centralized fashion and make things very simple (it seems that the website you are visiting is using OpenID, do you want to use http://yahoo.com/user to log in?) and secure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But right now, you need a significant effort to make OpenID usable. As I see it, you either need to provide OpenID as an option or provide your own OpenID provider to your users (making them free to use a third party's service).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47686" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26802" RevisionGUID="1d5b0014-5ce5-4d24-8b5a-bc8cae8281ab" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:23:16.297" UserId="9698" Text="As mentioned in the previous answer and the above comment, I had already placed this question on serverfault. Migrating it here as well has simply created a duplicate. If anyone who reads this has the ability to delete questions, please delete this one." />
  <row Id="47687" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26802" RevisionGUID="1d5b0014-5ce5-4d24-8b5a-bc8cae8281ab" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:23:16.297" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="47688" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26803" RevisionGUID="9098d187-2dbf-46d7-bf26-eefcd31a3dcc" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:25:22.377" UserId="5221" Text="Many. Practically unlimited if the devices have their own power, though it will depend on your controllers and hubs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IIRC the USB standard allows 127 devices (with hubs counting as devices too) on each controller, directly or indirectly, but many motherboard chipsets effectively have more than one controller and you can add more via add-on cards.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some cheap hubs will not cope well with that many devices connected through them though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other limit is devices without their own power: each port should deliver 2.5W (0.5A max at 5V). This can be mitigated using powered hubs or devices with their own power supply." />
  <row Id="47689" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26804" RevisionGUID="b4d47cb8-6863-4a2f-8f9f-c6d3758a890a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:28:07.720" UserId="7904" Text="I'm interested in best practices and potential open source projects that would allow my organization to securely store multiple passwords and allow multiple administrators to access them.  I'm interested in something that would allow each administrator to have their own login/key versus the typical password protected Excel spreadsheet. ;)  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Preferable would be a web based application which I can run over SSL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
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  <row Id="47691" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26804" RevisionGUID="b4d47cb8-6863-4a2f-8f9f-c6d3758a890a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:28:07.720" UserId="7904" Text="&lt;password&gt;" />
  <row Id="47692" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26805" RevisionGUID="c627c1ca-f7b5-4ef8-a92a-9f69bfafb35d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:28:55.567" UserId="8340" Text="The free and open-source **SchemaCrawler** tool will do what you need. SchemaCrawler outputs details of your schema (tables, views, procedures, and more) in a diff-able plain-text format (text, CSV, or XHTML). SchemaCrawler can also output data (including CLOBs and BLOBs)&#xD;&#xA;in the same plain-text formats. You can use a standard diff program to diff the current output with a reference version of the output.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://schemacrawler.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will need to provide a JDBC driver for your database.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47693" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26782" RevisionGUID="62398ebc-c592-4171-a472-f0cc0c4e8685" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:31:12.677" UserId="4785" Comment="added 17 characters in body" Text="Well, i'm often tired of the basic functionalities of terminal provided as is when installing a new distrib.&#xD;&#xA;I was wondering what is the best console in a graphical mode ?&#xD;&#xA;For now, all i want to is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Tabs management&#xD;&#xA; - Easy copy/paste &lt;strike&gt;(^C/^V support)&lt;/strike&gt;&#xD;&#xA; - UTF-8 support&#xD;&#xA; - Should be available for both KDE/Gnome environnement&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please be argumentative, don't answer with 'my favorite is' only.&#xD;&#xA;Try to tell me why and which features it offers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="47695" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26807" RevisionGUID="d5609002-6219-41e6-aaa1-41c369ac28ac" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:35:02.247" UserId="9726" Text="I am currently running CentOS 5 and looking for a terminal command that can allow me to monitor the status of the RAID set up (ie, if a drive is down) without having to get into the kernel.  This is a live web server afterall.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47696" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26807" RevisionGUID="d5609002-6219-41e6-aaa1-41c369ac28ac" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:35:02.247" UserId="9726" Text="Monitor RAID status through terminal (CentOS 5)" />
  <row Id="47697" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26807" RevisionGUID="d5609002-6219-41e6-aaa1-41c369ac28ac" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:35:02.247" UserId="9726" Text="&lt;centos&gt;&lt;raid&gt;&lt;terminal&gt;" />
  <row Id="47698" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26804" RevisionGUID="a79fd152-dc2e-403b-852f-6173769ae278" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:35:28.627" UserId="7904" Comment="added 74 characters in body" Text="I'm interested in best practices and potential open source projects that would allow my organization to securely store multiple passwords and allow multiple administrators to access them.  I'm interested in something that would allow each administrator to have their own login/key versus the typical password protected Excel spreadsheet. ;)  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Preferable would be a web based application which I can run over SSL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need it to run in a Mac/Linux environment - no Windows apps, please.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="47699" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26808" RevisionGUID="51f0cd01-4bd8-4d5d-b8f8-a3cdc1e25b08" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:37:06.080" UserId="8261" Text="I have a Rails 2.3.2 app running on Apache with Passenger, and recently, the strangest thing has started happening.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Every so often, the app will just stop processing requests entirely and they'll all back up until they time out. Restarting Apache seems to be the only way out. The system is under relatively light load until this happens, at which point it's under no load at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I realize this isn't a lot to go on, but how can I even figure out what's causing this? Of note, global queuing is turned on; Ruby is ruby-enterprise-1.8.6-20080610; and Passenger is the version that came with the aforementioned Ruby Enterprise Edition." />
  <row Id="47700" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26808" RevisionGUID="51f0cd01-4bd8-4d5d-b8f8-a3cdc1e25b08" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:37:06.080" UserId="8261" Text="Why is Passenger occasionally grinding to a halt?" />
  <row Id="47701" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26808" RevisionGUID="51f0cd01-4bd8-4d5d-b8f8-a3cdc1e25b08" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:37:06.080" UserId="8261" Text="&lt;rails&gt;&lt;passenger&gt;&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="47702" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26809" RevisionGUID="6f2c73af-4757-42ea-b358-1030f05fd964" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:39:33.517" UserId="2413" Text="it's raid dependent. for lsi [ it's in plenty of dell and hp servers ] you use tool called [MegaCLI][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for 3ware cards - [tw_cli][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;it usually comes with 'drivers' or documentation for your hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/FIOgroup/DiskRefPerc&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/FIOgroup/Tw_cli" />
  <row Id="47703" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26804" RevisionGUID="ed6c01c5-9ef0-4c30-a1d5-2e88e46253a4" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:39:47.183" UserId="2489" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;password&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="47704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26810" RevisionGUID="f34c0170-bcb1-418e-abd0-16cc451ccee5" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:40:58.210" UserId="1293" Text="Also useful: `$BASH_SUBSHELL`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ echo $SHLVL&#xD;&#xA;    1&#xD;&#xA;    $ (echo $SHLVL)&#xD;&#xA;    1&#xD;&#xA;    $ echo $BASH_SUBSHELL&#xD;&#xA;    0&#xD;&#xA;    $ (echo $BASH_SUBSHELL)&#xD;&#xA;    1&#xD;&#xA;    $ ( (echo $BASH_SUBSHELL) )&#xD;&#xA;    2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47705" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26811" RevisionGUID="46251339-d813-486b-966c-f5899147fb2e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:41:04.093" UserId="984" Text="If this is a software raid (mdadm) and you want to look at the current status you could simply do a **cat /proc/mdstat**.  If you want to have something where the screen is refreshed every 10 seconds you could do a **watch -n 10 cat /proc/mdstat**." />
  <row Id="47706" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26812" RevisionGUID="36873617-65a9-4276-8451-affd3c8c3dac" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:41:19.333" UserId="4310" Text="Filezilla FTP server provides with a ban of ips after a certain amount of attempts.  How I can get the IPs being banned." />
  <row Id="47707" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26812" RevisionGUID="36873617-65a9-4276-8451-affd3c8c3dac" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:41:19.333" UserId="4310" Text="How to get list of banned IPs from Filezilla FTP Server for Windows?" />
  <row Id="47708" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26812" RevisionGUID="36873617-65a9-4276-8451-affd3c8c3dac" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:41:19.333" UserId="4310" Text="&lt;ftp&gt;&lt;filezilla&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="47709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26813" RevisionGUID="b7ef8a21-f33a-4d21-937a-9889609dbe51" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:42:34.370" UserId="8897" Text="mdadm offers detailed information about every aspect of the Linux software raid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26814" RevisionGUID="e79d97ac-1192-48b9-a327-473cd4e497ee" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:42:53.573" UserId="6965" Text="Wow, good thread!  Nobody's mentioned my preferred solution (except in passing), so I'll give a shout-out to KeePass.  Nicely extendable, with password-, key- or AD-based authentication.  Does the job nicely for us." />
  <row Id="47713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26816" RevisionGUID="914b9918-fcd4-4ec5-a31c-e1995fed02ce" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:43:53.913" UserId="9727" Text="If you're using software RAID with a regular disk controller then use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mdadm --detail &lt;dev&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where &lt;dev&gt; is /dev/md0 for example. This will show you the current status. If a drive fails, you'll also see lots of nastiness in /var/log/messages." />
  <row Id="47714" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="26808" RevisionGUID="0901169b-ff2c-4b43-bbd7-3feef6562b9f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:44:37.860" UserId="8261" Comment="edited title" Text="Why is my Rails app under Passenger occasionally grinding to a halt?" />
  <row Id="47715" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26817" RevisionGUID="0c1543da-4b4b-4ffb-b993-be078b2adfa6" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:46:38.153" UserId="9726" Text="is python supported by your development server?" />
  <row Id="47717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26819" RevisionGUID="d94cf774-3b35-4256-b4c2-9d0b2da3a8a8" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:50:09.143" UserId="919" Text="What exactly are you protecting with this system? Systems you control, or systems run by third parties?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For internal authentication, systems like Kerberos, LDAP or even just sudo and PKI can handle this. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For external authentication, say to a software support website, you're largely hamstrung by whatever system they implement. Tools like KeePass (2.0 kinda works with mono) or PasswordGorilla can store your passwords. I don't think either of them supports any notion of multiple separate decryption passwords; I'm not sure how that could work mathematically. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47718" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26820" RevisionGUID="3a25d729-9aea-4875-8189-f7a1fb9fb2d6" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:52:53.413" UserId="3925" Text="If the servers originally came with Windows 2000, its about time they were replaced anyway, and most servers come with quite cheap Windows software bundled in. If they went for a hardware refresh at the same time it could be quite cost-effective.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not, I won't reiterate the answers given (except to say that, yes, it can be very expensive!) have they thought about migrating to Linux based desktops or servers? Evaluate what software they need and if, like [the French police][1], they don't need games then it might well be a valid solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/03/french-police-saves-millions-of-euros-by-adopting-ubuntu.ars" />
  <row Id="47719" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26821" RevisionGUID="ee686ad9-e80a-4072-90d1-06de6bf58e32" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:57:47.757" UserId="9170" Text="watch -n 10 cat /proc/mdstat this will setup on u r system" />
  <row Id="47722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26823" RevisionGUID="6504cc44-1f10-4b99-9a55-97f29c16f015" CreationDate="2009-06-16T19:58:20.250" UserDisplayName="Alex" Text="OpenNMS targets at the enterprise-sized organization which needs a scalable network management solution.  Nagios is better suited to monitor a limited amount of servers which you can afford to set up manually.&#xD;&#xA;If you compare it to the transportation network, Nagios is a truck and OpenNMS is a railroad system - both do &quot;roughly&quot; the same (&quot;monitor things&quot;, &quot;transport things&quot;) but are aimed at different markets." />
  <row Id="47727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26826" RevisionGUID="c600cb8e-e190-4135-a976-9ef4cf3e5a94" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:05:23.090" UserId="9170" Text="u can install USB switch/hub to u r server which have self power and it usb hub come in 24port 48port which i have use already i dont if any product there which has more port.." />
  <row Id="47728" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26782" RevisionGUID="0482e456-effb-44a3-b8ec-744850581def" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:05:49.050" UserId="3950" Comment="very subjective and now tagged as such" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;graphical-interface&gt;&lt;gnome&gt;&lt;kde&gt;" />
  <row Id="47729" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26781" RevisionGUID="7560218f-062d-4a35-b397-dc51da0d93ba" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:05:50.767" UserId="2541" Comment="added 186 characters in body" Text="Is there any free (reliable....yes I know..) disk partition software for Windows Server? I am checking before I do make a purchase. I just need to resize a disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit ~ I have a windows server 2003 Raid 5 with 2 partitions &quot;C&quot; and &quot;D&quot;. I need to resize &quot;C&quot; by taking some space from &quot;D&quot;. The &quot;D&quot; has 100GB extra and &quot;C&quot; is running out of space." />
  <row Id="47730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26827" RevisionGUID="243a8bb8-3f1c-493c-a30f-fa3ac00d6b9f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:07:13.993" UserId="7320" Text="**Manually:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To view/edit the banned IPs launch FileZilla Server.exe and click Edit &gt; Settings&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In settings you'll find the section:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-General Settings&#xD;&#xA;--IP Filter&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here you can enter new bans, wildcards, even regular expressions including hostnames and it gives you some information about how to do that in the IP Filter pane.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**If you wanted to use a script to make a log or something:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The banned list is stored in FileZilla Server.xml in your Program Files\FileZilla Server\ folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's under the item &quot;&lt;Item name=&quot;IP Filter Disallowed&quot; type=&quot;string&quot;&gt;1.2.3.4&lt;/Item&gt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could use any text search/parsing solution to extract the list pretty easily :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26828" RevisionGUID="ad330041-d6fb-4077-a669-ad51be48f798" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:10:01.053" UserId="1770" Text="Can you just mount it on loopback and access it as any other filesystem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I assume by FFS that you're meaning the BSD Fast File System?  I don't know what kind of support Linux has for it offhand.  If Linux can mount it, that's going to be your easiest bet.  If not, then you either need to write your own FFS support, or use an OS that can manage it easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or switch to using a filesystem that is better supported." />
  <row Id="47732" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26829" RevisionGUID="aab7b694-ea04-46de-beb9-5ff95990a344" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:10:06.700" UserId="8602" Text="&gt; Edition: VPN PPTP is supported (Why is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; it so important to know?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short: Because the built in VPN client supports it. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are several vpn-protocols plus some vpn-server vendors add proprietary features to the protocols they support. Like Cisco added the &quot;Mutual Group Authentication&quot; to the IPSec protocol. VPN clients that support IPSec but not support Mutal Group Auth cannot connect to a Cisco server if that feature is enabled and set as mandatory.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47733" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26830" RevisionGUID="df963881-043c-4af8-9949-a36d418e62e2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:10:42.160" UserId="1324" Text="For what I read so far, any wiki system with database backend (even with file store backend, but I'd prefer db) should solve your problem. Setting proper restrictions on the user accounts, and only the people you trust (admins) will be able to read/modify the pasword lists (in a plain html doc :) ).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Put it behind SSL enabled server, and restrict the access to the database." />
  <row Id="47734" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26831" RevisionGUID="865b3671-2c59-4475-9ecd-144fe0658cf0" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:11:28.337" UserId="9734" Text="I'm seeing random TNS connection closed errors when connecting to one of our databases.  It's not affecting all users.  (Appears to be happening during spikes of user activity)  Occasionally I'm seeing ORA-12518: TNS:listener could not hand off client connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The connections are being made from .Net using the ODP driver. (Which generates a lot of connect/disconnect activity)" />
  <row Id="47735" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26831" RevisionGUID="865b3671-2c59-4475-9ecd-144fe0658cf0" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:11:28.337" UserId="9734" Text="ORA-12537: TNS:connection closed" />
  <row Id="47736" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26831" RevisionGUID="865b3671-2c59-4475-9ecd-144fe0658cf0" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:11:28.337" UserId="9734" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;" />
  <row Id="47737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26832" RevisionGUID="f1bb02e8-5564-471a-8e64-f8c2582dfa4e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:11:56.697" UserId="388" Text="[PowerBroker](http://www.symark.com/products/pboverview.html) is a vendor product designed specifically for controlling/auditing access to shared accounts; however, there is a significant per-host license cost." />
  <row Id="47738" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26833" RevisionGUID="64d60ac4-5289-4b67-a488-af55813fd035" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:12:02.953" UserId="9732" Text="I think it would be better to ask the question, &quot;Why would I stay with a 32-bit kernel?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I went all 64-bit on every piece of hardware that supports it as soon as I could and I have no regrets.  At work we are running PostgreSQL servers on 64-bit CentOS 5 with 32 GB RAM and it is pretty great (Except for certain limitations with PostgreSQL itself, but nothing to do with 32 or 64 bits.)" />
  <row Id="47739" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24521" RevisionGUID="79bef38a-07bd-4089-89d5-e8fe20f95115" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:12:10.970" UserId="3038" Comment="Added requested additional information" Text="I've had a similar problem where users who used to be in a specific Entourage-users's delegates list 6 years ago were still getting forwarded meeting requests, even though they'd been removed years ago. These particular users lived with this annoyance for quite some time before reporting the problem, and it was only after we moved to Exchange 2007 and the Entourage user had some other problems that they mentioned it to me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;During the troubleshooting process I learned some things. First of all, if you have any Entourage in your environment it is a very good idea to download &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=55FDFFD7-1878-4637-9808-1E21ABB3AE37&amp;displaylang=en&quot;&gt;MFC MAPI&lt;/a&gt; from Microsoft. This Windows utility gives you a pretty raw view of a user's Mailbox, and is the only way to fix some problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you set a delegate, it creates a hidden rule to handle the forwarding of the meeting requests. What I didn't know is that earlier versions of Exchange put that in a different spot than Exchange 2007 does, but Exchange still runs the old rules if they are still present. In my case, there was a delegate rule still present in the old location that was still being run.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In MFC Mapi you get a top level view of a user's mailbox. One of the items in there is called &quot;Schedule&quot;. If you open &quot;Top of information store&quot;, the rules are kept on &quot;Inbox&quot;. In each folder there is a Rule property that contains the rules for that user. The one at the top of the mailbox is the old one, the Inbox in the &quot;Information Store&quot; is the new one. In my case, the rule was hiding in the old location. One that Even Outlook 2007 couldn't find. &#xD;&#xA;![mfc-mapi example][1]&#xD;&#xA;In this screen shot you can see a rule called &quot;PR RULES DATA&quot;. This is the actual rules data. To decode it, select the 'Schedule' item and click &quot;Actions&quot; on the MFC MAPI menu. There is an item there called &quot;Display Rules Table&quot;. If your problem is like mine was, there should be a rule in that top-level Schedules directory. Hidden rules start with an underbar. Right-click on the offending rule, and click &quot;Delete'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Like Regedit, you can do serious damage in MFC MAPI if you're not careful. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A second more obscure possibility for your problem is that User B has User A's X500 address associated with it. I'd be surprised if this would be the case, but it _could_ happen. Entourage is more sensitive to that sort of thing than Outlook is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** Adding more screen-caps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I no longer have a user in this state so I can't go step by step. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Launch MFC-MAPI&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![mfc-init][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pick Logon and Display StorageTable&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![mfc-login][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pick the MAPI profile that contains the mailbox you're looking in to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![mfc-profile pick][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This displays the mailboxes visible in this MAPI profile. This one includes Public Folders since we have public folders. If this profile has any attached mailboxes, they will also display.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![storage table view][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right-click on the mailbox you want to go into and select Open Store. This will bring up a new window.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![mfc-open store][6]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the window that will come up. The bad delegate rule I described above will be in the &quot;Schedule&quot; folder. Select Schedule.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![mfc-store window][7]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then go to Actions and select Display Rules Table&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Pick rules][8]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The delegate rule will have no name. For Exchange 2007 (and almost certainly Exchange 2003), there should be **no** rules in &quot;Schedules&quot;. They should all be in folders under &quot;Top of Information Store&quot;. It is safe to delete all of them. Right click on the rile, and select &quot;Delete&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![delegate rule][9]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://myweb.facstaff.wwu.edu/riedesg/images/mfcmapi-example.png&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://myweb.facstaff.wwu.edu/~riedesg/images/mfc-init.png&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://myweb.facstaff.wwu.edu/~riedesg/images/mfc-login1.png&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://myweb.facstaff.wwu.edu/~riedesg/images/mfc-profile.png&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://myweb.facstaff.wwu.edu/~riedesg/images/mfc-storetable.png&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://myweb.facstaff.wwu.edu/~riedesg/images/mfc-openstore.png&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://myweb.facstaff.wwu.edu/~riedesg/images/mfc-schedule.png&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://myweb.facstaff.wwu.edu/~riedesg/images/mfc-pickrules.png&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://myweb.facstaff.wwu.edu/~riedesg/images/mfc-delegaterule.png" />
  <row Id="47740" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26834" RevisionGUID="0fd859bd-7f88-4426-806f-0ed5a3ba8e92" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:13:26.507" UserId="5584" Text="I am trying to get an application working on a JBoss Cluster.  It uses Queues internally, and the developer claims that it should work correctly in a clustered environment.  I have jbossmq setup as a ha-singleton on the cluster.  The application works correctly on whichever node currently is running the queue, but fails on the other nodes with a: &quot;javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: QueueConnectionFactory not bound&quot;  error.  I can look at JNDIview from the jmx-console and see that indeed the QueueConnectionFactory class only appears on the primary node in the Global context.  Is there a way to see the Cluster's JNDI listing instead of each server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The steps I took from a default Jboss 4.2.3.GA installation were to use the &quot;all&quot; configuration. Then removed &lt;jboss&gt;/server/all/deploy/hsqldb-ds.xml and /deploy-hasingleton/jms/hsqldb-jdbc2-service.xml, copying the example/jms/mysq-jdbc2-service.xml file into its place (editing that file to use DefaultDS instead of MySqlDS).  Finally I created a mysql-ds.xml file in the deploy directory pointing &quot;DefaultDS&quot; at an empty database.  I created a -services.xml file in the deploy directory with the queue definition. like the one below:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;server&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;mbean code=&quot;org.jboss.mq.server.jmx.Queue&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                    name=&quot;jboss.mq.destination:service=Queue,name=myfirstqueue&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;                    &lt;depends optional-attribute-name=&quot;DestinationManager&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;                            jboss.mq:service=DestinationManager&#xD;&#xA;                    &lt;/depends&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;/mbean&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/server&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of the other cluster features of working, the servers list each other in the view, and sessions are replicating back and forth.  The JBoss documentation is somewhat light in this area, is there another setting I might have missed?  Or is this likely to be a code issue (is there different code to do a JNDI lookup in a clusted environment?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47741" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26834" RevisionGUID="0fd859bd-7f88-4426-806f-0ed5a3ba8e92" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:13:26.507" UserId="5584" Text="JBossMQ - Clustered Queues/NameNotFoundException: QueueConnectionFactory error" />
  <row Id="47742" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26834" RevisionGUID="0fd859bd-7f88-4426-806f-0ed5a3ba8e92" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:13:26.507" UserId="5584" Text="&lt;jboss&gt;&lt;clustering&gt;" />
  <row Id="47744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26835" RevisionGUID="9992bdaf-c88a-4767-8827-fee90058c9a8" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:16:47.873" UserId="9461" Text="Disclaimer: this is the first time I've even heard about Tokyo Tyrant. I just see some familiar patterns looking at the docs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the transactional systems (e.g. databases) I know, attention is paid to two types of unexpected events: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   - power failure - when you lose for some reason contents of RAM cache, but after restart you are still able to access disk files&#xD;&#xA;   - disk failure - you are no longer able to access data from your disk files; files are lost or contain only garbage; you have to restore from backup&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each log passes usually through three stages of existence:&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA; 1. **Active log** that has been just&#xD;&#xA;    created with very fresh transactions; the data it contains have not yet been saved to data files; you absolutely need this to restore consistency of data files in case of power failure&#xD;&#xA; 2. After data are committed (written to database files) the log is now called **committed log**; data are on disk in two different formats/places - in this log and in database file; you do not need this log in case of power failure, but you need it in case of disk failure - after restoring database file (from previous week?), you can re-apply all transactions from consecutive commited+active logs in the same chronological sequence to arrive at fresh copy of data; if you have lost latest logs, you've lost recent transactions, but at least you still have pretty fresh and completely consistent database&#xD;&#xA; 3. After the database file is backed up (consistently copied to safe place), your log becomes **archive log**. You do not need it to protect against either failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have no idea how to figure out which of your *ulogs* are committed by Tokyo Tyrant. But maybe this general outline will help." />
  <row Id="47745" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26836" RevisionGUID="e1f21546-ec34-4488-9231-819a53c6bb22" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:18:28.603" UserId="1642" Text="I have a project which is version-controlled using git.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I want to be able to do is set up a repo on my (ssh-enabled) GoDaddy shared hosting package so that I can deploy with a push rather than dragging and dropping in FTP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any tips would be appreciated. Best would be an account from someone who's already done it, but I couldn't personally find any online." />
  <row Id="47746" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26836" RevisionGUID="e1f21546-ec34-4488-9231-819a53c6bb22" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:18:28.603" UserId="1642" Text="Setting up a git repo on my GoDaddy hosting plan" />
  <row Id="47747" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26836" RevisionGUID="e1f21546-ec34-4488-9231-819a53c6bb22" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:18:28.603" UserId="1642" Text="&lt;git&gt;&lt;godaddy&gt;" />
  <row Id="47748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26837" RevisionGUID="48b25a45-f9b9-43eb-9acc-ab6e64ab52a9" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:18:44.577" UserId="9735" Text="I'm using Splunk 3.4.10 with the free license on a CentOS machine.  I've created a saved form search called &quot;Trace Mail&quot; that I hope to use to trace a single message through my mail servers as it gets new queue IDs.  Now, this form search worked until yesterday, now when I try to run it a Splunk error is logged that says &quot;Error while replacing variable name=&quot;foo&quot;. Could not find variable in the argument map.&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The current syntax for my saved search is:&#xD;&#xA;ID = &quot;: $first$:&quot; OR ID = &quot;: $second$:&quot;&#xD;&#xA;where ID is an extracted field.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I used &#xD;&#xA;ID = &quot;: $first$:&quot;&#xD;&#xA;The search completes properly, returning all expected results.  Has anyone else experienced this?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47749" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26837" RevisionGUID="48b25a45-f9b9-43eb-9acc-ab6e64ab52a9" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:18:44.577" UserId="9735" Text="Splunk form search with multiple variables" />
  <row Id="47750" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26837" RevisionGUID="48b25a45-f9b9-43eb-9acc-ab6e64ab52a9" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:18:44.577" UserId="9735" Text="&lt;splunk&gt;" />
  <row Id="47751" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26838" RevisionGUID="e6d39fc9-0fc6-4c5d-83aa-a682998ed251" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:18:45.187" UserId="9732" Text="Take a look at Control Groups. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; LWN has [an article about them][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lwn.net/Articles/236038/" />
  <row Id="47752" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26838" RevisionGUID="e6d39fc9-0fc6-4c5d-83aa-a682998ed251" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:18:45.187" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="47754" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26840" RevisionGUID="8e0d70d5-2234-47a6-b8c9-dae653b4f292" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:19:44.043" UserId="1770" Text="The options you have are probably what you want, except for `use_dns(yes);`.  Enabling that will cause syslog-ng to do a DNS lookup on the IP address a log comes from.  This is a *big* performance hit (DNS lookups as logs come in that syslog-ng has to block on because it can't write the logs until the dns lookup returns), and it also means that if a log doesn't include an entry, syslog-ng will try to fill it in with a DNS hostname, while traditional syslog will fill it in with an log source's IP address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Honestly, the only lines you absolutely need are `keep_hostname(yes);` and (just to keep invalid characters out), `check_hostname(yes);`.  The rest won't hurt anything, but aren't strictly required (with the one exception being the `use_dns(yes);`, as mentioned above, which you don't want)." />
  <row Id="47756" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26841" RevisionGUID="e986fd5d-38a1-43b2-9bde-170de30627c2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:20:46.960" UserId="45" Text="From [here][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Your server is probably running out of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; memory and need to swap memory to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; disk.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; One cause can be an Oracle process&#xD;&#xA;&gt; consuming too much memory. A possible&#xD;&#xA;&gt; workaround is to set following&#xD;&#xA;&gt; parameter in the listener.ora and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; restart the listener:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;      DIRECT_HANDOFF_TTC_LISTENER=OFF&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Should you be working with Multi&#xD;&#xA;&gt; threaded server connections, you might&#xD;&#xA;&gt; need to increase the value of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `large_pool_size`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dbmotive.com/oracle_error_codes.php?errcode=12518" />
  <row Id="47757" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26829" RevisionGUID="235cf38f-3dfd-41a9-a9d5-e8d1948cd809" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:21:17.193" UserId="8602" Comment="typo" Text="&gt; Edition: VPN PPTP is supported (Why is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; it so important to know?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short: Because the built-in VPN client supports it. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are several vpn-protocols plus some vpn-server vendors add proprietary features to the protocols they support. Like Cisco added the &quot;Mutual Group Authentication&quot; to the IPSec protocol. VPN clients that support IPSec but not support Mutal Group Auth cannot connect to a Cisco server if that feature is enabled and set as mandatory.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47758" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26842" RevisionGUID="f8d41245-b7ac-446a-8f07-335adafbf53f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:22:45.817" UserId="9637" Text="I use [KeePass][1] and i'm very happy with it. It's an opensource easy to use password manager. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://keepass.info/" />
  <row Id="47760" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26838" RevisionGUID="621bd424-0795-4d2a-a4b8-afd14cd47bc5" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:25:48.463" UserId="9732" Comment="added 261 characters in body" Text="Take a look at Control Groups. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; LWN has [an article about them][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Redhat, Fedora, CentOS have an RPM package named libcgroup that has several handy command-line tools, a system daemon and some config files to manage control groups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is based on [libcg][2] hosted on SourceForge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lwn.net/Articles/236038/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://libcg.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="47761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26843" RevisionGUID="2e971d0e-1614-4560-acf3-ec972c05661d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:26:15.140" UserId="8784" Text="Something crazy, but I used to see this issue when I was trying to do an OCI call to a 10g database using an older 9i driver.  You might want to check your driver version to make sure it matches the database you're trying to connect to." />
  <row Id="47762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26844" RevisionGUID="45525877-ea36-4139-be79-d3f9f92a507b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:27:09.910" UserId="5234" Text="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;q=outlook+2007+remove+contact+photo&amp;meta=&amp;aq=f&amp;oq=&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First hit: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HP100137791033.aspx&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26845" RevisionGUID="39865bfc-d110-4bce-898f-bfe1f92930ba" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:27:52.423" UserDisplayName="Rafty" Text="I have a server statically NAT’d using a registered IP address and it is accessible from the outside. The problem is I cannot access my server from the inside using the registered IP address with a host computer that is connected on the same LAN as my server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried to deactivate ACL and CBAC, I also tried to create some route maps but there is no way I can make it work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I’m new to Cisco and now I ‘m start thinking that may be it is a wanted behavior, so I need to know if it is possible but also a bad idea to connect from the same LAN on my NAT’d server using the public address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. I don't have any problem connecting to the server using its private address." />
  <row Id="47764" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26845" RevisionGUID="39865bfc-d110-4bce-898f-bfe1f92930ba" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:27:52.423" UserDisplayName="Rafty" Text="Unable to connect on natted server from a host computer on the same LAN using public IP address." />
  <row Id="47765" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26845" RevisionGUID="39865bfc-d110-4bce-898f-bfe1f92930ba" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:27:52.423" UserDisplayName="Rafty" Text="&lt;nat&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;lan&gt;&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;router&gt;" />
  <row Id="47766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26846" RevisionGUID="59b8a39e-e5e1-4695-933f-71000e3ee48b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:28:38.100" UserId="3299" Text="I have a 64 bit Windows Server 2008 machine that I want to run the Cisco Systems VPN Client 5 on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will not run because it says it does not support 32 bit.  Is there a way to fire this off under 32 bit mode?  Is there such a thing as 32 bit mode?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I know there are similar questions out there, but I read through them and none of them worked for me.)" />
  <row Id="47767" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26846" RevisionGUID="59b8a39e-e5e1-4695-933f-71000e3ee48b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:28:38.100" UserId="3299" Text="Cisco Systems VPN Client 5 on x64" />
  <row Id="47768" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26846" RevisionGUID="59b8a39e-e5e1-4695-933f-71000e3ee48b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:28:38.100" UserId="3299" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;64-bit&gt;&lt;x64&gt;&lt;32-bit&gt;&lt;cisco&gt;" />
  <row Id="47769" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26847" RevisionGUID="5ec7f194-5ccb-4021-88b8-c02ff32436a5" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:28:39.020" UserId="4535" Text="You're looking for something simple and fast? Try the [cpulimit program][1]. Just run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cpulimit name-of-program&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and voila, it's limited.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://cpulimit.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="47770" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26847" RevisionGUID="5ec7f194-5ccb-4021-88b8-c02ff32436a5" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:28:39.020" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="47771" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26841" RevisionGUID="48a7ab6f-2947-4e3d-80c7-f6d200a273eb" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:29:54.633" UserId="45" Comment="added 385 characters in body" Text="From [here][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Your server is probably running out of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; memory and need to swap memory to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; disk.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; One cause can be an Oracle process&#xD;&#xA;&gt; consuming too much memory. A possible&#xD;&#xA;&gt; workaround is to set following&#xD;&#xA;&gt; parameter in the listener.ora and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; restart the listener:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;      DIRECT_HANDOFF_TTC_LISTENER=OFF&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Should you be working with Multi&#xD;&#xA;&gt; threaded server connections, you might&#xD;&#xA;&gt; need to increase the value of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `large_pool_size`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could examine the listener log file. By issuing the  `lsrnctl status` command you can see log file. Check listener parameter file and see listener version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See this blog post for other possible causes and additional help: [ORA-12518: TNS:listener could not hand off client connection][2] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dbmotive.com/oracle_error_codes.php?errcode=12518&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://arjudba.blogspot.com/2009/02/ora-12518-tnslistener-could-not-hand.html" />
  <row Id="47772" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26807" RevisionGUID="521069c1-c949-4f14-8259-f2a863b8012f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:32:23.753" UserId="9726" Comment="added 63 characters in body" Text="I am currently running CentOS 5 and looking for a terminal command that can allow me to monitor the status of the RAID set up (ie, if a drive is down) without having to get into the kernel.  This is a live web server afterall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;update: specs are its a dell sc1435 with SAS 5i/R controller." />
  <row Id="47773" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26831" RevisionGUID="62e42bb5-6ee8-4f3d-9c63-d080eea99e7c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:33:16.593" UserId="9734" Comment="added 5 characters in body" Text="I'm seeing random TNS connection closed errors when connecting to one of our databases.  It's not affecting all users.  (Appears to be happening during spikes of user activity)  Occasionally I'm also seeing ORA-12518: TNS:listener could not hand off client connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The connections are being made from .Net using the ODP driver. (Which generates a lot of connect/disconnect activity)" />
  <row Id="47774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26848" RevisionGUID="8fcab855-9f06-4625-94ed-6f3fe81b1d13" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:33:42.287" UserId="9140" Text="Hi. You'll need to use the &quot;alias&quot; command to make this work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/products_tech_note09186a0080094aee.shtml&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**NB!**: The ASDM does _not_ support this command, you have to do it by CLI." />
  <row Id="47775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26849" RevisionGUID="988d5f9f-2bca-4402-a7c0-28df2d4a746f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:34:34.390" UserId="7954" Text="US-CERT puts out a weekly vulnerability summary.  It's pretty comprehensive, and it usually takes only a few minutes to skim it.  You can subscribe via e-mail or RSS...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[US-CERT vulnerability summaries][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/bulletins/" />
  <row Id="47776" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26850" RevisionGUID="9bf6ed69-6c95-4109-a817-43653b86ffc5" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:40:16.640" UserId="3000" Text="The closest I have been able to find is [this][1] page from a wiki. It may be too specialized for your use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ptlsim.org/capswiki/index.php/SPEC_2006" />
  <row Id="47777" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26851" RevisionGUID="517b371e-9a1a-4179-9a01-24dcae2767a0" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:43:57.193" UserId="1770" Text="Remember, when your firewall/router/whatever is doing NATing, the internal box that has a public IP NATed to it &lt;strong&gt;doesn't know anything about the NATed address&lt;/strong&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, in order for this to work, your packet has to leave your internal LAN, go out to the external network, then come back in via the firewall/router/whatever that's doing the NATing, and finally be handed to the internal box (which, again, doesn't generally know anything about the NATing).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some work-arounds that are possible (see Cisco `alias` command, if you're using Cisco), but in general it's not really something you want to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is why most networks that contain internal hosts and externally accessible (public) hosts will maintain separate DNS servers for internal and external hosts.  You can setup your external DNS server so that www.example.com points to your external IP, and setup your internal DNS server so that www.example.com point so your internal IP.  If you're using BIND, then `views` make this quite easy." />
  <row Id="47778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26852" RevisionGUID="fb6a8a56-af9f-4268-b7ce-cfcbbe987800" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:44:21.827" UserDisplayName="Rurik" Text="You should take a look at Unison (www.unison.com) -- Linux on the server side and Windows/Linux on the desktop." />
  <row Id="47779" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26853" RevisionGUID="bacf237f-5c6b-43f1-af13-dc473382f2ba" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:44:30.470" UserId="846" Text="This is standard behavior.  Network Address Translation is understood by the firewall to be ACROSS the network interfaces, and is typically configured based on the direction of traffic.  IOW, the firewall is configured to translate INBOUND traffic to the address received at the EXTERNAL interface, and send it along.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pauska [noted][1] one way you can accomplish this if it is required.  What we do here is access by name, and have the internal DNS provide the internal address of the server while the external DNS gives the external address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/26845/unable-to-connect-on-natted-server-from-a-host-computer-on-the-same-lan-using-pub/26848#26848" />
  <row Id="47780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26854" RevisionGUID="4ffe794c-5c35-445f-990b-feff1e83acb2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:45:16.897" UserDisplayName="Sunny Chan" Text="Right Don't Skimp.  You needed to support.  You don't want to deal with different vendors when your box fails." />
  <row Id="47781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26855" RevisionGUID="26872bfd-eb9c-46f4-a0fc-412c5e5290d1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:48:44.673" UserId="3299" Text="I am trying to install Virtual Machine Manager so I can test out the Lab Mananger portion of VS2010.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Virtual Machine Manager Requires a Domain to install to.  Is there an easy way to setup a domain that will satisfy this requirement?  It would just be a domain for my server to join (no other computers would be joining it). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Background info if you are interested:**&#xD;&#xA;My server is a Windows Server 2008 x64.  The server is not on site with my company's domain.  I had planned to use a VPN (Cisco VPN Client 5) to connect to my company domain.  However, Cisco VPN Client 5 does not support x64, and I don't have the newer version that does.  (And I am not knowledgeable enough about VPNs to configure one of the free ones (like ShrewSoft).)" />
  <row Id="47782" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26855" RevisionGUID="26872bfd-eb9c-46f4-a0fc-412c5e5290d1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:48:44.673" UserId="3299" Text="How to create a small (Single Machine) domain" />
  <row Id="47783" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26855" RevisionGUID="26872bfd-eb9c-46f4-a0fc-412c5e5290d1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:48:44.673" UserId="3299" Text="&lt;windows-domain&gt;&lt;domain&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="47784" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26856" RevisionGUID="1e9d8b45-2ec5-4d09-8bcb-1c388b79f3b1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:48:56.543" UserId="8261" Text="One resource that I found useful was [the section of the Passenger users guide][1] where they talk about this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If one of your application instances is frozen (stopped responding), then you can figure out where it is frozen by killing it with SIGABRT. This will cause the application to raise an exception, with a backtrace.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://modrails.com/documentation/Users%20guide%20Apache.html#debugging_frozen" />
  <row Id="47785" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26857" RevisionGUID="e423b633-04be-4b2c-a768-501f803db7f7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:50:02.517" UserId="9738" Text="I'm using cobbler and koan to install virtual guests on a Xen installation.  The kickstart file does the install and then reboots.  However, the configuration of the guest (from dumpxml in virsh) shows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;on_reboot&gt;destroy&lt;/on_reboot&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;instead of &quot;restart&quot; so the machine halts and then I have to start it up manually to continue the configuration.  After the restart, the configuration seems to be OK because then the on_reboot option is set to restart.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know how to get this to work right?  " />
  <row Id="47786" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26857" RevisionGUID="e423b633-04be-4b2c-a768-501f803db7f7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:50:02.517" UserId="9738" Text="Cobbler assisted Xen guest install halts on reboot" />
  <row Id="47787" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26857" RevisionGUID="e423b633-04be-4b2c-a768-501f803db7f7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:50:02.517" UserId="9738" Text="&lt;xen&gt;" />
  <row Id="47788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26858" RevisionGUID="bb5c9f63-1116-48c1-9d1c-6502acd4dba4" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:53:29.017" UserId="3000" Text="It says &quot;Uninstallable&quot; on the web site. This is usually a feature of this type of software. You could always email their support if you haven't already. Otherwise, a complete disk wipe and reinstall would probably be required.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this isn't an install you bought from them, you're on your own." />
  <row Id="47789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26859" RevisionGUID="87cf2595-4dc4-415f-b577-2358bf8e729c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:55:07.843" UserId="1054" Text="You would need to install Active Directory on your server, which means running dcpromo on it.  Have a look at the video in [**this post**][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, I would recommend you install a second member server if you are able to and join it to the domain in order to install VMM.  It's typically not such a good idea to play with application level services on Windows domain controllers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://windowsmvp.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!80195647FE07388F!570.entry" />
  <row Id="47790" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26860" RevisionGUID="5618c9b5-0af6-432c-8196-69a9d8b278a3" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:55:50.603" UserId="1324" Text="Konsole:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Tabs&#xD;&#xA;2. Configurable shortcuts (in KDE3 version, you can set it to ctrl-shift-C/V, for KDE4 it's build-in. You can not use ctrl-c in terminal, as this is the standard combination for terminating applications.&#xD;&#xA;3. UTF8&#xD;&#xA;4. Yes, its KDE app, but any decent distro these days puts a lot of effort to integrate apps from one manager in the other. I use konsole on my ubuntu box all the time w/o any problems.&#xD;&#xA;5. Configurable and pre-set &quot;shema&quot;s - colors, fonts, etc.&#xD;&#xA;6. Configurable Session profiles - to open a tab/session as root, midnight commander, root midnight commander, ssh.&#xD;&#xA;7. ZModem support (not that I have ever used, but it's there :) )&#xD;&#xA;8. Bookmarks&#xD;&#xA;9. Activity monitor (you may set it up to ring a bell if new line is printed after a long running process, or when it stops to output)&#xD;&#xA;10. Send input to all open sessions - if you want to trigger the same action in all open tabs/windows&#xD;&#xA;11. Detach tab to a new window&#xD;&#xA;12. Print screen&#xD;&#xA;13. Find in History&#xD;&#xA;14. Save History as file&#xD;&#xA;etc." />
  <row Id="47791" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26860" RevisionGUID="5618c9b5-0af6-432c-8196-69a9d8b278a3" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:55:50.603" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="47792" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26861" RevisionGUID="7e6cc391-f612-4e20-8335-a2192751274a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:57:03.923" UserId="3000" Text="Maybe you should turn off the Microsoft Search Service?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You don't state what version of Windows you are using. Also, I am not sure I understand everything you are asking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't like saving the extracted text, there's not much you can do." />
  <row Id="47793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26862" RevisionGUID="a8490c39-86fa-4c8a-9b34-70756b1d7eca" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:57:14.873" UserId="9503" Text="The Cisco VPN client is not compatible with 64 bit version of windows. You must use  Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client" />
  <row Id="47794" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26157" RevisionGUID="e126116d-e1b7-465b-9946-9c182b763461" CreationDate="2009-06-16T20:59:18.600" UserId="7949" Comment="small corrections" Text="&lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt; + &lt;kbd&gt;L&lt;/kbd&gt; on most non-IE browsers get you to the address bar.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt; + &lt;kbd&gt;W&lt;/kbd&gt; or &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt; + &lt;kbd&gt;F4&lt;/kbd&gt; on most applications is close window/close tab.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt; + &lt;kbd&gt;K&lt;/kbd&gt; on Firefox get you to the search box, and get you a code block on `StackOverflow` ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47795" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26860" RevisionGUID="a9fc2733-8ab6-4ea6-9784-00128e344770" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:01:20.390" UserId="1324" Comment="added 132 characters in body" Text="Konsole:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Tabs&#xD;&#xA;2. Configurable shortcuts (in KDE3 version, you can set it to ctrl-shift-C/V, for KDE4 it's build-in. You can not use ctrl-c in terminal, as this is the standard combination for terminating applications.&#xD;&#xA;3. UTF8&#xD;&#xA;4. Yes, its KDE app, but any decent distro these days puts a lot of effort to integrate apps from one manager in the other. I use konsole on my ubuntu box all the time w/o any problems.&#xD;&#xA;5. Configurable and pre-set &quot;shema&quot;s - colors, fonts, etc.&#xD;&#xA;6. Configurable Session profiles - to open a tab/session as root, midnight commander, root midnight commander, ssh.&#xD;&#xA;7. ZModem support (not that I have ever used, but it's there :) )&#xD;&#xA;8. Bookmarks&#xD;&#xA;9. Activity monitor (you may set it up to ring a bell if new line is printed after a long running process, or when it stops to output)&#xD;&#xA;10. Send input to all open sessions - if you want to trigger the same action in all open tabs/windows&#xD;&#xA;11. Detach tab to a new window&#xD;&#xA;12. Print screen&#xD;&#xA;13. Find in History&#xD;&#xA;14. Save History as file&#xD;&#xA;etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option could be to use &quot;screen&quot; with customized session in whatever terminal you end up using, even from a text console." />
  <row Id="47796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26863" RevisionGUID="9679c2c5-c40e-467f-a638-44a9bbd5cee2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:01:24.367" UserId="7537" Text="I like [Parted Magic][1] it is a live linux distro that uses the gparted partition editor. Very nice if you like GUI's&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://partedmagic.com/ " />
  <row Id="47797" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26853" RevisionGUID="5f53db64-33e2-4a52-aa70-dedb1f8acf61" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:03:21.897" UserId="846" Comment="Added link to better answer" Text="[This answer][1] is clearer about why it doesn't work. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is standard behavior.  Network Address Translation is understood by the firewall to be ACROSS the network interfaces, and is typically configured based on the direction of traffic.  IOW, the firewall is configured to translate INBOUND traffic to the address received at the EXTERNAL interface, and send it along.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pauska [noted][2] one way you can accomplish this if it is required.  What we do here is access by name, and have the internal DNS provide the internal address of the server while the external DNS gives the external address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/26845/unable-to-connect-on-natted-server-from-a-host-computer-on-the-same-lan-using-pub/26851#26851&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/26845/unable-to-connect-on-natted-server-from-a-host-computer-on-the-same-lan-using-pub/26848#26848" />
  <row Id="47800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26865" RevisionGUID="b380b7fd-a044-4367-a6f3-593460b22086" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:07:12.857" UserId="1740" Text="I read on [MSDN][1] that you can configure the Windows Process Activation Service (WAS) to automatically start an application pool when the application pool is created or when IIS is started. This only works on IIS 7.0 as far as I can tell. My question is how do I do this for IIS 6.0 (Windows Server 2003). I have a .net 3.5 app that takes 30 seconds to start for the first visitor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The app is precompiled, so I don't think that is what is causing the delay. After the first person has had to wait for 30 seconds, everything works quickly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772112(WS.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="47801" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26865" RevisionGUID="b380b7fd-a044-4367-a6f3-593460b22086" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:07:12.857" UserId="1740" Text="Start IIS 6.0 site automatically" />
  <row Id="47802" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26865" RevisionGUID="b380b7fd-a044-4367-a6f3-593460b22086" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:07:12.857" UserId="1740" Text="&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;asp.net&gt;" />
  <row Id="47803" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24055" RevisionGUID="a998b4f5-12d9-4e27-9526-82df64d351a5" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:09:01.917" UserId="1447" Comment="added 400 characters in body" Text="How much storage do you need?  If you want something in the 10's to 100's of Terabytes you could look at the [Sun X4540][1] (Thumper).  Solaris comes with an iSCSI target if you need block level storage or it can be used as a NAS with NFS or Samba.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For those not familiar with Sun's Thumper, it's a 4U 2-socket Opteron box with 48 SATA disks.  You can have up to 48TB of disk on a single machine, although with RAID-5 volumes this would be somewhat smaller.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This blog posting][2] discusses some of the ins and outs of using a Thumper as an iSCSI target.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option is the secondhand market.  You can get re-certified SANs quite cheaply and many (even older ones such as Clariion CXs) have the option of slower SATA or FC-SATA disks.  If you don't mind the power bills you can get second hand Symmetrix gear quite cheaply and that has no issues around licensing for the management software - you can operate it through the console on the controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sun.com/servers/x64/x4540/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.sun.com/constantin/entry/x4500_solaris_zfs_iscsi_perfect" />
  <row Id="47804" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26866" RevisionGUID="2a36a64c-d2a0-421f-8e0b-c6f6b0fba52e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:09:46.800" UserDisplayName="Rurik" Text="[Unison][1] for integrated e-mail, IM and telephony.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.unison.com" />
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  <row Id="47806" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="26865" RevisionGUID="5d027ce3-f3d4-48f7-b5d6-bbd8db733d1d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:12:48.227" UserId="1054" Comment="Reword title" Text="Start IIS 6.0 application pool automatically" />
  <row Id="47807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26867" RevisionGUID="99667729-3759-4244-8833-ba12ea96607e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:12:52.410" UserId="3111" Text="**Environment Info (all Windows):**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 2 sites&#xD;&#xA; - 30 servers site #1 (3TB of backup data)&#xD;&#xA; - 5 servers site #2 (1TB of backup data)&#xD;&#xA; - MPLS backbone tunnel connecting site #1 and site #2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Current Backup Process:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Online Backup (disk-to-disk)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Site #1 has a server running Symantec Backup Exec 12.5 with four 1TB USB 2.0 disks. BE jobs for full backups run nightly on all servers in site #1 to these disks. Site #2 backs up to a central file server there using software they already had when we purchased them. A BE job pulls that data nightly to site #1 and stores them on said disks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Off-site Backup (tape)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Connected to our backup server is a tape drive. BE backs up the external disks to tape once a week which gets picked up by our off-site storage company. Obviously we rotate two tape libraries, one is always here and one is always there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Requirements:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Eliminate the need for tape and off-site storage service by doing disk-to-disk at each site and replicating site #1 to site #2 and vice versa.&#xD;&#xA; - Software based solution as hardware options have been too pricey (ie, SonicWall, Arkeia).&#xD;&#xA; - Agents for Exchange, SharePoint, and SQL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Some Ideas So Far:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Storage&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DroboPro at each site with an initial 8TB of storage (these are expandable up to 16TB at present). I like these because they are rackmountable, allow disparate drives, and have iSCSI interfaces. They are relatively cheap too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Software&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Symantec Backup Exec 12.5 already has all the agents and licenses we need. I'd like to keep using it unless there is a better solution, similarly priced, that does everything BE does plus deduplication and replication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because there is no more need for a SCSI adapter (for tape drive) we are going to virtualize our backup server as it is currently the only physical machine save for SQL boxes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Problems:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - When replicating between sites we want as little data as possible to go across the pipe. There is no deduplication or compression in what I have laid out here so far.&#xD;&#xA; - The files being replicated are BE's virtual tape libraries from our disk-to-disk backup. Because of this each of those huge files will go across the wire every week because they change every day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**And Finally, the Question:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any software out there that does deduplication, or at least compression, to handle just our site-to-site replication? Or, looking at our setup, is there any other solution that I am missing that might be cheaper, faster, better?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks. Sorry so long.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47808" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26867" RevisionGUID="99667729-3759-4244-8833-ba12ea96607e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:12:52.410" UserId="3111" Text="How to Eliminate Tape Backup and Off-site Storage Service?" />
  <row Id="47809" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26867" RevisionGUID="99667729-3759-4244-8833-ba12ea96607e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:12:52.410" UserId="3111" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;tape&gt;&lt;deduplication&gt;&lt;replication&gt;" />
  <row Id="47810" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26868" RevisionGUID="d55c878e-7d41-456b-ab98-87c78c7c2f38" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:15:36.897" UserId="3110" Text="I have a feeling you don't want to remove the pictures from all of your contacts.  That sounds like a long job.  It doesn't look like you actually can remove the picture from the reading pane unless you remove the picture from the contact.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you can do though is hide the header info in the reading pane.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You do that by view&gt;current view&gt;customize current view&gt;other settings&gt;hide header.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See if that helps" />
  <row Id="47811" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26869" RevisionGUID="4fd4af5b-f3c3-4518-b415-d2198377fc2e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:16:49.733" UserId="1272" Text="I have a website running on two Windows Server 2008 boxes using built in Network Load Balancing. I replicate the website files via DFS replication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the easiest way to replicate the IIS settings across both servers so that I only have to update one?" />
  <row Id="47812" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26869" RevisionGUID="4fd4af5b-f3c3-4518-b415-d2198377fc2e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:16:49.733" UserId="1272" Text="Replicate IIS Settings for Load Balanced Websites" />
  <row Id="47813" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26869" RevisionGUID="4fd4af5b-f3c3-4518-b415-d2198377fc2e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:16:49.733" UserId="1272" Text="&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;load-balancing&gt;" />
  <row Id="47814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26870" RevisionGUID="4e847760-c01e-4f5e-bce5-a9a940a984e7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:19:48.807" UserId="1324" Text="A scheduled task to hit the url every now and then?" />
  <row Id="47815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26871" RevisionGUID="5be3edfe-40a9-4996-88ac-e4866e8ed984" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:20:44.733" UserId="4526" Text="I'm sure this is not the answer you are looking for, but the log file is not being produced because you are killing the process before it completes.  We should figure out why the process doesn't complete on its own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've come close to reproducing your scenario by selecting some text in the wcat client window, which appears to cause the communication between wcat client and wcat controller to become fouled up and never* complete.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you check to see that no one is stalling either the wcat client or controller (by selecting text in the console window or other means)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks,&#xD;&#xA;mark&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*never defined to be 20 minutes for testing purposes" />
  <row Id="47816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26872" RevisionGUID="5b6f9ece-ed9c-449e-93bd-628fc6ffa364" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:22:56.303" UserId="4491" Text="[Here][1] is a little utility I've used for &quot;warming up&quot; SharePoint sites in the past. I don't see why it wouldn't work for a non-SharePoint website.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.harbar.net/articles/APM.aspx" />
  <row Id="47817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26873" RevisionGUID="ae11bbb1-12eb-4e81-ae97-f5e0e8cf547e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:25:59.997" UserId="2629" Text="**Most Reward for the Least Effort**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Will][1] was on the right track.  I've found that the best bang for your buck is to move (or delete) the `/Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Additional Tools/Remove Office/Proofing Tools` folder.  After you do that, Word's &quot;Tools&quot; menu will no longer contain &quot;Spelling and Grammar&quot; and &quot;Thesaurus&quot;, and the &quot;Spelling and Grammar&quot; item in the Preference Pane becomes greyed out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Users are still able to access the Dictionary, and I was able to tell it to access the Thesaurus through Word once, but could not repeat it in further testing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Being Doubly Safe**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Managing Preferences in Word and Office through Workgroup Manager*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Working from [these instructions][2], I ran Word once, then copied the `~/Library/Preferences` folder.  I then ran Word again, and set a number of preferences the way I wanted them (such as turning off grammar checking, turning on autorocovery, and turning off checking for automatic updates).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then diffed the directories (and, after running `plutil -convert xml1 com.microsoft.*` in both directories to change the plists from binary to xml format, diffing them again) to see where the changes were listed in the plist files.  Then in Workgroup Manager, I selected the group I wanted to manage, clicked on &quot;Preferences&quot; on the toolbar, and then the &quot;Details&quot; tab on the right.  There I was able to hit the plus button and, one at a time, import the plists that had been modified and delete all the keys that I didn't care about (only retaining the ones that differed and looked useful).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With those settings applied (whether managed &quot;Often&quot; or &quot;Always&quot;) users can change them, but the defaults are set.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/17014/turn-off-spelling-check-and-thesaurus-on-word-2008/17134#17134&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://managingosx.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/managing-office-2008/" />
  <row Id="47818" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26698" RevisionGUID="37dbf5ff-184e-4531-9a45-8e4599526b9a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:26:48.590" UserId="1435" Comment="deleted 4 characters in body; edited title" Text="I'm looking for the easiest way to connect to my computer and servers at work (all using Windows) from my iMac (using Mac OS X.5) at home, without having to use a VNC or LogMeIn.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's a small network using a Router with VPN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Addition: VPN PPTP is supported (Why is it so important to know?)" />
  <row Id="47819" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="26698" RevisionGUID="37dbf5ff-184e-4531-9a45-8e4599526b9a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:26:48.590" UserId="1435" Comment="deleted 4 characters in body; edited title" Text="How can I connect my Apple iMac to my company's VPN network?" />
  <row Id="47823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26875" RevisionGUID="0def0088-2706-4faf-9d3b-df506e888503" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:28:33.953" UserId="6177" Text="I think your best bet would be to run DCPROMO on the existing server and get a new box and set that up as part of the domain and use it as a test server.  You certainly want to have at least two domain controllers." />
  <row Id="47824" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26876" RevisionGUID="d129c83a-cba8-4444-98d3-9668787ffa3c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:30:33.340" UserId="5535" Text="Windows isn't my area of expertise but rsync may help get the backups from one site to the other.  Rsync works by breaking down files into smaller blocks and then only transfers the blocks that changed across the network.  It can also compress the data as it sends it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some versions of it for Windows out there but I've never used them so I can't comment on how well they work.  With cygwin you can get rsync on windows but that may make things a bit messy.  But ideally you should find a rsync client for windows that will allow you to use the scheduled tasks to automate it's execution." />
  <row Id="47828" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26878" RevisionGUID="83453d90-2e81-49fe-b73f-be8f1e26381b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:34:57.683" UserId="7709" Text="We set this up for less than $AU3000 (so, probably halve that for the US market):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Dual Core 2.4Ghz&#xD;&#xA;- 2x Adaptec SATA RAID cards&#xD;&#xA;- 4x Gigabit NICs&#xD;&#xA;- 4U Rackmount Case&#xD;&#xA;- SATA Hotswap backplanes for case (total of 10x trays)&#xD;&#xA;- Loaded her up with off-the-shelf Seagate SATAs (with 5 year warranties, [but see this SF question if you plan on doing that][1])&#xD;&#xA;- Installed [FreeNAS][2] and used as an iSCSI target (although you have your choice of connectivity)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Worked like a charm, cheap massive storage with connectivy out the wazoo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/22448/high-failure-rate-of-large-drives&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.freenas.org/" />
  <row Id="47830" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26879" RevisionGUID="5e962bff-a0ca-4aa9-b611-17937ce73c95" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:37:16.447" UserId="9461" Text="About a specific common situation when you have all of these at the same time: (1) a problem in a distributed environment (2) a huge pile of debug info scattered over co-operating servers and different logfiles (3) no documentation for interpreting the logs (4) nothing on google (5) no clue (6) ping-pong players instead of vendor's support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - First of all, make sure that the time is synchronized in the entire environment (ntp). If it is not, forget about trying to find out inter-host relationships from their log files.&#xD;&#xA; - Do not pick up a random &quot;error&quot; from a random log to blame. Read the log chronologically, remembering that &quot;error&quot; line may be as well result of normal software operation and always been there.&#xD;&#xA; - Compare logs from proper operation to the logs from problem situation. At what point they cease to match? (vimdiff might be useful)&#xD;&#xA; - If during test cases you have the functionality to insert your own custom log messages, use it. (like logger in syslog)&#xD;&#xA; - On analysis, if you catch yourself switching between many huge logs back and forth, trying to catch the flow of action - try to merge the logs. (Use sed to place time on first column. Use cat+sort to merge multiple files. And of course grep -viE for filtering unnecessary lines.)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47831" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26879" RevisionGUID="5e962bff-a0ca-4aa9-b611-17937ce73c95" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:37:16.447" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="47832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26880" RevisionGUID="4fb6fc51-352f-4222-a6f0-9d4d478d2da7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:38:35.477" UserId="4392" Text="If you want to increase the speed of your site to site replication, you might look into a WAN accelerator. There are several on the market. Another admin just recommended the ones from Riverbed to me: http://www.riverbed.com/index.php?cnt=1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Essentially they compress the data before sending it and decompress the data after receipt. It's seamless to the user.  " />
  <row Id="47833" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26881" RevisionGUID="3833bf49-a7be-4281-913c-401f01648fcd" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:41:38.030" UserId="9548" Text="I do not know about the CA XCOM software that you refer here. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But if it behaves like most other services that run on linux, then probably this type of error can occur if the service was not previously not cleanly stopped. In such a case a previous 'pid' file that stores the process id still exists. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the 'xcomd' has a stop or shutdown option then try that option first and then try starting it again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, you can try to manually try to move (or delete) the corresponding pid file out of the way. A rough guess for the name and location for this pid file would be var/run/xcomd.pid. If the xcom.pid file has 7618 stored in it and you are sure that process no longer runs, then remove the pid file and try starting it up again. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47834" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26881" RevisionGUID="3833bf49-a7be-4281-913c-401f01648fcd" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:41:38.030" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="47835" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26827" RevisionGUID="2445f8be-24c3-49e5-958b-8bd2006506ba" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:42:59.650" UserId="7320" Comment="Added Autoban information" Text="**Manually:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To view/edit the banned IPs launch FileZilla Server.exe and click Edit &gt; Settings&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In settings you'll find the section:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-General Settings&#xD;&#xA;--IP Filter&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here you can enter new bans, wildcards, even regular expressions including hostnames and it gives you some information about how to do that in the IP Filter pane.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**If you wanted to use a script to make a log or something:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The banned list is stored in FileZilla Server.xml in your Program Files\FileZilla Server\ folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's under the item:&#xD;&#xA;    `&lt;Item name=&quot;IP Filter Disallowed&quot; type=&quot;string&quot;&gt;1.2.3.4&lt;/Item&gt;`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could use any text search/parsing solution to extract the list pretty easily :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Autobanned IPs**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Near as I can tell after testing these are only stored in RAM.&#xD;&#xA;I set off the Autoban on my server while running Process Monitor and saw only network traffic from FileZilla server.exe and nothing from FileZilla Server Interface.exe. No registry, no file access, no launching other processes...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might try scanning RAM with a hex editor if you need to capture these values... however, you should know FileZilla recommends you do not use the Autoban feature as it can be used to cause a DoS attack and block entire VPNs/Proxies. They say in future releases this feature will be removed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't anticipate a fix for this issue." />
  <row Id="47837" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26873" RevisionGUID="f008f8e9-35fc-4b9b-8c35-af05e1ca9a7f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:44:31.580" UserId="2629" Comment="Added notes on blocking the online dictionary and whitelisting applications." Text="**Most Reward for the Least Effort**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Will][1] was on the right track.  I've found that the best bang for your buck is to move (or delete) the `/Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Additional Tools/Remove Office/Proofing Tools` folder.  After you do that, Word's &quot;Tools&quot; menu will no longer contain &quot;Spelling and Grammar&quot; and &quot;Thesaurus&quot;, and the &quot;Spelling and Grammar&quot; item in the Preference Pane becomes greyed out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Users are still able to access the Dictionary, and I was able to tell it to access the Thesaurus through Word once, but could not repeat it in further testing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Being Doubly Safe**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Managing Word Preferences through Workgroup Manager*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Working from [these instructions][2], I ran Word once, then copied the `~/Library/Preferences` folder.  I then ran Word again, and set a number of preferences the way I wanted them (such as turning off grammar checking, turning on autorocovery, and turning off checking for automatic updates).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then diffed the directories (and, after running `plutil -convert xml1 com.microsoft.*` in both directories to change the plists from binary to xml format, diffing them again) to see where the changes were listed in the plist files.  Then in Workgroup Manager, I selected the group I wanted to manage, clicked on &quot;Preferences&quot; on the toolbar, and then the &quot;Details&quot; tab on the right.  There I was able to hit the plus button and, one at a time, import the plists that had been modified and delete all the keys that I didn't care about (only retaining the ones that differed and looked useful).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With those settings applied (whether managed &quot;Often&quot; or &quot;Always&quot;) users can change them, but the defaults are set.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Blocking the Online Dictionary*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ran [iftop][3] and saw that the unit was connecting to businesscentralserver2007.com using HTTP.  I had been asked to disable internet access anyway, and using the parental control feature in Workgroup Manager, I disabled access to all sites.  [Except apple.com, as you can't disable that.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Application Whitelisting*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lastly, I whitelisted Office to make it run (and implicitly blacklisted every other application, such as the web browsers).  The folders I chose to make accessible were:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/&#xD;&#xA;- /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/17014/turn-off-spelling-check-and-thesaurus-on-word-2008/17134#17134&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://managingosx.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/managing-office-2008/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/24150/third-party-mac-admin-tools/24159#24159" />
  <row Id="47838" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26882" RevisionGUID="1dca4092-909a-4f95-a5aa-7cebb2a904f4" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:45:15.790" UserId="3657" Text="One thing to consider.  How long are you going to keep snapshots/backups on disk?  Tape is generally used for long term archival.  If I need to restore an email that was deleted a year ago, I go to tape.  Unless you're going to keep your disk around for that long without deleting, you're eliminating a large portion of your ability to restore data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47839" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26883" RevisionGUID="ee792d2b-3193-4578-93af-283a464f1978" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:45:28.723" UserId="2189" Text="Windows Server 2003.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to easily rotate event logs (or automatically clear and save)?  I'm doing a bit of auditing on this machine and my security log gets real big real quick and every couple of weeks I have to remember to save and clear it out.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yeah I could rely on backup jobs and enable overwriting...but it would be nicer if I could just get Windows to automatically save and clear the log when it's nearing capacity." />
  <row Id="47840" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26883" RevisionGUID="ee792d2b-3193-4578-93af-283a464f1978" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:45:28.723" UserId="2189" Text="Windows Event Log Rotation?" />
  <row Id="47841" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26883" RevisionGUID="ee792d2b-3193-4578-93af-283a464f1978" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:45:28.723" UserId="2189" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;event-log&gt;" />
  <row Id="47842" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26884" RevisionGUID="6d6f1172-6de5-4a47-b17a-3ce728f588bd" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:46:32.030" UserId="8943" Text="I can't comment yet, but what about the difference between MyISAM and INNODB?  I'm not sure you can simply do a lock tables with INNODB and expect a good snapshot." />
  <row Id="47843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26885" RevisionGUID="968fbb81-63cf-4e7e-aebd-08dee99cbd16" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:48:10.433" UserId="1674" Text="We are having a very strange problem, that I'm hoping someone has seen before.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our site is made up of html files with ASP code inside them.  We have IIS setup to run the html files through the asp engine with no problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem we are having is that some users when they browse the site, the server takes forever to do the initial response.  Up to about 25-35 seconds.  If we telnet to the public IP on port 80 from a machine with the problem and to &quot;GET /&quot; it takes quite a while to respond.  Now the catch here is that if I telnet from the same machine to the web server's private IP behind the load balancer I can browse the site just fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The load balancers are Cisco ACE's and have been working fine for a couple of months now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To make it stranger, the other to web clusters are not having the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To test I created a test.html which just has a couple of lines in it, and that can be pulled just fine via Telnet, or web browser.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've reduced the cluster down to a single machine for troubleshooting with no success.  The production machines are Windows 2008 Web Edition.  I've even setup a Windows 2003 Standard server and moved the site to that machine without helping the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To make things even move confusing not all client machines behind the same VIP have the problem.  In the case of our office all network requests go through a single public IP, but about 30% of the office machines are having this problem, while the rest can browse the site just fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other sites on this cluster are having the problem as well, but we are looking at just the one to try and figure out the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've checked the disk queues on the web servers and can't see a problem." />
  <row Id="47844" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26885" RevisionGUID="968fbb81-63cf-4e7e-aebd-08dee99cbd16" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:48:10.433" UserId="1674" Text="Strange Problems with IIS Servers hanging for some clients." />
  <row Id="47845" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26885" RevisionGUID="968fbb81-63cf-4e7e-aebd-08dee99cbd16" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:48:10.433" UserId="1674" Text="&lt;windows2008&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;cisco-ace&gt;" />
  <row Id="47846" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26886" RevisionGUID="c3dc0b94-069e-4fae-a332-a6d00c5f2bc7" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:48:21.247" UserId="4491" Text="You probably want to look into IIS7 Shared Configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/264/shared-configuration/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/264/shared-configuration/" />
  <row Id="47847" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26873" RevisionGUID="84352714-1103-4fa4-b384-89a1e7ce00ae" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:50:05.033" UserId="2629" Comment="Note about Casper" Text="**Most Reward for the Least Effort**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Will][1] was on the right track.  I've found that the best bang for your buck is to move (or delete) the `/Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Additional Tools/Remove Office/Proofing Tools` folder.  After you do that, Word's &quot;Tools&quot; menu will no longer contain &quot;Spelling and Grammar&quot; and &quot;Thesaurus&quot;, and the &quot;Spelling and Grammar&quot; item in the Preference Pane becomes greyed out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Users are still able to access the Dictionary, and I was able to tell it to access the Thesaurus through Word once, but could not repeat it in further testing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[It may be worth pointing out that I couldn't see how to do this from Workgroup Manager, and used Casper to execute my commands at login and logout.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Being Doubly Safe**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Managing Word Preferences through Workgroup Manager*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Working from [these instructions][2], I ran Word once, then copied the `~/Library/Preferences` folder.  I then ran Word again, and set a number of preferences the way I wanted them (such as turning off grammar checking, turning on autorocovery, and turning off checking for automatic updates).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then diffed the directories (and, after running `plutil -convert xml1 com.microsoft.*` in both directories to change the plists from binary to xml format, diffing them again) to see where the changes were listed in the plist files.  Then in Workgroup Manager, I selected the group I wanted to manage, clicked on &quot;Preferences&quot; on the toolbar, and then the &quot;Details&quot; tab on the right.  There I was able to hit the plus button and, one at a time, import the plists that had been modified and delete all the keys that I didn't care about (only retaining the ones that differed and looked useful).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With those settings applied (whether managed &quot;Often&quot; or &quot;Always&quot;) users can change them, but the defaults are set.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Blocking the Online Dictionary*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ran [iftop][3] and saw that the unit was connecting to businesscentralserver2007.com using HTTP.  I had been asked to disable internet access anyway, and using the parental control feature in Workgroup Manager, I disabled access to all sites.  [Except apple.com, as you can't disable that.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Application Whitelisting*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lastly, I whitelisted Office to make it run (and implicitly blacklisted every other application, such as the web browsers).  The folders I chose to make accessible were:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/&#xD;&#xA;- /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/17014/turn-off-spelling-check-and-thesaurus-on-word-2008/17134#17134&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://managingosx.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/managing-office-2008/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/24150/third-party-mac-admin-tools/24159#24159" />
  <row Id="47848" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26202" RevisionGUID="d8f5b695-eb7a-4923-a48a-2f8182640b81" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:50:58.340" UserId="1054" Comment="Add spiel about changing to MS jdbc driver" Text="You mention that you're using SQL Server Management Studio Express, is the server also SQL Server Express?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so, then from the stack trace in your question it looks like the JDBC driver is attempting to connect to your source server by IP with no SQL instance name:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Connection jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://MYSERVERIP:1433/MYDATABASE;user=MYUSERNAME;password=MYPASSWORD;charset=utf-8;domain=&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; which would be a default SQL Server instance.  By default, SQL Express installs a named instance called SQLEXPRESS, so my guess is that the migration toolkit is looking for a non-existent instance of SQL.  I'm not familiar with the migration toolkit, but if I'm right about your SQL instance name you should make sure it's trying to connect to your source SQL instance with SERVERNAME\SQLEXPRESS (where SERVERNAME is the hostname of your SQL server).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ok, now that we've apparently ruled out an incorrect instance issue...  I would say go and get the [**newest SQL Server jdbc driver from Microsoft**][1] and try using it with the toolkit.  I've had problems in the past connecting different apps via JDBC to SQL Server using other drivers.  I'm not sure how to get the toolkit to use a different driver off the top of my head, but I'll help look for posts / instructions on how to do so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937724.aspx" />
  <row Id="47849" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26887" RevisionGUID="c44a2452-8622-4fee-a2db-d69b36cbd3cf" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:53:49.363" UserId="3038" Text="BackupExec doesn't make this easy. Ideally, you should have the option to 'copy' a backup to somewhere, and I'm not sure BE has that. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is what I'd build if I were using HP Data Protector in this environment. It does have a 'copy' for jobs. It also has a de-duplication option, but I'd be deeply careful of that on file-systems with more than about 500K files on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Disk array in both locations** You'll need it for DR replication&#xD;&#xA; - **Continue backups in both locations**  &#xD;&#xA; - **Use a *copy job* on Monday to copy weekend jobs to the remote site** Once a week, copy your full backup from tape to the remote data-center's disk-array. The DP database will keep track of both backup jobs.&#xD;&#xA; - **Set expiration of the B2D job appropriately** Decide how many remote copies you need in the remote location, and set the data-retention period correctly on the copy job. This can be a separate interval than your tape rotation retention.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe you can set disk-backups to use compression, but this'll really slow down your backup speeds as that'll be done in software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The DataProtector dedupe works only for file-servers on Windows and Linux. It won't de-dupe Exchange/MS-SQL/Sharepoint." />
  <row Id="47850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26888" RevisionGUID="85562a9f-495f-4dc6-9acc-04b0233db76e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:52:18.013" Text="&lt;p&gt;How do i change an IP DNS address to an automatic IP address?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="47852" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26888" RevisionGUID="85562a9f-495f-4dc6-9acc-04b0233db76e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:52:18.013" Text="&lt;ip&gt;&lt;address&gt;" />
  <row Id="47853" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26489" RevisionGUID="cb5fcbf4-9c6e-47a7-8117-1914a5df251c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:56:50.933" UserId="301" Comment="added 13 characters in body" Text="In a population of server class 36 machine, I see a _correctable_ failure detected by the ECC circuitry once every 3 months. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you suspect memory failure, you should run [`memtest86`][1], which comes included with just about every popular linux distro these days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.memtest86.com/" />
  <row Id="47854" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26889" RevisionGUID="301dad57-3ef6-4d87-be57-88403d2e7477" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:57:04.100" UserId="4600" Text="I have one machine with Hyper-V (not the bare metal version - the Windows 2008 OS version) that we are experimenting with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would love to backup from the host OS and not from each individual virtual machine. I would love to be able to simply make a copy of the virtual drives and/or virtual machine, to my backup drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To do this, I need to use Shadow Copy Services... I understand... but how?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It should be easy enough to do with RoboCopy, but RoboCopy doesn't support Shadow Copy Services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the next best thing? What is the easiest way to backup these computers to another mapped drive?" />
  <row Id="47855" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26889" RevisionGUID="301dad57-3ef6-4d87-be57-88403d2e7477" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:57:04.100" UserId="4600" Text="What is a good backup plan for Hyper-V Virtual Images?" />
  <row Id="47856" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26889" RevisionGUID="301dad57-3ef6-4d87-be57-88403d2e7477" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:57:04.100" UserId="4600" Text="&lt;hyper-v&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;maintenance&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="47857" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26890" RevisionGUID="d77b0fde-97e2-42f9-80c6-cdb544949317" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:58:28.463" UserId="9138" Text="Depends heavily on what OS you're running. It also requires that you get your IP address via DHCP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Linux(Red Hat), you'd edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-$INTERFACE. In Windows, you'd go to Network Connections-&gt;&quot;INTERFACE&quot;-&gt;Internet Protocol-&gt;Properties." />
  <row Id="47858" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26890" RevisionGUID="d77b0fde-97e2-42f9-80c6-cdb544949317" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:58:28.463" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="47859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26891" RevisionGUID="19d0f7c0-3e5f-4179-8250-cbc4a327cd15" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:01:26.150" UserId="8116" Text="You're exactly right when you say the problem is you're trying to use just one category field to encode something that is inherently multi-dimensional.  You need additional fields for the other dimensions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use IssueTrak, and it has the standard category hierarchy available.  But it also has a separate field for location, so you can do reports and tallies by location, or by category, or both.  There are other fields as well that can be turned on or off for your particular site.  For example, you can have locations roll up into regions if you want, and call them something different than locations and regions, if you want.  You can turn on departments if you want to use those.  There are organizations.  There are asset items, so you can associate a ticket with Server01, for example, and Server01 can have its own set of characteristics that you can report on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again, I think it's a mistake to try to encode the various dimensions into a hierarchy.  It seems to me you need separate fields for the various types of things you might want to report on." />
  <row Id="47860" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26885" RevisionGUID="06f71134-43bc-43b9-b44f-247ed9612dbb" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:01:34.963" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix typo" Text="We are having a very strange problem, that I'm hoping someone has seen before.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our site is made up of html files with ASP code inside them.  We have IIS setup to run the html files through the asp engine with no problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem we are having is that some users when they browse the site, the server takes forever to do the initial response.  Up to about 25-35 seconds.  If we telnet to the public IP on port 80 from a machine with the problem and to &quot;GET /&quot; it takes quite a while to respond.  Now the catch here is that if I telnet from the same machine to the web server's private IP behind the load balancer I can browse the site just fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The load balancers are Cisco ACE's and have been working fine for a couple of months now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To make it stranger, the other two web clusters are not having the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To test I created a test.html which just has a couple of lines in it, and that can be pulled just fine via Telnet, or web browser.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've reduced the cluster down to a single machine for troubleshooting with no success.  The production machines are Windows 2008 Web Edition.  I've even setup a Windows 2003 Standard server and moved the site to that machine without helping the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To make things even move confusing not all client machines behind the same VIP have the problem.  In the case of our office all network requests go through a single public IP, but about 30% of the office machines are having this problem, while the rest can browse the site just fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other sites on this cluster are having the problem as well, but we are looking at just the one to try and figure out the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've checked the disk queues on the web servers and can't see a problem." />
  <row Id="47861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26892" RevisionGUID="a23b605f-735c-4705-b0c6-765cdbb3cd1f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:02:20.640" UserDisplayName="Chris" Text="For speed, ease of use, and price you should really look at a target dedupe appliance like ExaGrid.  Up and running very fast, with replication to a DR site.  Completely eliminate tape.  www.exagrid.com" />
  <row Id="47862" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26893" RevisionGUID="456feef4-0d66-4270-93c0-7e9732958a95" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:02:37.533" UserId="9748" Text="We will need to host a series of mercurial repositories.  For security, we will use ssl-encryption in apache2 and htpasswd access (required).  I tested out a single repository and used hgwebdir.cgi and used the hgweb.config to define the repository path and the allow_push and deny_push directives, but this test setup has only lead to more questions/problems:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't see any way to make a different allow/deny push group for each separate repository. Am I missing something?  More importantly, I see no method to allow_pull deny_pull- which is quite important as each repository has a different set of users who should be allowed to read or write.  We'd like to keep one htpasswd file for all users." />
  <row Id="47863" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26893" RevisionGUID="456feef4-0d66-4270-93c0-7e9732958a95" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:02:37.533" UserId="9748" Text="Hosting multiple mercurial repositories each with differing access control." />
  <row Id="47864" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26893" RevisionGUID="456feef4-0d66-4270-93c0-7e9732958a95" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:02:37.533" UserId="9748" Text="&lt;mercurial&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;access-list&gt;" />
  <row Id="47865" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26894" RevisionGUID="438a9d4b-ed7b-4c0e-b200-a8d43fb9830b" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:09:11.547" UserId="7200" Text="It seems like most people don't know about this feature, but Windows will rotate the log files automatically if so-configured. Look for &quot;AutoBackupLogFiles&quot; in this file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can configure this on a server-for-server basis, but that's tedious for a large number of servers. I created an Administrative Template to set this on server computers, and then scripted a startup script to add a scheduled task to periodically pick up, ZIP, and move the log files to a retention location. It worked really well, and was cheap! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://mx02.wellbury.com/misc/EventLogPolicy.adm&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26895" RevisionGUID="f427e11a-5233-4fd2-9ce9-174d7d14ccee" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:10:50.560" UserDisplayName="mattikus" Text="I think the best way to allow_pull or deny_pull is to set up httpd authentication using the htpasswd file.  You could use any of the mod_auth mechanisms here to allow each user to pull or push.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might also look into using the ssh transport for hosting as that will give you a finer grained control over access, at the cost of a slightly more complicated setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More info can be found here: http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/PublishingRepositories&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47867" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26896" RevisionGUID="4d9a1b8e-4118-4f32-98c9-9c0c1b7e3f3c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:11:10.387" UserId="7171" Text="In Windows XP if your asking how to change from a static IP to DHCP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Click &quot;Start&quot; --&gt; Click &quot;Run&quot; --&gt; Type &quot;control netconnections&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right click on the interface you want to configure --&gt; Select &quot;Properties&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the box for &quot;This connection uses the following items:&quot; select &quot;Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) --&gt; Click &quot;Properties&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Change the setting under the &quot;General&quot; tab to &quot;Obtain an IP address automatically&quot; --&gt; Repeat for DNS server if needed." />
  <row Id="47868" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26896" RevisionGUID="4d9a1b8e-4118-4f32-98c9-9c0c1b7e3f3c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:11:10.387" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="47869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26897" RevisionGUID="de866b20-06c2-436b-ba4c-e87a5b78f47e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:14:00.257" UserId="9750" Text="I have Postfix running on my Ubuntu server, and I'd like to configure it to run a command when it receives certain emails.  For example, if I email myself from a gmail account with the subject &quot;todo&quot;, I'd like Postfix to append the body of the message to /home/brian/todo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From reading Postfix docs, I've only seen how to configure rules to reject emails with error codes.  So maybe Postfix is not the tool for the job, in which case I'd appreciate feedback on a more appropriate tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks, Brian" />
  <row Id="47870" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26897" RevisionGUID="de866b20-06c2-436b-ba4c-e87a5b78f47e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:14:00.257" UserId="9750" Text="execute command for select emails with postfix" />
  <row Id="47871" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26897" RevisionGUID="de866b20-06c2-436b-ba4c-e87a5b78f47e" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:14:00.257" UserId="9750" Text="&lt;postfix&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="47872" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26898" RevisionGUID="ba39362e-bfb5-4cf1-b1b9-a2c2117dea0c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:14:15.530" UserId="9351" Text="IIRC, automatic IP addresses have been made illegal. You can, however, still use semi-automatic IP addresses." />
  <row Id="47873" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26898" RevisionGUID="ba39362e-bfb5-4cf1-b1b9-a2c2117dea0c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:14:15.530" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="47874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26899" RevisionGUID="0ead6886-c232-44b1-987e-552068855908" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:18:44.540" UserId="2413" Text="try this - put into /etc/aliases:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    username: &quot;|/your/script&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and then run&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    postalias /etc/aliases&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;when e-mail comes to username@yourdomain.org /your/script will be executed and will receive content of message [ with all headers ] into stdin. i'm affraid you'll have to check the subject by your self.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26900" RevisionGUID="1dad6c8b-2ac8-4c91-bfb7-291bce77360f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:20:23.413" UserDisplayName="mattikus" Text="The easiest way to do this is by running &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mkdir repo.git&#xD;&#xA;    cd repo.git&#xD;&#xA;    git init --bare &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;on your server on some path, then it's as simple as a:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    git push ssh://&lt;username&gt;@&lt;your server&gt;/path/to/repo/relative/to/homedir/repo.git&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's no server or anything else required, and you should be able to fetch/pull from that machine as well as long as you have ssh access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have your .ssh/config set up as well, it should take advantage of that and use any private keys you may have set up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more info, check out: http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-push.html" />
  <row Id="47876" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26901" RevisionGUID="9da40c3c-b98c-4098-b185-8073f4fe2606" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:21:49.650" UserId="1054" Text="Here's a VBS script that will save your event log and clear it.  Put this in a scheduled task.  Note that the specific event log is specified in line 3 of the script and that you'll obviously want to tweak the target path.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Code &quot;borrowed&quot; (ie- stolen) from [**MSDN**][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    strComputer = &quot;.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Set objWMIService = GetObject(&quot;winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate,(Backup)}!\\&quot; &amp; strComputer &amp; &quot;\root\cimv2&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    Set colLogFiles = objWMIService.ExecQuery(&quot;Select * from Win32_NTEventLogFile Where LogFileName='Application'&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    For Each objLogfile in colLogFiles&#xD;&#xA;        errBackupLog = objLogFile.BackupEventLog(&quot;c:\\application&quot; &amp; year(Now) &amp; &quot;_&quot; &amp; month(Now) &amp; &quot;_&quot; &amp; day(Now) &amp; &quot;_&quot; &amp; hour(now) &amp; &quot;_&quot; &amp; minute(now) &amp; &quot;.evt&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    	objLogFile.ClearEventLog&#xD;&#xA;    Next&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394593(VS.85).aspx&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47877" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26902" RevisionGUID="94446df3-7437-4eb3-a158-9411aa0d9b02" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:37:22.397" UserId="1182" Text="&lt;p&gt;A table in the production database has 'mysteriously' disappeared.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anybody know of any way to diagnose what the heck happened to it? And who did it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[edit 17:51] This is an internal app, with weak security.  All of the apps (except mine of course ;-) is vulnerable to SQL Injection, but our users are &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; unsophisticated and the table name was not one that might be immediately obvious, so I don't think it was an SQL Injection. (not that it matters ... kind of beyond the scope of the question)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47878" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26902" RevisionGUID="94446df3-7437-4eb3-a158-9411aa0d9b02" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:37:22.397" UserId="1182" Text="Is there anyway to determine who dropped a table?" />
  <row Id="47879" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26902" RevisionGUID="94446df3-7437-4eb3-a158-9411aa0d9b02" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:37:22.397" UserId="1182" Text="&lt;sqlserver2000&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;ass-kicking&gt;" />
  <row Id="47880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26903" RevisionGUID="ca21c06a-97f4-4c53-b9ec-ef499d5c5695" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:41:18.410" UserId="7330" Text="&lt;p&gt;You might be able to recover this information out of the SQL logs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26904" RevisionGUID="04d71e8e-6631-4b5f-8092-67ab76a3782d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:41:19.020" Text="&lt;p&gt;Maybe it was &lt;a href=&quot;http://xkcd.com/327/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Little Bobby Tables...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47882" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26905" RevisionGUID="009d7f53-d568-4ae8-afd7-3339dea52140" CreationDate="2009-06-16T21:43:57.517" UserId="2049" Text="&lt;p&gt;If the default trace log is running, all the info is stored in the log folder. You should be able to see when the object (table) was dropped and by which connection that did it. But this type of permission should be only given to &lt;strong&gt;DBA&lt;/strong&gt;s anyway&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26906" RevisionGUID="66b52ed6-234f-4d32-9903-4cf0cdbb5748" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:12:45.010" Text="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to fix a corrupt MSDB. Sorry I am not able to elaborate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Run these and it should give a general idea where to look, assuming your default trace is on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;SELECT *   FROM ::fn_trace_getinfo(default)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;SELECT t.EventID, t.ColumnID, e.name as Event_Description, c.name as Column_Description&#xA;  FROM ::fn_trace_geteventinfo(1) t&#xA;    JOIN sys.trace_events e ON t.eventID = e.trace_event_id&#xA;    JOIN sys.trace_columns c ON t.columnid = c.trace_column_id&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47884" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="1046" RevisionGUID="e26c7dcb-2435-4242-b827-500497ce215a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:29:33.127" UserId="775" />
  <row Id="47885" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1046" RevisionGUID="e26c7dcb-2435-4242-b827-500497ce215a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:29:33.127" UserId="775" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;book&gt;" />
  <row Id="47886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26907" RevisionGUID="0149f13c-a014-4259-b305-21ae7613c4f2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:30:29.850" UserId="3299" Text="The NCP Secure Entry Client will work with an IPSec Cisco VPN.  I loaded the beta version (that has windows 7 support) and imported my .pcf and it worked like a charm!!!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It costs $144!  (Hope I can get my boss to spring for it.)" />
  <row Id="47887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26908" RevisionGUID="83e018fa-92c3-46e2-b08a-486633516940" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:30:33.377" UserId="2417" Text="you can use procmail to filter e-mails according to subject. Then you will have the option to run any command in response to the e-mail, or you can leave it untouched and have it delivered to your mailbox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can read [procmail quickstart](http://www.ii.com/internet/robots/procmail/qs/) which is an excellent article.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To enable procmail usage, place a &quot;.forward&quot; file under your user's home directory, and make its content like this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    | &quot;/usr/bin/procmail&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then write your procmail &quot;recipes&quot; under `~/.procmailrc` &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that most other filtering options (like sieve) will not allow you to execute arbitrary commands." />
  <row Id="47888" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26909" RevisionGUID="04a853ea-c578-4ad9-b626-86458287bc3c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:30:43.407" UserId="905" Text="Check out this question: http://serverfault.com/questions/5435/best-methods-to-backup-vms-running-on-hyperv&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47889" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26900" RevisionGUID="0dd97e48-5766-4390-8291-8704993f1197" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:32:37.613" UserDisplayName="mattikus" Comment="Cleaned up language." Text="The easiest way to do this is by running something like this on your remote server: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mkdir repo.git&#xD;&#xA;    cd repo.git&#xD;&#xA;    git init --bare &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then on your devel checkout:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    git push --all ssh://&lt;username&gt;@&lt;your server&gt;/~/path/to/repo/relative/to/homedir/repo.git&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's no server or anything else required, and you should be able to fetch/pull from that machine as well as long as you have ssh access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have your .ssh/config set up as well, it should take advantage of that and use any private keys you may have set up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you plan on pushing out updates a lot, you can add a remote repo to your devel checkout:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    git remote add godaddy ssh://&lt;username&gt;@&lt;your server&gt;/path/to/repo.git&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then from then on you can:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    git push godaddy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more info, check out: &#xD;&#xA;http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-push.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26910" RevisionGUID="94181665-793a-4f0c-95e8-822443219dab" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:33:44.320" UserId="7200" Text="One observation: If you eliminate tape, you're eliminating offline storage. Off-site is one thing, but offline is a different thing. When a remote attacker destroys your production system it's really, really nice to have an air gap between the tapes and the tape drive to stop them from being able to destroy the backups too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need off-site storage of backups, and you need offline backups, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's also very hard to have an independent third-party do a test restore and data verification without something like tape. Perhaps in your industry that's not a concern, but I've worked for financial institutions that sent their data, via tape, off-site to a third-party to independently verify the integrity of their data, both from a &quot;restorability&quot; perspective, and from a &quot;let's see if your totals compare properly with the totals that we compute on a trusted installation of your application using only your data as input&quot;." />
  <row Id="47891" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26911" RevisionGUID="6ad33146-c7d2-48bc-a673-c12ef47114e5" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:34:07.567" UserId="915" Text="How you tried looking at the Recycling options for the application pool?  You can recycle it based on many different opitons." />
  <row Id="47892" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26912" RevisionGUID="86ea39db-d10d-4b38-9870-cb69017cbb5c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:36:50.477" UserId="1054" Text="Inspired by [http://serverfault.com/questions/722/what-kind-of-mail-server-do-you-use][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm curious to know how much sendmail is still used anymore.  What practical application does it still have?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/722/what-kind-of-mail-server-do-you-use" />
  <row Id="47893" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26912" RevisionGUID="86ea39db-d10d-4b38-9870-cb69017cbb5c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:36:50.477" UserId="1054" Text="Is sendmail still used and, if so, for what?" />
  <row Id="47894" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26912" RevisionGUID="86ea39db-d10d-4b38-9870-cb69017cbb5c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:36:50.477" UserId="1054" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;sendmail&gt;" />
  <row Id="47895" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26911" RevisionGUID="d7599b5c-0492-4f70-8914-b14323766306" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:37:16.013" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix typo" Text="Have you tried looking at the Recycling options for the application pool?  You can recycle it based on many different opitons." />
  <row Id="47896" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24036" RevisionGUID="eb154a3a-a84f-45c9-aa40-82b6d3958b44" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:37:26.793" UserId="9166" Comment="added 870 characters in body" Text="Hi everyone,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;my group is in the market for plentiful storage. We traditionally used big-iron FC-attached SANs, but they are way expensive and provide much more performance than we require.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We want highly available shared storage, and if it performs like local desktop-class drives, that's fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there shared disk solutions out there that can get us slower but bigger disks?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We like [NexSan SataBeast](http://www.nexsan.com/satabeast.php) but they don't have a fully global presence which makes support awkward (we're a global company).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any storage of this type that you would recommend? We'd prefer to use FC-attached storage but we're open to suggestions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wout.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*EDIT*: To answer the requests for clarification, we'd like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - globally available hardware support&#xD;&#xA; - tens of TB with the ability to grow&#xD;&#xA; - Highly Available: Ability to provide service through common failures, so:&#xD;&#xA;  - hotpluggable drives&#xD;&#xA;  - multipath IO&#xD;&#xA;  - active/active controller&#xD;&#xA;  - Anything like this that has a low cost/benefit ratio&#xD;&#xA; - NFS only might be an option depending on HA-ness and performance&#xD;&#xA; - Price: whatever it costs, but as little as possible&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically I'm wondering what the 3D graph of price-performance-availability looks like currently. If there are sharp exponential curves, I'd be interested in the systems in those elbows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As noted below, this could be done by a farm of PC-level hardware serving iSCSI and host-level software RAID6. This proves that whatever an EMC top-end storage array costs, it is probably too much." />
  <row Id="47898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26913" RevisionGUID="d4e28d8b-08d2-4b9b-8a6f-72eee062bd8d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:38:59.333" UserId="7709" Text="Legacy applications. Just because a CGI web application was built 7 years ago doesn't mean that it needs to be replaced, and if it replies on sendmail, then so be it!" />
  <row Id="47899" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26914" RevisionGUID="3ccca91b-c696-42c4-a32b-2e6ab4aae1be" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:43:11.243" UserId="2417" Text="Sendmail is installed by default on FreeBSD :)" />
  <row Id="47902" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26286" RevisionGUID="19b3eb5d-c528-4cd7-b682-d321627ba953" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:45:56.747" UserId="9383" Comment="added 1556 characters in body" Text="What does it mean if iostat shows 100% busy wait but the CPU is completely idle? My application runs for a while, then goes into this state periodically for about 10-20 seconds. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is transaction processing C++ app on solaris 10.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    IO stat output:&#xD;&#xA;                      extended device statistics                       cpu&#xD;&#xA;    device      r/s    w/s   kr/s   kw/s wait actv  svc_t  %w  %b  us sy wt id&#xD;&#xA;    c0          0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0  0.0  0.0    0.0   0   0   0  0  0 100&#xD;&#xA;    sd1         0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0  0.0  0.0    0.0   0   0 &#xD;&#xA;    sd2         0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0  0.0  0.0    0.0   0   0 &#xD;&#xA;    sd3         0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0  0.0  0.0    0.0   0   0 &#xD;&#xA;    sd4         0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0  0.0  0.0    0.0   0   0 &#xD;&#xA;    c1          0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0  0.0  0.0    0.0   0   0 &#xD;&#xA;    sd0         0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0  0.0  0.0    0.0   0   0 &#xD;&#xA;    c6          0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0  0.0  1.0    0.0   0 100 &#xD;&#xA;    sd19        0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0  0.0  0.0    0.0   0   0 &#xD;&#xA;    sd19.fp2    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0  0.0  0.0    0.0   0   0 &#xD;&#xA;    sd19.fp4    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0  0.0  0.0    0.0   0   0 &#xD;&#xA;    sd20        0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0  0.0  0.0    0.0   0   0 &#xD;&#xA;    sd21        0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0  0.0  0.0    0.0   0   0 &#xD;&#xA;    sd22        0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0  0.0  0.0    0.0   0   0 &#xD;&#xA;    sd23        0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0  0.0  1.0    0.0   0 100 &#xD;&#xA;    sd24        0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0  0.0  0.0    0.0   0   0 &#xD;&#xA;    sd25        0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0  0.0  0.0    0.0   0   0 &#xD;&#xA;    sd26        0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0  0.0  0.0    0.0   0   0 &#xD;&#xA;    sd27        0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0  0.0  0.0    0.0   0   0 &#xD;&#xA;    nfs1        0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0  0.0  0.0    0.0   0   0 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47903" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26916" RevisionGUID="b7011fb9-b3fb-40a0-b984-bf445e650cf3" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:47:21.533" UserId="1054" Text="[![Who Moved My Cheese][1]][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While not technical (and maybe a bit cliched now?) the principles are fantastic and highly applicable to sysadmin work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqeq.com/image/WMMC-Hardcover.gif&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.whomovedmycheese.com/" />
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  <row Id="47905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26917" RevisionGUID="0f5a2a20-7008-4fea-af7f-374c8ba6d3a6" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:50:33.727" UserId="9754" Text="Painful configuration process aside, it's still a perfectly serviceable mail exchanger, and arguably more flexible and configurable than many alternatives. (Just TRY configuring qmail to play tic-tac-toe :D) I've worked on a number of sites that run Sendmail quite happily within the past few years." />
  <row Id="47906" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26918" RevisionGUID="5c892d7a-f318-4af1-b43a-e1fe9ca3f333" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:51:11.790" UserId="3356" Text="In addition to FreeBSD, sendmail is the default MTA on RedHat systems.  While it has a long history of security vulnerabilities, it is still the most tested MTA available for UNIXy systems.  I have looked for recent figures on MTA distribution (please comment with links if you have one), but as of several years ago it was by far the most used, with postfix (iirc) the nearest competitor." />
  <row Id="47907" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26919" RevisionGUID="d08058ad-556d-419e-80cf-797fa0f24ec4" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:53:19.757" UserId="7730" Text="**From a performance standpoint only**, [xcopy](http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/xcopy.mspx?mfr=true) or [robocopy](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc733145.aspx) will give you similar results. I ran through a couple of tests on a Vista 64bit sp2 box to do some comparisons. All copies were performed between a internal 7200 RPM Sata II disk and an external USB 2.0 drive or on the same internal drive itself where indicated. No special setup was done (make up your own mind if that invalidates/validates the test), only to input the command into a batch file to execute. Powershell was used to capture the start and stop times. After a couple of passes here are the averages from the tools I played with:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;File: 732,909,568bytes (698MB) 1 ISO file copied to different dir on same internal disk&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    copy     6secs  (ex. copy G:\folder1\* G:\folder2\)&#xD;&#xA;    xcopy    6secs  (ex. xcopy G:\folder1 G:\folder2 /I /E /Y /R)&#xD;&#xA;    robocopy 6secs  (ex. robocopy G:\folder1\ G:\folder2 /E /NP)&#xD;&#xA;    teracopy 28secs (ex. TeraCopy.exe Copy G:\folder1\ G:\folder2\)&#xD;&#xA;    fastcopy 19secs (ex. fastcopy.exe /auto_close G:\folder1 /to=G:\folder2)  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;File: 732,909,568bytes (698MB) 1 ISO file copied to external usb disk&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    copy     36secs (ex. copy G:\folder1\* I:\folder2\)&#xD;&#xA;    xcopy    35secs (ex. xcopy G:\folder1 I:\folder2 /I /E /Y /R)&#xD;&#xA;    robocopy 36secs (ex. robocopy G:\folder1\ I:\folder2 /E /NP)&#xD;&#xA;    teracopy 36secs (ex. TeraCopy.exe Copy G:\folder1\ I:\folder2\)&#xD;&#xA;    fastcopy 38secs (ex. fastcopy.exe /auto_close G:\folder1 /to=I:\folder2)  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Files: 45,039,616bytes (42.9MB) 5 random files copied to external usb disk&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    copy     6secs  (ex. copy G:\folder1\* I:\folder2\)&#xD;&#xA;    xcopy    5secs  (ex. xcopy G:\folder1 I:\folder2 /I /E /Y /R)&#xD;&#xA;    robocopy 6secs  (ex. robocopy G:\folder1\ I:\folder2 /E /NP)&#xD;&#xA;    teracopy 12secs (ex. TeraCopy.exe Copy G:\folder1\ I:\folder2\)&#xD;&#xA;    fastcopy 6secs  (ex. fastcopy.exe /auto_close G:\folder1 /to=I:\folder2)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Files/Dirs: 1,087,180,800bytes (1.01GB) 27 Files/8 Dirs copied to external usb disk&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    copy     *Not included in test&#xD;&#xA;    xcopy    57secs (ex. xcopy G:\folder1 I:\folder2 /I /E /Y /R)&#xD;&#xA;    robocopy 58secs (ex. robocopy G:\folder1\ I:\folder2 /E /NP)&#xD;&#xA;    teracopy 56secs (ex. TeraCopy.exe Copy G:\folder1\ I:\folder2\)&#xD;&#xA;    fastcopy 60secs (ex. fastcopy.exe /auto_close G:\folder1 /to=I:\folder2)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is by no means an exhaustive test, but just throwing a quick real world scenario at some of the more popular tools in this genre shows that your pretty safe sticking with either xcopy or robocopy (from a performance standpoint only). Also the robocopy option /NP No Progress saves you 0 time. That doesn't mean you cannot benefit from using something other than xcopy however. RoboCopy is a great example (from [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy)):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Robocopy is notable for capabilities above and beyond the built-in Windows copy and  &#xD;&#xA;xcopy commands, including the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   - Ability to tolerate network outages&#xD;&#xA;   and resume copying where it&#xD;&#xA;   previously left off (incomplete files&#xD;&#xA;   are noted with a date stamp&#xD;&#xA;   corresponding to 1980-01-01 and&#xD;&#xA;   contain a recovery record so Robocopy&#xD;&#xA;   knows from where to continue).&#xD;&#xA;   - Ability to correctly copy attributes,&#xD;&#xA;   owner information, alternate data&#xD;&#xA;   streams, auditing information, and&#xD;&#xA;   timestamps by default, without the&#xD;&#xA;   need for numerous often forgotten&#xD;&#xA;   command line switches.&#xD;&#xA;   - Ability to correctly copy NTFS ACLs,&#xD;&#xA;   (when /COPYALL provided), and to&#xD;&#xA;   assert the Windows NT &quot;backup right&quot;&#xD;&#xA;   (/B) so an administrator may copy an&#xD;&#xA;   entire directory, including files&#xD;&#xA;   denied readability to the&#xD;&#xA;   administrator.&#xD;&#xA;   - Persistence by default, with a&#xD;&#xA;   programmable number of automatic&#xD;&#xA;   retries if a file cannot be opened.&#xD;&#xA;   - A &quot;mirror&quot; mode, which keeps trees in&#xD;&#xA;   sync by optionally deleting files out&#xD;&#xA;   of the destination that are no longer&#xD;&#xA;   present in the source.&#xD;&#xA;   - Ability to copy large numbers of&#xD;&#xA;   files that would otherwise crash the&#xD;&#xA;   built-in XCOPY utility.&#xD;&#xA;   - A progress indicator on the command&#xD;&#xA;   line that updates continuously.&#xD;&#xA;   - Ability to copy long file and folder&#xD;&#xA;   names exceeding 256 characters — up&#xD;&#xA;   to a theoretical 32,000 characters —&#xD;&#xA;   without errors." />
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  <row Id="47909" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26920" RevisionGUID="01dbe1f4-91ee-4275-a30c-d66c34baa1f1" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:56:33.807" UserId="9754" Text="If you only want some emails to a given address to trigger a command (based on their subject or whatever), and others to be delivered as normal email, you'll have to use procmail as described above. Using /etc/aliases will cause every single message sent to that address to invoke the specified command (and won't be delivered via the local delivery mechanism)." />
  <row Id="47910" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3780" RevisionGUID="2dd0d40c-ab24-4952-ac95-245eeaea1ebc" CreationDate="2009-06-16T22:56:37.177" UserId="1224" Comment="added 407 characters in body" Text="The aim for this Wiki is to promote using a command to open up commonly used applications without having to go through many mouse clicks - thus saving times on monitoring, troubleshooting Windows machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Answer entries need to specify&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Application name&#xD;&#xA; - Commands&#xD;&#xA; - Screenshot (Optional)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shortcut to commands&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [&amp;&amp;][1] - Command Chaining&#xD;&#xA;- [%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\rcimlby.exe -LaunchRA][2] - Remote Assistance (Windows XP)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl][3] - Programs and Features (Formerly Known as &quot;Add or Remove Programs&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl @,2][4] - Turn Windows Features On and Off (Add/Remove Windows Components pane)&#xD;&#xA;- [bootsect.exe][5] - [Updates the master boot code for hard disk partitions to switch between BOOTMGR and NTLDR][6]&#xD;&#xA;- [cacls][7] - Change Access Control List (ACL) permissions on a directory, its subcontents, or files&#xD;&#xA;- [calc][8] - Calculator&#xD;&#xA;- [chkdsk][9] - Check/Fix the disk surface for physical errors or bad sectors&#xD;&#xA;- [cipher][10] - Displays or alters the encryption of directories [files] on NTFS partitions&#xD;&#xA;- [cleanmgr.exe][11] - Disk Cleanup&#xD;&#xA;- [cls][12] - clear the command line screen&#xD;&#xA;- [cmd /k][13] - Run command with command extensions enabled&#xD;&#xA;- [color][14] - Sets the default console foreground and background colors in console&#xD;&#xA;- [command.com][15] - Default Operating System Shell&#xD;&#xA;- [compmgmt.msc][16] - Computer Management&#xD;&#xA;- [control.exe /name Microsoft.NetworkAndSharingCenter][17] - Network and Sharing Center&#xD;&#xA;- [control keyboard][18] - Keyboard Properties&#xD;&#xA;- [control mouse(or 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[fsmgmt.msc][35] - Shared Folders&#xD;&#xA;- [fsutil][36] - Perform tasks related to FAT and NTFS file systems&#xD;&#xA;- [ftp][37] - Transfers files to and from a computer running an FTP server service&#xD;&#xA;- [getmac][38] - Shows the mac address(es) of your network adapter(s)&#xD;&#xA;- [gpedit.msc][39] - Group Policy Editor&#xD;&#xA;- [httpcfg.exe][40] - [HTTP Configuration Utility][41]&#xD;&#xA;- [iisreset][42] - To restart IIS&#xD;&#xA;- [InetMgr.exe][43] - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 7&#xD;&#xA;- [InetMgr6.exe][44] - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 6&#xD;&#xA;- [intl.cpl][45] - Regional and Language Options&#xD;&#xA;- [ipconfig][46] - Internet protocol configuration&#xD;&#xA;- [lusrmgr.msc][47] - Local Users and Groups Administrator&#xD;&#xA;- [msconfig][48] - System Configuration&#xD;&#xA;- [notepad][49] - Notepad? ;)&#xD;&#xA;- [mmsys.cpl][50] - Sound/Recording/Playback properties&#xD;&#xA;- [more][51] - [Displays one screen of output at a 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  <row Id="47914" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26922" RevisionGUID="5cca7171-cc12-4a21-b96e-cdbc192dae77" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:02:09.147" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="47915" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26887" RevisionGUID="35b5f769-b67d-4930-b7ea-cf0e9402c924" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:02:46.400" UserId="3038" Comment="added 17 characters in body" Text="&lt;strike&gt;BackupExec doesn't make this easy. Ideally, you should have the option to 'copy' a backup to somewhere, and I'm not sure BE has that&lt;/strike&gt;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is what I'd build if I were using HP Data Protector in this environment. It does have a 'copy' for jobs. It also has a de-duplication option, but I'd be deeply careful of that on file-systems with more than about 500K files on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Disk array in both locations** You'll need it for DR replication&#xD;&#xA; - **Continue backups in both locations**  &#xD;&#xA; - **Use a *copy job* on Monday to copy weekend jobs to the remote site** Once a week, copy your full backup from tape to the remote data-center's disk-array. The DP database will keep track of both backup jobs.&#xD;&#xA; - **Set expiration of the B2D job appropriately** Decide how many remote copies you need in the remote location, and set the data-retention period correctly on the copy job. This can be a separate interval than your tape rotation retention.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe you can set disk-backups to use compression, but this'll really slow down your backup speeds as that'll be done in software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The DataProtector dedupe works only for file-servers on Windows and Linux. It won't de-dupe Exchange/MS-SQL/Sharepoint." />
  <row Id="47916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26923" RevisionGUID="19308423-91b6-428f-9b82-92d100abed24" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:06:25.800" UserId="1748" Text="One thing you can do if you want to use robocopy with volume shadow copies is use the VShadow tool from MS (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb530725.aspx)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've outlined a brief approach below, you'd want to create a batch script to automate this process but it isn't too difficult.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can create a shadow copy using the vshadow tool. Following this, using the -el flag (with vshadow again) you can expose the shadow copy under a drive letter (like x:). Following this you can use robocopy to create backups from the mounted shadow copy drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've outlined a rough script below, note this hasn't been tested. It takes a shadow copy of C: and mounts it as X:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    setlocal&#xD;&#xA;    IF NOT &quot;%CALLBACK%&quot; == &quot;&quot; GOTO :VS_CALLBACK &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    set CALLBACK=%~dpnx0&#xD;&#xA;    vshadow.exe -p -script=TempScript.cmd -exec=%CALLBACK% C: &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    :VS_CALLBACK  &#xD;&#xA;    setlocal&#xD;&#xA;    call TempScript.cmd&#xD;&#xA;    vshadow.exe -el=%SHADOW_ID_1%,X:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    del /f TempScript.cmd&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    robocopy X:\ \\backup\server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously the robocopy command needs to be customised to suit whatever you're doing (copy VHD's from some location etc). Hopefully this is helpful!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47917" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26924" RevisionGUID="aefb34f3-a9b2-48eb-97f6-55c47a0989f6" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:12:29.093" UserId="8263" Text="I found that the problem was either the wireless networking or ethernet networking.  I've since overwritten this installation with Solaris 2009.06 (released a couple of days ago) and haven't experienced this problem so far." />
  <row Id="47918" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26925" RevisionGUID="0912e1a2-b02f-442a-9849-0e36de6eb37d" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:14:54.207" UserId="2574" Text="If it is USB Drives, your going to run into mounting issues once your available drives hit Z:.  Ones beyond that will not auto-mount and will require you to go through the computer management drive manager snap in to juggle the various USB devices (or un-map any network drive mappings).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The largest limiting factor will be power.  From my experience, chaining powered hubs doesn't work very well, so your other limit would be the maximum hub slots you could purchase x the number of available usb ports on your server." />
  <row Id="47919" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26926" RevisionGUID="2e01e541-f4a0-4e82-ac93-49cb04f50694" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:19:27.693" UserId="8897" Text="Unix Power Tools. I own three copies of this, two in the office and one at home. &#xD;&#xA;If you like to become a Unix guru, grow a beard and read this book. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Essential System Administration was already mentioned. Espescially useful if you are the boss to a group of SA's&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://covers.oreilly.com/images/9780596003302/cat.gif" />
  <row Id="47920" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26926" RevisionGUID="2e01e541-f4a0-4e82-ac93-49cb04f50694" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:19:27.693" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="47921" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26927" RevisionGUID="58144dd9-1ad3-4f96-bb0a-43b8ebdbe32f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:26:48.300" UserId="2889" Text="I am looking to copy some large files accross a flaky WAN connection. Is there a tool I can use which will auto resume when the network fall over briefly and let me manually resume if I have to fix it manually?" />
  <row Id="47922" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26927" RevisionGUID="58144dd9-1ad3-4f96-bb0a-43b8ebdbe32f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:26:48.300" UserId="2889" Text="Large File Copy Tool accross Flaky Connection " />
  <row Id="47923" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26927" RevisionGUID="58144dd9-1ad3-4f96-bb0a-43b8ebdbe32f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:26:48.300" UserId="2889" Text="&lt;copying&gt;" />
  <row Id="47924" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26928" RevisionGUID="e1a3ed85-3f3e-4cbc-87c7-771ced86be0c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:28:55.490" UserId="2574" Text="An unsecured wireless AP is like walking out the front door at the end of the day and leaving all the windows and doors wide open... with a neon sign blinking your SSID every few seconds... the only difference, is that someone can be snooping through your network from your parking lot or office next door and you would never know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My suggestion would be to lock down the wireless AP as soon as possible.  Make sure the machines accessing are known.  You can also use a service like [opendns][1] to shutdown access to &quot;not appropriate&quot; websites/servers from the machines inside your network you do trust.  It also can be configured to catch most of the online games which tend to eat the most bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.opendns.com/" />
  <row Id="47925" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26929" RevisionGUID="84b0655e-cecc-43d0-a545-ce1620fc3ea2" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:29:00.870" UserId="4392" Text="curl has several retry options (along with being able to specify infinite retries). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;rsync doesn't have any built in retry schemes, you could wrap it in a script to do infinite retries until it completed successfully. " />
  <row Id="47926" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26927" RevisionGUID="39b030c4-5c93-4eeb-8e97-0124ceb124af" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:29:25.817" UserId="4392" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;copying&gt;&lt;synchronization&gt;&lt;wan&gt;" />
  <row Id="47927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26930" RevisionGUID="5deb355a-f74a-4e2f-b932-edce00ac5bce" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:31:31.443" UserId="9140" Text="FTP client with queue function (with auto retries). Try SmartFTP or FileZilla." />
  <row Id="47928" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26931" RevisionGUID="51f0bab8-e5a0-4856-acee-940a90462fb4" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:31:52.333" UserId="4392" Text="For me, it gets replaced with postfix ASAP." />
  <row Id="47929" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26932" RevisionGUID="fba3c682-ec93-43af-8141-2618bcd922fc" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:42:23.310" UserId="6306" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to run some benchmarks on linux virtualization solutions (namely Xen, KVM and OpenVZ) and I'm currently thinking about how to set up the test environment. My current approach would be the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Set up a bare server system&#xD;&#xA; - Install all 3 solutions (kernels) on the same system and set them up (+ VMs)&#xD;&#xA; - Boot a specific kernel (disable eventual services from other solutions) and run benchmarks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would this approach be OK or should I completely separate the 3 systems from each other (have 3 completely independent installations each one with only one solution installed)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance,&#xD;&#xA;Mathias" />
  <row Id="47930" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26932" RevisionGUID="fba3c682-ec93-43af-8141-2618bcd922fc" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:42:23.310" UserId="6306" Text="Best way to benchmark virtualization solutions" />
  <row Id="47931" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26932" RevisionGUID="fba3c682-ec93-43af-8141-2618bcd922fc" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:42:23.310" UserId="6306" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;xen&gt;&lt;openvz&gt;&lt;kvm&gt;&lt;benchmarks&gt;" />
  <row Id="47932" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26902" RevisionGUID="4c00751a-d530-4561-b84e-fb9ebb63a586" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:44:21.027" UserId="1182" Comment="Further clarification" Text="&lt;p&gt;A table in the production database has 'mysteriously' disappeared.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anybody know of any way to diagnose what the heck happened to it? And who did it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[edit 17:51] This is an internal app, with weak security.  All of the apps (except mine of course ;-) is vulnerable to SQL Injection, but our users are &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; unsophisticated and the table name was not one that might be immediately obvious, so I don't think it was an SQL Injection. (not that it matters ... kind of beyond the scope of the question)&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[edit 19:42] Also, just an FYI; this table has been around for a long time, so it wasn't 'undone' with a restore." />
  <row Id="47933" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26933" RevisionGUID="b266107d-b592-47e7-bb05-37bb7e480282" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:46:32.850" UserId="5221" Text="How short are the network outages?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they are not long, then OpenVPN might be useful. I use it in various places for other reasons, but when using it over a slow unreliably GPRS connection on a moving train I found it did a good job of surviving the regular connection drops and, if the outage was not long enough to cause timeouts, the applications (web browser, mainly) transferring stuff over the link survived too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This in combination with a client that supports partial sends and retrys, as suggested by others, might cover all the bases for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If using rsync, make sure you have the options set such that it can reuse partial transfers otherwise you may waste much bandwidth if the connection drops just before the end of synchronising a large new (or much changed) file." />
  <row Id="47934" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26932" RevisionGUID="2e8bdca9-105d-47e6-ba04-dc49a08f589c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:48:17.077" UserId="6306" Comment="edit title" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to run some benchmarks on linux virtualization solutions (namely Xen, KVM and OpenVZ) and I'm currently thinking about how to set up the test environment. My current approach would be the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Set up a bare server system&#xD;&#xA; - Install all 3 solutions (kernels) on the same system and set them up (+ VMs)&#xD;&#xA; - Boot a specific kernel (disable eventual services from other solutions) and run benchmarks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would this approach be OK or should I completely separate the 3 systems from each other (have 3 completely independent installations each one with only one solution installed)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additional question: any hints what kind of benchmarks I should run? I thought about some compiling (e.g. linux kernel), ab (Apache Benchmark) and OSDB (Open Source Database Benchmark). The comparison should mainly focus on overall performance, I/O performance and response time of individual VMs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance,&#xD;&#xA;Mathias" />
  <row Id="47935" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="26932" RevisionGUID="2e8bdca9-105d-47e6-ba04-dc49a08f589c" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:48:17.077" UserId="6306" Comment="edit title" Text="Best way to benchmark linux virtualization solutions" />
  <row Id="47936" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26934" RevisionGUID="b010fadd-9647-4e4d-bce0-abab7099c627" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:55:18.383" UserId="9761" Text="I have sendmail up and running on an Ubuntu 8.04 machine.  It can send mail correctly to all but the domain to which it is a part. How do I configure it to not send to itself for email addresses on its domain?  I want it to use the MX records for its own domain just like it does for other domains, so that the email is delivered to the mail server for the domain, not to itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Matt&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47937" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26934" RevisionGUID="b010fadd-9647-4e4d-bce0-abab7099c627" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:55:18.383" UserId="9761" Text="Sendmain Configuration to not deliver mail to local machine" />
  <row Id="47938" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26934" RevisionGUID="b010fadd-9647-4e4d-bce0-abab7099c627" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:55:18.383" UserId="9761" Text="&lt;sendmail&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="47939" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17080" RevisionGUID="0828ebbb-23fb-4f12-a881-051407e2fb8a" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:56:36.667" UserId="9140" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows2008&gt;&lt;file-transfer&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;clustering&gt;&lt;dfs&gt;" />
  <row Id="47940" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="26888" RevisionGUID="d2ec7293-60e5-4a1d-bbe6-1d46643a4542" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:58:02.190" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="4" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:301,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Dave Cheney&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1054,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;squillman&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1435,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Chopper3&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:984,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Zoredache&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="47941" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26935" RevisionGUID="91352aa0-d30e-4c18-943d-958e23aa4b46" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:58:32.487" UserId="9005" Text="For a windows shop, Ipswitch's IMail packs quite a punch for the money.  " />
  <row Id="47942" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26935" RevisionGUID="91352aa0-d30e-4c18-943d-958e23aa4b46" CreationDate="2009-06-16T23:58:32.487" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="47945" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26937" RevisionGUID="c0c3ded7-56ec-43a2-a10c-ebb790a0d00c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:00:12.703" UserId="3038" Text="Testing should be done as close to how you'd run it in production. So install each system separately and do the testing. This may require flattening your testing box several times, but it will give the cleanest results. Then focus on creating your test cases. Some off the top of my head:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Multiple VM test** Run several VM's on the same host.&#xD;&#xA; - **Busy VM resource contention** Have one VM run something highly CPU demanding, run other tests in other VMs to see how they're affected by it.&#xD;&#xA;     - Do the same, but with a high disk I/O VM, and see how other VMs are affected.&#xD;&#xA; - **Multi-processor efficiency** If you have the hardware for it, run VM's with more than one virtual CPU and judge efficient use of it (say, kernel compile with multiple jobs).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In essence, brain-storm the edge cases and build tests around those cases. What happens when a VM gets piggy with resources? How well does the hypervisor handle over-subscription of resources? How does one VM locking up hard affect other VMs on the system?" />
  <row Id="47947" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="26934" RevisionGUID="1ebb80a5-3b89-485d-b587-a2ed214af859" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:01:09.210" UserId="3038" Comment="edited title" Text="Sendmail Configuration to not deliver mail to local machine" />
  <row Id="47948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26939" RevisionGUID="0edc05bc-3352-4da8-841f-3a6e0890714f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:07:06.163" UserId="3038" Text="I've seen regular workstations manage to saturate even 100Mb Ethernet connections, so a 5Mb ADSL line is very simple. All it takes is more than one Hulu stream going at the same time and that's a big chunk of that bandwidth right there. Also, people actively seek out unsecured public-wifi in order to use bittorrent as it is a lot harder to trace the activity back to a person who can receive a DMCA take-down notice." />
  <row Id="47949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26940" RevisionGUID="1a8ffc33-840f-4165-b1bd-a00658e65867" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:14:41.230" UserId="9140" Text="Postfix+postfixadmin+dovecot and rouncube webmail (w/postfixadmin plugin), all using a MySQL backend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simply because it's free and rock stable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Probably going to move to Exchange when I have the budget for it. I want to synchronize my calendar from my smartphone (our sales team -really- wants it)." />
  <row Id="47950" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="26940" RevisionGUID="1a8ffc33-840f-4165-b1bd-a00658e65867" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:14:41.230" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="47951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26941" RevisionGUID="46a5db3d-b362-4e07-99d4-cdd1cfb01ffa" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:17:30.153" UserId="3528" Text="The native windows tools to do this are xcopy /z and using BITS. Xcopy /z is pretty self explanatory. Bitsadmin is how you manage a bits tranfer in windows 2003, howver if you can install powershell v2 it contains cmdlet modules to do bits transfers.  See [Transferring (Large) Files Using BITs][1].  My favorite exe tool is XXcopy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2009/01/11/transferring-large-files-using-bits.aspx" />
  <row Id="47952" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22658" RevisionGUID="54058a08-2b00-4923-93bd-6ea47451cae3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:18:31.087" UserId="3038" Comment="retag" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi all,&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a user here, our CEO, that can't keep his incoming email more than 3-4 minutes in his inbox. He is able to get the email, we see the popup confirming the email has been received but suddently, without warning, the emails go away!&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can find back the emails in &quot;Tools - Recover Deleted Items&quot; but they don't show in the Deleted items folder. But again, as soon I recover the emails, they disapear after few minutes again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm running Echange 2007 SP1 on Windows Small Business Server 2008&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I've done to troubleshoot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No Rules were/are setup in Outlook&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reinstall Office 2003&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reinstall Office 2007&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Deleted/recreated the local profile&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Deleted/recreated the AD profile&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Deleted/recreated the Exchange 2007 account.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even with a brand new Exchange mailbox, the email are still deleted in a few seconds after coming in the Inbox. He is the only one with that problem. The problem is also the same in OWA. So I'm pretty sure that issue is coming from Exchange or around that...&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if a corrupted message could do this but I can't afford to neglect such details. Is anybody already fixed a problem like this one? Any help will be appreciated!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. Sorry for my english and thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47953" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="22658" RevisionGUID="54058a08-2b00-4923-93bd-6ea47451cae3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:18:31.087" UserId="3038" Comment="retag" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;windowsserver-2008&gt;&lt;not-programming-related&gt;" />
  <row Id="47954" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="24476" RevisionGUID="bc6f0501-8ed8-4544-aca5-eb2086a09468" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:19:37.687" UserId="3038" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;dfs&gt;&lt;replication&gt;&lt;dfs-r&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="47955" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="23621" RevisionGUID="c9e23fb1-c76a-4d87-8f52-214e5a90391e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:20:15.720" UserId="3038" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;pagefile&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;&lt;ram&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="47956" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25784" RevisionGUID="94115129-a893-430b-92c7-5966cb5235e9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:20:55.207" UserId="3038" Comment="retag" Text="&lt;windowsserver2000&gt;&lt;transitioning&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="47957" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="12" RevisionGUID="697c5c02-a406-49cb-a6c1-d6ec42c270a5" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:21:54.520" UserId="3038" Comment="retag" Text="&lt;wscript&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="47958" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26942" RevisionGUID="94bef9d7-2891-4c7f-b6ef-aab4dcbcd6a0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:26:16.840" UserId="9140" Text="The worst possible implementation of a start menu - ever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a nice story from the guy who were on the MS team responsible:&#xD;&#xA;http://moishelettvin.blogspot.com/2006/11/windows-shutdown-crapfest.html" />
  <row Id="47959" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26943" RevisionGUID="5bb5cc06-fd38-4490-9ea9-85ac7a8acfde" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:31:57.273" UserDisplayName="olaaf" Text="Parallel SCSI is not supported in clusters with 2008&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947710" />
  <row Id="47960" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21112" RevisionGUID="163cafe7-0b2f-4e23-b4a5-98f782c21e4f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:34:02.500" UserId="8511" Comment="added 93 characters in body; edited title" Text="I just got an Ubuntu server set up, and it seems to have come with Python 2.5. I've been developing my app in Python 2.6, but `apt-cache search ^python` seems to not contain 2.6. What is the fastest way to update the repositories `apt-get` looks through to include one that has Python 2.6?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Answer mixed in reply/reply-comments: fastest way is to upgrade to Ubuntu 9.04 or later)" />
  <row Id="47961" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="21112" RevisionGUID="163cafe7-0b2f-4e23-b4a5-98f782c21e4f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:34:02.500" UserId="8511" Comment="added 93 characters in body; edited title" Text="What is the fastest way to install Python 2.6 on an Ubuntu 8.04 server?" />
  <row Id="47962" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26944" RevisionGUID="03745e5c-ae1a-4d69-94fd-1537d3f49027" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:37:52.373" UserId="53971" Text="Let's say I have a group policy that sets the maximum password age at 90 days.  Some user doesn't change their password for 91 days, so their password should be expired.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I then remove that group policy to make the max password age not defined, will that account still be expired?  In other words, when that user logs in again, should they still be required to change their password?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would think not, but I seem to be observing the exact opposite behavior on our domain controller; that is, after I change the group policy setting and login with an account whose password had expired, I still get prompts about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know for sure either way, or is there something else I'm missing?" />
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  <row Id="47965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26945" RevisionGUID="26152c75-9c2c-40a0-beb2-7b5344a95743" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:42:18.190" UserId="9273" Text="If you really need to do this, I would suggest looking at creating and distributing a custom Outlook form for mail items that excludes the contact photo. I know of know other option to prevent contact photos from displaying short of removing them from the contact entry entirely." />
  <row Id="47966" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26946" RevisionGUID="cba0d378-2a6a-4a07-9a5c-998402804427" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:45:19.950" UserId="39171" Text="hey guys&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm really a total newbie to this, so excuse the basicness (?) of the question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a default installation of Windows Server 2003, and I want to test an e-mailing application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. **What's the process for setting up an SMTP server on that box?** Does Windows Server 2003 provide one, or can I install a free one? Which one?&#xD;&#xA; 2. I want to test my app in terms of delivering the e-mail to the SMTP server, but I don't actually need the e-mails to go out. **Is there a way to have the SMTP server behave as it normally would, except just don't send out the e-mails?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;cheers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;andy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47967" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26946" RevisionGUID="cba0d378-2a6a-4a07-9a5c-998402804427" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:45:19.950" UserId="39171" Text="Setting up a test SMTP Server" />
  <row Id="47968" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26946" RevisionGUID="cba0d378-2a6a-4a07-9a5c-998402804427" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:45:19.950" UserId="39171" Text="&lt;smtp&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;setup&gt;" />
  <row Id="47969" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26947" RevisionGUID="4b1a07b1-5627-495b-9c44-e4d3215705e6" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:46:01.760" UserId="2925" Text="I have a laptop that is sometimes restarting and I want to check if it is overheating.  It is an Intel dual core laptop and it doesn't have the temperature sensor readings as an option in the BIOS setup menu.  I want a program/script on a live CD or bootable USB to read whatever temperatures I can for the motherboard/CPU/HDDs/etc." />
  <row Id="47970" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26947" RevisionGUID="4b1a07b1-5627-495b-9c44-e4d3215705e6" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:46:01.760" UserId="2925" Text="Need temperature readings from a live CD/USB" />
  <row Id="47971" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26947" RevisionGUID="4b1a07b1-5627-495b-9c44-e4d3215705e6" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:46:01.760" UserId="2925" Text="&lt;temperature&gt;&lt;live-cd&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="47972" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26948" RevisionGUID="33a6239a-67b1-4566-bf4d-01a9aad7fe07" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:46:40.107" UserId="9734" Text="I've got some .Net software that's using a DLL of Oracle is ODP.Net that is tagged as version 2.111.6.20.  What database release does that map to?  Is there any pattern to how they name these things?" />
  <row Id="47973" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26948" RevisionGUID="33a6239a-67b1-4566-bf4d-01a9aad7fe07" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:46:40.107" UserId="9734" Text="Oracle ODP Naming Convention Confusion" />
  <row Id="47974" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26948" RevisionGUID="33a6239a-67b1-4566-bf4d-01a9aad7fe07" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:46:40.107" UserId="9734" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;" />
  <row Id="47975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26949" RevisionGUID="d8fb5f1f-38f1-4f7a-aa71-bcd2d7265a3e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:46:55.270" UserId="4624" Text="My results from SQLIO are just wrong. I have a 6 drive RAID 10 array with SAS disks 10K RPM. SQLIO is saying I am getting max of 8000+ IOps. I am using a 10,240MB file, random read, 1 thread per file, 4 Outstanding IOs, 4-32 request byte size.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I prevent caching? HP 400 controllers have 100% read cache only (no-battery backup I just found out). Windows 2008 enterprise. You can't turn the cache off on the controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;Chuck" />
  <row Id="47976" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26949" RevisionGUID="d8fb5f1f-38f1-4f7a-aa71-bcd2d7265a3e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:46:55.270" UserId="4624" Text="Windows 2008 IO Testing for SQL" />
  <row Id="47977" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26949" RevisionGUID="d8fb5f1f-38f1-4f7a-aa71-bcd2d7265a3e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:46:55.270" UserId="4624" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="47978" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26945" RevisionGUID="1fe1d421-c56a-48e1-afb7-1cea1bec40db" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:48:58.480" UserId="9273" Comment="added 279 characters in body; deleted 2 characters in body" Text="If you really need to do this, I would suggest looking at creating and distributing a custom Outlook form for mail items that excludes the contact photo. I know of no other option to prevent contact photos from displaying short of removing them from the contact entry entirely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A couple of links that might help:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[Designing Outlook Forms (General Info)][1]&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[Editing Message Forms][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.msexchange.org/articles/Designing-Outlook-Forms-Part1.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=61 &quot;Editing Message Forms&quot;" />
  <row Id="47979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26950" RevisionGUID="d4a7bcce-912b-498f-af93-3cbc44e84670" CreationDate="2009-06-17T00:52:19.537" UserId="9734" Text="Think customers. Is your target customer a geek? If yes, OpenID will impress your customer and help your site. If not, the extra work in making it non-geek friendly is going to drain away resources from delivering content your customer cares about. Focus on delivering value to your customer first." />
  <row Id="47980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26951" RevisionGUID="182dceb8-627a-4c2a-b98e-01d5b5254fef" CreationDate="2009-06-17T01:00:23.910" UserId="6767" Text="If you are playing the &quot;sendmail.mc&quot; game:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    define(`SMART_HOST',`smtp.your.provider')&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you hack sendmail.cf directly:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    DSsmtp.your.provider&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...but if you hack sendmail.cf directly you probably already knew that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This tells the system that for accounts in its own domain that it doesn't directly know about, send mail to smtp.your.provider which presumably knows what to do with it.  Note that accounts that it does know about (ie root) will need to be aliased to a non-local account or messages to root will be delivered locally." />
  <row Id="47981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26952" RevisionGUID="d4d9522d-6364-4d69-9456-801dd7802557" CreationDate="2009-06-17T01:02:53.440" UserId="9273" Text="I know its not specifically what you are looking for, but you might want to give LogMeIn (http://www.logmein.com) a look. They offer a free version (paid adds support for file transfer, and printer/audio redirection) that I find works much better than VNC. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It requires no firewall setup on your part (Windows or hardware), and uses a central negotiation server so it makes it dead-simple to support users that have dynamic IPs (home users, laptop usrs, other varieties of telecommuters). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have entire offices using it, it makes remote support a snap." />
  <row Id="47982" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26953" RevisionGUID="4fcc8a4a-c0ea-4ecc-b0b6-d218bae2f521" CreationDate="2009-06-17T01:03:02.737" UserId="8692" Text="Okay, here's what happened:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was confused by the &quot;Last Run Result&quot;, thinking that this was a Server 2008/Task Scheduler return code.  Actually, it's the return code from the application that was run.  So the Task &quot;History&quot; says &quot;successfully finished&quot;, but the &quot;Last Run Result&quot; = 0x80042000.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, once I figured that out, the answer was easy -- this is an InstallShield app and 0x80042000 is the return code for when the app encounters an InstallScript &quot;abort&quot; command." />
  <row Id="47983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26954" RevisionGUID="33e62077-338b-4652-8851-7f1664bbdb81" CreationDate="2009-06-17T01:04:08.167" UserId="8511" Text="I have a Git repository on a staging server which multiple developers need to be able to pull to. [`git-init`][1] seems to have the flag I'm looking for: `--shared`, however [`git-clone`][2]'s `--shared` flag does something entirely different.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's the easiest way to change an existing repository's permissions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git-core/docs/git-init.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git-core/docs/git-clone.html" />
  <row Id="47984" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26954" RevisionGUID="33e62077-338b-4652-8851-7f1664bbdb81" CreationDate="2009-06-17T01:04:08.167" UserId="8511" Text="How do I share a Git repository with multiple users on a machine?" />
  <row Id="47985" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26954" RevisionGUID="33e62077-338b-4652-8851-7f1664bbdb81" CreationDate="2009-06-17T01:04:08.167" UserId="8511" Text="&lt;git&gt;&lt;shared&gt;&lt;users&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="47986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26955" RevisionGUID="b6773164-648d-4834-b169-04cd06eb7590" CreationDate="2009-06-17T01:04:39.723" UserId="5426" Text="You can setup the Windows Server 2003 with the Mail Server role. It comes with Windows, so in a sense it is free (as in you already paid for it).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you give the server a bad gateway ip then it cannot send any emails, and you can check everything you need to on your LAN. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Being new be very careful. I would check heavily into security for Windows Server 2003 especially in regards to email. This could make an excellent vector of attack against you.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26956" RevisionGUID="48cc1565-c5a8-4a3e-bf39-cfd51df33002" CreationDate="2009-06-17T01:06:07.977" UserId="843" Text="Once a password is expired that is it. They will be prompted to change it. Even if you change the group policy. The reason is because the account has a flag get set that says &quot;change password on next login&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could go into the User &amp; Groups Manager and set the user back to not expired password.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47988" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26957" RevisionGUID="1280c1f5-3fb0-4635-b817-4aca0c27d701" CreationDate="2009-06-17T01:08:22.777" UserId="1674" Text="Why would you want to disable caching?  Cache speeds things up.  What IO speed do you think you should be getting?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When using random IO, your performance will be way less than when using sequential IO.  Sequential IO is what is used to get the performance numbers that the vendors publish." />
  <row Id="47990" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26648" RevisionGUID="8b590a50-388d-4715-87f3-eff4d4035749" CreationDate="2009-06-17T01:14:53.567" UserId="4301" Comment="Updated with needed help for netsh" Text="I am trying to enable mutual authentication for my WebService hosted in IIS7. I have the server side cert setup and working but cannot figure out how to get a Certificate Trust List created and setup in IIS7 so that I can require and validate client side certificates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of my client side certs are signed by my own root cert so I need to create a CTL that contains just my root cert and then have IIS validate client provided certs against the CTL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone shed some light on how to do this? IIS6 had a UI for assigning a CTL, but I can find nothing similar in IIS7.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:**&#xD;&#xA;I have now successfully used MakeCTL in wizard mode to create a CTL with a Friendly Name. However I don't have adsutil support on my IIS7 box so via other posts elsewhere I am trying to use the 'netsh http add sslcert' command to assign the CTL to my site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Before I could use this command I had to remove the existing SSL cert that was assigned to my site for server authentication. Then in my netsh command I specify the thumbprint of that very same SSL cert I removed, plus a made up appid, plus 'sslctlidentifier=MyCTL sslctlstorename=CA'. The resulting command is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**netsh http add sslcert ipport=10.10.10.10:443 certhash=adfdffa988bb50736b8e58a54c1eac26ed005050 appid={ffc3e181-e14b-4a21-b022-59fc669b09ff} sslctlidentifier=MyCTL sslctlstorename=CA**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(the IP addr is munged), but I am getting this error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**SSL Certificate add failed, Error: 1312 A specified logon session does not exist. It may already have been terminated.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am sure the error is related to the CTL options because if I remove them it works (though no CTL is assigned of course).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone help me take this last step and make this work?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="47992" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26959" RevisionGUID="dd2cd172-ceb9-4b1c-abcf-0abea4c830ca" CreationDate="2009-06-17T01:15:09.073" UserId="6767" Text="We still use it everywhere because we know it, and it works." />
  <row Id="47993" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26960" RevisionGUID="6d3448bb-df8a-4cee-87ff-d70b7309c7f7" CreationDate="2009-06-17T01:17:47.993" UserId="2224" Text="The problem with OpenID is that is great for things like ServerFault where the level of trust in someone's identity isn't really a consideration -- once you start caring, that's where life gets complicated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It gets complicated, because when I control my authentication provider, I implicitly trust that provider because I run it, and presumably have implemented it to the standard that I require. When I move authentication outside of my control, I now have to assign a level of trust to the authentication provider as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At my employer, by law, I cannot trust ANY major OpenID provider out there because:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - They do not enforce periodic password changes&#xD;&#xA; - They do not enforce password length/complexity&#xD;&#xA; - I cannot audit their systems management practices&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That isn't a comprehensive list by any means. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To make OpenID work for non-trivial applications, I need a trusted provider -- and must limit my users to that trusted provider (or providers). That kind of defeats the whole &quot;single username/password&quot; advantage. Even then, I may still need to do some identity verification for users at higher trust levels. Seems like alot of work to me, especially when managing your own authentication provider isn't rocket science.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IMO, governments have the potential to make this technology work. If a state/provincial DMV or the post office offered a service where citizens establish online credentials, accessible via OpenID, you would be able to trust the Post Office/DMV credentials. (Because the government says: 'Thou shalt trust us') I believe that countries like Norway and Denmark are already issuing individual PKI credentials." />
  <row Id="47994" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23450" RevisionGUID="f7f4c212-3dbd-41fb-af32-56c85f601700" CreationDate="2009-06-17T01:20:14.043" UserId="1054" Comment="added 74 characters in body" Text="I personally have crossed the line over to loving OpenID.  I used to be resistant to it from general paranoia.  Now it's just too much of a pain in the a$$ to keep everything straight.  I do agree that non-tech users might struggle at first, but I think the more wide-spread it becomes the more comfortable people will get.  Some sites offer both a traditional (local) authentication system and also the option of using OpenID.  I think that education is going to help a lot here, so if you clearly explain what OpenID is and its benefits then that will go a long way towards acceptance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a Single Sign On (SSO) technology it is open to the general risks of any SSO.  From that perspective I'm not yet ready to integrate my bank or medical sites into it :)  Not that it's offered by them anyway..." />
  <row Id="47996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26962" RevisionGUID="fd51fad7-61f4-4645-b484-4608d701c7d5" CreationDate="2009-06-17T01:27:05.890" UserId="7709" Text="My friend suggested I use [KillCopy][1] for this purpose. It works well - its user interface is a bit clunky, but it's a drag-and-drop solution (assuming you're using a destination you can access in Explorer).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://killprog.narod.ru/killcopye.html" />
  <row Id="47997" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26927" RevisionGUID="aaa29bb2-d854-4707-a30c-d48673f18980" CreationDate="2009-06-17T01:28:01.380" UserId="7709" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;copying&gt;&lt;synchronization&gt;&lt;wan&gt;&lt;resume&gt;" />
  <row Id="47998" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26954" RevisionGUID="ea6dafa9-f3aa-455d-a57c-bdac9e395534" CreationDate="2009-06-17T01:32:52.467" UserId="8511" Comment="added 82 characters in body" Text="I have a Git repository on a staging server which multiple developers need to be able to pull to. [`git-init`][1] seems to have a flag very close to what I'm looking for: `--shared`, except I'd like multiple people to pull to that repository, as well. The [`git-clone`][2]'s `--shared` flag does something entirely different.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's the easiest way to change an existing repository's permissions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git-core/docs/git-init.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git-core/docs/git-clone.html" />
  <row Id="47999" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24277" RevisionGUID="be046321-2862-4606-9d96-721cf92b31ff" CreationDate="2009-06-17T01:34:01.887" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix typo" Text="Assuming it's a user database, detach the database, move the .mdf / .ldf files to the new location and reattach the database.  You might need to browse to the new location of the .ldf file when you choose your .mdf file in the reattach screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To detach a database, right-click on it in management studio and choose Tasks | Detach.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To reattach, right-click on Databases in management studio and choose Attach..., then browse to the new location of your .mdf and .ldf files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For system databases it's a little more involved, especially the master db.  Have a look at [this MSDN article][1] that gives you the steps.  Pay attention to the info regarding the resources system db for SQL2005+.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345408.aspx" />
  <row Id="48000" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26963" RevisionGUID="1b45c5d9-6f58-495b-a8c1-41d2fd6a8414" CreationDate="2009-06-17T01:34:09.907" UserId="5724" Text="[From the ODP FAQ:][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Q: In ODP.NET 10.2.0.2 and higher, why&#xD;&#xA;&gt; does the same ODP.NET provider have&#xD;&#xA;&gt; two different version numbers?&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; A: For ODP.NET 10.2.0.2 and higher,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the same ODP.NET binaries have two&#xD;&#xA;&gt; different version numbers when viewed&#xD;&#xA;&gt; from either .NET products (e.g. Visual&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Studio 2005 would see version&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2.102.2.20) or when viewed from Oracle products (e.g. Oracle Universall&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Installer would see version&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 10.2.0.2.20). Prior to ODP.NET 10.2.0.2, the latter versioning was employed exclusively. The use [of] the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; second versioning method was necessary&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to properly support .NET policy files&#xD;&#xA;&gt; for .NET Framework 1.x and 2.0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the [version scheme][2]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; For example, if the ODP.NET product&#xD;&#xA;&gt; version number is 11.1.0.6.20, the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; corresponding ODP.NET assembly&#xD;&#xA;&gt; versions are:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; * .NET Framework 1.x version: 1.111.6.20&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * .NET Framework 2.0 version: 2.111.6.20&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your version therefore refers to Oracle 11.1.0.6, for the .NET 2.0 framework.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/windows/odpnet/faq.html#versioning&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://download.oracle.com/docs/html/E10927_01/InstallVersioningScheme.htm" />
  <row Id="48001" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26964" RevisionGUID="2678c312-1f3a-4e2d-8094-9a81dea0ef89" CreationDate="2009-06-17T01:42:41.270" UserId="9376" Text="What would be the best hardware solution with 3+ Ethernet ports to install Endian Firewall Community Edition on? I am currently using a Jetaway mini-ITX enclosure with a Jetaway board and am not happy with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I cannot boot the machine w/o the network cables UNPLUGGED, otherwise the links for some reason will not be active. So I have to boot the box, then plug the cables in. On top of that for some reason it does not detect the PHY ethernet NIC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, any ideas on alternative small form factor hardware?" />
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  <row Id="48003" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26964" RevisionGUID="2678c312-1f3a-4e2d-8094-9a81dea0ef89" CreationDate="2009-06-17T01:42:41.270" UserId="9376" Text="&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="48004" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26965" RevisionGUID="88ab5570-63d5-4819-8a44-59698e4a8498" CreationDate="2009-06-17T01:42:52.640" UserId="5724" Text="In general you want to use [lmsensors][1].  There is a good [list of supported hardware][2], so I hope that your device will be covered. [Here is a good guide][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.lm-sensors.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/ProjectInformation&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-linux-get-sensors-information/" />
  <row Id="48005" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26922" RevisionGUID="63dfcd34-5ec7-4629-9162-3a70475fb6ff" CreationDate="2009-06-17T01:54:32.267" UserId="1992" Comment="added 549 characters in body" Text="You might be able to get the info out of the log using the undocumented ::fn_dblog function which interprets log records. I'm in the middle of teaching a disaster recovery class right now, but if you can wait 2-3 hours I'll post how to do it for you - should be able to get the username too without having to buy any tools (I used to spelunk around the log a ton in 2000 as I wrote a bunch of the internal log analysis code that DBCC CHECKDB uses in 2000). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Edited to include instructions]&#xD;&#xA;Ok - finished teaching and I knocked up a blog post to show you how to analyze the log in 2000, 2005, 2008 to find out when the table was dropped and who did it. Checkout my blog post at [Finding out who dropped a table using the transaction log][1].&#xD;&#xA;[/edit]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you still have the transaction log around? Which recovery model is the database in? If it's SIMPLE, don't do anything that would cause a checkpoint. If it's FULL or BULK_LOGGED, don't do a log backup. Either of these will cause the log to be truncated and then you may lose the ability to look back in the log, although I included a trace flag in the blog post that may help you with that too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS One way of preventing table drops in 2000 without adding security is to create a simple schemabound view on it - DROP TABLE will fail if the view exists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/Finding-out-who-dropped-a-table-using-the-transaction-log.aspx" />
  <row Id="48006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26966" RevisionGUID="5d5f9f55-a1e8-4e57-8d9f-7313b608c7cd" CreationDate="2009-06-17T01:54:38.553" UserId="8455" Text="**The Network**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Server 2008&#xD;&#xA; - Dell Gigabit Managed Switch &#xD;&#xA; - PCs running Vista SP2 with gigabit network cards&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The Story**&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;The 2008 Windows server is new as of a couple months ago and knowing that the PCs should now negotiate using SMB2 which [removes the transfer bottleneck][1] at the OS level I expected close to gigabit transfer speeds for large file copies between machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Vista measures file transfers in Megabytes/second.  A gigabit network can theoretically transfer at 125MB/s.  Let's say there's 15% overhead.  So a realistic acceptable transfer rate is around 105MB/s.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I decided to dig into this today as I was copying large iso's from my local pc to the server and getting 9-12 MB/s.  Unacceptable given the technology employed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Before digging into jumbo frames, hard setting the NIC speeds, etc. I decided to do the simple thing and update NIC drivers on the PC.  They went from the OS provided 2006 drivers to the manufacturer provided June 2009 drivers.  Guess what.  An amazing thing happened.  The next copy of a test iso transferred at 103MB/s.  Freakin' sweet.  We subsequently went around to the other 25 machines in the office and upgraded all of their drivers.  Then it gets interesting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The copy test started to be inconsistent.  We'd get 100MB/s on one machine and 65 on another.  Then a machine that was getting 100 would get 12.  These were simple tests but there were NOT other large file transfers happening that would cause a bottleneck at the hard drive transfer level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So then we set one of the PCs to hard negotiate at gigabit full duplex.  It started copying at a consistent 80-90MB/s.  This leads me to believe that there's something off in the connection negotiation either between the server and the pc, the server and the switch, or some other combination of the three.  There is a firmware and driver update for the server NIC which we'll install tonight, but they currently aren't nearl as old as the client drivers were.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The Question**&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;OK, that's the long story for a really simple question.  How do we track negotiated speeds for the clients on the network?  Is there a software tool that can go out and agrigate the data for us?  Can it only be done with file transfer test?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If we can see what they're connecting at then maybe we can track down which brand of NIC is bad, if the switch is the problem, if the server is the problem, etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2008/02/04/2826167.aspx" />
  <row Id="48007" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26966" RevisionGUID="5d5f9f55-a1e8-4e57-8d9f-7313b608c7cd" CreationDate="2009-06-17T01:54:38.553" UserId="8455" Text="How do you determine negotiated NIC connection speed/duplexing and how do we keep them consistent?" />
  <row Id="48008" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26966" RevisionGUID="5d5f9f55-a1e8-4e57-8d9f-7313b608c7cd" CreationDate="2009-06-17T01:54:38.553" UserId="8455" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;speed&gt;&lt;file-transfer&gt;" />
  <row Id="48009" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26967" RevisionGUID="f11c7808-31c6-4b8c-97ca-1f55cd0f51b9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:00:17.060" UserDisplayName="GeorgeWNYC" Text="I am involuntary Admin for a MOSS 2007 site.&#xD;&#xA;We use profile import from AD, from two domains:&#xD;&#xA;Mycompany.com and AM.MyCompany.Com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was looking at the log for the PEOPLE_DL_IMPORT Content source and it has many entries like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;spsimport://?$$dl$$/MyCompany.com/MyCompany.com/MyCompany.com/am.MyCompany.com/MyCompany.com/am.MyCompany.com/MyCompany.com/am.MyCompany.com/am.MyCompany.com/MyCompany.com/am.MyCompany.com/am.MyCompany.com/am.MyCompany.com/MyCompany.com/MyCompany.com/am.MyCompany.com/am.MyCompany.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It certainly doesn't look right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this normal? What can I do to remedy it ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can I start over? There are users already in SP and some of them are in SP groups for permission purposes. " />
  <row Id="48010" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26967" RevisionGUID="f11c7808-31c6-4b8c-97ca-1f55cd0f51b9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:00:17.060" UserDisplayName="GeorgeWNYC" Text="trouble with AD and profile import" />
  <row Id="48011" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26967" RevisionGUID="f11c7808-31c6-4b8c-97ca-1f55cd0f51b9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:00:17.060" UserDisplayName="GeorgeWNYC" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="48012" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26968" RevisionGUID="e0cc8faf-38b9-4f44-893d-e3236fe5e502" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:00:50.927" UserDisplayName="skiaec04" Text="I'm on a machine running OS X 10.5 and that has several user accounts. Is there some way for one of those users to ssh into the machine, launch a vnc server, and then connect to it? I have tried Vine Server which is supposed to have similar capabilities, but it seems to be either use ssh to start the server, or have the server already started in each account, but not both. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="48013" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26968" RevisionGUID="e0cc8faf-38b9-4f44-893d-e3236fe5e502" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:00:50.927" UserDisplayName="skiaec04" Text="VNC for multiple users on one machine" />
  <row Id="48014" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26968" RevisionGUID="e0cc8faf-38b9-4f44-893d-e3236fe5e502" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:00:50.927" UserDisplayName="skiaec04" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;vnc&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;" />
  <row Id="48015" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26969" RevisionGUID="f5f673c7-5862-45f3-adc2-002312ef1ed4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:08:15.577" UserId="1565" Text="It might seem like a strange suggestion, but use [uTorrent][1].  Instructions on how to do it are here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.poromenos.org/tutorials/bittorrent&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is great with lousy connections.  I am assuming you can start the download from the other side.  If not, then this idea won't work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://utorrent.com/" />
  <row Id="48016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26970" RevisionGUID="53ac8c50-a0da-46c9-a71a-6bde60d8b86a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:09:21.003" UserId="123" Text="I am looking setup a server that will allow us to install OS's (such as windows xp) over a network boot. Is there any solutions out there that will allow such a thing?" />
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  <row Id="48018" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26970" RevisionGUID="53ac8c50-a0da-46c9-a71a-6bde60d8b86a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:09:21.003" UserId="123" Text="&lt;operating-system&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="48019" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26971" RevisionGUID="13a4dd67-9e85-44c9-bb61-9ac5e3f94520" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:15:47.683" UserId="5880" Text="You could try [Windows Deployment Services][1] or you could use something like [Ghost Solution Suite][2] or if you want freeware you can use [CloneZilla][3] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of them support PXE boot. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766320.aspx#BKMK_PXEBooting&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.symantec.com/business/ghost-solution-suite&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.clonezilla.org/" />
  <row Id="48020" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26970" RevisionGUID="00e5cc4b-42fb-4384-a66a-f1d2ddbc7d1c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:19:44.620" UserId="123" Comment="added 94 characters in body" Text="I am looking setup a server that will allow us to install OS's (such as windows xp) over a network boot. Is there any solutions out there that will allow such a thing?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Also i wanted to point out that im looking to do install from scratch, not ghosting." />
  <row Id="48021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26972" RevisionGUID="33f38f3a-1952-464e-b78a-816095d29d62" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:19:49.643" UserId="7801" Text="Along with all the above, check the back of the units.  There are models of switches/routers with redundant/hot-swap power supplies.  Maybe one of them died.  Or if they have add-in cards, maybe an add-in card died." />
  <row Id="48024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26974" RevisionGUID="d438b5be-e37d-4a76-a148-aa912f869c83" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:22:37.890" UserId="5880" Text="A super cheap SAN is the Dell MD3000i Line you can expand them with the MD1000 storage head. I think it maxes around 28 TB with the 1000 and 7200 RPM 1TB drives in a RAID 5 config (15 drive bays in each enclosure) for sub 40K probably. It's an iSCSI solution and has served us well. Right now if you want faster drives they go up to 600GB 15K drives and 750 GB 10k Drives." />
  <row Id="48025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26975" RevisionGUID="3890c884-b39c-4bfe-ade8-ef736025d931" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:24:50.707" UserId="984" Text="If you have a managed switch, then you should be able to see the link speed and duplex that was negotiated on the switch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also collect the data with a script that uses wmi. ([example][1])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Either way, if anything negotiates to 100MB/half duplex you probably have a problem, you shouldn't see a 100/half duplex link on a good network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may also need to check your wiring.  It is possible that your cabling doesn't quite meet the requirements needed for the link to stay at the correct speed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/ezine/ezine48.htm" />
  <row Id="48026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26976" RevisionGUID="a1bec112-89e0-4639-a736-9449871b43a8" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:25:18.040" UserId="28" Text="I have a few applications which store their config files in XML format. For a regular applicatio, using a text based config, I could update a value easily enough by using perl, or sed, or awk, or any one of a million tools. I'm looking for something similar for XML, which will allow me to easily and reliably perform operations like: update a value, add a node, or remove one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regular text parsing would seem to be too risky, as I have no real guarantees about the physical file format." />
  <row Id="48027" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26976" RevisionGUID="a1bec112-89e0-4639-a736-9449871b43a8" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:25:18.040" UserId="28" Text="update XML from the command line [windows]" />
  <row Id="48028" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26976" RevisionGUID="a1bec112-89e0-4639-a736-9449871b43a8" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:25:18.040" UserId="28" Text="&lt;xml&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="48029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26977" RevisionGUID="b283258e-03c9-462a-9df1-ec1c01ba01af" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:25:33.500" UserId="6767" Text="One of my customers purchased a HP C3000 chassis and blade system that came with an &quot;Alteris Deployment Server&quot; which would do automatic, hands-off installs of Windows Server (and, I presume, other forms of Windows) over the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It was big, slow, didn't work very well, and was almost totally unknown to both the local HP engineers and the people on the phone the local engineers spent two days talking to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But it's out there." />
  <row Id="48030" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26290" RevisionGUID="aedaab74-2805-468e-8a8a-255b918c4473" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:26:02.547" UserId="7801" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="We use a number of temperature/humidity sensors that connect through USB.  We picked up from [raphnet.net][1]. They are inexpensive and work great. (If your a tinkerer, the schematics are available at no cost.)  The software for reading the temperature is open source, easy to use and can easily be put into snmp (or probably just about any monitoring system).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.raphnet.net/electronique/usbtenki/index_en.php" />
  <row Id="48031" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26978" RevisionGUID="d3a78ef3-d0c9-4156-b3e4-c777ce1ffd03" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:28:31.917" UserId="9249" Text="Set up Xvnc with XDMCP, and then they can vnc and log into the server.  There are many guides on the internet on how to set it up, here's [one](http://linuxreviews.org/howtos/xvnc/)." />
  <row Id="48032" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26979" RevisionGUID="57c28ca9-142f-4325-af3a-fe9224a01861" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:28:59.890" UserId="5535" Text="Your managed switch should be able to tell you all the information you want.  The SNMP MIB for the Dell Powerconnect Switches should include the link status (up/down), link speed, and link duplex.  It will also have things like tx/rx errors which would help you track down bad NIC's, cables, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You didn't mention what series switch you have but here are two MIB's&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ftp://ftp.dell.com/network/PowerConnect54xx_MIBs_A00.zip  &#xD;&#xA;ftp://ftp.dell.com/network/PowerConnect34xx_MIBs_A01.zip&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should be able to monitor and track all of these things with something like Nagios or Cacti." />
  <row Id="48033" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26976" RevisionGUID="469395e6-e976-4abb-ab1d-6f45910872d9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:29:33.727" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix typo" Text="I have a few applications which store their config files in XML format. For a regular application, using a text based config, I could update a value easily enough by using perl, or sed, or awk, or any one of a million tools. I'm looking for something similar for XML, which will allow me to easily and reliably perform operations like: update a value, add a node, or remove one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regular text parsing would seem to be too risky, as I have no real guarantees about the physical file format." />
  <row Id="48034" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26980" RevisionGUID="e05b9d4f-813d-40b6-88a6-dcc99c874d16" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:33:09.257" UserId="4573" Text="We use Ingrasys Insentry. There are 2 ethernet modules we keep one at the rear of the server rack and one at the front and it monitors Temperature and humidity.  It uses snmp and you view it through a web console.  It also sends alerts to my email when one of the coditions are met (eg. too hot or humidity too high or low or too cold etc).&#xD;&#xA;Piece of cake to configure. Set them and forget them till the aircon dies." />
  <row Id="48035" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26981" RevisionGUID="1b9388a1-a44d-41a8-ac8b-f58a6eeb11ce" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:34:37.443" UserId="7709" Text="Absolutally. It's called the Ultimate Deployment Applicance: http://www.ultimatedeployment.org/ - it's a VMWare appliance, but you can run it on VMWare Player (for free).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows Deployment Services can be a real hassle and PITA to get configured, whereas this one is fairly straight forward for a PXEBoot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You set up your ISO's and because it's a VMWare its highly portable." />
  <row Id="48036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26982" RevisionGUID="9daf7a05-e01c-4883-a3f2-769e9937b1fb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:36:32.697" UserId="4370" Text="I think OpenID is great, and we are considering it for our site. However, we'd need oAuth, and we'd be wanting the email from users as well. We use that extensively, and one thing that we do is email a newsletter. We allow opt-out of that, but for our system to work, we'd want that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems there is a hard core group of techies that hate to give up a user/pwd, and I can understand that. Some are privacy advocates, and I completely understand. Some are just lazy, don't want to set up a user/pwd, some are just takers. They want to get information from the Internet, but never pay for it in anyway, in any way (advertising, cost, etc.) I think that's a minority of people as most people understand they need to contribute back, or pay in some way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to examine your site, what details/info you need, and then make a decision about if it meets your need. If it does, you can add it in addition to the current login method. Do you need to contact people, inform them of things, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having a central way to authenticate yourself is great, but there are issues, as mentioned, with a lack of password changes/complexity. However that's a user problem more than a site issue. A compromise takes place at the user level, which we will never solve. But it means that you, as a site owner, are not responsible if it occurs." />
  <row Id="48037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26983" RevisionGUID="d134d520-c37a-498a-910b-41d19fdda829" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:38:54.253" UserId="4370" Text="The numbers that you receive from SQLIO with caching are what you're going to get from the system, so is that an issue? You'll run with caching anyway, so that should work OK. Have you run a test with vendor software to check RAW throughput and confirm what you are getting?" />
  <row Id="48038" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26984" RevisionGUID="8710f08d-3670-439c-9f1e-179e082f4f9d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:39:09.197" UserId="4573" Text="Yep altiris is an excellent solution.  It also allows you to control workstations on your network reimage machines all while sitting at your desk.  We use it in a college environment and I can image 30-40 workstations at a time easily. it uses PXE and has wake on lan. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RIS is ok (remote installation service) Windows its a bit painful to setup but its good in the aspect of UUID's and SID's etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh and Altiris has a configuration tool also so you can run scripts remotely and rename many machines at once and remote control many machines at once (depending on your network speeds)" />
  <row Id="48039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26985" RevisionGUID="8b7da21c-36ba-4d45-8de3-9a5b711f9331" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:41:31.440" UserId="3356" Text="Frankly, there are more systems to do this kind of thing than one can shake a stick at.  Already mentioned have been Altiris (currently owned by Symantec), WDS, and Ghost.  All 3 I have seen used in production environments to great effect.  Another great utility is [Zenworks][1] by Novell.  Most of those, however, are for pushing down images, rather than from scratch builds.  For UNIX/Linux systems you can use [Cobbler][2].  It supports both PXE boot through DHCP as well as boot discs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.novell.com/products/zenworks/configurationmanagement/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/" />
  <row Id="48040" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26986" RevisionGUID="9c427376-cceb-4025-a88e-481fbb42c972" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:43:32.573" UserId="9777" Text="Use something like rar to create an archive that can be broken up into chunks, say 100MB.&#xD;&#xA;Use xcopy or robocopy to copy the files across.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    robocopy source dest *.rar /w:30 /r:30 /z&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will wait 30 seconds when the connection drops and retry 30 times.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used that when I need to copy a multi-gig file across a link that won't stay up long enough to do the copy." />
  <row Id="48041" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25947" RevisionGUID="03860b4f-9247-48bd-acaf-afe4f8972996" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:43:44.337" UserId="3235" Comment="added 427 characters in body" Text="We have a couple things going on in the data center for temperature monitoring. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SNMP temperature monitors.  We're using [Sensatronics EM1][1] monitors to be precise.  They have both temperature and humidity sensors.  I just recently added 3 more sensors to the unit so we're monitoring four different places in our main data center.  We're polling SNMP data from them and running it through MRTG for trending and graphing.  We also have bigbrother alerting us when the temperature or humidity hits certain thresholds.  In theory the physical plant people at the university are also monitoring the room, but they don't seem to notice or care as often as we do. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We also have a bunch of standing thermometer/humidity sensors that are non automated dials.  When we suspect we have a hot spot we can just stick unit there and get a visual check on it in a minute or less.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the future I'd love to pull the data off our AC units as well, but I haven't had time for that yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDITED:  You should be looking for humidity between 40% and 55%.  If the room is too dry static electricity can be a problem.  Too wet and your drives will rust in place.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;[Here][2] is a link to a pretty decent overview of data center physical standards, including temperature and humidity.  Also information on arranging a data center, and cabling standards.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sensatronics.com/index.php/industrial-monitors/model-em1.html &quot;Sensatronic EM1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.adc.com/Library/Literature/102264AE.pdf" />
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  <row Id="48043" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26970" RevisionGUID="884e63c5-5e51-4ec2-b42b-43a2dd25c692" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:47:07.123" UserId="7709" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;operating-system&gt;&lt;installation&gt;&lt;deployment&gt;&lt;pxe&gt;" />
  <row Id="48044" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26987" RevisionGUID="f27a1813-d7ef-4dc1-8cc7-7b886f31ce77" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:48:47.557" UserId="1674" Text="Turns out there was a problem with our Cisco load balancer and it needed to be rebooted." />
  <row Id="48045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26988" RevisionGUID="a5ebe285-3d96-44cc-a388-887a93737e19" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:53:05.830" UserId="3235" Text="While we are primarily an Exchange shop for end user email, we still have sendmail running on a handfull of *nix boxes.  The most common reason is probably because there is an application running on the server that wants a local mail server, we just have sendmail set to forward to our normal outbound SNMP host. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The one big exception is on our monitoring server, where we have sendmail running along with qpage.  Sendmail does forward to the normal snmp server for the email notifications but for SMS we're going through qpage so that if exchange goes down or is slow the notifications still get out." />
  <row Id="48046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26989" RevisionGUID="d6338a33-9d2b-44e4-adf7-b20780770400" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:55:48.197" UserId="7382" Text="That is not normal. I have had an issue using our development AD that was similar. The profile import ended up taking down the database server eventually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recommend turning off the profile import until you have the problem fixed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try deleting the connections responsible for &quot;MyCompany.com&quot; and reconfigure. Try and set the &quot;search base&quot; to be as restrictive as useful and introduce a user filter that will limit to only &quot;valid&quot; users. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a &quot;user filter&quot; of (&amp;(objectClass=user)(objectCategory=person)((terminationDate=*))).&#xD;&#xA;That prevents us including any of our &quot;terminated&quot; users in the import.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have deleted the profiles rerun a full import and see if there are any errors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be aware that running a full import 3X that does not include a user object (by a faulty user filter perhaps) will delete the users profile.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48047" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26990" RevisionGUID="f16bf519-f654-45e3-b370-c48570feabd4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:55:52.113" UserId="9770" Text="1. As Matt alluded to, use the &quot;Manage Your Server&quot; screen to add the SMTP role as per [these instructions][1].&#xD;&#xA;2. You could use Windows Firewall on that server to block all outgoing traffic over port 25. Better yet, block all outbound port 25 traffic from your server's IP address at the gateway's firewall. This keeps you from crippling the server's network connection completely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could read up a bit on SMTP security on Windows Server 2003 with the following Microsoft KB Article 324285 (sorry, you'll have to find that one on your own; Server Fault only allows new users to post one URL per post). That article shows that you can grant or deny access to the SMTP virtual server based on IP addresses. This could be yet another alternative way of restricting mail flow to only those few places that you want to allow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ilopia.com/Articles/WindowsServer2003/EmailServer.aspx" />
  <row Id="48048" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26991" RevisionGUID="a0414760-f22a-4f58-98dd-074185a07d8f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:57:15.900" UserId="3235" Text="We have a script that runs daily on our managed switch reports on the speed negotiated at each port. That file is saved to a file server and also published in the IT Operations Wiki every day. It also notes a lot of other info about each switch port but that's not relevent to this answer." />
  <row Id="48049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26992" RevisionGUID="13e46283-2f16-4376-b10e-526211590ac3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:58:56.553" UserId="3920" Text="You can use git-daemon to share the repository. Read the documentation for [git-daemon][1] for more information. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-daemon.html" />
  <row Id="48050" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26993" RevisionGUID="a9ac5280-9da3-4162-93b7-2fdee842f929" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:59:54.333" UserId="1992" Text="Hi folks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you combine failover clustering and database mirroring in SQL Server, you need to change the mirroring partner timeout value so that the local cluster gets a chance to fail over before database mirroring fails over. I'm curious as to what people are doing when combining these technologies - I teach various HA classes and this is not too common a combination.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are my questions IF you are using failover clustering and database mirroring combined. If you could answer them all in each response, that would be very useful to me. I don't need an explanation of why things need to be changed or how the technologies work - I used to own them both when at Microsoft - I'm interested in industry practices now the possibility of marrying them has been out there for 4 years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) how long, on average, does it take for a clustered SQL Server instance to fail over for you? (I know it depends on how much crash recovery is required, but what's an average for you?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) for these same instances, what do you set the mirroring partner timeout to?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) are you comfortable with the fact that a real cluster outage could occur and it may be quite a while until mirroring notices that the failure has occured because you've bumped the mirroring partner timeout up?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for all responses!" />
  <row Id="48051" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26993" RevisionGUID="a9ac5280-9da3-4162-93b7-2fdee842f929" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:59:54.333" UserId="1992" Text="Combining failover clustering and database mirroring" />
  <row Id="48052" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26993" RevisionGUID="a9ac5280-9da3-4162-93b7-2fdee842f929" CreationDate="2009-06-17T02:59:54.333" UserId="1992" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;database-mirroring&gt;&lt;clustering&gt;" />
  <row Id="48053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26994" RevisionGUID="726fed13-f32a-4285-9349-b1f79f7b88ea" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:03:05.403" UserId="7752" Text="OS X 10.5 already contains a VNC server which can be configured on an account by account basis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think (don't have a Mac in front of me) that you can find the settings in&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;System Preferences-&gt;Sharing&lt;/code&gt;.  Something like that." />
  <row Id="48054" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26971" RevisionGUID="81f07e46-1de5-4d82-b514-dfe82d0db121" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:03:49.770" UserId="5880" Comment="added 380 characters in body" Text="You could try [Windows Deployment Services][1] or you could use something like [Ghost Solution Suite][2] or if you want freeware you can use [CloneZilla][3] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of them support PXE boot. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;I don't think there is such a thing as what you are looking for. A sysprep'd image being written to disk does the same job as stage 1 of the windows install - specifically format the drive and copy the install files over. Add to that the power of being able to use a sysprep'd image to setup defaults, put in a VLK key if you have one, etc. Life is just that much easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766320.aspx#BKMK_PXEBooting&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.symantec.com/business/ghost-solution-suite&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.clonezilla.org/" />
  <row Id="48055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26995" RevisionGUID="d0353611-47a1-42ab-9cce-aa791a1a6796" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:07:13.540" UserId="1992" Text="Hi folks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When using multi-instance failover clustering (used to be called active-active) in SQL Server 2005 and 2008, I'd like to know what you configure the min and max server memory to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a two-node multi-instance cluster (with two instances, one on each node), the best-practice is to configure min server memory to 40-45% on each instance so that when the failover occurs the two instances don't end up with radically unbalanced amounts of memory, because the new instance may apply undue memory pressure to the already-running instance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although this is a best practice, I'd like to hear from people who have this situation - what do you configure the memory settings for the various instances? Do you make them equal or do you prioritize by the workload running on each instance? Do you make use of WSRM? Do you dynamically alter the memory settings based on post-failover cluster configuration?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS I don't need info on how memory management works, or why the best practices exist - I know all that - I'm interested in what people are doing for real.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PPS Note, I'm not interested in SQL 2000 - it's memory manager didn't respond to that kind of memory pressure so best practice was to set max server memory to 50% each instance. Yuk." />
  <row Id="48056" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26995" RevisionGUID="d0353611-47a1-42ab-9cce-aa791a1a6796" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:07:13.540" UserId="1992" Text="Memory settings for multi-instance failover clustering" />
  <row Id="48057" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26995" RevisionGUID="d0353611-47a1-42ab-9cce-aa791a1a6796" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:07:13.540" UserId="1992" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;clustering&gt;&lt;memory&gt;" />
  <row Id="48058" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26996" RevisionGUID="59b8f336-3f21-472d-bb29-7a47be45f8cd" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:08:25.190" UserId="1674" Text="Paul,&#xD;&#xA;1. Typically a few seconds, up to a couple of minutes depending on ... (you know the rest).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Were I to setup auto failover I'd go for several minutes.  That way site to site VPN connections would have time to come back up, Cluster could restart, etc.  At the minimum I'd probably go with 4 minutes longer than it would take the nodes of the cluster to restart in the event of a local power outage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Yep.  DR issues are usually defined as a failure over an hour.  Besides it'll probably take longer than that for the global load ballancer to notice the other site is down, and upload all the DNS, plus the TTL time on the DNS.  This total time should be the upper end of the amount of time for auto failover." />
  <row Id="48059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26997" RevisionGUID="90b785df-3830-4fa5-b08e-aa602f846d11" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:11:22.563" UserId="6105" Text="Right now my company is using a network share to communicate with the SVN repository.  It's really slow so I'd like to switch to SVNSERVE.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The main reason my company chose to go the filesystem route was because it made it easy to secure using our existing active directory authentication system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From what I've read it is possible to use SvnServe with active directory as long as you use the [Sasl library][1].  I was just wondering if anybody else out there is doing this and could give some pointers on configuration since it doesn't seem to be documented anywhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/#downloading" />
  <row Id="48060" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26997" RevisionGUID="90b785df-3830-4fa5-b08e-aa602f846d11" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:11:22.563" UserId="6105" Text="SvnServe On Windows With Active Directory Authentication" />
  <row Id="48061" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26997" RevisionGUID="90b785df-3830-4fa5-b08e-aa602f846d11" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:11:22.563" UserId="6105" Text="&lt;svn&gt;&lt;saslauthd&gt;&lt;vcs&gt;" />
  <row Id="48062" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26998" RevisionGUID="a0e7b24b-e3b4-4084-87f1-39205ab84aa5" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:11:26.277" UserId="1674" Text="Just did this for a client.  They had 16 Gigs on each node, with each instance using 8 Gigs.  One instance was starving for more RAM, so we upped it to 12, with alerting setup to watch for a SQL restart and send out a message.  In the event of a failover due to hardware failing they'd manually lower it until the hardware was fixed." />
  <row Id="48063" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="26999" RevisionGUID="1851d2fc-afe0-4828-839a-86366fa2e805" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:13:04.260" UserId="5611" Text="The organization I work for is rolling out a [Wordpress Multi-User][1] install for it's members to have a &quot;Personal Mini-Website/Blog,&quot; that will be hosted on our main organization's website.  They are looking at using a Wordpress plugin which would allow users to comment on the blogs via [Facebook Connect][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wanted to hear your thoughts on what the risks of using Facebook Connect in this type of a scenario would be.  (Or any scenario, really)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anapologetos&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mu.wordpress.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://developers.facebook.com/connect.php" />
  <row Id="48064" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="26999" RevisionGUID="1851d2fc-afe0-4828-839a-86366fa2e805" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:13:04.260" UserId="5611" Text="The Security Implications of Implementing Facebook Connect on your Website." />
  <row Id="48065" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="26999" RevisionGUID="1851d2fc-afe0-4828-839a-86366fa2e805" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:13:04.260" UserId="5611" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;facebook&gt;" />
  <row Id="48066" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26999" RevisionGUID="a3ef578d-824f-45f5-a388-be3694be8ac7" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:18:15.890" UserId="5611" Comment="Clarification." Text="The organization I work for is rolling out a [Wordpress Multi-User][1] install for it's members to have a &quot;Personal Mini-Website/Blog,&quot; that will be hosted on our main organization's website.  They are looking at using a Wordpress plugin which would allow users to comment on the blogs via [Facebook Connect][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wanted to hear your thoughts on what the risks of using Facebook Connect in this type of a scenario would be.  (Or any scenario, really)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From both a SysAdmin &amp; a Dev viewpoint.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anapologetos&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mu.wordpress.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://developers.facebook.com/connect.php" />
  <row Id="48067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27000" RevisionGUID="3de23b58-7a6d-40f6-beab-ad02c3f2ae23" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:25:33.737" UserId="8430" Text="I am using &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ps -ef | grep java | wc -l&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to find the number of java processes running at any given time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The above command obviously counts the &quot;ps -ef | grep java&quot; command also in the result. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To avoid this, I found out that I could use &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ps -ef | grep [j]ava | wc -l&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and it works fine. However, I would like to figure out the reason why it is able to skip the original command from the results. " />
  <row Id="48068" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27000" RevisionGUID="3de23b58-7a6d-40f6-beab-ad02c3f2ae23" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:25:33.737" UserId="8430" Text="Bash regular expression question" />
  <row Id="48069" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27000" RevisionGUID="3de23b58-7a6d-40f6-beab-ad02c3f2ae23" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:25:33.737" UserId="8430" Text="&lt;bash&gt;&lt;regular&gt;&lt;expression&gt;" />
  <row Id="48070" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27001" RevisionGUID="75378f81-94e5-412a-ada7-fc9e7dfc9f2a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:26:11.833" UserId="808" Text="Try any [Fedora 11 Live CD][1].  (Fedora Desktop Live Media.)  Boot into GNOME.  Right click on any GNOME panel and select &quot;Add to Panel...&quot; and scroll down to &quot;Hardware Sensors Monitor.&quot;  Select and click &quot;Add.&quot;  Viola, you should now see temperatures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-all&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48071" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26897" RevisionGUID="73b2a777-6c92-458c-b688-93766f278007" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:26:43.050" UserId="9750" Comment="follow-up expansion on selected answer" Text="I have Postfix running on my Ubuntu server, and I'd like to configure it to run a command when it receives certain emails.  For example, if I email myself from a gmail account with the subject &quot;todo&quot;, I'd like Postfix to append the body of the message to /home/brian/todo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From reading Postfix docs, I've only seen how to configure rules to reject emails with error codes.  So maybe Postfix is not the tool for the job, in which case I'd appreciate feedback on a more appropriate tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks, Brian&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Update: 20090616]&#xD;&#xA;Expanding on the selected answer, here is my .procmailrc:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	:0&#xD;&#xA;	* ^To.*john@doe.com&#xD;&#xA;	* ^Subject.*specialsubject&#xD;&#xA;	| ~/bin/extract_email_body.py &gt;&gt; ~/todo&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And here is ~/bin/extract\_email\_body.py:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	#!/usr/bin/python&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	import sys&#xD;&#xA;	import email&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	def print_plain_text_parts(msg):&#xD;&#xA;		if msg.is_multipart():&#xD;&#xA;			for part in msg.get_payload():&#xD;&#xA;				print_plain_text_parts(part)&#xD;&#xA;		elif msg.get_content_type() == 'text/plain':&#xD;&#xA;			print(msg.get_payload().strip())&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	msg = email.message_from_file(sys.stdin)&#xD;&#xA;	print_plain_text_parts(msg)" />
  <row Id="48072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27002" RevisionGUID="e50adbfe-2562-4534-a05d-57218a0be26a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:27:07.337" UserId="1466" Text="Another common way to do this is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ps -ef|grep java|grep -v grep|wc -l&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48073" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27000" RevisionGUID="28b92751-1506-4359-94e4-39e144051659" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:28:36.040" UserId="1466" Comment="Changed tags to ones already used" Text="&lt;bash&gt;&lt;regex&gt;" />
  <row Id="48074" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="26322" RevisionGUID="1a530a59-ae7b-4c22-81f4-a0633a52c58b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:30:40.327" UserId="1054" Comment="Modify title to correct terminology" Text="How do you switch an active SQL Server database into Simple Recovery Mode" />
  <row Id="48075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27003" RevisionGUID="05abc6dd-a0f5-4e2b-bf7c-c60e5df29e80" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:32:04.177" UserId="8918" Text="Because when you grep for [j]ava, the process is named 'grep [j]ava'. '[j]ava' doesn't match the regex '[j]ava', and thus doesn't show up in the results." />
  <row Id="48076" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27002" RevisionGUID="574a0868-4f3c-4c16-8092-f62f232c9dcf" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:32:22.803" UserId="1466" Comment="Add detail" Text="This isn't exactly an answer to your question, but...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another common way to accomplish the same thing is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ps -ef|grep java|grep -v grep|wc -l&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This of course works by doing an inverted grep on the term grep itself&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48077" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27004" RevisionGUID="dab536f6-a1b5-494d-8896-8ea28cecb82a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:32:28.123" UserId="7938" Text="We have a few multi-instance clusters in our environment and it is different for us depending upon the *purpose* of the instance.  In our prod-prod clusters we have 32Gb on each node.  We reserve 4 for non-SQL (O/S, tape backup processes, anti-virus, etc.) and then halve the RAM that is left (32-4 = 28/2 = 14Gb per node.)  These are the max, we set a min of 8Gb for each.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In our prod-test clusters we bias towards prod (obviously).  Prod receives a max setting of 20Gb, Test has 8Gb.  Mins remain the same at 8Gb.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These values may be adjusted if we are testing actively and want to ensure our setting match between test and prod.  We schedule out such changes in advance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are also sure to grant lock pages in memory, though do not enable awe as these are 64-bit boxes all around." />
  <row Id="48078" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27005" RevisionGUID="45ba943f-9800-42ef-ac5d-856aa0aeb3a1" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:34:49.897" UserId="8774" Text="XML parsing in MS Powershell is easier than any parsing mechanism I've seen in any other language or environment I've personally encountered.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given some XML file (test.xml):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;root&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;one&gt;I like applesauce&lt;/one&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;two&gt;You sure bet I do!&lt;/two&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/root&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can easily access, modify and append nodes, values and attributes of the XML file from inside Powershell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # load XML file into local variable and cast as XML type.&#xD;&#xA;    $doc = [xml](Get-Content ./test.xml)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $doc.root.one                                   #echoes &quot;I like applesauce&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    $doc.root.one = &quot;Who doesn't like applesauce?&quot;  #replace inner text of &lt;one&gt; node&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # create new node...&#xD;&#xA;    $newNode = $doc.CreateElement(&quot;three&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    $newNode.set_InnerText(&quot;And don't you forget it!&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # ...and position it in the hierarchy&#xD;&#xA;    $doc.root.AppendChild($newNode)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # write results to disk&#xD;&#xA;    $doc.save(&quot;./testNew.xml&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Resulting XML in file testNew.xml:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;root&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;one&gt;Who likes applesauce?&lt;/one&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;two&gt;You sure bet I do!&lt;/two&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;three&gt;And don't you forget it!&lt;/three&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/root&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Incredibly easy!  Enjoy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Powershell is Microsoft's new shell that ships with Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 and is a free download for XP/Vista/Server 2003 (perhaps others).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some useful links:  &#xD;&#xA;[Generating XML from other sources](http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2007/05/29/using-powershell-to-generate-xml-documents.aspx)  &#xD;&#xA;Adding elements to XML:  &#xD;&#xA;[Sample 1, MSDN PowerShell blog](http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2006/10/07/Adding-elements-to-XML-objects-with-Windows-PowerShell.aspx)  &#xD;&#xA;[Sample 2, PC-Pro(UK)](http://www.pcpro.co.uk/realworld/106817/more-xml-with-powershell.html)" />
  <row Id="48079" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27006" RevisionGUID="1516042b-b747-47c7-b28e-0db9713f4f78" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:34:58.303" UserId="401" Text=" - I have a server running apache with a self-signed certificate (the server) with subversion hooked in  &#xD;&#xA; - It requires a username to checkout or update from the repo.&#xD;&#xA; - I have a checkout from the repo that I am trying to update on a cron job on two servers: server and client.  Neither cron job will work for the same reason (I have almost the same setup on both, but the client is simpler).&#xD;&#xA; - The following are on client, where there is only one login: root (I know, please spare me the ridicule)&#xD;&#xA; - they are both gentoo if you think that matters&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**error**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Error validating server certificate for 'https://server:443':&#xD;&#xA;     - The certificate is not issued by a trusted authority. Use the&#xD;&#xA;       fingerprint to validate the certificate manually!&#xD;&#xA;     - The certificate hostname does not match.&#xD;&#xA;    Certificate information:&#xD;&#xA;     - Hostname: Tom&#xD;&#xA;     - Valid: from Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:51:25 GMT until Tue, 01 Feb 2011 03:51:25 GMT&#xD;&#xA;     - Issuer: Fake Company, NYC, New York, US&#xD;&#xA;     - Fingerprint: fingerprint here&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       (R)eject, accept (t)emporarily or accept (p)ermanently? &#xD;&#xA;    svn: OPTIONS of 'https://server/svn/repo': Server certificate verification failed: certificate issued for a different hostname, issuer is not trusted (https://server)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know all this.  That's why I followed all the guides to get svn to automatically accept the certificate:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**/root/.subversion/servers**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [global]&#xD;&#xA;    ssl-authority-files = /root/scripts/server.crt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**/root/scripts/server.crt**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----&#xD;&#xA;    MIIDejCCAmICCQDibo0twimetjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADB/MQswCQYDVQQGEwJV&#xD;&#xA;    UzERMA8GA1UECBMITmV3IFlvcmsxDDAKBgNVBAcTA05ZQzEjMCEGA1UEChMaSGFw&#xD;&#xA;    et al&#xD;&#xA;    -----END CERTIFICATE-----&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**/root/scripts/backup.sh**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    svn up /BACKUP/checkouts/server/ --username tom&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And the command runs fine as root (no sudo, directly as root) with no prompting for confirming a certificate (it had previously, but I chose p for accept permanently).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know why my script won't work?  It's been annoying me for the past several months." />
  <row Id="48080" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27006" RevisionGUID="1516042b-b747-47c7-b28e-0db9713f4f78" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:34:58.303" UserId="401" Text="svn won't accept my invalid certificate" />
  <row Id="48081" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27006" RevisionGUID="1516042b-b747-47c7-b28e-0db9713f4f78" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:34:58.303" UserId="401" Text="&lt;svn&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;https&gt;" />
  <row Id="48082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27007" RevisionGUID="f4641609-a701-4c7c-944a-f0980a11e5c5" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:36:43.620" UserId="6751" Text="If I understand the question properly, you are looking for a different configuration file storage format that is akin to XML. One of the best strengths of XML though is the fact it gives you a structured data format.  If you violate the DTD or &quot;template&quot; you have a poorly formed XML config file. In the past for some of my own development efforts, scripts, programs and apps, I had used INI formatted files.  While INI's are easily parsed, and can support similar add, delete, updates, I favor XML b/c it is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A) widely used&#xD;&#xA;B) easily parsed with perl's XML::LibXML&#xD;&#xA;C) offers more flexibility&#xD;&#xA;D) rigid structure&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48083" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27008" RevisionGUID="bccdf6ab-4ff4-4f68-9d07-d9824f5080c2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:39:22.057" UserId="1466" Text="You've changed the name of the grep process, so that it no longer contains the term &quot;java&quot;" />
  <row Id="48084" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27009" RevisionGUID="536e0f23-745b-4ae9-8063-75268d283b44" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:40:28.277" UserId="1233" Text="Built into the operating system - no.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll want to look at [Aqua Connect Terminal Server](http://www.aquaconnect.net/?page%5Fid=26) and question [8966](http://serverfault.com/questions/8966/mac-os-x-multi-user-thin-client-server-terminal-server) here on Server Fault." />
  <row Id="48085" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27007" RevisionGUID="9fcf63e3-24e0-45f0-9e5e-62566b73ba06" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:42:51.113" UserId="6751" Comment="added 70 characters in body" Text="If I understand the question properly, you are looking for a different configuration file storage format that is akin to XML. One of the best strengths of XML though is the fact it gives you a structured data format.  If you violate the DTD or &quot;template&quot; you have a poorly formed XML config file. In the past for some of my own development efforts, scripts, programs and apps, I had used INI formatted files.  While INI's are easily parsed, and can support similar add, delete, updates, I favor XML b/c it is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. widely used &#xD;&#xA; 2. Easily Parsed with Perl's XML::LibXML&#xD;&#xA; 3. Offers greater flexibility than INI files&#xD;&#xA; 4. Best solution to persist rigid formats and structs from programs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27010" RevisionGUID="ade6af25-a394-4790-8704-9d240a602ecd" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:19:14.197" Text="&lt;p&gt;I don't want to remove entries from MIME lists, I just want to tell IIS to stop serving files with a particular extension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is it so difficult to get IIS to do something so simple as stop serving a file with a particular extension?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've seen solutions like... add a mapping pointing some some 404.dll, which only exists in some separate lockdown toolkit that claims to be obselete for IIS 6.0+ anyway.  I've also read that one can have ASP.NET explicitly forbid serving the file, by creating a mapping to the asp.net handler dll, then specifying the System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler in the web.config for the filetype.  Those work, although at first then forbidden handler didn't appear to work, thanks to the browser cache, LOL: (see answer at &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/208571/castleproject-vm-httpforbiddenhandler-not-work&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/208571/castleproject-vm-httpforbiddenhandler-not-work&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm just looking for a simple solution here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48087" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27010" RevisionGUID="ade6af25-a394-4790-8704-9d240a602ecd" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:19:14.197" Text="How do I prevent IIS from serving a type of file?" />
  <row Id="48088" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27010" RevisionGUID="ade6af25-a394-4790-8704-9d240a602ecd" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:19:14.197" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="48089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27011" RevisionGUID="0f0cd96c-52bd-4cf7-8f80-4e8f0d9f6091" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:23:56.343" Text="&lt;p&gt;Simple solutions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't put the files in your web accessible directories&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Put them there with an extension that already isn't served -- I do this a lot -- I add .config to files I don't want served -- that way I don't have to change IIS.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48090" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27012" RevisionGUID="1134d6e0-a0d9-405c-989b-88114ff1762f" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:44:20.967" Text="&lt;p&gt;In IIS 7 it is easier because you can just modify the web.config to make any file type forbidden. In IIS 6, only file types that are registered to be handled by the ASP.NET ISAPI filter are affected by web.config settings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27013" RevisionGUID="1ff92aa2-33f5-4c82-a87c-0ee47e132e43" CreationDate="2009-06-16T17:50:58.400" UserId="822" Text="&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't let another users poorly explained problem put you off using the &lt;code&gt;System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler&lt;/code&gt; approach. I suspect he probably has other issues not adequately explained in his question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With regard to mapping &lt;code&gt;.fla&lt;/code&gt; to the ASP.NET ISAPI extension and using the &lt;code&gt;System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler&lt;/code&gt;, this works perfectly well and we've never had 'caching' issues. Have you actually tried this rather than listen to hearsay?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your other approach is to remove the associated mime-type, either globally, or at the site level. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;Why is it so difficult to get IIS to do something so simple as stop serving a file with a particular extension?&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Without sounding cheeky, none of the above are difficult, that's how it's done and it's not much work to implement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48092" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27014" RevisionGUID="23005350-d353-499f-afa7-070b23885fa8" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:44:29.517" UserId="1233" Text="To go along with other answers to hopefully help clarify:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;grep java matches anything that has java within it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;grep **java**  &#xD;&#xA;&gt;**java**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;grep [j]ava matches explicitly &quot;java&quot;:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;grep [j]ava &lt;- There is no string &quot;java&quot; here so it does not match  &#xD;&#xA;&gt;**java**" />
  <row Id="48094" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27016" RevisionGUID="179e0b0b-dac8-4b5d-8a3f-5821f9f394ec" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:45:03.573" UserId="3235" Text="Absolutely.  This is one of those times that traffic shaping is really handy.  If you can  set up something running an application layer packet filter you can increase priority to the sorts of traffic you want to work reliably, and decrease priority on things you care less about.  For example we will allow filesharing to burst to nearly filling the pipe, but higher priority webtraffic will slow the filesharing back down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Options to start looking at include appliances like [BlueCoat PacketShaper][1] or software like the opensource [Netfilter][2], and the [L7 filters][3] to classify the packets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bluecoat.com/products/packetshaper&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://netfilter.org&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/l7-filter/" />
  <row Id="48096" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27017" RevisionGUID="2eb595c9-e32d-4bef-84b9-cd9907b695e2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:45:36.397" UserId="1997" Text="There's a couple of solutions to get around the problem that come to mind. First, you could create a new webdav virtual host in Apache that does not use this certificate (plain http). Alternatively, you could use the svn+ssh access method and private key authentication for the cron job (may be a security risk).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd only go this route if you can't fix the problems with the certificate, or aren't tied to https webdav access though." />
  <row Id="48097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27018" RevisionGUID="16f9e4d2-7e01-45f2-bea9-386a1618b9aa" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:50:19.210" UserId="7975" Text="If you're considering rolling your own, the best open source telephony engine is Asterisk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Choose an ITSP with a good reputation and attractive rates, and configure as many conferences as you like with no telco hassles. Many ITSPs offer declining-balance options, so you truly only pay for what you use, and typical rates are about 1/3 of what you're paying now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For those that like a safety net, Digium (the creator and sponsor of Asterisk) offers subscriptions that include professional, round-the-clock tech support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't want to mess with Asterisk directly? Check out Switchvox, Digium's business-ready PBX based on Asterisk. Its web interface makes administering a PBX simple. And it does conferencing, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a long-time Asterisk user and Digium employee, I'm a bit biased. Doesn't mean I'm wrong -- try it and see." />
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  <row Id="48099" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27019" RevisionGUID="fe3ccd66-e7d3-441b-a981-b154e0a38438" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:52:45.867" UserId="3273" Text="I  management accounts with postfix 2.5+openLDAP. &#xD;&#xA;and I manage the mailing list by LDAP too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but this error occured in /var/log/mail.log&#xD;&#xA;    warning: dict_ldap_open: /etc/postfix/ldapml: Fixed query_filter (&amp;(objectClass=organizationalPerson))&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In particular does not have any problem, but I want to delete this log. &#xD;&#xA;How to remove this errors?" />
  <row Id="48100" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27019" RevisionGUID="fe3ccd66-e7d3-441b-a981-b154e0a38438" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:52:45.867" UserId="3273" Text="&quot;Fixed query_filter error&quot; occurs in postfix" />
  <row Id="48101" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27019" RevisionGUID="fe3ccd66-e7d3-441b-a981-b154e0a38438" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:52:45.867" UserId="3273" Text="&lt;postfix&gt;" />
  <row Id="48102" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27020" RevisionGUID="7c374088-a547-4246-888c-522c1fdb7afb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:58:46.527" UserDisplayName="Josh" Text="You may be able to boot from a LiveCD and use wget to download files that are blocked by client-side Windows measures. If the files are still blocked by the network then you may be able to start a VPN tunnel to another machine and download them through that." />
  <row Id="48103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27021" RevisionGUID="6bfdd200-34e8-41d8-bca8-7bb2651f206c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T03:59:18.427" UserId="1584" Text="We've been doing exactly this in a university lab eynvironment for the past 7 years or so.  We started out using [RIS][1] on Windows 2000 Server.  And we've since moved to using [WDS][2] on Windows 2003 Server in Legacy mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setting up the server to handle network booting was actually easier than creating the scripted/unattended installation of XP.  Unattended installations of XP *are* technically supported by Microsoft, they're just terribly documented.  There has been far better documentation produced by communities like [MSFN][3].  Ultimately, you should start there if you're looking to do unattended installations of XP period (even if it's not from a PXE server).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All that said, with any Microsoft OS past XP/2003, there are no more scripted installations per-se.  Even the default install DVDs are just running a [WinPE][4] environment and blasting down a [WIM][5] image to the hard drive.  However, You *can* still make a totally customized/scripted installation though using tools like [WAIK][6] and [MDT][7].  I should also probably mention that PXE based WIM deployments will require running WDS in Mixed or Native mode.  Also, I think the WDS included with Windows 2008 Server does not support legacy mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=300483&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766320.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://msfn.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766093(WS.10).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Imaging_Format&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc748933.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/dd407791.aspx" />
  <row Id="48104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27022" RevisionGUID="3a616e76-7dbf-4624-b3e1-602c272bcedf" CreationDate="2009-06-17T04:03:05.673" UserId="3235" Text="When I was hired at my previous employer we were working in a &quot;converted&quot; army warehouse.  That is to say they took a bunch of surplus desks, random chunks of cube partition and mismatched chairs and threw them in a room.  Our networking gear was similarly carefully aquired. Since the room was not designed for occupation by cube dwellers there was nowhere to run cable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I was hired the cables were all just pouring out of a pair of 24 port hubs and onto the floor where they ran to assorted cubes.  The hubs were in a continual state of collision.  The poor hubs were never not red, network traffic was abysmal. I was hired strictly as a programmer and hadn't gotten into the infrastructure at all. One day I needed to add a workstation and realized there were no ports available.  So we had 48 ports in use, and only 23 computers in the building, even including uplinks and the like we should have had MANY free ports.  Anytime someone needed a new location they had just dragged a cable over.  The interference was INSANE!  You couldn't even tell which cables weren't connected on the far end.  I started pulling them out.  Eventually I got us down to where we only had the correct number of cables in use.  Then I really shocked them.  I duct taped the cables that crossed aisles and hallways to the floor. This meant no more laptops flying off desks when somebody tripped over cables.  This was the first step that got me transitioned into an all IT role with no programming" />
  <row Id="48105" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27022" RevisionGUID="3a616e76-7dbf-4624-b3e1-602c272bcedf" CreationDate="2009-06-17T04:03:05.673" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="48106" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27023" RevisionGUID="0e977d24-a542-42f2-9cb0-dbd119903378" CreationDate="2009-06-17T04:07:00.877" UserId="3235" Text="from syswear.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Jesus saves.&#xD;&#xA;Buddha does incremental backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48107" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27023" RevisionGUID="0e977d24-a542-42f2-9cb0-dbd119903378" CreationDate="2009-06-17T04:07:00.877" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="48108" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27024" RevisionGUID="5a71d972-a8be-444f-97cb-3c5fc4179be1" CreationDate="2009-06-17T04:12:24.733" UserId="808" Text="When you do this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ps -ef | grep [j]ava | wc -l&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you are using the pattern `[j]ava` which matches any single character between the square brackets (which consists only of the single letter `j`) followed immediately by the characters `ava`.  The grep process itself does not contain the letter `j` followed immediately by the letters `ava`, but instead contains a square bracket, then `j`, then a closing square bracket, then `ava`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That is, the pattern does not match itself. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27025" RevisionGUID="2f34de2d-236e-412e-b102-5fbd83daf764" CreationDate="2009-06-17T04:14:42.810" UserDisplayName="Irina" Text="I like Unison as it integrates all my communications tools in one application-very simple as you access email/im and telephone rules from one simple interface... It manager doesn't have anymore  multitude of servers to manage as well telephony becomes integrated with the rest of tech tools" />
  <row Id="48110" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27025" RevisionGUID="2f34de2d-236e-412e-b102-5fbd83daf764" CreationDate="2009-06-17T04:14:42.810" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="48111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27026" RevisionGUID="1ea2330d-0b2e-4c0e-a958-99d139e895cb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T04:17:39.497" UserId="9492" Text="The RTFM shirt seen on the IT Crowd:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;http://rlv.zcache.com/rtfm_maos_little_red_book_tshirt-p235940122340353167qn4z_400.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;400&quot;&gt;" />
  <row Id="48112" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27026" RevisionGUID="1ea2330d-0b2e-4c0e-a958-99d139e895cb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T04:17:39.497" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="48113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27027" RevisionGUID="092ce8f3-0f30-4731-b88a-dd678e9090fe" CreationDate="2009-06-17T04:17:55.893" UserId="6177" Text="I've seen worse, but this is a setup I inherited.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Bad wiring][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Flickr rotated my pictures, but it gives the general layout.  It doesn't show clearly in the pictures, but there's a fibre patch cable from the top right, stretched tight to make it across the top and down to whatever &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldscutestbaby/" />
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  <row Id="48115" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26669" RevisionGUID="c33ea7e4-67b4-4e61-b81e-cbbaed4a423c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T04:24:25.833" UserId="2711" Comment="Update from comments on original question.; deleted 4 characters in body; added 4 characters in body" Text="I think you said this is your configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    DNS::&#xD;&#xA;    router public IP: 1.2.3.4&#xD;&#xA;    mypc.company.com public IP: 1.2.3.4&#xD;&#xA;    dev.company.com public IP: 1.2.3.4&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Router config::&#xD;&#xA;    Forward traffic addressed to dev.company.com to 192.168.1.200&#xD;&#xA;    Forward traffic addressed to mypc.company.com port 3389 to 192.168.1.201 3389&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Your router is going to store it's routing rules by IP**, not by hostname. It doesn't understand hostnames. So your router actually has rules saying:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Forward traffic addressed to 1.2.3.4 to 192.168.1.200&#xD;&#xA;    Forward traffic addressed to 1.2.3.4 port 3389 to 192.168.1.201&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the rules are in that order, **your router will send 3389 traffic to 200** because the first rule covers all traffic to 1.2.3.4.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will need to use a different port on the router for each system you want to tunnel through to (the systems themselves can all be left with 3389), or change the rule order.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seeing as everyone appears to be going on about it: yes, overall a VPN is the better way to go for the overall task you are trying to accomplish, as it reduces your attack surface (you only have to keep 1 VPN server obsessively patched rather than X machines you port forward to). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However I restricted my answer to resolving the actual question you had, rather than criticizing your architecture choice." />
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  <row Id="48118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27028" RevisionGUID="4e08ef95-92df-43d1-b248-ee851835e0c0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T04:54:08.253" UserId="2629" Text="I mucked about with this some time ago (on Tiger?), and never did come up with a good solution.  I found that you had to log a user in graphically, then start the VNC server, and afterwards, you could use fast user switching to switch to a different user and log them in.  So, it really meant that no one could use the Mac itself -- they'd all need to be connected over VNC, but it was nice to see that the Mac would happily run multiple sessions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*One thing to note*: in the netbooting guide, I believe it states that you need an OS licence for each machine that will netboot; I assume that the same applies to a VNC setup like this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't remember it, but here are some notes and some code for you to play with (at your own risk).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Mac Thin-Client Plan&#xD;&#xA;    ---------&#xD;&#xA;    Client:&#xD;&#xA;    Uses paramiko script.  User is asked for name and password.  Tries to connect.  Alerts user on failure.&#xD;&#xA;    If it connects, it CDs to a certain directory on the server, and calls a function, using the name and password.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Server:&#xD;&#xA;    Script is run.  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It takes two parameters -- the user's name and password.&#xD;&#xA;    # This script should be owned by root, and should let the owner read/write/execute, but no other user.&#xD;&#xA;    #   sudo chmod 700 /sbin/StartVNCLogin.sh&#xD;&#xA;    # In /etc/sudoers, the script needs to be set up so all users can run it.&#xD;&#xA;    # See http://mandrivausers.org/lofiversion/index.php/t33702.html.&#xD;&#xA;    #   use visudo to add &quot;ALL ALL=NOPASSWD: /sbin/StartVNCLogin.sh&quot; to the end of the file&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # With the parameters -- the user name and password -- the script will switch to the login screen,&#xD;&#xA;    # and will then use applescript to log the user in&#xD;&#xA;    # Afterwards, it will start a VNC session for that user, and return the port number.&#xD;&#xA;    # At this point, the client can connect via VNC.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    say &quot;Log on called&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Do we have root access?&#xD;&#xA;    if [ ! $( id -u ) -eq 0 ]; then&#xD;&#xA;    	echo &quot;Error: Script must be run with administrator priviledges&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	exit -1&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Get the user name and password&#xD;&#xA;    if [ &quot;$#&quot; = &quot;2&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;    	export USERNAME=&quot;$1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	export PASSWORD=&quot;$2&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    else&#xD;&#xA;    	echo &quot;Error: Please supply a username and password.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	exit -2&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # This step should not be necessary, as the user had to use ssh to run this script&#xD;&#xA;    # Verify that the user exists on the system&#xD;&#xA;    USERID=`id -u $USERNAME`;&#xD;&#xA;    if [[ -z $USERID ]]; then&#xD;&#xA;    	echo &quot;Error: The user $USERNAME does not exist on this machine&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	exit -3;&#xD;&#xA;    fi;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Now, switch to the login screen&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Info: bringing up login screen&quot; &#xD;&#xA;    # Ask the logon screen to come up and allow us to log-in as the desired user&#xD;&#xA;    #/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\ Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -switchToUserID $USERID &amp;&#xD;&#xA;    /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\ Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -suspend&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    sleep 15&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Then, use applescript to enter the user's password&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Info: logging user in&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # And enter in the password&#xD;&#xA;    osascript &lt;&lt;END&#xD;&#xA;    set pword to system attribute &quot;PASSWORD&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    set username to system attribute &quot;USERNAME&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    tell application &quot;System Events&quot; &#xD;&#xA;    	keystroke username&#xD;&#xA;    	keystroke return&#xD;&#xA;    	delay 1&#xD;&#xA;    	keystroke pword&#xD;&#xA;    	delay 1&#xD;&#xA;    	keystroke return&#xD;&#xA;    	keystroke return&#xD;&#xA;    end tell&#xD;&#xA;    END&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Info: Waiting for user to be logged in&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Info: Starting VNC server.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Now, we start the VNC server&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -x /Applications/Vine\ Server.app/Contents/Resources/OSXvnc-server ]; then&#xD;&#xA;    	/Applications/Vine\ Server.app/Contents/Resources/OSXvnc-server -rfbport 0 -desktop &quot;New Desktop&quot; -rfbnoauth -restartonuserswitch N -unicodekeyboard 0 -keyboardloading n -pressmodsforkeys n -eventtap 3 -swapbuttons -rendezvous y &amp;&#xD;&#xA;    else&#xD;&#xA;    	&quot;Error: Can not find the VNC server application!  The server is not properly configured for VNC login.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	exit -4;&#xD;&#xA;    fi;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Important parts from the client script (to be run on linux):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	# note that I am redirecting stderr to stdout for simplicity&#xD;&#xA;	chan.exec_command(&quot;sudo /sbin/StartVNCLogin.sh &quot; + username + &quot; &quot; + pw + &quot; 2&gt;&amp;1&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;	stdout = chan.makefile('rb') &#xD;&#xA;	&#xD;&#xA;	vnc_port = -1&#xD;&#xA;	&#xD;&#xA;	for line in stdout:&#xD;&#xA;		print '... ' + line.strip('\n')&#xD;&#xA;		# look for a line where a port is stated&#xD;&#xA;		if line.find(&quot;Started Listener Thread on port&quot;) &gt; -1:&#xD;&#xA;			vnc_port = int(line.rsplit(' ', 1)[1])&#xD;&#xA;			print &quot;--- The VNC Port is %d&quot; % vnc_port&#xD;&#xA;			chan.close()	# sever the connection; we know what we need to know&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	print &quot;Done&quot;&#xD;&#xA;	&#xD;&#xA;	#chan.close()&#xD;&#xA;	t.close()&#xD;&#xA;	&#xD;&#xA;	os.system(&quot;vncviewer %s:%d -Shared -Fullscreen&quot; % (hostname, vnc_port))&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48119" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25670" RevisionGUID="ebdd58b1-043f-4d0e-9213-6e57287c961c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T05:03:18.500" UserId="2181" Comment="Adding more info for possible answer based on research I did." Text="I've never been clear on what one is sacrificing by getting a cheaper Celeron instead of Pentium Intel CPU. I assume you can't simply compare processing speed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My understanding is summed up in this quote:&#xD;&#xA;*The Celeron processors are based on the same core as more expensive Pentium-branded processors, but usually lack in some features such as L2 cache size and bus speed. *&#xD;&#xA;from: http://www.cpu-world.com/info/Intel/Celeron-vs-Pentium.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So basically, the Celeron and Prentium differ based on:&#xD;&#xA;-CPU Clock speed&#xD;&#xA;-L2 Cache Size&#xD;&#xA;-Bus speed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Is this accurate?&#xD;&#xA;2. How would you factor in L2 Cache size and bus speed to make an accurate comparison?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: This will be for an internal file server and printer server primarily.  A little bit of light duty cd duplication (running a Primeral Bravo 2 CD Duplicator). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More info:&#xD;&#xA;TomsHardware reports that L2 Cache makes a big difference but in his graphs, it seems to make only a small (5% or less) difference (b/t 1 MB and 4 MB L2 Cache)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Integrated L2 cache resulted in considerably improved performance across virtually all applications. The performance impact even is significant enough to say that L2 cache is the most important performance factor on an x86 microprocessor. Disabling the L2 cache will reduce system performance more than disabling a second CPU core of a dual-core processor.* from:  &#xD;&#xA;[http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cache-size-matter,1709.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cache-size-matter,1709.html" />
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  <row Id="48134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27032" RevisionGUID="3282a2da-0b60-4b24-b15a-77b3ca5779c0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T05:23:10.957" UserId="5308" Text="My answer is similar to that of splattne but I have a different interpretation of the Recieved header &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Received: from 1.1.1.1 [2.2.2.2] by mail.mypersonaldomain.com with SMTP; (date and time)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The exact format of Recieved lines varies with different servers, but generally the from part consists of the name given in the HELO/EHLO SMTP command with the IP address the connection was recieved from in square brackets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This received line to me looks like the server gave '1.1.1.1' as its name in the HELO command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you able to run wireshark, or other equivalent package, to sniff the SMTP session and verify the hostname given within the SMTP protocol?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27033" RevisionGUID="b3de173a-4d2a-4a3b-bcba-fe089a080beb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T05:23:56.010" UserId="6191" Text="I have a NTFS drive from a Windows 2008 server machine which has a few bad sectors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have the drive mounted in Linux. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I do a list (ls) in /media/hda2/Users/Jason it dosnt give me a complete listing and gives me a Input/Output error. However even though the directory /media/hda2/Users/Jason/Desktop doesn’t show up in the listing I can still cd to it and retrieve my files. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I need data from /media/hda2/Users/Jason/???? where ???? is a folder name I cant remember (yes I have tryed to guess). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The kernel log tells me that it gets a I/O error at sector 16564040 now I would like to take a low level look at this raw data in the area in the hope I can see something that jolts my memory about the name of the mystery directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried Spinrite.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The next thing I am going to look into is dd_rescure which is simular to dd but better at recovery but I am unfamiliar with both of these.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know of a utility to look at data on the disk at its lowest level or can help  me on what to do with the dd_rescure utility. Or even has a completly diffrent idea on how I can get my files back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="48144" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27037" RevisionGUID="61d1292f-389b-4d3d-a246-72e4ebb00e41" CreationDate="2009-06-17T05:49:14.587" UserId="9783" Text="I'm looking for a way to create an offsite backup of around 8TB of data. I've currently broken the data down into 2-4TB file systems and I'm using ShadowProtect to backup the data from an SBS 2003 server to a Windows 2003 backup server using a weekly full backup, and nightly incrementals.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not very happy with this solution for a bunch of reasons.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- It takes too long to backup.&#xD;&#xA;- To hold more than a weeks worth of backups requires tons of space.  &#xD;&#xA;- Offsite backups to external hdds would require too many disks, and too much time.  &#xD;&#xA;- Offsite backups over the internet would take too much bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'm looking for if possible is someway to have a local backup server to house many snapshots without storing duplicate data like [faubackup](http://faubackup.sourceforge.net/) seems to be able to do. As well I would like to be able to span the backups that are made across a set of external disks, without duplicate data because the filesystems are bigger than I can fit on a single disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Correct me if I'm wrong but as far as I can tell it's a bit of an impossible situation to span the new data across more filesystems than faubackup itself uses due to it's use of hardlinks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've also been thinking about using openfiler some way to achieve the same goals, but haven't thought of a way yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do other people cope with offsite backups of such large amounts of data." />
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  <row Id="48150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27039" RevisionGUID="fd038377-d95b-414d-9fb8-70dd1aa2fad3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T05:55:06.213" UserId="3251" Text="Hmm - all the above are valid options, and some are probably better than the perfom solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But for your Perfmon solution, you can kind of save and load a counter set.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set up the PerfMon display with the appropriate counters.  Right click the chart and select Save Settings As...  and enter the appropriate name.  This will save the counters as an HTML file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Restart PerfMon (or right click and select Remove All Counters).  Open the above saved html file in NotePad, and select it all and copy it to the clipboard.  Click the clipboard icon (Paste Counter List) or press &lt;kbd&gt;ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt; - &lt;kbd&gt;v&lt;/kbd&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48151" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27028" RevisionGUID="2585f299-ae54-4851-a0f6-544288ce3e71" CreationDate="2009-06-17T05:55:08.163" UserId="2629" Comment="Added a note about the fast user switching dialog, and that only one person can be logging in at at a time" Text="I mucked about with this some time ago (on Tiger?), and never did come up with a good solution.  I found that you had to log a user in graphically, then start the VNC server, and afterwards, you could use fast user switching to switch to a different user and log them in.  So, it really meant that no one could use the Mac itself [*edit*: as the fast-user switching dialog would come up] -- they'd all need to be connected over VNC, but it was nice to see that the Mac would happily run multiple sessions. [*edit*: Also, while multiple people could use the computer at once, only one could be in the process of logging in at a time, which took 30 seconds to a minute.]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*One thing to note*: in the netbooting guide, I believe it states that you need an OS licence for each machine that will netboot; I assume that the same applies to a VNC setup like this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't remember it, but here are some notes and some code for you to play with (at your own risk).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Mac Thin-Client Plan&#xD;&#xA;    ---------&#xD;&#xA;    Client:&#xD;&#xA;    Uses paramiko script.  User is asked for name and password.  Tries to connect.  Alerts user on failure.&#xD;&#xA;    If it connects, it CDs to a certain directory on the server, and calls a function, using the name and password.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Server:&#xD;&#xA;    Script is run.  Server checks if it is able to log the user in at that moment.&#xD;&#xA;    When permitted, the console comes up, and then a VNC server is started.&#xD;&#xA;    Server tells client which port VNC server is started on.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Client then exits paramiko application, and launches a VNC application.&#xD;&#xA;    When VNC application is exited, client goes back to the log-on screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;StartVNCLogin.sh (to be run on the Mac acting as a server):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # This script should be runnable by any user.  It takes two parameters -- the user's name and password.&#xD;&#xA;    # This script should be owned by root, and should let the owner read/write/execute, but no other user.&#xD;&#xA;    #   sudo chmod 700 /sbin/StartVNCLogin.sh&#xD;&#xA;    # In /etc/sudoers, the script needs to be set up so all users can run it.&#xD;&#xA;    # See http://mandrivausers.org/lofiversion/index.php/t33702.html.&#xD;&#xA;    #   use visudo to add &quot;ALL ALL=NOPASSWD: /sbin/StartVNCLogin.sh&quot; to the end of the file&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # With the parameters -- the user name and password -- the script will switch to the login screen,&#xD;&#xA;    # and will then use applescript to log the user in&#xD;&#xA;    # Afterwards, it will start a VNC session for that user, and return the port number.&#xD;&#xA;    # At this point, the client can connect via VNC.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    say &quot;Log on called&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Do we have root access?&#xD;&#xA;    if [ ! $( id -u ) -eq 0 ]; then&#xD;&#xA;    	echo &quot;Error: Script must be run with administrator priviledges&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	exit -1&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Get the user name and password&#xD;&#xA;    if [ &quot;$#&quot; = &quot;2&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;    	export USERNAME=&quot;$1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	export PASSWORD=&quot;$2&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    else&#xD;&#xA;    	echo &quot;Error: Please supply a username and password.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	exit -2&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # This step should not be necessary, as the user had to use ssh to run this script&#xD;&#xA;    # Verify that the user exists on the system&#xD;&#xA;    USERID=`id -u $USERNAME`;&#xD;&#xA;    if [[ -z $USERID ]]; then&#xD;&#xA;    	echo &quot;Error: The user $USERNAME does not exist on this machine&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	exit -3;&#xD;&#xA;    fi;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Now, switch to the login screen&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Info: bringing up login screen&quot; &#xD;&#xA;    # Ask the logon screen to come up and allow us to log-in as the desired user&#xD;&#xA;    #/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\ Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -switchToUserID $USERID &amp;&#xD;&#xA;    /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\ Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -suspend&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    sleep 15&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Then, use applescript to enter the user's password&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Info: logging user in&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # And enter in the password&#xD;&#xA;    osascript &lt;&lt;END&#xD;&#xA;    set pword to system attribute &quot;PASSWORD&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    set username to system attribute &quot;USERNAME&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    tell application &quot;System Events&quot; &#xD;&#xA;    	keystroke username&#xD;&#xA;    	keystroke return&#xD;&#xA;    	delay 1&#xD;&#xA;    	keystroke pword&#xD;&#xA;    	delay 1&#xD;&#xA;    	keystroke return&#xD;&#xA;    	keystroke return&#xD;&#xA;    end tell&#xD;&#xA;    END&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Info: Waiting for user to be logged in&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Info: Starting VNC server.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Now, we start the VNC server&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -x /Applications/Vine\ Server.app/Contents/Resources/OSXvnc-server ]; then&#xD;&#xA;    	/Applications/Vine\ Server.app/Contents/Resources/OSXvnc-server -rfbport 0 -desktop &quot;New Desktop&quot; -rfbnoauth -restartonuserswitch N -unicodekeyboard 0 -keyboardloading n -pressmodsforkeys n -eventtap 3 -swapbuttons -rendezvous y &amp;&#xD;&#xA;    else&#xD;&#xA;    	&quot;Error: Can not find the VNC server application!  The server is not properly configured for VNC login.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	exit -4;&#xD;&#xA;    fi;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Important parts from the client script (to be run on linux):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	# note that I am redirecting stderr to stdout for simplicity&#xD;&#xA;	chan.exec_command(&quot;sudo /sbin/StartVNCLogin.sh &quot; + username + &quot; &quot; + pw + &quot; 2&gt;&amp;1&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;	stdout = chan.makefile('rb') &#xD;&#xA;	&#xD;&#xA;	vnc_port = -1&#xD;&#xA;	&#xD;&#xA;	for line in stdout:&#xD;&#xA;		print '... ' + line.strip('\n')&#xD;&#xA;		# look for a line where a port is stated&#xD;&#xA;		if line.find(&quot;Started Listener Thread on port&quot;) &gt; -1:&#xD;&#xA;			vnc_port = int(line.rsplit(' ', 1)[1])&#xD;&#xA;			print &quot;--- The VNC Port is %d&quot; % vnc_port&#xD;&#xA;			chan.close()	# sever the connection; we know what we need to know&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	print &quot;Done&quot;&#xD;&#xA;	&#xD;&#xA;	#chan.close()&#xD;&#xA;	t.close()&#xD;&#xA;	&#xD;&#xA;	os.system(&quot;vncviewer %s:%d -Shared -Fullscreen&quot; % (hostname, vnc_port))&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48152" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27040" RevisionGUID="f8e2d5a0-ca53-4bce-bee6-ff9b3f8807b4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T06:00:53.690" UserId="1375" Text="Permissions are a pest... basically, you need to make sure that all of those developers can write to everything in the git repo.  If you put all the developers in a specially-created group, you can, in principle, just do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chgrp -R &lt;whatever group&gt; gitrepo&#xD;&#xA;    chmod -R g+swX gitrepo&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then change the umask for the users to 002, so that new files get created with group-writable permissions.  The problems with this problem are legion; if you're on a distro that assumes a umask of 022 (such as having a common 'users' group that everyone is in by default), this can open up security problems elsewhere.  There's also the problem that sooner or later something is going to stuff up your carefully crafted permissions scheme and then the repo is out of action until you get root again and fix it up (rerunning the above commands, basically).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A superior solution, though one which is less well understood (and which requires a bit more OS/tool support), is to use POSIX extended attributes.  I've only come to this area fairly recently, so my knowledge here isn't as hot as it could be, but basically what an extended ACL is is the ability to set your r/w/x attributes on more than just the default &quot;user/group/other&quot; sets.  So, again, you create your group, then run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    setfacl -R -m g:&lt;whatever group&gt;:rwX gitrepo&#xD;&#xA;    find gitrepo -type d | xargs setfacl -R -m d:g:&lt;whatever group&gt;:rwX&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This sets up the extended ACL for the group so that the group members can read/write/access whatever files are already there (the first line), then also tell all existing directories that new files should have that same ACL applied (the second line).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that gets you on your way." />
  <row Id="48153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27041" RevisionGUID="962d0eab-12f2-47a1-944a-a01f8673fae0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T06:01:13.283" UserId="4578" Text="I haven't used it myself, but I've been told that WinHex (http://www.x-ways.net/winhex/index-m.html) can handle jobs like that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm surprised there's no handy utility to tell you the file stored at a particular sector, but I couldn't find one either when I looked for one." />
  <row Id="48154" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27039" RevisionGUID="f940bb8e-004a-4f24-a8b0-3489f79bd504" CreationDate="2009-06-17T06:04:35.273" UserId="3251" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="Hmm - all the above are valid options, and some are probably better than the perfom solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But for your Perfmon solution, you can kind of save and load a counter set.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set up the PerfMon display with the appropriate counters.  Right click the chart and select Save Settings As...  and enter the appropriate name.  This will save the counters as an HTML file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Restart PerfMon (or right click and select Remove All Counters).  Open the above saved html file in NotePad, and select it all and copy it to the clipboard.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Click the clipboard icon (Paste Counter List) or press &lt;kbd&gt;ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt; - &lt;kbd&gt;v&lt;/kbd&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27042" RevisionGUID="0c80ba9c-3be8-4767-8cd2-0b484fa40e05" CreationDate="2009-06-17T06:09:51.877" UserId="5045" Text="- What do you think a good &quot;green&quot; sysadmin should do ?&#xD;&#xA;- What have you done ?&#xD;&#xA;- What are you planning to do ?&#xD;&#xA;- Is there any &quot;best pratise&quot; about ecology ?" />
  <row Id="48156" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27042" RevisionGUID="0c80ba9c-3be8-4767-8cd2-0b484fa40e05" CreationDate="2009-06-17T06:09:51.877" UserId="5045" Text="What have you done, as a SysAdmin, for ecology ?" />
  <row Id="48157" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27042" RevisionGUID="0c80ba9c-3be8-4767-8cd2-0b484fa40e05" CreationDate="2009-06-17T06:09:51.877" UserId="5045" Text="&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;green-it&gt;" />
  <row Id="48158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27043" RevisionGUID="2604aaed-e5ea-4034-b216-afe18f2c4983" CreationDate="2009-06-17T06:10:12.313" UserId="9453" Text="you might want to look into backuppc, it has to run on a linux box but it stores files using hard links so if the file hasnt changed since the last inc/full then it just hard links to it (so the amount of space to store 4x full backups is vastly smaller than other backup systems)&#xD;&#xA;It can backup windows machines via samba, and obviously also backs up linux/unix/macs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Backuppc][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="48159" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27044" RevisionGUID="c686e9eb-2199-486f-b656-6bd678a2bfaf" CreationDate="2009-06-17T06:13:21.807" UserId="3258" Text="Would like to be able to connect to an existing X display, so can access my work environment and everything I left open from home. I vaguely remember something about using x11vnc in the past. But the package does not exists for Fedora 11, so I am thinking there is some built in method now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**NOTE:** I connect to my work machine through a VPN so password protection is all I need security wise.&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="48163" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27046" RevisionGUID="69879037-3d19-4215-8554-2149edc1be49" CreationDate="2009-06-17T06:14:59.357" UserId="1435" Text="Used virtualisation to help get rid of over 8,000 physical servers, allowing for the closure of 3 data centres." />
  <row Id="48164" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16295" RevisionGUID="640565df-a786-4a1e-a58c-8a18a705a318" CreationDate="2009-06-17T06:17:44.030" UserId="1435" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="I'm in the UK so it's C13/14 or C19/20's only for me, we don't do NEMA here. The 13/14's are a bit loose you're right - that said I'm pretty lucky, I tend to just use blade enclosures so even if one fell out if wouldn't really effect our machines. If you have the choice then go with whatever makes you sleep best at night." />
  <row Id="48165" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27045" RevisionGUID="4e1edf43-4a67-484a-bd65-71f846fb5dc4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T06:21:59.950" UserId="9637" Comment="added 118 characters in body" Text="Studied only in digital format. Never printed my documentation.&#xD;&#xA;Trained my cat not to play near my keyboard and mouse while i'm away so my monitor remains in power saving mode. :)" />
  <row Id="48166" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27047" RevisionGUID="0d527a0a-ab13-44ef-af33-d0867005fa52" CreationDate="2009-06-17T06:25:46.900" UserId="9525" Text="YES...&#xD;&#xA;I can read your mail...&#xD;&#xA;I can see your chat conversations...&#xD;&#xA;I know where you go on the internet...&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="48168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27048" RevisionGUID="4246dbae-e319-41dc-936e-4364985fa367" CreationDate="2009-06-17T06:26:34.137" UserId="1435" Text="We have a replica SAN at another data centre that we snap and backup from." />
  <row Id="48169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27049" RevisionGUID="d355eb61-8443-461e-b8dd-9c7e62a70254" CreationDate="2009-06-17T06:26:37.693" UserId="6689" Text="From a WinPE disk, you can use CPU-Z/GPU-Z/HDTune to see proc/gfx/hdd temperatures." />
  <row Id="48170" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27050" RevisionGUID="66ba2af9-e8f1-4fac-b394-ca022e546420" CreationDate="2009-06-17T06:27:00.907" UserId="1674" Text="I've reduced physical server requirements.&#xD;&#xA;Reduced SAN power consumption by planning to install the next version of SAN's OS which will spin down FANs and disks as possible.&#xD;&#xA;And I never go to the office so no carbon from my cars tail pipe." />
  <row Id="48171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27051" RevisionGUID="f6070578-5dde-4dab-a20e-c8666b14933d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T06:27:21.530" UserId="3950" Text=" 1. Virtualization for server consolidation&#xD;&#xA; 2. Paperless office as much as possible&#xD;&#xA; 3. Shutting down workstation(s) at night&#xD;&#xA; 4. Shutting down servers that aren't doing anything&#xD;&#xA; 5. Pushing SunRay at the office (very cheap, very small thin client solution)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Methinks this thread should be community wiki, btw..." />
  <row Id="48172" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="16383" RevisionGUID="b1dca36c-eaa9-49c8-a4b8-1f34fa2918dc" CreationDate="2009-06-17T06:32:24.687" UserId="3950" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;power-management&gt;&lt;low-cost&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;data-center&gt;&lt;green-it&gt;" />
  <row Id="48173" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27051" RevisionGUID="eb839f88-a9fc-40c3-b553-53d0400f0586" CreationDate="2009-06-17T06:33:28.007" UserId="3950" Comment="added 34 characters in body" Text=" 1. Virtualization for server consolidation&#xD;&#xA; 2. Paperless office as much as possible&#xD;&#xA; 3. Shutting down workstation(s) at night&#xD;&#xA; 4. Shutting down servers that aren't doing anything&#xD;&#xA; 5. Pushing SunRay at the office (very cheap, very small thin client solution)&#xD;&#xA; 6. Going to work by bike or bus&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Methinks this thread should be community wiki, btw..." />
  <row Id="48177" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27053" RevisionGUID="a8bd1639-9947-4dce-8cc5-c0eaeb07ec75" CreationDate="2009-06-17T06:42:18.707" UserId="984" Text="I have a couple Linux fileserver running Samba, what do I need to do to support filenames with unicode characters?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Do particular filesystem have better support for Unicode?&#xD;&#xA;  - Would I get better support by using something other then ext3?&#xD;&#xA; - What do I have to do to get Samba to work with Unicode filenames?&#xD;&#xA; - What other types of issues will I have with Unicode filenames?&#xD;&#xA;  - How about NFS and Unicode?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am hoping for general information that applies to any distribution, but if it matters assume that the locale of the system is en_US.UTF-8 and the is running either Debian (Lenny), or Ubuntu (Hardy)." />
  <row Id="48178" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27053" RevisionGUID="a8bd1639-9947-4dce-8cc5-c0eaeb07ec75" CreationDate="2009-06-17T06:42:18.707" UserId="984" Text="Linux support for unicode filenames" />
  <row Id="48179" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27053" RevisionGUID="a8bd1639-9947-4dce-8cc5-c0eaeb07ec75" CreationDate="2009-06-17T06:42:18.707" UserId="984" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;unicode&gt;&lt;samba&gt;&lt;file-sharing&gt;" />
  <row Id="48180" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27054" RevisionGUID="c4456e58-9b83-43e9-8dee-b018490c9918" CreationDate="2009-06-17T06:46:45.873" UserId="158" Text="As an alternative, you might want to look at [NX](http://nomachine.com/).  It is usually much faster than VNC over the Internet, and I know you can configure it to be able to access the running X session on the console." />
  <row Id="48181" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27055" RevisionGUID="95d3ede7-42db-4d2c-a0ce-f9f3aa7e3944" CreationDate="2009-06-17T06:47:28.290" UserId="7768" Text="Use xrfb.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to type more than 10 characters, lalalaa." />
  <row Id="48182" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27056" RevisionGUID="e0db7173-5647-4ddf-9c54-f0822567b5e7" CreationDate="2009-06-17T06:48:20.177" UserId="3950" Text="It's not exactly the same but I have a svn repo on a Linux server. The server is not running svnserve, but allows users to use svn over ssh. Since the Linux server is an AD member server and the users are from AD as well, this a pretty easy and safe solution. " />
  <row Id="48187" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27059" RevisionGUID="78713137-eed0-4d74-a575-da4220842417" CreationDate="2009-06-17T06:50:19.127" UserId="7752" Text="If you're using KDE at work, KDE already has a VNC server built in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Presumably, GNOME does too." />
  <row Id="48189" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27061" RevisionGUID="5e70f9e5-6036-4daa-ba10-494828d735af" CreationDate="2009-06-17T06:53:01.963" UserId="3950" Text="From the [lvconvert manpage:][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; lvconvert will change a linear logical&#xD;&#xA;&gt; volume to a mirror logical volume or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to a snapshot of linear volume **and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; vice versa**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Emphasis mine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So yes, it should be possible to convert a snapshot into a linear LV or mirror. If that means you can mirror a snapshot and then use it as a linear lv, that's something you would have to try out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.die.net/man/8/lvconvert" />
  <row Id="48190" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27062" RevisionGUID="13a8768f-a4cb-4338-a47a-3bb70a73d56e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T06:54:39.057" UserId="8897" Text="In my experience with ext3, XFS and reiserfs, there was no difference in Unicode support. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All you have to to is to set the following in the [global] section of your smb.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UNIX CHARSET = UTF-8&#xD;&#xA;DISPLAY CHARSET = UTF-8&#xD;&#xA;DOS CHARSET = CP850   &#xD;&#xA;    (or CP437 or whatever you like, this is used when talking to DOS or Win9x/3.x clients). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, you could read http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/unicode.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48191" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27061" RevisionGUID="1b62f8b9-4da9-4f38-b9f8-9f0bf58744bc" CreationDate="2009-06-17T06:58:11.327" UserId="3950" Comment="added 398 characters in body" Text="From the [lvconvert manpage:][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; lvconvert will change a linear logical&#xD;&#xA;&gt; volume to a mirror logical volume or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to a snapshot of linear volume **and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; vice versa**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Emphasis mine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So yes, it should be possible to convert a snapshot into a linear LV or mirror. If that means you can mirror a snapshot and then use it as a linear lv, that's something you would have to try out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otoh, you *can* use a snapshot as a logical volume by itself. As I explained [here][2], LVM is just some device mapper magic. So if you would take an LVM snapshot and then use that for your experiments, the original disk would not be touched, but can still keep functioning normally at the same time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.die.net/man/8/lvconvert&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/23965/lvm-snapshots-as-a-backup-strategy/24117#24117" />
  <row Id="48192" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26964" RevisionGUID="b48c7541-095f-4d51-8851-65cc03ef23aa" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:01:42.163" UserId="3950" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;ethernet&gt;" />
  <row Id="48193" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26669" RevisionGUID="0550870b-cb36-4bb5-883f-cd85a5534d54" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:02:18.993" UserId="2711" Comment="deleted 8 characters in body" Text="I think you said this is your configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    DNS::&#xD;&#xA;    router public IP: 1.2.3.4&#xD;&#xA;    mypc.company.com public IP: 1.2.3.4&#xD;&#xA;    dev.company.com public IP: 1.2.3.4&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Router config::&#xD;&#xA;    Forward traffic addressed to dev.company.com to 192.168.1.200&#xD;&#xA;    Forward traffic addressed to mypc.company.com port 3389 to 192.168.1.201 3389&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Your router is going to store it's routing rules by IP**, not by hostname. It doesn't understand hostnames. So your router actually has rules saying:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Forward traffic addressed to 1.2.3.4 to 192.168.1.200&#xD;&#xA;    Forward traffic addressed to 1.2.3.4 port 3389 to 192.168.1.201&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the rules are in that order, **your router will send 3389 traffic to 200** because the first rule covers all traffic to 1.2.3.4.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will need to use a different port on the router for each system you want to tunnel through to (the systems themselves can all be left with 3389), or change the rule order.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seeing as everyone appears to be going on about it: yes, overall a VPN is the better way to go for the task you are trying to accomplish, as it reduces your attack surface (you only have to keep 1 VPN server obsessively patched rather than X machines you port forward to). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However I restricted my answer to resolving the actual question you had, rather than criticizing your architecture choice." />
  <row Id="48195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27064" RevisionGUID="341a0abd-28d2-4161-a976-1e3756ec2152" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:12:36.120" UserId="2253" Text="Write to `check-auth@verifier.port25.com` and you will receive back a nice report with a lot of details on how your mail server looks like, as seen from your correspondants. A great tool when debugging mail delivery problems.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48196" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27062" RevisionGUID="ed911391-df23-4c57-98ca-6f956a39ec14" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:15:10.717" UserId="8897" Comment="added 12 characters in body; added 2 characters in body" Text="In my experience with ext3, XFS and reiserfs, there was no difference in Unicode support. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All you have to to is to set the following in the [global] section of your smb.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    UNIX CHARSET = UTF-8&#xD;&#xA;    DISPLAY CHARSET = UTF-8&#xD;&#xA;    DOS CHARSET = CP850   &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;(or CP437 or whatever you like, this is used when talking to DOS or Win9x/3.x clients). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, you could read http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/unicode.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48198" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26669" RevisionGUID="2fd87e6a-d9cd-42cb-ac1d-f261e383c668" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:17:45.360" UserId="2711" Comment="added 5 characters in body" Text="I think you said this is your configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    DNS::&#xD;&#xA;    router public IP: 1.2.3.4&#xD;&#xA;    mypc.company.com public IP: 1.2.3.4&#xD;&#xA;    dev.company.com public IP: 1.2.3.4&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Router config::&#xD;&#xA;    Forward traffic addressed to dev.company.com to 192.168.1.200&#xD;&#xA;    Forward traffic addressed to mypc.company.com port 3389 to 192.168.1.201 3389&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Your router is going to store it's routing rules by IP**, not by hostname. It doesn't understand hostnames. So your router actually has rules saying:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Forward traffic addressed to 1.2.3.4 to 192.168.1.200&#xD;&#xA;    Forward traffic addressed to 1.2.3.4 port 3389 to 192.168.1.201 3389&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the rules are in that order, **your router will send 3389 traffic to 200** because the first rule covers all traffic to 1.2.3.4.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will need to use a different port on the router for each system you want to tunnel through to (the systems themselves can all be left with 3389), or change the rule order.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seeing as everyone appears to be going on about it: yes, overall a VPN is the better way to go for the task you are trying to accomplish, as it reduces your attack surface (you only have to keep 1 VPN server obsessively patched rather than X machines you port forward to). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However I restricted my answer to resolving the actual question you had, rather than criticizing your architecture choice." />
  <row Id="48199" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27066" RevisionGUID="68aadda0-0a3f-4a8a-864a-ed0cb10b6b8e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:18:33.487" UserId="1205" Text="I have my subversion hosting set up to be accessed through Apache web server. Everything runs fine. Now I'd like to add another web server to distribute the load the one server gets from time to time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it save to have my svn repositories accessed by two web servers at the same time? Does the normal fsfs subversion repository type protect me enough or do I need to switch to Berkely DB for this sort of thing?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48200" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27066" RevisionGUID="68aadda0-0a3f-4a8a-864a-ed0cb10b6b8e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:18:33.487" UserId="1205" Text="Sharing svn reposities between web wervers" />
  <row Id="48201" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27066" RevisionGUID="68aadda0-0a3f-4a8a-864a-ed0cb10b6b8e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:18:33.487" UserId="1205" Text="&lt;svn&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;load-balancing&gt;" />
  <row Id="48202" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26975" RevisionGUID="e1e03800-774b-4ffa-bc95-51ebe6238fb1" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:23:56.313" UserId="984" Comment="edited body" Text="If you have a managed switch, then you should be able to see the link speed and duplex that was negotiated on the switch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could also collect the data with a script that uses wmi. ([example][1])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Either way, if anything negotiates to 100MB/half duplex you probably have a problem, you shouldn't see a 100/half duplex link on a good network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may also need to check your wiring.  It is possible that your cabling doesn't quite meet the requirements needed for the link to stay at the desired speed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/ezine/ezine48.htm" />
  <row Id="48203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27067" RevisionGUID="aa8ca8f9-1b49-481b-ab80-66ede73ca0e4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:30:11.327" UserDisplayName="Robert Fekete" Text="To reduce the performance effect of name resolution, you can also try these tricks:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.balabit.com/dl/html/syslog-ng-v3.0-guide-admin-en.html/ch07s04.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;I found syslog-ng manuals to be somewhat inadequate.&quot; &gt; Comments and feedback about the syslog-ng manuals and docs is most welcome at documentation@balabit.com, or the syslog-ng mailing list (https://lists.balabit.hu/mailman/listinfo/syslog-ng). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please let me know if the use_dns(yes) option was OK for your case, and I will try to make this part of the docs clearer in the next release." />
  <row Id="48204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27068" RevisionGUID="c29fb3b1-792c-48a6-8f3c-294e574c1925" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:30:52.103" UserId="9788" Text="Problem is bizarre, at least to me. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a windows 2003 dedicated server. Every now and then (approx every three months), Cisco switch disconnects this server like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; %PORT_SECURITY-2-PSECURE_VIOLATION:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Security violation occurred, caused by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; MAC address 2020.2020.3c64 on port&#xD;&#xA;&gt; FastEthernet0/33.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ISP's support is trying to convince me that I have some malware that is trying mac spoofing attack, and that it is their policy to allow 3 mac addresses per port and that this occurs when this address limit is exceeded. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've scanned with three different tools (including Microsoft's) and I can not find anything. &#xD;&#xA;I've checked web access logs around time when this happens, and there's not even script kiddies looking for phpmyadmin. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could it be that some windows component is doing this? Any, and I do mean ANY advice on what to check next would be appreciated. " />
  <row Id="48205" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27068" RevisionGUID="c29fb3b1-792c-48a6-8f3c-294e574c1925" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:30:52.103" UserId="9788" Text="windows/cisco mac problem" />
  <row Id="48206" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27068" RevisionGUID="c29fb3b1-792c-48a6-8f3c-294e574c1925" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:30:52.103" UserId="9788" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;cisco&gt;" />
  <row Id="48207" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27069" RevisionGUID="15eb8153-7f8e-488b-bbd9-7ed296d947b1" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:33:22.583" UserId="9789" Text="Is it possible to set up a static site-to-site vpn with two CISCO881-K9? One of the routers has a dynamic IP." />
  <row Id="48208" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27069" RevisionGUID="15eb8153-7f8e-488b-bbd9-7ed296d947b1" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:33:22.583" UserId="9789" Text="is it possible to set up site-to-site vpn with two CISCO881-K9" />
  <row Id="48209" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27069" RevisionGUID="15eb8153-7f8e-488b-bbd9-7ed296d947b1" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:33:22.583" UserId="9789" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;site-to-site-vpn&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;" />
  <row Id="48210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27070" RevisionGUID="888c99b0-a1e7-4bc7-9600-0674c7872cf0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:34:50.597" UserId="9625" Text="Strongly suggest performing the tests with only one hypervisor set up in the test environment for each iteration of your tests. Isolating the hypervisors in this fashion will reduce the likelyhood of unwanted interactions; especially for para-virtualised VMs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Think of desiging an additional suite of tests that will find the breaking point of the hypervisor for each of your limited resouces:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - CPU&#xD;&#xA; - Memory&#xD;&#xA; - I/O Bandwidth&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you want to find is what behaviourial idiosyncrasies are experienced before &amp; after the pathological point; and if there is some form of recovery for some of the host VMs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example, when the hypervisor is overloaded; are you still able to shut down VMs.&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="48211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27071" RevisionGUID="16ad86be-6d12-431d-8069-10fe2d84ae76" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:34:58.633" UserId="3950" Text="Just go like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ0[0-9]&#xD;&#xA;    cat temperature&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It'll tell the temperature according to your current locale, even, I think." />
  <row Id="48212" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27072" RevisionGUID="430cc39a-ca41-4c50-9857-e353827003d0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:35:33.187" UserId="9503" Text="What kind of network card you use and what king of driver is used ?&#xD;&#xA;I already see this kind of problems (but not on windows) where per a driver problem a buffer on the ethernet card was full and the card was sending packet with wrong information (including source mac address)" />
  <row Id="48213" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27073" RevisionGUID="53c09e5a-1f2c-47e5-a473-cf5b8293288b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:35:50.580" UserId="5989" Text="The [Git User Manual][1] describes how to [share a repository][2] in several ways.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Exporting via the [Git Daemon][3].&#xD;&#xA;* Exporting via [HTTP][4].&#xD;&#xA;* CVS/SVN style, a [single shared repository][5] where developers push/pull.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More complicated, though feature-full ways to share repositories are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [Gitosis][6]&#xD;&#xA;* [Gitorious][7]&#xD;&#xA;* [GitHub][8] (or GitHub [Firewall Install][9])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use GitHub for a team of 6 developers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html#sharing-development&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html#exporting-via-git&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html#exporting-via-http&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html#setting-up-a-shared-repository&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://eagain.net/gitweb/?p=gitosis.git;a=blob;f=README.rst;h=92047762c38cdf018a901b48a5a092796f51500e;hb=HEAD&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://gitorious.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://github.com&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://fi.github.com" />
  <row Id="48214" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27074" RevisionGUID="009c6f9e-9c1a-4c4e-81f9-dc0138e3e61a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:38:35.397" UserId="9503" Text="You will not be able to do a site to site VPN without static IP at both side." />
  <row Id="48215" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="27074" RevisionGUID="4d8a0be3-68f9-482e-ab77-5452f5f1c05e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:41:19.260" UserId="9503" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:9503,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;radius&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="48216" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27075" RevisionGUID="cf209ee5-cd60-41da-8039-ab7e19ab2618" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:41:39.477" UserId="2299" Text="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/routers/access/cvo/880-870-cvo.html includes instructions for setting up a VPN, but I think the dynamic IP is going to cause you problems. It might still be possible but I suspect you may have to resort to IOS rather than doing it through the web interface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This may not be useful if you're stuck with the Ciscos, but the Draytek routers, like the 2910, can be configured to use a &quot;one way&quot; VPN i.e. the end with the dynamic IP dials into the static IP. This avoids problems with having a dynamic IP, but it means the VPN can only be initiated from one end.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have configured LAN to LAN VPNs using DynDNS names, and it mostly works though I have to say it leaves me feeling slightly uneasy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27076" RevisionGUID="aea145a0-a552-4d5d-8c89-e64cd14bdf39" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:42:24.297" UserId="1740" Text="Yes, this should be possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the data-sheet for the Cisco 880 Series Integrated Services Routers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/routers/ps380/data_sheet_c78_459542.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As long as one of the sites has a static ip you can use dynamic map to configure the vpn. Details:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_3/security/command/reference/sec_c2g.html#wp1069489" />
  <row Id="48218" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27077" RevisionGUID="883b622e-448a-4fe0-9779-63336762863f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:42:33.670" UserId="4084" Text=" - Reuse old hardware as often as possible.&#xD;&#xA; - Recycle hardware that can't be reused (or give it to charity)" />
  <row Id="48220" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27078" RevisionGUID="0b4be7c3-fc03-4264-be3b-862fdcfeaf80" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:44:19.673" UserId="5989" Text="I worked at very security-conscious company, and on my team of 5 we used [KeePass][1], because the encryption is strong, it is cross platform and supports importing multiple databases into your own. We stored it on a system that was only accessible through the internal network through SSH logins that required key authentication (no passwords, thanks!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://keepass.info/" />
  <row Id="48221" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27079" RevisionGUID="221706d9-b1b9-43ce-a269-f45d3b75ebeb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:45:52.823" UserId="1643" Text="Hi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for a open source mail server based on Linux to replace an existing Exchange mail server (Windows 2003 server) with several (5-10) large mailboxes (each with more than 2 Gbytes in size or more than 100.000 messages). Each of these large mailboxes is accessed via IMAP by several people. Also there are other, smaller, mailboxes (100-150) that are accessed via POP3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you know any open source mail server suitable for this task?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48222" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27079" RevisionGUID="221706d9-b1b9-43ce-a269-f45d3b75ebeb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:45:52.823" UserId="1643" Text="Open source mail server able to manage large mailboxes accessed via IMAP ?" />
  <row Id="48223" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27079" RevisionGUID="221706d9-b1b9-43ce-a269-f45d3b75ebeb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:45:52.823" UserId="1643" Text="&lt;opensource&gt;&lt;emailserver&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="48224" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27074" RevisionGUID="0ed12537-132b-4817-80b8-ed8a25874065" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:46:42.993" UserId="9503" Comment="added 132 characters in body" Text="Check http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk583/tk372/technologies_configuration_example09186a00801dddbb.shtml&#xD;&#xA;It explain how it works, just don't take care of the computer that connect with the cisco vpn client." />
  <row Id="48225" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="27074" RevisionGUID="0945a9e6-89d1-4ee2-a529-cc988c4b1e9b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:46:49.857" UserId="9503" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:9503,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;radius&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="48227" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27081" RevisionGUID="94fb72e8-2e83-4121-bed0-95d8113ee521" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:53:49.250" UserId="7342" Text="My recommendation would be &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dovecot.org&quot;&gt;Dovecot&lt;/a&gt;. It uses the Maildir format, which uses a single file per email, which tends to perform better in most operations than the traditional mbox format. Dovecot uses a number of index files to speed up the performance of the operations that traditionally take a while with Maildir. If Maildir isn't right for your needs, Dovecot can use a number of other backends.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've used Dovecot with a number of large mailboxes, both in size and in number of emails. three or four GB is not uncommon in the company, as is several tens of thousands of emails." />
  <row Id="48228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27082" RevisionGUID="3ee09144-4612-49c0-89d0-667d42827361" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:54:44.380" UserId="8897" Text="Dovecot does everything and is relatively easy to install (compared to Cyrus at least).&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="48229" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26347" RevisionGUID="c06b75a0-857a-462a-b6c9-48e9491ecbdc" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:55:09.513" UserId="9625" Comment="Adding extra tag in the vain hope that there will be at least one other person who has experienced this" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;oracle11g&gt;&lt;install&gt;&lt;silent&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="48230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27083" RevisionGUID="94b1e517-86ec-4072-acf0-06cdd576392a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:56:40.337" UserId="3947" Text="Boot machine with live cd, (Ex : ubuntu,knoppix) after complete boot, Try to mount the partition using following commands : OR you can connect the hdd to linux machine and run the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Run cfdisk or fdisk -l (Check the partition)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. mount -t ntfs /dev/partition /mnt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. Try to copy the data." />
  <row Id="48232" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27085" RevisionGUID="65b2e601-25ba-4611-b45c-502d1719e7ab" CreationDate="2009-06-17T07:59:22.343" UserId="7783" Text="Pushed Virtualisation and reduced the number of servers in our server rooms by 2/3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specified more energy efficient servers, and always opted for low power servers &amp; server components if at all possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Advocated doing the same for workstation purchases, which is now being done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;encouraged people to think before they print&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;reviewed power consumption of things like switches and routers and made power consumption a major part of the purchase criteria for these devices, equal with cost. (of course, power inefficient switches that generate a lot of heat but have a lower sticker price tend to eat up that price difference in terms of power consumption and cooling needs).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Interestingly enough, thinking &quot;green&quot; isn't terribly different from &quot;thinking about overall TCO of devices, including power and cooling needs&quot;." />
  <row Id="48234" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27081" RevisionGUID="e1f6c3c1-b96d-495c-a816-b9e9a7b4f8c0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:00:05.180" UserId="7342" Comment="added 513 characters in body" Text="My recommendation for an IMAP and POP3 server would be &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dovecot.org&quot;&gt;Dovecot&lt;/a&gt;. It uses the Maildir format, which uses a single file per email, which tends to perform better in most operations than the traditional mbox format. Dovecot uses a number of index files to speed up the performance of the operations that traditionally take a while with Maildir. If Maildir isn't right for your needs, Dovecot can use a number of other backends.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've used Dovecot with a number of large mailboxes, both in size and in number of emails. three or four GB is not uncommon in the company, as is several tens of thousands of emails.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for SMTP, any Linux MTA server would work perfectly. Exim and Postfix are the most common. Exim is a little bit more configurable or the two, but both would handle the load. We do 300K+ emails a day on 4 fairly old servers with Exim, but we do spam and antivirus scanning and deliver to a java process, which are the bigger resource users. I'd steer clear of Sendmail and qmail. Sendmail has a reputation for having a configuration file that is next to impossible to understand." />
  <row Id="48235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27086" RevisionGUID="a5253512-a57d-4e48-944c-bfec05d3b21f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:08:02.950" UserId="7342" Text="Subversion repositories are happy to be accessed by multiple users at the same time. It will do the correct locking. Adding an additional apache accessing it will not cause any problem with any backend. I really advise against using the Berkeley DB backend. It causes no end of pain. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem you will have to solve is how to share the repository between both servers. If one server is still hosting the files, it's still going to get the same amount of IO load, although the amount of CPU usage will be reduced. You will also need to deal with keeping the configuration in sync between servers." />
  <row Id="48236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27087" RevisionGUID="216a84b2-c1d2-499f-bb54-ee5d2f5c2277" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:09:57.097" UserId="4718" Text="Our problem stemmed from a particular set of circumstances. &#xD;&#xA;Vista SP1 + SP2 &lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Mobile&quot; users&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Incomplete Wireless coverage with poor handover&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Users putting their machines into hibernate and moving them off and on the network&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This caused Symantec Endpoint Protection, specifically the Network Threat Protection component to throw a fit. Disabling this component and the problem has not reoccurred.&#xD;&#xA;I'm 99% confident that it was symantec as we experienced the exact same issue on another site that had symantec deployed that day. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The fix for this is to reboot the problematic machine and disable Network Threat Protection. We have a call logged with Symantec to see if this is a known issue or a potential misconfiguration. I am strongly considering recommending a move away from Symantec and sleecting trend as our A/V provider." />
  <row Id="48237" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27088" RevisionGUID="b62f03a9-b398-45e5-ab76-80cdbddf539e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:12:47.823" UserId="8834" Text="At our institution we had connected 300+ computers to different LAN's with Internet. Included here are Officies LAN, and Internet Laboratory for students. And we want to Control Torrents or any P2P Protocols. Previous solution to our problem is KerioWinRoute 6.5.x, which satisfies most.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is, we have migrated to Ubuntu 8.04 LTS using Webmin Platform.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="48238" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27088" RevisionGUID="b62f03a9-b398-45e5-ab76-80cdbddf539e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:12:47.823" UserId="8834" Text="Using Linux IPTables, How to block torrents or any P2P protocols?" />
  <row Id="48239" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27088" RevisionGUID="b62f03a9-b398-45e5-ab76-80cdbddf539e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:12:47.823" UserId="8834" Text="&lt;iptables&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;p2p&gt;" />
  <row Id="48240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27089" RevisionGUID="cb83df11-e531-4d80-8dcf-2415a79bb830" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:13:24.343" UserId="7342" Text="&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Error validating server certificate for 'https://&lt;b&gt;server&lt;/b&gt;:443':&#xD;&#xA; - The certificate is not issued by a trusted authority. Use the&#xD;&#xA;   fingerprint to validate the certificate manually!&#xD;&#xA; - The certificate hostname does not match.&#xD;&#xA;Certificate information:&#xD;&#xA; - Hostname: &lt;b&gt;Tom&lt;/b&gt;&#xD;&#xA; - Valid: from Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:51:25 GMT until Tue, 01 Feb 2011 03:51:25 GMT&#xD;&#xA; - Issuer: Fake Company, NYC, New York, US&#xD;&#xA; - Fingerprint: fingerprint here&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that your certificate does not match your server's hostname. You need the CN field in the certificate to match your hostname. In yuor case, your hostname is &quot;server&quot; and your certificate's CN is &quot;Tom&quot;. You need to regenerate your certificate with the correct CN value." />
  <row Id="48241" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27090" RevisionGUID="9122f711-7bdf-4d2b-850f-9f2d91dfeac3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:21:29.473" UserId="9503" Text="There is a module named IPP2P that can detect &amp; block P2P protocols: [http://www.ipp2p.org/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ipp2p.org/" />
  <row Id="48242" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27091" RevisionGUID="b262fb87-526c-445f-85b8-2a97bb7439a1" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:22:36.883" UserId="6852" Text="use noatime on all disks (unless you have a reason not to) I mount /tmp in tmpfs although this may not be so good on a server, I'd make sure it's a separate partition and mount it nodev,nosuid,noexec,noatime. I always use ext2 for /boot so I don't have to worry about changing fs stuff screwing my ability to boot w/ grub. ext4 on everything else, I use journal=data on /home which probably slows things down a bit (as it doesn't have dealloc) but I've never lost data with journal=data either, and being a bit of latest/greatest whore, sometimes my system locks up and I have to hard reset it (because I tried something like kms and found a bug)." />
  <row Id="48243" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27092" RevisionGUID="ba720b25-d7f1-4cad-bd10-932e2b98b6ed" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:22:48.973" UserId="7751" Text="Hi, &#xD;&#xA;I have a server for my web sites ( windows 2003 standard ).&#xD;&#xA;I have about 20 web sites host on this. &#xD;&#xA;my most important problem is DNS server , I use windows DNS Server , but some of sites and in some times , have DNS probelm , can't be found , &#xD;&#xA;Also my monitoring service report DNS problem and the score that set for DNS was 0 from 10.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How Can I speed up my DNS server? (any soltion or other DNS server suggestion)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="48244" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27092" RevisionGUID="ba720b25-d7f1-4cad-bd10-932e2b98b6ed" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:22:48.973" UserId="7751" Text="DNS Server for windows server 2003" />
  <row Id="48245" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27092" RevisionGUID="ba720b25-d7f1-4cad-bd10-932e2b98b6ed" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:22:48.973" UserId="7751" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="48246" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27093" RevisionGUID="b6fada81-7725-47b3-97b8-3bccbe1bca24" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:22:53.497" UserId="7342" Text="The simple solution is to block all outgoing ports except the ones you want to allow. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, you can find a list of the ports likely to be used for common P2P applications and block those. Bittorrent tends to only allow a very limited amount of downloading if you are not also uploading, so you should also make sure that you don't accept any incoming connections. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might find it useful to set up some sort of IP accounting on your router based on the TCP port used, and then find out which port is the most heavily used. IPTraf is a useful tool for checking this. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should warn you that you'll never stop everything; people are ingenious and will find a way around any restriction you put in place. Most firewalls will stop the casual user though, which may be enough. " />
  <row Id="48247" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27094" RevisionGUID="6888d796-47ac-421f-8511-8a7ec7d964e3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:24:35.023" UserId="5799" Text="You can't block P2P **completely** -- unless you only allow the &quot;good&quot; TCP ports 80, 443, 22... And even that is usually enough for the computer-minded types who have VPNs and similar things." />
  <row Id="48249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27096" RevisionGUID="3bfc9db5-6d5f-436d-8248-47c230b27547" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:26:09.887" UserId="4694" Text="I educated over 120 users to turn off (or hibernate) their computers after work, especially over the weekend.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Set the power settings so their monitor goes into standby. " />
  <row Id="48250" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27097" RevisionGUID="1cd0b4a6-27bb-4942-88d9-0d6c3a3603e8" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:27:02.333" UserId="7083" Text="There are two very good reasons to partition besides FS type:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Prevent overspill from an application affecting the functionality of the system. If your app fills `/usr`, then it's useful to have some space left on `/var` to allow the system to continue and logs to be recorded.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; Jauder said above that this is negated by the size of hard disks today - I don't think this is strictly true. Our drives might be bigger but the data we're turning over is ever increasing. There's no need to get complacent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. Mount options. You can define more carefully what permissions each partition should adopt. For instance it's good practice not to allow files to be executed, especially suid's, from `/tmp` as it's a common attack vector for machines serving web applications. Unless you are running jails you shouldn't expect to see device nodes anywhere but `/dev`. And so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;eg.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    / noatime  &#xD;&#xA;    /tmp noatime,nodev,nosuid,noexec  &#xD;&#xA;    /var noatime,nodev,nosuid  &#xD;&#xA;    /usr noatime,nodev  &#xD;&#xA;    /home noatime,nodev,nosuid  &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48251" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27079" RevisionGUID="be183170-6c3f-400c-9700-34df9bf6f4e6" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:27:14.503" UserId="45" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for a open source mail server based on Linux to replace an existing Exchange mail server (Windows Server 2003) with several (5-10) large mailboxes (each with more than 2 Gbytes in size or more than 100.000 messages). Each of these large mailboxes is accessed via IMAP by several people. Also there are other, smaller, mailboxes (100-150) that are accessed via POP3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you know any open source mail server suitable for this task?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48252" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="27079" RevisionGUID="be183170-6c3f-400c-9700-34df9bf6f4e6" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:27:14.503" UserId="45" Comment="added 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="Open source mail server able to manage large mailboxes accessed via IMAP?" />
  <row Id="48253" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27098" RevisionGUID="a1b70bea-7890-47d8-99a5-aef04573c447" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:28:13.377" UserId="9794" Text="We're just moving our datacenter cross city in a couple of months. I started shortly after the server room had been agreed with the architect, but there are a few areas where I could change things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have about 100 servers moving along with our SAN (7 racks in all).&#xD;&#xA;We will be using cable trays above the racks to carry our CAT 6 cabling to our core switch. These will be structured cabling - patch panels in the server rack and core rack. We will be using two nics in each server. Our I/O (networking &amp; fiber) will be running on the right-hand side of the rack while power will be running on the left.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Power to the cabs runs under our raised floor while the networking runs over head - separating out power and networking. We use bought cabling for patch leads but we will be terminating the cat6 patch points ourselves.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We will be labeling all the cables at all ends (svr -&gt; patchpoint) (patchpoint -&gt; core), we use a standard labeler and secure it around the cable, rather than a 'tag' like one. It makes it easier to read. We don't currently use any software for tracking." />
  <row Id="48254" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26657" RevisionGUID="2045664f-ee0c-4c0a-9525-a60ce52ce1b6" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:32:25.957" UserId="282" Comment="Grammar." Text="I am in the process of trying to optimize the boot process of our 700 Windows XP workstations, we regularly have complaints about the start-up and login times on site workstations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking at this in two parts, part one using [BootVis][1] to monitor and inspect the boot process; part two using [Process Monitor][2] to monitor the login process. Using BootVis' &quot;Boot Done&quot; way point as the metric, I utilized a VMWare workstation virtual machine that has been used for about 18 months as a general purpose testing machine (thus fairly typical of on site machines). I used a snapshot to return the Virtual Machine to the initial state before each test.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the logs and report that BootVis created the most obvious delay was from [Sophos Anti-Virus][3] on access scanner, followed at some distance by mrxsmb. I tweaked with the policies for the machine (ensuring I forced Sophos to update twice each time) and came up with the following numbers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Scan All Files, On Read**: 260 seconds&#xD;&#xA; - **Scan All Files, On Write**: 160 seconds&#xD;&#xA; - **Scan Executables, On Read and On Write**: 111 seconds&#xD;&#xA; - **Scan Executables, On Read**: 99 seconds&#xD;&#xA; - **Scan Executables, On Write**: 95 seconds&#xD;&#xA; - **On-Access Scanning Disabled**: 102 seconds&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The above tends to suggest that Scanning All Files, On Read is by far the most expensive operation (and probably totally unnecessary). I can't quite comprehend why disabling on-access scanning actually slows down the boot sequence however fractionally fractionally. The final three results are pretty much the same, which means I must use other factors to influence my decision as to selecting Scan Executables, On Read or On Write.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***So what other considerations should I make when configuring On-Access scanning to improve the boot time?***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5034622.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.sophos.co.uk/" />
  <row Id="48255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27099" RevisionGUID="ab43a52e-c3cf-4e19-924e-c8bff96ad71b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:32:37.597" UserId="6244" Text="It's good practice to block common tracker ports like:&#xD;&#xA;6881-6889&#xD;&#xA;2710&#xD;&#xA;6969&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but this will not help against trackers binded on 80 port(i.e tpb.tracker.thepiratebay.org). So blocking all, but 80,443,22 would not help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ipp2p][1] is best solution i know. See Documentation/Usage section&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ipp2p.org/" />
  <row Id="48256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27100" RevisionGUID="3129d7d8-ff6f-4a41-8f3f-1808b0d25fe3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:34:58.510" UserId="8851" Text="Port based P2P blocking is hardly a 100% solution. What you might want to consider is called L7 filtering (Layer 7 filtering). Basically, linux has an implementation that does regex based matching on all packets to decide whats good and whats bad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://l7-filter.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This can help you block all sorts of stuff, including skype.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://l7-filter.sourceforge.net/protocols" />
  <row Id="48257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27101" RevisionGUID="ae56744c-b0be-49ea-b91b-80bf3bb46ac7" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:36:23.673" UserId="3543" Text="The only proper technical solution is to have all traffic going through a proxy that will decrypt SSL traffic on the fly and then apply layer 7 filtering on the passing traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Such products are pretty expensive as there is usually a big team of engineers behind them updating the rules needed to classify the packets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can help yourself somewhat with iptables modules sush as beforementioned ipp2p or l7-filter, but they will not catch encrypted traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In any case, technology is very rarely the solution for social problems, and misuse od corporate/public/whatever networks for p2p is a social problem. Try talking to your users, get your organization to create appropriate policies and enforce them with sanctions. This in my experience works much better than a constant technology arms race with your users." />
  <row Id="48258" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26483" RevisionGUID="4ca82ad4-080f-4903-a2a6-645b6f3faa79" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:37:21.907" UserId="9664" Comment="Fixed typo and clarified even more that I only want statistics" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know about any statistics or studies about how often computers have malfunctioning RAM?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm a developer, and am currently dealing with problems that could also be explained by defective RAM. How (un)likely is it that this is actually the problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Note:** Please **do not** suggest tools or other ways to fix the RAM. I'm really just interested in the statistics.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Carl" />
  <row Id="48259" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27102" RevisionGUID="92640bf7-d88c-455b-b623-da722fa3425a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:45:18.023" UserId="9794" Text="We use [keypass][1] It's quite a cool piece of software, you can organise passwords by catagory. However, I am unsure if you can have different levels of users to log on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://keepass.info/" />
  <row Id="48260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27103" RevisionGUID="0cd1eb39-1acb-4eed-b339-d347b70a7f6c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:45:29.457" UserId="8851" Text="I need to implement Linux-HA configuration in two servers. I've decided to use DRBD for block level replication on both hosts, mainly for MySQL data replication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I understand, in DRBD configuration there's always a primary server, others are slaves (which can have slave of their own).  Replication is only passed to from masters to slaves, not the other way around.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;So what happens, if I have MySQL processes performing writes on both servers at the same time, one of which is master, the other is slave?&lt;/strong&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The slave can perform writes, but no data is written?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Provided that this configuration will go in conjunction with Heartbeat, it would be Heartbeats' job to ensure that MySQL runs only on the master, but lets assume for the moment, that Heartbeat failed for some reason." />
  <row Id="48261" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27103" RevisionGUID="0cd1eb39-1acb-4eed-b339-d347b70a7f6c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:45:29.457" UserId="8851" Text="MySQL replication using DRBD, distributed lock manager?" />
  <row Id="48262" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27103" RevisionGUID="0cd1eb39-1acb-4eed-b339-d347b70a7f6c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:45:29.457" UserId="8851" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;drbd&gt;&lt;heartbeat&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="48263" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27099" RevisionGUID="04ac8b00-60be-4e61-9f09-ddc50d3bcd53" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:48:24.100" UserId="6244" Comment="BSDs' pf" Text="It's good practice to block common tracker ports like:&#xD;&#xA;6881-6889&#xD;&#xA;2710&#xD;&#xA;6969&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but this will not help against trackers binded on 80 port(i.e tpb.tracker.thepiratebay.org). So blocking all, but 80,443,22 would not help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ipp2p][1] is best solution i know. See Documentation/Usage section&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;About l7-filter. In bittorrent.pat comment says:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This pattern has been tested and is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; believed to work well. It will,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; however, not work on bittorrent&#xD;&#xA;&gt; streams that are encrypted, since it's&#xD;&#xA;&gt; impossible to match (well) encrypted&#xD;&#xA;&gt; data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In BSD systems pf can apply actions depending on number of states or connections per second, so you can tag bittotent-like traffic, 'cause it rapidly generates connections. Read iptables manual, may be it can do it too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ipp2p.org/" />
  <row Id="48264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27104" RevisionGUID="0539e73c-8a7e-49f2-b41b-dcf5ff761f0c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:50:12.257" UserId="8897" Text="If you need DRBD &quot;mainly&quot; for MySQL replication, maybe it is easier to use the replication features built into MySQL? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48265" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27105" RevisionGUID="1bd4f621-0f8c-49fd-95af-0466d6484078" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:50:34.113" UserId="9796" Text="Try using Microsoft Network Monitor (it's free) and applying rule - &quot;not UDP.Adress = &lt;Your mac here&gt;&quot;. You will see who's sending malformed frames." />
  <row Id="48266" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27106" RevisionGUID="4a7ab77c-0b3c-4c1a-b906-ea654cfe0050" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:50:47.123" UserId="7342" Text="A better solution for MySQL HA is to use circular MySQL replication. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2006/04/20/advanced-mysql-replication.html&quot;&gt;This article&lt;/a&gt; explains it further, but the basic premise is to make each server the slave of the other. You will need to set up some sort of load balancer in front. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One thing to worry about is that database connections may be long-lived and you will need to configure applications to reconnect if they die. " />
  <row Id="48267" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27107" RevisionGUID="f9779191-e128-4905-8e2f-04400d64c9ff" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:51:09.103" UserId="9404" Text="As far as I know, DRBD does partition level replication. The slave does not mount the partition so it cannot write to it. When there's a problem in the master, the slave will mount the partition and start working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So you can't have both servers writing over the same data." />
  <row Id="48268" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27108" RevisionGUID="a6d5ac81-d811-45b2-a223-657d3789c6a7" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:51:22.363" UserId="6292" Text="Use [x11vnc][1], It will attach to a running session and let you share the desktop. If you run it as root to connect to an xdm session, you will need to do some research into Xauth as it can be a bit fiddly to set up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another advantage of this server is that it supports alot of the advanced VNC features used by [UltraVNC][2] including large bitmap caching and file-transfer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.uvnc.com/" />
  <row Id="48269" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27109" RevisionGUID="91156a1e-afa3-49fd-88b8-0c3e52b2ffc9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:52:37.150" UserId="8315" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm using RHEL 5.0 with the kernel 2.6.8-18.el5. I want to mount my external hard disk drive with the NTFS file system. I cannot mount it because it doesn't support NTFS file system. Error msg: mount: unknown 'ntfs' file system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone tell me to mount this hard disk?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Regards,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sarith" />
  <row Id="48270" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27109" RevisionGUID="91156a1e-afa3-49fd-88b8-0c3e52b2ffc9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:52:37.150" UserId="8315" Text="Mount NTFS (read/write capability) filesystem on RHEL 5 (2.6.8-18.el5)" />
  <row Id="48271" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27109" RevisionGUID="91156a1e-afa3-49fd-88b8-0c3e52b2ffc9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:52:37.150" UserId="8315" Text="&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="48274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27111" RevisionGUID="baf801c4-f27c-4a36-9bd1-e8d950e08758" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:56:58.513" UserId="7342" Text="Do you have the NTFS utils package installed? I can't tell you the exact name of the package, but I'm sure someone will comment. Linux does support NTFS filesystems. You can check if your system will support it by running:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # modprobe ntfs&#xD;&#xA;    # grep ntfs /proc/filesystems&#xD;&#xA;    	ntfs&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;If you get no output, your kernel does not support NTFS. If it does, then you need to install the ntfs utils package." />
  <row Id="48275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27112" RevisionGUID="830abfc9-ec51-49ec-ac03-20c137588904" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:58:02.880" UserId="1358" Text="You need to use the [NTFS-3g][1] driver:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure if there's a RHEL package available for it in YUM. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ntfs-3g.org/" />
  <row Id="48276" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27109" RevisionGUID="48c0e32f-5be7-422b-9fd0-b91665c1d955" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:58:27.840" UserId="6793" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;" />
  <row Id="48277" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27113" RevisionGUID="582548dd-e571-43f6-8471-b7cda785184c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T08:59:06.950" UserId="8851" Text="You need to have NTFS-3G filesystem support if you want to write to your NTFS disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try searching for &quot;ntfs-3g&quot; in yum package manager and install fuse (file system in userspace implementation) and the ntfs-3g itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can then proceed to mount it with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;# mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/device /mnt/mountpoint&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="48278" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27114" RevisionGUID="edce4233-a2b8-4189-8b1c-849f109a41dc" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:04:39.590" UserId="1375" Text="&quot;Can't happen&quot;.  DRBD will ensure that only one server has the block device active at once.  If you get a &quot;split brain&quot;, where both DRBD hosts think the other is dead (so they're both active), they won't reconnect and you need to resolve the inconsistency by hand (usually discard the changes on one master or the other).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48279" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27115" RevisionGUID="32c5f2cd-220b-44a4-8691-a01ca01fc090" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:05:16.127" UserId="7083" Text="The commonly used configuration, and one that I've used myself in the past, is to have two nodes with some resources between them. These resources are a DRBD storage block device, a MySQL daemon and on IP address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The resources can only ever be &quot;up&quot; on on the primary node. Heartbeat takes care of selecting which node is primary and starting the resources in the correct order - tell DRBD to become primary, mount the BD, start MySQL and bring up the IP. They occur in that order to ensure data consistency. You can failover between the primary and secondary nodes manually at your choosing either by demoting the primary or promoting the secondary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whilst the primary is up the only actions that the secondary performs is to replicate DRBD data and participate in Heartbeat communications to say that it's alive. During it's time as a secondary, MySQL is never running and you are unable to use the storage block device. The resources can only be used on one machine at a time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This setup differs to MySQL's conventional &quot;lazy replication&quot; where a secondary machine runs MySQL and store it's own copy of data. Both have their pros and cons. In my experience, if HB is setup correctly and you have a good backup policy in addition, then the LinuxHA approach can provide much better high availability." />
  <row Id="48280" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27116" RevisionGUID="ba2b5a9a-dd8f-4833-9516-1edecd43828c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:07:04.703" UserId="9799" Text="x11vnc (http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/)" />
  <row Id="48281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27117" RevisionGUID="3dd54737-a1a1-42be-9d01-ed03cc263e48" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:07:11.927" UserId="3950" Text="RHEL5 does not come with either a native or a fuse ntfs driver. If you want to do this, you will have to install both fuse and ntfs3g from DAG (where I [know][1] they exist)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then do as Karolis T. says to mount the disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/fuse-ntfs-3g/" />
  <row Id="48282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27118" RevisionGUID="4e7604e2-bee6-410b-b733-0718e46c87b5" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:08:24.700" UserId="1435" Text="Do you have the option to use 'mirrored memory' in your system - that would tell you if you have memory problems or not - with that in place there's MUCH less chance that any errors are due to physical memory problems." />
  <row Id="48283" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27119" RevisionGUID="9b375e22-9237-45e0-95ae-7d92191d09af" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:08:39.817" UserId="2692" Text="We're running Apache 2.2.9 (Win32) with a few virtual hosts configured on the one server. Each has it's own ErrorLog and CustomLog settings which are in the format of &quot;logs/&lt;domain name&gt;-error.log&quot; and &quot;logs/&lt;domain name&gt;-access.log&quot;. Unfortunately these are now creating quite large files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On IIS you can specify the log schedule, which can put them in a daily format of &quot;yymmdd.log&quot;. Is there something similar I can do here? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It doesn't have to be daily either, weekly or monthly will do. I'd just like to break them up so that we can keep X amount instead of everything it's ever logged. A quick Google seems to bring up lots of Linux orientated answers involving log splitters, scripts and cron jobs which isn't too helpful for a Windows installation." />
  <row Id="48284" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27119" RevisionGUID="9b375e22-9237-45e0-95ae-7d92191d09af" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:08:39.817" UserId="2692" Text="How to have daily error and access logs on Apache (for Windows)?" />
  <row Id="48285" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27119" RevisionGUID="9b375e22-9237-45e0-95ae-7d92191d09af" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:08:39.817" UserId="2692" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;logging&gt;" />
  <row Id="48286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27120" RevisionGUID="ccccdbcf-1396-4d91-8bbd-58a871be6b86" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:10:10.843" UserId="45" Text="If you're not very experienced in how to run a DNS server and outsourcing is an option, you could let your domain or hosting provider do that for you. Normally their infrastructure is better and you don't have to care about that kind of problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Almost all service providers offer this as free (included) service and allow you to use a web interface for adding changing the DNS settings of your domains. " />
  <row Id="48287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27121" RevisionGUID="3f172343-d0cb-412f-abea-1351c57f6160" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:11:04.150" UserId="9797" Text="We're introducing wake-on-LAN for our Campus Grid (distributed computing system that runs on the student PC clusters on campus) so the machines only run overnight when there are computational jobs pending rather than being on 24/7&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This has nothing to do with being green and everything to do with saving money as far as I can tell :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're running an increasing number of VMs rather than buying new kit where computational requirements allow." />
  <row Id="48288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27122" RevisionGUID="94ac094e-e369-4951-87e0-85e63a2e0cb8" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:11:37.547" UserId="1815" Text="Yes, it is safe." />
  <row Id="48289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27123" RevisionGUID="609ffa9d-345f-408b-b285-2929b794f09f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:11:54.660" UserId="9503" Text="What you're looking for is the rotatelogs program that comes with apache&#xD;&#xA;[http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/programs/rotatelogs.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/programs/rotatelogs.html" />
  <row Id="48290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27124" RevisionGUID="8f382839-c93c-4bc8-8719-3642edfabf3b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:13:18.420" UserId="8851" Text="What you want is called log rotation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Google seems to list some revelant links about log rotation tools for windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This seems like an Apache specific solution, maybe it'll help you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.sprint.net.au/~terbut/usefulbox/apachelogrot.htm" />
  <row Id="48291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27125" RevisionGUID="11ec382c-37e1-439d-bb01-46a1174c570d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:16:05.260" UserId="7869" Text="Thanks to both responders - both gave some excellent advice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to point out some additional tools that we discovered on the way, whilst configuring our farm for Kerberos:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DelegConfig V2( beta!):&#xD;&#xA;=======================&#xD;&#xA; - By Brian Murphy-Booth **We could not have done it with out this**&#xD;&#xA;[Download from his Blog][1] You answer questions about the configuration you want and it provides where and why it will or wont work - even has testing facilities and if running under admin accounts can make the necessary changes for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Metabase Explorer&#xD;&#xA;=================&#xD;&#xA; - Many articles will tell you to use adsutil.vbs to set each site's NTAuthenticationProviders value. We found it much easier to use Metabase Explorer - especially as we had to set the value on virtual directories below the default site. It also reveals many many scary values in the metabase! **Use with CAUTION!**&#xD;&#xA;Part of the [IIS 6.0 Resource Kit Tools][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.iis.net/brian-murphy-booth/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/840671" />
  <row Id="48292" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27119" RevisionGUID="930becb5-6818-464d-a74b-ed1b041119b4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:18:32.793" UserId="2692" Comment="Improved formatting, [domain name] wasn't appearing properly" Text="We're running Apache 2.2.9 (Win32) with a few virtual hosts configured on the one server. Each has it's own ErrorLog and CustomLog settings which are in the format of &quot;logs/[domain name]-error.log&quot; and &quot;logs/[domain name]-access.log&quot;. Unfortunately these are now creating quite large files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On IIS you can specify the log schedule, which can put them in a daily format of &quot;yymmdd.log&quot;. Is there something similar I can do here? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It doesn't have to be daily either, weekly or monthly will do. I'd just like to break them up so that we can keep X amount instead of everything it's ever logged. A quick Google seems to bring up lots of Linux orientated answers involving log splitters, scripts and cron jobs which isn't too helpful for a Windows installation." />
  <row Id="48293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27126" RevisionGUID="5bc69604-d906-46ae-a2b8-42410536010a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:18:50.217" UserId="7869" Text="We needed to configure the iis server to use Kerberos Authentication &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;see this [question][1] for more details &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/24171/risks-involved-in-setting-up-kerberos-authentication-for-wss-reporting-services" />
  <row Id="48294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27127" RevisionGUID="540cef9d-0a0b-4d73-8e82-f128062ab377" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:19:40.387" UserDisplayName="Marcus" Text="Well there is Softwere that may be useful to your scenario, the StarWind iSCSI SAN: is software that converts your Windows Server into a great scalable SAN. &#xD;&#xA;This are some of his more interesting functions: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has no restriction on individual disk capacity, total number of hard disk installed, number of CPUs or CPU cores, Ethernet ports or the amount of RAM.Convert any 64-bit or 32-bit Windows server into a SAN. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unlimited connections and unlimited TB storage capacity. Supports Windows server clusters for high availability. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Virtualization environment support for VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, Virtual Iron. Supports advanced VMware features: VMotion, Storage VMotion, HA, DRS and VCB. Shared storage for any server application including SQL Server, Exchange, SharePoint.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I will recommend you to use first the free try and then you see how it goes. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.starwindsoftware.com" />
  <row Id="48295" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27109" RevisionGUID="54e52c98-087a-4f18-8c14-3e5cc0469b4b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:20:30.230" UserId="3950" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;rhel5&gt;" />
  <row Id="48296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27128" RevisionGUID="22b571c3-fc6c-43a6-b258-78b3bc991fe9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:22:41.347" UserId="9795" Text="I know, I know, I should switch to Postfix.  But in the meantime, how do I throttle outbound email (especially email to a single domain) in Sendmail?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48297" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27128" RevisionGUID="22b571c3-fc6c-43a6-b258-78b3bc991fe9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:22:41.347" UserId="9795" Text="How do I throttle outbound email with sendmail" />
  <row Id="48298" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27128" RevisionGUID="22b571c3-fc6c-43a6-b258-78b3bc991fe9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:22:41.347" UserId="9795" Text="&lt;sendmail&gt;&lt;spam&gt;" />
  <row Id="48299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27129" RevisionGUID="7c906012-ff37-4ab8-aa8e-f2672734c1f4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:23:37.213" UserId="6178" Text="I am a grand fan of of WHS's backup mechanism.  I have done a lot of looking and the closest thing that I have found is System Center Data Protection Manager.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/dataprotectionmanager/en/us/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It looks a little pricey, but it seems to be the ticket.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I would like is WHS Profesional.  Let me purchase CAL's to allow me to backup more than 10 machines.  I have a ton of small clients that would love that functionality, and just cannot(or very reluctant) afford the full blown System Center server setup and all the software/hardware costs that the system would require.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48300" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27130" RevisionGUID="4f783916-6780-45d7-a060-0e818c1d295d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:25:24.620" UserId="3914" Text="Hi all&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Platform**: SQL 2000 Enterprise with SP4, running on Windows 2003 Enterprise, 8 cores, 8GB RAM, and internal (!) storage. Databases are roughly 100GB in total.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Scenario**: The waitstats are heavily skewed to hardware:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    CXPACKET - 35.9%&#xD;&#xA;    WRITELOG - 18.4%&#xD;&#xA;    LCK_M_S - 13.2%&#xD;&#xA;    PAGEIOLATCH_SH - 10.9%&#xD;&#xA;    NETWORKIO - 10.4%&#xD;&#xA;    LATCH_EX - 5.6%&#xD;&#xA;    PAGEIOLATCH_EX - 2.6%&#xD;&#xA;    LCK_M_IX - 1.5%&#xD;&#xA;    LCK_M_IS - 1.2%&#xD;&#xA;    PAGELATCH_UP - 0.1%&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am ignoring the LATCH and LCK types for now, because we're moving to SAN shortly during a SQL 2005 upgrade, and the internal drives are heavily fragmented anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I'm concerned about the CXPACKET type. In some cases I've had 80% wait times relating to this. Does the parallel execution plan setting need to be reviewed? (it is set to 5 at the moment). Will moving to SAN fix this as well? Should I even worry in the first place?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance!" />
  <row Id="48301" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27130" RevisionGUID="4f783916-6780-45d7-a060-0e818c1d295d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:25:24.620" UserId="3914" Text="SQL 2000 - WAITSTATS: CXPACKET query" />
  <row Id="48302" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27130" RevisionGUID="4f783916-6780-45d7-a060-0e818c1d295d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:25:24.620" UserId="3914" Text="&lt;sqlserver2000&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="48303" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27131" RevisionGUID="33375e74-afe2-49c5-98d6-c2e7c19a59ef" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:28:42.520" UserId="9156" Text="I'm not exactly sure it's what you need, but this works for us: we keep in our SVN a gpg-encrypted text file with all the credentials, encrypted with a common key which we all share. The main advantages to this approach instead of keepassx or similar tools are : 1) one can put free-form information there and 2) gpg --decrypt can be sent to a pipe and used in a terminal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sure, this only works for a group of ~10 people, but with a bit of delegation can be scaled up a bit. Also, we actually have two keys and two encrypted files for different access levels, but this doesn't change much.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and we tend to stay away from handling passwords as much as possible (mainly with personal SSH keys)." />
  <row Id="48304" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27132" RevisionGUID="3f573f9a-a213-40db-b1b8-5e7f5def5e19" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:30:12.363" UserId="2711" Text="Docs here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/programs/rotatelogs.html&gt;" />
  <row Id="48305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27133" RevisionGUID="0fe05768-f64e-4d19-85f4-236fbb72d81a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:45:32.753" UserId="2467" Text="For example, say I have a full backup done using robocopy. Can I then use rsync to replicate just the changes? Or will rsync do another full copy? I don't want that to happen because it's over a slow WAN link." />
  <row Id="48306" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27133" RevisionGUID="0fe05768-f64e-4d19-85f4-236fbb72d81a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:45:32.753" UserId="2467" Text="Can rsync do incremental backups if the initial full was done with robocopy?" />
  <row Id="48307" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27133" RevisionGUID="0fe05768-f64e-4d19-85f4-236fbb72d81a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:45:32.753" UserId="2467" Text="&lt;rsync&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;incremental-backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="48308" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27134" RevisionGUID="00d44ea1-1c05-4364-a1f0-8ecb0efa40d4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:46:43.233" UserId="200" Text="I have servers hosted at a hosting provider and they also host the DNS records for my domain names. Now I want to add subdomains that are resolved by my own DNS service. So for example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - the hosting provider's name server knows the IP address for `econemon.com`&#xD;&#xA; - one of my servers knows the IP address for `ftp.econemon.com`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - unknown or undefined subdomains should be routed to the same IP as the parent domain&#xD;&#xA; - on failure of my DNS service, it would be great if the requests all go to the IP address that is associated with `econemon.com`, but I'm not sure how that should work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, I've read through the Wikipedia articles on DNS to dust off my knowledge, but the part that leaves me confused is: how does a client know which server to ask for the IP address for `ftp.econemon.com`? Does it get that information from the hoster? If so, do I have to register the subdomain there (and what would I need my name server for then)?" />
  <row Id="48309" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27134" RevisionGUID="00d44ea1-1c05-4364-a1f0-8ecb0efa40d4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:46:43.233" UserId="200" Text="How exactly should I set up DNS?" />
  <row Id="48310" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27134" RevisionGUID="00d44ea1-1c05-4364-a1f0-8ecb0efa40d4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:46:43.233" UserId="200" Text="&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="48311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27135" RevisionGUID="f66c4005-a8f4-414d-bc8f-1918fd0ac4bf" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:48:01.610" UserId="9156" Text="A bunch of answers not entirely to the point, but maybe some of this fits somehow your working patterns:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have a :%!sed -e 'whatever' that does what you need and put it in a comment somewhere in the file so you can paste it (I used to keep a :%!sort -u in a bind file for this kind of things).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's the same server all the time, have a (bash|perl|awk|sed) script somewhere on it that can be called similarly from within vim.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The :make command is also useful if you can put a makefile there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep all the data in SQL and generate the files from there, while you edit certain tables or views (I'm only half joking).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use the cut(1) and paste(1) commands (from within vim or from an auxiliary shell script) to emulate SQL views.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No vertical folds in vim are possible as far as I know, but block-select (with ctrl-V) is often useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Macros!" />
  <row Id="48312" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26647" RevisionGUID="970da5d2-e6ed-437d-9a7a-962674c024f1" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:49:27.690" UserId="3214" Comment="added 911 characters in body" Text="I have installed SQL Server 2008 ReportServer on dozens of servers, all virtually identical. It was always possible to configure it to use a domain account (the same one on all those servers). However, on MYSERVERNAME I get the following error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot start service ReportServer on computer 'MYSERVERNAME'. ---&gt; System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: Access is denied&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      --- End of inner exception stack trace ---&#xD;&#xA;       at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.Start(String[] args)&#xD;&#xA;       at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.Start()&#xD;&#xA;       at ReportServicesConfigUI.Panels.WindowsServiceIdentityPanel.StartWindowsServicePostChangeWindowsServiceIdentity(ServiceController rsService)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This also happened after removing and re-installing ReportServer. The error goes away when I add the domain account to the administrators groups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From event viewer at same time:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Event Type:	Failure Audit&#xD;&#xA;    Event Source:	Security&#xD;&#xA;    Event Category:	Logon/Logoff &#xD;&#xA;    Event ID:	537&#xD;&#xA;    Date:		[current]&#xD;&#xA;    Time:		[current]&#xD;&#xA;    User:		NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM&#xD;&#xA;    Computer:	MYSERVERNAME&#xD;&#xA;    Description:&#xD;&#xA;    Logon Failure:&#xD;&#xA;     	Reason:		An error occurred during logon&#xD;&#xA;     	User Name:	&#xD;&#xA;     	Domain:		&#xD;&#xA;     	Logon Type:	3&#xD;&#xA;     	Logon Process:	Authz   &#xD;&#xA;     	Authentication Package:	Kerberos&#xD;&#xA;     	Workstation Name:	MYSERVERNAME&#xD;&#xA;     	Status code:	0xC000018B&#xD;&#xA;     	Substatus code:	0x0&#xD;&#xA;     	Caller User Name:	MYSERVERNAME$&#xD;&#xA;     	Caller Domain:	MYDOMAIN&#xD;&#xA;     	Caller Logon ID:	(0x0,0x3E7)&#xD;&#xA;     	Caller Process ID:	824&#xD;&#xA;     	Transited Services:	-&#xD;&#xA;     	Source Network Address:	-&#xD;&#xA;     	Source Port:	-&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27136" RevisionGUID="57e7331d-a93b-46e2-a96a-405027bfc9e2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:57:05.117" UserId="9802" Text="Is that possible to organize nightly builds at Ubuntu Server using MSVC++ compiler?&#xD;&#xA;I mean is it possible to install Visual Studio 2008 and run msbuild.exe in Wine by scheduler to compile C++ solutions?&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="48316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27137" RevisionGUID="d968e576-a502-49bd-af2e-d45535c515b2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:57:56.083" UserId="2467" Text="I need to backup many sites over slow, high latency satellite links. We are talking pings of 650ms to each site. I can get a dump of the initial data by sending out USB disk to site and restoring it at central office. From then on I intend to use rsync or DFS-R for byte-level incremental copies across the link. All the machines are Windows 2003 SP2 R2. I have read that rsync can hang on large files and is still a bit flakey for Windows?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively should I use DFS-R which also does byte-level copies? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried DFS-R in the past and was not impressed by the lack of logging, it was very hard to find out what was actually going on. That's why I'm interested in rsync. Has anyone any real world experience of both methods?" />
  <row Id="48317" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27137" RevisionGUID="d968e576-a502-49bd-af2e-d45535c515b2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:57:56.083" UserId="2467" Text="Rsync or DFS-R for remote backup over slow links of Windows 2003 R2 SP2?" />
  <row Id="48318" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27137" RevisionGUID="d968e576-a502-49bd-af2e-d45535c515b2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T09:57:56.083" UserId="2467" Text="&lt;dfs-r&gt;&lt;rsync&gt;&lt;incremental-backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="48319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27138" RevisionGUID="afc37177-a631-4957-a840-d613a01cca73" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:05:10.577" UserId="9503" Text="You need to add a NS entry for ftp.econemon.com pointing to your own DNS server.&#xD;&#xA;When a client will want to resolve something.ftp.econemon.com it wil ask your provider DNS, that will answer that it can be resolved on your own server.&#xD;&#xA;an example would be : &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ftp.econemon.com. IN NS myownns.econemon.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;myownns.econemon.com. IN A YOUR_DNS_SERVER_IP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To have anything befor .econemon.com. to work you can use a wildcard record (*)" />
  <row Id="48320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27139" RevisionGUID="41a4967a-797a-4049-9b95-9c8804574561" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:05:56.813" UserDisplayName="Marcus" Text="Well, in the company StarWind Software you will find what you looking for.&#xD;&#xA;Is an iSCSI SAN company software that converts any Windows Server into a reliable, powerful and scalable SAN &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And is designed for use with solutions such as VMware ESX and VMware ESXi, Citrix XenServer, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 and Microsoft Windows Server clusters for databases applications such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SharePoint Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can also work as an emulator of remote CD/DVD burner as well as share other types of devices (scanners, plotters, tape drives and so on) over iSCSI using SPTI protocol.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;www.starwindsoftware.com&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27140" RevisionGUID="46cdb7b9-733e-44cd-a179-2a12bb721202" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:08:22.880" UserId="9803" Text="How can I set the priority of DHCP servers to get a lease from in windows (XP)?" />
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  <row Id="48325" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27141" RevisionGUID="3b3afb55-d4da-43d6-9434-508dc72e96cb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:08:30.430" UserId="8188" Text="file system rights in shared web hosting environment" />
  <row Id="48326" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27141" RevisionGUID="3b3afb55-d4da-43d6-9434-508dc72e96cb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:08:30.430" UserId="8188" Text="&lt;web-hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="48327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27142" RevisionGUID="63ee6904-883c-4c97-a730-8a8d969c51ad" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:10:18.677" UserId="5308" Text="If you want to delegate authority for a section of your domain you are going to need to add another level to the hierarchy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When a recursive DNS server asks for the address for ftp.econemon.com it is going to go through a number of steps.  First it is going to ask the root servers for the name servers for the .com domain (this step will likely be cached and only done infrequently).  It will then ask the .com servers for the name servers for the econemon.com domain.  Finally it will ask the servers for the address record for ftp.econemon.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In theory you could simply add ftp.econemon.com as an NS entry in the parent zone&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;e.g:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;services     NS    ns1.econemon.com.&#xD;&#xA;ns1          A     192.0.2.1&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then create ftp.econemon.com as a zone in your name server.  But if you do it this way you will have to create a new zone per server.  What you probably want to do is ask your provider to add a delegated subdomain. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;e.g.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;services     NS    ns1.services.econemon.com.&#xD;&#xA;services     NS    ns2.services.econemon.com.&#xD;&#xA;ns1.services A     192.0.2.1&#xD;&#xA;ns2.services A     192.0.2.2&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can then add services.econemon.com as a zone on your name servers and simply add new entries as you need them in this single zone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you really need the short names too it shouldn't be too much trouble to get CNAME records added such that ftp.econemon.com has a canonical name of ftp.services.econemon.com which leaves you able to change the IP address whenever you want to and allows users to use a short name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;ftp.econemon.com.    CNAME    ftp.services.econemon.com.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="48328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27143" RevisionGUID="9cbf74fb-ee18-4e2a-b2d4-73d0e38e1aa4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:17:45.713" UserId="4076" Text="If the file and folder structure is the same on both sides it will be an incremental copy. I would do a dry run with rysnc to test first though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rsync --dry-run [insert rest of command here]" />
  <row Id="48329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27144" RevisionGUID="a6b6d83c-04db-4549-8f03-b6334c663796" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:18:55.353" UserId="6292" Text="Short answer: yes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Long answer: The file access times may differ but if you use `rsync -ci` that will force it to compute a checksum for the source and destination file. The -i option will give you verbose output for what changes in each file. Run it with -n to start out with and it will just tell you what it will do without transferring anything. You will need rsync to be installed on both ends of the transaction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out the [man page][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.samba.org/ftp/rsync/rsync.html" />
  <row Id="48330" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27145" RevisionGUID="dcddd898-71ee-4275-a796-f5c39f0d9c22" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:23:37.857" UserId="7709" Text="Just today I've been handed an SBS 2008 server to do some maintenance on. I've never used SBS 2008 before today, so this is a real noob question:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to create a user account without creating an associated exchange mailbox? I've been asked to create a new user, but not give them an email address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess I could just disable their email account in Exchange, but is there a nicer method?" />
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  <row Id="48333" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26657" RevisionGUID="df5f5cc1-e90e-4803-9a38-6f9ef99cd1ae" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:27:26.490" UserId="282" Comment="Formatting" Text="I am in the process of trying to optimize the boot process of our 700 Windows XP workstations, we regularly have complaints about the start-up and login times on site workstations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking at this in two parts, part one using [BootVis][1] to monitor and inspect the boot process; part two using [Process Monitor][2] to monitor the login process. Using BootVis' &quot;Boot Done&quot; way point as the metric, I utilized a VMWare workstation virtual machine that has been used for about 18 months as a general purpose testing machine (thus fairly typical of on site machines). I used a snapshot to return the Virtual Machine to the initial state before each test.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the logs and report that BootVis created the most obvious delay was from [Sophos Anti-Virus][3] on access scanner, followed at some distance by mrxsmb. I tweaked with the policies for the machine (ensuring I forced Sophos to update twice each time) and came up with the following numbers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Scan All Files, On Read**: 260 seconds&#xD;&#xA; - **Scan All Files, On Write**: 160 seconds&#xD;&#xA; - **Scan Executables, On Read and On Write**: 111 seconds&#xD;&#xA; - **Scan Executables, On Read**: 99 seconds&#xD;&#xA; - **Scan Executables, On Write**: 95 seconds&#xD;&#xA; - **On-Access Scanning Disabled**: 102 seconds&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The above tends to suggest that Scanning All Files, On Read is by far the most expensive operation (and probably totally unnecessary). I can't quite comprehend why disabling on-access scanning actually slows down the boot sequence however fractionally fractionally. The final three results are pretty much the same, which means I must use other factors to influence my decision as to selecting Scan Executables, On Read or On Write.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did some more tests, on the same virtual machine (at a different time of day, so they can not be compared directly with the above results:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Sophos Not Installed**: 67.4 seconds (average over 5 tests)&#xD;&#xA; - **Scan Executables, On Read**: 84.5 seconds (average over 5 tests)&#xD;&#xA; - **Scan Executables, On Write**: 85 seconds (average over 5 tests)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The averaging causes the values for On Read and On Write to converge further, it is interesting to see that using Sophos scan Executable Files only adds a 21% performance overhead over Sophos not being installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***So what other considerations should I make when configuring On-Access scanning to improve the boot time?***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5034622.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.sophos.co.uk/" />
  <row Id="48334" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27146" RevisionGUID="781e6962-150b-45d7-8146-c74d735e49af" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:29:42.820" UserId="9332" Text="Try an `ipconfig /all` how many network interfaces do you see?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you running any type of load balancing/clustering applications?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anything special about your NIC? Multi-port, etc?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you tried a driver update for your NIC?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can your hosting company give you the port security log? Looking at the MAC addresses that it's trying to use may give you a hint. You can [look up the vendor id here.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.coffer.com/mac_find/" />
  <row Id="48335" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27142" RevisionGUID="ee29aaa6-18d2-4b01-9854-07ad63160409" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:30:31.383" UserId="5308" Comment="added 50 characters in body" Text="If you want to delegate authority for a section of your domain you are going to need to add another level to the hierarchy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When a recursive DNS server asks for the address for ftp.econemon.com it is going to go through a number of steps.  First it is going to ask one of the root servers which will reply with the name servers for the .com domain (this step will likely be cached and only done infrequently).  It will then ask the .com servers and they will respond with the name servers for the econemon.com domain.  Finally it will ask these servers for the address record for ftp.econemon.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In theory you could simply add ftp.econemon.com as an NS entry in the parent zone&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;e.g:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;services     NS    ns1.econemon.com.&#xD;&#xA;ns1          A     192.0.2.1&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then create ftp.econemon.com as a zone in your name server.  But if you do it this way you will have to create a new zone per server.  What you probably want to do is ask your provider to add a delegated subdomain. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;e.g.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;services     NS    ns1.services.econemon.com.&#xD;&#xA;services     NS    ns2.services.econemon.com.&#xD;&#xA;ns1.services A     192.0.2.1&#xD;&#xA;ns2.services A     192.0.2.2&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can then add services.econemon.com as a zone on your name servers and simply add new entries as you need them in this single zone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you really need the short names too it shouldn't be too much trouble to get CNAME records added such that ftp.econemon.com has a canonical name of ftp.services.econemon.com which leaves you able to change the IP address whenever you want to and allows users to use a short name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;ftp.econemon.com.    CNAME    ftp.services.econemon.com.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="48336" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27147" RevisionGUID="1c6c10b1-e0d8-4fdb-ae9c-a4862f05eaa1" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:30:31.697" UserId="5091" Text="When you create a new user account in the third step the assistant would ask you if you want to create an email account for the user, you simply have to uncheck the option and no mailbox will be created" />
  <row Id="48337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27148" RevisionGUID="f43b6f6e-1b8a-4efe-a789-549926eb8b29" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:33:20.737" UserId="22" Text=" - Does someone have first hand experience with creating a UNIX-based Virtual Private Network?&#xD;&#xA; - What are the best VPN clients / tools available for accomplishing this?&#xD;&#xA; - Are there any common pitfalls that I should avoid?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my particular case, my primary interest goes out to Debian-compatible solutions. My main goal is to get it working simply because I have not done it before but I can see some possible benefits in cases where I'd rather not use a SSH connection." />
  <row Id="48338" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27148" RevisionGUID="f43b6f6e-1b8a-4efe-a789-549926eb8b29" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:33:20.737" UserId="22" Text="Creating a UNIX-based VPN: pointers, guidelines and pitfalls?" />
  <row Id="48339" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27148" RevisionGUID="f43b6f6e-1b8a-4efe-a789-549926eb8b29" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:33:20.737" UserId="22" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;debian&gt;" />
  <row Id="48340" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27146" RevisionGUID="f5ed12d0-28b2-48a2-8e58-24f5801c7c7e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:34:56.973" UserId="9332" Comment="added 97 characters in body" Text="Try an `ipconfig /all` how many network interfaces do you see?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you running any type of load balancing/clustering applications?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anything special about your NIC? Multi-port, etc?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you tried a driver update for your NIC?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can your hosting company give you the port security log? Looking at the MAC addresses that it's trying to use may give you a hint. You can [look up the vendor id here.][1] (considering that 20-20-20 is not registered to anyone, something is going on ...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/oui.txt" />
  <row Id="48341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27149" RevisionGUID="72bfb2d8-031c-496f-87ac-ca20268f6dc8" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:35:10.140" UserId="9637" Text="CXPACKET is also related to I/O so moving to SAN should at least atenuate the problem." />
  <row Id="48342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27150" RevisionGUID="b594294b-8f0d-4f1a-b8c6-ebb4d9261b46" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:35:49.813" UserId="2413" Text="in linux you have two major options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - ipsec compatible vpn - use [freeswan][1]/[openswan][2]/[strongswan][3]. as i remember was quite chellenging to set up...&#xD;&#xA; - not-standarized [ but really good ] sslvpn - [openvpn][4]. very easy to set up. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2nd one is really great, i use it in production for couple of years. it's available in debian as standard package. it performs quite well for capacities of tens of megabits [ hundreds as well, but i dont have such fast internet connection between offices available ]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freeswan.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.openswan.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.strongswan.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://openvpn.net/" />
  <row Id="48343" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27151" RevisionGUID="5af75721-0d1e-4fef-a921-3e88fbeebbd3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:36:44.617" UserId="5308" Text="One very flexible and well documented solution is OpenVPN (http://openvpn.net/)  This is available as a package from the standard repository in Ubuntu and should be in Debian too." />
  <row Id="48344" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27152" RevisionGUID="0a43013c-0652-4a14-9bd7-b5029832f836" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:42:53.137" UserId="7342" Text="Theoretically, it should be possible. However, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&amp;iId=892&quot;&gt;Wine AppDB&lt;/a&gt; suggests that your luck may not be good. The best thing to do is to install it and try. " />
  <row Id="48345" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27153" RevisionGUID="f57f01b0-a819-4ac3-bd57-571509192bf7" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:43:58.407" UserId="6965" Text="As far as I know, a DHCP client just broadcasts a DHCP request and accepts the first valid offer that comes back; there's no client-side mechanism for selecting which offer is &quot;best&quot;.  There's apparently a &lt;a href=&quot;http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-dhc-sso-00&quot;&gt;draft DHCP option&lt;/a&gt; for setting server priority, but the draft RFC dates from 1997 and I can't find it actually implemented anywhere.  Depending on what you're trying to do, you could split your DHCP scope among multiple servers; is this for availability/redundancy, or something else?" />
  <row Id="48346" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27150" RevisionGUID="6fc7d838-2c23-4fd7-93e3-50779a3f2dc5" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:46:19.230" UserId="2413" Comment="added 615 characters in body; added 486 characters in body; added 209 characters in body" Text="in linux you have two major options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - ipsec compatible vpn - use [freeswan][1]/[openswan][2]/[strongswan][3]. as i remember was quite chellenging to set up...&#xD;&#xA; - not-standarized [ but really good ] sslvpn - [openvpn][4]. very easy to set up. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2nd one is really great, i use it in production for couple of years. it's available in debian as standard package. it performs quite well for capacities of tens of megabits [ hundreds as well, but i dont have such fast internet connection between offices available ]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;tips for openvpn:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - to be more secure do not use ['shared secret'][5] type of keys, create [cert authority and use keys signed by it instead][6]. &#xD;&#xA; - if possible use tun mode instead of tap [ route traffic via vpn instead of bridging two ethernet segments over it ]&#xD;&#xA; - if you go for cert authority solution - keep in mind that keys expire. set couple reminders for yourself to re-generate keys.&#xD;&#xA; - to be on the safe side use software watchdog built in opensvn [ ping-restart option ] + put additoinal simple bash script that cyclically checks if openvpn process is running. it died for me ~2 times in last 3 years.&#xD;&#xA; - use tunneling over udp whenever you can [instead of tcp]. i had problem with vpn from office behind nat [ where linux box was behind cheap dlink router i could not control ] where vpn packets after some time ware blocked - in that case i was forced to use tcp.&#xD;&#xA; - enjoy openvpn from behind firewalls / nats.. as long as one side has public ip and can be reached over tcp or udp on one port - you can establish vpn to it, the other node does not need to have public ip!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freeswan.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.openswan.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.strongswan.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://openvpn.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/miscellaneous/78-static-key-mini-howto.html&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/miscellaneous/77-rsa-key-management.html" />
  <row Id="48347" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27154" RevisionGUID="83158344-cc9f-445e-96d4-e43dbed4c38d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:46:52.473" UserId="9052" Text="The most common practice would be that each user in the shared web hosting environment would have their own UID (username) &amp; GID (group) separate from that of the one the Apache web server runs at. You can use suexec to keep CGIs running as the same permissions as the user and not as the web server user/group. PHP will do this already for you by running as the user and not allowing the code to access something it doesn't have permissions to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem will be in precenting members from being able to read files. As the permissions have to be open enough that the Apace server can read them to be able to serve them. I would recommend if each user has their own UID/GID then 0664 for files and 0775 for directories. That gives 'others' read access only." />
  <row Id="48348" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27155" RevisionGUID="e81be112-ae32-4e4b-b0ec-93d575d1884b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:47:28.527" UserId="48" Text="Yes, you can setup a user without an email, but you will need to do so by going into active directory users and computers and running the add user wizard in here. The SBS add user Wizard always creates an Exchange mailbox, where as the ADUC wizard allows you to uncheck the box to create an Exchange mailbox." />
  <row Id="48349" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27156" RevisionGUID="a69ed8c5-ec4f-46d6-92ef-979edc249735" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:49:05.450" UserId="7083" Text="True IPsec is nothing but a headache. The protocol stumbles across different network topologies. The clients are universally lacking no matter what the OS. Unless you require hardware endpoints that will only do IPsec, then avoid it at all costs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OpenVPN is however straightforward to setup, rock solid in use and has very intuitive clients for Linux, Windows and Mac.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Consider how you are going to manage new users and revoke old ones. This will depend on how many users you are anticipating to support. Personally we use x509 certificates placed upon two-factor tokens, which scales very well, but does require some way to manage PKI if you grow." />
  <row Id="48350" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27150" RevisionGUID="2c0e0e79-a5f2-4115-8df5-4858de2732e6" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:53:32.040" UserId="2413" Comment="edited body; edited body" Text="in linux you have two major options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - ipsec compatible vpn - use [freeswan][1]/[openswan][2]/[strongswan][3]. as i remember was quite chellenging to set up...&#xD;&#xA; - not-standarized [ but really good ] sslvpn - [openvpn][4]. very easy to set up. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2nd one is really great, i use it in production for couple of years. it's available in debian as standard package. it performs quite well for capacities of tens of megabits [ hundreds as well, but i dont have such fast internet connection between offices available ]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;tips for openvpn:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - to be more secure do not use ['shared secret'][5] type of keys, create [cert authority and use keys signed by it][6] instead. &#xD;&#xA; - if possible use tun mode instead of tap [ route traffic via vpn instead of bridging two ethernet segments over it ]&#xD;&#xA; - if you go for cert authority solution - keep in mind that keys expire. set couple reminders for yourself to re-generate keys.&#xD;&#xA; - to be on the safe side use software watchdog built in opensvn [ ping-restart option ] + put additoinal simple bash script that cyclically checks if openvpn process is running. it died for me ~2 times in last 3 years.&#xD;&#xA; - use tunneling over udp whenever you can [instead of tcp]. i had problem with vpn from office behind nat [ where linux box was behind cheap dlink router i could not control ] where udp packets after some time ware blocked - in that case i was forced to use tcp.&#xD;&#xA; - enjoy openvpn from behind firewalls / nats.. as long as one side has public ip and can be reached over tcp or udp on one port - you can establish vpn to it, the other node does not need to have public ip!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freeswan.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.openswan.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.strongswan.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://openvpn.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/miscellaneous/78-static-key-mini-howto.html&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/miscellaneous/77-rsa-key-management.html" />
  <row Id="48351" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27157" RevisionGUID="09b02ee8-660a-45f0-8e36-969a268a7f03" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:55:24.750" UserId="9809" Text="I have never seen anyone successfully building projects with MSVC++ under Wine. However, the only thing I can find is a bug concerning building .NET projects using msbuild.exe under Wine (bug is &lt;a href=&quot;http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10467&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;How about running a VirtualBox with e.g. Windows XP, and using shared folders and some clever hacks (to start the compilation)?" />
  <row Id="48352" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27158" RevisionGUID="381b11b2-b112-4583-90e0-d057e4b2b14b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:56:57.647" UserId="2299" Text="Questions about controlling and/or logging web access seem to crop up quite frequently, and SQUID always gets mentioned. I use SQUID on Windows at many offices, but it's not the easiest app to configure. Over the years I've come up with a simplified config and I've just put this on http://www.ratsauce.co.uk/notablog/squid27setup.asp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If anyone has the spare time maybe they'd like to take a look and see if this is a useful way to make life easier for the stressed sysadmin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48353" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27158" RevisionGUID="381b11b2-b112-4583-90e0-d057e4b2b14b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:56:57.647" UserId="2299" Text="Is this a good way to install SQUID on Windows?" />
  <row Id="48354" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27158" RevisionGUID="381b11b2-b112-4583-90e0-d057e4b2b14b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T10:56:57.647" UserId="2299" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;squid&gt;" />
  <row Id="48355" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27159" RevisionGUID="264c17aa-fd15-4bd8-8f88-7c39364ef16e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:00:02.587" UserId="2299" Text="I have used rsync extensively and I find it very good. I too have tried the file replication bits of DFS and it's a bugger to troubleshoot if something goes wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See http://www.ratsauce.co.uk/notablog/UsingRsync.asp for my notes on the subject.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27160" RevisionGUID="e785eeb3-fd2c-4fd9-880c-383849717cc8" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:01:41.960" UserId="4271" Text="We have a client who needs to set up 2 Class C (/24) address ranges in Ubuntu.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have done this many times in RedHat based systems by using the IPADDR\_START and IPADDR\_END options in the ifcfg file such as this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    IPADDR_START=192.168.0.1&#xD;&#xA;    IPADDR_END=192.168.0.254&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However this does not appear to be an option in Ubuntu. You have to set them up individually such like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    auto eth0:x&#xD;&#xA;    iface eth0:x inet static&#xD;&#xA;    address [IP ADDRESS]&#xD;&#xA;    netmask 255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which is fine to shell script the creation of this file. But, I understand 'x' can only go up to 256 which would only allow one class C.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know how we can add multiple class C ips to a single nic?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48357" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27160" RevisionGUID="e785eeb3-fd2c-4fd9-880c-383849717cc8" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:01:41.960" UserId="4271" Text="How To Add Multiple Class C IP Ranges in Ubuntu" />
  <row Id="48358" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27160" RevisionGUID="e785eeb3-fd2c-4fd9-880c-383849717cc8" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:01:41.960" UserId="4271" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;ubuntu-server&gt;&lt;ip&gt;&lt;cidr&gt;&lt;eth0&gt;" />
  <row Id="48359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27161" RevisionGUID="49b9fe34-75f1-4328-b4f7-7af5aff2d48d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:06:31.123" UserId="2277" Text="I've been asked to create some custom forms in Outlook - does anybody know of a plugin or add on for either Blackberry devices or the BES that will enable the forms to be viewed on Blackberry devices?" />
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  <row Id="48361" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27161" RevisionGUID="49b9fe34-75f1-4328-b4f7-7af5aff2d48d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:06:31.123" UserId="2277" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;blackberry&gt;&lt;bes&gt;" />
  <row Id="48362" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22058" RevisionGUID="7da4547b-69fc-4654-a490-4a231b71be3c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:09:11.197" UserId="4271" Comment="remove typo" Text="We currently used PowerDNS to host many zones using a MySQL server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PowerDNS has been great to us. Some pros/cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Uses MySQL backend - other DB backends are available&#xD;&#xA; - Updates to DB are published instantaneously&#xD;&#xA; - Very friendly to MySQL Replication. We run two servers with replication and updates published instantaneously to both DBs (and dns queries are instant on both)&#xD;&#xA; - SQL Scheme is very easy to use and manipulate. They provide a front-end which is hard to use for larger zones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Upgrading major versions not very fun&#xD;&#xA; - Lack of quality frontend means that you need to have a frontend to do the work. This is a good/bad thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27162" RevisionGUID="4fa09171-df8a-4465-aab9-e82dd426f695" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:09:42.443" UserId="2711" Text="You can't. First come best dressed." />
  <row Id="48365" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27164" RevisionGUID="82335a15-58cb-42aa-abe9-24e9ad7efe85" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:10:15.093" UserId="9532" Text="You may want to look into untangle.com they make a software appliance that includes software that does various web filtering that might be a replacement option for setting up squid. I do not believe their appliance does caching though. They primarily target unix as the target operating system but they do have one for Windows (http://www.untangle.com/Re-router-Technology) that you may want to consider." />
  <row Id="48366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27165" RevisionGUID="930305b7-5662-43b3-8986-90560e353475" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:12:47.880" UserId="7808" Text="[FreeBSD jails][1] are an option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeBSD_jail" />
  <row Id="48367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27166" RevisionGUID="95dfd3c1-0b37-40a8-b0ef-bb7693264032" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:13:32.530" Text="Most persistent read error are due to the ECC code not matching the data, this can be triggered by a powerloss while writing. The detailed IO error name should be something like ECC uncorrectable error. Otherwise ignore the rest of this post. There is nothing that can be done about the data on this sector. However the mismatch between filesystem block and hardware disk drive blocks is probably keeping you from reading the perfectly good surrounding sectors. When the filesystem tries to read several sectors including the bad one , it gets an IO error and is not smart enough to see that only a small part of the read request failed. One way to solve this issue is to overwrite just that hard sector with zeros. This can be done with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/yourvolume seek=the_sector_number count=1&#xD;&#xA;(with the approriate hard block size if your device has larger than 512byte blocks bs=XXX ).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To make sure you have the right sector number, first try to read just the failing sector with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dd if=/dev/yourvolume of=somefile skip=the_sector_number count=1 bs=your_block_size_if_not_512&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This way you should able to read the surrounding sector and pinpoint the corrupted block.&#xD;&#xA;Obviously, this is a very dangerous operation and getting one of the dd parameters wrong could lead to more data loss.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="48368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27167" RevisionGUID="73e84be0-3d52-4011-88fb-01057f858a42" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:15:54.613" UserId="9812" Text="I am helping someone out with a javascript-based web app (even though I know next to nothing about web development) and we are unsure about the best way to implement a feature we'd like to have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, the user will be using our tool to view all kinds of boring data in tables, columns, etc. via javascript. We want to implement a feature where the user can click a button or link that then allows the user to download the displayed data in a .doc file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our basic idea so far is something like: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - call a Java function on the server with the desired data passed in as a String when the link is clicked&#xD;&#xA; - generate the .doc file on the server&#xD;&#xA; - automatically &quot;open&quot; a link to the file in the client's browser to initiate the download&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this possible? If so, is it feasible? Or, can you recommend a better solution?" />
  <row Id="48369" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27167" RevisionGUID="73e84be0-3d52-4011-88fb-01057f858a42" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:15:54.613" UserId="9812" Text="Clientside Javascript --&gt; Serverside Java --&gt; user is served a .doc" />
  <row Id="48370" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27167" RevisionGUID="73e84be0-3d52-4011-88fb-01057f858a42" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:15:54.613" UserId="9812" Text="&lt;java&gt;&lt;javascript&gt;&lt;web-apps&gt;" />
  <row Id="48371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27168" RevisionGUID="e8f80f24-204a-4268-9da7-4fdce627504f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:16:37.233" UserId="8851" Text="I'm currently trying to simulate the environment via XEN. I have installed two debian systems with such FS layout:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;cltest1:/etc# df -h&#xD;&#xA;Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on&#xD;&#xA;/dev/xvda2            6.0G  417M  5.2G   8% /&#xD;&#xA;tmpfs                 257M     0  257M   0% /lib/init/rw&#xD;&#xA;udev                   10M   16K   10M   1% /dev&#xD;&#xA;tmpfs                 257M  4.0K  257M   1% /dev/shm&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Host cltest2 is identical.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's my drbd.conf&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;global {&#xD;&#xA;  minor-count 1;&#xD;&#xA;}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;resource mysql {&#xD;&#xA;  protocol C;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  syncer {&#xD;&#xA;    rate 10M; # 10 Megabytes&#xD;&#xA;  }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  on cltest1 {&#xD;&#xA;    device    /dev/drbd0;&#xD;&#xA;    disk      /dev/xvda2;&#xD;&#xA;    address   192.168.1.186:7789;&#xD;&#xA;    meta-disk internal;&#xD;&#xA;  }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  on cltest2 {&#xD;&#xA;    device    /dev/drbd0;&#xD;&#xA;    disk      /dev/xvda2;&#xD;&#xA;    address   192.168.1.187:7789;&#xD;&#xA;    meta-disk internal;&#xD;&#xA;  }&#xD;&#xA;}&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have not created filesystem on drbd0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Starting DRBD via init.d script errors out with:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Starting DRBD resources:    [ d(mysql) /dev/drbd0: Failure: (114) Lower device is already claimed. This usually means it is mounted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[mysql] cmd /sbin/drbdsetup /dev/drbd0 disk /dev/xvda2 /dev/xvda2 internal --set-defaults --create-device  failed - continuing!&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Running: drbdadm create-md mysql gives:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;cltest1:/etc# drbdadm create-md mysql&#xD;&#xA;md_offset 6442446848&#xD;&#xA;al_offset 6442414080&#xD;&#xA;bm_offset 6442217472&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Found ext3 filesystem which uses 6291456 kB&#xD;&#xA;current configuration leaves usable 6291228 kB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Device size would be truncated, which&#xD;&#xA;would corrupt data and result in&#xD;&#xA;'access beyond end of device' errors.&#xD;&#xA;You need to either&#xD;&#xA;   * use external meta data (recommended)&#xD;&#xA;   * shrink that filesystem first&#xD;&#xA;   * zero out the device (destroy the filesystem)&#xD;&#xA;Operation refused.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Command 'drbdmeta /dev/drbd0 v08 /dev/xvda2 internal create-md' terminated with exit code 40&#xD;&#xA;drbdadm aborting&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I understand, all of my problems are because I don't have unallocated disk space on xvda2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are my options &lt;strong&gt;besides&lt;/strong&gt; shrinking FS and connecting a separate physical disk? Can't the meta-data be stored on a file in the local filesystem?" />
  <row Id="48372" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27168" RevisionGUID="e8f80f24-204a-4268-9da7-4fdce627504f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:16:37.233" UserId="8851" Text="DRBD on a disk with existing file system that takes all the place" />
  <row Id="48373" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27168" RevisionGUID="e8f80f24-204a-4268-9da7-4fdce627504f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:16:37.233" UserId="8851" Text="&lt;drbd&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;xen&gt;" />
  <row Id="48374" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27169" RevisionGUID="fb96af17-a34a-4bbc-bbe2-9f50bcdc711d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:17:20.417" UserId="7083" Text="One half of the solution is to chroot jail users into their respective DocumentRoots when they login to transfer files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This can be achieved easily with SSH (SFTP/SCP) by using the [ChrootDirectory][1] directive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&amp;sid=20080220110039" />
  <row Id="48375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27170" RevisionGUID="9138bafb-44cf-4cca-bccc-7b174afacce5" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:17:35.017" UserId="3878" Text="Maybe you could use Terminal Services Gateway Server from Microsoft - it's bundled with Windows Server 2008, no more additional payment. It allows to publish only it, and it will authenticate incoming connections against Active Directory and make the tunnel to the internal machine, if you are allowed. Moreover, it encapsulates RDP traffic to SSL, so you only need port 443 to be opened on the router.&#xD;&#xA;When you make mstsc connection from outside, you need to specify to use Gateway Server, that's possible in RDP 6.1 (XP SP3, Vista or Seven).&#xD;&#xA;That's really great and handy solution - only one port, that is for sure already opened, integration with NAP policies, and ability to remotely connect to any machine in your internal network - works awesome for us! Try it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731264.aspx - look here, the initial setup is very easy." />
  <row Id="48376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27171" RevisionGUID="36ed57cd-d060-4c2d-ab95-476687884b2e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:18:58.773" UserDisplayName="Simone" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would suggest you have a look at Solaris10 + ZFS as this can basically do all a Netapp filer would at a fraction of the cost (iSCSI, RW snapshots, CIFS, NFS, clustering and replication), the OS is free to use and it does not require any special hardware (most Dell/HP x86_64 would work just fine).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simone " />
  <row Id="48377" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27172" RevisionGUID="ffa8097d-c936-43bb-a675-0f57d281a52a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:20:01.237" UserId="8851" Text="Store the .doc file locally only if you need it for later reference. Otherwise, you can just output the data directly to the browser with appropriate mime-type headers attached&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://filext.com/faq/office_mime_types.php.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the sound of it, this would be more suited for stackoverflow.com" />
  <row Id="48382" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27174" RevisionGUID="59bfe395-159a-496e-b5d6-c04ee2038c02" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:26:05.530" UserId="1375" Text="Add a pile of up lines like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iface eth0 inet static&#xD;&#xA;      address 192.168.0.1&#xD;&#xA;      netmask 255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;      up ip addr add 192.168.0.2/24 dev eth0&#xD;&#xA;      up ip addr add 192.168.0.3/24 dev eth0&#xD;&#xA;      up ip addr add 192.168.0.4/24 dev eth0&#xD;&#xA;      up ip addr add 192.168.0.5/24 dev eth0&#xD;&#xA;      ...&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48383" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27175" RevisionGUID="f0ebb5ed-772f-475c-9b41-7b3bf356881a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:26:47.290" UserId="9803" Text="I want to implement a redundancy solution. I have two subnets all windows XP machines - each with their own DHCP server - joined by a bridge. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently - all machines get DHCP leases from the one DHCP server with the other disabled. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For when the bridge goes down - I want to split my DHCP scope among multiple servers. How can I do this on Windows XP client machines?" />
  <row Id="48384" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27175" RevisionGUID="f0ebb5ed-772f-475c-9b41-7b3bf356881a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:26:47.290" UserId="9803" Text="Split your DHCP scope among multiple servers?" />
  <row Id="48385" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27175" RevisionGUID="f0ebb5ed-772f-475c-9b41-7b3bf356881a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:26:47.290" UserId="9803" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;dhcp&gt;&lt;bridge&gt;&lt;redundancy&gt;&lt;scope&gt;" />
  <row Id="48386" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27160" RevisionGUID="e750b020-4f97-4e42-ac59-0803a2a9664c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:28:57.427" UserId="4271" Comment="Clairification" Text="We have a client who needs to set up 2 Class C (/24) address ranges in Ubuntu. We have a single nic connected to the switch currently and the IPs are set up at the switch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have done this many times in RedHat based systems by using the IPADDR\_START and IPADDR\_END options in the ifcfg file such as this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    IPADDR_START=192.168.0.1&#xD;&#xA;    IPADDR_END=192.168.0.254&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However this does not appear to be an option in Ubuntu. You have to set them up individually  like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    auto eth0:x&#xD;&#xA;    iface eth0:x inet static&#xD;&#xA;    address [IP ADDRESS]&#xD;&#xA;    netmask 255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which is fine to shell script the creation of this file. But, I understand 'x' can only go up to 256 which would only allow one class C.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know how we can add multiple class C ips to a single nic?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48387" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="27160" RevisionGUID="e750b020-4f97-4e42-ac59-0803a2a9664c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:28:57.427" UserId="4271" Comment="Clairification" Text="How To Add Multiple /24 Network IPs in Ubuntu" />
  <row Id="48388" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10062" RevisionGUID="99cb3f14-cf76-4065-9017-632e9a77ef77" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:30:04.587" UserId="3950" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;centos&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;ghostscript&gt;&lt;tomcat&gt;" />
  <row Id="48389" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20599" RevisionGUID="97837002-20b5-4dbc-9348-10dbb8b2b902" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:30:25.927" UserId="3058" Comment="Added results" Text="I ran fsck and now my Linux server (Oracle Enterprise Linux (a Red Hat derivitave)) will not boot.  The old blocks are in the lost+found folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I get the box working again without rebuilding?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-- Edit --&#xD;&#xA;Well... After spending 4 days having the system looked at, we decided to rebuild.  It may actually be good that this happened.  We've identified several pieces of documentation that were missing.  We found a version incompatibility with our storage device.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best of all, we were able to get most of the long-term maintenance of this server moved back to the operations group.  (We made them do the actual reinstall, while we were there to answer questions)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48390" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27176" RevisionGUID="0a0dac21-67f8-4029-bb87-34d413ecac5d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:31:57.703" UserId="3950" Text="If you want to use them system wide, you should put them in /usr/share/fonts. That's where X.org stores it's fonts and that is where other applications will expect them to be.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Tomcat requirement would have been nice in your initial question, btw." />
  <row Id="48391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27177" RevisionGUID="3edb2304-eec9-463c-a3d0-124a18aa72ef" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:34:00.367" UserId="9816" Text="I manage a small office with 3 workstations and about 3 (varies) laptops. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there an easy way to ensure that every user can log on from any workstation and see the same home directory. Ideally I'd like to see some kind of distributed file-system (e.g. I do not want to centralize my file storage).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions what the best way to do this is?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Right now we use 100% Ubuntu 9.04, both 64bit and 32bit versions." />
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  <row Id="48393" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27177" RevisionGUID="3edb2304-eec9-463c-a3d0-124a18aa72ef" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:34:00.367" UserId="9816" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="48395" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27178" RevisionGUID="4fc91230-4471-434d-8451-ca07032cdc58" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:34:34.797" UserId="7783" Text="You'll need a DHCP server on both sides of the bridge to implement redundancy properly. XP Clients are not servers. I suppose there's possibly some software out there that will do it to some degree but it probably won't integrate with AD correctly and so-forth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How long do you expect the bridge to be offline? It might be simpler to extend the DHCP lease length a bit, and IIRC clients can just continue to use their currently allocated address if they can't contact the DHCP server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to implement DHCP redudancy with 2 DHCP servers, its easy enough. Just think of a scope thats potentially twice the size you need it to be and allocate half each of it to the two servers so there is no duplication of address ranges." />
  <row Id="48396" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27179" RevisionGUID="041c9aea-ff91-469a-8553-25040f7bcbec" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:36:08.817" UserId="8851" Text="I have 3 NICs that I want to be seen by my domU, even though they're not configured in dom0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's my sample lines from interfaces file&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;iface eth1 inet manual&#xD;&#xA;        hwaddress ether 00:19:5B:33:86:D5&#xD;&#xA;        up ifconfig eth1 up&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to use multiple bridge configuration with xend, but it complains about the &quot;Link not in running state&quot; and interface being down, although I can see them in ifconfigs' output.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are my options to make those NICs visible in domU without configuring them in dom0?" />
  <row Id="48397" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27179" RevisionGUID="041c9aea-ff91-469a-8553-25040f7bcbec" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:36:08.817" UserId="8851" Text="Bringing up network interface without IP configured in Debian, for XEN dom0" />
  <row Id="48398" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27179" RevisionGUID="041c9aea-ff91-469a-8553-25040f7bcbec" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:36:08.817" UserId="8851" Text="&lt;xen&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;nic&gt;&lt;interfaces&gt;" />
  <row Id="48399" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27180" RevisionGUID="7d2b73f5-1c00-486b-9762-8fcb79c8d4f8" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:36:11.000" UserId="48" Text="The most common way to do this is to split your IP range between the 2 DHCP servers and have both running at the same time. Clients will then recieve an address lease from whichever server responds first. In the event of the bridge failing, those with leases from the server on their own subnet will be fine, any with leases from the other subnet will get a new lease from the other server when they renew.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27181" RevisionGUID="181bf8a1-f6ed-4f0b-96d7-de01362a6bc8" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:39:09.950" UserId="1375" Text="You could give LustreFS a go.  It's probably far more complicated than you want, though.  Unfortunately, you're trying to do something very difficult, and you're not going to find a simple solution." />
  <row Id="48401" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27182" RevisionGUID="6b8a4f57-a0a1-459f-a4e8-ea841d42d574" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:40:17.390" UserDisplayName="toto" Text="We use this :&#xD;&#xA;http://sourceforge.net/projects/phppassmanager/ (a little bit modified/tuned)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's installed on a HTTPS web server with Active Directory authentication to restrict password retrieval to our team. Each member of the team knows a master password used to encrypt all the passwords stored in phppassmanager. They use it when they want to add/modify/read a password. The passwords are stored encrypted in a mysql database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; They potentialy have access to all the passwords but each password decryption is loggued, and the logs are shown to the whole team on the main page. This system is self-monitored and self-managed. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48402" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26659" RevisionGUID="b5ec83b7-dc07-48bf-b739-f419f90d8dc2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:45:24.540" UserId="4946" Comment="added 148 characters in body; added 30 characters in body" Text="[LogMeIn][1] is a very good (and more secure) alternative.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use it all the time and I am very happy with it... when using it in full-screen it isn't much of a difference with having a direct RDP connection in full-screen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.logmein.com/" />
  <row Id="48403" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27179" RevisionGUID="0719945a-a547-42fd-a03c-3ae925ec3421" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:46:18.283" UserId="8851" Comment="included full interfaces file contents" Text="I have 3 NICs that I want to be seen by my domU, even though they're not configured in dom0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's my sample lines from interfaces file&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;auto lo&#xD;&#xA;iface lo inet loopback&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# Local network, cable labeled M3&#xD;&#xA;auto eth0&#xD;&#xA;allow-hotplug eth0&#xD;&#xA;iface eth0 inet static&#xD;&#xA;        address 192.168.1.184&#xD;&#xA;        netmask 255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;        gateway 192.168.1.1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# cable labeled M1&#xD;&#xA;auto eth1&#xD;&#xA;allow-hotplug eth1&#xD;&#xA;iface eth1 inet manual&#xD;&#xA;        hwaddress ether 00:19:5B:33:86:D5&#xD;&#xA;        up ifconfig eth1 up&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# cable labeled M2&#xD;&#xA;auto eth2&#xD;&#xA;allow-hotplug eth2&#xD;&#xA;iface eth2 inet manual&#xD;&#xA;        hwaddress ether 00:19:5B:33:86:D3&#xD;&#xA;        up ifconfig eth2 up&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to use multiple bridge configuration with xend, but it complains about the &quot;Link not in running state&quot; and interface being down, although I can see them in ifconfigs' output.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are my options to make those NICs visible in domU without configuring them in dom0?" />
  <row Id="48404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27183" RevisionGUID="c6de06e2-3252-4b3d-8253-21b817ab2fa8" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:48:20.313" UserId="3914" Text="I had not-quite-the-same issue with Windows Vista and Windows 7 writing to a Windows share on Mac OS X. The fix was for me to change a local policy to enable compatibility with an older version of NTLM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here is the link][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-vista-network/867330.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Edit: I didn't read the links from OP, so if you want to ignore me, feel free :)]" />
  <row Id="48405" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27184" RevisionGUID="8a53c456-987a-431f-a66b-c2a75e353fe9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:48:33.587" UserId="4733" Text="Here are a couple of the links that I used when first getting into Squid.  We run it on many Windows machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I remember one of the hardest challenges (for me anyway) was installing Squid as a service and then hiding the output.  I will continue to look through my notes, but here are a few of the my Squid bookmarks: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This one has some commnad line switches:[link][1] and this one is more of a guide [guide][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I will update this answer with better info when I get to my office this morning and can look at my notes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.ashleyangell.com/index.php/2009/03/configuring-a-basic-reverse-proxy-in-squid-on-windows-website-accelerator/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.reaper-x.com/2006/07/18/complete-guide-on-installing-and-configuring-squid-proxy-server-for-windows/" />
  <row Id="48406" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26430" RevisionGUID="ecd4fa56-8e62-4ac5-b1b2-468b213ae4a3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:54:47.957" UserId="9461" Comment="added 38 characters in body" Text="I'm migrating from syslogd to syslog-ng on SLES 9 server (syslog-ng at stock version 1.6.8). The server happens to be a loghost for some remote loggers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I configure syslog-ng to assure *maximum* compatibility with syslogd behavior when it comes to the hostname printed in logs? There are some custom scripts to analyze the logs and those probably depend on hostnames to stay the same. Some of them have been reported as FQDNs by syslogd, and if they would become stripped now, name collision would surely occur.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the way, I haven't used syslogd -s or -l options to strip FQDNs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Snapshot of my current research on syslog-ng options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    options {&#xD;&#xA;            check_hostname(yes);    # invalid chars?&#xD;&#xA;            keep_hostname(yes);     # yes - if there is a hostname embedded in the message, it will&#xD;&#xA;                                    #   be kept without overwrite/append&#xD;&#xA;                                    #   see https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng/2002-August/003669.html&#xD;&#xA;                                    #   note: RFC3164 allows either short hostname or IP, no FQDN&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            use_dns(yes);           # if there is no hostname embedded in the message, try DNS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            use_fqdn(no);           # do not try to expand everything to FQDN? strip all FQDNs? strip only DNS-resolved FQDNs?&#xD;&#xA;                                    # old syslogd behaviour (?): use embedded hostname, print fqdn (strip only local&#xD;&#xA;                                    #   domain + strip &quot;-s&quot; domains + strip domains for &quot;-l&quot; hosts)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            chain_hostnames(no);    # if keep_hostname(no) or hostname not embedded, attach (rather than assign)&#xD;&#xA;                                    #   hostname/IP of *sender*; same as long_hostnames(off)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            sync(0);                # sync immediately&#xD;&#xA;    };&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found syslog-ng manuals to be somewhat inadequate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27186" RevisionGUID="8cefddd8-8526-4ea7-abeb-263351d2201a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T11:57:35.693" UserId="4479" Text="1) Take note of womble's comment&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;2) Options for DRBD Metadata (All must be block devices AFAIK)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;A) Internal - good for a device that has never been used (not your situation)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;B) &quot;External&quot; - A seperate partition / drive, this could also be a Ramdisk but your metadata will disappear between power cycles&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So You Can&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;A) Rebuild the system with different partitions and use drbd from the start on the data partitions&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;B) Use a Ramdisk that disappears between reboot&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;C) Add a drive(USB, eSATA, internal, etc) for metatdata.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good Luck - DRBD is a good thing." />
  <row Id="48410" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27187" RevisionGUID="0a6077aa-73f8-4fb7-a023-be4918f52169" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:00:01.403" UserId="1375" Text="Oh dear... I think you're trying to use the Xen bridging stuff, which is just dire.  Set `network-script network-dummy` in xend-config.sxp, then go with this config:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iface lo&#xD;&#xA;    iface lo inet loopback&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Local network, cable labeled M3&#xD;&#xA;    auto eth0&#xD;&#xA;    allow-hotplug eth0&#xD;&#xA;    iface eth0 inet static&#xD;&#xA;        address 192.168.1.184&#xD;&#xA;        netmask 255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;        gateway 192.168.1.1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # cable labeled M1&#xD;&#xA;    iface eth1 inet manual&#xD;&#xA;        hwaddress ether 00:19:5B:33:86:D5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # cable labeled M2&#xD;&#xA;    iface eth2 inet manual&#xD;&#xA;        hwaddress ether 00:19:5B:33:86:D3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    auto br-eth1&#xD;&#xA;    iface br-eth1 inet manual&#xD;&#xA;      bridge_ports eth1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    auto br-eth2&#xD;&#xA;    iface br-eth2 inet manual&#xD;&#xA;      bridge_ports eth2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you then do is tell the domUs to use either the `br-eth1` or `br-eth2` bridge (as appropriate).  Given that you've got cable labelling happening, I'd change the bridge names to something more useful, like perhaps `m1` and `m2`.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48411" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27188" RevisionGUID="9243a31a-8841-4b75-9c81-32d18da2a637" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:00:06.643" UserId="4527" Text="It's old school, and I'm sure not the best anymore, but you could always look at using NIS (I believe there's an NIS+ version now).  It will allow you to manage one account for each using and using NFS (maybe Fuse now?) mounts the user will have access to their home directory no matter which machine they log into." />
  <row Id="48412" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="27134" RevisionGUID="9fb936eb-3f36-45a2-8b8d-86161f70410e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:01:05.083" UserId="200" Comment="edited title" Text="How exactly should I set up DNS to delegate authority for subdomains?" />
  <row Id="48414" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27189" RevisionGUID="4b6b808f-8309-4aa4-9a7d-00711a293793" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:02:54.943" UserId="6491" Text="You can try [unison][1] to replicate content realtime (if this is what you want).&#xD;&#xA;Lustre is more complicated as far as I know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   [1]: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/" />
  <row Id="48415" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27190" RevisionGUID="884e68d8-a790-4a03-83bd-4cb86c5d6171" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:05:08.033" UserId="2224" Text="Where applicable, only purchasing hardware certified as EPEAT Gold. This prevents excessive packaging, brominated plastics and other nasty stuff from entering the waste stream.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, lease equipment that gets handled properly upon return or dispose of surplus equipment in a sustainable manner. (ie. Don't sell on eBay to some slime who is going to ship your stuff to Ghana to be smelted by children.)" />
  <row Id="48416" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27191" RevisionGUID="dc4bbeeb-a959-4864-be18-8708e160aa8d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:07:56.550" UserId="50282" Text="Usually web projects start small, everything is on the one server. But if site becomes popular one server won't be enough.  &#xD;&#xA;So, since I don't have any experience in this, I'd like to get an idea of:  &#xD;&#xA;1. what kind of load means that I need to move my MySQL DB to a separate server and how to measure this load?  &#xD;&#xA;2. what kind of load means that I need to add another web server and how to measure it?  &#xD;&#xA;3. approximately, how many users can one server serve?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm talking about simple PHP app on a LAMP server like this:  &#xD;&#xA;    * CPU: Athlon 3800+  &#xD;&#xA;    * CPU Details: 2 x 2.0 GHz  &#xD;&#xA;    * RAM: 1 GB RAM  &#xD;&#xA;    * Hard Disks: 2 x 160 GB (RAID 1 Software)  &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48417" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27191" RevisionGUID="dc4bbeeb-a959-4864-be18-8708e160aa8d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:07:56.550" UserId="50282" Text="When is the right time to add a separate database server, add more web servers?" />
  <row Id="48418" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27191" RevisionGUID="dc4bbeeb-a959-4864-be18-8708e160aa8d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:07:56.550" UserId="50282" Text="&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;scaling&gt;" />
  <row Id="48419" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27085" RevisionGUID="64fab211-5d69-4eb1-b0fa-bfbfd5ffbef5" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:08:03.633" UserId="7783" Comment="added 167 characters in body" Text="Pushed Virtualisation and reduced the number of servers in our server rooms by 2/3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specified more energy efficient servers, and always opted for low power servers &amp; server components if at all possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Advocated doing the same for workstation purchases, which is now being done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;encouraged people to think before they print&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh yes, pushed out power management settings to all PCs on our campus that ensure they use as little power as possible, especially when idle (quick to sleep, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;reviewed power consumption of things like switches and routers and made power consumption a major part of the purchase criteria for these devices, equal with cost. (of course, power inefficient switches that generate a lot of heat but have a lower sticker price tend to eat up that price difference in terms of power consumption and cooling needs).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Interestingly enough, thinking &quot;green&quot; isn't terribly different from &quot;thinking about overall TCO of devices, including power and cooling needs&quot;." />
  <row Id="48420" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27192" RevisionGUID="e7d890a0-4515-4455-8ad5-77d7ff0790b9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:08:11.997" UserId="2224" Text="The answer is NFS. If you want authentication as well, NIS, NIS+, LDAP or AD will help. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It sounds like you want to do some sort of peer-to-peer file sharing. You can setup a distributed file system like Lustre or OpenAFS, but understand that you're going to be wasting lots and lots of time to get that working, for zero tangible benefit." />
  <row Id="48421" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27061" RevisionGUID="9e18e5fe-e858-4e44-90ec-31622502e8e9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:09:39.700" UserId="3950" Comment="was i wrong, or what? :P" Text="From the [lvconvert manpage:][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; lvconvert will change a linear logical&#xD;&#xA;&gt; volume to a mirror logical volume or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to a snapshot of linear volume **and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; vice versa**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Emphasis mine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;strike&gt;So yes, it should be possible to convert a snapshot into a linear LV or mirror. If that means you can mirror a snapshot and then use it as a linear lv, that's something you would have to try out.&lt;/strike&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apparently, the manpage and me we wrond :P I remembered seeing this stuff in the manpage, but I hadn't actually tried converting a snapshot to a linear LV. Having seen the comment below, I decided to check it out. From what I can see now, it is not possible, what ever the manpage may imply, to convert a snapshot to a linear LV. What *is* possible using lvconvert is to convert a mirror volume to a linear LV. I think the manpage should be edited a bit here. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If someone does find a way to do this, let me know, but from what I know now, I'd say: not possible. Kinda logical when you think of it, because converting a snapshot LV to a linear LV means something in the line of &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=linear of=snapshot&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otoh, you *can* use a snapshot as a logical volume by itself. As I explained [here][2], LVM is just some device mapper magic. So if you would take an LVM snapshot and then use that for your experiments, the original disk would not be touched, but can still keep functioning normally at the same time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linux.die.net/man/8/lvconvert&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/23965/lvm-snapshots-as-a-backup-strategy/24117#24117" />
  <row Id="48422" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27178" RevisionGUID="f5c230cf-ad91-457f-bdd4-1318e1786018" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:11:36.190" UserId="7783" Comment="added 300 characters in body; added 274 characters in body" Text="You'll need a DHCP server on both sides of the bridge to implement redundancy properly. XP Clients are not servers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suppose there's possibly some software out there that will do it to some degree but it probably won't integrate with AD correctly and so-forth (and what happens when the &quot;nominated&quot; workstation is broken or just switched off?).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How long do you expect the bridge to be offline? It might be simpler to extend the DHCP lease length a bit, and IIRC clients can just continue to use their currently allocated address if they can't contact the DHCP server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to implement DHCP redudancy with 2 DHCP servers, its easy enough. Just think of a scope thats potentially twice the size you need it to be for all workstations, and allocate half each of it to the two servers so there is no duplication of address ranges. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Clients will get IP addresses from whatever DHCP server responds fastest to a request normally, and with the bridge down this will simply just be the server on their side of the bridge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the remote office, you could get a low power / low cost device to act as your &quot;2nd&quot; DHCP server and shove that into whatever cupboard or cabinet you currently have the bridge hiding in. It doesn't have to be a full price server with all the trimmings just to do this." />
  <row Id="48423" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27193" RevisionGUID="a897fd05-6aac-4029-a175-0476847be69a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:12:13.367" UserId="2413" Text="it all depends... on size of your dataset, usage pattern.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;measure end-user experience. set acceptable page load time, test that every 5-10 minutes, plot charts. it all depends what your business can tolerate and when it becomes unacceptable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;enable slow_query in mysql, probably you do not want to have more then 5-10 queries per day that take more then 10 seconds. or maybe you have some nightly reporting and you can tolerate those?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;probably you want to generate some statistics - for instance with [munin][1] with cpu usage, iostats, system load, network traffic, number of http processess, number of mysql threads, page generation time and see how that changes during the day / week. you can pinpoint peak time with that and can see how for instance adding more memory / tuning mysql changes your page load time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in your case load average &gt; 2 or 3 means system is overloaded [ but that's highly discussable ]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;look [here][2] for some tips.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://munin.projects.linpro.no/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/11739/lamp-server-permormance-tips/11741#11741" />
  <row Id="48424" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27194" RevisionGUID="5b99e1d9-180f-4a7c-a862-c9366ba2e485" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:14:38.033" UserId="1375" Text="You upgrade when your capacity planning tells you that you've got about 3 times your lead time for a new server before your current infrastructure runs out.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27195" RevisionGUID="7ed31000-db74-41cf-aeac-9c059a9020a3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:20:31.620" UserId="9614" Text="If you're so insistant on specific machines getting specific IP's, why not just manually assign them?" />
  <row Id="48426" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27191" RevisionGUID="33e428c6-c546-4f8a-9c07-6fe1928cb92b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:21:33.897" UserId="2413" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;scaling&gt;&lt;capacity-planning&gt;" />
  <row Id="48427" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27196" RevisionGUID="05520e88-f689-49b5-946b-a944f8bf53dd" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:22:02.680" UserId="9149" Text="If you have only one DNS server, your should add one more secondary DNS servers to serve your domains, at least it is what related RFC states. It should be preferably located somewhere else, not where your servers are now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I recommend though is going with some DNS only service provider, like [DNSMadeEasy][1]&#xD;&#xA;This way you can reach almost 100% DNS uptime. It is  not a guarantee, it just what I am experiencing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dnsmadeeasy.com/u/43729" />
  <row Id="48428" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="6591" RevisionGUID="0a97e528-ea0b-406d-bd19-ad5ae2edbbf3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:22:15.130" UserId="45" Comment="new image, the old one doesn't load anymore" Text="There is an interesting article on Tom's Hardware:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Does No Swap File Equal Better Performance?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [...] Again, we conducted this test with RAM&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sizes ranging from 8 GB to 512 MB.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; While working without a paging file&#xD;&#xA;&gt; was possible without any problems with&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 8 GB, the situation quickly became&#xD;&#xA;&gt; critical with less memory installed.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; With 8 GB and no swap file, the system&#xD;&#xA;&gt; was fine. Even in some memory&#xD;&#xA;&gt; intensive scenarios such as opening&#xD;&#xA;&gt; files in Photoshop CS3 with a total&#xD;&#xA;&gt; file size of 3 GB, the system remained&#xD;&#xA;&gt; very responsive and even snappy, never&#xD;&#xA;&gt; writing to disk once.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: Microsoft does not recommend setting the paging file below 400 MB:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/vista-workshop,1775-6.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/6599/windowsvista8gbwarningm.png" />
  <row Id="48429" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="23938" RevisionGUID="844f413d-96ae-46dc-8ba6-c9d119f788fd" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:22:42.400" UserId="9149" Comment="added 48 characters in body" Text="As already mentioned in this thread, there several special cases with DNS, the most significant difference is between authoritative and caching name server deployments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. If you need a DNS server just to resolve Internet resources, some free cashing DNS resolver is a wise choice. I personally use PowerDNS recursor (pdns-recursor) on Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. For servicing your external infrastructure, like web-sites or MX's I wouldn't use  internal NSes (if we are talking about SOHO here). Use some good, reliable, bullet-proof service like [DNSmadeasy][1]. I use their business package, and it rocks while being very affordable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dnsmadeeasy.com/u/43729" />
  <row Id="48430" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27197" RevisionGUID="5d17a623-b43a-47f8-88f1-35225bed9120" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:24:46.363" UserId="3277" Text="I was looking at Scott Hanselman's &quot;Ultimate Developer Rig&quot; blog post (see http://www.hanselman.com/blog/TheCodingHorrorUltimateDeveloperRigThrowdownPart2.aspx) and wanted to get additional perspectives on the ideal technical specs (as of now) for a high performance developer workstation. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to run 64 bit Windows Server (so that we can develop web apps and web services in the same settings as their target deployment server) with enough power to run multiple memory hungry apps at once:&#xD;&#xA;  - several instances of Visual Studio team suite (i.e several instances of the debugger)&#xD;&#xA;  - SQL Server&#xD;&#xA;  - IIS/ASP.NET, WCF service&#xD;&#xA;  - A UML diagramming tool,&#xD;&#xA;  - Adobe Photoshop&#xD;&#xA;  - etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What would be the recommended CPU these days? Is an Intel 2 Quad the way to go?&#xD;&#xA;I was thinking of a minimum of 8gb of memory. Is that enough or should I consider more to start with?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What about video cards and disk drives?&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance." />
  <row Id="48431" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27197" RevisionGUID="5d17a623-b43a-47f8-88f1-35225bed9120" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:24:46.363" UserId="3277" Text="Ideal specs for a developer workstations?" />
  <row Id="48432" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27197" RevisionGUID="5d17a623-b43a-47f8-88f1-35225bed9120" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:24:46.363" UserId="3277" Text="&lt;developer&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;workstation&gt;" />
  <row Id="48433" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27198" RevisionGUID="69b47b34-89d0-4c18-a9d9-1c84373c64a0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:26:51.760" UserDisplayName="Reimer Pods" Text="AFAIK ISQL doesn't always need a go (or a &quot;;&quot;, which will equally serve as a terminator.&#xD;&#xA;T-SQL commands may be allocated on consecutive lines without separator, the parser will handle that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;R. Pods" />
  <row Id="48434" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27199" RevisionGUID="fbbf11bc-4ab8-421c-b509-7e0786968bc5" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:26:54.800" UserId="200" Text="I'm trying to set up a DNS to complement the DNS provided by my hoster (see also [this related question][1]). Now I don't seem to understand my domain's DNS record, which is this (some entries omitted for brevity):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    econemon.com.		1800	IN	NS	ns.stratoserver.net.&#xD;&#xA;    econemon.com.		1800	IN	NS	ns2.stratoserver.net.&#xD;&#xA;    econemon.com.		1800	IN	A	85.214.92.48&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, I don't really grok two things, despite reading up on DNS in Wikipedia:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Why does the nameserver, in addition to the A record, return an NS record pointing to itself? What would that be used for? My understanding was that this record would be delivered by a name server which is *not* responsible for the domain.&#xD;&#xA; - How exactly does the client use the two NS records? Can I add more, and what is the point?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/27134/how-exactly-should-i-set-up-dns-to-delegate-authority-for-subdomains" />
  <row Id="48435" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27199" RevisionGUID="fbbf11bc-4ab8-421c-b509-7e0786968bc5" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:26:54.800" UserId="200" Text="Why does a DNS section contain NS and A records at the same time?" />
  <row Id="48436" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27199" RevisionGUID="fbbf11bc-4ab8-421c-b509-7e0786968bc5" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:26:54.800" UserId="200" Text="&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="48437" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27200" RevisionGUID="c554c918-ed0f-4e0d-8886-ac198373e809" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:28:10.153" UserId="3914" Text="First off, Vista has specific security requirements for SQL 2005. Look into that. Install SQL 2005 SP2 or SP3 if you haven't already.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly, check whether your SQL instance allows Windows authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, check whether the local Windows user has access to SQL and the necessary execute permissions. SSPI uses the credentials of the logged-in user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a possible workaround, which I don't recommend: add a SQL user and change the connection string (if you can) to use this SQL user. That will bypass SSPI entirely. SQL has to be running in mixed mode, though." />
  <row Id="48440" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27202" RevisionGUID="83a5b3fc-b901-4e03-969e-99570ed695e3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:38:08.390" UserId="2219" Text="User's AD accounts keep being locked automatically. I'm confident it isn't the obvious problem with users typing in the wrong password repeatedly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whenever this happens the System log in Event Viewer is full of messages like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Event ID 8005 The browser has received a server announcement indicating that the computer X is a master browser, but this computer is not a master browser.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Event ID 8009 The browser was unable to promote itself to master browser.  The computer that currently believes it is the master browser is X.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Event ID 8019 The browser was unable to promote itself to master browser.  The browser will continue to attempt to promote itself to the master browser, but will no longer log any events in the event log in Event Viewer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm assuming the two are related, but am having trouble finding anything to back this up." />
  <row Id="48441" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27202" RevisionGUID="83a5b3fc-b901-4e03-969e-99570ed695e3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:38:08.390" UserId="2219" Text="Problems with user's AD accounts randomly locking" />
  <row Id="48442" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27202" RevisionGUID="83a5b3fc-b901-4e03-969e-99570ed695e3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:38:08.390" UserId="2219" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="48443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27203" RevisionGUID="2464fc78-233e-4295-95f8-482f6d3c5539" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:38:25.987" UserId="1375" Text="The answer that the server sends back containing the NS records is the &quot;authority&quot; section, which is just part of the answer used by recursive servers to walk down the tree when it's looking up answers.  The client uses the NS records to work out who to ask next when resolving a name.  You can add as many NS records as you want (although there are some corner cases if you have *lots* of NS records); the benefits to having more NS records is that there's more redundancy in your DNS service (although to gain the most advantage, you really want to have your NS servers on separate networks and domains)." />
  <row Id="48444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27204" RevisionGUID="6afd5c8b-6ae5-417b-9edb-6d579282c3d0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:39:20.713" UserId="9149" Text="Popular SSL tunneling programs like Ultrasurf can let users bypass your firewalls easily. &#xD;&#xA;To block encrypted bittornet traffic you would probably need a specialized UTM device that can inspect and block encrypted tunnels going over http(s). I know only about one that is able to do that - Astaro, but there should be more. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48445" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19988" RevisionGUID="f02c209d-e905-4c7f-9168-570463011630" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:41:22.600" UserId="4979" Comment="added 12 characters in body" Text="For a customer we chose a Sql Server 2008 Enterprise Ed. 2 node cluster for high availibility, not speed. The design is a conservative straight out of the Microsoft playbook 5 node farm with 3 front end MOSS nodes on Hyper-V and a Dell Equallogic iSCSI SAN. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The SQL cluster was not virtualized since at design time (mid 2008) the virtualized SQL 2008 cluster configuration was not supported by Microsoft. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://bluesurftech.com/TechBlog/Lists/Photos/farm.png" />
  <row Id="48446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27205" RevisionGUID="21ea854c-7047-462d-b354-8c770dd5e379" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:41:56.953" UserId="5221" Text="All zone files should contain reference to the relevant nameservers. In multi server situations this is used by the name server to know where is should send NOTIFY messages on when changes are made and where it should accept them from.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also the entries do not always point back to the current server. In the case of delegated name resolution they will instead refer to the server(s) that the role has been delegated to, though this is rare for the main domain name (it is not uncommon for sub-domains).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The client systems (or the DNS caches they talk to) should try one of your name servers then, if that lookup fails, it should try the next and so on until all have been tried or one has responded.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can have as many name servers as your wish for extra resilience. The RFCs dictate &quot;at least two&quot; and that they should not be on the same network (some small web hosts have two nameservers setup which are in reality the same server with two IP addresses - not good) but they do not list any upper limit." />
  <row Id="48447" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27206" RevisionGUID="9efbdd5b-acb1-48ae-8488-5a7f887984f2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:43:01.960" UserId="914" Text="Intel Core 2 Quad would certainly be the processor I'd recommend.  8GB should be fine (although its hard to tell not knowing the type of development you do).  You'll most likely want a video card that supports multiple monitors (2 minimum - possibly 3 or 4).  2 discs is certainly recommended, two spindles certainly helps performance (one for the OS and one for everything else).  Depending on your budget possibly consider an Intel SSD." />
  <row Id="48448" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27207" RevisionGUID="7e2d2b14-0d97-470e-b6d3-acf74f7b6026" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:43:40.587" UserId="6491" Text="You have a bad ldap filter rule. This query will always return the same answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We can help if you post your rules here. (/etc/postfix/ldapml)&#xD;&#xA;And it can also help if you post the output of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; postconf -n&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;too." />
  <row Id="48449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27208" RevisionGUID="d65ddb88-827a-4514-baf6-7e1f7fff66eb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:44:14.503" UserId="4479" Text="From a Sys Admin standpoint I can provide a few recommendations that will make your life easier regardless of your hardware selection.  Get a rig with lots of resources - 8GB is a good start, 4 core CPU, RAID 1 SATA or SAS drives(no &quot;Green&quot; stuff).  Use virtualization to run your OS's where you do testing / break things.  Take advantage of snapshots / cloning of those VM's so when you break something you have a quick rollback path.  Do as little as possible on the physical host OS to keep it stable.  You'll save big time this way.  If you're not developing for the video card directly or playing games, your video card can be almost any standard offering that meets your needs (multi-monitor??)" />
  <row Id="48450" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27209" RevisionGUID="939b16ad-00f0-4e66-be70-d4b718225a38" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:44:24.300" UserId="7200" Text="Browser election messages and locked accounts might have some similiar dodgy network connectivity root-cause, but they're not related. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a decent article about troubleshooting the Computer Browser service that's causing your browser election messages: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/188305&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as the locked user accounts go, I'd suspect that the user has either a cached credential somewhere (wireless Ethernet authentication via PEAP, the account being used as a service user context, /SAVECREDS on a client computer, etc) that has an old password specified. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Troubleshooting account lockout isn't too fun. Have a look at Microsoft's article here for starts: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773155(WS.10).aspx  You need to have the right amount of security logging enabled on your domain controller computers to correlate the lockouts with real-world events (starting a given computer up, starting a service, etc)." />
  <row Id="48451" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27210" RevisionGUID="f6b52d9e-9b09-4146-8a5d-e4db000a16e9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:46:30.850" UserId="5038" Text="The time to start planning for more servers and a scalable architecture is when you sit down and draw up your specs (you want to have a code base with modular functionality, so it's easy to pull things apart, but at least having a &quot;web front-end&quot; and a &quot;database back-end&quot; is some level ov modularity).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you have that in place and you're running on one server (database and front-end), you can monitor how long different operations take and the load on the machine. Once load starts creeping up over &quot;number of CPUs&quot;, you're definitely into &quot;we should split this up&quot;-land. If you have saved historical data, you can extrapolate how things will look in the future and decide on adding more capacity at a time, where the capacity will be in roughly as it's needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a unix machine, the &quot;load average&quot; is (approximately) the average length of the run queue (that is, processes that are ready to run, but waiting for a time slot; usually NOT scaled by the number of CPUs physically in the box). If this is persistently higher than the number of CPUs you have, this is at least one indicator that the box is over-worked. It's not the only measure, but as a hard-and-fast guide, it's not too bad and teh system computes it for you." />
  <row Id="48452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27211" RevisionGUID="8b5a6cf2-1ae2-4424-b344-2a62d6ae52f1" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:49:22.813" UserId="9439" Text="Hello, I need to unjoin a computer from the domain preferably form the command line. I know how to use netdom.exe to join a machine to a domain. Is there a corresponding way to un-join it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks." />
  <row Id="48453" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27211" RevisionGUID="8b5a6cf2-1ae2-4424-b344-2a62d6ae52f1" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:49:22.813" UserId="9439" Text="Using netdom.exe to &quot;Un&quot;Join a domain" />
  <row Id="48454" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27211" RevisionGUID="8b5a6cf2-1ae2-4424-b344-2a62d6ae52f1" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:49:22.813" UserId="9439" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;2008&gt;&lt;domain&gt;&lt;netdom&gt;" />
  <row Id="48455" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27212" RevisionGUID="8e03e071-9570-4fe7-a87a-259f61d0fd95" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:51:02.687" UserId="9461" Text="Self-answer. It seems to be impossible to imitate syslogd behavior.&#xD;&#xA;After a lot of experiments, I provide updated snapshot of my research/guesses on syslog-ng options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    options {&#xD;&#xA;            #####################################################################&#xD;&#xA;            ### the flow of decisions for hostnames, syslog-ng 1.6.8:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            use_dns(yes);           # yes = first resolve the IP in $HOST_FROM (the message sender)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            keep_hostname(no);      # no = ignore $HOST embedded in the message (rare); overwrite $HOST with $HOST_FROM&#xD;&#xA;                                    #   note: RFC3164 allows embedding short hostname or IP, no FQDN&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            use_fqdn(yes);          # yes = expand everything to FQDN, including local name&#xD;&#xA;                                    # Note syslogd behaviour is incompatible: print FQDN, but strip local&#xD;&#xA;                                    #   domain + strip &quot;-s&quot; domains + strip domains for &quot;-l&quot; hosts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            chain_hostnames(no);    # same as long_hostnames; no = keep $FULLHOST same as $HOST; &#xD;&#xA;                                    #   do not expand $FULLHOST into either &quot;src@$HOST&quot; for localhost, &#xD;&#xA;                                    #   or to &quot;$HOST/$HOST_FROM&quot; for remote client&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            ### with default template, the resulting $FULLHOST is written to log&#xD;&#xA;            #####################################################################&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            check_hostname(yes);    # invalid chars?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            sync(0);                # sync immediately&#xD;&#xA;    };&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've found out that messages from my remote systems probably do not have hostname embedded, and this causes keep_hostname to be of no use." />
  <row Id="48456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27213" RevisionGUID="add0791a-fbf0-4732-9e39-22746d9a3893" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:51:13.577" UserId="9563" Text="Think of DNS hosting as the basis for your public services. In my case email is critical to our business. If you host your DNS internally and your internet connection falters your DNS records can become stale, forcing your domain to be unavailable. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So in my case, if an MX record cannot be found for our domain, email is rejected right away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, I have our DNS hosted externally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the MX record is available, but our internet connection is down, mail will continue to que on servers trying to send email to our domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48458" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27204" RevisionGUID="bf3d0fea-192d-4f20-9fcd-21f538dada68" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:52:28.143" UserId="9149" Comment="beter wording" Text="Popular SSL tunneling programs like Ultrasurf can let users bypass your firewalls easily. &#xD;&#xA;To block encrypted bittornet traffic you would  need a specialized UTM device that can inspect and block encrypted tunnels going over http(s). I know only about one that is able to do that - Astaro, but there should be more. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48459" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27214" RevisionGUID="f578e91d-d6c3-4775-bf41-22fae07c4d9f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:52:50.423" UserId="5038" Text="The message indicates that the switch is seeing too many different ethernet source addresses on the port. There are a number of possible legitimate reasons for the machine to try to use more than one ethernet address per physical interface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you running any virtual machines on your server (VMware or similar)? That may cause legitimate multiple MACs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you running any high-availability software? Some methods used for resiliency relies on having one MAC for the physical machine and one MAC used for a service IP that floats between machines (VRRP and HSRP are two protocols to facilitate this).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you made sure that you don't have any hardware or driver issues? As radius says, malfunctioning drivers or hardware can cause this sort of behaviour.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you scanned the machine from a &quot;known-clean boot&quot;? It may be that you have a malware infestation that's clever enough to hide from your scan tools, but inspecting the disk from a known-good host (or a clean boot, off read-only media) MAY circumvent the method(s) used to hide." />
  <row Id="48460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27215" RevisionGUID="769b1e26-c43d-46db-86ee-c91ece897cbd" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:56:42.240" UserId="6965" Text="netdom remove /d:DOMAINNAME, I think." />
  <row Id="48461" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27216" RevisionGUID="45140c9b-2f6c-4a2f-83ce-3ecae6c20459" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:58:05.657" UserId="8993" Text="Ahh, haven't got enough reputation points to leave comments yet, so it's a seperate post I'm afraid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With regard to the HP Lefthand pricing, a good site to grab the pricing on the Lefthand kit without calling HP is the [StorageMojo][1], the StorageMojo also has list prices for most other manufacturers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're looking at about £40k for a 2 node setup with a total of 24 x 450GB SAS disks (10TB raw capacity), including the basic hardware support for 3 years. Slap on another £6k if you want the Premium support. This gives you pretty good redundancy and all the software features like Thin Provisioning, SnapShots, Remote Copy, Multi site DR which normally cost extra. The nodes hardware are based on the HP ProLiant DL185 G5 server (so that's 12 disks per node).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It came in at half the cost of an equivalent NetApp solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think with HP having bought them out, the LeftHand solution now offers pretty good bang for the buck with some proper Enterprise grade support behind it, important when things go pear shaped and you need assistance in the wee hours.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://storagemojo.com/storagemojos-pricing-guide/" />
  <row Id="48462" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27209" RevisionGUID="3503b5fb-cc7c-496b-91ba-f13fd30abeb4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:58:08.183" UserId="7200" Comment="added 560 characters in body" Text="Browser election messages and locked accounts might have some similiar dodgy network connectivity root-cause, but they're not related. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a decent article about troubleshooting the Computer Browser service that's causing your browser election messages: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/188305&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as the locked user accounts go, I'd suspect that the user has either a cached credential somewhere (wireless Ethernet authentication via PEAP, the account being used as a service user context, /SAVECREDS on a client computer, etc) that has an old password specified. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Troubleshooting account lockout isn't too fun. Have a look at Microsoft's article here for starts: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773155(WS.10).aspx  You need to have the right amount of security logging enabled on your domain controller computers to correlate the lockouts with real-world events (starting a given computer up, starting a service, etc). There are some tools that can help collect the event logs from multiple domain controllers and aggregate them to find the cause of the account lockouts (see http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7AF2E69C-91F3-4E63-8629-B999ADDE0B9E) since the events will be distributed across the security logs on, potentially, all domain controller computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The long-and-short of account lockout troubleshooting is that you need to turn up your security auditing and start researching what's happening in the real world when the lockout event occurs." />
  <row Id="48463" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27217" RevisionGUID="ce7c88c0-e376-4384-b498-7e397b494b61" CreationDate="2009-06-17T12:59:49.257" UserId="3524" Text="I found this article useful: [LDAP Tree Design][1]. Womble's remark that you want to put all users under ou=People is one of the points examined.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ldapman.com/articles/tree_design.html" />
  <row Id="48464" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27218" RevisionGUID="b4e19e47-4a03-4740-805c-667f2f5b67ad" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:00:28.943" UserId="9822" Text="I'm both a SF and godaddy n00b, so bear with me, but anyway, I'm very happy to see this discussed here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just my $0.02, I attempted building git (dynamically) on my linux box, hosing it over to my godaddy account, and even if attempting merely to push to the otherwise passive godaddy machine, it fails due to missing openssl. Maybe if I attempt to build git statically with openssl, but it feels like a bad idea too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ git remote add godaddy ssh://unclecj@sveningsson.info//home/content/u/n/c/unclecj/foo.git&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    $ git push godaddy master&#xD;&#xA;    bash: git-receive-pack: command not found&#xD;&#xA;    fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    $ git push --receive-pack=&quot;/home/content/u/n/c/unclecj/opt/git-1.6.3/bin/git-receive-pack&quot; godaddy master&#xD;&#xA;    /home/content/u/n/c/unclecj/opt/git-1.6.3/bin/git-receive-pack: error while loading shared libraries: libcrypto.so.0.9.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory&#xD;&#xA;    fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Off topic, but is this the sort of lack of support I should expect from godaddy, should I regret not choosing dreamhosts instead?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best regards&#xD;&#xA;CJ" />
  <row Id="48465" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="6055" RevisionGUID="374fd506-1700-4018-b5db-fc587b1c3135" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:01:24.917" UserId="3950" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ldap&gt;&lt;openldap&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="48466" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27219" RevisionGUID="0f267884-ff84-4327-bda7-a317599addcd" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:02:34.807" UserId="8326" Text="Hi *,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am having a problem to resume a VMWare virtual machine from the suspend mode. It presents me a dialog stating an error in some source file and suggesting to send the dump to VMWare support. G*ing on this matter I found similar issues, but there were no instructions on how to cause vm shutdown if it is not running. I only found one post stating that the .vmss should be deleted (but that relates to vmware fusion) and I really did not find a .vmss file on Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also tried to delete the .lck diretories with no luck. Does anybody have suggestions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks, Ovanes&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48467" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27219" RevisionGUID="0f267884-ff84-4327-bda7-a317599addcd" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:02:34.807" UserId="8326" Text="VMWare 6.5 virtual machine fails to resume after suspend" />
  <row Id="48468" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27219" RevisionGUID="0f267884-ff84-4327-bda7-a317599addcd" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:02:34.807" UserId="8326" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;suspend&gt;&lt;crash&gt;&lt;resume&gt;" />
  <row Id="48469" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27148" RevisionGUID="1a50926a-71b0-4269-be55-3ce324560745" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:05:59.323" UserId="22" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="48472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27221" RevisionGUID="3e77c43d-2fa0-42e2-b4ce-3d023004f430" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:06:35.377" UserId="9824" Text="I'm trying to setup a simple port forwarding firewall and I can't make the basic non-firewall configuration to work.  I have setup the iptables script as follows&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # interfaces&#xD;&#xA;    LAN=&quot;eth1&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    WAN=&quot;eth0&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # enable forwarding&#xD;&#xA;    echo 1 &gt; /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # delete all existing rules to start from scratch&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -F&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t nat -F&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t mangle -F&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -X&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # accept everything&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A INPUT -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A FORWARD -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -A OUTPUT -j ACCEPT&#xD;&#xA;            &#xD;&#xA;    # port forwarding to local machine&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i $WAN -p tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to 192.168.1.96&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # masquerade&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o $WAN -j MASQUERADE&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This script will not firewall anything but it should redirect port 80 on the gateway machine to my internal machine 192.168.1.96.  This is not working.  The problem is that I can't get from the outside into the inside machine.  I don't even know how to start debugging. Any hints on where to look?" />
  <row Id="48473" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27221" RevisionGUID="3e77c43d-2fa0-42e2-b4ce-3d023004f430" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:06:35.377" UserId="9824" Text="iptables port forwarding on debian" />
  <row Id="48474" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27221" RevisionGUID="3e77c43d-2fa0-42e2-b4ce-3d023004f430" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:06:35.377" UserId="9824" Text="&lt;iptables&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;debian&gt;" />
  <row Id="48475" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21161" RevisionGUID="9b4f7939-d620-4038-be4e-0adbc2673856" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:09:14.110" UserId="3052" Comment="added 25 characters in body" Text="Check out [Rackspace Email][1] in the UK (formerly Mailtrust) -- we've been using them for several years now in the US and have been quite happy with their service and support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.rackspace.co.uk/rackspace-email/" />
  <row Id="48476" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27042" RevisionGUID="d30f664d-5b33-4229-8bad-ea0749b8f557" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:09:47.040" UserId="1803" />
  <row Id="48477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27222" RevisionGUID="5d33d9ad-ecf5-4b1a-9ff6-a7ab87cd19e0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:11:49.860" UserId="1314" Text="As a developer, the more the better, the more RAM the more CPU the faster the drives the better and the bigger the monitor(s). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Due to working remotley, I am currently using a laptop which has 3GB Ram, and a Dual Core T9300. I would not recommend getting anything lower then that. As for video cards, if your not doing game development, then the video card shouldn't matter to much. Ideally you'd want somethign that can support two large monitors. If you have the cash and want to make developers drool over their system checkout [Digital Tiger's][1]. Every place I've worked I've requested something from there and have yet to had it approved;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Back to my system, I am running Windows Vista, VS 2008 Team Suite (1-2 instances), SQL 2005 and all the usuall produuctivity software (Browsers, Office stuff etc) at once with a decent ammount of memory available. The laptop is fast enough for me for now (even with Vista). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should get at least two hard drives minimum of 7200 RPM. I like having all my source documents, databases on a seperate drive from my system. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;8GB of Ram should be more then enough (I'd stick with 4 GB and spend the extra money on better monitors). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also get your developers a UPS. (don't plug the monitor in it). This way when they go home at night if you need to kill power to the building they won't loose their work. Depending on your app they might have long running jobs going on over night. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vssetup/thread/6a569376-4207-4184-a8a7-73d5168c787e" />
  <row Id="48478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27223" RevisionGUID="1610ade5-7153-4126-b1f3-3edf357e004d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:12:27.300" UserId="9803" Text="On Windows XP in an Active directory environment - what is the easiest way for me to query a user's email address from AD given their username on the command line. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Assuming I know where it is kept normally in tree). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I know about net user &lt;i&gt;loginname&lt;/i&gt; /domain but I just want the email address element back.)" />
  <row Id="48479" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27223" RevisionGUID="1610ade5-7153-4126-b1f3-3edf357e004d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:12:27.300" UserId="9803" Text="Command line active directory query email address for username" />
  <row Id="48480" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27223" RevisionGUID="1610ade5-7153-4126-b1f3-3edf357e004d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:12:27.300" UserId="9803" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;query&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;username&gt;" />
  <row Id="48481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27224" RevisionGUID="de25f60a-635d-4dfc-840a-5306e845a5b7" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:16:59.463" UserId="7861" Text="Anytime the VM is suspended (correctly) a .VMSS file is created.  I believe it is created in the &quot;working directory&quot; of the VM (you can find this in the settings for the VM).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you still don't find a .VMSS file, especially after you have the VM suspended, then something isn't working right to even get the VM to suspend correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What OS is the VM?  Do you have the latest VM tools installed?" />
  <row Id="48482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27225" RevisionGUID="e6127ec9-078e-47d2-811f-df5109febec4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:17:46.293" UserId="905" Text="Were your VHDs created as dynamic or fixed size?  If they are fixed, you should be able to convert them to dynamic, then run a compact on them to get down the actual physical disk space they are using.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to reduce the amount of space the host operating system is allowed, you could reduce the size of the partition on the disk either within the guest OS or using a utility such as gparted.  Then, when you run a compact in Hyper-V on the disk, it'll reduce the physical size used and shouldn't grow beyond the partition size since the guest won't be using the space you removed from the partition." />
  <row Id="48483" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27226" RevisionGUID="fb9162d1-010c-474c-8c53-d4f6658a510e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:17:58.913" UserId="1435" Text="HP's Z800 workstation sounds pretty ideal to me;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Dual quad-core Nehelam W5580 Xeons @3.2Ghz, 6.4GT/s QPI&#xD;&#xA; - up to 192Gb DDR3 memory&#xD;&#xA; - Up to 4 x SATA/SAS disks with hardware RAID controller&#xD;&#xA; - Up to 3 x Blu-Ray writers&#xD;&#xA; - Up to 2 x NVIDIAQuadro FX 5800 4GB PCI-e 2.0 cards&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All in a BMW-designed, tool-less chassis;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bit spendy though :(&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dreambuild.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/hp_z800_sidecowlings2.jpg" />
  <row Id="48484" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27227" RevisionGUID="f0001931-59fc-4ce0-848a-ea828b008e9a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:18:03.877" UserId="8199" Text="Thou shall not run a service as thy user account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which users? Admins? Regular lUsers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This person seems to have other theories:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.sakana.fr/blog/2007/02/27/active-directory-user-account-repeatedly-locked-for-no-reason/" />
  <row Id="48485" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27228" RevisionGUID="4222c8e5-b144-46bb-a795-e9ce3af98e21" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:18:08.913" UserId="2711" Text="Install Powershell, and the QuestAD addon pack. Then it is something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    connect-qadservice&#xD;&#xA;    (get-qaduser 'bobsusername').emailAddress" />
  <row Id="48486" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27169" RevisionGUID="47d8053e-b43e-4075-a7fd-6dd724174eb9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:18:32.143" UserId="7083" Comment="Additional information" Text="One half of the solution is to chroot jail users into their respective DocumentRoots when they login to transfer files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This can be achieved easily with SSH (SFTP/SCP) by using the [ChrootDirectory][1] directive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As the above defacto practice has been oddly down-voted I may as well provide the other half too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally the only way to prevent Apache scripting modules from accessing files on the FS that they shouldn't, is to run them through suEXEC as CGI. Which is pretty horrible in my opinion. You will then need to separately ensure that each users files are restricted only to their own UID/GID ie. `umask 027`. Alternatively there are some third-party modules that will do this in a box for you such as [suPHP][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&amp;sid=20080220110039&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.suphp.org/" />
  <row Id="48487" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27229" RevisionGUID="2258ad1b-1387-4a2f-a66f-73c6ca3c70fe" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:19:39.240" UserId="9825" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm thinking about building an (experimental) system that depends on realtime information from a 'standard' ISC DHCP server on a Linux box. I want to log (and process) events that are related to PXE clients trying to get address and boot information. So I'll need several additional attributes in my logging (i.e. the GUID and such). &#xD;&#xA;So when a system gets a new lease I would like my software to know about it immediately (lets just say &lt; 5 seconds later). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I have something that places the required values in /var/log/messages so I can do&#xD;&#xA;something in the line of: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tail -f /var/log/messages | xargs processdhcpevents.sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a better solution?&#xD;&#xA;I've been looking for some kind of 'hook' in the dhcpd to handle events 'immediately' but I haven't found it yet. Does something like this exist? Or is my 'tail -f' solution the only way to do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Niels Basjes" />
  <row Id="48488" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27229" RevisionGUID="2258ad1b-1387-4a2f-a66f-73c6ca3c70fe" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:19:39.240" UserId="9825" Text="Best way to do DHCPD event logging?" />
  <row Id="48489" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27229" RevisionGUID="2258ad1b-1387-4a2f-a66f-73c6ca3c70fe" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:19:39.240" UserId="9825" Text="&lt;dhcp&gt;&lt;pxe&gt;&lt;event-log&gt;" />
  <row Id="48490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27230" RevisionGUID="d2b8fe7b-d0f2-42dc-adb0-4cfc5edb8a8e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:19:55.713" UserId="4445" Text="something like this dsquery might work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dsquery.exe * -filter &quot;(&amp;(objectClass=user)(!(objectClass=computer)(mail=user@domain.com)))&quot; -attr username&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;based on some scripts at work and this site which has some other ideas http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=18464 about using csvde.exe" />
  <row Id="48491" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27231" RevisionGUID="15f2c4e4-8081-45dc-9dac-4d6ed49d7420" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:20:12.327" UserId="9138" Text="I don't know what version of iptables you're running, but under v1.3.5, you need to have --to-destination instead of --to." />
  <row Id="48492" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27232" RevisionGUID="e0d3525c-fd1f-46ee-8acb-96516da348b6" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:20:37.490" UserId="2410" Text="This is definitely within the expected usage of LDAP. All LDAP enabled applications should work with group based access control." />
  <row Id="48493" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27233" RevisionGUID="eda635a6-b1ca-4ecc-81c0-5cc0280ce5e9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:20:46.633" UserId="4165" Text="I saw FINDSTR listed above but nobody mentioned FIND.  This command is incredibly useful to search the list returned from another command.&#xD;&#xA;Example:&#xD;&#xA;netstat -an | find &quot;:6667&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This command will find any IRC traffic on your computer.  Substitute another port or an IP address to narrow down the returned results accordingly." />
  <row Id="48494" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27233" RevisionGUID="eda635a6-b1ca-4ecc-81c0-5cc0280ce5e9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:20:46.633" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="48495" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27234" RevisionGUID="19be9e7c-4fa2-41df-968f-15061e973634" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:21:55.960" UserId="2413" Text="    dsquery user -name &quot;user name&quot;|dsget user -samid -email -display " />
  <row Id="48496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27235" RevisionGUID="cc522f89-25bd-44d9-afaf-6c560347013e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:22:25.773" UserId="2711" Text="I think your last line should be&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # masquerade&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o $LAN -j MASQUERADE&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note LAN, not WAN." />
  <row Id="48497" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27236" RevisionGUID="2c3258e9-7b94-4bd9-a268-171dc060b21c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:22:49.810" UserId="7861" Text="dsquery user -name &quot;Firstname Lastname&quot; | dsget user -email" />
  <row Id="48498" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27237" RevisionGUID="192e95bd-efd1-4aaf-97b7-08097c6b4eab" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:23:44.787" UserId="1375" Text="Why not configure syslog to send the appropriate log messages to your program via a named pipe?" />
  <row Id="48499" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27188" RevisionGUID="90d5da7f-331f-49ac-9305-7433333d5959" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:23:46.813" UserId="4527" Comment="added 195 characters in body" Text="It's old school, and I'm sure not the best anymore, but you could always look at using NIS (I believe there's an NIS+ version now).  It will allow you to manage one account for each using and using NFS (maybe Fuse now?) mounts the user will have access to their home directory no matter which machine they log into.  This does require that the data be housed on one machine, which you state you do not want.  Without a distributed file system, which can be a pain to setup, you're really limiting your options." />
  <row Id="48500" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27238" RevisionGUID="ffb1396f-e292-4828-a9ed-20a69713fe43" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:24:48.310" UserId="7192" Text="My approach is to not use file/directory level file permissions; use file share level permissions, and set the whole server filesystem data drive to Everyone Full Control (which becomes moot).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Over the years (10+), I have found that NTFS permissions are more complex and leads to more errors. If the permissions are set wrong, or the inheritance gets broken, you expose data and its hard to find and see it. Plus, you are exposed to the move/copy problem ... users moving files also move the file's ACL, whereas copy inherits the destination ACL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use your read/write groups the same, but on the whole file share using Comp Mgmt MMC. Don't do full ... users will shoot themselves with partial-knowledge/best-intentions." />
  <row Id="48501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27239" RevisionGUID="87883294-e2d9-4f2b-ab1d-4248c36f3160" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:28:01.503" UserId="2711" Text="I would suggest:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Take a copy of the VMs directory for backup purposes&#xD;&#xA;* Delete the VMSS if you can see it&#xD;&#xA;* Delete any .lck directories.&#xD;&#xA;* Try and start it." />
  <row Id="48502" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26430" RevisionGUID="539b0e4c-75e6-428b-91ec-748e1e67dbbf" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:28:45.853" UserId="9461" Comment="added 50 characters in body" Text="I'm migrating from syslogd to syslog-ng on SLES 9 server (syslog-ng at stock version 1.6.8). The server happens to be a loghost for some remote loggers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I configure syslog-ng to assure *maximum* compatibility with syslogd behavior when it comes to the hostname printed in logs? There are some custom scripts to analyze the logs and those probably depend on hostnames to stay the same. Some of them have been reported as FQDNs by syslogd, and if they would become stripped now, name collision would surely occur.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the way, I haven't used syslogd -s or -l options to strip FQDNs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Snapshot of my current research on syslog-ng options (*update: this is incorrect, see my self-answer*):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    options {&#xD;&#xA;            check_hostname(yes);    # invalid chars?&#xD;&#xA;            keep_hostname(yes);     # yes - if there is a hostname embedded in the message, it will&#xD;&#xA;                                    #   be kept without overwrite/append&#xD;&#xA;                                    #   see https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng/2002-August/003669.html&#xD;&#xA;                                    #   note: RFC3164 allows either short hostname or IP, no FQDN&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            use_dns(yes);           # if there is no hostname embedded in the message, try DNS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            use_fqdn(no);           # do not try to expand everything to FQDN? strip all FQDNs? strip only DNS-resolved FQDNs?&#xD;&#xA;                                    # old syslogd behaviour (?): use embedded hostname, print fqdn (strip only local&#xD;&#xA;                                    #   domain + strip &quot;-s&quot; domains + strip domains for &quot;-l&quot; hosts)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            chain_hostnames(no);    # if keep_hostname(no) or hostname not embedded, attach (rather than assign)&#xD;&#xA;                                    #   hostname/IP of *sender*; same as long_hostnames(off)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            sync(0);                # sync immediately&#xD;&#xA;    };&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found syslog-ng manuals to be somewhat inadequate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27240" RevisionGUID="ddace0e6-2aa3-48a9-8796-faabaa128dfd" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:31:15.257" UserId="8851" Text="You could consider sshfs as an option. Easy to implement, doesn't not rely on data source having special config, since data is shared via ssh connections, you only need a ssh daemon running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the client side, you must have fuse + sshfs, passwordless auth (via SSH keys), and a line in /etc/fstab like this one:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;sshfs#kt@192.168.1.183:/home/kt /home/kt fuse comment=sshfs,users,nonempty,noauto,exec,allow_other,reconnect,transform_symlinks,BatchMode=yes 0 0&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27241" RevisionGUID="24bf1a13-eab0-40ee-8be2-ffc7c4762889" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:33:27.580" UserId="6793" Text="Change:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # port forwarding to local machine&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i $WAN -p tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to 192.168.1.96&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     # port forwarding to local machine&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i $WAN -p tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT \&#xD;&#xA;     --to-destination 192.168.1.96:80&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27242" RevisionGUID="987dcef2-c1fa-4d74-9f23-e66a9883ea5a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:35:04.347" UserId="1466" Text="Another thing to look at besides load, is your need for **100% uptime**.  If you need your site to remain up during server reboots, then you need some **redundancy / clustering**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have our webservers running as Virtual Machines, so we only use two (about 200 sites) for redundancy, and can increase the *&quot;server resources&quot;* if necessary to handle the load, without needing to introduce a third webserver (up to a point).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need to increase performance, the **easiest thing is to separate out your MySQL** on to a seperate box.  However, that also means that **your sites will be down twice as much** (ie - they will be down when either server is rebooted/fails)" />
  <row Id="48506" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27243" RevisionGUID="8a4f5705-cc63-42db-ac4e-5da5b4f6ee93" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:37:22.737" UserId="3523" Text="Maybe [1&amp;1][1] would be a choice, they offer standard mail and also hosted MS Exchange accounts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://order.1and1.co.uk/xml/order/MailXchange" />
  <row Id="48507" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27244" RevisionGUID="ee7b4d8c-6ea0-4579-8298-686d370c8cfc" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:38:20.440" UserId="371" Text="A best case scenario is to have every user added to just one security group for the user's job role.  The role then is delegated access where needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Equally, a shared folder should be granted access using &quot;resource&quot; security groups, like your &quot;FILE01-Test Results-RW&quot; example.  This will contain the job roles, department roles, or other applicable groups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The upside of this design is that you delegate access on a per-group basis (team, department, etc.), and not one-off access that can be difficult to track.  When a user transfers to another department, you need to clean up all the old access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The downside is that groups can be misused.  Make clear distinctions as to what the groups are used for, so that resource groups assigned to a share aren't reused as if they were departmental groups, creating a tangled mess of access." />
  <row Id="48508" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27245" RevisionGUID="f20c4c63-8b1d-4163-8e27-5cff4eddeb10" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:39:06.697" UserId="3921" Text="We have a network share, call it foo. When trying to enter //foo/C$ in Windows explorer address bar, I get an error that the resource cannot be found. However, when I append the domain name, e.g., //foo.ene.com/C$ the right thing occurs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The domain name searches are properly set in the network connection settings and pinging the server resolves correctly. I'm friggin baffled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="48509" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27245" RevisionGUID="f20c4c63-8b1d-4163-8e27-5cff4eddeb10" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:39:06.697" UserId="3921" Text="Windows Share Not Visible in Explorer But Can Still Ping It" />
  <row Id="48510" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27245" RevisionGUID="f20c4c63-8b1d-4163-8e27-5cff4eddeb10" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:39:06.697" UserId="3921" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;windows-explorer&gt;" />
  <row Id="48511" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27159" RevisionGUID="f1399234-908e-4cb2-8757-80d9156ddb03" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:39:25.137" UserId="2299" Comment="added 1332 characters in body" Text="I have used rsync extensively and I find it very good. I too have tried the file replication bits of DFS and it's a bugger to troubleshoot if something goes wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See http://www.ratsauce.co.uk/notablog/UsingRsync.asp for my notes on the subject.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit to answer the question about permissions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unix and Windows permissions work in very different ways and mapping between them is not a trivial process. Unless you set the environment variable CYGWIN=nontsec Cygwin rsync will attempt to copy the ACL attached to files, but it will almost certainly mess it up in the process and the results won't be useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One obvious problem is that an Access Control Entry (an ACE is an entry in an Access Control List) identifies the user or group that it applies to by a GUID. While there there are some &quot;well known&quot; GUIDs that apply to all Windows installations, e.g. &quot;SYSTEM&quot; and &quot;Everyone&quot;, most GUIDs only have a meaning on the server or domain in which they were created. So if an ACL is rsynced to another server it will probably contain GUIDs that don't refer to any user account on that server, and the ACL will be useless.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This applies to any program that copies files, not just rsync. A cynic might suggest that Cygwin rsync is especially effective at mangling ACLs, but this seems unfair to me as handling Windows security is such a hard thing for Cygwin to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bearing in mind that with inherited permissions you normally only have to set permissions on a few high level folders, I strongly recommend you set CYGWIN=nontsec and don't attempt to replicate security.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48512" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="27245" RevisionGUID="57e78507-2a4a-4e98-a9a8-debf27f55183" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:41:13.620" UserId="1054" Comment="Clarify what is foo (should be the server, not the share)" Text="Windows Share Not Visible in Explorer But Can Still Ping The Server" />
  <row Id="48513" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27246" RevisionGUID="60b8f097-f73d-49e8-8328-be6ce17fa1c9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:41:59.420" UserId="9149" Text="[Fusemail][1] offer is hard to beat, although this one is based in US. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.fusemail.com" />
  <row Id="48514" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27245" RevisionGUID="57e78507-2a4a-4e98-a9a8-debf27f55183" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:41:13.620" UserId="1054" Comment="Clarify what is foo (should be the server, not the share)" Text="We have a network share on a server, call it foo. When trying to enter //foo/C$ in Windows explorer address bar, I get an error that the resource cannot be found. However, when I append the domain name, e.g., //foo.ene.com/C$ the right thing occurs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The domain name searches are properly set in the network connection settings and pinging the server resolves correctly. I'm friggin baffled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="48515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27247" RevisionGUID="f3d4f288-39e6-4e24-9dbd-6942275deb8c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:45:49.243" UserDisplayName="Rob Hustwit" Text="This happened to me, too - you might check to see that you have the latest firmware on the physical disks involved.  Updating this solved the problem, though after I had pulled all of my hair out and called Dell." />
  <row Id="48516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27248" RevisionGUID="701ba2ad-8863-4a8f-8f62-ac02c37fe6f2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:46:14.970" UserId="4113" Text="What is a process handle and what can we know about a running process through the &quot;handle count&quot; property in a task explorer?" />
  <row Id="48517" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27248" RevisionGUID="701ba2ad-8863-4a8f-8f62-ac02c37fe6f2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:46:14.970" UserId="4113" Text="What is a Process Handle?" />
  <row Id="48518" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27248" RevisionGUID="701ba2ad-8863-4a8f-8f62-ac02c37fe6f2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:46:14.970" UserId="4113" Text="&lt;os&gt;&lt;process&gt;&lt;process-explorer&gt;&lt;task-manager&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="48519" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27249" RevisionGUID="2a4f2d5c-3978-4243-be1e-850fe30ec07e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:46:34.453" UserId="7250" Text="If you want the ultimate in development flexibility, take a serious look at the Mac Pro desktop. Having a Mac is currently the _only_ legal way to do iPod/iPhone and Mac development and these machines are beasts. You can configure them with up to 32Gigs of RAM from Apple (although you're tossing money away letting them put in ram), dual quad-core Xeons, multiple monitor support and 4 SATA drives RAIDed how you like it. Then you can run any Windows or Linux OS you want in a VM and with all that hardware to divvy up you won't be hurting for resources. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sure it costs a ton but dual quad-cores and 32 gigs of ram is really like having 4 dual core Windows machines." />
  <row Id="48520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27250" RevisionGUID="afae6aae-04ef-4356-b54d-30e334e7ee53" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:47:47.867" UserId="3286" Text="The nvidia Quadro NVS series cards (specifically the 420, 450, or the older 440) support 4 monitors in a single card.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ATI offers similar products with their FireMV series, but I have never used them." />
  <row Id="48521" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27251" RevisionGUID="16431302-4689-43f5-ab5f-02c4d3c4f04a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:49:04.793" UserId="1466" Text="We have **2 wireless networks** set up using vlans on a system of HP Wireless Access points.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The first is intended for staff**, and uses WPA2+radius to authenticate to our AD server, and puts the user on vlan 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The second is intended for guests**, uses simple WEP encryption, and puts the user on vlan 2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently both wireless networks give full access to our internal network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the best/easiest way to **restrict the guest wireless network to outgoing internet** access only?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(and what additional information do you need to provide a good answer?)" />
  <row Id="48522" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27251" RevisionGUID="16431302-4689-43f5-ab5f-02c4d3c4f04a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:49:04.793" UserId="1466" Text="Restricting access on wireless vlan" />
  <row Id="48523" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27251" RevisionGUID="16431302-4689-43f5-ab5f-02c4d3c4f04a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:49:04.793" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;wireless-network&gt;&lt;vlan&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="48524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27252" RevisionGUID="bb395f91-0a96-4883-aecf-842f871db9e3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:50:00.220" UserId="8924" Text="Normally with WSS you can have all you need.&#xD;&#xA;Also check out the following resources to help you build your intranet:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. [Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0][1], Lots of OOTB apps for an Intranet, such as Project mgt, Document Discussions, classroom mgt, timecard mgt... worthy to take a look at.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Ten Themes for SharePoint in VSeWSS Projects (look it up on MS Download site), with these you can change the L&amp;F of your intranet site, so it doesn't look like Sharepoint.  You'll need Visual studio and other tools for installing them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/sharepoint/bb407286.aspx" />
  <row Id="48525" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27253" RevisionGUID="958f5b05-6460-45ce-8273-195a6a029dbc" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:51:35.240" UserId="1247" Text="I agree with Evan that that two issues (browser elections and accounts get locked out), could be related, but I wouldn't put them in area of them both being definitely related.  You may want to look at this [previously posted question][1] in regards to Accounts getting Locked out, as it may help you find the cause to the issue at hand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/2364/account-lockout/2380#2380" />
  <row Id="48526" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27254" RevisionGUID="a8f6bc8a-9829-424b-84f3-b8bccc77d08b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:52:25.503" UserId="1017" Text="I need to block LimeWire on my corporate network for bandwidth reasons, I just need to know what ports need to be blocked at the firewall to prevent my users from accessing this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What ports should I block at the firewall to disable LimeWire?" />
  <row Id="48527" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27254" RevisionGUID="a8f6bc8a-9829-424b-84f3-b8bccc77d08b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:52:25.503" UserId="1017" Text="How can I block LimeWire on my corporate network?" />
  <row Id="48528" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27254" RevisionGUID="a8f6bc8a-9829-424b-84f3-b8bccc77d08b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:52:25.503" UserId="1017" Text="&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;traffic-shaping&gt;" />
  <row Id="48530" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27256" RevisionGUID="15aa39e3-88fb-4c43-8abe-68656ab4a872" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:55:00.353" UserId="9190" Text="Put a firewall between the AP and the internal network and only allow access to the internal network if traffic originates on vlan 1." />
  <row Id="48531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27257" RevisionGUID="aae1641a-ccc1-4b51-9c26-1bf263bd2935" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:56:17.807" UserId="8851" Text="It would seem that the ports are 6346-6347, TCP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.ehow.com/how_2102913_block-limewire.html" />
  <row Id="48532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27258" RevisionGUID="ac8bf902-515e-4cdb-86ac-bbf8270f66f4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:56:43.813" UserId="2413" Text="take a look at netfilter modules [ipp2p][1] or [l7-filter][2] and block more then just limewire.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ipp2p.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://l7-filter.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="48533" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27190" RevisionGUID="f2838216-fe54-41c5-b478-73f2fd0080fb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:57:47.070" UserId="2224" Comment="fixed my godawful spelling" Text="Where applicable, only purchase hardware certified as EPEAT Gold. This prevents excessive packaging, brominated plastics and other nasty stuff from entering the waste stream.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, lease equipment that gets handled properly upon return or dispose of surplus equipment in a sustainable manner. (ie. Don't sell on eBay to some slime who is going to ship your stuff to Ghana to be smelted by children.)" />
  <row Id="48534" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27245" RevisionGUID="411402c0-1ec3-4aef-b0d4-e1ef19eeb5f2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:58:21.487" UserId="3921" Comment="Replaced backslashes." Text="We have a network share on a server, call it foo. When trying to enter \\foo\C$ in Windows explorer address bar, I get an error that the resource cannot be found. However, when I append the domain name, e.g., \\foo.ene.com\C$ the right thing occurs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The domain name searches are properly set in the network connection settings and pinging the server resolves correctly. I'm friggin baffled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="48535" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27259" RevisionGUID="6ed3502a-1388-401f-884a-50be4efd3e87" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:58:36.663" UserId="9835" Text="Does anyone know of efforts to provide proxy servers to Iranian dissidents?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to help.  Caveats: I am a networking newbie with some underused hardware of lightweight capability, so I don't know how much I could provide.  I don't know if any service I provided would be secure from the regime's intelligence operations.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, I would like to know if there is some avenue by which I could help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I appreciate that open proxy servers can be a risk and nuisance to other users.  I think communal returns on free flow of information are momentarily higher than usual, and so change the normal calculation of the community cost/benefit of these things.  I'd be glad to configure to monitor for and stop abuse.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If an offline reply makes more sense, I can be reached at gmail.  I'm willing to work out offline validation of identity." />
  <row Id="48536" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27259" RevisionGUID="6ed3502a-1388-401f-884a-50be4efd3e87" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:58:36.663" UserId="9835" Text="Info on Providing Proxy Servers to Iranian Dissidents?" />
  <row Id="48537" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27259" RevisionGUID="6ed3502a-1388-401f-884a-50be4efd3e87" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:58:36.663" UserId="9835" Text="&lt;proxy&gt;" />
  <row Id="48538" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27260" RevisionGUID="30998608-d6d8-46a3-8fc1-5b5cd0cf4ccc" CreationDate="2009-06-17T13:59:00.843" UserId="4694" Text="Block ports **6346,6347 TCP, UDP**	&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In case you have Windows, you can also set firewall on workstations to block &lt;br&gt; &#xD;&#xA;**&quot;C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.exe&quot;**" />
  <row Id="48539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27261" RevisionGUID="cf423d50-6082-46cf-92bb-759f4d468a90" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:00:36.910" UserId="5230" Text="You'd be better off doing packet snooping and filtering - most P2P programs allow you to change ports. Come to think of it, many allow packet obfuscation too. If this is a major concern, consider monitoring network traffic volume and investigating potential overuse? Wait, maybe that's too big-brother...geez, it's almost as if there's a whole industry fighting against itself to find the right balance between control and freedom..." />
  <row Id="48540" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27262" RevisionGUID="9078d8e3-35e4-4349-b7bb-dc926941b3b7" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:00:37.160" UserId="8147" Text="I would recommend using DVI for multimonitors." />
  <row Id="48542" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27245" RevisionGUID="f13e8fbc-2c6b-4c27-acde-f58a85de785d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:01:58.267" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix formatting of share paths" Text="We have a network share on a server, call it foo. When trying to enter `\\foo\C$` in Windows explorer address bar, I get an error that the resource cannot be found. However, when I append the domain name, e.g., `\\foo.ene.com\C$` the right thing occurs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The domain name searches are properly set in the network connection settings and pinging the server resolves correctly. I'm friggin baffled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="48543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27263" RevisionGUID="63387035-5854-4490-8e7a-cddf80591f1d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:02:01.713" UserId="7493" Text="Hi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It looks like yoour computer doesnt know on which dns domain it have to search for the server foo. Normaly the dns domain should be given by the dhcp server or the active directory (I'm not sure about that in windows domains).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm assuming you're using Windows XP. Try to add the dns domain by hand:&#xD;&#xA;Open the Network Connection Propoerties of your LAN Adapter under start -&gt; settings -&gt; network connections. Mark &quot;Internet protocol TCP/IP&quot; and click on the button &quot;Settings&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the next dialog open &quot;Advanced&quot; under the Tab &quot;DNS&quot; mark the Option Append this DNS suffixes (in order)&quot; and add the dns domain ene.com and apply the changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The windows share should be accessible over \\foo\c$ now." />
  <row Id="48544" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="26992" RevisionGUID="85818ba3-d165-418b-8465-b200b262af15" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:02:18.157" UserId="3920" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:3920,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Cydork&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="48545" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="26992" RevisionGUID="e906b028-4817-4ffd-a895-55436801f974" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:03:07.267" UserId="3920" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:3920,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Cydork&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="48546" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27264" RevisionGUID="78158ccf-5b4f-42a4-b9a9-6b8876efb200" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:05:49.397" UserId="9834" Text="I put together a really good rig for my own personal use and interestingly enough I saw the specs that the Valve devs use and its pretty darn close.  This is a good balance between price and performance with todays current tech with sufficient room to expand.  Going with the x58 gives me the option to just switch up to a newer processor in the future, the 920 is the best of this line, the 940 and 960 are vastly overpriced and are getting phased out soon. 3 spare DDR3 slots and a maximum support of 24GB gives me plenty of room memory wise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - ($280) Core i7 920 (quad core with 2 threads pe core), these are 230 at Microcenter but their website doesn't list them, they have a bit of disconnect between the instore and website. The stock CPU fan and heatsink are quite sufficient to keep pace. www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4240166&amp;Sku=CP1-I7-920&#xD;&#xA; - ($100) 6gb DDR3 triple channel memory.   &#xD;&#xA;   www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0301430&#xD;&#xA; - ($250) ASUS Motherboard - you can get some cheaper ones but I liked the extra room on this one, and with 6 DDR3 slots you have a lot of expansion room (24GB max)  &#xD;&#xA;   www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0304486&#xD;&#xA; - ($150) 750watt single rail PSU (60 amps) -&#xD;&#xA;   bout ideal for a good card, and the&#xD;&#xA;   brand I got is both crossfire and sli&#xD;&#xA;   certified so if I decided on multiple&#xD;&#xA;   cards I had the room.  Going single rail means the PSU can better shift power to where the load is while a double give redundancy but can't shift power from one rail to the other so you get some loss.&#xD;&#xA;   www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0264292&#xD;&#xA; - ($80) GeForce 9600 with 512MB   &#xD;&#xA;   memory (playing games, multi monitor) You can go with&#xD;&#xA;   multiGPU setups but unless you are&#xD;&#xA;   seriously crunching some graphics its&#xD;&#xA;   mostly a waste (I have a new ATI 4890&#xD;&#xA;   on the way but the GeFOrce 9600 has&#xD;&#xA;   been very good to me, just wanting to&#xD;&#xA;   upgrade it) www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4209965&amp;CatId=3670&#xD;&#xA; - ($120) Multiple hard    drives, Vista on my&#xD;&#xA;   80GB drive,    Windows 7 on a 40 and&#xD;&#xA;   my content and    apps installed on&#xD;&#xA;   my 1.5Tb drive&#xD;&#xA;   www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0301994&#xD;&#xA; - Look carefully at the cases too. The&#xD;&#xA;   one I use sets the PSU in the bottom&#xD;&#xA;   of the case so it pulls air from the&#xD;&#xA;   back and vents it out instead of&#xD;&#xA;   venting hot air into the case.  Even&#xD;&#xA;   under load it runs very cool and I am&#xD;&#xA;   able to turn the variable speed fan&#xD;&#xA;   way down to keep it quieter without&#xD;&#xA;   sacrificing on the cooling. I had&#xD;&#xA;   budgeted 120 for this since I wanted&#xD;&#xA;   one that was large with lots of space&#xD;&#xA;   and had the USB ports in a very&#xD;&#xA;   accessible position.  I got this on&#xD;&#xA;   special, current price is at 190&#xD;&#xA;microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0304046&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DVD burners can be picked up for 25 bucks now so its a minor cost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only real deviation is I had a full copy of Vista x64 that I didn't have to pay for (Gift from microsoft)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;End result is a system that costs about $1200 with expansion room.  If you look for the specials you can get this price down a bit more. (I only paid $900 for the whole thing)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48547" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27265" RevisionGUID="dfa33441-dfa2-4c95-8137-47026cd41bc7" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:05:58.167" UserId="7768" Text="Double-check with iptables -L -n -v --line, and with -t nat. What you did looks right to me. Also run tcpdump to see if you can see the TCP SYN och the outside (eth0) and on the inside (eth1) to make sure this is where it disappears.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;This is not working&quot; is not a good description. What isn't working? Do you get timeout or connection refused?" />
  <row Id="48548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27266" RevisionGUID="c68c9605-544a-4414-80b3-8fe6cdc6b96d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:06:03.580" UserId="3657" Text="Standard answer: Don't let your users install unauthorized software on their computers :)" />
  <row Id="48549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27267" RevisionGUID="a885aadb-8c31-4529-a505-eafcea5a1ac7" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:06:45.637" UserId="5724" Text="A process handle is an integer value that identifies a process to Windows.  The Win32 API calls them a HANDLE; handles to windows are called HWND and handles to modules HMODULE.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Threads inside processes have a thread handle, and files and other resources (such as registry keys) have handles also.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The handle count you see in Task Manager is &quot;[the number of object handles in the process's object table][1]&quot;.  In effect, this is the sum of all handles that this process has open.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do not release your handle to a resource, other people may not be able to access it - this is why you sometimes cannot delete a file because Windows claim it is in use  (check out [this article on handle leaks and Process Explorer][2]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, there is a per-process limit on various handles.  [Here is an example][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general, if you are opening handles and not closing them, it is analogous to leaking memory.  You should figure out what is going on and fix it.  There is a good [CodeProject article on handle leaks][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc958260.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/alexexmachina/cleaning-up-handle-leaks-with-process-explorer-14667&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2007/07/18/3926581.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/debug/cdbntsd5.aspx" />
  <row Id="48550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27268" RevisionGUID="616b1935-c210-40f7-915f-841e31289bd0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:06:51.707" UserId="4703" Text="First, this question means that you are not following security/firewall best practices by allowing everything, except what is denied.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The proper way to configure a firewall is to block everything, except what you allow. If you did that, Limewire would already by blocked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, to your answer, the easiest way is to block ports from the 6300 to 6400 range (TCP and UDP) and also block the limewire web site, denying users the ability to even install it. You can also use ipp2p and l7, but they require kernel modifications and in this case might not be necessary." />
  <row Id="48551" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27269" RevisionGUID="16938b5f-7483-4cf3-9849-75660637f07e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:07:04.717" UserId="5535" Text="  Another vote for OpenVPN here.  We used it at my previous job and it was rock solid and we had fewer issues with it compared to the PPTP and IPSEC VPN tunnels we use at my current job.  It's also hard to beat the flexibility that OpenVPN offers.  But OpenVPN does have one weak spot in my opinion.  It currently isn't supported by many smart phones.  In fact I don't know of any that do.  I do know that there are people trying to port it to the iPhone but I'm not sure where that project is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  You didn't mention what type of clients your vpn solution needed to support.  So with that in mind if you need to avoid 3rd party clients or need smart phone support then PPTP may be a better fit.  Windows, OSX, and many smart phones all have native PPTP clients.  Poptop is the Linux project that implements PPTP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48552" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27184" RevisionGUID="ed786f26-5a67-4103-bec9-04dd53452442" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:07:26.073" UserId="4733" Comment="added 314 characters in body; added 236 characters in body" Text="Here are a couple of the links that I used when first getting into Squid.  We run it on many Windows machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I remember one of the hardest challenges (for me anyway) was installing Squid as a service and then hiding the output.  I will continue to look through my notes, but here are a few of the my Squid bookmarks: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This one has some commnad line switches:[link][1] and this one is more of a guide [guide][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I will update this answer with better info when I get to my office this morning and can look at my notes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:  The command that I am referring to that will run Squid as a service (at startup) and hide the output/command window is *squid -i -n squid -O &quot;-D&quot;*  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, in my setup, the Squid folder lives in the root of the C drive.  For configuring the .conf file I referred to a bunch of different Linux sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ANOTHER EDIT:  Because I am an idiot, I actually just now read your entire post and have downloaded the .zip.  My apologies for not posting any useful information and thank you for the zip (which I will comment on once  examine it).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.ashleyangell.com/index.php/2009/03/configuring-a-basic-reverse-proxy-in-squid-on-windows-website-accelerator/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.reaper-x.com/2006/07/18/complete-guide-on-installing-and-configuring-squid-proxy-server-for-windows/" />
  <row Id="48553" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27270" RevisionGUID="d7909430-0e10-4ffe-bbd0-f8acdbee1449" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:07:27.273" UserId="8316" Text="I am configuring the server SVN Collabnet (v1.5.6.1 for Solaris 10).&#xD;&#xA;I succeeded to use the ldap server for SVN authentication.&#xD;&#xA;How avoid to write a non encrypted password in the following configuration file (collabnet_subversion_httpd.conf)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ServerName mccuatsv10:8080&#xD;&#xA;    Listen 8080&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    User csvn&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Group csvn&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /svn&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      DAV svn&#xD;&#xA;      SetHandler svn&#xD;&#xA;      SVNParentPath /appli/svn/repositories/&#xD;&#xA;      AuthName &quot;Subversion repository&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      AuthType Basic&#xD;&#xA;      AuthBasicProvider ldap&#xD;&#xA;      AuthzLDAPAuthoritative On&#xD;&#xA;      AuthLDAPBindDN christian.desbordes@ibm.com&#xD;&#xA;      AuthLDAPBindPassword XXXXX&#xD;&#xA;      AuthLDAPURL ldap://eur.msd.world.socgen:389/OU=Users,OU=Accounts,OU=FR,DC=eur,DC=msd,DC=world,DC=socgen?sAM&#xD;&#xA;    AccountName?sub?(objectCategory=person)&#xD;&#xA;      Require valid-user&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48554" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27270" RevisionGUID="d7909430-0e10-4ffe-bbd0-f8acdbee1449" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:07:27.273" UserId="8316" Text="How avoid to write the password in the configuration file of SVN?" />
  <row Id="48555" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27270" RevisionGUID="d7909430-0e10-4ffe-bbd0-f8acdbee1449" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:07:27.273" UserId="8316" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;svn&gt;&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;ldap&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;" />
  <row Id="48556" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27271" RevisionGUID="62076138-fa1f-4163-804b-7ef95578dd7a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:08:32.840" UserId="9839" Text="I'm trying to utilize maximal bandwidth provided by my 1GiB network card, but it's always limited to 80MiB (real megabytes). What can be the reason? Card description (lshw output):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       description: Ethernet interface&#xD;&#xA;        product: DGE-530T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev 11)&#xD;&#xA;        vendor: D-Link System Inc&#xD;&#xA;        physical id: 0&#xD;&#xA;        bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0&#xD;&#xA;        logical name: eth1&#xD;&#xA;        version: 11&#xD;&#xA;        serial: 00:22:b0:68:70:41&#xD;&#xA;        size: 1GB/s&#xD;&#xA;        capacity: 1GB/s&#xD;&#xA;        width: 32 bits&#xD;&#xA;        clock: 66MHz&#xD;&#xA;        capabilities: pm vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The card is placed in following PCI slot:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    *-pci:2&#xD;&#xA;         description: PCI bridge&#xD;&#xA;         product: 82801 PCI Bridge&#xD;&#xA;         vendor: Intel Corporation&#xD;&#xA;         physical id: 1e&#xD;&#xA;         bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0&#xD;&#xA;         version: 92&#xD;&#xA;         width: 32 bits&#xD;&#xA;         clock: 33MHz&#xD;&#xA;         capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The PCI isn't any PCI Express right? It's a legacy PCI slot? So maybe this is the reason?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OS is a linux.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48557" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27271" RevisionGUID="62076138-fa1f-4163-804b-7ef95578dd7a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:08:32.840" UserId="9839" Text="Why does 1GBit card have output limited to 80 MiB ?" />
  <row Id="48558" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27271" RevisionGUID="62076138-fa1f-4163-804b-7ef95578dd7a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:08:32.840" UserId="9839" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;ethernet&gt;&lt;gigabit-ethernet&gt;" />
  <row Id="48559" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27272" RevisionGUID="a78594a6-7282-4e12-b16c-03bd088377a4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:08:52.297" UserId="8199" Text="+1 for Karolis T. and Roy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a side note, You should look into controlling who has rights to install software. Blocking limewire is the tip of the iceburg if people can control the software on the machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Installing spyware, viruses, disabling anti virus etc. are all bigger issues IMO" />
  <row Id="48560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27273" RevisionGUID="5f29e727-991a-4994-a1f7-c33ec6ae0f3b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:09:30.343" UserId="2711" Text="While working at a university IT helpdesk a mature-age man came up and said he wasn't able to enter his password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Does it say anything about an incorrect password?&quot;, I inquired.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;No, it won't let me type in the password. The box is there but it won't let me type.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perplexed, I go over to his computer. Somehow, he had managed to click on a download link for a file. For the filename he had typed his student number, and he was trying to type his password in the &quot;choose a file type&quot; drop down menu...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*****&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was trying to troubleshoot a remote users password problems over the phone. As this person was remote, and our password reset process involved the password being generated and snail-mailed out, I wanted to fix it for him there, rather than make him wait a week.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried everything I could think of. He swore blind he had the original password letter that had been sent out in front of him, and he hadn't changed the password. Finally in desperation, I suggested he tell me the password and I try.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Ok.. It's U..A..S...space...P...A...S...S...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I cut him off. &quot;No sir, your UAS Password is the password you need to type in. Look further down the page for the string of 8 random letters&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because the letter read &quot;To log in enter your username and **UAS Password**&quot;, and so that is exactly what he typed, without bothering to read further down where it told him what his University Authentication System password actually was.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A man came up to the helpdesk.  &quot;I'm trying to type a letter but the computer keeps moving my text around when I type!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I couldn't really determine what he meant, so I went over to take a look. On the screen was the text:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Dear Sir,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The cursor was flashing between the end of Sir, and the comma. The man pressed the enter key a few times. The cursor, and comma, went down the page a few lines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Look! See! It's moving the comma!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It was the end of the year, and so graduating students had been emailed reminders telling them that their accounts were going to be shut down. A lot of students had their student email automatically forwarded to their personal accounts. I think you can guess what's coming.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Dear Helpdesk, Please do not delete my personal hotmail account. I use my personal hotmail for my own use and do not wish it to be shut down. Please do not shut it down. Thanks.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately I have lost the copy of the reply I sent, but I remember most of it verbatim.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Dear Sir, Unfortunately, the University's long term plan to take over the world has not yet reached the hotmail acquisition stage. As such, your hotmail account will not be deleted by the  University. Kind Regards, Student IT Helpdesk&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Humourously, he replied &quot;Cool thanks!&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I actually ended up getting a userfriendly.org cartoon made out of this story, but I have no idea how to find it. If anyone comes across it (somewhere 2002-2004 I'm guessing) please comment and let me know!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to stress that all of these are bona-fide **University** IT helpdesk stories, circa 2001-2003." />
  <row Id="48561" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27273" RevisionGUID="5f29e727-991a-4994-a1f7-c33ec6ae0f3b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:09:30.343" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="48562" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26992" RevisionGUID="34c2fe7d-9158-4f52-8aff-b7cfdceb1f71" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:10:13.697" UserId="3920" Comment="Added a link to article" Text="You can use git-daemon to share the repository. Read the documentation for [git-daemon][1] for more information. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;   Also check this article [8 ways to share your git repository][2].  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-daemon.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.jedi.be/blog/2009/05/06/8-ways-to-share-your-git-repository/#fileshare" />
  <row Id="48563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27274" RevisionGUID="a000ceb2-30e5-4894-adfc-e1100da48524" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:10:49.390" UserId="2349" Text="We have an application that grabs it's setup parameters from a file. I want to extract one or two statements from the startup string and present them as a nice table.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An example string would be -Dmysql.host=mysql1.company.com  but it might also be an ipaddress or a machine name and not an fqdn.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want locate the -Dmysql.host= but return the servername.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any tips or pointers as to how to, once I've found the string &quot;-Dmysql.host=&quot; in the file, show everything to the next white space would be appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps there is a better method.  I plan on running this on a dozen machines or so eventually to return a list of which application machines are configured to talk to which db machine at a glance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks you for your time." />
  <row Id="48564" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27274" RevisionGUID="a000ceb2-30e5-4894-adfc-e1100da48524" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:10:49.390" UserId="2349" Text="Shell script to extract string from a file and return the next chars until a whitespace." />
  <row Id="48565" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27274" RevisionGUID="a000ceb2-30e5-4894-adfc-e1100da48524" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:10:49.390" UserId="2349" Text="&lt;bash&gt;&lt;shell&gt;&lt;script&gt;" />
  <row Id="48566" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27275" RevisionGUID="c96d9dca-4c2b-402c-b355-818d2a420d2f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:10:58.097" UserId="4703" Text="My solution for these tasks is to use OSSEC and configure an active-response when a desired event triggers. It is partially similar to your idea (using the logs), but with a much stronger framework and easily extensible...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Link: http://www.ossec.net" />
  <row Id="48567" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27266" RevisionGUID="e6ceccf8-b5ba-40a9-94db-c59a7ed614ca" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:11:33.850" UserId="3657" Comment="added 510 characters in body" Text="Standard answer: Don't let your users install unauthorized software on their computers :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But another way to handle this is to be more general in your control methods.  We use a proxy server like a Bluecoat which can also throttle bandwidth.  Then you force all Internet access through the proxy and block everything going out at your firewall.  Most programs will work just fine with the proxy and you can create exceptions on an application by application basis, but the P2P stuff will likely just die at the firewall.  If it does happen to work via the proxy, you can throttle it there easier." />
  <row Id="48568" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27276" RevisionGUID="ad8d6724-ed6f-4d36-a76d-cd1177cea7db" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:11:53.973" UserId="5724" Text="Are you running WINS?  A short name can be looked up with WINS, where a long name will force DNS." />
  <row Id="48569" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27267" RevisionGUID="ffa250d7-eb66-4e8a-a7c4-7d156f6e63b6" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:11:58.547" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix Typo" Text="A process handle is an integer value that identifies a process to Windows.  The Win32 API calls them a HANDLE; handles to windows are called HWND and handles to modules HMODULE.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Threads inside processes have a thread handle, and files and other resources (such as registry keys) have handles also.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The handle count you see in Task Manager is &quot;[the number of object handles in the process's object table][1]&quot;.  In effect, this is the sum of all handles that this process has open.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do not release your handle to a resource, other people may not be able to access it - this is why you sometimes cannot delete a file because Windows claims it is in use  (check out [this article on handle leaks and Process Explorer][2]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, there is a per-process limit on various handles.  [Here is an example][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general, if you are opening handles and not closing them, it is analogous to leaking memory.  You should figure out what is going on and fix it.  There is a good [CodeProject article on handle leaks][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc958260.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/alexexmachina/cleaning-up-handle-leaks-with-process-explorer-14667&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2007/07/18/3926581.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/debug/cdbntsd5.aspx" />
  <row Id="48570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27277" RevisionGUID="77b1c8d5-41f7-4f5b-a4e6-1b7c4940d845" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:13:17.170" UserId="9834" Text="One odd thing we discovered with a couple of users had to do with them being setup under user accounts.  Once we removed them from being explicitly setup the issue cleared up.  It only affected 3 or 4 of our 500 users so we are still not certain why that was the case.  Most of the time it was people setup to have debugger user rights instead of regular user rights but that might be a red herring." />
  <row Id="48571" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27260" RevisionGUID="24e4e74e-0142-4ecf-8a72-b9c32ab2ce81" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:13:54.410" UserId="4694" Comment="added 96 characters in body; added 12 characters in body" Text="Block ports **6346,6347 TCP, UDP**	&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;LimeWire will probably use different port. You should block all ports except the ones you are using.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In case you have Windows, you can also set firewall on workstations to block &lt;br&gt; &#xD;&#xA;**&quot;C:\Program Files\LimeWire\LimeWire.exe&quot;**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27278" RevisionGUID="ed50d8fc-3f88-4eda-a518-67b1f3805afe" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:14:01.350" UserId="1736" Text="Not exactly technical information on setting up proxies, but Marjan Safinia's guidelines probably could use posting, what with the original site being shut down and the versions being posted around apparently getting increasingly corrupted:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Do NOT publicize proxy IPs over Twitter, and especially not using the #iranelection hashtag. Security forces are monitoring this hashtag, and the moment they identify a proxy IP they will block it in Iran. If you are creating new proxies for the Iranian bloggers, DM (direct message) them to @stopAhmadi or @iran09 and they will distribute them discretely to bloggers in Iran.&#xD;&#xA;2. The only two legitimate hashtags being used by bloggers in Iran are #iranelection and #gr88, other hashtag ideas run the risk of diluting the conversation.&#xD;&#xA;3. Keep  your  bullshit  filter  up!   Security forces are now setting up Twitter accounts to spread disinformation by posing as Iranian protesters. Please don't re-tweet impetuously, try to confirm information with reliable sources before re-tweeting. The legitimate sources are not hard to find and follow.&#xD;&#xA;4. Help cover the bloggers: change your Twitter settings so that your location is TEHRAN and your time zone is GMT +3.30. Security forces are hunting for bloggers using location and timezone searches. If we all become 'Iranians,' it becomes much harder to find them.&#xD;&#xA;5. Don't blow their cover! If you discover a genuine source, please don't publish their name or location on a website. These bloggers are in REAL danger. Spread the word discretely through your own networks, but don't signpost them to the security forces. People are dying for in Iran, please keep that in mind.&#xD;&#xA;6. Denial of Service attacks: If you don't know what you are doing, stay out of this. Only target those sites the legitimate Iranian bloggers are designating. Be aware that these attacks can have detrimental effects to the network the protesters are relying on. Keep monitoring their traffic to note when you should turn the taps on or off.&#xD;&#xA;7. Do spread the (legitimate) word, it works! When the bloggers asked for Twitter maintenance to be postponed using the #nomaintenance tag, it had the desired effect. As long as we spread good information, provide moral support to the protesters, and take our lead from the legitimate bloggers, we can make a constructive contribution." />
  <row Id="48573" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27273" RevisionGUID="b35658d7-d146-422f-9f07-b6e0a452eb07" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:14:38.777" UserId="2711" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="While working at a university IT helpdesk a mature-age man came up and said he wasn't able to enter his password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Does it say anything about an incorrect password?&quot;, I inquired.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;No, it won't let me type in the password. The box is there but it won't let me type.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perplexed, I go over to his computer. Somehow, he had managed to click on a download link for a file. For the filename he had typed his student number, and he was trying to type his password in the &quot;choose a file type&quot; drop down menu...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*****&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was trying to troubleshoot a remote users password problems over the phone. As this person was remote, and our password reset process involved the password being generated and snail-mailed out, I wanted to fix it for him there, rather than make him wait a week.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried everything I could think of. He swore blind he had the original password letter that had been sent out in front of him, and he hadn't changed the password. Finally in desperation, I suggested he tell me the password and I try.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Ok.. It's U..A..S...space...P...A...S...S...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I cut him off. &quot;No sir, your UAS Password is the password you need to type in. Look further down the page for the string of 8 random letters&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because the letter read &quot;To log in enter your username and **UAS Password**&quot;, and so that is exactly what he typed, without bothering to read further down where it told him what his University Authentication System password actually was.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A man came up to the helpdesk.  &quot;I'm trying to type a letter but the computer keeps moving my text around when I type!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I couldn't really determine what he meant, so I went over to take a look. On the screen was the text:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Dear Sir,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The cursor was flashing between the end of Sir, and the comma. The man pressed the enter key a few times. The cursor, and comma, went down the page a few lines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Look! See! It's moving the comma!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It was the end of the year, and so graduating students had been emailed reminders telling them that their accounts were going to be shut down. A lot of students had their student email automatically forwarded to their personal accounts. I think you can guess what's coming.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Dear Helpdesk, Please do not delete my personal hotmail account. I use my personal hotmail for my own use and do not wish it to be shut down. Please do not shut it down. Thanks.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Over the years I have lost the copy of the reply I sent, but I remember most of it verbatim.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Dear Sir, Unfortunately, the University's long term plan to take over the world has not yet reached the hotmail acquisition stage. As such, your hotmail account will not be deleted by the  University. Kind Regards, Student IT Helpdesk&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Humourously, he replied &quot;Cool thanks!&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I actually ended up getting a userfriendly.org cartoon made out of this story, but I have no idea how to find it. If anyone comes across it (somewhere 2002-2004 I'm guessing) please comment and let me know!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to stress that all of these are bona-fide **University** IT helpdesk stories, circa 2001-2003." />
  <row Id="48574" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27279" RevisionGUID="1f8242f0-a90b-4da5-a323-3f0a36ab569f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:15:04.937" UserId="9356" Text="The &quot;sharing and security&quot; option in the right-click context menu on a folder is no longer there.  The File and Print sharing option is &quot;installed&quot; and turned on in the TCP/IP properties, but the ability to share any folders has disappeared, along with all previously shared folders.  Where should I check to see what the issue is here?" />
  <row Id="48575" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27279" RevisionGUID="1f8242f0-a90b-4da5-a323-3f0a36ab569f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:15:04.937" UserId="9356" Text="Can't enable Windows XP file sharing" />
  <row Id="48576" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27279" RevisionGUID="1f8242f0-a90b-4da5-a323-3f0a36ab569f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:15:04.937" UserId="9356" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;file-sharing&gt;&lt;services&gt;" />
  <row Id="48577" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="19978" RevisionGUID="e37888fa-26ba-42c9-8be2-9f15b5198dfe" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:15:38.773" UserId="1376" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;vmware-esx&gt;&lt;san&gt;" />
  <row Id="48578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27280" RevisionGUID="85327869-1c49-4886-96b6-0b14d6568639" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:17:27.930" UserId="8385" Text="80 MB / second is actually pretty good!  That's about 640mbps, which is pretty darn close to the gigabit capacity of the NIC.  If you take into consideration the TCPIP overhead, and disk speed you're probably at your maximum speed." />
  <row Id="48579" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27281" RevisionGUID="256224c1-1f56-4469-8db3-4f43a9b707c4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:17:34.247" UserId="43589" Text="If I put my computer to sleep I can wake it up remotely for the first few minutes. However if I let it sleep for an hour or so I cannot wake it unless I type on the keyboard. Any idea how I can configure the computer to behave the same regardless of how long it has been sleeping?" />
  <row Id="48580" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27281" RevisionGUID="256224c1-1f56-4469-8db3-4f43a9b707c4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:17:34.247" UserId="43589" Text="Wake on Lan in Sleep/Hybernate mode Vista" />
  <row Id="48581" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27281" RevisionGUID="256224c1-1f56-4469-8db3-4f43a9b707c4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:17:34.247" UserId="43589" Text="&lt;wake-on-lan&gt;&lt;sleep&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="48582" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27282" RevisionGUID="719f84c3-faff-4cf9-b800-490057726c07" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:17:45.120" UserId="2629" Text="I did want to mention that when you set up Application Whitelists/Blacklists in Workgroup Manager, it will enable you to scope things by path and not just by the signed key of an application.  It may even be possible to do this on a local user or group and then import/export the values." />
  <row Id="48583" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27283" RevisionGUID="76fbdfa1-29c6-41ae-b476-d054f8e753b6" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:18:25.040" UserId="1435" Text="Your 32-bit, 33Mhz PCI bus can transit a maximum of 1,067 megabits per second (Mbps) or 133.33 megabytes per second (MBps).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Gigabit Ethernet can transit 116 megabytes per second (MBps).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So although you card *should* be able to fully saturate the line you'll actually only ever get about 90% utilisation because of various overheads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Either way if you're getting 80 megabytes per second (MBps) then you're not far off and I would be reasonably happy with that for now.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48584" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27284" RevisionGUID="e102d55f-1e68-4aba-a94b-f036351787a4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:19:30.110" UserId="1017" Text="I would check the following: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The event log.&#xD;&#xA; - Windows firewall." />
  <row Id="48585" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26387" RevisionGUID="49e1de87-b3cd-4d78-95c6-9f1b25fbf0c2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:19:44.553" UserId="1376" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;search&gt;" />
  <row Id="48586" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="20071" RevisionGUID="8ce867e7-694a-429f-86c3-a8de63a7bcff" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:20:09.860" UserId="1376" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;backup-restoration&gt;" />
  <row Id="48587" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="5209" RevisionGUID="6159099e-bc4f-4fd6-81c1-b762c941c714" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:20:37.657" UserId="1376" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;project-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="48588" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27285" RevisionGUID="2e5daa48-aabb-461c-9da8-2b38da05300e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:20:45.303" UserId="1447" Text="Gigabit ethernet is just over 1 billion **bits** per second.  With 8/10 encoding this gives you a maximum of around 100MB per second.  A 32 bit PCI bus should be able to put 133MB/sec through and you should be able to saturate it (I can demonstrate saturation of a PCI bus with a fibre channel card and get a figure close to the theoretical bandwidth of the bus), so it is unlikely to be the cause of the bottleneck unless there is other bus traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The bottleneck is probably somewhere else unless you have another card using bandwidth on the bus.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48589" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27286" RevisionGUID="9367fc35-f81a-4e72-888d-a5fbd65fc94b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:20:54.427" UserId="8385" Text="If this is Windows XP Home, you won't be able to see that context menu without some registry hacking.  If this is Windows XP Professional, you might need to enable Simple File Sharing.  In a Windows Explorer windows, go to Tools --&gt; Folder Options.  Click on the &quot;View&quot; tab and scroll all the way down.  Check mark the box that says &quot;Use simple file sharing.&quot;" />
  <row Id="48590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27287" RevisionGUID="585c0abb-d5ba-48fe-8a08-bd1af2fc83f0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:21:23.367" UserId="5535" Text="Bottle necks at GigE speeds can come from a number of places.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Disk subsystem:  It takes at least 3-4 hard drives in a RAID array of some sort to be able to hit GigE speeds.  This is true on the sending and receiving end.&#xD;&#xA; - CPU: GigE can use a lot more CPU than you would think.  Given that it's in a 33mhz PCI slot I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that this system is fairly old and may have a slower cpu.&#xD;&#xA; - TCP/IP overhead:  Some bits that are sent over the wire is not the data payload but other overhead bits.  This said I have had a system that consistently hit and sustained 115MB/s with a single GigE link.&#xD;&#xA; - PCI Bus:  Is the NIC the only thing on that PCI bus or is it being shared with another device.&#xD;&#xA; - Other factors:  There are too many other factors to mention them all but some of the biggest would be what other disk IO activity is happening.  Is it a mix of read/write, lots of small IO requests, etc." />
  <row Id="48591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27288" RevisionGUID="1d048a0b-4c12-4e4f-9d95-98781922ac43" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:21:24.413" UserId="9637" Text="In windows explorer : Alt + T ( Tools menu ) - View - last option in the list is &quot;Use simple file sharing&quot; &#xD;&#xA;Uncheck that option and Sharing and Security will be shown.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, and yes, as rawarren said, if you have Windows XP home edition sharing and security is not an option :)" />
  <row Id="48593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27290" RevisionGUID="4366d097-0ed5-41b9-8687-d10734b766f3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:21:29.637" UserId="9825" Text="For just installing Windows XP you can look at the Microsoft RIS service that does just this by network booting (PXE) and installing over the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also opensource products that essentially do the same and that do not have the requirement of having Windows Servers installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For installing XP have a look at (Sorry, I' not allowed to post links yet):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - ht tp://unattended.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA; - ht tp://oss.netfarm.it/guides/pxe.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your looking for installing Linux systems then this may be of help:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - ht tps://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And the 'Redhat/CentOS/Fedora' howto I wrote some time ago:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - ht tp://howto.basjes.nl/linux/installing-fedora-linux-via-pxe-x86-64&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Niels" />
  <row Id="48594" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="26178" RevisionGUID="44a36621-5263-4f98-89fb-732138b78cb4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:22:40.807" UserId="767" Comment="edited title" Text="how do you install SSIS on a cluster environment" />
  <row Id="48595" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27291" RevisionGUID="b9209711-02de-4d83-b912-9818d56b8de3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:22:42.960" UserId="9834" Text="How sure are you that it is the card that is the bottleneck?  It might be that is the best speed it can negotiate with the device on the other end so it is stuck waiting.  The other device might be stuck running at 10/100 speeds so 80 would be about right with a bit of overhead." />
  <row Id="48596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27292" RevisionGUID="da7d7e16-0731-480e-a93c-fb2f46501a85" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:23:14.550" UserId="6244" Text="Try putting this to your /etc/sysctl.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # General gigabit tuning:&#xD;&#xA;    net.core.rmem_max = 16777216&#xD;&#xA;    net.core.wmem_max = 16777216&#xD;&#xA;    net.ipv4.tcp_rmem = 4096 87380 16777216&#xD;&#xA;    net.ipv4.tcp_wmem = 4096 65536 16777216&#xD;&#xA;    net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1&#xD;&#xA;    # this gives the kernel more memory for tcp&#xD;&#xA;    # which you need with many (100k+) open socket connections&#xD;&#xA;    net.ipv4.tcp_mem = 50576   64768   98152&#xD;&#xA;    net.core.netdev_max_backlog = 2500&#xD;&#xA;    # If you have masquerading, you might need this&#xD;&#xA;    # net.ipv4.netfilter.ip_conntrack_max = 1048576&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each connection we make requires an ephemeral port, and thus a file descriptor, and by default this is limited to 1024. To avoid the Too many open files problem you’ll need to modify the ulimit for your shell. This can be changed in /etc/security/limits.conf, but requires a logout/login. For now you can just sudo and modify the current shell (su back to your non-priv’ed user after calling ulimit if you don’t want to run as root):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ulimit -n 999999&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might as well increase the ephemeral port range to the maximum too:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;1024 65535&quot; &gt; /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS. Tuning from [here][1] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PPS. D-Link is not the best network hardware. Try Intel hardware with pci-x or pci-64&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.metabrew.com/article/a-million-user-comet-application-with-mochiweb-part-1/" />
  <row Id="48597" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27293" RevisionGUID="dc70a494-5810-45ec-a949-7f3bda8aaf6d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:23:19.260" UserId="9837" Text="You should also have a look into mod_proxy and mod\_disk\_cache to consider for your planning. Placed on a seperate partition with the application sending the correct headers (Cache-Control etc) this is a very good and easy way to improve your applications performance on apache because any cached (and cachable) page can be served as if it were static.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do not try to use mod\_mem\_cache because it has worse performance for cache sharing reasons.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It has lowered the load by about 20-30% on a mass-vhosting system I am running. Just be careful with the mod\_disk\_cache parameters because they may dramatically increase your iostats if set wrong." />
  <row Id="48598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27294" RevisionGUID="e0028ccd-15b6-4c0c-8d98-b578729d4160" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:26:06.883" UserId="6910" Text="Hi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess that this is an old question, but all answers I found on the net was very diverted, so here goes...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need a dedicated volume for tens of thousands of ~10MiB and ~50MiB files. I suspect that a large NTFS cluster size will speed up the file server, but will a large cluster size do any other harm like slow things down, or waste lots of space?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should i use 64K clusters, 32K or just plain default (4K size)?" />
  <row Id="48599" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27294" RevisionGUID="e0028ccd-15b6-4c0c-8d98-b578729d4160" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:26:06.883" UserId="6910" Text="Recommended NTFS cluster size for a specialized volume" />
  <row Id="48600" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27294" RevisionGUID="e0028ccd-15b6-4c0c-8d98-b578729d4160" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:26:06.883" UserId="6910" Text="&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="48601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27295" RevisionGUID="d7fd6a5c-b053-4d53-8a57-2b054c331761" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:26:17.947" UserId="7026" Text="If your computer has no additional slots for a graphics card, you could use a [USB based DisplayLink][1] adapter. I use this every day, and can 'take it with me' to use on my computer at home...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.displaylink.com/technology_overview.html" />
  <row Id="48602" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27296" RevisionGUID="c1f4664a-2376-4afe-aed8-42a17564c0a3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:26:44.357" UserId="9832" Text="The Credant software can be uninstalled by administrators, but not generally by end users short of the previous wipe/reinstall suggestion.  Note well that the software has an audit system that allows administrators to be aware if the software does not check in within their configured monitoring period.  So if you did uninstall, you can expect them to be aware that you've done so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If performance is a concern, you could reach out to your administrator to ask whether they can tune your policy for a development environment rather than the typical business user's arrangement if they haven't already done so.  If you need to track down the administrator to contact, you could email the support group at [Credant][1] and ask them to point you in the right direction.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.credant.com/company-info/contact-us.html" />
  <row Id="48603" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27297" RevisionGUID="52366827-1258-4e3a-8c47-76b15b6828e9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:27:48.880" UserId="9140" Text="Just found this one:&#xD;&#xA;http://blog.austinheap.com/2009/06/15/how-to-setup-a-proxy-for-iran-citizens/" />
  <row Id="48604" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27290" RevisionGUID="80f9ca94-7f60-418a-817f-b26fb1b60ced" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:28:43.713" UserId="9825" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="For just installing Windows XP you can look at the Microsoft RIS service that does just this by network booting (PXE) and installing over the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also opensource products that essentially do the same and that do not have the requirement of having Windows Servers installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For installing XP have a look at (Sorry, I'm not allowed to post links yet):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - ht tp://unattended.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA; - ht tp://oss.netfarm.it/guides/pxe.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your looking for installing Linux systems then this may be of help:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - ht tps://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And the 'Redhat/CentOS/Fedora' howto I wrote some time ago:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - ht tp://howto.basjes.nl/linux/installing-fedora-linux-via-pxe-x86-64&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Niels" />
  <row Id="48605" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27292" RevisionGUID="63b19ed6-e731-46f3-aae0-0426ed642339" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:28:45.930" UserId="6244" Comment="added 184 characters in body" Text="Try putting this to your /etc/sysctl.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # General gigabit tuning:&#xD;&#xA;    net.core.rmem_max = 16777216&#xD;&#xA;    net.core.wmem_max = 16777216&#xD;&#xA;    net.ipv4.tcp_rmem = 4096 87380 16777216&#xD;&#xA;    net.ipv4.tcp_wmem = 4096 65536 16777216&#xD;&#xA;    net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1&#xD;&#xA;    # this gives the kernel more memory for tcp&#xD;&#xA;    # which you need with many (100k+) open socket connections&#xD;&#xA;    net.ipv4.tcp_mem = 50576   64768   98152&#xD;&#xA;    net.core.netdev_max_backlog = 2500&#xD;&#xA;    # If you have masquerading, you might need this&#xD;&#xA;    # net.ipv4.netfilter.ip_conntrack_max = 1048576&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each connection we make requires an ephemeral port, and thus a file descriptor, and by default this is limited to 1024. To avoid the Too many open files problem you’ll need to modify the ulimit for your shell. This can be changed in /etc/security/limits.conf, but requires a logout/login. For now you can just sudo and modify the current shell (su back to your non-priv’ed user after calling ulimit if you don’t want to run as root):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ulimit -n 999999&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might as well increase the ephemeral port range to the maximum too:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;1024 65535&quot; &gt; /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS. Tuning from [here][1] &#xD;&#xA;PPS. There is a lot black magic you can find [here][2]&#xD;&#xA;PPPS. D-Link is not the best network hardware. Try Intel hardware with pci-x or pci-64&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.metabrew.com/article/a-million-user-comet-application-with-mochiweb-part-1/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.google.ru/search?q=linux+gigabit+tuning&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:ru:official&amp;client=firefox-a" />
  <row Id="48606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27298" RevisionGUID="f98278f9-45eb-4052-aaf0-423619c26e0e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:28:59.440" UserId="1054" Text="Assuming WinXP Pro, and that you're not going to get throttled by your network admin for doing so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Solution 1:** open Windows Explorer and choose Folder Options from the Tools menu, then under Advanced Settings uncheck &quot;Use simple file sharing&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Solution 2:** In the registry, change `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\ForceGuest` to **0**" />
  <row Id="48607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27299" RevisionGUID="86b4f6dc-4868-4d52-a41f-8d51660faf36" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:29:02.527" UserId="6177" Text="Is the drive you're trying to share formatted as NTFS?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have simple file sharing turned on?  In Windows Explorer, Pick &quot;Folder Options&quot; from the Tools menu, click the View tab and look for &quot;Use simple file sharing&quot; in the Advanced Settings list.  Turn it off if it's selected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have XP Home, you won't see this option in the list, you'll have to edit the registry.  In Regedit, look for the key&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Delete the key nNamed  Nosecuritytab  or change the value to 0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48608" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27300" RevisionGUID="a7265dc4-3c1f-45a8-a968-11425ffd642e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:30:05.037" UserId="2487" Text="I am exporting my /opt/target directory via NFS but I would like the nfs clients to be able to mount it as /target.  i.e. I would like showmount -e to show /target not /opt/target.  Can that be done?" />
  <row Id="48609" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27300" RevisionGUID="a7265dc4-3c1f-45a8-a968-11425ffd642e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:30:05.037" UserId="2487" Text="Can I change the name of an NFS export" />
  <row Id="48610" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27300" RevisionGUID="a7265dc4-3c1f-45a8-a968-11425ffd642e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:30:05.037" UserId="2487" Text="&lt;centos&gt;&lt;nfs&gt;" />
  <row Id="48611" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27301" RevisionGUID="2a227c66-1926-4f3c-8e31-e6872dca1595" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:32:11.460" UserId="8789" Text="Ok. Here is my set up: I have a a windows server 2008 with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 installed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a separate windows server machine is the database with SQL Server 2008 installed. We managed to get this working fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I can't get the MSCRM Migration manager to work. I have tried to run the utility on the CRM server, the SQL server and on my local machine. In all cases it will fail when verifying the SQL server with &quot;Failed to determine the SQL data root path for CRM instance.&quot; In the verification screen it says it's checking &quot;Microsoft SQL Server 2005,&quot;  which of course, we don't have. We have 2008. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does this mean the migration manager does not work with 2008? This seems kind of silly to me. Does anybody know if this is possible?" />
  <row Id="48612" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27301" RevisionGUID="2a227c66-1926-4f3c-8e31-e6872dca1595" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:32:11.460" UserId="8789" Text="Is it possible to use Microsoft Dynamics CRM Data Migration Manager with SQL Server 2008?" />
  <row Id="48613" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27301" RevisionGUID="2a227c66-1926-4f3c-8e31-e6872dca1595" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:32:11.460" UserId="8789" Text="&lt;mscrm&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="48614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27302" RevisionGUID="eebe0adc-4ba0-4931-8ec5-467c4cdd6a1a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:33:02.677" UserId="5257" Text="Your network card may be set to sleep after a certain amount of time once the computer goes idle.You may want to check the power management options for it in the device manager to see if it's set to sleep." />
  <row Id="48615" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27303" RevisionGUID="46191c2b-49f1-4582-bb6a-df24eae496d6" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:33:03.020" UserId="9838" Text="You can write simple VBScript to query thru LDAP&#xD;&#xA;Create a file with VBS extension&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Put inside something like this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    On Error Resume Next&#xD;&#xA;    Set objUser = GetObject _&#xD;&#xA;      (&quot;LDAP://CN=USER NAME,DC=DOMAIN_NAME,DC=com&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    objUser.GetInfo&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;    strMail = objUser.Get(&quot;mail&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;    WScript.echo &quot;mail: &quot; &amp; strMail &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Put correct USER NAME into LDAP query string, run VBS file and enjoy :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is your first time you work with LDAP, it could be a little bit complicated to write LDAP query&#xD;&#xA;In order to recognize the LDAP path to the user (i.e. what you need to put after LDAP://) you may download [Active Directory Explorer][1] from Microsoft&#xD;&#xA;Run explorer, navigate to the user and see what it shows in the Path text box&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my case it was something like&#xD;&#xA;CN=[user name],CN=Users,DC=[city_name],DC=[company_name],DC=com,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963907.aspx" />
  <row Id="48616" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26744" RevisionGUID="97e99321-dba2-4804-ada6-2fc94388c4fe" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:33:10.163" UserId="1821" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="And the answer is: For the most part yes. [Here][1] is the master list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.box.net/shared/jc90kdsh2k" />
  <row Id="48621" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27292" RevisionGUID="d4383176-cea2-4eb6-a9e8-2db6de37e0e3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:38:22.573" UserId="6244" Comment="added 763 characters in body" Text="Try putting this to your /etc/sysctl.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # General gigabit tuning:&#xD;&#xA;    net.core.rmem_max = 16777216&#xD;&#xA;    net.core.wmem_max = 16777216&#xD;&#xA;    net.ipv4.tcp_rmem = 4096 87380 16777216&#xD;&#xA;    net.ipv4.tcp_wmem = 4096 65536 16777216&#xD;&#xA;    net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1&#xD;&#xA;    # this gives the kernel more memory for tcp&#xD;&#xA;    # which you need with many (100k+) open socket connections&#xD;&#xA;    net.ipv4.tcp_mem = 50576   64768   98152&#xD;&#xA;    #SACKs (Selective Acknowledgments) are an optimisation to TCP which in normal scenarios improves considerably performance. In Gigabit networks with no traffic competition these have the opposite effect. To improve performance they should be turned off by: &#xD;&#xA;    net.ipv4.tcp_sack=0 &#xD;&#xA;    net.core.netdev_max_backlog = 2500&#xD;&#xA;    # If you have masquerading, you might need this&#xD;&#xA;    # net.ipv4.netfilter.ip_conntrack_max = 1048576&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each connection we make requires an ephemeral port, and thus a file descriptor, and by default this is limited to 1024. To avoid the Too many open files problem you’ll need to modify the ulimit for your shell. This can be changed in /etc/security/limits.conf, but requires a logout/login. For now you can just sudo and modify the current shell (su back to your non-priv’ed user after calling ulimit if you don’t want to run as root):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ulimit -n 999999&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might as well increase the ephemeral port range to the maximum too:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;1024 65535&quot; &gt; /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing you can try that may help increase TCP throughput is to increase the size of the interface queue. To do this, do the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ifconfig eth0 txqueuelen 1000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can play with congestion control:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sysctl net.ipv4.tcp_available_congestion_control&#xD;&#xA;    sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control=htcp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS. Tuning from [here][1], [here][2] and [here][3] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PPS. There is a lot black magic you can find [here][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PPPS. D-Link is not the best network hardware. Try Intel hardware with pci-x or pci-64&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.metabrew.com/article/a-million-user-comet-application-with-mochiweb-part-1/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://fasterdata.es.net/TCP-tuning/linux.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://datatag.web.cern.ch/datatag/howto/tcp.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.google.ru/search?q=linux+gigabit+tuning&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:ru:official&amp;client=firefox-a" />
  <row Id="48622" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27306" RevisionGUID="1f6471c4-d997-4070-a21f-d982d3fe12a7" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:38:46.473" UserId="3251" Text="Actually, if you're developing IIS applications, Vista with IIS 7 is perfectly fine.  It's the same web server as W2K8, just with connection limitations.  You can even add multiple web sites, unlike XP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You would also then install SQL Server Developer edition - again, the same as SQL Server express, with connection limitations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW - [Joel Spolsky][1] has an interesting article on [Solid State Disks][2].  Still a little pricey for my personal machine, but he makes great points for a corporate environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do go with W2K8 as your desktop, there are many articles on tweaking the server product to make it work more like a desktop platform:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Using Windows Server 2008 as a SUPER workstation OS][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [Windows Server 2008 as Workstation][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.joelonsoftware.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2009/03/27.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://blogs.msdn.com/vijaysk/archive/2008/02/11/using-windows-server-2008-as-a-super-desktop-os.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://weblogs.asp.net/israelio/archive/2008/02/21/windows-server-2008-as-workstation.aspx" />
  <row Id="48623" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27298" RevisionGUID="09c96142-ae76-40fb-b24b-2f0238342c10" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:39:16.787" UserId="1054" Comment="Take out my snide remark (sorry, bad day...)" Text="Assuming WinXP Pro:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Solution 1:** open Windows Explorer and choose Folder Options from the Tools menu, then under Advanced Settings uncheck &quot;Use simple file sharing&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Solution 2:** In the registry, change `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\ForceGuest` to **0**" />
  <row Id="48627" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27309" RevisionGUID="18873d08-9bb0-4e4e-ad88-b1469c609608" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:40:27.487" UserId="3921" Text="So here's what I did that ended up fixing the problem, although I don't know why.&#xD;&#xA;ipconfig /flushdns --no joy&#xD;&#xA;give up the DHCP lease and get a new one --nada&#xD;&#xA;reboot --zip&#xD;&#xA;resetting the tcp/ip stack --FIXED&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any theories as to what happened here?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48628" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27279" RevisionGUID="382697f6-c714-4d9a-84dd-b7090d04584f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:41:02.663" UserId="1054" Comment="Add coments to question for easier clarification" Text="The &quot;sharing and security&quot; option in the right-click context menu on a folder is no longer there.  The File and Print sharing option is &quot;installed&quot; and turned on in the TCP/IP properties, but the ability to share any folders has disappeared, along with all previously shared folders.  Where should I check to see what the issue is here?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT** From comments below:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Server&quot; service is not starting, see comment below for more... Firewall is completely disabled, too. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is XP Pro, Simple File Sharing is turned on. We've discovered that the &quot;Server&quot; Windows service is not starting on bootup for some reason. When attempting manual start, we get &quot;error 2001: specified driver is invalid.&quot;" />
  <row Id="48629" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27300" RevisionGUID="f822dd2d-7851-44e3-a892-59d4af080a1a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:41:06.597" UserId="3950" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;centos&gt;&lt;nfs&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="48630" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27310" RevisionGUID="691dd2d7-13ef-425a-be23-fa232bd09fcc" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:41:21.853" UserId="5724" Text="Try this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    grep mysql.host file.txt | sed -e 's/.*mysql.host=\(\S*\).*/\1/g'  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should end up with a value that is the value of mysql.host.  You can put the -D in the match also if you want, but I have left it out because it is a parameter to grep and you need to escape it." />
  <row Id="48631" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27311" RevisionGUID="7da8064a-dbf8-4eb8-8cc2-758fc754f44a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:41:25.050" UserId="5043" Text="Be carefull with the Matrox Dualhead option as they don't provide true screeen behaviour.&#xD;&#xA;What they do provide is an emulatiion of a very wide screen monitor.&#xD;&#xA;It really annoyed some of my users when they try to maximise an application on one screen and it expands acroos both. I wouldn't look at Dualhead again as a solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an aside once you move to dual monitor you'll wonder how you ever survived without it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also use virtual dimension to give me extra space, I have 5 desktops which gives me the same as 10 monitors (kinda :-). It does promote a bad habit of not closing stuff down though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Enjoy!" />
  <row Id="48634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27313" RevisionGUID="8f85c38b-9954-409f-b0bc-e53ddffca227" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:42:20.417" UserId="3950" Text="I'm pretty sure NFS does not allow for aliases. Dave's answer (which is gone now) is probably best, and it'll save you from moving the export as a whole to an illogical location (/target).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The original suggestion here was to symlink /opt/target to /target and then export /target. NFS supports this and I don't know of any good reasons not to use symlinks this way. " />
  <row Id="48635" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27314" RevisionGUID="efb67fe7-a4a9-4b62-a3f1-8a675db7e7ba" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:42:44.783" UserId="769" Text="Background: I have a whole mess of systems running the 2.6.20 and 2.6.22 kernel in what started as a Fedora Core 2 install several years ago.  These systems have 8 cpus, as reported by `cat /proc/cpuinfo`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is, when a process is running that uses multi-threading, does 99.99% CPU usage as reported by `top` mean 99.99% of every CPU or 99.99% total if you add the usage on each CPU together?  In other words, should the maximum percentage be 800% or 100%?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems that when one of these processes is at 99.99%, if you look at each cpu individually, they will say 25% utilization (instead of 100%).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help is appreciated.  If I was unclear or confusing, let me know and I will try to clarify." />
  <row Id="48636" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27314" RevisionGUID="efb67fe7-a4a9-4b62-a3f1-8a675db7e7ba" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:42:44.783" UserId="769" Text="CPU Utilization of a multithreaded process" />
  <row Id="48637" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27314" RevisionGUID="efb67fe7-a4a9-4b62-a3f1-8a675db7e7ba" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:42:44.783" UserId="769" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;cpu&gt;&lt;multithreading&gt;&lt;multi-core&gt;" />
  <row Id="48639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27315" RevisionGUID="3bb1d73f-9fc6-4b2e-9c1e-c425ad361ac8" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:44:32.813" UserId="4629" Text="I am running Ubuntu on on of my machines in a VM instance and the graphical user interface is not coming up, it is crashing, what is the best way to look into this issue? What logs? The server is starting but the GUI is not comming up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;I see something that says, Check your syslog to diagnose. In the meantime this display will be disabled. Please restart GDM when the problem is corrected.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is Ubuntu 9.04." />
  <row Id="48640" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27315" RevisionGUID="3bb1d73f-9fc6-4b2e-9c1e-c425ad361ac8" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:44:32.813" UserId="4629" Text="VMWware Ubuntu Server Issue" />
  <row Id="48641" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27315" RevisionGUID="3bb1d73f-9fc6-4b2e-9c1e-c425ad361ac8" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:44:32.813" UserId="4629" Text="&lt;vmwware&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;gui&gt;" />
  <row Id="48642" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27270" RevisionGUID="9348f341-794c-413f-be02-0c148de8fc85" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:44:36.823" UserId="8316" Comment="added 14 characters in body" Text="I am configuring the server SVN Collabnet (v1.5.6.1 for Solaris 10).&#xD;&#xA;I succeeded to use the ldap server for SVN authentication.&#xD;&#xA;How avoid to write a non encrypted password (XXXXX, here) in the following configuration file (collabnet_subversion_httpd.conf)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ServerName mccuatsv10:8080&#xD;&#xA;    Listen 8080&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    User csvn&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Group csvn&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /svn&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      DAV svn&#xD;&#xA;      SetHandler svn&#xD;&#xA;      SVNParentPath /appli/svn/repositories/&#xD;&#xA;      AuthName &quot;Subversion repository&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      AuthType Basic&#xD;&#xA;      AuthBasicProvider ldap&#xD;&#xA;      AuthzLDAPAuthoritative On&#xD;&#xA;      AuthLDAPBindDN christian.desbordes@ibm.com&#xD;&#xA;      AuthLDAPBindPassword XXXXX&#xD;&#xA;      AuthLDAPURL ldap://eur.msd.world.socgen:389/OU=Users,OU=Accounts,OU=FR,DC=eur,DC=msd,DC=world,DC=socgen?sAM&#xD;&#xA;    AccountName?sub?(objectCategory=person)&#xD;&#xA;      Require valid-user&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48643" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27316" RevisionGUID="37eb90e6-a634-4edb-8fea-b0b553cd2e52" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:44:59.443" UserId="9166" Text="How about feeding the files to good old sed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ echo foo  -Dmysql.host=mysql1.company.com -bar | grep -- &quot;-Dmysql.host=&quot; | sed -e 's/^.*-Dmysql.host=//' -e 's/ .*//'&#xD;&#xA;    mysql1.company.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So in your case you'd feed it the file like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ grep -- &quot;-Dmysql.host=&quot; FILENAME | sed -e 's/^.*-Dmysql.host=//' -e 's/ .*//'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I realize there's a grep in there that sed could handle but this is just easier to write, sed can be awkward." />
  <row Id="48644" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27317" RevisionGUID="1b134689-df18-439d-b5a8-4e3339a2d186" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:45:02.843" UserId="8950" Text="When I do ``su -`` to get to root, my current directory is set to root's home. Is there anyway to keep the current directory that I was in, much like ``sudo -s``. Or is the answer to use sudo?" />
  <row Id="48645" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27317" RevisionGUID="1b134689-df18-439d-b5a8-4e3339a2d186" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:45:02.843" UserId="8950" Text="Linux - use &quot;su -&quot; but keep the current directory" />
  <row Id="48646" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27317" RevisionGUID="1b134689-df18-439d-b5a8-4e3339a2d186" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:45:02.843" UserId="8950" Text="&lt;su&gt;&lt;sudo&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;unix&gt;" />
  <row Id="48647" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27318" RevisionGUID="e57cab7a-c05c-4699-94e5-f6cc86fcb523" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:45:22.923" UserId="7342" Text="You would need to change the path on the server. I'm not sure if you can export via a symlink, otherwise you'd need to move the path physically on the server. Looking at the man page for exports, you might be able to use the &quot;refer&quot; option." />
  <row Id="48648" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20011" RevisionGUID="ee9b5913-6821-46aa-a6da-1f2e153207af" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:45:48.647" UserId="8202" Comment="SA4000 logs" Text="We have a SharePoint (MOSS 2007 on Win2003 R2) with SSRS reports (from SQL 2005) embedded in it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When we connect to the SharePoint portal through our VPN (firewall is Juniper SA4000) and using Internet Explorer (6, 7, and 8) and try to export any SSRS report under Excel, we get an error message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Internet Explorer cannot download .&#xD;&#xA;    Internet Explorer was not able to open the internet site. The requested site is either unavailable or cannot be found. Please try again later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When not using the VPN (LAN from the office), everything (exporting under Excel) works fine.&#xD;&#xA;When using Firefox through the VPN, it works fine. &#xD;&#xA;When exporting to any other format (pdf or text or whatever), everything is fine under both IE and FF.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our firewall people suspect something in SSRS/MOSS/Office. Our MOSS consultants suspect something in the firewall Juniper SA4000. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When using Fiddler and when not connected through VPN, I see the following traffic once i click on the &quot;Export button&quot;: &#xD;&#xA;(Response was a request for client credentials)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    GET /ReportServer/Reserved.ReportViewerWebControl.axd?ExecutionID=j1pqbvbqkb34qf45fhlgnx55&amp;ControlID=733607a7d607476abb1e6b8794202158&amp;Culture=127&amp;UICulture=9&amp;ReportStack=1&amp;OpType=Export&amp;FileName=Product+Application+Report&amp;ContentDisposition=OnlyHtmlInline&amp;Format=EXCEL HTTP/1.1&#xD;&#xA;    Accept: */*&#xD;&#xA;    Accept-Language: en-US,fr-be;q=0.5&#xD;&#xA;    User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; GTB5; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; InfoPath.2; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.5.21022; MS-RTC LM 8; OfficeLiveConnector.1.3; OfficeLivePatch.0.0; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)&#xD;&#xA;    Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate&#xD;&#xA;    Connection: Keep-Alive&#xD;&#xA;    Host: r1frchcurdb01.r1.group.corp&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized&#xD;&#xA;    Content-Length: 1656&#xD;&#xA;    Content-Type: text/html&#xD;&#xA;    Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0&#xD;&#xA;    WWW-Authenticate: Negotiate&#xD;&#xA;    WWW-Authenticate: NTLM&#xD;&#xA;    X-Powered-By: ASP.NET&#xD;&#xA;    Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:25:21 GMT&#xD;&#xA;    Proxy-Support: Session-Based-Authentication&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; then (Generic Response successful):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    GET /ReportServer/Reserved.ReportViewerWebControl.axd?ExecutionID=j1pqbvbqkb34qf45fhlgnx55&amp;ControlID=733607a7d607476abb1e6b8794202158&amp;Culture=127&amp;UICulture=9&amp;ReportStack=1&amp;OpType=Export&amp;FileName=Product+Application+Report&amp;ContentDisposition=OnlyHtmlInline&amp;Format=EXCEL HTTP/1.1&#xD;&#xA;    Accept: */*&#xD;&#xA;    Accept-Language: en-US,fr-be;q=0.5&#xD;&#xA;    User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; GTB5; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; InfoPath.2; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.5.21022; MS-RTC LM 8; OfficeLiveConnector.1.3; OfficeLivePatch.0.0; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)&#xD;&#xA;    Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate&#xD;&#xA;    Connection: Keep-Alive&#xD;&#xA;    Host: r1frchcurdb01.r1.group.corp&#xD;&#xA;    Authorization: Negotiate  &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    HTTP/1.1 200 OK&#xD;&#xA;    Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:25:21 GMT&#xD;&#xA;    Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0&#xD;&#xA;    X-Powered-By: ASP.NET&#xD;&#xA;    WWW-Authenticate: Negotiate oYGgMIGdoAMKAQChCwYJKoZIgvcSAQICooGIBIGFYIGCBgkqhkiG9xIBAgICAG9zMHGgAwIBBaEDAgEPomUwY6ADAgEXolwEWm70xlMp4oj/PyvriNMeNDigow6/MX2DpaYQdBfGkiF0Dcc323tHLRBxBL03QpvwdGBxZGAJI6V1G8sc/lVBzhlCNsZkbJcNfnMNgOgc7UPrz+ZVav/EVm3sDQ==&#xD;&#xA;    X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727&#xD;&#xA;    Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=&quot;Product Application Report.xls&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Cache-Control: private&#xD;&#xA;    Expires: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:24:21 GMT&#xD;&#xA;    Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel&#xD;&#xA;    Content-Length: 23012&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When using the VPN, I see no traffic in Fiddler and the error message is displayed before anything else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update 17/06/2009:&#xD;&#xA;I could get a hand on some logs from our SA4000. Maybe this could help more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Info	PTR23232	2009/06/15 17:22:38 - &lt;SA4000&gt; - [&lt;SA4000 IP&gt;] - &lt;user&gt;[SA4000 group names] - Start Policy [WEBURL/PROTOCOL] evaluation for resource http://&lt;DB server&gt;:80/ReportServer/Reserved.ReportViewerWebControl.axd?ExecutionID=rua1g355tic24245f2e13lim&amp;ControlID=44168efcd36e461493f7a69962580b91&amp;Culture=127&amp;UICulture=9&amp;ReportStack=1&amp;OpType=Export&amp;FileName=Product+Application+Report&amp;ContentDisposition=OnlyHtmlInline&amp;Format=EXCEL &#xD;&#xA;    Info	PTR23233	2009/06/15 17:22:38 - &lt;SA4000&gt; - [&lt;SA4000 IP&gt;] - &lt;user&gt;[SA4000 group names] - Applying Policy [Enable HTTP 1.1]... &#xD;&#xA;    Info	PTR23240	2009/06/15 17:22:38 - &lt;SA4000&gt; - [&lt;SA4000 IP&gt;] - &lt;user&gt;[SA4000 group names] - Resource filter [http://nsrvnts2:80/*] does not match &#xD;&#xA;    Info	PTR23240	2009/06/15 17:22:38 - &lt;SA4000&gt; - [&lt;SA4000 IP&gt;] - &lt;user&gt;[SA4000 group names] - Resource filter [http://nsrvnts3:80/*] does not match &#xD;&#xA;    Info	PTR23233	2009/06/15 17:22:38 - &lt;SA4000&gt; - [&lt;SA4000 IP&gt;] - &lt;user&gt;[SA4000 group names] - Applying Policy [Disable HTTP 1.1]... &#xD;&#xA;    Info	PTR23239	2009/06/15 17:22:38 - &lt;SA4000&gt; - [&lt;SA4000 IP&gt;] - &lt;user&gt;[SA4000 group names] - Action [HTTP 1.0] is returned &#xD;&#xA;    Info	PTR23234	2009/06/15 17:22:38 - &lt;SA4000&gt; - [&lt;SA4000 IP&gt;] - &lt;user&gt;[SA4000 group names] - Policy [Disable HTTP 1.1] applies to resource &#xD;&#xA;    Info	PTR23308	2009/06/15 17:22:38 - &lt;SA4000&gt; - [&lt;SA4000 IP&gt;] - &lt;user&gt;[SA4000 group names] - Skip Policy [WEBURL/COMPRESSION] evaluation because Compression option is not enabled &#xD;&#xA;    Info	PTR23232	2009/06/15 17:22:38 - &lt;SA4000&gt; - [&lt;SA4000 IP&gt;] - &lt;user&gt;[SA4000 group names] - Start Policy [WEBURL/WEBPDSID] evaluation for resource http://&lt;DB server&gt;:80/ReportServer/Reserved.ReportViewerWebControl.axd?ExecutionID=rua1g355tic24245f2e13lim&amp;ControlID=44168efcd36e461493f7a69962580b91&amp;Culture=127&amp;UICulture=9&amp;ReportStack=1&amp;OpType=Export&amp;FileName=Product+Application+Report&amp;ContentDisposition=OnlyHtmlInline&amp;Format=EXCEL &#xD;&#xA;    Info	PTR23233	2009/06/15 17:22:38 - &lt;SA4000&gt; - [&lt;SA4000 IP&gt;] - &lt;user&gt;[SA4000 group names] - Applying Policy [Corporate BI Portal]... &#xD;&#xA;    Info	PTR23240	2009/06/15 17:22:38 - &lt;SA4000&gt; - [&lt;SA4000 IP&gt;] - &lt;user&gt;[SA4000 group names] - Resource filter [http://&lt;SharePoint&gt;:80/*] does not match &#xD;&#xA;    Info	PTR23240	2009/06/15 17:22:38 - &lt;SA4000&gt; - [&lt;SA4000 IP&gt;] - &lt;user&gt;[SA4000 group names] - Resource filter [http://&lt;SharePoint&gt;/*] does not match &#xD;&#xA;    Info	PTR23235	2009/06/15 17:22:38 - &lt;SA4000&gt; - [&lt;SA4000 IP&gt;] - &lt;user&gt;[SA4000 group names] - No Policy applies to resource&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any tip welcome. :)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27319" RevisionGUID="373b71f6-3386-41a9-b0a7-127d5cacdcf6" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:45:59.770" UserId="2413" Text="99% cpu usage means almost total utilization of single core.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if your system is totally loaded [ couple threads each hogging one cpu ] - you'll see 400% usage on quad core or 800% usage on two quad cores.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;processes/threads are re-assigned between cpus - that's why you see 25% of utilisation on each of cores. but you can set affinity for them.. then they'll stick to selected processors/cores." />
  <row Id="48650" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27299" RevisionGUID="66faaf8c-80c2-46d7-b943-f9497864b1b2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:46:21.750" UserId="6177" Comment="added 362 characters in body" Text="Is the drive you're trying to share formatted as NTFS?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have simple file sharing turned on?  In Windows Explorer, Pick &quot;Folder Options&quot; from the Tools menu, click the View tab and look for &quot;Use simple file sharing&quot; in the Advanced Settings list.  Turn it off if it's selected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have XP Home, you won't see this option in the list, you'll have to edit the registry.  In Regedit, look for the key&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Delete the key nNamed  Nosecuritytab  or change the value to 0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check that the Computer Browser service is running, if it's not, check the services it's dependent on (Server and Workstation - see Dependencies tab).  If the services won't start, I'd start to wonder if there's a corrupt file.  Run the System File Checker:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sfc /Scannow&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may need the install CD, or sfc will look in %Systemroot%\System32\Dllcache" />
  <row Id="48651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27320" RevisionGUID="c991ad64-8871-4751-b060-5f166ec30394" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:46:45.277" UserId="7200" Text="To my knowledge, NTFS itself does not have any performance problems associated with larger cluster sizes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're really looking to eek out all the speed you can, I'd recommend simulation and benchmarking. How your application reads data (4K blocks, 8K blocks, etc) is going to make a difference, as is the cache hit pattern on the NT cache and the underlying RAID cache. The disk / storage hardware (RAID layout, SAN configuration, etc) is going to make a difference, too. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ultimately, the behavior of the application is going to be the biggest dictator of performance. You see &quot;planning guides&quot; for various applications (Exchange, SQL Server, etc) out on the 'net. All of the serious ones are based on real-world benchmarking with load simulation. You can write &quot;rules of thumb&quot;, but with any given system there may be quirks in implementation at lower levels that turn rules of thumb on their ear.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your application is suited to simulated work, spin up a simulated corpus of files and simulate a workload on them, using various filesystem / RAID / disk configurations. That's going to be the only way to know for sure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Aside: Does anybody else find it funny to hear a 10MB file called &quot;small&quot;?  God, I'm old...)" />
  <row Id="48652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27321" RevisionGUID="4e5e9b63-249c-4ff6-972e-9b82a790f86f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:47:20.017" UserId="5724" Text="It's always better to use sudo, if possible, because then you don't need to know (or give someone) root's password.  Set the root password to something long and horrible and then lock it in a safe.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to deny someone access later, you just remove their access to sudo, rather than having to teach everyone else a new root password." />
  <row Id="48653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27322" RevisionGUID="ea1edb4f-b082-4135-8db6-f1ae7d4204db" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:47:59.703" UserId="1435" Text="Easy answer: If the majority of your files will be 10MB or more then I'd recommend you use as large a cluster size as possible, but this may be a little wasteful space-wise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Complex answer: You should analyse your disk's cache, your disk controller's cache, your OS's cache and the actual files and their sizes. This will be better, but harder to get right." />
  <row Id="48654" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27286" RevisionGUID="80f5da80-c421-479e-961c-9e63785b4852" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:48:04.213" UserId="8385" Comment="deleted 2 characters in body" Text="If this is Windows XP Home, you won't be able to see that context menu without some registry hacking.  If this is Windows XP Professional, you might need to disable Simple File Sharing.  In a Windows Explorer windows, go to Tools --&gt; Folder Options.  Click on the &quot;View&quot; tab and scroll all the way down.  Uncheck the box that says &quot;Use simple file sharing.&quot;" />
  <row Id="48655" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27323" RevisionGUID="dc73c720-b358-44f8-92c6-e1c8b8f5c616" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:48:19.813" UserId="2413" Text="some ldap servers allow anonymous binding. then [ afaik ] you dont need to provide bind password." />
  <row Id="48656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27324" RevisionGUID="f373de8d-0cc8-4496-a62b-6453f7257bd0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:49:05.130" UserId="8737" Text="I agree, the more powerful the better for a developer... but one thing a lot of people miss - especially in desktop applications development is the test machine specs.  We try to buy $500-$800 lower end Dells to test with.  A developer may have a custom build monster machine around $2000 - $2500, but the end users who uses the applications mostly likely won't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have seen way too many times the developer say - &quot;process X runs 3 secs on my machine&quot; in response to finding out on the test machine it takes 2 minutes. Then the developer has to optimize and/or recode the way the process to make it acceptable!  (Especially in reporting processes).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW, I have seen this true to in web apps that use a LOT if javascript or java applets- slower machine, mean slower performance for their browsers/plugins.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48657" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27325" RevisionGUID="1ab51739-a7b1-42f7-ac47-e278ed5e2846" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:49:17.503" UserId="9404" Text="Use sudo :). Seriously, you don't need su. 'sudo' is better as you only use it for privileged commands and can help avoid mistakes. You also get accountability." />
  <row Id="48658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27326" RevisionGUID="ec501aaf-8530-42ff-a1e2-b32ad2766f53" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:49:46.487" UserId="4703" Text="Opera Unite by itself is not a security risk, but just like any P2P (or any program), it may be used by an attacker (if they find bugs, or is incorrectly configured, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, your questions brings an interesting point. You are doing security wrong (sorry to say that). The basic premises of security/firewall administration are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Least access (only allow what is strictly permitted and block everything else).&#xD;&#xA; - Minimum privilege (a user should only have access to what is necessary to do his work).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you were following these rules Opera Unite would already be blocked in your network and your users would not be able to install it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48659" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27327" RevisionGUID="9683ea35-21fb-493d-a3f3-e0e8e4e4a800" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:50:01.137" UserId="4694" Text="You should definitely use sudo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;**su -m**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That will keep you in the folder when you change to root." />
  <row Id="48660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27328" RevisionGUID="5961e7ca-d768-44d3-97b1-a60bdfee0a0c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:50:28.093" UserId="7342" Text="If you use &quot;su&quot; it does an interactive shell. This is the same as &quot;sudo -s&quot;. &quot;su -&quot; creates a login shell, which will override the environment. &quot;sudo -i&quot; is the equivilent with sudo. If you are trying to get an interactive shell, you should always use the sudo -i (or su -) form, or it's possible to end up with weird file permissions in a user's home directory. " />
  <row Id="48661" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27329" RevisionGUID="dce8e5d8-926c-424f-b310-854a0ce438ce" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:51:14.363" UserId="5308" Text="I agree that sudo is almost always a better answer but to answer the other part of the question...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The '-' in 'su -' indicates that you want to emulate a superuser login, rather than just run with superuser priviledges.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you use plain 'su' rather than 'su -' you will stay in the same directory; however you will also be running in the same environment so may need to modify your path to access some admin commands." />
  <row Id="48662" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27330" RevisionGUID="672b3ced-b0b5-4426-b77f-689753e81e6e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:51:17.827" UserId="7645" Text="If you use `su` without the `-`, it&#xD;&#xA;should keep you in your current&#xD;&#xA;directory.  `-`, `-l` or `--login`&#xD;&#xA;tell su to:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Provide an environment similar to what the user would expect had the user logged in directly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or just use sudo, it's got a lot of other advantages.  Or ssh keys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48663" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="27330" RevisionGUID="c0532f35-27bd-42db-bed8-de0330c41bc5" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:51:42.520" UserId="7645" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:7645,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;freiheit&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="48664" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="27330" RevisionGUID="f16f5141-87d5-4d46-be0a-ae8b5ece0385" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:51:52.037" UserId="7645" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:7645,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;freiheit&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="48665" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27331" RevisionGUID="957e2a52-96e2-496e-bf29-08148e90d2d5" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:51:54.690" UserId="2561" Text="From the information given, I would go about this by first splitting everything based on whitespace, and then split those tokens based on the = sign.  Pure bash solution would be something like what follows. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      foo=&quot;bar=baz boo=zip&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      for keyvalue in $foo; do&#xD;&#xA;         key=${keyvalue%%=*} &#xD;&#xA;         value=${keyvalue##*=}&#xD;&#xA;         echo $key $value&#xD;&#xA;      done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since IFS is probably whitespace, the shell takes care of splitting based on the whitespace.  You can then use Parameter (Variable) Expansion to handle spiting into key / value pairs  based on the equals sign.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48666" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27313" RevisionGUID="7f10659c-943d-4bc8-989b-9fe3941e1bc3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:52:18.167" UserId="3950" Comment="deleted 23 characters in body" Text="I'm pretty sure NFS does not allow for aliases. Symlinking is probably best, and it'll save you from moving the export as a whole to an illogical location (/target).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The original suggestion here was to symlink /opt/target to /target and then export /target. NFS supports this and I don't know of any good reasons not to use symlinks this way. " />
  <row Id="48667" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27321" RevisionGUID="2565022f-9047-490c-afa4-3f7076efbcc2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:55:42.203" UserId="5724" Comment="added 244 characters in body" Text="It's always better to use sudo, if possible, because then you don't need to know (or give someone) root's password.  Set the root password to something long and horrible and then lock it in a safe.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to deny someone access later, you just remove their access to sudo, rather than having to teach everyone else a new root password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However - you don't need to use the '-' parameter if you don't want to.  You will get a shell as root, it will just not be a [login shell][1] (so it will not run root's .profile.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.faqs.org/docs/bashman/bashref_62.html" />
  <row Id="48668" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27332" RevisionGUID="172e4a24-0996-4411-939f-1f010880e993" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:55:56.680" UserId="9249" Text="Every so often I run into a file that I need to take ownership of.  I normally use `cacls` for changing ntfs permissions, but it doesn't seem to do ownership.  Under *nix I would run something like `chown me:me &lt;file&gt;`.  Is there a windows equivalent to `chown`?" />
  <row Id="48669" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27332" RevisionGUID="172e4a24-0996-4411-939f-1f010880e993" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:55:56.680" UserId="9249" Text="How to take ownership of files from the command line?" />
  <row Id="48670" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27332" RevisionGUID="172e4a24-0996-4411-939f-1f010880e993" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:55:56.680" UserId="9249" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;acl&gt;" />
  <row Id="48671" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27333" RevisionGUID="73fb0f7e-a23c-49f0-a436-7391802c000c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:56:30.500" UserId="5724" Text="Do you have a /var/log/Xorg.log file?" />
  <row Id="48672" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27327" RevisionGUID="25e64d1b-dc44-4481-ae31-55628f4ed4d2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:57:06.180" UserId="4694" Comment="added 90 characters in body" Text="You should definitely use sudo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;**su -m**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That will keep you in the folder when you change to root.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[Benefits of using sudo][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo" />
  <row Id="48673" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27334" RevisionGUID="a91dd7c6-12aa-4cb8-b033-c4b02e1fd6f5" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:57:28.767" UserId="9834" Text="Opera Unite is not in and of itself a security risk.  The web server portion is working with static html so no scripting or language vulnerabilities.  The file serving is more an issue, especially if they allow you to share something like the root of your hard drive or a folder location with sensitive information.  A firewall should be blocking this service anyway (you should be whitelisting rather than blacklisting so by default it is blocked)  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think that is why Opera is choosing to use 8840.  Networks are not going to have that port open by default whereas if they ran it on 80 it would be an issue." />
  <row Id="48674" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27335" RevisionGUID="4e732db9-5d65-4f7d-8bd0-cb7eadba581c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:00:41.977" UserId="7200" Text="You're looking for &quot;TAKEOWN.EXE&quot;, which was first in Windows Server 2003 as a standard component, and I believe a resource-kit item prior.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738152(WS.10).aspx&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48676" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27337" RevisionGUID="9f1ca7d9-3abb-4e69-9de9-12ecdcec9fbb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:01:51.397" UserId="9848" Text="I'm trying to run ImageMagick from batch via exec() or passthru()&#xD;&#xA;I've already changed security settings for cmd.exe and ImageMagick folder. These are my current settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\ImageMagick-6.5.3-Q8 BUILTIN\Administrators:(OI)(CI)F &#xD;&#xA;                        COMPUTERNAME\IUSR_myusername:(OI)(CI)R &#xD;&#xA;                        NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(OI)(CI)R &#xD;&#xA;                        BUILTIN\Users:(OI)(CI)R &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe COMPUTERNAME\TelnetClients:R &#xD;&#xA;                            COMPUTERNAME\psaadm:R &#xD;&#xA;                            COMPUTERNAME\psacln:R &#xD;&#xA;                            COMPUTERNAME\psaserv:R &#xD;&#xA;                            NT AUTHORITY\INTERACTIVE:R &#xD;&#xA;                            NT AUTHORITY\SERVICE:R &#xD;&#xA;                            NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:F &#xD;&#xA;                            BUILTIN\Administrators:F &#xD;&#xA;                            COMPUTERNAME\IUSR_myusername:R &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After doing this this is the actually script that I'm trying to run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    error_reporting(E_ALL);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    define(&quot;ABSOLUTE_PATH&quot;, &quot;C:\\Inetpub\\vhosts\\myusername.com\\httpdocs\\online&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    define(&quot;IMAGE_MAGICK_CONVERT&quot;, &quot;C:\ImageMagick-6.5.3-Q8\convert.exe&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    echo(IMAGE_MAGICK_CONVERT . &quot; &quot; . ABSOLUTE_PATH . &quot;\\convert\\myfile1.jpg &quot; . ABSOLUTE_PATH . &quot;\\convert\\myfile1.pdf&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    echo exec(&quot;cmd /c &quot; . IMAGE_MAGICK_CONVERT . &quot; &quot; . ABSOLUTE_PATH . &quot;\\convert\\myfile1.jpg &quot; . ABSOLUTE_PATH . &quot;\\convert\\myfile1.pdf 2&gt;&amp;1&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    passthru(IMAGE_MAGICK_CONVERT . &quot; &quot; . ABSOLUTE_PATH . &quot;\\convert\\myfile1.jpg &quot; . ABSOLUTE_PATH . &quot;\\convert\\myfile1.pdf 2&gt;&amp;1&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I'm still receiving a Access is denied. Please help out..." />
  <row Id="48677" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27337" RevisionGUID="9f1ca7d9-3abb-4e69-9de9-12ecdcec9fbb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:01:51.397" UserId="9848" Text="exec /  passthru error on IIS Server 6.x and Windows Server 2003" />
  <row Id="48678" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27337" RevisionGUID="9f1ca7d9-3abb-4e69-9de9-12ecdcec9fbb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:01:51.397" UserId="9848" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="48680" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27338" RevisionGUID="94c14468-08e0-4e5f-aa1c-af719021ee28" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:03:57.617" UserId="4271" Text="For Windows 2003, 2008 or Vista or 7 use [Takeown][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Windows 2000 use [Fileowners.pl][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755342(WS.10).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320046" />
  <row Id="48681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27339" RevisionGUID="e6fb6838-e908-4262-b047-717eba46dc98" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:05:10.313" UserId="5724" Text="[subinacl][1] is a Windows sysadmin's power tool for doing everything to do with ownership and ACLs.  You can change the ownership to anyone other than just you ([you can't do this with the GUI][2]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    subinacl /file test.txt /setowner=domain\foo&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This lets you set the permission to any user you like, without having to be an administrator (as I believe takeown.exe requires).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ss64.com/nt/subinacl.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://craig.dubculture.co.nz/blog/2006/06/30/windows-utilities-you-didnt-know-about-subinaclexe/" />
  <row Id="48682" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27337" RevisionGUID="610354a3-2dde-4865-aae7-a652f96528c4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:06:28.690" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix Typo" Text="I'm trying to run ImageMagick from batch via exec() or passthru()&#xD;&#xA;I've already changed security settings for cmd.exe and ImageMagick folder. These are my current settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\ImageMagick-6.5.3-Q8 BUILTIN\Administrators:(OI)(CI)F &#xD;&#xA;                        COMPUTERNAME\IUSR_myusername:(OI)(CI)R &#xD;&#xA;                        NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(OI)(CI)R &#xD;&#xA;                        BUILTIN\Users:(OI)(CI)R &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe COMPUTERNAME\TelnetClients:R &#xD;&#xA;                            COMPUTERNAME\psaadm:R &#xD;&#xA;                            COMPUTERNAME\psacln:R &#xD;&#xA;                            COMPUTERNAME\psaserv:R &#xD;&#xA;                            NT AUTHORITY\INTERACTIVE:R &#xD;&#xA;                            NT AUTHORITY\SERVICE:R &#xD;&#xA;                            NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:F &#xD;&#xA;                            BUILTIN\Administrators:F &#xD;&#xA;                            COMPUTERNAME\IUSR_myusername:R &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After doing this this is the actual script that I'm trying to run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    error_reporting(E_ALL);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    define(&quot;ABSOLUTE_PATH&quot;, &quot;C:\\Inetpub\\vhosts\\myusername.com\\httpdocs\\online&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    define(&quot;IMAGE_MAGICK_CONVERT&quot;, &quot;C:\ImageMagick-6.5.3-Q8\convert.exe&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    echo(IMAGE_MAGICK_CONVERT . &quot; &quot; . ABSOLUTE_PATH . &quot;\\convert\\myfile1.jpg &quot; . ABSOLUTE_PATH . &quot;\\convert\\myfile1.pdf&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    echo exec(&quot;cmd /c &quot; . IMAGE_MAGICK_CONVERT . &quot; &quot; . ABSOLUTE_PATH . &quot;\\convert\\myfile1.jpg &quot; . ABSOLUTE_PATH . &quot;\\convert\\myfile1.pdf 2&gt;&amp;1&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    passthru(IMAGE_MAGICK_CONVERT . &quot; &quot; . ABSOLUTE_PATH . &quot;\\convert\\myfile1.jpg &quot; . ABSOLUTE_PATH . &quot;\\convert\\myfile1.pdf 2&gt;&amp;1&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I'm still receiving a Access is denied. Please help out..." />
  <row Id="48683" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27340" RevisionGUID="617e06d3-a462-4c1f-999a-1f158cc22e03" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:06:44.227" UserId="5724" Text="Run [Process Monitor][1] and watch to see what operation exactly is failing.  It could well be writing to the ABSOLUTE_PATH\Convert directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx" />
  <row Id="48684" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27341" RevisionGUID="68d0bfca-ec4b-488c-96bc-4bcec416f43d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:07:20.903" UserId="1736" Text="You aren't doubling your backslashes in `IMAGE_MAGICK_CONVERT`." />
  <row Id="48685" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27251" RevisionGUID="5298a8e6-4ae3-4d70-941a-cf615ffb9d3f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:08:16.843" UserId="1466" Comment="provide more info; added 158 characters in body" Text="We have **2 wireless networks** set up using vlans on a system of HP Wireless Access points.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The first is intended for staff**, and uses WPA2+radius to authenticate to our AD server, and puts the user on vlan 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The second is intended for guests**, uses simple WEP encryption, and puts the user on vlan 2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently both wireless networks give full access to our internal network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the best/easiest way to **restrict the guest wireless network to outgoing internet** access only?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(and what additional information do you need to provide a good answer?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;------&#xD;&#xA;*Additional Information*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Our network is co-located, with servers at our ISP, and internally to our office&#xD;&#xA; - Our outside firewall is located at our ISP location, as all internet traffic flows through there.  Cisco routers at both locations&#xD;&#xA; - traffic between the two is sent over a Cisco &#xD;&#xA; - Our wireless APs are all connected to HP or Cisco (vlan capable) switches in our internal network&#xD;&#xA; - outgoing internet traffic flows through our border switches to the Cisco router in the office, to the Cisco router at our ISP, and then out to the world." />
  <row Id="48686" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27342" RevisionGUID="8a910fa0-9dc4-4ec3-8f7a-5d084972d2f2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:09:17.763" UserId="4392" Text="If you're absolutely stubborn about not having centralized filestorage (which is a foolish decision, just for the record), put each user's home directory on one laptop. NFS mount that directory on all the other laptops. Do that as many times as you have users and/or laptops. Add each user to every laptop with the correct username and password, and point their home directory to whichever NFS mount you've set them up with. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Enjoy your maintenance nightmare. " />
  <row Id="48687" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27259" RevisionGUID="b873d1b7-df94-4279-9dd9-d93b9cbe7777" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:09:22.927" UserId="1736" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;iranelection&gt;" />
  <row Id="48688" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27343" RevisionGUID="c2e9d87c-093e-4ed9-abe5-ea659bad2ea2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:09:42.693" UserId="8385" Text="We have a corporate MPLS network hosted by a large ISP.  Each site has it's own dedicated path to the Internet, so there is no single point of Internet access to place a filtering appliance.  We've all but decided on deploying a proxy-based solution from Websense, but I would like recommendations from other professionals.  Here's the network setup:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;8 sites with T1 connections on the MPLS network&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;6 sites with AT&amp;T DSL doing IPSEC tunnels to the MPLS network&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;1 Headquarters with 4x bonded T1 connections to the MPLS network&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Each site has it's own egress/ingress to the Internet&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;~100 users between all locations&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;~25 users that do not require filtering&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Everything needs to be AD-integrated&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What does you all suggest?" />
  <row Id="48689" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27343" RevisionGUID="c2e9d87c-093e-4ed9-abe5-ea659bad2ea2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:09:42.693" UserId="8385" Text="Web Content Filtering Recommendations" />
  <row Id="48690" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27343" RevisionGUID="c2e9d87c-093e-4ed9-abe5-ea659bad2ea2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:09:42.693" UserId="8385" Text="&lt;contentfilter&gt;&lt;mpls&gt;&lt;webfilter&gt;" />
  <row Id="48691" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27344" RevisionGUID="4216877f-f068-47f5-adad-b82640cd2e9f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:10:31.787" UserId="767" Text="I'm a complete newbie and I'm just learning how to administrate SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS).  I'm thinking of running SQL Server 2005 with SSIS install.  Can an SSIS package run on a seperate SQL server but process data thats located on another sql server?  I'd like to know this before I attempt to install SSIS and require a possible reboot on another server.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why would i want to do this?  Because Microsoft recommends not to run SSIS on a Clustered environment.  To avoid issues, I installed another instance of SQL Server 2005 with SSIS to run packages provided for our accounting system.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks in advance" />
  <row Id="48692" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27344" RevisionGUID="4216877f-f068-47f5-adad-b82640cd2e9f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:10:31.787" UserId="767" Text="can SSIS connect to another sql server?" />
  <row Id="48693" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27344" RevisionGUID="4216877f-f068-47f5-adad-b82640cd2e9f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:10:31.787" UserId="767" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;ssis&gt;" />
  <row Id="48694" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27337" RevisionGUID="0ca816b0-e6c0-4857-85ca-da3d2c4c30e7" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:10:51.550" UserId="5724" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;php&gt;" />
  <row Id="48695" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27345" RevisionGUID="b3ec0177-c7e1-443a-be35-542f83f00e6e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:10:57.167" UserId="9356" Text="We've got it solved.  I found information claiming that this was related to a missing or corrupt &quot;srv.sys&quot; driver in c:\windows\system32\drivers.  When I looked there on the fouled up machine, that file was completely missing.  I copied the file from another working XP Pro machine, rebooted the problem machine, and sharing works once again.  Thanks for the help, folks!" />
  <row Id="48696" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27346" RevisionGUID="c4559349-a665-4ba5-9796-b91c2a94a704" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:12:45.167" UserId="1054" Text="Yes, it is very much possible.  You can define connections to a myriad of external datasources from within an SSIS package.  SQL Server, Oracle, Excel, flat files, etc etc." />
  <row Id="48697" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27347" RevisionGUID="c0379d45-7ce9-4beb-98e7-146fd70488cf" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:13:25.587" UserId="8851" Text="It shows load per core. Don't forget about a great &quot;top&quot; replacement called htop. It will draw you load of individual cpus/cores. " />
  <row Id="48698" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27348" RevisionGUID="bacb408a-3b3a-4421-89e8-f8aae22e20b7" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:15:29.327" UserId="7936" Text="I remember that in Linux (when doing `make menuconfig`) somewhere there was an option that said something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Use this only if you want to generate&#xD;&#xA;&gt; network traffic, or if you want to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; create faulty network traffic&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately I can't remember where this was or even remember any tool that allows me to actually create such traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'm after is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - creating erroneous ICMP packets&#xD;&#xA; - injecting high latency or packet loss&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;on a network which is otherwise perfectly fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The purpose is to test the behavior of some applications that have to work with links that are between EU and US. I'd like to &quot;stress test&quot; the application how much latency it will swallow or how much packet loss it can deal with." />
  <row Id="48699" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27348" RevisionGUID="bacb408a-3b3a-4421-89e8-f8aae22e20b7" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:15:29.327" UserId="7936" Text="Generating erroneous traffic for testing" />
  <row Id="48700" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27348" RevisionGUID="bacb408a-3b3a-4421-89e8-f8aae22e20b7" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:15:29.327" UserId="7936" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;debian&gt;" />
  <row Id="48701" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27315" RevisionGUID="fdc04aef-3202-436d-9cd9-dbb7b8848a88" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:17:59.180" UserId="2359" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;gui&gt;" />
  <row Id="48702" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27346" RevisionGUID="25368d90-babb-412b-a84e-9271b0c5dd53" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:18:28.197" UserId="1054" Comment="Add Excel gotcha" Text="Yes, it is very much possible.  You can define connections to a myriad of external datasources from within an SSIS package.  SQL Server, Oracle, Excel, flat files, etc etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just remembered one gotcha when dealing connecting to Excel via SSIS in a 64-bit environment.  You need the 32-bit client tools installed on your 64-bit SQL box in order to interface with Excel.  This has been somewhat painful for us..." />
  <row Id="48704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27350" RevisionGUID="f54c7865-4389-4af5-914b-bf8ae1c69104" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:18:56.870" UserId="5724" Text="[hping][1] lets you generate TCP, UDP, ICMP and RAW-IP protocol packets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hping.org/" />
  <row Id="48705" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27351" RevisionGUID="f8d3159f-8e73-4736-b064-aea4a82ceef8" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:19:17.557" UserId="999" Text="I noticed a number of directories on my home server that I haven't touched in have had their modification time changed, though none of the files contained in these directories report a change in time.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I run an IDS (fcheck), and it did not report anything on the date of the directories' modification time.  This is not surprising since the directories in question are in my home directory (which my IDS does not scan).  I have grepped through auth.log and did not find any unauthorized access on the date in question and checked most configurations in /etc appear to be the same.  How should I proceed next to determine if in fact my machine has been compromised?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48706" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27351" RevisionGUID="f8d3159f-8e73-4736-b064-aea4a82ceef8" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:19:17.557" UserId="999" Text="Diagnosing Possible Intrusion" />
  <row Id="48707" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27351" RevisionGUID="f8d3159f-8e73-4736-b064-aea4a82ceef8" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:19:17.557" UserId="999" Text="&lt;ubuntu-server&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="48708" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27352" RevisionGUID="67a7eb8c-b20f-4864-a2f6-541a97020afb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:19:34.200" UserId="9838" Text="Hi all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft advices to use /3Gb switch in Boot.ini in order to get more memory for a process running on 32bit system. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently I need a lot of memory for *devenv* process (Visual Studio 2008) because I have a complex solution that has a lot of projects and forms and consumes a lot of resources in design time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to ask, if anybody knows, what are negative aspects of using /3Gb switch, are there any circumstances where it is not recommended to use it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48709" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27352" RevisionGUID="67a7eb8c-b20f-4864-a2f6-541a97020afb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:19:34.200" UserId="9838" Text="Are there any drawbacks of &quot;/3Gb&quot; switch in boot.ini for 32bit Windows?" />
  <row Id="48710" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27352" RevisionGUID="67a7eb8c-b20f-4864-a2f6-541a97020afb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:19:34.200" UserId="9838" Text="&lt;performance&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;32-bit&gt;&lt;memory&gt;" />
  <row Id="48711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27353" RevisionGUID="3ac1dbd7-352d-4260-8de1-cce32dae49cf" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:22:40.590" UserId="7200" Text="One of my Customers has a very similiar topology, albeit with a couple fewer sites on the MPLS. We looked at Websense, but in the end they opted for Barracuda filtering devices at each site. The cost was a little less for the Barracuda devices for their situation, and they liked the user interface a bit more. If you haven't looked at them, you may want to. There's an argument to be made, since they're hardware devices, re: the TCO of the solution as compared to Websense running on traditional servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you're into rolling your own, I'd say that Websense is probably your best bet. (I admin a Websense install at one Customer site, too. I offer you my condolences in advance for having to deal with their brain-damaged admin user interface and seemingly random need to have the server re-built frequently. What the application does is nice, but the underlying technology seems like glue and tape.)" />
  <row Id="48712" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27319" RevisionGUID="78c9fff4-1e45-4231-a0dc-1052fb5d534e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:23:07.640" UserId="2413" Comment="added 103 characters in body" Text="99% cpu usage means almost total utilization of single core.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if your system is totally loaded [ couple threads each hogging one cpu ] - you'll see 400% usage on quad core or 800% usage on two quad cores.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;processes/threads are re-assigned between cpus - that's why you see 25% of utilisation on each of cores. but you can [set affinity][1] for them.. then they'll stick to selected processors/cores.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/setting-processor-affinity-certain-task-or-process.html" />
  <row Id="48713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27354" RevisionGUID="3720b2af-fe4a-4677-8c55-3ce10c12f082" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:25:15.860" UserId="5724" Text="You will have less memory available to your kernel - the switch adjusts the kernel mode address space/user mode address space split, previously 2GB to 2GB, to 1GB to 3GB.  Read [Raymond Chen's post][1] on /3GB, and the follow-ups, before proceeding.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2004/08/05/208908.aspx" />
  <row Id="48714" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="11739" RevisionGUID="8caa0d70-a166-43b7-8167-241a930608bb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:25:51.457" UserId="2413" Comment="minor change in question formatting" Text="LAMP Server Performance Tips" />
  <row Id="48715" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27355" RevisionGUID="42a25bb2-8d3c-4b9d-959e-2250703637c9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:26:08.150" UserId="6177" Text="We've used it on a couple of systems that were running image processing apps on lots of large images, and never noticed any problems.  In any situations where you need the extra Gig of application memory, you're probably going to let the app run and not do anything else with the system, so there's probably not going to be much impact." />
  <row Id="48716" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27356" RevisionGUID="70c9aa71-57ad-4b86-9562-2d0fc0a86149" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:26:14.157" UserId="7200" Text="On a desktop machine, probably not. The kernel paged pool is smaller on a W2K3 / WXP machine w/ the /3GB switch set. This is probably not an issue for a desktop machine. On a server, exhausting the kernel paged pool will cause you problems." />
  <row Id="48717" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11739" RevisionGUID="8caa0d70-a166-43b7-8167-241a930608bb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:25:51.457" UserId="2413" Comment="minor change in question formatting" Text="What performance tips can be offered to someone running a LAMP server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the instance that something is Distribution specific, I'm targeting Debian." />
  <row Id="48718" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27357" RevisionGUID="e0a657dd-7bbf-4bd9-8fd6-c313f46d9225" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:26:44.140" UserId="3110" Text="I'm looking for some ammunition for upper management.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the things I get asked on a regular basis is...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;How come the laptops we buy for the office are so expensive when I can get a cheap &lt;insert no name brand home laptop&gt; from Best Buy.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So some of my standard answers are;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Metal hinges&#xD;&#xA; 2. Durable case&#xD;&#xA; 3. Outstanding customer support&#xD;&#xA; 4. 3 year warranty (standard, not purchased extra)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What else is there?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48719" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27357" RevisionGUID="e0a657dd-7bbf-4bd9-8fd6-c313f46d9225" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:26:44.140" UserId="3110" Text="Difference between home-use and office-use laptops" />
  <row Id="48720" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27357" RevisionGUID="e0a657dd-7bbf-4bd9-8fd6-c313f46d9225" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:26:44.140" UserId="3110" Text="&lt;notebook&gt;" />
  <row Id="48721" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27358" RevisionGUID="4ef827d3-6587-4c3c-a5f1-3f96b37940d3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:28:45.900" UserId="6469" Text="Checking your logs is the first thing to do. That should let you know if someone has entered your system via any open door (*e.g.,* sshd, do you see login times that don't correspond to times at which you logged in?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Checking /etc is a fine idea, but that will only tell you if someone tried to modify your configuration, not whether or not someone actually penetrated your system just for the fun of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, have you applied all current security patches for your platform? If not, do that immediately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you determine that your system *was* penetrated, you'll have to figure out what vector they used. You say it's a home server: does that mean someone has cracked your wifi password, and attacked from the LAN—which is often a trusted network—or that someone got past your router from the WAN side?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS I forgot to include the possibility that a script (that you ran on purpose) may have touched files in ~/ for some totally legitimate reason. That's something to look at as well, before getting too worried about having been hacked." />
  <row Id="48722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27359" RevisionGUID="3d939df8-15a4-4867-a34d-e56123caabdb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:28:49.767" UserId="7083" Text="The option you are thinking of is [`CONFIG_NET_PKTGEN`][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/Net:Pktgen" />
  <row Id="48723" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27360" RevisionGUID="7f8d57a9-dfb7-4708-87c6-55bc40c28f3b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:29:08.567" UserId="2413" Text=" - availability of docking station that can handle two independent displays [ it's usually both docking station and graphics card. to be precise ].&#xD;&#xA; - standarisation" />
  <row Id="48724" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27361" RevisionGUID="a356d1af-466d-410b-8a3d-3d12679202c3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:29:49.377" UserId="6177" Text="More stable hardware - we buy mostly HPs, and for any model, they keep the specs stable for about a year.  We've never bought consumer HPs, but when were buying Dells and went with the cheaper Inspirons, the hardware specs would change every month, which makes imaging a hassle." />
  <row Id="48725" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27362" RevisionGUID="dd84f200-b81a-4037-955e-524d1625df2f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:29:49.750" UserId="1840" Text=" - **Standardize equipment** (that way you don't have to support XYZ manufacturers and models).  This would lower your support cost." />
  <row Id="48726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27363" RevisionGUID="49aa8c68-2575-44eb-81c8-3dc34106509d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:30:02.153" UserId="9110" Text="I attended a pretty fantastic talk last night about basic computer forensics. Here's a link to his slides. http://greenfly.org/talks/security/forensics.html He ended with a demonstration of Superslueth which would require you pulling the plug on your system, booting a rescue CD that does not automatically mount the hard drive, then mounting read only, making an image of the harddrive or partition you're interested in, and then loading that into SUperslueth on a separate machine. It's a fair amount of work, but using the machine while running and mounted read/write is going to destroy a lot of data. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In regards to pulling the plug he suggests that because halting a machines can cause a lot of housecleaning on the way down that will make seeing actually changes in file or MAC times harder." />
  <row Id="48727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27364" RevisionGUID="c1cdc4c2-8c21-42e4-b60b-c248b51820ff" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:30:08.813" UserId="5724" Text="Your 'Require' line reads &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Require ldap-group cn=CHANGED, cn=CHANGED&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That doesn't look write - I don't believe you can have have two cn's in a DN like that." />
  <row Id="48728" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27356" RevisionGUID="8b2024c9-18fe-4cb9-a449-2a1a8f89d2ee" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:31:26.563" UserId="7200" Comment="added 458 characters in body" Text="On a desktop machine, there are likely no problems. The kernel paged pool is smaller on a W2K3 / WXP machine w/ the /3GB switch set. This is probably not an issue for a desktop machine because you shouldn't be coming close to exhausting your kernel paged pool. On a server, exhausting the kernel paged pool will cause you problems, and it's much more likely you could exhaust it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's some good detail about the kernel memory considerations associated with the /3GB switch. If you really want to, you can fire up the NT kernel debugger and profile your system before and after the change w/ the information in this doc: http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2009/03/26/3211216.aspx " />
  <row Id="48729" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27365" RevisionGUID="b8fa0253-7706-4658-9f74-7aee1e5f360c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:31:27.327" UserId="1101" Text="When I'm ssh'ed into one of our office servers (which run Fedora 10) from home, my session times out after a fairly short period of activity (5 minutes or so).  I've tried using TcpKeepAlive on the client side, to no effect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The thing I don't understand is that if I'm in the office on the company LAN, I can leave a session inactive all day without it timing out, so the behaviour seems to be dependent on my location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas why this is happening and how to prevent timeouts when I'm not on the LAN ?  I'm using the Terminal client on Mac OSX if that helps." />
  <row Id="48730" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27365" RevisionGUID="b8fa0253-7706-4658-9f74-7aee1e5f360c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:31:27.327" UserId="1101" Text="Why does my ssh timeout vary with network location ?" />
  <row Id="48731" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27365" RevisionGUID="b8fa0253-7706-4658-9f74-7aee1e5f360c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:31:27.327" UserId="1101" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;timeout&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;fedora&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="48732" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27357" RevisionGUID="c719d1a1-1c79-4303-8265-8a9e0a57253b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:32:48.667" UserId="2413" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;notebook&gt;&lt;purchase&gt;&lt;corporate&gt;" />
  <row Id="48733" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27362" RevisionGUID="c6f7e728-efa9-415f-9ff6-427a8cf8f72a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:36:22.187" UserId="1840" Comment="added 59 characters in body" Text=" - **Standardize equipment** (that way you don't have to be supporting XYZ manufacturers and models).  This would lower their support cost in the long run.  This is a big one for our company." />
  <row Id="48734" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27366" RevisionGUID="3ce67b94-e9b7-4aa8-a447-41ad84494277" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:36:24.743" UserId="2277" Text="Buy your laptops and machines from someone like Dell and chances are you can run a standard build, improving support, security and downtime as if something goes wrong software-wise you can rebuild the machine in an hour or so, not a day." />
  <row Id="48735" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27367" RevisionGUID="be188069-bfed-4658-8a95-760bcb3acc66" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:37:08.690" UserId="9356" Text="I would say warranty, support, and detailed specs.  I guess you could say you're &quot;paying a premium&quot; to be able to fully customize the machine and know exactly what's in the box.  Standardization is definitely one of the major reasons we buy direct from Dell." />
  <row Id="48736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27368" RevisionGUID="d31b4602-beb5-409a-b945-2bf4f5294b01" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:37:09.343" UserId="640" Text="For Windows laptops, the cheap ones come with Home edition, which does not support domains." />
  <row Id="48737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27369" RevisionGUID="31cb72ad-3611-493c-b734-67e9a8330c4c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:37:52.870" UserId="846" Text="My thoughts ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1- Durability and serviceability -- the &quot;business class&quot; systems are designed and engineered to be standardized and easily serviced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2- Standard components and designs -- a line of machines are similar, so the techs don't have to figure out a bunch of systems.  This is reliably worth several hundred dollars per machine over it's life.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3- Preloaded OS - XP/Vista Pro is required to join a domain, but most consumer laptops have XP/Vista home.  There is $100 of the difference right there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4- Warranty and Support differences between consumer and business.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they insist, I suggest you buy a Dell consumer model and a similar Dell business model and show the differences, or take some pictures and make a report.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48738" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27370" RevisionGUID="cc2795f2-4385-453d-9a6c-9fa0c286b624" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:38:49.840" UserId="5724" Text="You can send the value of REMOTE_USER on the query string sent to your backend servers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{LA-U:REMOTE_USER} (.*)&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^/test.asp(.*) test.asp?userid=%{LA-U:REMOTE_USER} [QSA,P,L] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The LA-U means lookahead.  From the [mod_rewrite manual][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; %{LA-U:variable} can be used for look-aheads which perform an internal (URL-based) sub-request to determine the final value of variable. This can be used to access variable for rewriting which is not available at the current stage, but will be set in a later phase.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; For instance, to rewrite according to the REMOTE_USER variable from within the per-server context (httpd.conf file) you must use %{LA-U:REMOTE_USER} - this variable is set by the authorization phases, which come after the URL translation phase (during which mod_rewrite operates).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_rewrite.html" />
  <row Id="48739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27371" RevisionGUID="1b594400-af6c-4860-b23f-34f4c9612d27" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:39:36.313" UserId="200" Text="I own a domain `econemon.com`. Below is an excerpt from the DNS entry (some records omitted for brevity):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    econemon.com.		1800	IN	NS	ns.stratoserver.net.&#xD;&#xA;    econemon.com.		1800	IN	NS	ns2.stratoserver.net.&#xD;&#xA;    econemon.com.		1800	IN	A	85.214.92.48&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These nameservers there are those from my provider, and as far as I understood it, they are the authorative ones for my domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, when I go ask one of them for the address record of a nonexistent subdomain, it responds with the address for my server, like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ host -t A nosuchdomain.econemon.com ns.stratoserver.net&#xD;&#xA;    Using domain server:&#xD;&#xA;    Name: ns.stratoserver.net&#xD;&#xA;    Address: 81.169.163.40#53&#xD;&#xA;    Aliases: &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    nosuchdomain.econemon.com has address 85.214.92.48&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which is, of course, exactly what I want in order to have virtual hosts etc. Now, say I added an entry&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    econemon.com.    IN  NS  ns.econemon.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and the proper A record for `ns.econemon.com` to the list, and that nameserver actually had different A records for some subdomains, what would happen?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - would a request for `subdomain.econemon.com` yield a different address depending on which name server you asked? (I guess it would.)&#xD;&#xA; - if so, this might actually be useful to fall back to a &quot;main server&quot; if my DNS was down, but how do I make the client to use my name server when it's up?&#xD;&#xA; - would this mess up caching on the clients? (Probably.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*(Note: This is related to my other [two][1] [questions][2])*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/27134/how-exactly-should-i-set-up-dns-to-delegate-authority-for-subdomains&#xD;&#xA;[2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/27199/why-does-a-dns-section-contain-ns-and-a-records-at-the-same-time" />
  <row Id="48740" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27371" RevisionGUID="1b594400-af6c-4860-b23f-34f4c9612d27" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:39:36.313" UserId="200" Text="How exactly do name servers handle unknown subdomains?" />
  <row Id="48741" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27371" RevisionGUID="1b594400-af6c-4860-b23f-34f4c9612d27" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:39:36.313" UserId="200" Text="&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="48742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27372" RevisionGUID="2ec1d631-43ff-49be-a0f4-f8c63ff15945" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:40:13.177" UserId="9503" Text="This is probably because when your are connecting from home you pass through a firewall that close TCP session after a small amount of time.&#xD;&#xA;But TcpKeepAlive should avoid this. Did you enabled TcpKeepAlive on client side or on server side ?" />
  <row Id="48743" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27327" RevisionGUID="eb879f99-b292-4104-9071-8b50b9532223" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:40:18.807" UserId="4694" Comment="added 77 characters in body" Text="You should definitely use sudo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;**su -m**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;-m (-p): do not reset environment variables (generally not recommended)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That will keep you in the folder when you change to root.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[Benefits of using sudo][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo" />
  <row Id="48744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27373" RevisionGUID="b15ef5ba-b952-4683-b646-116506d1bec4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:43:49.487" UserId="9351" Text="You might also consider using a combination of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* iperf http://sourceforge.net/projects/iperf&#xD;&#xA;* bwping http://www.netcordia.com/resources/tools.asp&#xD;&#xA;* ttcp http://www.netcordia.com/resources/tools.asp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mixing this with the expected levels of traffic generated by your app.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48745" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27374" RevisionGUID="b11c236b-dd68-492c-97d8-9f7b71a4acf1" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:44:28.253" UserId="137" Text="How can I get a Windows server to tell a LINUX server to run a script?" />
  <row Id="48746" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27374" RevisionGUID="b11c236b-dd68-492c-97d8-9f7b71a4acf1" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:44:28.253" UserId="137" Text="How to get a Windows Server to tell a LINIX server to Run a Script?" />
  <row Id="48747" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27374" RevisionGUID="b11c236b-dd68-492c-97d8-9f7b71a4acf1" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:44:28.253" UserId="137" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;remote-execution&gt;" />
  <row Id="48748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27375" RevisionGUID="86a923ad-8944-4d0b-9cb1-5ff990214805" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:44:59.063" UserId="30" Text="Before making any changes, you should first check if the processes you want to run are linked with the LARGEADDRESSAWARE flag.  With the flag, there will be no changes to how the process uses memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use the SDK Tools for this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; dumpbin /headers &lt;executable&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The headers spit out should include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  Application can handle large (&gt;2GB)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; addresses&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did the check on devenv.exe and in VS2008 it does include the flag." />
  <row Id="48749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27376" RevisionGUID="a5d5c207-08af-4972-8b82-3bfa2e6ee232" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:46:07.737" UserId="5724" Text="Warranty and spare parts for business laptops (system boards, RAM, hard drives) are kept in stock by manufacturers a lot longer for business laptops.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IBM will still sell you a part for a T20 series laptop, even if they have to have it shipped from another country.  From a consumer laptop from that timeframe, you'd be looking at getting one off eBay and hoping you could steal a part." />
  <row Id="48750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27377" RevisionGUID="ef65305d-90c3-48d9-baf8-b458bf22a497" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:46:16.707" UserId="6244" Text="There is also tool called [scapy][1]. It can generate almost any type of packet. As author says:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Scapy is a powerful interactive packet&#xD;&#xA;&gt; manipulation program. It is able to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; forge or decode packets of a wide&#xD;&#xA;&gt; number of protocols, send them on the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; wire, capture them, match requests and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; replies, and much more. It can easily&#xD;&#xA;&gt; handle most classical tasks like&#xD;&#xA;&gt; scanning, tracerouting, probing, unit&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tests, attacks or network discovery&#xD;&#xA;&gt; (it can replace hping, 85% of nmap,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; arpspoof, arp-sk, arping, tcpdump,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tethereal, p0f, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And about packet loss and delay:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - iptables have *--probability* option&#xD;&#xA; - IIRC it can QUEUE packets to insert delay&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.secdev.org/projects/scapy/" />
  <row Id="48751" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27378" RevisionGUID="5689b9b2-2e12-4036-9e6e-656f82c562b0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:46:35.393" UserId="5535" Text="I have seen it interfere with video cards in odd ways.  But any driver can misbehave with this switch if it's not written properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes these issues can be worked around with the addition of the /USERVA switch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319043  &#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833721  &#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839490&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27379" RevisionGUID="31fd859f-1ec8-4a57-9d49-856f2a8fe57e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:47:15.237" UserId="9110" Text="Office and three year warranty are usually the two big ones that I run into. " />
  <row Id="48753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27380" RevisionGUID="59dab14c-7b74-4d3e-a260-85944f0574d0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:47:55.593" UserId="5724" Text="Using SSH.  You can specify a command to run on the command-line, and you can set up SSH keys so that you don't need to enter a password every time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can get OpenSSH for Windows from [the full Cygwin environment][1] or [just the parts you need][2].  A good SSH client for interactive use is [PuTTY][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a good guide to [running remote commands][4] and [setting up SSH keys][5].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cygwin.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://bashcurescancer.com/run_remote_commands_with_ssh.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://bashcurescancer.com/setting_up_ssh_keys_for_access_without_password.html" />
  <row Id="48754" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27381" RevisionGUID="6773636e-9845-4294-8dd6-ea4e8aff9693" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:48:58.323" UserId="7056" Text="You can also use [mbmon][1] and [hddtemp][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freshports.org/sysutils/mbmon/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.guzu.net/linux/hddtemp.php" />
  <row Id="48755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27382" RevisionGUID="6102e92f-d6c9-4e59-a481-d1d79f429d37" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:49:01.410" UserId="2608" Text="Seeing as SSIS is an Extract, Transform and Load tool, you would hope it could access data on another server!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out the SSIS book by Kirk Hasselden.  There is a great walkthrough in it.  You could probably find some other tutorials online.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you get the basics, check out this package, it's totally awesome:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.sqlmag.com/Articles/ArticleID/95385/pg/3/3.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where does ms say to not run SSIS on a clustered server?  It says not to cluster the service, but I hadn't seen the recommendation against it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48756" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27383" RevisionGUID="66457186-afe1-416a-9173-893357261008" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:50:17.027" UserId="7200" Text="This is one of those &quot;I don't think that word means what you think it means&quot; situations. You're calling host records within a given domain &quot;subdomains&quot;. They're not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To answer your bullet-point questions all together:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A request to a given name server will return what it thinks the appropriate answer is. It sounds like you're suggesting that you could add another DNS server as authoritative for your &quot;econemon.com&quot; domain that would have some &quot;A&quot; records in it that the others would not. That is not a common or recommended configuration of DNS. You generally want all the DNS servers authoritative for a given domain to have the same records (unless you know why you're doing that... aka &quot;split-horizon&quot; DNS.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's no generally useful reason for doing what you describe. You cannot influence the client computer resolver's choice of DNS server. It wouldn't &quot;mess up&quot; caching-- the caching would work like it's supposed to. It would create inconsistent results depending on which DNS server a client talked to, and that's generally bad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A subdomain would be something like a &quot;subdomain.example.com&quot; domain that contained host records like &quot;www.subdomain.example.com&quot;. What you're talking about are just hosts in a domain." />
  <row Id="48757" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27309" RevisionGUID="b59aea71-6252-4f19-a029-247019523825" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:51:02.453" UserId="3921" Comment="improved formatting" Text="So here's what I did that ended up fixing the problem, although I don't know why.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ipconfig /flushdns --no joy&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;give up the DHCP lease and get a new one --nada&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;reboot --zip&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;resetting the tcp/ip stack --FIXED&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any theories as to what happened here?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48759" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27332" RevisionGUID="dba0da51-7b92-47b3-9a07-9767ff7cb6c4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:52:56.303" UserId="9249" Comment="added tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;acl&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="48760" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26214" RevisionGUID="5af889d6-4130-4acf-8fd4-5c5e0e05069c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:53:29.250" UserId="5724" Comment="typo" Text="You could try a solution [like this, with cacls][1], or use the more-powerful [subinacl tool][2] which may well let you do it in-place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.avianwaves.com/Blog/default.aspx?id=83&amp;t=Easy-Way-to-Change-Permissions-on-the-Wi&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=E8BA3E56-D8FE-4A91-93CF-ED6985E3927B&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="48761" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27385" RevisionGUID="8dd2dd12-85ce-48b3-8afc-35cb9231c5f1" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:54:10.463" UserId="8789" Text="FYI, I got this response from an expert on CRM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Install the SQL Express on the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; workstation and run DDM on the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Workstation. It doesn’t need to get to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the SQL 2008 server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That worked. I thought I would leave this question in case anyone else has the same issue." />
  <row Id="48762" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27378" RevisionGUID="f782ae39-3e95-4d06-aa9c-6c8c01e5dc25" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:55:42.677" UserId="5535" Comment="added 40 characters in body" Text="I have seen it interfere with video cards in odd ways.  But any driver can misbehave with this switch if it's not written properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes these issues can be worked around with the addition of the /USERVA switch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319043  &#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833721  &#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839490  &#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316739&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48763" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27375" RevisionGUID="f3d0c048-9253-4d82-8fa7-f893a5ed1066" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:55:48.997" UserId="30" Comment="deleted 5 characters in body" Text="Before making any changes, you should first check if the processes you want to run are linked with the LARGEADDRESSAWARE flag.  With the flag, there will be no changes to how the process uses memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use the SDK Tools for this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; dumpbin /headers exeName&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The headers spit out should include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  Application can handle large (&gt;2GB)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; addresses&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I did the check on devenv.exe and in VS2008 it does include the flag." />
  <row Id="48764" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27386" RevisionGUID="8ee13299-1edf-4354-87af-4bbe273cd0c0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:56:42.800" UserId="9838" Text="Phill, I suppose that you are wrong about that MS doesn't recommend to run SSIS in clustered environment. In Fact, they don't recommend it to be configured as a cluster resource, but it is OK to run several separate instances of SSIS on several cluster nodes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345193.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The Integration Services service is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; not a clustered or cluster-aware&#xD;&#xA;&gt; service, and does not support failover&#xD;&#xA;&gt; from one cluster node to another.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Therefore, in a clustered environment,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Integration Services should be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; installed and started as a stand-alone&#xD;&#xA;&gt; service on each node in the cluster.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;...&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; However, if high availability is your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; goal in establishing a clustered&#xD;&#xA;&gt; hardware environment, you can achieve&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this goal without configuring the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Integration Services service as a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; cluster resource. To manage your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; packages on any node in the cluster&#xD;&#xA;&gt; from any other node in the cluster,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; modify the configuration file for the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Integration Services service on each&#xD;&#xA;&gt; node in the cluster. You modify each&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of these configuration files to point&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to all available instances of SQL&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Server on which packages are stored.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This solution provides the high&#xD;&#xA;&gt; availability that most customers need,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; without the potential problems&#xD;&#xA;&gt; encountered when the Integration&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Services service is configured as a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; cluster resource.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So for your question, the answer is Yes, of course you can do this, but you also have a better choice to install stand-alone services on your cluster node and you will not need an additional box (and additional administrative expenses for backups, monitoring, updating, if you already established all these procedures on you cluster)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48765" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27387" RevisionGUID="f02c0a33-2e2e-416f-ad0e-315311719449" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:56:56.777" UserId="4381" Text="I would expect he's comparing the cheapest lowest spec machine at Best Buy, that is also on a limited time special offer to a higher spec'd machine that you require for the office. For the same machine you buy in the office, it's probably still going to be a similar price at Best Buy. This is on top of the other arguments such as support, standardization, reliability." />
  <row Id="48766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27388" RevisionGUID="7112a117-2bcf-4c38-8c1c-36aeab43b776" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:57:12.673" UserId="4271" Text="Depending on your needs, you could also make the script web accessible, such as putting a php wrapper on it, then have the Windows host (or any other host for that matter) trigger the script at the interval you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, make sure you have proper security procedures in place if you choose to go this route." />
  <row Id="48767" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27389" RevisionGUID="e0c99ccb-33a1-4652-8abd-2af741c9159a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:57:20.473" UserDisplayName="Pete" Text="I'd like to store my nicely designed set of http error documents outside the DocumentRoot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Alias /errors /data/opt/apache-httpd-2.0.63/htdocs/errorpages/&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Directory  &quot;/data/opt/apache-httpd-2.0.63/htdocs/errorpages/&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        order deny,allow&#xD;&#xA;        allow from all&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Directory&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ErrorDocument 500 /errors/500.html&#xD;&#xA;    ErrorDocument 404 /errors/404.html&#xD;&#xA;    ErrorDocument 401 /errors/default.html&#xD;&#xA;    ErrorDocument 403 /errors/default.html&#xD;&#xA;    ErrorDocument 502 /errors/default.html&#xD;&#xA;    ErrorDocument 503 /errors/default.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, when I do this, all I get is &quot;The requested URL /errors/default.html resulted in an error.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to use mod_alias and the ErrorDocument directive together like this in Apache 2.0?" />
  <row Id="48768" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27389" RevisionGUID="e0c99ccb-33a1-4652-8abd-2af741c9159a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:57:20.473" UserDisplayName="Pete" Text="Can I use Apache 2.0 ErrorDocument and Mod Alias to store error pages outside the DocumentRoot?" />
  <row Id="48769" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27389" RevisionGUID="e0c99ccb-33a1-4652-8abd-2af741c9159a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:57:20.473" UserDisplayName="Pete" Text="&lt;apache2&gt;" />
  <row Id="48770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27390" RevisionGUID="d5401807-aaab-4c9a-8e2c-2a655f6396e3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:58:01.143" UserId="9851" Text="My observation is that dev specs are dependent on applications being developed. (Duh).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My ideal system would be quad-core, 8GB of ram, 500 GB of system space, with several different VMS, as well as the ability to push long compile jobs down to the host OS. My preference would be to have a OSX host OS, with OSX, XP, Vista, Ubuntu, and REL images available. OSX is the best development platform I've been on, hands down. Visual Studio is a great IDE, but for all-around work, Mac." />
  <row Id="48771" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27362" RevisionGUID="a9fc3b65-4695-41cf-977e-b0d08d0ec204" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:58:57.897" UserId="1840" Comment="added 495 characters in body" Text=" - **Standardize equipment** &#xD;&#xA;(that way you don't have to be supporting XYZ manufacturers and models).  This would lower their support cost in the long run.  &lt;i&gt;This is a big one for our company.&lt;/i&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Warranty and service agreements** &#xD;&#xA;These might end-up being cheaper with and enterprise solution (depending on the number of clients and sector).  If you're in the Education sector, you most-likely will receive educational pricing on your purchases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Customer Support**&#xD;&#xA;We have a representative we contact every single time we need to make a purchase, have questions, or need to arrange a return of some kind.  You will NEVER get that with a 'consumer-class' purchase." />
  <row Id="48772" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27391" RevisionGUID="dcac5158-f1ac-49c1-a2f6-6d7e648f5677" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:59:05.010" UserId="2869" Text="Some differences:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Best Buy laptops comes with XP Home/Vista Home.  Business Laptops come with XP Pro/Vista Business.  That's $100 right there.&#xD;&#xA;* The Best Buy prices doesn't include MS Office, or it does it's only Office Basic (another $100-150)&#xD;&#xA;* Business laptop prices usually include a better warranty.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27392" RevisionGUID="0ce928f2-1b5e-4e5b-b697-3aa4f8850166" CreationDate="2009-06-17T15:59:06.663" UserId="6767" Text="Similar to womble -- you can install syslog-ng and then have syslog-ng run your process on appropriate syslog lines." />
  <row Id="48774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27393" RevisionGUID="abfaaa47-8f2a-44d2-ae05-25957b1f2a4f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:00:02.433" UserId="4249" Text="One thing would be &quot;crapware&quot; that comes on almost every home-class laptop or PC.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is used to subsidize the cost of consumer grade laptops, but most business class laptops would not include this stuff (since businesses don't want to put up with having to remove it all) and are subsequently going to cost a bit more." />
  <row Id="48775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27394" RevisionGUID="d1cd534e-96b5-4d21-99f9-0a436fb7deb6" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:06:16.277" UserId="999" Text="I am looking for a list of actions that can performed that will result in a directories modification time being updated.  Off the top of my head:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Create a new file in the directory&#xD;&#xA; - Delete a file in the directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What am I missing?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48776" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27394" RevisionGUID="d1cd534e-96b5-4d21-99f9-0a436fb7deb6" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:06:16.277" UserId="999" Text="List of Actions That Change a Directories Modification Time" />
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  <row Id="48779" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="27374" RevisionGUID="048e081a-2494-4a47-bd11-f461bdf94593" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:08:24.757" UserId="137" Comment="Corrected typo" Text="How to get a Windows Server to tell a LINUX server to Run a Script?" />
  <row Id="48780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27395" RevisionGUID="f56be034-01b5-4865-ace0-efa605e1c1ee" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:09:28.500" UserId="5805" Text="We order either Dell Latitude e5500 or Dell Vostro 1720 laptops for our staff. The main differences that we see between these and consumer-level machines are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Built-in port for a docking station&#xD;&#xA; - Able to downgrade to WinXP with our licensing (we re-image them right away anyway)&#xD;&#xA; - No &quot;Button of Doom&quot; or what Dell calls the Media Direct button. For some reason, the few consumer laptops that we do have set up with our WinXP image completely brick themselves when that button is pressed. We have no idea why, but it's a killer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because I work at an educational institution with a Dell Direct partnership, we tend to get prices comparable to the consumer shops anyway." />
  <row Id="48781" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27338" RevisionGUID="b33b3c13-0ed9-4431-a00a-20cb18c265ca" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:09:41.120" UserId="4271" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="For Windows 2003, XP, 2008 or Vista or 7 use [Takeown][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Windows 2000 use [Fileowners.pl][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755342(WS.10).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320046" />
  <row Id="48782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27396" RevisionGUID="4e25bb65-5b39-464f-9381-6fc4aa3b9d35" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:14:08.350" UserId="247" Text="I have an ISA Server 2006 Enterprise Edition NLB array and, intermittently, users connecting through one of the two servers get an ISA Server 403 (Forbidden) error message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Technical Information (for support personnel)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * Error Code: 403 Forbidden. The ISA Server denied the specified Uniform Resource Locator (URL). (12202)&#xD;&#xA;    * IP Address: [IP address of public web server&#xD;&#xA;    * Date: 6/17/2009 4:07:28 PM [GMT]&#xD;&#xA;    * Server: [DNS name of ISA server - always the same one]&#xD;&#xA;    * Source: proxy &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The exact address that I get them on varies a lot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I *think* that the problem is that it's connecting to the other member of the array to access these sites and isn't able to pass the authentication through (users are required to authenticate to access any website), but I have no idea where to even start to enable the authentication." />
  <row Id="48783" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27396" RevisionGUID="4e25bb65-5b39-464f-9381-6fc4aa3b9d35" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:14:08.350" UserId="247" Text="ISA Server NLB and HTTP 403 errors" />
  <row Id="48784" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27396" RevisionGUID="4e25bb65-5b39-464f-9381-6fc4aa3b9d35" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:14:08.350" UserId="247" Text="&lt;isa&gt;&lt;isa-2006&gt;&lt;nlb&gt;&lt;http&gt;" />
  <row Id="48785" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27397" RevisionGUID="8831b0f3-9291-464c-8abf-fbea197f67be" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:14:59.783" UserId="1079" Text="I have a number of Xen virtual machines running on a number of Linux servers. These VMs store their disk images in Linux LVM volumes with device names along the lines of /dev/xenVG/SERVER001OS and so on. I'd like to take regular backups of those disk images so I can restore the VMs in case we need to (the LVM devices are already mirrored with DRBD between two physical machines each, I'm just being extra paranoid here).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I go about this? Oviously the first step is to snapshot the LVM device, but how do I then transfer data to a backup server in the most efficient manner possible? I could simply copy the whole device, something along the lines of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/xenVG/SERVER001OS | ssh administrator@backupserver &quot;dd of=/mnt/largeDisk/SERVER001OS.img&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...but that would take a lot of bandwidth. Is there an rsync-like tool for synching contents of whole disk blocks between remote servers? Something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rsync /dev/xenVG/SERVER001OS backupServer:/mnt/largeDisk/SERVER001OS.img&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I understand rsync's man page correctly, the above command won't actually work (will it?), but it shows what I'm aiming for. I understand the --devices rsync option is to copy devices themselves, not the contents of those devices. Making a local copy of the VM image before syncing it with the remote server isn't an option as there isn't the disk space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a handy utility that can synch between block devices and a backup file on a remote server? I can write one if I have to, but an existing solution would be better. Have I missed an rsync option that does this for me?" />
  <row Id="48786" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27397" RevisionGUID="8831b0f3-9291-464c-8abf-fbea197f67be" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:14:59.783" UserId="1079" Text="Sync LVM snapshots to backup server" />
  <row Id="48787" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27397" RevisionGUID="8831b0f3-9291-464c-8abf-fbea197f67be" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:14:59.783" UserId="1079" Text="&lt;rsync&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;&lt;lvm&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="48788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27398" RevisionGUID="e8c4fad5-0180-435e-b7bc-d1a9ac3cbbca" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:15:27.800" UserId="4479" Text="I've been very satisfied with a Squid+SquidGuard on CentOS implementation.  It is a 'hands-on' solution, but not overly difficult to work with.  You could always stack something like webmin on to give you web-based management.  Setup winbind to work with Active Directory and you get seamless authentication.  Use sarge to generate utilization reports.  Squid has intelligent peering settings where the proxy at one site can check others to see if it already has the content (maybe not too valuable if each location has Internet).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Build your own, download a prebuilt appliance from vmware, lots of options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One note is that you can not use authentication in squid if you want it to be 'transparent' - meaning you'll have to make sure each user has their browser proxy settings in there(AD Policy, etc)" />
  <row Id="48789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27399" RevisionGUID="dfeda50e-d655-42ad-a64d-27ce46204d9e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:16:44.350" UserId="1439" Text="I am deploying Outlook Web Access on Exchange 2003 with forms-based authentication without SSL (management requirement - they have accepted the risk, and this will not be changed)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have got everything running fine apart from the change password functionality. I have followed all of the &quot;standard&quot; documentation out there on the web:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - created the IISADMPWD virtual directory &#xD;&#xA; - set the DisablePassword=0 registry entry &#xD;&#xA; - set the AllowRetailHTTPAuth registry entry&#xD;&#xA; - set the PasswordChangeFlags=1 metabase entry&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only remaining problem is that the Change Password button on the Options page in OWA is trying to redirect to a URL starting with HTTPS, not HTTP, and the user gets a server timeout error (we're not even listening on the HTTPS port).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    https://ourdomain.com/iisadmpwd/aexp2b.asp?http://ourdomain.com/exchange/whois/?Cmd=close&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This needs to redirect to the same address, but without SSL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    http://ourdomain.com/iisadmpwd/aexp2b.asp?http://ourdomain.com/exchange/whois/?Cmd=close&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any takers? What have I missed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;Tom" />
  <row Id="48790" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27399" RevisionGUID="dfeda50e-d655-42ad-a64d-27ce46204d9e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:16:44.350" UserId="1439" Text="Change Password feature not working in OWA without SSL set up" />
  <row Id="48791" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27399" RevisionGUID="dfeda50e-d655-42ad-a64d-27ce46204d9e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:16:44.350" UserId="1439" Text="&lt;owa&gt;&lt;exchange-2003&gt;&lt;ssl&gt;&lt;https&gt;&lt;iis&gt;" />
  <row Id="48792" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27259" RevisionGUID="d4e08d5e-55e3-4328-b5c0-d093f3d6f1cd" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:16:48.127" UserId="1803" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;proxy&gt;" />
  <row Id="48794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27401" RevisionGUID="d59d8ec9-6b72-425a-9d0e-492512685e89" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:17:53.583" UserId="9220" Text="I like to put it to the management like this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A laptop you buy at Best Buy or another store for home use is made to be used continuously for at most 2-3 hours, and on occasion, not everyday for 6-9 hours.  The materials that a home-use laptop is made out of show its purpose is for home use, as they are made out of plastic, and cheap metal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A laptop made for business use, contains durable plastic, and sometimes plastic/metal compounds to increase it's ruggedness.  The keyboards are manufactured in a more durable way, the way the laptop dissapates heat is more reliable, and ensures that it lasts longer.  The hinges have much more care given to them.  Business class laptops are also serviceable.  That is, the memory, hard drive, and other important system components are accessible to your technical support department should you need an upgrade.  Also, the warranty on a business class laptop is much better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember to remind them that there is much more to a laptop than CPU, Memory and Hard Drive, such as the choice in motherboards, chipsets, and manufacturing processes.  The reason they're more expensive is because most intelligent businessmen will not put up with the crap that gets put in stores like Best-Buy, because the ROI is just that terrible." />
  <row Id="48795" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27402" RevisionGUID="4b7e8c0d-7e0b-4965-a4d2-bc1d543b28b9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:18:37.483" UserId="1276" Text="In Linux (in most Unices, in fact), directories are like files containing simple tables that look like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA; inode   name&#xD;&#xA;+-----+-----------+&#xD;&#xA;|   3 | bin       |&#xD;&#xA;|  12 | home      |&#xD;&#xA;| 139 | usr       |&#xD;&#xA;| ... | ...       |&#xD;&#xA;+-----+-----------+&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, these &quot;files&quot; (directories) are changed when you make changes to this table. It changes when you add or remove entries from that table (like you noted), but that applies to directories too, not only files. You can't change the inode of an existing entry, but you can change the name that links to that inode (rename a file). So:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Create a link to an inode (create a file/directory in that directory, or move a file into that directory)&#xD;&#xA;* Remove a link to an inode (delete a file/directory from that directory, or move a file from that directory)&#xD;&#xA;* Change the name of a link (rename a file/directory)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the operations that changes the modification time of a directory." />
  <row Id="48796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27403" RevisionGUID="ed40a34c-259d-42ad-9757-8934121bf72e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:20:23.017" UserId="4487" Text="You cannot use the Change Password functionality without implementing SSL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[KB297121][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297121" />
  <row Id="48797" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27404" RevisionGUID="9d30f39f-aa5a-41e1-baf9-7e5d9df32c87" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:24:54.257" UserId="846" Text="DNS lookups are sequential, starting at the end.  Assuming empty caches, the lookup for MISSING.DOMAIN.COM would go something like this ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - the DNS client would request MISSING.DOMAIN.COM from a DNS server.&#xD;&#xA; - the DNS server asks the &quot;root&quot; DNS for the COM domain, and gets back a name server for the COM domain.&#xD;&#xA; - the DNS server asks the COM name server for DOMAIN.COM, and gets back a name server for the DOMAIN.COM domain.&#xD;&#xA; - the DNS server asks the DOMAIN.COM name server for MISSING.DOMAIN.COM.  The DOMAIN.COM name server has no answer, so it reports back it's default host address for DOMAIN.COM.&#xD;&#xA; - If there were an NS record for MISSING.DOMAIN.COM, it would be returned, and the original DNS server would query it next.  If there was an A record for MISSING, the IP on it would be reported back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That is the gist of it.  In reality it is far more complicated due to caching, load balancing, and the fact that Name Servers can be specified by name and so must be looked up as well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To summarize your question .. you can specify several name servers for a domain and have them setup with *different* information.  The answer is **yes**, but you must be careful and know what you are doing.  You can use DNS to support [load balancing][1] and can use it to support [failover lite][2].  But you need to be careful!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/11286/load-balancer-options/11292#11292&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6702/how-can-i-automaticaly-change-the-dns-a-record-to-point-my-site-to-a-secondary-se" />
  <row Id="48799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27406" RevisionGUID="ceb772a4-47b4-4272-b957-7622e14cf15d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:25:52.507" UserId="4271" Text="You can 'touch' the directory to update the date/time of it as well, without changing contents.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27407" RevisionGUID="6f31375f-6629-4600-afe2-3fa582394ac8" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:27:32.613" UserId="9637" Text="Hello, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm currently starting a project for an Oracle to SQL 2008 migration. Since I'm currently reading the official SSMA Guide to Migrating from Oracle to SQL Server 2005 i'd like advice and pointers from personal experience. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Guides and articles with occured issues highlited in an organised manner, discutions and solutions would be aprecieated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48801" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27407" RevisionGUID="6f31375f-6629-4600-afe2-3fa582394ac8" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:27:32.613" UserId="9637" Text="Oracle to SQL Migration" />
  <row Id="48802" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27407" RevisionGUID="6f31375f-6629-4600-afe2-3fa582394ac8" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:27:32.613" UserId="9637" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;migration&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="48803" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27369" RevisionGUID="462c3b52-6bc3-4e60-94b2-b20022ca6198" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:27:38.433" UserId="846" Comment="Asked for comment about downvote." Text="My thoughts ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1- Durability and serviceability -- the &quot;business class&quot; systems are designed and engineered to be standardized and easily serviced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2- Standard components and designs -- a line of machines are similar, so the techs don't have to figure out a bunch of systems.  This is reliably worth several hundred dollars per machine over it's life.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3- Preloaded OS - XP/Vista Pro is required to join a domain, but most consumer laptops have XP/Vista home.  There is $100 of the difference right there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4- Warranty and Support differences between consumer and business.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they insist, I suggest you buy a Dell consumer model and a similar Dell business model and show the differences, or take some pictures and make a report.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT - someone downvoted .. how about a comment to indicate why?  Corrections and differing viewpoints are welcomed!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27408" RevisionGUID="16910083-2c06-4e87-adba-d14bd953342a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:28:40.490" UserId="9855" Text="It should be fairly easy if you'll provide URL list to the python script. So the answer is - by getting a list of URIs (which depends on your environment - do you have them in database, crawl for them, edit them manually, ...)." />
  <row Id="48806" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27409" RevisionGUID="78297c0f-2cc9-423a-90aa-a763b1fa9e1d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:29:01.270" UserId="4721" Text="At a macro level, there is one interesting observation. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you use certain tools that tend to make a temporary file in the local directory (instead of /tmp), and these files are usually hidden (starting with a `.`), without any apparent change in the directory, you find its modification time changed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One such case is when you open a file in `vi` that makes a temporary (.filename.swp) file and then exit the file w/o making any changes. The swap file was created and deleted, modification time of the directory was also changed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nothing wrong with this, but helps to know what happened. And, if you are bothered with that, there is a way to stop it too. " />
  <row Id="48808" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27411" RevisionGUID="e4ef8c2f-d6ac-48e4-a542-af7ab43b4971" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:30:34.870" UserId="6767" Text="I believe the ISC dhcpd (which comes with most Linux distributions) can do server redundancy and pool-sharing, to the level that leases are synchronized between the two servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Never done it myself though" />
  <row Id="48809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27412" RevisionGUID="fde1358c-3749-4232-bc9b-5d13552169ec" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:30:59.690" UserId="3038" Text="I get this all the time on my Comcast connection. The problem is that your SSH client's keep-alive interval is too long for the timeout configured in your network path. If you're on Linux, you can modify the &quot;ServerAliveInterval&quot; and &quot;ServerAliveCounter&quot; values to be lower than their defaults. This value is set in seconds. The system-wide config file is found (generally) in /etc/ssh/ssh_config. Setting those two AND TcpKeepAlive should help keep your connection going." />
  <row Id="48810" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27413" RevisionGUID="4d765864-492f-4cc7-8834-2636a52c9b6a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:32:09.233" UserId="3485" Text="Ideally I'd like to send a link via staff email that staff could click on to reveal their computer name. (specifically first part of the 'Long computer name' found in the second tab of MyComputer Properties.) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there some javascript/vbscript/activex object on the client side, or CGI script on the server-side that can let a user know their computer name by returning a simple web page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh - it should work for the enterprise wide install of IE 6/WinXP that isn't likely to be updated anytime soon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48811" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27413" RevisionGUID="4d765864-492f-4cc7-8834-2636a52c9b6a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:32:09.233" UserId="3485" Text="a way to find the (windows) computer name via the browser?" />
  <row Id="48812" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27413" RevisionGUID="4d765864-492f-4cc7-8834-2636a52c9b6a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:32:09.233" UserId="3485" Text="&lt;remote-desktop&gt;" />
  <row Id="48813" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27413" RevisionGUID="4d765864-492f-4cc7-8834-2636a52c9b6a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:32:09.233" UserId="3485" />
  <row Id="48814" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26647" RevisionGUID="fc6a3783-1857-4c52-be58-569e344f223d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:34:51.897" UserId="3214" Comment="added 172 characters in body" Text="I have installed SQL Server 2008 ReportServer on dozens of servers, all virtually identical. It was always possible to configure it to use a domain account (the same one on all those servers). However, on MYSERVERNAME I get the following error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot start service ReportServer on computer 'MYSERVERNAME'. ---&gt; System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: Access is denied&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      --- End of inner exception stack trace ---&#xD;&#xA;       at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.Start(String[] args)&#xD;&#xA;       at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.Start()&#xD;&#xA;       at ReportServicesConfigUI.Panels.WindowsServiceIdentityPanel.StartWindowsServicePostChangeWindowsServiceIdentity(ServiceController rsService)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This also happened after removing and re-installing ReportServer. The error goes away when I add the domain account to the administrators groups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From event viewer at same time:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Event Type:	Failure Audit&#xD;&#xA;    Event Source:	Security&#xD;&#xA;    Event Category:	Logon/Logoff &#xD;&#xA;    Event ID:	537&#xD;&#xA;    Date:		[current]&#xD;&#xA;    Time:		[current]&#xD;&#xA;    User:		NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM&#xD;&#xA;    Computer:	MYSERVERNAME&#xD;&#xA;    Description:&#xD;&#xA;    Logon Failure:&#xD;&#xA;     	Reason:		An error occurred during logon&#xD;&#xA;     	User Name:	&#xD;&#xA;     	Domain:		&#xD;&#xA;     	Logon Type:	3&#xD;&#xA;     	Logon Process:	Authz   &#xD;&#xA;     	Authentication Package:	Kerberos&#xD;&#xA;     	Workstation Name:	MYSERVERNAME&#xD;&#xA;     	Status code:	0xC000018B&#xD;&#xA;     	Substatus code:	0x0&#xD;&#xA;     	Caller User Name:	MYSERVERNAME$&#xD;&#xA;     	Caller Domain:	MYDOMAIN&#xD;&#xA;     	Caller Logon ID:	(0x0,0x3E7)&#xD;&#xA;     	Caller Process ID:	824&#xD;&#xA;     	Transited Services:	-&#xD;&#xA;     	Source Network Address:	-&#xD;&#xA;     	Source Port:	-&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another update: I tried giving full control to individual and all drives to the domain account in question, but those were apparently not the permissions it is craving.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27414" RevisionGUID="da5ed32d-4622-45b4-9ddb-34d3ac9bea09" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:35:32.673" UserId="8257" Text="My company is running IIS on XP.  Every other day we get a PHP Access Violation and the only way I know to fix it is to restart IIS.  I've googled the actual Access violation code and i can't find anything. There's nothing in the php error logs or the system error logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have any advice on how to go about fixing this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit: It seems to happen on pages that use the google maps api. " />
  <row Id="48816" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27414" RevisionGUID="da5ed32d-4622-45b4-9ddb-34d3ac9bea09" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:35:32.673" UserId="8257" Text="Troubleshooting PHP Access Violations" />
  <row Id="48817" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27414" RevisionGUID="da5ed32d-4622-45b4-9ddb-34d3ac9bea09" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:35:32.673" UserId="8257" Text="&lt;php&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;iis&gt;" />
  <row Id="48818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27415" RevisionGUID="e06816ae-fcee-4c28-ab98-23a141b8c02b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:35:44.187" UserId="5778" Text="Would probably go for a filtering unit at each ingress/egress point, and then replicate any necessary policies out. 100 users is not so many in web filter terms - be carefull that whoever you buy of is &quot;kind&quot; with regard to &quot;lots of little installs&quot; - you don't want to get stung on s/w licencing as well as the extra hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Websense you have what is arguably one of the top products on the market - but it is also top for price. As another poster has mentioned you will find less expensive alternatives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am biased - I work for SmoothWall - but I would recommend you take a look at our site anyway if you are thinking about where you are going budget wise :) http://www.smoothwall.net" />
  <row Id="48820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27416" RevisionGUID="e61bffc4-3eaf-4180-be80-0fceb856bdd4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:36:35.293" UserId="4721" Text="Like radius says, some state-full firewalls do 'forget' a connection after certain (usually configurable) time and will not allow further communication for the connection; they expect the connection to start with a TCP SYN (i refer to your SSH communication here).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is another possibility. The network path between your home and office may have losses (of the packet kind). When you try to type on the SSH client, if your link has stalled for a while, the client might give up and fail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keepalive configuration on the client will handle the first case here but cannot help in the second case. The firewall would usually be at your office perimeter and therefore might be configurable. That would also help on the first point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To check if you are having intermittent link losses you could keep a 'ping' active in the background from your client machine. " />
  <row Id="48821" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27417" RevisionGUID="6e53a98b-8f13-4caf-a4e1-bcb44197e3f6" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:37:56.447" UserId="984" Text="Not really, no, the browser security is pretty much setup to prevent web servers from getting information like that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess since you mention CGI is an option, if DNS updates where working perfectly, you might be able to write some kind of program that runs on an internal web server that looks up the reverse DNS record for the IP address that was used to connect and then returns that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suppose, you could store an [HTA][1] on a file server and send a UNC to the users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536496(VS.85).aspx" />
  <row Id="48822" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27417" RevisionGUID="6e53a98b-8f13-4caf-a4e1-bcb44197e3f6" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:37:56.447" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="48823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27418" RevisionGUID="fc9918c8-b74a-4734-834c-807769bae211" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:39:08.220" UserId="1565" Text="Here's a big difference I see.  If we have a Dell business laptop that breaks, we call Dell, and they come to us to fix it usually within the same day.  If we have a laptop from Best Buy, we have to go to them to fix it, they can't fix it the same day, and it's sent off for 2 weeks.  The data on the hard drive will usually be wiped as well." />
  <row Id="48824" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27419" RevisionGUID="4ca89901-5461-4073-9e5f-1af1edbb59a5" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:39:15.927" UserId="7783" Text="Not going to happen. You need SSL to run the password changing applet as Microsoft obviously feel that broadcasting passwords through non-encrypted HTTP traffic is too much of a security risk. FWIW I agree with them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the people asking for this don't want to spend the money on a SSL certificate then perhaps they can generate one of their own and use that. " />
  <row Id="48825" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27420" RevisionGUID="53b6bdc2-de22-4c96-b4af-b6f6d60e63fa" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:40:37.267" UserId="4271" Text="There is a good writeup on this problem [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They recommend:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh -o TCPKeepAlive=yes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh -o TCPKeepAlive=no -o ServerAliveInterval=15&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I do have an issue at my work site where I get disconnected from sessions, where at home they are fine. I believe my firewall (SonicWall) may be flucking with TCPKeepAlive, maybe because of NAT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My SSH client, SecureCRT, fortunately has an option for a &quot;NO-OP&quot; protocol, which I believe basically sends a command that doesn't do anything to the server. By manually enabling this I am able to remain connected. Not sure what the MacOSX terminal client has that is similar to that. There is a [writeup][2] on how to implement &quot;NO-OP&quot; on command line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, you may wish to use Wireshark or other sniffer to watch your actual TCP connection to find out what is going on with it.  That would be the final way to see why it is still disconnecting occasionally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/comp/sofi/facility-access/ssh-stable-con&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://swik.net/Unix/BASH+Cures+Cancer+Blog/Keeping+your+SSH+sessions+alive+with+NOOP/b3urv" />
  <row Id="48826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27421" RevisionGUID="dcd2e1bb-d715-499e-b5d9-848e317d1c4c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:42:19.823" UserId="6793" Text="Take a look at [Zumastor Linux Storage Project][1] it implements &quot;snapshot&quot; backup using binary &quot;rsync&quot; via the [ddsnap][2] tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From the man-page:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ddsnap provides block device replication given a block level snapshot facility capable of holding multiple simultaneous snapshots efficiently. ddsnap can generate a list of snapshot chunks that differ between two snapshots, then send that difference over the wire. On a downstream server, write the updated data to a snapshotted block device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://zumastor.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://zumastor.org/man/ddsnap.8.html" />
  <row Id="48827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27422" RevisionGUID="3daa8b26-fd19-484a-8985-4bd75c82cc64" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:43:47.587" UserId="699" Text="I think the subject says it all, but I couldn't find any info quite fitting my desire anywhere.  It's hard to search for this and not get tons of articles involving hackintoshes or running a VM on mac.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to boot natively into Windows XP (that's working just great).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently, I can boot into Mac, too, and run XP in a VM, but I really don't want to do it that way as I spend most of my time in Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, is there a way to, on the Windows side, buy another version of VMWare fusion (or whatever I need), create a new vhd, install mac osx on it, and make my life about 10x easier than it currently is?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for any and all help." />
  <row Id="48828" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27422" RevisionGUID="3daa8b26-fd19-484a-8985-4bd75c82cc64" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:43:47.587" UserId="699" Text="Odd request. iMac physical machine, want to bootcamp to windows native, then run mac os X in VM" />
  <row Id="48829" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27422" RevisionGUID="3daa8b26-fd19-484a-8985-4bd75c82cc64" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:43:47.587" UserId="699" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="48830" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27423" RevisionGUID="d334080e-ee19-43b3-bd06-a3de54eed8e8" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:43:48.633" UserId="1324" Text="If this is Windows Only environment, your best bet will be [OneClick deployment][1] and simple c# (or vb.net) program which uses [System.Environment.MachineName][2] with or without combination with System.Net.Dns.GetHostByAddress for more information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163973.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.environment.machinename.aspx#Mtps_DropDownFilterText" />
  <row Id="48831" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27423" RevisionGUID="d334080e-ee19-43b3-bd06-a3de54eed8e8" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:43:48.633" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="48832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27424" RevisionGUID="452a5e0f-aeca-486c-8c8e-6f5bff016404" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:44:40.520" UserId="1447" Text="There is some non-overlapping functionality between Oracle and SQL Server and they work quite differently in many ways.  For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Oracle does not have a direct equivalent to an identity column.  Equivalent functionality would be done differently using sequences.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - PL/SQL and T-SQL are quite different languages.  If you have a large body of stored procedure code, be prepared to spend a substantial amonunt of time porting it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Comparisons in SQL Server are case insensitive by default.  Comparisons in Oracle are case sensitive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Working with table partitions in SQL Server is quite different (and somewhat more clumsy) than oracle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48833" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27425" RevisionGUID="f7e4a50f-8717-406e-993f-109279a702b3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:46:09.783" UserId="1047" Text="We are considering a virtual machine for the app tier in a dual server TFS deployment as it will not be performing heavy IO. Does anyone have any good or bad experiences to share using this approach (specifically around performance)?" />
  <row Id="48834" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27425" RevisionGUID="f7e4a50f-8717-406e-993f-109279a702b3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:46:09.783" UserId="1047" Text="Are there performance issues with running a TFS app tier in a virtual machine?" />
  <row Id="48835" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27425" RevisionGUID="f7e4a50f-8717-406e-993f-109279a702b3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:46:09.783" UserId="1047" Text="&lt;tfs&gt;&lt;deployment&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="48836" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27426" RevisionGUID="cbd56552-d77b-4433-a0f3-54b0efe345d3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:48:24.630" UserId="9563" Text="A simple an inexpensive solution is to use [OpenDNS][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.opendns.com" />
  <row Id="48837" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27427" RevisionGUID="549d3fd5-f352-41b5-8768-c17eea50918a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:48:54.147" UserId="6793" Text="I use the following configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Alias /error/ /var/www/err/&#xD;&#xA;    ErrorDocument 400 /error/HTTP_BAD_REQUEST.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just add a &quot;/&quot; to your alias and you should be fine...&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48838" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27428" RevisionGUID="468c4fef-ce1f-4c14-a638-25117c4d6005" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:50:40.290" UserId="2668" Text="I've cloned a Linux (Fedora) server system from an IDE drive to a SATA drive but it doesn't boot, failing at switch root. I've done a clean install on the target drive and have learned thru inspection of the initrd files that when installing fedora on a SATA drive it includes the ahci module, which was not used when I had no SATA drives during the installation of my working system. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I'd like to run mkinitrd to build the new initrd, same as the old but adding the ahci module (probably as a preload)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm doing too much guessing, so I wanted to park this question here:&#xD;&#xA;**Whats the easiest way to build a new initrd from the existing one, just adding a single module?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the diff of the two init files&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     diff /media/disk/SATA_initrd/initrd/init /media/disk/PATA_initrd/initrd/init &#xD;&#xA;    50a51,52&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; echo &quot;Loading crc-t10dif module&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; modprobe -q crc-t10dif&#xD;&#xA;    57,60d58&#xD;&#xA;    &lt; echo &quot;Loading ahci module&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt; modprobe -q ahci&#xD;&#xA;    &lt; echo Waiting for driver initialization.&#xD;&#xA;    &lt; stabilized --hash --interval 250 /proc/scsi/scsi&#xD;&#xA;    66a65,68&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; echo &quot;Loading pata_amd module&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; modprobe -q pata_amd&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; echo Waiting for driver initialization.&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; stabilized --hash --interval 250 /proc/scsi/scsi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and the init file from the initrd that I want to modify.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/nash&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    mount -t proc /proc /proc&#xD;&#xA;    setquiet&#xD;&#xA;    echo Mounting proc filesystem&#xD;&#xA;    echo Mounting sysfs filesystem&#xD;&#xA;    mount -t sysfs /sys /sys&#xD;&#xA;    echo Creating /dev&#xD;&#xA;    mount -o mode=0755 -t tmpfs /dev /dev&#xD;&#xA;    mkdir /dev/pts&#xD;&#xA;    mount -t devpts -o gid=5,mode=620 /dev/pts /dev/pts&#xD;&#xA;    mkdir /dev/shm&#xD;&#xA;    mkdir /dev/mapper&#xD;&#xA;    echo Creating initial device nodes&#xD;&#xA;    mknod /dev/null c 1 3&#xD;&#xA;    mknod /dev/zero c 1 5&#xD;&#xA;    mknod /dev/systty c 4 0&#xD;&#xA;    mknod /dev/tty c 5 0&#xD;&#xA;    mknod /dev/console c 5 1&#xD;&#xA;    mknod /dev/ptmx c 5 2&#xD;&#xA;    mknod /dev/tty0 c 4 0&#xD;&#xA;    mknod /dev/tty1 c 4 1&#xD;&#xA;    mknod /dev/tty2 c 4 2&#xD;&#xA;    mknod /dev/tty3 c 4 3&#xD;&#xA;    mknod /dev/tty4 c 4 4&#xD;&#xA;    mknod /dev/tty5 c 4 5&#xD;&#xA;    mknod /dev/tty6 c 4 6&#xD;&#xA;    mknod /dev/tty7 c 4 7&#xD;&#xA;    mknod /dev/tty8 c 4 8&#xD;&#xA;    mknod /dev/tty9 c 4 9&#xD;&#xA;    mknod /dev/tty10 c 4 10&#xD;&#xA;    mknod /dev/tty11 c 4 11&#xD;&#xA;    mknod /dev/tty12 c 4 12&#xD;&#xA;    mknod /dev/ttyS0 c 4 64&#xD;&#xA;    mknod /dev/ttyS1 c 4 65&#xD;&#xA;    mknod /dev/ttyS2 c 4 66&#xD;&#xA;    mknod /dev/ttyS3 c 4 67&#xD;&#xA;    echo Setting up hotplug.&#xD;&#xA;    hotplug&#xD;&#xA;    echo Creating block device nodes.&#xD;&#xA;    mkblkdevs&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Loading ehci-hcd module&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    modprobe -q ehci-hcd&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Loading ohci-hcd module&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    modprobe -q ohci-hcd&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Loading uhci-hcd module&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    modprobe -q uhci-hcd&#xD;&#xA;    mount -t usbfs /proc/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Loading ext3 module&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    modprobe -q ext3&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Loading crc-t10dif module&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    modprobe -q crc-t10dif&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Loading scsi_mod module&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    modprobe -q scsi_mod&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Loading sd_mod module&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    modprobe -q sd_mod&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Loading libata module&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    modprobe -q libata&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Loading ata_generic module&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    modprobe -q ata_generic&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Loading pata_acpi module&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    modprobe -q pata_acpi&#xD;&#xA;    echo Waiting for driver initialization.&#xD;&#xA;    stabilized --hash --interval 250 /proc/scsi/scsi&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Loading pata_amd module&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    modprobe -q pata_amd&#xD;&#xA;    echo Waiting for driver initialization.&#xD;&#xA;    stabilized --hash --interval 250 /proc/scsi/scsi&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Loading dm-mod module&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    modprobe -q dm-mod&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Loading dm-mirror module&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    modprobe -q dm-mirror&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Loading dm-zero module&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    modprobe -q dm-zero&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Loading dm-snapshot module&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    modprobe -q dm-snapshot&#xD;&#xA;    echo Making device-mapper control node&#xD;&#xA;    mkdmnod&#xD;&#xA;    modprobe scsi_wait_scan&#xD;&#xA;    rmmod scsi_wait_scan&#xD;&#xA;    mkblkdevs&#xD;&#xA;    echo Scanning logical volumes&#xD;&#xA;    lvm vgscan --ignorelockingfailure&#xD;&#xA;    echo Activating logical volumes&#xD;&#xA;    lvm vgchange -ay --ignorelockingfailure  VolGroup00&#xD;&#xA;    resume /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01&#xD;&#xA;    echo Creating root device.&#xD;&#xA;    mkrootdev -t ext3 -o defaults,ro /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00&#xD;&#xA;    echo Mounting root filesystem.&#xD;&#xA;    mount /sysroot&#xD;&#xA;    echo Setting up other filesystems.&#xD;&#xA;    setuproot&#xD;&#xA;    loadpolicy&#xD;&#xA;    echo Switching to new root and running init.&#xD;&#xA;    switchroot&#xD;&#xA;    echo Booting has failed.&#xD;&#xA;    sleep -1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48839" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27428" RevisionGUID="468c4fef-ce1f-4c14-a638-25117c4d6005" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:50:40.290" UserId="2668" Text="How to ADD one module to initrd using mkinitrd" />
  <row Id="48840" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27428" RevisionGUID="468c4fef-ce1f-4c14-a638-25117c4d6005" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:50:40.290" UserId="2668" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;fedora&gt;" />
  <row Id="48841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27429" RevisionGUID="1e67e3fc-fb51-4a0b-ad0f-541f1a40cbc0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:54:15.477" UserId="7250" Text="I think you would be looking at [VMware Workstation][1] since you are running from the Windows side - although I have to ask why you would want to do this. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OS X is a 64bit operating system allowing access to more RAM, has fewer viruses to contend with and in general, makes a much better (personal unfounded opinion) host system than the other way around. Perhaps using [Parallels][2] would get you the XP access you need while leveraging OS X. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://vmware.com/products/ws/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/" />
  <row Id="48842" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27425" RevisionGUID="d07cf0d0-24b3-48ad-96a5-60fa51f94dfc" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:54:50.857" UserId="1047" Comment="added 163 characters in body" Text="We are considering a virtual machine for the app tier in a dual server TFS deployment as it will not be performing heavy IO. Does anyone have any good or bad experiences to share using this approach (specifically around performance)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Found some guidance from bharry (Microsoft employee working on VSTS) [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/bharry/archive/2008/06/27/tfs-on-hyper-v.aspx" />
  <row Id="48843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27430" RevisionGUID="42c955f2-7c41-49fc-af6f-ef8124010e13" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:55:51.887" UserId="1435" Text="Yeah, this can work, quite easily actually - the only problem is that there's no legal way of getting an OSX VM image. But it does work, I'm doing it right now using VMWare Workstation 6.5." />
  <row Id="48844" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27431" RevisionGUID="a34bc76b-9618-4e65-8661-e8fddca0fb2a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:56:20.887" UserId="3299" Text="Does anyone know how to move the page file on Windows Server 2008.  Everything seems to be in a different spot on this OS!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, I would like to tweak it's size.  If you know where that is (probably in the same spot) please let me know." />
  <row Id="48845" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27431" RevisionGUID="a34bc76b-9618-4e65-8661-e8fddca0fb2a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:56:20.887" UserId="3299" Text="Move and Change Pagefile.sys size on Windows Server 2008" />
  <row Id="48846" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27431" RevisionGUID="a34bc76b-9618-4e65-8661-e8fddca0fb2a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:56:20.887" UserId="3299" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;pagefile&gt;" />
  <row Id="48847" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27432" RevisionGUID="b40c6d71-2936-4bae-97a1-0821523fa9d3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:56:26.207" UserId="1463" Text="Try walking on it and see if it breaks or not... " />
  <row Id="48848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27433" RevisionGUID="acecb3c3-d5fe-484b-8d65-c1337313e0e0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:57:08.980" UserId="6793" Text="You need to create a new image and copy the contents of your &quot;old&quot; initrd over to the new and add your module:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/zero of=~/file-inird count=2500 bs=1024 (or bigger if needed)&#xD;&#xA;    losetup /dev/loop0 ~/file-inird&#xD;&#xA;    mke2fs /dev/loop0&#xD;&#xA;    mkdir ~/mnt&#xD;&#xA;    mount /dev/loop0 ~/mnt&#xD;&#xA;    cp -a old_mounted_initrd/* ~/mnt/&#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;    [.. add your changes ..]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    umount ~/mnt&#xD;&#xA;    losetup -d /dev/loop0&#xD;&#xA;    gzip -c ~/file-inird &gt; initrd-&lt;kernel-version&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also found [this][1] :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Voilà&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sial.org/howto/linux/initrd/" />
  <row Id="48849" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27434" RevisionGUID="a8ac1496-6271-42a5-9c11-62809d9b5fc4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:58:01.117" UserId="4955" Text="It only works reliably (except for debugging drivers etc) on an enterprise server OS for  LARGEADDRESSAWARE binaries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;devenv is not such a binary. SQL Server and Exchange are, for example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'd need an x64 bit OS *and* VS x64 to break the 2GB limit" />
  <row Id="48850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27435" RevisionGUID="f4d64f39-d4aa-4a5d-bdc0-dfd18d2c38bc" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:58:55.187" UserId="4392" Text="According to the current licensing, you'll need OS X server. That's the only legal way to virtualize OS X at the moment: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://blogs.vmware.com/teamfusion/2008/06/virtual-leopard.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically, it requires that it be run on Apple hardware, which almost coincidentally, you are. Bonus. " />
  <row Id="48851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27436" RevisionGUID="594c8670-937b-4fcb-93dc-7ff648ea7fbc" CreationDate="2009-06-17T16:59:23.423" UserId="2668" Text="In an attempt to answer my own question  and I'm guessing here.. &#xD;&#xA;for all the modprobes before the &quot;driver initialization&quot; &#xD;&#xA;use the --preload *MODNAME* in the arguments to mkinitrd&#xD;&#xA;for all the rest use --with&#xD;&#xA;and add a --preload ahci &#xD;&#xA;to the list." />
  <row Id="48852" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27437" RevisionGUID="a9f5ed41-cae1-4a65-a716-295e3f4383d0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:00:10.737" UserId="2273" Text="We have a fair number of public folders in our Exchange system.  When we create new folders, we assign them an email address and turn off the &quot;Hide from address list&quot; option in order to allow users to copy messages directly to the folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The two recent folders that were added are not appearing for Outlook clients.  Normally the test is to open a new message, type in the folder name (or enough of it that there is not a &quot;quick entry&quot;), then hit Ctrl+K to resolve the address.  It usually works.  Now, it does not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In Exchange manager, viewing the properties of both the All Address Lists/Public Folders and the Global Address List objects (under recipients) and then clicking the Preview button, the two items show up as expected; however, 24 hours later the issue still is not resolved for the Outlook clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both cached and non-cached Outlook clients have been tested.  We have also tried the &quot;Update&quot; option on the recipient policies (they have not been changed) and are thinking about the &quot;Rebuild&quot; option, but it always gives the message that it could take a day to perform which is a bit worrisome.  I do not know if that means the GAL will not be fully available to users during the rebuild or not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If anybody has some ideas, I would be most appreciateive." />
  <row Id="48853" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27437" RevisionGUID="a9f5ed41-cae1-4a65-a716-295e3f4383d0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:00:10.737" UserId="2273" Text="Exchange 2003: New address does not show up in the Global Address List (GAL)" />
  <row Id="48854" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27437" RevisionGUID="a9f5ed41-cae1-4a65-a716-295e3f4383d0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:00:10.737" UserId="2273" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;exchange-2003&gt;&lt;globaladdresslist&gt;" />
  <row Id="48855" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27438" RevisionGUID="35c20196-ec38-40e0-9086-849e5a72047d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:02:03.667" UserId="6468" Text="I've got a Windows Server 2003 computer with a payroll application, and a new Server 2008 System that I'm migrating to.  My question is regarding (I believe) all Windows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I track **all** files installed by an installer so that I may copy those files over to another system?   I notice in Windows that the installers for most applications don't always log everything.  If I had a file list I could simply script the copy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Being a Linux guy, I'd love to hear how to do this in Windows *&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48856" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27438" RevisionGUID="35c20196-ec38-40e0-9086-849e5a72047d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:02:03.667" UserId="6468" Text="Completely Copying Over Application Installs in Windows " />
  <row Id="48857" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27438" RevisionGUID="35c20196-ec38-40e0-9086-849e5a72047d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:02:03.667" UserId="6468" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;installer&gt;&lt;applications&gt;&lt;copying&gt;" />
  <row Id="48858" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27434" RevisionGUID="1bcb42e3-b675-466f-9dc8-eca00e4f64ff" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:03:41.807" UserId="4955" Comment="added 133 characters in body" Text="It only works reliably (except for debugging drivers etc) on an enterprise server OS for  LARGEADDRESSAWARE binaries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;devenv is not such a binary. SQL Server and Exchange are, for example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'd need an x64 bit OS &lt;strike&gt;*and* VS x64&lt;/strike&gt; edit: [LARGEADDRESSAWARE is detected on x64][1] to break the 2GB limit. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms791558.aspx" />
  <row Id="48859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27439" RevisionGUID="a920baa4-2d3c-4912-9ac2-af64d473597d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:05:16.937" UserId="2299" Text="Advanced System Settings, on the Advanced tab click the Performance/Settings button.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Advanced System Settings can be reached by right clicking My Computer and choosing Properties or from Server Manager by clicking the Change System properties link.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48860" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27440" RevisionGUID="231c86e1-2549-47d3-b359-1816876ebff7" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:06:33.110" UserId="8385" Text="Windows installers do much more than just copy files.  They register DLL files, write to the registry, and establish database connections.  Your best bet is going to be finding the install package for your software and reinstalling the software.  Once you have everything installed, you can try to copy over any database files." />
  <row Id="48861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27441" RevisionGUID="41b4846e-9808-40f7-8095-b20696ab3b75" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:07:19.600" UserId="2299" Text="There isn't an easy way to do this as you'd also need to know what registry entries the installer had created and what COM servers it registered. You may find that just copying the folder then any obviously related registry keys may work, but it would be safer to reinstall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48862" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27442" RevisionGUID="f3c22505-771e-4c4f-ae2d-f54ab04c9ac0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:07:36.293" UserId="4392" Text="It sounds like you really want to make an MSI, which is sort of the equivalent to a .rpm or .deb in Linux. There are lots of commercial softwares out there with which to do it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the Microsoft KnowledgeBase article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257718" />
  <row Id="48863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27443" RevisionGUID="43080977-a293-4ad1-b354-c66cb7de7f9a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:08:39.503" UserId="8374" Text="lol, as stukelly pointed out, you must run the python script directly on the server, not on your home computer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if your site is at google sites, i guess you don't have direct access to google servers (unless you are a really good hacker), so you can't run the python script&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;btw, i guess that google is already making a sitemap of their google sites" />
  <row Id="48864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27444" RevisionGUID="b4dc0a32-32e5-4560-900d-f54ffac98223" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:08:53.043" UserId="8385" Text="In my experience, the GAL can take longer than 24 hours to replicate entirely.  At this point, I tell my users to wait another day before I take further action.  99% of the time it starts working correctly." />
  <row Id="48865" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27445" RevisionGUID="8664418e-b7b5-405d-b7ac-b9c01f0c50f3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:12:46.750" UserId="1736" Text="Nothing in the PHP error logs, nothing in the system error logs... where do you &quot;get&quot; the PHP access violation?  Any information you get at that time would be a useful addition to your post as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Access violation&quot; normally means a memory pointer bug; whatever's going wrong is likely to be buried in some module you're using.  In your situation, I'd probably try upgrading PHP and any libraries it depends on to the latest version, particularly focusing on anything relevant to your Google Maps integration, in hopes that it's a bug that's been fixed." />
  <row Id="48866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27446" RevisionGUID="367f06db-56fb-4038-a539-3db73b9866fd" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:13:18.013" UserId="8374" Text="On our computers, we use daily dozens of different usb drives from our customers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is bad because the registry hive is becoming huge as windows is so &quot;smart&quot; to save them forever&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I set `devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1` and i saw thousands of usb flash drives&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a software that will automagically delete all previous devices?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also this will solve a lot of problems with scanners and printers that will be seen as another device just because the user has plugged in another usb plug" />
  <row Id="48867" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27446" RevisionGUID="367f06db-56fb-4038-a539-3db73b9866fd" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:13:18.013" UserId="8374" Text="How to remove all previous devices in xp?" />
  <row Id="48868" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27446" RevisionGUID="367f06db-56fb-4038-a539-3db73b9866fd" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:13:18.013" UserId="8374" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;usb&gt;&lt;usb-flash-drive&gt;" />
  <row Id="48869" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27447" RevisionGUID="8d8d071c-c765-4323-83a0-a7e9f04b4545" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:14:34.763" UserId="9404" Text="In the need to centralize logs we have selected syslog as the collector and Splunk (free for now) as the analysis tool, but there's always the question about which events should get to the central repository and from which systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The selection should address only those logs of interest from a security point of view.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which logs do you centralize and how do you select them?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The answers should indicate types of devices, systems or software, types of logs/events and the reason for choosing them." />
  <row Id="48870" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27447" RevisionGUID="8d8d071c-c765-4323-83a0-a7e9f04b4545" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:14:34.763" UserId="9404" Text="Logs worth to keep and analyze in a central repository" />
  <row Id="48871" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27447" RevisionGUID="8d8d071c-c765-4323-83a0-a7e9f04b4545" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:14:34.763" UserId="9404" Text="&lt;logging&gt;&lt;centralization&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;event-log&gt;" />
  <row Id="48872" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27434" RevisionGUID="33a91683-6d16-413c-b30e-c403c9a862a7" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:16:50.017" UserId="4955" Comment="added 17 characters in body" Text="It only works reliably (except for debugging drivers etc) on an enterprise server OS for  LARGEADDRESSAWARE binaries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;strike&gt;devenv is not such a binary&lt;/strike&gt;. SQL Server and Exchange are, for example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'd need an x64 bit OS &lt;strike&gt;*and* VS x64&lt;/strike&gt; edit: [LARGEADDRESSAWARE is detected on x64][1] to break the 2GB limit. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms791558.aspx" />
  <row Id="48873" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24949" RevisionGUID="9ae725f9-3a4a-42fe-8032-b94e0dabd099" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:17:04.760" UserId="4541" Comment="Clarifaction" Text="Okay, we finally gave up and rebooted the router, and that fixed it. :(&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to know what exactly the issue was though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems that the DNS settings were not being ... well, set.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27448" RevisionGUID="142cf8fa-e01e-45a9-8c8c-a8108d1d1dcd" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:19:43.070" UserId="9863" Text="How do I give access to SQL Server 2005 Reports for users outside domain without using FBA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've built report using SSRS 2005 and published it on the report server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The account is able to access the ASP.NET page which has the report control on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However the report area is inaccessible and gives 401 error for unauthenticated user." />
  <row Id="48875" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27448" RevisionGUID="142cf8fa-e01e-45a9-8c8c-a8108d1d1dcd" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:19:43.070" UserId="9863" Text="How do I give access to SQL Server 2005 Reports for users outside domain without using FBA." />
  <row Id="48876" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27448" RevisionGUID="142cf8fa-e01e-45a9-8c8c-a8108d1d1dcd" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:19:43.070" UserId="9863" Text="&lt;ssrs&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="48877" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27449" RevisionGUID="eb7178a9-fb77-4093-bac2-ef9054f28029" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:20:24.113" UserId="1803" Text="In addition to the specific reasons, I find that drawing an analogy to a different business unit helps to put these scary technology concepts into a comfortable framework.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Question - I can buy TurboTax for $50 to do my taxes, why do we need to pay an entire department to do the same thing for the company?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Answer - because it's more complicated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IT pays more money for a laptop than Joe User at Best Buy because your IT department has different/bigger priorities (which the other answers have enumerated quite well).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It may also help to assure them that if you could meet business need by buying $500 laptops for everyone, you would be *thrilled* to do so, but it would just be too expensive in the long run." />
  <row Id="48881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27451" RevisionGUID="8d69ca8e-8fc1-4418-b94b-811b92415279" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:22:27.540" UserId="1439" Text="I **have** got this working with a little hackery.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Self signed SSL cert is not an option due to the prompts we'd get, and SSL isn't an option - absolute management requirement, however unwise.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The openChangePassword() javascript function in Outlook Web Access needed modification as it was hardcoded to use HTTPS. I found this function in a whole load of files in the exchweb folder. That sorted out the button.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also re-registered iispwchg.dll, as per another KB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also aexp2b.asp needed editing as it was also hard coded to post to a HTTPS URL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also missed a configuration step - the PasswordExpirePreNotifyDays metabase entry also needed setting. This was from [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833734/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks anyway." />
  <row Id="48885" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="20728" RevisionGUID="097eddf9-03c1-4414-92c3-26ad63790c89" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:32:52.467" UserId="1736" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;apt&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;gpg&gt;&lt;error&gt;" />
  <row Id="48886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27454" RevisionGUID="ed0aab83-5a15-465d-a514-dbb048e7fe94" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:32:52.480" UserId="5214" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm volunteering with a local school (roughly equivalent to an American 6th-8th grade) in order to setup a learning environment based on GNU/Linux - Open Source SW.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The aim is to create a system with a central &quot;server&quot; (teacher PC) and 10-20 &quot;clients&quot; (students PC). From the server it must be possible to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - control what's going on the students PC (desktop visualization/control and so on)&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - install applications on the students PC (possibly from a GUI)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - manage the students user profiles, in order no not tie a student to a particular machine&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some other info:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - the PC that will be used are a little old (2/3 years at best)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - the interconnect is on 100 Mb Ethernet&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - the school has roughly 600-800 students, in classes made of about 20 students each&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - one class at time is expected to use the system&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not expert on this kind of setups, I read something on Edubuntu, which seems to have something similar to what is needed, but never tried it (at this moment I don't have access to the PCs).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for your help" />
  <row Id="48887" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27454" RevisionGUID="ed0aab83-5a15-465d-a514-dbb048e7fe94" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:32:52.480" UserId="5214" Text="Tips on setting up a Linux classroom environment" />
  <row Id="48888" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27454" RevisionGUID="ed0aab83-5a15-465d-a514-dbb048e7fe94" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:32:52.480" UserId="5214" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;classroom&gt;&lt;learning&gt;&lt;education&gt;" />
  <row Id="48889" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27424" RevisionGUID="e587d742-0bd9-4957-9b9a-3c7766f23677" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:32:53.013" UserId="1447" Comment="added 323 characters in body" Text="There is some non-overlapping functionality between Oracle and SQL Server and they work quite differently in many ways.  For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Oracle does not have a direct equivalent to an identity column.  Equivalent functionality would be done differently using sequences.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - PL/SQL and T-SQL are quite different languages.  If you have a large body of stored procedure code, be prepared to spend a substantial amonunt of time porting it.  Also, t-sql idioms often differ quite substantially from PL/SQL.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For example, T-SQL is much better at set-ops than PL/SQL and PL/SQL is much better at working with cursors (e.g. parallel looping constructs).  Some things done iteratively in PL/SQL are probably better done using set ops and temp tables in T-SQL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Comparisons in SQL Server are case insensitive by default.  Comparisons in Oracle are case sensitive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Working with table partitions in SQL Server is quite different (and somewhat more clumsy) than oracle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27455" RevisionGUID="1a0a2430-e64f-4a0c-921f-9efe05ead2b7" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:33:27.003" UserId="9249" Text="Oracle and SQL Server are very different both from an administration and database usage stance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# Database Usage #&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Get ready to spend quite a bit of time porting.  Some of the issues off the top of my head:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## PL/SQL vs. T-SQL ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The languages themselves are different enough to require significant porting effort for your scripts and stored procedures.  This ranges from things like different concatenation operators (`||` vs. `+`), to changes in function names and subtleties (`NVL` vs. `COALESCE`), to conceptual differences (exception handling, case-sensitivity).  Some other examples:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Cursors vs. temp tables ###&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of the things that you did in Oracle using cursors are done in SQL Server using temporary tables.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Sequences vs. Identities ###&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They are mostly equivalent, but you'll have to change the syntax of any procedures using them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# Database Administration #&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They mostly have the same features, sometimes under different names with varying side-effects.  Some highlights:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Data (un)loading (data pump or sql*loader or exp/imp vs. DTS or bcp)&#xD;&#xA; - Data dictionaries (DBA\_* vs. INFORMATION_SCHEMA)&#xD;&#xA; - Transaction log settings (Archive logging vs. Recovery Model)&#xD;&#xA; - Table types (Index Organized vs. clustered indexes)&#xD;&#xA; - Locking mechanisms (reads don't lock in Oracle, not so in SQL server)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, there's a decent sized learning curve when going from Oracle to SQL Server (or vice-versa).  Feel free to add to this list." />
  <row Id="48891" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27456" RevisionGUID="b11ba713-4d7d-4ab8-9d99-636f9bded4bd" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:34:31.650" UserId="846" Text="Dude .. this is **PAYROLL**!  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Do not screw around or experiment or act until you know what you are doing.**  Every single person in the company will hate you if they get paid wrong or late.  Not to mention your own family, who need you to get paid so they can eat.  I over-dramatize, but only a bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Since it is payroll, there is a near 100% likelihood that you have vendor support.  Get (well in advance) the procedure for moving the software from one server to another.  They should know exactly how to do it.  Review it, in detail, several times.&#xD;&#xA; - You may need an update or patch to the software or to WS 2008 .. if so get them.  &#xD;&#xA; - Work with Payroll to time it properly .. don't do it late in the cycle. &#xD;&#xA; - Have their tech support on the line when you do it.&#xD;&#xA; - Arrange for Payroll to test it thoroughly.  If you use a service chances are good that you can do a test transmission and get a test check.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48892" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27457" RevisionGUID="ae2cc85b-e785-4589-83c1-024f39267222" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:38:32.720" UserId="6116" Text="I installed Google Desktop for Linux and want to prevent it from running without necessarily deleting all its files.  I managed to find and disable the file in `/etc/cron.hourly`, but `gdl_box` is still being launched by process 1:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1  5199  5199  5199 ?           -1 Ss   32074   0:01 /opt/google/desktop/bin/gdl_box&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've grepped for `gdl` in every file under `/etc` and have turned up no suspects.  There doesn't seem to be anything in `/etc/init.d` or in the `/etc/rc*.d` directories.  How can I find and slay this evil daemon?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48893" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27457" RevisionGUID="ae2cc85b-e785-4589-83c1-024f39267222" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:38:32.720" UserId="6116" Text="How can I find out what is causing init(8) to launch a process?" />
  <row Id="48894" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27457" RevisionGUID="ae2cc85b-e785-4589-83c1-024f39267222" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:38:32.720" UserId="6116" Text="&lt;init&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="48895" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27458" RevisionGUID="52ce6911-9952-45e4-8c39-34348807da74" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:40:21.640" UserId="7320" Text="The tool for the job is Process Monitor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will show you all the file access, registry access, and network access for any windows process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is, sometimes installers will fork a process and launch another installer or run a script of some kind... and you'd have to filter through hundreds of thousands of system trace events to find out which are related to your software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best bet is to call your vendor for support - and if you dont have any, get some now. This is all the excuse you need for your boss(es) and you'll be glad you have it when the inevitable &quot;Is this because it's on Server 2008 (x64?)?&quot; question pops up." />
  <row Id="48896" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27459" RevisionGUID="a5e2728e-2c4b-4a46-a24d-76badda8d655" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:40:49.970" UserId="6472" Text="It looks like you have a DNS Wildcard record for your domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    *.econemon.com.  IN A 81.169.163.40&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This means that if a query results in no records,  you'll get an A record for 81.169.163.40.  Actually it is more complicated than that.  If there is ANY record for a &quot;label&quot; (a fully qualified domain name, or FQDN) then that disables the wildcard record for that label.  So, if you have an MX record for foo.econemon.com., a query for foo.econemon.com's A record will turn up nothing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wildcard records are somewhat rare and can confuse certain software systems.  I don't recommend using them.  However, your ISP is using them so that you don't have to bother them to update DNS records every time you add a subdomain.  That makes sense.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now on to your question...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What it seems like you are asking is, &quot;If I have one nameserver with different data than the others, what will happen?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Well, if you have 2 that your ISP runs with certain data, and 1 that you run with different data, then there is a 2:1 chance of getting data from your ISPs server.  The DNS system doesn't keep looking to other nameservers if it doesn't find the data it wants in the first one.  In other words, you can't ask Daddy if Mommy said &quot;no&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is an important concept in DNS.  DNS needs to be FAST.  Therefore, never do 2 queries when 1 will do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's why you should have the same exact zone data for a domain in each of the domain's nameservers.  (Unless you have some funny load balancing scheme.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  * would a request for subdomain.econemon.com yield a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; different address depending on which&#xD;&#xA;&gt; name server you asked? (I guess it&#xD;&#xA;&gt; would.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * if so, this might actually be useful&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to fall back to a &quot;main server&quot; if my&#xD;&#xA;&gt; DNS was down, but how do I make the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; client to use my name server when it's&#xD;&#xA;&gt; up?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The nameservers are tried in random order.  If the first one doesn't respond, the DNS client will try the next one.  When all have been tried the client gets a DNS error.  Since each DNS server it sent 1 query, but generally we wait 30 seconds (I think) for a reply, if you have 100 nameservers, you'll be waiting 50 minutes before the client errors out.  That's why I don't usually have more than 3 nameservers for a domain.  More isn't better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; * would this mess up caching on the clients? (Probably.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not really.  The software is very robust.  Postel's robustness principle (&quot;be conservative in what you send, liberal in what you accept&quot;) comes into play here.  It has benefits.  Do queries for www.yahoo.com, www.microsoft.com and www.google.com.  You'll see that each nameserver gives different IP addresses depending on where you are in the world (and other factors).  If that were to confuse clients, those sites wouldn't survive!" />
  <row Id="48897" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27460" RevisionGUID="f52976d3-0a77-42b1-a759-760a1d4e0c7b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:41:01.810" UserId="9249" Text="You'll want to go with a Linux Terminal Server Project ([LTSP](http://ltsp.org/)) based Linux distro.  Something like [Skolelinux](http://www.skolelinux.org/) would probably work well." />
  <row Id="48898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27461" RevisionGUID="1983fd94-4f6b-4c56-8de9-112460c05f45" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:41:23.183" UserId="8374" Text="you do a shortcut to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then you set an hotkey for that, like ctrl+alt+R&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;hotkey = remove hardware&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;fast&amp;easy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48899" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27462" RevisionGUID="651e0d0a-f5eb-4bd9-82a4-f9e0c88ffb38" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:42:51.213" UserId="9332" Text="Windows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Security Log (specifically looking for Audit Failures)&#xD;&#xA; 2. System Log (To correlate with the Security Log)&#xD;&#xA; 3. IIS Logs&#xD;&#xA; 4. Any Application Logs for Network facing applications. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Linux:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. /var/log/auth.log (logins)&#xD;&#xA; 2. /var/log/errors.log ( for ... errors)&#xD;&#xA; 3. SSH Logs&#xD;&#xA; 3. Application Logs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally you want to monitor:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Logins&#xD;&#xA; 2. System Errors&#xD;&#xA; 3. Application Logs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These will be the most important logs to monitor, and the most telling using splunk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A log system is only as good as the time source. Using NTP and making sure all your servers are set to the same time zone will make your job ten times easier. I like to set my BIOS clocks to UTC and then set the OS to the local time zone. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27463" RevisionGUID="0a2231ba-7253-43c7-81dd-87b361e9ffcd" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:44:36.297" UserId="2612" Text="VMware (or Virtua Box or whatever) is your friend. Build a Win2008 server. Try installing the package again, copy any ODBC connections or config files, see if your application works just the same. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you really understand what your application requires in your particular configuration then you can migrate with a bit of confidence. And if you script your installation then you (or someone else) could do it again in another year ;-)" />
  <row Id="48901" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27464" RevisionGUID="e116445a-35c1-42a3-9e47-91cff15b39d1" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:50:12.197" UserId="9866" Text="I have an IBM xSeries 226 with an Adaptec HostRAID 7902 SCSI adapter. I have 4 73GB drives setup in a RAID 10 array. Everytime I reboot the system now the RAID utility shows the array as degraded and lists drives on ID 1 and 2 to be degraded. The drives do a disk verify and pass the test just fine. I have also tried different drives in the system. Does anyone know if there is a known issue with RAID 10 and this adapter? Or maybe I can't do this and I need to figure something else out. " />
  <row Id="48902" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27464" RevisionGUID="e116445a-35c1-42a3-9e47-91cff15b39d1" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:50:12.197" UserId="9866" Text="Adaptec 7901 and RAID 10 Degraded" />
  <row Id="48903" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27464" RevisionGUID="e116445a-35c1-42a3-9e47-91cff15b39d1" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:50:12.197" UserId="9866" Text="&lt;ibm&gt;&lt;raid&gt;" />
  <row Id="48904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27465" RevisionGUID="fb05d9fb-fb40-4b7d-9d6d-1ab73018cddf" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:51:13.020" UserId="9332" Text="Computers in an education enviroment can be challenging (I, know, I currently work in one, and teach in another). After finding the technology you want to use (Edubuntu looks good to me.) make sure that training becomes top priority.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many Educators don't want to make time to learn a new system. Create excitement about the new system, work on your public speaking skills, and make them believe that this system is much better than the last.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here's a few permade videos for Edubuntu common tasks.][1] I would recommend making more of these to ease the transition to a Linux based system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.learningelectric.com/edubuntu.html" />
  <row Id="48905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27466" RevisionGUID="f51db5c8-ee9b-43cd-bf09-0b38b840720a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:52:36.560" UserId="5392" Text="This is far to general a question. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should already know which logs you need to feed into splunk. What logs do you search through by hand when looking for security events? Those are the ones you need to feed into splunk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48906" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27467" RevisionGUID="f737d223-5680-46c4-9eb9-1463c1f256f3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:53:43.297" UserId="1293" Text="Microsoft has a command line utility called [DevCon][1] which may do what you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;List present and non-present USB devices:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    devcon findall =usb&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remove all USB devices:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    devcon remove @usb\*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Proceed with caution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311272/" />
  <row Id="48907" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27468" RevisionGUID="dcef6da0-393d-47d5-b9bc-f969b9bdb459" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:54:24.497" UserId="9868" Text="Is it possible to assign strong requirement to a Active Directory domain group?  In this case, the strong password would be 8 charters or longer, with at least one capital letter, one lower and one number.  They also would need to change their password every 30 days.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Users outside of this group would have another password policy that isn't as tight.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have an 2003 Active Directory domain. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank You for your help.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48908" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27468" RevisionGUID="dcef6da0-393d-47d5-b9bc-f969b9bdb459" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:54:24.497" UserId="9868" Text="Strong password requirements for a group of users" />
  <row Id="48909" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27468" RevisionGUID="dcef6da0-393d-47d5-b9bc-f969b9bdb459" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:54:24.497" UserId="9868" Text="&lt;password&gt;" />
  <row Id="48911" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27470" RevisionGUID="ed6f6cdf-0231-45b4-a6f3-898ca560ac9d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:56:16.053" UserId="1447" Text="Let the controller rebuild the array.  If it doesn't work, remove the disks from the array, reinitialise them and add them back to the array.  As always, make sure that you back up any data first." />
  <row Id="48912" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27471" RevisionGUID="b1ef4a7b-dd46-40fa-822b-b38345c487ea" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:58:42.383" UserId="5392" Text="LTSP and rolling your own distro or Ubuntu are probably your two best bets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should really ask people who've used them. Contact some users in the respective communities that have rolled this out in their schools and get their tips/opinion/gotchas." />
  <row Id="48913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27472" RevisionGUID="67be3f03-2b13-4ed9-b42e-386a0eb40d30" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:58:43.223" UserId="4392" Text="I'm pretty sure that this setting is domain-wide, which means that you would need to establish another tree in your active directory forest. Probably not worth it unless there are other reasons to segregate those user accounts. " />
  <row Id="48914" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27473" RevisionGUID="32a491a5-6f9a-48ba-b411-5c807f385bd4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:58:56.453" UserId="8199" Text="They could run a bat file from their desktop&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;echo %computername% &gt;&gt; c:\users\%username%\Desktop\computername.html&#xD;&#xA;&quot;c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe&quot; c:\users\%username%\Desktop\computername.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48915" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27473" RevisionGUID="32a491a5-6f9a-48ba-b411-5c807f385bd4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:58:56.453" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="48916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27474" RevisionGUID="1db9f978-3280-4b5c-9d85-e64651cf0085" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:58:58.433" UserId="7200" Text="You get one password policy in a domain in Active Directory with Windows Server 2003. You'll have to make a child domain for the users who need a different password policy, or upgrade to Windows Server 2008.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have a look here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770394.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This has been a weakness of Active Directory for a long time, but it's only remidied in W2K8." />
  <row Id="48918" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27475" RevisionGUID="7822551f-5b1d-4973-89ea-854c398d607e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:59:16.907" UserId="9867" Text="I set up System Center Virtual Machine Manager some time ago. We barely use it, except to do conversions from VMWare to Hyper-V. When I initially set it up, it worked fine for this purpose. Now, when I try to do a V2V conversion, the job fails during the transfer of data over BITS; it says that the connection timed out. The source VM, destination, and SCVMM machine are all the same machine. I've looked at the event logs, and I see the URL that is trying to be accessed by BITS. I've popped that URL into my browser, and it doesn't work. I've tried packet captures, but the traffic never appears on any of the adapters since it is all loopback traffic. When I try the hostname of the URL in a manual telnet session to the SSL port, I get a connection, so I know something is listening. I checked the SSL cert bindings, and I beleive that a cert is bound. I don't get any errors in my browser regarding certs when I try. I did try trimming the URL up a bit, and I am getting 404 errors when I try the top level directory. However, SCVMM uses BITS for the transfer, not pure HTTP, so I may not be doing the right kind of test.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help would be much appreciated! I've been banging my head on this for a day now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;J.Ja" />
  <row Id="48919" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27475" RevisionGUID="7822551f-5b1d-4973-89ea-854c398d607e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:59:16.907" UserId="9867" Text="SCVMM V2V conversions stopped working - BITS timeout" />
  <row Id="48920" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27475" RevisionGUID="7822551f-5b1d-4973-89ea-854c398d607e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T17:59:16.907" UserId="9867" Text="&lt;scvmm&gt;&lt;hyper-v&gt;" />
  <row Id="48921" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27476" RevisionGUID="99fe9e09-280a-48f1-9333-180d6d9befc4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:02:24.637" UserId="6472" Text="(this is partially covered in The Practice of System and Network Administration's chapter on desktop machines)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, consumer laptops use the cheapest video chip, sound processor, etc. that the vendor can find that week. A business-class laptop changes chipsets once or twice a year, on a schedule that is predictable. This gives you the ability to certify your applications with the new chipsets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The business-class laptops are also significantly faster, more powerful, and more durable. You can buy the consumer laptops, but you'll spend more time listening to customers whine about how slow they are and managers will hear excuses like, &quot;the project is late but it's my laptop's fault&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The real problem here is that the management people that ask this question aren't involved enough to understand these things.  As Dilbert's boss once said, &quot;Anything I don't understand must be easy to do.&quot;   You might want to build up a comparison chart with them and make it an apples-to-apples comparison: show that the video card will be slower (in management terms: MS-Excel spreadsheets will display updates and scroll slower), that repair costs are going to be high (maybe you'll have to stock a &quot;loaner laptop&quot; that sits idle most of the time), etc.  Let them be involved in building up the comparison chart.  Heck, if it turns out that the differences are things that they don't care about, you might switch to the cheaper equipment!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More importantly: if you do this project with a manager, they'll be able to explain to the other managers in their language what the result is.  That may be more valuable than anything else." />
  <row Id="48922" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27477" RevisionGUID="16e080d7-90c8-4358-a37c-df826c962458" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:02:59.817" UserId="715" Text="A 24oz. of the &quot;good stuff&quot; :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seriously though, WOW! That's about 30-40 classes all trying to schedule/use one lab. Knowing more than my fair share of teachers, your average class is only going to get 1 opportunity every couple of weeks to use it (assuming 45-60 minute classes). It's hard enough with 16 classes and two labs. So you really need more PCs and lab spaces.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly, you are probably going to require someone (sounds like it will be you) to come in and do the regular maintenance tasks (e.g., installing applications, managing student profiles, backups, system updates). I wouldn't expect any of the teaching staff to know how to do this, do it right, or have time to do it. Maybe if they can afford to run a school with classes of only 20 students per class (vs. the 25-30 I normally see), They can afford to hire someone full time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thirdly, is there software available to do what the teachers want to do on the computers, for Linux? I'm pro-Linux, but I'm also pragmatic. I bet that most won't understand why they can't load their copy of Sims 3 onto the Teacher PC so their kids can have some fun (while they catch up on marking). You'll just be the bad guy that says they can't put it on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Forth, you are going to have to train all the staff how to use Linux, often in very small words (no offense teachers reading this). There is a high proportion that are computer-phobic to begin with, and use them only because they HAVE TO, to keep their job. There's also the majority that will think in Windows only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless this a court ordered &quot;volunteer position&quot;, I would consider running as fast as you can away from it." />
  <row Id="48923" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="27315" RevisionGUID="e865d023-451d-4b8d-979a-5ab4641b9fc2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:03:18.253" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:4629,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Daniel&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="48924" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27478" RevisionGUID="a1dad271-2b8c-49e9-b693-4c56220172d1" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:03:45.587" UserId="843" Text="For storage volumes (USB drives) the Regisry Key is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\STORAGE\Volume&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A little testing revealed that Non present devices have '??' in the key name.&#xD;&#xA;One could write a simple program or script to cycle through the key names and delete the ones that have '??'." />
  <row Id="48925" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27479" RevisionGUID="fc47933e-d901-447a-84dc-629c84f48e96" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:05:43.930" UserId="1447" Text="[This Serverfault posting][1] discusses a problem that is not dissimilar to yours.  Take a look at the 'dataless' model where `/home` is mounted via NFS.  You can also do something similar with an `/apps` directory if you want, but package management is pretty good in Linux systems, so anything that can be installed via `.deb` or `.rpm` files (depending on which distro you select) can be pushed out to multiple desktops quite easily.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NIS is the simplest central identity management system available for Unix/Linux and is well worth considering for its simplicity if its security is adequate.  NIS security is probably fine for a LAN behind a firewall, but you should read up on it and decide for yourself.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;LDAP/Kerberos based systems are more secure but much, much more complicated to set up and maintain.  A competent sysadmin can pick up NIS in a couple of hours and have a working setup in half a day - from scratch with no prior experience with NIS.  OpenLDAP + Cyrus SASL + Kerberos has way, way more moving parts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/9449/getting-started-with-deploying-full-linux-networks/9483#9483" />
  <row Id="48926" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27465" RevisionGUID="9ab9c2fd-1a38-4f05-8a55-5524b5a61c60" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:05:55.410" UserId="9332" Comment="deleted 8 characters in body" Text="Computers in an education enviroment can be challenging (I, know, I currently work in one, and teach in another). After finding the technology you want to use (Edubuntu looks good to me.) make sure that training becomes top priority.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many Educators don't want to make time to learn a new system. Create excitement about the new system, work on your public speaking skills, and make them believe that this system is much better than the last.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Here's a few videos for Edubuntu common tasks.][1] I would recommend making more of these to ease the transition to a Linux based system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.learningelectric.com/edubuntu.html" />
  <row Id="48927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27480" RevisionGUID="b12679f8-db3b-48af-98e7-2d02a0cde388" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:07:17.247" UserId="3299" Text="This appears to be caused by having a server that has a name longer than 15 chars.  A longer name is truncated by the netbios and ends up causing this error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The solution is make sure your machine names are under 15 chars." />
  <row Id="48928" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27481" RevisionGUID="fab0c7b8-0ea8-429e-9986-0a25ffbbd07c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:07:41.257" UserId="9532" Text="Group policies are applied in the Site -&gt; Domain -&gt; Organizational Unit order. At whatever level you assign your default password policy make sure the &quot;No Override&quot; option is not checked. Then create an new Organization Unit to hold the user accounts you want the different password policy for and create a new group policy on that OU with your specific settings. Other policy settings will be inherited." />
  <row Id="48929" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27482" RevisionGUID="affaee3e-0963-412d-a226-d556bffe9120" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:07:49.040" UserId="7768" Text="I assume the first column in the ps output you show is the parent pid (PPID). If so, it's probably not spawned by init (if that is what led you to believe that), but in normal unix daemon-style it double-forks which causes it to get a parent pid of 1. It was a orphan and init adopted it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can you find and slay it? Uh... it's right there, what aren't you finding?" />
  <row Id="48931" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27484" RevisionGUID="40253778-2d9c-4129-bebd-6d8adb5e9165" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:10:48.193" UserId="4741" Text="We used NTLM proxy for this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://ntlmaps.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The developers did the most of it so I'm at a loss for details however." />
  <row Id="48932" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27485" RevisionGUID="1a48d93b-95b0-49ac-b1ba-187eb6012057" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:13:16.580" UserId="5392" Text="You're better off asking about this on the Splunk forums. There aren't that many people around that use splunk, so you want to concentrate on the right community.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At the very least you're going to need to tell them what mail server you're using and the transforms, props and full saved search on the splunk server. Some logsnippets would be handy too." />
  <row Id="48933" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27486" RevisionGUID="7c305155-669b-41ca-9f0d-21a15aa751de" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:13:37.640" UserId="8113" Text="Windows Server 2008 Domain Controllers can address this issue now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a good article with some screenshots.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://capitalhead.com/articles/step-by-step-guide-to-fine-grained-passwords-in-windows-server-2008.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://capitalhead.com/articles/step-by-step-guide-to-fine-grained-passwords-in-windows-server-2008.aspx" />
  <row Id="48934" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27487" RevisionGUID="bdca5f1d-7d31-4a3e-a7da-b9ca012ec2d8" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:19:25.600" UserId="8555" Text="Some versions of `ps` support a `--forest` or `f` flag to show the tree of relationships between processes. If your version doesn't have that, check for `pstree`, a stand-alone package to do the same thing. It can help in cases like this." />
  <row Id="48935" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27488" RevisionGUID="10c34972-4ad2-406f-b0f1-40d67a6bf3c2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:20:02.917" UserId="5554" Text="We have an ooooold version of IMail (8.05) that is configured to not relay...and passes all the web based open relay test tools we can find.  Yet we still see email being relayed occaisionally, which has caused BarracudaCentral to think we're spammers.  Aside from upgrading our ancient IMail (which is planned)...are there any know tools to more aggresively test relaying?" />
  <row Id="48936" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27488" RevisionGUID="10c34972-4ad2-406f-b0f1-40d67a6bf3c2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:20:02.917" UserId="5554" Text="Why does my Imail Server 8.05 pass open relay tests but still occasionally relays." />
  <row Id="48937" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27488" RevisionGUID="10c34972-4ad2-406f-b0f1-40d67a6bf3c2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:20:02.917" UserId="5554" Text="&lt;imail&gt;" />
  <row Id="48938" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27489" RevisionGUID="423769ba-5a6c-4041-add3-b8b665528af5" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:21:25.923" UserId="9332" Text="There's been a lot of questions centering on Software Tools for System Administrators. But I would like to know about any odd *physical* tools or techniques that you've used; Something that you never expected to be useful, but ended up saving the day. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll go first:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; A Camera Phone.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; An application server had a major power issue that borked the RAID. Many of the disks were offline. Before I took the plunge and forced disks back online, I took a picture of the RAID BIOS screen with my camera phone. Having the exact layout of the RAID stored safely in my pocket, I was able to reset the RAID, and reboot the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What odd tools/techniques have you used?" />
  <row Id="48939" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27489" RevisionGUID="423769ba-5a6c-4041-add3-b8b665528af5" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:21:25.923" UserId="9332" Text="Odd Tools and Techniques for System Administrators" />
  <row Id="48940" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27489" RevisionGUID="423769ba-5a6c-4041-add3-b8b665528af5" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:21:25.923" UserId="9332" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="48941" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27490" RevisionGUID="e2795485-e453-40c4-9136-8a90a7216abd" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:21:34.847" UserId="1803" Text="As I understand BITS - it's a sort of low-priority service.  If other network traffic on that machine (presumably, the existing VMs) are saturating that bandwidth, BITS would (working as intended) never get a chance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you have the luxury of suspending the other VMs to see if the timeouts persist?" />
  <row Id="48942" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27413" RevisionGUID="70b90c45-0055-4f97-90b4-fa5b71c0cd21" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:21:49.667" UserId="3485" Comment="tags" Text="Ideally I'd like to send a link via staff email that staff could click on to reveal their computer name. (specifically first part of the 'Long computer name' found in the second tab of MyComputer Properties.) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there some javascript/vbscript/activex object on the client side, or CGI script on the server-side that can let a user know their computer name by returning a simple web page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For good reasons the organisations stops users from downloading/running apps, so oneClick deploy and downloading batch files is out of the question with the existing infrastructure/policy setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh - it should work for the enterprise wide install of IE 6/WinXP that isn't likely to be updated anytime soon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48943" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27413" RevisionGUID="70b90c45-0055-4f97-90b4-fa5b71c0cd21" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:21:49.667" UserId="3485" Comment="tags" Text="&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;user-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="48944" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27462" RevisionGUID="75fe2f29-084a-4cd7-9090-f6839c96dbce" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:23:44.720" UserId="9332" />
  <row Id="48945" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27462" RevisionGUID="75fe2f29-084a-4cd7-9090-f6839c96dbce" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:23:44.720" UserId="9332" Comment="Changed to a wiki" Text="Windows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Security Log (specifically looking for Audit Failures)&#xD;&#xA; 2. System Log (To correlate with the Security Log)&#xD;&#xA; 3. IIS Logs&#xD;&#xA; 4. Any Application Logs for Network facing applications. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Linux:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. /var/log/auth.log (logins)&#xD;&#xA; 2. /var/log/errors.log ( for ... errors)&#xD;&#xA; 3. SSH Logs&#xD;&#xA; 3. Application Logs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally you want to monitor:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Logins&#xD;&#xA; 2. System Errors&#xD;&#xA; 3. Application Logs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These will be the most important logs to monitor, and the most telling using splunk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A log system is only as good as the time source. Using NTP and making sure all your servers are set to the same time zone will make your job ten times easier. I like to set my BIOS clocks to UTC and then set the OS to the local time zone. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*EDIT: This is now a wiki. Add your own advice!*" />
  <row Id="48946" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27491" RevisionGUID="ceb6b6be-cd45-455d-95aa-4dec3f819898" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:23:58.603" UserId="1803" Text="A bent paper clip to pop open a CD drive." />
  <row Id="48947" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27489" RevisionGUID="0dcf0c00-d7d7-448a-8c3e-c10bd42eff5f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:24:06.590" UserId="1803" />
  <row Id="48948" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27477" RevisionGUID="30ff0a2b-dfa6-4b1f-832c-6e3a88ed7793" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:25:31.360" UserId="715" Comment="typo" Text="A 24oz. of the &quot;good stuff&quot; :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seriously though, WOW! That's about 30-40 classes all trying to schedule/use one lab. Knowing more than my fair share of teachers, your average class is only going to get 1 opportunity every couple of weeks to use it (assuming 45-60 minute classes). It's hard enough with 16 classes and two labs. So you really need more PCs and lab spaces.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly, you are probably going to require someone (sounds like it will be you) to come in and do the regular maintenance tasks (e.g., installing applications, managing student profiles, backups, system updates). I wouldn't expect any of the teaching staff to know how to do this, do it right, or have time to do it. Maybe if they can afford to run a school with classes of only 20 students per class (vs. the 25-30 I normally see), they can afford to hire someone full time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thirdly, is there software available to do what the teachers want to do on the computers, for Linux? I'm pro-Linux, but I'm also pragmatic. I bet that most won't understand why they can't load their copy of Sims 3 onto the Teacher PC so their kids can have some fun (while they catch up on marking). You'll just be the bad guy that says they can't put it on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Forth, you are going to have to train all the staff how to use Linux, often in very small words (no offense teachers reading this). There is a high proportion that are computer-phobic to begin with, and use them only because they HAVE TO, to keep their job. There's also the majority that will think in Windows only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless this a court ordered &quot;volunteer position&quot;, I would consider running as fast as you can away from it." />
  <row Id="48949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27492" RevisionGUID="24eadb1b-0a8b-48e1-be9f-abfc9995ce26" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:25:40.300" UserId="1840" Text="I would say the oddest tool I've had to use was a Putty knife to open a Mac-Mini (as directed by Apple).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Think Different!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/photo/macmini2/01222005(035).jpg" />
  <row Id="48950" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27492" RevisionGUID="24eadb1b-0a8b-48e1-be9f-abfc9995ce26" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:25:40.300" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="48951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27493" RevisionGUID="d5d89353-4c76-4a66-8e02-5bee641b0225" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:28:06.863" UserId="4479" Text="Take a look into [https://fedorahosted.org/k12linux/][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://fedorahosted.org/k12linux/" />
  <row Id="48952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27494" RevisionGUID="a1491480-4955-44f9-867a-0a981d85f70b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:28:29.997" UserId="9712" Text="The question title may need some editing, but here's the situation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm in the process of writing a procedure to setup Windows PCs that will be sent to customers that buy equipment from us.  As I go through this, many of these steps seem tedious (&quot;Uncheck show window contents while dragging&quot;, &quot;Change the background to the corporate background&quot;, etc.).  I'd like to have some type of installer that takes care of setting up a system so that PCs leave our shop setup the exact same way, every time.  I had thought about making a custom Windows installer, but then I would have to slipstream all of the drivers that came pre-installed on the HP or Dell computers that we use, and as the models change, I would have to keep creating new versions of the installer.  My next thought was to make a software installer that programmatically changes all of those settings, but it seems that not everything can be changed programmatically (e.g. the picture used for the user's login).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For those of you who deploy PCs directly to customers, how do you ensure that all PCs leaving your shop are setup correctly?  Do you have an automated process, or is everything done manually?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48953" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27494" RevisionGUID="a1491480-4955-44f9-867a-0a981d85f70b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:28:29.997" UserId="9712" Text="How do you deploy customer PCs?" />
  <row Id="48954" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27494" RevisionGUID="a1491480-4955-44f9-867a-0a981d85f70b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:28:29.997" UserId="9712" Text="&lt;deployment&gt;&lt;setup&gt;&lt;automation&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="48955" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27495" RevisionGUID="261967b8-1d5e-4f18-8ec3-010f050c1047" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:28:44.630" UserId="5821" Text="How can one determine if the 32 or 64 bit version of Windwos Server 2008 is installed on a machine?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am interested in how to determine this from the GUI and the Powershell command line." />
  <row Id="48956" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27495" RevisionGUID="261967b8-1d5e-4f18-8ec3-010f050c1047" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:28:44.630" UserId="5821" Text="How to determine whether the 32 or 64 bit version of Windows Server 2008 is installed?" />
  <row Id="48957" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27495" RevisionGUID="261967b8-1d5e-4f18-8ec3-010f050c1047" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:28:44.630" UserId="5821" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;powershell&gt;" />
  <row Id="48958" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27496" RevisionGUID="970a5958-81a0-4f5a-9b2f-02d5d0018b1a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:30:56.857" UserId="1674" Text="Check the PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE system variable.  x86 = 32bit, something else = 64bit (mine say AMD64)." />
  <row Id="48959" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27497" RevisionGUID="7422840b-b5cf-47ea-8caf-d599a1d1218c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:31:16.170" UserId="9332" Text="Right Click on My Computer -&gt; Properties (then look under windows edition)" />
  <row Id="48963" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27499" RevisionGUID="cbbadcc5-c6e7-4a47-b61e-c3c77354e2cc" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:32:45.200" UserId="7200" Text="The things you're describing get configured by group policy or scripts, in my Customer sites. If I had a Customer who didn't have an Active Directory domain, I'd probably do it by putting a local group policy on the computer and running a one-time script to set settings that can't be managed by group policy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our deployment scenario is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - An administrator pre-creates the computer objects in Active Directory in most cases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - A factory-clean image gets installed to the machine if it's not in a factory clean state (restored from a WIM image taken at the time we first purchased the model). We maintain WIM images for each hardware model, and burn them onto Windows PE-based imaging DVDs or deliver them over a PXE-booted Windows PE environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The person handling the physical installation unboxes and places the unit. The unit runs through the &quot;Out of Box Experience&quot;, gets joined to the domain (by hand), and then group policy takes over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - A startup script runs one time (group membership done at the end of the script prevents it from running again) to do the things that can't easily be done with group policy itself (removing junk software from the factory, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If the computer wasn't pre-created in AD, the AD administrator moves the computer to the proper OU to allow software to install automatically." />
  <row Id="48964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27500" RevisionGUID="477ccfbc-483b-4b6f-bfb2-7f9169a51a79" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:33:14.747" UserId="1305" Text="I have a VMWare ESXi server with the RCLI appliance installed.  I was wondering if it was possible for the RCLI host to mount the filesystem of another guest.  I'm assuming there's some way for it to mount the vmfs (as I understand it, at least) where all the guest vmdk's (?) live.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was looking for something like VMDKMounter.app on VMWare Fusion. So I went looking for what `mount.*` commands were available and I found `/sbin/mount.vmhgfs`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is vmhgfs?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it vmfs by a different name?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will it let me mount vmdk's with an ext3 filesystem, assuming I could get the right mount point set up?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48965" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27500" RevisionGUID="477ccfbc-483b-4b6f-bfb2-7f9169a51a79" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:33:14.747" UserId="1305" Text="What is vmhgfs?" />
  <row Id="48966" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27500" RevisionGUID="477ccfbc-483b-4b6f-bfb2-7f9169a51a79" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:33:14.747" UserId="1305" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;vmware-esxi&gt;" />
  <row Id="48967" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27501" RevisionGUID="b5aee5f0-09c8-4e5d-b7c0-bf8a402d233c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:33:53.670" UserId="4885" Text="We have a networked printer that is connected to a HP-UX Unix server. We switched identical printers and setup the new one with the same IP as the old. Users can print from Windows fine to the printer. When a user tries printing from Unix to the printer, they get six copies of the same file. Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="48968" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27501" RevisionGUID="b5aee5f0-09c8-4e5d-b7c0-bf8a402d233c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:33:53.670" UserId="4885" Text="Unix networked printer prints multiple copies" />
  <row Id="48969" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27501" RevisionGUID="b5aee5f0-09c8-4e5d-b7c0-bf8a402d233c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:33:53.670" UserId="4885" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;printer&gt;&lt;hp-ux&gt;" />
  <row Id="48970" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27502" RevisionGUID="1ca49217-b024-489f-8cd0-fe9048ed21d3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:34:59.783" UserId="846" Text="We are starting to do some project and application roadmapping, and am thinking about OpenOffice (and StarOffice) as a replacement for OfficeXP and Office 2000, which is on the bulk of our PCs.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Roughly 120 users and PCs&#xD;&#xA; - OE Windows XP Pro on virtually all desktops.&#xD;&#xA; - Office 2000, Office XP, properly licensed (knock on wood).&#xD;&#xA; - No Software Assurance&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Server 2003 and Active Directory&#xD;&#xA; - MS Exchange 2003 - not sure yet about Exchange 2008&#xD;&#xA; - Outlook 2003 on top of lower Office installs&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;newish&quot; but aging PC inventory .. very little change in the last 12 months.&#xD;&#xA; - Windows SharePoint Server for the intranet .. it's use is growing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How much should I consider the Open Source alternatives?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What sort of things should I be concerned about?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What hidden issues and second-order consequences should I be aware of?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am looking forward to hearing pros and cons, and any other comments.  " />
  <row Id="48971" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27502" RevisionGUID="1ca49217-b024-489f-8cd0-fe9048ed21d3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:34:59.783" UserId="846" Text="Can OpenOffice replace MS Office?" />
  <row Id="48972" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27502" RevisionGUID="1ca49217-b024-489f-8cd0-fe9048ed21d3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:34:59.783" UserId="846" Text="&lt;ms-office&gt;&lt;openoffice&gt;" />
  <row Id="48973" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27492" RevisionGUID="8a8980e5-f7f1-44eb-a598-32308d831f12" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:36:29.060" UserId="1840" Comment="deleted 31 characters in body" Text="I would say the oddest tool I've had to use was a Putty knife to open a Mac-Mini (as directed by Apple).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Think Different!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://locobox.googlepages.com/putty.jpg" />
  <row Id="48974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27503" RevisionGUID="15d3c229-74c6-48c0-b9df-ea7414e75c27" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:37:04.193" UserId="3485" Text="I've got to do do user training at a large site (40+ location's) that requires demonstrating printing to a network printer. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I have a roving network printer across multiple lans in an site, when printers get allocated new IPs on each floor, but the printer name is associated with the IP address?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48975" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27503" RevisionGUID="15d3c229-74c6-48c0-b9df-ea7414e75c27" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:37:04.193" UserId="3485" Text="How do I have a roving network printer across multiple lans in an site?" />
  <row Id="48976" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27503" RevisionGUID="15d3c229-74c6-48c0-b9df-ea7414e75c27" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:37:04.193" UserId="3485" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;printers&gt;" />
  <row Id="48977" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27504" RevisionGUID="abf28238-6e77-4090-ad2e-599ad800fefb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:37:26.487" UserId="4479" Text="Not knowing your motivation to move the application, have you considered a P2V process?  Leave the app on the OS, move the OS?  Legacy apps / rescue from old hardware are big P2V targets." />
  <row Id="48978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27505" RevisionGUID="81514075-a35b-499e-9755-062cf793918b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:39:09.557" UserId="9863" Text="Thanks Mo for the answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, we got it fixed by giving access rights to sql server, report manager, report server and report directory to the asp.net application account." />
  <row Id="48979" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="17873" RevisionGUID="c50f70f1-7f2e-4ebf-a960-c0e3b7f29f1e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:39:20.257" UserId="45" Comment="formatting (it's not code)" Text="And the CEO level explanation:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA; UDP is when you throw your paper in the general direction of the bin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; TCP is when it misses, you get up, walk over and put it in the bin.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="48980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27506" RevisionGUID="13896ba6-8f6d-4129-aec9-c751d4506b39" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:39:36.607" UserId="9878" Text="Start &gt; Run &gt; type: **Winver** and hit enter" />
  <row Id="48981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27507" RevisionGUID="f29be057-3e0b-4ab1-ae29-f77b6afee484" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:40:26.637" UserId="9877" Text="You can connect to a Mac through command line SSH. You would not be viewing the screen of the Mac, but you would have full control over it like you were sitting in front of it submitting commands through Terminal. " />
  <row Id="48982" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27508" RevisionGUID="71d2d7d5-e832-4404-acd7-209317ef1972" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:40:28.803" UserId="1840" Text="We're going the thin-client route, but if I was to keep automating installations for workstation/systems, I would be fluently visiting the [**MSFN Unattended forums**][1] (for windows XP/2003/Vista/7 automated install info)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showforum=101" />
  <row Id="48983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27509" RevisionGUID="770fdf69-8695-46a8-b9d1-c3c10a975cf9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:41:18.490" UserId="5568" Text="Lacking the infrastructure to do this kind of thing in group policies, et cetera, I have found that a good, old-fashioned pen and paper checklist is the easiest way to go, if not the quickest. Yeah, we image machines, but there are still always some manual tasks that have to be done. It works for fighter pilots, astronauts, and nuclear launch technicians- I'd say it's tested enough for sysadmins :)" />
  <row Id="48984" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27510" RevisionGUID="f036d777-e53b-4164-bd29-32f207fd18f1" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:42:54.417" UserId="5234" Text="This should work as client-side VBScript:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Set ADSysInfo = CreateObject (&quot;ADSystemInfo&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    Set CurrentComp = GetObject (&quot;LDAP://&quot; &amp; ADSysInfo.ComputerName)&#xD;&#xA;    ShortCompName = ADSysInfo.sAMAccountName&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This implementation just gets the short name, without your domain appended; look in ADSIEdit or on TechNet or MSDN to get the full list of properites you can retrieve.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might also need to do some jiggery-pokery in your intranet zone IE settings." />
  <row Id="48985" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27510" RevisionGUID="f036d777-e53b-4164-bd29-32f207fd18f1" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:42:54.417" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="48986" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27473" RevisionGUID="80119b9f-01b3-428e-8750-225ba84d91b6" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:42:55.133" UserId="8199" Comment="added 176 characters in body" Text="send them a link for &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://%computername%&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this will bring up &quot;Internet explorer cannot display the webpage&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but the address bar will show the machine name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They could run a bat file from their desktop&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;echo %computername% &gt;&gt; c:\users\%username%\Desktop\computername.html&#xD;&#xA;&quot;c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe&quot; c:\users\%username%\Desktop\computername.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="48987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27511" RevisionGUID="99fe0029-2ffc-454a-8354-289ca698442f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:44:20.760" UserId="5568" Text="If you're using SharePoint, I would say stay with MS Office. OO.org is a good office suite, but you're already at a high integration level with Microsoft products, and switching is going to be a big hassle at this point. " />
  <row Id="48988" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27495" RevisionGUID="5fd57d92-37d3-4cb5-a8ab-9795b5518c04" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:45:18.997" UserId="5821" Comment="Changed tags." Text="How can one determine if the 32 or 64 bit version of Windwos Server 2008 is installed on a machine?" />
  <row Id="48989" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27512" RevisionGUID="0c815859-6597-47ca-85e7-5648c3283f80" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:45:42.413" UserId="7200" Text="Why would the printer be getting a new IP address? Oh, wait-- you physically moving the printer to different networks! Heh heh...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have to do this, dynamic DNS is your friend. I'd have your DHCP server register the DNS records on behalf of the printer. Windows Server 2000+ DHCP can do this. Look at the properties-sheet for your DHCP scope. Point the server-side print queue at the DNS name of the print server device. You might have to adjust the TTL down on the DNS records for the print device if you're moving it really frequently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(This actually seems very funny to me. I'm seeing a battery-operated motorized wheelchair with a bunch of UPS's stacked on it, a big laser printer, and a WiFi print server driving around the office running into cubicles, with a bunch of people chasing it.)" />
  <row Id="48990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27513" RevisionGUID="1e4e0f96-b2b7-4098-bc5d-e10ec8f68a22" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:45:45.767" UserId="9461" Text="Earplugs for longer actions in a noisy data center." />
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  <row Id="48992" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27495" RevisionGUID="5fd57d92-37d3-4cb5-a8ab-9795b5518c04" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:45:18.997" UserId="5821" Comment="Changed tags." Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="48993" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27514" RevisionGUID="1273c97a-91be-4026-9f94-2482726f546d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:46:20.790" UserId="8199" Text="I've had to use paperclips to pick the locks on the front of a sun and dell server" />
  <row Id="48994" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27514" RevisionGUID="1273c97a-91be-4026-9f94-2482726f546d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:46:20.790" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="48995" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27515" RevisionGUID="9e716e15-2d92-4eff-a0c1-ef25fe1f5bcb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:46:21.087" UserId="1803" Text="Every year or two, I install OpenOffice and the problem is the same - documents don't format/translate *quite* right to/from their MS Office counterparts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It doesn't seem to be overly wacko-paranoid to observe that Microsoft is good at stamping out competition.  All they need to do is tweak things just a bit in each service pack &amp; patch to make sure things don't translate quite right, and they continue to lock me in, because I don't have the resources to handle the additional support requests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think this is surmountable if:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - your users are extremely flexible&#xD;&#xA; - most documents leave your office in a different format (say, PDF)&#xD;&#xA; - you don't do a lot of document sharing outside the organization&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise, I'd say the business disruption is more costly than the licenses (unfortunately)." />
  <row Id="48996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27516" RevisionGUID="aa3ca7fb-5f55-4307-af8d-fcddc79ed472" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:46:39.010" UserId="4381" Text="I used this much more as a helpdesk support person than an SA, but I always keep a push/pull spring hook in my toolkit. It's a hook on one end, and a sort of s shape on the other. Perfect for getting bent pins on connectors straightened out. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only link I can find to one is this: [spring hook](http://uk.farnell.com/duratool/9pk-317n/spring-hook/dp/3125324) - but it should give an idea of what it looks like." />
  <row Id="48997" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27516" RevisionGUID="aa3ca7fb-5f55-4307-af8d-fcddc79ed472" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:46:39.010" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="48998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27517" RevisionGUID="848bba0b-685e-46bd-a22e-77c64e1e2df6" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:46:55.407" UserId="9493" Text="I have an external hard drive (Lacie big disc extreme). The power supply melted and my warranty is void. I need the data on this disc but do not want to fork over the $50 to replace the power supply right now. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have opened the case and found two 500GB drives. I can only assume they are in RAID 0. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can I safely access these drives by plugging them directly into my desktop PC? &lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Should I replicate the RAID 0 on my desktop? " />
  <row Id="48999" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27517" RevisionGUID="848bba0b-685e-46bd-a22e-77c64e1e2df6" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:46:55.407" UserId="9493" Text="If two drives are in RAID 0 in an external hard drive and I remove one what happens?" />
  <row Id="49000" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27517" RevisionGUID="848bba0b-685e-46bd-a22e-77c64e1e2df6" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:46:55.407" UserId="9493" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;external-hdd&gt;" />
  <row Id="49001" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27518" RevisionGUID="ae97ccc0-7a2b-4581-afa6-bdda1a291bd4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:47:27.370" UserId="5568" Text="A good knife. Not a multi-tool, a KNIFE, as in something made by SOG, Cold Steel, or Boker. You'd be astonished at how useful it is." />
  <row Id="49002" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27518" RevisionGUID="ae97ccc0-7a2b-4581-afa6-bdda1a291bd4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:47:27.370" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27519" RevisionGUID="4baafa85-1490-4f92-902e-3116ca3e536e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:47:30.443" UserId="1736" Text="Mismatch between printer firmware version and Unix driver?" />
  <row Id="49004" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27520" RevisionGUID="664a7954-8870-41bd-9796-b4bd6adc4d40" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:48:55.090" UserId="3657" Text="Are the sites known quantities?  For example, will you be training at 4 different sites and rotating between them?  If so, I'd suggest getting a DHCP reservation on each site so that your printer will get the same IP address within each site each time it is on the LAN.  You could then set up DNS entries to those IPs so you can reference the printer as site1-printer, site2-printer, etc." />
  <row Id="49005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27521" RevisionGUID="cd02bd72-6701-4325-9a16-ac18f3c766ba" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:49:30.907" UserId="5821" Text="Using the Powershell console, what command/commands can be executed to determine if the 32 or 64 bit bersion of Windows Server 2008 is installed?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49006" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27521" RevisionGUID="cd02bd72-6701-4325-9a16-ac18f3c766ba" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:49:30.907" UserId="5821" Text="How to determine 32 or 64 bit version of Windows Server 2008 using Powershell?" />
  <row Id="49007" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27521" RevisionGUID="cd02bd72-6701-4325-9a16-ac18f3c766ba" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:49:30.907" UserId="5821" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;powershell&gt;" />
  <row Id="49009" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27523" RevisionGUID="399d56dd-428a-4999-be32-a9c0bf7079c3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:51:15.427" UserId="3657" Text="RAID 0 is data stripped across both drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**You cannot access only one of the drives.  Both are needed for the array**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is likely that the unit was doing hardware RAID 0 if it is doing RAID 0.  As such, you cannot then take both drives and stick them into your computer and access the array.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Replacing the power supply is likely your only solution if the array is RAID 0." />
  <row Id="49010" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27499" RevisionGUID="7d5b743d-7c77-4762-a6ac-ef2a73b73833" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:52:50.730" UserId="7200" Comment="deleted 864 characters in body" Text="Edit: I understand your question a little better after your comment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd probably do what you describe by putting a local group policy on the computer and running a one-time script to set settings that can't be managed by group policy. That will get you consistency and repeatability. You can also keep the script under revision control, should you need to replicate old configurations in the future (something you can't do with a checklist of items that get hand-applied).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49011" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27524" RevisionGUID="c9422797-0a4e-47a8-9faa-067293c2b7ee" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:52:58.047" UserId="9867" Text="A few notes, you *can't* (in my experience) uninstall VMWare Tools &quot;after the fact&quot;. Why? Because they keep the converted system from working to the point where you can boot up and log in. At least that was my experience with a Vista conversion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;System Center VMM really is the way to go, even if I can currently having a hard time with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;J.Ja" />
  <row Id="49012" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27514" RevisionGUID="ce44b435-39d8-4901-a4c0-16c8c3924aa8" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:53:11.087" UserId="8199" Comment="added 382 characters in body" Text="**Paperclips:** &#xD;&#xA;I've had to use paperclips to pick the locks on the front of a sun and dell server&#xD;&#xA;We've all used them to open a cd rom&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**HotPlug**&#xD;&#xA;This thing is awesome. Want to move a server to the next rack over without turning it off?&#xD;&#xA;http://www.wiebetech.com/products/HotPlug.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Blocks of wood**&#xD;&#xA;The idiot before you not mount the server properly? The server too old to have rack mounts?&#xD;&#xA;Blocks of wood are your friend. It's ghetto, but works." />
  <row Id="49016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27526" RevisionGUID="2665f159-938a-436e-91e1-0ba619ada9fa" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:54:30.850" UserId="9877" Text="+1 for the checklist. Get your checklist so detailed anyone could do it and then hire some local tech kids to come in and knock out a big stack at a time. I work for a college, so I have access to student workers that manage this for me. I would love to have an image, but we get a broad range of computers in so that would not work for us. " />
  <row Id="49017" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27488" RevisionGUID="0456b95a-54fb-4840-a0c2-4626207b9d07" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:54:53.330" UserId="5554" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="We have an ooooold version of IMail (8.05) that is configured to not relay...and passes all the web based open relay test tools we can find.  Yet we still see email being relayed occaisionally, which has caused BarracudaCentral to think we're spammers.  Aside from upgrading our ancient IMail (which is planned)...are there any known tools to more aggresively test relaying?" />
  <row Id="49019" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27230" RevisionGUID="cccfbd27-6717-4019-87d7-bf78ff0b6631" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:56:04.717" UserId="4445" Comment="didn't read question correctly the first time - didn't answer question" Text="something like this dsquery might work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;query email by username&#xD;&#xA;dsquery.exe * -filter &quot;(&amp;(objectClass=user)(!(objectClass=computer)(sAMAccountName=username)))&quot; | dsget user -email&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I misread the post first and thought you wanted user name from email name.  That's why i posted this one.&#xD;&#xA;dsquery.exe * -filter &quot;(&amp;(objectClass=user)(!(objectClass=computer)(mail=user@domain.com)))&quot; -attr username&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;based on some scripts at work and this site which has some other ideas http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=18464 about using csvde.exe" />
  <row Id="49020" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27527" RevisionGUID="8db39566-aa89-405f-871f-b5e87cc06f8e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:56:40.627" UserId="7453" Text="Some versions of the Lacie big disc extreme use JBOD, and not raid0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depends on the number of interfaces, [apparently.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   Triple interface = raid0,&#xD;&#xA;   USB2 only = JBOD&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/terabyte-drives-redefine-external-storage,1214-3.html" />
  <row Id="49024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27529" RevisionGUID="9495c803-e0ee-48dd-a2c3-5ee3d7d4b5e1" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:58:40.797" UserId="1803" Text="There are a few to choose from in this little project - [UNetbootin][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/#features" />
  <row Id="49025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27530" RevisionGUID="1facfa17-4516-408a-a1ce-730bfd0bb920" CreationDate="2009-06-17T18:59:41.620" UserId="5234" Text="Plenty of drawbacks.  By default, Windows will allocate a 4GB memory pool to every process, which is split 50/50 between the kernel mode processes (common to all apps) and user mode processes (unique for each app) (simplified explanation).  An app running on the system therefore has 2GB of memory to play with, while the system itself has it's own 2GB.  Important note: this second 2GB is the same 2GB for all apps running on the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The /3GB switch adjusts the split so that kernel mode gets 1GB and user mode gets 3GB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now consider the apps you're running.  Some of them will require more kernel mode space, some will require more user mode space.  As the kernel mode pool is shared, you can very quickly run out of memory there if you're running apps that put kernel mode memory under pressure.  On the other hand, if your apps use lots of user mode memory, implementing /3GB will give them the headroom they require.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So it's really down to the nature of the applications you want to run.  The golden rule is to consult the app vendor and read the documentation; in particular if the app vendor doesn't have a recommendation either way you should start becoming suspicious... have they properly tested their app or not?  This is basic stuff that every vendor should know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a pretty good discussion of it all here: http://blogs.technet.com/askperf/archive/2007/03/23/memory-management-demystifying-3gb.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In your particular case, I think switching to 64 bit and getting more RAM will be a more viable solution, as /3GB won't really get you what you want (does it even work on XP?)" />
  <row Id="49026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27531" RevisionGUID="74840b9a-1c69-4f4f-a70c-5fd8bbdfb6db" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:00:41.040" UserId="1435" Text="Someone bought a very expensive scissor-jack that can lift about 300Kg to a height of 3m - a waste of money I thought - until we needed to fit 5 HP C7000 blade enclosures into one rack - boy it came in useful for that top one :)" />
  <row Id="49027" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27531" RevisionGUID="74840b9a-1c69-4f4f-a70c-5fd8bbdfb6db" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:00:41.040" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49028" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27532" RevisionGUID="8e5bd7f1-fb9e-49a1-b892-595c246b2b17" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:00:53.583" UserId="7324" Text="You need both drives in RAID 0 because its a stripe set.  The data is written across both drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its basically like ripping a phone book in half... only half a phone book would still be partially readable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Honestly, for $50... I'd replace the power supply on it.  Its probably the cheapest solution in the end (time vs money)." />
  <row Id="49029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27533" RevisionGUID="2f82f631-4b5d-4e5b-90cb-00f15d86405a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:02:35.250" UserId="6813" Text="What LDAP source are you using? I have found that the Windows AD LDAP implementation does not allow for a 'sub' level search on a DC, but does work on an OU." />
  <row Id="49030" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27534" RevisionGUID="274f376e-0cd5-4187-b3b5-ecca0ba97f92" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:03:44.560" UserId="9020" Text="A good Minimag flashlight with fresh batteries is good to have when you need to peek inside a cabinet/server case/under a raised floor/etc." />
  <row Id="49031" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27534" RevisionGUID="274f376e-0cd5-4187-b3b5-ecca0ba97f92" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:03:44.560" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49032" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27535" RevisionGUID="1ac277c3-6e6f-44dc-a1f5-38b4dba41c96" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:04:21.627" UserId="9883" Text="As most others have mentioned, (to summarize) it can, but it isn't likely. It highly depends on your industry. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And ultimately, either way you need at least one copy of MS office if you plan on publishing .doc files. Most of the time, .doc files don't come out quite right. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**But**, this aside the product works wonderfully and can be successfully used internally. This alone -- if a majority of your employees use OpenOffice -- you can save money. Then only customer-interacting parties would need MS Office. " />
  <row Id="49034" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27536" RevisionGUID="99764b3b-0290-476f-9d56-e8a8cb43632b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:07:11.073" UserId="4271" Text="Switching to OpenOffice:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Free licensing&#xD;&#xA; * File compatibility with many formats&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Will need to train users on using new UI&#xD;&#xA; * Hope you don't use any applications with Word/Excel plugins&#xD;&#xA; * User Backlash (I see this with any kind of change like this)&#xD;&#xA; * You will begin to receive calls because other companies won't be able to read ODF files&#xD;&#xA; * Files 'don't quite look right' - Compatibility with Word is all over the map&#xD;&#xA; * Harder to administer via GPO&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Call me a pessimist, but I would stick with Office right now if it is in the budget. If you are looking to slash some costs, you could switch over to OO but support is going to be a headache for you and your IT staff." />
  <row Id="49035" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27537" RevisionGUID="27144ca5-5177-43c8-a714-4cec370aca7c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:07:36.627" UserId="9878" Text="If your organization is seriously thinking about replacement for Microsoft Office, then you should consider other alternatives for MS Exchange and SharePoint, because they don't mix with OpenSource client applications. Also if your organization is using Active Directory, then you are losing application management by Group Policies. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 brings support for ODF 1.1." />
  <row Id="49036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27538" RevisionGUID="75b2cd3e-2187-4cb4-a3de-087e7de9da15" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:08:47.670" UserId="9877" Text="If it works laying on a anti-static bag but not in the case, it has to be something shorting out on the case. Either a frayed wire or even a wire with the coating shaved down and now showing metal. I had one idiot leave some metal motherboard risers on the case instead of moving them where they would allow screw access through the motherboard. It would work sometimes and not others. Sounds to me like something is touching metal on that case. " />
  <row Id="49037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27539" RevisionGUID="c8853824-1ed8-417a-9800-9a84a5b81a06" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:11:09.443" UserId="9883" Text="Are there any products such as [Paralles Desktop][1] or [VMware Fusion 2.0][2] that are free or open source? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to run Windows from my Mac from Mac OS X but would prefer not to have to buy one of these products. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if there are no other (or functional) solution, which of these products are superior and why? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.parallels.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://store.vmware.com/servlet/ControllerServlet?Action=DisplayPage&amp;Env=BASE&amp;Locale=en_US&amp;SiteID=vmware&amp;id=ProductDetailsPage&amp;productID=82532200" />
  <row Id="49038" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27539" RevisionGUID="c8853824-1ed8-417a-9800-9a84a5b81a06" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:11:09.443" UserId="9883" Text="Open Source or Free Substitute to Paralles or Fusion for Mac OS X" />
  <row Id="49039" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27539" RevisionGUID="c8853824-1ed8-417a-9800-9a84a5b81a06" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:11:09.443" UserId="9883" Text="&lt;fusion&gt;&lt;paralles&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="49040" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27540" RevisionGUID="36f60553-28b4-4987-8d1a-dd5596813e8b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:11:52.967" UserId="5234" Text="The Windows AIK (automated installation kit) is your friend here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=C7D4BC6D-15F3-4284-9123-679830D629F2&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nice hardware independent PC images that you can easily keep up to date with drivers, settings and so on.  There's a bit of a steep learning curve to it, but once you get going the benefits are enormous.  Won't cost you anything either, and is exactly what's used by MS themselves (for Vista/Win7 installs) and most of the major PC vendors, so you can be sure it's tried and trusted.  Also works perfectly with XP (just ask the 1500 machines using the images I built for them 3 years ago).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best documentation to get you started is in the &quot;Malware Removal Starter Kit&quot;: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6cd853ce-f349-4a18-a14f-c99b64adfbea&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="49041" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27541" RevisionGUID="6e2dda2b-72da-4ea8-a346-96ea12bc70a0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:12:55.277" UserId="4392" Text="In my server closets, I always put one of those cheapie push-on battery operated lights. It's great if(when) there's a power outage. " />
  <row Id="49042" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27541" RevisionGUID="6e2dda2b-72da-4ea8-a346-96ea12bc70a0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:12:55.277" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49043" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27542" RevisionGUID="83da6f06-13fa-4c2a-a333-92f4fcfe1a41" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:13:52.060" UserId="4271" Text="Check out [VirtualBox][1]. It won't have per-window virtualization like Parallels or VMWare Fusion but you will be able to boot into Windows and run programs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.virtualbox.org/" />
  <row Id="49044" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27543" RevisionGUID="3bf2f63a-29f7-4b9d-8aa0-3b606dd44470" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:13:58.410" UserId="1324" Text="[virtualbox][1] works on OS X (intel). It also supports [&quot;seamless&quot; windows][2], i.e. opening an windows app on your Mac desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/UserManual.html#seamlesswindows" />
  <row Id="49045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27544" RevisionGUID="d2592ae0-77ef-4634-97e8-04fa9539a69c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:14:19.063" UserId="640" Text="MS Office is so standard that the savings from switching to OpenOffice would likely be outweighed by the costs of working around the problems and issues. Training, compatibility, etc." />
  <row Id="49046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27545" RevisionGUID="b0a60ece-b2b6-4c43-a3f2-e4fab843d53c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:14:30.590" UserId="9404" Text="You could try [VirtualBox][1]. It supports [MacOS][2] and has good reviews.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://virtualbox.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.virtualbox.org/attachment/wiki/Screenshots/VirtualBox_OSX_beta_3.png" />
  <row Id="49047" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27443" RevisionGUID="3dfa4502-dfcf-43b9-9385-fdbdddea958a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:15:06.113" UserId="8374" Comment="new stuff" Text="lol, as stukelly pointed out, you must run the python script directly on the server, not on your home computer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if your site is at google sites, i guess you don't have direct access to google servers (unless you are a really good hacker), so you can't run the python script&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;btw, i guess that google is already making a sitemap of their google sites&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**edit**: otherwise, you could leech all your website with an &quot;offline browser&quot;, and then try to get a sitemap from there" />
  <row Id="49048" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27546" RevisionGUID="2f53f5b2-cce3-4928-92f1-ae0413613ba1" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:15:32.320" UserId="1992" Text="Microsoft has a comprehensive set of resources to help migrating applications and databases from Oracle to SQL Server 2008. Checkout the main migration page at [SQL Server 2008 Solutions - Migration][1] - it includes a methodology for migrating, tools to help you, and some customer testimonials.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/migration.aspx" />
  <row Id="49049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27547" RevisionGUID="c0bb4e2c-6ae1-4a5f-8c91-ae394ab1f1a3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:02:32.090" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi&#xA;I recently bought a domain name lucidcontraptions.com and want to host the website from home. I have a D-LINK router in which I have set up my personal virtual server correctly. My application server is apache2.2&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The server works perfectly with the following settings:&#xA;external ip: 207.172.xx.xx public port:8888&#xA;internal ip: 192.168.xx.xx private port:80&#xA;if I go to 207.172.xx.xx:8888/ the server works perfectly and my apache page shows up without any issues, both from inside the intranet as well as outside.&#xA;This setting would not work out for me as I am not allowed port numbers in my DNS management.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now when I tweak the settings to the following:&#xA;external ip: 207.172.xx.xx public port:80&#xA;internal ip: 192.168.xx.xx private port:80&#xA;if I go to 207.172.xx.xx/ the server works perfectly and my apache page shows up without any issues BUT ONLY FROM INSIDE THE INTRANET&#xA;this page does not show up for people outside the intranet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;SOMEONE PLEASE!, help me out!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49050" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27547" RevisionGUID="c0bb4e2c-6ae1-4a5f-8c91-ae394ab1f1a3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:02:32.090" Text="Problem hosting server behing personal router" />
  <row Id="49051" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27547" RevisionGUID="c0bb4e2c-6ae1-4a5f-8c91-ae394ab1f1a3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:02:32.090" Text="&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;home-server&gt;&lt;belongs-on-serverfault&gt;" />
  <row Id="49052" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27548" RevisionGUID="2bf0b5cf-dcfd-437f-9777-917bd686cf2d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:04:34.847" Text="&lt;p&gt;You'll probably want to post this at &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ServerFault&lt;/a&gt; instead as this doesn't relate to programming.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have you changed the router and Apache's configuration so that port 80 is being used?  Also, have you poked a hole through your server's firewall to allow port 80 traffic?  You could check these if you haven't already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could also check with your ISP and see whether they actually allow port 80 traffic, some ISPs will block 80 along with 25 (SMTP) to discourage their home customers from hosting as you're trying to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27549" RevisionGUID="6145e44d-7999-4595-8c55-b885d2a95114" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:06:56.073" UserId="4740" Text="&lt;p&gt;Have you checked that the router doesn't by default block traffic from the outside going to port 80?  I'd think it a common security feature on a router to block that kind of traffic to prevent hackers from getting into someone's home router admin functions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27550" RevisionGUID="c7ce2818-89e8-4e1e-bb95-ff81eeb7e6cc" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:08:26.510" Text="&lt;p&gt;Make sure you have a static DHCP lease for your Webserver, and in your router's configuration do a port-forwarding to that IP. For advanced help check &lt;a href=&quot;http://portforward.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://portforward.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would recommend to use port 80 internal and external.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27551" RevisionGUID="927d9c11-eaa9-4b55-9d69-872865e9051d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:09:43.370" Text="&lt;p&gt;You probably didn't configure the router corectly . It has options to point a computer in your local network that it is a web server and you want to enable outsideworld users to see it.If you have dlink router it should have on config site ( under your router address ) options allowing to set www server inside your local net and showing it to the outside world . &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49056" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27552" RevisionGUID="5ac1b17e-63f7-456a-95b9-0841688e8e7f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:09:51.700" Text="&lt;p&gt;Not an answer to your question, but you will probably find a broader audience on &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ServerFault&lt;/a&gt; Btw. I tried your IP and could only reach port 22 no 80/8888. Maybe some firewall problems?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27553" RevisionGUID="238d2cdf-4507-40f1-b48d-ff4b4903e7e7" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:31:15.917" Text="&lt;p&gt;Thanks guys.. I think its an ISP thing too. They might be blocking my port 80. What is the best way around that?&#xA;I am writing up the same post on ServerFault too. Hope it helps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49058" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27554" RevisionGUID="3a639bf1-4e6e-47ed-84fe-bb3c8d286fbb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:40:35.447" Text="&lt;p&gt;It is probably your ISP. Because hosting web servers at home is generally a bad idea (most people shouldn't be managing public facing RPC engines) and is a gross violation of your terms of service. If you want a server to play with, and want root, go get a cheap VPS somewhere. Or upgrade your internet account to something that can handle and will allow the traffic. Also think about setting up DMZs and other hooha while you are at it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49060" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27556" RevisionGUID="3cc24e21-a298-4daf-9b35-465d0a5194f1" CreationDate="2009-06-17T14:52:24.250" Text="&lt;p&gt;If it's your ISP and they are blocking port 80, then check with your DNS provider (whoever you used to register your domain name) to see if they provide a port redirect, then redirect traffic to your domain name to some other port.  (I see you mentioned godaddy; if they don't offer port-level redirect, I'm pretty sure no-ip.com does.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's not your ISP, then you probably are not forwarding port 80 appropriately through your router.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27557" RevisionGUID="aba1e0d1-1c85-4e90-9a87-0f81d8c3cae6" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:17:20.150" UserId="8199" Text="I would assume you can just open a command prompt and type:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;cd &quot;C:\Program Files (x86)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if you get somewhere, you got 64 bit." />
  <row Id="49062" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27558" RevisionGUID="3530d147-6871-4bf2-9dad-3a72b9fbc60b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:17:41.850" UserId="3038" Text="A magentized paperclip on a string. I dropped a screw in a full rack once. It was w-a-y down there. I had a strong magnet stuck to my desk but it didn't have any way to attach a string to it. So I found a thicker paperclip and magnetized it after tying some pull-string to it. I g-e-n-t-l-y fed it down the left side of the rack in the space between the server rails and the cabinet door. It took some poking, but it found the screw I needed. It took a few tries before I could pull it all the way back to the top without dropping it again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Delicate work. At the time I was swearing vociferously that I clearly hadn't played enough 'Operation' as a kid." />
  <row Id="49063" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27558" RevisionGUID="3530d147-6871-4bf2-9dad-3a72b9fbc60b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:17:41.850" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49064" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27559" RevisionGUID="7a679b8c-a56f-45bc-a0db-6ca867d9655e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:18:44.327" UserId="1992" Text="It could be corruption in the underlying SQL Server search database (most likely caused by I/O subsystem issues). Try running the following SQL Server command on the search database - if it gives any results, you have corruption problems (post the results and I can interpret them for you - I wrote DBCC CHECKDB).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DBCC CHECKDB (searchdbname) WITH ALL_ERRORMSGS, NO_INFOMSGS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps (and *isn't* your problem :-)" />
  <row Id="49065" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27560" RevisionGUID="9a1d2513-b4cf-47ed-acde-3d9ccf449266" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:20:29.690" UserId="2514" Text="Things to check:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Make sure replication isn't failing&#xD;&#xA;   between any of your DCs &#xD;&#xA; - Make sure the&#xD;&#xA;   client you're checking the GAL from&#xD;&#xA;   isn't in cached Exchange mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If neither of those is the case, then like Russ W says, just wait a day. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49066" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27561" RevisionGUID="54ad7681-b649-4eba-9e24-e66c2e42783b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:21:01.623" UserId="9878" Text="Or client could open commandprompt and type &quot;hostname&quot; and hit enter. Or Start &gt; Run &gt; (Winkey+R) type: &quot;cmd.exe /k hostname&quot; and hit enter." />
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  <row Id="49068" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27513" RevisionGUID="c4e54c85-c034-4a27-9158-dfb36a287e77" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:21:43.043" UserId="9461" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="**Earplugs** for longer actions in a noisy data center." />
  <row Id="49069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27562" RevisionGUID="ba31b347-2461-473c-a485-a719dfb1cf04" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:22:04.790" UserId="9137" Text="We have a server running 2003 standard edition currently running :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - SQL Server Standard Edition&#xD;&#xA; - Team Foundation Server 2005&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We want to upgrade the OS to 2008 Enterprise edition. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Can I upgrade or will I need a complete re-install.&#xD;&#xA; 2. If its an upgrade, are there any issues that I should be aware of, like is this going to cause issues with TFS?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49070" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27562" RevisionGUID="ba31b347-2461-473c-a485-a719dfb1cf04" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:22:04.790" UserId="9137" Text="Upgrading SQL/TFS OS from 2003 Std to 2008 Enterprise - Is it safe?" />
  <row Id="49071" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27562" RevisionGUID="ba31b347-2461-473c-a485-a719dfb1cf04" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:22:04.790" UserId="9137" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;upgrade&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="49072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27563" RevisionGUID="f1288132-c097-48e4-ba6a-cf45e7293de6" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:23:03.540" UserId="4428" Text="Google desktop is started from (at least on my RHEL5 system):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/etc/xdg/autostart/gdl_box.desktop&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27564" RevisionGUID="85120118-e0dd-4485-8537-d53b87787116" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:24:13.083" UserDisplayName="Jordan Milne" Text="I'm working on configuring a kiosk PC at work. The only big problem I've run into is that I can't seem to disable the shutdown button in the control+alt+delete menu without also disabling the power button on the computer itself (so only employees can shut it down). Disabling the control+alt+delete menu entirely for specific users is also acceptable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only real answer I've found involves writing my own GINA stub, and that's a bit beyond the scope of the project (and my abilities).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additional Details: The explorer shell isn't used at all, A program that relaunches the kiosk application if it dies is used as the shell. The computer will also be locked in a cabinet, leaving the users access to only the monitor and kb/mouse. " />
  <row Id="49074" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27564" RevisionGUID="85120118-e0dd-4485-8537-d53b87787116" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:24:13.083" UserDisplayName="Jordan Milne" Text="How do I disable the &quot;Shutdown&quot; in the ctrl+alt+delete menu for authenticated user, but leave the power button on computer enabled?" />
  <row Id="49075" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27564" RevisionGUID="85120118-e0dd-4485-8537-d53b87787116" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:24:13.083" UserDisplayName="Jordan Milne" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;shutdown&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;gina&gt;" />
  <row Id="49076" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27542" RevisionGUID="392d8276-26e0-476e-bb2f-3c6a7d2a79f4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:25:58.213" UserId="4271" Comment="correct seamless" Text="Check out [VirtualBox][1]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It even has seamless mode where you can run your program in a 'native' window on the desktop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.virtualbox.org/" />
  <row Id="49077" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27539" RevisionGUID="913a8c6f-85ef-440e-850e-a08f092769be" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:26:19.100" UserId="9883" Comment="Added OS I want to run" Text="Are there any products such as [Paralles Desktop][1] or [VMware Fusion 2.0][2] that are free or open source? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to run Windows from my Mac from Mac OS X but would prefer not to have to buy one of these products. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if there are no other (or functional) solution, which of these products are superior and why? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**: Not sure it matters, but I mainly want to run **Windows Vista Ultimate**. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.parallels.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://store.vmware.com/servlet/ControllerServlet?Action=DisplayPage&amp;Env=BASE&amp;Locale=en_US&amp;SiteID=vmware&amp;id=ProductDetailsPage&amp;productID=82532200" />
  <row Id="49078" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27565" RevisionGUID="75ccfdf8-e191-49ca-b5a1-2a91587eabb2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:28:19.473" UserId="6813" Text="Or try this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PS C:\Users\jeffh&gt; $os=Get-WMIObject win32_operatingsystem&#xD;&#xA;    PS C:\Users\jeffh&gt; $os.OSArchitecture&#xD;&#xA;    64-bit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Found at: [http://msgoodies.blogspot.com/2008/05/is-this-powershell-session-32-bit-or-64.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msgoodies.blogspot.com/2008/05/is-this-powershell-session-32-bit-or-64.html" />
  <row Id="49080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27566" RevisionGUID="b8ef7715-3ea6-4183-ad8b-41b589cbe4d7" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:30:29.997" UserId="9005" Text="Do you have it set up to require authentication (user name/password) on all accounts to send email?  This setting also requires the user to check that box on the smtp in the client.  Without that spammers just need to know an account name and can send mail.  Have you looked at the log files for the specific emails that are getting through?  In one case we actually had a spammer figure out a weak password and so was sending email &quot;legitimately&quot;.  The log file for a couple of the passed emails may really help figure out what still needs to be locked down.  We use Imail as well here and have for years though we are slightly more up to date on it.  We still have to do the most recent upgrade though." />
  <row Id="49081" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27539" RevisionGUID="7bfe6dc7-fbff-4163-8f75-66793d51548d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:33:07.980" UserId="45" Comment="typo in tag" Text="Are there any products such as [Parallels Desktop][1] or [VMware Fusion 2.0][2] that are free or open source? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to run Windows from my Mac from Mac OS X but would prefer not to have to buy one of these products. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if there are no other (or functional) solution, which of these products are superior and why? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**: Not sure it matters, but I mainly want to run **Windows Vista Ultimate**. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.parallels.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://store.vmware.com/servlet/ControllerServlet?Action=DisplayPage&amp;Env=BASE&amp;Locale=en_US&amp;SiteID=vmware&amp;id=ProductDetailsPage&amp;productID=82532200" />
  <row Id="49082" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="27539" RevisionGUID="7bfe6dc7-fbff-4163-8f75-66793d51548d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:33:07.980" UserId="45" Comment="typo in tag" Text="Open Source or Free Substitute to Parallels or Fusion for Mac OS X" />
  <row Id="49083" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27539" RevisionGUID="7bfe6dc7-fbff-4163-8f75-66793d51548d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:33:07.980" UserId="45" Comment="typo in tag" Text="&lt;fusion&gt;&lt;parallels&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="49084" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27567" RevisionGUID="673d30a6-0c73-44e6-be03-901f4a86d437" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:34:49.070" UserId="1079" Text="We use an [Edubuntu][1]-based [LTSP][2] thin client system in our junior school's IT room. You'll need to buy a half-decent server and a dedicated switch, but otherwise this is a very cheap way of running a teaching room.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The 18 client machines are actually older PCs with the harddrives removed that boot from the network via [PXE][3]. You can load a small PXE environment from floppy or CD if your network cards don't directly support PXE.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server installation was a case of installing a second network card in the server machine (a reasonably hefty Dell server) and booting the install CD, everything was automatic (note that you now install LTSP by selecting &quot;LTSP Mode&quot; as an install option by pressing F4 on the boot screen of the Ubuntu Alternate CD - see the [Edubuntu documentation][5] for details).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Client machines can be controlled by the teacher with [iTALC][4]. You install software once, on the server, and that's it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://edubuntu.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.ltsp.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: https://wiki.edubuntu.org/iTalc&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: https://wiki.edubuntu.org/IntrepidClassroomServer" />
  <row Id="49085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27568" RevisionGUID="38639d67-99d0-487f-85f6-0a3f8960fcb5" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:38:20.357" UserId="9887" Text="Windows has a &quot;system managed size&quot; option for pagefile size, which seems to lack precise documentation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What exactly does Windows do when you choose this?  &#xD;&#xA;Does it simply select default min and max sizes, or does it do something fancier?  &#xD;&#xA;Does windows shrink the pagefile and grow it later (with annoying dialogs)?" />
  <row Id="49086" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27568" RevisionGUID="38639d67-99d0-487f-85f6-0a3f8960fcb5" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:38:20.357" UserId="9887" Text="What exactly does &quot;system managed size&quot; mean for a Windows pagefile?" />
  <row Id="49087" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27568" RevisionGUID="38639d67-99d0-487f-85f6-0a3f8960fcb5" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:38:20.357" UserId="9887" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;pagefile&gt;" />
  <row Id="49090" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27570" RevisionGUID="ab7a5994-e97c-456f-a660-e98feb0196cb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:40:57.887" UserId="4271" Text="Does anyone have experience or could recommend an open source Unified Threat Management (UTM) package that we could install on our network using hardware we already own? Looking for something that will filter viruses and malware at the perimeter of our network in addition to the normal firewall tasks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have found several solutions but before installing all of them to try them out, I wanted to see what the experts at ServerFault have experienced with regard to this. Is it unrealistic to look for an open source solution since there is significant work behind the scenes in keeping malware/virus databases up to date?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have about 20 ip addresses to protect on our internal network, so we were looking at Open Source to keep costs down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some options the google came up with quickly:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.endian.com/&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.astaro.com/&#xD;&#xA; - http://ostatic.com/openutm" />
  <row Id="49091" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27570" RevisionGUID="ab7a5994-e97c-456f-a660-e98feb0196cb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:40:57.887" UserId="4271" Text="Open Source Unified Threat Management Software Options" />
  <row Id="49092" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27570" RevisionGUID="ab7a5994-e97c-456f-a660-e98feb0196cb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:40:57.887" UserId="4271" Text="&lt;utm&gt;&lt;opensource&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="49093" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27571" RevisionGUID="599442f8-068c-4eba-b025-8aa37eb435fc" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:41:13.050" UserId="9020" Text="It handles sorting out the size of the pagefile.  In the past I've set that when the available drive space is substantial.  If you have the room why not let the system have as much as it needs?  " />
  <row Id="49094" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27572" RevisionGUID="423b281f-8402-485b-b21b-81bca5c4e8ce" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:42:30.240" UserId="9005" Text="You guys might be interested in this podcast about doing linux install fests for older refurbed machines and then donating them to local schools.  http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail3738.html#" />
  <row Id="49095" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27573" RevisionGUID="0cad9a5d-23a9-4476-8d67-2c00c8f1878b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:43:25.883" UserId="3528" Text="The best way to solve this problem  in windows 2003 is to create a seperate domain.  In Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003, you can only have one password policy, account lockout policy and Kerberos authentication per domain. If you have a subset of users within your domain who absolutely require a different configuration for these items, they need to be configured with a separate domain. To configure a password policy for your domain, create a GPO and link it to your domain, or else modify an existing domain policy that's already in place.  The other option is to upgrade to server 2008 AD DS which allows for Fine-Grained Password Policies." />
  <row Id="49096" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27508" RevisionGUID="24b4531d-fd99-431c-a82f-e02e18600a2f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:47:47.373" UserId="1840" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="We're going the thin-client route, but if I was to keep automating installations for workstation/systems, I would be regularly visiting the [**MSFN Unattended forums**][1] (for windows XP/2003/Vista/7 automated install info)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showforum=101" />
  <row Id="49097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27574" RevisionGUID="5ab2376d-7f1a-41f3-9075-028fb5333b04" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:48:00.243" UserId="4392" Text="I can't find a lot of documentation on it, but it appears to be the vmware host/guest filesystem&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/jaunty/man9/vmhgfs.9.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27575" RevisionGUID="b14c7e9a-7db2-4510-a1a5-8eac0cb355b4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:48:59.570" UserId="3528" Text="Whatever you do, do not just copy the files.  You need to run the installer in order to create the proper registry keys and register the proper DLLs.  As tomjedrz&#xD;&#xA; stated- this is payroll.  Screw this up and the data lost might be how to get your paycheck sent out (although it might figure out your severence.)" />
  <row Id="49099" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27576" RevisionGUID="72bc5e85-df15-4706-aaa9-6a770652b0d3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:49:02.473" UserId="9888" Text="Hi, I wanted to do exactly the same as you with shibboleth. But unfortunately I found this on the [corresponding apache docs][1]. REMOTE_USER is part of the CGI standard therefore cannot be modified with apache directives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; It is not possible to override or change the standard CGI variables using the environment manipulation directives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/env.html" />
  <row Id="49100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27577" RevisionGUID="8308fc0a-a873-4aad-95a2-19402f464308" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:52:57.817" UserId="3657" Text="That is the driver that allows the shared files feature of VMware Workstation and other products that use it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/doc/ws_running_shared_folders.html" />
  <row Id="49101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27578" RevisionGUID="86c1ea10-30ae-4f8d-badf-80dcf9094c32" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:55:49.917" UserId="9878" Text="How about doing fresh payroll-application install on server 2008 machine and then backing up payroll-application and restoring it on server 2008 machine.   " />
  <row Id="49102" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27579" RevisionGUID="5d78b162-f7c6-4007-8341-dd62f386793c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:56:02.223" UserId="8385" Text="I think untangle is a pretty big favorite.  http://www.untangle.com/home" />
  <row Id="49103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27580" RevisionGUID="51323434-62fd-4bc7-b374-c3c0dee9b614" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:56:15.220" UserId="9004" Text="If you aren't willing or able to prevent users from keeping old emails &quot;forever&quot;, what solution do you have?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Exchange 2007 allows pretty massive mailboxes, but lots of people still recommend against it (although it's unclear whether there's a real reason for this, or it's just an old habit).&#xD;&#xA;- PST files should not be on a network drives -- the choice seems to be doing it anyways (which I've done for years without any real problem) or backing up desktops (not always an option)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So.. what else?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Notes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Bonus points for solutions that works with hosted/outsourced exchange setups&#xD;&#xA; - Bonus points for solutions that allow for some archives to be shared amongst users&#xD;&#xA; - This has nothing to do with compliance, I don't care to archive all emails" />
  <row Id="49104" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27580" RevisionGUID="51323434-62fd-4bc7-b374-c3c0dee9b614" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:56:15.220" UserId="9004" Text="Personal email archive alternative to PST files" />
  <row Id="49105" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27580" RevisionGUID="51323434-62fd-4bc7-b374-c3c0dee9b614" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:56:15.220" UserId="9004" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;pst&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;archive&gt;" />
  <row Id="49106" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27581" RevisionGUID="b596029c-01a8-460c-b840-c12769e9ef60" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:56:18.010" UserId="9770" Text="**A Paper Bag**: To breathe into when you discover that the SQL script you wrote wasn't actually mashing up the *test* database after all. Oh, and your backup system crashes and now you have to wait on the phone with tech support because you don't have a support contract.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Origami Paper**: To pass the time when you're on hold with tier 1 tech support at said backup software vendor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**A Stress Ball**: To help when discussing the problem with Tier 1 support after they finally answer the phone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**An Ice Pack**: To soothe your aching fist after pounding it into the desk when you realize it took 90 minutes just to get handed off to Tier 2 support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**A Spare Cell Phone**: After you throw yours into the ground when you get disconnected just as Tier 3 support answers your call. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**An Account at Monster.com and Experience in Laying Carpet**: =(&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a slightly more serious note, having a small refridgerator can be handy especially for putting crashed hard drives in to try and recover data. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, it's even better if your camera phone can take video. I take video when I'm messing with BIOSs and other things that I don't have time to simultaneously document while editing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cough drops and nose spray for extended stays in the dry server room.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A P-Touch Labeler to label **EVERYTHING** even if you're certain you'll remember which patch cables connect to the security cameras.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fingernail clippers to remove the sheath from the 4 pairs of wires in a Cat5 cable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Silver Sharpies for when you have to mark on something that has a dark finish.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49107" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27581" RevisionGUID="b596029c-01a8-460c-b840-c12769e9ef60" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:56:18.010" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49108" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27539" RevisionGUID="0dae3a72-3aa0-4c4d-974e-75915ee913fe" CreationDate="2009-06-17T19:57:30.020" UserId="9883" Comment="Intel Mac, Strike out Question on which product is better" Text="Are there any products such as [Parallels Desktop][1] or [VMware Fusion 2.0][2] that are free or open source? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to run Windows from my Mac from (Intel based) Mac OS X but would prefer not to have to buy one of these products. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;del&gt;And if there are no other (or functional) solution, which of these products are superior and why? &lt;/del&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**: Not sure it matters, but I mainly want to run **Windows Vista Ultimate**. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.parallels.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://store.vmware.com/servlet/ControllerServlet?Action=DisplayPage&amp;Env=BASE&amp;Locale=en_US&amp;SiteID=vmware&amp;id=ProductDetailsPage&amp;productID=82532200" />
  <row Id="49109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27582" RevisionGUID="1508ecff-e5ac-465d-8bba-0e7475edd80a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:03:08.170" UserId="9878" Text="Have you considered using [Microsoft SteadyState][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's also a [utility][2] that allows you to easily enable or disable Task Manager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_taskmgrenab.htm" />
  <row Id="49110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27583" RevisionGUID="15411dca-c9b8-4067-a57f-1b2fb2727277" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:03:52.303" UserId="7033" Text="echo %PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%" />
  <row Id="49111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27584" RevisionGUID="82c2679c-4a15-46b8-b97c-ecd5a4bf1741" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:05:44.717" UserId="9404" Text="[PFSense][1] is a BSD distribution firewall with a web GUI and has lots of packages. I can't find a comprenhesive list of packages right now but I remember at least snort, ntop, squid, spamd and clam-av.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a [vmware image][2] you can download and test.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A [recent presentation][3] of the product can be found in youtube.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have this firewall in several mid-sized clients with success.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pfsense.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/VMwareAppliance&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aElQidbWUxA&amp;feature=sdig&amp;et=1240685067.49" />
  <row Id="49112" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27585" RevisionGUID="31bc8ef7-111d-4c36-a1af-41c741b800eb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:07:30.140" UserId="9326" Text="I think [this method][1] addresses what you need.  I'm not sure if this affects the power button or not (may depend on the bios power settings).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mintywhite.com/tech/vista/disable-shutdown-in-windows-vistaxp/" />
  <row Id="49113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27586" RevisionGUID="e15e88b8-02b4-4fcb-8db6-d440d3463fd9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:08:17.533" UserId="9890" Text="You can get a 502 error like this from nginx when you don't have the proper permissions set on  an SQLite database." />
  <row Id="49114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27587" RevisionGUID="6aea8a0c-b634-4995-bde2-d11baed98310" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:08:30.357" UserId="1803" Text="I'll confess this is an area where I'll give it 10-20mb and toss out an &quot;email is not intended for file transfer&quot; whenever a user gripes about having to use FTP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But a shiny new mail server deserves a rational approach... so what **is** a non-voodoo method for determining an appropriate limit for attachment size?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Wavering on whether this is a wiki, or if there's a method that's Just That Good.)" />
  <row Id="49115" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27587" RevisionGUID="6aea8a0c-b634-4995-bde2-d11baed98310" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:08:30.357" UserId="1803" Text="How to determine a reasonable attachment size limit?" />
  <row Id="49116" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27587" RevisionGUID="6aea8a0c-b634-4995-bde2-d11baed98310" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:08:30.357" UserId="1803" Text="&lt;emailserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="49117" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27588" RevisionGUID="00cb73e9-e604-4466-bea2-b0ab14da6263" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:09:01.497" UserId="530" Text="This is exactly why most companies do backups to tape (lower-cost media than disks, fast streaming write speed), and then physically move the tapes off-site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can have the IT guy haul the tapes home, or there are data archival companies that will come to your business, pick up the tapes, and store them at their secure facility. Recovery is as simple as calling the company to bring the tape over, loading it up, and accessing your data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The internet is good for a lot of things, but moving terabytes of data is not one of them. See Jeff's Article on [The Economics of Bandwidth][1] which references Jim Gray's excellent Microsoft Research whitepaper [TeraScale SneakerNet][2] (.DOC)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000783.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/gray/papers/terascalesneakernet.doc" />
  <row Id="49118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27589" RevisionGUID="f00f5314-9aec-4111-bebd-d9b943c40dc9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:10:12.977" UserId="9637" Text="I ussually set the size of the pagefile manually at about twice the size of the RAM Memory so the system won't take too much I/O time with excessive growing and shrinking of this file. " />
  <row Id="49119" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27457" RevisionGUID="7e0c2785-8aa7-4f6c-9784-58af8a37fe10" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:11:35.967" UserId="6116" Comment="clarify question" Text="I installed Google Desktop for Linux and want to prevent it from running without necessarily deleting all its files.  I managed to find and disable the file in `/etc/cron.hourly`, but `gdl_box` is still being launched by process 1:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1  5199  5199  5199 ?           -1 Ss   32074   0:01 /opt/google/desktop/bin/gdl_box&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've grepped for `gdl` in every file under `/etc` and have turned up no suspects.  There doesn't seem to be anything in `/etc/init.d` or in the `/etc/rc*.d` directories.  How can I find and slay this evil daemon?  Mor eexactly, how can I find out what is causing it to be spawned and prevent it from ever spawning in the first place.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49120" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27590" RevisionGUID="24ffa183-bd42-4d12-b0da-2edcdcfa4a62" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:12:02.830" UserId="2098" Text="what would be a command to run in different distros?" />
  <row Id="49121" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27590" RevisionGUID="24ffa183-bd42-4d12-b0da-2edcdcfa4a62" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:12:02.830" UserId="2098" Text="How do I know if I am running 32 or 64-bit Linux?" />
  <row Id="49122" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27590" RevisionGUID="24ffa183-bd42-4d12-b0da-2edcdcfa4a62" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:12:02.830" UserId="2098" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;64-bit&gt;&lt;32-bit&gt;" />
  <row Id="49123" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27591" RevisionGUID="921e0bd5-ec40-4ae3-9bef-0b252955507b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:12:27.900" UserId="730" Text="I am looking for a server to host [World Wind][1] for private use, the World Wind Project is using two Sun SunFire 4500 and two Sun Blade X8420 servers [(see here)][2] for their hosting needs, but this is way beyond what I have in mind.  What would you recommend for a reasonable server to host something like this?  There will be approximately 4TB of map data, possibly more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/java/server/readme.html" />
  <row Id="49124" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27591" RevisionGUID="921e0bd5-ec40-4ae3-9bef-0b252955507b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:12:27.900" UserId="730" Text="map server recommendation" />
  <row Id="49125" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27591" RevisionGUID="921e0bd5-ec40-4ae3-9bef-0b252955507b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:12:27.900" UserId="730" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;maps&gt;&lt;image&gt;" />
  <row Id="49126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27592" RevisionGUID="61402b43-7c1f-450e-9e0a-c6dc2fef6351" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:12:50.117" UserId="4392" Text="This is directly dependent on your business. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have users who routinely get files in the 40MB range, and sometimes well above that. I essentially set an unlimited size for that reason. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take a look at your legitimate attachments, take the average size and double it, then look at the largest  legitimate attachment you've received. If it's bigger than double the average, then make it 50% bigger than the largest so far. " />
  <row Id="49127" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27593" RevisionGUID="4c2484d8-aa9f-4cd9-aef3-6ffc4b32d874" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:14:39.877" UserId="2098" Text="for RedHat/CentOS:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ uname -a&#xD;&#xA;    Linux cs-centos 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5 #1 SMP Tue Dec 16 12:03:43 EST 2008 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**32-bit**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **i686** and/or **i386**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**64-bit**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - would have **x86_64** in *uname -a* output&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49128" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27594" RevisionGUID="eb69f581-4c1a-4372-97e3-56701cefabc3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:15:24.073" UserId="4392" Text="    $ uname -p&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    x86_64&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49129" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27595" RevisionGUID="aa95c32b-9d7d-479f-b289-51c4f9a285ae" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:15:24.917" UserId="9110" Text="uname -a and look for x86_64. If you want to know if your CPU can handle 64bit, cat /proc/cpuinfo and look for lm within the flags. " />
  <row Id="49130" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27596" RevisionGUID="032c6dde-cc02-40db-877a-9c83ab93afed" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:15:31.670" UserId="4271" Text="&quot;Email is not intended for file transfer!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In all seriousness, I set mine at 10MB, any higher and you might get rejections from remote SMTP servers. If your company/client does use a lot of larger files, I might be convinced to set it at 15 or 20MB but no higher than that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I instruct clients to use a service like [Dropbox][1] if sending larger files. [Disclosure, that is my referral link!]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.getdropbox.com/referrals/NTQzMTk" />
  <row Id="49131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27597" RevisionGUID="f4a74a16-0948-43d4-b893-dbe7f91f6153" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:15:55.820" UserId="6233" Text="In our company we have a parking lot with small our parking manager software,&#xD;&#xA;Beside regular customers witch at enter on parking taking pappier note bill with barcode&#xD;&#xA;witch they will use at exit when they are paying parking.&#xD;&#xA;We also have tenantry which is allowed to enter and exit parking freely.&#xD;&#xA;So,I need to be able to control them and for that I need in some way to register vehicles on enter and also at exit.&#xD;&#xA;When We were set it up it used magnetic card readers and magnetic card for each owner,&#xD;&#xA;But that combination do not seems to work all time well, a lot of people have troubles when they using theirs cards, (deferent way of puling car trough card reader, lot of drives do not stop close enough to can reach card reader, card reader do not work well at low temperatures and lot of similar things).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I planing to modernize equipment for authorization users, and also asking you to give me&#xD;&#xA;a direction and suggestion what hardware and technology should I use for this and where I can by aforesaid. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both of terminals are very close to one central server, so interface for devices is not important. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ill love to try [Automatic number plate recognition][1] or wireless magnetic cards or something other like keyboard dial set for entering a code.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We do not have a lot of resource for that, because We have only about 100 customers of monthly parking place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_number_plate_recognition" />
  <row Id="49132" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27597" RevisionGUID="f4a74a16-0948-43d4-b893-dbe7f91f6153" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:15:55.820" UserId="6233" Text="hardware and tehnology for authorization of vehicles on acces parking" />
  <row Id="49133" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27597" RevisionGUID="f4a74a16-0948-43d4-b893-dbe7f91f6153" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:15:55.820" UserId="6233" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;" />
  <row Id="49134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27598" RevisionGUID="20332a08-ff2a-47d1-91d5-4c678d14c1b3" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:17:10.247" UserId="8199" Text="How many users?&#xD;&#xA;IMAP?&#xD;&#xA;POP3?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't bother with anything over 10, as you said, it's not a file transfer service." />
  <row Id="49135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27599" RevisionGUID="0b581b6a-df89-4bc1-ba3c-36bc506e6232" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:18:29.947" UserId="3346" Text="Use an LDAP server. You can keep old email as long as you want and there's support for shared folders. Cyrus is an excellent option for this." />
  <row Id="49136" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27600" RevisionGUID="7d039f20-f940-4736-b6e2-4d8c246170a2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:19:14.703" UserId="9878" Text="If your are using MS Exchange 2007, then you could use Managed Folders. With Managed Folders you can make custom rules for archiving/deleting old emails in client mailboxes. MS Exchange 2010 will include builtin email archiving. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From users perspective, [Outlook 2007/2003/2002 Add-in: Personal Folders Backup][1] is pretty handy.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8B081F3A-B7D0-4B16-B8AF-5A6322F4FD01&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="49137" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27568" RevisionGUID="a8b00c0c-13b0-416d-b2a1-58d6b3791229" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:19:28.697" UserId="9887" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="Windows has a &quot;system managed size&quot; option for pagefile size, which seems to lack precise documentation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What **exactly** does Windows do when you choose this?  &#xD;&#xA;Does it simply select default min and max sizes, or does it do something fancier?  &#xD;&#xA;Does windows shrink the pagefile and grow it later (with annoying dialogs)?" />
  <row Id="49138" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27601" RevisionGUID="9cf40c69-a2ce-42e0-b12a-28d2cb3a65e9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:21:03.610" UserId="9877" Text="Definitely the warranty. You would pay through the roof for a 3 - 4 year warranty at a consumer shop. Add the cost of their extended warranty to your price and see where you stand then! Oh, and trust me, you want the 3 - 4 year warranty!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Get to know you hardware sales rep. Make them beg for your business knowing you will go to their competition if they don't play ball. I know what they are charging bigger players in my field and I expect that price or better. We pay less for Lenovo business class computers with 4 year warranties than we would pay for comparable machines at Best Buy.  " />
  <row Id="49139" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27602" RevisionGUID="eb032d07-8af4-4032-816a-ca74baceab61" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:22:03.997" UserId="1435" Text="Wow...no really, wow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway - as far as I know automatic plate recognition systems are pretty expensive ($20k-$50k each) - does your business-model allow for such costs before we get into the technical details? The reason I ask is that your costs are sunk already it seems, where's the revenue coming to pay for the investment?" />
  <row Id="49140" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27603" RevisionGUID="33417584-1297-421f-ba35-9828c660e219" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:22:07.133" UserId="9751" Text="I second the flashlight comments, though I prefer a headlamp over the minimag or such.  Leaves your hands free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also find a click-style ball point pen to come in handy.  Useful for straightening pins on VGA cables (when the pen is retracted), pressing reset buttons, and jabbing in your own throat when you find your file server has crashed and everything is lost." />
  <row Id="49141" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27603" RevisionGUID="33417584-1297-421f-ba35-9828c660e219" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:22:07.133" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27604" RevisionGUID="aef95ac8-aa5b-48c4-9ab6-19b7124b4d84" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:22:41.670" UserId="5257" Text="Some time a go we ran were upgrading a few of our servers from 2003 to 2008. We ran into a few problems with our programs not working properly after the upgrade was finished (SQL was one of them). Fortunately, we were in a situation where we had the time to simply format the servers and start with a fresh install. I don't have any specifics as to what went wrong because of this but I can at least offer some advice:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. BACKUPS!! Make sure you have your current servers backed up as well as all of your SQL files.&#xD;&#xA;2. Make sure those backups work!&#xD;&#xA;3. Test it out. We weren't lucky enough to have a test environment for this, but if you have one use it.&#xD;&#xA;4. Make sure you know the software. A lot of times people will have to upgrade a server but may not be knowledgeable with the software on it. Having someone good with the software can save time in troubleshooting if there are any issues.&#xD;&#xA;5. Consider your time factors. What will take longer, doing an upgrade and possibly having to troubleshoot or starting fresh and installing everything?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My advice would be to start fresh. It's what worked the best for us but maybe you'll have more luck.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49143" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27605" RevisionGUID="09e9cad7-fd9d-48c5-8671-ba3116505dc5" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:24:47.360" UserId="3312" Text="TCP makes an effort to ensure the IP packet made it to the recipient; UDP does not." />
  <row Id="49144" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27606" RevisionGUID="8b54a68d-9910-4677-8c04-3f5723b972a5" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:26:05.953" UserId="1435" Text="Turn the question around and ask what other business-critical functions are bought at the cheapest end of the market. It makes sense to get cheapo envelopes and paper-clips but do his salesmen drive scooters, is the office a Starbucks and does he duplicate documents by hand or by photocopier?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Day-one hardware costs for laptops is 15%-20% of the total cost of ownership for that asset, if he wants cheap today he'll pay for it later." />
  <row Id="49145" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27212" RevisionGUID="fbf04e94-9926-440b-9d7c-338ad4013237" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:27:48.417" UserId="9461" Comment="added 43 characters in body" Text="Self-answer. It seems to be impossible to imitate syslogd behavior.&#xD;&#xA;After a lot of experiments, I provide updated snapshot of my research/guesses on syslog-ng options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    options {&#xD;&#xA;            #####################################################################&#xD;&#xA;            ### the flow of decisions for hostnames, syslog-ng 1.6.8:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            use_dns(yes);           # yes = first resolve the IP in $HOST_FROM (the message sender)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            keep_hostname(no);      # no = ignore $HOST embedded in the message (rare); overwrite $HOST with $HOST_FROM&#xD;&#xA;                                    #   note: RFC3164 allows embedding short hostname or IP, not FQDN&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            use_fqdn(yes);          # yes = expand everything to FQDN, including local name&#xD;&#xA;                                    # Note syslogd behaviour is incompatible: use FQDN, but strip local&#xD;&#xA;                                    #   domain + strip &quot;-s&quot; domains + strip domains for &quot;-l&quot; hosts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            chain_hostnames(no);    # no = keep $FULLHOST same as $HOST; &#xD;&#xA;                                    #   do not expand $FULLHOST into either &quot;src@$HOST&quot; for localhost, &#xD;&#xA;                                    #   or to &quot;$HOST/$HOST_FROM&quot; for remote client&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            #long_hostnames(no);    # synonym of chain_hostnames&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            ### with default template, the resulting $FULLHOST is written to log&#xD;&#xA;            #####################################################################&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            check_hostname(yes);    # invalid chars?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;            sync(0);                # sync immediately&#xD;&#xA;    };&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've found out that messages from my remote systems probably do not have hostname embedded, and this causes keep_hostname to be of no use." />
  <row Id="49146" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27607" RevisionGUID="053b253f-b512-472e-895f-a4418fe88c5b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:30:06.493" UserId="9878" Text="Sent or received email-attachments? Are your organization using MS Exchange / MS Office Outlook / Active Directory / SharePoint? If so, what version? This is complicated topic." />
  <row Id="49147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27608" RevisionGUID="e1025f99-1e56-423d-b1ea-5a761cc101ed" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:30:06.663" UserDisplayName="elcocolio" Text="I faced with that exception too, when trying to deploy OpenCMS and OpenEJB on the same Tomcat instance. It seems that OpenCMS and OpenEJB doesn't like each other.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I found a workaround: After deploying OpenCMS on Tomcat startup, I used The Manager webapp to upload and get OpenEJB running. It worked fine for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49148" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27608" RevisionGUID="e1025f99-1e56-423d-b1ea-5a761cc101ed" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:30:06.663" UserDisplayName="elcocolio" />
  <row Id="49149" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27609" RevisionGUID="6e139e2b-04f5-4e36-bc8b-1df3e62b3c4f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:30:40.500" UserId="8385" Text="SIP is the most commonly supported protocol for voice over IP.  Building a local Asterisk server sounds like the easiest thing to do.  Something like trixbox, Switchvox (free edition), or even Digium's AsteriskNOW will get you exactly what you need.  All of them come with conference ability and all support the SIP protocol so any SIP soft phone will be compatible." />
  <row Id="49151" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27391" RevisionGUID="08b1b84c-0992-43fb-8e44-f1ac1b18139d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:31:19.330" UserId="2869" Comment="added 3 characters in body" Text="Some differences:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Best Buy laptops comes with XP Home/Vista Home.  Business Laptops come with XP Pro/Vista Business.  That's $100 right there.&#xD;&#xA;* The Best Buy prices doesn't include MS Office, or if it does it's only Office Basic (another $100-150)&#xD;&#xA;* Business laptop prices usually include a better warranty.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49152" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27611" RevisionGUID="d798a709-114c-4443-9f3c-cc3b90dd37ae" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:31:55.677" UserId="1435" Text="The hardware reqs state it can run on a laptop, so anything above this will *work*, of course the more hardware you throw at it the quicker it should be so just look at your budget and spend wisely. Good luck, sounds like a fun project.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;edit - Oh and I may as well do my usual and recommend just getting a HP DL380 G6 - they're like the VW Beetle of servers - a workhorse that does a good job of most jobs :) " />
  <row Id="49153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27612" RevisionGUID="bd6913fd-6357-4109-91b4-13e51486964e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:33:48.280" UserId="2343" Text="From the Windows command prompt, I have FTPd to a Windows web server. I can `get` a file, and I can see a directory listing with `dir`, but I want to save that list locally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried `dir &gt; c:\somefile.txt`, and the file is created, but it's blank. Same thing if I do `ls &gt; c:\somefile.txt`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have turned off my antivirus program in case it's somehow blocking ftp from writing to a file. Am I missing something basic?" />
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  <row Id="49155" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27612" RevisionGUID="bd6913fd-6357-4109-91b4-13e51486964e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:33:48.280" UserId="2343" Text="&lt;ftp&gt;" />
  <row Id="49156" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27613" RevisionGUID="96d085ab-a029-481d-a6b5-8722ef23b600" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:33:51.603" UserId="9892" Text="I have an apache proxy server that forwards requests to backend servers.  The backend servers use mod_access to allow or deny access to specific directories.  Before implementing a proxy server with backend web servers, the one web server used a syntax like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;order deny, allow&#xD;&#xA;deny from all&#xD;&#xA;allow from 10.10.4&#xD;&#xA;allow from domain.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but now, the ip and domain are always the proxy server.  I know the X-Forwarded_For ip is set, but I don't know how to add that into the mod_access configuration.  And I don't see the forwarded host at all.  Is there any way to do this?" />
  <row Id="49157" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27613" RevisionGUID="96d085ab-a029-481d-a6b5-8722ef23b600" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:33:51.603" UserId="9892" Text="apache pass domain through mod_proxy to validate with mod_access" />
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  <row Id="49159" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27587" RevisionGUID="f1909ab6-18e9-44b6-ba3c-ef8adf35a110" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:34:03.037" UserId="1803" Comment="added 160 characters in body; added 98 characters in body; added 4 characters in body" Text="I'll confess this is an area where I'll give it 10-20mb and toss out an &quot;email is not intended for file transfer&quot; whenever a user gripes about having to use FTP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But a shiny new mail server deserves a rational approach... so what **is** a non-voodoo method for determining an appropriate limit for attachment size?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Wavering on whether this is a wiki, or if there's a method that's Just That Good.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I thought there would be some good guidelines independent of environment, but specifics were called for - so 50 mailboxes, exchange 2007, AD, hardware is TBD.  Clients are a 2007/2003 mix, I figured I'd set sent/received to match, just to keep things simple." />
  <row Id="49160" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27614" RevisionGUID="7d56f56b-4a83-4d37-b615-7e5ca27c453f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:35:16.763" UserId="8182" Text="If you have /usr/lib64 you're running x86_64.." />
  <row Id="49161" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27615" RevisionGUID="898da369-44fb-4dd3-bd61-f656d359ec15" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:35:26.903" UserId="671" Text="I would look into RFID access cards.  A gated apartment complex I lived in once issued them to residents and we would just wave the card in front of the sensor when we pulled up to the gate and it would open.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Data centers also use these for controlled access to secure areas in some cases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said that, this isn't really so much a sysadmin question as it is a facilities question." />
  <row Id="49162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27616" RevisionGUID="e3237c41-cf77-412c-9b16-4b899b75e0e9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:37:26.790" UserId="4885" Text="Turned out to be a strange setting that makes the printer print multiple copies." />
  <row Id="49163" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27617" RevisionGUID="77f09bdd-9480-4563-b972-029bc464be14" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:38:31.843" UserId="9877" Text="10 MB firm! Except for the executives who are wide open. We got tired of getting cursed at!" />
  <row Id="49164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27618" RevisionGUID="80b05652-378b-4e10-9e2f-f5f609061e29" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:41:50.307" UserId="8182" Text="If all these machines are going to be the same base image I'd create an image using Norton Ghost..Set up the image the way it should be...Use sysprep to add license keys, etc and then deploy the image on the machine, run updates, ship to user, profit..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would update my image every other week or so to pull in patchs/updates so once I deploy the image there's not much to do.." />
  <row Id="49165" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27619" RevisionGUID="973636c1-a127-4af8-8d89-450d9219551d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:42:54.500" UserId="4562" Text="You're not going to like this answer, but I would keep the messages on the server and improve your storage/backup options.  When you export the messages you lose the advantages of single instance storage and you will only add complexity to the system.  If you're using a hosted solution and they can't expand your storage I would consider moving to someone who can. If not then auto-archiving to .PST's will probably be your best bet." />
  <row Id="49166" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27620" RevisionGUID="f5e9d599-3ebe-4192-b020-717b6eaa91b8" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:45:06.820" UserId="7783" Text="I'm in the &quot;10Mb and that's your lot&quot; camp. It isn't just what you can send but also what the people you send to can receive. Unless your business operates in an area where sending very large binaries by email is the norm then why go higher?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Aside from that, you do need to make sure you offer an alternative for people who really do need to send larger files, whether it's something like Dropbox, a good old fashioned FTP server or something else clever (We have the server and bandwidth capacity to offer our own service similar to dropbox to our users, as it happens)." />
  <row Id="49167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27621" RevisionGUID="8a02feee-ab18-4c0e-a0c9-647cafd5df05" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:47:14.243" UserId="3065" Text="I have a single server installation of Team Foundation Server 2008.  This means that the Application Tier and Data Tier are on the same server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to move the installation from the old server to the new server.  Could someone please provide me clear steps on how to move the installation from the old server to the new server?" />
  <row Id="49168" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27621" RevisionGUID="8a02feee-ab18-4c0e-a0c9-647cafd5df05" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:47:14.243" UserId="3065" Text="How to transfer a Team Foundation Server installation to another server" />
  <row Id="49169" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27621" RevisionGUID="8a02feee-ab18-4c0e-a0c9-647cafd5df05" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:47:14.243" UserId="3065" Text="&lt;team-foundation-server&gt;&lt;tfs&gt;&lt;visual-studio&gt;" />
  <row Id="49170" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27622" RevisionGUID="2a730f4b-c8b8-4319-8b6a-861543d1a73c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:47:29.157" UserId="7783" Text="It works on a dynamic basis. It sets a typical upper level for the amount of RAM you have installed, which it extends as needed." />
  <row Id="49171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27623" RevisionGUID="df34d69d-2451-4e25-be6e-68c1f109f2ef" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:47:33.663" UserId="9877" Text="We show our users how to move email they want to keep to their Personal Folders. That way its off the server and on their machine, but still in Outlook for them to access it. For users that can't handle this on their own, we show them how to set up Auto Archive in Outlook. It basically moves anything older than a set time frame to a Personal Folder in Outlook. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This solution works for your off-site (hosted) solution as their data is moved from the server to their desktop and keeps you from having to store .pst's on you SAN. We leave the data backup to them. If they want to put it on the SAN they can or not worry about it. " />
  <row Id="49172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27624" RevisionGUID="c5f24268-f071-4f03-8aec-c1b9ef123695" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:49:21.633" UserId="640" Text="I tend to go a little higher, and creep up on 30MB. It's going to vary from business to business. As an alternative to file attachments, try [senduit][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.senduit.com" />
  <row Id="49173" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27625" RevisionGUID="de9bd650-cf91-458e-88e8-62623c8d0dc1" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:49:34.050" UserId="9878" Text="The general rule for system managed pagefile is: the operating system will create a page file that is one and a half times the amount of RAM that is installed in your computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However you rarely need the size of the pagefile be determined by system because nowadays computers RAM is more than adequate. A system managed page file with its shrinking and growing is subject to  heavy fragmentation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This KB article addresses the issue and explains how to calculate the page file size: [How to determine the appropriate page file size for 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setting to a fixed size pagefile is worth considering. Additionally, it prevents this problem: [The page file size may become alternately too small or too large when you start Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista if there is no available free disk space, and the page file size is managed by the system][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;889654&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955635" />
  <row Id="49174" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27626" RevisionGUID="91f25273-c0a4-476e-919e-a0ee4efd43b2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:50:17.793" UserId="9895" Text="Hi everyone :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have redhat 4 with :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actual kernel-----------------------&gt; 2.6.9-78.0.17.ELsmp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;new kernel available (up2date) --------&gt; 2.6.9-89.x.xx. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For some reason , i need the new kernel version number before actually doing the upgrade...&#xD;&#xA;Is there a safe way of doing this with up2date , without actualy doing the update.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance...." />
  <row Id="49175" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27626" RevisionGUID="91f25273-c0a4-476e-919e-a0ee4efd43b2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:50:17.793" UserId="9895" Text="kernel version before installing it?" />
  <row Id="49176" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27626" RevisionGUID="91f25273-c0a4-476e-919e-a0ee4efd43b2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:50:17.793" UserId="9895" Text="&lt;kernel&gt;" />
  <row Id="49177" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27627" RevisionGUID="85e99c94-7d27-4cb6-ba05-b9f25a81c575" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:50:41.770" UserId="846" Text="Neither automatic plate recognition nor RFID car tags are ready for small-business deployment.  Last year, we tried to do auto plate recognition at one facility of ours, and never got it to work properly.  We tried earlier this year to use RFID tags on the car windows at one of our facilities, and have not yet had it work reliably.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One relatively easy upgrade might be to [proximity cards][1] instead of magnetic cards.  There is no contact needed between the reader and the card.  My company uses prox cards for the parking area and the office, and mine stays in my wallet.  I still have to drive close enough to open my window, but I don't have to insert the card, just wave it close to the reader.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proximity_card" />
  <row Id="49178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27628" RevisionGUID="b4b518e5-a225-43ea-babd-f8b5591c03be" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:52:55.667" UserId="2101" Text="I can offer two (non-ideal) options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Create a 'placeholder' file inside your disk image and splice the kernel into the image (ick)&#xD;&#xA;- If you don't need to use FFS, you could try FAT. mtools is very handy for this sort of thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    michael:~&gt; mdir -i test.img ::&#xD;&#xA;     Volume in drive : is Testing (abbr=TESTING    )&#xD;&#xA;     Volume Serial Number is 0000-0000&#xD;&#xA;    Directory for ::/&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    No files&#xD;&#xA;                              1 457 664 bytes free&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    michael:~&gt; mcopy -i test.img kernel.com ::&#xD;&#xA;    michael:~&gt; mdir -i test.img ::&#xD;&#xA;     Volume in drive : is Testing (abbr=TESTING    )&#xD;&#xA;     Volume Serial Number is 0000-0000&#xD;&#xA;    Directory for ::/&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    kernel   com     47632 2009-06-17  16:50 &#xD;&#xA;            1 file               47 632 bytes&#xD;&#xA;                              1 409 536 bytes free&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49179" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27629" RevisionGUID="6ac84d88-d668-44de-8337-45d3a0e43b21" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:53:04.997" UserId="9897" Text="I create silent software installation packages for customers. This is pretty straight forward if the installation is a simple file dump, or add service and start; but a lot more difficult if customer instructions (and payload media), are gui based - 'run setup.exe, click next, enter text...'etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I have been investigating the use of the autoit utility, which enables the installation to proceed as a gui (i.e. exactly as instructed by customer installation instructions), but with all actions performed automatically. However, as far as I can tell, in order to run the gui autoit script, someone with appropriate permissions needs to be logged on to the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need a method to enable the gui script above to run, without any user actually being logged onto the server - similar to the script running as a service. Developing the installation package, delivering the media and installation scripts, then making the call isn't an issue. Getting the script to run through to completion without a user logging onto the server and starting the whole thing off, is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To more closely look at the issue, I created a simple script to open notepad, enter some text, then save and close...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried: running the script as a service which can 'interact with desktop' - notepad is displayed, but no keystrokes can be sent and the script hangs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am investigating to see if it is possible to raise a vncserver session, then export display (similar to unix varients), when I came across this excellent site...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know of a method where interactive gui scripts may be raised on a server (e.g. win 2003), where no users are currently logged on at the time?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49180" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27629" RevisionGUID="6ac84d88-d668-44de-8337-45d3a0e43b21" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:53:04.997" UserId="9897" Text="How can you perform a silent gui installation, whilst server is logged off?" />
  <row Id="49181" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27629" RevisionGUID="6ac84d88-d668-44de-8337-45d3a0e43b21" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:53:04.997" UserId="9897" Text="&lt;gui&gt;&lt;automated-install&gt;&lt;silent&gt;" />
  <row Id="49182" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27630" RevisionGUID="3d88d756-b9fa-4aed-ba52-95cbfd2ad073" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:53:14.450" UserId="8334" Text="1. SharePoint doesn't mix with OpenOffice. This can be a substantial problem.&#xD;&#xA;2. OpenOffice tends to be slow (especially with Folder Redirection). Haven't tried 3.1 yet, but heard that they improved it.&#xD;&#xA;3. OpenOffice is a memory hog. On XP 512MB of RAM is a minimum.&#xD;&#xA;4. Compatibility&#xD;&#xA;5. Manageablity (Group Policy, administrative installs).&#xD;&#xA;6. Office 2007 SP2 now supports PDF and ODF (so-so but works) out of the box." />
  <row Id="49183" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27626" RevisionGUID="1dfa697e-9375-4463-88b8-c5febbda5f39" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:54:31.903" UserId="9140" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;kernel&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;redhat&gt;&lt;up2date&gt;" />
  <row Id="49184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27631" RevisionGUID="05fd18b0-7679-40f6-8c06-499e904fc4ad" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:56:16.737" UserId="9898" Text="We're going to purchase some new hardware to use just for a Hadoop cluster and we're stuck on what we should purchase. Say we have a budget of $5k should we buy two super nice machines at $2500/each, four at around $1200/each or eight at around $600 each? Will hadoop work better with more slower machines or fewest much faster machines? Or, as like most things &quot;it depends&quot;? :-)" />
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  <row Id="49186" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27631" RevisionGUID="05fd18b0-7679-40f6-8c06-499e904fc4ad" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:56:16.737" UserId="9898" Text="&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="49187" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27632" RevisionGUID="5a37f315-b517-4798-b067-913e0ac5d39a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:57:07.967" UserId="8199" Text="Most software has silent install options. run the setup from the command line&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;setup.exe /?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to see if there are silent switches.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the software? Perhaps I can find it for you." />
  <row Id="49188" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27633" RevisionGUID="27011626-3b1e-49ee-9502-006a222ade01" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:58:14.627" UserId="5964" Text="On Cisco IOS, I'm looking at moving from SNMP v1/2 to v3, which means separate user/password credentials instead of just community strings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to have those user credentials pulled from, and authenticated against, a TACACS or RADIUS server?  Or am I stuck statically adding them to the configuration of every switch and router?" />
  <row Id="49189" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27633" RevisionGUID="27011626-3b1e-49ee-9502-006a222ade01" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:58:14.627" UserId="5964" Text="IOS: tie SNMP v3 credentials to TACACS or RADIUS?" />
  <row Id="49190" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27633" RevisionGUID="27011626-3b1e-49ee-9502-006a222ade01" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:58:14.627" UserId="5964" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;ios&gt;&lt;snmp&gt;" />
  <row Id="49191" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27634" RevisionGUID="c1af7058-fef0-413b-b70c-baddc63d71c1" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:58:15.623" UserId="1440" Text="MSDN covers this: [How to: Restore Data for Team Foundation Server to a Different Server][1]. Related sections also cover backup...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/ms252516.aspx" />
  <row Id="49192" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27635" RevisionGUID="50277958-6134-4d2e-9ca7-b62f3a66e180" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:59:52.237" UserId="8182" Text="    up2date --dry-run &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will print out what needs to be updated.." />
  <row Id="49193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27636" RevisionGUID="6da4d0fd-0097-4d0d-a398-100d24b8ce0d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T20:59:57.073" UserId="8199" Text="Here is a video with David Solomon, one of the MS uber-engineers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This video will answer your questions and also tell you more then you'd ever want to know about Windows memory management. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a section about sizing your pagefile:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.microsoft.com/emea/spotlight/sessionh.aspx?videoid=64&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49194" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27637" RevisionGUID="20663712-15e7-4207-ba20-1417ab8d36a0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:00:16.820" UserId="4703" Text="The modification time is not a reliable source of information, since it can change quite frequently (specially on a home directory). This is what the manual says:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     st_mtim     Time when file data was last modified.  Changed by the&#xD;&#xA;                 truncate(2), utimes(2), and write(2) system calls.  For di-&#xD;&#xA;                 rectories, changed by any system call that alters which files&#xD;&#xA;                 are in the directory, such as the unlink(2), rename(2),&#xD;&#xA;                 mkdir(2), and symlink(2) system calls.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;     st_ctime    Time when file status was last changed (inode data modifica-&#xD;&#xA;                 tion).  Changed by the chmod(2), chown(2), link(2),&#xD;&#xA;                 rename(2), unlink(2), utimes(2), and write(2) system calls.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, if you ran a backup, did a chmod * by mistake or something like that, the change/modification time may have changed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, on the topic of intrusions, after the fact checks will only work if you had the security measures BEFORE in place. If you are not securely storing your logs on a central repository, looking for them on the target machine is useless (any attacker will delete/modify them). My suggestion:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Look for open ports (netstat)&#xD;&#xA; - Look for processes running (lsof, ps aux)&#xD;&#xA; - Enable a firewall, install an IDS (OSSEC is a good one) and keep a look at the box&#xD;&#xA; - Maybe run a rootkit detector (rootcheck is good: http://www.ossec.net/en/rootcheck.html )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27638" RevisionGUID="86971220-36f7-469e-89fd-00fb6a527941" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:00:26.323" UserId="6793" Text="You could try with: &#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;Output a list of packages available for updates, and all the dependencies they need, including obsoletes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    up2date --dry-run&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Output a list of packages which have been updated and available for retrieval/installation.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    up2date -l" />
  <row Id="49196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27639" RevisionGUID="5ec75e3e-d003-4882-a7c6-421d8a15b98f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:02:33.603" UserId="1440" Text="Take a look (search) through MSDN and MSDN blogs. Most of the scenarios are covered once you can the information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I know SQL Server 2003 --&gt; 2008 has been covered as this is a pre-requisite for TFS 2010.)" />
  <row Id="49197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27640" RevisionGUID="24985dca-10c2-4f4f-a9ea-601c34151702" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:02:47.987" UserId="2101" Text="What firmware are you at? Is it the latest?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [IBM's website][1] for the latest firmware for the controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: https://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/myview/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5073639&amp;brandind=5000008" />
  <row Id="49198" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27612" RevisionGUID="9e62ae21-849f-40cc-9b05-ced9262575ad" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:03:26.427" UserId="2343" Comment="added details" Text="From the Windows command prompt, I have FTPd to a Windows web server. I can `get` a file, and I can see a directory listing with `dir`, but I want to save that list locally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried `dir &gt; c:\somefile.txt`, and **the file is created, but it's blank**. Same thing if I do `ls &gt; c:\somefile.txt`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The result is the same when I FTP from a Linux box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FTP sends back the following:    &#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;200 PORT command successful&#xD;&#xA;150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls&#xD;&#xA;226 Transfer complete&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="49199" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27641" RevisionGUID="1df44358-7437-4de5-8126-398dc50a4f02" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:04:54.613" UserId="9059" Text="What? Nobody mentioned the dippy bird in front of the photo-cell thingy that switches off the lights when you're not moving?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But ok, one thing that has been very useful to me until only a few years ago was a small coin (pick your nomination, mine was mostly a 1NOK coin simply because that's what I would have in my pocket, living in Norway). Because our Thinkpads had this nice screw for fixing the hard drive assembly that was designed with a head for just a coin like that. Works better than the Phillips or flathead screwdriver I have to use for newer models. Dammit, it was *designed* that way, and it was good. Thumb screws done right!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, ok, and then there was the one time I wanted to extract the innards of a USB pendrive to put into an ASUS EEE and got (unplanned) help from my tumble dryer. Works sweet on that cheap glue holding the electronics in their plastic casings, better than the knife I tried at first ...&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="49201" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27642" RevisionGUID="321304a6-34dd-43c7-8f78-2a726c18146d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:05:04.940" UserId="50769" Text="I have several IIS 6 web servers I manage and I turn on the time-taken field in the logs. I use AWStats to generate various reports from the log data. One of my developer counterparts has recently asked me to provide a report based on the Time-Taken data. She is specifically looking for top 20 pages sorted by average time-taken, plus min and max time-takens. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am thinking that I can achieve this by creating an ExtraSection in my AWStats config file. Is this feasible? Does anyone have any config samples they are willing to share? Any pointers are greatly appreciated." />
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  <row Id="49203" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27642" RevisionGUID="321304a6-34dd-43c7-8f78-2a726c18146d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:05:04.940" UserId="50769" Text="&lt;awstats&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;log-files&gt;" />
  <row Id="49204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27643" RevisionGUID="65807ec8-de97-4f06-b667-fa097be2e34d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:08:53.950" UserId="5234" Text="I assume since you mentioned a &quot;setup.exe&quot; you mean on Windows, so...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simple: grab a copy of WinInstall LE (http://www.softpile.com/Utilities/Miscellaneous/Review_16745_index.html and elsewhere), run through your setup in GUI mode on a test box, do any post-config you need, and it will produce an MSI file which you can then script using msiexec (with the /quiet option).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But before you even do that, check if you have an MSI file already available; it might be packaged in an exe so look in your temp folder or extract it using 7zip." />
  <row Id="49205" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27621" RevisionGUID="a1e13c18-e41e-42a6-9549-d48e396a3e29" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:08:56.413" UserId="3065" Comment="added 254 characters in body" Text="I have a single server installation of Team Foundation Server 2008.  This means that the Application Tier and Data Tier are on the same server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to move the installation from the old server to the new server.  Could someone please provide me clear steps on how to move the installation from the old server to the new server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:**&#xD;&#xA;This link might also be helpful. It describes the different types of server installation moves and the different steps one might take. [Team Foundation Server Move Types][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/ms404860.aspx" />
  <row Id="49206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27644" RevisionGUID="a026e0ee-9c7c-4715-9bee-595ee7a4a246" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:10:32.887" UserId="9900" Text="Does smartermail store the parsed email messages in a sql database I could access directly?" />
  <row Id="49207" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27644" RevisionGUID="a026e0ee-9c7c-4715-9bee-595ee7a4a246" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:10:32.887" UserId="9900" Text="Does smartermail store the parsed email messages in a sql database I could access directly?" />
  <row Id="49208" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27644" RevisionGUID="a026e0ee-9c7c-4715-9bee-595ee7a4a246" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:10:32.887" UserId="9900" Text="&lt;smartermail&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="49209" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27645" RevisionGUID="58581b13-986c-4864-9209-31acec6e5453" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:12:11.260" UserId="6793" Text="This is untested but should work:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Backend config:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SetEnvIf X-Forwarded-For &quot;^192\.168\.0\.&quot; allowme&#xD;&#xA;    order allow,deny&#xD;&#xA;    allow from env=allowme&#xD;&#xA;    deny from all&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This would allow from 192.168.0.0/24 and block all others.." />
  <row Id="49210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27646" RevisionGUID="cbda4346-4d9f-4b49-8f91-60d726f54411" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:12:40.713" UserId="1639" Text="This is probably because FTP.exe take control over the shell. So redirections, that are handled by the cmd.exe have no effect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you can do, is use the -s:filename option and redirect the whole ftp output to a file. It will contain more then you want, but you can take care of that later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, maybe, look for other ftp clients that have this functionality ( I am not aware of any).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27647" RevisionGUID="bf7a00b5-7f91-4bb5-a4d2-617d54e4cfd9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:14:16.183" UserId="4392" Text="This doesn't really answer the question, but have you considered writing a script to do it, then redirecting the output of a script? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/96269&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49212" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27629" RevisionGUID="f7fa086f-7880-45c2-b165-c93e85feb652" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:14:55.683" UserId="9897" Comment="Added OS tag" Text="&lt;gui&gt;&lt;automated-install&gt;&lt;silent&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="49213" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27648" RevisionGUID="03602a53-33c5-4fe1-a513-3df7109b3eec" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:17:45.163" UserId="9059" Text="Whatever the size is, be sure to keep the *incoming* limit over the *outgoing* limit. Servers can and will bounce your mail by sending it back (all of it) if there is a non-size-related error (wrong address or so), and even if it will only add a few bytes you don't want to reject that mail based on size.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also some &quot;email clients&quot; (I use the term cautiously) create replies to emails with attachments by adding just the same attachment. You also don't want to bounce those mails, as dumb as this behaviour may be.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Luckily there are nice MTAs (not Exchange, but for example postfix is one) that allow you to restrict bounces to a much lower size than the original mail. So that first case might be on the decline as this feature gets adopted even by braindead MTAs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, the choice of size really depends on who you mostly communicate with and what their limits are. In graphical businesses, maximum sizes of triple-digit megabytes are not unheard of, in other businesses (I want to say academics, but times have changed, sadly) you might even get away with telling people that attachments are bad practice to begin with. I know I did, but that was ten years ago :(" />
  <row Id="49214" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27649" RevisionGUID="20d3c826-b2de-495d-a37a-6316af1acc6b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:18:04.023" UserDisplayName="Tim Hodgkinson" Text="Trying to install a new client (B733) onto a new workstation (Win2003) and have no packages to select from in the Client Workstation Setup Package Selection window. When I try a test install on the JDE App server the packages are present. What on earth am I missing?" />
  <row Id="49215" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27649" RevisionGUID="20d3c826-b2de-495d-a37a-6316af1acc6b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:18:04.023" UserDisplayName="Tim Hodgkinson" Text="One World Client Install JDE" />
  <row Id="49216" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27649" RevisionGUID="20d3c826-b2de-495d-a37a-6316af1acc6b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:18:04.023" UserDisplayName="Tim Hodgkinson" Text="&lt;enterprise-deployment&gt;" />
  <row Id="49217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27650" RevisionGUID="db1beda0-64a7-4736-840f-a8717fc82b8d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:18:33.820" UserId="5234" Text="10MB here too.  It seems to be the accepted standard.  I have customers who complain about it (in particular a bunch of architects who consistently use &quot;large CAD drawings&quot; as an excuse for overriding any quota or limit) but all it takes is to point out to them that (1) email is a shared service, and therefore their activities might impact on availability for others, and (2) they have to play nice with the recipient.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For anything over that limit there are plenty of alternative arrangements available, so everyone can be kept happy." />
  <row Id="49218" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27651" RevisionGUID="738b32c6-658f-478e-853c-436a245c665f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:20:11.867" UserId="4392" Text="You are looking for a storage system that provide data deduplication: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_deduplication&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This won't relieve you of the requirement to get data off site somehow, but it will definitely help lower the amount of space required by your hot/live backups. " />
  <row Id="49222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27653" RevisionGUID="e97b235d-61e6-4a95-a4ea-0efe2b7f01b2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:22:37.260" UserId="3038" Text="We set ours to whatever Gmail's limit is. We are notoriously deaf to the pleas of certain scientists in our midsts who wish to email large data-sets back and forth with fellow researchers. This is why we still have both departmental mail-servers, and Exchange servers supporting 4000-odd users and mail-stores under 1TB." />
  <row Id="49223" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27654" RevisionGUID="917863cf-2b7d-4210-9764-2a075561e5cd" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:22:55.137" UserId="5922" Text="What you want is how NFSv4 works. In NFSv4, all the directories exported are from a single pseudo-filesystem where the real directories are mounted with `--bind`. See the [Ubuntu NFSv4 Howto][1] for an example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NFSv4Howto" />
  <row Id="49225" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27656" RevisionGUID="a63af227-24d5-4df8-8ad2-1e14f876086a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:24:55.820" UserId="5749" Text="I once used office chairs in place of one of the fancy scissor-jack devices Chopper3 mentioned.    I needed to relocate the UPS's in a rack,  I do not know why they were half way up in a wheeled rack, but they were.  I'd scheduled the maintenence window on a Sunday.  My helper had a family emergency, and could not make it.  I had my 9 year old duaghter with me.    I could not manhandle the UPS to the ground by my self, and she wasn't strong enough.  So I pulled the UPS out as far as I could on the rails,  but a chair under it, and had her hold the chair while I lowered the UPS on to the chair.   After resting and re-gripping, I lifted the UPS, and she pulled the chair out, so I could lower it the rest of the way down onto a set of blocks I'd brought to help hold the bottom UPS at the right height for the bottom of the rack.  Then the remaining UPS's when onto the stack so they where roughly at the right heights as well.  " />
  <row Id="49226" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27656" RevisionGUID="a63af227-24d5-4df8-8ad2-1e14f876086a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:24:55.820" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49227" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27657" RevisionGUID="74aa4edf-7048-4454-8d43-487b311d6d4d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:25:08.847" UserId="5234" Text="It does exactly what it says on the tin: the OS manages the size of the pagefile, which can shrink or grow dynamically, and with no lower or upper bounds.  The pro is that you don't have to worry about sizing your pagefile, the con is that your pagefile can become fragmented.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where it is useful is in exactly the situation it's designed to avoid: sizing your pagefile.  You can set it to System Managed and check in every coupla minutes (via a script), recording the smallest and largest sizes it uses over a typical usage period of a month or so.  You should then have a *very* good idea how large to manually set your pagefile to be." />
  <row Id="49228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27658" RevisionGUID="8b0b9fd9-554a-46c9-acba-4ad6112a1c77" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:31:55.290" UserId="9059" Text="&quot;uname -m&quot; is the command you're looking for. You can run both 32bit and 64bit on modern intel and AMD processors, so &quot;uname -p&quot; is not going to help you (in addition it mostly doesn't work these days, this here core2 thinks the response to &quot;uname -p&quot; is &quot;unknown&quot;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking for existence of /usr/lib64 (as has been suggested) is not going to help you either, since some hardware and system related packages will install both 32bit and 64bit libraries to be on the safe side. On my (debian) system the fakeroot package does just that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the output of &quot;uname -m&quot;, if it's i386 or i686 it's 32bit, if it's x86_64 (or alpha, or ia64 or some other 64bit architecture I've never seen :) it's 64bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(as a fun aside, my 64bit FreeBSD server returns &quot;amd64&quot;, which might be a bit strange for an intel quadcore but totally understandable if you know the history of the x86 64bit architecture)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27659" RevisionGUID="3255b43e-1eb8-4faf-80c6-1a5ad6efb692" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:33:20.360" UserId="7709" Text="Don't despair! You're not totally stuffed! THERE ARE RECOVERY OPTIONS! If only the PSU is dead, there is a piece of software I've used called Zero Assumption Recovery (and it's not the only software that can do this, but its the one I've got experience with).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've done this on a WD 2TB MyBook drive (2x 1TB):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Plug the drives into your PC (in any manner, internal, SATA, eSATA, USB caddy, whatever)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Make sure that you don't let Windows initialise, format, or prepare the disks (just cancel whatever wizards pop up)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) Run Zero Assumption Recovery - http://www.z-a-recovery.com/ - and tell it you want to repair a RAID volume (You might need to pay for it)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) It will do a byte-level inspection of your two disks to re-create the RAID. If it finds a file system, you can go ahead and run your recovery :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A better tutorial can be found here: http://www.z-a-recovery.com/raid-recovery-tutorial.htm" />
  <row Id="49230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27660" RevisionGUID="76ffcc6b-e683-47ba-97e0-41530c960162" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:33:27.020" UserId="1993" Text="## The short ##&#xD;&#xA;OpenOffice doesn't play nicely with SharePoint, Exchange, or Group Policy. Since these are integral parts of your environment, why introduce something that will make your life more difficult?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;## The Long ##&#xD;&#xA;A few OpenOffice pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Free. I assume this is why you're looking at it in the first place.&#xD;&#xA; - Opens/saves as pretty much any file format out there.&#xD;&#xA; - Cross-platform (doesn't matter for your intranet, but possibly interaction outside?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few OpenOffice cons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - File format compatibility is not 100%&#xD;&#xA; - Painfully slow&#xD;&#xA; - Clunky, unintuitive UI&#xD;&#xA; - No VBScript&#xD;&#xA; - Excel gurus will blow up your car for making them use Calc (ditto for Access/Base)&#xD;&#xA; - Default save format is .od*. Most of your users won't change this, so bring on the confusion!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's also a lot of little things in MS Office that has made it the definitive Office Suite, like Word's fantastic templating/styling system and the slick Document Map and Outline views.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming OpenOffice's feature set meets your needs, it comes down to price. Extra administration, transitionary training, dealing with users upset over losing features (through ignorance or technical disparity), extra hassle in exchanging documents, extra support cost incurred by using a non industry standard, etc. If your user base is flexible and your support system is ready to handle it (think Higher Ed), OpenOffice is probably a viable alternative.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the situation you describe, I'd stick with MS Office. While the cost of switching will depend on how your organization values time, you're going to continue paying in small ways as long as you use OpenOffice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*On a purely personal note, I've used OpenOffice and MS Office personally and professionally. I can't stand OpenOffice for all the reasons I listed above. Microsoft's merit notwithstanding, MS Office is the industry standard because it's that damn good.*" />
  <row Id="49231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27661" RevisionGUID="fc216496-6c33-48d8-8dab-45910bedd7c4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:34:27.237" UserId="8297" Text="I'm going to be setting up a network for a small office soon. The network will consist of about 5 workstations (soon to be more) and 2-3 servers (one &quot;real&quot; server and a couple workstations-turned-servers to take some load off the main machine).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been asking around to see what server Linux distros people prefer, and it seems like everyone is biased towards using traditional RedHat-like server distros. Every time I mention running an Ubuntu server, everyone says I should run Red Hat instead, but I have yet to hear any reasons &lt;b&gt;not&lt;/b&gt; to run Ubuntu servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm more familiar with using Ubuntu/Debian servers, are there any significant reasons why I should run another server distro that outweigh being familiar with an OS?" />
  <row Id="49232" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27661" RevisionGUID="fc216496-6c33-48d8-8dab-45910bedd7c4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:34:27.237" UserId="8297" Text="Are there any reasons NOT to run an Ubuntu server?" />
  <row Id="49233" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27661" RevisionGUID="fc216496-6c33-48d8-8dab-45910bedd7c4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:34:27.237" UserId="8297" Text="&lt;ubuntu-server&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="49234" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27662" RevisionGUID="62f8b663-acac-4c39-b0d5-924c37d7a3f2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:36:19.603" UserId="2783" Text="A good friend of mine that worked at a large Exchange Hosting company wrote a good article as to why you do not want to leave PSTs on a network share here:  http://cohesivelogic.com/2009/05/should-you-store-psts-on-your-file-server/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With Outlook 2007 SP2, local caching of very large mailboxes (&gt;2GB) works very well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As to your actual question... I see that you don't want to archive all e-mails, but just certain e-mails for certain people?  Are people concerned about losing information that they have moved into PSTs?" />
  <row Id="49235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27663" RevisionGUID="9cbb68df-0283-4656-88b5-6f6e8d1aa311" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:39:29.427" UserId="4392" Text="There's no real reason not to, so long as you're not using any software that is unsupported on Ubuntu Server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We run CentOS because it's got binary compatibility with RedHat Enterprise, which a lot of commercial software releases packages for. It makes my life easier, and it's really pretty stable (not the Ubuntu isn't). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you know Ubuntu, go with Ubuntu. " />
  <row Id="49236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27664" RevisionGUID="3ee47a8d-9ac2-4dae-ab1d-20bb2009c1af" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:39:59.190" UserId="6397" Text="See the similar questions here for better answers: http://serverfault.com/questions/17958/e-mail-archiving-in-an-exchange-environment&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And I copy my answer again below,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I always recommend GFI MailArchiver (http://www.gfi.com/mailarchiver/). I have been using it since 2006. Couldn't be happier. To be honest, it's a dream to whoever needs to manage the exchange server for having an archive solution. It makes so much easier managing on the server side.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The MailArrchiver is a web-based system built on ASP.net with using SQL at the back. You don't need to change anything on Exchange server side, only enable the journal on the mail storage and it archives emails on the fly in the real time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It also has bulk import tool that helps to archive the existing mail boxes and a bulk export tool to download the emails from the archiver. It also has audit built right in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of all, it's inexpensive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Plus, MailArchiver solves all requirements he has.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49237" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27665" RevisionGUID="eb021fa6-45b4-479f-ac93-9e1c9e2ef54c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:40:18.613" UserId="2043" Text="I'd say familiarity would be the key feature in choosing the OS for the server you plan to administer. Unless you're planning to use the server for something very specific that RH does better than Ubuntu, it doesn't make much sense to learn a new distro and risk making mistakes in the process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49239" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27502" RevisionGUID="b4a5c59e-025e-4c22-92b9-c53aaaa2cec4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:41:32.883" UserId="4392" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ms-office&gt;&lt;openoffice&gt;" />
  <row Id="49240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27667" RevisionGUID="73c5bfb9-696e-4f4d-be2c-a379f250275e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:43:12.150" UserId="9140" Text="Commercial and closed-source software (like backup agents) traditionally have been most supported on Red Hat (Enterprise).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't have any specific needs to run that kind of software I'd recommend debian or ubuntu to you if you are new to linux." />
  <row Id="49241" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27668" RevisionGUID="66d5d8e2-5568-4e22-809c-add19dd3e1cf" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:45:42.533" UserId="1324" Text="May I ask then why Ubuntu, but not Debian? If this is a server, you do not need all the fancy desktop stuff Ubuntu provides. What would be the added benefit of using Ubuntu?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IMHO debian is much more easy to understand and maintain than Ubuntu.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Besides that, CentOS/RH or OpenSuse (or SLES) are much better supported from third party commercial software vendors, so if you are going to use such a software, better use them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And from RHEL/SLES, nothing beats Suse's YaST for service management - easy for basic DNS and Apache config, etc." />
  <row Id="49242" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27669" RevisionGUID="3f65d941-69a8-43c2-8f7a-3f4ba4daac70" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:46:04.547" UserId="7709" Text="It'll be very difficult to know how long the entire page takes to load. Not impossible, but difficult. You will need 'group' by referrals.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For each PHP/ASP/Whatever/HTML page that is output, then find all the requests immediately after it that have the referrer of the just-requested page, for that IP address. Keep going until that IP requests another HTML page. Repeat and rinse.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for how to actually do this in AWStats, I honestly don't know. You might need to do up a script or something to parse the logs manually." />
  <row Id="49244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27670" RevisionGUID="b843769e-1841-4892-8b5f-d844e44b1e09" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:47:20.190" UserId="9110" Text="Running Mysql 5 or later on a 64bit OS is usually worth it regardless of the memory you're addressing because of the internal use of 64 integers in the database. Unless you're trying to fit your install into a tiny amount of RAM there is almost no reason to choose a 32bit install of Mysql." />
  <row Id="49245" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27671" RevisionGUID="c0e9d14b-5abd-4052-ae96-d6fbf17ab91c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:47:58.537" UserId="1873" Text="I currently run FreeBSD 6.x, and everything is running smoothly. Is there any reason for me to upgrade to 7 or 8 when it comes out? Am I missing any hot new feature, that I would just have to have?" />
  <row Id="49246" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27671" RevisionGUID="c0e9d14b-5abd-4052-ae96-d6fbf17ab91c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:47:58.537" UserId="1873" Text="Is there any reason to upgrade from FreeBSD 6.x?" />
  <row Id="49247" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27671" RevisionGUID="c0e9d14b-5abd-4052-ae96-d6fbf17ab91c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:47:58.537" UserId="1873" Text="&lt;freebsd&gt;&lt;upgrade&gt;" />
  <row Id="49248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27672" RevisionGUID="a12d6043-2649-4d6e-add2-a77742ee3542" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:48:46.973" UserId="1993" Text="The first thing to do is ensure that the firewall is actually the culprit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To do this, set your default block rules to log. On my firewalls, that's two lines at the top of the filter rules:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    block in log&#xD;&#xA;    block out log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wait for the NFS mount to hang again and check your log interface:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tcpdump -eeni pflog0 'host &lt;client ip&gt; and host &lt;nfs server ip&gt;'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're seeing these packets blocked at the firewall, please post your pf.conf. If not, we need to start looking beyond the firewall." />
  <row Id="49249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27673" RevisionGUID="7a763685-bb97-4124-b21b-39dc376c79b6" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:50:12.570" UserId="1478" Text="I upgraded Server 2003 to Server 2008 &quot;in place&quot;. It is running SQL Server 2005 and has continued to do so without any problems. However, I then promoted it (temporarily) to a DC which screws up the SQL Server group security so just be wary about that (the fix is supposedly here although I haven't had time to try it out yet: http://serverfault.com/questions/24484/sql-server-2005-on-2008-dc-cannot-change-service-user )" />
  <row Id="49250" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27674" RevisionGUID="cdd93f9d-ce4a-4409-814e-690b405043c5" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:52:51.893" UserId="9362" Text="Hello. I have xrvt running with the screen command, but it flickers every time I press, say the right arrow key. (It flickers white). Any ideas as to why?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ps. Gnome terminal is hard to set up with 6x13 condensed bitmap fonts..." />
  <row Id="49251" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27674" RevisionGUID="cdd93f9d-ce4a-4409-814e-690b405043c5" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:52:51.893" UserId="9362" Text="xrvt/xterm flickers in Ubuntu when using screen" />
  <row Id="49252" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27674" RevisionGUID="cdd93f9d-ce4a-4409-814e-690b405043c5" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:52:51.893" UserId="9362" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;console&gt;&lt;screen&gt;" />
  <row Id="49253" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27675" RevisionGUID="a9c12833-4b3c-4dc7-8265-aee372e2faf4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:53:47.477" UserId="7709" Text="It's been beaten to death already, so I won't mention the cost of re-training your users (which will be massive).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another cost to measure in is the toll it will take on your support staff. Technological inertia is a huge force, and with 120 users all switching to an unfamiliar product at the same time, they're going to get lost, confused, angry, and tech support will bear the grunt of it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It might be as simple as increasing shifts for the transition period, but you might loose some awesome team members, simply because they're sick of dealing with it (assuming you have some tech support people, otherwise whoever it is who DOES do the support will hate you, unless its yourself, in which case you're making more work for yourself)." />
  <row Id="49254" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27676" RevisionGUID="cf6c3ebf-2301-4b47-9cff-0d70e54b95c7" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:54:02.203" UserId="6177" Text="At the individual PC level, all the amazing improvements in hardware speed and capacity have given people a distorted sense of what's reasonable.  Fast PCs and laptops with 500GB+ hard drives make dealing with 5MB pics from digital cameras, movies, documents with lots of pictures inserted, etc., no problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then they want to send them out over the wire...  Yes, it works lots of the time to send 20MB, 50MB, even bigger attachments.  But when something goes wrong, it messes things up in a much bigger way.  There's bigger files in the queue, maybe your bandwidth charges go up, something like that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, that's all preliminary to what we did: pulled 20MB out of the air and said &quot;that's it.&quot;  It's big enough that we can relate it to our 100MBPS connection and try to give them a sense of what would happen if 50 people were trying to send the same size file at once.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49255" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27677" RevisionGUID="f2f2921e-50b7-4999-914b-a30e13a17e77" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:55:39.517" UserId="7083" Text="I've once used a [butane soldering iron][1] to reseat a flapping component from a PCB whilst in the field.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It worked, I might add. But I avoid repeating if possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dansdata.com/portasol.htm" />
  <row Id="49256" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27677" RevisionGUID="f2f2921e-50b7-4999-914b-a30e13a17e77" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:55:39.517" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27678" RevisionGUID="e89afd9d-067f-48d6-b987-c3a565ddb229" CreationDate="2009-06-17T21:58:24.613" UserId="9140" Text="This is a default screen behaviour (it flashes instead of beeping your pc-speaker).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try this while running screen:&#xD;&#xA;setenv vbell off&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does the problem go away?" />
  <row Id="49258" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27679" RevisionGUID="97c0363e-1a1b-4cc3-8955-7b5c3aba9b23" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:01:38.197" UserId="7709" Text="Swiss Army Knife.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have two, a big one I keep in my desk and a standard one on my keyring (just remember to take it off when you go to the airport!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It even saved my life (or at least  bad trip to the hospital) one day when I was cutting through some 240v wiring our electrician swore was disconnected (but wasn't)." />
  <row Id="49259" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27679" RevisionGUID="97c0363e-1a1b-4cc3-8955-7b5c3aba9b23" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:01:38.197" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27680" RevisionGUID="52e37b03-b6e2-4e0d-9ec8-7725363e747c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:01:51.707" UserId="9140" Text="Not that I can think off from the top of my head, but you could always read these:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.0R/announce.html&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.1R/announce.html&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.2R/announce.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Now I remember. It has a very improved scheduler set by default (from 7.1 and up), wich increases SMP performance dramatically." />
  <row Id="49261" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27681" RevisionGUID="8362d33b-ac9a-446b-913a-edf15f461ae9" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:02:58.363" UserId="7342" Text="I should start out by saying that I've been involved in the Debian community since 2002, so this is clearly biased.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use Ubuntu exclusively on our servers. We use Dapper or Hardy, primarily for the 6 years of security support we get on the base OS. We found that Debian's year of security support for old releases wasn't enough for us to rebuild all our servers. The reliablity of releases is a nice thing to have. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We haven't found a significant difference between running Debian and Ubuntu. I have 8 or 9 years experience with building Debian packages, so I'm comfortable rebuilding Debian packages for Ubuntu in the rare cases where something is in Debian, but not in Ubuntu. In some cases, you might even get away with installing the binary packages directly. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've always been scared away from RPM based distributions, purely because there's such a divergence between distributions that packages for one will not work on another in most cases. Debian has a comprehensive policy guide, which describes how packages should interact. This is possibly Debian's greatest strengths. Redhat and friends also tend not to have the wide range of packages that Debian does. It's very rare that I find something I want that's not available by apt. Yum is in no way comparable to apt-get." />
  <row Id="49262" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27682" RevisionGUID="9438323a-af3b-4c47-8569-de5c3a2c49cd" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:03:29.643" UserId="3372" Text="Will a Microsoft Office 2007 OEM CD recognize a retail version product key?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49263" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27682" RevisionGUID="9438323a-af3b-4c47-8569-de5c3a2c49cd" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:03:29.643" UserId="3372" Text="Microsoft Office 2007 OEM CD With Retail Version Product Key" />
  <row Id="49264" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27682" RevisionGUID="9438323a-af3b-4c47-8569-de5c3a2c49cd" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:03:29.643" UserId="3372" Text="&lt;ms-office-2007&gt;&lt;ms-office&gt;" />
  <row Id="49265" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27683" RevisionGUID="4f377b48-5042-42b0-bf25-1239863d917f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:05:46.253" UserId="2189" Text="Not really based on what you've provided.  Ubuntu Server is easy to setup and maintain, the community is very large, and the LTS versions are supported for a good long time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I find package management far superior in the Debian / apt world than in the RedHat / rpm world...but that might just be me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyhow, where it might pay off to use one of the big supported distributions like RedHat is the hardware support.  You can buy a server with RedHat or Suse pre-installed, for instance, and it'll work...including all of the management tools.  If you use Ubuntu Server you might have to struggle a little bit to get it running, and you might have to manually repackage or find a 3rd party package for any hardware management tools.  For instance I have Ubuntu Server running on a Dell PowerEdge machine and had to grab a 3rd party package for Dell's OMSA (which helps you configure and manage Dell hardware).  Took a little bit to get configured, but it's been running fine since." />
  <row Id="49266" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27684" RevisionGUID="5449c8fa-17ca-4a2a-96ef-d249d94599f7" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:06:36.343" UserId="4302" Text="On my Windows 2008 system, I've attached an external USB drive that's encrypted using Truecrypt.  Once I mounted the Truecrypt drive, I share some of the directories from that drive using Windows file sharing.  I find that whenever I restart the server, these shared directories are no longer shared and I to recreate share them.  Pain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to avoid having to recreate these shares every time?  Perhaps if I can script the sharing of the drives, perhaps I can run the script I mount the drive?  If so, can someone tell me what the script commands are?  For example, I want to share Z:\dir1 as \\myserver\dir1  to everyone (no authentication required).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="49267" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27684" RevisionGUID="5449c8fa-17ca-4a2a-96ef-d249d94599f7" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:06:36.343" UserId="4302" Text="Windows 2008 and Truecrypt:  how to automatically mount shared folders after restart?" />
  <row Id="49268" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27684" RevisionGUID="5449c8fa-17ca-4a2a-96ef-d249d94599f7" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:06:36.343" UserId="4302" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;truecrypt&gt;&lt;sharedfolders&gt;" />
  <row Id="49269" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27685" RevisionGUID="52729554-462e-4710-9178-8d7c7bd878bf" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:07:28.480" UserId="8385" Text="Nope.  You'll need a Retail CD for the installation to be successful." />
  <row Id="49270" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27686" RevisionGUID="a011f09a-e3be-429a-8975-d7d6083b34f6" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:07:36.687" UserId="2189" Text="No, I've never found that to work with any Microsoft products (in the last 9 years or so)." />
  <row Id="49271" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27687" RevisionGUID="0c47cbc0-4f66-4a10-8aec-b4fdadabac68" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:08:57.540" UserId="9751" Text="And, for the third time... Nope" />
  <row Id="49272" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27688" RevisionGUID="01599d44-82a3-481c-88c0-575b591cc719" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:09:40.830" UserId="1840" Text="Microsoft has always been very strict with their licensing keys.  I haven't tried it with 2007, but I **Highly** doubt it will work.  " />
  <row Id="49273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27689" RevisionGUID="9c49c6ff-86ae-4377-bc69-36cb56d65e7f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:09:58.757" UserId="7709" Text="I just grabbed an Office 2007 Dell OEM disc, and plugged in my Retail Office Ultimate key and it was rejected." />
  <row Id="49274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27690" RevisionGUID="796ab4d2-fac6-416a-87e0-0731d44baa43" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:10:35.183" UserId="4562" Text="It might be risky but you can probably find a torrent download of the Office 2007 retail disk.  Be careful.  Or ask around to your sysadmin friends in your area to see if anyone has one." />
  <row Id="49275" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27580" RevisionGUID="af3fad94-be58-40bd-8f00-972730813917" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:13:29.200" UserId="9004" Comment="Clarified Outlook requirement" Text="If you aren't willing or able to prevent users from keeping old emails &quot;forever&quot;, what solution do you have?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Exchange 2007 allows pretty massive mailboxes, but lots of people still recommend against it (although it's unclear whether there's a real reason for this, or it's just an old habit).&#xD;&#xA;- PST files should not be on a network drives -- the choice seems to be doing it anyways (which I've done for years without any real problem) or backing up desktops (not always an option)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So.. what else?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Notes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Bonus points for solutions that works with hosted/outsourced exchange setups&#xD;&#xA; - Bonus points for solutions that allow for some archives to be shared amongst users&#xD;&#xA; - Bonus points for solutions that allow access/search via Outlook (**Added w/ Edit**)&#xD;&#xA; - This has nothing to do with compliance, I don't care to archive all emails" />
  <row Id="49276" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27691" RevisionGUID="d075d021-7f4b-454a-be8b-b7188e18d9a0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:15:16.950" UserId="8263" Text="Another set of tools I am surprised isn't used more - or heard of more - is [Performance Co-Pilot][1].  This is an amazing performance monitoring tool, and is available on a number of UNIX platforms.  It is a distributed performance monitoring tool with historical recording and history recall - and with an amazing set of rules for alarms and so forth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The rule engine allows you to do things like: notify me if 80% of the disks in the system are busy 90% of the time over the last 5 minutes; notify me if disk space grows at a rate of more than 1Gb/min; notify me if all processors are more than 75% busy during work hours; notify me of swap space used is increasing more than 5% per second for the last minute.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The tool also allows you to run the programs not only in real-time - even against hosts across the network - but also over an archive file acting as if it was in real-time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:  http://oss.sgi.com/projects/pcp/ " />
  <row Id="49277" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27691" RevisionGUID="d075d021-7f4b-454a-be8b-b7188e18d9a0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:15:16.950" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49278" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27692" RevisionGUID="c2dc2fc0-bba5-430b-ab30-190513769f7f" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:15:42.490" UserId="984" Text="If you restart the server service then those shares should be restored.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you wanted to script this just do a **net stop server** followed by a **net start server**." />
  <row Id="49279" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27663" RevisionGUID="7a77902d-b6ae-4110-8363-7952353dfe6b" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:16:12.457" UserId="7342" Comment="corrected spelling" Text="There's no real reason not to, so long as you're not using any software that is unsupported on Ubuntu Server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We run CentOS because it's got binary compatibility with RedHat Enterprise, which a lot of commercial software releases packages for. It makes my life easier, and it's really pretty stable (not that Ubuntu isn't). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you know Ubuntu, go with Ubuntu. " />
  <row Id="49280" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27693" RevisionGUID="31f52d23-395b-4734-aacc-edaaeae4321c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:16:28.510" UserId="5234" Text="**DON'T USE PST FILES AT ALL**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They are the worst invention ever for networked environments.  If you have Exchange you don't need them.  I'm continually amazed by the amount of people who wreck perfectly good Exchange implementations by adding on PST files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the PC they don't get backed up, unless you resort to trickery like copying them back to the network at logoff (which won't be good for remote users).  On the server Outlook will maintain open file handles and kill your network performance.  Either way you're relying on the user to manage their own email storage.  *Most users are not interested in doing this.*  They want to log in in the morning and get their stuff.  Either way they're not secure - anybody can pull a copy of the PST and - even if they're encrypted - run a brute force decrypter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The solution is to implement tight data retention policies with rigidly enforced quotas.  Tell the users that retaining correspondance in the email is useless, as that record of correspondance is not accessible by anyone else (so what's gonna happen when they're on leave and it's urgently needed), and it will be lost when they leave the organisation and their account gets deleted.  Instruct them to either print and file important correspondance, or to save it off to a shared folder.  Get them into good habits and the end result will be better for everybody." />
  <row Id="49281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27694" RevisionGUID="0c40a19c-3deb-4c47-a6c3-d848bd9e5bbb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:19:08.050" UserId="8006" Text="There may be an obvious answer to this question, but I have not found it yet.  I have two email messages that were sent to two different people in our company.  One individual did receive the message, the other did not.  I want to try to better understand why.  One way that I can think of to do this is to pick apart the raw email message (we use Exchange 2003) and see if there is a possibility that the problem resides at the senders side rather than our side.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What techniques are typically use to dissect email messages and/or verify their validity.  Also, what can be done on the Exchange side to understand what may have happened to undelivered email messages.  I have asked our local exchange administrator, and he can't answer the question for me, so I'm looking to the community for help -- Thanks." />
  <row Id="49282" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27694" RevisionGUID="0c40a19c-3deb-4c47-a6c3-d848bd9e5bbb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:19:08.050" UserId="8006" Text="How to dissect raw data in an email" />
  <row Id="49283" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27694" RevisionGUID="0c40a19c-3deb-4c47-a6c3-d848bd9e5bbb" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:19:08.050" UserId="8006" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;exchange-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="49284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27695" RevisionGUID="8ee65b35-0e32-4cbd-bc66-74896383e251" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:20:18.983" Text="Anyone out there using appdirector ? How is the experience." />
  <row Id="49285" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27695" RevisionGUID="8ee65b35-0e32-4cbd-bc66-74896383e251" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:20:18.983" Text="Anyone using Appdirector ?" />
  <row Id="49286" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27695" RevisionGUID="8ee65b35-0e32-4cbd-bc66-74896383e251" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:20:18.983" Text="&lt;web-apps&gt;" />
  <row Id="49287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27696" RevisionGUID="7498fbab-847d-42b4-9c55-ff8f996f4e3a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:23:39.010" UserId="7342" Text="I don't think you should be thinking in terms of numbers of servers, but in the number of CPU cores and amount of memory. From what I remember hadoop loves memory. The more cores you have, the more job processes you can run at the same time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think it's going to be dependant on your work load. How well do your jobs partition? Fewer bigger chunks will probably favour few fast servers, where as more smaller jobs might favour more slower machines. " />
  <row Id="49288" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27697" RevisionGUID="413ced76-1010-439e-8ffe-4cf21f5a8e4d" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:26:07.443" UserId="7991" Text="RedHat derivatives tend to be much better supported by both software and hardware vendors." />
  <row Id="49289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27698" RevisionGUID="fba15821-cb4e-44d8-92d5-67714421c939" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:26:53.450" UserId="4268" Text="You can use Exchange's message tracking feature to see exactly what path the incoming messages took; that's where I'd start. There's a decent tutorial [here][1]. Note that this is something your Exchange admin will have to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Exchange-2003-Message-Tracking-Logging.html" />
  <row Id="49290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27699" RevisionGUID="dea04934-c641-4cdc-9bb9-70688472ae20" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:28:54.803" UserId="2189" Text="Well I don't think it's possible do dissect an email message that never arrived :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) You should eventually receive an NDR at the sender indicating why a message failed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) Enable Message Tracking and you'll get a log of all the messages through the server.  Here's a little [walk-through][1] .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) Enable logging in the SMTP service (if the messages originated outside of the server).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) Check your firewall logs, especially if they do any sort of mail filtering (many do).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Exchange-2003-Message-Tracking-Logging.html" />
  <row Id="49291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27700" RevisionGUID="81cb2cb1-1a11-4a93-a3ca-abdb7ba70574" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:33:15.543" UserId="8263" Text=" - **Know how to program.**  Yes, that's important: as one commenter said, if you do it more than once, then write a script - and write it well.&#xD;&#xA; - **Know the tools included in a standard operating system installation.**  For UNIX administrators, this means tools like Korn Shell (ksh) and Perl and vi.  Don't rely on Emacs or Ruby or Tcl or C shell being present.&#xD;&#xA; - **Know the network.** How are Ethernet packets put together?  What does a packet look like?  What are the differing packet types?  Get to know tools like tcpdump, wireshark, snoop, and others.&#xD;&#xA; - **Write portable code.**  If the code is going to run under Linux - and Tru64 - and Solaris - and OpenVMS - then write portable code.  Even if it will run under two versions of UNIX only - make it portable.  But then, if it doesn't need to be portable, don't spend extra time on it.&#xD;&#xA; - **Know where the documentation is.** For Perl, this means perldoc, Perl Mongers, perl.org, etc.  For ksh, this means the man page and your favorite Korn shell books.&#xD;&#xA; - **Document, document, document, document!** Document your code, create man pages, create inline Perl documentation, and whatever else is appropriate.  Explain how to use the program and why you coded it that way.&#xD;&#xA; - **Know your system's packaging tools.** Know how to create RPMs for Red Hat, or HP-UX depots, or Solaris packages: this will allow you to build packages for your systems, and thus to integrate them into the installation process." />
  <row Id="49292" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27700" RevisionGUID="81cb2cb1-1a11-4a93-a3ca-abdb7ba70574" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:33:15.543" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27702" RevisionGUID="dbc0ea77-08fb-4b11-a192-a5b049b1f883" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:36:38.250" UserId="1426" Text="I would look at using RedHat if any of the following are true. You have software that’s only supported on RedHat, you need to run on architectures Ubuntu doesn’t support, only I can think of off the top of my head is IBM mainframes, or you need 24 7 reliability and the support costs that go along with it. I know you can buy support for Ubuntu server, but if I was willing to pay thousands for support contracts I would go with RedHat do to there established reputation in the server market." />
  <row Id="49295" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27703" RevisionGUID="9af400a0-d5dd-409d-933b-309ad202f34a" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:45:16.813" UserId="1426" Text="Another option that I don't find on home laptops is hard drive passwords. The business Del's we use at work have this so if it gets stolen none of the data can be accessed. You could use truecrypt for this but it's a lot nicer to have it built into the machine." />
  <row Id="49298" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27705" RevisionGUID="321a97cf-11dd-4162-bd98-7df2374e8b78" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:48:13.093" UserId="9503" Text="I'm sorry, but from what I ever see and read, it's not possible at the moment." />
  <row Id="49299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27706" RevisionGUID="0053f2b3-5b4b-4552-ab14-5eaaf4a7c1e4" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:48:56.807" UserId="8263" Text="I've always set up challenges (or goals) for my home network.  Computers can be had from the dumpster practically, and Linux runs on everything - as does BSD.  Get some computers, network them together, and start rolling your own challenges.  Here are some examples of what I've done in my own network in the past:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Set up an Appleshare server.&#xD;&#xA; - Set up an NFS server.&#xD;&#xA; - Set up NIS and use it to authenticate Linux, UNIX, and Windows NT clients.&#xD;&#xA; - Set up a web server caching proxy.&#xD;&#xA; - Set up an Internet gateway.&#xD;&#xA; - Configure a firewall using ipfw or using iptables (depending on host).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, install as many different kinds of operating systems and platforms over time.  Put Yellow Dog Linux on that aging PowerPC Macintosh, or put OpenBSD on that old 68k Macintosh Quadra, or put OpenSolaris/x86 on that Intel-based system, or put FreeBSD on that Intel-based workstation.  For extra challenge, put these operating systems on laptops: they are more unforgiving.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you take to using old hardware, you'll also have plenty of practice in debugging problems (heh).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing you might consider: use a virtual machine with snapshots available.  Install a system into it, then take a snapshot.  Once a snapshot is saved, then &quot;destroy&quot; your (virtual!) environment: delete all of the libraries, or delete all files, or overwrite the boot sector and reboot.  How will you recover your virtual computer without resorting to the snapshot?  Test yourself." />
  <row Id="49300" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27707" RevisionGUID="ee71c9b2-fedb-4905-b256-a49ef85288a8" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:49:10.440" UserId="1426" Text="If you use jails support will be improved in 7.2 and 8.0 allowing better network access." />
  <row Id="49301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27708" RevisionGUID="0a2bc8f0-8447-481d-8136-33b346b657ca" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:49:23.153" UserId="1821" Text="I have seen some sites offering 'Malware University', training classes on getting rid of malware. Do you think that updating your malware removal skills (or arsenal) is necessary from time to time? How do you become more effective at dealing with this growing, very complicated, threat?" />
  <row Id="49302" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27708" RevisionGUID="0a2bc8f0-8447-481d-8136-33b346b657ca" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:49:23.153" UserId="1821" Text="Updating Malware cleaning skills" />
  <row Id="49303" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27708" RevisionGUID="0a2bc8f0-8447-481d-8136-33b346b657ca" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:49:23.153" UserId="1821" Text="&lt;virus&gt;&lt;malware&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;antivirus&gt;&lt;skills&gt;" />
  <row Id="49304" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27709" RevisionGUID="f88126c9-3c14-4181-b896-4303e0a7253c" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:53:03.660" UserId="7200" Text="You don't &quot;clean malware&quot;. You level the machines and start over. Anything less is a disservice to your Customer and asking for trouble. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as dealing with the &quot;threat&quot;, you don't allow users to run with Administrator-level accounts (on Windows), and you don't install untrusted software (inasmuch as is possible). It seems fairly simple to me. My Customers and I do not have a problem with malicious software." />
  <row Id="49305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27710" RevisionGUID="dd03f03a-2714-48ae-8564-f44ba476d097" CreationDate="2009-06-17T22:58:39.360" UserId="9751" Text="Beyond the sysadmin practices of not letting users run administrator level accounts and such, a lot of the responsibility falls on you to remain up to date on threats in the wild.  Read the warnings that popup when a new threat is found.    Have an update policy for your software.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nothing can destroy security faster than a determined user, so educate them about the dangers of clicking on random links in e-mail or installing applications unless they are sure of the source (etc), making sure to tell them that this is for the safety of the network and their home computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you stay on top of news, and keep your users in the know, then you drastically reduce your exposure." />
  <row Id="49306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27711" RevisionGUID="8cd28c89-d082-4603-beca-7d001bed00e5" CreationDate="2009-06-17T23:02:06.543" UserId="5694" Text="The limit itself is somewhat less important than providing a consistent, secure and easy-to-use alternative to users who need to send and receive larger files." />
  <row Id="49307" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27712" RevisionGUID="e3726b1a-3d79-4944-96b7-045615d40311" CreationDate="2009-06-17T23:09:41.083" UserId="9912" Text="Hi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please could someone give me instructions on how to install Mono 2.4 &amp; mod_mono &amp; xsp from source on Fedora 11&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So that I can run ASP.NET &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lucifer" />
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  <row Id="49309" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27712" RevisionGUID="e3726b1a-3d79-4944-96b7-045615d40311" CreationDate="2009-06-17T23:09:41.083" UserId="9912" Text="&lt;mono&gt;&lt;fedora11&gt;" />
  <row Id="49310" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27713" RevisionGUID="4b3ae1e7-768f-4ea8-82ef-1d326985e5e0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T23:13:31.030" UserId="4302" Text="On my Windows 2008 system, I've attached an external USB drive that's encrypted using Truecrypt. Once I mounted the Truecrypt drive, I share some of the directories from that drive using Windows file sharing.  I tried sharing a folder called &quot;media&quot; and when I try to access that folder from a Vista client on my LAN via \\myserver\media, I get this error:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; \\myserver\media is not accessible.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; You might not have permission to use&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this network resource. Contact the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; administrator of this server to find&#xD;&#xA;&gt; out if you have access permissions.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; An unexpected network error occurred.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I share the folder media under some name such as fizzbuzz then I can access \\myserver\fizzbuzz w/o any errors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any clues as to why this is happening?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Related:&#xD;&#xA;http://serverfault.com/questions/27684/windows-2008-and-truecrypt-how-to-automatically-mount-shared-folders-after-rest" />
  <row Id="49311" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27713" RevisionGUID="4b3ae1e7-768f-4ea8-82ef-1d326985e5e0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T23:13:31.030" UserId="4302" Text="Windows 2008 and Truecrypt: can't access shared folder called &quot;media&quot;" />
  <row Id="49312" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27713" RevisionGUID="4b3ae1e7-768f-4ea8-82ef-1d326985e5e0" CreationDate="2009-06-17T23:13:31.030" UserId="4302" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;sharedfolders&gt;" />
  <row Id="49313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27714" RevisionGUID="86639a2a-8fc0-4246-8fc9-9e516c515b23" CreationDate="2009-06-17T23:17:04.330" UserId="8263" Text="[Getting Things Done][1] as well as [Ready for Anything][2], both by David Allen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Things-Done-Stress-Free-Productivity/dp/0142000280/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.amazon.com/Ready-Anything-Productivity-Principles-Work/dp/0143034545/" />
  <row Id="49314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27715" RevisionGUID="39b1e9c6-a4d2-41a8-a79c-a4ac5a8906cc" CreationDate="2009-06-17T23:20:05.103" UserId="3299" Text="This guide really shows the step by step process to installing TFS 2010 on Windows Server 2008 R2:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://blogs.msdn.com/dstfs/archive/2009/05/15/installing-tfs-2010-on-windows-server-2008-r2-rc.aspx" />
  <row Id="49315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27716" RevisionGUID="71e1246e-f5e3-46a8-81e2-9370516fe5fa" CreationDate="2009-06-17T23:39:55.017" UserId="8263" Text="My experience with ThinkPads has also been good (albeit, my hardware is much older).  I've used CentOS with a 760XL and have put Linux onto other older systems as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best recommendation I can give is to use Google to search out other's experiences with the *specific* model; also use sites like [TuxMobil][1] and [Linux-Laptop.net][2].  TuxMobil covers non-Linux environments as well; Linux-Laptop.net does not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, Linux is much more likely to support all of the hardware and to work out of the box.  This is not due to any fault of BSD, but to the popularity of Linux, including manufacturers that help support Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even so, FreeBSd will work on many laptops, and OpenBSD has better support for wireless than any other distribution out there (possibly including Linux).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you have limited memory in the laptop, use a Linux distribution that uses a lightweight desktop (such as XFCE, Fluxbox, IceWM, or WindowMaker).  Switching to FreeBSD will also help: the BSD environments are smaller than Linux generally.  Stay away from OpenSolaris if memory is tight or if the system is unsupported: again, not because OpenSolaris is bad, but because it doesn't have the popularity, the drivers, and so on - and is just plain larger than the others.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One more thing: when done, document what you did and how and what your experiences were - and post it to the Internet for people to learn from your experiences.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tuxmobil.org/mylaptops.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.linux-laptop.net/" />
  <row Id="49316" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27365" RevisionGUID="c95c93c8-141e-4cab-820b-dd0d7e218c87" CreationDate="2009-06-17T23:43:19.347" UserId="1101" Comment="added 233 characters in body" Text="When I'm ssh'ed into one of our office servers (which run Fedora 10) from home, my session times out after a fairly short period of activity (5 minutes or so).  I've tried using TcpKeepAlive on the client side, to no effect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The thing I don't understand is that if I'm in the office on the company LAN, I can leave a session inactive all day without it timing out, so the behaviour seems to be dependent on my location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas why this is happening and how to prevent timeouts when I'm not on the LAN ?  I'm using the Terminal client on Mac OSX if that helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE - Dave Drager's suggestion of using the ServerAliveInterval set to non-zero with TcpKeepAlive=no worked for me.  Regarding some of the other answers, the ClientAlive... settings aren't accepted by the Mac OSX SSH client.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27717" RevisionGUID="1e621361-a5c5-4bc8-a183-339e997389be" CreationDate="2009-06-17T23:52:18.327" UserId="9492" Text="Here is a few tools I have come across:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**&lt;a href=&quot;http://sydiproject.com/&quot;&gt;SYDI&lt;/a&gt;**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Auto network documentation tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.technipages.com/download-orca-msi-editor.html&quot;&gt;Orca&lt;/a&gt;**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Messing with .msi files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**&lt;a href=&quot;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.04.utilityspotlight.aspx?pr=blog&quot;&gt;RichCopy&lt;/a&gt;**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An advanced alternative to Robocopy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imgburn.com/&quot;&gt;ImgBurn&lt;/a&gt;**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best free burning software hands down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.powergui.org/index.jspa&quot;&gt;PowerGUI&lt;/a&gt;**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A nice PowerShell editor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain&quot;&gt;Your Brain!&lt;/a&gt;**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A lot of people seem to forget they have one.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49319" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27717" RevisionGUID="1e621361-a5c5-4bc8-a183-339e997389be" CreationDate="2009-06-17T23:52:18.327" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27718" RevisionGUID="467a9c07-d765-4fbe-a6e3-0c3f81bd9710" CreationDate="2009-06-17T23:53:32.150" UserDisplayName="John" Text="I am using the windows task manager to track CPU utilization. I notice that my applications are listed but Windows Services are not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For instance, total CPU usage is listed at 70% but the summary of the listed applications is only about 30%. I assume the difference is from services that are not being listed in the Processes tab in the Windows Task Manager." />
  <row Id="49321" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27718" RevisionGUID="467a9c07-d765-4fbe-a6e3-0c3f81bd9710" CreationDate="2009-06-17T23:53:32.150" UserDisplayName="John" Text="How do I track CPU Utilization for Window Services?" />
  <row Id="49322" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27718" RevisionGUID="467a9c07-d765-4fbe-a6e3-0c3f81bd9710" CreationDate="2009-06-17T23:53:32.150" UserDisplayName="John" Text="&lt;cpu&gt;&lt;processes&gt;" />
  <row Id="49323" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27719" RevisionGUID="15fc7d9e-628d-44b7-a9bb-d7912802d64e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T23:54:59.667" UserId="9834" Text=" - SQL - Everything works with databases&#xD;&#xA; - Programming - Language doesn't matter, just as long as you understand the logic and process you can learn and adapt to any language.&#xD;&#xA; - How to DOCUMENT CODE and CHANGES - this one is huge.  How many times have you been stuck looking at a configuration trying to figure out why the heck did somebody do this and what is it going to affect if we change it back.  This one goes beyond anything you code or script, this one covers when you make changes in the firewall settings to handle a fringe case when user X recieves email from domain Y on a tuesday afternoon when its raining out.  And it may not be you, it might be the PFY who decides to go ahead and do itand then has to call you up at 2am on your vacation because everything broke in a hideous manner.&#xD;&#xA; - System languages - On Windows this is things like Powershell and WMI that let your scripting languages tie into some pretty powerful resources and do anything on a PC.  Unix/Linux has their own set of tools that I'm not qualified to speak on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49324" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27719" RevisionGUID="15fc7d9e-628d-44b7-a9bb-d7912802d64e" CreationDate="2009-06-17T23:54:59.667" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49325" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26846" RevisionGUID="350d471d-62a5-440e-8473-fd70ffb3e3e2" CreationDate="2009-06-17T23:56:13.770" UserId="3299" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="I have a 64 bit Windows Server 2008 machine that I want to run the Cisco Systems VPN Client 5 on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will not run because it says it does not support 32 bit.  Is there a way to fire this off under 32 bit mode?  Is there such a thing as 32 bit mode?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I know there are similar questions out there, but I read through them and none of them worked for me.) " />
  <row Id="49326" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27720" RevisionGUID="75692182-e81e-4d9d-9264-28ed47544239" CreationDate="2009-06-17T23:56:21.150" UserId="8258" Text="Here's my list of things I didn't see mentioned yet:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;sticky stuff (like wall tack or putty) to pick up little bits in that fall into tight spots (little screws on motherboards)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;non-oily lube (like teflon bike chain lube) for tight or frozen bolts on racked gear (esp. great for tight-back-of-rack situations where there's not much room to get good leverage)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;strong knife, v. stiff putty knife, or very thin-tipped prybar for popping the head off stripped bolts.  Drills work OK too but there's the vibrations and the metal shavings all over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;locking vice grips including small &amp; needle-nosed.  In some cases, almost as good as an extra set of hands.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;velcro strapping not just permanent cable management but hold things out of the way in packed racks w/o creating tangles or rats' nests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;slim-edge rack tool for popping the rack nuts in and out.  I keep several in my bag &quot;just in case&quot;...they are commonly included with new rack-mount hardware but *not always* and they rarely are handy when you have to move something months or years later.  Saves me a lot of ripped up fingers.  They are also often just right for depressing the lock-clip on a tight network cable (esp. one with a boot) or a lock-clipped fibre patch for those of us with stubby or snausage fingers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;another use for a cellphone: some (easy) way to light up the screen as a quick flashflight for checking stuff out in the backs of cabinets&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Back in my desktop days, I had kept a handful of CMOS batteries in my bag.  This was esp. helpful when dealing with labs and offices where the PCs were 2+ years old and resolved many &quot;head scratchers&quot; in short order.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;++ paper clip...tape monkey's best friend when a robotic library is good and jammed :D" />
  <row Id="49327" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27720" RevisionGUID="75692182-e81e-4d9d-9264-28ed47544239" CreationDate="2009-06-17T23:56:21.150" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27722" RevisionGUID="a7ddc947-e427-49ad-a9f0-d15bda7a1c4b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T00:02:32.237" UserId="9492" Text="Try the Extensoft Free Extended Task manager&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.extensoft.com/?p=downloads&quot;&gt;http://www.extensoft.com/?p=downloads&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Go to the **Services** tab and right click on a running service, then click on **Go to Process**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will take you back to the Processes tab and highlight what Process is being used by that service.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49330" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27723" RevisionGUID="13eec080-7506-47c0-ba70-a1c44e9733cb" CreationDate="2009-06-18T00:02:50.303" UserId="9273" Text="Autoruns and Process Explorer from Sysinternals (now owned by MS) are your best friends. The 1-2 infections I see a week where a user has opened an attachment or visited a page a shouldn't have, and the (up-to-date!) AV hasn't complete blocked it, can generally be cleaned up in 30m-1h of effort with just these two utilities. The are pretty straightforward, and after your first few clean-ups you'll get a knack for knowing what needs to be killed/removed to get rid of the malware. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, every once in awhile you'll run across a peice of malware that isn't written by an idiot, so if you can't make any headway after 30 minutes, its time for a complete wipe/reload.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep in mind, this is more appropriate for SMB's where hardware isn't standardized. If you've got a system image and the user's files are backed up, it will be quicker to wipe/reload at the first sign of infection." />
  <row Id="49331" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27724" RevisionGUID="0ba53170-2598-4f9d-9378-338a58dc3362" CreationDate="2009-06-18T00:04:01.020" UserId="5749" Text="Not sure if this kiosk is part of a domain.&#xD;&#xA;If you are logging in as a certain user, then you could create a GPO that prevents Shutdown, and tie it to an OU with that user in it.  Your employees' logins would not be in the OU, so they would not get the GPO, and will retain the ability to Shutdown via the start menu. &#xD;&#xA;We do this in our call center, where we want the PC's left on overnight, so they can be patched.  If they really need to be shutdown, an admin or manager can login, and shutdown. " />
  <row Id="49332" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27725" RevisionGUID="a7b293a1-49a9-43a0-bda2-6b8467d2eacf" CreationDate="2009-06-18T00:04:25.030" UserId="8258" Text="Knowing how to bind to your LDAP and retrieve needed info in your scripting language of choice is key for everything from troubleshooting to really stepping up various types of automation (account and resource provisioning, more intelligent checks on user or machine accounts).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;May seem basic but I have seen plenty of bread-n-butter shops where folks don't think they have a need for this kind of system administration.  Plenty of places spend big $$$ on big sets of administrative tools and, as far as I can tell, 95% of what they use the tools for could have been done with a few hours of scripting if anybody knew that or knew how to do it." />
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  <row Id="49334" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27037" RevisionGUID="707dd045-9954-4015-8e59-01751126cdca" CreationDate="2009-06-18T00:07:29.880" UserId="9783" Comment="Additional background info" Text="I'm looking for a way to create an offsite backup of around 8TB of data. I've currently broken the data down into 2-4TB file systems and I'm using ShadowProtect to backup the data from an SBS 2003 server to a Windows 2003 backup server using a weekly full backup, and nightly incrementals.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not very happy with this solution for a bunch of reasons.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- It takes too long to backup.&#xD;&#xA;- To hold more than a weeks worth of backups requires tons of space.  &#xD;&#xA;- Offsite backups to external hdds would require too many disks, and too much time.  &#xD;&#xA;- Offsite backups over the internet would take too much bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'm looking for if possible is someway to have a local backup server to house many snapshots without storing duplicate data like [faubackup](http://faubackup.sourceforge.net/) seems to be able to do. As well I would like to be able to span the backups that are made across a set of external disks, without duplicate data because the filesystems are bigger than I can fit on a single disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Correct me if I'm wrong but as far as I can tell it's a bit of an impossible situation to span the new data across more filesystems than faubackup itself uses due to it's use of hardlinks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've also been thinking about using openfiler some way to achieve the same goals, but haven't thought of a way yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do other people cope with offsite backups of such large amounts of data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;edit&lt;/b&gt;:  &#xD;&#xA;For a bit more background information, we are a relatively small (about 15 employees) geology company where we basically take huge data sets, and make them readable. Projects often run into hundreds of Gigs. In spite of the importance of offsite backups, I will have trouble getting the money required to buy a tape autoloader that will do the kind of data we are looking at. I've tried and was basically told that there must be another way and I have to find it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have two servers. An SBS2003 server and a Windows 2003 R2 server which is used as a backup server. Both machines have a 20TB RAID6 array which houses our data. In any given day as well as regular stuff there will be minor modifications to many very large files." />
  <row Id="49335" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27726" RevisionGUID="997c06cf-a01a-4d68-bcf0-20e98448a6e0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T00:09:20.533" UserId="4392" Text="It seems like there's a lot of disagreement in mindsets when it comes to installing rackmount servers. There have been threads discussing cable arms and other rackmount accessories, but I'm curious: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you leave an empty rack unit between your servers when you install them? Why or why not? Do you have any empirical evidence to support your ideas? Is anyone aware of a study which proves conclusively whether one is better or not? " />
  <row Id="49336" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27726" RevisionGUID="997c06cf-a01a-4d68-bcf0-20e98448a6e0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T00:09:20.533" UserId="4392" Text="Do you skip a rack unit between servers? " />
  <row Id="49337" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27726" RevisionGUID="997c06cf-a01a-4d68-bcf0-20e98448a6e0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T00:09:20.533" UserId="4392" Text="&lt;rack&gt;&lt;rackmount&gt;" />
  <row Id="49338" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27727" RevisionGUID="3a27ac2a-dbc2-4d5d-94ce-928a9fd9a024" CreationDate="2009-06-18T00:09:22.063" UserId="6905" Text="Go with what you are familiar, after all its you who is setting up the server. Like others said unless you are planning to run closed source software on Linux then you should stick to Red Hat." />
  <row Id="49339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27728" RevisionGUID="ae251e86-f25d-4c6b-83a1-49bde78971e9" CreationDate="2009-06-18T00:10:49.690" UserId="8290" Text="A while back my Windows Server 2003 machine hung up and I needed to force-reboot by power-cycling it. When it was restarting it ran chkdsk, and chkdsk reported some problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since then IISAdmin has not been able to start (which means that IIS doesn't work at all):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\WINDOWS\system32&gt;sc query iisadmin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        SERVICE_NAME: iisadmin&#xD;&#xA;        TYPE               : 20  WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS&#xD;&#xA;        STATE              : 1  STOPPED&#xD;&#xA;                                (NOT_STOPPABLE, NOT_PAUSABLE, IGNORES_SHUTDOWN))&#xD;&#xA;        WIN32_EXIT_CODE    : 1066  (0x42a)&#xD;&#xA;        SERVICE_EXIT_CODE  : -2146893818  (0x80090006)&#xD;&#xA;        CHECKPOINT         : 0x0&#xD;&#xA;        WAIT_HINT          : 0x0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspected a corrupt Metabase so I tried restoring from a Metabase History file dated earlier than the crash -- but no luck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not really sure how to troubleshoot this further. There's one apparently-related error in the SYSTEM log that comes up regularly, event ID 10010 from DCOM:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    The server {A9E69610-B80D-11D0-B9B9-00A0C922E750} did not register with DCOM&#xD;&#xA;    within the required timeout.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I'm not sure if this actually sheds additional light or if it's just another warning that IISAdmin can't start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise the Event logs are pretty empty of help. What's the next step to isolate this problem and fix it? I should point out that I don't have the luxury of rebooting this server very often -- it's an app server, and the users who depend on the app work until late at night, and I would need to be on-site to reboot it because it doesn't always restart reliably -- but I normally work off-site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So if there's any way to keep investigating this without needing to reboot, I'm eager to hear it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49340" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27728" RevisionGUID="ae251e86-f25d-4c6b-83a1-49bde78971e9" CreationDate="2009-06-18T00:10:49.690" UserId="8290" Text="IISAdmin won't start, error 0x80090006 - how to troubleshoot further?" />
  <row Id="49341" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27728" RevisionGUID="ae251e86-f25d-4c6b-83a1-49bde78971e9" CreationDate="2009-06-18T00:10:49.690" UserId="8290" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="49342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27729" RevisionGUID="ad36febd-9533-46e4-8d01-7d137bb62ac4" CreationDate="2009-06-18T00:15:08.800" UserDisplayName="John Browning" Text="I have them stacked in the one rack I have. Never had any problems with it, so I never had any reason to space them out. I would imagine the biggest reason people would space them out is heat." />
  <row Id="49343" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27730" RevisionGUID="02ba7db3-6913-46d6-bf50-f7df52c288c9" CreationDate="2009-06-18T00:17:03.433" UserId="7200" Text="I have never skipped rack units between rackmount devices in a cabinet. If a manufacturer instructed me to skip U's between devices I would, but I've never seen such a recommendation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would expect that any device designed for rack mounting would exhaust its heat through either the front or rear panels. Some heat is going to be conducted through the rails and top and bottom of the chassis, but I would expect that to be very small in comparison to the radiation from the front and rear.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49344" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27731" RevisionGUID="5bfd7c82-f704-43d0-a078-dd8e940367ff" CreationDate="2009-06-18T00:17:31.170" UserId="9453" Text="I usually leave a blank RU after around 5RU of servers (ie 5x1ru or 1x2ru + 1x3ru) and that would be dependent on the cooling setup in the data centre your in. If you have cooling done in front of the rack (ie a grate in front of the rack) the idea is that the cool air is pushed up from the floor and your servers suck the cool air through them. in this circumstance you would typically get better cooling by not leaving blank slots (ie use a blank RU cover. But if you have cooling done through the floor panel in your rack from my experience you get more efficient cooling by breaking up servers from being piled on top of each other for the entire rack&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49345" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27732" RevisionGUID="3fb827c4-3dde-49bc-adf2-320a7247d1d0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T00:17:50.000" UserId="1205" Text="I'd like to create an image of my Windows partition (so a can restore it later) and I was wondering if anyone could recommend any utilities that are capable of this? Either command line or GUI (pref. Gnome) would be OK.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49346" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27732" RevisionGUID="3fb827c4-3dde-49bc-adf2-320a7247d1d0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T00:17:50.000" UserId="1205" Text="Create image of Windows partition on Linux" />
  <row Id="49347" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27732" RevisionGUID="3fb827c4-3dde-49bc-adf2-320a7247d1d0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T00:17:50.000" UserId="1205" Text="&lt;disk&gt;&lt;partition&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="49348" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27733" RevisionGUID="d08f61dc-c88f-4188-8efc-1da6db927634" CreationDate="2009-06-18T00:20:36.690" UserId="8290" Text="ZFS is pretty hot." />
  <row Id="49349" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27734" RevisionGUID="5f221316-24d5-4687-9c30-77f7b9755fbb" CreationDate="2009-06-18T00:21:35.037" UserId="8996" Text="One option is to put the `AuthLDAPBindPassword` line in an appropriately chmodded file on its own, and use an `Include` in the apcahe config to pull that file in. i.e.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /svn&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       ...&#xD;&#xA;       AuthLDAPBindDN christian.desbordes@ibm.com&#xD;&#xA;       Include my_ldap_password.conf&#xD;&#xA;       ...&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This keeps the password secure, while leaving the rest of the config world readable." />
  <row Id="49350" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27735" RevisionGUID="ccd8a855-ad5f-4d2a-b406-ae863840b45e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T00:21:48.093" UserId="8290" Text="[ntfsclone][1] is awesome. I've used it with great success to clone systems and for backup purposes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your Windows partition is not using NTFS, dd should take care of you -- although it's not terribly efficient.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linux-ntfs.org/doku.php?id=ntfsclone" />
  <row Id="49351" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27736" RevisionGUID="bf113a5c-2c0c-43ac-94a9-f7b4c2e2eb3e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T00:24:08.140" UserId="5535" Text="dd would seem to be the go to choice here.  The command would look like the following...replace the device and output file with whatever you wish.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     dd if=/dev/sda1 of=~/windows.img&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also partimage and ghost4linux.  But for something like this both of those may be overkill and overcomplicating things." />
  <row Id="49352" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27737" RevisionGUID="8d8ec5bc-caa5-4c58-9350-ebeb8294fed0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T00:25:06.813" UserId="7200" Text="According to winerror.h, 0x80090006 means &quot;NTE_BAD_SIGNATURE&quot;, which is a return from the Win32 API call &quot;CryptVerifyMessageSignature&quot;, and means that &quot;The message's signature was not verified.&quot;  Looks like a failure of a cryptographic signature check on some file related to the iisadmin startup, to me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd consider doing an &quot;SFC /SCANNOW&quot; to see if you can replace the screwed-up file, assuming that the System File Checker can get to some Windows installation files, and assuming that it is a screwed-up file. (Yes-- &quot;screwed-up&quot; is a technical term. Sounds better than &quot;corrupt&quot; to me. Corrupt? Was the file taking bribes?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're not getting it to work after an &quot;SFC /SCANNOW&quot;, I'd probably fire up &quot;Process Monitor&quot; and watch what files are getting loaded. There will be a *LOT* of log entries generated, but you might find the needle in that haystack.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given that the machine took a hard power-down and had some filesystem corruption, I'd put my money on &quot;SFC /SCANNOW&quot; finding one or more damaged files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Aside: So, it won't restart reliably, eh?  Gives me a &quot;The web site is down!&quot; kind of feeling... (DO NOT REBOOT THE WEB SERVER!!!!!! Heh heh...)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49353" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27738" RevisionGUID="8d5b7a7b-5760-4d0c-9756-2131b4273c68" CreationDate="2009-06-18T00:26:33.193" UserId="3038" Text="Every third, but that's due to &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/25985/to-use-cable-management-arms-or-not/25992#25992&quot;&gt;management arms&lt;/a&gt; and the need to work around them rather than heat. The fact that those servers each have **6** Cat5 cables going to them doesn't help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, one thing we have no lack of in our data-center is space. It was designed for expansion back when 7-10U servers were standard. Now that we've gone with rack-dense ESX clusters it is a ghost town in there." />
  <row Id="49354" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27739" RevisionGUID="336ce8b6-86ae-4009-8085-5407623ccf49" CreationDate="2009-06-18T00:31:48.650" UserId="1561" Text="The real questions are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Are the packages you're going to install supported by Canonical?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This has more to do with avoiding breakage than it does with getting tech support.  &quot;Official&quot; packages tend to be vetted better and as a result, will not break (as often) when upgrading to a newer release.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Are you planning on using a LTS version of Ubuntu?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Long Term Support also adds to the &quot;stability&quot; factor as Canonical has a vested interest in making LTS releases as stable as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For instance, I recently tried to install OpenERP client and server, version 5.  It turns out that the installer is completely broken and while the package does install, it refuses to start the server.  Note that this is on 9.04 and the packages are not &quot;officially supported&quot;.  So your mileage may vary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise, it should be fine to use Ubuntu server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, if you are looking more for stability and long-term use, have you considered Debian instead?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are just looking for something commercially supported, RedHat may be more to your liking.  CentOS if you happen to have little money but still want the &quot;RPM compatibility&quot; that it brings when trying to install 3rd party apps." />
  <row Id="49355" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27737" RevisionGUID="4f5e1de3-ee39-48ce-b6c2-9e9ae2128884" CreationDate="2009-06-18T00:32:52.537" UserId="7200" Comment="Oh, I am a smartass..." Text="According to winerror.h, 0x80090006 means &quot;NTE_BAD_SIGNATURE&quot;, which is a return from the Win32 API call &quot;CryptVerifyMessageSignature&quot;, and means that &quot;The message's signature was not verified.&quot;  Looks like a failure of a cryptographic signature check on some file related to the iisadmin startup, to me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd consider doing an &quot;SFC /SCANNOW&quot; to see if you can replace the screwed-up file, assuming that the System File Checker can get to some Windows installation files, and assuming that it is a screwed-up file. (Yes-- &quot;screwed-up&quot; is a technical term. Sounds better than &quot;corrupt&quot; to me. Corrupt? Was the file taking bribes?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're not getting it to work after an &quot;SFC /SCANNOW&quot;, I'd probably fire up &quot;Process Monitor&quot; and watch what files are getting loaded. There will be a *LOT* of log entries generated, but you might find the needle in that haystack.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given that the machine took a hard power-down and had some filesystem corruption, I'd put my money on &quot;SFC /SCANNOW&quot; finding one or more damaged files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Aside: So, it won't restart reliably, eh?  Gives me a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thewebsiteisdown.com/&quot;&gt;&quot;The web site is down!&quot;&lt;/a&gt;  kind of feeling... (DO NOT REBOOT THE WEB SERVER!!!!!! Heh heh...)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27740" RevisionGUID="4fcbe036-de89-4548-b4c7-a61e9200b17f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T00:47:14.773" UserId="9834" Text="Microsofts ODF support is pretty shaky (It creates a to the spec file but OpenOffice can't open them, this is an issue with the spec and some areas left up to interpetation)  Although this can be considered much like OO.org's .docs not being correct either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My organization moved last summer to fully run on Office 2007 and dispite the training curve it seemed to go pretty smoothly so I would presume a migration to Openoffice would be similar.  We had a large number of preview sessions and made very clear in our communication what to expect and to let them know there would be NO exceptions to the migration.  We had Training on board with it and using Office 2007 for several months beforehand (Our IT department had been using it for a year beforehand).  We discovered application issues with one program, ADP/HR Perspective that was tied in extremely close to Office 2000/2003 and wouldn't run if we left only 2007 on the machine (Fortunantly Access 2003 could co-exist with an Office 2007 installation so we were able to avoid the application issue, with OpenOffice we would have been stuck requireing office licenses anyway)  It went smooth and as people have become familiar with it they realize they like it a lot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For something like a change like that you are going to need to sell it to everybody and cover every base.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What apps might have issues?&#xD;&#xA; - What is the training budget going to&#xD;&#xA;   have to be?&#xD;&#xA; - You will be trading off integration&#xD;&#xA;   with things such as the Sharepoint&#xD;&#xA;   (which you said was growing so there&#xD;&#xA;   is momentum that may resist) and the&#xD;&#xA;   integration with Exchange and GPOs.&#xD;&#xA; - What features about OO.org make you&#xD;&#xA;   think it is a better deal?&#xD;&#xA; - What about performance?  OO.org is&#xD;&#xA;   Java based and a bit sluggish (I&#xD;&#xA;   think this has to do with the UI&#xD;&#xA;   packages they choose to use)&#xD;&#xA; - File compatability with the outside,&#xD;&#xA;   if people on the recieving end don't&#xD;&#xA;   have OpenOffice they will have&#xD;&#xA;   trouble with your docs (few remember&#xD;&#xA;   to change the default save format). &#xD;&#xA;   I occasionally get a sales person&#xD;&#xA;   sending me .od* files that they can't&#xD;&#xA;   open and think the files are&#xD;&#xA;   corrupted.  I keep a copy of OO.org&#xD;&#xA;   on my flashdrive for those cases.&#xD;&#xA; - How hard of a sell is it going to be&#xD;&#xA;   to the rest of the executives?&#xD;&#xA; - How are you going to handle updates? &#xD;&#xA;   Office gets updates through windows&#xD;&#xA;   Updates or a WSUS server if you have&#xD;&#xA;   one setup so its easy to maintain, I&#xD;&#xA;   think each OO.org install wants to&#xD;&#xA;   download its own so you would need to&#xD;&#xA;   make sure they can get through the&#xD;&#xA;   firewall and then there is the PC&#xD;&#xA;   security requirements (c:\Program&#xD;&#xA;   Files is read only to&#xD;&#xA;   non-administrators so you will need&#xD;&#xA;   an administrator to update unless&#xD;&#xA;   permissions are setup right)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember to take politics into account too, some battles could be a phyric victory and cause you ill will with people you may need support on for something else.  Personal opinion is there is no compelling reason why OO.org is better than Office.  Its just technology for technologies sake.  If you were starting up and didn't have all the other functionality then yes, it might be a good choice.  Right now, your better off spending the money on getting everybody to at least office 2003 and continuing the momentum with sharepoint" />
  <row Id="49357" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27741" RevisionGUID="0976f8b3-b7ad-4fef-87ad-5b192fead3e0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T00:54:25.543" UserId="9783" Text="And you'll probably need your master boot record too. the command will be something like: &#xD;&#xA;&gt; dd if=/dev/sda of=~/windows.mbr bs=512 count=1 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That will give you your boot sector and your partition table. Take a look at [this](http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-how-to-backup-hard-disk-partition-table-mbr.html) for more information." />
  <row Id="49358" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27742" RevisionGUID="15a049e9-0f5b-44dc-9565-c528e4495b46" CreationDate="2009-06-18T01:01:09.187" UserId="9453" Text="If you want a cheaper version of hotplug you just need a server with bonding and redundant power supplies =)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;get your extension lead going to your new rack location and a network cable that will fill that length, plug them in then disconnect the localised rack power and network, move the server then plug back into the racks new network/power =)" />
  <row Id="49359" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27742" RevisionGUID="15a049e9-0f5b-44dc-9565-c528e4495b46" CreationDate="2009-06-18T01:01:09.187" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49360" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27743" RevisionGUID="24444d5e-3f1e-476d-b6e3-345bc2350386" CreationDate="2009-06-18T01:05:45.017" UserId="9453" Text="[clonezilla][1] == an opensource version of ghost, works really well&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://clonezilla.org" />
  <row Id="49361" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="12896" RevisionGUID="0adf0b59-b311-4a13-b6b5-04159b9fc143" CreationDate="2009-06-18T01:08:57.023" UserId="533" Comment="fixed the ranges for class B and class C per comment" Text="CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing, pronounced &quot;kidder&quot; or &quot;cider&quot; - add your own local variant to the comments!) is a system of defining the network part of an IP address (usually people think of this as a subnet mask).  The reason it's &quot;classless&quot; is that it allows a way to break IP networks down more flexibly than their base class.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When IP networks were first defined, IPs had classes based on their binary prefix:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Class    Binary Prefix    Range                       Network Bits&#xD;&#xA;    A        0*               0.0.0.0-127.255.255.255     8&#xD;&#xA;    B        10*              128.0.0.0-191.255.255.255   16&#xD;&#xA;    C        110*             192.0.0.0-223.255.255.255   24&#xD;&#xA;    D        1110*            224.0.0.0-239.255.255.255&#xD;&#xA;    E        1111*            240.0.0.0-255.255.255.255&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Note that this is the source of people refering to a /24 as a &quot;class C&quot;, although that's not a strictly true comparison because a class C needed to have a specific prefix)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These binary prefixed were used for routing large chunks of IP space around.  This was inefficient because it resulted in large blocks being assigned to organizations who didn't necessarily need them, and also because Class Cs could only be assigned in 24 bit increments, meaning that routing tables could get unnessacerily large as multiple Class Cs were routed to the same location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CIDR was defined to allow variable length subnet masks (VLSM) to be applied to networks.  As the name applies, address groups, or networks, can be broken down into groups that have no direct relationship to the natural &quot;class&quot; they belong to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The basic premise of VLSM is to provide the count of the number of network bits in a network.  Since an IPv4 address is a 32-bit integer, the VLSM will always be between 0 and 32 (although I'm not sure in what instance you might have a 0-length mask).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The easiest way to get a toe hold in calculating VLSM/CIDR in your head is to understand the &quot;natural&quot; 8-bit boundaries:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    CIDR    Dotted Quad&#xD;&#xA;    /8      255.0.0.0&#xD;&#xA;    /16     255.255.0.0&#xD;&#xA;    /24     255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;    /32     255.255.255.255&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(By the way, it's perfectly legal, and fairly common in ACLs, to use a /32 mask.  It simply means that you are refering to a single IP)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you grasp those, it's simple binary arithmetic to move up or down to get number of hosts.  For instance, if a /24 has 256 IPs (let's leave off network and broadcast addresses for now, that's a different networking theory question), increasing the subnet by one bit (to /25) will reduce the host space by one bit (to 7), meaning there will be 128 IPs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a table of the last octet.  This table can be shifted to any octet to get the dotted quad equivilent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    CIDR    Dotted Quad&#xD;&#xA;    /24     255.255.255.0&#xD;&#xA;    /25     255.255.255.128&#xD;&#xA;    /26     255.255.255.192&#xD;&#xA;    /27     255.255.255.224&#xD;&#xA;    /28     255.255.255.240&#xD;&#xA;    /29     255.255.255.248&#xD;&#xA;    /30     255.255.255.252&#xD;&#xA;    /31     255.255.255.254&#xD;&#xA;    /32     255.255.255.255&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an example of shifting these to another octet, /18 (which is /26 minus 8 bits, so shifted an octect) would be 255.255.192.0." />
  <row Id="49364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27745" RevisionGUID="65f67778-4e19-45b8-bd89-78723ef0e0e9" CreationDate="2009-06-18T01:13:02.387" UserId="7730" Text="If you can I would look at utilizing Cloud Infrastructure Services like [Amazon Web Services (AWS)](http://aws.amazon.com) [Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)](http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/), at least until you determine that it makes sense to invest in your own hardware. It's easy to get caught up in buying the shiny gear (I have to resist daily). By trying before you buy in the cloud you can learn a lot and answer the question: Does my companies software X or map/reduce framework against this data set best match a small, medium, or large set of server(s). I ran a number of combination's on AWS, scaling up, down, in, and out for pennies on the dollar within a few days. We were so happy with our testing that we decided to stay with AWS and forgo buying a large cluster of machines that we have to cool, power, maintain, etcetera. Instance types range from:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Standard Instances&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Small Instance (Default) 1.7 GB of&#xD;&#xA;   memory, 1 EC2 Compute Unit (1 virtual&#xD;&#xA;   core with 1 EC2 Compute Unit), 160 GB&#xD;&#xA;   of instance storage, 32-bit platform&#xD;&#xA; - Large Instance 7.5 GB of memory, 4&#xD;&#xA;   EC2 Compute Units (2 virtual cores&#xD;&#xA;   with 2 EC2 Compute Units each), 850&#xD;&#xA;   GB of instance storage, 64-bit&#xD;&#xA;   platform&#xD;&#xA; - Extra Large Instance 15 GB of memory,&#xD;&#xA;   8 EC2 Compute Units (4 virtual cores&#xD;&#xA;   with 2 EC2 Compute Units each), 1690&#xD;&#xA;   GB of instance storage, 64-bit&#xD;&#xA;   platform&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;High-CPU Instances&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - High-CPU Medium Instance 1.7 GB of&#xD;&#xA;   memory, 5 EC2 Compute Units (2&#xD;&#xA;   virtual cores with 2.5 EC2 Compute&#xD;&#xA;   Units each), 350 GB of instance&#xD;&#xA;   storage, 32-bit platform&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - High-CPU Extra Large Instance 7 GB of&#xD;&#xA;   memory, 20 EC2 Compute Units (8&#xD;&#xA;   virtual cores with 2.5 EC2 Compute&#xD;&#xA;   Units each), 1690 GB of instance&#xD;&#xA;   storage, 64-bit platform&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EC2 Compute Unit (ECU) – One EC2 Compute Unit (ECU) provides the equivalent CPU capacity of a 1.0-1.2 GHz 2007 Opteron or 2007 Xeon processor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Standard On-Demand Instances    Linux/UNIX Usage  	Windows Usage  &#xD;&#xA;Small (Default) 	        $0.10 per hour 	        $0.125 per hour  &#xD;&#xA;Large 	                        $0.40 per hour 	        $0.50 per hour  &#xD;&#xA;Extra Large 	                $0.80 per hour 	        $1.00 per hour  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;High CPU On-Demand Instances 	Linux/UNIX Usage 	Windows Usage  &#xD;&#xA;Medium 	                        $0.20 per hour 	        $0.30 per hour  &#xD;&#xA;Extra Large 	                $0.80 per hour 	        $1.20 per hour&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sorry to make an answer sound like a vendor pitch, but if your environment allows you to go this route, I think you'll be happy and make a much better purchase decision should you buy your own hardware in the future." />
  <row Id="49365" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27746" RevisionGUID="29c0391f-7085-4308-b7b9-1da9573362f9" CreationDate="2009-06-18T01:17:19.713" UserId="533" Text="If your servers use front to back flow-through cooling (as most rack mounted servers do, leaving gaps can actually hurt cooling.  You don't want the cold air to have any way to get to the hot aisle except through the server itself.  If you need to leave gaps (for instance, for power concerns, floor weight issues, etc), you should use blanking panels so air can't pass between the servers." />
  <row Id="49366" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26356" RevisionGUID="fb535f9c-7f0e-4878-b735-95b579f46ba1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T01:24:38.330" UserId="2166" Comment="added 2166 characters in body" Text="I've come across a strange issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; I've got a zfs partition mounted, in it a solaris &quot;hard partition&quot; zone has been created.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have noticed that the /home directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. root in the global zone cannot access this directry at all&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    global&gt; id&#xD;&#xA;    uid=0(root) gid=0(root)&#xD;&#xA;    global&gt; cd home/&#xD;&#xA;    home/: Not owner.&#xD;&#xA;    global&gt; ls -la |grep home&#xD;&#xA;    dr-xr-xr-x   1 root     root           1 Jun 16 14:38 home &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. root in the client zone can read, but not write to this directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    client1&gt; id&#xD;&#xA;    uid=0(root) gid=0(root)&#xD;&#xA;    client&gt; cd /home&#xD;&#xA;    client&gt; touch foo&#xD;&#xA;    touch: foo cannot create&#xD;&#xA;    client&gt; cd ..&#xD;&#xA;    client&gt; chmod u+w home&#xD;&#xA;    chmod: WARNING: can't change home&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is going on here? As far as I can see, there is nothing &quot;special&quot; about this directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    gloabl&gt; cat /etc/zones/client1.xml &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;UTF-8&quot;?&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;!DOCTYPE zone PUBLIC &quot;-//Sun Microsystems Inc//DTD Zones//EN&quot; &quot;file:///usr/share/lib/xml/dtd/zonecfg.dtd.1&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;!--&#xD;&#xA;        DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE.  Use zonecfg(1M) instead.&#xD;&#xA;    --&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;zone name=&quot;knobs1&quot; zonepath=&quot;/zones/client1&quot; autoboot=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;network address=&quot;172.16.54.15&quot; physical=&quot;bge0&quot;/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;network address=&quot;172.16.54.21&quot; physical=&quot;bge0&quot;/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      &lt;network address=&quot;172.16.54.22&quot; physical=&quot;bge0&quot;/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/zone&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    gloabl&gt; zfs list | grep client1&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1                 29.2G  34.7G  14.2G  /zones/client1&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1@initial         5.89M      -  5.89G  -&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1@pre_profiling   74.4M      -  8.58G  -&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1@post_profiling  8.01G      -  19.7G  -&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1@pre-rebuild     4.42G      -  18.4G  -&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additional information added, as requested.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # getfacl -a /zones/client1&#xD;&#xA;    File system doesn't support aclent_t style ACL's.&#xD;&#xA;    See acl(5) for more information on Solaris ACL support.&#xD;&#xA;    # zfs get all zpool1/zones/client1&#xD;&#xA;    NAME                 PROPERTY       VALUE                  SOURCE&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1  type           filesystem             -&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1  creation       Wed Apr 30 18:09 2008  -&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1  used           29.2G                  -&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1  available      34.7G                  -&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1  referenced     14.2G                  -&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1  compressratio  1.00x                  -&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1  mounted        yes                    -&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1  quota          none                   default&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1  reservation    none                   default&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1  recordsize     128K                   default&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1  mountpoint     /zones/client1          local&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1  sharenfs       off                    default&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1  checksum       on                     default&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1  compression    off                    default&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1  atime          on                     default&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1  devices        on                     default&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1  exec           on                     default&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1  setuid         on                     default&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1  readonly       off                    default&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1  zoned          off                    default&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1  snapdir        hidden                 default&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1  aclmode        groupmask              default&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1  aclinherit     secure                 default&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1  canmount       on                     default&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1  shareiscsi     off                    default&#xD;&#xA;    zpool1/zones/client1  xattr          on                     default&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27747" RevisionGUID="52530657-593d-48c0-aca2-dd4d04ad7c53" CreationDate="2009-06-18T01:30:37.683" UserId="1674" Text="I don't skip Us.  We rent and Us cost money.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No reason to for heat these days.  All the cool air comes in the front, and out the back.  There's no vent holes in the tops any more." />
  <row Id="49369" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27748" RevisionGUID="70b09090-5e2d-4a81-97a9-074e7fcf32ad" CreationDate="2009-06-18T01:34:41.970" UserId="5922" Text="We 3 1/2 racks worth of cluster nodes and their storage in a colocation facility. The only places we've skipped U's is where we need to route network cabling to the central rack where the core cluster switch is located. We can afford to do so space wise since the racks are already maxed out in terms of power, so it wouldn't be possible to cram more nodes in to them :) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These machines run 24/7 at 100% CPU, and some of them have up to 16 cores in a 1U box (4x quad core Xeons) and I've yet to see any negative effects of not leaving spaces between most of them. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So long as your equipment has a well designed air path I don't see why it would matter." />
  <row Id="49370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27749" RevisionGUID="66e5a4c6-4f9e-4f96-a32e-42ee692edbe4" CreationDate="2009-06-18T01:38:50.497" UserId="5922" Text="It totally depends on your workload. Is your task highly parallel? Or does it have a large serial component? If it scales well you should try to get as many cores as possible for your money. If it doesn't scale well then you should find the point at which the scaling breaks down. Then try to buy the most powerful CPU's you can for that number of cores.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is just a general guideline, but I don't think there's anything specific about Hadoop that gives it any kind of special requirements beyond any other parallelization framework." />
  <row Id="49371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27750" RevisionGUID="61006a08-20f2-454b-b028-4bb12fdc6bec" CreationDate="2009-06-18T01:40:20.510" UserId="6886" Text="Why doesn't Outlook Web Access display the 3 pane view when using browsers like Firefox, Chrome or Safari?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifics: When you access Outlook for the web(specifically Outlook 2003) using Internet Explorer you get the 3 pane view that looks pretty similar to the Outlook Desktop version. i.e. Folder/button on the left, the email summary list in the middle and the the email body on the right hand side. When you browse the same site in other browsers like Firefox, Chrome or Safari they show a 2 pane view. i.e. The folder view on the left and then the summary view on the right. You then have to click on each email summary to display the detail. The problem is that its one extra click to get to the email body.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to get other browsers to show the 3 panes by tricking them in some way, or is this one of Microsoft's non standard apis that only works in IE or there is just some configuration that we haven't set right?" />
  <row Id="49372" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27750" RevisionGUID="61006a08-20f2-454b-b028-4bb12fdc6bec" CreationDate="2009-06-18T01:40:20.510" UserId="6886" Text="Outlook Web Access - 3 Pane view using browsers other than Internet Explorer" />
  <row Id="49373" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27750" RevisionGUID="61006a08-20f2-454b-b028-4bb12fdc6bec" CreationDate="2009-06-18T01:40:20.510" UserId="6886" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;browsers&gt;" />
  <row Id="49374" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27751" RevisionGUID="bb1c330b-e2ef-476e-89ad-b7882ffb254f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T01:51:29.637" UserId="7709" Text="Which version of Exchange is it? 2003? 2007?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IE is the only browser I know of that can display OWA &quot;Premium&quot; - which is the full-on interface you're used to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other browsers are restricted to the &quot;Lite&quot; view, which is what you're seeing. I believe there may be a FireFox plugin to fix this, but I'm not sure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Irony being that OWA 2003 didn't used to work in IE7 and 8 (is this still the case?) so FF was your only option!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just to clarify: This behaviour is normal. There's no configuration you've missed, and yes, it's likely some IE API they're using." />
  <row Id="49375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27752" RevisionGUID="b3843f2e-d98f-46e3-b875-92b4ca6acaf5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T01:52:18.013" UserId="800" Text="I am a developer and haven't dealt with server admin or networking in years, so &quot;rusty&quot; is very generous. I am setting up a new web server cluster (starting with two 1U web servers and one DB server). As I haven't done this in a few years, I don't really know what options are available today.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like all in one device:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Small, basic gbit switch&#xD;&#xA; - Small, basic firewall&#xD;&#xA; - Small, basic router/DHCP/gateway&#xD;&#xA; - Small, basic VPN access&#xD;&#xA; - Fits in a 1U space&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Something simple with a minimal web interface I can set up and then forget about - 2 steps above a home router device, I suppose.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Recommendations?" />
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  <row Id="49380" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27750" RevisionGUID="6d612c8b-1c4b-40b6-86ed-6c50ec365efb" CreationDate="2009-06-18T01:53:47.323" UserId="7709" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;browsers&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;firefox&gt;&lt;owa&gt;" />
  <row Id="49381" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27753" RevisionGUID="257f0875-375b-4f60-b999-99158ee51312" CreationDate="2009-06-18T01:55:35.387" UserId="8263" Text="For security, one of my favorites is [DarkNet.org.uk][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.darknet.org.uk/" />
  <row Id="49382" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27754" RevisionGUID="604c0f5d-05f8-448d-8f1c-9b08466eca75" CreationDate="2009-06-18T01:56:01.033" UserId="1840" Text="&lt;h2&gt;Partimage&lt;/h2&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Definitely a good option [http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page][1].  You can create an image and  compressed it to save disk space, and they can be splitted into multiple files to be copied on CDs / DVDs.  Partitions can also be saved across the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page" />
  <row Id="49383" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27738" RevisionGUID="73715a28-c76f-4e6f-9d76-c6e08f3dcbcb" CreationDate="2009-06-18T01:56:14.793" UserId="3038" Comment="added 119 characters in body" Text="Every third, but that's due to &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/25985/to-use-cable-management-arms-or-not/25992#25992&quot;&gt;management arms&lt;/a&gt; and the need to work around them rather than heat. The fact that those servers each have **6** Cat5 cables going to them doesn't help. We do make heavy use of blanking panels, and air-dams on top of the racks to prevent recirculation from the hot-aisle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, one thing we have no lack of in our data-center is space. It was designed for expansion back when 7-10U servers were standard. Now that we've gone with rack-dense ESX clusters it is a ghost town in there." />
  <row Id="49384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27755" RevisionGUID="81bfab26-a2aa-4efd-9104-df29e4f1d107" CreationDate="2009-06-18T01:58:01.247" UserId="9492" Text="What you are looking at (when you use a non IE browser) is OWA Lite.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OWA Lite misses out on:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Spelling Checker&#xD;&#xA;* Reading Pane&#xD;&#xA;* Notifications and Reminders&#xD;&#xA;* Weekly Calendar Views&#xD;&#xA;* Windows SharePoint Services and Windows File Share Integration&#xD;&#xA;* HTML Message Format&#xD;&#xA;* Right-Click Menu&#xD;&#xA;* Drag and Drop&#xD;&#xA;* Explicit Logon&#xD;&#xA;* Type-down Search&#xD;&#xA;* Resource Mailbox Management&#xD;&#xA;* Color Scheme Appearance&#xD;&#xA;* Voicemail Options&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**However!** You can circumvent this if you install the IE Tab Addon for FireFox:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419&quot;&gt;https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More detailed info from: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.fpweb.net/outlook-web-access-with-exchange-2007-%E2%80%93-get-the-full-feature-set/&quot;&gt;http://blog.fpweb.net/outlook-web-access-with-exchange-2007-%E2%80%93-get-the-full-feature-set/&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49385" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27756" RevisionGUID="a8201278-7770-456b-befc-7bc3742e4846" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:03:34.063" UserId="7709" Text="How is [Joel On Software][1] not listed so far? Given his close association with this site!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/" />
  <row Id="49386" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27757" RevisionGUID="cd172cae-e6a9-4a95-b2e3-54973ea8431c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:05:07.757" UserId="9382" Text="Can anyone recommend a fail2ban-like tool for a Windows OS?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49387" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27757" RevisionGUID="cd172cae-e6a9-4a95-b2e3-54973ea8431c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:05:07.757" UserId="9382" Text="Does fail2ban do Windows?" />
  <row Id="49388" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27757" RevisionGUID="cd172cae-e6a9-4a95-b2e3-54973ea8431c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:05:07.757" UserId="9382" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="49389" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27752" RevisionGUID="df7ea29c-cb6f-4722-9833-db59d5d4de8e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:08:35.597" UserId="800" Comment="added 341 characters in body; added 1 characters in body" Text="I am a developer and haven't dealt with server admin or networking in years, so &quot;rusty&quot; is very generous. I am setting up a new web server cluster (starting with two 1U web servers and one DB server). As I haven't done this in a few years, I don't really know what options are available today.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like all in one device:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Small, basic gbit switch&#xD;&#xA; - Small, basic firewall&#xD;&#xA; - Small, basic router/DHCP/gateway&#xD;&#xA; - Small, basic VPN access&#xD;&#xA; - Fits in a 1U space&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Something simple with a minimal web interface I can set up and then forget about - 2 steps above a home router device, I suppose.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: the initial reaction from sysadmins is often &quot;no way&quot; because to them, devices that do all this are usually crap. Please realize for my purposes, that's currently OK. My setup (and budget) are just not big enough to justify dedicated equipment that does this stuff *really well*. I just need something that does this stuff *at all*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Recommendations?" />
  <row Id="49390" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27758" RevisionGUID="91277234-054d-4bc0-8b33-b38d46b40431" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:08:40.993" UserId="9770" Text="There's the mother of all IT blogs: http://planetsysadmin.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's Anton Chuvakin's Security Warrior Blog: http://chuvakin.blogspot.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Marcus J Ranum's site is sort of a blog and has valuable if infrequently updated information: http://www.ranum.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Uber Geek Brian K Jones has a blog at his amusingly named domain. It delves into mostly *nix issues. He is responsible for introducing me to and convincing me of the concept that SysAdmins should be proficient in at least one programming language: http://www.protocolostomy.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bruce Schneier's blog and Crypto Gram newsletter is a must for anyone interested in security. It doesn't just focus on computer security, but a much more comprehensive thought process. Watching Schneier and Ranum face off is an enlightening experience. http://www.schneier.com/blog/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, peruse the many blogs in the Planet SysAdmin blog roll. In fact, I see at least one person from that blog roll on this site. ::waves at Matt Simmons::" />
  <row Id="49391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27759" RevisionGUID="ac480828-34f0-4696-8a8e-cfe703095f77" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:10:59.477" UserId="9492" Text="Here is my rss blogroll list:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds2.feedburner.com/thelazyadmin&quot;&gt;The Lazy Admin&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/rss.xml&quot;&gt;Virtual PC Guy&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds2.feedburner.com/askTheAdmin?format=xml&quot;&gt;Ask the Admin&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.4sysops.com/4sysops?format=xml&quot;&gt;4Sysops&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.bink.nu/binkdotnu&quot;&gt;Bink.nu&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;a href=&quot;http://systemadmintools.blogspot.com/rss.xml&quot;&gt;SysAdmin Tools&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and you cant go past: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.xkcd.com&quot;&gt;XKCD&lt;/a&gt;" />
  <row Id="49392" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27760" RevisionGUID="189f1fff-fbc3-4803-8d0c-69559903a037" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:17:10.120" UserId="6244" Text="I see two ways:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. By Cisco router. It can do&#xD;&#xA;    everything above and does this very&#xD;&#xA;    good but costs $$&#xD;&#xA; 2. Do it yourself. Buy 1U server, put&#xD;&#xA;    in NICs and setup BSD/Linux. It can&#xD;&#xA;    do everything above + much more (i.e&#xD;&#xA;    loadbalansing)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS. Do you really need all-in-one? May be separating router and switch is acceptable?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PPS. added to favorites in case you will find cheap 'n cool hardware." />
  <row Id="49393" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27760" RevisionGUID="189f1fff-fbc3-4803-8d0c-69559903a037" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:17:10.120" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49394" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27761" RevisionGUID="590bad0d-e514-44ba-b699-d413d986e046" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:21:19.440" UserId="1674" Text="Linksys has some decent routers which are above a home router, but below a full on kick a** router.  Something like the WRV54G.  It's small, supports IPSec VPN, is a router, DHCP, etc.  Only part it doesn't fit is that it's 100 Meg.  But to overload 100 Meg you'll have to push a lot of traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This won'd handle load ballancing (which wasn't in your requirement list, but with two web servers I assume that's needed, so you'll need to find something to handle that)." />
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  <row Id="49396" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27762" RevisionGUID="cc9136e5-09dd-4e1e-97c2-d3f5a5a5af12" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:25:24.110" UserId="7949" Text="There was one problematic user who used to call every single day to support. One day, I answered the call. She was having problems to log to the network, and she said that there was a problem with her computer, that it wasn't her job to *know*, that *we* were making a lousy job, that we **had** to send someone right up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I finally get there a big `Incorrect Password` message was on screen. ¬_¬'" />
  <row Id="49397" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27762" RevisionGUID="cc9136e5-09dd-4e1e-97c2-d3f5a5a5af12" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:25:24.110" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49398" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27763" RevisionGUID="4435f269-e72a-46d2-b048-278a58844a12" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:26:24.810" UserId="9783" Text="What about running &#xD;&#xA;&gt; find /var/spool/cron -type f | xargs grep gdl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or maybe there is a script that is loading gdl_box, but the script is not actually called gdl itself which is why a grep isn't turning anything up." />
  <row Id="49399" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27764" RevisionGUID="ea6117d7-1c3a-4476-b497-0877b54fab5a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:28:38.020" UserId="9925" Text="Don't leave space if you have cool air coming from the floor and also use blanks in unused u space.   If you just have a low-tech cooling system using a standard a/c unit it is best to leave gaps to minimize hot spots when you have hot servers clumped together." />
  <row Id="49400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27765" RevisionGUID="12e16932-899e-4928-bd2b-58ee406cba07" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:29:13.620" UserId="2916" Text="Just re-install IIS from Add/Remove Programs &gt; Windows Components.  I have installed it before on Windows 2003 servers before and have not had to reboot." />
  <row Id="49401" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27766" RevisionGUID="260fe115-cca0-402c-b4ce-70eb8657f107" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:30:11.997" UserId="5808" Text="I'm not sure I completely understand your configuration.  Please correct me and add the missing details where necessary:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have created a ZFS filesystem in your global zone for use by a non-global zone.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You wish to permit the non-global zone to control the ZFS filesystem.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You're (obviously) having a problem with global zone and non-global zone accessing the data in some manner.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You're trying to permit the non-global zone to see the data in the same manner as the global zone.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Requests:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Please send the relevant parts of zpool history&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Please send the entire output of the non-global zones configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;# zonecfg -z zone info&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49402" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27767" RevisionGUID="21255621-b264-4bf0-9add-74a5aace1ac9" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:31:20.947" UserId="2908" Text="Probably the best tool is Process Explorer from Sysinternals. You can get that tool and many others [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx" />
  <row Id="49403" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27768" RevisionGUID="478146d0-ebbd-4330-87f2-f0de7169ed60" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:31:37.657" UserId="3251" Text="I've had a lot of luck with my NetGear ProSafe [FVS338][1].  NetGear also has a Gb switch - [FVS336G][2].  US $200 and $300 respectively.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pretty much does what you need it to do, and doesn't break the bank.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.netgear.com/Products/VPNandSSL/WiredVPNFirewallRouters/FVS338.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.netgear.com/Products/VPNandSSL/WiredVPNFirewallRouters/FVS336G.aspx" />
  <row Id="49404" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27768" RevisionGUID="478146d0-ebbd-4330-87f2-f0de7169ed60" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:31:37.657" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49405" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27769" RevisionGUID="63a38879-3364-4f3e-bace-aa3599879d57" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:38:27.267" UserId="9107" Text="I used the wbadmin tool in Windows 7 to produce an image of my laptop's C: drive, saving it to a network location (call it \\server\backup\user\currentimage) and when it completed, I was unable to mount the VHD. I pointed Disk Management to \\server\backup\user\currentimage\WindowsImageBackup\pcname\Backup Date\vhdfile.vhd and it said that the version of the tool couldn't read the version of the VHD. I tried running the backup and mounting again and I got the same message. So I copied the VHD file down, mounted it locally and it mounted, but the volume showed up as RAW.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'm really after is a (free) way to image the laptop on a schedule. Or even a way to put a backup of files into a container that I can store on the server (like a zip for example). The main problem I'm trying to get around is that Windows complains that some files are too long when copied straight up to the server, so I thought that a whole PC image would get around that and give me the added convenience of being able to just restore from an image. What a headache. Does anyone have any solutions?" />
  <row Id="49406" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27769" RevisionGUID="63a38879-3364-4f3e-bace-aa3599879d57" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:38:27.267" UserId="9107" Text="Why did wbadmin produce a VHD I can't mount?" />
  <row Id="49407" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27769" RevisionGUID="63a38879-3364-4f3e-bace-aa3599879d57" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:38:27.267" UserId="9107" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;image&gt;" />
  <row Id="49408" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27769" RevisionGUID="be08fbed-5738-4321-a1b1-b62d501992c4" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:44:59.687" UserId="9107" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="I used the wbadmin tool in Windows 7 to produce an image of my laptop's C: drive, saving it to a network location (call it \\\\server\backup\user\currentimage) and when it completed, I was unable to mount the VHD. I pointed Disk Management to \\\\server\backup\user\currentimage\WindowsImageBackup\pcname\Backup Date\vhdfile.vhd and it said that the version of the tool couldn't read the version of the VHD. I tried running the backup and mounting again and I got the same message. So I copied the VHD file down, mounted it locally and it mounted, but the volume showed up as RAW.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'm really after is a (free) way to image the laptop on a schedule. Or even a way to put a backup of files into a container that I can store on the server (like a zip for example). The main problem I'm trying to get around is that Windows complains that some files are too long when copied straight up to the server, so I thought that a whole PC image would get around that and give me the added convenience of being able to just restore from an image. What a headache. Does anyone have any solutions?" />
  <row Id="49409" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27770" RevisionGUID="a67b688b-6143-4039-9cb4-ee17f7805e42" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:46:39.000" UserId="3235" Text="In our data center we do not leave gaps.  We have cool air coming up from the floor and gaps cause airflow problems.  If we do have a gap for some reason we cover it with a blank plate. Adding blank plates immediately made the tops of our cold aisles colder and our hot aisles hotter. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even with the management arms in place eliminating gaps has worked out better. All our server internal temperatures everywhere in the room are now well within spec.  This was not the case before we standardized our cable management and eliminated the gaps." />
  <row Id="49410" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27771" RevisionGUID="a78c2c5c-b65a-498a-806c-b9703ae226b8" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:47:52.053" UserId="7415" Text="Good evening all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I mentioned on my first question to this great community, due to World Economic problems I was fired from a great job at Sony Design. I am currently working as a SysAdmin for a small company that does VoIP. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of the things I have to do I am doing them from my home office (I only need to take care of 1 server), where I use a 24&quot; iMac running Windows 7. I use this machine for C# development and for RDPing into the server for monitoring and VoIP configurations. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Due to the nature of the job, I have to be on hand 24/7, but I don't want to be stuck at my home office all the time, so I have presented my boss the idea of getting a Note/Netbook to do some remote monitoring when I'm away from the office (visiting family, weekends, etc..) and they have agreed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question to you is, what should I get? Should I go with portability and get a Netbook and sacrifice processing power? Here are the activities I will be doing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- RDP to monitor the server and do some configuration&#xD;&#xA;- Email&#xD;&#xA;- IM&#xD;&#xA;- Microsoft Office related stuff (Excel, PowerPoint)&#xD;&#xA;- Maybe Visual Studio 2008&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is anyone else working like this? Do you have any trouble working with the 10&quot; screen?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS. I would appreciate if you can recommend me a nice machine for the work, be it a netbook or a notebook. " />
  <row Id="49411" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27771" RevisionGUID="a78c2c5c-b65a-498a-806c-b9703ae226b8" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:47:52.053" UserId="7415" Text="Netbook vs Notebook for Remote Monitoring" />
  <row Id="49412" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27771" RevisionGUID="a78c2c5c-b65a-498a-806c-b9703ae226b8" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:47:52.053" UserId="7415" Text="&lt;netbook&gt;&lt;notebook&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="49413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27772" RevisionGUID="92cfd811-6c56-4cd5-9167-a0b8828ae6cb" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:48:32.160" UserId="6751" Text="Go take a peek at Vyatta.  They have a pretty comprehensive product that uses Linux Kernel, offering such things as VPN, Router, NAT, DNS Forwarding, DHCP Server, and More... [www.vyatta.com][1] or [www.vyatta.org][2] for the community versions.  You can run it on their appliance, your own hardware, or as VM.  Their model 514 device is full-featured with RIPv2, OSPF, and BGP, OpenVPN, IPSEC VPN, etc. for &lt; $800.00.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vyatta.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.vaytta.org" />
  <row Id="49414" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27772" RevisionGUID="92cfd811-6c56-4cd5-9167-a0b8828ae6cb" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:48:32.160" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49415" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27772" RevisionGUID="5d068d1b-97b5-4f89-893e-cdb74e25efac" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:53:51.947" UserId="6751" Comment="edited body" Text="Go take a peek at Vyatta.  They have a pretty comprehensive product that uses Linux Kernel, offering such things as VPN, Router, NAT, DNS Forwarding, DHCP Server, and More... [www.vyatta.com][1] or [www.vyatta.org][2] for the community versions.  You can run it on their appliance, your own hardware, or as VM.  Their model 514 device is full-featured with RIPv2, OSPF, and BGP, OpenVPN, IPSEC VPN, etc. for &lt; $800.00.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vyatta.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.vyatta.org" />
  <row Id="49416" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27773" RevisionGUID="ea8ae831-ef8e-46f0-8a9a-b077ade6f1bf" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:54:33.693" UserId="4381" Text="It could be that you have/need to have /home mounted using automount. Take a look at the /etc/auto\_home and /etc/auto\_master files (in the zone). Chances are you have it set to automount /home, but haven't configured where to automount from in /etc/auto_home.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Adding something like the following to /etc/auto_home will let you have home dirs automounted from /export/home:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    *       localhost:/export/home/&amp;" />
  <row Id="49417" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27774" RevisionGUID="6780a0ab-fa66-4271-908d-0c68232576b0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:59:15.090" UserId="8787" Text="What issues should be specifically checked for when deploying a server application written in Java (without any specific platform dependencies) that was written and tested on Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Two that I know of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Case sensitive file names&#xD;&#xA;2. Available fonts" />
  <row Id="49418" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27774" RevisionGUID="6780a0ab-fa66-4271-908d-0c68232576b0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:59:15.090" UserId="8787" Text="What issues do you need to check for deploying a java application on linux?" />
  <row Id="49419" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27774" RevisionGUID="6780a0ab-fa66-4271-908d-0c68232576b0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T02:59:15.090" UserId="8787" Text="&lt;java&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;deployment&gt;" />
  <row Id="49422" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="26478" RevisionGUID="d95e0ea0-3a37-48a2-8f02-077a371e71f7" CreationDate="2009-06-18T03:03:02.913" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="4" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:301,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Dave Cheney&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="49423" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27775" RevisionGUID="a68bf235-b6ca-46c5-ab62-c67781890229" CreationDate="2009-06-18T03:03:19.777" UserId="808" Text="Ensure that any third part JAR files you use (such as [SWT][1]) have the appropriate platform-dependent version.  While you said &quot;without any specific platform dependencies&quot;, platform-specific behavior can sometimes be hidden.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. File paths (do you have paths such as `C:\Program Files`?)&#xD;&#xA;2. File paths (do you use '/' or '\' or do you use the appropriate constant `File.pathSeparator`?)&#xD;&#xA;3. How do you locate important directories such as the user's home directory?&#xD;&#xA;4. If you're opening sockets below port 1024, will you be the root user in UNIX?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://www.eclipse.org/swt/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49424" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27776" RevisionGUID="1804288c-f149-4410-89bd-26938171e86d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T03:07:00.923" UserId="9783" Text="I've been looking at getting a netbook recently for coding when I'm away from home. There are two common resolutions for 10&quot; screens, 1024x564 and 1024x600. I would expect that less than 600 vertical pixels would become quite annoying for setup windows. I RDP into servers at work at 800x600 and although it could be a little bigger, I've had no major problems with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If battery time is important the MSI Wind U100, and the Samsung n110 both have very decent life. Probably better than most if not all notebooks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your going to be typing a lot, you'll probably want a decent keyboard too. The Dell Mini 10, MSI Wind and Samsung n110 all have close to full size keyboards. If you hate the size of it though, you can get 12&quot; netbooks which have full size keyboards. I havn't done much looking at Notebooks just because I don't need the power, or the price tag.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So there you go for a start. Take a look at the MSI Wind U100, Dell Mini 10, and the Samsung n110." />
  <row Id="49425" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27772" RevisionGUID="84fba483-3770-4f5a-ab9e-9fdc4e941e61" CreationDate="2009-06-18T03:07:53.870" UserId="6751" Comment="added 156 characters in body" Text="Go take a peek at Vyatta.  They have a pretty comprehensive product that uses Linux Kernel, offering such things as VPN, Router, NAT, DNS Forwarding, DHCP Server, and More... [www.vyatta.com][1] or [www.vyatta.org][2] for the community versions.  You can run it on their appliance, your own hardware, or as VM.  Their model 514 device is full-featured with RIPv2, OSPF, and BGP, OpenVPN, IPSEC VPN, etc. for &lt; $800.00.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This link is pretty impressive: [http://www.vyatta.com/products/product_comparison.php][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vyatta.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.vyatta.org&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.vyatta.com/products/product_comparison.php" />
  <row Id="49426" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27777" RevisionGUID="1043f8e0-b3ea-4797-b770-ba8a3edc3fad" CreationDate="2009-06-18T03:08:04.167" UserId="1936" Text="I do all of that, except for the Visual Studio, with an old &quot;first gen&quot; Eee 701 4G netbook. (7&quot; screen, 4 GB SSD, upgraded to 1GB ram). I have it running XP Pro and primarily use it for RDP and SSH on remote servers -- Neither of those demand much for horsepower.  My mail is web based (google apps) as is most of my office stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Insanely portable and light and works great with my Sprint 3G USB stick. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cost? Got it free with a printer from newegg...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IMHO: If you really gotta have Visual Studio, you'll definitely want a more modern processor, more memory and at least a 10&quot; panel if you stick with the netbooks." />
  <row Id="49427" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27778" RevisionGUID="8ca3fa1a-b4c7-41b4-9d75-58365e7d95fd" CreationDate="2009-06-18T03:08:05.757" UserId="4733" Text="There is a registry tweak that will limit the size of the .pst [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I havent personally used it yet, but plan on experimenting with it soon.  We have psts on a dedicated machine at each branch and havent had any issues at all.  Some of them are getting fairly large though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/832925" />
  <row Id="49428" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27775" RevisionGUID="ed83e944-6b27-4775-8fed-da8df339d39a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T03:08:30.547" UserId="808" Comment="added 135 characters in body" Text="Ensure that any third part JAR files you use (such as [SWT][1]) have the appropriate platform-dependent version.  While you said &quot;without any specific platform dependencies&quot;, platform-specific behavior can sometimes be hidden.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. File paths (do you have paths such as `C:\Program Files`?)&#xD;&#xA;2. File paths (do you use '/' or '\' or do you use the appropriate constant `File.pathSeparator`?)&#xD;&#xA;3. How do you locate important directories such as the user's home directory?&#xD;&#xA;4. If you're opening sockets below port 1024, will you be the root user in UNIX?&#xD;&#xA;5. Will you be using the Sun JVM, gcj, or some other JVM?  Will differences in implementation or performance affect your application?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://www.eclipse.org/swt/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49429" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27775" RevisionGUID="fdde45c2-beaa-48c7-bc2a-728c66955d13" CreationDate="2009-06-18T03:13:32.157" UserId="808" Comment="added 263 characters in body" Text="Ensure that any third part JAR files you use (such as [SWT][1]) have the appropriate platform-dependent version.  While you said &quot;without any specific platform dependencies&quot;, platform-specific behavior can sometimes be hidden.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. File paths (do you have paths such as `C:\Program Files`?)&#xD;&#xA;2. File paths (do you use '/' or '\' or do you use the appropriate constant `File.pathSeparator`?)&#xD;&#xA;3. How do you locate important directories such as the user's home directory?&#xD;&#xA;4. If you're opening sockets below port 1024, will you be the root user in UNIX?&#xD;&#xA;5. Will you be using the Sun JVM, gcj, or some other JVM?  Will differences in implementation or performance affect your application?&#xD;&#xA;6. Check the JVM release notes (e.g., for [J2SE 5][2] or [Java SE 6][3]) for mention of bugs or other behavior differences on your platforms of choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; [1]: http://www.eclipse.org/swt/&#xD;&#xA; [2]: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/relnotes.html#linux&#xD;&#xA; [3]: http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/#linux&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49430" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27779" RevisionGUID="4ef118d2-a6ee-4361-b6a3-e7eaa716144d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T03:17:11.120" UserId="7709" Text="My wife has a netbook - and that's OK because she does similar tasks to what you mention, but she's lanky and has very skinny fingers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Me however, if I try to type anything on it, I mash all the keys together because my fingers are a lot fatter than hers. As will happen when you have an 80-90% sized keyboard. And I'm far from obese.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So if you do go for a netbook (and it'll be fine for everything except VS I'd say) make sure you can type comfortably, or else you'll be throwing it out the window.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(and as far as my wife is concerned this is a good thing, because it means I almost physically cannot actually use her laptop)" />
  <row Id="49431" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27780" RevisionGUID="afc61070-cf6f-49dc-a157-c672a5de9f64" CreationDate="2009-06-18T03:22:43.153" UserId="9930" Text="From my viewpoint take a look at /etc/passwd yes.  In fine WTF tradition it seems that Ubuntu has decided to give all system users LOGIN shells.  So it's possible to grab users like game or avahi, or klog etc etc etc.  " />
  <row Id="49432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27781" RevisionGUID="8e7b5562-2017-47fe-91c1-2011ff3172f0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T03:23:08.970" UserId="792" Text="Here's what I'd recommend:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Stay away from Linksys consumer routers (even putting DD-WRT on it, etc) at all costs for any server scenario, they get flaky under load and more advanced scenarios (VPN, etc) and I have a little pile of dead/bricked ones. They were made for home use and you should keep it that way.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Separate the switch from the firewall/gateway. A consumer/prosumer gigabit switch would probably be fine for this (i.e. a Netgear 5-port). In the setup you're asking for, simple and efficient is better - putting your servers together on a simple fast Layer 2 switch gives you a solid and simple backbone, and some firewalls or all-in-ones will add additional overhead to their built-in switchports and/or Layer 3 functionality that you don't need here.&#xD;&#xA; 3. For the firewall / DHCP / gateway / VPN - Some of the Cisco all-in-one's are great, but may have more functionality and enterprisey-ness than you're looking for. Check out a Juniper SSG-5. These used to be Netscreen NS5-GT until Juniper bought Netscreen. I think the SSG-5's are about $600 a piece new and if you wanted you could find an eBay Netscreen NS5-GT for under $200 now, and make sure you find the &quot;Unlimited User&quot; version.&#xD;&#xA; 4. VPN - Juniper/Netscreen will do VPN, but you need the Netscreen client software. Alternatively, you could just set up Routing and Remote Access on a Windows server for a simple PPTP VPN to use without any client software. If you wanted to go even more &quot;just make it work&quot;, use Hamachi from LogMeIn, works great.&#xD;&#xA; 5. On Windows Network Load Balancing - This works OK but in some cases does NOT play nicely with Cisco Layer 3 routing (as it relies doing some magic tricks with ARP caching to 'share' a IPv4 address across servers, and Cisco devices view this as an evil force that must be stopped). So if you go the Cisco route make sure you configure the Cisco device correctly for this (there are a bunch of articles on it).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With a Juniper/Netscreen + 5-port gigabit switch you should be able to fit both in 1U and you'll have a simple, fast, and reliable infrastructure that can do some pretty advanced stuff if you ever need it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps!" />
  <row Id="49433" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27781" RevisionGUID="8e7b5562-2017-47fe-91c1-2011ff3172f0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T03:23:08.970" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49434" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27782" RevisionGUID="92a1fd83-28a4-401e-807c-776aaeb33386" CreationDate="2009-06-18T03:30:22.500" UserId="3235" Text="We have implemented Cognos BI here at UST.  We don't really use it for dashboarding system health.  We use it for reporting against our ERP database (Banner).  Cognos is designed to report against databses.  IBM does not at last check officially support reporting against MySQL.  If you are not actively databasing your server stats making a dashboard with Cognos will be very challenging.   It doesn't so much have a scripting language as a visual style builder. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setting up Cognos BI is a non trivial task.  It is very challenging to get set up the first time.  Maintenance is pretty easy once it's up and running but that's a long time coming.  Setting up dashboards, also challenging as stated by jdiaz. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your company already has Cognos BI implemented then creating a dashboard of system stats probably wouldn't be that difficult, provided you have someone there with dashboarding experience and your stats in a database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do work in a shop with a 5 person Cognos BI team and we don't use it for our system monitoring.  We use BigBrother and are moving to Xymon this fall. However there are products out there that designed for dash boarding system stats for example Xymon formerly Hobbit or Nagios or Cacti.  " />
  <row Id="49435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27783" RevisionGUID="40b33101-e954-43aa-8229-d578783bf4e5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T03:30:50.000" UserId="4733" Text="I bought a netbook for just the exact reasons that you described.  It is very convenient for everything on your list EXCEPT anything that involves lengthy typing.  The keyboard is so small that I find myself making mistakes in almost every word that I type.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I still use it though.  I am on call 24/7 and I always throw it in the car or in a small pack.  It goes everywhere I go and has never been a burden.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW it is an Acer Aspire One with 2 gigs of ram and a 120 gig drive.  I am running a tweaked install of Windows XP Pro with a boot time of under a minute.  I routinely use RDC, Putty, Pidgin IM, Thunderbird, Firefox, and I attempt to use Office 2003 (Excel, Word, and Access).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The battery life isnt the best, but I usually get a good 2hrs out of it.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would also like to mention that the small screen isnt an inconvenience at all and is super bright (almost too bright), the built-in webcam is pretty decent, the dual card readers have come in handy a couple of times, and the thing just seems durable.  It has had a pretty rough life, but I have never had a problem with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27784" RevisionGUID="04728e3f-bcb1-402c-a15a-9e58001df97c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T03:32:04.773" UserId="7320" Text="Add &quot;ANONYMOUS&quot; instead of Everyone" />
  <row Id="49437" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27785" RevisionGUID="4d294503-b06f-4bd9-af16-9408b4a1213c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T03:37:14.997" UserId="9933" Text="My organisation uses Microsoft CRM 3.0, and I am attempting to backup the database. The following error is preventing me from doing so, does anyone know how to resolve this issue?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Error:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: The backup of full-text catalog 'ftcat_documentindex' is not permitted because it is not online. Check errorlog file for the reason that full-text catalog became offline and bring it online. Or BACKUP can be performed by using the FILEGROUP or FILE clauses to restrict the selection to include only online data.  (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For help, click: [http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&amp;ProdVer=9.00.4035.00&amp;LinkId=20476][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&amp;ProdVer=9.00.4035.00&amp;LinkId=20476" />
  <row Id="49438" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27785" RevisionGUID="4d294503-b06f-4bd9-af16-9408b4a1213c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T03:37:14.997" UserId="9933" Text="How do you backup CRM3.0 when the 'ftcat_documentindex' is offline?" />
  <row Id="49439" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27785" RevisionGUID="4d294503-b06f-4bd9-af16-9408b4a1213c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T03:37:14.997" UserId="9933" Text="&lt;microsoft&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="49440" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27786" RevisionGUID="3e79654d-b01d-4e76-9d4c-dd18e4a59fb1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T03:50:00.853" UserId="3235" Text="**12&quot; prybar** I have used it for lifting stuck tiles, grabbing cable bundles just out of reach, drifting a half loaded rack over a half inch so it was squarely on the correct tile.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Vice Grips** Handy for extracting mounting screws some other monkey stripped out with a power drill.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The little slim jim** A piece of bent spring steel that has one end about 3mm narrower than a square rack hole.  This little guy with a hook in the end makes setting clip nuts in and getting them out a dream.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Rubber Chicken, and a Sledgehammer**. I menaced a recalcitrant server with them during a reboot late one afternoon after a long and hard day of troubleshooting a problem the vendor had NO clue about.  It lead to the best moment of my day when I scared the crap out of my director by walking into my managers office where they were meeting returning the sledge. Director asks &quot;What's the sledgehammer for?&quot; I said &quot;I used it to fix the ServerX,&quot;  The best part was, that menacing the server worked (that or the 5th reboot as recommended by support with nary a config change...did the trick)" />
  <row Id="49441" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27786" RevisionGUID="3e79654d-b01d-4e76-9d4c-dd18e4a59fb1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T03:50:00.853" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49442" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27781" RevisionGUID="d533d6dd-aacb-4e00-927f-4fb98aa168a7" CreationDate="2009-06-18T03:59:42.673" UserId="792" Comment="added 766 characters in body" Text="Here's what I'd recommend:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Stay away from Linksys consumer routers (even putting DD-WRT on it, etc) at all costs for any server scenario, they get flaky under load and more advanced scenarios (VPN, etc) and I have a little pile of dead/bricked ones. They were made for home use and you should keep it that way.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Separate the switch from the firewall/gateway. A consumer/prosumer gigabit switch would probably be fine for this (i.e. a Netgear 5-port). In the setup you're asking for, simple and efficient is better - putting your servers together on a simple fast Layer 2 switch gives you a solid and simple backbone, and some firewalls or all-in-ones will add additional overhead to their built-in switchports and/or Layer 3 functionality that you don't need here.&#xD;&#xA; 3. For the firewall / DHCP / gateway / VPN - Some of the Cisco all-in-one's are great, but may have more functionality and enterprisey-ness than you're looking for. Check out a Juniper SSG-5. These used to be Netscreen NS5-GT until Juniper bought Netscreen. I think the SSG-5's are about $600 a piece new and if you wanted you could find an eBay Netscreen NS5-GT for under $200 now, and make sure you find the &quot;Unlimited User&quot; version.&#xD;&#xA; 4. VPN - Juniper/Netscreen will do VPN, but you need the Netscreen client software. Alternatively, you could just set up Routing and Remote Access on a Windows server for a simple PPTP VPN to use without any client software. If you wanted to go even more &quot;just make it work&quot;, use Hamachi from LogMeIn, works great.&#xD;&#xA; 5. On Windows Network Load Balancing - This works OK but in some cases does NOT play nicely with Cisco Layer 3 routing (as it relies doing some magic tricks with ARP caching to 'share' a IPv4 address across servers, and Cisco devices view this as an evil force that must be stopped). So if you go the Cisco route make sure you configure the Cisco device correctly for this (there are a bunch of articles on it).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With a Juniper/Netscreen + 5-port gigabit switch you should be able to fit both in 1U and you'll have a simple, fast, and reliable infrastructure that can do some pretty advanced stuff if you ever need it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S./edit: - A couple people recommending Vyatta, Linux, etc: Those are not bad solutions, (also, the Untangle.com offering looks like it has potential), and I have used them and love them for office endpoint routers... but I did not recommend this type of solution because this is an application hosting scenario; in principle, the idea behind modular software running on generic hardware is to squeeze all of the normally 'expensive' features you can into the most cost-effective and lowest common denominator hardware. I think this is fine for the user-endpoint (home, office, branch office VPN, etc), but even for small/basic hosting scenarios I think the 'datacenter' side warrants specifically designed hardware coupled with specifically designed firmware." />
  <row Id="49443" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27787" RevisionGUID="d1588631-0192-4a31-933f-7aaf2c2daea5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T04:04:02.197" UserId="792" Text="**Sledgehammer**... for things that aren't working by around 4:45.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(from coworker)" />
  <row Id="49444" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27787" RevisionGUID="d1588631-0192-4a31-933f-7aaf2c2daea5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T04:04:02.197" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49445" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27788" RevisionGUID="c5472503-7da4-48d0-9d4f-cf8363cae404" CreationDate="2009-06-18T04:05:10.150" UserId="658" Text="I'd suggest a [Sonicwall device in the SMB category][1]. I have managed a few of these devices, and they did not ONCE let me down. The interface is a bit better than the typical Linksys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I won't be the first to suggest to use this only as the gateway/VPN/firewall device. Of course all the heavy switching needs to be done by the 24 port devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sonicwall.com/us/products/UTM_Firewall_VPN.html" />
  <row Id="49446" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27788" RevisionGUID="c5472503-7da4-48d0-9d4f-cf8363cae404" CreationDate="2009-06-18T04:05:10.150" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49447" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27789" RevisionGUID="1bb5d2d0-a8ba-425c-9d3f-c7ad50f0166b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T04:06:03.473" UserId="8721" Text="Just to confuse things, you can run a 64bit kernel with a 32bit userland, which is what I'm doing. In this case, `uname -m` returns `x86_64` but I don't have any 64bit libraries installed so most 64bit programs won't run.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So once you check uname, you need to look for `/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2`, `/lib64/libc-2.7.so` and `/lib/ld-linux.so.2`, `/lib/libc-2.7.so` to see whether 64bit and 32bit libraries are available. And to really make sure, run those files and see if they execute correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another useful piece of information is the output of `lsb_release -a` which is cross-distro and will report what architecture-specific LSB modules are available." />
  <row Id="49448" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27770" RevisionGUID="9c358163-a8bd-4f46-9442-e813bd01787f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T04:06:22.037" UserId="3235" Comment="added 694 characters in body" Text="In our data center we do not leave gaps.  We have cool air coming up from the floor and gaps cause airflow problems.  If we do have a gap for some reason we cover it with a blank plate. Adding blank plates immediately made the tops of our cold aisles colder and our hot aisles hotter. &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;I don't think I have the data or graphs anymore but the difference was very clear as soon as we started making changes.  Servers at the tops of the racks stopped overheating.  We stopped cooking power supplies (which we were doing at a rate of about 1/week).  I know the changes were started after our data center manager came back from a Sun green data center expo, where he sat some seminars about cooling and the like.  Prior to this we had been using gaps and partially filled racks and perforated tiles in the floor in front and behind the racks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even with the management arms in place eliminating gaps has worked out better. All our server internal temperatures everywhere in the room are now well within spec.  This was not the case before we standardized our cable management and eliminated the gaps, and corrected our floor tile placement.  We'd like to do more to direct the hot air back to the CRAC units, but we can't get funding yet." />
  <row Id="49449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27790" RevisionGUID="0c9448a2-ab94-4e7b-ad5a-d9b99b543ea6" CreationDate="2009-06-18T04:18:10.700" UserId="9731" Text="When I wanted to build my first computer, I asked a few friends about hardware.  Everyone told me to go Intel.  &quot;Stay away from AMD,&quot; they said.  &quot;Why?&quot;  I asked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I never received an answer.  It almost always boiled down to one simple fact:&#xD;&#xA;They were used to Intel, and didn't want to try anything new if they didn't have to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect what you're finding with server OS's is the same thing." />
  <row Id="49450" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27791" RevisionGUID="23964636-0e4c-4023-b739-518fb3c328a4" CreationDate="2009-06-18T04:31:14.840" UserId="5464" Text="I would say in your scenario, Ubuntu would be fine.&#xD;&#xA;In larger scenarios where you are managing/deploying many boxes I think redhat has better tools to help you." />
  <row Id="49451" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27792" RevisionGUID="5645ff6d-8011-4503-99b8-9b10a8e15ec3" CreationDate="2009-06-18T04:37:38.197" UserId="39733" Text="We've been trying to install the newest version of Ubuntu on an older HP DL320 G2 server, and for some reason it always puts the drives in readonly mode.  We can't edit or create anything, as our main user account or sudo'ing to root.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas on how to troubleshoot this?" />
  <row Id="49452" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27792" RevisionGUID="5645ff6d-8011-4503-99b8-9b10a8e15ec3" CreationDate="2009-06-18T04:37:38.197" UserId="39733" Text="Ubuntu read only file system on install?" />
  <row Id="49453" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27792" RevisionGUID="5645ff6d-8011-4503-99b8-9b10a8e15ec3" CreationDate="2009-06-18T04:37:38.197" UserId="39733" Text="&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;" />
  <row Id="49454" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27793" RevisionGUID="35ae168e-cee0-4e18-bf75-93164c830577" CreationDate="2009-06-18T04:42:31.933" UserId="39733" Text="We are migrating from a series of old Linux servers to W2K8, and are wondering if it makes sense to spend the extra money on the Enterprise version or just stick with standard.  We run a small data center (8 servers) with manual failover and basic script based mirroring.  We will have 3 web servers and 2 database servers.  There is no current need for instant failover between servers, and I don't anticipate our company growing beyond ~200 employees within the next 10 years (we're at 50 now).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Beyond Failover clustering, what advantages would Enterprise bring us over Standard?" />
  <row Id="49455" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27793" RevisionGUID="35ae168e-cee0-4e18-bf75-93164c830577" CreationDate="2009-06-18T04:42:31.933" UserId="39733" Text="Is Windows Server 2008 Enterprise worth the extra money (for a SMB)?" />
  <row Id="49456" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27793" RevisionGUID="35ae168e-cee0-4e18-bf75-93164c830577" CreationDate="2009-06-18T04:42:31.933" UserId="39733" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="49457" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27771" RevisionGUID="0959c8dd-4627-48a4-88ca-790404229054" CreationDate="2009-06-18T04:44:53.720" UserId="7415" Comment="added 447 characters in body" Text="Good evening all,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I mentioned on my first question to this great community, due to World Economic problems I was fired from a great job at Sony Design. I am currently working as a SysAdmin for a small company that does VoIP. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most of the things I have to do I am doing them from my home office (I only need to take care of 1 server), where I use a 24&quot; iMac running Windows 7. I use this machine for C# development and for RDPing into the server for monitoring and VoIP configurations. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Due to the nature of the job, I have to be on hand 24/7, but I don't want to be stuck at my home office all the time, so I have presented my boss the idea of getting a Note/Netbook to do some remote monitoring when I'm away from the office (visiting family, weekends, etc..) and they have agreed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question to you is, what should I get? Should I go with portability and get a Netbook and sacrifice processing power? Here are the activities I will be doing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- RDP to monitor the server and do some configuration&#xD;&#xA;- Email&#xD;&#xA;- IM&#xD;&#xA;- Microsoft Office related stuff (Excel, PowerPoint)&#xD;&#xA;- Maybe Visual Studio 2008&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is anyone else working like this? Do you have any trouble working with the 10&quot; screen?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS. I would appreciate if you can recommend me a nice machine for the work, be it a netbook or a notebook. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My main concern us buying something that I would have to replace too quickly because of &quot;usability&quot;. Based on the plans the company has, I might be able to climb the &quot;position ladder&quot; and do something else with them. If they hire a new person to do what I do now, and I provide him with a NetBook, it might not be the right tool for him. That is why I'm debating between a small portable netbook, or a full blown 15.4&quot; notebook. " />
  <row Id="49458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27794" RevisionGUID="ccaf2fe8-d9c8-4b10-9dad-02e18a8bbc63" CreationDate="2009-06-18T04:45:44.610" UserId="39733" Text="Are you looking for failures via a website, or local (i.e. Active Directory) failures?  If from the web, what are you using for your firewall solution?  I've always done this from within the application itself." />
  <row Id="49459" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27795" RevisionGUID="49a37c9e-8114-4c13-8496-42a26c79bf11" CreationDate="2009-06-18T04:47:42.950" UserId="39733" Text="The nice thing about Ubuntu Server is the community support ... seems that more people know Ubuntu than the other flavors, and are usually willing to help if you have trouble." />
  <row Id="49460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27796" RevisionGUID="9dd21014-faa8-4193-90bc-0bf908accda2" CreationDate="2009-06-18T04:58:17.203" UserId="39733" Text="We have ~1TB of data, and backup everything nightly using custom rsync scripts.  The nice thing about rsync is that it only copies modified bytes (not the entire modified file) ... plus it compresses the data before transferring.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In our old system, we had to cart tapes and disks home since every day about 200GB of files were modified.  But with rsync only the 1GB or so of modified data within these files are transmitted, and compressed down to ~200MB.  As a result, we are able to backup everything to a remote site over a T1 in a few minutes (and under an hour on a very heavy maintenance day).  The scripts also utilize Linux hard links to maintain 30 days of full archives (not incrementals) using only 2-4TB (before compression) of space.  So we end up being able to restore archived data in seconds, while also maintaining off-site storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Luckily disk drive space has kept up with our company growth ... I think our total solution at both locations cost ~$1000.  " />
  <row Id="49461" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27797" RevisionGUID="b6340901-c37d-4e0b-8d84-e0c3eebc4817" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:00:32.690" UserId="9492" Text="A few things more:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Enterprise supports more processors and RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/compare-specs.aspx&quot;&gt;Technical Comparison&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* At first glance fail over clustering is all that is different in the feature list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/compare-features.aspx&quot;&gt;Feature Comparison&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Also I believe that it also gives you licenses to virtualise up to 4 Windows instances per 2008 Ent server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eggheadcafe.com/conversation.aspx?messageid=34539818&amp;threadid=34539814&quot;&gt;A Reference&lt;/a&gt; and&#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.computerworld.com/node/6152&quot;&gt;Another Reference&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So probably not much to entice you to grab Enterprise unless the VM license stuff holds interest." />
  <row Id="49462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27798" RevisionGUID="f0430667-dfb0-49dc-8755-2bde6b6b114c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:01:06.700" UserId="39733" Text="I've found that knowing bash, dos batch, and powershell scripting provide a system admin with the framework to do just about anything, on any popular system." />
  <row Id="49463" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27798" RevisionGUID="f0430667-dfb0-49dc-8755-2bde6b6b114c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:01:06.700" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49464" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27799" RevisionGUID="e2257c41-503c-4231-aba5-2823c471de3e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:02:18.367" UserId="4487" Text="Enterprise also covers 4 virtual machines on the physical host. With 2003, Enterprise allowed the 4 virtual instances using any virtualisation solution, for 2008 I'm not sure whether they have to exist under Hyper-V or if you could use something else, i.e. VMWare/etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/compare-features.aspx" />
  <row Id="49465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27800" RevisionGUID="e5083e53-1f7a-4477-b2e7-7d1791c97266" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:06:32.163" UserId="9783" Text="If you can't upgrade because it's read-only then start by looking at dmesg do see what that says. It'll probably be the system BIOS or the RAID controller BIOS thats marking it read only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's installed, but you cannot write to the disk after booting, then check if the filesystems are mounted as readonly with the command &quot;mount&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it's readonly then you may need to run a fsck on the filesystem, or maybe just remount it rw.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49466" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27801" RevisionGUID="445cef5a-a9c5-4386-84f9-233009afd41f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:10:34.463" UserId="39733" Text="My company has ~40 employees, all using POP3 mail accounts on a shared host.  They allow up to 200 email boxes, have no limit on the # of outgoing/incoming e-mails/hour, and we've never had really big problems with them (plus, they're REALLY cheap).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, we suspect that at some point before we reach the 200 email limit we'll need to upgrade ... but this is honestly just a baseless suspicion due to so many other companies our size using Exchange or other mail servers.  My question - how should we guage the right time to upgrade, and what should be our criteria for the next solution?" />
  <row Id="49467" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27801" RevisionGUID="445cef5a-a9c5-4386-84f9-233009afd41f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:10:34.463" UserId="39733" Text="When to move past POP3 servers, and what next?" />
  <row Id="49468" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27801" RevisionGUID="445cef5a-a9c5-4386-84f9-233009afd41f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:10:34.463" UserId="39733" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;pop3&gt;" />
  <row Id="49469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27802" RevisionGUID="8fe38c58-3483-468a-99a4-ba3cd3346d73" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:11:00.190" UserId="6177" Text="No gaps, except where we've taken a server or something else out and not bothered to re-arrange.  I think we're a bit smaller than many people here, with 2 racks that only have about 15 servers plus a few tape drives and switches and UPSes." />
  <row Id="49470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27803" RevisionGUID="01cda59a-ba3b-45f3-8f0f-6e615d1395e3" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:14:41.743" UserId="658" Text="Consider your need for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - shared calendaring&#xD;&#xA; - shared meeting room/resources&#xD;&#xA; - shared contacts&#xD;&#xA; - Active Directory integration&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If these features appeal to you, you may with to consider moving to an Exchange setup. You don't have to purchase/license Exchange and all the servers, however. There are a handful of good Exchange hosts out there that can really help your bottom line (if you pick the right one for your needs).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shared/hosted Exchange means that you don't have to worry about:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - uptime, 24/7 power and internet connectivity&#xD;&#xA; - spam filters" />
  <row Id="49471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27804" RevisionGUID="db03e673-eea7-479d-890e-a35a3fc9d86f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:14:43.257" UserId="2783" Text="One other option (in addition to GFI MailArchiver) is Redgate's Exchange Server Archiver which seems to do everything you are looking for.  I haven't used it myself, but they do have a free trial: http://www.red-gate.com/products/Exchange/index.htm" />
  <row Id="49472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27805" RevisionGUID="a65281eb-2db0-4fc0-a06b-e8aa162a3990" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:17:51.283" UserId="6177" Text="I've got a first generation HP 2133 Mini-Note, and even with its problems* relative to newer and competing models, I still like it and would^H^H^H^Hill buy a new one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best thing about the 2133 vs. any other netbook _is_ the keyboard - it's almost full-size and very easy to type on.  I find the touchpad a bit small, but I adjust to it quickly after switching to/from a full-size laptop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Mainly that the screen is small, with speakers on either side of it.  The next generation had bigger screens." />
  <row Id="49473" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27803" RevisionGUID="b3ad656d-6b81-4c11-86d3-ca714eb8cbe4" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:20:06.753" UserId="658" Comment="added 630 characters in body; added 360 characters in body" Text="Consider your need for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - shared calendaring&#xD;&#xA; - shared meeting room/resources&#xD;&#xA; - shared contacts&#xD;&#xA; - Active Directory integration&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If these features appeal to you, you may with to consider moving to an Exchange setup. You don't have to purchase/license Exchange and all the servers, however. There are a handful of good Exchange hosts out there that can really help your bottom line (if you pick the right one for your needs).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shared/hosted Exchange means that you don't have to worry about:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - uptime, 24/7 power and internet connectivity&#xD;&#xA; - spam filters&#xD;&#xA; - server performance(RAID, memory problems)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've taken onboard the task of integrating Exchange into the SMB, and it's something that needs a bit of research and a good resource. It can be expensive (depending on your budget), and if it's not in your core competency, or I.T. isn't in your company's core competency, it'll be a challenge to convince the CFO/Controller to dish out the cash. You may have to prove out the benefits, or have the users complain loudly enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Run the Numbers!**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps run the hosted Exchange scenario through a spreadsheet. Costs of purchasing and running inhouse vs. hosted. Run it for 2, 5 and 10 years. Remember to include your company's expected headcount in those time periods.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Keeping the POP3 Status Quo**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the users aren't screaming for the features of 'Outlook' like they had in their last job, and you can manage the above issues, then perhaps the move to Exchange isn't for your organization yet. Nothing wrong with that!" />
  <row Id="49474" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27806" RevisionGUID="47386215-92ea-40c6-b72b-e2867a492564" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:20:45.037" UserId="39733" Text="**Paperclip (other use)** - if a system is hung (particularly on a single processor, single core, CPU) and you don't want to reboot it, and all else fails, shove a paper clip in a USB port.  I've found this to create a fault that allows the CPU to handle user input.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Rubber band** - our office has dozens of printers, many of which are connected locally to their computers for security reasons.  The parallel cables often pop out ... tying a rubber band around them holds them in place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Fist** - a quick slap on a rattling AC unit, or even a spotty fax, is often all that is needed to keep it going until a Service Tech can arrive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Old analog answering machine** - we have a few analog lines coming into our data center for telecom system for backup purposes ... surprising how often Verizon forgets to reroute things when the T1 is down so we just hook up the old Record-a-Call so clients don't get a dead ring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Awl** - basically an ice pick.  Will punch a hole through anything.  We use them to destroy old hard drives, open up a machine with stuck screws, and other uses.  " />
  <row Id="49475" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27806" RevisionGUID="47386215-92ea-40c6-b72b-e2867a492564" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:20:45.037" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49476" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27807" RevisionGUID="7a70f587-954e-429a-ae7c-37cf5e326f46" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:21:32.447" UserId="3582" Text="What is the query to find the no. of current open cursors in an Oracle Instance?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, what is the accuracy/update frequency of this data?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;I am using Oracle 10gR2" />
  <row Id="49477" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27807" RevisionGUID="7a70f587-954e-429a-ae7c-37cf5e326f46" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:21:32.447" UserId="3582" Text="Find Current open Cursors in Oracle" />
  <row Id="49478" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27807" RevisionGUID="7a70f587-954e-429a-ae7c-37cf5e326f46" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:21:32.447" UserId="3582" Text="&lt;oracle10g&gt;&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;cursors&gt;" />
  <row Id="49483" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27809" RevisionGUID="2d14dc5d-6d7b-4fb1-a6ed-6652bcabd95f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:28:15.583" UserId="6177" Text="For myself and on an experimental basis for a few normal users, we've used two products called EZDetach and MessageSave.  You can read more on their website, but basically they're used to pull messages and attachments out of Outlook and into folders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EZDetach goes through any Outlook folder(s) you point it at (can be a mailbox or a PST) and pulls out attachments and deletes them (if you want.)  MessageSave does the same thing with the body of the messages - it pulls them out and saves them on disk in - usually - .eml format.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are other similar tools, but I haven't tested very many of them.  I found these two work for me personally and for a few others in the company.  They're not really for novices, they usually just work they way you set them up, but there are lots of options and if you change something you can get strange results - messages saved in unexpected locations, for example.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They do give you an easy way to share the &quot;archived&quot; messages, just put the folders and files on a share.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So these aren't a perfect solution, but for you or someone with similar needs, they might do the trick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**OTOH...**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For myself, I keep my email archives in text files, and have all my email going back 19 years.  Easy to search, very portable.  For the past year or so, I've used the programs mentioned above to save my messages as text and then to store any attachments I didn't have somewhere else." />
  <row Id="49484" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27810" RevisionGUID="516f2205-86d1-452f-b0db-be2831b8779a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:28:56.893" UserId="53971" Text="Try this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    --total cursors open, by session&#xD;&#xA;    select a.value, s.username, s.sid, s.serial#&#xD;&#xA;    from v$sesstat a, v$statname b, v$session s&#xD;&#xA;    where a.statistic# = b.statistic#  and s.sid=a.sid&#xD;&#xA;    and b.name = 'opened cursors current';&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure but it should be live data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From: http://www.orafaq.com/node/758" />
  <row Id="49485" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27811" RevisionGUID="406a69b7-98a5-444e-bf07-e7a9a4a41321" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:33:02.330" UserId="6177" Text="A good Exchange blog:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://hellomate.typepad.com/" />
  <row Id="49486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27812" RevisionGUID="2fd34aba-4714-417d-bfb3-a9a06e13f917" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:34:41.390" UserId="3489" Text="&#xD;&#xA;To add the list my personal preference would be the Juniper SRX line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But as soon as you need more ports use a real switch, don't keep adding modules." />
  <row Id="49487" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27812" RevisionGUID="2fd34aba-4714-417d-bfb3-a9a06e13f917" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:34:41.390" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27813" RevisionGUID="d0cf0e23-97e3-4a58-bddb-693e1759a7c4" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:36:44.023" UserDisplayName="Neil Enock" Text="I have just upgraded a server to the latest OSX version 10.5.7 and my compliance scan tells me that these OS-installed components are causing vulnerabilities.  I can't see where I can download higher versions or even if they exist!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Kerberos 5 is listed as having 'Multiple Vulnerabilities' but as far as I can see, there is no  higher version available for MAX OSX.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PHP Prior to 5.2.9 is also listed as having 'Multiple Vulnerabilities' and I can see 5.2.9 is in general use but can't seem to download it anywhere. Even the download link on Apple's site is dead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MySQL is also listed as a vulnerability and they are saying that versions prior to 5.1.9 are vulnerable, yet only 5.1.35 is available for download as a stable release.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone know how to answer these seemingly unanswerable questions? I have just a couple of servers running 40-50 websites.  All on Mac OS.  Thanks" />
  <row Id="49489" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27813" RevisionGUID="d0cf0e23-97e3-4a58-bddb-693e1759a7c4" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:36:44.023" UserDisplayName="Neil Enock" Text="How do I get an OSX 10.5 box PCI compliant when the OSX 10.5.7 PHP and Kerberos versions are considered 'Vulnerabilities'" />
  <row Id="49490" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27813" RevisionGUID="d0cf0e23-97e3-4a58-bddb-693e1759a7c4" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:36:44.023" UserDisplayName="Neil Enock" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;pci&gt;&lt;php&gt;&lt;kerberos&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;" />
  <row Id="49491" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27814" RevisionGUID="ae7cedf6-1e74-48c3-bc30-13edea8e55ff" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:37:55.207" UserId="3038" Text="There is a big aggregation of sysadmin blogs at planet sysadmin:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://planetsysadmin.com/" />
  <row Id="49492" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27814" RevisionGUID="ae7cedf6-1e74-48c3-bc30-13edea8e55ff" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:37:55.207" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49493" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="13523" RevisionGUID="b648d561-0665-4374-a3f6-1008eb36c175" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:39:57.353" UserId="2662" Comment="added 288 characters in body" Text="My Tomcat instance is sitting on a drive with little remaining space. The application I'm running does move file uploads off the server and into a NAS. During the upload, however, Tomcat keeps this file locally, presumably in the /temp directory. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My server has a second data drive with plenty of space where I'd like to relocate this temp directory to. How can I configure Tomcat so that it uses a temp directory on this other drive, ie. how can I relocate this directory?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** I'm running Windows server 2k3. I tried setting the CATALINA_TMPDIR env var, but Tomcat appeared to ignore it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Solution:** I'm using the &quot;Monitor Tomcat&quot; application which passes &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; -Djava.io.tmpdir=C:\some\default\directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to the JVM. This was overriding the environmental variable I was setting. You can find it under **Java** &gt; **Java Options**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Changing this has fixed my problem." />
  <row Id="49494" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27815" RevisionGUID="10114cba-8cb4-464c-ae5f-860efdf73574" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:42:43.043" UserId="39733" Text="For a social networking site, OpenID will help attract the tech savvy.  However, if that's your only option it will scare away everyone else.  Users are accustomed to signing up with new logins and passwords on each site.  OpenID is new and foreign, and may make users wonder why they are giving their credentials to a third party.  To a typical user, OpenID might as well say GiveMeYourInformationSoICanSpamYou ... it's just one more reason for them to doubt the integrity of your site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short - determine your user base, and either scratch OpenID or use both OpenID and an application-managed login system." />
  <row Id="49495" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27816" RevisionGUID="8e95d414-1072-47e6-92c4-bb510207c557" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:43:57.610" UserId="3038" Text="The time to consider moving is when you start getting pressure to support more features, or the same mailbox on multiple devices, such as a desktop AND a Blackberry. But if you're not getting pressure to move, then doing so proactively isn't required in my opinion." />
  <row Id="49496" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27817" RevisionGUID="928957b4-fd90-40b2-9a35-cf43c38b1260" CreationDate="2009-06-18T05:50:02.980" UserId="39733" Text="We just upgraded about half of our users to OpenOffice.  We've found that OO is a fantastic substitute for users who:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Do not use any Office automation (i.e. VBA scripts) &#xD;&#xA;- Do not run Powerpoint&#xD;&#xA;- Do not need formatting to be perfect (particularly headers/footers)&#xD;&#xA;- Do not use Access&#xD;&#xA;- Do not integrate with other apps (Salesforce, Web Exports, Sharepoint, etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For those who switched, we gave them Thunderbird with Lightning, and they love it (more than Outlook, although we weren't using Exchange).  It would be hard to convert an entire company, but I'd suspect that in almost any company certain positions don't need the whole Office suite." />
  <row Id="49497" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27818" RevisionGUID="c6f6230b-680f-428b-9766-0344a89313ca" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:00:38.390" UserId="9492" Text="Hi all, I am gonna throw this problem out into the wild.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have just started using a proxy to log users internet usage against login names. This is setup on ISA Server 2004 (which is on our Internet gateway server). Integrated and basic forms of authentication are enabled along with reuiqring all users to authenticate. I have ticked and enabled an array of settings on ISA so that it ignores internal addresses and domains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To point our users to our Proxy server I have used a Detect with DHCPINFORM on our DHCP server to point clients at the network location of the proxy.pac file (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.grape-info.com/doc/win2000srv/internet-gw/wpad/index.html&quot;&gt;Described here&lt;/a&gt;). I also have setup the wpad.dat in the same area as the proxy.pac (both files are identical).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Current proxy.pac file I am playing around with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    function FindProxyForURL(url, host)&#xD;&#xA;    {		&#xD;&#xA;    // Trying to save localhost&#xD;&#xA;	   if (localHostOrDomainIs(host, &quot;localhost&quot;)) return &quot;DIRECT&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;	   if shExpMatch (url, &quot;http://localhost*&quot;) return &quot;DIRECT&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    // If specific URL needs to bypass proxy, send traffic direct.&#xD;&#xA;	var resolved_ip = dnsResolve(host);&#xD;&#xA;	if (isInNet(resolved_ip, &quot;172.22.145.0&quot;,  &quot;255.255.255.0&quot;) ||&#xD;&#xA;		isInNet(resolved_ip, &quot;192.168.1.0&quot;, &quot;255.255.255.0&quot;) ||&#xD;&#xA;		isInNet(resolved_ip, &quot;127.0.0.1&quot;, &quot;255.255.255.255&quot;))&#xD;&#xA;	return &quot;DIRECT&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;	return &quot;PROXY ^gatewaynamehere^.baytech.local:8080; DIRECT&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;(Our internal IP is the 172.22.145.* range)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now the issues I am having is that the proxy.pac file makes the browser go to the proxy whenever localhost or 127.0.0.1 is requested. I can see the requests on the ISA Server when I monitor my IP address. I can request other servers in our Intranet and it doesn't touch the proxy (which is correct). But I suspect that this because of settings on ISA Server and not because of the proxy.pac file (I could be wrong). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A side issue is that we need to point Firefox to the proxy.pac file manually to make it work for Firefox. Also a minority of IE users also need to be pointed manually as well.&#xD;&#xA;The best thing to have is to set our browsers to auto detect (Both IE and FF) and have everything just work no matter where the user is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setting it manually via group policy or browser settings is not ideal because it causes problems for people who have laptops that get taken home.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have also tried disabling the IE proxy cache as described here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/271361&quot;&gt;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/271361&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some Proxy info sites I have looked at:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;a href=&quot;http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/820-1652/adyrs?l=ja&amp;a=view&quot;&gt;Pac file Functions&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;a href=&quot;http://homepages.tesco.net/~J.deBoynePollard/FGA/web-browser-auto-proxy-configuration.html&quot;&gt;homepages.tesco.net/~J.deBoynePollard/FGA/web-browser-auto-proxy-configuration.html&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;* &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.findproxyforurl.com/pac_functions_explained.html&quot;&gt;www.findproxyforurl.com&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance." />
  <row Id="49498" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27818" RevisionGUID="c6f6230b-680f-428b-9766-0344a89313ca" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:00:38.390" UserId="9492" Text="Cannot get proxy.pac file to get browsers to go DIRECT for localhost" />
  <row Id="49499" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27818" RevisionGUID="c6f6230b-680f-428b-9766-0344a89313ca" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:00:38.390" UserId="9492" Text="&lt;isa&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;internet-explorer&gt;&lt;firefox&gt;&lt;localhost&gt;" />
  <row Id="49500" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27819" RevisionGUID="2e2eea71-1cb9-49c6-a246-0742bef755a5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:03:52.983" UserId="9922" Text="I neglected to register earlier, and I can't add a comment, so I'm just going to add this as an answer. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm a bit far into the project to consider using another method of locking down the computer (like SteadyState), and everything but the shutdown button and ctrl+alt+delete are locked down, but I'll keep it in mind for the future.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the computer being part of a domain, no, it's not on a domain and the user is a local user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll look at the method that zerrias' suggested tomorrow and see if it does what I need." />
  <row Id="49501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27820" RevisionGUID="fb630a68-c8ad-4b23-9191-dc2b6942a829" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:04:20.410" UserId="2578" Text="I'm considering upgrading to a business plan for my home office with 5 static IP addresses.  Currently I have the base, 1.5 Mbps down DSL package (makes me cry).  I have my PIX 501 setup with PPPoE and from what I understand, AT&amp;T still forces you to use PPPoE with their static IP packages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Before I do this, I want to make sure my PIX can handle this and I want to be ready to configure my PIX if it can do the job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For this question, we'll say this is what I get from AT&amp;T:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    169.129.154.7 Broadcast (programmed in the RedBack, not useable by customer)&#xD;&#xA;    169.129.154.6 Router (WAN interface/Gateway)&#xD;&#xA;    169.129.154.5 Free for use on Lan(public/routable IP address)&#xD;&#xA;    169.129.154.4 Free for use on Lan(public/routable IP address)&#xD;&#xA;    169.129.154.3 Free for use on Lan(public/routable IP address)&#xD;&#xA;    169.129.154.2 Free for use on Lan(public/routable IP address)&#xD;&#xA;    169.129.154.1 Free for use on Lan(public/routable IP address)&#xD;&#xA;    169.129.154.0 Network (programmed in the RedBack, not useable by customer)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First question: Would the 169.129.154.6 be what I assign the outside interface on my PIX or would that be the 169.129.154.5?  My command in the PIX would be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ip address outside 169.129.154.6 255.255.255.248&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second question: Currently my internal network is 192.168.1.x.  Say I want the 169.129.154.5 IP address (or the 169.129.154.4 if the .5 is the PIX outside) to go to my server that has an internal IP address of 192.168.1.10.  Assume the server is only a web server.  Are these the commands I would use?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    static (inside,outside) 169.129.154.5 192.168.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.255&#xD;&#xA;    access-list inbound permit tcp any host 169.129.154.5 eq www&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No before you tear me up, I am a developer, and by no means a Cisco guy.  This stuff is stressful, I'd rather be coding!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help will be appreciated!" />
  <row Id="49502" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27820" RevisionGUID="fb630a68-c8ad-4b23-9191-dc2b6942a829" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:04:20.410" UserId="2578" Text="How do I configure a Cisco PIX 501 and AT&amp;T DSL w/5 Static IP Addresses + PPPoE?" />
  <row Id="49503" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27820" RevisionGUID="fb630a68-c8ad-4b23-9191-dc2b6942a829" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:04:20.410" UserId="2578" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;adsl&gt;&lt;routing&gt;" />
  <row Id="49504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27821" RevisionGUID="b2adc04c-3e80-4741-8e22-ef4c87774ef6" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:20:28.787" UserId="2253" Text="Linux is not so well equipped than [FreeBSD][1] here. But you can try [Netem][2] with tc (package iproute).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Load Netem&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;modprobe sch_netem&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Drop half of the packets on device tap0:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;tc qdisc add dev  tap0 root netem delay 50ms loss 50% &#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ip_dummynet&#xD;&#xA;[2]: http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/Netem&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27822" RevisionGUID="8aefa33b-85a2-45f3-88f1-c42c5d639ba6" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:21:28.410" UserId="5464" Text="We had a customer who had some sort of weird balloon/rubber fetish.&#xD;&#xA;It was bad enough when he talked on the phone about it.&#xD;&#xA;Then one day he bought in his PC for us to fix.&#xD;&#xA;His desktop was... him naked with his balloon fetish stuff just barely hiding his yarbles.&#xD;&#xA;This guy was a fat, balding 60+ year old.&#xD;&#xA;Disgusting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But he did have a sense of humour.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;His username was &quot;imapopper2&quot;." />
  <row Id="49506" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27822" RevisionGUID="8aefa33b-85a2-45f3-88f1-c42c5d639ba6" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:21:28.410" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49507" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27823" RevisionGUID="2bff1dd9-0f65-47ec-955f-1d570512eb18" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:21:48.220" UserId="1171" Text="[joeware][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Interesting posts on some technical AD topics.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Author of adfind and admod (plus others) tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.joeware.net/" />
  <row Id="49508" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27631" RevisionGUID="43a814bf-9e46-43a7-a709-432b39696574" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:26:13.673" UserId="8021" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;hadoop&gt;&lt;cluster&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="49509" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27824" RevisionGUID="1d793886-a412-48b8-82d7-187df347ed84" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:29:39.297" UserId="5464" Text="I've not tried it  but according to the sun.com docco,  the IsInNet function takes a host, not an IP as the first param.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;so I think that this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if (isInNet(resolved_ip, &quot;172.22.145.0&quot;,  &quot;255.255.255.0&quot;) ||&#xD;&#xA;            isInNet(resolved_ip, &quot;192.168.1.0&quot;, &quot;255.255.255.0&quot;) ||&#xD;&#xA;            isInNet(resolved_ip, &quot;127.0.0.1&quot;, &quot;255.255.255.255&quot;))&#xD;&#xA;    return &quot;DIRECT&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;should be changed to this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if (isInNet(host, &quot;172.22.145.0&quot;,  &quot;255.255.255.0&quot;) ||&#xD;&#xA;            isInNet(host, &quot;192.168.1.0&quot;, &quot;255.255.255.0&quot;) ||&#xD;&#xA;            isInNet(host, &quot;127.0.0.1&quot;, &quot;255.255.255.255&quot;))&#xD;&#xA;    return &quot;DIRECT&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49510" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27825" RevisionGUID="b049bcdf-0fdb-4083-b732-402f4987ad3f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:31:16.470" UserId="5464" Text="Show us the output of /etc/fstab and mount.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27826" RevisionGUID="de688a81-ab1e-4c8f-b6a6-b134d76d4ea7" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:32:56.857" UserId="9809" Text="I've seen this when using disks that Linux for some reason think is faulty.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Did you reformat the entire disk when installing?" />
  <row Id="49512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27827" RevisionGUID="600d57fa-5c1e-44aa-b07c-3416e7cc9e59" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:33:48.820" UserId="58" Text="Hi folks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm tracking the CPU usage of a recent build I did to our Windows 2008 SP2 server.&#xD;&#xA;Here's the task manager screenie...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See how it spikes? I wish to find out what are causing em. Before I do anything, I'm guessing I'll need a Memory Dump. Currently the process is around the 450MB mark. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone have any ideas how I can grab a memory dump when it spikes over .. say .. 50%. Spike -&gt; snapshot. not multi-snap shots, just one. I know how to MANUALLY get a dump .. but that's too tough. I need a once of dump after a trigger, say .. cpu &gt; 50%.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then I have to figure out how to debug it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/747/memorydump.png" />
  <row Id="49513" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27827" RevisionGUID="600d57fa-5c1e-44aa-b07c-3416e7cc9e59" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:33:48.820" UserId="58" Text="How can I grab a Memory Dump of my W3WP.exe process?" />
  <row Id="49514" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27827" RevisionGUID="600d57fa-5c1e-44aa-b07c-3416e7cc9e59" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:33:48.820" UserId="58" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;debugging&gt;" />
  <row Id="49515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27828" RevisionGUID="21c96d61-3a73-4d58-a016-9043806dc969" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:33:51.723" UserId="9848" Text="I've tried with or without double slashes ... still the same&#xD;&#xA;I forgot to mention that even when I'm trying something simple like passthru(&quot;dir 2&gt;&amp;1&quot;) I'm still getting Access denied. I cant figure it out why It doesnt work.. I'm gonna try using Process Monitor and see If that will help" />
  <row Id="49516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27829" RevisionGUID="60c3d3fc-e55f-4bd1-a6f9-a663bb271b5a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:34:15.047" UserId="3431" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been enjoying reading ServerFault for a while and I have come across quite a few topics on Hadoop. I have had a little trouble finding out what it does from a global point of view. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my question is quite simple : What is Hadoop ? What does it do ? What is it used for ? Why does it kick ass ?" />
  <row Id="49517" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27829" RevisionGUID="60c3d3fc-e55f-4bd1-a6f9-a663bb271b5a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:34:15.047" UserId="3431" Text="What is Hadoop and what is it used for ?" />
  <row Id="49518" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27829" RevisionGUID="60c3d3fc-e55f-4bd1-a6f9-a663bb271b5a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:34:15.047" UserId="3431" Text="&lt;hadoop&gt;&lt;what-is&gt;" />
  <row Id="49519" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27825" RevisionGUID="45b8da0e-1be9-4a27-bedc-90335ae96502" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:38:19.093" UserId="5464" Comment="added blah-age" Text="Show us the output of /etc/fstab, mount and /proc/mount.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27830" RevisionGUID="ce790016-e9db-4211-beb3-3ce8327368b9" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:43:18.053" UserId="5922" Text="Straight from the [horse's mouth][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Hadoop is a framework for running&#xD;&#xA;&gt; applications on large clusters built&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of commodity hardware. The Hadoop&#xD;&#xA;&gt; framework transparently provides&#xD;&#xA;&gt; applications both reliability and data&#xD;&#xA;&gt; motion. Hadoop implements a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; computational paradigm named &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Map/Reduce, where the application is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; divided into many small fragments of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; work, each of which may be executed or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; reexecuted on any node in the cluster.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; In addition, it provides a distributed&#xD;&#xA;&gt; file system (HDFS) that stores data on&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the compute nodes, providing very high&#xD;&#xA;&gt; aggregate bandwidth across the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; cluster. Both Map/Reduce and the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; distributed file system are designed&#xD;&#xA;&gt; so that node failures are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; automatically handled by the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; framework.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Map/Reduce is a programming paradigm that was made popular by [Google][2] where in a task is divided in to small portions and distributed to a large number of nodes for processing (map), and the results are then summarized in to the final answer (reduce). Google and Yahoo use this for their search engine technology, among other things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hadoop is a generic framework for implementing this kind of processing scheme. As for why it kicks ass, mostly because it provides neat features such as fault tolerance and lets you bring together pretty much any kind of hardware to do the processing. It also scales extremely well, provided your problem fits the paradigm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can read all about it on the [website][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://labs.google.com/papers/mapreduce.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://hadoop.apache.org/core/" />
  <row Id="49521" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27270" RevisionGUID="d562e8ea-82b8-4fd7-af4f-65df5844bc97" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:44:00.313" UserId="8316" Comment="deleted 3 characters in body" Text="I am configuring the server SVN Collabnet (v1.5.6.1 for Solaris 10).&#xD;&#xA;I succeeded to use the ldap server for SVN authentication.&#xD;&#xA;How avoid to write a non encrypted password (XXXXX, here) in the following configuration file (collabnet_subversion_httpd.conf)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ServerName mccuatsv10:8080&#xD;&#xA;    Listen 8080&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    User csvn&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Group csvn&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Location /svn&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      DAV svn&#xD;&#xA;      SetHandler svn&#xD;&#xA;      SVNParentPath /appli/svn/repositories/&#xD;&#xA;      AuthName &quot;Subversion repository&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      AuthType Basic&#xD;&#xA;      AuthBasicProvider ldap&#xD;&#xA;      AuthzLDAPAuthoritative On&#xD;&#xA;      AuthLDAPBindDN christian.desbordes@ibm.com&#xD;&#xA;      AuthLDAPBindPassword XXXXX&#xD;&#xA;      AuthLDAPURL ldap://eur.msd.world.ibm:389/OU=Users,OU=Accounts,OU=FR,DC=eur,DC=msd,DC=world,DC=socgen?sAM&#xD;&#xA;    AccountName?sub?(objectCategory=person)&#xD;&#xA;      Require valid-user&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/Location&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49522" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27831" RevisionGUID="fc2d229a-703c-4559-8bed-2db669d72cbf" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:48:25.423" UserId="6912" Text="OK, a real simple one that happened to my boss a couple of weeks back...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A new user, having just transferred in from another branch and being given a new desktop, rings to ask, &quot;Can IT please install Windows Explorer on this computer? I had it on my last one and need it to organise my photos...&quot;" />
  <row Id="49523" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27831" RevisionGUID="fc2d229a-703c-4559-8bed-2db669d72cbf" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:48:25.423" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27832" RevisionGUID="08fa861c-f7b4-4d7d-859b-dd6450c4669f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:52:30.827" UserId="5464" Text="use the pgrep command?" />
  <row Id="49525" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27833" RevisionGUID="87207095-b271-47b5-b8d5-b568d77b3d9c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:59:50.923" UserId="3156" Text="**Pipe Cleaners**  -- They are better than twist ties for tying off cables.  They are longer, softer on the fingers, and color coded." />
  <row Id="49526" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27833" RevisionGUID="87207095-b271-47b5-b8d5-b568d77b3d9c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T06:59:50.923" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27834" RevisionGUID="ebf1d975-6795-43a1-8f7e-281d00f4199a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:00:39.220" UserId="9802" Text="Jurgen Appelo, NOOP.NL blogs author, published Top 100 best blogs for Developers [here][1]. Maybe it could be useful for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.noop.nl/2009/03/top-100-blogs-for-developers-q1-2009.html" />
  <row Id="49528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27835" RevisionGUID="ce1526ba-abcd-4944-b8d8-db6b3f31e918" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:00:55.427" UserId="5464" Text="Does opensuse have selinux?&#xD;&#xA;If so is it turned on and is the context of your script the same as the other start up scripts?&#xD;&#xA;Try `getenforce` to see if selinux in installed an turned on.&#xD;&#xA;Try `ls -lZ /etc/init.d/rc5.d/` to see the scripts' contexts" />
  <row Id="49529" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27836" RevisionGUID="9a876324-0e42-4606-8a86-08b1d4bb9855" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:04:32.770" UserId="919" Text="Do you need Oracle? Are you worried certification is the only way you can tell who's qualified to admin your servers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because that's the main features RHEL brings to the table. It was **huge** news when Oracle announced Unbreakable Linux, because it's a direct attack on RHAT's profitability. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're capable of using Postgres, and can interview system administrators on your own / admin it yourself, there's nothing much to look at. RHN is interesting, but not necessary and Canonical offers a similar service called Landscape. Especially at your currently inventory, RHN is completely worthless." />
  <row Id="49530" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27837" RevisionGUID="12e540a7-3fe7-43c2-a1de-0a4080d864ce" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:06:09.490" UserId="5464" Text="SELinux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try getenforce to see if selinux is switched on.&#xD;&#xA;It will return 1 or enforcing if it is turned on.&#xD;&#xA;Then if it is check dmesg to see if there is an selinux related error that looks like it might be to do with your script." />
  <row Id="49531" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27838" RevisionGUID="0deb776d-d6fd-4abb-a332-1825db32559c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:07:15.883" UserId="7486" Text="Many years ago I worked in a 5 sided building in DC doing office automation.  I was a contractor.  Our contract said that we started at 8:30, and, regardless of how much the phone rang we ignored it until 8:30, exact.  Normally the person calling was, if we were unlucky, a Colonel.  If we were really unlucky it was a 1 Star.  Let me tell you, they were very used to not being ignored by 25 year olds.  And many of them were quite steamed because they had a 0900 meeting, and, they came in at 0500 to work, and, the ^&amp;%%^&amp;$%^ system was down.  It's quite hard to trouble shoot a system while someone is screaming inches from you and spitting all over you.  I was quite happy that side arms were banned except for the guards.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Along those lines, the screaming that went on when there was some markup on a bill due to Congress at say 1600 and, for what ever reason, the word processor style sheet was doing the wrong thing was impressive to watch as well.  Bills have exacting standards for markup, the details have been suppressed at this point, and when the funding is billions of dollars people don't take a very zen attitude.  I just got to watch those fights since I did system support, not software support." />
  <row Id="49532" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27838" RevisionGUID="0deb776d-d6fd-4abb-a332-1825db32559c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:07:15.883" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49533" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27839" RevisionGUID="bf9664e7-d03b-4f26-90da-2c3803e2b924" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:12:02.520" UserId="2783" Text="You can download PHP 5.2.9 from MacPorts here: http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=name&amp;substr=php (it's the 3rd one down), and can download MySQL 5.1.35 (which is 26 minor versions newer than 5.1.9) directly from MySQL here: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.1.html#macosx-dmg&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't tell the exact version number of Kerberos 5 included with 10.5.7, but the latest version directly from MIT is 1.7.  You'd have to compile from source, and I don't know what it would do with the built-in version from Apple, so make sure you try any of the above in a lab/test server before upgrading your production boxen." />
  <row Id="49534" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27840" RevisionGUID="ebd9d0a1-30ee-4e43-baef-51480ef70641" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:15:00.143" UserId="2302" Text="I agree with most of the points made here, but wanted to make just a few points about/in defense of the latest version of OpenOffice.org:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- version 3.1 is a **major** improvement in speed and memory use; particularly with Base/Java disabled.  With the quickstarter enabled, time to open a document is finally comparable with MS Office, and in some cases even faster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- The go-oo flavor of OpenOffice.org (Novell's fork) has always been a step ahead as far as compatability with MS Office, rudimentary VBA macro support (though still very hit and miss), and performance/usability improvements.  However, after waiting a few weeks for the go-oo build of 3.1, this is the first time that I was unimpressed enough by the differences to actually migrate back to upstream version of 3.1.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- 80-90% of &quot;typical&quot; users of Word and Excel will be able to migrate to OpenOffice with minimal retraining.  It can also be set to save files as .doc, .xls, and .ppt files rather than .od* by default, which helps with the initial rollout.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- I haven't played with OOo-basic much, but it can also be automated with a variety of languages including JavaScript and Python using the UNO bridge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- I think it *looks* good, as a Windows and Linux user I like the simplicity and intuitiveness of the interface, and would compare it favorably to Office 2007 (though not necessarily to Office XP/2003). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- It's freakin' free!!!  For my part, I think the developers (and their corporate overlords, who admittedly have their own agenda) take a lot of heat and don't get nearly the gratitude or respect they deserve for creating, maintaining, and improving OOo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the whole, I've found 3.1 to be the first version of OpenOffice.org that's really convinced me it's a viable alternative in many (though certainly not all) cases to shelling out for MS.  The thing that bugs me more than anything about organizational use is the lack of AD integration; if anyone knows any tools or tricks for this I'd love to hear about it." />
  <row Id="49535" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27841" RevisionGUID="0b8b0ea5-9f5c-4d5d-9d2d-63120e83e6a7" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:19:21.740" UserId="2783" Text="According to [this thread][1] Mono is installed by default on Fedora 11. I don't have it installed yet to play with it and confirm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is not there, you would just need to do: &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**yum install mono** and &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**yum install mod_mono**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=217869" />
  <row Id="49536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27842" RevisionGUID="f6b047ac-0fd3-48fb-afb5-c706deb633b0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:23:45.413" UserId="9939" Text="Cloudera have some great videos that explain the principles behind Map Reduce and Hadoop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.cloudera.com/hadoop-training-basic&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the core ideas behind MapReduce is that for large data sets you are going to be io bound on your disks, so in Hadoop HDFS gives you the ability to split things up between lots of nodes enabling parallel processing. It's designed for l&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some uses of Hadoop of interest to systems administrators are often around processing large log file sets - I can only post one link but these include, google should find these:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Rackspace mail log query&#xD;&#xA; 2. Apache log analysis with pig - see Cloudera blog&#xD;&#xA; 3. Yahoo! fight spam" />
  <row Id="49537" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27843" RevisionGUID="47583fce-c061-45fa-881a-a5c16194f195" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:28:04.953" UserId="2783" Text="As you note, the app tier does not perform heavy I/O, and is usually a good candidate for virtualization.  I don't know your specific environment, so testing it with a representative load will be the best way to get a definitive answer, but it has the &quot;It works for me&quot; seal of approval :)  The data tier (SQL Server) runs much better directly on top of hardware (but it sounds like that is what you are doing anyways).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are running multiple VMs on the server hosting the TFS App Tier VM, just be aware (and I know this is blindingly obvious) that the other VMs will be competing for the same resources as the TFS VM (RAM, CPU, Network, and Disk), so plan accordingly." />
  <row Id="49538" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27844" RevisionGUID="df6fc290-2fed-4b2d-9e08-541f8cbc4082" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:29:42.500" UserId="2302" Text="We've used a few Ubuntu servers for several years (going back to edgy eft) in a mostly Windows network, currently jaunty with likewise/samba for AD integration and NTLMAPS to get apt to update properly through the ISA proxy.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It was easy to configure, is easy (cron-apt and only security repos enabled) to keep updated, and really &quot;just works.&quot;  If you like Ubuntu I can't think of any reasons to give you to use something else, unless there's a must-have app or feature in another server distro that you find compelling." />
  <row Id="49539" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27842" RevisionGUID="cbed7630-0e67-46a1-acfe-d9c686edac64" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:30:36.413" UserId="9939" Comment="fixed thinko" Text="Cloudera have some great videos that explain the principles behind Map Reduce and Hadoop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.cloudera.com/hadoop-training-basic&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the core ideas behind MapReduce is that for large data sets you are going to be io bound on your disks, so in Hadoop HDFS gives you the ability to split things up between lots of nodes enabling parallel processing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some uses of Hadoop of interest to systems administrators are often around processing large log file sets - I can only post one link but these include, google should find these:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Rackspace mail log query&#xD;&#xA; 2. Apache log analysis with pig - see Cloudera blog&#xD;&#xA; 3. Yahoo! fight spam" />
  <row Id="49540" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27845" RevisionGUID="c418acf0-7564-4b69-bbc1-940e7e31fdb7" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:31:22.433" UserId="8321" Text="Even if the answer is already excepted, I'd like to mention IMAP. I don't understand why people still use POP3 these days. I think nowadays most people work on more then one machine (e.g. at home and at work) or read there mails on a mobile device or via a webinterface. Keeping the mails on the server is a good idea when you want to access them from everywhere. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want IMAP support, a great webinterface, Calendar, InstantMessage and so on, you should definitely take a look at [Google Apps][1]. It's free for up to 50 users and cheap enough if you want more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/a" />
  <row Id="49541" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27846" RevisionGUID="5730f1b0-f7cb-4a0b-ae75-af63d5fb1088" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:38:00.797" UserId="6656" Text="Another way to do it is to ask perl what compiler said the size of a long integer is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ perl -MConfig -e 'print $Config{longsize}*8 . &quot;\n&quot;;'&#xD;&#xA;    64&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;vs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ perl -MConfig -e 'print $Config{longsize}*8 . &quot;\n&quot;;'&#xD;&#xA;    32&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, if you've got gcc installed, the same in C:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ cat &gt; bits.c &lt;&lt;EOC&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; #include &lt;stdlib.h&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; #include &lt;stdio.h&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; &#xD;&#xA;    &gt; int main(void) {&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;    printf(&quot;%d\n&quot;, (int)sizeof(long)*8);&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; &#xD;&#xA;    &gt;    exit(0);&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; }&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; EOC&#xD;&#xA;    $ gcc -Wall -o bits bits.c&#xD;&#xA;    $ ./bits&#xD;&#xA;    64&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;vs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [...]&#xD;&#xA;    &gt; EOC&#xD;&#xA;    $ gcc -Wall -o bits bits.c&#xD;&#xA;    $ ./bits&#xD;&#xA;    32&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;:-)" />
  <row Id="49542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27847" RevisionGUID="d5b8924e-3af2-425b-af50-7f61852c074a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:46:57.097" UserId="9614" Text="Does anyone know an 'easy' way to disable access to the main admin page in smoothwall 3 SP 1?&#xD;&#xA;I looked into the 'permissions' but nothing obvious jumped out at me; I'm trying to limit the PURPLE (wireless) interface from being able to access the administrator website (contained on the Smoothwall box).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance :)" />
  <row Id="49543" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27847" RevisionGUID="d5b8924e-3af2-425b-af50-7f61852c074a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:46:57.097" UserId="9614" Text="Smoothwal 3 SP1 - Remove Access to Admin Page" />
  <row Id="49544" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27847" RevisionGUID="d5b8924e-3af2-425b-af50-7f61852c074a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:46:57.097" UserId="9614" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="49545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27848" RevisionGUID="cf076124-5df7-4082-93e5-27932f3c6f81" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:48:58.547" UserId="39733" Text="Have you checked to make sure you aren't just getting deadlocks from transactions stepping on each other's work?  Have you checked running/locked SQL queries when the locking occurs?" />
  <row Id="49546" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27849" RevisionGUID="617dec49-4862-402a-81b5-34085ce658ed" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:50:52.783" UserId="9942" Text="My issue: When an order is processed, the same document needs to be printed on two printers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My proposed solution: Create a single queue in CUPS with a backend script that spits the job out to the two real printers queues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My problem: Documentation. Maybe I'm looking at every ring around the bullseye, but I can't find anything that lays out the rules for writing a CUPS backend script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the end, I have several questions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Is there already an option to do this in CUPS that I've missed?&#xD;&#xA;* The line I use to add my queue is &quot;**`lpadmin -p MultiPass -E -v multipass -P Generic PostScript Printer`**&quot;. But DeviceURI is bad unless I specify a directory like &quot;**`-v multipass:/tmp`**&quot;. Why is this?&#xD;&#xA;* For testing, my script does nothing but capture ARGV and write it out to a text file one line per argument. Problem is, I'm getting nothing. Logs show the job as successful, but I'm pretty sure my meager attempt at a backend isn't even being run.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried to keep this question brief, so please ask for more info as I'm sure I've left out the most important part in all this. Honestly, I'm just done chasing my own tail. Thank you for your time." />
  <row Id="49547" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27849" RevisionGUID="617dec49-4862-402a-81b5-34085ce658ed" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:50:52.783" UserId="9942" Text="2 Printers 1 Queue" />
  <row Id="49548" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27849" RevisionGUID="617dec49-4862-402a-81b5-34085ce658ed" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:50:52.783" UserId="9942" Text="&lt;cups&gt;&lt;printing&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="49549" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27850" RevisionGUID="d30814d2-f8f7-4f39-a7c9-fc4eb2f5ddbb" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:50:52.893" UserId="9457" Text="I installed VirtualBox v2.2.4 on a CentOS 5.2 host. I want the guest VMs to auto-start when the host boots up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's the correct solution? Where should I run VBoxHeadless from?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49550" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27850" RevisionGUID="d30814d2-f8f7-4f39-a7c9-fc4eb2f5ddbb" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:50:52.893" UserId="9457" Text="Auto-start VirtualBox VMs on CentOS host" />
  <row Id="49551" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27850" RevisionGUID="d30814d2-f8f7-4f39-a7c9-fc4eb2f5ddbb" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:50:52.893" UserId="9457" Text="&lt;centos&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;virtualbox&gt;&lt;automation&gt;" />
  <row Id="49552" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27851" RevisionGUID="f251cdba-0d6f-4878-9094-711fd346b9f0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:51:57.447" UserId="39733" Text="Sometimes servers try doing a reverse DNS lookup on your address, so if you're connecting from behind a firewall there will be a 30s+ delay in connecting.  This often causes SFTP to timeout.  We change the timeout to 60 or 120 when connecting to third parties, which almost always fixes the problem." />
  <row Id="49553" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27852" RevisionGUID="8d37a651-4407-45ae-98cb-7bd700d3911e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:56:08.233" UserId="7833" Text="Hi there&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When setting up a user-defined data collection set which is written to a CSV file, I need to get the set to restart itself every hour, thus recreating the log file. Otherwise my log files will get too big. Before anyone recommends another solution, I have to do it like this :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have configured the data collection 'stop condition' tab as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Stop Condition][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, the file just keep getting bigger and bigger. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can someone tell me where to look for internal error logs related to the data collection sets, or help in any other way?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many thanks in advance! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ciaran&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://i44.tinypic.com/2mn13t4.gif" />
  <row Id="49554" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27852" RevisionGUID="8d37a651-4407-45ae-98cb-7bd700d3911e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:56:08.233" UserId="7833" Text="Win Server 2008 - Reliability &amp; Performance Monitor not restarting " />
  <row Id="49555" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27852" RevisionGUID="8d37a651-4407-45ae-98cb-7bd700d3911e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:56:08.233" UserId="7833" Text="&lt;perfmon&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;performance-monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="49556" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27850" RevisionGUID="e3d0bccf-e0c9-4e61-b16f-6e4846db2f11" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:59:19.647" UserId="9457" Comment="added 192 characters in body" Text="I installed VirtualBox v2.2.4 on a CentOS 5.2 host. I want the guest VMs to auto-start when the host boots up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's the correct solution? Where should I run VBoxHeadless from?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** this question can be generalized to &quot;what should I do to run something after boot in CentOS?&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, I'd like to have the output from VBoxHeadless (stdout/err) saved somewhere." />
  <row Id="49557" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27853" RevisionGUID="b0348ae4-b2f2-4f99-b357-7bb505a52b1b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:00:59.597" UserDisplayName="mcfadder_09" Text="My server OS is Windows Server 2003. I have few folders that no matter what I try to delete, it just wont be deleted. The error message is &quot;File sharing violation&quot; or &quot;being used by other person or program&quot;. Nobody is using that folder, and there is no any program that use it. But, why still i cant removed? Anyone can help?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(i tried deleted in command prompt as well, but still failed)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(The last option I would do is restart my server, but I really hope not to use this option, cuz I got a lot of reasons not to restart the only big server)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49558" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27853" RevisionGUID="b0348ae4-b2f2-4f99-b357-7bb505a52b1b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:00:59.597" UserDisplayName="mcfadder_09" Text="How to removed server file/folder?" />
  <row Id="49559" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27853" RevisionGUID="b0348ae4-b2f2-4f99-b357-7bb505a52b1b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:00:59.597" UserDisplayName="mcfadder_09" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;file&gt;&lt;folder&gt;&lt;delete&gt;&lt;remove&gt;" />
  <row Id="49560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27854" RevisionGUID="57a2fdab-6bcc-4f65-94f3-5149e723963c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:04:27.953" UserId="6965" Text="I use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dr-hoiby.com/WhoLockMe/index.php&quot;&gt;WhoLockMe&lt;/a&gt; to discover what's holding on to the folder." />
  <row Id="49561" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27855" RevisionGUID="2c4d253c-261d-4d8e-8120-7dd40e7bfbee" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:06:19.493" UserId="4694" Text="Look at this **[How do you find what process is holding a file open in Windows?][1]** &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should be able to find what is holding your file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1966/how-do-you-find-what-process-is-holding-a-file-open-in-windows" />
  <row Id="49562" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27856" RevisionGUID="bc0f50fa-fa8d-484f-b37d-c60c1bed29d1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:09:06.227" UserId="6793" Text="[vboxtool][1] could take care of it for you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Easy control of virtual machines of VirtualBox (virtualization solution) on a Linux headless server. Start, stop, save, backup and show status of sessions in batch mode from command line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Place *vboxtoolinit* in /etc/init.d/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chkconfig --add vboxtoolinit&#xD;&#xA;    chkconfig --levels 2345 vboxtoolinit on&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vboxtool/" />
  <row Id="49563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27857" RevisionGUID="f931772a-707b-41cf-94d7-b138d9fc69dc" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:15:57.040" UserId="9942" Text="Your commands look good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You say this is a 5 ip block? When Bell allocates a /29, they'll tell you one address is the gateway. That is *their* gateway, i.e. your destination route. What address you choose for your PIX outside address is then one of the remaining 5 addresses. So you can expect:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;`169.129.154.0/29`&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;`169.129.154.1 = Bell's Gateway`&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;`169.129.154.2 = PIX`&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;`169.129.154.3 = NAT to WWW`&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;`169.129.154.4 = &lt;OPEN&gt;`&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;`169.129.154.5 = &lt;OPEN&gt;`&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;`169.129.154.6 = &lt;OPEN&gt;`&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;`169.129.154.7 = Broadcast`&lt;br /&gt;" />
  <row Id="49564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27858" RevisionGUID="18ae9634-b27e-4e5f-96bd-8afde2b078ef" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:30:09.443" UserId="2668" Text="I would take a serious look at Mercurial(hg) rather than SVN.. &#xD;&#xA;An architecture I'd suggest would be to give them each a repository on the server to which they can push their deltas, and you can have one they can pull from for assignment details. Using Hg they can still do LOCAL commits and tags, and push the data to the server when convenient. &#xD;&#xA;And if all the &quot;right&quot; assignments derive from the same tag, you could detect copying.. &#xD;&#xA;Unless they did a simple cp from on repos to the other. &#xD;&#xA;Those not on a linux box could even use it. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49565" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27859" RevisionGUID="fb77fa05-473c-4fa9-b91a-c55fbeb67a50" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:32:29.597" UserId="9942" Text="Just an idea, but maybe a batch script in a scheduled task to automagically login as a maintenance user to run the install?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Write the login credentials to the Registry (see [KB315231][1])&#xD;&#xA;* Add another script to Startup to clear out the credentials and launch the AutoIt enhanced install&#xD;&#xA;* Reboot&#xD;&#xA;* Profit!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's crazy enough that it just might work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315231" />
  <row Id="49566" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27860" RevisionGUID="5cece539-3986-40a5-a3e0-9ab83f67b9c4" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:36:21.787" UserId="8583" Text="I am running VisualSVN Server on my server, and I have TortoiseSVN installed on both my dev PC and my server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to be able to push through updates to the website over SVN without manually checking out the latest version on htdocs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I have TortoiseSVN on my server automatically checkout the latest revision of the site when I commit a new revision?" />
  <row Id="49567" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27860" RevisionGUID="5cece539-3986-40a5-a3e0-9ab83f67b9c4" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:36:21.787" UserId="8583" Text="Web Development with SVN" />
  <row Id="49568" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27860" RevisionGUID="5cece539-3986-40a5-a3e0-9ab83f67b9c4" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:36:21.787" UserId="8583" Text="&lt;svn&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;visualsvn&gt;&lt;update&gt;&lt;automation&gt;" />
  <row Id="49569" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27861" RevisionGUID="1c3162df-ab57-4fd8-9cb7-72a56cb032f9" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:11:23.593" Text="&lt;p&gt;I am using ping command to know whether remote machine is on or not. But problem is that ping command (ICMP Packect) is not accepted at remote machine if firewall is on and it assumed that remote machine is off because ping status returns false. Is there any alternative way to know that remote machine is on or not assuming firewall is on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49570" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27861" RevisionGUID="1c3162df-ab57-4fd8-9cb7-72a56cb032f9" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:11:23.593" Text="Ping command is not accepted if firewall is on at remote system." />
  <row Id="49571" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27861" RevisionGUID="1c3162df-ab57-4fd8-9cb7-72a56cb032f9" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:11:23.593" Text="&lt;c++&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="49572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27862" RevisionGUID="a3f458cf-ba0f-4e06-a76c-830c25102e86" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:16:28.747" Text="&lt;p&gt;If the firewall is any good, there is no way to check for this. The whole point of a firewall is that, if the packet you send is rejected, you don't get any clues at all as to the state of the receiving server: the core idea is that you don't get to tell between the case of&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) the server isn't there, and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) the firewall blocked you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to tell if the remote server is on, you have to decide on some port on which the server will respond, and make an appropriate hole in the firewall.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49573" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27863" RevisionGUID="bf92f0f8-f516-480a-b88a-4df14fe19df3" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:38:50.847" UserId="9486" Text="I have a linux box (Debian) which is up 24/7. I'd like to set it up in such a way, that once a day it connects to a specific FTP server and checks if any files have changed since the last check. If they have, it should send me an email with a list of the changed files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The check doesn't have to be thorough - I'll be happy if it just compares file dates. But it has to be recursive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I do this? I understand I can use cron to schedule the process, but what do I use to connect and check for changes?" />
  <row Id="49574" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27863" RevisionGUID="bf92f0f8-f516-480a-b88a-4df14fe19df3" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:38:50.847" UserId="9486" Text="Linux software for monitoring folder changes over FTP?" />
  <row Id="49575" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27863" RevisionGUID="bf92f0f8-f516-480a-b88a-4df14fe19df3" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:38:50.847" UserId="9486" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;ftp&gt;&lt;changes&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="49576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27864" RevisionGUID="8054f117-c037-4d8a-9a86-bee1d0edc9e4" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:42:28.687" UserId="9947" Text="Use Sysinternals (now a part of Microsoft) Process Explorer.&#xD;&#xA;Find menu, Find Handle or DLL and then enter a string to search for. Will show you the process that is holding the file open. If the process is &quot;System&quot;, check Computer Management, System Tools, Shared Folders, Open Files to see if it is locked by a remote user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Process Explorer][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx" />
  <row Id="49577" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27865" RevisionGUID="fa39ffa0-e7f7-4101-99c2-24295a63a3d0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:45:50.707" UserId="9539" Text="I wonder why people think openID is more secure. For tech savvy users, this might apply, but a common user would not spot the difference between a real openID login and a faked one that will scrape the password.  &#xD;&#xA;Even worse, they too will know which openID account to associate with this password, and can probably wreak much more damage than with a simple username/email/password combination.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;openID is a technical solution for technical users, and not very helpful for ordinary users. So for technical sites it might florish, but I don't see that for ordinary sites any time soon." />
  <row Id="49578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27866" RevisionGUID="9003a5e3-706f-4e19-8c3d-62403b0a311c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:46:47.850" UserId="8342" Text="I know many people that run with this configuration and it works well for them.  I know of at least one company with fairly heavy load (24x7 development around the globe with around 200 users accessing the system during the day), and this configuration is working fine for them.  They did have issues when the SQL server was virtualized but have been running fine since SQL was given it's own box.  The key is (as with all VM's used in production) to be sure that the AT VM has sufficient resources and is not competing with other VM's on the host device too heavily.  Under low resource conditions the ASP worker process running in IIS can start recycling heavily which can lead to some issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While the IO of the AT is fairly low, it actually caches files that are uploaded in version control to avoid having to re-build the file from the delta's stored in the database when someone requests that particular version.  Therefore it is still worth doing all the usual good practices with production VM's such as using fixed disks etc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49579" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27867" RevisionGUID="6cace9f0-d0d7-46be-bb6e-e8bdf9b98652" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:48:03.043" UserId="9942" Text="Sounds to me you're either going to need working DDNS or MAC-based VLANs...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unless you're up for managing the printer name through your local HOSTS file (I'm assuming you're on Windows).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Under \Windows\System32\drivers\etc\ is a file called HOSTS. In here, you can tie an IP address to a name like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `172.16.0.42 ThisPrinterNameRocks`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are training in a lab, you'd have to make the change to every machine. A batch script on a flash drive can help:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `@echo off`&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `set PrinterIP = 172.16.0.42`&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `echo PrinterIP &gt;&gt; %SYSTEM32%\drivers\etc\HOSTS`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But really, DDNS or VLAN is probably your best bet." />
  <row Id="49580" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27855" RevisionGUID="39a0ff2e-e2a1-4d65-bc98-8f87837d0ab4" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:50:32.430" UserId="4694" Comment="added 173 characters in body" Text="Look at this **[How do you find what process is holding a file open in Windows?][1]** &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should be able to find what is holding your file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [Sysinternals Process Explorer][2]&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;[Unlocker][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1966/how-do-you-find-what-process-is-holding-a-file-open-in-windows&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/" />
  <row Id="49581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27868" RevisionGUID="48520e2c-0373-4fe1-862f-e29aae513b84" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:50:56.610" UserDisplayName="The Boss" Text="We went with Entrust, much cheaper than RSA/Vasco etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.entrust.com/strong-authentication/identityguard/tokens/index.htm" />
  <row Id="49582" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27869" RevisionGUID="1a027bc8-29b1-4bac-b383-a16eecef428f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:53:08.807" UserId="2668" Text="Running his own linux box is essential to his learning. Forcing him to do it may discourage him. I think running his windows box as a VM inside his linux box is a great option, as It will bring him up to speed on virtualization as well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Guide him/her to some of the great literature out there, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html &quot;in the beginning was the command line&quot;&#xD;&#xA; - http://thecommandline.net/2009/06/17/responsibilities_relationships/ &quot;the command line news&quot;&#xD;&#xA; - http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2009/06/how_i_got_here_in_the_end_part.html Charlie Stross's story of his career. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and of course the Stackoverflow podcast, Stackoverflow.com and Serverfault.com &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49583" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27870" RevisionGUID="a400d2d9-c473-4271-b7ba-25ec3f63b807" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:54:16.540" UserId="137" Text="How can I convert an MS SQL 2005 DB from collation **SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI** to **SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_C1_AS**?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_C1_AS** does not appear in the list of options when I go to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Right click on the DB and select 'Properties'&#xD;&#xA; - Options&#xD;&#xA; - Collation" />
  <row Id="49584" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27870" RevisionGUID="a400d2d9-c473-4271-b7ba-25ec3f63b807" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:54:16.540" UserId="137" Text="How to convert an MS SQL 2005 DB from Collation SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI to SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_C1_AS?" />
  <row Id="49585" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27870" RevisionGUID="a400d2d9-c473-4271-b7ba-25ec3f63b807" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:54:16.540" UserId="137" Text="&lt;mssql&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;collation&gt;" />
  <row Id="49586" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27871" RevisionGUID="54e29f04-df5a-489b-8bd3-1664a71003ba" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:56:12.450" UserId="9951" Text="Depending on the firewall configuration you may be able to use a TCP SYN ping.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Effectively you will either get an ACK back if it's listening on the port, or a RST if it's not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Various tools exist that do this, notably [NMAP][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nmap.org/&quot;NMAP&quot;" />
  <row Id="49587" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27871" RevisionGUID="54e29f04-df5a-489b-8bd3-1664a71003ba" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:56:12.450" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49588" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27872" RevisionGUID="342c981a-e737-42a5-95f7-c7d030cd1d50" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:58:39.857" UserId="2299" Text="If you're trying to work out what is using the CPU then user Performance Monitor. Monitor the &quot;Process&quot; counter %Processor Time for All instances. You can either just watch the graph, or set it to log to a CSV file that you can analyse in Excel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49589" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27873" RevisionGUID="e806cf46-a77c-4c6f-a39a-002047450415" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:58:42.057" UserId="2489" Text="You can do an ARP Ping.   Even if the firewall is preventing ICMP pings from occurring, ARP Ping basically asks if anyone is using the specific IP.  ARP is used to make sure there's not IP collisions, so the machine has to respond. Once such tool is [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.netscantools.com/nstpro_arpping.html" />
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  <row Id="49591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27874" RevisionGUID="2d550de2-22a2-489f-b1ff-40b19b74c4a6" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:59:04.473" UserId="9947" Text="If you have TortoiseSVN installed on your web server, first do a manual checkout to the pertinent path, then create a batch file (or just schedule an advanced task if on 2008) containing the following (adjust paths as necessary):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin\TortoiseProc.exe&quot; /command:update /path:&quot;C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\mysite&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then set the period you need (5 mins, 10 mins etc).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49592" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27875" RevisionGUID="797152db-407b-4ae4-a994-db89db92741e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:59:51.023" UserId="2627" Text="If the other computer is on the same local area network, it should still answer to ARP requests even though it's blocking `ping`. In this case, you could try to use something like `arping`. [More information on Wikipedia][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Over a larger network, I can't think of a reliable way of telling whether a host is on or not without its cooperation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arping" />
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  <row Id="49594" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27876" RevisionGUID="bafd4d26-9166-46d3-805e-5a3f6e25c9e5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:00:30.553" UserId="9950" Text="I am having an application package which i need to insatll on 500+ users workstations in aproduction environment.  I doesnt have any SMS tool or software distribution tool to deploy that I need to do with win 2003 server options only or cmd line inter face batch file." />
  <row Id="49595" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27876" RevisionGUID="bafd4d26-9166-46d3-805e-5a3f6e25c9e5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:00:30.553" UserId="9950" Text="write batch file to install a application package from server to all claients at atime ." />
  <row Id="49596" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27876" RevisionGUID="bafd4d26-9166-46d3-805e-5a3f6e25c9e5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:00:30.553" UserId="9950" Text="" />
  <row Id="49597" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27870" RevisionGUID="c22bed4a-c641-4ef1-8588-eab95e4e7d01" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:04:05.647" UserId="431" Comment="Retagging mssql as sqlserver" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;collation&gt;" />
  <row Id="49598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27877" RevisionGUID="ffb1326b-866e-45ef-a253-a5460cbd18ab" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:04:39.297" UserId="9947" Text="No gaps other than when planning for expanding san systems or things like that. We prefer to put new cabinets close to the actual controllers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have proper cooling, leaving gaps will not be beneficial unless the server is poorly constructed." />
  <row Id="49599" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27878" RevisionGUID="a521d8ff-514e-445b-9efc-1604518e3213" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:06:57.560" UserId="2299" Text="Have a look at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;325335 and see if that helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27879" RevisionGUID="8224e3d7-997e-472e-976d-397a1edc7f2f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:07:00.307" UserId="3083" Text="It seems to be silly question, but i really wonder 'Why keyboard keys are not placed in alphabetical order?' Is there any specific reason?" />
  <row Id="49601" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27879" RevisionGUID="8224e3d7-997e-472e-976d-397a1edc7f2f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:07:00.307" UserId="3083" Text="Why keyboard keys are not in alphabetical order?" />
  <row Id="49602" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27879" RevisionGUID="8224e3d7-997e-472e-976d-397a1edc7f2f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:07:00.307" UserId="3083" Text="&lt;keyboard&gt;" />
  <row Id="49603" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27876" RevisionGUID="6f05a232-f164-47e8-b71c-764b86fc00de" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:07:33.347" UserId="45" Comment="typos and tags" Text="I am having an application package which I need to install on 500+ users workstations in a production environment.  I don't have any SMS tool or software distribution tool to deploy that I need to do with Windows Server 2003 options only or command-line interface batch file." />
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  <row Id="49605" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27876" RevisionGUID="6f05a232-f164-47e8-b71c-764b86fc00de" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:07:33.347" UserId="45" Comment="typos and tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="49606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27880" RevisionGUID="ca59ed42-1966-43e9-95f5-c98625e5aaa0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:08:24.500" UserId="431" Text="I think the collation you're looking for is CI, with the letter I, not the number 1.  Check the screen again, but if you still don't see it, try running this script with your database name in it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    USE [master]&#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    ALTER DATABASE [MyDatabaseName] COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS&#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49607" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27881" RevisionGUID="0762c01f-f2a1-4818-bfdd-8fb6ab1b46d6" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:09:19.943" UserId="9947" Text="Unless you need clustering, more RAM than the Standard Edition x64 supports, the 4 virtual instances or to install an Enterprise Certificate Authority with Editable Templates, stick with Standard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You dont need the Enterprise Edition just because you're an Enterprise (you'd be surprised how many think they do)." />
  <row Id="49608" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27882" RevisionGUID="0dba1131-76d4-4862-94b6-3297c6ef3952" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:13:22.603" UserId="282" Text="I would recommend looking at [CruiseControl.net][1], then configuring it as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Create a working copy that isn't published by IIS (i.e. is only available from the server).&#xD;&#xA; 1. Configure CruiseControl.net to build the project from this working copy.&#xD;&#xA; 1. Set a Post-Build event (on a sucessful build) in CruiseControl.net to export to your published folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This has two important effects:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. A non building svn-revision can not be published.&#xD;&#xA; 1. Your .SVN or _SVN directories will not be published. Theoreticly someone could come along and look at your source code in /.svn/text-base/your-filename.ext.svn-base.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Information about setting up CruiseControl.net and Subversion:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Continuous Integration + CruiseControl.Net + Subversion + MSBuild + .Net 2.0][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [CruiseControl.NET : Subversion Source Control Block][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Information about setting up CruiseControl.net to publish files:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [CruiseControl.Net Build Publisher - Only publish compiled files][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://confluence.public.thoughtworks.org/display/CCNET/Welcome+to+CruiseControl.NET&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://justinram.wordpress.com/2006/07/20/continuous-integration-cruisecontrolnet-subversion-msbuild-net-20/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://ccnet.sourceforge.net/CCNET/Subversion%20Source%20Control%20Block.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23027/cruisecontrol-net-build-publisher-only-publish-compiled-files" />
  <row Id="49609" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27883" RevisionGUID="838fabd4-fa08-4505-a58d-677149fcf172" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:13:45.223" UserId="431" Text="I'd read up on the benchmarking Anandtech.com has been doing on virtualization:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - http://it.anandtech.com/IT/showdoc.aspx?i=3567&#xD;&#xA; - http://it.anandtech.com/IT/showdoc.aspx?i=3560&amp;p=5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And read up on why VMware doesn't allow benchmarks in their EULA.  They give some really good examples of bad benchmarking:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://blogs.vmware.com/virtualreality/2009/03/a-big-step-backwards-for-virtualization-benchmarking.html" />
  <row Id="49611" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27885" RevisionGUID="fb5aea82-2584-43c6-988a-d082932463c6" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:14:43.740" UserId="1375" Text="I'm pretty sure lftp can be scripted to do this; otherwise, I'd just use an FTP library for my favourite scripting language (Ruby/Perl/Python) and do the job that way." />
  <row Id="49612" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26656" RevisionGUID="a6ecb6d9-6ebe-47b8-9ee2-e1726fa9fddd" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:14:50.820" UserId="431" Comment="Retagging mssql as sqlserver" Text="&lt;event-log&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="49613" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27886" RevisionGUID="a26cb595-9952-4ae7-a7d9-0e000eed586b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:15:39.180" UserId="45" Text="If the computers are in your Windows domain, you could use the Software Installation extension  with group policies for automated installations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This TechNet article explains this technique:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[**How Group Policy Software Installation Extension Works**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The Group Policy Software installation&#xD;&#xA;&gt; extension allows administrators to use&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the Group Policy Object Editor to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; centrally manage the installation of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; software on all client computers in an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; organization. This is accomplished&#xD;&#xA;&gt; either by assigning applications to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; users or computers, or by publishing&#xD;&#xA;&gt; applications for users.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Software can be assigned on a per-user&#xD;&#xA;&gt; or per-computer basis when an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; organization does not want to give&#xD;&#xA;&gt; users the choice to install or remove&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the software. For example, if a user&#xD;&#xA;&gt; removes a user-assigned application by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; using Add or Remove Programs in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Control Panel, the Group Policy&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Software installation extension&#xD;&#xA;&gt; automatically reapplies the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; advertisement information after the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; user logs on or the computer restarts,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and the software is reinstalled the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; next time a user selects it or tries&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to open a file with an associated file&#xD;&#xA;&gt; name extension. It is not possible for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a user to delete a computer-assigned&#xD;&#xA;&gt; application. In most cases, packages&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that are assigned to users or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; computers include applications that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; are essential but do not create&#xD;&#xA;&gt; congestion between the clients and the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; software distribution points.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is another article on TechNet, which explains the basics: [What Is Group Policy Software Installation Extension?][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc782152(WS.10).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc739148(WS.10).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://i.technet.microsoft.com/cc782152.568b52cc-571c-47e6-8f02-53643160c204(en-us).gif" />
  <row Id="49614" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27887" RevisionGUID="0e95a236-1373-4f26-85cf-cb6c31bc8762" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:16:37.260" UserId="3023" Text="Is there a way to sort ps output by process start time, so newest are either at the top or bottom ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Linux ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On SysV5 ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Mac ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49615" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27887" RevisionGUID="0e95a236-1373-4f26-85cf-cb6c31bc8762" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:16:37.260" UserId="3023" Text="How to sort ps output by process start time ?" />
  <row Id="49616" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27887" RevisionGUID="0e95a236-1373-4f26-85cf-cb6c31bc8762" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:16:37.260" UserId="3023" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;processes&gt;" />
  <row Id="49618" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27889" RevisionGUID="22876891-e32b-42f3-801e-8495bf63527a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:17:39.600" UserId="8132" Text="Because on the originals typewriting machines the most frequently used letters were spaced away to avoid mechanics pieces to be tired quickly.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49619" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27890" RevisionGUID="71331567-39d5-4232-b4ee-db55ff7da519" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:18:14.387" UserId="431" Text="Two things: first, don't try to troubleshoot SQL Server via its own error logs first.  The big errors go into the Windows application event logs.  The nice thing about checking that first is that it's standard across lots of applications, so you can use the same tools to monitor lots of applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second, you asked about the best job and log checking across lots of SQL Server 2000 and 2005 machines, so I'll cast my vote for [Quest Spotlight on SQL Server][1].  Disclaimer: I work for Quest, hahaha.  Anyway, it gives you a graphical dashboard showing all of your servers with simple red/yellow/green color-coding, and then you can drill down into each server to find out what jobs and things have failed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.quest.com/spotlight-on-sql-server-enterprise/" />
  <row Id="49620" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27891" RevisionGUID="b831f42b-36fa-4bf2-b8b6-aa21502be785" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:19:10.797" UserId="2354" Text="This is good question with no simple answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most people think the reason is that for touch typists the most often uses characters are&#xD;&#xA;typed with the stronger fingers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The real reason however is different:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you hit two keys that are next to each other on a mechanical typewriters simultaneously or in quick succession they lock up and the typewriter can even be damaged. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the designers tried to spread out keys which were close in often used words or phrases to minimize this effect. Mechanical typewriters are long gone, but the layout stayed." />
  <row Id="49621" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27892" RevisionGUID="84ba7e69-9de6-44ad-80af-35e030559f98" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:19:16.257" UserId="6793" Text="My problem,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm going to teach a group of 15 students over a video conference system (all setup and working), Students are located in several different places even different countries. +1 if the software is Free/Open Source Software.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I need is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. The students need to see my desktop (OSX), students run Ubuntu (8.X/9.X)&#xD;&#xA; * We are two teachers and need to switch between our desktops without disconnecting&#xD;&#xA;   connected students. (OSX and Ubuntu)&#xD;&#xA; * Teachers need to connect and view students screens (one at a time).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know about [VNCReflector][1] which will solve 1,2 but not 3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vnc-reflector/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers, RktHkr" />
  <row Id="49622" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27892" RevisionGUID="84ba7e69-9de6-44ad-80af-35e030559f98" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:19:16.257" UserId="6793" Text="Remote desktop solution for teaching" />
  <row Id="49623" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27892" RevisionGUID="84ba7e69-9de6-44ad-80af-35e030559f98" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:19:16.257" UserId="6793" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;vnc&gt;&lt;teaching&gt;" />
  <row Id="49624" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27893" RevisionGUID="6c9766ae-4bfd-4de0-98ba-186a85611a20" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:21:25.597" UserId="6793" Text="Linux:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    $ ps aux --sort=lstart &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OSX:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ps aux -O started" />
  <row Id="49625" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27894" RevisionGUID="c3d50dbb-4adc-4108-8d07-bc8d8f7adfef" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:21:28.890" UserId="3230" Text="I'm having trouble using the [Mail package][1] from PEAR. &lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I have `PHP Version 5.2.8` installed (`php-fpm` used toghether with `nginx`)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ pear version&#xD;&#xA;    PEAR Version: 1.7.2&#xD;&#xA;    PHP Version: 5.2.8-1hardy~ppa1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ pear list&#xD;&#xA;    Package          Version State&#xD;&#xA;    Mail             1.1.14  stable&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ pear config-get php_dir&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/share/php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;phpinfo() says:&#xD;&#xA;&gt;include_path	.:/usr/share/php&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://pear.php.net/package/Mail/&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everything seems fine, but when I try to&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    require_once &quot;Mail.php&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I get:&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Warning: require\_once(Mail.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home.. on line 2&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Fatal error: require\_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'Mail.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php') in /home.. on line 2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Am I missing something?" />
  <row Id="49626" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27894" RevisionGUID="c3d50dbb-4adc-4108-8d07-bc8d8f7adfef" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:21:28.890" UserId="3230" Text="PEAR Mail problem on Ubuntu" />
  <row Id="49627" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27894" RevisionGUID="c3d50dbb-4adc-4108-8d07-bc8d8f7adfef" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:21:28.890" UserId="3230" Text="&lt;php&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="49629" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27896" RevisionGUID="c0146513-d1aa-4262-9639-5b02c1d62260" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:22:29.543" UserId="9942" Text="Here is a shell script to help you on your way. If you can execute this over ssh, then you're done. If you have to do it over FTP, then you'll be meeting my old friend [Expect][1]. Good luck!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `#!/usr/bin/env bash`&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `if [ ! -f .baseline ]; then`&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;`echo &quot;No timestamp available for comparison. Exiting.&quot;`&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;`exit 1`&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `fi`&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `for filename in ./*`&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `do`&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;`if [ .baseline -ot &quot;$filename&quot; ]; then`&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;`echo &quot;$filename&quot;`&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;`fi`&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `done`&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `touch .baseline`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://expect.nist.gov/" />
  <row Id="49631" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27897" RevisionGUID="cd72f4c7-cc45-4baf-94a2-ef08f540a2c3" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:26:57.397" UserId="7936" Text="You might want to investigate the *-edu distributions. They commonly have solutions for such problems. Althoug if you use (the same) Linux on the teachers machines it would probably be a lot easier since the integration would be already there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a specific reason/requirement for the teachers to run OSX. I guess it's probably because teachers don't want to get used to a new desktop but demand that from their pupils." />
  <row Id="49632" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27898" RevisionGUID="becd12ff-ae6e-4c37-8419-e1c90916992c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:27:15.570" UserId="9539" Text="I've set up TFS a few weeks ago, and had a lot of trouble because nearly everything I tried was not supported.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I endet up not using Windows Server 2008, but 2003R2 instead.  &#xD;&#xA;Therefore I did use the older IIS 6 as well.  &#xD;&#xA;I did not use SQL Server 2008, but 2005SPx instead.  &#xD;&#xA;I did not use a localized version of Windows &amp; SQL Server but the english one instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setup of TFS was a real PITA! I only got it to run properly using the recommended software versions (WS 2003, SQL 2005, all in english).  &#xD;&#xA;Whenever I installed it with some other version, either installation failed, or it just did not work, with some very weird error messages. Especially using non-english-Windows Server lead to strange behaviour after installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I got a similar error to yours: As far as I remember, the installation created the database, while it is setting some access rights an error occured, the installation tries to drop the database to rollback, but can't drop it because the installation still has the connection in use (#Fail).  &#xD;&#xA;So the error message reads like there is already a DB, when in fact the real error was something entirely different, and the message you see is just a failed rollback.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There should be some more log files, where you can find the real error that happened." />
  <row Id="49633" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27899" RevisionGUID="e9008307-1cf2-43ae-a5fe-0b52a7f00322" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:28:00.827" UserId="9947" Text="Your other option would be to use Sysinternals (now a part of Microsoft) psexec. It can either run a command remotely on a specified machine or on all machines in a text file. Have the machines either run the installer or a batch file that copies/installs your application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[PsExec][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx" />
  <row Id="49634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27900" RevisionGUID="c1b786bc-d0e1-4ce6-89f0-6352989bb418" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:28:37.783" UserId="6292" Text="This should work on Linux and SysV5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ps -ef --sort=start_time&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49635" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27894" RevisionGUID="542d15c5-0bb9-4496-a84d-eee04b9c687e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:29:48.123" UserId="3230" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;php&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="49636" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27901" RevisionGUID="0a1e38bd-c9be-4606-983c-0bc06c8c9732" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:29:52.663" UserId="5038" Text="If you really want a single box, doing all that, you could go for a Cisco 3750 (or comparable switch), it can do basic (admittedly VERY basic) firewalling (access-lists, nothing really fancy) and route packets. Don't know to what extent they provide a &quot;simple&quot; VPN config, but you should be able to configure IPSEC endpoints as needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, to be honest, you are probably better off doing these as separate boxes." />
  <row Id="49637" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27901" RevisionGUID="0a1e38bd-c9be-4606-983c-0bc06c8c9732" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:29:52.663" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49638" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27891" RevisionGUID="632c1b73-f6ce-4fcd-bdf9-ae734d135ddc" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:31:10.180" UserId="2354" Comment="added 291 characters in body; added 8 characters in body; added 2 characters in body" Text="This is a good question with no simple answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most people think the reason is that for touch typists the most often used characters are&#xD;&#xA;typed with the fingers that are stronger.  This is not really true. You can easily check this &#xD;&#xA;yourself with a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.simonsingh.net/The_Black_Chamber/frequencyanalysis.html&quot;&gt;Letter Frequency table&lt;/a&gt; and a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_typing&quot;&gt;Touch Typing diagram&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The real reason is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you **hit two keys that are next to each other** on a mechanical typewriter simultaneously or in quick succession **they lock up** and the typewriter can even get damaged. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the designers tried to spread out the keys which were close in often used words or phrases to minimize this effect. Mechanical typewriters are long gone, but the layout stayed because &#xD;&#xA;touch typists are used to it." />
  <row Id="49639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27902" RevisionGUID="20cf3c89-0349-4a1d-908f-190b82bb6673" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:33:07.413" UserId="9461" Text="Use wget. First day:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    wget -r -q --spider --no-remove-listing --ftp-user=YOU --ftp-password=YOURSECRET ftp://YOURSERVER   2&gt;&amp;1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This command will produce a local directory named YOURSERVER with a downloaded directory tree underneath, but each directory will contain only one file called &quot;.listing&quot;. The .listing files can be compared to old copies with diff command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now each day:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mv YOURSERVER PREVIOUS_DIR&#xD;&#xA;    wget as above&#xD;&#xA;    diff -r YOURSERVER PREVIOUS_DIR &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will print all lines that differ, and cron should automatically mail the result to you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49640" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27882" RevisionGUID="e9ddfdd7-9fb0-492f-8a3c-e31f7a9accb8" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:33:41.923" UserId="282" Comment="Added Url trigger link" Text="I would recommend looking at [CruiseControl.net][1], then configuring it as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Create a working copy that isn't published by IIS (i.e. is only available from the server).&#xD;&#xA; 1. Configure CruiseControl.net to build the project from this working copy.&#xD;&#xA; 1. Set a Post-Build event (on a sucessful build) in CruiseControl.net to export to your published folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This has two important effects:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. A non building svn-revision can not be published.&#xD;&#xA; 1. Your .SVN or _SVN directories will not be published. Theoreticly someone could come along and look at your source code in /.svn/text-base/your-filename.ext.svn-base.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Information about setting up CruiseControl.net and Subversion:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Continuous Integration + CruiseControl.Net + Subversion + MSBuild + .Net 2.0][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [CruiseControl.NET : Subversion Source Control Block][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Information about setting up CruiseControl.net to publish files:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [CruiseControl.Net Build Publisher - Only publish compiled files][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Information about setting CruiseControl.net to trigger when you make a commit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [CruiseControl.Net Url Trigger][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://confluence.public.thoughtworks.org/display/CCNET/Welcome+to+CruiseControl.NET&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://justinram.wordpress.com/2006/07/20/continuous-integration-cruisecontrolnet-subversion-msbuild-net-20/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://ccnet.sourceforge.net/CCNET/Subversion%20Source%20Control%20Block.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23027/cruisecontrol-net-build-publisher-only-publish-compiled-files&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://confluence.public.thoughtworks.org/display/CCNET/Url+Trigger" />
  <row Id="49641" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27898" RevisionGUID="17bfa415-3e70-40a9-93f8-7b39a3865e57" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:34:19.627" UserId="9539" Comment="added 81 characters in body; deleted 540 characters in body" Text="I've set up TFS a few weeks ago, and had a lot of trouble because nearly everything I tried was not supported.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I endet up not using Windows Server 2008, but 2003R2 instead.  &#xD;&#xA;Therefore I did use the older IIS 6 as well.  &#xD;&#xA;I did not use SQL Server 2008, but 2005SPx instead.  &#xD;&#xA;I did not use a localized version of Windows &amp; SQL Server but the english one instead.  &#xD;&#xA;Do not install Sharepoint services myself, instead let TFS setup handle this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setup of TFS was a real PITA! I only got it to run properly using the recommended software versions (WS 2003, SQL 2005, all in english).  &#xD;&#xA;Whenever I installed it with some other version, either installation failed, or it just did not work, with some very weird error messages. Especially using non-english-Windows Server lead to strange behaviour after installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good Luck!" />
  <row Id="49642" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27903" RevisionGUID="d332ad0e-e28e-4f7e-b3d7-00f702957184" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:37:00.387" UserId="1068" Text="Is there a way to install Windows 7 on a second HDD (SATA for that matter) and have it not modify the MBR?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The disk can be later placed in a similar H/W configuration or booted using the BIOS boot menu.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, is there a way to install Windows on a second partition without having it modify the MBR?" />
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  <row Id="49644" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27903" RevisionGUID="d332ad0e-e28e-4f7e-b3d7-00f702957184" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:37:00.387" UserId="1068" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;installation&gt;&lt;mbr&gt;" />
  <row Id="49645" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27904" RevisionGUID="5bf7ac11-28f2-4aed-aeae-52c87eb3d1ea" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:39:49.383" UserId="356" Text="Use a post-commit [hook script][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;e.g. This *post-commit.bat* assumes that *C:\Inetpub\Blah* is a working copy and updates it every time a commit occurs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    pushd C:\Inetpub\Blah&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;C:\Program Files\VisualSVN\bin\svn.exe&quot; update&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.reposadmin.create.html#svn.reposadmin.create.hooks" />
  <row Id="49646" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27905" RevisionGUID="a4fbad86-a754-42e6-9e95-671d2be8591f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:40:39.413" UserId="6793" Text="Edit your *php.ini* and look for the paths and directories info. &#xD;&#xA;Add */usr/share/php/PEAR* to *include_path=*, mine says:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    include_path = &quot;.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/php/PEAR&quot;" />
  <row Id="49647" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27829" RevisionGUID="31d9cebe-e0fe-4a31-8649-e515140bbc54" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:41:04.560" UserId="3431" Comment="added 132 characters in body" Text="Hello,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been enjoying reading ServerFault for a while and I have come across quite a few topics on Hadoop. I have had a little trouble finding out what it does from a global point of view. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my question is quite simple : What is Hadoop ? What does it do ? What is it used for ? Why does it kick ass ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit :** If anyone happens to have demonstrations/explanations of use cases in which Hadoop was used, that would be fantastic." />
  <row Id="49648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27906" RevisionGUID="9790d5e4-1daf-4e99-b3cb-992653f7d275" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:45:12.337" UserId="356" Text="Tip: for debugging pac files in firefox you can use `alert(&quot;blah&quot;)` for debugging messages and then look in the Error Console (Tools menu) where they will be printed." />
  <row Id="49649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27907" RevisionGUID="e52bbdd5-09a2-42f7-81e0-95e0172a51a7" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:45:19.170" UserId="6965" Text="I don't know if this is a coincidence or not, but all the letters required to spell the word &quot;typewriter&quot; are on the top row.  Think &quot;product demo&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49650" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27908" RevisionGUID="262627e4-3a82-4612-a54f-5eedc4fa5150" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:45:20.197" UserId="7083" Text="Dell *probably* provide a tool to monitor it, but I can hazard a guess that it will be bloated and implemented with Java, like most lacklustre OEM utilities.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fortunately enough it appears that the SC1435 is supported by the wonderful [mpt-status][1] utility. Just make sure that you have the following options enabled in your kernel:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    CONFIG_FUSION=y&#xD;&#xA;    CONFIG_FUSION_SAS=y&#xD;&#xA;    CONFIG_FUSION_MAX_SGE=128&#xD;&#xA;    CONFIG_FUSION_CTL=y&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can then use mpt-status from the CLI to view the health of your RAID array.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I personally then use a simple Python script called from cron which periodically checks the status and issues us alerts by email. In a similar fashion to how mdadm behaves. You can of course specify how frequently you wish to check. Feel free to use it yourself:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/usr/bin/env python&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Copyright (c) 2009 Dan Carley &lt;dan.carley@gmail.com&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any&#xD;&#xA;    # purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above&#xD;&#xA;    # copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;    # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED &quot;AS IS&quot; AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES&#xD;&#xA;    # WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF&#xD;&#xA;    # MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR&#xD;&#xA;    # ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES&#xD;&#xA;    # WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN&#xD;&#xA;    # ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF&#xD;&#xA;    # OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Report if the status of a RAID controller is not positive.&#xD;&#xA;    Presently only designed for one controller per machine.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Requires the supporting utils:&#xD;&#xA;        mpt-status(8)   for MPT controllers.&#xD;&#xA;        tw_cli(8)       for 3ware controllers.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Schedule with crontab:&#xD;&#xA;        MAILTO=&quot;alert@your.domain&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        0   */3 *   *   *   /usr/local/sbin/hwraid_monitor.py -t &lt;type&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    def main():&#xD;&#xA;        from re import search&#xD;&#xA;        from sys import exit&#xD;&#xA;        from os.path import isfile&#xD;&#xA;        from optparse import OptionParser&#xD;&#xA;        from subprocess import Popen, PIPE&#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;        controller_types = 'mpt', '3ware'&#xD;&#xA;        util_mpt = '/usr/sbin/mpt-status'&#xD;&#xA;        util_3ware = '/sbin/tw_cli'&#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;        usage = &quot;usage: %prog -m (mpt|3ware)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        parser = OptionParser(usage=usage)&#xD;&#xA;        parser.add_option(&quot;-t&quot;, &quot;--controller-type&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;                          action=&quot;store&quot;, type=&quot;string&quot;, dest=&quot;controller_type&quot;,&#xD;&#xA;                          default=&quot;none&quot;, help=&quot;Storage controller type.&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;        (options, args) = parser.parse_args()&#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;        if not options.controller_type in controller_types:&#xD;&#xA;            parser.print_help()&#xD;&#xA;            exit(2)&#xD;&#xA;        elif options.controller_type == 'mpt':&#xD;&#xA;            if isfile(util_mpt):&#xD;&#xA;                p = Popen([util_mpt, '-s'], stdout=PIPE)&#xD;&#xA;            else:&#xD;&#xA;                print &quot;Util not found: %s&quot; % util_mpt&#xD;&#xA;                exit(1)&#xD;&#xA;        elif options.controller_type == '3ware':&#xD;&#xA;            if isfile(util_3ware):&#xD;&#xA;                p = Popen([util_3ware, 'info', 'c0'], stdout=PIPE)&#xD;&#xA;            else:&#xD;&#xA;                print &quot;Util not found: %s&quot; % util_3ware&#xD;&#xA;                exit(1)&#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;        retval = 0&#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;        while True:&#xD;&#xA;            o = p.stdout.readline()&#xD;&#xA;            if o == '' and p.poll() != None:&#xD;&#xA;                break&#xD;&#xA;            &#xD;&#xA;            o = o.split()&#xD;&#xA;            if len(o) &gt; 2:&#xD;&#xA;                if options.controller_type == 'mpt':&#xD;&#xA;                    # Array check.&#xD;&#xA;                    if o[0] == 'log_id' and o[2] != 'OPTIMAL':&#xD;&#xA;                        print &quot;Failed: \n    &quot;, ' '.join(o)&#xD;&#xA;                        retval = 1&#xD;&#xA;                    # Drive check.&#xD;&#xA;                    elif o[0] == 'phys_id' and o[2] != 'ONLINE':&#xD;&#xA;                        print &quot;Failed: \n    &quot;, ' '.join(o)&#xD;&#xA;                        retval = 1&#xD;&#xA;                elif options.controller_type == '3ware':&#xD;&#xA;                    # Array check.&#xD;&#xA;                    if search(r'^u\d$', o[0]) and o[2] != 'OK':&#xD;&#xA;                        print &quot;Failed: \n    &quot;, ' '.join(o)&#xD;&#xA;                        retval = 1&#xD;&#xA;                    # Drive check.&#xD;&#xA;                    if search(r'^p\d$', o[0]) and o[1] != 'OK':&#xD;&#xA;                        print &quot;Failed: \n    &quot;, ' '.join(o)&#xD;&#xA;                        retval = 1&#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;        exit(retval)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    if __name__ == &quot;__main__&quot;:&#xD;&#xA;        main()&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.drugphish.ch/~ratz/mpt-status/" />
  <row Id="49652" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27757" RevisionGUID="35a00cd9-3bb5-4f3c-98dc-c256896b5c41" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:46:15.563" UserId="9382" Comment="added 187 characters in body" Text="Can anyone recommend a fail2ban-like tool for a Windows OS?  I've got a couple of Windows Media servers that get hammered with brute force authentication attempts.  I would like to plug these authentication failures into some kind of blocking tool." />
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  <row Id="49660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27912" RevisionGUID="b03dadbe-d6e1-41e4-a483-323a6971c58f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:50:31.403" UserId="9170" Text="You can try http://www.netsupportmanager.com/ (netsupport manager /School) NetSupport Manager provides the ability to support Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris and mobile devices all from a single console. only thing is that is eval/trail for 15/30 days." />
  <row Id="49661" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27913" RevisionGUID="d31f4873-be63-4b2a-9d10-22e44d725bce" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:54:25.327" UserId="45" Text="I have a certain budget for ordering a couple of new servers from a vendor. The new servers  will run Windows Server 2008/IIS 7 with a lot of web sites (ASP.NET and classic ASP). They don't have to run SQL Server or any other database software. All databases are on other, dedicated servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The servers will have 24 GB of RAM, but I'm not sure about the CPU. What configuration would you chose between these two CPU options and why:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- multi-processor: 2 [Intel Xeon E5504][1] (4M Cache, 2.00 GHz, 4.80 GT/s Intel QPI)&#xD;&#xA;- single-processor: 1 [Intel Quad Core Xeon X3363][2] (12M Cache, 2.83 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=40711&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=35279&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49662" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27913" RevisionGUID="d31f4873-be63-4b2a-9d10-22e44d725bce" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:54:25.327" UserId="45" Text="Which CPU configuration for new servers (IIS7 / Windows Server 2008)?" />
  <row Id="49663" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27913" RevisionGUID="d31f4873-be63-4b2a-9d10-22e44d725bce" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:54:25.327" UserId="45" Text="&lt;cpu&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="49664" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27914" RevisionGUID="965128b1-29bb-4307-98a6-2687b2ab6e13" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:58:14.930" UserId="822" Text="Leaving gaps between servers can affect cooling. Many data centres operate suites on a 'hot aisle' 'cold aisle' basis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you leave gaps between servers then you can affect efficient airflow and cooling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This article may be of interest:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [Alternating Cold and Hot Aisles Provides More Reliable Cooling for Server Farms][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.openxtra.co.uk/article/AlternColdnew.pdf" />
  <row Id="49665" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27915" RevisionGUID="bfbcf58b-f3a1-4324-8ca5-cb85d2a7046a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:58:35.553" UserId="4694" Text="I recommend using htop instead of ps aux on Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;**[htop][1]** - an interactive process viewer for Linux&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Press Shift+S to sort processes by TIME.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![htop][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://htop.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/8185/htopjpg.jpg" />
  <row Id="49666" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27913" RevisionGUID="3acb0dac-136b-468e-99b3-3cf10624387e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T09:59:41.637" UserId="45" Comment="added 24 characters in body" Text="I have a certain budget for ordering a couple of new servers from a vendor. The new servers  will run Windows Server 2008/IIS 7 with a lot of web sites (ASP.NET and classic ASP). They don't have to run SQL Server or any other database software. All databases are on other, dedicated servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The servers will have 24 GB of RAM, but I'm not sure about the CPUs. What configuration would you chose between these two CPU options (both have four cores) and why:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- multi-processor: 2 [Intel Xeon E5504][1] (4M Cache, 2.00 GHz, 4.80 GT/s Intel QPI)&#xD;&#xA;- single-processor: 1 [Intel Quad Core Xeon X3363][2] (12M Cache, 2.83 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=40711&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=35279&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49667" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27916" RevisionGUID="29229b43-6bfa-49a6-8a0b-2c67d03afbcd" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:04:20.253" UserDisplayName="Bob Simmons" Text="I have an odd problem where one of my users' UsrClass.dat hive does not load, which causes .NET ClickOnce applications to fail to start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They are one of several users on a Windows 2000 terminal server, all the others have no problem. Nothing is mentioned in any logs. I can manually load the hive to the correct HKEY\_USERS\\..._Classes location using REGEDT32, which works around the problem, but I've no idea what could be causing this in the first place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas what to check here, or any diagnostic tools or procedures that would help?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49668" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27916" RevisionGUID="29229b43-6bfa-49a6-8a0b-2c67d03afbcd" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:04:20.253" UserDisplayName="Bob Simmons" Text="UsrClass.dat does not load, any ideas on what to check?" />
  <row Id="49669" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27916" RevisionGUID="29229b43-6bfa-49a6-8a0b-2c67d03afbcd" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:04:20.253" UserDisplayName="Bob Simmons" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;registry&gt;" />
  <row Id="49671" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27917" RevisionGUID="9c5ae481-70eb-47d3-8ec0-300aae4f00ff" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:17:23.050" UserId="4634" Text="Hello.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many machines i need to work with have basic NIX installation with vim as text editor. But vim's way to select text is kind of unusual to me :). Is it any easy way to re-configure vim so it will use shift in order to select text and ctrl+c / ctrl+v for copy and paste?" />
  <row Id="49672" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27917" RevisionGUID="9c5ae481-70eb-47d3-8ec0-300aae4f00ff" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:17:23.050" UserId="4634" Text="Configure vim for text selection with shift and copy/paste via ctrl+c, ctrl+v?" />
  <row Id="49673" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27917" RevisionGUID="9c5ae481-70eb-47d3-8ec0-300aae4f00ff" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:17:23.050" UserId="4634" Text="&lt;vim&gt;" />
  <row Id="49674" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27918" RevisionGUID="34f192c1-69a9-442f-9e3a-7827cd581ce0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:18:16.247" UserId="7783" Text="I'd be inclined to choose the 2x nelaheim processors configuration. You've said you'll be running a lot of websites which can translate to a lot of web application threads, and 2 4 core processors translates to a lot of multi-tasking ability, and the throughput on the newest intel processors is much improved over their older processors. You should also see some very good memory performance from that architecture too, which should help with serving website content nice and quickly." />
  <row Id="49675" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27919" RevisionGUID="c8d636d5-c3da-4b9b-a8a6-52b4f2eb3f57" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:18:52.457" UserId="5392" Text="The ncftp client has the [ncftpls][1] tool which can do a recursive long list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ncftp.com/ncftp/doc/ncftpls.html" />
  <row Id="49676" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27920" RevisionGUID="cd4383a4-8878-45c9-956b-0cca2b5643b8" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:19:34.043" UserId="2354" Text="Add the following lines to your `_vimrc` or `.vimrc`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    source $VIMRUNTIME/mswin.vim&#xD;&#xA;    behave mswin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But beware, visual mode is then Crtl-Q instead of Ctrl-V.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27921" RevisionGUID="c9199340-d7c6-4520-99a5-3b20400ff1ff" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:20:34.353" UserId="7083" Text="I get the impression (perhaps wrongly) that it is a more popular practice in some telecoms environments where hot/cold aisles aren't so widely used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not suited to a high density and well run datacentre though." />
  <row Id="49678" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26483" RevisionGUID="ac521536-df1e-4c04-987e-a62ce93f0cc8" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:26:07.153" UserId="9664" Comment="Simply removed the explanation. This causes people to provide off-topic answers." Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know about any statistics or studies about how often computers have malfunctioning RAM?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Carl" />
  <row Id="49680" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27922" RevisionGUID="d4aa2bad-6c03-4172-a39f-105f35817f8e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:29:58.423" UserId="9170" Text="Hi every one&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to install firewall which have following features Antispam, Anti Virus, Webfiltering, Userwise access, Intrusion prevention etc. is any product from open source )(ie untangle/ipcop) any other solution for the above implementation if any one can help me with this." />
  <row Id="49681" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27922" RevisionGUID="d4aa2bad-6c03-4172-a39f-105f35817f8e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:29:58.423" UserId="9170" Text="Open source" />
  <row Id="49682" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27922" RevisionGUID="d4aa2bad-6c03-4172-a39f-105f35817f8e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:29:58.423" UserId="9170" Text="&lt;opensource&gt;" />
  <row Id="49687" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27925" RevisionGUID="4b36e878-7c49-4ce8-bac7-b5f899658833" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:33:56.200" UserId="3431" Text="[Pfsense][1] can do most of this if you add extra packages which are easily installable inside the distribution. It is also very stable and intuitive to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pfsense.com/" />
  <row Id="49688" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27922" RevisionGUID="351691e7-a5a0-4687-87e1-2bc997813334" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:34:21.520" UserId="3431" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;opensource&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;antivirus&gt;&lt;antispam&gt;&lt;ips&gt;" />
  <row Id="49689" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27922" RevisionGUID="648a635e-3925-428d-b0a0-bc65f49e741d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:34:42.097" UserId="9140" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;filtering&gt;&lt;antivirus&gt;&lt;antispam&gt;&lt;opensource&gt;" />
  <row Id="49690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27926" RevisionGUID="6f79714d-fe31-4f1f-b7c7-06992d0f7546" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:36:57.880" UserId="9140" Text="I have large gaps above my UPS (for installing a second battery in the futurue) and above my tape library (if I need another one). Other than that I dont have gaps, and I use panels to fill up empty spaces to preserve airflow." />
  <row Id="49691" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27927" RevisionGUID="fc7e9c20-2dc9-42fb-bdad-1b6b8171807c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:40:20.103" UserId="4694" Text="Look at **[Endian Firewall][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Endian **[Download][2]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;The Endian Firewall is an open source Linux distribution that specializes on Routing/Firewalling and Unified Threat Management&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endian_Firewall&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.endian.com/en/community/download/" />
  <row Id="49695" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27928" RevisionGUID="63b69d42-acfe-469c-9a42-c990938fd3c8" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:46:28.437" UserId="1440" Text="You can grab a memory dump with the Debugging Tools for Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The adplus.vbs script can do this from the command line, so can be added as the task for an alert in a data collection set in Reliability and Performance Monitor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The challenge is identifying the process over a longer term, w3wp.exe processes typically recycle on a schedule, and thus you would need to re-create the data collection and alerts." />
  <row Id="49696" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="27922" RevisionGUID="db92b78a-3454-4cce-a77a-862d5ebdbf2f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:48:03.737" UserId="2413" Comment="edited title" Text="Open source antivirus/antispam/web filtering gateway" />
  <row Id="49697" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27929" RevisionGUID="2ef7711b-714b-46ab-b184-6879ec47801d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:50:09.957" UserId="1440" Text="Debugging:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Native debugging of dumps can be done in VS2005 and VS2008, just ensure you have symbols set up to use MS' symbol server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Managed (ASP.NET) debugging can be done in VS2010 (in Beta) or WinDbg with the SOS extensions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take a look at the following blogs for more details:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [John Robbins][1]&#xD;&#xA;- &quot;[If broken it is, fix it you should][2]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Multiple books have been written about this topic, too large for this space to even make a start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wintellect.com/CS/blogs/jrobbins/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/tess/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="49698" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27930" RevisionGUID="b46d0794-c4d8-40f0-a80c-9b8f0e29d3c5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:50:27.070" UserId="2627" Text="So just run VNCReflector for switching all students between the teaching machines, and regular VNC server on the student machines so that the teacher can connect back. 1, 2, 3, done." />
  <row Id="49699" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27931" RevisionGUID="4136cbfa-7941-4e1f-b9c4-fcbfc7b6a27f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:52:39.110" UserId="9307" Text="One really quick way is to use OWA - if you've rights on their mailbox you can browse to the OWA and stick their user account name on the end.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can then set out of office in options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;e.g.  http://servername/exchange/accountname" />
  <row Id="49700" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27894" RevisionGUID="9a2e31de-7911-4a1e-a702-5ba4b5aec1de" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:52:47.143" UserId="3230" Comment="added 65 characters in body" Text="I'm having trouble using the [Mail package][1] from PEAR. &lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I have `PHP Version 5.2.8` installed (`php-fpm` used toghether with `nginx`)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ pear version&#xD;&#xA;    PEAR Version: 1.7.2&#xD;&#xA;    PHP Version: 5.2.8-1hardy~ppa1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ pear list&#xD;&#xA;    Package          Version State&#xD;&#xA;    Mail             1.1.14  stable&#xD;&#xA;    ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ pear config-get php_dir&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/share/php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ls /usr/share/php/Mail.php&#xD;&#xA;    /usr/share/php/Mail.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;phpinfo() says:&#xD;&#xA;&gt;include_path	.:/usr/share/php&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://pear.php.net/package/Mail/&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everything seems fine, but when I try to&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    require_once &quot;Mail.php&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I get:&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Warning: require\_once(Mail.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home.. on line 2&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Fatal error: require\_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'Mail.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php') in /home.. on line 2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Am I missing something?" />
  <row Id="49701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27932" RevisionGUID="2723f0de-7055-4c8b-8205-cb15c82ff6a4" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:54:26.783" UserId="8934" Text="Google is not leaving U between servers, and i guess they are concerned by heat management. Always interesting to watch how big players do the job.&#xD;&#xA;Here is a video of one of their datacenter:&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRwPSFpLX8I&amp;feature=player_embedded][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Go directly to 4:21 to see their servers.&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRwPSFpLX8I&amp;feature=player_embedded" />
  <row Id="49703" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27933" RevisionGUID="3970438c-1446-4788-b3f0-a4300c5e2652" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:56:39.570" UserId="9839" Text="I'm using driver e1000e for multiple Intel network cards (Intel EXPI9402PT, based on 82571EB chip). The problem is that when I'm trying to utilize maximum speed (1GB) on more than one interface, speed on each interface starts to drop down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For one interface I get: 120435948 bytes/sec.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For two interfaces I get: 61080233 bytes/sec and 60515294 bytes/sec.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For three interfaces I get: 28564020 bytes/sec,  27111184 bytes/sec, 27118907 bytes/sec.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What can be the cause?" />
  <row Id="49704" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27933" RevisionGUID="3970438c-1446-4788-b3f0-a4300c5e2652" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:56:39.570" UserId="9839" Text="The same driver for multiple network cards -- performance bottleneck?" />
  <row Id="49705" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27933" RevisionGUID="3970438c-1446-4788-b3f0-a4300c5e2652" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:56:39.570" UserId="9839" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;drivers&gt;&lt;intel&gt;&lt;ethernet&gt;&lt;gigabit-ethernet&gt;" />
  <row Id="49706" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27852" RevisionGUID="94673f70-9f26-4537-b978-c3494c0b4940" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:59:06.697" UserId="7833" Comment="Some extra info" Text="Hi there&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When setting up a user-defined data collection set which is written to a CSV file, I need to get the set to restart itself every hour, thus recreating the log file. Otherwise my log files will get too big. Before anyone recommends another solution, I have to do it like this :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have configured the data collection 'stop condition' tab as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Stop Condition][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, the file just keep getting bigger and bigger. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, the equivalent functionality in Win 2003 works absolutely fine. Stopping and starting the counter using `logman.exe` works fine too. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can someone tell me where to look for internal error logs related to the data collection sets, or help in any other way?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many thanks in advance! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ciaran&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://i44.tinypic.com/2mn13t4.gif" />
  <row Id="49707" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27934" RevisionGUID="6136fdc3-9fe6-4b67-a3e8-7273af40fd86" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:02:00.403" UserId="7083" Text="It won't be the driver.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's most likely to be a shared physical bus, such as PCI." />
  <row Id="49711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27936" RevisionGUID="3f2eefd8-b109-4386-9ecb-2efb93a9a703" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:03:49.587" UserId="9963" Text="No need to use the converter to clone a VM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simply browse to the datastore:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Click on the host &gt; Configuration tab&#xD;&#xA; - Right-click on the datastore with the VM you want to clone &gt; Browse Datastore&#xD;&#xA; - Create a new folder in the store&#xD;&#xA; - Right click on the VM folder and select Copy (must be done in the right pane of the Datastore Browser)&#xD;&#xA; - Paste the VM to a new sub folder (otherwise the VM will overwrite itself)&#xD;&#xA; - Once copied, rename and move the folder if desired&#xD;&#xA; - Select the .vmx file within the cloned VM and select 'Add to Inventory'&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27938" RevisionGUID="b81d8668-23e8-47f7-b5c8-d2ac1de361cf" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:14:12.827" UserId="9834" Text="Right click on My Computer, select manage.  Expand Shared Folders and select Open Files.  This will show you all users who have a file open or any locks.  You can then find the file/folder on the list, right click and drop the lock." />
  <row Id="49716" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27940" RevisionGUID="1b6671e4-3008-4e3d-ac6e-2d35c53362bb" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:15:24.837" UserDisplayName="David" Text="I am trying to block certain URL's on my Draytek 2820n router, but am having trouble making it work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can someone give the steps to setting up blocking www.ebay.co.uk please.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, can you then let certain IP's circumvent these rules?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help is greatly appreciated." />
  <row Id="49717" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27940" RevisionGUID="1b6671e4-3008-4e3d-ac6e-2d35c53362bb" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:15:24.837" UserDisplayName="David" Text="Block certain urls on Draytek 2820n" />
  <row Id="49718" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27940" RevisionGUID="1b6671e4-3008-4e3d-ac6e-2d35c53362bb" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:15:24.837" UserDisplayName="David" Text="&lt;router&gt;&lt;draytek&gt;" />
  <row Id="49719" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27941" RevisionGUID="c7af0f52-535a-4602-8216-6967de5618bf" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:15:25.977" UserId="3230" Text="Turns out it was a `open_basedir` issue, which had the path `/usr/share/pear` instead of `/usr/share/php`.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;I got it when I tried to `require_once &quot;/usr/share/php/Mail.php&quot;` and got an open_basedir error.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;Changing it in `/etc/php5/fpm.conf` solved my problem." />
  <row Id="49722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27943" RevisionGUID="ae487a73-8ea4-48b3-911c-bfaecc1df49c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:22:34.167" UserId="9140" Text="Are they sharing the same interrupt (IRQ)? This is probably your bottleneck." />
  <row Id="49723" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27920" RevisionGUID="46fede25-391d-47e8-9542-18af1847d6ed" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:24:06.893" UserId="2354" Comment="added 783 characters in body" Text="Add the following lines to your `_vimrc` or `.vimrc`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    source $VIMRUNTIME/mswin.vim&#xD;&#xA;    behave mswin&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But beware, visual mode is then CTRL-Q instead of CTRL-V.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For an overview what mswin.vim does see the &#xD;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vim.cybermirror.org/runtime/mswin.vim&quot;&gt;mswin.vim sourcode&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;It is commented very well and if some command is unclear you can easily look it up in &#xD;&#xA;vim's help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a quick overview compile from the source:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - backspace and cursor keys wrap to previous/next line &#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - CTRL-X and SHIFT-Del are Cut&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - CTRL-C and CTRL-Insert are Copy&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - CTRL-V and SHIFT-Insert are Paste&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - Use CTRL-Q to do what CTRL-V used to do &#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - Use CTRL-S for saving, also in Insert mode&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - CTRL-Z is Undo; not in cmdline though&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - CTRL-Y is Redo (although not repeat); not in cmdline though&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - Alt-Space is System menu&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - CTRL-A is Select all&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - CTRL-Tab is Next window&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - CTRL-F4 is Close window&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49724" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27861" RevisionGUID="bc04a1ba-dedc-42ba-b475-5aeaed8b75aa" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:26:20.853" UserId="4392" Comment="Added appropriate tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;I am using ping command to know whether remote machine is on or not. But problem is that ping command (ICMP Packect) is not accepted at remote machine if firewall is on and it assumed that remote machine is off because ping status returns false. Is there any alternative way to know that remote machine is on or not assuming firewall is on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49725" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27861" RevisionGUID="bc04a1ba-dedc-42ba-b475-5aeaed8b75aa" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:26:20.853" UserId="4392" Comment="Added appropriate tags" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;icmp&gt;" />
  <row Id="49726" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27767" RevisionGUID="04075b24-8f3b-4de6-ac3b-269a0ade28ec" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:26:56.750" UserId="2908" Comment="added information" Text="Probably the best tool is Process Explorer from Sysinternals. You can get that tool and many others [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** To see which services are running in svchost instead of as a separate process, you need to add the &quot;Command Line&quot; column to the right-hand window.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx" />
  <row Id="49727" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27944" RevisionGUID="aa04646a-c0c1-4494-a0f1-5155531813b1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:28:29.303" UserId="2593" Text="Having got no where with resolving the Bitlocker issue I decided to install [Vista Service Pack 2][1]. After installing this the Icon has reappeard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dd262148.aspx" />
  <row Id="49728" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27945" RevisionGUID="0f9765eb-711d-43a3-9adb-5826ee63563a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:29:21.643" UserId="4392" Text="The way that I do this is to initiate a TCP connection to a known open port. If it's a web server, it will respond on port 80 (or 443). A positive response indicates that the machine is alive. A negative response indicates one of many possible problems, such as connectivity through the network, incorrect firewall configuration, service outage, or the machine being down. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're setting up monitoring and just want to know when to pay attention to the machine, just rely on a known-open port. At least if it stops responding, you'll know something is up. " />
  <row Id="49729" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27945" RevisionGUID="0f9765eb-711d-43a3-9adb-5826ee63563a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:29:21.643" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27946" RevisionGUID="be1758aa-a7a0-403b-a5c8-8670f9d7227c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:30:06.163" UserId="4718" Text="If you have the correct permissions set on their mailbox (as I would assume you do being the exchange administrator) how I do it is as follows:&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Open Control Panel on your local machine, then into the Mail option.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Create an alternative profile and when prompted complete it with the user's credentials. Ensure that &quot;Use Cached mode&quot; is disabled otherwise you will have a copy of their emails on your machine and it will take longer to access.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Remember to tick the box to tell outloo to ask which profile to use on startup.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Open outlook and select the new profile&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Set Out Of Office as per normal&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I do not know of a way to set it via Exchange or if it is even possible, but I find that this is a relatively straightforward mechanism for doing this or any other user administrative tasks that they neglect to do themselves." />
  <row Id="49731" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27934" RevisionGUID="3b7d3c31-900c-466a-98db-b9dbed71f020" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:32:20.857" UserId="7083" Comment="Re-correct terminology" Text="It won't be the driver.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's most likely to be a physically shared component, such as interrupts or the PCI bus." />
  <row Id="49732" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27947" RevisionGUID="77f86358-3327-4a1a-b7f7-9eefa09c4497" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:37:09.363" UserId="9786" Text="I look for a solution to forward http/https traffic to a backend webserver based on the request url. Our current setup:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Webserver1 (Sharepoint)&#xD;&#xA; - Webserver2 (Reporting Services)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both run Windows Server 2008 and IIS7. The Webserver1 receives all traffic on port 80 and 443 and hosts a website called www.example.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I want the Webserver2 to be accessible as www.example.com/Reports. Unfortunately we do not have any advanced edge firewall that could route traffic based on the request url. So I wonder if there is a way to configure Webserver1 to forward all traffic if it matches www.example.com/Reports. Any way IIS7 could do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Suggestions are welcome.." />
  <row Id="49733" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27947" RevisionGUID="77f86358-3327-4a1a-b7f7-9eefa09c4497" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:37:09.363" UserId="9786" Text="Forwarding HTTP/HTTPS traffic based on URL" />
  <row Id="49734" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27947" RevisionGUID="77f86358-3327-4a1a-b7f7-9eefa09c4497" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:37:09.363" UserId="9786" Text="&lt;http&gt;&lt;https&gt;&lt;url-routing&gt;&lt;iis7&gt;" />
  <row Id="49735" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27948" RevisionGUID="bc29bc0b-0441-4831-9df8-6ccc3ed87c73" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:37:15.120" UserId="2600" Text="Most modern firewalls may also intercept the initial SYN-SYN/ACK-ACK to hep prevent resource exhaustion type attacks (i.e. send a lot of SYNs forcing the server to put a entry in its connection table and then never continue the connection -- to make this type of attack more aggressive, these connections can be from spoofed IP addresses).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may need to open a connection and actually request data to have more assurance that the server is actually up (of course caching servers and other things could foil even this).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What type of server is it?  The connection type can be geared to the service offered by the server.  Tools like nmap (http://nmap.org/) can request the http header for instance." />
  <row Id="49736" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27948" RevisionGUID="bc29bc0b-0441-4831-9df8-6ccc3ed87c73" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:37:15.120" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49737" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27933" RevisionGUID="f0e98280-0bfd-4230-aa99-776527f30d47" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:40:00.653" UserId="3489" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;drivers&gt;&lt;intel&gt;&lt;ethernet&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="49738" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27767" RevisionGUID="cdc2b1ea-eb57-427d-8c72-d0459f88c2b0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:40:39.543" UserId="2908" Comment="added 237 characters in body" Text="Probably the best tool is Process Explorer from Sysinternals. You can get that tool and many others [here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** To see which services are running in svchost instead of as a separate process, you need to add the &quot;Command Line&quot; column to the right-hand window. Unfortunately this will not show you services that run bundled together. To see that information in Process Explorer you need to place your mouse over the specific instance of svchost in question. The information will appear in a popup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx" />
  <row Id="49742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27950" RevisionGUID="0f6ea3b8-e427-44fe-a2b0-109f5552711a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:50:39.753" UserId="8002" Text="Many services run inside an instance of a generic host process, svchost.exe. You can use tasklist /svc at a command-line to get an enumeration of the services running inside of each instance of svchost.exe along with other processes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also righ-click on a svchost.exe process in task manager and seleect &quot;Go to Service(s)&quot; and taskman will switch to the services tab and highlight the relevant services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With [sysinternals process explorer][1], you can hover over a servicehost.exe with your mouse and see a tooltip of the services hosted within.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;None of these will tell you how much of the cpu time of the host service process is dedicated to a particular member service hosted within.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx" />
  <row Id="49743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27951" RevisionGUID="98b65b06-3084-4c85-ba27-1cb2a2db0bd0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:50:43.403" UserId="3110" Text="You might be able to do a URL redirection to a different port number.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So set up www.example.com/Reports as a virtual directory on web server 1, but have it url redirect to www.example.com:444/Reports.  It's possible you might need to change the domain name that it redirects to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll be interested to see how it works and if I missed any steps." />
  <row Id="49744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27952" RevisionGUID="0298bea4-426f-497d-92bc-ab2f2b9e585e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:52:12.017" UserId="8993" Text="Andy Grogan has a fudged powershell technique that might be handy [here][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.telnetport25.com/component/content/article/15-powershell/218-quick-ish-tip-exchange-2007-setting-oof-for-users-via-powershell.html" />
  <row Id="49745" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27952" RevisionGUID="68210d75-7732-4e78-9460-bae432b8263b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:57:28.817" UserId="8993" Comment="added 229 characters in body" Text="Andy Grogan has a fudged powershell technique that might be handy [here][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:  Aah, he's got the 'finished product' [here][2], looks like a bit of work to set up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.telnetport25.com/component/content/article/15-powershell/218-quick-ish-tip-exchange-2007-setting-oof-for-users-via-powershell.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.telnetport25.com/exchange-2007-downloads/199-exchange-2007-oof-configuration-tool-version-20-for-exchange-2007.html" />
  <row Id="49746" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27953" RevisionGUID="7346251c-593f-48cd-b56d-f78bbeddef2d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:59:53.387" UserId="9156" Text="(not enough reputation yet to comment so I'm adding this as an answer)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a reason that I usually encourage allowing at least a few icmp types (echo request, echo reply and time exceeded come to mind) on all machines, because dropping ICMP is not really hiding the existence of the machine anyway (it might for machines behind it, though), but mostly hinders monitoring and network debugging.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're really paranoid about pingflood attacks, some sort of rate limiting might do (or filters only on the border side of the network).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take note that not answering to an echo request is not a sign of the machine not being there, that is usually signalled by the last router replying with an ICMP packet type 3, code 1 (host unreachable), so making a machine really invisible is more complicated than it appears.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the original question, one of the nmap scans usually does the job (more than often a so-called &quot;tcp ping&quot; scan)." />
  <row Id="49747" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27953" RevisionGUID="7346251c-593f-48cd-b56d-f78bbeddef2d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:59:53.387" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27954" RevisionGUID="1bbe4c58-04f9-4a84-9e46-c2407013160d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:05:47.600" UserId="8147" Text="I think your problem is similar to the one I had: http://serverfault.com/questions/23885/forwarding-hostheaders&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ended up paying for the &quot;ISAPI_Rewrite&quot; filter, witch I'm sure can do what you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only issue is that you have to do a little RegEx magic, witch I find a bit difficult." />
  <row Id="49749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27955" RevisionGUID="e159b1da-c4ac-44c8-b995-f5f18bd60ab3" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:07:54.743" UserId="822" Text="This article on the DrayTek user forums may be helpful (registration required):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [Exclude subnet or ip from webcontent filtering (DrayTek Forums)][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think if you want to have an exception for specific IP addresses you add the IP address and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.255.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.forum.draytek.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=12172&amp;highlight=content+filter" />
  <row Id="49750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27956" RevisionGUID="ffdba85b-2762-496a-99bc-03de6065d0a5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:11:25.353" UserId="8311" Text="The short answer is no, Smartermail, certainly on my install, doesn't use a SQL database at all.  The mails are stored under the domain folder as separate files and indexed by custom grp and cfg files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sure the [Smartermail forums][1] can provide a more comprehensive answer if you want to try there&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.smartertools.com/forums/ &quot;Smartermail Forum&quot;" />
  <row Id="49751" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27957" RevisionGUID="0ddd2b7c-6cef-4fdd-82c5-35f6511437f8" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:12:30.580" UserId="2744" Text="Admittedly not particularly Windows-to-Unix specific, but worth noting based on our experiences:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Check the settings in $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/security/java.security - particularly &lt;code&gt;networkaddress.cache.ttl&lt;/code&gt; - the Sun JRE by default will cache DNS lookups forever, which has bitten us and our clients on several occasions. '&lt;code&gt;-Dsun.net.inetaddr.ttl=60&lt;/code&gt;' should override it from the command line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Ensure you are running with an adequately sized heap: &lt;code&gt;-Xmx2048m&lt;/code&gt; or similar (depending on your app requirements)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27958" RevisionGUID="4f917729-8367-4bec-ad27-be31dab2f2ba" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:13:23.340" UserId="1435" Text="We beta-tested the 55xx series Xeons over the winter in a range of scenarios, including W2K8/IIS7. I can categorically state that for that software stack you will get significantly better performance for multi-site web hosting using the 55xx Xeons over any other mainstream processors, including AMDs Shanghai.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whether they're better 'bang for the buck' is a different matter, only your own calculations can answer that because your discount levels will be different from mine, but you can be certain that a single E5504 will shred an X3363 in almost any multi-role environment." />
  <row Id="49753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27959" RevisionGUID="fa7e1cfb-4360-402f-ae9b-6ed526bbcb80" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:17:26.927" UserId="2411" Text="I just did a basic `yum install vsftpd` on a CentOS 5.3 box. All seems well, can FTP from a shell on the box itself, but not from outside: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ftp my.host.name&#xD;&#xA;    ftp: connect: Connection refused&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are no iptables rules which would block connection, nmap from outside the box shows port 21 open too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What did I miss?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49754" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27959" RevisionGUID="fa7e1cfb-4360-402f-ae9b-6ed526bbcb80" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:17:26.927" UserId="2411" Text="Unable to access vsftpd from outside" />
  <row Id="49755" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27959" RevisionGUID="fa7e1cfb-4360-402f-ae9b-6ed526bbcb80" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:17:26.927" UserId="2411" Text="&lt;vsftpd&gt;&lt;centos&gt;" />
  <row Id="49756" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27960" RevisionGUID="48f6d997-71ff-46f5-88cd-c25c02050b45" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:20:09.097" UserId="3111" Text="Let me know if I'm wrong but here is how I understand your question: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you install Windows 7 on a second HDD it is modifying the MBR on your primary HDD to reflect the new Windows installation. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To prevent this, just disable the primary HDD in BIOS before installation. Then the installer will create a new MBR on the second HDD instead of modifying the primary one. Enable the primary HDD again and then use BIOS options to choose which disk to boot." />
  <row Id="49759" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27962" RevisionGUID="c10f1902-7f2b-40d1-b2ef-16ae7a641948" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:24:11.810" UserId="7342" Text="If you can connect to localhost, but you can not to &quot;host.example.com&quot; from the same machine, then it would suggest that the server is only listening on 127.0.0.1, rather than all interfaces. You can check this by running:&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;    # netstat -lep --tcp | grep  vsftp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it says &quot;localhost:ftp&quot; then it is only listening on localhost. Look for a config option that is something like &quot;Listen&quot; or talks about binding to addresses or interfaces. If it says &quot;*:ftp&quot; then it is listening on all interfaces and something else is wrong. Possibly firewall or networking configuration problems." />
  <row Id="49760" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27959" RevisionGUID="f207d36b-79cd-4a38-9c28-9a5677f91c9c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:24:30.843" UserId="7342" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;vsftpd&gt;&lt;centos&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="49761" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27960" RevisionGUID="3244de02-6f68-4524-b2a9-5fdd82f290d5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:25:31.390" UserId="3111" Comment="added 168 characters in body; added 38 characters in body" Text="Let me know if I'm wrong but here is how I understand your question: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you install Windows 7 on a second HDD it is modifying the MBR on your primary HDD to reflect the new Windows installation. (or at least it is modifying boot.ini)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To prevent this, just disable the primary HDD in BIOS before installation. Then the installer will create a new MBR on the second HDD instead of modifying the primary one. Enable the primary HDD again and then use BIOS options to choose which disk to boot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Similarly, if you can find a way to hide the first partition while installing to the second partition the installer should behave in the same way as with two disks." />
  <row Id="49763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27963" RevisionGUID="42a4f901-115a-4550-82f2-10119e8a67b1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:25:51.140" UserId="3256" Text="You need to setup the &quot;URL content filter&quot; on the Firewall tab.  Use the &quot;Enable URL Access Control&quot; section and enter the URLs or partial URLs that you want blocked eg *ebay* will block *ebay.co.uk*, *members.ebay.com* and so on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To exclude certain IPs from this filtering you will firstly need to create two &quot;pretend&quot; subnets and bind the MAC addresses of the trusted PCs to the first subnet and the untrusted to the second.  For example your LAN is 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0 - even though we are not subnetting it for the puposes of the block we are prentending to. So the first subnet is 192.168.1.1-127 and the second is 192.168.1.128-254&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You then need to enable &quot;Enable Excepting Subnets&quot; and enter 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.128.  This will exclude from the filtering all addresses between 192.168.0.1-127&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can of course change the subnet sizes to suit your needs." />
  <row Id="49764" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27964" RevisionGUID="3e2a2648-d6d2-48c8-b39c-e1701a3dd51b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:26:10.857" UserId="9877" Text="I have my users do it on OWA. If they set it in Outlook on their computer or if you do it on yours, you will need to make sure the pc stays on and does not go to sleep. If the computer sleeps, turns off, or Outlook gets closed, mail will be routed to the mailbox like normal without an Out Of Office reply. When done on OWA, they can log out and close the browser, turn the pc off, etc... and the auto reply will still work. " />
  <row Id="49765" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27965" RevisionGUID="97638ab2-86a8-4eae-98b6-fdb6aa75cc86" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:30:48.487" UserId="5724" Text="IIS7 has a [URL rewrite][1] module, which, along with the [Application Request Routing][2] module, based on the URL, can be used to do what you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You build it all up in the UI, and it then automatically build the XML and puts it in the web.config for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See &quot;Reverse proxy&quot; (number 7) on [this list][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/460/using-url-rewrite-module/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.iis.net/extensions/ApplicationRequestRouting&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://blogs.iis.net/ruslany/archive/2009/04/08/10-url-rewriting-tips-and-tricks.aspx" />
  <row Id="49766" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27959" RevisionGUID="0b774761-687e-484d-9816-5fd6022d0f90" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:32:54.710" UserId="2411" Comment="added 79 characters in body" Text="I just did a basic `yum install vsftpd` on a CentOS 5.3 box. All seems well, can FTP from a shell on the box itself, but not from outside: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ftp my.host.name&#xD;&#xA;    ftp: connect: Connection refused&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are no iptables rules which would block connection, nmap from outside the box shows port 21 open too. I can also telnet directly to port 21 from outside and see the vsftpd banner. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What did I miss?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49767" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27933" RevisionGUID="e2fb9503-5433-47d3-88c2-88d113ffbd69" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:34:58.797" UserId="9839" Comment="added 861 characters in body" Text="I'm using driver e1000e for multiple Intel network cards (Intel EXPI9402PT, based on 82571EB chip). The problem is that when I'm trying to utilize maximum speed (1GB) on more than one interface, speed on each interface starts to drop down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For one interface I get: 120435948 bytes/sec.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For two interfaces I get: 61080233 bytes/sec and 60515294 bytes/sec.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For three interfaces I get: 28564020 bytes/sec,  27111184 bytes/sec, 27118907 bytes/sec.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What can be the cause?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: /proc/interrupts content:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;               CPU0       CPU1       CPU2       CPU3       CPU4       CPU5       CPU6       CPU7&#xD;&#xA;    106:      17138          0          0          0          0          0          0          0         PCI-MSI  eth0&#xD;&#xA;    114:         51          0          0          0     102193          0         20   23745467         PCI-MSI  eth2&#xD;&#xA;    122:         51        290         15        271          0       9253        100          0         PCI-MSI  eth3&#xD;&#xA;    130:         43        367          0        290        105         39         15          0         PCI-MSI  eth4&#xD;&#xA;    138:         43        361        105        210          0        140          0          0         PCI-MSI  eth5&#xD;&#xA;    146:         56      67625        100          0          0   17855245          0          0         PCI-MSI  eth6&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49769" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27966" RevisionGUID="003ef0e2-fc80-4632-a87b-e08605cfd45c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:37:12.073" UserId="4479" Text="There are some [interesting memory considerations][1](Thanks Scott Lowe) with the 55xx's.  To summarize, try to put 1 stick of 1333 MHz in each of the 3 memory channels per socket to reach your desired total(fewer big sticks).  The more sticks per channel you have, the channels will(may) start to lower the memory speed(1066 / 800).  In your case shot for 6x4GB Dual Ranked 1333MHz sticks.  Your memory intensive IIS/ASP load will thank you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.scottlowe.org/2009/05/11/introduction-to-nehalem-memory/" />
  <row Id="49770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27967" RevisionGUID="26b233a7-55e1-49bf-b1ae-d9ca1388205a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:38:51.667" UserId="200" Text="***Note:** I realized belatedly that this is a duplicate of [question 23744][1], which already has good answers. I couldn't close this post for lack of reputation, maybe someone else could step in.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use hosted servers for my company and although I might opt for colocation of more customized machines in the future, on the whole I'm not too keen on diving too deep into &quot;datacenter business&quot;. So generally, I would like to leave the handling of my infrastructure to dedicated pros as much as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Recently, I've been starting to lust for some more flexibility regarding the DNS entries for my domain and have looked into running my own name server(s). It seems to me that running a professional, failsafe name server is a little more effort than I'm willing to commit to just now. Still, I like the idea of having a lot of control over it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a more experienced Sysadmin, what are indications to run own name servers? And when using name servers that are professionally maintained, what self-administration options are advisable to look out for?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/23744/hosting-your-own-dns" />
  <row Id="49771" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27967" RevisionGUID="26b233a7-55e1-49bf-b1ae-d9ca1388205a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:38:51.667" UserId="200" Text="When do I need an own DNS server?" />
  <row Id="49772" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27967" RevisionGUID="26b233a7-55e1-49bf-b1ae-d9ca1388205a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:38:51.667" UserId="200" Text="&lt;dns&gt;" />
  <row Id="49773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27968" RevisionGUID="ea9198e0-ed4d-4b8b-953f-6c1e5c67bfee" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:40:52.743" UserId="5724" Text="[DebugDiag][1] for IIS can be programmed to take a dump when the application has hung (against certain rules).  If there isn't one for CPU usage (I don't remember off the top of my head sorry), the [DebugDiag blog][2] has a VB script that will attach to Perfmon and let you trigger a dump when certain criteria are met - in this case, your CPU usage could trigger a full w3wp memory dump.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More than you could ever want to know is contained in the whitepaper [&quot;How to Use the Debug Diagnostic Tool v1.1 (DebugDiag) to Debug User Mode Processes&quot;][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=28bd5941-c458-46f1-b24d-f60151d875a3&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/debugdiag/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4A2FBD0D-0635-440C-A08B-ED81BDBB5960&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="49774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27969" RevisionGUID="24e33d8d-4489-4882-99d0-01819e1a9ddd" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:44:57.080" UserId="5724" Text="Does something have a handle open to it in [Process Explorer][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you running the [User Profile Hive cleanup service][2]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?FamilyID=1b286e6d-8912-4e18-b570-42470e2f3582&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="49775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27970" RevisionGUID="fd56ba63-feca-4247-a113-b5b12f0f9688" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:49:05.233" UserDisplayName="SolarisJedi" Text="I have two Sun Netra X1 servers, each configured with JET so they can jump the other.  My primary Netra also acts as a software repository. The secondary does most of my lab duty with zones.  Below them is a pair of 3-com matrix switches so I can set up whatever I need from a network perspective. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next in the rack is a Sun 420R connected to a loaded D1000 array for heavy lifting projects.  In the last spot is a small 1RU Intel box I use for OpenSolaris or various Linux flavors depending on the project.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use these for a bunch of what I call science projects...  The &quot;side tracks&quot; that there's never time for when I have a project on a time-line at work.  At this point I don't use them for home infrastructure at all; I have a Linksys appliance running OpenWRT for those functions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At some point I plan to put in a yet to be identified box that will take over some of the OpenWRT's jobs and handle backups, but I haven't made time or budget for that endeavor yet." />
  <row Id="49776" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27970" RevisionGUID="fd56ba63-feca-4247-a113-b5b12f0f9688" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:49:05.233" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49777" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27971" RevisionGUID="50bb48b3-756f-473e-83a7-2d97414217f2" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:49:16.200" UserId="7056" Text="Ubuntu Server has a longstanding bug in the installer that may result in overwriting wrong boot sectors during installation, [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/356095][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/356095" />
  <row Id="49779" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27973" RevisionGUID="29c09318-d0e3-4eda-8b4a-f677c123a0b5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:54:08.453" UserId="8208" Text="I have some tasks that are scheduled to run on XP and I am wondering if I have to be logged in for them to run? Does anyone know? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="49780" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27973" RevisionGUID="29c09318-d0e3-4eda-8b4a-f677c123a0b5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:54:08.453" UserId="8208" Text="Will scheduled tasks run if I am not logged in?" />
  <row Id="49781" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27973" RevisionGUID="29c09318-d0e3-4eda-8b4a-f677c123a0b5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:54:08.453" UserId="8208" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;scheduled-task&gt;" />
  <row Id="49782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27974" RevisionGUID="03ec9415-ab8b-4bf1-8528-60d3c10c4852" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:56:55.157" UserId="7200" Text="They will run, provided the account that you set the tasks to run as has rights to execute them. On a server, that's a consideration, but on an XP-based PC pretty much any account will be able to be used as a scheduled task security context." />
  <row Id="49783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27975" RevisionGUID="4aa8312e-004c-4df3-b18e-6bfed5b3e5e2" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:57:47.043" UserId="9834" Text="Run the numbers and features on Open Source email solutions as well.  You don't have anything really integrated with a Microsoft ecosystem so you will not lose out.  They may not be the way you want to go or the integration features offered by an exchange solution might outweigh the benefits of OSS but you won't know until you look.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check with you users regularly, see if there are complaints or issues starting to crop up or if people are beginning to feel limited by what you have.  Also take into account your technology strategy, what can you see people doing in 2 or 3 years?" />
  <row Id="49784" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27976" RevisionGUID="6db68c75-7ce0-4ab9-af8b-af1a9c8ba7d9" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:58:27.667" UserId="5143" Text="Thanks for all of the replies, suggestions, and comments. Despite everything I've tried, I can't get this server to stop losing the password for this user in Scheduled Tasks. I don't really know that it is a policy issue anyway, since the jobs _will_ run after resetting the password in the task's properties. I can do that, reschedule the job for 5 minutes later, and it works. Schedule it to run for 5 hours later, 10 hours later, various different times - sometimes it will run once, maybe, then won't again until the password is reset. So it doesn't seem to be a policy issue, but more an issue that the password configured in the task's properties is getting corrupted or lost for some reason. Scheduling the jobs to run at various different times in an attempt to find some pattern or time frame where the password goes has uncovered nothing. It seems to happen pretty much randomly. I ended up installing CRONw (http://cronw.sourceforge.net/) a perl-based version of the &quot;cron&quot; utility of the *nix world that runs as a Windows service. The scheduled jobs work fine now, so that's my solution, for the time being at least." />
  <row Id="49786" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27977" RevisionGUID="b626d65d-95b8-4064-a450-c289ca15f554" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:59:25.280" UserId="7083" Text="I stopped running any home servers a few years ago when I realised:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - It cost me a fortune in electricity.&#xD;&#xA; - I can virtualise any machines I need for test purposes.&#xD;&#xA; - I deal with that stuff enough at $JOB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I just have a relatively low-powered and sufficiently featured DD-WRT box with which I can connect to the Internet and VPN home. Those are the only essentials.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Saying that, I do have a personal colo box. It handles:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - IMAP mail.&#xD;&#xA; - Mutt mail.&#xD;&#xA; - Web hosting.&#xD;&#xA; - IRC.&#xD;&#xA; - An all important shell." />
  <row Id="49787" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27977" RevisionGUID="b626d65d-95b8-4064-a450-c289ca15f554" CreationDate="2009-06-18T12:59:25.280" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49788" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27978" RevisionGUID="2a406dd0-dd2a-413e-a59e-8ee9d4c7119c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:00:04.247" UserId="4392" Text="Alright, my general debugging guidelines for testing services go something like this: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**0)** Stick to IPs when testing to eliminate DNS as the problem&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**1)** Test locally&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Can you connect to the FTP server from the machine that its running on? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**2)** Test remotely on the same network&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Can you connect from another machine on that subnet? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**3)** Test from untrusted source&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Can you cross firewall boundries to get there? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It sounds like you've done the first one, and it's failing on the 2nd. If you can telnet from a remote box to port 21 on the server and receive an FTP banner, then the FTP server is working. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update your question to show your troubleshooting steps, if you could please, so that we can more accurately determine where the problem lies. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27979" RevisionGUID="93437669-89f3-476c-b5a9-ebe6a1990160" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:04:10.967" UserDisplayName="SolarisJedi" Text="I think most people cross that line when they start saying things like, &quot;Recently, I've been starting to lust for some more flexibility regarding the DNS entries for my domain&quot;.  If all your needs are being met by a provider and you're happy, then you are good.  If you start wanting to be able to do more, or use some form of automation / scripting it may be time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think most of the work with maintaining your DNS servers is up-front when you design them, and even then it's not too bad because there's a lot of excellent material out there to guide you.  Unless you have a huge amount of change, keeping them running isn't much extra work at all." />
  <row Id="49790" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27980" RevisionGUID="7be974eb-0b58-4d14-a02c-700b3a410304" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:05:57.623" UserId="4392" Text="Running my own DNS servers would require: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**1)** Redundant highly available infrastructure &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**2)** Multiple sites for disaster recovery &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**3)** In-depth knowledge of DNS service configuration and protocol&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have the first two, but not the third, so I use EasyDNS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should also note that this only refers to my external internet-facing DNS. My internal DNS is hosted on my Windows Domain Controllers. " />
  <row Id="49791" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="27967" RevisionGUID="00ffa4b1-0cd1-4ead-aaec-f2980168b087" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:10:00.393" UserId="1803" CloseReasonId="1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="49792" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27967" RevisionGUID="eee6dd6d-41c2-4407-be32-3b48b8e07e62" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:10:00.503" UserId="-1" Comment="insert duplicate link" Text="&gt; **Possible Duplicate:**  &#xA;&gt; [hosting your own DNS](http://serverfault.com/questions/23744/hosting-your-own-dns)  &#xA;&#xA;&#xA;***Note:** I realized belatedly that this is a duplicate of [question 23744][1], which already has good answers. I couldn't close this post for lack of reputation, maybe someone else could step in.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use hosted servers for my company and although I might opt for colocation of more customized machines in the future, on the whole I'm not too keen on diving too deep into &quot;datacenter business&quot;. So generally, I would like to leave the handling of my infrastructure to dedicated pros as much as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Recently, I've been starting to lust for some more flexibility regarding the DNS entries for my domain and have looked into running my own name server(s). It seems to me that running a professional, failsafe name server is a little more effort than I'm willing to commit to just now. Still, I like the idea of having a lot of control over it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a more experienced Sysadmin, what are indications to run own name servers? And when using name servers that are professionally maintained, what self-administration options are advisable to look out for?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/23744/hosting-your-own-dns" />
  <row Id="49793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27981" RevisionGUID="8c2d8f02-a565-48af-8638-8ea7e076b472" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:12:18.300" UserId="9980" Text="In IE6 there was a registry key hidden away that would allow you to enable autocomplete but only for usernames, not passwords.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This key no longer has any effect in IE8. I can either enable or disable autocomplete for usernames and passwords, but not just one of the two.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'm looking for is a way to enable autocomplete for usernames, but disable it for passwords.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to do this in IE8?" />
  <row Id="49794" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27981" RevisionGUID="8c2d8f02-a565-48af-8638-8ea7e076b472" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:12:18.300" UserId="9980" Text="How to disable autocomplete for passwords in IE8 via GPO?" />
  <row Id="49795" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27981" RevisionGUID="8c2d8f02-a565-48af-8638-8ea7e076b472" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:12:18.300" UserId="9980" Text="&lt;internet-explorer&gt;&lt;ie8&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="49796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27982" RevisionGUID="06720b00-52f7-46ee-a5a3-53bd04a72bad" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:14:14.817" UserId="9770" Text="Just to clarify further, check the scheduled task's advanced properties (right click the task &gt;&gt; properties) and on the &quot;Task&quot; tab, make sure &quot;Run only if logged on&quot; is **unchecked**. By default, if you use the &quot;Add Scheduled Task&quot; wizard that box is unchecked, but it never hurts to double check. Also, remember that if you ever change that account's password your tasks will break. Might sound kinda obvious, but it causes for some forehead slapping times. Hilarity ensues. =)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To make sure that the task is running when you're not logged in, open the Scheduled Tasks window (Start &gt;&gt; Accessories &gt;&gt; System Tools &gt;&gt; Scheduled Tasks OR run box &gt;&gt; control schedtasks) and look in the &quot;Last Run Time&quot; and &quot;Status&quot; Columns. See if it has even run in the first place and then check the status to see if it completed successfully or returned some error code." />
  <row Id="49797" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27983" RevisionGUID="078a8c6a-fc25-423b-b529-d5e1265a1802" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:14:35.147" UserId="9979" Text="I'm trying to upgrade my clamav installation to the latest version (0.95.2).  I am running CentOS 5.3, and I have rpmforge added.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The command I am using is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    yum upgrade clam*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm getting this error message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Resolving Dependencies&#xD;&#xA;    --&gt; Running transaction check&#xD;&#xA;    --&gt; Processing Dependency: clamav = 0.95.1-4.el5.rf for package: clamd&#xD;&#xA;    ---&gt; Package clamav.x86_64 0:0.95.2-4.el5.rf set to be updated&#xD;&#xA;    ---&gt; Package clamav-db.x86_64 0:0.95.2-4.el5.rf set to be updated&#xD;&#xA;    --&gt; Finished Dependency Resolution&#xD;&#xA;    clamd-0.95.1-4.el5.rf.x86_64 from installed has depsolving problems&#xD;&#xA;      --&gt; Missing Dependency: clamav = 0.95.1-4.el5.rf is needed by package clamd-0.95.1-4.el5.rf.x86_64 (installed)&#xD;&#xA;    Error: Missing Dependency: clamav = 0.95.1-4.el5.rf is needed by package clamd-0.95.1-4.el5.rf.x86_64 (installed)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So it's complaining that 0.95.1-4.el5.rf is missing, but as far as I can tell it's not:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # rpm -qa | grep clam&#xD;&#xA;    clamav-0.95.1-4.el5.rf&#xD;&#xA;    clamd-0.95.1-4.el5.rf&#xD;&#xA;    clamav-db-0.95.1-4.el5.rf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any tips at this point would be appreciated." />
  <row Id="49798" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27983" RevisionGUID="078a8c6a-fc25-423b-b529-d5e1265a1802" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:14:35.147" UserId="9979" Text="Unable to upgrade clamav due to dependency weirdness" />
  <row Id="49799" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27983" RevisionGUID="078a8c6a-fc25-423b-b529-d5e1265a1802" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:14:35.147" UserId="9979" Text="&lt;centos&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;yum&gt;" />
  <row Id="49800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27984" RevisionGUID="e760b1ff-0415-43cc-8bba-29c24734de36" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:15:22.413" UserId="9980" Text="Also make sure you haven't checked the &quot;run only if logged on&quot; option ;)" />
  <row Id="49801" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27985" RevisionGUID="a4749a04-3424-4e3c-b153-65059518c552" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:16:27.390" UserId="1531" Text="We have some automated software that checks certain Exchange 2007 mailboxes via POP3.  When a customer's incoming e-mail requests a read receipt, Exchange seems to be sending back a non-read receipt. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Not read: &lt;subject&gt; &#xD;&#xA;    Your message was deleted without being read on... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The order in which the software issues POP3 commands is &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    USER &#xD;&#xA;    PASS &#xD;&#xA;    STAT &#xD;&#xA;    UIDL &#xD;&#xA;    TOP # 0 &#xD;&#xA;    LIST # &#xD;&#xA;    RETR # &#xD;&#xA;    TOP # 0 &#xD;&#xA;    RSET &#xD;&#xA;    DELE # &#xD;&#xA;    QUIT &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our exchange administrator has been able to duplicate this issue via raw POP3 commands over telnet, port 110.  The commands he ran were simply &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    USER &#xD;&#xA;    PASS &#xD;&#xA;    STAT &#xD;&#xA;    RETR # &#xD;&#xA;    DELE # &#xD;&#xA;    QUIT &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does Exchange 2007 translate POP3 commands to read flags?  If so, it should tell that I've issued a RETR command to retrieve the message.  Is this a bug?  Is there a way to disable the sending of read receipts for specific mailboxes or globally? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49802" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27985" RevisionGUID="a4749a04-3424-4e3c-b153-65059518c552" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:16:27.390" UserId="1531" Text="Email Deleted Without Being Read" />
  <row Id="49803" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27985" RevisionGUID="a4749a04-3424-4e3c-b153-65059518c552" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:16:27.390" UserId="1531" Text="&lt;exchange-2007&gt;" />
  <row Id="49804" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27986" RevisionGUID="597df6f0-bfc0-4ce3-a238-1baa8d082e7e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:18:05.920" UserId="7768" Text="Isn't this a Windows question? Windows is the only OS that's retarded enough to block ping by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I really hate this. I wonder how many man-years have been wasted by people troubleshooting the network just because ping didn't work." />
  <row Id="49805" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="27986" RevisionGUID="597df6f0-bfc0-4ce3-a238-1baa8d082e7e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:18:05.920" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49806" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27987" RevisionGUID="657453d4-c2a6-43f0-922b-1ed384dbd0ed" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:18:50.443" UserId="9004" Text="Does anyone know of a good solution to have a Windows desktop standby so that users can be back up and running quickly in case of hardware failure?  Assumption is that the desktops aren't generic but highly customized for individual users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although I'm aware of bare-metal restore products out there, I'm looking for alternatives which would allow the standby to simply be booted/brought up without any delay.  A bare-metal restore solution would be fine as every day type of backup when one only expects a desktop failure once in a while (or even a few failures a day).  But this is for a **DR type** setup, where dozens or hundreds of desktops would need to be activated at the same time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The backup/standby desktop doesn't need to be fully up to date.  Ideally, the solution would allow scheduling periodic updates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, I realize that having VM desktops is a way to do this (by replicating the back-end storage).  However, I'm yet to see a mature solution that will allow for powerful quad-core VMs." />
  <row Id="49807" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27987" RevisionGUID="657453d4-c2a6-43f0-922b-1ed384dbd0ed" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:18:50.443" UserId="9004" Text="Desktop standby solution?" />
  <row Id="49808" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27987" RevisionGUID="657453d4-c2a6-43f0-922b-1ed384dbd0ed" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:18:50.443" UserId="9004" Text="&lt;disaster-recovery&gt;&lt;business-continuity&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;replication&gt;" />
  <row Id="49809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27988" RevisionGUID="72af22b5-3da4-48a8-a845-fb6e552b8071" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:19:58.117" UserId="9170" Text="Try to install and then reinstall" />
  <row Id="49810" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27989" RevisionGUID="5ba4db52-36b5-4668-8654-846888217df1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:20:18.023" UserId="1803" Text="I had a similar problem, and even though my admin account should have had sufficient rights, I wasn't able to clear out the old files until I changed/took ownership (properties, security, advanced, owner).  The error message didn't imply anything of the sort, but it worked!" />
  <row Id="49812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27991" RevisionGUID="793e921b-a95d-46b5-94ec-ecba95eeb503" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:21:03.730" UserId="9834" Text="There are two methods to deal with this.  The first is go into the user profile and delete the file ntuser.dat  This will cause it to be rebuilt but has a relativly low chance of success. Only occasionally have I been able to recover with this method.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other is to copy out their files (desktop/favorites/mydocuments and then delete their profile entirely.  Windows will create a new profile for them then you can copy the users files back in." />
  <row Id="49813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27992" RevisionGUID="b1a3213a-1951-4fbd-a1d4-734057468366" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:22:13.027" UserId="9981" Text="I have a box running an SFTP server to which users are uploading directories full of files. The upload directory is acecssible on the UNC share \\ServerA\Documents\Uploads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am trying to write a script that will *move* and subfolder it finds in this share over to a share on another server. We can call that share \\ServerB\Processing\.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can use Windows Explorer to successfully move a directory from \\ServerA\Documents\Uploads to \\ServerB\Processing\ howwever, if I open a command prompt and issue the command&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    move \\ServerA\Documents\Uploads\targetfolder \\ServerB\Processing\targetfolder&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I receive an access denied error. Why would my permissions be different between Windows Explorer and the command line? How can I trouble shoot this?" />
  <row Id="49814" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="27992" RevisionGUID="b1a3213a-1951-4fbd-a1d4-734057468366" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:22:13.027" UserId="9981" Text="Copying a directory from one UNC share to another using 'move' command fails with an access denied error but works in Windows Explorer" />
  <row Id="49815" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="27992" RevisionGUID="b1a3213a-1951-4fbd-a1d4-734057468366" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:22:13.027" UserId="9981" Text="&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="49816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27993" RevisionGUID="8698c58a-4780-4ed3-bfdc-60f3230f8b8f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:22:48.783" UserId="4271" Text="If you don't need clamd running you can do 'rpm -e clamd', then your clamav upgrade should go fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you need clamd, check to see if there is an updated clamd rpm. You could also uninstall clamd, run the upgrade, and try to reinstall it. It is possible there is an updated clamd but maybe it is not in the repository. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since the versions look like they all mix, not sure why it is erroring but rpm is weird like that sometimes." />
  <row Id="49817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27994" RevisionGUID="1c1f6923-8192-4eff-b5fc-a77412abc262" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:24:47.110" UserId="6244" Text="I've posted some sysctl magic [here][1]. You can try it, see if it helps&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS. How you benchmarking speed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/27271/why-does-1gbit-card-have-output-limited-to-80-mib/27292#27292" />
  <row Id="49818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27995" RevisionGUID="f169457a-ac5e-42f2-8d10-91def3237b8a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:25:32.163" UserId="7200" Text="I prefer a two-fold solution - Not &quot;highly customizing&quot; PCs to individual users, and having spare comptuers ready to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are working in a large enough organization to need to do DR for hundreds of PCs, I find it shocking that you're letting people use &quot;highly customized&quot; PCs. I'd think your desktop support costs would be eating you alive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I roll out factory clean configurations that are modified by startup scripts upon joining the Active Directory domain, and then load software on top of them via group policy. If I need to &quot;DR&quot; a PC, I just put a computer on the desk with a factory clean image and join it to the domain, or re-image the existing PC with a factory new image.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you _have_ to do this, you might look at &quot;Clonezilla Server Edition&quot; (http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-server-edition/). It's an open source solution that can PXE boot and can clone NTFS volumes / multicast transmit images, etc." />
  <row Id="49819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27996" RevisionGUID="fcd0f743-04c2-4ac3-b8f9-c33d157ab889" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:25:56.530" UserId="4392" Text="wow, that's a good problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So if your requirements are near-instantaneous recovery of what are essentially dozens or hundreds of &quot;one off&quot; installations...then you need nightly backups onto a centralized server which creates installable images from the backups. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bare metal restores are going to be your only solution for this, and to make it so that you don't kill yourself the first time this happens, all of the laptop models should be identical. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It sounds like there's an excellent chance that your environment is not built to handle this sort of thing. There's not much you can do about that now, but I urge you to switch from an ad-hoc environment to a managed infrastructure. It will make your life easier and you will sleep better. " />
  <row Id="49820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27997" RevisionGUID="e42ca9c1-a4b2-4655-9567-a042680f7504" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:26:15.360" UserId="9548" Text="Here is a Perl solution using Net::FTP. The below script should print the filename and timestamp for each file in the fileserver. You can easily extend this to suit your actual needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;#!/usr/bin/perl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;use strict;&#xD;&#xA;use Net::FTP;&#xD;&#xA;use File::Listing qw(parse_dir);&#xD;&#xA;use POSIX qw(strftime);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# Configuration Options&#xD;&#xA;my $FTP_SERVER        = 'ftp_host_name';&#xD;&#xA;my $FTP_USER          = 'username';&#xD;&#xA;my $FTP_PASS          = 'password';&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# Establish FTP connection&#xD;&#xA;my $ftp = Net::FTP-&gt;new( $FTP_SERVER, Debug =&gt; 0 )&#xD;&#xA;  or die &quot;Cannot connect to $FTP_SERVER: $@&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;$ftp-&gt;login( $FTP_USER, $FTP_PASS )&#xD;&#xA;  or die &quot;Cannot login &quot;, $ftp-&gt;message;&#xD;&#xA;$ftp-&gt;binary;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;# Get list of files&#xD;&#xA;my $files = $ftp-&gt;dir;&#xD;&#xA;foreach my $entry (parse_dir($files)) {&#xD;&#xA;    my ($fileName, $type, $size, $mtime, $mode) = @$entry;&#xD;&#xA;    next unless $type eq 'f';&#xD;&#xA;    my $timeStamp = strftime &quot;%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S&quot;, gmtime($mtime);&#xD;&#xA;    print &quot;Name: $fileName\t Time Stamp: $timeStamp\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;$ftp-&gt;quit;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49821" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27998" RevisionGUID="942b9a21-afa7-4769-84d4-a8e62ed15d2a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:28:39.210" UserId="9834" Text="I believe there is a GPO template available from Microsoft for this.  Here is a listing of all the GPO settings available for IE8, they do list some entries for disabling Autocomplete under Windows Components\Internet Explorer\Internet Settings\AutoComplete&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't see any settings listed for just passwords though&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc985351.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc985351.aspx" />
  <row Id="49822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="27999" RevisionGUID="c50e5032-16a2-4f1a-b827-b1ae2e0de501" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:30:18.053" UserId="6246" Text="What is the endpoint of your iperf test? If you are routing through network hardware or combining all output to a single GBe NIC on another machine your bottleneck may be remote." />
  <row Id="49823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28000" RevisionGUID="d6c42102-413a-4779-b70d-68bba08e0cc2" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:31:13.667" UserId="4271" Text="I don't know if this is a 'good' solution but you could 'roll your own' by having these machines booting off of PXE and wake-on-lan - where normally they would boot into the full desktop system, but at an interval and time of your choosing, they would boot into a 'nix and do a full drive imaging via dd or other imaging program of your choosing. Upon completion they would shut down, you have your full HD image backup, and the next time your user comes in their PC is exactly as they left it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The cons are pretty obvious, you would have to set up a whole infrastructure and write some custom code to do this, but the pros is that I believe it would solve your problem exactly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know of any commercial software that does this, so if anyone else does please chime in! :)" />
  <row Id="49824" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27992" RevisionGUID="5d56e139-5d83-48f3-9021-cab8b997de80" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:31:14.010" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix unc path formatting" Text="I have a box running an SFTP server to which users are uploading directories full of files. The upload directory is acecssible on the UNC share `\\ServerA\Documents\Uploads`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am trying to write a script that will *move* and subfolder it finds in this share over to a share on another server. We can call that share `\\ServerB\Processing\`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can use Windows Explorer to successfully move a directory from `\\ServerA\Documents\Uploads` to `\\ServerB\Processing\` howwever, if I open a command prompt and issue the command&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    move \\ServerA\Documents\Uploads\targetfolder \\ServerB\Processing\targetfolder&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I receive an access denied error. Why would my permissions be different between Windows Explorer and the command line? How can I trouble shoot this?" />
  <row Id="49825" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28001" RevisionGUID="41cfddd2-1280-4552-9030-184febbc66e1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:31:26.320" UserId="3110" Text="This looks to be an interesting problem.  I found a few links to ansewrs, but it looks like this one is the best of the bunch. [MSexChange][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Synopsis...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a sure fire way of ensuring read receipts are not sent to external people is to configure FOUR transport rules...&#xD;&#xA;Rule 1:  &#xD;&#xA;From users outside the organization  &#xD;&#xA;Remove header &quot;X-Confirm-Reading-To&quot;  &#xD;&#xA;Rule 2:  &#xD;&#xA;From users outside the organization  &#xD;&#xA;Remove header &quot;Disposition-Notification-To&quot;  &#xD;&#xA;Rule 3:  &#xD;&#xA;From users outside the organization  &#xD;&#xA;Remove header &quot;Return-Receipt-To&quot;  &#xD;&#xA;Rule 4:  &#xD;&#xA;From users outside the organization  &#xD;&#xA;Remove header &quot;Receipt-Requested-To&quot;   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.msexchange.org/Disable_Read_reports_ouside_the_organization_(internet)%25_read_receipts/m_1800450544/tm.htm" />
  <row Id="49826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28002" RevisionGUID="59327ae8-99e0-4216-b038-df32c800a0f2" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:31:31.560" UserId="9884" Text="Yes, they will run if not specifically set to &quot;Run only if logged on&quot; but your drives will not yet be mapped. So if your task executes a program which relies on a particular drive mapping it will throw an exception.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm mentioning this because I ran into a similar issue a few weeks ago." />
  <row Id="49827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28003" RevisionGUID="5a11b9ab-0edc-4f90-9b5f-f5f01e6e61a0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:32:14.040" UserId="3878" Text="You can use drive mapping before moving, because the MOVE command doesn't recognize UNC as the destination path.&#xD;&#xA;Read the official document at [Microsoft][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/112744" />
  <row Id="49828" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28004" RevisionGUID="63604150-76db-4dcc-aa64-cf2af2f9528c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:32:17.830" UserId="9307" Text="Windows 7 will be great for this - as I understand it the native backup software will backup to a virtual disk that can be booted against new hardware." />
  <row Id="49829" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28005" RevisionGUID="ab978b38-e96a-434b-a3ef-cb81d0e5433b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:37:19.977" UserId="4884" Text="I've been using check_disk without problems until yesterday to check the free space in some partitions.&#xD;&#xA;Now we just added a NAS service from our hosting and I could mount it without problems and since we have a fixed amount of space I would like to check the free space with nagios to don't be overcharged.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the problem is sometimes when check_disk goes to check the I get &quot;unknown&quot; status since of course the autofs don't maintain the partition mounted 100% of the time. [Here][1] recomend make a wrapper for the plugin but I dont feel comfortable with that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any idea about a better solution?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mail-archive.com/nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg22709.html" />
  <row Id="49830" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28005" RevisionGUID="ab978b38-e96a-434b-a3ef-cb81d0e5433b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:37:19.977" UserId="4884" Text="how to use nagios check_disk plugin with autofs ?" />
  <row Id="49831" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28005" RevisionGUID="ab978b38-e96a-434b-a3ef-cb81d0e5433b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:37:19.977" UserId="4884" Text="&lt;nas&gt;&lt;nagios&gt;&lt;disk&gt;&lt;plugin&gt;" />
  <row Id="49832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28006" RevisionGUID="91ce06d8-1854-4e13-b8ca-8d603fea686a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:37:22.097" UserId="9884" Text="I've had excellent success using terminal services. Users workstations are reduced to thin-clients and they simply remote desktop in to a virtual machine. That virtual machine consists of two files (.vhd and .vmc) which can easily be backed up when not running. Backing up while running is another story altogether. " />
  <row Id="49833" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28007" RevisionGUID="91e44d3b-0246-48b0-a44f-8584cb66eba7" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:39:11.017" UserId="1803" Text="I remember that you explicitly could not set up automatically-renewing domain certificates (for EFS and cert-signed email) on a 2003 Standard server, the features were NOT available unless you set up a 2003 Enterprise box to be your CA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That's the only thing you may be missing that I can think of that hasn't already been mentioned." />
  <row Id="49834" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28008" RevisionGUID="8b7f9909-dd87-43e2-8f2f-b7148744e8ae" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:39:15.963" UserId="8993" Text="A real problem in previous versions of Windows was it was difficult to extend the size of the system partition, you needed to use third party tools which were a little dicey.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, with 2008 they've included the ability to [**expand**][1] and **shrink** partitions, **including** the C: drive. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This means if you get it wrong to start with, you can probably rectify the issue reasonably easily. If you were using 2003, you'd be a right pickle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.petri.co.il/extend-disk-partition-vista-windows-server-2008.htm" />
  <row Id="49835" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28009" RevisionGUID="9ffa3015-5eed-45db-8265-428c214f569a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:41:22.917" UserId="3552" Text="Cheap NICs like Realtek utilize the CPU to do some work. Better NICs like the Intel Pro line perform more work on the NIC leaving the CPU with less to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When purchasing NICs, how can you tell if the it will result in lower CPU utilization than a cheap NIC? Of the ones which do reduce CPU utilization, are some better than others? " />
  <row Id="49836" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28009" RevisionGUID="9ffa3015-5eed-45db-8265-428c214f569a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:41:22.917" UserId="3552" Text="How can you tell which NICs offload processing from the CPU?" />
  <row Id="49837" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28009" RevisionGUID="9ffa3015-5eed-45db-8265-428c214f569a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:41:22.917" UserId="3552" Text="&lt;nic&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="49838" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28010" RevisionGUID="bda0a1a0-77ca-4441-bb34-87179e8df8fc" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:42:11.060" UserId="4985" Text="Just incase anyone else is looking for the answer simply edit &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Find the line &lt;Directory &quot;/var/www/html&quot;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Change AllowOverride None to AllowOverride All&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Restart, Win" />
  <row Id="49839" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28010" RevisionGUID="bda0a1a0-77ca-4441-bb34-87179e8df8fc" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:42:11.060" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49840" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="28003" RevisionGUID="cd4764ec-b375-4aa2-88d2-918d656d5767" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:42:36.270" UserId="3878" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:3878,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;speedimon&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="49841" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28003" RevisionGUID="fcdf119b-a190-4b8e-b078-3df8c98bfaea" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:46:00.477" UserId="3878" Comment="added 177 characters in body" Text="I think you really have some permission issues in that case. Try to run &quot;cmd&quot; under higher privileged user and see if the command goes right now.&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you schedule your command as a task, you must run it under some domain user, who has access to both source and target servers, otherwise it would be processed under local system account, which doesn't have any network permissions." />
  <row Id="49842" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="28003" RevisionGUID="ee6847ed-3cd2-4e62-9042-d2a9b924dad8" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:46:05.873" UserId="3878" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:3878,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;speedimon&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="49843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28011" RevisionGUID="1cf1edb7-8fe7-4439-bfb2-cbef13caebb7" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:47:13.377" UserId="9877" Text="Not something that will fix your problem now, but we are looking at doing &quot;blade&quot; computers from HP. Old school dumb terminals are making a comeback. Basically its one massive server feeding several dumb terminals their desktop image, but processing takes place on the server. The user is sitting in front of a screen with a computer-esque box attached with a nic, usb ports, etc. When the dumb terminal breaks, simply swap it out and the server back end is all virtual so there is essentially no down time in the case of hardware failures. The last Belk store I was in had this set up at all the employee kiosks. " />
  <row Id="49844" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28012" RevisionGUID="5cb2090b-4b08-4e53-9df3-9ab3a1b6ce3b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:51:11.480" UserId="2514" Text="Quest provides a free enhancement to the built in discussion boards. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.screencast.com/users/CurtisKelly/folders/Jing/media/4eaded83-b60e-4226-88ea-bd9018d9c30f" />
  <row Id="49845" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28013" RevisionGUID="93a7fe2b-f393-45ae-b13b-dd3f5d35e7c1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:51:24.897" UserId="9005" Text="Do any of you out there do contract sys admin work where you are contracted to do network administration for small businesses who do not have a full time IT person?  If so - how do you charge for that and what is the going rate?" />
  <row Id="49846" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28013" RevisionGUID="93a7fe2b-f393-45ae-b13b-dd3f5d35e7c1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:51:24.897" UserId="9005" Text="Contract Sys Admin" />
  <row Id="49847" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28013" RevisionGUID="93a7fe2b-f393-45ae-b13b-dd3f5d35e7c1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:51:24.897" UserId="9005" Text="&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;contractors&gt;" />
  <row Id="49848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28014" RevisionGUID="f3cca96e-7ac0-48dc-878f-67d3493cda7b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:51:47.597" UserId="9021" Text="You could potentially use rsync on log on and log out to sync the files on all three computers. While this will have side effects it probably the simplest way to do it. " />
  <row Id="49849" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28015" RevisionGUID="3cd10813-fa4d-4217-81dc-06c5867aa97f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:52:42.337" UserId="6467" Text="Here's my goal : I have 9 websites running (names changed of course) :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. we.com&#xD;&#xA; 2. we.fr&#xD;&#xA; 3. doo.com&#xD;&#xA; 4. doo.fr&#xD;&#xA; 5. fpp.com&#xD;&#xA; 6. ke.com&#xD;&#xA; 7. wpp.com&#xD;&#xA; 8. wgg.com&#xD;&#xA; 9. t-y-u.fr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wanted for **each** website :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. a directory to put a rotating log file. Done.&#xD;&#xA; 2. update awstats for each on a 24 h basis and put the results in a separate directory :  &#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  - /web/awstats/we_com/&#xD;&#xA;  - /web/awstats/we_fr/&#xD;&#xA;  - /web/awstats/doo_com/&#xD;&#xA;  - /web/awstats/doo_fr/&#xD;&#xA;  - /web/awstats/fpp_com/&#xD;&#xA;  - /web/awstats/ke_com/&#xD;&#xA;  - /web/awstats/wpp_com/&#xD;&#xA;  - /web/awstats/wgg_com/&#xD;&#xA;  - /web/awstats/t_y_u_fr/&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 3. make **only one** virtual host for a generic stats website and given a name, re-direct to the good statistics website. If you type one of those URLs the base path for the site should be changed accordingly :&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA; 1. http://stats.we.com/ change the base directory to /web/we_com&#xD;&#xA; 2. http://stats.we.fr/ change the base directory to /web/we_fr&#xD;&#xA; 3. http://stats.doo.com/ change the base directory to /web/doo_com&#xD;&#xA; 4. http://stats.doo.fr/ change the base directory to /web/doo_fr&#xD;&#xA; 5. http://stats.fpp.com/ change the base directory to /web/fpp_com&#xD;&#xA; 6. http://stats.ke.com/ change the base directory to /web/ke_com&#xD;&#xA; 7. http://stats.wpp.com/ change the base directory to /web/wpp_com&#xD;&#xA; 8. http://stats.wgg.com/ change the base directory to /web/wgg_com&#xD;&#xA; 9. http://stats.t-y-u.fr/ change the base directory to /web/t_y_u_fr&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've done it but it's sooooooo long : for each site here are the rules :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    ###########################################&#xD;&#xA;    # site we.com&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}  ^stats\.we\.com&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^/$ /we/awstats.we.xml [QSA,L]&#xD;&#xA;    # change other dirs to the base dir :&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}  ^stats\.we\.com&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}  ^stats\.we\.com&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^/(.*) /wheeg/$1 [QSA,L]&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if you have a good way of optimizing it i'd like to see it (remember there's one site with &quot;-&quot; and they have to be changed to &quot;_&quot;) !" />
  <row Id="49850" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28015" RevisionGUID="3cd10813-fa4d-4217-81dc-06c5867aa97f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:52:42.337" UserId="6467" Text="Apache rewrite rule (that already works) optimization : any good advice ?" />
  <row Id="49851" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28015" RevisionGUID="3cd10813-fa4d-4217-81dc-06c5867aa97f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:52:42.337" UserId="6467" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;mod-rewrite&gt;&lt;optimization&gt;" />
  <row Id="49852" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28011" RevisionGUID="cf9be4fa-9517-4a2d-be15-99f6a130558a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:53:54.847" UserId="9877" Comment="added 120 characters in body" Text="Not something that will fix your problem now, but we are looking at doing &quot;blade&quot; computers from HP. Old school dumb terminals are making a comeback. Basically its one massive server feeding several dumb terminals their desktop image, but processing takes place on the server. The user is sitting in front of a screen with a computer-esque box attached with a nic, usb ports, etc. When the dumb terminal breaks, simply swap it out and the server back end is all virtual so there is essentially no down time in the case of hardware failures. The last Belk store I was in had this set up at all the employee kiosks. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I remember correctly, HP had a solution for heavy processing as well. I believe it even supported CAD processing!" />
  <row Id="49853" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28016" RevisionGUID="7780fd70-2095-4116-94df-2ef1c1456a10" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:54:21.273" UserId="1447" Text="You need to understand what the chipset on the card does.  Some cards will have a hardware 'TCP/IP offload engine' (essentially an embedded computer with a TCP/IP stack).  You probably want to find cards with a specification that describes this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, unless you have a very busy network it probably won't provide much benefit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49854" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28017" RevisionGUID="9b4b0d33-78e6-4c6a-9762-bdae86696531" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:54:44.113" UserId="9332" Text="Firmware receives very little attention when it comes to updates. Out of sight, out of mind. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many devices: RAID controllers, NICs, chipsets, and even hard drives, get some benefit from being updated. Better features, security/bug fixes, etc.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most SA say, &quot;Whenever it breaks, update the firmware.&quot; But this can lead to difficulties down the road; Several times, when contacting Dell about a failed hard drive, I've been asked if my hard drive firmware is up to date. All of my servers use some type of RAID configuration. If I already have a single drive failure, should I even consider trying  to upgrading the firmware on the rest of the drives or the RAID controller? I would say no. But Dell seems to have a different view.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **What's a realistic update schedule for system firmware?** &#xD;&#xA; - **Do you have any best practices to share?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*(I am aware that Dell has a nice utility called [Server Update Utility][1], which checks for all new firmware on any Dell server.)*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/sitelets/solutions/management/server_change_mgmt?c=us&amp;l=en&amp;cs=555" />
  <row Id="49855" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28017" RevisionGUID="9b4b0d33-78e6-4c6a-9762-bdae86696531" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:54:44.113" UserId="9332" Text="Firmware Best Practices and Update Schedules" />
  <row Id="49856" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28017" RevisionGUID="9b4b0d33-78e6-4c6a-9762-bdae86696531" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:54:44.113" UserId="9332" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;firmware&gt;&lt;updates&gt;&lt;maintenance&gt;&lt;patch&gt;" />
  <row Id="49857" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28018" RevisionGUID="88a52982-3855-4e21-804a-267049cc9c21" CreationDate="2009-06-18T13:59:40.483" UserId="8199" Text="I might be going against the grain here, but if it's not broken don't fix it. If it's not a security issue then I leave it alone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've never had Dell deny service for that reason.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps you can schedule the utility once a month, then update them with other reboots?" />
  <row Id="49858" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28019" RevisionGUID="19aafdb2-184c-4bf1-83fc-2015a314b377" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:01:34.943" UserId="282" Text="I will usually update the firmware when comissioning any new infrastructure equipment. Workstations and Printers only get updated if there is a specific problem such as a required bug fix or security issue. It is less important with servers, as for the most part the firmware code either dosn't execute beyond the boot process or is so simple there little to go wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have had bad experiences with upgrading RAID firmware on servers, as many manufacturers don't guarentee the current RAID configuration will be viable if the firmware vesion changes, the same with individual disks in the array.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My tendency would be to apply a &quot;if it ain't broke, don't fix it&quot; policy for the most part. It is worth checking if it is possible to recover from a bad firemware upgrade (i.e. redundant ROM in HP Servers, or if you have an EEPROM flasher and are willing to use it a removable chip)." />
  <row Id="49859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28020" RevisionGUID="9faffe7c-d655-4573-8937-c0212cc3421d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:02:24.117" UserId="1435" Text="Both Intel and Broadcom make GREAT offloading NIC chips, they have little significant technical difference between them but are both very good options. What you need to understand is that the most benefit can be gained by combining these great NICs with the right drivers/stack within your OS. MS's 'Scalable Networking Pack' for Windows is far from a straightforward tick in the box and the offload options under Linux deserve dedicated investigation before commiting to." />
  <row Id="49860" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28021" RevisionGUID="3e224ded-0cd7-4fe0-bb6f-028b053cc40d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:03:01.913" UserId="8199" Text="Personally I shy away from this work, or I work in trade.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Going rate in the data centers I've worked in is $80-$150 an hour depending on the kind of work or the contract (buy more hours up front etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would start at $100 and negotiate if needed for freelance." />
  <row Id="49861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28022" RevisionGUID="4c52016d-82cc-40c8-af6c-a9667407988c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:03:53.287" UserId="1054" Text="There are a few options that I've employed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Straight hourly charge (I often use this for the more infrequent customers)&#xD;&#xA; - By project.  This requires an estimate of work and a quote to the customer&#xD;&#xA; - Work bundles (5 hrs for $X.XX, 10 hrs for $X.XX, I often use this for more steady, but not all-out regular)&#xD;&#xA; - Retainer.  $X.XX/week/month/whatever paid up front then $X.XX/hour/day of work over the base time paid either as you work or upon a set interval of time&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think your going rate is going to be a bit market dependent.  For hourly charges I've seen it anywhere from $60-$250/hour around here (Detroit, MI metro area) base on type of work and experience level of the contractor / consultant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** I'll go along with MathewC's starting point of $100/hour." />
  <row Id="49862" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25531" RevisionGUID="6386ef81-b6b2-4070-b3d7-5927beb06617" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:04:32.553" UserId="873" Comment="Not about rebooting." Text="I have a scheduler task setup to run every hour, to update a web server. It runs each hour correctly. But after a reboot, the task always starts to fail: The error is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      Task Scheduler failed to start &quot;\Website Refresh&quot; task for user &quot;myserver\Admin&quot;. Additional Data: Error Value: 2147943726.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The task requires admin privileges and is setup like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;When running the task, use the following user account&quot; (myserver\Admin)&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;Run whether user is logged on or not&quot; (checked)&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;Do not store password&quot; (unchecked)&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;Run with highest privileges&quot; (checked)&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;Hidden&quot; (unchecked)&#xD;&#xA; - &quot;Trigger&quot; (daily at 12:00 AM ever day, after triggered repeat every 1 hour for a duration of 1 hour...&quot;) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This tasks fails the same way if I run it manually (using the RUN button in the task scheduler).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once I go in as admin and reset the password on the task it starts work again. Until I reboot again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28023" RevisionGUID="568bcbe9-78b0-40ef-8e47-3ebbcf1bb265" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:05:15.890" UserId="5000" Text="Intel is the industry gold standard for NICs. They make a very clear distinction between desktop class and server class NICs, so stick to server-class Intel NICs and you will be fine. The only other brand worth considering is Broadcom, and they are a distant second in my opinion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bear in mind it is the chip on the NIC you are concerned with, and there are many re-branded Intel NICs (e.g. most HP NICs are Intel-based), so it doesn't **have** to be Intel brand.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a very detailed breakdown of all Intel's Ethernet controllers:&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.intel.com/products/ethernet/index.htm?iid=embed_portal+hdprod_ethernet#s1=all&amp;s2=all&amp;s3=all][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.intel.com/products/ethernet/index.htm?iid=embed_portal+hdprod_ethernet#s1=all&amp;s2=all&amp;s3=all" />
  <row Id="49864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28024" RevisionGUID="f70cef3f-48f3-4691-83cc-fb105e84acca" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:06:08.960" UserId="2299" Text="If you read the blurb that accompanies a Dell firmware upgrade you'll find it classifies the update as critical, important or whatever, and describes what the upgrade fixes (not always as clearly as one would wish!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My view is that I will not apply a firmware upgrade without a very good reason. If it's a critical update and fixes a problem I have a reasonable chance of encountering then yes, I'll apply it even though it's a stressful business.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you say, Dell support normally insist on applying any relevant upgrades before they will support you, and obviously in that case you don't have a lot of choice. You can understand Dell not wishing to waste engineer time, even though I have never known firmware to be the cause of a support call.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49865" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28025" RevisionGUID="b59296a7-b78f-44fc-a64a-cf88218c97d1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:07:10.910" UserId="9020" Text="I've used the SUU and the similar products from HP and IBM with success.  The only issues I have ever encountered were when a vendor driver was used to replace a Dell driver, for no technical reason, which caused the SUU upgrade to fail the OM upgrade on a Dell server.  We ran updates for firmware and drivers on several hundred servers at least twice a year to keep them all current.  We never ran into issues with RAID firmware." />
  <row Id="49866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28026" RevisionGUID="55e0a512-a734-46b1-abe9-40b7306ec35c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:07:28.070" UserId="1803" Text="As far as &quot;malware training&quot; goes, the name alone is a bit too marketing-buzzword to inspire much faith.  Perhaps I'm too much of a skeptic, but I feel that any specific &quot;malware topics&quot; are going to be obsolete before the class is in session.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sure, some basic skills apply, but if an admin (or support tech) doesn't already know those things, I'd rather they format the machine (for the reasons Evan Anderson pointed out) instead of taking a chance on their cleaning skills." />
  <row Id="49867" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28027" RevisionGUID="45a8b597-cbd5-4145-9a3f-90b0c06cc931" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:07:53.763" UserId="9332" Text="You should ask yourself, &quot;What I am worth?&quot; and &quot;What will the (local) market bear?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe call around to other freelance SA in your area and ask for estimates. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Hi! My computer's broken, how much would you charge per-hour to come and take a look? I don't know anything about  computers ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also take a look at the price lists for&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Nerds on Site][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [Geek Squad][2] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No matter what you think of these two companies, they have put a lot of work into their marketing and pricing systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nerdsonsite.us/intro/US/default.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.geeksquad.com/" />
  <row Id="49868" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28028" RevisionGUID="65de24cd-882e-4b01-8c08-18eb0ebae427" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:09:45.383" UserId="1589" Text="I've done some contract sysadmin work for a few small businesses in the past.  There are a couple of ways to go.  Charge per job, and charge per hour.  I lean towards the charge per hour, typically to avoid scope creep.  (eg. the business adding more items to the todo list into the same &quot;job&quot;)  This can be avoided with a good Statement of Work defined up front.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the hourly rate:  The rate you charge is really a combination of a few things; location, the business itself, scope of work and experience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Location and Type of Business** - Obviously you can get a higher rate in NYC than in the middle of Vermont.  Same goes for the type of business. Some smaller businesses just aren't able to pay more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Scope of Work** - I generally charge less for a business that wants me to come in every few weeks/months for routine maintenance.  The business that wants a &quot;fix everything one time&quot; solution will get charged a bit more.  Higher complexity jobs command a higher hourly rate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Experience** - If you would like to take only the more interesting, higher complexity jobs, I'd recommend setting a fairly high minimum rate.  This will eliminate the businesses looking to lowball you, and also the &quot;Can you install my printer?&quot;-type jobs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My recommendation if you decide to choose the hourly rate path - always charge more than you  initially think.  If you think $60/hour is a fair rate, charge $100/hour.  It's always easy to negotiate down if you need to, much harder to negotiate up." />
  <row Id="49869" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28022" RevisionGUID="ef000c91-87ff-4493-b967-e596202e8722" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:11:54.613" UserId="1054" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="There are a few options that I've employed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Straight hourly charge (I often use this for the more infrequent customers)&#xD;&#xA; - By project.  This requires an estimate of work and a quote to the customer&#xD;&#xA; - Work bundles (5 hrs for $X.XX, 10 hrs for $X.XX, I often use this for more steady, but not all-out regular)&#xD;&#xA; - Retainer.  $X.XX/week/month/whatever paid up front then $X.XX/hour/day of work over the base time paid either as you work or upon a set interval of time&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think your going rate is going to be a bit market dependent.  For hourly charges I've seen it anywhere from $60-$250/hour around here (Detroit, MI metro area) based on type of work and experience level of the contractor / consultant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT:** I'll go along with MathewC's starting point of $100/hour." />
  <row Id="49870" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28029" RevisionGUID="d1dd19d4-b3db-4468-94c3-7f51c8ccb6af" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:13:21.070" UserId="9021" Text="Could it be something in the code? Something waiting on input blocking the thread and causing multiple processes to just wait? " />
  <row Id="49871" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28030" RevisionGUID="95bc571a-b14c-4d27-8497-630c45b7c4dd" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:14:50.147" UserId="5464" Text="We update firmware every chance we get, which regrettably is probably 3-4 times per year (Major maintenance windows) for some systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28032" RevisionGUID="115e6325-6f24-4e84-a323-b4665345ad87" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:19:53.977" UserId="8334" Text="I don't believe in backuping desktops.&#xD;&#xA;I'd see standardized software and Roaming Profiles with Folder Redirection as a partial solution.&#xD;&#xA;If your desktop fails, you boot up the new one and get most (not all!) of your settings and data back immediatly.&#xD;&#xA;If you have Exchange, that should take care of Outlook.&#xD;&#xA;Roll out Vista, so you can easily deploy generic images to practically any hardware (with help on DriverPacks for example) instantly.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28033" RevisionGUID="5c050bad-c6c7-4b6b-adcf-dc8916ad8e80" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:23:26.950" UserId="8197" Text="1) Ensure your JVM's are identical on both platforms.&#xD;&#xA;2) Some level of JVM tuning will likely be necessary. &#xD;&#xA;3) Enable logging of your JVM for a short period of time to determine if you are having any problems.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49876" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28034" RevisionGUID="ea8e28a3-49ed-403b-8381-80714605dda6" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:24:26.920" UserId="9503" Text="Can't you use - instead of _ for t-y-u.fr ?&#xD;&#xA;because you could use a unique mass vhost configuration like this one for all your domains :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        VirtualDocumentRoot /web/awstats/%-2_%-1/&#xD;&#xA;        ServerName anything&#xD;&#xA;        ServerAlias stats.we.com stats.we.fr stats.doo.com ...&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check [http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_vhost_alias.html][1] for more documentation.&#xD;&#xA;May be by adding a rewrite rule you could change - by _ in the DocumentRoot path. This need some tries.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But generaly, tree are done like this : &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /web/domaine.tld/public/&#xD;&#xA;    /web/domaine.tld/public/www/&#xD;&#xA;    /web/domaine.tld/public/stats/&#xD;&#xA;    /web/domaine.tld/public/..&#xD;&#xA;    /web/domaine.tld/logs/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And with one vhost by domaine using VirtualDocumentRoot you can do what you want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_vhost_alias.html" />
  <row Id="49877" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28035" RevisionGUID="634b9166-5869-4017-91d0-9173b0c69f37" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:25:03.190" UserId="4302" Text="If I encrypt a USB drive using Windows 2008 EFS, will I be able to view the the contents of the drive on another PC (is there a way to provide credentials?)?  The Windows 2008 system is using Windows account and not domain accounts.  " />
  <row Id="49878" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28035" RevisionGUID="634b9166-5869-4017-91d0-9173b0c69f37" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:25:03.190" UserId="4302" Text="How to view EFS encrypted external hard driver on multiple PCs?" />
  <row Id="49879" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28035" RevisionGUID="634b9166-5869-4017-91d0-9173b0c69f37" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:25:03.190" UserId="4302" Text="&lt;efs&gt;&lt;encrypting-file-system&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="49880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28036" RevisionGUID="8f6b26c8-1579-48c1-bc9e-b8ee348536cc" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:26:16.340" UserId="5221" Text="First rule of optimization: don't.&#xD;&#xA;Second rule of optimization (advanced use only): don't yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is working already, and is not causing any performance or maintenance issues, I would leave well alone." />
  <row Id="49881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28037" RevisionGUID="dc412985-bf79-4f8d-9b03-472dc764324e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:27:05.713" UserId="7882" Text="I can't speak on Dell, but I was told by folks inside the IBM storage group many years ago that the first levels of their RAID firmware is NEVER the best performer.  They shoot for stability first, and then crank up the performance with future rev levels.   Unfortunately, few of us would think (or perhaps have the moxie) to go back later and mess with the RAID firmware of healthy system unless there were problems. So, our strategy has been to upgrade the RAID firmware levels every time we set up a new server, assuming the RAID adapter isn't a brand spankin' new model.  That way we at least get the best performance levels available at the time. If it is a new mode adapter, we try to make a mental note to go back in a few months and check for updates, but we're not religious about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On motherboards, we DO NOT mess with them unless vendor tech support tells us.  Our experience over the years has been that unless there is specific problem that needs fixing, the risks vastly outweigh the hard-to-measure benefits.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;//spk" />
  <row Id="49882" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28038" RevisionGUID="3104bbf1-8992-4180-a278-45fc1283407a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:27:24.637" UserId="1435" Text="We use HP SIM (System's Insight Manager) to roll out FW, we do it by platform - test first, then dev, then integration, then reference then finally production - usually about a week or so per platform so we have a 5/6 week release to production window. Seems to work but one thing we NEVER do is roll out FW at the same time as other updates like drivers/code etc. - saves a lot fo finger-pointing." />
  <row Id="49883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28039" RevisionGUID="64931537-e148-48b4-8952-77979c82c881" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:28:58.987" UserId="1435" Text="Not unless they have shared keys, this *can* be setup but is a massive faff, might be best to use PGP or similar instead to be honest." />
  <row Id="49884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28040" RevisionGUID="3398546f-0134-4ad0-8791-df46eaeeda7f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:29:03.963" UserId="5799" Text="You must export the EFS private key from the first machine using `certmgr.msc` and import it to the second machine. Only then you will be able to decrypt files. (Passwords and anything else do not matter.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But having two EFS private keys on one machine can **really** confuse both the user and the OS...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A better solution would be to use full-drive encryption (such as [TrueCrypt](http://truecrypt.org/), which is cross-platform) - this will also hide the filenames, unlike EFS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you only want to encrypt single files, [GnuPG](http://gnupg.org/) (or the commercial version, [PGP](http://www.pgp.com/)) may be useful (though it's more suited for email encryption)." />
  <row Id="49885" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27346" RevisionGUID="4024b79f-a6c8-48ff-a902-df0b03b78ba7" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:32:34.567" UserId="1054" Comment="Add link to MSDN article" Text="Yes, it is very much possible.  You can define connections to a myriad of external datasources from within an SSIS package.  SQL Server, Oracle, Excel, flat files, etc etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just remembered one gotcha when dealing connecting to Excel via SSIS in a 64-bit environment.  You need the 32-bit client tools installed on your 64-bit SQL box in order to interface with Excel.  This has been somewhat painful for us...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a link to an [**MSDN article**][1] that describes how to add connection managers to your SSIS package and also provides links to various types of supported connection managers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms140237.aspx" />
  <row Id="49886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28041" RevisionGUID="8804b29e-85f9-4627-8947-7a6f63f5bffc" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:32:38.230" UserId="51755" Text="I'd like an Apache Web Server I have installed at home to listen on port 80 and port 8080.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've added `Listen 8080` to httpd.conf and restarted the services but the server doesn't seem to be listening on 8080.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I make it listen to 80 and 8080?" />
  <row Id="49887" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28041" RevisionGUID="8804b29e-85f9-4627-8947-7a6f63f5bffc" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:32:38.230" UserId="51755" Text="How do I make Apache Web Server listen on two different ports?" />
  <row Id="49888" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28041" RevisionGUID="8804b29e-85f9-4627-8947-7a6f63f5bffc" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:32:38.230" UserId="51755" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="49889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28042" RevisionGUID="af385ece-74d0-498d-b738-6015e6fb70f7" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:33:26.700" UserId="1803" Text="If I remember correctly (in 2003 PKI), when you set up your CA, you have the option to create a &quot;master&quot; certificate that will allow you (for emergency purposes) to unlock any files encrypted with a certificate assigned by that CA. " />
  <row Id="49890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28043" RevisionGUID="6652d228-c528-4255-b129-adc3c98fed5d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:34:12.753" UserId="2908" Text="Try [USBDeview][1] from [NirSoft][2]. From the website:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;USBDeview is a small utility that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; lists all USB devices that currently&#xD;&#xA;&gt; connected to your computer, as well as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; all USB devices that you previously&#xD;&#xA;&gt; used.  For each USB device, exteneded&#xD;&#xA;&gt; information is displayed: Device&#xD;&#xA;&gt; name/description, device type, serial&#xD;&#xA;&gt; number (for mass storage devices), the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; date/time that device was added,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; VendorID, ProductID, and more... &#xD;&#xA;&gt; USBDeview also allows you to uninstall&#xD;&#xA;&gt; USB devices that you previously used,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and disconnect USB devices that are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; currently connected to your computer. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; You can also use USBDeview on a remote&#xD;&#xA;&gt; computer, as long as you login to that&#xD;&#xA;&gt; computer with admin user.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The interface supports sorting and multiple select and remove. [Download here][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.nirsoft.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usbdeview.zip" />
  <row Id="49891" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28044" RevisionGUID="8d24a2eb-ffd4-4bfa-9554-7ea116630563" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:37:27.973" UserId="7200" Text="Yep-- this is exactly what my business does, and is how I make my living.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I won't talk about our rates here, but I would advise you to always have a contract in writing before you do any work. Even if the contract just says &quot;to work on the following specific items...&quot; for incidental work, you need a written agreement that explains the arrangements clearly for all parties involved.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll throw my support behind the &quot;start at $100.00 / hr&quot; crowd, too. Your rate is dictated by the type of work, your experience and qualifications, and the duration / quantity of time involved. I've dropped my per-hour rate significantly for one Customer, for example, who wanted our people on-site 8 x 5 Monday - Friday with emergency after-hours support for a committed 3 month contract. OTOH, the rate gets significantly higher if you want me to drop everything and respond to an unscheduled emergency.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are some &quot;business things&quot; that have worked for us (our business turns 5 y/o on June 30):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - We have always done hourly billing (and absolutely do _NOT_ resell hardware or other goods). I wouldn't sign-up for a contract that didn't have a specified hourly rate, as a Customer of another industry (lawyer, accountant, etc), so I wouldn't ask my Customers to do the same. We don't bill for work we don't do (i.e. &quot;flat monthly rates&quot;). If we're not working, we're not billing. Perhaps we make less money than other companies, but I go to sleep at night with a clear conscience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - We don't &quot;lock in&quot; our Customers in long term contracts. We have enough confidence in our ability and value that we believe our Customers will stay with us because we're better than the alternatives, not because we have them &quot;locked in&quot;. I wouldn't sign a &quot;lock in&quot; contract with another professional, so I won't ask my Customers to do the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - We have no employees. Everyone in the company is an owner and a partner, and has &quot;skin in the game&quot;. When I worked for another company as an employee I found that other employees often didn't have the commitment that I did. As an owner of a company now, I recognize that using employees or subcontractors could make me more money, but it could also bankrupt me if my employees create enough problem situations for me (and lose my Customers).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - We decided on &quot;services only&quot; because I've seen too many situations, working for other companies who were &quot;resellers&quot;, where Customers go long past-due on invoices, effectively using your company as a lending institution. As a small business, I dare you to try and charge your Customers finance charges. It doesn't work. Instead, your cash flow goes to hell and you end up out of business. We don't have that problem with &quot;services only&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49892" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28045" RevisionGUID="b889ba88-8f8f-46db-aa65-7d4fdb599b13" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:38:24.337" UserId="1997" Text="Read through the documentation for [Apache Virtual Hosts][1]. Each 'site' hosted by the server has to be set up to accept connections on specific ports (and ip's, etc). This is configured within a VirtualHost directive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/" />
  <row Id="49893" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28046" RevisionGUID="de776a19-26c2-4e7f-acaa-81c414bb7807" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:42:21.103" UserId="9885" Text="I think that you have a permission problem as well.  First I would move the contents of the upload folder to a local folder on the system and see if that works.  If not then you have found the source of your problem.  Then I would try moving the contents of your local folder to your destination folder.  Which ever system fails will be your problem. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure you cut and paste the UNC from the working script to your final script (typo's are annoying debug problems)" />
  <row Id="49894" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28047" RevisionGUID="5d3af92e-d798-4a67-807d-a179ac0c70c2" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:42:52.193" UserId="5464" Text="With any modern redhat based distro check selinux.&#xD;&#xA;I.e. getenable to see if it is turned on (enforcing).&#xD;&#xA;If it is setenforce 0 to turn it off and see if that makes a difference.&#xD;&#xA;setenforce 1 to turn it back on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it was selinux, then you probably need to set on the the booleans.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try something like:&#xD;&#xA;getsebools -a|grep -i ftp to see the state of ftp related booleans.&#xD;&#xA;To set them use setsebools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you using iptables host based firewall - if so is the appropriate iptables module enabled&#xD;&#xA;I can't recall what it is but it can be enabled in a file called //etc/sysconfig/iptables-config.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its something like conntrack_ftp.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49895" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28048" RevisionGUID="be3d58eb-da78-4089-930e-1fd6f408b91d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:45:13.127" UserDisplayName="Raj" Text="I have a Backup DB task setup to do a full backup of All User Databases. However, I find that when new databases are added, they do not get automatically included in the backup plan.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am forced to open the plan each time a new database is added and select All User Databases Radio button and save the package for the new DB to be added to the backup task.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also the New DB does not show up in the SelectedDatabases collection in the properties for the backup task.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks, Raj" />
  <row Id="49896" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28048" RevisionGUID="be3d58eb-da78-4089-930e-1fd6f408b91d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:45:13.127" UserDisplayName="Raj" Text="Backup DB task setup to do a full backup of All User Databases SQL 2005" />
  <row Id="49897" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28048" RevisionGUID="be3d58eb-da78-4089-930e-1fd6f408b91d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:45:13.127" UserDisplayName="Raj" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="49898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28049" RevisionGUID="151382c8-1a12-40f2-bb71-d03895db5f6c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:46:59.283" UserId="7200" Text="What does your &quot;Directory&quot; tab look like? A stock configuration would create a &quot;000001&quot;, &quot;000002&quot;, etc directory under your the root directory for the data collector set, by default. If the files in each directory are getting too big then you probably need a shorter per-directory duration.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49899" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28050" RevisionGUID="740a1f1c-105a-4eee-ac9b-2540a9261818" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:47:44.573" UserId="1803" Text="I know that Exchange needs to hold onto sync status information for mailboxes, so I'm hoping I can use a related property to know who's using a smartphone to check mail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're still on Exchange 2003 so far.  It seems like the nicest method would be a saved query in ADUC, which I could hopefully use to create a distribution group?  But whatever you've got is better than what I have, so thanks in advance." />
  <row Id="49900" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28050" RevisionGUID="740a1f1c-105a-4eee-ac9b-2540a9261818" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:47:44.573" UserId="1803" Text="Is there an AD property that will tell me if an account uses ActiveSync?" />
  <row Id="49901" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28050" RevisionGUID="740a1f1c-105a-4eee-ac9b-2540a9261818" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:47:44.573" UserId="1803" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;activesync&gt;&lt;exchange-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="49902" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28051" RevisionGUID="19e855f9-b1e0-43f3-9519-7143f2069209" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:47:44.977" UserId="1054" Text="Yes, this is unfortunately by design.  The maintenance plan will store a persistent snapshot list of the selected databases at the point the plan is saved and does not dynamically query for all user databases each time it is run.  Very frustrating." />
  <row Id="49903" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28052" RevisionGUID="48dd47a2-7b42-405b-b206-e782481e0ab4" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:51:28.187" UserId="7200" Text="I know of no tool that will do this &quot;out of the box&quot;. I wrote a script to do something like this with failed OpenSSH logons on Windows, but I can't share it with you because it &quot;belongs&quot; to the Customer for whom I wrote it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said that, it was a simple VBScript program that had an event log sink to watch for new failed logons and, if enough happened in a time window, add an IP route (using the &quot;route&quot; command) to route traffic to the offending IP address to a &quot;MS Loopback Adapter&quot; on the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For other types of logs, it would be a fairly trivial matter to write. Since I didn't have IPtables on Windows, the loopback adapter seemed like the next best thing. (You can't do a &quot;route x.x.x.x mask 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1&quot; on Windows-- you need an adapter to route the traffic to, because the 127.0.0.1 loopback isn't a &quot;real&quot; interface on Windows.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(If you want something like this written, contact me out-of-band and we can discuss the specifics of such an arrangement.)" />
  <row Id="49904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28053" RevisionGUID="1d7629a3-00ea-45e5-b168-24d35b20a59d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:53:43.237" UserId="57955" Text="my company (I work for) has a Microsoft Office access application, it's more than 1 million line of code and hundred of forms, tables, databases... So converting it to dot net (my suggestion) isn't a choice for my boss.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The aim is to migrate it to SQL Server, I have done simple SQL migration and tables had been converted and everything alright, but I'm using SQL 2008, which (should) implement the &quot;disconnect&quot; technology (ado.net) however access works only with ADO the old technology.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but the application works! and updates the SQL databases, so how does this works??" />
  <row Id="49905" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28053" RevisionGUID="1d7629a3-00ea-45e5-b168-24d35b20a59d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:53:43.237" UserId="57955" Text="Access with MS-SQL Server" />
  <row Id="49906" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28053" RevisionGUID="1d7629a3-00ea-45e5-b168-24d35b20a59d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:53:43.237" UserId="57955" Text="&lt;ado&gt;&lt;sql&gt;&lt;access&gt;" />
  <row Id="49907" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28054" RevisionGUID="6a8bc055-f84a-4291-8cc0-7f03229682b8" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:54:07.057" UserId="2561" Text="Why not make a static entry in fstab instead using automount so it is always mounted?" />
  <row Id="49908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28055" RevisionGUID="3141b2c8-1e8b-43a6-8d15-067b8f499031" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:54:15.997" UserId="7200" Text="Yes-- write a stored procedure to query the system catalogs and add / remove databases to the backup plan and run that procedure on a schedule. Any competent SQL Server DBA who knows TSQL should be able to do this. (I've written scripts to do backups of &quot;MSDE&quot; instances in the past just this way.)" />
  <row Id="49909" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28056" RevisionGUID="1991b065-cc3b-48cc-9918-821cc82bd2da" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:54:30.303" UserId="5821" Text="I have a new 17&quot; unibody MacBook Pro. The battery life is close to the advertised 7-8 hours when I am only running OSX and have the screen brightness turned down etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I run a Vista VM in VMWare Fusion 2 I get about half the normal battery life. I can understand that the extra work required for the VM emulation is what is causing this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have any configuration/tricks/tweaks that would improve my battery life in this situation. I am open to suggestions whether they are related to OS X configuration, VMWare Fusion configuration, or changes to the Vista configuration in the VM image, or a combination of all 3." />
  <row Id="49910" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28056" RevisionGUID="1991b065-cc3b-48cc-9918-821cc82bd2da" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:54:30.303" UserId="5821" Text="Tips for extending battery life on MacBook Pro running Vista in VMWare Fusion 2" />
  <row Id="49911" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28056" RevisionGUID="1991b065-cc3b-48cc-9918-821cc82bd2da" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:54:30.303" UserId="5821" Text="&lt;battery&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;vmware-fusion&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;macbook-pro&gt;" />
  <row Id="49912" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28057" RevisionGUID="a8449262-a588-4435-9372-f2faa4aa68d0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:55:50.423" UserId="7073" Text="Last place I worked used consumer crap before I got there.&#xD;&#xA;We bought a few business grade laptops and compared them side by each, and let everyone vote which they liked better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Smaller, sleeker, docking station, lighter, smaller power packs, longer battery option, better built those were the key points.  (The OS and speed never mattered since people knew this was dependant on the processor installed, etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I still by the business line for myself.  They are just better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also I found the business line of products with Dell, their support centers were almost always NA based rather then the far east.  They treated their business customers at a higher level.  Also as you buy more you'll get better discounts, but the discounts typically only will apply to business line.  My standard discount with Dell was about 10 to 15% and we were only a company of 30 people at the time." />
  <row Id="49913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28058" RevisionGUID="9fc1be12-992e-49a9-acae-4c36f91c0759" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:55:59.130" UserDisplayName="Matt" Text="Hi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are running Exchange 2003 Standard. While IMAP or OWA access is easy to provide for people who are never on site, we have difficulty administering access for those staff who have a laptop, and for example, work at home or on the road two days a week.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to set up their Outlook client to connect directly to the Exchange when they are on-site, and swith co IMAP when they are off-site? How do you handle this kind of scenario?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know Ex/Outlook 2K7 have provisions for this (using ActiveSync I think), but I was wondering what the best way to handle this using Ex2K3 was? Currently our only option is to limit them to OWA or to give them VPN access, neither of which are preferable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Matt" />
  <row Id="49914" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28058" RevisionGUID="9fc1be12-992e-49a9-acae-4c36f91c0759" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:55:59.130" UserDisplayName="Matt" Text="How do you handle laptop/mobile users of Exchange 2003?" />
  <row Id="49915" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28058" RevisionGUID="9fc1be12-992e-49a9-acae-4c36f91c0759" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:55:59.130" UserDisplayName="Matt" Text="&lt;exchange-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="49916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28059" RevisionGUID="e4b99899-712a-41ef-a165-f801c9d2d3c7" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:56:04.840" UserId="6233" Text="I always trying to set up own [SIP server][1] for telephony, But without much success. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.freeswitch.org/" />
  <row Id="49917" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28059" RevisionGUID="e4b99899-712a-41ef-a165-f801c9d2d3c7" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:56:04.840" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49918" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28060" RevisionGUID="4b504e92-e6d6-4f2c-9f12-edda0ab8e4ba" CreationDate="2009-06-18T14:58:31.933" UserId="3038" Text="What you're looking for is &quot;RPC over HTTP&quot;. We did this with Exchange 2003, and it worked well. The one caveat we ran into won't be problem for you, it seems you have to have unrestricted access to the Exchange servers to set it up; this was a problem for home desktop users but for a mobile workforce that's in the office at least once a week isn't a problem. That'll allow them to use the same access method (RPC over HTTP) both at home and in the office.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833401" />
  <row Id="49919" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28061" RevisionGUID="a814976a-1381-4e08-b7b4-6c7bba4e2ca1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:00:18.827" UserId="1054" Text="Looks like it's controlled by one of the bits in msExchOmaAdminWirelessEnable.  Here's the bit description listed by someone in [**this post**][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1 (bit 0) = 1 to disable Server Activesync, 0 to enable it&#xD;&#xA;    2 (bit 1) = 1 to disable OMA, 0 to enable it&#xD;&#xA;    4 (bit 2) = 1 to disable Always Up-To-Date (AUTD), 0 to enbable it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mombu.com/microsoft/windows-server-active-directory/t-msexchomaadminwirelessenable-values-522132.html" />
  <row Id="49920" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7123" RevisionGUID="f5cf15a9-61bd-4a0a-9eb2-302c366f4cd0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:01:09.293" UserId="2343" Comment="updated details" Text="Joel Spolsky writes articles on Inc.com and regularly links to them from joelonsoftware.com. Whenever I try to read those articles from work (for example, [this one][1]), I see a blank page and the following in the title bar:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    why-circuit-city-failed-and-why-bh-thrives.html (GIF image, 1x1 pixels)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Interestingly:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) It doesn't matter which browser I use  &#xD;&#xA;2) I *am* able to read the articles from home.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, I have brought this to the attention of the folks at Inc.com and even provided a traceroute, but haven't gotten an answer yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I'm just curious: **what could cause a page to be &quot;seen&quot; as a 1x1 GIF?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;##Update##&#xD;&#xA; - I checked with our network guy, and he says we don't filter any sites.&#xD;&#xA; - I had the same problem one day trying to load, from work, a Rails site I'd been building from home on a paid host site. (Right now it loads fine.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.inc.com/magazine/20090501/why-circuit-city-failed-and-why-bh-thrives.html?partner=fogcreek" />
  <row Id="49921" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7123" RevisionGUID="f5cf15a9-61bd-4a0a-9eb2-302c366f4cd0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:01:09.293" UserId="2343" Comment="updated details" Text="&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="49922" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28062" RevisionGUID="599e8a16-c4df-43be-ac63-f5cd853a6ef7" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:01:37.450" UserId="7200" Text="Have a look at this first: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830188&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, basically, the &quot;msExchOmaAdminWirelessEnable&quot; attribute isn't set on all user objects by default, and access using ActiveSync is allowed. If you elect to turn it off for all users, and then enable it only for the users who require it, then you can filter / query on this &quot;msExchOmaAdminWirelessEnable&quot; attribute.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, it's a chicken and egg problem. If you don't know who is using it, you can't change this attribute.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd consider parsing the logs on your IIS server to determine who is using ActiveSync, then consider setting the flag on all users who are not using it. It's painful, but it looks like the best way I can see to do what you want." />
  <row Id="49923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28063" RevisionGUID="c0f1f570-8288-49d0-a566-424f87b57474" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:04:47.007" UserId="2477" Text="Has anybody ever seen this error when working with the MOSS BDC?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Runtime Error in method AddBDCApplication.OnLoad of type&#xD;&#xA;    System.InvalidOperationException.The exception was System.InvalidOperationException:&#xD;&#xA;    Cannot use the Business Data Catalog from outside an Office Server context without &#xD;&#xA;    explicitly setting the Shared Resource Provider by Name on the Business Data Catalog &#xD;&#xA;    Sql Session Provider.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How can I fix it?" />
  <row Id="49924" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28063" RevisionGUID="c0f1f570-8288-49d0-a566-424f87b57474" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:04:47.007" UserId="2477" Text="MOSS BDC Configuration Problem" />
  <row Id="49925" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28063" RevisionGUID="c0f1f570-8288-49d0-a566-424f87b57474" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:04:47.007" UserId="2477" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;bdc&gt;" />
  <row Id="49926" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28064" RevisionGUID="9216e80f-7ca0-4498-b1f5-4e65665d00e3" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:05:34.183" UserId="5535" Text="I have an opensolaris box at home that I use for a file server.  It has 6 SATA drives and stores my digital photographs mostly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also picked up a 24 port managed gigabit switch off Ebay that I've used to put a few ports in each room of the house.  It and the file server live in the basement where it stays cool and the noise doesn't matter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For most other IT experimenting and learning however I just use virtualization.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My network gateway/router is running dd-wrt." />
  <row Id="49927" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28064" RevisionGUID="9216e80f-7ca0-4498-b1f5-4e65665d00e3" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:05:34.183" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49928" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28061" RevisionGUID="33a06c1a-eb60-40d5-9f66-2a53b92deb96" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:06:10.843" UserId="1054" Comment="added 307 characters in body" Text="Looks like it's controlled by one of the bits in msExchOmaAdminWirelessEnable.  Here's the bit description listed by someone in [**this post**][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1 (bit 0) = 1 to disable Server Activesync, 0 to enable it&#xD;&#xA;    2 (bit 1) = 1 to disable OMA, 0 to enable it&#xD;&#xA;    4 (bit 2) = 1 to disable Always Up-To-Date (AUTD), 0 to enbable it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looks like the value is a decimal value in AD so you'd need to AND the bits together and convert that to decimal to set it.  Thus:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Disable everything = 0x111 = 7&#xD;&#xA;    Enable ActiveSync, Disable OMA, Disable AUTD = 0x110 = 6&#xD;&#xA;    Enable ActiveSync, Disable OMA, Enable Autd = 0x010 = 4&#xD;&#xA;    etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mombu.com/microsoft/windows-server-active-directory/t-msexchomaadminwirelessenable-values-522132.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49929" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28065" RevisionGUID="f33abd1c-4406-4981-ab23-207be7d189c9" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:08:00.183" UserId="8258" Text="Zimbra has an Open Source edition (MPL).  I believe it's postfix under the hood.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;comparison between versions:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.zimbra.com/products/product_editions.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use Zimbra (migrated from GroupWise) and while I don't admin the email system, the messaging team is very pleased with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The web client is very good and it got us out of the business of supporting desktop &quot;fat&quot; email clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use the commercial edition but I do not believe there are limits on things like the mailbox size in the freed edition.  We have numerous (dozens) mailboxes that are 2 GB+ in size." />
  <row Id="49930" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27959" RevisionGUID="13647fca-c139-42b1-9f1e-714f51b794e5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:09:14.440" UserId="2411" Comment="added 423 characters in body" Text="I just did a basic `yum install vsftpd` on a CentOS 5.3 box, I can FTP to the machines IP address from a shell on the box itself, but cannot FTP from any other machine on the same LAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ftp 1.2.3.4&#xD;&#xA;    ftp: connect: Connection refused&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Troubleshooting steps already tried:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * on local machine A, attempted to FTP to A's IP with valid credentials, succeeded&#xD;&#xA; * on machine B on same network, attempted to FTP to A's IP, got connection refused as indicated above&#xD;&#xA; * from same machine B, nmap shows port 21 open&#xD;&#xA; * from same machine B, can telnet to port 21 and see the vsftpd banner &#xD;&#xA; * so, seems the daemon is listening, but something about a connection attempt from outside causes it to refuse the connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*....and while rewriting this question I restarted the vsftpd daemon and it all started working as expected.* &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49931" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28066" RevisionGUID="a8193d79-9873-4c94-a9e4-174a14f93492" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:10:41.940" UserId="2411" Text="Thanks for various suggestions. While I'm not sure what actually occurred, a restart of the daemon seemed to resolve the problems." />
  <row Id="49932" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28067" RevisionGUID="109e7dd0-3b02-4316-976e-6a33bae0f770" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:11:09.710" UserId="7342" Text="A standard Debian install of apache will have the following fragment of configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Listen 80&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;IfModule mod_ssl.c&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    # SSL name based virtual hosts are not yet supported, therefore no&#xD;&#xA;    # NameVirtualHost statement here&#xD;&#xA;    Listen 443&#xD;&#xA;&amp;lt;/IfModule&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is telling apache to listen on port 80 and to listen to port 443 if mod_ssl is configured. In your case you'd want:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Listen 80&#xD;&#xA;    Listen 8080&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to make sure you run a restart, not a reload operation on apache for it to pay any attention to new Listen directives. The safest thing to do is to stop apache, make sure it is dead and start it again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this configuration does not work, check the log files for any error messages. You could use &quot;netstat -lep --tcp&quot; to see if there is anything listening on port 8080. Finally, if everything else doesn't work, try running apache under strace to see if it's trying to bind to that port and failing, but not logging the problem.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49933" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28054" RevisionGUID="90758bea-4129-4b34-9d67-a29539f23d6d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:11:18.070" UserId="2561" Comment="added 403 characters in body" Text="Why not make a static entry in fstab instead using automount so it is always mounted?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the GNU df manual:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This version of df cannot show the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; space available on unmounted file&#xD;&#xA;&gt; systems, because on most kinds of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; systems doing so requires very&#xD;&#xA;&gt; nonportable intimate knowledge of file&#xD;&#xA;&gt; system structures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I would guess if GNU df is not going to show the free space of a parition that is not mounted, a Nagios plugin probably won't either.  But I could be wrong :-)" />
  <row Id="49934" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28068" RevisionGUID="e7ddfff3-c62b-4f09-af9e-7017fa0d74b9" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:11:21.660" UserId="3796" Text="Im having problems applying an ldif file to my Adam instance. I'm receiving an error claiming &quot;Invalid DN Syntax&quot;. Ive used the file before and therefore believe the DNs to be acceptable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is an example from the LDIF:-&#xD;&#xA;CN=CA-Certificate,CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=X&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The command used to apply the LDIF:-&#xD;&#xA;ldifde -i -f ENTRUST-adamschema.ldf -s localhost:389 -k -j . -c &quot;CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=X&quot; #schemaNamingContext&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;any help appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mark&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49935" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28068" RevisionGUID="e7ddfff3-c62b-4f09-af9e-7017fa0d74b9" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:11:21.660" UserId="3796" Text="LDIF error" />
  <row Id="49936" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28068" RevisionGUID="e7ddfff3-c62b-4f09-af9e-7017fa0d74b9" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:11:21.660" UserId="3796" Text="&lt;adam&gt;" />
  <row Id="49937" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28069" RevisionGUID="80fbd41d-b844-4f75-a129-c89dadccbdf7" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:11:22.110" UserId="8344" Text="Do you know an opensource equivalent of TSE under linux who manage local printers ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for your help and sorry for my english ;).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Matthieu.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49938" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28069" RevisionGUID="80fbd41d-b844-4f75-a129-c89dadccbdf7" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:11:22.110" UserId="8344" Text="Share a local printer in a remote session under Linux" />
  <row Id="49939" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28069" RevisionGUID="80fbd41d-b844-4f75-a129-c89dadccbdf7" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:11:22.110" UserId="8344" Text="&lt;terminal-server&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;printers&gt;" />
  <row Id="49941" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28071" RevisionGUID="74c66dd9-a01e-4d0c-97ef-402240e7d407" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:13:03.573" UserId="7774" Text="After contacting IBM support, I learn the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- The registry backup command would only run on a box that has been declared (in the ClearCase Properties in the Control Panel menu) as a registry backup server. Consequently, it cannot be the existing registry server. So running the registry backup command from the server itself (as it's configure now in the ClearCase scheduler, as a Daily job) will have no effect, and produces no log.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- The registry back-up is only copying the files located in `$CLEARCASE_HOME\ClearCase\var\rgy` from the ClearCase registry server to the `$CLEARCASE_HOME\ClearCase\var\rgy\backup` folder on the backup server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- If there is no registry backup server, but the files are backed-up another way (i.e on tape), then copying them on any ClearCase box in the `$CLEARCASE_HOME\ClearCase\var\rgy\backup` folder and then using the `rgy_switchover` command will do the trick.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- In all cases, all the Client would have to be reconfigured to point to the new registry server, so it's not really a hotswap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, if the registry server is also the VOB server (like it is at most polaces), all the VOBs would have to be restored from the tape anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All in all, it's no big deal to not run this command if the files are backed-up another way, and even if you run it, the registry switchover is still NOT a hotswap. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So to answer my own question: No I should not be worried ^_^ , the whole thing seems quite useless to me if you already are a good sysadmin doing backup of your servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;References to registry backups can be found online [on the IBM website][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/cchelp/v7r1m0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.rational.clearcase.cc_admin.doc/topics/c_rgy_backup.htm" />
  <row Id="49942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28072" RevisionGUID="d3660c79-934d-4303-8538-99ebbc90589c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:13:49.563" UserId="1054" Text="Evan's right, you'll probably get much better results from this on [**StackOverflow**][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, you're partially right.  Internally Access only works with the original ADO because it uses VBA.  Since VBA only has support for COM you're only going to get classic ADO support in your macros and internal code.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Connecting to an external datasource is a bit different in that you can use other drivers to do this.  More than likely you're connecting to SQL 2008 with the .NET Sql Native Client or a SQL OLEDB driver.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com" />
  <row Id="49944" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27813" RevisionGUID="c89c1811-2806-4f3d-abb8-ac7161d49e64" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:15:43.583" UserId="1233" Comment="added 2 characters in body; edited title" Text="I have just upgraded a server to the latest OS X version 10.5.7 and my compliance scan tells me that these OS-installed components are causing vulnerabilities.  I can't see where I can download higher versions or even if they exist!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Kerberos 5 is listed as having 'Multiple Vulnerabilities' but as far as I can see, there is no  higher version available for Mac OS X.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PHP Prior to 5.2.9 is also listed as having 'Multiple Vulnerabilities' and I can see 5.2.9 is in general use but can't seem to download it anywhere. Even the download link on Apple's site is dead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MySQL is also listed as a vulnerability and they are saying that versions prior to 5.1.9 are vulnerable, yet only 5.1.35 is available for download as a stable release.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone know how to answer these seemingly unanswerable questions? I have just a couple of servers running 40-50 websites.  All on Mac OS.  Thanks" />
  <row Id="49945" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="27813" RevisionGUID="c89c1811-2806-4f3d-abb8-ac7161d49e64" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:15:43.583" UserId="1233" Comment="added 2 characters in body; edited title" Text="How do I get an OS X 10.5 box PCI compliant when the OS X 10.5.7 PHP and Kerberos versions are considered 'Vulnerabilities'" />
  <row Id="49946" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28073" RevisionGUID="d60d0834-70a4-4d3b-88d7-509f015cf542" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:17:59.710" UserId="8199" Text="I just looked through all the attributes and could not find anything that would be a giveaway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sorry." />
  <row Id="49947" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28074" RevisionGUID="56932e7f-85c1-4f13-901f-597a61355e12" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:19:30.723" UserId="6469" Text="These answers are great, but they leave out the possibility that Dana *has* actually done this already (&quot;I've added `Listen 8080`&quot;) may mean exactly what it sounds like (i.e., what David has suggested).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have already done this and still find it not working, make sure that you have correctly configured your &lt;VirtualHost&gt; directives for each subdomain you may have, including the default one (if it's been configured manually to listen to :80 right after the name).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You probably have a directive like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;     ServerName michaelsanford.com&#xD;&#xA;     etc…&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to change that to `&lt;VirtualHost *:8080&gt;` or `&lt;VirtualHost *:*&gt;`." />
  <row Id="49948" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28075" RevisionGUID="7b58f116-a42c-411f-8ab1-330d967c084b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:19:44.607" UserId="8990" Text="Keep in mind that altering the collation of a database do not change the collation of existing data, but only the collation used to create new tables or columns, existing data will remain with the same collation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to fully migrate data and change collation you need to copy all data in empty tables with the right collation." />
  <row Id="49949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28076" RevisionGUID="f8a6edb8-14ba-4535-9af1-03bb65e9266b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:19:45.387" UserId="8199" Text="Perhaps the VM is keeping the shared hardware resources powered on where normally OSX would turn them off to save power. Have you checked the settings in Windows?" />
  <row Id="49950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28077" RevisionGUID="6f917b82-cb73-4d7f-83e5-a5b0b79d7118" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:21:23.293" UserId="1456" Text="&quot;echo %PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%&quot; down-voted?  Must not be powershelly enough, which is funny if you look at the other examples using WMI and other aliases.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;oh well, try this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ($env:PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE -eq &quot;AMD64&quot;)" />
  <row Id="49951" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28054" RevisionGUID="c2b1aa36-d6dc-49c9-96b8-a3667eba293f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:22:03.743" UserId="2561" Comment="added 210 characters in body" Text="Why not make a static entry in fstab instead using automount so it is always mounted?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the GNU df manual:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This version of df cannot show the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; space available on unmounted file&#xD;&#xA;&gt; systems, because on most kinds of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; systems doing so requires very&#xD;&#xA;&gt; nonportable intimate knowledge of file&#xD;&#xA;&gt; system structures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I would guess if GNU df is not going to show the free space of a partition that is not mounted, a Nagios plugin probably won't either.  But I could be wrong :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe if you are using ext2/3 , by parsing out free blocks, block count, and block size out of tune2f you might be able to quickly write a plugin that will accomplish this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo tune2fs -l /dev/sdb1" />
  <row Id="49952" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27987" RevisionGUID="63656b0e-c87b-4c14-927f-3e2983998422" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:22:58.187" UserId="9004" Comment="Clarifications: sites, generic vs customized" Text="Does anyone know of a good solution to have a Windows desktop standby so that users can be back up and running quickly in case of hardware failure?  Assumption is that the desktops aren't generic but highly customized for individual users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although I'm aware of bare-metal restore products out there, I'm looking for alternatives which would allow the standby to simply be booted/brought up without any delay.  A bare-metal restore solution would be fine as every day type of backup when one only expects a desktop failure once in a while (or even a few failures a day).  But this is for a **DR type** setup, where dozens or hundreds of desktops **in a different site** would need to be activated at the same time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The backup/standby desktop doesn't need to be fully up to date.  Ideally, the solution would allow scheduling periodic updates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, I realize that having VM desktops is a way to do this (by replicating the back-end storage).  However, I'm yet to see a mature solution that will allow for powerful quad-core VMs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:**&#xD;&#xA;Sure, all the desktops start with a generic image that has things like Office, and so on.  However, there are many additional applications which go to specific users only, many of them aren't generic.  They also often auto-update from the vendor, meaning that even if a second desktop is built with the right applications, only if they aren't used, they will fall out of date and not work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've never worked in an environment where desktops are truly generic.  I can think of instances where this is a reality, but come on people, *this is not the answer here*.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49953" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28078" RevisionGUID="5f7459de-9e1f-4266-94b2-8002aae75ce1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:24:02.210" UserDisplayName="Reamer77" Text="You may also want to check to see if you have SELinux enabled.  The default SELinux configuration may not allow you to run Apache on non-standard ports.  Here's a site that shows you if you are running SELinux and how to disable it, if you don't want or use its features.  http://www.crypt.gen.nz/selinux/disable_selinux.html" />
  <row Id="49954" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28079" RevisionGUID="125e4b39-3b98-40a4-958a-478264a249f6" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:25:53.720" UserId="4392" Text="Is there any way for the nagios server to query the NAS directly? That would be the most direct course of action." />
  <row Id="49955" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28080" RevisionGUID="c9f05e9f-c2d1-4683-98d6-ba4f453c7b01" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:25:54.267" UserId="3528" Text="No, but you can ask exchange if a user is using activesync. You need to find if Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync exists on that mailbox. You need to look for the  Glen Scales wrote a script to do just that.  [You can also parse the logs][1]. I couldn't find it on his site so here's the code:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    servername = wscript.arguments(0)&#xD;&#xA;    set shell = createobject(&quot;wscript.shell&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    strValueName = &quot;HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation\ActiveTimeBias&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    minTimeOffset = shell.regread(strValueName)&#xD;&#xA;    toffset = datediff(&quot;h&quot;,DateAdd(&quot;n&quot;, minTimeOffset, now()),now())&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    report = &quot;&lt;table border=&quot;&quot;1&quot;&quot; width=&quot;&quot;100%&quot;&quot;&gt;&quot; &amp; vbcrlf&#xD;&#xA;    report = report &amp; &quot;  &lt;tr&gt;&quot; &amp; vbcrlf&#xD;&#xA;    report = report &amp; &quot;&lt;td align=&quot;&quot;center&quot;&quot; bgcolor=&quot;&quot;#000080&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;&quot;#FFFFFF&quot;&quot;&gt;DisplayName&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&quot; &amp; vbcrlf&#xD;&#xA;    report = report &amp; &quot;&lt;td align=&quot;&quot;center&quot;&quot; bgcolor=&quot;&quot;#000080&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;&quot;#FFFFFF&quot;&quot;&gt;Email Address&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&quot; &amp; vbcrlf&#xD;&#xA;    report = report &amp; &quot;&lt;td align=&quot;&quot;center&quot;&quot; bgcolor=&quot;&quot;#000080&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;&quot;#FFFFFF&quot;&quot;&gt;Device Type&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&quot; &amp; vbcrlf&#xD;&#xA;    report = report &amp; &quot;&lt;td align=&quot;&quot;center&quot;&quot; bgcolor=&quot;&quot;#000080&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;&quot;#FFFFFF&quot;&quot;&gt;Device ID&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&quot; &amp; vbcrlf&#xD;&#xA;    report = report &amp; &quot;&lt;td align=&quot;&quot;center&quot;&quot; bgcolor=&quot;&quot;#000080&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;&quot;#FFFFFF&quot;&quot;&gt;FolderSync&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&quot; &amp; vbcrlf&#xD;&#xA;    report = report &amp; &quot;&lt;td align=&quot;&quot;center&quot;&quot; bgcolor=&quot;&quot;#000080&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;&quot;#FFFFFF&quot;&quot;&gt;ContactSync&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&quot; &amp; vbcrlf&#xD;&#xA;    report = report &amp; &quot;&lt;td align=&quot;&quot;center&quot;&quot; bgcolor=&quot;&quot;#000080&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;&quot;#FFFFFF&quot;&quot;&gt;CalendarSync&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&quot; &amp; vbcrlf&#xD;&#xA;    report = report &amp; &quot;&lt;td align=&quot;&quot;center&quot;&quot; bgcolor=&quot;&quot;#000080&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;&quot;#FFFFFF&quot;&quot;&gt;autdstate.xml&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&quot; &amp; vbcrlf&#xD;&#xA;    report = report &amp; &quot;&lt;/tr&gt;&quot; &amp; vbcrlf&#xD;&#xA;    set req = createobject(&quot;microsoft.xmlhttp&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    set com = createobject(&quot;ADODB.Command&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    set conn = createobject(&quot;ADODB.Connection&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    Set iAdRootDSE = GetObject(&quot;LDAP://RootDSE&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    strNameingContext = iAdRootDSE.Get(&quot;configurationNamingContext&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    strDefaultNamingContext = iAdRootDSE.Get(&quot;defaultNamingContext&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    Conn.Provider = &quot;ADsDSOObject&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Conn.Open &quot;ADs Provider&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    polQuery = &quot;&lt;LDAP://&quot; &amp; strNameingContext &amp;  &quot;&gt;;(&amp;(objectCategory=msExchRecipientPolicy)(cn=Default Policy));distinguishedName,gatewayProxy;subtree&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    svcQuery = &quot;&lt;LDAP://&quot; &amp; strNameingContext &amp; &quot;&gt;;(&amp;(objectCategory=msExchExchangeServer)(cn=&quot; &amp; Servername &amp; &quot;));cn,name,legacyExchangeDN;subtree&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    Com.ActiveConnection = Conn&#xD;&#xA;    Com.CommandText = polQuery&#xD;&#xA;    Set plRs = Com.Execute&#xD;&#xA;    while not plRs.eof&#xD;&#xA;    	for each adrobj in plrs.fields(&quot;gatewayProxy&quot;).value&#xD;&#xA;    		if instr(adrobj,&quot;SMTP:&quot;) then dpDefaultpolicy = right(adrobj,(len(adrobj)-instr(adrobj,&quot;@&quot;)))&#xD;&#xA;    	next&#xD;&#xA;    	plrs.movenext&#xD;&#xA;    wend&#xD;&#xA;    wscript.echo dpDefaultpolicy &#xD;&#xA;    Com.CommandText = svcQuery&#xD;&#xA;    Set Rs = Com.Execute&#xD;&#xA;    while not rs.eof	&#xD;&#xA;    	GALQueryFilter =  &quot;(&amp;(&amp;(&amp;(&amp; (mailnickname=*)(!msExchHideFromAddressLists=TRUE)(| (&amp;(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(msExchHomeServerName=&quot; &amp; rs.fields(&quot;legacyExchangeDN&quot;) &amp; &quot;)) )))))&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	strQuery = &quot;&lt;LDAP://&quot;  &amp; strDefaultNamingContext &amp; &quot;&gt;;&quot; &amp; GALQueryFilter &amp; &quot;;displayname,mail,distinguishedName,mailnickname,proxyaddresses;subtree&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	com.Properties(&quot;Page Size&quot;) = 100&#xD;&#xA;    	Com.CommandText = strQuery&#xD;&#xA;    	Set Rs1 = Com.Execute&#xD;&#xA;    	while not Rs1.eof&#xD;&#xA;    		falias = &quot;http://&quot; &amp; servername &amp; &quot;/exadmin/admin/&quot; &amp; dpDefaultpolicy &amp; &quot;/mbx/&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		if not isnull(rs1.fields(&quot;proxyaddresses&quot;).value) then &#xD;&#xA;    			for each paddress in rs1.fields(&quot;proxyaddresses&quot;).value&#xD;&#xA;    				if instr(paddress,&quot;SMTP:&quot;) then falias = falias &amp; replace(paddress,&quot;SMTP:&quot;,&quot;&quot;)  &amp; &quot;/non_ipm_subtree&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    			next&#xD;&#xA;    			wscript.echo  falias &#xD;&#xA;    			SerachAsync(falias)&#xD;&#xA;    		else &#xD;&#xA;    			wscript.echo &quot;*** Null Proxy ****	: &quot; &amp; rs1.fields(&quot;mailnickname&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    		end if&#xD;&#xA;    		rs1.movenext&#xD;&#xA;    	wend&#xD;&#xA;    	rs.movenext&#xD;&#xA;    wend&#xD;&#xA;    rs.close&#xD;&#xA;    set conn = nothing&#xD;&#xA;    set com = nothing&#xD;&#xA;    report = report &amp; &quot;&lt;/table&gt;&quot; &amp; vbcrlf&#xD;&#xA;    Set fso = CreateObject(&quot;Scripting.FileSystemObject&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    set wfile = fso.opentextfile(&quot;c:\temp\asreport.htm&quot;,2,true) &#xD;&#xA;    wfile.write report&#xD;&#xA;    wfile.close&#xD;&#xA;    set wfile = nothing&#xD;&#xA;    set fso = nothing&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    wscript.echo &quot;Done&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    sub SerachAsync(furl)&#xD;&#xA;    strQuery = &quot;&lt;?xml version=&quot;&quot;1.0&quot;&quot;?&gt;&lt;D:searchrequest xmlns:D = &quot;&quot;DAV:&quot;&quot; &gt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    strQuery = strQuery &amp; &quot;&lt;D:sql&gt;SELECT &quot;&quot;http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/x3001001E&quot;&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    strQuery = strQuery &amp; &quot; FROM scope('shallow traversal of &quot;&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    strQuery = strQuery &amp; furl &amp; &quot;&quot;&quot;') Where &quot;&quot;DAV:ishidden&quot;&quot; = False AND &quot;&quot;DAV:isfolder&quot;&quot; = True AND &quot;&#xD;&#xA;    strQuery = strQuery &amp; &quot;&quot;&quot;http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/x3001001E&quot;&quot; = 'Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync'&lt;/D:sql&gt;&lt;/D:searchrequest&gt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    req.open &quot;SEARCH&quot;, furl, false&#xD;&#xA;    req.setrequestheader &quot;Content-Type&quot;, &quot;text/xml&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    req.setRequestHeader &quot;Translate&quot;,&quot;f&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    on error resume next&#xD;&#xA;    req.send strQuery&#xD;&#xA;    if err.number &lt;&gt; 0 then wscript.echo err.description&#xD;&#xA;    on error goto 0&#xD;&#xA;    If req.status &gt;= 500 Then&#xD;&#xA;    ElseIf req.status = 207 Then&#xD;&#xA;    	set oResponseDoc = req.responseXML&#xD;&#xA;    	set oNodeList = oResponseDoc.getElementsByTagName(&quot;d:x3001001E&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    	if oNodeList.length &lt;&gt; 0 then&#xD;&#xA;    		wscript.echo &quot;Active-Sync Folder Exists&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    		displayAyncSub(furl &amp; &quot;/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    	else&#xD;&#xA;    		wscript.echo &quot;No Active-Sync Folder&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	end if &#xD;&#xA;    Else&#xD;&#xA;    End If&#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    end sub&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    sub displayAyncSub(furl)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    strQuery = &quot;&lt;?xml version=&quot;&quot;1.0&quot;&quot;?&gt;&lt;D:searchrequest xmlns:D = &quot;&quot;DAV:&quot;&quot; &gt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    strQuery = strQuery &amp; &quot;&lt;D:sql&gt;SELECT &quot;&quot;http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/x3001001E&quot;&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    strQuery = strQuery &amp; &quot; FROM scope('shallow traversal of &quot;&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    strQuery = strQuery &amp; furl &amp; &quot;&quot;&quot;') Where &quot;&quot;DAV:ishidden&quot;&quot; = False AND &quot;&quot;DAV:isfolder&quot;&quot; = True&lt;/D:sql&gt;&lt;/D:searchrequest&gt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    req.open &quot;SEARCH&quot;, furl, false&#xD;&#xA;    req.setrequestheader &quot;Content-Type&quot;, &quot;text/xml&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    req.setRequestHeader &quot;Translate&quot;,&quot;f&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    on error resume next&#xD;&#xA;    req.send strQuery&#xD;&#xA;    if err.number &lt;&gt; 0 then wscript.echo err.description&#xD;&#xA;    on error goto 0&#xD;&#xA;    If req.status &gt;= 500 Then&#xD;&#xA;    ElseIf req.status = 207 Then&#xD;&#xA;    	set oResponseDoc = req.responseXML&#xD;&#xA;    	set oNodeList = oResponseDoc.getElementsByTagName(&quot;d:x3001001E&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    	for each node in oNodeList&#xD;&#xA;    		call displaydeviceSub(furl &amp; &quot;/&quot; &amp; node.text,node.text)&#xD;&#xA;    	next&#xD;&#xA;    Else&#xD;&#xA;    End If&#xD;&#xA;    end sub&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    sub displaydeviceSub(furl,fname)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    strQuery = &quot;&lt;?xml version=&quot;&quot;1.0&quot;&quot;?&gt;&lt;D:searchrequest xmlns:D = &quot;&quot;DAV:&quot;&quot; &gt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    strQuery = strQuery &amp; &quot;&lt;D:sql&gt;SELECT &quot;&quot;http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/x3001001E&quot;&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    strQuery = strQuery &amp; &quot; FROM scope('shallow traversal of &quot;&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    strQuery = strQuery &amp; furl &amp; &quot;&quot;&quot;') Where &quot;&quot;DAV:ishidden&quot;&quot; = False AND &quot;&quot;DAV:isfolder&quot;&quot; = True&lt;/D:sql&gt;&lt;/D:searchrequest&gt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    req.open &quot;SEARCH&quot;, furl, false&#xD;&#xA;    req.setrequestheader &quot;Content-Type&quot;, &quot;text/xml&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    req.setRequestHeader &quot;Translate&quot;,&quot;f&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    on error resume next&#xD;&#xA;    req.send strQuery&#xD;&#xA;    if err.number &lt;&gt; 0 then wscript.echo err.description&#xD;&#xA;    on error goto 0&#xD;&#xA;    If req.status &gt;= 500 Then&#xD;&#xA;    ElseIf req.status = 207 Then&#xD;&#xA;    	set oResponseDoc = req.responseXML&#xD;&#xA;    	set oNodeList = oResponseDoc.getElementsByTagName(&quot;d:x3001001E&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    	for each node in oNodeList&#xD;&#xA;    		report = report &amp; &quot;&lt;tr&gt;&quot; &amp; vbcrlf&#xD;&#xA;    		report = report &amp; &quot;&lt;td align=&quot;&quot;center&quot;&quot;&gt;&quot; &amp; rs1.fields(&quot;displayname&quot;) &amp; &quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&quot; &amp; vbcrlf&#xD;&#xA;    		report = report &amp; &quot;&lt;td align=&quot;&quot;center&quot;&quot;&gt;&quot; &amp; rs1.fields(&quot;mail&quot;) &amp; &quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&quot; &amp; vbcrlf&#xD;&#xA;    		report = report &amp; &quot;&lt;td align=&quot;&quot;center&quot;&quot;&gt;&quot; &amp; fname &amp; &quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&quot; &amp; vbcrlf&#xD;&#xA;    		report = report &amp; &quot;&lt;td align=&quot;&quot;center&quot;&quot;&gt;&quot; &amp; node.text  &amp; &quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&quot; &amp; vbcrlf&#xD;&#xA;    		report = report &amp; finditems(furl &amp; &quot;/&quot; &amp; node.text)&#xD;&#xA;    		report = report &amp; &quot;&lt;/tr&gt;&quot; &amp; vbcrlf&#xD;&#xA;    	next&#xD;&#xA;    Else&#xD;&#xA;    End If&#xD;&#xA;    end sub&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    function finditems(furl)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    hascalsyc = 0&#xD;&#xA;    hasfolsyc = 0&#xD;&#xA;    hasconsyc = 0&#xD;&#xA;    hasautd = 0&#xD;&#xA;    rback = &quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    strQuery = &quot;&lt;?xml version=&quot;&quot;1.0&quot;&quot;?&gt;&lt;D:searchrequest xmlns:D = &quot;&quot;DAV:&quot;&quot; &gt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    strQuery = strQuery &amp; &quot;&lt;D:sql&gt;SELECT &quot;&quot;DAV:displayname&quot;&quot;, &quot;&quot;DAV:getlastmodified&quot;&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    strQuery = strQuery &amp; &quot; FROM scope('shallow traversal of &quot;&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    strQuery = strQuery &amp; furl &amp; &quot;&quot;&quot;') Where &quot;&quot;DAV:isfolder&quot;&quot; = False&lt;/D:sql&gt;&lt;/D:searchrequest&gt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    req.open &quot;SEARCH&quot;, furl, false&#xD;&#xA;    req.setrequestheader &quot;Content-Type&quot;, &quot;text/xml&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    req.setRequestHeader &quot;Translate&quot;,&quot;f&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    on error resume next&#xD;&#xA;    req.send strQuery&#xD;&#xA;    if err.number &lt;&gt; 0 then wscript.echo err.description&#xD;&#xA;    on error goto 0&#xD;&#xA;    rem wscript.echo req.responsetext&#xD;&#xA;    If req.status &gt;= 500 Then&#xD;&#xA;    ElseIf req.status = 207 Then&#xD;&#xA;    	set oResponseDoc = req.responseXML&#xD;&#xA;    	set oNodeList = oResponseDoc.getElementsByTagName(&quot;a:displayname&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    	set oNodemodlist = oResponseDoc.getElementsByTagName(&quot;a:getlastmodified&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    	wscript.echo oNodeList.length&#xD;&#xA;    	for i = 1 to oNodeList.length&#xD;&#xA;    		set onode = oNodeList.nextNode&#xD;&#xA;    		set onode1 = oNodemodlist.nextNode&#xD;&#xA;    		select case lcase(onode.text)&#xD;&#xA;    			case &quot;calendarsyncfile&quot; hascalsyc = 1&#xD;&#xA;    						hascalsycval = DateAdd(&quot;h&quot;,toffset,(left(replace(replace(onode1.text,&quot;T&quot;,&quot; &quot;),&quot;Z&quot;,&quot;&quot;),19)))&#xD;&#xA;    			case &quot;foldersyncfile&quot;	hasfolsyc = 1&#xD;&#xA;    						hasfolsycval = DateAdd(&quot;h&quot;,toffset,(left(replace(replace(onode1.text,&quot;T&quot;,&quot; &quot;),&quot;Z&quot;,&quot;&quot;),19)))&#xD;&#xA;    			case &quot;contactssyncfile&quot; hasconsyc = 1&#xD;&#xA;    						hasconsycval = DateAdd(&quot;h&quot;,toffset,(left(replace(replace(onode1.text,&quot;T&quot;,&quot; &quot;),&quot;Z&quot;,&quot;&quot;),19)))&#xD;&#xA;    			case &quot;autdstate.xml&quot;    hasautd = 1&#xD;&#xA;    						hasautdval = DateAdd(&quot;h&quot;,toffset,(left(replace(replace(onode1.text,&quot;T&quot;,&quot; &quot;),&quot;Z&quot;,&quot;&quot;),19)))&#xD;&#xA;    		end select&#xD;&#xA;    	next&#xD;&#xA;    Else&#xD;&#xA;    End If&#xD;&#xA;    wscript.echo hasfolsyc&#xD;&#xA;    if hasfolsyc = 1  then&#xD;&#xA;    	rback = rback &amp; &quot;&lt;td align=&quot;&quot;center&quot;&quot;&gt;&quot; &amp; hasfolsycval &amp; &quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&quot; &amp; vbcrlf&#xD;&#xA;    else&#xD;&#xA;    	rback = rback &amp; &quot;&lt;td align=&quot;&quot;center&quot;&quot;&gt;No&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&quot; &amp; vbcrlf&#xD;&#xA;    end if&#xD;&#xA;    if hasconsyc  = 1  then&#xD;&#xA;    	rback = rback &amp; &quot;&lt;td align=&quot;&quot;center&quot;&quot;&gt;&quot; &amp; hasconsycval &amp; &quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&quot; &amp; vbcrlf&#xD;&#xA;    else&#xD;&#xA;    	rback = rback &amp; &quot;&lt;td align=&quot;&quot;center&quot;&quot;&gt;No&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&quot; &amp; vbcrlf&#xD;&#xA;    end if&#xD;&#xA;    if hascalsyc  &lt;&gt; 0  then&#xD;&#xA;    	rback = rback &amp; &quot;&lt;td align=&quot;&quot;center&quot;&quot;&gt;&quot; &amp; hascalsycval &amp; &quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&quot; &amp; vbcrlf&#xD;&#xA;    else&#xD;&#xA;    	rback = rback &amp; &quot;&lt;td align=&quot;&quot;center&quot;&quot;&gt;No&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&quot; &amp; vbcrlf&#xD;&#xA;    end if&#xD;&#xA;    if hasautd  &lt;&gt; 0  then&#xD;&#xA;    	rback = rback &amp; &quot;&lt;td align=&quot;&quot;center&quot;&quot;&gt;&quot; &amp; hasautdval &amp; &quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&quot; &amp; vbcrlf&#xD;&#xA;    else&#xD;&#xA;    	rback = rback &amp; &quot;&lt;td align=&quot;&quot;center&quot;&quot;&gt;No&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&quot; &amp; vbcrlf&#xD;&#xA;    end if&#xD;&#xA;    finditems = rback&#xD;&#xA;    end function&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2006/02/14/419562.aspx" />
  <row Id="49956" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28081" RevisionGUID="c5d4218c-cb22-4423-8162-8d819945dc2f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:26:02.520" UserId="4946" Text="Do you mean that the migration wizard has not only migrated the data to sql server, but also updated the mdb file to use that sql server database instead of its own tables? And you are wondering how that works? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am not sure how the migration wizard sets this up, but I have done this manually before, and I did it with linked tables. After all the data is migrated to sql server, I removed all the tables from the mdb file and replaced each of them with a linked table to their equivalent table in sql server.." />
  <row Id="49957" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28082" RevisionGUID="0baec70e-50ce-4859-850e-25d258419487" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:26:31.287" UserId="3940" Text="&#xD;&#xA;I'm a programmer/DBA by accident and we're running SQL Server 2005 with Performance Dashboard for basic monitoring.  The server has been up for a few weeks and now we can't drill into certain reports.  Is there any way to reset these reports without a complete reboot?" />
  <row Id="49958" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28082" RevisionGUID="0baec70e-50ce-4859-850e-25d258419487" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:26:31.287" UserId="3940" Text="How can I reset SQL Server Performance Dashboard without rebooting?" />
  <row Id="49959" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28082" RevisionGUID="0baec70e-50ce-4859-850e-25d258419487" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:26:31.287" UserId="3940" Text="&lt;sql-sql&gt;&lt;performance-monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="49960" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28045" RevisionGUID="de350749-f942-43dd-97f3-c47ccf834146" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:28:06.290" UserId="1997" Comment="Modified to make this more factually correct." Text="You may need to configure a site a port 8080 for this to work. Read through the documentation for [Apache Virtual Hosts][1]. Each 'site' can be set up to accept connections on specific ports (and ip's, etc). Does you have a virtual host in your http.conf that is only configured for port 80?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, you can confirm that the server is listening on 8080 using `netstat -nlp` and looking for an entry on that port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/" />
  <row Id="49963" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28084" RevisionGUID="9e3caf4e-824b-4d86-959d-f2031340f1a8" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:28:37.070" UserId="1324" Text="Depends what you mean by &quot;remote session&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But look at ssh -R (forward a remote port to local one). That way, the remote machine can use a local (for it) port to connect to you CUPS server." />
  <row Id="49964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28085" RevisionGUID="745316ff-bfb9-49dd-942e-36c72e621ee7" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:28:41.093" UserId="8834" Text="There are lots of Network Diagramming Software, but it doesn't satisfies me. In a reason that it's not free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need a Network Diagramming Software that can design both Logical and Physical, and it should be FREE or Open-Source. Anybody knows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="49965" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28085" RevisionGUID="745316ff-bfb9-49dd-942e-36c72e621ee7" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:28:41.093" UserId="8834" Text="Network Diagramming Software, FREE or Open-Source." />
  <row Id="49966" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28085" RevisionGUID="745316ff-bfb9-49dd-942e-36c72e621ee7" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:28:41.093" UserId="8834" Text="&lt;network-design&gt;&lt;opensource&gt;" />
  <row Id="49967" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27768" RevisionGUID="9264b066-1aba-4517-948f-8fcb50e3615a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:29:40.780" UserId="3251" Comment="Added Windows NLB." Text="I've had a lot of luck with my NetGear ProSafe [FVS338][1].  NetGear also has a Gb switch - [FVS336G][2].  US $200 and $300 respectively.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pretty much does what you need it to do, and doesn't break the bank.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;p.s.  I do run Windows NLB behind this.  No big deal at all - I didn't have to do anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.netgear.com/Products/VPNandSSL/WiredVPNFirewallRouters/FVS338.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.netgear.com/Products/VPNandSSL/WiredVPNFirewallRouters/FVS336G.aspx" />
  <row Id="49968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28086" RevisionGUID="b3de6e12-bc5c-4e86-9214-88ca9a61479a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:30:59.747" UserId="3796" Text="Problem solved&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the default version of LDIF that runs is different from the one installed with ADAM. If you move the LDIF file to Windows\ADAM then navigate there and run the LDIF command from there then the LDIF is applied without error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mark" />
  <row Id="49969" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28087" RevisionGUID="2bb0e4f8-e515-42b3-afd0-b5185c213bdf" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:31:46.173" UserId="4392" Text="Dia (http://projects.gnome.org/dia/) is the preeminent free opensource diagramming software. It's also pretty ugly. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're on a mac, I recommend Omnigraffle (http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/OmniGraffle/). It's my favorite diagramming software on any platform. It's neither free nor open source. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also online tools that actually look pretty good. My favorite so far is Gliffy: http://www.gliffy.com/" />
  <row Id="49970" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28088" RevisionGUID="7855b9b3-a4ce-4a7e-9787-1586c3061704" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:31:56.750" UserId="3528" Text="The 5504's will eat the 3363 alive and spit sand on it's carcass afterward.  Depending on the actual server chosen it's also likely to be more easily expanded." />
  <row Id="49971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28089" RevisionGUID="213cf4ce-d501-4cb4-b7ad-2978990b74a1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:33:12.130" UserId="7861" Text="I've looked through a few related questions, but wanted to get a bit more specific.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what I'm hoping for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Linux machine (VM, whatever)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-runs applications that can do syslogging and dashboards&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-grabs information from Juniper and other NON-CISCO devices (using SNMP or whatever)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-provides realtime graphs and reports&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-notification support / troubleshooting&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-web interface&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-all open-source or free&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Now for the caveats***.  I know about NAGIOS and Groundworks and Zenoss...even tried messing with them in the past.  **The problem is that I'm a Windows admin and have very limited Linux experience.  So when it comes to anything beyond turnkey or walkthroughs it starts to get dicey quickly.**  I end up scrapping them because the learning curve is too great especially when you don't know the Linux commands well enough to troubleshoot and configure properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So can anyone recommend a quick and easy solution that will get me up and going with the above (bearing the caveats in mind)?" />
  <row Id="49972" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28089" RevisionGUID="213cf4ce-d501-4cb4-b7ad-2978990b74a1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:33:12.130" UserId="7861" Text="Linux &quot;machine&quot; for network monitoring - dumbed down for a Windows admin" />
  <row Id="49973" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28089" RevisionGUID="213cf4ce-d501-4cb4-b7ad-2978990b74a1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:33:12.130" UserId="7861" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;dummy&gt;&lt;admin&gt;" />
  <row Id="49974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28090" RevisionGUID="e19c86d3-1b69-4e56-9c58-dfb414249df2" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:33:26.543" UserId="892" Text="It doesn't look like fail2ban runs on windows at all, as it requires iptables which is only available on Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, I would suggest that you **block everything and white-list** only the IPs/names you want to be able to connect to the server(s) in question, if at all possible." />
  <row Id="49975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28091" RevisionGUID="5a027473-1843-4d15-8943-5f71e5ee5be5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:33:39.273" UserId="2299" Text="Another vote for Outlook Anywhere. Set up Outlook to work in cached mode and Outlook will seamlessly work when on the LAN and when on the road connecting through the Internet. If you're using SBS just run the Internet connection wizard to enable it. If you're using pukka Exchange 2003 it can be a bugger to set up. See http://www.ratsauce.co.uk/notablog/SettingupOutlookRPC.asp for my walkthrough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49976" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28092" RevisionGUID="f90f0040-4ff7-4446-bd76-307dc0b47100" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:34:19.880" UserId="9004" Text="You should **treat firmware updates as you treat patches**, although these updates are typically harder to deploy so you may want to check the release notes to help deciding if it is worth the effort (but then again, you may be doing this for patches as well).  **Firmware updates are just as likely to contain a new nasty bug as they are to fix one.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Updating firmware should be done when commissioning (or re-commissioning the hardware) as it's an easy time to do so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The deployment should roughly follow something along these lines:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Test on lab machines&#xD;&#xA; 2. Deploy to unimportant systems&#xD;&#xA; 3. Wait&#xD;&#xA; 4. Deploy to important/production systems&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then again, some things cannot follow this.  In particular, it's pretty crucial to very quickly push Microsoft patches to Windows desktops, and testing is difficult to do quickly without significant resources." />
  <row Id="49977" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28093" RevisionGUID="98a9fac9-21a9-4657-9374-749f3e243c53" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:34:50.630" UserId="9503" Text="[Dia][1] is a such program. [DiaCze][2] is a windows only version packaged with icon for network diagramming (but you can extract content on a windows computer and copy it to a unix system).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://live.gnome.org/Dia&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.cze.cz/products.php?lang=en" />
  <row Id="49978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28094" RevisionGUID="778a3a60-a0e4-488d-ab97-bd924b2750e5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:35:44.527" UserId="3657" Text="We use an SSL-VPN product from Sonicwall to provide VPN access to the LAN and then run the standard Outlook client.  " />
  <row Id="49979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28095" RevisionGUID="28a93a36-3c76-43c6-81af-74bbee493a22" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:36:32.840" UserId="8199" Text="This person seems to have had the same issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/27459023/moss-2007-business-data.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the answer: &quot;Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had the same problem with a BDC control not displaying, getting the same error message in the log. The solution was that I had to use the primary adress to my site, and not one of the other adresses specified in Alternate Access Mapping or adress to extended web application if you are using this.&quot;" />
  <row Id="49980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28096" RevisionGUID="cf712e2e-b3a4-4cc0-8871-55145eade2ab" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:38:14.677" UserId="4392" Text="What you're attempting to do is not a simple thing, so looking for a simple solution is a snipe hunt. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your best bet would be to pick up the Zenoss VM image and use that. It's the closest non-commercial turn-key solution you'll get. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Easy. Cheap. Good. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Pick two. " />
  <row Id="49981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28097" RevisionGUID="30cba837-16e7-4b64-9a71-a421b5c3618f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:39:26.923" UserId="2299" Text="Have you considered using a web proxy instead. That allows fine grained control over web access and it keeps a log of who has been to what sites, which can be very useful when confronting the malefactors with the evidence of their misdeeds :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's an open source web proxy called SQUID that is very good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49982" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28098" RevisionGUID="4af8cd8e-512c-4092-b731-c0a1ef6bd60f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:42:05.013" UserId="8199" Text="A lot of those solutions are complex, but have a good user base that can help you through the issues you have during install. If you are dead set on not paying for a product/support then this sounds like the only option." />
  <row Id="49983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28099" RevisionGUID="d8d80f89-715d-4303-8a9c-43ae7108e55f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:43:12.157" UserId="3657" Text="Why the requirement for Linux?  Why not use a Windows based system like Hyperic?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.hyperic.com/downloads/hyperic-hq-open-source-downloads.html" />
  <row Id="49984" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28100" RevisionGUID="720a6006-fd32-45ff-ae31-7439001f62de" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:47:49.370" UserId="2004" Text="I want an application or script that displays the following:&#xD;&#xA;Worker process, App pool name, memory usage, and optionally cpu usage.&#xD;&#xA;I am familiar with using &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe list wp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but this just gets me the workerproces id and the app pool name. I then take that and cross reference taskmanager. This works, but I would like a quicker - almost dashboard like display of the information. I imagine there must be some sort of solution that shows the information without needing to click around like process explorer. Anyone have something in particular they use? Would this be possible in powershell?" />
  <row Id="49985" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28100" RevisionGUID="720a6006-fd32-45ff-ae31-7439001f62de" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:47:49.370" UserId="2004" Text="Free application or script to monitor App pool memory usage" />
  <row Id="49986" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28100" RevisionGUID="720a6006-fd32-45ff-ae31-7439001f62de" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:47:49.370" UserId="2004" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;powershell&gt;" />
  <row Id="49987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28101" RevisionGUID="737392c9-c744-4719-bf0c-f653bb447d1e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:48:17.310" UserId="2273" Text="Well, the GAL still wasn't showing the new addresses on the client machines (both cached and non-cached Outlook clients).  Another administrator decided to reboot the Exchange server during off-hours.  Now the addresses show up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure if restarting a single service would have fixed it, but I suspect that may be the case.  If it happens again in the future I'll try to track the service down and post an update." />
  <row Id="49988" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28102" RevisionGUID="ef5c38e6-84ef-49eb-8950-80eb5fc7e6d8" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:49:13.550" UserId="2565" Text="Hi, In outlook 2003 running on windows xp multiple profiles have been added for tellers. So when outlook starts up its asks the tellers which profile they want to use. for all but one users it then prompts for the password. Which being a bank environment is good. however the one users does not. How Can this be enabled. I went into the users email settings and selected Prompt for password. but that did not work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="49989" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28102" RevisionGUID="ef5c38e6-84ef-49eb-8950-80eb5fc7e6d8" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:49:13.550" UserId="2565" Text="Outlook 2003 Profile needs to prompt for password" />
  <row Id="49990" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28102" RevisionGUID="ef5c38e6-84ef-49eb-8950-80eb5fc7e6d8" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:49:13.550" UserId="2565" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;ms-office&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="49991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28103" RevisionGUID="5701d280-4c6c-4d30-aa9f-f6fdcce1e58a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:50:52.173" UserId="892" Text="I would say that **yes, OpenID is better than the usual login solution _from the user's point of view_**, for these reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - I don't have to remember yet another username and password for your site&#xD;&#xA;  - I can use one login ID for multiple sites, if I want to&#xD;&#xA;  - I always get the same username -- no adding numbers and random crap on the end of login IDs until I get one that's free&#xD;&#xA;  - It will get more popular and better-understood by users as time goes on&#xD;&#xA;  - Explaining to users how it works and the benefits to them is pretty straightforward&#xD;&#xA;  - _Most_ users will have a free email account from Yahoo or Google which they can use as an OpenID provider -&gt; they probably don't even know this is possible.&#xD;&#xA;  - Users can still give a different email address to the OpenID-provider one (if it's a free yahoo/gmail/whatever account) which you can have them click a link in to confirm, as a backup for sending &quot;forgotten my password&quot; emails or other notifications or marketing gumph to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember that just because you have the option of OpenID it doesn't mean you can't also give users the back-up option of having a traditional username+password combo in case they don't want to use OpenID or don't have a provider.  Nothing wrong with **letting users pick which they want if they know, and otherwise defaulting to OpenID**, imo  :)" />
  <row Id="49992" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25145" RevisionGUID="ee953453-9b25-4fc0-9beb-0c879346242e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:52:14.743" UserId="2711" Comment="added 210 characters in body" Text="I am making an assumption that the username, password and domain that you use for Exchange is identical to the credentials you log onto your computer with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the problem has reoccured after re-installation of the corporate SOE, and it only happens to you... do you have a roaming profile, or your settings in any other way pushed to a network location? If so that would explain why the problem followed you over a workstation refresh. Your blog post says you &quot;restored data&quot; onto your new SOE. Are you certain you didn't restore the offending application?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Uninstall any plugins you may have added to Outlook 2003, and any other non-standard (as in, not something your IT department installs for you) customization you have put on the new SOE since you received it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most times I see this it is been because someone has left their old credentials in a scheduled task, or in a locked remote desktop session. You could try using a combination of Wireshark and Sysinternals tools to identify the offending process on your machine that is causing the lockouts (assuming it is from your machine).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This link from Microsoft may help you and/or your IT team with the issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Troubleshooting Account Lockout](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773155(WS.10\).aspx &quot;Microsoft Technet&quot;)" />
  <row Id="49993" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28104" RevisionGUID="041e44b6-ee99-4087-b10d-ad89b56cd736" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:54:18.390" UserId="3356" Text="On linux I have used Dia.  It is certainly the standard, but it is also ugly as sin.  Lacking Visio, which is excellent for diagramming, I have used OpenOffice Draw.  Since it is both free and open-source, I would recommend looking into it first." />
  <row Id="49994" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28105" RevisionGUID="1bb84723-9011-4705-ae74-e2aa331068f1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:54:30.777" UserId="9548" Text="**Zimbra** - http://www.zimbra.com/ . The most promising of them all. Now owned by Yahoo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Open-XChange** - http://www.open-xchange.com/oxpedia&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Open Groupware** - http://www.opengroupware.org &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also there used to be **hula-project** which Novell infamously dumped in 2006. AFAIK, the project seems to have dead and there is no active development happening now. The source code for that is still lying available via SVN from Novell's servers (http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/Hula_Subversion). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And also there is the **Kolab Groupware** project. (http://www.kolab.org). You can use it along with a Horde Webmail and Calendar. It can also work with a variety of other clients including Outlook, Kontact, Thunderbird." />
  <row Id="49995" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28105" RevisionGUID="1bb84723-9011-4705-ae74-e2aa331068f1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:54:30.777" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="49996" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28085" RevisionGUID="e00c2ba4-bfea-424a-ad1e-e12e49e2ab9c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:55:14.333" UserId="3356" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;network-design&gt;&lt;opensource&gt;&lt;diagramming&gt;" />
  <row Id="49997" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28106" RevisionGUID="6e8788be-b7ea-4662-9318-2ea40f7875c9" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:56:47.433" UserId="846" Text="Our &quot;resolution&quot; to this dilemma ... (Exch 2003, Outlook 2003):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1- ActiveSync is widely used here.  We have a bunch of iPhone users (including myself), and a number of other smartphones.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2- For company laptops we setup Outlook in &quot;cached mode&quot;, and it connects to Exchange when the PC is connected to the network via VPN.  When not connected, they can still work in offline mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3- We do *not* allow home (i.e. non-company) PCs to connect to the network or to connect Outlook to Exchange.  If we haven't given you a laptop, then OWA or ActiveSync have to do. We don't want someone's mail in a PST/OST on a computer that we don't own.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4-  We tried to setup RPC over HTTP two years ago and failed.  We haven't tried since the &quot;Outlook Anywhere&quot; concept arrived.  We are going to look again this summer.  For security reasons, it won't be activated unless we can restrict the connection to domain computers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To respond to your questions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You could open IMAP to the Exchange server from the internet, and have an Exchange account and an IMAP account configured in Outlook.  I **would not** do that .. the client configuration will be difficult to manage, the users will struggle, and although I don't know for sure it smells insecure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If you don't want VPN and must have Outlook then setup RPC over HTTP.  Those who use it love it, and apparently it is quite secure.  We never got it working, but we have an ISA proxy gateway, which was &quot;best practice&quot; when we implemented but has since fallen from favor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If possible, I would not allow non-company computers access to the network or to Exchange via Outlook, for the reason I noted above.   &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="49998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28107" RevisionGUID="d6d5cecc-a61c-4c34-8d1e-d2f267fef1f4" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:57:33.720" UserId="7324" Text="What version of Sendmail?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The short answer is you can't... at least not with the control and granularity most people would require/desire.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The more expanded answer is... you can... by limiting the daemon's children (confMAX_DAEMON_CHILDREN in sendmail.mc), but keep in mind that those children are used for both INCOMING and outgoing traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also limit the number of queued messages processed every time the queue is run (confMAX_QUEUE_RUN... I think) but once again... its not a very granular/precise method.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know I was able to successfully throttle sendmail in the past but I believe I had the luxury of doing it on a two-server system... one for inbound (left untouched) and one for outbound (configured the total connection rate).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One other thing you might try is to ignore sendmail completely and throttle the bandwidth at the server level.  I know of a few sysadmins who have taken that approach.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="49999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28108" RevisionGUID="d680ca83-7a45-43b7-8f59-89da43d84fde" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:57:41.520" UserId="5308" Text="Your question doesn't specify you need a fancy GUI, so I'm going to suggest GraphViz (http://www.graphviz.org/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With graphviz  can define your nodes and connection in a text file and use the command line to generate the graph in a number of different output formats.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its no Visio but it often does the job for me." />
  <row Id="50000" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28109" RevisionGUID="13dd8e8e-8c19-4f04-bda4-b85b6e6cbaff" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:59:45.820" UserId="9950" Text="I need close the catia applicaion at all client workstation while doing licence updsdating process. so at that time no one should use the catia application. so i need to close catia applcation before going to do license update . &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50001" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28109" RevisionGUID="13dd8e8e-8c19-4f04-bda4-b85b6e6cbaff" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:59:45.820" UserId="9950" Text="how close a specified application on windows client workstations.  " />
  <row Id="50002" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28109" RevisionGUID="13dd8e8e-8c19-4f04-bda4-b85b6e6cbaff" CreationDate="2009-06-18T15:59:45.820" UserId="9950" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;" />
  <row Id="50003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28110" RevisionGUID="c2453707-91c3-4769-9d75-f12c47a07ff6" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:01:14.337" UserId="7324" Text="Its been a little while since I used SmoothWall (I prefer IPCop and lately PFSense) but off the top of my head... couldn't this be done by creating a rule for the purple/wireless folks?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a URL filter plugin installed that would be one way to go.  Otherwise you might be able to do something clever via port forwarding perhaps?" />
  <row Id="50005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28112" RevisionGUID="79e5f9d9-97b9-4fac-9ab4-478454a77289" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:06:07.383" UserId="3038" Text="I update firmware in two key instances.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. **When staging up a server.** &#xD;&#xA;    -  When I just get the server, I'll check the the HP web-site for the date of their latest &quot;Firmware Update CD&quot;. If it's new enough, I'll run it against the server before bringing it up to production.&#xD;&#xA;    - When I repurpose a server. Typically, this server is 2-5 years old and probably hasn't had a firmware update in that entire time. Since I'm reformatting it anyway, I'll update all the various firmware on the server.&#xD;&#xA; 1. **When there is a vendor identified need to do so.**&#xD;&#xA;    - Sometimes there are major stability problems identified, like an inability to rebuild a RAID5 array after the wrong kind of failure, or a major performance bug in the TCP-offload engine on the NIC. &#xD;&#xA;    - Sometimes when calling in for support, the support tech will request I update the firmware. I will do so then.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a third instance that I didn't list above, because it hasn't happened yet:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  -  When putting a much newer component into an older server. Sometimes the system BIOS will need updating to handle it." />
  <row Id="50006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28113" RevisionGUID="f82514fc-9862-4732-af77-c0623abb2cec" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:07:21.983" UserId="9748" Text="Basically, how do I do it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently I've configured the Location in apache to require ssl, use basic auth, and require valid-user.  That's a bit much, as I want to allow anonymous pull, just require basic auth for the pushers- right now user/password are required to simply view the repository in a web browser.  I'd like to require ssl at all times, and don't really want to host the same repository twice (to have a different Location for the pull-only, and another for the verified push)." />
  <row Id="50007" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28113" RevisionGUID="f82514fc-9862-4732-af77-c0623abb2cec" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:07:21.983" UserId="9748" Text="Implementing anonymous pull but verified-user push on an apache2 hosted mercurial repository via https." />
  <row Id="50008" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28113" RevisionGUID="f82514fc-9862-4732-af77-c0623abb2cec" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:07:21.983" UserId="9748" Text="&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;mercurial&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;push&gt;" />
  <row Id="50009" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28114" RevisionGUID="32a6843f-3775-4048-850c-472b94eee1b7" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:08:37.817" UserId="4517" Text="I would use pskill. This is included in the [System Internals Suite][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From here you can specify a list of computers and kill the process remotely. Then use psexec to restart it in a similar manner after the upgrade." />
  <row Id="50010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28115" RevisionGUID="3c2aee07-0db2-4b3a-a0bf-8b25e87ce7f8" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:09:08.907" UserId="7744" Text="I found even while in a boot camp (non-virtualized) instance of Windows XP (not sure on vista) my battery life was significantly lower than OS X. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50011" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28116" RevisionGUID="4ad18ab3-5055-48e2-97ee-6924103d54d0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:09:50.777" UserDisplayName="Ricardo" Text="We´re using virtual directories in IIS with a specific user to access a unc share.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When we add a module the virtual directory does not work. Instead of the specific user the IIS is using NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE to access the share.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When we remove the module the virtual directory starts to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We even put a return at the beginning of OnBeginRequest and still does not work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideias?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50012" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28116" RevisionGUID="4ad18ab3-5055-48e2-97ee-6924103d54d0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:09:50.777" UserDisplayName="Ricardo" Text="IIS Module x Impersonation" />
  <row Id="50013" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28116" RevisionGUID="4ad18ab3-5055-48e2-97ee-6924103d54d0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:09:50.777" UserDisplayName="Ricardo" Text="&lt;iis&gt;" />
  <row Id="50014" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28117" RevisionGUID="2c50da4d-5319-4aa4-8426-245c9b8ccf3b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:11:46.093" UserId="8505" Text="Also bear in mind, putting mod_rewrite rules in central apache config files is more efficient that using .htaccess files, as they .htaccess file have to be re-read every time the site is requested." />
  <row Id="50015" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28109" RevisionGUID="7fb7c27c-3d79-4c5b-8de3-bed8536b22d2" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:12:42.987" UserId="1840" Comment="added 20 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="I need close the catia applicaion at all client workstation during the license update process. At the time of the update, I need to prevent the use of the catia application.  I also need to close catia applcation before going to do license update . &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50016" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="28109" RevisionGUID="7fb7c27c-3d79-4c5b-8de3-bed8536b22d2" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:12:42.987" UserId="1840" Comment="added 20 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="How do I close a specified application on windows client workstations?" />
  <row Id="50017" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28109" RevisionGUID="7fb7c27c-3d79-4c5b-8de3-bed8536b22d2" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:12:42.987" UserId="1840" Comment="added 20 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;remote-access&gt;" />
  <row Id="50019" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27830" RevisionGUID="48370212-3ed3-4c5a-bb57-10fdcb1fc11e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:17:31.260" UserId="5922" Comment="Added some examples" Text="Straight from the [horse's mouth][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Hadoop is a framework for running&#xD;&#xA;&gt; applications on large clusters built&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of commodity hardware. The Hadoop&#xD;&#xA;&gt; framework transparently provides&#xD;&#xA;&gt; applications both reliability and data&#xD;&#xA;&gt; motion. Hadoop implements a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; computational paradigm named &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Map/Reduce, where the application is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; divided into many small fragments of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; work, each of which may be executed or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; reexecuted on any node in the cluster.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; In addition, it provides a distributed&#xD;&#xA;&gt; file system (HDFS) that stores data on&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the compute nodes, providing very high&#xD;&#xA;&gt; aggregate bandwidth across the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; cluster. Both Map/Reduce and the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; distributed file system are designed&#xD;&#xA;&gt; so that node failures are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; automatically handled by the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; framework.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Map/Reduce is a programming paradigm that was made popular by [Google][2] where in a task is divided in to small portions and distributed to a large number of nodes for processing (map), and the results are then summarized in to the final answer (reduce). Google and Yahoo use this for their search engine technology, among other things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hadoop is a generic framework for implementing this kind of processing scheme. As for why it kicks ass, mostly because it provides neat features such as fault tolerance and lets you bring together pretty much any kind of hardware to do the processing. It also scales extremely well, provided your problem fits the paradigm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can read all about it on the [website][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for some examples, Paul gave a few, but here's a few more you could do that are not so web-centric:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; * Rendering a 3D film. The &quot;map&quot; step distributes the geometry for every frame to a different node, the nodes render it, and the rendered frames are recombined in the &quot;reduce&quot; step.&#xD;&#xA; * Computing the energy in a system in a molecular model. Each frame of a system trajectory is distributed to a node in the &quot;map&quot; step. The nodes compute the the energy for each frame,  &#xD;&#xA;and then the results are summarized in the &quot;reduce&quot; step.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Essentially the model works very well for a problem that can be broken down in to similar discrete computations that are completely independent, and can be recombined to produce a final result.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://labs.google.com/papers/mapreduce.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://hadoop.apache.org/core/" />
  <row Id="50020" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28041" RevisionGUID="f52eb0ca-9508-4953-a26b-a06d3fa92236" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:18:13.910" UserId="51755" Comment="Added more information" Text="I'd like an Apache Web Server I have installed at home to listen on port 80 and port 8080.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've added `Listen 8080` to httpd.conf and restarted the Apache services but the server doesn't seem to be listening on 8080.  Punching in http://localhost:8080 times out and doesn't display my index.html but http://localhost will display my index.html.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I make it listen to 80 and 8080?" />
  <row Id="50021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28118" RevisionGUID="d85cebff-accf-4dc0-aad0-de18fbad309d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:18:30.977" UserId="5426" Text="So here is the situation. I currently run a mail server for my small non-profit company. My mail server (Merak Mail Server) keeps logs in .log files and mail as .tmp files. Essentially these are just text files that are kept on the server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Problem is that when I put text into the &quot;Containing text&quot; field on Windows Explorer, it always misses the files and tells me no results returned. Then when I search the files one by one (painful at best), I find the files I need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do I not understand the search feature well enough, or maybe I have it indexing wrong. I really don't care what I need to use to search the files, even a third-party app is fine with me, I just want to type an email address into a box and search all of my log files or email files and find out which one I am looking for. It can be Windows Search or something else, as long as I can find a way to get the job done I will be happy. Pay solutions are fine as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks everyone in advance." />
  <row Id="50022" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28118" RevisionGUID="d85cebff-accf-4dc0-aad0-de18fbad309d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:18:30.977" UserId="5426" Text="Search inside of text files" />
  <row Id="50023" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28118" RevisionGUID="d85cebff-accf-4dc0-aad0-de18fbad309d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:18:30.977" UserId="5426" Text="&lt;text-search&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="50024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28119" RevisionGUID="0b142f4e-7f4c-46f1-a6b1-a80a667e5973" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:20:01.507" UserId="767" Text="I recently installed SQL Server Integration Services onto one of the nodes of a single cluster thats running windows 2003 enterprise.  When I attampt to create a system odbc connection to the database on the cluster, i get a connection failed error.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;here is the error: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Connection failed: &#xD;&#xA;    SQLState: '01000'&#xD;&#xA;    SQL Server Error: 1326&#xD;&#xA;    [Mcirosoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][DBNETLIB]ConnectionOpen (Connect()).&#xD;&#xA;    Connection failed:&#xD;&#xA;    SQLState: '08001'&#xD;&#xA;    SQL Server Error: 17&#xD;&#xA;    [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][DBNETLIB] SQL Serv does not exist or access denied. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;however if i attempt to connect to the virtual cluster name, it works.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to connect to the single node so that SSIS can be recognized through a client application.  Any ideas?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks in advance" />
  <row Id="50025" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28119" RevisionGUID="0b142f4e-7f4c-46f1-a6b1-a80a667e5973" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:20:01.507" UserId="767" Text="odbc connect to cluster node error" />
  <row Id="50026" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28119" RevisionGUID="0b142f4e-7f4c-46f1-a6b1-a80a667e5973" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:20:01.507" UserId="767" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;ssis&gt;" />
  <row Id="50027" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28120" RevisionGUID="4c355465-13ef-455a-b446-a4a3de61c5e1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:21:56.180" UserId="1736" Text="I'd say give [WinGrep][1] a shot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wingrep.com/" />
  <row Id="50028" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28121" RevisionGUID="30939643-4519-49fb-8ea3-cde02c596965" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:22:57.520" UserId="2299" Text="In the profile properties on the Security tab (where the Always prompt for username and password tick box is) try changing the Logon network security to &quot;Password Authentication (NTLM)&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28122" RevisionGUID="9a390d8c-c645-4713-82bd-7bf916ca805f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:24:34.773" UserId="5464" Text="Assuming linux run `netstat -lntp` as root as you can see if apache is listening on 8080 or not.&#xD;&#xA;This will help you identify if the problem is apache not listening or if there are factors external (e.g. firewall, selinux etc) to apache making the connection time out." />
  <row Id="50030" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28123" RevisionGUID="2bc31076-7c8e-4fec-a0c6-c934bf95bbc0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:24:46.533" UserId="7073" Text="You can do this one of 2 ways (well I'm sure there are more but here is what I would do)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Install Microsoft Desktop Search, you can do this on the server or a workstation and have it index the files.  It should be able to see they are text files and index the contents.  This will be the faster of the 2 ways.  This is free btw.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Use an advanced text editor like Notepad++ or Textpad and use the file in files option which will seach though all the files in the directory.  But this will take longer when you need to run the search.  Notepad++ is free, Textpad has a small cost but is free to try.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is something you need to do frequently, I'd go with 1.  If its infrequent every now and then thing, try out 2 and see if it works for you." />
  <row Id="50031" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28124" RevisionGUID="2e10f17b-93dc-4ad8-bbd7-d8401abeab70" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:27:21.567" UserId="9503" Text="What you looking for is may be the [LimitExcept][1] directive of apache.&#xD;&#xA;Something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;LimitExcept GET&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    Require valid-user&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/LimitExcept&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So that a user/pass will be needed for anything else than a GET request.&#xD;&#xA;But I don't know mercurial and don't know how &quot;push&quot; is done. If it's POST request it will be Ok, but may be that POST is also required to pull.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#limitexcept" />
  <row Id="50032" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28125" RevisionGUID="f69ecbf9-633a-4bee-8a66-2de2a9d5a900" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:27:58.680" UserDisplayName="nobodyfamous" Text="We didn't truly resolve this issue. What we did is set up two servers, one bound to an IP on each interface, and then followed the directions here to force traffic to go out the port it came in:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://kindlund.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/configuring-multiple-default-routes-in-linux/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Slightly modified for our situation. In this example, the gateway is 192.168.0.1 and the server's IPs are 192.168.0.211 and 192.168.0.212 on eth0 and eth1 respectively:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    printf &quot;1\tuplink0\n&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/iproute2/rt_tables&#xD;&#xA;    printf &quot;2\tuplink1\n&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/iproute2/rt_tables&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ip route add 192.168.0.211/32 dev eth0 src 192.168.0.211 table uplink0&#xD;&#xA;    ip route add default via 192.168.0.1 dev eth0 table uplink0&#xD;&#xA;    ip rule add from 192.168.0.211/32 table uplink0&#xD;&#xA;    ip rule add to 192.168.0.211/32 table uplink0&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ip route add 192.168.0.212/32 dev eth1 src 192.168.0.212 table uplink1&#xD;&#xA;    ip route add default via 192.168.0.1 dev eth1 table uplink1&#xD;&#xA;    ip rule add from 192.168.0.212/32 table uplink1&#xD;&#xA;    ip rule add to 192.168.0.212/32 table uplink1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28126" RevisionGUID="81b5c7bc-ba13-433b-a681-7cbc18e63551" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:30:19.970" UserId="199" Text="I need to view the tables and data in a MSSQL 2008 DB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the easiest way to connect to it and view the schema and data?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have Visual Studio 2008 Team System, is there a tool built in to that.  Or is there something else I need to use?" />
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  <row Id="50035" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28126" RevisionGUID="81b5c7bc-ba13-433b-a681-7cbc18e63551" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:30:19.970" UserId="199" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="50036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28127" RevisionGUID="8d7b20a7-9667-4732-9765-2797190b5abd" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:32:03.040" UserId="5464" Text="In case you're not aware Groundworks have a VM appliance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.groundworkopensource.com/community/downloads/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I gotta ask though, of you're a windows admin and you don't have the time/inclination to learn linux, why ask for a lnx solution?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any lnx based tool is gonna have a learning curve for a windows dude." />
  <row Id="50037" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28128" RevisionGUID="dce9ac78-ad7d-4be5-ad29-1a39bf626071" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:32:36.830" UserId="3235" Text="I have been tasked with leading a project regarding updating a old and somewhat onesided disaster recovery plan.  For now we're just looking at getting the IT side of DR sorted out.  The last time they did this they set their scope by making up a single disaster (the data center flooded) and planning for it to the exclusion of all other disaster types.  I would like to take a more well rounded approach. I know this is a solved problem, other organizations have written DR plans.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our plan is to take our IT DR plan and go forward with it and say &quot;Hey, this is what we want in a DR plan for IT, does it mesh with what the rest of the University is doing? Are there restored service priorties you'd like changed?&quot;  We have a pretty good idea what the rest of the plan is and we're expecting this to go over well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I am looking for is guidance on how to scope a DR plan and what questions I should be thinking about.  Do you have favorite resources, books, training that are related to DR plan development?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50038" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28128" RevisionGUID="dce9ac78-ad7d-4be5-ad29-1a39bf626071" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:32:36.830" UserId="3235" Text="Disaster recovery plan development best practicies or resources?" />
  <row Id="50039" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28128" RevisionGUID="dce9ac78-ad7d-4be5-ad29-1a39bf626071" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:32:36.830" UserId="3235" Text="&lt;disaster-recovery&gt;&lt;planning&gt;" />
  <row Id="50040" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28129" RevisionGUID="87efa5e7-6dc8-47d7-b36f-8a7cb03883a6" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:34:41.193" UserId="5464" Text="Not sure how to do it in sendmail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I'd say you could do it on a host(MX) by host(MX) basis using iptables rate limiting.&#xD;&#xA;I've never used rate limiting in iptables, but I think it would do the trick.&#xD;&#xA;All the examples I've seen were for incoming connections, but I can't see why it should not work for outgoing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should work as long as the domain you want to throttle on does not share an MX host with a domain you care about." />
  <row Id="50041" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28130" RevisionGUID="83a8b740-e58b-40b1-8dfc-9f467a5cd8fd" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:36:45.060" UserId="3528" Text="Yes powershell can do this with the new [powershell provider for IIS][1] it's easy.  Here are some of the examples from the [run time data walkthru's][2] provided:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;AppPool State&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PS IIS:\&gt; cd AppPools&#xD;&#xA;    PS IIS:\AppPools&gt; Get-WebItemState DemoAppPool&#xD;&#xA;    Started&#xD;&#xA;    PS IIS:\AppPools&gt; Stop-WebItem DemoAppPool&#xD;&#xA;    PS IIS:\AppPools&gt; Get-WebItemState DemoAppPool&#xD;&#xA;    Stopped&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Worker Processes and Requests&#xD;&#xA;The get-process cmdlet doesn't help you figuring out which Application Pool a particular worker process is serving. This can be easily done however:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PS IIS:\AppPools&gt; dir DefaultAppPool\WorkerProcesses&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;                   processId                  Handles                    state StartTime&#xD;&#xA;                   ---------                  -------                    &#xD;&#xA;                       6612                      326                        1 3/28/2008 12:20:27 PM&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;note that once you have the PID regular &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;       get-process -id pid&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will tell you the memory usage&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2008/07/03/iis7-powershell-provider-tech-preview-2.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/439/powershell-snap-in-run-time-data/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50042" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28131" RevisionGUID="d86e28be-25d0-4c99-aaa5-40556f954953" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:36:48.490" UserId="4460" Text="HP Systems Insight Manager free product may also be a potential solution for you." />
  <row Id="50043" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28132" RevisionGUID="042177aa-897a-450f-a124-ba95ca093585" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:37:50.283" UserId="10012" Text="While diagnosing performance issues with vendor software that runs off of SQL Anywhere (9.0.2), I stumbled upon some interesting data in regards to I/O Bandwidth. According to the 9.0.2 manual, the database property &quot;CurrIO&quot; shows &quot;The current number of file I/Os that were issued by the server but have not yet completed.&quot;. However, it's unclear what this number should be, given a hardware configuration and/or database utilization. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After a bit of searching, I found that the SQL Anywhere 10.0.0 manual does go into this setting in a bit more detail in their chapter on performance:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; To detect whether I/O&#xD;&#xA;&gt; bandwidth is a limiting factor, check&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the CurrIO database statistic. If this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; statistic is not present on the graph,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; click the Add Statistics button and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; select CurrIO. Look for the largest&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sustained number for this statistic.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; For example, look for a high plateau&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on the graph; the wider it is, the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; more significant the impact. If the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; graph has sustained values equal to,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; or greater than 3 + the number of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; physical disks used by database&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server, it may indicate that the disk&#xD;&#xA;&gt; system cannot keep up with the level&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of database server activity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this saying that, for example, if I have 5 disks in the server, this number should ideally be below 8? Is the meaning behind this value the same for version 9.0.2 as 10.0.0? The reason I find this hard to believe is the results of the following command are a bit off in my particular case:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SELECT db_property ( 'CurrIO' ), db_property ( 'MaxIO' ) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The above command returns over **900** for the CurrIO and **1150** for the MaxIO. I have been monitoring this number for a few hours and the average is approximately ***950*** (Thanks to the Foxhound monitor from RisingRoad). These readings have been taken under normal database load. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is my I/O bandwidth truly as inadequate as it looks, or am I misinterpreting these numbers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the current server configuration:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OS: Windows Server 2003 R2 32-bit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Database Version: SQL Anywhere (Adaptive Server Anywhere) 9.0.2.3381&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CPU: 4x Intel Xeon Dual Core 3.00GHz&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RAM: 26GB (22GB Allocated to SQL Anywhere cache)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HDD (C:/): OS + Temporary File Location&#xD;&#xA;&gt; RAID 1 &#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2x 36GB SCSI-320 (15k RPM)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HDD (D:/): DB File Location &#xD;&#xA;&gt; RAID 5&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 4x 73GB SCSI-320 (15k RPM)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HDD (E:/): OS Pagefile + Log File Location (There is no Mirror Log)&#xD;&#xA;&gt; RAID 5&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 4x 73GB SCSI-320 (15k RPM)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Notes: The RAID1 and first RAID5 (D:/) are on the same RAID controller. We were planning on upgrading both RAID5 with 146GB (15k RPM) drives in RAID10. Would that change help our apparent I/O Bandwidth issue?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  " />
  <row Id="50044" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28132" RevisionGUID="042177aa-897a-450f-a124-ba95ca093585" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:37:50.283" UserId="10012" Text="Diagnosing I/O Bandwidth Performance in SQL Anywhere" />
  <row Id="50045" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28132" RevisionGUID="042177aa-897a-450f-a124-ba95ca093585" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:37:50.283" UserId="10012" Text="&lt;sqlanywhere&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="50046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28133" RevisionGUID="8347b113-0830-453c-bb37-ac5707f63168" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:38:39.377" UserId="1992" Text="There's a very cool script (written by a guy called Ola Hallengren) that I like to recommend to people when teaching database maintenance - it allows you to automate backups, index maintenance, consistency checking.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check it out at [SQL Server 2005 and 2008 - Backup, Integrity Check and Index Optimization][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.ola.hallengren.com/blog/_archives/2008/1/1/3440068.html#1227266" />
  <row Id="50047" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28134" RevisionGUID="e1f9d5ca-38b9-4145-a93b-af58d09c2614" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:38:48.940" UserId="8517" Text="I'm assuming that the Equallogic tag and the content of the request means that you are tallking about an Equallogic SAN. What follows is specifically about Equallogic and it does not apply to other SAN types. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With Equallogic arrays the specific disks used for volumes can't be specified as precisely as they can with, say, EMC Clariion arrays so the approach has to be a bit different.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Equallogic architecture is very automated and dynamic. Its basic building block is the array unit not RAID packs\groups within an array as seen in other SANs. Each array is entirely configured for RAID 5, 6, 10 or 50 although this does not imply that there is only one RAID group per array, you just never get to decide or interact with them at that level. You put arrays into Storage pools and your pools then belong to a Storage Group. The Storage Group has a cluster\virtual ip-address that you use as the iSCSI Discovery target for all volumes within that group - the EQL Group management software and host MPIO stack handles the ip level rediredection needed to actually route to the most appropriate port on the individual arrays when requesting blocks of data but that is something you have little or no ability to control.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Storage volumes are assigned from the total free space in each pool. All volumes within a pool are spread across all arrays in that pool (well up to a max of 4 separate arrays) in order to distribute network IO across the total number of network interfaces (2-4 per Eql array depending on model) and IO across as many controllers  as possible. The Equallogic management software monitors volume\array performance over time and dynamically optimizes the distribution of blocks across the member arrays. In general unless you know what you are doing you should put all arrays in a single pool and let it do its thing just remember to ensure that you configure your high speed disks (SAS 20k\15k) with RAID 10, medium speed with RAID 50 or 5 in order to ensure that the optimization process actually chooses the real high performance drives. It may take quite a few days (7+) to actually get to an optimum state but in general it should hit a balanced distribution quite fast as it immediately distributes volumes over as many arrays as it can (again up to 4) when they are initially created. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To a rough approximation you will have somewhere between 2500-5000 IOPs per PS array depending on drive type and RAID type. If you provide enough total IOPs then the automated management process should eventually give you good performance even if you simply lump all volumes into a single pool. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However if you want to guarantee that your logs, databases, temp stores, OS drives etc are actually isolated from each other you can do a couple of things. Firstly you can define a RAID preference for a volume which will guarantee that the specific volume is always stored only on arrays of that RAID type (if they are present in the pool the volume belongs to). Secondly you can define tiered storage pools that only contain arrays that deliver the various grades of performance you require for that particular tier and then distribute your volumes into the appropriate pools. The health warning that comes with this approach is that you will generally need a lot of arrays for this to actually deliver better overall performance - that may be less important to you than guaranteeing the performance on your critical volumes though so it is often still the best choice. Dell's reference architecture for Oracle DB's uses one pool with 2 RAID 10 arrays for Data, Voting disk and the OCR, and a separate pool with a single RAID 5 array for the Flash Recovery Area. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At all points in time with Equallogic you should ask yourself if the decisions you are making with regard to enforced partitioning are going to provide better aggregate performance for your volumes in terms of available network interfaces, disk spindles and controllers. If you can't answer that then opt for the minuimum number of pools and leave it handle the details or get an Equallogic specialist in to do a real design. If you only have one array then there is nothing you can do in terms of separating volumes. &#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="50049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28136" RevisionGUID="c2c51b42-3355-4397-bc14-3134aa80674d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:39:15.680" UserId="7073" Text="If its 100% important that the user needs to be back online in like 10 minutes in the event of a hardware failure and you do not have any sort of generic machine as you pointed out so bluntly in your edit.  The only way I can see to do this is to give every single person 2 identical machines and then use ghost or something to image the machine over once a day (or maybe it can do real time, haven't looked cause I don't have a need for this).  This would give you another machine and at most the lose of work since the last image, less if they save to a file server on a regular basis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternate, take action to keep the most common failure parts around, RAID 1 the system so if a drive fails they keep working.  Keep extra memory on hand to replace that when it fails, if these are white box systems the power supplies should be pretty generic between them so figure out the ones you have connector wise and buy a bunch of those.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another alternate, every night run VMWare converter on every machine when they log out, this will create a VMImage of their computer.  Have the nightly run of this replace the previous one.  Have a number of really powerful &quot;spares&quot; sitting around with VMWare workstation pre-installed, when the users hardware files just mount the last VM to the VMWare workstation, switch to full screen and they are working again.  Rebuild their primary machine and then pay for the program to switch it back from the VM to the real hardware&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is it you are doing that requires everyone to have their own one of machine?  I really don't see how going with a quasi standard load and ensure files are kept on the server can't help you?  If my laptop failed tonight, I'd would be 100% operational in about 3 hours after getting a new one.  " />
  <row Id="50050" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27314" RevisionGUID="e900e79b-6222-4cde-9d7a-ad63ddcedc68" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:40:37.423" UserId="769" Comment="Added new info" Text="Background: I have a whole mess of systems running the 2.6.20 and 2.6.22 kernel in what started as a Fedora Core 2 install several years ago.  These systems have 8 cpus, as reported by `cat /proc/cpuinfo`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is, when a process is running that uses multi-threading, does 99.99% CPU usage as reported by `top` mean 99.99% of every CPU or 99.99% total if you add the usage on each CPU together?  In other words, should the maximum percentage be 800% or 100%?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems that when one of these processes is at 99.99%, if you look at each cpu individually, they will say 25% utilization (instead of 100%).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help is appreciated.  If I was unclear or confusing, let me know and I will try to clarify.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE**&#xD;&#xA;It seems as though we may have been seeing the low utilization because of a problem with the threading model used by the programmers.  They're using user threads as opposed to kernel threads and are seeing limitations in what user threads are allowed to do." />
  <row Id="50051" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28137" RevisionGUID="582ff5ee-08d2-417d-aeb0-b7cab601c0aa" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:40:45.113" UserId="640" Text="There are a zillion sites out there for disaster recovery. Try [this one][1] as a starting point. Here's a concise [article][2], too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.disaster-recovery-guide.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.infosectoday.com/Articles/DRPlanning.htm" />
  <row Id="50052" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28138" RevisionGUID="ff24b42f-f622-4310-868b-36e45dbb05fb" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:41:25.377" UserId="3038" Text="If they're all in a single directory, I can see a two step process helping you out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Step 1: Command-line*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open a CMD shell and go to the directory you're looking for. Then issue the find command:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;F:\directory&gt; find &quot;user.name@org.org&quot; *&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;It'll then search all files in that directory for the string you're looking for. When it finds one, it'll give you the file name, like this:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;---------- MSGTRK20090603-1.LOG&#xD;&#xA;2009-06-03T09:11:37.486Z,192.168&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Which will tell you which file to go searching inside.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Step 2: Searching inside the file*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This step you already know. The first step is just narrowing your search scope. " />
  <row Id="50053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28139" RevisionGUID="4eb486ff-8399-43f0-88b0-93073ccc272a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:43:10.087" UserId="1715" Text="I don't think you can connect to SSIS this way, it is not a database server.  You need to use SSMS to connect.  Start SSMS and pick Integration Services from the server type drop down.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can only use integrated authentication with SSIS to make sure your logged in with an account that has access to SSIS like a user in the sysadmin server role" />
  <row Id="50054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28140" RevisionGUID="4b13a8f0-c2a3-4a98-a8de-f90f428b9fe0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:44:21.423" UserId="1840" Text="If we add our ideas we could create a nice wiki from this post once everyone has had added their own ideas.  I understand there's bunch out there to follow, but some of us have specific priorities when it comes to recovery.  To start, here's mine:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Make sure you have off-line/remote documentation of your network&lt;/h3&gt;" />
  <row Id="50055" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28141" RevisionGUID="34d97433-7519-4816-9fbe-70d79f2a6872" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:44:42.873" UserId="9356" Text="I use [PsPad][1] (a free advanced text editor) to do similar log searches.  If you go to **Search -&gt; Search / Replace in files** you can search any text string in a set of files in a specific directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pspad.com/en/" />
  <row Id="50056" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28142" RevisionGUID="123c35f2-7a6c-443a-8301-28ba38daf1e8" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:44:50.363" UserId="5464" Text="All logs are of interest for security purposes.&#xD;&#xA;At least they are on a unix/lnx box." />
  <row Id="50057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28143" RevisionGUID="93129c06-6a0c-4adb-855d-331b5e2481dc" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:45:16.213" UserId="6177" Text="I like UltraEdit for this.  You can tell it to seach all the files in a directory (or limit it to certain file types or any other wildcard) for a string you specify.  If it finds your text in multiple files or multiple times in a file, it gives you a list of all the instances it found and clicking on one takes you to that file/location." />
  <row Id="50058" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28144" RevisionGUID="efb07264-c134-464a-886e-607b4d6addcf" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:45:28.507" UserId="9834" Text="Have you looked at Spiceworks?  Its not a full real-time system such as packages like Nagios or the Systems Insight Manager but it is web based, runs on windows (I have it installed on my machine with scheduled scans) and I can just go into the web interface on localmachine.  Polls for server and computer status, is able to do SNMP, can bring up listings of installed applications and has some good reporting tools and some graphs&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.spiceworks.com/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.spiceworks.com/" />
  <row Id="50059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28145" RevisionGUID="d6937f6c-13a3-4b79-8047-3240251c5378" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:47:38.533" UserId="1992" Text="You could potentially backup the database by doing filegroup-level backups (thus excluding the full-text catalog) or you could drop and recreate the full-text catalog - but I don't know the effect of this on CRM. I'm guessing that neither of these is going to be palatable to you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think the easiest solution is going to be bringing the fulltext catalog back online. Can you look in the SQL Server error log to see why it won't come online? The error log files are in a folder with a name like: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\LOG&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Post the errors you find.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50060" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28146" RevisionGUID="f505ffd0-8b1f-4a25-be97-4f6d1ca8c728" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:48:26.347" UserId="9404" Text="You can use [ack][1] 'A grep-like program specifically for large source trees'. Ack is like grep but written in perl (works fine on Windows). These are the reasons why it is supposedly better than grep:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   1.  It's blazingly fast because it only searches the stuff you want searched.&#xD;&#xA;   2. ack is pure Perl, so it runs on Windows just fine.&#xD;&#xA;   3. The standalone version uses no non-standard modules, so you can put it in your ~/bin without fear.&#xD;&#xA;   4. Searches recursively through directories by default, while ignoring .svn, CVS and other VCS directories.&#xD;&#xA;          * Which would you rather type?&#xD;&#xA;            $ grep pattern $(find . -type f | grep -v '\.svn')&#xD;&#xA;            $ ack pattern&#xD;&#xA;   5. ack ignores most of the crap you don't want to search&#xD;&#xA;          * VCS directories&#xD;&#xA;          * blib, the Perl build directory&#xD;&#xA;          * backup files like foo~ and #foo#&#xD;&#xA;          * binary files, core dumps, etc &#xD;&#xA;   6. Ignoring .svn directories means that ack is faster than grep for searching through trees.&#xD;&#xA;   7. Lets you specify file types to search, as in --perl or --nohtml.&#xD;&#xA;          * Which would you rather type?&#xD;&#xA;            $ grep pattern $(find . -name '*.pl' -or -name '*.pm' -or -name '*.pod' | grep -v .svn)&#xD;&#xA;            $ ack --perl pattern&#xD;&#xA;      Note that ack's --perl also checks the shebang lines of files without suffixes, which the find command will not.&#xD;&#xA;   8. File-filtering capabilities usable without searching with ack -f. This lets you create lists of files of a given type.&#xD;&#xA;      $ ack -f --perl &gt; all-perl-files&#xD;&#xA;   9. Color highlighting of search results.&#xD;&#xA;   10. Uses real Perl regular expressions, not a GNU subset.&#xD;&#xA;   11. Allows you to specify output using Perl's special variables&#xD;&#xA;          * Example: ack '(Mr|Mr?s)\. (Smith|Jones)' --output='$&amp;' &#xD;&#xA;   12. Many command-line switches are the same as in GNU grep:&#xD;&#xA;      -w does word-only searching&#xD;&#xA;      -c shows counts per file of matches&#xD;&#xA;      -l gives the filename instead of matching lines&#xD;&#xA;      etc.&#xD;&#xA;   13. Command name is 25% fewer characters to type! Save days of free-time! Heck, it's 50% shorter compared to grep -r.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://betterthangrep.com/" />
  <row Id="50061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28147" RevisionGUID="b336a2a4-9c68-4a3a-8ece-811bbf64ca9b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:48:41.480" UserId="9029" Text="I am using Redhat Enterprise 5.3,  and I have a small script that reads the directory name and compares it against a variable.  Something seems to be causing it to think I am trying to get it to run the directory name as a command,  and it also does not correctly evaluate the directory name against the string...(the directory name is &quot;ll_bkup&quot;):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SCRIPT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    # Changes backup folder to standard name after LogLogic System Stores a session number in t$&#xD;&#xA;    #TCJ 6/1/09&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    declare RESULT&#xD;&#xA;    cd /home/storegrid/scripts/test/backup&#xD;&#xA;    RESULT=$('ls')&#xD;&#xA;    TEST=&quot;ll_bkup&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    if [&quot;${RESULT}&quot; = &quot;${TEST}&quot;]; then&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;it's ll_bkup&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    else&#xD;&#xA;            echo $RESULT&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    exit 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RESULT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@NB-BACKUP-01 backup]# sh /home/storegrid/scripts/test/nb-script-changellbackup.sh&#xD;&#xA;    /home/storegrid/scripts/test/nb-script-changellbackup.sh: line 10: [ll_bkup: command not found&#xD;&#xA;    ll_bkup&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50062" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28147" RevisionGUID="b336a2a4-9c68-4a3a-8ece-811bbf64ca9b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:48:41.480" UserId="9029" Text="Redhat Shell Scripting condition test symantics" />
  <row Id="50063" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28147" RevisionGUID="b336a2a4-9c68-4a3a-8ece-811bbf64ca9b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:48:41.480" UserId="9029" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;redhat&gt;&lt;shell&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;" />
  <row Id="50064" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28148" RevisionGUID="cc102a7b-8e0d-4f6a-bff6-3bdf1575aec1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:48:52.757" UserId="5922" Text="Our whole company is Macs on the desktop. We have primarily iMacs and MacBook pros. For the last few years we've been using [RadMind][1] to manage their system image but the software has a number of drawbacks:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * It's difficult to tell what files to exclude and what to include in a loadset&#xD;&#xA; * Applying updates that touch a large number of system files is complex and error-prone&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that most other solutions out there use a .pkg style system of managing updates. What I'd like to know is what people are using, and what kind of limitations you've run in to. In particular, how easy is it to add/remove software, software updates, firmware updates? How easy is it to change system configuration files?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/radmind/" />
  <row Id="50065" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28148" RevisionGUID="cc102a7b-8e0d-4f6a-bff6-3bdf1575aec1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:48:52.757" UserId="5922" Text="How do you manage your Mac workstations?" />
  <row Id="50066" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28148" RevisionGUID="cc102a7b-8e0d-4f6a-bff6-3bdf1575aec1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:48:52.757" UserId="5922" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;management&gt;&lt;workstation&gt;" />
  <row Id="50067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28149" RevisionGUID="53bf3d02-8901-4981-8b3f-532dd540f758" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:49:50.960" UserId="5584" Text="The problem was with the code.  The @resource syntax is apparently not cluster compliant.  The developer tried another method and it works correctly.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50068" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28150" RevisionGUID="92325d43-c243-4f62-8bfa-7e725e8bc496" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:50:48.633" UserId="1529" Text="I am looking at replacing some unmanaged 16 port store bought GB switches and wanted to go with Cisco but it may be cost prohibitive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instead I am looking at ProCurve or Dell's PowerConnect line up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would get the 6224 or the 6248 and then maybe add the RPS-600 to it for redundant power.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think the RPS-600 supports multiple switches.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rackspace is also a little challenge so I am trying to do it with as little Rack Units as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally I would go with two 6224's or a single 6248 and then do two VLANs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for any feedback.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rob&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50069" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28150" RevisionGUID="92325d43-c243-4f62-8bfa-7e725e8bc496" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:50:48.633" UserId="1529" Text="Anyone love/hate the PowerConnect line of switches from Dell?" />
  <row Id="50070" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28150" RevisionGUID="92325d43-c243-4f62-8bfa-7e725e8bc496" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:50:48.633" UserId="1529" Text="&lt;powerconnect&gt;&lt;switches&gt;&lt;gigabit&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;lan&gt;" />
  <row Id="50071" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28151" RevisionGUID="52de9b8b-05b9-4315-9008-833a4f1f09a4" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:51:43.780" UserId="9770" Text="I'll parrot those who have asked why it has to be a Linux solution. You can check out [this list][1] of Windows based network monitoring solutions. Take it from a predominantly Windows admin who tried to make a &quot;simple&quot; network monitoring solution within a virtual machine. There was a huge learning curve and I eventually had to abandon the project in favor of more pressing matters. A high learning curve is great and I'll take that challenge some day, but for me it was like cramming 50 pounds of potatoes in a 10 pound sack. It wasn't going to happen if I could only give the project my &quot;spare time&quot;. You'll need contiguous hours (note that the word &quot;hours&quot; is plural! =) ) of time for contiguous days in a row for contiguous weeks on end to have a good operating *nix based network monitoring solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, you can use a virtual appliance; I looked into that when I realized that rolling my own network monitoring virtual machine by hand would be about as easy as juggling ferrets. Check out [VMWare's Virtual Appliance Marketplace][2] for a ton of options. I looked at Groundwork (which was mentioned above) and am convinced that it's a good product and will fill many of yours and my needs and I even have an online class scheduled for the end of this month. However, you're still going to need enough proficiency and familiarity with various systems within the underlying Linux OS that you'll be needing those contiguous time slots to figure it all out. If you can afford it, then great! If not, go for a Windows based solution. There's no shame in that. Srsly. =)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: I've used [Intellipool][3] before on a Windows machine and it was pretty cool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/software/Network-monitoring---management/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.vmware.com/appliances/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.intellipool.se/" />
  <row Id="50072" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28152" RevisionGUID="862ae7af-4376-4d39-a7bb-9120e79c8586" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:52:29.130" UserId="3528" Text="SQl server mangement studio has the ability to generate database diagrams. Click on a database in object explorer and then click on the database diagram folder." />
  <row Id="50073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28153" RevisionGUID="0905d600-5e17-4922-b762-8617e47c65ab" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:52:34.577" UserId="6244" Text="I suggest using [HAProxy][1]. It's extremely fast. And you can also evade Single Point of Failure by using two loadbalancers with CARP(*BSD) or UCARP/LVS(Linux)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://haproxy.1wt.eu/" />
  <row Id="50074" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28154" RevisionGUID="7fc5e485-27f9-4be8-b4fd-c35e579ac267" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:52:59.537" UserId="5922" Text="On Linux you might as well send everything from syslog to the central collector and analyze for patterns. You never know what you will need ahead of time and you may find yourself missing some information if you only include certain services. While there are general guidelines as to which facility a particular type of application should be logging to, there's no hard and fast rules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If an application of interest writes its own log files, I usually ingest those in to the syslog daemon as well and forward them to the central collector.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is useful not only for security purposes but also for finding configuration errors as well as hardware and software faults." />
  <row Id="50075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28155" RevisionGUID="20a93ee9-14bc-4a98-b19f-01f80ff56fc3" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:53:57.647" UserId="5724" Text="${foo} is a syntax for [dereferencing array elements in bash][1].  You probably want to compare&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [ $RESULT = $TEST ]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you looking for a directory called ll_bkup?  You could do&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [ -d ll_bkup ]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for &quot;ll_bkup exists and is a directory&quot;.  Use -f if it is a file.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are looking for the contents being **only** ll_bkup, you can also do a test on &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [ $(ls | wc -l) == 1 ]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(There will be a better way to do this, but this gives you a good understanding of the parts, and you can work your way up to more interesting tests with utilities like find.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/arrays.html" />
  <row Id="50076" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28156" RevisionGUID="5999d7c5-c083-48d3-8609-d6c91896db49" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:55:11.077" UserId="4392" Text="I've had good luck so far with the 3com 2948's (http://www.3com.com/products/en_US/detail.jsp?pathtype=purchase&amp;tab=features&amp;sku=3CBLSG48). Very nice options, solid interface, and seem stable. I've got a pair of them, and I haven't regretted it. " />
  <row Id="50077" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28157" RevisionGUID="2bd85c07-f982-42c2-a617-a6d73c9ae98a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:56:02.073" UserId="9029" Text="    Still get the same results with that syntax:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    if [$RESULT = $TEST]; then&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;it's ll_bkup&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    else&#xD;&#xA;            echo $RESULT&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    exit 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RESULT:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@NB-BACKUP-01 backup]# sh /home/storegrid/scripts/test/nb-script-changellbackup.sh&#xD;&#xA;    /home/storegrid/scripts/test/nb-script-changellbackup.sh: line 10: [ll_bkup: command not found&#xD;&#xA;    ll_bkup&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50078" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26647" RevisionGUID="d386d532-8641-4e29-8548-1453d48a087d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:56:15.520" UserId="3214" Comment="Another update" Text="I have installed SQL Server 2008 ReportServer on dozens of servers, all virtually identical. It was always possible to configure it to use a domain account (the same one on all those servers). However, on MYSERVERNAME I get the following error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot start service ReportServer on computer 'MYSERVERNAME'. ---&gt; System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: Access is denied&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      --- End of inner exception stack trace ---&#xD;&#xA;       at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.Start(String[] args)&#xD;&#xA;       at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.Start()&#xD;&#xA;       at ReportServicesConfigUI.Panels.WindowsServiceIdentityPanel.StartWindowsServicePostChangeWindowsServiceIdentity(ServiceController rsService)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This also happened after removing and re-installing ReportServer. The error goes away when I add the domain account to the administrators groups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From event viewer at same time:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Event Type:	Failure Audit&#xD;&#xA;    Event Source:	Security&#xD;&#xA;    Event Category:	Logon/Logoff &#xD;&#xA;    Event ID:	537&#xD;&#xA;    Date:		[current]&#xD;&#xA;    Time:		[current]&#xD;&#xA;    User:		NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM&#xD;&#xA;    Computer:	MYSERVERNAME&#xD;&#xA;    Description:&#xD;&#xA;    Logon Failure:&#xD;&#xA;     	Reason:		An error occurred during logon&#xD;&#xA;     	User Name:	&#xD;&#xA;     	Domain:		&#xD;&#xA;     	Logon Type:	3&#xD;&#xA;     	Logon Process:	Authz   &#xD;&#xA;     	Authentication Package:	Kerberos&#xD;&#xA;     	Workstation Name:	MYSERVERNAME&#xD;&#xA;     	Status code:	0xC000018B&#xD;&#xA;     	Substatus code:	0x0&#xD;&#xA;     	Caller User Name:	MYSERVERNAME$&#xD;&#xA;     	Caller Domain:	MYDOMAIN&#xD;&#xA;     	Caller Logon ID:	(0x0,0x3E7)&#xD;&#xA;     	Caller Process ID:	824&#xD;&#xA;     	Transited Services:	-&#xD;&#xA;     	Source Network Address:	-&#xD;&#xA;     	Source Port:	-&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another update: I tried giving full control to individual and all drives to the domain account in question, but those were apparently not the permissions it is craving.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another another update: I found out that all services fail to run using any domain account, all with the error &quot;Access is denied&quot;, so it's not really a reportserver problem (added new tag). I have a &quot;pure&quot; service that doesn't do anything except be a service and it fails to run using domain accounts. I have also removed and added the computer from/to the domain since then with no change of symptoms.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50079" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="26647" RevisionGUID="d386d532-8641-4e29-8548-1453d48a087d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:56:15.520" UserId="3214" Comment="Another update" Text="&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;windows-service&gt;" />
  <row Id="50080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28158" RevisionGUID="bfd89bd1-a5d7-4b60-82b1-2e19e377ee72" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:56:39.247" UserId="1715" Text="You can 'connect' to a SQL Server environment in the sense that packages can run that utilize other databases as part of their process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also connect your SSIS instance to *any* SQL Server instance to use MSDB as the package repository by modifying the [MsDtsSrvr.ini.xml][1] file.  By default this is configured to point to the local instance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can install SSIS in clustered environment.  MS recommends not running it as a clustered resource.  The trick with running SSIS on a clustered db is you need to point `&lt;ServerName&gt;.&lt;/ServerName&gt;` in the above mentioned config file to to your virtual SQL Server name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms137789.aspx" />
  <row Id="50081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28159" RevisionGUID="1f0313c4-7cd7-4587-832a-c74b12647253" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:57:43.927" UserId="7073" Text="I would give them Outlook Cached mode for when they are out of the office.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. VPN will be the primay way to dial in and they get full outlook functions.  Just tell them it will be slower.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Put an internet short cut on their desktop for OWA, tell them if the VPN is not working, or Outlook is just too slow, then use the OWA link.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a place setup that doesn't even do number 1, they know when not in the office they are on OWA or a mobile device if they have been issued one." />
  <row Id="50082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28160" RevisionGUID="da38d52b-a5b9-4fec-aa3e-47b3b74bf7c6" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:58:33.440" UserId="5922" Text="Don't have too much experience with the Dells but I can vouch for the ProCurve switches. We use the 2910 series and they have been great. Lots of features, a good serial/terminal interface as well as a nice HTTP front-end. Also very nice is that they have a lifetime warranty with next-day replacement included at no extra cost. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Among the other admins I know they have a solid reputation for being the Cisco alternative if you don't want to pay the Cisco premium. Based on my experiences so far, I'd agree with that sentiment." />
  <row Id="50083" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28161" RevisionGUID="9ddad3af-81f1-46cd-9ed6-5548fcb921f2" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:59:03.440" UserId="9404" Text="As a result of a security audit there's the need to lock the racks and manage the keys:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Keep the keys safe&#xD;&#xA;2. Record key usage&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Complying with these two requirements has many challenges as there are a lot of possible sysadmins and netadmins (around 10) that need access to the server room.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are considering several possible solutions but everyone has some drawbacks, mainly related to who is the key master and how to maintain availability in the case of absense of such person.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you lock your racks? How do you manage the keys to assure availability and accountability?" />
  <row Id="50084" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28161" RevisionGUID="9ddad3af-81f1-46cd-9ed6-5548fcb921f2" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:59:03.440" UserId="9404" Text="How to manage rack keys?" />
  <row Id="50085" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28161" RevisionGUID="9ddad3af-81f1-46cd-9ed6-5548fcb921f2" CreationDate="2009-06-18T16:59:03.440" UserId="9404" Text="&lt;rack&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;lock&gt;&lt;keys&gt;" />
  <row Id="50086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28162" RevisionGUID="eb4464f1-ff5e-4d14-91e6-011e88d394f2" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:00:35.213" UserId="9863" Text="Laura,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is a link from SQLServerPedia that gives out basics of DR. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/sql-server-backup-and-restore/disaster-recovery-basics-tutorial/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50087" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28163" RevisionGUID="9cb89832-2d6d-47b0-b9bd-36f886c86161" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:01:00.487" UserId="5724" Text="SQL Server comes with &quot;SQL Server Management Studio&quot;, which lets you view the schema, data, users, execute queries, do profiling, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can do an installation on your VS machine with just the SQL server client/workstation components.  [Kendal Van Dyke has a blog post][1] that will walk you through it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kendalvandyke.blogspot.com/2009/01/sql-server-management-studio-2008.html" />
  <row Id="50088" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28164" RevisionGUID="6042c230-74bc-46b7-9a53-bae6ccc465f0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:01:31.873" UserId="7073" Text="You could try deleting and re-creating their profile.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also does the account the machine is logged in with match that person since those creditentials will get passed though as well." />
  <row Id="50089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28165" RevisionGUID="66f681ce-5203-4052-80e3-3304c6d2399d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:04:09.387" UserId="7073" Text="Last I checked the Dell's were rebranded SMC's I think.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The web interface was limited and advanced configuration needed to be done though the command line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, Dell support was really good in helping me setup what I needed to do with them since I wasn't familiar with the OS in them at all." />
  <row Id="50090" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28158" RevisionGUID="8c79aa5e-4c3c-4ed2-8a78-42b198418b9e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:04:09.823" UserId="1715" Comment="added 117 characters in body" Text="IMHO its overkill to install another version of SQL Server if all your going to do is use it to store SSIS packages.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can 'connect' to a SQL Server environment in the sense that packages can run that utilize other databases as part of their process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can connect your SSIS instance to *any* SQL Server instance to use MSDB as the package repository by modifying the [MsDtsSrvr.ini.xml][1] file.  By default this is configured to point to the local instance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can install SSIS in clustered environment.  MS recommends not running it as a clustered resource.  The trick with running SSIS on a clustered db is you need to point `&lt;ServerName&gt;.&lt;/ServerName&gt;` in the above mentioned config file to to your virtual SQL Server name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms137789.aspx" />
  <row Id="50091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28166" RevisionGUID="af9b002f-8cba-46d6-bdf9-bf77a23ea783" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:04:51.710" UserId="919" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.vpslink.com/security/745-use-gentoo-glsa-check-keep-your-system-up-date.html&quot;&gt;glsa-check&lt;/a&gt; is a tool to report a server's exposure to known security vulnerabilities. Has anyone written a tool to do a similar thing for apt based systems?" />
  <row Id="50092" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28166" RevisionGUID="af9b002f-8cba-46d6-bdf9-bf77a23ea783" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:04:51.710" UserId="919" Text="GLSA-check for Ubuntu or Debian?" />
  <row Id="50093" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28166" RevisionGUID="af9b002f-8cba-46d6-bdf9-bf77a23ea783" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:04:51.710" UserId="919" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;reporting&gt;" />
  <row Id="50094" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28155" RevisionGUID="89a0d290-dd61-40e7-880e-e842b5162353" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:05:11.977" UserId="5724" Comment="added 83 characters in body" Text="${foo} is a syntax for [dereferencing array elements in bash][1].  You probably want to compare&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [ $RESULT = $TEST ]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you looking for a directory called ll_bkup?  You could do&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [ -d ll_bkup ]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for &quot;ll_bkup exists and is a directory&quot;.  Use -f if it is a file.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are looking for the contents being **only** ll_bkup, you can also do a test on &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [ $(ls | wc -l) == 1 ]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look at 'man test' for the syntax you can use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There may be a more succinct way to do this, but learning the parts one at a time gives you a good understanding of the parts, and you can work your way up to more interesting tests with utilities like *find*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/arrays.html" />
  <row Id="50095" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28167" RevisionGUID="9cbdf6ba-bf3c-47cb-a8b0-e01c38fcca08" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:06:30.693" UserId="9404" Text="Symantec has a product from the BackupExec suite called [System Recovery][1] (previously LiveState System Recovery). This product is designed to create images from the system on the fly with no need to shutdown the computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can seta a low periodicity for the images (so you don't loose much data) and consolidate them afterwards to save space.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Images can be saved to a central location and can be restored in different hardware or even virtual machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the case of desktops is not very expensive (which is not true for servers). When I looked into it there was only Windows version (no Unix supported).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.symantec.com/business/backup-exec-system-recovery-server-edition" />
  <row Id="50096" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28168" RevisionGUID="985cec39-0d45-4edc-9042-6864378eb644" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:06:49.727" UserId="5464" Text="But for something like ftp.econemon.com you may not need to delegate anything.&#xD;&#xA;Something like ftp.econemon.com is usually a hostname not a subdomain.&#xD;&#xA;If that's the case just add an A record for it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`ftp.econemon.com.   IN    A 192.168.1.1`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also add A records with dots in them e.g.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`ftp.something.econemon.com.     IN    A    192.168.1.3`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the DNS is bind you can use wildcards to e.g.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`*.something.econemon.com.       IN     A 192.168.1.3`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure that delegation is really useful unless you actually want to allow some other person or organisation to manage the sub domain." />
  <row Id="50097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28169" RevisionGUID="33eaea22-2599-4b1e-9dbb-8191523c40d8" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:06:53.297" UserId="5724" Text="Put them in a lock box secured by a digital passcode for each user, which then logs entry to the box." />
  <row Id="50098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28170" RevisionGUID="f1643054-13b9-474c-b533-21ab9b76213b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:07:20.537" UserId="4168" Text="Buy a key safe, put it in the server room, give the key(s) to the key safe to your trusted minion(s) and one or two helpful backup folks (friendly and helpful owners, or the accounting people who are already trusted with cash and such).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The trusted folks are the only ones who lock and relock racks, and they write themselves in on a log.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since the safe is in the server room, it should be covered by whatever security you've already got there." />
  <row Id="50099" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28082" RevisionGUID="67e3eae1-5c81-43c5-92c4-f38151b36935" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:08:07.523" UserId="7645" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;performance-monitoring&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;" />
  <row Id="50100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28171" RevisionGUID="c979fd17-4713-41bf-b22e-1cb65f563958" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:08:54.307" UserId="7645" Text="Also read up on &quot;Business Continuity&quot;" />
  <row Id="50101" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28150" RevisionGUID="91500267-47ce-4be6-bbeb-64e6f442ca54" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:09:03.230" UserId="1529" Comment="added 92 characters in body" Text="I am looking at replacing some unmanaged 16 port store bought GB switches and wanted to go with Cisco but it may be cost prohibitive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instead I am looking at ProCurve or Dell's PowerConnect line up.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am looking for SNMP, Management, VLANs, and SFLOW would icing on the switch cupcake.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would get the 6224 or the 6248 and then maybe add the RPS-600 to it for redundant power.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think the RPS-600 supports multiple switches.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rackspace is also a little challenge so I am trying to do it with as little Rack Units as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ideally I would go with two 6224's or a single 6248 and then do two VLANs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for any feedback.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rob&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50102" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28171" RevisionGUID="c979fd17-4713-41bf-b22e-1cb65f563958" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:09:06.867" UserId="7645" />
  <row Id="50103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28172" RevisionGUID="7bf87ba3-0187-4b48-b9e7-2581fc9d3617" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:10:18.877" UserId="5724" Text="Check the [Security HOWTO for Debian][1] which refers to vulnerability scanners like Nessus.  While not as Free as it used to be, Nessus is still considered the [#1 tool for UNIX vulnerability scanning][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have the security repository for Debian or Ubuntu installed, you can apt-get upgrade to that without fear of installing new packages, and safe in the knowledge that (as much as the Debian/Ubuntu maintainers are on the case) you will get patched packages at the version that you chose to install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some people choose to automatically 'apt-get update; apt-get upgrade -y' if they are only using security; your mileage may vary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch-sec-tools.en.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://sectools.org/" />
  <row Id="50105" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28089" RevisionGUID="d1f0b30e-6973-48c5-8b87-28ae08ebf312" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:11:21.713" UserId="984" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="I've looked through a few related questions, but wanted to get a bit more specific.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's what I'm hoping for:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Linux machine (VM, whatever)&#xD;&#xA; - runs applications that can do syslogging and dashboards&#xD;&#xA; - grabs information from Juniper and other NON-CISCO devices (using SNMP or whatever)&#xD;&#xA; - provides realtime graphs and reports&#xD;&#xA; - notification support / troubleshooting&#xD;&#xA; - web interface&#xD;&#xA; - all open-source or free&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;***Now for the caveats***.  I know about NAGIOS and Groundworks and Zenoss...even tried messing with them in the past.  **The problem is that I'm a Windows admin and have very limited Linux experience.  So when it comes to anything beyond turnkey or walkthroughs it starts to get dicey quickly.**  I end up scrapping them because the learning curve is too great especially when you don't know the Linux commands well enough to troubleshoot and configure properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So can anyone recommend a quick and easy solution that will get me up and going with the above (bearing the caveats in mind)?" />
  <row Id="50106" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28173" RevisionGUID="b4dc5558-76b9-4597-b394-adad3cea28b0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:12:34.177" UserId="1565" Text="I am looking for the exact same thing, and I found 2 that might fit your needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Web-KeePass][1] - This seems like it would do what is needed, but I'm still trying to figure out all the options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[corporatevault][2] - It is very basic and in the early stages. The interface isn't finished, but I found it pretty easy to figure out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ossfree.net/webkeepass/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://andygaleano.wordpress.com/2009/05/03/corporate-vault/" />
  <row Id="50107" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28174" RevisionGUID="0d5703a2-252b-4d5c-99f6-adbc426a9d63" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:12:54.270" UserId="3528" Text="Use powershell then:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;select-string -path c:\mylogfiledir\*.log -pattern &quot;my string&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that in powershell v2 you can also use the -context switch to get the lines above and below the line where the match was found" />
  <row Id="50108" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28175" RevisionGUID="0b83d924-d7c7-4e36-ab64-37c77d5e42d9" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:13:34.487" UserId="3038" Text="Interesting problem. The next step I'd do is to see if copy and xcopy of the data also returns an error. A short little move-like script could be useful here:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;xcopy \\ServerA\Documents\Uploads\TargetFolder \\ServerB\Processing\DestFolder /s/e/h&#xD;&#xA;rmdir \\ServerA\Documents\Uploads\TargetFolder /s /q&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The results of that could be diagnostic. If this works but move doesn't, the problem may exist in how 'move' fundamentally handles the copy-delete process." />
  <row Id="50109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28176" RevisionGUID="dcb6b5c8-d777-4850-95b2-e9a470ea03c4" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:14:18.213" UserId="5234" Text="With DR the basic things are your RTOs (Recovery Time Objectives) and RPOs (Recovery Point Objectives), which roughly translate as &quot;how much time is acceptable to have to spend getting it back, and how much data can we afford to lose&quot;.  In an ideal world the answers would be &quot;none and none&quot;, but a DR scenario is an exceptional circumstance.  These really should be driven by your customers, but since you're starting from the IT angle you can make best guesses, but be prepared to adjust up or down as required.  Aiming for as close to &quot;none and none&quot; as you can reasonably get is good, but you'll need to be able to recognise when the point of diminishing returns gets in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These two factors might be different at different times of the year, and different on different systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I like the more well-rounded approach; it's tempting to list out the events that can lead to a DR scenario, but these really belong more to a risk ananlysis/mitigation exercise.  With DR the incident has already happened, and specifics of what it was are less relevant (except perhaps in terms of affecting availability of DR facilities).  If you lose a server you need to get it back, irrespective of whether it was hit by lightning, accidentally formatted, or whatever.  An approach focussed around scale and spread of the disaster is more likely to yield results.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One approach to use on customers, if you find that they're reluctant to get involved, is to ask them DR questions from a non-IT angle.  Asking what their plans are if all their paper files go up in flames is an example here.  This can help with getting them more involved in the broader DR thing, and can feed useful info into your own plans.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally testing your plan regularly is crucial to success.  It's no good having a beautiful DR plan that looks great on paper but that doesn't meet it's objectives." />
  <row Id="50110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28177" RevisionGUID="bbba8ee1-e859-472f-80a6-179099e55bd4" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:14:50.537" UserId="4182" Text="with apache, is it reasonable to reduce MaxClients when KeepAlive is Off? currently, MaxClients is set to 150, which is the default for mpm-worker.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* nginx serves static files and reverse-proxies to apache&#xD;&#xA;* we are averaging around 12-15 requests per second&#xD;&#xA;* cpu load avg is never above 0.8 on a quad-core box&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;thanks!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50111" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28177" RevisionGUID="bbba8ee1-e859-472f-80a6-179099e55bd4" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:14:50.537" UserId="4182" Text="Apache MaxClients setting when KeepAlive is Off" />
  <row Id="50112" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28177" RevisionGUID="bbba8ee1-e859-472f-80a6-179099e55bd4" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:14:50.537" UserId="4182" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;mod-wsgi&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="50113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28178" RevisionGUID="2dcdb28a-b482-41b0-b0de-5639d56fcd8b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:17:26.210" UserId="6177" Text="We don't lock the server racks, we lock the room and it's across the hall and visible from the offices of 3 or 4 IT people, so no one could get in there w/out us noticing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The lockbox with passcodes for each person idea mentioned above is a good one.  Re-reading the questions, I see the part about auditing key use.  I know that the lockboxes realtors use here can do this: each realtor has an electronic key that's registered to them, the lockbox records which key opens it, and the owner of the lockbox can download a report.  I don't imagine this is cheap, however..." />
  <row Id="50114" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28179" RevisionGUID="80925fdc-6b91-4118-a36a-31d72a7fff13" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:19:27.313" UserId="4168" Text="Why not have the mail go from campaigns@ which is an alias for undelivered@ with a reply-to mail@.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe that undeliverable messages go to the original sender, not the reply-to. (Though they might go to both, actually. Hmm.)" />
  <row Id="50115" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28180" RevisionGUID="f81240d8-9bfb-4a37-ab3a-207ded733dcd" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:20:00.120" UserId="7200" Text="PowerConnect switches are OEM'd by Delta Networks, from Taiwan. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm using 6248's and 6224's with two Customers (one using powered and one usign non-powered versions). They're much cheaper than a feature-similiar Cisco switch, and they've worked well. The first Customer got theirs in late 2007, and the second in fall of 2008.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're only using layer-3 functionality on the 62xx's at one Customer site, but it has been working well. They do not have very fancy layer-3 entities, but then you should probably be usign a router if you need really fancy. I am using layer-2 VLANs at both sites, and they work fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have the RPS-600 on both installations and I've verified that the RPS works as advertised. (In fact, the cabling company pulled the UPS feeding the AC on the switches, but not the RPS, and no one at the Customer site noticed they'd been running on RPS for several days.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recently upgraded the firmware on the older installation and one of the switches continually reported a problem with its flash filesystem. I called Dell support and they sent out a replacement switch with very few questiosn asked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We opted, since the switches were so inexpensive (as compared to the warranty support), to purchase a &quot;cold standby&quot; switch at each site in lieu of fancy on-site warranty. The entire switch stack, in the case of the 2007 Customer, w/ three 6248's and an RPS-600, cost less than a single one of the 48-port Cisco switch a vendor quoted (a 3560, I think... I don't recall now. It was expensive.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The configuration command-line interface is Cisco-esque and close enough that I almost forget that I'm using a non-Cisco switch. (The &quot;configure&quot; command not taking the &quot;terminal&quot; argument irritates me-- I'm all the time typing &quot;conf term&quot;.) The web interface is reasonable, though I prefer the CLI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are using MRTG at both sites to collect statistics from these switches. They work as expected w/ respect to SNMP.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50119" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28182" RevisionGUID="340cbb13-abe4-4d58-9de8-c5f244a1a756" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:23:35.933" UserId="5154" Text="Setup a Performance Alert and on the action page, have it run a program or batch script to generate the dump. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SysInternals VMMap][2] has command line options for scripting, and may give you the information you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    vmmap.exe -p w3wp.exe C:\memory.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The GUI is quite helpful too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c395/pwnination/perfmon.png&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/dd535533.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c395/pwnination/vmmap.png" />
  <row Id="50120" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28183" RevisionGUID="ce1d6475-dc5c-4c84-b86e-0737f0771bef" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:25:16.473" UserId="3497" Text="I have a Windows Server 2003 machine that is dedicated to running Sharepoint Services 3.  I need to host a new internal web application on this machine which requires SQL Server.  I have already confirmed with the application developer that SQL Server 2005 Express is suitable for his application.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any harm in installing SQL Server 2005 on a Sharepoint Services 3 box?  Does Sharepoint use SQL Server?  I don't see that it is explicitly installed on this machine already.  Is there anything I should know before doing this?" />
  <row Id="50121" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28183" RevisionGUID="ce1d6475-dc5c-4c84-b86e-0737f0771bef" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:25:16.473" UserId="3497" Text="Can I install SQL Server 2005 Express on a Windows Sharepoint Services 3 webserver?" />
  <row Id="50122" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28183" RevisionGUID="ce1d6475-dc5c-4c84-b86e-0737f0771bef" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:25:16.473" UserId="3497" Text="&lt;sql-server-2005-express&gt;&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;sharepoint-services&gt;" />
  <row Id="50123" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28184" RevisionGUID="1316e52e-9bf2-4502-bfe1-43dfd9ffcd22" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:25:46.363" UserId="10014" Text="I have two files: abc.exe and abc.cmd - both along the path somewhere. abc.exe is a command-line utility. abc.cmd is a wrapper around abc.exe. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I type &quot;abc&quot; in the command prompt, how can I figure out which file is being run and the full path to it? I tried utils like where and which, but both require you to enter the extension to tell you where the file is being run from.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Neither stay up long enough for me to pull up process explorer and find out." />
  <row Id="50124" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28184" RevisionGUID="1316e52e-9bf2-4502-bfe1-43dfd9ffcd22" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:25:46.363" UserId="10014" Text="How do I figure out which file is being executed?" />
  <row Id="50125" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28184" RevisionGUID="1316e52e-9bf2-4502-bfe1-43dfd9ffcd22" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:25:46.363" UserId="10014" Text="&lt;batch-file&gt;&lt;path&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="50126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28185" RevisionGUID="91979ce4-c2f2-41ba-bd1b-25d7011c0ddb" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:28:21.820" UserId="9307" Text="I'd definitely consider fitting a pass-code lock to the server room door - it's much easier than managing the keys and the locks are pretty reasonably priced now.  Or you can spend a little more and get one that offers separate codes per user so it will log access in to the room.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I leave the racks themselves open as i find it easier to work with and helps with airflow." />
  <row Id="50127" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28186" RevisionGUID="b20cbc26-80b4-449f-8d74-332cf1609435" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:28:59.697" UserId="5190" Text="You can try doing cmd /K abc and it will run but will leave the command prompt open. Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="50128" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28151" RevisionGUID="1d3f4984-1378-4f75-ae07-f68d9449a61e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:29:00.663" UserId="9770" Comment="forgot something. Argh." Text="I'll parrot those who have asked why it has to be a Linux solution. You can check out [this list][1] of Windows based network monitoring solutions. Take it from a predominantly Windows admin who tried to make a &quot;simple&quot; Linux based network monitoring solution within a virtual machine. There was a huge learning curve and I eventually had to abandon the project in favor of more pressing matters. A high learning curve is great and I'll take that challenge some day, but for me it was like cramming 50 pounds of potatoes in a 10 pound sack. It wasn't going to happen if I could only give the project my &quot;spare time&quot;. You'll need contiguous hours (note that the word &quot;hours&quot; is plural! =) ) of time for contiguous days in a row for contiguous weeks on end to have a good operating *nix based network monitoring solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, you can use a virtual appliance; I looked into that when I realized that rolling my own network monitoring virtual machine by hand would be about as easy as juggling ferrets. Check out [VMWare's Virtual Appliance Marketplace][2] for a ton of options. I looked at Groundwork (which was mentioned above) and am convinced that it's a good product and will fill many of yours and my needs and I even have an online class scheduled for the end of this month. However, you're still going to need enough proficiency and familiarity with various systems within the underlying Linux OS that you'll be needing those contiguous time slots to figure it all out. If you can afford it, then great! If not, go for a Windows based solution. There's no shame in that. Srsly. =)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: I've used [Intellipool][3] before on a Windows machine and it was pretty cool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/software/Network-monitoring---management/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.vmware.com/appliances/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.intellipool.se/" />
  <row Id="50129" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28187" RevisionGUID="dcda612e-3d69-4e75-b786-12b1fb8159e7" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:29:40.007" UserId="9404" Text="There are several standards from the [British Standards Institute][1] (BSi) that focus on continuity management and disaster recovery.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [**BS 25999-1:2006**][2] Business continuity management, Part 1: Code of practice&#xD;&#xA;* [**BS 25999-2:2007**][3] Business continuity management. Specification&#xD;&#xA;* [**BS 25777:2008**][4]  Information and communications technology continuity management. Code of practice &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bsi-global.com/en/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.bsi-global.com/Shop/Publication-Detail/?pid=000000000030157563&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.bsi-global.com/Shop/Publication-Detail/?pid=000000000030169700&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.bsi-global.com/en/Shop/Publication-Detail/?pid=000000000030166966" />
  <row Id="50130" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28188" RevisionGUID="15ae89cb-9c26-41dd-9b84-800549ffcf5c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:30:06.387" UserId="8290" Text="Have you tried [Process Monitor][1]? You could set the filter to &quot;path contains 'abc'&quot; and then sift through the results.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx" />
  <row Id="50131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28189" RevisionGUID="33063db2-bf49-4ccc-838c-e7e277916f21" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:32:33.183" UserId="5464" Text="You need a space between the '[' char and the '$' char and the 'T' and the ']'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I.e.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`if [$RESULT = $TEST]; then`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`if [ $RESULT = $TEST ]; then`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50132" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28190" RevisionGUID="5a058f8f-c697-4315-8563-998154d15df6" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:33:01.157" UserId="5234" Text="Just put an ECHO command in the cmd file and you'll know quickly enough.  Might not be what you want for long term, but it'll do for this purpose." />
  <row Id="50133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28191" RevisionGUID="a708ab0b-6ffe-4e3e-b076-9edb9adb25a0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:33:28.627" UserId="9332" Text="**Make sure you have a emergency contact roster.** *aka a Recall Roster*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It should look like a tree, and show who contacts who. At the end of a branch, the last person should call the first and report anyone who could not be contacted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*(This can be co-ordinated through HR, and used for any type of disaster)*" />
  <row Id="50134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28192" RevisionGUID="fe545f96-4ba1-4453-b806-df30305c327d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:34:43.960" UserId="2359" Text="I would recomend locking the server room, not the racks. Furthermore, to track individual access I would use a keycard system to allow access to this room.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The keycards are unique to each person and can be programmed to allow access during specific time of day, and days of week. This allows you to most control so that some people might have 24/7 access, while others might only have 9-5 access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, systems like this allow you to create reports showing exactly who entered the room when, so you have a full audit log." />
  <row Id="50135" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28193" RevisionGUID="d4e0890e-5e51-4b94-96c3-beaec88f0a1b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:36:16.017" UserId="4182" Text="when comparing the output of `mod_status` and `apachetop`, there is about a 10 hits/sec difference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* `mod_status` shows 2.91 hits/sec&#xD;&#xA;* `apachetop` (given the apache access log) shows about 12 hits/sec&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;12 hits/sec is the right answer. why is `mod_status` showing a much lower value?" />
  <row Id="50136" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28193" RevisionGUID="d4e0890e-5e51-4b94-96c3-beaec88f0a1b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:36:16.017" UserId="4182" Text="Apache: mod_status stats differ from apachetop" />
  <row Id="50137" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28193" RevisionGUID="d4e0890e-5e51-4b94-96c3-beaec88f0a1b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:36:16.017" UserId="4182" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="50138" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28194" RevisionGUID="9de07408-e85c-4e31-879d-9f383a7c1b3e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:36:21.633" UserId="7767" Text="I'm looking for a file comparison utility specifically for .ini files, typically used as settings files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are plenty of file comparison tools (WinDiff, Beyond Compare, CompareIt, WinMerge, ...), but none of the tools I tried can handle .ini files very well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A typical .ini file could look like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [Settings]&#xD;&#xA;    Setting1=abc&#xD;&#xA;    Setting2=xyz&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The tool should match lines based on the string before the equal sign, then show differences in everything else after the equal sign. The order of lines within a section (sections are indicated by square brackets) does not matter and should be ignored.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't find any tool that can handle this. Typically existing tools will show differences in the beginning of the line before the equal sign (if most of the text after the equal sign matches), they will struggle with re-ordered lines (either show it all as changed or match some lines and show the remaining as deleted in one place and then added in another). I even found some tools where matching text can be restricted e.g. using regular expressions, but these simply ignore the remainder of the line and I can't match lines up based on one pattern (i.e. everything before the equal sign) and then compare them based on another (everything after the equal sign).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50139" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28194" RevisionGUID="9de07408-e85c-4e31-879d-9f383a7c1b3e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:36:21.633" UserId="7767" Text="Is there a tool to compare .ini files?" />
  <row Id="50140" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28194" RevisionGUID="9de07408-e85c-4e31-879d-9f383a7c1b3e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:36:21.633" UserId="7767" Text="&lt;settings&gt;&lt;files&gt;&lt;comparison&gt;" />
  <row Id="50141" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28195" RevisionGUID="bf107096-d34a-403b-8a8f-1386adfb42c5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:37:33.783" UserId="9307" Text="Have you tried re-running the dashboard set-up script?" />
  <row Id="50143" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28197" RevisionGUID="4340fbe5-5e3a-4bae-90f5-f3704e09fda7" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:40:04.573" UserId="1247" Text="I never you the windows search/find, because of things like this.  I usually end up doing a search through a good old command prompt.  The results are 99% much faster and more accurate then the Search/Find GUI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    c:&#xD;&#xA;    cd \&#xD;&#xA;    dir /s *.log *.tmp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can even pipe the results into the [Find][1] [command][2] if you want to search within the results.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ss64.com/nt/dir.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.computerhope.com/dirhlp.htm" />
  <row Id="50145" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28198" RevisionGUID="03e1abbc-e789-4968-a4da-5c2208322664" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:42:17.017" UserId="4721" Text="From earlier memories (refreshed at [Microsofr KB35284][1]) the execution order is going to be EXE and then CMD (or BAT in earlier days). So, if you skip the extension and both are in local folder, the `EXE` will take precedence and execute.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The interesting part is, if you used the tab-expand the `CMD` (or `BAT`) will be expanded too (coz, that uses alphabetical ordering).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you get interested in the `CMD` and `BAT` file differences lookup [windows-batch-files-bat-vs-cmd][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/35284&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/148968/windows-batch-files-bat-vs-cmd" />
  <row Id="50146" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28199" RevisionGUID="1703f6a0-0d4f-48f4-b402-90d5a3120d88" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:42:18.127" UserId="5724" Text="Beyond Compare has a [sorted INI rule][1] you can [download][2].  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.scootersoftware.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2313&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.scootersoftware.com/rules/IniSort.zip" />
  <row Id="50147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28200" RevisionGUID="983a5968-84f9-4328-b3d3-44c2c9b3553a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:42:30.433" UserId="7359" Text="I just wanted to see if anyone else has had luck implementing 802.1x over ethernet. So here's my basic setup. Switch sends out 3 eapol messages spaced out 5 seconds apart. if there's no response the machine gets put on a guest vlan with restricted access. If the machine is properly configured it will authenticate and be placed into a secure vlan. About 10% of my windows xp users are getting self assigned 169 addresses. I've used the Odyssey Access Client and it worked without a hitch. I'm using the setting to automatically use the users windows login to authenticate, but it's workign on 90% of the machines so I don't think that's the issue. Checking the logs on the dc it seems that the machines are trying to authenticate with computer credentials even though they are configured not to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm running Juniper switches with IAS for radius. I have radius configured for PEAP and MSvhapv2. Macs and linux boxes seem to have no issues authenticating.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One last thing to add If I unplugging the ethernet cable and plug it back in usually resolves the issue, but I'd hardly call that acceptable for production.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Kinda long winded and specific for a discussion, but just want to see if anyone else has had similar issues or experiences, or if anyone knows of a free XP supplicant that actually works with 802.1x over ethernet." />
  <row Id="50148" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28200" RevisionGUID="983a5968-84f9-4328-b3d3-44c2c9b3553a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:42:30.433" UserId="7359" Text="Has anyone had luck running 802.1x over ethernet using the stock Windows or other free supplicant?" />
  <row Id="50149" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28200" RevisionGUID="983a5968-84f9-4328-b3d3-44c2c9b3553a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:42:30.433" UserId="7359" Text="&lt;radius&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;ethernet&gt;&lt;juniper&gt;" />
  <row Id="50150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28201" RevisionGUID="90a0aee8-3ffb-4fee-8b69-469ad8fbac4c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:42:53.383" UserId="8199" Text="Keys get lost, copied, and are not tracked well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would use combo locks for the racks that track usage as each person gets their own code.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have worked in a place with these:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Auditcon 252&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.kaba.co.uk/products/auditcon-2-series-model-252.asp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also put up a camera so you can see who opened what, and when." />
  <row Id="50151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28202" RevisionGUID="4c226d9e-09cf-471e-83e2-1341590090cd" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:45:09.010" UserDisplayName="Sergey" Text="I have Cisco 3600 router, and a few SLA monitors configured. Based on these monitors, I make a decision where to route users (basically a failover).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It works very smooth and nice, to the point where no one notices when one of the connections goes down. I just discovered that one of our internet connections was down for about a week!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So naturally I wanted to set up a monitor for that condition. Natural choice is SNMP. I Started digging for OIDs, and have a really hard time figuring out what would be the correct OID (how to find that OID) for my SLA monitor. Found OIDs for interface, but interface is always up, even if the connection is down (unless it is physically unplugged ot power is off on the other end).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the question is how can I find out what would be an OID for SLA monitor so that I can see the same things &quot;show track&quot; does on a remote computer?" />
  <row Id="50152" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28202" RevisionGUID="4c226d9e-09cf-471e-83e2-1341590090cd" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:45:09.010" UserDisplayName="Sergey" Text="Cisco SNMP OID for track/SLA monitor" />
  <row Id="50153" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28202" RevisionGUID="4c226d9e-09cf-471e-83e2-1341590090cd" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:45:09.010" UserDisplayName="Sergey" Text="&lt;ios&gt;&lt;oid&gt;&lt;cisco&gt;" />
  <row Id="50154" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28203" RevisionGUID="74ed50a4-6d10-4b5f-a09a-65684b40e1d4" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:45:53.593" UserId="8617" Text="If that first line really does say #!/bin/hash then you will get an error similar to this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -bash: ./test.sh: /bin/hash: bad interpreter: No such file or directory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;when it runs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might also want to check that the script has execute permissions." />
  <row Id="50155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28204" RevisionGUID="af0de18d-8c11-43ed-a917-e1e3d84cae61" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:46:17.180" UserId="9404" Text="Try vimdiff. Here's an example with .ini files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://web4.twitpic.com/img/12973958-c11db2a6839a3322b1d38f2dba9d88d3.4a3a7d3a-scaled.png" />
  <row Id="50156" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28198" RevisionGUID="96083af4-c01a-4e99-97ab-b91aba9b24c9" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:47:41.047" UserId="4721" Comment="added 7 characters in body; edited body; added 14 characters in body" Text="From earlier memories (refreshed at [Microsoft KB35284][1]) &lt;b&gt;the execution order is going to be EXE and then CMD&lt;/b&gt; (or BAT in earlier days). So, &lt;b&gt;if you skip the extension&lt;/b&gt; and both are in local folder, &lt;b&gt;the `EXE` will take precedence&lt;/b&gt; and execute.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The interesting part is, if you used the tab-expand the `CMD` (or `BAT`) will be expanded too (coz, that uses alphabetical ordering).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you get interested in the `CMD` and `BAT` file differences lookup [windows-batch-files-bat-vs-cmd][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/35284&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/148968/windows-batch-files-bat-vs-cmd" />
  <row Id="50157" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28205" RevisionGUID="244d7a5c-3aee-4187-a250-bb0bcd835117" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:48:31.840" UserId="355" Text="The CurrIO statistic is not SMP safe in SA. You'd be better to look at the &quot;PhysicalDisk&quot; counters provided by Windows perfmon. In particular: &quot;Current Disk Queue Length&quot;, &quot;Avg. Disk Queue Length&quot;, &quot;Avg Disk Write Queue Length&quot; and &quot;Avg. Disk Read Queue Length&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure where the &quot;3+#disks&quot; value came from. If you are expecting lots of IO to be done on a drive, it is very reasonable to have several IOs outstanding on that drive." />
  <row Id="50158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28206" RevisionGUID="62973be7-19d1-4a9f-847f-bd616651ce69" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:49:22.167" UserId="10016" Text="Here is a little tool I wrote that will tell you where the first occurance of a file is in your path.  To findout exactly what is running on your system use ProcessExplorer from sysinternals.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;example: **where.bat**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    @echo off&#xD;&#xA;    setlocal&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    if &quot;%1&quot;==&quot;&quot; goto USAGE&#xD;&#xA;    set filename=%1&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    for %%i in (%filename%) do @echo %%~dp$PATH:i%%i&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    goto EOF&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    :USAGE&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    echo %0 filename&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    :EOF&#xD;&#xA;    endlocal" />
  <row Id="50160" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28207" RevisionGUID="db2bd51c-b47b-4a42-9ed9-f069be8457c2" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:50:40.887" UserId="1584" Text="Our extremely legacy solution uses a single monolithic disk image that is pushed down to workstations via Netboot and [NetRestore][1] (which has been discontinued).  Software updates are done in batches which obviously necessitates creating a new image and a whole lot of network bandwidth to update the clients.  It's slow, clunky, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.  We've definitely been looking into pkg based deployments using tools like [DeployStudio][2].  But we're still just in the research phase.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://forums.bombich.com/viewforum.php?f=11&amp;sid=05bfd2fccf1d72fe48f5e6a83f356629&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.deploystudio.com/" />
  <row Id="50161" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28189" RevisionGUID="16b0126b-7730-4cfa-b494-d58bdb24afe0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:51:03.957" UserId="5464" Comment="Added more content" Text="In the second example you need a space after the '**`[`**' and before the '**`]`**' chars.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I.e.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`if [$RESULT = $TEST]; then`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Should be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`if [ $RESULT = $TEST ]; then`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is because **`[`** is actually a command not just some syntax in bash (although I believe there is a bash builtin **`[`** too!!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;E.g. if you run the following in your shell:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`# ls -l /usr/bin/[`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;it should show an executable file, e.g.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 43648 2008-10-13 19:20 /usr/bin/[`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So your script  is not trying to  run **`ll_bkup`**, rather it is trying to run a command called **`[ll_bkup`** - which does not of course exist.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you really want to run **`[`** with the arguments &quot;&amp;nbsp;**`$RESULT = $TEST ]`**&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(without the quotes but with the space before $RESULT)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does that make sense?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50162" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28195" RevisionGUID="01aaf9bf-95de-4290-9018-381a2d586e59" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:51:23.520" UserId="9307" Comment="added 459 characters in body" Text="What are the errors your getting?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you tried re-running the dashboard set-up script?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One approach you could try is to close SSMS and then delete reports.xml from %userprofile%\Application Data\microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Shell which clears your custom report data I think - see http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqltools/thread/780bac33-663a-4532-a23c-fb10564cb328&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then make sure that it's the performance_dashboard_main that you open - the other reports are accessed from it." />
  <row Id="50163" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28208" RevisionGUID="eeab5b05-7d16-4e28-9ad8-0f8937792e15" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:52:13.067" UserId="8199" Text="Sharepoint does use SQL, but will be pointed elsewhere. The only problem I see is that you'll take a performance hit." />
  <row Id="50164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28209" RevisionGUID="0fc5021b-c396-49d0-9d75-e7042c874bbf" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:53:58.023" UserId="8455" Text="We're getting this a lot lately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows 2008 Server&#xD;&#xA; - Vista Client PC's&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When a user opens a file (word doc, excel spreadsheet, etc) the software reports the file being locked by 'another user' instead of the user that actually has it open.  If take a look at the list of open files on the server correctly displays the user with read/write access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why isn't the username being correctly pushed to the calling application?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50165" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28209" RevisionGUID="0fc5021b-c396-49d0-9d75-e7042c874bbf" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:53:58.023" UserId="8455" Text="File in use by 'Another User'?" />
  <row Id="50166" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28209" RevisionGUID="0fc5021b-c396-49d0-9d75-e7042c874bbf" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:53:58.023" UserId="8455" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;files&gt;" />
  <row Id="50167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28210" RevisionGUID="26c3aef8-cdbb-44d1-a4ed-6d620d057e18" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:54:11.753" UserId="10015" Text="I wasn't involved in the original design, but this is how things have been setup:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 2 node cluster on each site, running active/active&#xD;&#xA; - The application uses 5 databases in&#xD;&#xA;   total, 4 run on one instance. The&#xD;&#xA;   other db 1 runs on it's own (much&#xD;&#xA;   higher load)&#xD;&#xA; - The sites are connected by dark fiber&#xD;&#xA; - Each site has a the same number of&#xD;&#xA;   web servers that use a mirror aware&#xD;&#xA;   client&#xD;&#xA; - Database mirroring is setup for all 5&#xD;&#xA;   databases&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. I've never seen a cluster fail over occur.  Mirror fail overs are fast, I'd say about 10 seconds at the most. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Partner time-out is 30 seconds for all db's &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I once quested the setup &amp; was told that it's by design that a mirroring fail-over will occur before a cluster fail-over.  The db's are clustered as an additional level of redundancy only, although each instance is configured to only use half the available RAM on the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I personally think it's a waste of hardware, but the business is happy with the result &amp; that's all that matters in the end, right?" />
  <row Id="50168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28211" RevisionGUID="9602d452-1fb8-4af4-a145-9500f2e6af24" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:54:28.070" UserId="7320" Text="Media might just be a reserved share name?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try checking fsmgmt.msc and look for anything similarly named.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, instead of Server 2008 - Windows Home Server would be MUCH better suited for your use!" />
  <row Id="50169" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27987" RevisionGUID="9eeca481-7aa8-4f11-ad42-27b26978a087" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:56:53.103" UserId="9004" Comment="added 486 characters in body" Text="Does anyone know of a good solution to have a Windows desktop standby so that users can be back up and running quickly in case of hardware failure?  Assumption is that the desktops aren't generic but highly customized for individual users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although I'm aware of bare-metal restore products out there, I'm looking for alternatives which would allow the standby to simply be booted/brought up without any delay.  A bare-metal restore solution would be fine as every day type of backup when one only expects a desktop failure once in a while (or even a few failures a day).  But this is for a **DR type** setup, where dozens or hundreds of desktops **in a different site** would need to be activated at the same time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The backup/standby desktop doesn't need to be fully up to date.  Ideally, the solution would allow scheduling periodic updates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, I realize that having VM desktops is a way to do this (by replicating the back-end storage).  However, I'm yet to see a mature solution that will allow for powerful quad-core VMs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit #1:**&#xD;&#xA;Sure, all the desktops start with a generic image that has things like Office, and so on.  However, there are many additional applications which go to specific users only, many of them aren't generic.  They also often auto-update from the vendor, meaning that even if a second desktop is built with the right applications, only if they aren't used, they will fall out of date and not work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've never worked in an environment where desktops are truly generic.  I can think of instances where this is a reality, but come on people, *this is not the answer here*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit #2:**&#xD;&#xA;Lots of curiosity (below) surrounding the requirements.  Agreed, they may be unreasonable, but then again, if there's a way to do this well, I would spend the money.  The question really is **can this be done well, and if so how**?  It should be obvious from the initial question that I've already thought about this quite a bit, as well as looked at possible solutions.  Now, as to why would I spend the money on such a perfect solution, because this is Wall Street." />
  <row Id="50170" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28212" RevisionGUID="6f4c4002-c439-4b25-a1f8-d31787c6ba0c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:57:02.697" UserId="9802" Text="In Windows Vista there is a program called `where.exe`. You can use it as `where abc`. It will show the full path to `abc`." />
  <row Id="50171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28213" RevisionGUID="5f25a4f5-22ae-4282-8987-5c57f70ef6a5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:53:19.357" Text="&lt;p&gt;I am comfortable with web page development and PHP, but have always used an FTP and a live public domain for testing. I'm lucky enough to have a very fast internet connection and this has worked out fine. I just set up EasyPHP though as a local server. After being shown Opera Unite, I became interested in setting up a public server with my computer. I know that EasyPHP is not &quot;ideal&quot; for doing this, and I know that doing this for any seriously used website is infeasible. However I know that it is possible, and would greatly appreciate some help in doing it, either with EasyPHP or another set up I'm unaware of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50172" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28213" RevisionGUID="5f25a4f5-22ae-4282-8987-5c57f70ef6a5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:53:19.357" Text="Setting up a public server" />
  <row Id="50173" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28213" RevisionGUID="5f25a4f5-22ae-4282-8987-5c57f70ef6a5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T17:53:19.357" Text="&lt;not-programming-related&gt;" />
  <row Id="50174" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28214" RevisionGUID="a092a027-21b0-4b2d-9a07-ccd191284012" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:00:51.397" UserId="9942" Text="[WPKG][1] can be used this way. The process will be rather manual, but it is open source so there's no reason why you can't write a script to monitor the sites you want to download patches from and roll them in. I bring WPKG up because it's just too easy to get running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wpkg.org" />
  <row Id="50175" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28215" RevisionGUID="46332384-da43-46b1-b21e-400e8eefaba2" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:01:19.430" UserId="8199" Text="If you'd like to use windows explorer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Click Change preferences&#xD;&#xA;Change files and folder search behavior&#xD;&#xA;Make sure &quot;advanced&quot; is selected&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Click more advanced options&#xD;&#xA;Make sure &quot;hidden files and folders&quot; is selected&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then&#xD;&#xA;Tools&#xD;&#xA;Folder options&#xD;&#xA;View tab&#xD;&#xA;Check &quot;show hidden files and folders&quot;&#xD;&#xA;Uncheck &quot;hide extensions for known file types&quot;&#xD;&#xA;Uncheck &quot;hide protected operating system files&quot;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50176" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28210" RevisionGUID="0200a7a9-59d5-4f67-95e5-a1aa45730b82" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:01:43.220" UserId="10015" Comment="added 161 characters in body" Text="I wasn't involved in the original design, but this is how things have been setup:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 2 node cluster on each site, running active/active&#xD;&#xA; - The application uses 5 databases in&#xD;&#xA;   total, 4 run on one instance. The&#xD;&#xA;   other db 1 runs on it's own (much&#xD;&#xA;   higher load)&#xD;&#xA; - The sites are connected by dark fiber&#xD;&#xA; - Each site has a the same number of&#xD;&#xA;   web servers that use a mirror aware&#xD;&#xA;   client&#xD;&#xA; - Database mirroring is setup for all 5&#xD;&#xA;   databases&#xD;&#xA; - There is another stand alone server at each site that is able to act as a witness.  The witness currently runs on the site where all the principals are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. I've never seen a cluster fail over occur.  Mirror fail overs are fast, I'd say about 10 seconds at the most. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Partner time-out is 30 seconds for all db's &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. I once questioned the setup &amp; was told that it's by design that a mirror fail-over will occur before a cluster fail-over.  The db's are clustered as an additional level of redundancy only, although each instance is configured to only use half the available RAM on the server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I personally think it's a waste of hardware, but the business is happy with the result &amp; that's all that matters in the end, right?" />
  <row Id="50177" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28216" RevisionGUID="385b9f08-c782-4e40-ac04-95dbdb61b597" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:02:24.683" UserId="9254" Text="**I have several of these messages:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;11:36:30 Mail Conflict Resolution&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;11:36:30 Subject: {SU:}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;11:36:30 EntryID: {CB:70, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;LPB:00000000F13DCECA469BD311B527009027654AF5070043373E82DE99D311B524009027654AF50000000003F80000A4D9C2306C47F74B89AC01C78EB52D5C0016D0EFD3C00000}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;11:36:30 Checking local modifications&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;11:36:30 Compare property: 0x0080001F&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;11:36:30 Compare property: 0x0081001F&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;11:36:30 Getting remote properties&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;11:36:30 Checking remote modifications&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;11:36:30 Compare (conflict) property: 0x0080001F&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;11:36:30 Local{SU:displayed}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;11:36:30 Remote{Error (0x8004010F)}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;11:36:30 Not equal (conflict) property: 0x0080001F&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;11:36:30 Local modification: {D:18, M:6, Y:2009 H:15, M:36, S:1, MS:776}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;11:36:30 Remote modification: {D:18, M:6, Y:2009 H:15, M:36, S:40, MS:204}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;11:36:30 Conflict generated, remote item is winner&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**I'm sure they mean something to somebody, but it isn't me. I haven't been able to find a way to disable these though - any idea what causes their generation and any settings I can change?&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!!!**" />
  <row Id="50178" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28216" RevisionGUID="385b9f08-c782-4e40-ac04-95dbdb61b597" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:02:24.683" UserId="9254" Text="&quot;Mail Conflict Resolution&quot;" />
  <row Id="50179" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28216" RevisionGUID="385b9f08-c782-4e40-ac04-95dbdb61b597" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:02:24.683" UserId="9254" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;activesync&gt;&lt;exchange&gt;" />
  <row Id="50180" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28217" RevisionGUID="ab370dee-c8b2-47e6-b52a-89d4d3670557" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:02:37.397" UserId="10016" Text="Use robocopy.exe available [here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**example:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    robocopy \\server1\c$\sourcedir \\server2\backup\server1 /MIR&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="50181" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28218" RevisionGUID="ca262fca-05a1-4119-a5a7-29cfd98869ee" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:02:48.223" UserId="3565" Text="An excellent source of information is [Disaster Recovery Journal][1]. Community resources available include the current draft of their [Generally Accepted Practices][2] document, which provides an excellent outline of the process and deliverables that constitute a solid business continuity plan and process. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The process seems daunting, but if approached systematically with a good outline of where you would like to end up (like the DRJ GAP document), you can ensure that you optimize the time invested and maximize the value of the end product. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I find their quarterly publication to be interesting and informative as well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=146&amp;Itemid=506&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=761&amp;Itemid=454" />
  <row Id="50182" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28219" RevisionGUID="7acf5c2d-58f8-4ed8-a4f0-b456d157b46c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:02:57.100" UserId="4721" Text="The error indicates that the other user has locked the file when this user tried to open it. The read/write access controls for this user have no significance when the lock is present.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Possible reasons,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Is the file being stored in locations that are shared with write access?&#xD;&#xA;- Did the previous access of the file terminate with an application crash?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MS Office applications usually open files in write mode. If someone has it opened, or if the application crashed the last time with this file open, you are likely to get this error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another small observation: have you noticed, a doc/xls file that is open but not yet edited actually has its timestamp modified to when it was opened (if you switch to explorer and see its listing). This is restored to the older timestamp if you close the file without any edits/save. This is because the file is opened in write mode." />
  <row Id="50183" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28220" RevisionGUID="a82d1da2-a16d-4512-922c-36ab9b5c3db6" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:03:17.757" UserId="9332" Text="When dealing with RAIDs the traditional Disk counters in perfmon may give back misleading results. They will show cache I/O rather than disk I/O. So make sure you also look at the `% Idle Time` counter. This will probably the most accurate result, but it will be inverted (lower percentage equals busier disks)" />
  <row Id="50184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28221" RevisionGUID="32b134f5-fd60-4ec6-9f8d-70583b744948" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:03:56.913" UserId="9826" Text="Our Windows admins have identified an issue with the way that they clone OS. Apparently, some of the cloned servers end up with the same SID at the OS level. I hear MSFT doesn't support computers that have duplicate SIDs. Therefore, the SIDs on these servers need to be changed. I'm curious how that affects SQL Server. Any ideas? How does it affects clustered database servers?" />
  <row Id="50185" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28221" RevisionGUID="32b134f5-fd60-4ec6-9f8d-70583b744948" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:03:56.913" UserId="9826" Text="How does changing Windows SID affect SQL Server?" />
  <row Id="50186" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28221" RevisionGUID="32b134f5-fd60-4ec6-9f8d-70583b744948" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:03:56.913" UserId="9826" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;dba&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="50187" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28213" RevisionGUID="a815405c-e8e6-4832-bd0c-c7f64a218c32" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:07:12.833" UserId="1041" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;web-hosting&gt;" />
  <row Id="50188" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28210" RevisionGUID="bef5ec0d-5e21-4950-951f-d5c228d49259" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:07:20.180" UserId="10015" Comment="added 64 characters in body" Text="I wasn't involved in the original design, but this is how things have been setup:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 2 node cluster on each site, running active/active&#xD;&#xA; - The application uses 5 databases in&#xD;&#xA;   total, 4 run on one instance. The&#xD;&#xA;   other db 1 runs on it's own (much&#xD;&#xA;   higher load)&#xD;&#xA; - The sites are connected by dark fiber&#xD;&#xA; - Each site has a the same number of&#xD;&#xA;   web servers that use a mirror aware&#xD;&#xA;   client&#xD;&#xA; - Database mirroring is setup for all 5&#xD;&#xA;   databases&#xD;&#xA; - There is another stand alone server at each site that is able to act as a witness.  The witness currently runs on the site where all the principals are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. I've never seen a cluster fail over occur.  Mirror fail overs are fast, I'd say about 10 seconds at the most. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Partner time-out is 30 seconds for all db's &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. I once questioned the setup &amp; was told that it's by design that a mirror fail-over will occur before a cluster fail-over.  The db's are clustered as an additional level of redundancy only, although each instance is configured to only use half the available RAM on the server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I personally think it's a waste of hardware, but the business is happy with the result &amp; that's all that matters in the end, right?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S.  I'm posting this as anonymous to protect the guilty." />
  <row Id="50189" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28222" RevisionGUID="f6e87c75-84e1-4736-92ca-e9d37372be56" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:07:39.620" UserId="2579" Text="Something that I've noticed using Windows Vista is that it does 'lock' files at random.  I use [Unlocker][1] to show me where it is locked and it allows me to unlock the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.filehippo.com/download_unlocker/tech/ &quot;Unlocker&quot;" />
  <row Id="50190" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28223" RevisionGUID="b89128ec-3358-46c4-beda-0e4f467d5ef0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:07:50.680" UserId="9332" Text="&gt; Apparently, some of the cloned servers&#xD;&#xA;&gt; end up with the same SID at the OS&#xD;&#xA;&gt; level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would hazard to guess ALL of your cloned systems have the same SID. GhostWalk can regenerate SIDs for you.  Using sysprep on your inital clone image could save you on future systems as well." />
  <row Id="50191" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28224" RevisionGUID="7b985ea9-d0ca-4be4-a5b7-d5fd43ebc0b0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:03:56.173" Text="&lt;p&gt;I removed the Administrators group from the security tab for the drive root &quot;C:\&quot; on a Windows Server 2003 system, to prevent granting Full Control to all Administrators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, when I create a file in the drive root (or subfolders set to inherit permissions), the security for the files list the Administrators group, with Full Control permission, claiming to be inherited from the drive root &quot;C:\&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can files be inheriting Administrators group permissions that I removed from the drive root?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50192" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28224" RevisionGUID="7b985ea9-d0ca-4be4-a5b7-d5fd43ebc0b0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:03:56.173" Text="Why would permissions for Administrators group be inherited from the drive root, when it has been explicitly removed from the permissions list of the drive root? (Windows Server 2003)" />
  <row Id="50193" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28224" RevisionGUID="7b985ea9-d0ca-4be4-a5b7-d5fd43ebc0b0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:03:56.173" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;administrators&gt;" />
  <row Id="50194" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28225" RevisionGUID="a2134d84-3342-4441-a817-d34fc87ee03e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:08:47.760" UserId="28" Text="I've often just sorted the files before comparing. It won't help if you have something like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [foo]&#xD;&#xA;    bar1=xyz&#xD;&#xA;    bar2=abc&#xD;&#xA;    [foo2]&#xD;&#xA;    bar1=lky&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but assuming that your keys are unique (and can therefore be matched to a section), it often works in a pinch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50195" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28082" RevisionGUID="65a5551b-f293-4a8d-ba13-a2987deefab8" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:08:55.543" UserId="3940" Comment="Added error information to help diagnose problem" Text="I'm a programmer/DBA by accident and we're running SQL Server 2005 with Performance Dashboard for basic monitoring.  The server has been up for a few weeks and now we can't drill into certain reports.  Is there any way to reset these reports without a complete reboot?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**edit:** I bet the error message would help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I get this when I drill into the CPU graph:&#xD;&#xA;Error: Difference of two datetime columns caused overflow at runtime." />
  <row Id="50196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28226" RevisionGUID="735a7e87-98fd-4909-996a-d47d25fb648d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:09:10.350" UserId="10016" Text="you will probably have to do an svn export because the hidden .snv/_svn directories contain copies of the files and if the site is not precompiled will really mess up the aspnet_compiler.  svn export does not create the hidden directoies.  If you want to script this you should use something like SlikSvn which gives you command line access to your Subversion repository.  Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="50197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28227" RevisionGUID="6f0177c6-1bb7-4699-9c72-8b3c6c7b9254" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:10:06.213" UserId="10015" Text="Use the now Microsoft owned tool [NewSID][1] or sysprep, which is kind of like re-installing windows without all the file copying.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think you can join two computers to the same domain with the same SID, so I'd say that clustered SQL Servers wouldn't stand a chance since servers need to be on a domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897418.aspx" />
  <row Id="50198" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28228" RevisionGUID="2819924c-6751-40c3-bd95-0f47e5af33f5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:10:08.037" UserId="5464" Text="Try clearing your local yum data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think it's :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`yum clear all`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`man yum` to be sure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing to check is the arch of the &quot;missing&quot; dependency.&#xD;&#xA;Make sure it is the same as the pckage you are trying to install/update:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`rpm -q --queryformat &quot;%{name}.%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}\\n&quot; clamav`" />
  <row Id="50200" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28229" RevisionGUID="6dd94cdd-3d5c-4983-8296-91d30e035e6c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:14:32.867" UserId="5724" Text="If your database does remote transactions using Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator, be aware that cloned machines also have the same MSDTC ID, which is not the SID and not changed by NewSID.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will see this in the Event Viewer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The local MS DTC detected that the MS&#xD;&#xA;&gt; DTC on SERVER has the same unique&#xD;&#xA;&gt; identity as the local MS DTC. This&#xD;&#xA;&gt; means that the two MS DTC will not be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; able to communicate with each other.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This problem typically occurs if one&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of the systems were cloned using&#xD;&#xA;&gt; unsupported cloning tools. MS DTC&#xD;&#xA;&gt; requires that the systems be cloned&#xD;&#xA;&gt; using supported cloning tools such as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SYSPREP. Running 'msdtc -uninstall'&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and then 'msdtc -install' from the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; command prompt will fix the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Note: Running 'msdtc -uninstall' will&#xD;&#xA;&gt; result in the system losing all MS DTC&#xD;&#xA;&gt; configuration information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I resolve it like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    msdtc -uninstall&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wait a couple of minutes, then&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    msdtc -install&#xD;&#xA;    sc config msdtc start=auto&#xD;&#xA;    sc start msdtc&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50201" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28223" RevisionGUID="b615a0ca-84bc-40f7-a0b9-fd30c81a3220" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:14:36.720" UserId="9332" Comment="added 198 characters in body; added 80 characters in body; deleted 18 characters in body; edited body" Text="I would definitely recommend against changing the SID, until after you read: [**Changing Machine SID With NewSID Breaks SQL Server (And How To Fix It)**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Apparently, some of the cloned servers&#xD;&#xA;&gt; end up with the same SID at the OS&#xD;&#xA;&gt; level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would hazard to guess ALL of your cloned systems have the same SID. GhostWalk can regenerate SIDs for you.  Using sysprep on your initial clone image could save you on future systems as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kendalvandyke.blogspot.com/2009/01/changing-machine-sid-with-newsid-breaks.html" />
  <row Id="50202" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28230" RevisionGUID="6bceec0a-4bdb-4002-8a78-0d2cdc109db5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:14:51.553" UserId="10021" Text="It really depends on how interested in security you are. Are you just wanting to monitor for when assets you have in house have security issues? Or do you really like security?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also check out Project Quant for a list of the process for monitoring for advisories:&#xD;&#xA;http://securosis.com/projectquant/details-monitor-for-advisories&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Someone recently compiled a good list of over 100 security related RSS feeds:&#xD;&#xA;exoticliability.com/forum/topics/list-of-feeds-for-infosec&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll also shamelessly plug the OSVDB (Open Source Vulnerability Database), a project of the Open Security Foundation. It's a great place to get vulnerability information combined from a variety of sources (milw0rm, Bugtraq, secunia, CVE, etc.)" />
  <row Id="50203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28231" RevisionGUID="84285eed-fe2a-49b4-a746-f2e16eb0e7e7" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:16:57.447" UserId="7320" Text="WSUS is the way to go no doubt. It's simple, easy to administer, and you can have nodes on each satellite network to help distribute the updates if needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not to mention if you have a problem, it's all Microsoft. Who are they going to point the finger at? ;)" />
  <row Id="50204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28232" RevisionGUID="4a2e636d-be34-45a9-ac2a-e3f258bcb02e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:17:08.913" UserId="9942" Text="Google and a few universities use [Puppet][1]. Take a serious look at it. I'd post more links, but ServerFault says I'm too new. Here are same lucky search terms that should help you find out more:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* northstarlabs macworld puppet&#xD;&#xA;* rubyconf puppet&#xD;&#xA;* redmonk puppet google&#xD;&#xA;* google code puppet mw08&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/" />
  <row Id="50205" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28233" RevisionGUID="29212095-b67c-4520-a5b3-bf01abf31838" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:17:36.977" UserId="5724" Text="This may be related to the Administrators group being the folder owner, and files being created with permission for the owner to access." />
  <row Id="50206" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28233" RevisionGUID="29212095-b67c-4520-a5b3-bf01abf31838" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:17:36.977" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="50207" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28234" RevisionGUID="dadf231f-f2c6-494d-a86b-54b41060e67c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:17:51.267" UserId="3528" Text="The only supported way to clone a system is with sysprep.  There are a bunch of reason why not to clone a sql server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-Its not supported by Microsoft CSS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-SQL will not work properly until it is &quot;renamed&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-If you have reporting services it will be hosed as well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-The System and Network Service accounts will get new SID and passwords, so if you have used these as service accounts there will be some pain. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-SQL Server creates a good few local groups with the format. SQLServer2005MSSQLUser$&lt;Server&gt;$MSSQLSERVER. Its not supported to rename these&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to rectify the situation I would-&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Break the cluster, rebuild the system, install SQL, create a new cluster, run a backup on the server that's not been rebuilt- then stop it, restore that backup to the new cluster, point the application to the new cluster, rebuild the remaining server and add it to the new cluster" />
  <row Id="50208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28235" RevisionGUID="2c781d61-abe1-4582-b808-defa8629867a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:18:43.327" UserId="1565" Text="I've used [Numara Patch Manager][1], and it supports a ton of Microsoft apps as well as a few other smaller utilities from Adobe, Apple, Mozilla, etc.  They do offer a trial download.&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.numarasoftware.com/Patch_Manager/Default.aspx" />
  <row Id="50209" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28236" RevisionGUID="5f0c61cb-fc91-4471-a39b-6d2441344624" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:19:40.173" UserId="9254" Text="Is it possible that other users are somehow disconnecting from the share without closing the application first? i.e. laptop users that simply close the lid for Standby and go home? Perhaps other network connectivity issues?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd look in the shared drive for lock files - they usually start with a tilde. For example, document.docx would have a lock file in the same directory that would be ~$document.docx. This is a hidden file, so you need to enable Show Hidden Files And Folders in Explorer to see it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the application sees this file, regardless of the permissions actually granted, it will tell you the file is locked because it didn't generate that lock file. If an application didn't close correctly, or was forcibly disconnected by going into standby or being unplugged from the network, it won't properly remove that lock file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just a thought...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Jes" />
  <row Id="50210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28237" RevisionGUID="526dcfa5-c160-4075-b4d3-01f7e372bbfe" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:19:52.323" UserId="4562" Text="The sky is the limit here.  Just remember that ISP's might block certain traffic or ports due to your being on a consumer connection.  Have you set up a dynamic DNS service so you can follow your test box when your IP address changes?  I use dyndns.com and have had good luck with them.  Then go ahead and set up Apache or whatever you want to test and plug away.  I think you will find it an invaluable learning tool." />
  <row Id="50211" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28237" RevisionGUID="526dcfa5-c160-4075-b4d3-01f7e372bbfe" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:19:52.323" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="50212" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28238" RevisionGUID="b2501a64-2ee9-4854-88cc-ad0d7dab909c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:20:04.697" UserId="5724" Text="If you want to create your own server, either as a VM, or on physical hardware, Ubuntu Server has a [LAMP-in-a-box option][1]:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![&quot;Install LAMP Server&quot;][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This gets you a box pretty similar to what you'd expect to have in your hosting environment. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to stay on Windows, consider [XAMPP][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.debianadmin.com/images/ubuntulamp/new/1.png&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html" />
  <row Id="50213" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28238" RevisionGUID="b2501a64-2ee9-4854-88cc-ad0d7dab909c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:20:04.697" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="50214" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28239" RevisionGUID="b3eec488-51d1-4463-8693-91161de65f6d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:21:11.090" UserId="5890" Text="The spaces are what you need as Jason says.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ $RESULT = $TEST ]; then&#xD;&#xA;        ^ space here    ^ and here&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The {} should make no difference in your case.&#xD;&#xA;${foo} is *not just* a syntax for dereferencing array elements in bash. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is the better way to access variables. Check [this.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/bashver2.html#EX77" />
  <row Id="50215" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28240" RevisionGUID="ec277b4e-9749-4d96-b5c1-d6dbc950af3b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:21:45.613" UserId="5464" Text="Don't you just add the module to /etc/modprobe.conf then run mkinitrd?" />
  <row Id="50216" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28241" RevisionGUID="ace847e1-7ef1-44ca-a0f9-19da1479fd68" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:23:24.283" UserId="3537" Text="You can use sysinternals NewSID:&#xD;&#xA;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897418.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Change the computer name in SQL:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    use master&#xD;&#xA;    sp_dropserver '&lt;old computer name&gt;'&#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    sp_addserver '&lt;new computer name&gt;', local&#xD;&#xA;    GO&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    sp_helpserver -- will show you the new computer name&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then restart the sql server service.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28242" RevisionGUID="4a680097-840f-4a50-bcc6-a1305a1f038a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:24:34.810" UserId="9834" Text="Sometimes they can be remembered especially if something has a handle on it.  On the security tab go to advanced and select the option to replace permission entries, that should force it down." />
  <row Id="50218" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28242" RevisionGUID="4a680097-840f-4a50-bcc6-a1305a1f038a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:24:34.810" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="50219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28243" RevisionGUID="94aa8318-9950-4d00-82dd-987ffe37851b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:24:48.197" UserId="1840" Text="My understanding of Facebook connect is that it adds an option for Facebook users to login to your blog and make comments.  The API also lets you see your WP comments in Facebook (and I believe viceversa).  I don't think this would be a security issue unless you were planning in making some blogs restricted.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your concern is more about the actual API and how secure it is, you might want to post this in [**StackOverflow**][1] (...as it would be more of a programmer type question)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/" />
  <row Id="50220" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28244" RevisionGUID="01d65682-8110-461d-8ce9-c6d2f7318695" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:24:54.623" UserId="8987" Text="I have just installed our new Spam Firewall, and all seemed well. But the Spam Firewall has now decided to put all mail in a message queue and I have no idea how to force it on or anything as there doesn't appear to be anything on the GUI to manage the queue, there is no documentation on the queue, and the support don't want to call me back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="50221" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28244" RevisionGUID="01d65682-8110-461d-8ce9-c6d2f7318695" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:24:54.623" UserId="8987" Text="Message Queue building on Barracuda Spam Firewall" />
  <row Id="50222" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28244" RevisionGUID="01d65682-8110-461d-8ce9-c6d2f7318695" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:24:54.623" UserId="8987" Text="&lt;spam-filter&gt;&lt;pop3&gt;" />
  <row Id="50223" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28245" RevisionGUID="0d3facff-6b0c-4cd9-9888-09b7e8f4cc22" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:25:09.710" UserId="8152" Text="I do logfile (and other text file searches) with a copy of GNU grep (for windows) which was downloaded and put in the directory of the files I want to scan (or put it in your path)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, at the command prompt type&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;grep -H email@example.org *.tmp&gt;&gt;output.txt&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will give you an output file with the filenames (and the line with the email address)." />
  <row Id="50224" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28246" RevisionGUID="d176dd5a-5baa-4db1-9562-a04b76bb60d1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:25:21.923" UserId="9258" Text="Since Windows SharePoint Services requires a version of SQL Server to run you may be able to utilize this same instance. If you are using the bundled version that comes with WSS, I believe this only allows for WSS to use it. Otherwise any other version will let you share that same instance amongst multiple applications." />
  <row Id="50225" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28247" RevisionGUID="1d272ae8-17fa-4e97-8f3c-15b2f2713e46" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:25:37.367" UserId="9332" Text="Why do you want to do this? It sounds like you gave a bunch of users Admin accounts and now you don't want them installing software ... just a guess." />
  <row Id="50226" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28247" RevisionGUID="1d272ae8-17fa-4e97-8f3c-15b2f2713e46" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:25:37.367" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="50227" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28248" RevisionGUID="37c6a747-3ee0-4ab7-8cf5-0758f5b54c6b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:26:45.757" UserId="3537" Text="I've always liked Winmerge, very customizable." />
  <row Id="50228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28249" RevisionGUID="4c4895c0-2ee7-4ec3-8fd9-3192aab0d8a3" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:28:32.807" UserId="8152" Text="You could use Cisco Security Agent with a rule that (after a &quot;watch only&quot; period for training) blocks any executable that hasn't run before.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can allow executables from certain directories if you want." />
  <row Id="50229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28250" RevisionGUID="52df8ee3-88b8-4ba3-8737-5f4a6d612978" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:29:03.773" UserId="9258" Text="Governance around the different workloads associated to SharePoint seems to be a pretty hot topic, however all of the guidance comes across as more academic/theory than real practice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is your take on Governance? Is Microsoft making too big a deal about it? Should there be tools around it to make it approachable and more realistic?" />
  <row Id="50230" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28250" RevisionGUID="52df8ee3-88b8-4ba3-8737-5f4a6d612978" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:29:03.773" UserId="9258" Text="SharePoint Governance, is it purely for the academics?" />
  <row Id="50231" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28250" RevisionGUID="52df8ee3-88b8-4ba3-8737-5f4a6d612978" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:29:03.773" UserId="9258" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;" />
  <row Id="50232" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28251" RevisionGUID="4cee521c-a8ea-4d3c-9a20-773709f99a0d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:29:16.470" UserId="10023" Text="How do I get ownership of this question?  It was transfered here from my stackoverflow account... anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am the owner of the root folder, not Administrators.  The box is not part of a domain either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I already said why I wanted to do it... because I don't want anyone, including Administrators, writing to the drive root folder... but that's largely irrelevant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The question is why are Administrators permissions (Full Control) being inherited from the root when they are not present there?" />
  <row Id="50233" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28251" RevisionGUID="4cee521c-a8ea-4d3c-9a20-773709f99a0d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:29:16.470" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="50234" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28252" RevisionGUID="948946c1-580f-48a6-ba9d-254a009d41d6" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:30:09.980" UserId="9834" Text="Check too that they have the ability to create files in that folder.  The program tells if it is allowed to write by the pressence of a ~$document.docx (or whatever) that it holds.  If it can not create that file or another program has the handle to it it then assumes it is read only." />
  <row Id="50235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28253" RevisionGUID="bf847030-e46b-435d-8808-6bf57f934f47" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:31:04.690" UserId="5464" Text="I'd guess you have two clustered ldap servers (maybe AD?) trying to synch an entry/check that an entry is synched.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd say that two instances representing the entry conflict for attribute 0x0080001F and the remote instance is older so it is the one that is used.&#xD;&#xA;I.e. the local version of 0x0080001F is synchronised (chnaged to match the value of) with the remote version.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;E.g.&#xD;&#xA;local:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dn: ou=blah,dc=banan,dc=edu&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;cn=fred&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;remote:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dn: ou=blah,dc=banan,dc=edu&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;cn=freddy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then the local copy's cn would get set to &quot;freddy&quot; because the remote copy is more recent." />
  <row Id="50236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28254" RevisionGUID="3653a010-8a07-408b-8ef7-c94196855014" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:33:28.710" UserId="7359" Text="I've tried spiceworks, zabbix, and zenoss and I would say zenoss is my favorite. Spiceworks seemed to get pretty slow once I started adding in all of my machines assets a few hundred tickets. Zabbix was painful just getting up and running for me, and it seemed like a lot of work to use for a small environment. The Zenoss virtual appliance was incredibly easy to setup (on vmware server 2.0, ESX didn't like it) and get configured. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to use snmp with zenoss and get detailed information you need to install snmp informant which was less than ideal for me, but there is a zenpack that allows you to get a cornucopia of data using WMI that's working well for me.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50237" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28223" RevisionGUID="09de2802-9c96-4379-82a5-529ae2148677" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:34:02.530" UserId="9332" Comment="added 80 characters in body" Text="I would definitely recommend against changing the SID, until after you read: [**Changing Machine SID With NewSID Breaks SQL Server (And How To Fix It)**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Apparently, some of the cloned servers&#xD;&#xA;&gt; end up with the same SID at the OS&#xD;&#xA;&gt; level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would hazard to guess ALL of your cloned systems have the same SID. GhostWalk can regenerate SIDs for you.  Using sysprep on your initial clone image could save you on future systems as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you installed SQL Server **DO NOT CHANGE THE SID.** Bad things will happen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://kendalvandyke.blogspot.com/2009/01/changing-machine-sid-with-newsid-breaks.html" />
  <row Id="50238" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28255" RevisionGUID="98e009d8-9cd1-415a-ba5f-07563311166c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:34:22.233" UserId="4535" Text="On a Debian system, you edit /etc/initramfs-tools/modules, and put one module name per line into the file. Then you run &quot;mkinitramfs&quot; and voila, it's done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Fedora, just put the module name in /etc/modprobe.conf and run mkinitrd. See also [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelCommonProblems][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelCommonProblems" />
  <row Id="50239" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28251" RevisionGUID="c551f49f-7671-40e8-a035-7b171878a74f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:35:11.140" UserId="10023" Comment="added 397 characters in body; added 165 characters in body" Text="How do I get ownership of this question?  It was transfered here from my stackoverflow account... anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am the owner of the root folder, not Administrators.  The box is not part of a domain either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I already said why I wanted to do it... because I don't want anyone, including Administrators, writing to the drive root folder... but that's largely irrelevant.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The question is why are Administrators permissions (Full Control) being inherited from the root when they are not present there?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;Even though I am the owner of the root folder, when I create a new file, its owner it set to Administrators.  If I then set myself as the owner, and reset the premissions by unchecking/checking the inherit permissions box, then the Administrators group goes away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Could this be some kind of leftover caching of the fact that Administrators was previously the owner of the drive root?  Of course, that doesn't explain why subfolders owned by the Administrators group still claim to be inheriting the permissions from the root folder a few levels up." />
  <row Id="50240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28256" RevisionGUID="914d5582-b7a8-47ea-9f12-22fb75004f07" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:36:21.620" UserId="10024" Text="I think MSFT should be building more tools that actualy support the &quot;ideas&quot; represented in the Governance whitpapers. How about actually providing some real world provisioning workflows based on their own internal IT deployments. MSFT has one of the biggest SharePoint farms in the world and surely must have collected a lot of useful IP to govern their own deployment. " />
  <row Id="50241" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28204" RevisionGUID="4e2194cd-1932-4da3-a645-87e178158804" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:36:56.003" UserId="9404" Comment="change the picture for a URL" Text="Try vimdiff. Here's [an example][1] with .ini files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://twitpic.com/7q2rq" />
  <row Id="50242" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28257" RevisionGUID="f0f42148-2177-45e3-9279-a02416638a74" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:37:22.727" UserId="7342" Text="Unless you're suffering any problems, I see very little reason to lower MaxClients. If anything, you'd usually raise it from the default if you were getting a lot of traffic. " />
  <row Id="50246" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28259" RevisionGUID="bc97a7ac-aeb1-4108-8e79-52d7ef4774a2" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:40:20.207" UserId="9052" Text="The DNX server configuration doesn't allow you to specify which checks should be ran through DNX workers... What it does allow you to do is specify the checks that should be handled locally and **not** be sent to the message queue for DNX workers to process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # OPTIONAL: Local service check regular expression.&#xD;&#xA;    # This allows you to specify a regular expression which will be used to &#xD;&#xA;    # disqualify matching service checks as candidates for remote execution by &#xD;&#xA;    # DNX. Use this to make sure your local host checks stay local. There is no&#xD;&#xA;    # default value. If this parameter is not specified, then *ALL* Nagios checks &#xD;&#xA;    # will be handled by DNX.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #localCheckPattern = .*local.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could potentially use this if all your checks you want to run locally match a common regular expression that does not match the ones you want to be ran remotely. By default DNX server will schedule all checks to be ran by DNX so this could allow you to short circuit this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said I would hazard that DNX is not the right tool for what you're attempting and might be better suited setting up a distributed poller that handles all the checks for the remote network and passes the results back to this Nagios instance. DNX was more designed to distribute the actually polling load without having to run multiple Nagios instances as the DNX work only needs to have the plugins.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a Nagios deployment with a single central server and then Nagios polling instances in 3 data centers that report back to it. We're looking to use DNX in each data center from the polling instances to be able to add DNX workers to maintain the ability to execute all the checks within a certain period of time. As more checks are added we can add additional DNX workers and when the number of checks decline reduce the number of DNX workers. In this each polling instance only receives the configuration for those checks it is expected to actively check and the central server is setup to accept these results as passive checks." />
  <row Id="50247" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28260" RevisionGUID="519e91a0-f9e4-4f96-92c9-70015a75272b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:40:59.863" UserId="9942" Text="At a previous employer, we used [FiveRuns][1] and it was great. Not too expensive and it was nice knowing that I'd not have to answer &quot;How did these systems go down and we weren't notified&quot; with &quot;Because the monitoring system was one of the ones that went down&quot;. Great service team, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.fiveruns.com/" />
  <row Id="50248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28261" RevisionGUID="a408b280-9f1c-4320-bc3f-dfdec4c459ac" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:42:41.000" UserId="2299" Text="If you are a member of the Administrators group then it's an, erm, feature of Windows that it sets the owner to be the Administrators group not your user account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would guess that you're seeing Administrators in the permissions because you have CREATOR/OWNER in the root ACL. In this case the CREATOR/OWNER is Administrators (because of the behaviour above) hence Administrators appears in the ACL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not a big fan of including CREATOR/OWNER in ACLs precisely because you can get this sort of odd behaviour. I always set the root permissions to Administrators and SYSTEM only, with Full control, then add extra permissions to subdirectories only as and when they're need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50249" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28261" RevisionGUID="a408b280-9f1c-4320-bc3f-dfdec4c459ac" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:42:41.000" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="50250" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28218" RevisionGUID="c51ee3db-08e5-4678-8268-126ff0f20b23" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:43:14.773" UserId="3565" Comment="added links to DRJ main page, about page, sample plans" Text="An excellent source of information is [Disaster Recovery Journal][1] ([*about*][2]). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Community resources available include the current draft of their [Generally Accepted Practices (GAP)][3] document, which provides an excellent outline of the process and deliverables that constitute a solid business continuity plan and process. Also available are several [sample plans][4] (many of which pre-date the GAP document). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The process seems daunting, but if approached systematically with a good outline of where you would like to end up (like the DRJ GAP document), you can ensure that you optimize the time invested and maximize the value of the end product. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I find their quarterly publication to be interesting and informative as well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.drj.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=146&amp;Itemid=506&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=761&amp;Itemid=454&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=259&amp;Itemid=298" />
  <row Id="50251" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28262" RevisionGUID="50487e23-d061-4700-b9a3-fe664770fa9b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:45:21.867" UserId="9834" Text="The next version of Spiceworks (4) is supposed to include network mapping capability and it is free (Google ad supported)  Not yet released but check them out to see if it would match what your looking for." />
  <row Id="50252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28263" RevisionGUID="b5ecb006-fe3a-495e-8469-efad9271831b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:46:44.143" UserId="889" Text="If you don't have IIS 7 and the provider, you can use WMI.  The attached script works for most of your requirements, except CPU usage.  Save the below script as get-webserverapppoolstats.ps1 (or whatever you want).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can run the script then with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;./Get-WebServerAppPoolStats.ps1 'Server1', 'Server2', 'Server3' -IntegratedAuthentication&#xD;&#xA;OR&#xD;&#xA;Get-Content servers.txt | ./Get-WebServerAppPoolStats.ps1 -IntegratedAuthentication&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    param (&#xD;&#xA;    	$webserver = $null,&#xD;&#xA;    	$username,&#xD;&#xA;    	$password,&#xD;&#xA;    	[switch]$IntegratedAuthentication)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    BEGIN&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;    	$path = $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        if ($webserver -ne $null)&#xD;&#xA;    	{&#xD;&#xA;    		if ($IntegratedAuthentication)&#xD;&#xA;    		{&#xD;&#xA;    			$webserver | &amp;$path -IntegratedAuthentication&#xD;&#xA;    		}&#xD;&#xA;    		else&#xD;&#xA;    		{&#xD;&#xA;    			$webserver | &amp;$path -username $username -password $password&#xD;&#xA;    		}&#xD;&#xA;    	}&#xD;&#xA;    	$OFS = ', '&#xD;&#xA;    	$Fields = 'CommandLine', 'Name', 'CreationDate', 'ProcessID', 'WorkingSetSize', 'ThreadCount', 'PageFileUsage', 'PageFaults' &#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    	$query = @&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	Select $fields&#xD;&#xA;    	From Win32_Process&#xD;&#xA;    	Where name = 'w3wp.exe'&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;@&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    	$AppPool =  @{Name='Application Pool';Expression={($_.commandline).split(' ')[-1]}}&#xD;&#xA;    	$Process = @{Name='Process';Expression={$_.name}}&#xD;&#xA;    	$RunningSince = @{Name='Running since';Expression={[System.Management.ManagementDateTimeconverter]::ToDateTime($_.creationdate)}}&#xD;&#xA;    	$Memory = @{Name='Memory Used';Expression={'{0:#,#}' -f $_.WorkingSetSize}}&#xD;&#xA;    	$Threads = @{Name='Thread Count';Expression={$_.threadcount}}&#xD;&#xA;    	$PageFile = @{Name='Page File Size';Expression={'{0:#,#}' -f $_.pagefileusage}}&#xD;&#xA;    	$PageFaults = @{Name='Page Faults';Expression={'{0:#,#}' -f $_.pagefaults}}	&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    PROCESS&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;    	$server = $_ &#xD;&#xA;    	&#xD;&#xA;    	if ($server -ne $null)&#xD;&#xA;    	{&#xD;&#xA;    		if ($IntegratedAuthentication)&#xD;&#xA;    		{	&#xD;&#xA;    			$result = Get-WmiObject -Query $query -ComputerName $server&#xD;&#xA;    		}&#xD;&#xA;    		else&#xD;&#xA;    		{&#xD;&#xA;    			$securepassword = ConvertTo-SecureString $password -AsPlainText -Force&#xD;&#xA;    			$cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $username, $securepassword&#xD;&#xA;    			&#xD;&#xA;    			$result = Get-WmiObject -Query $query -ComputerName $server -Credential $cred &#xD;&#xA;    		&#xD;&#xA;    		}&#xD;&#xA;    		$Server = @{Name='Server';Expression={$server}}&#xD;&#xA;    		$result | Select-Object $Server, $AppPool, $Process, $RunningSince, $Memory, $Threads, $PageFile, $pageFaults&#xD;&#xA;    	}&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50253" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28144" RevisionGUID="cc5e846b-fc5a-44d9-9233-4a91b683c380" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:47:47.400" UserId="9834" Comment="added 56 characters in body" Text="Have you looked at Spiceworks?  Its not a full real-time system such as packages like Nagios or the Systems Insight Manager but it is web based, runs on windows (I have it installed on my machine with scheduled scans) and I can just go into the web interface on localmachine.  Polls for server and computer status, is able to do SNMP, can bring up listings of installed applications and has some good reporting tools and some graphs&#xD;&#xA;[http://www.spiceworks.com/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Forgot to mention it is free (google ad supported)&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.spiceworks.com/" />
  <row Id="50254" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28250" RevisionGUID="33d599d6-415e-42e8-b7e9-2a3a3b7d791d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:48:02.080" UserId="9258" Comment="Update tags, improving readability" Text="Governance around the different workloads associated to SharePoint seems to be a pretty hot topic, however all of the guidance comes across as more academic/theory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is Microsoft making too big a deal about it? Should there be just documentation? Tools?" />
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  <row Id="50256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28264" RevisionGUID="d770e429-5c66-4cb1-821c-31f8a196f1e1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:49:42.937" UserId="5684" Text="I was attempting to create a bootable usb thumbdrive from the ubuntu install cd using [UNetBootin][1]. Unfortunately, I accidental wrote the live cd to my 500gb usb external drive (which was almost completely filled with important files). I noticed I had made this mistake almost as soon as it happened. I quickly unplugged the usb hard drive. Ubuntu is no longer able to mount the harddrive. I believe the disk was originally formated ntfs or ext3, but I forget.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to recover my data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. How can I determine the file-system type(ntfs or ext3) without mounting the disk?&#xD;&#xA; 2. Has anyone done this and recovered all or some of there data? How?&#xD;&#xA; 3. What /suggestions does server-fault have?&#xD;&#xA; 4. Can I recover in-place? That is do I need to find a &gt;500GB harddrive onto which I can recover too?&#xD;&#xA; 5. Is there anyway to just recover the file system.&#xD;&#xA; 6. Can I see what files are intact?&#xD;&#xA; 7. Any favourite/best tools for recovery?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks, and feel free to tell me that keeping backups is important (A backup NAS is in the main).l&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unetbootin" />
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  <row Id="50258" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28264" RevisionGUID="d770e429-5c66-4cb1-821c-31f8a196f1e1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:49:42.937" UserId="5684" Text="&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;file-recovery&gt;&lt;disaster-recovery&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;" />
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  <row Id="50260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28265" RevisionGUID="eb7bd7bd-3191-4602-9d77-7d851635a181" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:51:05.070" UserId="3657" Text="Zero Assumption Recovery (not free)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.z-a-recovery.com/" />
  <row Id="50261" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28266" RevisionGUID="8eb83eec-dcf8-408b-8f83-e1a31722bc05" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:51:58.890" UserId="5154" Text="You want the REMOTE_HOST server variable. First enable [reverse DNS][1] on the web server. Then create a page to return the variable you want. Here it is in ASP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;% Response.Write ServerVariables(&quot;REMOTE_HOST&quot;) %&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to take a look at all the possible variables, use this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;%&#xD;&#xA;    for each x in Request.ServerVariables&#xD;&#xA;      response.write(x  &amp; &quot;: &quot; &amp; Request.ServerVariables(x) &amp; &quot;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    next&#xD;&#xA;    %&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.asp101.com/tips/index.asp?id=80" />
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  <row Id="50263" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28267" RevisionGUID="08f4fa4e-230c-476a-ab2d-06a9a0855736" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:52:18.703" UserId="2299" Text="There shouldn't be any danger of breaking Sharepoint by installing SQL Express. However I would try and find out which SQL Server your Sharepoint is using. If you have a big iron SQL Server (with a compliant dba) you'd probably get better performance by putting your web app database on the existing SQL Server. Assuming the web app is sensibly written it should have no problem using a SQL database ona  different server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could find out what server Sharepoint is using by opening a command prompt on the Sharepoint server and typing&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netstat | find &quot;:1433&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQL Server uses port 1433 for client connections so the output from netstat should show the connection to your SQL Server. If it doesn't show anything open the Sharepoint site and browse around it while rerunning the command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28268" RevisionGUID="6dee9aa9-b737-4b48-8707-7ea660f39462" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:54:21.583" UserId="9060" Text="Years of sysadmin left syslog's *severity levels*, as described by [The BSD Syslog Protocol][1], clearly imprinted in my mind. You know the drill: Emergency, Alert, Critical, Error, Warning, Notice, Informational and Debug. This left traces elsewhere, such as Java's logger with its Severe, Warning, Info, Config, Fine/r/st.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While discussing it with someone under the impression Java's was a quick hack, a bad fit, and telling of the mindset, I wondered how old this actually is -- syslog's dating back to the 80s with Sendmail. A quick search reveals that REXX has Termination, Severe, Error, Warning, Informational &amp; Response, which seems to confirm my suspicions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sure it has its origins in the real world, probably with an army o train company's procedures, and it would be interesting to hear about it, but I'd very much like to know the origin and lineage of severity levels, and the notion of filtering &quot;up to&quot; that comes with it, in the computer busines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3164" />
  <row Id="50265" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28268" RevisionGUID="6dee9aa9-b737-4b48-8707-7ea660f39462" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:54:21.583" UserId="9060" Text="How old is the &quot;severity&quot; paradigm in logging?" />
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  <row Id="50267" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28269" RevisionGUID="4e9f2a84-94dc-450f-99b9-1c46af3c478d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:55:46.980" UserId="10027" Text="String comparisons with shell are tricky.  Everyone wants to use &quot;if&quot; and &quot;test&quot; but there is another structure that works really well for string matching.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The if structure really just checks the exit status of the last thing that runs after the if. The &quot;[&quot; is really the program &quot;test&quot; which can do string comparisons but can also do other things like check to see if a directory entry is a link or a directory or a file.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also -- the variable=$(ls) structure is potentially going to do bad things if you have more than one directory entry in that directory, or if you have a name with whitespace in it.  You're safer letting the shell do the globbing for you with something like a for loop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Put it all together with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    default_name=ll_bkup&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    if&#xD;&#xA;      cd /home/storegrid/scripts/test/backup&#xD;&#xA;    then&#xD;&#xA;      for result in *&#xD;&#xA;      do&#xD;&#xA;        case &quot;$result&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        in&#xD;&#xA;          &quot;$default_name&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;              if &#xD;&#xA;                test -d &quot;$result&quot;&#xD;&#xA;              then&#xD;&#xA;                echo &quot;the default directory exists&quot;&#xD;&#xA;              else&#xD;&#xA;                echo &quot;the default directory exists but is not a directory!!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                exit 33&#xD;&#xA;              fi&#xD;&#xA;             ;;&#xD;&#xA;           *)&#xD;&#xA;             if&#xD;&#xA;               test -d &quot;$result&quot;&#xD;&#xA;             then&#xD;&#xA;               echo &quot;non-standard directory $result exists&quot;&#xD;&#xA;             else&#xD;&#xA;               echo &quot;file named $result exists in directory $(pwd)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;             fi&#xD;&#xA;            ;;&#xD;&#xA;        esac&#xD;&#xA;      done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    fi" />
  <row Id="50268" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28270" RevisionGUID="4548975d-e591-40e9-9e60-59831de7b9f1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:56:36.867" UserId="4238" Text="I am configuring openldap on a CentOS 5.3 machine. When I start the ldap service I get the following exception:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Checking configuration files for&#xD;&#xA;&gt; slapd:  bdb_db_open: alock package is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; unstable backend_startup_one:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; bi_db_open failed! (-1) slap_startup&#xD;&#xA;&gt; failed (test would succeed using the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; -u switch) [FAILED]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50269" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28270" RevisionGUID="4548975d-e591-40e9-9e60-59831de7b9f1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:56:36.867" UserId="4238" Text="Openldap error: alock package is unstable" />
  <row Id="50270" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28270" RevisionGUID="4548975d-e591-40e9-9e60-59831de7b9f1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:56:36.867" UserId="4238" Text="&lt;ldap&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;centos&gt;" />
  <row Id="50271" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28271" RevisionGUID="d9adf381-775d-4be1-bdd4-ac0e0533a294" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:56:50.270" UserId="2299" Text="I can't remember if Team Studio includes SQL Management Studio. If it doesn't and if you don't have access to the SQL Server install media then use Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express, which is a free download from www.microsoft.com/downloads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This seems to one of those well kept secrets. Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express isn't as powerful as the full Management Studio but it's a very useful tool and will manage SQL 2005 and 2000 as well as 2008.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50272" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28264" RevisionGUID="8b0da064-939d-48e9-a8af-b63b1706c843" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:57:47.350" UserId="5684" Comment="added additional information; edited title" Text="I was attempting to create a bootable usb thumbdrive from the ubuntu install cd using [UNetBootin][1]. Unfortunately, I accidental wrote the live cd to my 500gb usb external drive (which was almost completely filled with important files). I noticed I had made this mistake almost as soon as it happened. I quickly unplugged the usb hard drive. Ubuntu is no longer able to mount the harddrive. I believe the disk was originally formated ntfs or ext3, but I forget.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to recover my data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. How can I determine the file-system type(ntfs or ext3) without mounting the disk?&#xD;&#xA; 2. Has anyone done this and recovered all or some of there data? How?&#xD;&#xA; 3. What /suggestions does server-fault have?&#xD;&#xA; 4. Can I recover in-place? That is do I need to find a &gt;500GB harddrive onto which I can recover too?&#xD;&#xA; 5. Is there anyway to just recover the file system.&#xD;&#xA; 6. Can I see what files are intact?&#xD;&#xA; 7. Any favourite/best tools for recovery?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks, and feel free to tell me that keeping backups is important (A backup NAS is in the main).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - I'm looking for free solutions&#xD;&#xA; - I have read this earlier question 'how-do-you-repair-a-damaged-or-corrupt-partition', but I'm unsure if it applies completely to my case. As in my case I likely overwrote a fairly small amount of contiguous data at the beginning of the disk. &#xD;&#xA; - As I was following verbatim the ubuntu directions on building a bootable usb drive, I'm assuming people have done exactly what I've done in the past, and I am interested in hearing how they solved it. Furthermore it is a case people are likely to run into in the future, so a set of clear directions on how to solve it would be extremely helpful for the community.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unetbootin" />
  <row Id="50273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28272" RevisionGUID="d8d54b4a-2829-48f9-acf7-be2c1a7af959" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:58:39.627" UserId="9503" Text="There is the command `snmp-server enable traps rtr` to enable traps regarding SLA Monitor and the RTTMON MIB to pull data.&#xD;&#xA;I recommand you to read &#xD;&#xA;[http://www.cisco.com/en/US/technologies/tk648/tk362/tk920/technologies_white_paper0900aecd8017f8c9.html][1] (search for snmp) and [http://tools.cisco.com/Support/SNMP/do/BrowseMIB.do?local=en&amp;mibName=CISCO-RTTMON-MIB][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/technologies/tk648/tk362/tk920/technologies_white_paper0900aecd8017f8c9.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://tools.cisco.com/Support/SNMP/do/BrowseMIB.do?local=en&amp;mibName=CISCO-RTTMON-MIB" />
  <row Id="50274" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="28264" RevisionGUID="8b0da064-939d-48e9-a8af-b63b1706c843" CreationDate="2009-06-18T18:57:47.350" UserId="5684" Comment="added additional information; edited title" Text="Accidentally formated external usb harddrive (500GB) with bootable iso (1GB), how can I recover my data?" />
  <row Id="50275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28273" RevisionGUID="9866dc45-3ef1-4d11-8c73-dcd48cb44aab" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:02:22.287" UserId="5392" Text="Nessus can do an external scans and will pick up on any problems it knows about with anything it finds listening on a port. However unless you use the Unix compliance (needs a professional nessus feed) module you can't check what is actually installed on the scanned host. By default it's pretty good with RedHat and will give you a list of packages that have had redhat advisories issued. AFAIK it doesn't to the same for Debian based systems, so it would need someone to write and maintain a plugin or nessus audit file that cross references DSA or CVE." />
  <row Id="50276" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27966" RevisionGUID="6f0df36d-1c84-472f-a70d-126aff348348" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:03:00.163" UserId="45" Comment="just formatting" Text="There are some [interesting memory considerations][1] (thanks Scott Lowe) with the 55xx's.  To summarize, try to put 1 stick of 1333 MHz in each of the 3 memory channels per socket to reach your desired total (fewer big sticks). The more sticks per channel you have, the channels will (may) start to lower the memory speed (1066 / 800). In your case shot for 6x4GB Dual Ranked 1333MHz sticks. Your memory intensive IIS/ASP load will thank you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.scottlowe.org/2009/05/11/introduction-to-nehalem-memory/" />
  <row Id="50277" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28274" RevisionGUID="a0c0a177-e841-4039-9aa6-1227cd013069" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:03:22.457" UserId="9170" Text="you can use this tool &#xD;&#xA;http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk" />
  <row Id="50278" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28275" RevisionGUID="62c3d0a4-1acf-4f15-9c08-433c45184245" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:03:31.707" UserId="7861" Text="There is also a group that has SPECIAL permissions at the root of C.  Either Authenticated Users or Everyone depending on what OS you are on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You would really need to post the output of this command here for us to be sure of what is going on:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;icacls c:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;cacls c:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The output would help determine the issue." />
  <row Id="50279" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28275" RevisionGUID="62c3d0a4-1acf-4f15-9c08-433c45184245" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:03:31.707" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="50280" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28276" RevisionGUID="6a14000b-13ec-4953-ae39-b803b2093cb9" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:04:56.197" UserId="10016" Text="We need a way to prevent users from copying anything to and from USB drives unless they are a system administrator.  What can be done to remove this access for security purposes." />
  <row Id="50281" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28276" RevisionGUID="6a14000b-13ec-4953-ae39-b803b2093cb9" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:04:56.197" UserId="10016" Text="How do you prevent users from using USB drives which circumvent security." />
  <row Id="50282" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28276" RevisionGUID="6a14000b-13ec-4953-ae39-b803b2093cb9" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:04:56.197" UserId="10016" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;usb-flash-drive&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="50283" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28277" RevisionGUID="97431eaf-ef0f-4745-8e93-d79728d31e3e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:05:06.617" UserId="9751" Text="It may seem obvious, but to go along with the offsite documentation above, make sure you have offsite (preferably out of the region) backups.  This could be an online storage service or a place to take tapes to. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I say preferably out of the region because I come from an area where we don't have many natural disasters annually, but, if/when we do have one, it is on a regional scale with mass destruction (earthquakes, volcanoes).  Its all good to have your backup in a safety deposit box at the bank, until your bank is under liquid hot magma (/Dr. Evil Voice).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Something that I have read about is agencies sharing the cost of maintaining a hot site for when the big one does hit.  They enact plans for restoring both companies' mission critical to the hot site using virtualization and such, and then share staffing on the level of make-sure-all-the-lights-are-blinking.  Just a thought." />
  <row Id="50284" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28277" RevisionGUID="97431eaf-ef0f-4745-8e93-d79728d31e3e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:05:51.327" UserId="9751" />
  <row Id="50285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28278" RevisionGUID="b5a65ec8-fa26-4656-a2a2-8df6fc2af3a8" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:05:56.273" UserId="3221" Text="Anyone know how you get a client to switch license servers? I just installed&#xD;&#xA;R2009a and typed in the wrong license server (we still have an old&#xD;&#xA;server running R2006, I pointed to that by mistake); I really don't&#xD;&#xA;want to uninstall/reinstall the whole @#$@#$ program again. " />
  <row Id="50286" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28278" RevisionGUID="b5a65ec8-fa26-4656-a2a2-8df6fc2af3a8" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:05:56.273" UserId="3221" Text="how to switch license servers for MATLAB clients?" />
  <row Id="50287" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28278" RevisionGUID="b5a65ec8-fa26-4656-a2a2-8df6fc2af3a8" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:05:56.273" UserId="3221" Text="&lt;license&gt;" />
  <row Id="50288" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27739" RevisionGUID="ebbc863b-acc0-491f-af72-4e0848c0e6d6" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:07:48.203" UserId="1561" Comment="clarification, cross-posting with Q25515" Text="The real questions are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Are the packages you're going to install supported by Canonical?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This has more to do with avoiding breakage than it does with getting tech support.  &quot;Official&quot; packages tend to be vetted better and as a result, will not break (as often) when upgrading to a newer release.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - *Are you planning on using a LTS version of Ubuntu?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Long Term Support also adds to the &quot;stability&quot; factor as Canonical has a vested interest in making LTS releases as stable as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For instance, I recently tried to install OpenERP client and server, version 5.  It turns out that the installer is completely broken and while the package does install, it refuses to start the server.  Note that this is on 9.04 and the packages are not &quot;officially supported&quot;.  So your mileage may vary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise, it should be fine to use Ubuntu server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Of course, if you are looking more for stability and long-term use, have you considered Debian instead of Ubuntu][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are just looking for something commercially supported, RedHat may be more to your liking.  Use CentOS if you happen to have little money but still want the &quot;RPM compatibility&quot; that it brings when trying to install 3rd party apps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/25515/25564#25564" />
  <row Id="50289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28279" RevisionGUID="c86d5835-65c8-4a26-8912-19a036e76bb0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:08:30.277" UserId="8521" Text="When you recover a drive, it is always better to make a copy in an image file (with dd for example). I understand that in your case, 500GB can be difficult. But it avoids to that you irreversibly damage your data using any tool you find on the internet, particularly if you have never used it and if you don't know if you can trust it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, have a look at PhotoRec to recover files removed accidentally:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is distributed under the GPL and supports NTFS as well as EXT2/EXT3 filesystems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A last remark: &quot;Keeping backups is important&quot; :)" />
  <row Id="50290" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28251" RevisionGUID="f15206ba-49cb-4fd0-8b19-ea2e1601f01e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:10:39.617" UserId="10023" Comment="added 281 characters in body; added 250 characters in body" Text=" - I am the owner of the root folder, not Administrators.&#xD;&#xA; - The box is not part of a domain.&#xD;&#xA; - I am doing this to lock down access to the drive root, mainly to prevent other administrators from cluttering it with folders since it's so easy to navigate to :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The question is why are Administrators permissions (Full Control) being inherited from the root when they are not present there?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;Even though I am the owner of the root folder, when I create a new file, its owner it set to Administrators, which seems to be by Administrators is showing up on the file.  If I then set myself as the owner, *and* reset the permissions by un-checking/re-checking the inherit permissions box, then the Administrators group goes away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;I agree with renniej; it seems to be a Windows feature; I can't imagine any other reason why Administrators is the owner of everything I create, even on my own desktop folder.  It is an annoying feature.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if Administrators owning the file is the cause, why does the permission still claim to be inherited from the drive root, and why after changing the owner to myself is Administrators still listed, and still claiming to be inheritied from the drive root?  It only goes away after I set myself as owner AND reset the permissions by unchecking/checking inherit permissions on the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: @ HipCzeck's comment.  Yeah, I know that, but we're a small group, and they are unlikely to mess with the permissions.  I just want to make it a pain in the ass to put files in the root, and I text file there with a note to stop doing it :)" />
  <row Id="50291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28280" RevisionGUID="3aefb736-610d-4144-af97-927eaf54dd9d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:10:54.903" UserId="5154" Text="In Windows, you can [disable the USB Storage driver][1] by setting a registry key. This could be configured in a GPO and applied to a limited set of machines. If you want to *allow* a subset of USB storage devices you will probably have to turn to a third-party product that runs some sort of agent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;823732" />
  <row Id="50292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28281" RevisionGUID="319c9708-9cf7-4d6c-b0a1-5b26eafdc825" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:11:15.963" UserId="5724" Text="&gt; Can I recover in-place? That is do I need to find a &gt;500GB harddrive onto which I can recover too?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first thing you should do is make a complete image copy of your drive, and work on that.  Don't run the risk that you do something stupid to the good 499GB of your drive." />
  <row Id="50293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28282" RevisionGUID="72396075-a7be-4435-8477-02964bbc9686" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:11:28.850" UserId="3025" Text="We have a server (ProLiant DL585 G1 by HP), which hosts Windows 2003 x64 R2 with SQL Server 2005 x64 and a host of other apps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It currently has 6GB of RAM.  We are currently very memory constrained and it's clear that we need to get more memory.  8GB will probably do the trick, however, we are not sure as to what memory configuration will give us the biggest performance buck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently all 8 memory slots are filled (4 slots have 1GB chip, while the other 4 slots have 512MB chips).  Should we throw the 512MB sticks away and just replace them all with 1GB sticks?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If we decided to go with a higher memory configuration (e.g. 10GB or 12GB or 16GB), is it advisable to keep all the sticks of the same size or it does not matter?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was once told that interleaved memory requires (for better performance) that memory should be in multiples (e.g. 2 or 4 or 8 or 16, etc...).  I am not even sure that the server has an interleaved configuration (and don't know how to find out), but is this true?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="50294" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28282" RevisionGUID="72396075-a7be-4435-8477-02964bbc9686" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:11:28.850" UserId="3025" Text="What should the memory configuration be?" />
  <row Id="50295" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28282" RevisionGUID="72396075-a7be-4435-8477-02964bbc9686" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:11:28.850" UserId="3025" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;memory&gt;" />
  <row Id="50296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28283" RevisionGUID="fe101496-4c66-424f-80c0-48403320b155" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:12:01.783" UserId="9258" Text="Epoxy works great" />
  <row Id="50297" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28284" RevisionGUID="91f5858a-1c25-4e00-9c6c-e322547e5613" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:12:08.100" UserId="8506" Text="A quick and dirty fix will be to use a group policy disabling access to usb devices, take a look at [the following article][1].&#xD;&#xA;There are also commercial products which can accomplish the same thing, with better grained security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.petri.co.il/disable_usb_disks_with_gpo.htm" />
  <row Id="50298" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28244" RevisionGUID="9bfe9956-47de-4601-aa75-d0c153c20434" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:12:41.157" UserId="5724" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;spam-filter&gt;&lt;pop3&gt;&lt;barracuda&gt;" />
  <row Id="50300" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28286" RevisionGUID="9e664fe5-2b8c-4bcd-9c55-3ae6ec412bbd" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:13:19.753" UserId="9503" Text="mod_status give you the mean since the server startup while apachetop give mean since last 30 seconds by default (-T options)" />
  <row Id="50301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28287" RevisionGUID="9a1a6e53-f869-4a15-b2e1-2ea91a154bde" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:13:41.327" UserId="9942" Text="Microsoft has a knowledge base article on this very issue (KB555324). You have to create a custom Group Policy ADM. O'Reilly has an easier to grok writeup at:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/11/15/disabling-usb-storage-with-group-policy.html][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/11/15/disabling-usb-storage-with-group-policy.html" />
  <row Id="50302" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28288" RevisionGUID="7c4a4439-ed53-468d-a539-5986358803e2" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:14:37.160" UserId="3607" Text="We use a combination of [Deploystudio][1], [Apple Remote Desktop][2] and [Carbon Copy Cloner][3] (when necessary).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Deploystudio][1] manages imaging very well and has the capability to do multicast and differentials.  You can integrate scripts and other installations into your package workflows as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Apple Remote Desktop][2] is excellent for responding to support requests from users.  It also allows you to push packages and even run scripts/command line applications remotely.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Carbon Copy Cloner][3] is a simpler imaging tool that we use to do backups of entire systems etc.  Nice thing is it will image the system *while it's running*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.deploystudio.com/Home.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.apple.com/remotedesktop/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html" />
  <row Id="50303" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28279" RevisionGUID="fcfc8177-a9f0-4350-b2d1-3c098f4f4b89" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:14:42.883" UserId="8521" Comment="deleted 3 characters in body" Text="When you recover a drive, it is always better to make a copy in an image file (with dd for example). I understand that in your case, 500GB can be difficult. But it avoids that you irreversibly damage your data using any tool you find on the internet, particularly if you have never used it and if you don't know if you can trust it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, have a look at PhotoRec to recover files removed accidentally:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is distributed under the GPL and supports NTFS as well as EXT2/EXT3 filesystems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A last remark: &quot;Keeping backups is important&quot; :)" />
  <row Id="50304" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28289" RevisionGUID="ac022cc3-aef6-42f5-a6fa-86462d5aee40" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:14:59.700" UserId="8199" Text="GPO will disable the drivers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555324&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28290" RevisionGUID="4a05e287-beb7-4c4a-bfd9-85f5a8c248da" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:17:02.850" UserDisplayName="NorthWind" Text="Hi;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From Leopard, I created a new NTFS partition for Windows using BootCamp.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everything went fine : Windows 7 was installed correctly and its partition (C:) showed up in Leopard's Finder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, from Windows 7, I created a new ntfs partition (D:) for my documents.&#xD;&#xA;Windows 7 can see it, but in Leopard, the Finder and Disk Utility can't see it. they detect only the windows partition (C:).&#xD;&#xA;How can I mount my Documents partition (D:) in Leopard?&#xD;&#xA;Thank you for your help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S.:&#xD;&#xA;Here's the mapping of my disk:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Leopard (50gb) - Windows 7 (C: - ntfs - 40gb) - Documents (D: - ntfs - 60gb)" />
  <row Id="50306" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28290" RevisionGUID="4a05e287-beb7-4c4a-bfd9-85f5a8c248da" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:17:02.850" UserDisplayName="NorthWind" Text="Can't detect my NTFS partition from Finder (Leopard)" />
  <row Id="50307" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28290" RevisionGUID="4a05e287-beb7-4c4a-bfd9-85f5a8c248da" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:17:02.850" UserDisplayName="NorthWind" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;leopard&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;mount&gt;&lt;detection&gt;" />
  <row Id="50308" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28291" RevisionGUID="d2b6c210-71f1-4fe0-a5e1-9b285ea00501" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:17:51.163" UserId="8506" Text="In previous version of Oracle RAC with Oracle clusterware, before 10.0.1 I believe, an instance was dependent on a VIP resource. Once a vip was failed or relocated, the Instance would be stopped.&#xD;&#xA;In later versiond, this coupling was broken, as I understand it, by costumer requests.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since an instance is not a regular resource in the CRS cluster, and can not be configured with crs_profile, how can I create a dependency between an Instance and it's VIP?" />
  <row Id="50309" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28291" RevisionGUID="d2b6c210-71f1-4fe0-a5e1-9b285ea00501" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:17:51.163" UserId="8506" Text="Oracle RAC: Configure instance to depend on VIP" />
  <row Id="50310" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28291" RevisionGUID="d2b6c210-71f1-4fe0-a5e1-9b285ea00501" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:17:51.163" UserId="8506" Text="&lt;oracle10g&gt;&lt;rac&gt;" />
  <row Id="50311" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28251" RevisionGUID="e3bb28b2-e78a-4998-9e16-9aa567a9431f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:17:58.057" UserId="10023" Comment="added 126 characters in body; added 67 characters in body" Text=" - I am the owner of the root folder, not Administrators.&#xD;&#xA; - The box is not part of a domain.&#xD;&#xA; - I am doing this to lock down access to the drive root, mainly to prevent other administrators from cluttering it with folders since it's so easy to navigate to :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The question is why are Administrators permissions (Full Control) being inherited from the root when they are not present there?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;Even though I am the owner of the root folder, when I create a new file, its owner it set to Administrators, which seems to be by Administrators is showing up on the file.  If I then set myself as the owner, *and* reset the permissions by un-checking/re-checking the inherit permissions box, then the Administrators group goes away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;I agree with renniej; it seems to be a Windows feature; I can't imagine any other reason why Administrators is the owner of everything I create, even on my own desktop folder.  It is an annoying feature, but as mystikphish said, it's got a decent reason for being there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if Administrators owning the file is the cause, why does the permission still claim to be inherited from the drive root, and why after changing the owner to myself is Administrators still listed, and still claiming to be inherited from the drive root?  It only goes away after I set myself as owner AND reset the permissions by un-checking/checking inherit permissions on the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: @ HipCzeck's comment.  Yeah, I know that, but we're a small group, and they are unlikely to mess with the permissions.  I just want to make it a pain in the ass to put files in the root, and I left a text file there with a note to stop doing it :)  It's not really a security worry, it's more of a power struggle, lol.  I'm just trying to keep things organized here." />
  <row Id="50313" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="27726" RevisionGUID="610861cf-1747-4eed-b025-8e83dcb6bac7" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:19:57.570" UserId="4392" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;rack&gt;&lt;rackmount&gt;&lt;heat&gt;&lt;data-center&gt;" />
  <row Id="50314" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28293" RevisionGUID="a690011e-628a-413e-99bb-d9a361a87be8" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:20:26.710" UserId="721" Text="Currently (and this is all temporary, of course) - it seems that 2Gb sticks are the most cost effective, US$10/Gb, that's what I buy now for everything - so if you want 8Gb - purchase 2 x (2x2Gb Sets) - that would cost you around US$80 - US$100.  And, if you want more memory in the future, you're not forced to throw out 1Gb sticks to free up space in your 8 - Slot Mobo." />
  <row Id="50315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28294" RevisionGUID="e9790852-6dbf-48ae-9232-fd1075f2455a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:20:59.423" UserId="9004" Text="A while back, I came across a company which provided custom application packaging as a service.  My vague recollection is they'd provide MSI files or something equivalent for deployment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been unable to find them again, and Google has failed me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any recommendation?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50316" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28294" RevisionGUID="e9790852-6dbf-48ae-9232-fd1075f2455a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:20:59.423" UserId="9004" Text="Windows application packaging service" />
  <row Id="50317" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28294" RevisionGUID="e9790852-6dbf-48ae-9232-fd1075f2455a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:20:59.423" UserId="9004" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;application-packaging&gt;" />
  <row Id="50318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28295" RevisionGUID="2ce86f11-8779-4f41-bdd5-e7ab9fd9ab56" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:21:06.240" UserId="8199" Text="I would use all the same brand and size. Faster memory is more important then more memory IMO. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What indication was there that you are maxed out?" />
  <row Id="50319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28296" RevisionGUID="b1dc60b4-e7ab-40d8-b256-b971ec6909cb" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:22:43.913" UserId="8199" Text="This should let you see it:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/ (not free)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and not as good, but free&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28297" RevisionGUID="dd87a889-9413-423f-905e-7c9506c311ac" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:24:47.967" UserId="4392" Text="I would recommend going to Crucial (http://www.crucial.com), entering the make and model of your machine, and finding out how to max your machine out. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use that as my primary memory-upgrading resource :-) " />
  <row Id="50322" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28298" RevisionGUID="1d83bea6-851d-41d2-983e-4a8a615a3683" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:26:18.743" UserId="1561" Text=" 1. Keep your existing memory.  You may need it during the lifespan of the machine.&#xD;&#xA; 2. On SMP-style machines, especially the ProLiant boxes, there are diagrams of the memory slots on the internal side of the lift-off cover.  Usually there is a suggestion there if memory interleaving is needed&#xD;&#xA; 3. While you can get away with non-interleaved style installation, I usually stick with it just for symmetry.  *It also allows you to set any BIOS settings to enable interleaved memory access.*&#xD;&#xA; 4. You did check your BIOS settings before placing it into production, and recorded their settings, didn't you?&#xD;&#xA; 5. Try to buy your memory in pairs.  Just trust me on this - you'll have less grief when you have paired memory, especially in a server that has separate memory banks that are unified by the mobo's chipset. " />
  <row Id="50323" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28299" RevisionGUID="1fa6167b-146b-47fc-90c4-ad74783500a0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:27:42.563" UserId="3058" Text="I KNEW this link would come in handy some day [CyberKeys][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's WAY more than I need, but looks like it's exactly what you are looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't you just love when auditors say you need something, but have no suggestions?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.videx.com/CyberLock/CyberKeys.html" />
  <row Id="50324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28300" RevisionGUID="caeca00f-98fd-4e29-a917-12dcb5d839a9" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:28:56.757" UserId="8199" Text="http://www.appdeploy.com/ &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;is a decent resource since most companies that have their shi* together allow for silent installations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any deployment in particular? SMS? SCCM?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any software in particular?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50325" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28251" RevisionGUID="f705febc-746a-486f-bd30-939f33cd8f07" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:29:13.433" UserId="10023" Comment="added 426 characters in body" Text=" - I am the owner of the root folder, not Administrators.&#xD;&#xA; - The box is not part of a domain.&#xD;&#xA; - I am doing this to lock down access to the drive root, mainly to prevent other administrators from cluttering it with folders since it's so easy to navigate to :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The question is why are Administrators permissions (Full Control) being inherited from the root when they are not present there?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;Even though I am the owner of the root folder, when I create a new file, its owner it set to Administrators, which seems to be by Administrators is showing up on the file.  If I then set myself as the owner, *and* reset the permissions by un-checking/re-checking the inherit permissions box, then the Administrators group goes away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;I agree with renniej; it seems to be a Windows feature; I can't imagine any other reason why Administrators is the owner of everything I create, even on my own desktop folder.  It is an annoying feature, but as mystikphish said, it's got a decent reason for being there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if Administrators owning the file is the cause, why does the permission still claim to be inherited from the drive root, and why after changing the owner to myself is Administrators still listed, and still claiming to be inherited from the drive root?  It only goes away after I set myself as owner AND reset the permissions by un-checking/checking inherit permissions on the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: @ HipCzeck's comment.  Yeah, I know that, but we're a small group, and they are unlikely to mess with the permissions.  I just want to make it a pain in the ass to put files in the root, and I left a text file there with a note to stop doing it :)  It's not really a security worry, it's more of a power struggle, lol.  I'm just trying to keep things organized here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: @ TheCleaner's answer.&#xD;&#xA;Output of &quot;icacls c:&quot; is: (I replaced my user account with &quot;MyAccount&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    MyAccount:(F)&#xD;&#xA;    NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(F)&#xD;&#xA;    BUILTIN\Administrators:(F)&#xD;&#xA;    MyAccount:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F)&#xD;&#xA;    NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F)&#xD;&#xA;    BUILTIN\Administrators:(OI)(CI)(IO)(F)&#xD;&#xA;In the security tab for the file, it shows only:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    CREATOR OWNER&#xD;&#xA;    Everyone&#xD;&#xA;    MyAccount&#xD;&#xA;    SYSTEM&#xD;&#xA;    Users" />
  <row Id="50326" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28298" RevisionGUID="043b4a27-6789-45ba-8657-93f0f4c541a2" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:35:18.927" UserId="1561" Comment="added 352 characters in body; added 135 characters in body" Text=" 1. Keep your existing memory.  You may need it during the lifespan of the machine.&#xD;&#xA; 2. On SMP-style machines, especially the ProLiant boxes, there are diagrams of the memory slots on the internal side of the lift-off cover.  Usually there is a suggestion there if memory interleaving is needed&#xD;&#xA; 3. While you can get away with non-interleaved style installation, I usually stick with it just for symmetry.  *It also allows you to set any BIOS settings to enable interleaved memory access.*&#xD;&#xA; 4. You did check your BIOS settings before placing it into production, and recorded their settings, didn't you?  *Otherwise, you'll need to reboot your machine to get into the BIOS to determine if there is interleaved memory support on the mobo.*&#xD;&#xA; 5. Try to buy your memory in pairs.  Just trust me on this - you'll have less grief when you have paired memory, especially in a server that has separate memory banks that are unified by the mobo's chipset. &#xD;&#xA; 6. The answer in no. 5 is meant to be more of a &quot;better safe than sorry&quot; answer, rather than a &quot;cargo cult&quot; answer.  Why chance it, and with memory prices at reasonable levels at this point in time, why bother?  Stick with pairs of matched memory, or if you don't want to buy sets of sticks together, get multiples of two for the same type of stick." />
  <row Id="50327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28301" RevisionGUID="16828d51-059d-455f-b627-90a0cc07e28a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:36:42.107" UserId="2426" Text="I have copyed over my site from another server ( Folders containing the site ) and when i use them on my new server (2008) i get a login diaglog when i try to access pages that have their aspx page located in a subfolder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My first tought was this was NTFS rights issue, but it does not seem to be the case. I have set all the rights to the IIS user and changed ownership to the administrators group.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the aspx pages in the root folder function as needed." />
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  <row Id="50334" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28304" RevisionGUID="6a5d00da-58a1-4c83-a85a-d54363cea5a6" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:40:33.753" UserId="671" Text="Are you sure you've covered all of the permissions?  It sounds as though the IIS account (usually IUSR_xxxxxxx) doesn't have read permissions to those sub-folders." />
  <row Id="50335" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28305" RevisionGUID="82c15238-dcf2-419f-9bc3-e4b4c4ffcf5b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:43:21.017" UserId="640" Text="Our [Windows] workstations mostly just run MS Office and our CRM and ERP clients. All real data is stored on the servers. Is there any point to defragging these machines? If so, how often?" />
  <row Id="50336" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28305" RevisionGUID="82c15238-dcf2-419f-9bc3-e4b4c4ffcf5b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:43:21.017" UserId="640" Text="Is it worthwhile to defrag workstation computers?" />
  <row Id="50337" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28305" RevisionGUID="82c15238-dcf2-419f-9bc3-e4b4c4ffcf5b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:43:21.017" UserId="640" Text="&lt;defrag&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="50338" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28306" RevisionGUID="7fd70988-c188-4b54-a5ed-29268afeeb8a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:45:49.703" UserId="9986" Text="We currently use NetRestore but are migrating to DeployStudio since NetRestore has been deprecated. DeployStudio is not as clean cut as NetRestore but it definitely has the potential to surpass it. It provides for more flexibility and even setting up triple boot images (although I have yet to use this feature and don't see it being used much in a corporate environment).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to just build packages to push out through ARD, a good tool is LANrev. It's free but you need to enter an email address to receive a serial number." />
  <row Id="50339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28307" RevisionGUID="f66f1aaf-3c16-482a-bd32-e46e20b990b8" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:46:32.010" UserId="640" Text="I've come across a handful of GPS NTP servers, as well as some inexpensive solutions using off-the-shelf receivers and software. Right now I'm just using NTP with a list of servers over the Internet. What is the advantage to using GPS instead (considering the alternative is free)?" />
  <row Id="50340" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28307" RevisionGUID="f66f1aaf-3c16-482a-bd32-e46e20b990b8" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:46:32.010" UserId="640" Text="Is anyone using GPS for time sync?" />
  <row Id="50341" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28307" RevisionGUID="f66f1aaf-3c16-482a-bd32-e46e20b990b8" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:46:32.010" UserId="640" Text="&lt;timesync&gt;&lt;gps&gt;&lt;ntp&gt;" />
  <row Id="50342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28308" RevisionGUID="6c42da75-33cf-4887-a4ae-563b796c93ac" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:47:21.710" UserId="5724" Text="Install [JKDefrag][1] as the screensaver.  Gives the users something to look at and defragments the machine when they're not using it!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kessels.com/Jkdefrag/" />
  <row Id="50343" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28229" RevisionGUID="694e7e4f-0515-42ad-b603-07e56e97fe7e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:47:53.583" UserId="5724" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="If your database does remote transactions using Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator, be aware that cloned machines also have the same MSDTC ID, which is not the SID and not changed by NewSID.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will see this in the Event Viewer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The local MS DTC detected that the MS&#xD;&#xA;&gt; DTC on SERVER has the same unique&#xD;&#xA;&gt; identity as the local MS DTC. This&#xD;&#xA;&gt; means that the two MS DTC will not be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; able to communicate with each other.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This problem typically occurs if one&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of the systems were cloned using&#xD;&#xA;&gt; unsupported cloning tools. MS DTC&#xD;&#xA;&gt; requires that the systems be cloned&#xD;&#xA;&gt; using supported cloning tools such as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SYSPREP. Running 'msdtc -uninstall'&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and then 'msdtc -install' from the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; command prompt will fix the problem.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Note: Running 'msdtc -uninstall' will&#xD;&#xA;&gt; result in the system losing all MS DTC&#xD;&#xA;&gt; configuration information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I resolve it like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    msdtc -uninstall&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wait a couple of minutes, then&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    msdtc -install&#xD;&#xA;    sc config msdtc start= auto&#xD;&#xA;    sc start msdtc&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50344" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28309" RevisionGUID="dd41ddd0-fc45-400b-a519-15431c192e59" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:48:53.753" UserId="7083" Text="I would suggest:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Taking a snapshot whilst briefly in read lock with `FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK;`.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Bring that dataset up on your secondary machine and check consistency.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Setup replication from the old machine to the new.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then at your cutover point:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Bring down the client facing IP on the old machine (you have a separate one, right?).&#xD;&#xA; 2. Issue `FLUSH LOGS;` on the old machine.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Ensure the new machine is in sync. 0 seconds behind.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Stop the old machine and double check the last binlog size against the new machine's position.&#xD;&#xA; 5. Issue `STOP SLAVE; RESET MASTER;` on the new machine.&#xD;&#xA; 6. Bring up the client facing IP on the new machine and arping to ensure the clients see it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a few finer details, such as whether you are a heavy InnoDB user. But that is the general jist." />
  <row Id="50345" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28310" RevisionGUID="b60a582a-cc11-49be-b335-e0afb8f4d063" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:49:48.197" UserId="8996" Text="First make sure binlogs are enabled. Take a filesystem level snapshot (e.g. LVM or similar) of the mysql directory under the global read lock (`FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK`). Use this snapshot to setup the new server, and configure replication to the old system (you can figure out the binlog name and position (`master_log_file`/`master_log_pos`) by looking at the size of the newest binlog in the snapshot).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you're ready to move, stop all writes (`read_only=true`, kill all connections) on the old server and wait for the new server to catchup with replication. Then make the new server writeable and take down the old server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on what sort of queries are run against you database, you can have a downtime on the order of seconds. This however depends on your write queries being deterministic so that the old and new server will have exactly the same data." />
  <row Id="50346" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28278" RevisionGUID="bd8aff05-3800-46ce-a1cc-0f37cd1e757a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:50:11.940" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 3 characters in body; edited title" Text="Anyone know how you get a client to switch license servers? I just installed R2009a and typed in the wrong license server (we still have an old server running R2006, I pointed to that by mistake); I really don't want to uninstall/reinstall the whole @#$@#$ program again. " />
  <row Id="50347" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="28278" RevisionGUID="bd8aff05-3800-46ce-a1cc-0f37cd1e757a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:50:11.940" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 3 characters in body; edited title" Text="How to switch license servers for MATLAB clients?" />
  <row Id="50348" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28311" RevisionGUID="cd2fcefa-ced8-4ae3-be06-75eac4a0597f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:50:39.957" UserId="995" Text="Use MaxClients to stop your server from swapping.. that's usually how I handle it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I try and figure out roughly how big each apache process is, then figure out how many I can fit into memory reasonably -- that's my MaxClients setting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your site gets slammed with more than MaxClients worth of requests, you shouldn't end up swapping. Additional clients will sit in the socket queue until a worker becomes available. If it takes too long, the server will time out. If the queue is too long, they'll get a connection refused.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have MaxClients set too high, your webserver will start thrashing and swapping. When this happens, each request will take longer to process and you'll end up compounding the problem." />
  <row Id="50349" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28312" RevisionGUID="ede0b3bd-4da8-40cd-9007-ad02a672cbe3" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:55:50.993" UserId="8199" Text="Defrag after you load them (or after the image creation) as a minimum.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then put them on a schedule to defrag. Constant defrag is a waste IMO" />
  <row Id="50350" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28313" RevisionGUID="5d9a99f8-ba36-4a17-aab2-c181079e218d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:56:09.900" UserId="10016" Text="We have a developer who lost their MBR on their laptop and we would like to recover the sourcecode on his drive does anybody have any suggestions on recovering this data.  We have used FixBoot.exe and FixMBR.exe to replace the damaged boot record and that allows us to do directory searches but nothing returns.  Any help would be appreciated." />
  <row Id="50351" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28313" RevisionGUID="5d9a99f8-ba36-4a17-aab2-c181079e218d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:56:09.900" UserId="10016" Text="How to retrieve files from a drive that has lost its master boot record." />
  <row Id="50352" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28313" RevisionGUID="5d9a99f8-ba36-4a17-aab2-c181079e218d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:56:09.900" UserId="10016" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;file-recovery&gt;&lt;business-continuity&gt;" />
  <row Id="50353" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28314" RevisionGUID="3d3be922-d154-41a6-ae3f-62a81eed4b39" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:56:29.727" UserId="5965" Text="Try and do it again using the IIS migration tool, if you can. you'll find it for free at downloads.microsoft.com. We successfully use this to migrate HUGE amounts of data AND iis settings for fairly big and complex websites. You could also robocopy the files and use the IIS Migration Tool for migration IIS Settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to do it manually, you'll just have to compare NTFS and IIS settings between the old and the new site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also check any possible ISAPI filters and/or .Net versions to make sure everything is the same on old and new box." />
  <row Id="50354" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28315" RevisionGUID="12950b3a-e676-48ef-af16-26bf11522068" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:57:49.240" UserId="7783" Text="There's probably little point to defragging these machines as part of a regular maintenance cycle. It's something you can consider suggesting to your helpdesk as a step for users who report poor performance, but if you don't have a lot of data on the machines, fragmentation of the disks is not likely to be a big probably for people just running Office and CRM type apps." />
  <row Id="50355" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28316" RevisionGUID="7bfee4fd-458d-475c-8a19-6157168f719b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T19:59:29.487" UserId="7783" Text="We still use NetRestore, because it works and I haven't had time to look at the alternatives (I have plenty of things that aren't working right before I have time to worry about things that are working!). When I get time, I suspect we'll go for deploystudio." />
  <row Id="50356" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28317" RevisionGUID="82d706c4-7afa-48e9-bb70-202690627a2c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:00:36.850" UserId="5392" Text="With a GPS ntp server you'll be getting a stratum 0 clock source. the advantage is accuracy and lower jitter. The downside is cost. There are very few circumstances that require this level of accuracy. in general you want to make sure your systems are in sync with each other. So syncing all your servers against a pair of internal ntp boxes that sync against external lower stratum ntp servers is usually sufficient.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only time I've been involved in using a GPS ntp box (for a PKI system), we never actually used them. We couldn't get permission to mount the antenna on the roof of the datacentre and get the cabling back to the ntp box. " />
  <row Id="50357" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28318" RevisionGUID="8228ee72-abcf-475e-ab7e-30c6520d0326" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:00:43.743" UserId="9110" Text="In your setup nginx is handling all the end user connections and Apache is basically an application server. As long as you have enough threads to handle requests you should be fine. Threads should only grow to 150 if you need that many else it'll start at StartServer 5 with MinSpareServers 5 if you've kept the default. Since it's a quad core machine 32 or so threads is probably the most you'd need though that depends on how much latency or blocking happens while Apache is waiting on your backend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All in all I'd probably leave MaxClients alone and make sure StartServers was 25 (or whatever would support your normal load) rather than 5 so that your server is ready to handle production traffic as soon as it comes up. Then I'd alert on threads over 50 or whatever seems &quot;too high&quot; for your usual load as that might indicate a poorly performing backend or attack on your site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&#xD;&#xA;Not sure why I assumed you have threads, but it's the same with processes too." />
  <row Id="50358" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28319" RevisionGUID="a8fe6e90-9297-429e-9f44-2f2b9f3dc038" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:01:34.710" UserDisplayName="Hector" Text="I have the same set up as you and the same problem.  What yum is saying is that there is a new clamav and clamdb, but if it goes ahead with the upgrade it will break clamd (currently installed) which depends on the old clamav.  The solutions is to hold off on the upgrade until a new clamd (which will be dependent on the new clamav) is released.  Try again tomorrow." />
  <row Id="50359" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28269" RevisionGUID="31374358-85c1-4c12-a03b-d777779a7c17" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:02:06.347" UserId="10027" Comment="added 84 characters in body" Text="String comparisons with shell are tricky.  Everyone wants to use &quot;if&quot; and &quot;test&quot; but there is another structure that works really well for string matching.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The if structure really just checks the exit status of the last thing that runs after the if. The &quot;[&quot; is really the program &quot;test&quot; which can do string comparisons but can also do other things like check to see if a directory entry is a link or a directory or a file.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also -- the variable=$(ls) structure is potentially going to do bad things if you have more than one directory entry in that directory, or if you have a name with whitespace in it.  You're safer letting the shell do the globbing for you with something like a for loop.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Put it all together with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    default_name=ll_bkup&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    if&#xD;&#xA;      cd /home/storegrid/scripts/test/backup&#xD;&#xA;    then&#xD;&#xA;      for result in *&#xD;&#xA;      do&#xD;&#xA;        case &quot;$result&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        in&#xD;&#xA;          &quot;$default_name&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;              if &#xD;&#xA;                test -d &quot;$result&quot;&#xD;&#xA;              then&#xD;&#xA;                echo &quot;the default directory exists&quot;&#xD;&#xA;              else&#xD;&#xA;                echo &quot;the default directory exists but is not a directory!!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;                exit 33&#xD;&#xA;              fi&#xD;&#xA;             ;;&#xD;&#xA;           *)&#xD;&#xA;             if&#xD;&#xA;               test -d &quot;$result&quot;&#xD;&#xA;             then&#xD;&#xA;               echo &quot;non-standard directory $result exists&quot;&#xD;&#xA;             else&#xD;&#xA;               echo &quot;file named $result exists in directory $(pwd)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;             fi&#xD;&#xA;            ;;&#xD;&#xA;        esac&#xD;&#xA;      done&#xD;&#xA;    else&#xD;&#xA;      echo &quot;directory doesn't exist or permission problem!&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      exit 40&#xD;&#xA;    fi" />
  <row Id="50360" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28320" RevisionGUID="174669de-960b-4c4d-b2c3-e6c21b513a9b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:02:10.963" UserId="9834" Text="Try doing a bootscan /rebuild and a bootscan /scan&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it is a sata drive hook it up to a PC and try and see if utilities such as Recuva (Freeware) are able to find anything" />
  <row Id="50361" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28321" RevisionGUID="e29441b4-ba75-4b6e-92f2-2732468b16e0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:05:02.270" UserDisplayName="John" Text="We feel your pain.  From what I understand, the Barracuda's internal applications are not multi-threaded (so each inbound email is scanned in sequence) and from our experience, when it is processing an email with an attachment, the queue appears to be &quot;clogged&quot; for awhile.  We have since dumped our Barracuda in favor of a hosted solution from another provider.  " />
  <row Id="50362" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28322" RevisionGUID="7e500c71-ab3b-4296-a950-6a021d0f7fd6" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:07:24.090" UserId="6827" Text="All solution are nice, but you need also to think about a process to be able to load data from USB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am in a bank at the moment and by default all USB port are lock with a GPO who will not load disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Problem is they dont have a process when an external consultant come to load some data, its a real pain to transfer iso file, or any documents, because if you cant plug USB key, also you cant plug laptop on the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you lock all your USB, dont forget you still need sometime a way to load data from USB, and 5GB of data across the web/mail is not always an answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Security always come with a price." />
  <row Id="50363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28323" RevisionGUID="bf279454-aa6b-42b1-bc00-ef6edc159078" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:08:13.587" UserId="9351" Text="I have a need for **true** random number generation. I've been looking at a number of hardware solutions. Does anybody have any solid experiences with these? Any recommendations?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think I can make a convincing argument for a lava lamp hack. ;)" />
  <row Id="50364" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28323" RevisionGUID="bf279454-aa6b-42b1-bc00-ef6edc159078" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:08:13.587" UserId="9351" Text="Random Number Generation" />
  <row Id="50365" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28323" RevisionGUID="bf279454-aa6b-42b1-bc00-ef6edc159078" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:08:13.587" UserId="9351" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;randomness&gt;" />
  <row Id="50366" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28324" RevisionGUID="a702ef26-c761-486d-a9de-16457c851f6e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:11:06.297" UserId="9770" Text="The direct answer to your question is: it is extremely unlikely that defragging a computer with those usage characteristics will make a noticeable improvement to a user's experience. Having said that...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the machines are Vista, there is a default scheduled task to defrag all local drives anyway. It happens at 1AM every day. Check a Vista machine for yourself by simply opening the defrag utility. I can't confirm this for Windows 7, but I would assume that it is the same." />
  <row Id="50367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28325" RevisionGUID="ffd0497b-5b8d-4e31-9461-81906d065fb4" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:13:29.193" UserId="4517" Text="Is there such a thing as a **true** random number generator? Random.org uses atmospheric noise to generate a random number, just need a really really long antenna." />
  <row Id="50368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28326" RevisionGUID="88e186a1-508a-4392-a4ba-ed57cda2a0d3" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:13:54.560" UserId="45" Text="There is a nice blog post and tutorial here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[Data recovery - NTFS with broken MBR and MFT][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*I hope you succeed in repairing the partition. Good luck!*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ctrl-alt-del.cc/2008/03/data-recovery-ntfs-with-broken-mbr-and-mft.html" />
  <row Id="50369" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28327" RevisionGUID="408f86fe-59f7-4b22-841a-9146808d05c8" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:14:11.470" UserId="1565" Text="Here is one idea:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;True random numbers from Wi-Fi background noise&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.freewebs.com/pmutaf/iwrandom.html" />
  <row Id="50370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28328" RevisionGUID="f40f055e-a7fc-4e7c-8488-e7233088de9d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:16:12.620" UserId="9351" Text="There's no advantage to running your own GPS-sync'd time source. The cost is not small (relatively)  and the benefits are few. The only places I've seen running their own stratum-0 time source had extremely extremely high expectations for the quality of the input, and a lack of trust in external time sources." />
  <row Id="50371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28329" RevisionGUID="877c947b-1ce0-4126-9f9f-d245b9735244" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:18:27.997" UserId="1404" Text="We once bought a [Protego SG100][1], but they hadn't released the Linux driver when we needed it so we never got around to using it. It looks like they have some newer products with various drivers now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.protego.se/" />
  <row Id="50373" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28330" RevisionGUID="7a134531-aa8c-414d-b8bb-c06d5b74e6a5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:19:25.110" UserId="3235" Text="We do have a pair of stratum 1 time servers using GPS for NTP.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does it make a difference in our day to day business vs when we had no NTP servers?  A little, for example, on the client support side, the phones, both digital and voip and all the desktops now have the exact same time.  Which cuts down on all the why do all these clocks have different times and can I fix it questions.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the server side, when we aggregate logs we know that our timestamps are all the same. So if something happened at 12:37:15.34 on two servers we know that it really was at the SAME TIME, not 30 seconds to a minute appart. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Did we need GPS based NTP to do this?  Probably not, we could have used any NTP source.  We know everything is synced perfect and the time never drifts. Also if our internet connection is down, or laggy it's still perfect. Any NTP would have been an improvement over the lack of NTP we had though." />
  <row Id="50374" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28326" RevisionGUID="e75c2f60-53b2-4c82-8039-e4967118d589" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:23:19.220" UserId="45" Comment="added 237 characters in body" Text="There is a nice blog post and tutorial here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[Data recovery - NTFS with broken MBR and MFT][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The author mentions the whole procedure and two open source tools:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Recover is possible][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [Scrounge NTFS][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*I hope you succeed in repairing the partition.  &#xD;&#xA;Good luck!*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ctrl-alt-del.cc/2008/03/data-recovery-ntfs-with-broken-mbr-and-mft.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://freshmeat.net/projects/recoveryispossible/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://memberwebs.com/stef/software/scrounge/" />
  <row Id="50375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28331" RevisionGUID="72df2c3b-a668-4dd7-9d08-d0db81a8254a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:23:27.537" UserId="7709" Text="Chances are the power required to wake up the computers and defrag them on a regular basis (if they go to sleep overnight) will outweigh and net productivity gains as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We looked at doing it in our office and found it was better done on a user-by-user basis, as required." />
  <row Id="50376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28332" RevisionGUID="aef092a5-1da6-4da8-be10-4a4ac86ecdb9" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:23:29.673" UserId="9332" Text="Great answers so far! I can say that I've seen GPS time sources used on multiplexers, and certain types of crypto ... it was used for NTP, just because it was already there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The advantage for using a local GPS NTP server would be&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - High Accuracy&#xD;&#xA; - Not dependent on an Internet connection&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How much does one of these things cost anyway? It shouldn't be that expensive. GPS + Linux + NTP ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Wow, $1000 - $3000][1], do you need it that bad?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/products?q=GPS%20NTP%20server" />
  <row Id="50377" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28333" RevisionGUID="e885db70-e1a7-4758-aada-a5d3ca47e373" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:24:04.367" UserId="9942" Text="Why not setup the second MYSQL server as a slave, replicate, then reconfigure the slave to be a master?" />
  <row Id="50378" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28334" RevisionGUID="94d3af3a-9c87-43b9-b7d0-7c0fe5d40ecf" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:27:09.430" UserId="1435" Text="There are a number of ways to deploy/install ESX; RDP/PXE, from CD, remote ISO boot etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's your favourite method and why?" />
  <row Id="50379" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28334" RevisionGUID="94d3af3a-9c87-43b9-b7d0-7c0fe5d40ecf" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:27:09.430" UserId="1435" Text="How do you deploy your ESX servers?" />
  <row Id="50380" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28334" RevisionGUID="94d3af3a-9c87-43b9-b7d0-7c0fe5d40ecf" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:27:09.430" UserId="1435" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;vmware-esx&gt;&lt;install&gt;&lt;deployment&gt;" />
  <row Id="50381" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28335" RevisionGUID="642bfe4c-2cc5-4dc1-b4f8-f3b763ad1b0f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:27:32.287" UserId="10034" Text="I'd first try TestDisk to gracefully recover the partition info.  Failing that, I'd then try  PhotoRec to recover the source files.  Both tools can be found at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cgsecurity.org/&quot;&gt;www.cgsecurity.org&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another good recovery tool is &quot;foremost&quot; which can be found on sourcefourge." />
  <row Id="50382" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28336" RevisionGUID="4b3d84e4-dcbd-43d0-8d8b-851a3b842146" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:29:15.090" UserId="2629" Text="I have a computer with a blank hard drive where, fortunately, the user has a complete Time Machine backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, my Leopard install Disc was eaten by an unhappy disk drive, and while I do have some install discs kicking about, but they are model-specific and not for this model.  I am able to boot the machine up into Leopard with an external hard drive or over the network.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to do a full time machine restore without the installer disc?" />
  <row Id="50383" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28336" RevisionGUID="4b3d84e4-dcbd-43d0-8d8b-851a3b842146" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:29:15.090" UserId="2629" Text="Perform a full time-machine restore without an install disc?" />
  <row Id="50384" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28336" RevisionGUID="4b3d84e4-dcbd-43d0-8d8b-851a3b842146" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:29:15.090" UserId="2629" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;time-machine&gt;&lt;system-restore&gt;&lt;backup-restoration&gt;" />
  <row Id="50385" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28155" RevisionGUID="60b57ef9-32b1-440c-8c62-c206589ce2c4" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:29:38.617" UserId="5724" Comment="added 98 characters in body" Text="${foo} is a syntax for [dereferencing array elements in bash][1].  Other answers point out its general use in variable evaluation, but you don't need it here.  You probably want to just compare&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [ $RESULT = $TEST ]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you looking for a directory called ll_bkup?  You could do&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [ -d ll_bkup ]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for &quot;ll_bkup exists and is a directory&quot;.  Use -f if it is a file.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are looking for the contents being **only** ll_bkup, you can also do a test on &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [ $(ls | wc -l) == 1 ]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look at 'man test' for the syntax you can use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There may be a more succinct way to do this, but learning the parts one at a time gives you a good understanding of the parts, and you can work your way up to more interesting tests with utilities like *find*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/arrays.html" />
  <row Id="50386" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28337" RevisionGUID="b350b629-3ba0-489e-a533-a065bdf99905" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:29:39.363" UserId="4310" Text="We have a few tomcat servers and we just discovered that some files that we don't want public to have access to those files.  To exemplify: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let say we have a folder /var/www/html/ that we are publishing through tomcat, but we don't want to expose /var/www/html/conf/dbinfo.txt.  At this moment people is able to go to www.thissite.com/conf/dbinfo.txt and they are able to see things.  I will like to be able to block it so does not shows it but it allows it to be read by tomcat itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help is appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50387" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28337" RevisionGUID="b350b629-3ba0-489e-a533-a065bdf99905" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:29:39.363" UserId="4310" Text="How to block access to a file from being served by Tomcat?" />
  <row Id="50388" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28337" RevisionGUID="b350b629-3ba0-489e-a533-a065bdf99905" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:29:39.363" UserId="4310" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;tomcat&gt;&lt;java&gt;" />
  <row Id="50389" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28328" RevisionGUID="5b4a4105-fa5e-4392-a264-9376b8ceeeba" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:30:34.947" UserId="9351" Comment="deleted 65 characters in body" Text="The cost is not small (relatively)  and the benefits are few. The only places I've seen running their own stratum-1 time source had extremely extremely high expectations for the quality of the input, and a lack of trust in external time sources." />
  <row Id="50390" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28338" RevisionGUID="81d361f0-b62e-4c87-8ccf-29288dca16a3" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:32:17.580" UserId="9332" Text="One at a time. From CD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I like this method, because the only person I can blame is myself. I have an install document that was created when the first server was deployed. Do it once, double check, do it right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course ... I only have 4. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Scaling beyond this mere handful, I would probably start with PXE. Deploying over the network is much easier and reliable than doing it by hand." />
  <row Id="50391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28339" RevisionGUID="beb0517c-0085-454e-a6ea-79a5ec9ae3f9" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:33:20.480" UserId="39733" Text="Why not store it outside your web directory structure?  We never put anything under /var/www/html/ that we wouldn't want a user to discover.  " />
  <row Id="50392" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28340" RevisionGUID="0ea52a9e-0602-4ba5-b6be-4f2127dbd9d2" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:34:07.060" UserDisplayName="MontyGomery" Text="That would be the 'Console'.  Hence the phrase 'Games Console' - the box minus all the peripherals." />
  <row Id="50393" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28340" RevisionGUID="0ea52a9e-0602-4ba5-b6be-4f2127dbd9d2" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:34:07.060" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="50394" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28341" RevisionGUID="8e4ae6c1-54a6-499c-bd35-06efa52719e6" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:34:49.353" UserId="10035" Text="Google and some publishing houses use puppet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use it on Macs on my home network, and use Puppet professionally on other OSes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not without it's flaws and quirks, but it's free and you can do almost anything you want with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50395" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28336" RevisionGUID="d0ad215e-afd3-4ea2-9b2f-ec3c45f1e18f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:36:22.907" UserId="2629" Comment="Removed another extraneous word" Text="I have a computer with a blank hard drive where, fortunately, the user has a complete Time Machine backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, my Leopard install Disc was eaten by an unhappy disk drive, and while I do have some install discs kicking about, they are model-specific and not for this model.  I am able to boot the machine up into Leopard with an external hard drive or over the network.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to do a full time machine restore without the installer disc?" />
  <row Id="50396" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28342" RevisionGUID="5bf108de-7aba-4a6c-9baa-01f755191652" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:37:04.420" UserId="846" Text="Actually, the &quot;single incident&quot; development model is a good idea, as the first step.  One reason is that is makes the planning exercise more realistic and focused.  Plan for the flood, all the way.  Then suppose a different incident (say, long term power outage), apply that plan to it, and fix what breaks.  After a few iterations, the plan should be relatively robust.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some thoughts ...&#xD;&#xA; - be sure to account for unavailable people.  If there is a flood, you can't assume that all relevant staff are available.  Someone might be on vacation, or injured, or dealing with their family.&#xD;&#xA; - plan for communication problems and weaknesses. Have multiple numbers and multiple modes.&#xD;&#xA; - the DR plan needs a chain of command.  Knowing who makes decisions is critical.&#xD;&#xA; - the plan needs to be widely distributed, including offsite and off the grid.  It needs to be accessible during the disaster!" />
  <row Id="50397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28343" RevisionGUID="52544249-6c7b-47fe-9f4a-04171cb0ac00" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:37:21.300" UserId="5778" Text="...and how do I find out? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Say I am about to reboot a server. I would like to minimize downtime, so thinking about wrapping reboot in an alias that says &quot;hang on buddy, you're going to hit a fsck on boot&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Next question.. what's the best way to say &quot;lets do it next time?&quot; set the last check date? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know tune2fs can set a bunch of parameters, but how would I get em?" />
  <row Id="50398" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28343" RevisionGUID="52544249-6c7b-47fe-9f4a-04171cb0ac00" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:37:21.300" UserId="5778" Text="Will my system fsck when I reboot?" />
  <row Id="50399" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28343" RevisionGUID="52544249-6c7b-47fe-9f4a-04171cb0ac00" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:37:21.300" UserId="5778" Text="&lt;fsck&gt;&lt;reboot&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="50400" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28344" RevisionGUID="9acb5d3c-06a3-4ddc-bbee-e4c08f52676b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:38:27.910" UserId="9332" Text="Word of advice. After you fix the permissions. Change all the passwords, and make SURE that there isn't a google cache of it. " />
  <row Id="50401" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28345" RevisionGUID="c3b9af6f-4c76-4871-b872-952de437e5e7" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:38:40.673" UserId="10035" Text="Set MaxClients to a value just below the level at which your machine will run out of RAM (assuming it's a dedicated web server)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're not expecting a lot of traffic, make sure you monitoring system is checking the number of running apaches. If it goes high, try and work out why.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep Alives should normally be on, and set to a very fast time out, for typical high traffic sites." />
  <row Id="50402" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28346" RevisionGUID="7203b1df-d2e8-4da7-81e3-23a01735cc27" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:38:56.663" UserId="39733" Text="Unless you need hundreds of billions of random #s, the easiest thing to do is just use random.org.  You can purchase blocks from them if you go over the free allotment.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;People have come up with some rather unique solutions to gain &quot;street cred&quot; with their random # generators (particularly online gaming sites).  This [random dice roller][1] is my personal favorite ... generates 1.3 Million random dice rolls per day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n8LNxGbZbs&amp;eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2Fvideosearch%3Fhl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial%26hs%3DvNj%26q%3Ddice%2520roller%2520random%26um%3D1%26i&amp;feature=player_embedded" />
  <row Id="50403" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28335" RevisionGUID="a4182a64-7144-43ec-a13c-f8b32bd37c1e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:39:26.740" UserId="10034" Comment="spelling" Text="I'd first try TestDisk to gracefully recover the partition info.  Failing that, I'd then try  PhotoRec to recover the source files.  Both tools can be found at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cgsecurity.org/&quot;&gt;www.cgsecurity.org&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another good recovery tool is &quot;foremost&quot; which can be found on sourceforge." />
  <row Id="50404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28347" RevisionGUID="710b7f25-c257-460c-880c-9653f6bad520" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:39:33.523" UserId="7861" Text="If they are APC racks like ours, you can buy replacement rack locks that change them from key locks to combo locks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=ar8132a&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Expensive, but worth it for us." />
  <row Id="50405" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28348" RevisionGUID="535e8890-f82d-43fb-a467-378f1f6c17da" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:41:38.513" UserId="45" Text="If you want some scientific background here is the [Random Number Generator homepage][1] of the at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Salzburg in Austria.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; We present results and links for this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; fundamental tool in stochastic&#xD;&#xA;&gt; simulation and in applied&#xD;&#xA;&gt; cryptography, some of them due to our&#xD;&#xA;&gt; own research in this field. Enjoy the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; data and allow for necessary&#xD;&#xA;&gt; incompleteness and subjectivity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is another interesting page about [REG design][2] in a project at Princton University:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The Global Consciousness Project uses&#xD;&#xA;&gt; three different random event&#xD;&#xA;&gt; generators (REG or RNG). These are the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; PEAR portable REG, the Mindsong&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Microreg, and the Orion RNG. All three&#xD;&#xA;&gt; use quantum-indeterminate electronic&#xD;&#xA;&gt; noise. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; They are designed for research&#xD;&#xA;&gt; applications and are widely used in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; laboratory experiments. They are&#xD;&#xA;&gt; subjected to calibration procedures&#xD;&#xA;&gt; based on large samples, typically a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; million or more trials, each the sum&#xD;&#xA;&gt; of 200 bits. In the GCP application,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; an unbiased mean is guaranteed by XOR&#xD;&#xA;&gt; logic. Although they have different&#xD;&#xA;&gt; fundamental noise sources, they all&#xD;&#xA;&gt; provide high-quality random sequences&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that are functionally equivalent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://random.mat.sbg.ac.at/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://noosphere.princeton.edu/reg.html" />
  <row Id="50406" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28349" RevisionGUID="671916df-3b18-4477-8f83-12ca6b386dfd" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:44:46.307" UserDisplayName="Davide Perini" Text="same problem here,&#xD;&#xA;how fast you are reporting problem.&#xD;&#xA;Compliments, hope to see this problem solved tomorrow." />
  <row Id="50407" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28350" RevisionGUID="b4411727-a721-4ee4-8785-c2ddf7ed1fde" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:47:41.323" UserId="5392" Text="kickstart with pxe. That's also the direction you'll get directed to in their training courses. For the install it's little more than a redhat install with some extras, so kickstart is the way to do it. This makes more sense when you're building a cluster and want identical installs." />
  <row Id="50408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28351" RevisionGUID="e940e473-1a34-45d9-9fd9-20bf92a4c1e6" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:48:00.823" UserId="1723" Text="I want to install some package with not very useful dependencies (for example I want xorg-x11 without any xterm, xclock etc) and when I try to put dependencies in package.mask portage just complains about masked packages instead of ignoring them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think I had a solution for this but I'm forgetting it every time." />
  <row Id="50409" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28351" RevisionGUID="e940e473-1a34-45d9-9fd9-20bf92a4c1e6" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:48:00.823" UserId="1723" Text="Preventing specific packages from getting installed in Gentoo?" />
  <row Id="50410" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28351" RevisionGUID="e940e473-1a34-45d9-9fd9-20bf92a4c1e6" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:48:00.823" UserId="1723" Text="&lt;gentoo&gt;&lt;portage&gt;" />
  <row Id="50411" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28352" RevisionGUID="0508e4cb-4642-41c9-b955-d76982094880" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:51:15.653" UserId="9885" Text="It really depends on what you are trying to detect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are looking for resource access then (eg. payroll files, product documents):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   - collect the logs for user and access time from the server where the resource is located&#xD;&#xA;   - collect email tracking information so you can see if and where the resource is going&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are looking for external access then:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   - vpn logs for who and when the persons login&#xD;&#xA;   - firewall logs for access attempts&#xD;&#xA;   - ids logs for unusual traffic&#xD;&#xA;   - AD login logs so brute force attempts are found&#xD;&#xA;   - wifi logs&#xD;&#xA;   - dhcp logs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again,  first determine what you want to detect and then go for the logs that can show you who what and where the information/resource was accessed.  Then go for the next one.  From experience if you just want everything you will fail in getting the detection you need for anything." />
  <row Id="50412" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28353" RevisionGUID="a94bcc30-a654-466f-8341-ab11025d7ef8" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:52:46.820" UserId="8996" Text="Using `tune2fs -l /path/to/device`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If &quot;Mount count&quot; will be greater than &quot;Maximum mount counts&quot; then use `-c` to change the max or `-C` to change the count&#xD;&#xA; - If &quot;Last Checked&quot; is not recent enough for the &quot;Check interval&quot; use `-i` to change the interval or `-T` to change the last checked&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.netadmintools.com/html/8tune2fs.man.html" />
  <row Id="50413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28354" RevisionGUID="80e0d21a-97fc-46df-91c9-09d0f8ebd63a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:52:59.817" UserId="5922" Text="The [Via C3][1] processor has a hardware random number generator based on two units built from several . Drivers are available in the Linux kernel. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a [detailed analysis][2] available and the results seem quite favorable. It wouldn't be hard or expensive to buy a few C3 boards and rack them in your DC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/processors/c3/specs.jsp&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.cryptography.com/resources/whitepapers/VIA_rng.pdf" />
  <row Id="50414" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27475" RevisionGUID="1f1a1eb3-5f5d-4d07-bc8a-3b9086528a4c" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:54:17.147" UserId="9867" Comment="added 478 characters in body" Text="I set up System Center Virtual Machine Manager some time ago. We barely use it, except to do conversions from VMWare to Hyper-V. When I initially set it up, it worked fine for this purpose. Now, when I try to do a V2V conversion, the job fails during the transfer of data over BITS; it says that the connection timed out. The source VM, destination, and SCVMM machine are all the same machine. I've looked at the event logs, and I see the URL that is trying to be accessed by BITS. I've popped that URL into my browser, and it doesn't work. I've tried packet captures, but the traffic never appears on any of the adapters since it is all loopback traffic. When I try the hostname of the URL in a manual telnet session to the SSL port, I get a connection, so I know something is listening. I checked the SSL cert bindings, and I beleive that a cert is bound. I don't get any errors in my browser regarding certs when I try. I did try trimming the URL up a bit, and I am getting 404 errors when I try the top level directory. However, SCVMM uses BITS for the transfer, not pure HTTP, so I may not be doing the right kind of test.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE:** I tried it with a VMWare VM copied from a different server, it magically worked. So, somehow, SCVMM's ability to dish out the file is based on the file itself. I also tried to start the same said VM on a different machine, under VMWare Workstation, and it failed too. There is something very, very wrong here. It could have occured on the transfer to the SCVMM machine (I doubt it, I tried twice), or it could be something not right about VMWare Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help would be much appreciated! I've been banging my head on this for half of a week now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;J.Ja" />
  <row Id="50415" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28355" RevisionGUID="0c5f9e92-1c8d-4a43-9872-4ef46f759310" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:54:34.570" UserId="2224" Text="In most business environments, its a total waste of time. How often are you really churning data on these machines? By the time your normal software distribution/patching process has fragged your PC significantly, its probably more productive to re-image the box anyway." />
  <row Id="50416" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28356" RevisionGUID="f520d477-952c-4a71-bb8c-ae58bf98218b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:54:44.993" UserId="4117" Text="/etc/portage/package.mask will keep packages from being installed if they are optional.  Otherwise they'll just block installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You probably want to find use flags for what you're looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the case of xorg-x11, it's a meta package that pulls in lots of stuff.  You could install the dependencies by themselves if that's all you want." />
  <row Id="50417" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28357" RevisionGUID="6c134aad-b030-4dc9-b7ca-ab3aa4cdbc7f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:55:08.937" UserId="3111" Text="No. I have a copy of my restore disc on my Time Machine drive so it is bootable. Good luck." />
  <row Id="50418" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27891" RevisionGUID="13c72c6c-d979-49ae-8bfe-fd6a8bd4daee" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:57:55.237" UserId="2354" Comment="added 3 characters in body" Text="This is a good question with no simple answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most people think the reason is that for touch typists the most often used characters are&#xD;&#xA;typed with the fingers that are stronger.  This is not really true. You can easily check this &#xD;&#xA;yourself with a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.simonsingh.net/The_Black_Chamber/frequencyanalysis.html&quot;&gt;Letter Frequency table&lt;/a&gt; and a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_typing&quot;&gt;Touch Typing diagram&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The real reason is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you **hit two keys that are next to each other** on a mechanical typewriter simultaneously or in quick succession **they lock up** and the typewriter can even get damaged. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the designers tried to spread out the keys which were close in often used words or phrases to minimize this effect. Mechanical typewriters are long gone, but the layout stayed because &#xD;&#xA;touch typists are used to it.&#xD;&#xA;x" />
  <row Id="50419" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28358" RevisionGUID="2eeca97a-42a0-40ad-8a7e-3c67097575ad" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:58:58.603" UserId="7645" Text="If all you want to do is avoid an fsck, adding the -f option to shutdown should help with that.  shutdown -F to force fsck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`tune2fs -l` will tell you the interesting bits of information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a start:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mount -l -t ext3,ext2 | cut -d' ' -f1 | xargs -n1 tune2fs -l | egrep -i 'state|mount|check'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the &quot;Next check after&quot; date is in the past, there will be an fsck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the filesystem state is not clean, there will be an fsck. (this could also happen if there's a problem with the system during reboot/shutdown that prevents a clean unmount)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the mount count has reached the maximum mount count, there will be an fsck." />
  <row Id="50420" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28359" RevisionGUID="a2782d1e-6319-4e43-9f87-06b39753dd97" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:59:18.120" UserId="2224" Text="There are plenty of solutions for this sort of thing. I had a friend who worked at a place where they had to manage over 500 vehicle keys -- no heavy technology required. Try a place [like this][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.keycabinets.com" />
  <row Id="50421" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28360" RevisionGUID="f50dd3b0-8575-4e1d-b88c-13e1f44a2602" CreationDate="2009-06-18T20:59:27.197" UserId="9563" Text="For network inventory, I recommend using [Lansweeper][1]. Lansweeper is a powerful freeware solution without any embedded ads to make a complete software, hardware, computer inventory of your windows network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.lansweeper.com/" />
  <row Id="50425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28362" RevisionGUID="6b14a83b-7cf5-48ce-8639-9ad2fd12dce3" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:05:20.883" UserId="39733" Text="In a large enterprise data warehouse, much of the data comes from sources that are already backed up.  I've worked on Teradata and ODW installations where they've taken option #4, but known that they could restore a day or two of transactional data and transform it from the source systems.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At one retail client (at the time they had one of the top 5 largest DWs in the world, at about 200TB ... gives you an idea for how long ago this was), they went with option #1 after purchasing a new Petabyte-class Teradata server.  The old nodes would be used for a snapshot of the prior day's system, while the new one maintained the existing.  This was also nice from a failover perspective - every once in a while they'd take the whole thing down for maintenance and we'd just switch over to using the old slow server with day-old data.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Honestly though, it seemed like a big waste of processing/storage/etc to keep the thing going ... particularly when the biggest advantage was that their admins and NCR techs had to work fewer evenings to perform irregular maintenance." />
  <row Id="50426" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28363" RevisionGUID="69233c78-8222-4509-bce4-6bd61f7bf176" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:08:22.953" UserId="39733" Text="If a user complains about performance, we tell them to defrag.  Of our 50 desktops, we probably defrag 2-3 per year.  About 1/3 of the time it yields an improvement (mostly on laptops where they use it for more than just outlook/office)." />
  <row Id="50427" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28301" RevisionGUID="ba8f5302-5923-425f-9e1c-9812b756dacd" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:14:47.167" UserId="2426" Comment="added 142 characters in body; added 32 characters in body" Text="I have copyed over my site from another server ( Folders containing the site ) and when i use them on my new server (2008) i get a login diaglog when i try to access pages that have their aspx page located in a subfolder. If i use the login dialog and login with a valid account on that server, IIS will give me a 404 error ( File is physicly there on my server).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My first tought was this was NTFS rights issue, but it does not seem to be the case. I have set owner to administrators group, and i have also tried giving the everyone group full control with the same result.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the aspx pages in the root folder function as needed." />
  <row Id="50428" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28364" RevisionGUID="b4e6066e-2c27-4ce9-b530-725702f7ca1a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:18:32.900" UserId="7783" Text="I'd be inclined to look at rolling my own deployments - you inevitably end up needing things customised to your environment with possibly a few testing iterations and that point they have to replicate the important parts of your desktop environment, and it starts to look expensive." />
  <row Id="50429" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28365" RevisionGUID="396f8c31-4261-4ec8-90d7-f1ab9f17e0fc" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:22:05.453" UserId="5920" Text="In some point of time (I don't know when...) the DNS on a Windows 2003 Server gets populated with all computers on Active Directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is any way to repopulate it again? For instance, when changing the IP on a computer how to do to update DNS records? When dropping a computer, how to drop it from DNS Server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, a way is to do it by hand, but there is an automated way (say command line or menu option)?" />
  <row Id="50430" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28365" RevisionGUID="396f8c31-4261-4ec8-90d7-f1ab9f17e0fc" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:22:05.453" UserId="5920" Text="How to repopulate DNS from Active Directory?" />
  <row Id="50431" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28365" RevisionGUID="396f8c31-4261-4ec8-90d7-f1ab9f17e0fc" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:22:05.453" UserId="5920" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;dns-server&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="50432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28366" RevisionGUID="18a2dcc5-38ea-46a2-87d6-c92f18869348" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:25:09.050" UserId="3657" Text="The Microsoft DHCP server has an option to update DNS records when DHCP leases change.  That is probably what you are looking for." />
  <row Id="50433" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28367" RevisionGUID="3e1104ed-df79-4692-bd30-3a520f71f2ab" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:34:50.060" UserId="3235" Text="We don't lock our racks, but we don't share a server room either.  For keys that are controlled and shared in common they are in a locked keybox in a secured room.  We log the keys in and out of the keybox.  These are primarily keys to other wiring closets and the like, but then we know who had which key when, and the box is secured through it's own lock (albiet easy to physically defeat) and the keycard access to the data center (which is logged)." />
  <row Id="50434" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28368" RevisionGUID="544a8496-7947-420d-bb2c-0ae6494fa4fe" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:34:50.217" UserId="7861" Text="IPCONFIG /registerdns&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will &quot;try&quot; to register the A and PTR records of the machine you are running this command on in the DNS servers the NIC is associated with." />
  <row Id="50435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28369" RevisionGUID="d76564cf-575f-4aa2-bdbb-36569bcce22d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:36:21.070" UserId="9461" Text="In computing, I'm able to trace this back to about 1966 and System/360 mainframes. This [antique JCL manual][1] describes that each program returns a code, that could be further tested using COND=(,) clause to be equal/higher/lower than a given value. The informal convention of understanding the return code was:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- 0 successfull execution&#xD;&#xA;- 4 warning&#xD;&#xA;- 8 error&#xD;&#xA;- 16 fatal error&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sure this convention emerged around that time. Various IBM-supplied utilities returned such codes, but right now I cannot find any manual to back this up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course this convention could have been inherited from older systems, but I really have no idea about anything pre-OS/360.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whenever I feel like learning some history I usually end up on [bitsavers.org][2] :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/360/os/C28-6539-4_OS_JCL_Mar67.pdf&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://bitsavers.org" />
  <row Id="50436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28370" RevisionGUID="167a448b-c446-4b52-9f84-38d2624e4b29" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:36:44.453" UserId="10016" Text="We are looking at implementing network attached storage to host some our DFS shares. Who are the good / bad vendors? Has anybody already tried this and did it work for them are there better alternatives?  Are there any gotchas that we should lookout for.  Thanks" />
  <row Id="50437" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28370" RevisionGUID="167a448b-c446-4b52-9f84-38d2624e4b29" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:36:44.453" UserId="10016" Text="Choosing a NAS system and things to watchout for" />
  <row Id="50438" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28370" RevisionGUID="167a448b-c446-4b52-9f84-38d2624e4b29" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:36:44.453" UserId="10016" Text="&lt;storage&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;" />
  <row Id="50439" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28371" RevisionGUID="cabe7977-aa97-4444-9b66-6bf6f367a2da" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:37:53.220" UserId="5694" Text="This doesn't answer your question, but you might consider deploying Sysinternals [BGInfo][1] as part of your desktop image.  This puts the name of the PC (and other relevant information you specify) right on the user's desktop background.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897557.aspx" />
  <row Id="50440" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28371" RevisionGUID="cabe7977-aa97-4444-9b66-6bf6f367a2da" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:37:53.220" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="50441" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28358" RevisionGUID="36722e02-33c3-444e-9e25-c8d162daefb0" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:44:10.413" UserId="7645" Comment="added 42 characters in body" Text="If all you want to do is avoid an fsck, adding the -f option to shutdown should help with that.  shutdown -F to force fsck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`tune2fs -l /dev/foo` will tell you the interesting bits of information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's a start at extracting just what you need:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mount -l -t ext3,ext2 | cut -d' ' -f1 | xargs -n1 tune2fs -l | egrep -i 'state|mount|check'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the &quot;Next check after&quot; date is in the past, there will be an fsck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the filesystem state is not clean, there will be an fsck. (this could also happen if there's a problem with the system during reboot/shutdown that prevents a clean unmount)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the mount count has reached the maximum mount count, there will be an fsck." />
  <row Id="50442" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28372" RevisionGUID="9d9df205-cc04-4943-8420-548db3349d04" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:45:02.723" UserId="1736" Text="Your question makes me think of [the truerand library][1] from... what was it, 1999?  The idea there was getting true randomness from measuring clock drift.  If I recall correctly, the idea was that that's subject to quantum phenomena, so whatever entropy it gives you is really, really good entropy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/GARY/Math-TrulyRandom-1.0/truerand.c" />
  <row Id="50443" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24380" RevisionGUID="1fe9efad-4c9d-4801-96bb-45591f5f206e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:45:23.207" UserId="530" Comment="added 119 characters in body" Text="We're running 3.6.1, and haven't had any issues with SQL 2005 DBCC jobs. Do you know where this setting is modified in Polyserve, so I can see if ours had already been enabled?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Regarding your answer. Ours was a fresh 3.6.1 install, not an upgrade, so that seems to match what you found." />
  <row Id="50444" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27891" RevisionGUID="cee669bb-3dec-43f1-ba06-09d2604d03cd" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:47:27.523" UserId="2354" Comment="deleted 3 characters in body" Text="This is a good question with no simple answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most people think the reason is that for touch typists the most often used characters are&#xD;&#xA;typed with the fingers that are stronger.  This is not really true. You can easily check this &#xD;&#xA;yourself with a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.simonsingh.net/The_Black_Chamber/frequencyanalysis.html&quot;&gt;Letter Frequency table&lt;/a&gt; and a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_typing&quot;&gt;Touch Typing diagram&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The real reason is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you **hit two keys that are next to each other** on a mechanical typewriter simultaneously or in quick succession **they lock up** and the typewriter can even get damaged. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the designers tried to spread out the keys which were close in often used words or phrases to minimize this effect. Mechanical typewriters are long gone, but the layout stayed because &#xD;&#xA;touch typists are used to it." />
  <row Id="50445" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28373" RevisionGUID="fddb6b0a-c462-47e3-9e13-47c9da6eb63b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:47:29.737" UserId="8918" Text="While not used for time sync so that all devices are using the same time for logs, GPS time sync is commonly used in carrier class wireless transmission hardware. It allows access points to sync and all transmit/recieve simultaneously, so that they won't be causing interference or raising background noise when listening for transmissions from clients." />
  <row Id="50446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28374" RevisionGUID="40c04cf2-e438-472c-8800-60b8df607a3e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:48:22.903" UserId="9138" Text="Talking to myself or a fellow sysadmin: If it's a server and I'm in the datacenter(customer site), I'll usually call it a machine(Internal QA/Dev: server). If I'm logged in, I'll usually call it a system. If I'm not, a box. If I'm referring to this particular system among many, a host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Talking to an end user(QA/Dev): pick one, or use the one they last used. End User, customer site(usually not very tech-savvy): computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And it's all very interchangable. So it's one of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. server&#xD;&#xA; 2. machine&#xD;&#xA; 3. system&#xD;&#xA; 4. box&#xD;&#xA; 5. host&#xD;&#xA; 6. computer" />
  <row Id="50447" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28374" RevisionGUID="40c04cf2-e438-472c-8800-60b8df607a3e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:48:22.903" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="50448" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28375" RevisionGUID="3c573642-e9bd-4729-a824-4c55d9087c66" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:48:52.323" UserId="5808" Text="Take a look at http://www.fourmilab.ch/onetime/.  It's a one-time pad generator package that contains the source code to a separate, software-based pRNG.  At the very least, it will provide some insight on the complexities of generating randomness on a computer." />
  <row Id="50449" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28301" RevisionGUID="672f13d4-2332-4816-a322-effc83217619" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:51:59.447" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix typos and spelling" Text="I have copied over my site from another server ( Folders containing the site ) and when i use them on my new server (2008) i get a login dialog when i try to access pages that have their aspx page located in a subfolder. If i use the login dialog and login with a valid account on that server, IIS will give me a 404 error ( File is physically there on my server).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My first thought was this was NTFS rights issue, but it does not seem to be the case. I have set owner to administrators group, and i have also tried giving the everyone group full control with the same result.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the aspx pages in the root folder function as needed." />
  <row Id="50450" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28250" RevisionGUID="291bd6aa-8fe3-4822-9428-2290ca5690af" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:55:12.717" UserId="9258" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;governance&gt;" />
  <row Id="50451" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28376" RevisionGUID="8268fbc9-052e-419b-9236-1177a5c664f5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:58:56.657" UserId="10024" Text="I downloaded the Smooth Streaming 2.0 release via the Web Platform Installer http://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After I got it all set up and downloaded the sample content. I found that it would not stream the videos. The page loaded fine, but it would only show me a static frame of video. I could seek around in the Silverlight player and it would refresh, but the framerate would not go above Zero. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone else seeing that issue on Win 7 RC in IIS 7.  Is this supported on Win 7 RC? &#xD;&#xA;Just wondering, cause it would be nice to have this running on my development box for testing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50452" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28376" RevisionGUID="8268fbc9-052e-419b-9236-1177a5c664f5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:58:56.657" UserId="10024" Text="Does the Smooth Streaming 2.0 installation work on Windows 7 RC?" />
  <row Id="50453" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28376" RevisionGUID="8268fbc9-052e-419b-9236-1177a5c664f5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:58:56.657" UserId="10024" Text="&lt;iis7&gt;" />
  <row Id="50454" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27585" RevisionGUID="884d1399-440e-4ffc-ac49-42e27e21d40a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:58:58.827" UserId="9326" Comment="bolded link" Text="I think [**this method**][1] addresses what you need.  I'm not sure if this affects the power button or not (may depend on the bios power settings).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://mintywhite.com/tech/vista/disable-shutdown-in-windows-vistaxp/" />
  <row Id="50455" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28377" RevisionGUID="0ed3ab67-2bdc-4a81-8aac-07129febc23a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T21:59:14.940" UserId="5234" Text="Roll your own is definitely the way to go.  Of the companies who offer the service, it's almost certainly split between honest decent folks who genuinely want to help with difficult software on the one hand, and a two-lads-in-the-back-of-a-van operation using free tools in the hope of making a quick buck on the other.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rolling your own is so easy though that you really need a compelling reason not to." />
  <row Id="50456" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28370" RevisionGUID="8f46c023-8e61-430b-b415-53a64baf6eea" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:00:31.007" UserId="7645" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;storage&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;dfs&gt;&lt;nas&gt;" />
  <row Id="50460" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28379" RevisionGUID="1e155c61-1bad-495f-a8df-1f69e491d928" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:05:37.220" UserId="10024" Text="Got it working! &#xD;&#xA;I removed the IIS Media 2.0 release after the Web Platform installed it and installed the latest IIS Media 3.0 beta that was published in the Web Platform installer. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then it started working just fine.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Standalone installer for 3.0 is here also.&#xD;&#xA;http://www.iis.net/extensions/LiveSmoothStreaming&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I am having issues with the manifest that was created by Expresion Encoder 3, but that is a different question." />
  <row Id="50461" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28380" RevisionGUID="9c99d543-1fcc-4682-8edd-74ec1d8b18cc" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:05:38.983" UserId="1435" Text="I like NetAPP filers, they're good value, pretty fast and have great functionality but they're really not cheap and they don't perform as well under heavy load as a decent SAN." />
  <row Id="50462" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28381" RevisionGUID="bfecac4c-0efb-4084-b455-2bed3dc624f5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:07:45.703" UserDisplayName="James" Text="What is a nice way to enable desktop sharing for a bunch of users connected to terminal servers? Something like VNC display host on many clients, but the users will generally be connected to the one terminal server with the same IP address. The situation will most likely be for sharing desktops for training or meeting purposes. Is way to leverage the inbuilt 'remote control' of terminal server sessions, or can you recommend a web service that will do this nicely, and play nicely with Term Server sessions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the users (for now) are connected by VPN to central terminal servers. Does Net Meeting ring a bell?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The terminal server(s) is W2k3, which is not supported by Netmeeting or Meeting Space&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am ideally looking for something like Netmeeting (supported upto W2k) and Windows Meeting Space (supported in Vista) http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/features/meeting-space.aspx" />
  <row Id="50463" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28381" RevisionGUID="bfecac4c-0efb-4084-b455-2bed3dc624f5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:07:45.703" UserDisplayName="James" Text="Desktop sharing for training and online meetings - internal LAN use only" />
  <row Id="50464" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28381" RevisionGUID="bfecac4c-0efb-4084-b455-2bed3dc624f5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:07:45.703" UserDisplayName="James" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;desktop&gt;&lt;screen-sharing&gt;" />
  <row Id="50465" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28382" RevisionGUID="d630d81a-d01f-4002-970d-5ec8cccb7e6a" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:10:04.340" UserId="2629" Text="This may help.  [rEFIt][1] is a tool for booting linux on Intel Macs.  In the DMG is a utility called &quot;Partition Inspector&quot; that'll let you know if there are differences between the (EFI-style) GUID Partition Table and the (BIOS-style) Master Boot Record.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you install it rEFIT, and hold down the option key at startup, a menu comes up to choose which OS you want to boot, and there is a utility you can access there that'll try to make the two boot records correspond.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My guess is that the second partition is known in the Master Boot Record, but not in the GUID Partition Table.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://refit.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="50466" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28383" RevisionGUID="2e79e7de-8de2-4454-b877-d3843e595a74" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:10:28.583" UserId="9258" Text="Are you looking for something like [LiveMeeting][1]? I know Microsoft uses this for a lot of their webcasts they do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://livemeeting.com" />
  <row Id="50467" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28384" RevisionGUID="9a12255d-4129-4560-8154-ba3ba0bb760d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:13:15.863" UserId="3306" Text="This should happen automatically (for windows machines on your domain as long as 'register this connection's address in dns' is checked under dns tab). If you change the IP manually or if it receives a new IP via DHCP this should be automatic. You can delete them all from DNS and they will eventually all show back up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As mentioned, ipconfig /registerdns will force registration, but your comment that it doesn't work &quot;for a dropped and died computer&quot; is confusing. If the machine is off the network or powered off then there is no way for it to register its address. Please provide more information if possible." />
  <row Id="50468" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28385" RevisionGUID="ff5628d6-fda6-4af3-9292-59a70a143572" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:13:18.937" UserId="10043" Text="Applied brownian motion or weibull distribution." />
  <row Id="50469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28386" RevisionGUID="0cb5a61c-a781-4944-acef-fa099c15fecf" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:16:21.520" UserId="9351" Text="In our NOC, we maintain situational awareness of all physical security zones (reactive video feeds), some basic information about the physical characteristics of the data centers, the weather and a national news feed. Are there other things you recommend a NOC monitor, or is this considered good enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50470" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28386" RevisionGUID="0cb5a61c-a781-4944-acef-fa099c15fecf" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:16:21.520" UserId="9351" Text="NOC Situational Awareness" />
  <row Id="50471" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28386" RevisionGUID="0cb5a61c-a781-4944-acef-fa099c15fecf" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:16:21.520" UserId="9351" Text="&lt;datacenter&gt;&lt;analytics&gt;" />
  <row Id="50472" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28387" RevisionGUID="542f19bb-9a3d-48c9-9f73-5e4fc886beb5" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:21:24.600" UserId="2224" Text="RSS feeds of internal or external events might be useful. We use an internal blog for change controls, and pipe the output to a Mac with the RSS reader screensaver." />
  <row Id="50473" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28388" RevisionGUID="395b4c6e-210d-4a3d-848b-2169e964b4a6" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:22:09.387" UserId="8396" Text="We were in the same boat 2 years ago and spoke to two consulting companies with packaging services, so take my recomendations with a grain of salt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The company I liked was called Intrinsic Technologies ( http://www.intrinsic.net/ ).  They had a deep set of talent and we shared a laugh over some of the packages that we were having difficulty with at the time (cough...Real Player...cough).  Their sales and technical reps seemed to understand the ins and outs of building packages and I wish we had given them our business.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other consulting company we talked to was a subsidiary of large computer reseller, we went with them over my objections.  They had 2 guys in the entire consultancy who could build packages, one whose packages didn't work on our systems as built and another who felt building packages was beneath him.  It was not a pleasant experience and the entire initiative got scrapped." />
  <row Id="50474" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28389" RevisionGUID="f2e2f15e-7808-4b71-9a4d-931fa5b31c76" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:22:34.877" UserId="1565" Text="You might check out [ConferenceXP][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ConferenceXP is a shared-source&#xD;&#xA;&gt; research platform developed by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Microsoft Research that provides&#xD;&#xA;&gt; simple, flexible, and extensible&#xD;&#xA;&gt; conferencing and collaboration using&#xD;&#xA;&gt; high-bandwidth networks and the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; advanced multimedia capabilities of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Microsoft Windows. ConferenceXP helps&#xD;&#xA;&gt; researchers and educators develop&#xD;&#xA;&gt; innovative applications and solutions&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that feature broadcast-quality audio&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and video in support of real-time&#xD;&#xA;&gt; distributed collaboration and distance&#xD;&#xA;&gt; learning environments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://cct.cs.washington.edu/" />
  <row Id="50475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28390" RevisionGUID="da454f35-0b64-4f22-bb7b-1bf0d026ad7f" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:24:08.230" UserId="10045" Text="I have a couple of basic system images (VM disks) which I clone as necessary to create new VMs.  I keep these base images up to date by firing them up every once in a while and getting patches.  I've done cloning both by using the VMWare vCenter Converter and just copying the raw files into a new directory and updating the .vmx files.  Turn on the clone, rename the host and update the IP, and I've got a ready-to-go brand new server.  I have about a dozen VMs running on two servers right now using this method." />
  <row Id="50476" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28391" RevisionGUID="03b493d6-bae9-4241-9903-b4aa003d0e43" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:24:38.820" UserId="1840" Text="WebEx works fine too on Terminal Servers.  I'm not sure how it will work on many TS sessions inside a Terminal Server, you can try this by launching a Demo: [www.webex.com][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are other posts about these kinds of products:&#xD;&#xA;[**http://serverfault.com/questions/1383/replacement-for-netmeeting**][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.webex.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1383/replacement-for-netmeeting" />
  <row Id="50477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28392" RevisionGUID="abbdae1d-5c31-4479-b21d-e6f5dfbd8aa1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:28:13.650" UserId="1565" Text="You might check out [ConferenceXP][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ConferenceXP is a shared-source&#xD;&#xA;&gt; research platform developed by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Microsoft Research that provides&#xD;&#xA;&gt; simple, flexible, and extensible&#xD;&#xA;&gt; conferencing and collaboration using&#xD;&#xA;&gt; high-bandwidth networks and the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; advanced multimedia capabilities of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Microsoft Windows. ConferenceXP helps&#xD;&#xA;&gt; researchers and educators develop&#xD;&#xA;&gt; innovative applications and solutions&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that feature broadcast-quality audio&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and video in support of real-time&#xD;&#xA;&gt; distributed collaboration and distance&#xD;&#xA;&gt; learning environments.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://cct.cs.washington.edu/" />
  <row Id="50478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28393" RevisionGUID="be27f2cd-f4b1-4ae7-a756-448618f93000" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:30:17.373" UserId="2629" Text="I booted the machine off another one in Target Disk Mode, and plugged in the Time Machine backup.  A dialog asked something like, &quot;Do you want to use the old backup volume&quot;, and, figuring it would be non-destructive, I said yes. [I may have gone into the Time Machine Preferences first].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I went into Time Machine and restored Macintosh HD onto the erased drive.  Two-and-a-half hours later, I saw that the drive (MacHD) had a Macintosh HD folder on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cd /Volumes/MacHD/Macintosh\ HD&#xD;&#xA;    sudo mv * ..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I set the volume as the startup volume.  ...  The second time I booted up in verbose mode, and it states that the /dev directory was missing.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Chalk this up as one method that doesn't work." />
  <row Id="50479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28394" RevisionGUID="51a8db2d-9662-4b5c-919e-72752c42b965" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:31:41.647" UserId="1840" Text="How about:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - &lt;h3&gt;NOC staff RSS feeds/Tweets&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do each of you at the NOC share information?  Yammer ([**https://www.yammer.com/**][1]) could be a good way to share enterprise-wide information/status **(via email/IM/RSS)**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.yammer.com/" />
  <row Id="50480" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28395" RevisionGUID="92887cb6-1cc0-40e6-a4d0-0b1fc4b06a56" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:34:07.663" UserId="4413" Text="If you use Netapp and the RAID4 WAFL filesystem be aware that your I/O performance will plummet if your disk volumes get nearly full (i.e. &gt; 90% used).  I had this problem on several clustered filers and was told by Netapp that my only solution was to buy more Netapps.  This led to us replacing our Netapp filers with EMC arrays.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said all that... I love Netapps.  They are very easy to use and work great for situations where they fit." />
  <row Id="50481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28396" RevisionGUID="84529981-6d9a-4378-b5b3-3db79696e723" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:34:44.057" UserId="10021" Text="The Radar available from Securitywizardry.com is always something I've wanted to put up on a big plasma in a NOC/SOC for the cool factor: http://www.securitywizardry.com/radar.htm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It includes security news, &quot;health&quot; levels, emerging threats, and information on tool updates. " />
  <row Id="50482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28397" RevisionGUID="933bd9aa-e7f1-4568-96a5-ca24343f6cab" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:37:55.907" UserId="1993" Text="This is a pretty broad question, but I'm assuming we're avoiding service- or logical-level monitoring (ie, SSH listening, web sites responding properly, disk space, CPU usage, etc.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your NOC should be doing both constant hands-off monitoring as well as periodic hands-on/eyes-on monitoring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Constantly monitor:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Ambient temperature/humidity from multiple sensors in datacenter&#xD;&#xA; - Power draw for all circuits in datacenter&#xD;&#xA; - AC unit's self-reported load/health&#xD;&#xA; - Video feeds of datacenter interior, all datacenter entrances, and entrance to NOC area&#xD;&#xA; - UPS battery status&#xD;&#xA; - Log all entrance/exits from datacenter (whether by swipe card or manual sign-in)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Periodic walkthroughs:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Racks closed and locked&#xD;&#xA; - Any audible or visual hardware alarms (lights, tones, status LCDs)&#xD;&#xA; - Floor tiles in place and in good condition&#xD;&#xA; - Datacenter entrances closed and locked&#xD;&#xA; - Cameras undisturbed&#xD;&#xA; - No unexpected visitors in or around datacenter&#xD;&#xA; - Failed lights, broken windows, damaged doors, anything that makes physical security easier to breach&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, why bother with a national news feed? Unless you have datacenters distributed throughout the country, it makes much more sense to tune into local news stations. The value of this as a whole is questionable, though, since it's going to be a very high noise:signal ratio. If anything, just subscribe to an RSS feed from your relevant news outlets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, this may not be what you're looking for, but I've found testing outside my network to be invaluable. Testing for high latency or packet loss to several well known networks (Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, etc.) with small and large packets, checking common websites for proper return codes, and measuring round trip latency for email to/from several popular free mail sites (Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail) has given me the jump on several subtle problems before my users started calling." />
  <row Id="50483" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28391" RevisionGUID="a32e6622-b9d6-43b6-aa36-20d42fa1d6f7" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:42:07.817" UserId="1840" Comment="added 52 characters in body" Text="WebEx works fine too on Terminal Servers.  I'm not sure how it will work on many TS sessions inside a Terminal Server (single session usage is about 40MB RAM/Java-based), you can try this by launching a Demo: [www.webex.com][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are other posts about these kinds of products:&#xD;&#xA;[**http://serverfault.com/questions/1383/replacement-for-netmeeting**][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.webex.com&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/1383/replacement-for-netmeeting" />
  <row Id="50484" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28398" RevisionGUID="ac5b8b5c-7606-4895-bbdc-342d2490320b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:47:24.563" UserId="9351" Text="We use a keysafe as well. It lives inside a mantrap between a small business operations center and the actual DC. TO get a key, you have to badge into the man-trap, badge into the safe and complete a hand scan. Then, you badge into the DC. All of this is monitored by video." />
  <row Id="50485" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28397" RevisionGUID="004f9c60-d5f2-4320-99b9-a28205f51ee4" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:48:11.520" UserId="1993" Comment="switch ports" Text="This is a pretty broad question, but I'm assuming we're avoiding service- or logical-level monitoring (ie, SSH listening, web sites responding properly, disk space, CPU usage, etc.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your NOC should be doing both constant hands-off monitoring as well as periodic hands-on/eyes-on monitoring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Constantly monitor:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Ambient temperature/humidity from multiple sensors in datacenter&#xD;&#xA; - Power draw for all circuits in datacenter&#xD;&#xA; - AC unit's self-reported load/health&#xD;&#xA; - Video feeds of datacenter interior, all datacenter entrances, and entrance to NOC area&#xD;&#xA; - UPS battery status&#xD;&#xA; - Log all entrance/exits from datacenter (whether by swipe card or manual sign-in)&#xD;&#xA; - Switch port/router interface status events (up/down/change in speed)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Periodic walkthroughs:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Racks closed and locked&#xD;&#xA; - Any audible or visual hardware alarms (lights, tones, status LCDs)&#xD;&#xA; - Floor tiles in place and in good condition&#xD;&#xA; - Datacenter entrances closed and locked&#xD;&#xA; - Cameras undisturbed&#xD;&#xA; - No unexpected visitors in or around datacenter&#xD;&#xA; - Failed lights, broken windows, damaged doors, anything that makes physical security easier to breach&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, why bother with a national news feed? Unless you have datacenters distributed throughout the country, it makes much more sense to tune into local news stations. The value of this as a whole is questionable, though, since it's going to be a very high noise:signal ratio. If anything, just subscribe to an RSS feed from your relevant news outlets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, this may not be what you're looking for, but I've found testing outside my network to be invaluable. Testing for high latency or packet loss to several well known networks (Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, etc.) with small and large packets, checking common websites for proper return codes, and measuring round trip latency for email to/from several popular free mail sites (Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail) has given me the jump on several subtle problems before my users started calling." />
  <row Id="50486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28399" RevisionGUID="5c067662-37fe-41a1-8c1b-81fdca8da05e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:50:10.627" UserId="6352" Text="Ok, this is not a question, but I'm quite sure lots of people would like a guide about this, because it has been asked many times, even if not here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm posting it, if you find it useful feel free to upvote it :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is of course completely useless in a production environment, but very useful for at least two purposes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Testing ESX or ESXi if you don't have a physical server available&#xD;&#xA;- Testing the whole Virtual Infrastructure if you don't have at least two servers and a SAN&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Prerequisites:&#xD;&#xA;--------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- You need some physical resources. In order to run ESX or ESXi in VM, the VM needs at least 1.5 GB of memory, two VCPUs and enough disk space for the server itself and for the VMs you will run inside it.&#xD;&#xA;- You ***absolutely*** need a physical CPU with native virtualization support (Intel VT or AMD-V).&#xD;&#xA;- You need to run VMWare Workstation 6.5 or VMWare Server 2 on the physical host. Previous versions can't succesfully run ESX or ESXi in a VM.&#xD;&#xA;- A 64-bit OS on the physical host is useful but not required.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Installation:&#xD;&#xA;-------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Enable native virtualization support for your CPU in the motherboard BIOS (it's often not enabled by default).&#xD;&#xA;- Install your preferred virtualization software. I've tested everything succesfully using VMWare Workstation 6.5.2 on a Windows XP x64 host, but it should work with VMWare Server 2.0 and/or Linux hosts, too.&#xD;&#xA;- Create a custom VM using those setting:&#xD;&#xA;    - Hardware compatibility level: latest&#xD;&#xA;    - Guest operating system: other 64-bit&#xD;&#xA;    - Virtual CPUs: at least 2&#xD;&#xA;    - Memory: at least 1.5 GB&#xD;&#xA;    - Networking: Host-only or NAT.&#xD;&#xA;    - SCSI adapter: LSI Logic&#xD;&#xA;    - Virtual disk type: SCSI&#xD;&#xA;    - Virtual disks: as you wish; I suggest using at least two virtual disks, a 10-GB one for installing the system and another one where to create a datastore. The space should be pre-allocated.&#xD;&#xA;    - Remove floppy, sound card, USB controller, etc. Leave only networking and storage.&#xD;&#xA;    - CPU Execution mode: Intel VT-x or AMD-V (***very important***).&#xD;&#xA;- Manually edit the VMX file of the virtual machine you created, setting those parameters:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    `guestOS = &quot;vmkernel&quot;`  &#xD;&#xA;    `monitor_control.vt32 = &quot;TRUE&quot;`  &#xD;&#xA;    `monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = &quot;TRUE&quot;`  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Start the VM and install ESX or ESXi from the installation ISO image.&#xD;&#xA;- Configure the networking to allow the ESX or ESXi virtual server to talk with the host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usage:&#xD;&#xA;------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Use your web browser to connect to you virtual server's IP address and download the VI Client.&#xD;&#xA;- Install the VI Client on the host.&#xD;&#xA;- Connect to the virtual ESX/ESXi server.&#xD;&#xA;- Create a VM as you wish.&#xD;&#xA;- Power up the VM.&#xD;&#xA;- If everything is done correctly, the VM will start. If it complains about not being able to power on a VM inside a VM, then there is an error with the `monitor_control.restrict_backdoor' parameter (or you're using an old version of VMWare Workstation/Server).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Enjoy :-)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50487" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28399" RevisionGUID="5c067662-37fe-41a1-8c1b-81fdca8da05e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:50:10.627" UserId="6352" Text="How to run VMWare ESX or ESXi in a virtual machine" />
  <row Id="50488" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28399" RevisionGUID="5c067662-37fe-41a1-8c1b-81fdca8da05e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:50:10.627" UserId="6352" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;vmware-esx&gt;&lt;vmware-esxi&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="50489" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25321" RevisionGUID="4b06b198-57a6-441d-a2e2-29dc85192af1" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:50:37.443" UserId="8996" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;ubuntu-server&gt;&lt;file-transfer&gt;" />
  <row Id="50490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28400" RevisionGUID="5e3d3ff5-9452-4a53-8d50-9717587fa13d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:53:29.463" UserId="7783" Text="FerranB, what is it exactly that you're trying to do? Are you saying someone has deleted your DNS server data and you're trying to repopulate it from active directory account records? Your question is a little confusing because you seem to be assuming or trying to create a link that doesn't exist. Active Directory information is not used to populate DNS because they are two different things doing two different jobs, even when DNS data is held inside AD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're talking about simply tidying up old DNS entries, you probably ought to look at [this][1] and also the comments others have made about getting DHCP updating DNS records too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc757041.aspx" />
  <row Id="50494" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28402" RevisionGUID="57640929-435e-41ea-9a4c-c7eab0677d96" CreationDate="2009-06-18T22:58:49.813" UserId="792" Text="Being that it takes about as much time to install ESX as it takes to take the server out of the box, I go CD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;99% of the time when you need to install ESX you're standing beside the physical machine anyway. Pop the CD in and go and skip the network drama." />
  <row Id="50496" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28365" RevisionGUID="2eda7cd2-991d-4530-a757-c97bb3150177" CreationDate="2009-06-18T23:05:03.263" UserId="5920" Comment="Update to comments or answers; added 32 characters in body" Text="In some point of time (I don't know when...) the DNS on a Windows 2003 Server gets populated with all computers on Active Directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is any way to repopulate it again? For instance, when changing the IP on a computer how to do to update DNS records? When dropping a computer, how to drop it from DNS Server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, a way is to do it by hand, but there is an automated way (say command line or menu option)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Robert Moir, Things I wish to do:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; * Cleanup DNS entries for old computer that does not exists (dead computers or/and active directory dropped).&#xD;&#xA; * Some computer have fixed (not DHCP) IP addresses (in our case we have computer on another building and for network provider reasons the DHCP is not working there fine, all buildings connect with VPNs). If we move a DHCP computer to another LAN wich requires fixed IP how can DNS get updated not by hand?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50497" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28328" RevisionGUID="34a936be-3b9f-42cd-b842-834525e141c7" CreationDate="2009-06-18T23:22:35.567" UserId="9351" Comment="edited body; deleted 10 characters in body" Text="The cost is not small (relatively)  and the benefits are few. The only places I've seen running their own stratum-0 time source had extremely high expectations for the quality of the input, and a lack of trust in external time sources." />
  <row Id="50498" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28403" RevisionGUID="68386a16-ce65-45d0-8217-c19e077761be" CreationDate="2009-06-18T23:25:40.990" UserId="4076" Text="We got rid of key locks on our racks and put in electronic locks that where hooked up to our building security system instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If someone lost their access card or was fired it took less than a minute to revoke access. It also gave us logs of who was opening racks and when. As well as limiting access for personnel and clients to only the racks they were supposed to have access to." />
  <row Id="50499" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28400" RevisionGUID="b2813024-d09e-4499-bcb1-42989f45546b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T23:26:49.710" UserId="7783" Comment="added 614 characters in body" Text="Active Directory information is not used to populate DNS because they are two different things doing two different jobs, even when DNS data is held inside AD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To simply tidy up old DNS entries, you probably ought to look at [this][1] and also the comments others have made about getting DHCP updating DNS records too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc757041.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OK DHCP and the network system on Windows clients should update those as their IP address changes. If this isn't happening then check the settings on the DHCP server. You can force this to pass along changes to the DNS server itself if clients are not doing so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this isn't happening for devices with static addresses that you're already changing manually then ipconfig /registerDNS will do it, as already suggested. I know you said you didn't want a manual solution but if someone's already sitting there manually updating the ip address then for this one purpose it might well be easier to make an exception.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;aging and scavenging of records on the DNS server should ensure that &quot;crud&quot; gets cleaned out eventually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think there's going to be one answer where you just tick one box on the server and all of this happens automagically without a hitch, because you're really talking about a few different things here." />
  <row Id="50500" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28404" RevisionGUID="963c73ca-1134-418e-91e1-8ee587be90a8" CreationDate="2009-06-18T23:31:30.107" UserId="8517" Text="CMD Batch files are pretty weak at this but if you don't mind drifting into Perl.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $filename=shift() or die (&quot;Enter a filename\n&quot;);&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    @extensions = split(/\;/,$ENV{PATHEXT});&#xD;&#xA;    @paths = (&quot;.&quot;,split(/\;/,$ENV{PATH}));&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    foreach $path (@paths) {&#xD;&#xA;    	$path =~ s/\\?\s*$/\\/;&#xD;&#xA;    	foreach $ext (@extensions) {&#xD;&#xA;    		if (-e $path.$filename.$ext) {&#xD;&#xA;    			print $path.$filename.$ext.&quot;\n&quot;;&#xD;&#xA;    		}&#xD;&#xA;    	}&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given an extensionless filename it will list the order in which the various executable file types (as defined by the PATHEXT variable) will be found starting with the current directory and then searching the PATH sequentially for all executable types in the correct order. This search pattern is the one used by the CMD shell as far as I am aware, for commands launched by api calls such as CreateProcess the search behavior and order will be different.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is quick and dirty and I haven't exhaustively tested it but it handles paths with spaces and paths with\without a trailing backslash which are the most obvious complications. Odd paths with forward slashes and quoted semicolons will throw it for a loop." />
  <row Id="50501" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28403" RevisionGUID="bf1a47b7-767d-4e06-ae2f-83313a4e18b3" CreationDate="2009-06-18T23:32:46.687" UserId="4076" Comment="added another feature of the solution." Text="We got rid of key locks on our racks and put in electronic locks that where hooked up to our building security system instead.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If someone lost their access card or was fired it took less than a minute to revoke access. It also gave us logs of who was opening racks and when. As well as limiting access for personnel and clients to only the racks they were supposed to have access to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Another trick we did with it was give our regular contractors access cards that were disabled by default, when we called them to go in and do work the NOC would enable their cards for that period. Saved them having to come into the NOC which was in the next suburb over for keys first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50502" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28405" RevisionGUID="b34e5a02-87ba-40d8-b506-fbc47384094b" CreationDate="2009-06-18T23:35:56.290" UserDisplayName="Chris" Text="Archive the email using TEAL ([CoolRock Software][1]). Users can search for their email using the web interface, or the TEAL Outlook plugin. Users can be more confident about deleting their email from Outlook knowing they can just drag it back if they need to (even if the Exchange server is down). Then you can introduce quotas etc. if you want to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.coolrocksoftware.com/" />
  <row Id="50503" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28406" RevisionGUID="d2d1beb7-f70d-43f9-ac9e-b188be4fa7ab" CreationDate="2009-06-18T23:37:12.403" UserId="9883" Text="If you wanted to trace an IP address because that IP Address was the source of attacks and abuse, how would you accomplish this?  Is there anything one can do to find who is using a given IP address and furthermore is there anything that can be done to stop it? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Frank" />
  <row Id="50504" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28406" RevisionGUID="d2d1beb7-f70d-43f9-ac9e-b188be4fa7ab" CreationDate="2009-06-18T23:37:12.403" UserId="9883" Text="IP Address Trace" />
  <row Id="50505" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28406" RevisionGUID="d2d1beb7-f70d-43f9-ac9e-b188be4fa7ab" CreationDate="2009-06-18T23:37:12.403" UserId="9883" Text="&lt;ip-address&gt;&lt;trace&gt;&lt;abuse&gt;" />
  <row Id="50507" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28399" RevisionGUID="f24c99c4-fad3-4c42-ae09-c6a279b66377" CreationDate="2009-06-18T23:43:36.507" UserId="6352" Comment="deleted 2946 characters in body; edited title" Text="Edit: reformatted as Q&amp;A.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50508" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="28399" RevisionGUID="f24c99c4-fad3-4c42-ae09-c6a279b66377" CreationDate="2009-06-18T23:43:36.507" UserId="6352" Comment="deleted 2946 characters in body; edited title" Text="How to run VMWare ESX or ESXi in a virtual machine?" />
  <row Id="50510" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28408" RevisionGUID="43ca61b9-c22b-415c-babc-122565601898" CreationDate="2009-06-18T23:47:06.723" UserDisplayName="StevoIBM" Text="You can also look at Tivoli Monitoring software.&#xD;&#xA;Its reasonably inexpensive and very easy to use. &#xD;&#xA;It can be used in house or remotely and you can manage &#xD;&#xA;your whole environment using this software from a single &#xD;&#xA;dashboard." />
  <row Id="50511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28409" RevisionGUID="f9d64eda-de33-4118-9e2a-509bedf58b60" CreationDate="2009-06-18T23:47:41.480" UserId="8282" Text="If you just need a quick replacement, you could use the Vista-integrated &quot;Windows Collaboration&quot;.  It's gotten some bad reviews though, I'd check to make sure it meets your needs first." />
  <row Id="50512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28410" RevisionGUID="8578428b-45c9-411d-983c-9c9e83e48164" CreationDate="2009-06-18T23:48:25.317" UserId="6779" Text="Everyone seems to have different definitions of massive, but for me running Exchange 2003 with executives that generate over 10GB/year in mail, I wrote a simple VBA script that replicates the archiving functionality that comes with Outlook, but seems to be able to copy mailbox to mailbox better and lets me specify date parameters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Each year, I create a new mailbox for that year like &quot;bob2008&quot;, etc and every quarter/half year/year (depending on how fast their mailbox grows), I move mail from their current mailbox to the archive one. The archive mailboxes are stored on a separate Exchange server that just stores archived mail in order to keep our main server fast. Backups don't need to be frequent because there is only new data on a quarterly basis.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for allowing users access, I just grant them permission to view it as an additional mailbox in their Outlook." />
  <row Id="50513" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28399" RevisionGUID="52ab3a14-9a74-4a37-a016-8b76253c0f91" CreationDate="2009-06-18T23:49:06.177" UserId="6352" Comment="Reformatted as Q&amp;A." Text="Can VMWare ESX or ESXi be installed and used inside a virtual machine?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It can be installed inside VMWare Workstation or Server, but then runs REALLY slowly and/or when powering up a VM gives an error stating &quot;You may not power on a virtual machine in a virtual machine&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28411" RevisionGUID="d4422aec-8742-4925-bbf1-e187d65b11cb" CreationDate="2009-06-18T23:50:11.777" UserId="6965" Text="First step - use WHOIS to find out where the offending IP is; that'll get you a country, ISP/registrar, or even a business address, if you're lucky." />
  <row Id="50516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28412" RevisionGUID="b2b7c09b-657d-430f-8dff-12d86faeec4d" CreationDate="2009-06-18T23:50:22.227" UserId="8282" Text="[Backtrace][1] works fairly well for a quick and dirty backtrace.  However, the IP it returns might not always be the attacker's IP.  With botnets, proxies, etc it is getting easier to hide your location.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ostrosoft.com/OIT/backtrace.asp" />
  <row Id="50517" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28413" RevisionGUID="2224e3fe-1046-4567-854f-78b6afd2b7ec" CreationDate="2009-06-18T23:51:32.633" UserId="1375" Text="To stop attacks, just firewall the IP address as far &quot;upstream&quot; in your network as you can (at your border).  To track down the &quot;user&quot; of an IP address, I generally use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* `dig -x &lt;IP&gt;` to get an idea of what the IP address might be (DSL, dialup, dynamic vs static IP, or even an honest-to-goodness colo box);&#xD;&#xA;* `whois &lt;IP&gt;` to find out who the responsible entity is for the netblock (should contain contact details if you want to report the abuse and try to get it stopped at it's source)&#xD;&#xA;* One thing I never do is use `nmap` on an IP address to get an idea of the OS and services running on the machine to see if I can remotely access it or crash it to stop the abuse.  That would be naughty." />
  <row Id="50519" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28414" RevisionGUID="f94d15c2-7bfb-4281-b426-7fae611a8484" CreationDate="2009-06-18T23:52:55.270" UserId="9783" Text="The ISP that owns the IP is the only group that really know the identity of the person registered to an IP. The best info you can hope for is what you can get from [dnsstuff](http://www.dnsstuff.com/).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the matter is serious and you want something done about it, then your only option would be to report it to the police.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could drop everything from that IP address in your firewall, which might help for a little while, but chances are if they are a decent cracker, they will be bouncing through proxies, and will just come in from a different angle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If they are just probing for information, don't worry too much. Make sure your applications are OS are patched. If it is something more malicious like a DDoS attack, then there are firewalls that are able to stop them, I'm not familiar with them myself though. If they have already got in, then do a search here. I saw something a couple of days ago about how to recover from an intrusion." />
  <row Id="50520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28415" RevisionGUID="1fe073c2-1ac5-4af6-922d-02da8fa4c2ed" CreationDate="2009-06-18T23:53:21.150" UserId="8290" Text="If you've got a non-Windows machine, `whois &lt;ip&gt;` is your first step. This will tie the IP to a network and possibly even supply you with an 'abuse' contact, usually an email address. You can email an abuse report there. You can also try `nslookup &lt;ip&gt;` to get a domain name, and [look that up on abuse.net][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're running Windows start with [ARIN's web whois][2]. That may lead you to another web whois service if the IP address is not located in the USA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://abuse.net/lookup.phtml&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ws.arin.net/whois/" />
  <row Id="50521" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28416" RevisionGUID="2c80c9ef-83c9-4422-8b4c-f77bd46541b3" CreationDate="2009-06-18T23:54:50.963" UserId="6352" Text="VMWare ESX or ESXi ***CAN*** run inside a virtual machine, provided certain prerequisites are satisfied.  &#xD;&#xA;This kind of setup is of course completely useless (and totally unsupported) in a production environment, but can be very useful for two purposes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Testing or studying ESX or ESXi if you don't have a physical server available.&#xD;&#xA;- Testing or studying the whole Virtual Infrastructure if you don't have at least two servers and a SAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Prerequisites:&#xD;&#xA;--------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- You need some physical resources. In order to run ESX or ESXi in VM, the VM needs at least 1.5 GB of memory, two VCPUs and enough disk space for the server itself and for the VMs you will run inside it.&#xD;&#xA;- You ***absolutely*** need a physical CPU with native virtualization support (Intel VT or AMD-V).&#xD;&#xA;- You need to run VMWare Workstation 6.5 or VMWare Server 2 on the physical host. Previous versions can't succesfully run ESX or ESXi in a VM.&#xD;&#xA;- A 64-bit OS on the physical host is useful but not required.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setup:&#xD;&#xA;-------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Enable native virtualization support for your CPU in the motherboard BIOS (it's often not enabled by default).&#xD;&#xA;- Install your preferred virtualization software. I've tested everything succesfully using VMWare Workstation 6.5.2 on a Windows XP x64 host, but it should work with VMWare Server 2.0 and/or Linux hosts, too.&#xD;&#xA;- Create a custom VM using those setting:&#xD;&#xA;    - Hardware compatibility level: latest&#xD;&#xA;    - Guest operating system: other 64-bit&#xD;&#xA;    - Virtual CPUs: at least 2&#xD;&#xA;    - Memory: at least 1.5 GB&#xD;&#xA;    - Networking: Host-only or NAT.&#xD;&#xA;    - SCSI adapter: LSI Logic&#xD;&#xA;    - Virtual disk type: SCSI&#xD;&#xA;    - Virtual disks: as you wish; I suggest using at least two virtual disks, a 10-GB one for installing the system and another one where to create a datastore. The space should be pre-allocated.&#xD;&#xA;    - Remove floppy, sound card, USB controller, etc. Leave only networking and storage.&#xD;&#xA;    - CPU Execution mode: Intel VT-x or AMD-V (***very important***).&#xD;&#xA;- Manually edit the VMX file of the virtual machine you created, setting those parameters:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    `guestOS = &quot;vmkernel&quot;`  &#xD;&#xA;    `monitor_control.vt32 = &quot;TRUE&quot;`  &#xD;&#xA;    `monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = &quot;TRUE&quot;`  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Start the VM and install ESX or ESXi from the installation ISO image.&#xD;&#xA;- Configure the networking to allow the ESX or ESXi virtual server to talk with the host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usage:&#xD;&#xA;------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Use your web browser to connect to you virtual server's IP address and download the VI Client.&#xD;&#xA;- Install the VI Client on the host.&#xD;&#xA;- Connect to the virtual ESX/ESXi server.&#xD;&#xA;- Create a VM as you wish.&#xD;&#xA;- Power up the VM.&#xD;&#xA;- If everything is done correctly, the VM will start. If it complains about not being able to power on a VM inside a VM, then there is an error with the `monitor_control.restrict_backdoor' parameter (or you're using an old version of VMWare Workstation/Server).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Enjoy :-)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50522" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28417" RevisionGUID="3c087596-8260-40b1-bfb3-c611cdc166cd" CreationDate="2009-06-18T23:58:07.717" UserId="2629" Text="I am having trouble getting monitoring software to work on the Mac.  There's a ton of [great monitoring software][1] out there, and much of it is cross-platform.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not scared of the compiler, and have tried to compile a few of these tools.  Most of them rely on RRDTool, and now that is uses Cairo, there are a whole lot of GTK and Gnome dependancies.  [Handily, it looks like you can download all the dependancies [here][2].]  Others, while also cross-platform, don't compile cleanly or run properly.  Even being a programmer, as a busy sysadmin, it is hard to take the time to track down and successfully build all the needed dependancies, or to try to debug a project, and it makes the thought of building updates unappealing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is where I miss Linux -- just invoke your package manager and you have the software you want.  I know that [pkgsrc][3], [MacPorts][4], [Fink][5], and [Gentoo for OS X][6] address this problem, but they tend to be silos unto themselves, building up a system from scratch (including rebuilding Python and Perl, and possibly a lot more underlying fundamental unix tools), which, in my mind, is a huge disincentive in deploying software made by them, especially as I'd also like to [monitor client machines][7].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, what do you do?  Find installable binaries?  Do you have any recommendations of things that build cleanly and play well with the Mac?  Also, did you have a prefered place to build things to (ex. /usr/local, /Library/Monitor)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for building packages, I'm using [JAMF Composer][8], which will monitor the filesystem and let me tweak the files to be included in the .pkg or .dmg it will produce.  Still, tips on packaging such software might still be valuable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/44/what-tool-do-you-use-to-monitor-your-servers&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.pkgsrc.org&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.macports.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.finkproject.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/bootstrap-macos.xml&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://serverfault.com/questions/22663/what-tool-do-you-use-to-monitor-your-clients&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.jamfsoftware.com/products/composer.php" />
  <row Id="50523" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28417" RevisionGUID="3c087596-8260-40b1-bfb3-c611cdc166cd" CreationDate="2009-06-18T23:58:07.717" UserId="2629" Text="How does one deploy server monitoring software on the Mac?" />
  <row Id="50524" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28417" RevisionGUID="3c087596-8260-40b1-bfb3-c611cdc166cd" CreationDate="2009-06-18T23:58:07.717" UserId="2629" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="50525" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25346" RevisionGUID="d99511d7-fec0-473b-8c84-29a346744ce2" CreationDate="2009-06-19T00:03:17.230" UserId="658" Comment="costs" Text="Attaining clients can be tough. I would suggest that it's nearly all human factors and, to a smaller amount, your performance that will determine your successes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some strategies that you might consider:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; -  Network at your local user groups. The people there are not competition, but rather 'ins' to the local supply of customers.&#xD;&#xA; -  Find that one client&#xD;&#xA; -  Lean on that client's testimonials&#xD;&#xA; -  Ask each customer to pass your name/card/website to at least one of their peers.&#xD;&#xA; -  Always be marketing using people and technologies&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;People and customers will prefer someone who can serve their needs and provide the value over someone who's largest attribute is a certificate. Please don't take this as a slam on the certifications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With those local businesses in your area, sound pavement pounding would probably do the trick. Show those potential customers that you aren't afraid to show your face and talk about their needs. Find them at social events, knock on doors, and get on their radar somehow. Advertising (website, classifieds, flyers, word of mouth) is important, but isn't enough on its own. Show them that you care about their core business and are willing to help reduce costs or provide efficiencies to those who provide the value. " />
  <row Id="50526" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28418" RevisionGUID="9aa62876-265c-4e5e-bd1f-d20e5fb25d84" CreationDate="2009-06-19T00:06:30.300" UserId="1375" Text="One creates a VM with an OS that has all the stuff one needs already-packaged and ready to install." />
  <row Id="50527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28419" RevisionGUID="db3aafd0-7ada-4a27-9626-e611584aedb8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T00:11:11.343" UserId="5922" Text="If you want to try Zenoss, it seems their [stack installer][1] runs right on OS X. I haven't tried it on that platform myself, but we use Zenoss on openSUSE, and the stack installer includes all the dependencies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.zenoss.com/download/links?creg=null" />
  <row Id="50528" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28399" RevisionGUID="0f814636-add0-4738-b769-34cbec582eec" CreationDate="2009-06-19T00:13:57.443" UserId="6352" Comment="added 83 characters in body" Text="Can VMWare ESX or ESXi be installed and used inside a virtual machine?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It can be installed inside VMWare Workstation or Server, but then it doesn't work; the main symptoms are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- It runs ***REALLY*** slowly&#xD;&#xA;- It lets you create VMs, but when powering up them it gives an error stating `&quot;You may not power on a virtual machine in a virtual machine&quot;`.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50529" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28420" RevisionGUID="d0bbbef6-df18-48ae-a821-3773f345a9a4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T00:17:19.970" UserId="1774" Text="I have the hard disks from a PC that was happily running Windows Me until is it suffered an unknown hardware failure. The drives are intact, and can be mounted and read on other PCs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have data backups, but there is licensed software installed that may not be possible to migrate to newer versions running on a more modern platform making the idea of just booting a virtual image attractive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to make VHDs from the drives such that I can boot them in VirtualPC?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not VirtualPC, would it be possible in any other virtualization tool?" />
  <row Id="50530" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28420" RevisionGUID="d0bbbef6-df18-48ae-a821-3773f345a9a4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T00:17:19.970" UserId="1774" Text="How should I convert a physical drive to a VHD for use with VirtualPC?" />
  <row Id="50531" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28420" RevisionGUID="d0bbbef6-df18-48ae-a821-3773f345a9a4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T00:17:19.970" UserId="1774" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;vhd&gt;&lt;legacy&gt;" />
  <row Id="50532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28421" RevisionGUID="07c8bfc9-1962-4b63-8969-63e52f93f725" CreationDate="2009-06-19T00:24:33.913" UserId="6244" Text="There is DHCP server in network (isc-dhcpd-server-3.0 on FreeBSD 7.2) than gives one IP per switch port to every user via Option 82&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem appears when user disconnects one of his computers and connects another(i.e notebook with different MAC address) then DHCPD puts to log &quot;...network net1: no free leases&quot;, because there is record in leases file that this IP is already owned by another MAC. That second computer will have his IP only after default-lease-time (that is IIRC minimum  10min, and after 3min he usually calling support) or after deletion of dhcpd.leases file and restart of dhcpd.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to turn of leases at all, because we have strict binding between switch-port-ip?" />
  <row Id="50533" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28421" RevisionGUID="07c8bfc9-1962-4b63-8969-63e52f93f725" CreationDate="2009-06-19T00:24:33.913" UserId="6244" Text="Option 82 and dhcpd. &quot;No free leases&quot; for second computer" />
  <row Id="50534" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28421" RevisionGUID="07c8bfc9-1962-4b63-8969-63e52f93f725" CreationDate="2009-06-19T00:24:33.913" UserId="6244" Text="&lt;freebsd&gt;&lt;dhcp&gt;" />
  <row Id="50535" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28422" RevisionGUID="e294d275-794f-47c1-ab62-702781de8622" CreationDate="2009-06-19T00:30:23.957" UserId="5611" Text="Depending on the attack, (DoS, certain port scans, etc), the IP Address will most likely be spoofed.  And, as others have already stated, even if you do get a valid (non-spoofed) IP, most likely the end host is a compromised machine that is being used as a stepping stone/ relay.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, never &quot;hack-back&quot;  This is unethical, most likely illegal where you live, and doesn't help the situation in the least.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anapologetos" />
  <row Id="50536" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28423" RevisionGUID="b5adce64-dab5-480a-84aa-4cc9ae90117b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T00:38:52.440" UserId="1589" Text="We prefer to SAN boot ESX servers in our environment whenever possible.  Instant clones and snapshots make each ESX server very easy to deploy and back-up / migrate.  Obviously there are additional costs involved, since an HBA (FC or iSCSI) is required - or you can use an unsupported software solution like the iSCSI software initiator or gPXE.  In the cases where we use local disk, the PXE / Kickstart method works great." />
  <row Id="50538" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28424" RevisionGUID="e6e580c6-772f-403a-a834-cb6558760eaa" CreationDate="2009-06-19T00:49:50.450" UserId="10052" Text="I second the NetBackup recommendation, with a caveat:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While NetBackup is infinitely configurable, (with Multiplexing, Multistreaming, Storage Units, Storage Unit Groups, etc) for an easier life resist the urge to configure it infinitely!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, good, actually... perfect DNS and reverse DNS and the lack there of, are at the root of a good NetBackup deployment. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JB" />
  <row Id="50539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28425" RevisionGUID="ea48df64-8dd5-4235-8506-81c81a774315" CreationDate="2009-06-19T00:52:36.107" UserId="7200" Text="Well, it's really, really easy to convert physical disks to VHDs with Hyper-V: http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2008/04/08/copying-a-physical-disk-to-a-virtual-hard-disk-with-hyper-v.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I were going to do this with VMware, I'd create a new VM with the same number, size, and type (IDE or SCSI) disks as the host computer. I'd also add SCSI disks that connect to the physical hard disk drives (already mounted up in the host computer). I'd boot a disk imaging program on the VM (Ghost, Clonezilla, etc) and clone the SCSI disks representing the physical disks over to the virtual disks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That looks possible with VirtualPC to a point, but the release notes for VirtualPC 2007 (http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/4/c/44ccd131-67fb-4224-a96e-193be1765b43/relnotes.htm) say that attaching physical disks to VMs is no longer possible. (Seems like a silly thing to remove...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, after you convert those disks, will they boot? Who knows. If the original system was using IDE disks, I'd say you've got an 80/20 shot that it'll boot. You'll see a lot of driver detect messages, and you'll have to use a virtual machine manager that has driver support for WinME for its virtual devices. That may be a challenge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that gives you some ideas." />
  <row Id="50540" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28426" RevisionGUID="eacdce10-7eea-480e-987b-e50c133fee97" CreationDate="2009-06-19T00:58:51.357" UserDisplayName="namadgi" Text="Hi All&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Our company is using Dundas Mailer via our Axapta 3.0 Application. As a test we provided Dundas Emailer with an invalid address - &quot;Mr Bloggs&quot;. This address did not result in an error as I expected but instead it seems the system selected several business and customer email addresses (at random) and emailed them the test email.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone shed some light on this behaviour? Is it Dundas doing the email interpretation or our mail server? Dundas Email also connects to our DNS server - can you elaborate on how this works??" />
  <row Id="50541" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28426" RevisionGUID="eacdce10-7eea-480e-987b-e50c133fee97" CreationDate="2009-06-19T00:58:51.357" UserDisplayName="namadgi" Text="Dundas Mailer" />
  <row Id="50542" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28426" RevisionGUID="eacdce10-7eea-480e-987b-e50c133fee97" CreationDate="2009-06-19T00:58:51.357" UserDisplayName="namadgi" Text="&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="50543" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28427" RevisionGUID="1ffb3a3f-a91a-44fc-9f93-769572a852a9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T01:07:36.277" UserId="7033" Text="I have had issues with redundant license servers in MATLAB.  Mathworks recommends using environmental variables, such as `MLM_LICENSE_FILE=27000@server1.com;27000@server2.com;27000@server3.com`" />
  <row Id="50544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28428" RevisionGUID="b511fd41-02f0-4e44-8353-ea4223dcde37" CreationDate="2009-06-19T01:08:31.503" UserId="1694" Text="You can just turn on the Fusion log (through those registry settings using regedit) and just look at the logs with notepad." />
  <row Id="50545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28429" RevisionGUID="bcff557e-f671-458d-a0fb-fe2fb947322d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T01:11:51.403" UserId="1375" Text="The only thing I can think of is to set the lease time excruciatingly low.  What you're trying to do is essentially the exact opposite of what DHCP is intended to do, so don't expect there to be any simple and painless answers that actually work." />
  <row Id="50546" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28430" RevisionGUID="6977990d-8346-40a5-8eb0-130f8071bdd9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T01:12:28.080" UserId="10054" Text="Is there a product that can be plugged into a computer and appear as a USB flash drive, while in reality it is also say a Samba / FTP server?  Along the lines of the Eye-Fi card (www.eye.fi), but wired and more configurable.  It could also be a special data-transfer cable allowing one connect a complete separate networked computer.  The targeted computer must only see a USB stick, no special drivers, no network configuration changes must be required on this computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TIA,&#xD;&#xA;Radim&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50547" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28430" RevisionGUID="6977990d-8346-40a5-8eb0-130f8071bdd9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T01:12:28.080" UserId="10054" Text="Networked USB Flash Drive" />
  <row Id="50548" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28430" RevisionGUID="6977990d-8346-40a5-8eb0-130f8071bdd9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T01:12:28.080" UserId="10054" Text="&lt;usb&gt;&lt;ethernet&gt;&lt;samba&gt;" />
  <row Id="50549" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28428" RevisionGUID="1350d18d-ee10-4f77-ac7d-03d480d812d7" CreationDate="2009-06-19T01:15:30.417" UserId="1694" Comment="added 128 characters in body" Text="You can just turn on the Fusion log (through those registry settings using regedit) and just look at the logs with notepad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take a look here for more info regarding bin deployed SharePoint dlls. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc768621.aspx" />
  <row Id="50550" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28431" RevisionGUID="3a483c3e-9ced-4a06-be7d-fb8648c7da94" CreationDate="2009-06-19T01:24:22.637" UserId="6857" Text="I have a MacBook Pro that stays plugged in for weeks or months at a time. Am I damaging my battery by not using it? I know you should cycle it monthly to recalibrate it...is that good enough?  Should I just take the batter out and shelve it for a while?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50551" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28431" RevisionGUID="3a483c3e-9ced-4a06-be7d-fb8648c7da94" CreationDate="2009-06-19T01:24:22.637" UserId="6857" Text="Am I damaging my battery by never using it?" />
  <row Id="50552" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28431" RevisionGUID="3a483c3e-9ced-4a06-be7d-fb8648c7da94" CreationDate="2009-06-19T01:24:22.637" UserId="6857" Text="&lt;laptop&gt;&lt;battery&gt;" />
  <row Id="50553" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28432" RevisionGUID="b8a8985b-68e2-450d-b6bc-8fe938fb774e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T01:28:25.457" UserId="7709" Text="Short answer: yes, this will damage your battery. Take it out for extended periods when it's not going to be used.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lithium Ion batteries (as in your laptop) have a pretty short life anyway. Even if you leave it sitting on a shelf, never used, within 5 years or so it will be useless (which is why I feel sorry for people who are buying the $100,000 Telsa car, it's loaded with batteries that won't last for more than a few years!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a [great explanation of why this is on Wikipedi][1]a.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_ion_batteries#Disadvantages_of_traditional_Li-ion_technology" />
  <row Id="50554" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28433" RevisionGUID="a089aa00-42f1-40af-9aa2-decde091cf39" CreationDate="2009-06-19T01:32:15.513" UserId="2101" Text="Yes - this should be quite possible, as long as you have no requirement to see the same storage on the computer as you do on the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do want to see the same thing, such a configuration would require some sort of multimount filesystem. You're trying to export the same data both via a network filesystem protocol and block level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might be able to get away with it (more or less) if the storage device only allowed the computer to mount its storage read-only. It would work most of the time :)" />
  <row Id="50555" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28434" RevisionGUID="aea2347f-c7c8-490e-bcfc-7ec284f0f8f4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T01:32:51.520" UserId="1171" Text="[adfind][1] -sc u:&quot;username&quot; mail&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.joeware.net/freetools/tools/adfind/index.htm" />
  <row Id="50556" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28435" RevisionGUID="da6dd9a7-1926-4fa5-b8ce-b7724e11447c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T01:32:57.353" UserId="9503" Text="Apple has a good webpage about [bateries][1] and an iCal [calendar][2] to remind you to regulary do a cycle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Lithium-ion polymer batteries need to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; be used for maximum performance. If&#xD;&#xA;&gt; you don’t use your device often, be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sure to complete a charge cycle at&#xD;&#xA;&gt; least once a month.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apple.com/batteries/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://webcal://www.apple.com/batteries/images/notebook_icalreminder.ics" />
  <row Id="50557" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28416" RevisionGUID="661b6ced-228f-4cd3-9402-ee24ff0aa30e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T01:33:23.343" UserId="6352" Comment="Fixed typos" Text="VMWare ESX or ESXi ***CAN*** run inside a virtual machine, provided certain prerequisites are satisfied.  &#xD;&#xA;This kind of setup is of course completely useless (and totally unsupported) in a production environment, but can be very useful for two purposes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Testing or studying ESX or ESXi if you don't have a physical server available.&#xD;&#xA;- Testing or studying the whole Virtual Infrastructure if you don't have at least two servers and a SAN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Prerequisites:&#xD;&#xA;--------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- You need some physical resources. In order to run ESX or ESXi in VM, the VM needs at least 1.5 GB of memory, two VCPUs and enough disk space for the server itself and for the VMs you will run inside it.&#xD;&#xA;- You ***absolutely*** need a physical CPU with native virtualization support (Intel VT or AMD-V).&#xD;&#xA;- You need to run VMWare Workstation 6.5 or VMWare Server 2 on the physical host. Previous versions can't succesfully run ESX or ESXi in a VM.&#xD;&#xA;- A 64-bit OS on the physical host is useful but not required.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Setup:&#xD;&#xA;-------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Enable native virtualization support for your CPU in the motherboard BIOS (it's often not enabled by default).&#xD;&#xA;- Install your preferred virtualization software. I've tested everything succesfully using VMWare Workstation 6.5.2 on a Windows XP x64 host, but it should work with VMWare Server 2.0 and/or Linux hosts, too.&#xD;&#xA;- Create a custom VM using those setting:&#xD;&#xA;    - Hardware compatibility level: latest&#xD;&#xA;    - Guest operating system: other 64-bit&#xD;&#xA;    - Virtual CPUs: at least 2&#xD;&#xA;    - Memory: at least 1.5 GB&#xD;&#xA;    - Networking: Host-only or NAT&#xD;&#xA;    - SCSI adapter: LSI Logic&#xD;&#xA;    - Virtual disk type: SCSI&#xD;&#xA;    - Virtual disks: as you wish; I suggest using at least two virtual disks, a 10-GB one for installing the system and another one where to create a datastore. The space should be pre-allocated.&#xD;&#xA;    - Remove floppy, sound card, USB controller, etc. Leave only networking and storage.&#xD;&#xA;    - CPU Execution mode: Intel VT-x or AMD-V (***very important***).&#xD;&#xA;- Manually edit the VMX file of the virtual machine you created, setting the following parameters:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    `guestOS = &quot;vmkernel&quot;`  &#xD;&#xA;    `monitor_control.vt32 = &quot;TRUE&quot;`  &#xD;&#xA;    `monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = &quot;TRUE&quot;`  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Start the VM and install ESX or ESXi from the installation ISO image.&#xD;&#xA;- Configure the networking to allow the ESX or ESXi virtual server to talk with the host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usage:&#xD;&#xA;------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Use your web browser to connect to you virtual server's IP address and download the VI Client.&#xD;&#xA;- Install the VI Client on the host.&#xD;&#xA;- Connect to the virtual ESX/ESXi server.&#xD;&#xA;- Create a VM as you wish.&#xD;&#xA;- Power up the VM.&#xD;&#xA;- If everything is done correctly, the VM will start. If it complains about not being able to power on a VM inside a VM, then there is an error with the `monitor_control.restrict_backdoor' parameter (or you're using an old version of VMWare Workstation/Server).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Enjoy :-)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28436" RevisionGUID="7059668f-b70c-432b-85e8-542c2884d61f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T01:33:35.497" UserId="7709" Text="Yes, there's an option in the Advanced tab for it...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other option is to SSH into the box and modify the listen ports for the HTTP server. I did this to change it to a different port from :81, and to change the certificate it uses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sorry I can't be more specific, I don't have access to my smoothwall box at the moment. If there's no other answers by the time I get home I'll post again." />
  <row Id="50561" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28438" RevisionGUID="85d78c51-fd7c-44a6-8fe5-cafacf604469" CreationDate="2009-06-19T01:40:39.090" UserId="4664" Text="It is fascinating how Wikipedia and Google are difficult to use sometimes:  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;google for: *reason for keyboard layout*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First one that pops up will be [QWERTY][1] on Wikipedia, and there's a short story explaining the layout from several points of view.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY" />
  <row Id="50562" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28056" RevisionGUID="d3aed673-5868-4b55-86f2-b44866ca0c37" CreationDate="2009-06-19T01:46:44.993" UserId="5821" Comment="Added info." Text="I have a new 17&quot; unibody MacBook Pro. The battery life is close to the advertised 7-8 hours when I am only running OSX and have the screen brightness turned down etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I run a Vista VM in VMWare Fusion 2 I get about half the normal battery life. I can understand that the extra work required for the VM emulation is what is causing this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have any configuration/tricks/tweaks that would improve my battery life in this situation. I am open to suggestions whether they are related to OS X configuration, VMWare Fusion configuration, or changes to the Vista configuration in the VM image, or a combination of all 3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried disabling various hardware support like USB support and it does not seem to have any effect." />
  <row Id="50563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28439" RevisionGUID="be857d33-a14f-48e5-bf5e-b708ac3d5065" CreationDate="2009-06-19T01:47:28.767" UserId="9180" Text="One issue you'll definitely run into is hardware recognition.  Windows historically 'freaks out' when you take a drive from one machine, install it in another that has different hardware components, and attempt to boot (which is essentially what you'd be doing).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, if Windows determines upon boot up that too much has changed in the system from the current configuration in the registry, it will just stop the boot process and give you an error message. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But if you get around that, it should be possible.  " />
  <row Id="50564" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28421" RevisionGUID="47fb5d36-75f0-403d-9c92-ebe6ab3085d4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T01:51:10.913" UserId="6244" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="There is DHCP server in network (isc-dhcpd-server-3.0 on FreeBSD 7.2) than gives one IP per switch port to every user via Option 82&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem appears when user disconnects one of his computers and connects another(i.e notebook with different MAC address) then DHCPD puts to log &quot;...network net1: no free leases&quot;, because there is record in leases file that this IP is already owned by another MAC. That second computer will have his IP only after default-lease-time (that is IIRC minimum  10min, and after 3min he usually calling support) or after deletion of dhcpd.leases file and restart of dhcpd.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to turn leases off at all, because we have strict binding between switch-port-ip?" />
  <row Id="50565" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28440" RevisionGUID="1e8a7620-eaf9-4384-a9f7-eba44cadbe5d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T01:51:16.920" UserId="10052" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is... what multiplexing factor in NetBackup is recommended / do you use for Oracle RMAN backups over 1Gb/s management network to LTO3?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Background:*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*With enterprise backup tools like NetBackup, there is the concept of Multiplexing which is the combining of data from a number of backup clients simultaneously in order to feed modern high speed tape drives as quickly as possible.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*The number of simultaneous client data streams interleaved is determined by the Multiplexing factor. The higher the multiplexing factor, the more data fed to the tape drive, but the slower any restores.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*As overall restore speed is mostly determined by the messing about (log incident, determine if tapes are available, recall from offsite, load, inventory, etc. ) than by the actual tape restore speed, I feel confident using a high factor for filesystem backups.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Oracle backups with large datasets, which are more often restored all together, pose a different challenge to filesystem backups.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50566" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28440" RevisionGUID="1e8a7620-eaf9-4384-a9f7-eba44cadbe5d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T01:51:16.920" UserId="10052" Text="NetBackup Multiplexing for Oracle RMAN Backups" />
  <row Id="50567" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28440" RevisionGUID="1e8a7620-eaf9-4384-a9f7-eba44cadbe5d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T01:51:16.920" UserId="10052" Text="&lt;netbackup&gt;&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;performance-tuning&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;multiplexing&gt;" />
  <row Id="50568" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28441" RevisionGUID="7bb417be-eb57-422d-9020-15760ec78967" CreationDate="2009-06-19T01:56:08.657" UserId="5821" Text="Supposedly, the new MacBook Pros have &quot;adaptive charging&quot; that is tuned to each individual battery cell. This is supposed to extend the number of recharge cycles by tuning the charging and discharging of each individual cell and eliminate the need to worry about training your battery manually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [here][1] for the marketing material on the subject.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/battery/" />
  <row Id="50569" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28430" RevisionGUID="fce171e7-c0f0-47fa-b7d8-660f84525b08" CreationDate="2009-06-19T02:09:34.870" UserId="10054" Comment="must be writable; delayed / batch copying OK" Text="Is there a product that can be plugged into a computer and appear as a USB flash drive, while in reality it is also say a Samba / FTP server?  Along the lines of the Eye-Fi card (www.eye.fi), but wired and more configurable.  It could also be a special data-transfer cable allowing one connect a complete separate networked computer.  The targeted computer must only see a USB stick, no special drivers, no network configuration changes must be required on this computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Clarification_001: The targeted computer (or embedded device) must be able to write to this USB “stick”.  However it would be ok if the data were visible on the network with some delay, say few minutes.  This magic stick could copy between the flash &amp; network in batch mode, every few minutes.  BTW: My immediate need is to harvest logs from hard-to-network embedded device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TIA,&#xD;&#xA;Radim&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50570" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28441" RevisionGUID="8ff5ac33-a89a-4ef6-b8a8-b99562fe44ef" CreationDate="2009-06-19T02:15:36.980" UserId="5821" Comment="Added info." Text="Supposedly, the new MacBook Pros have &quot;adaptive charging&quot; that is tuned to each individual battery cell. This is designed to eliminate the headaches associated with maintaining lithium batteries that used older charging technology.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The technology is also supposed to extend the number of recharge cycles. It accomplishes this by tuning the charging and discharging of each individual cell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See [here][1] for the marketing material on the subject.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/battery/" />
  <row Id="50572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28443" RevisionGUID="d597847e-652d-4028-90a3-b77f5118712c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T02:29:30.103" UserId="10055" Text="I recently played with VMWare VCenter Converter Standalone (free download from vmware site).&#xD;&#xA;I noticed this had an option to convert a physical machine into a virtual machine, and whilst &#xD;&#xA;I didn't try this option myself, this might be worthy of further investigation for your needs.  There seems to be a few tools out there to convert between the various VHD formats so you might be able to get it back into Virtual PC.  YMMV." />
  <row Id="50573" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28444" RevisionGUID="27625822-e5e8-4015-9822-c53ddc66bfa7" CreationDate="2009-06-19T02:30:30.443" UserId="1279" Text="I'm setting up a postfix mailserver and I've run acrossed &quot;Address masquerading&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The description from the documentation says&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Address masquerading is a method to hide hosts inside a domain behind their mail gateway, and to make it appear as if the mail comes from the gateway itself, instead of from individual machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What does this actually mean and what does the mail server do with masquerading?" />
  <row Id="50574" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28444" RevisionGUID="27625822-e5e8-4015-9822-c53ddc66bfa7" CreationDate="2009-06-19T02:30:30.443" UserId="1279" Text="What is Address masquerading?" />
  <row Id="50575" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28444" RevisionGUID="27625822-e5e8-4015-9822-c53ddc66bfa7" CreationDate="2009-06-19T02:30:30.443" UserId="1279" Text="&lt;emailserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="50576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28445" RevisionGUID="a8da9203-58ba-42f5-a8e5-8a45d4855c17" CreationDate="2009-06-19T02:35:03.087" UserId="1279" Text="I'm working on setting up a new server for sending email and I'm trying to figure out how to configure postfix to send email from 3 different domains. Ideally the nobody user on the server should be able to email using *@domain1.com, *@domain2.com, *@domain3.com just by changing the `from` field in the email that is being sent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Incoming email is handled by google apps and port 25 (incoming) on the server is blocked. " />
  <row Id="50577" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28445" RevisionGUID="a8da9203-58ba-42f5-a8e5-8a45d4855c17" CreationDate="2009-06-19T02:35:03.087" UserId="1279" Text="How do I send email from multiple domains from a single mailserver?" />
  <row Id="50578" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28445" RevisionGUID="a8da9203-58ba-42f5-a8e5-8a45d4855c17" CreationDate="2009-06-19T02:35:03.087" UserId="1279" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;postfix&gt;&lt;emailserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="50579" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28446" RevisionGUID="cbfc7118-353e-4049-ab66-fa8a6f8dc4a9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T02:38:12.893" UserId="7200" Text="SMTP address masquerading is the replacement of the host portion of the &quot;From&quot; address on an email with another address. Imagine you have, say, the following SMTP servers in your organization:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - plop.example.com&#xD;&#xA; - fizz.example.com&#xD;&#xA; - sizzle.example.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By default, most SMTP servers would show mail sourcing from these machines as being from &quot;xxxx@plop.example.com&quot;, &quot;@fizz.example.com&quot;, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'd like emails sourced by the SMTP servers on each of those machines to appear &quot;From&quot; the &quot;@example.com&quot; domain. You could configure address masquerading on each of those server computers to make them source mail as &quot;@example.com&quot;. Postfix also supports doing this on a single &quot;gateway&quot; SMTP server (i.e. a server that all the other machines relay SMTP thru) such that it does the rewriting in a central place.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50580" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28447" RevisionGUID="97f29238-876b-471c-8082-073985562f45" CreationDate="2009-06-19T02:39:46.447" UserId="4076" Text="I've used them at a gambling operation so we could keep accurate time but still have a true air gap between the production network and the internet/corporate network. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With the revenue generated per hour and that on one occasion a single remote sales rep came into the office and plugged in his infected laptop to the corp network and brought it down within minutes (production was unaffected). The effort of using things like gps time to allow for an air gap was worth it." />
  <row Id="50581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28448" RevisionGUID="b05645e7-31cf-41b9-9b40-bf384591c7ab" CreationDate="2009-06-19T02:41:22.420" UserId="7382" Text="I think the tone of the governance papers do appear to be academic as at that level of abstraction, it is not possible to enumerate all the crazy things SharePoint implementations have tried. I know that Microsoft does have a lot of hands on experience with failed/non-performing sites as they have support contracts with many customers who have installed things in an ah-hoc manner and had things work poorly down the track.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I started off as a coder wondering why all the fuss about planning and governing a SharePoint installation, but over the years I have realised that getting a SharePoint site customised and up and running is the easy part. A SharePoint installation will stay running for years in an organisation and people can create an immense amount of data during that time and it all ends up getting stored.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Deleting stuff that is not used does not seem to be as easy as creating it in the first place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The guidance may seem to be a bit fluffy, but it is distilled from some pretty harsh lessons." />
  <row Id="50582" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28449" RevisionGUID="2dd678c6-db66-4cd4-af4a-1d5a52dc121b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T02:42:19.080" UserId="3528" Text="If you are 100% positive that the certs aren't being used then you can follow KB 889250 and decomission.  But you have to make sure they are not being used first, because the worst case scenario is that half way thru superimportantapp is broken and you have to fix the PKI you just broke in order to get it back up and running.  Once you do certutil -delkey CertificateAuthorityName, getting the certs to work again get interesting to say the least.  Above all else take your time." />
  <row Id="50583" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28450" RevisionGUID="6e7704e2-0283-4520-86ec-de249029cfcc" CreationDate="2009-06-19T02:45:39.807" UserId="7200" Text="You should be able to configure the &quot;relay_domains&quot; setting (see http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#relay_domains) and be good to go. As long as 127.0.0.1 is allowed to relay if you're submitting mail via SMTP to the local machine, you should be set." />
  <row Id="50584" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28451" RevisionGUID="1113f332-e352-458c-9eb5-ab8fccea69b6" CreationDate="2009-06-19T02:48:30.563" UserId="808" Text="It's called masquerading because you have a server, say `masq.sample.com`, that is talking to the world as if it is `sample.com`, for example.  Or the reverse, a mail server on `myhome.com` that accepts EMail for several domains `myhome.com` and `myprivatedomain.com`, for example, in each case saying it is the server that the EMail is arriving for.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50585" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28452" RevisionGUID="197546f3-f18d-4573-8076-30d14d6cd4d0" CreationDate="2009-06-19T03:01:53.360" UserId="10058" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're still looking for a solution, you might want to take a look at PagerDuty.&#xD;&#xA;PagerDuty will collect alerts from any monitoring system that can send e-mails (including Nagios) and place phone calls and SMS messages to a list of people you provide.  It also lets you build on-call schedules and escalation chains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.pagerduty.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Disclaimer: I'm one of the people working on PagerDuty, so I might be a tad biased :P]" />
  <row Id="50586" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28453" RevisionGUID="27e52abb-8da8-4970-ae92-9c285017deca" CreationDate="2009-06-19T03:08:23.317" UserId="6177" Text="I was thinking of asking pretty much the same question a couple of days ago...  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A couple years back I looked at whether it was possible to use a cheap GPS (~$200-$300) to get accurate time on a server.  I'm sure that at the time Garmin or one of the other companies had software you could run on Windows to read the time o a computer to read the time from a GPS connected to a serial port.  I was going to ask if anyone has used this as a cheap alternative to a purpose-built NTP server.  It should be accurate enough and only a few hundred bucks." />
  <row Id="50587" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28454" RevisionGUID="06d58198-410f-4dcd-af47-002e5d8ecf26" CreationDate="2009-06-19T03:13:14.803" UserId="3511" Text="I need a project management software to manage my web development projects, the designers are sending me too many updates and changes on the content and overall design and i need to implement a way to setup deadlines in order to finish the projects properly and on time, the only one i know and have used in the past is microsoft project, is there any other i should consider review?&#xD;&#xA;thanks." />
  <row Id="50588" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28454" RevisionGUID="06d58198-410f-4dcd-af47-002e5d8ecf26" CreationDate="2009-06-19T03:13:14.803" UserId="3511" Text="what project management software would you guys recommend me?" />
  <row Id="50589" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28454" RevisionGUID="06d58198-410f-4dcd-af47-002e5d8ecf26" CreationDate="2009-06-19T03:13:14.803" UserId="3511" Text="&lt;software&gt;" />
  <row Id="50590" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28455" RevisionGUID="ce6dbcb3-4c5a-4a2f-a185-22071eca030e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T03:14:33.273" UserId="10056" Text="One option would be to encourage your user to release the DHCP lease before disconnecting. I realise this is a workaround, rather than a solution, and might require some user training before it is effective!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On Windows, you can use the command &quot;ipconfig /release&quot; - although this requires elevated permissions, so a tool like CPAU might be useful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Under FreeBSD or Linux, &quot;dhclient -r&quot; (must be running the ISC dhclient) is the release command. If you're using dhcpcd, &quot;dhcpcd -k&quot; should send the release packet. I'm yet to get this working while running NetworkManager, though. Again, these commands are privileged operations." />
  <row Id="50591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28456" RevisionGUID="79c88c2f-c83a-4508-a3fc-0c43fb9537d1" CreationDate="2009-06-19T03:17:07.793" UserId="4392" Text="I have heard great things about Netapp, but I haven't had the cash to pick one up. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have had two SNAP! appliances, and the performance was horrible on both. One has been junked, the other relegated to near-offline of probably-useless data. " />
  <row Id="50592" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28457" RevisionGUID="735adcc3-4136-4f2e-b98a-9a04e956d956" CreationDate="2009-06-19T03:17:26.917" UserId="6177" Text="My understanding of Li-Ion battery lifespan is that &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- They basically have a fixed number of discharge/charge cycles, so keeping them plugged in is good.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- BUT, they're also sensitive to temperature, so you're better taking the battery out when the computer is plugged in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- OTOH, they self-discharge if you leave them out so they'll need to be charged up after they've been out for a while.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At one point, I tried to preserve my battery by taking it out when I was just sitting in the office w/ my laptop plugged in, but then I gave up and figured that for the life of my notebook, I could probably count on the batteries being available to buy a new one after a couple of years so I just use it and hope for the best." />
  <row Id="50593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28458" RevisionGUID="308ba23a-4641-4581-8226-e1a4a5f1a710" CreationDate="2009-06-19T03:18:18.070" UserId="2621" Text="Did you look at this [List][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That should contain enough information to help you get started!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_project_management_software" />
  <row Id="50594" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28459" RevisionGUID="67b98f7f-6ff6-4330-b970-405983005739" CreationDate="2009-06-19T03:18:53.437" UserId="51157" Text="I am using [dotProject][1] it works great and is free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dotproject.net/" />
  <row Id="50595" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28450" RevisionGUID="db376e82-589c-4c9f-b70b-08baf96654d8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T03:20:09.207" UserId="1375" Comment="correction" Text="You should be able to configure the &quot;mynetworks&quot; setting to be allowed to send e-mail from whatever IP address you're submitting from (see http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#mynetworks) and be good to go. For example, as long as 127.0.0.1 is allowed to relay if you're submitting mail via SMTP to the local machine, you should be set." />
  <row Id="50596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28460" RevisionGUID="e5bed99e-5927-4ccf-83ae-4650a24064ba" CreationDate="2009-06-19T03:23:07.780" UserId="10059" Text="I work for a web hosting company and we are looking for some SMTP software with Active Directory integration. Really it just comes down to something our customers can use easily with the SMTP service authenticating against their web process identity. We're running IIS 7 so we'd like to avoid the IIS 6 SMTP, which really isn't robust enough to begin anyways.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our requirements really seem simple, but we keep hitting barriers with the software we are evaluating:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - We can lock it down with active directory to prevent spammers from signing up&#xD;&#xA; - Ideally runs on Windows, but we're plenty comfortable with *nix based systems&#xD;&#xA; - Good logging support so we can track who might be abusing the system&#xD;&#xA; - The ability to throttle the amount of mail to prevent people from spamming&#xD;&#xA; - Ideally would be able to set to run in a HA scenario&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the solutions that I keep running into seem like overkill, or don't have support for active directory. Any suggestions? " />
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  <row Id="50598" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28460" RevisionGUID="e5bed99e-5927-4ccf-83ae-4650a24064ba" CreationDate="2009-06-19T03:23:07.780" UserId="10059" Text="&lt;smtp&gt;" />
  <row Id="50599" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28461" RevisionGUID="3b1cd3eb-28a9-426d-bea7-65ce9bd9f230" CreationDate="2009-06-19T03:23:45.097" UserId="9453" Text="scp,rsync over ssh are all good but for large data sets (ie lots of data in lots of small files or even just lots of large files) i use tar over ssh without compression doing the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     cd /path/to/localdir &amp;&amp; tar -cf - ./| ssh -o “Compression=off” someuser@someotherserver “tar -xf - -C /path/to/remote/dir”&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What this does is tar will create a data stream thats just sent over ssh encrypted but no compression. if your pushing this over an internet link you would be better off leaving the compression on by omitting the -o option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[For more info on this see here][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nodeintegration.com.au/?p=37" />
  <row Id="50600" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28462" RevisionGUID="7a78fb4b-7a11-4533-a0c9-29465dcb018c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T03:24:27.043" UserId="2126" Text="By using [VMWare Converter][1], as Dan suggests, we have had great success converting 'deprecated' development machines into perfectly functional virtual machines.  Note that the process does take quite a long time to complete (I did the conversion to another machine over the local network.  A physically attached disk would likely be faster).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've not tried creating an image from a bare disk, however the converter tool appears to be quite robust and I would hope it supports your particular scenario.  Perhaps you have a similar machine that the drive will boot on (after imaging the drive first!) ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, there are methods to convert the VMWare VMs to Virtual PC VMs, if you really want to run on Virtual PC or Hyper-V.  You can use the free VMWare server product to avoid this step.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/" />
  <row Id="50601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28463" RevisionGUID="f14b31ad-f1dc-451f-ae06-56dd8860e550" CreationDate="2009-06-19T03:26:38.710" UserId="10060" Text="I feel I am treading on both serverfault and stackoverflow right now.  I am a sys admin with a previous background in programming.  The time between has been awhile and I don't remember a lot of syntax.  Though theory seems to remain, I never really paid much attention to low-level things like assembly.  I am trying to move towards the security realm and feel and understanding of low-level and high-level methodologies is necessary.  Does anyone agree?  If so, any ideas how to meld the different aspects?  I don't have the time or money right now to quit my job and do it all over again.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50602" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28463" RevisionGUID="f14b31ad-f1dc-451f-ae06-56dd8860e550" CreationDate="2009-06-19T03:26:38.710" UserId="10060" Text="How to get low-level expertise for system administration." />
  <row Id="50603" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28463" RevisionGUID="f14b31ad-f1dc-451f-ae06-56dd8860e550" CreationDate="2009-06-19T03:26:38.710" UserId="10060" Text="&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;assembly&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="50604" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25469" RevisionGUID="19877413-0209-4c9d-bbd3-069da46571ad" CreationDate="2009-06-19T03:27:14.013" UserId="2229" Comment="added 90 characters in body" Text="I'd be careful with this. You won't be able to 100% lock everything down and you will make the machines nearly impossible for users to use. You should look at educating your users and putting process, policy and education in place. You need to find the right BALANCE between restricting actions and end user productivity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I see a LOT of wasted $$$ in companies where they make users lives absolute hell just to make things a little bit easier for the support guys." />
  <row Id="50605" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28464" RevisionGUID="22a24a83-67ac-4d3d-bad1-90823f0168de" CreationDate="2009-06-19T03:28:35.727" UserId="4392" Text="Dovecot + Postfix auth'd against Active Directory: &#xD;&#xA;http://www.linuxmail.info/postfix-dovecot-ldap-centos-5/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28465" RevisionGUID="d2b0c347-039f-4057-b8c7-49345a573616" CreationDate="2009-06-19T03:30:29.327" UserId="9453" Text="the other option is you can manually make it skip fsck checks at boot by updating the 6th field in your /etc/fstab:&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;    /dev/sda2  /  ext3  defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the similar to what most fstabs will have 1 means that it should be checked and is a root file system, 2 means it should be checked but will be done in parallel with other file systems and 0 means skip checking&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this is also true no matter the file system &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3796#3796&#xD;&#xA;  [46]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3808#3808&#xD;&#xA;  [47]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6902#6902&#xD;&#xA;  [48]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3977#3977&#xD;&#xA;  [49]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6822#6822&#xD;&#xA;  [50]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/4025#4025&#xD;&#xA;  [51]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4422#4422&#xD;&#xA;  [52]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/19077#19077&#xD;&#xA;  [53]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490933.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [54]: 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  <row Id="50608" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28466" RevisionGUID="fe221703-cc4b-4327-98a2-3a9d8573de79" CreationDate="2009-06-19T03:32:13.393" UserId="10056" Text="You can still use NetworkManager!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set up your wireless using NetworkManager. Then right-click the NetworkManager applet, choose &quot;Edit Connections...&quot;, find your wireless connection under the Wireless tab, choose &quot;Edit&quot;, and select the &quot;Available to all users&quot; checkbox. Once your settings have been saved, NetworkManager should bring the connection up on boot without anyone logging in - I tested by switching to a VT before logging in with X, and ifconfig(8) showed an IP address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(This is on Ubuntu 9.04, which uses NetworkManager 0.7.1.)" />
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  <row Id="50622" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28471" RevisionGUID="5b806e39-8ea0-455a-b1b4-9ba814e0b6e9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T03:49:31.033" UserId="1561" Text="For newcomers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't just start the service and think that it's ready-to-go out of the box.  Most installs have default settings for memory consumption that make the service run as if it's on a PDA.  You'll want to bump these figures to something higher.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're tuning a setup for a dedicated server, a tip I picked up was to set the total memory consumption - both shared and per-process - to no more than 1/3 to 1/2 of the server's memory.  The reason for this is that PostgreSQL makes certain assumptions about how data is accessed.  One of those is that your OS will know how to do a better job of caching files and blocks better than it does, so you will want to leave RAM available for the OS to cache filesystem access." />
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  <row Id="50624" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28472" RevisionGUID="096e2671-9a0b-4466-a3ff-79b0439c044c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T03:50:59.097" UserId="658" Text="Building expertise&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Make a list of technologies that you'd like to gain expertise in. &#xD;&#xA; - Buy a few terabtye drives.&#xD;&#xA; - Buildup a handful of virtual machines.&#xD;&#xA; - Install, configure and tweak those technologies that you're interested in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you have questions, problems, etc, you obviuosly know where to come. The difficulty will probably come in simulating the user load or odd usage patterns that users can provide and admins sometimes don't plan for or imagine." />
  <row Id="50625" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28473" RevisionGUID="fd0fe89e-29fd-4db6-9568-c2b62f1e095d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T03:52:54.943" UserId="9453" Text="one of the first handy things i learned about postgres is some of the postgres tables that store info about the postgres instance, for example:&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;     su - postgres&#xD;&#xA;     psql&#xD;&#xA;     SELECT * FROM pg_stat_activity;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shows you alot of info about current activities on the postgres instance, ie what clients are connected to it and what query are they currently running and for how long etc" />
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  <row Id="50627" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28472" RevisionGUID="c8aef043-3f8b-4e88-a47e-cff455334a88" CreationDate="2009-06-19T03:57:08.490" UserId="658" Comment="edited body" Text="Building expertise&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Make a list of technologies that you'd like to gain expertise in. &#xD;&#xA; - Buy a few terabyte drives.&#xD;&#xA; - Buildup a handful of virtual machines.&#xD;&#xA; - Install, configure and tweak those technologies that you're interested in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you have questions, problems, etc, you obviously know where to come. The difficulty will probably come in simulating the user load or odd usage patterns that users can provide and admins sometimes don't plan for or imagine." />
  <row Id="50628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28474" RevisionGUID="95b4d05b-ef05-405f-ae39-144678125855" CreationDate="2009-06-19T03:59:50.357" UserDisplayName="mcfadder_09" Text="I don't know If I am using one of those,  Sendmail, Exim, Qmail or some other system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I check my mail system??" />
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  <row Id="50630" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28474" RevisionGUID="95b4d05b-ef05-405f-ae39-144678125855" CreationDate="2009-06-19T03:59:50.357" UserDisplayName="mcfadder_09" Text="&lt;mail&gt;&lt;system&gt;" />
  <row Id="50631" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28475" RevisionGUID="2438acbf-b7ec-4505-ba02-7b15e3ad5f9a" CreationDate="2009-06-19T04:00:52.477" UserId="9942" Text="Since this is for managing software projects, you may want to try [Lighthouse][1]. Full featured, yet easy to get started with and use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that's not gonna fit the bill, give [BaseCamp][2] a try. [37Signals][3] originally developed it to manage their design business.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lighthouseapp.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.basecamphq.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://37signals.com/" />
  <row Id="50636" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28478" RevisionGUID="cfb133bb-c4f6-4c3d-bd68-847e7a4b9b8d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T04:08:19.500" UserId="4392" Text="    lsof -n | grep TCP | grep -i smtp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That should let you know what's got the port open. " />
  <row Id="50637" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28479" RevisionGUID="f536e894-efee-4670-ac38-4d27053fa13f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T04:09:00.417" UserId="1293" Text="I found a backend called [Tea4Cups][1] which is available [here][2]. You can poke around in the SVN tree and find earlier versions or a later one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ###The possibilities are endless :&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - ***Send the same job to several printers at the same time***, which is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; not possible with CUPS.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - Automate the PDF archiving of all print jobs.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - Forbid duplicate print jobs (a simple example is shown in the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sample configuration file)&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - Create a print accounting solution in 15 minutes ( YES, THIS IS FOR&#xD;&#xA;&gt; REAL )&#xD;&#xA;&gt;  - etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This page][3] explains the difference between purchasing this script and downloading it for free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pykota.com/software/tea4cups&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://svn.pykota.com/tea4cups/tags/3.12/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.pykota.com/purchase" />
  <row Id="50638" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28480" RevisionGUID="b5c26eaa-8bce-4417-9237-9409a959b23a" CreationDate="2009-06-19T04:18:59.650" UserId="3038" Text="One good test is to telnet to port 25 of your mail-host and see what it tells you it is.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;C:\&gt; telnet mailhost.mycompany.com 25&#xD;&#xA;Connecting To mailhost.mycompany.com&#xD;&#xA;220 Mailhost.Mycompany.com Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service ready at Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:15:06 -0700&#xD;&#xA;QUIT&#xD;&#xA;221 2.0.0 Service closing transmission channel&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That would tell you your mailer is Exchange of some kind.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;C:\&gt; telnet mailhost.mycompany.com 25&#xD;&#xA;Connecting To mailhost.mycompany.com&#xD;&#xA;220 mailhost.mycompany.com  ESMTP Sendmail 8.11.7p3+Sun/8.11.7; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:17:26 -0700 (PDT)&#xD;&#xA;QUIT&#xD;&#xA;221 2.0.0 mailhost.mycompany.com 25 closing connection&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That would tell you it's probably a sendmail of some kind. Just google the result string you get, it should be clear what it is." />
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  <row Id="50642" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28481" RevisionGUID="774cbacd-5002-41af-a0d7-582e0134478c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T04:26:21.223" UserId="2117" Text="Postfix appends the value of the main.cf 'myorigin' parameter to unqualified sender addresses. So you should set $myorigin to whichever of 'domain1.com', 'domain2.com' or 'domain3.com' is the normal default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Postfix doesn't do anything special to prevent any address/domain being used as the sender. You can enforce it if you like using a check_sender_access map in smtpd\_mumble\_restrictions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Local submission via the sendmail command can use '-f' to specify the sender. Do check authorized\_submit\_users to make sure the nobody user can use local submission. The upstream default is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ postconf authorized_submit_users&#xD;&#xA;    authorized_submit_users = static:anyone&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but your distribution may set it to something else by default." />
  <row Id="50643" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28482" RevisionGUID="0f90504a-ea10-47b4-85fd-2c31a4efc124" CreationDate="2009-06-19T04:26:31.693" UserId="658" Text=" - Do you have physical access to this server?&#xD;&#xA; - Can you login?&#xD;&#xA; - Perhaps check the Start menu. The name of the mail server should be in there somewhere.&#xD;&#xA; - Open the Services MMC window. You'll see it in there somewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Enable telnet on the Windows machine][1] you're on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+install+telnet+on+windows" />
  <row Id="50644" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28480" RevisionGUID="eca43971-74f6-4376-9f14-0034f01a9263" CreationDate="2009-06-19T04:28:51.627" UserId="3038" Comment="added 236 characters in body" Text="One good test is to telnet to port 25 of your mail-host and see what it tells you it is.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;C:\&gt; telnet mailhost.mycompany.com 25&#xD;&#xA;Connecting To mailhost.mycompany.com&#xD;&#xA;220 Mailhost.Mycompany.com Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service ready at Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:15:06 -0700&#xD;&#xA;QUIT&#xD;&#xA;221 2.0.0 Service closing transmission channel&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That would tell you your mailer is Exchange of some kind.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;C:\&gt; telnet mailhost.mycompany.com 25&#xD;&#xA;Connecting To mailhost.mycompany.com&#xD;&#xA;220 mailhost.mycompany.com  ESMTP Sendmail 8.11.7p3+Sun/8.11.7; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:17:26 -0700 (PDT)&#xD;&#xA;QUIT&#xD;&#xA;221 2.0.0 mailhost.mycompany.com 25 closing connection&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That would tell you it's probably a sendmail of some kind. Just google the result string you get, it should be clear what it is.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** If you're running it from either WinXP or the Windows 2003 server itself, telnet is found in C:\Windows\System32\telnet.exe. You can directly invoke it:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;C:\&gt; c:\windows\system32\telnet mailhost.mycompany.com 25&lt;/pre&gt;" />
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  <row Id="50648" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28481" RevisionGUID="fa5fdc59-c50d-42b9-8e41-199d7ab32058" CreationDate="2009-06-19T04:33:26.047" UserId="2117" Comment="added 616 characters in body" Text="Postfix appends the value of the main.cf 'myorigin' parameter to unqualified sender addresses. So you should set $myorigin to whichever of 'domain1.com', 'domain2.com' or 'domain3.com' is the normal default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Postfix doesn't do anything special to prevent any address/domain being used as the sender. You can enforce it if you like using a check_sender_access map in smtpd\_mumble\_restrictions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to use the value of the 'From:' header to specify the envelope sender, you can use 'sendmail -t' to trust the headers. Only do this for mail for which you really do trust the headers (i.e., don't use it in content filters where mail may have been BCC-ed or otherwise have headers that don't match the envelope).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As Evan said above, the mynetworks main.cf parameter usually controls which clients can use your server as a relay. See the BASIC\_CONFIGURATION\_README, SOHO\_README or STANDARD\_CONFIGURATION\_README that comes with your distribution or via http://www.postfix.org/documentation.html.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Local submission via the sendmail command can use '-f' to specify the sender. Do check authorized\_submit\_users to make sure the nobody user can use local submission. The upstream default is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ postconf authorized_submit_users&#xD;&#xA;    authorized_submit_users = static:anyone&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but your distribution may set it to something else by default." />
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  <row Id="50656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28485" RevisionGUID="58af17a0-1336-4adf-9f13-36faee886a0f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T04:42:42.003" UserId="7709" Text="If you're looking to absolutally max it out, and run RAID, you need to look at the quality of the RAID controller.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A basic, or older, controller will use smaller logical block addressing, which often gives you a maximum of 2TB per array. Avoid these if possible, because you will be hating it when you try to upgrade past the 2TB limit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're also going for RAID and plan on using caching, check for backup batteries on the controller. If you use cache and don't have a backup battery, an unexpected power outage will corrupt whatever was being written. A backup battery solves this problem." />
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  <row Id="50658" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28486" RevisionGUID="9e2b24c0-4472-491b-b9f8-e62347e76841" CreationDate="2009-06-19T04:44:41.797" UserId="9922" Text="I've found a way to disable the ctrl+alt+del menu for authenticated users. Turns out I did need to use a gina stub (actually, I modified [an existing stub][1]). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This gina stub apparently has several extra features such as forced logon / logoff scripts and  disabling the ctrl+alt+del prompt before logging in without editing the registry. I had to use this one since Microsoft's example in the Windows XP platform SDK would not start up properly for me, and I couldn't find another suitable stub.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only modification I made to the stub was to change the contents of WlxLoggedOnSAS in gina.c to&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #ifdef DEBUGLOG&#xD;&#xA;        fprintf(fpginalog,&quot;WlxLoggedOnSAS, SasType=%i.\n&quot;,dwSasType);&#xD;&#xA;        fflush(fpginalog);&#xD;&#xA;    #endif&#xD;&#xA;    	if (dwSasType == WLX_SAS_TYPE_CTRL_ALT_DEL)&#xD;&#xA;    	{&#xD;&#xA;    		/* Eat the ctrl+alt+del event */&#xD;&#xA;    		return WLX_SAS_ACTION_NONE;&#xD;&#xA;    	}&#xD;&#xA;    	else{&#xD;&#xA;    		return GWlxLoggedOnSAS( pWlxContext, dwSasType, pReserved );&#xD;&#xA;    	}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then built the project in Visual Studio and moved the resulting newgina to C:\Windows\system32&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The last step was to add a registry key to get it to load the gina stub on startup&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]&#xD;&#xA;    &quot;GinaDLL&quot;=&quot;C:\\windows\\system32\\newgina.dll&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Drawbacks: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - This also disables ctrl+alt+del for&#xD;&#xA;   administrators, but they have the&#xD;&#xA;   start menu, so it isn't really a&#xD;&#xA;   problem for me. Could probably be&#xD;&#xA;   fixed with a little modification&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA; - If you don't use the explorer shell, &#xD;&#xA;   you aren't able to log out, resetting&#xD;&#xA;   the computer is your only option. It&#xD;&#xA;   might be possible to use another&#xD;&#xA;   program to register a hotkey for&#xD;&#xA;   logging out.&#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The screen flickers for a fraction of&#xD;&#xA;   a second when ctrl+alt+del is&#xD;&#xA;   pressed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - May not work on XP SP3 or Vista&#xD;&#xA;   (according to several threads on&#xD;&#xA;   other sites)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't have a binary version of the modified stub on hand right now (and Google's OpenID login is blocked at work, so I can't upload it from there,) but if you want to compile the stub yourself, just get the Visual C++ Express Edition and open the project, then replace the code inside WlxLoggedOnSAS in gina.c with the code mentioned earlier. When you build it, you should end up with a newgina.dll&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wwwthep.physik.uni-mainz.de/~frink/newgina_pre09.zip" />
  <row Id="50659" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28150" RevisionGUID="98199aec-43b9-42c5-bd32-cf721d2ab0d3" CreationDate="2009-06-19T04:45:03.980" UserId="3038" Comment="tag cleanup" Text="&lt;powerconnect&gt;&lt;switches&gt;&lt;gigabit-ethernet&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;lan&gt;" />
  <row Id="50660" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="10331" RevisionGUID="99b3c454-b535-47f0-a127-98a5f9ab5045" CreationDate="2009-06-19T04:46:24.477" UserId="3038" Comment="tag cleanup" Text="&lt;hotswap&gt;&lt;nas&gt;&lt;sata&gt;&lt;storage&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;" />
  <row Id="50661" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2425" RevisionGUID="78983d51-1567-4567-88d7-00e1068c5547" CreationDate="2009-06-19T04:47:01.650" UserId="3038" Comment="tag cleanup" Text="&lt;ssd&gt;&lt;laptop&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;" />
  <row Id="50662" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28487" RevisionGUID="1b5f5201-e8d9-4dea-a6c7-52c5d16bf9e0" CreationDate="2009-06-19T04:47:40.450" UserId="3947" Text="Try out this.http://www.fortinet.com/ One of our client is already using and its doing wonderful job." />
  <row Id="50663" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="1152" RevisionGUID="3b8f4071-4288-4c57-ac87-cd475b5d235f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T04:47:57.640" UserId="3038" Comment="tag cleanup" Text="&lt;mail&gt;&lt;pop3&gt;&lt;smtp&gt;&lt;home-server&gt;&lt;debian&gt;" />
  <row Id="50665" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28489" RevisionGUID="f6738e03-963a-4b7c-bcb5-34a1fd893511" CreationDate="2009-06-19T04:53:41.653" UserId="1200" Text="I'm trying to setup some Xen stuff, and made 4 images, exactly the same, based on the Ubuntu hardy 64 bit system I'm running everything on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I literally made the images with a bash loop, and they are all exactly the same, named xen{1,2,3,4}.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1, 2, and 3 start just fine, but 4 hangs on waiting for root file system." />
  <row Id="50666" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28489" RevisionGUID="f6738e03-963a-4b7c-bcb5-34a1fd893511" CreationDate="2009-06-19T04:53:41.653" UserId="1200" Text="Xen start hangs on waiting for root file system" />
  <row Id="50667" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28489" RevisionGUID="f6738e03-963a-4b7c-bcb5-34a1fd893511" CreationDate="2009-06-19T04:53:41.653" UserId="1200" Text="&lt;xen&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="50668" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28454" RevisionGUID="9310d482-eec7-465b-a98a-617d2fbe0482" CreationDate="2009-06-19T04:56:10.463" UserId="3511" Comment="added 154 characters in body" Text="I need a project management software to manage my web development projects, the designers are sending me too many updates and changes on the content and overall design and i need to implement a way to setup deadlines in order to finish the projects properly and on time, the only one i know and have used in the past is microsoft project, is there any other i should consider review?&#xD;&#xA;thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: after a little research, i think my problem needs to be solved with Version Control software, i will close this case, thanks for your help guys!" />
  <row Id="50669" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28490" RevisionGUID="b366a006-73cc-4fb5-be33-cf96180f4e3f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T04:57:16.170" UserId="1293" Text="Here's [another approach][1]. It uses a shell script to print the document once for each printer and sets up that script as the interface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash &#xD;&#xA;    # if you don't have bash, use /bin/sh &#xD;&#xA;    # don't leave off the first line - absolutely needed for cups! &#xD;&#xA;    /usr/bin/lp -dprinter1  $6 &#xD;&#xA;    /usr/bin/lp -dprinter2  $6 &#xD;&#xA;    /usr/bin/lp -dprinter3  $6&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chmod 755 ~/myinterfacefile &#xD;&#xA;    lpadmin -p threeprint -E  -i ~/myinterfacefile -v /dev/null &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Sending jobs to &quot;threeprint&quot; (lp -d threeprint somefile) will now print on all three printers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://aplawrence.com/Unixart/dual_print.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50670" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28491" RevisionGUID="05dae7be-2987-498c-8dc2-b94436a30b5e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T05:01:17.050" UserId="9783" Text="Just a stab in the dark, but have you ran out of loop devices? run &quot;cat /proc/diskstats&quot; to see how many loop devices your kernel can use." />
  <row Id="50671" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28492" RevisionGUID="07f02d8f-b516-48d0-9015-627c436e6490" CreationDate="2009-06-19T05:05:08.400" UserDisplayName="mcfadder_09" Text="My server is windows server 2003. I got a huge list of subscribers. Lots of them have invalid email like, user@yahoooooo.com, user@gmailyahoo.com, user@homail.com...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to send a email to all my users, but it will send to those invalid email as well. And thus, it will create bounce email. How to handle those bounce email? Any good tutorial I can follow?" />
  <row Id="50672" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28492" RevisionGUID="07f02d8f-b516-48d0-9015-627c436e6490" CreationDate="2009-06-19T05:05:08.400" UserDisplayName="mcfadder_09" Text="How to handle invalid email address?" />
  <row Id="50673" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28492" RevisionGUID="07f02d8f-b516-48d0-9015-627c436e6490" CreationDate="2009-06-19T05:05:08.400" UserDisplayName="mcfadder_09" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;system&gt;" />
  <row Id="50674" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28493" RevisionGUID="843556aa-d6c1-49ff-a780-ab233986be3a" CreationDate="2009-06-19T05:11:04.177" UserId="3038" Text="It depends a lot on what you're using for a mailer. From your [other question][1] I'm thinking you don't know what that is exactly. If you know you'll be dealing with a lot of non-delivery-reports (NDRs in email lingo) then set your From: address to be a mailbox that can grow to very large sizes. Then you can presumably go through that and weed out the bad addresses from your list. Depending on what your mailer is, you may have more options then that, though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/28474/how-to-check-my-mail-system" />
  <row Id="50675" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28454" RevisionGUID="aad7fdb9-862e-489f-be4a-a218d7649606" CreationDate="2009-06-19T05:11:51.883" UserId="45" Comment="added 2 characters in body; edited title" Text="I need a project management software to manage my web development projects, the designers are sending me too many updates and changes on the content and overall design and I need to implement a way to setup deadlines in order to finish the projects properly and on time, the only one I know and have used in the past is Microsoft Project, is there any other I should consider review?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: after a little research, i think my problem needs to be solved with Version Control software, I will close this case, thanks for your help guys!" />
  <row Id="50676" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="28454" RevisionGUID="aad7fdb9-862e-489f-be4a-a218d7649606" CreationDate="2009-06-19T05:11:51.883" UserId="45" Comment="added 2 characters in body; edited title" Text="What project management software would you guys recommend?" />
  <row Id="50677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28494" RevisionGUID="d47cbb59-c52f-4646-b501-4636b2164af5" CreationDate="2009-06-19T05:13:37.837" UserId="4721" Text="There is Javascript ASP source at [CoverYourASP][1] with a link to a descriptive article.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This [Hacked][2] article may also be good reading.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.coveryourasp.com/ShowSource.asp?page=ValidateEmail&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://haacked.com/archive/2007/08/21/i-knew-how-to-validate-an-email-address-until-i.aspx" />
  <row Id="50678" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28495" RevisionGUID="f9c6f55c-ddf2-499b-a605-c8560e9edc83" CreationDate="2009-06-19T05:19:03.567" UserId="5694" Text="What's a good small business (&lt;50 users at a location) firewall and VPN device?  Wireless would be a nice addition, and I'm thinking of something in the $1,000 range.  This would be for businesses with 0-2 IT employees.  Quality support and the usability of the device count.  SSL VPN would be nice, and if it's client-based, a VPN client that works on 64-bit Windows is important." />
  <row Id="50679" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28495" RevisionGUID="f9c6f55c-ddf2-499b-a605-c8560e9edc83" CreationDate="2009-06-19T05:19:03.567" UserId="5694" Text="Small business firewall/VPN device" />
  <row Id="50680" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28495" RevisionGUID="f9c6f55c-ddf2-499b-a605-c8560e9edc83" CreationDate="2009-06-19T05:19:03.567" UserId="5694" Text="&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;router&gt;&lt;small-business&gt;" />
  <row Id="50682" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28497" RevisionGUID="4f8adad9-43aa-412f-a9d7-c6fa8f19849b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T05:24:28.690" UserId="9189" Text="Although it is possible to have your NDR's delivered to a mailbox and weed things out from there in my company we use a third party tool to check the validity of our mailing lists before we send out to them. It helps cut down on the number of NDR's we produce (It's not perfect obviously - nothing is) but it does help a lot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The program is GLock Softwares Advanced E-Mail Verifier Pro, it costs $99 which is cheap for the job it does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IMHO it is better not generate the NDR's in the first place than have to deal with them." />
  <row Id="50683" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28498" RevisionGUID="79de660f-1429-4cf7-b240-161658cd7c29" CreationDate="2009-06-19T05:25:25.100" UserId="7429" Text="Hello. What iSCSI Target RAID Array would your recommended for MacOS X? I would prefer one that has official MacOS X iSCSI support, but if you have ones that you have used and know that work well that could do as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We're looking at SyneRAID and HP's LeftHand SAN series, but would like more options. Something with say 16 bays for SAS/SATA drives with RAID 0,1,5,6,10 etc and support snapshots and asynchronous replication." />
  <row Id="50684" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28498" RevisionGUID="79de660f-1429-4cf7-b240-161658cd7c29" CreationDate="2009-06-19T05:25:25.100" UserId="7429" Text="iSCSI Target RAID Array Recommended for MacOS X" />
  <row Id="50685" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28498" RevisionGUID="79de660f-1429-4cf7-b240-161658cd7c29" CreationDate="2009-06-19T05:25:25.100" UserId="7429" Text="&lt;iscsi&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;raid&gt;&lt;macosxserver&gt;&lt;mac&gt;" />
  <row Id="50686" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28499" RevisionGUID="bb9b8ab5-7143-4d3b-9b38-5df95e163e0a" CreationDate="2009-06-19T05:27:08.590" UserId="1330" Text="Typical enterprise VOIP solutions like [MS Comm Server][1] require a server computer to handle communications. Is there any program that can do it Peer-2-Peer (P2P) without a server, and directly call and chat with the target computer, directly on the network? (not using the Internet)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office_Communications_Server" />
  <row Id="50687" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28499" RevisionGUID="bb9b8ab5-7143-4d3b-9b38-5df95e163e0a" CreationDate="2009-06-19T05:27:08.590" UserId="1330" Text="VOIP and IM communication without a server" />
  <row Id="50688" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28499" RevisionGUID="bb9b8ab5-7143-4d3b-9b38-5df95e163e0a" CreationDate="2009-06-19T05:27:08.590" UserId="1330" Text="&lt;voip&gt;&lt;p2p&gt;&lt;instantmessaging&gt;&lt;windows-clients&gt;" />
  <row Id="50689" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28500" RevisionGUID="57656e79-9594-40a5-89d5-57d9f045b19a" CreationDate="2009-06-19T05:27:27.590" UserId="8700" Text="Defrag helps performance on workstations as well as servers with magnetic HDDs, since it reduces the number of wasted seeks by the actuator arm (r/w head). That said, the degree of improvement will depend on the initial fragmentation levels, usage patterns etc; older systems with slower drives will show better improvement. Background auto defrag (eg.Diskeeper, not free) is a very convenient solution since it's a set-once-and-forget solution, and can be customized to run according to a specific schedule, or on full auto without resource conflict.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For SSD, defrag is not as useful, but the fears of killing SSDs due to defrag are unfounded (IMHO) if you consider the rated erase/write cycles of the cells. From what I've read, 'internal fragmentation', and not file system fragmentation, is the performance killer for random writes in SSDs; filesystem defraggers cannot address this problem.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28501" RevisionGUID="8863c0ea-205b-43ed-9e9e-0fe47af37d39" CreationDate="2009-06-19T05:27:55.703" UserId="45" Text="In my company we have a little tool written in .NET using a 3rd party component called [ListNanny][1]. It is used categorize and parse bounce back emails in the SMTPs `Badmail` folder, or NDRs (Non-Deliverable Reports or Non-Deliverable Receipts).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You have to pay attention that there a serveral types of NDRs and that you have to decide in each case what to do for the particaul address in your mailing list. The major distinction is &quot;hard bounce&quot; vs. &quot;soft bounce&quot;. Hard bounces are permanent errors, like &quot;Unknown user&quot; - soft bounces occur temporarily, like &quot;mailbox full&quot; etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here are examples of what can be parsed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- HardBounce: The server was unable to deliver your message (ex: unknown user, mailbox not found)&#xD;&#xA;- Transient: The server couldn't temporarily deliver your message&#xD;&#xA;- Unsubscribe: Unsubscribe or Remove request&#xD;&#xA;- Subscribe: Subscribe request from someone wanting to get added to the mailing list.&#xD;&#xA;- AutoResponder: Automatic email responder ( ex: 'Out of Office' or 'On Vacation')&#xD;&#xA;- AddressChange: The recipient has requested an address change.&#xD;&#xA;- DnsError: A temporary DNS error.&#xD;&#xA;- ChallengeVerification: The bounce is a challange asking for verification you actually sent the email. Typical challenges are made by Spam Arrest, or MailFrontier Matador&#xD;&#xA;- SpamNotification: The message was delivered, but was either blocked by the user, or classified as spam, bulk mail, or had rejected content.&#xD;&#xA;- OpenRelayTest: The NDR is actually a test email message to see if the mail server is an open relay.&#xD;&#xA;- Unknown: Unable to classify the NDR&#xD;&#xA;- SoftBounce: Unable to temporarily deliver message (i.e. mailbox full, account disabled, exceeds quota, out of disk space)&#xD;&#xA;- VirusNotification: The bounce is actually a virus notification warning about a virus/code infected message. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.listnanny.net/overview.aspx" />
  <row Id="50691" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28502" RevisionGUID="32b3f88a-d979-4439-8837-7a0c342d2c18" CreationDate="2009-06-19T05:27:59.713" UserId="5787" Text="Consider our [PRTG Network Monitor][1]. It offers all the features you have requested, it is an easy to install and configure Windows software and there is a freeware to get you started.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.paessler.com/prtg" />
  <row Id="50693" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28504" RevisionGUID="eda570e3-b53c-4a5f-94ab-23b9cb790b79" CreationDate="2009-06-19T05:45:44.840" UserId="1200" Text="It was actually in the logs for the xen-create-image command. The disk image didn't get created properly since it was already mounted. I must have CTRL+C'd something and not umount'd the disk. umounting and remaking the domain fixed the problem." />
  <row Id="50694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28505" RevisionGUID="7db7ebec-198d-4c63-9be2-30adf5527eaa" CreationDate="2009-06-19T05:49:56.487" UserId="5922" Text="We've been using a LeftHand iSCSI SAN for over two years now. We have 3 XServes that access the SAN, as well as about 10 Linux servers, some of which form a Xen cluster. The SAN consists of a pair of HP DL320s in a mirrored failover configuration. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On OS X we use GlobalSAN as the iSCSI initiator and it works extremely well. We only had a few crashes with earlier versions but the latest builds have been rock solid. They handle the Virtual IP handoff of the SAN very well in a failover scenario.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The LefHand units we have are configured in RAID 5, I don't know if the newer ones support RAID 6 or not but quite frankly I don't think we would use it even if they did. By having two, the setup effectively becomes a RAID 1+5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The LeftHand SAN/iQ software supports asynchronous replication as well as snapshots, and does both quite well. They also have a neat feature in that you can set up a virtual SAN appliance in a VMWare host and use it to migrate data between SANs without purchasing any special additional hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SAN/iQ 8 also supports forking of snapshots, and is a huge improvement&lt; over the previous version. My one big qualm with it is that it still has pretty crappy scripting support and we had to write our own Python wrapper over their scripting interface to make it work for our purposes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other downside is that the units are pretty much a black box. Other than using their management console or the scripting interface you can't really have any idea as to what is going on inside. There's no way to SSH in to the unit unless you have the special keys that the techs do. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you expect to get technical support (which, by the way, is excellent) you should probably have a Windows machine handy with Putty available as it seems to be the only thing the first tier support guys are familiar with. This may change now that HP has acquired them. That being said, even the first tier guys are very knowledgeable about their products and have always been able to give me good support. For bigger problems I've been able to work my way all the way up to the engineers who work on the product.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Overall the experience has been extremely positive, and our entire office network uses this SAN for pretty much everything that involves storing data. It integrates very well with our backup and virtualization strategy. I don't know what your intended use case is, but for something like our scenario I would highly recommend the LeftHand products." />
  <row Id="50695" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28506" RevisionGUID="c32357a1-0045-47d1-8de8-0f77ae9c4854" CreationDate="2009-06-19T06:02:34.633" UserId="7200" Text="I've had nice luck with the Cisco ASA-5505. It's a bit pricey, but it's nice gear to configure and has been reliable. You can terminate a variety of VPN protocols on it, including PPTP, IPSEC, and L2TP. There is SSL VPN functionality, but I believe it's licensed separately from the unit. " />
  <row Id="50696" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28420" RevisionGUID="6af52c47-b97a-4519-bad3-4dd0c3315c0a" CreationDate="2009-06-19T06:07:32.473" UserId="1774" Comment="updated description" Text="I have the hard disks from a PC that was happily running Windows Me until is it suffered an unknown hardware failure. The drives are intact, and can be mounted and read on other PCs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have data backups, but there is licensed software installed that may not be possible to migrate to newer versions running on a more modern platform making the idea of just booting a virtual image attractive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to make VHDs from the drives such that I can boot them in VirtualPC?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not VirtualPC, would it be possible in any other virtualization tool?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** Some more details....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The system was running Windows Me, but upgraded from Windows 95 (or possibly 98). It can't have been more than a Pentium II, but I will have to look at the motherboard to confirm that. There were no &quot;exotic&quot; devices installed, and nothing beyond the usual legacy stuff that would need to survive into a virtual machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The licensed software did not have a dongle, so I won't need to worry about virtualizing a physical dongle of some kind. Licenses were probably died to the disk serial number.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There were two HDs, both IDE. The boot disk is about 6GB, and the spare data disk is 12GB, but nearly empty. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a small bias in favor of VirtualPC just because its free and I've used it successfully in the past. But this is a good excuse to revisit the state of the art.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I do know from direct experience that it is possible to install and boot DOS 5.0 and Win95 in VirtualPC, but the VM extensions weren't available so the experience isn't as seamless as I would have liked. A very old DirectX game that failed miserably under XP SP2 runs really nicely on that VM, and actually plays better in a lot of ways than it did on period hardware, so that gives me hope that this is possible. " />
  <row Id="50697" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28507" RevisionGUID="17c0b5d0-c3ec-4e70-8616-f0c9d691bfcb" CreationDate="2009-06-19T06:07:59.430" UserId="5787" Text="Consider our [PRTG Network Monitor][1]. It offers all the features you have requested, it is an easy to install and configure Windows software and there is a freeware to get you started.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.paessler.com/prtg" />
  <row Id="50698" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="27879" RevisionGUID="0efbf09a-d6f4-4ee8-a133-9a7f79b3756b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T06:10:18.910" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:984,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Zoredache&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="50700" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28508" RevisionGUID="eaa08f50-c215-47c0-8241-53d2894fb3d1" CreationDate="2009-06-19T06:12:06.847" UserId="7783" Text="It might be just as easy to pop the physical disks into another machine or a caddy and create a ghost image from them which you can restore to a vhd, keeping in mind the issues others have mentioned about keeping the settings of the virtual machine as similar to those of the real one as possible." />
  <row Id="50702" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28509" RevisionGUID="93e32fd4-401c-42f7-a8ac-1d4f33148954" CreationDate="2009-06-19T06:14:17.950" UserId="6177" Text="First of all: $100/hour is a good starting point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second of all: It would benefit all SysAdmins if we all used that $100/hour figure wherever possible.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Within your company, use it as a ballpark that you'd have to pay if you need help with a specific project or a generally high workload.  If you hire an experienced SysAdmin on a contract basis, don't try to lowball, pay at least $100/hour.  Pay more if you find someone good.  5 years ago we were paying a guy $100 who was experienced and easy to work with, today I'd expect to pay him more.  When someone with a business who's looking for help asks me what they should pay, I say &quot;at least $100/hour for someone with good experience, more if you want someone like me.&quot;  It's not bragging, it's realistic.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50703" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28510" RevisionGUID="9b11c5e4-e14a-43f4-8e6f-b366f9e9d2be" CreationDate="2009-06-19T06:23:25.920" UserId="6177" Text="What are you using as an email client?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd start by looking at message headers.  Open an email message you received from someone outside your company and look at Received: lines.  Send an email out to Gmail (for example) and look at it (with &quot;Show Original&quot; if you do use Gmail).  If your server is Exchange, there should be a line like: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This isn't a sure thing, but there's often an indication of what mail server and MTA are involved." />
  <row Id="50704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28511" RevisionGUID="d9afd8ab-c058-4bd5-97b9-38847b6a684d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T06:25:33.573" UserDisplayName="littlegeek" Text="Sounds like you need a process for project management rather than a price of software. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember software is a tool that will help support a process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Will update post with some links when I get a computer and not on iPhone. " />
  <row Id="50705" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28512" RevisionGUID="34b20282-09dc-4cd1-8f68-28d8bd9684a7" CreationDate="2009-06-19T06:33:13.357" UserId="9453" Text="nice easy perl module to cover that: [Email::Valid][1]&#xD;&#xA;&quot;This module determines whether an email address is well-formed, and optionally, whether a mail host exists for the domain.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It does not however test that its deliverable by any means.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/Email-Valid-0.181/lib/Email/Valid.pm" />
  <row Id="50706" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28513" RevisionGUID="bd1dc033-5cd3-42ae-a90a-9cbf02db6abe" CreationDate="2009-06-19T06:40:18.007" UserId="9156" Text="I've recently begun transitioning from &quot;moonlighting&quot; to having a company (though the term is a bit forced for a team of ~1.25 people). The main reason is that this helps with the credibility and in asking a higher rate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But because this also triggers a bit more responsibility, I need to have ready a contract template, along the lines of 'i'll do the job, you'll do the payment, i won't leak your information...', mostly to have some paper to refer to in case of future conflicts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I haven't yet been burned (too much), I'd welcome some tips of points to include in this contract. Any consulting hard lessons you're willing to share?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I know this doesn't replace adequate legal advice, but i'm looking for any useful tech angle on this line of work)." />
  <row Id="50707" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28513" RevisionGUID="bd1dc033-5cd3-42ae-a90a-9cbf02db6abe" CreationDate="2009-06-19T06:40:18.007" UserId="9156" Text="Useful contract hints for sysadmin contracts?" />
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  <row Id="50710" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28492" RevisionGUID="bdda7101-4401-4ded-9725-597f025575c9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T06:44:57.653" UserId="45" Comment="edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;email&gt;&lt;ndr&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;emailserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="50711" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="28513" RevisionGUID="0874bb0e-3af0-45ac-978f-e2d848bff750" CreationDate="2009-06-19T06:46:12.597" UserId="9156" Comment="edited title" Text="Useful contract hints for sysadmin consultants?" />
  <row Id="50712" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28460" RevisionGUID="b38712d7-68f6-4e18-9573-da78ccaf2b0c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T06:51:20.403" UserId="3950" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;smtp&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;" />
  <row Id="50713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28514" RevisionGUID="bf2e5ce7-f211-4d86-a29f-997ad597e13e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T06:52:51.710" UserId="1219" Text="This depends entirely on whicch country you're working in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're in the UK, I recommend PCG. See: [Professional Contractors Group][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pcg.org.uk" />
  <row Id="50714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28515" RevisionGUID="33335a45-e364-49f9-bca8-4ecfbc6a3c49" CreationDate="2009-06-19T07:02:58.880" UserId="10066" Text="Mails from my system are being rejected when the receiving server does HELO checking.  I believe my system is sending the wrong domain name.  I'm running exim4.  Googling for anything about exim4 and domains yields a nightmarish list of irrelevant results.  Similarly, googling for HELO rejections yields a horde of outlook users who need to turn on SMTP authentication.  I cannot for the life of me figure out this simple question: which hostname is exim sending and how do I change it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, I can't watch what exim is sending over the wire, so I have no way to debug this myself.  I'm hoping someone has had this problem and just knows :)." />
  <row Id="50715" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28515" RevisionGUID="33335a45-e364-49f9-bca8-4ecfbc6a3c49" CreationDate="2009-06-19T07:02:58.880" UserId="10066" Text="When exim4 sends HELO/EHLO, how do I configure which host name it sends?" />
  <row Id="50716" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28515" RevisionGUID="33335a45-e364-49f9-bca8-4ecfbc6a3c49" CreationDate="2009-06-19T07:02:58.880" UserId="10066" Text="&lt;exim&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;smtp&gt;&lt;domain-name&gt;" />
  <row Id="50718" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28516" RevisionGUID="59d877f3-daa9-47cd-a0d0-c47a65fdb4df" CreationDate="2009-06-19T07:13:51.277" UserId="7746" Text="My computer is configured with two sata HDDs. The primary one crashed the other day and now I am trying to recover the data that is on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've plugged the faulty HDD into a machine where the primary HDD is running Windows 7 with the hopes of being able to salvage some of the data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, the drive isn't being detected properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Device Manager shows the following Disk Drives:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. ST316081 3AS SCSI Disk Device WDC    &#xD;&#xA; 2. WDC ROM Model Hawk SCSI Disk Device&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The first drive is the Seagate HDD that is running Windows 7. The second drive seems like it might be the Western Digital drive that I'm trying to analyze. It's only detecting the size to be around 7642MB which isn't correct since the drive should be about 250GB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, Windows isn't picking up the drive so I don't have a second drive mounted so I can access the files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone on here know how I might go about recovering lost files from a faulty HDD even though Windows is not detecting the drive? Is there some software out there that might be able to detect the drive and give me access to its contents?" />
  <row Id="50719" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28516" RevisionGUID="59d877f3-daa9-47cd-a0d0-c47a65fdb4df" CreationDate="2009-06-19T07:13:51.277" UserId="7746" Text="Data Recovery on faulty sata drive that is not being properly detected in Windows" />
  <row Id="50720" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28516" RevisionGUID="59d877f3-daa9-47cd-a0d0-c47a65fdb4df" CreationDate="2009-06-19T07:13:51.277" UserId="7746" Text="&lt;data-recovery&gt;&lt;sata&gt;&lt;hdd&gt;" />
  <row Id="50721" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28517" RevisionGUID="3665bc00-9c8a-436c-8459-9ec47d6e0bc0" CreationDate="2009-06-19T07:15:10.323" UserId="6905" Text="May I recommend you take a look at [pfSense][1]. I find it to be capable on a 40 user network and easy to manage. The web interface makes management of OpenVPN an easy task. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You wont loose anything by trying it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://pfsense.org/" />
  <row Id="50722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28518" RevisionGUID="975c0d72-b395-4be2-8ba2-c6ddd1b47ca4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T07:15:42.693" UserId="8996" Text="The setting you want is called [primary_hostname][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For debugging you can use &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;    tcpdump -A port 25&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to watch SMTP traffic in ASCII.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-exim4-users/2006-December/000849.html" />
  <row Id="50723" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28519" RevisionGUID="7af8b13a-14c4-4772-ae79-3707fd50aeb4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T07:16:41.037" UserId="7342" Text="Assuming the error is complaining about the HELO/EHLO data, you want to use the helo\_data option on the smtp transport. The default is $primary_hostname.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    remote_smtp:&#xD;&#xA;        driver = smtp&#xD;&#xA;        helo_data = host.example.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More information is available in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch30.html#SECID146&quot;&gt;the manual&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this isn't the case, you probably want to include some example rejection messages. Just the three digit code and the string after that." />
  <row Id="50724" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28520" RevisionGUID="bc4de7a1-4d9f-4853-9a97-87adf9190a14" CreationDate="2009-06-19T07:17:49.647" UserId="1780" Text="I'm writing a monitoring service that uses WMI to get information from remote machines. Having local admin rights on all these machines is not possible for political reasons. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this possible? What permissions/rights does my user require for this?" />
  <row Id="50725" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28520" RevisionGUID="bc4de7a1-4d9f-4853-9a97-87adf9190a14" CreationDate="2009-06-19T07:17:49.647" UserId="1780" Text="Which permissions/rights does a user need to have WMI access on remote machines?" />
  <row Id="50726" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28520" RevisionGUID="bc4de7a1-4d9f-4853-9a97-87adf9190a14" CreationDate="2009-06-19T07:17:49.647" UserId="1780" Text="&lt;wmi&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;remote-access&gt;" />
  <row Id="50727" PostHistoryTypeId="9" PostId="21752" RevisionGUID="52d3c2a4-78b2-4b5b-9940-5843d5b60154" CreationDate="2009-06-19T07:31:45.267" UserId="103" Comment="Rollback to [1cc70390-c0c6-442b-8c2e-fca134670d10]" Text="&lt;patch&gt;&lt;updates&gt;&lt;wsus&gt;&lt;software&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="50728" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21752" RevisionGUID="d0892436-4c3b-4248-bb4a-621ead2d05ed" CreationDate="2009-06-19T07:33:07.947" UserId="103" Comment="added 208 characters in body" Text="Microsoft has WSUS which is great for the Microsoft products it supports (and it doesn't support all Microsoft products), but in reality companies have many applications from other vendors. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a patch/update management server similar to WSUS, but that works with lots of vendors or developers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update  &#xD;&#xA;Some good soul decided to change the server tag to a Windows tag - Note that this is NOT just for Windows. If you know a good patch server that runs on Linux or Apple then those are perfect too." />
  <row Id="50729" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28521" RevisionGUID="b6d51231-1963-4abf-955a-5f28143dd200" CreationDate="2009-06-19T07:34:04.777" UserId="6037" Text="I am considering Tux as the web server for a new CPAN mirror I'm building.  I've got it running and it's very fast but there is one big catch: how am I supposed to rotate the log file?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The log file is configurable, and I am using the default value of /var/log/tux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One option would be copy-and-truncate; e.g.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cp /var/log/tux /var/log/tux.1&#xD;&#xA;    cat /dev/null &gt; /var/log/tux&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The logrotate application can do that for me but since the log file is binary I am concerned that this might lead to corruption at some point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it only corrupts one entry I can live with it - my fear is that the whole log file could be lost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone with experience care to make a suggestion?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50730" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28521" RevisionGUID="b6d51231-1963-4abf-955a-5f28143dd200" CreationDate="2009-06-19T07:34:04.777" UserId="6037" Text="Recommended way to rotate the tux web server log file" />
  <row Id="50731" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28521" RevisionGUID="b6d51231-1963-4abf-955a-5f28143dd200" CreationDate="2009-06-19T07:34:04.777" UserId="6037" Text="&lt;log-files&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="50732" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28522" RevisionGUID="296c4647-7e44-4d4a-8281-28979a19e067" CreationDate="2009-06-19T07:38:39.497" UserId="6905" Text="The only tool that comes to my mind is [SpinRite][1]. Its a bit expensive but its all I can recommend.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=101&amp;threadID=226542&amp;start=0][2]&#xD;&#xA; - [http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=89&amp;threadID=178427&amp;start=0][3]&#xD;&#xA; - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpinRite][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=101&amp;threadID=226542&amp;start=0&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=89&amp;threadID=178427&amp;start=0&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpinRite" />
  <row Id="50733" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28523" RevisionGUID="93ed6434-fe5b-466a-9a71-394b95d71af1" CreationDate="2009-06-19T07:41:57.540" UserId="4487" Text="By default, only the local Administrators group has remote permissions to WMI. You will have to customise the WMI &quot;Remote Enable&quot; permissions." />
  <row Id="50734" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28524" RevisionGUID="bdc74739-17a5-4710-9287-0dd1fbb1ef46" CreationDate="2009-06-19T07:42:26.023" UserId="10068" Text="I tried to find the option in MS Virtual PC 2007 to start everytime I boot windows, but did not found such function. &#xD;&#xA;Should I write some type of script for that, or would be a better way to make this happen?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="50735" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28524" RevisionGUID="bdc74739-17a5-4710-9287-0dd1fbb1ef46" CreationDate="2009-06-19T07:42:26.023" UserId="10068" Text="How to make MS Virtual PC 2007 start automaticaly? " />
  <row Id="50736" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28524" RevisionGUID="bdc74739-17a5-4710-9287-0dd1fbb1ef46" CreationDate="2009-06-19T07:42:26.023" UserId="10068" Text="&lt;virtualpc&gt;&lt;microsoft&gt;" />
  <row Id="50737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28525" RevisionGUID="abf28a3e-9b72-482b-a489-6e369f8f178b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T07:47:08.263" UserId="6132" Text="[IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager][1] (formerly called Tivoli Configuration Manager) is multi-platform and can deploy patches, applications, system changes, etc. It can also be configured to remove applications. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are two catches. First is complexity. Second is cost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because it is multi-platform and is extremely customizable, it doesn't do a lot out of the box. It also carries a price tag that would make a small-to-medium sized company clutch its chest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/prov-mgr-sw/index.html" />
  <row Id="50738" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28526" RevisionGUID="60cd25d4-7ac2-4162-a57c-415c1104714a" CreationDate="2009-06-19T07:52:38.547" UserId="2299" Text="Does the SATA controller BIOS show the drive correctly? If it does then I'd try one of the many boot CDs (or floppies) for repairing disks. SpinRite works as well an anything, but it can be very slow. Allow up to two days (!) for a badly damaged disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the SATA controller doesn't show the drive properly then apart from trying it on a different SATA controller there probably isn't much you can do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28527" RevisionGUID="39ede89a-0bf7-49c3-8021-ef20842a82f3" CreationDate="2009-06-19T07:58:34.633" UserId="2299" Text="For around $1000 I would use a Draytek 2950 or 3300. Actually both of these should give you plenty of change. I've used many of these routers and they're very good, easy to configure and offer advanced features like load balancing. They both do LAN to LAN IPSEC VPNs and they support PPTP dialin VPNs for individual users. The PPTP dialin uses the VPN support built into Windows and needs no extra software. In your place I would select the 2950 as the 3300 probably offers stuff you won't need (like load balancing over up to 4 WAN ports!).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Draytek 2910 is a lot less than $1,000 but doesn't have the horsepower to support more than two or three simultaneous VPN sessions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50740" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28528" RevisionGUID="0045d366-6258-4978-9f38-524420630dba" CreationDate="2009-06-19T07:59:28.720" UserId="6383" Text="For books there's [Disaster Recovery Planning](http://www.disastercenter.com/Rothstein/cd651.htm) by Jon William Toigo, now in it's 3rd edition, with a [4th edition](http://www.drplanning.org/portal/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=56&amp;Itemid=99) blook (blog+book) on the horizon." />
  <row Id="50741" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28529" RevisionGUID="680900f5-f718-4a49-aaec-5af45495a0ef" CreationDate="2009-06-19T08:12:11.317" UserId="7936" Text="Before I suggest something [&quot;TUX has never been an integrated part of the official Linux kernel&quot;][1]. Are you sure you want to maintain kernel patches on your own?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I'd try to create a pipe which tux writes to and then use [rotatelogs][2] (from apache) to handle that stuff. Maybe even logger so that it uses syslog directly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;rotatelogs can handle time or size based rotations for you, if you don't send the logs to a central logging server I'd use that, if you do send to a central logging server I'd send it to syslog, just let syslog create another socket which tux will write to (preferrably /var/log/tux), and syslog *should* handle the rest for you...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TUX_web_server&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/programs/rotatelogs.html" />
  <row Id="50742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28530" RevisionGUID="3734f476-f120-4933-8400-1527a68251af" CreationDate="2009-06-19T08:13:34.043" UserId="282" Text="As far as I know there is no way to get Virtual PC to start as a service. I have a group policy object for the users that only use a Virtual PC (all training users, booting dummy envionments). Group policy setting:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;User Configuration&#xD;&#xA;    Administrative Templates&#xD;&#xA;        System/Logon&#xD;&#xA;            Run these programs at user logon&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The setting is Enabled with the following item to run at logon:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Virtual PC\Virtual PC.exe&quot; -startvm &quot;C:\Virtual Machines\Virtual Workstation.vmc&quot; -singlepc&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That will start Virtual PC 2007 with a single workstation running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you don't want the user to have to login to the host PC before the virtual machine will start, set the folloing keys in this registry path:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;DefaultDomainName (REG_SZ) = [Domain] (Vista Only)&#xD;&#xA;DefaultUserName (REG_SZ) = [Username]&#xD;&#xA;DefaultPassword (REG_SZ) = [Password]&#xD;&#xA;AutoAdminLogon (REG_DWORD) = 1&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If AutoLogonCount exists, delete it." />
  <row Id="50743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28531" RevisionGUID="e54cc60d-d3c5-4aeb-b40a-c92e7cb02240" CreationDate="2009-06-19T08:15:44.927" UserId="7936" Text="I have had good experience with [IPCop][1] on the software side and something from [pcengines][2] or [soekris][3] on the hardware side.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IPCop provides a nice webinterface that let's you simply download OpenVPN configuration and handles most of the basic routing stuff. There are also quite a number of plugins available like a caching proxy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ipcop.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.pcengines.ch&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.soekris.com" />
  <row Id="50744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28532" RevisionGUID="a9f81b7c-28b1-4316-bb58-6a14ac93e3d7" CreationDate="2009-06-19T08:17:47.560" UserId="9539" Text="Why not just put it into the autostart folder?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if you want to start a virtual computer, just put a link to the corresponding .vmc file into the autostart folder." />
  <row Id="50745" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28533" RevisionGUID="61251f1e-6609-410b-8338-09a306016656" CreationDate="2009-06-19T08:18:01.803" UserId="5250" Text="How can I add a new item to right click menu for any file type and associate a action to this without using any third party tool. I hope it is possible using some registry hack.." />
  <row Id="50746" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28533" RevisionGUID="61251f1e-6609-410b-8338-09a306016656" CreationDate="2009-06-19T08:18:01.803" UserId="5250" Text="Customize right click context menu in windows xp?" />
  <row Id="50747" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28533" RevisionGUID="61251f1e-6609-410b-8338-09a306016656" CreationDate="2009-06-19T08:18:01.803" UserId="5250" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;customization&gt;" />
  <row Id="50748" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27119" RevisionGUID="056eaaf5-7fe1-437c-83e9-01bf8dad1862" CreationDate="2009-06-19T08:23:34.803" UserId="2692" Comment="Appending what I did with top answer" Text="We're running Apache 2.2.9 (Win32) with a few virtual hosts configured on the one server. Each has it's own ErrorLog and CustomLog settings which are in the format of &quot;logs/[domain name]-error.log&quot; and &quot;logs/[domain name]-access.log&quot;. Unfortunately these are now creating quite large files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On IIS you can specify the log schedule, which can put them in a daily format of &quot;yymmdd.log&quot;. Is there something similar I can do here? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It doesn't have to be daily either, weekly or monthly will do. I'd just like to break them up so that we can keep X amount instead of everything it's ever logged. A quick Google seems to bring up lots of Linux orientated answers involving log splitters, scripts and cron jobs which isn't too helpful for a Windows installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks to radius, I tweaked my **httpd-vhosts.conf** to use Apache's built in **rotatelogs**, in the following format:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`&#xD;&#xA;ErrorLog &quot;|bin/rotatelogs logs/[domain name]-error.%Y-%m-%d-%H_%M_%S.log 5M&quot;&#xD;&#xA;CustomLog &quot;|bin/rotatelogs logs/[domain name]-access.%Y-%m-%d-%H_%M_%S.log 5M&quot; common`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They'll create a new log file when the current one reaches 5MB. I know that's not daily as asked for, but that keeps them at a manageable size which will do. I did try the rotate after so many seconds but it didn't seem to be putting the time stamp in the file name correctly (specifically hours, minutes and seconds).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28534" RevisionGUID="0ed38c96-0706-4e32-aa4e-31612d585033" CreationDate="2009-06-19T08:24:53.083" UserId="201" Text="The monitoring service my company provides - [Server Density][1] - has an agent written in Python and is developed on OS X so it works perfectly on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.serverdensity.com" />
  <row Id="50750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28535" RevisionGUID="baad817a-b198-4584-9f25-f189a7910969" CreationDate="2009-06-19T08:28:51.703" UserId="9307" Text="Try this http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/13596/how-do-i-add-an-item-to-the-right-click-menu.html" />
  <row Id="50751" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28536" RevisionGUID="451e178a-5fe7-4523-8127-a098c0cd8587" CreationDate="2009-06-19T08:29:25.587" UserId="4487" Text="Paste the following into a .reg file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\MakeSomethingUp]&#xD;&#xA;    @=&quot;This text will appear in the context menu&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\MakeSomethingUp\command]&#xD;&#xA;    @=&quot;\&quot;C:\\Program Files\\MyApp\\MyApp.exe\&quot; \&quot;%1\&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Import that file into the Registry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does that do what you need?" />
  <row Id="50752" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27119" RevisionGUID="52f96a1c-82a8-4374-9a8d-ef673ae9c2b1" CreationDate="2009-06-19T08:31:57.203" UserId="2692" Comment="added 8 characters in body" Text="We're running Apache 2.2.9 (Win32) with a few virtual hosts configured on the one server. Each has it's own ErrorLog and CustomLog settings which are in the format of &quot;logs/[domain name]-error.log&quot; and &quot;logs/[domain name]-access.log&quot;. Unfortunately these are now creating quite large files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On IIS you can specify the log schedule, which can put them in a daily format of &quot;yymmdd.log&quot;. Is there something similar I can do here? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It doesn't have to be daily either, weekly or monthly will do. I'd just like to break them up so that we can keep X amount instead of everything it's ever logged. A quick Google seems to bring up lots of Linux orientated answers involving log splitters, scripts and cron jobs which isn't too helpful for a Windows installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks to radius, I tweaked my **httpd-vhosts.conf** to use Apache's built in **rotatelogs** command, in the following format:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`&#xD;&#xA;ErrorLog &quot;|bin/rotatelogs logs/[domain name]-error.%Y-%m-%d-%H_%M_%S.log 5M&quot;&#xD;&#xA;CustomLog &quot;|bin/rotatelogs logs/[domain name]-access.%Y-%m-%d-%H_%M_%S.log 5M&quot; common`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They'll create a new log file when the current one reaches 5MB. I know that's not daily as asked for, but that keeps them at a manageable size which will do. I did try the rotate after so many seconds but it didn't seem to be putting the time stamp in the file name correctly (specifically hours, minutes and seconds).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28537" RevisionGUID="ba0fa24b-8a85-4f29-a383-f6fb0de0bbbb" CreationDate="2009-06-19T08:42:17.980" UserId="1561" Text="*We always have at least one contractor on site and because they are involved in different products / technologies, different software needs to be installed on their PC's.  This takes up a lot of support time and is basically a never-ending stream.  Giving them admin rights would allow them to do this work themselves.  The downside is that they now have rights to do anything.  How have other people handled this?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have a somewhat-controlled environment; while we may grant power-user access (which is usually enough to get'er done) we don't grant local admin; in fact, local admin is considered a &quot;safety valve&quot; feature in case we need to get administrative access to the machine and it can't (for whatever reason) get domain authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Local admin on most machines isn't too big a deal, but you do not want to give out Domain Admin rights, which opens up a whole Pandora's box of issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many of the &quot;local admin&quot; issues we've seen have come from poorly-designed software that, despite nearly a decade of changes on the Desktop, still think they are running in Windws 98 &amp; Friends.  The software installers are insisting that you give these rights because:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. the install package was poorly designed&#xD;&#xA; 2. the installer contains nasty chunks of code that need to be registered at a system level (think ActiveX)&#xD;&#xA; 3. the program's code base is very old and as such it suffers from **both** (1) and (2).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If possible, try to convince the contractors to bring all their software at once and have an &quot;install fest&quot;, so you can go through this one time and get it over with.  If they are dragging this-that-and-the-other all the time into these systems, even with Admin rights, it's going to be a bit of a mess - are these going to be production systems in the future?  Is the sequence of installation and the dependencies needed written down somewhere?  There are some dangling loose ends that need to be tied up by letting them do what they want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, yeah, if you don't have a problem with security issues, trust issues, compatibility issues, and you're documenting things as needed, go ahead and let them do the local admin installs, using a password that is distinct from all of the other ones." />
  <row Id="50754" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28538" RevisionGUID="89660fcb-d169-4f70-b5da-fe0d700ef81b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T08:42:26.903" UserId="1961" Text="An excellent list of resources on SharePoint governance was recently published by Joel Oleson:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.sharepointjoel.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=233&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It includes both the classic theoretical information, but also some very handy and real world tools, templates and examples.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28539" RevisionGUID="34916a18-36f9-4a89-bba5-bfd9fea8e422" CreationDate="2009-06-19T08:45:37.007" UserId="5234" Text="If you want it to happen for any file type, and you're just passing the file as an arg to the program in question, you can put a shortcut to the program in your SendTo menu (at %userprofile%\SendTo).  I keep Notepad and Wordpad in there all the time." />
  <row Id="50756" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28540" RevisionGUID="cb9610b8-7af7-4746-9b46-375a886fa796" CreationDate="2009-06-19T08:47:46.453" UserId="9140" Text="I'm a bit curious here: What do you expect of incoming requests per second since you need a HTTP engine running inside your kernel? Isnt tinyhttpd fast enough?" />
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  <row Id="50758" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28541" RevisionGUID="c9b4509d-130c-43e9-883f-debae7c50038" CreationDate="2009-06-19T08:51:25.247" UserDisplayName="Alternal" Text="This worked great!!!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks a lot!!!!" />
  <row Id="50759" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28542" RevisionGUID="6deb0475-6a43-4abd-bd3b-37a97c298290" CreationDate="2009-06-19T08:57:18.433" UserId="3959" Text="Currently my server running on W2k3 with MERAK(icewarp) email exchange install. How can I stop email spoofing that generate by own MERAK email exchange server?" />
  <row Id="50760" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28542" RevisionGUID="6deb0475-6a43-4abd-bd3b-37a97c298290" CreationDate="2009-06-19T08:57:18.433" UserId="3959" Text="How can I stop email spoofing?" />
  <row Id="50761" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28542" RevisionGUID="6deb0475-6a43-4abd-bd3b-37a97c298290" CreationDate="2009-06-19T08:57:18.433" UserId="3959" Text="&lt;emailserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="50762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28543" RevisionGUID="53cf83c9-2702-4898-8f26-2e63dbadc10f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T08:57:42.957" UserId="6177" Text="Voice coil magnets taken out of dead hard drives.  In case you don't know, these are very strong rare earth magnets.  I use them for multiple things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Wiping hard drives that are being tossed out that I don't have time to take apart.  They're strong enough to wipe the servo tracks from the drive, making it essentially unusable.&#xD;&#xA; - Holding notes or wires in strange places: most of the magnets have holes in their backing plates that you can thread a cable tie through and they stick to any small bit of steel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used CDs as mirrors to see behind boxes (usually desktops crammed under someone's desk) when I didn't want to pull them out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50763" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28543" RevisionGUID="53cf83c9-2702-4898-8f26-2e63dbadc10f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T08:57:42.957" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="50764" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="14487" RevisionGUID="3d421c42-837f-4507-b228-4350f5454494" CreationDate="2009-06-19T08:58:45.263" UserId="45" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="I'm looking for a Windows **eventlog analyzing and monitoring software** for Windows Server 2000/2003 (there are some new features in Windows Server 2008.) The feature set should include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- real-time monitoring (alerts via email or other messages)&#xD;&#xA;- definition of events/event groups which are watched&#xD;&#xA;- multiple-server&#xD;&#xA;- reporting (daily/weekly etc. reports)&#xD;&#xA;- nice client tools&#xD;&#xA;- not necessarily free or open-source, but that would be nice (of course)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any recommendation or tip how to implement this using standard tools?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Thanks!*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50765" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21788" RevisionGUID="a58cca78-f064-4450-8ccd-73b51e34e1b4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:01:37.380" UserId="3950" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;registry&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="50766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28544" RevisionGUID="3cec074d-e9b7-4638-bc2f-de28a0658c74" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:01:43.727" UserId="10076" Text="Hello Carl,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;we have been using a WatchGuard X500 for the last 5 years (maybe four years) to provide a VPN-solution for our company.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With the end of 2008 the productlifecycle of this watchguard end and we need to switch. So we bought the new model. But VPN was &quot;pain in the a*s&quot; It did not work on Vista or any other platform then Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally I discoverd pfSense. This system is completly free and based on freeBSD. I have installed it on the old WatchGuard Hardware.&#xD;&#xA;It provides a SSL-based openVPN infrastructure. Since switching to pfSense we don't have any problems with VPN connection AND I don't need any windows client (physicly or virtual) at home because there are openVPN clients for windows, Mac OS and Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you wanna read mor --&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pfsense.org/&quot; title=&quot;pfSense Homepage&quot;&gt;klick me&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A I forgot: this little red box provides this service for about 80 users where 5 to 10 are logged in at the same time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps you a bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best regards&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;arl from germany" />
  <row Id="50767" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28545" RevisionGUID="df87dbf1-fd46-489d-9514-72ba88d4efac" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:05:35.687" UserId="4718" Text="I have a consultant friend who swears by the sonicwall appliances, they are largely &quot;Set and Forget&quot; as far as admin is concerned. Doesn't mean you shouldn't check your logs regularly!" />
  <row Id="50769" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28547" RevisionGUID="3a6843c0-478a-4ca3-8725-ef238bb351ac" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:07:44.247" UserId="8042" Text="I've stuck a .vbs script in the win startup folder with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set objVS = CreateObject(&quot;VirtualServer.Application&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;Set myVPC = objVS.FindVirtualMachine(&quot;myVPCNAME&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;myVPC.Startup()&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28548" RevisionGUID="f5f3fc32-41dd-4285-8693-1db0f39e76e4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:10:28.313" UserId="45" Text="On page 44 of the [&quot;Anti Spam – Best Practices&quot; IceWarp white paper][1] (PDF):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; To make certain that someone cannot&#xD;&#xA;&gt; breach the system and send messages to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; server accounts via the server domain&#xD;&#xA;&gt; name, administrators should select the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; option, “Reject if originators domain&#xD;&#xA;&gt; is local and not authorized.” This&#xD;&#xA;&gt; option prohibits spammers from&#xD;&#xA;&gt; spoofing legitimate accounts such as&#xD;&#xA;&gt; PostMaster and Admin, and will&#xD;&#xA;&gt; eliminate uncertainty in the end user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.icewarp.com/downloads/whitepapers/Anti_Spam_Server_Side_Scanning_with_IceWarp.pdf" />
  <row Id="50771" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28549" RevisionGUID="13101bfc-c47f-4140-b9b6-1922c93e61f1" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:14:22.533" UserId="5920" Text="We have purchased 20 licenses for *Citrix Access Essentials* and there are 30 potential users and only will be 15 concurrent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The way to not purchase more licenses is to manually revoke licenses through the Administration tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is any way to revoke all licenses through command line or any other automatic way?" />
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  <row Id="50773" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28549" RevisionGUID="13101bfc-c47f-4140-b9b6-1922c93e61f1" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:14:22.533" UserId="5920" Text="&lt;citrix&gt;&lt;license&gt;" />
  <row Id="50774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28550" RevisionGUID="00c36aab-c033-45f4-af4b-981b3e148217" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:14:59.927" UserId="10076" Text="Hello Jeremy,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1st, I don't use it but found it via google: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.soft32.com/download_64506.html&quot;&gt;P2P VoIp 1.1&lt;/a&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They say it'S freeware and within the download you will find the sourcecode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe it is intresting for you, we are using a ejabberd-server with the jinjgle (voip) extension in our company network. Since we managing the accounts by ourself we can allow external poeple to connect to this service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best regards&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;arl from germany" />
  <row Id="50775" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28542" RevisionGUID="749d6818-4817-4258-9f50-d572fca3e8d1" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:15:45.883" UserId="3959" Comment="added 8 characters in body; edited title; added 30 characters in body" Text="Currently my server running on Windows 2003 with MERAK(IceWarp) Email Exchange install. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Email Spoofing happen across entire email domain network. How can I stop &amp; prevent email spoofing happen?" />
  <row Id="50776" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="28542" RevisionGUID="749d6818-4817-4258-9f50-d572fca3e8d1" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:15:45.883" UserId="3959" Comment="added 8 characters in body; edited title; added 30 characters in body" Text="How To Stop &amp; Prevent &quot;Email Spoofing&quot;?" />
  <row Id="50777" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28551" RevisionGUID="b01c8cee-f3c8-462a-94a2-c08aa2100f37" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:19:08.903" UserId="7709" Text="Hi All,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm just doing some testing on a NAS RAID array we've been lent to see if we want to deploy it. Just to see whats what, I decided to see what kind of network performance we get when it's re-building a RAID-5 array.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm noticing that network connectivity has dropped to about 7MB/s, which is about 60Mbps. A long way shy of the 1Gb connection it has to the network. When it's not re-building it's closer to 70Mb/s (with Jumbo Frames).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would you expect this kind of a massive drop-off when re-building? At the moment it has three 750Gb 7200RPM SATA drives installed." />
  <row Id="50778" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28551" RevisionGUID="b01c8cee-f3c8-462a-94a2-c08aa2100f37" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:19:08.903" UserId="7709" Text="Expected throughput when re-building RAID array?" />
  <row Id="50779" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28551" RevisionGUID="b01c8cee-f3c8-462a-94a2-c08aa2100f37" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:19:08.903" UserId="7709" Text="&lt;raid&gt;&lt;rebuild&gt;&lt;io&gt;&lt;nas&gt;" />
  <row Id="50780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28552" RevisionGUID="004a3212-73fc-45af-9364-20d53ee412b7" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:19:33.660" UserId="9848" Text="First of all I'm running a VPS with Windows 2003 Server with IIS 6.0 and Plesk&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are the settings from php.ini&#xD;&#xA;max_execution_time = 300     ; Maximum execution time of each script, in seconds&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The returned value is ok&#xD;&#xA;echo ini_get('max_execution_time'); // 300&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But when I'm trying to use the keygenerator it stops executing after 30 seconds and shows Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in ... on line 475&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The generator works just fine on a shared hosting but it doesn't work at all on my vps...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I even tried using set_time_limit(0);&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still the same.. I have FastCGI installed and the VPS is a QuadCore Xenon (with 512mb ram) so It really can't be a issue of performance" />
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  <row Id="50782" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28552" RevisionGUID="004a3212-73fc-45af-9364-20d53ee412b7" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:19:33.660" UserId="9848" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;php&gt;" />
  <row Id="50783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28553" RevisionGUID="e4dc9b79-342f-4914-9ee8-709095d751ec" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:21:41.753" UserId="10028" Text="I'm looking for a system monitoring service, a bit like [New Relic][1], but for more the system itself than the ruby side of things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i.e. something like Zabbix, but hosted like New Relic. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wont something I can just drop an 'agent' on the servers, and then do all the config and monitoring and notifications on a nice slick 3rd party system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So essential Zabbix Meats New Relic meets Pingdom.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.newrelic.com/" />
  <row Id="50784" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28553" RevisionGUID="e4dc9b79-342f-4914-9ee8-709095d751ec" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:21:41.753" UserId="10028" Text="System Monitoring service - Hosted" />
  <row Id="50785" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28553" RevisionGUID="e4dc9b79-342f-4914-9ee8-709095d751ec" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:21:41.753" UserId="10028" Text="&lt;system&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;performance-monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="50786" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28554" RevisionGUID="7eb6f566-e613-4906-820e-c573f973a90f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:27:36.063" UserId="6681" Text="I have a few EC2 Linux images that do nightly processing jobs for one of my projects.  From time to time, I'll need to get in, make some code changes, configure some things, and re-bundle the image.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My toolset for these operations is painfully sparse (SSH into the box, edit files in VIM, WGET remote files that I need), and I suspect there is a much better way to do it.  I'm curious to hear what other people in my position are doing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-  Are you using some form of Windowing system and remote-desktop equivalent to access the box, or is it all command line?  Managing EC2 Windows boxes is trivial, since you can simply remote desktop in and transfer files over the network.  Is there an equivalent to this in the Linux world?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-  Are you doing your config changes/script tweaks directly on the machine? Or do you have something set up on your local box to edit these files remotely?  Or are you simply editing them remotely then transferring them at each save?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-  How are you moving files back and forth between EC2 and your local environment?  FTP?  Some sort of Mapped Drive via VPN?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd really need to get some best practices in place for administering these boxes.  Any suggestions to remove some of the pain would be most welcome!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50787" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28554" RevisionGUID="7eb6f566-e613-4906-820e-c573f973a90f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:27:36.063" UserId="6681" Text="How do you administer your EC2 Linux boxes?" />
  <row Id="50788" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28554" RevisionGUID="7eb6f566-e613-4906-820e-c573f973a90f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:27:36.063" UserId="6681" Text="&lt;amazon-ec2&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;administration&gt;&lt;management&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="50789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28555" RevisionGUID="432077a8-b055-4006-a5dc-04c3df78b901" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:28:56.323" UserId="9156" Text="Patience.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know it sounds corny, but it takes a lot of willpower to just sit on your hands and wait or refrain from use of excessive strength (how many connectors have you destroyed due to losing patience and pulling harder?)" />
  <row Id="50790" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28555" RevisionGUID="432077a8-b055-4006-a5dc-04c3df78b901" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:28:56.323" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="50791" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28556" RevisionGUID="13f3561f-6b8b-4c19-9b1b-91637f2113aa" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:34:45.190" UserId="5119" Text="If you are using ubuntu: we are considering using [landscape][1] for this, its a commercial product by the ubuntu (canonical) team and will be intergrated with ec2 commands.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.canonical.com/projects/landscape" />
  <row Id="50792" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="28194" RevisionGUID="481b7181-9d1f-41f0-b5ec-4b3bfbaeff05" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:37:25.527" UserId="7767" Comment="adjusted title as suggested in a comment, added &quot;tools&quot; to tags" Text="Is there a tool to compare values in .ini files?" />
  <row Id="50793" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28194" RevisionGUID="481b7181-9d1f-41f0-b5ec-4b3bfbaeff05" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:37:25.527" UserId="7767" Comment="adjusted title as suggested in a comment, added &quot;tools&quot; to tags" Text="&lt;settings&gt;&lt;files&gt;&lt;comparison&gt;&lt;tools&gt;" />
  <row Id="50794" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28557" RevisionGUID="b377d206-2374-452f-a945-42d34333685d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:38:30.753" UserId="4718" Text="YEs, that would be the expected throughput, rebuilding the array is as you probaly know a disk intensive activity as it has multiple simultaneous read and write requests to both the remaining disks in the array.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would expect a higher throughput on a server with a dedicated raid card like a PERC 5 or 6 but for a NAS device that is likely using software RAID that would be a reasonable throughput." />
  <row Id="50795" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28558" RevisionGUID="dd56a4cf-6735-4297-a3df-262ee2da0af6" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:48:39.483" UserId="10079" Text="All of our software is deployed via RPM. Each EC2 instance type is described by a kickstart file (which lists the RPMs to be installed...). The kickstart setup means a working machine of each instance type can be built from scratch in about 10 minutes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We then have a program that invokes anaconda (the Red Hat installer) to take a kickstart file, install the system into a directory, then bundle up the directory and push it to S3 as an Amazon Machine Image. This is all one step, so I just type:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    kickstart2ami webserver.ks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since a machine can be completely rebuilt, uploaded and running in about 40 minutes, it's easier to build new machine images than perform sysadmin on the actual (throwaway) EC2 instances. Therefore, no sysadmin is actually performed on EC2 instances.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28559" RevisionGUID="ca360430-b03d-41f5-9f62-0fd3e7f72ea1" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:53:46.010" UserId="8831" Text="Hi Guys&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have problem with my yum, I am trying to install subversion or any other software I am getting any error [Errno -1] Header is not complete.&#xD;&#xA;Trying other mirror all the time. I am running CentOS release 5 (Final) on kernel 2.6.18-53.1.21.el5PAE i386, I am behind a proxy. I have other flavours(centos,redhat,fedora) of linux that have the same network settings but they are able to update and install with yum. I have tried to do a yum clean all and then yum -y update but to no success. Your help is very welcome. " />
  <row Id="50797" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28559" RevisionGUID="ca360430-b03d-41f5-9f62-0fd3e7f72ea1" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:53:46.010" UserId="8831" Text="Centos Yum [Errno -1] Header is not complete. Trying other mirror." />
  <row Id="50798" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28559" RevisionGUID="ca360430-b03d-41f5-9f62-0fd3e7f72ea1" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:53:46.010" UserId="8831" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;software&gt;&lt;opensource&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="50799" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28560" RevisionGUID="37030d67-999a-43d1-a5e3-4d324aff9878" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:54:42.997" UserId="275" Text="I'm trying to install Windows XP SP3 Professional on a Thinkpad X20. It has no optical drive, so I'm installing on a T40p and then moving the drive to the X20. Windows installed fine on the T40p, but when I first tried booting the moved disk on the X20 it hung at AGP440.sys. With that disabled, I get as far as Mup.sys.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I seem to remember installing Windows on the X20 before using this manoeuvre and the T40p, although it was certainly with an older version of Windows XP. Even so, it seems that the install generated on the T40p is just too specific to boot on the X20. Does anyone have ideas as to how I may resolve this, without having to install again on an older laptop, more similar to the X20?" />
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  <row Id="50801" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28560" RevisionGUID="37030d67-999a-43d1-a5e3-4d324aff9878" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:54:42.997" UserId="275" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;installation&gt;" />
  <row Id="50802" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28511" RevisionGUID="53975187-8d65-4525-a706-f5279ae020b4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:56:05.070" UserDisplayName="littlegeek" Comment="Update more content" Text="Sounds like you need a process for project management rather than a peice of software. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember software is a tool that will help support a process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sorry if this sound like sucking eggs, but its for those that find it later =&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Software Development Process ][1] can be also known as Software Development Life Cycle - SDLC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You describing symptoms of scope creep and revisions to existing scope. &#xD;&#xA;However to cut a long journey down - there a pros and cons to various methods of helping acheive a balance of the views in this &quot;war&quot;. (it feels like that sometimes)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The argument is - &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;I have constant changes - I need a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; specification that the customer and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; team can design and build too. The&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;line in the sand or stake in the ground&quot; as trying to build&#xD;&#xA;&gt; on quicksand is hard and costly.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;[the classic waterfall][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Versus&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &quot;The spec is outdated and no longer&#xD;&#xA;&gt; reflects reality and my customer&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and team will be un-happy and the customer wont pay me.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In come the trendy new kids on the block - AKA [RAD][3],  [Agile][4], [XP][5] and [Scrum][6]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The idea is, as you are seeing - changes in the scope costs and inordinate amount of money to change - compared with the any upfront investment in clear static requirements.&#xD;&#xA;  The &quot;war&quot; is actually not about the need for requirements to be solid - just the time it takes to compile them.  Each has their own views.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hence the software you will see is often in support of one of the methods.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a general link to &#xD;&#xA;[Project Management Description][7]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_development_process&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_development_process#Waterfall_processes&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_application_development&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_development_process#XP:_Extreme_Programming&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(development)&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_management" />
  <row Id="50803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28561" RevisionGUID="e3889df0-e6ca-49db-ab35-33e5fa6a6d1b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:56:11.323" UserId="4718" Text="If you are using your macbook on the adapter all the time, it was recommended to me by one of the apple genius' that you remove the battery.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had my battery die (not charging and pulling the power killed the laptop) and they ran their battery diagnostics on it, it showed that it had completed 300 charge cycles. THis was explained to me as when you are using it on adapter, it will actually run on battery until about 95% then top up your battery and that increments your Charge Counter. If it's over a certain amount then they won't replace the battery in warranty. " />
  <row Id="50804" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28554" RevisionGUID="24851c69-be5f-41bd-9c60-60eeab26e2d9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T09:58:41.133" UserId="6681" Comment="added 260 characters in body" Text="I have a few EC2 Linux images that do nightly processing jobs for one of my projects.  From time to time, I'll need to get in, make some code changes, configure some things, and re-bundle the image.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My toolset for these operations is painfully sparse (SSH into the box, edit files in VIM, WGET remote files that I need), and I suspect there is a much better way to do it.  I'm curious to hear what other people in my position are doing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-  Are you using some form of Windowing system and remote-desktop equivalent to access the box, or is it all command line?  Managing EC2 Windows boxes is trivial, since you can simply remote desktop in and transfer files over the network.  Is there an equivalent to this in the Linux world?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-  Are you doing your config changes/script tweaks directly on the machine? Or do you have something set up on your local box to edit these files remotely?  Or are you simply editing them remotely then transferring them at each save?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-  How are you moving files back and forth between EC2 and your local environment?  FTP?  Some sort of Mapped Drive via VPN?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd really need to get some best practices in place for administering these boxes.  Any suggestions to remove some of the pain would be most welcome!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:  Evidently, I wasn't clear above, since the first two responses revolved around managing and configuring EC2 Instances.  I just want to know how to remote desktop into a running Linux Server so that moving files around and editing them is less painful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50805" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28436" RevisionGUID="e547ed0b-cea9-4317-b6d0-3be166b5d7f8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:05:08.000" UserId="7709" Comment="added 528 characters in body" Text="Yes, there's an option in the Advanced tab for it...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other option is to SSH into the box and modify the listen ports for the HTTP server. I did this to change it to a different port from :81, and to change the certificate it uses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*---update---*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ok, I've just logged into my smoothwall box. Check the following location:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Services&#xD;&#xA;  - Remote Acces&#xD;&#xA;     - Enable SSH&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, SSH (with say Putty) into your smoothwall box using port 222 (e.g. edge.site.local:222).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cd /etc/httpd/conf&#xD;&#xA;    joe httpd.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For some reason it loads to the middle of the file, so use Page Up till you reach the top, and then edit the apache config file as you would usually to make it only listen on certain IPs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might need to consult your httpd.conf user manual from the apache website to sort it all out. While you're there, feel free to change ports around or point it to use a proper, signed certificate..." />
  <row Id="50806" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28562" RevisionGUID="76d8e6a7-d588-4feb-9151-668a8e55fbad" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:07:33.050" UserId="3058" Text="You're rebuilding RAID-5 and you're still getting data out?  My hat's off to you!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I've seen RAID arrays rebuilding, they've usually been considered off limits for any real work.  Usually we don't put replacement drives in until after normal business hours if we can help it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd just let the array rebuild and come back to it later.  Are you sure it's RAID-5?  Many of the newer RAID systems are actually RAID-6 / RAID-DP." />
  <row Id="50807" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28563" RevisionGUID="828be192-0c51-4943-a6f2-d83940b13404" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:09:07.600" UserId="5611" Text="[ModSecurity][1] is a big open source one that I currently use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anapologetos&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.modsecurity.org/" />
  <row Id="50808" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28563" RevisionGUID="828be192-0c51-4943-a6f2-d83940b13404" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:09:07.600" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="50809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28564" RevisionGUID="b463759e-a1cb-4908-b294-35a2703e4dd6" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:13:10.853" UserId="9548" Text="It is also worth looking at Trac (http://trac.edgewall.org/), which is essentially an integrated SCM &amp; Project management tool. It comes with a wiki, issue tracker and can also integrate with a variety of version control systems." />
  <row Id="50810" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28565" RevisionGUID="14d825c5-fa5c-48cb-ab7e-f7b1806ee55a" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:14:32.490" UserId="9950" Text="how to change the boot .ini file for a goup of clients at time by using the group policy&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="50812" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28565" RevisionGUID="14d825c5-fa5c-48cb-ab7e-f7b1806ee55a" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:14:32.490" UserId="9950" Text="&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="50813" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27399" RevisionGUID="e96f97cc-d3a9-4041-951b-8f4186f21f79" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:14:51.397" UserId="1439" Comment="Added &quot;don't try this at home kids&quot; warning" Text="I am deploying Outlook Web Access on Exchange 2003 with forms-based authentication without SSL (management requirement - they have accepted the risk, and this will not be changed)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have got everything running fine apart from the change password functionality. I have followed all of the &quot;standard&quot; documentation out there on the web:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - created the IISADMPWD virtual directory &#xD;&#xA; - set the DisablePassword=0 registry entry &#xD;&#xA; - set the AllowRetailHTTPAuth registry entry&#xD;&#xA; - set the PasswordChangeFlags=1 metabase entry&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only remaining problem is that the Change Password button on the Options page in OWA is trying to redirect to a URL starting with HTTPS, not HTTP, and the user gets a server timeout error (we're not even listening on the HTTPS port).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    https://ourdomain.com/iisadmpwd/aexp2b.asp?http://ourdomain.com/exchange/whois/?Cmd=close&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This needs to redirect to the same address, but without SSL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    http://ourdomain.com/iisadmpwd/aexp2b.asp?http://ourdomain.com/exchange/whois/?Cmd=close&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any takers? What have I missed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;Tom&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT: I have since discovered that while this appeared to work, having PasswordChangeFlags set to 1 causes the app pool for Outlook Web Access to crash with Connection_Abandoned_By_AppPool in the HTTPERR logs. Therefore I've had to abandon this and I wouldn't recommend anyone else tries the same.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28566" RevisionGUID="5c76c4e8-6a54-4db4-ab10-939039c0e693" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:17:36.227" UserId="1435" Text="Although it's a pain in the backside I'd stick with MS Project as you're familiar with it and it's 'the default' for most people in the way MS Excel/Word/PowerPoint is so you'll be able to deal with other people's files easily. Whether it's the best fit for you is a different matter but I'd suggest that even if it's not just the familiarity and interoperability would tip it towards MS Project for me." />
  <row Id="50815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28567" RevisionGUID="b5f9cf5d-f0dd-4d95-9d39-7d5ad2804653" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:20:02.260" UserDisplayName="Leo" Text="  Example: You have a DRS cluster with 3 Hosts. If i run a test in VM1 which resides in ESX1, needs more CPU it will be allocated from the Cluster (== ESX2) now how this done ? will one of my VM1 process thread will run on ESX2 CPU ?" />
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  <row Id="50818" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28565" RevisionGUID="ac16456c-38a2-4805-96d0-0869a0d6b3b3" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:21:59.073" UserId="9503" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;" />
  <row Id="50819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28568" RevisionGUID="6e1cc227-5dd1-4b9c-b8d7-c310b5c2b342" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:46:55.013" Text="&lt;p&gt;I am logged in to an ftp server and want to find a particular directory within all the directories that exist there. I am looking for a command similar to the unix find command.&#xA;Is there something like this available?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;dyno&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50820" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28568" RevisionGUID="6e1cc227-5dd1-4b9c-b8d7-c310b5c2b342" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:46:55.013" Text="using the find command on the ftp server." />
  <row Id="50821" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28568" RevisionGUID="6e1cc227-5dd1-4b9c-b8d7-c310b5c2b342" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:46:55.013" Text="&lt;ftp&gt;" />
  <row Id="50822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28569" RevisionGUID="f53257a9-c60e-4aee-9d9e-04d1bfc8e0cc" CreationDate="2009-06-18T10:48:21.513" UserId="2354" Text="&lt;p&gt;While theoretically possible I'm not aware of any ftp-client to support this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT:&lt;/strong&gt; As &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/users/5984/idursun&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;idursun&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1012010/using-the-find-command-on-the-ftp-server/1012062#1012062&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;pointed out&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ghisler.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Total Commander&lt;/a&gt; can do it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not possible with regular &lt;code&gt;ftp&lt;/code&gt;, but if you have a shell account you can login with &lt;code&gt;ssh&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;putty&lt;/code&gt; and use &lt;code&gt;find.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you really have only ftp-access you could try to list all directories recursively to a file and then &lt;code&gt;grep&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28570" RevisionGUID="a3e79616-37d4-4f3c-b28d-3fdfdd7ec683" CreationDate="2009-06-18T11:02:27.820" UserId="144" Text="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ghisler.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Total Commander&lt;/a&gt; can do that. Connect to ftp using the built-in ftp client and perform a normal search (Alt+F7) in the ftp tab.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50824" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28571" RevisionGUID="bc5e58a1-15fd-44aa-9a5b-f1287fd605d2" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:23:29.990" UserId="1435" Text="No, any given VM's vCPU resources can only be provided by the host it's residing on." />
  <row Id="50825" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28572" RevisionGUID="5e19ea2a-4e4c-4a32-8ade-634c4c85aeb5" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:23:59.553" UserId="9140" Text="No, each VM lives on its own ESX host. DRS can move VM's to another ESX host if they need more resources." />
  <row Id="50826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28573" RevisionGUID="5a5f7837-d795-412c-be6f-c42263a2875b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:29:47.480" UserId="7783" Text="No. If you have vmotion/DRS and an aggressive enough automation setting it might move machines around to make 'space' for one with high resource needs." />
  <row Id="50827" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28571" RevisionGUID="8d096eb9-d331-40e3-8dca-92947d40514a" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:30:39.773" UserId="1435" Comment="added 299 characters in body" Text="No, any given VM's vCPU resources can only be provided by the host it's residing on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course if that host can't provide the VM's processing resources, you have DRS set to automatic and another host has those resources it may choose to vMotion the VM to the more capacious host to meet the requirement but all VM vCPU allocation will still then only be provided by a single host." />
  <row Id="50828" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28559" RevisionGUID="8280c615-11dd-4f7a-bbf9-30221ae1de8c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:30:58.710" UserId="3950" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;centos&gt;&lt;yum&gt;&lt;proxy&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="50829" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28574" RevisionGUID="7f1995e4-b25d-4ee5-9fb1-8d2c49b2ed9c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:33:38.130" UserId="10082" Text="A  MS SQL Server - Database that worked fine for the last weeks suddenly threw the following error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Warning: Fatal error 823 occurred at *date / time*  &#xD;&#xA;&gt; Note the error and time, and contact your system administrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What does this error mean, and what can i do about it?   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tried &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    DBCC CHECKDB('mydatabase')&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but i only got more error messages.   &#xD;&#xA;   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance!" />
  <row Id="50830" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28574" RevisionGUID="7f1995e4-b25d-4ee5-9fb1-8d2c49b2ed9c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:33:38.130" UserId="10082" Text="MS SQL Server 2005: Fatal error 823" />
  <row Id="50831" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28574" RevisionGUID="7f1995e4-b25d-4ee5-9fb1-8d2c49b2ed9c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:33:38.130" UserId="10082" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="50832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28575" RevisionGUID="6c1f5261-fce9-438a-b911-87032fe64903" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:38:03.363" UserId="6988" Text="Hi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WinImage can open Virtual PC and VMWare images, convert between physical and virtual, and even convert between VMWare and VHD.  This is a incredible tool, has a 64 bit version and and is free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[WinImage Site][1]&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.winimage.com/" />
  <row Id="50833" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28571" RevisionGUID="a32fd7f3-668c-46a7-9e39-4cc868c6c37f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:40:40.533" UserId="1435" Comment="added 75 characters in body" Text="No, any given VM's vCPU resources can only be provided by the host it's residing on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course if that host can't provide the VM's processing resources, you have DRS set to automatic and another host has those resources it may choose to vMotion the VM to the more capacious host to meet the requirement but all VM vCPU allocation will still then only be provided by a single host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good question though, one I can imagine many others will ask over time." />
  <row Id="50834" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28576" RevisionGUID="12f7af4f-efcc-44cf-bf1b-90788e3d95ba" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:47:10.270" UserId="45" Text="Ouch! Fatal error 823 indicates that there is a physical disk error. Specifically, that a page requested by SQL Server not be read. It's a very serious error indicating a major problem with that database or with the server in total. I hope you have a backup of the database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would check the eventlog on that server, system and application. See if there are any disk-related errors. What are the details of CHECKDB on the DB?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     DBCC CheckDB('&lt; Database name &gt;) WITH NO_INFOMSGS. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50835" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28577" RevisionGUID="20f36448-bb1b-4092-b688-b848b9f30808" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:48:19.893" UserId="9503" Text="Depending of what you want to monitor you may look at [ip-label][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ip-label.net/" />
  <row Id="50839" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28579" RevisionGUID="035f0f1b-4970-477c-88e4-4f4672f75779" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:54:43.280" UserDisplayName="aarsh thakur" Text="how to resolve the error 8522 in sql server 2005.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm getting this Error while i'm loading data from the remote server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;pls help me...its very urgent.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50840" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28579" RevisionGUID="035f0f1b-4970-477c-88e4-4f4672f75779" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:54:43.280" UserDisplayName="aarsh thakur" Text="Distributed transaction aborted by MSDTC." />
  <row Id="50841" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28579" RevisionGUID="035f0f1b-4970-477c-88e4-4f4672f75779" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:54:43.280" UserDisplayName="aarsh thakur" Text="&lt;sql&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="50842" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28580" RevisionGUID="90e53f2a-336c-46e3-b124-bd9b216a80bc" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:55:55.713" UserId="10087" Text="I have a problem with apache 2.2 on my ubuntu 6.06 LTS server, some old rails sites are producing seg faults and all sorts of madness which seems to be eventually dragging down apache. I am migrating them to a 8.04 installation with nginx and passenger, where the bug has been squashed - but that takes time, until then I have tried to setup monit to rescue apache whenever it stops responding:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if failed host www.site.com port 80 protocol http&#xD;&#xA;        and request &quot;/&quot; with timeout 5 seconds for 2 cycles&#xD;&#xA;          then restart&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;50% of the time, that restarts apache successfully and saves the day, however, the other 50% of the time apache dies and monit does nothing. When I check monit status, it shows a -1 for the response time here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    port response time                0.061s to www.site.com:80/ [HTTP via TCP]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where 0.061s would be the -1. I can't seem to find any documentation explaining the -1, or why -1 seems to slip by the failed statement.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anything I can do to make sure monit catches 100% of failures? or can anyone shed light on the -1 and how to deal with it?" />
  <row Id="50843" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28580" RevisionGUID="90e53f2a-336c-46e3-b124-bd9b216a80bc" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:55:55.713" UserId="10087" Text="Monit connection testing, -1 response not being caught." />
  <row Id="50844" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28580" RevisionGUID="90e53f2a-336c-46e3-b124-bd9b216a80bc" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:55:55.713" UserId="10087" Text="&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="50845" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28581" RevisionGUID="1a056bd0-e08e-41c0-b326-f9444aaf9069" CreationDate="2009-06-19T10:58:07.330" UserId="4271" Text="Did you set up your CentOS system to use a proxy?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Create /etc/profile.d/proxy.sh:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    export http_proxy=http://host.com:port/&#xD;&#xA;    export ftp_proxy=http://host.com:port/&#xD;&#xA;    export no_proxy=.domain.com&#xD;&#xA;    export HTTP_PROXY=http://host.com:port/&#xD;&#xA;    export FTP_PROXY=http://host.com:port/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Restart shell (or run those commands manually) and your proxy should be set up including yum." />
  <row Id="50847" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28565" RevisionGUID="2bd633db-1423-4eda-b4e7-9e2a373b2134" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:03:12.343" UserId="1435" Comment="massive rewrite as original was hard to read" Text="How can I change the boot.ini file on a group of client PCs at the same time by using something such as a group policy?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50848" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="28565" RevisionGUID="2bd633db-1423-4eda-b4e7-9e2a373b2134" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:03:12.343" UserId="1435" Comment="massive rewrite as original was hard to read" Text="How can I change the boot.ini file on a number of machine by script?" />
  <row Id="50849" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28582" RevisionGUID="fa6104ad-b8c7-4c0b-947c-576480a43644" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:03:25.417" UserId="9332" Text="Write a .bat file that pulls a boot.ini through a share?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Create your new boot.ini&#xD;&#xA; 2. Create a share folder&#xD;&#xA; 3. Create a .bat file that looks like ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;        @echo off&#xD;&#xA;        net use Z: \\ComputerName\ShareName /persistent:no&#xD;&#xA;        copy Z:\boot.ini C:\ /Y&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then make add it to the login scripts GPO. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This isn't perfect. As it will run every time a user logs in ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Net Use][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/net_use.mspx?mfr=true" />
  <row Id="50850" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28582" RevisionGUID="fa6104ad-b8c7-4c0b-947c-576480a43644" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:03:25.417" UserId="9332" />
  <row Id="50851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28583" RevisionGUID="decc1912-a3f0-488a-b6db-006b0b8976ce" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:04:41.810" Text="MY question is I am using Terminal Server to which 100 users are connected with ip 192.168.1.10.Further the Terminal server is connected to firewall.Now the firewall gives reporting of websites been opened and amount of data downloaded.now i want the reporting should of individual users opening the website and downloading the data.AS Content filtering is not supported with terminal servers.&#xD;&#xA;Please provide me with the solution " />
  <row Id="50852" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28583" RevisionGUID="decc1912-a3f0-488a-b6db-006b0b8976ce" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:04:41.810" Text=" firewall querry" />
  <row Id="50853" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28583" RevisionGUID="decc1912-a3f0-488a-b6db-006b0b8976ce" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:04:41.810" Text="&lt;firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="50855" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28584" RevisionGUID="b43b0655-15b8-421a-9041-e37cb2cdc4bc" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:05:02.340" UserId="4271" Text="I suggest attacking from an alternate angle:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Installing from a USB CDROM Drive (if you have one available)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Installing from a USB Drive: http://www.vandomburg.net/installing-windows-xp-from-usb/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50857" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28585" RevisionGUID="b56ff75e-3d0f-45fb-b161-f03e72497b8c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:11:30.330" UserId="9616" Text="HI  &#xD;&#xA;[Ches Martin](http://ches.nausicaamedia.com/articles/technogeekery/mercurial-on-textdrive-part-i) has a nice blog with details of how he setup mercurial complete with what you are asking.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;LimitExcept GET&gt;&#xD;&#xA;      require valid-user&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/LimitExcept&gt;&#xD;&#xA;This snippet from an apache config is part of what is needed to allow anonymous  pull ( or browsing if published via hgweb ) but still require a pass for push.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers" />
  <row Id="50858" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28583" RevisionGUID="85ae9d9d-dfc9-4c9c-9898-58346be008ee" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:13:30.327" UserId="1435" Comment="Major rewrite due to lack of clarity" Text="I am using Terminal Server with 100 users connected via IP address 192.168.1.10&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Terminal server is also connected to a firewall which reports on websites opened and volumes of data downloaded&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like the reporting on individual users web usage (sites, data downloaded etc), I believe content filtering is not supported via Terminal Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please could you help me to find a solution?" />
  <row Id="50859" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="28583" RevisionGUID="85ae9d9d-dfc9-4c9c-9898-58346be008ee" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:13:30.327" UserId="1435" Comment="Major rewrite due to lack of clarity" Text="MS Terminal Server/firewall usage query." />
  <row Id="50860" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28583" RevisionGUID="85ae9d9d-dfc9-4c9c-9898-58346be008ee" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:13:30.327" UserId="1435" Comment="Major rewrite due to lack of clarity" Text="&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;terminal-server&gt;&lt;reporting&gt;" />
  <row Id="50861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28586" RevisionGUID="a619982b-b35c-4077-aeb2-114c0b73e406" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:23:01.227" UserId="301" Text="What happens if you reduce the number of cycles required for a fail ? Possibly your site is flapping, and you never get two consecutive fails." />
  <row Id="50862" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28587" RevisionGUID="a2edb654-7720-4ecb-9e1d-8bd3d569ac48" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:23:34.953" UserId="2908" Text="You may also have to grant &quot;DCOM remote access permissions&quot; and/or &quot;DCOM remote launch and activation permissions&quot; depending on what exactly you are trying to do. [This MSDN article][1] gives the step-by-step procedures.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa393266.aspx" />
  <row Id="50863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28588" RevisionGUID="a1031b5d-452d-41e1-be6f-c92e618b1894" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:24:14.500" UserId="9884" Text="I'm with Ward. My understanding of li-ion batteries is that they have a charge-cycle lifespan and that keeping them plugged in is the best way to preserve it's lifespan.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think the official word from Apple is charge...drain...charge at least once a month or so to properly calibrate it... but then again Apple is known for making a buck or two off of dead batteries so I would take their advice with a few spoonfuls of salt." />
  <row Id="50864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28589" RevisionGUID="8a99afe7-a44d-4dcc-a5c8-6458de3de463" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:27:49.580" UserId="9332" Text="&gt; I am trying to move towards the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; security realm and feel and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; understanding of low-level and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; high-level methodologies is necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The security realm is so large, that starting with a goal: &quot;I will be a forensics expert.&quot; will help you define what you'll learn. " />
  <row Id="50865" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28590" RevisionGUID="3d7f8db5-e947-4bcc-bac9-eeff8a574c0d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:27:54.540" UserId="9503" Text="You could install a proxy like [Squid][1] with authentification to access Internet website. You will have logs with username / url / size for each request and a lot of tools exist to make report base on these logs (look [here][2], sarg is quite good). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.squid-cache.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.squid-cache.org/Scripts/" />
  <row Id="50866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28591" RevisionGUID="6c1da861-b73a-4d86-9e60-97cb155e003f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:29:46.050" UserId="3039" Text="We use 2 Cisco PIX 501's in front of a couple of our web-servers up at a data-centre (two separate installations on different IP ranges).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Touchwood they're fine but, if we had to replace them - what are our options for an equivalent replacement today? When we bought these I remember the spec saying they would comfortably support 10,000 simultaneous connections. Is the [ASA5505][1] the equivalent today?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6120/prod_models_comparison.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[edit] I'm not against other manufacturers - just that the pix is what we have and we know a CCNA(? but from 6 years ago) who configures and administers the pix)" />
  <row Id="50867" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28591" RevisionGUID="6c1da861-b73a-4d86-9e60-97cb155e003f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:29:46.050" UserId="3039" Text="Alternative or replacement for Cisco PIX 501" />
  <row Id="50868" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28591" RevisionGUID="6c1da861-b73a-4d86-9e60-97cb155e003f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:29:46.050" UserId="3039" Text="&lt;cisco&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="50869" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28074" RevisionGUID="3b06a047-603e-43f8-a00d-b79b56e526bd" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:30:13.740" UserId="6469" Comment="Fixed your name! Fail..." Text="These answers are great, but they leave out the possibility that Owen *has* actually done this already (&quot;I've added `Listen 8080`&quot;) may mean exactly what it sounds like (i.e., what David has suggested).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have already done this and still find it not working, make sure that you have correctly configured your &lt;VirtualHost&gt; directives for each subdomain you may have, including the default one (if it's been configured manually to listen to :80 right after the name).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You probably have a directive like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;     ServerName michaelsanford.com&#xD;&#xA;     etc…&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to change that to `&lt;VirtualHost *:8080&gt;` or `&lt;VirtualHost *:*&gt;`." />
  <row Id="50870" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28592" RevisionGUID="e0cfd8b0-ef43-4458-9521-acbe907f8c4b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:34:08.723" UserId="6990" Text="We are making extensive use of the logical volume manager (LVM) on our Debian servers. But I find it hard to get a good overview on which partitions (LVM as well as native) I have mounted where, from which LV (logical volume) from which VG (volume group) and from which PV (physical volume). There are console tools like &quot;lvdisplay -v&quot; and &quot;lvs&quot; but those always just give me a partial view of everything. What I'd wish for is a textual representation something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Logical volume &quot;vgmain&quot;&#xD;&#xA;=======================&#xD;&#xA;consists of physical volumes:&#xD;&#xA;- /dev/sda1 (300 GB, 50 GB unused)&#xD;&#xA;- /dev/sdb1 (300 GB, 120 GB unused)&#xD;&#xA;- /dev/sdc1 (300 GB, nothing unused)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;provides logical volumes:&#xD;&#xA;- lvroot (EXT3 mounted on /, 4 GB, 0.5 GB free)&#xD;&#xA;- lvmysql (XFS mounted on /var/lib/mysql, 8 GB used, 2 GB free)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Logical volume &quot;vghuge&quot;&#xD;&#xA;=======================&#xD;&#xA;consists of physical volumes:&#xD;&#xA;- /dev/sdc2 (800 GB, 250 GB unused)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;provides logical vlumes:&#xD;&#xA;- lvhome (XFS mounted on /home, 300 GB, 90 GB free)&#xD;&#xA;- lvbackup (XFS mounted on /mnt/backup, 300 GB, 20 GB free)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just as an idea how that might look. Is there such a tool? If nothing like that exists yet I think I'll have to script something myself which queries &quot;df&quot;, &quot;lvdisplay&quot;, &quot;vgdisplay&quot; and &quot;pvdisplay&quot; and creates such an overview.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance." />
  <row Id="50871" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28592" RevisionGUID="e0cfd8b0-ef43-4458-9521-acbe907f8c4b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:34:08.723" UserId="6990" Text="Getting a textual overview of a system's LVM configuration" />
  <row Id="50872" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28592" RevisionGUID="e0cfd8b0-ef43-4458-9521-acbe907f8c4b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:34:08.723" UserId="6990" Text="&lt;lvm&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;debian&gt;" />
  <row Id="50873" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28593" RevisionGUID="05d235e4-4015-4c8b-9179-9cc55a16f59a" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:34:38.583" UserId="6352" Text="Terminal Server itself can't help you here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A proxy server is the way to go, but only if the users authenticate against it: otherwise it would only report many client connections from the same host, and you wouldn't be able to identify the actual user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use a proxy server with domain authentication (like ISA Server) and configure it for users to automatically authenticate against it; otherwise, you need a proxy with its own authentication and a different user account for each one of your users.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28594" RevisionGUID="c41a21b4-012b-4229-9a4c-191487b0c3a0" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:37:22.120" UserId="2600" Text="I've been very impressed with the Juniper line of firewalls recently.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.juniper.net/us/en/products-services/security/ssg-series/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Outstanding price, enterprise class features and performance." />
  <row Id="50875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28595" RevisionGUID="315d82a8-c140-49f8-b745-974ee73ad4dc" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:42:26.400" UserId="1435" Text="BIG fan of Nokia firewalls myself, capable and secure." />
  <row Id="50876" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28596" RevisionGUID="aec0f4d1-5043-4ca7-b5cc-f939de6464e3" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:44:09.967" UserId="8050" Text="I have been restoring sql 2005 databases from one server to another (similar spec, same version and service pack etc.) and have encountered the following.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem starts with the restore of the database - &#xD;&#xA;The restore process works fine I use the management studio and perform a restore which completes without a problem, all of the data is there and can be used.&#xD;&#xA;However when I try to run an existing maintenance plan backup I get the following error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Execution failed. See the maintenance plan and SQL Server Agent job history logs for details.&#xD;&#xA;Additional information -&gt; Job'Full_Backup.Subplan_1'failed. (SQL ManagerUI)&#xD;&#xA;The additional information gives me the following&#xD;&#xA;Program Location:&#xD;&#xA;   at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlManagerUI.MaintenancePlanMenu_Run.PerformActions()&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At this time I tried to recreate the maintenance plan, when I get as far as choosing the databases to be part of a full backup the database that I have just restored is missing from the selection pane.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have replicated this issue on 2 'fresh' servers both with new installs of SQl server 2005.  To my reckoning the restore operation is the culprit so if there was some way to trace what is was doing perhaps to one of the system databases that I could then investigate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This has been an annoyance for a few weeks and any help would be appreciated." />
  <row Id="50877" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28596" RevisionGUID="aec0f4d1-5043-4ca7-b5cc-f939de6464e3" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:44:09.967" UserId="8050" Text="SQL Server 2005 error related to SQL Agent and Database Restores" />
  <row Id="50878" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28596" RevisionGUID="aec0f4d1-5043-4ca7-b5cc-f939de6464e3" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:44:09.967" UserId="8050" Text="&lt;sql&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;sqlserveragent&gt;" />
  <row Id="50879" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28597" RevisionGUID="f548f593-6976-499f-9a18-5b854e5ab087" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:45:29.297" UserId="9616" Text="You could try something like capistrano but if that's not quite enough for what your after then it sounds like you are a candidate for some sort of configuration management.  &#xD;&#xA;Puppet, reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/ ,is a real stand out in this field but may be a little overkill for you unless you have plans of becoming bigger and then its worth the hard work up front.    &#xD;&#xA;If you are using one of the debian/ubuntu distro's then I would checkout [Slack Roles](http://code.google.com/p/slack/)  &#xD;&#xA;Its a fancy wrapper to rsync and and shell scripts.  This has very little upfront learning and works well however as you grow it can get a little cludgy." />
  <row Id="50880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28598" RevisionGUID="2969e8e6-d3d9-4977-94f7-a5f98883ea39" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:45:41.480" UserId="3356" Text="As a rule of thumb, Juniper firewalls tend to be cheaper for the same feature set.  I don't have a lot of direct experience with them, though.  If you stick with Cisco, then an ASA 5505 would be your best bet for replacement.  As far as product line goes, the 5505 is the pix501 equivalent.  However, the 5505 is actually closer to spec equivalent with the 515e.  That is, the 5505 supports 150Mbps throughput as opposed to the 170(?) for the pix515e.  Not to mention that the ASA supports VLANS." />
  <row Id="50881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28599" RevisionGUID="eed0bc2d-6c77-41ad-a24e-08955077654d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:46:59.357" UserId="301" Text="You could try something like this, which I wrote to roll my nginx logs. I looked for some details on the `tux` userspace process but couldn't find any way to get it to reopen it's logs, so you may have to resort to stopping and starting the process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    YEAR=`date &quot;+%Y&quot;`&#xD;&#xA;    MONTH=`date &quot;+%m&quot;`&#xD;&#xA;    DAY=`date &quot;+%d&quot;`&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    HOSTNAME=`hostname -s`&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    LOG_FILES=&quot;access.log error.log images.log redirect.log ssl.log click.log uploads.log urchin.log user_sites.log&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    DATE=$YEAR/$MONTH/$DAY&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    LOG_ROOT=/var/log/&#xD;&#xA;    NGINX_LOG_ROOT=$NGINX_LOG_ROOT/nginx&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # make path&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    mkdir -p $NGINX_LOG_ROOT/$DATE&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # touch and symlink in new log files&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    for FILE in $LOG_FILES; do&#xD;&#xA;    	LOG_FILE=$NGINX_LOG_ROOT/$DATE/$HOSTNAME.$FILE&#xD;&#xA;    	touch $LOG_FILE&#xD;&#xA;    	ln -fs $LOG_FILE $NGINX_LOG_ROOT/$FILE&#xD;&#xA;    done&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # tell nginx to re-open its log files&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    kill -USR1 `cat /var/run/nginx.pid`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50882" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28600" RevisionGUID="798d657a-7b67-4954-98fa-4487b51f081b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:53:48.297" UserId="9503" Text="If you are confortable with PIX 501, take an ASA 5505. You will keep the same CLI interface.&#xD;&#xA;ASA 5505 is arround 2 time better than PIX 501, you have a maximum number of connections of 10'000 (7500 on PIX 501), max. throughput of 150 mbps (60 on PIX 501).&#xD;&#xA;I would recommand you to check the CPU usage, number of connection and throughput of your current firewall to check if an 5505 will be enought for a long term usage. If you are near of the maximum capacity of the 501 you may want to take an ASA 5510.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know Juniper firewall but Nokia are better/easier to use (from my point of view) when you have a lots of interface." />
  <row Id="50883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28601" RevisionGUID="3914fe27-600a-46e9-905b-f5769a5bf30e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:55:41.010" UserId="9140" Text="Changing to Juniper or any other vendor will cost you more in totalt because of the hours spent, so my advice for you is to stay on Cisco products.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have several ASA5505 spread out at remote offices, they have worked flawlessly and are providing excellent performance. Highly recommended (but dont forget TAC agreement)." />
  <row Id="50884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28602" RevisionGUID="5f29619f-cca5-493b-bfca-bb596760c290" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:56:54.893" UserId="9616" Text="[Mercurial-server](http://hg.opensource.lshift.net/mercurial-server/file/tip/README) is a great way to host many mercurial repos with different access requirements per repos.  &#xD;&#xA;If you decide this is not for you then you should take a look at the ***ACL*** extension to mercurial. hg.opensource.lshift.net/mercurial-server/file/tip/README " />
  <row Id="50885" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28603" RevisionGUID="a61c5a27-f75a-409b-a03e-934d93a31958" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:59:32.773" UserId="9307" Text="On some customer sites we're using Windows Integrated authentication only to provide an initial Challenge Response before pushing the user to then login to the applications themselves with a login page for each application using a second set of credentials.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to allow the user to change their (Windows) password when logging in as when I try setting the password to require a change on next login the user simply can't login at all.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are web users only so don't have remote access to login to the server interactively to update their credentials.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;FYI - these sites are running II6 on Win 2003 servers." />
  <row Id="50886" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28603" RevisionGUID="a61c5a27-f75a-409b-a03e-934d93a31958" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:59:32.773" UserId="9307" Text="IIS Challenge Response - Changing Passwords?" />
  <row Id="50887" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28603" RevisionGUID="a61c5a27-f75a-409b-a03e-934d93a31958" CreationDate="2009-06-19T11:59:32.773" UserId="9307" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="50888" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28604" RevisionGUID="d8be2574-91af-411b-9238-2cc3792d2627" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:04:41.603" UserId="9612" Text="I can also recommend using InstaDMG to make the initial boot image from your latest install disks. Then use Deploy studio to image new machine and add some standard packages. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then use puppet to deploy packages specific to that machine or machine group and to ensure the latest updates are deployed as required.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recommend Jamf software's [Composer][1] to re-package non-native packaged applications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.jamfsoftware.com/products/composer.php" />
  <row Id="50889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28605" RevisionGUID="3f80ba5f-9dfb-4796-8086-c6f8756de609" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:06:03.270" UserId="9637" Text="One problem may be the users that exist in those databases and may not have the same SID as on the other server. Maby that maintainance plan is executed using the credentials of an orphaned user. MS SQL has a stored procedure that will fix those orphan users. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;sp_change_users_login 'auto_fix' , 'username'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just go from SQL Management Studio to the database on the new server, go to Security and see what logins you have on that database. Then perform the repair command as above for each user." />
  <row Id="50890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28606" RevisionGUID="f44df339-ade9-4d04-b298-a977e56cbe53" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:06:45.377" UserId="10089" Text="I wrote a sproc that sucks the error log into a table in my nefarious-DBA-purposes database and then emails me the contents that don't match a table of message patterns to ignore. It runs every half hour on each of my servers. I don't have to ever go look at the logs or at a tool to see if there are errors I should be investigating, plus I have a record of the errors after the error logs are cycled off disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A second sproc runs every two hours and emails me about jobs that failed or ran longer than usual since the last time it ran, or are disabled (and don't have an entry in a table indicating that they're allowed to be disabled)." />
  <row Id="50891" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28607" RevisionGUID="ca79b5b4-91ac-4246-b05d-a8ed8d90ace4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:07:33.427" UserId="8116" Text="When an application goes out and discovers all the devices on a network, and then sends the information back to some kind of asset management system, how does that work?  I understand when there is an EXE file or other program that is run on PCs and servers through some kind of script.  But how does software that is not running on devices find out detailed information about the devices?" />
  <row Id="50892" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28607" RevisionGUID="ca79b5b4-91ac-4246-b05d-a8ed8d90ace4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:07:33.427" UserId="8116" Text="How does autodiscovery work?" />
  <row Id="50893" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28607" RevisionGUID="ca79b5b4-91ac-4246-b05d-a8ed8d90ace4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:07:33.427" UserId="8116" Text="&lt;autodiscovery&gt;" />
  <row Id="50894" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28608" RevisionGUID="36d5f0e2-4cdc-47f7-8eb0-d21e560e2b6e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:09:05.627" UserId="7503" Text="When trying to choose a SATA magnetic hard drive (not SSD) for high performance for both random and linear access, which should be the primary factor?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For example: would a 10k RPM drive with 16MB of cache perform better than a 7200RPM drive with 32MB of cache" />
  <row Id="50895" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28608" RevisionGUID="36d5f0e2-4cdc-47f7-8eb0-d21e560e2b6e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:09:05.627" UserId="7503" Text="Hard Drive Speed: RPM vs. Cache" />
  <row Id="50896" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28608" RevisionGUID="36d5f0e2-4cdc-47f7-8eb0-d21e560e2b6e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:09:05.627" UserId="7503" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;price-performance&gt;&lt;performance-tuning&gt;" />
  <row Id="50897" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28609" RevisionGUID="e0fec415-56e5-4dfa-9237-3c5a60042d2a" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:12:13.100" UserId="3950" Text="No, I don't think such a script exists. Would be a pretty cool thing to script though. I might actually look into that myself, the next time I have my weekly day-of-scripting ;-)" />
  <row Id="50898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28610" RevisionGUID="b8a1b66b-583d-4468-b2ec-bc809cede190" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:14:20.837" UserId="7200" Text="Most &quot;discovery&quot; software uses SNMP to locate devices. Some of this software does &quot;fingerprinting&quot; using various methods (banner message identification, TCP/IP stack fingerprinting, look-up on MAC OID) to gain more information. Assuming you give the &quot;discovery&quot; the necessary security credentials, it could use WMI to gather information from Windows machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect that the main thing you're curious about is ultimately SNMP. You can look up the Wikipedia link, so I won't post it here.  If you leave the community names on your gear set to defaults (typically &quot;public&quot; for the read community), it may seem rather magical that software can seem to &quot;learn&quot; things about the devices. Actually, it's just querying a documented interface." />
  <row Id="50899" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28605" RevisionGUID="ec47a7bf-2e1e-43c4-b349-ccc69aea03a3" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:17:06.437" UserId="9637" Comment="added 115 characters in body" Text="One problem may be the users that exist in those databases and may not have the same SID as on the other server. Maby that maintainance plan is executed using the credentials of an orphaned user. MS SQL has a stored procedure that will fix those orphan users: sp_change_users_login &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just go from SQL Management Studio to the database on the new server, go to Security and see what logins you have on that database. Then perform the repair command as bellow for each user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;use database &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;go&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;sp_change_users_login 'auto_fix' , 'username'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;go&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-- Where 'database' is the name of your restored database. " />
  <row Id="50900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28611" RevisionGUID="ac31ee88-3f2d-481a-9a11-37a096b771d9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:17:41.570" UserId="591" Text="For single use passwords I set it and forget it.  If I have to do something with it I reset it again knowing that it has a single purpose.  This also keeps me from using the account for a second purpose.   The account name will match the purpose and may be a long long winded name.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50901" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28612" RevisionGUID="5b82003a-3998-4905-83c1-bfa024dc4615" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:18:54.987" UserId="7200" Text="You're going to need addt'l software to do this. IIS / Windows doesn't have this functionality built-in. Microsoft has a solution in the Microsoft Identity Integration Services product (see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc720655(WS.10).aspx#bkm3), but I suspect that's heavier-weight than what you're looking for. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Outlook Web Access has this functionality, too, but you'll need an SSL certificate loaded onto the web server in order to use the password change feature.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are many commercial &quot;self service password reset&quot; systems that would do what you want, as well. I don't have any personal experience with any of them, so I won't try to speak to them." />
  <row Id="50902" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28613" RevisionGUID="303331ee-8880-45a3-bb3e-ce0bfc28938d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:20:56.313" UserId="1639" Text="[Look here][1], but don't use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833734/" />
  <row Id="50903" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28614" RevisionGUID="215664df-58ed-485e-9554-1627549cdcf3" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:21:51.977" UserId="8256" Text="i have found that it depends on whether your controller card is real raid or fake raid.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i have rebuilt raid 5 in the past with rocketraid (dedicated memory and card onboard) a raid 5 with users being able to continue doing work normally. the priority of the rebuild is set to high and this is on high end xeon processors with much memory (if it makes any difference).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i have also rebuilt raid 5 through the intel matrix raid (using the ich chipset etc for the sata connection) and have had no real issues either serving out the files. this was a vanilla supermicro type server for basic office (20 users or less) but with xeon cpu's and much ram.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i have always done raid rebuilds (raid 1, raid 5 raid6 and raid10) first thing in the morning,  inline hot swap and started the rebuild right away. i only have 1 day a week dedeicated to each client, typically, so i have to do it when i am there and do it right away. i would monitor it while i was there, never any complaints. maybe just lucky but i normally do a raid rebuild from a failed drive at least 5 times a year with the amount of clients i have gained in the past 7 years." />
  <row Id="50904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28615" RevisionGUID="09c31686-cbc1-439e-a1bd-969cd4a13d21" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:22:46.420" UserId="1435" Text="Depends on the likelihood of cache hits. If you have a small amount (8/16/32MB) of data across your disk that you're always reading from and writing to then you'll get a very high cache hit % and so the bigger the cache the better. Of course your OS may be able to cache much more than that, and using faster memory too. If the likelihood of high cache hits is low, i.e. your data set is larger many times larger than your disk cache, then I'd go for as low a random seek time as possible given the data set size.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Either way just get a mirrored pair of Velociraptors if you need 270GB or less or a pair of Seagate Barracude 7200.11's if you need more. We could dance around it all day but these will sort you out :)" />
  <row Id="50905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28616" RevisionGUID="66f99465-69c4-4f97-ac0d-c76908942f3f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:23:31.337" UserId="3023" Text="That's a very difficult question to answer, and will be affected by other factors such a NCQ, command queue support.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think a rule of thumb is that for lots of small accesses, random I/O, go for rpm. For linear access go for cache." />
  <row Id="50906" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28617" RevisionGUID="35905361-b230-4be2-99b9-b1f6ca8beecd" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:23:38.607" UserId="4517" Text="The short answer is yes. Your total hard drive latency is the [Disk transfer speed] + [seek latency] + [rotation latency]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The 10K RPM drive will have a smaller rotational latency due to its faster spinning and will also be able to read data off of the drive faster. What the higher cache will do is for writes. A cache is similar to a buffer. When it reads data from the disk it will store recently accessed data and data within the near vicinity for quicker access. This is called temporal and spatial locality. The higher cache will be useful if your access pattern is such that you read the same file a lot or the data is stored near each other.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wikipedia has a decent page on [disk caches][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_cache" />
  <row Id="50907" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28618" RevisionGUID="dff263e9-61fc-45a8-b519-b441b9cfb2d3" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:24:01.977" UserId="4392" Text="Ultimately it depends on the data you're using. Cache improves performance of things that get accessed again and again and again, like files on a webserver, for example. Higher RPMs improve &quot;random&quot; access (seek time, for instance), which is what a database needs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would go with a higher RPM, all things being equal. " />
  <row Id="50908" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28183" RevisionGUID="f735c4d0-a4a5-4f29-baf9-b7682fa5229b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:24:05.157" UserId="1376" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sql-server-2005-express&gt;&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;wss-3.0&gt;" />
  <row Id="50909" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28592" RevisionGUID="c855ed2e-7edb-4ff9-82f7-2f5893cb5747" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:24:32.193" UserId="6990" Comment="deleted 4 characters in body; added 1 characters in body" Text="We are making extensive use of the logical volume manager (LVM) on our Debian servers. But I find it hard to get a good overview on which partitions (LVM as well as native) I have mounted where, from which LV (logical volume) from which VG (volume group) and from which PV (physical volume). There are console tools like &quot;lvdisplay -v&quot; and &quot;lvs&quot; but those always just give me a partial view of everything. What I'd wish for is a textual representation something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Volume group &quot;vgmain&quot;&#xD;&#xA;=======================&#xD;&#xA;consists of physical volumes:&#xD;&#xA;- /dev/sda1 (300 GB, 50 GB unused)&#xD;&#xA;- /dev/sdb1 (300 GB, 120 GB unused)&#xD;&#xA;- /dev/sdc1 (300 GB, nothing unused)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;provides logical volumes:&#xD;&#xA;- lvroot (EXT3 mounted on /, 4 GB, 0.5 GB free)&#xD;&#xA;- lvmysql (XFS mounted on /var/lib/mysql, 8 GB used, 2 GB free)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Volume group &quot;vghuge&quot;&#xD;&#xA;=======================&#xD;&#xA;consists of physical volumes:&#xD;&#xA;- /dev/sdc2 (800 GB, 250 GB unused)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;provides logical volumes:&#xD;&#xA;- lvhome (XFS mounted on /home, 300 GB, 90 GB free)&#xD;&#xA;- lvbackup (XFS mounted on /mnt/backup, 300 GB, 20 GB free)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just as an idea how that might look. Is there such a tool? If nothing like that exists yet I think I'll have to script something myself which queries &quot;df&quot;, &quot;lvdisplay&quot;, &quot;vgdisplay&quot; and &quot;pvdisplay&quot; and creates such an overview.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance." />
  <row Id="50910" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28619" RevisionGUID="9309bbd0-ac80-4d89-984b-e09ee1fe6f3f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:25:40.057" UserId="5464" Text="It depends on your data and how it is used.&#xD;&#xA;If you have data that is not re-used very often I think you're gonna be better off with a fast spin, since the cache only really helps if it gets hits.&#xD;&#xA;If your data is changing a lot then the cache won't buy you much relief." />
  <row Id="50911" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28620" RevisionGUID="49b6f3c8-3b15-4812-b732-dee5ddacb4e8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:25:41.960" UserId="10090" Text="I am trying to connect to a solaris server using putty from a windows client. SSH connection is not working. The terminal window just gives an error message &quot;Network error:Connection refused&quot;. Telnet using putty is working fine with the same server. Can someone please detail what configurations needs to be checked in this case? How to troubleshoot?" />
  <row Id="50912" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28620" RevisionGUID="49b6f3c8-3b15-4812-b732-dee5ddacb4e8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:25:41.960" UserId="10090" Text="Putty SSH connection not working" />
  <row Id="50913" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28620" RevisionGUID="49b6f3c8-3b15-4812-b732-dee5ddacb4e8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:25:41.960" UserId="10090" Text="&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;putty&gt;&lt;solaris&gt;" />
  <row Id="50914" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28598" RevisionGUID="6b2774f4-2714-4f79-8fca-4e60a16d8d7c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:28:09.243" UserId="3356" Comment="Clarified ASA feature set." Text="As a rule of thumb, Juniper firewalls tend to be cheaper for the same feature set.  I don't have a lot of direct experience with them, though.  If you stick with Cisco, then an ASA 5505 would be your best bet for replacement.  As far as product line goes, the 5505 is the pix501 equivalent.  However, the 5505 is actually closer to spec equivalent with the 515e.  That is, the 5505 supports 150Mbps throughput as opposed to the 170(?) for the pix515e.  Additionally, with the ‘Security Plus’ option the ASA supports more VLANS (with trunking), H/A, and a few more connections." />
  <row Id="50915" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28621" RevisionGUID="963f6469-61e2-4fa6-b03f-58ea9bf32703" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:29:41.240" UserId="5221" Text="There is a limit in IIS itself that dictates how long it will wait for the FastCGI processor (PHP in this case) to respond. Your PHP code (i.e. set_time_limit) will not be able to affect this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have admin access on the Windows machine you will find the setting in the IIS admin console in the application configuration dialogue. IIRC the normal out-of-the-box default is 300 seconds, but it would appear that you host has turned it down." />
  <row Id="50916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28622" RevisionGUID="bb662ae8-2ade-415c-961d-2cbe86a73888" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:30:21.537" UserId="8199" Text="Connection refused means the service is running but you don't have access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check /etc/hosts.allow&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might need to also run&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;inetadm -m network/telnet:default  tcp_wrappers=TRUE" />
  <row Id="50917" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28618" RevisionGUID="647c6df8-83de-4d7f-93db-f14641aeaaf9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:31:30.680" UserId="4392" Comment="added write cache info" Text="Ultimately it depends on the data you're using. Cache improves performance of things that get accessed again and again and again, like files on a webserver, for example. It also improves write performance, since data only needs to be written to the cache, which then gets spooled to disk when the disk is available (or the cache is free).  Higher RPMs improve &quot;random&quot; access (seek time, for instance), which is what a database needs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would go with a higher RPM, all things being equal. " />
  <row Id="50918" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28623" RevisionGUID="9220ca1b-3b6e-470e-8260-f6130db78f1a" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:33:18.073" UserDisplayName="MikeNYC" Text="AlertFox offers good free and paid WEB performance and availability monitoring.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.alertfox.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mike&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50919" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28615" RevisionGUID="02e6947e-f60f-4b08-ade5-67ed7d3d99a1" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:33:30.243" UserId="1435" Comment="edited body" Text="Depends on the likelihood of cache hits. If you have a small amount (8/16/32MB) of data across your disk that you're always reading from and writing to then you'll get a very high cache hit % and so the bigger the cache the better. Of course your OS may be able to cache much more than that, and using faster memory too. If the likelihood of high cache hits is low, i.e. your data set is larger many times larger than your disk cache, then I'd go for as low a random seek time as possible given the data set size.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Either way just get a mirrored pair of Velociraptors if you need 270GB or less or a pair of Seagate Barracuda 7200.11's if you need more. We could dance around it all day but these will sort you out :)" />
  <row Id="50920" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28624" RevisionGUID="22f9aad0-87cb-406b-8303-0f20b809f14a" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:35:43.783" UserId="9503" Text="Check if there isn't a firewall between you and the server." />
  <row Id="50921" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28623" RevisionGUID="b911b6c2-de2b-416d-8806-ed976e931031" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:38:54.797" UserDisplayName="MikeNYC" Comment="added 132 characters in body; deleted 10 characters in body" Text="AlertFox offers good free and paid WEB performance and availability monitoring. In this area it is *much* better than Zabbix, but it lacks the system monitoring features. So it depends what you need :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.alertfox.com/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mike&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50922" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28625" RevisionGUID="6bc76cd6-618c-4c9c-b2ad-6c76242bbd99" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:39:31.320" UserId="463" Text="I know it seems a very obvious check. But have you confirmed that your Solaris server has a sshd running? Once you have telneted to the machine run *netstat* to see if it is listening on the ssh port (port 22). If it is then you next port of call will be to check /etc/hosts.allow and so forth as MathewC suggested" />
  <row Id="50923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28626" RevisionGUID="c2ace9b1-61cb-4edf-b900-82241b5d7a6e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:41:25.703" UserId="5234" Text="For any sysadmin-type job I'm of the opinion that knowledge of low level programming is beneficial.  It gives you a deeper understanding of how things work behind the scenes, and of why things are the way they are.  This can pay off a lot - even something as simple as knowledge of low level data types can help with troubleshooting and config (specific example: setting the max file upload to &gt; 2GB in SharePoint 2003 will prevent any file uploads from happening).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically for security, you might know a bit of theory about buffer overruns, for example, but knowledge of exactly what causes them and how they happen can enable you to talk the lingo more convincingly." />
  <row Id="50924" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28627" RevisionGUID="802f3d02-37d1-4c35-9c47-95d09426cb74" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:44:09.273" UserId="8743" Text="[GNU Parted][1] can give you most of the information you need with&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    parted -l &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems It only fails to effectively link lvm parttion to device mapper devices. I am sure they will welcome your patch. ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/index.shtml" />
  <row Id="50925" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28620" RevisionGUID="958024fc-fcdd-4949-8406-1c26e30db036" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:45:28.073" UserId="10090" Comment="added 75 characters in body" Text="I am trying to connect to a solaris server using putty from a windows client. SSH connection is not working. The terminal window just gives an error message &quot;Network error:Connection refused&quot;. Telnet using putty is working fine with the same server. Can someone please detail what configurations needs to be checked in this case? How to troubleshoot? (There are other servers in the same network which allows SSH connection.)" />
  <row Id="50926" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28628" RevisionGUID="a81869f4-ebdc-40a6-8ce9-20b06a41a24d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:47:44.433" UserId="5464" Text="Make like a Nike - just do it!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The basic build process is:&#xD;&#xA;1)Install OS with minimal install. I suggest you use logical volumes for disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2)Patch it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3)Turn on the firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) Turn off uneccessary services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5) Install/test your apps and make sure they basically work, e.g make firewall holes as required, set app access control.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6) Config your apps properly&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;7) Do backups and some test restores.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make use of the resources you have:&#xD;&#xA;1) strace and tcpdump are your friend&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2)logs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) mailing lists&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) forums (serverfault!!!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5) google&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6) irc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;7) LUGs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;8) Read man pages in your spare time&#xD;&#xA;Seriously. When I started out, when I had nothing better to do I listed /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin and read the man pages for eery binary. Naturally I didn't remember them all, but a lot of the time I sort of remembered enough to sort of be able to say &quot;oh there's a tool that does that it's called something like...&quot; when I got stuck and needed to do something.&#xD;&#xA;In other words it was an easy way to become familiar with the available tools.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also read the other man pages later when you have time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28629" RevisionGUID="629c3d23-3f50-4215-beba-2d198f16c6f8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:50:40.127" UserId="10021" Text="If you confirm ssh is running on the machine, you may want to check if the client machine you're trying to connect from can see port 22 as open using nmap. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;nmap -p22 [solaris-box-ip]" />
  <row Id="50928" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28630" RevisionGUID="f0c2dd7f-25ee-442b-97d5-e3970b7c81f4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:51:34.680" UserId="1041" Text="If this is Solaris 10, check if SSHD is running by issuing the `svcs -p ssh` command.  That'll tell you if SSH is running, and, if not, why (maybe a dependancy failed for some reason, or maybe it was disabled).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can enable SSH by issuing `svcadm enable ssh`&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50929" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28631" RevisionGUID="de60f4d5-cc39-4755-bb45-8684a7a62a3b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:56:46.920" UserId="9922" Text="I'm using an alternative shell for a project I'm working on, and I'm not using explorer.exe at all. However, whenever a file browser opens, I can just right click on a directory and click open, then explorer will start up. Is there any way to stop explorer from ever starting up? If I change its name to something like explorer.exe.bak, is there likely to be any negative side-effects?" />
  <row Id="50930" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28631" RevisionGUID="de60f4d5-cc39-4755-bb45-8684a7a62a3b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:56:46.920" UserId="9922" Text="Is there any way to disable explorer.exe completely?" />
  <row Id="50931" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28631" RevisionGUID="de60f4d5-cc39-4755-bb45-8684a7a62a3b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:56:46.920" UserId="9922" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-explorer&gt;&lt;shell&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="50932" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28632" RevisionGUID="43c6516b-7543-4f35-af6b-8b0bab6ef4d3" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:57:12.910" UserId="5464" Text="As a student, I had a part time job as a level one/two/three helpdesk at an ISP when a medium sized ISP here in Australia was 1-2000 users. Was a CS student at the time. Training was, here is the root password and the alarm code. Make sure you lock the door when you leave.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From this I grew into a beginner sys admin. Learnt perl overnight when the passwd file got blown away but we had the data to rebuild it on the file system attributes and a radius file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Eventually got a job programming in a small shop with big customers where all the programmers where linux geeks, so we all sys admin'd a bit too. But I did a LOT of the sys admining and helped run the 10 modem 100 user ISP we had on the side&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From there moved to a deployment engineer role. Where you needed to be able to deploy prod software in a sensible scaleable way but also have enough programming experience to work out how the bespoke software worked and to be able to talk with devs to debug it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From there web programming and sys admin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From their full time sys admin gig.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50933" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28632" RevisionGUID="43c6516b-7543-4f35-af6b-8b0bab6ef4d3" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:57:12.910" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="50934" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26177" RevisionGUID="a77bec49-e1a0-4c1e-a3bb-96594c01dc4b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T12:58:02.863" UserId="8002" Comment="Summary of KpyM SSH and Bitvise WinSSHD" Text="I have been evaluating [KpyM SSH Server][1] and it looks pretty good and is BSD-licensed with source. It is based on cryptlib fundementally and creates a Window Station for each session which is why it is one of the few open source SSH solutions that works correctly with PowerShell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have been using OpenSSH compiled for Interix/SFU/SUA for the last several years. The downside is that OpenSSH doesn't play all that nicely with PowerShell which is an annoyance and it requires the full POSIX subsystem from Services for Unix 3.5 or the Subsystem for Unix Applications (Win2k3 R2 and later). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Years ago we used to use Vandyke and it worked well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Follow-up on my look at KpyM SSH:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;KpyM SSH is quite basic. One annoyance is that despite being open source it is nagware tat asks you to pay for a license key. It is easy to download the source, remove the nage and recompile, though. In general this is a basic ssh daemon. The best feature is that powershell works flawlessly. The configuration of KpyM SSH is pretty spare and the default encryption algorithms don't include aes128-cbc (aes256 is unsupported). If you start using TCP port-forwarding, your session says &quot;entering port forwarding mode&quot; and you can't interact with it anymore. You effectievly have to have a session for interactive commands and a separate one for forwarding traffic. It uses Windows authentication but doesn't support limiting access via Windows groups. Doesn't support public key logon. Does support granular access, sub-protocol (like offering sftp but not shell access) and environment control by account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I like Bitvise WinSSHD much better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Bitvise WinSSHD][2] is much more impressive. Supports aes256 and aes128 out of the box. It is not open source but it is free (with AD integration crippled) for personal use and very reasonable $100 USD per server for commercial use. Can be configured to use powershell as the default shell and powershell works correctly. WinSSHD has very granular configuration per-account and per-group and per client IP and per client DNS. There are logon and logoff actions that can be configured per account or group. Supports OpenSSH public key files. Exposes an automation API. Write logs to the Windows event log and/or text file. Still has a small and light service process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kpym.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.bitvise.com/winsshd" />
  <row Id="50935" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26180" RevisionGUID="ad2b09af-9649-4221-9894-e921de5b27af" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:00:07.070" UserId="8002" Comment="added 699 characters in body" Text="I have been evaluating [KpyM SSH Server][1] and it looks pretty good and is BSD-licensed with source. It is based on cryptlib fundementally and creates a Window Station for each session which is why it is one of the few open source SSH solutions that works correctly with PowerShell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have been using [OpenSSH compiled for Interix/SFU/SUA][2] for the last several years. The downside is that OpenSSH doesn't play all that nicely with PowerShell which is an annoyance and it requires the full POSIX subsystem from Services for Unix 3.5 or the Subsystem for Unix Applications (Win2k3 R2 and later). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Years ago we used to use Vandyke and it worked well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Bitvise WinSSHD][3] is very nice. Supports aes256 and aes128 out of the box. It is not open source but it is free (with AD integration crippled) for personal use and very reasonable $100 USD per server for commercial use. Can be configured to use powershell as the default shell and powershell works correctly. WinSSHD has very granular configuration per-account and per-group and per client IP and per client DNS. There are logon and logoff actions that can be configured per account or group. Supports OpenSSH public key files. Exposes an automation API. Write logs to the Windows event log and/or text file. Still has a small and light service process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kpym.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.interopsystems.com/tools/warehouse.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.bitvise.com/winsshd" />
  <row Id="50936" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28633" RevisionGUID="2fd3ae2f-bfdb-4f3f-8419-99c99da3aea7" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:02:53.387" UserId="1466" Text="Here is a series of steps to diagnose the problem:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Check if sshd is running on the host(ps -ef|grep ssh)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Ensure that sshd is binding to port 22 using netstat (netstat -al|grep &quot;LISTEN &quot; should work)&#xD;&#xA; 3. See if you can connect to the real IP address via ssh from the host machine (if not, there is either a local firewall, or sshd is not working as it should&#xD;&#xA; 4. Try to ping the host from the client machine (if this fails, there is a routing problem)&#xD;&#xA; 5. Try to telnet to port 22 from the client machine (telnet 192.168.1.1 22) (if this fails, a firewall is blocking you)&#xD;&#xA; 6. Finally, if all the above succeed, but you cannot ssh using the ssh client - re-install your ssh client." />
  <row Id="50937" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28634" RevisionGUID="c757b453-2f1e-4e17-b624-32bc90b21f49" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:03:21.687" UserId="3111" Text="[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Shell&quot;=&quot;explorer.exe&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This might do it." />
  <row Id="50938" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28635" RevisionGUID="e55dfa6a-3250-4780-9337-b518cf6b932f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:03:44.617" UserId="9505" Text="Hi guys. I am working on a Django-Ajax commercial web app for which, I am convinced that I need to go for VPS hosting. However, I'd like to outsource the server administration part.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you guys please explain if I can get VPS administration services in the market?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If yes, how much will it cost? Will it cost a periodical fees, like $$/months? I reside in India and would really appreciate if someone shows light on this topic in the context of Indian Market.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it helps, I have decided to go with Slicehost.com and have already purchased the domain name. I have studied there plans, but need to know cost for server administration if I outsource it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please excuse me if serverfault.com is not the right place to ask this kind of question. :)" />
  <row Id="50939" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28635" RevisionGUID="e55dfa6a-3250-4780-9337-b518cf6b932f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:03:44.617" UserId="9505" Text="Cost of VPS administration" />
  <row Id="50940" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28635" RevisionGUID="e55dfa6a-3250-4780-9337-b518cf6b932f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:03:44.617" UserId="9505" Text="&lt;vps-administartion&gt;&lt;cost&gt;" />
  <row Id="50941" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28633" RevisionGUID="e0ff7ac7-103e-4f0d-a29e-4611384a8bcd" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:07:57.123" UserId="1466" Comment="re-word intro" Text="Here is a series of steps you can use to diagnose the problem:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Check if sshd is running on the host(ps -ef|grep ssh)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Ensure that sshd is binding to port 22 using netstat (netstat -al|grep &quot;LISTEN &quot; should work)&#xD;&#xA; 3. See if you can connect to the real IP address via ssh from the host machine (if not, there is either a local firewall, or sshd is not working as it should&#xD;&#xA; 4. Try to ping the host from the client machine (if this fails, there is a routing problem)&#xD;&#xA; 5. Try to telnet to port 22 from the client machine (telnet 192.168.1.1 22) (if this fails, a firewall is blocking you)&#xD;&#xA; 6. Finally, if all the above succeed, but you cannot ssh using the ssh client - re-install your ssh client." />
  <row Id="50943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28637" RevisionGUID="430369d7-cbd2-4aac-9e81-f741093a79ab" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:09:57.463" UserId="5308" Text="There are many ways of doing this.  As well as SNMP, which has been mentioned in a previous answer, there are protocols such as CDP (in cisco networks) and LLDP (similar to CDP but multi-vendor.  Doesn't have widespread support in equipment yet) which will allow network devices to detect devices connected to them which can then be queried by methods such as SNMP or logging in to the device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also tools such as nmap which will sweep a range of addresses and can perform some diagnostics on the replies recieved to guess at the operating system of the device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most methods are not fully automatic and will require the definition of a number of &quot;seed&quot; hosts to start the discovery from." />
  <row Id="50944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28638" RevisionGUID="ac600bcb-601a-4eac-acfc-6a79b5a33e58" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:10:59.383" UserId="10093" Text="&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically I want *.domain.com to pull up domain.com/*/ (not redirect).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I went into the subdomains section of cPanel and set a wildcard for this domain. It appears to be resolving correctly, ie *.domain.com is bringing up domain.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've now made a htaccess file in the public_html directory containing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Options +FollowSymLinks&#xD;&#xA;    Options +Indexes&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine On&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteBase /&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !www.domain.com$ [NC]&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?([a-z0-9-]+).domain.com [NC]&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule (.*) %2/$1 [L]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The error I'm getting is '500 Internal Server Error', any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50945" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28638" RevisionGUID="ac600bcb-601a-4eac-acfc-6a79b5a33e58" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:10:59.383" UserId="10093" Text="Mod ReWrite Catch-All Subdomain" />
  <row Id="50946" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28638" RevisionGUID="ac600bcb-601a-4eac-acfc-6a79b5a33e58" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:10:59.383" UserId="10093" Text="&lt;mod-rewrite&gt;&lt;htaccess&gt;" />
  <row Id="50947" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28639" RevisionGUID="4dd07438-6d56-43fe-983f-abb40516ee64" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:13:58.707" UserId="8950" Text="I'm using Nagios to monitor servers, and we use rsnapshot for backups. I'd like a plugin for Nagios that monitors that rsnapshot is being run successfully. I've seen some rsnapshot plugins that will do a whole diff on a directory tree, which is way too inefficent for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are there any that do some simple checks that the last run went OK (ie looking at log files) or that all the directories are there?" />
  <row Id="50948" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28639" RevisionGUID="4dd07438-6d56-43fe-983f-abb40516ee64" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:13:58.707" UserId="8950" Text="Any good rsnapshot nagios plugins?" />
  <row Id="50949" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28639" RevisionGUID="4dd07438-6d56-43fe-983f-abb40516ee64" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:13:58.707" UserId="8950" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;&lt;nagios&gt;&lt;rsnapshot&gt;" />
  <row Id="50950" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28631" RevisionGUID="bafebe57-191c-4166-8876-903f0c0a92c9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:14:19.503" UserId="9922" Comment="Clarified a bit more that I'd already set my shell in the registry" Text="I'm using an alternative shell for a project I'm working on (which I've set via the Shell value in the registry,) and I'm not using explorer.exe at all. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, whenever a file browser opens, I can just right click on a directory and click open, then explorer will start up, even though I'm not using it as a shell. Is there any way to stop explorer from ever starting up? If I change its name to something like explorer.exe.bak, is there likely to be any negative side-effects?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50951" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28618" RevisionGUID="65677c0b-2e81-41d7-9b75-7d412ab898c2" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:14:30.797" UserId="4392" Comment="s/free/full" Text="Ultimately it depends on the data you're using. Cache improves performance of things that get accessed again and again and again, like files on a webserver, for example. It also improves write performance, since data only needs to be written to the cache, which then gets spooled to disk when the disk is available (or the cache is full).  Higher RPMs improve &quot;random&quot; access (seek time, for instance), which is what a database needs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would go with a higher RPM, all things being equal. " />
  <row Id="50952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28640" RevisionGUID="a3955a6a-8fb4-4579-a5de-49b31a378a39" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:15:17.520" UserId="8660" Text="**Totally different dimension, but still a sysadmin accident**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Sorry: You need to understand some Italian slang to get this. It can't&#xD;&#xA;be translated. You need to know it by heart*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was asked to fix something on a Solaris server in Napoli, Italy.&#xD;&#xA;Needed the root password. I didn't speak much Italian at the time. The&#xD;&#xA;guys did seem reluctant to tell me what it was. Finally one of them&#xD;&#xA;half-whispered:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*- sticazzi*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I said:&#xD;&#xA;*Aha, 'sticazzi'. How do you spell that?*, and gave him a piece of paper&#xD;&#xA;+ pen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A year later I met `M.*o B.*` again (Hi! - if you read this). At the&#xD;&#xA;time my Italian was far better. I told him I now know some more italian.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That was a hard laugh.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The moral of the story: *If need to ask for the root password in a&#xD;&#xA;language you do not know. Once its given to you. Better laugh, blush and&#xD;&#xA;look insulted at the same time.*&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50953" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28640" RevisionGUID="a3955a6a-8fb4-4579-a5de-49b31a378a39" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:15:17.520" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="50954" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28641" RevisionGUID="e34fc8d1-4962-45e1-9950-0882ede4a1c9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:15:28.800" UserId="7234" Text="I'm trying to move a database from our production server to our test server. I've used Microsoft's [Database Publishing Wizard][1] to create a script containing the schema and data for the production database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However **I can't figure out how to load this script into our test database.**The resulting script is about 500mb, which isn't 'large' by database standards but large enough that I can't copy and paste it into the query analyzer. Alternatively, when I try and open the file directly with the SQL Server Management Studio it complains &quot;*The operation could not be completed. Not enough storage is available for this operation.*&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe we have enough space to store the database, so I think this error maybe misleading.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any advice?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=56E5B1C5-BF17-42E0-A410-371A838E570A&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="50955" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28641" RevisionGUID="e34fc8d1-4962-45e1-9950-0882ede4a1c9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:15:28.800" UserId="7234" Text="Importing a large SQL script into SQL Server?" />
  <row Id="50956" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28641" RevisionGUID="e34fc8d1-4962-45e1-9950-0882ede4a1c9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:15:28.800" UserId="7234" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql&gt;&lt;database&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;&lt;query&gt;" />
  <row Id="50957" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28635" RevisionGUID="d81f485b-4087-479e-8d8c-46fa96136b0c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:16:00.797" UserId="9505" Comment="corrected spelling" Text="&lt;vps-administration&gt;&lt;cost&gt;" />
  <row Id="50958" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28642" RevisionGUID="97c4c0c9-ab15-446b-ae55-af91c55eb1b7" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:17:18.033" UserId="7954" Text="What about using cacls.exe to revoke read &amp; execute rights on explorer.exe for the user you're running as?  Or maybe you'd have to revoke rights for SYSTEM as well..." />
  <row Id="50959" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28643" RevisionGUID="63d0b30b-e007-427e-85e3-d76862ac50d4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:19:10.840" UserId="943" Text="Does anyone have a recommendation for backup software that is compatible with partitioned, 64bit Domino software on Windows 2003 or 2008 server? Our current &lt;name withheld&gt; solution handles neither, though they may do 64bit in the future.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not worried about windows or other file backups - our Domino backups are already large enough to require their own environment (tape library etc.)" />
  <row Id="50960" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28643" RevisionGUID="63d0b30b-e007-427e-85e3-d76862ac50d4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:19:10.840" UserId="943" Text="Backup recommendation for Partitioned 64bit Domino (8.5) on Windows (2003 or 2008)" />
  <row Id="50961" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28643" RevisionGUID="63d0b30b-e007-427e-85e3-d76862ac50d4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:19:10.840" UserId="943" Text="&lt;domino&gt;&lt;64-bit&gt;&lt;backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="50962" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28644" RevisionGUID="1dc9baa7-8174-434d-a294-2c660d44e62f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:19:58.280" UserId="9834" Text="I would advise against Watchguard Edges.  We went all out on them at our remote sites and either they have poor performance or our vendors have done a poor job on the setup.  Seeing consideraly slower connections afterwards as compared to the PIX501.  A full Watchguard x5500e though is nice and GUI for regular tasks means we only occasionally need the network guy from our vendor for more complex tasks.  We don't use some of the features but it does have the option for load balancing with two and for failover in the event of trouble." />
  <row Id="50963" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28645" RevisionGUID="1c5584b7-9f9c-4949-8175-799fea03ffa7" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:20:59.883" Text="I have been given a Dell PowerEdge 2650 with dual 2.8 Xeon, 6gigs ram, and 5x75gig SCSI drives (32 bit archtecture only).  The main objective of this is to replace my current dedicated linux server that has a single core AMD 1500 with 512mb of ram and an 80gig IDE drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently on the AMD1500 I only have linux running with 6 Virtual Hosts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the new server I am running Win2003 Server with VMServer.  I have a linux guest VM running that I am migrating the virtual domains over to.  I also have a development linux guest VM and a win2003 vm to play around with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Long term am I better off with this old dual cpu 32 bit server architecture or selling it (~$350 or so) and building a brand new system using desktop 64 bit architechture.  For the money I could build a 3.0ghz AM2 dual core, 4 gigs ram, and dual 500g Sata drives in a raid 1 mirror array.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How will the older server handle several VMs versus a newer desktop running the same applications?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How will system stability be on the server versus the desktop?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How often will components or drives fail in the server versus the desktop?  &#xD;&#xA;I know I occasionally have junk go bad in my personal desktop.  I have also had server failures in my AMD1500 dedicated server and had to restore from backup (it is just a desktop also).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any other advice anyone has is appretiated!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50964" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28645" RevisionGUID="1c5584b7-9f9c-4949-8175-799fea03ffa7" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:20:59.883" Text="Server versus desktop hardware for VMs and Virtual Hosts" />
  <row Id="50965" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28645" RevisionGUID="1c5584b7-9f9c-4949-8175-799fea03ffa7" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:20:59.883" Text="&lt;server&gt;&lt;desktop&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;" />
  <row Id="50966" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28646" RevisionGUID="4149e002-5525-44f1-b114-8da1dcde3b09" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:26:41.343" UserId="9548" Text="Also try the JRockit JVM, which has less memory footprint. You can still download BEA licensed JRockit versions for free. i.e. versions before Oracle took over BEA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=816133&amp;tstart=0 for download links.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50967" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28647" RevisionGUID="be4f0bb5-57f7-4ae9-abbf-c3b284847cb9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:27:08.427" UserId="10095" Text="I created a new site in IIS7, added a new application underneath that site. When trying to then use an ASP.NET web service that is housed underneath this new application, I get an HTTP 500 Internal Server Error. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've looked through the Event logs, IIS Logs, and tried to setup the &quot;Failed Request Tracing&quot;, but nothing seems to get traced. I have it setup to check all content, verbose error logging, and HTTP errors ranging from 400-600. But nothing is ever logged underneath the FailedReqLogFiles folder. Other sites in this IIS configuration seem to be tracing failed requests just fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can see the HTTP GET requests being logged in the IIS logs for that site, but they are obviously not very helpful as they just show the request being returned a 500 error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've checked permissions on the site folders in Explorer, and I've made sure Anonymous access was turned on and the app pool identity has access to the folder's contents as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas? Did I give enough information about the problem? Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions you can give." />
  <row Id="50968" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28647" RevisionGUID="be4f0bb5-57f7-4ae9-abbf-c3b284847cb9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:27:08.427" UserId="10095" Text="HTTP 500 Error not being tracked in IIS's &quot;Failed Request Tracing&quot;" />
  <row Id="50969" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28647" RevisionGUID="be4f0bb5-57f7-4ae9-abbf-c3b284847cb9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:27:08.427" UserId="10095" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;http&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="50970" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28584" RevisionGUID="fd3ddbc0-3d16-48a5-aec8-b8af1f6657d5" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:27:45.337" UserId="4271" Comment="added 206 characters in body" Text="I suggest attacking from an alternate angle:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Installing from a USB CDROM Drive (if you have one available)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Installing from a USB Drive: http://www.vandomburg.net/installing-windows-xp-from-usb/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use BartPE to build the bootable USB Key Drive installer [fairly easy][1], I've used this method to install XP onto an eeePC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-22_11-5928902.html" />
  <row Id="50971" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28648" RevisionGUID="a5651f50-4d2f-4987-81da-0637ee1d5b29" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:28:31.980" UserId="8199" Text="Check out webhostingtalk.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There you will find all the info you need about hosting and services." />
  <row Id="50972" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28649" RevisionGUID="d5d3e0e8-b5ec-48f0-9184-659bbb5f87e7" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:29:39.810" UserId="1239" Text="#No more cd ../../../.. but up 4&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Goes up many dirs as the number passed as argument, if none goes up by 1 by default (found in a link in a comment in stackoverflow.com and modified a bit)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    up(){&#xD;&#xA;      local d=&quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      limit=$1&#xD;&#xA;      for ((i=1 ; i &lt;= limit ; i++))&#xD;&#xA;        do&#xD;&#xA;          d=$d/..&#xD;&#xA;        done&#xD;&#xA;      d=$(echo $d | sed 's/^\///')&#xD;&#xA;      if [ -z &quot;$d&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;        d=..&#xD;&#xA;      fi&#xD;&#xA;      cd $d&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50973" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28649" RevisionGUID="d5d3e0e8-b5ec-48f0-9184-659bbb5f87e7" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:29:39.810" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="50974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28650" RevisionGUID="9812ed9f-34b8-4a9c-930f-8c007d8659cd" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:31:09.683" UserId="2341" Text="Don't forget that areal density is also a factor in performance.  All else being equal, you will realize faster data transfer rates as the areal density of a drive platter increases.  Rotational speeds are primarily related to access times, but once the data is located, the areal density becomes a factor in the throughput of reading the data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, also go big on capacity.  Big capacity drives tend to be the ones with higher areal density per platter." />
  <row Id="50975" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28641" RevisionGUID="ebe4980b-d052-45e9-8ac1-fbd04f49f860" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:31:35.520" UserId="7234" Comment="added 60 characters in body" Text="I'm trying to move a database from our production server to our test server. I've used Microsoft's [Database Publishing Wizard][1] to create a script containing the schema and data for the production database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However **I can't figure out how to load this script into our test database.**The resulting script is about 500mb, which isn't 'large' by database standards but large enough that I can't copy and paste it into the query analyzer. Alternatively, when I try and open the file directly with the SQL Server Management Studio it complains &#xD;&#xA;&gt;The operation could not be completed. Not enough storage is available for this operation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This error happens *before* I select a database, so I believe it is the Management Studio complaining about not having enough memory to load a 500mb file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any advice?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=56E5B1C5-BF17-42E0-A410-371A838E570A&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="50976" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28651" RevisionGUID="23a78db5-0f7a-41c3-bdcd-c52805cf57a6" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:31:40.153" UserId="5257" Text="If you're only trying to copy it into the query analyzer to run it, maybe you could just create a batch file using OSQL to run it from the command prompt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's the MSDN for OSQL:&#xD;&#xA;http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa213090.aspx" />
  <row Id="50977" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28652" RevisionGUID="6a4ee7e7-7e8d-4f72-862a-1313226ef9bd" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:32:49.917" UserId="8199" Text="Explorer is used for several things. It's linked to file browsing and web browsing as well as the shell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you rename it, then you need to make sure all the actions that call to it are dealt with in another way.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For instance. If you're in IE or Firefox and you type c:\ in the address bar, what should you expect your system to do?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would use the &quot;explorer started up again&quot; as an indication to find out what cased it and change that. If you rename explorer you have a good chance of breaking something or crashing the system." />
  <row Id="50978" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2349" RevisionGUID="9e3fd1fb-1738-4cb3-92d6-8e0e08170d12" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:33:50.070" UserId="601" Comment="Removed superuser tag.  This is not a desktop computer." Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;wifi&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;networkmanager&gt;" />
  <row Id="50979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28653" RevisionGUID="88e6b779-e748-4f37-86d2-a954f52bbd03" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:34:20.820" UserId="1466" Text="My understanding is that server hardware is typically built to higher tolerances, and you will find the components fail less frequently.  Also, servers are typically left turned on 24x7, so there's not a lot of wear caused by power cycling.  The hard drives and fans, however, are mechanical - and would be the first thing I would watch for failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing to keep in mind is that the server likely has redundant power supplies / fans, etc - while the desktop system will not.  If uptime is important to you, this is something else to consider.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been tempted to use cheaper desktop hardware for servers a number of times, and unless it's for a very temporary usage, have found the more expensive server hardware well worth the reduced headaches.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, if you are wanting to host any of the new windows applications on this hardware, 32-bit is not going to work.  Take a look at your requirements for 64-bit applications, and your decision might already be made for you." />
  <row Id="50980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28654" RevisionGUID="310251fe-ccd1-47b2-8d46-93da6ee4d7d0" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:34:39.370" UserId="7073" Text="Why not try out the new (used) server and see how you like it.  if you setup the 5 drives as 5 seperate drives and put one VM on each of them you'll likely get better disk through put since each VM gets a dedicated drive.  On the alternate system, all your VM's would have to share the same spindle.  Might be ok if you get a good hardware based raid card with a nice amount of ram on it.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you wanted raid on the Dell, you could do it as a RAID1 and a seperate drive as RAID5.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also don't under estimate the 6 gigs of memory, I have a brand new HP desktop, single drive and 4 gigs of RAM.  The most VM's I can run at once are 4 with 512megs each before I max out memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming the Dell wasn't abused, you should have no issues with it, servers are built to last.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are ou sure the Xeon is only 32bit?  I thought (though I haven't checked) that all Xeon's were 64bit but its been a while since I really dug into that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also try out ESXi, from VMWare rather then VMWare Server, ESXi is a hypervisor and free for use, I use it since there is no overhead of a host os.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also even if you check out the Dell setup your VM's and relize it's not enough, you just save the VM's to a disk and go buy a new server.  No time lost since you can use the same VM's on the new server." />
  <row Id="50981" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28638" RevisionGUID="6521ab77-b561-465c-9b85-a3a70df20c11" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:37:44.857" UserId="1736" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="&#xD;&#xA;Basically I want `*.domain.com` to pull up `domain.com/*/` (not redirect).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I went into the subdomains section of cPanel and set a wildcard for this domain. It appears to be resolving correctly, ie *.domain.com is bringing up domain.com.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've now made a htaccess file in the public_html directory containing:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Options +FollowSymLinks&#xD;&#xA;    Options +Indexes&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine On&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteBase /&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !www.domain.com$ [NC]&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?([a-z0-9-]+).domain.com [NC]&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule (.*) %2/$1 [L]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The error I'm getting is '500 Internal Server Error', any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50982" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28655" RevisionGUID="cba31a74-6187-4416-8a9a-556e9967dabd" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:38:22.483" UserId="5464" Text="1) Longer more stable lifecycle e.g.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2)Firmware and drivers are maintained longer&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3)You typically wont have to build a new image for the same model over the lifetime of the model, even if different components are used between later and earlier versions the different components will often be driver compatable&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4)The manufacturer keeps spares for the projected life of the model. A lot of the time with a consumer model, this is not the case, so if your laptop goes tits up and there are no spares but you still have warranty you may end up with different components or even a different but &quot;equivalent&quot; laptop as a replacement.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5) docking stations" />
  <row Id="50983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28656" RevisionGUID="56580c75-12da-497f-9843-b797518db975" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:38:28.037" UserId="3204" Text="I want to write an init service script which runs the program as a particular user (and not root). I will then chkconfig this script and install into my production run level. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I could just put a su command in the script but I was wondering if there is a best practise of doing this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&#xD;&#xA;Garry" />
  <row Id="50984" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28656" RevisionGUID="56580c75-12da-497f-9843-b797518db975" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:38:28.037" UserId="3204" Text="Redhat init script best practice" />
  <row Id="50985" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28656" RevisionGUID="56580c75-12da-497f-9843-b797518db975" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:38:28.037" UserId="3204" Text="&lt;rhel5&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;redhat&gt;" />
  <row Id="50986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28657" RevisionGUID="405cb2d0-ca25-48b2-9e90-bc7aefa5db58" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:38:34.467" UserId="2413" Text="i cannot really answer about rsnapshot but i use rdiff - similar tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;there is couple of things i monitor with nagios for my backups:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - what was exit code of last rdiff run. if it's not 0 - it means that something went wrong in the process. i just have simple bash script that executes bacup and depending on result touches file ok or failed. with nagios i check freshness of OK file and alert if it's older then 25h.&#xD;&#xA; - before running backup i touch file in /xyz/touched . on server that receives the backup i check freshness of that file. if it's older then 25h it means last night backup did not arrived to the receiving machine.&#xD;&#xA; - rdiff has verify option. i dont know if rsnapshot has. verify takes lot of time, i run it once a day and put result to a file... then simple nagios plugin greps this log file in search for error messages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in this way i protect myself against interrupted backups and against file system corruption on receiving server ( for files not modified for long time ).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the trick is not to let nagios plugin do heavy lifting ( eg verifying the whole backup ), but rather schedule cron job that does that and have nagios plugin just checking result of the job ( eg file created or content of log file ).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and by the way - check [this][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.monitoringexchange.org/cgi-bin/page.cgi?g=Detailed%2F2941.html;d=1" />
  <row Id="50987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28658" RevisionGUID="02607e70-8c22-45e4-ac20-e9420f87e08c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:40:45.913" UserId="9950" Text="i need to remove the fils from a folder for every 4 hours. otherwise storage folder will be filled with files and production server will be hang.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50988" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28658" RevisionGUID="02607e70-8c22-45e4-ac20-e9420f87e08c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:40:45.913" UserId="9950" Text="write a batch file to remove subfolders anf fils from afolder on time basis" />
  <row Id="50989" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28658" RevisionGUID="02607e70-8c22-45e4-ac20-e9420f87e08c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:40:45.913" UserId="9950" Text="&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="50990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28659" RevisionGUID="09e8bae9-ce71-4b87-adae-f47bae7ec98b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:47:26.933" UserId="201" Text="Sounds like you want exactly what my company provides with our [Server Density][1] monitoring system. It allows you to monitor key system metrics like CPU load, memory usage, etc with e-mail/SMS alerts when things go wrong. The monitoring agent is written in Python and only takes a minute or two to install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's free for 1 server (with a few other restrictions) and provided as a hosted service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.serverdensity.com" />
  <row Id="50991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28660" RevisionGUID="55ef619f-1445-4dab-b3bb-22e03b8db830" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:50:42.013" UserId="4392" Text="The best practice might be to use sudo, and modify the necessary files to make sure it happens automatically without being prompted for a password. If you don't mind the password being in the script, I think you can do something like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     echo password | sudo -S command&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are you doing? Maybe there's a better way?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50992" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28661" RevisionGUID="72bb2abd-8ba1-4eae-aa1d-044c90fcc21d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:50:55.570" UserId="8831" Text="I have managed to make it work some upstream proxy." />
  <row Id="50993" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28662" RevisionGUID="2d01067e-ba14-453e-bb4d-af3c183fc0a2" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:51:11.950" UserId="4517" Text="You could create a batch file to delete the files in the subfolder, then create a scheduled task to run the batch file every 4 hours. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since the windows scheduler doesn't allow for hourly tasks you would have to go into the advanced options and create multiple daily tasks that are offset by 4 hours from each other." />
  <row Id="50994" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28658" RevisionGUID="7acbe1c1-bfc0-4920-ae18-ea0bacde4b72" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:53:19.323" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix title and typos, add tag" Text="i need to remove the files from a folder every 4 hours. Otherwise storage folder will be filled with files and production server will be hang.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="50995" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="28658" RevisionGUID="7acbe1c1-bfc0-4920-ae18-ea0bacde4b72" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:53:19.323" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix title and typos, add tag" Text="How to write a batch file to remove subfolders and files from a folder on time basis" />
  <row Id="50996" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28658" RevisionGUID="7acbe1c1-bfc0-4920-ae18-ea0bacde4b72" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:53:19.323" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix title and typos, add tag" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;batch-file&gt;" />
  <row Id="50997" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28658" RevisionGUID="ebcc841d-fbbe-47fa-b41c-a7ca4dbb26cb" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:53:45.657" UserId="658" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;batch-file&gt;&lt;scheduled-tasks&gt;" />
  <row Id="50998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28663" RevisionGUID="c350db73-06e2-455b-bdbf-adf5ad96a2d0" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:56:57.240" UserId="7073" Text="My thought is the walk though physical side of things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Walk though often, if you are onsite and a 24/7 office then have 2 people walk though seperately at the start of their shift.  If they walk though together they will just chat and not see what they should be seeing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If not on site try and setup a regular walk though by either an employee or hire a local contractor to do it.  &#xD;&#xA; - I would say weekly min, but daily is better. &#xD;&#xA; - Make this more frequent if you have any liquid pipes in there (HVAC chiller lines,    domestic water lines, sewage from a bathroom above you, etc) &#xD;&#xA; - Look for the out of place &#xD;&#xA; - Dripping pipes can be caught by a human eye before an electronic sensor &#xD;&#xA; - Check under the floor &#xD;&#xA; - Feel the HVAC vents to make sure they are on &#xD;&#xA; - LISTEN to the UPS's. If they are humming louder then normal you might to check it&#xD;&#xA; - Same goes for any transformers you have    &#xD;&#xA; - SMELL, there are a lot of electronics to start frying in there &#xD;&#xA; - Keep it clean&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a seperate generator/utility room, check that too&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  - Make sure the fuel lines are not leaking&#xD;&#xA;  - Keep it clean&#xD;&#xA;  - Noise and smell&#xD;&#xA;  - If the generator is on an auto test, check it after the test, make sure nothing sprung a leak on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its not a bad idea to have your electrical panels thermo-scanned a couple of times a year.  This will find gear that is nearing failure since it will appear hotter.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Every failure starts small, if you catch it when small, you can fix it on your schedule" />
  <row Id="50999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28664" RevisionGUID="c8be242c-8e6b-447c-9bbe-8833f71d3a34" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:57:06.617" UserId="7682" Text="Management has determined that there is a need to search all 1500+ users Outlook and see who has been sending email to the competition.  Does anybody know a tool/script/package that will enable us to search users pst files and see who has been corresponding with the enemy?" />
  <row Id="51000" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28664" RevisionGUID="c8be242c-8e6b-447c-9bbe-8833f71d3a34" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:57:06.617" UserId="7682" Text="Need help: seaching corporate email for messages sent to specific domains." />
  <row Id="51001" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28664" RevisionGUID="c8be242c-8e6b-447c-9bbe-8833f71d3a34" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:57:06.617" UserId="7682" Text="&lt;exchange-2003&gt;&lt;outlook&gt;" />
  <row Id="51002" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28454" RevisionGUID="f92c3d19-363e-46b9-97d4-d0bc82a60f63" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:57:20.983" UserId="6383" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;software&gt;&lt;project-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="51003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28665" RevisionGUID="6bd0b1b7-5148-4a9e-9db2-e0ed49a1395e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:57:59.470" UserId="8042" Text="webadmin is a really neat rdp client" />
  <row Id="51004" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28665" RevisionGUID="6bd0b1b7-5148-4a9e-9db2-e0ed49a1395e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:57:59.470" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28666" RevisionGUID="f9002edf-dcc0-401e-94a9-109a70edbe5e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T13:58:49.610" UserId="2299" Text="This question seems to crop up a lot. I have used the SQUID open source web proxy to deal with this problem. SQUID doesn't load the server much so you could install it on the terminal server. Use a group policy to set IE to use the proxy server. See http://www.ratsauce.co.uk/notablog/squid27setup.asp for my walkthrough of configuring SQUID.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51006" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28631" RevisionGUID="8d1315a5-4ccb-4015-a180-e8bd9c393cd0" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:00:14.770" UserId="9922" Comment="clarified a little more" Text="I'm using an alternative shell (a simple program that restarts a kiosk application if it dies) for a project I'm working on. I've set it via the Shell value in the registry, and I'm not using explorer.exe at all. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, whenever the windows default file chooser opens, I can just right click on a directory and click open, then explorer will start up, even though I'm not using it as a shell. Is there any way to stop explorer from ever starting up? If I change its name to something like explorer.exe.bak, is there likely to be any negative side-effects?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51007" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28667" RevisionGUID="c3d9231a-a7f7-4bb0-96a0-cd8b90d9d21f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:00:47.077" UserId="7342" Text="IME, the limiting factor for virtual machines is memory. You tend to run out of memory before you run out of disk. The amount of CPU you require depends massively on the number to VMs that will be actively busy (as opposed to just running) at the same time. You want the number of CPU cores to be equal or greater than this number, although it's not the end of the world if it's not. I'd recommend 64bit, purely down to the greater amount of memory they can address without hacks like PAE. " />
  <row Id="51008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28668" RevisionGUID="f46dc9e1-e241-479f-a6a9-49dd900c97c8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:02:08.713" UserId="1803" Text="Along the lines of Joseph Kern's answer, pick the job you'd need to qualify for in order to make the switch.  In this case, it sounds like you've got a particular pay scale in mind.  So browse through some job listings that match what you'd like to do, pick out the required skills they seem to have in common, and you may be able to further refine your question." />
  <row Id="51009" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28657" RevisionGUID="8ca22e81-35d2-495a-9b23-45648ab804df" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:02:24.530" UserId="2413" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="i cannot really answer about rsnapshot but i use rdiff - similar tool.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;there is couple of things i monitor with nagios for my backups:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - what was exit code of last rdiff run. if it's not 0 - it means that something went wrong in the process. i just have simple bash script that executes bacup and depending on result touches file ok or failed. with nagios i check freshness of OK file and alert if it's older then 25h.&#xD;&#xA; - before running backup i touch file in /xyz/touched . on server that receives the backup i check freshness of that file. if it's older then 25h it means last night backup did not arrived to the receiving machine.&#xD;&#xA; - rdiff has verify option. i dont know if rsnapshot has. verify takes lot of time, i run it once a day and put result to a file... then simple nagios plugin greps this log file in search for error messages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;in this way i protect myself against interrupted backups and against file system corruption on receiving server ( for files not modified for long time ).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the trick is not to let nagios plugin do heavy lifting ( eg verifying the whole backup ), but rather schedule cron job that does that and have nagios plugin just checking result of the job ( eg file created or content of log file ).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and by the way - check [this][1] out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.monitoringexchange.org/cgi-bin/page.cgi?g=Detailed%2F2941.html;d=1" />
  <row Id="51010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28669" RevisionGUID="db0bb983-1c30-423d-a71e-692864fb6a47" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:07:59.340" UserId="5464" Text="1) Redhat  has a long supported lifetime for each distro (e.g. rhel3, rhel4, rhel5...)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think RH distros are released every couple of years and then highly supported for 4-5 years, then supported for security and major bugs until 7 years, then finally End of Lifed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This long life cycle is valuable for companies who develop software as it means you can run your software for up to 7 years without  having to update it a lot, you know APIs won't change, defaults probably won't change and major versions won't change. However this is also a major gripe for some, especially developers).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However security and bug fixes will be back ported and on occasion new features.&#xD;&#xA;New packages may be introduced e.g. a new interpreter might be introduced if it is becoming fashionable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See the following link for details:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2) A lot of commercial software is released for rhel.&#xD;&#xA;In fact I'd say that it is the  most commonly supported linux platform for commercial software. It has a lot of reach with the large scale enterprise apps e.g. oracle, peoplesoft, sap, db2 are all supported.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3) Same with hardware. Most if not all tier 1 hardware vendors (and even some of the dinky little HW vendors) provide drivers, firmware installers, utils and config tools for RHEL a well as certify their hardware to work with RHEL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4) It has good management software for small and large scale fleets i.e. RHN and Satellite server (basically your own local version of RHN).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5) RH provides indemnity against patent infringement cases e.g. SCO style cases&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6) RH provides support. Possibly the best linux support around. Not sure. However I've found the support to be lacklustre myself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6) It has training and certs - both the training and certs are good from what my colleagues say. I've never attended any, but my colleagues, who I respect a lot, all say good things about the training and all think the cert is worth something because the exams are practical and difficult, even for god, experienced sys admins." />
  <row Id="51011" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28670" RevisionGUID="3a05c5ed-d84e-4e94-ac61-35df271ef7a9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:10:47.447" UserId="9461" Text="The first thing to check is how much network (TCP) throughput your server can handle. Use netcat, etc. If it is less than around 30 MB/s, multiplexing from network is of no use to you, and my further advice can be ignored. Work on tuning your network throughput instead. Now, to the point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The LTO3 drive, just like any other linear tape drive, works well only when it gets a stream of data with a certain constant throughput.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The tape is passing under the head at a high speed, and you don't want to stop it. At each stop the drive has to perform lengthy procedure: decelerate to full stop, accelerate back, pass the end-of-data point, decelerate again, accelerate forth to reach the end-of-data point. When data is not feeded by NetBackup fast enough, the buffer frequently underruns and each time a drive has to stop writing. The performance is hurt dramatically. This is called &quot;start-stop&quot; operation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Drive adjusts the speed of the tape somewhat, but not very much, it can drop to about 50% of maximum speed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The whole point of Netbackup multiplexing is to provide a better streaming throughput and avoid start-stop operation. Check the throughput of your RMAN backup, if it is 30 MB/s or less you have a classic start-stop operation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, let me make one thing clear. If you *do not* have start-stop I would *not* recommend multiplexing RMAN backups at all. RMAN is complicated enough without multiplexing. I don't want to mess with RMAN, I want my restore to be as fast, easy and seamless as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if you find your backup throughput unacceptably low, I would suggest implementing around three multiplexing streams for starters. Increase the number each night until you will not gain any more throughput. And make sure each stream is coming from the different disk spindle(s). Not from different partitions/tablespaces/filesystems/databases/servers/LUNs/other-virtualization-layers. These matter little, if any. Physical disk spindles. If you feed many streams from the same spindles you will just cause thrashing and overall performance will drop even more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: NetBackup theoretically can also de-multiplex a restore. If I remember correctly, it pauses a little before a restore, to give a chance for more restore attempts to launch. In this case they will run jointly, just like multiplexed backups. But please verify this with a manual, I am only 90% sure on this one." />
  <row Id="51012" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28671" RevisionGUID="5ec7aa07-65c2-447d-bbad-722ecee0d049" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:15:36.907" UserId="1565" Text="When I've had to do this in the past, I used [Discovery Attender][1].  I'm assuming you have an Exchange server.  They also have an option for [Lotus Notes][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.sherpasoftware.com/microsoft-exchange-products/discovery-attender.shtml&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.sherpasoftware.com/lotus-notes-products/discovery-attender.shtml" />
  <row Id="51013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28672" RevisionGUID="e8a3c356-fdde-4caf-be79-fe47eed19191" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:17:23.737" UserId="10097" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have an external USB drive, which I plug into a Linux NAS. I want to keep specific folders synchronised, so changes to files in FolderA on the NAS are applied to FolderA on the USB drive, and vice-versa.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would an appropriate solution be to run an rsync command twice, i.e. once to sync NAS to USB and then again to sync USB to NAS, e.g. as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # sync NAS to USB&#xD;&#xA;    rsync -av --stats /share/FolderA/ /share/USBDisk1/FolderA/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # sync USB to NAS&#xD;&#xA;    rsync -av --stats /share/USBDisk1/FolderA/ /share/FolderA/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like the process to only update/add (no deletes, just to be safe), and to be as efficient as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NB: I'll be running the commands as Cron job(s).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="51014" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28672" RevisionGUID="e8a3c356-fdde-4caf-be79-fe47eed19191" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:17:23.737" UserId="10097" Text="A simple way to keep two drives in sync using rsync?" />
  <row Id="51015" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28672" RevisionGUID="e8a3c356-fdde-4caf-be79-fe47eed19191" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:17:23.737" UserId="10097" Text="&lt;rsync&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;synchronization&gt;" />
  <row Id="51016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28673" RevisionGUID="4f85b020-baed-4786-bdc2-2863865c765e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:18:09.647" UserId="4392" Text="You really need to implement an email archiving solution. Red Gate software has one (disclaimer: I've received money from them for writing articles in a magazine they publish), but Global Relay is a solid service that you can outsource it to, if you don't have the high availability stuff it requires. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28674" RevisionGUID="dc1ace5b-95fa-4f26-9aef-475d1c6c2235" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:18:38.117" UserId="1466" Text="There is a vbs script (google for deleteoldfiles.zip) that we use to delete files that are older than a certain number of days from our fileserver.  Not sure if it can be configured to work in 4 hours, but it would be a good place to start." />
  <row Id="51018" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28675" RevisionGUID="b2c3d36b-22b6-434b-b1e1-fa6ed180cffd" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:20:10.657" UserId="4392" Text="Yes, rsync running in both directions would be a (and probably the best) viable solution. " />
  <row Id="51019" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="28082" RevisionGUID="50d2e5f5-103e-4aea-80a9-2b8dbdc0481d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:22:52.260" UserId="3940" Comment="Changed the title to better reflect the problem." Text="How do you fix the Performance Dashboard datetime overfow error" />
  <row Id="51020" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28676" RevisionGUID="d5cc5e1d-94eb-4796-9663-a0430b8e6a2e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:23:04.583" UserDisplayName="Hector" Text="I don't have enough reputation points to comment on my first comment.  I'm just writing to say that the new clamd is available for update today, so you will be able to upgrade successfully now using the same command as before." />
  <row Id="51021" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28660" RevisionGUID="11d36537-2e50-4145-91cc-2f94942445aa" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:23:09.623" UserId="4392" Comment="added 42 characters in body" Text="The best practice might be to use sudo, and modify the necessary files to make sure it happens automatically without being prompted for a password. If you don't mind the password being in the script, I think you can do something like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     echo password | sudo -S -u username command&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are you doing? Maybe there's a better way?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**EDIT**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks TCampbell&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51022" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28677" RevisionGUID="1b7cf035-1d72-447e-8946-becbbd17c332" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:23:33.710" UserId="9332" Text="&#xD;&#xA;&gt; But how does software that is not&#xD;&#xA;&gt; running on devices find out detailed&#xD;&#xA;&gt; information about the devices?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actually, SNMP is running on these systems. That's how information is passed to your monitoring software. SNMP is an accepted standard of device information sharing. The monitoring program looks at your devices (during discovery) then attempts to connect to the SNMP service on each device. Once connect the monitoring software uses a small set of commands: SET, GET, GETNEXT, etc. to query the MIB of the device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's through repeated queries that graphs are built on the monitoring application. The monitoring application (Zenoss, Munin, Nagios, SCOM, etc.) uses a database and reporting structure to track and alert based on your settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28678" RevisionGUID="dc1d9f0a-ddd1-41b1-9a65-83601bd7cbad" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:24:11.290" UserId="4268" Text="Check out Sherpa Software's products; they have some automated tools that can inventory and search PSTs on network shares or individual workstations." />
  <row Id="51024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28679" RevisionGUID="4d867441-6879-4f25-bf36-2f17f50846bd" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:24:25.923" UserId="4381" Text="You may also want to look into something like [Unison](http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/). It's designed to do exactly what you want and will let you know if a file has been updated on both drives, whereas the rsync method will just clobber the file on the the USB disk." />
  <row Id="51025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28680" RevisionGUID="1b813473-6d27-49f2-8dad-b9667328b9a2" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:24:52.160" UserId="4172" Text="In the future you may want to just use the backup and restore option to move from one server to another." />
  <row Id="51026" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28681" RevisionGUID="ecde4467-18aa-4336-832c-8f8bab1769b3" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:25:05.437" UserId="48354" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use a third party newsletter system which updates frequently, usually around 100 files. Each time all the developers release is the whole application again with a changelog but there's usually too many files listed for it to be useful. The system - once online - generates a lot of files (caches etc) so i dont want to download the remote files to do a local diff each time either. What i want to do is upload the zip of all the newly released files and run a Diff (or similar) and copy over from new_files -&gt; existing_files just the updated files and ignore the files in existing that aren't in new. Whats the best way to do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know this can be achieved to an extent using copy but its my understanding that this is largely based on last edited date but i'm more interested in actual file differences&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="51027" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28681" RevisionGUID="ecde4467-18aa-4336-832c-8f8bab1769b3" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:25:05.437" UserId="48354" Text="diff folders and copy results over" />
  <row Id="51028" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28681" RevisionGUID="ecde4467-18aa-4336-832c-8f8bab1769b3" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:25:05.437" UserId="48354" Text="&lt;diff&gt;&lt;copy&gt;&lt;files&gt;" />
  <row Id="51029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28682" RevisionGUID="946daa27-6ab5-48a3-96b4-615a2c9c7050" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:25:23.097" UserId="4271" Text="Refer to this StackOverflow question: &quot;[Create Subdomains on the Fly With .htaccess][1]&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See answers on the question, specifically [this link][2] which has examples which should work in your situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a couple of issues that the Webmasterworld post addresses, including subdomain recursion since the .htaccess also impacts your subdirectories in your main www root.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The final code is like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteBase /&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #### URL Rewrite Handler for Subdomains (by Randall Krause) ####&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_SUBDOMAIN} =&quot;&quot; &#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^([a-z0-9][-a-z0-9]+)\.mydomain\.org\.?(:80)?$ [NC] &#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/subdomains/%1 -d &#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^(.*) subdomains/%1/$1 [E=SUBDOMAIN:%1,L] &#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^ - [E=SUBDOMAIN:%{ENV:REDIRECT_SUBDOMAIN},L] &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to see what your above code errors out on (what is creating the 500 error), check your error_log. My guess is that it is causing recursion.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/586129/create-subdomains-on-the-fly-with-htaccess-php&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.webmasterworld.com/apache/3163397.htm" />
  <row Id="51030" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28683" RevisionGUID="56924b40-21e4-476c-bde4-eaa55e2fc8d2" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:26:40.567" UserId="9254" Text="I have used eVault with excellent success and reliability on Domino. I used 32-bit, but according to their site it should also support 64-bit. It's a disk-to-disk solution and it supports open file backups. Their site is www.i365.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Jes" />
  <row Id="51031" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28684" RevisionGUID="830876e7-0774-47af-b122-88b10e49f463" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:27:34.590" UserId="5464" Text="Depending on your data you may wish to consider supervision.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One data centre I know of - I didn't access it but my teammates did.&#xD;&#xA;You needed photo id and authorization to access. So in the case of our team who only visited it rarely we had to get a letter from our director to access our servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once they decided to let you in, they'd take a thumb print and hang the standard badge/access card on you.&#xD;&#xA;Then you were escorted by two people, a technical escort and a security guard.&#xD;&#xA;I understand the idea was if the technical person saw you do something he didn't like he set the security guard on you to prevent you from doing whatever it was.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This was a data centre which held servers for major international banks in the City of London.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51032" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28684" RevisionGUID="830876e7-0774-47af-b122-88b10e49f463" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:27:34.590" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51033" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28685" RevisionGUID="07b7df7c-214d-40f8-81cf-673b1d5dffe0" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:32:20.977" UserId="2629" Text="The version of Disk Utility that comes with Mac OS X 10.5 will let you [resize existing partitions][1] on a partitioned drive -- some of the time.  What determines if it will let you adjust partition sizes or not?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.creativetechs.com/iq/leopard_disk_utility_can_resize_partitions.html" />
  <row Id="51034" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28685" RevisionGUID="07b7df7c-214d-40f8-81cf-673b1d5dffe0" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:32:20.977" UserId="2629" Text="When can I adjust partition sized in Leopard?" />
  <row Id="51035" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28685" RevisionGUID="07b7df7c-214d-40f8-81cf-673b1d5dffe0" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:32:20.977" UserId="2629" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;partitioning&gt;" />
  <row Id="51036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28686" RevisionGUID="bc90ad10-9d63-484a-a7ff-62d12e00e620" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:33:23.313" UserId="8199" Text="With linux, ssh in and use rsync&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this will help&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://troy.jdmz.net/rsync/index.html" />
  <row Id="51037" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28591" RevisionGUID="f27d9aad-9b84-4aa2-8f65-cfe2f3d591dd" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:37:23.680" UserId="3039" Comment="Added word firewall to title, clarified comment about CCNA" Text="We use 2 Cisco PIX 501's in front of a couple of our web-servers up at a data-centre (two separate installations on different IP ranges).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Touchwood they're fine but, if we had to replace them - what are our options for an equivalent replacement today? When we bought these I remember the spec saying they would comfortably support 10,000 simultaneous connections. Is the [ASA5505][1] the equivalent today?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6120/prod_models_comparison.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[edit] I'm not against other manufacturers - just that the pix is what we have and we know a CCNA(?), albeit certified in 2003, who configures and administers our pixes." />
  <row Id="51038" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="28591" RevisionGUID="f27d9aad-9b84-4aa2-8f65-cfe2f3d591dd" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:37:23.680" UserId="3039" Comment="Added word firewall to title, clarified comment about CCNA" Text="Alternative or replacement firewall for Cisco PIX 501" />
  <row Id="51039" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28687" RevisionGUID="eb5c7f1c-f598-4a5e-b8c8-dd4018c132a4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:37:40.450" UserId="3038" Text="A certain external disk array I've worked with in the past did the unthinkable (or so I thought) and disabled the on-controller cache during rebuild operations. If it was able to pump out 40-60MB/s normally, you could get I/O saturation with writes as low as 4MB/s depending on what I set the priorities at. This was with 500GB 7.2K RPM SATA drives, too. For a solution with a *hardware RAID* and advertised as being a multi-access fibre-channel device, it certainly fell flat on its face when recovering from faults.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We ended up largely ignoring this device. It's currently doing service as a dedicated backup-to-disk array for one backup server. I reformatted it with RAID10 to greatly simplify how long it takes to recover from bad disks. Something that can go to that low level of write I/O just simply *could not be used* in production.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which is a long way of saying, your experience is perfectly in line with reality." />
  <row Id="51040" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28688" RevisionGUID="de33eba1-5cde-4574-bc9d-8c4760db68d3" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:39:35.173" UserId="301" Text="Fragmentation would probably be the biggest problem. For a newly formatted partition, data will be added (more or less) from start to finish, however after a time fragmentation will leave blocks of data all over the disk. DiskUtil cannot resize a volume to a size less than the last block in use on the partition. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is unfortunatly no way to defragment an OSX HFS+ partition, you will have to copy all your data off to another disk, reformat the volume, then copy it back. You can use a program like [SuperDuper][1] or [Carbon Copy Cloner][2] to help with this process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There may also be restrictions on resizing the startup volume. To avoid those, boot from the install DVD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html" />
  <row Id="51041" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28681" RevisionGUID="e3754b2d-97f9-4771-a7d4-2dd218d4894c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:42:21.627" UserId="48354" Comment="added 47 characters in body; edited tags" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use a third party newsletter system which updates frequently, usually around 100 files. Each time all the developers release is the whole application again with a changelog but there's usually too many files listed for it to be useful. The system - once online - generates a lot of files (caches etc) so i dont want to download the remote files to do a local diff each time either. What i want to do is upload the zip of all the newly released files and run a Diff (or similar) and copy over from new_files -&gt; existing_files just the updated files and ignore the files in existing that aren't in new. Whats the best way to do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know this can be achieved to an extent using copy but its my understanding that this is largely based on last edited date but i'm more interested in actual file differences&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is on CentOS 5 and i have shell access&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="51042" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28681" RevisionGUID="e3754b2d-97f9-4771-a7d4-2dd218d4894c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:42:21.627" UserId="48354" Comment="added 47 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;diff&gt;&lt;copy&gt;&lt;files&gt;&lt;centos&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="51043" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28689" RevisionGUID="038f0753-6e6d-40f8-9dac-c805d7d8792a" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:44:44.413" UserId="5464" Text="You can just `su`.&#xD;&#xA;You won't need the password because the script will initally be running as root.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's also the `runuser` command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you use `/etc/init.d/functions` you can use the `daemon` function which has an option for specifying the user to run as.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd personally sway towards the latter all other things being equal." />
  <row Id="51044" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28690" RevisionGUID="7c1b8a61-d1a6-4bce-b5ef-61e3de8e4349" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:45:51.993" UserId="9548" Text="Assuming that wlan0 is the name for your wireless interface, you can try creating a configuration file /etc/sysconfig/network-scrpits/ifcfg-wlan0 using the following template.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;DEVICE=wlan0&#xD;&#xA;BOOTPROTO=dhcp&#xD;&#xA;ONBOOT=yes&#xD;&#xA;MODE=Managed&#xD;&#xA;ESSID=&quot;essid_name&quot;&#xD;&#xA;RATE=&quot;auto&quot;&#xD;&#xA;KEY=*********************&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do a reboot or a /etc/init.d/network restart after creating the file. The interface should come up automatically and stay up irrespective of whether you are logged in or not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do not use DHCP and want to manually specify IP details you can add the following properties to the config file above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;IPADDR=x.x.x.x&#xD;&#xA;NETMASK=x.x.x.x&#xD;&#xA;NETWORK=x.x.x.x&#xD;&#xA;BROADCAST=x.x.x.x&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="51045" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28691" RevisionGUID="e66025d5-1197-4fe9-88c4-851928834870" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:50:42.203" UserId="9332" Text="Having so many bad experiences on Friday, I've gotten to the point where I try to schedule all my projects (major and minor) to every other day of the week. I now use Friday to catch up on documentation, and train myself for new and upcoming projects.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My worst Friday Project happened when I was in the USAF ....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; It was a Friday afternoon, 16:15, we had just finished building 4 pallets for an exercise. Spending two days, inspecting, loading generators, telephones, servers, and tents, everyone was ready to go home. Down the stairs comes the Chief ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;&quot;Right! Excellent work. But, the exercise has been canceled. We have an urgent real-world mission, leaving tomorrow morning. We need to tear these pallets down, and rebuild them, in 5 hours. Do we have any volunteers?&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;No one moved a muscle. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Then my friend's cell phone rang. You weren't supposed to carry a cell phone in uniform. &quot;Great! You Kern and ... two others stay back. Everyone else, have a great weekend.&quot; Collateral volunteer.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; Everything was going well for about 30 minutes, then began to rain. I didn't get home until 2AM. Got a cold, and realized Monday that the urgent mission had been canceled. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**What's the worst Friday Project experience you've ever had?**" />
  <row Id="51046" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28691" RevisionGUID="e66025d5-1197-4fe9-88c4-851928834870" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:50:42.203" UserId="9332" Text="It's Friday, Are You Starting Any New Projects?" />
  <row Id="51047" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28691" RevisionGUID="e66025d5-1197-4fe9-88c4-851928834870" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:50:42.203" UserId="9332" Text="&lt;humor&gt;&lt;work-habits&gt;&lt;from-the-trenches&gt;" />
  <row Id="51048" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28692" RevisionGUID="4a557eee-6051-416a-a13b-8260f6bc1803" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:52:49.483" UserId="2744" Text="I'm going to be visiting Vancouver next month, and am wondering if anyone knows of any sysadmin related meet-ups that happen there on a regular basis? My partner and I have a plan to move there one day, so it would be good to get an idea of the industry and meet some tech folk there while I'm there.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51049" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28692" RevisionGUID="4a557eee-6051-416a-a13b-8260f6bc1803" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:52:49.483" UserId="2744" Text="Sysadmin meet-ups and groups in Vancouver?" />
  <row Id="51050" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28692" RevisionGUID="4a557eee-6051-416a-a13b-8260f6bc1803" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:52:49.483" UserId="2744" Text="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;groups&gt;" />
  <row Id="51051" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28692" RevisionGUID="4a557eee-6051-416a-a13b-8260f6bc1803" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:52:49.483" UserId="2744" />
  <row Id="51052" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28693" RevisionGUID="db5944a4-7c44-49bf-bd81-8ed1156c8b32" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:53:25.817" UserId="5464" Text="rsync?&#xD;&#xA;rsync uses hashing to determine changes andthen syncs the diffs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28694" RevisionGUID="2d71144c-cf2d-4131-963a-e549f94b35cc" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:54:07.500" UserId="5880" Text="If it's happened recently, you could try using the Message Tracking tool in ESM. Just put in your exchange server(s) and the domain that you want to look for. Might give you clues so you don't have to search all 1500+ users' pst files." />
  <row Id="51054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28695" RevisionGUID="d2e9f276-a9ee-4cad-8a60-fa6d8d32135b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:57:11.580" UserId="5724" Text="We have a web site hosting Office documents behind IIS6 Basic authentication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IE has an authentication token for basic auth, which it presents to download the file.  The user clicks &quot;Open&quot;, and then Microsoft Office Protocol Discovery does a HTTP OPTIONS request on the directory the file was served from.  However, Office does not have the auth token that IE does, so it [prompts again for credentials][1].  Hitting Cancel will then show you the file in Office.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As we are not a Sharepoint-like application, and we don't have a way of responding to OPTIONS, I would like to reply to all requests with the OPTIONS method (that are sent with a user-agent of &quot;Microsoft Office Protocol Discovery&quot;) with something like an empty 200, as&#xD;&#xA;[RFC 2616][2] states: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; If no response body is included, the response MUST include a Content-Length field with a field-value of &quot;0&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am leaning towards an ISAPI filter that responds with 200 - before the Basic authentication happens.  Windows auth or anonymous access are not options.  Are there any alternatives I am missing?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/838028&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html" />
  <row Id="51055" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28695" RevisionGUID="d2e9f276-a9ee-4cad-8a60-fa6d8d32135b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:57:11.580" UserId="5724" Text="Respond to HTTP OPTIONS with basic auth" />
  <row Id="51056" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28695" RevisionGUID="d2e9f276-a9ee-4cad-8a60-fa6d8d32135b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:57:11.580" UserId="5724" Text="&lt;iis6&gt;&lt;http&gt;&lt;ms-office&gt;&lt;basic-authentication&gt;" />
  <row Id="51057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28696" RevisionGUID="ef096d36-20e5-4173-963d-aec4d1d8fbce" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:57:23.623" UserId="9548" Text="Other options worth considering&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Sun Web Stack - http://www.sun.com/software/webstack/get.jsp&#xD;&#xA; - Zend Core from Zend Community Server - http://www.zend.com/products/server/downloads-all&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51058" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28691" RevisionGUID="caedf9bb-4647-442a-8390-7e4eb8c1ee74" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:57:56.823" UserId="9332" />
  <row Id="51059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28697" RevisionGUID="ce038be8-8a52-423a-99fc-305a93680a2b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:57:57.603" UserId="5464" Text="Another approach would be to manually copy the clamd rpm to the box and just do a force install ignoring dependencies:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`rpm -iv --nodeps --force clamd-0.95.1-4.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm`" />
  <row Id="51060" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28692" RevisionGUID="670f1419-997f-40bd-8947-5db3d71caf18" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:57:58.570" UserId="1435" Comment="added new tag to be used for organising SA meetings" Text="&lt;canada&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;groups&gt;&lt;meeting&gt;" />
  <row Id="51061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28698" RevisionGUID="832162c2-f5bb-4fed-aabd-0639f38c9ba9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:58:32.000" UserId="4721" Text="Sometimes the [Windows Indexing Service][1] starts working on the file system and in the process locks the files. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This [RemoveDrive][2] tool supports stopping the service for a short while to remove the USB drive. This has worked quite well for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RemoveDrive DriveSpec: [-l][-h][-b][-i][-s][-w:nnnn]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    DriveSpec: is the drive to remove, e.g. U: or \ for the current drive&#xD;&#xA;    [-L] loop until success&#xD;&#xA;    [-h] show open handles (admin rights required, exprimental, may freeze!)&#xD;&#xA;    [-w:nnnn]  wait nnnn milliseconds before close&#xD;&#xA;    [-s] self delete removedrive.exe&#xD;&#xA;    [-b] let Windows show the &quot;Safe To Remove Hardware&quot; balloon tip&#xD;&#xA;    [-i] stop Windows indexing service (CiSvc) for a moment &#xD;&#xA;         if required (admins)&#xD;&#xA;    [-d] show debug information&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;Generic notes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- The [drivetools][3] page is in general a very good reference for USB related points&#xD;&#xA;- Microsoft Indexing Service is notorious for [processor hogging][4] and in some cases also pagefile fragmentation. You might want to read up some more and consider selectively stopping it recursively over specific folders (right click, properties, General, Advanced).&#xD;&#xA;- Sysinternals [PageDefrag][5] is a good tool to check page file fragmentation and defragment the same (requires a reboot)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms689718(VS.85).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.uwe-sieber.de/drivetools_e.html#RemoveDrive&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.uwe-sieber.de/drivetools_e.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833228&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897426.aspx" />
  <row Id="51062" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28637" RevisionGUID="df431ac8-a46d-441f-9226-1d83d3ea6a24" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:58:54.480" UserId="5308" Comment="added 658 characters in body" Text="There are many ways of doing this.  As well as SNMP, which has been mentioned in a previous answer, there are protocols such as CDP (in cisco networks) and LLDP (similar to CDP but multi-vendor.  Doesn't have widespread support in equipment yet) which will allow network devices to detect devices connected to them which can then be queried by methods such as SNMP or logging in to the device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One example of where CDP can be used to suppliment SNMP discovery is in a switched network.  If you simply walk the ARP table of the switch to find all of its neighbours you will only discover devices which have recently sent or recieved IP traffic.  In a pure L2 switch network there will not be much (if any) inter-switch IP traffic and so this table will be incomplete.  Similarly, if you walk the MAC address table of the switch you will only discover devices over forwarding links. CDP discover neighbor switches even if there is no IP traffic and will also detect neighbours on ports in blocking status so this will allow you to discover all links.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are also tools such as nmap which will sweep a range of addresses and can perform some diagnostics on the replies recieved to guess at the operating system of the device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Most methods are not fully automatic and will require the definition of a number of &quot;seed&quot; hosts to start the discovery from." />
  <row Id="51063" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28699" RevisionGUID="55dcb448-dba0-44c6-aaaf-24b5ae78513c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:59:24.993" UserId="8199" Text="Ahh yes. The sales people would start abusing people on Monday and finalize something Friday which would turn into the &quot;we need this up now to close this deal&quot; talk which turned into the 5:00 Friday a lack of planning on our part is now your emergency. Which was shortened to **&quot;The 5:00 Friday emergency&quot;** It got so bad that the CTO ruled that &quot;sorry, no servers will be deployed on Friday&quot;. Even if we did get it up and working before 5:00 there was a whole weekend of questions from that customer that had to be answered RIGHT NOW." />
  <row Id="51064" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28699" RevisionGUID="55dcb448-dba0-44c6-aaaf-24b5ae78513c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:59:24.993" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51065" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28700" RevisionGUID="f6acfc8d-e6b2-47ca-8ed7-bc60eb649dca" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:59:53.980" UserId="4172" Text="I'm gonna have to ask you to come in on Saturday... so if you could just get here around 9:00, that would be great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh, yeahhhh, I'm gonna need to go ahead and ask you to come in on Sunday too. Mmmkay??" />
  <row Id="51066" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28700" RevisionGUID="f6acfc8d-e6b2-47ca-8ed7-bc60eb649dca" CreationDate="2009-06-19T14:59:53.980" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28701" RevisionGUID="3abf8bcc-e299-4883-9b52-2e360066340e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:01:01.590" UserId="4535" Text="Like StackKrish mentioned, try a /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ file. That should be automatically launched by init on boot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're going to be using NetworkManager, I highly recommend finding a 0.7.x version, because I've had no end of problems on 0.6. Crashes, inability to connect to WPA networks despite supporting them, and random disconnects." />
  <row Id="51068" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28702" RevisionGUID="c7727554-41ae-43c3-988e-c76305e15ed2" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:05:55.557" UserId="640" Text="When we finally upgraded from cast-off banquet tables to a real live rack, I figured I could get all the gear in the rack in no time. I started at 5:30 on Friday and was done by early Saturday morning." />
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  <row Id="51070" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28703" RevisionGUID="78f748dd-cb7e-4a23-b76a-3804111f3e62" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:07:37.503" UserId="4113" Text="What is the maximum size a truecrypt container can support? I'm trying to encrypt and store around 1TB data in a truecrypt container file. Is this a recommended usage?" />
  <row Id="51071" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28703" RevisionGUID="78f748dd-cb7e-4a23-b76a-3804111f3e62" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:07:37.503" UserId="4113" Text="What is the maximum supported size of a truecrypt file?" />
  <row Id="51072" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28703" RevisionGUID="78f748dd-cb7e-4a23-b76a-3804111f3e62" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:07:37.503" UserId="4113" Text="&lt;truecrypt&gt;&lt;encryption&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;storage&gt;" />
  <row Id="51073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28704" RevisionGUID="c3b189bd-32a1-45fe-acc9-02e3a6b5af16" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:08:15.473" UserId="5464" Text="Typed `kill `1 as root. `init` and all of her children died. And all of their children. etc, etc. Oops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I meant to type was `kill %1`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After I realised what I did I ran to the control panel of a **BIG** wool bale sorting machine and hit the emergency stop button.&#xD;&#xA;THis stopped the machine ripping itself to bits, as I had just killed the software which controlled it." />
  <row Id="51074" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28704" RevisionGUID="c3b189bd-32a1-45fe-acc9-02e3a6b5af16" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:08:15.473" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28705" RevisionGUID="965b4703-1655-4bc5-81d5-ae61857dcb13" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:10:02.647" UserDisplayName="Butch Rivers" Text="Any idea how to increase timer of the call forward unconditional on Asterisk Trixbox" />
  <row Id="51076" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28705" RevisionGUID="965b4703-1655-4bc5-81d5-ae61857dcb13" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:10:02.647" UserDisplayName="Butch Rivers" Text="call forward unconditional on Asterisk Trixbox" />
  <row Id="51077" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28705" RevisionGUID="965b4703-1655-4bc5-81d5-ae61857dcb13" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:10:02.647" UserDisplayName="Butch Rivers" Text="&lt;asterisk&gt;&lt;trixbox&gt;" />
  <row Id="51078" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28706" RevisionGUID="19b77a9a-b57c-4a01-9dd9-056463c8ba4b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:13:33.653" UserId="4172" Text="A place I used to work at it was against company policy to do a deployment or implementation on a Friday or a Monday.  Best rule ever." />
  <row Id="51079" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28706" RevisionGUID="19b77a9a-b57c-4a01-9dd9-056463c8ba4b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:13:33.653" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51080" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28707" RevisionGUID="c2d0e073-7cbc-45b8-b82f-6b00200ad2d6" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:14:10.330" UserId="2189" Text="I had a workstation running XP.  Filesystem was NTFS, single partition over the entire drive.  After an attempted XP repair install, suddenly the NTFS filesystem is just gone and the drive is showing up with a single 10Mb FAT32 partition with virtually nothing on it, except a directory with a smiley-face character (e.g. not good).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've run all the tools I could find on the UBCD and nothing is able to detect the missing NTFS partition.  I've run some low-level tools on the drive and it checks out ok.  I'm not ruling out hardware, but that's not really my question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are my options here for recovery?" />
  <row Id="51081" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28707" RevisionGUID="c2d0e073-7cbc-45b8-b82f-6b00200ad2d6" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:14:10.330" UserId="2189" Text="Recover a lost NTFS partition on the cheap?" />
  <row Id="51082" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28707" RevisionGUID="c2d0e073-7cbc-45b8-b82f-6b00200ad2d6" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:14:10.330" UserId="2189" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;ntfs&gt;&lt;data-recovery&gt;" />
  <row Id="51083" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28708" RevisionGUID="07634283-0277-41c8-a96d-e6c06f78c875" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:15:33.883" UserId="5724" Text="You may need to be more descriptive, but [this post by Paul McMillan][1] suggests a possible problem and solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.conchango.com/paulmcmillan/archive/2005/10/17/2277.aspx" />
  <row Id="51084" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28709" RevisionGUID="de4f2c2f-2506-4e21-b649-530983edf480" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:15:40.717" UserId="5234" Text="An Exchange environment but with PST files?  You might be able to exmerge them into a database, which will at least take some of the pain away." />
  <row Id="51085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28710" RevisionGUID="810e755b-9651-40ff-99b4-befd3326692f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:16:05.677" UserId="6689" Text="Gpart (not gparted) can recover missing partitions, by guessing where they are. It's a Linux tool, so it's on some of the recovery liveCDs." />
  <row Id="51086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28711" RevisionGUID="39559b02-4f45-4e68-88f5-36fd734d0a59" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:16:13.867" UserId="8199" Text="Check out easy recovery professional&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.com/file-recovery-software/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe you can scan to see what it will pick up before you need to buy to recover.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sounds like a virus, so be careful what you recover it to. " />
  <row Id="51087" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28712" RevisionGUID="295f7129-17a1-43b4-9f8e-f9e75921d8c4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:17:06.767" UserId="9839" Text="On my workstation I got only two PCI-MSI interrupts in /proc/interrupts:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      0:   11726919          0    IO-APIC-edge  timer&#xD;&#xA;      1:          3          0    IO-APIC-edge  i8042&#xD;&#xA;      7:          0          0    IO-APIC-edge  parport0&#xD;&#xA;      8:          1          0    IO-APIC-edge  rtc&#xD;&#xA;      9:          0          0   IO-APIC-level  acpi&#xD;&#xA;     12:          4          0    IO-APIC-edge  i8042&#xD;&#xA;     58:         13      94016         PCI-MSI  eth0&#xD;&#xA;    169:     843271   71766622   IO-APIC-level  uhci_hcd:usb3, eth1, HDA Intel&#xD;&#xA;    201:          1          0   IO-APIC-level  uhci_hcd:usb4, uhci_hcd:usb6&#xD;&#xA;    209:          0          0   IO-APIC-level  ehci_hcd:usb1&#xD;&#xA;    217:          2          0   IO-APIC-level  ehci_hcd:usb2, uhci_hcd:usb5&#xD;&#xA;    225:         27   72309141   IO-APIC-level  uhci_hcd:usb7, eth2&#xD;&#xA;    233:       6683     103839         PCI-MSI  ahci&#xD;&#xA;    NMI:       2236       4056&#xD;&#xA;    LOC:   11696665   11696593&#xD;&#xA;    ERR:          0&#xD;&#xA;    MIS:          0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On other, much stronger RACK Dell machine (8 cores), there are seven such interrupts. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does this depend on number of processors? Is IO-APIC-level a software interrupt?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to assign PCI-MSI interrupts to my network cards to improve performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51088" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28712" RevisionGUID="295f7129-17a1-43b4-9f8e-f9e75921d8c4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:17:06.767" UserId="9839" Text="How many hardware (PCI-MSI) interrupts can a PC have?" />
  <row Id="51089" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28712" RevisionGUID="295f7129-17a1-43b4-9f8e-f9e75921d8c4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:17:06.767" UserId="9839" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;ethernet&gt;&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;hardware-requirements&gt;" />
  <row Id="51093" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28714" RevisionGUID="8b70803b-3da5-49c3-a143-8d75353d0d92" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:17:45.767" UserId="4838" Text="This is not related to [this question][1], as the performance of the router does not degrade.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the most part, every home networking router I've owned stops functioning periodically, connectivity simply drops, and the router is unable to get an IP. This usually happens once a week, and a simple power cycle solves the problem. My colleagues have the same problem, and the heated question arises &quot;why do I have to reboot my router!?&quot;. In all of these cases, it's been a new purchased router, and this happens from the get go. I've bought brand new routers, and this does not solve the problem. I've tried flashing the firmware with DD-WRT, still no luck. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sure there are many variables that could cause the problem, but I'm not looking for an precise solution to my problem. I'm just curious as to why so many people have to reboot they're router to regain connectivity. Is this a technological hurdle we've yet to perfect?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/20182/why-would-wireless-routers-become-less-reliable-over-time" />
  <row Id="51094" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28714" RevisionGUID="8b70803b-3da5-49c3-a143-8d75353d0d92" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:17:45.767" UserId="4838" Text="Why do I have to reboot my home network router?" />
  <row Id="51095" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28714" RevisionGUID="8b70803b-3da5-49c3-a143-8d75353d0d92" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:17:45.767" UserId="4838" Text="&lt;home-network&gt;&lt;router&gt;" />
  <row Id="51096" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28293" RevisionGUID="e109243b-84c8-43c7-a5ce-97bb08980d48" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:17:47.110" UserId="721" Comment="Added RAM specs; added 81 characters in body" Text="Currently (and this is all temporary, of course) - it seems that 2Gb sticks are the most cost effective, US$10/Gb, that's what I buy now for everything - so if you want 8Gb - purchase 2 x (2x2Gb Sets) - that would cost you around US$80 - US$100.  And, if you want more memory in the future, you're not forced to throw out 1Gb sticks to free up space in your 8 - Slot Mobo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE:** I was quoting desktop RAM, I just looked up RAM for (as an example) DELL PowerEdge 1425 SC - This is US$90/2Gb - so $45/Gb in US$.  THANK YOU to Farseeker who set me straight.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The RAM specs for this are: 2GB ECC Module 400Mhz DDR2-400 PC2-3200 240p DIMM, ECC, Registered, 1.8v&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Quote from: [www.dealram.com][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dealram.com/&quot;dealram.com&quot;" />
  <row Id="51097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28715" RevisionGUID="6ed18254-0137-44f9-8d95-d079e1afae3f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:18:35.923" UserId="8199" Text="&quot;What is the maximum possible size of a TrueCrypt volume?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The maximum possible size of a TrueCrypt volume is 8589934592 GB. However, due to security reasons, the maximum allowed volume size is 1 PB (1,048,576 GB), as the amount of data that is considered secure to be encrypted using a single key depends, among other factors, on the block size of the encryption algorithm. In addition, you need to take into account other limiting factors. For instance, file system constraints, limitations of the hardware connection standard and of the operating system, etc.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From http://www.truecrypt.org/faq" />
  <row Id="51098" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28716" RevisionGUID="19a161f2-0f3a-48bc-b1c9-7ce4b605da31" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:19:08.137" UserId="5724" Text="FastCGI has a limit for a request timeout in %systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\fcgiext.ini:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ; RequestTimeout=n&#xD;&#xA;    ; - Specifies the maximum allowed time, in seconds, for a request to this&#xD;&#xA;    ;   application.  If a FastCGI process takes longer than this amount of time&#xD;&#xA;    ;   on a single request, it will be terminated.  If not specified, the default&#xD;&#xA;    ;   value is 90 seconds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See if this value is set, or needs to be increased." />
  <row Id="51099" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28717" RevisionGUID="dcfa862c-25e4-45fb-aeeb-96af816d6122" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:19:55.497" UserId="10103" Text="If you don't mind OpenSource alternatives: http://www.vyatta.com/downloads/index.php" />
  <row Id="51100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28718" RevisionGUID="63587d18-300e-4bbe-8224-0583c42b0dc8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:20:06.667" UserId="8199" Text="Is it overheating? Mine does that occasionally." />
  <row Id="51101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28719" RevisionGUID="b9e9ccf4-b9e4-4800-acf7-33b3da52aa40" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:21:34.013" UserId="4721" Text="From the [FAQ][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;The maximum possible size of a TrueCrypt volume is 8589934592 GB. However, due to security reasons, the maximum allowed volume size is 1 PB (1,048,576 GB), as the amount of data that is considered secure to be encrypted using a single key depends, among other factors, on the block size of the encryption algorithm. In addition, you need to take into account other limiting factors. For instance, file system constraints, limitations of the hardware connection standard and of the operating system, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Further, I think since the encryption is working on the fly, larger volumes might be slower... no data there however.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.truecrypt.org/faq" />
  <row Id="51104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28722" RevisionGUID="024c42cc-6951-4710-a184-c635c151db09" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:26:05.017" UserId="9170" Text="one way if have any livecd like ubuntu or kubuntu u can boot a system dont install once desktop screen come u can mount u r hdd and try copy to other hdd external or over the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;second way of doing is u need have recovert tool like setter software which recover software.  " />
  <row Id="51105" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28723" RevisionGUID="585f07d6-130e-40e0-9565-db40ee97ca02" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:27:02.690" UserId="10104" Text="I am having all sorts of trouble getting SQL Server (2005) to work properly. When I run the client (SQL Server Express 2005) I get the following error &quot;The concurrent snapshot for publication 'xx' is not available because it has not been fully generated or the Log Reader A&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The error is cropped off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have tried: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Deleting the subscription &#xD;&#xA;- Deleting the publication and starting again &#xD;&#xA;- Restarting the server and client. &#xD;&#xA;- Shrinking the database&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All without any change in the result.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know that the client can see the network share \\servername\repldata which has a UNC subfolder with the snapshot in it (a folders deeper with the pubName and dateTime encoding as expected)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any tips or trips would be REALLY appreciated!" />
  <row Id="51106" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28723" RevisionGUID="585f07d6-130e-40e0-9565-db40ee97ca02" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:27:02.690" UserId="10104" Text="The concurrent snapshot for publication ‘xx’ is not available because it has not been fully generated or the Log Reader A" />
  <row Id="51107" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28723" RevisionGUID="585f07d6-130e-40e0-9565-db40ee97ca02" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:27:02.690" UserId="10104" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;replication&gt;" />
  <row Id="51108" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28724" RevisionGUID="917ecd43-e1f5-474f-b256-4cd33a48c55f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:27:25.843" UserId="5234" Text="On Windows, explorer.exe is a program just like any other.  It can be started, stopped and restarted, just like any other program.  The only difference is that it's also capable of being used as a shell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Switching the shell will not prevent explorer.exe from being run, in much the same way as it won't prevent notepad.exe from being run.  You can hack around, but bear in mind that you're interfering with behaviour that is by design.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I said it before, but it's worth repeating: a brute force approach is normally an indication that built-in functionality is not being used optimally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For restarting a kiosk app if it dies, I think you're taking the wrong approach.  I'd be writing a service that polls the app every few seconds (making sure to Sleep () between polls...!) that would accomplish the same.  Consideration of how the whole setup would work if one was to reboot the computer (i.e. the kiosk app is dying, but this is intended behaviour) would also need to be taken.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From there, don't be looking to block explorer.exe from running, but instead investigate the &quot;Prevent access to these drives from My Computer&quot; GPO setting.  It may also be worthwhile searching on Technet or elsewhere for recommendations relating to running Windows in a kiosk mode." />
  <row Id="51109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28725" RevisionGUID="fd76f624-3371-4ca0-ad27-5f503907e325" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:28:34.093" UserId="9332" Text="The one, the only. [TestDisk][1]. [Here's a rundown of the entire process.][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk#Documentation&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk:_undelete_file_for_NTFS&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/Advanced_NTFS_Boot_and_MFT_Repair" />
  <row Id="51110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28726" RevisionGUID="9fc1ece3-ef42-4da2-801b-b15a066f22b0" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:31:17.067" UserId="8199" Text="From some basic research it looks like different hardware will have different numbers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Each receive DMA channel of a NIC can generate one interrupt, and each interrupt will target one CPU. Sun Multi-threaded 10GbE has 8 receive DMA channels per port, and Quad GbE has 4, so their interrupts can target at most 8 and 4 different CPU, respectively. To avoid interrupt CPU becoming the performance bottleneck, it is recommended to start with a value of the number of receive DMA channels per port or (# of CPU), whichever is lower, so that interrupt loads are distributed to enough CPU.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/Networks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So we'd need to know your motherboard/proc/NIC to find out what was the best setup." />
  <row Id="51111" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20356" RevisionGUID="c5998eeb-cedd-4661-84dd-dc2ee8b6b2fe" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:31:31.497" UserId="6383" Comment="Add Ireland and Germany" Text="After reading [How valuable do you find professional memberships?](http://serverfault.com/questions/17423/how-valuable-do-you-find-professional-memberships) I thought it would be useful to list the various professional groups and associations available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Discussion of the value (or not) of the groups belongs with the [How valuable do you find professional memberships?](http://serverfault.com/questions/17423/how-valuable-do-you-find-professional-memberships) question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;***System Administration Specific***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Global**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[PASS](http://www.sqlpass.org/), Professional Association for SQL Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Australia**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SAGE-AU](http://www.sage-au.org.au), The System Administrators Guild of Australia&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Germany**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[sage@guug](http://www.guug.de/sage/), System Administration Special Interest Group within the German Unix User Group&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Ireland**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[The Systems Administrators' Guild of Ireland](http://sysadmin.ie/), The Systems Administrators' Guild of Ireland&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SAGE-IE](http://www.sage-ie.org/), The Systems Administrators' Guild of Ireland&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Two groups with the same name and different web sites?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**USA**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[LOPSA](http://www.lopsa.org), The League of Professional System Administrators&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[NPA](http://www.npanet.org/), Network Professional Association&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SAGE](http://www.sage.org), The [USENIX](http://www.usenix.org/) Special Interest Group for Sysadmins&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;***IT And Computing in General***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Global**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ACM](http://www.acm.org), Association for Computing Machinery&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[IEEE Computer Society](http://www.computer.org/), The IEEE Computer Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Australia**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ACS](http://acs.org.au), Australian Computer Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Canada**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[CIPS](http://www.cips.ca/about), Canadian Information Processing Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UK**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[BCS](http://www.bcs.org.uk), British Computer Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**USA**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[USENIX](http://www.usenix.org/), The Advanced Computing Systems Association&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please add any more that you know of." />
  <row Id="51112" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28727" RevisionGUID="f542cd3c-413b-41ac-9e40-a0c3de11e53b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:33:20.370" UserId="9834" Text="Here where I work we use Symantec BackupExec 11D to handle all of our server backups. recently had an issue crop up on the weekend where the backups got hung up.  Ended up restarting all of the backupExec services to unjam it.  The backs now are getting written out until they hit the Microsoft Information store (Exchange 2003 on Server 2003)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the error in the logs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Backup- \\EXCHANGE\Microsoft Information Store\First Storage Group Error, Unable to open \\EXCHANGE\Microsoft Information Store\First Storage Group because it is currently being backed up by another process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our vendor has suggested just restarting the entire server (in their opinion the vss service is conflicting wi9th the backupexec) but I'm personally loath to just reboot unless I need to.  Has anybody seen this type of issue or know which service might be related to this?" />
  <row Id="51113" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28727" RevisionGUID="f542cd3c-413b-41ac-9e40-a0c3de11e53b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:33:20.370" UserId="9834" Text="Information Store failing to be written to backups" />
  <row Id="51114" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28727" RevisionGUID="f542cd3c-413b-41ac-9e40-a0c3de11e53b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:33:20.370" UserId="9834" Text="&lt;backupexec&gt;&lt;exchange-2003&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="51115" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28728" RevisionGUID="4b6eec24-3170-46e3-a766-9690b84d08ed" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:34:51.007" UserId="5584" Text="Writing good, long term stable embedded software is difficult.  It gets more difficult as feature complexity rises.  Lots of testing is required to get it just right.  None of these requirements are well suited to the current home networking market.  Every manufacturer is trying to get products out the door quicker, with better features than their competitors and for the lowest cost possible.   Problems can always be fixed with a firmware update later (which never come because the manufacturer is trying to get the firmware for the next version out the door).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Testing time is responsible for a lot of the difference in price between consumer grade and commercial grade routers.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For your problem specifically, I would guess your internet connection is unreliable.  I've noticed that most of the problems with consumer routers are DHCP related.  The router and the modem or headend equipment get out of sync.  A reboot of the modem and router usually fixes the issue.  (Or you can pay more for a static IP from your provider, those tend to work well for months.)  Some routers also run out of memory with too many open connections.  Running connection/data intensive services like BitTorrent can cause issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise, just keep trying different routers until you find one that is stable.  I am running a T-Mobile version of the Linksys WRT54GS and it has never required a reboot in 2 years of operation." />
  <row Id="51116" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28729" RevisionGUID="144d78a9-e376-4232-b467-76a5b6da7725" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:35:14.110" UserId="6383" Text="I've started a [list of sysadmin groups](http://serverfault.com/questions/20356/professional-groups-and-associations) which will provide a starting point for searching.  If you find any group not listed please add it." />
  <row Id="51117" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28729" RevisionGUID="144d78a9-e376-4232-b467-76a5b6da7725" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:35:14.110" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28730" RevisionGUID="e77dd702-53b0-4e46-b452-7f121da05aac" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:36:58.507" UserId="1054" Text="What are your favorite (active!) tags for sysadmin related things?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Examples (obviously MS biased...):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #sql&#xD;&#xA;    #sqlserver&#xD;&#xA;    #windows&#xD;&#xA;    #microsoft" />
  <row Id="51119" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28730" RevisionGUID="e77dd702-53b0-4e46-b452-7f121da05aac" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:36:58.507" UserId="1054" Text="Sysadmin related Twitter tags" />
  <row Id="51120" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28730" RevisionGUID="e77dd702-53b0-4e46-b452-7f121da05aac" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:36:58.507" UserId="1054" Text="&lt;reference&gt;&lt;communication&gt;&lt;twitter&gt;" />
  <row Id="51121" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28730" RevisionGUID="e77dd702-53b0-4e46-b452-7f121da05aac" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:36:58.507" UserId="1054" />
  <row Id="51125" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28732" RevisionGUID="23c259a0-5f9f-4c7a-9644-2a14a20378bf" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:39:51.917" UserId="8132" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For testing purposes i frequently run OpenBSD in VmWare, before version 2.0.x, tweaking the vm type and using Freebsd compatibility mode made the job but this does not work anymore with VmWare server 2.0.x.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does somebody know a way to make vmware tools work on a virtualized  OBSD host with VmWare server 2.0.x?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51126" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28732" RevisionGUID="23c259a0-5f9f-4c7a-9644-2a14a20378bf" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:39:51.917" UserId="8132" Text="How to run VmWare tools in OpenBSD4.5 with VmWare server 2.0.X" />
  <row Id="51127" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28732" RevisionGUID="23c259a0-5f9f-4c7a-9644-2a14a20378bf" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:39:51.917" UserId="8132" Text="&lt;openbsd&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="51131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28736" RevisionGUID="aa67c087-77e2-44a1-a2ad-5ce879ea148f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:44:21.597" UserId="4946" Text="I've very recently been saved by [Partition Find and Mount][1].  &#xD;&#xA;It's even free, although there's a speed limit (512Kb/sec) in the free version... But that didn't keep me from copying 60 gig off a lost partition (it took more than a day though).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://findandmount.com/" />
  <row Id="51132" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28737" RevisionGUID="9e3a9dc2-0b50-46a5-ab81-0fa1ead4016c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:44:30.300" UserId="2189" Text="It's because they're all junk unless you spend some extra money or get lucky.  Modern routers are really pretty sophisticated little machines made on the cheap and packaged in plastic boxes.  I've never been surprised that they're unreliable.  Anytime someone calls me up complaining that their &quot;internet is down&quot; the very first thing I have them do is recycle the power on their router, and it often works. (granted this doesn't mean that the hardware was to blame, but I stopped going through the &quot;troubleshooting&quot; phase a long time ago, because it often was)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sub-$100 routers by Linksys, Netgear, D-Link, Belkin... all pretty much the same in my experience with them.  I have only had one home router that I didn't have to restart every so often... My current Linksys WRT54G is pretty rock solid, and I'm chalking it up to luck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now if you spend a little more money you can get into an economy router that should be more reliable.  I have an old Cisco 806 that's been running for over five years non stop, and a Linksys RV042 that's been running in front of a web server non stop for well over a year.  They're both entry level &quot;business&quot; grade devices that when new were a couple to several times more expensive than the typical home router from Staples.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At any rate, my guess is that it's all about build quality and QA.  You get what you pay for...and having to restart a router occasionally may not be such a big problem at home that it'd be worth spending more." />
  <row Id="51134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28739" RevisionGUID="eaf642fe-ce42-49e5-a35d-4ede62c8309d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:47:07.143" UserId="6244" Text="IIRC PC can have any number of MSI interrupts. But each device is limited to 32 (for PCI 2.2) or 2048 (for PCI 3.0) MSI interrupts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See also [wiki about Message Signaled Interrupts][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_Signaled_Interrupts" />
  <row Id="51139" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28742" RevisionGUID="dda9f291-ca0a-48bb-826e-b7728f0c468b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:52:31.050" UserId="6246" Text="&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;#linux&#xD;&#xA;#apache&#xD;&#xA;#mysql&#xD;&#xA;#php&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="51140" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28742" RevisionGUID="dda9f291-ca0a-48bb-826e-b7728f0c468b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:52:31.050" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28743" RevisionGUID="89fb00cc-3c06-4c36-a9a3-67852d558b9f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:53:36.537" UserId="9637" Text="Hm .. the worst Friday project i ever had was called the &quot;Sacked&quot; project. &#xD;&#xA;My boss asked me three weeks ago if I could spare 5 minutes of my time so we could talk. He gave me a new project : &quot;Start looking for another job. You have one month from now&quot; but he formulated it in managerial terms : &quot;Since the current sittuation does not suit us both (me and the company) it's better if we look for alternatives .. as we no longer need a database admin and we're feeling that you feel somehow restrained here ... &quot; :)" />
  <row Id="51143" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28743" RevisionGUID="89fb00cc-3c06-4c36-a9a3-67852d558b9f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:53:36.537" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51144" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28744" RevisionGUID="6f194c34-4278-43bf-b1d6-ff127904bc0d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:54:47.143" UserId="2305" Text="If you suspect an explorer addon, try [shexview][1], which can list and disable them for you. You will have to kill &amp; restart all explorer.exe processes for it to take effect, though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, on a server you might just disable all of them, since who needs PDF preview in Explorer and similar things on a server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html" />
  <row Id="51145" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28745" RevisionGUID="2d80403f-9277-49c3-a5e7-3686aadfcb9a" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:56:09.590" UserId="2869" Text="I have a 5 yr old linksys wrt54g that I only ever need to reboot when starting things up again after my isp was down.  At the moment, I'm at 8mo+ without an outage." />
  <row Id="51146" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28746" RevisionGUID="07ea3393-f88d-4ae3-96bc-8d41f7661b84" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:56:48.967" UserId="5234" Text="My experience is that Backup Exec is *very* fussy when it comes to interoperability with VSS.  The normal symptom is that everything works fine for weeks or even months, then the mysterious failures start coming thick and fast.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are a number of VSS hotfixes available from MS that may resolve it (KB940252, KB940349, etc), but they require a reboot of the server.  In my case, they didn't work anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Troubleshooting steps should involve seeing if NTBackup works (helps to rule out - or confirm - if it's a BE-specific issue), and checking your vss writers (vssadmin list writers) - you might find that restarting the services associated with any writer that reports trouble is enough to resolve this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's also worthwhile configuring your VSS services to restart on failure.  Also check the WMI service - it seems connected in some way I've never been able to determine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you're running VSS snapshots on any shared folders that may be on your Exchange servers (which you shouldn't be, but sometimes these things need to be done), check the space available for them and the number of snapshots you have.  There's a theoretical max of 64, if memory serves, but VSS seems to like lots of headroom, so you shouldn't really have even half that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Upgrading your BE installation to the latest service packs is also recommended.  Symantec support policy is that if you're not on the current version you're on your own, but there may be worthwhile fixes in a more recent 11D service pack than you might be on." />
  <row Id="51147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28747" RevisionGUID="e6834030-8462-4ba6-baf2-9fdbd33b77b1" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:57:12.083" UserId="671" Text="I always squeal with delight when I get a call at 4:58pm on a Friday from someone who absolutely must get something done RIGHT NOW.  Usually this something is a task they have been planning for a while and should have notified us about days or weeks ago to be reviewed and scheduled properly.  I understand that real emergencies can happen any time, and I'll swing right into action if needed, but &quot;I forgot to call you two weeks ago about this and I kept forgetting and the deadline is right now&quot; isn't going to win many sympathy points." />
  <row Id="51148" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28747" RevisionGUID="e6834030-8462-4ba6-baf2-9fdbd33b77b1" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:57:12.083" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51149" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28748" RevisionGUID="ad8462b3-cb1c-42b8-811a-2709744686d8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:57:17.327" UserId="2722" Text="Current situation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 2xESX 3.5 (Soon to be vSphere)&#xD;&#xA; - 2xESXi 3.5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All four servers are running standalone. The two ESX servers are beginning to run out of hard drive space but still doing very well on the processing and memory fronts. We're not running any external iSCSI or SAN storage for the servers at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ESX servers are also running Ultra320 SCSI drives which are beginning to get very pricey at low storage rates ($550 for 300GB!), so I want to shy away from just throwing more 'small' drives at the ESX servers knowing the hard drives will become rarer with time in the event of drive failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is probably the best solution? Right now I'm looking at the [DroboPros][1] which will allow for more growth over a longer period of time, which looks nice for budgets, or at a Dell Poweredge 2950 with 2TB of storage (using 3 bays out of 6 in RAID 5) but still room to grow since it runs SATA for around $3400. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm also looking at trying to get vCenter and vMotion, but would there be any advantages to the above two solutions over each other? By switching to external storage I'm hoping to not have to replace these servers until they are maxed out on RAM usage or the CPU load is finally too great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.drobostore.com/store/drobo/en_US/DisplayCategoryProductListPage/categoryID.14398600" />
  <row Id="51150" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28748" RevisionGUID="ad8462b3-cb1c-42b8-811a-2709744686d8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:57:17.327" UserId="2722" Text="VMWare ESX Storage Upgrade solutions" />
  <row Id="51151" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28748" RevisionGUID="ad8462b3-cb1c-42b8-811a-2709744686d8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T15:57:17.327" UserId="2722" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;storage&gt;&lt;drobo&gt;&lt;vmware-esx&gt;&lt;iscsi&gt;" />
  <row Id="51153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28750" RevisionGUID="7c6c9598-e8df-4e5c-b2bc-63ac4cd38f4b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:02:55.020" UserId="6397" Text="I would suggest it may be the time considering the iSCSI SAN solution. DroboPros is really a good affordable option for that matter. However, if the budget permits, I would also recommend implement SAS disks instead of SATA. The performance will be a lot better, especially when the SAN is going to host several or maybe more than 10 guests on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a iSCSI SAN w/ SAS disks in place but I am at the point where I need to upgrade the space too. So I upvoted this question and will be looking at closely as well to see if other guys have any suggestions. " />
  <row Id="51154" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28751" RevisionGUID="73e2fbd7-b960-4221-96ec-3a9a79187450" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:04:10.900" UserId="4824" Text=" - Is there a management/log page in the cable modem you can access?&#xD;&#xA; - Have you tried a different cable modem?&#xD;&#xA; - Do you power cycle the modem as well as the router? (**Warning**: I always found this to be a &quot;Russian roulette&quot; troubleshooting step. i.e. it might not reconnect for hours... or at all.)&#xD;&#xA; - Have you tried firmware updating the router (as opposed to installing DD-WRT)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used to have a similar, frustrating connectivity issue but the firmware update fixed it for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51155" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28752" RevisionGUID="80e1c400-12b8-4d3b-a14d-1fcfaf640d76" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:04:13.413" UserId="9751" Text="Well, I would be in trouble if I didn't mention a coworker's (and friend's) project that does what you are asking for very very well.  It is called Tiotha and can be found [here][1].  It is free to use, and is designed to replace the explorer shell with a customizable, secure interface.  We use it for all student fat and thin clients, as well as our fat clients in the agency.  It also works really well in a TS environment, and is compatible with all MS products up to and incluiding Vista and Server 2008.  Check it out if you like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tiotha.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="51157" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28754" RevisionGUID="9fe1abf5-7fdb-4e3d-84bf-21f6eccae602" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:05:16.873" UserId="9483" Text="If I implement a brand new GFS backup rotation, where M-Th I'm running incremental backups, and on Friday I run a Full backup, how will the first incremental backup that runs on Monday know what to backup? My understanding is that the incremental (or diffs) are to run after the full runs...that is, they backup what has changed since the last full backup. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been reading up on the GFS rotation, and every chart I look at, and explanation that I read, has it with the incrementals (or diffs) running during the week, with the full running on Friday or Saturday. This seems backwards to me, in terms of grouping tapes for weekly sets. Shouldn't each set of weekly tapes you keep have the full backup leading, with the incrementals following???" />
  <row Id="51158" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28754" RevisionGUID="9fe1abf5-7fdb-4e3d-84bf-21f6eccae602" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:05:16.873" UserId="9483" Text="GFS Backup Rotation" />
  <row Id="51159" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28754" RevisionGUID="9fe1abf5-7fdb-4e3d-84bf-21f6eccae602" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:05:16.873" UserId="9483" Text="&lt;backup&gt;&lt;incremental-backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="51161" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28406" RevisionGUID="360736ed-c134-42ba-b137-be7f3bf50403" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:08:37.193" UserId="9883" Comment="Added destination and that i'm still looking for feedback." Text="If you wanted to trace an IP address because that IP Address was the source of attacks and abuse, how would you accomplish this?  Is there anything one can do to find who is using a given IP address and furthermore is there anything that can be done to stop it? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:** The destination (where the server is) is in the USA. The source indicates that it is also USA but like someone suggested, the IP Address is likely spoofed... I'm still open to further input/details...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks,&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Frank" />
  <row Id="51162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28756" RevisionGUID="092c782d-19ea-4b36-943d-beb9f35a00f7" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:08:49.377" UserId="6383" Text="[This](http://github.com/Scullywag/lvmsummary/tree/master) didn't take long to write." />
  <row Id="51163" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28757" RevisionGUID="a0967343-45f3-4b5c-961d-19bceffc3d82" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:10:28.703" UserId="8993" Text="HP are pretty good with their server specs being available on the net:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HP ProLiant DL585 G1 Memory Configuration with examples][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/11902_div/11902_div.html#Memory" />
  <row Id="51164" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28736" RevisionGUID="9ce90d62-0be4-4bbf-8319-af0bf062443a" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:10:43.570" UserId="4946" Comment="added 16 characters in body" Text="I very recently had a similar issue, but i have been saved by [Partition Find and Mount][1].  &#xD;&#xA;There's a free version, although it has a speed limit (512Kb/sec). &#xD;&#xA;But that didn't keep me from copying 60 gig off a lost partition (it took more than a day though).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://findandmount.com/" />
  <row Id="51165" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28758" RevisionGUID="6bf4dce8-8d1e-4990-954b-ad3c778878d0" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:11:43.210" UserId="2629" Text="What are the things that happen in your job that make you say, **&quot;Yeah, now that's why I'm a system administrator&quot;**?  What are the things that you take delight in in your job?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While I did wait for a Friday to post this, I'm hoping that &quot;Weekends&quot; and &quot;Money&quot; are not the top voted answers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Rules:*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- one answer per post&#xD;&#xA;- upvote, don't duplicate" />
  <row Id="51166" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28758" RevisionGUID="6bf4dce8-8d1e-4990-954b-ad3c778878d0" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:11:43.210" UserId="2629" Text="What makes it all worthwhile?" />
  <row Id="51167" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28758" RevisionGUID="6bf4dce8-8d1e-4990-954b-ad3c778878d0" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:11:43.210" UserId="2629" Text="&lt;job-satisfaction&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;culture&gt;" />
  <row Id="51168" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28758" RevisionGUID="6bf4dce8-8d1e-4990-954b-ad3c778878d0" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:11:43.210" UserId="2629" />
  <row Id="51169" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28718" RevisionGUID="cfbdbabe-03cd-4c96-b835-23a5a3364db5" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:13:55.093" UserId="8199" Comment="added 45 characters in body" Text="Is it overheating? Mine does that occasionally.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit to include:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Checking modem signal" />
  <row Id="51170" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28706" RevisionGUID="1c89b5e7-38b0-413b-bdcc-8552fd1007f8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:14:22.907" UserId="9332" Comment="Just a guess.; deleted 1 characters in body" Text="A place I used to work at it was against company policy to do a deployment or implementation on a Friday or a Monday.  Best rule ever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Friday Bad for Admins &#xD;&#xA; - Monday Bad for Business" />
  <row Id="51171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28759" RevisionGUID="f04cf045-bef7-4452-a181-3aa430df06d0" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:16:07.163" UserId="3657" Text="To quote Hannibal from the A-Team: &quot;I love it when a plan comes together&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a great satisfaction in pulling off a large or critical or highly visible implementation.  We recently moved an entire department to another floor and did it very effectively with very positive responses from the users being moved.  For us it involved extending the network, IP phone deployment, PoE for the first time in the company, etc. etc.  A small example of why I love what I do." />
  <row Id="51172" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28759" RevisionGUID="f04cf045-bef7-4452-a181-3aa430df06d0" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:16:07.163" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51174" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28761" RevisionGUID="efb20f20-6680-45ba-b99f-d3591ca7f497" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:18:56.753" UserId="1803" Text="Ok, I'll bite.  **NEW TOYS**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's still hard to believe that someone else will *pay* me to use *their* money to buy and play with servers." />
  <row Id="51175" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28761" RevisionGUID="efb20f20-6680-45ba-b99f-d3591ca7f497" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:18:56.753" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51176" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28762" RevisionGUID="b5528447-e771-40a3-bb01-d25a17dcbf0b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:19:15.940" UserId="9332" Text="I believe well managed IT, and free access to information, will bring about the greatest revolution in human history.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just want to play a part." />
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  <row Id="51178" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27404" RevisionGUID="7fee377c-1666-4398-920a-bdf6df1c0358" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:19:36.003" UserId="846" Comment="Change to reflect &quot;correction&quot; in comment" Text="DNS lookups are sequential, starting at the end.  Assuming empty caches, the lookup for MISSING.DOMAIN.COM would go **something like this** ... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - the DNS client would request MISSING.DOMAIN.COM from a DNS server.&#xD;&#xA; - the DNS server asks the &quot;root&quot; DNS for MISSING.DOMAIN.COM domain, and gets back a name server for the COM domain.&#xD;&#xA; - the DNS server asks the COM name server for MISSING.DOMAIN.COM, and gets back a name server for the DOMAIN.COM domain.&#xD;&#xA; - the DNS server asks the DOMAIN.COM name server for MISSING.DOMAIN.COM.  The DOMAIN.COM name server has no answer, so it reports back an address for DOMAIN.COM, depending on it's configuration.&#xD;&#xA; - If there were an NS record for MISSING.DOMAIN.COM, it would be returned, and the original DNS server would query it next.  If there was an A record for MISSING, the IP on it would be reported back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That is the gist of it.  In reality it is far more complicated due to caching, load balancing, and the fact that Name Servers can be specified by name and so must be looked up as well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To summarize your question .. you can specify several name servers for a domain and have them setup with *different* information.  The answer is **yes**, but you must be careful and know what you are doing.  You can use DNS to support [load balancing][1] and can use it to support [failover lite][2].  But you need to be careful!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*EDIT: Despite my clearly noting that my answer is a simplification, bortzmeyer pointed out in a comment a couple of my simplifications.  This (apparently) caused some downvotes by those who miss the point of **simplification**.  I made a few adjustments that I hope address the concerns.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/11286/load-balancer-options/11292#11292&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6702/how-can-i-automaticaly-change-the-dns-a-record-to-point-my-site-to-a-secondary-se" />
  <row Id="51179" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="15515" RevisionGUID="88c01b4a-33c4-497f-a241-7138adfd4ce7" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:20:29.917" UserId="4979" Comment="added 157 characters in body" Text="In short, yes, you would create separate volumes for SQL Server data files, log files, and TempDB data and log files. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since you tagged your question with Equallogic, please read through the free [Dell Reference Architecture Guide: Deploying Microsoft® SQL Server® with Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS5000 Series Storage Arrays][1] (registration required) before designing your solution. Often you'll find that **guidance on specific configurations can differ significantly from generic advice**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.equallogic.com/resourcecenter/assetview.aspx?id=7633" />
  <row Id="51180" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28763" RevisionGUID="c89384a4-d2bf-44a8-a81c-23633eb824fc" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:20:33.753" UserId="4733" Text="I like going into a situation that is perceived by others to be a crisis or a full-blown emergency and then having the knowledge and skills to calm everyone and make it all better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51181" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28763" RevisionGUID="c89384a4-d2bf-44a8-a81c-23633eb824fc" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:20:33.753" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51182" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28764" RevisionGUID="fe036613-7e5f-4cce-ae2d-da6dcca444a8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:20:35.127" UserId="3235" Text="I had a project announced one Friday afternoon that will live in legend here.  It was 2:30pm a lovely sunny summer afternoon, we were all goofing around just burning time til 4pm when we could bail and the Head of the Controller's Office comes down and says, &quot;We want to implement Cognos Planning, so we can use it this fall.&quot; We've got contractors arriving Monday.  So, can you build us some servers?  We got to explain about server order lead time, and lots of other headaches.  Including that none of us knew anything about Cognos Planning and that we doubted having used Cognos BI that planning would be a snap to implement in the 4 weeks available for their timetable.  Especially given the 3 week timeframe for getting hardware.  The one thing I have to say about doing projects for the money people though, when you say if you want this done I need training, and the next training session is 1800 miles away so I need airfare and a hotel too they just say &quot;Yes.&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That project was NIGHTMARE of last minute &quot;little changes&quot; that were really huge changes due to failing to plan the project correctly in the first place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Got it done.  But it was a bunch of long nights, Friday afternoons that lasted til Monday and other neat stuff like that. " />
  <row Id="51183" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28764" RevisionGUID="fe036613-7e5f-4cce-ae2d-da6dcca444a8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:20:35.127" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51184" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28342" RevisionGUID="c9ee4117-8378-4513-b19a-66326e8a6778" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:21:01.287" UserId="846" Comment="correct list formatting" Text="Actually, the &quot;single incident&quot; development model is a good idea, as the first step.  One reason is that is makes the planning exercise more realistic and focused.  Plan for the flood, all the way.  Then suppose a different incident (say, long term power outage), apply that plan to it, and fix what breaks.  After a few iterations, the plan should be relatively robust.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some thoughts ...&#xD;&#xA; - be sure to account for unavailable people.  If there is a flood, you can't assume that all relevant staff are available.  Someone might be on vacation, or injured, or dealing with their family.  &#xD;&#xA; - plan for communication problems and weaknesses. Have multiple numbers and multiple modes.  &#xD;&#xA; - the DR plan needs a chain of command.  Knowing who makes decisions is critical.  &#xD;&#xA; - the plan needs to be widely distributed, including offsite and off the grid.  It needs to be accessible during the disaster!  " />
  <row Id="51185" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28765" RevisionGUID="8d523821-9dc6-4b6a-bfd2-b91daee82362" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:21:51.770" UserId="3235" Text="`#netbackup`  &#xD;&#xA;`#cognos`  &#xD;&#xA;`#microsoft`  &#xD;&#xA;`#linux`  " />
  <row Id="51186" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28765" RevisionGUID="8d523821-9dc6-4b6a-bfd2-b91daee82362" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:21:51.770" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51187" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28762" RevisionGUID="6f0c6b85-51cc-484b-93ac-3862747c057a" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:24:55.040" UserId="9332" Comment="added 29 characters in body" Text="I believe well managed IT, and free access to information, will bring about the greatest revolution in human history.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just want to play a part.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And I like to fix things." />
  <row Id="51188" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28766" RevisionGUID="0fdbb389-83de-4741-b938-97e887c6a8fd" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:25:19.377" UserId="7200" Text="I have similiar feelings to Kevin Kuphal re: being happy when a planned project comes out successful, except that I enjoy it more when the users don't ever realize that anything happened. Rollouts of new infrastructure hardware, server computers, etc, that take place behind the scenes and happen totally seamlessly just make me giddy. If I've done my job right, someone might say &quot;Gee-- xyz system seems to be running faster...&quot;, but that's all I ever hear about it. Ahhh... job satisfaction.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51189" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28766" RevisionGUID="0fdbb389-83de-4741-b938-97e887c6a8fd" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:25:19.377" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51190" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28767" RevisionGUID="07671ee0-2bd4-4c1a-831e-99f697eda300" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:26:32.713" UserId="3235" Text="I like fixing things.  I like fixing them in the way that means I never have to fix them again. The more complex and snarly the problem the happier I am when I get it done." />
  <row Id="51191" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28767" RevisionGUID="07671ee0-2bd4-4c1a-831e-99f697eda300" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:26:32.713" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28769" RevisionGUID="97c492fa-75de-4754-826c-6e1864d7e784" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:26:45.130" UserId="1054" Text="I love pretty much all aspects of my job, but it's an especially big feel-good for me when I can help someone solve a problem that they've been beating their head against the wall on.  Knowing that someone can work better is a great feeling.  The ego boost from being the one that can solve the problem ain't bad, either ;)" />
  <row Id="51194" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28769" RevisionGUID="97c492fa-75de-4754-826c-6e1864d7e784" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:26:45.130" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51195" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28770" RevisionGUID="09c4f4bf-ec5e-433c-8f35-5e7bdc2501cd" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:27:53.770" UserId="1561" Text="Cheesy, but it shows everything (except where the filesystems are mounted).  Save it as `/usr/sbin/lvms`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    #lvms command - consolidates all LVM views into a single command&#xD;&#xA;    pvscan 1&gt;/dev/null 2&gt;/dev/null&#xD;&#xA;    vgscan 1&gt;/dev/null 2&gt;/dev/null&#xD;&#xA;    lvscan 1&gt;/dev/null 2&gt;/dev/null&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Available Physical Volumes - - - - - - -&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    pvs&#xD;&#xA;    echo&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Active Volume Groups - - - - - - - - - -&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    vgs&#xD;&#xA;    echo&#xD;&#xA;    echo &quot;Active Logical Volumes - - - - - - - - -&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    lvs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Follow-up:&#xD;&#xA;Pgs (on this page) has provided a much nicer script." />
  <row Id="51196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28771" RevisionGUID="998c652b-4439-4583-b809-5ee42f955cf7" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:28:14.207" UserId="3235" Text="You have to run a full first.  Or your first incremental will basically be a full anyhow but a very slow one.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It helps if you think of your full backup as the first tape in your week, and the incremental backups as later in the week.  So your week ends Friday at 5pm and your new week starts Friday at 5:01pm.  So your Full Backups that run over the weekend are really the start of the next week.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reason the full backups run Friday/Saturday/Sunday is they take a lot longer than do the incrementals. " />
  <row Id="51197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28772" RevisionGUID="fb31147a-2bf5-4548-8165-4868835085b9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:29:02.987" UserId="7200" Text="The full is &quot;leading&quot;. You're think of the week starting on a Monday. In the backup's &quot;mind&quot;, the week starts on Friday or Saturday. Your weekly sets would be all the tapes from the full through the last incremental or differential before the next full. Don't think about &quot;calendar weeks&quot;, think about &quot;backup weeks&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It doesn't matter which day of the week you run the full on-- you'll still start a restore by bringing back the last full and then the last differential (or all incrementals) taken after that full.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Typically, Friday or Saturday is chosen to give the longest window of non-business hours time to take the full backup. If you have a better day of the week for the full, use it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW: If you can get away with differential backups use them instead of incrementals. You have much less risk exposure." />
  <row Id="51198" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28763" RevisionGUID="459291f9-9613-4b70-b26c-450d07289828" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:29:41.317" UserId="4733" Comment="added 949 characters in body" Text="I like going into a situation that is perceived by others to be a crisis or a full-blown emergency and then having the knowledge and skills to calm everyone and make it all better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One example of me being the hero:  I used to freelance IT work and still do, on the side, from some of my old clients.  One particular client owns a jewelry store and was running his database of customers on an old windows 98 machine.  The software was dos-looking and had previously ran under windows 95.  I told him numerous times that his hard drive was going south, but he never had the time to do anything about it...until early one Saturday morning when it wouldn't boot.  His database of clients and inventory from the past 15 years was suddenly gone.  He called me and asked for advice.  I told him the info was likely gone forever.  Then I picked up the drive, brought it to my office, and recovered all of the data, including the install software.  I installed the software on a virtual machine and exported it to something I could work with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;He was blown away that I was able to save his info.... and paid me accordingly.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51199" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28757" RevisionGUID="54414dfe-c986-4d81-ba79-2f6eeac7a1d1" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:31:02.687" UserId="8993" Comment="added 409 characters in body" Text="HP are pretty good with their server specs being available on the net:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HP ProLiant DL585 G1 Memory Configuration with examples][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/11902_div/11902_div.html#Memory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looks like the memory on the DL585 is  a bit fiddly, and dependent on which processor board you have, and you should have 8 slots per memory bank (sure you only got 4?).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With approximate costs for the HP 2700Mhz sticks of about:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2 x 512MB = £90&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2 x 1GB = £130&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2 x 2GB = £660&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best bang for the buck would be to populate the rest of bank 1 out with the 1GB modules to bring it up to 10GB.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51200" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28773" RevisionGUID="e72e3562-a741-4a79-bd51-6fa61f979ab1" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:31:39.690" UserId="9332" Text="What I help run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 4 ESX 3.5 Servers&#xD;&#xA; - 3 Equal Logic SANS [(From Dell)][1]&#xD;&#xA; - 2 Dedicated Switches&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Being able to vmotion machines from one server to another has helped many times. So many I cannot count. We even had to replace the mobo on one of the servers. No down time for the VMs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have more than one ESX server, seriously consider a good SAN (w/ iSCSI), with good disks (SAS). Spending a little extra on good equipment will save you a lot of heartbreaks, and headaches, later on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.equallogic.com/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="51201" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27404" RevisionGUID="98180480-5a29-4a8c-8ddb-ef4979da4d4b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:32:19.830" UserId="846" Comment="Remove some negative tone." Text="DNS lookups are sequential, starting at the end.  Assuming empty caches, the lookup for MISSING.DOMAIN.COM would go **something like this** ... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - the DNS client would request MISSING.DOMAIN.COM from a DNS server.&#xD;&#xA; - the DNS server asks the &quot;root&quot; DNS for MISSING.DOMAIN.COM domain, and gets back a name server for the COM domain.&#xD;&#xA; - the DNS server asks the COM name server for MISSING.DOMAIN.COM, and gets back a name server for the DOMAIN.COM domain.&#xD;&#xA; - the DNS server asks the DOMAIN.COM name server for MISSING.DOMAIN.COM.  The DOMAIN.COM name server has no answer, so it reports back an address for DOMAIN.COM, depending on it's configuration.&#xD;&#xA; - If there were an NS record for MISSING.DOMAIN.COM, it would be returned, and the original DNS server would query it next.  If there was an A record for MISSING, the IP on it would be reported back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That is the gist of it.  In reality it is far more complicated due to caching, load balancing, and the fact that Name Servers can be specified by name and so must be looked up as well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To summarize your question .. you can specify several name servers for a domain and have them setup with *different* information.  The answer is **yes**, but you must be careful and know what you are doing.  You can use DNS to support [load balancing][1] and can use it to support [failover lite][2].  But you need to be careful!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*EDIT: in a comment, bortzmeyer pointed out a couple of simplifications which in his opinion cross the line to error.  I made adjustments that I hope address the concerns.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/11286/load-balancer-options/11292#11292&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/6702/how-can-i-automaticaly-change-the-dns-a-record-to-point-my-site-to-a-secondary-se" />
  <row Id="51202" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28774" RevisionGUID="51ae7466-baff-444d-a453-6ce65ada26de" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:35:26.703" UserId="8396" Text="When tracking bad stuff back to it's source I always start with a web based whois lookup.  I don't want any queries that appear to come from my address block going anywhere near the attack. My favorite is Network Solutions lookup: http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp, and then I work back through the providers as appropriate to find the ISP that owns the address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What next steps you take are really dependent on the type of attacks/abuse you're seeing. You could block attacks at your border, cut off the user's account (if they have one with you), you could email the ISP's abuse line and provide them data on the attacks (times, netflows, etc.) and let them cut them off, and in cases of criminal activity you could call the police.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think it's worth pointing out here that in cases where you think you might call the cops, if the ISP is across state lines the FBI won't really be interested unless there is SIGNIFICANT financial losses.  If you're dealing within a state, incidents like stalking or kiddie porn can be taken to the local police though." />
  <row Id="51203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28775" RevisionGUID="11be78cb-90b7-4913-b2d0-77c57f141fe8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:38:02.703" UserId="3146" Text="Can't say that I've had these same problems so I don't know that it's &quot;general&quot; as much as it may be specific to your network setup/usage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My network consists of several routers (both wired and wireless) since I run multiple subnets.  I have a mixed client environment (Windows, Linux and Mac's).  I use my own cable modem, i.e. one I bought at the store and not the cable company &quot;lease it for life&quot; model.  My IP is dynamic and not static.  My only reboots have been with the cable modem due to insufficient signal strength from the cable company (which they finally diagnosed and fixed with a booster going into my house).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A couple rules of thumb I try to use in my equipment selection are to use the same manufacturers equipment as much as possible to eliminate any compatibility issues and to avoid anything that has the word &quot;draft&quot; in it's name/description.  Again, I don't want compatibility issues due to various interpretations of the &quot;draft standard&quot; regardless of how close it is to being final (I'll wait).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My cable modem problem was due to the fact that the local cable company adjusts it's signal strength twice a year (summer and winter).  After contacting the cable company their tech's were able to diagnose the problem (my home lacked the required signal strength to maintain a proper network connection which by the way did not interfere with the cable TV signal one bit).  They added a signal booster to my home and I've not had the problem since.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, if you're having the problem weekly and with different manufacturers routers then the problem is probably not the routers." />
  <row Id="51204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28776" RevisionGUID="102e982f-5f39-4bf8-9754-00eaf031a36d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:38:30.050" UserId="1435" Text="If you're very budget-constrained then an iSCSI SAN box will be fine but I'd be very tempted to go for a low-end FC-based SAN, something like an HP MSA2000fc G2 - it'll blow the socks off most iSCSI solutions." />
  <row Id="51205" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28752" RevisionGUID="964d37cb-3cc3-44ec-bd78-074e521149c0" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:39:14.963" UserId="9751" Comment="My english teachers would have shot me..." Text="Well, I would be in trouble if I didn't mention a coworker's (and friend's) project that does what you are asking for very very well.  It is called Tiotha and can be found [here][1].  It is free to use, and is designed to replace the explorer shell with a customizable, secure interface.  We use it for all student fat and, since it works very well in a TS environment, thin clients, as well as our fat clients in the agency.  It is compatible with all MS products up to and incluiding Vista and Server 2008.  Check it out if you like.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://tiotha.sourceforge.net/" />
  <row Id="51206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28777" RevisionGUID="08646a3c-2189-4d2a-afb8-bbac1b516afa" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:41:04.990" UserId="9884" Text="I love solving problems. Taking a serious issue and working backwards to try and find the cause. I'm not a big CSI fan but when I break out WireShark and start examining data packet by packet ultimately pointing me to the answer... it just feels good. It's also very much appreciated when others acknowledge the work you've done since most of what I, and I'm sure many of you, do is not plainly visible." />
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  <row Id="51208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28778" RevisionGUID="83bf4e0e-013b-4149-bdb4-ef8fe3581e8e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:43:28.653" UserId="2629" Text="I'm interested in a better answer than what I can give you.  My understanding is that clients try to reach out to the Master and all of the Replicas.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It didn't work well for us, however.  We had one master (started at 10.5.3, IIRC) and 12 replicas.  For reasons we were unable to track down, the Open Directory Service would go down on the master, but the box was still up, and clients could not authenticate (even though bound to their local replicas).  Rebooting the master resolved the problem (for a few hours).  We did migrate the master, and things were better for a couple of months, and then the problem resurfaced." />
  <row Id="51209" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28706" RevisionGUID="226d86f8-74c5-4b82-b939-b9cdd5930e79" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:44:40.773" UserId="4172" Comment="Just adding thoughts." Text="A place I used to work at it was against company policy to do a deployment or implementation on a Friday or a Monday.  Best rule ever.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Friday Bad for Admins and no one knows something's broke until Monday morning which is never a good time and you likely forgot important details over the weekend.&#xD;&#xA; - Monday Bad for Business - stuff is always broke on Monday anyway and no one is at 100%." />
  <row Id="51210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28779" RevisionGUID="4853d6a2-4921-440d-8386-b1834a0ea749" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:45:58.710" UserId="3038" Text="If you have any plans at all to scale out your ESX cluster, and it sounds like you are as you're considering vmotion and vcenter, you do need to pay attention to your I/O channel. SATA is OK for one or two servers pounding it, but if you ever plan to go past two it won't scale well without serious engineering. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, 'serious engineering', costs a lot of money. As do SAS-based arrays. In the long run, SAS will give you good performance for longer on an equivalent amount of disk. The SATA architecture doesn't handle massively random I/O as well as SCSI based disks (of which SAS is one). You can compensate for this in array hardware with larger caches to help de-randomize the I/O, but there will still be that fundamental limit at the base. There is a reason the big array vendors suggest that SATA drives not be used in an 'online' capacity (ESX hosts, file-servers) and instead suggest 'nearline' (Backup-to-disk, email archive, that kind of thing)." />
  <row Id="51211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28780" RevisionGUID="2be40cfc-933b-4334-8372-b901bf175a62" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:47:06.540" UserId="3000" Text="Had a Linksys WRT 54GS that would do that when I had encryption enabled. I put a fan on it and it never happened again. Seems the chipset got too hot when the encryption (WEP, or anything else) was turned on and that once a week was when I and the roommate were both using the wireless.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Had a problem with that happening to a Netgear router. It was their base 54G, don't remember the model. It started after I had it for a few years. Replaced it with a newer model I got cheap, problem has come back once in 4 months. No idea why.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As others said, probably not the routers, since it's multiple models and brands. Could be the modem, or the providers, or even power maintenance, like a weird surge resetting something in your house weekly, or on the provider's end." />
  <row Id="51212" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28781" RevisionGUID="d36de22c-4965-4482-a505-622fa644486d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:48:44.070" UserId="9170" Text="http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,23069-order,1/description.html u try this one it may help u..." />
  <row Id="51213" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28727" RevisionGUID="2e8abc1b-fc70-45c7-af29-2a0f45228d5b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:48:45.240" UserId="9834" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body" Text="Here where I work we use Symantec BackupExec 11D to handle all of our server backups. recently had an issue crop up on the weekend where the backups got hung up.  Ended up restarting all of the backupExec services to unjam it.  The backs now are getting written out until they hit the Microsoft Information store (Exchange 2003 on Server 2003)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the error in the logs:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Backup- \\EXCHANGE\Microsoft Information Store\First Storage Group Error, Unable to open \\EXCHANGE\Microsoft Information Store\First Storage Group because it is currently being backed up by another process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our vendor has suggested just restarting the entire server (in their opinion the vss service is conflicting with the backupexec) but I'm personally loath to just reboot unless I need to.  Has anybody seen this type of issue or know which service might be related to this?" />
  <row Id="51214" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="28631" RevisionGUID="def6bf1a-f956-44c0-9b44-d505f421e759" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:48:48.703" UserId="9922" Comment="probably a more relevant title" Text="How can I prevent explorer starting as a shell in a kiosk setting?" />
  <row Id="51215" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28782" RevisionGUID="cb3fa586-18bf-437d-bb6f-683dc1c6d94a" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:48:55.210" UserId="9884" Text="Ever since obtaining my WRT54G v.4 and flashing it with DD-WRT my router woes have been few and far between. It's been my experience that the bane of routers is software that creates many concurrent connections. Bit torrent is an excellent example of this, and if this sounds familiar you may want to limit the number of concurrent connections that your client is able to utilize." />
  <row Id="51216" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28783" RevisionGUID="a4f6e83d-e475-42b9-a419-9c32ebff16c5" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:50:24.723" UserId="7136" Text="Overheating and &quot;overwhelming&quot; are the two things I see most.&#xD;&#xA;If you are pushing the maximum bandwidth through a home router the firmware can get overwhelmed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming you are using a streaming data service...&#xD;&#xA;Try throttling your BitTorrent back to about 80% of maximum throughput (both up and down.)&#xD;&#xA;You are only hosting legal content. right? ;-)" />
  <row Id="51217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28784" RevisionGUID="f23ac906-4e54-4530-a799-d9dea0f58279" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:52:15.750" UserId="2629" Text="Teaching people.  When you can show them how they can accomplish something faster and better, that's awesome.  I have the fortune of working in a school division, and while it has been mostly after-hours and extra-curricular, teaching kids [Scratch][1] or [robotics][2] is where it is at.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://scratch.mit.edu&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://thenxtstep.blogspot.com/" />
  <row Id="51218" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28784" RevisionGUID="f23ac906-4e54-4530-a799-d9dea0f58279" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:52:15.750" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28785" RevisionGUID="a4cb4841-7b83-4207-a96c-c5d70521f99e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:56:03.230" UserId="1435" Text="Building products and services that I'm proud of and that people want to use." />
  <row Id="51220" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28785" RevisionGUID="a4cb4841-7b83-4207-a96c-c5d70521f99e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:56:03.230" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51221" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28786" RevisionGUID="19c63aed-2752-4d1a-9c77-4727873bfa34" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:56:12.107" UserId="791" Text="The short answer is, no, with only the pre-shared key (PSK) you cannot decrypt other user's traffic, but, it is fairly simple to collect the additional information needed. Stations don't directly use the PSK to encrypt packets. Instead, they use the PSK to generate a Pairwise Master Key (PMK) which in turn generates the Pairwise Transient Key (PTK) used for encrypting packets. Both parties, the station and access point (AP), calculate the PTK using nonces (random numbers), the MAC addresses, and a couple other pieces of data combined with the PMK. All the data other than the PSK is in the 4-way handshake and is not encrypted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So knowing the PSK and collecting the 4 frames of the RSN protocol (a.k.a the 4-way handshake) is enough information to feed into something like [Wireshark][1] and [decrypt traffic][2] between a station and AP. You can argue that collecting the data from the 4-way handshake is timing sensitive, but several (free) tools exist that allow a third party to forge de-authentication packets enabling an attacker to better predict when to capture this information.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wireshark.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://wiki.wireshark.org/HowToDecrypt802.11" />
  <row Id="51222" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28787" RevisionGUID="d1514859-c2ed-463b-ba0c-bc1346298242" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:57:25.910" UserId="6681" Text="*NOTE: I asked this question this morning with respect to EC2 boxes, but only got back links to tools to start and stop instances, so I'll rephrase...*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a few Linux boxes that do nightly processing jobs for one of my projects. From time to time, I'll need to get in, make some code changes, configure some things, move files around, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My toolset for these operations is painfully sparse (SSH into the box, edit files in VIM, WGET remote files that I need), and I suspect there is a much better way to do it. I'm curious to hear what other people in my position are doing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you using some form of Windowing system and remote-desktop equivalent to access the box, or is it all command line? Managing remote Windows boxes is trivial, since you can simply remote desktop in and transfer files over the network. Is there an equivalent to this in the Linux world?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you doing your config file changes/script tweaks directly on the machine? Or do you have something set up on your local box to edit these files remotely? Or are you simply editing them remotely then transferring them at each save?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How are you moving files back and forth between the server and your local environment? FTP? Some sort of Mapped Drive via VPN?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd really need to get some best practices in place for administering these boxes. Any suggestions to remove some of the pain would be most welcome!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51223" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28787" RevisionGUID="d1514859-c2ed-463b-ba0c-bc1346298242" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:57:25.910" UserId="6681" Text="How do you remotely administer your Linux boxes?" />
  <row Id="51224" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28787" RevisionGUID="d1514859-c2ed-463b-ba0c-bc1346298242" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:57:25.910" UserId="6681" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;administration&gt;&lt;remote-access&gt;" />
  <row Id="51226" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28788" RevisionGUID="3e41e2be-b173-44a6-ac1c-4da2259249fd" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:57:53.787" UserId="3110" Text="Taking a problem or need that requires me (or some minion) to visit every desktop, and scripting it into a it's fixed on the next reboot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Testing of course prevents the &quot;HOLY CRAP what happened to your computer?&quot;" />
  <row Id="51227" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28788" RevisionGUID="3e41e2be-b173-44a6-ac1c-4da2259249fd" CreationDate="2009-06-19T16:57:53.787" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51228" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28789" RevisionGUID="e0e206b5-c753-4928-8813-87d6e983140f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:00:12.177" UserId="7200" Text="If you're looking for a nice GUI to work with file management via SSH from Windows boxes, have a look at WinSCP: http://winscp.net&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't administer any EC2 instances, but in general if I have more than a single machine performing a role I'll try and write a script to perform work on all the like boxes, in lieu of making changes box-for-box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to get started using Puppet (http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/), because it makes system administration more of a configuration management exercise. I haven't had the spare cycles to have a look at it in detail yet, but I've heard very good things." />
  <row Id="51234" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28793" RevisionGUID="c6625d78-3a17-4b1e-bcf0-b6ecc38fe70d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:02:39.283" UserId="1561" Text="Making life easier for the end-users.  Sometimes, spoiling them with little nuances that make things easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No, seriously.  At the end of the day, if the lives of the end-users that are using (afflicted with?) the software/systems are better in some small way, then I know it's a job well done.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think it has something to do with pursuing a personal philosophy regarding work that is akin to [Eudaimonia][1]; and in Systems Administration, that means pursuing excellence that makes your effort worthwhile, IMHO.  The measure of that excellence will be in the satisfaction of the people that appreciate or use your efforts (given the nature of the job).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, making systems better and better for our users = happier users = better lives for them and me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudaimonia" />
  <row Id="51235" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28793" RevisionGUID="c6625d78-3a17-4b1e-bcf0-b6ecc38fe70d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:02:39.283" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28794" RevisionGUID="0516c183-5030-4e4b-92d2-a096bd77cf52" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:03:21.593" UserId="2408" Text="SSH has always been enough for me. There are other options X11 is essentially remote desktop though it's inherently insecure as it alone is not encrypted. However it can be tunneled through an SSH connection (and you get the benefit of not having to open up additional ports). This of course assumes that you have an X environment installed on the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SFTP (which is ftp over SSH so once again no additional ports need to be opened) can be used to put files on the server rather than pull them a good windows sftp client  can be found at http://filezilla-project.org/" />
  <row Id="51239" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28796" RevisionGUID="0cb817e3-34be-4d74-8759-c767eda2742d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:04:41.807" UserId="9503" Text="I ssh to the box and make change in command line and with editors like vi/nano when change is simple. For more complex change on file, like editing multiple source code at the same time, I use [BBEdit][1] on Mac OS X. It can access to the filesystem using SCP. I'm sure there is such editor for windows and linux. [sshfs][2] is a way to access your filesystem remotely using ssh.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html" />
  <row Id="51240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28797" RevisionGUID="83227d1c-2cd0-459b-beed-e84e0667019c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:06:38.513" UserId="10116" Text="SSH works most of the time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there are GUI tools I want to use I just use [VNC][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For moving files around I usually mount a CFIS/SAMBA share to my local machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VNC" />
  <row Id="51242" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28799" RevisionGUID="82706bf8-0e56-46ca-b220-7d007cd74cb6" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:08:17.340" UserId="7136" Text="Ubuntu includes some tools that can find files on the drive directly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've used photorec on deleted image files (not sure how it does on bad/missing partitions.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's an Ubuntu howto on [Data Recovery][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DataRecovery&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure you output the recovered data to a different drive to avoid killing what you are trying to recover." />
  <row Id="51243" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28800" RevisionGUID="f370e8a6-cca9-4964-986c-ac2b72346b29" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:08:25.780" UserId="6965" Text="Definitely PuTTY; as well as the ssh client, there's a Windows-based SCP client as well." />
  <row Id="51244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28801" RevisionGUID="88dba284-08f9-407c-bbd9-870cfb1ab044" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:08:32.660" UserId="7558" Text="I'm seeing a lot of queries from a .Net data access server I maintain timing out. It appears to be totally random with no relationship to data or data locks.  For example, the following query timed out! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     SELECT NULL FROM DUAL &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The system logs show that when it happened CPU was at 20%, memory 42%, Disk 3%. What is going on? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The DB is version 10.2.0.3.0 on HPUX.&#xD;&#xA;The ODP driver is 2.111.6.20 (11g driver)" />
  <row Id="51245" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28801" RevisionGUID="88dba284-08f9-407c-bbd9-870cfb1ab044" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:08:32.660" UserId="7558" Text="ODP Queries Timing out Against Oracle DB" />
  <row Id="51246" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28801" RevisionGUID="88dba284-08f9-407c-bbd9-870cfb1ab044" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:08:32.660" UserId="7558" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;timeout&gt;&lt;random&gt;&lt;oracle-data-provider&gt;" />
  <row Id="51247" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28802" RevisionGUID="de473b60-08c4-43cb-981d-3f7af1d267cb" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:08:50.893" UserId="8401" Text="What's wrong with ssh, vim, and wget?  Jewels unknown to most Windows users, in my opinion.  :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes I use gVim remotely over FTP or SFTP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you would prefer using the GUI on the Linux machine, you can run an X Server (see Cygwin for one) on your local host and forward your display back through your ssh connection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I never considered a VPN solution worth the expense or hassle for administering Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're doing development and need to run your dev jobs on the server, just set up a revision control client on the server, log in remotely, sync the client, and run your process." />
  <row Id="51248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28803" RevisionGUID="f3027e4a-4c67-42bb-aa73-44cba5b09de5" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:09:31.800" UserId="2408" Text="This thought occured to me and while not an actual problem I'm curious to know. When a virtual machine syncs it's clock with the hardware clock does that sync the hardware clock of the host? Change to software clock of the host? Does the time difference between the host and software get stored in a VM's file? Does nothing at all happen?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know this is a random and seemingly meaningless question but I like to understand what goes on under the hood of all my systems. The direct use case for me is NTPD's SYNC_HWCLOCK in a linux Xen VM but I'm curious about other virtualization platforms as well since they all operate differently." />
  <row Id="51249" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28803" RevisionGUID="f3027e4a-4c67-42bb-aa73-44cba5b09de5" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:09:31.800" UserId="2408" Text="What happens when you sync your hardware clock in a VM?" />
  <row Id="51250" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28803" RevisionGUID="f3027e4a-4c67-42bb-aa73-44cba5b09de5" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:09:31.800" UserId="2408" Text="&lt;time&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="51251" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28804" RevisionGUID="174ecc5d-aaf2-4119-9107-aa5c6be9a5be" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:09:32.423" UserId="7559" Text="Mine happened just 6 months ago.  We had just switched to a new server for a PHP/MySQL web application.  Since I got to choose the OS, I chose the one I'm most familiar/comfortable with: Ubuntu.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We had a number of backup scripts that would be run by cron hourly, daily, etc.  The transition went perfectly.  There were only about 2 minutes of down time while I transferred the MySQL DB from the old server to the new one and switched IPs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A few weeks later however, I was working in MySQL at the command line and was deleting some old test records that were no longer needed.  Since I'm a programmer first, sysadmin second, I've gotten into the habit of typing my semi-colon (;) first and then typing in the command.  Well, as I was about to add the WHERE clause to my DELETE query, I accidentally hit the enter key.  ...oops.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*`Query OK, 649 rows affected (0.00 sec)`*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;No big deal,&quot; I thought.  &quot;The hourly backup just finished 4 minutes ago.  There might be 3 records lost in all.  I quickly went to the backup directory and restored.  Problem solved.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...Then I noticed the timestamp on the backup.  **It was 17 days old.**  There were no other backups.  I had just wiped out everything in the system entered less than 17 days before.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It turns out there's a bug in Ubuntu's cron daemon that causes it not to run a script file with a dot (.) anywhere in the name.  It doesn't raise an error, so there's no evidence of a problem.  It just refuses to run it.  All of our backup scripts had dots in their names.  They worked perfectly before, but not now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lessons I've learned:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Don't put the semicolon on MySQL's command line until you actually want to run the query.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Check the timestamp on your backup files *before* restoring them.&#xD;&#xA; 3. **Test your backup scripts and make sure they *really* work.**" />
  <row Id="51252" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28804" RevisionGUID="174ecc5d-aaf2-4119-9107-aa5c6be9a5be" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:09:32.423" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51253" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28805" RevisionGUID="21f15f23-be8d-464a-b960-05188f91b61b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:09:49.847" UserId="6469" Text="Command-line over ssh for linux (since they haven't even X11 installed) and a mix of ssh and ARD for my Apple machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that I never use Apple Remote Desktop to transfer files, because AFP over TCP is *ridiculously slow*; I just use `scp`." />
  <row Id="51254" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28806" RevisionGUID="4a131490-d340-433b-a934-6d839146f5e3" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:11:04.167" UserId="9376" Text="So when I go into the Volume Licensing Service Center and review our current used/available MAK activations, it says #/50. (the # being the number of our currently used). What I'm curious about, so far we only put vista on like 10 of our boxes. But over time, if we format a machine for some reason, then activate it, I'm assuming it will then in a way consume 2 keys? So what happens when we max the 50? Does that mean we have to fork over some more cash to M$? If so that's pretty lame." />
  <row Id="51255" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28806" RevisionGUID="4a131490-d340-433b-a934-6d839146f5e3" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:11:04.167" UserId="9376" Text="Windows Vista MAK keys and Volume Licensing.." />
  <row Id="51256" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28806" RevisionGUID="4a131490-d340-433b-a934-6d839146f5e3" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:11:04.167" UserId="9376" Text="&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="51257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28807" RevisionGUID="f36acd57-dfcb-4524-8f28-5520bbbfaeb7" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:12:41.887" UserId="9332" Text="I use:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; - SSH - For access&#xD;&#xA; - SCP - Copying files&#xD;&#xA; - SSHFS - If I need to mount a drive or directory&#xD;&#xA; - git - Saving configs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Putting my configs under version control, was probably the smartest thing I have done. I use SSH based tools as often as possible to reduce the administrative footprint and attack surface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Currently all my git repos are local. In the future I'll be moving the configs to remote repos.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51258" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28808" RevisionGUID="82d887b3-d3ad-4b34-8add-4510ef287d34" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:13:47.250" UserId="9563" Text="Don't forget about using [Webmin][1], a web-based interface for system administration for Unix/Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.webmin.com/" />
  <row Id="51259" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28793" RevisionGUID="d3f4274b-ee1f-4338-b85a-c6d23f264586" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:14:47.857" UserId="1561" Comment="reword 3rd paragraph" Text="**Making life easier for the end-users.  Sometimes, spoiling them with little nuances that make things easier.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No, seriously.  At the end of the day, if the lives of the end-users that are using (afflicted with?) the software/systems are better in some small way, then I know it's a job well done.  I know there are similar answers, but hear me out - mine's slightly different.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think it has something to do with pursuing a personal work philosophy that is akin to [Eudaimonia][1]; and in Systems Administration, happiness in your work means pursuing excellence that makes your effort worthwhile, IMHO.  The measure of that excellence will be in the satisfaction of the people that appreciate or use your efforts (given the nature of the job).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, making systems better and better for our users = happier users = better lives for them and me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if everyone's lives are better, then I know as I head home, deep in my heart, that it was a good day to be a SysAdmin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudaimonia" />
  <row Id="51260" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28806" RevisionGUID="cb94f0e1-ddd8-487c-84de-576c7509c1f4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:15:42.287" UserId="9503" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windowsvista&gt;&lt;licensing&gt;" />
  <row Id="51261" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28809" RevisionGUID="c181773a-34f7-4b7b-aa67-77ea6dc50a54" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:15:59.210" UserId="1324" Text="The first thing you need to do is to make an image of the drive, so you do not ruin it more while attempting to recover it. Boot any live linux CD ([Knoppix][1], [Ubuntu][2], whatever), and use dd to dump the disk data on another storage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;dd if=/dev/sda of=/mnt/myexternaldrive/olddrive.img&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;where /dev/sda is the old (broken) drive, and /mnt/myexternaldrive is the mount point where you mount your external (or secondary) drive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, you can use [fdisk][3] (or [parted][4], or [gparted][5]), and just create an NTFS partition, which occupies the whole drive, and try to mount it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this mounts, but there are no files, you can try running some file recovery software line [ntfsundelete][6].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.knoppix.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ubuntu.com&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://linux.die.net/man/8/fdisk&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://linux.die.net/man/8/parted&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://linux.die.net/man/8/ntfsundelete" />
  <row Id="51265" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28810" RevisionGUID="87aeebe4-9d19-4b40-9b02-404d4f3cb443" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:17:28.630" UserId="9486" Text="Here's a &lt;a href=&quot;http://adterrasperaspera.com/blog/2006/10/30/how-to-choose-cddvd-archival-media&quot;&gt;nice article&lt;/a&gt;. Although getting a bit outdated in reference of the hardware mentioned, the general idea is still the same." />
  <row Id="51266" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28811" RevisionGUID="b0736d2e-bd8b-46d2-b1b8-b58ab35d62be" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:17:40.907" UserId="2629" Text="If you want remote graphical access, you'll almost certainly want to set up VNC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to edit your files remotely over SSH, you've got some options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- if your using KDE tools (Kate, KDevelop), use the [fish][1] protocol.&#xD;&#xA;- [set up FUSE][2] to (auto)mount your remote volume.&#xD;&#xA;- Use [muCommander][3] (a cross-platform, graphical `mc`) to move your files back and forth&#xD;&#xA;- some text editors (ex. TextWrangler on the Mac) support getting files over ssh and moving them back and forth&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After you've edited your file, just use SSH to, say, start compiling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One other thing to consider is using a version control system.  [bzr][6] is really nice; it is easy to set up, and designed to be easy to use.  You could work on one computer, push the update, pull the update on your server, execute commands, and revert if things go awry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/15895.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.linuxscrew.com/2009/03/10/mount-remote-filesystem-via-ssh-protocol-using-sshfs-and-fuse-fedoraredhatdebianubuntu-way/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.mucommander.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.mucommander.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/15895.html&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://bazaar-vcs.org/" />
  <row Id="51267" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28812" RevisionGUID="da813924-e624-455d-bb20-f2083170db08" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:19:47.237" UserId="1483" Text="I'm on a x64 Server 2008 system.  I'm seeing these 2 error messages in my event log periodically:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;WARNING: &#xD;&#xA;  The LastCounter and LastHelp values of the performance registry are corrupted and need to be updated. The first and second DWORDs in the Data Section contain the original LastCounter and LastHelp values, respectively, while the third and fourth DWORDs in the Data Section contain the updated new values.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ERROR:&#xD;&#xA;  The performance counter name string value in the registry is not formatted correctly. The malformed string is 17894. The first DWORD in the Data section contains the index value to the malformed string while the second and third DWORDs in the Data section contain the last valid index values.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both of these have source as LoadPerf, and are followed by an information message from LoadPerf:&#xD;&#xA;  Performance counters for the Backup Exec (Backup Exec) service were loaded successfully. The Record Data in the data section contains the new index values assigned to this service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As I said before, these 3 messages repeat periodically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[KB 300956][1] leads me to believe that the performance counter library needs to be rebuilt. The instructions supposedly include 2008, but I don't have an i386 directory on my install CD, and can't find the perfc009.da_ or perfh009.da_ files anywhere on the cd.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So i guess I'm looking for 2 things.  1) simply where I can find those files for 2008 x64, and even better 2) if someone has dealt with these errors on server 2008 and can give me any advise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300956" />
  <row Id="51268" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28812" RevisionGUID="da813924-e624-455d-bb20-f2083170db08" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:19:47.237" UserId="1483" Text="LastCounter and LastHelp values of the performance registry are corrupted and need to be updated" />
  <row Id="51269" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28812" RevisionGUID="da813924-e624-455d-bb20-f2083170db08" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:19:47.237" UserId="1483" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;backupexec&gt;" />
  <row Id="51270" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28801" RevisionGUID="f22cdc9e-37e8-4a59-a021-0a4742229a84" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:21:27.813" UserId="7558" Comment="added 146 characters in body" Text="I'm seeing a lot of queries from a .Net data access server I maintain timing out. It appears to be totally random with no relationship to data or data locks.  For example, the following query timed out! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     SELECT NULL FROM DUAL &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The system logs show that when it happened CPU was at 20%, memory 42%, Disk 3%. What is going on? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The DB is version 10.2.0.3.0 on HPUX.&#xD;&#xA;The ODP driver is 2.111.6.20 (11g driver)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I checked out the sqlnet.log and found a number of these error messages which I believe are related:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    TNS-12535: TNS:operation timed out" />
  <row Id="51271" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28617" RevisionGUID="307f85bb-f395-429b-bba3-962266c10eff" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:21:43.117" UserId="4517" Comment="Correction" Text="The short answer is yes. Your total hard drive latency is the [seek latency] + [rotation latency]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The 10K RPM drive will have a smaller rotational latency due to its faster spinning and will also be able to read data off of the drive faster. What the higher cache will do is for writes. A cache is similar to a buffer. When it reads data from the disk it will store recently accessed data and data within the near vicinity for quicker access. This is called temporal and spatial locality. The higher cache will be useful if your access pattern is such that you read the same file a lot or the data is stored near each other.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wikipedia has a decent page on [disk caches][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_cache" />
  <row Id="51272" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27457" RevisionGUID="173ad536-54ef-40ba-8612-595ee702d9ae" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:22:54.470" UserId="6116" Comment="clarify that process is continually respawned without a reboot or an X startup" Text="I installed Google Desktop for Linux and want to prevent it from running without necessarily deleting all its files.  I managed to find and disable the file in `/etc/cron.hourly`, but `gdl_box` is still being launched by process 1:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1  5199  5199  5199 ?           -1 Ss   32074   0:01 /opt/google/desktop/bin/gdl_box&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've grepped for `gdl` in every file under `/etc` and have turned up no suspects.  There doesn't seem to be anything in `/etc/init.d` or in the `/etc/rc*.d` directories.  How can I find and slay this evil daemon?  More exactly, how can I find out what is causing it to be spawned and prevent it from ever spawning in the first place?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have killed the `gdl_box` over and over, but without a reboot or an X restart, *something* in the system keeps respawning it.  I would like to find out what and stop it.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28813" RevisionGUID="8747e0b1-ce4a-4ad5-b88f-0b8580c66852" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:25:15.417" UserId="5989" Text="You need to consider a system configuration management tool like Chef. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hardly manage systems manually via SSH sessions anymore. I keep all the code for web applications and projects in a source code repository that I can access from the systems that run them, say web sites on EC2. When working in the cloud, it is essential to have automated infrastructure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basic work flow looks like this. First, for the application code and configuration data:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Clone/checkout code from GitHub or other version control repository.&#xD;&#xA;* Edit code in my favorite editor on my local workstation/laptop.&#xD;&#xA;* Commit changes, push to central repository.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For configuration, add:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Install configuration files in the location where Chef can serve them.&#xD;&#xA;* Trigger a chef-client run, or wait for the interval, on the edge nodes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Systems get configured like package installs, user creation, config files generated from templates, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I [almost] never manually edit config files, application data, or anything else on the remote systems directly. Changes are done through my local repository and pushed out to the master. I know that my systems will be configured correctly every time, no matter if I have to kill an instance and restart it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Files needed by the configuration are served right off the Chef server, which is just a web application (merb, running in Apache + Passenger). Access for clients is controlled via openid authorization.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My configuration includes hooks into Nagios and Munin, so I also get monitoring and trending without having to manually do anything to set those up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best practices these days are leaning to automated configuration management. If you're still doing things manually, you're working too hard." />
  <row Id="51274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28814" RevisionGUID="18dc93b7-d674-47db-bbc1-ff60e0fae7ed" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:26:48.003" UserId="1936" Text="I have two CentOS servers: dev and prod. Located at different sites and, as a result, yum on each tends to use different mirrors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This morning the dev machine alerted me that there were some updates. I dutifully ran &quot;sudo yum update&quot; to get them, noted the kernel upgrade, rebooted and tested. All is well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Did the same on the production server but it assures me it doesn't need any stinkin' updates. (yet)  Apparently the chosen fastest mirror(s) haven't received the updates yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Coincidentally, I'll be doing hardware maintenance on that prod server in a few hours. Since I tend to measure his uptime in months, I'd really like to get the kernel update *before* I shut it down just to have it -- and not have to schedule another reboot in a day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I tell yum to try different mirrors? Is this a function of yum or that &quot;fastestmirror&quot; plugin?" />
  <row Id="51275" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28814" RevisionGUID="18dc93b7-d674-47db-bbc1-ff60e0fae7ed" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:26:48.003" UserId="1936" Text="Nudge yum to use different mirrors?" />
  <row Id="51276" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28814" RevisionGUID="18dc93b7-d674-47db-bbc1-ff60e0fae7ed" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:26:48.003" UserId="1936" Text="&lt;centos&gt;&lt;yum&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="51277" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28797" RevisionGUID="29cba1f5-fbbb-48da-a69e-f919df726526" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:27:02.480" UserId="10116" Comment="added 79 characters in body" Text="**SSH does the job most of the time.**   Learning the command line tools available to you is worth your time.  If there are GUI tools I want to use I just use [VNC][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For moving files around I usually mount a CFIS/SAMBA share to my local machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VNC" />
  <row Id="51278" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="28801" RevisionGUID="2004ba75-9769-41d5-aaf4-869aeb84d1b6" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:30:55.267" UserId="7558" Comment="edited title" Text="TNS-12535: TNS:operation timed out -- Oracle DB" />
  <row Id="51279" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28815" RevisionGUID="8321ca1a-62cc-4973-a29e-187f2d289bd0" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:32:34.810" UserId="5922" Text="For simple changes SSH and SCP do the trick. If needing to make changes on a larger number of machines, you should look at a configuration management system. It will be able to start / stop service, change the contents of config files, and verify that your systems are in a known state.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I prefer to use [Bcfg2][1] but [Puppet][2] and [CFEngine][3] are also popular.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have Bcfg2 running hourly on all of my servers, though it can be run manually as well. There's a central version-controlled repository of all the system configuration files so we can keep track of any modifications that are made. The system works extremely well and is a huge step up from logging in to servers manually and tweaking things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.bcfg2.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.cfengine.org/" />
  <row Id="51280" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28816" RevisionGUID="9dd7c554-25cc-4cad-ae52-eff0af5eda45" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:32:47.023" UserId="6352" Text="MAK activation is a standard Windows activation, with the only difference that you can use the same key to activate multiple times; the activation happens by contacting Microsoft itself: you can use a sort of proxy service for this, but it ultimately sends activation data to Microsoft.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows activation is linked to hardware, so, if you re-install the OS on the same computer, it should ***not*** count as two separate activation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem you're talking about could happen if you replace old computers with new ones, not if you re-install them; in this case, you can call Microsoft and tell them &quot;I just discarded 20 computers, so please upgade my number of remaining activations accordingly&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51281" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28817" RevisionGUID="802d0c02-af88-4660-a269-808e0a61a68b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:33:29.083" UserId="2783" Text="No... you're fine.  You can read more information on volume licensing activations here (http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/existing-customers/windows-activation-faq.aspx) or here (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/volumeactivation).  The answer to your question can be found in the following White Paper: [MAK and KMS Volume License Keys and activation limits][1]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Each MAK is associated with a specific number of activations. MAK activation limits are calculated based on Volume License agreements and levels and do not match your organization’s exact license count. We have estimated an initial MAK activation count that is adequate for most customers.*&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;snip...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;*If you need to change the activation limit of your MAK up to double the amount of activations originally allocated, the call center can help with these activations during the phone call. If the amount of activations needed is more, the Call Center representative will guide you through the steps needed to take part in the MAK exception process (MAKADD).*&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/9/5/695ba00d-c790-4c90-813a-f10539d97991/Volume_Activation_2.0_MAK_KMS_Key.doc" />
  <row Id="51282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28818" RevisionGUID="d25a5bb7-0abb-4925-b1e2-c16e40d8a565" CreationDate="2008-10-01T10:20:26.810" UserId="3978" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've installed Webmin in my server. The users of my Unix server must be able to change their passwords. So, for that, they use Usermin. But users just can't login in Usermin module. I get always this message:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Login failed. Please try again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone had experienced this behavior? How can I give access to Usermin to my users?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I must say that I'm able to login as any user when viewing &quot;Current Login Sessions&quot;-&gt;&quot;Switch to Usermin user:&quot;, with the Admin user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51283" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28818" RevisionGUID="d25a5bb7-0abb-4925-b1e2-c16e40d8a565" CreationDate="2008-10-01T10:20:26.810" UserId="3978" Text="Usermin (Webmin)- Users can't login" />
  <row Id="51284" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28818" RevisionGUID="d25a5bb7-0abb-4925-b1e2-c16e40d8a565" CreationDate="2008-10-01T10:20:26.810" UserId="3978" Text="&lt;login&gt;&lt;usermin&gt;&lt;webmin&gt;" />
  <row Id="51287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28821" RevisionGUID="423f106a-a969-4799-8c45-c6e74d377c73" CreationDate="2009-03-29T14:17:29.080" Text="&lt;p&gt;This occures when you disabled on unix account creation the shell login&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51288" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28399" RevisionGUID="300a983a-c747-48bb-9cfe-a0a89aab1b17" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:34:18.817" UserId="6352" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Can VMWare ESX or ESXi be installed and used inside a virtual machine?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It can be installed inside VMWare Workstation or Server, but then it doesn't work; the main symptoms are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- It runs ***REALLY*** slowly.&#xD;&#xA;- It lets you create VMs, but when powering up them it gives an error stating `&quot;You may not power on a virtual machine in a virtual machine&quot;`.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51289" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28822" RevisionGUID="2626fe51-13f9-4165-8962-a294d79fbd5a" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:39:41.457" UserId="3950" Text="&gt; My toolset for these operations is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; painfully sparse (SSH into the box,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; edit files in VIM, WGET remote files&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that I need), and I suspect there is a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; much better way to do it. I'm curious&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to hear what other people in my&#xD;&#xA;&gt; position are doing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sparse? What on earth do you mean? Excuse me for ranting, but dismissing ssh, vim and wget as painful is almost insulting. From your question I deduce you are mainly a programmer for your daytime job, so I kinda understand the question. But honestly, I would not hire a Linux admin who is not comfortable with any of the three tools you mentioned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Are you using some form of Windowing&#xD;&#xA;&gt; system and remote-desktop equivalent&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to access the box, or is it all&#xD;&#xA;&gt; command line? Managing remote Windows&#xD;&#xA;&gt; boxes is trivial, since you can simply&#xD;&#xA;&gt; remote desktop in and transfer files&#xD;&#xA;&gt; over the network. Is there an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; equivalent to this in the Linux world?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For administrator tasks I never, ever use an X environment. You do not need one, it'll only take up system resources and, for the most of the time, they're a hindrance instead of a help. Most GUI configuration tools (well, practically all, really) only offer a subset of the configuration option you can set in a configuration file with vim.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Managing a Linux box is no less trivial than managing a Windows box. It just takes some time to gain a decent skill set.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And a network file transfer equivalent? Plenty. scp, sftp, ftp, nfs, cifs / smb (Windows file sharing protocols), and then some.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Are you doing your config file&#xD;&#xA;&gt; changes/script tweaks directly on the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; machine? Or do you have something set&#xD;&#xA;&gt; up on your local box to edit these&#xD;&#xA;&gt; files remotely? Or are you simply&#xD;&#xA;&gt; editing them remotely then&#xD;&#xA;&gt; transferring them at each save?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depends on what I am doing. Most of the things I do directly in the config files on the machine (for development and testing boxes) and then I push the file into a configuration channel on our Satellite server, after which I deploy the file to all servers directly (for production boxes). Really, vim is a treasure. That is, when you find out how to use it properly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; How are you moving files back and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; forth between the server and your&#xD;&#xA;&gt; local environment? FTP? Some sort of&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Mapped Drive via VPN?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;scp all the way and maybe some sftp, and I suggest you do too. Never, ever use FTP to move sensitive files (e.g. config files) over a public network. I do not use a mapped network because again, all I need is on the server. If you mean c files and not configuration files here, I usually use something like svn or git and then push my changes to the box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; I'd really need to get some best&#xD;&#xA;&gt; practices in place for administering&#xD;&#xA;&gt; these boxes. Any suggestions to remove&#xD;&#xA;&gt; some of the pain would be most&#xD;&#xA;&gt; welcome!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You are already using them: ssh, scp, wget and vim. Those are not pain. There might be some teething pains, while you figure out how powerful they are. But, to bring the Windows analogy back, I feel seriously hampered when I have to use a Windows box. For you it's the other way around. It's just what you are used to. So, give it some time and it'll come to you." />
  <row Id="51290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28823" RevisionGUID="c3bc5650-e37e-4386-a860-1a6942289041" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:40:42.063" UserDisplayName="Jason" Text="I will have 3-4 servers that will need SAN access for both IOPS performance, and raw storage capacity. The limit is, cost. Solutions I have seen run $10,000+ for anything 9TB or higher. &#xD;&#xA;If I were to build my own, what hardware would you recommend and what software should be used if it is a $5000-7000 spending limit? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will all be linux environments. " />
  <row Id="51291" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28823" RevisionGUID="c3bc5650-e37e-4386-a860-1a6942289041" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:40:42.063" UserDisplayName="Jason" Text="Cost effective and frugal SAN solution for under $5000?" />
  <row Id="51292" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28823" RevisionGUID="c3bc5650-e37e-4386-a860-1a6942289041" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:40:42.063" UserDisplayName="Jason" Text="&lt;san&gt;" />
  <row Id="51293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28824" RevisionGUID="b942be54-9717-4e49-8703-47e6ebba2e08" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:41:49.970" UserId="2783" Text="If you are running WSS on this box and do not see SQL Server Express already loaded, then you chose to do a Basic Install, which loaded up (and is running off of) Windows Internal Database.  Amongst the limitations of Windows Internal Database (aka SQL Server Embedded Edition) is no preloaded GUI database management tools.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To answer your question, loading up SQL Server Express for a different application will have absolutely no effect on WSS (other than whatever resources will be used by the other application/database).  In the future, when loading up WSS, do an advanced install and explicitly choose to install to SQL Server Express (on the off chance you want to actually do any database maintenance to the WSS content databases).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to go completely buck-wild, the following article will walk you through migrating the existing WSS Content Databases from Windows Internal Database to SQL Server: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc287738.aspx" />
  <row Id="51295" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28817" RevisionGUID="c3baff47-fa6a-4922-b062-5d7ef35ac7a5" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:44:33.960" UserId="2783" Comment="Updated answer to explain why the MAK key count exists." Text="No... you're fine.  That count is there to prevent widespread piracy if a MAK key is leaked to the interwebs.  Microsoft will increase your MAK key count if you just call up and ask.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can read more information on volume licensing activations here (http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/existing-customers/windows-activation-faq.aspx) or here (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/volumeactivation).  The answer to your question can be found in the following White Paper: [MAK and KMS Volume License Keys and activation limits][1]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Each MAK is associated with a specific number of activations. MAK activation limits are calculated based on Volume License agreements and levels and do not match your organization’s exact license count. We have estimated an initial MAK activation count that is adequate for most customers.*&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;snip...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;*If you need to change the activation limit of your MAK up to double the amount of activations originally allocated, the call center can help with these activations during the phone call. If the amount of activations needed is more, the Call Center representative will guide you through the steps needed to take part in the MAK exception process (MAKADD).*&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/9/5/695ba00d-c790-4c90-813a-f10539d97991/Volume_Activation_2.0_MAK_KMS_Key.doc" />
  <row Id="51296" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28826" RevisionGUID="e1fc9068-4ee1-49b5-abb3-7b441e966727" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:44:40.870" UserId="2408" Text="I've seen a lot of answers about Teaching users. In my opinion one of the most valuable resources I get from my job is not spreading education but receiving it. Everything from learning about a little known command-line tool, to figuring out what signs indicate a new problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a lot to be gained from any of these kind of jobs especially if you have any co-workers. I guarantee that they know things related to your job that you don't, if you see them do something interesting, ask them about it! A lot of people are happy to share what they know (as long as it isn't sensitive) if for no other reason than to show off how much they know. You get the bonus of improving your relationship with your co-worker at the same time as learning something cool!" />
  <row Id="51297" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28826" RevisionGUID="e1fc9068-4ee1-49b5-abb3-7b441e966727" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:44:40.870" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51298" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28827" RevisionGUID="94348797-3436-4093-b716-906bbe97e1f1" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:45:23.177" UserId="6965" Text="I think it's the &quot;hardware&quot; clock of the VM; it'll get simulated along with the rest of the motherboard.  There's a separate option in VMWare tools to sync the VM's hardware clocks with that of their host, which I'd recommend you use, as well as getting the hosts to sync with an external NTP server, as that'll save the need to configure NTP on all your VMs.  I don't know if it's just us, but we didn't do this when we implemented our VMWare environment, and suffered all sorts of time-related problems and general weirdnesses before we got it sorted out." />
  <row Id="51299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28828" RevisionGUID="587b6908-fbf0-462f-b0db-273141c09106" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:45:39.697" UserId="10118" Text="I'd answer this question, but I've repressed that memory!" />
  <row Id="51300" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28828" RevisionGUID="587b6908-fbf0-462f-b0db-273141c09106" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:45:39.697" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28829" RevisionGUID="ea83709c-db02-4083-a313-1cd947f5c9ad" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:47:00.443" UserId="9770" Text="**Making the organization run harder, better, faster and stronger in ways that no one knew could be done with the aid of well chosen and implemented IT systems**. Ultimately I suppose even *that* reason boils down to: Making people happy." />
  <row Id="51302" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28829" RevisionGUID="ea83709c-db02-4083-a313-1cd947f5c9ad" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:47:00.443" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51303" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28830" RevisionGUID="8823416d-c329-440b-88b1-5793bdbe17f8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:48:36.867" UserId="10113" Text="I attempted to install the PDO MySQL driver onto a server with Solaris using the following commands:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ pecl download pdo_mysql&#xD;&#xA;    $ tar xzf PDO_MYSQL-1.0.2.tgz&#xD;&#xA;    $ cd PDO_MYSQL-1.0.2&#xD;&#xA;    $ phpize&#xD;&#xA;    $ ./configure --with-pdo-mysql=/usr/local/mysql&#xD;&#xA;    $ make&#xD;&#xA;    $ make install&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whenever I restart apache using &quot;./apachectl restart&quot; it fails to start (I'm only assuming since it won't load any of the websites hosted on it - I receive no error messages when running the preceding command).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My extension dir is &quot;/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613/&quot; and the following line is in my php.ini file &quot;extension=pdo_mysql.so&quot;.  There is indeed a new pdo_mysql.so file generated in the extension_dir.  When I comment out &quot;extension=pdo_mysql.so&quot;, Apache starts successfully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I try the command `pecl install pdo_mysql` I get `pecl/pdo_mysql is already installed and is the same as the released version 1.0.2`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What could have went wrong with my installation and where can I find error messages as to why Apache isn't starting?" />
  <row Id="51304" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28830" RevisionGUID="8823416d-c329-440b-88b1-5793bdbe17f8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:48:36.867" UserId="10113" Text="Apache won't restart with PDO MySQL enabled" />
  <row Id="51305" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28830" RevisionGUID="8823416d-c329-440b-88b1-5793bdbe17f8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:48:36.867" UserId="10113" Text="&lt;php&gt;&lt;pecl&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;pdo&gt;" />
  <row Id="51306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28831" RevisionGUID="1ee0cd76-fba9-4e46-8a73-a06cd653ae14" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:50:50.157" UserId="9770" Text="To comply with the &quot;One answer per post&quot; rule, here's another thing that keeps me coming back:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Implementing something that allows an end user or group of users to get home earlier**. Of course, this is ignoring the fact that if you streamline someone's work day they oftentimes feel awkward that they don't have to spend 11 hours at work and end up filling up the vacuum of time with different busy-work. =(" />
  <row Id="51307" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28831" RevisionGUID="1ee0cd76-fba9-4e46-8a73-a06cd653ae14" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:50:50.157" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51308" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28832" RevisionGUID="ed8ea670-d074-4b32-9adc-7f60bfabede4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:51:21.450" UserId="10121" Text="I am getting the error &quot;New transaction cannot enlist in the specified transaction coordinator&quot; when performing a query that uses a database link. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have asked our Sys Admins to make the following changes (see URL) to our Component Services configuration, specifically the security settings:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows/fix-new-transaction-cannot-enlist-in-the-specified-transaction-coordinator-on-server-2003-sp2/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These changes are to a server that is behind the corporate firewall. I am trying to anticipate what possible objections our Sys Admins may have  be to making this change, since it appears to be loosening security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone give me some insight into understanding the risk involved in making this change? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51309" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28832" RevisionGUID="ed8ea670-d074-4b32-9adc-7f60bfabede4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:51:21.450" UserId="10121" Text="Component Services Security Settings question" />
  <row Id="51310" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28832" RevisionGUID="ed8ea670-d074-4b32-9adc-7f60bfabede4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:51:21.450" UserId="10121" Text="&lt;com+&gt;" />
  <row Id="51311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28833" RevisionGUID="8431dda9-833d-46e9-aad7-1ec3fb77a056" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:51:22.383" UserId="3657" Text="Openfiler can provide the iSCSI infrastructure for the SAN.  Your cost then is simply the disks and enclosure.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might look at something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811219021&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which provides 20 hot-swap drive bays for SATA or SAS drives.  Slap in a motherboard of your choosing and some good SATA or SAS controllers.  Let openfiler handle the RAID-6 and the iSCSI for you.  I think you could do it quite cost effectively. " />
  <row Id="51312" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28834" RevisionGUID="77537015-ec55-451f-b88e-33439a39df72" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:52:05.533" UserId="5922" Text="Don't have any hardware recommendations off the top of my head, but as for software and networking you should definitely go for iSCSI. It will allow you to run the SAN network over your existing ethernet infrastructure, and adding more clients is basically free if you use the open-iscsi initiator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, having a dedicated switch or at least a VLAN is recommended, as well as a dedicated port on each machine for iSCSI traffic. You can get by without this but performance will suffer. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the target, you can run [OpenFiler][1], which will basically give you an appliance-like solution and ease the burden of configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.openfiler.com/" />
  <row Id="51313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28835" RevisionGUID="311f93f4-2323-4665-a457-e89fc53067c9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:52:11.620" Text="Was adding RAM to an email server in a cabinet with about 8 machines.  On the top row was a power strip with a &quot;lightswitch&quot; style on-off switch.  As we reached in to pull out the machine, my arm flipped up the light switch, cutting power to all of the machines ( There was no UPS on the boxes ).  All of the machines came back up except 1.  Spent the next 4 hours ( 2am - 6am ) fixing that box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lesson -- &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1)  UPS is good&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2)  Only use power strips and UPS's that protect their on-off switches from accidental tripping." />
  <row Id="51314" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28835" RevisionGUID="311f93f4-2323-4665-a457-e89fc53067c9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:52:11.620" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51315" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28836" RevisionGUID="71c3c1d1-a21d-4de1-a3ab-a97e845173b4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:52:38.653" UserId="6965" Text="Or, if you want to script it, you can do it as a registry edit:  Change the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters\NtpServer to the NTP server you want to use, followed by &quot;,0x1&quot;: the default is &quot;time.windows.com,0x1&quot;.  The restart the Windows Time service and you're sorted." />
  <row Id="51316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28837" RevisionGUID="89d24bf1-d14e-46c6-a248-5b2b3c425ca6" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:52:59.650" UserId="2408" Text="I don't know if the fastest-mirror plugin allows that but if you find a mirror that is unreliable, and this is a dirty solution i'll freely admit that, but add an entry to the host file so yum can't access that server. The fastest-mirror plugin will see it timeout and look for a better mirror.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other option is to change the repository file to not point at the general mirrors addresses but instead to point at one specific mirror." />
  <row Id="51317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28838" RevisionGUID="11faedbe-17c1-4edb-9035-b26082ca8511" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:53:16.687" UserId="5221" Text="In VMWare at least the hardware clock that the VM's OS sees is no more accurate than its own software clock as that clock is based on counting interrupts and ticks and such from the virtual hardware so is susceptible to skew when the VM or its host are under load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The VMWare tools clock-sync does not sync against the hardware clock as presented as the clock in the virtual hardware - it talks over the VM/host boundary to the host parts of VMWare (which sync it with the OS clock on the host, not the hardware clock).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other virtualisation solutions will work differently, of course. I have not used Xen enough to know specifically how it behaves in this area. Some VM solutions (including user-mode schemes like UML and arrangements that partition the existing kernel rather than actually virtualising the hardware) will use the host OS clock as the VM's clock directly so all you need to do is keep the host clock in sync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general, even on physical hardware, I would not have NTP use the hardware clock as a reference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you are using NTP inside a VM make sure you have &quot;tinker panic 0&quot; at the top of your ntp.conf so that the ntp daemon doesn't give up and stop trying to slide the clock back to the right place when it sees a large clock skew caused by a recent glut of load on the VM/host." />
  <row Id="51318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28839" RevisionGUID="349da1f7-856a-4659-bdfa-c45bbc2da1da" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:54:03.033" UserId="9332" Text="Many people have been excited about the [DroboPro][1]. Take a look. It supports everything you want at the price point you provided.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.drobo.com/products/drobopro/" />
  <row Id="51319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28840" RevisionGUID="c9937154-9ac5-40ce-87f2-8efcc09129bd" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:55:18.040" UserId="3950" Text="No, it does not sync the hardware or the software clock of the host. A VM's hardware clock is virtual and is synced (at least with ESX) with the host during boot. After that, the VM maintains it's own time. For VMware it is best to run ntpd in a VM, for Xen I do not know, but I assume it's the same. " />
  <row Id="51320" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28841" RevisionGUID="e26a5858-6e76-451b-8179-b565eb5e13b1" CreationDate="2009-06-19T17:55:20.443" UserDisplayName="Andre K" Text="You can install the Dell driver on Windows 7 using the compatibility mode.&#xD;&#xA;I used the Vista Service Pack 2 mode, and it went just fine.&#xD;&#xA;And the option to disable the touchpad works well." />
  <row Id="51322" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28843" RevisionGUID="837537ea-3857-4906-a4f7-0d53fb5e5a3f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:00:04.037" UserId="3058" Text="I've found that turning off connection pooling is more reliable.  I ran into several situations like you describe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It turned out that the connections are tested BEFORE they are placed back into the pool, instead of as they're being pulled for subsequent use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On a good day, you'll get an error of some sort.  On a bad day, you'll just hang waiting to use a connection that is completely messed up and will never work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're going to use pooling, I read recommendations that you execute an alter command against the session.  (No, I don't know of a good one.  Oracle didn't make it any clearer in the manual)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Brad" />
  <row Id="51323" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="8430" RevisionGUID="77a4b0aa-ad74-4877-9284-b3c0abebac8d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:00:27.873" UserId="3950" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;laptop&gt;&lt;touchpad&gt;&lt;windows-7&gt;" />
  <row Id="51324" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28748" RevisionGUID="2b250d18-bc36-41da-b6a2-bbe7c69a5e8e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:06:19.500" UserId="2722" Comment="Provided update" Text="Current situation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 2xESX 3.5 (Soon to be vSphere)&#xD;&#xA; - 2xESXi 3.5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All four servers are running standalone. The two ESX servers are beginning to run out of hard drive space but still doing very well on the processing and memory fronts. We're not running any external iSCSI or SAN storage for the servers at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The ESX servers are also running Ultra320 SCSI drives which are beginning to get very pricey at low storage rates ($550 for 300GB!), so I want to shy away from just throwing more 'small' drives at the ESX servers knowing the hard drives will become rarer with time in the event of drive failure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is probably the best solution? Right now I'm looking at the [DroboPros][1] which will allow for more growth over a longer period of time, which looks nice for budgets, or at a Dell Poweredge 2950 with 2TB of storage (using 3 bays out of 6 in RAID 5) but still room to grow since it runs SATA for around $3400. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm also looking at trying to get vCenter and vMotion, but would there be any advantages to the above two solutions over each other? By switching to external storage I'm hoping to not have to replace these servers until they are maxed out on RAM usage or the CPU load is finally too great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I will be going with either the PowerEdge bumped up to support SAS drives or a PowerVault with SAS, with the intention to end up running our VMWare from the external storage. The DroboPro is nice but not a long term solution. Here's hoping I get the PowerVault!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for the great answers everyone!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.drobostore.com/store/drobo/en_US/DisplayCategoryProductListPage/categoryID.14398600" />
  <row Id="51325" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28814" RevisionGUID="7531f7bb-865d-43e7-846b-8ec3d36c30a7" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:06:31.700" UserId="1936" Comment="added 181 characters in body" Text="I have two CentOS servers: dev and prod. Located at different sites and, as a result, yum on each tends to use different mirrors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This morning the dev machine alerted me that there were some updates. I dutifully ran &quot;sudo yum update&quot; to get them, noted the kernel upgrade, rebooted and tested. All is well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Did the same on the production server but it assures me it doesn't need any stinkin' updates. (yet)  Apparently the chosen fastest mirror(s) haven't received the updates yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Coincidentally, I'll be doing hardware maintenance on that prod server in a few hours. Since I tend to measure his uptime in months, I'd really like to get the kernel update *before* I shut it down just to have it -- and not have to schedule another reboot in a day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I tell yum to try different mirrors? Is this a function of yum or that &quot;fastestmirror&quot; plugin?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Updated 35 minutes later**:  *Ironically, the prod server just notified me that it now has updates ready.  Any suggestions will be tried &quot;next time&quot; this situation arises :-)*" />
  <row Id="51326" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28844" RevisionGUID="b1aebc1c-4df3-467a-9ade-9e252fb3ab14" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:07:22.837" UserId="3950" Text="Can't you just *not* use 'mirrorlist' in /etc/yum.repos.d/centos-base.repo (something like that), but just a 'baseurl' and force both boxes to the same mirror?" />
  <row Id="51328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28845" RevisionGUID="74963a8b-09e2-4930-baef-5a62f248ab81" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:09:34.830" UserId="4165" Text="You should also be concerned with some sort of errors and omission or professional liability insurance.  Ideally, you would create a corporate entity such as a C-Corp, S-Corp or LLC and insure it.  That way, you are shielded by the corporate veil.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Points to include in a contract (in no specific order - only as they came to me):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. continuing personal guarantee - the client personally guarantees you are paid; can hold up in court if they don't&#xD;&#xA; 2. scope of work including a time frame&#xD;&#xA; 3. automatic renewal clause&#xD;&#xA; 4. any monthly recurring charges and what they are for&#xD;&#xA; 5. well-defined invoicing policies with NET 15/30/60 terms&#xD;&#xA; 6. exact items that are covered in scope of work; clauses that additional work outside of scope will result in additional charges or are not covered at all&#xD;&#xA; 7. USE SERVICE CALL SHEETS that you can take with you and have the client sign-off and receive a copy; comes in handy for invoicing later so they can't say &quot;You weren't really here that long&quot; or &quot;You never did this work&quot;.  This is from experience, sadly.&#xD;&#xA; 8. late fees imposed for late payments&#xD;&#xA; 9. not so much for the contract, but find a good collection agency or someone that you can have call delinquent clients.  They sometimes want 30% of any recouped payments.&#xD;&#xA; 10. non-disclosure agreement of sensitive information" />
  <row Id="51329" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28846" RevisionGUID="7b5ac3ea-0f2b-424a-8ed9-4b9b777a0a21" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:10:14.140" UserDisplayName="Greg Larkin" Text="Hi folks,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been looking for an ionice(1) equivalent for RHEL4 for a little while myself, especially since I have been using idprio on FreeBSD.  Lowering the I/O priority is handy for me when I use VMware's disk manager to create multi-gigabyte virtual disk files.  Usually, that causes the load average on the machine to rocket into double digits.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After some Googling around, I found this thread (https://www.tektonic.net/forum/showthread.php?p=5394) and a link to this script: [http://s3.amazonaws.com/ServEdge_pub/ionice][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been experimenting with it here, and it seems to do the trick for me.  The load average now stays within acceptable levels, and running VMs don't grind to a halt during virtual disk creation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope it helps,&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Greg&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;SourceHosting.net, LLC&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://s3.amazonaws.com/ServEdge_pub/ionice" />
  <row Id="51330" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28846" RevisionGUID="7b5ac3ea-0f2b-424a-8ed9-4b9b777a0a21" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:10:14.140" UserDisplayName="Greg Larkin" />
  <row Id="51331" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28832" RevisionGUID="b6331715-317e-450d-995a-9d282c446e68" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:10:48.210" UserId="3950" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;com+&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;database&gt;" />
  <row Id="51332" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28838" RevisionGUID="d8d8ae72-17c1-4fa3-8dd9-b108cf606725" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:10:49.180" UserId="5221" Comment="added 280 characters in body" Text="In VMWare at least the hardware clock that the VM's OS sees is no more accurate than its own software clock as that clock is based on counting interrupts and ticks and such from the virtual hardware so is susceptible to skew when the VM or its host are under load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The VMWare tools clock-sync does not sync against the hardware clock as presented as the clock in the virtual hardware - it talks over the VM/host boundary to the host parts of VMWare (which sync it with the OS clock on the host, not the hardware clock).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other virtualisation solutions will work differently, of course. I have not used Xen enough to know specifically how it behaves in this area. Some VM solutions (including user-mode schemes like UML and arrangements that partition the existing kernel rather than actually virtualising the hardware) will use the host OS clock as the VM's clock directly so all you need to do is keep the host clock in sync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general, even on physical hardware, I would not have NTP use the hardware clock as a reference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you are using NTP inside a VM make sure you have &quot;tinker panic 0&quot; at the top of your ntp.conf so that the ntp daemon doesn't give up and stop trying to slide the clock back to the right place when it sees a large clock skew caused by a recent glut of load on the VM/host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: missed a bit... Also, if using Linux in your VMs make sure you use a modern &quot;tickless&quot; kernel - these are said to be far less susceptible to clock skew problems. Most modern Linux releases use this kernel option by default anyway, as it can reduce CPU power consumption." />
  <row Id="51333" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28670" RevisionGUID="a05c17c8-ac46-446a-952b-ad27a07358dd" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:14:37.207" UserId="9461" Comment="shoe shining" Text="The first thing to check is how much network (TCP) throughput your server can handle. Use netcat, etc. If it is less than around 30 MB/s, multiplexing from network is of no use to you, and my further advice can be ignored. Work on tuning your network throughput instead. Now, to the point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The LTO3 drive, just like any other linear tape drive, works well only when it gets a stream of data with a certain constant throughput.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The tape is passing under the head at a high speed, and you don't want to stop it. At each stop the drive has to perform lengthy procedure: decelerate to full stop, accelerate back, pass the end-of-data point, decelerate again, accelerate forth to reach the end-of-data point. When data is not feeded by NetBackup fast enough, the buffer underruns frequently and so the drive has to stop/rewind/start frequently. The performance is hurt dramatically. This is called &quot;start-stop&quot; operation or &quot;shoe shining&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Drive adjusts the speed of the tape somewhat, but not very much, it can drop to about 50% of maximum speed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The whole point of Netbackup multiplexing is to provide a better streaming throughput and avoid start-stop operation. Check the throughput of your RMAN backup, if it is 30 MB/s or less you have a classic start-stop operation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, let me make one thing clear. If you *do not* have start-stop I would *not* recommend multiplexing RMAN backups at all. RMAN is complicated enough without multiplexing. I don't want to mess with RMAN, I want my restore to be as fast, easy and seamless as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, if you find your backup throughput unacceptably low, I would suggest implementing around three multiplexing streams for starters. Increase the number each night until you will not gain any more throughput. And make sure each stream is coming from the different disk spindle(s). Not from different partitions/tablespaces/filesystems/databases/servers/LUNs/other-virtualization-layers. These matter little, if any. Physical disk spindles. If you feed many streams from the same spindles you will just cause thrashing and overall performance will drop even more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note: NetBackup theoretically can also de-multiplex a restore. If I remember correctly, it pauses a little before a restore, to give a chance for more restore attempts to launch. In this case they will run jointly, just like multiplexed backups. But please verify this with a manual, I am only 90% sure on this one." />
  <row Id="51334" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28847" RevisionGUID="ac574630-d344-49a2-943a-1d89a306588c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:18:59.757" UserId="5257" Text="Since these databases are being moved from one server to another maybe you could check the sysdatabases table in Master to see if there are inconsistencies. If the dbids are not in sync, it might be possible that the old maintenance plans are having trouble viewing the restored databases." />
  <row Id="51335" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28848" RevisionGUID="fdef1c64-f681-4c24-a1c4-288c4a671176" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:22:40.887" UserId="5880" Text="I love the feeling after you have just finished designing something and know it is &quot;just right.&quot; Everyone knows that feeling, you know this piece of tech is going to run without too much intervention for a long time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This can be anything from a script that took you an hour to write to a long multi month project to implement some cool new tech, or make things just run better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only thing that tops that is when you think to yourself a year later &quot;I should really check on that even though i haven't seen an alert for a long time&quot; And it is still chugging along just fine doing what it was designed to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51336" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28848" RevisionGUID="fdef1c64-f681-4c24-a1c4-288c4a671176" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:22:40.887" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51337" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28849" RevisionGUID="1a0f660c-349f-4c83-84f2-634c35f037a5" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:22:55.660" UserId="5221" Text="Under Linux on my netbook I use syndaemon to disable the touchpad responding to clicks while I'm typing, which gives almost the best of both worlds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://code.google.com/p/touchfreeze/ seems to be a Windows implementation of the same idea, though I have not got around to trying it yet so can't comment on how well it works.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51338" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28850" RevisionGUID="396ab217-77ac-409a-a4ea-e2d6ae38ddd7" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:29:58.937" UserId="4117" Text="I'd call Dell.  That's not the answer you're looking for, but they'll be able to track it down if you have a hardware problem.  Everything in that laptop should let you do VT-x without issue." />
  <row Id="51339" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28851" RevisionGUID="978f5747-2108-4f87-8e69-0cc249f1a39e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:32:57.043" UserId="2783" Text="This is a tossup between whether it belongs on Stack Overflow or Server Fault (but since I am not a developer, and am looking for a no-code solution, I'm starting with SF).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there an easy way to populate a SharePoint list with data from an external SQL database?  In SharePoint designer, it is a simple matter to create a connection to a SQL database for using the data view web part, but I need the data from a SQL table to populate a SharePoint list.  Is there a no-code way to do so?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="51340" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28851" RevisionGUID="978f5747-2108-4f87-8e69-0cc249f1a39e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:32:57.043" UserId="2783" Text="How do I populate a SharePoint list with data from an external SQL database?" />
  <row Id="51341" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28851" RevisionGUID="978f5747-2108-4f87-8e69-0cc249f1a39e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:32:57.043" UserId="2783" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;sharepoint-designer&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="51342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28852" RevisionGUID="82e67d56-726c-4987-bc00-ba2f3601b158" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:33:00.570" UserId="10118" Text="My best one came at a time when our backup server was in administrative limbo - my boss was &quot;debating&quot; whether or not it should remain in the office, off-site from our server room (and not doing backups for some reason) or whether it should be installed in the server room to save massive amounts of bandwidth. I seem to recall that this limbo state existed for several months.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our web server had a RAID 5 array for storage of websites. It seems that it had been running in degraded mode (without informing me for reasons unknown or which I can't remember) for some time before the second of three drives failed. I got to pull an all-nighter putting the server back together. Our customers were Not Happy that their websites had disappeared and they needed to restore from their own backups. Especially the ones who didn't have their own backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Questions my boss asked me were &quot;How could a RAID array fail like that? I thought they weren't supposed to!&quot; and &quot;Why didn't we have backups of our webserver?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, the lesson had not gone unheeded. My boss was cooperative when I suggested that the upgrades to our mail server should include a RAID 1 array with a hot spare (instead of arguing with me over the extra cost, which he would normally have done). And of course, the backup server was doing its job properly in short order." />
  <row Id="51343" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28852" RevisionGUID="82e67d56-726c-4987-bc00-ba2f3601b158" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:33:00.570" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51344" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28853" RevisionGUID="ec3ee9b2-ad07-4d8e-a5c2-5809043e8200" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:33:36.247" UserId="9884" Text="My team and I have learned from past experiences, similar to many of you from what I've read, to not do major (or minor for that matter) deployments on Fridays. Especially if your customer support doesn't work weekends and all questions fall on your own weekend-weary shoulders.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My worst Friday project was in upgrading our live web server. Actually, that wasn't my intended project. I stayed late virtualizing about a dozen non-mission critical servers. By 9pm I was pooped and decided to head home. I poked my head into the server room as if to visually assure myself that all was in order. I kid you not that a second after poking my head in our live web server died before my very eyes. I bumped all traffic over to our semi-functional backup server and busted my hump till 3am. It was worth it in the end for all the congrats I received... and it taught me to have a fully functional backup for all mission critical services. " />
  <row Id="51345" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28853" RevisionGUID="ec3ee9b2-ad07-4d8e-a5c2-5809043e8200" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:33:36.247" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51346" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28854" RevisionGUID="81c37142-06ab-4b46-92fb-b5fff846c58c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:35:49.860" UserId="9307" Text="Another benefit of pushing DNS hosting to your ISP or another provider is you'll save some bandwidth/processing power as people won't have to hit your servers when resolving domain data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used to host DNS internally and then realised it just wasn't cost effective maintaining two name servers when most ISP's provide the service free.  If you need more control you can use a company like SafeDNS.co.uk or a free provider like zoneedit (free for the first 5 domains)." />
  <row Id="51347" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28855" RevisionGUID="1eb6cb8a-2efc-4d0f-bb9f-80ccade425ba" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:37:13.230" UserId="768" Text="I often use [Komodo][komodo] over a [SFTP][SFTP] link.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[komodo]: http://activestate.com/komodo&#xD;&#xA;[SFTP]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_File_Transfer_Protocol" />
  <row Id="51348" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28856" RevisionGUID="381f156c-d2d3-4719-b303-6fd81c09a731" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:39:07.547" UserId="5749" Text="We have a database that was developed in SQL2008.  We want to put it into production.  Unfortunately,  our Production DB Server is SQL2000.  &#xD;&#xA;What is the best way to migrate the DB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note the DB is simply a collection of Datatables that have been created from our ERP system.   There are no Stored Procedures/Triggers, and nothing fancy about the data, so I'm not worried about running into an issue where the DB is using new features that 2000 won't handle.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TIA" />
  <row Id="51349" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28856" RevisionGUID="381f156c-d2d3-4719-b303-6fd81c09a731" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:39:07.547" UserId="5749" Text="Move/Downgrade Database from SQL2008 to SQL2000" />
  <row Id="51350" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28856" RevisionGUID="381f156c-d2d3-4719-b303-6fd81c09a731" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:39:07.547" UserId="5749" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;database&gt;&lt;recommendation&gt;&lt;migration&gt;" />
  <row Id="51351" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28857" RevisionGUID="41b112bf-e84a-4e5c-b076-bb9bdab14b8e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:39:18.467" UserId="2666" Text="&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to use the powershell 2 &quot;Get-WmiObject&quot; command to find the reporting service instance using this commant&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     get-wmiobject -class &quot;MSReportServer_Instance&quot; -namespace &quot;root\Microsoft\SqlServer\ReportServer&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;THE ERROR I GET BACK&#xD;&#xA;------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Get-WmiObject : Invalid class&#xD;&#xA;    At line:1 char:14&#xD;&#xA;    + get-wmiobject &lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;  -class &quot;MSReportServer_Instance&quot; -namespace &quot;root\Microsoft\SqlServer&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Get-WmiObject], ManagementException&#xD;&#xA;        + FullyQualifiedErrorId :     GetWMIManagementException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetWmiObjectCommand&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NOTES&#xD;&#xA;-----&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* This is Powershell 2&#xD;&#xA;* OS = Windows Server 2008 R2 RC (x64)&#xD;&#xA;* SQL = SQL 2008 SP1 (x64)&#xD;&#xA;* Reporting Services is installed and works - have several reports running)&#xD;&#xA;* Everything is running on the same box (the script, SQL, SSRS)&#xD;&#xA;* Link to WMI info for SSRS: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms152858.aspx&#xD;&#xA;* I've tried (guessing) different variations on the namespace but nothing worked&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51352" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28857" RevisionGUID="41b112bf-e84a-4e5c-b076-bb9bdab14b8e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:39:18.467" UserId="2666" Text="How to use Powershell 2 Get-WmiObject to find an instance of SQL Server Reporting Services (SQL2008) on Windows Server 2008 R2" />
  <row Id="51353" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28857" RevisionGUID="41b112bf-e84a-4e5c-b076-bb9bdab14b8e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:39:18.467" UserId="2666" Text="&lt;sql&gt;&lt;ssrs&gt;&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;wmi&gt;" />
  <row Id="51354" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28858" RevisionGUID="0fc02272-c665-44ab-a9d5-6054138a85f0" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:30:51.613" Text="&lt;p&gt;Using Solaris and Linux servers and Openssh, is it possible to prevent users from copying files using &quot;scp&quot; while still allowing shell access with &quot;ssh&quot;? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I realize that 'ssh $server &quot;cat file&quot; ' type file accesses are much harder to prevent, but I need to see about stopping &quot;scp&quot; for starters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Failing that, is there a way to reliably log all scp access on the server side through syslog?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51355" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28858" RevisionGUID="0fc02272-c665-44ab-a9d5-6054138a85f0" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:30:51.613" Text="Is it possible to prevent scp while still allowing ssh access?" />
  <row Id="51356" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28858" RevisionGUID="0fc02272-c665-44ab-a9d5-6054138a85f0" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:30:51.613" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;ssh&gt;&lt;openssh&gt;" />
  <row Id="51357" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28859" RevisionGUID="f964132c-e078-4726-969f-5c1c0859bf5a" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:35:17.753" Text="&lt;p&gt;No.  &lt;code&gt;scp&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;ssh&lt;/code&gt; operate on the same ports and use the same protocol.  If you open an &lt;code&gt;ssh&lt;/code&gt; session, you can even share your connection with subsequent scp calls using options like &lt;a href=&quot;http://linux.com/archive/feature/54498&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;ControlMaster&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do not want people to copy particular files off of a machine, you should not give them any kind of shell access to the machine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51358" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28860" RevisionGUID="28b921c9-eded-456b-bd7a-9c25703fdb6c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:37:29.497" Text="&lt;p&gt;There is a way to use '&lt;a href=&quot;http://sublimation.org/scponly/wiki&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;scponly&lt;/a&gt;' as the shell to disable interactive ssh and allow scp, but I am not aware of anything existing that works in the reverse manner. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may be able to explore hacking the scponly shell to accomplish the reverse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28861" RevisionGUID="9d765e01-2cf5-451c-9fb0-abfad8114709" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:37:36.300" Text="&lt;p&gt;This is not possible actually after a little googling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Check out this discussion: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mydatabasesupport.com/forums/unix-admin/387261-how-restrict-ssh-users-block-scp-sftp.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.mydatabasesupport.com/forums/unix-admin/387261-how-restrict-ssh-users-block-scp-sftp.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51360" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28862" RevisionGUID="91480ef0-9969-4306-9d8c-16a662ff2cd5" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:40:48.290" UserId="10126" Text="Sorry I don't know what I'm doing and I need your help. I have an htaccess file that does some url rewriting but its not working on the server. I don't think mod_rewrite is enabled. but it's not commented out, and phpinfo() says that it is one of the enabled modules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know what to do. Please help!" />
  <row Id="51361" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28862" RevisionGUID="91480ef0-9969-4306-9d8c-16a662ff2cd5" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:40:48.290" UserId="10126" Text="How do I enable mod_rewrite on Apache??? It looks like it's enabled but it's not working" />
  <row Id="51362" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28862" RevisionGUID="91480ef0-9969-4306-9d8c-16a662ff2cd5" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:40:48.290" UserId="10126" Text="&lt;apache&gt;&lt;mod-rewrite&gt;" />
  <row Id="51363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28863" RevisionGUID="20c87cc9-df60-4d93-ac15-8db335b863eb" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:43:11.843" UserId="5535" Text="To really get an answer to your question you'll need to give the community a little more information.  Not only the physical specs that you require but also what features are required.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Physical Specs**  &#xD;&#xA;Interconnect type (Ethernet, FC, etc and what speed and how many ports)  &#xD;&#xA;Capacity Required  &#xD;&#xA;Form Factor (does it need to be rack mount or stand alone)  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Features**  &#xD;&#xA;What sort of redundancy do you need?  Power supplies, controllers, Multi-Path IO  &#xD;&#xA;Do you need snapshots?  &#xD;&#xA;Do you need replication?  &#xD;&#xA;How are you planning on backing it up?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With that said even the entry level Enterprise single controller iSCSI SAN solutions you're going to be looking at $10k+ for 2-5TB of storage.  That's just the where the market is.  If you're running 4 servers off this one SAN just remember that is a single point of failure that could take down all the services that those servers are running.  So you need to plan accordingly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My favorite storage platform for do it yourself these days is OpenSolaris.  With ZFS you get a lot of features only found on the commercial SAN solutions.  There's also Nexenta which is commercially supported storage platform based off OpenSolaris and ZFS.  It may be a good compromise.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51364" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28864" RevisionGUID="cdc9f0ea-1f72-4587-866c-bcc28c3a7bed" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:43:56.647" UserId="1054" Text="You'll have to export the tables and import them into the SQL2000 db, backup/restore or detach/attach won't work for downgrading.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In SSMS (for the 2008 db) right-click on the database and choose Export... from the Tasks submenu.  Then follow the wizard to connect to your SQL2000 server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep in mind that some of the SQL2008 datatypes are not compatible with SQL2000." />
  <row Id="51367" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28833" RevisionGUID="d95371d2-f34b-420a-8dfa-17f46a01466e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:48:06.390" UserId="3657" Comment="Removed SATA recommendation.  SAS is the way to go for random I/O" Text="Openfiler can provide the iSCSI infrastructure for the SAN.  Your cost then is simply the disks and enclosure.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might look at something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811219021&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;which provides 20 hot-swap drive bays for SAS drives.  Slap in a motherboard of your choosing and some good SAS controllers.  Let openfiler handle the RAID-6 and the iSCSI for you.  I think you could do it quite cost effectively. " />
  <row Id="51368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28866" RevisionGUID="82fb00ad-d1e9-47b7-96b0-01ad5f5698b8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:50:02.733" UserId="3235" Text="Apparently against years of nautical tradition, sanity and whatnot I am installing a new version of the my backup software RIGHT NOW!  I am sure I will regret this.  " />
  <row Id="51369" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28866" RevisionGUID="82fb00ad-d1e9-47b7-96b0-01ad5f5698b8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:50:02.733" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28867" RevisionGUID="52c8661c-6d98-4ee9-b42d-e7eb01d7e957" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:52:55.320" UserId="1463" Text="Use [Windows SteadyState][1] (formerly known as Shared Computer Toolkit) or any other dedicated application to lock down Windows for kiosk use. Don't roll your own, you'll miss something important ^^ &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="51371" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28868" RevisionGUID="8ddf50ec-b7f0-4e4e-9823-c95f0dd1ceeb" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:53:10.653" UserId="9637" Text="Hello, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've recently recieved the dump file of the soon to be migrated Oracle Database. &#xD;&#xA;I've installed Oracle 10g and now i need to restore the original database. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone give me a step to step procedure on how to restore it from the .dmp file ? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you." />
  <row Id="51372" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28868" RevisionGUID="8ddf50ec-b7f0-4e4e-9823-c95f0dd1ceeb" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:53:10.653" UserId="9637" Text="How to restore/import an Oracle database from dmp file ? " />
  <row Id="51373" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28868" RevisionGUID="8ddf50ec-b7f0-4e4e-9823-c95f0dd1ceeb" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:53:10.653" UserId="9637" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;oracle10g&gt;" />
  <row Id="51374" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28862" RevisionGUID="deaa032f-b8cd-4b8d-b534-dc4636a1f136" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:53:35.863" UserId="10126" Comment="added 251 characters in body" Text="Sorry I don't know what I'm doing and I need your help. I have an htaccess file that does some url rewriting but its not working on the server. I don't think mod_rewrite is enabled. but it's not commented out, and phpinfo() says that it is one of the enabled modules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know what to do. Please help!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;from my .htaccess file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine On&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]" />
  <row Id="51375" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28869" RevisionGUID="5d9c14ed-4c81-45c5-9447-b0a2f7c29e0b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:54:04.990" UserId="7342" Text="You need to enable mod_rewrite functionality in the particular area where you want it, either in the Location, VirtualHost or .htaccess. You can do this with &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine on&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule   ^oldstuff\.html$  newstuff.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can see what the module is doing by turning on logging using the RewriteLog and RewriteLogLevel options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteLog &quot;/var/log/apache/rewrite.log&quot; &#xD;&#xA;    RewriteLogLevel 2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The log level goes up to 9, but the documentation warns against going beyond 2 for production. I'd recommend turning it off completely once you've finished debugging.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can find more information in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html&quot;&gt;mod_rewrite documentation&lt;/a&gt;/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51376" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28870" RevisionGUID="03de38b2-cbcc-4b08-9b22-b89748865ab2" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:56:46.513" UserId="9220" Text="Can you just export the table SQL data?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It appears Microsoft doesn't have much support for this... Surprise!&#xD;&#xA;My best guess would be to export as much as you can of the SQL 2008 database into straight SQL, and write a script to create the tables in SQL 2000 and add the data." />
  <row Id="51377" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28871" RevisionGUID="3ef00a6d-2242-4dc2-9175-6d5acf1e1771" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:57:41.393" UserId="2514" Text="I've used the stasadm -o backup/restore commands to migrate a site collection to a new URL. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The new site seems to be working fine, with one exception. Document libraries that contain folders don't work properly. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm able to access the library, but clicking on a folder within the library just sends me to a generic error page with the unhelpful message &quot;Cannot complete this action.&quot; I can't create new folders within the library either. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone else run into this behavior?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51378" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28871" RevisionGUID="3ef00a6d-2242-4dc2-9175-6d5acf1e1771" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:57:41.393" UserId="2514" Text="Why are folders broken in my document libraries after a SharePoint site migration?" />
  <row Id="51379" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28871" RevisionGUID="3ef00a6d-2242-4dc2-9175-6d5acf1e1771" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:57:41.393" UserId="2514" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;" />
  <row Id="51380" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28872" RevisionGUID="4b4e3bfe-5a26-48d7-a584-24d04076d052" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:58:01.533" UserId="8336" Text="In recent weeks several users have had an odd problem when returning from suspend.  There have been 3 users consistently having this problem.  All identical machines.  But there are about 80 other users with the same exact setup that do not report this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Windows XP w/all fixpacks as far as I know.&#xD;&#xA;- Lenovo Thinkpad T61p.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They all have the standard XP theme.  Green start button, blue taskbar, etc.  When they suspend and then resume, the taskbar has changed to the &quot;unthemed&quot; old school greyish background with non-rounded corners.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nothing I do can get the standard theme back short of a complete reboot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is 100% reproducable on these 3 machines only.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="51381" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28872" RevisionGUID="4b4e3bfe-5a26-48d7-a584-24d04076d052" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:58:01.533" UserId="8336" Text="Loss Of Theme After Resume From Suspend" />
  <row Id="51382" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28872" RevisionGUID="4b4e3bfe-5a26-48d7-a584-24d04076d052" CreationDate="2009-06-19T18:58:01.533" UserId="8336" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;taskbar&gt;" />
  <row Id="51385" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28613" RevisionGUID="8d010be2-e2aa-4b75-85bf-5766d7e65eff" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:01:41.433" UserId="1639" Comment="added 558 characters in body" Text="**Update:** I know nothing on that feature. But when I see a feature that &quot;have multiple problems&quot; it sounds to me like the iis team didn't care much about this feature. those are not the regular bugs that are in every software. But the outcome of indifference. There is a possibility that those problems got solved. But there is a possibility that they just appear to be solved and just before the testing they got carried away with something that was more important to them. Depending on your situation you can analyse it differently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Before update:**[Look here][1], but don't use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833734/" />
  <row Id="51386" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28869" RevisionGUID="29b7f034-3550-49f1-accb-20ff99d37a56" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:05:22.627" UserId="7342" Comment="added 668 characters in body" Text="You need to enable mod_rewrite functionality in the particular area where you want it, either in the Location, VirtualHost or .htaccess. You can do this with &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine on&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule   ^oldstuff\.html$  newstuff.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can see what the module is doing by turning on logging using the RewriteLog and RewriteLogLevel options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteLog &quot;/var/log/apache/rewrite.log&quot; &#xD;&#xA;    RewriteLogLevel 2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The log level goes up to 9, but the documentation warns against going beyond 2 for production. I'd recommend turning it off completely once you've finished debugging.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can find more information in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html&quot;&gt;mod_rewrite documentation&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having seen your usage, it appears that you're trying to send items that don't exist to index.php. You could do something similar without using mod_rewrite:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     ErrorDocument 404 http://this.server/path/index.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This would redirect the user back to the index.php and will require you to hardcode the location, which may not be ideal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, I'd recommend inverting the meaning of your conditions and remove the first RewriteRule. &quot;If the request isn't a file and isn't a link and isn't a directory, then redirect to index.php&quot;. This will make your rules simpler. You can also lose the [NC] flag from your RewriteRules, as it won't have any effect." />
  <row Id="51387" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28874" RevisionGUID="dac295bc-0936-4d46-8ade-7aad881d8c5b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:05:52.127" UserId="9546" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I encountered the error message below while applying Oracle 9.2.0.8 patch set using OUI on server running Oracle 9.2.0.7 and Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition SP2:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Error in writing to file 'C:\oracle\ora92\BIN\orapls9.dll'&#xD;&#xA;    [C:\oracle\ora92\BIN\orapls9.dll (he process cannot access&#xD;&#xA;    the file because it is being used by another process)]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've already stopped the Oracle instance and services before invoking the setup.exe.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is: Why this is happening and what is the resolution to prevent this error from &#xD;&#xA;happening?" />
  <row Id="51388" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28874" RevisionGUID="dac295bc-0936-4d46-8ade-7aad881d8c5b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:05:52.127" UserId="9546" Text="Error encountered while installing Oracle 9.2.0.8 patch set" />
  <row Id="51389" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28874" RevisionGUID="dac295bc-0936-4d46-8ade-7aad881d8c5b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:05:52.127" UserId="9546" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;" />
  <row Id="51390" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28875" RevisionGUID="bc3d4f97-31ef-4fea-95cb-a75a9b7608d9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:05:59.427" UserId="9220" Text="How about learning the difference between Exchange Server 2007 &quot;Remove Mailbox&quot; and &quot;Disable Mailbox&quot; feature?  Especially when I'm removing everyone's old mailbox to deal with a corrupt database?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Restore on an exchange server... not fun...&#xD;&#xA;Having to restore an exchange server AND active directory... double not fun.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Doing it at 11:00 AM Friday morning... Priceless." />
  <row Id="51391" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28875" RevisionGUID="bc3d4f97-31ef-4fea-95cb-a75a9b7608d9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:05:59.427" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51392" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28876" RevisionGUID="e8058522-b3bb-43a2-a0fd-aa01d650e987" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:06:59.550" UserId="10129" Text="It depends what you are trying to do but one short answer is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;imp system/password@sid file=(filename) log=imp.log fromuser=(existing user) touser=(new user)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The last 3 here:  log, fromuser, touser are optional.  You might give some more details about what you are doing if that doesn't help..." />
  <row Id="51393" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28877" RevisionGUID="503d532b-cff5-4fed-bcd2-335f57b6aa24" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:08:10.390" UserId="10118" Text="This is what I do, as it's been recommended by the manufacturer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Unplug the computer when it's not on (so that it's not constantly trying to charge the battery).&#xD;&#xA;2. Keep the battery in the computer when it's on, but plug the computer in (so that it maintains a full charge for when I need it, but it gets charged slower).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've lost less than 5% of the battery's capacity over the past 9 months that I've had this laptop this way. My wife's laptop battery however, has been pretty much wiped out over the past 3 years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If however, your computer is always at your desk and you never take it mobile, then it's probably best to remove the battery entirely because you don't use it. Drain the battery to between 40 and 60%, then put it in the refrigerator. It will permanently lose 2% of its capacity over the course of a year if you do it this way, versus 20% if you keep it fully charged at room temperature.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lithium ion batteries can generally survive for 1000 or more cycles, and a partial cycle only counts as a partial cycle, unlike (much older!) NiCd or NIMH batteries, which can build a memory effect. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the way, to respond to another poster, the Tesla manages its battery pack much differently from a laptop in order to extend its life. That pack is never charged to full capacity (I believe 80 or 85%) and never allowed to drain less than 20%. Laptop users are much more picky about discharge times, and their manufacturers much less worried about how many years the batteries last than they are about selling more laptops than the next guy. Also, the battery pack they're using in the production cars are of a different chemistry than their original prototype (which actually used laptop batteries), for safety." />
  <row Id="51394" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28830" RevisionGUID="a6a931af-7168-48d2-901b-595a88a49ed2" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:09:20.607" UserId="10113" Comment="fixed order" Text="I attempted to install the PDO MySQL driver onto a server with Solaris using the following commands:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ pecl download pdo_mysql&#xD;&#xA;    $ tar xzf PDO_MYSQL-1.0.2.tgz&#xD;&#xA;    $ cd PDO_MYSQL-1.0.2&#xD;&#xA;    $ phpize&#xD;&#xA;    $ ./configure --with-pdo-mysql=/usr/local/mysql&#xD;&#xA;    $ make&#xD;&#xA;    $ make install&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whenever I restart apache using &quot;./apachectl restart&quot; it fails to start (I'm only assuming since it won't load any of the websites hosted on it - I receive no error messages when running the preceding command).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My extension dir is &quot;/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613/&quot; and the following line is in my php.ini file &quot;extension=pdo_mysql.so&quot;.  There is indeed a new pdo_mysql.so file generated in the extension_dir.  When I comment out &quot;extension=pdo_mysql.so&quot;, Apache starts successfully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I try the command `pecl install pdo_mysql` I get `pecl/pdo_mysql is already installed and is the same as the released version 1.0.2`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What could have went wrong with my installation and where can I find error messages as to why Apache isn't starting?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE: I found my error log and found the following message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ld.so.1: php: fatal: relocation error: file /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613/pdo_mysql.so: symbol php_pdo_declare_long_constant: referenced symbol not found&#xD;&#xA;    Killed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="51395" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28878" RevisionGUID="9cdc6501-0fe1-47c2-94e6-66dee5888dd5" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:10:44.813" UserId="2101" Text="As others have noted, you can't block scp (well, you could: `rm /usr/bin/scp`, but that doesn't really get you anywhere).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best you can do is to change the users' shell to a restricted shell (rbash) and only then to run certain commands.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember, if they can read files, they can copy/paste them off the screen. Binary files? xxd/uuencode/mmencode all get around this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd also suggest using process accounting to help you track activity." />
  <row Id="51396" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28878" RevisionGUID="9cdc6501-0fe1-47c2-94e6-66dee5888dd5" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:10:44.813" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51397" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28879" RevisionGUID="aded84ad-daf1-4f72-82f8-559f9acfac61" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:11:27.263" UserId="3235" Text="I know several places host Silverback [http://www.silverbacktech.com/][1] monitoring.  Or did when we were looking at monitoring solutions a while back.  It looks like they may have been eaten by Dell, and are now Dell Remote Monitoring?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.silverbacktech.com/" />
  <row Id="51398" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28869" RevisionGUID="69fec1f2-edac-4cbb-a0d0-5e4bb72eaf75" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:11:59.197" UserId="7342" Comment="added 225 characters in body" Text="You need to enable mod_rewrite functionality in the particular area where you want it, either in the Location, VirtualHost or .htaccess. You can do this with &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine on&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule   ^oldstuff\.html$  newstuff.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can see what the module is doing by turning on logging using the RewriteLog and RewriteLogLevel options:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteLog &quot;/var/log/apache/rewrite.log&quot; &#xD;&#xA;    RewriteLogLevel 2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The log level goes up to 9, but the documentation warns against going beyond 2 for production. I'd recommend turning it off completely once you've finished debugging.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can find more information in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html&quot;&gt;mod_rewrite documentation&lt;/a&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having seen your usage, it appears that you're trying to send items that don't exist to index.php. You could do something similar without using mod_rewrite:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     ErrorDocument 404 http://this.server/path/index.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This would redirect the user back to the index.php and will require you to hardcode the location, which may not be ideal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, I'd recommend inverting the meaning of your conditions and remove the first RewriteRule. &quot;If the request isn't a file and isn't a link and isn't a directory, then redirect to index.php&quot;. This will make your rules simpler. You can also lose the [NC] flag from your RewriteRules, as it won't have any effect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine On&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond ! %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond ! %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond ! %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [L]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I haven't checked that this works)" />
  <row Id="51399" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28880" RevisionGUID="53d56551-32f3-4ba6-a916-9ed316f29ba8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:13:33.733" UserId="5392" Text="&gt; Managing remote Windows boxes is trivial, since you can simply remote desktop in and transfer files over the network. Is there an equivalent to this in the Linux world?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this trolling intended?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remote admin of windows boxes is not trivial. Remote admin of unix boxes is because they were designed to be managed remotely and to be on a network. For windows it was a bolt on to a sytem that wasn't designed from scratch to live on a network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is anecdotal but from experience at various companies, the server to sys admin ratio for linux boxes is much, much higher than for windows. Simply because automation on windows is not trivial and a gui will always be slower than scripting. Having said that, there are windows admins who can caress a windows infrastructure into being easy to manage, however these admins are very rare.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the tools you need are available by default in every linux distro. If you want a graphical login, go ahead and do so, it just wastes CPU and memory and will give you the same problems you have with windows. And as already said, for more than a handful of boxes you should consider puppet,chef, cfengine or one the many other tools available." />
  <row Id="51400" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7671" RevisionGUID="06cb312e-bb52-49ef-9207-6e80e68ae525" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:15:56.503" UserId="1233" Comment="Add details from Mike Ash's great article" Text="The most basic of answer? No. The OS handles memory management for the user - giving a process as much memory as it requires as it requests it and doesn't provide a whole lot in terms of being able to modify how the system performs. It doesn't help a lot with trying to figure out if memory utilization is part of the equation as to why the Linux servers are outperforming the Mac servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because of the lack of &quot;hackability&quot; in the virtual memory system your best options are to evaluate the performance of the virtual memory to see if it is truly the reason you're having performance issues - the most basic is to use `vm_stat` or use follow it live by using `vm_stat [number of seconds]` to see how many page outs are occuring. Moving unused pages from the RAM to the hard drive has a much lower cost than to retrieve the pages back from the hard drive to your RAM. A page in OS X terms refers to 4kb of data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally, 32 bit processes (eg. Illustrator) can not access more than 4GB so it's theoretically possible to have 2GB free and have a process run out of memory if you had 6GB installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On both your desktop and the servers I would run `vm_stat 2` and check the last column - especially when you experience the multiple second delay when switching to say Illustrator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To find out how large the swap actually is you can either check the swap size in Activity Monitor or run `du -shc /var/vm/swap* | tail -n 1`. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using `du -sh /var/vm` has one caveat: on laptops that have the hibernate mode (anything for the past 4 years or newer) there may be a `sleepimage` roughly the size of how much memory you have installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mac OS X Memory Jargon:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Wired** : This refers to kernel code and such. Memory that should not ever be moved out of the RAM. Also know as resident memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Shared** : Memory that is shared between two or more processes. Both processes would show this amount of memory so it can be a bit misleading as to how much memory is actually in use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Real** : This is the &quot;real&quot; memory usage for an application as reported by task_info() - a rough count of the number of physical pages that the current process has. (RSIZE)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Private** : This is memory that a process is using solely on it's own that is used in Resident memory. (RPRVT)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Virtual** : The total amount of address space in the process that's mapped to anything - whether that's an arbitrarily large space for variables or anything - it does not equate to actual VM use. (VSIZE)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Active** : Memory currently labelled as active and is used RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Inactive** : &quot;Inactive memory is no longer being used and has been cached to disk. It will remain in RAM until another application needs the space. Leaving this information in RAM is to your advantage if you (or a client of your computer) come back to it later.&quot; - Mac OS X Help&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Free** : The amount of RAM actually available without any data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The best documentation I know of (and have been able to find in followup research) is Apple's own [Managing Memory](http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Performance/Conceptual/ManagingMemory/Articles/AboutMemory.html) article on their developer website.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other worthwhile sources: Darwin-dev mailing list: [[1](http://lists.apple.com/archives/darwin-dev/2007/Nov/msg00124.html)], [[2](http://lists.apple.com/archives/darwin-dev/2007/Nov/msg00130.html)] and an old article on [MacOSXHints](http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20010613140025184). Additionally Mike Ash has posted a good layman's introduction on his [blog](http://www.mikeash.com/?page=pyblog/friday-qa-2009-06-19-mac-os-x-process-memory-statistics.html)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It may be possible (I have not tried it out) to disable the virtual memory system by running `sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist` and then restarting so that dynamic_pager (the program that actually does the virtual memory allocation) doesn't start up. However because the OS assumes it has virtual memory you may find yourself running into issues very, very quickly. To load it back up run `sudo launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist` (if necessary from single user mode)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51401" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28830" RevisionGUID="3737d695-ad3b-4007-a0ac-c226616924c6" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:19:09.807" UserId="10113" Comment="added more info" Text="I attempted to install the PDO MySQL driver onto a server with Solaris using the following commands:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ pecl download pdo_mysql&#xD;&#xA;    $ tar xzf PDO_MYSQL-1.0.2.tgz&#xD;&#xA;    $ cd PDO_MYSQL-1.0.2&#xD;&#xA;    $ phpize&#xD;&#xA;    $ ./configure --with-pdo-mysql=/usr/local/mysql&#xD;&#xA;    $ make&#xD;&#xA;    $ make install&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whenever I restart apache using &quot;./apachectl restart&quot; it fails to start (I'm only assuming since it won't load any of the websites hosted on it - I receive no error messages when running the preceding command).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My extension dir is &quot;/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613/&quot; and the following line is in my php.ini file &quot;extension=pdo_mysql.so&quot;.  There is indeed a new pdo_mysql.so file generated in the extension_dir.  When I comment out &quot;extension=pdo_mysql.so&quot;, Apache starts successfully.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I try the command `pecl install pdo_mysql` I get `pecl/pdo_mysql is already installed and is the same as the released version 1.0.2`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What could have went wrong with my installation and where can I find error messages as to why Apache isn't starting?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE:** I found my error log and found the following message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ld.so.1: php: fatal: relocation error: file /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613/pdo_mysql.so: symbol php_pdo_declare_long_constant: referenced symbol not found&#xD;&#xA;    Killed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, is it possibly that it's an issue that I have to have &quot;pdo_mysql.so&quot; in my php.ini file, but not pdo.so?  PDO (not the PDO MySQL driver) is not being loaded as an extension with php.ini, but already seems to be included in my PHP installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="51402" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28881" RevisionGUID="0b73492c-44b1-4b11-850d-998f0376f88d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:19:49.430" UserId="7324" Text="The latest version of IMail is version 11.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are enough security holes between 8.05 and 11 that I'd strongly recommend upgrading or going with a different mail server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This of it this way, you're basically using 2003-2004 software and expecting it to still be secure and stable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out this page for a list of potential vulnerabilities:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.imailserver.com/support/patch-upgrades.asp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="51403" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28882" RevisionGUID="7ea9b0d4-05b2-4998-9e9a-b709fbfd9062" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:20:49.863" UserId="10129" Text="Stop what you are doing and then check with task manager to see if any oracle processes are running.   If so then kill them and restart. " />
  <row Id="51404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28883" RevisionGUID="6e8272f8-7d44-4bda-9ece-2185892e48ec" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:23:08.923" UserId="3376" Text="I am looking for a solution to get an NFS v3 server up and running on windows.  I have tried using cygwin however their release of the NFS server is v2 which has a limit of 2GB files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am trying to get the partion from the unix drive (using ufsdump) on partitions larger than 2GB.  To my knowledge this command can not span files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help would be greatly appreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers." />
  <row Id="51405" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28883" RevisionGUID="6e8272f8-7d44-4bda-9ece-2185892e48ec" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:23:08.923" UserId="3376" Text="Recommend solution for NFS v3 server on windows?" />
  <row Id="51406" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28883" RevisionGUID="6e8272f8-7d44-4bda-9ece-2185892e48ec" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:23:08.923" UserId="3376" Text="&lt;nfs&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="51407" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28881" RevisionGUID="e0b5ecab-ee61-4e6a-bf4b-2aff0ae72c5f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:25:34.660" UserId="7324" Comment="added 94 characters in body" Text="The latest version of IMail is version 11.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are enough security holes between 8.05 and 11 that I'd strongly recommend upgrading or going with a different mail server. (I know you said it was planned but I'd bump it up a notch or two on the priority list.) ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Think of it this way, you're basically using 2003-2004 software and expecting it to still be secure and stable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out this page for a list of potential vulnerabilities:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.imailserver.com/support/patch-upgrades.asp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="51408" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28884" RevisionGUID="241a1294-549d-471e-9c94-678df94575b6" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:25:47.063" UserId="9220" Text="Check your BIOS settings on these machines.  My guess is that it's going to have something to do with your Hard Drive configuration, or your suspend mode.  Ensure that suspend mode is S3, and that your Hard Disk Pre-Delay (if available) is 0.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another thing to check is the power settings on the machines that have the problem.  Ensure that the Hibernation file isn't corrupt (Disable Hibernation, then delete hiberfile.sys if it still exists, re-enable hibernation.)&#xD;&#xA;Also, are these machines hooked up to a UPS?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One last thing to check is the memory itself.  Run a memtest, and scan the hard drive for errors." />
  <row Id="51409" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28885" RevisionGUID="312fe019-e78c-4dae-831f-758e8d2eb839" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:27:03.953" UserId="8263" Text="Administering Windows systems has always been &quot;heavy&quot;: that is, a complete windowing environment is necessary, which necessitates either being on-site or a network-heavy application like Remote Desktop or VNC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UNIX was designed with networking in mind - so the tools are designed for working over the network, not for looking pretty.  A UNIX server should never have that windowing environment (X11 usually) set up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The minimalist interface of SSH, wget, and vim is much more conducive to the network - vi was in fact designed to work on a 300baud modem line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are, indeed, graphical tools that will assist you working with remote UNIX and Linux systems (wsp was one; gvim may be another).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The usual way of administering UNIX systems is to log into the machine and work on the machine itself.  There is no need to move files around just to edit them.  The only thing that one must remember is to make sure the configuration is good and to test it where possible." />
  <row Id="51410" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28886" RevisionGUID="8d632927-0917-4270-9d79-44fb4e3be440" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:29:14.060" UserId="2101" Text="I would suggest using the split command to get around this limitation:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ufsdump /filesystem | split -b1G /nfsmount/filesystem.dump." />
  <row Id="51411" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28887" RevisionGUID="08a30ec0-1599-4496-b7de-db0894027d3d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:30:27.847" UserId="2566" Text="Are both machines that are going to be involved in the distributed transactions win2003 machines?  If so, you can use the mutual authentication option instead of the No Authentication option.  If one or both of the machines are win2000, then mutual authentication is not possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, &quot;Allow Remote Administration&quot; probably does not need to be checked off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See this link:  [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753510(WS.10).aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These two things may help put your sys admin at ease a bit.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753510(WS.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="51412" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28888" RevisionGUID="a93e9b52-f6f8-4b1e-be6a-85c1d157d15f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:31:16.927" UserId="7368" Text="**Purpose**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am setting up a webserver (running Fedora Core 5) which has Drupal installed on top of XAMPP. The users will be university professors, graduate students, and individuals in similar roles. I have been asked to add functionality to Drupal which would permit the users to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;+ Login against our custom PAM authentication system (or at least have some way to notify Drupal to tell it whether or not the user has been authorized).&#xD;&#xA;+ Create a node, **X**,  in some kind of hierarchy (if authorized to do so).&#xD;&#xA;+ Create child nodes of **X** without authorization (since the user was authorized to make **X**).&#xD;&#xA;+ Map **X** and its children to a clean URL (if **X** is named *DragnetPage* and it is a child of the root, the URL would look something like `http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/DragnetPage`).&#xD;&#xA;+ (Optional) Authorize other users in the system to modify **X** or its children.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Simply put, I need to *Drupalify* the traditional university web-site. This would preferably seem integrated and be easy to use for the users of the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Question**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any Drupal module (or combination of modules) which would allow me to add the described functionality?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Considered**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;+ I have searched the [Drupal Modules][1] web-site (as well as [google][2]) many times with the combinations of the keywords: `hierarchy`, `tree`, `authorize`, `university`, `school`,  `submenu`, `node`, `child`, `authenticate`. However, I couldn't find anything reasonably close to implementing the functionality I have described.&#xD;&#xA;+ I have experimented with the [Node Hierarchy Module][3]. However, it permits authorized users to make nodes anywhere in hierarchy which is precisely what I need to prevent.&#xD;&#xA;+ I have also experimented with [Submenu Tree][4], [Readable URLs][5], and a few other modules. All of them only have global permissions, so different users cannot be authorized to modify different things...it's either on or off.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://drupal.org/project/Modules &quot;Drupal Modules&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.google.com/ &quot;google&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://drupal.org/project/nodehierarchy/ &quot;Node Hierarchy Module&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://drupal.org/project/submenutree/ &quot;Submenu Tree&quot;&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/path/ &quot;Readable URLs&quot;" />
  <row Id="51413" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28888" RevisionGUID="a93e9b52-f6f8-4b1e-be6a-85c1d157d15f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:31:16.927" UserId="7368" Text="Looking to add specific functionality to Drupal on a Fedora Core 5 webserver" />
  <row Id="51414" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28888" RevisionGUID="a93e9b52-f6f8-4b1e-be6a-85c1d157d15f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:31:16.927" UserId="7368" Text="&lt;drupal&gt;&lt;xampp&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;university&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;" />
  <row Id="51415" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28888" RevisionGUID="a93e9b52-f6f8-4b1e-be6a-85c1d157d15f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:31:16.927" UserId="7368" />
  <row Id="51416" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28889" RevisionGUID="dbaf161e-2cba-4fec-8604-6533cb922077" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:32:11.370" UserId="6905" Text="Whenever I get to design a network or deploy a specific system it carries my name. Meaning I do my best to deliver performance, cost, and satisfy the client expectations. Its not a job, but part of my play time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It feels good when I get to fix somebody else mess. I get to be superman!." />
  <row Id="51417" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28889" RevisionGUID="dbaf161e-2cba-4fec-8604-6533cb922077" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:32:11.370" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51421" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28891" RevisionGUID="c3dc7da4-5d85-46a3-bf02-e4f20d07db01" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:40:06.020" UserId="9376" Text="Restart the Apache Server?" />
  <row Id="51422" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28892" RevisionGUID="294aba56-bbc6-4ac8-bb81-232d2593eab2" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:40:10.997" UserId="5890" Text="Give MS Windows [Services for Unix][1] a try. It supports Ver 3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb463212.aspx" />
  <row Id="51423" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28893" RevisionGUID="3d1df3ab-67dc-4c25-884b-655addb2a187" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:42:21.770" UserId="3329" Text="This is happening because some running process has loaded one or more Oracle DLLs and must be stopped before the install can proceed. The fun part is tracking them down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator Service is stopped.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Failing that, download and install [Process Explorer][1] and use it to find the DLL's being complained about.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx" />
  <row Id="51424" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28772" RevisionGUID="ad5c3dc0-2d57-4557-9309-59473b33de2a" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:43:32.970" UserId="7200" Comment="Added bit re: differential versus incremental backup and risk" Text="The full is &quot;leading&quot;. You're think of the week starting on a Monday. In the backup's &quot;mind&quot;, the week starts on Friday or Saturday. Your weekly sets would be all the tapes from the full through the last incremental or differential before the next full. Don't think about &quot;calendar weeks&quot;, think about &quot;backup weeks&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It doesn't matter which day of the week you run the full on-- you'll still start a restore by bringing back the last full and then the last differential (or all incrementals) taken after that full.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Typically, Friday or Saturday is chosen to give the longest window of non-business hours time to take the full backup. If you have a better day of the week for the full, use it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW: If you can get away with differential backups use them instead of incrementals. You have much less risk exposure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: An incremental backup contains only the changes since the last full OR incremental. A differential backup contains all the changes since the last full. Assuming you're piling a week's worth of incrementals or differentials on the same tape cartridge, they're functionally very close to equivalent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If, however, you're using a different tape cartridge each day for the incremental, you have a dependence on each of those cartridges holding the incremental backups to work for a successful restore. With a differential backup scenario using a different cartridge each day, only the last full and differential cartridges are needed for a restore." />
  <row Id="51426" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28894" RevisionGUID="ace4f159-6df4-4fb3-bbec-07ae3bc2db24" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:45:21.953" UserId="9304" Text="As squilman said not all datatypes (such as date) are supported by SQL 2000, also if your database uses CLR SPs or functions it won't be possible either.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My recommendation would be to use [SQL Compare][1] (there's a trial available) that should allow you to compare and push the schema across.  I am unsure if you can compare both databases directly but if not you should be able to dump the development box schema to files and then compare the files to the production server which also gives the option to create the entities.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming you get the schema re-created you will then need to transfer the data.  For this you can either go table by table with INSERT statements using a linked server as the source/destination or use SSIS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good Luck!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.red-gate.com/products/SQL_Compare/index.htm" />
  <row Id="51427" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28895" RevisionGUID="d41c5662-12b3-4422-9514-bbc6f093b297" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:48:48.623" UserId="8438" Text="It gives me a valid reason to drink heavily on the off hours." />
  <row Id="51428" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28895" RevisionGUID="d41c5662-12b3-4422-9514-bbc6f093b297" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:48:48.623" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51429" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28893" RevisionGUID="551de751-e5b4-46ab-8671-45a539ec9b1e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:49:00.587" UserId="3329" Comment="added 131 characters in body" Text="This is happening because some running process has loaded one or more Oracle DLLs and must be stopped before the install can proceed. The fun part is tracking them down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, ALL services running out of the Oracle Home being installed must be stopped, including the listener, data gatherer, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator Service is stopped.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Failing that, download and install [Process Explorer][1] and use it to find the DLL's being complained about.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx" />
  <row Id="51432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28897" RevisionGUID="ebc80078-775f-4f4c-8f43-2c25e6ddc61b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:55:31.480" UserId="8438" Text="SSH to access, scp if I need to transfer a limited amount of files. Shared directories via SMBFS/SAMBA if we REALLY need it. Typically it's a waste of time. Some of our less *nix-competent employees use webmin locked to local subnet access over HTTPS." />
  <row Id="51433" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28898" RevisionGUID="2ce8e472-daa9-4b11-9162-e870ca736e4d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:55:42.260" UserId="6108" Text="OpenBSD is especially nice for setting up a firewall as it is &quot;secure by default&quot;, meaning that there are no holes if you don't make them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, the configuration itself is very easy, even when you dig deeper into NAT, IPsec VPN, ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course you'll have to know networking with any box (what NAT means, basics of how IPsec works, what are ports, netmasks, ...)." />
  <row Id="51434" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28898" RevisionGUID="2ce8e472-daa9-4b11-9162-e870ca736e4d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:55:42.260" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28899" RevisionGUID="6e05fd32-b863-4252-8df7-5293d0ba0b88" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:57:36.513" UserId="3657" Text="I would think you could:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Create an Excel spreadsheet that has the SQL query to the database&#xD;&#xA; 2. Execute the query and do a Copy Values copy in Excel and paste that to a new workbook&#xD;&#xA; 3. Import that workbook when creating the Sharepoint list" />
  <row Id="51436" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28900" RevisionGUID="213d6475-1cc2-4b0c-a4dd-0c4580ab59d8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:59:36.463" UserId="8438" Text="Still fixing bugs in all of the old crap, thanks for the offer though." />
  <row Id="51437" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28900" RevisionGUID="213d6475-1cc2-4b0c-a4dd-0c4580ab59d8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T19:59:36.463" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28901" RevisionGUID="7e490bc3-fc45-483c-92a4-ce2fffb24e8a" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:00:29.923" UserId="2629" Text="I enjoy figuring out what is wrong and how to fix it.  Really, being a sysadmin is an exercise in logic puzzles (insofar as it deals with computers, at any rate)." />
  <row Id="51439" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28901" RevisionGUID="7e490bc3-fc45-483c-92a4-ce2fffb24e8a" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:00:29.923" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51440" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28902" RevisionGUID="633942db-ab3b-4d17-b809-647e7a104277" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:00:37.100" UserId="9351" Text="For the love of technology is, or should be, a primary reason to be a system administrator; The love of hacking on software and hardware; and the added bonus of getting to play with cool tech that lusers don't understand. I mean, there's no way, outside of my job, that I could get to play with i and z-series hardware. " />
  <row Id="51441" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28902" RevisionGUID="633942db-ab3b-4d17-b809-647e7a104277" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:00:37.100" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51444" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28851" RevisionGUID="a96d009a-d404-4a5e-a321-339e3e0528ea" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:02:45.660" UserId="2783" Comment="Updated my question" Text="This is a tossup between whether it belongs on Stack Overflow or Server Fault (but since I am not a developer, and am looking for a no-code solution, I'm starting with SF).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there an easy way to populate a SharePoint list with data from an external SQL database?  In SharePoint designer, it is a simple matter to create a connection to a SQL database for using the data view web part, but I need the data from a SQL table to populate a SharePoint list.  Is there a no-code way to do so?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Although there are certainly ways of exporting data from the SQL table and importing it into my list, I am looking to have the connection be live so that a column in my SharePoint list is always up-to-date with a master data source stored in a different SQL database." />
  <row Id="51445" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28904" RevisionGUID="40d52f8e-cc20-4270-b2ec-0493c1500ce2" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:06:20.427" UserId="413" Text="I realize that this is not an answer to your question, but FC5 has been end of life for 2 years; I'd look to upgrading it pretty soon, as it's going to be hard to keep it secured- and if it's serving up public pages, it's more or less a ticking time bomb." />
  <row Id="51446" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28904" RevisionGUID="40d52f8e-cc20-4270-b2ec-0493c1500ce2" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:06:20.427" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28906" RevisionGUID="c1ccd679-3ffc-4647-bce6-140c70da508e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:08:39.223" UserId="9351" Text="Probably your best choice would be to try TestDisk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on your comfort with linux/bsd you can try the combination of fdisk or gpart. Also, the FreeBSD setup disk has some interesting tools you might try.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To play with this, go into the installer and select 'upgrade system.' This will show you what partitions it knows about on the disk and allow you to configure a new layout. As the instruction say, this is not going to write the layout to disk, but needs to be done to proceed with the upgrade process. After that, you'll be given a terminal on vty4. Switch to this term and see if you can see your files. This *could* get you back to a bootable state, but will most certainly help you see and interact with the partition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best of luck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51450" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28907" RevisionGUID="a49880d4-d95c-4c7b-9084-7dae3d9d4fc8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:09:50.250" UserDisplayName="Ruslan Sudentas" Text="I use [SQLBackupAndFTP][1] - fantastic and simple product.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://SQLBackupAndFTP.com" />
  <row Id="51451" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28908" RevisionGUID="63cd558c-f271-4645-8add-6d36021ffca8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:10:20.637" UserId="6177" Text="Our full backups run about 24 hours including verify, so we start them Friday night.  As others have mentioned, differentials are better in that the worst case is you only have to restore twice, once to get things from the full, once from the last differential.  In our case, fulls take 2 tapes (LTO3) (first we do disk-to-disk, then another copy goes onto tape) and we put the 4 diffs only on disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've never used a strict GFS rotation, we always have at least 5 weeks of fulls, usually more now that tape costs have come down.  Twice a year - once at the end of the fiscal year, once in the middle of the year - we take a set of full backup tapes and put them aside to be kept for &quot;forever.&quot;  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(We actually still have some TK70s and 8mm analog tapes from our old VAXes sitting in a drawer, and we even still have those VAXes, but there's no way we'd ever take the time to even try to boot them up and restore anything.  We also have a ton of DAT tapes from our NT 3.51 and 4.0 days, but no more working drives to use them on if we wanted to.)" />
  <row Id="51456" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28899" RevisionGUID="6321bbcb-e28b-4d5e-9305-a6bc2906633a" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:14:18.757" UserId="3657" Comment="Live view update; edited body" Text="I would think you could:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Create an Excel spreadsheet that has the SQL query to the database&#xD;&#xA; 2. Execute the query and do a Copy Values copy in Excel and paste that to a new workbook&#xD;&#xA; 3. Import that workbook when creating the Sharepoint list&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For displaying data live using a query, you need the Sharepoint Designer and you add a Data View to the list.  See:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/HA100948041033.aspx" />
  <row Id="51457" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28911" RevisionGUID="4fb77bd5-86af-4bd8-979f-83ac0f35e5b9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:15:47.523" UserId="45" Text="Could be driver related. I would check the graphics card driver and see if there is a more recent version available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another strategy: think about what is different on these three machines in comparison to all other PCs? Maybe there is a software installed which causes the problem. Or an attached device/docking station?" />
  <row Id="51458" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28912" RevisionGUID="e4fc00de-bebe-4466-aa69-0c009a0800d7" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:16:20.563" UserId="6609" Text="This wasn't my experience, but it was a Friday thing so I will relate it.  A suit / techie type decided one time that it would be &quot;really neat&quot; to take up one of the major vendors on one of those &quot;try our servers out for 90 days&quot; offers.  So, they got in a rack full of gear and played with it for a few weeks, then penciled in a tear down day that should have been sufficient to repackage the servers and get them back to the vendor before the 90 days was up.  I don't think they ever intended to buy the gear, it was just for fun.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, The last day fell on a Sunday.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The last possible Friday afternoon, around 3PM, someone remembered that they'd been pushing off the deracking, repackaging and shipping of the gear back to the vendor.  Panic ensues as they realize that this is $300,000 worth of hardware, and if they keep it for one more day they have to pay the bill.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They quickly assembled a team of top rate NOC and network guys to start tearing down the gear, but they couldn't find the original boxes or crates.  Seems that 90 days is just long enough for the cleaners to give up on the sticky note saying &quot;do not throw away&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So they call the vendor and ask about receiving... &quot;oh, the warehouse you need to ship back to is closed on Sundays. They have a window from 9 AM to noon on Saturdays where they can do receiving though.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OH NOES! Now what?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They apparently go through the yellow pages and their contacts until they find someone who lists themselves as a specialist in building shipping crates.  They call the guy and ask if he can work on short notice.  His English is limited, but his answer sounds reassuring: &quot;no problem&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The guy arrives Friday afternoon around 5:15 in a slightly beat up three piece business suit, driving a beat up pickup truck that does seem to have the right stuff in it to build the crate.  He surveys the issue, and says again &quot;no problem&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;He works through the night building the crate, helping the NOC dudes put the servers in to it, loading it all in the pickup, all the while in a suit and tie saying &quot;no problem&quot;. It's hours and hours worth of work that they finish apparently Saturday morning and they drive the newly assembled crate three hours away to the vendors receiving warehouse only to find it locked up tight.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They leave the crate outside and drive home.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They were not billed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;No problem&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51459" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28912" RevisionGUID="e4fc00de-bebe-4466-aa69-0c009a0800d7" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:16:20.563" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51464" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28915" RevisionGUID="acbc702e-9741-4fe9-ba4c-1d4bbe1d5cd7" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:16:41.077" UserId="10138" Text="I've recently graduated and have got a job at a fast-growing dedicated/VPS hosting company as junior sysadmin. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to know any tips or advice you more senior sysadmins have, e.g. what mistakes did you make when you were younger, certification, how to stay organised.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="51465" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28915" RevisionGUID="acbc702e-9741-4fe9-ba4c-1d4bbe1d5cd7" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:16:41.077" UserId="10138" Text="Advice and tips for a junior sysadmin straight out of college?" />
  <row Id="51466" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28915" RevisionGUID="acbc702e-9741-4fe9-ba4c-1d4bbe1d5cd7" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:16:41.077" UserId="10138" Text="&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;tips&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="51467" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28916" RevisionGUID="46a9db80-52fb-404d-9fc0-22706d1d9e89" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:17:43.963" UserId="9249" Text="It depends on the type of export (dump) that was done from the original database.  Oracle does four types of exports (called modes):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Full&#xD;&#xA;1. User&#xD;&#xA;1. Table(s)&#xD;&#xA;1. Tablespace(s)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming that a Full export was done, you'd do something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SET ORACLE_SID=dbsid&#xD;&#xA;    imp system/manager FULL=y FILE=database.dmp LOG=import.log STATISTICS=recalculate&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Having said that, you should read through the [Oracle documentation on imp](http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96652/ch02.htm)." />
  <row Id="51469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28917" RevisionGUID="b711e387-5b8c-4d28-b5e8-8f272181d406" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:20:44.610" UserId="768" Text="While you could edit your `/etc/ssh/sshd_config` to look something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ForceCommand           /bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    PermitOpen             0.0.0.0&#xD;&#xA;    AllowTcpForwarding     no&#xD;&#xA;    PermitTunnel           no&#xD;&#xA;    # Subsystem sftp       /usr/lib/openssh/sftp-server&#xD;&#xA;    PermitUserEnvironment  no&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would instead determine what the user is likely to use it for. Because if there are only a few commands that you want them to have access to, I would instead remove the ability for them to even invoke a normal `ssh` shell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    AllowUsers             root&#xD;&#xA;    PermitRootLogin        forced-commands-only&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    PermitUserEnvironment  no&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    AllowTcpForwarding     no&#xD;&#xA;    PermitTunnel           no&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # Subsystem sftp       /usr/lib/openssh/sftp-server&#xD;&#xA;    Subsystem smb-reload   /usr/bin/smbcontrol smbd reload-config&#xD;&#xA;    Subsystem status       /opt/local/bin/status.sh&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh root@example -s smb-reload&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you find that you really do need to be able to run a normal shell, the most you really can hope for, is to slow them down, and make it more difficult." />
  <row Id="51470" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28917" RevisionGUID="b711e387-5b8c-4d28-b5e8-8f272181d406" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:20:44.610" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51471" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28918" RevisionGUID="97f87fb4-6d23-428a-a3c6-42ff2b252590" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:25:09.983" UserId="10140" Text="Index loads. Search works and loads posts (meaning the DB is fine).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just transferred to a new server. HELP!" />
  <row Id="51472" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28918" RevisionGUID="97f87fb4-6d23-428a-a3c6-42ff2b252590" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:25:09.983" UserId="10140" Text="Help! Wordpress posts returning 404 (Debian + Apache)" />
  <row Id="51473" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28918" RevisionGUID="97f87fb4-6d23-428a-a3c6-42ff2b252590" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:25:09.983" UserId="10140" Text="&lt;wordpress&gt;&lt;apache&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;lenny&gt;" />
  <row Id="51474" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28919" RevisionGUID="ee9331c0-7280-408c-b308-9545c92affe4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:27:01.243" UserId="3235" Text="My best piece of advice is to **remember ignorance is not a sin.**  You don't know everything, nobody does. Read the documentation, ask for help.  It is far better to spend some time and possibly a few shreds of credibility with your peers to find learn before you screw up, than to leap in and really mess something up.  Everybody screws up sometime.  Just don't be the one who screws up because they didn't RTFM or ask around first." />
  <row Id="51475" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28920" RevisionGUID="679ecf70-baa4-424b-854d-346012cc2c27" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:28:42.240" UserId="6365" Text="Check the apache logs and give us some info.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Until then this question is of a type: &quot;It doesn't work. Get me an answer why from a crystal ball&quot;" />
  <row Id="51476" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28921" RevisionGUID="1bedef66-5135-45fc-9fb6-274655bc3ca3" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:30:00.537" UserId="5611" Text="Not sure if this is really SF-related but...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you gave us more information, it might help... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Like, Apache + PHP error logs, etc..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anapologetos" />
  <row Id="51477" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28922" RevisionGUID="61b01f4d-b396-48b0-a036-4adc7f07094b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:30:05.467" UserId="1054" Text="I've seen that happen with poorly written plugins installed.  You could try disabling some plugins and see if things start working and if so then put them back one by one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Before disabling them you could also go through all of the configs and see if any are set to reference old host names / IP's whatever. (if your new machine is different from the original...)" />
  <row Id="51481" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28924" RevisionGUID="633f7f73-833a-44fe-b6fe-fffe89e36b04" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:34:46.750" UserId="1054" Text="One of the best things I've learned over the years is that elegant solutions to NOT always win over functional solutions.  Solutions need to fit the specs, be stable, be usable, and be supportable.  Elegance quickly starts to erode one or more of those.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, of course, the really good sysadmins develop elegant functional solutions :)  So learn learn learn and play play play (in a lab / dev setting of course)." />
  <row Id="51482" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28925" RevisionGUID="b35a6323-1075-4ac1-9d81-1d682e7c76a9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:35:29.713" UserId="10139" Text="here's a script to turn on an audit rule:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $path = 'C:\...\*'&#xD;&#xA;    $ACL = new-object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSecurity&#xD;&#xA;    $AccessRule = new-object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAuditRule(&quot;everyone&quot;,&quot;ExecuteFile&quot;,&quot;success&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    $ACL.SetAuditRule($AccessRule)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    $dircont = gci $path -include &quot;*.dot&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    foreach ($file in $dircont)&#xD;&#xA;    		{&#xD;&#xA;    		$ACL | Set-Acl $file&#xD;&#xA;    		}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BUT what I want to be able to do is, for any given file, remove any and all auditing rules. So let's say you don't know what users have auditing set or for what actions, you just want to get rid of it all...&#xD;&#xA;Like I think I could do something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $AccessRule = new-object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAuditRule(&quot;everyone&quot;,&quot;ExecuteFile&quot;,&quot;none&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But that only helps if you know what users are already configured to be audited on that file... hope this makes sense. Thanks for any help.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51483" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28925" RevisionGUID="b35a6323-1075-4ac1-9d81-1d682e7c76a9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:35:29.713" UserId="10139" Text="how to remove file auditing rules via Powershell?" />
  <row Id="51484" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28925" RevisionGUID="b35a6323-1075-4ac1-9d81-1d682e7c76a9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:35:29.713" UserId="10139" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;file&gt;&lt;audit&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="51486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28926" RevisionGUID="1bbe0709-37f6-4233-aed7-2ea315829a6f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:35:52.693" UserId="10140" Text="It's not a plugin issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sorry, but I'm new to this all. How do I pull up Apache logs?" />
  <row Id="51487" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28927" RevisionGUID="0eb02ab2-43d5-49ea-bba8-6a15c2cbbb36" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:36:46.497" UserId="1936" Text="Change your Permalinks back to Default.&#xD;&#xA;Now do links work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you visited the [Using_Permalinks][1] page in the WordPress codex? Lots of trouble-shooting tips.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks" />
  <row Id="51488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28928" RevisionGUID="d91bc289-5f90-4b96-8200-2c71512fa2bf" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:40:23.057" UserId="9249" Text="Just post your root password and I'll connect to the machine and we'll fix it for you!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note for the humor/common sense impaired: do NOT really do that!" />
  <row Id="51489" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28929" RevisionGUID="1ee26ed4-b140-4460-986a-53259236a773" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:40:46.443" UserId="10140" Text="Thanks Chris_K! It works on Default, but how do I return to the structure of my choosing?" />
  <row Id="51490" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28930" RevisionGUID="d1f0351b-4ef1-4b27-83ef-cd3e7b99f7cc" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:41:56.377" UserId="9307" Text="The best way to learn is to try things out in a sandbox environment.  Get yourself some virtualisation software and play with things - performing server and application installs &amp; definitely spend some time practising recovery from backups.  I've worked with many sys admins who are great at day-to-day stuff but have never had to recover the systems they're working with.  It's so much easier if you're first time recovering a server doesn't include an irate MD breathing down your neck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should also take a look at this earlier question http://serverfault.com/questions/9766/what-a-beginner-should-know-learn-for-sysadmin-job" />
  <row Id="51491" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28931" RevisionGUID="0b0338fc-9598-4378-a99c-5654b9fc2634" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:42:20.870" UserId="2572" Text="There used to be the tool Regini.exe from the Windows 2000 Resource Kit to do this, but it is no longer supported by Microsoft. Reg.exe can't do it either. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="51492" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28931" RevisionGUID="0b0338fc-9598-4378-a99c-5654b9fc2634" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:42:20.870" UserId="2572" Text="How to set permissions on registry keys from the command line?" />
  <row Id="51493" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28931" RevisionGUID="0b0338fc-9598-4378-a99c-5654b9fc2634" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:42:20.870" UserId="2572" Text="&lt;registry&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="51494" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28932" RevisionGUID="d47af7a6-d12b-4a3a-b549-feffc5490430" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:42:40.590" UserId="8438" Text="Quit and take up a sane profession.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/utterly serious" />
  <row Id="51495" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28933" RevisionGUID="64af2317-dd94-4da2-a652-f69f15d1c1dd" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:43:21.540" UserId="9249" Text="[`SubInAcl`](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=E8BA3E56-D8FE-4A91-93CF-ED6985E3927B) is your friend here." />
  <row Id="51496" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28927" RevisionGUID="bd4a1ab9-bcdc-46ff-90e2-9c424cda855d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:44:53.127" UserId="1936" Comment="added 137 characters in body; added 1 characters in body" Text="Change your Permalinks back to Default.&#xD;&#xA;Now do links work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you visited the [Using_Permalinks][1] page in the WordPress codex? Lots of trouble-shooting tips.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Added:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In particular, confirm with your host that mod_rewrite and AllowOverride are both on and enabled. (peek in your httpd.conf) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks" />
  <row Id="51497" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28862" RevisionGUID="c6cd4c8c-140d-4dfb-9cb0-8baa692a77d5" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:45:30.567" UserId="10126" Comment="added 791 characters in body" Text="Sorry I don't know what I'm doing and I need your help. I have an htaccess file that does some url rewriting but its not working on the server. I don't think mod_rewrite is enabled. but it's not commented out, and phpinfo() says that it is one of the enabled modules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know what to do. Please help!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;from my .htaccess file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteEngine On&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]&#xD;&#xA;    RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: I changed this line from none to all in http.conf:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.&#xD;&#xA;    # It can be &quot;All&quot;, &quot;None&quot;, or any combination of the keywords:&#xD;&#xA;    #   Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit&#xD;&#xA;    #&#xD;&#xA;        AllowOverride All&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I saved it. Tried to restart apache (by doing what my IT guy said: /sbin/service httpd restart), but apache couldn't restart saying:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Stopping httpd: [FAILED]&#xD;&#xA;    Starting httpd: [FAILED]&#xD;&#xA;    (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80&#xD;&#xA;    (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80&#xD;&#xA;    no listening sockets available, shutting down&#xD;&#xA;    Unable to open logs&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I can't roll back cuz I get the same message...what is wrong!" />
  <row Id="51500" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28915" RevisionGUID="fec621df-a937-4934-9ef2-2db2e78e3825" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:52:18.823" UserId="10138" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="I've recently graduated and have got a job at a fast-growing dedicated/VPS hosting company as a junior sysadmin. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to know any tips or advice you more senior sysadmins have, e.g. what mistakes did you make when you were younger, certification, how to stay organised.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="51501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28935" RevisionGUID="445a7633-52ba-4b0a-a2bd-eee046709fda" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:56:19.407" UserId="2600" Text="Is there an way to permit ping packets larger than 1472 through a Juniper SSG520M firewall?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Ping of Death&quot; and &quot;Large Size ICMP Packet&quot; protection has already been disabled under the 'Screening' options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to be able to ping from the Trust side to the Untrust side (and perhaps vice versa) with packets larger than 1500 (i.e. ping 192.168.1.1 -l 4096) so I can force fragmentation." />
  <row Id="51502" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28935" RevisionGUID="445a7633-52ba-4b0a-a2bd-eee046709fda" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:56:19.407" UserId="2600" Text="Juniper firewall - large pings for testing" />
  <row Id="51503" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28935" RevisionGUID="445a7633-52ba-4b0a-a2bd-eee046709fda" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:56:19.407" UserId="2600" Text="&lt;juniper&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;&lt;ping&gt;" />
  <row Id="51504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28936" RevisionGUID="ffd07c4d-448e-46a9-be4c-28676de13524" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:56:42.400" UserId="9307" Text="Read Kalen Delaney's book on SQL Server Internals.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Itzik Ben-Gan's books and site have also been a big help - http://www.sql.co.il/" />
  <row Id="51505" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28936" RevisionGUID="ffd07c4d-448e-46a9-be4c-28676de13524" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:56:42.400" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51506" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28937" RevisionGUID="2effc228-d45b-4915-8fbc-d57b376c2061" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:57:30.247" UserId="1167" Text="Just out of curiosity - what version of the .NET framework does your company have installed on its production Windows web and SQL Servers ? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How big a struggle will it be to get a new .NET version on those servers, e.g. .NET 4.0 when it comes out end of 2009 ??&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a software developer, I find myself often struggling with IT departments trying to convince them to install .NET, but a lot of departments and sysadmins seem to be awfully hesitant....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Marc&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51507" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28937" RevisionGUID="2effc228-d45b-4915-8fbc-d57b376c2061" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:57:30.247" UserId="1167" Text="What .NET framework version do you have installed on production servers?" />
  <row Id="51508" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28937" RevisionGUID="2effc228-d45b-4915-8fbc-d57b376c2061" CreationDate="2009-06-19T20:57:30.247" UserId="1167" Text="&lt;.net&gt;&lt;production-environment&gt;" />
  <row Id="51510" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28938" RevisionGUID="54fb3a37-54b8-4351-9e50-995ea6cd94d2" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:01:18.460" UserId="7200" Text="We have whatever version is required for the application software installed on the server computer. If the server computer doesn't have any applications installed that require a .NET Framework installed, we don't install one. I have no problem installing it, but like any software on a server computer, if it's not required it's not installed." />
  <row Id="51511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28939" RevisionGUID="e24125d9-ce03-4876-b36c-15d0e1bc8e64" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:01:53.513" UserId="1054" Text="A lot of the hesitation is due to security concerns and admins wanting to &quot;wait for SP1 to come&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, we install what is necessary to make things work so long as the framework is in public release.  No beta or RC versions on production servers.  And if a version isn't required (or the whole Framework for that matter) it doesn't make it on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28940" RevisionGUID="c7074ed7-cb9c-4596-97d7-d6ea0ab59249" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:01:59.333" UserId="9307" Text="If it's for local use only and you can't get entries added to DNS you and your colleagues can also have a play with your hosts file to configure some new uris." />
  <row Id="51513" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28941" RevisionGUID="5768d69e-2171-464b-889c-2bf051ab5230" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:02:55.057" UserId="9751" Text="The best advice I can give, aside from above, is listen.  As a group, sysadmins (techs as a whole) tend to be a pretty argumentative.  We all have our favorite OS, Platform, Tool, etc.  Learning to listen and recognize that the other person may have a point has been a tremendous source of learning for me.  Once you recognize their point, you are more likely to learn something from them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, smile... you'd be surprised how easy it is to not smile on a day to day basis, and a good smile will help turn you from &quot;strange guy waaaaay too into computers&quot; to &quot;strange guy waaaay too into computers that I actually kind of would like to talk to&quot;  " />
  <row Id="51514" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28942" RevisionGUID="a83d2bee-3411-4af2-ae0a-585e8f892fb5" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:03:28.753" UserId="3299" Text="I wanted to install the new SCVMM 2008 R2 RC, so I thought I would uninstall SCVMM 2008 to do a clean install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I try to uninstall it I get the following message:&#xD;&#xA;*[Window Title]*&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft® System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*[Main Instruction]*&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft® System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 has stopped working&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*[Content]*&#xD;&#xA;A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*[Close program]*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After which the uninstaller closes and I can't remove the program. (I have tried it with the Local Admin, and 2 different domain users. (one that installed the software and 1 that the login used for the Agent.)) I have also tried it with both Retaining and removing data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also tried turning off the VMM Service to see if that would help (it does not)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, I am stuck with this program until I format the drive. (Booo!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I thought I would try to upgrade instead of doing a fresh install, but that fails as well. It says it can't connect to the SQL DB.  That does not supprise me because it is not there (I am guessing the partial install caused it to be removed.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I may have to format and try again, but I thought I would ask around first." />
  <row Id="51515" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28942" RevisionGUID="a83d2bee-3411-4af2-ae0a-585e8f892fb5" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:03:28.753" UserId="3299" Text="Cannot uninstall System Center Virtual Machine Mananger (SCVMM)" />
  <row Id="51516" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28942" RevisionGUID="a83d2bee-3411-4af2-ae0a-585e8f892fb5" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:03:28.753" UserId="3299" Text="&lt;scvmm&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="51517" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28943" RevisionGUID="9084b337-eeca-4f18-ab05-b6319924b114" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:04:30.450" UserId="7200" Text="Joe's post about SubInAcl is perfectly valid. I happen to prefer &lt;a href=&quot;http://setacl.sourceforge.net/&quot;&gt;SetACL&lt;/a&gt;, which basically does the same things with a different command-line syntax. It's also available as an ActiveX control such that it's easy to call in scripts.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51518" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28944" RevisionGUID="b5c7c9a7-8193-44f8-9df0-2fd4d4c5f8df" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:04:39.233" UserId="1229" Text="This doesn't address your question, I don't know how, but your script can be cleaned up just a bit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $path = 'C:\...\*'&#xD;&#xA;    $ACL = new-object Security.AccessControl.FileSecurity&#xD;&#xA;    $AccessRule = new-object Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAuditRule `&#xD;&#xA;                       everyone, ExecuteFile, success&#xD;&#xA;    $ACL.SetAuditRule($AccessRule)&#xD;&#xA;    gci $path -filter *.dot | Set-Acl -acl $ACL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51519" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28945" RevisionGUID="15b8c1a3-92c8-4350-80f1-cc108c7b0aaa" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:04:52.510" UserId="9867" Text="I found the problem. I was using FTP to transfer the files (the VMWare host is in the DMZ, my SCVMM machine is in the LAN, and FTP is our preferred means of transferring data between the two zones). When we transferred the files with an external USB drive, it worked like a charm. My only possible explanation is that maybe something got transferred in ASCII mode that should have been sent in binary mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bizarre.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;J.Ja" />
  <row Id="51520" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="18481" RevisionGUID="932f4f7b-e928-4778-b1d3-613fed009dd3" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:04:57.673" UserId="9503" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
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  <row Id="51522" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="2283" RevisionGUID="b8b92419-dbed-4d5c-9b20-6cef2eecb833" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:05:53.647" UserId="9503" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;bind&gt;&lt;dns&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;a-record&gt;&lt;name-resolution&gt;" />
  <row Id="51523" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="928" RevisionGUID="0b44bad1-8a8b-45b3-918f-a1fa4fba1551" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:06:29.667" UserId="9503" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;route&gt;&lt;tunneling&gt;" />
  <row Id="51524" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="22658" RevisionGUID="df02a4a8-b37c-4067-a021-e8d1568f27df" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:07:08.277" UserId="9503" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;not-programming-related&gt;" />
  <row Id="51525" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28924" RevisionGUID="987ce46a-3391-4b12-8798-b70ca0cd70f8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:07:53.970" UserId="1054" Comment="Typo" Text="One of the best things I've learned over the years is that elegant solutions do NOT always win over functional solutions.  Solutions need to fit the specs, be stable, be usable, and be supportable.  Elegance quickly starts to erode one or more of those attributes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, of course, the really good sysadmins develop elegant functional solutions :)  So learn learn learn and play play play (in a lab / dev setting of course)." />
  <row Id="51526" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28925" RevisionGUID="7d808777-fedd-40cb-90cd-5e5d0aa32aa0" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:09:47.773" UserId="10139" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;&lt;file&gt;&lt;audit&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;acl&gt;" />
  <row Id="51527" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28912" RevisionGUID="deff7530-b99d-4cac-b1b8-b4c4e2db4274" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:11:25.447" UserId="6609" Comment="added 3 characters in body; added 72 characters in body" Text="This wasn't my experience, but it was a Friday thing so I will relate it.  A suit / techie type decided one time that it would be &quot;really neat&quot; to take up one of the major vendors on one of those &quot;try our servers out for 90 days&quot; offers.  So, they got in a rack full of gear and played with it for a few weeks, then penciled in a tear down day that should have been sufficient to repackage the servers and get them back to the vendor before the 90 days was up.  I don't think they ever intended to buy the gear, it was just for fun.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, The last day fell on a Sunday.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The last possible Friday afternoon, around 3PM, someone remembered that they'd been pushing off the deracking, repackaging and shipping of the gear back to the vendor.  Panic ensues as they realize that this is $300,000 worth of hardware, and if they keep it for one more day they have to pay the bill.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They quickly assembled a team of top rate NOC and network guys to start tearing down the gear, but they couldn't find the original boxes or crates.  Seems that 90 days is just long enough for the cleaners to give up on the sticky note saying &quot;do not throw away&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So they call the vendor and ask about receiving... &quot;oh, the warehouse you need to ship back to is closed on Sundays. They have a window from 9 AM to noon on Saturdays where they can do receiving though.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OH NOES! Now what?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They apparently go through the yellow pages and their contacts until they find someone who lists themselves as a specialist in building shipping crates.  They call the guy and ask if he can work on short notice.  His English is limited, but his answer sounds reassuring: &quot;no problem&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The guy arrives Friday afternoon around 7:15 PM in a slightly beat up three piece business suit, driving a beat up pickup truck that does seem to have the right stuff in it to build the crate.  He surveys the issue, and says again &quot;no problem&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;He works through the night building the crate, helping the NOC dudes put the servers in to it, loading it all in the pickup, all the while in a suit and tie saying &quot;no problem&quot;. It's hours and hours worth of work that they finish apparently Saturday morning and they drive the newly assembled crate three hours away to the vendors receiving warehouse only to find it locked up tight.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They leave the crates, with $300,000 worth of gear in them, outside the warehouse in the parking lot and drive home.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They were not billed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;No problem&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28946" RevisionGUID="6dd058a3-199b-4f80-bf4a-3eefe0f8919f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:12:25.613" UserId="8290" Text="Learn about web programming and study good web code in your spare time (if you have any). If you are supporting web servers you will have a much better handle on the &quot;big picture&quot; if you understand how web applications work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Learn from the experts in your language of choice by reading their blogs and books (the OmniTI folks if you're using PHP; 37Signals if you prefer Rails; etc.)" />
  <row Id="51529" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28947" RevisionGUID="62cf068a-2cd8-402c-a3c5-6240db72cf26" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:12:47.253" UserId="9461" Text="In my large organization, you'd swear that the policy-makers are doing *everything* to keep people from achieving anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They are willing to pay me for not doing anything useful, and I've chosen to play with it. I'm not going to fight the system. At least not at the moment." />
  <row Id="51530" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28947" RevisionGUID="62cf068a-2cd8-402c-a3c5-6240db72cf26" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:12:47.253" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51531" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28924" RevisionGUID="50b52b4f-66ee-48b1-b8b4-86cbe7946a34" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:14:37.733" UserId="1054" Comment="add additional point" Text="One of the best things I've learned over the years is that elegant solutions do NOT always win over functional solutions.  Solutions need to fit the specs, be stable, be usable, and be supportable.  Elegance quickly starts to erode one or more of those attributes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, of course, the really good sysadmins develop elegant functional solutions :)  So learn learn learn and play play play (in a lab / dev setting of course).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition (and to go along with my point), as you gain experience don't get it in your head that your solutions are always the best or that you can necessarily add value to everything.  The biggest pain in my @$$ has been the guy that feels he absolutely has to review and put his personal touches on every single freaking solution that goes in front of him.  He's far worse than any [**high-maintenance user**][1] I've dealt with (shameless plug for my question on a Friday afternoon).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8794/your-worst-high-maintenance-user-experience" />
  <row Id="51532" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27413" RevisionGUID="d9c87565-47cc-45ee-a545-b288fc4280d1" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:17:23.170" UserId="3485" Comment="added the server side solution" Text="Ideally I'd like to send a link via staff email that staff could click on to reveal their computer name. (specifically first part of the 'Long computer name' found in the second tab of MyComputer Properties.) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there some javascript/vbscript/activex object on the client side, or CGI script on the server-side that can let a user know their computer name by returning a simple web page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For good reasons the organisations stops users from downloading/running apps, so oneClick deploy and downloading batch files is out of the question with the existing infrastructure/policy setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh - it should work for the enterprise wide install of IE 6/WinXP that isn't likely to be updated anytime soon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Server Side** &#xD;&#xA;You want the REMOTE_HOST server variable. First enable reverse DNS on the web server. Then create a page to return the variable you want. Here it is in ASP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`&lt;% Response.Write ServerVariables(&quot;REMOTE_HOST&quot;) %&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51533" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28948" RevisionGUID="cc6f3313-ba96-476d-9022-3a833858daa9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:19:35.430" UserId="10144" Text="I have a problem with a Linux/Ubuntu Desktop machine. &#xD;&#xA;The machine is used as a part of a larger setup (a autonomous boat) that relies on four USB-Devices. Three of them are plugged into an USB Hub and one is plugged directly into the machine. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Every time we reconnect the Device or restart the computer the devices may get a different device number. That is a big problem for us because to initialize those devices from our software we need their location. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a solution from the side of the operating system to assign certain numbers to them or use a link or something to make sure they are always accessible in the same way from the software? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there is only a programmatic solution maybe the question can be moved to stackoverflow.com " />
  <row Id="51534" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28948" RevisionGUID="cc6f3313-ba96-476d-9022-3a833858daa9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:19:35.430" UserId="10144" Text="Fix usb device file for a certain USB-Device" />
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  <row Id="51537" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="18518" RevisionGUID="53c9a5f6-5593-4f1e-bd82-8a2da6f0ed6d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:21:19.700" UserId="9503" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;express-card&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;esata&gt;&lt;drivers&gt;" />
  <row Id="51538" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28949" RevisionGUID="96982e1e-0f72-48d7-a694-3591ad7721dd" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:21:32.523" UserId="25" Text="I have a server that has a PHP MySQL extension version 5.0.77 while the MySQL version is 5.1.34. Some pieces of software/scripts are warning me that I may have problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What kind of problems should I expect and should I be concerned about it? (I'm not running any fancy MySQL queries/commands through PHP.) Is it big deal?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We don't feel like recompling PHP with a newer version of the library and the server admin really had no idea how (although I could probably figure it out)." />
  <row Id="51539" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28949" RevisionGUID="96982e1e-0f72-48d7-a694-3591ad7721dd" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:21:32.523" UserId="25" Text="Should I expect problems with a different version of the MySQL PHP extension vs the MySQL server?" />
  <row Id="51540" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28949" RevisionGUID="96982e1e-0f72-48d7-a694-3591ad7721dd" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:21:32.523" UserId="25" Text="&lt;php&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;" />
  <row Id="51541" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="25797" RevisionGUID="2708cbd6-2e56-4423-825c-5346dbc43bbd" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:22:26.810" UserId="9503" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;32-bit&gt;&lt;64-bit&gt;&lt;slackware&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="51542" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28950" RevisionGUID="0b3298ff-e9c7-42ef-a24f-e1427aa3a5d9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:24:21.877" UserId="1054" Text="To answer your question: Oh hell no.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To put some more reality into it: I only start pet projects on Friday.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the people who interviewed me for my current position asked me what I would do if &quot;that call&quot; came in at 5:00 on a Friday and I had concert tickets for a show at 7:00.  First thing I told her was that it completely depends on who the caller is (God, I love caller ID).  Second thing I told her was that they'd better be able to explain to me in NO uncertain terms the first time around why exactly it is that they're calling with an emergency at 5:00 on a Friday.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;She said that was one of the reasons I got the job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things happen and we have to deal with them sometimes.  But one of the things that drives me crazy about (I'll say it) over-ambitious service organizations is when you put your life on absolute hold to try and get something done that can really wait until Monday morning.  I think one of the aspects of a great sysadmin is the ability to discern and to be able to pull out from a user what really is an emergency.  It's an artform!" />
  <row Id="51543" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28950" RevisionGUID="0b3298ff-e9c7-42ef-a24f-e1427aa3a5d9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:24:21.877" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51544" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27413" RevisionGUID="f6e21ef2-dfee-433a-bcad-5bf30ef5a469" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:27:44.040" UserId="3485" Comment="added answers " Text="Ideally I'd like to send a link via staff email that staff could click on to reveal their computer name. (specifically first part of the 'Long computer name' found in the second tab of MyComputer Properties.) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there some javascript/vbscript/activex object on the client side, or CGI script on the server-side that can let a user know their computer name by returning a simple web page.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For good reasons the organisations stops users from downloading/running apps, so oneClick deploy and downloading batch files is out of the question with the existing infrastructure/policy setup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh - it should work for the enterprise wide install of IE 6/WinXP that isn't likely to be updated anytime soon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Answers**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Via email**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;send them a link for&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://%computername%&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;this will bring up &quot;Internet explorer cannot display the webpage&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but the address bar will show the machine name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Server Side** &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You want the REMOTE_HOST server variable. First enable reverse DNS on the web server. Then create a page to return the variable you want. Here it is in ASP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`&lt;% Response.Write ServerVariables(&quot;REMOTE_HOST&quot;) %&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28951" RevisionGUID="0c039922-f391-4b4e-8a43-27ffa7d0abd0" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:28:07.657" UserId="9138" Text="I don't know about Ubuntu, but Red Hat has a symbolic link: /dev/disk/by-label/&lt;VolumeName&gt; that points to the actual device file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might also want to look into udev; that can also do what you're looking to do." />
  <row Id="51547" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28952" RevisionGUID="5fdd986e-fab4-4dfb-b9aa-dbc482e81a3c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:35:04.150" UserId="8945" Text="Hi All,&#xD;&#xA;I need to get the Windows XP client machines in my network to dynamically update their DNS A records. The network is an AD domain running on Windows Server 2003 R2 servers with Win XP SP3 clients. Some machines already have the &quot;Register this connection's addresses in DNS&quot; check box checked and sucessfully update the DNS server. But some machines do not have this check box set and I need to set this. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I read that this is possible using a GPO and I enabled the following:&#xD;&#xA;Computer configuration -&gt; Administrative templates -&gt; Network -&gt; DNS client&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Primary DNS Suffix&#xD;&#xA;Dynamic Update&#xD;&#xA;DNS Servers&#xD;&#xA;Connection-Specific DNS Suffix&#xD;&#xA;Register DNS records with connection-specific DNS suffix&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and where required, entered the relevant parameters. Running rsop.msc in the client machines shows that the GPO has been applied. The client machines have been rebooted. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The DNS server allows &quot;Nonsecure and secure&quot; dynamic updates and is only accessible from our internal network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, the &quot;Register this connection's addresses in DNS&quot; check box is not set. And the hosts without this set are not updating their DNS A records. Per another suggestion in a web site, i tried running &quot;ipconfig /registerdns&quot;, but it does not add the DNS A record. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any advice on what I am doing wrong here would be gratefully accepted :-) Thank you. &#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="51550" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26867" RevisionGUID="243a7f5f-b993-4bd1-8676-aba75152eca9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:37:39.743" UserId="3111" Comment="added 695 characters in body; added 56 characters in body" Text="**PLEASE READ UPDATE AT THE BOTTOM. THANKS! ;)**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Environment Info (all Windows):**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 2 sites&#xD;&#xA; - 30 servers site #1 (3TB of backup data)&#xD;&#xA; - 5 servers site #2 (1TB of backup data)&#xD;&#xA; - MPLS backbone tunnel connecting site #1 and site #2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Current Backup Process:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Online Backup (disk-to-disk)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Site #1 has a server running Symantec Backup Exec 12.5 with four 1TB USB 2.0 disks. BE jobs for full backups run nightly on all servers in site #1 to these disks. Site #2 backs up to a central file server there using software they already had when we purchased them. A BE job pulls that data nightly to site #1 and stores them on said disks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Off-site Backup (tape)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Connected to our backup server is a tape drive. BE backs up the external disks to tape once a week which gets picked up by our off-site storage company. Obviously we rotate two tape libraries, one is always here and one is always there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Requirements:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Eliminate the need for tape and off-site storage service by doing disk-to-disk at each site and replicating site #1 to site #2 and vice versa.&#xD;&#xA; - Software based solution as hardware options have been too pricey (ie, SonicWall, Arkeia).&#xD;&#xA; - Agents for Exchange, SharePoint, and SQL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Some Ideas So Far:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Storage&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DroboPro at each site with an initial 8TB of storage (these are expandable up to 16TB at present). I like these because they are rackmountable, allow disparate drives, and have iSCSI interfaces. They are relatively cheap too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Software&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Symantec Backup Exec 12.5 already has all the agents and licenses we need. I'd like to keep using it unless there is a better solution, similarly priced, that does everything BE does plus deduplication and replication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because there is no more need for a SCSI adapter (for tape drive) we are going to virtualize our backup server as it is currently the only physical machine save for SQL boxes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Problems:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - When replicating between sites we want as little data as possible to go across the pipe. There is no deduplication or compression in what I have laid out here so far.&#xD;&#xA; - The files being replicated are BE's virtual tape libraries from our disk-to-disk backup. Because of this each of those huge files will go across the wire every week because they change every day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**And Finally, the Question:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any software out there that does deduplication, or at least compression, to handle just our site-to-site replication? Or, looking at our setup, is there any other solution that I am missing that might be cheaper, faster, better?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks. Sorry so long.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've set a bounty on this question to get it more attention. I'm looking for software that will handle replication of data between two sites using the least amount of data possible (either compression, deduplication, or some other method). Something similar to rsync would work but it needs to be native to Windows and not a port involving shenanigans to get up and running. Prefer a GUI based product and I don't mind shelling out a few bones if it works.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please, answers that meet the above criteria only. If you don't think one exists or if you think I'm being to restrictive keep it to yourself. If after seven days there is no answer at all, so be it. Thanks again everyone." />
  <row Id="51551" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28953" RevisionGUID="d367d772-f4f2-4821-8989-8079703386eb" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:40:57.320" UserId="9249" Text="You should write udev rules that assign a persistent symlink to the device when they are connected.  See this [tutorial for writing udev rules](http://reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html) for more information." />
  <row Id="51552" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28954" RevisionGUID="a15b8787-1a0d-4839-957e-7a1c1d11f908" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:41:00.877" UserId="4413" Text="Read everything you can.  Documentation.  Blogs.  Books.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Religious differences aside... learn vi.  It is installed on more hardware platforms than emacs.  (UNIX admins only)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ask lots of questions.  Especially dumb ones.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember that you are in a service role.  Provide excellent customer service and help support the business.  Technology is a means to an end.  Keep it in perspective. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Learn how to automate the repetitive parts of your job.  This probably means you need to start coding.  Pick a language that your co-workers use so they can give you tips and help debug.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Certification is useful if you want to work for a large corporation or consulting firm.  It can help the HR folks check a box and implies that you have at least a basic level of competence.   After you have several years experience with a specific technology certifications are not as important.  " />
  <row Id="51553" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28955" RevisionGUID="00353de2-3b07-4eb5-a424-fb700fd1be4d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:42:10.187" UserId="2305" Text="it's a bit more tricky to remove rules, you will have to look at every file...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    foreach($file in $somewhere) &#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;      $acl = Get-Acl $file&#xD;&#xA;      $acl.GetAuditRules($True, $False, [System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier]) |Foreach-Object { $acl.RemoveAuditRule($_); }&#xD;&#xA;      Set-Acl $file $acl&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Documentation for GetAuditRules (and its cryptic parameters)][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.security.accesscontrol.commonobjectsecurity.getauditrules.aspx" />
  <row Id="51554" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20892" RevisionGUID="a7b33b5d-f74a-4488-83d5-711a809ae3a0" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:42:36.910" UserId="8443" Comment="added my full install notes" Text="I have both Oracle 10g release 2 and 11g running on my laptop Ubuntu 8.04 64-bit. I have following the phytian guide... What is the exact error you get during install?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW - some have suggested you install in a supported environment. If you want - create a new VM and install Oracle EL - a clone of RHEL, fully supported, fully free. I would just get the EL 5.3 [from here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW - if you use VirtualBox - the version in the Ubuntu 8.04 repository used to be old and didn't support 64-bit guests, so if you use VirtualBox and not VmWare, get the latest release from their site&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://edelivery.oracle.com/linux&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----- EDIT -----&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OK, I found my notes of the steps I took. I believe it is quite accurate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oracle Documentation talks about user &quot;oracle&quot; with groups &quot;dba&quot;,&quot;oinstall&quot;. Since this is just a laptop, I used the default user/group (in my case, ofir/ofir), so change it to your &#xD;&#xA;user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PRE-INSTALL&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;as root run:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  ln -s /usr/bin/basename /bin/basename&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  ln -s /usr/bin/awk /bin/awk&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  ln -s /usr/bin/rpm /bin/rpm&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;   mkdir /etc/rc.d&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;   ln -s /etc/rc0.d /etc/rc.d/rc0.d&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;   ln -s /etc/rc2.d /etc/rc.d/rc2.d&#xD;&#xA;  &#xD;&#xA;   ln -s /etc/rc3.d /etc/rc.d/rc3.d &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   ln -s /etc/rc4.d /etc/rc.d/rc4.d&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;   ln -s /etc/rc5.d /etc/rc.d/rc5.d&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   ln -s /etc/rc6.d /etc/rc.d/rc6.d&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;   ln -s /etc/init.d /etc/rc.d/init.d&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;add to /etc/sysctl.conf :&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;fs.file-max = 65535&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;kernel.shmall = 2097152&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;kernel.shmmax = 2147483648&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;kernel.shmmni = 4096&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;net.core.rmem_default = 1048576&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;net.core.rmem_max = 1048576&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;net.core.wmem_default = 262144&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;net.core.wmem_max = 262144&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;add to /etc/security/limits.conf (replace ofir with your username):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ofir soft nproc 2047&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ofir hard nproc 16383&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ofir soft nofile 1023&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ofir hard nofile 65535&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add to /etc/pam.d/login :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;session required /lib/security/pam_limits.so&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;session required pam_limits.so &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;sudo apt-get  install gcc make rpm libmotif3 libstdc++5 gawk alien  ksh gcc-3.3 g++-3.3 libstdc++5 libc6 libc6-dev gcc make binutils lesstif2 ++-multilib&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;INSTALLING&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I assume you have done it before, if not - just follow the GUI and cosult the docs):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;run the 11.1.0.6 installer, choose software only install. Ignore a few minor link errors (there were no link errors after 11.1.0.7 patch)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If needed, install the 11.1.0.6 examples disk as well&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Install the 11.1.0.7 (available from metalink)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;run netca to create a new listener (accept all the defaults)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;run dbca to create a new database (even the database console works great for me)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51555" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28956" RevisionGUID="0153c789-f6db-4dd8-865a-25918f4935d5" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:45:14.987" UserId="8943" Text="64bit + more ram, if you're using innodb then set your inndb_buffer_pool_size to about 70-75% of your total system ram.  Tune cache sizes.  If you're using recent versions of MySQL set your /tmp directory to use tmpfs (memory) which will allow MySQL to create temp tables in memory rather than on physical disk.  Make sure MySQL is then configured to use /tmp for temp tables." />
  <row Id="51556" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28957" RevisionGUID="4517c1b0-cb79-408e-901a-399711643450" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:50:00.453" UserId="10146" Text="When setting up iptables you can name the port ssh which will use port 22. Is there a list of all the named ports? Specifically I need ssh, http, https and mysql." />
  <row Id="51557" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28957" RevisionGUID="4517c1b0-cb79-408e-901a-399711643450" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:50:00.453" UserId="10146" Text="What are the named ports for iptables?" />
  <row Id="51558" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28957" RevisionGUID="4517c1b0-cb79-408e-901a-399711643450" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:50:00.453" UserId="10146" Text="&lt;iptables&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="51559" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28958" RevisionGUID="e811d0d3-6b43-4f2d-8d0d-3e200f1424a9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:50:16.787" UserId="1736" Text="The kind of problem that I would be worried about in that situation -- assuming a superficial test showed that I was at least able to perform some basic queries -- is differences in the handling of obscure corner cases in the application protocol.  That is, the kind of thing where you run fine for a month and then some idiosyncrasy of network behavior tickles the problem and things get weird.  Just because you don't do anything fancy with MySQL doesn't mean you're safe.  It could be that nothing would go wrong, but I certainly wouldn't feel secure running with that mismatch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you try it, you should try to make arrangements so that something or someone will remind you that this is the case if you start having weird application failures." />
  <row Id="51560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28959" RevisionGUID="3e901f4d-900e-466e-9228-ef848c1a5822" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:52:00.310" UserId="9249" Text="The list of &quot;Well-Known Ports&quot; is maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).  The latest version can be found at &lt;http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51561" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28960" RevisionGUID="cdcd6d4a-dc3e-48e8-b8fc-9dab8d56fb0d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:53:46.280" UserId="9503" Text="On your installation, the list will be based on the file /etc/services" />
  <row Id="51562" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28961" RevisionGUID="bc55e8d8-3c49-4e7c-acf4-ffe9fd984071" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:54:04.423" UserId="3235" Text="ssh tcp/22  &#xD;&#xA;http tcp/80  &#xD;&#xA;https tcp/443  &#xD;&#xA;mysql  tcp/1186 and udp/1186  " />
  <row Id="51563" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28962" RevisionGUID="06484d23-2fa2-4e3b-af2c-8a89f7a8af1f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:54:23.940" UserId="3111" Text="Kick his ass!" />
  <row Id="51564" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28962" RevisionGUID="06484d23-2fa2-4e3b-af2c-8a89f7a8af1f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:54:23.940" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51565" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28963" RevisionGUID="bdfc4eb5-74bb-48b7-b5cf-65f195f401b7" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:55:28.587" UserId="6037" Text="Try this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh servername.com tail -f /var/log/messages&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you like it you can use the same command with [cluster SSH][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/clusterssh/" />
  <row Id="51566" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28959" RevisionGUID="fd300199-1bee-4a6a-a2e7-dbcf837b704b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:57:03.060" UserId="9249" Comment="add note about services file." Text="The list of &quot;Well-Known Ports&quot; is maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).  The latest version can be found at &lt;http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers&gt;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that most Linux distributions include a subset of the list in `/etc/services` for use in referring to them symbolically.  Windows has it in `%windir%\system32\drivers\etc\services`." />
  <row Id="51567" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27503" RevisionGUID="28d5bcb5-3301-419f-88db-a0a219d57ad4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:57:09.097" UserId="3485" Comment="removed stuff" Text="I've got to do do user training at a large site (40+ location's/ 80 Sessions) that requires demonstrating printing to a (single) network printer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I have a roving network printer across multiple LANs in an site?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The printer get allocated(DHCP server using the printers MAC address) new IPs on each floor(10),because each floor is allocated a specific range of IP's. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because the printer name is associated with the IP address, moving the printer in this environment necessitates reconfiguring the DHCP each time the printer is moved.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51568" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28964" RevisionGUID="d790e85b-c304-4864-849e-424bc4437f89" CreationDate="2009-06-19T21:59:22.227" UserId="5392" Text="64bit is the only way. On 32 bit it's an inventive hack to get to &gt;1GB, and an even bigger hack for &gt;4GB. You say it's a heavily loaded system, so why waste cycles in a bodge to get to memory when it can be mapped directly?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only reason you should use 32bit is for vendor support. As you're on slackware, I doubt that would be a reason." />
  <row Id="51569" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28705" RevisionGUID="5f119a00-cc57-449a-a125-f3c2217dec2c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T22:03:03.233" UserId="3235" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;asterisk&gt;&lt;trixbox&gt;&lt;voip&gt;" />
  <row Id="51570" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28963" RevisionGUID="05ce8cf1-131c-4214-a7e3-a3886d385ed2" CreationDate="2009-06-19T22:04:04.403" UserId="6037" Comment="added 178 characters in body" Text="Try this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh servername tail -f /var/log/messages&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your log file is protected:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh -f servername sudo tail -f /var/log/messages&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(you don't have to use &quot;ssh -f&quot; - it's just so your password is not echoed to the TTY)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you like that you can use the same command with [cluster SSH][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sourceforge.net/projects/clusterssh/" />
  <row Id="51571" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28965" RevisionGUID="50226d9b-be93-4e4d-b15e-1b1f9f484342" CreationDate="2009-06-19T22:04:10.550" UserId="9249" Text="I would use [mod_vhost_alias](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_vhost_alias.html)." />
  <row Id="51572" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28961" RevisionGUID="933fd1e3-80e3-4f62-af94-5e6b28eb71c5" CreationDate="2009-06-19T22:04:46.913" UserId="3235" Comment="adding techincal info" Text="ssh tcp/22  &#xD;&#xA;http tcp/80  &#xD;&#xA;https tcp/443  &#xD;&#xA;mysql clustering tcp/1186 and udp/1186  &#xD;&#xA;mysql tcp/3306" />
  <row Id="51573" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28966" RevisionGUID="1dc20d82-f67a-404b-8e3d-116c9da12bcb" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:55:43.237" Text="&lt;p&gt;My server OS is Windows Server 2003. I have few folders that no matter what I try to delete, it just wont be deleted. The error message is &quot;File sharing violation&quot; or &quot;being used by other person or program&quot;. Nobody is using that folder, and there is no any program that use it. But, why still i cant removed? Anyone can help? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Must I write a script to delete this file? Will it help? (i am using php)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(i tried deleted in command prompt as well, but still failed)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(The last option I would do is restart my server, but I really hope not to use this option, cuz I got a lot of reasons not to restart the only big server)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51574" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28966" RevisionGUID="1dc20d82-f67a-404b-8e3d-116c9da12bcb" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:55:43.237" Text="How to removed a file?" />
  <row Id="51575" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28966" RevisionGUID="1dc20d82-f67a-404b-8e3d-116c9da12bcb" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:55:43.237" Text="&lt;delete&gt;&lt;file&gt;&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="51576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28967" RevisionGUID="fa552022-4b76-4455-884a-f248e521178e" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:04:52.343" Text="&lt;p&gt;Sory, I know this question is not programming related. I have post this question in serverfault.com. I try to delete this post, but I dun have the privilege to do it. So, whoever can delete this post, just delete it.. Cuz i have post it in here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/27853/how-to-removed-server-file-folder&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com/questions/27853/how-to-removed-server-file-folder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51577" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28965" RevisionGUID="775a26d8-74c1-4a56-870e-f846fbc14c40" CreationDate="2009-06-19T22:11:05.997" UserId="9249" Comment="reformatted example" Text="I would use [mod_vhost_alias](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_vhost_alias.html).  For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    VirtualDocumentRoot /usr/local/apache/vhosts/%-3+&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would map requests as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;      http://dom1.example.com/      =&gt;  /usr/local/apache/vhosts/dom1/&#xD;&#xA;      http://foo.dom2.example.com/  =&gt;  /usr/local/apache/vhosts/foo.dom2/&#xD;&#xA;      etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can of course tailor the way the mapping works.  See the documentation for all the details and more examples." />
  <row Id="51578" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27503" RevisionGUID="b8dc7bc3-f7fe-4b36-8e9e-84518db2bc31" CreationDate="2009-06-19T22:14:42.680" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix the formatting and a bit of wording" Text="I've got to do user training at a large site (40+ location's/ 80 Sessions) that requires demonstrating printing to a (single) network printer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I have a roving network printer across multiple LANs in an site?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The printer gets allocated (via DHCP server using the printers MAC address) new IPs on each floor (10), because each floor is allocated a specific range of IP's. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Because the printer name is associated with the IP address, moving the printer in this environment necessitates reconfiguring the DHCP each time the printer is moved.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51579" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="27503" RevisionGUID="b8dc7bc3-f7fe-4b36-8e9e-84518db2bc31" CreationDate="2009-06-19T22:14:42.680" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix the formatting and a bit of wording" Text="How do I have a roving network printer across multiple lans in n site?" />
  <row Id="51580" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27512" RevisionGUID="e807b1b2-a594-4776-8822-18144307bb4d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T22:16:09.450" UserId="1054" Comment="fix grammar" Text="Why would the printer be getting a new IP address? Oh, wait-- you're physically moving the printer to different networks! Heh heh...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have to do this, dynamic DNS is your friend. I'd have your DHCP server register the DNS records on behalf of the printer. Windows Server 2000+ DHCP can do this. Look at the properties-sheet for your DHCP scope. Point the server-side print queue at the DNS name of the print server device. You might have to adjust the TTL down on the DNS records for the print device if you're moving it really frequently.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(This actually seems very funny to me. I'm seeing a battery-operated motorized wheelchair with a bunch of UPS's stacked on it, a big laser printer, and a WiFi print server driving around the office running into cubicles, with a bunch of people chasing it.)" />
  <row Id="51581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28968" RevisionGUID="8353012b-b8c4-46c1-969d-7c7e92e29c87" CreationDate="2009-06-19T22:16:22.023" UserId="6037" Text="Look for an application that lists your currently open files and by what process (a &quot;lsof&quot; for windows if you will)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you find the process that's holding the file open you can kill it and try to delete the file again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rebooting might not help since the process that holds the file open could be restarted.  If the process is important (say, an application server) you might as well just schedule some down time or come in after/before work.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51582" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28968" RevisionGUID="8353012b-b8c4-46c1-969d-7c7e92e29c87" CreationDate="2009-06-19T22:16:22.023" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51583" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28952" RevisionGUID="63c7ece3-d308-4cb1-8566-4592f5575a9b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T22:25:01.333" UserId="7200" Comment="Cleaned up formatting of list of settings" Text="Hi All,&#xD;&#xA;I need to get the Windows XP client machines in my network to dynamically update their DNS A records. The network is an AD domain running on Windows Server 2003 R2 servers with Win XP SP3 clients. Some machines already have the &quot;Register this connection's addresses in DNS&quot; check box checked and sucessfully update the DNS server. But some machines do not have this check box set and I need to set this. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I read that this is possible using a GPO and I enabled the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Computer configuration -&gt; Administrative templates -&gt; Network -&gt; DNS client&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Primary DNS Suffix&#xD;&#xA; - Dynamic Update&#xD;&#xA; - DNS Servers&#xD;&#xA; - Connection-Specific DNS Suffix&#xD;&#xA; - Register DNS records with connection-specific DNS suffix&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and where required, entered the relevant parameters. Running rsop.msc in the client machines shows that the GPO has been applied. The client machines have been rebooted. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The DNS server allows &quot;Nonsecure and secure&quot; dynamic updates and is only accessible from our internal network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, the &quot;Register this connection's addresses in DNS&quot; check box is not set. And the hosts without this set are not updating their DNS A records. Per another suggestion in a web site, i tried running &quot;ipconfig /registerdns&quot;, but it does not add the DNS A record. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any advice on what I am doing wrong here would be gratefully accepted :-) Thank you. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51584" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28969" RevisionGUID="b8d89184-76e0-4833-932e-ae265537d206" CreationDate="2009-06-19T22:26:47.197" UserId="4515" Text="Get [Process Explorer][1] (which you should already have, actually), hit Find &amp;rarr; Find Handle or DLL (or Ctrl+F) and type in the file name you are trying to delete. Most probably you will get a list of processes that have your file opened (look for type 'Handle'). Before a file can be deleted you need to close any process listed there. Sometimes you will get nothing, but still won't be able to delete the file. Restarting the server might be the fastest option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx" />
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  <row Id="51586" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28966" RevisionGUID="54c486a0-5349-4410-a4dd-a162bd63ff75" CreationDate="2009-06-19T22:28:43.980" UserId="5922" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;delete&gt;&lt;file&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="51587" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28969" RevisionGUID="911ddd0f-3eb3-469b-ad32-dac3c835d6d4" CreationDate="2009-06-19T22:31:52.413" UserId="4515" Comment="added 21 characters in body" Text="Get [Process Explorer][1] (which you should already have, actually), hit Find &amp;rarr; Find Handle or DLL (or Ctrl+F) and type in the file/folder name you are trying to delete. Most probably you will get a list of processes that have your file/folder opened (look for type 'Handle'). Before a file/folder can be deleted you need to close any process listed there. Sometimes you will get nothing, but still won't be able to delete the file. Restarting the server might be the fastest option.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx" />
  <row Id="51588" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28970" RevisionGUID="919cf076-83c2-4cb9-bc42-df461199d6f0" CreationDate="2009-06-19T22:34:11.033" UserId="7200" Text="There isn't a group policy setting to do what you're trying to do-- you're going to have to use a script. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, I'd recommend reviewing the &quot;Explain&quot; tab for the settings you described above. You'll see that none of the settings actually turn on the registration behaviour you're looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming your machines get DNS settings from DHCP, and assuming that you don't mind this setting set back to the stock setting on all their network interfaces, assign the following in a Startup Script to the affected computers:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for /f &quot;usebackq tokens=3* delims= &quot; %%i in (`netsh interface ip show dns ^| find &quot;Configuration for interface&quot;`) do netsh interface ip set dns name=%%j source=dhcp primary&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That will set the DNS client to get its address from DHCP, and reset the stock registration setting on all network interfaces on a Windows XP machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(An aside: You ought to figure out how your users changed that setting in the first place and stop them. It sounds like you have people who have 'Administrator' rights who shouldn't.)" />
  <row Id="51590" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26910" RevisionGUID="63cedbbf-1a75-4b75-a4d8-914b1503a68c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T22:40:29.523" UserId="7200" Comment="added 854 characters in body" Text="Edit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are using &quot;SureSync&quot; from Software Pursuits (see http://www.softwarepursuits.com/SureSync/SureSync.asp) to replicate data between a production and standby server in a Customer's remote site with great success. It is a native Windows application, runs as a service on the publisher and subscriber machines, copies deltas, retains security, follows the NTFS change journal, and in general has rocked for our needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Our particular Customer who is doing this still has traditional off-site tape backup rotation, too. I think you still need offline backups, and I can't answer your question in good conscience without leaving that section of my answer intact, but I can tell you that SureSync has been great. Read some of the changelogs on the product-- it's clear to me that the manufacturer is really, really attentive to detail.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;---&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One observation: If you eliminate tape, you're eliminating offline storage. Off-site is one thing, but offline is a different thing. When a remote attacker destroys your production system it's really, really nice to have an air gap between the tapes and the tape drive to stop them from being able to destroy the backups too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need off-site storage of backups, and you need offline backups, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's also very hard to have an independent third-party do a test restore and data verification without something like tape. Perhaps in your industry that's not a concern, but I've worked for financial institutions that sent their data, via tape, off-site to a third-party to independently verify the integrity of their data, both from a &quot;restorability&quot; perspective, and from a &quot;let's see if your totals compare properly with the totals that we compute on a trusted installation of your application using only your data as input&quot;." />
  <row Id="51591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28972" RevisionGUID="3406af3a-2c76-41da-8e83-84a47cc4a73b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T22:45:07.877" UserId="5404" Text="A program called [&quot;Unlocker&quot;][1] is a good match. It is small and free, and all you have to do is install it, then (if you enabled it in the installation options) right click on the folder and click unlock. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will give you a list of processes that are using it, and give you options. You can unlock it, or just tell unlocker to delete/move/etc. the file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/" />
  <row Id="51592" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28972" RevisionGUID="3406af3a-2c76-41da-8e83-84a47cc4a73b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T22:45:07.877" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51593" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28973" RevisionGUID="f363cf3d-f13a-4328-a2c5-c9cd424d5d3f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T22:51:09.237" UserId="1466" Text="I noticed that several people have recommended using **etckeeper** to apply version control to my /etc directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It appears to me that the default install puts a repository on the same machine as the /etc you are trying to manage.  This works fine for version control, but doesn't give the added benefit of making an off-server backup of the files - or allow me to duplicate portions of /etc from one source machine to another.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to **share a single git repository** on a central admin machine, so that etckeeper on each server stores its data in the same place?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I am doing a similar thing now with svn and some custom scripts to commit and revert files, but I have to remember to commit them when I make changes.)" />
  <row Id="51594" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28973" RevisionGUID="f363cf3d-f13a-4328-a2c5-c9cd424d5d3f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T22:51:09.237" UserId="1466" Text="Is it possible to use etckeeper with a single shared git repository?" />
  <row Id="51595" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28973" RevisionGUID="f363cf3d-f13a-4328-a2c5-c9cd424d5d3f" CreationDate="2009-06-19T22:51:09.237" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;git&gt;&lt;version-control&gt;&lt;etc&gt;" />
  <row Id="51596" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28974" RevisionGUID="1a0ede36-9337-44fe-a716-85d9f941291d" CreationDate="2009-06-19T22:55:50.553" UserId="1293" Text="In your `~/.emacs` file, include the following line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    (global-set-key &quot;\C-t&quot; 'other-window)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will set `Ctrl-t` (`C-t`) to move to the next window just like the `C-x o` key sequence. This will replace the `transpose-chars` key binding, which you could set to something else if you wanted." />
  <row Id="51597" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="17967" RevisionGUID="9fd487c9-4001-4998-8714-80f7f73b1240" CreationDate="2009-06-19T22:56:50.787" UserId="1293" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;emacs&gt;" />
  <row Id="51598" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27746" RevisionGUID="85bb6a1c-705e-4abc-9700-36c9c84a209a" CreationDate="2009-06-19T22:58:12.390" UserId="7200" Comment="Changed inconsistent parenthentic to an appositive, dropped a redundant &quot;for instance,&quot; in the second paranthetic." Text="If your servers use front to back flow-through cooling, as most rack mounted servers do, leaving gaps can actually hurt cooling.  You don't want the cold air to have any way to get to the hot aisle except through the server itself.  If you need to leave gaps (for power concerns, floor weight issues, etc) you should use blanking panels so air can't pass between the servers." />
  <row Id="51599" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27770" RevisionGUID="d1be793b-0836-4fc3-8f52-b9af26be9073" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:04:16.903" UserId="1054" Comment="Small tweak to grammar" Text="In our data center we do not leave gaps.  We have cool air coming up from the floor and gaps cause airflow problems.  If we do have a gap for some reason we cover it with a blank plate. Adding blank plates immediately made the tops of our cold aisles colder and our hot aisles hotter. &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;I don't think I have the data or graphs anymore but the difference was very clear as soon as we started making changes.  Servers at the tops of the racks stopped overheating.  We stopped cooking power supplies (which we were doing at a rate of about 1/week).  I know the changes were started after our data center manager came back from a Sun green data center expo, where he sat in some seminars about cooling and the like.  Prior to this we had been using gaps and partially filled racks and perforated tiles in the floor in front and behind the racks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even with the management arms in place eliminating gaps has worked out better. All our server internal temperatures everywhere in the room are now well within spec.  This was not the case before we standardized our cable management and eliminated the gaps, and corrected our floor tile placement.  We'd like to do more to direct the hot air back to the CRAC units, but we can't get funding yet." />
  <row Id="51601" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28975" RevisionGUID="c30365e6-1c75-4908-9334-9c964c9fc73b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:09:26.907" UserId="7180" Text="I was searching for a tool to capture http packets sent from a linux server to an external server. Normally I use iftop or  iptraf with filters to see real time information and tcpdump to get verbose information. But what I need right now is some way to capture all the url requests to some log file. &#xD;&#xA;I know that I can configure a proxy to log all this information but this is impossible because our actual architecture. Do you know some tool that can get this information? Or do I need to make a script to process the information from tcpdump?" />
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  <row Id="51603" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28975" RevisionGUID="c30365e6-1c75-4908-9334-9c964c9fc73b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:09:26.907" UserId="7180" Text="&lt;http&gt;" />
  <row Id="51604" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26966" RevisionGUID="d3240241-50a1-4faf-9730-0fc40637fbb7" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:09:53.757" UserId="8455" Comment="spelling" Text="**The Network**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Windows Server 2008&#xD;&#xA; - Dell Gigabit Managed Switch &#xD;&#xA; - PCs running Vista SP2 with gigabit network cards&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The Story**&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;The 2008 Windows server is new as of a couple months ago and knowing that the PCs should now negotiate using SMB2 which [removes the transfer bottleneck][1] at the OS level I expected close to gigabit transfer speeds for large file copies between machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Vista measures file transfers in Megabytes/second.  A gigabit network can theoretically transfer at 125MB/s.  Let's say there's 15% overhead.  So a realistic acceptable transfer rate is around 105MB/s.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I decided to dig into this today as I was copying large iso's from my local pc to the server and getting 9-12 MB/s.  Unacceptable given the technology employed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Before digging into jumbo frames, hard setting the NIC speeds, etc. I decided to do the simple thing and update NIC drivers on the PC.  They went from the OS provided 2006 drivers to the manufacturer provided June 2009 drivers.  Guess what.  An amazing thing happened.  The next copy of a test iso transferred at 103MB/s.  Freakin' sweet.  We subsequently went around to the other 25 machines in the office and upgraded all of their drivers.  Then it gets interesting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The copy test started to be inconsistent.  We'd get 100MB/s on one machine and 65 on another.  Then a machine that was getting 100 would get 12.  These were simple tests but there were NOT other large file transfers happening that would cause a bottleneck at the hard drive level.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So then we set one of the PCs to hard negotiate at gigabit full duplex.  It started copying at a consistent 80-90MB/s.  This leads me to believe that there's something off in the connection negotiation either between the server and the PC, the server and the switch, or some other combination of the three.  There is a firmware and driver update for the server NIC which we'll install tonight, but they currently aren't nearly as old as the client drivers were.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**The Question**&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;OK, that's the long story for a really simple question.  How do we track negotiated speeds for the clients on the network?  Is there a software tool that can go out and aggregate the data for us?  Can it only be done with file transfer test?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If we can see what they're connecting at then maybe we can track down which brand of NIC is bad, if the switch is the problem, if the server is the problem, etc...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2008/02/04/2826167.aspx" />
  <row Id="51605" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28976" RevisionGUID="b364773f-3b9c-4267-9f47-2ef79d925f6b" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:12:01.397" UserId="5724" Text="Sounds like a job for [Wireshark][1] (formerly known as Ethereal).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wireshark.org/" />
  <row Id="51606" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28977" RevisionGUID="fc99b130-0c43-4a30-9e40-fe392d4e17d2" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:12:51.800" UserId="1054" Text="Remote desktop sharing type software can have ill effects on displays.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you tried reinstalling service packs and/or hotfixes that have been applied since the problem started happening?  Frequently something doesn't go just exactly right and ends up whacking a driver or something." />
  <row Id="51608" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28979" RevisionGUID="69b3baf9-7d50-4424-b7ad-b117ad091452" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:20:04.903" UserId="1054" Text="I'd normally suggest [**WebScarab**][1], but it acts as an HTTP proxy which you said doesn't work in your situation...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll need something that can listen promiscuously and then analyze things at the application protocol level.  [**Here's a thread with a Perl script**][2] that looks to do what you want by analyzing tcpdump output.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_WebScarab_Project&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=457321" />
  <row Id="51609" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28980" RevisionGUID="e7665b2d-6065-40df-b837-9d174cf03184" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:22:52.950" UserId="9503" Text="What you need if urlsnarf from the [dsniff][1] project. It will generate a log with all http request seen on one network interface. A very good tool !&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.monkey.org/~dugsong/dsniff/" />
  <row Id="51610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28981" RevisionGUID="913dc2a2-caab-4585-826e-aa1bcf43d792" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:24:35.690" UserId="48" Text="This error relates to a difference between a mail item stored on the Exchange Server, and the item stored locally on the machine. Often this issue occurs when using OST files in outlook to work offline. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A common reason for this error is different timestamps on messages, modification of an email in both outlook (offline) and owa, or a out of date OST file. If its an issue with the OST file then a common solution is just to rebuild the OST file, this will ensure everything is up to date. If it is because the mail has been edited in 2 places, there's not alot you can do about that other than not do it!" />
  <row Id="51611" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28982" RevisionGUID="52e37e2a-2fe2-4cda-9dc1-e15c9fb57618" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:26:08.433" UserId="8197" Text="Windows 2008 automatically installs .NET Framework by default, taking the decision out of it. And since every version of the Framework can sit side-by-side with older versions, its safe to install multiple versions on a server. " />
  <row Id="51612" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28976" RevisionGUID="e60db195-ff2b-4b6e-83f5-7e55a0e2a2d9" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:26:46.060" UserId="5724" Comment="added 257 characters in body" Text="Sounds like a job for [Wireshark][1] (formerly known as Ethereal).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look at the [HTTP protocol support][2] and the [display filters for it][3].  You probably want a display filter of &quot;http.request.uri&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wireshark.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://wiki.wireshark.org/Hyper_Text_Transfer_Protocol&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.wireshark.org/docs/dfref/h/http.html" />
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  <row Id="51614" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="22658" RevisionGUID="4f6a88b5-7885-4fea-a0c3-41387fc8f4de" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:34:42.847" UserId="5724" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;outlook&gt;&lt;exchange-2007&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="51615" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26300" RevisionGUID="99efd045-4c94-4349-9555-b8014b96c293" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:36:03.907" UserId="5724" Comment="added 9 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi Folks,&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am on the lookout for a commercial PHP (application!) server that comes with Vendor support to use with enterprise scale applications. &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that it quite easy to put everything together myself (Apache + Fast CGI + PHP + APC + xdebug etc.,). But commercial production support is one of the main requirements for us and also the ease of upgrading the platform. It will be ideal to have a single vendor providing all dependent packages that are pre-tested to work with each other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have so far identified Zend Server (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zend.com/products/server/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.zend.com/products/server/&lt;/a&gt;) &amp;amp; Sun Glassfish web stack (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sun.com/software/webstack/index.xml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.sun.com/software/webstack/index.xml&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to hear if anyone has experience using these products and their feedback on the same. Are there any other similar products out there that you would like to recommend?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="51617" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24785" RevisionGUID="21238997-8464-4549-937e-22a874fcf011" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:36:22.220" UserId="5724" Comment="added 3 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to apply an Oracle 9.2.0.8.0 patch to an existing 9.2.0.7.0. The server has Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any issues/problems you encountered after applying this 9.2.0.8.0 patch set in Windows 2003?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51618" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="24785" RevisionGUID="21238997-8464-4549-937e-22a874fcf011" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:36:22.220" UserId="5724" Comment="added 3 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;oracle9i&gt;" />
  <row Id="51619" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="21255" RevisionGUID="47ee3dda-a3b3-4b5b-b133-b72a8b79c8c8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:36:35.620" UserId="5724" Comment="added 5 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;How do you do a headless install of linux? No monitor, no keyboard. Machine has floopy and cd drive. Can I configure a live cd to run sshd with a preconfigured pass or something similar and manage it via that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instructions for fedora 8+ would be ace but anything else also welcomed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cheers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51620" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="21255" RevisionGUID="47ee3dda-a3b3-4b5b-b133-b72a8b79c8c8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:36:35.620" UserId="5724" Comment="added 5 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;fedora&gt;" />
  <row Id="51621" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19992" RevisionGUID="2d055514-e8b8-4a37-8e6f-dbd32b61c0f8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:36:51.737" UserId="5724" Comment="added 5 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;Suppose under current directory,there are multiple sub-directories,and one is called A.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;how to delete all sub-directories except A with bash?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51622" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="19992" RevisionGUID="2d055514-e8b8-4a37-8e6f-dbd32b61c0f8" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:36:51.737" UserId="5724" Comment="added 5 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;bash&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="51623" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="19621" RevisionGUID="8a7d023f-42d2-4271-8a03-89b8e44dca10" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:37:45.430" UserId="5724" Comment="added 3 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;In my work i dont have much work issues , so i decided to build a vmware infrastructure in my laptop and start learning system adminstration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could you please give some thoughts about how i can gain experience in that way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51624" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="19621" RevisionGUID="8a7d023f-42d2-4271-8a03-89b8e44dca10" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:37:45.430" UserId="5724" Comment="added 3 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;learning&gt;" />
  <row Id="51625" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="16851" RevisionGUID="8d8ddcdb-a0b3-44a4-932f-dd7552ecdc1c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:38:14.277" UserId="5724" Comment="added 3 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hi this is a non programming question. I'm running IIS on my machine and allowing people to access a website on my machine by making them type &lt;code&gt;http://&amp;lt;mymachinename&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;. How ever i want them to access my website by some other name like &lt;code&gt;http://&amp;lt;acoolsite&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;, but i don't want to rename my machine name. Am running Windows Vista. How can i get around it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51626" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="16851" RevisionGUID="8d8ddcdb-a0b3-44a4-932f-dd7552ecdc1c" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:38:14.277" UserId="5724" Comment="added 3 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;intranet&gt;&lt;iis&gt;" />
  <row Id="51627" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28983" RevisionGUID="65d791de-921c-43a3-8777-3a327f1e67a6" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:40:53.957" UserId="2629" Text="Especially if you were using a Mac, I'd suggest printing via Bonjour (a.k.a. Zeroconf).  The printer could be removed from the DHCP list and give itself an IP, and, (perhaps using [Bonjour for Windows][1]) you can print to it via its multicast DNS name.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the point of the demonstration is to show printing to a network printer, could you just leave it in one place, ask the participants to tell you what to print, and have someone call to say, &quot;The printout says, 'Floor 10 is the best'&quot;, to prove that the printout was successful?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the exercise is not specifically about printing to a network printer, is there a reason you can just print using USB?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/windows/bonjourforwindows.html" />
  <row Id="51628" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28984" RevisionGUID="ae9655a5-7bc3-4398-8440-d0bff3cda543" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:50:44.230" UserDisplayName="Nona Urbiz" Text="While googling about, I see repeated notes that XAMPP is not for production uses. Can someone please explain why exactly this is in more detail then &quot;security and stability reasons&quot; which is the catch phrase that everyone seems to stop short at. Is there a problem with me using it as a server to host a website that will likely only be accessed by a few friends, mostly as a private file sharing network?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What security do I really need? I currently am running Apache from XAMPP for Windows on a need basis occasionally, with essentially no configuration changes and only Windows Firewall with an exception for each program.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the more specific reasons that Linux is preferred as an OS for servers? If I installed Linux, is its UI substantially different? (I've never seen it running in person). I've heard about various Window Managers and such but looking at screenshots. . . honestly they all looked about the same (but a bit uglier than Windows).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="51629" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28984" RevisionGUID="ae9655a5-7bc3-4398-8440-d0bff3cda543" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:50:44.230" UserDisplayName="Nona Urbiz" Text="XAMPP for production and assorted questions" />
  <row Id="51630" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28984" RevisionGUID="ae9655a5-7bc3-4398-8440-d0bff3cda543" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:50:44.230" UserDisplayName="Nona Urbiz" Text="&lt;xampp&gt;&lt;os&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;production&gt;" />
  <row Id="51631" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28688" RevisionGUID="2b2c9b3c-ffb1-4bc5-bdf0-0cbe9f13c90e" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:52:55.493" UserId="301" Comment="added 149 characters in body" Text="Fragmentation would probably be the biggest problem. For a newly formatted partition, data will be added (more or less) from start to finish, however after a time fragmentation will leave blocks of data all over the disk. DiskUtil cannot resize a volume to a size less than the last block in use on the partition. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To defragment your partition, thereby moving all the data to the front of the disk, you can use a program like [iDefrag][1]. Alternatively you can simulate the process by copying all your data off to another disk, reformating the volume, then copying it back. You can use a program like [SuperDuper][2] or [Carbon Copy Cloner][3] to help with this process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There may also be restrictions on resizing the startup volume. To avoid those, boot from the install DVD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.coriolis-systems.com/iDefrag.php&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html" />
  <row Id="51632" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28985" RevisionGUID="f481b63b-6277-446e-bc71-3674520deb54" CreationDate="2009-06-19T23:58:48.613" UserId="5611" Text="If you want specifics, here you go:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;======= &lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;1.&#xD;&#xA;persistant XSS is present in user supplied input fields&#xD;&#xA;allowing attackers to render any javascript in the users browser.&#xD;&#xA;some javascript will break the application, disallowing further&#xD;&#xA;user input to the script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://[host]/xampp/cds.php&#xD;&#xA;http://[host]/xampp/guestbook-en.pl ( linux )&#xD;&#xA;http://[host]/xampp/phonebook.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.&#xD;&#xA;default / install usernames and passwords&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;by viewing http://[host]/xampp/security.php XAMPP discloses&#xD;&#xA;usernames / passwords ( example below )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2a&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The phpMyAdmin user pma has no password  UNSECURE&#xD;&#xA; phpMyAdmin saves your preferences in an extra MySQL database. To access&#xD;&#xA;this data&#xD;&#xA; phpMyAdmin uses the special user pma. This user has in the default&#xD;&#xA;installation no&#xD;&#xA; password set and to avoid any security problems you should give him a&#xD;&#xA;passwort.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2b&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The MySQL user root has no password  UNSECURE&#xD;&#xA; Every local user on Linux box can access your MySQL database with&#xD;&#xA;administrator rights.&#xD;&#xA; You should set a password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2c&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The FTP password for user nobody is still 'lampp'  UNSECURE&#xD;&#xA; By using the default password for the FTP user nobody everyone can upload&#xD;&#xA;and change&#xD;&#xA; files for your XAMPP webserver. So if you enabled ProFTPD you should set a&#xD;&#xA;new password&#xD;&#xA; for user nobody.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2d&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tomcat Admin/Config User for XAMPP:&#xD;&#xA;User: xampp&#xD;&#xA;Password: xampp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;=======&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Plus more details [here.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anapologetos&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&amp;m=111330048629182&amp;w=2" />
  <row Id="51633" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28986" RevisionGUID="5af76c13-2f71-4e59-ae6a-b630e1956aed" CreationDate="2009-06-20T00:01:49.160" UserId="5724" Text="The deficiencies are listed [at the XAMPP website][1].  Consider Anapologetos's list as well, but it's from 2005.  You can make it secure if you want to - just fix all those issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for Linux vs Windows, it's a completely different thing, and there will be a dozen questions referring to that already.  I summarize the general feeling as &quot;if you know Windows and don't have the time or desire to learn, Linux will never serve you as well.&quot;   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html#1221" />
  <row Id="51634" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28463" RevisionGUID="aad3ebc6-117b-4127-af57-b8b059c9110b" CreationDate="2009-06-20T00:02:50.110" UserId="10060" Comment="added 1142 characters in body" Text="I feel I am treading on both serverfault and stackoverflow right now.  I am a sys admin with a previous background in programming.  The time between has been awhile and I don't remember a lot of syntax.  Though theory seems to remain, I never really paid much attention to low-level things like assembly.  I am trying to move towards the security realm and feel and understanding of low-level and high-level methodologies is necessary.  Does anyone agree?  If so, any ideas how to meld the different aspects?  I don't have the time or money right now to quit my job and do it all over again.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would like to clarify a couple things. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First -  I would like to focus on security topics related to networks, malware and perimeter intrusion.  Since many attacks are obfuscated, I would like to get more knowledge in the analysis process of attack vectors and captured [potential] malware.  I may not be explaining everything clearly, but I would like to be able to load something in a debugger and be able to understand what is going on.  Even though I currently do normal sys-admin tasks now and want to get into specific security functions, I believe an understanding would also help in troubleshooting normal applications as well.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second - I stated I have a background in programming.  This is true, but it has always been high-level and I have basically forgotten a lot over the years.  Hence, the statement about leaving work and starting over.  Starting a new path directed specifically towards the programming side so I could combine my current knowledge of systems administration with re-learned and expanded programming knowledge.  I want to be more effective.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I thank you for your comments on this question&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51635" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28985" RevisionGUID="f3e9e011-6768-45af-b867-9a2d107b8faf" CreationDate="2009-06-20T00:04:05.150" UserId="5611" Comment="More More Info." Text="If you want specifics, here you go:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;======= &lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;1.&#xD;&#xA;persistant XSS is present in user supplied input fields&#xD;&#xA;allowing attackers to render any javascript in the users browser.&#xD;&#xA;some javascript will break the application, disallowing further&#xD;&#xA;user input to the script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://[host]/xampp/cds.php&#xD;&#xA;http://[host]/xampp/guestbook-en.pl ( linux )&#xD;&#xA;http://[host]/xampp/phonebook.php&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.&#xD;&#xA;default / install usernames and passwords&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;by viewing http://[host]/xampp/security.php XAMPP discloses&#xD;&#xA;usernames / passwords ( example below )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2a&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The phpMyAdmin user pma has no password  UNSECURE&#xD;&#xA; phpMyAdmin saves your preferences in an extra MySQL database. To access&#xD;&#xA;this data&#xD;&#xA; phpMyAdmin uses the special user pma. This user has in the default&#xD;&#xA;installation no&#xD;&#xA; password set and to avoid any security problems you should give him a&#xD;&#xA;passwort.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2b&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The MySQL user root has no password  UNSECURE&#xD;&#xA; Every local user on Linux box can access your MySQL database with&#xD;&#xA;administrator rights.&#xD;&#xA; You should set a password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2c&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The FTP password for user nobody is still 'lampp'  UNSECURE&#xD;&#xA; By using the default password for the FTP user nobody everyone can upload&#xD;&#xA;and change&#xD;&#xA; files for your XAMPP webserver. So if you enabled ProFTPD you should set a&#xD;&#xA;new password&#xD;&#xA; for user nobody.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2d&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tomcat Admin/Config User for XAMPP:&#xD;&#xA;User: xampp&#xD;&#xA;Password: xampp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;=======&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Plus more details [here.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;=======&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is the response from the vendor of XAMPP:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;========&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;vendor response:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;......&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you for your notes. But XAMPP is meant only for internal&#xD;&#xA;development usage and not on production systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html&#xD;&#xA;(section &quot;The philosopy&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The vulnerable scripts are only very simple demonstation programms to&#xD;&#xA;test the functions of Apache/MySQL/etc. **and to give beginners first&#xD;&#xA;inspirations in programming.**&#xD;&#xA;Also this scripts are not meant for public usage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**But you may be right. We should make the warning messages about the&#xD;&#xA;dangers of use for our software bigger.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;============&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally, this list is from 2005, but my the point is this:  XAMPP is **not** built for production use, as can be seen from past vulnerbilities, and the vendor's response to the vulnerbilities being pointed out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anapologetos&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&amp;m=111330048629182&amp;w=2" />
  <row Id="51636" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28987" RevisionGUID="0c3ec7a3-11e3-427b-900b-c1ea43051962" CreationDate="2009-06-20T00:10:40.593" UserDisplayName="Nona Urbiz" Text="Thank you for your answers concerning the security of XAMPP. I want to clarify my question of Windows vs Linux though: While in general terms what you said seems to be true, I have gotten the impression that in regard to use for a server, Linux is unarguably superior. Is this a mistake of mine? If not, why is better?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Dupe of stackoverflow.com/questions/675188/…. – crb 14 mins ago&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;*-this is not true! He asked what else to use, I asked why to use something else*" />
  <row Id="51637" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28988" RevisionGUID="7fe204d9-3829-45ef-9e49-cec73789394e" CreationDate="2009-06-20T00:14:30.873" UserId="1070" Text="[ARP Cache Poisoning](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARP_spoofing) ([a longer description](http://www.grc.com/nat/arp.htm))&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[dsniff](http://www.monkey.org/~dugsong/dsniff/) contains a good tool (`arpspoof`) to do this. [IronGeek](http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=security/arpspoof) has a good tutorial on using it..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's commonly used to route all traffic going between `machine B` and the router through your local machine, so you can sniff all traffic (it's &quot;legitimate&quot; uses are rather limited)..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The above tutorial describes this but you can use it to redirect traffic from your roommates machine to some non-existant MAC address (basically dropping all traffic)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    arpspoof -t 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.99 # 192.168.1.2 being your roommate's IP&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*(the counter to this is a tool like [arpwatch](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arpwatch) which simply keeps track of all MAC addresses -&gt; IP, and alerts you when one changes)*" />
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  <row Id="51640" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="26300" RevisionGUID="cb248cc2-7b18-4020-9288-f42ddeac8e14" CreationDate="2009-06-20T00:17:40.560" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:984,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Zoredache&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1674,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;mrdenny&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="51641" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26300" RevisionGUID="601cdff5-f946-46a0-b0a3-fbdea8d8280f" CreationDate="2009-06-20T00:17:40.653" UserId="-1" Comment="insert duplicate link" Text="&gt; **Possible Duplicate:**  &#xA;&gt; [Enterprise Grade PHP Application Servers](http://serverfault.com/questions/25968/enterprise-grade-php-application-servers)  &#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hi Folks,&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am on the lookout for a commercial PHP (application!) server that comes with Vendor support to use with enterprise scale applications. &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that it quite easy to put everything together myself (Apache + Fast CGI + PHP + APC + xdebug etc.,). But commercial production support is one of the main requirements for us and also the ease of upgrading the platform. It will be ideal to have a single vendor providing all dependent packages that are pre-tested to work with each other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have so far identified Zend Server (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zend.com/products/server/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.zend.com/products/server/&lt;/a&gt;) &amp;amp; Sun Glassfish web stack (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sun.com/software/webstack/index.xml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.sun.com/software/webstack/index.xml&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to hear if anyone has experience using these products and their feedback on the same. Are there any other similar products out there that you would like to recommend?&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51645" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28989" RevisionGUID="c94bb37c-9bbe-40eb-a685-2803489929c6" CreationDate="2009-06-20T00:23:18.407" UserDisplayName="arcanex" Text="You know how &quot;fdisk -l&quot; lists drive partition tables and shows the partition id/types for each partition?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a similar way to get the partition id for LVM logical volumes?" />
  <row Id="51646" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28989" RevisionGUID="c94bb37c-9bbe-40eb-a685-2803489929c6" CreationDate="2009-06-20T00:23:18.407" UserDisplayName="arcanex" Text="&quot;fdisk -l&quot; like list of partitions and their types for LVM logical volumes?" />
  <row Id="51647" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28989" RevisionGUID="c94bb37c-9bbe-40eb-a685-2803489929c6" CreationDate="2009-06-20T00:23:18.407" UserDisplayName="arcanex" Text="&lt;lvm&gt;&lt;partition&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="51648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28990" RevisionGUID="266b46ca-533c-42ef-9a6c-48c2440e8f96" CreationDate="2009-06-20T00:28:53.320" UserId="1674" Text="You can pick up some very nice, but older SAN solutions on eBay.  A friend of mine was looking at an EMC CX500 with like 70 disks for $11k.  I'm sure you can find a smaller unit from EMC or another vendor in your price range." />
  <row Id="51649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28991" RevisionGUID="2c10cf4e-f48e-492f-a3f6-edcc3ebd39a3" CreationDate="2009-06-20T00:48:15.343" UserId="5989" Text="The partition ID for Linux LVM is 8e, reported by fdisk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo fdisk -l&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Disk /dev/sda: 8589 MB, 8589934592 bytes&#xD;&#xA;    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1044 cylinders&#xD;&#xA;    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes&#xD;&#xA;    Disk identifier: 0x00008ec7&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System&#xD;&#xA;    /dev/sda1   *           1        1013     8136891   8e  Linux LVM&#xD;&#xA;    /dev/sda2            1014        1044      249007+   5  Extended&#xD;&#xA;    /dev/sda5            1014        1044      248976   83  Linux&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;LVM is an abstraction layer on top of the storage device to make it easier for you to manage it. I'm not sure what information beyond what fdisk provides you want, because the partition ID for LVM is displayed. However, for additional information about LVM logical volumes, you can use 'lvscan', 'lvs' and 'lvdisplay'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo lvscan &#xD;&#xA;      ACTIVE            '/dev/ops1test/root' [7.35 GB] inherit&#xD;&#xA;      ACTIVE            '/dev/ops1test/swap_1' [388.00 MB] inherit&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo lvs &#xD;&#xA;      LV     VG       Attr   LSize   Origin Snap%  Move Log Copy%  Convert&#xD;&#xA;      root   ops1test -wi-ao   7.35G                                      &#xD;&#xA;      swap_1 ops1test -wi-ao 388.00M                                      &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo lvdisplay&#xD;&#xA;      --- Logical volume ---&#xD;&#xA;      LV Name                /dev/ops1test/root&#xD;&#xA;      VG Name                ops1test&#xD;&#xA;      LV UUID                BfKOpy-L7Ql-905o-7tFk-nnsV-0c7I-w4g9y6&#xD;&#xA;      LV Write Access        read/write&#xD;&#xA;      LV Status              available&#xD;&#xA;      # open                 1&#xD;&#xA;      LV Size                7.35 GB&#xD;&#xA;      Current LE             1881&#xD;&#xA;      Segments               1&#xD;&#xA;      Allocation             inherit&#xD;&#xA;      Read ahead sectors     auto&#xD;&#xA;      - currently set to     256&#xD;&#xA;      Block device           252:0&#xD;&#xA;       &#xD;&#xA;      --- Logical volume ---&#xD;&#xA;      LV Name                /dev/ops1test/swap_1&#xD;&#xA;      VG Name                ops1test&#xD;&#xA;      LV UUID                8SNfQ9-Hlfk-Edsb-vmL1-DeE3-nBRR-YAM1dV&#xD;&#xA;      LV Write Access        read/write&#xD;&#xA;      LV Status              available&#xD;&#xA;      # open                 2&#xD;&#xA;      LV Size                388.00 MB&#xD;&#xA;      Current LE             97&#xD;&#xA;      Segments               1&#xD;&#xA;      Allocation             inherit&#xD;&#xA;      Read ahead sectors     auto&#xD;&#xA;      - currently set to     256&#xD;&#xA;      Block device           252:1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Similarly, you can learn information about the volume group itself with 'vgscan', 'vgs' and 'vgdisplay'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo vgscan&#xD;&#xA;      Reading all physical volumes.  This may take a while...&#xD;&#xA;      Found volume group &quot;ops1test&quot; using metadata type lvm2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo vgs&#xD;&#xA;      VG       #PV #LV #SN Attr   VSize VFree &#xD;&#xA;      ops1test   1   2   0 wz--n- 7.76G 32.00M&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo vgdisplay&#xD;&#xA;      --- Volume group ---&#xD;&#xA;      VG Name               ops1test&#xD;&#xA;      System ID             &#xD;&#xA;      Format                lvm2&#xD;&#xA;      Metadata Areas        1&#xD;&#xA;      Metadata Sequence No  3&#xD;&#xA;      VG Access             read/write&#xD;&#xA;      VG Status             resizable&#xD;&#xA;      MAX LV                0&#xD;&#xA;      Cur LV                2&#xD;&#xA;      Open LV               2&#xD;&#xA;      Max PV                0&#xD;&#xA;      Cur PV                1&#xD;&#xA;      Act PV                1&#xD;&#xA;      VG Size               7.76 GB&#xD;&#xA;      PE Size               4.00 MB&#xD;&#xA;      Total PE              1986&#xD;&#xA;      Alloc PE / Size       1978 / 7.73 GB&#xD;&#xA;      Free  PE / Size       8 / 32.00 MB&#xD;&#xA;      VG UUID               ofpvks-2EDZ-limu-0wAh-tYUN-ISG3-mSS65O&#xD;&#xA;       &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51650" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28992" RevisionGUID="e045ebd7-57b0-473c-993b-675465d5487a" CreationDate="2009-06-20T00:57:39.930" UserId="10079" Text="LVM is an abstraction above physical disks. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Logical volumes (which you can format and place files on) are allocated from volume groups, which may be made up of one or more physical extents - the actual physical disk partitions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Your question is a little unclear. If you would like to show which disk partitions a Logical Volume is physically residing on, lvdisplay --maps may help:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;# lvdisplay --maps&#xD;&#xA;  --- Logical volume ---&#xD;&#xA;  LV Name                /dev/VolGroup00/root&#xD;&#xA;  VG Name                VolGroup00&#xD;&#xA;  LV UUID                xxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxx&#xD;&#xA;  LV Write Access        read/write&#xD;&#xA;  LV Status              available&#xD;&#xA;  # open                 1&#xD;&#xA;  LV Size                5.00 GB&#xD;&#xA;  Current LE             160&#xD;&#xA;  Segments               1&#xD;&#xA;  Allocation             inherit&#xD;&#xA;  Read ahead sectors     auto&#xD;&#xA;  - currently set to     256&#xD;&#xA;  Block device           253:0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  --- Segments ---&#xD;&#xA;  Logical extent 0 to 159:&#xD;&#xA;    Type                linear&#xD;&#xA;    Physical volume     /dev/sda2&#xD;&#xA;    Physical extents    0 to 159&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51651" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28989" RevisionGUID="c9a66485-c242-49e2-bf86-a87a8d4fd9ad" CreationDate="2009-06-20T01:03:29.763" UserDisplayName="arcanex" Comment="added 532 characters in body; added 29 characters in body" Text="You know how &quot;fdisk -l&quot; lists drive partition tables and shows the partition id/types for each partition?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a similar way to get the partition id for LVM logical volumes?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: I'm aware of &quot;lvs&quot;, which is mostly what I'm looking for (it gives me the list of logical volumes, kind of like &quot;fdisk -l&quot;... except it would also be useful to know what the partition types of the logical volumes (which I like to think of as &quot;virtual partitions&quot;) are. That info is what &quot;fdisk -l&quot; lists on the last two columns on the right. (Such as &quot;8e&quot; for a physical LVM partition, or &quot;83&quot; for Linux ext, etc.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The tool I'm looking for may not be part of LVM; maybe just some other utility that can print partition ids/types given a partition?" />
  <row Id="51652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28993" RevisionGUID="2f108c4e-6f02-424e-bf5f-bc59197621b5" CreationDate="2009-06-20T01:03:33.010" UserId="5391" Text="We put a Promise Vtrak iSCSI SAN in place a couple years ago for some cheap storage and it has worked great for us.  You can use off the shelf SATA drives (I recommend Seagate Barracuda ES2) which cuts down on your cost.  It will support up to 16 1TB drives depending on the model.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't forget to include a dedicated switch (or two) with jumbo frames support and some dedicated NICs for your server.  Two NICs and two switches will give you some added redundancy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://promise.com/product/product_detail_eng.asp?segment=undefined&amp;product_id=185][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://promise.com/product/product_detail_eng.asp?segment=undefined&amp;product_id=185" />
  <row Id="51653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28994" RevisionGUID="18d28505-ba62-4a9f-b8d7-2798afa12fea" CreationDate="2009-06-20T01:13:09.217" UserId="7905" Text="I do some wifi hotspot installations, and a new client recently asked me if it would be possible to force users to his website when they first open their browsers.  After some Googling I figured out that this is &quot;captive portal&quot;.  It's a free wifi hotspot, so my client doesn't need authentication, just wants users to hit his site first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, after much more Googling the cheapest solution I can find is DD-WRT and Wifidog.  All you need (as far as I can tell) is a Linksys WRT54G.  I'm comfortable flashing the firmware and setting it up.  If I can make it work for this client I'm thinking about offering it as an option to future clients.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SO- has anyone ever set up captive portal this way?  Is it reliable and easy to support, remotely and securely?  If I set my customers up this way will I eventually end up with Linksys Bricks all over the place?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51654" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="28994" RevisionGUID="18d28505-ba62-4a9f-b8d7-2798afa12fea" CreationDate="2009-06-20T01:13:09.217" UserId="7905" Text="Inexpensive, Reliable Captive Portal " />
  <row Id="51655" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="28994" RevisionGUID="18d28505-ba62-4a9f-b8d7-2798afa12fea" CreationDate="2009-06-20T01:13:09.217" UserId="7905" Text="&lt;dd-wrt&gt;&lt;linksys&gt;&lt;captive-portal&gt;" />
  <row Id="51656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28995" RevisionGUID="4b428e22-ba03-460c-b40e-dfd0c98b0392" CreationDate="2009-06-20T01:19:48.240" UserId="10079" Text="I two pieces of advice:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Firstly, listen to your sysadmin elders. Figure out the people at your company who are the most experienced and listen to them. Sometimes being immersed in the rantings of a hardened professional can teach a lot; you'll not only pick up their instinct for good solutions, but their contempt for bad solutions. Hopefully, you'll pick up good practice or be suitably knocked into shape.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly, gain experience by working up to replicating the system environment at your workplace, on a private network or virtual machine environment. This works better for some environments, than others. By replicating what you see, you'll gain some insight into how the specific software your company uses and acquire some knowledge in common with the people you work with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51657" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28996" RevisionGUID="bd228684-3041-4345-b154-fd27f27e7bc0" CreationDate="2009-06-20T01:27:01.037" UserId="10079" Text="I'd say three things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- The feeling when after lots of work, things just drop into place and work. When you bolt a couple of tools together and things suddenly work as intended.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Refactoring or reworking solutions to be as simple as possible. I like to see the build instructions for something (e.g. a server build) to be as simple as possible: The feeling that someone else will come along later and find my setup to be perfectly sensible and sane.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Compliments from more experienced people on jobs done well :) " />
  <row Id="51658" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="28996" RevisionGUID="bd228684-3041-4345-b154-fd27f27e7bc0" CreationDate="2009-06-20T01:27:01.037" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51659" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28997" RevisionGUID="0f3accce-703d-43da-a16e-1762dd7c6ab0" CreationDate="2009-06-20T01:28:57.117" UserId="1992" Text="Shrinking the database is totally orthogonal to replication - all you've done is create index fragmentation (see [this SF wiki entry][1]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How did you setup the publication and subscription? Can you subscribe to the publication from a non-Express instance?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There seem to be lots of problems doing this - variously solved by deleting the publication database, or the subscription database, the distribution database, removing all replication and restarting, waiting for other subcriptions to sync, restarting the variosu repl agents.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, there doesn't seem to be a single, simple solution to this problem - even though the error really means that the snapshot hasn't completed yet. Your mileage may vary with which of these solutions works for you. Google the first part of your error message and you'll see what I mean about the variety of solutions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this is somewhat helpful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/20909/is-it-safe-to-have-sql-server-auto-shrink-turned-on" />
  <row Id="51660" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28998" RevisionGUID="e0c644f1-9d72-4a64-b8be-6be397754fef" CreationDate="2009-06-20T01:36:42.283" UserId="1992" Text="As Splattne said, 823 means there's an I/O subsystem problem. An 823 message is what I call a 'hard I/O error'. SQL Server askes the OS to read a page and it says no - this means the I/O subsystem couldn't read the page in question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The CHECKDB output means that it couldn't create the internal databsase snapshot that it uses to get a transactionally-consistent point-in-time view of the database. There are a number of different causes of this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. There may not be any free space on the volume(s) storing the data files for the database&#xD;&#xA; 2. The SQL service account might not have create-file permissions in the directory containing the data files for the database&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If neither of these are the case, you can create your own database snapshot and run DBCC CHECKDB on that. One you have, run the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DBCC CHECKDB (yourdbname) WITH NO_INFOMSGS, ALL_ERRORMSGS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you post the results, I'll interpret them for you (I wrote DBCC CHECKDB for SQL 2005)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whatever the results are, you're looking at either restoring from a backup, extracting data to a new database, or running repair. Each involves varying amounts of downtime and data-loss. You're also going to have to do some root-cause analysis to figure out what happened to cause the corruption in the first place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Btw - do you have page checksums enabled? Have you looked in the SQL error log or Windows application event log for any signs of corruption or things going wrong with the I/O subsystem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="51661" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="28999" RevisionGUID="597bee88-6375-4ecd-97c2-bcf4175f4ffe" CreationDate="2009-06-20T01:37:07.900" UserId="9140" Text="Well, this is a tough one. You want both high IOPS and high raw storage capacity. Thats kind of the best of both worlds, wich costs money.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think you have to settle on one of the goals and then try to find a product that suits.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I can recommend Nexsan products. They have rubbish names for their products, their manuals and GUI look like it was made in 1995 but their products are EXTREMELY stable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have one 42TB SATABeast with dual controllers (FC and iSCSI), zero problems so far (1 year old). We also have a ATABoy, zero problems except disk dying of age.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They just released their SAS storage arrays. Perhaps a SASBoy will fit your needs? IIRC, you can mix SAS and SATA in the same case (high I/O on SAS, high capacity on SATA)." />
  <row Id="51662" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29000" RevisionGUID="cbe8a4b5-f5c7-4e7b-8c26-6d22b7d8ec29" CreationDate="2009-06-20T01:39:19.597" UserId="1375" Text="Logical volumes don't have a concept of a &quot;type&quot;, they're just block devices.  If you want to examine the contents of a block device and determine what is in it, you might want to look at the `blkid` tool, which does exactly that." />
  <row Id="51663" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29001" RevisionGUID="cfd8beed-601c-49e2-838b-50ec9b4231ce" CreationDate="2009-06-20T01:40:11.030" UserId="6108" Text="There are a lot if not too much offerings if you search for &quot;embedded PC&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;I'd say that you need a quite powerful CPU for content filtering.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My preferences for such appliances have always two points:&#xD;&#xA;- fanless&#xD;&#xA;- power supply integrated so that there are only power cord and network cords and no other clutter&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If possible the console port should be network (but as most have serial, most racks have some kind of terminal server in place).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51664" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29002" RevisionGUID="c1b42f18-2d28-4526-b9e9-cf04d726fad3" CreationDate="2009-06-20T01:45:32.020" UserDisplayName="Knom" Text="Occasionally, I run Mac OS X on a Mac Pro via Boot Camp (normally, it is running Windows Vista)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I run Software Update, Check Now, the progress bar goes to about 40-45% then gets stuck there indefinitely (i.e. overnight). I can cancel, then the status in the System Preferences|Software Update says that the last successful update was &quot;now&quot; (June 18th). However, the latest item in Installed Updates is March 23 2009, significantly earlier than &quot;now&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know there are more recent updates available because, if I run iTunes 8.1.1 (10), choose iTunes (menu) | Check for Updates..., it checks, then says &quot;iTunes 8.2 is available...&quot;. Clicking &quot;Download iTunes&quot; in the dialog invokes Software Updates, which gets stuck at 40-45% progress indefinitely...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any help appreciated. Thanks!" />
  <row Id="51665" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29002" RevisionGUID="c1b42f18-2d28-4526-b9e9-cf04d726fad3" CreationDate="2009-06-20T01:45:32.020" UserDisplayName="Knom" Text="Mac OS X Software Update Gets Stuck" />
  <row Id="51666" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29002" RevisionGUID="c1b42f18-2d28-4526-b9e9-cf04d726fad3" CreationDate="2009-06-20T01:45:32.020" UserDisplayName="Knom" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="51667" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28576" RevisionGUID="1dd068fb-0405-44ef-a618-56479cf4e81e" CreationDate="2009-06-20T01:45:40.320" UserId="1054" Comment="Add missing word" Text="Ouch! Fatal error 823 indicates that there is a physical disk error. Specifically, that a page requested by SQL Server cannot be read. It's a very serious error indicating a major problem with that database or with the server in total. I hope you have a backup of the database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would check the eventlog on that server, system and application. See if there are any disk-related errors. What are the details of CHECKDB on the DB?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     DBCC CheckDB('&lt; Database name &gt;) WITH NO_INFOMSGS. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51668" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28998" RevisionGUID="2b1b9925-2a7d-432e-8021-40b7259624fd" CreationDate="2009-06-20T01:46:25.933" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix typo" Text="As Splattne said, 823 means there's an I/O subsystem problem. An 823 message is what I call a 'hard I/O error'. SQL Server asks the OS to read a page and it says no - this means the I/O subsystem couldn't read the page in question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The CHECKDB output means that it couldn't create the internal database snapshot that it uses to get a transactionally-consistent point-in-time view of the database. There are a number of different causes of this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. There may not be any free space on the volume(s) storing the data files for the database&#xD;&#xA; 2. The SQL service account might not have create-file permissions in the directory containing the data files for the database&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If neither of these are the case, you can create your own database snapshot and run DBCC CHECKDB on that. One you have, run the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DBCC CHECKDB (yourdbname) WITH NO_INFOMSGS, ALL_ERRORMSGS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you post the results, I'll interpret them for you (I wrote DBCC CHECKDB for SQL 2005)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whatever the results are, you're looking at either restoring from a backup, extracting data to a new database, or running repair. Each involves varying amounts of downtime and data-loss. You're also going to have to do some root-cause analysis to figure out what happened to cause the corruption in the first place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Btw - do you have page checksums enabled? Have you looked in the SQL error log or Windows application event log for any signs of corruption or things going wrong with the I/O subsystem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="51669" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29003" RevisionGUID="bf3e2d09-550c-45cc-aafb-07dc46904baf" CreationDate="2009-06-20T01:56:23.063" UserId="2629" Text="Hmm... Well, you can try it from the command line.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These should get you on the right track:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    man softwareupdate&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    softwareupdate --list&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    softwareupdate --install --all" />
  <row Id="51670" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28996" RevisionGUID="0444b6bb-0286-43ad-85da-d854a317b887" CreationDate="2009-06-20T02:01:24.770" UserId="10079" Comment="deleted 252 characters in body" Text="Refactoring or reworking solutions to be as simple as possible. I like to see the build instructions for something (e.g. a server build) to be as simple as possible: The feeling that someone else will come along later and find my setup to be perfectly sensible and sane.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51671" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28995" RevisionGUID="4e1adae4-b793-461b-9d24-dd08b36a1655" CreationDate="2009-06-20T02:02:11.400" UserId="10079" Comment="added 5 characters in body" Text="I have two pieces of advice:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Firstly, listen to your sysadmin elders. Figure out the people at your company who are the most experienced and listen to them. Sometimes being immersed in the rantings of a hardened professional can teach a lot; you'll not only pick up their instinct for good solutions, but their contempt for bad solutions. Hopefully, you'll pick up good practice or be suitably knocked into shape.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly, gain experience by working up to replicating the system environment at your workplace, on a private network or virtual machine environment. This works better for some environments, than others. By replicating what you see, you'll gain some insight into how the specific software your company uses and acquire some knowledge in common with the people you work with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29004" RevisionGUID="33733f10-56f1-4c29-b2f5-f73037a43581" CreationDate="2009-06-20T02:09:43.963" UserId="10161" Text="It is possible that the Cache.db has become corrupt. If you haven't ran 'Repair Disk Permissions' in /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility I recommend that you do that first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If Software Update still hangs after repairing the permissions you can reset the Software Update cache -&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Quite Software Update.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the Finder navigate to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/Users/*yourUserName*/Library/Caches/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rename the file 'Cache.db' to Cache.db.bak&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Run Software Update. (Software Update will build a new 'Cache.db' file)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If Software Update runs correctly delete the Cache.db.bak" />
  <row Id="51673" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28232" RevisionGUID="6e8c45e1-ecbe-4d1d-b480-6be482447c2a" CreationDate="2009-06-20T02:09:56.707" UserId="9942" Comment="Replaced search terms with actual links" Text="Google and a few universities use [Puppet][1]. Take a serious look at it. Here are same links that should help you find out more:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* [http://northstarlabs.net/2009/01/macworld-2009-puppet-presentation/][2]&#xD;&#xA;* [http://www.bestechvideos.com/2008/12/08/rubyconf-2008-a-puppet-story-systems-building-systems][3]&#xD;&#xA;* [http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/06/11/puppet-at-google-redmonk-radio-episode-48/][4]&#xD;&#xA;* [http://code.google.com/p/puppet-mw08/][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://reductivelabs.com/products/puppet/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://northstarlabs.net/2009/01/macworld-2009-puppet-presentation/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.bestechvideos.com/2008/12/08/rubyconf-2008-a-puppet-story-systems-building-systems&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/06/11/puppet-at-google-redmonk-radio-episode-48/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://code.google.com/p/puppet-mw08/" />
  <row Id="51674" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29005" RevisionGUID="d0ff7ac0-0fd4-4c1c-a2eb-24c1c7a26197" CreationDate="2009-06-20T02:18:07.990" UserId="1674" Text="Do you have a lot of SELECT INTO statements in your SQL Code?  This will cause locking on several tempdb system objects until the SELECT INTO statement has completed." />
  <row Id="51677" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29007" RevisionGUID="bac47d2e-fa1f-4c8c-bbde-b462dc175155" CreationDate="2009-06-20T02:39:17.457" UserId="8721" Text="I've had my eye on &lt;a href=&quot;http://coova.org/wiki/index.php/CoovaChilli&quot;&gt;CoovaChilli&lt;/a&gt; for a while, it's an OpenWRT only fork of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.chillispot.info/&quot;&gt;ChilliSpot&lt;/a&gt; which  also runs on regular computers. Coova offers commercial support if you need it." />
  <row Id="51678" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="22110" RevisionGUID="afc7147f-112c-4851-821b-0caafe21d628" CreationDate="2009-06-20T02:49:24.737" UserId="658" Comment="added 190 characters in body" Text="According to the [Google Issues list for Chromium][1], this issue was reported in Sep 2008. [The NTLM passthrough feature][2] has been given to the Google Summer of Code team. It sounds like it will be worked on in [Summer 2009 at the Google Summer of Code][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is good news, and will hopefully bring some stature to Chrome's image in the enterprise. The intranet is so prevalent, and to adopt a browser is difficult without having this feature.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/list&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=19#c70&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://code.google.com/soc/" />
  <row Id="51679" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29008" RevisionGUID="56b7df47-69a9-4c20-a74e-5253b8d0e70c" CreationDate="2009-06-20T02:52:11.237" UserId="6383" Text="Logical volumes do not have a partition ID or type.  They are composed of *physical extents* (PE) which may be spread over multiple *physical volumes* (PV), each of which could be a partition (e.g. /dev/sda2) or a complete disk (e.g. /dev/sdb)." />
  <row Id="51680" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29009" RevisionGUID="c5e418a6-42b5-49b8-b15f-87d1c26b4f0d" CreationDate="2009-06-20T02:59:20.100" UserId="919" Text="That's not the point. If you want to distribute configuration widely, you set up another repository in addition to each machine's local repo, and have each machine **cherry-pick** from it as needed. What this does is allow each machine to deviate (branch, really) and retain revision control." />
  <row Id="51683" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29011" RevisionGUID="b16a4197-c95e-4b1c-ac19-eece37351d3d" CreationDate="2009-06-20T03:19:37.970" UserId="4733" Text="I just finished installing Ubuntu server in this way.  I started the install locally and finished it up via Putty over ssh.  Instructions are here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu-home-fileserver&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51684" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29011" RevisionGUID="b16a4197-c95e-4b1c-ac19-eece37351d3d" CreationDate="2009-06-20T03:19:37.970" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51685" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26017" RevisionGUID="0515eba9-345c-447a-9a6b-dca6d0af5a2f" CreationDate="2009-06-20T03:21:02.897" UserId="6383" Comment="Show output from get_maintainer.pl" Text="Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't XFS better with large files than small?  The MythTV community use it in preference to ext3 for the speed in which it deletes multi-gigabyte files.  Or is handling large numbers of files what interests you?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; - ReiserFS ... well...vague future, who will end up fixing bugs ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try this in your kernel source tree:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;$ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f fs/reiserfs/Makefile  &#xD;&#xA;reiserfs-devel@vger.kernel.org  &#xD;&#xA;Jeff Mahoney &lt;jeffm@suse.com&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ReiserFS is not the product of one man.  [ReiserFS v3](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReiserFS) is stable and in maintenance mode; it still has a maintainence team, and the only upcoming changes I know of are the removal of the &quot;Big Kernel Lock&quot;, a kernel cleanup which should also result in a speed increase (per-superblock locks vs a single shared lock).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The [ReiserFS v4](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiser4) team may have lost their leader and figurehead, but volunteer work still continues, though it has not been merged into the mainline kernel.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51686" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29012" RevisionGUID="3a4c437f-8780-413d-b94e-9bbb2c2eeff2" CreationDate="2009-06-20T03:50:23.460" UserDisplayName="Ken" Text="I invite you to try out the [exchange archiving][1] software from Metalogix too. Priced right for small business and all the solutions we needed. Symantec was too complex and pricey for us. The company I work for had a problem where we couldn’t go to a hosted model for fear of privacy and clients wishes. We had to archive with something in house. Thx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.metalogix.net/Products/Professional-Archive-Manager-for-Exchange/" />
  <row Id="51687" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29013" RevisionGUID="9512709b-62ce-43b3-babf-1b3425450500" CreationDate="2009-06-20T03:50:39.763" UserId="10143" Text="Very few texts talk about&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a unix key server&#xD;&#xA;a client windows (lets say XP) to authenticate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The texts that I have read will mention this topic but more or less skip the details. When setting up/compiling/building/etc a unix (say freebsd) key server, what are the &quot;musts&quot; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a couple of words have been thrown down with the type of authentication/encryption needed but never enough detail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't been able to find a a good resource for this or posts in mailing lists&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;help/ideas?" />
  <row Id="51688" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29013" RevisionGUID="9512709b-62ce-43b3-babf-1b3425450500" CreationDate="2009-06-20T03:50:39.763" UserId="10143" Text="setting up freebsd kerberos key server windows client log in musts" />
  <row Id="51689" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29013" RevisionGUID="9512709b-62ce-43b3-babf-1b3425450500" CreationDate="2009-06-20T03:50:39.763" UserId="10143" Text="&lt;freebsd&gt;&lt;kerberos&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;" />
  <row Id="51690" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29014" RevisionGUID="7da253ad-68ff-4747-8637-bfb9a00bee1c" CreationDate="2009-06-20T03:58:24.567" UserDisplayName="Ken" Text="Hang in there!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Think of how you can manage your time to devote more time to study. Be honest with yourself and admit it if you really should spend less time partying. Do all you can to stay with it and graduate. It will be worth it in the long run.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ALso I would say learn every emerging technology you can because you only make your self useful to an employer if you can show that you are current and not a 1999 tech dinosaur." />
  <row Id="51691" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29015" RevisionGUID="af77ed68-b422-465c-bc4f-74617ce53e23" CreationDate="2009-06-20T04:02:44.060" UserDisplayName="Ken" Text="probably not needed but I learned a little myself here http://www.linuxconfig.org/Linux_lvm_-_Logical_Volume_Manager" />
  <row Id="51692" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29016" RevisionGUID="b4dce01f-b497-433e-8d88-cf0d1f8ea960" CreationDate="2009-06-20T04:12:23.900" UserId="10143" Text="which is possible (or both) heimdal or kerberos for heterogeneous network login&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ie&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;unix kdc running MIT kerberos or heimdal&#xD;&#xA;clients (services) to kdc bsd/linux&#xD;&#xA;client (to authenticate to services examples authenticate or ssh) windows/bsd/linux&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;of come across a lot of text discussing this and at least for me it never gives a clear answer, what do I need to be thinking when making this decision?&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="51693" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29016" RevisionGUID="b4dce01f-b497-433e-8d88-cf0d1f8ea960" CreationDate="2009-06-20T04:12:23.900" UserId="10143" Text="heimdal kerveros heterogeneous network" />
  <row Id="51694" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29016" RevisionGUID="b4dce01f-b497-433e-8d88-cf0d1f8ea960" CreationDate="2009-06-20T04:12:23.900" UserId="10143" Text="&lt;kerberos&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;" />
  <row Id="51695" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29017" RevisionGUID="fd6c22af-1469-4f14-a53f-2e37af8b45c3" CreationDate="2009-06-20T04:13:42.370" UserId="2659" Text="Need some advice on the best Intel quad motherboard, cpu and ram combination?" />
  <row Id="51696" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29017" RevisionGUID="fd6c22af-1469-4f14-a53f-2e37af8b45c3" CreationDate="2009-06-20T04:13:42.370" UserId="2659" Text="Best Intel quad motherboard, cpu and ram matchup?" />
  <row Id="51697" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29017" RevisionGUID="fd6c22af-1469-4f14-a53f-2e37af8b45c3" CreationDate="2009-06-20T04:13:42.370" UserId="2659" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;desktop&gt;" />
  <row Id="51698" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29018" RevisionGUID="d6f6270b-cf59-4848-be9f-77b3255231d3" CreationDate="2009-06-20T04:15:27.390" UserId="2659" Text="Sql server licensing, is it per cpu?  If yes, so a 32 cpu would mean like 150K in licensing?" />
  <row Id="51699" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29018" RevisionGUID="d6f6270b-cf59-4848-be9f-77b3255231d3" CreationDate="2009-06-20T04:15:27.390" UserId="2659" Text="Sql server licensing, is it per cpu?  So a 32 cpu would mean like 150K in licensing?" />
  <row Id="51700" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29018" RevisionGUID="d6f6270b-cf59-4848-be9f-77b3255231d3" CreationDate="2009-06-20T04:15:27.390" UserId="2659" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;license&gt;" />
  <row Id="51701" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29019" RevisionGUID="049c83a9-9940-4900-af2a-ed4df9f490e2" CreationDate="2009-06-20T04:21:51.900" UserId="1674" Text="There are a few licensing options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. If the application is internal only you can license the SQL Server with a server license which is a few thousand, then buy a CAL one for each employee which needs access to the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. If the application is internal only you can license the SQL Server with a server license which is a few thousand, then buy a CAL one for each device which needs access to the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. If the application is internet facing, or the cost of the CALs is more than the cost of CPU licenses you can get CPU licenses.  They are ~$8k for Standard Edition and $~25k for Enterprise Edition.  These licenses are per physical CPU, no matter how many cores there are per physical CPU.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To use more than 4 physical CPUs you'll need the Enterprise Edition as the standard edition only supports 4 physical CPUs.  So a server with 32 physical CPUs would come in at about $800k to license.  If you have a 8 CPU server with 4 cores per server then the licenses will cost you about $200k." />
  <row Id="51702" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29020" RevisionGUID="40f1b384-ade5-4875-b5af-b15496099a32" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:57:09.817" Text="&lt;p&gt;What is a good naming convention or scheme for a virtual machines?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are building a cluster of virtualization hardware servers in our headquarters and a similar cluster in each of our state offices (one cluster per state).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We need to name the virtualization hardware servers, which is the easy part, but we also need to come up with a naming convention for the virtual machines (VMs) that will run on the virtualization hardware.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The naming convention needs to be descriptive enough for administrators and developers to easily identify what the VM is for, but short enough to not generate repetitive strain injury at the keyboard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To make things more interesting, our existing hardware naming conventions are different between functional areas of the enterprise. Internally consistent, but different. There are different cultures, such as AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Windows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My initial thoughts are to construct a DNS or Active Directory listing with TWO names per machine: One name which is unique across the enterprise, and is fairly descriptive; and the other name which is local to a functional area. Basically, an enterprise VM name space and a functional area VM name space. The enterprise VM names can be long, because it will be mainly machines using them for across-enterprise mapping of functional area VM names. The functional area names need to be short and concise so that developers can manage them easily in their head.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51703" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29020" RevisionGUID="40f1b384-ade5-4875-b5af-b15496099a32" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:57:09.817" Text="Naming Convention for Virtual Machines" />
  <row Id="51704" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29020" RevisionGUID="40f1b384-ade5-4875-b5af-b15496099a32" CreationDate="2009-06-18T07:57:09.817" Text="&lt;virtual-machines&gt;&lt;naming-conventions&gt;&lt;namespaces&gt;&lt;naming&gt;&lt;not-programming-related&gt;" />
  <row Id="51705" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29021" RevisionGUID="486e1fea-f175-4eb0-9ddf-9a28cc6f59dd" CreationDate="2009-06-18T08:07:41.277" UserId="5364" Text="&lt;p&gt;Might be better asked on &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://serverfault.com&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51711" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29025" RevisionGUID="cec09d1d-1d9d-4406-b1d1-bc291ef92940" CreationDate="2009-06-20T04:31:46.810" UserId="4808" Text="Apache prefork is not compatible with wsgi daemon mode.  Per the [documentation][1], daemon mode requires threading.  So if you want the flexibility of daemon mode you need to use Apache mpm worker.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/" />
  <row Id="51712" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="29016" RevisionGUID="de7fd523-7312-4710-8b5b-0f5554bba3cc" CreationDate="2009-06-20T04:32:02.817" UserId="3038" Comment="fix spelling" Text="heimdal kerberos heterogeneous network" />
  <row Id="51717" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28430" RevisionGUID="d90ac2ae-78ae-42cf-8483-9ae30ab3eb82" CreationDate="2009-06-20T04:51:14.227" UserId="10054" Comment="A USB Protocol Analyzer would probably do the job; added 5 characters in body" Text="Is there a product that can be plugged into a computer and appear as a USB flash drive, while in reality it is also say a Samba / FTP server?  Along the lines of the Eye-Fi card (www.eye.fi), but wired and more configurable.  It could also be a special data-transfer cable allowing one connect a complete separate networked computer.  The targeted computer must only see a USB stick, no special drivers, no network configuration changes must be required on this computer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Clarification_001: The targeted computer (or embedded device) must be able to write to this USB “stick”.  However it would be ok if the data were visible on the network with some delay, say few minutes.  This magic stick could copy between the flash &amp; network in batch mode, every few minutes.  BTW: My immediate need is to harvest logs from hard-to-network embedded device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Clarification_002:&#xD;&#xA;Further research brought me to devices called &#xD;&#xA;&quot;USB Bus/Protocol Analyzers&quot;.  &#xD;&#xA;like:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.ellisys.com/products/usbex200/index.php&#xD;&#xA;These would probably do the job. They are expensive ($800-$3000++).&#xD;&#xA;Internally, they must duplicate the USB data, I infer that the device&#xD;&#xA;I am looking for should cost under $500.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TIA,&#xD;&#xA;Radim&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51718" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29027" RevisionGUID="a7ec0c34-818d-4230-843a-6482f6d1b312" CreationDate="2009-06-20T04:53:21.213" UserId="1294" Text="Apparently I deleted the default website on my server. That is, I have 3 and none seem to be the &quot;Default&quot;, though one is listening on port 80 for blank headers. TFS wants one installed, how do I add it back?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition; IIS 5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="51719" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29027" RevisionGUID="a7ec0c34-818d-4230-843a-6482f6d1b312" CreationDate="2009-06-20T04:53:21.213" UserId="1294" Text="Creating new Default Website" />
  <row Id="51720" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29027" RevisionGUID="a7ec0c34-818d-4230-843a-6482f6d1b312" CreationDate="2009-06-20T04:53:21.213" UserId="1294" Text="&lt;team-foundation-server&gt;&lt;tfs&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;prerequisites&gt;" />
  <row Id="51721" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29028" RevisionGUID="edad8f78-1c0f-4173-8df0-78a48a87591e" CreationDate="2009-06-20T04:54:16.703" UserId="10168" Text="You could try looking at services from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.macminicolo.net/transport/&quot;&gt;MacMiniColo&lt;/a&gt; who also offer a remote time machine backup service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Offers all you can offer from Time Machine + it is remote" />
  <row Id="51722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29029" RevisionGUID="ab61a66a-4031-49c0-b3b1-3d82270adf3f" CreationDate="2009-06-20T04:55:58.710" UserId="10169" Text="I'm not aware that cache size is documented as having any significant impact on performance, and when you compare the few dozen megs the drive is caching to the gig or more cached by the OS it's easy to see why.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rotational speed, as other answers say, has a huge impact." />
  <row Id="51723" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29030" RevisionGUID="af0fd4fa-5808-4c99-9532-c69890077b76" CreationDate="2009-06-20T05:02:22.160" UserId="991" Text="Howdy,  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to know if a USB dongle that is required as a license key for a piece of software will accessible from the physical host machine.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will be a small vSphere 4 installation targeting the quick backup and system restore capabilities of VMWare, not specifically HA, so I am not to worried about the virtual machine automatically failing over to another physical machine and the dongle not being accessible.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does ESX have the capability to map a physical USB port or device to a specific Virtual Machine?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe this is the dongle: Sentinal Superpro USB Dongle by Rainbow Technologies &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you,  &#xD;&#xA;Keith" />
  <row Id="51724" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29030" RevisionGUID="af0fd4fa-5808-4c99-9532-c69890077b76" CreationDate="2009-06-20T05:02:22.160" UserId="991" Text="Can you use a USB dongle inside a VMWare ESX Virual Machine?" />
  <row Id="51725" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29030" RevisionGUID="af0fd4fa-5808-4c99-9532-c69890077b76" CreationDate="2009-06-20T05:02:22.160" UserId="991" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;usb&gt;&lt;vmware-esx&gt;" />
  <row Id="51726" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29031" RevisionGUID="c8c72616-ef6e-4bb8-a2b8-a3c77eefa062" CreationDate="2009-06-20T05:02:57.933" UserId="10143" Text="if you read about sendmail at all you quickly discover its history of &quot;bug of the week&quot;. Other solutions have come out since then, in fact a lot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Postfix makes a good drop in replacment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Qmail touts its correctness and security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know more about SELinux than qmail so I take my chances with having the correct SELinux policy (ie custom SELinux policy, though the default should be fine, properly configured of course) with a drop in sendmail replacement. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51727" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29031" RevisionGUID="c8c72616-ef6e-4bb8-a2b8-a3c77eefa062" CreationDate="2009-06-20T05:02:57.933" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51728" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29032" RevisionGUID="a441fada-f767-461d-9f57-3aae6bdf681b" CreationDate="2009-06-20T05:03:38.040" UserId="10169" Text="i386 Linux kernels can be configured for a 2, 3 or 4 GiB limit on virtual address space per process, AFAIK. Is there something I can query in /proc or elsewhere to tell how the currently-running kernel was configured?" />
  <row Id="51729" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29032" RevisionGUID="a441fada-f767-461d-9f57-3aae6bdf681b" CreationDate="2009-06-20T05:03:38.040" UserId="10169" Text="How do I tell if a Linux system has hugemem?" />
  <row Id="51730" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29032" RevisionGUID="a441fada-f767-461d-9f57-3aae6bdf681b" CreationDate="2009-06-20T05:03:38.040" UserId="10169" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;virtual-memory&gt;" />
  <row Id="51731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29033" RevisionGUID="37692fd8-b542-417b-a30b-dc5e3e4af601" CreationDate="2009-06-20T05:05:17.087" UserId="6905" Text="I also recommend [PC Engines][1], they pretty much offer the best value and performance in a small product. Or you could buy something like the [Intel BOXD945GCLF][2] which includes an Intel Atom, just add ram, 2nd NIC, and a box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pcengines.ch/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121342" />
  <row Id="51732" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29034" RevisionGUID="545e525e-c616-41f4-8803-5356e8c51e4f" CreationDate="2009-06-20T05:12:22.327" UserId="10143" Text="There will always be countless permissions to check, countless checklists, never ending discovery of new bugs/vulnerabilities. Security I wouldn't think is something you turn on or off, it is something you do constantly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Given the &quot;inevitable failure&quot; of software, SELinux helps put out some worries (again no  silver bullet for security). assuming a userspace application is compromised the correct SELinux policy will prevent it acting at its usual (ie if SELinux was disabled or permissive) privileges. This of course will require you to monitor your audit logs and analyze installed policy and modify it where necessary to allow applications to function.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not saying default policy wouldn't help but I personally like to know what it allows." />
  <row Id="51733" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29035" RevisionGUID="fa2b8e2f-2192-4b25-82d4-8394ff873c16" CreationDate="2009-06-20T05:18:39.507" UserId="10143" Text="With SELinux targeted policy enabled you should really check what SELinux context/domain your network facing (or localuser facing) services are running as. Try the -Z option for ps. if it is unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t it isn't doing much for you. You can change this of course by installing the right policy module is installed (see tools such as seinfo, semanage, semodule). If you don't have a defined policy for the service/app then you need to create your own. Tools exist now that help this, such as SLIDE (eclipse plugin) and seedit. You will need to look at your audit logs (typically /var/log/audit/audit.log) " />
  <row Id="51734" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29036" RevisionGUID="f15de9ef-ea8c-4edb-84a9-ca4d28b0489f" CreationDate="2009-06-20T05:23:34.380" UserId="10167" Text="**For the logging question...**&#xD;&#xA;There are a couple of great tools for searching the logs if you are interested in rolling your own:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Logparser 2.2 is a very useful tool that you can use to filter the SQL Error Log, the SQL Agent Log and the Windows event log. It's available from Microsoft download, has help files, and usage examples are pretty readily available with a little searching.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You can also write scripts to read all of these logs with Powershell! Use the SMO interface and the Server.ReadErrorLog method to get to the SQL Error Log: http://forums.iis.net/p/1145912/1855025.aspx#1855025 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**For the replication issue...**&#xD;&#xA;It sounds like you are saying you took the subscriber offline. Is this transactional replication? You should be able to just stop the distribution agent to tell it to stop sending transactions to the subscriber, which should stop the errors. Just start it back up when you bring your subscriber back. Be careful to look at how long commands will hang out on the distributor before they are deleted, if you elapse that you will have to reinitialize.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**For the larger issue...**&#xD;&#xA;It sounds like you may be managing a SQL Server environment without a local DBA. If this is the case, invest in training, training, training! I would also advise looking at free trials of more comprehensive tools, check out SQL Server magazines to see a lot of listings for what's out there. I believe you can get free evaluations of most." />
  <row Id="51735" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29037" RevisionGUID="dfa78e5d-b244-465e-81db-f1f6b02e69e2" CreationDate="2009-06-20T05:33:55.513" UserId="10143" Text="If a skilled attacker is targeting &quot;you&quot;; then over some amount of time they will get in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;fail2ban isn't a bad idea but if you don't need to run on standard ports then you might take yourself further away from script kiddies that are running network scans. ssh for example isn't made of magic (though pretty close) and will at some point have a failure. But an attack might not be made if a broad network scan is done just on, say, 22 25 80 etc and you run on an odd port number (though never assume that this is &quot;security&quot;, you most likely just lowering the number of attempted attacks).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MAC/SELinux isn't a bad idea. It assumes that your userspace applications will fail at some point but kernel enforcement (ie SELinux) will/could prevent further damage." />
  <row Id="51736" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29037" RevisionGUID="dfa78e5d-b244-465e-81db-f1f6b02e69e2" CreationDate="2009-06-20T05:33:55.513" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51737" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29038" RevisionGUID="5b8671e2-d197-4e8b-add6-2e2aef0f74aa" CreationDate="2009-06-20T05:42:57.743" UserId="2242" Text="Unless it has changed from ESX 3.5 to 4 the answer is no it isn't supported.  Most people in this situation us a usb server, basically a box with a multiple USB ports and a network connection.  You install software in the guest OS which installs a driver and sees the networked USB as though it were directly connected.  I've had good luck with a model from Digikey.  " />
  <row Id="51738" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29039" RevisionGUID="e4af7d08-6401-43f1-8c67-5e0ad965a1d7" CreationDate="2009-06-20T05:45:25.430" UserId="10143" Text="Why the need for openbsd or selinux distros?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does this project really need internet? Internet facing services. If so and you are concerned about security and want simplicity openbsd actually could (maybe sorta kinda) be a good choice. if you are choosing between selinux and openbsd. openbsd has been around for a while, good documentation, good code auditing history, dead simple especially when it comes to service start ups. I don't know what to tell you about what you want to do with MPI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you would consider other options, I would say ubuntu maybe ubuntu server since it is pretty simple and gets lots of support. for development projects I bet there would be lots of support (probably package wise, if anything) for ubuntu since it is so popular. Also, there is now some support for SELinux in ubuntu." />
  <row Id="51739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29040" RevisionGUID="2e2705eb-aec5-4fad-8589-bfc3f706e5b9" CreationDate="2009-06-20T05:46:56.987" UserId="9258" Text="Another option that you can look into is the Business Data Catalog. While this is more complicated it does allow you to have a SharePoint view of the data. The downside to this is that it does require the Enterprise edition and pretty advanced skills to get the BDC configured to point to your custom database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since you said you are not a developer, I would tend to lead away from the BDC unless you are able to hire someone to configure this for you." />
  <row Id="51740" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29041" RevisionGUID="1d8911ea-4da0-48bb-b2e4-ecf3db6fe762" CreationDate="2009-06-20T05:50:58.193" UserId="301" Text="Most Fedora distros include the config used to create the kernel vmimage, try something like this&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ cat /etc/redhat-release &#xD;&#xA;    Fedora release 10 (Cambridge)&#xD;&#xA;    $ grep -i &quot;CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G&quot; /boot/config-`uname -r`&#xD;&#xA;    CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This may also be true for Ubuntu and Debian distributions." />
  <row Id="51741" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29038" RevisionGUID="fd3b5d7c-df2e-47b6-88af-45a3e116ab9f" CreationDate="2009-06-20T05:55:55.533" UserId="2242" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Unless it has changed from ESX 3.5 to 4 the answer is no it isn't supported.  Most people in this situation use a usb server, basically a box with a multiple USB ports and a network connection.  You install software in the guest OS which installs a driver and sees the networked USB as though it were directly connected.  I've had good luck with a model from Digikey.  " />
  <row Id="51742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29042" RevisionGUID="ec3680a6-9175-4a9b-abad-3f51f1b80ddb" CreationDate="2009-06-20T06:00:53.680" UserDisplayName="Steve" Text="For more comprehensive monitoring of MySQL (but commercial, so only if your database is worth it) check out www.LogicMonitor.com. No configuration required (detects storage engine types, replication status, etc); provides tuning recommendations; full historical graphing and alerting in one system; very extensible, and will monitor the rest of your datacenter infrastructure." />
  <row Id="51743" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29043" RevisionGUID="86c51010-258f-42b9-8b2a-2a4b4034fcef" CreationDate="2009-06-20T06:02:46.347" UserId="3581" Text="I'm chasing a thin client that can connect to an Ubuntu machine and utilize a modern widescreen LCD. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have used [Sun Microsystems SunRay 150][1] thin clients for several years however the SunRay Server Software is always annoying to configure and maintain, and is not officially supported on Ubuntu (which is my preferred Linux desktop). I'm looking for something more modern too, as the 150s only have a 15&quot; display capable of a low resolution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have several old [IBM-8363 thin clients][2] which I'm about to begin experimenting with but they too seem to have a limited resolution. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We don't need processing power locally, which is why a thin client is a good fit for us.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have any hardware recommendations?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/validateUser.do?target=Systems/SunRay150/SunRay150&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/product.do?template=/product.do?template=%2Fproductpage%2Flandingpages%2FproductPageLandingPage.vm&amp;sitestyle=lenovo&amp;brandind=11&amp;familyind=50250&amp;machineind=0&amp;modelind=0&amp;partnumberind=0&amp;subcategoryind=0&amp;doctypeind=4&amp;doccategoryind=0&amp;operatingsystemind=49980&amp;validate=true" />
  <row Id="51744" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29043" RevisionGUID="86c51010-258f-42b9-8b2a-2a4b4034fcef" CreationDate="2009-06-20T06:02:46.347" UserId="3581" Text="What hardware thin clients are available for connecting to Linux with XDMCP (or similar)?" />
  <row Id="51745" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29043" RevisionGUID="86c51010-258f-42b9-8b2a-2a4b4034fcef" CreationDate="2009-06-20T06:02:46.347" UserId="3581" Text="&lt;thin-client&gt;&lt;xdmcp&gt;&lt;x-windows&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;&lt;sunray&gt;" />
  <row Id="51746" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29044" RevisionGUID="35608f26-5e3f-4256-b54d-bc3b10e48acb" CreationDate="2009-06-20T06:02:58.123" UserId="45" Text="Just add a new web site to your server and give it a blank host header. That means, it will acceppt all host headers (domains, also localhost etc.) which point to one of the server's IP addresses and are not associated to another web.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Normally the default web's folder is &quot;Inetpub\wwwroot&quot;." />
  <row Id="51747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29045" RevisionGUID="29b16ae7-7ab0-43af-a82b-6727ec28effa" CreationDate="2009-06-20T06:05:48.010" UserId="3581" Text="No, you require a USB over IP device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This thread in the VMWare Community Forum][1] confirms this, and suggests [this document][2] for more information on compatible USB over IP devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, I could not map local USB devices on a host to virtual machines with ESXi Server 3.5.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://communities.vmware.com/message/1186620#1186620&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/esx_anywhereusb2.pdf" />
  <row Id="51748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29046" RevisionGUID="2ff3325e-b64b-49fa-a590-23470a3c27ce" CreationDate="2009-06-20T06:08:06.227" UserId="10143" Text="Be careful of dontaudits, policy can define things not to audit, ie dontaudits typically say &quot;I expect this failure and I don't want to see it/have it filling up my logs&quot;. if that is the case then you won't see it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;from semodule man page&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Turn on all AVC Messages for which&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; SELinux currently is &quot;dontaudit&quot;ing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; semodule -DB&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Turn &quot;dontaudit&quot; rules back on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; semodule -B&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is some back story that describes it &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://danwalsh.livejournal.com/11673.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should definitely get familiar with reference policy (refpolicy) concepts. look at the syslog and mysql modules (policy source), recompile those modules if need be and try them out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also don't forget, in permissive mode denials are only logged once until things like reboot or a policy load happen. in enforcing you get the denial every time the access is attempted.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29047" RevisionGUID="a55ef35d-cc96-4599-a0af-3f417f5ab22c" CreationDate="2009-06-20T06:10:42.397" UserId="10167" Text="For the situation you are in, as pointed out if you have neither an MSDB backup or a saved scripting of the jobs and MSDB is not available, you will have to recreate the jobs from memory or other sources. (&quot;Am I screwed&quot; = Yes)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When reinstating the jobs, make sure to not only look for what jobs you *did* have in place, but but jobs you *should* have had in place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now that it's a few weeks later and you've (hopefully) recovered most of your critical jobs, you should revisit what you have in place and think about:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Is your recovery model what it should be for the database's purpose&#xD;&#xA; - Are your backup jobs optimized for your recovery model and point in time recovery needs?&#xD;&#xA; - Are you maintaining indexes as you should be?&#xD;&#xA; - Are you maintaining statistics as you should be?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It can be difficult to recover in a situation like this, but it's **much better** if you make sure that you get the jobs back in a situation where you won't have performance issues down the road that bring up problems in the recovery again! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Of course these are things one should check on all DB servers, but following up on a failure is a great time to re-examine best practices and see what you may be missing.)" />
  <row Id="51750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29048" RevisionGUID="456f35de-713c-426e-a74a-f9d708f2f319" CreationDate="2009-06-20T06:13:26.137" UserId="3581" Text="We use [`rdiff-backup`][1] to achieve a similar goal with Linux servers. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It may or may not solve your specific requirements, but it'd be worth investigating if you exhaust other avenues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://rdiff-backup.nongnu.org/" />
  <row Id="51751" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29044" RevisionGUID="7c705ba1-1e4b-4c5d-b995-02b3149bf002" CreationDate="2009-06-20T06:15:40.017" UserId="45" Comment="added 1076 characters in body" Text="Just add a new web site to your server and give it a blank host header. That means, it will acceppt all host headers (domains, also localhost etc.) which point to one of the server's IP addresses and are not associated to another web. Normally the default web's folder is &quot;Inetpub\wwwroot&quot;, so set whis folder as &quot;local path.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is only one problem. Some other tools want the &quot;Default Web Site&quot; to be W3SVC/1. Instead of following what I proposed above, there is another option. Use the adsutil script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure that there isn't a W3SVC/1 already there (you'll never know). In a command-line prompt go to the&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     Inetpub\AdminScripts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;folder and execute this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cscript adsutil.vbs enum w3svc/1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it comes back with &quot;path requested could not be found&quot; there is a problem. Do the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cscript adsutil.vbs enum w3svc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should get: w3svc/Info w3svc/Filters and at least one w3svc/NUMBER where the NUMBER is what you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To find your new default web site number will take some looking up. Search using this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cscript adsutil.vbs enum w3svc/### &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;putting the numbers you saw in the list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Create the new W3SVC/1:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cscript adsutil.vbs create_vserv W3SVC/1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Copy it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cscript adsutil.vbs copy W3SVC/### W3SVC/1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cscript adsutil.vbs set w3svc/1/ServerComment &quot;Default Web Site&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="51752" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29049" RevisionGUID="196916d4-bd27-4d39-858d-03a5e8debfc7" CreationDate="2009-06-20T06:16:13.197" UserId="2783" Text="A possible solution can be found here: http://www.gafvert.info/iis/article/create_default_website.htm" />
  <row Id="51753" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29050" RevisionGUID="a98e5f57-780c-4c4f-acde-e14974d8b993" CreationDate="2009-06-20T06:20:03.270" UserId="9744" Text="I know this is a subjective question without a possible answer, but I really want to know if it's &quot;just me&quot; or is it something common. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lifting a server from ground up takes time and effort like kids or pets - watch them grow, succeed and perform &quot;by the book&quot; is a wonderful experience. I realized I'm attached to one of my production servers when I had to move it outside of it's normal operation location, making it physically far from me. While I can still remotely control it, it's just not the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you get emotionally attached to your server(s)? If so, do you think it helps you become a better system maintainer? Are you overly paranoid when a potential security risk threats the system for the &quot;wrong&quot; reasons?" />
  <row Id="51754" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29050" RevisionGUID="a98e5f57-780c-4c4f-acde-e14974d8b993" CreationDate="2009-06-20T06:20:03.270" UserId="9744" Text="Do you get emotionally attached to your server(s) ?" />
  <row Id="51755" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29050" RevisionGUID="a98e5f57-780c-4c4f-acde-e14974d8b993" CreationDate="2009-06-20T06:20:03.270" UserId="9744" Text="&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="51756" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29051" RevisionGUID="37f448b7-dc29-4510-8d71-20dd3622315c" CreationDate="2009-06-20T06:20:59.397" UserId="3581" Text="On Ubuntu 9.04:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ cat /etc/lsb-release &#xD;&#xA;    DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu&#xD;&#xA;    DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.04&#xD;&#xA;    DISTRIB_CODENAME=jaunty&#xD;&#xA;    DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=&quot;Ubuntu 9.04&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    $ uname -r&#xD;&#xA;    2.6.28-11-generic&#xD;&#xA;    $ grep -i &quot;CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G&quot; /boot/config-`uname -r`&#xD;&#xA;    CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y" />
  <row Id="51757" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29044" RevisionGUID="e7eb6694-906e-43f9-a455-462f295db1c1" CreationDate="2009-06-20T06:21:57.883" UserId="45" Comment="added 96 characters in body" Text="Just add a new web site to your server and give it a blank host header. That means, it will acceppt all host headers (domains, also localhost etc.) which point to one of the server's IP addresses and are not associated to another web. Normally the default web's folder is &quot;Inetpub\wwwroot&quot;, so set whis folder as &quot;local path.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is only one problem. Websites in IIS have a unique identification number. Some tools or application may want the &quot;Default Web Site&quot; to be W3SVC/1 which is the default ID. So, instead of following what I proposed above, there is another option. Use the `adsutil` script.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure that there isn't a W3SVC/1 already there (you'll never know). In a command-line prompt go to the&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     Inetpub\AdminScripts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;folder and execute this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cscript adsutil.vbs enum w3svc/1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it comes back with &quot;path requested could not be found&quot; there is a problem. Do the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cscript adsutil.vbs enum w3svc&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should get: w3svc/Info w3svc/Filters and at least one w3svc/NUMBER where the NUMBER is what you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To find your new default web site number will take some looking up. Search using this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cscript adsutil.vbs enum w3svc/### &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;putting the numbers you saw in the list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Create the new W3SVC/1:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cscript adsutil.vbs create_vserv W3SVC/1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Copy it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cscript adsutil.vbs copy W3SVC/### W3SVC/1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Set it&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cscript adsutil.vbs set w3svc/1/ServerComment &quot;Default Web Site&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="51758" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29052" RevisionGUID="a9bb2b5d-9118-4bd5-b23c-f34b31f6780d" CreationDate="2009-06-20T06:22:31.983" UserId="3581" Text="Yes, I do get attached to my servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We name them after Transformers characters, and try to match their roles with the role of the Transformer. For example, prime is our main webserver, soundwave is our backup server and mirage is our database server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When we started, we had one server and it was prime. hotrod replaced prime (which matched the Transformer lore too) and then prime came back years later to take his rightful place as leader of our servers :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We had some Filipino hackers attacking our boxes a few months back and our whole team took it personally, like the hackers were attacking our family.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're not alone - others feel the attachment too." />
  <row Id="51759" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29053" RevisionGUID="f3cbf6fc-3cd3-4fdf-b8ad-cfa262f47db5" CreationDate="2009-06-20T06:22:36.790" UserDisplayName="nwm" Text="I need to use python2.5. But my system (FC11) have python 2.6 only. How can I install and use several versions of python with yum or rpm? Or maybe I need to compile python 2.6 from sources?" />
  <row Id="51760" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29053" RevisionGUID="f3cbf6fc-3cd3-4fdf-b8ad-cfa262f47db5" CreationDate="2009-06-20T06:22:36.790" UserDisplayName="nwm" Text="Install several versions of the rpm packet." />
  <row Id="51761" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29053" RevisionGUID="f3cbf6fc-3cd3-4fdf-b8ad-cfa262f47db5" CreationDate="2009-06-20T06:22:36.790" UserDisplayName="nwm" Text="&lt;rpm&gt;&lt;yum&gt;&lt;package-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="51762" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29054" RevisionGUID="d2513801-be59-4a5b-8179-9e195faedf8c" CreationDate="2009-06-20T06:32:49.343" UserId="3581" Text="As basic as it is, I've used:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ watch -n1 &quot;mysqladmin processlist -u root -pYouWillNeverGuessThis&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This provides me with a list of connections, users, hosts, databases, commands etc, updated every second. It's a real-time &quot;who's doing what right now?&quot; solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Very simple, but also useful." />
  <row Id="51763" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29055" RevisionGUID="c572298c-a01a-4dfc-9730-cd5a92546342" CreationDate="2009-06-20T06:34:02.290" UserId="4131" Text="Dan C is right on the money, but I'd like to be more specific about the 1st 3 steps&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the sake of speed, **and to avoid disasters**, do it all in the CLI mysql client like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo mysql -e &quot;FLUSH TABLES; FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK; SYSTEM ec2-create-snapshot vol-4d826724; UNLOCK TABLES;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am relying on the following points:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Acquiring the read lock can take some time if there is a long running UPDATE, DELETE, or INSERT command. I issue a preparatory [FLUSH TABLES][1] to minimize the time that any tables are locked.&#xD;&#xA;2. The mysql client can pass commands to the host OS with the [SYSTEM][2] command, and does so as the user running the mysql client. (That's why I used sudo)&#xD;&#xA;3. When you said you used ESB on EC2, which I've never used, I looked up [this documentation for you][3]. You have to look up what to put for the &quot;vol-XXXXXXXX&quot;&#xD;&#xA;4. Make your life a little easier and put a [password in ~root/.my.cnf][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I see this describe ambiguously, or [blatantly wrong][5] all over the internet! The documentation clearly states: &quot;[If a client connection drops, the server releases table locks held by the client.][6]&quot;. So, you ***cannot*** open the mysql client, flush+lock, quit client, make snapshot, open mysql client, unlock tables. You will end up with an inconsistent snapshot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some extra-sharp readers will correctly identify that the &quot;UNLOCK TABLES&quot; is unnecessary, because the client connection is going to close at the end anyway. I put it in there because it makes people more comfortable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've cited 6 sources for you. I hope you feel confident doing this now. Let us know if you have anymore uncertainty.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/flush.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mysql-commands.html#id423856&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=1667&amp;ref=featured&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mysql-command-options.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/consistent-backup-linux-logical-volume-manager-snapshots.html&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/lock-tables.html" />
  <row Id="51764" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29050" RevisionGUID="8a7dbf4d-d3e5-4265-b128-67bc34aafdff" CreationDate="2009-06-20T06:42:10.977" UserId="9744" />
  <row Id="51766" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="29053" RevisionGUID="647ff4d7-a9f1-4282-904e-0f57bc84c639" CreationDate="2009-06-20T06:49:42.507" UserId="9503" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;rpm&gt;&lt;yum&gt;&lt;package-management&gt;&lt;fedora&gt;" />
  <row Id="51767" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29057" RevisionGUID="8b9cb263-2621-4d78-832a-82a117729832" CreationDate="2009-06-20T06:51:25.203" UserId="3581" Text="Does FC11 not ship with Python 2.5 at all, or is it just not installed by default?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On an Ubuntu 9.04 machine I have both available:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ apt-cache search python | egrep '^python2.6 |^python2.5 '&#xD;&#xA;    python2.5 - An interactive high-level object-oriented language (version 2.5)&#xD;&#xA;    python2.6 - An interactive high-level object-oriented language (version 2.6)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But only 2.6 is currently installed:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ dpkg -l | egrep 'python2.6 |python2.5 '&#xD;&#xA;    ii  libpython2.6    2.6.2-0ubuntu1    Shared Python runtime library (version 2.6)&#xD;&#xA;    ii  python2.6       2.6.2-0ubuntu1    An interactive high-level object-oriented la&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can still install 2.5 if I want to, with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ sudo aptitude install python2.5&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Perhaps you can still install 2.5 using `yum` even though it's not installed by default?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My apologies for not answering your question directly, but I do not have access to a Fedora machine. I hope this can help still." />
  <row Id="51768" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29018" RevisionGUID="aca1c7f8-4697-4c21-b2de-9a5882542487" CreationDate="2009-06-20T07:00:30.160" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="SQL Server licensing, is it per CPU? If yes, so a 32 CPU would mean like 150K in licensing?" />
  <row Id="51769" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="29018" RevisionGUID="aca1c7f8-4697-4c21-b2de-9a5882542487" CreationDate="2009-06-20T07:00:30.160" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 1 characters in body; edited title" Text="SQL Server licensing, is it per CPU?  So a 32 CPU would mean like 150K in licensing?" />
  <row Id="51770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29058" RevisionGUID="e10148a2-cdaa-4a48-9076-dbb922473770" CreationDate="2009-06-20T07:07:24.170" UserId="6904" Text="This is probably a superuser.com question, but it isn't online yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The PHY on my NIC is blinking on and off ridiculously, and it should always be on.  I googled it and found no answers, just questions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&amp;q=eth0+keeps+restarting&amp;btnG=Google+Search&amp;meta=&amp;aq=f&amp;oq=&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is on Linux (Ubuntu 8.10) with a Broadcom 100Base-T NIC:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;lspci output:&#xD;&#xA;01:09.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51771" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29058" RevisionGUID="e10148a2-cdaa-4a48-9076-dbb922473770" CreationDate="2009-06-20T07:07:24.170" UserId="6904" Text="The PHY on eth0 keeps restarting.  How can I keep it on?" />
  <row Id="51772" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29058" RevisionGUID="e10148a2-cdaa-4a48-9076-dbb922473770" CreationDate="2009-06-20T07:07:24.170" UserId="6904" Text="&lt;ethernet&gt;&lt;nic&gt;" />
  <row Id="51773" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29009" RevisionGUID="4030f595-e374-4c2c-8109-0be7aeae68eb" CreationDate="2009-06-20T07:11:02.043" UserId="919" Comment="add a link" Text="That's not the point. If you want to distribute configuration widely, you set up another repository in addition to each machine's local repo, and have each machine [cherry-pick][1] from it as needed. What this does is allow each machine to deviate (branch, really) and retain revision control.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git-core/docs/git-cherry-pick.html" />
  <row Id="51774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29059" RevisionGUID="f8f6636b-934f-4d3b-ab1a-1fab8d8e1b2c" CreationDate="2009-06-20T07:11:27.627" UserId="2299" Text="I think you can disable WebDAV for a web site using appcmd.exe. Could you create a separate web site to hold the documents and disable WebDAV on it? That shouldn't affect any Sharepoint sites running on the same server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51775" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29060" RevisionGUID="dee5a1f0-0f7a-4068-83b8-a1cf75d9db88" CreationDate="2009-06-20T07:11:45.503" UserId="9170" Text="u can choose for linux this one http://www.wyse.in/linux/index.asp" />
  <row Id="51776" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29061" RevisionGUID="6b4a7c3c-30b0-4083-a5e4-a1f04a637271" CreationDate="2009-06-20T07:19:41.900" UserId="6904" Text="Somewhere in my googling for a solution I came across `ethtool`.  I decided to try disabling the pause auto-negotiation after perusing its man page...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ethtool -s eth0 autoneg off&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So far so good; the PHY is not being turned off.  I added this command to `/etc/rc.local` for now, but perhaps there is a better place." />
  <row Id="51777" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="29050" RevisionGUID="110a22df-d44c-4656-b136-0b1fb225a6cb" CreationDate="2009-06-20T07:23:01.207" UserId="6365" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;server&gt;" />
  <row Id="51778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29062" RevisionGUID="e4ba50d3-3f54-4571-8470-47c6e1a71dce" CreationDate="2009-06-20T07:25:40.047" UserId="1341" Text="After installing Debian 5 on Dual-Core Xeon machine, my display connected to the NVIDIA Quadro FX display card shows me an &quot;out of range&quot; error after the boot-up completes. I see the terminal text (login prompt) though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is mostly because my card is supplying a video signal of a higher resolution than 1024x768. How do I lower the resolution via the login prompt? I've installed Debian with the grub bootloader." />
  <row Id="51779" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29062" RevisionGUID="e4ba50d3-3f54-4571-8470-47c6e1a71dce" CreationDate="2009-06-20T07:25:40.047" UserId="1341" Text="Debian 5 Display resolution out of range" />
  <row Id="51780" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29062" RevisionGUID="e4ba50d3-3f54-4571-8470-47c6e1a71dce" CreationDate="2009-06-20T07:25:40.047" UserId="1341" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;xeon&gt;&lt;graphical-interface&gt;&lt;display&gt;" />
  <row Id="51781" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29063" RevisionGUID="6e2e53e0-21ac-4293-a4b9-ba8633cf3707" CreationDate="2009-06-20T07:27:31.777" UserId="2744" Text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://ukuug.org/&quot;&gt;UKUUG&lt;/a&gt;, the UK's Unix &amp; Open Systems User Group. They organise a twice yearly conference, training days and seminars, and actively promote and debate open standards with governmental bodies in the UK and EU.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51782" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29063" RevisionGUID="6e2e53e0-21ac-4293-a4b9-ba8633cf3707" CreationDate="2009-06-20T07:27:31.777" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29064" RevisionGUID="ea655e9f-2919-406b-acc9-6d0600c72ec5" CreationDate="2009-06-20T07:34:18.050" UserId="9159" Text="I have configured anonymous login and restarted the server, but I get 401 not-authorised from jwchat and pidgin when i try to login with an unregistered account. What gives?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using ejabbered 2.0.1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;config:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    {hosts, [&quot;mydomain.com&quot;, &quot;private.mydomain.com&quot;]}.&#xD;&#xA;    {auth_method, internal}.&#xD;&#xA;    {host_config, &quot;mydomain.com&quot;, [&#xD;&#xA;            {auth_method, [anonymous]},&#xD;&#xA;            {anonymous_protocol, both}&#xD;&#xA;    ]}.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* tried with anon_login as well, no joy.&#xD;&#xA;* jwchat is using http-bind&#xD;&#xA;* After adding the anonymous login I can't login with existing registered accounts either&#xD;&#xA;* The error returned is 401 not-authorised&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    =INFO REPORT==== 2009-06-19 17:18:21 ===&#xD;&#xA;    I(&lt;0.262.0&gt;:ejabberd_listener:112) : (#Port&lt;0.409&gt;) Accepted connection {{[cut ip]},52617} -&gt; {{[cut ip]},5222}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    =INFO REPORT==== 2009-06-19 17:18:21 ===&#xD;&#xA;    D(&lt;0.343.0&gt;:ejabberd_receiver:297) : Received XML on stream = &quot;&lt;?xml version='1.0' ?&gt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    =INFO REPORT==== 2009-06-19 17:18:21 ===&#xD;&#xA;    D(&lt;0.343.0&gt;:ejabberd_receiver:297) : Received XML on stream = &quot;&lt;stream:stream to='marketme.com.au' xmlns='jabber:client' xmlns:stream='http://etherx.jabber.org/streams' version='1.0'&gt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    =INFO REPORT==== 2009-06-19 17:18:21 ===&#xD;&#xA;    D(&lt;0.344.0&gt;:ejabberd_c2s:1336) : Send XML on stream = &quot;&lt;?xml version='1.0'?&gt;&lt;stream:stream xmlns='jabber:client' xmlns:stream='http://etherx.jabber.org/streams' id='941233700' from='mydomain.com' version='1.0' xml:lang='en'&gt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    =INFO REPORT==== 2009-06-19 17:18:21 ===&#xD;&#xA;    D(&lt;0.344.0&gt;:ejabberd_c2s:1336) : Send XML on stream = &quot;&lt;stream:features&gt;&lt;mechanisms xmlns='urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-sasl'&gt;&lt;mechanism&gt;ANONYMOUS&lt;/mechanism&gt;&lt;mechanism&gt;DIGEST-MD5&lt;/mechanism&gt;&lt;mechanism&gt;PLAIN&lt;/mechanism&gt;&lt;/mechanisms&gt;&lt;register xmlns='http://jabber.org/features/iq-register'/&gt;&lt;/stream:features&gt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    =INFO REPORT==== 2009-06-19 17:18:22 ===&#xD;&#xA;    D(&lt;0.343.0&gt;:ejabberd_receiver:297) : Received XML on stream = &quot;&lt;auth xmlns='urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-sasl' mechanism='DIGEST-MD5'/&gt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    =INFO REPORT==== 2009-06-19 17:18:22 ===&#xD;&#xA;    D(&lt;0.343.0&gt;:shaper:61) : State: {maxrate,1000,0,1245395901986905}, Size=71&#xD;&#xA;    M=35.5000, I=27.5180&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    =INFO REPORT==== 2009-06-19 17:18:22 ===&#xD;&#xA;    D(&lt;0.344.0&gt;:ejabberd_c2s:1336) : Send XML on stream = &quot;&lt;challenge xmlns='urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-sasl'&gt;[cut base64 data]&lt;/challenge&gt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    =INFO REPORT==== 2009-06-19 17:18:22 ===&#xD;&#xA;    D(&lt;0.343.0&gt;:ejabberd_receiver:297) : Received XML on stream = &quot;&lt;response xmlns='urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-sasl'&gt;[cut base64 data]&lt;/response&gt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    =INFO REPORT==== 2009-06-19 17:18:22 ===&#xD;&#xA;    D(&lt;0.343.0&gt;:shaper:61) : State: {maxrate,1000,998.959,1245395902022442}, Size=338&#xD;&#xA;    M=337.648, I=18.9450&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    =INFO REPORT==== 2009-06-19 17:18:22 ===&#xD;&#xA;    I(&lt;0.344.0&gt;:ejabberd_c2s:698) : ({socket_state,gen_tcp,#Port&lt;0.409&gt;,&lt;0.343.0&gt;}) Failed authentication for jack@mydomain.com&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    =INFO REPORT==== 2009-06-19 17:18:22 ===&#xD;&#xA;    D(&lt;0.344.0&gt;:ejabberd_c2s:1336) : Send XML on stream = &quot;&lt;failure xmlns='urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-sasl'&gt;&lt;not-authorized/&gt;&lt;/failure&gt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;" />
  <row Id="51784" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29064" RevisionGUID="ea655e9f-2919-406b-acc9-6d0600c72ec5" CreationDate="2009-06-20T07:34:18.050" UserId="9159" Text="ejabberd + jwchat/pidgin + anonymous login not working" />
  <row Id="51785" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29064" RevisionGUID="ea655e9f-2919-406b-acc9-6d0600c72ec5" CreationDate="2009-06-20T07:34:18.050" UserId="9159" Text="&lt;ejabberd&gt;&lt;xmpp&gt;" />
  <row Id="51786" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29065" RevisionGUID="c6c099a9-f326-41c0-937b-c7c96020c8d2" CreationDate="2009-06-20T07:11:31.083" Text="&lt;p&gt;Since netbios vulnerability is quite well-known long time ago and heavily popularized, patches have been already released. So, opening this 139 port is ok now? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51787" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29065" RevisionGUID="c6c099a9-f326-41c0-937b-c7c96020c8d2" CreationDate="2009-06-20T07:11:31.083" Text="Is port 139 still vulnerable?" />
  <row Id="51788" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29065" RevisionGUID="c6c099a9-f326-41c0-937b-c7c96020c8d2" CreationDate="2009-06-20T07:11:31.083" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="51789" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29066" RevisionGUID="fea6bc53-8208-490a-801c-409367bf7d4f" CreationDate="2009-06-20T07:17:49.900" UserId="43" Text="&lt;p&gt;It &lt;em&gt;might be&lt;/em&gt;. The problem is no-one can say if something is ok, just that there are no current known exploits. Someone may have found a new one and not reported it. You may be missing a patch on your server. The server may be configured incorrectly and has opened a hole.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't just a netbios problem, it's for anything, be it Apache, Bind, SendMail, Exchange, anything that's connected to a network. The basic rule of thumb is don't open ports to external connections unless you have to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51790" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29067" RevisionGUID="176bc76e-6179-41c1-ba15-2c579141f9f4" CreationDate="2009-06-20T07:28:31.970" Text="&lt;p&gt;This probably belongs on Serverfault -- may already be covered too, &lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com/questions/4213/what-is-the-best-way-to-test-how-secure-your-server-is&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;one reference&lt;/a&gt; to using NESSUS for checking this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some other references to port 139.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://isc.sans.org/port.html?port=139&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Current SANS report on port 139&lt;/a&gt; and recent attack data&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iss.net/security%5Fcenter/advice/Exploits/Ports/139/default.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ISS Net Security center&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51791" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29068" RevisionGUID="b8367075-e407-4c04-8844-c1acca4da008" CreationDate="2009-06-20T07:40:25.010" UserId="7783" Text="I don't get attached to servers. Life's too short. I take a lot of pride in the level of services we deliver to our customers, and that to me encourages a rather blase attitude to the hardware supporting it in that sense, though I still always like to open up servers with new tech in them to see how it all looks. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you have rooms full of servers, which ones would you form attachment to anyway?" />
  <row Id="51792" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29068" RevisionGUID="b8367075-e407-4c04-8844-c1acca4da008" CreationDate="2009-06-20T07:40:25.010" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29069" RevisionGUID="a2314e31-381d-429a-82d2-0d044f21633f" CreationDate="2009-06-20T07:43:18.060" UserId="6244" Text="Solution found:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Setup switches to generate snmp&#xD;&#xA;    traps on port down. &#xD;&#xA; 2. On trap server catch them and call [omshell][1]&#xD;&#xA;        script that deletes old lease.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not trivial, but also not impossible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.qnx.com/developers/docs/6.3.2/neutrino/utilities/o/omshell.html" />
  <row Id="51794" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29062" RevisionGUID="203457cf-e068-49e1-8824-1e213e4200da" CreationDate="2009-06-20T07:50:44.520" UserId="1341" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="After installing Debian 5 on a Dual-Core Xeon machine, my display connected to the NVIDIA Quadro FX display card shows me an &quot;out of range&quot; error after the boot-up completes. I see the terminal text (login prompt) though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is mostly because my card is supplying a video signal of a higher resolution than 1024x768. How do I lower the resolution via the login prompt? I've installed Debian with the grub bootloader." />
  <row Id="51795" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29070" RevisionGUID="41fb1cef-c223-4d1d-8f8e-6503d6b243f8" CreationDate="2009-06-20T08:04:58.813" UserId="3431" Text="You will find such info in the X.org config file : /etc/X11/xorg.conf. This file manages all graphics card info :-)" />
  <row Id="51796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29071" RevisionGUID="ba78e257-65a3-412d-96a5-911d2a15edb4" CreationDate="2009-06-20T08:06:21.900" UserId="9404" Text="In a farm of virtualized Red Hat servers, there's the need to install a minimal install for security reasons. Minimal installs have serveral advantages (even no security related):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Lees exposure to vulnerabilities (if you don't need it, don't install it)&#xD;&#xA;2. Better update process (less packages to update, less probability of breaking the system)&#xD;&#xA;3. Better performance (no unneeded daemons or processes)&#xD;&#xA;4. The less software you have the easier it is to harden the system&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, this is not easy because the &quot;Minimal Installation&quot; on Red Hat contains lots of unnecessary packages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is an added challenge as the farm is running Oracle iAS. I've been told that iAS has dependencies with local graphical envieronment. So finally every server in the farm has gnome, X, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been searching the web and one solution seems to be making a kickstart script that will intall only the necessary packages. But I find this difficult and have several doubts about how to maintain the system dependencies afterwards.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do you install minimal Red Hat servers? Is it Ok to use kickstart or will I have dependency problems in the installation or in updates? Is there any way to avoid installing the graphical environment for iAS?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51797" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29071" RevisionGUID="ba78e257-65a3-412d-96a5-911d2a15edb4" CreationDate="2009-06-20T08:06:21.900" UserId="9404" Text="Red Hat server minimal install" />
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  <row Id="51799" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="20356" RevisionGUID="75637ded-ec86-4257-baba-8876d4a86b11" CreationDate="2009-06-20T08:16:41.613" UserId="6383" Comment="UKUUG" Text="After reading [How valuable do you find professional memberships?](http://serverfault.com/questions/17423/how-valuable-do-you-find-professional-memberships) I thought it would be useful to list the various professional groups and associations available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Discussion of the value (or not) of the groups belongs with the [How valuable do you find professional memberships?](http://serverfault.com/questions/17423/how-valuable-do-you-find-professional-memberships) question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;***System Administration Specific***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Global**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[PASS](http://www.sqlpass.org/), Professional Association for SQL Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Australia**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SAGE-AU](http://www.sage-au.org.au), The System Administrators Guild of Australia&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Germany**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[sage@guug](http://www.guug.de/sage/), System Administration Special Interest Group within the German Unix User Group&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Ireland**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[The Systems Administrators' Guild of Ireland](http://sysadmin.ie/), The Systems Administrators' Guild of Ireland&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SAGE-IE](http://www.sage-ie.org/), The Systems Administrators' Guild of Ireland&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Two groups with the same name and different web sites?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**USA**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[LOPSA](http://www.lopsa.org), The League of Professional System Administrators&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[NPA](http://www.npanet.org/), Network Professional Association&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[SAGE](http://www.sage.org), The [USENIX](http://www.usenix.org/) Special Interest Group for Sysadmins&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;***IT And Computing in General***&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Global**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ACM](http://www.acm.org), Association for Computing Machinery&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[IEEE Computer Society](http://www.computer.org/), The IEEE Computer Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Australia**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[ACS](http://acs.org.au), Australian Computer Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Canada**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[CIPS](http://www.cips.ca/about), Canadian Information Processing Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UK**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[BCS](http://www.bcs.org.uk), British Computer Society&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[UKUUG](http://ukuug.org/), the UK's Unix &amp; Open Systems User Group&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**USA**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[USENIX](http://www.usenix.org/), The Advanced Computing Systems Association&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please add any more that you know of." />
  <row Id="51800" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29072" RevisionGUID="f77c05b2-0c77-42c8-b0f1-af350025cf46" CreationDate="2009-06-20T08:18:26.167" UserId="8561" Text="An easier-to-configure alternative would be using Simple DNS Plus and the included [Fixed IP Address plug-in][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.simpledns.com/kb.aspx?kbid=1261 " />
  <row Id="51801" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29073" RevisionGUID="39398dde-a33c-4b6b-9c16-b95337de2a75" CreationDate="2009-06-20T08:21:16.270" UserId="7011" Text="It rather depends on what you have got listening on 139. The vulnerability of a given port depends entirely on the software that an attacker can reach via that port. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Presumably this question doesn't come out of nowhere, so you must have a reason for wanting to open this port. Somebody wants to use it, right? So you need to find out what software they want to run, find out it's patch level, investigate known vulnerabilities and make a judgement. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're talking about a firewall that protects more than one server, you could also look at rules that only allow 139 traffic to a specific server. " />
  <row Id="51802" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29073" RevisionGUID="39398dde-a33c-4b6b-9c16-b95337de2a75" CreationDate="2009-06-20T08:21:16.270" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29074" RevisionGUID="54852c45-d24b-4ca7-ad56-f99311a357a5" CreationDate="2009-06-20T08:26:22.997" UserId="9942" Text="*You're new to the game; we get that. We've all been there. You've seen the two paths before you and you want to know which one to take. Not an easy decision.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Will you go with Microsoft? The Beast of Redmond? The destroyer of Netscape? The peddler of certifications?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Or will you side with the [Revolution][1]? Those who have held on to the old ways of sharing ideas as well as code? Grey-beards who do not fear the shell, but rather embrace it?*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Choose wisely. Both paths will bring you riches and knowledge.*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personal flair aside, it really comes down to choosing the right tool for the job. And part of making that choice comes from knowing what you're comfortable with.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whether you run it on Windows, Linux or your toaster, putting a XAMPP instance into the wild is only going to make you an easy target for [warez boards][2], [spammers][3] and [phishers][4]. You need to move up to a real solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you feel more comfortable with Windows, then go with [IIS][5]. It's a few mouse clicks to get running and you already know how to copy files into another folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you think you're ready to work with Linux, then [Apache][6] is one way to go, but I would actually recommend [lighttpd][7]. Apache has been good to me these many years, but it's not as easy to [get your head around][8] as it [used to be][9]. It's gotten a little long in the tooth, as well as the config file. Lighttpd can be configured to host static files in as little as 3 lines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Either way, you are going to need to read. A lot. And when you think you're done reading, read some more. And since this will doubtlessly be the first of many questions, [do yourself a favor by reading up on the proper ettiquite][10] so you can get the answers you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Revolution-OS-Linus-Torvalds/dp/B0000A9GLO&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.vulnerabilityscanning.com/XAMPP-Default-FTP-Account-Test_18037.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.rohitab.com/discuss/lofiversion/index.php/t19787.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.f-secure.com/vulnerabilities/SA32134&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323972&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://httpd.apache.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/wiki/TutorialConfiguration&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html" />
  <row Id="51804" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29071" RevisionGUID="322e42f4-769a-4f15-b6bf-893fc3c73e57" CreationDate="2009-06-20T08:33:53.733" UserId="9404" Comment="changed minimal install for minimal server to avoid redundancy" Text="In a farm of virtualized Red Hat servers, there's the need to install a minimal system for security reasons. Minimal installs have serveral advantages (even no security related):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Lees exposure to vulnerabilities (if you don't need it, don't install it)&#xD;&#xA;2. Better update process (less packages to update, less probability of breaking the system)&#xD;&#xA;3. Better performance (no unneeded daemons or processes)&#xD;&#xA;4. The less software you have the easier it is to harden the system&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately, this is not easy because the &quot;Minimal Installation&quot; on Red Hat contains lots of unnecessary packages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is an added challenge as the farm is running Oracle iAS. I've been told that iAS has dependencies with local graphical envieronment. So finally every server in the farm has gnome, X, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been searching the web and one solution seems to be making a kickstart script that will intall only the necessary packages. But I find this difficult and have several doubts about how to maintain the system dependencies afterwards.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do you install minimal Red Hat servers? Is it Ok to use kickstart or will I have dependency problems in the installation or in updates? Is there any way to avoid installing the graphical environment for iAS?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29075" RevisionGUID="421f0038-8d24-4362-a4d7-bda75b5e1697" CreationDate="2009-06-20T08:38:33.240" UserId="5464" Text="KIckstart is fine.&#xD;&#xA;If you want to make sure certain packages are NOT installed you can list them in the list of packages/groups to install, preceeded by a minus ('-') sign.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;e.g.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`%packages`&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;`@base`&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;`core-utils`&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;`-httpd`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to make sure apache does not get installed&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then in the %post section you can run commands such as `chkconfig` to switch off services you don't want - and do anything else you want to do to tighten up your install." />
  <row Id="51806" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29076" RevisionGUID="676d1db8-6df8-479e-b69f-b507c6ec7edc" CreationDate="2009-06-20T08:42:15.820" UserDisplayName="Steve Crane" Text="I have a machine that has had a fairly long term problem that is rather erratic. It might be fine for weeks then go through periods where the problem is there almost all the time. The problem is that I get controller errors for the secondary IDE channels. Messages like *&quot;The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Ide\IdePort1&quot;*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect it not to be a software problem as it has persisted through having Windows Vista (briefly), Windows XP (for over a year) and now Windows 7 RC. I suspect that it might be a hardware fault on the motherboard, which is unfortunate as I can't really afford to replace it right now. Would you agree that this is the likely cause? Do you have any suggestions on how to accurately analyse the problem to find the root cause?" />
  <row Id="51807" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29076" RevisionGUID="676d1db8-6df8-479e-b69f-b507c6ec7edc" CreationDate="2009-06-20T08:42:15.820" UserDisplayName="Steve Crane" Text="Possible causes of IDE port controller errors?" />
  <row Id="51808" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29076" RevisionGUID="676d1db8-6df8-479e-b69f-b507c6ec7edc" CreationDate="2009-06-20T08:42:15.820" UserDisplayName="Steve Crane" Text="&lt;motherboard&gt;&lt;ide&gt;&lt;port&gt;&lt;controller&gt;" />
  <row Id="51809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29077" RevisionGUID="040ec601-9f62-4278-881e-7093b7edf2f3" CreationDate="2009-06-20T08:51:20.547" UserId="5464" Text="Its all about the Benjamins!" />
  <row Id="51810" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29077" RevisionGUID="040ec601-9f62-4278-881e-7093b7edf2f3" CreationDate="2009-06-20T08:51:20.547" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51811" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29078" RevisionGUID="091669ca-d398-4fcc-adda-1a5266de0edd" CreationDate="2009-06-20T08:51:47.423" UserId="9942" Text="You really don't want to make etckeeper your backup policy. While having a copy of your config files would be nice, it's hardly enough to qualify as a disaster recovery plan.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Focus on having real backups of your system instead. The simplist could be a cronjob for feeding a tarball to tape... oh, right. No one uses tapes anymore. Okay, a cronjob to [rsync][1] *all* your files to a [dedicated NAS][2]. For more robust backup solutions, take a look at [Amanda][3] and [Bacula][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And for the case of academics, I was able to [push][5] my etckeeper repo up to [github][6] just like any other git repo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.samba.org/rsync/examples.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.lacie.com/us/products/range.htm?id=10007&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://amanda.zmanda.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.bacula.org/en/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://github.com/guides/git-cheat-sheet&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: https://github.com/" />
  <row Id="51812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29079" RevisionGUID="5cc556e0-1260-4ecb-bd63-8eb0ead976d0" CreationDate="2009-06-20T09:00:10.230" UserId="9304" Text="I'm sure you're all aware of it, but just for the record the per-CPU pricing for SQL Server is per socket - not per core." />
  <row Id="51813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29080" RevisionGUID="e3c676a8-76a8-4e8e-a5db-86b290e975d9" CreationDate="2009-06-20T09:05:24.900" UserId="9304" Text="AFAIK data doesn't have a collation, only the schema does.  The collation determines how string values are compared.&#xD;&#xA;Changing the schema across all column, across all tables is a major PITA.  The last time I did it I dumped the schema out to files using Red Gate SQL Compare.  I then did a FIND+Replace through the files changing the schema strings.  Finally I sync'd the schema back from the files to the database" />
  <row Id="51814" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29081" RevisionGUID="6adcb621-b0f8-4e62-b92d-8ac8739c1d54" CreationDate="2009-06-20T09:05:28.427" UserId="8477" Text="On some kernels (depends on configuration), the config is exported in /proc, try this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ zcat /proc/config.gz | grep -i &quot;CONFIG_HIGHMEM&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could 'grep' for anything else you'd like to know." />
  <row Id="51815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29082" RevisionGUID="bdd4427c-6376-48e2-9f3e-0ae34d7cf478" CreationDate="2009-06-20T09:12:32.623" UserId="8477" Text="Partition type id is stored only in the partition table, not on the partition itself. On the other hand, LVM logical volumes are normally treated like individual partitions, not as disks, so there's no partition table and therefore no partition type id to look for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also note that the type id is only for informative purposes in Linux (this is not true for Windows, though). It has no bearing on the contents and the filesystem of that partition." />
  <row Id="51816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29083" RevisionGUID="8f03d4e0-e32d-44de-95ac-f96aaf705dae" CreationDate="2009-06-20T09:15:06.660" UserId="1440" Text="Remove the cable and replace it. If there is a poor connection (e.g. oxide build up) this should free it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, while the cable is out, give it a good check for damage, and the connectors on the motherboard and drives. If damaged, replace." />
  <row Id="51817" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29084" RevisionGUID="a9cf00b1-3373-4536-ae6f-d497dd5b4f30" CreationDate="2009-06-20T09:15:58.047" UserId="9942" Text="X11/Xorg are hard to deal with at the best of times.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now there are a couple things you can do. One would be to familiarize yourself with the [Xorg][1] and write a [new config by hand][2]. It may not sound like much fun, but you'll be better able to handle such issues in the future.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another option is to let dpkg re-create the [default config][3] for you. You can do this by running:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If that doesn't work out the way you'd hoped and you have the [nvidia proprietary drivers][4] installed, you should be able to have them create a more better config that takes full advantage of your video card. The command for that is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `sudo nvidia-xconfig`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now remember, in order to see **any** changes, you are going to have to restart Xorg. Depending on your distro and version, you can do this by pressing `Ctrl-Alt-Backspace`, but you'll have a guaranteed restart of Xorg by logging out. If you're level of FUD is high enough, just restart.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck and I hope this helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS- I recently helped my brother with this same problem. Here are some sample configs should you decide to hand-write/edit your config: [sample1][5] [sample2][6]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://ftp.x.org/pub/X11R7.0/doc/html/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-config.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://pastie.org/517276&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://pastie.org/517288" />
  <row Id="51818" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29085" RevisionGUID="70dd4e59-f284-4b7b-b5ba-e031baf796cf" CreationDate="2009-06-20T09:16:53.380" UserId="8477" Text="You probably checked this already, but since you didn't mention anything about this... is your networking cable alright? This is usually a symptom of a bad physical connection (cable or connector)." />
  <row Id="51819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29086" RevisionGUID="83926b8b-7628-4d69-bcd6-49a9795fa7cb" CreationDate="2009-06-20T09:22:36.427" UserId="4721" Text="There may be some confusion here. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Is it correct to assume that you want a &lt;b&gt;hardware&lt;/b&gt; thin-client platform? &#xD;&#xA;- Where does Ubuntu come in? Do you want to run Ubuntu on this thin-client? or, run Ubuntu applications from a server on this thin-client?&#xD;&#xA;  - Since you declare more comfort with ubuntu desktops, it appears that you would like to use the thin-client to connect to a ubuntu server. Because, AFAIK, The base operating system on the thin-client is not very important, as long as it works fine on the hardware and can connect to server applications properly. Moreover, specific hardware solutions are likely to come with their own bundled software (like the WYSE reference in another answer here).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29087" RevisionGUID="47b11e0d-54c6-4bd5-bdc8-29d3c4f2c3e3" CreationDate="2009-06-20T09:25:55.950" UserId="8477" Text="You can install once, make a backup and use it on other systems. If the farm has homogenous virtual &quot;hardware&quot;, all the better. If not, all you generally need to care for is making full use of disk space. Just make the &quot;master&quot; copy conform to the least denominator in terms of size and see below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The last part is relatively easy to achieve in some conditions. If there's a biggest partition at the end of the (virtual) disk, you delete it in 'fdisk' and recreate it to fill the disk up. Then you run resize2fs and you're done. Another idea might be to use LVM, which allows for easier volume enlargement with 'lvextend'. (In LVM is quite effortless to script/automate this.)" />
  <row Id="51821" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29088" RevisionGUID="bb9828ea-7a19-463f-9a7d-99d0e794a999" CreationDate="2009-06-20T09:31:03.227" UserId="2426" Text="The problem got away after either for a reason that i dont know. Or after i published the website via VS ( Debug mode if that mathers ) to the IIS folder. After that everything worked perfectly. &#xD;&#xA;Il leave the Question open for a while longer, if someone can actualy explain what happen il accept that as their reply" />
  <row Id="51822" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29089" RevisionGUID="b82a8b2b-2159-4fec-8774-b80e9f0ad91e" CreationDate="2009-06-20T09:41:17.980" UserId="9942" Text="Since the technical bits seem well covered here, I'd like to give you the best non-technical advise no one ever gave me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't be an ass.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Even when you don't think you are one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My worst moments as a SysAdmin had nothing to do with the actual systems, but with the people around them. In the workplace, not everyone is there to do the job and do it well. You will be dealing with egos and fiefdoms. There will be co-workers who make a mission if pointing out the failings (percieved or real) of those around them. You will meet people in IT who haven't the technical chops to work a sandwich line, yet they will seem more valued by management.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We of the bit and baud can be so focused on doing our jobs, it can hurt us.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not all of the negativity I've encountered has been undeserving. As a teenager and young 20-something during the DotCom, I spoke my mind often and with little regard for how I would be considered. I knew I was technically correct, but, in truth, I couldn't have been more socially or politically wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Putting the vitrol aside, be certain to take stock not only of your technical skills, but your social skills as well. They say &quot;perception is reality&quot;. Develop your &quot;bedside manner&quot; as much as you would your coding skills. Do everything you can to ensure that those around you perceive you as an ally, and never as a threat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I love this work more than I can express. I've loved every job and am grateful to every employer I've ever had. And some of the people I've worked with can go to hell." />
  <row Id="51823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29090" RevisionGUID="9c7d7cea-3d20-4026-a602-5a24fd121008" CreationDate="2009-06-20T10:00:27.660" UserId="2368" Text="The hardest part for me was getting over the fact, that this job is not about working with systems (as in *system* administrator), but rather about working with people." />
  <row Id="51824" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29091" RevisionGUID="bf7a328a-2678-4d84-89b9-19edbcda1eff" CreationDate="2009-06-20T10:12:58.463" UserId="9942" Text="They want to copy your files off the server! Here's how you show them:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `chmod -R 600 /home/*`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's see those nosy bastards read your files now!" />
  <row Id="51825" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29091" RevisionGUID="bf7a328a-2678-4d84-89b9-19edbcda1eff" CreationDate="2009-06-20T10:12:58.463" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29092" RevisionGUID="e678e4f4-0b9f-4adb-a838-88a8be19d5b8" CreationDate="2009-06-20T10:15:17.927" UserId="1286" Text="At that price, go talk to your local microsoft office and do a deal." />
  <row Id="51827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29093" RevisionGUID="ac25f06a-38be-4773-8904-1861b5062904" CreationDate="2009-06-20T10:19:00.557" UserId="10169" Text="Think of an application's working set as comprising two parts: the data it is holding in its own address space and the data it is accessing from files. The first must be held in RAM or in swap for correctness, the second can be correctly retrieved from disk or fileserver and need only be cached in RAM for performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apologies that I have no empirical evidence for this, but I have always assumed that there is a performance benefit from being able to page out data in the first category that's no longer part of the working set so that less data from the second category need be fetched from disk or network." />
  <row Id="51828" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29094" RevisionGUID="325dc519-730b-4188-a57a-0ff1008c8c0a" CreationDate="2009-06-20T10:24:45.957" UserId="8361" Text="We're hosting &gt;100 websites on a single IIS7 server, and adding about a dozen monthly. The problem is using the IIS manager - it displays all of the sites under the &quot;Sites&quot; node. The list is very long and difficult to navigate.  &#xD;&#xA;Is there a way to categorize/divide the list some how (hierarchically)? Preferably in a controllable way - by customer, by website type?&#xD;&#xA;The MSSQL server management studio has the same issue with displaying many databases in a single list." />
  <row Id="51829" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29094" RevisionGUID="325dc519-730b-4188-a57a-0ff1008c8c0a" CreationDate="2009-06-20T10:24:45.957" UserId="8361" Text="Categorize sites in IIS manager" />
  <row Id="51830" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29094" RevisionGUID="325dc519-730b-4188-a57a-0ff1008c8c0a" CreationDate="2009-06-20T10:24:45.957" UserId="8361" Text="&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="51831" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29095" RevisionGUID="950bd49a-3bbe-4a6d-b116-bddb3a478920" CreationDate="2009-06-20T10:44:25.030" UserId="4428" Text="Yes, your quickest route to having Python 2.5 available alongside 2.6 on FC11 might be to compile from source, making sure to specify a --prefix so as not to interfere with the system installed 2.6 version." />
  <row Id="51832" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29088" RevisionGUID="8bef7352-3aff-41f0-8df6-c402e6df3134" CreationDate="2009-06-20T10:48:34.740" UserId="2426" Comment="deleted 16 characters in body" Text="The problem got away, but i dont understand why. Or after i published the website via VS ( Debug mode if that mathers ) to the IIS folder. After that everything worked perfectly. &#xD;&#xA;Il leave the Question open for a while longer, if someone can actualy explain what happen il accept that as their reply" />
  <row Id="51833" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29096" RevisionGUID="08f44f08-dd03-4449-a2f8-8551f421c666" CreationDate="2009-06-20T10:53:51.530" UserId="45" Text="Yes, it would be nice to have a &quot;folders&quot;-like feature which could help in organizing web sites, if you have hundreds of them on a single server. As far as I know there is no way to do that in IIS Manager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My solution is to have a very strict naming convention. We include the type/category of the site, the customer's name and even the main host header in the name, in order to be able to sort the list and making it easy to find single websites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope sombody at Microsoft is listening." />
  <row Id="51834" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29097" RevisionGUID="75d132e4-f2d9-4f3a-856c-b4bf8939b2a6" CreationDate="2009-06-20T10:55:45.410" UserId="1167" Text="I'm a developer at heart - but every now and then, a customer doesn't have a decent DBA to deal with these issues, so I'm called in to decide....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are your strategies / best practices when it comes to dealing with a reasonably sized SQL Server database (anything larger than Northwind or AdventureWorks; roughly 2-4GB of data plus indexes etc.) - do you use multiple files / filegroups? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so: how many? And why?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are your criteria to decide when to move away from the &quot;one filegroup for everything&quot; approach:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * database size?&#xD;&#xA;    * database complexity?&#xD;&#xA;    * availability / reliability requirements?&#xD;&#xA;    * what else?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you use multiple file groups, how many do you use? One for data, one for index, one for log? Several (how many) for data? What are your reasons for your choice - why do you use that exact number of filegroups :-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks for any hints, pointers, thoughts!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers, Marc&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51835" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29097" RevisionGUID="75d132e4-f2d9-4f3a-856c-b4bf8939b2a6" CreationDate="2009-06-20T10:55:45.410" UserId="1167" Text="SQL Server 2005 / 2008 - multiple files / filegroups - how many? Why? " />
  <row Id="51836" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29097" RevisionGUID="75d132e4-f2d9-4f3a-856c-b4bf8939b2a6" CreationDate="2009-06-20T10:55:45.410" UserId="1167" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;filegroups&gt;" />
  <row Id="51837" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29096" RevisionGUID="a62bf2f8-f15a-446a-b8f0-a1763ab6d882" CreationDate="2009-06-20T10:59:12.580" UserId="45" Comment="added 162 characters in body" Text="Yes, it would be nice to have a &quot;folders&quot;-like feature which could help in organizing web sites, if you have hundreds of them on a single server. As far as I know there is no way to do that in IIS Manager.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At least IIS 7 manager allows you to filter (name) and group the items by status, ip address, protocol or port. That was not an option in Windows Server 2003.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My solution is to have a very strict naming convention. We include the type/category of the site, the customer's name and even the main host header in the name, in order to be able to sort the list and making it easy to find single websites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope sombody at Microsoft is listening." />
  <row Id="51838" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29098" RevisionGUID="09b64f9e-cf91-410e-a3e8-c80639319427" CreationDate="2009-06-20T11:00:00.770" UserId="3489" Text="Linux Australia is worth mentioning as they run linux.conf.au which has a large sysadmin component to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Similar groups do exist in other places, but often not to the same extent with running events." />
  <row Id="51839" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29098" RevisionGUID="09b64f9e-cf91-410e-a3e8-c80639319427" CreationDate="2009-06-20T11:00:00.770" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51840" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29099" RevisionGUID="a0cc3c47-73e5-43c3-9dfd-fe68a301989c" CreationDate="2009-06-20T11:06:10.303" UserId="3489" Text="There's a decent list on the LTSP site:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/Clients&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In general you should look at LTSP as even if you don't like their methods some of the idea's are good." />
  <row Id="51841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29100" RevisionGUID="3a5aa3bc-41f5-449e-a59f-82f3f22b607b" CreationDate="2009-06-20T11:09:03.917" UserId="3489" Text="Note that linux ping by default these days seems to set the don't fragment bit. Check the man page for your implementation (as there are several depending on distribution *sigh*).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the &quot;iputils&quot; version you want the &quot;-M dont&quot; option." />
  <row Id="51842" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29101" RevisionGUID="4e66c7f0-53e4-492e-aa75-38cfb1052b1b" CreationDate="2009-06-20T11:23:40.580" UserId="1070" Text="&gt; In fact, the kernel will be forced to use my ram, which will be faster. ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Maybe*, most likely no - modern operating systems are intelligent (well, sane) about using available RAM - even old ones are pretty good. On all the linux machines I've used, the swap count stays at 0 bytes until it's required - there's no reason the OS would use swap unless it's forced too..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The issue only arrises when you run out of physical memory..&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Without any swap-space, the system tends to freeze for a few minutes, the [OOM-killer](http://linux-mm.org/OOM_Killer) (out-of-memory) kicks in and starts killing processes until there is enough free memory for the main bits of the system to function..&#xD;&#xA;- With swap-space, the application that's caused the swap'ing might slow down a bit (a good indication it's reaching the physical memory limitations), and.. nothing, it just carries on.." />
  <row Id="51843" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29102" RevisionGUID="13c24b2d-8399-4f35-ab71-43e595497114" CreationDate="2009-06-20T11:39:04.793" UserId="2368" Text="In essentiality, what swap gives you is protection against burst memory consumption - if some application of yours decides to allocate too much memory for your system's good (memory consumption approaches total available memory), what you are going to get is termination of the said application or (best case) or termination of other applications (not good at all), either way, in 99% cases, the application will not get to do whatever it was going to do. With swap, there is a possibility, that the said application will do whatever it intended to do, release the memory and the normal operation will be resumed. With no swap there is no such possibility. Can you really not spare 4Gb of your hard drive for swap? We definitely DO have swap enabled on our systems even though they have at the very least 32Gb RAM.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally, what is your problem with swap? The only &quot;real&quot; downside I see is, that you are shaving some gigabytes off of your usable disk space, but thats all there is about it. Or am I missing something?" />
  <row Id="51844" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29103" RevisionGUID="49b59d57-bdb6-46ff-844a-0d83f335bcbe" CreationDate="2009-06-20T11:40:56.927" UserId="4889" Text="Standardize the locks (get them keyed the same) so they are all the same that way you have less issues with keys going missing and such. Most locksmiths should be able to do this if they use the same type of locks." />
  <row Id="51845" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9147" RevisionGUID="8d997b65-7b3f-4c22-a382-c3969e67f908" CreationDate="2009-06-20T11:43:37.750" UserId="1876" Comment="added 40 characters in body" Text="Accidentally installed a tar.gz file on my Gentoo Linux box in the wrong place and it left files all over the place. This must've been around 2002, 22 at the time (thanks for the comments below)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Being the geek that I am, I decided to try to script myself out of the work of going manually through each file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I tried:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tar --list evilevilpackage.tar.gz | xargs rm -rf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It didn't take me very long to notice that tar also listed all the directories the program was using, those included were ''/usr, /var, /etc'' and a few others that I didn't really want gone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;CTRL-C! CTRL-C! CTRL-C! Too late! Everything gone, reinstall time. Fortunately the box didn't contain anything important. " />
  <row Id="51846" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29087" RevisionGUID="db3c36ab-b9b9-4543-bb13-4e3fbdce0b50" CreationDate="2009-06-20T11:51:01.533" UserId="8477" Comment="added 363 characters in body" Text="You can install once, make a backup and use it on other systems. To get a minimal system to use in the first place, you can either:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - do a normal &quot;minimal&quot; installation, then remove the packages you don't need; or&#xD;&#xA; - ask the installer to let you choose individual packages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd say the latter is easier to accomplish. It may take a while to do this, but it doesn't matter much since you'll be doing it only one time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the farm has homogenous virtual &quot;hardware&quot;, all the better. If not, all you generally need to care for is making full use of disk space. Just make the &quot;master&quot; copy conform to the least denominator in terms of size and see below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The last part is relatively easy to achieve in some conditions. If there's a biggest partition at the end of the (virtual) disk, you delete it in 'fdisk' and recreate it to fill the disk up. Then you run resize2fs and you're done. Another idea might be to use LVM, which allows for easier volume enlargement with 'lvextend'. (In LVM is quite effortless to script/automate this.)" />
  <row Id="51847" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="8986" RevisionGUID="e364e873-f9b2-4789-84de-e914b9d249b7" CreationDate="2009-06-20T11:51:24.297" UserId="45" Comment="added 58 characters in body" Text="You can find a good summary here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[What is the difference between UDP and TCP internet protocols?][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both TCP and UDP work at transport layer TCP/IP model, but have very different usage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The most important differences are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Reliability**:  &#xD;&#xA;   TCP: connection-oriented  &#xD;&#xA;   UDP: connectionless&#xD;&#xA; - **Ordered**:  &#xD;&#xA;   TCP: order of message receipt is guaranteed  &#xD;&#xA;   UDP: order is not guaranteed&#xD;&#xA; - **Protocol weight**:  &#xD;&#xA;   TCP: heavyweight, because of the connection/ordering overhead  &#xD;&#xA;   UDP: lightweight, very few overhead&#xD;&#xA; - **Packets**:  &#xD;&#xA;   TCP: streaming, data is read as a &quot;stream,&quot; with nothing distinguishing where one packet ends and another begins. There may be multiple packets per read call.  &#xD;&#xA;   UDP: datagrams, one packet per one read call.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Frame structure**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to send data over the network, it has to be encapsulated into &quot;frames.&quot; There are various methods of encapsulation depending on the protocol and topology that are being used. The following images show how TCP and UDP frame structures differ.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the TCP frame strcuture:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An this the UDP frame structure, much simpler:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Typical protocols which use TCP are HTTP, FTP and SMTP. Examples of protocols using UDP are DNS and DHCP.   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/key-differences-between-tcp-and-udp-protocols/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/9123/frametcp.png&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/3686/frameudp.png" />
  <row Id="51848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29104" RevisionGUID="3923fc96-49fb-452e-8891-6df7593f487d" CreationDate="2009-06-20T11:52:28.583" UserId="10169" Text="In X terminology, I believe you want to run a Mac client from a Linux server. So you certainly don't need to install an X server on the Mac.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you do need to do, as mentioned in the hint at macosxhints.com, is edit /etc/sshd_config on the Mac from&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #X11Forwarding no&#xD;&#xA;to&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    X11Forwarding yes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the Mac runs 10.4 or later, that's all. &quot;ssh -X you@yourmac /usr/X11/bin/xterm&quot; will now work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the Mac is still running 10.2 or maybe 10.3 then you have a fair bit more work to configure sshd to load the X11 authentication cookies, because back then the sshd program included in OSX didn't know about the xauth program included in OSX. IIRC, you needed to recompile sshd or use xauth manually." />
  <row Id="51849" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29104" RevisionGUID="3923fc96-49fb-452e-8891-6df7593f487d" CreationDate="2009-06-20T11:52:28.583" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29105" RevisionGUID="b3f7ad37-42a6-443e-aadc-d5d1b45b0966" CreationDate="2009-06-20T11:55:09.427" UserId="943" Text="According to the [software compatibility list][1] on their site, Symantec's Backup Exec 12.5 supports what I need:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 64bit Domino on 64bit OS&#xD;&#xA; - 32bit Domino on 32bit OS&#xD;&#xA; - Partitioned Servers&#xD;&#xA; - Transaction log backups&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: ftp://exftpp.symantec.com/pub/support/products/Backup_Exec_for_WindowsNT/307063.pdf" />
  <row Id="51851" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28643" RevisionGUID="00392955-f231-42ec-8221-b270b2e756ce" CreationDate="2009-06-20T11:56:06.383" UserId="943" Comment="added 161 characters in body" Text="Does anyone have a recommendation for backup software that is compatible with partitioned, 64bit Domino software on Windows 2003 or 2008 server? Our current &lt;name withheld&gt; solution handles neither, though they may do 64bit in the future.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not worried about windows or other file backups - our Domino backups are already large enough to require their own environment (tape library etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Update: Backup should be done through the Notes API - not through an open file agent. This is required for transaction log support (not in my original post)." />
  <row Id="51852" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3594" RevisionGUID="b03e98e2-f017-4334-bb14-6868014b0e03" CreationDate="2009-06-20T11:58:16.680" UserId="1664" Comment="Fixed wording" Text="Interesting Question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Historically, prior to the advent of fully switched networks, the main consideration to breaking a network into subnets had to do with limiting the number of nodes in a single collision domain. That is, if you had too many nodes, your network performance would reach a peak and eventually would collapse under heavy load due to excessive collisions. The exact number of nodes that could be deployed depended on lots of factors, but generally speaking you could not regularly load the collision domain much beyond 50% of the total bandwidth available and still have the network be stable all the time. 50 nodes on the network was a lot nodes in those days. With heavy use users, you might have topped out at 20 or 30 nodes before needing to start subnetting things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, with fully switched full-duplex subnets, collisions are not a concern anymore and assuming typical desktop type users, you can typically deploy hundreds of nodes in a single subnet without any issues at all. Having lots of broadcast traffic, as other answers have alluded to, might be a concern depending on what protocols/applications you are running on the network. However, understand that subnetting a network does not necessarily help you with your broadcast traffic concerns. Many of the protocols use broadcasting for a reason - that is, when all the nodes on network actually need to see such traffic to implement the application level feature(s) desired. Simply subnetting the network doesn't actually buy you anything if the broadcasted packet is also going to need to forwarded over to the other subnet and broadcasted out again. In fact, that actually adds extra traffic (and latency) to both subnets if you think this through.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Generally speaking, today, the main reasons for subnetting networks has much more to do with organizational, administrative and security boundary considerations than anything else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The original question asks for measurable metrics that trigger subnetting considerations. I am not sure there are any in terms of specific numbers. This is going to depend dramatically on the 'applications' involved and I don't think there is really any trigger points that would generally apply.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Relative to rules of thumbs in planning out subnets:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Consider subnets for each different organizational departments/divisions, especially as they get to be non-trivial (50+ nodes!?) in size.&#xD;&#xA; - Consider subnets for groups of nodes/users using a common application set that is distinct from other users or node types (Developers, VoIP Devices, manufacturing floor)&#xD;&#xA; - Consider subnets for groups of users that have differing security requirements (securing the accounting department, Securing Wifi)&#xD;&#xA; - Consider subnets from a virus outbreak, security breach and damage containment perspective. How many nodes get exposed/breached - what is an acceptable exposure level for your organization? This consideration assumes restrictive routing (firewall) rules between subnets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With all that said, adding subnets adds some level of administrative overhead and potentially causes problems relative to running out of node addresses in one subnet and having too many left in another pool, etc. The routing and firewall setups and placement of common servers in the network and such get more involved, that kind of thing. Certainly, each subnet *should* have a reason for existing that outweighs the overhead of maintaining the more sophisticated logical topology.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51853" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29106" RevisionGUID="770ca7c7-c73a-4bb9-85bd-2894c1eb1da4" CreationDate="2009-06-20T11:59:12.857" UserId="4694" Text="I found [this script][1]. It does exactly what I want.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whoisloggedinwhere.cmd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **@echo off&lt;br&gt;**&#xD;&#xA;**setlocal&lt;bR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;for /f &quot;Tokens=1&quot; %%c in ('net view /domain:&quot;%USERDOMAIN%&quot;^|Findstr /L /C:&quot;\\&quot;') do (&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA; for /f &quot;Tokens=*&quot; %%u in ('PsLoggedOn -L %%c^|find /i &quot;%USERDOMAIN%\&quot;') do (&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  call :report %%c &quot;%%u&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA; )&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;endlocal&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;goto :EOF&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;:report&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;set work=%1&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;set comp=%work:~2%&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;set user=%2&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;set user=%user:&quot;=%&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;call set user=%%user:*%USERDOMAIN%\=%%&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;@echo %comp% %user%&lt;br&gt;**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ss64.com/nt/psloggedon_example.html" />
  <row Id="51854" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29106" RevisionGUID="96b66bd9-a13c-42b4-9378-6e4b29e5fb9b" CreationDate="2009-06-20T12:22:13.657" UserId="4694" Comment="added 52 characters in body" Text="I found [this script][1]. It scans a whole domain and gives you a nice output (computername and username).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whoisloggedinwhere.cmd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **@echo off&lt;br&gt;**&#xD;&#xA;**setlocal&lt;bR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;for /f &quot;Tokens=1&quot; %%c in ('net view /domain:&quot;%USERDOMAIN%&quot;^|Findstr /L /C:&quot;\\&quot;') do (&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA; for /f &quot;Tokens=*&quot; %%u in ('PsLoggedOn -L %%c^|find /i &quot;%USERDOMAIN%\&quot;') do (&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  call :report %%c &quot;%%u&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA; )&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;endlocal&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;goto :EOF&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;:report&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;set work=%1&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;set comp=%work:~2%&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;set user=%2&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;set user=%user:&quot;=%&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;call set user=%%user:*%USERDOMAIN%\=%%&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;@echo %comp% %user%&lt;br&gt;**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ss64.com/nt/psloggedon_example.html" />
  <row Id="51858" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29106" RevisionGUID="1ea26863-3051-4e79-9d2d-dff9a66f256c" CreationDate="2009-06-20T12:33:33.620" UserId="4694" Comment="added 107 characters in body" Text="I found [this script][1]. It scans a whole domain and gives you a nice output (computername and username).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whoisloggedinwhere.cmd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **@echo off&lt;br&gt;**&#xD;&#xA;**setlocal&lt;bR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;for /f &quot;Tokens=1&quot; %%c in ('net view /domain:&quot;%USERDOMAIN%&quot;^|Findstr /L /C:&quot;\\&quot;') do (&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA; for /f &quot;Tokens=*&quot; %%u in ('PsLoggedOn -L %%c^|find /i &quot;%USERDOMAIN%\&quot;') do (&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  call :report %%c &quot;%%u&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA; )&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;endlocal&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;goto :EOF&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;:report&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;set work=%1&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;set comp=%work:~2%&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;set user=%2&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;set user=%user:&quot;=%&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;call set user=%%user:*%USERDOMAIN%\=%%&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;@echo %comp% %user%&lt;br&gt;**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This script uses [PsLoggedOn][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ss64.com/nt/psloggedon_example.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897545.aspx" />
  <row Id="51859" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="14198" RevisionGUID="1a7700e0-39b8-4906-8136-783b7b95e162" CreationDate="2009-06-20T12:37:17.330" UserId="4838" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;iis&gt;&lt;microsoft&gt;&lt;application-firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="51860" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29108" RevisionGUID="bedaf653-b97f-48f3-a09e-400c825ff97c" CreationDate="2009-06-20T12:42:27.313" UserId="2672" Text="Connector settings:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;Connector ...&#xD;&#xA;    compression=&quot;2048&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    noCompressionUserAgents=&quot;gozilla, traviata&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    compressionMimeType=&quot;text/html,text/xml,text/plain,text/css,text/javascript&quot;/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This seems to work for html, but not for css or javascript. compression=&quot;force&quot; *does* work, but compression=&quot;on&quot; doesn't. compression=&quot;2&quot; doesn't work either, so I don't know what &quot;force&quot; is really doing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The files in question are about 6k, I've cleared the browser cache, etc.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51861" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29108" RevisionGUID="bedaf653-b97f-48f3-a09e-400c825ff97c" CreationDate="2009-06-20T12:42:27.313" UserId="2672" Text="HTTP gzip compression not working for css or javascript in tomcat 6" />
  <row Id="51862" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29108" RevisionGUID="bedaf653-b97f-48f3-a09e-400c825ff97c" CreationDate="2009-06-20T12:42:27.313" UserId="2672" Text="&lt;tomcat&gt;&lt;compression&gt;&lt;css&gt;&lt;javascript&gt;" />
  <row Id="51863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29109" RevisionGUID="90a90c64-f091-4526-a106-c0543f1985d9" CreationDate="2009-06-20T12:59:18.307" UserId="7768" Text="If you expect to scale up (you are building a network, not just 5 servers and that will we that) start routing as soon as possible. Way too many networks are unstable and hard to grow because they grew organically and have way too much layer 2 stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Examples:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - you have two name servers on the same network segment. Now you can't move one of them to another city, because then you'll have to split that nice /24 or renumber the DNS. Much easier if they were on different networks. I'm not talking necessarily about these becoming separate BGP annoucements to the world. This example would be for a nation-wide ISP. Also note that some things in the service provider area aren't as easy as &quot;just register the new DNS at the registrar&quot;.&#xD;&#xA; - Layer 2 loops suck ass. As does spanning tree (and VTP). When spanning tree fails (and there are many cases when it does), it will take everything down with it due to flooding taking switch/router CPU. When OSPF or IS-IS fails (or other routing protocols) it won't crash the whole network, and you can fix one segment at a time. Fault isolation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So in short: when you scale up to where you think you need spanning tree, please consider routing instead." />
  <row Id="51864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29110" RevisionGUID="4b36568a-1889-461b-8375-be44daee5fec" CreationDate="2009-06-20T13:00:36.013" UserId="8887" Text="As well as differences mentioned so far TCP also provides&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;flow control. Using a window mechanism the recipient limits how many octets (bytes) it wants to receive from the sender before the sender must wait for permission to send more data. The size of the window can be changed by the receiver as the conversation proceeds. This allows a receiver to 'throttle' the rate of data coming from a sender: UDP does not allow this and all a receiver can do is throw away data it cannot buffer or process on arrival.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;some more technical facilities such as non-contiguous acknowledgement (uses selective acknowledgements to allow the sender to retransmit just a missing frame rather than the missing frame and subsequent ones that the receiver already has but could not acknowledge in the usual way), congestion handling and adaptive retransmission (adjusting the timer that decides how soon to resend a transmitted frame when an acknowledgement is not received). These are not relevant to UDP but help TCP to provide extra services over UDP without greatly increasing the network load for the same payload volume.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51865" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29111" RevisionGUID="1fc70226-0dca-45c7-911e-52c8b9e98d92" CreationDate="2009-06-20T13:05:53.837" UserId="7768" Text="Racks aren't secure. You can take off the doors off of most racks in a couple of seconds even when they're locked.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may need locks for some certification, but remember this if you really want to depend on it." />
  <row Id="51866" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29112" RevisionGUID="59d54dec-7234-46c3-9f47-8aaa3303bf7c" CreationDate="2009-06-20T13:08:56.423" UserId="10169" Text="    dns-sd -B _ssh&#xD;&#xA;    dns-sd -B _rfb&#xD;&#xA;    dns-sd -B _services._dns-sd._udp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;List servers advertising in Bonjour. The last suggestion lists the types of service that you can list. The listing is live, hit Ctrl-C when you've seen enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The same command comes in recent Linuxes and in the Bonjour SDK for Windows." />
  <row Id="51867" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29112" RevisionGUID="59d54dec-7234-46c3-9f47-8aaa3303bf7c" CreationDate="2009-06-20T13:08:56.423" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51868" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29113" RevisionGUID="5b5daa49-afc5-42be-8e27-d2e320fec6ec" CreationDate="2009-06-20T13:12:19.930" UserId="10169" Text="    drutil tray open&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Invaluable (over ssh) when there's no keyboard connected since the eject button on Apple optical drives isn't accessible from outside the case." />
  <row Id="51869" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29113" RevisionGUID="5b5daa49-afc5-42be-8e27-d2e320fec6ec" CreationDate="2009-06-20T13:12:19.930" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51870" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29114" RevisionGUID="c03cbc32-524e-4c61-8b08-8ad6b5f2a7d9" CreationDate="2009-06-20T13:19:30.153" UserId="1466" Text="I have a mailfilter system based on that described at: http://www200.pair.com/mecham/spam/ (Debian Lenny, postfix / amavisd-new / spamassassin / policy-weightd, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This system has been running flawless for us for the past few years (on Etch first, then re-built on Lenny after it was released)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then in the past week, the amavisd-new process has been locking up in such a way that:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - there are still amavid processes running - all marked with &quot;(accept)&quot; as opposed to &quot;(avail)&quot;&#xD;&#xA; - I can still make a telnet connection to the amavis port, but it sits there connected with no response&#xD;&#xA; - running amavisd-nanny locks up my ssh session and I have to abort and start  a new ssh session.&#xD;&#xA; - Curious log entries &quot;amavis[25474]: (25474-20) Requesting process rundown after 20 tasks&quot; seem to occur before a process gets frozen in the &quot;(accept)&quot; state.&#xD;&#xA; - This has been happening on both of our (nearly identical) mailfilters, starting at the same time (about the time of the below mentioned libaprutil1 upgrade)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I haven't been able to discover much on my own, and am wondering if anyone here is facing the same thing (possibly due to a recent upgrade?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Recent changes to this server:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Changed the postfix &quot;proxy_interfaces&quot; entry on one of my servers as it was wrong&#xD;&#xA; - Upgraded the **libaprutil1** package, and 2 weeks before that, **libsasl2-2 linux-libc-dev** due to new versions in the repos&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise, no changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anybody point me in the right direction on this?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51871" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29114" RevisionGUID="c03cbc32-524e-4c61-8b08-8ad6b5f2a7d9" CreationDate="2009-06-20T13:19:30.153" UserId="1466" Text="amavisd-new process keeps &quot;jamming&quot;" />
  <row Id="51872" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29114" RevisionGUID="c03cbc32-524e-4c61-8b08-8ad6b5f2a7d9" CreationDate="2009-06-20T13:19:30.153" UserId="1466" Text="&lt;amavisd-new&gt;&lt;debian&gt;&lt;mailserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="51873" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29115" RevisionGUID="74c72df2-73ec-431e-b27f-8013428c516c" CreationDate="2009-06-20T13:22:28.950" UserId="4733" Text="I upvoted everyone here.  All advice is good advice and its up to you to decide what to do with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The most important thing listed here is the most frequently listed:  Listen.  Realize that the people you work with are your customers and you should never assume anything about them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Realize that you can learn from every situation, even seemingly small ones.  There is always something to learn.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is always something to learn." />
  <row Id="51874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29116" RevisionGUID="d1f6d6e5-9625-47cf-8e84-53f958a9ce88" CreationDate="2009-06-20T13:26:55.043" UserId="4838" Text="Coming from a 23 year old sysadmin out of college working for a media company on the web side... I started a couple of years ago in your same situation, so here's a few tips that's helped me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1) Be personable, think positive, smile and laugh. &lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;2) Be ambitious!! I wouldn't go as far as turning on the emergency fire suppressant to see how it works, but if you think you have an idea to better the company, don't be shy.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;2) Be proud of your mistakes, and react appropriately. The first thing I do if I cause a catastrophe is fess up and fix it. If I can't fix it, the higher up's or google will. There's usually a laugh in the end, if there isn't, you're probably working for the wrong company. &lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;3) Understand your role and people will offer their help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After college, the day I got my job, I was ready to start studying for certification. A couple of months past and I quickly realized that I couldn't study work and exams at the same, so I didn't worry about certification. It's been 2 years now, and I actually just signed up for my first MCSE exam to write next month. Work should be your focus.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Organization is, and still is a fine art to me. It's been a running joke in the department because I'm so horrible at it. Yes, I'm horribly organized and I'm able to make a joke out of it. I first started with several post-it notes, not a good idea. I graduated to little paper flip books, not too bad, not too good. The big winner is the portable white-board on my desk, in front of my keyboard between my monitor, combined with outlook calendar and preferred ticketing system. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Daily visits to serverfault is also a must.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And don't listen to Zenham, those old guys don't know what they're talking about ;)." />
  <row Id="51875" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29106" RevisionGUID="d793f004-64d0-4516-b2c4-9938486d3bed" CreationDate="2009-06-20T13:35:41.460" UserId="4694" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="I found [this script][1]. It scans a whole domain and gives you a nice output (computer name and user name).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whoisloggedinwhere.cmd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **@echo off&lt;br&gt;**&#xD;&#xA;**setlocal&lt;bR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;for /f &quot;Tokens=1&quot; %%c in ('net view /domain:&quot;%USERDOMAIN%&quot;^|Findstr /L /C:&quot;\\&quot;') do (&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA; for /f &quot;Tokens=*&quot; %%u in ('PsLoggedOn -L %%c^|find /i &quot;%USERDOMAIN%\&quot;') do (&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;  call :report %%c &quot;%%u&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA; )&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;)&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;endlocal&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;goto :EOF&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;:report&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;set work=%1&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;set comp=%work:~2%&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;set user=%2&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;set user=%user:&quot;=%&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;call set user=%%user:*%USERDOMAIN%\=%%&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;@echo %comp% %user%&lt;br&gt;**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This script uses [PsLoggedOn][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ss64.com/nt/psloggedon_example.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897545.aspx" />
  <row Id="51876" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29117" RevisionGUID="33a532f9-a199-4673-8035-d5d12cf32562" CreationDate="2009-06-20T13:44:48.797" UserId="780" Text="I am trying to share my mobile broadband internet connection with other machines via wifi and am running windows 7.  Users are able to connect to my machine, but not able to obtain an internet connection once they connect to me.  Any ideas would be very helpful." />
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  <row Id="51878" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29117" RevisionGUID="33a532f9-a199-4673-8035-d5d12cf32562" CreationDate="2009-06-20T13:44:48.797" UserId="780" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;ics&gt;&lt;wifi&gt;&lt;connection-sharing&gt;" />
  <row Id="51879" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29118" RevisionGUID="a144d681-7535-47bb-ae49-b558201eb53f" CreationDate="2009-06-20T13:44:50.497" UserId="8356" Text="Your best bet isn't to lock down scp, but to use a file system with ACLs to prevent read access.  You could probably do something with SELinux to prevent certain applications from reading from certain files." />
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  <row Id="51881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29119" RevisionGUID="c12f080f-59de-404d-8b9c-59c3846f52c5" CreationDate="2009-06-20T13:50:17.523" UserId="3581" Text="I have an Acer WT 300 thin client that boots Windows CE. I purchased this device several years ago at an auction and need to reset the administration password so that I can alter the network configuration.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I press F2 at the Terminal Connection Manger screen I'm prompted for a Terminal Settings password, which I do not have." />
  <row Id="51882" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29119" RevisionGUID="c12f080f-59de-404d-8b9c-59c3846f52c5" CreationDate="2009-06-20T13:50:17.523" UserId="3581" Text="Reset Acer WT 300 thin client admin password" />
  <row Id="51883" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29119" RevisionGUID="c12f080f-59de-404d-8b9c-59c3846f52c5" CreationDate="2009-06-20T13:50:17.523" UserId="3581" Text="&lt;thin-client&gt;&lt;windows-ce&gt;&lt;rdp&gt;" />
  <row Id="51884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29120" RevisionGUID="3578f44a-655b-4147-a6f4-e4e8072987af" CreationDate="2009-06-20T13:55:14.147" UserId="41992" Text="I'd go with [Cherokee][1] here.  Also, I'd forget about Apache.  We all grew up, fondly, using apache, having fun with it, and mysql.  We all have great memories, and we all know how to use it.  :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That, however is the past, tinted through rose coloured glasses.  Fat ass memory usage, fat processes, complex configuration files, embedded interpreters.. feh.  In today's age of VPS's nobody needs fat ass apache anymore.  Love the memories, but save your RAM for your apps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cherokee-project.com/doc/" />
  <row Id="51885" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29120" RevisionGUID="3578f44a-655b-4147-a6f4-e4e8072987af" CreationDate="2009-06-20T13:55:14.147" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51886" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29121" RevisionGUID="f470c57f-7f88-46da-9419-a5c820291529" CreationDate="2009-06-20T13:56:38.623" UserId="3950" Text="&gt; I've been searching the web and one&#xD;&#xA;&gt; solution seems to be making a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; kickstart script that will intall only&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the necessary packages. But I find&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this difficult and have several doubts&#xD;&#xA;&gt; about how to maintain the system&#xD;&#xA;&gt; dependencies afterwards.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Making a kickstart file is not so hard: look in /root of one of your installed servers for a file called anaconda-ks.cfg. That is a kickstart file to make a new server looking like the existing one. Every RH, Fedora or CentOS server has that file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can edit the file in system-config-kickstart if you are unfamiliar with writing kickstart files. You do need X for that though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; How do you install minimal Red Hat&#xD;&#xA;&gt; servers? Is it Ok to use kickstart or&#xD;&#xA;&gt; will I have dependency problems in the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; installation or in updates? Is there&#xD;&#xA;&gt; any way to avoid installing the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; graphical environment for iAS?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You are doing fine with a kickstart file. Kickstart do affect the way you update after installation. During installation, dependencies are calculated automatically. Packages you removed (if that is at all possible) that are needed anyway are added. You cannot install a system with broken dependencies *for the system*. Dependencies for Oracle is a complete different matter though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If Oracle needs a graphical environment (and it does, I know it sucks, but it does), you have no option but to install X. However, afaik, Oracle needs X because it has a graphical installer. You do not need X afterwards. So after install, you can remove X. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my shop we only install a very minimal set of X libraries, btw. Just enough to run xclock (and thus the installer) *remotely* with X forwarding. That's enough.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oracle has more insane dependencies. There are some ancient C library compat packages the Oracle installer needs. Not because it actually needs them, but because the zip implementation they ship needs them. Why do they ship that zip implementation? Rumor has it, that the very old zip implementation Oracle ships has more favorable licensing terms (as in: it's not GPL'ed), so they refuse to use a newer implementation. Just rumors though, never heard confirmation...&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29122" RevisionGUID="950c1ece-820e-4308-ab66-df009db0e915" CreationDate="2009-06-20T14:02:33.590" UserId="181" Text="I've had excellent results for years with [thttpd][1], frequently serving 250+ requests per second (and that was averaged over the course of an hour), and as many as 400 simultanous requests.  The memory use is low, stability extremely high and system load is almost nothing, even at a high req/sec load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bloom County's Bill the Cat, explains [how to pronounce thttpd][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://acme.com/software/thttpd/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=19990926&amp;mode=classic" />
  <row Id="51888" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29122" RevisionGUID="950c1ece-820e-4308-ab66-df009db0e915" CreationDate="2009-06-20T14:02:33.590" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29123" RevisionGUID="723cfdbe-9850-45ae-99bf-6115921966b0" CreationDate="2009-06-20T14:02:54.760" UserId="1992" Text="The basic rule of thumb is to separate files onto different volumes to avoid contention, however the anmount of performance gain you get varies wildly by I/O subsystem and workload. For instance, multiple files on a single physical spindle is going to suck as far as performance goes, but the same arrangement with the volume being on a SAN LUN with several hundred drives from RAID 10 arrays may be just fine. Disk queue length counters are your friend as the simplest way to tell if you've got an I/O bottleneck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You're looking at the I/O patterns on the databases - read-only, read-mostly, read-write, write-mostly, write-only - and basing things on that. You also need to choose the right RAID level and make sure your disk partition offsets, RAID stripe size, and NTFS allocation unit size are correctly set. Some people like to separate nonclustered indexes into a separate filegroup , but performance gains here vary just as I've explained above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As well as performance, you should consider manageability and recovererability. Having a single, monolithic data file for a 100GB database means that your unit of restore is that file. Having it split into 4 25GB filegroups means you can use partial database availability and piecemeal restore to only have to restore a single filegroup in the event it gets damaged. By partitioning tables and indexes in multiple filegroups you can also limit which parts of the database are affected by maintenance operations (e.g. index fragmentation removal).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Tempdb is a whole special case, and I'll point you at a blog post of mine that explains all about why and how to split up tempdb - there are lots of misconceptions out there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Without giving you a 'sweeping generalization' recommendation here, I'll point you at a bunch of whitepapers and blog posts for you to read:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Whitepaper: [Physical Database Storage Design][1]&#xD;&#xA; - Whitepaper: [Predeployment I/O Best Practices][2]&#xD;&#xA; - Whitepaper: [Partitioned Tables and Indexes in SQL Server 2005][3]&#xD;&#xA; - Whitepaper: [Partial Database Availability][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Blog post: [Misconceptions around TF 1118][5] (tempdb layout)&#xD;&#xA; - Blog post: [Are your disk partition offsets, RAID stripe sizes, and NTFS allocation units set correctly?][6] (with link to disk partition whitepaper)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps you!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/physdbstor.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/bestpractice/pdpliobp.mspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345146.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/9/4/d948f981-926e-40fa-a026-5bfcf076d9b9/PartialDBAvailability.doc&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/Misconceptions-around-TF-1118.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/Are-your-disk-partition-offsets-RAID-stripe-sizes-and-NTFS-allocation-units-set-correctly.aspx" />
  <row Id="51890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29124" RevisionGUID="dca96395-dfc2-42d9-b8af-487ddd87f81f" CreationDate="2009-06-20T14:03:09.250" UserId="1435" Text="No, we have thousands, all identical - we wipe and reimage them quite often, so no, no I really don't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No my Xbox, that's a different matter :)" />
  <row Id="51891" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29124" RevisionGUID="dca96395-dfc2-42d9-b8af-487ddd87f81f" CreationDate="2009-06-20T14:03:09.250" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51892" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29125" RevisionGUID="84b98efc-2503-48d4-9df1-85b145764734" CreationDate="2009-06-20T14:04:01.450" UserId="3950" Text="You can have multiple versions installed, but you would need RPM's that hold this into account. For example, but installing all files in completely different paths. That is probably what Ubuntu does, but I'm not sure: it's also possible Python 2.5 and 2.6 on Ubuntu are mutually exclusive. In that case installing another version than the default might be a bad idea, since a lot of system management software today is written in Python. Yum is, just to name one. I think Ubiquity is, too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have enough time, I suggest you build it yourself. Consider building RPM's instead of running &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    make install&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;though... It's not hard to make a proper RPM and it'll benefit you a lot." />
  <row Id="51893" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29126" RevisionGUID="e6543188-c3ea-42ee-a1df-a0b4edf72cb7" CreationDate="2009-06-20T14:08:08.727" UserId="10193" Text="Question about optimizing an apache/mysql server on a VPS with 512m of RAM.  Under normal load everything runs fast, no connection lag.  However when we get our heavy traffic days (50k+ visits) the site crawls and it takes 30 seconds+ to get content back from apache.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The site is running on Expression Engine (CMS) (in PHP) and I've followed their heavy-load optimization guide.  I've googled and followed quite a few out there for apache with some luck, getting it to where it is now, but I need to get constant response times.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I assume this is different from the 'optimize for low memory' question on here as I have enough RAM (for what I'm trying to do), I just need to get the server to not choke under heavy load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any recommondations?" />
  <row Id="51894" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29126" RevisionGUID="e6543188-c3ea-42ee-a1df-a0b4edf72cb7" CreationDate="2009-06-20T14:08:08.727" UserId="10193" Text="Optimize apache/php/mysql running on VPS for heavy load" />
  <row Id="51895" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29126" RevisionGUID="e6543188-c3ea-42ee-a1df-a0b4edf72cb7" CreationDate="2009-06-20T14:08:08.727" UserId="10193" Text="&lt;apache2&gt;&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;vps&gt;&lt;optimization&gt;&lt;load&gt;" />
  <row Id="51896" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29127" RevisionGUID="888568af-49b3-4ff2-a988-ed9beb7fecf9" CreationDate="2009-06-20T14:09:45.107" UserId="6827" Text="Your problem in fact is not RedHat but more the Oracle dependency.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As said by a previous poster, Oracle dependencies are crazy and mainly link to the crappy installer, not the product itself.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to separate your problem in two :&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Create a minimal RedHat installation with a kickstart file who will run on your hardware and generate the filesystem according to Oracle IAS pre-req.&#xD;&#xA;- Create a script/package who will install the needed packages for the Oracle installer, install Oracle with a response file, then uninstall the non-needed packages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The second part is the most difficult, you will need to spend some time to determine from the oracle pre-req what is really needed and what is just a stupid dependency.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But when its done, you can automate your installation, and have a minimum maintenance on all the systems." />
  <row Id="51897" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29128" RevisionGUID="b033906c-6ea7-4305-80e9-b02f4831e8fa" CreationDate="2009-06-20T14:16:23.630" UserId="45" Text="The decision to split up a database up in different filegroups should be taken after having analyzed the current size and future growth of your tables. In my opinion unless you have a large database or tables with millions of rows, you should carefully consider pros and cons, since you may end up creating more performance problems than you fix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are some scenarios which could be interesting under certain premises:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 2 filegroups: data and index &#xD;&#xA; - 3 filegroups: read-only tables, read-write tables, index&#xD;&#xA; - multiple filegroups: read-only, read-write, index, key table 1, key table 2, ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You have to analyze your environment to decide if filegroups will help with your SQL Server growth, usage and performance needs. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Some key indicators to move to multiple filegroups** (from [this article][1]):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- When disk queuing is causing application and user experience issues&#xD;&#xA;  - If this is the case, consider leveraging additional disk drives with new filegroups housing IO intensive tables&#xD;&#xA;- When particular tables are 10% or more of the database&#xD;&#xA;  - If this is the case, consider moving these particularly large tables to separate filegroups on separate underlying disk drives&#xD;&#xA;  - Depending on the table size in proportion to the remainder of the tables, consider building a filegroup for individual table(s)&#xD;&#xA;- When non clustered index and data space are equal on large tables&#xD;&#xA;  - If this is the case, consider splitting the data and clustered index from the non-clustered indexes&#xD;&#xA;- When an almost equal percentage of read-only and read-write data exist in the database&#xD;&#xA; - If this is the case, consider splitting the read-only data in a separate filegroup as the read-write data &#xD;&#xA;- When insufficient time is available to perform database maintenance&#xD;&#xA; - If this is the case, consider splitting the large tables into separate filegroups on different underlying disks and perform maintenance in parallel&#xD;&#xA;- When the business or application will be changing significantly and the data is going to grow at a much higher rate&#xD;&#xA; - If this is the case, consider working with the users to understand the potential growth&#xD;&#xA;- When archived data resides in the same database as the production data&#xD;&#xA; - If this is the case, consider separate file groups or one or more of the techniques in this tip - Archiving Data in SQL Server&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you find that filegroups could be improve your database's performance, write the code and test the process in a staging environment before you implement the changes on your production servers. Prepare some measurements before you implement the changes and compare them before/after. Since these processes can be very resource intensive and time consuming, perform these procedures during a maintenance period.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't forget, when creating new objects (tables and indexes), be sure that the objects are created in the correct filegroup to ensure expected performance and periodically validate the database objects are in the correct filegroups and correct as needed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mssqltips.com/tip.asp?tip=967" />
  <row Id="51898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29129" RevisionGUID="f27d28a0-6bf2-402f-ab1b-1412ccc95aad" CreationDate="2009-06-20T14:18:06.467" UserDisplayName="Ra01" Text="I am setting up a RHEL webserver which will host static and dynamic content for several domain names. Multiple users will update files by SSH and SFTP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where should the files for each domain name be placed? On my default system, there is a single /var/www/, but no clue as how to locate multiple domains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looking at the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html), it seems the best option is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  /srv/example.com/www/&#xD;&#xA;  /srv/example.org/www/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any preferences?" />
  <row Id="51899" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29129" RevisionGUID="f27d28a0-6bf2-402f-ab1b-1412ccc95aad" CreationDate="2009-06-20T14:18:06.467" UserDisplayName="Ra01" Text="Where to place web content for multiple domains on a RHEL based server?" />
  <row Id="51900" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29129" RevisionGUID="f27d28a0-6bf2-402f-ab1b-1412ccc95aad" CreationDate="2009-06-20T14:18:06.467" UserDisplayName="Ra01" Text="&lt;http&gt;&lt;fhs&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="51901" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29130" RevisionGUID="ac42cbcb-f66e-4962-840f-ebfeb68d2931" CreationDate="2009-06-20T14:20:38.800" UserId="1565" Text="We are virtualizing our license servers and have to start using network USB hubs for the authentication keys.  The ones I've found will be messy in a rack.  Has anyone ever seen a rackmountable version?  If that's not an option, are there any rackmountable normals hubs?  Or maybe some setup I haven't come up with?" />
  <row Id="51902" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29130" RevisionGUID="ac42cbcb-f66e-4962-840f-ebfeb68d2931" CreationDate="2009-06-20T14:20:38.800" UserId="1565" Text="rackmount network USB hubs?" />
  <row Id="51903" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29130" RevisionGUID="ac42cbcb-f66e-4962-840f-ebfeb68d2931" CreationDate="2009-06-20T14:20:38.800" UserId="1565" Text="&lt;usb&gt;&lt;rackmount&gt;" />
  <row Id="51904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29131" RevisionGUID="da277b1a-91e0-4908-894a-2e54f7a72711" CreationDate="2009-06-20T14:23:00.060" UserId="8966" Text=" - Use a opcode cache for php like apc.&#xD;&#xA; - Use a http accelerator like squid or varnish. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51905" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="29114" RevisionGUID="c3c993ff-fffd-43d7-9e8a-cd60b2bd541e" CreationDate="2009-06-20T14:33:01.230" UserId="1466" Comment="edited title" Text="amavisd-new process &quot;jamming&quot;" />
  <row Id="51906" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29132" RevisionGUID="9b71cc2c-793a-4ab6-9d3f-4dd758b410ff" CreationDate="2009-06-20T14:34:22.600" UserId="9404" Text="I find that I get more emotionally attached if they have a proper name. &#xD;&#xA;Farms of servers with names like srv0042 don't get me too emotional. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But when there are servers or even workstations and laptops with names and 'personality' (read: function), I feel I care for them somehow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have several shared laptops we carry to do some tasks on clients. They all have their distinctive names, different operating systems and tools. From time to time, they get corrupted and it's like a wounded animal. It's sad to re-install them." />
  <row Id="51907" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29132" RevisionGUID="9b71cc2c-793a-4ab6-9d3f-4dd758b410ff" CreationDate="2009-06-20T14:34:22.600" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29133" RevisionGUID="1eef5296-4a5d-456f-aa23-e41348f200c2" CreationDate="2009-06-20T14:35:42.303" UserId="45" Text="You mean something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[**Metal 7-Port USB 2.0 Powered Slim Hub for PC-MAC with Power Adapter**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Industrial USB Hub with 7 Ports&#xD;&#xA;&gt; feature a rugged metal enclosure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.qualitycables.com/productdetails1.cfm?sku=USBG-7U2ML&amp;cats=&amp;catid=104%2C653%2C210%2C212&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.coolgear.com/images/USBG-7U2ML.jpg" />
  <row Id="51909" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29133" RevisionGUID="8f76b5d0-a3bc-44ee-ac35-0385eb072ad0" CreationDate="2009-06-20T14:40:55.210" UserId="45" Comment="added 406 characters in body" Text="You mean something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[**Metal 7-Port USB 2.0 Powered Slim Hub for PC-MAC with Power Adapter**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Industrial USB Hub with 7 Ports&#xD;&#xA;&gt; feature a rugged metal enclosure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or this one with 12 ports:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[Industrial 12-Port USB 2.0 Powered Hub for PC-MAC DIN-RAIL Mount][3]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Image of an Industrial 12-Port USB 2.0 Powered Hub][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Industrial USB Hub with 12 Ports&#xD;&#xA;&gt; feature a rugged metal enclosure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.qualitycables.com/productdetails1.cfm?sku=USBG-7U2ML&amp;cats=&amp;catid=104%2C653%2C210%2C212&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.coolgear.com/images/USBG-7U2ML.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.usbgear.com/computer_cable_details.cfm?sku=USBG-12U2ML&amp;cats=104&amp;catid=104%2C653%2C210%2C212&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.coolgear.com/images/USBG-12U2ML.jpg" />
  <row Id="51910" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29134" RevisionGUID="d56501a0-403d-41b7-bd07-e90f3943fa66" CreationDate="2009-06-20T14:43:39.170" UserId="9404" Text="Apache default is usually /var/www/example.com/ but you may as well follow FHS guidelines which I find quite good. The important thing is that you keep consistency between systems, that's why FHS are a good reference to follow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In any case, I recommend to have it in a different partition because:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* If it fills, will not affect the server&#xD;&#xA;* You can set mount options like noexec for added security&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember to be very carefull with the directory perms to avoid users from one site accessing other sites." />
  <row Id="51911" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29124" RevisionGUID="ac485b9d-0c01-4f13-a5e5-542106b14284" CreationDate="2009-06-20T14:48:29.253" UserId="1435" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="No, we have thousands, all identical - we wipe and reimage them quite often, so no, no I really don't.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now my Xbox, that's a different matter :)" />
  <row Id="51912" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29135" RevisionGUID="ed509080-0012-4a7b-bc44-2a6d68e10fdf" CreationDate="2009-06-20T14:57:03.557" UserId="1463" Text="Well even at 1U having splattnes suggested devices occupy a rack space seems a bit of a waste - these devices seem easy enough to mount inside a rack cabinet but outside of the actual 19&quot; mount-space. Mounting them to a rack shelf first if you really need them inside that space should also be easy and cheap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actual rack-mountable equipment is hard to come by when we're talking about smaller stuff - the options are usually limited to large-scale bays to fit a lot (=more than a couple) of specific devices, like old school modems and whatnot, or _very_ expensive custom frames to hold (usually very expensive) small hardware like the simpler cisco aironet controllers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd say (sadly) you're looking at finding a decent generic shelf to house these things in that satisfies your need for order - or just pin them somewhere to the walls or the rails of the rack." />
  <row Id="51913" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29136" RevisionGUID="d4888ccc-16ea-42b7-8d4c-befe865c9d2e" CreationDate="2009-06-20T14:59:33.210" UserId="1435" Text="Have you thought of using Rittal CMC remotely-unlocking racks? That way you can have an audit of what was open when, no keys needed at all." />
  <row Id="51914" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29137" RevisionGUID="4f121f59-a720-429c-a540-c15ef239a2d5" CreationDate="2009-06-20T15:03:16.323" UserId="10196" Text="I have run into issues similar to this while using a windows VPN connection to our main office and found the following. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be sure to limit upstream (and possibly downstream) traffic for any heavy use systems on your network.  My dedicated torrent box has been set so that it doesn't eat my entire pipe and cause issues. Even with QOS enabled to prioritize VPN traffic it tends to drop if I saturate the link and increase the latency the connection has to deal with. The PPTP vpn connections are pretty finicky when it comes to latency they tend to drop VERY readily.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also noticed in your question that you said you are streaming music over your VPN connection?  Are you aware that be default Windows VPN connections are set to send all traffic through the remote default gateway?   This is in place so that you can route to other networks via the VPN that may not be in the same subnet as your connection.  You can easily get around this by disabing the &quot;use default gateway on remote network&quot; here: &#xD;&#xA;Connection Properties -&gt; Networking Tab -&gt; TCP/IP properties -&gt; Advanced Button -&gt; General Tab&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once checked this will only send traffic destined for the remote subnet over your VPN connection allowing your streaming music to go out your local network connection without incident.  I find this extremely helpful when you are trying to surf the web while working on a remote network, you get your local speed to everything except the remote LAN. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NOTE:  if your pptp server device assigns IP addresses to your client system that is in a separate subnet than the network you are trying to get to you may have to work around it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;example: &#xD;&#xA;LAN Network address at remote site: 192.168.0.0/24&#xD;&#xA;LAN network address at your house: 172.16.7.0/24&#xD;&#xA;VPN subnet assigned to clients on the router when connecting: 192.168.254.0/24&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the way windows server handles VPN connections when you use RRAS to host the VPN connections, and I have seen routers handle connections this way as well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Workaround: you will either need to manually run a route command to add an entry to your routing table after connecting to the VPN,  the command will look something like this: &#xD;&#xA;route ADD network_to_reach MASK subnet_mask gateway_ip_of_vpn_connection&#xD;&#xA;(possibly) &#xD;&#xA;route add 192.168.0.0 MASK 255.255.255.0 192.168.254.1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will tell your machine that it has to use the router at 192.168.254.1 to get to any system in the 192.168.0.0/24 network.  Systems inside the network will be using the router hosting the connection as their default gateway so they will not need to be told how to get back to your system.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This can be automated and added to the VPN connection.  This is how we manage and deploy clients at our office and it works EXTREMELY well.  You can use the microsoft CMAK (Connection Manager Administration Kit) to build a VPN &quot;connectoid&quot; that contains automation instructions including routes to add, scripts to run during different phases of the connect and disconnect process, and some other goodies I've never touched.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hopefully this will sort out your issues and get you VPN'ing while jamming to your tunes and help some others out there achieve a state of VPN ZEN. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51915" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29138" RevisionGUID="6eb6a9d6-413b-460e-94ff-6c7e4dfeb4ad" CreationDate="2009-06-20T15:09:21.647" UserId="4694" Text="You need to enable Internet connection sharing.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Go to **Control Panel**, select **Network and Sharing Center**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Click on the link **&quot;Set up a Connection or Network&quot;**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Select the option **“Set up a wireless ad hoc (computer-to-computer) network”**.&#xD;&#xA;![connection][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Type in the **Network name** and select the **Security Type** (WPA 2).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Click on **&quot;Turn on Internet connection sharing&quot;**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows Help and How-to : [Set up a computer-to-computer (ad hoc) network][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/4419/connectionr.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-SG/help/293c504f-b944-4d5d-835c-f080129bd5dc1033.mspx" />
  <row Id="51916" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11266" RevisionGUID="b7b8f66a-8c02-4c67-8dcd-9c9aec42b187" CreationDate="2009-06-20T15:10:36.307" UserId="1492" Comment="added 221 characters in body" Text="I am currently controlling two Vista x64 boxes with a KVM switch.  The switching has worked fine through several OS changes in recent months, including a previous incarnation of two x64 boxes that I have now.  I recently had Windows 7 on one (I'll call it computer A), but went back to Vista.  Since my last reinstall of Vista on computer A, when I switch to it, the mouse doesn't work for about 20 seconds or so (but the keyboard does).  Switching to computer B is no problem, the mouse works immediately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These computers are running the same OS, one works properly and one doesn't, but they both worked before.  I don't get it.  What would cause this problem?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;I was going to delete this question, but I see someone has marked it as a favorite.  Interesting.  Anyway, I still don't know what the problem was, but it went away when I put Windows 7 back on computer A." />
  <row Id="51917" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29139" RevisionGUID="9009f5d1-fbc3-44a0-b6da-57960f8166df" CreationDate="2009-06-20T15:12:32.357" UserId="9065" Text="I've been running a 5-drive software RAID under Windows 2003 Server.  When it fails, it causes really strange problems that are difficult to deduce.  After the third occurrence, I've decided to try using a Drobo instead, connected via USB2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Drobo drive is mapped as Z:, and has a single folder in the root called Repository, which houses all other folders and files.  I've shared this folder, and added the necessary permissions.  I can map a network drive letter to the Repository Share on the server and others on the network.  However, it always appears to be empty (even on the Server).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just to verify that I've used the correct approach, I've performed these same steps using a folder on the Server's C: drive, and it works correctly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've found a number of references to people having troubles with sharing folders on USB drives, but I didn't find any definitive solutions.  (One individual suggested mapping the USB drive to a local NTFS folder, rather than as a drive letter, but the option was disabled in the drive management settings.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="51918" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29139" RevisionGUID="9009f5d1-fbc3-44a0-b6da-57960f8166df" CreationDate="2009-06-20T15:12:32.357" UserId="9065" Text="Sharing a Folder on a USB Drive" />
  <row Id="51919" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29139" RevisionGUID="9009f5d1-fbc3-44a0-b6da-57960f8166df" CreationDate="2009-06-20T15:12:32.357" UserId="9065" Text="&lt;usb&gt;&lt;sharedfolders&gt;&lt;mappeddrive&gt;&lt;drivemapping&gt;&lt;external-hdd&gt;" />
  <row Id="51920" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29140" RevisionGUID="5a1be5c4-d1f6-4299-944f-2789b4e64a4f" CreationDate="2009-06-20T15:22:36.393" UserId="7200" Text="I haven't seen the problem you're seeing, but I have &quot;shared&quot; memory card readers, external USB-attached disk drives, and external firewire-attached disk drives with no ill effects in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. I've never used any of these Drobo devices, but if they're just a USB Mass Storage profile they should work fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It *may* be that the &quot;Server Service&quot; isn't &quot;seeing&quot; the drive. Try doing a &quot;Restart&quot; on that service after the drive is attached and working, and see if that improves things for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Adding the drive as an NTFS mount point might just change the behaviour, but I can't say for sure. I'm at a bit of a loss at this moment as to tell you why you're not able to add it as a mount point, though. (Just for kicks, I just added a FAT-formatted SD memory card in a USB reader to my Windows XP machine here with no ill effects.)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51921" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29141" RevisionGUID="f01e439a-7b44-4eb9-a1bd-3aa03c599af2" CreationDate="2009-06-20T15:29:54.320" UserDisplayName="Michael" Text="We have very good experiences with a structure of&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/srv/www/example.com/html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/srv/www/example.com/sub-d/www&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/srv/www/example.com/sub-d/beta&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/srv/www/example.com/sub-d/logs (if preferred)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;if the server is used by one company. If you have client domains to serv, you might want to consider&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/srv/www/client1/doma.in/html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/srv/www/client1/secon.nd/html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/srv/www/client2/foob.ar/html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51923" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28942" RevisionGUID="74d2c372-06c2-45d0-8525-fec0bcf9bf4d" CreationDate="2009-06-20T15:48:14.843" UserId="3299" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="I wanted to install the new SCVMM 2008 R2 RC, so I thought I would uninstall SCVMM 2008 to do a clean install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I try to uninstall it I get the following message:&#xD;&#xA;*[Window Title]*&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft® System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*[Main Instruction]*&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft® System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 has stopped working&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*[Content]*&#xD;&#xA;A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*[Close program]*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After which the uninstaller closes and I can't remove the program. (I have tried it with the Local Admin, and 2 different domain users. (one that installed the software and 1 that the login used for the Agent.)) I have also tried it with both Retaining and removing data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also tried turning off the VMM Service to see if that would help (it does not)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, I am stuck with this program until I format the drive. (Booo!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I thought I would try to upgrade instead of doing a fresh install, but that fails as well. It says it can't connect to the SQL DB.  That does not supprise me because it is not there (I am guessing the partial uninstall caused it to be removed.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I may have to format and try again, but I thought I would ask around first." />
  <row Id="51924" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29142" RevisionGUID="a001538b-5b2e-4dcc-bbb3-0f9cf630a44e" CreationDate="2009-06-20T15:51:33.713" UserDisplayName="Srikrishnan Chitoor" Text="Try http://www.safentrix.com. It with both Free and Paid models and does not have any Quarantine to manage.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51925" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29142" RevisionGUID="a001538b-5b2e-4dcc-bbb3-0f9cf630a44e" CreationDate="2009-06-20T15:51:33.713" UserDisplayName="Srikrishnan Chitoor" />
  <row Id="51926" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29068" RevisionGUID="e4686255-6c0b-4b62-8f6f-ebc75cbbd81d" CreationDate="2009-06-20T15:51:40.890" UserId="7783" Comment="added 84 characters in body" Text="I don't get attached to servers. Life's too short. I take a lot of pride in the level of services we deliver to our customers, and that to me encourages a rather blase attitude to the hardware supporting it in that sense, though I still always like to open up servers with new tech in them to see how it all looks. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you have rooms full of servers, which ones would you form attachment to anyway?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: those of you who say you do get attached to servers, how many do you have?" />
  <row Id="51927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29143" RevisionGUID="a072de84-10fb-4a9a-97c0-4452680edc4c" CreationDate="2009-06-20T15:53:10.793" UserId="1992" Text="Here's the link to the Microsoft page that discusses SQL Server licensing and all the options - it also has a link to a doc that explains the various options and the gray areas.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the official word: [SQL Server 2008 Pricing][1] or [SQL Server 2005 Pricing][2]. Depending on your company size and agreements with MS, you may be able to negotiate lower volume rates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS Google is your friend - these are the top hits for 'SQL Server 2008 pricing'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/pricing.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2005/en/us/pricing.aspx" />
  <row Id="51928" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29144" RevisionGUID="8cc3a193-b1fe-4c3a-ba26-34f7266344ba" CreationDate="2009-06-20T15:55:09.633" UserId="2783" Text="Ports are not vulnerable, they are just ports.  Services that listen on particular ports may have remotely exploitable vulnerabilities, or misconfiguration of services that listen on particular ports may lead to unintended consequences.  The last remote exploits that targeted NetBIOS/139 were in the Windows NT/2000 day to the best of my recollection.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Port 139 is typically used for file/printer sharing, including directory replication with Active Directory, trusts, remote access of event logs, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So... if you just block port 139 on a Domain Controller just because you read somewhere on the internet that that port is &quot;bad&quot;, or because you are following some generic hardening checklist you found on the internet; you will kill AD replication.  If you block 139 in a typical business network, you will lose the ability to do much of anything on a remote computer (remotely manage clients/servers, install software, share printers, files...)  Not good in a managed environment, unless you like sending a technician onsite anytime you need to do something to a computer.  Heck, you could be SUPER secure and just disable network cards altogether, and use floppy disks to move bits around.  You could disable port 80 on your Apache Web Server because of the possibility of cross-site-scripting vulnerabilities.  You could block port 1433 to reduce instances of SQL injection attacks.  (all right, I'll quit now ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The key is understanding the purpose and requirements of the services enabled on your network, understand the threats that face them, and understand appropriate mitigations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you want to take your Domain controllers and put them on an internet facing network connection without blocking/filtering access to port 139 (or many other ports)? Do you want to plug a home computer with Windows ME and file/print sharing enabled directly into your cable modem without having a router filtering connections or a firewall enabled on your computer? Of course not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A great book that covers much of this information (including the &quot;Why's&quot; behind the security decisions you must make) is [Protect Your Windows Network: From Perimeter to Data][1] by Steve Riley and Jesper Johansson. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Protect-Your-Windows-Network-Addison-Wesley/dp/0321336437/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1245512755&amp;sr=1-2" />
  <row Id="51929" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29144" RevisionGUID="8cc3a193-b1fe-4c3a-ba26-34f7266344ba" CreationDate="2009-06-20T15:55:09.633" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51930" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29145" RevisionGUID="0608dafb-bb6e-47d6-893b-702c304c3602" CreationDate="2009-06-20T15:57:17.180" UserId="4131" Text="For PHP there are 2 important things that will increase capacity:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. [Advanced PHP Caching][1] (APC) as was mentioned. This is what we use at Yahoo!. There are other similar projects, but this one is Rasmus' baby.&#xD;&#xA;2. [FastCGI][2] instead of mod\_php. There is debate on this issue as mod_php is usually the fastest. However, I would assume that you have a single Apache server delivering both dynamic PHP content and static assets (JS, CSS, flash, images, PDFs, etc.). The requests for those static assets do not need to consume as much memory, but because PHP is a module it is in every Apache thread.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Apache:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Use [worker MPM][3]&#xD;&#xA;2. Enable [KeepAlive][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may also go so far as to consider switching from Apache to [Lighttpd][5], or [Nginx][6]. I love Apache. I use the fool out of many of it's advanced features. I accept its overhead because I need what it offers. For the common LAMP stack, it is more than is needed and a waste of resources.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For MySQL:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Your optimization efforts will payoff 10 fold when spent analyzing and correcting queries, instead of tweaking your my.cnf values. I'm not saying that it's not important to get your caching, connections, etc. correct... but for most people it is only 9% of the problem.&#xD;&#xA;2. During your QA, turn on the [general query log][7] on your staging/dev mysqld to capture all queries sent. (Do NOT do that on your production mysql server!)&#xD;&#xA;3. Use [EXPLAIN][8] to analyze the queries. Especially if you are using a framework with an ORM (abstracts away the DB and keeps you from writing your own SQL) you will need to clean out extraneous JOINs, SELECTs with no WHERE clause, ORDER BYs that induce 'using filesort', and queries that use no indexes.&#xD;&#xA;4. If you are using MySQL 5.1 [take advantage of the query profiler][9].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other tools worth considering are [mk-visual-explain][10]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://us.php.net/apc&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.fastcgi.com/drupal/node/25&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/worker.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#keepalive&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.lighttpd.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.nginx.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/query-log.html&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/using-explain.html&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/using-new-query-profiler.html&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.maatkit.org/tools.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've cited 10 great references. These things ought to get you humming. Please lets us know how it turns out." />
  <row Id="51934" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29147" RevisionGUID="7a1dffe5-f0b2-4b34-afbd-d86fad50f421" CreationDate="2009-06-20T16:08:24.553" UserId="4733" Text="For a Ubuntu Samba file server running Apache and an ftp client what amount of network traffic would be normal when no users are connected? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am strictly a Windows admin and have just installed Ubuntu Server for the first time.  I am using it as a file server/ftp server (for the IT Dept only) and I am hosting a website (which is also available to the IT Dept only).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have noticed what appears to be traffic when the machine should be not in use.  I have installed and am running VNSTAT, which shows about 82kb rx and 84kb tx in about an hour.  This may or not be accurate.  It looks like there is more traffic on the switch for that port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am looking for advice on monitoring and understanding network traffic for Ububtu Server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Understanding network traffic, while part of my daily job, is probably my weakest area.  I try to learn something new everyday/week and it seems there is alot out there on this subject, but nothing specifically written for a newby to see satisfying results immediately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess my questions are- 1) how much traffic is normal for the situation listed above and 2) whats a good starting point (that I can build on) for understanding traffic &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51935" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29147" RevisionGUID="7a1dffe5-f0b2-4b34-afbd-d86fad50f421" CreationDate="2009-06-20T16:08:24.553" UserId="4733" Text="What amount of traffic is normal " />
  <row Id="51936" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29147" RevisionGUID="7a1dffe5-f0b2-4b34-afbd-d86fad50f421" CreationDate="2009-06-20T16:08:24.553" UserId="4733" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ubuntu-server&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;traffic&gt;" />
  <row Id="51937" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29064" RevisionGUID="a47405d7-3284-4592-b5fe-010c416ec5b4" CreationDate="2009-06-20T16:13:10.033" UserId="9159" Comment="added 236 characters in body; added 2 characters in body" Text="I have configured anonymous login and restarted the server, but I get 401 not-authorised from jwchat and pidgin when i try to login with an unregistered account. What gives?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using ejabbered 2.0.1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;config:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    {hosts, [&quot;mydomain.com&quot;, &quot;private.mydomain.com&quot;]}.&#xD;&#xA;    {auth_method, internal}.&#xD;&#xA;    {host_config, &quot;mydomain.com&quot;, [&#xD;&#xA;            {auth_method, [anonymous]},&#xD;&#xA;            {anonymous_protocol, both}&#xD;&#xA;    ]}.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* tried with anon_login as well, no joy.&#xD;&#xA;* jwchat is using http-bind&#xD;&#xA;* After adding the anonymous login I can't login with existing registered accounts either&#xD;&#xA;* The error returned is 401 not-authorised&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    =INFO REPORT==== 2009-06-19 17:18:21 ===&#xD;&#xA;    I(&lt;0.262.0&gt;:ejabberd_listener:112) : (#Port&lt;0.409&gt;) Accepted connection {{[cut ip]},52617} -&gt; {{[cut ip]},5222}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    =INFO REPORT==== 2009-06-19 17:18:21 ===&#xD;&#xA;    D(&lt;0.343.0&gt;:ejabberd_receiver:297) : Received XML on stream = &quot;&lt;?xml version='1.0' ?&gt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    =INFO REPORT==== 2009-06-19 17:18:21 ===&#xD;&#xA;    D(&lt;0.343.0&gt;:ejabberd_receiver:297) : Received XML on stream = &quot;&lt;stream:stream to='marketme.com.au' xmlns='jabber:client' xmlns:stream='http://etherx.jabber.org/streams' version='1.0'&gt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    =INFO REPORT==== 2009-06-19 17:18:21 ===&#xD;&#xA;    D(&lt;0.344.0&gt;:ejabberd_c2s:1336) : Send XML on stream = &quot;&lt;?xml version='1.0'?&gt;&lt;stream:stream xmlns='jabber:client' xmlns:stream='http://etherx.jabber.org/streams' id='941233700' from='mydomain.com' version='1.0' xml:lang='en'&gt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    =INFO REPORT==== 2009-06-19 17:18:21 ===&#xD;&#xA;    D(&lt;0.344.0&gt;:ejabberd_c2s:1336) : Send XML on stream = &quot;&lt;stream:features&gt;&lt;mechanisms xmlns='urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-sasl'&gt;&lt;mechanism&gt;ANONYMOUS&lt;/mechanism&gt;&lt;mechanism&gt;DIGEST-MD5&lt;/mechanism&gt;&lt;mechanism&gt;PLAIN&lt;/mechanism&gt;&lt;/mechanisms&gt;&lt;register xmlns='http://jabber.org/features/iq-register'/&gt;&lt;/stream:features&gt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    =INFO REPORT==== 2009-06-19 17:18:22 ===&#xD;&#xA;    D(&lt;0.343.0&gt;:ejabberd_receiver:297) : Received XML on stream = &quot;&lt;auth xmlns='urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-sasl' mechanism='DIGEST-MD5'/&gt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    =INFO REPORT==== 2009-06-19 17:18:22 ===&#xD;&#xA;    D(&lt;0.343.0&gt;:shaper:61) : State: {maxrate,1000,0,1245395901986905}, Size=71&#xD;&#xA;    M=35.5000, I=27.5180&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    =INFO REPORT==== 2009-06-19 17:18:22 ===&#xD;&#xA;    D(&lt;0.344.0&gt;:ejabberd_c2s:1336) : Send XML on stream = &quot;&lt;challenge xmlns='urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-sasl'&gt;[cut base64 data]&lt;/challenge&gt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    =INFO REPORT==== 2009-06-19 17:18:22 ===&#xD;&#xA;    D(&lt;0.343.0&gt;:ejabberd_receiver:297) : Received XML on stream = &quot;&lt;response xmlns='urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-sasl'&gt;[cut base64 data]&lt;/response&gt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    =INFO REPORT==== 2009-06-19 17:18:22 ===&#xD;&#xA;    D(&lt;0.343.0&gt;:shaper:61) : State: {maxrate,1000,998.959,1245395902022442}, Size=338&#xD;&#xA;    M=337.648, I=18.9450&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    =INFO REPORT==== 2009-06-19 17:18:22 ===&#xD;&#xA;    I(&lt;0.344.0&gt;:ejabberd_c2s:698) : ({socket_state,gen_tcp,#Port&lt;0.409&gt;,&lt;0.343.0&gt;}) Failed authentication for jack@mydomain.com&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    =INFO REPORT==== 2009-06-19 17:18:22 ===&#xD;&#xA;    D(&lt;0.344.0&gt;:ejabberd_c2s:1336) : Send XML on stream = &quot;&lt;failure xmlns='urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-sasl'&gt;&lt;not-authorized/&gt;&lt;/failure&gt;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE: I was able to establish I can set the authtype to 'saslanon' in jsjac. This seems to be a partial solution though I'm seeing weird artifacts like my messages bouncing back and pidgin still not connecting even registered users." />
  <row Id="51938" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29148" RevisionGUID="173b27b2-01db-4da6-b622-05f8a2f6539b" CreationDate="2009-06-20T16:15:49.903" UserId="1246" Text="When it comes to per CPU licensing, it is probably better to think of it as per socket.  If you have a single, quad core processor (which sits in a single socket, of course), you will only pay for a single CPU license.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, say you had 32 CPU's spread out over 4 sockets (4x quad core procs), your total cost would be around $64K (32 / 4 * $8K).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope that makes things a little more clear!" />
  <row Id="51939" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29149" RevisionGUID="7ea0b59f-5fab-420c-b380-215c6c6732ed" CreationDate="2009-06-20T16:17:56.453" UserId="9029" Text="Redhat 5.3 Enterprise&#xD;&#xA;---------------------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The following Shell script is used to check and see if a backup directry is named &quot;ll_backup&quot;, then changes it to equal the content of a file RESULT.VAR.  The result.var file is copied for log purposes to another directory.  I had this working in a test enviorenment but in production it throughs a weird error that I can't for the life of me figure out!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SCRIPT:&#xD;&#xA;-------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/cat&#xD;&#xA;    # Restores original directory name for next LogLogic Update&#xD;&#xA;    #TCJ 6/1/09&#xD;&#xA;    declare RESULT&#xD;&#xA;    declare FILE&#xD;&#xA;    FILE=result.var&#xD;&#xA;    cd /home/nb-backup/backups/nb-st3000/ll_bkup_65.99.220.172/&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -d ll_bkup ]&#xD;&#xA;     then&#xD;&#xA;            cat result.var | while IFS=: read RESULT&#xD;&#xA;            mv  &quot;ll_bkup&quot; &quot;$RESULT&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            mv result.var /home/storegrid/scripts/results/result-`date +%y%m%d%s`.var&#xD;&#xA;    else&#xD;&#xA;             exit 0&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    exit 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;RESULT:&#xD;&#xA;-------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; nb-script-restorellbackup.sh: line 14:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; syntax error near unexpected token&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `else' nb-script-restorellbackup.sh:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; line 14: `else'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="51942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29150" RevisionGUID="1b5b872d-1256-4fd6-8c91-be9589daa52b" CreationDate="2009-06-20T16:18:41.427" UserId="9503" Text="You can use tcpdump or [wireshark][1] to see what kind of traffic it is. But it's probably some level 2 traffic like ARP, it seems totaly normal.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wireshark.org/" />
  <row Id="51943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29151" RevisionGUID="06005ac3-445f-4198-bf5e-6c8d1aa2a6ba" CreationDate="2009-06-20T16:21:57.333" UserId="6383" Text="Don't you need to end the while loop?" />
  <row Id="51944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29152" RevisionGUID="0f651894-90a1-408e-8995-7226a0fcccfe" CreationDate="2009-06-20T16:22:15.680" UserDisplayName="markw" Text="We have several years of experience with Spamsoap.  www.spamsoap.com.  You point your MX records to them.  They have both active and aliased domains (aliased domains are free) and within those have both active users and aliases.  Again, aliases are free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Spamsoap provides both &quot;core&quot; and &quot;enhanced&quot; services.  Core services include whitelisting, blacklisting, intelligent filtering, quarantine, virus filtering, file type filtering, etc.  The filter sets can be default for the entire account, per domain, per group or even per user.&#xD;&#xA;Enhanced services include caching, in case your internal mail servers are unavailable, and even archiving and compliance reviewing and filtering.  Also, they can provide outbound relay service.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They provide graphical metrics/reporting per domain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can opt to have each user receive a daily, weekly, or other quarantine listing with the ability to release and whitelist or blacklist senders from the quarantine listing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our users used to receive hundreds of spam messages per day.  Spamsoap reduced this to virtually none.  It's rare that anyone receives spam now, perhaps one per week, if that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a number of friends that are very particular and want to &quot;solve the problem&quot; themselves.  Those that have deployed spamsoap have found that the constant headache that was their spam load has simply gone away for the cost of a few dollars per mailbox per year.  Additional justification is the bandwidth savings of not having to provide inbound capacity for the spam.  In our network, the inbound spam was reaching a megabit per second, which more than pays for the Spamsoap cost.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51945" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29153" RevisionGUID="34e9a626-8080-445b-9f4b-609a18a335b2" CreationDate="2009-06-20T16:27:48.273" UserId="3380" Text="I Hope this is a simple question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the best practice to mount RAW drives on RHEL 5. I have found a couple of approaches but i'm not sure what the correct one is as i have found references to some being depreciated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an aside, i would also need to know how to assign ownership rights as they shouldn't be owned by root if its included in the mounting process." />
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  <row Id="51949" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="29151" RevisionGUID="3c753a91-4312-46bb-ace4-bb960a23df1e" CreationDate="2009-06-20T16:29:57.707" UserId="6383" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:6383,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;pgs&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="51950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29154" RevisionGUID="4bf4d91e-8225-48fc-bf83-a932b05344b7" CreationDate="2009-06-20T16:30:26.223" UserId="1293" Text="You need to change the line to look like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat result.var | while IFS=:; do read RESULT; done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and remove this line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/cat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;since it's not doing anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could use `local` instead of `declare`." />
  <row Id="51951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29155" RevisionGUID="d329c347-ce9a-4b55-81c0-cfe635d3cc9f" CreationDate="2009-06-20T16:33:35.190" UserId="6471" Text="We use a device from AnywhereUSB to attache USB devices (including dongles) inside an ESXi virtual machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.digi.com/products/usb/anywhereusb.jsp&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The limitations are that when you install Windows in an ESX guest it doesn't install the USB drivers so you have to do it manually.  It is a Windows only device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, you can't share one AnywhereUSB device between multiple guests.  All ports are attached to one guest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An additional clarification on the functionality is that you cannot cross LANs with it.  It has to be on the same vLAN as your guest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, with the those restrictions it has been running fine with no hiccups.  We took a physical machine on old hardware with a dongle, ran it through VMware converter, installed the software for the AnywhereUSB (and configured it), then plugged the dongle in and everything works great." />
  <row Id="51952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29156" RevisionGUID="13f7bcab-bd85-4630-af40-859ae4e1cd67" CreationDate="2009-06-20T16:33:54.580" UserId="6436" Text="i love mailcleaner.  mailcleaner.org.  works fantastically and is opensource." />
  <row Id="51953" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28912" RevisionGUID="9b58b260-e71c-4d67-8f5c-cdf07e88a724" CreationDate="2009-06-20T16:35:17.620" UserId="6609" Comment="deleted 2 characters in body" Text="This wasn't my experience, but it was a Friday thing so I will relate it.  A suit / techie type decided one time that it would be &quot;really neat&quot; to take up one of the major vendors on one of those &quot;try our servers out for 90 days&quot; offers.  So, they got in a rack full of gear and played with it for a few weeks, then penciled in a tear down day that should have been sufficient to repackage the servers and get them back to the vendor before the 90 days was up.  I don't think they ever intended to buy the gear, it was just for fun.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, The last day fell on a Sunday.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The last possible Friday afternoon, around 3PM, someone remembered that they'd been pushing off the deracking, repackaging and shipping of the gear back to the vendor.  Panic ensues as they realize that this is $300,000 worth of hardware, and if they keep it for one more day they have to pay the bill.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They quickly assembled a team of top rate NOC and network guys to start tearing down the gear, but they couldn't find the original boxes or crates.  Seems that 90 days is just long enough for the cleaners to give up on the sticky note saying &quot;do not throw away&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So they call the vendor and ask about receiving... &quot;oh, the warehouse you need to ship back to is closed on Sundays. They have a window from 9 AM to noon on Saturdays where they can do receiving though.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;OH NOES! Now what?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They apparently go through the yellow pages and their contacts until they find someone who lists themselves as a specialist in building shipping crates.  They call the guy and ask if he can work on short notice.  His English is limited, but his answer sounds reassuring: &quot;no problem&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The guy arrives Friday evening around 7:15 PM in a slightly beat up three piece business suit, driving a beat up pickup truck that does seem to have the right stuff in it to build the crate.  He surveys the issue, and says again &quot;no problem&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;He works through the night building the crate, helping the NOC dudes put the servers in to it, loading it all in the pickup, all the while in a suit and tie saying &quot;no problem&quot;. It's hours and hours worth of work that they finish apparently Saturday morning and they drive the newly assembled crate three hours away to the vendors receiving warehouse only to find it locked up tight.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They leave the crates, with $300,000 worth of gear in them, outside the warehouse in the parking lot and drive home.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They were not billed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;No problem&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51954" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29154" RevisionGUID="ecda43a2-5b6f-4b66-b0d4-49e5e1d9de6e" CreationDate="2009-06-20T16:36:10.097" UserId="1293" Comment="added 103 characters in body" Text="You need to change the line to look like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat result.var | while IFS=:; do read RESULT; done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and remove this line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/cat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;since it's not doing anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could use `local` instead of `declare`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use `$()` around your date command. It's more readable and can be more easily nested, if necessary." />
  <row Id="51955" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="29149" RevisionGUID="6d0a1761-dcb3-4c9f-b2ce-2e7fa95562ac" CreationDate="2009-06-20T16:42:55.873" UserId="3950" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;shell&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;&lt;error&gt;&lt;bash&gt;" />
  <row Id="51956" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29154" RevisionGUID="a2f6275f-d93b-4ebf-a8fb-bedb47015347" CreationDate="2009-06-20T16:44:03.547" UserId="1293" Comment="added 145 characters in body" Text="You need to change the line to look like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat result.var | while IFS=:; do read RESULT; done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This `cat` and `read` looks like to me that it sets $RESULT equal to the first word of the last line of the contents of the file &quot;result.var&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and remove this line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/cat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;since it's not doing anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could use `local` instead of `declare`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use `$()` around your date command. It's more readable and can be more easily nested, if necessary." />
  <row Id="51957" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28942" RevisionGUID="139373a9-2f79-498f-8def-9743a5d45be4" CreationDate="2009-06-20T16:46:52.043" UserId="3299" Comment="added 2 characters in body; added 35 characters in body" Text="I wanted to install the new SCVMM 2008 R2 RC, so I thought I would uninstall SCVMM 2008 to do a clean install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I try to uninstall it I get the following message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*[Window Title]*&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft® System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*[Main Instruction]*&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft® System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 has stopped working&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*[Content]*&#xD;&#xA;A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*[Close program]*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After which the uninstaller closes and I can't remove the program. (I have tried it with the Local Admin, and 2 different domain users. (one that installed the software and 1 that was used (on the first install) as the login used for the Agent.)) I have also tried it with both Retaining and removing data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also tried turning off the VMM Service to see if that would help (it does not)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, I am stuck with this program until I format the drive. (Booo!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I thought I would try to upgrade instead of doing a fresh install, but that fails as well. It says it can't connect to the SQL DB.  That does not surprise me because it is not there (I am guessing the partial uninstall caused it to be removed.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I may have to format and try again, but I thought I would ask around first." />
  <row Id="51958" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29157" RevisionGUID="f6cc6639-9f92-4ec4-b77a-bd270daa5636" CreationDate="2009-06-20T16:53:53.603" UserId="1565" Text="I was new to RAID 5 and was still learning about how it worked.  At the time I was the only IT guy in a very small company.  All the files everyone accessed were stored on only one server.  The server was getting low on space and had only 3 drives in the RAID array, so I thought adding in a 4th would increase space and responsiveness.  I did this during business hours. I hadn't learned the concept of after-hours maintenance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The array started rebuilding, and it said it would be done in 36 hours.  I thought that was way too long.  I found a slider that controlled rebuild priority, and it was set to the lowest setting.  I set it to medium.  The time went down to 8 hours.  The hard drive lights were blinking a bit faster, but I still thought that was still way too long for only 80GB of data.  So I set the priority to high.  The hard drive lights went solid, and I thought &quot;that's more like it!&quot;  Then the GUI I was using stopped responding.  It connected to box remotely.  I tried to bring it back up, but it couldn't find the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I started to hear people down the hall complaining that they couldn't get on the server.  I went to the server to log in to see what was going on.  It took 5 minutes for the blank screen to change to the background.  It was another 5 minutes before the login prompt came up.  Each key press took 5 minutes to register.  I had set the priority so high that the server wouldn't respond to anything.  It took 2 hours for the array to rebuild.  Luckily it was an hour before lunch, so no one really cared that much.  My manager at the time was a really cool lady and said it wasn't a big deal.  The head design engineer did give me a mean look though.  I was sweating bullets for 2 hours.  Lesson learned." />
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  <row Id="51960" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29151" RevisionGUID="677d88b1-8fc5-4862-8870-473938701099" CreationDate="2009-06-20T16:58:31.333" UserId="6383" Comment="Link to Bash Scripting Guides" Text="What's going on with the while loop?  It needs `do ... done` somewhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here's some reference material for you:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Bash Guide for Beginners](http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/index.html)&#xD;&#xA; - [Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide](http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/index.html)" />
  <row Id="51961" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29086" RevisionGUID="47babb08-a230-459d-a8a7-5d17631abd28" CreationDate="2009-06-20T17:00:22.250" UserId="4721" Comment="added 825 characters in body" Text="&lt;b&gt;Update&lt;/b&gt;: Based on your comment, you need&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- a hardware [thin-client][1] platform,&#xD;&#xA;- that will work with linux servers, and&#xD;&#xA;- give good graphics resolution with a wide screen&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The server requirement probaably narrows down your hardware to X-Server based solutions (would like to know if other options are possible).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The [ThinClientCentral][3] site has a starter page for [Linux Thin Client Terminals][4].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Besides that, you could get your minimum hardware Linux platform and setup LTSP referred by `LapTop006`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;&lt;b&gt;Older notes&lt;/b&gt;. There may be some confusion here. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Is it correct to assume that you want a &lt;b&gt;hardware&lt;/b&gt; thin-client platform? &#xD;&#xA;- Where does Ubuntu come in? Do you want to run Ubuntu on this thin-client? or, run Ubuntu applications from a server on this thin-client?&#xD;&#xA;  - Since you declare more comfort with ubuntu desktops, it appears that you would like to use the thin-client to connect to a ubuntu server. Because, AFAIK, The base operating system on the thin-client is not very important, as long as it works fine on the hardware and can connect to server applications properly. Moreover, specific hardware solutions are likely to come with their own bundled software (like the WYSE reference in another answer here).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_client&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.zdnet.com.au/reviews/hardware/desktops/soa/Six-thin-clients-reviewed/0,139023402,139193796,00.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.thinclientcentral.com&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.thinclientcentral.com/tcc_linux_list.htm" />
  <row Id="51962" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29158" RevisionGUID="d6b3d198-87c2-4eb2-b5fa-8aea6ec64026" CreationDate="2009-06-20T17:03:25.067" UserId="4664" Text="No.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And, (I know this is gonna get downvoted because of this comment), people who do need to get out more." />
  <row Id="51963" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29158" RevisionGUID="d6b3d198-87c2-4eb2-b5fa-8aea6ec64026" CreationDate="2009-06-20T17:03:25.067" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51964" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29159" RevisionGUID="51b2d5f0-3788-4711-83bd-83a66f746da6" CreationDate="2009-06-20T17:19:14.630" UserId="9110" Text="Couple of things come to mind. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Opcode cache is always a good idea. I prefer http://eaccelerator.net/ over APC. If you have not been developing with APC along the way trying to add it in is almost always painful. Eaccelerator while not as fancy just seems to work.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A reverse proxy is also a good idea, but you need to watch RAM usage. I find Apache 2.2 with mpm-worker to take up a fair amount of RAM on it's own. In your case I'd recommend something lighter like Nginx and run Apache with PHP as FASTCGI or just leave it as per process. The idea with using Varnish, Squid, Nginx, etc is to have them serve static content, deal with user connections, and only pass PHP requests to Apache which you treat as an application server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're running a fairly recent version of Mysql 5.1, like at least 5.1.24 you now have access to sub second slow logs. I would start long_query_time at 1 or 2 and then bring it down to 0.5 as you get a handle on the really long ones. There is also lots of general tuning info on the net for Mysql, but you don't have the RAM to do much. Have you increased any of the setting from default? Most default my.cnf files are configured to use about 64MB of RAM. It the very least I'd raise the key_buffer from 16MB to 64MB. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally are you using Myisam or Innodb tables? If you're keeping session in the DB you'll want to change the session table to Innodb (or make it cookie instead) rather than leave it a Mysiam table which does table level locking rather than row level locking. Basically any table that is more more than 20% write to 80% reads is a candidate for moving to Innodb. Remember you'll need to balance the amount of RAM between Myisam tables and Innodb tables because the buffers for each are configured separately.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And lastly another 512MB of RAM would go a long way in your setup or even another 512MB VPS to run Mysql in if that's cheaper or roughly the same price. I'd actually lean towards a second instance because that'll double the available disk IO. One of the problems with VPS servers is your IO is not protected from other people on the same physical server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hmmm my post all sorta scatterbrained, but gives you a lot of places to look. Good luck." />
  <row Id="51965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29160" RevisionGUID="66226e23-e80f-4aad-b6bf-eed2f9f23bce" CreationDate="2009-06-20T17:19:20.697" UserId="39733" Text="A Samba server will communicate with any attached clients every once in a while.  You can probably look through your Samba logs and /var/log/messages to confirm this.  84kb per hour is rather minimal (that's like 20b per second)." />
  <row Id="51968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29163" RevisionGUID="7a6c49d1-4677-4882-bb08-4898cf8704e6" CreationDate="2009-06-20T17:22:29.863" UserId="10207" Text="I have web hosting at MediaTemple. By default, is it likely to be set up to tell the browser to cache the images and other assets that are served?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not, how do I set up the caching? And then how would I be **sure** that it was working? Feel free to point me to a good newbie caching tutorial.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A possible complication is that the images will be served to a JavaScript game in an iFrame in a Facebook app (although I'm guessing that's no different than the usual browser caching).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't want to serve the same images every time the user launches the game.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to set the the expiration date as long as possible. I'm fine with tacking a version number onto the filename when the asset changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know this is a frightfully newbie question. I'm more comfortable with front-end programming than with server issues." />
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  <row Id="51973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29165" RevisionGUID="15d74149-aa0e-4641-b54d-65537e875c4c" CreationDate="2009-06-20T17:27:06.890" UserId="39733" Text="Are you looking for 4 sockets, or sockets that hold quad-core CPUs?  It's difficult (and expensive) to find 4x4 Intel boards.  I originally wanted this, but ended up buying a 2 socket SuperMicro board, 2 E5420 (2.5GHz) Quad Core Chips, and 16 GB of FBDIMM RAM.  From Newegg, this was under $2G, which is a great deal.  Unless you are looking to build a monster database server, buying a couple 2 socket quad core CPUs will be FAR more economical than buying 1 big 4x4." />
  <row Id="51974" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29166" RevisionGUID="115a9bcf-621a-409e-acbb-e25925f0d05c" CreationDate="2009-06-20T17:27:59.400" UserId="4733" Text="I just setup my first non-Windows server and I am definitely emotionally attached to it.  It is 1 week old, which means that I am 1 week into being a newbie linux admin.  I have managed Windows machines for my entire career and am now testing the waters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I built the machine, which I probably should have names Frankenstein, from an old desktop and some spare parts.  Once the OS was installed, the keyboard/mouse/monitor were removed.  I have managed it with Putty for its entire life.  Its purpose, for now, is test-file/ftp/web server for the IT Dept. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I monitor it constantly, either from inside the LAN or from home, always checking on it.  Its definitely my baby.  The opportunity to move it to better hardware has been presented, but I have turned it down.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I planning on constantly shaping it and keeping it for years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51975" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29166" RevisionGUID="115a9bcf-621a-409e-acbb-e25925f0d05c" CreationDate="2009-06-20T17:27:59.400" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="51976" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29167" RevisionGUID="b06cc29f-148f-429a-9200-0e797eefd899" CreationDate="2009-06-20T17:36:33.407" UserId="843" Text="I think you need to determine what version of Windows CE the device is running, and find a way to recover or reinstall that. Look at the [manual][1], there is not a 'hardware' password (like in the BIOS). It is all based in Windows CE.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can't reset the password maybe you can get into the registry and change the connection information. Here is some registry info for version 5.0, maybe some of is relevant for the older versions. [Thin Client registry settings][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.acersupport.com/network/html/wt300.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms907409.aspx" />
  <row Id="51977" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29165" RevisionGUID="55cf26d5-246e-415d-9ae0-f16ba45ce261" CreationDate="2009-06-20T17:37:43.903" UserId="39733" Comment="added 16 characters in body" Text="Are you looking for 4 sockets, or sockets that hold quad-core CPUs?  It's difficult (and expensive) to find 4x4 Intel boards.  I originally wanted this, but ended up buying a 2 socket SuperMicro board, 2 E5420 (2.5GHz) Quad Core Chips, and 16 GB of FBDIMM RAM.  From Newegg, these components were under $1,000, which is a great deal.  Unless you are looking to build a monster database server, buying a couple 2 socket quad core CPUs will be FAR more economical than buying 1 big 4x4." />
  <row Id="51978" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29168" RevisionGUID="4c091dbb-3aca-44d5-bfcf-223013a662e7" CreationDate="2009-06-20T17:40:34.117" UserId="9170" Text="SATA or ATA driver r u looking to mount and what u have approaches RHEL 5.X " />
  <row Id="51979" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29154" RevisionGUID="fc7d7957-db30-4b3e-81de-2e33acca84a9" CreationDate="2009-06-20T17:42:52.117" UserId="1293" Comment="oops - local only works in functions" Text="You need to change the line to look like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    cat result.var | while IFS=:; do read RESULT; done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This `cat` and `read` looks like to me that it sets $RESULT equal to the first word of the last line of the contents of the file &quot;result.var&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and remove this line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/cat&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;since it's not doing anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You don't really need to use `declare` in this situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use `$()` around your date command. It's more readable and can be more easily nested, if necessary." />
  <row Id="51980" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="29017" RevisionGUID="98272d47-de43-48dd-880b-e4f52e6370d3" CreationDate="2009-06-20T17:43:03.083" UserId="2783" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;hardware&gt;&lt;desktop&gt;" />
  <row Id="51981" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29169" RevisionGUID="4355b9ca-caf6-4ac7-877b-710c12a82cb0" CreationDate="2009-06-20T17:49:20.027" UserId="10211" Text="My regularly monthly corruption of my drobo ext3 linux means I have fsck -f -y the device but I'm getting the message above a few hours into the process. Anyone know what that means?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I expect that it is a consequence of the regular corruption, for which I have no diagnosis, but which could be anything from linux fs bugs (unlikely), linux usb, pc hardware, cable, drobo hardware, drobo fs bugs (more likely imho)." />
  <row Id="51982" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29169" RevisionGUID="4355b9ca-caf6-4ac7-877b-710c12a82cb0" CreationDate="2009-06-20T17:49:20.027" UserId="10211" Text="What is the meaning of Linux e2fsck &quot;restarting fsck from the beginning&quot; ?" />
  <row Id="51983" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29169" RevisionGUID="4355b9ca-caf6-4ac7-877b-710c12a82cb0" CreationDate="2009-06-20T17:49:20.027" UserId="10211" Text="&lt;drobo&gt;&lt;fsck&gt;" />
  <row Id="51984" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29170" RevisionGUID="203ebf95-d798-4611-8dec-ccfce037166f" CreationDate="2009-06-20T17:50:56.937" UserId="1561" Text="[Read the first bullet point of this answer][1].  Sound familiar?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Servers, like any inanimate object, can take on significant meaning to people when they invest time and energy into their development.  Because people put such emphasis into their work, their emotional status slowly becomes tied to the object, much like artists can sometimes become attached to their own artwork.  This [anthropomorphism][2] is actually quite common, and while it is always of debatable value, it is indeed a part of human behavior.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, my answer is, sometimes, yes, but only when the machine is a reflection of my own handiwork.  In my case, personally, it's a function of pride-in-craftsmanship.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S.  I work with a little less than two-dozen servers, some of which are hand-installed and maintained, so to answer some others here, yes, I think this is a function of the number of machines you're dealing with, by virtue of the process taken.  We don't do imaging or wipes of servers, each machine is designed for a long-term steady-state installation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/4176/what-sysadmin-things-should-every-programmer-know/4198#4198&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropomorphism" />
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  <row Id="51986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29171" RevisionGUID="dd60b5fe-9170-4f22-8f17-9ed58b3ae2aa" CreationDate="2009-06-20T17:51:28.993" UserId="10210" Text="I'd like to know wha thte best way is to make an exact copy of a vhd image and pu tit onto my hard disk.  I've tried xcopy but there seems to be a number of issues rlated to permissions when doing this.  Ideally I'd like to copy the bits so that they match exactly on the new drive.  I encountered this when trying to restore a vista backup only to discover the idiots work who decided to not let me restore a 400 gig image to a 1 TB drive size.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've sucessfully mounted the drive in Win 7 which is the environment in which I'm trying ot copy these files." />
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  <row Id="51988" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29171" RevisionGUID="dd60b5fe-9170-4f22-8f17-9ed58b3ae2aa" CreationDate="2009-06-20T17:51:28.993" UserId="10210" Text="&lt;vhd&gt;&lt;restore&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;" />
  <row Id="51989" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29172" RevisionGUID="60a260e8-fcd0-4de3-8564-f18b81b5799b" CreationDate="2009-06-20T17:51:37.277" UserId="10206" Text="I have F11 and F12 set to cycle through windows, makes it quicker to move between windows, especially for windows &gt; 10&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Bind F11 and F12 (NOT F1 and F2) to previous and next screen window&#xD;&#xA;    bindkey -k F1 prev&#xD;&#xA;    bindkey -k F2 next&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="51990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29173" RevisionGUID="d5bb2b31-14b6-46a0-b852-fb118864095b" CreationDate="2009-06-20T17:53:28.600" UserId="5221" Text="In a low memory situation (512Mb is low, for a high-traffic server) it is worth considering your choice of web server and DB engine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lighttp is lighter out of the box than Apache can usually be made after much tweaking, and there are lighter options than that even. This is of course no possible if there are Apache features you depend on that are not support in other servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;sqlite is much tighter than mySQL, and faster under many conditions too. Check if the engine you are using supports this as well as and if it does give it a try." />
  <row Id="51991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29174" RevisionGUID="fb79cbff-f09e-4374-b239-a1ca9a748d77" CreationDate="2009-06-20T17:53:35.933" UserId="5535" Text="I recently tested a thin client from HP for work.  It ran a Debian based thin client OS and it supported 2 monitors (dvi).  I was able to connect it to my Ubuntu desktop using XDMCP and it worked really well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We were testing the HP T5720 and it supported two monitors but was expensive.  There are cheaper models that should work though.  Just be careful to avoid the XPe (XP embedded) thin clients as they won't support XDMCP.  But the Debian based ones seem to work great for this." />
  <row Id="51992" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29175" RevisionGUID="7cbcb6a8-fcb8-45dd-b6d5-25a2c7c04478" CreationDate="2009-06-20T18:03:25.023" UserId="1561" Text="There are several devices out there that support XDMCP.  [If you like, you can even have hardware-based 3D acceleration in some of them][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://davelargo.blogspot.com/2006/12/thin-clients-and-remote-3d.html" />
  <row Id="51993" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29176" RevisionGUID="c9c66793-a92a-44b2-a129-57fe237c6b2b" CreationDate="2009-06-20T18:06:33.317" UserId="5234" Text="I write the user name into the computer description property using a logon script, which lets me see everything in AD Users &amp; Computers, do searches on it, and so on.  Very handy." />
  <row Id="51994" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29177" RevisionGUID="47df0cd2-8421-4b54-a34b-17bbe25c0b08" CreationDate="2009-06-20T18:10:11.313" UserId="10213" Text="xcopy has key about permissions&#xD;&#xA;try xcopy /? and read help" />
  <row Id="51995" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29178" RevisionGUID="1a11b579-ce5a-4d42-b255-59146fac2a91" CreationDate="2009-06-20T18:12:54.130" UserId="10210" Text="We have two servers A and B.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Server A**&#xD;&#xA;Runs a primary node for SQL Server (Primary)&#xD;&#xA;IIS 6.0&#xD;&#xA;Network Load Balancing (NLB)&#xD;&#xA;Replicated file service&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Server B**&#xD;&#xA;Secondary (Failover for Server A) node for SQL Server&#xD;&#xA;IIS 6.0&#xD;&#xA;NLB&#xD;&#xA;Replicated file service&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If A goes down then all of the data is on B and vice versa.  The files are replicates via the replicaiton agent which takes care of our websites and this is updated whenever files chang ein either server.  The Data is mirrored to the failover machine so if A goes down B will automatically assume the role of primary DB.  With NLB the end user doesn't need to know which server they are hitting so this minimizes both downtime and the need to worry about a lot of configuration issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In addition to this we still take a backup of the DB regularily and the files are backuped offsite.  If you're data is chanign a lot then you will probably have to consider some hardware medium for your backup but if the changes are failry small each day then you could consider an online backup service in that case.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Your data is your reputation and your business**&#xD;&#xA;Whatever you do spend the money to ensure that your data is secure befause on the day when you loose it all or it's corrupted the cost of a robust backup solution now will seem like pennies then." />
  <row Id="51996" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29175" RevisionGUID="42e26b29-eefe-47c1-84b6-4a3d183f2680" CreationDate="2009-06-20T18:16:40.003" UserId="1561" Comment="added Sun Ray reverse engineering link; added 107 characters in body" Text="There are several devices out there that support XDMCP.  [If you like, you can even have hardware-based 3D acceleration in some of them][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HP's Thin Clients have units that come with Debian installs on them][2], including the one in the link above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wyse makes a handful of terminals that also perform this function, although you'll want to be careful about which ones you pick, as they tend to use Windows XPe in most of their devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Last but not least, if you're just looking for personal use, or something a little more &quot;disposable&quot;, you can often snag thin clients off of eBay that have XDMCP support for reasonable prices.  I don't recommend this route unless it's for personal use, as newer thin clients tend to run a few hundred dollars, vs. $50 for a used one that happens to be a discontinued model.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are truly adventuresome, and want to live &quot;on the bleeding edge&quot;, you can always pick up the [clean-room reverse engineering][3] that's been done on the Sun Ray protocol and see if you can figure out the remaining bits and pieces.  If the protocol was fully documented, then an xorg modular server could be developed that would allow for people to directly drive the devices without the need for Sun's software to be installed.  There are lots and lots of Sun Rays on eBay currently, covering many different models.  As I understand it, there's even a Sun Ray client in a laptop form factor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://davelargo.blogspot.com/2006/12/thin-clients-and-remote-3d.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/12454-12454-321959-338927-89307-3634729.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.leonerd.org.uk/sunray/" />
  <row Id="51997" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29173" RevisionGUID="8620febf-0457-44aa-a665-3ccbabb71127" CreationDate="2009-06-20T18:17:57.787" UserId="5221" Comment="added 89 characters in body" Text="In a low memory situation (512Mb is low, for a high-traffic server) it is worth considering your choice of web server and DB engine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lighttp is lighter out of the box than Apache can usually be made after much tweaking, and there are lighter options than that even. This is of course no possible if there are Apache features you depend on that are not support in other servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;sqlite is much tighter than mySQL, and faster under many conditions too. Check if the engine you are using supports this as well as and if it does give it a try.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The other option, the easy option, is to get more RAM in the VM if you can afford it." />
  <row Id="51998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29179" RevisionGUID="60cd62e2-2ee4-41e1-8f9e-31b3956714fb" CreationDate="2009-06-20T18:18:01.827" UserId="8506" Text="Using sysconfig/rawdevices is considered deprecated in RHEL5, use the udev method.&#xD;&#xA;As for ownership, use the following in /etc/udev/rules.d/60-raw.rules:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ACTION==&quot;add&quot;, KERNEL==&quot;raw*&quot;, OWNER==&quot;root&quot;, GROUP==&quot;disk&quot;, MODE==&quot;0660&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, try checking out the [following article][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://magazine.redhat.com/2008/09/17/tips-and-tricks-how-do-i-add-raw-device-mapping-in-red-hat-enterprise-linux-5/" />
  <row Id="51999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29180" RevisionGUID="52d77619-5509-444a-bf99-3dc87ffdc378" CreationDate="2009-06-20T18:20:13.693" UserId="5221" Text="If the images are being served as static content (most likely) then they will generally be cached where possible and you don't need to do anything extra." />
  <row Id="52000" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29175" RevisionGUID="778e2853-f138-41e4-a3e4-c0b41d6f042c" CreationDate="2009-06-20T18:23:46.107" UserId="1561" Comment="added 145 characters in body; added 60 characters in body" Text="There are several devices out there that support XDMCP.  [If you like, you can even have hardware-based 3D acceleration in some of them][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HP's Thin Clients have units that come with Debian installs on them][2], including the one in the link above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wyse makes a handful of terminals that also perform this function, although you'll want to be careful about which ones you pick, as they tend to use Windows XPe in most of their devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Last but not least, if you're just looking for personal use, or something a little more &quot;disposable&quot;, you can often [snag thin clients off of eBay that have XDMCP support for reasonable prices][3].  I don't recommend this route unless you're planning to use it for personal use, which makes discounted hardware an attractive option.  Newer thin clients tend to run a few hundred dollars, vs. $50 for a used one that happens to be a discontinued model that's used or unwanted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are truly adventuresome, and want to live &quot;on the bleeding edge&quot;, you can always pick up the [clean-room reverse engineering][4] that's been done on the Sun Ray protocol and see if you can figure out the remaining bits and pieces.  If the protocol was fully documented, then an xorg modular server could be developed that would allow for people to directly drive the devices without the need for Sun's software to be installed.  [There are lots and lots of Sun Rays on eBay currently][5], covering many different models.  As I understand it, there's even a Sun Ray client in a laptop form factor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://davelargo.blogspot.com/2006/12/thin-clients-and-remote-3d.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/12454-12454-321959-338927-89307-3634729.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://shop.ebay.com/thin%20client&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.leonerd.org.uk/sunray/&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://shop.ebay.com/sun%20ray%20thin%20client" />
  <row Id="52001" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29181" RevisionGUID="b12d8170-7cdc-4091-9f21-d99e037bacf1" CreationDate="2009-06-20T18:26:08.283" UserId="10210" Text="I was listening to Hanselminutes one day and this question came up.  Under what circumstances should one seperate data from code?  For example in one of hte systems that I've working on the DB is on the same box that servers web content.  In another scenario we had them seperated.  Which is better any why do you feel that way?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I think seperation is good if you can afford it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Data is better protected from a would be intruder.&#xD;&#xA;Seperaton allows for better failover control.&#xD;&#xA;and Seperation enables you to manage and load balance traffic better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where this does become an issue is with data access times.  Latency on the box when both are together is significantly reduced vs over the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are you thoughts?" />
  <row Id="52002" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29181" RevisionGUID="b12d8170-7cdc-4091-9f21-d99e037bacf1" CreationDate="2009-06-20T18:26:08.283" UserId="10210" Text="Should I host my Data on the same box that I serve my web pages?" />
  <row Id="52003" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29181" RevisionGUID="b12d8170-7cdc-4091-9f21-d99e037bacf1" CreationDate="2009-06-20T18:26:08.283" UserId="10210" Text="&lt;web.hosting&gt;&lt;data&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;environment&gt;" />
  <row Id="52004" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29182" RevisionGUID="b34a8afb-aa0d-41ac-8e9a-9a4fae2e2321" CreationDate="2009-06-20T18:27:25.567" UserId="2352" Text="Perhaps it is being corrupted *during* the fsck, causing inconsistent state.  Needless to say, I think your drive probably has serious problems.  I would replace it if you can." />
  <row Id="52005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29183" RevisionGUID="264886d2-3526-4077-b2f9-af1345d3c336" CreationDate="2009-06-20T18:28:21.993" UserId="808" Text="It means literally what you think it means.  The fsck, for whatever reason, decides that it needs to start over from the very beginning, perhaps its internal state got confused or it made some change to the partition that necessitates starting over.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What other messages do you see right before you get that message?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52006" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29175" RevisionGUID="243ec284-1979-4bce-ab14-ad3951f34905" CreationDate="2009-06-20T18:29:56.687" UserId="1561" Comment="added 326 characters in body" Text="There are several devices out there that support XDMCP.  [If you like, you can even have hardware-based 3D acceleration in some of them][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HP's Thin Clients have units that come with Debian installs on them][2], including the one in the link above.  I personally own a little [HP T5125][3], not exactly a great device but it gets the job done.  They can be found for cheap if you look around, although it sounds like you want something with a little more power under the hood.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wyse makes a handful of terminals that also perform this function, although you'll want to be careful about which ones you pick, as they tend to use Windows XPe in most of their devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Last but not least, if you're just looking for personal use, or something a little more &quot;disposable&quot;, you can often [snag thin clients off of eBay that have XDMCP support for reasonable prices][4].  I don't recommend this route unless you're planning to use it for personal use, which makes discounted hardware an attractive option.  Newer thin clients tend to run a few hundred dollars, vs. $50 for a used one that happens to be a discontinued model that's used or unwanted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are truly adventuresome, and want to live &quot;on the bleeding edge&quot;, you can always pick up the [clean-room reverse engineering][5] that's been done on the Sun Ray protocol and see if you can figure out the remaining bits and pieces.  If the protocol was fully documented, then an xorg modular server could be developed that would allow for people to directly drive the devices without the need for Sun's software to be installed.  [There are lots and lots of Sun Rays on eBay currently][6], covering many different models.  As I understand it, there's even a Sun Ray client in a laptop form factor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://davelargo.blogspot.com/2006/12/thin-clients-and-remote-3d.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/12454-12454-321959-338927-89307-3634729.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06a/12454-12454-321959-338927-89307-472257.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://shop.ebay.com/thin%20client&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.leonerd.org.uk/sunray/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://shop.ebay.com/sun%20ray%20thin%20client" />
  <row Id="52007" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29184" RevisionGUID="07814d64-ce32-4a0e-a4b9-f22ae06975bf" CreationDate="2009-06-20T18:30:25.063" UserId="10213" Text="i think better solution is DeviseLock software: http://www.devicelock.com/&#xD;&#xA;It is real useful and have huge functional." />
  <row Id="52008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29185" RevisionGUID="ac59a0ea-1b35-45d5-94e0-8d7eb5252774" CreationDate="2009-06-20T18:31:12.487" UserId="2352" Text="I don't think security is significantly better with a separate box.  If an attacker compromises the box that does the web serving, that will probably lead to a db compromise regardless.  The failover and load-balance/scalability arguments are much better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But if you have just one web box, I would definitely prefer to keep the data on the same box." />
  <row Id="52009" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29186" RevisionGUID="bd7505e1-9959-4351-99c9-3b24f1ba2e98" CreationDate="2009-06-20T18:31:45.467" UserId="10210" Text="For me it would consist of:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Traffic routed in through a firewall then a loadbalancer to n+1 (web) servers.&#xD;&#xA;Web servers are connected to a clusered SQL server cluster behind them and run state through a distributed state service.  This provides securty from the firewall, redundancy for hte connection (NLB) and redundancy for the Data (clustered SQL)." />
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  <row Id="52011" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29186" RevisionGUID="bd7505e1-9959-4351-99c9-3b24f1ba2e98" CreationDate="2009-06-20T18:31:45.467" UserId="10210" Text="&lt;web.hosting&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;setup&gt;" />
  <row Id="52012" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29175" RevisionGUID="74c66ef6-f37e-4840-966d-59ed15a8b6d1" CreationDate="2009-06-20T18:37:35.937" UserId="1561" Comment="added 727 characters in body; added 133 characters in body; added 112 characters in body" Text="There are several devices out there that support XDMCP.  [If you like, you can even have hardware-based 3D acceleration in some of them][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HP's Thin Clients have units that come with Debian installs on them][2], including the one in the link above.  I personally own a little [HP T5125][3], not exactly a great device but it gets the job done.  They can be found for cheap if you look around, although it sounds like you want something with a little more power under the hood.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wyse makes a handful of terminals that also perform this function, although you'll want to be careful about which ones you pick, as they tend to use Windows XPe in most of their devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're just looking for personal use, or something a little more &quot;disposable&quot;, you can often [snag thin clients off of eBay that have XDMCP support for reasonable prices][4].  I don't recommend this route unless you're planning to use it for personal use, which makes discounted hardware an attractive option.  Newer thin clients tend to run a few hundred dollars, vs. $50 for a used one that happens to be a discontinued model that's used or unwanted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are truly adventuresome, and want to live &quot;on the bleeding edge&quot;, you can always pick up the [clean-room reverse engineering][5] that's been done on the Sun Ray protocol and see if you can figure out the remaining bits and pieces.  If the protocol was fully documented, then an xorg modular server could be developed that would allow for people to directly drive the devices without the need for Sun's software to be installed.  [There are lots and lots of Sun Rays on eBay currently][6], covering many different models.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Sun Ray 170, which included vendor linux support][7]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  As I understand it, there's even a Sun Ray client in a laptop form factor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Tadpole M1400, a Sun Ray thin client in a mobile form factor][8]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reverse-engineering a Sun product to turn it into a thin client is not a new proposition, in fact, it was done with [Sun JavaStation][9] models for awhile, especially the nice-looking &quot;Krups&quot; model.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Sun JavaStation-10 &quot;Krups&quot; Model][10]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can still find one of these then it might be a (slightly easier) adventure to get a [NetBSD][11] or [Linux][12] kernel loaded via network boot and use it as a thin client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://davelargo.blogspot.com/2006/12/thin-clients-and-remote-3d.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/12454-12454-321959-338927-89307-3634729.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06a/12454-12454-321959-338927-89307-472257.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://shop.ebay.com/thin%20client&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.leonerd.org.uk/sunray/&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://shop.ebay.com/sun%20ray%20thin%20client&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.linuxdevices.com/files/misc/sun_sun_ray_170.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.gdc4s.com/content/C8B2701C-400E-48EB-8C55-EBAA8A63C324/images/Tadpole_M1400.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaStation&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.sunshack.org/data/sunpix/js10-1.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://www.netbsd.org/ports/sparc/javastation.html&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/JavaStation-HOWTO.html" />
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  <row Id="52014" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29187" RevisionGUID="f73ae892-a610-44c1-9081-81c16000b345" CreationDate="2009-06-20T18:44:38.857" UserId="6689" Text="If they have access to your web machine, they can pull the database details from your config files, load up a php shell, and dump the data from there. The one security advantage is if you have more than one DB on the same machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, it allows you to spread the load, and if you need to do this for performance, it's good, as long a you have a fast connection, as stated." />
  <row Id="52015" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29175" RevisionGUID="f0f5f3d1-b609-414d-a20d-43f79ace4efd" CreationDate="2009-06-20T18:46:08.807" UserId="1561" Comment="added 213 characters in body" Text="There are several devices out there that support XDMCP.  If you like, you can even have [hardware-based 3D acceleration][1] in some of them.  The model mentioned is an HP 5275 (discontinued), which [HP has spent some time in getting graphics acceleration working nicely][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HP's Thin Clients have units that come with Debian installs on them][3], including the one in the link above.  I personally own a little [HP T5125][4], not exactly a great device but it gets the job done.  They can be found for cheap if you look around, although it sounds like you want something with a little more power under the hood.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wyse makes a handful of terminals that also perform this function, although you'll want to be careful about which ones you pick, as they tend to use Windows XPe in most of their devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're just looking for personal use, or something a little more &quot;disposable&quot;, you can often [snag thin clients off of eBay that have XDMCP support for reasonable prices][5].  I don't recommend this route unless you're planning to use it for personal use, which makes discounted hardware an attractive option.  Newer thin clients tend to run a few hundred dollars, vs. $50 for a used one that happens to be a discontinued model that's used or unwanted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are truly adventuresome, and want to live &quot;on the bleeding edge&quot;, you can always pick up the [clean-room reverse engineering][6] that's been done on the Sun Ray protocol and see if you can figure out the remaining bits and pieces.  If the protocol was fully documented, then an xorg modular server could be developed that would allow for people to directly drive the devices without the need for Sun's software to be installed.  [There are lots and lots of Sun Rays on eBay currently][7], covering many different models.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Sun Ray 170, which included vendor linux support][8]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  As I understand it, there's even a Sun Ray client in a laptop form factor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Tadpole M1400, a Sun Ray thin client in a mobile form factor][9]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reverse-engineering a Sun product to turn it into a thin client is not a new proposition, in fact, it was done with [Sun JavaStation][10] models for awhile, especially the nice-looking &quot;Krups&quot; model.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Sun JavaStation-10 &quot;Krups&quot; Model][11]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can still find one of these then it might be a (slightly easier) adventure to get a [NetBSD][12] or [Linux][13] kernel loaded via network boot and use it as a thin client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://davelargo.blogspot.com/2006/12/thin-clients-and-remote-3d.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://davelargo.blogspot.com/2007/05/spending-taxpayer-dollars.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/12454-12454-321959-338927-89307-3634729.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06a/12454-12454-321959-338927-89307-472257.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://shop.ebay.com/thin%20client&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.leonerd.org.uk/sunray/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://shop.ebay.com/sun%20ray%20thin%20client&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.linuxdevices.com/files/misc/sun_sun_ray_170.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://www.gdc4s.com/content/C8B2701C-400E-48EB-8C55-EBAA8A63C324/images/Tadpole_M1400.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaStation&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://www.sunshack.org/data/sunpix/js10-1.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://www.netbsd.org/ports/sparc/javastation.html&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/JavaStation-HOWTO.html" />
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  <row Id="52018" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29188" RevisionGUID="7eb10a02-add8-474b-974f-d751fb43ca02" CreationDate="2009-06-20T18:48:15.587" UserId="5391" Text="We had a rather serious outage this past week affecting several services which put us out of our SLA with customers.  Now that everything has been resolved, I am conducting a post-mortem review.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From this review, I would like to come up with an internal document that describes the outage, it affects, our response and the resolution.  I want to come up with a fairly standard form for future reuse.  I have included my thoughts below, but what other items should be included?  If this were a security-related incident, what would you add?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Summary** Executive level summary of event.&#xD;&#xA; - **Affected Services**&#xD;&#xA; - **Outage Duration** For each affected service if there were variances&#xD;&#xA; - **Cause** Including primary and secondary causes&#xD;&#xA; - **Resolution**&#xD;&#xA; - **Timeline of events** Notifications, contact with external vendors, customer notifications, responses, etc.&#xD;&#xA; - **Problems with our response** Did things not go as planned with our response to the outage? Correct people notified?  Did vendors meet their contracted obligations?&#xD;&#xA; - **Preventative measures to take** How do we prevent this outage from occurring again or reduce its impact?&#xD;&#xA; - **Changes to make in future outage responses**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try to keep posts down to one item and explanation, and this post can be updated with the top voted answers." />
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  <row Id="52022" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29189" RevisionGUID="bca0206c-7b58-414f-9564-e28c7ffc6475" CreationDate="2009-06-20T18:51:34.927" UserId="10160" Text="If your worried about redundancy, then it would be good to have all of the data on one box and backup on the other. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I agree, separation is better if it can be afforded." />
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  <row Id="52029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29191" RevisionGUID="372db90b-9473-49fe-a828-bacfa4bdf547" CreationDate="2009-06-20T18:56:59.737" UserId="5234" Text="The first thing I would attempt to do in this environment is eliminate the servers at the smaller site.  The feasibility of doing that depends on a lot of factors such as number of users, availability of bandwidth, type of data that would be going across the link, and so forth.  I assume that with 5 servers we're talking a relatively small number of users, so investigating a Riverbed or equivalent solution (possibly backed up with a hardware print server device and using the router to handle DHCP and local DNS caching) may be economically more viable than maintaining servers/etc, would greatly simplify your setup, and would overall lead to a reduction in admin overhead, better service levels, and so forth." />
  <row Id="52030" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29175" RevisionGUID="748000b6-aac7-4493-be27-ddad183aad0e" CreationDate="2009-06-20T18:59:50.307" UserId="1561" Comment="added 199 characters in body" Text="Good luck with your NetVista adventure.  [Here's a page][1] that might provide some additional detail for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are several devices out there that support XDMCP.  If you like, you can even have [hardware-based 3D acceleration][2] in some of them.  The model mentioned is an HP 5275 (discontinued), which [HP has spent some time in getting graphics acceleration working nicely][3].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HP's Thin Clients have units that come with Debian installs on them][4].  I personally own a little [HP T5125][5], not exactly a great device but it gets the job done.  They can be found for cheap if you look around, although it sounds like you want something with a little more power under the hood.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wyse makes a handful of terminals that also perform this function, although you'll want to be careful about which ones you pick, as they tend to use Windows XPe in most of their devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[A recent introduction is IGEL][6], which supports thin clients in a Linux setting.  I have not had the pleasure of trying out any of their products.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're just looking for personal use, or something a little more &quot;disposable&quot;, you can often [snag thin clients off of eBay that have XDMCP support for reasonable prices][7], provided you check the listing to see if the protocol support is there.  I don't recommend this route unless you're planning to use it for personal use, most of the units you'll get will not be under warranty.  However, discounted hardware is an attractive option, and newer thin clients tend to run a few hundred dollars, vs. $50 for a used one that happens to be a discontinued model that's used or unwanted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are truly adventuresome, and want to live &quot;on the bleeding edge&quot;, you can always pick up the [clean-room reverse engineering][8] that's been done on the Sun Ray protocol and see if you can figure out the remaining bits and pieces.  If the protocol was fully documented, then an xorg modular server could be developed that would allow for people to directly drive the devices without the need for Sun's software to be installed.  [There are lots and lots of Sun Rays on eBay currently][9], covering many different models.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Sun Ray 170, which included vendor linux support][10]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  As I understand it, there's even a Sun Ray client in a laptop form factor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Tadpole M1400, a Sun Ray thin client in a mobile form factor][11]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reverse-engineering a Sun product to turn it into a thin client is not a new proposition, in fact, it was done with [Sun JavaStation][12] models for awhile, especially the nice-looking &quot;Krups&quot; model.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Sun JavaStation-10 &quot;Krups&quot; Model][13]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can still find one of these then it might be a (slightly easier) adventure to get a [NetBSD][14] or [Linux][15] kernel loaded via network boot and use it as a thin client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/Clients#NetVista_N2200_Model_8363&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://davelargo.blogspot.com/2006/12/thin-clients-and-remote-3d.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://davelargo.blogspot.com/2007/05/spending-taxpayer-dollars.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/12454-12454-321959-338927-89307-3634729.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06a/12454-12454-321959-338927-89307-472257.html&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.igel.com/igel/live.php,id,1289,_psmand,9.html&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://shop.ebay.com/thin%20client&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.leonerd.org.uk/sunray/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://shop.ebay.com/sun%20ray%20thin%20client&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.linuxdevices.com/files/misc/sun_sun_ray_170.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://www.gdc4s.com/content/C8B2701C-400E-48EB-8C55-EBAA8A63C324/images/Tadpole_M1400.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaStation&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://www.sunshack.org/data/sunpix/js10-1.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [14]: http://www.netbsd.org/ports/sparc/javastation.html&#xD;&#xA;  [15]: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/JavaStation-HOWTO.html" />
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  <row Id="52039" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29175" RevisionGUID="759ff89a-96a5-4fa3-ab33-7616d6d66db8" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:06:50.560" UserId="1561" Comment="added 636 characters in body; added 220 characters in body; added 83 characters in body" Text="Good luck with your NetVista adventure.  [Here's a page][1] that might provide some additional detail for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are several devices out there that support XDMCP.  If you like, you can even have [hardware-based 3D acceleration][2] in some of them using PCI expansion slots, which means if you can get a card in PCI form-factor, you can most likely pick up a cheap older gaming card that would give you a nice resolution and excellent acceleration.  The model mentioned is an HP 5275 (discontinued), which [HP has spent some time in getting graphics acceleration working nicely][3].  While the NVidia FX 5200 was a dog for Windows when it came out, it has very reasonable 2D and 3D acceleration when using proprietary drivers under Ubuntu (I'm using it right now), and the Nouveau driver is coming along nicely, with good 2D and so-so 3D support (I'm using the driver in a PowerMac G5 running Ubuntu 9.04 and a FX 5200 AGP).  Last I visited the local Fry's (an electronics retailer in the 'States, I don't know if they have outlets in Perth) they had stacks of FX 5200 PCI cards for cheep cheep cheep.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, if you get an older ATI card, the acceleration tends to be supported better in the Xorg drivers.  Keep that in mind.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[HP's Thin Clients have units that come with Debian installs on them][4].  I personally own a little [HP T5125][5], not exactly a great device but it gets the job done.  They can be found for cheap if you look around, although it sounds like you want something with a little more power under the hood.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wyse makes a handful of terminals that also perform this function, although you'll want to be careful about which ones you pick, as they tend to use Windows XPe in most of their devices.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[A recent introduction is IGEL][6], which supports thin clients in a Linux setting.  I have not had the pleasure of trying out any of their products.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're just looking for personal use, or something a little more &quot;disposable&quot;, you can often [snag thin clients off of eBay that have XDMCP support for reasonable prices][7], provided you check the listing to see if the protocol support is there.  I don't recommend this route unless you're planning to use it for personal use, most of the units you'll get will not be under warranty.  However, discounted hardware is an attractive option, and newer thin clients tend to run a few hundred dollars, vs. $50 for a used one that happens to be a discontinued model that's used or unwanted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are truly adventuresome, and want to live &quot;on the bleeding edge&quot;, you can always pick up the [clean-room reverse engineering][8] that's been done on the Sun Ray protocol and see if you can figure out the remaining bits and pieces.  If the protocol was fully documented, then an xorg modular server could be developed that would allow for people to directly drive the devices without the need for Sun's software to be installed, or even a heavily-hacked VNC service that could shunt Sun Ray graphics primitives.  [There are lots and lots of Sun Rays on eBay currently][9], covering many different models.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Sun Ray 170, which included vendor linux support][10]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  As I understand it, there's even a Sun Ray client in a laptop form factor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Tadpole M1400, a Sun Ray thin client in a mobile form factor][11]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Reverse-engineering a Sun product to turn it into a thin client is not a new proposition, in fact, it was done with [Sun JavaStation][12] models for awhile, especially the nice-looking &quot;Krups&quot; model.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![Sun JavaStation-10 &quot;Krups&quot; Model][13]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you can still find one of these then it might be a (slightly easier) adventure to get a [NetBSD][14] or [Linux][15] kernel loaded via network boot and use it as a thin client.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/Clients#NetVista_N2200_Model_8363&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://davelargo.blogspot.com/2006/12/thin-clients-and-remote-3d.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://davelargo.blogspot.com/2007/05/spending-taxpayer-dollars.html&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/12454-12454-321959-338927-89307-3634729.html&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06a/12454-12454-321959-338927-89307-472257.html&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.igel.com/igel/live.php,id,1289,_psmand,9.html&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://shop.ebay.com/thin%20client&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.leonerd.org.uk/sunray/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://shop.ebay.com/sun%20ray%20thin%20client&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.linuxdevices.com/files/misc/sun_sun_ray_170.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [11]: http://www.gdc4s.com/content/C8B2701C-400E-48EB-8C55-EBAA8A63C324/images/Tadpole_M1400.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [12]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaStation&#xD;&#xA;  [13]: http://www.sunshack.org/data/sunpix/js10-1.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [14]: http://www.netbsd.org/ports/sparc/javastation.html&#xD;&#xA;  [15]: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/JavaStation-HOWTO.html" />
  <row Id="52040" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29194" RevisionGUID="5b06246c-51ed-4d40-b554-57fc5de8637f" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:08:58.650" UserId="5623" Text="There was the time I accidentally deleted the &quot;bin&quot; user on a Unix box. Of course, deleting a user causes its home directory to be removed, as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you guess what bin's home directory is?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/bin" />
  <row Id="52041" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29194" RevisionGUID="5b06246c-51ed-4d40-b554-57fc5de8637f" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:08:58.650" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52042" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29192" RevisionGUID="8d569cd2-3849-4ac8-a5cc-2bafe5c25fad" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:09:47.307" UserId="7200" Comment="Changed title, fixed odd characters in words.; edited tags" Text="What is Mandatory Access Control, and why is it better than Discretionary Access Control?" />
  <row Id="52043" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="29192" RevisionGUID="8d569cd2-3849-4ac8-a5cc-2bafe5c25fad" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:09:47.307" UserId="7200" Comment="Changed title, fixed odd characters in words.; edited tags" Text="Mandatory Access Control versus Discretionary Access Control" />
  <row Id="52044" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29195" RevisionGUID="258a8a22-d5c4-4bbc-bec8-0406621e2892" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:11:08.320" UserId="7200" Text="Basically, it comes down to users being able to override the access controls at their *discretion*. In a MAC-based system, the policy cannot be overriden by a user to allow less privileged users access to a resource. The MAC is *mandatory*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In some situations, it may be necessary to have this behaviour. Typically, I've heard of MACs used in highly secure operating systems that are used in military and highly secure government installations. Until recently, no &quot;business grade&quot; or &quot;consumer grade&quot; operating system really supported MACs. Windows Vista (with the &quot;integrity level&quot; functionality) and SELinux both are forms of MAC." />
  <row Id="52045" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28942" RevisionGUID="c3623d69-94e8-4de2-9531-528dd31e2e54" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:11:51.827" UserId="3299" Comment="Update on more efforts" Text="I wanted to install the new SCVMM 2008 R2 RC, so I thought I would uninstall SCVMM 2008 to do a clean install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I try to uninstall it I get the following message:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*[Window Title]*&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft® System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*[Main Instruction]*&#xD;&#xA;Microsoft® System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 has stopped working&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*[Content]*&#xD;&#xA;A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*[Close program]*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After which the uninstaller closes and I can't remove the program. (I have tried it with the Local Admin, and 2 different domain users. (one that installed the software and 1 that was used (on the first install) as the login used for the Agent.)) I have also tried it with both Retaining and removing data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also tried turning off the VMM Service to see if that would help (it does not)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In short, I am stuck with this program until I format the drive. (Booo!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I thought I would try to upgrade instead of doing a fresh install, but that fails as well. It says it can't connect to the SQL DB.  That does not surprise me because it is not there (I am guessing the partial uninstall caused it to be removed.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I may have to format and try again, but I thought I would ask around first.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[LATER NOTE: I thought I would try to do a repair on the original install, but when I ran the installer again (from the disk) it just started up the Uninstaller instead.  (The uninstaller failed as indicated above.)]" />
  <row Id="52046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29196" RevisionGUID="a9537e1f-6c80-4bba-b464-79336e2e4568" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:12:36.460" UserId="4172" Text="If the box can handle the load CPU/RAM - then having them on the same box might be better for performance reasons as there would be no network latency between the web server and database server." />
  <row Id="52047" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="29192" RevisionGUID="8d569cd2-3849-4ac8-a5cc-2bafe5c25fad" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:09:47.307" UserId="7200" Comment="Changed title, fixed odd characters in words.; edited tags" Text="&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="52048" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29197" RevisionGUID="c958911c-b86c-495a-b48d-5b820d02e3b5" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:16:19.573" UserId="4721" Text="Some references,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [Windows Server 2008 Security Guide][2] from the Microsoft site&#xD;&#xA;- [WS2008: Windows Service Hardening][1] TechNet blogs Feb/2008&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.technet.com/askperf/archive/2008/02/03/ws2008-windows-service-hardening.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fb8b981f-227c-4af6-a44b-b115696a80ac&amp;displaylang=en" />
  <row Id="52049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29198" RevisionGUID="66e8ebaa-6410-4bc9-8e51-6bff4dbfcbd6" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:17:09.710" UserId="10177" Text="Its much easier to Blacklist than it is to Whitelist. Most likely you have an idea of what you don't want the users to run. The way Windows handles this is through Software Restriction Policies in your GPO. Software Restriction Policies can be used for allowing software to run as well as denying it.  There are four different methods available to use and they are: Hash rules, Certificate rules, Path rules, and Internet zone rules. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hash Rules rules uses a MD5 or SHA-1 hash of a file in its match. This can be a uphill battle. Trying to block something like pwdump using just a hash rule is going to result in LOTS of entries, for each different version of pwdump. And when a new version comes out you need to add that as well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Path Rules are based on the location of the file on the file system. So you could restrict &quot;\program files\aol\aim.exe&quot; for example, but if the user chooses to install it into &quot;\myapps\aol\aim.exe&quot; it would be allowed. You can use wildcards to cover more directories. It is also possible to use the registry path if the software has a registry entry but you don't know where it will be installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Certificate rules are useful for software that includes a certificate. Which means mostly commercial software. You could build up a list of Certs that are allowed to run on your systems and deny everything else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Internet Zone Rules only apply to Windows Installer Packages. I've never used this so I can't comment on it much.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A proper GPO will use several of these rules to cover everything. Restricting software requires you to really think of what you want to prevent to get it right. Even then, its probably still not right. Technet has some good articles on using Software Restriction Policies, and I'm sure there are other good docs off Microsoft's site found through your favorite search engine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good Luck!" />
  <row Id="52050" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29197" RevisionGUID="d181c3a7-2c3c-4395-8af7-71b511716c2d" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:21:34.820" UserId="4721" Comment="added 402 characters in body" Text="Some references,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [Secure Windows Server 2008][1] -- TechNet&#xD;&#xA;- [Windows Server 2008 Security Guide][2] from the Microsoft site&#xD;&#xA;- [WS2008: Windows Service Hardening][3] TechNet blogs Feb/2008&#xD;&#xA;- [Windows Server 2008 Security Compliance Management Toolkit][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is also an Elsevier book: [SECURING WINDOWS SERVER 2008][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd548366(WS.10).aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fb8b981f-227c-4af6-a44b-b115696a80ac&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://blogs.technet.com/askperf/archive/2008/02/03/ws2008-windows-service-hardening.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc514539.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/714767/description" />
  <row Id="52051" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29025" RevisionGUID="c00896bf-9fea-421b-8ef1-9a4642e1a144" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:22:35.160" UserId="4808" Comment="added 318 characters in body" Text="Apache prefork is not compatible with wsgi daemon mode.  Per the [documentation][1], daemon mode requires threading.  So if you want the flexibility of daemon mode you need to use Apache mpm worker.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Based on this blog [post][2], I wouldn't use nginx's mod_wsgi. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my preferred setup would be nginx as a lightweight, front-end/static file server with Apache mpm worker and mod_wsgi in daemon mode serving the Django content.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://blog.dscpl.com.au/2009/05/blocking-requests-and-nginx-version-of.html" />
  <row Id="52052" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29199" RevisionGUID="db1eb3f2-4be7-43b1-92a2-3aaf3456fa8d" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:26:12.533" UserId="7200" Text="I'm not finding any recent articles with benchmark &quot;roundups&quot; on MySQL running on various filesystems. Given the workload you describe, I doubt that file-level fragmentation is going to be much of an issue. Without a formal benchmark, I can't say anything that you should take as authoritative, but my gut says that every filesystem you mentioned above is going to perform roughly in the same ballpark (i.e. all in the same order of magnitude for performance numbers).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The database is really running the show, since the filesystem is just managing large extents that the storage engine is accessing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still, it would be interesting to do a performance roundup with all those filesystems. (I have less than no enthusiasm for MySQL, though, so I'm not going to undertake it. Benchmarking Postgres, OTOH, might be interesting...)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52053" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29200" RevisionGUID="a9a737fc-8ddc-4f4e-9be0-f3c3f582f890" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:30:06.393" UserId="9404" Text="In discretionary access control permissions are set usually by the resource owner.&#xD;&#xA;In mandatory access control permissions are set by fixed rules based on policies and cannot be overridden by users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although mandatory is believed to be more secure and is used in places where high-security is desired, it is harder to configure and maintain and you may not have the resources to do it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other than that, several operating systems are incorporating mandatory access controls to further harden the system." />
  <row Id="52054" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29201" RevisionGUID="a1f7dfb3-a9f4-42bf-b262-ea95227abfd3" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:30:48.263" UserId="10215" Text="Trying to install Xen on my 64bit O/S (Centos 5).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Using this guideline: &#xD;&#xA;http://www.howtoforge.org/paravirtualization-with-xen-on-centos-5.3-x86_64&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@server ~]# virt-install&#xD;&#xA;    What is the name of your virtual machine? vm01&#xD;&#xA;    How much RAM should be allocated (in megabytes)? 256&#xD;&#xA;    What would you like to use as the disk (file path)? /vm/vm01.img&#xD;&#xA;    How large would you like the disk (/vm/vm01.img) to be (in gigabytes)? 4&#xD;&#xA;    Disk /vm/vm01.img is already in use by another guest!&#xD;&#xA;    Do you really want to use the disk (yes or no)? yes&#xD;&#xA;    Would you like to enable graphics support? (yes or no) no&#xD;&#xA;    What is the install location? http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux.../5.3/os/x86_64&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Starting install...&#xD;&#xA;    Retrieving file CentOS... | 1.5 MB 00:05&#xD;&#xA;    Retrieving file vmlinuz... | 1.9 MB 00:05&#xD;&#xA;    Retrieving file initrd.img... | 6.3 MB 00:07&#xD;&#xA;    ERROR: Domain named vm01 already exists!&#xD;&#xA;    [root@server ~]# rm -f /vm/vm01.img&#xD;&#xA;    [root@server ~]# xm destroy vm01&#xD;&#xA;    Error: Domain 'vm01' does not exist.&#xD;&#xA;    Usage: xm destroy &lt;Domain&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Terminate a domain immediately.&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    [root@server ~]# xm list&#xD;&#xA;    Name ID Mem(MiB) VCPUs State Time(s)&#xD;&#xA;    Domain-0 0 1744 2 r----- 29.5 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I created a new one called vm02&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I'm stuck at the configure tcp/ip screen. The &quot;sending request for IP...&quot; disappears and shows the default configure tcp/ip screen again.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [root@server ~]# /sbin/ip link&#xD;&#xA;    1: lo: &lt;LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP&gt; mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue&#xD;&#xA;    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00&#xD;&#xA;    2: peth0: &lt;BROADCAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 100&#xD;&#xA;    link/ether fe:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff&#xD;&#xA;    3: eth1: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc noop qlen 1000&#xD;&#xA;    link/ether 00:11:43:fd:97:9f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff&#xD;&#xA;    4: sit0: &lt;NOARP&gt; mtu 1480 qdisc noop&#xD;&#xA;    link/sit 0.0.0.0 brd 0.0.0.0&#xD;&#xA;    5: virbr0: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue&#xD;&#xA;    link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff&#xD;&#xA;    6: vif0.0: &lt;BROADCAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue&#xD;&#xA;    link/ether fe:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff&#xD;&#xA;    7: eth0: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue&#xD;&#xA;    link/ether 00:11:43:fd:97:9e brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff&#xD;&#xA;    8: vif0.1: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc noop&#xD;&#xA;    link/ether fe:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff&#xD;&#xA;    9: veth1: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc noop&#xD;&#xA;    link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff&#xD;&#xA;    10: vif0.2: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc noop&#xD;&#xA;    link/ether fe:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff&#xD;&#xA;    11: veth2: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc noop&#xD;&#xA;    link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff&#xD;&#xA;    12: vif0.3: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc noop&#xD;&#xA;    link/ether fe:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff&#xD;&#xA;    13: veth3: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc noop&#xD;&#xA;    link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff&#xD;&#xA;    14: vif0.4: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc noop&#xD;&#xA;    link/ether fe:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff&#xD;&#xA;    15: veth4: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc noop&#xD;&#xA;    link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff&#xD;&#xA;    16: xenbr0: &lt;BROADCAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue&#xD;&#xA;    link/ether fe:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff&#xD;&#xA;    18: vif2.0: &lt;BROADCAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 32&#xD;&#xA;    link/ether fe:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52055" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29201" RevisionGUID="a1f7dfb3-a9f4-42bf-b262-ea95227abfd3" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:30:48.263" UserId="10215" Text="Xen 64bit Install" />
  <row Id="52056" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29201" RevisionGUID="a1f7dfb3-a9f4-42bf-b262-ea95227abfd3" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:30:48.263" UserId="10215" Text="&lt;xen&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="52057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29202" RevisionGUID="ecfa0b93-17ad-4ac0-839f-c3a9371ee255" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:31:20.243" UserId="10217" Text="One major difference between Xen and OpenVZ is that with Xen, there is no overselling. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you get a Xen VPS with 512M RAM, you get 512M RAM. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With OpenVZ it's all kinda smoke and mirror. The host might claim &quot;Guaranteed RAM: 512M&quot; and &quot;Burstable RAM: 1G&quot; but in reality there's no way to guarantee anything with OpenVZ. Depending on what other VPS accounts on the same server is doing, you may or may not (most likely not) get 512M RAM despite the &quot;guarantee&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many (most?) hosting companies oversell their OpenVZ VPS. With a 8G RAM server they might put in 16 VPS accounts each with a &quot;guaranteed&quot; RAM of 1G. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is why most VPS out there are OpenVZ-based and OpenVZ VPS are generally cheaper than Xen VPS." />
  <row Id="52058" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29203" RevisionGUID="8a021923-2978-44cb-9d56-490f59c18a87" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:31:52.473" UserId="7200" Text="Be aware that XCOPY isn't going to preserve 8-dot-3 filenames. You can't copy them deterministically. That's one reason you can't just XCOPY Windows machines around to &quot;clone&quot; them and expect them to work. Until developers stop referencing 8-dot-3 filenames in their configuration files and registries, we're stuck with this behaviour.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to restore a VHD image to a physical disk, you might have a look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.winimage.com&quot;&gt;WinImage&lt;/a&gt;. I haven't used the VHD functionality personally, but I've used previous version of WinImage to great success.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52059" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29204" RevisionGUID="b5acc426-c482-4d20-b5ad-26693a7bb88f" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:34:40.610" UserId="8374" Text="Cheaper than plesk... what about [DotNetPanel][1]?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BTW, i hate panels, i feel that are so useless (unless you are an hosting provider)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dotnetpanel.com/" />
  <row Id="52060" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29205" RevisionGUID="bcd70023-690f-43ad-a61b-c7c2e5c04138" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:35:08.520" UserId="671" Text="In the classic words of any experienced system administrator: It Depends.  What are the goals for the organization that owns the web site?  If the web site is a hobby forum run by my brother's girlfriend's niece as an experiment for her computer class, then having N+1 load balanced anything is going to be considered extreme overkill and out of her budget.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would say the ideal environment is one that meets the needs and expectations of the person or organization that owns the web site.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For smaller sites that are essentially electronic brochures, a single web server behind a NAT router in their office connected to a cable or DSL line might be sufficient.  In the case of mission-critical web sites or e-commerce applications, having everything redundant with automatic failover may be ideal if the costs can be justified.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So really, it depends on the needs of the client involved." />
  <row Id="52061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29206" RevisionGUID="4c1a1ac4-5c80-4818-b594-6e14fdb55bde" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:36:29.983" UserId="4381" Text="Looks good. I would only add the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Effects/Consequences**: What is the consequence of the outage - who was affected, which SLAs were violated (if any), were there any knock-on effects?" />
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  <row Id="52063" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29207" RevisionGUID="44dd7ded-1860-4b80-9f4b-e11fb0fafc5b" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:36:36.613" UserId="7200" Text="The ideal web hosting environment is that environment which provides initial cost-effectiveness, minimal ongoing maintenance expense, suitable performance for the application / site being delivered, security (including redundancy) to the level that the owner is willing to finance, and ability to scale in a manner that provides granular increases in expense and performance. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not any one thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you propose, for example, has no geographic redundancy (it does propose redundant network connectivity, but one well placed tornado would take care of that). For some applications, that would not be acceptable (advertising-supported social network site), but for others it would not (credit card merchant processing services, financial services, hosted line-of-business applications).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some business concerns won't need any level of redundancy at all, or won't be able to afford it. A single virtual server instance w/ a web server, database server, and SSH server is all that some web sites will ever need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not a technical problem, really. It's a finance and management problem. If management has the money, us technical people can make anything happen." />
  <row Id="52064" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29208" RevisionGUID="b5d82a89-b79e-4e2d-b73b-0cb400887ee5" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:40:39.430" UserId="7200" Text="I don't have a strong opinion one way versus the other. If you're planning to &quot;scale out&quot;, though, you might consider making the web server(s) as stateless as possible to allow for scaling without re-architecting the design. " />
  <row Id="52065" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29209" RevisionGUID="74446612-2511-495e-9e65-956d2e008b7f" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:43:04.260" UserId="5922" Text="How about adding a link to [Documenting an Outage for a Post-Mortem Review][1] as well?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/29188/documenting-an-outage-for-a-post-mortem-review" />
  <row Id="52066" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29209" RevisionGUID="74446612-2511-495e-9e65-956d2e008b7f" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:43:04.260" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52067" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29210" RevisionGUID="af3746d6-3a49-4f2f-a546-782fd495c42e" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:44:41.073" UserId="671" Text="For me, it's more about familiarity than it is attachment.  We rotate old servers out and bring new ones in all the time.  As we work with a particular system, we get to know its quirks and characteristics.  When a new machine is brought in to replace an old one, there is a factor of uncertainty.  Will it perform as well as the old system?  Did everything migrate properly?  Will the operating characteristics change?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I suspect the case is different in shops where every machine is exactly the same and can be wiped and rebuilt from standard installations over the network at will.  Frankly, I wish our clusters were large enough to justify that sort of setup, but for now, it's like tending sheep in a flock, each with its own personality.  You watch over them, but eventually you know they will age and pass on as time marches forward." />
  <row Id="52068" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29210" RevisionGUID="af3746d6-3a49-4f2f-a546-782fd495c42e" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:44:41.073" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29211" RevisionGUID="32dc239d-1533-41c0-9653-9d8496d2f3e6" CreationDate="2009-06-20T19:47:47.840" UserId="8506" Text="Regarding the first error, try looking in /etc/xen for a file called 'vm01' and deleting it, also, try running 'virsh' and then 'list --all' to find the &quot;offending domain&quot;. You can the use &quot;undefine &lt;dom name&gt;&quot; to remove it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As for the second problem, are you sure you have a DHCP server on the network? Are you sure you've connected your domain to a public bridge (xenbr0)? You can use the &quot;-b BRIDGE&quot; switch of virt-install to make sure you have.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you do not have a DHCP server, you can pass the installer static IP configuration by adding the following to virt-install:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -x &quot;ip=&lt;ip address&gt; gateway=&lt;gateway&gt; subnet=&lt;subnet&gt;&quot;" />
  <row Id="52070" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29212" RevisionGUID="18b294e3-1632-49f3-86bb-03afada9d085" CreationDate="2009-06-20T20:08:16.613" UserId="160" Text="I must find some documentation for a Surecom **EP-824DX-CS** (24-Port 100/10M N-Way 19&quot; Rach-Mount Smart Switch) in order to find the capabilities of the device, but the most important is the console port pinout (DB-9 male). Also, the device has some sort of administration method (telnet/http) ?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52071" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29212" RevisionGUID="18b294e3-1632-49f3-86bb-03afada9d085" CreationDate="2009-06-20T20:08:16.613" UserId="160" Text="Any documentation for Surecom EP-824DX-CS?" />
  <row Id="52072" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29212" RevisionGUID="18b294e3-1632-49f3-86bb-03afada9d085" CreationDate="2009-06-20T20:08:16.613" UserId="160" Text="&lt;networking&gt;&lt;switch&gt;" />
  <row Id="52073" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29019" RevisionGUID="6d78f8a6-ba8c-47e4-8697-30d2e397cafa" CreationDate="2009-06-20T20:11:44.437" UserId="1674" Comment="Added into about MVL." Text="There are a few licensing options.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. If the application is internal only you can license the SQL Server with a server license which is a few thousand, then buy a CAL one for each employee which needs access to the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. If the application is internal only you can license the SQL Server with a server license which is a few thousand, then buy a CAL one for each device which needs access to the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3. If the application is internet facing, or the cost of the CALs is more than the cost of CPU licenses you can get CPU licenses.  They are ~$8k for Standard Edition and $~25k for Enterprise Edition.  These licenses are per physical CPU, no matter how many cores there are per physical CPU.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To use more than 4 physical CPUs you'll need the Enterprise Edition as the standard edition only supports 4 physical CPUs.  So a server with 32 physical CPUs would come in at about $800k to license.  If you have a 8 CPU server with 4 cores per server then the licenses will cost you about $200k.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All of these numbers assume that you are paying retail pricing.  With a purchase this big you'll want to look into a Microsoft Volume License Agreement which will drop the price quite a bit.  We are level A (the smallest discount) and we saved ~8-10% off the cost of the licenses we bought.  If you got up to level D (the level is decided by the number of points the software you are buying to worth) the discount would be much more." />
  <row Id="52074" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29213" RevisionGUID="0db92c9f-b325-413b-bd01-1620df416aa4" CreationDate="2009-06-20T20:13:06.260" UserId="6491" Text="This is a major misfeature of e2fsck. When it encounters serious inconsistency during one stage it will start the repair from the beginning.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That is one of the reasons why I switched to Reiserfs years ago and later to XFS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However you should not need to do this repair often. If you do then you should investigate why.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If it is a hardware problem you can use smartmontools to diagnose S.M.A.R.T. problems.&#xD;&#xA; - Kernel messages (dmesg) can also help to find the cause." />
  <row Id="52075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29214" RevisionGUID="c87531da-8206-400f-a3b7-c00f1e3dfa37" CreationDate="2009-06-20T20:17:03.507" UserId="3380" Text="I have moved a database from a 32bit version of Oracle 11g under Linux to a 64 bit environment. However, i have experienced problems in the new Environment (also Linux).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any method of upgrading the database to 64bits&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52076" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29214" RevisionGUID="c87531da-8206-400f-a3b7-c00f1e3dfa37" CreationDate="2009-06-20T20:17:03.507" UserId="3380" Text="Converting an Oracle 11g Database from 32bits to 64bits." />
  <row Id="52077" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29214" RevisionGUID="c87531da-8206-400f-a3b7-c00f1e3dfa37" CreationDate="2009-06-20T20:17:03.507" UserId="3380" Text="&lt;oracle11g&gt;&lt;database&gt;" />
  <row Id="52078" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29215" RevisionGUID="6c6a993e-3323-4e53-a937-d50a35b1d638" CreationDate="2009-06-20T20:23:33.757" UserId="3431" Text="Very bad idea for the least. I have had a setup before where we had Apache+MySQL on the same server and it would regularly go over 10 load average and the pages would take forever to load. We split both services and put MySQL on a smaller server. Both servers would never go above 0.35 of load average.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do the math... There is a lot of loss into putting Web server + DB server on the same server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Evan also has a good point. Merging things into a machine tends to lead to many shortcuts which make scaling out a lot harder. One service = one OS is a good rule of thumb (would have said one service = one machine but now there is virtualization)." />
  <row Id="52079" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29216" RevisionGUID="c726b64a-1f40-4e27-96e4-17c7d5a9f4f1" CreationDate="2009-06-20T20:29:54.230" UserId="1146" Text="The first thought that came to my mind was to not over engineer a solution.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's okay to put everything on one box.  The almighty Stack Overflow started like that too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When you have suffient demand (and resources) to justify multiple boxes, do it.  Building the perfect setup won't happen the first time.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep excellent backups regardless of what and how you set it up for quick recovery and restore.  Replicate your database off-site so you can rebuild and restore it anywhere (into the cloud, other hosts, etc.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52080" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29117" RevisionGUID="4793173c-b1c6-4775-9fd9-0962e8b91ec9" CreationDate="2009-06-20T20:35:22.890" UserId="780" Comment="added 37 characters in body" Text="I am trying to share my mobile broadband internet connection with other machines via wifi and am running windows 7.  Users are able to connect to my machine, but not able to obtain an internet connection once they connect to me.  Any ideas would be very helpful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does Windows firewall block this?" />
  <row Id="52081" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29217" RevisionGUID="5e81744f-fd0b-4bbc-9e91-60355e63df70" CreationDate="2009-06-20T20:40:51.337" UserId="8506" Text="Basically it should be: export schema, upgrade, import schema.&#xD;&#xA;Could you elaborate on the problems you've been having?" />
  <row Id="52082" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="29190" RevisionGUID="a6a92854-2200-47dd-956d-16654bf58e79" CreationDate="2009-06-20T20:40:54.457" UserId="9503" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="52083" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29218" RevisionGUID="9c052ca6-3a10-4811-86a3-358174d66ffc" CreationDate="2009-06-20T20:43:08.103" UserId="39733" Text="If you have enough disk space, the easiest thing to do is install a fresh instance of Oracle 11g 64 bit, export your 32 bit data, then import into 64 bit Oracle.  This will also allow you to have both running side by side for a little to verify that both instances are identical and working as expected." />
  <row Id="52084" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29219" RevisionGUID="7901ae89-1675-4860-83dc-7b4ffffcfae2" CreationDate="2009-06-20T20:46:15.240" UserId="39733" Text="One other consideration - you only have to pay per User licensing fees if your users are connecting directly to the database.  If they connect to a website that connects to your database, then you don't a CAL per user." />
  <row Id="52085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29220" RevisionGUID="920e26eb-1370-4291-80c6-7a1550b8cc84" CreationDate="2009-06-20T20:51:20.147" UserId="39733" Text="If you have a small, relatively static, database that is accessed frequently then storing it on the same server as the web server may be beneficial (since you'll take advantage of in-memory data caching).  However, for any other scenarios it is best to split the two roles if you can afford the extra $1-2K for another server." />
  <row Id="52086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29221" RevisionGUID="7f7edc3f-02ab-4219-ae74-4eeff6ce3971" CreationDate="2009-06-20T20:53:10.283" UserId="5473" Text="I currently user rsync with --link-dest to get a time machine-ish backup of few sources with a variety of operating systems to a single Linux box. I swap out the backup drive to an external site every so often. One of these sources is a mac and while rsyncing from the Linux box to the mac appears to work, it believe it isn't catching all the details of the HFS+ filesystem so I couldn't really do a full restore from an OS DVD if I need to. Also, it takes an awful long time to backup the mac compared to other sources with similar amounts of data and number of files. So, I thought I would use Time Machine for the macs and continue using rsync for the other sources. Is Time Machine the best way to do this? If so, what do I need to do on my Linux server to have it be a valid Time Machine target? If not, what do you suggest? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know there are several (Time Machine to Linux) pages on the Net, but I thought ServerFault could use one.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52087" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29221" RevisionGUID="7f7edc3f-02ab-4219-ae74-4eeff6ce3971" CreationDate="2009-06-20T20:53:10.283" UserId="5473" Text="How do I backup a couple of macs to a Linux sever?" />
  <row Id="52088" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29221" RevisionGUID="7f7edc3f-02ab-4219-ae74-4eeff6ce3971" CreationDate="2009-06-20T20:53:10.283" UserId="5473" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;time-machine&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;incremental-backup&gt;" />
  <row Id="52089" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29222" RevisionGUID="d6cc0887-bb11-4e79-8a5d-4a22466c6079" CreationDate="2009-06-20T20:54:27.283" UserId="8996" Text="Affected services and outage duration only tells you part of how bad an outage was. You also want to know what the impact on the business was.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Impact**: What affect did this have on users, and how was it perceived? How much money did this cost us (by missing of SLA, lost orders etc.)?" />
  <row Id="52090" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29222" RevisionGUID="d6cc0887-bb11-4e79-8a5d-4a22466c6079" CreationDate="2009-06-20T20:54:27.283" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29223" RevisionGUID="2452c0c7-dc25-4551-98e8-9ef9cf002801" CreationDate="2009-06-20T21:02:32.837" UserId="4703" Text="From a security point of view it should be on separated boxes. However, depending on budget it should be a business decision to accept the risk or not.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why is that? First, best practices recommend:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Defense in depth.&#xD;&#xA; - Least privilege and data separation&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If your database is on a separated machine, it will require an additional step to attack it. If you follow defense in depth, the web server will not be able to access anything else on the db box besides the db (so, no shell, no running scripts, etc). That's why a firewall is good for internal control too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are really doing security well, your web-2-db user will have minimum privileges on the db, only being able to access/modify what he really needs (so, no drop table, etc). It is funny how often we see GRANT * on a db, for a user that only needs to select and update from a few tables.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, just because a lot of people run db+web server +mail server + DNS on a single box, doesn't mean it is the best security decision, just an accepted risk based on the $$." />
  <row Id="52092" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29224" RevisionGUID="c21164bb-97af-4918-b91e-c38e0843ca4e" CreationDate="2009-06-20T21:03:46.547" UserId="5686" Text="I have a VPS in wiredtree where i would like to run a scala/lift application with jeety in a server that is running a LAMP stack. I want to use comet actors so i will be using the &quot;long http hack&quot; and i dont know if that would be important.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So what options do i have? How can i achieve this? &#xD;&#xA;I read there are way to do this with mod_rewrite and with mod_proxy but i have no idea!" />
  <row Id="52093" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29224" RevisionGUID="c21164bb-97af-4918-b91e-c38e0843ca4e" CreationDate="2009-06-20T21:03:46.547" UserId="5686" Text="Apache and jetty" />
  <row Id="52094" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29224" RevisionGUID="c21164bb-97af-4918-b91e-c38e0843ca4e" CreationDate="2009-06-20T21:03:46.547" UserId="5686" Text="&lt;jetty&gt;&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="52095" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29225" RevisionGUID="720a4108-ff77-4de1-955b-95fb7cd1132a" CreationDate="2009-06-20T21:07:14.420" UserId="10222" Text="We plan to run our test environment inside ESXi 4 hosts on a couple of Core i7 920's with X58 mb's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any war stories we should know about?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52096" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29225" RevisionGUID="720a4108-ff77-4de1-955b-95fb7cd1132a" CreationDate="2009-06-20T21:07:14.420" UserId="10222" Text="VMware ESXi 4 happy on Core i7?" />
  <row Id="52097" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29225" RevisionGUID="720a4108-ff77-4de1-955b-95fb7cd1132a" CreationDate="2009-06-20T21:07:14.420" UserId="10222" Text="&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;vmware-esxi&gt;&lt;i7&gt;" />
  <row Id="52098" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29032" RevisionGUID="15f34866-e8ab-4174-8238-aca4d94747f3" CreationDate="2009-06-20T21:11:38.043" UserId="10169" Comment="added 96 characters in body" Text="i386 Linux kernels can be configured for a 2, 3 or 4 GiB limit on virtual address space per process, AFAIK. Is there something I can query in /proc or elsewhere to tell how the currently-running kernel was configured?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:** Thanks for the answers on how to query for 4G. Any way I can query for 2G vs 3G?" />
  <row Id="52099" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29226" RevisionGUID="a46c3ae1-c61c-48a2-9668-110011de1c39" CreationDate="2009-06-20T21:13:11.443" UserId="7783" Text="Are *all* the components on these systems on the [VMWare HCL][1]? If so, happiness. If not, all bets are off. It's really that simple. You'll ideally be looking for the exact motherboard, exact disk controller, etc. rather than just chipsets. I know its not as much fun but this is where I honestly think its as well to buy a complete server that's on the list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;channel=s&amp;hl=en&amp;q=vmware%20HCL?&amp;meta=&amp;btnG=Google%20Search" />
  <row Id="52100" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29227" RevisionGUID="3ea49fa5-aa13-4b11-9b1d-81e4ec19ccd9" CreationDate="2009-06-20T21:19:00.090" UserId="4664" Text="This is a little unusual question, but I need it for a report I'm making. Is there someplace, or do you know perchance, what is the current estimate of the percentage of users with Microsoft's OS's, by OS?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Uhmm, I don't know how to phrase this better, I'm not a native english speaker, but I think you'll understand what I mean. What I'm looking for is this (without the made up data):  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  XP 67%  &#xD;&#xA;  Vista 69%  &#xD;&#xA;  7 12%  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where could one find some sort of statistical data like that ?" />
  <row Id="52101" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29227" RevisionGUID="3ea49fa5-aa13-4b11-9b1d-81e4ec19ccd9" CreationDate="2009-06-20T21:19:00.090" UserId="4664" Text="Windows XP, Vista, 7 ... estimated percentages of users ?" />
  <row Id="52102" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29227" RevisionGUID="3ea49fa5-aa13-4b11-9b1d-81e4ec19ccd9" CreationDate="2009-06-20T21:19:00.090" UserId="4664" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;microsoft&gt;" />
  <row Id="52103" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29221" RevisionGUID="3d519bc6-ad55-404f-b78b-5b93f8e88289" CreationDate="2009-06-20T21:22:34.327" UserId="5473" Comment="spelling, wording fixes." Text="I currently use rsync with --link-dest to get an incremental Time Machine-ish backup of few sources with a variety of operating systems to a single Linux box. I swap out the backup drive to an external site every so often. One of these sources is a mac and while rsyncing from the Linux box to the mac appears to work, it believe it isn't catching all the details of the HFS+ filesystem so I couldn't really do a full restore from an OS DVD if I need to. Also, it takes an awful long time to backup the mac compared to other sources with similar amounts of data and number of files. So, I thought I would use Time Machine for the macs and continue using rsync for the other sources. Is Time Machine the best way to do this? If so, what do I need to do on my Linux server to have it be a valid Time Machine target? If not, what do you suggest? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know there are several (Time Machine to Linux) pages on the Net, but I thought ServerFault could use one.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52104" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29228" RevisionGUID="a61e905d-20b5-42fd-a218-ab7416c1e4f2" CreationDate="2009-06-20T21:26:20.403" UserId="5611" Text="Check out [this Wikipedia article][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It at least gives you a starting point.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anapologetos&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems" />
  <row Id="52105" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29229" RevisionGUID="9f82feca-5ed2-437d-97e8-89200aa4d592" CreationDate="2009-06-20T21:41:24.193" UserId="10138" Text="Fantastic answers everyone, massively appreciated. Thanks!" />
  <row Id="52109" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29231" RevisionGUID="eeaeb6bb-afc7-4053-86d0-606d4ce27f39" CreationDate="2009-06-20T22:14:30.883" UserId="5612" Text="In the screenshot below, the overall CPU is being reported as 3% but the mysqld process is reported as using 57%.  Is this 57% of the overall 3% and thus mysqld is only using about 1.5% of the CPU?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![top screenshot][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img.skitch.com/20090620-cih33piwnnrke6aw41y9p1phwr.jpg" />
  <row Id="52110" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29231" RevisionGUID="eeaeb6bb-afc7-4053-86d0-606d4ce27f39" CreationDate="2009-06-20T22:14:30.883" UserId="5612" Text="Confused by CPU values in Unix 'top' command" />
  <row Id="52111" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29231" RevisionGUID="eeaeb6bb-afc7-4053-86d0-606d4ce27f39" CreationDate="2009-06-20T22:14:30.883" UserId="5612" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;top&gt;&lt;cpu&gt;" />
  <row Id="52113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29233" RevisionGUID="0f9b2fbf-3a90-4073-8f38-10e013b5d6a4" CreationDate="2009-06-20T22:24:46.743" UserId="7342" Text="I can't tell if your top is merging any multiple CPUs that you have, but that still wouldn't make a great deal of sense. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What might be happening is that top doesn't get the values for every process and the total CPU usage at the same time. There's a small amount of time where mysql may have stopped or started using a lot of CPU between the time the process info is read and the global is read. It could well just be a simple race condition. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, this would have had to have happened long enough for you to have noticed, so I'm guessing this could just be a weird bug somewhere in top or the kernel's accounting. " />
  <row Id="52115" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29235" RevisionGUID="5e2036f2-05b4-4a08-b9f2-1895d15b2a53" CreationDate="2009-06-20T22:25:13.013" UserId="8996" Text="The 57.6% means that mysqld is using .576 of one cpu. The discrepancy is likely to be a race condition between data collection for the system as a whole and collecting the per-process data." />
  <row Id="52117" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29236" RevisionGUID="9b56fecf-876d-4188-a3a9-9608e3540e2a" CreationDate="2009-06-20T22:29:07.297" UserId="3250" Text="In a small office setup (5-6 employees) we have seven Windows XP and Windows Vista clients, as well as a couple of linux servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to set up a linux machine to act as the domain controller to provide single signon and AD-like capabilities for the network?" />
  <row Id="52118" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29236" RevisionGUID="9b56fecf-876d-4188-a3a9-9608e3540e2a" CreationDate="2009-06-20T22:29:07.297" UserId="3250" Text="Can a Linux server serve as a Domain Controller for Windows Machines?" />
  <row Id="52119" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29236" RevisionGUID="9b56fecf-876d-4188-a3a9-9608e3540e2a" CreationDate="2009-06-20T22:29:07.297" UserId="3250" Text="&lt;domain-controller&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;single-sign-on&gt;" />
  <row Id="52120" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29237" RevisionGUID="e5bb01bd-4fe2-4bdf-8a61-7640455bb75e" CreationDate="2009-06-20T22:35:00.123" UserId="5221" Text="With the versions of Samba found in current versions of common distributions you can certainly have a Linux machine act as an NT-style domain controller (this has been the case for some time).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I believe that taking part in an AD based domain is being actively worked on but not yet ready for production use, though it isn't something I've looked at recently so the support may have moved on." />
  <row Id="52121" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29238" RevisionGUID="f20e518f-d764-45f8-8aae-dd084a7fcf3b" CreationDate="2009-06-20T22:36:13.133" UserId="5890" Text="Can you try pressing the number 1 when top is running and see what happens.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52123" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29239" RevisionGUID="479e9fd7-1ec2-4fc6-a493-22608e6adcbf" CreationDate="2009-06-20T22:39:49.677" UserId="6621" Text="There are a number of problems, ranging from minor to fatal (all of the fatal ones have to do with the &quot;cat...while...read&quot; line).  Let me go through them in order:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - As Dennis Williamson pointed out, the &quot;#!/bin/cat&quot; and &quot;declare...&quot; lines don't do anything.&#xD;&#xA; - You set FILE to result.var near the top, but then never use this variable.  Assuming it's intended to allow you to change the filename in just one place, you should replace all other references to result.var with &quot;$FILE&quot;&#xD;&#xA; - The while statement needs a &quot;do...done&quot; - or rather, it would if you actually needed the while statement in the first place.  Since you're only reading one RESULT from the file, you don't need a loop.&#xD;&#xA; - Since the &quot;read RESULT&quot; is part of a pipeline, it runs in a subshell, and the value of RESULT it sets is lost when that subshell exits.  You could fix this by using something like 'read RESULT &lt;&quot;$FILE&quot;'.&#xD;&#xA; - What's the &quot;IFS=:&quot; bit there for?  It sets the internal field separator to &quot;:&quot; for the duration of the read command, but since you're only reading one field (RESULT), the only thing it does is to trim leading or trailing colons from what's read from result.var.  If you meant to ignore everything after a colon (i.e. only use the first colon-delimited field from result.var), you should use &quot;IFS=: read RESULT IGNOREDJUNK&quot; instead.&#xD;&#xA; - Unless you're actually trying to trim/parse the contents of result.var, or need to use it several times, you don't need to read it into a variable at all; just use 'mv  &quot;ll_bkup&quot; &quot;$(cat &quot;$FILE&quot;)&quot;'.  But I claim you want to use it again (see below).&#xD;&#xA; - The script is rather fragile in the sense that it doesn't check to make sure result.var exists (and since the script moves that file, if run twice in a row it's guaranteed to fail the second time); similarly, it doesn't check if &quot;$RESULT&quot; already exists before trying to rename ll_bkup to it, leading to potentially unpredictable results.&#xD;&#xA; - Speaking of which, your description says result.var gets copied, but the actual code moves it.  Which is the intended behavior?&#xD;&#xA; - Finally, the &quot;else... exit 0&quot; section does nothing that the &quot;exit 0&quot; at the end isn't about to do anyway.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Gripe, gripe, gripe... anyway, here's my proposed rewrite:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;    # Restores original directory name for next LogLogic Update&#xD;&#xA;    #TCJ 6/1/09&#xD;&#xA;    FILE=result.var&#xD;&#xA;    cd /home/nb-backup/backups/nb-st3000/ll_bkup_65.99.220.172/&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -d ll_bkup -a -f &quot;$FILE&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;        read RESULT &lt;&quot;$FILE&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        if [ ! -e &quot;$RESULT&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            mv  &quot;ll_bkup&quot; &quot;$RESULT&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            mv &quot;$FILE&quot; /home/storegrid/scripts/results/result-`date +%y%m%d%s`.var&#xD;&#xA;        fi&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    exit 0&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52124" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29188" RevisionGUID="9ffe4230-dd1a-484b-9b5b-81611c660da7" CreationDate="2009-06-20T22:43:19.857" UserId="86" Comment="fixed grammar" Text="We had a rather serious outage this past week affecting several services which put us out of our SLA with customers.  Now that everything has been resolved, I am conducting a post-mortem review.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From this review, I would like to come up with an internal document that describes the outage, its effects, our response and the resolution.  I want to come up with a fairly standard form for future reuse.  I have included my thoughts below, but what other items should be included?  If this were a security-related incident, what would you add?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Summary** Executive level summary of event.&#xD;&#xA; - **Affected Services**&#xD;&#xA; - **Outage Duration** For each affected service if there were variances&#xD;&#xA; - **Cause** Including primary and secondary causes&#xD;&#xA; - **Resolution**&#xD;&#xA; - **Timeline of events** Notifications, contact with external vendors, customer notifications, responses, etc.&#xD;&#xA; - **Problems with our response** Did things not go as planned with our response to the outage? Correct people notified?  Did vendors meet their contracted obligations?&#xD;&#xA; - **Preventative measures to take** How do we prevent this outage from occurring again or reduce its impact?&#xD;&#xA; - **Changes to make in future outage responses**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try to keep posts down to one item and explanation, and this post can be updated with the top voted answers." />
  <row Id="52125" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29222" RevisionGUID="27c6482b-fe10-4044-aee1-9cd48548a77e" CreationDate="2009-06-20T22:44:21.447" UserId="86" Comment="fixed grammar" Text="Affected services and outage duration only tells you part of how bad an outage was. You also want to know what the impact on the business was.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Impact**: What effect did this have on users, and how was it perceived? How much money did this cost us (by missing of SLA, lost orders etc.)?" />
  <row Id="52126" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29050" RevisionGUID="cb53c070-e808-45d2-80a8-8e61e2ce6b05" CreationDate="2009-06-20T22:46:16.903" UserId="86" Comment="fixed grammar and spelling" Text="I know this is a subjective question without a possible answer, but I really want to know if it's &quot;just me&quot; or is it something common. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lifting a server from the ground up takes time and effort like kids or pets - to watch them grow, succeed and perform &quot;by the book&quot; is a wonderful experience. I realized I'm attached to one of my production servers when I had to move it outside of it's normal operation location, making it physically far away from me. While I can still remotely control it, it's just not the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do you get emotionally attached to your server(s)? If so, do you think it helps you become a better system maintainer? Are you overly paranoid when a potential security risk threatens the system for the &quot;wrong&quot; reasons?" />
  <row Id="52127" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29231" RevisionGUID="fbe7cfca-ca25-4c00-a151-b65275c0b3e1" CreationDate="2009-06-20T22:48:02.640" UserId="5612" Comment="added another screenshot" Text="In the screenshot below, the overall CPU is being reported as 3% but the mysqld process is reported as using 57%.  Is this 57% of the overall 3% and thus mysqld is only using about 1.5% of the CPU?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![top screenshot][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE**: A commenter below requested I press the '1' key and post the results:&#xD;&#xA;![the 1 key][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img.skitch.com/20090620-cih33piwnnrke6aw41y9p1phwr.jpg&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img.skitch.com/20090620-gayja43s44qtw2wkw4aq642e8c.jpg" />
  <row Id="52128" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29166" RevisionGUID="531c5854-509c-4047-a14a-af3ebebb7ed3" CreationDate="2009-06-20T22:49:54.383" UserId="86" Comment="improved grammar" Text="I just setup my first non-Windows server and I am definitely emotionally attached to it.  It is 1 week old, which means that I am 1 week into being a newbie linux admin.  I have managed Windows machines for my entire career and am now testing the waters.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I built the machine, which I probably should have named Frankenstein, from an old desktop and some spare parts.  Once the OS was installed, the keyboard, mouse and monitor were removed.  I have managed it with Putty for its entire life.  Its purpose, for now, is test-file/ftp/web server for the IT Dept. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I monitor it constantly, either from inside the LAN or from home, always checking on it.  Its definitely my baby.  The opportunity to move it to better hardware has been presented, but I have turned it down.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I plan on constantly shaping and keeping it for years.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52129" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28915" RevisionGUID="95f96246-13a6-4421-a6d1-5f67ab2bde01" CreationDate="2009-06-20T22:52:35.563" UserId="86" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;tips&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="52130" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="7902" RevisionGUID="5888ec24-4494-49bc-bde9-064f0885680f" CreationDate="2009-06-20T22:54:14.140" UserId="86" Comment="improved grammar" Text="I'm looking for amusing stories of sysadmin accidents you have had.  Deleting the CEO's email, formatting the wrong hard drive, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll add my own story as an answer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52131" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="7902" RevisionGUID="5888ec24-4494-49bc-bde9-064f0885680f" CreationDate="2009-06-20T22:54:14.140" UserId="86" Comment="improved grammar" Text="&lt;humor&gt;" />
  <row Id="52132" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29235" RevisionGUID="c422319e-ad96-4312-a980-14c3cf9f77b4" CreationDate="2009-06-20T22:59:46.890" UserId="8996" Comment="added 245 characters in body" Text="The 57.6% means that mysqld is using .576 of one cpu. The discrepancy is likely to be a race condition between data collection for the system as a whole and collecting the per-process data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;Based on your update looks like you have 16 cores. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    57.5% =&gt; .575/16 = .036 = 3.6%.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So that's where your 3% is coming from. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you sum all the idle percentages and subtract from 1600%, that also comes out to about 57.5%." />
  <row Id="52133" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29240" RevisionGUID="2657afe6-f420-4c70-8a6e-2cb8bebf24aa" CreationDate="2009-06-20T23:00:09.417" UserId="97" Text="Do it via a NAS share (samba or NFS).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use Time Machine to back up to a ReadyNAS (which runs Linux under the hood). Here are my notes on how to do so.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Enable NAS backups.&#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;     - defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Find MAC address&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;     - ifconfig en0 | grep ether | sed s/://g | sed s/ether//&#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;    Command to create sparsebundle to copy over to NAS&#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;     - sudo hdiutil create -nospotlight -library SPUD -size 160g -fs &quot;Case-sensitive Journaled HFS+&quot; -type SPARSEBUNDLE -volname &quot;hostname Backup&quot; ./&lt;hostname&gt;_&lt;macaddress&gt;.sparsebundle&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to insert your hostname and mac address to fit. This setup has been working with no major issues for quite a while now. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS. You need to adjust the size of the volume. I have it set to 160GB as it's only backing up a Mac Mini.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52134" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="9157" RevisionGUID="0530351e-9f65-4f7c-82bd-3f3ca0d09549" CreationDate="2009-06-20T23:14:01.667" UserId="86" Comment="improved flow" Text="This didn't happen to me, but…&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was working at a company that made software that ran on Linux machines provided by the client. We would essentially 'take over' the machines, completely configure them to our specs, and do all of the management and monitoring. Essentially, we were a team of 10-15 sysadmins, managing thousands of servers for hundreds of customers. Mistakes were bound to happen.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of our team found some issues on a server (a backup, I believe), and decided that he should run fsck on it. He stopped all relevant services, made sure that the system had had backups taken recently, and then ran the fsck, but it complained that the filesystem was mounted. Since we were remote and had no remote access (DRAC, ILO, etc.), he couldn't do the fsck, but he was pretty sure that it was safe to do it with the filesystem mounted, if you were careful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;He decided to try it himself by running fsck on his root partition, with predictable results – he corrupted his root partition and couldn't boot anymore.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Confused, he went over and talked to our team lead. The lead said he was pretty sure that you couldn't do that, and the team member said 'Sure you can!', took the lead's keyboard, and showed him that you could – by running fsck on the lead's root partition. Which completely corrupted HIS root partition.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;End result? No customer data lost, thanks to the team member's testing. Two days of employee productivity were lost, but that was worth far, far less than the data on the customer's machine. And for the record? You can run fsck on a mounted drive, but only to verify data. Not to repair it. That was the team member's mistake.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;--&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To add my own story, I was working at the same company, and was trying to reset a user password. Our system refused to let me set it to the password he needed, because it tracked old password hashes and refused to let you duplicate the password. The mechanism was simple: it validated your password against the most recent hash in the database.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(And for the record, it needed to be the old password because it was a shared account, and making sure everyone knew the new password was impractical)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I decided to just go into the users database and delete the new records so that it would use the older one. It's all just SQL (running an ancient version of Sybase), so it's easy. First, I had to find the records:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    SELECT * FROM users_passwords WHERE username='someuser';&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I found the old record he wanted to keep; there were two more in front of it. I decided to be clever and just delete anything newer than the old record. Looking at the result set, I saw that the old password was ID #28 in the database, and the new ones were ID #several thousand (very busy system). That's simple, all the old rows were &gt; 28, so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    DELETE FROM users_passwords WHERE id &gt; 28;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's nothing worse than doing some simple row pruning and seeing '212,500 rows affected'. Fortunately, we had two master database servers (with the user ID), but Sybase (at least, our version) didn't support automatic replication, so it didn't automatically wipe out the old records. It was a trivial matter to get a dump of the users_passwords table and re-import it. Still, a pretty big 'oh f**k!' moment." />
  <row Id="52136" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29241" RevisionGUID="5f63f385-805b-453a-87ab-53e404cb2631" CreationDate="2009-06-20T23:34:09.693" UserId="5021" Text="I think that separating the database and the web server to different machines might add another layer for the intruder to get to, but a very thin one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you would like to &quot;trap&quot; intruders that way, you can use a reverse proxy or a web-cache on a separate machine. The intruder will goto this machine and will find no data as well as no details how to get to the database machine. Only the web server will be defined on the reverse proxy and that can be blocked off apart from the port its serving the web pages on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Security: the proxy server may provide an additional layer of defense by separating or masquerading the type of server that is behind the reverse proxy. This configuration may protect the servers further up the chain - mainly through obfuscation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_proxy][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_proxy" />
  <row Id="52137" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29242" RevisionGUID="8e6d30d2-117e-4064-85f0-500d2c971a2f" CreationDate="2009-06-20T23:36:59.797" UserId="5957" Text="[Samba4](http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4) is going to be able to do that, but it's still in alpha.  If you're adventurous you can play with the latest [releases](http://us3.samba.org/samba/ftp/samba4/).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52138" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29243" RevisionGUID="f4efaf2d-d888-42a6-b9b1-f124680d1150" CreationDate="2009-06-20T23:46:10.933" UserId="3038" Text="If you don't mind commercial linux software, Novell's Open Enterprise Server 2 (SP1 and later) has a component called Domain Services for Windows that'll do exactly that. Cost-wise, however, it'd probably be cheaper to purchase a Windows 2003 server and create your own AD tree. But if you really want a Microsoft-free solution OES2 will do it for you." />
  <row Id="52139" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="29236" RevisionGUID="d0c33ef8-79b9-4974-ad95-307a44d872bc" CreationDate="2009-06-20T23:48:34.067" UserId="6965" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;domain-controller&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;single-sign-on&gt;&lt;samba&gt;" />
  <row Id="52140" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29244" RevisionGUID="8e659eea-6eef-4140-b5e3-7b6915eaca8a" CreationDate="2009-06-20T23:54:20.367" UserId="10217" Text="I keep hearing about people who want to get SSD for their databases. But instead of putting their tables on SSD, quite often people want to put their DB log on SSD while leaving their tables on regular hard drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But why would anyone want to do that? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Log uses sequential writes. And SSD's sequential IO speed isn't any faster than your regular disks. So putting log on SSD wouldn't provide any performance gain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The one area at which SSD is much faster than regular disks is random IO. So shouldn't the sensible thing to do is to put your tables on SSD while leave the log on regular disks? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Am I missing something?" />
  <row Id="52141" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29244" RevisionGUID="8e659eea-6eef-4140-b5e3-7b6915eaca8a" CreationDate="2009-06-20T23:54:20.367" UserId="10217" Text="Why would anyone want to put DB log on a SSD?" />
  <row Id="52142" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29244" RevisionGUID="8e659eea-6eef-4140-b5e3-7b6915eaca8a" CreationDate="2009-06-20T23:54:20.367" UserId="10217" Text="&lt;ssd&gt;&lt;database&gt;&lt;performance&gt;" />
  <row Id="52143" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25415" RevisionGUID="88f4fd87-709a-49b3-854f-64e5eaff538a" CreationDate="2009-06-20T23:55:45.220" UserId="1561" Comment="added 170 characters in body" Text="So I've noticed that there are several recommendations on basic practices on SF, but there doesn't seem to be a cohesive view as to how those recommendations would all fit together.  So I thought I would lump these together as a kind of mental exercise to see what the &quot;ServerFault Community IT Department&quot; would look like if it were implemented.  This would give a few things: it would make a reasonable wiki (in the true wiki spirit of many contributions), it would provide several links to well-vetted practices, and it would be kinda fun to see what the amalgamation would look like.  And who knows, it may even point out some interesting issues between different forms of &quot;best practices&quot;, although I would be stunned if there was a conflict hidden in there someplace...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Add your favorites from SF as answers, and I'll re-edit this section with the results.  Here's a few catagories to collect different ideas together.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hardware Configuration(s)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Server room configuration][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Storage Configuration(s)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Network Configuration(s)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Security Practice(s)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [Password sharing methods][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Network Service(s)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;User Service(s)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Upgrade Process(es)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Disaster Recovery&#xD;&#xA;  [Documenting an outage for a post-mortem review][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/331/the-perfect-server-room&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/10285/best-practise-and-solutions-for-sharing-passwords&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://serverfault.com/questions/29188/documenting-an-outage-for-a-post-mortem-review" />
  <row Id="52144" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29245" RevisionGUID="5d90e2e0-64a8-416d-8d50-2b2fe4b13e14" CreationDate="2009-06-20T23:56:01.647" UserId="10223" Text="Of course you can!&#xD;&#xA;Just read a bit some tutorials at samba.org&#xD;&#xA;[Samba by example][1] is great for a start &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/" />
  <row Id="52145" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29246" RevisionGUID="917db2d4-2563-4fd0-af91-22e8682b0a03" CreationDate="2009-06-20T23:57:27.200" UserId="8897" Text="If the &quot;AD-like capabilities&quot; you want are basically group policies, I recommend looking into [Nitrobit Group Policy][1], which allow to simulate this function in a samba domain. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have running this in my network and it's a great piece of software, although not free. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://nitrobit.de/" />
  <row Id="52146" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29247" RevisionGUID="f3fbf8f3-0551-4125-b170-6e844bf98272" CreationDate="2009-06-21T00:04:29.537" UserId="7073" Text="I deleted someone's account by mistake, got the names mixed up with the one I was suspose to delete. Opps&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The cool part is they never knew what happened.  Got the call they couldn't log in, the penny dropped about the account I deleted.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;While on the phone with them, I quickly re-created their account, re-attached their old mailbox to it (thankfully Exchange doesn't delete mailboxes right away) and pointed it back to their old user files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then I blamed them for forgetting their password which I had just reset for them :)" />
  <row Id="52147" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29247" RevisionGUID="f3fbf8f3-0551-4125-b170-6e844bf98272" CreationDate="2009-06-21T00:04:29.537" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29248" RevisionGUID="29c7bf6c-8a33-4aaa-a17a-386da1171aad" CreationDate="2009-06-21T00:10:05.010" UserId="8897" Text="You can configure to store the extended attributes of HFS+ in xattrs on the Linux fileserver with the -X and -A switches and the &quot;fake super&quot; functionality. This is working quite well, but you can use these xattrs only for restore to hsf+, especially ACLs are not usable on the linux side. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I recommend to compile your own rsync though, or use DarwinPorts version, as the apple supplied version was never working really well (and I am not sure if things got better recently). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;see man rsync for the fake-super mode.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't comment on the speed issue, but maybe a locally built version works better. " />
  <row Id="52149" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29249" RevisionGUID="13fdf79d-dbc0-4579-a62f-fa70af5f72dd" CreationDate="2009-06-21T00:12:29.453" UserId="8996" Text="You always want to flush your logs out to physical storage (be that platters or flash), and SSDs based on DRAM can be faster to write to than harddisks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Transaction logs should almost always be cached in memory for performance, so read speed doesn't really come into it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So you should be able to get a higher write throughput from putting transaction logs on SSD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an aside, I once experimented with putting MySQL innodb transaction logs on a tmpfs, and got a 10-20% performance boost as measured by OSDB compared to disk." />
  <row Id="52150" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29249" RevisionGUID="74365cc7-41f5-427c-85f7-ab42558cb355" CreationDate="2009-06-21T00:20:45.253" UserId="8996" Comment="deleted 16 characters in body" Text="You always want to flush your logs out to non-volatile storage (be that platters or flash), and SSDs based on DRAM can be faster to write to than harddisks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Transaction logs should almost always be cached in memory for performance, so read speed doesn't really come into it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So you should be able to get a higher write throughput from putting transaction logs on SSD.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an aside, I once experimented with putting MySQL innodb transaction logs on a tmpfs, and got a 10-20% performance boost compared to disk." />
  <row Id="52151" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29250" RevisionGUID="a16dda9f-7ebd-45ff-9a80-c15c2f687ef0" CreationDate="2009-06-21T00:30:38.400" UserId="1674" Text="We were in the middle of a power outage and saw that the UPS was running at 112% of it's configured load.  This wasn't much of an issue as we were running on the generator at the time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So we went around pulling backup power cables to reduce the power usage on that UPS (we had two, one much larger than the other).  We got to the network switch which ran the server room (this was the server room with all the internal servers for the company, with the customer facing servers in another server room).  The switch was a large enterprise class switch with three power supplies in it.  The supplies were N+1 so we only needed two in order to run the switch.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We picked a cable and pulled it out.  Unfortunately for us the other two were plugged into a single power strip, which promptly blew as the load went up on the two power supplies which were plugged into it.  The sysadmin then panicked and plugged the third cable in.  The switch tried to fire up, putting the entire load of the switch unto the single power supply.  Instead of the power supply shutting down, it exploded in a shower of sparks not 12 inches from my face sending me jumping back into the rack of servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Out of instinct I tried to jump to the side, but unfortunately on my left was a wall, and two my right was a very large 6'4&quot; facilities guy.  I some how managed to jump over him, or possibly through him bouncing off of the Compaq racks (the ones with the thin mesh fronts) without putting a whole in the rack, and without touching the facilities guy." />
  <row Id="52152" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29250" RevisionGUID="a16dda9f-7ebd-45ff-9a80-c15c2f687ef0" CreationDate="2009-06-21T00:30:38.400" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29251" RevisionGUID="06c928e9-1bd7-4901-8cdc-8f2acab71d59" CreationDate="2009-06-21T00:33:43.890" UserId="7073" Text="Hello All,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've dug though the internet but haven't been able to confirm this one way or the other so I figured I'd try here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have VMWare Server 2.0 and I've installed Windows 7.0 RC 64bit on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Host OS is Windows XP Pro&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Everything is working great, except I cannot get the sound card to work. &#xD;&#xA;The hardware does show up in the hardware list but,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows 7 cannot find the driver when attempting to do auto-update and I cannot find anything for a manual install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone confirm if this works or not and if so what am I missing?  I'm guessing the drivers just don't exist yet?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also this is a SF question as I'm begining the testing of Windows 7 on my networks, and issues that might come up (GPO, user's lost in the UI from XP, etc)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52154" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29251" RevisionGUID="06c928e9-1bd7-4901-8cdc-8f2acab71d59" CreationDate="2009-06-21T00:33:43.890" UserId="7073" Text="Windows 7 On VMWare Server 2.0 Sound Card" />
  <row Id="52155" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29251" RevisionGUID="06c928e9-1bd7-4901-8cdc-8f2acab71d59" CreationDate="2009-06-21T00:33:43.890" UserId="7073" Text="&lt;windows-7&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;&lt;64-bit&gt;&lt;x64&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="52156" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29252" RevisionGUID="aab433cf-8e2b-4614-96ab-39099c010a93" CreationDate="2009-06-21T00:39:26.947" UserId="9065" Text="One suggested solution was to mount it in an empty NTFS folder.  I had originally tried this by changing the existing Z: drive letter mapping, but the &quot;Mount in the following empty NTFS folder&quot; option was disabled.  However, when I added a second mapping, the option was available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once I mounted the drive in the empty NTFS folder, I was able to Share that folder, and the contents could be seen by others on the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've still not determined why this didn't work when I attempted to share a folder directly on the drive-letter-mapped resource." />
  <row Id="52159" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29254" RevisionGUID="7ea79e02-a518-4697-8530-8adac4fd76a8" CreationDate="2009-06-21T00:49:23.350" UserId="7073" Text="Public release &amp; internal release&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is more something for management to decide but you might what to include what should be released to customers about it or your recommendation anyway.  Also either way get sign off from management on the exact wording of what will be released to customers before releasing anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The public release should be included in the this so anyone in the company knows what they are allowed to tell customers." />
  <row Id="52160" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29254" RevisionGUID="7ea79e02-a518-4697-8530-8adac4fd76a8" CreationDate="2009-06-21T00:49:23.350" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52161" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29255" RevisionGUID="8d0ef090-1e9b-4fad-b23e-c8927028ac86" CreationDate="2009-06-21T01:14:01.367" UserId="4946" Text="**[Pendrivelinux][1]**: make your thumb drive bootable!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They also have *persistent* installs now: your-whole-pc-on-a-stick ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/" />
  <row Id="52162" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29255" RevisionGUID="8d0ef090-1e9b-4fad-b23e-c8927028ac86" CreationDate="2009-06-21T01:14:01.367" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52163" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29238" RevisionGUID="c47cf40c-41fd-437b-bc79-f0bb1e8da79e" CreationDate="2009-06-21T01:18:36.713" UserId="5890" Comment="added 557 characters in body" Text="Can you try pressing the number 1 when top is running and see what happens.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mr Unknown says it well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;top is saying &quot;If you had one CPU core, it would be 57.5% busy.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But you have 16 cores. So this 57 number is spread out all over the place, with mysqld being multi-threaded and everything...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Kind of confusing. But I think this is because top would find it harder to display information for each core... imagine a top info line with 16 or more cores!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also if you add up all the &quot;%us&quot; CPU time&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1.7+1.0+2.3+1.0+7.4+11.1+15.1+8.7 = 48.3&#xD;&#xA;    48.3/16 = 3.01875&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is where the 3% number comes from..." />
  <row Id="52164" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29256" RevisionGUID="c871bf52-3fbd-4b7f-8624-bb35c3f520ca" CreationDate="2009-06-21T01:30:32.283" UserId="10226" Text="I would guess you want to look for a Virtual Private Server or Virtual Machine with root access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my (commercial) opinion, hosting technologies either fall into the category of a &quot;completely standardized&quot; hosting environment (e.g. Apache/mod_php for PHP) or they don't.  Lots of companies provide PHP hosting in exactly the same way.  But for most newer hosting platforms like Python and Ruby - they don't, and so hosts have to go to a lot more work and domain expertise to make particular hosting environments for those languages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Therefore if you shop for a Python-specialising host, you ought to find a much more clued-in host than one selling PHP hosting.  However I would expect you'd have to pay more for that rarer expertise.  The risk is that you get something a bit more half-baked or very specific to a particular host, which makes your deployment less portable should you want to move.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instead if you shop for a VPS / Virtual Machine you will get a product that is broadly similar across thousands of hosts - root access, bandwidth, disc space, and the ability to install the exact software, versions and modules you want.  You may have to learn a bit more to set this kind of thing up, but you won't have to submit to one hosting company's idea of what a &quot;standard&quot; Python environment is.  Make your own environment, one that fits your application, and you'll have the pick of many more companies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I may be overstating the case for VPS slightly, as I'm thinking more about past horrors of Rails deployment, where I have specific experience :)" />
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  <row Id="52166" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29257" RevisionGUID="09c26979-0999-4c77-87ff-2f7094138834" CreationDate="2009-06-21T01:35:00.063" UserId="623" Text="A neutrino detection experiment I worked on used GPS for the primary time signal to our Data Acquisition system. They used a fairly expensive system supplied by someone in Japan.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This as part of a world-wide effort to provide high precision information about the different arrival times for the neutrino and photon wave-fronts from big supernovas. Lots of cool physics in that, if you can get precise enough data." />
  <row Id="52167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29258" RevisionGUID="923ed736-8f75-437d-a2a2-9ce9e886fabd" CreationDate="2009-06-21T01:39:25.160" UserId="792" Text="**What would generally be your expectation for SLA uptimes across the following services in a given month for a 'normal' scenario?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm including my expectations... the purpose of this question is to find out what the standard baseline should be in 2009 for setting SLA goals in an IT infrastructure. (Again, in a *normal* scenario - we're not talking Amazon or Google, but then again we're not talking Billy Bob's Web Site hosted on home DSL either.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Power (100%)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Network / Core Routing / Switching (99.999%)&#xD;&#xA; 3. Static Files Hosting (99.99%)&#xD;&#xA; 4. Application Hosting [Single Server / DB] (99.95%)&#xD;&#xA; 5. E-Mail Hosting (99.95%)&#xD;&#xA; 6. Complex Application Hosting / Platform [Multiple Servers / DBs / Services] (99.9%)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(For reference... [SLA Calculator][1])&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And finally... **How much maintenance time is acceptable within a month?**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.mironov.com/documents/SLA_uptime_calculator.xls" />
  <row Id="52168" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29258" RevisionGUID="923ed736-8f75-437d-a2a2-9ce9e886fabd" CreationDate="2009-06-21T01:39:25.160" UserId="792" Text="General SLA Expectations and Maintenance for Standard Services" />
  <row Id="52169" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29258" RevisionGUID="923ed736-8f75-437d-a2a2-9ce9e886fabd" CreationDate="2009-06-21T01:39:25.160" UserId="792" Text="&lt;sla&gt;&lt;maintenance&gt;&lt;uptime&gt;" />
  <row Id="52171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29260" RevisionGUID="7c1123f4-046b-4756-95df-3bb845fc776f" CreationDate="2009-06-21T01:42:27.917" UserId="10226" Text="I run a mostly-Linux hosting company with many staff who are Linux experts.  I'm looking for some good books to shorten my learning curve so I can help our customers administer their Window systems.  We run thousands of Linux hosts, but only a handful of Windows ones - what are the essential titles to bring us up to speed on Windows Server 2008, Exchange 2007, Active Directory and other technology staples of the Microsoft world?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My impression is many titles are full of business planning advice over technical detail, and not a great deal on command-line / scripted operation which is more our style of system administration.  Any recommendations for a slightly UNIX-slanted, hosting-slanted audience would be appreciated." />
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  <row Id="52173" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29260" RevisionGUID="7c1123f4-046b-4756-95df-3bb845fc776f" CreationDate="2009-06-21T01:42:27.917" UserId="10226" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;book&gt;" />
  <row Id="52174" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29261" RevisionGUID="4e867612-71b1-4ab6-9f80-b983e75d752d" CreationDate="2009-06-21T01:45:11.190" UserId="8002" Text="This one is specific to Windows Powershell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a policy we add the following the the machine profile.ps1 on each server. This ensures that the following are true:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Admin powershell console windows have a dark red background color&#xD;&#xA; 2. Administrator is added to the title&#xD;&#xA; 3. The message &quot;Warning: Powershell is running as an Administrator.&quot; is written at startup&#xD;&#xA; 4. The title bar is prefixed with &quot;Administrator: &quot;&#xD;&#xA; 5. Standard utilities (like corporate shell scripts, vim and infozip) are in the path.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $currentPrincipal = New-Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal( [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent() )&#xD;&#xA;    &amp; {&#xD;&#xA;    	if ($currentPrincipal.IsInRole( [Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator ))&#xD;&#xA;    	{&#xD;&#xA;    	       (get-host).UI.RawUI.Backgroundcolor=&quot;DarkRed&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	       clear-host&#xD;&#xA;    	       write-host &quot;Warning: PowerShell is running as an Administrator.`n&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    	}&#xD;&#xA;        $stdutilities = $null&#xD;&#xA;        if( [IntPtr]::size * 8 -eq 64 )&#xD;&#xA;        {&#xD;&#xA;                $stdutilities = &quot;${env:programfiles(x86)}\PoSHix&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;        else&#xD;&#xA;        {&#xD;&#xA;                $stdutilities = &quot;${env:programfiles}\PoSHix&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;        if( (Test-Path $stdutilities) -and !($env:path -match $poshix.Replace(&quot;\&quot;,&quot;\\&quot;)) )&#xD;&#xA;        {&#xD;&#xA;                $env:path = &quot;$stdutilities;${env:path}&quot;&#xD;&#xA;        }&#xD;&#xA;    }&#xD;&#xA;    function Prompt&#xD;&#xA;    {&#xD;&#xA;            if( [IntPtr]::size * 8 -eq 64 )&#xD;&#xA;            {&#xD;&#xA;                    $host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = &quot;Windows PowerShell (x64)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            }&#xD;&#xA;            else&#xD;&#xA;            {&#xD;&#xA;                    $host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = &quot;Windows PowerShell (x86)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            }&#xD;&#xA;            if ($currentPrincipal.IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator))&#xD;&#xA;            {&#xD;&#xA;                    $Host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = &quot;Administrator: &quot; + $host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle&#xD;&#xA;            }&#xD;&#xA;            'PS' + $(if ($nestedpromptlevel -ge 1) { '&gt;&gt;' }) + '&gt; '&#xD;&#xA;    }" />
  <row Id="52175" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29261" RevisionGUID="15903083-c4e3-485c-9811-ead54b7794b5" CreationDate="2009-06-21T02:00:28.413" UserId="8002" Comment="fighting text box to format powershell code" Text="This one is specific to Windows Powershell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As a policy we add the following the the machine profile.ps1 on each server. This ensures that the following are true:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Admin powershell console windows have a dark red background color&#xD;&#xA; 2. Administrator is added to the title&#xD;&#xA; 3. The message &quot;Warning: Powershell is running as an Administrator.&quot; is written at startup&#xD;&#xA; 4. The title bar is prefixed with &quot;Administrator: &quot;&#xD;&#xA; 5. Standard utilities (like corporate shell scripts, vim and infozip) are in the path.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;	$currentPrincipal = New-Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal( [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent() )&#xD;&#xA;	&amp;{&#xD;&#xA;		if ($currentPrincipal.IsInRole( [Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator ))&#xD;&#xA;		{&#xD;&#xA;		       (get-host).UI.RawUI.Backgroundcolor=&quot;DarkRed&quot;&#xD;&#xA;		       clear-host&#xD;&#xA;		       write-host &quot;Warning: PowerShell is running as an Administrator.`n&quot;&#xD;&#xA;		}&#xD;&#xA;	    $stdutilities = $null&#xD;&#xA;	    if( [IntPtr]::size * 8 -eq 64 )&#xD;&#xA;	    {&#xD;&#xA;	            $stdutilities = &quot;${env:programfiles(x86)}\Utilities&quot;&#xD;&#xA;	    }&#xD;&#xA;	    else&#xD;&#xA;	    {&#xD;&#xA;	            $stdutilities = &quot;${env:programfiles}\Utilities&quot;&#xD;&#xA;	    }&#xD;&#xA;	    if( (Test-Path $stdutilities) -and !($env:path -match $stdutilities.Replace(&quot;\&quot;,&quot;\\&quot;)) )&#xD;&#xA;	    {&#xD;&#xA;	            $env:path = &quot;$stdutilities;${env:path}&quot;&#xD;&#xA;	    }&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;	}&#xD;&#xA;	function Prompt&#xD;&#xA;	{&#xD;&#xA;	        if( [IntPtr]::size * 8 -eq 64 )&#xD;&#xA;	        {&#xD;&#xA;	                $host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = &quot;Windows PowerShell (x64)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;	        }&#xD;&#xA;	        else&#xD;&#xA;	        {&#xD;&#xA;	                $host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = &quot;Windows PowerShell (x86)&quot;&#xD;&#xA;	        }&#xD;&#xA;	        if ($currentPrincipal.IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator))&#xD;&#xA;	        {&#xD;&#xA;	                $Host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = &quot;Administrator: &quot; + $host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle&#xD;&#xA;	        }&#xD;&#xA;	        'PS' + $(if ($nestedpromptlevel -ge 1) { '&gt;&gt;' }) + '&gt; '&#xD;&#xA;	}&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;" />
  <row Id="52178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29262" RevisionGUID="816e2b54-5707-4809-bcfb-e85de23bf6e3" CreationDate="2009-06-21T02:04:36.970" UserId="1205" Text="I run an Ubuntu desktop with a bunch virtual test servers in Virtual Box to test stuff out etc. In the past I've also been connecting to other kinds of remote VPS Linux boxes. Currently my `.ssh/known_hosts` file has a whole bunch of keys in them, most are not being used any more.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I want to clean up my `.shh/known_hosts` file but how do I know which key belongs to what host? I.e. how do I know which keys I can safely remove and which ones I should leave alone?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52179" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29262" RevisionGUID="816e2b54-5707-4809-bcfb-e85de23bf6e3" CreationDate="2009-06-21T02:04:36.970" UserId="1205" Text="How to manage my .ssh/known_hosts file" />
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  <row Id="52181" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29263" RevisionGUID="ef48866a-c3eb-4f7f-81a1-d88dab745088" CreationDate="2009-06-21T00:12:16.503" Text="&lt;p&gt;For some reason, any new domain users created on Windows Server 2003's Active Directory cannot login to the domain. However, existing domain users can login just fine. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have even tried copying an existing user (who can login) and then giving the new user a new username and a password. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's causing this? I have recently updated the server with the latest update. I am not sure if it is related.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52182" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29263" RevisionGUID="ef48866a-c3eb-4f7f-81a1-d88dab745088" CreationDate="2009-06-21T00:12:16.503" Text="Windows Active Directory Login Issue" />
  <row Id="52183" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29263" RevisionGUID="ef48866a-c3eb-4f7f-81a1-d88dab745088" CreationDate="2009-06-21T00:12:16.503" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;domain&gt;&lt;windows-vista&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="52184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29264" RevisionGUID="a0bb41c7-ee0b-4598-ae7f-eea2280d37d7" CreationDate="2009-06-21T02:11:54.257" UserId="792" Text="One possibility...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may have a DNS or other Active Directory issue on your domain preventing PC's from contacting a domain controller, and since &quot;existing&quot; users have already logged into their PCs, they're simply logging in under their cached account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Quick litmus test - if you go to a PC in the domain and **ping domainname.local** (where domainname.local is the FQDN of your domain, but does not contain any server name), do you get the IP address for one of your domain controllers?" />
  <row Id="52185" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29264" RevisionGUID="a0bb41c7-ee0b-4598-ae7f-eea2280d37d7" CreationDate="2009-06-21T02:11:54.257" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52186" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29265" RevisionGUID="9fa3f215-21da-4c13-87a8-0b216dce3e3b" CreationDate="2009-06-21T02:24:47.787" UserId="1466" Text="Two things I might add to this list:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. You might consider separating your web-content off the actual webservers.  We have 2 redundant content servers, and mount the content via nfs on the webservers AND a developer machine.  This has security benefits, as the public facing machines have no extra user accounts or services running, and you can prevent root-level-access over nfs.  It also eliminates the need to keep your webservers in sync, since there is only one shared content source.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2. An *ideal* environment must also include some sort of site-availability / response-time monitoring.  This can be done locally using nagios or something similar - however a better solution would be to monitor things as the world sees them using a 3rd party distributed service such as mon.itor.us" />
  <row Id="52187" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29266" RevisionGUID="528ab940-e73a-4e60-ab16-93ade8181796" CreationDate="2009-06-21T02:34:59.107" UserDisplayName="up" Text="make backups ... " />
  <row Id="52188" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29267" RevisionGUID="4f8cd7d8-e818-47a0-a67a-8dd568a5ea7d" CreationDate="2009-06-21T02:36:50.243" UserId="10206" Text="With difficulty...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ubuntu by default hashes hostnames the known_hosts file (this is not the default openssh behaviour), to make it difficult for anyone reading the file to know what systems you access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you really wanted to clean out the file, simplest option is probably just delete it and check the keys for servers you know as they arise, but really I'd just leave known_hosts alone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can stop new hosts entries from being hashed by commenting out the option in /etc/ssh/ssh_config&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #HashKnownHosts yes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52189" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29268" RevisionGUID="86952f5e-4cd9-43fe-ac96-8261ac53013d" CreationDate="2009-06-21T02:39:55.010" UserId="1466" Text="One important thing to keep in mind is that when you go from one machine to two, your chances of downtime double - that is, if your site is dependent on the DB to function.  If uptime is important to you, you might be looking at 4 (or more) servers - and then you're golden.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't think that you need to worry about the speed of the DB communicating with the webserver.  The CPU power you gain by adding a machine will speed up the DB queries themselves, and the transmission between servers even at 100Mb should be negligible compared to the speed that you can server web pages on the live internet." />
  <row Id="52190" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29269" RevisionGUID="07c8cb51-ced6-434a-9559-619ac2a4c4ca" CreationDate="2009-06-21T02:45:17.340" UserId="6177" Text="One book I strongly recommend to any sysadmin I meet is &quot;Windows Internals.&quot;  It explains the programs and data structures that make up the OS and explains how they work.  In some areas (e.g. device drivers) it's only an introduction, but it covers all the systems and sub-systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I missed getting a copy of the first edition, but I've got all three since then and now I see there's a new one I'll have to get.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For exchange, I haven't actually gotten around to buying any books on 2007, some of the other guys on the team did the bulk of the work on our upgrade from 2003.  I'd start with anything written by [Paul Robichaux][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/users/4268/paul-robichaux" />
  <row Id="52191" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28931" RevisionGUID="4c06a28c-393d-435e-98ba-442774bf8425" CreationDate="2009-06-21T02:47:42.700" UserId="9249" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;registry&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="52192" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29270" RevisionGUID="73b9d040-46bf-4b6f-a37a-4ffefefec75e" CreationDate="2009-06-21T02:51:29.307" UserId="385" Text="There are several reasons you'd consider separating database and web server, and some will echo what's already been mentioned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First, there's the potential performance issue. Generally, a database server loves memory. The more memory it can allocate to caching data, the less access it requires to read from disk. So there's a benefit to having memory. As a result, you can have a memory contention issue between the web server and the database server. With that said, there are plenty of cases where database servers are running on the same box as the web server, such as with MySQL or SQL Server Express or even full blown SQL Server with SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Second, there's the case where your application may use some but not all of the data. This is especially true if internal systems touch the database, too. This isn't a likely scenario in a web hosting environment, which I'm guessing you're looking at based on your tags. But in that case, you can limit the access the web server has to the database to only what is needed. Yes, if the web server is compromised, they can get that access, but if it's a limited set of permissions, they can't get everything. Host it on the same web server and that's a totally different story.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Third is because you can gain some insight in whether or not your web server is compromised by looking at the network traffic between the web server and the database server using IDS/IPS. For instance, if we're talking SQL Server and xp_cmdshell gets sent to the database server, or sp_configure, that should tell the IDS/IPS something is up. And that gives you immediate warning that the web server is compromised.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Fourth is separation of duties. If you have folks responsible for deploying the web application, they probably need escalated rights to the web server to do so. What kind of rights depends on what you're doing, what OS, what web server, etc., but you get the idea. If those folks shouldn't have access to everything that's in the database server, and the updates to the database server are handled by a different set of people (like DBAs), they you can better protect the company by using different servers.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29271" RevisionGUID="0c0666b2-264f-4a82-b5ed-54c8f469db2d" CreationDate="2009-06-21T02:52:43.750" UserId="385" Text="Have you checked to ensure the new user accounts are being replicated properly to all domain controllers? &#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="52195" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28638" RevisionGUID="e7eba62d-559a-41ec-bedf-c9533dc7d3f6" CreationDate="2009-06-21T02:56:49.453" UserId="9249" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;mod-rewrite&gt;&lt;htaccess&gt;&lt;apache&gt;" />
  <row Id="52196" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29272" RevisionGUID="dc964f5f-fa5a-4528-9927-59b11841231c" CreationDate="2009-06-21T03:00:52.783" UserId="6177" Text="In line with the question about [Best sysadmin accident][1], what's the worst accident you've been involved in?  Unlike the previous question, I mean &quot;worst&quot; in the sense of most system damage or actual harm to people.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll start with mine:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have two remote wiring closets that are at the end of a 100-foot corridor which has a metal grate for the floor.  After we had Cat6 cable installed, the contractors cleaned up all the debris that dropped through the grating to the concrete 3 feet below.  A co-worker and I entered the corridor to check on the progress one day but were distracted and didn't notice that a piece of grating had been moved aside.  My buddy stepped into air and his chest slammed into the steel crossbar.  He was winded and sore enough to take a couple days off, but luckily the steel beam had rounded edges and the size of the opening was such that he didn't smack his head into it or the floor below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously we learned that areas where the floor is partially removed need to be flagged.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/7902/best-sysadmin-accident" />
  <row Id="52197" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29272" RevisionGUID="dc964f5f-fa5a-4528-9927-59b11841231c" CreationDate="2009-06-21T03:00:52.783" UserId="6177" Text="Worst SysAdmin Accident" />
  <row Id="52198" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29272" RevisionGUID="dc964f5f-fa5a-4528-9927-59b11841231c" CreationDate="2009-06-21T03:00:52.783" UserId="6177" Text="&lt;work-environment&gt;" />
  <row Id="52199" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29273" RevisionGUID="55f77289-3570-4e65-95bb-aae431fbbdd2" CreationDate="2009-06-21T03:08:42.440" UserId="7645" Text="If you've got a list of all your hosts, you can do something like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ssh-keyscan -t rsa,dsa -f list_of_hosts &gt; ~/.ssh/known_hosts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That will overwrite your .ssh/known_hosts file with a newly generated one based on scanning the hosts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And also do what theotherreceive suggests; HashKnownHosts is more annoyance than help here." />
  <row Id="52200" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29274" RevisionGUID="e0243d73-65c9-4858-97ab-6783464ace6b" CreationDate="2009-06-21T03:13:13.960" UserDisplayName="Angel Rodriguez" Text="I've been working as a SysAdmin for about 7 months, one of my first tasks was getting a Squid proxy server running and i actually did get it working like 2 weeks after that i was using BackTrack and messing with a lot of tools &quot;Playing the Hacker&quot; i actually hacked the server which was kinda good but after i got in for some odd reason i did a rm -rf from / and well erased part of the OS (Debian linux).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I learned to finish every command sentence before hitting the Enter Key. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers." />
  <row Id="52201" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29275" RevisionGUID="6bf47de5-662c-4bf3-81f6-152ae778bf49" CreationDate="2009-06-21T03:13:28.500" UserId="39733" Text="We were installing a massive Point of Sale system at a large retailer (over 1000 branches).  The central polling server was all custom HP-Unix code, and the test to production migration was handled by a single guy - the IT Director's son.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This guy spent 7.95 hours of his day reading Fantasy novels, and the other few minutes running his batch job to migrate nightly builds to production.  The system was 3 days from going live at 150 of the branches (our first &quot;real&quot; rollout).  Everything was set, and my team had just finished testing the final pieces of code.  We commited our changes and moved our images from development to test to be picked up by the IT Director's son the next morning.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I get there at 8:00am and everything is in chaos.  Turns out that the son had been instructed that after copying files to production, he was supposed to go into the ./changed folder and type &quot;rm -rf *&quot;.  Yes, someone actually told him this!  Of course, he accidentally did this on the production root drive, which also housed our transactional polling database (which happened to be offline for backups at the time, just our luck).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Result:&#xD;&#xA;Our 16 pilot stores had to serve customers out of cigar boxes (in some cases, literally) for 2 days.  The CIO's son was demoted to Server Watcher (he sat in the freezing cold server room and was supposed to watch for red lights ... but he wasn't allowed to touch anything ... they didn't even give him a computer and revoked all his logins/email).  Our development team pulled an all-nighter rebuilding lost data from backups and retesting/resubmitting code.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We luckily made the 150 branch rollout, but it was the worst rollout experience EVER." />
  <row Id="52202" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29181" RevisionGUID="7dd26085-2d76-40e3-8525-7d2feab422c1" CreationDate="2009-06-21T03:13:40.107" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix spelling and a typo" Text="I was listening to Hanselminutes one day and this question came up.  Under what circumstances should one separate data from code?  For example in one of the systems that I've working on the DB is on the same box that servers web content.  In another scenario we had them separated.  Which is better any why do you feel that way?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I think separation is good if you can afford it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Data is better protected from a would be intruder.&#xD;&#xA;Separation allows for better failover control.&#xD;&#xA;and Separation enables you to manage and load balance traffic better.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where this does become an issue is with data access times.  Latency on the box when both are together is significantly reduced vs over the network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are you thoughts?" />
  <row Id="52203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29276" RevisionGUID="8a453ee1-fa13-4be4-beeb-800a41b131b6" CreationDate="2009-06-21T03:17:55.090" UserId="2598" Text="You can use ip2p, as earlier mentioned. It's not going to block things completely however. Ideally, you should be fire walling every port you don't specifically use, and using ip2p. Not a perfect solution, but the best you're likely to get." />
  <row Id="52204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29277" RevisionGUID="4e369002-4561-429f-a622-607728a5436c" CreationDate="2009-06-21T03:22:57.730" UserId="3488" Text="Although it could be covered in the **Preventative measures to take**, I would recommend having a **Detection method** section that you could use to note what the true symptoms were and how you could detect the problem (faster) if it happens again, ideally using automation." />
  <row Id="52205" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29277" RevisionGUID="4e369002-4561-429f-a622-607728a5436c" CreationDate="2009-06-21T03:22:57.730" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52206" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29278" RevisionGUID="686fba79-b539-4267-979b-2a5b1fa41bee" CreationDate="2009-06-21T03:27:05.820" UserId="301" Text="All the comet solutions rely on holding the connection between the webserver open as long as possible, either by the client making a `POST` request and then delaying sending the data, or the server sending a `GET` response, again delaying the data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both of those have similar problems for the origin, namely consuming a socket and memory per connection, and possibly a thread, unless you are using something like Jetty continuations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By placing a reverse proxy like Apache in front of Jetty, like apache each open connection between Jetty and the client will also consume a worker. Depending on which apache worker model you choose (for example `mod_prefork` or `mod_worker_mpm`) there will be limitations on the maximum number of connections your apache server can support. That is around a couple of hundred for `mod_prefork` and is generally limited by the amount of physical memory each worker process consumes, to a few thousand with `mod_worker_mpm`. If you are mixing `mod_worker_mpm` with php you should research the options that your version of php was compiled with as there are known incompatibilities with php and `mod_worker_mpm`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will also have to be mindful of the timeouts in both Apache and Jetty. Comet style connections either simulate a slow `POST` request, so you'll have to tune Apache to be lenient towards that, as well as the size of the request body. `GET` style requests are also subject to timeout if nothing is transmitted from the origin server. You'll have to apply these timeouts on both sides of the reverse proxy connection, from the client to Apache, and from Apache to Jetty.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I was deploying a solution like this I would either place the Jetty based Comet service on a different domain, using a load balancer to proxy multiple Jetty backends for added capacity and reliability, or I would use a different reverse proxy, say HAProxy, to act in Apaches stead, and direct requests to the various backends (Apache, Jetty), based on the URL." />
  <row Id="52207" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29274" RevisionGUID="ddf24fc9-2497-4e8b-9a7e-037a39b98a29" CreationDate="2009-06-21T03:40:49.910" UserDisplayName="Angel Rodriguez" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="I've been working as a SysAdmin for about 7 months, one of my first tasks was getting a Squid proxy server running and i actually did get it working, like 2 weeks after that i was using BackTrack and messing with a lot of tools &quot;Playing the Hacker&quot; i actually hacked the server which was kinda good but after i got in for some odd reason i did a rm -rf from / and well erased part of the OS (Debian linux).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I learned to finish every command sentence before hitting the Enter Key. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers." />
  <row Id="52208" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29279" RevisionGUID="6c8aa189-078a-4d47-85bd-bcf57911f337" CreationDate="2009-06-21T03:41:00.863" UserId="10229" Text="In an organization with hundreds of Windows and UNIX boxes what options exist to manage and distribute files and programs to the enterprise?  I have looked at Microsoft's SMS with some UNIX integration as well as BigFix.  If you have had experience with these would you call them good experiences?  " />
  <row Id="52209" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29279" RevisionGUID="6c8aa189-078a-4d47-85bd-bcf57911f337" CreationDate="2009-06-21T03:41:00.863" UserId="10229" Text="Good enterprise-capacity, platform-nuetral file and program distribution systems? " />
  <row Id="52210" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29279" RevisionGUID="6c8aa189-078a-4d47-85bd-bcf57911f337" CreationDate="2009-06-21T03:41:00.863" UserId="10229" Text="&lt;software&gt;&lt;distribution&gt;&lt;enterprise&gt;" />
  <row Id="52211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29280" RevisionGUID="afb998d1-0871-4c72-a5ae-f69cc6856832" CreationDate="2009-06-21T03:44:39.497" UserId="1759" Text="A little bit meta to some of the other posts: I use the usual echo/ls steps suggested first, to make sure that the command is selecting the set of files I want or otherwise being interpreted by the shell as intended.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But then I use the command history editing features of the shell in order to retrieve the previous command, and *modify* only the parts that need to vary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It doesn't help at all to type each of these commands independently ... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ ls *.bak&#xD;&#xA;    $ echo rm *.bak&#xD;&#xA;    $ rm * .bak&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;... because I accidentally typed a space in the last line, and deleted all the files.  I would always retrieve the previous line and simply remove the 'echo'." />
  <row Id="52212" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29281" RevisionGUID="b7b36e76-389f-4edc-8b32-d29e1d4832ab" CreationDate="2009-06-21T03:45:06.250" UserId="3528" Text="The best books I've seen about Windows are Mark Minasi's Mastering series.  Windows Internals is a great book AFTER you understand the basics.  If you are doing the hosting gig with windows there are reference architectures available from the hosting partner site.  For exchange administration you'll want Tony Redmond's book (I haven't read Paul's book but I can certainly say that I've not needed anything but Tony's).  For the command line stuff (since you are on 2008) you have powershell available.  This is likely to be your biggest challenge because unlike the unix command line, text it not piped from one command to another- objects are.  Bruce Payettes powershell in action is good as well as the powershell cookbook.  There are also a [bunch of webcasts][1] available from microsoft on te technet website about many of these topics. (note the topic bar to the left on the link provided)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/events/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="52213" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29282" RevisionGUID="04fb5d8b-09e3-469c-ab5c-caef747bb391" CreationDate="2009-06-21T03:46:45.030" UserId="9732" Text="If you want a **reliable** workstation then you want ECC RAM for it.  It will crash less often and work done on it and documents cached in RAM will not be randomly corrupted." />
  <row Id="52215" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29283" RevisionGUID="5bcd7ee2-8c53-41db-80ec-387f5dd4302d" CreationDate="2009-06-21T03:53:38.293" UserId="4733" Text="Do the users show up in the AD list?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can they login from the workstations, on the local machine, with username@domain.org?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;..more details...specific error messages...do they show up in the logs as failed logon?" />
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  <row Id="52217" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29284" RevisionGUID="d343919b-aefb-423d-86f7-f22e3416b61b" CreationDate="2009-06-21T03:56:46.523" UserId="4733" Text="Did anyone mention sharpies?  You can write on anything with them!" />
  <row Id="52218" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29284" RevisionGUID="d343919b-aefb-423d-86f7-f22e3416b61b" CreationDate="2009-06-21T03:56:46.523" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52219" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29285" RevisionGUID="00b0586e-e3a0-4c31-91a0-62bdfe0fe219" CreationDate="2009-06-21T03:57:00.737" UserId="1561" Text="Your AD members are not replicating correctly.  While this is a minor issue at first, over time it can become a serious one.  You will want to force replication between the servers as soon as possible and examine the System log(s) of the server(s) in question." />
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  <row Id="52221" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29286" RevisionGUID="585c06db-d371-49e5-affe-5f31b75ed009" CreationDate="2009-06-21T03:58:42.777" UserId="10229" Text="Backing up user directories daily, 24X7 password resets, enabling ssh single sign on, liberal amounts of storage space, a good test environment, HA clusters for controlled upgrades, good editors, up to date man pages, and still I get complaints.  So what does it take to make your customers happy, enabled, and efficient? " />
  <row Id="52222" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29286" RevisionGUID="585c06db-d371-49e5-affe-5f31b75ed009" CreationDate="2009-06-21T03:58:42.777" UserId="10229" Text="What does it take for a sysadmin to have happy cutomers?" />
  <row Id="52223" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29286" RevisionGUID="585c06db-d371-49e5-affe-5f31b75ed009" CreationDate="2009-06-21T03:58:42.777" UserId="10229" Text="" />
  <row Id="52224" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29287" RevisionGUID="77642aea-7eaf-4b9d-888c-fa3e63b2b4f2" CreationDate="2009-06-21T04:02:20.537" UserId="2579" Text="The last place I worked, my co-worker had his kids with him in the server room (why?  I have NO IDEA!).  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;He made sure that they were far away from the servers and explained to his 5-year-old that he shouldn't touch ANY of the servers and ESPECIALLY none of the power switches.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In fact, he had them right near the door... (can you see where this is going...?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The boy didn't touch any of the server power buttons...  No, that would be entirely too easy to explain.  Instead he hit the BIG RED BUTTON that was near the door...  The button that shuts down power to the ENTIRE SERVER ROOM!!!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Phone lines immediately started to light up wondering why Exchange, File Servers, etc. weren't available...  Imagine trying to explain THAT to the CEO!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-JFV" />
  <row Id="52225" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29287" RevisionGUID="77642aea-7eaf-4b9d-888c-fa3e63b2b4f2" CreationDate="2009-06-21T04:02:20.537" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52226" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29288" RevisionGUID="bdd90027-53fb-445a-887a-4f099b189289" CreationDate="2009-06-21T04:02:36.777" UserId="1736" Text="Sometimes I hear that you shouldn't plug (UPS brand X / any UPS) into (power strip brand X / any power strip) because of some interaction leading to poorly conditioned power, reduced battery life, massive explosions spattering the room with battery acid, and so on.  Sometimes I hear that it's the power strip that you shouldn't plug into the UPS.  What I haven't gotten is a clear idea of how reliable these recommendations are or how generally/specifically they apply.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can anyone speak precisely and non-urban-legendfully on these UPS and power strip interactions, if there are in fact ones worth thinking about?" />
  <row Id="52227" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29288" RevisionGUID="bdd90027-53fb-445a-887a-4f099b189289" CreationDate="2009-06-21T04:02:36.777" UserId="1736" Text="UPS and power strip interactions?" />
  <row Id="52228" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29288" RevisionGUID="bdd90027-53fb-445a-887a-4f099b189289" CreationDate="2009-06-21T04:02:36.777" UserId="1736" Text="&lt;ups&gt;&lt;power&gt;&lt;electricity&gt;" />
  <row Id="52229" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29289" RevisionGUID="00f9e495-bca4-4130-b42f-5d74a684b8b1" CreationDate="2009-06-21T04:04:17.647" UserId="3528" Text="The Microsoft hosting partner site has the reference secure architecture, you should have been pointed to that when you signed your SPLA agreement. (note that it's almost required to follow that architecture- you'll end up 90% there anyway just by securing 2008 properly). Dotnetpanel is OK if you have just basic needs, plesk is a notch above that with hostingcontroller being the one I've seen with the most flexability and wide range of product support." />
  <row Id="52230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29290" RevisionGUID="a15b0459-f2a8-4ab6-9379-b8f38efd2bc0" CreationDate="2009-06-21T04:07:12.680" UserId="39733" Text="We've had cheap power strips blow up when connected directly to a wall (with poorly conditioned power coming from a bad transformer), and we've had the same happen to a UPS.  When our transformer was on the fritz, the bad power would flow through the power strip, but wouldn't flow through the UPS (we had printers die that were connected to a power strip, but nothing die connected to the UPS, other than the UPS itself). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, I'd never plug a UPS directly into a power strip, but probably wouldn't hesitate to plug a power strip into a UPS if the power strip was decent and powering lower wattage items (lights/switches/etc).  " />
  <row Id="52231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29291" RevisionGUID="c90a89a4-d8fa-4aa4-90a2-2965cd58b7ab" CreationDate="2009-06-21T04:10:43.640" UserId="39733" Text="What are the complaints you receive?  Our clients are happy when their issues are addressed.  We can provide the world's best environment for them, but if we don't know why their e-mails get lost, or don't respond to their issues quickly, they'd be upset." />
  <row Id="52232" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29292" RevisionGUID="a01f78a0-aa78-4926-8534-45a096ff31f0" CreationDate="2009-06-21T04:13:16.100" UserId="10229" Text="Imagine if you will living in South Florida during hurricane Andrew (slightly before the 24X7 craze).  All of your servers are securely locked up in a building that requires you badge into it and a more secure area requiring an additional scan of your badge.  Imagine a nitwit that did not account for needing actual handles on the doors.  Imagine a four million dollar contract requiring a delivery, the closest electricity being 230 miles north, gas being in short supply, dangerous roads, and a generator that was design to provide 48 hours of electricity.  Laugh if you will at a collection of servers being in the back of a truck, stuck on the Mickey Mouse turnpike, stalled for want of gas.  Laugh if you will at the total lack of an excuse at how bad it all went from a logistical, sysadmin, and operational standpoint.  The best part was listening to the hundreds of UPS units crying simultaneously for life giving electricity. " />
  <row Id="52233" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29293" RevisionGUID="89d3695c-a358-455c-abe7-a06294d87e4a" CreationDate="2009-06-21T04:15:21.307" UserId="6177" Text="In no particular order:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - IT's priorities are aligned with the business's.  The technology projects you're working on have to make sense for what the company's goals are.  Your budgets have to be in line with the company's financial situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lots of communication at all levels: staff, all levels of managers, senior managers, executives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - For staff, you need all the usual tools: newsletters, emails, IT web site, training sessions, seminars, and so on.&#xD;&#xA; - For managers of all levels, the style of communication needs to be geared to the individual as much as possible: for example, no jargon unless the managers like it and understand it.&#xD;&#xA; - I think you need to talk constantly with management about service levels: you need either written SLAs, or need to talk to managers to make sure they know what you can/will provide and you know what they need and want.&#xD;&#xA; - Communication has to be two-way: you need to get as much feedback as you can.  Make time to give talks about what IT is doing.  Take questions and either answer them or follow up later.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that none of these points are directly related to technology.  If you're sure you're giving good service but people are still unhappy, you're either not giving service that's as good as you think, or you're not communicating with people as well as you could.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52234" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29294" RevisionGUID="f94d7987-f96c-4a25-96e2-1cc74e669ca9" CreationDate="2009-06-21T04:18:23.330" UserId="6383" Text="This will depend on a number of things:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Your business requirements?  Do you serve only your local area/timezone or are you truly global?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- The cost of downtime?  What does an hour's downtime cost in terms of non-productive staff, lost web-site sales, reputation?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Your budget to achieve this?  As your requirements go up, so does the cost: from on-call &amp; pager allowances and overtime to full time night shift staff, high-availability and/or redundant servers and software and backup sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As to acceptable maintenance, are we talking scheduled maintenance, or unscheduled downtime?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which side of the agreement are you on?  If you're providing the service then it's in your interests to make it as easily achievable as possible while still meeting business requirements." />
  <row Id="52235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29295" RevisionGUID="1bb143f5-525e-4cf6-acc5-bd98882b8286" CreationDate="2009-06-21T04:19:03.890" UserId="4733" Text="I am no expert, but...I grew up working for my electrical-contractor father and, having seen the inside of power strips, I dont see what the harm would be in plugging 'just' a UPS into one.  Now, if you plug in a UPS and a space heater there may be issues, but just a UPS and maybe something else that doesnt pull a lot of current, should be fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, I dont think I would plug a powerstrip into a UPS.  They are designed to provide a certain amount of temp power.  So plugging in a loaded strip may overload the UPS.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Coincidentally, we just made our first UPS purchase.  We bought APC and tried to buy one for every critical workstation and every server.  I had no idea how expensive they were!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29296" RevisionGUID="dc2b41db-8eb0-4907-b881-5440d1e9440a" CreationDate="2009-06-21T04:20:36.057" UserId="3581" Text="We've all seen the external drive cases that take a 3.5&quot; drive and present it as a USB, eSATA or firewire device. I'm looking for the same sort of thing, but I want the case to take multiple drives (and preferably more than two).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't want any smarts in the box - it doesn't have to be a NAS, or do RAID, or try to do anything other than take multiple hard disks and present them as multiple, individual USB hard disks. The Drobo looks awesome, but it does too much thinking for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My ideal device would potentially contain a USB hub inside, but it could present a USB cable for each drive also.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to avoid buying half a dozen individual cases and having half a dozen power plugs. I'm also trying to avoid running a full computer case just to power the drives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Extra points if it's either:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - rack mountable &#xD;&#xA; - small form factor (like a Shuttle or similar)" />
  <row Id="52237" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29296" RevisionGUID="dc2b41db-8eb0-4907-b881-5440d1e9440a" CreationDate="2009-06-21T04:20:36.057" UserId="3581" Text="Does this device exist - an external drive enclosure that takes multiple 3.5&quot; drives?" />
  <row Id="52238" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29296" RevisionGUID="dc2b41db-8eb0-4907-b881-5440d1e9440a" CreationDate="2009-06-21T04:20:36.057" UserId="3581" Text="&lt;external-hdd&gt;&lt;usb&gt;" />
  <row Id="52239" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29286" RevisionGUID="ea148275-dfaf-4e5a-b9a6-f8fdf28ca0fd" CreationDate="2009-06-21T04:22:12.480" UserId="10229" Comment="Formatting" Text="Backing up user directories daily, 24X7 password resets, enabling ssh single sign on, liberal amounts of storage space, a good test environment, HA clusters for controlled upgrades, good editors, up to date man pages, and still I get complaints.  So what does it take to make your customers happy, enabled, and efficient? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Last 10 complaint**s:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Why isn't module PDF::API2 installed and uniformly on all servers?&#xD;&#xA;Why do I have to use LD_PRELOAD= on our HP servers?&#xD;&#xA;Why does my STL program run so slow on the sites running AIX?&#xD;&#xA;I cannot take any sort of outage for the next three months. &#xD;&#xA;Why can't I have a compiler on my local machine?&#xD;&#xA;Why did this work yesterday?&#xD;&#xA;Apache keeps locking up.&#xD;&#xA;Why can't I debug this in production?&#xD;&#xA;Why can't I just install this open source thing I need?&#xD;&#xA;How did gunzip get corrupted?&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52240" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29297" RevisionGUID="72d39a75-dd09-421e-a5de-4e46b4c620bd" CreationDate="2009-06-21T04:23:28.717" UserId="3038" Text="Another one you might want to take a look at is [Novell's Zen Configuration Management][1] -- Advanced Edition. The Advanced edition includes the linux management pieces. I haven't used these personally, don't have nearly enough Linux in our environment to warrant it, but it deserves a look. Unfortunately, there are separate pieces for Windows and Linux distribution but at least they ship under the same SKU. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.novell.com/products/zenworks/configurationmanagement/" />
  <row Id="52241" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29292" RevisionGUID="02c6a312-9c22-463f-8248-1b1eb9dcc9c4" CreationDate="2009-06-21T04:23:57.313" UserId="10229" Comment="spelling" Text="Imagine if you will living in South Florida during hurricane Andrew (slightly before the 24X7 craze).  All of your servers are securely locked up in a building that requires you badge into it and a more secure area requiring an additional scan of your badge.  Imagine a nitwit that did not account for needing actual handles on the doors.  Imagine a four million dollar contract requiring a delivery, the closest electricity being 230 miles north, gas being in short supply, dangerous roads, and a generator that was designed to provide 48 hours of electricity.  Laugh if you will at a collection of servers being in the back of a truck, stuck on the Mickey Mouse turnpike, stalled for want of gas.  Laugh if you will at the total lack of an excuse at how bad it all went from a logistical, sysadmin, and operational standpoint.  The best part was listening to the hundreds of UPS units crying simultaneously for life giving electricity. " />
  <row Id="52242" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29298" RevisionGUID="d185ef4b-94e0-4dca-800d-f68ba5eff6b8" CreationDate="2009-06-21T04:26:49.710" UserId="6177" Text="This question was answered/solved already, but I wanted to mention an odd thing that happened to us once: a server wouldn't turn on after a power failure.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We'd push the power button but nothing would happen.  We had an identical spare available, so we tried the power supply, but that didn't work.  We put the hard drive from the dead box in the spare (and swapped power supplies back) and it was fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BUT, the original had a second NIC so we had to move that over as well and when we did, the new box wouldn't turn on.  By this point, we were doing all the tests with the covers off, so we could see that when we pushed the power switch, fan would twitch and the nic power light would come on, but that's it.  So we dug out a spare for the second nic and all was well." />
  <row Id="52244" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29300" RevisionGUID="15618c1e-3c9c-4a78-8b6d-8b90d52bf789" CreationDate="2009-06-21T04:28:42.327" UserId="39733" Text="Here's a [mini-storage tower][1] that can fit 4 drives ... the company also sells one that fits 8 drives.  They appear to also sell a [full rack mountable USB solution][2] for only a few hundred bucks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.addonics.com/products/raid_system/mst4.asp&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.addonics.com/products/raid_system/rack_overview.asp" />
  <row Id="52245" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29293" RevisionGUID="c330bdfc-40a4-4b13-865b-524bf50f23f6" CreationDate="2009-06-21T04:30:26.223" UserId="6177" Comment="more detail after seeing list of complaints." Text="In no particular order:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - IT's priorities are aligned with the business's.  The technology projects you're working on have to make sense for what the company's goals are.  Your budgets have to be in line with the company's financial situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lots of communication at all levels: staff, all levels of managers, senior managers, executives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - For staff, you need all the usual tools: newsletters, emails, IT web site, training sessions, seminars, and so on.&#xD;&#xA; - For managers of all levels, the style of communication needs to be geared to the individual as much as possible: for example, no jargon unless the managers like it and understand it.&#xD;&#xA; - I think you need to talk constantly with management about service levels: you need either written SLAs, or need to talk to managers to make sure they know what you can/will provide and you know what they need and want.&#xD;&#xA; - Communication has to be two-way: you need to get as much feedback as you can.  Make time to give talks about what IT is doing.  Take questions and either answer them or follow up later.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that none of these points are directly related to technology.  If you're sure you're giving good service but people are still unhappy, you're either not giving service that's as good as you think, or you're not communicating with people as well as you could.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After reading your list of recent complaints: your users sound like mostly developers.  I don't have a lot of experience with this (mine are mostly scientists, admin staff, managers), but I still think lots of communication is in order.  Since they're developers, it can be more technical: e.g. *this* isn't installed because it's dependent on *this other* package.  " />
  <row Id="52247" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="29002" RevisionGUID="570ad403-0bca-42fe-9560-17a273bcb737" CreationDate="2009-06-21T04:31:16.517" UserId="1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="52248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29301" RevisionGUID="fae05b05-9787-435d-b9c1-2acfc134de28" CreationDate="2009-06-21T04:31:20.090" UserId="3038" Text="Having had some 'discussions' with the inspector that comes around our offices once a year to make sure we're not being bad, I have a better idea as to what code says about this. Paraphrased from said inspector:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Thou shalt not plug a power-strip into another power-strip** Nor any multi-outlet device into another multi-outlet device, for it is a fire-hazard, and therefore bad.&#xD;&#xA; - **Thy UPS counts as a multi-outlet device** Therefore thou shalt not plug thy UPS into thy power strip, nor plug thy power-strip into thy UPS, for it is a fire-hazard, and therefore bad.&#xD;&#xA; - **A multi-outlet device shall only be permitted to be attached to another multi-outlet device if it is hard-wired into the first multi-outlet device** Which renders it a single multi-outlet device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The inspector wasn't kind enough to elucidate what, exactly, constitutes the 'fire-hazard'. We get dinged on the power-strip in power-strip commandment every other year or so. This necessitated the purchase of a bunch of long-tail power-strips (power strips on a 15' cord), and a few long extension cords with 3 outlets on the ends of them." />
  <row Id="52249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29302" RevisionGUID="92b14cb3-f862-4758-adb4-382b8cd19bf5" CreationDate="2009-06-21T04:35:16.353" UserId="1" Text="I have seen some very, very bad server interactions when you plug a UPS into another UPS, and run a server off it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In our specific case, the server had a clock that ran ridiculously fast, as in, it would gain 5+ secs per hour. Removing the &quot;double UPS&quot; fixed this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Granted this is not exactly what you're describing, but **I would say based on my experience that *nothing* should be run &quot;upstream&quot; of any quality UPS**. Plugging a power strip in &quot;downstream&quot; of the UPS may not be up to fire code (per @sysadmin1138 excellent response) but it's probably not going to hurt anything." />
  <row Id="52251" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29293" RevisionGUID="2ca915e2-67d5-4ef0-beee-e17187cd058d" CreationDate="2009-06-21T04:37:06.257" UserId="6177" Comment="added 332 characters in body" Text="In no particular order:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - IT's priorities are aligned with the business's.  The technology projects you're working on have to make sense for what the company's goals are.  Your budgets have to be in line with the company's financial situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lots of communication at all levels: staff, all levels of managers, senior managers, executives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - For staff, you need all the usual tools: newsletters, emails, IT web site, training sessions, seminars, and so on.&#xD;&#xA; - For managers of all levels, the style of communication needs to be geared to the individual as much as possible: for example, no jargon unless the managers like it and understand it.&#xD;&#xA; - I think you need to talk constantly with management about service levels: you need either written SLAs, or need to talk to managers to make sure they know what you can/will provide and you know what they need and want.&#xD;&#xA; - Communication has to be two-way: you need to get as much feedback as you can.  Make time to give talks about what IT is doing.  Take questions and either answer them or follow up later.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that none of these points are directly related to technology.  If you're sure you're giving good service but people are still unhappy, you're either not giving service that's as good as you think, or you're not communicating with people as well as you could.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After reading your list of recent complaints: your users sound like mostly developers.  I don't have a lot of experience with this (mine are mostly scientists, admin staff, managers), but I still think lots of communication is in order.  Since they're developers, it can be more technical: e.g. *this* isn't installed because it's dependent on *this other* package.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again, I have limited experience with this suggestion, but depending on whether it's all developers or not, give them a less constrained environment.  Let them do more stuff, but with the understanding (SLA again) that you can't necessarily help them out of anything they can do to their own machines or their own VLAN'ed network." />
  <row Id="52252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29303" RevisionGUID="15615a8d-9c43-47b5-927f-811ecf216dc6" CreationDate="2009-06-21T04:52:49.173" UserId="7200" Text="You got me interested in this one. I can't find you an &quot;off the shelf&quot; solution, but I've got a lead on hardware and a rough idea of an implementation. (The pricing might be outside what you're looking for, but you might be able to get a quantity deal if this is for a real production device.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The PLX NET2280 USB controller chip supported target mode. It's been replaced with the NET2282, and you can find more about it here: http://www.plxtech.com/2282&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Linux &quot;USB Gadget&quot; API supports this controller. There's a &quot;rapid development kit&quot; available with the controller on a PCI card all ready to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming that the device you're trying to talk to is using the FAT filesystem (lowest common denominator for embedded devices using USB storage, typically), you could implement a virtual FAT volume and access it with a loopback mount on a Linux machine when it's not in use by the USB host. Since FAT isn't a multi-writer filesystem, you're going to have to implement some kind of protocol to handle contention between the host and the target. I'd export a file as the FAT volume to the USB host, and watch for write access to the volume becoming quiescent for a period of time, at which point I'd swoop in and make changes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a good chance your target is caching (or, at the very least, assuming that the state of the USB storage isn't going to change out from under it). A possible &quot;out&quot; for that is as follows: If the host you're plugging into doesn't have a problem with the target &quot;disappearing&quot; and &quot;reappearing&quot; you could &quot;unplug&quot; during a quiescent period as described above, then immediately &quot;plug in&quot; with a new empty filesystem all ready to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is meant for general purpose use with any USB host you'll always have compatibility problems with some devices who don't expect anything to be on the USB target other than dumb storage. (It'd be interesting to see how the Eye-Fi gets around this.) OTOH, if you're doing this for a single-purpose use you could probably get pretty intimate with the host device's code and figure out how best to interact with it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What a fun idea. Not really a &quot;Server Fault&quot; thing, per se, but fun nonetheless! To get this going, I think you're going to need some hardcore USB hackers who are familiar with working in the embedded space." />
  <row Id="52253" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29304" RevisionGUID="efbfd942-bdbe-4841-ab86-139cd040b411" CreationDate="2009-06-21T05:03:39.383" UserId="7709" Text="When I worked for Cisco, I used to get customers who had bought $30 wireless cards and who were spitting chips when their driver wouldn't install, or people with the cheapest most basic router Cisco had who would rant and rave over support issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This was all put in context one day, when I received a call from one of the world's largest card providers (think Amex, Mastercard, Visa, Diners... in fact it was one of those brands, I don't know if they would appreciate me mentioning it). I was front-line support, my only job was to assess the scenario, rate it, and put it through to the appropriate support division. This case was the only Priority One case I ever put through.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A man from the card company called up and stated that their link between their east-and-west-coast US mainframes was down. If an account was created on one mainframe, the transaction was always processed on that mainframe. Which was fine if your closest link was always near to that mainframe. But on this particular day, if you had an account on the east-coast server, but you were in the west coast, the transaction would be denied because the link was down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Standard question when assessing damage was &quot;How much is this costing your business?&quot; The reply, calm and collected, was &quot;About a million dollars every 30 seconds&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Really puts it into context next time you feel tempted to rant and rave to customer support over you $30 wireless card.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(it should be noted that Cisco had his link up and running within 5 minutes of being transferred)" />
  <row Id="52254" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29305" RevisionGUID="89e5da35-4346-4be4-88b3-b998bc9edf51" CreationDate="2009-06-21T05:13:57.150" UserId="2467" Text="You can have all the whizzbang technology in the world. Customers still won't be happy. You are simply enabling them to do their job. Their job *may* make them happy, but most times IT is invisible to them and only rears it's ugly head when things go wrong." />
  <row Id="52255" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29269" RevisionGUID="16472b26-8daa-4676-8801-eb7b74e3ef08" CreationDate="2009-06-21T05:14:36.727" UserId="6177" Comment="added a couple windows books" Text="One book I strongly recommend to any sysadmin I meet is &quot;Windows Internals.&quot;  It explains the programs and data structures that make up the OS and explains how they work.  In some areas (e.g. device drivers) it's only an introduction, but it covers all the systems and sub-systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I missed getting a copy of the first edition, but I've got all three since then and now I see there's a new one I'll have to get.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't have all my books here, one that I found extremely useful for Win2000 and 2003 was [this one by Williams and Walla.][1]  As someone else mentioned, Minisai's books are also excellent.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For exchange, I haven't actually gotten around to buying any books on 2007, some of the other guys on the team did the bulk of the work on our upgrade from 2003.  I'd start with anything written by [Paul Robichaux][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Administrators-Addison-Wesley-Microsoft-Technology/dp/0201791064&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/users/4268/paul-robichaux" />
  <row Id="52256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29306" RevisionGUID="9c886166-eda1-4fb2-b7a8-71055e1d1f5a" CreationDate="2009-06-21T05:35:24.733" UserId="6132" Text="IBM Tivoli is multi-platform and will distribute files and applications. It is quite complex and pricey, but it is amazingly customizable." />
  <row Id="52257" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="29286" RevisionGUID="49054511-5e20-4c68-8995-100323ce49c2" CreationDate="2009-06-21T05:42:18.340" UserId="3235" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;management&gt;" />
  <row Id="52258" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="29286" RevisionGUID="cd72b9cf-4962-4bc8-abc8-4a2c3556fbe8" CreationDate="2009-06-21T05:49:55.360" UserId="7324" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;management&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;" />
  <row Id="52259" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="29272" RevisionGUID="48651c04-bef5-4eff-bb54-30c09dd1a38d" CreationDate="2009-06-21T05:51:01.940" UserId="7324" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;work-environment&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;accident&gt;" />
  <row Id="52260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29307" RevisionGUID="80fa16b7-3325-4f75-aa4d-527687f98fd8" CreationDate="2009-06-21T05:52:38.070" UserId="3235" Text="**Good change management procedures.**  If you don't change anything without documenting it, and you always announce significant changes you're a long way towards eliminating the complaints you listed. User education about change control can help.  If they know why we have devlopment and prodduction environments and that they can't test in prod because it might break other people's production and we have to hold everyone to the same standards.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My short list of things that make good change management:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Publicly Announced Change Events/Windows  &#xD;&#xA; - Reliable consistent change documentation  &#xD;&#xA; - Uniform  change control on ALL systems &#xD;&#xA; - ELIMINATE UNDOCUMENTED CHANGES!&#xD;&#xA; - change schema that is flexible enough for your environment but firm enough to be enforced (no trying to nail jelly to a tree)&#xD;&#xA; - major changes implemented on test/devl systems first with time for user acceptence testing before going live on production systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also as others have said users will never be totally happy. However they are happiest when things remain working the same over time.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52261" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29308" RevisionGUID="c367c8b4-fdc7-4f1b-ba13-9b3b76c23305" CreationDate="2009-06-21T06:16:10.267" UserDisplayName="Sakthivel Chidambaram" Text="This video tutorial on topic &quot;**Migrating from Oracle to SQL Server with 80% Less Effort**&quot; might get you complete picture.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Video URL: [http://wtv.watchtechvideos.com/topic307.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wtv.watchtechvideos.com/topic307.html" />
  <row Id="52262" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29309" RevisionGUID="0067d38e-c67d-454e-bcef-96e1fe541a82" CreationDate="2009-06-21T06:24:34.963" UserId="10234" Text="Yes. We had several VALinux servers I received from a DoveBid auction, drove 3 hours to pick up, and that we kept running for over 6 years in their varied capacities. It was a sad day to see the last one e-wasted, after serving so honorably, because they were completely obsoleted for our needs (and not because they failed). Scruffy little tugboats indeed (one was named thus).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Jeff&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52263" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29309" RevisionGUID="0067d38e-c67d-454e-bcef-96e1fe541a82" CreationDate="2009-06-21T06:24:34.963" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52264" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29310" RevisionGUID="b5171050-e324-4e61-be8b-29c3977d07b9" CreationDate="2009-06-21T06:25:29.877" UserId="2302" Text="The only thing other than the wall that it's acceptable for a UPS to be plugged into is a line filter or conditioner, as not every UPS is designed to provide that kind of protection. This device should be completely passive and shouldn't have any sort of battery or intelligence for the reasons given in other answers, but it may be a necessity in an area with poor or erratic power quality or one prone to surges, especially if you have particularly sensitive equipment (e.g., medical devices) attached." />
  <row Id="52265" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29311" RevisionGUID="03a0d56b-f82c-4558-a74f-231a9b83534f" CreationDate="2009-06-21T06:32:12.373" UserDisplayName="Sakthivel Chidambaram" Text="Here are some introductory and samples video tutorials for PowerShell&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.google.co.in/search?q=site%3Awtv.watchtechvideos.com+powershell&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=2" />
  <row Id="52266" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29311" RevisionGUID="03a0d56b-f82c-4558-a74f-231a9b83534f" CreationDate="2009-06-21T06:32:12.373" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52267" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29293" RevisionGUID="36187c62-cf31-4b8d-8503-d0cab23505ec" CreationDate="2009-06-21T06:33:15.007" UserId="6177" Comment="added 221 characters in body" Text="In no particular order:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - IT's priorities are aligned with the business's.  The technology projects you're working on have to make sense for what the company's goals are.  Your budgets have to be in line with the company's financial situation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lots of communication at all levels: staff, all levels of managers, senior managers, executives.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - For staff, you need all the usual tools: newsletters, emails, IT web site, training sessions, seminars, and so on.&#xD;&#xA; - For managers of all levels, the style of communication needs to be geared to the individual as much as possible: for example, no jargon unless the managers like it and understand it.&#xD;&#xA; - I think you need to talk constantly with management about service levels: you need either written SLAs, or need to talk to managers to make sure they know what you can/will provide and you know what they need and want.&#xD;&#xA; - Communication has to be two-way: you need to get as much feedback as you can.  Make time to give talks about what IT is doing.  Take questions and either answer them or follow up later.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that none of these points are directly related to technology.  If you're sure you're giving good service but people are still unhappy, you're either not giving service that's as good as you think, or you're not communicating with people as well as you could.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After reading your list of recent complaints: your users sound like mostly developers.  I don't have a lot of experience with this (mine are mostly scientists, admin staff, managers), but I still think lots of communication is in order.  Since they're developers, it can be more technical: e.g. *this* isn't installed because it's dependent on *this other* package.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again, I have limited experience with this suggestion, but depending on whether it's all developers or not, give them a less constrained environment.  Let them do more stuff, but with the understanding (SLA again) that you can't necessarily help them out of anything they can do to their own machines or their own VLAN'ed network.  Three of your questions could be dealt with this way.  &quot;Why doesn't gzip work?  I dunno, it's your machine, you have to keep it running.&quot;  (ok, it's rarely a good idea to be that snarky, but something along those lines)" />
  <row Id="52268" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29312" RevisionGUID="6a8363d0-5313-4c71-ba70-a03c90b3bdba" CreationDate="2009-06-21T06:35:37.560" UserDisplayName="Sakthivel Chidambaram" Text="Also check out this video tutorial....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Watch Paul Randal demonstrate how shrink and auto-shrink can cause serious fragmentation problems for your database&#xD;&#xA;http://wtv.watchtechvideos.com/topic194.html" />
  <row Id="52269" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29312" RevisionGUID="6a8363d0-5313-4c71-ba70-a03c90b3bdba" CreationDate="2009-06-21T06:35:37.560" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52270" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29272" RevisionGUID="b53e5f1c-0052-423e-872f-015c5cbda0a3" CreationDate="2009-06-21T06:37:27.917" UserId="1674" />
  <row Id="52271" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29313" RevisionGUID="7d4b7430-499f-4654-a93b-eac07b024b22" CreationDate="2009-06-21T06:40:46.427" UserId="301" Text="We use the following layout&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    /var/www/domains/$DOMAIN/$HOST/{htdocs,logs}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, taking `www.google.com` as an example&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;&#xD;&#xA;       ServerName www.google.com&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       DocumentRoot /var/www/domains/google.com/www/htdocs&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       ErrorLog /var/www/domains/google.com/logs/error_log&#xD;&#xA;       CustomLog /var/www/domains/google.com/logs/access_log combined&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;" />
  <row Id="52272" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29314" RevisionGUID="4464f3d4-26a0-447f-8705-7203ea8469a1" CreationDate="2009-06-21T06:42:58.840" UserId="2302" Text="Until Samba 4 arrives, you can use [Likewise Open][1].  We have had a great experience with this on Ubuntu.  Another option that provides a lot of the advantages of AD is [Novell's eDirectory.][2]  I have zero direct experience with it so I can't personally vouch, but it's something more than one of my sysadmin friends have raved about -- one using with Linux servers and an all-WindowsXP client base. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.likewise.com/products/likewise_open/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.novell.com/products/edirectory/" />
  <row Id="52273" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29315" RevisionGUID="c4699d71-acdf-4a3c-bdbf-ecc21792fccf" CreationDate="2009-06-21T06:44:26.983" UserId="2299" Text="Span (http://www.span.com/) do various versions of this sort of thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See http://www.span.com/easy_find.php?action=HDD_EXT&amp;USB=on&amp;PLATTER=any&amp;BAYS=4&amp;BAYS2=4&amp;GTEE=any&amp;ENCRYPT=any&amp;REDPSU=any&amp;REDCONT=any&amp;searchALL_x=63&amp;searchALL_y=10&amp;extra=CON1.TOTALDRIVES.&amp;page=1&amp;sort=221a&#xD;&#xA;for a search of USB enclosures with at least 4 bays. However if you want hot swap they are quite expensive. The Drobo enclosures that you mentioned are amongst the cheapest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've dealt with Span a lot, and they're very helpful chaps. However they're in the UK so delivery would be expensive to the US.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29316" RevisionGUID="bb0a3ed8-75f3-4997-a36b-d76506724d1b" CreationDate="2009-06-21T07:00:45.373" UserId="10237" Text="I think that if you want your customers to be happy with you, the #1 thing is communication.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure that you're talking to them. When they come to you, make sure you're both clear on what's wanted, and when it will happen. If a task slips, let them know. If any problems come up, go to them and talk to them about it. When the task is done, talk to them and make sure they're OK with the outcome. (Don't just assume they are if they're silent). Ask if there's anything else they want from you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure they know they can come and talk to you, ask you about things. Be available. If they ask for something stupid, explain why it shouldn't be done. Explain the way your systems are configured and architectured, as appropriate to their own use of your systems. Be respectful of them and their work, their needs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Friendly sysadmins lead to happy customers, IMHO.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29317" RevisionGUID="6987996f-1d87-40d9-9edb-11b589a39b41" CreationDate="2009-06-21T07:04:11.357" UserId="2302" Text="SBS 2003 should have ISA 2004 installed on it, which should make it easy to get pretty detailed logging -- rather than the reports you can set to generate, which give you a summary of traffic over an interval of time, you need to look directly at the ISA logs, which can be set to log firewall, packet filtering, and web proxy traffic in an extremely detailed manner, either to log files or to a database.  [More about setting up logging in ISA 2004 here.][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc302682.aspx" />
  <row Id="52276" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29318" RevisionGUID="4ff66690-141f-4d0d-8552-f03278579c05" CreationDate="2009-06-21T07:11:39.877" UserId="843" Text="Unfortunately it looks like the company [no longer exists][1]. If you are just trying to get into the admin mode I suggest you either try [HyperTerminal][2] through the serial port or the telnet admin. There is likely a reset button on the switch, hold that for a few moments and then let it 'boot' up. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are prompted for a password I would go through all the standard network device [password lists][3]. Most companies use 'admin' or 'password', or a combination. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://getsatisfaction.com/surecomsolutions/topics/usa_company_surecom_solutions_not_affiliated_with_surecom_of_taiwan&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc736511.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.phenoelit-us.org/dpl/dpl.html" />
  <row Id="52277" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29319" RevisionGUID="c32d7b34-ec9e-4d79-9b1f-7a8444f56670" CreationDate="2009-06-21T07:13:52.773" UserId="2302" Text="I would advise against opening port 139 directly to the internet.  We receive dozens of port scans on our firewall every looking to see if 139 is responsive.  If you must open it on an internet-facing system, at least block traffic to it by default and only allow hosts you trust, and/or install something like [fail2ban][1] to block potential brute-force attacks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.fail2ban.org/" />
  <row Id="52278" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29319" RevisionGUID="c32d7b34-ec9e-4d79-9b1f-7a8444f56670" CreationDate="2009-06-21T07:13:52.773" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52279" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29320" RevisionGUID="210554d7-b9c9-4c5b-bb11-6512bad0cf20" CreationDate="2009-06-21T07:14:28.187" UserId="6105" Text="I'm looking for some Linux cataloging software so I can simply label my disks with a number and be able to punch that into my catalog to see whats on the disc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions?" />
  <row Id="52280" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29320" RevisionGUID="210554d7-b9c9-4c5b-bb11-6512bad0cf20" CreationDate="2009-06-21T07:14:28.187" UserId="6105" Text="CD / DVD Catalog Software For Linux" />
  <row Id="52281" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29320" RevisionGUID="210554d7-b9c9-4c5b-bb11-6512bad0cf20" CreationDate="2009-06-21T07:14:28.187" UserId="6105" Text="&lt;dvd&gt;&lt;cd&gt;&lt;organization&gt;" />
  <row Id="52282" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="29320" RevisionGUID="1ee33c7b-ee48-4ddf-bc95-eed928718a66" CreationDate="2009-06-21T07:22:10.667" UserId="4694" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;dvd&gt;&lt;cd&gt;&lt;organization&gt;&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="52283" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29321" RevisionGUID="50ffca4c-b982-4f62-99c4-84be36f0d7f4" CreationDate="2009-06-21T07:29:15.427" UserId="7751" Text="Thaks for your response and suggestions.&#xD;&#xA;But I want to know how can I optimize my DNS server setting , in Event log I find many warning by Evend Id 7062 or 3000 , I need to know more , its low speed ralated to my setting , or Windows DNS is not a good solution. Is BIND better than windows DNS server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="52284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29322" RevisionGUID="674d4ae4-9ff0-425a-99d6-a976e2e98f05" CreationDate="2009-06-21T07:30:35.063" UserId="2302" Text="Open ID is one of those things you either love or loathe the idea of -- I think it really boils down to the idea of whether you view centralization of &quot;authentity&quot; enthusiastically or skeptically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In other words, when you find out an account on an openid site is compromised, do you think, &quot;oh sh!t, now I'm potentially compromised on every site I use that openid for,&quot; or &quot;oh good, now I only have to change my password for all those sites in one place.&quot; " />
  <row Id="52285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29323" RevisionGUID="8c31ec07-3d76-4e01-b946-7ae2c39721bd" CreationDate="2009-06-21T07:31:07.513" UserId="1246" Text="After a lot of work and research here, I have found an acceptable solution.  First, it is important that we all follow the RFCs.  I patched my DNS server to violate the RFC, and I discovered that several other major DNS servers would not respect the change.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The appropriate move is to put the MX on the host that the CNAME points to.  So, if customer.mywebservice.com is a CNAME to the A record loadbalancer.mywebservice.com, it is proper to also build an MX record for loadbalancer.mywebservice.com.  I have verified that this works with all major resolvers.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If a MX query is made for customer.mywebservice.com, the resolver library will follow the CNAME and get the proper MX for the final A record.  Hurrah!&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="52286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29324" RevisionGUID="48168a82-402b-4841-ae6a-977a1aee8eb7" CreationDate="2009-06-21T07:33:00.160" UserId="4694" Text="You can try **[GCstar][1]**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **GCstar** is a free open source application for managing your collections. Detailed information on each item can be automatically retrieved from the internet and you can store additional data, such as the location or who you've lent it to. You may also search and filter your collection by many criteria. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.gcstar.org/index.en.php" />
  <row Id="52287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29325" RevisionGUID="9515a9ca-7625-443e-abe0-f0fb9f1f9ca2" CreationDate="2009-06-21T07:37:19.620" UserId="7751" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;I have a LAN with 6 PCs in my office and one Internet connection.&#xD;&#xA;I share this internet connection by Windows VPN service.(using windows 2003 on server)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I want more control on users bandwith usage, set a maximum amount for they usage , also I can manage that some software such as flash get can be used on other PC,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Would any one suggest me a software or some setting on windows 2003 to do this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="52288" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29325" RevisionGUID="9515a9ca-7625-443e-abe0-f0fb9f1f9ca2" CreationDate="2009-06-21T07:37:19.620" UserId="7751" Text="Manage local network Internet usage" />
  <row Id="52289" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29325" RevisionGUID="9515a9ca-7625-443e-abe0-f0fb9f1f9ca2" CreationDate="2009-06-21T07:37:19.620" UserId="7751" Text="&lt;lan&gt;&lt;bandwidth&gt;&lt;internet&gt;" />
  <row Id="52290" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29326" RevisionGUID="e726d029-e30b-4dcd-a718-3c68d55a2e55" CreationDate="2009-06-21T07:42:49.547" UserId="2302" Text="You should give a look at [robocopy][1],  or if you need a gui [richcopy][2],  a multi-threaded windows copying utility.  Both tools are fast, efficient, and have lots of options for merging and syncing.  You can use in conjunction with the [osql backup database][3] command (for DB backup) and exmerge (for brick-level exchange backup) and should be able to minimize overhead of the proicess.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2006.11.utilityspotlight.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.04.utilityspotlight.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa213095(SQL.80).aspx" />
  <row Id="52291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29327" RevisionGUID="d17ac1bf-1e0e-4736-a43b-947b1aff7485" CreationDate="2009-06-21T07:51:49.310" UserId="2368" Text="The only problem I see with OpenID is the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Imagine two affiliated sites. Both of them allow OpenID login. Surely then they can share the activity statistics between each other - say I do action X and action Y on the first site and then, when I visit the second site I get bombarded with targeted ads, according to my activities on the first site. For some reason the lack of isolation between the OpenID logins seems a bit unpleasant to me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But the thing is, that the ultimate convenience of OpenID (one, hopefully secure, set of credentials) does not get eclipsed by the aforementioned downside. I use OpenID wherever I can, and was I to develop a web service for public use, I'd definitely make it support OpenID (perhaps with a conventional registration option)." />
  <row Id="52292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29328" RevisionGUID="77531efe-4754-4011-b78e-0c50c80a1144" CreationDate="2009-06-21T07:54:22.270" UserId="9461" Text="The keyword for you is JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks). The thing is known for ages." />
  <row Id="52293" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27436" RevisionGUID="2d6f80aa-ff29-45ca-b779-ac284de628cb" CreationDate="2009-06-21T07:54:50.070" UserId="2668" Comment="added 181 characters in body" Text="In an attempt to answer my own question  and I'm guessing here.. &#xD;&#xA;for all the modprobes before the &quot;driver initialization&quot; &#xD;&#xA;use the --preload *MODNAME* in the arguments to mkinitrd&#xD;&#xA;for all the rest use --with&#xD;&#xA;and add a --preload ahci &#xD;&#xA;to the list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;looks like one needs to run &#xD;&#xA;chroot /mnt/sysimage &#xD;&#xA;to before running mkinitrd when in rescue mode&#xD;&#xA;http://www.mail-archive.com/fedora-package-announce@redhat.com/msg21104.html" />
  <row Id="52294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29329" RevisionGUID="93429c5e-da26-41aa-8f25-1e69a7d4c19f" CreationDate="2009-06-21T08:10:09.477" UserId="10213" Text="try Squid&#xD;&#xA;+: free (GNU), lot FAQ and expierenced users in internet&#xD;&#xA;-: unix-like style of config" />
  <row Id="52295" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29330" RevisionGUID="4c25c2e5-278d-4be9-83ab-e2edd0a46666" CreationDate="2009-06-21T08:11:17.760" UserId="7073" Text="Power down the computer.  Ideally I also remove the power cord to completely power down the mother board.  Then power it back on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The VT setting remains the same once the CPU is powered on, regardless of what the BIOS is set to.  You need to remove the power to release the lock and have the new setting take effect." />
  <row Id="52297" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29331" RevisionGUID="0591bea0-d431-4c57-b979-6221c2500cce" CreationDate="2009-06-21T08:23:24.473" UserDisplayName="Dave" Text="- &lt;http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=783&gt;&#xD;&#xA;- Gnome catalog, cddb, Katalog&#xD;&#xA;- If &quot;VisualCD&quot; works on Wine, that is a great option too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HTH" />
  <row Id="52298" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29332" RevisionGUID="1aa9318e-8ceb-4879-94f2-7482ee365e9f" CreationDate="2009-06-21T08:33:35.310" UserId="2299" Text="SQUID won't do bandwidth control, but you can use it to see what users have been downloading and to restrict what they can download. See http://www.ratsauce.co.uk/notablog/squid27setup.asp for my setup guide.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember you need to use a group policy to configure Internet Explorer to use SQUID as the proxy server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52299" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29333" RevisionGUID="b834f537-3543-4cdf-8b5c-e1943c1137c9" CreationDate="2009-06-21T08:36:43.107" UserId="10239" Text="Is it possible to use IPP and IIS to provide a PostScript interface for a printer that does not natively support PostScript?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The aim here is to provide a generic interface for printing over IPP, so that clients can standardize on a single driver (PostScript) instead of having to download drivers for different printers. I could do this with CUPS, but would like to know if it is feasible with IIS, as well." />
  <row Id="52300" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29333" RevisionGUID="b834f537-3543-4cdf-8b5c-e1943c1137c9" CreationDate="2009-06-21T08:36:43.107" UserId="10239" Text="PostScript interface for non-PostScript printers with IPP and IIS?" />
  <row Id="52301" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29333" RevisionGUID="b834f537-3543-4cdf-8b5c-e1943c1137c9" CreationDate="2009-06-21T08:36:43.107" UserId="10239" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;postscript&gt;&lt;internet-printing&gt;" />
  <row Id="52305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29335" RevisionGUID="d9387592-8610-4017-b3d7-017bc8d090f2" CreationDate="2009-06-21T08:40:53.363" UserDisplayName="Dave" Text="**I learned to finish every command sentence before hitting the Enter Key.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A slightly similar situation that I face is when I'm not sure about a command, I press Home and type some junk characters so that the command is not a recognised one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`me@mypc:~$ sdkjfhdsudo mv --too-many --switches-to-be --comfortable --working-with --while-running --an-important-command /here/this /there/that`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`bash: sdkjfhdsudo: command not found`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And then I check the options again, slowly if need be. Does anyone else do such a thing. Of course, you have to **ensure that you type sufficient junk chars (5+)**, to prevent it from becoming another valid command and doing more unpredictable damage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Is there a basic flaw in this that I have not figured out or a situation where, given 5+ junk characters, typically in the &quot;asdfghjkl&quot; keys, it does something unpredictable?)" />
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  <row Id="52307" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="27436" RevisionGUID="7aa53012-eb72-4706-9c6f-46447a078ed5" CreationDate="2009-06-21T08:40:58.103" UserId="2668" Comment="the answer tested" Text="you don't need to worry about all the already installed modules..&#xD;&#xA;first boot into the rescue disck&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chroot /mnt/sysimage      # this is for Fedora specifically - YMMV&#xD;&#xA;    cp /boot/initrd-2.26.27.24-78.2.53-fc9.x86_64.img \&#xD;&#xA;         /boot/initrd-2.26.27.24-78.2.53-fc9.x86_64.old&#xD;&#xA;    mkinitrd --preload ahci -f /boot/initrd-2.26.27.24-78.2.53-fc9.x86_64.img \&#xD;&#xA;                   2.26.27.24-78.2.53-fc9.x86_64&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    exit and reboot the system. &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;slick&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You don't have to worry about all the modprobes before the &quot;driver initialization&quot; &#xD;&#xA;  ignore  --&gt; use the --preload *MODNAME* in the arguments to mkinitrd&#xD;&#xA;  ignore  --&gt; for all the rest use --with&#xD;&#xA;JUST  add a --preload ahci&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;helpful links:&#xD;&#xA;http://www.mail-archive.com/fedora-package-announce@redhat.com/msg21104.html&#xD;&#xA;http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?p=886204&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29336" RevisionGUID="b19672d2-9b95-49f6-8075-2fa7e321ff4d" CreationDate="2009-06-21T07:49:51.147" UserId="4923" Text="&lt;p&gt;Where can I find more information about tuning systems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a four or more nodes that pass transactions through each other in a row.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have throttles in every node.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I tune this system to be stable and fast.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think I need to find the slowest node and then adjust the first node to not emit&#xA;a higher rate than that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, where do I learn more about this. At the moment, measuring and tuning takes &#xA;incredible long time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(yes it's a database in the end node)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52310" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29336" RevisionGUID="b19672d2-9b95-49f6-8075-2fa7e321ff4d" CreationDate="2009-06-21T07:49:51.147" UserId="4923" Text="system tuning" />
  <row Id="52311" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29336" RevisionGUID="b19672d2-9b95-49f6-8075-2fa7e321ff4d" CreationDate="2009-06-21T07:49:51.147" UserId="4923" Text="&lt;performance-tuning&gt;" />
  <row Id="52313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29338" RevisionGUID="d420b8cc-f464-4472-b42a-2da92d1edcdd" CreationDate="2009-06-21T09:03:30.070" UserId="2467" Text="My client has a Mac at home and wants to remote control (run apps) on a Windows XP PC at the office. What is the best software to enable this? Any Mac &lt;-&gt; Windows weirdness to be aware of? " />
  <row Id="52314" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29338" RevisionGUID="d420b8cc-f464-4472-b42a-2da92d1edcdd" CreationDate="2009-06-21T09:03:30.070" UserId="2467" Text="Best software for Mac to Windows remote control?" />
  <row Id="52315" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29338" RevisionGUID="d420b8cc-f464-4472-b42a-2da92d1edcdd" CreationDate="2009-06-21T09:03:30.070" UserId="2467" Text="&lt;mac&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;remote-access&gt;" />
  <row Id="52316" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29339" RevisionGUID="ceaf15fa-0e4f-47fb-a40c-5f8285950f0f" CreationDate="2009-06-21T09:10:42.367" UserId="9503" Text="The best things will be to use the [RDP client for mac][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/remote-desktop/default.mspx" />
  <row Id="52317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29340" RevisionGUID="15fe17e9-1b9f-493c-9d7e-27afe72b1539" CreationDate="2009-06-21T09:19:46.420" UserId="45" Text="There is a nice video podcast which explains in detail what steps you have to follow on your server and the iPhone in order to allow Exchange access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[**IT Idiots - Episode 69: Exchange, ActiveSync and the iPhone**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; The iPhone is out and it now has a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; place in the corporate world. In this&#xD;&#xA;&gt; episode we discuss the Exchange&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ActiveSync features such as the new&#xD;&#xA;&gt; autodiscover, remote wipe and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; enforceable security policies and then&#xD;&#xA;&gt; take you step by step through the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; configuration of Exchange 2007, DNS&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and the iPhone itself. Oh yeah and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; this feature is provided out of the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; box, no BlackBerry licenses required!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, read Apple's PDF document which also explains the details on how to configure your Exchange server for the iPhone:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[**iPhone and Microsoft Exchange Server (PDF)**][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; iPhone 2.0 software communicates&#xD;&#xA;&gt; directly with your Microsoft Exchange&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Server via Microsoft Exchange&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ActiveSync, giving users push email,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; contacts, and calendar. Exchange&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ActiveSync maintains a connection&#xD;&#xA;&gt; between Exchange Server and iPhone so&#xD;&#xA;&gt; when a new email message or meeting&#xD;&#xA;&gt; invitation arrives, iPhone is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; instantly updated. &#xD;&#xA;&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&gt; If your company currently supports&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Exchange ActiveSync on Exchange Server&#xD;&#xA;&gt; 2003 or 2007, you already have the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; necessary services in place to support&#xD;&#xA;&gt; iPhone 2.0 software—no additional&#xD;&#xA;&gt; configuration is required. If you have&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Exchange Server but your company is&#xD;&#xA;&gt; new to Exchange ActiveSync, review the&#xD;&#xA;&gt; following steps to enable Exchange&#xD;&#xA;&gt; ActiveSync.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]:  http://www.techpodcasts.com/itidiots/80900/episode-69-exchange-activesync-and-the-iphone/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://images.apple.com/iphone/enterprise/docs/iPhone_MS_Exchange.pdf" />
  <row Id="52318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29341" RevisionGUID="aa5468e6-3ac1-412f-822a-77cd9b1e474c" CreationDate="2009-06-21T09:24:21.357" UserId="7751" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;I try to use Windows media service on windows 2003 for unicast.&#xD;&#xA;after adding a publish point and create annouce file, I can view video on my local machin,but when I try to open it from the web, video can't play.&#xD;&#xA;what setting I must do to can view content from remote pcs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="52319" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29341" RevisionGUID="aa5468e6-3ac1-412f-822a-77cd9b1e474c" CreationDate="2009-06-21T09:24:21.357" UserId="7751" Text="Configure Windows Media Service on windows server 2003" />
  <row Id="52320" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29341" RevisionGUID="aa5468e6-3ac1-412f-822a-77cd9b1e474c" CreationDate="2009-06-21T09:24:21.357" UserId="7751" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="52321" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29342" RevisionGUID="2e187c9f-224f-46fe-8d0b-d3afbbc94c69" CreationDate="2009-06-21T09:24:22.277" UserId="9461" Text="Yeah, transaction logs usually* have a constant but very low throughput, when compared to the whole database. But the throughput is absolutely first priority, when it is delayed, all updates to the database have to wait. It is economically beneficial to write logs to a mirror, or even to a RAID5, but only as long as you can keep your writes sequential. If you share the disks with anything else, be it a data file, an index, or collection of porn movies, you are putting your performance at risk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In larger environments, the thing is usually you have **multiple** database instances centralized on the same storage. Of course, you don't want to put the logs together on the same set of drives, as multiple sequential writes combined make in fact one big random-like write.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One option is to dedicate a separate mirror (two disks) to each log sequence. But another option - and economically viable in some cases - is to keep things simple and use single SSD for all the log files, so you have separate device and data path, with good random performance. In effect, any of multiple logs will never delay any database. I've seen such setup, but I don't recommend it (SSD's non-volatility is too fragile concept for me).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*[\*] - some engines mix redo logs with undo information to complicate things (e.g. MS SQL Server)*" />
  <row Id="52322" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29225" RevisionGUID="c4fce2f7-29e7-412d-a6e5-fa3cc1346391" CreationDate="2009-06-21T09:25:00.417" UserId="10222" Comment="added 433 characters in body" Text="We plan to run our test environment inside ESXi 4 hosts on a couple of Core i7 920's with X58 mb's.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The hardware is very non-HCL which also means we forfeit VMware support. No biggie for a test environment already running two whitebox ESXi 3.5 hosts for almost a year without problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We don't need the onboard NIC's or VMFS on SATA, although it would be a bonus. We just need to get ESXi 4 installed and load drivers for some dual-port Intel PT adapters. The PT's &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; on the HCL. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If anyone has this working on Core i7 (or not), I would be very interested. " />
  <row Id="52323" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29343" RevisionGUID="36a8aa4d-bbd8-4a94-b98e-84b16848affb" CreationDate="2009-06-21T09:25:12.523" UserId="3256" Text="RDP client for the Mac is of course the best option providing you are already have a VPN/Port forward or you are able to set it up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I would go for [Logmein][1] (free) they have an excellent Mac Firefox plugin.  The advantage is you don't have to worry about the network side of things.  It's also SSL secured if you worry about those sorts of things!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.logmein.com/" />
  <row Id="52324" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29344" RevisionGUID="3d4ef221-c714-4e8a-8238-d0ceb4af5d16" CreationDate="2009-06-21T09:26:09.060" UserId="10240" Text="Hi experts,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a mail server on x.x.x.x global IP. But it is blocked by &#xD;&#xA;SpamCop DNSbl spamcop dot net and CBL DNSbl cbl dot abuseat dot org .They inform that from my mail server lot of virus is generated. They suggested us to block the 25 port using iptables. I also get the iptables from  http://cbl.abuseat.org/nat.html. But my question is how I do that? On which file I have to write the iptables? Also what is IP_OF_MIT_HOST? My Lan users using DHCP ip leasing .Lan user using the 192.168.2.1 eth0 interface for communicate the world. So please guide me what should I do now to protect my server to be a blacklisted mail server?Pls help, I am in a trouble situation.....  " />
  <row Id="52325" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29344" RevisionGUID="3d4ef221-c714-4e8a-8238-d0ceb4af5d16" CreationDate="2009-06-21T09:26:09.060" UserId="10240" Text="Mail server blacklisted" />
  <row Id="52326" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29344" RevisionGUID="3d4ef221-c714-4e8a-8238-d0ceb4af5d16" CreationDate="2009-06-21T09:26:09.060" UserId="10240" Text="&lt;blacklist-prevention&gt;" />
  <row Id="52327" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29345" RevisionGUID="387bfff0-1251-417e-88b4-735c6dd76e3b" CreationDate="2009-06-21T09:43:25.933" UserId="3431" Text="Now you don't want to do that... If you block port 25 outgoing, you won't be able to send any emails which is usually the goal of a mail server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you actually should do is put some effort into securing your mail server with some sort of authentification whether based on IP (all of the computers in your local network) or username/password based. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52328" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29346" RevisionGUID="2c75842b-d580-4d8c-a5be-41e7310d486e" CreationDate="2009-06-21T09:57:07.653" UserId="45" Text="Your first step is to find the culprit. That means: try to find out which computer/server is using your SMTP to send spam/viruses (check your log files). If you see suspicious activity from an internal IP address, first disconnect that PC from the network and run your antivirus/antispyware and be sure you're able to clean the computer - this is not always an easy task.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It could also be possible that your actual mail server is not sending the emails, but that the infected PC is sending them. In that case you could allow only your mail server to use port 25 on outgoing connection until the problem is found." />
  <row Id="52331" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="29341" RevisionGUID="9fa5f2ac-66c2-4705-a134-1d33c670609b" CreationDate="2009-06-21T10:01:39.003" UserId="7751" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;media-centre&gt;" />
  <row Id="52334" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29348" RevisionGUID="b2406997-6b3b-4b1c-a39d-afce12858ae4" CreationDate="2009-06-21T10:08:50.440" UserId="10237" Text="It sounds like either:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* Your mail server is acting as an &quot;open relay&quot;. A mail server should only accept mail that is for a domain it is responsible for (ie., your domain), OR from an IP within your network. Allowing random IPs on the Internet to forward mail through your mail server, is going to cause problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* You have another computer that shares the IP address (eg. you're behind NAT or a proxy) and _it_ is sending spam.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to work out what exact problem you're facing, before knowing where to go." />
  <row Id="52335" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29349" RevisionGUID="e0756d88-a1b2-4425-b83b-da7e85678330" CreationDate="2009-06-21T10:22:27.323" UserId="10236" Text="I'm planning to use ZFS on my system (HP ML370 G5, Smart Array P400, 8 SAS disk). I want ZFS to manage all disks individually, so it can utilize better scheduling (i.e. I want to use software RAID feature in ZFS).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is, I can't find a way to disable RAID feature on the RAID controller. Right now, the controller aggregates all of the disks into one big RAID-5 volume. So ZFS can't see individual disk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way to acomplish this setup?" />
  <row Id="52336" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29349" RevisionGUID="e0756d88-a1b2-4425-b83b-da7e85678330" CreationDate="2009-06-21T10:22:27.323" UserId="10236" Text="Disabling RAID feature on HP Smart Array P400" />
  <row Id="52337" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29349" RevisionGUID="e0756d88-a1b2-4425-b83b-da7e85678330" CreationDate="2009-06-21T10:22:27.323" UserId="10236" Text="&lt;zfs&gt;&lt;raid&gt;&lt;smartarray&gt;" />
  <row Id="52338" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29350" RevisionGUID="c95d7542-8e96-44a9-9b93-689b19831344" CreationDate="2009-06-21T10:23:51.703" UserId="10242" Text="Hi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for a remote control application that satisfies the following requirements:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - the server (ie. the application&#xD;&#xA;   running on the customer's PC I need&#xD;&#xA;   to support) dials out to connect to&#xD;&#xA;   the client running on my support PC&#xD;&#xA;   and waiting for incoming connections.&#xD;&#xA;   No port-mapping on the customer's&#xD;&#xA;   firewall required&#xD;&#xA; - the server must be single EXE (no setup software setup required)&#xD;&#xA; - ideally, one application for XP and Vista&#xD;&#xA; - Direction connection between server and client: I don't want to rely on some web service like CoPilot to act as repeater&#xD;&#xA; - Either open-source or affordable&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UltraVNC works fine on XP but doesn't run OK on Vista (screen lags, connection breaks). The new project, PCHelpWare, doesn't run that well either. And the UVNC site is a mess.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does someone know of an application that satisfies these requirements?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you." />
  <row Id="52339" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29350" RevisionGUID="c95d7542-8e96-44a9-9b93-689b19831344" CreationDate="2009-06-21T10:23:51.703" UserId="10242" Text="[XP/Vista] Remote control server dialing out to viewer?" />
  <row Id="52340" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29350" RevisionGUID="c95d7542-8e96-44a9-9b93-689b19831344" CreationDate="2009-06-21T10:23:51.703" UserId="10242" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;remote&gt;&lt;control&gt;" />
  <row Id="52341" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29351" RevisionGUID="22049c34-3c83-4c7e-85ab-1d5aaaafbd6d" CreationDate="2009-06-21T10:25:02.950" UserId="3489" Text="If you simply delete the volume in the RAID BIOS that exposes the disks directly in some versions of the SmartArray controllers. We always use the controller even with things like ZFS." />
  <row Id="52342" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29352" RevisionGUID="5be90b85-b8ea-4e27-8572-a23274b47049" CreationDate="2009-06-21T10:26:19.750" UserId="3489" Text="Is there any particular reason that CUPS isn't an option?" />
  <row Id="52344" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29354" RevisionGUID="229d9b25-131c-4ea8-a442-9bc690fec695" CreationDate="2009-06-21T10:30:54.653" UserId="3489" Text="Some of the better &quot;business grade&quot; router/firewalls can do this, eg SonicWall, Juniper and Cisco type devices (not sure which does, but some do)" />
  <row Id="52345" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29336" RevisionGUID="8681b5db-3196-4f33-be2e-bee4bf410970" CreationDate="2009-06-21T10:30:57.040" UserId="4923" Comment="added 15 characters in body; edited title" Text="&lt;p&gt;Where can I find more information about tuning systems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a four or more nodes that pass transactions through each other in a row.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have throttles in every node.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I tune this system to be stable and fast.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think I need to find the slowest node and then adjust the first node to not emit&#xD;&#xA;a higher rate than that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, where do I learn more about this. At the moment, measuring and tuning takes &#xD;&#xA;incredible long time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(yes it's a database in the end node)&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52346" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="29336" RevisionGUID="8681b5db-3196-4f33-be2e-bee4bf410970" CreationDate="2009-06-21T10:30:57.040" UserId="4923" Comment="added 15 characters in body; edited title" Text="How to develop a multi node system, then tune it." />
  <row Id="52347" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29355" RevisionGUID="a12557b9-ff85-446b-8d12-1d4c0fc4b2cf" CreationDate="2009-06-21T10:31:04.623" UserId="5464" Text="I like the /var/www/example.com convention.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I like to have the conf in /etc/httpd/vhosts.d/example.com.conf and included in the main apache conf. I don't let the customer edit this. This way if you add a new domain and the configtest, reload or restart detects an error then it's really easy to back out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With:&#xD;&#xA;/var/www/example.com/html&#xD;&#xA;/var/www/example.com/cgi-bin&#xD;&#xA;/var/www/example.com/log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use posix acls to add default acls on the above dirs, so that any files they create are created with rwx for their server user(the one used in suexec)/group, so that no matter what user they are when they create the file, the user the webserver can access them and so that members of the VritualHosts user's group can access all of the files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/var/www/example.com/private&#xD;&#xA;I use private as the place for password and group files to go.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/var/www/example.com/conf/example.com.include.conf&#xD;&#xA;If I want to allow the site owner to make config changes I also create a file such as:&#xD;&#xA;/var/www/example.com/conf/example.com.include.conf&#xD;&#xA;which is included in the VirtualHost in the main config for the domain i.e. /etc/httpd/vhosts.d/example.com.conf.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You need to be careful with this though as it means the user can break your entire config so you want to be pretty careful the user knows what they are doing.&#xD;&#xA;I tend to do it when there is a server with multiple VirtualHosts all owned by the same customer, so if the break the config, they only break their own sites.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd also suggest using suexec which allows processes to run as a user other than apache and also allows dynamic content to be run as users other than the apache user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See:&#xD;&#xA;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/suexec.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You may also want to look at the various RLmit directives, which allow you to lmit resource usage on  a VirtualHost, etc basis. See:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#rlimitcpu" />
  <row Id="52348" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29356" RevisionGUID="f4980651-3652-41ad-bcf3-25cfb6a67c70" CreationDate="2009-06-21T10:35:10.480" UserId="3489" Text="The short version is that the closest to a recommendation I've seen MySQL make on filesystems is XFS, however ext3 should be ok as well, ext4 promises to be a nice improvement, but it's still not quite stable, although it should be before the end of the year.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're running cluster filesystems CXFS, OCFS2 and GFS should all be ok.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd strongly warn against any Reiser derivatives, and JFS although once nice has been mostly beaten by XFS and ext4 which are both more widely deployed." />
  <row Id="52349" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29226" RevisionGUID="ee3d501d-ab89-4b0e-91e7-38170322a649" CreationDate="2009-06-21T10:35:35.503" UserId="7783" Comment="added 724 characters in body; added 135 characters in body" Text="Are *all* the components on these systems on the [VMWare HCL][1]? If so, happiness. If not, all bets are off. It's really that simple. You'll ideally be looking for the exact motherboard, exact disk controller, etc. rather than just chipsets. I know its not as much fun but this is where I honestly think its as well to buy a complete server that's on the list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;After LEAT's comment, I had a check and the HCL doesn't list many motherboards to the point where at first glance it fooled both LEAT and myself into thinking it didn't list any at all. I'm not sure if that means VMWare aren't certifying individual components like that, but they do certify *some* motherboards... See the [intel][2] entry, which includes [this little number][3]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For me, a tight list of individual components just confirms my feeling that for production use of any kind, anything other than investigating VMWare itself, it makes sense to buy complete servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or see if the likes of Xen are a bit more amenable to what you're trying to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;channel=s&amp;hl=en&amp;q=vmware%20HCL?&amp;meta=&amp;btnG=Google%20Search&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/detail.php?device_cat=server&amp;device_id=4108&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.intel.com/Products/Server/Motherboards/S5000PSL/S5000PSL-overview.htm" />
  <row Id="52350" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29350" RevisionGUID="b8fa65fa-e5f3-458d-b147-25d8cc0d80b9" CreationDate="2009-06-21T10:41:34.040" UserId="10242" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="Hi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm looking for a remote control application that satisfies the following requirements:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - the server (ie. the application&#xD;&#xA;   running on the customer's PC I need&#xD;&#xA;   to support) dials out to connect to&#xD;&#xA;   the client running on my support PC&#xD;&#xA;   and waiting for incoming connections.&#xD;&#xA;   No port-mapping on the customer's&#xD;&#xA;   firewall required&#xD;&#xA; - the server must be single EXE (no setup software setup required)&#xD;&#xA; - ideally, one application for both XP and Vista&#xD;&#xA; - Direct connection between server and client: I don't want to rely on some web service like CoPilot to act as repeater&#xD;&#xA; - Either open-source or affordable&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UltraVNC works fine on XP but doesn't run OK on Vista (screen lags, connection breaks). The new project, PCHelpWare, doesn't run that well either. And the UVNC site is a mess.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does someone know of an application that satisfies these requirements?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you." />
  <row Id="52351" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="29344" RevisionGUID="bcfc1231-932a-452f-b6e9-34895296c630" CreationDate="2009-06-21T10:41:37.127" UserId="3950" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;blacklist-prevention&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="52352" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29065" RevisionGUID="040aa6cb-7cad-4a80-8bf0-9a80fcbcc225" CreationDate="2009-06-21T10:42:19.840" UserId="3950" Comment="tagged netbios" Text="&lt;p&gt;Since netbios vulnerability is quite well-known long time ago and heavily popularized, patches have been already released. So, opening this 139 port is ok now? &lt;/p&gt;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52353" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="29065" RevisionGUID="040aa6cb-7cad-4a80-8bf0-9a80fcbcc225" CreationDate="2009-06-21T10:42:19.840" UserId="3950" Comment="tagged netbios" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;netbios&gt;" />
  <row Id="52354" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29357" RevisionGUID="900e3b7e-dbec-4c49-b6e6-27d5c819ee22" CreationDate="2009-06-21T10:50:53.630" UserId="9461" Text="&gt; is there any reason ASIDE FROM COST,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that linux is more secure&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Suppose you have a security hole in your system. Which system is more secure? I think the system that allows you to fix/disable the hole earlier is inherently more secure. ASIDE FROM COST, which of the two systems, Windows or Linux, allows you to fix it faster?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's assume you have a very, very large budget. With Microsoft, you can pay them more, and they will try to be faster. But they are only as fast as *they* wish.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With Linux and large budget, you can keep your own C developers. Twenty of them, two thousand, whatever suits you... They can analyze the source code (legally!), and produce the fix as fast as *you* wish." />
  <row Id="52355" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29358" RevisionGUID="b1931f71-2def-4141-9a98-a9c3d9410d34" CreationDate="2009-06-21T10:51:01.743" UserId="3903" Text="Hi guys!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just assembled a new Linux file server with several Samsung HD103UJ 1TB hard drives and I am currently optimizing it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The question I can't find an answer to is: is it reasonable to set a spindown timeout (with hdparm -S) for the drives? Can the spindown/spinup be harmful to the disk in the long run?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My previous file server did not have this timeout and the hard drives have been operational for 3+ years with no problems (always on) so I am not sure if I need this optimization at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are your thoughts on this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="52356" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29358" RevisionGUID="b1931f71-2def-4141-9a98-a9c3d9410d34" CreationDate="2009-06-21T10:51:01.743" UserId="3903" Text="What's the effect of standby (spindown) mode on modern hard drives?" />
  <row Id="52357" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29358" RevisionGUID="b1931f71-2def-4141-9a98-a9c3d9410d34" CreationDate="2009-06-21T10:51:01.743" UserId="3903" Text="&lt;hdparm&gt;&lt;hdd&gt;" />
  <row Id="52358" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29359" RevisionGUID="2b468b22-0ecf-44f2-8828-a3e7b894d4b5" CreationDate="2009-06-21T10:54:34.030" UserId="9461" Text="I'm by no matters expert on disk drive physics, but I see disproportionally many hard drives fail soon after the spinup. I would say: let them spin forever." />
  <row Id="52359" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29360" RevisionGUID="3f7b9d95-a48f-4c8d-ac03-0b0ee3513b2c" CreationDate="2009-06-21T10:57:20.480" UserId="8897" Text="I am sorry, but I don't think you will get a solution to your problem here, as it depends on just too many different possibilities. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Frankly, the biggest issue appears to be that you don't really understand that much about how the mail system works. Unfortunately, to solve this problem, you will have to understand at least some of the topics involved. Depending on how urgent this is, your best option might be to hire a consultant to help you setting up a secure system.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the consultant is out of the question, you might get better answers here if you would describe your network layout much more detailed, including the software used, how the clients are configured to send mail etc. " />
  <row Id="52360" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29361" RevisionGUID="f31b5e62-e29f-4361-ab10-7a7e80cf7a11" CreationDate="2009-06-21T11:09:13.827" UserId="2503" Text="It's not likely to make much difference. Go with whatever your distribution uses as its default, provided it's sufficient.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Spend your effort tuning other things - get enough ram - get a raid controller which doesn't suck - and fix the application's lame (ab)use of the database (NB: this is the main culprit in most cases where it hasn't already been done).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Consider however, carefully, the filesystem you put your mysql tmpdir on; this will affect performance, particularly queries which do disc-based filesort()s (see EXPLAIN for more details).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think a filesystem which support delayed allocation is really handy here, as you can avoid IO completely for short-lived files when there is enough ram to keep them in the cache. XFS, for instance, doesn't bother writing files at all which get deleted and closed before they've been allocated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course putting a tmpdir on a tmpfs is attractive from a performance perspective, but leads to a risk of exhausting the space and having queries which would otherwise succeed (albeit with disc temporary files used) fail." />
  <row Id="52361" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29362" RevisionGUID="54cfb284-bc99-41f4-b558-084d369aac53" CreationDate="2009-06-21T11:12:13.353" UserId="9404" Text="It's very common to alias commands like rm or mv to add the '-i' option to avoid mistakes.&#xD;&#xA;But this happend in my company a while ago. Someone put this line in root's .bashrc in one of the servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias rm='rm -i'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then it copied the line and substitute rm for mv... or so he thought:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias rm='rm -i'&#xD;&#xA;    alias mv='rm -i'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The rest is history :)" />
  <row Id="52362" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29362" RevisionGUID="54cfb284-bc99-41f4-b558-084d369aac53" CreationDate="2009-06-21T11:12:13.353" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52363" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29363" RevisionGUID="219677c5-0600-4785-b6be-4598d6cd2bd1" CreationDate="2009-06-21T11:16:31.753" UserId="9404" Text="In re-installing a laptop's operating system for a manager, someone made a copy of all it's data over the network to a linux station in /tmp. There were some problems and it took more than one day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;... the linux station was shutdown at the end of the day ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The following day, when they went to look for the manager's data... " />
  <row Id="52364" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29363" RevisionGUID="219677c5-0600-4785-b6be-4598d6cd2bd1" CreationDate="2009-06-21T11:16:31.753" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52365" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29359" RevisionGUID="716f4729-2d7f-4b35-bfab-e6a11a2b5996" CreationDate="2009-06-21T11:18:01.703" UserId="9461" Comment="+temp" Text="I'm by no matters expert on disk drive physics, but I see disproportionally many hard drives fail soon after the spinup. Probably the temperature change just does not serve them well. I would say: let them spin forever." />
  <row Id="52366" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29362" RevisionGUID="1aabb735-9177-4b22-baa8-99546cc4e186" CreationDate="2009-06-21T11:19:37.083" UserId="9404" Comment="added about the question" Text="It's very common to alias commands like rm or mv to add the '-i' option to avoid mistakes.&#xD;&#xA;But this happend in my company a while ago. Someone put this line in root's .bashrc in one of the servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias rm='rm -i'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then it copied the line and substitute rm for mv... or so he thought:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    alias rm='rm -i'&#xD;&#xA;    alias mv='rm -i'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The rest is history :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Well, the thing is that when mv'ing the 'are you sure' question said 'remove' instead of 'move' but yet..." />
  <row Id="52367" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29364" RevisionGUID="838d3d9c-d185-415f-a8ef-cfc718ad0f65" CreationDate="2009-06-21T11:22:32.380" UserId="5234" Text="This may seem counter-intuitive and less 'ardkore, but the best command-line safety tip I have is: **If a GUI-mode alternative is available and practical, then USE IT**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why?  Quite simple.  GUI-mode usually has a built-in safety net, in the form of &quot;warning - you are about to snargle the freeblefrop, are you sure you want to do this?&quot;  Even if not, it slows you down, giving more room for think time.  It lets you double-check options more easily before committing to them, you can screenshot before and after states, it protects you from typos; all good, useful and helpful stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the classic case of the dreaded &quot;rm -rf&quot;, do you think it's easier to accidentally issue it from a GUI or a CLI?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the end, there's no shame in resorting to GUI.  It won't infallibly prevent major disasters; it's just as possible to be trigger-happy in a GUI as it is in a CLI; but if it saves you once it's proved itself worthwile." />
  <row Id="52368" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29365" RevisionGUID="65f4639c-eca8-45d3-a702-3da61831cde2" CreationDate="2009-06-21T11:26:21.843" UserId="5392" Text="I would say that with an expert sysadmin/engineer, windows is just as viable and secure as linux. I'm tired of OS flame wars, anyone who involves them self in them simply shows that they don't understand computing. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Unfortunately there aren't many expert windows sysadmins out there. I've met a handful in twelve years that were capable. I don't mean being able to get a website up and running, I mean someone who is capable of digging deep into problems because they understand how computers work and can dig into areas like crash dump analysis. I'd also say that unix sysadmins are much more likely to have a wider field of knowledge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52369" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29366" RevisionGUID="6f721fff-76f1-4c21-86f4-0c9ff0dcfd65" CreationDate="2009-06-21T11:35:39.453" UserId="5234" Text="My answer is going to be &quot;why would you want to?&quot;  You're probably far better off implementing a Windows DC; it won't cost you that much, and you'll be on a supported and more predictable environment.  AD isn't difficult - there's a lot in it, but it's not difficult.  So long as you don't do bizarre or wacky stuff with it, it's incredibly robust and has low maintenance overhead.  If you want the Linux boxes to authenticate against it, you can set it up in Mixed Mode and it will present itself as an NT4-like DC where appropriate." />
  <row Id="52370" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29367" RevisionGUID="c7c5f92f-c3d2-4134-a7c3-96816e42716c" CreationDate="2009-06-21T11:49:37.920" UserId="7709" Text="The other option is to create each disk as a single-disk RAID-0 array (yes, it should let you do this). Then ZFS will see all the indidual disks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The 'technical' name for the option you're looking for is called JBOD - Just a Bunch of Disks." />
  <row Id="52371" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29346" RevisionGUID="b303855d-0e3b-4fce-a7b6-c9942c9e3331" CreationDate="2009-06-21T11:53:57.390" UserId="45" Comment="deleted 5 characters in body" Text="Your first step: find the culprit. That means: try to find out which computer/server is using your SMTP to send spam/viruses (check your log files). If you see suspicious activity from an internal IP address, first disconnect that PC from the network and run your antivirus/antispyware and be sure you're able to clean the computer - this is not always an easy task.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It could also be possible that your actual mail server is not sending the emails, but that the infected PC is sending them. In that case you could allow only your mail server to use port 25 on outgoing connection until the problem is found." />
  <row Id="52372" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="29286" RevisionGUID="7061152b-e6d7-4105-a190-89c72f01e9e7" CreationDate="2009-06-21T12:03:55.360" UserId="1375" Comment="fix speeling" Text="What does it take for a sysadmin to have happy customers?" />
  <row Id="52374" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29369" RevisionGUID="aca70afd-7a07-49e2-86ec-49bac7abff94" CreationDate="2009-06-21T12:24:54.873" UserId="5234" Text="The &quot;Windows == bigger target&quot; argument is actually double-edged.  Because millions of Windows installations over the world are being actively attacked, it also means that Windows has more *fixed* security vulnerabilities than Linux does.  Those legions of patches every month?  They're *fixes* for security vulnerabilities that have been *discovered*.  And it's not the vulnerabilities that you know that you need to worry about, it's the ones you don't know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Aside from that I don't believe that either OS is intrinsically more secure than the other.  The differences are down to the implementation, how it's used, and the other security-related scaffolding that exists around it.  A Linux box with a root password of &quot;password&quot;, no firewall, and connected directly to the internet *won't be secure, despite it being Linux*." />
  <row Id="52378" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29371" RevisionGUID="b8cab969-2aaa-409b-a4f0-70d9c07bcaf6" CreationDate="2009-06-21T12:29:17.200" UserId="6990" Text="See http://www.nufw.org/ for another versatile open-source solution that might help here." />
  <row Id="52382" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29374" RevisionGUID="b5d43ed3-d419-48be-acc4-e4b45609cd70" CreationDate="2009-06-21T12:37:18.133" UserId="3431" Text="You should really consider [pfsense][1] which is a embedded distribution that does FW/Router and captive portal. It is extremely simple to use and works great.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.pfsense.com" />
  <row Id="52383" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29375" RevisionGUID="b5a31dce-b412-4f17-8282-aa0263a993d9" CreationDate="2009-06-21T12:49:48.173" UserId="7073" Text="Figured it out, I was missing VMWare tools (duh, should have been the first place I looked)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said the sound driver works well, but the there are still some issues, it didn't seem to like the video driver so I had to install it (the second time) without that." />
  <row Id="52384" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29376" RevisionGUID="7e3c99b5-7725-40d5-858b-33de67db91a5" CreationDate="2009-06-21T12:54:52.313" UserId="10246" Text="I have an Exchange 2003 deployment and cannot get rpc over http to work.  I have followed all of the mirosoft docs but it is not working.  I can see the traffic coming in over the firewall.  However the clients cannot connect.  Are there any hotixes from microsoft that I need to add in to get this to work?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52385" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29376" RevisionGUID="7e3c99b5-7725-40d5-858b-33de67db91a5" CreationDate="2009-06-21T12:54:52.313" UserId="10246" Text="RPC over HTTP Exchange 2003" />
  <row Id="52386" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29376" RevisionGUID="7e3c99b5-7725-40d5-858b-33de67db91a5" CreationDate="2009-06-21T12:54:52.313" UserId="10246" Text="&lt;exchange-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="52387" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29377" RevisionGUID="30e6aabf-6005-4cb6-9bea-2f50c7369be5" CreationDate="2009-06-21T13:03:45.310" UserId="10237" Text="It's going to depend on the workload. You probably only want to spin the drive down, if it's not likely to be used for quite a while..." />
  <row Id="52388" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29378" RevisionGUID="7a3d1cc3-0f56-4931-8079-ee3fe4d09eaa" CreationDate="2009-06-21T13:06:34.540" UserDisplayName="anonymuos" Text="The QTTabBar explorer addon adds back the standard toolbar buttons complete with the exact same icons and large/small sizes. Unfortunately, as of this writing, it is not Windows 7 compatible, only Vista compatible." />
  <row Id="52389" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29379" RevisionGUID="b8086f4f-cdd7-427c-95c0-a3f940b19d7d" CreationDate="2009-06-21T13:08:53.477" UserId="3204" Text="Are you using https and a self signed certificate? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If so you will need to manually add it to the certificate stores on the client PCs. This can be done by running certmgr.msc and importing it into 'Trusted Root Certification Authorities'. " />
  <row Id="52390" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29380" RevisionGUID="57b55d2a-de94-4510-9c47-e7831a438cb4" CreationDate="2009-06-21T13:28:28.703" UserId="6491" Text="You can try this supplicant: [www.securew2.com][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This seems to be popular in the European research network. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.securew2.com/" />
  <row Id="52391" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29381" RevisionGUID="351416ce-f8b4-411a-84ca-0c1e0a539335" CreationDate="2009-06-21T13:31:08.887" UserId="6352" Text="If your client doesn't trust the certificate the website is using, it will silently drop the connection without even a hint there's some error.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try connecting from that client to your Exchange's OWA: if Internet Explorer complains about an invalid certificate, that's your problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can solve it by creating a valid certificate (if you have a certification authority available) or by importing the existing certificate in your client's machine store.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52392" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29382" RevisionGUID="6361f36d-0b0b-46a3-85ca-6c15561c1e64" CreationDate="2009-06-21T13:35:02.623" UserId="2299" Text="See http://www.ratsauce.co.uk/notablog/SettingupOutlookRPC.asp for my notes on Outlook Anywhere. The procedure described has been tested by me and many others and I know it works!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52393" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29383" RevisionGUID="763172e3-e371-4b37-a6dc-49b4c44a49bf" CreationDate="2009-06-21T13:38:58.887" UserId="9404" Text="I was watching Battlestar Galactica and realized the Cylons have [Windows on their baseships][1] :). So I thought that may be it could be a good communicty wiki question, like the [badastronomy movie reviews][2] but for IT.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What pitfalls have you found on movies or TV series (screenshots or concepts)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://twitpic.com/804mi&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/movies/index.html" />
  <row Id="52394" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29383" RevisionGUID="763172e3-e371-4b37-a6dc-49b4c44a49bf" CreationDate="2009-06-21T13:38:58.887" UserId="9404" Text="IT pitfalls on movies" />
  <row Id="52395" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29383" RevisionGUID="763172e3-e371-4b37-a6dc-49b4c44a49bf" CreationDate="2009-06-21T13:38:58.887" UserId="9404" Text="&lt;movies&gt;&lt;pitfalls&gt;" />
  <row Id="52396" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29383" RevisionGUID="763172e3-e371-4b37-a6dc-49b4c44a49bf" CreationDate="2009-06-21T13:38:58.887" UserId="9404" />
  <row Id="52397" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29213" RevisionGUID="9ed96f59-3ec8-48b4-94e9-51cfe3cd7d1c" CreationDate="2009-06-21T13:40:51.600" UserId="6491" Comment="drobo warning" Text="This is a major misfeature of e2fsck. When it encounters serious inconsistency during one stage it will start the repair from the beginning.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That is one of the reasons why I switched to Reiserfs years ago and later to XFS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However you should not need to do this repair often. If you do then you should investigate why.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - If it is a hardware problem you can use smartmontools to diagnose S.M.A.R.T. problems.&#xD;&#xA; - Kernel messages (dmesg) can also help to find the cause.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE:&#xD;&#xA;After re-reading your comments I have something to add. [Someone had bad luck with this device][1] (search for drobo inpage or scroll down). I can be worth to make a full backup.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can still try to directly connect these disk to you PC and inspect them with 'smartctl'. As far as you just use smartctl there will be no data loss.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://grsecurity.net/news.php" />
  <row Id="52398" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29384" RevisionGUID="4e5ed2b4-62af-4881-9eda-de3f7ec852b3" CreationDate="2009-06-21T13:50:52.287" UserId="4935" Text="What is the correct way to install Notepad2 (or some other equivalent) in Windows 7 so that it is executed when ***WindowsKey-R*** -&gt; ***notepad*** is entered?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried creating shortcuts in C:\windows\System32 or replacing Notepad.exe. Both failed due to permissions issues." />
  <row Id="52399" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29384" RevisionGUID="4e5ed2b4-62af-4881-9eda-de3f7ec852b3" CreationDate="2009-06-21T13:50:52.287" UserId="4935" Text="Replace Notepad with Notepad2 (or Notepad++)" />
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  <row Id="52402" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29386" RevisionGUID="f72c3d66-ea59-422b-b17d-95b2ee2a64ef" CreationDate="2009-06-21T13:59:32.257" UserId="5618" Text="I seem to regularly use &quot;sc stop wuauserv&quot;, which turns off the windows update service. Primarly to make it stop nagging me to restart every few minutes." />
  <row Id="52403" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29386" RevisionGUID="f72c3d66-ea59-422b-b17d-95b2ee2a64ef" CreationDate="2009-06-21T13:59:32.257" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52404" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29387" RevisionGUID="bd2e722a-a72e-4dfc-bd97-04ed4e5c5ecf" CreationDate="2009-06-21T14:00:12.613" UserId="4733" Text="I did this once by creating 2 registry files, one for unhide and one for hide.  It worked great, but not as convenient as a simple button on the explorer bar." />
  <row Id="52405" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29388" RevisionGUID="92e1b9b6-c45b-46a3-86e9-6697f9f080d7" CreationDate="2009-06-21T14:11:27.743" UserId="7073" Text="I find it amazing they can talk in normal voices in a fully loaded data center and not even a wisper of server can be heard." />
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  <row Id="52407" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29389" RevisionGUID="8f382269-d2eb-44b8-8546-1b6579d7aca7" CreationDate="2009-06-21T14:11:28.663" UserId="9159" Text="That would have to be either:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The scene in Jurassic Park where the girl opens this 3D operating system GUI and goes &quot;Oh, it's UNIX&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-- or --&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The scene in Robocop 3 where this 12-year-old alley kid plugs his little &quot;My First PC&quot; into an ED209 combat robot and &quot;hacks&quot; it to do anything he wants. Hmmm.. Obviously the concept of &quot;hardened military systems&quot; is a bit misunderstood in Hollywood." />
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  <row Id="52409" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29390" RevisionGUID="4a62ab05-e1a1-4494-8828-2cba7d01ac9a" CreationDate="2009-06-21T14:12:17.413" UserId="3528" Text="What would you expect a cylon baseship to run on, Linux, MacOSX?  I know if I'm working on wiping out human existance I want an OS that doesn't use command that sound like speech disorder symptoms (grep,sed,awk,du).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Plus I need text to speech and surface tech on my baseship- Windows is what I'd run." />
  <row Id="52410" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29390" RevisionGUID="4a62ab05-e1a1-4494-8828-2cba7d01ac9a" CreationDate="2009-06-21T14:12:17.413" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52411" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29391" RevisionGUID="724424b2-3ba3-4e55-a06d-ae9242410a15" CreationDate="2009-06-21T14:14:04.040" UserId="7073" Text="I'm going to add another one, while not a pit fall I think it's the classic line of all time, sorry if I get it a little off, been a while since I've seen the movie.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Oh a mouse...how quaint&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyone name the movie? :)" />
  <row Id="52412" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29391" RevisionGUID="724424b2-3ba3-4e55-a06d-ae9242410a15" CreationDate="2009-06-21T14:14:04.040" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52413" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29392" RevisionGUID="a93fdf54-7f8f-4135-be87-65b0e50a359a" CreationDate="2009-06-21T14:14:25.117" UserId="4721" Text="I had a hard time keeping myself on the seat when [Goldblum][1] infected the mother ship in [Independence Day][2]. Here is [interesting reading][3] on that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000156/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116629/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.psychotronic.info/mm/ghi/id4.htm" />
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  <row Id="52415" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29393" RevisionGUID="646e9a84-672a-43dc-87fd-20c99369dda7" CreationDate="2009-06-21T14:19:23.253" UserId="1715" Text="I'm Studying for [70-450][1].  Apart from memorizing what every [trace flag][2] does, is there an easy way to remember what groups of trace flags do.   The first digit of the trace flag number looks like it may mean something?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know what this first digit denotes?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there an easy way to remember trace flags besides memorizing them?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?ID=70-450&amp;locale=en-us&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188396.aspx" />
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  <row Id="52417" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29393" RevisionGUID="646e9a84-672a-43dc-87fd-20c99369dda7" CreationDate="2009-06-21T14:19:23.253" UserId="1715" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;&lt;certification&gt;" />
  <row Id="52418" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29394" RevisionGUID="ba4d2e2f-f5a9-4e43-81f3-7c6135db1b1c" CreationDate="2009-06-21T14:25:24.693" UserId="8851" Text="In gentoo, this is as simple as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;dhcp_ethX=&quot;nodns nogateway&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How should I go about this in the interfaces file?" />
  <row Id="52419" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29394" RevisionGUID="ba4d2e2f-f5a9-4e43-81f3-7c6135db1b1c" CreationDate="2009-06-21T14:25:24.693" UserId="8851" Text="Debian interfaces file - ignore gateway and dns entries from dhcp" />
  <row Id="52420" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29394" RevisionGUID="ba4d2e2f-f5a9-4e43-81f3-7c6135db1b1c" CreationDate="2009-06-21T14:25:24.693" UserId="8851" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;networking&gt;&lt;dhcp&gt;" />
  <row Id="52421" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29389" RevisionGUID="8dfdd92b-b5db-4a4c-9df9-05608665fbe5" CreationDate="2009-06-21T14:31:34.340" UserId="9159" Comment="added 65 characters in body; added 24 characters in body; added 53 characters in body" Text="That would have to be either:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The scene in Jurassic Park where the girl opens this 3D operating system GUI and goes &quot;Oh, it's UNIX&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFUlAQZB9Ng&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-- or --&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The scene in Robocop 3 where this 12-year-old alley kid plugs her little &quot;My First PC&quot; into an ED209 combat robot with an alligator clip and &quot;hacks&quot; it to be &quot;loyal as a puppy&quot;. Hmmm.. Obviously the concept of &quot;hardened military systems&quot; is a bit misunderstood in Hollywood.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Video: At 8:00.&#xD;&#xA;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9QB8v4YopQ&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52422" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29395" RevisionGUID="951b30f6-1ba6-4db9-83d6-bda5f16a037e" CreationDate="2009-06-21T14:36:42.583" UserId="1435" Text="I have literally never seen an accurate representation of computer use in and tv or film.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've worked in 'intelligence' and NOBODY had 3D wireframe maps of buildings to track 'hostiles' as red dots and good guys in green though." />
  <row Id="52423" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29395" RevisionGUID="951b30f6-1ba6-4db9-83d6-bda5f16a037e" CreationDate="2009-06-21T14:36:42.583" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52424" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28012" RevisionGUID="5023c9a3-7fcf-45d2-a277-bdd9910b8397" CreationDate="2009-06-21T14:37:03.270" UserId="2514" Comment="added links to the solutions" Text="Quest provides a free enhancement to the built in discussion boards. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A video demonstrating the web part in action&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.screencast.com/users/CurtisKelly/folders/Jing/media/4eaded83-b60e-4226-88ea-bd9018d9c30f&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Links to the 32 and 64 bit versions of the web part. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://sharepointforall.com/media/p/320.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://sharepointforall.com/media/p/321.aspx" />
  <row Id="52425" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29396" RevisionGUID="46be8fa3-1eb0-481c-bdea-57cf9c196b62" CreationDate="2009-06-21T14:37:12.927" UserId="4694" Text="There is a solution right on [Notepad2][1] webpage.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Replacing Notepad in Windows Vista][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;1. Download and extract **Notepad2**.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;2. Rename **Notepad2.exe** to **notepad.exe**.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;3. Find **c:\windows\notepad.exe** and **c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe** and set the owner to ‘**Administrators**’, and grant **Administrators full control**.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;4. Using Windows Explorer, drag and drop the renamed **notepad2.exe** to **c:\windows** and **c:\windows\system32**.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just don't forget to grant 'Administrators' full control.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.mattberther.com/2006/11/19/replacing-notepad-in-windows-vista/" />
  <row Id="52426" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29397" RevisionGUID="4aeadac4-97cb-4a8d-abc8-fe1e375590b7" CreationDate="2009-06-21T14:37:28.027" UserId="8477" Text="It's funny how they have the so-called &quot;hackers&quot; crack into just about any system in under 5 minutes by just pressing some keys. And that still sounds realistic compared to those VR things they use to open 3D boxes and move stuff around to make their way in." />
  <row Id="52427" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29397" RevisionGUID="4aeadac4-97cb-4a8d-abc8-fe1e375590b7" CreationDate="2009-06-21T14:37:28.027" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52428" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29398" RevisionGUID="c3b1777e-9fb0-4a46-a0fe-883d0ffd9996" CreationDate="2009-06-21T14:38:00.837" UserId="1054" Text="How about the entire duration of &quot;The Net&quot; with Sandra Bullock..." />
  <row Id="52429" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29398" RevisionGUID="c3b1777e-9fb0-4a46-a0fe-883d0ffd9996" CreationDate="2009-06-21T14:38:00.837" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52430" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29399" RevisionGUID="737a106a-87da-4b2a-847d-128f0fc0fe34" CreationDate="2009-06-21T14:50:47.223" UserId="3698" Text="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swordfish_(film) is funny example with one nicely animated explosion scene and lot of comupter &quot;hacking&quot; crap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52431" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29399" RevisionGUID="737a106a-87da-4b2a-847d-128f0fc0fe34" CreationDate="2009-06-21T14:50:47.223" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52432" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29400" RevisionGUID="d1240e49-8c95-40b7-b6d1-3b60973d0d55" CreationDate="2009-06-21T14:59:39.437" UserId="9159" Text="I'm using ejabberd to implement a web &quot;live chat&quot;. At one point during my experimentation I had it so when you logged in the client would show the presence of all other logged in users. After many config changes I have the system working the way I want except it's stopped reporting the presence of other users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically I want the client to know when the admin is logged in, as this will enable them to know wether they'll get an answer before writing their question. At the moment it doesn't even tell you if the message you sent was received at all when the admin is offline (it just gets quesued for later delivery).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm using jwchat as the client and although I can capture all presence packets it does not appear that ejabberd is sending them (maybe a privacy thing, I don't know). Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="52433" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29400" RevisionGUID="d1240e49-8c95-40b7-b6d1-3b60973d0d55" CreationDate="2009-06-21T14:59:39.437" UserId="9159" Text="xmpp / ejabberd. show presence of a user to all other users" />
  <row Id="52434" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29400" RevisionGUID="d1240e49-8c95-40b7-b6d1-3b60973d0d55" CreationDate="2009-06-21T14:59:39.437" UserId="9159" Text="&lt;ejabberd&gt;&lt;xmpp&gt;" />
  <row Id="52435" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29401" RevisionGUID="b2f3015d-6b86-445e-be6b-fd7ff8723091" CreationDate="2009-06-21T15:02:11.100" UserId="6689" Text="Someone at work showed me a clip from `The Wire` where they were using Windows Search to locate a suspect in the police database...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The Matrix also has a load of BS for hacking; with the exception of the scene in Reloaded where you see Trinity using nmap, and then an SSH exploit to hack into the powerplant." />
  <row Id="52436" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29401" RevisionGUID="b2f3015d-6b86-445e-be6b-fd7ff8723091" CreationDate="2009-06-21T15:02:11.100" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52437" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29402" RevisionGUID="efc9dc78-acd5-4e12-acd3-d2929596ad5d" CreationDate="2009-06-21T15:03:50.740" UserId="613" Text="I don't think there's an exactly analagous command for /etc/network/interfaces; you'll have to set things up the way you like via the post-up command, most likely." />
  <row Id="52438" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29403" RevisionGUID="cbc014fc-430f-4dc1-bcc0-8e7502c7cfd1" CreationDate="2009-06-21T15:08:48.887" UserId="7324" Text="Are you using mod_webpresence or doing something else?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.ejabberd.im/mod_webpresence&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52439" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="29169" RevisionGUID="60c6994e-baab-4245-9e35-d91db52f1504" CreationDate="2009-06-21T15:11:04.577" UserId="3950" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;drobo&gt;&lt;fsck&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;ext3&gt;" />
  <row Id="52440" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29404" RevisionGUID="f132720f-e384-45d9-afef-04ca643f02ac" CreationDate="2009-06-21T15:15:29.140" UserId="2514" Text="A competent set of admins can run Windows or Unix servers securely. Less competent admins will have security holes regardless of OS. That being said, the two problems I have with Windows as a server platform are &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. It's too much like a workstation. RDP is used to manage it 9 times out of 10. This encourages admins to use it like a workstation. Every Windows shop I've been in it's common practice to use IE on the server to browse the web when working on a problem on that server. The enhanced security for IE on the serer is generally turned off immediately. This is a HUGE attack surface that's almost never an issue on a Unix server. This is something that can be taken care of by better policies, but it's not something you have to worry about on a Unix server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. The privilege system is opaque and hard to understand. While it's very powerful, it's often not clear exactly which permissions you need for certain actions. This very often leads to admins throwing up their hands and granting administrator privileges to an account in order to get the job done." />
  <row Id="52441" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29405" RevisionGUID="ec3e49cf-a605-48f5-beb0-c482d34b3afb" CreationDate="2009-06-21T15:18:18.993" UserId="10251" Text="edit /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;check the line:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #prepend domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and uncomment it and set whatever dns servers you want to use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then in the request section below there will be something like this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, routers,&#xD;&#xA;            domain-name, domain-name-servers, host-name,&#xD;&#xA;            netbios-name-servers, netbios-scope, interface-mtu;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;remove domain-name-servers and routers, that should remove the dns server and router/gateway requests via dhcp" />
  <row Id="52442" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="26089" RevisionGUID="a6603203-667f-4903-98fc-b408b0b7ac90" CreationDate="2009-06-21T15:18:43.300" UserId="7324" Comment="added 290 characters in body" Text="Here is an interesting problem/scenario that some sysadmins out there might enjoy:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An apartment building owner is giving away free internet access to his tennants.  Basically he has a T1 coming to the building and every apartment has a CAT5 plug in the wall.  The internet access is &quot;free&quot; (included in the rent or whatever) to the tennants.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is, several of the tennants are downloading illegal movies/music via bittorrent.  As a result, the MPAA and RIAA is sending &quot;nastygrams&quot; to the owner of the internet connection (ie. apartment owner) concerning the illegal downloads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The apartment owner has blocked lists of torrent sites as well as several file extensions at the router level but the problem persists.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I'd like to know is if anyone out there has a clever/inexpensive solution for this problem?  QoS apparently only works up to a point because bittorrent can use pretty much any port it wants.  Packet inspection doesn't work on encrypted connections, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The apartment owner did say he would be happy if he could simply see the upload/download traffic (ie. potential abusers) of the individual apartment units.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPDATE:  Not interested in discussing the legal/lawyer/social issues as much as the actual technical solutions (whatever they may be).  I would kindly request you vote up the TECHNICAL discussions over the legal/social ones.  Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ANSWER:  Selected Justin Scott's answer as the correct answer because of his suggestion to use managed switches and MRTG. While it would have been nicer to block bittorrent or at least make it EXTREMELY difficult MRTG and a managed switch will allow us to easily identify the offender(s)." />
  <row Id="52444" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29406" RevisionGUID="c966ae16-ced5-4774-adf6-ca93a1f0d354" CreationDate="2009-06-21T15:23:22.820" UserId="2435" Text="Not completely along the line of your question, but:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I really liked the StarTrek movie where they come back to the 1990's to take back some whales and someone (damn - who was it - it's so long ago that I saw it) from the team sits in front of a Macintosh (early version), stating &quot;Computer...&quot; when he's told that this is the 20th century and he'll have to use the mouse. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Needless to say, he shrugs, holds the mouse in front of his mouth and dictates: &quot;Computer...&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now if I only could remember the context of the scene after all this time... someone help me..." />
  <row Id="52445" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29406" RevisionGUID="c966ae16-ced5-4774-adf6-ca93a1f0d354" CreationDate="2009-06-21T15:23:22.820" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52446" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29407" RevisionGUID="0a2cecaa-52f1-4ab1-8970-520cc7eb0039" CreationDate="2009-06-21T15:30:55.350" UserDisplayName="Darshani" Text="[B]we have two linux servers which are installed apache tomcat . one is running with the data base One is running with a java application. More than 100 users are connected to the servers.&#xD;&#xA;Server machines are quad core normal PC's which are having 4 GB memory. It was running properly for last 6 months &amp; suddenely a problem came with a slowness in application.&#xD;&#xA;Suddenely java application is getting stucked &amp; users cannot work for some time. There's no network issue also.&#xD;&#xA;I am trying to identify the reason for this whether the machine problem or the problem is in the java application. Any body can help me for this?[/B]" />
  <row Id="52447" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29407" RevisionGUID="0a2cecaa-52f1-4ab1-8970-520cc7eb0039" CreationDate="2009-06-21T15:30:55.350" UserDisplayName="Darshani" Text="why clients are getting stucked in java application runs in linux" />
  <row Id="52448" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29407" RevisionGUID="0a2cecaa-52f1-4ab1-8970-520cc7eb0039" CreationDate="2009-06-21T15:30:55.350" UserDisplayName="Darshani" Text="&lt;linux&gt;" />
  <row Id="52449" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29408" RevisionGUID="c726a998-fa84-4be7-a4b0-f396a6935b6c" CreationDate="2009-06-21T15:31:24.723" UserId="1992" Text="Yes, the trace flags are grouped by area of SQL Server - the first two digits always denote the area. For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 25xx, 52xx are DBCC related&#xD;&#xA; - 8xx are buffer pool&#xD;&#xA; - 36xx are SQL Server general 'run-time'&#xD;&#xA; - 6xx are Storage Engine access methods&#xD;&#xA; - 12xx are lock manager&#xD;&#xA; - 14xx are database mirroring&#xD;&#xA; - 30xx, 31xx, 32xx are backup/restore&#xD;&#xA; - 55xx are FILESTREAM&#xD;&#xA; - 73xx, 74xx are query execution&#xD;&#xA; - 75xx are cursors&#xD;&#xA; - 82xx are replication&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are just the ones I remember as I don't have source code any more (I wrote a bunch of the code and owned the whoe Storage Engine for 2008).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's no easy way to remember what each one does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52450" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29409" RevisionGUID="ce010711-06c3-420f-93a3-b029560c725e" CreationDate="2009-06-21T15:33:07.683" UserId="2598" Text="Probably one of the simplest, and most useful things is just learning the readlin shorcuts. So ^h for backspace, ^u to delete a line up to the cursor, ^k to delete the line after the cursor. There's a complete list of the shortcuts here [here][1]http://www.bigsmoke.us/readline/shortcuts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As well as that, on debian/ubuntu (at least, don't have any other linuxes to test it on, adding this to your .bashrc will enable smart completion in bash, like in zsh, so that arguments to common commands (like find, etc) will be tab completable &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then&#xD;&#xA;    . /etc/bash_completion&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52451" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29326" RevisionGUID="fea392f1-67cb-490e-9847-6ba6579f30b1" CreationDate="2009-06-21T15:34:05.310" UserId="2302" Comment="deleted 30 characters in body" Text="You should give a look at [robocopy][1],  or, if you need a gui, [richcopy][2].  Both tools are multithreaded, fast, efficient, and have lots of options for merging and syncing.  You can use in conjunction with the [osql backup database][3] command (for DB backup) and exmerge (for brick-level exchange backup), and can create a simple scheduled task to automate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2006.11.utilityspotlight.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.04.utilityspotlight.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa213095(SQL.80).aspx" />
  <row Id="52452" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29410" RevisionGUID="feb60adc-d184-4418-bed5-37f9cfde4bab" CreationDate="2009-06-21T15:36:39.830" UserId="5234" Text="Others have said it, but it is all about your attitude to those customers.  You need to face them, to meet with them, to understand their requirements.  They are the reason why you're doing this job in the first place, and if they're not happy, then you're not doing a good job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be pragmatic - the best or most elegant theoretical solution is not always optimal for your environment.  Don't be too proud to throw out the beautiful solution you've constructed if it's not meeting their requirements.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let them know who you are.  You're not front-facing, they shouldn't be contacting you directly, but do mingle with them where possible, put a human face on your job.  Disappearing down into your dungeon for 8 hours a day *doesn't* cut it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Understand that you are in a position of trust.  Your customers need to know that they can trust you, and you need to demonstrate that to them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Work to understand the customers requirements.  Open a suggestion box, get feedback from helpdesk staff, whatever it takes.  If you don't *know* what is causing grief for your customers, you will never be able to resolve it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be honest with them.  Don't give them bull.  If something can't be done give them the reason why.  And learn to do it in non-technical terms.  You'll earn more respect for an honest &quot;no&quot; than for a dishonest &quot;yes&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They're not always right - see my next para - but in cases where they are, be sure to acknowledge it.  If something causes them grief, and there's no good reason for it to exist, accept it, and tell them they're right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will always have a handful of perennial complainers.  These are the people who want to use a different OS or office suite to everyone else, who want quotas or restrictions lifted (for them alone, natch), and who generally don't seem to understand that IT is a *shared* service.  You will just have to accept them; these people *don't* represent the general customer, who just wants to log on in the morning and get their stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That last one is your yardstick of success - can your customers log on in the morning and get their stuff?  And can they do it without hassle?  If you can manage that for 90% of them, you're doing pretty well, I think." />
  <row Id="52453" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29411" RevisionGUID="63d176eb-f807-4c45-b984-588790b200cf" CreationDate="2009-06-21T15:39:17.267" UserId="2598" Text="Ubuntu is fine in *most* cases. If you're using a particularly odd package, or on an odd architecture, it is worth looking into how well supported it is by them however. We used to run Dapper on a Sun_4v machine, and we would find that vunerabilities would often take large amounts of time to get fixed, and important bugs in areas like NSS would not get fixed at all. This has not however, been a problem on ia32/amd64" />
  <row Id="52454" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29412" RevisionGUID="29114d92-2ef1-46af-8d7d-7a686ba3cd28" CreationDate="2009-06-21T15:43:58.833" UserId="1561" Text="Somewhat related:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SCRIPT SCENE:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  The crime lab, or a national security room, take your pick.  Something horrible was recorded on a DVR system and a hapless lab tech is performing a playback to see &quot;what happened&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ENTER PRIMARY CHARACTER #1:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, you find anything?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TECHIE:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yeah. (puts down some other distraction)  Look at this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TECHIE PROCEEDS TO PRESS MEANINGLESS BUTTONS ON A KEYBOARD AND MOVES A MOUSE.  IF WE ARE LUCKY THE MOUSE MOVEMENT ACTUALLY CORRESPONDS WITH SOMETHING ON THE SCREEN, OTHERWISE WE'RE JUST LEFT TO THINK THAT YOU CONTROL EVERYTHING THROUGH TYPED COMMANDS THAT HAVE NO DISPLAY&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PRIMARY #1:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ok.... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PRIMARY EXAMINES VIDEO.  SOME KEY PLOT-POINT OCCURS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PRIMARY #1:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hold it!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TECHIE THEN PRESSES THE SPACEBAR AND THE VIDEO PAUSES.  OK, THIS IS AT LEAST SOMEWHAT IN LINE WITH SOMETHING LIKE WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER OR QUICKTIME OR VLC...WAIT A MINUTE, THEY DO ALL PLAYBACKS WITH CONSUMER-GRADE SOFTWARE?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PRIMARY #1 (LEANS FORWARD TO SCREEN, OR IF SCREEN IS AN IMPOSSIBLE WALL PROJECTION, OR WORSE, A HOLOGRAM, WALKS UP TO IT, AND WITH DRAMATIC FLOURISH:)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Enhance resolution!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TECHIE THEN DOES MORE MEANINGLESS KEYBOARD TAPS AND THEN DRAWS A BOX AROUND THE PICTURE TO ENHANCE.  THE PICTURE &quot;MAGICALLY&quot; ZOOMS IN AND THROUGH THE MAGIC OF BEING ON A COMPUTER, &quot;ENHANCES&quot; TO AN EVEN FINER RESOLUTION, REVEALING THE PERSON'S IDENTITY.  OF COURSE THE DIGITAL RECORDING HAS ANALOG LEVELS OF RESOLUTION, NEVER SUFFERS FROM ARTIFACTING, ENCODES INFINITE LEVELS OF RESOLUTION DESPITE USING A FIXED CCD, USES A MAGICAL VIDEO COMPRESSION CODEC THAT ALLOWS YOU TO STORE SEVERAL DAYS OF *NON-STOP* VIDEO ON A SINGLE COMPUTER, ETC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is what drives me nuts.  We actually have people at work that think this kind of crap is real.  They'll come in and ask for an extract from the DVR system that covers the parking lot (it's an industrial area next to the train tracks, so we get some issues inside the lot from time to time), and then after we find the snippet of video they're looking for, they'll ALWAYS ask, &quot;can you get a close-up of that&quot;?  They're fixed cameras with CCDs....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52455" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29412" RevisionGUID="29114d92-2ef1-46af-8d7d-7a686ba3cd28" CreationDate="2009-06-21T15:43:58.833" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52456" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29413" RevisionGUID="45aa3c30-f7d7-4161-a64a-41a3c9b4ec38" CreationDate="2009-06-21T15:44:12.407" UserId="9824" Text="I have a debian linux firewall/gateway connecting my wan and lan working with iptables. I have &lt;code&gt;eth1&lt;/code&gt; as the wan with dynamic address &lt;code&gt;190.200.229.102&lt;/code&gt; attached to &lt;code&gt;somehost.com&lt;/code&gt; via DYNDNS and &lt;code&gt;eht0&lt;/code&gt; as the lan with address &lt;code&gt;192.168.128.2&lt;/code&gt;.  Everything works as expected.  Traffic coming in gets rejected for all ports except the ones specified with ACCEPT and the port forwarding works as expected redirecting traffic to the inside machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that when I try to connect to &lt;code&gt;somehost.com&lt;/code&gt; from the inside network I don't get redirected to the internal machines as I expect.  My firewall rules for port redirection are attached to the wan interface (&lt;code&gt;eth1&lt;/code&gt;). I'm assuming that when I try to connect to &lt;code&gt;somehost.com&lt;/code&gt; I'm coming from the lan connection and that is why the redirection does not work.  I have experimented with REDIRECT, DNAT, INPUT and other tags without success.  Any hints on how to achieve this?" />
  <row Id="52457" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29413" RevisionGUID="45aa3c30-f7d7-4161-a64a-41a3c9b4ec38" CreationDate="2009-06-21T15:44:12.407" UserId="9824" Text="Redirect traffic to different ip using iptables" />
  <row Id="52458" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29413" RevisionGUID="45aa3c30-f7d7-4161-a64a-41a3c9b4ec38" CreationDate="2009-06-21T15:44:12.407" UserId="9824" Text="&lt;iptables&gt;&lt;firewall&gt;" />
  <row Id="52459" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29414" RevisionGUID="7170d16e-9787-4cde-9e50-98e3b87ebd10" CreationDate="2009-06-21T15:44:42.437" UserId="5205" Text="I have a few iis servers (windows 2003) I would like to monitor, and I would like the information presented in graph form if possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A couple of the servers i have full access into so I should be able to query using snmp, but some of them all I will have access to is the iis log files (not my kit). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I like some basic traffic info (connections/bandwidth etc) but also maybe something to monitor physical processors/ram usage on the internal ones i have full access to. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any one point me at a good product&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers&#xD;&#xA;Luke" />
  <row Id="52460" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29414" RevisionGUID="7170d16e-9787-4cde-9e50-98e3b87ebd10" CreationDate="2009-06-21T15:44:42.437" UserId="5205" Text="Monitoring IIS servers" />
  <row Id="52461" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29414" RevisionGUID="7170d16e-9787-4cde-9e50-98e3b87ebd10" CreationDate="2009-06-21T15:44:42.437" UserId="5205" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;monitoring&gt;" />
  <row Id="52462" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29412" RevisionGUID="3c0fc988-0476-4bc6-9303-c0696f1a11ad" CreationDate="2009-06-21T15:49:05.250" UserId="1561" Comment="added 4 characters in body; added 53 characters in body; added 66 characters in body" Text="Somewhat related:  Digital Video Recorders that use a PC for the recording process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SCRIPT SCENE:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  The crime lab, or a national security room, take your pick.  Something horrible was recorded on a DVR system and a hapless lab tech is performing a playback to see &quot;what happened&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ENTER PRIMARY CHARACTER #1:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, you find anything?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TECHIE:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yeah. (puts down some other distraction)  Look at this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TECHIE PROCEEDS TO PRESS MEANINGLESS BUTTONS ON A KEYBOARD AND MOVES A MOUSE.  IF WE ARE LUCKY THE MOUSE MOVEMENT ACTUALLY CORRESPONDS WITH SOMETHING ON THE SCREEN, OTHERWISE WE'RE JUST LEFT TO THINK THAT YOU CONTROL EVERYTHING THROUGH TYPED COMMANDS THAT HAVE NO DISPLAY&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PRIMARY #1:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ok.... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PRIMARY EXAMINES VIDEO.  SOME KEY PLOT-POINT OCCURS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PRIMARY #1:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hold it!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TECHIE THEN PRESSES THE SPACEBAR AND THE VIDEO PAUSES.  OK, THIS IS AT LEAST SOMEWHAT IN LINE WITH SOMETHING LIKE WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER OR QUICKTIME OR VLC...WAIT A MINUTE, THEY DO ALL PLAYBACKS WITH CONSUMER-GRADE SOFTWARE?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PRIMARY #1 (LEANS FORWARD TO SCREEN, OR IF SCREEN IS AN IMPOSSIBLE WALL PROJECTION, OR WORSE, A HOLOGRAM, WALKS UP TO IT, AND WITH DRAMATIC FLOURISH:)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Enhance resolution!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;TECHIE THEN DOES MORE MEANINGLESS KEYBOARD TAPS AND THEN DRAWS A BOX AROUND THE PICTURE TO ENHANCE.  THE PICTURE &quot;MAGICALLY&quot; ZOOMS IN AND THROUGH THE MAGIC OF BEING ON A COMPUTER, &quot;ENHANCES&quot; TO AN EVEN FINER RESOLUTION, REVEALING THE PERSON'S IDENTITY.  OF COURSE THE DIGITAL RECORDING HAS ANALOG LEVELS OF RESOLUTION, NEVER SUFFERS FROM ARTIFACTING, ENCODES INFINITE LEVELS OF RESOLUTION DESPITE USING A FIXED CCD, USES A MAGICAL VIDEO COMPRESSION CODEC THAT ALLOWS YOU TO STORE SEVERAL DAYS OF *NON-STOP* VIDEO ON A SINGLE COMPUTER, ETC.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----------&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is what drives me nuts.  **We actually have people at work that think this kind of crap is real.**  They'll come in and ask for an extract from the DVR system that covers the parking lot (it's an industrial area next to the train tracks, so we get some issues inside the lot from time to time), and then after we find the snippet of video they're looking for, they'll ALWAYS ask, &quot;*can you get a close-up of that*&quot;?  They're fixed cameras with CCDs that are only slightly better than NTSC resolution....&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52463" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29393" RevisionGUID="b4ec738c-b9c8-4b73-b28d-c1bed0818175" CreationDate="2009-06-21T15:50:13.533" UserId="1715" Comment="deleted 31 characters in body" Text="Apart from memorizing what every [trace flag][2] does, is there an easy way to remember what groups of trace flags do.   The first digit of the trace flag number looks like it may mean something?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know what this first digit denotes?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there an easy way to remember trace flags besides memorizing them?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?ID=70-450&amp;locale=en-us&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188396.aspx" />
  <row Id="52464" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29415" RevisionGUID="9586557e-1b9c-4226-8dc7-3d70f9a7a7a7" CreationDate="2009-06-21T16:02:56.393" UserId="45" Text="A good starting point for the servers you have direct access to is to work with Windows **Performance Monitor**. This MSDN article discusses which performance counters are most helpful in diagnosing stress and performance issues:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[ASP.NET Performance Monitoring, and When to Alert Administrators][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; There are many performance counters&#xD;&#xA;&gt; available for monitoring applications.&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Choosing which ones to include in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; performance logs can be tricky, and&#xD;&#xA;&gt; learning how to interpret them is an&#xD;&#xA;&gt; art. This article should help you feel&#xD;&#xA;&gt; more comfortable with both of these&#xD;&#xA;&gt; tasks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are some interesting counters for IIS and ASP.NET:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Processor:&#xD;&#xA; - % Processor Time&#xD;&#xA;- Process (aspnet_wp)&#xD;&#xA; - % Processor Time&#xD;&#xA; - Private Bytes&#xD;&#xA; - Virtual Bytes&#xD;&#xA; -Handle Count&#xD;&#xA;- Microsoft .NET CLR Exceptions\&#xD;&#xA; - # Exceps thrown / sec&#xD;&#xA;- ASP.NET&#xD;&#xA; - Application Restarts&#xD;&#xA; - Requests Rejected&#xD;&#xA;- Memory&#xD;&#xA; - Available Mbytes&#xD;&#xA;- Web Service&#xD;&#xA; - Current Connections&#xD;&#xA; - ISAPI Extension Requests/sec&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the sites you only have access to the IIS log files, I would use [**IIS Logparser**][2] for analyzing possible problems or bottlenecks. There is a nice blog post on blogs.iis.net:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[**How To: IIS and Log Parser 2.2**][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; As IIS administrators we come across&#xD;&#xA;&gt; many scenarios wherein we are asked to&#xD;&#xA;&gt; analyse the overall performance of a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; web server. There are various steps&#xD;&#xA;&gt; involved in it, however, analysing IIS&#xD;&#xA;&gt; log files without a proper tool can be&#xD;&#xA;&gt; a pain. It's very easy to get lost in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; the lines. Log Parser is a tool that I&#xD;&#xA;&gt; rely upon when it comes to manual IIS&#xD;&#xA;&gt; log file analysis. It's a cool tool&#xD;&#xA;&gt; that provides universal query access&#xD;&#xA;&gt; to text-based data, such as .log&#xD;&#xA;&gt; files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms972959.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=890cd06b-abf8-4c25-91b2-f8d975cf8c07&amp;displaylang=en&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://blogs.iis.net/ma_khan/archive/2009/03/19/how-to-iis-and-log-parser-2-2.aspx" />
  <row Id="52465" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29400" RevisionGUID="b777a030-e011-4be4-af37-67787a1f4b05" CreationDate="2009-06-21T16:09:08.360" UserId="9159" Comment="added 156 characters in body; edited tags" Text="I'm using ejabberd to implement a web &quot;live chat&quot;. At one point during my experimentation I had it so when you logged in the client would show the presence of all other logged in users. After many config changes I have the system working the way I want except it's stopped reporting the presence of other users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically I want the client to know when the admin is logged in, as this will enable them to know wether they'll get an answer before writing their question. At the moment it doesn't even tell you if the message you sent was received at all when the admin is offline (it just gets quesued for later delivery).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm using jwchat as the client and although I can capture all presence packets it does not appear that ejabberd is sending them (maybe a privacy thing, I don't know). Any ideas?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Best I can tell I need mod_roster however I cannot find any documentation on how to configure it. Does anyone have any information they can share?" />
  <row Id="52466" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="29400" RevisionGUID="b777a030-e011-4be4-af37-67787a1f4b05" CreationDate="2009-06-21T16:09:08.360" UserId="9159" Comment="added 156 characters in body; edited tags" Text="&lt;ejabberd&gt;&lt;xmpp&gt;" />
  <row Id="52467" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29392" RevisionGUID="636ad049-aab5-40f0-95ba-e026eee4f602" CreationDate="2009-06-21T16:10:44.177" UserId="4721" Comment="added 364 characters in body" Text="I had a hard time keeping myself on the seat when [Goldblum][1] infected the mother ship in [Independence Day][2]. Here is [interesting reading][3] on that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;Then there is the Mission Impossible phrase referring to _the new ultra-fast Intel 200 megahertz Pentium 6 chip_! it was so anti-climax for the scene. They could have just skipped referring Intel in any way. More entertaining notes here in a 1998 article [Computer Movies Suck][4]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000156/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116629/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.psychotronic.info/mm/ghi/id4.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.oldskool.org/personal/compleat/essays/computermovies" />
  <row Id="52468" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29393" RevisionGUID="4dc9c2b2-238d-42cf-a9ad-5bbb49d0a317" CreationDate="2009-06-21T16:13:38.790" UserId="1715" Comment="deleted 71 characters in body" Text="Apart from memorizing what every [trace flag][2] does, is there an easy way to remember what groups of trace flags do.   The first digit of the trace flag number looks like it may mean something?  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone know what this first digit denotes?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?ID=70-450&amp;locale=en-us&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188396.aspx" />
  <row Id="52469" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29416" RevisionGUID="f9b317a6-240b-4186-9df7-f233fd71b201" CreationDate="2009-06-21T16:15:28.957" UserId="9304" Text="It depends!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For instance if you want to restrict that one of the machines can only ever use 25% of the bandwidth (or 1Mbps) then checkout the Draytek routers.  With these you can allocate bandwidth per physical port - most routers have 4 ports which may be sufficiently granular for what you're doing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also if on a budget checkout the [DD-WRT][1] firmware for many routers, most notably Linksys and Buffalo.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lastly if you want to monitor web usage and restrict by user (not just machine!) then checkout MS ISA Server.  This can log all traffic in to SQL Server for monitoring as well as limit by time of day etc.  You can get MS ISA Server included with Small Business Server which may be appropriate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With regard to Flash Get, as far as I'm aware that's Firefox only which is going to restrict policy usage.  I believe ISA Server can potentially block flash on the way through if that's truly what you want to achieve.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.dd-wrt.com" />
  <row Id="52470" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29417" RevisionGUID="d7908e46-d332-4785-b520-068bfb096f7b" CreationDate="2009-06-21T16:19:02.443" UserId="9304" Text="If you really want to VPN between the machines I would recommend using Routing and Remote Access (RRAS) within Server 2003.  You can find many config guides on this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The issue you will have with the VPN approach though is that each machine is really an 'island' - ie. it's a single IP address and not a whole private network (the PN in VPN!).  You may need to fake a LAN on each machine by using the MS Loopback adapter so that the remote machine gets an IP address on the same 'network' as the host it's VPNing to." />
  <row Id="52471" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29392" RevisionGUID="be2b228c-8b7e-4aba-bf36-a3b5a553eab2" CreationDate="2009-06-21T16:19:19.247" UserId="4721" Comment="added 1300 characters in body" Text="I had a hard time keeping myself on the seat when [Goldblum][1] infected the mother ship in [Independence Day][2]. Here is [interesting reading][3] on that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;Then there is the Mission Impossible phrase referring to _the new ultra-fast Intel 200 megahertz Pentium 6 chip_! it was so anti-climax for the scene. They could have just skipped referring Intel in any way. More entertaining notes here in a 1998 article [Computer Movies Suck][4]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;But, moving ahead to another Tom Cruise movie, [Minority Report][5]. Lots of interesting interfaces. The most popular being the glove controlled 3D Gesture interface. And, we have moved towards the [Sixth Sense][6] since then.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That was after [this][7] and related blooper notes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;In Minority Report, the characters operate a complex information space by gesturing wildly in the space in front of their screens. As Tog found when filming Starfire, it's very tiring to keep your arms in the air while using a computer. Gestures do have their place, but not as the primary user interface for office systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Many user interfaces designed for the movies feature gestural input and 3D data visualizations. Immersive environments and fly-through navigation look good, and allow for more dramatic interaction than clicking on a linear list of 10 items. But, despite being a staple of computer conference demos for decades, 3D almost never makes it into shipping products. The reason? 2D works better than 3D for the vast majority of practical things that users want to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;3D is for demos. 2D is for work. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000156/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116629/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.psychotronic.info/mm/ghi/id4.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.oldskool.org/personal/compleat/essays/computermovies&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority_Report_(film)&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/film-ui-bloopers.html" />
  <row Id="52473" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29419" RevisionGUID="ead66c98-3bcd-4d32-863a-16be7c3aa00d" CreationDate="2009-06-21T16:28:58.680" UserId="9304" Text="I don't know the answer to your question.  However as a work around why not had a fake DNS entry internally for somehost.com pointed at the LAN IP instead?" />
  <row Id="52474" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29399" RevisionGUID="f0dba1de-6748-4ea0-83f7-37f59362c879" CreationDate="2009-06-21T16:29:27.960" UserId="22" Comment="fixed link and typo" Text="[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swordfish_(film)][1] is a funny example with one nicely animated explosion scene and lot of computer &quot;hacking&quot; crap.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swordfish_(film)" />
  <row Id="52475" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29293" RevisionGUID="005c0e24-dab7-402a-8900-192c061d05e8" CreationDate="2009-06-21T16:30:03.793" UserId="6177" Comment="extensively re-written to make it clearer" Text="(Extensively re-written after further thought.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**It all comes down to communication**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're confident that your service is good but people are still unhappy, you need to do a reality check.  Either it's *not* as good as you think, or you're not communicating with people as well as you could.  One thing I'm lucky to have is a small group of people who are friends as well as &quot;normal users&quot; in the company.  I know that if I'm doing something wrong, they'll tell me.  If they hear other people grumbling about something my group is or isn't doing, they'll let me know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some other aspects of communications to be sure to work on:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - For staff, you need to use all the standard tools: newsletters, emails, IT web site, training sessions, seminars, and so on.   This communication needs to be two-way: encourage people to respond to emails and newsletters.  Make time to give talks about what IT is doing and take questions.&#xD;&#xA; - For managers, I think you need to constantly talk about service levels: if you have written SLAs, you need to review them to make sure they're appropriate, and if you don't have them, you need to make sure managers know what you can/will provide and you know what they need/want.&#xD;&#xA; - By talking with staff and managers, you keep IT's priorities aligned with the business's.  The technology projects you're working on have to make support the company's business goals.  Your budgets have to be in line with the company's financial situation.&#xD;&#xA; - For all your communication, you need to avoid jargon if possible and try to explain anything IT is doing in simple terms.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After reading your list of recent complaints: your users sound like mostly developers.  I don't have a lot of experience with this (mine are mostly scientists, admin staff, managers), but I still think lots of communication is in order.  Since they're developers, it can be more technical: e.g. *this* isn't installed because it's dependent on *this other* package.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Again, I have limited experience with this suggestion, but depending on whether it's all developers or not, give them a less constrained environment.  Let them do more stuff, but with the understanding (SLA again) that you can't necessarily help them out of anything they can do to their own machines or their own VLAN'ed network.  Three of your questions could be dealt with this way.  &quot;Why doesn't gzip work?  I dunno, it's your machine, you have to keep it running.&quot;  (ok, it's rarely a good idea to be that snarky, but something along those lines)" />
  <row Id="52476" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29392" RevisionGUID="77304d2b-49cb-41f2-8670-0746d40a8757" CreationDate="2009-06-21T16:33:22.430" UserId="4721" Comment="added 527 characters in body" Text="I had a hard time keeping myself on the seat when [Goldblum][1] infected the mother ship in [Independence Day][2]. Here is [interesting reading][3] on that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;Then there is the Mission Impossible phrase referring to _the new ultra-fast Intel 200 megahertz Pentium 6 chip_! it was so anti-climax for the scene. They could have just skipped referring Intel in any way. More entertaining notes here in a 1998 article [Computer Movies Suck][4]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;But, moving ahead to another Tom Cruise movie, [Minority Report][5]. Lots of interesting interfaces. The most popular being the glove controlled 3D Gesture interface. And, we have moved towards the [Sixth Sense][6] since then.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That was after [this][7] and related blooper notes, though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;In Minority Report, the characters operate a complex information space by gesturing wildly in the space in front of their screens. As Tog found when filming Starfire, it's very tiring to keep your arms in the air while using a computer. Gestures do have their place, but not as the primary user interface for office systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Many user interfaces designed for the movies feature gestural input and 3D data visualizations. Immersive environments and fly-through navigation look good, and allow for more dramatic interaction than clicking on a linear list of 10 items. But, despite being a staple of computer conference demos for decades, 3D almost never makes it into shipping products. The reason? 2D works better than 3D for the vast majority of practical things that users want to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;3D is for demos. 2D is for work. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ok, I am not inviting a discussion on that last point here! Bear with me for another para.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;It would be fun calling these movie bluffs and looking back (say some 40 years from now?) to see which ones we thought were possible and which actually happened. Remember StarTrek communicator devices? (yeah, we can still do only international calls with our mobile phones). Wonder when the first [Star Ship One][8] mobile call will be made.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000156/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116629/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.psychotronic.info/mm/ghi/id4.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.oldskool.org/personal/compleat/essays/computermovies&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority_Report_(film)&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/film-ui-bloopers.html&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/SpaceShipOne2004/" />
  <row Id="52477" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29301" RevisionGUID="87219c29-d83e-4641-9a70-d1e4f34cb22a" CreationDate="2009-06-21T16:44:39.287" UserId="3038" Comment="added 162 characters in body" Text="Having had some 'discussions' with the inspector that comes around our offices once a year to make sure we're not being bad, I have a better idea as to what code says about this. Paraphrased from said inspector:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - **Thou shalt not plug a power-strip into another power-strip** Nor any multi-outlet device into another multi-outlet device, for it is a fire-hazard, and therefore bad.&#xD;&#xA; - **Thy UPS counts as a multi-outlet device** Therefore thou shalt not plug thy UPS into thy power strip, nor plug thy power-strip into thy UPS, for it is a fire-hazard, and therefore bad.&#xD;&#xA; - **A multi-outlet device shall only be permitted to be attached to another multi-outlet device if it is hard-wired into the first multi-outlet device** Which renders it a single multi-outlet device.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The inspector wasn't kind enough to elucidate what, exactly, constitutes the 'fire-hazard'. We get dinged on the power-strip in power-strip commandment every other year or so. This necessitated the purchase of a bunch of long-tail power-strips (power strips on a 15' cord), and a few long extension cords with 3 outlets on the ends of them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Edit:** Regarding rackmount UPS's and PDU's. I *believe* they're OK so long as the PDU plugs into a locking outlet of some kind, such as an L5-20 or L5-30. " />
  <row Id="52478" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29420" RevisionGUID="23f985b4-1933-4226-8411-7d4975a0a52e" CreationDate="2009-06-21T16:54:11.657" UserId="48" Text="The first thing is to determine if this is a resource issue, or a problem with the application its self.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would be looking at the resources availible on the servers when the slodowns happen, is there a spike in RAM or CPU use, is the Database having trouble keeping up with requests etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has your application become more popular and being used by more users, concurrently than it used too, how many users are connected when the problem occurs? Are users using the application more often, or perhaps leaving it connected all day.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly, could it be Java related, have you updated the JVM recently and has this caused a problem or conflict with the application that is slowing it down?" />
  <row Id="52479" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29421" RevisionGUID="a258f998-b8e9-4d74-bc57-82826d8613b1" CreationDate="2009-06-21T16:54:32.560" UserId="9404" Text="I can guess that the problem is that you are doing ip masquerading (SNAT) and DNAT on the packets. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's say you connect from internal host 192.168.128.3.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The original packet would be:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    192.168.128.3 -&gt; somehost.com (190.200.229.102)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then because of DNAT it would get translated to:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    190.200.229.102 -&gt; somehost.com (190.200.229.102)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess this is where the problem is: from and to addresses are the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should run tcpdump or tshark in the connecting machine, every interface of the firewall and the receiving machine. Then try to connect and try to see in which interface the packets are lost and the from and to addresses as they get translated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Once you understand it, you can create a filter to address that specific problem in the correct interface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Otherwise you can use the DNS solution stated by joelmansford which may be a cleaner solution." />
  <row Id="52480" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29422" RevisionGUID="fd94679a-1ceb-4b84-8510-7d2fb306a2e6" CreationDate="2009-06-21T16:57:08.653" UserId="48" Text="AS you can view it locally it suggest that the streaming service itself is working ok, it could be a firewall problem that is affecting connections from outside. [This article][1] from Microsoft provides allot of useful information for configuring firewalls for Windows media streaming.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/serve/firewall.aspx" />
  <row Id="52483" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29336" RevisionGUID="3353155d-f2d0-42b4-86df-6accb26bcf49" CreationDate="2009-06-21T16:58:57.653" UserId="4923" Comment="deleted 415 characters in body; edited title; added 262 characters in body" Text="How do I find the highest possible transaction rate in a system with four or more processes that lives on three computers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm hoping that someone will point me in the right direction. I guess what I'm &#xD;&#xA;after is some kind of&#xD;&#xA;theory on how transactions is measured and throttled in a complicated system. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Like water&#xD;&#xA;flowing in a small rivulet. (first time I use that word)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52484" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="29336" RevisionGUID="3353155d-f2d0-42b4-86df-6accb26bcf49" CreationDate="2009-06-21T16:58:57.653" UserId="4923" Comment="deleted 415 characters in body; edited title; added 262 characters in body" Text="How do I find the highest possible transaction in a system with four processes." />
  <row Id="52485" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="29336" RevisionGUID="d187a811-c9d4-4261-bfa1-22e2d419a9c3" CreationDate="2009-06-21T17:04:08.173" UserId="4923" Comment="edited title; added 191 characters in body; edited title" Text="How do I find the highest possible transaction rate in a system with four processes?" />
  <row Id="52486" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29423" RevisionGUID="0e90ac79-e7ae-46c7-a707-e732c82408c4" CreationDate="2009-06-21T17:04:16.127" UserId="1840" Text="I COMPLETELY Cracked through this whole scene of Swordfish (ROFL), check it out: [**http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUY8HysBzsE**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUY8HysBzsE" />
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  <row Id="52488" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29424" RevisionGUID="69100e2f-5f9e-4749-acbb-de18a19de158" CreationDate="2009-06-21T17:07:35.497" UserId="9874" Text="You need to replace the notepad file notepad2's file (renaming is a good option) in 3 directories:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    WINDOWS&#xD;&#xA;    WINDOWS/SYSTEM32&#xD;&#xA;    WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/DLLCACHE&#xD;&#xA;    (start replacing them in reverse order, starting with ...DLLCACHE)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Put retry when Windows start complaining about it. And it works." />
  <row Id="52489" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29336" RevisionGUID="d187a811-c9d4-4261-bfa1-22e2d419a9c3" CreationDate="2009-06-21T17:04:08.173" UserId="4923" Comment="edited title; added 191 characters in body; edited title" Text="How do I find the highest possible transaction rate in a system with four or more processes that lives on three computers?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm hoping that someone will point me in the right direction. I guess what I'm &#xD;&#xA;after is some kind of&#xD;&#xA;theory on how transactions is measured and throttled in a complex system. Every process have&#xD;&#xA;a number of parameters, that I can change. Four processes with 8 parameters will give me &#xD;&#xA;32 different combinations that I can try out. (buffer size, transaction speed cap..)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Like water&#xD;&#xA;flowing in a small rivulet. (first time I use that word)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52490" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="28966" RevisionGUID="53b7d99f-f827-437b-b4ac-9148aaaf6b86" CreationDate="2009-06-21T17:10:29.127" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="1" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1054,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;squillman&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="52491" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28966" RevisionGUID="7128f8f9-f710-48f5-9a99-c789d9773654" CreationDate="2009-06-21T17:10:29.220" UserId="-1" Comment="insert duplicate link" Text="&gt; **Possible Duplicate:**  &#xA;&gt; [How to removed server file/folder?](http://serverfault.com/questions/27853/how-to-removed-server-file-folder)  &#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My server OS is Windows Server 2003. I have few folders that no matter what I try to delete, it just wont be deleted. The error message is &quot;File sharing violation&quot; or &quot;being used by other person or program&quot;. Nobody is using that folder, and there is no any program that use it. But, why still i cant removed? Anyone can help? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Must I write a script to delete this file? Will it help? (i am using php)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(i tried deleted in command prompt as well, but still failed)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(The last option I would do is restart my server, but I really hope not to use this option, cuz I got a lot of reasons not to restart the only big server)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52492" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29336" RevisionGUID="8777a53a-be82-4412-b5d8-f7657f425406" CreationDate="2009-06-21T17:10:46.973" UserId="4923" Comment="added 3 characters in body; deleted 123 characters in body; added 19 characters in body; edited title" Text="Every process have&#xD;&#xA;a number of parameters, that I can change. Four processes with 8 parameters will give me &#xD;&#xA;32 different combinations that I can try out. (buffer size, transaction speed cap..)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm hoping that someone will point me in the right direction. I guess what I'm &#xD;&#xA;after is some kind of theory on how transactions is measured and throttled in a complex system. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Like water&#xD;&#xA;flowing in a small river. How do I maximize speed without blowing up the system.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52493" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29425" RevisionGUID="a1493b92-c148-42bc-8fb2-7bff82a61cd2" CreationDate="2009-06-21T17:12:08.343" UserId="10206" Text="If you control the DHCP server then set the settings you want for this specific host based on the MAC address, otherwise setting a post-up script in /etc/network/interfaces is probably the simplest option" />
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  <row Id="52496" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29407" RevisionGUID="1baa9c71-61bd-4387-be4b-a0b81f5fd938" CreationDate="2009-06-21T17:18:49.280" UserId="48" Comment="Edit to improve english" Text="We have two linux servers which have Apache Tomcat Installed. One is running the Database, the other is running with  Java application. More than 100 users are connected to the servers.&#xD;&#xA;Server machines are quad core normal PC's which have 4 GB memory. It was running properly for the last 6 months but the application has recently started to run slowly .&#xD;&#xA;Suddenly the Java application is getting stuck &amp; users cannot work for some time. There is no network issue.&#xD;&#xA;I am trying to identify the reason for this, whether it is a machine problem or the problem is in the Java application. Can any body help me with this?" />
  <row Id="52497" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="29407" RevisionGUID="1baa9c71-61bd-4387-be4b-a0b81f5fd938" CreationDate="2009-06-21T17:18:49.280" UserId="48" Comment="Edit to improve english" Text="Why Java applicaiton is running slow for clients on Linux" />
  <row Id="52498" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29427" RevisionGUID="f1209baf-d3c1-4fac-bd77-f6d7cc185d3e" CreationDate="2009-06-21T17:28:18.390" UserDisplayName="Codebrain" Text="Current setup:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Surfboard SB5100i connected via a&#xD;&#xA;   cable modem wire to Blueyonder&#xD;&#xA;   (Virgin Media).&#xD;&#xA; - NetGear WGR614 with&#xD;&#xA;   ADSL wireless modem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was planning on using the wireless capabilities of the NetGear in conjunction with the Surfboard cable modem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The plan was to have the NetGear router plugged into the the Surfboard (using LAN port 1) and have the cable service automatically detect the MAC address of the NetGear and allow it onto the network. So far so good - I have tested this and it works. If I plug a cable into LAN port 2 I can use the internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is when using Wireless. I have setup the NetGear as a DHCP server to issue addresses over the wireless connection. The problem is that I am unable to use the internet over wireless, only through LAN port 2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its been a long time since I setup a cable modem connection and even a network with two switches(!), what am I doing wrong? Any advice?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="52499" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29427" RevisionGUID="f1209baf-d3c1-4fac-bd77-f6d7cc185d3e" CreationDate="2009-06-21T17:28:18.390" UserDisplayName="Codebrain" Text="Configure wireless access on seperate router with Blueyonder UK (Virgin Media)" />
  <row Id="52500" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29427" RevisionGUID="f1209baf-d3c1-4fac-bd77-f6d7cc185d3e" CreationDate="2009-06-21T17:28:18.390" UserDisplayName="Codebrain" Text="&lt;wireless&gt;" />
  <row Id="52501" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29428" RevisionGUID="60951035-b273-4939-8b2f-a27b3849c69d" CreationDate="2009-06-21T17:33:33.433" UserId="4634" Text="Hello.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it any way in mac os X 10.5.x to create .dmg image from existing physical dvd, without third-party tools installation? I have carefully examined &quot;disk utility&quot; and searched google, but seems that all people just write .dmg files, no information on how to create them from physical dvd disks." />
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  <row Id="52503" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29428" RevisionGUID="60951035-b273-4939-8b2f-a27b3849c69d" CreationDate="2009-06-21T17:33:33.433" UserId="4634" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="52504" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29429" RevisionGUID="0983ca9c-6536-4d0e-87e8-147b8127206d" CreationDate="2009-06-21T17:34:38.267" UserId="9005" Text="Is the application multi-threaded and has there been any increase in user load?  Sometimes threading deadlocks in an application do not appear until you get into just the right load situation, and therefore they can be a real pain to diagnose.  How long has the application been in production?  Has there been a significant increase in the database size in that time where specific malformed queries might be tying the system up?" />
  <row Id="52505" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29430" RevisionGUID="1d3a01e1-f759-4e44-92f1-c12a4e303192" CreationDate="2009-06-21T17:34:57.267" UserId="9332" Text="I would actually say:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Have you done any OS updates lately?&#xD;&#xA; 3. Has the code in the Java App Changed?&#xD;&#xA; 2. Has the usage pattern changed? (on the user end?)&#xD;&#xA; 3. Who is complaining the App is slow? (Local and Remote users, just local, or just remote?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things don't magically change. There has to be a piece missing from the picture you've presented us. " />
  <row Id="52506" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29431" RevisionGUID="35f211ff-cbcf-45db-a5b4-77ea7f1941c5" CreationDate="2009-06-21T17:35:00.793" UserId="5890" Text="[This][1] link has detailed info about how to use Solaris 10 &quot;projects&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[This][2] PDF has all the parts in one file. The stuff relevant to this question is on page 59.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.c0t0d0s0.org/archives/4204-Less-known-Solaris-Features-Resource-Management-Part-1-Introduction.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.c0t0d0s0.org/pages/lksfbook.html" />
  <row Id="52507" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29392" RevisionGUID="c00b5218-5f97-4c2b-a5a9-103b265149b1" CreationDate="2009-06-21T17:38:30.210" UserId="4721" Comment="added 2044 characters in body" Text="I had a hard time keeping myself on the seat when [Goldblum][1] infected the mother ship in [Independence Day][2]. Here is [interesting reading][3] on that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;Then there is the Mission Impossible phrase referring to _the new ultra-fast Intel 200 megahertz Pentium 6 chip_! it was so anti-climax for the scene. They could have just skipped referring Intel in any way. More entertaining notes here in a 1998 article [Computer Movies Suck][4]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;But, moving ahead to another Tom Cruise movie, [Minority Report][5]. Lots of interesting interfaces. The most popular being the glove controlled 3D Gesture interface. And, we have moved towards the [Sixth Sense][6] since then.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That was after [this][7] and related blooper notes, though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;In Minority Report, the characters operate a complex information space by gesturing wildly in the space in front of their screens. As Tog found when filming Starfire, it's very tiring to keep your arms in the air while using a computer. Gestures do have their place, but not as the primary user interface for office systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Many user interfaces designed for the movies feature gestural input and 3D data visualizations. Immersive environments and fly-through navigation look good, and allow for more dramatic interaction than clicking on a linear list of 10 items. But, despite being a staple of computer conference demos for decades, 3D almost never makes it into shipping products. The reason? 2D works better than 3D for the vast majority of practical things that users want to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;3D is for demos. 2D is for work. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ok, I am not inviting a discussion on that last point here! Bear with me for another para.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;It would be fun calling these movie bluffs and looking back (say some 40 years from now?) to see which ones we thought were possible and which actually happened. Remember StarTrek communicator devices? (yeah, we can still do only international calls with our mobile phones). Wonder when the first [Star Ship One][8] mobile call will be made.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;Ok, this can get quite catchy! these things just keep popping up in my mind. Wee bit distracting I'd say...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I really liked the movie DejaVu. That's how these things should be handled. Take them far into specialized physics. At least I will probably not be around when things are proved one way or the other, and probably not have too many strong doubts (pushing towards hilarity) on the concepts driven around. Look at the [alternate reality of the new StarTrek][9]. I am all for it! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, its still enlightening when someone pulls a blooper in there. I always felt (note I did not say 'knew') that laser pointer into the system display was a bit over the edge. I absorbed it looking at all the hard-science sprinkled in that movie. But, guess what. [Not everyone will take these things as lightly][10] -- and, I quote,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Doug Carlin, played by Denzel Washington sits watching this electronic expression of the past, and shines a hand held laser into the apogee of the stable wormhole, and the person in the past sees it, but the very act shuts down the hardware. A laser is no different from the ambient light and albedos of the room as they all sit there watching the wormhole. It is just a bit stronger and focused. Either the subject in the past can see and hear and smell them or it (she) cant. A laser pointer would not pierce the veil there, and besides…it was a video screen replete with character generated text from the computer interface it ran through whenever the camera angle on the past (or more accurately, the stable wormhole event horizon) was moved or expressed at another location. It was all computer controlled and therefore, impossible to pass light or information to the past, even if it was possible under different circumstances in that story and idea of a wormhole.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I enjoyed seeing the movie and then, I enjoyed reading this article.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000156/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116629/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.psychotronic.info/mm/ghi/id4.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.oldskool.org/personal/compleat/essays/computermovies&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority_Report_(film)&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/film-ui-bloopers.html&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/SpaceShipOne2004/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/the-suspension-of-disbelief-and-other-impossibilities-in-deja-vu-12171.html" />
  <row Id="52508" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29432" RevisionGUID="e7218390-c987-49c3-8235-cfdb4ae76684" CreationDate="2009-06-21T17:40:10.440" UserId="10206" Text="There's no simple answer to this, some kernel upgrades aren't really security related, and some may fix security issues that don't affect you, while others may affect you. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Best approach imo is to sign up to the relevant security mailing lists like [ubuntu's security-announce][1] so that you can see when security patches are coming out, and how they could affect you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd also consider [apticron][2] or similar to get the details and changelogs of any other package updates.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security-announce&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/apticron" />
  <row Id="52509" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29433" RevisionGUID="d903ba62-83e8-49e9-ab52-a56ae5bfc049" CreationDate="2009-06-21T17:43:40.887" UserId="9332" Text="Have you tried dd?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can create an iso of the DVD in the following manner.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    *Open a new terminal*&#xD;&#xA;    mount &lt;look for the entry that says /dev/sdX DVD/CD ROM&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    dd if=/dev/sdX of=dvdimage.iso&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should be what you want." />
  <row Id="52510" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29392" RevisionGUID="d5b9ee40-b195-4796-bcdb-e3aa131e699a" CreationDate="2009-06-21T17:45:56.170" UserId="4721" Comment="added 7 characters in body" Text="I had a hard time keeping myself on the seat when [Goldblum][1] infected the mother ship in [Independence Day][2]. Here is [interesting reading][3] on that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;Then there is the Mission Impossible phrase referring to _the new ultra-fast Intel 200 megahertz Pentium 6 chip_! it was so anti-climax for the scene. They could have just skipped referring Intel in any way. More entertaining notes here in a 1998 article [Computer Movies Suck][4]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;But, moving ahead to another Tom Cruise movie, [Minority Report][5]. Lots of interesting interfaces. The most popular being the glove controlled 3D Gesture interface. And, we have moved towards the [Sixth Sense][6] since then.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That was after [this][7] and related blooper notes, though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;In Minority Report, the characters operate a complex information space by gesturing wildly in the space in front of their screens. As Tog found when filming Starfire, it's very tiring to keep your arms in the air while using a computer. Gestures do have their place, but not as the primary user interface for office systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Many user interfaces designed for the movies feature gestural input and 3D data visualizations. Immersive environments and fly-through navigation look good, and allow for more dramatic interaction than clicking on a linear list of 10 items. But, despite being a staple of computer conference demos for decades, 3D almost never makes it into shipping products. The reason? 2D works better than 3D for the vast majority of practical things that users want to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;3D is for demos. 2D is for work. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ok, I am not inviting a discussion on that last point here! Bear with me for another para.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;It would be fun calling these movie bluffs and looking back (say some 40 years from now?) to see which ones we thought were possible and which actually happened. Remember StarTrek communicator devices? (yeah, we can still do only international calls with our mobile phones). Wonder when the first [Star Ship One][8] mobile call will be made.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;Ok, this can get quite catchy! these things just keep popping up in my mind. Wee bit distracting I'd say...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I really liked the movie DejaVu. That's how these things should be handled. Take them far into specialized physics. At least I will probably not be around when things are proved one way or the other, and probably not have too many strong doubts (pushing towards hilarity) on the concepts driven around. Look at the [alternate reality of the new StarTrek][9]. I am all for it! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, its still enlightening when someone pulls a blooper in there. I always felt (note I did not say 'knew') that laser pointer into the system display was a bit over the edge. I absorbed it looking at all the hard-science sprinkled in that movie. But, guess what. [Not everyone will take these things as lightly][10] -- and, I quote,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Doug Carlin, played by Denzel Washington sits watching this electronic expression of the past, and shines a hand held laser into the apogee of the stable wormhole, and the person in the past sees it, but the very act shuts down the hardware. A laser is no different from the ambient light and albedos of the room as they all sit there watching the wormhole. It is just a bit stronger and focused. Either the subject in the past can see and hear and smell them or it (she) cant. A laser pointer would not pierce the veil there, and besides…it was a video screen replete with character generated text from the computer interface it ran through whenever the camera angle on the past (or more accurately, the stable wormhole event horizon) was moved or expressed at another location. It was all computer controlled and therefore, impossible to pass light or information to the past, even if it was possible under different circumstances in that story and idea of a wormhole.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I enjoyed seeing the movie and then, I enjoyed reading this article.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000156/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116629/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.psychotronic.info/mm/ghi/id4.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.oldskool.org/personal/compleat/essays/computermovies&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority_Report_(film)&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/film-ui-bloopers.html&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/SpaceShipOne2004/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_(film)&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/the-suspension-of-disbelief-and-other-impossibilities-in-deja-vu-12171.html" />
  <row Id="52511" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29434" RevisionGUID="14e6631d-5785-4115-95b6-9db04924b9ce" CreationDate="2009-06-21T17:51:01.307" UserId="8897" Text="Disk utility is able to do that. Just select the disk you want an image from in the sidebar in Disk Utility and then click the &quot;new image button&quot; in the top icon bar. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52512" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29435" RevisionGUID="b8ca2cbd-dd31-46fb-8bfa-d2c153aebcae" CreationDate="2009-06-21T17:55:35.290" UserId="2318" Text="1. Launch Disk Utility&#xD;&#xA;2. Select the icon for the CD/DVD you want to image&#xD;&#xA;3. Click the &quot;New Image&quot; button&#xD;&#xA;4. Choose &quot;DVD/CD Master&quot; as the image format, this creates an CDR image (an ISO basically) which is the only *block-level* image format available in the Disk Utility GUI - and the only format you can easilly use cross-platform&#xD;&#xA;5. Save" />
  <row Id="52513" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29434" RevisionGUID="85b1f95f-ba2d-430f-9d6b-fdad1219c6ae" CreationDate="2009-06-21T18:00:12.317" UserId="8897" Comment="added 73 characters in body" Text="Disk utility is able to do that. Just select the disk you want an image from in the sidebar in Disk Utility and then click the &quot;new image button&quot; in the top icon bar. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Added note: Of course this doesn't work with CSS encoded video dvd's :)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52514" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29435" RevisionGUID="32181332-2f61-4b94-b5d8-9f192e715ccd" CreationDate="2009-06-21T18:01:40.350" UserId="2318" Comment="added 21 characters in body" Text="1. Launch Disk Utility&#xD;&#xA;2. Select the icon for the CD/DVD you want to image&#xD;&#xA;3. Click the &quot;New Image&quot; button&#xD;&#xA;4. Choose &quot;DVD/CD Master&quot; as the image format, this creates an CDR image (an ISO basically) which is the only *block-level* image format available in the Disk Utility GUI (and also the only format you can easily mount in Windows should you want to)&#xD;&#xA;5. Save" />
  <row Id="52515" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29436" RevisionGUID="b6a02f17-9059-44a3-a35c-833ecc946ac7" CreationDate="2009-06-21T18:06:26.173" UserId="6990" Text="Regarding Debian versus Ubuntu: I'm personally using Debian stable on every server. There are several reasons but there are the most significant:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Ubuntu gets most of their packages from Debian anyway&#xD;&#xA; - Ubuntu's major advantage is their great pre-configuration on workstations (I run it on a laptop here where Debian sucks) - it does not have any such advantages on server installation&#xD;&#xA; - Ubuntu has a stable update every half a year. Personally I'd drown in work if I had to upgrade every server twice a year. That's just unpractical. Two years is enough nowadays.&#xD;&#xA; - Ubuntu introduces some quirks that are way easier on Debian (try &quot;dpkg-reconfigure locales&quot; on Ubuntu)&#xD;&#xA; - The overall technical knowledge of Ubuntu users seems to be worse than in Debian. The number of wrong or unqualified &quot;me, too&quot; answers on forums and mailing lists is very high.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Other distributions are easily a pain in the... errr.. lower back for me. Examples:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - SuSE: Their YAST kills manual configurations easily and is harder to customize. It's a &quot;take it as it is&quot; approach I don't like.&#xD;&#xA; - Redhat: Their &quot;yum&quot; or &quot;up2date&quot; package installers can't compete with the APT system of Debian/Ubuntu.&#xD;&#xA; - Gentoo: Besides the need to compile most packagea which lead to a slower installation you will have no system exactly like the other. For deploying applications on a server this may quickly become an issue. Not so much for up-to-date workstations perhaps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On servers I expect a large choice of common packages. A good package/software management system. A large user base. A system that upgrades gracefully. I have tried Debian 8 years ago and never looked back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The only reason not to use Debian for me is if you have software that isn't supported by the vendor on Debian and you desperately need support. Hardly ever happens to me." />
  <row Id="52516" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29437" RevisionGUID="3efee7ad-3d1d-4277-8bae-a72bbb784f17" CreationDate="2009-06-21T18:11:51.797" UserId="8887" Text="Myth: Doubling the bps of a link doubles the useful throughput.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As with many myths this _can_ be true in some limited circumstances but it ignores the latency of the link and the performance limits of the end-systems and the protocols. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Increasing the bps reduces the time it takes for an system to get the data onto the link, it doesn't make the data move along the link faster. The time for the start of the first bit to arrive at the other end is the same as before but the delay until the last bit arrives is reduced.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52517" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29437" RevisionGUID="3efee7ad-3d1d-4277-8bae-a72bbb784f17" CreationDate="2009-06-21T18:11:51.797" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52518" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29438" RevisionGUID="17a48ce9-b97d-41bb-8a83-6d12103f4460" CreationDate="2009-06-21T18:13:24.070" UserId="1463" Text="What is the actual problem, ie what happens on the client side? In Outlook 2003+ I think you can hold ctrl and right-click the tray icon to gain access to the [connection status][1] window - which will show you what is happening. Are connections being tryed over anything but HTTPS?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Have you configured the actual mail server part in Outlook for the internal name (ie not the public facing proxy address you specify in the outlook anywhere settings)? How is this service published by the firewall (and what firewall is it?)?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sadly there's so many parts to this setup that it's hard to pinpoint without more information - but the answers with detailed guides should provide enough help to get through it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996088(EXCHG.65).aspx" />
  <row Id="52519" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29439" RevisionGUID="d2b52103-db86-416a-8b89-cd947bf6a925" CreationDate="2009-06-21T18:16:02.880" UserId="3543" Text="&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;you have to masquarade the forwarded packets to appear as if they are comming from the firewall&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.128.0/24 -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE                                      &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;otherwise the return packets will be coming to you from the internal hosts itself who are seeing internal adresses and sending the packets directly back. So you are sending requests to 190.200.229.102 but getting the replies from 192.168.128.x, its quite normal that your machine doesn't know what to do with them :)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52520" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29440" RevisionGUID="f4e80325-8542-454a-9f39-ce26c3c09e1f" CreationDate="2009-06-21T18:21:37.593" UserId="1463" Text="That doing stuff in &quot;hardware&quot; is always better performing than doing it in &quot;software&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(which leads to the obvious question of where one draws the line between these two anyway, or if there's even a good distinction at all?)" />
  <row Id="52521" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29440" RevisionGUID="f4e80325-8542-454a-9f39-ce26c3c09e1f" CreationDate="2009-06-21T18:21:37.593" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52522" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29441" RevisionGUID="ba28e901-6696-4b75-8772-058c81391e15" CreationDate="2009-06-21T18:29:51.150" UserId="5930" Text="**Never replace actual system files.** This causes more problems than the actual benefit. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A build of Notepad2 using &quot;Image File Execution Options\Debugger&quot; (a feature in Windows usually used to automatically attach debuggers on processes by substituting a process for another) to replace the original Notepad is available at this URL:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [http://code.kliu.org/misc/notepad2/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is way safer to use this, and doesn't require Windows File Protection to be disable or circumvented. Works on any version of Windows &gt;= XP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.kliu.org/misc/notepad2/" />
  <row Id="52523" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29441" RevisionGUID="a3c7c378-2191-431a-8157-27122bcad111" CreationDate="2009-06-21T18:38:08.483" UserId="5930" Comment="added 7 characters in body" Text="**Never replace actual system files.** This causes more problems than the actual benefit. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A build of Notepad2 using &quot;Image File Execution Options\Debugger&quot; (a feature in Windows usually used to automatically attach debuggers on processes by substituting a process for another) to replace the original Notepad is available at this URL:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [http://code.kliu.org/misc/notepad2/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is way safer to replace notepad, and doesn't require Windows File Protection to be disable or circumvented. Works on any version of Windows &gt;= XP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.kliu.org/misc/notepad2/" />
  <row Id="52524" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29442" RevisionGUID="64321020-45bd-488e-ab03-87d8cf6fb8af" CreationDate="2009-06-21T18:50:56.990" UserId="7591" Text="That &quot;MBps&quot; and &quot;mbps&quot; are interchangeable.  Even if I could contextually discern that 'millibits' are not a valid unit of measurement, there's still a factor of 8 difference between the two.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And don't even get me started on mebibits." />
  <row Id="52525" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29442" RevisionGUID="64321020-45bd-488e-ab03-87d8cf6fb8af" CreationDate="2009-06-21T18:50:56.990" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52526" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29443" RevisionGUID="31b9db33-6400-4d10-b753-b170332802a9" CreationDate="2009-06-21T18:54:17.280" UserId="9435" Text="You should try adding a local DSN entry as stated by Mr. Joel Mansford, in Debian edit the file: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;/etc/hosts&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;add entries in this format:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;10.10.10.10 dyndns.com&#xD;&#xA;11.11.11.11 someother.com other.sameline.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;;)" />
  <row Id="52527" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29444" RevisionGUID="7ac38571-ca15-492a-9865-192ad312b1fa" CreationDate="2009-06-21T19:02:14.283" UserId="5205" Text="You could also give Just for Fun (http://www.jffnms.org/) a try, we have used that to monitor quite a few different things over the years. It can be a bit tricky to get going but its powerful once its running" />
  <row Id="52528" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29445" RevisionGUID="a81f3953-f2b7-49fe-9cc3-a2fedf56212d" CreationDate="2009-06-21T19:20:51.330" UserId="10093" Text="Ok so I know absolutely nothing about linux but I've bought some hosting from slicehost.com as a project to try and learn. Basically my goal is to set everything up with PHP + MySQL and secure the server, then use it to host a small website.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First off I wasn't sure which distro to use, I picked CentOS 5.3 but I can rebuild it pretty much instantly if necessary. My first question is what do you think the best distro is for a complete noob? My choices are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Arch 2009&#xD;&#xA; - CentOs 5.2 or 5.3&#xD;&#xA; - Debian 5.0&#xD;&#xA; - Fedora 10 or 11&#xD;&#xA; - Gentoo 2008&#xD;&#xA; - Redhat EL 5.3&#xD;&#xA; - Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS&#xD;&#xA; - Ubuntu 8.10&#xD;&#xA; - Ubuntu 9.04&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The amount of resources available on server admin for the distro should be taken into consideration, which brings me to my second question: where can I find the best guides for basic (noob) server admins.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I realise learning linux from nothing is a big task and that's why I'm starting small, but a push in the right direction would be greatly appreciated! :D " />
  <row Id="52529" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29445" RevisionGUID="a81f3953-f2b7-49fe-9cc3-a2fedf56212d" CreationDate="2009-06-21T19:20:51.330" UserId="10093" Text="Linux Noob - Best distro and resources?" />
  <row Id="52530" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29445" RevisionGUID="a81f3953-f2b7-49fe-9cc3-a2fedf56212d" CreationDate="2009-06-21T19:20:51.330" UserId="10093" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;server-admin&gt;" />
  <row Id="52531" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="11522" RevisionGUID="554872af-8e66-4cd8-8996-7845a69f1008" CreationDate="2009-06-21T19:29:11.420" UserId="1565" Comment="edited body" Text="In practice...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;802.11A != 54 Mbit/s, 802.11A ~ 27 Mbit/s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;802.11B != 11 Mbit/s, 802.11B ~ 5 Mbit/s&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;802.11G != 54 Mbit/s, 802.11G ~ 22 Mbit/s&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52532" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29446" RevisionGUID="c31828fe-4c78-4704-8c42-9bea42bf7e8f" CreationDate="2009-06-21T19:30:13.183" UserId="5749" Text="As other posters have said, this is likely a certificate problem.  Make sure the certificate is added to the clients if it is self signed.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using ISA as your firewall, you are actually proxying the RPC server, so the server for the exchange server needs to be installed on the ISA server as well, and it needs to present this cert instead of its own.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;IIRC,  your clients need to be Outlook 2003 or higher, and Outlook 2003 needs to be SP1 or higher.  [Petri][1] has a great tutorial that helped me at a past job.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.petri.co.il/configure_outlook_2003_to_use_rpc_over_http.htm" />
  <row Id="52533" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29428" RevisionGUID="ab41090d-c52b-43f7-81a6-4a6e43f31d8c" CreationDate="2009-06-21T19:35:33.047" UserId="45" Comment="added 10 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="Hello.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there any way in Mac OS X 10.5.x to create a .dmg image from existing physical DVD, without a third-party tools installation? I have carefully examined &quot;disk utility&quot; and searched Google, but it seems that all people just write .dmg files, no information on how to create them from physical DVD disks." />
  <row Id="52534" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="29428" RevisionGUID="ab41090d-c52b-43f7-81a6-4a6e43f31d8c" CreationDate="2009-06-21T19:35:33.047" UserId="45" Comment="added 10 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="Make DVD image in Mac OS X without third-party tools?" />
  <row Id="52535" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="29428" RevisionGUID="ab41090d-c52b-43f7-81a6-4a6e43f31d8c" CreationDate="2009-06-21T19:35:33.047" UserId="45" Comment="added 10 characters in body; edited tags; edited title" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;dvd&gt;" />
  <row Id="52539" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29448" RevisionGUID="023d780a-8176-42a2-8518-fdd6da2300d5" CreationDate="2009-06-21T19:40:46.343" UserId="7453" Text="Doing a gentoo install from bottom up is the best I can think of for a first start, it gives a nice perspective on how things work from inside out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But setting up a complete (production ?) web server with php+mysql seems a little bit too much for an introduction.. (although under debian it's only a couple of apt-get's away - Compile from source!!)" />
  <row Id="52540" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29449" RevisionGUID="d1e044ca-0de5-44bc-9208-a86d262e6251" CreationDate="2009-06-21T19:42:14.157" UserId="6689" Text="Gentoo and Arch are both aimed at much more advanced users, avoid them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ubuntu is better for new users, and I'd recommend the latest if you're only doing a small site. Get the server edition, and don't install X (the gui). CentOS/Red Hat are more enterprise focused, but I prefer the debian based distros, for the package manager." />
  <row Id="52544" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29451" RevisionGUID="8f862ea1-a1e9-4ab6-9c51-c0ee03650676" CreationDate="2009-06-21T19:46:57.250" UserId="5694" Text="It sounds like you answer primarily to programmers, so my answers may not apply as directly as they would to a regular Microsoft Office-using Accountant, Marketing or HR rep.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Solve problems - 99% of people want their computer problems solved so they can continue doing their job.  Solving the problem means actually fixing the specific problem they asked about, giving them a workaround or explaining that you don't know how to or don't have the resources to fix the problem.  Everything else flows from this.  When you act like you don't care, or forget about people's problems, or don't respond at all, they get upset.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Explain why - If you're going to say &quot;No,&quot; explain why.  If you're too busy to help, explain why.  If the user's request is impossible or infeasible, explain why.  No one likes a dictator.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Speak to people - IT folks like to have conversations via e-mail.  Talking to the person (preferably face-to-face) gets things done a lot more efficiently and makes people feel that you care about their problem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Listen and explain - don't cut people off or assume you know what the problem is.  Listen to what they have to say, and explain why the problem occurred and what to do about it in the future.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Respond quickly - People get justifiably upset when you don't respond to their requests for weeks (or more).  I'm not a fan of SLAs, but even if the response is &quot;I don't have time right now,&quot; it's better than no response at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be flexible - Don't let **No** be the first thing out of your mouth every time someone asks for something.  Your job is not to control technology.  It's to better enable people to do *their* jobs.  Work *with* your users, not against them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Follow up - Don't let requests slip through the cracks.  People get upset when they can't do their jobs and feel like they're being ignored.  Complete or respond to *every* request, *every* time, even if the answer is &quot;That's not possible.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be friendly - People's cubicles say a lot about them.  If they have bicycling photos, ask them about bicycling.  If they're stamp collectors, ask about stamps.  End user support is 80% customer service and 20% technical (though this ratio is different for programmers as end-users).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't be condescending - The classic IT mistake is to confuse an inability to use a computer with stupidity.  When you talk down to someone because you think they're stupid, they know.  When you go back and degrade someone to your coworkers, they can tell.  You don't know anything about the 8,342 forms in HR (or at least I don't), but that doesn't make you an idiot.  So don't treat your end-users that way.  Also, don't act like they're bothering you with their stupid requests.  This is probably how your cable company treats you - and how much do you like your cable company?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Communicate maintenance - If you're making changes to anything that has a chance of creating a problem, *tell* people.  It's impossible to know every deadline in every department.  If your maintenance makes someone miss their deadline, they're going to be upset.  When you make changes that no one knows about and they break things, you're giving people the impression that you don't care.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Solicit feedback - Do you know what your users pain points are?  Do you know how you can improve service?  Ask them.  It may get management to hire that extra employee you need.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Encourage followups - Encourage the user to call you back if the problem wasn't fixed the first time." />
  <row Id="52545" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29452" RevisionGUID="5cb6932e-6ff0-413f-a1e4-4342b7c25fdc" CreationDate="2009-06-21T19:47:36.110" UserId="9435" Text="IMHO the worth noting FSs available to linux are: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;XFS (poor read speed) known to be light on the system resources and fast with large files but poor to handle lots of small files .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ReiserFS (poor write speed) not very kind on system resources but performs very well with lots of small files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EXT3 falls in between, performing acceptably on all fields (the reason why its considered the *default* linux FS).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have not yet used EXT4 not ReiserFS4 myself  but i have looked around some benchmarks and ReiserFS appears to have the best performance when it comes to reading speed, which you said was the most important to you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take a look at this : [ReserFS4 X Ext4 X Ext3][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would recommend Ext3 for its stability, security and maturity, but if read speed is what is most important to you, you should consider ReiserFS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Remember that you should also consider CPU usage, stability, security on so on before choosing a FS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And of course making a pilot, testing and benchmarking on your particular environment is always the best way to tell what will work best for you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS: I would have posted more benchmarks but i can't post more than one link.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.linuxinsight.com/first_benchmarks_of_the_ext4_file_system.html" />
  <row Id="52546" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29453" RevisionGUID="8051013b-cf65-4385-b297-10c6ef45998e" CreationDate="2009-06-21T19:50:29.867" UserId="9432" Text="Ubuntu would be my reccomendation. It mightn't have the most hardcore Linux features, and can be rightfully accused of pandering to Windows users, but when you're starting off, that's just what you need. It's also the only Linux distro to consistently &quot;just work&quot; with no hassle across all my pcs." />
  <row Id="52547" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29454" RevisionGUID="d851ac8b-3bee-4156-ad38-a3673e838841" CreationDate="2009-06-21T19:52:08.567" UserId="6965" Text="Make sure that the WGR614 isn't trying to provide its wireless clients with Internet access through a non-existent ADSL connection, rather than one of its LAN ports; is it set up as an access point rather than one of its various bridging modes?  Which port on the WGR614 is connected to your SurfBoard?" />
  <row Id="52548" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29455" RevisionGUID="67bc9c5f-0109-4e52-9a5b-147fea1ac1cd" CreationDate="2009-06-21T19:55:39.667" UserId="9744" Text="I advise you to go with Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS for starters. It's stable and most of the problems are ironed out. Management of packages is really easy. LTS means it have &quot;Long time support&quot; and if there are major security risk, they are highest priority for the LTS and on. While you're on older and stable software (which is normally near-current versions with security patches), you will learn basics and follow tutorials and switch to the next LTS when you're ready and feel comfortable with the underlying system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since Ubuntu is compatible with Debian, tutorials are easy to fine for LAMP (Linux+Apache+MySQL+PHP) installations as well as customizing." />
  <row Id="52550" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29455" RevisionGUID="e88cabab-e21a-4759-9d17-a35467273bea" CreationDate="2009-06-21T20:03:13.240" UserId="9744" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="I advise you to go with Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS for starters. It's stable and most of the problems are ironed out. Management of packages is really easy. LTS means it have &quot;Long time support&quot; and if there are major security risks, they are highest priority for the LTS and on. While you're on older and stable software (which is normally near-current versions with security patches), you will learn basics and follow tutorials and switch to the next LTS when you're ready and feel comfortable with the underlying system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since Ubuntu is compatible with Debian, tutorials are easy to fine for LAMP (Linux+Apache+MySQL+PHP) installations as well as customizing." />
  <row Id="52551" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="29445" RevisionGUID="b7becac8-de0a-414a-ba33-8cd4010a52c6" CreationDate="2009-06-21T20:04:09.977" UserId="7783" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;server-admin&gt;" />
  <row Id="52552" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29455" RevisionGUID="d8d89c39-3df7-4fa4-8d02-401cf9e69638" CreationDate="2009-06-21T20:11:06.750" UserId="9744" Comment="Fixed typos and added some more" Text="I advise you to go with Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS for starters. It's stable and most of the problems are ironed out. Management of packages is really easy. LTS means it has &quot;Long time support&quot; (5 years of updates for server edition) and if there are major security risks, they are highest priority for the LTS and on. While you're on older and stable software (which is normally near-current versions with security patches), you will learn basics and follow tutorials and switch to the next LTS when you're ready and feel comfortable with the underlying system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since Ubuntu is compatible with Debian, tutorials are easy to find for LAMP (Linux+Apache+MySQL+PHP) installation as well as customizing and even advanced configurations." />
  <row Id="52553" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29457" RevisionGUID="76ff8c0f-a546-4cf8-ab2c-7fefd4357dde" CreationDate="2009-06-21T20:17:31.697" UserId="10265" Text="Try playing the video on Windows Media Player on the braodcasting server. If the video plays successfully, it means that there are security constraints (perhaps a firewall?) on the server that is disallowing outgoing connections or these limitations are present on your computer.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52554" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29458" RevisionGUID="26ccbee8-52b4-4b31-94ef-80f56a26e8d3" CreationDate="2009-06-21T20:18:02.993" UserId="1840" Text="**Standardize**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Keep your server software installs consistent&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**FAQ**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Start a 'Frequently Asked Questions' page.  Keep it updated and make sure it's easily accessible (and visible)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As other's have pointed out, **Communication** is key to keeping your costumers happy.  Have in mind both: communication from your customers, as well as communication to them." />
  <row Id="52555" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29459" RevisionGUID="b887a0f0-a920-43a0-a6ac-60762561acab" CreationDate="2009-06-21T20:18:38.873" UserId="9435" Text="You can't ask for a easier way to install, configure and manage packages than APT, Debian is the way to go in my opinion, not only its one of the oldest distros around (lose the first place only to slackware) but it also has THE largest package repository (software available) not to mention one of the most active and competent communities around, Debian is also known not only for being one of the most stable OS in existence but also for its outstanding performance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Debian is not only easier on beginners but is powerful enough to handle pretty much anything you may come across in the future.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have switched to debian from RH around 8 years ago and i have never looked back, i have dozens of servers running debian and i have NEVER EVER had ANY problems, to be honest, now i run debian everywhere even my workstations are debian.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that i'm not saying at all that others distro are not good, generally they are all awesome with amazing people and communities behind them and you would benefit immensely from learning any of then, ultimately start with the distro that seems easier to you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Take a peek on [Distowatch][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.distrowatch.com" />
  <row Id="52556" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29460" RevisionGUID="839ff96a-b2d8-457c-91f6-6220cfa3d7c3" CreationDate="2009-06-21T20:20:23.253" UserId="5694" Text="[Hard Forum for PC displays][1] is actually one of very few of its kind.  Most &quot;dsiplay&quot; forums integrate a bunch of video card, TV and gaming talk.  This one focuses on just PC displays.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.hardforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=78" />
  <row Id="52557" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29460" RevisionGUID="839ff96a-b2d8-457c-91f6-6220cfa3d7c3" CreationDate="2009-06-21T20:20:23.253" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52558" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29461" RevisionGUID="2b9d01fa-4537-4621-9e78-8c90f44f4296" CreationDate="2009-06-21T20:28:41.643" UserId="6965" Text="I like the growing trend for unworkable IP addresses in things like &quot;24&quot;, where at least one of the octets is &gt;255.  Presumably it's the TCP/IP equivalent of a 555 phone number, but I don't know what was wrong with any of the three perfectly good private address ranges that we already have.  Talking of 24, I wonder how Bruce Schneier feels about one of his encryption algorithms apparently having a back door in it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And yes, the seamless connection from Jeff Goldblum's laptop to the mothership in Independence Day was a little hard to take.  Although...AppleTalk being of alien origin?  Makes a *lot* of sense.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52559" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29461" RevisionGUID="2b9d01fa-4537-4621-9e78-8c90f44f4296" CreationDate="2009-06-21T20:28:41.643" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52560" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29462" RevisionGUID="b803af72-58bd-4c45-a41d-189911f9cc94" CreationDate="2009-06-21T20:39:37.927" UserId="1079" Text="That a home-style wireless access point (or two) can replace a wired network in a multi-user environment. Sure, your wireless connection at home handles up to 5 or so PCs, but you try getting it to deal with two classrooms of 30 children all trying to use laptops to log on to a Windows domain at the same time. You need a managed wireless system, or some fixed wired points to handle some (well, most) of the load. And a quick note to managed wireless system salespeople out there: yes, I'm sure your system has better performance than the competition, but it isn't infinite - there is only so much bandwidth you can squeeze out of the limited set of frequencies available to 802.11 wireless, you canna' change the laws of physics!" />
  <row Id="52561" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29462" RevisionGUID="b803af72-58bd-4c45-a41d-189911f9cc94" CreationDate="2009-06-21T20:39:37.927" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52562" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29463" RevisionGUID="fc50ce46-c0c1-49bc-860d-64cdce822b72" CreationDate="2009-06-21T20:39:39.143" UserId="1293" Text="Every week (without exception) on CSI:Miami." />
  <row Id="52563" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29463" RevisionGUID="fc50ce46-c0c1-49bc-860d-64cdce822b72" CreationDate="2009-06-21T20:39:39.143" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52564" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29464" RevisionGUID="1d1f16be-be69-4680-b0bf-6fd97a5de568" CreationDate="2009-06-21T21:00:37.603" UserId="1674" Text="The number of transactions that a server can process at any one time is directly related to how well designed the system is, and how much data there is in the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An extremely poorly designed system running on the fastest hardware may only be able to handle 2-3 poorly written queries at a time.  However an extremely well designed system can run tens of thousands of properly optimized queries at a time on a fairly low end system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Based on the information provided no useful answer can be returned." />
  <row Id="52565" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29464" RevisionGUID="1d1f16be-be69-4680-b0bf-6fd97a5de568" CreationDate="2009-06-21T21:00:37.603" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52566" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29465" RevisionGUID="bb8b6d02-683e-4636-a793-b0785a428678" CreationDate="2009-06-21T21:01:57.630" UserId="3528" Text="System Center Operation Manager has a web based console and will generate reports.  Using an agent based product like SCOM might get you all the dta you want without havnig to have full access to the systems" />
  <row Id="52567" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29466" RevisionGUID="f200ef91-95b5-4e3a-9295-f0009842895f" CreationDate="2009-06-21T21:03:59.513" UserId="8668" Text="Do not hang a surge protector off your UPS, as it will waste a big % of your power, it has to do with the way the cheap surge protector interacts with the non sine wave power from the UPS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Strictly speaking, don't hang a surge protector that uses MOVs for protection off a UPS that doesn't put out a real sine wave (most are kinda squarish, line power is a sine wave).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000632.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52568" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29467" RevisionGUID="2a0a31c7-62a3-4078-8ba7-a2383ef1bec5" CreationDate="2009-06-21T21:04:41.697" UserId="1674" Text="Besides what Paul has posted, you can google for most trace flags and get a description of them.  Even a lot of the undocumented ones are out there.  Most of the trace flags which are documented that you'll need to use all the often will be available in Books OnLine." />
  <row Id="52569" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29441" RevisionGUID="068afa79-3413-4987-9fae-a4c7ff03513b" CreationDate="2009-06-21T21:10:04.680" UserId="5930" Comment="added 4 characters in body" Text="**Never replace actual system files.** This causes more problems than the actual benefit. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A build of Notepad2 using &quot;Image File Execution Options\Debugger&quot; (a feature in Windows usually used to automatically attach debuggers on processes by substituting a process for another) to replace the original Notepad is available at this URL:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; [http://code.kliu.org/misc/notepad2/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is way safer than replacing notepad, and doesn't require Windows File Protection to be disable or circumvented. Works on any version of Windows &gt;= XP.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://code.kliu.org/misc/notepad2/" />
  <row Id="52570" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29468" RevisionGUID="9015c60f-39bf-4b7b-b9a6-2c6d94483304" CreationDate="2009-06-21T21:12:33.507" UserId="9834" Text="I am so shocked nobody has mentioned Hackers.  Everybodies computer has big letters qand wierd graphics, and within a few days they hack the FBI, the city police, and nearly every service in the city.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh and countering a cookie monster virus by giving it a cookie." />
  <row Id="52571" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29468" RevisionGUID="9015c60f-39bf-4b7b-b9a6-2c6d94483304" CreationDate="2009-06-21T21:12:33.507" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52572" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29469" RevisionGUID="023ff24c-2bde-4870-8475-9d31e37f4354" CreationDate="2009-06-21T21:20:44.520" UserId="1674" Text="Are you looking for a modem based solution, or a web based solution?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a web based solution to work like this you'd need to have major holes in your companies firewall setup to allow access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The company I work for uses [logmeinrescue.com][1] so that we can access the customers desktop.  We simply have them go to logmein123.com and they enter a 6 digit pin number that the customer service rep gives them.  The rep is then able to see the customers desktop via a web browser.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.logmeinrescue.com" />
  <row Id="52573" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29470" RevisionGUID="22259549-6a94-42f5-8d4c-8c4781ce0920" CreationDate="2009-06-21T21:25:49.003" UserId="9461" Text="&gt; As I said, logging in through FTP&#xD;&#xA;&gt; takes me to the /home/admin folder,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; and the files I need are in&#xD;&#xA;&gt; /var/www/html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think this will work in your case:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    wget -r ftp://192.168.0.1/../../var/www/html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52574" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29471" RevisionGUID="97dc77d5-b1b4-4d6b-a85c-14691b768566" CreationDate="2009-06-21T21:34:53.790" UserId="1233" Text="Alternatively, open up Disk Utility - click on the DVD and then choose File -&gt; Create New Disk Image from disk#s# (NAME\_OF\_DVD_HERE).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can then save it somewhere (compressed or CD/DVD master) and you're good to go. (This does work with CSS'd DVDs)" />
  <row Id="52575" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29472" RevisionGUID="6d49526d-4063-4209-8848-fa481afba89f" CreationDate="2009-06-21T21:41:37.240" UserId="9489" Text="Giving the customer what they want when they want it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A big problem is to find out what the customer wants. Sometimes they don't know, or say that they want X but really wants Y. You need to communicate a lot with them to find out.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But remember that you can't please them all...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A true story from the late 90's:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I had created a mailinglist that the staff of the other departments could subscribe to if they wanted to have more detailed information on what was happening in the it-department. It was completely optional and information of how to unsubscribe was automatically appended to every message that was sent through the mailinglist.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One day I got an angry and a bit rude email from one of our customers complaining about the messages he received from this list, and also said that he never wanted them, nor had any idea why he got them in the first place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I looked in the logs and found out that he had subscribed about a year earlier and he had also on some occasions sent me an email and praised me for the information. How was I supposed to know that he had changed his mind? " />
  <row Id="52576" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29473" RevisionGUID="82fe0910-50c2-4fa5-9ef4-392e4e034f80" CreationDate="2009-06-21T22:02:23.187" UserId="1674" Text="What happens when you run the snapshot agent?  Does it create the snapshot?  Does it finish?  Does it throw an error?" />
  <row Id="52577" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29474" RevisionGUID="df90e8ee-033e-44ff-9db6-e5e3c70e995f" CreationDate="2009-06-21T22:05:19.360" UserId="1674" Text="You may find that it's as simple as refreshing the object explorer after you restore the database.  SSMS caches a lot of info so that it doesn't have to keep going back to the server for the same data over and over, not to mention the performance improvement of already having the data in cache.  Creating a maintenance plan is probably one place where cached info is read." />
  <row Id="52578" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29475" RevisionGUID="3bf6141f-79d0-4a40-b45d-eb4ae70f3e19" CreationDate="2009-06-21T22:09:33.470" UserId="10229" Text="My vote would be to take it easy on yourself and pick up Ubuntu in any flavor to start with.  There are silly little traps for getting too comfortable with Distros (aptitude vs. zypper vs. rpm vs. yum vs. Synaptic vs. GodKnowsWhatTheHeckElseSomeOneWillCallTheSameCrap).  Make sure you know what an rpm file is and avoid anything but a standard bash or ksh shell and you should make some decent progress.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A great resource for learning the ins and outs is Linux Server Hacks by O'Reilly.  There is a follow up called More Linux Server Hacks.  I learn best by diving the deepest and a majority of the Hacks made no sense to me at all.  I had to struggle through them and from each one a Perl of wisdom popped out.  Strangely enough after three years some of them still make no sense to me but such is life.  I pick the book up often either as a reminder or as a challenge.  Good luck and God speed!" />
  <row Id="52579" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29476" RevisionGUID="7e88e843-647a-4c14-ae81-cc604dbce7ff" CreationDate="2009-06-21T22:12:35.867" UserId="1674" Text="If you run the dtexec command manually from a command line passing it the same parameters that the SQL Agent is passsing it you should get more error information." />
  <row Id="52580" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29477" RevisionGUID="821a73c2-a193-464f-8a84-6303e85cf88a" CreationDate="2009-06-21T22:17:17.917" UserId="10229" Text="This may seem slightly insane but I have resorted to using a version control system to push backup files to a single repository that I backup religiously.  It is a spoke and hub model (not distributed like git) and I have found a multitude of clients.  The really good thing about it is the audit trail and easy of getting the backups using the nearly ubiquitous clients for the version control system.  De-duplication is something that has been a mainstay goal for version control systems and some of them do various checks and shallow copies when the same data arrives more than once." />
  <row Id="52581" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29478" RevisionGUID="5eeacfed-a37c-4446-bd76-b9777bfcc1b5" CreationDate="2009-06-21T22:17:28.990" UserId="5038" Text="That MAc address duplication is not possible. It is, it's just pretty darned unlikely." />
  <row Id="52582" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29478" RevisionGUID="5eeacfed-a37c-4446-bd76-b9777bfcc1b5" CreationDate="2009-06-21T22:17:28.990" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52584" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29480" RevisionGUID="a42da592-a251-4688-a4ff-2651827c571a" CreationDate="2009-06-21T22:43:08.237" UserId="9304" Text="We are using [ElasticHosts][1] as lower-cost alternative to Amazon EC2.  For us the main advantage is that we can install Windows ourselves and thus use our existing licenses.  To test it out I'd recommend installing the Server 2008 Trial on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.elastichosts.com" />
  <row Id="52585" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29481" RevisionGUID="aa34e944-d1a0-4eb7-957a-9be9f486293f" CreationDate="2009-06-21T22:46:38.793" UserId="9304" Text="Server 2008 Backup doesn't officially support scheduling backups to network shares.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It sucks I know.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770266(WS.10).aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770266(WS.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="52587" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29483" RevisionGUID="14366c33-9bce-4ca4-afb9-7a7ef225d519" CreationDate="2009-06-21T22:58:24.527" UserId="9304" Text="Double check it truly is set as static by going in to cmd-&gt;run 'netsh'-&gt;dump" />
  <row Id="52588" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29484" RevisionGUID="7ee98145-9f29-4127-bcd7-36c9bd42e891" CreationDate="2009-06-21T23:46:03.120" UserId="3146" Text="Ubuntu seems to be the beginner's choice these days so it's probably a good one to start with.  I personally don't use it but it seems to be all the rave with Windows users and people not familiar with Linux.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That said, CentOS is an excellent choice for setting up a server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the best documented distro's in my opinion is Debian.  You can find a lot of information both on Debian's website and via http://www.google.com/linux." />
  <row Id="52589" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29485" RevisionGUID="e7ac8569-98ff-432e-b0ec-568240023d29" CreationDate="2009-06-21T23:48:06.597" UserId="10260" Text="I build a home FreeBSD file server using ZFS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is an AMD X2 3200+ with 3GB of RAM. It has a PCI Express Gig-E. The boot drive is an old 400GB and I have 4 750GB Seagte drives (one with a difference firmware version, just in case).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Booting from ZFS would have been nice (it would make install simpler), but I used the ZFSOnRoot instructions to setup the Root/OS drive with ZFS (if all the partitions are ZFS, then it doesn't need to do a fsck at boot to check the UFS filesystems). The reason that you would want this that you can then setup all of your partitions (/var, /usr, /tmp, etc.) with different options as required (such as noatime and async for /usr/obj, which will speed kernel compiles), but they will all share space from a common pool. Then you can setup a data drive and give each user a partition of their own (with different quotes and settings). You can then take snapshots (which are low cost on ZFS). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    My home server has a df that looks like:&#xD;&#xA;    /dev/ad0s1a           1.9G    744M    1.1G    41%    /&#xD;&#xA;    devfs                 1.0K    1.0K      0B   100%    /dev&#xD;&#xA;    dozer/data            1.8T     62G    1.7T     3%    /data&#xD;&#xA;    dozer/home            1.7T    9.6G    1.7T     1%    /home&#xD;&#xA;    dozer/home/walterp    1.9T    220G    1.7T    11%    /home/walterp&#xD;&#xA;    tank/tmp              352G    128K    352G     0%    /tmp&#xD;&#xA;    tank/usr              356G    4.4G    352G     1%    /usr&#xD;&#xA;    tank/var              354G    2.2G    352G     1%    /var&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Performance wise, copying files is real fast. The one thing that I would note is that I have been using ZFS on FreeBSD AMD64 systems that have 3-4GB and it has worked well, but from my reading, I'd be worried about running it on a i386 system that had 2GB or less of memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I ran of out of SATA ports on the motherboard, so I have not tried to add any new drives. The initial setup was simple, a command to create the RAIDZ and then the command to create /home, which was formatted in seconds (IIRC). I'm still using the older version of ZFS (v6), so it has some limitations (It doesn't require drives of an equal size, but unlike a Drobo, if you had 3 750GB drives and a 1TB drive, the end result will be as if you had 4 750GB drives).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of the big reasons that I used ZFS with RAIDZ was the end-to-end checksums. CERN published a paper that documented a test they did where they found 200+ uncorrected read errors while running a R/W test over a period of a few weeks (the ECC in retail drives is expected to have a failure once every 12TB read). I'd like the data on my server to to be correct. I had a hard crash because of a power outage (someone overloaded the UPS by plugging a space heater to it), but when the system can back, ZFS came back quickly, without the standard fsck issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I like it, because I could then add CUPS to Samba to get a print server. I added a DNS cache and can add other software as I like (I'm thinking about adding SNMP monitoring to the desktops at my house to measure bandwidth usage). For what I spent on the system, I'm sure I could have a bought a cheap NAS box, but then I wouldn't have a 64-bit local Unix box to play with. If you like FreeBSD I'd say go with it. If you prefer Linux, then I'd recommend a Linux solution. If you don't want to do any administration, that is when I would go for the stand alone NAS box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On my next round of hardware upgrades, I'm planning on upgrading the hardware and then installing the current version of FreeBSD, which has ZFS v13. V13 is cool because I have a battery backed up RAM disk that I can use for the ZIL log (this makes writes scream). It also has support for using SSDs to speed up the file server (the specs on the new Sun File Servers are sweet, and they get them from a ZFS system that using SSD to make the system very quick)." />
  <row Id="52590" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="29393" RevisionGUID="d92a64cd-bab3-464a-97df-ef2ee7a4b01e" CreationDate="2009-06-21T23:53:06.753" UserId="1715" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="52591" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29486" RevisionGUID="89a24c70-ee04-436c-8014-30a278af8bc5" CreationDate="2009-06-21T23:58:55.097" UserId="4255" Text="I'm not a Mac user but I was helping my girlfriend restore some files she backed up from her old MacBook onto her new MacBook Pro.  She is a photographer so she has a lot of image files.  I need to run a search to generate all images on her backup drive so I can copy them to her new computer.  I used Spotlight and was able to get ALL images on the drive but it seems that she stored the same photo galleries in different locations (I know...) and when you try to batch copy, you have to accept a &quot;skip/cancel&quot; message for every single image.  Anyone know a good way to return only unique images (files) so I can do a smooth batch copy?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NOTE:  I am not a Mac user but I am a programmer so I could probably handle an advanced solution.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks." />
  <row Id="52592" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29486" RevisionGUID="89a24c70-ee04-436c-8014-30a278af8bc5" CreationDate="2009-06-21T23:58:55.097" UserId="4255" Text="Spotlight return only unique image files?" />
  <row Id="52593" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29486" RevisionGUID="89a24c70-ee04-436c-8014-30a278af8bc5" CreationDate="2009-06-21T23:58:55.097" UserId="4255" Text="&lt;apple&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;backup&gt;&lt;leopard&gt;" />
  <row Id="52594" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29487" RevisionGUID="240988a3-57f6-4735-b7c0-5abf8a150b6c" CreationDate="2009-06-22T00:14:29.457" UserId="1294" Text="I have a webserver running Server 2003 Datacenter and IIS 5 which is hosting a variety of ASP.NET 2.0 websites. I'm attempting to add an ASP.NET 4.0 website which I wrote via the VS2010 Beta, and I have .NET 4.0 Beta 1 installed on the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The website appears to be configured correctly; anonymous access is on, it points to the right folder, and is set to asp.net 4.0.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Why might it be giving me a 404 error when I browse to it, both locally and remotely?" />
  <row Id="52595" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29487" RevisionGUID="240988a3-57f6-4735-b7c0-5abf8a150b6c" CreationDate="2009-06-22T00:14:29.457" UserId="1294" Text="404 when page exists - IIS 5, ASP.NET 4.0" />
  <row Id="52596" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29487" RevisionGUID="240988a3-57f6-4735-b7c0-5abf8a150b6c" CreationDate="2009-06-22T00:14:29.457" UserId="1294" Text="&lt;iis5&gt;&lt;asp.net&gt;&lt;.net4.0&gt;&lt;404&gt;" />
  <row Id="52597" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29488" RevisionGUID="82dbc58c-1470-4d5d-891c-8f1e67c17f65" CreationDate="2009-06-22T00:14:58.737" UserId="10237" Text="In the event that you _don't_ reboot, you should ensure that the new kernel isn't the default one to start on boot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The last thing you want is an untested kernel being used for production after an unplanned restart." />
  <row Id="52598" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29489" RevisionGUID="28bb225f-e20f-4572-b7d7-3ac18d70149f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T00:23:58.343" UserId="10229" Text="I think I am fairly advanced in my use of find but EVERY time I use it I cannot for the life of me remember the method to close the -exec option.  I spend a good deal of time reading every time I use it.  Am I simply not using it enough or expecting too much of myself?  Lets start with a typical example that gets me frustrated.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Directory structure has files with all incorrect permissions hidden files symbolic links etc.  I want to change the ownership to a reasonable value&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find . -type f -exec chown username {} ;/&#xD;&#xA;    find . -type d -exec chown username {} ;/&#xD;&#xA;    find . -type d -exec chgrp usergroup {} ;/&#xD;&#xA;    find . -type f -exec chgrp usergroup {} ;/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Forgive me if the ending is backwards... I looked at it an hour ago and still I am not sure)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I am scared to run it because of mounts, symbolic links, etc. I have made the ultimate goof of chmod .* and had it recurse upwards on me before.  I know -xdev will forgo crossing partitions but I am not sure what will happen to the files living inside directories which are symbolic links.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So how does one master this beast that can kill crucial files?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52599" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29489" RevisionGUID="28bb225f-e20f-4572-b7d7-3ac18d70149f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T00:23:58.343" UserId="10229" Text="How do I master the UNIX find command?" />
  <row Id="52600" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29489" RevisionGUID="28bb225f-e20f-4572-b7d7-3ac18d70149f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T00:23:58.343" UserId="10229" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;find&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="52601" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29489" RevisionGUID="0bd83800-91a4-4a9c-abaa-031b81142b07" CreationDate="2009-06-22T00:31:40.057" UserId="1736" Comment="edited body" Text="I think I am fairly advanced in my use of find but EVERY time I use it I cannot for the life of me remember the method to close the -exec option.  I spend a good deal of time reading every time I use it.  Am I simply not using it enough or expecting too much of myself?  Lets start with a typical example that gets me frustrated.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Directory structure has files with all incorrect permissions hidden files symbolic links etc.  I want to change the ownership to a reasonable value&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find . -type f -exec chown username {} \;&#xD;&#xA;    find . -type d -exec chown username {} \;&#xD;&#xA;    find . -type d -exec chgrp usergroup {} \;&#xD;&#xA;    find . -type f -exec chgrp usergroup {} \;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Forgive me if the ending is backwards... I looked at it an hour ago and still I am not sure)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But I am scared to run it because of mounts, symbolic links, etc. I have made the ultimate goof of chmod .* and had it recurse upwards on me before.  I know -xdev will forgo crossing partitions but I am not sure what will happen to the files living inside directories which are symbolic links.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So how does one master this beast that can kill crucial files?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52602" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29490" RevisionGUID="c1cbd35f-b2b9-4f3f-8c5e-9f0d058c1f22" CreationDate="2009-06-22T00:36:09.850" UserId="6421" Text="I'm a huge fan of OWC's line of enclosures. I own two, and only wish I would have found them sooner. Both their cheaper Neptune models and the higher end, all aluminum Mercury Elite series are amazing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They also sell other brands on the following page as well, Personally I don't like MacAlley's enclosures (Have had nothing but bad luck with them), but I can't speak about the rackmount model they're selling.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[OWC Build Your Own Kit][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro RAID FireWire 800/400 Enclosure Kit for 2 x 3.5&quot; IDE/ATA Hard Drives][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro 800+USB2 RAID Ready eSATA/FireWire 800/400+USB2 1394B 2-Drive Enclosure Kit][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/add-ons-and-hubs/enclosure-kits&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MEFW912AL2/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MEFW936AL2K/" />
  <row Id="52603" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29491" RevisionGUID="3de1e252-155e-4a75-aa53-dfb32887a0d0" CreationDate="2009-06-22T00:37:54.220" UserId="1736" Text="Well, as far as the `-exec` syntax goes, you could do like a lot of people, give up and use `xargs`:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find . -type f | xargs chown username&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(or the files-with-spaces-and-other-nonsense-in-them-safe version)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chown username&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, to try to remember the right thing to do with the semicolon, what you need to drill into your head is that you're using a semicolon to *terminate* the command that `-exec` is running, and you have to *escape* the semicolon because it has special meaning to `bash`.  Which is why it's backslash semicolon.  You seem to have the `{}` substitution part okay.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As to killing files and so on, if you're running something big and dangerous like you're talking about, first do this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find . -type f -exec echo chown username {} \;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and review the results.  This is basically a &quot;dry run&quot; where you're seeing the commands it would run if you let it.  Definitely a good practice.  Won't help with the `.*` problem, but you know not to do that one now. :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52604" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29492" RevisionGUID="7e6c676b-18f4-4a90-9f00-b1c6cf5f9674" CreationDate="2009-06-22T00:41:53.420" UserId="1736" Text="Is the DNS name pointing to the right server?" />
  <row Id="52605" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29493" RevisionGUID="1a20257f-fc45-4dd7-8ee4-425e8390e300" CreationDate="2009-06-22T00:45:12.140" UserId="10271" Text="We're in the need of deploying a .NET clickonce application through an Apacke Tomcat 6. server. Does anyone have any tips or caveats for setting this up ? (Or is ist just so straight foreward I don't even need to ask ?)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52606" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29493" RevisionGUID="1a20257f-fc45-4dd7-8ee4-425e8390e300" CreationDate="2009-06-22T00:45:12.140" UserId="10271" Text="Clickonce deployment through tomcat caveats ?" />
  <row Id="52607" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29493" RevisionGUID="1a20257f-fc45-4dd7-8ee4-425e8390e300" CreationDate="2009-06-22T00:45:12.140" UserId="10271" Text="&lt;tomcat&gt;&lt;clickonce&gt;" />
  <row Id="52608" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29106" RevisionGUID="f1d3028f-c8f2-4ec1-b2c9-733f9ff7dfe5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T00:50:41.527" UserId="4694" Comment="improved formatting" Text="I found [this script][1]. It scans a whole domain and gives you a nice output (computer name and user name).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whoisloggedinwhere.cmd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;@echo off&#xD;&#xA;setlocal&#xD;&#xA;for /f &quot;Tokens=1&quot; %%c in ('net view /domain:&quot;%USERDOMAIN%&quot;^|Findstr /L /C:&quot;\\&quot;') do (&#xD;&#xA; for /f &quot;Tokens=*&quot; %%u in ('PsLoggedOn -L %%c^|find /i &quot;%USERDOMAIN%\&quot;') do (&#xD;&#xA;  call :report %%c &quot;%%u&quot;&#xD;&#xA; )&#xD;&#xA;)&#xD;&#xA;endlocal&#xD;&#xA;goto :EOF&#xD;&#xA;:report&#xD;&#xA;set work=%1&#xD;&#xA;set comp=%work:~2%&#xD;&#xA;set user=%2&#xD;&#xA;set user=%user:&quot;=%&#xD;&#xA;call set user=%%user:*%USERDOMAIN%\=%%&#xD;&#xA;@echo %comp% %user%&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This script uses [PsLoggedOn][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ss64.com/nt/psloggedon_example.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897545.aspx" />
  <row Id="52609" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29106" RevisionGUID="837dfc08-dd93-434f-8862-8033e3005b1c" CreationDate="2009-06-22T01:00:51.903" UserId="4694" Comment="added 16 characters in body" Text="I found [this script][1]. It scans a whole domain and gives you a nice output (computer name and user name).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**whoisloggedinwhere.bat &gt; users.txt**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; &lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;@echo off&#xD;&#xA;setlocal&#xD;&#xA;for /f &quot;Tokens=1&quot; %%c in ('net view /domain:&quot;%USERDOMAIN%&quot;^|Findstr /L /C:&quot;\\&quot;') do (&#xD;&#xA; for /f &quot;Tokens=*&quot; %%u in ('PsLoggedOn -L %%c^|find /i &quot;%USERDOMAIN%\&quot;') do (&#xD;&#xA;  call :report %%c &quot;%%u&quot;&#xD;&#xA; )&#xD;&#xA;)&#xD;&#xA;endlocal&#xD;&#xA;goto :EOF&#xD;&#xA;:report&#xD;&#xA;set work=%1&#xD;&#xA;set comp=%work:~2%&#xD;&#xA;set user=%2&#xD;&#xA;set user=%user:&quot;=%&#xD;&#xA;call set user=%%user:*%USERDOMAIN%\=%%&#xD;&#xA;@echo %comp% %user%&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This script uses [PsLoggedOn][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.ss64.com/nt/psloggedon_example.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897545.aspx" />
  <row Id="52610" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29494" RevisionGUID="d4e55cb4-e1c8-4333-9240-f4696265c6e3" CreationDate="2009-06-22T01:01:22.400" UserId="1674" Text="Myth: Adding more bandwidth to a connection will always make things faster.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not so much.  If your link isn't saturated, and you are trying to get data from China to the US, you may simply be going as fast as you can.  It takes time (even at the speed of light) to get from the US to China, and making the link won't go faster if you only have a single data stream going between the sites." />
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  <row Id="52612" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29495" RevisionGUID="a0e63d28-c1ec-4877-9da1-9b0e5c222fde" CreationDate="2009-06-22T01:03:43.600" UserId="3204" Text="When closing I just think of using ; like with many programing languages and then escaping it. Just remember that is needs to be escaped and it comes to you pretty easily." />
  <row Id="52613" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29496" RevisionGUID="b41c21c3-1f03-4f31-9c89-27488b19243d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T01:09:14.730" UserId="39733" Text="We ended up downloading a newer version of Ubuntu and installed without any problems.  For whatever reason the version of Fiesty Fawn we had just kept croaking.  " />
  <row Id="52614" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="29486" RevisionGUID="dfcdd31c-2e09-4f3b-8481-a4f90842aeba" CreationDate="2009-06-22T01:09:52.640" UserId="1" CloseReasonId="2" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Jeff Atwood&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="52615" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29497" RevisionGUID="f640807d-a5b3-4117-bb4d-bea433ef370b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T01:12:05.413" UserId="3273" Text="When I logged in to a server of the multi-monitor environment from the client of the single monitor in mstsc( remote desktop) environment, I do not understand a method to return an application displayed in the server of the multi-monitor by an assistant monitor to the main monitor.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It is assumed that I cut an editor open with a submonitor with the server of the multi-monitor as an example. &#xD;&#xA;I cannot operate an editor displayed by a submonitor when I log in in mstsc from the client of the single monitor in this state without, as a matter of course, only a main monitor being displayed. &#xD;&#xA;If there are methods I pull it to the men monitor or to change an editor displayed in this state by an assistant monitor to a submonitor, I want you to teach it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Environment： &#xD;&#xA;The server side(Desktop PC NEC Express5800/S70)： &#xD;&#xA;It is Windows Vista Enterprise the OS &#xD;&#xA;A main monitor: 1920x1080 &#xD;&#xA;An assistant monitor: 1024x768 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A client-side (notebook PC KOHJINSHA SH8):) &#xD;&#xA;It is Windows Vista Ultimate or Windows xp Professional the OS &#xD;&#xA;A monitor: 1024x600 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanking you in advance." />
  <row Id="52616" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29497" RevisionGUID="f640807d-a5b3-4117-bb4d-bea433ef370b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T01:12:05.413" UserId="3273" Text="I want to operate the window of the other monitor in remote desktop" />
  <row Id="52617" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29497" RevisionGUID="f640807d-a5b3-4117-bb4d-bea433ef370b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T01:12:05.413" UserId="3273" Text="&lt;remote-desktop&gt;" />
  <row Id="52618" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29498" RevisionGUID="e1edd939-f975-4bc5-80de-eca5431054df" CreationDate="2009-06-22T01:17:49.400" UserId="1674" Text="If you have a second monitor for the laptop hook it up and use the /SPAN switch when running mstsc to tell it to span the session across both monitors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If not, right click on the app in the task bar, and select move.  Then use the arrow keys to move to app fro the secondary monitor to the primary monitor so that you can then see it." />
  <row Id="52619" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29499" RevisionGUID="e4bf3e90-2e4c-4028-8400-da20107c20bd" CreationDate="2009-06-22T01:22:05.557" UserId="4694" Text="[Remote Desktop Connection (Terminal Services Client 6.0)][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Remote Desktop Connection supports high-resolution displays that can be spanned across multiple monitors. However, the total resolution on all monitors must be under 4096 x 2048 pixels. The monitors must have the same resolution. Additionally, the monitors must be aligned side-by-side. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;To have the desktop of the remote computer span multiple monitors, type Mstsc /span at a command prompt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **mstsc.exe /v IPADDRESS /span**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925876" />
  <row Id="52620" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29500" RevisionGUID="db26ac6a-4e6e-4528-9c5e-fce5f3010230" CreationDate="2009-06-22T01:28:20.340" UserDisplayName="Yoohooo_Rocks" Text="Hello, does anyone know of a good guide / how to get localhost through virtualbox?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am running windows xp on my computer, and I downloaded the Internet Explorer Virtual PC's. I want to use virtualbox to test my apache server website using ie7 and 8.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At first I got the blue screen of death, but renamed processor.sys to processor.sys.old (from the guide here: http://blog.yetisoftware.com/2009/03/07/running-ie-on-your-mac-in-virtualbox/)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The guide continues with how to get the internet working, but I don't have a mac and it is different. I read that for linux you just type 10.0.2.2, but that doesn't work for me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do I need some networking drivers for my virtual pc?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52621" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29500" RevisionGUID="db26ac6a-4e6e-4528-9c5e-fce5f3010230" CreationDate="2009-06-22T01:28:20.340" UserDisplayName="Yoohooo_Rocks" Text="Accessing localhost using virtualbox" />
  <row Id="52622" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29500" RevisionGUID="db26ac6a-4e6e-4528-9c5e-fce5f3010230" CreationDate="2009-06-22T01:28:20.340" UserDisplayName="Yoohooo_Rocks" Text="&lt;virtualbox&gt;&lt;virtual-machines&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="52625" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29502" RevisionGUID="c4492123-27f3-4b71-a2c2-3a7d95b9ed94" CreationDate="2009-06-22T01:33:41.847" UserId="2572" Text="I like to mention two old-school apps I use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Windows NT 3.5 File Manager (winfile.exe). A single file that gives me raw access to the file system. For 2000/XP use the version that came with NT4 Service 4. Under Vista/7 the original version doesn't run anymore, but there is a patched version at&#xD;&#xA;[http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~davidsch/vistafm/][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. 4NT, a powerful command line interpreter, for the cases when Powershell is not installed.&#xD;&#xA;   Sadly, the vendor discontinued it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~davidsch/vistafm/" />
  <row Id="52626" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29502" RevisionGUID="c4492123-27f3-4b71-a2c2-3a7d95b9ed94" CreationDate="2009-06-22T01:33:41.847" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52627" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29503" RevisionGUID="d329832a-bee7-4891-82aa-862134b7d6aa" CreationDate="2009-06-22T01:39:31.840" UserId="3273" Text="I use postfix 2.5, but the following error is displayed, and emails collect in the email cue. Would you teach the cancellation method of this error?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    lost connection with XXXXX while sending end of data -- message may be sent more than once" />
  <row Id="52628" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29503" RevisionGUID="d329832a-bee7-4891-82aa-862134b7d6aa" CreationDate="2009-06-22T01:39:31.840" UserId="3273" Text="Unknown error occures in postfix" />
  <row Id="52629" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29503" RevisionGUID="d329832a-bee7-4891-82aa-862134b7d6aa" CreationDate="2009-06-22T01:39:31.840" UserId="3273" Text="&lt;postfix&gt;" />
  <row Id="52630" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29504" RevisionGUID="3c7a2fbc-00c3-45ca-acca-0a28462c06f3" CreationDate="2009-06-22T01:42:59.307" UserId="10229" Text="I have worn a lot of hats in my career and I am beginning to think that Infrastructure and Administration are equal in complexity to the programs running on those components.  Are the pay rates nearly equal?  What does the market say?" />
  <row Id="52631" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29504" RevisionGUID="3c7a2fbc-00c3-45ca-acca-0a28462c06f3" CreationDate="2009-06-22T01:42:59.307" UserId="10229" Text="Is system administration easier than programming?  Does it pay the same?" />
  <row Id="52632" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29504" RevisionGUID="3c7a2fbc-00c3-45ca-acca-0a28462c06f3" CreationDate="2009-06-22T01:42:59.307" UserId="10229" Text="&lt;pay&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;" />
  <row Id="52633" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29505" RevisionGUID="fee0d655-ecdd-4d4f-b33a-205478235f7d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T01:53:43.207" UserDisplayName="Alec the Geek" Text="Depending on the version of find that you are using there are different options that may help you. GNU find is probably the most powerful and this may help you with your second (implied) question&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For instance -- the default behaviour is not to dereference symbolic links, but you can override that; and the -mount option stops find going across mount points&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look in your local man pages" />
  <row Id="52634" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29506" RevisionGUID="ed90d1cc-a6f8-4a59-8218-48404849dd60" CreationDate="2009-06-22T01:57:08.147" UserId="1682" Text="You need to escape {} for proper behavior. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    \{\} or '{}'" />
  <row Id="52635" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29507" RevisionGUID="f61c2c36-04bf-4fb0-9564-87de7f384ccf" CreationDate="2009-06-22T02:04:40.100" UserId="1375" Text="The remote SMTP server is behaving badly by not properly acknowledging the completion of the SMTP transaction.  The only time I've seen this in the wild is when the far end is using a content filtering anti-spam/anti-virus backend and it takes too long to complete the scan, or else the MTA doesn't handle &quot;this is spam&quot; results cleanly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming that you're not actually sending spam, then the problem is almost certainly at the remote MTA, and you should contact them to get the problem worked out.  If you're seeing this message when contacting a wide range of remote MTAs, then something must be screwy with your network connection (or someone in the middle is playing strange transparent proxy games... &quot;great firewall of china&quot; style games)." />
  <row Id="52636" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29508" RevisionGUID="a8ba9483-001a-4ce7-8582-d45ea92edda8" CreationDate="2009-06-22T02:08:12.310" UserId="10206" Text="Since you're starting out I'd have to recommend Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The Ubuntu LTS support cycle is wonderful - there's another 4 years of support for hardy server, so you won't be forced to upgrade in the next year or two. This alone is a good reason to pick it, and why I'd take it over the other ubuntu/fedora options. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Ubuntu comes with all the benifits of Debian (It's based on Debian, and many Ubuntu packages come straight from Debian test without much modification) , but as well as the longer support cycle, the sheer amount of new users that ubuntu has attracted over the last few years means that there's very active forums for new users, and tons of ubuntu specific documentation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Which is why I'd avoid RHEL, it just won't have the same level of support from other new users.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Apart from that Ubuntu is a very good 'all round' OS. You can get most things done without too much specific knowledge, and there's packages available via apt-get for almost anything (far more than is available for CentOS imo) &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - I'd definatly avoid Gentoo for my first server, I'd totally agree with comments saying that the slightly harder to use distros are a good learning experience, but I'd recommend picking up an old machine and keeping it at home for that kind of learning.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Whatever distro you do decide to use, subscribe to some of their lists, in particular the security announcement list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some links that may help:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - [debian-administration.org][1]&#xD;&#xA; - [ubuntuforums.org][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.debian-administration.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://ubuntuforums.org/ " />
  <row Id="52637" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29509" RevisionGUID="a6e190c0-e6fb-49c7-8c6c-369f2c8181cf" CreationDate="2009-06-22T02:15:44.840" UserId="2233" Text="I've recently deployed rpc over http in our environemnt.  My first piece of advice is to assure you that black magic isn't required to make it work.  The rpc over http feature works as advertised, is well documented and stable.  There is no need for hotfixes or odd workarounds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think the first step to diagnosing your issue is to detail your deployment scenario.  For instance is it a Front-End / Back-End architecture, are you offloading ssl, are you authencticating requests in the perimeter network, is there a locally connected global catalog serevr, etc.  This will give clues to where it's failing down and I can detail a list of configuration steps to check.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I had to guess where the issue(s) may lie it's in two areas -  certifcates and authentication.  As suggested by others on the certifcate front make sure you use valid and trusted certifcates on the rpc proxy and on the web publishing rule (if your using ISA or a similiar product).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the authentication front Microsoft recommend you use 'Basic' authentication over SSL, especially if you are using ISA server for authentication.  If you want to use NTLM authentication I believe ISA server can only pass through and not delegate authentcation credentials.  This will be the case for many reverse proxy products. I recommend checking that authentication scheme you want to use is applied consistantly on your Front-End server and firewall.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For testing on the client side you can use a combination of registry keys and the command 'Outlook /rpcdiag&quot; for force Outlook to connect via HTTP instead of TCP.  Also the [Exchange Server Remote Connectivity Analyser][1] is a valuable diagnostic tool.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com/" />
  <row Id="52638" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29510" RevisionGUID="a7172b46-fc45-4ecc-8914-a7d74e242a5a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T02:17:34.417" UserId="1375" Text="Sysadmins don't get paid monstrously differently to developers, as far as I've seen.  There seems to be some differences in career progression, but if what you enjoy is the doing, rather than the career ladder, then that shouldn't be a big problem.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52639" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29511" RevisionGUID="bcc4404c-7925-4f9b-a836-54b65b43196d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T02:19:54.223" UserId="10206" Text="Some would [argue][1] that the xargs option is faster than the -exec option because it won't execute the command once for each file, but I wouldn't worry about that for anything except massive jobs taking a non trivial amount of time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally, I usually just run find without exec&#xD;&#xA;     &#xD;&#xA;    find /path/to/dir -name whatever&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;make sure that the output looks correct, and then run my command on that list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chown user:group `find /path/to/dir -name whatever`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/896808/find-exec-cmd-vs-xargs" />
  <row Id="52640" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29512" RevisionGUID="b67ddad2-2307-4b92-badd-4cfc44dfed37" CreationDate="2009-06-22T02:22:06.077" UserId="7709" Text="As far as I'm concerned I'd rather be paid penuts doing something I love than earning a lot doing something I hate.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Infrastructure can be exceptionally complex, just as complex as the programs, and just as important. A programmer may be responsible for ensuring that his/her application runs as efficiently as possible, but if the infrastructure is sub-standard then it doesn't matter how good their skills are. You can't run an application if your router goes offline every 20 minutes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to compare markets, then jump on your local job board to see what's avaliable. We've been looking to hire someone in Sydney for a few weeks and there's been precious few applications, which to me says that the IT sector has not suffered downturn from the economic 'crisis' nearly as much as other industries have. Which makes job searching difficult, but security pretty good, so if you have a position you're happy in, and you enjoy it, stay there while you can ;)" />
  <row Id="52641" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29506" RevisionGUID="03ebf124-7e99-4d65-ab06-862d3a02cfed" CreationDate="2009-06-22T02:25:39.440" UserId="1682" Comment="added 43 characters in body" Text="You need to escape {} for proper behavior. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    \{\} or '{}'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;find manual is good for mastering find." />
  <row Id="52642" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29513" RevisionGUID="a53a73f0-6e93-4001-a111-ee02bdede407" CreationDate="2009-06-22T02:26:22.827" UserId="2302" Text="In an XP Pro workstation, is there a way to start the native Windows VPN client and open/close a connection from the command line so it can be scripted in a batch file? " />
  <row Id="52643" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29513" RevisionGUID="a53a73f0-6e93-4001-a111-ee02bdede407" CreationDate="2009-06-22T02:26:22.827" UserId="2302" Text="VPN client connect/disconnect via command line in XP" />
  <row Id="52644" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29513" RevisionGUID="a53a73f0-6e93-4001-a111-ee02bdede407" CreationDate="2009-06-22T02:26:22.827" UserId="2302" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="52645" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29514" RevisionGUID="5a5de89f-cc75-4a4e-94a1-b52e2b768644" CreationDate="2009-06-22T02:28:33.743" UserId="3311" Text="I don't think it is fair to compare both fields. They are covering different aspects of the complete process. " />
  <row Id="52646" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29515" RevisionGUID="1a5d7287-b8e8-4f20-aa88-fccbe8b79e55" CreationDate="2009-06-22T02:29:19.030" UserId="10001" Text="In terms of easier, I think it depends on what/how you go about doing the sys admin. lets say you manage infrastructure for a large corp - it might be easier if you purchase an off the shelf package and configure it vs custom inhouse make it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And it also depends on how big the getup is - if you work for a small company, where you are the only IT guy, it might be hard to wear so many hats at the same time, where as in a large corp, you are most likely part of a large team, with a few discrete responsibility. And if you work for a big corp, most likely you will be paid &quot;more&quot; doing your job, where as in a smaller shop, you would be paid &quot;less&quot; doing more stuff than - i.e., the responsibility to pay ratio is high in a small shop*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(*) but the big plus with a small shop is you tend to control things, and the environment tend to be more friendly/family like, where as in a big corp, you would just be a fish in a big lake" />
  <row Id="52647" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29516" RevisionGUID="51f405e8-cf50-4ce4-98fb-07a75092dc31" CreationDate="2009-06-22T02:29:59.013" UserId="7709" Text="Is logging turned on? If it isn't, turn it on. If it is on, check to see of a corresponding entry is written to the log file, and check to see if all its details match up.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If no entry is being written, then it's possible that the wrong website in IIS is serving the content for your request (check the hostname it's listening on).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lastly, are you sure it's IIS 5? I thought 2003 shipped with IIS 6?" />
  <row Id="52648" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29517" RevisionGUID="b8fe0810-3eef-4f65-8b31-70473d785f75" CreationDate="2009-06-22T02:31:35.593" UserId="1736" Text="Being a sysadmin is one of the fields where, under the proper circumstances, you can set it up so that the better you do your job, the less work you need to do.  The value of this should not be underestimated.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sometimes you can achieve the same thing as a developer, but it's rarer." />
  <row Id="52649" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29518" RevisionGUID="5e1edc9f-89c2-4144-a995-91c3fb52442c" CreationDate="2009-06-22T02:36:57.363" UserId="10275" Text="You might want to check out [Scale Computing][1]. They have a clustered storage solution that will do iSCSI, NFS and CIFS at the same time. The low-end is a 3TB cluster, and you can scale it 1 or 2TB at a time, up to something like 2PB.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://scalecomputing.com &quot;Scale Computing&quot;" />
  <row Id="52651" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29519" RevisionGUID="06e82a29-aefa-4a3c-976e-54cbcb4012b1" CreationDate="2009-06-22T02:40:46.997" UserId="3489" Text="I'd second the Ubuntu/Debian comments (I'm a debian guy myself, but Ubuntu's easier for newbies).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However if you &quot;need&quot; commercial support go RHEL unless you're already a Novell shop. CentOS is fine if you need something fully RH compatible just not supported." />
  <row Id="52652" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29520" RevisionGUID="b2127d5e-09b0-4f51-ba1e-347df7dd4bf5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T02:46:26.067" UserId="10276" Text="First off, is it a valid class?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try this:&#xD;&#xA;PS&gt;get-wmiobject -list -namespace &quot;root\Microsoft\SqlServer&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does that class get listed?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shortcut:&#xD;&#xA;PS&gt;get-wmiobject -list -namespace &quot;root\Microsoft\SqlServer&quot;|where{$_.name -eq &quot;MSReportServer_Instance&quot;}&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a VM running Server 2008 with SQL 2008 and can try this out tomorrow.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're not sure of the namespace:&#xD;&#xA;PS&gt; Get-WmiObject -Namespace &quot;root&quot; -Class &quot;__NAMESPACE&quot; | Format-List Name&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(That's from: http://www.eggheadcafe.com/conversation.aspx?messageid=31024041&amp;threadid=31024027)&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52653" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29521" RevisionGUID="23a81bc4-4650-413d-8e0e-e29754ac1fdb" CreationDate="2009-06-22T02:47:28.157" UserId="6321" Text="I'd like to use basic HTTP authentication to keep people out of our dev site instance since it is unfortantly exposed to the wild internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However, in IIS7, the only authentication modes listed are Forms, Anonymous and Impersonation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Where did the &quot;Basic Authentication&quot; module go, and how can I get it back?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52654" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29521" RevisionGUID="23a81bc4-4650-413d-8e0e-e29754ac1fdb" CreationDate="2009-06-22T02:47:28.157" UserId="6321" Text="IIS7 - Basic Authentication Module missing?" />
  <row Id="52655" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29521" RevisionGUID="23a81bc4-4650-413d-8e0e-e29754ac1fdb" CreationDate="2009-06-22T02:47:28.157" UserId="6321" Text="&lt;iis7&gt;" />
  <row Id="52656" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29522" RevisionGUID="718d09df-021e-45b1-a0d3-327143938bef" CreationDate="2009-06-22T02:49:13.783" UserId="1843" Text="I have Ubuntu Intrepid with Samba installed on my machine. I have a basic configuration file included below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I try to invoke&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    smbclient -L localhost&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I get the error:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    NT_STATUS_CONNECTION_REFUSED&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This also happens when trying to invoke `smbpasswd`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What are the possible causes of this error?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When I run both:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -L&#xD;&#xA;    iptables -t nat -L&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;They are both empty.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here is my config file (Running `testparm` reports that it's ok):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [global]&#xD;&#xA;       workgroup = MSHOME&#xD;&#xA;       server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)&#xD;&#xA;       dns proxy = no&#xD;&#xA;       log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m&#xD;&#xA;       max log size = 1000&#xD;&#xA;       syslog = 0&#xD;&#xA;       panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d&#xD;&#xA;       encrypt passwords = true&#xD;&#xA;       passdb backend = tdbsam&#xD;&#xA;       obey pam restrictions = yes&#xD;&#xA;       unix password sync = yes&#xD;&#xA;       passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u&#xD;&#xA;       passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .&#xD;&#xA;       pam password change = yes&#xD;&#xA;       map to guest = bad user&#xD;&#xA;       usershare allow guests = yes&#xD;&#xA;    [printers]&#xD;&#xA;       comment = All Printers&#xD;&#xA;       browseable = no&#xD;&#xA;       path = /var/spool/samba&#xD;&#xA;       printable = yes&#xD;&#xA;       guest ok = no&#xD;&#xA;       read only = yes&#xD;&#xA;       create mask = 0700&#xD;&#xA;    [print$]&#xD;&#xA;       comment = Printer Drivers&#xD;&#xA;       path = /var/lib/samba/printers&#xD;&#xA;       browseable = yes&#xD;&#xA;       read only = yes&#xD;&#xA;       guest ok = no" />
  <row Id="52657" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29522" RevisionGUID="718d09df-021e-45b1-a0d3-327143938bef" CreationDate="2009-06-22T02:49:13.783" UserId="1843" Text="Invoking `smbclient -L localhost` in Ubuntu gives: NT_STATUS_CONNECTION_REFUSED" />
  <row Id="52658" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29522" RevisionGUID="718d09df-021e-45b1-a0d3-327143938bef" CreationDate="2009-06-22T02:49:13.783" UserId="1843" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;samba&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;" />
  <row Id="52659" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29523" RevisionGUID="b3bc55ce-49d6-47dc-a458-a81deb954ad0" CreationDate="2009-06-22T02:54:51.900" UserId="2783" Text="TechNet is your friend :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[IIS 7.0: Configure Basic Authentication][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772009(WS.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="52662" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29525" RevisionGUID="662fc606-7db1-4a46-b937-ab6489b152bb" CreationDate="2009-06-22T03:04:28.480" UserId="4721" Text="I have not seen a command line scheme for the client yet. But, that does not mean it cannot be automated in scripts. Here is a two step approach,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Create the shortcut link for the VPN as is done normally for your VPN users&#xD;&#xA;  - Keep it configured with username and password&#xD;&#xA;- Use [AutoIt][1] to script only,&#xD;&#xA;  - launching the shortcut, and&#xD;&#xA;  - pressing ENTER on the VPN login window (which is what a user does when everything is configured)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.autoitscript.com/" />
  <row Id="52663" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29525" RevisionGUID="bf35806d-a57f-4389-836f-e610939aa232" CreationDate="2009-06-22T03:09:29.143" UserId="4721" Comment="added 312 characters in body; added 102 characters in body" Text="I have not seen a command line scheme for the client yet. But, that does not mean it cannot be automated in scripts. Here is a two step approach,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Create the shortcut link for the VPN as is done normally for your VPN users&#xD;&#xA;  - Keep it configured with username and password&#xD;&#xA;- Use [AutoIt][1] to script only,&#xD;&#xA;  - launching the shortcut, and&#xD;&#xA;  - pressing ENTER on the VPN login window (which is what a user does when everything is configured)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;If I recollect correctly, the code for pressing enter on a window is simply,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Send (&quot;{ENTER}&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look at the [Send][2] command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can setup AutoIt on one of your administration machines, get the script working, make and executable for it, and give it to the users. It can then be launched from command line as an executable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.autoitscript.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/Send.htm" />
  <row Id="52667" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29527" RevisionGUID="cba9ccf4-7145-4656-83d2-ce17eceab1b9" CreationDate="2009-06-22T01:56:12.403" Text="&lt;p&gt;If I understand you correctly you are searching for a way to easily test your website locally with different versions of IE on a windows xp box? Try &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;IETester&lt;/a&gt;. One note on the IETester thing: Please be aware that it makes use of existing IE options so it probably will not work the same as an out of the box installed IE6/IE7. (Learned this the hard way, took hours to reproduce an error although the SAME version of IE was used :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52668" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29528" RevisionGUID="2f7c6d96-b64e-4e66-90be-8468146f51c4" CreationDate="2009-06-22T02:58:35.007" Text="&lt;p&gt;I just last week posted about accessing a virtual server on a windows host using 'localhost'. The guest OS was Linux, but I'm sure it wont be difficult to adapt it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fliquidstudios.com/2009/06/18/creating-a-virtual-development-server-using-virtualbox/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.fliquidstudios.com/2009/06/18/creating-a-virtual-development-server-using-virtualbox/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52669" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29529" RevisionGUID="9054f110-8163-4c06-a210-1dc783a23495" CreationDate="2009-06-21T01:43:48.253" Text="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to get Openfire to install on an Ubuntu virtual machine, however upon completing the web based installer, I am unable to login to the admin panel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So far I: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;downloaded debian installer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Installed using stock options&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Added database and built the structure using supplied sql file&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Completed web based installer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am now trying to login using username: admin and my password, however I constantly get a wrong username/password error. There is a record generated in the MySQL DB showing the admin user with an encrypted password, and changing to an unencoded password doesn't work. Can anyone help pinpoint the problem here? Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52670" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29529" RevisionGUID="9054f110-8163-4c06-a210-1dc783a23495" CreationDate="2009-06-21T01:43:48.253" Text="Openfire Installation Issue - Can't Login to admin panel" />
  <row Id="52671" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29529" RevisionGUID="9054f110-8163-4c06-a210-1dc783a23495" CreationDate="2009-06-21T01:43:48.253" Text="&lt;openfire&gt;&lt;jabber&gt;&lt;xmpp&gt;&lt;bugs&gt;" />
  <row Id="52672" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29530" RevisionGUID="cb2dc196-3308-4c7c-a3fe-806d17abd1ee" CreationDate="2009-06-21T02:58:20.880" Text="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-recover-openfire-admin-password/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-recover-openfire-admin-password/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;however this is not programming related.... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52673" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29531" RevisionGUID="451f7a1c-6ffa-4902-a1af-01ef8be7f185" CreationDate="2009-06-22T03:39:55.820" UserId="9159" Text="The solution turned out to be be creating shared roster groups via the web admin interface.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    name: operators&#xD;&#xA;    members: operator1@domain, operator2@domain, ...&#xD;&#xA;    displayed groups: operators&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    name: everybody&#xD;&#xA;    members: @all@&#xD;&#xA;    displayed groups: operators&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also set the operators' Pidgin to hide offline users or else the buddy list quickly grows too long as new guest accounts are added." />
  <row Id="52674" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29532" RevisionGUID="7e825583-22da-487e-ba53-5c63b4efef86" CreationDate="2009-06-22T03:41:26.190" UserId="7519" Text="You might have to install the basic authentication module for IIS. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For vista it is:&#xD;&#xA;Control Panel -&gt; Programs -&gt; Turn Windows features on or off&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then in the treeview it is:&#xD;&#xA;Internet Information Services -&gt; World Wide Web Services -&gt; Security - &gt; Basic Authentication&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Server 2008: &#xD;&#xA;Server Manager -&gt; Add Role -&gt; Web Server -&gt; Select Role Services&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then in the treeview it is:&#xD;&#xA;Internet Information Services -&gt; World Wide Web Services -&gt; Security - &gt; Basic Authentication&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Click the checkbox and install.  Then you should be able to see the basic authentication option." />
  <row Id="52675" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29533" RevisionGUID="50cd2ed4-abc7-41dd-855a-a251e3391878" CreationDate="2009-06-22T03:45:59.210" UserId="10278" Text="I've used the KACE KBox pretty successfully at a prior job. It allows you to perform all sorts of Windows installations (similar to SMS), and allows for Linux/Unix and OS X installs as well. You can also do file replication, instead of running an installer. The KBOX also lets you do all sorts of interesting things like patch deployment and asset tracking. It can be expensive, but not as expensive as some solutions (so I hear), like Altiris. I should note that, no, I don't work for KACE, but I really did enjoy using their product. It made some tasks quite a breeze." />
  <row Id="52676" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29534" RevisionGUID="96d2cc39-9c3d-4231-bb95-c990e925e510" CreationDate="2009-06-22T03:55:33.247" UserId="10279" Text="Recently I have been looking into open source honeynet technology, mainly Honeyd and Potemkin.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Was wondering if anyone had experience working with them or similar technology and how you would start deploying these decoy servers. (Novice System Admin here)." />
  <row Id="52677" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29534" RevisionGUID="96d2cc39-9c3d-4231-bb95-c990e925e510" CreationDate="2009-06-22T03:55:33.247" UserId="10279" Text="Deploying Honetpots/Honeynets on Live networks" />
  <row Id="52678" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29534" RevisionGUID="96d2cc39-9c3d-4231-bb95-c990e925e510" CreationDate="2009-06-22T03:55:33.247" UserId="10279" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="52679" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29535" RevisionGUID="037e14bf-c7a6-4c57-91ea-ce04b13cbf82" CreationDate="2009-06-22T03:57:07.267" UserId="5989" Text="For internal hostnames, I like assigning a subdomain for virtual machines, say &quot;vm.example.com&quot;. You can further delineate that with virtualization type (vmware., xen., kvm., etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, each host has the descriptive name per your internal standards. I've worked in two environments that had sensible hostname standards:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* purpose number environment, ie web1prod, db3test, etc.&#xD;&#xA;* purpose subnet sequence(a-z vs #), where subnet is a 1 (public facing), 2 (dmz/internal) or 3 (management network), ie web1a, build2a, mon3a.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The former is my primary preference, so for say, a web server virtual machine for your dev environment:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* web1dev.vm.example.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For a database server in your Xen test environment (if you go with multiple virtualization types).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* db1.xen.example.com" />
  <row Id="52680" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29535" RevisionGUID="037e14bf-c7a6-4c57-91ea-ce04b13cbf82" CreationDate="2009-06-22T03:57:07.267" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52681" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29536" RevisionGUID="9025d3de-1abd-4c13-bc48-f03ee914f0d5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T04:09:24.700" UserId="9159" Text="i've set up a live chat using ejabberd. It's working pretty well but I'd like to be able to round-robin chat sessions to different operators depending on who is already in a chat and who is free to talk. To implement this I need some way to update a users presence based on wether they are currently in a private chat. I'm currently using mod_shared_roster to advertise presence but it only reports wether a user is available.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This really needs to be done server side because I will need to rely on different IM clients depending on the operators' system." />
  <row Id="52682" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29536" RevisionGUID="9025d3de-1abd-4c13-bc48-f03ee914f0d5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T04:09:24.700" UserId="9159" Text="xmpp change status on chat" />
  <row Id="52683" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29536" RevisionGUID="9025d3de-1abd-4c13-bc48-f03ee914f0d5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T04:09:24.700" UserId="9159" Text="&lt;xmpp&gt;&lt;ejabberd&gt;" />
  <row Id="52684" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29537" RevisionGUID="2ae41f3e-e317-40af-99de-9001e9257da5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T04:13:58.700" UserId="10280" Text="There's not much different between salary for a sysadmin and a developer... But about which one is easier, I think system administration is based on experience while programming is based on creativeness. That’s why you might find good programmers who can do sys admin well but not vice versa ;-).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Yes, I’m a coder :-)" />
  <row Id="52685" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29538" RevisionGUID="8d0f486c-d163-4b68-9e68-dbd42b6a93b5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T04:23:48.913" UserId="3515" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;I am running an IIS 6 FTP Server on a Windows Server 2003 computer (lets call it FTPPC), connected to a domain (lets call it DOMAIN).&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Allow anonymous connections is off, so a user requires a domain account to connect to the ftp. The user connects to the ftp using DOMAIN\USERNAME&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;The root of the ftp is pointing at E:\FTP-ROOT\, and inside are 2 folders:&#xD;&#xA;\PATH1\&#xD;&#xA;\PATH2\&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;There is a Virtual Directory called PATH1 pointing to a UNC share on another pc on the domain (called DOMAINPC), set to &quot;always use the authenticated users credentials&quot;. When connected to the ftp, a user can browse to this and will see the contents successfully.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;There is also a Virtual Directory called PATH2 pointing to a UNC share on a pc that is NOT CONNECTED to the domain (called NODOMAINPC).&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;I have created a user on NODOMAINPC called USER1, and creating the exact same username on FTPPC with an identical password on both accounts.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;In the &quot;connect as&quot; section for the PATH2 virtual directory, I have tried multiple things with different results:&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Set the username to FTPPC\USER1 - when trying to browse the virtual directory over ftp, the error is &quot;Access is denied&quot;&#xD;&#xA;Set the username to NODOMAINPC\USER1 - when trying to browse the virtual directory over ftp, the error is &quot;Logon failure: unknown user or bad password&quot;&#xD;&#xA;Set the username to USER1 - when trying to browse the virtual directory over ftp, the error is &quot;Access is denied&quot;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Can this be done? And if so, where am I going wrong? I can connect to the UNC path via windows, just not via ftp.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Thanks" />
  <row Id="52686" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29538" RevisionGUID="8d0f486c-d163-4b68-9e68-dbd42b6a93b5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T04:23:48.913" UserId="3515" Text="Configure IIS FTP with a Virtual Directory to a UNC path" />
  <row Id="52687" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29538" RevisionGUID="8d0f486c-d163-4b68-9e68-dbd42b6a93b5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T04:23:48.913" UserId="3515" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;ftp&gt;&lt;windows&gt;" />
  <row Id="52688" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29539" RevisionGUID="d9bb5161-c3d5-4db9-b560-2ed68f767ce2" CreationDate="2009-06-22T04:23:50.053" UserId="10281" Text="Hello -&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm running Mac OS X (Leopard) and I've just activated Postix, as well as installed UW imapd (a server capable of handling both IMAP and POP3 traffic).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The issue I'm having is that I don't know what file holds the commands to have Leopard start up the internet services (namely the ipop3d, and imapd services).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Previous versions of Mac OS X had a file: /etc/inetd.conf - but I understand that this file, as well as the /etc/xinetd.d directory has been removed from Leopard.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, where do I add entries so the ipop3d, and imapd services can start on system bootup?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks, ~Aki" />
  <row Id="52689" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29539" RevisionGUID="d9bb5161-c3d5-4db9-b560-2ed68f767ce2" CreationDate="2009-06-22T04:23:50.053" UserId="10281" Text="Starting pop3 and imap services on Mac OS X" />
  <row Id="52690" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29539" RevisionGUID="d9bb5161-c3d5-4db9-b560-2ed68f767ce2" CreationDate="2009-06-22T04:23:50.053" UserId="10281" Text="&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;postfix&gt;&lt;pop3&gt;&lt;imap&gt;&lt;emailserver&gt;" />
  <row Id="52691" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29540" RevisionGUID="be521ed1-2436-46ee-aeec-547813cab1c6" CreationDate="2009-06-22T04:34:03.963" UserId="9159" Text="I've found a workaround. Since the livechat system uses jsjac (javascript interface to xmpp) I can craft my own presence packets. When a client connects to an operator I set the clients' presence to 'chat' and status to '`talking to &lt;operator jid&gt;`'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When a new client connects I can query the status of all other clients to see who they are chatting to and choose the operator with the least active chats.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If anyone knows a better/easier way I'm happy to hear it." />
  <row Id="52692" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="29538" RevisionGUID="f4f0f379-1574-4502-8b99-64db6efe2353" CreationDate="2009-06-22T04:36:38.983" UserId="7709" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;iis&gt;&lt;ftp&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;unc&gt;&lt;authentication&gt;" />
  <row Id="52694" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29541" RevisionGUID="77ee9d69-0654-424b-9b85-c95f97a18573" CreationDate="2009-06-22T04:58:10.937" UserId="5623" Text="I have a few myths related to private networks (10.x.x.x, 192.168.x.x, etc.).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Myth 1: Private IPs can never appear on the public network. Therefore, it's not possible for a private IP that's not your own to appear in, say, a traceroute listing or the SMTP &quot;Received by&quot; headers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Myth 2: It's not possible for an internet-facing DNS server to hand out private-network IP addresses.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both these myths stem from the same misconception: that private IPs are truly private and that they never mix with public IPs. I believe the spec says only that private IPs shall never be *routed* on the public network. That is, if you try to find the route to some random private IP (assuming it's not on your own network), you won't get anywhere.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But that doesn't preclude private IPs appearing in the output or the result of some query. Internal mail servers, for example, don't have a public IP address, so what other IP address can they include in the Received-By header other than their own?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Likewise, a large institutional network may use different private networks among their numerous LANs. Packets that pass through their network will pick up the private IPs of the routers, even if the packet eventually makes its way back onto the public network. Thus, a traceroute can include the private IP of a router in its output.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;### Myth 3: Since private network addresses are not routable, two LANs that share the same private network address space can be connected via a bridge (such as a VPN) without any problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It won't work -- at least not in my experience. Let's say your work uses the 192.168.1.x network and you use the same one at home (as is typical of consumer routers). You establish a VPN connection from your home PC to work. At some point, you want to send a print job to a printer at work whose IP address is 192.168.1.10. Your home PC looks in its routing table to figure out where to send that packet. Which LAN should receive it: your home LAN or your work LAN? Answer: don't know. Maybe this one, maybe that one. *One* of them will get it, but it probably depends on your OS and VPN software to distinguish which one gets priority. If it's like the VPN software I've had experience with, your home LAN will get it and if there's not a device at 192.168.1.10, the packet will be dropped eventually.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Solution: when using a VPN, make sure both LANs are using different network spaces." />
  <row Id="52695" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29541" RevisionGUID="77ee9d69-0654-424b-9b85-c95f97a18573" CreationDate="2009-06-22T04:58:10.937" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52696" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="29504" RevisionGUID="bc3a13de-7828-4bcd-a947-29a3347373e2" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:01:42.253" UserId="5922" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;pay&gt;&lt;sysadmin&gt;" />
  <row Id="52697" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29542" RevisionGUID="79637db4-b7a0-41fe-a989-436a7c952080" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:05:26.613" UserId="5623" Text="A developer is someone who gets noticed when things go right.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A sysadmin is someone who gets noticed when things go wrong." />
  <row Id="52698" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29543" RevisionGUID="14638fbd-9bd7-41b4-a173-530a6cbe00f1" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:11:20.317" UserId="1146" Text="&#xD;&#xA;Nothing worth of good pay, or success is easy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I can elaborate, it depends on what your goals are.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finding a meaningful, fulfilling, satisfying role that stays that way is a challenge.  There are some things money can't buy (but can help with though).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The one thing I've found over and over with people happy in their life's work/work in life is that if you do something you love, the money comes.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you look for the money first, you are not guaranteed happiness, because we all know lots of people with money that have no clue of how to treat others or themselves, before they had money, or after.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think each can be fulfilling in it's own ways, and they share qualities as well as have their unique parts.  One thing is true for sure.  If you don't do either in your own time, you don't truly love it, and that means you won't get really really good at it, which means you will be less likely to find the great opportunities of success." />
  <row Id="52699" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29544" RevisionGUID="c041bd45-e42d-44f4-8b43-f9a0359e5a91" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:13:38.003" UserId="7408" Text="I was `pgrep`ping for a process today when I noticed that my Ubuntu 9.04 (desktop) machine was running a git server. After a quick swear, I discovered that the `git-daemon-run` package had been (probably inadvertantly) installed, and deinstalling it got rid of that server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But in other cases, I want the server package to be installed, but don't want the server running. For example, I use `lighttpd` for internal testing (it's started by specific test scripts for some applications, and listens only on localhost) but I generally don't want it listening for outside connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I really don't like running all sorts of random servers I don't need on internet-exposed machines, since who knows what security holes they open up. And I prefer not to have to muck about with firewalls, since that's yet another potential source of errors and misconfigurations that can open up security holes. It's not so hard to have Unix machines configured not to start any servers unless specifically asked to do so by the admin; NetBSD (and OpenBSD, too, I think) come this way by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I configure my Ubuntu systems *never* to start any kind of server unless I specifically tell it to I want a server started? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Asking to have a package installed is not, in my book, asking to start a server. If it is supposed to be, it's a terrible user interface, since many package installs don't even have a server to start, so it makes it far too easy to inadvertently start a server without realizing you've done so.)" />
  <row Id="52700" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29544" RevisionGUID="c041bd45-e42d-44f4-8b43-f9a0359e5a91" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:13:38.003" UserId="7408" Text="How do I stop Ubuntu from running server I've not explicitly asked to run?" />
  <row Id="52701" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29544" RevisionGUID="c041bd45-e42d-44f4-8b43-f9a0359e5a91" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:13:38.003" UserId="7408" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;server-security&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;package-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="52702" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29545" RevisionGUID="f0c32845-af78-4d17-be68-e9190a888a1b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:13:52.900" UserId="5623" Text="Laser printers and fax machines still sound just like dot-matrix printers from the 1980s!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When a computer is running some heavy calculations (such as cracking a password) that involves animation on the screen showing the calculation in progress, the computer make beeping and chirping sounds." />
  <row Id="52703" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29545" RevisionGUID="f0c32845-af78-4d17-be68-e9190a888a1b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:13:52.900" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52704" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29546" RevisionGUID="b1375332-ed5b-4612-beda-eec4a92241f7" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:14:32.820" UserDisplayName="wm_eddie" Text="I have a script that generates an Excel spreadsheet that appears to be working all the way until it reaches the SaveAs() call.  I've tried changing DCOM settings, Application pool settings, impersonation settings in web.config and none of them seem to do anything.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there anything I'm missing?" />
  <row Id="52705" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29546" RevisionGUID="b1375332-ed5b-4612-beda-eec4a92241f7" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:14:32.820" UserDisplayName="wm_eddie" Text="Saving a file generated with Excel (2003) Interop on IIS 7.0 Windows 2008 x64" />
  <row Id="52706" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29546" RevisionGUID="b1375332-ed5b-4612-beda-eec4a92241f7" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:14:32.820" UserDisplayName="wm_eddie" Text="&lt;asp.net&gt;&lt;iis7&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="52707" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29547" RevisionGUID="51659046-a6f1-4112-8fb3-b7c008f31010" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:15:24.833" UserId="2572" Text="404 Substatus 2 in IIS means: &quot;Web service extension lockdown policy prevents this request.&quot;, the more friendly message on IIS7 for 404.2 says &quot;The page you are requesting cannot be server because of the ISAPI and CGI Restriction list settings on the web server.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Check out the follow KB articles for possible fixes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328419/][1]&#xD;&#xA;[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328505/][2]&#xD;&#xA;[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328360/][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In IIS6 and 7 the http-sub statuses contain importand information, see&#xD;&#xA;[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318380][4] for a full list.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328419/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328505/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328360/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318380" />
  <row Id="52708" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29548" RevisionGUID="4efa87df-9db4-4902-9fd4-9e90107d12d3" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:17:58.213" UserId="9783" Text="Take a look at what run level you're in with the 'runlevel' command, and remove all the symlinks at /etc/rc`&lt;`runlevel&gt;.d/. You'll probably want some of the daemons running, but most could probably be removed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can add them back in with a symlink from the script in /etc/init.d.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think there is a command that'll do that same trick, and add all the symlinks for all the runlevels, but I just do it manually." />
  <row Id="52709" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29549" RevisionGUID="fb39ee29-313a-42f6-86d5-5c1d920b2cd6" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:17:59.087" UserId="5623" Text="The usual files and tools that you may be used to for starting/stopping/monitoring processes, such as xinetd, /etc/init.d, cron, and /etc/initrc, have been replaced on the Mac by launchd. It uses an XML file for configuring a service. Here are some resources to get you going:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apple - [Getting Started with launchd](http://developer.apple.com/MacOsX/launchd.html)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wikipedia - [launchd](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launchd)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mac Geekery - [All About launchd](http://www.macgeekery.com/tips/all_about_launchd_items_and_how_to_make_one_yourself)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(these came from a quick Google search)" />
  <row Id="52710" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29550" RevisionGUID="85c6afeb-25e3-42ab-8d60-17b5268bd348" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:20:48.957" UserId="5922" Text="I'm surprised nobody has yet mentioned the following option:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find . -type f -ok chown username {} \;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This syntax will confirm the command before executing it. It works best if you expect your match to be a relatively small number of files because it will prompt for each one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some answers mention `xargs`, but with GNU find that too is unnecessary:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find . -type f -exec chown username {} \+&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that the + typically doesn't need to be escaped, but it's good to get in to the habit of doing so anyway." />
  <row Id="52711" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29545" RevisionGUID="e14720c4-3ff7-4965-bf37-85edc29b978f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:23:34.440" UserId="5623" Comment="deleted 6 characters in body" Text="Laser printers and fax machines sound just like dot-matrix printers from the 1980s!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When a computer is running some heavy calculations (such as cracking a password) that involves animation on the screen showing the calculation in progress, the computer make beeping and chirping sounds." />
  <row Id="52712" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29551" RevisionGUID="3bc41f43-de1a-471a-b58b-828061f1d379" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:25:45.107" UserDisplayName="Jon Swanson" Text="You might want to first check to see if you even have IPMI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have an x2100, the version prior to the M2, you will not have IPMI unless you purchased an add-on Service Processor:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/validateUser.do?target=Systems/SunFireX2100/components&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Which is an option card which mounts on top of the DVD bay. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Not sure about Solaris, but if you have linux installed try doing a:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    dmidecode | grep -i ipmi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And see if you get anything back." />
  <row Id="52713" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29552" RevisionGUID="417339ce-b76e-438d-aeae-fd0e9caa0e94" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:27:34.637" UserId="5922" Text="As mibus mentioned, if you install the kernel and *don't* reboot, make sure it's not the default. You don't know if or in what state your server is going to come back in, so make sure it's tested.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said, I think it's good to get in to the habit of rebooting machines on a fairly regular basis when possible. A lot of hardware and software failures will manifest themselves only on a reboot and it's better to find out about those when you're planning a reboot instead of during an unplanned outage." />
  <row Id="52714" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29553" RevisionGUID="b2e69a92-781a-4b65-9401-9d94a55762bd" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:27:52.263" UserId="1561" Text="I don't see an interface definition.  I think your issue is that the service simply isn't bound to the loopback address, so when you connect, you're rejected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Try adding this to your [global] section of your smb.conf file:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    interfaces = ${your-ip-address}/{your-subnet-in-dotted-quad} 127.0.0.1/255.0.0.0" />
  <row Id="52715" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29554" RevisionGUID="f6ee236e-261d-4ee1-a6f4-cbf72d1203e8" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:28:34.197" UserId="3256" Text="**Terminator Salvation** - Fortunately the Terminator bikes have a USB slot, good to see the standard is still going 20 odd years from now!" />
  <row Id="52716" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29554" RevisionGUID="f6ee236e-261d-4ee1-a6f4-cbf72d1203e8" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:28:34.197" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52717" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29555" RevisionGUID="bd2fdfdc-fa69-4d44-8dfc-7fa99e41d4f9" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:29:58.717" UserId="9077" Text="You can also combine find expressions with '-and' and '-or' operators. -and is implicit:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find . -type f -name &quot;plainfile&quot; ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;is the same as &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find . -type f -and -name &quot;plainfile&quot; ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The or operator can reduce your list of 4 commands to 2:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find . -type d -or -type f ...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And finally, not related to find, but chown can also set the group as well. So, coping with spaces in names as well we end up with:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    find . -type d -or -type f -exec chown username:usergroup '{}' \;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52718" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29556" RevisionGUID="b43e474f-a720-4dcb-80db-28b18a1efb4b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:34:57.960" UserId="101" Text="When using a uninterruptible power supply how long does it preserve the original capacity? Say I buy a UPS that holds the necessary load for 10 minutes - I don't want it to unexpectedly come into state when it dies 30 seconds after a blackout starts.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hw many years does it usually take to exhaust the battery without its misuse and abuse? Are there any known examples?" />
  <row Id="52719" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29556" RevisionGUID="b43e474f-a720-4dcb-80db-28b18a1efb4b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:34:57.960" UserId="101" Text="How long does a UPS battery typically last?" />
  <row Id="52720" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29556" RevisionGUID="b43e474f-a720-4dcb-80db-28b18a1efb4b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:34:57.960" UserId="101" Text="&lt;power&gt;&lt;ups&gt;&lt;power-management&gt;" />
  <row Id="52721" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29557" RevisionGUID="503e0b23-b80a-4f6f-b265-94a96eb9ba6a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:37:27.550" UserId="6177" Text="Your UPS vendor should have guidelines.  Our APC UPSes tell us when they think the batteries need to be replaced - from memory, it's about 2 years.  How heavily the UPS is loaded has a big impact on battery life.  APC recommends that you never load them more than 1/2 way." />
  <row Id="52722" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29558" RevisionGUID="0e804d4e-1723-49a5-8888-b4059468d7da" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:38:22.337" UserId="5922" Text="I've always thought of the CSI series as being the worst offenders when it comes to unrealistic use of technology. I think [this episode][1] where they zoom in a surveillance video to get the *reflection from a person's retina (!!!)* really takes the cake.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQCkDGdJpts&amp;feature=PlayList&amp;p=258D2E8542B8188C&amp;index=1" />
  <row Id="52723" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29558" RevisionGUID="0e804d4e-1723-49a5-8888-b4059468d7da" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:38:22.337" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52724" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29559" RevisionGUID="2a0d35a8-03d5-4430-987e-61a8d4e5801c" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:39:22.957" UserId="4694" Text="Install [sysv-rc-conf][1] and simply turn off the services you don't want to have running.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; **sudo apt-get install sysv-rc-conf**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;DESCRIPTION:&#xD;&#xA;sysv-rc-conf gives an easy to use interface for manag‐ ing &quot;/etc/rc{runlevel}.d/&quot; symlinks.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://sysv-rc-conf.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/9454/sysvrcconf.gif" />
  <row Id="52725" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29560" RevisionGUID="b47de765-c144-4386-8c10-fe7d74f9f8fb" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:40:05.470" UserId="4131" Text="I've been trying to be cautious and not adopt early. I am an Enterprise Gold subscriber. I have app clusters for each of Python/Django, Ruby on Rails, and PHP (mostly WordPress). (edit: All servers are Linux.) I'm now considering taking the plunge. I have hosts to spare, so it's not the logistics of the conversion that I fear. (Unless you have a 5.0 Master + 5.1 Slave horror story to share.) I was reluctant due to a rant by Monty, but I really want a few of the new features. (Especially the additions to the information_schema.) I'm a full time DBA, so I like knowing what is happening to my servers and my data. I work for a news organization, so we don't have the freedom to experience down time like your average LAMP user. It feels like the time for 5.1 has come.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What say you?" />
  <row Id="52726" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29560" RevisionGUID="b47de765-c144-4386-8c10-fe7d74f9f8fb" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:40:05.470" UserId="4131" Text="Is it time to upgrade production MySQL 5.0 servers to 5.1?" />
  <row Id="52727" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29560" RevisionGUID="b47de765-c144-4386-8c10-fe7d74f9f8fb" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:40:05.470" UserId="4131" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;" />
  <row Id="52728" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="29544" RevisionGUID="13242bd7-408e-41eb-8762-804af499c867" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:47:16.017" UserId="4694" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;security&gt;&lt;server-security&gt;&lt;server&gt;&lt;package-management&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="52729" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29561" RevisionGUID="a799b7de-9594-4399-b239-13ecbd21a814" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:52:07.533" UserId="6988" Text="Hi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think sys admin is very difficult.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You generally need to maintain programs that you have not written, and with little or no documentation.&#xD;&#xA; - Often you have to say no, I find that very difficult.&#xD;&#xA; - Instrumentation, or good error message is hardly ever done well enough to be useful (especially the custom software)&#xD;&#xA; - Your expected to keep an environment running on the bare minimum and then when recovery is going to take 4 hours everybody is unhappy&#xD;&#xA; - Your knowledge needs to be incredible broad&#xD;&#xA; - Being able to associate a small change to a failure on a seemingly unrelated section is usually to blame for outages&#xD;&#xA; - Usually very strong permissions, that means that you could break a lot of things&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think developers have it easy, and don’t take their jobs seriously enough.  I would like to see myself as a software engineer, but that would be an insult to the really good software engineers out there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In engineering you don’t guess at the possible cause of the problem.  You look at the facts / error logs / things that you can use to identify the problem.  Make a hypothesis and test your hypothesis for truth, then and only then do you make a recommendation to resolve the issue that you having on a production server.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I too often see people making wild assumptions, and justify their outrages claim with, that is how I think it works.  Is that an opinion or a fact?  I think that is dangerous and irresponsible.  If you want to go and think about something and give an opinion on it, go do philosophy or something similar.  But when you’re working on sites with thousands of users, I don’t give a hoot about what you think, tell me what you know for a fact. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have worked with brilliant server people before, and most often if you as developer say to the server admin, I think the following is the problem, and this is how we can prove in a different safe environment that, this is in fact the problem.  Then we spend some time fixing the problem based on this assumption in a safe environment, and we can then with confidence say that this is in fact the problem.  And follow these steps to resolve the problem on the production systems.  It takes a certain amount of guts, and honesty I think to admit this, and generally people don’t want to admit they don’t know something.  I think not knowing something is a given, but people that imply that they know something and don’t, is lying and dangerous.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I also think that there is an aspect of creativity to software development, however I think good code is often tedious and boring, and above all predictable, simple, and consistent. And those characteristics are generally not associated with creativity.  Software engineering is a science and I wish we can find a better way for developers and the guys and gals that keep development systems going to understand more about each other’s jobs.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Rihan&#xD;&#xA;Developer that had the privilege to work as sys admit for the first part of my career.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52730" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29562" RevisionGUID="b84e3f3a-bc74-483c-b0ef-cce0f08bf2a2" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:53:07.923" UserId="2503" Text="If you have a compelling reason for doing so, go ahead when you get the mandate to spend the (large amount of) time. If I was your boss I'd like to know a really good reason for taking a lot of time and risk.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Upgrading a component like MySQL is going to be a massive piece of work, especially performance testing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In any case, it really depends how well your application is covered by automated test cases, and how complex your release process is. But upgrading a database sounds like the kind of thing that requires every test possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You would at a minimum want to performance test critical parts of your application and do some soak / stress testing also to make sure you're not using it in some way which will blow the machine up over time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Depending on how much data you have (and what the redundancy / downtime requirements of your app are; how big your maintenance windows can be etc), the logistics of the conversion may or may not be an issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd say that testing is much harder than logistics of a migration, even if the logistics are nontrivial. I recently upgraded from 4.1 to 5, and the project took ~ 6 months, mostly because the testing was hard. We found almost no bugs caused by the MySQL upgrade though." />
  <row Id="52731" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29563" RevisionGUID="bf3eac30-762c-4bb3-8baf-bc1bea9345a8" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:54:56.280" UserId="1561" Text="How much do you value the data?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seriously, each filesystem has its own tradeoffs.  Before I go much further, I am a big fan of XFS and Reiser both, although I often run Ext3.  So there isn't a real filesystem bias at work here, just letting you know...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the filesystem is little more than a container for you, then go with whatever provides your best access times.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the data is of any significant value, you will want to avoid XFS.  Why?  Because if it can't recover a portion of a file that is journaled *it will zero out the blocks*.  As in, kiss your data goodbye.  This is perfectly acceptable when you are working with multi-gigabyte digital video streams, and you are compositing a stream - you simply restart the process and presto! the data is there again.  And you really don't want to wait around to rebuild terabytes of video, do you?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a database environment, it's a recipe for disaster.  Can you say &quot;restore from backup&quot;?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ReiserFS is a great filesystem, provided that *it never crashes hard*.  The journal recovery works fine, but if for some reason you loose your parition info, or the core blocks of the filesystem are blown away, you may have a quandry if there are multiple ReiserFS partitions on a disk - because the recovery mechanism basically *scans the entire disk, sector by sector, looking for what it &quot;thinks&quot; is the start of the filesystem*.  If you have three partitions with ReiserFS but only one is blown, you can imagine the chaos this will cause as the recovery process stitches together a frankenstein mess from the other two systems...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ext3 is &quot;slow&quot;, in a &quot;I have 32,000 files and it takes time to find them all running ls&quot; kinda way.  If you're going to have thousands of small temporary tables everywhere, you will have a wee bit of grief.  Newer versions now include an index option that dramatically cuts down the directory traversal but it can still be painful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've never used JFS.  I can only comment that every review of it I've ever read has been something along the lines of &quot;solid, but not the fastest kid on the block&quot;.  It may merit investigation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Enough of the Cons, let's look at the Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;XFS:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - screams with enormous files, fast recovery time&#xD;&#xA; - very fast directory search&#xD;&#xA; - Primitives for freezing and unfreezing the filesystem for dumping&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ReiserFS:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Highly optimal small-file access&#xD;&#xA; - Packs several small files into same blocks, conserving filesystem space&#xD;&#xA; - fast recovery, rivals XFS recovery times&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ext3:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Tried and true, based on well-tested Ext2 code&#xD;&#xA; - Lots of tools around to work with it&#xD;&#xA; - Can be re-mounted as Ext2 in a pinch for recovery&#xD;&#xA; - Can be both shrunk and expanded (some can only be expanded)&#xD;&#xA; - Newest versions can be shrunk &quot;live&quot; (if you're that daring)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So you see, each has its own quirks.  The question is, which is the least quirky for you?" />
  <row Id="52732" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29564" RevisionGUID="32c15833-53f3-4e0a-964c-e1cdf8b5fd6f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T05:58:16.773" UserId="10260" Text="My Apache server with mod_php was running out of memory because of a Wordpress site. So after optimizing Wordpress, I moved on to Apache. I found that mod_fastcgi worked better than mod_fcgi. Moving PHP out of Apache reduced the Web server's footprint (from 38M to 4M per process). I also installed eAccelerators and have found that PHP runs faster. Also, if you pages have lots of includes (CSS &amp; javascript), one of the tricks that I did with Wordpress was to compress the includes to one file which minimum whitespace (but this may be more of an artifact of Wordpress).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So I would suggest seeing of moving PHP out Apache (and into a separate process with mod_fastcgi [php-cgi]) helps. Please note that the PHP accelerators will increase the PHP process's memory requirements (which is another reason to move it out of the Apache process)." />
  <row Id="52733" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29563" RevisionGUID="ddc7df68-60be-435a-a5bf-844b1d9ed5ea" CreationDate="2009-06-22T06:00:24.303" UserId="1561" Comment="added 193 characters in body" Text="How much do you value the data?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Seriously, each filesystem has its own tradeoffs.  Before I go much further, I am a big fan of XFS and Reiser both, although I often run Ext3.  So there isn't a real filesystem bias at work here, just letting you know...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the filesystem is little more than a container for you, then go with whatever provides your best access times.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the data is of any significant value, you will want to avoid XFS.  Why?  Because if it can't recover a portion of a file that is journaled *[it will zero out the blocks][1]*.  As in, kiss your data goodbye.  This is perfectly acceptable when you are working with multi-gigabyte digital video streams, and you are compositing a stream - you simply restart the process and presto! the data is there again.  And you really don't want to wait around to rebuild terabytes of video, do you?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In a database environment, it's a recipe for disaster.  Can you say &quot;restore from backup&quot;?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ReiserFS is a great filesystem, provided that *it never crashes hard*.  The journal recovery works fine, but if for some reason you loose your parition info, or the core blocks of the filesystem are blown away, you may have a quandry if there are multiple ReiserFS partitions on a disk - because the recovery mechanism basically *scans the entire disk, sector by sector, looking for what it &quot;thinks&quot; is the start of the filesystem*.  If you have three partitions with ReiserFS but only one is blown, you can imagine the chaos this will cause as the recovery process stitches together a frankenstein mess from the other two systems...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ext3 is &quot;slow&quot;, in a &quot;I have 32,000 files and it takes time to find them all running ls&quot; kinda way.  If you're going to have thousands of small temporary tables everywhere, you will have a wee bit of grief.  Newer versions now include an index option that dramatically cuts down the directory traversal but it can still be painful.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've never used JFS.  I can only comment that every review of it I've ever read has been something along the lines of &quot;solid, but not the fastest kid on the block&quot;.  It may merit investigation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Enough of the Cons, let's look at the Pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;XFS:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - screams with enormous files, fast recovery time&#xD;&#xA; - very fast directory search&#xD;&#xA; - Primitives for freezing and unfreezing the filesystem for dumping&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ReiserFS:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Highly optimal small-file access&#xD;&#xA; - Packs several small files into same blocks, conserving filesystem space&#xD;&#xA; - fast recovery, rivals XFS recovery times&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ext3:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Tried and true, based on well-tested Ext2 code&#xD;&#xA; - Lots of tools around to work with it&#xD;&#xA; - Can be re-mounted as Ext2 in a pinch for recovery&#xD;&#xA; - Can be both shrunk and expanded (some can only be expanded)&#xD;&#xA; - Newest versions can be shrunk &quot;live&quot; (if you're that daring)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So you see, each has its own quirks.  The question is, which is the least quirky for you?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:LFaiKFiqe4UJ:oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/design_docs/xfsdocs93_ps/block.zero.ps+xfs+zero+out+blocks&amp;cd=1&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=us&amp;client=firefox-a" />
  <row Id="52734" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29544" RevisionGUID="440c6cc4-f974-44a3-936f-fad394fa73d3" CreationDate="2009-06-22T06:04:44.827" UserId="7408" Comment="try to clarify question; first two answers were not at all what I was looking for." Text="I was `pgrep`ping for a process today when I noticed that my Ubuntu 9.04 (desktop) machine was running a git server. After a quick swear, I discovered that the `git-daemon-run` package had been (probably inadvertantly) installed, and deinstalling it got rid of that server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But in other cases, I want the server package to be installed, but don't want the server running. For example, I use `lighttpd` for internal testing (it's started by specific test scripts for some applications, and listens only on localhost) but I generally don't want it listening for outside connections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I really don't like running all sorts of random servers I don't need on internet-exposed machines, since who knows what security holes they open up. And I prefer not to have to muck about with firewalls, since that's yet another potential source of errors and misconfigurations that can open up security holes. It's not so hard to have Unix machines configured not to start any servers unless specifically asked to do so by the admin; NetBSD (and OpenBSD, too, I think) come this way by default.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I configure my Ubuntu systems *never* to start any kind of server unless I specifically tell it to I want a server started? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Asking to have a package installed is not, in my book, asking to start a server. If it is supposed to be, it's a terrible user interface, since many package installs don't even have a server to start, so it makes it far too easy to inadvertently start a server without realizing you've done so.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT: Just to make it clear, the problem is not that I want to be able to stop existing servers. The problem is that I don't want new servers started without an explicit request. This means I should be able to do any sysadmin task, such as installing a package, and be confident that no servers have started. The first two responses did not satisfy this requirement, because I had to know, somehow, that new servers had been started, which I don't." />
  <row Id="52735" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29565" RevisionGUID="8a34a144-4ee1-4a38-b24f-137ecce88a59" CreationDate="2009-06-22T06:05:39.800" UserId="1561" Text="The &quot;newer&quot; versions of amavisd-new will wedge over time.  I encounter this about every 5-6 months.  I haven't traced the issue directly but it appears to be an issue with the perl installation that comes with RHEL/CentOS (which is what I am running).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can tell you that you'll want to adjust the child lifetime down quite a bit, say 10-30 runs each, as this seems to mitigate the worst of it.  It also seems that spam storms can cause the process a bit of grief and under heavy load, causes some children to die.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wish I had more I could tell you, but that's what I have.  Oh, and are you updating modules out of CPAN?  On Debian I believe this works correctly, but on RHEL/CentOS this has been documented for some time to cause all kinds of grief.  If all else fails, rev the newest version of spamassassin in CPAN, which in the past has also mitigated some issues." />
  <row Id="52736" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29566" RevisionGUID="e63c4d5c-cfc6-4717-bf01-4b6956b94b5a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T06:07:31.873" UserId="6913" Text="I'd prefer for logadm to name files with a YYYYMMDD extensions, instead of the standard .0, .1, .2 ...  I'd still want log admin to keep the last 'n' log rotations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this possible, or am using the wrong tool for application log rotation?  I'm rotating files only based on date, and not by size." />
  <row Id="52737" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29566" RevisionGUID="e63c4d5c-cfc6-4717-bf01-4b6956b94b5a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T06:07:31.873" UserId="6913" Text="Can logadm include the date in the filename?" />
  <row Id="52738" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29566" RevisionGUID="e63c4d5c-cfc6-4717-bf01-4b6956b94b5a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T06:07:31.873" UserId="6913" Text="&lt;solaris&gt;&lt;logadm&gt;" />
  <row Id="52739" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29567" RevisionGUID="f056b35e-7bf2-4733-88a7-fcbb8be38784" CreationDate="2009-06-22T06:07:32.137" UserId="101" Text="I've never had an uninterruptible power supply and think of buying one. What not-so-obvious things should I not do to the UPS so that it lives longer?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't mean some obvious abuse like dropping/exposing to direct heat/exposing to wrong voltage. I mean less obvious things like its not acceptable to leave an acid battery UPS unplugged for long time after it has been used because some chemical processes start in half-discharged batteries and render the batteries unusable. What other misuses should I know about?" />
  <row Id="52740" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29567" RevisionGUID="f056b35e-7bf2-4733-88a7-fcbb8be38784" CreationDate="2009-06-22T06:07:32.137" UserId="101" Text="What less obvious ways are there to misuse and damage a UPS?" />
  <row Id="52741" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29567" RevisionGUID="f056b35e-7bf2-4733-88a7-fcbb8be38784" CreationDate="2009-06-22T06:07:32.137" UserId="101" Text="&lt;ups&gt;&lt;power-management&gt;&lt;power&gt;" />
  <row Id="52742" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29568" RevisionGUID="fcace552-60c3-4392-88ca-cd2d37947709" CreationDate="2009-06-22T06:20:12.487" UserId="10286" Text="If possible, run a protocol analyzer on that server such as [Wireshark][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That should at least give you some insight as to where the extraneous MAC addresses are coming from. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it really is coming from your server, then you may have to look deeper. That MAC address doesn't seem valid at all, and you may have a process sending out frames that shouldn't be.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would also verify that your physical connection to the provider switch doesn't go through any intermediary switches which may be injecting frames into the wrong ports.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wireshark.org/ &quot;Wireshark&quot;" />
  <row Id="52743" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29506" RevisionGUID="5869c0af-e7d5-4814-914c-5044f0d21e72" CreationDate="2009-06-22T06:23:01.560" UserId="1682" Comment="added 15 characters in body" Text="For some shells (not bash) escape {} for proper behavior. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    \{\} or '{}'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;find manual is good for mastering find." />
  <row Id="52744" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29569" RevisionGUID="d69e6de2-caa0-448f-9ed8-9e28f6930dec" CreationDate="2009-06-22T06:35:05.327" UserId="2299" Text="I find UPS batteries fail after 2 to 3 years of continual use. If it's an APC UPS they have a battery test function and I use this about once a month to make sure the battery is OK.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52745" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29570" RevisionGUID="9bd40aed-19ac-4b5d-b074-727797d179a4" CreationDate="2009-06-22T06:39:02.790" UserId="2299" Text="Obvious question I suppose, but have you checked you have access to the folder where the spreadsheet is being saved? From the tags I'd guess this is being done from an ASP.Net page on a web server in which case it will be running as either the user opening the page if you're using authentication or as, erm, something else if it's anonymous access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52746" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29571" RevisionGUID="24212364-9504-4c92-8973-59b888afe18a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T06:39:21.700" UserId="7073" Text="Remember to that some UPS can add more batteries, that will add runtime, but does not add capacity.  For instance, if the USP is rated at 1500 watts, then no matter how many packs you add to it, its still only good for 1500 watts, just much longer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;APC i know has a calculator on their site to help you figure out sizing as well.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it over loads when you put say 5 servers on it, it will still overload with 5 servers and 2 extra battery packs.  Because the circuts are only able to put out so much power at once.  In this case you would need another UPS and you'd want to put 2 servers on one UPS and 3 servers on the other." />
  <row Id="52747" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29572" RevisionGUID="55030654-3d5d-4cdf-890f-5b69fbad2f5f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T06:39:45.957" UserId="10286" Text="There are some great answers already that show you the average load while doing some common tasks, but if you're doing a power budget, you really only to make sure you have enough for the maximum load.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What you need to know are the operating AC voltage and the maximum draw in Amps. These can be found in either the technical specs and may be printed on the power supply itself. You get the wattage by simply multiplying these two numbers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**W = V(AC) * A**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The converse is also true: if you have a 400W power supply, it draws ~3.6A (400W/110V)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an example, on the power brick of my Dell mini I see 110V (1A), so I'm looking at 110W of power. Thats the theoretical maximum load. I'll most likely use less than this, but not more according to most electrical codes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Let's take another example, a Dell 1905FP 19&quot; Flat Panel Monitor. A bit of Googling will get you to the [Technical Documentation][1] page. Scrolling down to the electrical section shows the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*AC input voltage / frequency / current	100 to 240 VAC / 50 or 60 Hz + 3 Hz / 1.5A (Max.)*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Standard AC voltage in the US is 110V, so you're looking at 165W max (110V * 1.5A). That page also shows that the normal power consumption is between 32W and 65W.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To figure out your actual power budget, spec out an average system and find out the maximum power load for that then multiply by the number of systems you expect to have. That's your power budget.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, you can either get a generator that will power all your devices at maximum load if uptime is a priority, or get one that will handle 50-75% maximum load if price is a concern. As you can see from that Dell Monitor, most devices will operate at 30-50% of maximum load under normal conditions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/monitors/r83546/EN/about.htm#Specifications &quot;Technical Documentation&quot;" />
  <row Id="52748" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29573" RevisionGUID="5d24be38-5fb2-4677-9c4e-5b1a14b623e0" CreationDate="2009-06-22T06:41:34.753" UserId="7073" Text="Dont overload it.  If it has a nice status screen to see the load on it try to keep it below about 60%  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By discharging it faster will wear out the the battery faster&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Heat, humidity are also bad for it." />
  <row Id="52749" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29574" RevisionGUID="4fb20398-bbce-4807-9806-1d0a999bb6f5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T06:46:26.893" UserId="2299" Text="Yes, if the VPN connection is called &quot;My VPN&quot; then:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rasdial &quot;My VPN&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;will dial the connection. Helpfully it sets errorlevel to the RAS error code if it fails to connect, so your script can detect a connection failure. If you need to supply a username and password instead of using the saved credentials use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    rasdial &quot;My VPN&quot; username password&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52750" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29575" RevisionGUID="b3056032-4436-438b-830a-eca87712cead" CreationDate="2009-06-22T06:47:03.650" UserId="1736" Text="According to the answers to [my question over here][1], it's a bad idea to have a power strip touch it either upstream or downstream.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/29288/ups-and-power-strip-interactions" />
  <row Id="52754" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29577" RevisionGUID="7fdecb14-1a79-4a7d-801a-be5c4c7de1bc" CreationDate="2009-06-22T06:49:40.727" UserId="7709" Text="Don't plug a UPS into another UPS (i.e. Daisychaining them).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's a good discussion [on why not to here][1], or from [APC themselves here][2].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://board.iexbeta.com/index.php?s=&amp;showtopic=64170&amp;view=findpost&amp;p=714620&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://nam-en.apc.com/cgi-bin/nam_en.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=397&amp;p_created=1010390400&amp;p_sid=Uz4QDwai&amp;p_lva=&amp;p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MTMmcF9wcm9kcz0wJnBfY2F0cz0mcF9wdj0mcF9jdj0mcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT1hbnN3ZXJzLnNlYXJjaF9ubCZwX3BhZ2U9MSZwX3NlYXJjaF90ZXh0PWRhaXN5IGNoYWlu&amp;p_li=&amp;p_topview=1" />
  <row Id="52755" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29578" RevisionGUID="23d8d044-7dad-45a9-b559-88da9cde419f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T06:53:07.583" UserId="2299" Text="I haven't used a cable modem, but won't it see the MAC address of whatever is sending the packet, i.e. whatever is connected to LAN2. Hosts on the wireless network, or indeed other hosts connected to LAN3 or LAN4 would present a different MAC address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'd normally connect your cable modem to the WAN port of an ethernet router like the Draytek 2910 (I'm not sure what the Netgear equivalent is, but there will be one). That way the cable modem only ever sees the MAC address of the router's WAN port.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52756" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29579" RevisionGUID="694450d8-39dc-4d06-985d-7632d4e92a58" CreationDate="2009-06-22T06:58:26.887" UserDisplayName="SIMS" Text="I am also facing the same problem. Recently I upload quite a number of photos to my outlook contacts, and seeing their faces everytime I open their email is a little creepy. Like the original poster, I do not want to delete the photo from my contacts because I use it in my PDA. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone found a away to hide or remove the photos from appearing in the email? " />
  <row Id="52757" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29580" RevisionGUID="285f079b-826c-488e-81a7-8a233c59ff46" CreationDate="2009-06-22T07:01:13.340" UserId="9176" Text="You can try to create script that will check up list of installed services and verify them against some list of permitted services. If service is not in the list then script will turn it off. The script must be run at start before common services. And maybe run like daemon to shut freshly installed services. Or if possible to run automatically after each install to check for new services." />
  <row Id="52758" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29581" RevisionGUID="d8f3e0b7-a5c1-4d6d-b7b1-ae3b2824e702" CreationDate="2009-06-22T07:04:16.967" UserId="10286" Text="The best solution I've found is [CoRD][1]. It's free, open source, and it supports multiple saved sessions, shared clipboard, and a bunch of other features.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been using it to connect to terminal services on the server farm at work, and it works like a charm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In fact, it's way better than the official Microsoft RDP client for Mac.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://cord.sourceforge.net/ &quot;CoRD&quot;" />
  <row Id="52759" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29582" RevisionGUID="bb8f8a45-a61c-4ac6-b46e-f12e503e4ec8" CreationDate="2009-06-22T07:12:51.023" UserId="10260" Text="I like GoDaddy, the process was quick and easy. They have good online documentation once you login. The price was right (mix in a discount from buying another product, or use the discount from buying this to renew a domain and things are even cheaper).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just bought a domain and the certificate had two names in it, www.domainname.com and domainname.com for the price of one domain (no more need to buy two or use redirection).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52760" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29583" RevisionGUID="cedeec77-6af2-481b-93bc-1c30c95df658" CreationDate="2009-06-22T07:13:37.230" UserId="9803" Text="I've got two internet gateways on my network. I want half the machines to point to the first Gateway and half to the second. Currently, they're all using DHCP. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I assume that to assign them to a specific gateway, I'll have to switch off DHCP and enter the gateway address manually. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming this is the case - can someone provide a set of steps to do this?" />
  <row Id="52761" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29583" RevisionGUID="cedeec77-6af2-481b-93bc-1c30c95df658" CreationDate="2009-06-22T07:13:37.230" UserId="9803" Text="Non-DHCP XP Network Gateway configuration" />
  <row Id="52762" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29583" RevisionGUID="cedeec77-6af2-481b-93bc-1c30c95df658" CreationDate="2009-06-22T07:13:37.230" UserId="9803" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;gateway&gt;&lt;dhcp&gt;&lt;configuration&gt;" />
  <row Id="52763" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29580" RevisionGUID="fda8855e-24af-44d8-9f63-658a3e2296f2" CreationDate="2009-06-22T07:14:32.157" UserId="9176" Comment="added 394 characters in body" Text="You can try to create script that will check up list of installed services and verify them against some list of permitted services. If service is not in the list then script will turn it off. The script must be run at start before common services. And maybe run like daemon to shut freshly installed services. Or if possible to run automatically after each install to check for new services.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. I can think of two possible causes of services start after package install. That is package feature, or that is package manager feature. If that is package feature i dont think there is some way to change service behaviour. If that is package manager feature maybe there is some configuration option to prevent service start after install. I dont know right now so just throwing ideas." />
  <row Id="52764" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29584" RevisionGUID="5366844c-aa06-46f4-ba61-430575a648be" CreationDate="2009-06-22T07:15:56.210" UserId="9803" Text="Don't forget about &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.realvnc.com/&quot;&gt;VNC&lt;/a&gt; - an oldie but a goodie. " />
  <row Id="52765" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29585" RevisionGUID="6d11eff8-8b60-4682-af49-9f979f14a265" CreationDate="2009-06-22T07:18:32.760" UserId="7752" Text="The expectation of the packaging system is that when you install a server package, you want to run that server.  It is a reasonable expectation.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;How do I configure my Ubuntu systems never to start any kind of server unless I &#xD;&#xA;specifically tell it to I want a server started? &#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Roy has answered this question for you.  When you install a new server package, you stop that server and then use a tool like sysv-rc-conf to prevent that server from being started at the next reboot or runlevel change.  Yes, you have to do some work yourself, and that's reasonable because you're configuring your system differently to most people who use Ubuntu.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;For example, I use lighttpd for internal testing (it's started by specific test scripts &#xD;&#xA;for some applications, and listens only on localhost) but I generally don't want it &#xD;&#xA;listening for outside connections.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You should invest some time to learn how to configure lighttpd so that it is permanently configured to only listen on localhost.  Then, when you do start the server, you know it's already configured to your liking." />
  <row Id="52766" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29586" RevisionGUID="33cb7953-8706-41f4-a757-428254a788e2" CreationDate="2009-06-22T07:23:17.787" UserId="10236" Text="Alternatively, you could use `update-rc.d` command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To disable `apache2` service&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `update-rc.d [-f] apache2 remove`" />
  <row Id="52767" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29587" RevisionGUID="6b673f39-3844-4b36-8312-8866cf8eb9f8" CreationDate="2009-06-22T07:26:50.887" UserId="10286" Text="I'll share what we do with our network gear. The same principle applies:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;DNS entries:&#xD;&#xA;switchoffice-3550-12G     IN A X.X.X.X&#xD;&#xA;so355012                  IN CNAME switchoffice-3550-12G&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The basic idea is a short name for typing and a long name for descriptive purposes. This goes along with your idea of different names for the hosts, but using CNAMEs has the added advantage that a dig or nslookup will reference the long name.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52768" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29587" RevisionGUID="6b673f39-3844-4b36-8312-8866cf8eb9f8" CreationDate="2009-06-22T07:26:50.887" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52769" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29586" RevisionGUID="40faca10-3873-4e84-abb9-d42cd84b5229" CreationDate="2009-06-22T07:28:23.143" UserId="10236" Comment="Respond to asker edit." Text="Alternatively, you could use `update-rc.d` command.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To disable `apache2` service&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; `# update-rc.d [-f] apache2 remove`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EDIT:&#xD;&#xA;&gt; This means I should be able to do any&#xD;&#xA;&gt; sysadmin task, such as installing a&#xD;&#xA;&gt; package, and be confident that no&#xD;&#xA;&gt; servers have started.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This behaviour is controlled by scripts inside .deb packages. When you install a package, this script is executed automatically. IIRC, we can't bypass this script." />
  <row Id="52770" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29588" RevisionGUID="5e3c3b30-ac47-48f5-bfd0-2ec7bd911a30" CreationDate="2009-06-22T07:31:16.697" UserId="8996" Text="If you want to keep the last 10  rotations with YYYYMMDD extensions:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    logadm -c 10 -t '$file.%Y%m%d' /path/to/file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;See also the [logadm][1] and [stftime][2] manpages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-0211/6m6nc66uf?a=view&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-0213/6m6ne38ce?a=view" />
  <row Id="52771" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29336" RevisionGUID="baca191d-a1ed-41df-84d0-8c193007dcbd" CreationDate="2009-06-22T07:33:50.887" UserId="4923" Comment="added 189 characters in body; edited title; added 65 characters in body" Text="Every process have&#xD;&#xA;a number of parameters, that I can change. Four processes with 8 parameters will give me &#xD;&#xA;32 different combinations that I can try out. (buffer size, transaction speed cap..)&#xD;&#xA;One test run takes one hour. Therefore it will take time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm hoping that someone will point me in the right direction. I guess what I'm &#xD;&#xA;after is some kind of theory on how transactions is measured and throttled in a complex system. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Like water&#xD;&#xA;flowing in a small river. How do I maximize speed without blowing up the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. What search word in google will help me find information about tuning?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or is it performance testing I am after? *thinking*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm new to stress testing, maybe this have to take long time." />
  <row Id="52772" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="29336" RevisionGUID="baca191d-a1ed-41df-84d0-8c193007dcbd" CreationDate="2009-06-22T07:33:50.887" UserId="4923" Comment="added 189 characters in body; edited title; added 65 characters in body" Text="Where do find information on, tuning theory for &quot;How do I find the transaction rate in a system with four processes?&quot;" />
  <row Id="52773" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29589" RevisionGUID="39390f06-6ba9-4fdd-9354-99eab9575fba" CreationDate="2009-06-22T07:35:53.487" UserId="1068" Text="I have experience with [Capture HPC][1]. This might not be exactly what you're looking for, since it is a fully active honey client solution made to browse URLs you provide it. Nonetheless, I might dispense some advice and pitfalls:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Hardware. Some of these solutions are VMWare based. This means a revert operation is done after the machine is infected. This is HDD intensive operation, which would become really slow if the same HDD hosts two VMs that needs reverting at the same time.&#xD;&#xA; - Isolate the servers as much as possible. If possible, have them on a different network than the organization LAN.&#xD;&#xA; - Have a test environment. There are different configurations possible, and those might effect your performance/malicious-detection-efficiency/etc. . You'll need to experience those.&#xD;&#xA; - Use unpatched guest OS. In order to detect malicious activity, you'll need a vulnerable version of the applications you're testing. I'd look for those at oldversion.com and FileHippo.&#xD;&#xA; - Consider the fact these things require maintenance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I guess there's more to it. Please elaborate the question if you want to know something more specific.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://projects.honeynet.org/capture-hpc" />
  <row Id="52774" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29590" RevisionGUID="1bfebad3-2269-40e6-9558-de0a1a2f68fe" CreationDate="2009-06-22T07:39:16.023" UserId="10291" Text="So far I have the followin result:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    ===&gt;    Verifying install for /usr/local/oracle8-client/lib/libclntsh.a in /usr/ports/databases/oracle8-client&#xD;&#xA;    ===&gt;  oracle8-client-0.2.0_1 is only for i386, while you are running amd64. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need oracle connectivity from PHP5, preferably thru PDO.&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52775" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29590" RevisionGUID="1bfebad3-2269-40e6-9558-de0a1a2f68fe" CreationDate="2009-06-22T07:39:16.023" UserId="10291" Text="Anyone installed php5-pdo_oci on FreeBSD amd64?" />
  <row Id="52776" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29590" RevisionGUID="1bfebad3-2269-40e6-9558-de0a1a2f68fe" CreationDate="2009-06-22T07:39:16.023" UserId="10291" Text="&lt;php5&gt;&lt;pdo&gt;&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;freebsd&gt;&lt;amd64&gt;" />
  <row Id="52778" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29592" RevisionGUID="9391ff60-139c-4f7c-9eef-4ab30048c6e4" CreationDate="2009-06-22T07:50:35.627" UserId="9614" Text="My personal favourite is the movie [Max Knight: Ultra Spy][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's filled with a heap of 'interesting' ideas - being able to plug your 'brain' into a computer, downloading your entire brain to a hard drive- and still be alive.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But the best part is when 'Max' gets hit over the head with a Laptop, and he enquires &quot;Is that the new Pentium 3?&quot; - because, you can always tell what kind of chip the computer is running which has hit you over the head :P&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0237446/" />
  <row Id="52779" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29592" RevisionGUID="9391ff60-139c-4f7c-9eef-4ab30048c6e4" CreationDate="2009-06-22T07:50:35.627" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52780" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29593" RevisionGUID="855e00bd-11cf-4024-ac09-418d29491155" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:05:06.627" UserId="6177" Text="We've replaced the batteries in our oldest UPSes 3 or 4 times, and I don't see any reason not to keep them going for a while longer.  These are a 5U form factor, 3000VA, 120V input and since it doesn't look like they're available any more, I *hope* they keep running for a while.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have about 8 of the smaller 1200-1400 VA SmartUPSes and over the years the electronics on 2 of them have failed, but other than that we've replaced the batteries in those a few times as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've bought 3rd party SLA (sealed lead acid batteries) for my electric bike, but it never occurred to me to look for UPS batteries from those suppliers.  Next time we need replacements, I'll look into it.  As far as I know, there aren't a lot of secret design techniques for SLA batteries, so I'd expect batteries with the same ratings to be just as good no matter where you buy them from.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52781" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29408" RevisionGUID="d725d78c-edea-4b98-a81b-15c05a42cc5e" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:05:16.377" UserId="1992" Comment="edited body" Text="Yes, the trace flags are grouped by area of SQL Server - the first two digits always denote the area. For example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - 6xx are Storage Engine access methods&#xD;&#xA; - 8xx are buffer pool&#xD;&#xA; - 12xx are lock manager&#xD;&#xA; - 14xx are database mirroring&#xD;&#xA; - 25xx, 52xx are DBCC related&#xD;&#xA; - 30xx, 31xx, 32xx are backup/restore&#xD;&#xA; - 36xx are SQL Server general 'run-time'&#xD;&#xA; - 55xx are FILESTREAM&#xD;&#xA; - 73xx, 74xx are query execution&#xD;&#xA; - 75xx are cursors&#xD;&#xA; - 82xx are replication&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are just the ones I remember as I don't have source code any more (I wrote a bunch of the code and owned the whoe Storage Engine for 2008).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's no easy way to remember what each one does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52782" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29594" RevisionGUID="0002dacc-83c6-4958-b8e4-86fcb8692ffc" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:12:21.980" UserId="8132" Text="Having a DHCP server on your network is a good thing for guests and wifi laptops, but if you can avoid DHCP for your workstations, you'll have to make an adresse plan.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;First you can share the both ISP connexions on your routeur to provide Load Balancing and/or Failover and remove one DHCP server, the resting one will make all your clients workstation go trought the reconfigured router.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Then you make your adress plan, it may for example be build on blocks of IP Adresses assigned to the various services like financial service, IT service, Executives etc. &#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;When all your workstations have static IP adresses, you reconfigure your DHCP server with a IP subnet that will have a different firewall  policy for the guests on your network and your wifi laptops (for them you can use DHCP reservations).&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this answer your question, you can go further by using different subnet masks and IP  alias on the lan side of the firewall to isolate the differents blocks of you adress plan this can save you from using vlans providing IP settings on your workstations are not changeable by your users..&#xD;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52783" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29595" RevisionGUID="e2120e34-0dfc-4042-9909-48723c40671f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:13:33.443" UserId="7451" Text="I am going to build home server, mainly for backups. I want to put there some system on USB flash disk (a little space), and attach some hard disks for data (much more space needed). Because it is going to be backup, disks will run only once a day. So to save power I want disks to stop (spin off) while not used. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do I need to buy some special disks for it, or is it enough to configure something in OS (ubuntu)? I want to buy 2.5'' disks, also because it is consuming less power.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52784" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29595" RevisionGUID="e2120e34-0dfc-4042-9909-48723c40671f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:13:33.443" UserId="7451" Text="Hard disk spin down - is it disk feature or settings in OS are enough?" />
  <row Id="52785" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29595" RevisionGUID="e2120e34-0dfc-4042-9909-48723c40671f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:13:33.443" UserId="7451" Text="&lt;hard-drive&gt;&lt;green-it&gt;" />
  <row Id="52786" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29596" RevisionGUID="49fa109d-25bf-4de9-b27a-5eeb368d180f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:15:45.343" UserId="984" Text="While in college I was moving some servers from one room to another.  They all where on a really old UPS which apparently had less protection circuitry then current UPS equipment.  I started by disconnecting all the servers from the UPS and moving those.  Then without shutting down the UPS I unplugged it from the wall.  Sparks started shooting out of the UPS and it literally started bouncing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The electronics teacher had a plausible sounding explanation about why something like this would happen given the design of the UPS, but I don't remember enough details to explain it here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So the moral of the story is this.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - When there is no load, **always** turn off the UPS before disconnecting the power.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52787" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29597" RevisionGUID="80e098e2-5047-42c0-b75b-8f8d8ebe9f06" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:16:10.397" UserId="8950" Text="I'm running mysqldump on a mysql server in a cron (as backup) and I'm getting warning messages like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    mysqldump: Got error: 2013: Lost connection to MySQL server during query when doing refresh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What does this MySQL error (2013) mean? I've done some googling and it's not very helpful...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the record, mysqldump is connecting to a MySQL Slave server, it used to work when it was connecting to a master." />
  <row Id="52788" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29597" RevisionGUID="80e098e2-5047-42c0-b75b-8f8d8ebe9f06" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:16:10.397" UserId="8950" Text="What does MySQL Error 2013 mean?" />
  <row Id="52789" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29597" RevisionGUID="80e098e2-5047-42c0-b75b-8f8d8ebe9f06" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:16:10.397" UserId="8950" Text="&lt;mysql&gt;&lt;error&gt;" />
  <row Id="52790" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29598" RevisionGUID="16b3857a-27ae-4171-b779-949f2c54d0f5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:19:10.313" UserId="10292" Text="Hi, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These are pretty much questions from a newbie.  (I have looked at the other related questions and answers, but none seemed to be exactly answering my own original questions.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need to remotely retrieve, parse, and report in a Java program the CPU and memory usage of a Linux machine.  These should be done in two separate commands instead of one to decouple them to make it easier if one command needs to be changed in the future.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So my questions are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - What is the best command to use to&#xD;&#xA;   retrieve the total CPU usage of a&#xD;&#xA;   machine for this purpose?   &#xD;&#xA; - What is the    best command to use to&#xD;&#xA;   retrieve the    total memory usage of&#xD;&#xA;   a machine for    this purpose?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By best, I mean the output of the commands are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Standard (independent/should be the same across the Linux flavours -- not mandatory, but would be good. target OS though is RHEL 5)&#xD;&#xA; - Can easily be parsed (not cluttered with other information I am not interested in).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="52791" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29598" RevisionGUID="16b3857a-27ae-4171-b779-949f2c54d0f5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:19:10.313" UserId="10292" Text="Best commands to use to find out the total CPU and memory usage of a Linux machine in the following situation" />
  <row Id="52792" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29598" RevisionGUID="16b3857a-27ae-4171-b779-949f2c54d0f5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:19:10.313" UserId="10292" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;cpu&gt;&lt;memory&gt;" />
  <row Id="52793" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29599" RevisionGUID="56212555-65c3-4787-be25-7a17e7967e8f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:22:20.697" UserId="9637" Text="I've recently installed SSMA on my computer and after connecting to both the Oracle instance (which holds the database to be converted) and the SQL Server. I've mapped the needed schemas from oracle to mssql. The problem is that when i click on the report button for the assessment report there's an error popping up: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assesment Error : Nothing to Process &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The output window states: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Starting conversion...&#xD;&#xA;Analyzing metadata...&#xD;&#xA;Conversion finished with 0 errors, 0 warnings, and 0 informational messages.&#xD;&#xA;There is nothing to process.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone got experience with SSMA. I can't figure out what I am doing wrong.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you." />
  <row Id="52794" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29599" RevisionGUID="56212555-65c3-4787-be25-7a17e7967e8f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:22:20.697" UserId="9637" Text="SQL Server Migration Assistant for Oracle problem" />
  <row Id="52795" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29599" RevisionGUID="56212555-65c3-4787-be25-7a17e7967e8f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:22:20.697" UserId="9637" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;sql-server-2005&gt;&lt;migration&gt;" />
  <row Id="52796" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29600" RevisionGUID="55910b1c-f845-46ff-9b45-edb9c5b4d170" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:23:27.353" UserDisplayName="miguel" Text="IF YOU CHANGE THE PORT ON my.ini &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52797" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29601" RevisionGUID="e04782b5-650c-4d7c-a586-1df1b3d761e5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:31:37.667" UserId="9304" Text="I would try attaching a remote debugger, this will then show you in Visual Studio the exception when you hit the page that is using your custom assembly.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I know you mention in your post that you're not allowed to install anything but frankly you're going to have a hard time diagnosing this without any utilities!  " />
  <row Id="52798" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29602" RevisionGUID="19056474-1734-4421-a801-ec777a7b0087" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:31:42.300" UserId="10296" Text="I am trying to install a centos virtual host on my ubuntu laptop but I cannot enable the VT extensions in the BIOS.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have updated to the latest BIOS from Dell the processor is a core 2 duo so it definitely supports the VT extensions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any ideas?" />
  <row Id="52799" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29602" RevisionGUID="19056474-1734-4421-a801-ec777a7b0087" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:31:42.300" UserId="10296" Text="How to enable VT extensions on a Dell inspiron 1545" />
  <row Id="52800" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29602" RevisionGUID="19056474-1734-4421-a801-ec777a7b0087" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:31:42.300" UserId="10296" Text="&lt;dell&gt;&lt;vt&gt;&lt;bios&gt;&lt;virtualization&gt;" />
  <row Id="52801" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29603" RevisionGUID="dd2566aa-182d-4c13-b53e-b246a10dae14" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:31:47.087" UserId="4694" Text="You can use a linux command **hdparm -S**     &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;**man hdparm** &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**-S** : Set  the  standby  (spindown) timeout for the drive.  This value is used by&#xD;&#xA;the drive to determine how long to wait  (with  no  disk  activity)  before&#xD;&#xA;turning off the spindle motor to save power...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also look at this question: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[What’s the effect of standby             (spindown) mode on modern hard           drives?][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/29358/whats-the-effect-of-standby-spindown-mode-on-modern-hard-drives" />
  <row Id="52802" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29604" RevisionGUID="0d756ff1-c0a6-4620-8521-3fa0f0e9179d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:32:48.710" UserId="9461" Text="In Ubuntu it is sufficient to enter:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    hdparm -S 240 /dev/yourdisk      # spinoff after 20 minutes&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52803" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29605" RevisionGUID="e251fe5c-ee3b-4189-968d-13fe762ff99f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:33:23.357" UserId="2299" Text="Which Core 2 Duo? Not all Core 2s have the VT extensions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52804" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29603" RevisionGUID="a0c13798-92e5-4fc8-809c-c8b1f6b529d0" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:37:49.337" UserId="4694" Comment="added 93 characters in body" Text="You can use a linux command **hdparm -S**     &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;**man hdparm** &lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;**-S** : Set  the  standby  (spindown) timeout for the drive.  This value is used by&#xD;&#xA;the drive to determine how long to wait  (with  no  disk  activity)  before&#xD;&#xA;turning off the spindle motor to save power...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also look at this question: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**[What’s the effect of standby             (spindown) mode on modern hard           drives?][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;$ **sudo hdparm -S 240 /dev/sda1**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;/dev/sda1:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;setting standby to 240 (20 minutes)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/29358/whats-the-effect-of-standby-spindown-mode-on-modern-hard-drives" />
  <row Id="52805" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29606" RevisionGUID="49572746-2017-4d56-80c0-fd0c4ee10e5b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:39:01.973" UserId="10229" Text="How about watching on the directories where the init scripts are located?  You can likely make those directories unmodifiable with the chatr command." />
  <row Id="52806" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29607" RevisionGUID="547909ae-04bc-4947-91ae-891f423a7357" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:40:12.313" UserId="5402" Text="&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hi Everyone, after some advice regarding a problem i am getting using a linux based piece of software to balance traffic between two servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically we have our production website and a backup system (at remote site). the production is being mirrored to the backup constantly to keep them synced. our domain name points at a Linux Ubuntu 9.04 server (clean install nothing apart from the load balancing software). which is running the lastest version of Crossroads (aka XR).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;XR is setup to hand all connections to the live webserver until it looses its &quot;heartbeat&quot; connection with that server, once that happens it bounces the connections to our backup system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem i am getting is manifesting itself as a lack of response from our webserver, basically the client passes a correctly formed XML message to a .NET webservice, this service does some calulations and changes to the data then replys with an XML response, however the client never seems to get the response.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have been using wireshark to investigate this problem and it appears as though half way through the response the connection gets cut off or dropped (not really sure due to my lack of experience with wireshark).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;i have been speaking with the authors of the XR software and they cannot find any reasons or problems in the software itself that could explain this behavior, and belive it maybe something to-do with the distro of linux i am using or a kernel issue.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;can anyone help me resolve this issue as we are due to take this system live in the next few weeks and this problem is holding us back.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have now changed over from Ubuntu to CentOS 4 and have tried again, now i am getting random replys from the systems when i use wireshark. sometimes i get a fully formed XMl reply from the server, and the next try i might only get a partial reply before the Linux box sends a RST packet.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52807" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29607" RevisionGUID="547909ae-04bc-4947-91ae-891f423a7357" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:40:12.313" UserId="5402" Text="Ubuntu Linux and Crossroads loadbalancer not quite working." />
  <row Id="52808" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29607" RevisionGUID="547909ae-04bc-4947-91ae-891f423a7357" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:40:12.313" UserId="5402" Text="&lt;loadbalancing&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;centos&gt;&lt;ubuntu-9.04&gt;" />
  <row Id="52809" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29608" RevisionGUID="c10a2bf1-dfd4-4ce2-aa3f-52cd6ff3d167" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:40:37.930" UserDisplayName="WgetMonkey" Text="I am trying to mirror **most** of a ftp sever using wget.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This particular sever keeps old copies of the data files in a folder called 'backup' inside every subfolder.   e.g.  '/MaffiaOffShore/backup'   '/VeryVeryDodgy/backup', which I don't want  but my attempts at using --reject '*backup*' and using --exclude-directory '*backup*' and various other combinations, all have the same result, the whole sever is mirrored,  including the backup folder.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this a bug or am I missing something?" />
  <row Id="52810" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29608" RevisionGUID="c10a2bf1-dfd4-4ce2-aa3f-52cd6ff3d167" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:40:37.930" UserDisplayName="WgetMonkey" Text="The --reject feature in wget doesn't seem to work" />
  <row Id="52811" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29608" RevisionGUID="c10a2bf1-dfd4-4ce2-aa3f-52cd6ff3d167" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:40:37.930" UserDisplayName="WgetMonkey" Text="&lt;wget&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;mirroring&gt;" />
  <row Id="52812" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29609" RevisionGUID="5e66e4af-e5ef-407f-8006-9538cb8be7c3" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:41:06.773" UserId="9524" Text="The &quot;parsing&quot; part of the answer involves playing with standard output and string formatting anyway, unless you use SNMP which (if it is an option) could give you a lot more informations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apart from that, the &quot;free&quot; command shows numbers about used memory, &quot;df&quot; about disk usage, and &quot;top&quot; about different values.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52813" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29610" RevisionGUID="d7d0a711-f8b6-4794-933d-f1383f2a7e1a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:43:09.467" UserId="6177" Text="The SLA (sealed lead acid) batteries in UPSes shouldn't be left in a discharged state.  If they are, sulfates will build up on the plates and their capacity will be reduced.  This isn't normally a problem in UPSes, since they're always plugged in and after a power outage will charge the batteries back up when the power comes on.  But if you somehow decided to unplug a UPS after the batteries were drained and then left it sitting unplugged for a week, you'd probably notice the battery discharging sooner next time. " />
  <row Id="52814" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29605" RevisionGUID="68bf0f41-2587-45be-9f25-b1eaaeee955e" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:43:13.960" UserId="2299" Comment="added 117 characters in body" Text="Which Core 2 Duo? Not all Core 2s have the VT extensions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS See http://www.intel.com/products/processor_number/chart/core2duo.htm for a list of which Core 2's support VT.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52815" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29611" RevisionGUID="68d9f015-9a72-4eb9-a04f-daad7c721f66" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:45:06.983" UserId="1775" Text="Is your database running in the correct Compatability Mode for SQL2005?  That would be 90.  Also make sure that you have ALTER permissions on the Relation table.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52816" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29612" RevisionGUID="b54b0911-d23e-4a87-97e9-c9cfec3803d5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:47:17.400" UserId="9825" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have a couple of CentOS 5.3 systems and I have the same problem on all of those systems.&#xD;&#xA;When I send an email to 'root'  (without specifying a domain) the email is rejected by the email provider. The funny thing is that the email I get back from my mail system is sent to effectively the same user and that email I do get.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This makes that both emails from my cron and asterisk are first rejected and then I get them as an attachment in the mail from my mailerdeamon.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I can tell this is because of the 'From' that is classified as 'Does not exist'.&#xD;&#xA;I do not understand how the 'firewall.basjes.nl' hostname (= the system hooked to my cable modem) gets into the email verification.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is: What generic setting must I change to make this work for all programms (not just cron and asterisk) in one go?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've placed as much relevant info below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(I replaced all @ with #$# to avoid additional spam)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Notes:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - My ISP is Ziggo and must relay via their outgoging smtp relay. &#xD;&#xA; - My mail is hosted via google apps. &#xD;&#xA; - I have a local /root/.forward that contains LogFilesHobby#$#basjes.nl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Command to create this email:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # mail -s TEST root&#xD;&#xA;    asdfasdfa&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    .&#xD;&#xA;    Cc:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Relevant section of /var/log/maillog&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 22 09:54:51 hobby sendmail[3055]: n5M7sooT003055: from=root, size=35, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=&lt;200906220754.n5M7sooT003055#$#hobby.basjes.nl&gt;, relay=root#$#localhost&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 22 09:54:51 hobby sendmail[3056]: n5M7spZh003056: from=&lt;root#$#hobby.basjes.nl&gt;, size=317, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=&lt;200906220754.n5M7sooT003055#$#hobby.basjes.nl&gt;, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=hobby.basjes.nl [127.0.0.1]&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 22 09:54:51 hobby sendmail[3055]: n5M7sooT003055: to=root, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30035, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (n5M7spZh003056 Message accepted for delivery)&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 22 09:54:54 hobby sendmail[3057]: n5M7spZh003056: to=LogFilesHobby#$#basjes.nl, ctladdr=&lt;root#$#hobby.basjes.nl&gt; (0/0), delay=00:00:03, xdelay=00:00:03, mailer=relay, pri=30530, relay=smtp.ziggo.nl [212.54.34.9], dsn=5.0.0, stat=Service unavailable&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 22 09:54:54 hobby sendmail[3057]: n5M7spZh003056: n5M7ssZh003057: DSN: Service unavailable&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 22 09:54:54 hobby sendmail[3057]: n5M7ssZh003057: to=LogFilesHobby#$#basjes.nl, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=31554, relay=smtp.ziggo.nl, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (OK id=1MIeMf-0002Z6-UP)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The reply email I received:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    The original message was received at Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:54:51 +0200&#xD;&#xA;    from hobby.basjes.nl [127.0.0.1]&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----&#xD;&#xA;    LogFilesHobby#$#basjes.nl&#xD;&#xA;       (reason: 550-Verification failed for &lt;root#$#firewall.basjes.nl&gt;)&#xD;&#xA;       (expanded from: &lt;root#$#hobby.basjes.nl&gt;)&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;      ----- Transcript of session follows -----&#xD;&#xA;    ... while talking to smtp.ziggo.nl:&#xD;&#xA;    &gt;&gt;&gt; MAIL From:&lt;root#$#hobby.basjes.nl&gt; SIZE=530&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;&lt;&lt; 550-Verification failed for &lt;root#$#firewall.basjes.nl&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;&lt;&lt; 550-Called:   209.85.219.47&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;&lt;&lt; 550-Sent:     RCPT TO:&lt;root#$#firewall.basjes.nl&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;&lt;&lt; 550-Response: 550-5.1.1 The email account that you tried to reach does not exist. Please try&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;&lt;&lt; 550-550-5.1.1 double-checking the recipient's email address for typos or&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;&lt;&lt; 550-550-5.1.1 unnecessary spaces. Learn more at&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;&lt;&lt; 550-550 5.1.1 http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=6596 27si11493246ewy.99&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;&lt;&lt; 550 B002 Sender e-mail address invalid / Afzender e-mail adres bestaat niet&#xD;&#xA;    554 5.0.0 Service unavailable&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    Final-Recipient: RFC822; root#$#hobby.basjes.nl&#xD;&#xA;    X-Actual-Recipient: RFC822; LogFilesHobby#$#basjes.nl&#xD;&#xA;    Action: failed&#xD;&#xA;    Status: 5.0.0&#xD;&#xA;    Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 550-Verification failed for &lt;root#$#firewall.basjes.nl&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    Last-Attempt-Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:54:54 +0200&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    ---------- Doorgestuurd bericht ----------&#xD;&#xA;    From: root &lt;root#$#hobby.basjes.nl&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    To: root#$#hobby.basjes.nl&#xD;&#xA;    Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:54:50 +0200&#xD;&#xA;    Subject: TEST&#xD;&#xA;    asdfasdfa&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[root@hobby /etc/mail]# cat sendmail.mc  | grep -v '^dnl '&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    divert(-1)dnl&#xD;&#xA;    include(`/usr/share/sendmail-cf/m4/cf.m4')dnl&#xD;&#xA;    VERSIONID(`setup for linux')dnl&#xD;&#xA;    OSTYPE(`linux')dnl&#xD;&#xA;    define(`SMART_HOST', `smtp.ziggo.nl')dnl&#xD;&#xA;    define(`confDEF_USER_ID', ``8:12'')dnl&#xD;&#xA;    define(`confTO_CONNECT', `1m')dnl&#xD;&#xA;    define(`confTRY_NULL_MX_LIST', `True')dnl&#xD;&#xA;    define(`confDONT_PROBE_INTERFACES', `True')dnl&#xD;&#xA;    define(`PROCMAIL_MAILER_PATH', `/usr/bin/procmail')dnl&#xD;&#xA;    define(`ALIAS_FILE', `/etc/aliases')dnl&#xD;&#xA;    define(`STATUS_FILE', `/var/log/mail/statistics')dnl&#xD;&#xA;    define(`UUCP_MAILER_MAX', `2000000')dnl&#xD;&#xA;    define(`confUSERDB_SPEC', `/etc/mail/userdb.db')dnl&#xD;&#xA;    define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS', `authwarnings,novrfy,noexpn,restrictqrun')dnl&#xD;&#xA;    define(`confAUTH_OPTIONS', `A')dnl&#xD;&#xA;    define(`confTO_IDENT', `0')dnl&#xD;&#xA;    FEATURE(`no_default_msa', `dnl')dnl&#xD;&#xA;    FEATURE(`smrsh', `/usr/sbin/smrsh')dnl&#xD;&#xA;    FEATURE(`mailertable', `hash -o /etc/mail/mailertable.db')dnl&#xD;&#xA;    FEATURE(`virtusertable', `hash -o /etc/mail/virtusertable.db')dnl&#xD;&#xA;    FEATURE(redirect)dnl&#xD;&#xA;    FEATURE(always_add_domain)dnl&#xD;&#xA;    FEATURE(use_cw_file)dnl&#xD;&#xA;    FEATURE(use_ct_file)dnl&#xD;&#xA;    FEATURE(local_procmail, `', `procmail -t -Y -a $h -d $u')dnl&#xD;&#xA;    FEATURE(`access_db', `hash -T&lt;TMPF&gt; -o /etc/mail/access.db')dnl&#xD;&#xA;    FEATURE(`blacklist_recipients')dnl&#xD;&#xA;    EXPOSED_USER(`root')dnl&#xD;&#xA;    DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')dnl&#xD;&#xA;    FEATURE(`accept_unresolvable_domains')dnl&#xD;&#xA;    LOCAL_DOMAIN(`localhost.localdomain')dnl&#xD;&#xA;    MASQUERADE_AS(`basjes.nl')dnl&#xD;&#xA;    FEATURE(masquerade_envelope)dnl&#xD;&#xA;    FEATURE(masquerade_entire_domain)dnl&#xD;&#xA;    MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(localhost)dnl&#xD;&#xA;    MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(localhost.localdomain)dnl&#xD;&#xA;    MAILER(smtp)dnl&#xD;&#xA;    MAILER(procmail)dnl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52817" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29612" RevisionGUID="b54b0911-d23e-4a87-97e9-c9cfec3803d5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:47:17.400" UserId="9825" Text="Email rejected when hostname.domain.nl is in the 'From:' email address." />
  <row Id="52818" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29612" RevisionGUID="b54b0911-d23e-4a87-97e9-c9cfec3803d5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:47:17.400" UserId="9825" Text="&lt;centos&gt;&lt;sendmail&gt;&lt;email&gt;&lt;crontab&gt;" />
  <row Id="52819" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29613" RevisionGUID="139550ff-5776-4831-9820-416d39f0d005" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:47:42.923" UserId="4690" Text="The top command displays both memory and CPU information along with other statistics.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you want to call it from a script or application use the '-n 1' flag so that it does not run in interactive mode.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;e.g to get CPU usage run&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     top -n 1 | grep &quot;Cpu&quot;&#xD;&#xA;     (result)&#xD;&#xA;     Cpu(s):  1.6%us,  1.8%sy,  0.0%ni, 92.1%id,  0.6%wa,  0.1%hi,  3.8%si,  0.0%st&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for memory usage call&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    top -n 1 | grep &quot;Mem&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    (result)&#xD;&#xA;    Mem:   1035240k total,   773088k used,   262152k free,   160348k buffers" />
  <row Id="52820" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29614" RevisionGUID="20f55cd3-4c73-4d6d-8ee7-8364687b2caf" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:47:43.437" UserId="4634" Text="Hello.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If editing some script in vim, a file with .py or .sh extension, is it any build-in vim command that allows to run such file? I know it's a lot of IDE-like addons for VIM that allows to execute files vim edit, but is it possible without addons?" />
  <row Id="52821" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29614" RevisionGUID="20f55cd3-4c73-4d6d-8ee7-8364687b2caf" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:47:43.437" UserId="4634" Text="Can vim execute buffer without addons?" />
  <row Id="52822" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29614" RevisionGUID="20f55cd3-4c73-4d6d-8ee7-8364687b2caf" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:47:43.437" UserId="4634" Text="&lt;vim&gt;" />
  <row Id="52823" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29615" RevisionGUID="6ea0c0bf-0996-40c5-9251-d41116623a7a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:49:37.550" UserDisplayName="Marcus Spiegel" Text="glusterfs uses fuse to mount a glusterfsd volume, wich works fine on any hardwarenode without virtualization.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, I now try to mount the device inside a container &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    glusterfs --debug -f /etc/glusterfs/glusterfs.vol /storage&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and get the following error(s): &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    fuse: failed to open /dev/fuse: Permission denied&#xD;&#xA;    [2009-06-20 18:36:29] D [fuse-bridge.c:2747:init] glusterfs-fuse: fuse_mount() failed with error Permission denied on mount point /storage&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ls -al /dev/fuse is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    crw-rw-rw- 1 root fuse 10, 229 20. Jun 16:35 /dev/fuse&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and ls -al /storage is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 20. Jun 17:14 storage&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;the kernel of that HN has fuse loaded... a uname is&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    2.6.18-14-fza-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Jan 5 17:36:46 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Any suggestions?&#xD;&#xA;Has anyone tried to mount a glusterfs inside a openvz container and got that up and running?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks in advance.&#xD;&#xA;Marcus" />
  <row Id="52824" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29615" RevisionGUID="6ea0c0bf-0996-40c5-9251-d41116623a7a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:49:37.550" UserDisplayName="Marcus Spiegel" Text="How to mount glusterfs inside a OpenVZ container?" />
  <row Id="52825" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29615" RevisionGUID="6ea0c0bf-0996-40c5-9251-d41116623a7a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:49:37.550" UserDisplayName="Marcus Spiegel" Text="&lt;openvz&gt;&lt;fuse&gt;&lt;cluster&gt;" />
  <row Id="52826" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29616" RevisionGUID="c90da9c8-0690-441a-a523-23cfb31b8370" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:49:39.720" UserId="9170" Text="# top &#xD;&#xA;# sysstat &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;both command will give best result from u H/W status &quot;top&quot; is best with RHEL" />
  <row Id="52827" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29617" RevisionGUID="93dd2940-7cf4-49ef-8581-139b6f722189" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:52:16.017" UserId="10126" Text="I am building a web application which will serve as a cms. Each user will get their own hosted &quot;site&quot;. So typing in http://user1.myapp.com would display the content specific to user1. I think this will be possible by setting up a wildcard subdomain that would forward all subdomains to the main myapp.com site. If I am wrong about that, please correct me...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So, once the user has their &quot;site&quot; (their own subdomain), I would like to offer them the ability to create a new domain name, or transfer one they already own. So if you go to www.user1.com, the content that is displayed is actually http://user1.myapp.com, but the browser location doesn't change.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In order to provide the feature to register a domain, I will need to use a domain reseller api. I've looked at a couple sites and so far http://opensrs.com/ seems the most legit, plus their api documentation seems thorough, which is nice. Have you worked with anything like this before that you could recommend? I am basically trying to automate the process of setting up individual domains for each account. Note that I will not be managing payment for these domains. Each user will get a free domain (that will be paid for by me), so all I need to do is register new domains and associate them with the subdomain of their account (i.e. mask the subdomain with a new domain).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So now that you know the background...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Is domain masking the appropriate term to describe what I am trying to achieve? Is there a better way to do what I am trying to do? Is there a legitimate way to achieve domain masking without using frames?&#xD;&#xA; 2. Can I achieve domain masking while also using a domain reseller api?" />
  <row Id="52828" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29617" RevisionGUID="93dd2940-7cf4-49ef-8581-139b6f722189" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:52:16.017" UserId="10126" Text="How to set up domain masking with a domain reseller API?" />
  <row Id="52829" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29617" RevisionGUID="93dd2940-7cf4-49ef-8581-139b6f722189" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:52:16.017" UserId="10126" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;subdomain&gt;&lt;domain&gt;&lt;api&gt;" />
  <row Id="52830" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29618" RevisionGUID="c8693deb-e60f-46f8-88a9-c7252c133166" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:55:54.793" UserId="4721" Text="If you want to exclude `/MaffiaOffShore/backup` from `/MaffiaOffShore/`, try&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -x/MaffiaOffShore/backup&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    --exclude-directories=/MaffiaOffShore/backup &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;explicitly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;So, from the base directory you exclude all un-required directories as,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -x/MaffiaOffShore/backup,/VeryVeryDodgy/backup&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52831" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29619" RevisionGUID="0a1d03f8-e351-40da-979f-00cd5b961c6a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:56:28.753" UserId="1775" Text="Also make sure that your SQL Server instance has remote connections enabled, it is off by default." />
  <row Id="52832" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29620" RevisionGUID="bdf63a8d-f687-43d0-a66d-5a4b759995f9" CreationDate="2009-06-22T08:56:58.020" UserId="9304" Text="When connections are no longer possible can you connect locally on the box?  If so then try connecting again using Management Studio but instead of using &quot;Share Memory&quot; use &quot;TCP/IP&quot;. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the latter fails then indeed I would investigate the firewall situation.  However I wouldn't be inclined to associate a firewall setting with &quot;loss of connectivity over time&quot;." />
  <row Id="52833" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29621" RevisionGUID="eab14fe7-b435-48b1-a4dd-be79a10c086f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:03:36.243" UserId="9744" Text="[Eagle Eye][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;GLaDOS-like computer controlling EVERYTHING that is connected to electricity around the world in a matter of nano-seconds.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Eye" />
  <row Id="52834" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29621" RevisionGUID="eab14fe7-b435-48b1-a4dd-be79a10c086f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:03:36.243" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52835" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29622" RevisionGUID="cb6ccd4d-84bd-46a8-9130-849fa9d6e535" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:04:32.640" UserId="9614" Text="It's most likely that because you're using VirtualBox instead of Microsoft VPC that there's a 'conflict'. Since these images were prepared for Microsoft VPC, I'd suggest you download and use it for starters: [Get it from here][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Trying to use a VHD made with VPC is like me preparing a base operating system on my computer, and then whacking the hard drive into a totally different computer (chances of working- less the 0.01%).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mount the VHD's in Microsoft VPC, and then the rest should just work.&#xD;&#xA;Good Luck! :)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/default.aspx" />
  <row Id="52836" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29623" RevisionGUID="7e52fabd-2506-4a44-ac7d-124eabc0ffa2" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:05:08.487" UserId="9304" Text="If you think about it your PC is passing a credential token to the FTP server as you are already domain authenticated.  However the FTP server can't pass this token to the NODOMAINPC as it won't recognise the token (it doesn't recognise the domain controller as such).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I think the only option you have is that all users connect to the UNC share as the FTP Service account credentials.  Obviously then though all users effectively have the same NTFS ACL permissions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Since you'd be having to replicate all usernames/passwords with your original approach anyway, why not just dump IIS and use FileZilla server or similar and set all of the permissions per user within the FTP server?  I find FTP permissions in IIS more of a hindrance than a help mostly." />
  <row Id="52837" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29571" RevisionGUID="8689be95-bc6d-4f56-8aae-b5247602f538" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:05:16.677" UserId="7073" Comment="deleted 6 characters in body" Text="Remember to that some UPS can add more batteries, that will add runtime, but does not add capacity.  For instance, if the USP is rated at 1500 VA, then no matter how many packs you add to it, its still only good for 1500 VA, just much longer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;APC i know has a calculator on their site to help you figure out sizing as well.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If it over loads when you put say 5 servers on it, it will still overload with 5 servers and 2 extra battery packs.  Because the circuts are only able to put out so much power at once.  In this case you would need another UPS and you'd want to put 2 servers on one UPS and 3 servers on the other." />
  <row Id="52838" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29624" RevisionGUID="76b89b98-62d2-42bc-8d09-eab88ba097ee" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:05:23.387" UserId="9461" Text="Yes, your attempts fail also on my wget. However, I've just verified that the following works nicely for all nested subdirectories:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    wget -r ftp://user@xxx --exclude-directories '/backup,*/backup'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The wildcarded '*/backup' will not match /backup but it will match nested paths like /what/ever/backup." />
  <row Id="52839" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29625" RevisionGUID="0c37ab47-373b-4d90-835f-f1c9eac7c490" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:06:36.237" UserId="4690" Text="The exclude directories option is:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    --exclude-directories=List&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*not* --exclude-directory as you have included in your question&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;from the wget **man** page&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    -X list&#xD;&#xA;    --exclude-directories=list&#xD;&#xA;       Specify a comma-separated list of directories you wish to exclude&#xD;&#xA;       from download (@pxref{Directory-Based Limits} for more details.)&#xD;&#xA;       Elements of list may contain wildcards.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52840" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29608" RevisionGUID="0b0a8bbc-cbc6-4ba7-9b46-415fc068ec0a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:11:31.283" UserDisplayName="WgetMonkey" Comment="fixed typo" Text="I am trying to mirror **most** of a ftp sever using wget.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This particular sever keeps old copies of the data files in a folder called 'backup' inside every subfolder.   e.g.  '/MaffiaOffShore/backup'   '/VeryVeryDodgy/backup', which I don't want  but my attempts at using --reject '*backup*' and using --exclude-directories  '*backup*' and various other combinations, all have the same result, the whole sever is mirrored,  including the backup folder.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this a bug or am I missing something?" />
  <row Id="52841" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29626" RevisionGUID="af677462-9d18-4b2f-b7a6-27a85aff9cba" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:12:54.587" UserId="9304" Text="Disk 'churn' may be higher than you expect if you use roaming profiles and people share machines.  Hot desk PCs with Outlook in cached mode can create large .OST files that are left all over the place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If disk space gets low then fragmentation will increase.  Thus my advice would be to look at PCs with a high turnover of staff using them as a priority - the rest probably don't need it." />
  <row Id="52842" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29627" RevisionGUID="87e61aa7-fb32-46dd-96c3-671e2f66eda7" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:13:52.417" UserId="7083" Text="Rather than re-inventing the wheel I would suggest using an SNMP daemon on the system you intend to monitor and some SNMP client libraries in your Java application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both of the items you wish to monitor are standard OIDs in [net-snmp][1].&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.net-snmp.org/" />
  <row Id="52843" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29624" RevisionGUID="2a5c3d68-e5e2-416c-8fce-46f5be88a700" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:14:26.347" UserId="9461" Comment="escape \*" Text="Yes, your attempts fail also on my wget. However, I've just verified that the following works nicely for all nested subdirectories:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    wget -r ftp://user@xxx --exclude-directories '/backup,*/backup,*/*/backup,*/*/*/backup'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The wildcarded '\*/backup' will not match /backup but it will match paths like /something/backup. The wildcarded '\*/\*/backup' will match '/something/else/backup', etc." />
  <row Id="52844" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29628" RevisionGUID="d05f85ef-d374-485b-9374-59dcd260e433" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:17:44.157" UserId="10255" Text="I'm looking to create a black box solution that an IT administrator for a organization could easily install.  They could pop it into the server rack and direct all incoming and outgoing email through it.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It would do some analysis of these emails (similar to anti-virus software) and then send the emails on their merry way.  To be more specific, I want to create a digital finger print of the email and its attachments which would be stored on the machine and also send to an off-site server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First off, in a general sense; Is this a reasonable way to make this work?  Do you see any pit falls either technically or politically for a IT department to install this if requested by management?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To follow on that; What kind of open source or off-the-shelf solutions could be used as a base for this system?  The analysis and finger print software we have already.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We are in the early stages of designing this solution so I open to ideas." />
  <row Id="52845" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29628" RevisionGUID="d05f85ef-d374-485b-9374-59dcd260e433" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:17:44.157" UserId="10255" Text="Building a Dedicated Close mail relay server" />
  <row Id="52846" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29628" RevisionGUID="d05f85ef-d374-485b-9374-59dcd260e433" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:17:44.157" UserId="10255" Text="&lt;emailserver&gt;&lt;opensource&gt;" />
  <row Id="52847" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29629" RevisionGUID="f2ceaafb-01dd-46a5-8786-c8b0d9d0a5a0" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:25:40.473" UserId="9461" Text="I hope I'm not offending you by answering, that to run a file you just &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    :!%&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52848" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29630" RevisionGUID="df18dabc-8dfb-47ea-b8c2-19064684c5fe" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:26:06.230" UserId="3950" Text="If you really must parse the output from a console command, you probably want to do as less piping and grepping in it as possible.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The command that probably has the easiest output you can parse is vmstat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ vmstat&#xD;&#xA;    procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----&#xD;&#xA;     r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa&#xD;&#xA;     4  0    420  54512  20408 1504148    0    0  1193   994  530 1397 10  6 76  7&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as memory is concerned, mind that the 'free' above is the amount of memory that is free, without counting buffers and cache as free, so you probably want to add buff and cache to free to get the 'real' free amount of MiB's (i.e. physical memory that is directly available to the system for use).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Below CPU, the us, sy, id and wa values correspond with 'user', 'system', 'idle' and 'iowait'. Like all other tools listed, vmstat shows you the status at a single point in time. Be sure to refresh often ;-)" />
  <row Id="52849" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29631" RevisionGUID="bb6b5339-d471-486c-96ef-06a5ee37749f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:28:36.817" UserId="9304" Text="Companies like [MessageLabs][1] and [EmailSystems][2] provide SaaS solutions for this kind of thing.  McAfee do an [Appliance][3] which also hits some of your points.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Are you looking to build a free version of something similar?  If so have you checked VMWare's appliance listings as I'm sure I've seen some on there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.messagelabs.co.uk/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.webroot.com/En_US/business.html?WRSID=d5d23ab24cf11b9c3f931c8bfe83c7d8&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.mcafee.com/uk/enterprise/products/content_security_email_web/web/email_and_web_security_appliance.html" />
  <row Id="52850" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29632" RevisionGUID="5f3a1e74-7c51-4bce-b3c1-68017c05c04d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:29:12.353" UserDisplayName="Marcus Spiegel" Text="well, just found the solution on my own ([http://wiki.openvz.org/FUSE][1])   &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I just needed to tune my container, by berforming the following in my HN:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # vzctl set $VEID --devices c:10:229:rw --save&#xD;&#xA;    # vzctl exec $VEID mknod /dev/fuse c 10 229&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://wiki.openvz.org/FUSE&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...and to complete, you need to set these&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # vzctl set $VEID --capability sys_admin:on&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;to export a glusterfs volume from inside a OpenVZ container." />
  <row Id="52851" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29633" RevisionGUID="644efe05-e9da-4ed7-bf69-07d202752a16" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:31:39.947" UserId="2277" Text="The IT Manager may be leaving, and it's possible that the parting of ways may not be completely civil. I wouldn't really expect any malice but just in case, what do I check, change or lock down?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Examples:&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Admin passwords&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Wireless passwords&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;VPN access rules&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Router / Firewall settings&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All advice appreciated." />
  <row Id="52852" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29633" RevisionGUID="644efe05-e9da-4ed7-bf69-07d202752a16" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:31:39.947" UserId="2277" Text="The IT Manager is Leaving - What do I lockdown?" />
  <row Id="52853" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29633" RevisionGUID="644efe05-e9da-4ed7-bf69-07d202752a16" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:31:39.947" UserId="2277" Text="&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="52854" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29634" RevisionGUID="d27b181d-dc2b-439c-a832-e983fcc04cd3" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:32:38.307" UserId="9304" Text="I assume you are running your worker processes in 32-bit?  If not see [http://blogs.iis.net/hosterposter/archive/2007/02/12/getting-64-bit-or-32-bit-applications-working-on-iis-6-0-x64.aspx][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blogs.iis.net/hosterposter/archive/2007/02/12/getting-64-bit-or-32-bit-applications-working-on-iis-6-0-x64.aspx" />
  <row Id="52855" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="28532" RevisionGUID="a0fce04f-ae61-49fb-aac0-1d3887f88a22" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:32:50.880" UserId="9539" Comment="explanation how to create a shortcut file" Text="Why not just put it into the autostart folder?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And if you want to start a virtual computer, just put a link to the corresponding .vmc file into the autostart folder.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Just go to the .vmc-file, select 'create shortcut' from the file menu and move the shortcut file to the autostart folder." />
  <row Id="52856" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29635" RevisionGUID="530040b4-6df1-490c-a5d7-4f0179c04fa7" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:34:11.253" UserId="1435" Text="Don't forget physical security - make sure he can't get into any building - it's great that you're all over the network kit but if he can get to the data centre it's pointless." />
  <row Id="52857" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29636" RevisionGUID="e23abc2e-47c6-4bed-a6c2-34c0de323dac" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:35:15.290" UserId="7709" Text="We suspected that a disgruntled employee who was still in their notice period may have installed some remote-access programs, so we limited his logon account to work hours only, so that he couldn't remote in after-hours when nobody was around to do things (during work hours we could see his screen clearly so if he got up to mischief we would have known).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Turned out to be valuable, he had installed LogMeIn and did in fact attempt after-hours access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(this was a small company network, no ACLs or fancy firewalls)" />
  <row Id="52858" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29637" RevisionGUID="f35ea969-e146-412b-9184-648e8e4185bd" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:36:56.583" UserId="8132" Text="Check the firewall policies&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Change the admin password and check for accounts that are no more in use.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Revoke his/her certificates&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Backup his/her workstation and format it.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Use checksum controls for the important files on your servers and put an IDS to a span port in your rack for while.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Just my 2cts.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52859" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29638" RevisionGUID="d73824b2-771d-4573-a9e4-ddba93d3c92c" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:38:02.757" UserId="7709" Text="Make sure they're not accessible from internal networks if you can help it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In my noobie days as a student, I accidentally logged into an infected honeypot machine, thinking it was the real deal, because nobody had told me different...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(although obviously this will not protect you from an internal attack)" />
  <row Id="52860" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29639" RevisionGUID="f1c9a5f7-20e8-443f-ac6e-c32f13d1034e" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:40:03.597" UserId="2299" Text="This is indeed an odd one. I setup the config you describe with IIS running on a DC not a member server and the virtual directory configured to use the logged on user. This worked. Then I tried it with IIS running on a non-domain server, and it worked as well. Sadly IIS running on a domain member server is the one config I can't test.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I then configured the virtual directory to connect as nondomainpc\administrator. On the DC this did not work, but on non-domain server it did.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I fired up Network Monitor to have a look, and when the virtual directory on the DC is configured to use the non-DC PC's administrator account the DC attempted to make an anonymous connection. It made no attempt to use the nondomainpc\administrator username that I had configured for the virtual directory. This looks like a bug to me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that the virtual directory did work on the DC when using the logged in user, while in your case it didn't. However I've noticed that DCs tend to be oblivious to the &quot;host&quot; bit of the username &quot;host\user&quot;, presumably because there is no SAM on a DC, so I wouldn't attach too much significance to this. The member server is presumably passing the logged on username as &quot;domain\user&quot; and you're non-DC server is rejecting it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In terms of fixing your problem, all I can suggest is to move the FTP server onto a DC or a non-domain server, but I guess neither of these options would be too attractive :-(&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52861" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29640" RevisionGUID="cf4cc44d-2797-473d-a15c-ec79d74a9601" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:40:10.787" UserId="7083" Text="It's a little bit subjective as everybody has their favourite MTA.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to offer up [Exim][1] though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For the reasons I gave [here][2] and I know it's possible to do what you're after.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://exim.org/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://serverfault.com/questions/722/what-kind-of-mail-server-do-you-use/18832#18832" />
  <row Id="52862" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29641" RevisionGUID="c32b2dc4-3a5d-474d-9b98-0abaf69d1723" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:41:29.647" UserId="1992" Text="Just to add - also make sure you've got auditing of failed *and* successful logins - bunch of failures for an account followed by success could equal hacking. You might also make everyone else change their passwords too if the IT Manager was involved in password settings. Don't forget database passwords too and you may want to scrub his/her email account for secure information. I'd also put access checks on any confidential information/databases, and disallow him/her to perform system/database backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps." />
  <row Id="52863" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29642" RevisionGUID="84af2744-9710-4499-a9c3-055f0ae36937" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:41:33.220" UserId="9825" Text="Also be carefull not to lockdown too much.&#xD;&#xA;I remember a situation where someone left and a day later it became apparent that some business critical software was actually running under his personal user account." />
  <row Id="52864" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29643" RevisionGUID="14b7e998-bf9e-40fe-b26a-099ff578e787" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:43:07.740" UserId="9950" Text="hi I am having winxp professional 32bit edition in my laptop which is having 4GB . how can I know how much memory using by WINXP OS. I heard that WINXP 32 bit will not support 4GB RAM meanse It will use only 3GB rather than we are 4GB also.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you tellme how to utilise the 4 gB RAM" />
  <row Id="52865" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29643" RevisionGUID="14b7e998-bf9e-40fe-b26a-099ff578e787" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:43:07.740" UserId="9950" Text="how can we find the OS memory usage in Xp" />
  <row Id="52866" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29643" RevisionGUID="14b7e998-bf9e-40fe-b26a-099ff578e787" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:43:07.740" UserId="9950" Text="&lt;winxp&gt;" />
  <row Id="52867" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29629" RevisionGUID="f46b520f-1fe7-41cd-b501-5a7356f1e147" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:43:43.090" UserId="9461" Comment="buffer" Text="I hope I'm not offending you by answering, that to run the current file (not buffer) you just &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    :!%&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;UPD: To run buffer to interpreter's standard input (without saving to a file first):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    :w !/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The latter can be also used with python, perl -w, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;By the way, a super useful technique is to filter a buffer through external command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1G!Ggrep -v unwanted_regex&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52868" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29644" RevisionGUID="7bb06a07-923f-4d08-9c19-e8793cae36fc" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:50:00.940" UserId="10304" Text="I have a Windows 2008 server running in country A and I am in country B with an iPhone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Country B censors the internet. Obviously this is not acceptable, I want to make VoIP/Skype calls and access restricted sites on my phone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All I need of course, is a VPN service which I can connect to - as the iPhone supports several types, and I'm home free. The problem is, I already have a perfectly good Windows 2008 server laying around in a data centre in country A doing not much. After unsuccessfully looking at dozens of complex howto's on VPNs, obscure Windows IPSec settings and advanced certification and authentication set-ups I am at a complete loss:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I set up an extremely simple, single-user, nothing-fancy VPN between a Win2008 server and an iPhone so that the phone can access the outside? Surely there is a simple, 3 minute-solution to this that doesn't involve getting my hands dirty?" />
  <row Id="52869" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29644" RevisionGUID="7bb06a07-923f-4d08-9c19-e8793cae36fc" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:50:00.940" UserId="10304" Text="Simple VPN for iPhone using Windows Server 2008" />
  <row Id="52870" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29644" RevisionGUID="7bb06a07-923f-4d08-9c19-e8793cae36fc" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:50:00.940" UserId="10304" Text="&lt;vpn&gt;&lt;iphone&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="52871" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29645" RevisionGUID="bb0c891d-abbe-4b6c-b9d4-d80024e0d655" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:51:31.653" UserId="2299" Text="There's a common confusion about memory use in 32 bit Windows. Leaving aside the 3GB switch for the moment, any individual process can only use 2GB of memory. This is because the Windows virtual memory manager maps the top 2GB of the process's address space to system memory. However all the 4GB can be used by Windows, so if you have two processes they can simultaneously use 2GB each (less a bit for Windows and other processes). You don't need to do anything special to make use of the whole 4GB of memory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The 3GB switch modifies the way Windows handles virtual memory so it maps only the top 1GB of a process's address space to system memory. This means a single process can use up 3GB of RAM. However unless you have a single process that needs above 2GB RAM you won't have achieved anything except to make Windows as a while slightly slower.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that most PC BIOSes reserve bits of memory so you may find Windows can only see 3 and a bit of the 4GB you have installed. If so this is a hardware issue not a Windows problem and there isn't much you can do about it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52872" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29646" RevisionGUID="406ea5b4-988b-43cb-9567-8c5c6947288c" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:54:50.713" UserId="2299" Text="If at all possible I would do this in hardware not on a Windows server. If you do it on the server you need to install RRAS, which is not without it's complications, and then you have to worry about tunneling GRE or IPSEC through your firewall(s), which is again not without it's complications.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You don't say what firewall you have. We use Drayteks and they support PPTP VPN clients, which I'd guess (on the grounds it seems obvious) would be supported on an iPhone.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52873" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29647" RevisionGUID="0fd95bc5-661b-4063-bcfe-5f0fac88ab39" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:55:52.613" UserId="6383" Text="Check for extra accounts, too.  He could easily add a new account once he knows he's leaving.  Or even soon after he arrived." />
  <row Id="52874" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29648" RevisionGUID="2951128d-149b-4fc7-9b4b-5d743406ae61" CreationDate="2009-06-22T09:58:29.940" UserId="7709" Text="The nice thing is that so far, I've not yet encountered a VPN that my iPhone 3G could not connect to. Which means that you can probably safely remove the iPhone from the equation and just look at an easy-to-deploy VPN server." />
  <row Id="52875" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29649" RevisionGUID="7a3e105f-1838-48a4-bf99-ff57bf81d5db" CreationDate="2009-06-22T10:01:37.530" UserId="9461" Text="I try not to use any vim-specific options, because I still stumble upon systems that only have vi. The only exception is Ctrl+V for &quot;column-wise&quot; text operations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That being said... To execute the current file (not buffer) you just:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    :!%&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To run buffer to interpreter's standard input (without saving to a file first):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    :w !/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can be also used with python, perl -w, etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A super useful technique is to filter a buffer through external command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    1G!Ggrep -v unwanted_regex&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(copied my answer from [other vi question][1]).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/29614/can-vim-execute-buffer-without-addons/" />
  <row Id="52876" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29649" RevisionGUID="7a3e105f-1838-48a4-bf99-ff57bf81d5db" CreationDate="2009-06-22T10:01:37.530" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52877" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29650" RevisionGUID="a262d2cc-1bb2-46fd-8774-e02d581baaa0" CreationDate="2009-06-22T10:04:41.863" UserId="5234" Text="So about 3 months ago I &quot;inherited&quot; a Lotus Domino setup, and quite frankly, it's a mess.  Historically, it's had 10 years of the primary focus being on development rather than on management and housekeeping (none of the latter was actually done, I had guys who'd left the place 11 years back still in admin groups), with a predictable end result.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, I know how to clean up a mess, but while I'm doing that I'm also keeping one eye on the future, and something that I'm interested in investigating is the possibility of Active Directory integration.  It doesn't make sense to me - in 2009 - to have yet another bunch of systems that require yet another username and password, inviting people down the route of yellow-sticky-note-syndrome (not to mention doubling our user/password management overhead).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With clients being a mixture of browser-based and trad-client-based, I'm wondering how practical this is.  Has anyone done it, and how well does it work?  Do we get completely transparent authentication without requiring to even re-enter network credentials, do we still have to fool around with ID files (gack), can we add AD users to Domino groups, that kinda stuff.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The server is 8.0.2 (on 2003 Server), clients mostly 8.0.1 and IE6, database applications but *not* Notes Mail are used.  What little info I've seen on IBM is *incredibly* vague on the whole topic." />
  <row Id="52878" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29650" RevisionGUID="a262d2cc-1bb2-46fd-8774-e02d581baaa0" CreationDate="2009-06-22T10:04:41.863" UserId="5234" Text="Lotus Domino Active Directory Integration - Possible and Practical?" />
  <row Id="52879" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29650" RevisionGUID="a262d2cc-1bb2-46fd-8774-e02d581baaa0" CreationDate="2009-06-22T10:04:41.863" UserId="5234" Text="&lt;lotus-notes&gt;&lt;domino&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;single-sign-on&gt;" />
  <row Id="52880" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29651" RevisionGUID="0744a30c-56d1-408d-b994-eb1a029711a1" CreationDate="2009-06-22T10:08:05.270" UserId="4721" Text="If he had any control of your company web-hosting, &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- recheck all access paths through the web pages&#xD;&#xA;- get all code validated for possible back doors&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Weaknesses in this area can impact based on the way your hosting is done,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Caged hosting with administrative control -- in the least, possibility of a defaced site&#xD;&#xA;- Local hosting from your premises -- access to internal network (unless you have a DMZ which is also locked-down)" />
  <row Id="52881" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29652" RevisionGUID="205f363b-cabf-4c17-a55e-e589dd767377" CreationDate="2009-06-22T10:16:00.793" UserId="1933" Text="To extrapolate on [Ward][1]'s comment, if you're buying UPS units on the big end of town, your UPS vendor will have a maintenance schedule to test and swap out batteries to maintain an acceptable runtime.  What's defined as &quot;acceptable&quot; is negotiable between you and your vendor and should be tested as part of regular datacenter maintenance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/users/6177/ward" />
  <row Id="52882" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29653" RevisionGUID="57e310cc-b85c-4530-9374-764013a0ef2c" CreationDate="2009-06-22T10:35:37.947" UserId="4694" Text="Jeff Atwood has a blog post about having 4 Gb of RAM in 32bit Windows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;**[Dude, Where's My 4 Gigabytes of RAM?][1]**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000811.html&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52883" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29654" RevisionGUID="0638c7a6-b48c-4554-abec-cde49ff79c89" CreationDate="2009-06-22T10:38:29.563" UserId="10310" Text="The &quot;True Unix way&quot; is to make scripts using available system information commands: free, ps, w, vmstat, iostat, ifstat, netstat, etc (hint : don't use &quot;top&quot;, it's for interactive use, dammit!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The &quot;Java way&quot; is to use a library, SNMP comes naturally to mind first but it could be too big a hammer to crack such a small nut.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So : &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - if your application won't extend much, go the easy way, use &quot;ps&quot;, &quot;w&quot;, parse &quot;/proc/meminfo&quot;, etc.&#xD;&#xA; - if your application should evolve beyond this basic need, go SNMP. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52884" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29655" RevisionGUID="b9783e0b-4caa-476f-ac28-f06f09e7df86" CreationDate="2009-06-22T10:38:56.443" UserId="8950" Text="It looks like there isn't any way to do this." />
  <row Id="52885" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="29655" RevisionGUID="52df8599-c903-4879-b9df-915069b3b5bb" CreationDate="2009-06-22T10:39:38.657" UserId="8950" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:8950,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Rory&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="52886" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29627" RevisionGUID="b454fbb7-9049-4448-afd4-e4f8380e1098" CreationDate="2009-06-22T10:49:44.097" UserId="7083" Comment="added 223 characters in body" Text="Rather than re-inventing the wheel, I would suggest using an SNMP daemon on the system you intend to monitor and an SNMP client library in your Java application.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both of the items that you wish to monitor are included in [net-snmp][1]'s standard MIB/OIDs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You then needn't worry about extracting the variables you need from the output of other utilities or the portability of how you're going to transport that information safely (presumably a remote shell).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.net-snmp.org/" />
  <row Id="52887" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29656" RevisionGUID="c2d3dc5b-1779-41c1-9df8-8dda8bf4aaa9" CreationDate="2009-06-22T10:50:06.700" UserId="9332" Text="Your main concern should be heat. Don't cover it with a bunch of stuff. Keep the vents clear, and allow airflow." />
  <row Id="52888" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29657" RevisionGUID="f0cb7629-6cd7-4574-b31d-720cb95e171b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T10:50:10.053" UserId="10310" Text="You could go with your preferred Linux/BSD distribution (I'd choose [Debian][1] for its maintenance quality, ease of use and upgrade), with your favorite MTA ( **postfix** is all the rage currently, but **exim** or **sendmail** are OK), **ClamAV** to kill viruses, **spamassassin** to filter spam, stick **webmin** atop as a GUI, et voilà! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It shouldn't take more than a day to set up to a seasoned administrator. There are tons of examples and tutorials about this out on the internets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you install a base debian (without X),&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*`aptitude install postfix clamav-milter spamassassin-milter`*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;should already give you a working mail server with spam and virus filtering.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.debian.org&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="52889" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29658" RevisionGUID="607d6bb9-ba06-4326-8e40-3631dc27a804" CreationDate="2009-06-22T10:50:33.283" UserId="9614" Text="It depends how paranoid you are. Some people go to the extent - if its bad enough - of replacing all keys and locks. &#xD;&#xA;Another reason to be nice to sys admins ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All the aformentioned advice is good - another one is even possibly getting all users to change their passwords (and if Windows) enforce the complex password policy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also - if you've ever done remote support, or setup a remote office / client (ie. another site) -  get them to change their passwords too. " />
  <row Id="52890" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29659" RevisionGUID="7381cc15-97b9-4a6c-b93b-b480f2098155" CreationDate="2009-06-22T10:53:08.910" UserId="4634" Text="Hello.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it any cross-platform way to check that my python script is executed under admin rights? Unfortunately, os.getuid() is UNIX-only and is not available under windows :(.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52891" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29659" RevisionGUID="7381cc15-97b9-4a6c-b93b-b480f2098155" CreationDate="2009-06-22T10:53:08.910" UserId="4634" Text="Crossplatform way to check admin rights in python script?" />
  <row Id="52892" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29659" RevisionGUID="7381cc15-97b9-4a6c-b93b-b480f2098155" CreationDate="2009-06-22T10:53:08.910" UserId="4634" Text="&lt;python&gt;" />
  <row Id="52893" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29660" RevisionGUID="35375b1b-851e-4292-8576-d649617f90df" CreationDate="2009-06-22T10:57:19.913" UserId="9304" Text="In a Windows environment how do you address the following issues with service accounts?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Regular Password changes - with single service accounts used on multiple machines how do you regularly change passwords without significant outage periods?  Do you tend just to never change them?&#xD;&#xA; 2. Keeping track of passwords - by necessity multiple people need to know these, how do you record the passwords whilst keeping them reasonably secret?&#xD;&#xA; 3. To what point do you use the same account across multiple machines / services?  How do you track what account is being used where?  Any tools to help with this?&#xD;&#xA; 4. Has anyone found any good resources for appropriate minimum permission settings for common service account requirements for applications such as SQL Server, Sharepoint etc.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52894" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29660" RevisionGUID="35375b1b-851e-4292-8576-d649617f90df" CreationDate="2009-06-22T10:57:19.913" UserId="9304" Text="How do you manage service account credentials (passwords) ?" />
  <row Id="52895" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29660" RevisionGUID="35375b1b-851e-4292-8576-d649617f90df" CreationDate="2009-06-22T10:57:19.913" UserId="9304" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;password&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;security&gt;&lt;administration&gt;" />
  <row Id="52896" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29661" RevisionGUID="f780fa86-d888-4aa2-98f9-eabc2e02a650" CreationDate="2009-06-22T10:58:09.150" UserId="7342" Text="&quot;Admin rights&quot; is meaningless. Both Unix and Windows have a long list of different privileges that a particular user may or may not have. You should just try to do what you want to do and use exceptions to deal with lack of privileges. That's that they're there for." />
  <row Id="52897" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29662" RevisionGUID="123c2544-c33e-4d73-a1b4-1a355649f1dd" CreationDate="2009-06-22T10:59:11.753" UserId="10310" Text="I'd personnally use [Unison][1] to sync sites. It's well supported on windows, it synchronize only changed data blocks like rsync, it has an easy to use GUI, and is free both as speech and beer.  I set it up for 16TB backups and it just works fine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You could then simply replicate your VTL backups from each site to the other one, and that's about it. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/" />
  <row Id="52898" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29663" RevisionGUID="29852cb8-4197-44f1-a567-eafb4885d45f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:00:59.410" UserId="6482" Text="Upgrade to a 64-bits version of XP. :-) Actually, most 32-bits applications will work on a 64-bits system. Am not sure if your laptop can handle a 64-bits OS, but if it can then it should be able to use more of your memory.&#xD;&#xA;About the /3GB setting that you can add to your boot.ini, it's useless unless your applications support this option too. They need to be compiled with the /LARGEADDRESSAWARE flag set.&#xD;&#xA;Then there's the Physical Address Extension, which is an Intel technique to extend the memory from 32 to 36 bits, thus you could have up to 64 GB of RAM. But again, applicaations need to be developed to support this, else it's of no use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Btw, Windows does use the 4 GB that you have. It just doesn't provide this memory to your applications. Applications can normally use up to 2 GB of RAM. Windows won't be able to use more than 4 GB, unless you use a 64-bits Windows version or use PAE to extend memory to 64 GB." />
  <row Id="52899" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29664" RevisionGUID="34d2c00a-953e-44b1-841b-2b8e846cb6d2" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:01:30.077" UserId="7073" Text="Windows 2003 it was Routing and Remote access.  If its the same in 2008 it should take you about 3 minutes.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Open the Routing and Remote access from the Administrative tools, enable it, step though the wizard.  Open necessary firewall ports.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One word of caution....I have in the past when doing this remotely managed to knock the server off the network by messing up the routing, default gateway or something like that.  A personal rule I have now is that I never do the routing and remote access unless I'm sitting infront of the computer or I have another way to get into it like DRAC or KVM over IP independant of the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck." />
  <row Id="52900" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29665" RevisionGUID="8571d25a-29f3-4d09-9f5f-df31c756c3b4" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:02:05.427" UserId="9332" Text="What do you do first thing in the morning?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My work day currently starts at 6AM:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Exercise (before work, yes I am one of *THOSE* people.)&#xD;&#xA; 2. Check Email&#xD;&#xA; 2. Drink Coffee&#xD;&#xA; 2. Check Servers, Services, and Zenoss&#xD;&#xA; 3. Create a Morning Systems Report&#xD;&#xA; 4. Drink Coffee&#xD;&#xA; 5. Write down things that need to be taken care of&#xD;&#xA; 4. Read RSS Feeds&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What's your Morning Ritual?" />
  <row Id="52901" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29665" RevisionGUID="8571d25a-29f3-4d09-9f5f-df31c756c3b4" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:02:05.427" UserId="9332" Text="Morning Rituals" />
  <row Id="52902" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29665" RevisionGUID="8571d25a-29f3-4d09-9f5f-df31c756c3b4" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:02:05.427" UserId="9332" Text="&lt;from-the-trenches&gt;&lt;work-habits&gt;" />
  <row Id="52904" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29667" RevisionGUID="e44dadaa-9a36-449f-a835-c6d63128f24b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:06:42.470" UserId="9884" Text="My company let a developer go not too long ago and it was a similar situation. He knew much of the system and it was of the utmost importance to ensure he was cut off the second he was informed of his dismissal. Asides from the advice given above I also used Spectre Pro to monitor all his work for the 2 weeks prior to his leaving: network activity (IO), chat windows, emails, screenshots every 2 minutes, etc. It was probably overkill and I never even looked at any of it because he left on good terms. It was good insurance though." />
  <row Id="52905" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29668" RevisionGUID="c7c3b7eb-adbe-4673-99f2-be204ab9c51c" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:06:55.700" UserId="9503" Text="1. Wake UP&#xD;&#xA;2. Connect to work and see if everything looks fine&#xD;&#xA;3. Go to work&#xD;&#xA;4. Read email&#xD;&#xA;5. Work 'till the evening&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52906" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29668" RevisionGUID="c7c3b7eb-adbe-4673-99f2-be204ab9c51c" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:06:55.700" UserId="9503" />
  <row Id="52908" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29670" RevisionGUID="02f6eccb-a11b-4dcb-8158-a3963229f659" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:11:36.580" UserId="7033" Text="1.  Wake up&#xD;&#xA;2.  Walk dogs&#xD;&#xA;3.  Fix breakfast&#xD;&#xA;4.  Check emails while eating&#xD;&#xA;5.  Read RSS feeds&#xD;&#xA;6.  Get dressed&#xD;&#xA;7.  Go to work" />
  <row Id="52910" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29672" RevisionGUID="180b292f-5a0e-4c0d-b50f-f6f05c37f61b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:17:01.233" UserId="10310" Text="The **arp** command gives you ip and ethernet address for hosts your machine knows of on the network. Very useful to debug hairy network troubles...  Usually use&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`arp -a`" />
  <row Id="52911" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29672" RevisionGUID="180b292f-5a0e-4c0d-b50f-f6f05c37f61b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:17:01.233" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52912" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29673" RevisionGUID="85af6240-1dd8-4c2a-9ac8-d4ac62439e94" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:20:52.410" UserId="1205" Text="After installing a fresh Ubuntu server (I use 8.04 LTS) what do you do to optimize it in terms of memory consumption, disk usage and speed? What services and pre-installed packages do you remove to make your system as lean and mean as possible?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52913" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29673" RevisionGUID="85af6240-1dd8-4c2a-9ac8-d4ac62439e94" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:20:52.410" UserId="1205" Text="Optimize a fresh Ubuntu server installation" />
  <row Id="52914" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29673" RevisionGUID="85af6240-1dd8-4c2a-9ac8-d4ac62439e94" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:20:52.410" UserId="1205" Text="&lt;ubuntu-server&gt;&lt;optimization&gt;" />
  <row Id="52915" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29674" RevisionGUID="7670b724-5e8d-4c0d-a999-1662b8db2cc3" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:22:43.467" UserId="4634" Text="    import ctypes, os&#xD;&#xA;    try:&#xD;&#xA;     is_admin = os.getuid() == 0&#xD;&#xA;    except:&#xD;&#xA;     is_admin = ctypes.windll.shell32.IsUserAnAdmin()&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    print is_admin" />
  <row Id="52916" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29675" RevisionGUID="80f9ca4d-34d5-40c8-8698-fe4b467d69b6" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:27:30.650" UserId="10310" Text="One of our customers hit a pretty uncommon XFS filesystem bug on december 24 2005... Well at the time I didn't know it was an linux kernel bug of course, I thought it to be just some  of the usual suspects ( 13TB RAID with 8KB free, spurious drive failure in the array, etc).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Finally as the filesystem was unmountable, I asked the operator on the line to enter `xfs_repair -n /dev/whatever`. Hmm, it wants to clear the log (obviously, as the FS isn't mountable), but no too ominous message. So go for it : `xfs_repair /dev/whatever`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;15 minutes later, she calls back : &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; why can't I see most files?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hu oh... Turns out that to add insult to injury, the xfsprogs were of some version that would do severe harm in this exact case... Ouch. 8TB of data were gone for real." />
  <row Id="52917" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29675" RevisionGUID="80f9ca4d-34d5-40c8-8698-fe4b467d69b6" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:27:30.650" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52918" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29676" RevisionGUID="90cc99f6-bcaf-4dc9-8cd0-eb34be76b76c" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:30:04.467" UserId="3950" Text="Some vendors, like Sony, for my Vaio, disable Intel VT and do not provide a BIOS option to turn it on, even though the processor supports it fine. I managed to [enable][1] it on my Vaio, but not without a serious amount of research, luck and trouble. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If there is not option in your BIOS and you are sure your specific Core2Duo supports VT, complain at Dell Support and / or hope someone was able to binary patch your BIOS. I was lucky with the last option. Maybe there is such a patch for your BIOS too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**UPDATE:** According to [post][2] in this thread the T6400 and T5800 does not support Intel VT. One of those is - according to Google - the processor in your laptop...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wzzrd.com/2009/03/i-hacked-my-vaio.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=768456" />
  <row Id="52919" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29677" RevisionGUID="a68ac1d4-b910-4154-8177-fcc37c90ec68" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:31:15.727" UserId="10310" Text="There even is a new trend in high-end storage : MAID (Massive Array of Idle Drives). Basically it's only big RAID arrays with support for spin down to save power... So if the big guns find it good for them, it may be good enough to you :)" />
  <row Id="52920" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29678" RevisionGUID="d503ecd0-df14-4e9d-9e8e-fff2f96f6f3d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:33:02.230" UserId="10311" Text="When an application crashes on Windows Server 2008 SP1, I get this message box:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;MyApp has stopped working&#xD;&#xA;Windows is searching for a solution...&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;How can I prevent this message box from appearing?" />
  <row Id="52921" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29678" RevisionGUID="d503ecd0-df14-4e9d-9e8e-fff2f96f6f3d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:33:02.230" UserId="10311" Text="Disabling &quot;MyApp has stopped working&quot; dialog" />
  <row Id="52922" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29678" RevisionGUID="d503ecd0-df14-4e9d-9e8e-fff2f96f6f3d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:33:02.230" UserId="10311" Text="&lt;crash&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;registry&gt;" />
  <row Id="52923" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29679" RevisionGUID="5377c79d-4428-40ea-8193-f7f98dbea8f0" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:37:34.203" UserId="9304" Text="Do you mean how can you stop the application from crashing or how can you stop the message from displaying when it does?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If the former, then without any information about the application we're not going to be able to help.  The latter I believe can only be dealt withby gracefully handling the error within the application code AFAIK." />
  <row Id="52924" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29680" RevisionGUID="e462bbdd-a7c0-4371-a93a-8d8ce86acb20" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:45:58.943" UserId="10316" Text="We're doing some DR scenario planning which will require up to 150 users to RDP into their desktop machines (mainly running Windows XP) over our VPN. We have a 2mbit uncontended internet connection at the moment but there's scope to upgrade this and also to use a secondary SDSL line to give us more bandwidth.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Typical bandwidth figures I've seen suggest to plan for 64kbps per session, which works out to 9.6mbps in total. I'd like to know:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Does anyone have any real-world data which would support these estimates?&#xD;&#xA;2. Are there any operational 'gotcha's that we need to be aware of?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="52925" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29680" RevisionGUID="e462bbdd-a7c0-4371-a93a-8d8ce86acb20" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:45:58.943" UserId="10316" Text="Bandwidth sizing for simultaneous RDP sessions" />
  <row Id="52926" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29680" RevisionGUID="e462bbdd-a7c0-4371-a93a-8d8ce86acb20" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:45:58.943" UserId="10316" Text="&lt;rdp&gt;&lt;remote-desktop&gt;&lt;windows&gt;&lt;bandwidth&gt;&lt;wan&gt;" />
  <row Id="52927" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29681" RevisionGUID="1b1b6304-e759-4714-b30e-737e491b910d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:48:59.707" UserId="7056" Text="You can enable and disable some services in System &gt; Services menu in GNOME" />
  <row Id="52928" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29673" RevisionGUID="a81a414b-1eb3-4fe8-b96a-74ac5b23a1e2" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:51:48.100" UserId="1205" Comment="rephrase" Text="After installing a fresh Ubuntu server (I personally use 8.04 LTS) what do you do to optimize it in terms of memory consumption, disk usage and speed? What services and pre-installed packages do you remove to make your system as lean and mean as possible before you start building your server?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52929" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29682" RevisionGUID="bc9470c9-563a-4200-a4ce-d2a76afd06ec" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:52:44.400" UserId="4694" Text=" - Wake up&#xD;&#xA; - **Check Server Fault**" />
  <row Id="52930" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="29643" RevisionGUID="babb6009-6281-4e0f-bc0f-ab05bc73d950" CreationDate="2009-06-22T11:57:03.277" UserId="3950" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-xp&gt;&lt;memory&gt;" />
  <row Id="52931" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29683" RevisionGUID="47bcc40a-1d7a-4170-ba70-5583563830c9" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:01:03.727" UserId="1054" Text=" 1. Wake up&#xD;&#xA; 2. Drink coffee&#xD;&#xA; 3. Get out of bed&#xD;&#xA; 4. Drink coffee&#xD;&#xA; 5. Shower, get dressed, kiss the wife and kids, leave for work&#xD;&#xA; 6. Get coffee&#xD;&#xA; 7. Drink coffee&#xD;&#xA; 8. Get to work&#xD;&#xA; 9. Get coffee&#xD;&#xA; 10. Check email&#xD;&#xA; 11. Check systems health, job agent reports, db backups&#xD;&#xA; 12. Check case tracker for new user support issues&#xD;&#xA; 13. Drink coffee&#xD;&#xA; 14. Finish any user support cases&#xD;&#xA; 15. Begin working on project related things&#xD;&#xA; 16. Get interrupted by [**high-maintenance users**][1]&#xD;&#xA; 17. Chug coffee&#xD;&#xA; 18. Finish newly acquired support issues&#xD;&#xA; 19. Continue working on project related things&#xD;&#xA; 20. GOTO 14&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8794/your-worst-high-maintenance-user-experience" />
  <row Id="52932" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29684" RevisionGUID="b172ed26-5b7e-45bf-b3f9-caa169f5948d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:01:47.033" UserId="388" Text="The two keys things to manage immediately are:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Physical access - if you have an electronic system, revoke his card. If your locks are all physical, either ensure that any keys issued to him are returned, or if you are really concerned about mischief, change the locks to critical areas.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2. Remote access - ensure that VPN/Citrix/other remote access account of this admin are disabled. Hopefully you are not allowing remote logins with shared accounts; if you are, change the passwords on all of them. Also be sure to disable his AD/NIS/LDAP account.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This just covers the obvious however; there is always the possibility for example that he has installed a couple of modems in the server rooms, with console cables into key network devices/servers. Once you have done the initial lock down, you probably want his replacement to do a full sweep of the infrastructure to A) make sure the documentation is up to date and B) highlight anything that looks odd." />
  <row Id="52933" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29685" RevisionGUID="f651d8cf-dcb2-4070-aff4-938ef887ed09" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:09:29.417" UserId="2224" Text="Is there any hard data on this phenomenon?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Frankly, this issue reminds me of my grandmother flipping out about using the phone in a lightning storm.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You always hear anecdotal accounts about how you need to keep drives spinning, but I've never seen anything based on verifiable data. I've run into a few instances where drives didn't come back after being powered down, but I've also run into many instances where everything came up just peachy." />
  <row Id="52934" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29686" RevisionGUID="6ceb97ad-894f-4262-b5f2-977c4c8d64ba" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:13:06.170" UserId="7192" Text="Here is a VBScript that will do elevation when you RUNAS in Vista:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Set objShell = CreateObject(&quot;Shell.Application&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;    app = wscript.arguments(0)&#xD;&#xA;    args = &quot;&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    for i = 1 to (WScript.Arguments.length - 1)&#xD;&#xA;       args = args + wscript.arguments(i)&#xD;&#xA;    next&#xD;&#xA;    objShell.ShellExecute app, args, &quot;&quot;, &quot;runas&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Use like so:&#xD;&#xA;runas.exe /user:domain\user &quot;wscript.exe runas_script.vbs mmc.exe&quot;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52935" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29686" RevisionGUID="6ceb97ad-894f-4262-b5f2-977c4c8d64ba" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:13:06.170" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52936" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29683" RevisionGUID="76e97d46-8228-4227-8d45-786e927649cb" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:14:30.867" UserId="1054" Comment="edited body" Text=" 1. Wake up&#xD;&#xA; 2. Drink coffee&#xD;&#xA; 3. Get out of bed&#xD;&#xA; 4. Drink coffee&#xD;&#xA; 5. Shower, get dressed, kiss the wife and kids, leave for work&#xD;&#xA; 6. Get coffee&#xD;&#xA; 7. Drink coffee&#xD;&#xA; 8. Get to work&#xD;&#xA; 9. Get coffee&#xD;&#xA; 10. Check email&#xD;&#xA; 11. Check systems health, job agent reports, db backups&#xD;&#xA; 12. Check case tracker for new user support issues&#xD;&#xA; 13. Drink coffee&#xD;&#xA; 14. Finish any user support cases&#xD;&#xA; 15. Begin working on project related things&#xD;&#xA; 16. Get interrupted by [**high-maintenance users**][1]&#xD;&#xA; 17. Chug coffee&#xD;&#xA; 18. Finish newly acquired support issues&#xD;&#xA; 19. Continue working on project related things&#xD;&#xA; 20. GOTO 12&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8794/your-worst-high-maintenance-user-experience" />
  <row Id="52937" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29687" RevisionGUID="d3048c95-bb67-4d94-96c9-ba591cfd5c0f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:16:30.553" UserId="9884" Text="My main APC UPS is on year 3 with it's current batteries and it's still doing fine. However, I will be bringing in a technician to run some tests to ensure that this is the case. The city I am in recently had a major power outage in it's downtown core. My UPS kept our systems up and running for 25 minutes until it was restored. I was quite impressed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Keep up regular maintenance and have a technician look over your solution. It's a small price to pay to avoid being left in the dark." />
  <row Id="52938" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29688" RevisionGUID="0dbc9b2a-7892-439d-aa91-887dba370592" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:17:10.943" UserId="1417" Text="Don't guess, test. I know it is not convenient. I know people will complain. I know you end up having to do it during off hours when you don't want to be there, but UPS operation is critical and must I repeat must be tested. Suppliers guidelines are just guidelines. As the saying goes, your mileage may vary." />
  <row Id="52939" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29689" RevisionGUID="48768aae-6460-44ac-8802-d730d2eee26a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:17:46.497" UserId="5038" Text="Change all admin passwords (servers, routers, switches, remore access, firewalls)&#xD;&#xA;Remove all firewall rules for remote access for the IT manager.&#xD;&#xA;If you are using security tokens, disassociate the IT manager's token(s) from all access. Remove TACACS access (if you use this).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make sure to do these changes with the IT manager in a conference room or otherwise under physical control, so s/he can't observe the process. While reading a poassword as it's being typed on a keyboard is non-trivial (not hard, just not trivial), if this needs to be repeated, there's a higher risk of teh password being gleaned.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If possible, change locks. If keys can be replicated (and in short, they can), this will stop the IT manager from gaining physical access afterwards. Disable any passcard you cannot account for (not only card(s) you know have been issued to the IT manager).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have multiple incoming phone lines, check ALL of them, to make sure no unknown devices are attached to them.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52940" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29690" RevisionGUID="fc3e6c38-1f00-4e08-9d45-c3f61ad5247f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:22:28.320" UserId="8199" Text="Operational gotcha: file transfer will eat a lot of bandwidth&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might want to consider sending in 256 color if what the users are doing do not need 16bit+ as it will save some bandwidth." />
  <row Id="52941" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29691" RevisionGUID="eaefb36a-7f20-48da-a184-afd9b5f484c7" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:23:37.290" UserId="9503" Text="This depends of lots of things, including, at least, screen resolution, number of colors, if you use printing, sound, file sharing, ...&#xD;&#xA;With 64 kbps you can use a screen resolution of 1280 by 1024 in 65k colors (no sound, printer, file sharing) and it's should work great. Of course it also depend of what are doing users, editing a file with nodepad (small change on screen) will use much less than broswing internet (many change on screen very often)." />
  <row Id="52942" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29692" RevisionGUID="6ab2e83c-e052-4e10-af5e-fbbcca4ae425" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:25:38.723" UserDisplayName="OverTheRainbow" Text="Thanks for the tip. I looks like [TeamViewer][1] is almost what I was looking for (both hosts connect out through TCP80 to TeamViewer's servers which act as repeaters).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.teamviewer.com/" />
  <row Id="52943" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29693" RevisionGUID="f2cf49cf-298f-4648-9671-12a958434d17" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:25:40.157" UserId="8193" Text="Obviously the physical security needs to be addressed, but after that...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming you don't have a documented procedure for when employees leave (environment generic as you don't mention which platforms you run):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Start with parameter security.  Change all passwords on any parameter equipment like routers, firewalls, vpn's, etc...  Then lock out any accounts the IT manager had, as well as review all of the remaining accounts for any that are no longer used, and any that don't belong (in case he added a secondary).&#xD;&#xA; 2. Email - remove his account or at least disable logins to it depending on your company policy.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Then go through your host security.  All machines and directory services should have his account disabled and/or removed.  (Removed is preferred, but you might need to audit them in case he has anything running that is valid under them first).  Again, also review for any accounts that are no longer used, as well as any that don't belong.  Disable/remove those as well.  If you use ssh keys you should change them on admin/root accounts.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Shared accounts, if you have any, should all have their passwords changed.  You should also look at removing shared accounts or disabling interactive login on them as a general practice.&#xD;&#xA; 5. Application accounts... don't forget to change passwords, or disable/remove accounts from all applications he had access to as well, starting with admin access accounts.&#xD;&#xA; 6. Logging... make sure you have good logging in place for account usage and monitor it closely to look for any suspicious activity.&#xD;&#xA; 7. Backups... make sure your backups are current, and secure (preferably offsite).  Make sure you've done the same as above with your backup systems as far as accounts.&#xD;&#xA; 8. Documents... try as much as you can to identify, request from him if possible, and copy somewhere secure, all of his documentation.&#xD;&#xA; 9. If you have any services outsourced (email, spam filtering, hosting of any type, etc..), make sure to do all of the above that are appropriate with those services as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you do all of this, **document it**, so that you have a procedure in place for future terminations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you use any colocation services, make sure to have his name removed from the access list and ticket submission list.   It'd be wise to do the same for any other vendors where he was the primary person handling, so that he can't cancel or mess with services you get from those vendors, and also so that vendors know who to contact for renewals, problems, etc... which can save you some headaches when something the IT manager didn't document happens.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sure there's more I missed, but that's off the top of my head.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52944" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29694" RevisionGUID="fc5630b5-4a56-4e54-97b8-e3f2d851f3a6" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:26:33.857" UserId="5221" Text="This will very much depend on what you want to use the server for, so anything specific that we suggest may be irrelevant to you...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My general advice is to *not* start by doing a less than base install then removing packages though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I tend to use Debian Stable for server installs, and I ensure that *nothing* other than the *absolute essentials* goes on in the initial setup (including deselecting the default &quot;standard system&quot; option when asked by tasksel during the install procedure) and I add packages and settings that are needed from that point. I assume that the same could be done with an Ubuntu server install as Ubuntu is very close to Debian in many respects." />
  <row Id="52945" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29695" RevisionGUID="4949c996-fa1c-4a2b-ae96-486c0e4edf89" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:29:11.810" UserId="8199" Text="I think this is controlled by &quot;windows error reporting service&quot;, at least, in Vista. It might be called something else in 2008" />
  <row Id="52946" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29696" RevisionGUID="85c022d7-fd42-4814-967c-76d6b0c23597" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:32:56.053" UserId="9083" Text="First identify the services(ports) your server will provide, then disable everything else, there are a plenty of tools you can use to secure your server like bastille or tripwire.&#xD;&#xA;Depending on the services you are running, you have to look for specific tuning of the installed software." />
  <row Id="52947" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29697" RevisionGUID="59bb296f-29a0-4ede-9e5a-c361d392a730" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:33:12.697" UserId="10314" Text="My APC SmartUPS 2200, a pretty big one, that is over 10 years old and still running fine. It has built in software that monitors the running time left and lets me view it. It'll give me 30 minutes with multiple workstations and large monitors on it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The cheap ones don't seem to last long...this may be a case where investing in a commercial class UPS is actually cheaper than replacing a cheap one every few years." />
  <row Id="52948" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3780" RevisionGUID="cffe89ee-d0cf-4532-bcd7-570485da32cb" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:34:38.173" UserId="1224" Comment="added 225 characters in body" Text="The aim for this Wiki is to promote using a command to open up commonly used applications without having to go through many mouse clicks - thus saving times on monitoring, troubleshooting Windows machines.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Answer entries need to specify&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Application name&#xD;&#xA; - Commands&#xD;&#xA; - Screenshot (Optional)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Shortcut to commands&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- [&amp;&amp;][1] - Command Chaining&#xD;&#xA;- [%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\rcimlby.exe -LaunchRA][2] - Remote Assistance (Windows XP)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl][3] - Programs and Features (Formerly Known as &quot;Add or Remove Programs&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;- [appwiz.cpl @,2][4] - Turn Windows Features On and Off (Add/Remove Windows Components pane)&#xD;&#xA;- [arp][5] - Displays and modifies the IP-to-Physical address translation tables used by address resolution protocol (ARP)&#xD;&#xA;- [bootsect.exe][6] - [Updates the master boot code for hard disk partitions to switch between BOOTMGR and NTLDR][7]&#xD;&#xA;- [cacls][8] - Change Access Control List (ACL) permissions on a directory, its subcontents, or files&#xD;&#xA;- [calc][9] - Calculator&#xD;&#xA;- [chkdsk][10] - Check/Fix the disk surface for physical errors or bad sectors&#xD;&#xA;- [cipher][11] - Displays or alters the encryption of directories [files] on NTFS partitions&#xD;&#xA;- [cleanmgr.exe][12] - Disk Cleanup&#xD;&#xA;- [cls][13] - clear the command line screen&#xD;&#xA;- [cmd /k][14] - Run command with command extensions enabled&#xD;&#xA;- [color][15] - Sets the default console foreground and background colors in console&#xD;&#xA;- [command.com][16] - Default Operating System Shell&#xD;&#xA;- [compmgmt.msc][17] - Computer Management&#xD;&#xA;- [control.exe /name 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folder selected.&#xD;&#xA;- [find][34] - Searches for a text string in a file or files&#xD;&#xA;- [findstr][35] - Find a string in a file&#xD;&#xA;- [firewall.cpl][36] - Opens the Windows Firewall settings&#xD;&#xA;- [fsmgmt.msc][37] - Shared Folders&#xD;&#xA;- [fsutil][38] - Perform tasks related to FAT and NTFS file systems&#xD;&#xA;- [ftp][39] - Transfers files to and from a computer running an FTP server service&#xD;&#xA;- [getmac][40] - Shows the mac address(es) of your network adapter(s)&#xD;&#xA;- [gpedit.msc][41] - Group Policy Editor&#xD;&#xA;- [httpcfg.exe][42] - [HTTP Configuration Utility][43]&#xD;&#xA;- [iisreset][44] - To restart IIS&#xD;&#xA;- [InetMgr.exe][45] - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 7&#xD;&#xA;- [InetMgr6.exe][46] - Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 6&#xD;&#xA;- [intl.cpl][47] - Regional and Language Options&#xD;&#xA;- [ipconfig][48] - Internet protocol configuration&#xD;&#xA;- [lusrmgr.msc][49] - Local Users and Groups Administrator&#xD;&#xA;- [msconfig][50] - System Configuration&#xD;&#xA;- [notepad][51] - Notepad? ;)&#xD;&#xA;- [mmsys.cpl][52] - Sound/Recording/Playback properties&#xD;&#xA;- [more][53] - [Displays one screen of output at a time][54]&#xD;&#xA;- [mrt][55] - Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool&#xD;&#xA;- [mstsc.exe][56] - Remote Desktop Connection&#xD;&#xA;- [nbstat][57] - displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NBT&#xD;&#xA;- [ncpa.cpl][58] - Network Connections&#xD;&#xA;- [netsh][59] - [Display or modify the network configuration of a computer that is currently running][60]&#xD;&#xA;- [netstat][61] - Network Statistics&#xD;&#xA;- [net statistics][62] - Check computer up time&#xD;&#xA;- [net stop][63] - [Stops a running service.][64]&#xD;&#xA;- [net use][65] - [Connects a computer to or disconnects a computer from a shared resource, or displays information about computer connections][66]&#xD;&#xA;- [odbcad32.exe][67] - ODBC Data Source 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http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6912#6912&#xD;&#xA;  [16]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/12734#12734&#xD;&#xA;  [17]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3791#3791&#xD;&#xA;  [18]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3803#3803&#xD;&#xA;  [19]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3800#3800&#xD;&#xA;  [20]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3799#3799&#xD;&#xA;  [21]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/5104#5104&#xD;&#xA;  [22]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3891#3891&#xD;&#xA;  [23]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3874#3874&#xD;&#xA;  [24]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3793#3793&#xD;&#xA;  [25]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3795#3795&#xD;&#xA;  [26]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/21936#21936&#xD;&#xA;  [27]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300415&#xD;&#xA;  [28]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/23272#23272&#xD;&#xA;  [29]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4582#4582&#xD;&#xA;  [30]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/20418#20418&#xD;&#xA;  [31]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/4083#4083&#xD;&#xA;  [32]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3898#3898&#xD;&#xA;  [33]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3898#3898&#xD;&#xA;  [34]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/27233#27233&#xD;&#xA;  [35]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4861#4861&#xD;&#xA;  [36]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6339#6339&#xD;&#xA;  [37]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/4031#4031&#xD;&#xA;  [38]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4997#4997&#xD;&#xA;  [39]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/21967#21967&#xD;&#xA;  [40]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3864#3864&#xD;&#xA;  [41]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/11962#11962&#xD;&#xA;  [42]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/15438#15438&#xD;&#xA;  [43]: 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http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4422#4422&#xD;&#xA;  [53]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/19077#19077&#xD;&#xA;  [54]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490933.aspx&#xD;&#xA;  [55]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/6305#6305&#xD;&#xA;  [56]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/common-commandline-commands-on-windows/3784#3784&#xD;&#xA;  [57]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/19077#19077&#xD;&#xA;  [58]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4421#4421&#xD;&#xA;  [59]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/21908#21908&#xD;&#xA;  [60]: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/netsh.mspx?mfr=true&#xD;&#xA;  [61]: 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http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4847#4847&#xD;&#xA;  [99]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/4431#4431&#xD;&#xA;  [100]: http://serverfault.com/questions/3780/useful-commandline-commands-on-windows/25318#25318&#xD;&#xA;  [101]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc720477.aspx" />
  <row Id="52949" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29698" RevisionGUID="02f7c987-bce6-411d-964f-255a4b9da8f2" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:35:38.313" UserDisplayName="Formoda" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You have it right, you just need a trailing * on the end.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;wget -r ftp://username:password@1.2.3.4/dir/*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Richard" />
  <row Id="52950" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29699" RevisionGUID="8e9acea6-eabe-4f0b-a365-9dbcd4830796" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:37:04.007" UserId="4664" Text="1. Wake up  &#xD;&#xA;2. Catch up on the lives of friends from around the world  &#xD;&#xA;3. Get out from under the covers (yeah, [laptops are weird][1])  &#xD;&#xA;4. Tea and toast&#xD;&#xA;5. Exercise&#xD;&#xA;6. Shower, brush teeth, evaluate whether the beard is worth shaving&#xD;&#xA;7. Go to work  &#xD;&#xA;8. Check up on user support cases&#xD;&#xA;9. Disregard half of them that said &quot;urgent&quot;&#xD;&#xA;10. Disregard the ones that said &quot;very important&quot;&#xD;&#xA;11. Deal with the non-urgent, non-important ones - the other ones will take&#xD;&#xA;care of themselves anyway (if it's urgent and important)&#xD;&#xA;12. ... do this till 4 o'clock&#xD;&#xA;13. Answer the telephone call and deal with that one report that actually was urgent and important&#xD;&#xA;14. Go home&#xD;&#xA;15. ....&#xD;&#xA;16. Go to sleep, GOTO 1&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://xkcd.com/490/" />
  <row Id="52951" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29700" RevisionGUID="7fd0c276-2c26-42b9-9dd5-aea4f5503af9" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:39:06.860" UserId="4271" Text="This would be fairly simple to do using any MTA, but for my example and for sake of what is popular (and what you can receive a lot of free support for) I will use postfix.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In the master.cf file, they have the option to pipe message to a '[spawn][1]'ed process. You can create a program - in perl, php, c or your languange of choice, then pipe the message to this program to do any kind of fingerprinting you want on it. This program would handle uploading the fingerprints to an external server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The command would go at the end of master.cf, like so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    policy  unix    -       n       n       -       -       spawn&#xD;&#xA;        user=nobody argv=/usr/bin/perl /path/to/program.pl&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You then add a policy service line to main.cf under 'smtpd\_recipient\_restrictions =' such as:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    check_policy_service unix:private/policy&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will launch the script on every recipient; you would write into this policy script to only allow message through if fingerprint is successful. Also of note, check_policy_service can connect to a TCP socket, so if your fingerprint software is running as a TCP server somewhere you could connect to it directly.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as any technical or political pitfalls - technically it puts another link in the chain, another point of failure, so it weakens the stability of the system a bit. Politically, it totally depends on your users - legally in the US an employer can do just about anything with work e-mail. I'm sure they wouldn't be happy (depending on what you are doing - it is not clear what this fingerprinting accomplishes) but would probably get used to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.postfix.org/spawn.8.html" />
  <row Id="52952" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29701" RevisionGUID="b7c168a8-a094-42e6-82da-7b2b07367cc2" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:40:39.370" UserId="1464" Text="Joel,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We use a third party application to manage the rotation of passwords for service accounts. The app tracks the passwords, creates new ones, and offers a vault so that you can access the passwords if and when necessary.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We try to reuse service accounts when possible and as part of the account creation process we have a form that people need to complete. when the form is submitted it is saved and the account that was created gets saved with the form. that way, if we need to know who uses the account, or why it was created, we can research. we also make certain the manager field in AD is filled in correctly and managers are assigned the task of know what service accounts they are responsible for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;MSDN would have a wealth of information regarding the minimum permissions required for common service account settings. As always, how you configure those settings depends upon the needs of your environment." />
  <row Id="52953" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29702" RevisionGUID="325eda1e-aff6-4068-bdf6-068e81efc8b4" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:41:37.623" UserId="1405" Text="Glassfish does support OCSP but with our environment and what we were doing we could not make it work. There are pretty decent directions on setting this up [here][1]. What we ended up doing was fronting Glassfish with Apache, and using Tumbleweed Server Validator to handle OCSP. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the web there are directions for load balancing Glassfish by fronting it with Apache. Apache uses the Tomcat connector to work with Glassfish. If you are running Glassfish V2 the steps described [here][2] will work (this is what we are running). If you are using Glassfish v3 Prelude the steps described [here][3] will work. In V3 they have made it a little easier to front Glassfish with Apache, well at least on the Glassfish side of things. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I hope this may help someone else in the future as it took me a while to get this all working and find the information I needed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://weblogs.java.net/blog/kumarjayanti/archive/2007/11/ssl_and_crl_che.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://weblogs.java.net/blog/jfarcand/archive/2006/03/running_glassfi_1.html&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://weblogs.java.net/blog/jfarcand/archive/2008/08/fronting_glassf.html" />
  <row Id="52954" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29703" RevisionGUID="dafee382-4b21-4229-a924-05a1b6c07442" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:44:39.837" UserId="9825" Text="The two tools I can recommend having a look at are OpenVPN (mentioned before) and Adito (which has recently been renamed to OpenVPN ALS).&#xD;&#xA;http://sourceforge.net/projects/adito/&#xD;&#xA;http://adito.wiki.sourceforge.net/&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52955" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29704" RevisionGUID="f4ffbacb-654b-4ff6-88cc-c95ea456c07c" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:44:54.050" UserId="8851" Text="What are my options to mirror a running system (without taking it down) to have an as close as possible copy for use as a XEN guest?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now I'm planning to install the same version of OS as domU and simply rsync everything down to it from the live system. Not sure about /boot | kernel stuff though, any problems syncing these?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, can I set a remote &quot;nice&quot; level for rsync, cap bandwidth - to avoid putting stress on the live server?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52956" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29704" RevisionGUID="f4ffbacb-654b-4ff6-88cc-c95ea456c07c" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:44:54.050" UserId="8851" Text="Mirroring live system - what are the options" />
  <row Id="52957" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29704" RevisionGUID="f4ffbacb-654b-4ff6-88cc-c95ea456c07c" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:44:54.050" UserId="8851" Text="&lt;debian&gt;&lt;mirror&gt;&lt;rsync&gt;&lt;xen&gt;" />
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  <row Id="52959" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29706" RevisionGUID="fb00a045-34a0-49c5-9d3d-883425bf1a7d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:46:21.053" UserId="8199" Text="1. Wake up&#xD;&#xA;2. Hit alarm clock in another room&#xD;&#xA;3. Go back to bed&#xD;&#xA;4. Wake up&#xD;&#xA;5. Hit alarm clock in another room again&#xD;&#xA;6. Finally get up&#xD;&#xA;7. Get dressed&#xD;&#xA;8. Drive to work&#xD;&#xA;9. Drink coffee&#xD;&#xA;10. Check serverfault and other &quot;I'm avoiding work&quot; sites&#xD;&#xA;11. Drink coffee&#xD;&#xA;12. Check email&#xD;&#xA;13. Do work&#xD;&#xA;14. Drink coffee" />
  <row Id="52960" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29707" RevisionGUID="330b722c-4ad9-4196-a2b2-edaaa444025f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:47:00.520" UserId="4634" Text="Hello.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I need a script that can be run on freshly installed windows xp+ and download specified files from internet, like http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.6.2/python-2.6.2.msi&#xD;&#xA;Is it any easy way to do it without hand-crafting HTTP/FTP requests or using third-party programs like wget? I can suggest that WScript.CreateObject(&quot;internetexplorer.application&quot;) will do the magic, but documentation on it is extremely huge and Google is silent, as always :).&#xD;&#xA;" />
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  <row Id="52964" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29665" RevisionGUID="582edd27-c802-4a83-a610-ce3c7af36f0f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:51:42.467" UserId="1803" />
  <row Id="52965" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29709" RevisionGUID="88ce3514-4898-4e42-9977-2bbc70b291d8" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:54:39.683" UserId="10310" Text="I use this almost daily  a [good ol' leatherman tool][1]  for 12 years.&#xD;&#xA;(sorry can't post images )&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It can cut cables, turn screws, cut cardboard, plastic and wood...  Waaaay better than a swiss army knife IMHO.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://imgur.com/H8IQyl.jpg" />
  <row Id="52966" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29709" RevisionGUID="88ce3514-4898-4e42-9977-2bbc70b291d8" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:54:39.683" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="52967" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29710" RevisionGUID="07d6ec46-3f86-4168-b10c-5a0c4d5cc66e" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:56:08.763" UserId="8199" Text="I like htop for it's color and sorting" />
  <row Id="52968" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29711" RevisionGUID="bab74c1c-70be-4d5f-b928-1222f0bb0811" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:56:42.037" UserId="10322" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;DRBD® refers to block devices designed as a building block to form high availability (HA) clusters. This is done by mirroring a whole block device via an assigned network. DRBD can be understood as network based raid-1.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I use drbd in my XEN Cluster. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;HINT2: LVM2 is perfect addition&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. Please excuse my bad english..." />
  <row Id="52969" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29712" RevisionGUID="03e5f489-3535-4754-929a-a1849aba94cc" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:58:20.570" UserId="407" Text="I am running CheckDB with REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS on a Shairpoint search DB that is 47mb&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It has been running for &gt; 30min. Is that normal? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How long should it take?" />
  <row Id="52970" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29712" RevisionGUID="03e5f489-3535-4754-929a-a1849aba94cc" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:58:20.570" UserId="407" Text="How long should I expect CheckDB with REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS to run" />
  <row Id="52971" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29712" RevisionGUID="03e5f489-3535-4754-929a-a1849aba94cc" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:58:20.570" UserId="407" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;checkdb&gt;&lt;data-recovery&gt;&lt;sharepoint&gt;" />
  <row Id="52972" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29713" RevisionGUID="cc6a09de-c9a5-463b-947c-defb8f5b3724" CreationDate="2009-06-22T12:59:58.257" UserId="4889" Text="11 Years.... Although I don't know about your SSO goals, I would have to deffiently say that it's time for a fresh install on a new/virtual server and to move everything over then create the users you need (or if you find out about SSO, setting that up).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That current setup sounds like it's covered in security issues." />
  <row Id="52973" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29714" RevisionGUID="679c2d8e-f57b-4c00-a12f-462caf7b2978" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:02:01.720" UserId="4271" Text="To answer your question, this is all possible. It will take a lot of work to make it happen, but it is doable.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. I don't think 'Masking' is the correct word, you are probably thinking of domain forwarding or aliasing. You should almost never use iframes, use domain forwarding with a php or apache server variable to handle the sub-domain tracking.&#xD;&#xA;2. Apache can handle the wildcard domains in different ways. You can either set up a different directory for each wildcard domain or use .htaccess to create them on the fly. There are several questions about both on this site. You would need to do some programming in your cms to handle the subdomain and serve specific content that is dependent on which subdomain is being accessed. It is my opinion (maybe others would disagree) that this would be the best way to do this.&#xD;&#xA;3. It is all achievable via the domain reseller API - once the domain is set up it does not really matter to the registrar, it is all about how your software handles the domains and subdomains.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Looks like you have a lot of programming ahead of you!" />
  <row Id="52974" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29532" RevisionGUID="aa38e490-3a03-4bbe-92c9-ea8e7c3c7d14" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:05:55.100" UserId="7519" Comment="deleted 134 characters in body" Text="You might have to install the basic authentication module for IIS. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For vista it is:&#xD;&#xA;Control Panel -&gt; Programs -&gt; Turn Windows features on or off&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For Server 2008: &#xD;&#xA;Server Manager -&gt; Roles -&gt; Web Server -&gt; Add Role Services&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then in the treeview it is:&#xD;&#xA;Internet Information Services -&gt; World Wide Web Services -&gt; Security - &gt; Basic Authentication&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Click the checkbox and install.  Then you should be able to see the basic authentication option." />
  <row Id="52975" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29715" RevisionGUID="ba02ea3b-a445-451b-83b2-bf16e6b46093" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:07:13.617" UserId="10322" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;First: sudo apt-get install rcconf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;sudo rcconf&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;...disable all unnecessary services. And reboot system&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please excuse my bad english..." />
  <row Id="52976" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29716" RevisionGUID="b40b40f8-8f08-45bb-80e7-72ac04bd1b62" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:08:05.907" UserId="7239" Text="I'm looking for a command line tool for setting up multiple monitors.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm deploying a Windows Vista image to numerous machines using WDS.  When syspreped the dual monitor setup are stripped from the image.  I've compensatetd for this in the past using a vbscript that ran at the end of install that would edit registry keys to set up the monitors exactly as they are on the base image.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We've recently purchased several new machines that have different graphics cards and different resolution monitors (management is insisting on using widescreens on some of the machines).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to keep the deployment fully automated and not have to hunt down the new registry entries and develop a new script for every new hardware setup.  Are there any command line utilities that are able to set up multiple monitors with potentially different resolutions on each screen?" />
  <row Id="52977" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29716" RevisionGUID="b40b40f8-8f08-45bb-80e7-72ac04bd1b62" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:08:05.907" UserId="7239" Text="Command Line Tool for multiple monitors" />
  <row Id="52978" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29716" RevisionGUID="b40b40f8-8f08-45bb-80e7-72ac04bd1b62" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:08:05.907" UserId="7239" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;deployment&gt;&lt;multiple-monitor&gt;" />
  <row Id="52979" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29717" RevisionGUID="3554335b-5c24-4ec9-ac54-83deec1ef178" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:09:11.617" UserId="2561" Text="If you set up iptables with a default policy of DROP for the INPUT chain then you don't have to worry as much about listening ports because they will be blocked by iptables.  Ubuntu server comes with a [user friendly interface for iptables][1] if you are new to iptables.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;From your post, it sounds to me like you might be happier with a different Linux distribution such as CentOS.  The default install process for CentOS will allow you to install different meta-packages, and by selecting none you might be happier with your base install.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, I think you question might have a been a bit clearer if you substitute 'service' or 'daemon' for the word 'server' when you mean something that runs on a server.  People tend to use 'server' to refer to a physical box or VM. Although I guess its not technically incorrect.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/serverguide/C/firewall.html" />
  <row Id="52980" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29718" RevisionGUID="bfd04027-525c-4694-8b91-1e8765e5675b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:11:43.673" UserId="2329" Text="Here's the issue, a lot of the support staff at the software company where I work have thin client machines, they like to listen to Pandora and that's ok, it's not a bandwidth issue.  I've noticed that the amount of RAM Pandora takes up on each user's session seems to increase with the amount of time they've got their browser open.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not totally sure why it happens, I've postulated that it's becasue the DOM on their page just grows and grows with each new bit of advertising.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the best way to confront this particular inconvenience?   " />
  <row Id="52981" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29718" RevisionGUID="bfd04027-525c-4694-8b91-1e8765e5675b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:11:43.673" UserId="2329" Text="Pandora is eating up tons of RAM on Terminal Server" />
  <row Id="52982" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29718" RevisionGUID="bfd04027-525c-4694-8b91-1e8765e5675b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:11:43.673" UserId="2329" Text="&lt;terminal-server&gt;&lt;ram&gt;&lt;internet-radio&gt;" />
  <row Id="52983" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29719" RevisionGUID="2e67656b-e673-403b-82f8-aaefce3e1647" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:11:49.210" UserId="458" Text="What is the best way you jump-started your Powershell adoption?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What resources, tips, scenarios got you up to speed quickly?" />
  <row Id="52984" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29719" RevisionGUID="2e67656b-e673-403b-82f8-aaefce3e1647" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:11:49.210" UserId="458" Text="PowerShell Quickstart" />
  <row Id="52985" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29719" RevisionGUID="2e67656b-e673-403b-82f8-aaefce3e1647" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:11:49.210" UserId="458" Text="&lt;powershell&gt;" />
  <row Id="52986" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29720" RevisionGUID="9d9e4b0b-b86f-47d7-85e0-04c393d4e60b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:17:49.530" UserId="8132" Text="Hi, Just found this [one][1] pasted below.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.netnerds.net/2007/01/vbscript-download-and-save-a-binary-file/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;   'Set your settings&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    strFileURL = &quot;http://www.domain.com/file.zip&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    strHDLocation = &quot;D:\file.zip&quot;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;   ' Fetch the file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Set objXMLHTTP = CreateObject(&quot;MSXML2.XMLHTTP&quot;)&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;    objXMLHTTP.open &quot;GET&quot;, strFileURL, false&#xD;&#xA;    objXMLHTTP.send()&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;    If objXMLHTTP.Status = 200 Then&#xD;&#xA;      Set objADOStream = CreateObject(&quot;ADODB.Stream&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;      objADOStream.Open&#xD;&#xA;      objADOStream.Type = 1 'adTypeBinary&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;      objADOStream.Write objXMLHTTP.ResponseBody&#xD;&#xA;      objADOStream.Position = 0    'Set the stream position to the start&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;      Set objFSO = Createobject(&quot;Scripting.FileSystemObject&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;        If objFSO.Fileexists(strHDLocation) Then objFSO.DeleteFile strHDLocation&#xD;&#xA;      Set objFSO = Nothing&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;      objADOStream.SaveToFile strHDLocation&#xD;&#xA;      objADOStream.Close&#xD;&#xA;      Set objADOStream = Nothing&#xD;&#xA;    End if&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;    Set objXMLHTTP = Nothing&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52987" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29721" RevisionGUID="a3fdcca9-e3d2-4e58-be60-f1b007da9bb8" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:21:23.443" UserId="2299" Text="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/scriptcenter/default.aspx&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Massively useful for all forms of scripting. In the past I learned VBScript and WMI through the Script Center, and it now has a lot of useful stuff on Powershell scripting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52988" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29722" RevisionGUID="2852be74-8a11-4db6-b2c6-e918d4f98507" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:21:40.353" UserId="10322" Text="ISPConfig is an open source hosting control panel for Linux. ISPConfig is licensed under BSD license.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Managed Services&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    * Httpd (virtual hosts, domain and IP based)&#xD;&#xA;    * FTP&#xD;&#xA;    * Bind (A, CNAME, MX and SPF Records)&#xD;&#xA;    * POP3 Auto-Responder&#xD;&#xA;    * MySQL client-databases&#xD;&#xA;    * Webalizer statistics&#xD;&#xA;    * Harddisk quota&#xD;&#xA;    * Mail-Quota&#xD;&#xA;    * Traffic limits&#xD;&#xA;    * IP-addresses&#xD;&#xA;    * SSL&#xD;&#xA;    * SSI&#xD;&#xA;    * Shell-access&#xD;&#xA;    * Mailscanner (Antivirus)&#xD;&#xA;    * Firewall&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ispconfig.org" />
  <row Id="52989" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24986" RevisionGUID="7d983bc7-b878-4eca-9b02-3a3e2acb1104" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:22:39.477" UserId="1466" Comment="Fix the tail command to be compatible with $OFFSET  by adding -c" Text="The following script will send any new entries to /var/log/kern.log to the root user.  &#xD;&#xA;Putting it in **/etc/cron.hourly** will send an email every hour, but only if there are new kernel messages.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    MAILTO=root&#xD;&#xA;    LOG=/var/log/kern.log&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    OFFSET_FILE=$0.offset&#xD;&#xA;    if [ ! -f $OFFSET_FILE ]; then echo 0 &gt; $OFFSET_FILE; fi&#xD;&#xA;    OFFSET=`cat $OFFSET_FILE`&#xD;&#xA;    FILESIZE=`cat $LOG|wc -c`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Check if log has been rotated&#xD;&#xA;    if [ &quot;$OFFSET&quot; -gt &quot;$FILESIZE&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;      OFFSET=0&#xD;&#xA;      echo 0 &gt; $OFFSET_FILE&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;    if [ &quot;$FILESIZE&quot; -gt &quot;$OFFSET&quot; ]; then&#xD;&#xA;      tail -c -n+$OFFSET $LOG|sed &quot;s/$/\n/&quot;|mail $MAILTO -s &quot;new kernel alerts&quot;&#xD;&#xA;      echo $FILESIZE &gt; $OFFSET_FILE&#xD;&#xA;    fi&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52990" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29723" RevisionGUID="1c5685d1-8686-4acd-8ffc-eb40c912e447" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:24:11.927" UserId="4271" Text="This totally depends upon the size of the DB (you stated 47MB), amount of corruption, speed of system, etc. I would continue to let it run until you get a timeout or other error, just to be sure. Either that, or restore a known good backup, if you have one.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can also launch [ProcessExplorer][1] and take a look at CPU/Disk usage to see if it is actually doing anything or 'hung up'.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx" />
  <row Id="52991" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29724" RevisionGUID="ceb2edc5-9fa2-4991-ad19-9887f75a22ef" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:25:38.553" UserId="1654" Text="Picking specific tasks at work and **forcing** myself to do them in PowerShell instead of in VBS or manually.  No pain, no gain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, the PowerScripting Podcast is pretty good resource to help you learn even when you aren't actively coding.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52992" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29720" RevisionGUID="fc1ec1b5-8287-40bc-b5ec-328586da2dbe" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:26:27.960" UserId="8132" Comment="added 51 characters in body" Text="Hi, Just found this [one][1] pasted below. You can run it with cscript and have it scheduled.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://blog.netnerds.net/2007/01/vbscript-download-and-save-a-binary-file/&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;   'Set your settings&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    strFileURL = &quot;http://www.domain.com/file.zip&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    strHDLocation = &quot;D:\file.zip&quot;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;   ' Fetch the file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Set objXMLHTTP = CreateObject(&quot;MSXML2.XMLHTTP&quot;)&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;    objXMLHTTP.open &quot;GET&quot;, strFileURL, false&#xD;&#xA;    objXMLHTTP.send()&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;    If objXMLHTTP.Status = 200 Then&#xD;&#xA;      Set objADOStream = CreateObject(&quot;ADODB.Stream&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;      objADOStream.Open&#xD;&#xA;      objADOStream.Type = 1 'adTypeBinary&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;      objADOStream.Write objXMLHTTP.ResponseBody&#xD;&#xA;      objADOStream.Position = 0    'Set the stream position to the start&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;      Set objFSO = Createobject(&quot;Scripting.FileSystemObject&quot;)&#xD;&#xA;        If objFSO.Fileexists(strHDLocation) Then objFSO.DeleteFile strHDLocation&#xD;&#xA;      Set objFSO = Nothing&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;      objADOStream.SaveToFile strHDLocation&#xD;&#xA;      objADOStream.Close&#xD;&#xA;      Set objADOStream = Nothing&#xD;&#xA;    End if&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;    Set objXMLHTTP = Nothing&#xD;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52993" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29725" RevisionGUID="2b59af1f-45ea-4e77-9bbc-3af77b69b1b0" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:26:35.307" UserId="2561" Text="**This is what man is for:**&#xD;&#xA;It can be hard to remember things, that is why *nix command includes man pages.  You can just always check the ACTION section of the man page for a reminder on the syntax: `man find`.  Although man pages may seem not to friendly, once you get good at reading them they are very handy.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Make a Front-End or Wrapper:**&#xD;&#xA;When I wanted to get better at GNU find I wrote a [GUI front end for find][1] that generates find commands with python, glade, and pygtk.  This is a good exercise if want to get to know it really well. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Have a Practice Directory:**&#xD;&#xA;Lastly, I always have a 'scrap' directory in my home dir for playing with powerful commands when something like 'echo' doesn't cut it.  You can use shell expansion to quickly make a bunch of files with something like:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    for i in {1..100}; do touch &quot;$i&quot;; done&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.kbrandt.com/2008/06/pygnomefind-gui-frontend-to-gnu-find.html" />
  <row Id="52994" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29726" RevisionGUID="de86395e-6bbb-44f7-923d-7e35f2adca7e" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:27:27.570" UserId="2299" Text="VBScript is annoying unco-operative when it comes to doing things like this. This sort of thing always requires COM servers that aren't formally part of the scripting engine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maxwell's suggestion of using MSXML2.XMLHTTP seems a cool way round this. I must admit I hadn't come across that trick before. There are also various commercial COM servers that will do file downoads.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This type of problem is one of the reasons I'm looking at shifting much of my VBScript to Powershell. Because Powershell can seamless use .Net objects, doing such things is a lot easier.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;JR&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52995" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29727" RevisionGUID="717d6920-cfd2-41de-8446-f1821f1e8d53" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:33:39.450" UserId="10330" Text="Make sure too, before you let this individual go, to understand that things can and will go down, or be problematic until you replace that individual. I would hope that you won't blame them for everything that goes down just because you assume/know it wont be a good parting of ways, or think they are hacking you somehow because the toilet overflowed. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hopefully that scenario sounds preposterous to you. But it is a true story from my last job that now the owner is trying to sue me for sabotage (basically because I quit and they aren't willing to actually pay anyone the market rate to replace me) and cyber crimes such as hacking and internet racketeering.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Bottom line is, evaluate the &quot;why&quot; for the reason of their dismissal. If it is anything other than economical needs, I suggest you refine your hiring procedures so that you can hire a more professional individual in which, by profession, needs to be reliable and trustworthy with business mission critical and usually confidential information and who can install proper security procedures that everyone must follow. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One way to know as you are interviewing is how well they are interviewing you and your business in return. Liability (As in what the company thinks the IT Manager can be held at fault for should something go wrong- usually would be in a contract) and overall network security is one of the 3 top things on any proper IT manager/CTO's mind when coming in to interview for a job. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  " />
  <row Id="52996" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29728" RevisionGUID="5ba370dd-c407-4035-893b-3161e13b0e42" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:34:07.000" UserId="1466" Text="It sounds like you're concerned about security.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If this is the case, it is a good idea to take an **md5sum** and perhaps a **copy of critical low-level system tools** that would be used in case of a system compromise (such as ls, ps, netstat, etc AND md5sum) in their pristine state before you ever connect the system to the internet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then set up a process to monitor those files and notify you if the md5sums ever change.  One of the first things most rootkits do is to replace these tools to hide their presence on your system." />
  <row Id="52997" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29724" RevisionGUID="8e833373-7dd0-499f-9dcb-5a70befde8aa" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:35:27.887" UserId="1654" Comment="added 2 characters in body" Text="Picking specific tasks at work and **forcing** myself to do them in PowerShell instead of in VBS or manually.  No pain, no gain.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, the PowerScripting Podcast is a pretty good resource to help you learn even when you aren't actively coding.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="52998" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29729" RevisionGUID="f99b3cea-2f3d-44b4-b75c-b625226a3555" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:36:00.677" UserId="4694" Text="**books:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would start with this one.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;**[Effective Windows PowerShell: The Free eBook][2]&lt;br&gt;**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;These two books are more advanced.&#xD;&#xA;&gt;**[Windows PowerShell in Action][1]**&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;A great source of information, the definite reference for PowerShell.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;**[Windows PowerShell Cookbook][3]**&lt;br&gt;This Cookbook provides hundreds of tested scripts that you can use right away to administer Windows systems.&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Windows-PowerShell-Action-Bruce-Payette/dp/1932394907&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://keithhill.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!5A8D2641E0963A97!6930.entry&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.amazon.com/Windows-PowerShell-Cookbook-Exchange-2007/dp/0596528493" />
  <row Id="52999" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29730" RevisionGUID="911e330a-40c4-441d-a1c5-e3120893a9d3" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:38:01.783" UserId="1466" Text="There is a package called **bastille** which can be used for *server-hardening*.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It asks you a few questions about how the server will be used, and tightens up some of the default security settings.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Might be worth a look." />
  <row Id="53000" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29731" RevisionGUID="be649cad-e57a-4231-bd10-5ed31a3fe19e" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:39:02.080" UserId="4517" Text="For a new system admin it is important to learn from those that have experience. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is *the* thing you know now you wish you knew when you first started?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternately, what is *the* piece of advice you would give to a new system admin?" />
  <row Id="53001" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29731" RevisionGUID="be649cad-e57a-4231-bd10-5ed31a3fe19e" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:39:02.080" UserId="4517" Text="What is the one thing you wish you knew when you first started being a system admin?" />
  <row Id="53002" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29731" RevisionGUID="be649cad-e57a-4231-bd10-5ed31a3fe19e" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:39:02.080" UserId="4517" Text="&lt;sysadmin&gt;" />
  <row Id="53003" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29732" RevisionGUID="04ce82a3-dad2-46d5-b3b1-2e9d1e0a5f0d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:45:09.527" UserId="4271" Text="Most important thing: Keep and Test Backups&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;All problems are able to be solved technically, however the human variable is what makes finding a solution challenging." />
  <row Id="53004" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29733" RevisionGUID="03f44e83-2b09-4460-aba7-19776237cf23" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:45:31.430" UserId="9258" Text="It doesn't matter how much you know and how best you can show it off. If you don't have patience you will burn out and hate your job." />
  <row Id="53005" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29734" RevisionGUID="33056e03-ff01-47e2-90dd-668226e57750" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:45:52.630" UserId="8132" Text="When i started, having knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory Roles and implementation and migration was the key for a quick start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But to roll your way you can have as a guideline:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; Try to refer to RFCs&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; Practice a good information mining for all the setups and projects you're after, and use a test environnment&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; make backups! A good backup strategy is very important.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; Document your work but not only for you.&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; Learn TCP/IP&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; Learn one or many scripting languages (PowerShell/Python.)&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; Practice Unix/Linux." />
  <row Id="53006" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29735" RevisionGUID="8014acf4-b064-46dd-a969-72a591493703" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:46:17.390" UserId="931" Text="Tomcat's file access is controlled by the security constraints section of WEB-INF/web.xml. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can block `conf` this way:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;security-constraint&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;web-resource-collection&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;web-resource-name&gt;HTTP-Protected-Resource-1&lt;/web-resource-name&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;description&gt;Description here&lt;/description&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;url-pattern&gt;/conf/*&lt;/url-pattern&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;http-method&gt;GET&lt;/http-method&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;http-method&gt;POST&lt;/http-method&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/web-resource-collection&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;auth-constraint&gt;&#xD;&#xA;            &lt;role-name&gt;NOSOUPFORYOU&lt;/role-name&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;/auth-constraint&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/security-constraint&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    &lt;login-config&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;auth-method&gt;DEFAULT&lt;/auth-method&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;realm-name&gt;NOACCESSFORANYONE&lt;/realm-name&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/login-config&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;security-role&gt;&#xD;&#xA;        &lt;role-name&gt;NOSOUPFORYOU&lt;/role-name&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    &lt;/security-role&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using apache to serve static content, this will not work as apache will serve the conf files before tomcat gets the URL. In those cases, you would need to solve this via apache's http config files." />
  <row Id="53007" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29736" RevisionGUID="df1c7eec-8d9b-4c2e-be96-c92e70cd2e96" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:46:41.680" UserId="2277" Text="It's never going to be 9 to 5.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;I've always known it, I wish someone would tell my wife!" />
  <row Id="53008" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29737" RevisionGUID="bfb6105e-1d8e-44ac-9c92-ede50be111c2" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:49:39.410" UserId="9542" Text="I would recommend following procedures:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - disable all building security access cards&#xD;&#xA; - disable all known accounts (especially VPN and accounts that could be used from outside the company)&#xD;&#xA; - disable unknown accounts (!)&#xD;&#xA; - change all admin passwords&#xD;&#xA; - review firewall rules&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This should cover most of the possible access options. Review all security relevant information in the following weeks, so that you can ensure no option was left &quot;open&quot;." />
  <row Id="53009" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29738" RevisionGUID="e920015d-640a-4e56-b3ca-f308584ddbf2" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:51:11.250" UserId="8199" Text="If you think it's the ads you can put flashblock and adblock plugins for firefox and only allow the pandora app.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Personally I think it's pandora. If I leave it open too long on whatever system it seems to slow things down." />
  <row Id="53010" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29739" RevisionGUID="b3086ffb-fd27-4561-be73-1da320f26bc7" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:52:53.523" UserId="3312" Text="How important the service outage voicemails you make are, and how they affect users.  For example, if you phrase something in a less-than-ideal way in a company-wide voice mail about service outages, the CEO/President and other various VPs could come after you and give flac  it is voiding your SA." />
  <row Id="53011" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29740" RevisionGUID="250ceb36-8578-42d7-aaa3-3fafd8feb41e" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:54:02.760" UserId="8199" Text="Exercise.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not fat, but wow am I out of shape. 10 years behind a computer fly by and it's caught up to me.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Nature never intended me to sit around my whole life and it's hard to get into a routine if you never had one." />
  <row Id="53012" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29741" RevisionGUID="36de680a-9604-4aff-8dea-785ba3088690" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:54:58.437" UserId="9542" Text="Another option would be to use [USBSecure][1]. It's a small deployable script which reads a white list of usb devices from a file share. So you can explicit allow usb storage devices for some users or allow vendor specific devices (e.g. all usb keyboards and mice from logitech). oh, and it's freeware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.simplescripts.de/" />
  <row Id="53013" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29742" RevisionGUID="021f49f9-4797-4195-9cfe-5a2f6cbc27f2" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:55:17.203" UserId="6233" Text="Mostly of days&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I wake up before sun goes up an do a [morning pray][1] &#xD;&#xA;after that drinking tea while checking online weather to make decide what device should I use&#xD;&#xA;to came at work (motorbike or car).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Usually when came earlier then 7 o'clock I need explain myself to boys at security why I came first  and how I can maintenance servers only while nobody is online (re index tables on SQL and do some custom DATAMINING tasks).&#xD;&#xA;After that I drink coffee staring at my paper notebook marking with pen impormatn tasks.&#xD;&#xA;and said to my self &quot;Where Do You Wont Go Today&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I really miss that sentence since in today IE.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fajr" />
  <row Id="53014" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29742" RevisionGUID="021f49f9-4797-4195-9cfe-5a2f6cbc27f2" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:55:17.203" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="53015" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29743" RevisionGUID="d4ad99d5-6cee-417b-b957-b143ed251d51" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:57:40.070" UserId="7324" Text="1.  SLOW DOWN... we're in a hurry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.  You can never have too many backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3.  That &quot;impossible&quot; scenario you didn't bother planning for WILL HAPPEN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4.  Its never going to be 9-5 or a 40hr work week.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5.  If you do your job right NOBODY will notice a thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6.  Hackers (actually script kiddies) hack things because they can, not because they targeted YOU specifically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;7.  The weakest aspect of any computer/network is almost always going to be the HUMAN ELEMENT.  It doesn't matter how secure you make the computer/program/network some moron is always going to try and use &quot;bob&quot; and &quot;bob&quot; as his username and password then write it on a post-it note and stick it to his monitor... which happens to be facing an outside window... which just happens to be outside of a bus stop.  (I wish I was making this up) ;-)" />
  <row Id="53016" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29744" RevisionGUID="c754a97e-64e6-46ab-a5ef-e7f524272dc6" CreationDate="2009-06-22T13:57:58.867" UserId="4718" Text="the question shouldn't be which is easier, they are both equally &quot;hard&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;What really matters is what the individual contributes to their profession. Software developers will not for the majority make good SysAdmins and vice versa.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;What I can say is that both career paths become a bit easier if you understand a small piece of what your counterpart is doing i.e. a SysAdmin being able to look at code and do rudimentary debugging on it. &lt;br /&gt;A second set of eyes with a different skillsetted brain can spot problems or suggest potential solutions to an entire team of highly skilled developers by simply knowing the extra information that is underlying to the operation of that page/program etc. and vice versa, a sysadmin should be able to take advice from programmers on why a certain aspect doesn't work etc.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;&#xA;It's not a competition to see who is smarter, who works harder etc. everyone brings different things to the table and it is only by communication and team work that things get done and programs get written." />
  <row Id="53017" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29745" RevisionGUID="bee71a8e-316a-4a15-a43d-e403e4b1036b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:01:48.097" UserId="45" Text="The one thing I learned is: don't expect appreciation if you do a good job. Sysadmins generally go unnoticed until something goes wrong." />
  <row Id="53018" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29732" RevisionGUID="915b69c5-fe21-4ea5-ae2f-d6f1882b4120" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:02:44.443" UserId="4271" Comment="added 6 characters in body" Text="Most important thing: **Keep and Test Backups**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Secondly,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;_All problems are able to be solved technically, however the human variable is what makes finding a solution challenging._" />
  <row Id="53019" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="28421" RevisionGUID="df2fac23-b305-4651-99d2-f88041a749f3" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:02:57.127" UserId="6244" Comment="added tags" Text="&lt;freebsd&gt;&lt;dhcp&gt;&lt;isc-dhcpd&gt;&lt;option82&gt;" />
  <row Id="53020" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29743" RevisionGUID="b74258bb-bd4e-46c0-acbe-1892e4bc3b04" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:04:47.077" UserId="7324" Comment="added 598 characters in body" Text="1.  SLOW DOWN... we're in a hurry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.  You can never have too many backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3.  That &quot;impossible&quot; scenario you didn't bother planning for WILL HAPPEN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4.  Its never going to be 9-5 or a 40hr work week.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5.  If you do your job right NOBODY will notice a thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6.  Hackers (actually script kiddies) hack things because they can, not because they targeted YOU specifically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;7.  Document everything!  A private Wiki goes a looooong way.  If you can't bother to do that then at least keep a &quot;never ending&quot; text document nicely formatted on your computer... then back that up too!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;8.  If something goes wrong in the evening and you think you might be in for a long night... WRITE YOUR PLAN DOWN.  You'd be surprised how &quot;mush brained&quot; you're going to be at 3am and suddenly you're going to say, &quot;Now, did I actually do ????? or was I just thinking I needed to do ????? next?  Oh crap!&quot;  (This WILL happen to you, especially if your recovery process takes a few hours.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;9.  The weakest aspect of any computer/network is almost always going to be the HUMAN ELEMENT.  It doesn't matter how secure you make the computer/program/network some moron is always going to try and use &quot;bob&quot; and &quot;bob&quot; as his username and password then write it on a post-it note and stick it to his monitor... which happens to be facing an outside window... which just happens to be outside of a bus stop.  (I wish I was making this up) ;-)" />
  <row Id="53021" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29746" RevisionGUID="9edb09bc-620a-48c8-8b97-ae32cbb2cc7c" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:05:27.560" UserId="9637" Text="Don't worry that much about your problem. Worrying will not get you too far.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Instead try to solve the problem, smile and remember that the sun is going to rise up at dawn tomorrow. That will save you a couple of years of your life and that's all that matters in the end :)" />
  <row Id="53022" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29733" RevisionGUID="76624618-ad25-4ed9-a7b6-89683285b513" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:08:18.290" UserId="9258" Comment="bolding patience" Text="It doesn't matter how much you know and how best you can show it off. If you don't have **patience** you will burn out and hate your job." />
  <row Id="53023" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29747" RevisionGUID="bf8b4afd-554c-4017-a68f-916e75559c1e" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:10:30.750" UserId="6776" Text="At a previous job at a smaller company, the sysadmin being let go knew a lot of other employee's passwords.  The morning he was let go, we set the &quot;user must change password&quot; property on anyone's Active Directory account that had remote access.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This may not be feasible everywhere, but may be prudent depending on the situation." />
  <row Id="53024" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29748" RevisionGUID="f5e7ccd7-cff7-4928-8066-05e01975c01a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:10:58.567" UserId="4946" Text="Mind you that it are programmers who create the software/tools that make the lives of sysadmins easier... although one could say that for the developer tools as well ;-)" />
  <row Id="53025" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29749" RevisionGUID="7115fe00-e0ac-4f10-81ee-4368d3d13dc5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:11:06.007" UserId="6233" Text="Do not be ashamed to ask for help,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Do not thing that all you can do alone and now" />
  <row Id="53026" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29743" RevisionGUID="c2d993cb-fa8b-4269-9bab-d6d7759013e5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:12:25.723" UserId="7324" Comment="added 166 characters in body" Text="1.  SLOW DOWN... we're in a hurry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.  You can never have too many backups.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3.  That &quot;impossible&quot; scenario you didn't bother planning for WILL HAPPEN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4.  Its never going to be 9-5 or a 40hr work week.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5.  If you do your job right NOBODY will notice a thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6.  Hackers (actually script kiddies) hack things because they can, not because they targeted YOU specifically.  Its not personal, you were just there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;7.  Document everything!  A private Wiki goes a looooong way.  If you can't bother to do that then at least keep a &quot;never ending&quot; text document nicely formatted on your computer... then back that up too!  Just because you know something &quot;inside and out&quot; today doesn't mean you'll remember what the hell you did 6 months from now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;8.  If something goes wrong in the evening and you think you might be in for a long night... WRITE YOUR PLAN DOWN.  You'd be surprised how &quot;mush brained&quot; you're going to be at 3am and suddenly you're going to say, &quot;Now, did I actually do ????? or was I just thinking I needed to do ????? next?  Oh crap!&quot;  (This WILL happen to you, especially if your recovery process takes a few hours.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;9.  The weakest aspect of any computer/network is almost always going to be the HUMAN ELEMENT.  It doesn't matter how secure you make the computer/program/network some moron is always going to try and use &quot;bob&quot; and &quot;bob&quot; as his username and password then write it on a post-it note and stick it to his monitor... which happens to be facing an outside window... which just happens to be outside of a bus stop.  (I wish I was making this up) ;-)" />
  <row Id="53027" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="29731" RevisionGUID="4a797a0e-85a9-4ea2-be15-7e1930edc6a4" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:14:09.467" UserId="7324" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;war-stories&gt;" />
  <row Id="53028" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="29716" RevisionGUID="685a77ca-5860-4827-b879-d2db70aa1206" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:14:35.847" UserId="9249" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows&gt;&lt;deployment&gt;&lt;multiple-monitor&gt;&lt;command-line&gt;" />
  <row Id="53029" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29750" RevisionGUID="3cdd1704-787f-41d0-a770-65028fc4e203" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:15:02.567" UserId="458" Text="Buy stock in Mountain Dw and NoDoz" />
  <row Id="53031" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29752" RevisionGUID="4dcd1ece-f2b2-4db0-911b-cd75c6f96a8e" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:15:25.860" UserId="1054" Text="Don't forget to blow out any extranet type accounts that he might have on behalf of your company.  These are often overlooked and often the cause of much grief post-mordem." />
  <row Id="53032" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29748" RevisionGUID="23385504-a942-4141-8aa8-fcae8e913951" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:16:23.720" UserId="4946" Comment="added 296 characters in body; edited body; added 348 characters in body" Text="Mind you that it are programmers who create the software/tools that make the lives of sysadmins easier... although one could say that about the developer tools as well ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actually a good programmer is a lazy programmer... See [this answer][1] (on stackoverflow) for an explanation.  &#xD;&#xA;Maybe that can be said from a sysadmin as well?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Concerning the pay: I'm a programmer myself (but I think you already figured that out ;-) and inside programming there's already such a big difference in pay (between e.g. a web developer and a embedded c++ developer), I suppose that's the same in system management. It's all dependent on your field of expertise and your experience in general.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/507616/is-good-programming-99-perspiration-what-should-it-feel-like/508202#508202" />
  <row Id="53034" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29754" RevisionGUID="bed84b98-1c77-4f8c-89e5-c634e0379418" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:20:39.407" UserId="9304" Text="If you've got different graphics cards in different machines and then different monitors on those varying ports I don't see how you could possibly automate it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My experience of modern multi-monitor setups is that a lot of it runs on auto-detection, ie. if nothing is plugged in to the DVI port but there is on the VGA it will run single head on VGA.  Then where one card has VGA as port 0 another may have it as port 1, thus which is to be left and which is right? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whatever you automate would likely be wiped out on first boot anyway I would expect." />
  <row Id="53035" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29755" RevisionGUID="554435dc-3038-4453-aab3-61c39d29d414" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:21:17.893" UserId="8737" Text="I believe the personality and work ethic of the individual determines which is easy/hard.  I have worked with sysadmins who seem to have nothing to do because they always plan, script, and document as part of their work progress.  Same with programmers... unfortunately I have been fused at more for being &quot;out of work&quot; programming cause I got my stuff done early more than I have ever been fused at being late or behind on a project!  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It seems if a project comes in on time or early, the mentality is either we didn't give person X enough work for the time or they missed something... LOL!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Oh well, I guess Scotty had it right, always exaggerate the time it takes to complete something so they think you are a miracle worker!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Both jobs have their challenges and rewards... just do what you love and everything else will fall into place.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53036" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29756" RevisionGUID="8bedcffe-f479-438d-8b22-1000ee3422fd" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:21:26.707" UserId="6108" Text="hi!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does anyone have an idea on why I see PROCESSED messages here: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    select 'MFS_MISSION' as queue_name, CONSUMER_NAME, MSG_STATE, count(*) from aq$MFS_MISSION_QTAB  group by consumer_name, MSG_STATE&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     QUEUE_NAME     CONSUMER_NAME     MSG_STATE     COUNT(*)    &#xD;&#xA;     -------------  ----------------  ------------  ----------- &#xD;&#xA;     MFS_MISSION    T1                PROCESSED     143216      &#xD;&#xA;     MFS_MISSION    S1                PROCESSED     377208 &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;but not here:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    select dq.queue_table, dq.queue_type, dq.name, v$aq.waiting, V$AQ.ready, V$AQ.expired, V$AQ.total_wait, V$AQ.average_wait &#xD;&#xA;    from V$AQ, dba_queues dq where dq.qid=v$aq.qid and dq.name like '%MISSION%'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;     QUEUE_TABLE       QUEUE_TYPE       NAME                    WAITING     READY     EXPIRED     TOTAL_WAIT     AVERAGE_WAIT    &#xD;&#xA;     ----------------  ---------------  ----------------------  ----------  --------  ----------  -------------  --------------- &#xD;&#xA;     MFS_MISSION_QTAB  EXCEPTION_QUEUE  AQ$_MFS_MISSION_QTAB_E  0           0         0           0              0               &#xD;&#xA;     MFS_MISSION_QTAB  NORMAL_QUEUE     MFS_MISSION_QUEUE       0           539002    0           0              0               &#xD;&#xA;     MFS_MISSION_QTAB  EXCEPTION_QUEUE  AQ$_MFS_MISSION_QTAB_E  0           0         0           0              0               &#xD;&#xA;     MFS_MISSION_QTAB  NORMAL_QUEUE     MFS_MISSION_QUEUE       0           480333    0           0              0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The queue has retention of 0, so messages should either be PROCESSED or disappear altogether as soon as they are committed. &#xD;&#xA;The count of messages tells me they have accumulated over course of months.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'll be glad for any pointers, esperience or insights.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: Oracle Database 10g Release 10.2.0.3.0" />
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  <row Id="53038" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29756" RevisionGUID="8bedcffe-f479-438d-8b22-1000ee3422fd" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:21:26.707" UserId="6108" Text="&lt;oracle&gt;" />
  <row Id="53039" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29748" RevisionGUID="7dde52cf-2460-4881-ac45-c63042eda55b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:21:46.083" UserId="4946" Comment="added 16 characters in body; added 12 characters in body" Text="Mind you that it are programmers who create the software/tools that make the lives of sysadmins easier... although one could say that about the developer tools programmers use as well ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Actually a good programmer is a lazy programmer... See [this answer][1] (on stackoverflow) for an explanation.  &#xD;&#xA;Maybe that can be said from a sysadmin as well?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Concerning the pay: I'm a programmer myself (but I think you already figured that out ;-) and inside programming there's already such a big difference in pay (between e.g. a web developer and a embedded c++ developer), I suppose that's the same in system management. It's all **dependent** on your **field of expertise** and your **experience** in general.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/507616/is-good-programming-99-perspiration-what-should-it-feel-like/508202#508202" />
  <row Id="53040" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29757" RevisionGUID="7c4cdf76-07da-4b62-8e46-05cd2d8bb164" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:23:51.523" UserId="48" Text="[ResSwitch][1] is a utlity that will let you change the resolution of multiple monitors froma script. Its a command line tool that you send the resolution, colour depth and refresh rate - e.g&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;resswitch.exe 800 600 32 60&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use the device switch to specify which device (monitor) the command applies to, specifying the name of the device. So say for 4 monitors you'd probably be best creating a batch file with 4 commands in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get the names of the devices you can use ResCopy, also included in that zip file to display them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.naughter.com/qres.html" />
  <row Id="53042" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29743" RevisionGUID="df8b1136-f319-40af-836b-b6e01f351de4" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:24:12.663" UserId="7324" Comment="added 75 characters in body" Text="1.  SLOW DOWN... we're in a hurry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.  If you do your job right NOBODY will notice a thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3.  Its never going to be 9-5 or a 40hr work week.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4.  You can never have too many backups.  Test them!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5.  That &quot;impossible&quot; scenario you didn't bother planning for WILL HAPPEN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6.  Hackers (actually script kiddies) hack things because they can, not because they targeted YOU specifically.  Its not personal, you were just there.  So don't ask &quot;Why me?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;7.  Document everything!  Even if its just for your own sanity.  A private Wiki goes a looooong way.  If you can't bother to do that then at least keep a &quot;never ending&quot; text document nicely formatted on your computer... then back that up too!  Just because you know something &quot;inside and out&quot; today doesn't mean you'll remember what the hell you did 6 months from now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;8.  If something goes wrong in the evening and you think you might be in for a long night... WRITE YOUR PLAN DOWN.  You'd be surprised how &quot;mush brained&quot; you're going to be at 3am and suddenly you're going to say, &quot;Now, did I actually do ????? or was I just thinking I needed to do ????? next?  Oh crap!&quot;  (This WILL happen to you, especially if your recovery process takes a few hours.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;9.  The weakest aspect of any computer/network is almost always going to be the HUMAN ELEMENT.  It doesn't matter how secure you make the computer/program/network some moron is always going to try and use &quot;bob&quot; and &quot;bob&quot; as his username and password then write it on a post-it note and stick it to his monitor... which happens to be facing an outside window... which just happens to be outside of a bus stop.  (I wish I was making this up) ;-)" />
  <row Id="53043" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29758" RevisionGUID="c004ac3e-fe40-4317-9de6-c14c854f8da0" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:25:27.747" UserId="10332" Text="Hello!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Im not a expert admin in Active Directory so I'm in need of some help.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At my work, we have bought a new server with the 2008 server OS. And the old AD domain controller is run on a 2003 server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The thought is to make the 2008 server the new DC and the 2003 server is to be a file server. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What is the best way to move the AD and all it's settings, members, groups, rights etc to the new server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And how do you remove the AD-settings from the old one?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thank you in advance." />
  <row Id="53044" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29758" RevisionGUID="c004ac3e-fe40-4317-9de6-c14c854f8da0" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:25:27.747" UserId="10332" Text="Move Active Directory from 2003 to 2008" />
  <row Id="53045" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29758" RevisionGUID="c004ac3e-fe40-4317-9de6-c14c854f8da0" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:25:27.747" UserId="10332" Text="&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;move&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;" />
  <row Id="53046" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29759" RevisionGUID="216c92a8-0203-463d-833f-af2b2e8f3918" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:26:09.087" UserId="3329" Text="Just guessing here.... what user are you logging into Oracle with? Sounds a bit like there could be some permissions issues." />
  <row Id="53047" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29752" RevisionGUID="26ed9451-cab6-405b-8555-ce2fab1d442e" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:28:35.073" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix spelling" Text="Don't forget to blow out any extranet type accounts that he might have on behalf of your company.  These are often overlooked and often the cause of much grief post-mortem." />
  <row Id="53048" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29760" RevisionGUID="71eff25b-2aad-4818-9d3a-5fd175171868" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:32:29.543" UserId="3318" Text="Here is a TechNet guide. Probably a good place to start.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Planning to Upgrade Active Directory Domains to Windows Server 2008 AD DS Domains][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731314(WS.10).aspx" />
  <row Id="53049" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29761" RevisionGUID="86b4b0d8-6fdb-4908-9873-8f1f474cc81b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:32:53.100" UserId="3111" Text="Will you be keeping both servers after the domain upgrade? If so, your best bet is to leave the new box as a member server and upgrade the current DC instead. You can use the technet guide at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731314.aspx for assistance." />
  <row Id="53050" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29757" RevisionGUID="97a45efd-6be2-4fe4-b5d2-5b6d676e1d1b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:34:41.723" UserId="1054" Comment="Fix typos" Text="[ResSwitch][1] is a utility that will let you change the resolution of multiple monitors from a script. Its a command line tool that you send the resolution, colour depth and refresh rate - e.g&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;resswitch.exe 800 600 32 60&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can use the device switch to specify which device (monitor) the command applies to, specifying the name of the device. So say for 4 monitors you'd probably be best creating a batch file with 4 commands in.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To get the names of the devices you can use ResCopy, also included in that zip file to display them.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.naughter.com/qres.html" />
  <row Id="53051" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29762" RevisionGUID="e4e9dafa-76da-4308-8c80-da14743c4914" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:35:39.460" UserId="729" Text="The quick answer is to use dcpromo to add the 2008 server as a domain controller in the same domain that the 2003 server is in.  Once the 2008 server is a DC, you can run dcpromo on the 2003 server to remove it as a domain controller.  This will allow you to keep your Active Directory intact, but move the services to another server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, as a general rule, it's highly recommended to have 2 servers be domain controllers (and global catalog servers) for your domain.  That way your Active Directory stays up in the event of a failure (or reboot!)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are lots of good articles from Microsoft and bloggers that describe this process.  Here are some links:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[2003 to 2008 Active Directory][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[Upgrading to Windows 2008 Active Directory][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.scribd.com/doc/2390331/2003-to-2008-Active-Directory&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.itedge.net/blog/2008/09/17/upgrading-to-windows-2008-active-directory/" />
  <row Id="53052" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29763" RevisionGUID="e9fa8b4d-d4ce-4a29-8b3d-75002faacbfb" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:35:56.667" UserId="8831" Text="Hi all&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What might be the best way to start up tomcat instances automatically? I have numerous vhost configured to use tomcat on various ports. I am sure someone out there came across this challenging admin task. Do you think rc.local will do? I dont want to cloud that file with so many commands, I want a once off script if its applicable." />
  <row Id="53053" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29763" RevisionGUID="e9fa8b4d-d4ce-4a29-8b3d-75002faacbfb" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:35:56.667" UserId="8831" Text="Tomcat instances startup" />
  <row Id="53054" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29763" RevisionGUID="e9fa8b4d-d4ce-4a29-8b3d-75002faacbfb" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:35:56.667" UserId="8831" Text="&lt;tomcat&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;&lt;webserver&gt;&lt;administration&gt;" />
  <row Id="53055" PostHistoryTypeId="12" PostId="29761" RevisionGUID="59d41d30-8457-436e-ad2b-23793247686e" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:36:02.660" UserId="3111" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:3111,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;flashkube&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="53057" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29765" RevisionGUID="1434ea82-71f2-4953-8b59-deba0a10e31c" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:36:35.060" UserId="1992" Text="Ha - my (un)favorite question I get asked (as I wrote DBCC CHECKDB).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here you go:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's only one time when you should be trying to work out how long a CHECKDB is going to take - when you're planning your regular database maintenance. If you're faced with a corrupt (or suspected corrupt) database and you're only just starting to think about how long a CHECKDB is going to take - you've made a mistake while planning your disaster recovery strategy. You always need to know how long CHECKDB takes (on average) to run for your database so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You can tell whether a particular run of CHECKDB is taking longer than usual - a sign that it's found some corruption&#xD;&#xA; - You know how long it will take to get results in a disaster recovery situation&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At every conference I go to, someone asks me how long CHECKDB will take to run on their database. There are several ways I could answer this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The unhelpful answer - I've got no idea.&#xD;&#xA; - The almost-helpful answer - how long did it take to run last time and are the conditions exactly the same?&#xD;&#xA; - The answer I usually give - it depends.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, many people would see the third answer as being somewhat equivalent to the first answer - unhelpful. The problem is that there are many factors which influence how long CHECKDB will take to run. Let me explain the ten most important factors so you get an idea why this is actually a helpful answer. These aren't in any particular order of importance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. **The size of the database**&#xD;&#xA;Pretty obvious... CHECKDB has to read every allocated page in the database so the bigger it is, the longer it will take to read all the pages.&#xD;&#xA; 2. **Concurrent IO load on the server**&#xD;&#xA;At the simplest level, what is CHECKDB going to do? It reads every allocated page in the database. That's a lot of IO. CHECKDB takes great pains to do the most efficient IO it can and read the database pages in their physical order with plenty of readahead so that the disk heads move smoothly across the disks (rather than jumping around randomly and incurring disk head seek delays). If there's no concurrent IO load on the server, then the IOs will be as efficient as CHECKDB can make them. However, introducing any additional IO from SQL Server means that the disk heads will be jumping around - slowing down the CHECKDB IOs. If the IO subsystem is at capacity already from CHECKDB's IO demands, any additional IO is going to reduce the IO bandwidth available to CHECKDB - slowing it down.&#xD;&#xA; 3. **Concurrent CPU activity on the server**&#xD;&#xA;At the next level of simplicity, CHECKDB is going to process every page it reads in some way. Depending on the various options you've specified and the database schema (details below), that's going to use a lot of CPU - it's possible that the server may be pegged at 100% CPU when CHECKDB is running. If there's any additional workload on the server, that's going to take CPU cycles away from CHECKDB and it going to slow it down.&#xD;&#xA;Basically what points #2 and #3 are saying is that CHECKDB is very resource intensive! It’s probably one of the most resource intensive things you can ask SQL Server to do and so it's usually a good idea to not run it during peak workload times, as you'll not only cause CHECKDB to take longer to run, you will slowdown the concurrent workload, possibly unacceptably.&#xD;&#xA; 4. **Concurrent update activity on the database**&#xD;&#xA;This is relevant for both SQL 2000 and SQL 2005, but for different reasons.&#xD;&#xA;In SQL 2000, CHECKDB gets its consistent view of the database from transaction log analysis of concurrent DML transactions (see here for details). The more concurrent DML there is while CHECKDB is running, the more transaction log will be generated - and so the longer it will take for CHECKDB to analyze that transaction log. It's possible that on a large multi-CPU box with a ton of concurrent DML and CHECKDB limited to a single CPU that this phase of CHECKDB could take several times longer than the reading and processing of the database pages! (I've seen this in real-life several times.)&#xD;&#xA;In SQL 2005, CHECKDB gets its consistent view of the database from a database snapshot, which is stored on the same disk volumes as the database itself. If there are a lot of changes in the database while CHECKDB is running, the changed pages are pushed to the snapshot so that it remains consistent. As the snapshot files are stored in the same location as the database files, every time a page is pushed to the snapshot, the disk head has to move, which interrupts the efficient IO described in #2. Also, whenever CHECKDB goes to read a page and it needs to read the page from the snapshot files instead of the database files, that's another disk head move, and another efficient IO interruption. The more concurrent changes to the database, the more interruptions to efficient IO and the slower that CHECKDB runs.&#xD;&#xA; 5. **Throughput capabilities of the IO subsystem**&#xD;&#xA;This one's simple. CHECKDB is going to do a boat-load of IOs and it could even end up being IO-bound (meaning that the CPUs are idle periodically waiting for IOs to complete) depending on the options specified and the database schema. This means that the throughput of the IO subsystem is going to have a direct effect on the run-time of CHECKDB. so, if you have a 1TB database and the IO subsystem can only manage 100MB/sec, it's going to take almost 3 hours just to read the database (1TB / 100MB / 3600 secs) and there's nothing you can do to speed that up except upgrade the IO subsystem.&#xD;&#xA;I've lost count of the number of times I've heard customers complain that CHECKDB (or index rebuilds or other IO-heavy operations) are running sloooowly only to find that the disk queue lengths are enormous and the IO subsystem it entirely unmatched to the server and workload.&#xD;&#xA; 6. **The number of CPUs (processing cores) on the box**&#xD;&#xA;This also really encompasses the Edition of SQL Server that's being run. In Enterprise Edition, CHECKDB can run in parallel across all the CPUs in the box (or as many as the query processor decides to parallelize over when the CHECKDB internal queries are compiled). Running in parallel can give a significant performance boost to CHECKDB and lower run times, as long as the database is also spread over multiple files too (so the IOs can be parallelized). There's a nifty algorithm that’s used that allows CHECKDB to run in parallel which I'll explain in detail in a future post.&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, the fact that CHECKDB can run in parallel in Enterprise Edition can be bad for some scenarios, and so some DBAs chose to force CHECKDB to be single-threaded. SAP typically recommends this to help with user query predictability. The way to do this is to turn on the documented trace flag 2528.&#xD;&#xA; 7. **The speed of the disks where tempdb is placed**&#xD;&#xA;Running CHECKDB against a VLDB uses lots of memory for internal state and for VLDBs the memory requirement usually exceeds the amount of memory available to SQL Server. In this case, the state is spooled out to tempdb and so the performance of tempdb can be a critical factor in CHECKDB performance. See this post for more details of this and how CHECKDB can run out of disk space if tempdb is too small.&#xD;&#xA; 8. **The complexity of the database schema**&#xD;&#xA;This can have a really high impact on the run-time of CHECKDB because it impacts the amount of CPU that CHECKDB requires. For example, the most expensive checks that CHECKDB does are for non-clustered indexes. It needs to check that each row in a non-clustered index maps to exactly one row in the heap or clustered index for the table, and that every heap/clustered index row has exactly one matching row in each non-clustered index. Although there's a highly efficient algorithm for doing this, it still takes around 30% of the total CPU that CHECKDB uses!&#xD;&#xA;There are a bunch of other checks that are only done if the features have been used in the database - e.g. computed column evaluation, links between off-row LOB values, Service Broker, XML indexes, indexed views - so you can see that empirical factors along aren't enough to determine the run-time.&#xD;&#xA; 9. **Which options are specified**&#xD;&#xA;This is almost the same as #7 in that by specifying various options you're limiting what checks CHECKDB actually performs. For instance, using the WITH NOINDEX option will turn off the non-clustered index checks that I described in #7 and using the WITH PHYSICAL_ONLY option will turn off all logical checks, vastly decreasing the run-time of CHECKDB and making it nearly always IO-bound rather than CPU-bound (in fact this is the most common option that DBAs of VLDBs use to make the run-time of CHECKDB manageable).&#xD;&#xA;One thing to be aware of - if you specify any repair options, CHECKDB always runs single-threaded, even on a multi-proc box on Enterprise Edition.&#xD;&#xA; 10. **The number and type of corruptions that exist in the database**&#xD;&#xA;Again, this is similar to #7 and #8. If there are any corruptions present, there may be extra checks triggered to try to figure out more details of the corruptions. For instance, for the non-clustered index checks, the algorithm is tuned very heavily for the case when there are no corruptions present (the overwhelming majority of cases considering the millions of times CHECKDB is run every day around the world). When a non-clustered index corruption is detected, a more in-depth algorithm has to be used to figure out exactly where the corruption is, which involves re-scanning a bunch of data and so taking a bunch more time. There are a few other algorithms like this too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now one other thing to bear in mind is that using REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS makes the checks run single-threaded, so the repairs get ordered correctly - which makes it run longer. Take a look in the error log on 2005 SP2+ for message 5268 - it indicates a deep-dive, as I mentioned above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Summary**&#xD;&#xA;So you can see that there's no simple answer. Hope this helps!&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53058" PostHistoryTypeId="13" PostId="29761" RevisionGUID="15f981c8-f0c7-46cb-a1fe-efe400f8703b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:37:01.363" UserId="3111" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:3111,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;flashkube&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="53059" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29743" RevisionGUID="1cd0614a-51e0-4204-97ca-a2ff2b996f2e" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:37:02.843" UserId="7324" Comment="added 353 characters in body; added 525 characters in body" Text="1.  SLOW DOWN... we're in a hurry.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;2.  If you do your job right NOBODY will notice a thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;3.  Its never going to be 9-5 or a 40hr work week.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;4.  You can never have too many backups.  Test them!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;5.  That &quot;impossible&quot; scenario you didn't bother planning for WILL HAPPEN.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;6.  Hackers (actually script kiddies) hack things because they can, not because they targeted YOU specifically.  Its not personal, you were just there.  So don't ask &quot;Why me?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;7.  Document everything!  Even if its just for your own sanity.  A private Wiki goes a looooong way.  If you can't bother to do that then at least keep a &quot;never ending&quot; text document nicely formatted on your computer... then back that up too!  Just because you know something &quot;inside and out&quot; today doesn't mean you'll remember what the hell you did 6 months from now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;8.  If something goes wrong in the evening and you think you might be in for a long night... WRITE YOUR PLAN DOWN.  You'd be surprised how &quot;mush brained&quot; you're going to be at 3am and suddenly you're going to say, &quot;Now, did I actually do ????? or was I just thinking I needed to do ????? next?  Oh crap!&quot;  (This WILL happen to you, especially if your recovery process takes a few hours.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;9.  The weakest aspect of any computer/network is almost always going to be the HUMAN ELEMENT.  It doesn't matter how secure you make the computer/program/network some moron is always going to try and use &quot;bob&quot; and &quot;bob&quot; as his username and password then write it on a post-it note and stick it to his monitor... which happens to be facing an outside window... which just happens to be outside of a bus stop.  (I wish I was making this up) ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;10.  Relax!  I can almost GUARANTEE you that no matter what bad thing(s) happen to you someone, somewhere is having a WORSE day than you.  Be happy you're not THAT guy and stay GROUNDED.  If you can stay CALM when everyone around you is freaking out... you'll find that after a short time THEY calm down too.  Don't participate in mass hysteria. ;-)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;BONUS TIP:  Wives/Girlfriends are NOT stupid.  I once pulled up a mail server log with &quot;tail -f maillog.log&quot; for my significant other to watch a dictionary attack on a mail server.  I explained to her that this level of attack is &quot;normal&quot; and is almost constant.  I then explained that when my phone goes off at 3am its because we're facing something about 10x's BIGGER.  You'd be surprised how sympathetic/understanding they can be when they can actually SEE the crap we have to deal with daily.  SHARE THE EXPERIENCE!" />
  <row Id="53060" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29752" RevisionGUID="aa739186-4a21-424d-8556-41087035af1f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:37:12.313" UserId="1054" Comment="Add vendor comment" Text="Don't forget to blow out any extranet type accounts that he might have on behalf of your company.  These are often overlooked and often the cause of much grief post-mortem.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Might (along the &quot;I'm ultra-paranoid&quot; track) want to also notify your sales reps for different vendors that you work with in case he tried to contact someone there ." />
  <row Id="53061" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29766" RevisionGUID="d92f3079-a0c2-47a7-bdf6-50f318e6e6cf" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:38:44.370" UserId="3437" Text="Management of all those static IP's would be a pain. Have you considered splitting into two routed subnets, each with its own DHCP scope?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EG subnet1 is one one switch (or set of linked switches) and a router that connects to the internet. DHCP server is here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Subnet2 on a different switch, or set of switches, whose router connects to subnet1. On this router you can run a DHCP relay ('ip helper-address' if the switches are Cisco). If you used DHCP relay then your DHCP server in subnet1 would simply have abother scope, with its own address range and gateway settings. Alternatively you could just run another DHCP server in subnet2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Caution: if you do this, your name services need to be in great condition all the time, since clients will no longer be able to fallback to broadcast name resolution if/when name services fail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively you could go around setting static IP and gateway setting by hand or by script. Have a look at the NETSH commandline utility if you wish to script it." />
  <row Id="53062" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29767" RevisionGUID="12013620-5e62-47a1-94ef-3d7b937981b2" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:38:48.677" UserId="1435" Text="That it's only work." />
  <row Id="53064" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29766" RevisionGUID="26d06281-9833-46cb-bc86-b0fb198e11aa" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:47:19.583" UserId="3437" Comment="added 62 characters in body" Text="Management of all those static IP's would be a pain. Have you considered splitting into two routed subnets, each with its own DHCP scope?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EG subnet1 is one one switch (or set of linked switches) and a router that connects to the internet. DHCP server is here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Subnet2 on a different switch, or set of switches, whose router has one route/connection to subnet1, and another route/connection to the internet. On this router you can run a DHCP relay ('ip helper-address' if the switches are Cisco). If you used DHCP relay then your DHCP server in subnet1 would simply have abother scope, with its own address range and gateway settings. Alternatively you could just run another DHCP server in subnet2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Caution: if you do this, your name services need to be in great condition all the time, since clients will no longer be able to fallback to broadcast name resolution if/when name services fail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively you could go around setting static IP and gateway setting by hand or by script. Have a look at the NETSH commandline utility if you wish to script it." />
  <row Id="53065" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29768" RevisionGUID="26c8ef9c-3530-4823-b5e9-a4b01e3aec5d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:51:37.297" UserId="1376" Text="Virtualization has some great benefits, but there are times when a virtualized server needs more performance and should be moved to physical.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My question is, how do you tell when these times are? I'm looking for measurable data and metrics that show moving a server to its own physical box would make a significant difference to performance. Personally I'm interested in Windows but presumably the essentials are the same across all platforms." />
  <row Id="53066" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29768" RevisionGUID="26c8ef9c-3530-4823-b5e9-a4b01e3aec5d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:51:37.297" UserId="1376" Text="When to move a virtualized server to physical?" />
  <row Id="53067" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29768" RevisionGUID="26c8ef9c-3530-4823-b5e9-a4b01e3aec5d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:51:37.297" UserId="1376" Text="&lt;virtualization&gt;&lt;v2p&gt;&lt;performance&gt;&lt;cross-platform&gt;&lt;metrics&gt;" />
  <row Id="53068" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29769" RevisionGUID="7ed808a3-639d-4fbe-9c57-de6b558de10b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:52:11.820" UserId="7095" Text="Oracle Sql Developer has one really cool plugin from FourthElephant called [Insider][1].  It is a database monitor.  It is a simple version that is free.  (The advanced one you have to pay for.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The tool that comes with Oracle, Enterprise Manager, is a good approach but doesn't give you the same type of visual cueing.  Give it a try, its free.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;SQL Plus is a dinosaur but faily solid as a script executer but not really good for PL/SQL.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One really odd alternative for you developers reading this are the [oracle tools][2] for visual studio.  It has just about everything in it including debugging and is a free add-on for visual studio.  If you are a developer that loves visual studio but is also trying to manage a test database this is a powerful tool.  &#xD;&#xA;One thing I really like about it is how it handle reference cursors.  For some reason it is the best tool I have found for testing my reference cursors.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.fourthelephant.com/sqldeveloper/download/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/dotnet/tools/index.html" />
  <row Id="53069" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29770" RevisionGUID="af5070b0-9829-42c3-bb87-5f86ac3a5b64" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:52:57.247" UserId="7309" Text="It seems like there is no current documented way to preserve performance data of the host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After some thought, it seems like it doesn't matter, anyways, since what matters is the history of the VM, not the host.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;So renaming a host was this process:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Change DNS. Create A record for the host with the new name, remove the A record for the old, and create a CNAME for the old name&#xD;&#xA; 2. Evacuate host, place in maintenance mode&#xD;&#xA; 3. Use VI Client to rename host in *DNS and Routing*&#xD;&#xA; 4. Reboot host.&#xD;&#xA; 5. Remove Host from VI.&#xD;&#xA; 6. Attach to host with new DNS name&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;When all is said and done, and everything works well, clear out the DNS CNAMEs created." />
  <row Id="53073" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29772" RevisionGUID="52f37853-e58f-41ae-83de-9de34309650b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:55:14.620" UserId="1840" Text=" - Wake up, hit the snooze on my alarm&#xD;&#xA; - Go back to sleep&#xD;&#xA; - Wake up, Hit the snooze again&#xD;&#xA; - Go back to sleep&#xD;&#xA; - Wake up, Hit the dismiss on my alarm&#xD;&#xA; - Get up, shower, get ready&#xD;&#xA; - Drink a glass of water&#xD;&#xA; - Do a couple of sit-ups/push-ups&#xD;&#xA; - Go to work&#xD;&#xA; - Launch laptop OS X (Safari/Firefox, Adium (Multiple Accounts), Terminal, RDC to user TS and Admin TS.&#xD;&#xA; - Check: MRTG stats (Looking for unusual bandwidth variations on different sites), Zenoss Console, Email (specially look for 12am-7am outage/update emails)&#xD;&#xA; - 9am: Have one 'shot' of coffee (or if very tired have a 75% full cup).&#xD;&#xA; - 10:30am: Another 'shot' of coffee if needed." />
  <row Id="53074" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29772" RevisionGUID="52f37853-e58f-41ae-83de-9de34309650b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:55:14.620" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="53075" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29773" RevisionGUID="535cca29-fdc3-43af-9acf-8bdc6d995b43" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:57:56.923" UserId="2231" Text="Unless you work in an enormous company, with segregated departments for telco, network, application, operations, security, etc, you're pretty much going to be in charge of all of it.  I'm currently working at a company of about 130 employees, and I am in charge of the following systems:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Entire network, including 2 servers, ~75 computers, 3 racks of various networking equipment (one for each level), 20 or so printers, 5 copiers, you get the point&#xD;&#xA; - a Nortel Meridian PBX system&#xD;&#xA; - our building security system, which includes access control&#xD;&#xA; - wireless across the entire premises&#xD;&#xA; - an enormous database&#xD;&#xA; - help desk responsibilities&#xD;&#xA; - phasing out old PCs with newer ones&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically, anything with a transistor in it (short of shop equipment), I am responsible for maintaining.  It's not bad, considering we pay for support contracts on most of the proprietary equipment (security system, PBX, payroll processing software, etc) and warranties on the hardware.  However, when there needs to be 3 different techs from 3 different companies in on the same day, dealing with 3 different systems, I tend to spread myself a little thin." />
  <row Id="53076" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29774" RevisionGUID="d3fea143-63a7-4bd7-94f5-4d269d3a5570" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:57:57.830" UserId="6383" Text="- Time Management&#xD;&#xA;- Get a help desk or trouble ticket system between you and your users&#xD;&#xA;- Did I mention Time Management?  Well allocate chunks of time for project work, and separate time for trouble tickets, or else you'll spend all your time fixing tickets (which will make users happy) and none on projects (which will make your manager unhappy).&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53077" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29775" RevisionGUID="d8b30599-1654-4b58-b924-7c9ef0dfa4e9" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:58:27.157" UserId="3111" Text="I disagree that a virtual server would need to be moved to physical because of performance. Hypervisors are now so close to the metal that there is virtually (no pun intended) no performance hit. Especially now that many board makers are including hypervisors on the chipset. If you took two servers with identical hardware, one running a single guest and one running an exact copy of that guest on the physical hardware, you would be hard pressed to notice a difference in performance I think.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are other reasons, though, you may need a physical server rather than virtual. One of them is hardware compatibility. If your application requires non-standard hardware with its own unique bus, you may not be able to run that in a virtual machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm anxious to hear what others have to say. Great question." />
  <row Id="53078" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29776" RevisionGUID="c7ea3c3f-1cc4-424a-9077-c5f77d921c2d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:58:28.717" UserId="5234" Text="Simple is normally better, but simple just for the sake of simplicity is normally bad.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Dealing with management can be the single biggest challenge.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Things can come back to bite you in the ass." />
  <row Id="53079" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29777" RevisionGUID="3a5e4208-9e00-41fe-a21b-a2793defe83c" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:58:36.377" UserId="1325" Text="Will adding a second SPF record mess up my DNS, or will it be like adding an extra nameserver?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(i.e. it only helps, not hurts)" />
  <row Id="53080" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29777" RevisionGUID="3a5e4208-9e00-41fe-a21b-a2793defe83c" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:58:36.377" UserId="1325" Text="SPF records" />
  <row Id="53081" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29777" RevisionGUID="3a5e4208-9e00-41fe-a21b-a2793defe83c" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:58:36.377" UserId="1325" Text="&lt;dns&gt;&lt;reverse-dns&gt;&lt;spf&gt;" />
  <row Id="53082" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29778" RevisionGUID="a8a9b2d8-062b-4598-b5ec-adbbeea61a75" CreationDate="2009-06-22T14:58:55.800" UserId="3356" Text=" 1. Not all problems have a technological solution, sometimes a properly written and vetted policy is the right answer.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Configuration management and standards always work best when implemented from the deployment stage.&#xD;&#xA; 3. It is *never* too early in the development process to ask for a security review.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Users are *almost* always uninterested in the system configuration, they just want their apps to work.&#xD;&#xA; 5. Users/developers *always* want to be involved in new service designs.  Be sure to include them in your requirements analysis.&#xD;&#xA; 6. Always take the time to research a standard configuration and/or look for pre-existing scripts or software packages.&#xD;&#xA; 7. Document everything.  Always assume someone else will have to manage your product.  Being the only person that can fix a problem is job security, but it also means you cannot take vacations.  Live by the HBAB (hit by a bus) principle.&#xD;&#xA; 8. Take vacations.  If you do your job right, somebody else can cover.&#xD;&#xA; 9. How you interact with your customers and coworkers defines how well they will work with you.  We all read and laugh at the BOFH, but let's face it.  He's an asshole and nobody likes him.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53083" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29779" RevisionGUID="c6439f71-809b-4a4e-8059-5fbb8f6de0cf" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:00:48.150" UserId="7073" Text="I'd say its when the server is at the point where it is consuming enough of the server resources that it cannot share the hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ESX, ESXi &amp; Window Hyper V should all give you near real performance.  So as long as one of the machines is not using 90% of the resources on its own you shouldn't need to move to real hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Exceptions being you wouldn't want things like your 2 domain controllers on the same box should the hardware fail." />
  <row Id="53084" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29780" RevisionGUID="643db022-9cb8-4796-b1d2-9191f47f2ac4" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:01:32.690" UserId="8784" Text="I usually use [Condor][1] for managing my 'jobs' - it allows you to distribute your app dynamically or statically if you wish.  Then you should be able to use whatever auto-start mechanism you like without having your configuration floating around for everyone to see.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/" />
  <row Id="53085" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29781" RevisionGUID="e1a2162a-f14d-4fa2-98fe-29cf37ddf4ab" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:02:34.747" UserId="7095" Text="Memory is a easier problem to manage (since you can dedicate it to the databases) than the attack that the two of them will lay on your disk array.  If you are going to double up on one server, please make sure you separate them out so they are pulling from separate disk arrays.  Otherwise when they use their temp files for sorting and big queries you will see a ton of spinning disks.  &#xD;&#xA;Also make sure you leave enough space in memory not dedicated to the databases.  Your operating system will need some breathing room for all the other binaries that are executed that are not included in the database dedicated space.  If you don't you will see the operating systems memory manager panic from time to time and switch from standard page swapping into page stealing.  " />
  <row Id="53086" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29782" RevisionGUID="ae7324ba-f4ca-4d0c-af6d-22cf8d750727" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:03:07.973" UserId="9140" Text="I'm not an expert on this subject, but generally speaking: Very hungry I/O applications (especially those who write little and fast) are the ones who gets their own physical server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's not very hard to find them either, you just run performance monitor and look for high i/o wait times.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, high-end databases usually get its own dedicated server, because of several reasons:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. They want to cache everything they can, RAM usage is enormous&#xD;&#xA; 2. They perform better with threading across several cores (8-way is normal), and you generally do not want to assign more than 1 virtual cpu to any server because of blocking&#xD;&#xA; 3. They are _very_ I/O hungry when loading data to cache, low latency on I/O is key." />
  <row Id="53087" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29783" RevisionGUID="0acabea5-bb87-461a-a552-4371c8ced0a3" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:03:36.663" UserId="8950" Text="I'd love if there was a single command line tool for packet sniffing a single command in Linux. something like ``sniff dumpfile command`` so that you could just run the command you want to packet sniff in the terminal and get a dump of the packets somewhere else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are lots of linux/unix commands that accept a different command and do something different. From ``sudo`` (run as superuser), ``nice`` change nice level, ``trickle`` (limit the bandwidth of a command)" />
  <row Id="53088" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29783" RevisionGUID="0acabea5-bb87-461a-a552-4371c8ced0a3" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:03:36.663" UserId="8950" Text="Is there an easy command line tool for packet sniffing a single command on linux?" />
  <row Id="53089" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29783" RevisionGUID="0acabea5-bb87-461a-a552-4371c8ced0a3" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:03:36.663" UserId="8950" Text="&lt;command-line&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;packet-analyzer&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="53090" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29784" RevisionGUID="23ae067e-0f63-4f0b-acf9-239402d18fa2" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:04:55.770" UserId="9004" Text="I doubt there's a generic answer for this, but if you're worried about perfomance, then that's what you have to look at.  The obvious would be to check whether **you are maxing out CPU, I/O, ...**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But also, **performance testing and benchmarks** would also help you decide whether there is any penalty for being virtual and whether having a single VM on the host is sensible or not." />
  <row Id="53091" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29785" RevisionGUID="14a511df-6dae-40e4-8dc4-d68041c517db" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:05:32.353" UserId="2561" Text="You first need to identify which resource is the bottleneck.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Windows performance monitor ( [perfmon][1] ) provides lots of counters for various aspects such as Disk queue, virtual Memory stats etc.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are disk bound, giving the virtual machine direct access to a disk instead of something like a vmx file with VMWare could help a lot.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490957.aspx" />
  <row Id="53092" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29786" RevisionGUID="8daab8e4-2dc5-4846-969e-94963af947e1" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:05:46.363" UserId="4381" Text="From [rfc4408](http://www.openspf.org/svn/project/specs/rfc4408.txt):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    3.1.2.  Multiple DNS Records&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       A domain name MUST NOT have multiple records that would cause an&#xD;&#xA;       authorization check to select more than one record.  See Section 4.5&#xD;&#xA;       for the selection rules.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not entirely sure what you want to achieve by adding a second record, but if it is something like adding extra hosts/networks as valid/invalid senders, you can probably do everything you want to with just the one record - just add whatever you wanted to the end of the line." />
  <row Id="53093" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29787" RevisionGUID="46dd41a9-8a3b-44ab-ad46-1817343acf5b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:06:43.473" UserId="9004" Text="Dtrace should allow this, although I don't know whether it's quite made it into Linux yet." />
  <row Id="53094" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29788" RevisionGUID="1154abc2-3053-4dd5-8669-5334166f554e" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:07:43.673" UserId="4310" Text="I am trying to add to the auto start at boottime a linux service through the &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    chkconfig -add &lt;servicename&gt; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and I get a message saying &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    service &lt;servicename&gt; does not support chkconfig&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I am using Red Hat Enterprise 4.  The script I am trying to add to the autostart at boottime is the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/sh&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    soffice_start() {   if [ -x /opt/openoffice.org2.4/program/soffice ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;Starting Open Office as a Service&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            #echo &quot; soffice -headless -accept=socket,port=8100;urp;StarOffice.ServiceManager&#xD;&#xA;    -nofirststartwizard&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            /opt/openoffice.org2.4/program/soffice&#xD;&#xA;    -headless -accept=&quot;socket,host=0.0.0.0,port=8100;urp;StarOffice.ServiceManager&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    -nofirststartwizard &amp;   else&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;Error: Could not find the soffice program. Cannot Start SOffice.&quot;   fi }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    soffice_stop() {   if [ -x /usr/bin/killall ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;Stopping Openoffice&quot;&#xD;&#xA;            /usr/bin/killall soffice 2&gt; /dev/null   else&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;Eroor: Could not find killall.  Cannot Stop soffice.&quot;   fi }&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    case &quot;$1&quot; in  'start')    soffice_start    ;;  'stop')    soffice_stop    sleep 2    ;;  'restart')    soffice_stop    sleep 5  soffice_start    ;;  *)    if [ -x /usr/bin/basename ]; then&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;usage: '/usr/bin/basename $0' start| stop| restart&quot;    else&#xD;&#xA;            echo &quot;usage: $0 start|stop|restart&quot;    fi esac&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53095" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29788" RevisionGUID="1154abc2-3053-4dd5-8669-5334166f554e" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:07:43.673" UserId="4310" Text="What is needed for a linux service to be supported by chkconfig?" />
  <row Id="53096" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29788" RevisionGUID="1154abc2-3053-4dd5-8669-5334166f554e" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:07:43.673" UserId="4310" Text="&lt;redhat&gt;&lt;linux&gt;&lt;chkconfig&gt;&lt;scripting&gt;" />
  <row Id="53097" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29789" RevisionGUID="3061d9f1-adda-44b3-b481-a9c1a248cdf1" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:07:50.803" UserId="8338" Text="I have limited knowledge of servers. I had an idea that I wanted to get evaluated. With netbooks becoming cheaper, I was wondering if I will be able to do complex video editing and running heavy software on a server? For example, my netbook could be running Remote Desktop connection (on XP) to a dedicated server externally or internally running windows 2008. The server could inturn be running my apps and doing all the video editing, word processing, etc. I can also then share this login with the rest of my family/office if they want to do anything on the server that is too much for their netbooks. Also remote apps available on windows 2008 server sounds pretty interesting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is this something people tend to do or are there other methods that are way better to empower netbooks (dumb terminals) via a server?" />
  <row Id="53098" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29789" RevisionGUID="3061d9f1-adda-44b3-b481-a9c1a248cdf1" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:07:50.803" UserId="8338" Text="Powering netbooks with Servers" />
  <row Id="53099" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29789" RevisionGUID="3061d9f1-adda-44b3-b481-a9c1a248cdf1" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:07:50.803" UserId="8338" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;netbook&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;" />
  <row Id="53100" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29778" RevisionGUID="b6f0e1d1-fa83-488a-aab0-782305bb2779" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:07:59.370" UserId="3356" Comment="Adding statement about asking for help." Text=" 1. Not all problems have a technological solution, sometimes a properly written and vetted policy is the right answer.&#xD;&#xA; 2. Configuration management and standards always work best when implemented from the deployment stage.&#xD;&#xA; 3. It is *never* too early in the development process to ask for a security review.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Users are *almost* always uninterested in the system configuration, they just want their apps to work.&#xD;&#xA; 5. Users/developers *always* want to be involved in new service designs.  Be sure to include them in your requirements analysis.&#xD;&#xA; 6. Always take the time to research a standard configuration and/or look for pre-existing scripts or software packages.&#xD;&#xA; 7. Document everything.  Always assume someone else will have to manage your product.  Being the only person that can fix a problem is job security, but it also means you cannot take vacations.  Live by the HBAB (hit by a bus) principle.&#xD;&#xA; 8. Take vacations.  If you do your job right, somebody else can cover.&#xD;&#xA; 9. How you interact with your customers and coworkers defines how well they will work with you.  We all read and laugh at the BOFH, but let's face it.  He's an asshole and nobody likes him.&#xD;&#xA; 10. As adopilot said, don't be afraid to ask for help or advice.  Know where your expertise ends.  We're all adults, no person worth working with will hold it against you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53101" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29790" RevisionGUID="66481eba-372f-4ae7-92dc-5e848a36a7a5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:08:49.943" UserId="2561" Text="[tcpdump][1] is the 'classic' answer .&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;ct=res&amp;cd=1&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tcpdump.org%2F&amp;ei=bp4_Su79M4XKMdnsqIcG&amp;usg=AFQjCNEyqsib7gbmyxLVhmvJ60yWAwjYEg&amp;sig2=l6IVeoVoouA_DC9WvaQVWQ" />
  <row Id="53102" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29791" RevisionGUID="47951beb-96dd-4639-85b9-f8eb1f9af1a4" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:10:27.490" UserId="7073" Text="you're not going to get two of the same answers for this one.  So here is what I would do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is your Win2003 your only server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If yes, then I would do the following,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. Install the new Windows 2008 on the new hardware&#xD;&#xA;2. DCPromo it to become a domain controller&#xD;&#xA;3. Assign any shares etc to it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Carry on working.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you only have 2 servers, make them both DC's.  There is no harm in this.  Since this is a small network, they can double as your file servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The AD domain will be at a 2003 level.  Nothing wrong with that, but IF there was a feature you wanted that existed only with a 2008 AD Domain (don't confuse with a 2008 Server) you'd need to remove the 2003 DC by DCPromo it down.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also personally I hate doing implace upgrades on servers (too risky, had too many bad things happen).  Plus you wouldn't be able to if you got the Windows 2008 OEM since its fixed to the new hardware." />
  <row Id="53103" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29792" RevisionGUID="587f1004-10f4-43b4-8897-db23b75db0d0" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:10:40.410" UserId="8950" Text="As many others have said, these are used by Finder. However if you don't like them you can safely delete them." />
  <row Id="53104" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="29789" RevisionGUID="c8dba203-4b04-4376-adcc-16b69e29d5da" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:11:18.723" UserId="2277" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;netbook&gt;&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;remote-apps&gt;" />
  <row Id="53105" PostHistoryTypeId="18" PostId="29500" RevisionGUID="7266fe2e-8884-4451-9416-50084508159d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:12:19.687" UserId="1803" Comment="Merged question 'Accessing localhost using virtualbox' by Yoohooo_Rocks" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="53106" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29793" RevisionGUID="c2c2269e-7928-41a1-935f-36e17301031e" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:12:45.147" UserId="8831" Text="is your service in init.d/" />
  <row Id="53107" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29794" RevisionGUID="c1e0108b-b28b-4cda-a5ca-9ce709ab39a5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:13:32.260" UserId="8950" Text="I'm trying to VNC into a Mac OSX machine. I can ssh in fine. I am also running this VNC connection over an SSH tunnel, however it worked fine yesterday.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    $ vncviewer 127.0.0.1::13458&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and it connects and gives the following output.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Connected to RFB server, using protocol version 3.8&#xD;&#xA;    Performing standard VNC authentication&#xD;&#xA;    Password: &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I enter the VNC password. However it just hangs there and nothing happens. This happens if I enter a known incorrect password and the correct password.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What could be causing this and how would I go about diagnosing this?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53108" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29794" RevisionGUID="c1e0108b-b28b-4cda-a5ca-9ce709ab39a5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:13:32.260" UserId="8950" Text="Why would VNC view on mac OSX hang after accepting password?" />
  <row Id="53109" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29794" RevisionGUID="c1e0108b-b28b-4cda-a5ca-9ce709ab39a5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:13:32.260" UserId="8950" Text="&lt;vnc&gt;&lt;mac&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;&lt;macosx&gt;" />
  <row Id="53110" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29795" RevisionGUID="b66f8e69-466a-4b43-97c9-10fab90ba224" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:13:43.147" UserId="7309" Text="This very much depends on the service this is performing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I typically look at the resources that are being used, and determining if they are indeed bottelnecks for this guest and the services it provides.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This of it this way:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you have a Dual Core (2vSMP), 4GB RAM guest running a web server (IIS) and you're not maxing out CPU and RAM requests, then maybe the guest doesn't need more hardware.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;We have run into cases where running an Oracle Database on a virtualization platform comes close to the same amount of performance as a similarly sized hardware server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Obviously, if you wanted to have a 16-core server as a VM, you may have some trouble seeing it perform as well as dedicated hardware." />
  <row Id="53111" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29796" RevisionGUID="1630a492-8d5a-42d3-a2ec-da1aef459ad5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:13:51.430" UserId="4721" Text="Try Wireshark -- the command will be [`tshark`][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/tshark.html" />
  <row Id="53112" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29783" RevisionGUID="817341f6-c02b-4a61-a5a8-2e0b598cfb88" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:15:32.067" UserId="8950" Comment="explaination" Text="I'd love if there was a single command line tool for packet sniffing a single command in Linux. something like ``sniff dumpfile command`` so that you could just run the command you want to packet sniff in the terminal and get a dump of the packets somewhere else.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'd like to dump / save / see only the network traffic of the single command that I enter, not all the TCP traffic on my single network interface. So if I was logged into my computer and had IRC running in the background, and I did ``sniff somefile wget http://www.google.com``, I'd want to see all the network traffic that the wget command did to download http://www.google.com. I don't want 'somefile' to have the IRC network traffic confusing things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are lots of linux/unix commands that accept a different command and do something different. From ``sudo`` (run as superuser), ``nice`` change nice level, ``trickle`` (limit the bandwidth of a command)" />
  <row Id="53113" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29797" RevisionGUID="9c6132b7-7646-438d-bde9-1c6d1f5a5ef5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:15:35.907" UserId="1438" Text="It's been a few years since I've created a Linux [LiveCD](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_CD), so I thought I'd ask this community for some best practices before I make my next attempt.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My goal is to create a Linux Live CD/DVD for a reasonably new (less than 2 years old) PC (not Mac). When booted in Linux, the System will be used for &quot;general&quot; computing tasks like web browsing, word processing, and audio/video playback. This is neither a gaming machine, nor a development environment. The PC has a CD/DVD burner.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Specifically, I'm looking for reasonable choices for the following:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;* **LiveCD/DVD distribution**. Preferably, something that has Firefox, OpenOffice, and a good collection of codecs &quot;right out of the box.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;* **CD/DVD burning software**. Ideally, I'd like some FOSS burner software that will let me do something like: put a blank CD/DVD into the drive, open the burner software, select the LiveCD/DVD ISO file, and hit the &quot;go&quot; button." />
  <row Id="53114" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29797" RevisionGUID="9c6132b7-7646-438d-bde9-1c6d1f5a5ef5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:15:35.907" UserId="1438" Text="Instructions/Recommendations for creating a Linux LiveCD/DVD?" />
  <row Id="53115" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29797" RevisionGUID="9c6132b7-7646-438d-bde9-1c6d1f5a5ef5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:15:35.907" UserId="1438" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;live-cd&gt;" />
  <row Id="53116" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29798" RevisionGUID="448f9bc4-a16f-4ba6-8c50-5a9e52566bd5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:15:49.167" UserId="1054" Text="I don't see where this would be a problem so long as your server resources are adequate for what you want to do and you have the proper licensing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What I would shy away from, however, is any kind of video / image editing over remote desktop.  For graphic design applications I would still stick to local editing for display purposes, even when your remote desktop client is set to use high resolutions / color depths.  The bitmap caching is way to slow for effective video editing and I've never had good luck with color depths even when the client is set to a high color depth&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Joel Mansford beat me to my edit to include network issues.  This would be in regards to the Windows 2008 remote apps bit." />
  <row Id="53117" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29799" RevisionGUID="25111451-bc65-4105-9bef-b0247e3a950e" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:16:22.707" UserId="4733" Text="Make all staff aware that this employee is leaving so that they aernt as vulnerable to telephone social-hacking attempts. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;He already knows how the system works and whats there.  So he wouldnt need too much info in order to get back in if he desired.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If I left to day under less-than-desirable circumstances I believe that I could call up staff, which I have to do from time to time anyway, and find out enough info to get back into the system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Maybe I would give an existing domain user admin privileges (before leaving).  I could phone up this user and have him/her reveal her password to me. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53118" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29800" RevisionGUID="c8fd7a11-43cb-4849-984f-47b367612d8e" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:16:41.520" UserId="9304" Text="Video processing is an example of something you typically wouldn't do on a server.  This is because typically you need to get the video to the machine (i.e. off your camcorder) which is very heavy on your network and servers don't have firewire.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, you would need to transfer full frame-rate uncompressed video down the line which again means you're network constrained (wireless won't cut it).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Get a workstation for the video!" />
  <row Id="53119" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29801" RevisionGUID="4d45d658-c264-47c5-9f92-7c8be2348b14" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:18:29.863" UserId="8506" Text="The script must have 2 lines:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # chkconfig: &lt;levels&gt; &lt;start&gt; &lt;stop&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    # description: &lt;some description&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # chkconfig: 345 99 01&#xD;&#xA;    # description: some startup script&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    345 - levels to configure&#xD;&#xA;    99 - startup order&#xD;&#xA;    01 - stop order&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After you add the above headers you can run chkconfig --add &lt;service&gt;" />
  <row Id="53120" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29802" RevisionGUID="ff1c4e35-3c3f-46b9-a289-2f909d092160" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:20:45.020" UserId="8950" Text="The Ubuntu documentation has some howtos on how to create an Ubuntu Live CD. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization" />
  <row Id="53121" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29796" RevisionGUID="2588dc3e-ae62-40b0-95f6-077c70ee759d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:21:46.783" UserId="4721" Comment="added 303 characters in body" Text="Try Wireshark -- the command will be [`tshark`][1]  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- tshark allows you to select filters on the traffic captured from an interface&#xD;&#xA;- use other utilities like the debian [lsof][2] to identify the kind of communication done by your application of interest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, Do you really just want LSOF?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/tshark.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.netadmintools.com/html/lsof.man.html" />
  <row Id="53122" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29803" RevisionGUID="0deabeac-04ec-4f23-81b0-b6b6973af2be" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:22:29.433" UserDisplayName="Gary Ciak" Text="Hey Mathieu - Thanks much.  I've been having the same problem and your suggestion fixed it.  I also had a bunch of ArcServe agents listed there.  I deleted those lines and SNMP runs now without incident.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53124" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29805" RevisionGUID="069e0be8-6963-4b56-8748-46a3e2fa799d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:26:44.807" UserId="10334" Text="You can check the processor flags using [cpuinfo][1] or grep &quot;vmx&quot; /proc/cpuinfo | uniq&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/en/projects/cpuinfo" />
  <row Id="53125" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29775" RevisionGUID="125d1cb3-9e51-46d8-a3c5-2f3671bc7ea1" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:27:29.937" UserId="3111" Comment="deleted 3 characters in body; added 142 characters in body" Text="I disagree that a virtual server would need to be moved to physical because of performance. Hypervisors are now so close to the metal that there is virtually (pun intended) no performance hit. Especially now that many board makers are including hypervisors on the chipset. If you took two servers with identical hardware, one running a single guest and one running an exact copy of that guest on the physical hardware, you would be hard pressed to notice a difference in performance I think.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are other reasons, though, you may need a physical server rather than virtual. One of them is hardware compatibility. If your application requires non-standard hardware with its own unique bus, you may not be able to run that in a virtual machine.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm anxious to hear what others have to say. Great question.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;NOTE: We have servers that were virtualized and then put back on the same hardware just to have the snapshot/vmotion capabilities we love." />
  <row Id="53126" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29806" RevisionGUID="d3db4ae1-2e0c-4501-9da8-18c06cfae41b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:28:33.197" UserId="1803" Text="**Be proactive, not reactive.**  Or, analyze the reactive measures you take / might take - and design proactive ways to make sure you don't have to.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Ergonomics are about more than buying a bumpy keyboard.**&#xD;&#xA;It's never too late to start, but a couple of minor back injuries mean I don't have the kind of leeway I used to.  I wish I'd researched this stuff early on.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- Learn how to lift; avoid back injury&#xD;&#xA;- Learn about chair/monitor/desk height, and how minor misadjustments can lead to big health problems &amp; pain&#xD;&#xA;- Learn about carpal tunnel, and how to protect your hands/wrists/arms from repetitive stress injuries&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can make this easier on yourself with the exercise tips mentioned above, but don't make the mistake of thinking that these kinds of injuries only happen to old people, sick people, other people..." />
  <row Id="53127" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29807" RevisionGUID="d21eb71e-f68e-487c-8c49-dfba6b1e2048" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:28:33.650" UserDisplayName="Paranoid Android" Text="Sorry about posting this on the wrong forum.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Anyway, we only have one domain controller. The new users are showing up on the AD. The users can login from outside of the network just fine using virtual private network. And if a user's password gets changed in the active directory, the user has to use the new password. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And there is no security log for the new user attempting to login. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure how to force replicate AD members. So, I'll look that up and give that a try. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="53128" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29807" RevisionGUID="d21eb71e-f68e-487c-8c49-dfba6b1e2048" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:28:33.650" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="53129" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29808" RevisionGUID="dc44e42d-812a-44c4-acbf-573774386fb5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:29:43.427" UserId="6352" Text="Be also careful of DNS service, as it is required for Active Directory.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You probably now have DNS up and running on your current DC, and every client or member server is pointing to it; be sure to enable DNS on the new 2008 server after you promote it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You will then need to point all of your member computers to the new DNS server's IP address (either statically or via DHCP), or swap the IP addresses between the old server and the new one.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53130" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29796" RevisionGUID="a28aa2cb-1f5c-42af-b135-6ece227f1e0c" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:32:01.537" UserId="4721" Comment="added 478 characters in body" Text="Try Wireshark -- the command will be [`tshark`][1]  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- tshark allows you to select filters on the traffic captured from an interface&#xD;&#xA;- use other utilities like the debian [lsof][2] to identify the kind of communication done by your application of interest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, Do you really just want LSOF?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;I don't think there is a tool that will dynamically keep filtering for all communication associated to a process. However, you could try tracking the process communications with tools like `lsof` and once you have a good filter that can isolate communication of that process from all other traffic running on your system, you could get the correct capture.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For, example, with `wget` usually the destination IP address is distinct from other process related traffic.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/tshark.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.netadmintools.com/html/lsof.man.html" />
  <row Id="53131" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29809" RevisionGUID="c0a2bff8-1d5d-4520-981e-36ebf35c4cfe" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:32:57.307" UserDisplayName="bill_the_loser" Text="I am currently working on load testing a web application on a virtual machine cluster.  I am looking for a way to flush the connection pool / NLB cache so that it is like each machine connecting to the NLB is connecting for the first time and doesn't get directed back to the node that it was on last time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This a Windows 2003 Server cluster, behind a Microsoft software based Network Load Balancer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53132" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29809" RevisionGUID="c0a2bff8-1d5d-4520-981e-36ebf35c4cfe" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:32:57.307" UserDisplayName="bill_the_loser" Text="Reset Network Load Balancer Connection Pool" />
  <row Id="53133" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29809" RevisionGUID="c0a2bff8-1d5d-4520-981e-36ebf35c4cfe" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:32:57.307" UserDisplayName="bill_the_loser" Text="&lt;nlb&gt;" />
  <row Id="53134" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29810" RevisionGUID="f6e8469d-0257-4445-bbd2-2d8b97837246" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:34:06.663" UserId="9304" Text="What are you running? OS/ NLB info would be helpful." />
  <row Id="53135" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29766" RevisionGUID="87248e4d-fc77-4b25-b8cd-612776abaf87" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:36:11.963" UserId="3437" Comment="add image and sample netsh command" Text="Management of all those static IP's would be a pain. Have you considered splitting into two routed subnets, each with its own DHCP scope?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EG subnet1 is one one switch (or set of linked switches) and a router that connects to the internet. DHCP server is here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Subnet2 on a different switch, or set of switches, whose router has one route/connection to subnet1, and another route/connection to the internet. On this router you can run a DHCP relay ('ip helper-address' if the switches are Cisco). If you used DHCP relay then your DHCP server in subnet1 would simply have abother scope, with its own address range and gateway settings. Alternatively you could just run another DHCP server in subnet2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that this solution would require both routers having dual WAN links, OR a switch capable of VLANs. So it may not apply to you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Caution: if you do this, your name services need to be in great condition all the time, since clients will no longer be able to fallback to broadcast name resolution if/when name services fail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively you could go around setting static IP and gateway setting by hand or by script. Have a look at the NETSH commandline utility if you wish to script it. Example of a netsh command you'd run on each PC (changing the IP address each time):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netsh interface ip set address &quot;NICname&quot; static 192.168.20.101 255.255.255.0 192.168.20.1&#xD;&#xA;                                                    ^address       ^netmask      ^gateway &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://f.imagehost.org/0908/2routers.png" />
  <row Id="53136" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29811" RevisionGUID="d8ef45ad-a5b6-49a4-b2b2-13f80b1c5b37" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:36:19.513" UserId="1381" Text="The short answer is no,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have the same problem with a Spanish keyboard connected to an Ubuntu box VNC'd in to a Mac Mini. It was looking hopeful with the people behind OSXVnc [looking into it][1]. My solution is to re-connect my keyboard to the Mac, since they are on the same desk...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;grant&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.testplant.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=967&amp;postdays=0&amp;postorder=asc&amp;&amp;start=10" />
  <row Id="53137" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29812" RevisionGUID="53d76f34-3b17-41f7-b98e-67a4632b8478" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:38:13.427" Text="Day starts at 04:00-04-15 am &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; START:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1.  open my eyes and wake up about . &#xD;&#xA; 2. Morning prayer.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Drink Tea.&#xD;&#xA; 3a. Log in to check (not always).&#xD;&#xA; 4. Do some study.&#xD;&#xA; 5. Wake everyoneone up.&#xD;&#xA; 6. Get ready and get a lift to work.&#xD;&#xA; 7. Tea again.&#xD;&#xA; 8. Some work.&#xD;&#xA; 9. Read RSS feeds.&#xD;&#xA; 10. Some more work.&#xD;&#xA; 11. Lunch (on desk).&#xD;&#xA; 12. Tea again.&#xD;&#xA; 13. Some more work.&#xD;&#xA; 14. Head home. :)&#xD;&#xA; 15. Dinner/TV/Family time&#xD;&#xA; 16. Some more study or work on personal project.&#xD;&#xA; 17. go to sleep @ 11:30 pm&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;GOTO START&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53138" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29812" RevisionGUID="53d76f34-3b17-41f7-b98e-67a4632b8478" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:38:13.427" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="53139" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29796" RevisionGUID="a7106491-3192-4e88-84ad-347b384bbde9" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:38:29.447" UserId="4721" Comment="added 407 characters in body; added 101 characters in body" Text="Try Wireshark -- the command will be [`tshark`][1]  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;- tshark allows you to select filters on the traffic captured from an interface&#xD;&#xA;- use other utilities like the debian [lsof][2] to identify the kind of communication done by your application of interest.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or, Do you really just want LSOF?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;I don't think there is a tool that will dynamically keep filtering for all communication associated to a process. However, you could try tracking the process communications with tools like `lsof` and once you have a good filter that can isolate communication of that process from all other traffic running on your system, you could get the correct capture.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For, example, with `wget` usually the destination IP address is distinct from other process related traffic. Even if you take something like `skype` the destination port range is usually fixed for an instance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;This is a bit like the uncertainty principle. You can usually know &lt;b&gt;what&lt;/b&gt; is going through a set of communication paths (with a sniffer filtering on identified group of flows), or &lt;b&gt;where&lt;/b&gt; different communication links are being made (with lsof). &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would really like to know if both can be done for an application. I think it should be feasible. But, have not seen any tool do that yet.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/tshark.html&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.netadmintools.com/html/lsof.man.html" />
  <row Id="53140" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29813" RevisionGUID="d405ec93-de95-4645-b400-305e27de3c3c" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:38:53.050" UserId="7342" Text="There isn't any that I know of, but it theoretically shouldn't be hard to get something similar. Strace can be used to intercept networking syscalls. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # strace -f -e trace=network -s 10000 /usr/bin/command arguments&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This will give you information about the data sent between the kernel and the process. The output of strace isn't exactly what you'd want. However, strace uses the ptrace syscall to intercept system calls. It might be possible to write a program to output the data a little more usefully. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively, you can also intercept the nice useful socket, bind and listen syscalls. It might be possible to write a small program that used ptrace on these calls and libpcap to dynamically change the capture filter every time a new socket is opened. " />
  <row Id="53141" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29814" RevisionGUID="75e890a3-685e-4e22-9b0d-f83549f991df" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:39:25.827" UserId="8132" Text="I think it all depends on two factors:&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; Ressource sharing: does the guest consume so much ressources that the other's performance is affected&#xD;&#xA;&lt;li&gt; Security :if it's a very critical service you should probably not use virtualization as the more you add layers between the software and the hardware the less you might be secure.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;just my 2cts." />
  <row Id="53142" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29815" RevisionGUID="927aedbc-9cef-45a6-8ca9-0fc24fd2a385" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:41:18.863" UserId="7342" Text="Why not run them all inside the same tomcat instance? Tomcat can listen on multiple ports and serve different sets of webapps from different webapp directories. Investigate the &amp;lt;engine&gt; element in the tomcat's server.xml documentation." />
  <row Id="53143" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29766" RevisionGUID="c4300987-fe2b-4630-a858-de2e63b0449a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:42:57.240" UserId="3437" Comment="fixed an oopsie in the image" Text="Management of all those static IP's would be a pain. Have you considered splitting into two routed subnets, each with its own DHCP scope?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;EG subnet1 is one one switch (or set of linked switches) and a router that connects to the internet. DHCP server is here.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Subnet2 on a different switch, or set of switches, whose router has one route/connection to subnet1, and another route/connection to the internet. On this router you can run a DHCP relay ('ip helper-address' if the switches are Cisco). If you used DHCP relay then your DHCP server in subnet1 would simply have abother scope, with its own address range and gateway settings. Alternatively you could just run another DHCP server in subnet2.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Note that this solution would require both routers having dual WAN links, OR a switch capable of VLANs. So it may not apply to you.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Caution: if you do this, your name services need to be in great condition all the time, since clients will no longer be able to fallback to broadcast name resolution if/when name services fail.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Alternatively you could go around setting static IP and gateway setting by hand or by script. Have a look at the NETSH commandline utility if you wish to script it. Example of a netsh command you'd run on each PC (changing the IP address each time):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    netsh interface ip set address &quot;NICname&quot; static 192.168.20.101 255.255.255.0 192.168.20.1&#xD;&#xA;                                                    ^address       ^netmask      ^gateway &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://f.imagehost.org/0521/2routers.png" />
  <row Id="53144" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29816" RevisionGUID="6bd95db5-c9dc-4e12-ae89-7517ea017a7a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:43:34.007" UserId="1821" Text="One of our Windows 2003 servers that has WSUS is full on hdd space. Doing a search for files I find this SQLDump10000.txt file that is over 25gigs. I have done some googling and it says it's read write errors plus the query or what was in memory. Can someone give me a straight explaination of what is going on here?" />
  <row Id="53145" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29816" RevisionGUID="6bd95db5-c9dc-4e12-ae89-7517ea017a7a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:43:34.007" UserId="1821" Text="What is the SQLDump file for?" />
  <row Id="53146" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29816" RevisionGUID="6bd95db5-c9dc-4e12-ae89-7517ea017a7a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:43:34.007" UserId="1821" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;wsus&gt;" />
  <row Id="53147" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29817" RevisionGUID="aa6831a4-de03-4027-9033-41fb0fc25e8a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:45:15.673" UserId="8639" Text="I don't know if this applies to your application or not but couldn't you use the content of `$_SERVER[&quot;REQUEST_URI&quot;]` instead?" />
  <row Id="53148" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29818" RevisionGUID="4451924b-974c-4e1e-9d88-ce45fa1ed955" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:45:21.803" UserId="4168" Text="qwinsta is another dos command, but it'll still only give you one at a time...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    C:\&gt;qwinsta /server:test_srv&#xD;&#xA;     SESSIONNAME       USERNAME                 ID  STATE   TYPE        DEVICE&#xD;&#xA;     console           test_usr                  0  Active  wdcon&#xD;&#xA;     rdp-tcp                                 65536  Listen  rdpwd&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53149" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25044" RevisionGUID="1239e57d-7f2c-403e-964b-2445a30e333d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:45:27.203" UserId="9376" Comment="added 3041 characters in body; edited body; deleted 3031 characters in body" Text="Our CentOS 5.3 box is randomly shutting down as if the power cable was pulled.&#xD;&#xA;June 5th is when it first happened, here is a paste from /var/log/messages&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 12:06:22 mail named[23248]: unexpected RCODE (SERVFAIL) resolving 'loverspillscalm.com/NS/IN': 208.67.222.222#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 12:06:24 mail named[23248]: unexpected RCODE (SERVFAIL) resolving 'loverspillscalm.com/NS/IN': 12.127.17.71#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 15:38:57 mail named[23248]: unexpected RCODE (SERVFAIL) resolving 'yagwozat.cn/NS/IN': 12.127.17.72#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 15:38:58 mail named[23248]: unexpected RCODE (SERVFAIL) resolving 'yagwozat.cn/NS/IN': 208.67.222.222#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 16:49:25 mail shutdown[354]: shutting down for system halt&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 16:49:46 mail shutdown[550]: shutting down for system halt&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 16:49:46 mail shutdown[557]: shutting down for system halt&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 16:49:47 mail shutdown[590]: shutting down for system halt&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 22:29:56 mail syslogd 1.4.1: restart.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 22:29:56 mail kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 22:29:56 mail kernel: Linux version 2.6.18-128.1.10.el5PAE (mockbuild@builder16.centos.org) (gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-44)) #1 SMP Thu$&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 22:29:56 mail kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then it happened again on June 10th, Here is a paste from the /var/log/messages june 10th shutdown:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:21 mail smartd[2625]: Device /dev/sda: using '-d sat' for ATA disk behind SAT layer.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:21 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sda, opened&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:21 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sda, not found in smartd database.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:21 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sda, is SMART capable. Adding to &quot;monitor&quot; list.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:21 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sdb, opened&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:21 mail smartd[2625]: Device /dev/sdb: using '-d sat' for ATA disk behind SAT layer.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:21 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sdb, opened&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:21 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sdb, not found in smartd database.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:22 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sdb, is SMART capable. Adding to &quot;monitor&quot; list.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:22 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sdc, opened&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:22 mail smartd[2625]: Device /dev/sdc: using '-d sat' for ATA disk behind SAT layer.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:22 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sdc, opened&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:22 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sdc, not found in smartd database.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:22 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sdc, is SMART capable. Adding to &quot;monitor&quot; list.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:22 mail smartd[2625]: Monitoring 0 ATA and 3 SCSI devices&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:22 mail smartd[2627]: smartd has fork()ed into background mode. New PID=2627.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:25:08 mail saslauthd: auth_zimbra_init: zimbra_cert_check is off!&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:25:08 mail saslauthd: auth_zimbra_init: 1 auth urls initialized for round-robin&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:27:39 mail shutdown[7064]: shutting down for system halt&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:27:39 mail init: Switching to runlevel: 0&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:27:40 mail shutdown[7100]: shutting down for system halt&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:27:41 mail smartd[2627]: smartd received signal 15: Terminated&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:27:41 mail smartd[2627]: smartd is exiting (exit status 0)&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:15 mail avahi-daemon[2564]: Got SIGTERM, quitting.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:15 mail avahi-daemon[2564]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fe80::2e0:81ff:feb5:f036.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:15 mail avahi-daemon[2564]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:16 mail xinetd[2478]: Exiting...&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:20 mail rpc.statd[2287]: Caught signal 15, un-registering and exiting.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:21 mail named[2234]: shutting down: flushing changes&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:21 mail named[2234]: stopping command channel on 127.0.0.1#953&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:21 mail named[2234]: stopping command channel on ::1#953&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:21 mail named[2234]: no longer listening on 127.0.0.1#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:21 mail named[2234]: no longer listening on xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:21 mail named[2234]: exiting&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:21 mail auditd[2165]: The audit daemon is exiting.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:21 mail kernel: audit(1244687301.413:125): audit_pid=0 old=2165 by auid=4294967295&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:21 mail pcscd: pcscdaemon.c:572:signal_trap() Preparing for suicide&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:22 mail pcscd: hotplug_libusb.c:376:HPRescanUsbBus() Hotplug stopped&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:22 mail pcscd: readerfactory.c:1379:RFCleanupReaders() entering cleaning function&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:22 mail pcscd: pcscdaemon.c:532:at_exit() cleaning /var/run&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:22 mail kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:22 mail kernel: Kernel log daemon terminating.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:23 mail exiting on signal 15&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 21:48:11 mail syslogd 1.4.1: restart.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 21:48:11 mail kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 21:48:11 mail kernel: Linux version 2.6.18-128.1.10.el5PAE (mockbuild@builder16.centos.org) (gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-44)) #1 SMP Thu May 7 11:14:31 EDT 2009&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 21:48:11 mail kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I have searched the net and someone suggested that maybe it is because of a cheapy power button on the case and its vibrating to a point where it thinks it is pressed, then starts the shut down process of the OS." />
  <row Id="53150" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29819" RevisionGUID="ef4b130f-7786-4ee6-8143-4e328688f9c6" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:49:45.227" UserId="7083" Text="Learn to use filter expressions.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whilst this won't do the fancy trace stuff that you are asking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It will allow you to remove nearly all of the &quot;confusing stuff like IRC&quot; from the capture.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additionally it's very useful to know the filter syntax for quick reference in the future." />
  <row Id="53153" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29821" RevisionGUID="2e030f98-d4e5-4bfd-8f59-986e01ef3418" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:55:31.770" UserId="7056" Text="There even are tools that do this online. You select what should be placed on the CD/DVD, and the system makes an image for you to download: [http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2006/02/create-custom-linux-distribution.html][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2006/02/create-custom-linux-distribution.html" />
  <row Id="53154" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29822" RevisionGUID="aff7ea14-1ac8-47ef-b9fd-cef7469b50af" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:56:10.723" UserId="10143" Text="One idea, try VMWare&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;-setup a vm  &#xD;&#xA;-configure that vm to use a particular interface  &#xD;&#xA;-sniff on that interface from the host (its like a man in the middle attack)  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you isolate what network applications are running on that vm you might have your answer  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;A more ideal solution, I suppose, is to do what VMWare does in terms of how it specifies how it chooses an interface to talk over. I think its magic comes from the kernel modules it uses, in this case, probably vmnet kernel module.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To my knowledge applications are not aware for what interface they talk over and I believe this is by design; they shouldn't have to worry about such things.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Furthermore,  &#xD;&#xA;Perhaps a program already exists, I don't know. But if one was written you could call it nettrace (for example) and Usage could be like&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;nettrace program interface&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;then sniff the interface it uses and add routes (maybe it does the automatically) to your real interface" />
  <row Id="53158" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29824" RevisionGUID="cade3bad-d5e9-47bb-a972-7b2946decd12" CreationDate="2009-06-22T15:59:38.250" UserId="45" Text="A little off topic, but this is an interesting story from he Official Google Blog:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[**How I got to Google (Ch. 1)**][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Our engineers, though, tend to come by&#xD;&#xA;&gt; more varied, and occasionally odder,&#xD;&#xA;&gt; routes. Some get recruited out of grad&#xD;&#xA;&gt; school, or by friends or former&#xD;&#xA;&gt; colleagues. Others just send their&#xD;&#xA;&gt; resumes to jobs@google.com. For a few&#xD;&#xA;&gt; engineers, though, the path has been&#xD;&#xA;&gt; more interesting.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Please read the rest of the blog post about that unconventional, but - in my opinion - valid method to hire the right people.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/10/how-i-got-to-google-ch-1.html" />
  <row Id="53159" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29825" RevisionGUID="fffb1aab-d086-4264-9d56-08539795e872" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:00:35.877" UserId="8950" Text="I'm maintaining a SVN server and on user needs to commit many adobe illustrator files (ie ``*.ai``). I can use the auto-props in their config to set it as a binary file so that it won't be in the mailing list commits. However I'd like to make this as easy as possible. Is there something I can set in the SVN server config, so that it (ie the server) will automatically set the correct ``svn:mime-type``?&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53160" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29825" RevisionGUID="fffb1aab-d086-4264-9d56-08539795e872" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:00:35.877" UserId="8950" Text="Subversion - Can I set auto-props on the server side?" />
  <row Id="53161" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29825" RevisionGUID="fffb1aab-d086-4264-9d56-08539795e872" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:00:35.877" UserId="8950" Text="&lt;svn&gt;&lt;mime&gt;" />
  <row Id="53162" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29826" RevisionGUID="787e4e48-4c75-462a-9b76-79175e50cf5a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:05:42.480" UserId="2211" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to setup Exchnage 2003 in our test domain to send outbound messages.&#xD;&#xA;I would send an email to a gmail address, for example, but in the Message Tracking Center's message history for this outbound email I get&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/7827/40554971.png&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This log is the same for SMTP relayed messages as well as for the once sent from Outlook via the exchange protocol.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does it mean that the message is not reaching the recepient because it is miscategirized for some reason and considered to be local?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I fix it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="53163" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29826" RevisionGUID="787e4e48-4c75-462a-9b76-79175e50cf5a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:05:42.480" UserId="2211" Text="Exchnage 2003: outbound messages delivered locally" />
  <row Id="53164" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29826" RevisionGUID="787e4e48-4c75-462a-9b76-79175e50cf5a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:05:42.480" UserId="2211" Text="&lt;exchange-2003&gt;&lt;smtp&gt;&lt;smtp-relay&gt;" />
  <row Id="53165" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29827" RevisionGUID="ade5ab7d-5c0d-43b9-a3f7-a4b8f1039581" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:08:50.477" UserId="9332" Text="## The Followup ##&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After you're done fixing a problem. Wait a few days, or a week, and visit or call the user.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Hi, this is `&lt;insert your name&gt;` I helped you with your problem concerning `&lt;insert the problem&gt;`. I wanted to followup and see if everything was still working. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I was horrible at these until I started making appointments in my calendar. I would schedule a follow up (unknown to the user) for a later date after the problem was fixed).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You can call if pressed for time, but the preferred method is visiting in person. Why? &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;If you do your job right NOBODY will notice a thing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**People will notice you**; *It's brand recognition baby!*&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Get out of your cubical, meet some people, let them know who you are and what you do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; " />
  <row Id="53166" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29828" RevisionGUID="c4b9873b-94f7-4612-aff7-e4e31ff5a4ed" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:10:01.413" UserId="5464" Text="&#xD;&#xA;Assuming that you are the only person on the box attempting to connect to google at the time, I'd think something like this should do the trick:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;`tcpdump -w &lt;outfile&gt; -i &lt;interface&gt; tcp  dst host www.google.com and dst port 80`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are not the only connection attempting to connect to google on the box, then if you can identify the IP/port you are connecting from you can also specify the src port/src ip.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Identifying the src port may be a problem unless you can specify it on whatever client you use.&#xD;&#xA;I'm not sure if you can with wget.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I strongly suspect that you can specify both src and dst ports with  `netcat` so if it was really google you were interested in, you could do your GET (manually) through netcat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course the man page will give you specifics" />
  <row Id="53167" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29829" RevisionGUID="00b1d668-dc38-4a81-bdc0-2811a9699815" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:11:58.553" UserId="10347" Text="I have done this many times.  There are quite a few things that you need to keep in mind.  If you currently only have one DC it might be in your best interest to have two DC's.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also if you want to have just one instead you will need to install the services that you run on the current DC onto the 2008 DC.  These are services such as DNS, and DHCP.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you currently only run one single 2003 server, then that server also serves as your FSMO role holding server.  You will first need to move your FSMO roles to the 2008 server before demoting the 2003 server.  If you do not you will have severe problems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Another service to move will be the Global Catalog.  You will need to make the new 2008 server a Global Catalog and make sure the replictation has taken place before demoting the 2003 server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The steps:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1.  Install 2008 on the new server.&#xD;&#xA;2.  DCpromo the new server.  Make sure AD is replicating.&#xD;&#xA;3.  Install DNS, DHCP or any other services that you need.&#xD;&#xA;4.  Make sure DNS is replicating.  Move DHCP to the other server.  Make sure it is working.&#xD;&#xA;5.  Move the FSMO roles to the new 2008 server.&#xD;&#xA;6.  Once you are sure that all roles and services that the 2003 server is using have been moved and are working properly on 2008 then you can proceed with the DCPromo (demote) of the 2003 server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53168" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29830" RevisionGUID="358962d7-1900-402f-8f5d-63846f2b8c59" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:17:35.110" UserId="5464" Text="When the VM is starved for resources (or perhaps starving other VMs for resources) e.g.:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;1. When the VM's IO can't be satisfied through the host&#xD;&#xA;2. When the VM needs more network bandwidth than is possible sharing the trunk&#xD;&#xA;3. When the VM's processes want more CPU than it can get, e.g. if there is a single process that is maxing out a virtual cpu&#xD;&#xA;4. If its linux and it needs very precise time (if its running on a VMware host linux hosts under VMware drift time. This can be alleviated by using ntp, however for apps which require very precise time, e.g. kerberos, you might consider real hardware)&#xD;&#xA;5. When its linux and needs very reliable disk (if its running on a VMware host - VMware has had and I believe still has SCSI problems under VMWare under certain conditions. A fix was put out but it still occurs, although much less often)" />
  <row Id="53169" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29831" RevisionGUID="8bc044de-ef1e-4130-be20-03505dbb92aa" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:19:00.503" UserId="2110" Text="I've had similar things happen when the ARD service went fubar and needed a restart.  It's fairly simple over SSH.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you are using a different VNC server then this still applies.  Try killing the process and restarting it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To restart the ARDAgent - [http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2370][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Basically.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;ssh into the box and run&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -restart -agent&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2370" />
  <row Id="53170" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="25044" RevisionGUID="0b972de0-3613-4c61-80c1-c74d39270a27" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:20:16.850" UserId="9376" Comment="added 24495 characters in body" Text="Our CentOS 5.3 box is randomly shutting down as if the power cable was pulled.&#xD;&#xA;June 5th is when it first happened, here is a paste from /var/log/messages&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 12:06:22 mail named[23248]: unexpected RCODE (SERVFAIL) resolving 'loverspillscalm.com/NS/IN': 208.67.222.222#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 12:06:24 mail named[23248]: unexpected RCODE (SERVFAIL) resolving 'loverspillscalm.com/NS/IN': 12.127.17.71#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 15:38:57 mail named[23248]: unexpected RCODE (SERVFAIL) resolving 'yagwozat.cn/NS/IN': 12.127.17.72#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 15:38:58 mail named[23248]: unexpected RCODE (SERVFAIL) resolving 'yagwozat.cn/NS/IN': 208.67.222.222#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 16:49:25 mail shutdown[354]: shutting down for system halt&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 16:49:46 mail shutdown[550]: shutting down for system halt&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 16:49:46 mail shutdown[557]: shutting down for system halt&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 16:49:47 mail shutdown[590]: shutting down for system halt&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 22:29:56 mail syslogd 1.4.1: restart.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 22:29:56 mail kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 22:29:56 mail kernel: Linux version 2.6.18-128.1.10.el5PAE (mockbuild@builder16.centos.org) (gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-44)) #1 SMP Thu$&#xD;&#xA;    Jun  5 22:29:56 mail kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then it happened again on June 10th, Here is a paste from the /var/log/messages june 10th shutdown:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:21 mail smartd[2625]: Device /dev/sda: using '-d sat' for ATA disk behind SAT layer.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:21 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sda, opened&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:21 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sda, not found in smartd database.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:21 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sda, is SMART capable. Adding to &quot;monitor&quot; list.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:21 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sdb, opened&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:21 mail smartd[2625]: Device /dev/sdb: using '-d sat' for ATA disk behind SAT layer.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:21 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sdb, opened&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:21 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sdb, not found in smartd database.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:22 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sdb, is SMART capable. Adding to &quot;monitor&quot; list.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:22 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sdc, opened&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:22 mail smartd[2625]: Device /dev/sdc: using '-d sat' for ATA disk behind SAT layer.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:22 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sdc, opened&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:22 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sdc, not found in smartd database.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:22 mail smartd[2625]: Device: /dev/sdc, is SMART capable. Adding to &quot;monitor&quot; list.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:22 mail smartd[2625]: Monitoring 0 ATA and 3 SCSI devices&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:23:22 mail smartd[2627]: smartd has fork()ed into background mode. New PID=2627.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:25:08 mail saslauthd: auth_zimbra_init: zimbra_cert_check is off!&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:25:08 mail saslauthd: auth_zimbra_init: 1 auth urls initialized for round-robin&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:27:39 mail shutdown[7064]: shutting down for system halt&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:27:39 mail init: Switching to runlevel: 0&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:27:40 mail shutdown[7100]: shutting down for system halt&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:27:41 mail smartd[2627]: smartd received signal 15: Terminated&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:27:41 mail smartd[2627]: smartd is exiting (exit status 0)&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:15 mail avahi-daemon[2564]: Got SIGTERM, quitting.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:15 mail avahi-daemon[2564]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fe80::2e0:81ff:feb5:f036.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:15 mail avahi-daemon[2564]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:16 mail xinetd[2478]: Exiting...&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:20 mail rpc.statd[2287]: Caught signal 15, un-registering and exiting.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:21 mail named[2234]: shutting down: flushing changes&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:21 mail named[2234]: stopping command channel on 127.0.0.1#953&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:21 mail named[2234]: stopping command channel on ::1#953&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:21 mail named[2234]: no longer listening on 127.0.0.1#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:21 mail named[2234]: no longer listening on xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx#53&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:21 mail named[2234]: exiting&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:21 mail auditd[2165]: The audit daemon is exiting.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:21 mail kernel: audit(1244687301.413:125): audit_pid=0 old=2165 by auid=4294967295&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:21 mail pcscd: pcscdaemon.c:572:signal_trap() Preparing for suicide&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:22 mail pcscd: hotplug_libusb.c:376:HPRescanUsbBus() Hotplug stopped&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:22 mail pcscd: readerfactory.c:1379:RFCleanupReaders() entering cleaning function&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:22 mail pcscd: pcscdaemon.c:532:at_exit() cleaning /var/run&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:22 mail kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:22 mail kernel: Kernel log daemon terminating.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 19:28:23 mail exiting on signal 15&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 21:48:11 mail syslogd 1.4.1: restart.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 21:48:11 mail kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 21:48:11 mail kernel: Linux version 2.6.18-128.1.10.el5PAE (mockbuild@builder16.centos.org) (gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-44)) #1 SMP Thu May 7 11:14:31 EDT 2009&#xD;&#xA;    Jun 10 21:48:11 mail kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;My logs from /var/log/acpi:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 15:06:26 2009] starting up&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 15:06:26 2009] 1 rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 15:06:33 2009] client connected from 3076[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 15:06:33 2009] 1 client rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 15:29:34 2009] exiting&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 15:31:26 2009] starting up&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 15:31:26 2009] 1 rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 15:31:29 2009] client connected from 3015[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 15:31:29 2009] 1 client rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 15:35:17 2009] exiting&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 15:37:02 2009] starting up&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 15:37:02 2009] 1 rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 15:37:04 2009] client connected from 2705[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 15:37:04 2009] 1 client rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 15:43:36 2009] exiting&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 15:45:19 2009] starting up&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 15:45:19 2009] 1 rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 15:45:21 2009] client connected from 2662[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 15:45:21 2009] 1 client rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 16:47:53 2009] exiting&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 16:49:42 2009] starting up&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 16:49:42 2009] 1 rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 16:49:44 2009] client connected from 2668[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 16:49:44 2009] 1 client rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 17:02:52 2009] exiting&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 17:04:38 2009] starting up&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 17:04:38 2009] 1 rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 17:04:40 2009] client connected from 2662[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 11 17:04:40 2009] 1 client rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Tue May 12 08:41:24 2009] exiting&#xD;&#xA;    [Tue May 12 08:43:10 2009] starting up&#xD;&#xA;    [Tue May 12 08:43:10 2009] 1 rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Tue May 12 08:43:12 2009] client connected from 2664[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Tue May 12 08:43:12 2009] 1 client rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Tue May 12 09:54:10 2009] exiting&#xD;&#xA;    [Tue May 12 09:55:52 2009] starting up&#xD;&#xA;    [Tue May 12 09:55:52 2009] 1 rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Tue May 12 09:55:54 2009] client connected from 2650[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Tue May 12 09:55:54 2009] 1 client rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Tue May 12 14:09:24 2009] exiting&#xD;&#xA;    [Tue May 12 14:11:10 2009] starting up&#xD;&#xA;    [Tue May 12 14:11:10 2009] 1 rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Tue May 12 14:11:12 2009] client connected from 2564[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Tue May 12 14:11:12 2009] 1 client rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Tue May 12 14:50:57 2009] exiting&#xD;&#xA;    [Tue May 12 14:52:42 2009] starting up&#xD;&#xA;    [Tue May 12 14:52:42 2009] 1 rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Tue May 12 14:52:43 2009] client connected from 2566[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Tue May 12 14:52:43 2009] 1 client rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Tue May 19 14:12:45 2009] starting up&#xD;&#xA;    [Tue May 19 14:12:45 2009] 1 rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Tue May 19 14:12:47 2009] client connected from 2589[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Tue May 19 14:12:47 2009] 1 client rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri May 22 17:35:54 2009] starting up&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri May 22 17:35:54 2009] 1 rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri May 22 17:35:56 2009] client connected from 2586[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri May 22 17:35:56 2009] 1 client rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 25 18:28:22 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000001&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 25 18:28:22 2009] notifying client 2586[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 25 18:28:22 2009] executing action &quot;/bin/ps awwux | /bin/grep gnome-power-manager | /bin/grep -qv grep || /sbin/shutdown -h now&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 25 18:28:22 2009] BEGIN HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 25 18:28:22 2009] END HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 25 18:28:22 2009] action exited with status 0&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 25 18:28:22 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000001&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 25 19:16:30 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000002&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 25 19:16:30 2009] notifying client 2586[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 25 19:16:30 2009] executing action &quot;/bin/ps awwux | /bin/grep gnome-power-manager | /bin/grep -qv grep || /sbin/shutdown -h now&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 25 19:16:30 2009] BEGIN HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 25 19:16:30 2009] END HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 25 19:16:30 2009] action exited with status 0&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 25 19:16:30 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000002&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 25 19:16:31 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000003&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 25 19:16:31 2009] notifying client 2586[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 25 19:16:31 2009] executing action &quot;/bin/ps awwux | /bin/grep gnome-power-manager | /bin/grep -qv grep || /sbin/shutdown -h now&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 25 19:16:31 2009] BEGIN HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 25 19:16:31 2009] END HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 25 19:16:31 2009] action exited with status 0&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 25 19:16:31 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000003&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 25 19:16:31 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000004&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 25 19:16:31 2009] notifying client 2586[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 25 19:16:31 2009] executing action &quot;/bin/ps awwux | /bin/grep gnome-power-manager | /bin/grep -qv grep || /sbin/shutdown -h now&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 25 19:16:31 2009] BEGIN HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 25 19:16:31 2009] END HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 25 19:16:31 2009] action exited with status 0&#xD;&#xA;    [Mon May 25 19:16:31 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000004&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed May 27 15:16:04 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000005&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed May 27 15:16:04 2009] notifying client 2586[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed May 27 15:16:04 2009] executing action &quot;/bin/ps awwux | /bin/grep gnome-power-manager | /bin/grep -qv grep || /sbin/shutdown -h now&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed May 27 15:16:04 2009] BEGIN HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed May 27 15:16:04 2009] END HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed May 27 15:16:04 2009] action exited with status 0&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed May 27 15:16:04 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000005&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed May 27 15:16:06 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000006&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed May 27 15:16:06 2009] notifying client 2586[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed May 27 15:16:06 2009] executing action &quot;/bin/ps awwux | /bin/grep gnome-power-manager | /bin/grep -qv grep || /sbin/shutdown -h now&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed May 27 15:16:06 2009] BEGIN HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed May 27 15:16:06 2009] END HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed May 27 15:16:06 2009] action exited with status 0&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed May 27 15:16:06 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000006&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu May 28 05:40:38 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000007&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu May 28 05:40:38 2009] notifying client 2586[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu May 28 05:40:38 2009] executing action &quot;/bin/ps awwux | /bin/grep gnome-power-manager | /bin/grep -qv grep || /sbin/shutdown -h now&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu May 28 05:40:38 2009] BEGIN HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu May 28 05:40:38 2009] END HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu May 28 05:40:38 2009] action exited with status 0&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu May 28 05:40:38 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000007&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu May 28 05:40:39 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000008&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu May 28 05:40:39 2009] notifying client 2586[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu May 28 05:40:39 2009] executing action &quot;/bin/ps awwux | /bin/grep gnome-power-manager | /bin/grep -qv grep || /sbin/shutdown -h now&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu May 28 05:40:39 2009] BEGIN HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu May 28 05:40:39 2009] END HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu May 28 05:40:39 2009] action exited with status 0&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu May 28 05:40:39 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000008&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 16:49:25 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000009&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 16:49:25 2009] notifying client 2586[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 16:49:25 2009] executing action &quot;/bin/ps awwux | /bin/grep gnome-power-manager | /bin/grep -qv grep || /sbin/shutdown -h now&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 16:49:25 2009] BEGIN HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 16:49:25 2009] END HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 16:49:25 2009] action exited with status 0&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 16:49:25 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000009&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 16:49:45 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000000a&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 16:49:45 2009] notifying client 2586[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 16:49:45 2009] executing action &quot;/bin/ps awwux | /bin/grep gnome-power-manager | /bin/grep -qv grep || /sbin/shutdown -h now&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 16:49:45 2009] BEGIN HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 16:49:46 2009] END HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 16:49:46 2009] action exited with status 0&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 16:49:46 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000000a&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 16:49:46 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000000b&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 16:49:46 2009] notifying client 2586[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 16:49:46 2009] executing action &quot;/bin/ps awwux | /bin/grep gnome-power-manager | /bin/grep -qv grep || /sbin/shutdown -h now&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 16:49:46 2009] BEGIN HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 16:49:46 2009] END HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 16:49:46 2009] action exited with status 0&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 16:49:46 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000000b&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 16:49:47 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000000c&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 16:49:47 2009] notifying client 2586[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 16:49:47 2009] executing action &quot;/bin/ps awwux | /bin/grep gnome-power-manager | /bin/grep -qv grep || /sbin/shutdown -h now&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 16:49:47 2009] BEGIN HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 22:29:59 2009] starting up&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 22:29:59 2009] 1 rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 22:30:00 2009] client connected from 2579[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun  5 22:30:00 2009] 1 client rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:21:04 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000001&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:21:04 2009] notifying client 2579[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:21:04 2009] executing action &quot;/bin/ps awwux | /bin/grep gnome-power-manager | /bin/grep -qv grep || /sbin/shutdown -h now&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:21:04 2009] BEGIN HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:21:04 2009] END HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:21:04 2009] action exited with status 0&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:21:04 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000001&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:21:07 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000002&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:21:07 2009] notifying client 2579[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:21:07 2009] executing action &quot;/bin/ps awwux | /bin/grep gnome-power-manager | /bin/grep -qv grep || /sbin/shutdown -h now&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:21:07 2009] BEGIN HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:21:08 2009] END HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:21:08 2009] action exited with status 0&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:21:08 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000002&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:23:16 2009] starting up&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:23:16 2009] 1 rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:23:18 2009] client connected from 2583[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:23:18 2009] 1 client rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:27:39 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000001&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:27:39 2009] notifying client 2583[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:27:39 2009] executing action &quot;/bin/ps awwux | /bin/grep gnome-power-manager | /bin/grep -qv grep || /sbin/shutdown -h now&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:27:39 2009] BEGIN HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:27:39 2009] END HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:27:39 2009] action exited with status 0&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:27:39 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000001&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:27:40 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000002&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:27:40 2009] notifying client 2583[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:27:40 2009] executing action &quot;/bin/ps awwux | /bin/grep gnome-power-manager | /bin/grep -qv grep || /sbin/shutdown -h now&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:27:40 2009] BEGIN HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:27:40 2009] END HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:27:40 2009] action exited with status 0&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:27:40 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000002&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 19:28:17 2009] exiting&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 21:48:13 2009] starting up&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 21:48:13 2009] 1 rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 21:48:15 2009] client connected from 2559[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 10 21:48:15 2009] 1 client rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 08:35:04 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000001&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 08:35:04 2009] notifying client 2559[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 08:35:04 2009] executing action &quot;/bin/ps awwux | /bin/grep gnome-power-manager | /bin/grep -qv grep || /sbin/shutdown -h now&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 08:35:04 2009] BEGIN HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 08:35:04 2009] END HANDLER MESSAGES&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 08:35:04 2009] action exited with status 0&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 08:35:04 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000001&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 08:35:39 2009] exiting&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 08:38:48 2009] starting up&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 08:38:48 2009] 1 rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 08:38:50 2009] client connected from 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 08:38:50 2009] 1 client rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 09:11:14 2009] exiting&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 09:11:14 2009] starting up&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 09:11:14 2009] 0 rules loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 09:11:19 2009] client connected from 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 09:11:19 2009] 1 client rule loaded&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 17:53:57 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000001&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 17:53:57 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 17:53:57 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000001&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 17:53:57 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000002&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 17:53:57 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 17:53:57 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000002&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 17:53:57 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000003&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 17:53:57 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 17:53:57 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000003&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 17:53:57 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000004&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 17:53:57 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 11 17:53:57 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000004&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 07:41:06 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000005&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 07:41:06 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 07:41:06 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000005&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 16:40:06 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000006&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 16:40:06 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 16:40:06 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000006&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 16:40:12 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000007&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 16:40:12 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 16:40:12 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000007&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 16:40:16 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000008&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 16:40:16 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 16:40:16 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000008&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 16:40:16 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000009&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 16:40:16 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 16:40:16 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000009&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 16:40:44 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000000a&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 16:40:44 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 16:40:44 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000000a&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:20:03 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000000b&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:20:03 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:20:03 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000000b&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:49:54 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000000c&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:49:54 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:49:54 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000000c&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:49:54 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000000d&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:49:54 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:49:54 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000000d&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:01 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000000e&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:01 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:01 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000000e&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:01 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000000f&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:01 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:01 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000000f&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:16 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000010&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:16 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:16 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000010&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:24 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000011&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:24 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:24 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000011&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:33 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000012&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:33 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:33 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000012&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:33 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000013&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:33 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:33 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000013&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:35 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000014&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:35 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:35 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000014&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:35 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000015&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:35 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:35 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000015&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:35 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000016&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:35 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:35 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000016&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:47 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000017&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:47 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:47 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000017&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:47 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000018&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:47 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:47 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000018&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:51 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000019&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:51 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:51 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000019&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:54 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000001a&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:54 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 17:50:54 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000001a&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 18:37:48 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000001b&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 18:37:48 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 18:37:48 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000001b&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 18:37:50 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000001c&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 18:37:50 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 18:37:50 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000001c&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 18:55:13 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000001d&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 18:55:13 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 18:55:13 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000001d&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 18:57:59 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000001e&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 18:57:59 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Wed Jun 17 18:57:59 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000001e&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 18 00:20:47 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000001f&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 18 00:20:47 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 18 00:20:47 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000001f&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 18 00:20:47 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000020&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 18 00:20:47 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 18 00:20:47 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000020&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 18 13:43:16 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000021&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 18 13:43:16 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 18 13:43:16 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000021&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 18 13:43:19 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000022&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 18 13:43:19 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Thu Jun 18 13:43:19 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000022&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:04:15 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000023&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:04:15 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:04:15 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000023&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:04:18 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000024&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:04:18 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:04:18 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000024&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:04:18 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000025&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:04:18 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:04:18 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000025&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:04:18 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000026&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:04:18 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:04:18 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000026&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:04:18 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000027&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:04:18 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:04:18 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000027&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:04:19 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000028&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:04:19 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:04:19 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000028&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:04:52 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000029&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:04:52 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:04:52 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000029&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:07:46 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000002a&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:07:46 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:07:46 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000002a&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:07:49 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000002b&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:07:49 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:07:49 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000002b&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:07:49 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000002c&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:07:49 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:07:49 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000002c&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:15:56 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000002d&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:15:56 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:15:56 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000002d&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:15:57 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000002e&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:15:57 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:15:57 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000002e&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:15:57 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000002f&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:15:57 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:15:57 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 0000002f&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:15:58 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000030&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:15:58 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:15:58 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000030&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:15:59 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000031&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:15:59 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:15:59 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000031&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:15:59 2009] received event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000032&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:15:59 2009] notifying client 2568[68:68]&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:15:59 2009] completed event &quot;button/power PWRF 00000080 00000032&quot;&#xD;&#xA;    [Fri Jun 19 14:1" />
  <row Id="53171" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29832" RevisionGUID="64327c6c-f46f-4728-a38c-337989abc82a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:20:27.430" UserId="7083" Text="It's not possible. There is a long standing [feature request][1] for broadcasting configs to client. It's not presently due until 2.0, or later.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The closest you can come is to use hooks. Either with a pre-commit to prevent incorrectly configured clients from submitting the wrong data. Or a post-commit to retro-fix wrong data.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Neither is great and I believe the latter is even advised against.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1974" />
  <row Id="53172" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29833" RevisionGUID="1ac354f0-4a8f-4e40-8cb5-61b7a2f4d926" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:21:44.680" UserId="1992" Text="These dump files are created under two circumstances:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. A SQL Server 'crash' occurs - either an A/V, assert or some other uncaught code error. In this case the file is a memory dump, the size and contents of which are dependent on the problem that occured.&#xD;&#xA; 2. You're signed up for Watson error reporting and DBCC CHECKDB found corruptions in a database. In this case, the contents are the list of corruptions that were found and a dump of corrupt disk pages from memory&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Can you look in the SQL error log to see an indication of something going wrong, with a timestamp in the error log around the same time as the creation time of the dump file?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as your transaction log being full - I would copy off the dump file somewhere else as it sounds like it's messing up your log management. Don't do anything like deleting the log file or anything like that, or you're guaranteed to cause corruption.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Hope this helps" />
  <row Id="53173" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29834" RevisionGUID="740bcb8c-b51d-4d7d-9f70-9ecfea58d3c0" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:22:01.963" UserId="5464" Text="The best way under linux is with a standard SysV Init script.&#xD;&#xA;That is the way daemons are supposed to be started under linux so that is the first place most sys admins will look.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Standards are good like that. ;)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Many distros ship with a skeleton startup script which you can modify to suit and some ship with a library of shell functions which you can source to help you write a startup script e.g. on redhat there's `/etc/init.d/functions`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You might just use it to call the standard startup script that comes with Tomcat.&#xD;&#xA;Tomcat may even come with a SysV init script, I can't recall, it's been ages since I installed vanilla tomcat.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Make your startup script chkconfig-able too!" />
  <row Id="53174" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29835" RevisionGUID="42a43ea4-6f1b-43a1-a8f9-32ce1bee798a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:23:35.113" UserId="5426" Text="The other thing you need to take into account is latency. We have a Wireless connection of 54Mbps that runs about a quarter of a mile, and RDP goes across it. Bandwidth is never a concern, but latency can kill us sometimes. I also agree with the other assertions that what the users are doing also play into this number. If everyone is transferring files, things will slow down." />
  <row Id="53175" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29826" RevisionGUID="9ac33779-7b89-45c5-a35d-450e08c36b1b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:23:56.547" UserId="2211" Comment="added 10 characters in body" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to setup Exchnage 2003 in our test domain to send outbound messages.&#xD;&#xA;I would send an email to a gmail address, for example, but in the Message Tracking Center's message history for this outbound email I get&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/7827/40554971.png&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This log is the same for SMTP relayed messages as well as for the once sent from Outlook via the exchange protocol.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does it mean that the message is not reaching the recepient because it is miscategorized for some reason and considered to be local?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I fix it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="53176" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29765" RevisionGUID="2380a9cc-307e-416c-af5a-83079544b00d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:24:43.847" UserId="1992" Comment="added 170 characters in body" Text="Ha - my (un)favorite question I get asked (as I wrote DBCC CHECKDB).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Here you go:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There's only one time when you should be trying to work out how long a CHECKDB is going to take - when you're planning your regular database maintenance. If you're faced with a corrupt (or suspected corrupt) database and you're only just starting to think about how long a CHECKDB is going to take - you've made a mistake while planning your disaster recovery strategy. You always need to know how long CHECKDB takes (on average) to run for your database so:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - You can tell whether a particular run of CHECKDB is taking longer than usual - a sign that it's found some corruption&#xD;&#xA; - You know how long it will take to get results in a disaster recovery situation&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;At every conference I go to, someone asks me how long CHECKDB will take to run on their database. There are several ways I could answer this:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - The unhelpful answer - I've got no idea.&#xD;&#xA; - The almost-helpful answer - how long did it take to run last time and are the conditions exactly the same?&#xD;&#xA; - The answer I usually give - it depends.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now, many people would see the third answer as being somewhat equivalent to the first answer - unhelpful. The problem is that there are many factors which influence how long CHECKDB will take to run. Let me explain the ten most important factors so you get an idea why this is actually a helpful answer. These aren't in any particular order of importance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. **The size of the database**&#xD;&#xA;Pretty obvious... CHECKDB has to read every allocated page in the database so the bigger it is, the longer it will take to read all the pages.&#xD;&#xA; 2. **Concurrent IO load on the server**&#xD;&#xA;At the simplest level, what is CHECKDB going to do? It reads every allocated page in the database. That's a lot of IO. CHECKDB takes great pains to do the most efficient IO it can and read the database pages in their physical order with plenty of readahead so that the disk heads move smoothly across the disks (rather than jumping around randomly and incurring disk head seek delays). If there's no concurrent IO load on the server, then the IOs will be as efficient as CHECKDB can make them. However, introducing any additional IO from SQL Server means that the disk heads will be jumping around - slowing down the CHECKDB IOs. If the IO subsystem is at capacity already from CHECKDB's IO demands, any additional IO is going to reduce the IO bandwidth available to CHECKDB - slowing it down.&#xD;&#xA; 3. **Concurrent CPU activity on the server**&#xD;&#xA;At the next level of simplicity, CHECKDB is going to process every page it reads in some way. Depending on the various options you've specified and the database schema (details below), that's going to use a lot of CPU - it's possible that the server may be pegged at 100% CPU when CHECKDB is running. If there's any additional workload on the server, that's going to take CPU cycles away from CHECKDB and it going to slow it down.&#xD;&#xA;Basically what points #2 and #3 are saying is that CHECKDB is very resource intensive! It’s probably one of the most resource intensive things you can ask SQL Server to do and so it's usually a good idea to not run it during peak workload times, as you'll not only cause CHECKDB to take longer to run, you will slowdown the concurrent workload, possibly unacceptably.&#xD;&#xA; 4. **Concurrent update activity on the database**&#xD;&#xA;This is relevant for both SQL 2000 and SQL 2005, but for different reasons.&#xD;&#xA;In SQL 2000, CHECKDB gets its consistent view of the database from transaction log analysis of concurrent DML transactions (see here for details). The more concurrent DML there is while CHECKDB is running, the more transaction log will be generated - and so the longer it will take for CHECKDB to analyze that transaction log. It's possible that on a large multi-CPU box with a ton of concurrent DML and CHECKDB limited to a single CPU that this phase of CHECKDB could take several times longer than the reading and processing of the database pages! (I've seen this in real-life several times.)&#xD;&#xA;In SQL 2005, CHECKDB gets its consistent view of the database from a database snapshot, which is stored on the same disk volumes as the database itself. If there are a lot of changes in the database while CHECKDB is running, the changed pages are pushed to the snapshot so that it remains consistent. As the snapshot files are stored in the same location as the database files, every time a page is pushed to the snapshot, the disk head has to move, which interrupts the efficient IO described in #2. Also, whenever CHECKDB goes to read a page and it needs to read the page from the snapshot files instead of the database files, that's another disk head move, and another efficient IO interruption. The more concurrent changes to the database, the more interruptions to efficient IO and the slower that CHECKDB runs.&#xD;&#xA; 5. **Throughput capabilities of the IO subsystem**&#xD;&#xA;This one's simple. CHECKDB is going to do a boat-load of IOs and it could even end up being IO-bound (meaning that the CPUs are idle periodically waiting for IOs to complete) depending on the options specified and the database schema. This means that the throughput of the IO subsystem is going to have a direct effect on the run-time of CHECKDB. so, if you have a 1TB database and the IO subsystem can only manage 100MB/sec, it's going to take almost 3 hours just to read the database (1TB / 100MB / 3600 secs) and there's nothing you can do to speed that up except upgrade the IO subsystem.&#xD;&#xA;I've lost count of the number of times I've heard customers complain that CHECKDB (or index rebuilds or other IO-heavy operations) are running sloooowly only to find that the disk queue lengths are enormous and the IO subsystem it entirely unmatched to the server and workload.&#xD;&#xA; 6. **The number of CPUs (processing cores) on the box**&#xD;&#xA;This also really encompasses the Edition of SQL Server that's being run. In Enterprise Edition, CHECKDB can run in parallel across all the CPUs in the box (or as many as the query processor decides to parallelize over when the CHECKDB internal queries are compiled). Running in parallel can give a significant performance boost to CHECKDB and lower run times, as long as the database is also spread over multiple files too (so the IOs can be parallelized). There's a nifty algorithm that’s used that allows CHECKDB to run in parallel which I'll explain in detail in a future post.&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand, the fact that CHECKDB can run in parallel in Enterprise Edition can be bad for some scenarios, and so some DBAs chose to force CHECKDB to be single-threaded. SAP typically recommends this to help with user query predictability. The way to do this is to turn on the documented trace flag 2528.&#xD;&#xA; 7. **The speed of the disks where tempdb is placed**&#xD;&#xA;Running CHECKDB against a VLDB uses lots of memory for internal state and for VLDBs the memory requirement usually exceeds the amount of memory available to SQL Server. In this case, the state is spooled out to tempdb and so the performance of tempdb can be a critical factor in CHECKDB performance. See this post for more details of this and how CHECKDB can run out of disk space if tempdb is too small.&#xD;&#xA; 8. **The complexity of the database schema**&#xD;&#xA;This can have a really high impact on the run-time of CHECKDB because it impacts the amount of CPU that CHECKDB requires. For example, the most expensive checks that CHECKDB does are for non-clustered indexes. It needs to check that each row in a non-clustered index maps to exactly one row in the heap or clustered index for the table, and that every heap/clustered index row has exactly one matching row in each non-clustered index. Although there's a highly efficient algorithm for doing this, it still takes around 30% of the total CPU that CHECKDB uses!&#xD;&#xA;There are a bunch of other checks that are only done if the features have been used in the database - e.g. computed column evaluation, links between off-row LOB values, Service Broker, XML indexes, indexed views - so you can see that empirical factors along aren't enough to determine the run-time.&#xD;&#xA; 9. **Which options are specified**&#xD;&#xA;This is almost the same as #7 in that by specifying various options you're limiting what checks CHECKDB actually performs. For instance, using the WITH NOINDEX option will turn off the non-clustered index checks that I described in #7 and using the WITH PHYSICAL_ONLY option will turn off all logical checks, vastly decreasing the run-time of CHECKDB and making it nearly always IO-bound rather than CPU-bound (in fact this is the most common option that DBAs of VLDBs use to make the run-time of CHECKDB manageable).&#xD;&#xA;One thing to be aware of - if you specify any repair options, CHECKDB always runs single-threaded, even on a multi-proc box on Enterprise Edition.&#xD;&#xA; 10. **The number and type of corruptions that exist in the database**&#xD;&#xA;Again, this is similar to #7 and #8. If there are any corruptions present, there may be extra checks triggered to try to figure out more details of the corruptions. For instance, for the non-clustered index checks, the algorithm is tuned very heavily for the case when there are no corruptions present (the overwhelming majority of cases considering the millions of times CHECKDB is run every day around the world). When a non-clustered index corruption is detected, a more in-depth algorithm has to be used to figure out exactly where the corruption is, which involves re-scanning a bunch of data and so taking a bunch more time. There are a few other algorithms like this too.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Now one other thing to bear in mind is that using REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS makes the checks run single-threaded, so the repairs get ordered correctly - which makes it run longer. Take a look in the error log on 2005 SP2+ for message 5268 - it indicates a deep-dive, as I mentioned above.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Summary**&#xD;&#xA;So you can see that there's no simple answer. Hope this helps!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;PS Forgot to say that in SQL 2005 I added progress reporting to DBCC CHECKDB. You can query the `sys.dm_exec_requests` DMV and look for the `percent_complete` column.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53177" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29836" RevisionGUID="9acc736c-8ca9-4c54-9f55-d33cdda7506d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:26:56.637" UserId="7200" Text="At first blush, it does look like you've got an SMTP routing problem to me. (I'm assuming that you don't have any recipients in your organization configured with that &quot;xxx@gmail.com&quot; address, obviously.) I'll need more information to help, though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What have you changed in the &quot;Default SMTP Virtual Server&quot; from stock settings? Have you created any connectors? If so, describe them.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53178" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29837" RevisionGUID="27342303-6f2a-40a3-81be-30e563ab4639" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:27:15.620" UserId="5464" Text="You need to go further back in your logs, to where you see the shutdown process start and look a bit back from there.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The last log may also help.&#xD;&#xA;You may be able to see who's on the box if anyone, at the time it's going down.&#xD;&#xA;In fact all your logs should be examined.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Its interesting that it's all being logged as `mail`.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More log examination required.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53179" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29838" RevisionGUID="1de40b4f-0f19-4182-a8ee-adfd2d46982e" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:27:43.153" UserId="9307" Text="Have you got accounts configured with those gmail addresses added as extra smtp addresses?  That would explain why they're not going out as Exchange thinks that they're local." />
  <row Id="53180" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29759" RevisionGUID="bd937bd5-7e04-4b11-99cc-56e7b0f7e06f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:28:01.610" UserId="3329" Comment="added 48 characters in body" Text="Just guessing here.... what user are you logging into Oracle with? Sounds a bit like there could be some permissions issues.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You are trying to convert to SS 2005, right?" />
  <row Id="53181" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29839" RevisionGUID="54ab7053-acd1-4ddc-9c49-9055fe9e0ae5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:31:27.703" UserId="5426" Text="If you are running Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition there is a handy tool called WSRM (Windows System Resource Manager). I believe in 2008 they moved the feature to all versions of server (someone please comment and I will adjust if this assertion is wrong).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;In any case, WSRM can kill any process that goes above a certain amount of memory and/or processor usage. This can be pointed at particular processes (in your case probably iexplore.exe), or at users as well, or at certain users running certain processes. It will be a sudden shut down of the process, which you may not want to do because it is abrupt, but it would solve your problem.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53182" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29840" RevisionGUID="e39fa012-16d7-41c2-847b-46652b0af7bd" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:31:45.830" UserId="846" Text="First, I would make sure that the system in question can see the outside world.  Can you browse from it to gmail.com?  Are TCP/IP and DNS setup on it properly?  Is the firewall properly configured to allow outbound traffic from that server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Then, I would make sure that the SMTP Virtual connector was configured to send directly rather than trying to relay somewhere, or if you are relaying, that the relay server is configured to accept the relay from the new server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Good luck." />
  <row Id="53183" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29841" RevisionGUID="9f7d636b-abae-473d-bcbd-ee1f90bc82ba" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:34:52.640" UserId="10118" Text="The easy answer comes by reading the file. It's a text file, not binary, so you should be able to glean what it is by just opening it up in Wordpad (Notepad can't open such large files).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;More than likely it's a complete dump of all the data in the database, in one big SQL query. It's as large as it is because it's in text format, which doesn't use any compression at all.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Of course, the real problem comes when attempting to open a 25 Gig text file... I highly doubt you've got enough memory on that machine. I don't know if there's a windows version of head or tail, but they would come in mighty handy in this case." />
  <row Id="53184" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29842" RevisionGUID="9666a301-e030-46ca-b3ae-f3673fe32ac1" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:40:54.687" UserId="5464" Text="Sys admining and programming have different challenges.&#xD;&#xA;Whether one is easier than the other depends on your personality, strengths and weaknesses and on the environment.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I used to be a programmer, I'm a sys admin now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Lots more multitasking as a sys admin.&#xD;&#xA;Probably less kudos too. Programmers have easily visible successes.&#xD;&#xA;They add a feature, or fix a bug.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sys admin's for the most part only have noticeable failures.&#xD;&#xA;The mail stopped working.The shares when away.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the other hand as a sysadmin, you normally don't have to keep the state of an entire program in your head - at least not as often.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Although in some sysadmin roles there is a lot to keep in your head, especially in complex environments with apps with lots of interconnections.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Sys admins depending on role, environment and disposition, do get to program if they want.&#xD;&#xA;They often write tools for themselves and for other staff to use.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;E.g. where I work we have a database with a web front end for managing DNS and generating DNS and DHCP files.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as I can tell most places the pay is about even.&#xD;&#xA;In some places I suspect programmers might get a slight edge, but those will be places like banks where the programmer is writing bespoke apps that have billions of dollars going through them. I don't think that applies to &quot;average&quot; (whatever that is) programming jobs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53185" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="29826" RevisionGUID="ddbe1049-12be-48e5-ab44-702eed91612b" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:43:26.227" UserId="7200" Comment="Fixed misspelling in title; edited title" Text="Exchange 2003: Outbound messages delivered locally" />
  <row Id="53186" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29843" RevisionGUID="70c077d2-a5fd-43f0-b17e-9da98bae7b2a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:44:20.920" UserId="5464" Text="Do nothing.&#xD;&#xA;No point tweaking until you know you have a problem.&#xD;&#xA;Most times linux will be OK out of the box.&#xD;&#xA;If you running 32 bit you might want to check your kernel to make sure it can use all the memory you have installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apart from that the only thing you do in terms of performance is monitor the system and your apps.&#xD;&#xA;Then if you see a problem you address it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However some things you will want to have addressed in advance.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;E.g. if you suddenly decide you need more IO and the best way to get it is raid 10 then your SOL if you didn't think about that first." />
  <row Id="53187" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29844" RevisionGUID="7a4b38c7-5d6d-4442-9db4-c33eeda3fa60" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:45:36.240" UserId="10118" Text="There's plenty of applications in which CPU/RAM intensive processes can be done on a fast server while you watch it work from a thin client (Google is an example of a web-based server application). What you're proposing is actually a rather kludgy way of doing things like this however, but running a terminal server is one way of doing it. It's also a very old method of doing so, since Unix servers have had command line interfaces available over networks since the dark ages of computing.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But video editing isn't a client/server sort of thing to do. Sending video over the network in real time requires boatloads of bandwidth and even under perfect conditions, it's not ideal." />
  <row Id="53188" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29845" RevisionGUID="9c38c969-7fbf-44f6-abb0-358dd2f1f99a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:46:15.550" UserId="1422" Text="Normally configuration information (like database connection information, ...) is stored in files under the WEB-INF folder of the WAR file deployed to Tomcat.  Files under WEB-INF are not accessible to clients.  " />
  <row Id="53189" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24395" RevisionGUID="a5b2f040-1e88-40c5-93be-27e4c34550ba" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:49:47.137" UserId="5922" Comment="Added more details, tcpdump output." Text="Here's a problem which I am at a loss to diagnose:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Our user home directories are served via NFS from an Apple XServe running Mac OS X 10.5.7. Normally they are exported to our default office subnet, &quot;lan&quot;. Recently I have been building a new subnet, &quot;farm&quot;. The computers on &quot;farm&quot; run the same OS (openSUSE 11.1, and Gentoo) as the ones on &quot;lan&quot;, and the software versions are the same.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The problem is that when my users have been using a machine on &quot;farm&quot; for some time (5 minutes, sometimes 30, sometimes a full hour) the NFS mount seems to just hang. Attempting to do an `ls` on the directory or anything else (such as a login, etc) that tries to access the user home directory just gets stuck. Mounts to other NFS servers from the &quot;hung&quot; machine seem to work as expected.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is nothing in the logs of either the client or the server that indicates any problem. The same types of clients work just fine from the default &quot;lan&quot; subnet. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've tried all sorts of different configurations of the NFS server and client (disabling/enabling kerberos, different mount options) but nothing appears to make any difference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm strongly suspecting some network-level problems between these two subnets, perhaps some mangling by firewall/router (OpenBSD with pf as the packet filter). The connection between the two sets of machines is fairly simple:&#xD;&#xA; `x serve --&gt; switch --&gt; router --&gt; switch --&gt; clients`&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm pretty much at a loss as to debugging methods to try next, or what the possible solution may be. Any ideas as to how to approach this problem from this point?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**Update:**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Still haven't been able to resolve this. I thought I had nipped it in the bud when I disabled `scrub` on the internal interfaces, but the problem has manifested itself again. What's strange is that pf seems to still be modifying some packets.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An example conversation, on the *farm* vlan side:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    09:17:39.165860 node001.farm.foo.com.769 &gt; barstar.lan.foo.com.nfsd: S 2887472382:2887472382(0) win 5840 &lt;mss 1460,sackOK,timestamp 236992843 0,nop,wscale 6&gt; (DF)&#xD;&#xA;    09:17:39.166124 barstar.lan.foo.com.nfsd &gt; node001.farm.foo.com.769: . ack 43 win 65535 &lt;nop,nop,timestamp 316702204 236992843&gt; (DF)&#xD;&#xA;    09:17:54.164490 node001.farm.foo.com.769 &gt; barstar.lan.foo.com.nfsd: S 2887472385:2887472385(0) win 5840 &lt;mss 1460,sackOK,timestamp 236996593 0,nop,wscale 6&gt; (DF)&#xD;&#xA;    09:17:54.164760 barstar.lan.foo.com.nfsd &gt; node001.farm.foo.com.769: R 1441270809:1441270809(0) ack 43 win 65535 (DF)&#xD;&#xA;    09:17:54.164776 barstar.lan.foo.com.nfsd &gt; node001.farm.foo.com.769: R 4243886205:4243886205(0) ack 46 win 0 (DF)&#xD;&#xA;    09:17:54.164989 node001.farm.foo.com.769 &gt; barstar.lan.foo.com.nfsd: S 2887472388:2887472388(0) win 5840 &lt;mss 1460,sackOK,timestamp 236996593 0,nop,wscale 6&gt; (DF)&#xD;&#xA;    09:17:57.164066 node001.farm.foo.com.769 &gt; barstar.lan.foo.com.nfsd: S 2887472388:2887472388(0) win 5840 &lt;mss 1460,sackOK,timestamp 236997343 0,nop,wscale 6&gt; (DF)&#xD;&#xA;    09:17:57.164330 barstar.lan.foo.com.nfsd &gt; node001.farm.foo.com.769: . ack 49 win 65535 &lt;nop,nop,timestamp 316702384 236997343&gt; (DF)&#xD;&#xA;    09:18:03.163468 node001.farm.foo.com.769 &gt; barstar.lan.foo.com.nfsd: S 2887472388:2887472388(0) win 5840 &lt;mss 1460,sackOK,timestamp 236998843 0,nop,wscale 6&gt; (DF)&#xD;&#xA;    09:18:03.163732 barstar.lan.foo.com.nfsd &gt; node001.farm.foo.com.769: . ack 49 win 65535 &lt;nop,nop,timestamp 316702444 236998843&gt; (DF)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and the same on the *lan* vlan:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    09:17:39.165876 node001.farm.foo.com.769 &gt; barstar.lan.foo.com.nfsd: S 2887472382:2887472382(0) win 5840 &lt;mss 1460,sackOK,timestamp 236992843 0,nop,wscale 6&gt; (DF)&#xD;&#xA;    09:17:39.166110 barstar.lan.foo.com.nfsd &gt; node001.farm.foo.com.769: . ack 1 win 65535 &lt;nop,nop,timestamp 316702204 236992843&gt; (DF)&#xD;&#xA;    09:17:54.164505 node001.farm.foo.com.769 &gt; barstar.lan.foo.com.nfsd: S 2887472385:2887472385(0) win 5840 &lt;mss 1460,sackOK,timestamp 236996593 0,nop,wscale 6&gt; (DF)&#xD;&#xA;    09:17:54.164740 barstar.lan.foo.com.nfsd &gt; node001.farm.foo.com.769: R 1:1(0) ack 1 win 65535 (DF)&#xD;&#xA;    09:17:54.164745 barstar.lan.foo.com.nfsd &gt; node001.farm.foo.com.769: R 2802615397:2802615397(0) ack 4 win 0 (DF)&#xD;&#xA;    09:17:54.165003 node001.farm.foo.com.769 &gt; barstar.lan.foo.com.nfsd: S 2887472388:2887472388(0) win 5840 &lt;mss 1460,sackOK,timestamp 236996593 0,nop,wscale 6&gt; (DF)&#xD;&#xA;    09:17:54.165239 barstar.lan.foo.com.nfsd &gt; node001.farm.foo.com.769: S 449458819:449458819(0) ack 2887472389 win 65535 &lt;mss 1460,nop,wscale 3,nop,nop,timestamp 316702354 236996593,sackOK,eol&gt; (DF)&#xD;&#xA;    09:17:55.123665 barstar.lan.foo.com.nfsd &gt; node001.farm.foo.com.769: S 449458819:449458819(0) ack 2887472389 win 65535 &lt;mss 1460,nop,wscale 3,nop,nop,timestamp 316702363 236996593,sackOK,eol&gt; (DF)&#xD;&#xA;    09:17:57.124839 barstar.lan.foo.com.nfsd &gt; node001.farm.foo.com.769: S 449458819:449458819(0) ack 2887472389 win 65535 &lt;mss 1460,nop,wscale 3,nop,nop,timestamp 316702383 236996593,sackOK,eol&gt; (DF)&#xD;&#xA;    09:17:57.164082 node001.farm.foo.com.769 &gt; barstar.lan.foo.com.nfsd: S 2887472388:2887472388(0) win 5840 &lt;mss 1460,sackOK,timestamp 236997343 0,nop,wscale 6&gt; (DF)&#xD;&#xA;    09:17:57.164316 barstar.lan.foo.com.nfsd &gt; node001.farm.foo.com.769: . ack 1 win 65535 &lt;nop,nop,timestamp 316702384 236997343&gt; (DF)&#xD;&#xA;    09:18:01.126690 barstar.lan.foo.com.nfsd &gt; node001.farm.foo.com.769: S 449458819:449458819(0) ack 2887472389 win 65535 &lt;mss 1460,nop,wscale 3,nop,nop,timestamp 316702423 236997343,sackOK,eol&gt; (DF)&#xD;&#xA;    09:18:03.163483 node001.farm.foo.com.769 &gt; barstar.lan.foo.com.nfsd: S 2887472388:2887472388(0) win 5840 &lt;mss 1460,sackOK,timestamp 236998843 0,nop,wscale 6&gt; (DF)&#xD;&#xA;    09:18:03.163717 barstar.lan.foo.com.nfsd &gt; node001.farm.foo.com.769: . ack 1 win 65535 &lt;nop,nop,timestamp 316702444 236998843&gt; (DF)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I should also mention that we have other NFS traffic going through this same machine, but from a different NFS server. We've been using that for years and have not had any problems there. Similarly, these XServes have been serving NFS to Linux clients on their own subnet for a long while as well and continue to do so." />
  <row Id="53190" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29846" RevisionGUID="6d873481-1c3a-461b-9ee6-8b5adbe2bc16" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:51:36.367" UserId="5234" Text="I've run RDP sessions to servers over 64K and 128K lines (contending with email and other general network traffic) in the past, and these have generally worked just fine.  We also have a number of users - about 5 per site, total 50 or so - using RDP over 512/128 contended (30:1) business ADSL as their primary means of network access, and they are actually the remote users we get the *least* amount of complaints from.  This morning even I was on to my own XP desktop over about a 256K medium/high latency circuit and performance and responsiveness were good; not outstanding, and you certainly wouldn't be fooled into thinking you were at a local desktop, but good all the same.  I think you should be pretty good with PCs so long as you bear what everone else has said in mind.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I would be looking to upgrade that 2 meg line too, it's rather small for this day and age." />
  <row Id="53191" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29847" RevisionGUID="4398eaa6-f82b-4c93-8795-59c585e792c2" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:54:05.880" UserId="2359" Text="Unless I'm missing something this sounds like a description of what Citrix is designed to do, but this is not something for a home user to try.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I don't know about the video editing either, but the concept of having all your apps available to all users from the server is Citrix MetaFrame circa 2005 :-)" />
  <row Id="53192" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29848" RevisionGUID="0f4c2880-3279-4aef-8a55-29551e600295" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:54:14.007" UserId="5205" Text="I'm not sure if that is possible, I think the clients have to be 'sticky' (always connect back to the same one). If they didn't connect to the same one then&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - if its a web application, the session states would be lost&#xD;&#xA; - if its an rdp connection then if the user disconnects a session instead of logging out, they could end up with 2 open sessions in the same farm " />
  <row Id="53193" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29849" RevisionGUID="79379bb8-22f2-472a-a89a-45074863c936" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:56:43.003" UserId="5922" Text="Based on the acpi logs it looks like the system is receiving input from the power button to shut down. I would suspect that either the button is being pushed accidentally or there is a hardware problem involved." />
  <row Id="53194" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29850" RevisionGUID="ac48df17-17a7-4d4e-8090-f7f29697de64" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:58:59.690" UserDisplayName="Corey Scardigno" Text="I have a WinXP workstation w/ a vmware 98se session. I need to log in to a Win 2k8 standard server. I ran the DSclient pkge that is required and made the Regedit changes but no luck. Can anyone help regarding this issue? " />
  <row Id="53195" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29850" RevisionGUID="ac48df17-17a7-4d4e-8090-f7f29697de64" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:58:59.690" UserDisplayName="Corey Scardigno" Text="Win98se (VMWARE Session) login to Win2008 Server Domain......" />
  <row Id="53196" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29850" RevisionGUID="ac48df17-17a7-4d4e-8090-f7f29697de64" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:58:59.690" UserDisplayName="Corey Scardigno" Text="&lt;windows-server-2008&gt;&lt;vmware&gt;" />
  <row Id="53197" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29851" RevisionGUID="e3c1be97-ba41-41dd-81de-83c0c951477d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:59:14.743" UserId="4113" Text="TrueCrypt allows the user to create an encryption volume on a file or a device hosted encryption on a drive or partition.What is advantage or disadvantage of one over the other?" />
  <row Id="53198" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29851" RevisionGUID="e3c1be97-ba41-41dd-81de-83c0c951477d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:59:14.743" UserId="4113" Text="Truecrypt: File vs Device hosted encryption" />
  <row Id="53199" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29851" RevisionGUID="e3c1be97-ba41-41dd-81de-83c0c951477d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T16:59:14.743" UserId="4113" Text="&lt;truecrypt&gt;&lt;encryption&gt;&lt;storage&gt;&lt;security&gt;" />
  <row Id="53200" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29826" RevisionGUID="14622de4-bc67-4bd6-94af-8255b4a0dcae" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:01:06.380" UserId="2211" Comment="added 508 characters in body; added 1 characters in body" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm trying to setup Exchnage 2003 in our test domain to send outbound messages.&#xD;&#xA;I would send an email to a gmail address, for example, but in the Message Tracking Center's message history for this outbound email I get&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&#xD;&#xA;![alt text][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/7827/40554971.png&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This log is the same for SMTP relayed messages as well as for the once sent from Outlook via the exchange protocol.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Does it mean that the message is not reaching the recepient because it is miscategorized for some reason and considered to be local?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;How do I fix it?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;**@Edit:** So the answer turns out to be quite obvious. What I did is I used this &quot;outbound&quot; emails as emails for AD contacts, to give this emails to SharePoint users. We need this for demoing purposes. &#xD;&#xA;But I didn't realize that the email property of an AD user is connected with exchange and I suppose Exchange uses it as the email address for that user's mailbox. So Exchange would consider my &quot;outbound&quot; emails to be perfectly local and deliver them to the local mailboxes of the corresponding users." />
  <row Id="53201" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29852" RevisionGUID="3a971ff8-ba19-49d0-b46b-7bd5129d6e9d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:01:35.397" UserId="9466" Text="I'm not going to talk here much about optimizing it, but because you asked about installing a new server, I'll list some issues about security... but beware of overkill&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. If it's facing a &quot;hostile&quot; network - configure tightly a firewall&#xD;&#xA; 2. If it's a webserver - install and configure also a proxy (squid is a good one)&#xD;&#xA; 3. Think about it when it comes about updating:&#xD;&#xA;    - If it's a security patch - install it&#xD;&#xA;    - If it adds some functionality - test it first in a &quot;lab&quot; environment&#xD;&#xA; 4. Configure a &quot;tripwire&quot; to monitor the status of some configuration files, and set it up&#xD;&#xA;    to send an e-mail whenever something occurs (e-mail should be sent on a remote server)&#xD;&#xA; 5. If you feel like you need it - configure also an IDS (like &quot;snort&quot;)&#xD;&#xA; 6. Install &quot;sysv-rc-conf&quot; and deselect all services you won't need.&#xD;&#xA; 7. Check with &quot;netstat -tupan&quot; if there are more sevices on the network if there should be&#xD;&#xA; 8. If you'll need ssh access, setup &quot;ceritifcate-based access&quot; (public/private keys) or &#xD;&#xA;    port-knocking.&#xD;&#xA; 9. Keep the logs... verify them... backup often... verify the backups&#xD;&#xA; 10. Use decent passwords (don't use the same password!) - you can generate them with &quot;apg&quot;&#xD;&#xA; 11. Try to break your own server, and then harden it more&#xD;&#xA; 12. Google for SELinux and AppArmor&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53202" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29852" RevisionGUID="3a971ff8-ba19-49d0-b46b-7bd5129d6e9d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:01:35.397" UserId="9466" />
  <row Id="53203" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29853" RevisionGUID="7f429356-7381-4243-80c8-5356d4a423ef" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:03:24.033" UserId="4381" Text="As luck would have it, my boss just wrote an article comparing operations to development: [What is web operations?](http://omniti.com/seeds/what-is-web-operations) as well as addressing that ops isn't (or shouldn't be) something for failed developers, as it is sometimes presented." />
  <row Id="53204" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29854" RevisionGUID="ea7ee603-a9e2-481c-8c04-2ce1c9232a69" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:04:51.380" UserId="8538" Text="We're doing a SQL Server 2005 upgrade to 2008 and one of the things that we're also changing at the same time is we're changing all varchar fields to nvarchar (don't ask me why).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After importing the data to the new 2008 database, I want to compare and validate the data. So I tried using the tablediff program that comes with SQL Server but it can't compare the two schemas due to the varchar/nvarchar difference.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is the error I get:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Table [db1].[dbo].[table1] on server1 and Table [db2].[dbo].[table2] on server2 have different schemas and cannot be compared.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a quick workaround to do this? If not, anyone have any suggestions that are free?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As an aside, it would be great if instead of comparing the entire table, I can compare only the rows with a certain condition (ie. where dates &gt; 2009)" />
  <row Id="53205" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29854" RevisionGUID="ea7ee603-a9e2-481c-8c04-2ce1c9232a69" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:04:51.380" UserId="8538" Text="tablediff on two similar tables" />
  <row Id="53206" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29854" RevisionGUID="ea7ee603-a9e2-481c-8c04-2ce1c9232a69" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:04:51.380" UserId="8538" Text="&lt;sql-server&gt;&lt;migration&gt;" />
  <row Id="53207" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29855" RevisionGUID="f587b8d6-f611-41f4-a034-06f6e9b62412" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:05:03.047" UserId="3657" Text="Have you looked at installing one of the Pandora desktop clients like [OpenPandora][1]?  Perhaps they do not suffer from the memory leak that the Internet Explorer version does.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://getopenpandora.appspot.com/" />
  <row Id="53208" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29683" RevisionGUID="a6921acc-96f5-4955-9651-e12711a8a84f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:05:32.843" UserId="1054" Comment="Add link to awesome GOTO cartoon; added 6 characters in body" Text=" 1. Wake up&#xD;&#xA; 2. Drink coffee&#xD;&#xA; 3. Get out of bed&#xD;&#xA; 4. Drink coffee&#xD;&#xA; 5. Shower, get dressed, kiss the wife and kids, leave for work&#xD;&#xA; 6. Get coffee&#xD;&#xA; 7. Drink coffee&#xD;&#xA; 8. Get to work&#xD;&#xA; 9. Get coffee&#xD;&#xA; 10. Check email&#xD;&#xA; 11. Check systems health, job agent reports, db backups&#xD;&#xA; 12. Check case tracker for new user support issues&#xD;&#xA; 13. Drink coffee&#xD;&#xA; 14. Finish any user support cases&#xD;&#xA; 15. Begin working on project related things&#xD;&#xA; 16. Get interrupted by [**high-maintenance users**][1]&#xD;&#xA; 17. Chug coffee&#xD;&#xA; 18. Finish newly acquired support issues&#xD;&#xA; 19. Continue working on project related things&#xD;&#xA; 20. GOTO 12&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[**For those of us who love GOTOs**][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8794/your-worst-high-maintenance-user-experience&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/46586/goto-still-considered-harmful/46789#46789" />
  <row Id="53209" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29856" RevisionGUID="e3ca4a76-ae52-43b1-8e57-90092d82a964" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:06:00.877" UserId="4168" Text="What about the built-in Remote Assistance application?" />
  <row Id="53210" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29857" RevisionGUID="36b5eedc-2916-4486-a398-c0a8480bdf24" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:07:38.533" UserId="4839" Text="Partition pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. It's harder to accidentally delete a partition.  :)&#xD;&#xA; 1. Necessary when encrypting the entire operating system.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;File pros:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Files are easier for many people to understand.&#xD;&#xA; 1. Files are easier to move/copy.&#xD;&#xA; 1. You can use the rest of the partition for other files (like the traveler mode files)" />
  <row Id="53211" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29858" RevisionGUID="bc9ed7fb-c2ad-4615-8350-ec8c043e0321" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:07:45.493" UserId="4474" Text="I have an account on Windows Small Business Server 2003, for which several users have &quot;send as&quot; permission.  Each of those users has &quot;send as&quot; enabled in active directory, as well as mailbox access enabled in the &quot;exchange advanced&quot; tab.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of them I set up a couple of months ago and that account is able to view the mailbox and send emails as the other account fine.  The ones I set up today can view the mailbox, but cannot send email as the other account.  I receive the error: &quot;You do not have permission to send to this recipient&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What am I forgetting to do?" />
  <row Id="53212" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29858" RevisionGUID="bc9ed7fb-c2ad-4615-8350-ec8c043e0321" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:07:45.493" UserId="4474" Text="&quot;Send As&quot; Permission and &quot;You do not have permission to send to this recipient&quot; Error" />
  <row Id="53213" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29858" RevisionGUID="bc9ed7fb-c2ad-4615-8350-ec8c043e0321" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:07:45.493" UserId="4474" Text="&lt;exchange&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;sbs2003&gt;&lt;permissions&gt;" />
  <row Id="53214" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29859" RevisionGUID="43c6f8e2-8833-410a-b12f-25fe527cfede" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:08:19.360" UserId="5947" Text="The complexity for a Sys Admin is based around many complex components created by others, all of which have to be understood to a certain level to get them to work together.  I found with hardware and networking components, there has to be a lot of understanding of what's in each and every box.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Whereas the bulk of the complexity of a developer is focused on the section of code he is writing, and he just has to work with interfaces (using the term generically) that others give him, he doesn't have to understand a lot of the nitty-gritty details of their code.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've seen the pay as being equivalent." />
  <row Id="53215" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29860" RevisionGUID="fb1a4b9a-86ee-4837-8b8b-4a363b0abaa9" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:09:16.113" UserId="4117" Text="How about changing to spaces instead of tabs, and just using R (instead of i) to do your edits?  That way you won't re-align anything (except for at first when you re-space everything)." />
  <row Id="53216" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29861" RevisionGUID="30c9c743-2141-46c6-ace0-0e7e9dce16e6" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:09:40.480" UserId="22283" Text="The tcpdump man page and many web sites give in-depth examples of filters, and there are even a few online repositories of tcpdump filter expressions. It should be able to do almost anything you can dream of, assuming that you know something about the network traffic (source, destination, ports, protocols, etc.) beyond just what program is generating it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;If you're working on a server or headless box, you can always have tcpdump write a dump file and then open it in Wireshark on your workstation and get advanced filtering and a graphical interface." />
  <row Id="53218" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29863" RevisionGUID="af11c26c-e199-4210-9723-17ea287249a9" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:10:12.303" UserId="9466" Text="You can use something like **FreeNX** or **X-Forwarding** to use a &quot;dumb&quot; terminal and process on a server. You'll see the remoe window as being on your local computer, but the interactions should be transmitted over a network.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, I heard that **Citrix** is a good choice.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;And about video processing - the program **cinerella** - AFAIK supports very well the &quot;rendering farm&quot; - instead of rendering a film on your local computer - send it to a server / group of servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Don't forget the **VNC** for simple things (and quick&amp;dirty deployments).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;*Later edit:*&#xD;&#xA;Now I saw that you are talking about a windows server, not a Unix/Linux/related one... but still some points still apply" />
  <row Id="53219" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29809" RevisionGUID="6ba4f9d0-00e5-44c0-985e-fe854cd705a9" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:14:27.087" UserDisplayName="bill_the_loser" Comment="added 318 characters in body" Text="I am currently working on load testing a web application on a virtual machine cluster.  I am looking for a way to flush the connection pool / NLB cache so that it is like each machine connecting to the NLB is connecting for the first time and doesn't get directed back to the node that it was on last time.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This a Windows 2003 Server cluster, behind a Microsoft software based Network Load Balancer.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Additional Information:  To do the load testing I'm using virtual machines, one for each node on the cluster.  Somehow I got two virtual machines connecting to the same node and I'm looking for an easier way to reset those connections without going in to the NLB Manager and stopping and starting each node on the NLB." />
  <row Id="53221" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29864" RevisionGUID="36025252-f8d7-4aa8-9c24-5ef2d6d69a74" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:15:02.153" UserId="3038" Text="The *specific* error message you report suggests a recipient filter of some kind on the part of the recipient's object, rather than a failure of send-as permissions on the part of the sender. Send-as may be working correctly, but if the recipient you're sending to won't allow incoming email from everyone it'll throw that error." />
  <row Id="53222" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="24345" RevisionGUID="b258cc63-41eb-4ce9-a3c2-d94d6546f4a0" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:15:34.463" UserId="5144" Comment="Added more direct link to the interesting answer." Text="This question has been answered over at StackOverflow:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/661939][1]&#xD;&#xA;- &quot;Where can I download an offline installer of Cygwin?&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Look for the answer starting with &quot;Here are instructions&#xD;&#xA;assuming you want to install cygwin on a computer with no&#xD;&#xA;internet connection.&quot;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(Perhaps that entry should be moved over til ServerFault?)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/661939/where-can-i-download-an-offline-installer-of-cygwin/662415#662415" />
  <row Id="53223" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29865" RevisionGUID="b7e79630-2025-46c3-b2c3-4545b6d190d5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:16:45.647" UserId="5724" Text="If you want a utility to do this for you (and you can do it in a 14 day evaluation, or don't mind spending some money) Red Gate Software have an excellent [SQL Compare][1] utility, which will identify your schema differences.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.red-gate.com/products/SQL_Compare/index.htm" />
  <row Id="53224" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29866" RevisionGUID="eaed9acc-3655-4af0-bcc3-199274240fac" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:17:12.040" UserId="10109" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I've been using xmonad as my windows manager in conjunction with Gnome for some time.&#xD;&#xA;I would like to use compiz was well.  Is there a way to combine the two using Ubuntu?" />
  <row Id="53225" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29866" RevisionGUID="eaed9acc-3655-4af0-bcc3-199274240fac" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:17:12.040" UserId="10109" Text="Using compiz with xmonad" />
  <row Id="53226" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29866" RevisionGUID="eaed9acc-3655-4af0-bcc3-199274240fac" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:17:12.040" UserId="10109" Text="&lt;compiz&gt;&lt;ubuntu&gt;" />
  <row Id="53227" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29867" RevisionGUID="f470a916-43f3-4601-b4ef-869ac2bcf6a5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:18:43.473" UserId="993" Text="Is there a line I can add to my login scripts or something with GPO to prevent the &quot;Manage Your Server&quot; screen from showing up when I log in to a Windows 2003 Server?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;![manage your server screen][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://imgur.com/CJ3SZ.jpg" />
  <row Id="53228" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29867" RevisionGUID="f470a916-43f3-4601-b4ef-869ac2bcf6a5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:18:43.473" UserId="993" Text="Automatically disable the &quot;Manage Your Server&quot; screen on Windows 2003?" />
  <row Id="53229" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29867" RevisionGUID="f470a916-43f3-4601-b4ef-869ac2bcf6a5" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:18:43.473" UserId="993" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;login&gt;&lt;group-policy&gt;" />
  <row Id="53230" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29868" RevisionGUID="33eefeeb-c3fe-4ef2-b0a3-b428e9153123" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:21:27.103" UserId="4165" Text="I'm not sure why, but many times, I have had to go into the resource mailbox itself in Outlook and go to Tools - Options and make the person a delegate on the mailbox before they can send on behalf of the resource." />
  <row Id="53231" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29869" RevisionGUID="5594e0f3-2387-41c0-8eff-872b59567d4f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:21:50.237" UserId="2211" Text="Hi,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This is a strange requirement, but for demo purposes we need this.&#xD;&#xA;We have a test domain with Exchange 2003 and MOSS 2007. &#xD;&#xA;For an external demo (the SharePoint is published on the Internet) we've decided to give our AD account an external email: someemail@gmail.com. The problem is that now the Exchange in our test domain would treat this email address as local and would not send outbound messages with this address.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is it possible to configure the Exchange, the AD User or SharePoint so that SharePoint picks up the external email and the Exchange treats the address as external when SharePoint sends notifications using that address?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Thanks!" />
  <row Id="53232" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29869" RevisionGUID="5594e0f3-2387-41c0-8eff-872b59567d4f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:21:50.237" UserId="2211" Text="Making Exchnage treat email address specified in AD user properies as external" />
  <row Id="53233" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29869" RevisionGUID="5594e0f3-2387-41c0-8eff-872b59567d4f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:21:50.237" UserId="2211" Text="&lt;sharepoint&gt;&lt;exchange-2003&gt;&lt;active-directory&gt;&lt;email&gt;" />
  <row Id="53234" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29870" RevisionGUID="79be5241-9e54-4c55-8bf5-f96c9edef843" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:22:51.810" UserId="5890" Text="Maybe this script will do what you want with appropriate modifications to the tshark command:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # Start tshark in the background before we run the commsnd to be sniffed.&#xD;&#xA;    # Add more options to tshark, as appropriate to your command....&#xD;&#xA;    setsid tshark  -w dump -i eth0 tcp port 8080 &gt;/dev/null 2&gt;&amp;1  &amp;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    sleep 2&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    wget www.google.com&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;    # tshark keeps running if you don't kill it. &#xD;&#xA;    # This kills all other tsharks that may be running.&#xD;&#xA;    pkill -9 tshark&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Read the dump file later:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    tshark -r dump&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53235" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29871" RevisionGUID="743dde43-a61d-46aa-8ff8-2def20155eda" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:22:58.800" UserId="3657" Text="You can do this via a GPO&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.techcow.com/tech-tips/windows-2003/how_to_disable_manage_your_server_wizard_in_windows_2003.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53236" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29872" RevisionGUID="2d9ac6f6-76de-464b-bc88-217da5e45975" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:23:23.713" UserId="715" Text="Why not click the little check box that reads &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    Don't display this page at logon&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Or do you just have so many servers to do that to it's beyond reasonable." />
  <row Id="53237" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29858" RevisionGUID="0a8e2148-80ed-4368-8ea4-0d332d392afa" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:25:38.000" UserId="4474" Comment="added 176 characters in body; added 37 characters in body" Text="I have an account on Windows Small Business Server 2003, for which several users have &quot;send as&quot; permission (not &quot;send on behalf&quot; but &quot;send as&quot;).  Each of those users has &quot;send as&quot; enabled in active directory, as well as mailbox access enabled in the &quot;exchange advanced&quot; tab.  &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;One of them I set up a couple of months ago and that account is able to view the mailbox and send emails as the other account fine.  The ones I set up today can view the mailbox, but cannot send email as the other account.  I receive the error: &quot;You do not have permission to send to this recipient&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Example: If Account A has Send As permission on Account B, I am sending from Account A's outlook with Account B's email address.  The error comes back to Account A's inbox.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;What am I forgetting to do?" />
  <row Id="53238" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29873" RevisionGUID="d5e9b327-1a9c-4153-ac96-fa1c4cd21ad9" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:20:36.073" Text="&lt;p&gt;Hello, I was wondering if anyone knew if level 3 Communications offers any type of map of current network status. It seems our connection here is getting high latency through their network. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also has anyone ever called them to ask questions about if one of their appliances is malfunctioning or being overloaded because you are receiving bad latency in their network?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53239" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29873" RevisionGUID="d5e9b327-1a9c-4153-ac96-fa1c4cd21ad9" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:20:36.073" Text="level 3 Communications Monitoring" />
  <row Id="53240" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29873" RevisionGUID="d5e9b327-1a9c-4153-ac96-fa1c4cd21ad9" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:20:36.073" Text="&lt;latency&gt;&lt;networking&gt;" />
  <row Id="53241" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29874" RevisionGUID="29d56922-51e0-4006-a9c8-089390c25597" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:27:11.817" UserId="7200" Text="I don't have the gear here presently to try this, but it looks like there's some incompatibiltiy in W2K8's SMB server beyond the traditional &quot;disabled digital signatures&quot; that we've had to do with W2K3 for a number of years now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the Windows 98SE client computer, I'm seeing that the &quot;DSClient&quot; package and possible Internet Explorer 6, SP1 need to be installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the Windows Server 2008 machine to which you will be &quot;mapping&quot; a &quot;drive&quot; (or otherwise connecting with SMB), you'll need to configure the security option settings below as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Microsoft network server: Digitally sign communications (if server agrees): Enabled&#xD;&#xA; - Microsoft network server: Digitally sign communications (always): Disabled&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll also need to add the following registry values to that server computer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Under &lt;pre&gt;HKEY_LOCAL_MAHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Value name &quot;EnableRaw&quot;, type REG_DWORD, value 0&#xD;&#xA; - Value name &quot;SMB2&quot;, type REG_DWORD, value 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be aware that htis disables the SMB 2.0 protocol on the server computer and will slow down access from Windows Vista and newer clients and servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53242" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29874" RevisionGUID="8696b857-ede4-4619-89c2-509c89b2430c" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:32:15.193" UserId="7200" Comment="added 572 characters in body; added 232 characters in body" Text="I don't have the gear here presently to try this, but it looks like there's some incompatibiltiy in W2K8's SMB server beyond the traditional &quot;disabled digital signatures&quot; that we've had to do with W2K3 for a number of years now.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the Windows 98SE client computer, I'm seeing that the &quot;DSClient&quot; package and possible Internet Explorer 6, SP1 need to be installed.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;On the Windows Server 2008 machine to which you will be &quot;mapping&quot; a &quot;drive&quot; (or otherwise connecting with SMB), you'll need to configure the security option settings below as follows:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Microsoft network server: Digitally sign communications (if server agrees): Enabled&#xD;&#xA; - Microsoft network server: Digitally sign communications (always): Disabled&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;You'll also need to add the following registry values to that server computer:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Under &lt;pre&gt;HKEY_LOCAL_MAHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters&lt;/pre&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Value name &quot;EnableRaw&quot;, type REG_DWORD, value 0&#xD;&#xA; - Value name &quot;SMB2&quot;, type REG_DWORD, value 0&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Be aware that htis disables the SMB 2.0 protocol on the server computer and will slow down access from Windows Vista and newer clients and servers.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The &quot;LMcompatibilitylevel&quot; setting on the server computer may need to be set to &quot;2&quot;, or you may need to get NTLMv2 running on the Win98SE clients. To change the &quot;LMcompatibiltylevel&quot; setting on the server computer, modify the &quot;Network security: LAN Manager authentication level&quot; security option. I believe that the &quot;Send NTLM response only&quot; is the setting you're looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;It's theoretically possible that you may be able to enable NTLMv2 authentication on your Win98SE clients per the following procedure: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/239869&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The 98SE DSClient package is a nasty thing. There are updates and hotfixes that are not generally available that can fix known problems with it, but I think Microsoft has made it purposefully hard to get ahold of to encourage people to drop Win98SE." />
  <row Id="53243" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29875" RevisionGUID="023138a3-772a-4ee5-9d00-20bb07d7d5b4" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:34:35.017" UserId="6965" Text="The other option that TrueCrypt provides is to create &quot;headerless&quot; file containers inside either encrypted partitions or other file containers, thus hiding even the existence of the file-within-a-file for maximum deniability; the only way someone can know it's there is...well, to know it's there.  Combines all the advantages (and disadvantages) of both methods." />
  <row Id="53245" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29750" RevisionGUID="203fa84c-29ac-41f8-95b2-c21b8ece800f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:37:18.367" UserId="1054" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="Buy stock in Mountain Dew and NoDoz" />
  <row Id="53247" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29549" RevisionGUID="eef9b2f8-81d6-4628-9a0e-7a3cb3294e88" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:41:51.507" UserId="5623" Comment="added 1 characters in body" Text="The usual files and tools that you may be used to for starting/stopping/monitoring processes, such as xinetd, /etc/init.d, cron, and /etc/inittab, have been replaced on the Mac by launchd. It uses an XML file for configuring a service. Here are some resources to get you going:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Apple - [Getting Started with launchd](http://developer.apple.com/MacOsX/launchd.html)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Wikipedia - [launchd](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launchd)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Mac Geekery - [All About launchd](http://www.macgeekery.com/tips/all_about_launchd_items_and_how_to_make_one_yourself)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;(these came from a quick Google search)" />
  <row Id="53248" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29877" RevisionGUID="3dfc43aa-cdf6-4d5f-bef8-9dc841441432" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:44:06.620" UserId="9838" Text="I would recommend you to use SQL Profiler (there should be such tools for Oracle too, we used Toad for Oracle) and see what queries SSMA executes to Oracle and MS SQL databases and what exceptions happen there ... &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There are number of reasons why a tool can fail - in the past we used 3rd party migration tool that could fail if databases have different encodings (collations) especially when master SQL database was made CASE sensitive ... Though, I have no experience with SSMA, I would suggest that SQL profiling could give you a clue." />
  <row Id="53249" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29878" RevisionGUID="4408fcc8-a480-4b96-a1d3-1544923b901f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:44:53.450" UserId="8199" Text="Check out &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://internetpulse.net&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;and &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://internettrafficreport.com&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Cheers,&#xD;&#xA;-Mathew" />
  <row Id="53250" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29878" RevisionGUID="4408fcc8-a480-4b96-a1d3-1544923b901f" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:44:53.450" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="53251" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29683" RevisionGUID="1ace9d97-331e-4ee7-b1df-bf54d7e06b69" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:48:31.993" UserId="1054" Comment="added 10 characters in body" Text=" 1. Wake up&#xD;&#xA; 2. Drink coffee&#xD;&#xA; 3. Get out of bed&#xD;&#xA; 4. Drink coffee&#xD;&#xA; 5. Shower, get dressed, kiss the wife and kids, leave for work&#xD;&#xA; 6. Get coffee&#xD;&#xA; 7. Drink coffee&#xD;&#xA; 8. Get to work&#xD;&#xA; 9. Get coffee&#xD;&#xA; 10. Check email&#xD;&#xA; 11. Check systems health, job agent reports, db backups&#xD;&#xA; 12. Check case tracker for new user support issues&#xD;&#xA; 13. Drink coffee&#xD;&#xA; 14. Finish any user support cases&#xD;&#xA; 15. Begin working on project related things&#xD;&#xA; 16. Get interrupted by [**high-maintenance users**][1]&#xD;&#xA; 17. Chug coffee&#xD;&#xA; 18. Finish newly acquired support issues&#xD;&#xA; 19. Continue working on project related things&#xD;&#xA; 20. GOTO 12&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[**For those of us who love GOTOs read this**][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://serverfault.com/questions/8794/your-worst-high-maintenance-user-experience&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/46586/goto-still-considered-harmful/46789#46789" />
  <row Id="53252" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29879" RevisionGUID="7584274a-11e1-4048-b615-207b1faf4857" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:50:47.247" UserId="7200" Text="I don't know where SharePoint gets its list of email recipients, but the following should do what you want on the Exchange side:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Remove the &quot;SomeEmail@gmail.com&quot; address from the AD user account if you haven't already.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Create a mail-enbled contact object in the Active Directory and assign it the email address &quot;SomeEmail@gmail.com&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Add the newly-created contact as an alternative delivery recipient on the &quot;Exchange General&quot; tab of the user's properties by clicking &quot;Delivery Options&quot;, selecting the &quot;Forward To&quot; radio button, clicking &quot;Modify&quot;, and choosing the newly-created contact from the AD. Optionally check the &quot;Deliver messages to both forwarding address and mailbox&quot; if you so choose.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That will get Exchange to deliver mail to that user to an external email address." />
  <row Id="53253" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29880" RevisionGUID="61af5327-3d0c-4263-92bf-2ce319268ed9" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:51:30.553" UserId="8199" Text="I don't think there is an easy way to do this, but you could always contact the compiz-fusion-whatevertheycallthemselvesnowafterforking team and suggest the tiling feature you're most in love with." />
  <row Id="53254" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29881" RevisionGUID="6f3bba6b-a65b-4d30-ba16-51f662cf91b6" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:52:42.017" UserId="1041" Text="**Stick to your decisions until someone shows you a policy that counteracts it, or until you're over-ridden by management.**&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I can't tell you how many times (recently) I had to pull our security policy to explain things, like why your dog's name isn't a good password for a production system." />
  <row Id="53255" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29868" RevisionGUID="6e3f7097-536a-431e-a62c-6f25d02cb7a7" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:54:08.613" UserId="4165" Comment="added example using nomenclature specified by question author" Text="I'm not sure why, but many times, I have had to go into the resource mailbox itself in Outlook and go to Tools - Options and make the person a delegate on the mailbox before they can send on behalf of the resource.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;To give you an example of what I mean, I'll borrow your example from above:&#xD;&#xA;Create a new mail profile for Account B.  Open Outlook with this new profile and go to Tools - Options - Delegates.  Add Account A permission to send on behalf of.  Test whether Account A truly can send on behalf of Account B now." />
  <row Id="53256" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29882" RevisionGUID="99f2a361-ed82-4367-98a4-bb326ddc6dd7" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:54:17.270" UserId="2189" Text="I'm not sure I completely understand your question, but if you open up the user in Active Directory Users and Computers, and choose the Exchange General Tab, you should see a Delivery Options button where you can configure a forwarding rule.  I have in the past used this to work with users who have external email accounts." />
  <row Id="53257" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29883" RevisionGUID="33b71b08-2bf1-41e0-89fa-e312df8cbc85" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:55:57.330" UserId="5223" Text="root user:&lt;br&gt;&#xD;&#xA;Dont be root unless you have to.&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;If the vendor says it needs to run as root,&#xD;&#xA;tell them you are the customer and that you want to run it as non-root.&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;How many software packages off the shelf wants root 'just because it's easier'?&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;habit:&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;never ever use '*' with remove without looking at it three times&#xD;&#xA;It is best to build the habit of using ls -l _TargetPattern_, then use 'rm !$'.&#xD;&#xA;The biggest threat is not being where you think you are.&#xD;&#xA;I _almost_ type 'hostname' as often as 'ls'!&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;crutches:&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;a standard prompt helps alot, as do aliases like &quot;alias rm='rm -i'&quot;, but I often do not have&#xD;&#xA;full control over the machines I'm on so I use an _expect_ wrapper script merely to set your path, prompt, and aliases with '-i'&#xD;&#xA;        &#xD;&#xA;find issues:&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;using a full path helps, but in cases where that is not possible, cd into a more safe location and ALSO use '&amp;&amp;' to insure that the 'cd' succeeds before you do your find, remove, tar, untar, etc: &lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;example: `cd /filesystema &amp;&amp; tar cf - | ( cd /filesystemb &amp;&amp; tar vxf -)`&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;use of '&amp;&amp;' can prevent a tar file from being extracted on top of itself in this case (though in this case 'rsync' would be better)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;removes:&lt;BR&gt;&#xD;&#xA;never remove recursively if you can help it, especially in a script.&#xD;&#xA;find and remove with -type f and -name 'pattern'&#xD;&#xA;I still live in fear of feeding 'nothing' to xargs...&#xD;&#xA;tar and untar to move stuff around (use rsync instead) &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53258" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29693" RevisionGUID="7c5bda70-eef3-49fb-8ac6-c899a5cf60f9" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:56:52.553" UserId="8193" Comment="Fixed spelling of &quot;perimeter&quot;" Text="Obviously the physical security needs to be addressed, but after that...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Assuming you don't have a documented procedure for when employees leave (environment generic as you don't mention which platforms you run):&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 1. Start with perimeter security.  Change all passwords on any perimeter equipment like routers, firewalls, vpn's, etc...  Then lock out any accounts the IT manager had, as well as review all of the remaining accounts for any that are no longer used, and any that don't belong (in case he added a secondary).&#xD;&#xA; 2. Email - remove his account or at least disable logins to it depending on your company policy.&#xD;&#xA; 3. Then go through your host security.  All machines and directory services should have his account disabled and/or removed.  (Removed is preferred, but you might need to audit them in case he has anything running that is valid under them first).  Again, also review for any accounts that are no longer used, as well as any that don't belong.  Disable/remove those as well.  If you use ssh keys you should change them on admin/root accounts.&#xD;&#xA; 4. Shared accounts, if you have any, should all have their passwords changed.  You should also look at removing shared accounts or disabling interactive login on them as a general practice.&#xD;&#xA; 5. Application accounts... don't forget to change passwords, or disable/remove accounts from all applications he had access to as well, starting with admin access accounts.&#xD;&#xA; 6. Logging... make sure you have good logging in place for account usage and monitor it closely to look for any suspicious activity.&#xD;&#xA; 7. Backups... make sure your backups are current, and secure (preferably offsite).  Make sure you've done the same as above with your backup systems as far as accounts.&#xD;&#xA; 8. Documents... try as much as you can to identify, request from him if possible, and copy somewhere secure, all of his documentation.&#xD;&#xA; 9. If you have any services outsourced (email, spam filtering, hosting of any type, etc..), make sure to do all of the above that are appropriate with those services as well.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As you do all of this, **document it**, so that you have a procedure in place for future terminations.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, if you use any colocation services, make sure to have his name removed from the access list and ticket submission list.   It'd be wise to do the same for any other vendors where he was the primary person handling, so that he can't cancel or mess with services you get from those vendors, and also so that vendors know who to contact for renewals, problems, etc... which can save you some headaches when something the IT manager didn't document happens.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I'm sure there's more I missed, but that's off the top of my head.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53260" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29885" RevisionGUID="cb64080b-1e15-4455-86ab-0246ebd626d7" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:58:50.227" UserId="5880" Text=" 1. Wake up&#xD;&#xA; 2. Silence cell phone alarm&#xD;&#xA; 3. Wake up&#xD;&#xA; 4. Silence Cell phone alarm&#xD;&#xA; 5. Wake up&#xD;&#xA; 6. Throw phone across room&#xD;&#xA; 7. Bolt out of bed as i realize i'm supposed to be at work NOW&#xD;&#xA; 8. Shower&#xD;&#xA; 9. Cofee&#xD;&#xA; 10. Check email, coffee&#xD;&#xA; 11. Drive into work&#xD;&#xA; 12. Coffee&#xD;&#xA; 13. Coffee&#xD;&#xA; 14. Waste Time&#xD;&#xA; 15. Lunch&#xD;&#xA; 16. Decide to check and make sure junior team members are working&#xD;&#xA; 17. Visit With boss&#xD;&#xA; 18. Coffee&#xD;&#xA; 19. Do work once everyone leaves me alone&#xD;&#xA; 20. Home" />
  <row Id="53261" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29885" RevisionGUID="cb64080b-1e15-4455-86ab-0246ebd626d7" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:58:50.227" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="53262" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29886" RevisionGUID="91a81749-f37c-4324-bb4b-1b25c630c191" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:59:53.500" UserId="1545" Text="As I understand it, each file on a Unix-like operating system has an inode number (which can be viewed with &quot;ls -i&quot;), and each inode is a list of disk blocks that contain the actual data of a file.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Is there a Linux command which takes a filename as its argument and prints out the list of disk blocks that that file's inode points to?&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;P.S. The filesystem in question is ext3." />
  <row Id="53263" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29886" RevisionGUID="91a81749-f37c-4324-bb4b-1b25c630c191" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:59:53.500" UserId="1545" Text="How do I list a file's data blocks on Linux?" />
  <row Id="53264" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29886" RevisionGUID="91a81749-f37c-4324-bb4b-1b25c630c191" CreationDate="2009-06-22T17:59:53.500" UserId="1545" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;ext3&gt;" />
  <row Id="53265" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29887" RevisionGUID="a269d7c5-b311-446e-a2ec-47712865b52d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:01:54.760" UserId="1545" Text="How do I determine the block size of an ext3 partition on Linux?" />
  <row Id="53266" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29887" RevisionGUID="a269d7c5-b311-446e-a2ec-47712865b52d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:01:54.760" UserId="1545" Text="How do I determine the block size of an ext3 partition on Linux?" />
  <row Id="53267" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29887" RevisionGUID="a269d7c5-b311-446e-a2ec-47712865b52d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:01:54.760" UserId="1545" Text="&lt;linux&gt;&lt;unix&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;&lt;ext3&gt;" />
  <row Id="53269" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29888" RevisionGUID="72f597ec-72b7-4cc4-a123-60a889087ec3" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:06:12.863" UserId="8897" Text="fdisk will give you this information. &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53270" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29889" RevisionGUID="e20ad162-7ece-4557-a97a-d4cb0a3d8f75" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:06:23.797" UserId="1545" Text="It's well-known that you should never fsck a mounted partition. I can understand how this could easily lead to corruption if the filesystem is *written to* by fsck (e.g., the -a option is used), but why can't read-only checks be run on mounted disks?" />
  <row Id="53271" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29889" RevisionGUID="e20ad162-7ece-4557-a97a-d4cb0a3d8f75" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:06:23.797" UserId="1545" Text="Why can't you fsck a mounted partition?" />
  <row Id="53272" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29889" RevisionGUID="e20ad162-7ece-4557-a97a-d4cb0a3d8f75" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:06:23.797" UserId="1545" Text="&lt;unix&gt;&lt;filesystems&gt;" />
  <row Id="53273" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="29556" RevisionGUID="ca07d50e-b516-4c24-aa8d-17e0d63b000c" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:06:43.547" UserId="6177" Comment="edited tags" Text="&lt;power&gt;&lt;ups&gt;&lt;power-management&gt;&lt;battery&gt;" />
  <row Id="53274" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29890" RevisionGUID="114af422-9fe2-4fea-9b91-f94a1eee3627" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:07:11.473" UserId="8193" Text="    # tune2fs -l /dev/sda1 | grep -i 'block size'&#xD;&#xA;    Block size:               1024&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Replace /dev/sda1 with the partition you want to check." />
  <row Id="53275" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29891" RevisionGUID="b4e873a4-0011-4abb-8c15-472d09faa26d" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:09:18.503" UserId="10357" Text="At least on some linux machines... &quot;ls -s&quot; might provide what you're looking for.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Edit: my bad, I see that you're looking for a list of the blocks themselves, not a count of them." />
  <row Id="53276" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29892" RevisionGUID="09d52fb6-b6a4-4d45-ae6e-642a2ee5c810" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:10:00.077" UserId="2600" Text="Specifically for a web browser / web page something like the Firebug plug-in for Firefox may give you some of the information you are looking for:  http://getfirebug.com/net.html&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;For more general applications, you may need to use netstat to identify the port(s) used by the application and then Wireshark/tshark/dtrace with a filter to capture just that traffic.  Not the one line answer you were looking for though...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53277" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29893" RevisionGUID="71e743cc-c77c-47e0-a4a1-dd8478ad120e" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:10:21.420" UserId="6965" Text="If traffic levels and latency are what you're after, you may also want to check out MRTG (or one of the commercial equivalents, like PRTG), as well as SmokePing." />
  <row Id="53278" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29893" RevisionGUID="71e743cc-c77c-47e0-a4a1-dd8478ad120e" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:10:21.420" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="53279" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29849" RevisionGUID="997fda61-1fbf-4d85-b83d-cdac3586afb9" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:13:21.757" UserId="5922" Comment="Added instructions on disabling acpi shutdown." Text="Based on the acpi logs it looks like the system is receiving input from the power button to shut down. I would suspect that either the button is being pushed accidentally or there is a hardware problem involved.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also: You should be able to modify the behavior in response to the power button event by editing `/etc/acpi/events/power_button`. Note that the path may be slightly different on CentOS 5, but that's the common location." />
  <row Id="53280" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29894" RevisionGUID="ae9ed8fd-233b-4d74-b230-5a1ecde48953" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:13:47.777" UserId="3038" Text="Battery life also depends on the power quality the UPS is plugged in to. If that UPS is plugged into an outlet with really crappy power, where it moves load to battery for partial seconds quite often, that kind of short-cycling can kill a battery a lot faster than it can in a location with really good power. I can remember one case at my old job where they were replacing the battery in one of the wiring closets every 12 months due to crap power, yet the rack UPSes I was using got to 36 months old without any issues at all. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Also, cost of the UPS does factor in to this. The more expensive ones do a better job of conditioning power internally to the UPS itself which can extend battery life. Also, some are engineered to handle transient power blips or under-volts (under 200ms or there abouts) without going to battery at all." />
  <row Id="53281" PostHistoryTypeId="4" PostId="29869" RevisionGUID="5b0340ca-51f1-415b-aaf3-bdbacc005d39" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:13:58.167" UserId="7200" Comment="Fixed misspelling in title (second one from this guy w/ the same word!)" Text="Making Exchange treat email address specified in AD user properies as external" />
  <row Id="53282" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29895" RevisionGUID="4651bf84-54c3-4a6a-b22e-b2e61be36ca6" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:16:34.120" UserId="7934" Text="Windows Powershell in Action gets my vote for most useful reference book and its very readable. The forums in [powershellcommmunity][1] are useful. Most of the information I've found is from blogs. Here's a partial list of [Powershell blogs][2]. I'm also a fan of user groups, but do not have one in my area, so I try to attend online. The [Powerscripting Podcast][3] and [Virtual Powershell User Group][4] are couple examples of user groups/shows.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As noted you should commit to doing your next project in Powershell to really learn it.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.powershellcommunity.org&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://halr9000.com/article/698&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://powerscripting.wordpress.com/&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://marcoshaw.blogspot.com/" />
  <row Id="53283" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29896" RevisionGUID="422eec08-fbdf-4f3f-ace1-f8166469edbb" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:16:49.440" UserId="8897" Text="Well, you can. fsck -n /dev/sda1 will do exactly that, at at least on ext3. I just tested it :) &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53284" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29897" RevisionGUID="f4e63d13-8723-4a0f-96eb-b352a6b27f93" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:17:16.647" UserId="5922" Text="Apart from the fact that it would probably kill your I/O throughput, if the filesystem is being modified while it's being fsck'd then there's no way fsck could keep track of the changes and report inconstancies.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Some filesystems like XFS let you perform the check for consistency while the filesystem is mounted read-write, with the caveat that spurious errors will likely be reported. `xfs_check` recommends the filesystem be unmounted or mounted read-only before performing the check." />
  <row Id="53285" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29898" RevisionGUID="b6ef417b-f4d0-402c-ae67-9f5eddab52ed" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:19:00.480" UserId="7200" Text="Running fsck on a partition mounted read-write would be silly, even with fsck in read-only mode. The filesystem will change under fsck, and in-memory data that fsck caches from the filesystem will become invalid (and thus fsck will see inconsistency).  You can run fsck on a read-only mounted filesystem in read-only mode and get valid results. Running fsck in read/write mode on a read-only mounted filsystem would cause the kernel to see filesystem structures changing unexpectedly underneath it, and that would also be bad.&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53286" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29899" RevisionGUID="80539d79-35a0-436e-b7dc-2c4ea3344288" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:20:04.677" UserId="8199" Text="From:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://linux.die.net/man/8/fsck.ext3&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&quot;Note that in general it is not safe to run e2fsck on mounted filesystems. The only exception is if the -n option is specified, and -c, -l, or -L options are not specified. However, even if it is safe to do so, the results printed by e2fsck are not valid if the filesystem is mounted. If e2fsck asks whether or not you should check a filesystem which is mounted, the only correct answer is ''no''. Only experts who really know what they are doing should consider answering this question in any other way. &quot;" />
  <row Id="53287" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29900" RevisionGUID="3005bff8-7735-48c0-9d49-3a99e14f0ac4" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:20:24.130" UserId="10118" Text="    while [ 1 ]&#xD;&#xA;    do&#xD;&#xA;       answer(BlackberryDailyAlarm)&#xD;&#xA;       if [ $kidAwake -eq 1 ]&#xD;&#xA;       then&#xD;&#xA;          eatBreakfastWithKid()&#xD;&#xA;          wakeUpWife()&#xD;&#xA;          shower()&#xD;&#xA;          makeLunch()&#xD;&#xA;       else&#xD;&#xA;          shower()&#xD;&#xA;          eatBreakfast()&#xD;&#xA;          makeLunch()&#xD;&#xA;       fi&#xD;&#xA;       &#xD;&#xA;       walkToWork(4blocks) # See also: man exercise&#xD;&#xA;       login ernied&#xD;&#xA;       &#xD;&#xA;       while evolution&#xD;&#xA;       do&#xD;&#xA;          case $message in &#xD;&#xA;          VeryImportant ) &#xD;&#xA;             convertToTask() ;;&#xD;&#xA;          Important ) &#xD;&#xA;             markAsUnread() ;;&#xD;&#xA;          *****SPAM***** ) &#xD;&#xA;             fixSpamFilter() ;;&#xD;&#xA;          Customer ) &#xD;&#xA;             replyOrFixNow() ;;&#xD;&#xA;          esac&#xD;&#xA;       done&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       opera munin.mywork.com&#xD;&#xA;    &#xD;&#xA;       if [ $notEnoughSleep -eq 1 ]&#xD;&#xA;       then&#xD;&#xA;          getCoffee()&#xD;&#xA;       else &#xD;&#xA;          avoidCoffee() # See also: man internals&#xD;&#xA;       fi&#xD;&#xA;       &#xD;&#xA;       if [ $dayOfWeek -eq 1 ] # Monday system maintenance - see wiki&#xD;&#xA;       then&#xD;&#xA;          for i in $DebianServers&#xD;&#xA;          do&#xD;&#xA;             apt-get update&#xD;&#xA;             apt-get upgrade&#xD;&#xA;          done&#xD;&#xA;          checkBackups() # make sure they're actually getting done/are valid&#xD;&#xA;          checkSpamUpdates() &#xD;&#xA;          checkVirusUpdates()&#xD;&#xA;          doDomainRenwals()&#xD;&#xA;       fi&#xD;&#xA;       &#xD;&#xA;       doUnreadMail()&#xD;&#xA;       doWork($evolutionTaskList)&#xD;&#xA;       &#xD;&#xA;       while [ $eatLunch -eq 1 ]&#xD;&#xA;       do&#xD;&#xA;          readServerFault()&#xD;&#xA;       done&#xD;&#xA;       &#xD;&#xA;       doWork($evolutionTaskList)&#xD;&#xA;       goHome(haveFunWithkid(), eat(), sleep())&#xD;&#xA;       &#xD;&#xA;    done" />
  <row Id="53288" PostHistoryTypeId="16" PostId="29900" RevisionGUID="3005bff8-7735-48c0-9d49-3a99e14f0ac4" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:20:24.130" UserId="-1" />
  <row Id="53289" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="3381" RevisionGUID="05dc0e26-3696-450c-8b85-80fbdc0c4a67" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:22:45.870" UserId="1682" Comment="deleted 435 characters in body; edited tags; added 19 characters in body" Text="My concerns. It generally does not seem to pay nearly as much as developer positions without prior experience. It also seems there are a lot of people who do not advance to decent paying jobs. Whats a good route to take and is it worth it?" />
  <row Id="53290" PostHistoryTypeId="6" PostId="3381" RevisionGUID="05dc0e26-3696-450c-8b85-80fbdc0c4a67" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:22:45.870" UserId="1682" Comment="deleted 435 characters in body; edited tags; added 19 characters in body" Text="&lt;sysadmin&gt;&lt;career-development&gt;" />
  <row Id="53291" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29901" RevisionGUID="a351422c-ae0c-4307-b8e0-e6abc254cbc6" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:24:16.633" UserId="4535" Text="Check out the openSUSE Build Service's KIWI program, which makes it easy to build your own openSUSE-based LiveCD/DVD. Currently, all the official install media for openSUSE is built using KIWI.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;[http://en.opensuse.org/LiveDVD][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://en.opensuse.org/LiveDVD" />
  <row Id="53292" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29902" RevisionGUID="7387ba7e-9e6b-495f-a52b-cf3339ba6f8a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:27:30.683" UserId="7200" Text="Look at the syntax for &quot;debugfs&quot;, and specifically the &quot;stat&quot; command. That will show you a list of the data blocks used by a file. You can pass parameters to &quot;debugfs&quot; with the &quot;-f&quot; argument to call it from a script." />
  <row Id="53293" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29903" RevisionGUID="dce18ffd-14a1-4fd3-9a3d-f331aad7e5de" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:28:11.010" UserId="8506" Text="You could use the &quot;debugfs&quot; tool to view file info on the command line or interactivley.&#xD;&#xA;either use:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # debugfs /dev/&lt;spartition&gt;&#xD;&#xA;    # stat /path/to/file&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;or&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # debugfs -R &quot;stat /path/to/file&quot; /dev/&lt;partition&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;for example:&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;    # debugfs -R &quot;stat /etc/passwd&quot;  /dev/sda5&#xD;&#xA;    Inode: 435914   Type: regular    Mode:  0644   Flags: 0x0&#xD;&#xA;    Generation: 979004472    Version: 0x00000000&#xD;&#xA;    User:     0   Group:     0   Size: 1577&#xD;&#xA;    File ACL: 0    Directory ACL: 0&#xD;&#xA;    Links: 1   Blockcount: 8&#xD;&#xA;    Fragment:  Address: 0    Number: 0    Size: 0&#xD;&#xA;    ctime: 0x4a2d6f78 -- Mon Jun  8 23:07:20 2009&#xD;&#xA;    atime: 0x4a2d6f79 -- Mon Jun  8 23:07:21 2009&#xD;&#xA;    mtime: 0x4a2d6f78 -- Mon Jun  8 23:07:20 2009&#xD;&#xA;    Size of extra inode fields: 4&#xD;&#xA;    BLOCKS:&#xD;&#xA;    (0):1767438&#xD;&#xA;    TOTAL: 1&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53294" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29904" RevisionGUID="caadaf68-47eb-4be1-8b4e-e2f3c2b44b89" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:28:23.457" UserId="9170" Text="You can check this out http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ you get so many thing to create Live CD as well your own server or desktop cd you create " />
  <row Id="53295" PostHistoryTypeId="10" PostId="29017" RevisionGUID="c57eaa5f-77bc-46d0-97d3-9963191a6d4e" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:29:09.727" UserId="-1" CloseReasonId="4" Text="[{&quot;Id&quot;:48,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Sam Cogan&quot;},{&quot;Id&quot;:1803,&quot;DisplayName&quot;:&quot;Kara Marfia&quot;}]" />
  <row Id="53298" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29906" RevisionGUID="154aee8a-0e2f-4ed8-9d95-154fd55bd795" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:32:38.130" UserId="2232" Text="We have a Win2003 sp2 server that reports the following error when you log into it via RDP--&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;'Could not initialize communication profile: TCP/IP.  Could not open a TCP/IP socket. Address already in use. The combination of IP address and receive port is in use by another program. Please edit the communication profile, click advanced and change either.'&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;This server is virtualized (VMWare ESXi).&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;No errors in the logs.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After logging in and closing the error, there are no other problems. Finally, what's a communications profile?" />
  <row Id="53299" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29906" RevisionGUID="154aee8a-0e2f-4ed8-9d95-154fd55bd795" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:32:38.130" UserId="2232" Text="Win2003 reports an error on RDP login: Could not open a TCP/IP socket" />
  <row Id="53300" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29906" RevisionGUID="154aee8a-0e2f-4ed8-9d95-154fd55bd795" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:32:38.130" UserId="2232" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;terminal-server&gt;" />
  <row Id="53301" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29907" RevisionGUID="cc0afcac-dfc2-4828-be20-a7ae40e30ad2" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:33:00.173" UserId="10359" Text="I have a folder on my Windows Server 2003 that I'd like to share with all computers on the network, but I want to force people to input a password (at least initially) to connect to the share.  I tried adding a password to the &quot;Guest&quot; account, but it never asks for a password.  I've tried setting up a separate account with a password, but I get &quot;Windows cannot access \\server\&lt;folder&gt;&quot; message.  What's the best way to accomplish what I'm trying to do?" />
  <row Id="53302" PostHistoryTypeId="1" PostId="29907" RevisionGUID="cc0afcac-dfc2-4828-be20-a7ae40e30ad2" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:33:00.173" UserId="10359" Text="Windows Server 2003 Shared File Permissions" />
  <row Id="53303" PostHistoryTypeId="3" PostId="29907" RevisionGUID="cc0afcac-dfc2-4828-be20-a7ae40e30ad2" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:33:00.173" UserId="10359" Text="&lt;windows-server-2003&gt;&lt;sharedfolders&gt;" />
  <row Id="53304" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29908" RevisionGUID="f7a7bfbb-b12d-4e31-9978-e5d4b6137e0a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:34:29.187" UserId="2439" Text="Well, the point of fsck is to report filesystem inconsistencies, that is violated invariants. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;However many of these checks involve more than one FS structure. If someone is modifying the FS (writing data), these structures may be temporarily out of sync. fsck would see this as an inconsistency, even though it is not really a problem. fsck has no way to tell if an inconsistency is just temporary, or a permanent problem that needs fixing. So this cannot possibly work (Unless a FS is designed specifically to allow online checking. Some do, but ext3 does not)." />
  <row Id="53305" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29909" RevisionGUID="ae9db9ae-b948-4516-835a-c28d3ad876cb" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:35:17.640" UserId="9170" Text="e2fsck -b 32768 /dev/hda1 i feel u can try this out or if u looking more docx on the same u can check following&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;http://www.linux-tutorial.info/modules.php?name=MContent&amp;pageid=97" />
  <row Id="53306" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29910" RevisionGUID="74952730-923d-408f-9246-8fed1841dc75" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:37:04.533" UserId="9071" Text="You need to make sure that the Everyone groups does not have permission on the share, because the Everyone groups really does include everyone, even unauthenticated users.  Instead give permission to a specific user or group to force authentication to the folder." />
  <row Id="53307" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29911" RevisionGUID="129a2ae2-8d8b-43fa-afb3-ebc88e76b876" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:38:01.567" UserId="9020" Text="We would set the share permissions to Authenticated Users full and set proper NTFS permissions on the folders being accessed.  Authenticated Users not Everyone. D'oh!" />
  <row Id="53308" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29912" RevisionGUID="a92d8641-1e4d-4412-b784-f67e9eab351e" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:38:15.013" UserId="3528" Text="Watch the powershell webcasts from the technet events site.  &#xD;&#xA; 1- [Introducing Windows PowerShell][1]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 2- [One Cmdlet, Two Cmdlet, Three Cmdlet, Four:][2]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 3- [Objects, Objects Everywhere: Working With Objects in Windows PowerShell][3]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 4- [New Kid on the Scriptblock: Writing Scripts in Windows PowerShell][4]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; 5- [Amazing But True: Things You Never Dreamt You Could Do in Windows PowerShell][5]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;After watching those for some hands on training you can take the [interactive labcast][6]&#xD;&#xA;If you don't have an environment to play in you can use the [virtual lab][7]&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=5637033&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/mseventsbmo/view?id=1032313500&amp;role=attend&amp;pw=CCC8C451&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/mseventsbmo/view?id=1032313503&amp;role=attend&amp;pw=9D3199CE&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/mseventsbmo/view?id=1032313975&amp;role=attend&amp;pw=A2B0B03A&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/mseventsbmo/view?id=1032313506&amp;role=attend&amp;pw=48928A1E&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=5889457&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032314395&amp;EventCategory=3" />
  <row Id="53309" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29913" RevisionGUID="c9c7afb4-a5b9-4044-ba42-e9585ae21a1a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:38:25.450" UserId="7200" Text="(I am assuming you are doing this with a standalone server and clients that aren't members of a domain.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Disable the &quot;Guest&quot; account on the server.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - After you've done that, create an account on the server computer with the username / password that you want users to use. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Modify the permission on the shared folder to allow the user you created above to have the type of access you require (Read, Full-Control, etc). (Catherine is basically right re: the &quot;Everyone&quot; permission. Don't name &quot;Everyone&quot; unless you mean &quot;Everyone in the world&quot;.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA; - Finally, when you &quot;connect&quot; from the client computer and are prompted for credentials, be sure you enter the credential as &quot;SERVERNAME\Username&quot;.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;The &quot;Guest&quot; account's enabled / disabled status is interpreted by the OS as a &quot;flag&quot; that says &quot;Allow unauthenticated users to connect...&quot; versus &quot;Do not allow authenticated users to connect...&quot;  (I am glossing over some details here, but this is basically true.)&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;An aside: Set &quot;Share Permissions&quot; to &quot;Everyone / Full Control&quot; if you're sharing folders on NTFS volumes. There's no reason to use &quot;Share Permissions&quot; if the underlying filesystem is NTFS. (If I could somehow influence Microsoft to do anything I'd have them remove this functionality.)" />
  <row Id="53310" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29914" RevisionGUID="1016c8f5-e900-46f7-bef7-d49be15b96fe" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:41:57.643" UserId="9170" Text="# df -h&#xD;&#xA;# du-h &#xD;&#xA;# fdisk &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;above 3 command will give size of block in all most all the distro..&#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53311" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29915" RevisionGUID="70019cb8-2cbe-47e4-b1e3-ea70dbf75512" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:45:24.080" UserId="8517" Text="The one case where I had to carry out a V2P was for an MS SQL box that had been running on dual 3.2Ghz dual core CPU's (total CPU 14.4Ghz) that we migrated to an ESX 2.5 cluster where the underlying hardware was newer with more slower (2.4Ghz IIRC) cores. Adding in the ~10% overhead even with 4 vCPU's this VM could only ever get an effective 8-8.5Ghz aggregate CPU. 60% peak CPU before migration became 90-100% post migration, customer wanted headroom so we reverted to physical. To answer your question specifically we saw that the box was running at 100% CPU across the board in Perfmon and in the VI client. A better solution (in my view) would have been to upgrade to faster CPU's but there are edge cases like this where thats not economical especially with the trend to slower cpu's with more cores that we saw with the introduction of the Opterons\Core CPU's. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;With ESX 4 we could bump a box like this up to 8 vCPU's but that wasn't an option at the time. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;As far as looking for performance ceilings that might indicate you need to abandon your VM then with a Windows Guest on VMWare environment then the combination of Perfmon and the VI Client should be more than up to the task of finding any VM's that are performance limited themselves. Add in getting some SAN analytics to that if you can but if the SAN shows an issue then you will almost certainly be just as well off reworking the storage in order to isolate and\or enhance the volumes that the VM's virtual disks are stored on. Same applies to any other OS\Hypervisor combination - get whatever internal stats you can but correlate them to the Hypervisor's view of what's going on because 100% CPU being reported within a VM (for example) does not necessarily mean that the Hypervisor could never deliver more performance, just that it didn't at that point.  &#xD;&#xA;" />
  <row Id="53312" PostHistoryTypeId="5" PostId="29392" RevisionGUID="483922fb-883a-483e-a487-0c7d6875c445" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:47:32.373" UserId="4721" Comment="added 161 characters in body" Text="I had a hard time keeping myself on the seat when [Goldblum][1] infected the mother ship in [Independence Day][2]. Here is [interesting reading][3] on that.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;Then there is the Mission Impossible phrase referring to _the new ultra-fast Intel 200 megahertz Pentium 6 chip_! it was so anti-climax for the scene. They could have just skipped referring Intel in any way. More entertaining notes here in a 1998 article [Computer Movies Suck][4]. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;But, moving ahead to another Tom Cruise movie, [Minority Report][5]. Lots of interesting interfaces. The most popular being the glove controlled 3D Gesture interface. And, we have moved towards the [Sixth Sense][6] since then.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;That was after [this][7] and related blooper notes, though.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;In Minority Report, the characters operate a complex information space by gesturing wildly in the space in front of their screens. As Tog found when filming Starfire, it's very tiring to keep your arms in the air while using a computer. Gestures do have their place, but not as the primary user interface for office systems.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;Many user interfaces designed for the movies feature gestural input and 3D data visualizations. Immersive environments and fly-through navigation look good, and allow for more dramatic interaction than clicking on a linear list of 10 items. But, despite being a staple of computer conference demos for decades, 3D almost never makes it into shipping products. The reason? 2D works better than 3D for the vast majority of practical things that users want to do.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt;3D is for demos. 2D is for work. &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;Ok, I am not inviting a discussion on that last point here! Bear with me for another para.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;It would be fun calling these movie bluffs and looking back (say some 40 years from now?) to see which ones we thought were possible and which actually happened. Remember StarTrek communicator devices? (yeah, we can still do only international calls with our mobile phones). Wonder when the first [Star Ship One][8] mobile call will be made.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;----&#xD;&#xA;Ok, this can get quite catchy! these things just keep popping up in my mind. Wee bit distracting I'd say...&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I really liked the movie DejaVu. That's how these things should be handled. Take them far into specialized physics. At least I will probably not be around when things are proved one way or the other, and probably not have too many strong doubts (pushing towards hilarity) on the concepts driven around. Look at the [alternate reality of the new StarTrek][9]. I am all for it! &#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;But, its still enlightening when someone pulls a blooper in there. I always felt (note I did not say 'knew') that laser pointer into the system display was a bit over the edge. I absorbed it looking at all the hard-science sprinkled in that movie. But, guess what. [Not everyone will take these things as lightly][10] -- and, I quote,&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&gt; Doug Carlin, played by Denzel Washington sits watching this electronic expression of the past, and shines a hand held laser into the apogee of the stable wormhole, and the person in the past sees it, but the very act shuts down the hardware. A laser is no different from the ambient light and albedos of the room as they all sit there watching the wormhole. It is just a bit stronger and focused. Either the subject in the past can see and hear and smell them or it (she) cant. A laser pointer would not pierce the veil there, and besides…it was a video screen replete with character generated text from the computer interface it ran through whenever the camera angle on the past (or more accurately, the stable wormhole event horizon) was moved or expressed at another location. It was all computer controlled and therefore, impossible to pass light or information to the past, even if it was possible under different circumstances in that story and idea of a wormhole.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;I enjoyed seeing the movie and then, I enjoyed reading this article.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;There is a certain amount of entertainment in identifying some of these bloopers,  &#xD;&#xA;while there are others that choke you to near death with their hilarity.&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;  [1]: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000156/&#xD;&#xA;  [2]: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116629/&#xD;&#xA;  [3]: http://www.psychotronic.info/mm/ghi/id4.htm&#xD;&#xA;  [4]: http://www.oldskool.org/personal/compleat/essays/computermovies&#xD;&#xA;  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority_Report_(film)&#xD;&#xA;  [6]: http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/&#xD;&#xA;  [7]: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/film-ui-bloopers.html&#xD;&#xA;  [8]: http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/SpaceShipOne2004/&#xD;&#xA;  [9]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_(film)&#xD;&#xA;  [10]: http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/the-suspension-of-disbelief-and-other-impossibilities-in-deja-vu-12171.html" />
  <row Id="53313" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29916" RevisionGUID="e2c79e8a-b2c8-4150-b73c-ab9eda63a79a" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:47:59.783" UserId="7033" Text="I had been using them at home for a while as my primary DNS servers, but about a month or so ago, I noticed everything slowing down quite a bit.  I chalked it up to a temporary thing, but it persisted for a few days after.  So, I switched to OpenDNS but I'm not crazy about all their options like URL auto-complete, etc.  I just want wicked fast DNS... no frills." />
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  <row Id="53317" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29918" RevisionGUID="d932fd1b-fc9b-4493-a2d3-17365cdf8c33" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:49:55.473" UserId="8357" Text="A simple way to get the list of blocks (without having to read from the partition like in the `debugfs` answers) is to use the `FIBMAP` ioctl. I do not know of any command to do so, but it is very simple to write one; a quick Google search gave me &lt;a href=&quot;http://lists.debian.org/debian-mips/2002/04/msg00059.html&quot;&gt;an example of FIBMAP use&lt;/a&gt;, which does exactly what you want. One advantage is that it will work on any filesystem which supports the `bmap` operation, not just ext3." />
  <row Id="53318" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29919" RevisionGUID="1107cc67-4c1f-4ee5-9a00-7d665205fe28" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:50:15.927" UserId="3950" Text="On x86, a filesystem block is just about always 4KiB - the default size - and never larger than the size of a memory page (which is 4KiB). " />
  <row Id="53319" PostHistoryTypeId="2" PostId="29920" RevisionGUID="0a2266e4-27ca-47dd-8e2a-213a264dcd49" CreationDate="2009-06-22T18:51:20.010" UserId="7200" Text="Are you using the &quot;NetOp Remote Control&quot; product? This looks suspiciously like an error being generated by a program that it runs on startup." />
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